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Главная страница Справка Коды ЭШД E97

Коды ЭШД

E94 E95 E96

E97

E98 E99

E97

Код энциклопедии шахматных дебютов (ЭШД)

Описание

RU: Староиндийская защита. Классическая система (6...e5 7 0-0 Кc6): 8 Сe3 и 8 d5 Кe7, без 9 Кe1
EN: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1

Ходы

1. d4 Кf6 2. c4 g6 3. Кc3 Сg7 4. e4 d6 5. Кf3 0-0 6. Сe2 e5 7. 0-0 Кc6 8. d5 Кe7 9. b4

Дебюты

Староиндийская защита

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 {
Reshevsky} (8. d5 Ne7 {main line}) 8... Ng4 (8... Re8 $1 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Nd4 $1
10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Qf6 $15 {Black has the
better bishop.}) 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Nxd8 $10) 9. Bg5 f6 (9... Bf6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6
(10... Qxf6 11. d5 Nd8 (11... Ne7 12. Nb5) 12. b4 $16) 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Nd7
13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd2 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Fischer,R/Match/
1961/}) 10. Bc1 (10. Bh4 $5) 10... Nh6 (10... f5 $5 11. d5 (11. Bg5 Bf6 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxe5 (13. exf5 $1 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rae1 $14 {Kasparov}) 13...
dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nd5 Nxe4 16. Nxc7 $10 {Portisch,L-Kasparov,G/Linares/
1990/}) 11... Ne7 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 $14 {Miles,
A-Rogers,I/Manila izt/1990/}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 (12. b4 Nf7 13. a4
f5 14. Nd2 g5 15. c5 Ng6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 Nf4 $13 {Chekhov,V-Benjamin,J/
Palma/1989/}) 12... f5 13. Nd3 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. h3 Kh8 16. Rc1 Neg8 17. f3 Nf6
18. c5 Nhg8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 Ne8 $13 {Toth-Vukic/Reggio8384/}) 11... fxe5
(11... dxe5 $5 12. Nd5 $1 {Reshevsky} (12. c5 {/\Bc4} Be6 $1 13. Qa4 Qe8 $10) (
12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Rad1 Be6 $10) 12... Be6 13. Be3 $14) 12. Bg5 Qd7 (
12... Qe8 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. h3 {/\ 15.Qd2 +-}) 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. b4 Nf7 15. Be3
Ncd8 {/\ Ne6-f4} 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Rfd1 c6 18. Nc3 {>< d6} Qe7 19. Rab1 g5 {
/\20...g4 or 20...Nf4,Bg4} 20. h3 Qf6 21. Rb3 Rg8 22. Ra3 Nf4 23. Nh2 (23. Rxa7
$2 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Be3 Bh6 $40) 23... Qg6 (23... a6 24. b5
Qg6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. c5 $16) 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 h5 26. Be3 Bh6 $6 (26...
g4 $5 {/\27...g3 opening the g-file.} 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. g3 (28. Nf1 Bh6 29. Ng3
Kg7 {/\ Rh8, Bg5, Qh7}) 28... Nh3+ (28... Ng5 $5) 29. Kg2 Bf8 {/\ Kg7, Rh8})
27. f3 Be6 28. a4 Qf6 29. a5 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Qh4 (31... Bxc4 $142)
32. Qf2 Nxh3+ $2 $138 (32... Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bxc4 {White would have had litle
trouble in winning the endgame with apawn ahead.}) 33. gxh3 Qxh3 34. Qf6+ Kh7 (
34... Rg7 $2 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxh3) (34... Bg7 35. Qxe6 (35. Bxh3 Bxf6+ 36.
Bg2 Bh3 37. Rd2) 35... Qxg4+ 36. Kh1 Ng5 37. Qg6 $18) 35. Qxe6 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1
Rg7 37. Bf5+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Rg8 39. Qxf7 Rg7 40. Qf8+ Rg8 41. Qf7 Bg7 42. Qh5+
Bh6 1-0

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. f3 gxf3 15.
Nxf3 h6 (15... Ng8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rf2 $14 {Sofrevski,J (2410)
-Tringov,G (2490)/Skopje 1971}) 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Qe1 Bg4 18. Qg3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3
Rxf3 {Aqui Najdorf ofrecio tablas, que Reshevsky rechazo.} 20. Qxf3 Qd7 21. c5
a6 22. b4 Kh7 23. Rc1 Nf6 $2 {Un error sutil. Era necesario evitar el avance
c6 de las blancas.} (23... Rf8 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. c6 bxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 $1) 24. c6
bxc6 25. dxc6 Qe6 (25... Qxc6 $4 26. Nd5 $18) 26. a4 Qb3 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5
Rb8 29. h3 $40 Qb4 (29... Rxb5 30. Nxb5 Qxb5 31. Bf2 $40) 30. Kh2 Rf8 $6 31.
Qe2 Ra8 $2 (31... Nxe4 32. Nd5 Qa5 33. Bb6 $1 $16) 32. b6 $18 cxb6 33. c7 Rc8
34. Qb5 Qa3 35. Qxb6 Qa8 36. Nb5 Ne8 37. Qc6 Qa2 38. Qb7 Qe6 39. Na7 Rxc7 40.
Rxc7 Nxc7 41. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Santa Fe"]
[Site "Santa Fe"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 h6 $6 (12... c6 13. b5 (13. Be3 Bh6
$5 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. f4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 f4 $1 $132) 13... Ne8 (13... h6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 $1 16. bxc6 bxc6 $13) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c5 $5 h6 16. Ba3 dxc5
(16... hxg5 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. dxc6 $36) 17. Bxc5 hxg5 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6
20. Bxd6 Kf7 21. Na4 $44 {Donaldson,J-Schroer,J/Philadelphia/1986/0,5/24/}) (
12... f4) (12... a5) 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 (14... Qc8 15. Nd5 $16) (14...
Nc6 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bd3 $1 $16) 15. b5 (15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 (16. b5 Rfd8 17.
Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfc1 $5 Qc8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd5 $1 $36) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Rad1
Qc8 18. Bxa7 Qxe6 $14) 15... Qc7 (15... Ne8 $5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Qc8 18.
Rb1 Qxe6 19. Rb7 $44) 16. Rb1 (16. Be3) 16... Rfd8 17. Qa4 Qc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 (
18... Nxc6 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Be3 Qxe6 20. Rb7 $44 a5 (20... Kh7 $5 21. Rxa7 Rab8
$132) 21. Rfb1 f4 22. Bf2 (22. gxf4 $6 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nh5 24. Bd2 Be5 $1 $40)
22... h5 (22... Nd7 $1 {/\ Nc5 <=>/}) 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rbb7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 fxg3
26. hxg3 Bh6 (26... h4 27. gxh4 Nh5 28. c5 $16) (26... Nd7 27. Nd5 $1 $16) 27.
c5 $1 d5 (27... dxc5 $4 28. Bc4) (27... Kh8 28. Qb3 $1 $36) 28. exd5 cxd5 29.
Qb3 Rc8 30. Qb6 $1 Kf7 (30... Qxb6 $2 31. cxb6 Rxc7 32. bxc7 Ne8 33. Nxd5 $18)
31. Nb5 $16 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Bf8 (32... d4 $2 33. Bc4 $1) (32... a4 33. Nd6+ Kg8
34. c6 $16) 33. Qxa5 (33. Nd6+ Kg8 34. c6 Nf5 35. Nxf5 gxf5 $13) 33... Nc6 34.
Qa6 Nd4 $2 (34... e4 $1 $16) 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Bxd4 $18 Nd7 37. c6 (37. Qa7 $1
$18) 37... Bc5 $1 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qb6 (40. c7 Ne6 $1 $14) 40...
Qxe2 41. Qxc5 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Qf2 Qc4 44. Qa7+ Kf6 45. c7 Qc2+ 46. Kh1
Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Qf2 $8 Qxc7 49. Qd4+ Ke6 50. Qd3 Kf6 (50... Qg7 51. a4
$16) 51. Qxd5 $16 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qc1 $2 (52... Qc8+ $2 53. Kh4 $1) (52... g5 $1
$16) 53. Qd4+ Ke6 (53... Kf7 54. Qf4+ $18) 54. Qe4+ Kd7 $8 55. Kh4 $1 Qd2 56.
Qe5 $1 (56. a4 $2 Qh2+) 56... Qxa2 57. Kg5 Qf2 58. Qf4 Qb6 59. Qf7+ Kc8 60.
Qxg6 $18 Qd8+ 61. Kxh5 Qd5+ 62. Kh4 Kb8 (62... Qxf3 63. Qg4+ $18) 63. Qg5 Qd1
64. Qf4+ Ka7 65. Qe3+ Ka6 66. g4 Qd6 67. f4 Qh6+ 68. Kg3 Kb5 69. Qd3+ Ka4 70.
g5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 a5 (12... c6) (12... f4) 13. bxa5
Rxa5 14. a4 (14. Qb3 $5 b6 15. Bd2 $14) 14... f4 (14... Ne8 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Qb3
Kh8 17. a5 f4 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 c6 20. Na4 (20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa7 Nc7 $13)
20... Nc7 $1 21. Nb6 Nxe6 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 $44 {Van Wely,L-Pugachev,A/NED/1994/0:
1/47/}) 15. Bd2 (15. gxf4 $2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nfxd5 $1 $17 17. Nxd5 Nxd5) 15...
Nh5 (15... h6 $6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Ra8 18. Qb3 b6 19. Nd5 $16) 16. g4 Bf6 (
16... Nxd5 $2 17. Nxd5) (16... Nf5 $2 17. exf5 Qxg5 18. Ne4 $18) 17. Nh3 Bh4 $1
18. Be1 (18. Nb5 Ra8 19. a5 $6 Nf6 20. Be1 (20. Bb4 h5 $1 $36) 20... Bxe1 21.
Qxe1 c6 $1) 18... Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Nf6 20. Nf2 h5 $2 (20... g5 21. Nd3 b6 $10 {
/\ h5 <=>/}) 21. g5 $1 Nh7 (21... Nd7 $142 22. h4 $14) 22. h4 Bd7 (22... Nxg5
$5 23. hxg5 Nxd5 24. exd5 (24. Nxd5 Qxg5+ 25. Ng4 hxg4 $44) 24... Qxg5+ 25. Ng4
(25. Kh1 $2 Qh4+) 25... hxg4 26. Ne4 Qh5 $44) 23. Nd3 $16 {>< Nh7, |^<</} c5 (
23... Nxg5 $2 24. hxg5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxg5+ 26. Kh1 $18) (23... b6 24. Nb5 {
/\ Nd1-b3,a5|^/}) 24. Nb5 Nc8 (24... Bxb5 25. cxb5 $1 {/\ Nb2-c4/}) 25. Rf2 $1
{/\ Bf1-h3,Rb2/} Rf7 26. Bf1 Ra6 27. Rfa2 (27. Rb2 $5) 27... Nf8 28. Qc3 Re7
29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Rb1 Qa5 31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32. Nc3 b6 33. Nc1 $1 Ra6 34. Nb3 Be8 35.
Bh3 Bd7 36. Bf1 Be8 37. Rba1 Rb7 38. Nb5 Bd7 (38... Bxb5 39. cxb5 $1 Ra8 40.
Nd2 Nd7 41. Nc4 $36) 39. a5 bxa5 40. Nxa5 Rbb6 41. Bh3 $1 {>< c6/} Bxh3 42.
Kxh3 Nd7 43. Nc6 Nb8 44. Nxb8 Rxa2 45. Rxa2 Rxb8 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Rc6 Ra8 48.
Rc7+ Kf8 49. Rh7 $18 {>< d6,g6,Nc8/} Nb6 (49... Rb8 50. Nc7 $1 $18) 50. Nxd6
Ra3 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc1
Ra1+ 57. Kb2 Rf1 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Rb7 Rf2+ 60. Kc1 Na4 61. Nf7 Nc3 (61... Rxf3
62. Nxe5 Rf1+ 63. Kd2 f3 64. d6 f2 65. Ke2 Re1+ 66. Kxf2 Rxe4 67. d7 $18) 62.
d6 Re2 {/\ 63...Na2=/} (62... Na2+ 63. Kd1 Nc3+ 64. Ke1) 63. Nh6+ Kf8 64. Rb8+
Kg7 65. Rb3 $1 1-0

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O
Re8 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Nd4) 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Nxd8 11. Nb5 Ne6 12. Ng5 Re7 13.
Nxe6 (13. Nxa7 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. f3 Nd7 $44) 13... Bxe6 14.
f3 c6 15. Nc3 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Kf2 b6 18. b3 (18. Rxd7 $142 Nxd7 19. Rd1
Bc5 20. a3 {/\ b4}) 18... Rb7 {/\ b5} 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nb2 (20. Rd2 Bb4 21. Rd3
b5 $13) 20... b5 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Rdc1 a5 23. Nd3 (23. Rc2 a4 $36) 23... Ba3
24. Rc6 b4 25. Rb1 a4 26. Nc5 $2 (26. Ne1 $142 {/\ Nc2}) (26. h3 $142 {/\ f4})
26... Nxc5 27. Rxc5 axb3 28. axb3 f6 29. Bc4 (29. g3 $142 {/\ f4+/=}) 29...
Bxc4 30. bxc4 (30. Rxc4 $6 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rbd7 {/\ Rd3=/+ Reshevsky}) 30... b3 31.
Rb5 $1 (31. Rd5 Rab8 $15) 31... Rxb5 32. cxb5 b2 33. b6 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3
Rc8 36. Bd2 {/\ 37.Bc3} Rc6 37. Ba5 (37. Bc3 Rxb6 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Bxb2 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Kc5 42. Kc3 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. g4 $10 {Reshevsky}) 37...
Rc5 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Kc2 Rxb6 40. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. Kxb2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-07"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1969.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1969.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. Nb3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. Be3 h5 16. f3 Qd7 17. Qd2 b6 18. a4 (18. Rae1) 18... Rae8 19. a5 e4 20.
axb6 (20. f4) 20... exf3 21. Bxf3 (21. gxf3 axb6 22. Nd4 $11) 21... axb6 22.
Ra7 $2 (22. Nd4 $142 Ne4 23. Qd1 Nc3 24. Qd2 Ne4 $11) 22... Ne4 23. Qc1 Bg4 $17
{[#]} 24. Bxg4 $2 (24. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Bxb6 Be2 27. Rxc7 (27. Qb1
Qf5 28. Rxc7 Bd3 $19) 27... Qxc7 28. Bxc7 Bxf1 $17) (24. Nd4 Ng5 25. Ra3 Bxd4
26. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxf3 28. Qg5 Qg4+ $17) 24... Qxg4 $19 25. Rxc7 (25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nd2 Bb2 27. Qe1 (27. Qxb2 Qd1+) 27... Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Qe4 29. h4
Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Be5+ 31. g3 Qe4 $19) 25... Be5 26. Bd4 (26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 Bc3
28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd4+ $19) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Rf8 28. Qa1 (28. Qe1 Ng5)
28... Qf4 29. g3 (29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. g3 Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ $19) 29... Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Rovinj/Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1970.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1970.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Nd2 $6 (10. g3) 10... Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bf3 g5 $1 (12... fxe4
13. Ndxe4 Nf5 14. g3 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Nd4 16. Bg4) 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. g3 (14. Nde4
Nh4) 14... Nd4 (14... Ng6 15. Nde4 Nd4 16. Bxg5 $1 $16) 15. gxf4 Nxf3+ (15...
exf4 16. Bg4 (16. Rb1 g4 17. Bh1 f3 18. Nde4 Qh4 19. Ng3 Be5 20. Be3 Rf5 $1 21.
Bxd4 Rh5 $1 $19) 16... Bxg4 17. Qxg4 f3 {/\ 18... Ne2 -+} 18. Rb1 Rf4 19. Qg3
h5 20. h3 Be5 $17) 16. Qxf3 g4 17. Qh1 (17. Qd3 $142) 17... exf4 18. Bb2 Bf5
19. Rfe1 f3 20. Nde4 Qh4 21. h3 Be5 22. Re3 (22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf1 Bxc3 {
-/+/-+}) 22... gxh3 23. Qxf3 Bg4 (23... Bxe4 $10) 24. Qh1 h2+ 25. Kg2 (25. Kf1
Rf3 $1) 25... Qh5 26. Nd2 Bd4 27. Qe1 (27. Rae1 Bh3+ 28. Rxh3 Rxf2+ 29. Kg3
Qg5#) 27... Rae8 28. Nce4 (28. Nd1 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Bh3+ 31. Kxh2
Bf1+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) 28... Bxb2 29. Rg3 Be5 30. Raa3 Kh8 31. Kh1 Rg8 32. Qf1
Bxg3 33. Rxg3 $2 Rxe4 {Die Partie erhielt einen Schцnheitspreis.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch33-KK4 Kasparov-Karpov +4-4=16"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1987.11.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 {9.b4 - 44/(750)} a5 $5 10. b3 c5 $1 {10...Nd7 - 44/(750)} 11. a3
Ne8 12. Rb1 f5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. Qb3 (15. Qc2 $5) 15... Nf6 16. Bd3
Bh6 $1 17. Rb2 $14 Ra1 18. Qc2 Bf4 (18... Bxd2 $6 19. Qxd2 $1 {/\} (19. Bxd2
Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 f4 $13) 19... f4 20. Na2 {/\ Rb3, Qb2}) 19. Nf3 $6 (19. bxc5
bxc5 20. Rb1 $5 Rxb1 21. Ndxb1 $14) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Nf5 24. Qg5 (24. Ng5 Nd4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. h4 h6 27. Ne6
Bxe6 $1 (27... Nxe6 28. dxe6 Qxh4 29. e7 $1 Qxe7 30. Qxh6 $16) 28. dxe6 Qxh4
29. e7 Re8 $1 30. Bxg6 Rxe7 31. f3 $1 (31. Qb1 $2 e4 $1 $17) 31... Qg5 $1 32.
Qxg5 hxg5 33. Rb6 $13) 24... Nd4 25. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxd8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28.
Rb8 Rf8 29. Rb6 Rf6 30. Rb8 Rf8 31. Rb6 Rf6 32. Be4 $14 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 $1 {
R 7/g} 34. g3 (34. Rxd6 Rf4 $10) 34... Rf6 35. h4 h6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. f3 Kg8 (
37... g5 $6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kh3 $1 $14) 38. Kf2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ke3 Kg7
41. Rb8 Kh7 42. Rd8 (42. Rb7+ $5 Kg6 43. Rd7) (42. Ke4) 42... Kg7 (42... g4 $1
43. f4 exf4+ 44. gxf4 g3 45. Ra8 g2 46. Ra1 Rg6 47. Rg1 Rg3+ $1 {/\ Rc3=}) 43.
Ra8 (43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. g4 Kh6 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kd2 Kh6 47. Kc2 Rxf3 48. Rxd6+ Kg7
49. Rc6 (49. Re6 Rf4 50. Kb3 Rxg4 51. Rxe5 Kf6 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Rc6 Rd4 54.
Rxc5 g4 55. Ra5 g3 56. Ra1 g2 57. Kb4 Rg4 58. Rg1 Ke7 $10) 49... Rf4 50. Rxc5
Rxg4 51. Kd3 (51. Rc6 Rd4) 51... Rf4 (51... Rd4+ 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kf5 54.
d6 Re4+ 55. Kf3 Rf4+ 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Rh4+ $10 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf3 Rf4+
60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kd3 Rd4+ 62. Kc3 $2 g4 $17) 52. Rc7+ Kf8 $10 (52... Kf6 $10))
43... Kf7 (43... g4 $6 44. f4 exf4+ 45. gxf4 Rf7 $5 (45... g3 $2 $16) 46. Ra6
Re7+ 47. Kf2 Kg6 48. Rxd6+ Kf5 $10) 44. Ke4 (44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Re7 $5 (45. g4 $5
Rf7 46. Ra8 Rf4 47. Rd8 Rxc4 48. Rxd6+ Kf7 49. Re6 Rd4 50. Rxe5 Kf6 51. Rf5+
Kg6 $10) 45... g4 $5 (45... Kh6 46. Re6 Kg7 47. Ke4 Kf7 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. g4
Kg6 50. Kd3 $1 Kf6 51. Kc3 e4 52. fxe4 Ke5 53. Kb3 Kd4 54. e5 $1 Kxe5 55. Ka4
$16) 46. f4 exf4+ 47. gxf4 g3 $10 48. Re6 $2 Rxe6+ 49. dxe6 Kf6 50. f5 d5 $1
51. cxd5 Ke7 $1 $19) 44... Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. Re7 (46. Rb7 g4 $1 47. f4 exf4
48. gxf4 Rf7 $1 $10) (46. Rd7 $5 g4 47. f4 exf4 48. gxf4 g3 49. Ra7 Rf8 $1 (
49... g2 $2 50. Ra1 $16) (49... Kh5 $2 50. Rh7+ $16) 50. Ra3 Re8+ 51. Kf3 Kf5
52. Kxg3 Re4 $10) 46... g4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N; sieht wie ein Stьmperzug aus, aber
Kortschnoj verbindet mit ihm interessante Ideen.'} a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Be3 f5
12. f3 Nc5 13. Nd3 b6 14. b4 Nxd3 {'!?' Bulletin.} (14... axb4 $6 15. Nxb4 Bd7
{>= 15...Ra5} 16. a5 bxa5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nd3 $16) 15. Qxd3 axb4 16. Nb5 Kh8
{'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '/\ Ne7-g8-f6'} 17. Qb3 Ng8 18. Qxb4 Nf6 (18... Bh6 $5
19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Bd7 {=/=/+}) 19. exf5 gxf5 20.
Bg5 (20. a5 $2 bxa5 21. Rxa5 c5 $1 $19) 20... h6 21. Bh4 Bd7 22. Ra3 Qb8 {
'!?' Bulletin.} 23. Bf2 Rg8 24. Rb1 {Bulletin: '/\ Nxc7'} Nh5 25. Kh1 (25. a5
$5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Nf4 28. Bf1 e4 29. Qxb8 Rgxb8 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.
fxe4 fxe4 32. Be3 Nd3 33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Ra3 Rb4 35. Rxd3 Rxc4 $10) 25... Qd8
26. a5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 bxa5 28. g3 (28. Rxa5 $2 Rb8 29. Qxb8 Qxb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8
31. Rb5 Ra8 $15) 28... f4 {'!' Bulletin.} 29. g4 e4 {'!' Bulletin.} 30. fxe4 {
'?' Bulletin.} (30. gxh5 $1 e3 31. Bg1 Qg5 32. Bd3 Qxh5 33. Rf1 $13) 30... Nf6
31. Bh4 Qe7 32. Bf3 Qe5 33. Re1 Nh7 34. Qd7 Bf6 35. Bxf6+ Nxf6 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37.
exf5 Nxg4 38. Bxg4 Rxg4 39. Rh3 Kg7 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Re6+ Kxf5 42. Rhxh6 Rf8
43. Rh5+ Rg5 44. Rxg5+ Kxg5 45. c5 a4 46. cxd6 cxd6 47. Rxd6 Ra8 48. Re6 a3 49.
Re1 Kf5 50. h4 f3 51. d6 a2 52. Ra1 Kf4 {Bulletin: '/\ Kf4-g3, Ra8-b8-b1#'} 53.
Kh2 f2 {'!' Bulletin.} 54. d7 Kf3 55. Rc1 a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Rxa1 57. d8=Q Rh1+ 58.
Kxh1 f1=Q+ 59. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 (12... b6 13. f3 f4 14. Na4 axb4
15. axb4 g5 16. c5 {Kasparov,G-Smirin,I/URS-55ch/1988/ -> CBM9}) 13. f3 (13.
Qc2 Ng8 $5 (13... b6 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bd3 $14 {
Gavrikov,V-Kasparov,G/URS-55ch/1988/ -> CBM 9}) 14. Bb2 $6 Ngf6 15. Rbe1 f4 16.
c5 $5 {Salov,V-Short,N/Skeleftea WCup/1989/0-1/ (+-) -> CBM 14}) 13... Ng8 {
'!' Bulletin.} (13... f4 14. Na4 (14. c5 axb4 15. axb4 dxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17.
Nc4 b6 18. Ba3 Ba6 19. Bxc5 {remis; Huzman-Temirbaev/URS-OT 56 Uzhgorod/ -> TD}
) (14. Nb5 b6 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. a4 {Vladimirov,E-Temirbaev/
Alma-Ata/1989/1-0/}) 14... axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Bb2 {Polugaevsky,L-Hellers,F/
Biel/1989/1-0/ -> CBM14} (16. c5 {Salov,V-Nunn,J/Rotterdam WCup/1/2-1/2/ ->
CBM13})) 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4 Ndf6 {'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} (15... b6 16.
c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ndf6 18. Qc2 $6 Nh5 $1 19. g3 Nhf6 20. Bd2 fxe4 $1 21. fxe4
Bh3 22. Rf3 Ng4 $17 {Schussler,H-Mortenen,E/Espoo zt/1989/0-1/ -> CBM14}) 16.
Bd2 Nh5 17. g3 Nhf6 18. Rf2 Nh6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nf7 21. Qc1 f4 22. g4 (
22. gxf4 $6 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nh5 24. Be3 g5 $44) 22... h5 23. h3 Nh7 24. Be1 Bf6
25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rf1 Nhg5 27. Rh1 Nxh3 {'!' Bulletin.} 28. Rxh3 Ng5 29. Rh2 (29.
Rh1 $2 hxg4 30. fxg4 f3+ $1 31. Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Kxf3 Rh8 $1 {
(29.Rh2 -> 34.Qd2)}) 29... hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh8 31. Bh4 f3+ 32. Bxf3 Nxf3 33.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Kg3 g5 {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: '>< g5'} (35...
Kg7 $5 36. Qe3 (36. Ne2 Qh4+ 37. Kxf3 Bxg4+ 38. Ke3 Qh3+ $19) 36... Nd4 37. g5
$1 {Kasparov} (37. Ne2 Nxe2+ (37... Nc2 38. Qd2 Bxg4 $1 39. Kxg4 Qf2 40. Qxc2
Qg2+ 41. Kh4 Kh6 $19 {Salov}) 38. Qxe2 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Kh6 40. Nd2 b6 $19 {
Kasparov}) 37... Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 Nxb3 40. Nb5 $10) (35... Kg8 $1
36. Qe3 Nd4 37. g5 (37. Nd2 $1 Nc2 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Nxf3 Nxb4 40. Nb5 Na6 $15)
37... Qh8 $1 $19) 36. Ne2 Kg7 37. Qh1 Nd4 {'?' Bulletin.} (37... Nh4 $5 38. Nd2
Ng6 39. Nf3 Nf4 40. Nc1 Qg6 41. Ne1 Qe8 42. b5 Qd7 43. Qf3 Ng6 {/\ 44...Nh4})
38. Nbxd4 exd4 39. Qd1 Qe5+ 40. Kf3 Qf6+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 {Bulletin: '-> Kommentar
Karpov-Kasparov/Skeleftea WCup/'} 13. Qc2 {Bulletin: '13.f3'} Ng8 {'!'
Bulletin.} 14. Bb2 {'!?' Bulletin.} Ngf6 15. Rbc1 f4 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5
18. Nb5 Nfd7 19. Nf3 b6 20. a4 Ba6 21. Ba3 Bf6 22. Rcd1 g5 23. h3 Rg8 24. Nh2
Bg7 25. Bc4 Bf8 26. d6 Bxb5 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxb5 Nf6 29. Bb2 g4 30. hxg4 Bd6
31. f3 {'?' Bulletin.} (31. Rxd6 $1 $18) 31... Rac8 32. Qe2 Ne6 33. Rc1 Bc5+
34. Kh1 Rg6 35. Qc4 Qd6 36. Rfd1 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Qe7 39. Qc3 Qg7 40.
Rdd1 Rh6 41. Rd4 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 {Nicht neu, aber meist wird 10...Sh6 gespielt.} 11.
Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 (14. c5 {+/= ECO} Qe7 $5) 14...
Rxd8 15. Nd5 $6 Nxe4 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 $15 18. Bd3 $6 Rbc8 19. Nd5 Nc5
20. Bf1 Be6 $15 21. b4 $2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nxb4 23. Nxe5 Ne4 24. Bc4 Nc3 $19 25.
Rd2 Nbxd5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 $2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5
axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3 Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 (18... fxe4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Rf2 Ng4
$13) 19. Rb3 Nxg3 {Eine Neuerung des Weltmeisters} 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. f4 $1 (21.
Kg2 $2 Nxg3 $1 22. Kxg3 f4+ 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 21... exf4 (21...
Bxb5 $5 22. Bxb5 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Nf3 (24. Rxf4 $2 Qg5+ $1) 24... fxe4
25. Qxe4 Qc8 $1 $13) 22. c6 $13 {/ +/=} bxc6 23. dxc6 Nxg3 24. Rxg3 fxg3 25.
cxd7 g2 26. Rf3 Qxd7 27. Bb2 fxe4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxe4 Qf6
31. Nf3 Qf4 32. Qe7 Rf7 33. Qe6 Rf6 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe7 Rf7 36. Qe6 Rf6 37.
Qb3 g5 38. Nxc7 g4 39. Nd5 Qc1+ 40. Qd1 Qxd1+ 41. Bxd1 Rf5 42. Ne3 Rf4 43. Ne1
Rxb4 44. Bxg4 h5 45. Bf3 d5 46. N3xg2 h4 47. Nd3 Ra4 48. Ngf4 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf6
50. Bxd5 Ra5 51. Bc6 Ra6 52. Bb7 Ra3 53. Be4 Ra4 54. Bd5 Ra5 55. Bc6 Ra6 56.
Bf3 Kg5 57. Bb7 Ra1 58. Bc8 Ra4 59. Kf3 Rc4 60. Bd7 Kf6 61. Kg4 Rd4 62. Bc6 Rd8
63. Kxh4 Rg8 64. Be4 Rg1 65. Nh5+ Ke6 66. Ng3 Kf6 67. Kg4 Ra1 68. Bd5 Ra5 69.
Bf3 Ra1 70. Kf4 Ke6 71. Nc5+ Kd6 72. Nge4+ Ke7 73. Ke5 Rf1 74. Bg4 Rg1 75. Be6
Re1 76. Bc8 Rc1 77. Kd4 Rd1+ 78. Nd3 Kf7 79. Ke3 Ra1 80. Kf4 Ke7 81. Nb4 Rc1
82. Nd5+ Kf7 83. Bd7 Rf1+ 84. Ke5 Ra1 85. Ng5+ Kg6 86. Nf3 Kg7 87. Bg4 Kg6 88.
Nf4+ Kg7 89. Nd4 Re1+ 90. Kf5 Rc1 91. Be2 Re1 92. Bh5 Ra1 93. Nfe6+ Kh6 94. Be8
Ra8 95. Bc6 Ra1 96. Kf6 Kh7 97. Ng5+ Kh8 98. Nde6 Ra6 99. Be8 Ra8 100. Bh5 Ra1
101. Bg6 Rf1+ 102. Ke7 Ra1 103. Nf7+ Kg8 104. Nh6+ Kh8 105. Nf5 Ra7+ 106. Kf6
Ra1 107. Ne3 Re1 108. Nd5 Rg1 109. Bf5 Rf1 110. Ndf4 Ra1 111. Ng6+ Kg8 112.
Ne7+ Kh8 113. Ng5 Ra6+ 114. Kf7 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 c6 11. a3 b5 12. dxc6 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nb5 $1 {neu} (
14. Nd5 $2 {ECO} Nxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nf3 Bg4 $10) 14... Nxc6 15. Nb3 $1 Be6
16. Qd3 Ne8 17. Be3 f5 18. f3 $16 {>< d6} fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qd7 21.
h3 Bf8 22. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qe6 24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Qd5 Nd8 26. b3 Be7 27. Bb6
Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 29. Nxd6 Rb8 30. Bc7 Qxd5 31. exd5 Ra8 32. N6e4 Be7 33. c5
Nf7 34. c6 Rc8 35. Bb6 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Ne4 Bf8 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke8
40. Kd3 Be7 41. Kc4 Rb8 42. c7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 h6 $5 (10... Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 h6 13.
Nd4 Kh8 14. a4 Ng8 15. a5 Nf6 16. Re1 h5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. a6 $1 Bh6 19. axb7
Bxb7 20. Bf3 Ng4 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nc6 Qf6 {[Beliavsky,A-Gelfand,B Trophee
Immopar Paris 1991]} 23. e5 $1 Nxe5 (23... dxe5 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. h3 $16) 24.
Nxe5 dxe5 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Nc5 $16) 11. Nd2 (11. a4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 11... Nf4
12. Nc4 Nxe2+ $5 {TN} (12... f5 13. f3 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 Rf6 16. Be3 b6
17. Rc1 Ba6 18. a4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qd7 $13 {[Law,A-Nielsen,PH Gausdal Arnold Cup
1991]}) 13. Qxe2 f5 14. f3 f4 15. a4 $5 {[/\Ba3,b4-b5-b6]} (15. Ba3 g5 16. b5
Rf6 17. b6 axb6 18. cxb6 Rxa3 $5 19. Nxa3 Rg6 $132 {[/\g5-g4]}) (15. Qf2 {
Kortschnoj /\ b4-b5-b6}) 15... g5 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. b5 Ng6 {[#]} 18. b6 $1 (18.
a5 $5 {Kortschnoj} Bf8 19. b6 dxc5 20. bxc7 Qxc7 21. d6 $44) 18... axb6 (18...
cxb6 19. Nxd6 $1 bxc5 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Rfb1 $36) 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qb2 $2 (20.
Nb5 Bf8 21. Qf2 $1 Ra6 (21... g4 22. Qxb6 $16) 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Ncxd6 $16) (20.
Rab1 $5 {Kortschnoj} Rb8 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Rbc1 $1 {/\ Ncxd6}) 20... Ra6 21. Nb5
g4 $1 $132 22. Ncxd6 (22. fxg4 {Kortschnoj} Bxg4 (22... Bf8 23. h3 $13) 23.
Bxd6 $14) 22... gxf3 23. Nxc8 (23. gxf3 {Kortschnoj} Bh3 $17) (23. Rxf3 {
Kortschnoj} Bg4 24. Rc3 f3 $36) 23... Qxc8 (23... fxg2 $5 {Kortschnoj} 24. Rfc1
f3 {/\ ...Nf4}) 24. Qc3 $6 (24. gxf3 Nh4 25. Kh1 Rg6 $40 (25... Rg6 {Kortschnoj
} 26. Rf2 Qh3 {/\ Rg3 /\ Ra4})) (24. Rxf3 $5 Nh4 (24... Rxa4 $5 $132) 25. Rh3
f3 (25... Qg4 26. Qf2 $16) 26. Rxh4 f2+ 27. Kf1 Qc4+ 28. Qe2 $18) 24... Qxc3
25. Nxc3 fxg2 $13 26. Kxg2 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 28. Kf3 Ra8 29. Rfc1 $1 {[/
\Nc3-d1-f2-g4]} Rg6 (29... Nd7 {Kortschnoj} 30. Nb5 Nc5 31. Rc4 $15) 30. Nd1 (
30. Nb5 {Kortschnoj} Nh7 {/\ ...Nh7}) 30... Nh7 31. Nf2 Ng5+ 32. Kg4 $5 (32.
Ke2 Nf7 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Rxg1+ Kf8 35. Rb1 $10) 32... Rg7 (32... Nxe4+ $2 {
Kortschnoj} 33. Kf5 $16) (32... Nf7+ $6 {Kortschnoj} 33. Kf5 Rg5+ 34. Kf6 {
/\ Rg1}) 33. Kh5 (33. Kf5 $6 Rf7+ 34. Kxe5 $2 Nf3+ 35. Kd6 Rd8+ 36. Ke6 Re8+
37. Kd6 Ne5 $19) 33... Nf3 34. h4 Nd4 {[/\35...Nb3;/\Nd4-e2-g3->]} 35. Rg1 (35.
Ng4 $2 {Kortschnoj} Nb3 $17) 35... Ne2 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rb1 Ng3+ 38. Kg4 h5+
39. Kg5 (39. Kf3 Rxa4 40. Rxb6 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Kf3 $10)
39... Rg8 40. Rxb6 $4 $138 (40. a5 Kf7+ 41. Kh6 Rg6+ 42. Kh7 Rg7+ 43. Kh6 Rg6+
$10) 40... Kh7+ 41. Kf6 Rg6+ 42. Kxe5 (42. Ke7 Rxb6 43. d6 Ne2 44. d7 Nd4 $19)
42... Rxb6 43. d6 Rb2 44. Nd3 (44. d7 Rd2 45. Ke6 Ne2 (45... Kg7 $1 46. e5 (46.
Ke7 Nxe4 $1 47. Nxe4 (47. Nh3 f3 48. d8=Q Rxd8 49. Kxd8 Kf6 50. Kc7 Kf5 51.
Kxb7 Kg4 $19) 47... Re2 $19) 46... Kf8 $19) 46. e5 (46. Ke7 {Kortschnoj} Nd4
$19) 46... Kg7 (46... Nd4+ 47. Kf7 Nc6 48. e6 Rxf2 $2 49. e7 $18) 47. Ke7 Nd4
$19) 44... Rd2 45. Nxf4 Nxe4 $1 46. Kxe4 Rxd6 47. Nxh5 Ra6 48. a5 Kh6 49. Nf4
Rxa5 $19 {[/\Ra5-b5-b1]} 50. Ne6 Kh5 51. Kd4 Kxh4 52. Kc4 Ra1 53. Nc5 Rb1 54.
Ne4 Kg4 55. Nd2 Rd1 56. Ne4 Kf4 57. Nc5 Rb1 58. Kd4 Kf5 59. Kd5 Kf6 60. Kd6
Rb6+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 (14...
Bh6 15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Ndf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd5 19. cxd6 c6 20. Qc5
Bd7 $2 (20... Bxc1 $1 21. Rfxc1 Bd7 22. Nc7 b6) 21. Bxh6 Nxh6 22. Nc7 b6 23.
Qc1 $1 {Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Linares (04)/1992/1-0/33/  -> CBM 28}) 15. Bd3 $1
{N} f4 $8 16. Nb5 $14 b6 17. c5 {Konsequent!} dxc5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra8
20. a4 (20. d6 $5 c6 (20... Ne8 $5) 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Ne6 Qe8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 $13)
20... Ne8 21. a5 Ba6 22. Bd2 Bxb5 $1 23. Rxb5 Nd6 24. Rb2 Qe7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26.
Bb5 (26. axb6 $5 cxb6 (26... Nxb6 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. Bb5 $14) 27. Bb5 Rab8 28.
Rfb1 Rf7 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Bf2 Bd8 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Qc3 Qe8 $13) 26... bxa5 $1
27. Bc6 (27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxc5 a4 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. Rba2 $13) 27... Rab8 28.
Ra2 Rf7 $10 29. Rxa5 Bf8 30. Bc1 g5 31. Bb2 Qf6 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rfa1 Bd6 34.
Ba3 g4 35. Bxc5 Rg8 36. Ra8 Rdg7 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Rc8 gxf3 40.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 41. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. a4 f5 (12... a5 $6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14.
Nb3 f5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Nb5 $16) 13. a5 Nf6 14. axb6 (
14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qa3 Bh6 $1 16. bxc5 (16. Bd3 $6 Qc7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. exf5 gxf5
$10 {arsen,B-Fischer,Denver(m/4) 1971}) 16... bxc5 17. a6 Nc8 $5 (17... Rb8
18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Nf3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 $14 {Kristiansen,J-Hellers,F Esbjerg,1988})
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nde4 Bxc1 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Rfxc1 Nb6 $10 {ECO}) 14... axb6
15. f3 (15. Qb3 Ra6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nf5 20. Nb5
Nd4 21. Qd1 $1 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Ra2 23. Bc4 Ra8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. b6 Rb8 26. Qb3
$16 {Zarubin,P-Muratov,VA,Moscow Open Russian Winter 1991}) 15... Bh6 (15... f4
16. Qb3 Ra6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd1 g5 19. Nf2 h5 20. h3 $14 {/\Bb2-c3,Ra1}) (
15... g5 16. exf5 Nxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. Nde4 $14) 17. Nde4 h6 18. Bd3 Nd4 19.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Be3 $14) 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Nxc1 $1 Bd7 (17... f4 18.
Nd3 g5 19. Nf2 h5 20. h3 Ng6 21. Qb3 Ra6 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4
25. hxg4 $16) 18. Nd3 Ra3 (18... g5 19. Qb3 Ra6 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 g4 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Ra6 Nc8 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nf2 gxf3 26. Bxf3 $16 {><d6}) 19. Qc1
Qa8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ra1 Ra5 (21... Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bd1
$14) 22. Qb2 Qa7 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. Ra6 Nc8 (25... Rb8 26. Qa3 g5 $2
27. Nxe5 $18) 26. Nf2 $1 {><e4} Qd8 27. Qd2 {/\ef} Nh5 (27... f4 28. Bd1 (28.
Nb5 $6 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Nb6 30. Qa5 Nfd7 $10) 28... Nb6 29. Qa2 g5 30. Qb3 Nc8 31.
Qb7 h5 32. h3 $14) 28. exf5 gxf5 29. g3 {/\f4} Be8 $2 (29... Nf6 $142 30. f4
Qe7 31. Qe3 e4 32. Ncd1 Re8 33. Ra3 (33. Qc3 e3 34. Nd3 h5 $132) 33... h5 (
33... Nb6 34. Rb3) 34. Qd2 $14 {/\Ne3}) 30. Ra8 Bg6 31. Nb5 Qf6 32. Qa5 Qe7 (
32... e4 33. Qc7 Qb2 34. Bf1 e3 35. Nd3 Qd2 36. Rxc8 $18) 33. Qc7 Qxc7 34. Nxc7
$16 Ng7 35. Nb5 Re8 36. Nd1 h5 37. Kf2 f4 38. Ndc3 fxg3+ 39. hxg3 Rf8 40. Ke1 {
Zugzwang} Bf5 (40... Nf5 41. Ne4 $18 {/\g4}) 41. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 42. fxe4 Re8 $145
$8 (42... Kf7 43. Rxc8 $18) 43. Ra6 Rd8 44. Bf1 Rf8 45. Bh3 Ne7 46. Nxd6 Rf3
47. Ra8+ {47..Kh7 48.Ra7+-} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6
15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3 Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 19. Rb3 Bh6 (19... Nxg3 {
Anand Karpov-Kasparov Tilburg1991}) (19... fxe4 {Anand} 20. fxe4 Bh3) 20. Rc3
Bf4 $5 {N} (20... fxe4 21. fxe4 Bh3 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Nf4 25.
Ng5 $1 $16 {Epishin-Polgar,J/Wien/1991/}) 21. cxd6 (21. gxf4 $6 Nxf4 22. Nb3 (
22. Bc4 N6h5 23. Nb3 fxe4 24. Bxf4 (24. fxe4 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Nxc7 Rxf1+
27. Bxf1 Rf8 28. Qe2 Rf2 29. Qd3 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qf2+ 31. Bg2 Qg1#) 24... Rxf4
25. fxe4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Rf8 28. Bc4 Qh4 $40) 22... N6xd5 $1 23.
exd5 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Nxe2 27. Nxc7 (27. Kxe2 Bxb5+ 28.
Ke1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Ra2 $17) 27... Nxc3 28. Nxa8 Rxa8 29. cxd6 Nxd5 30. Bb2 Nxb4
31. Bxe5+ Kg8 32. Nc5 Bb5 $15) 21... Nxg3 (21... cxd6 22. Nc7 (22. gxf4 {Anand}
Nxf4 23. Bc4 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qb6+ $19) (22. Nxd6 Bxd2 (22... Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qxd6 (
23... Bxd2 24. Nc4) 24. Nc4) 23. Bxd2 Qb6+ 24. Be3 Qxd6 25. Bc5 Qb8 $17) 22...
Rc8 (22... Bxg3 $1 23. hxg3 (23. Nxa8 Bxh2+ $1 24. Kxh2 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qh4+ 26.
Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 $19) 23... Nxg3 24. Re1 Nfh5 $40) 23. Ne6 Qb6+ 24. Kg2
Qxb4 25. Nc4 Bxe6 26. Ba3 Qb5 27. dxe6 Bh6 28. Bxd6 $16) (21... Bxb5 22. dxc7
Qd7 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. c8=Q Be3+ 25. Kh1 $1 Raxc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Kg7
28. Qc7+ Kh6 29. Nc4 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 $18) (21... Bxg3 $5 22. dxc7 Qe7 (22...
Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qh4+ 25. Rh3 $18) 23. d6 $1 Qg7 24. hxg3 Nxg3 25.
Nb3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nfxe4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. c8=Q $16) 22. hxg3 Nh5 (22... Bxg3
23. Nxc7 $16) 23. gxf4 Nxf4 (23... Qh4 24. Rf2 Nxf4 25. Bf1 Bxb5 26. dxc7 $3
Qg3+ 27. Rg2 Nxg2 28. Bxg2 Qe1+ 29. Nf1 $16) 24. Bc4 $1 (24. Rf2 Nh3+ (24...
Qg5+ 25. Kh1 $1 (25. Kf1 Qh4 26. Ke1 Ng2+ 27. Kd1 Qxf2 $40) 25... Qh4+ 26. Rh2
Qe1+ 27. Nf1 Nxe2 (27... fxe4 28. Bxf4 $1) 28. Qxe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Bxb5 30. Re1
cxd6 $44) 25. Kf1 (25. Kg2 $2 Qg5+ $1 26. Kxh3 Qg1 $1 27. Rg2 f4+ $19) 25...
Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kg2 f4 28. Nf1 Rf5 $1 29. exf5 gxf5 $19) (27.
Ke3 $6 f4+ 28. Kd3 Bxb5+ 29. Nc4 Qf2 $19) 27... Qh1+ (27... fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+
29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 $18) (27... f4 28. Bc4 $1) 28. Kf2 Qh4+ $10) 24... Nh3+ (
24... Qh4 25. Nb3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 $16 (26. Kh1 $1 {Anand}) (26. Kg2 fxe4)) (24...
Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qh4+ 26. Ke3 Qg5 27. Nb3 $1 fxe4 28. Qxe4 $18) 25. Kh1 (25. Kg2
Qg5+ 26. Kxh3 f4+ 27. Kh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ $10) 25... Qh4 26. Nb3
fxe4 (26... Nf2+ {Anand} 27. Kg2 f4 28. Qxf2 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 $18) 27. Qh2 (27.
fxe4 $4 Nf2+ 28. Kg2 Bh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) 27... Rf5 28. f4 $1 (28. fxe4 Rh5 (
28... Qxe4+ 29. Qg2 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $18) 29. Qg3 Qxe4+ 30. Rff3 Ra2 $40 31. dxc7
Rf2 (31... Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Rf1 $1) 32. Rce3 Qxc4 $19) 28... Rh5 $8 29.
Qg3 Qxg3 (29... Nxf4+ 30. Qxh4 Rxh4+ 31. Kg1 Ra2 32. Nd2 Rg4+ 33. Kf2 Rg2+ 34.
Ke1 $18) (29... Qf6 30. fxe5 Qg7 31. dxc7 $18) (29... Qd8 30. dxc7 Nxf4+ 31.
Kg1 Qf6 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 Bf5 34. Be2 Rg5 35. Bg4 $18) 30. Rxg3 exf4 31.
Bb2+ Kg8 32. dxc7 $1 Bxb5 (32... fxg3 33. d6+ Be6 34. Bxe6#) 33. Bxb5 fxg3 34.
Kg2 $1 Ng5 (34... e3 35. Bd7 $18) 35. d6 Rh2+ 36. Kxg3 Rxb2 37. Bc4+ Kg7 38. d7
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 $6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 f5 $10) 11. d5
Ne7 12. b4 a5 {In general,the move a7-a5 in such positions hardly helps black
to solve his problems.The theory gives 12...Sf7 as the best.} 13. bxa5 c5 14.
Qb3 Rxa5 15. Ne1 f5 16. f3 Kh8 17. Na4 Ra6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. Nd3 Neg8
{More cautious was 20...Sf7 or 20...f4} 21. f4 $1 exf4 22. Nxf4 fxe4 23. Nxe4
Nf5 24. Qh3 Ngh6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rxa2 27. Bg5 Qe8 {27...Dc8 was better.
The main threat e6-e7 would not work then immediately: 28. e7 Se7 29.Le7 Dh3
30.gh Te8 and black recaptures a piece.} 28. e7 Rxe2 {Or 28...Tf7 29.Ld3,
threatening with g2-g4,or Lh6 Lh6 Tf5 gf Sd6.} 29. Nxd6 $3 {This Zwischenzug
wins the game.} Nxd6 30. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Nf5 33. Qg5 h6 34.
Qf4 Re7 35. Qf2 Qc6 36. Rbe1 Rd7 37. g4 Ng7 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 $18 Kh7 40.
Re5 h5 41. g5 Rc7 42. Rf8 Rd7 43. Rb8 Rc7 44. Rd8 Rf7 45. Red5 Ne6 46. R8d6 Nf4
47. Rd7 Nh3+ 48. Kg2 Nf4+ 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koblenz"]
[BlackTeam "Dortmund"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Bd3
f4 16. Nb5 Ne8 $5 {[TN ;16...b6-55/645,646]} 17. Be2 $5 (17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5
c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd6 Nxc5 $13) 17... b6 (17... g5 $6 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5
c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nd6 $16) 18. c5 $5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. a4 $5 h5 21. Ba3
Na6 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. Nc3 $1 {[/\24.Bb5,25.Bxd7; ><>< c6,c7,b7]} g5 24. Bb5 g4
25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Nb5 gxf3 27. Nxf3 (27. gxf3 $6 Qh3 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Rg1 Ng4 $5
$132) 27... Bf6 28. Qc6 Qxc6 $6 (28... Qg4 $5 29. Qxa8 Rg8 30. Ne1 f3 31. Rc2
Bh4 $132) (28... Qc8 $5 {/\29...Rg8,30.Qg4<=>>>]}) 29. dxc6 $1 {[/\ Nb5-c3-d5,
Rb1-b5|^<<]} Ng7 (29... Bd8 $2 30. Nxe5 $16) 30. Nc3 Ne6 31. Nd5 Rf7 32. Rb5
Nac5 33. Bxc5 (33. Nxf6 Rxf6 34. Nxe5 Nd4 $1 $132) 33... Nxc5 (33... dxc5 {
(/\34...Nd4)} 34. Kf1 $5 Ra6 35. Nd2 $14) 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35. Nxe5 $1 $14 Rg8 (
35... Re8 36. Nd7 $16) (35... Re6 36. Nd7 Nxd7 37. cxd7 c5 38. Rcb1 $18) 36.
Nf3 Re6 37. Rc4 Rgg6 $2 (37... Nxe4 38. Rxh5+ Kg7 39. Rxa5 $16) (37... Rge8 $5
38. e5 Nd3 39. Ng5 $1 (39. exd6 $4 Re1+ 40. Nxe1 Rxe1#) 39... Rg6 (39... Nxe5
40. Nxe6 Nxc4 41. Nxc7 Rc8 42. Rxh5+ $16) 40. e6 Nc5 41. h4 $14) 38. Rxa5 Nxe4
39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Rf5 Re8 41. a5 $1 $18 (41. Rxf4 d5 42. Rc2 Ra8 $16) 41... Nc5
42. Rcxf4 Rb8 (42... Re2 $2 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. R4f7+ Kh6 45. Rh8#) 43. h3 Nd3 44.
Re4 Nb4 (44... Rb1+ 45. Kh2 Nf2 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Ng5 $18) 45. Re7 Rg7 46. Rxg7+
Kxg7 47. Nd4 Kg6 48. Rb5 Nxc6 49. Rxb8 (49. a6 $1 $18) 49... Nxb8 50. Kf2 Kf6 (
50... c5 51. Nb5 d5 52. Nc7 d4 53. a6 $18) 51. h4 d5 52. g4 c5 53. g5+ Ke5 54.
h5 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. cxd6 $5
(15. Ba3) 15... cxd6 16. Nb5 $5 Ne8 17. Bd2 {/\ Bd2-e1-f2|^} Rf7 18. Be1 Bd7 $5
(18... a6 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Bf2 $16 {/\ 21.Nb6}) 19. Bf2 Bxb5 20. axb5 b6 21. Qd3
Rc8 (21... h5 $2 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Rfc1 g4 24. Be1 $1 $16 {/\ 25.Rc6}) 22. Rfc1
Rfc7 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Nd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 $14 Ne7 27. Qc2 h5 28. Kf1
$1 {/\ Kf1-a4, Nd2-b3-a5|^} Qd7 29. Ke1 Kf7 30. Kd1 g4 31. Nc4 $6 (31. Kc1 $142
Qc8 32. Nc4 $14 (32. Qxc8 Nxc8 $10)) 31... Ng6 32. Qc3 $6 h4 $5 33. h3 $1 gxh3
(33... g3 $5 34. Bg1 Ne7 35. Kc2 Nc8 $14) 34. gxh3 Ke7 35. Bf1 (35. Na5 $5 bxa5
36. bxa5 Qxh3 37. Bxa7 $36) 35... Qxb5 36. Qa3 Qd7 37. Qa6 {/\ 38.Na3, 39.Nb5->
} Nh7 $1 {/\ 38...Ng5<=>} 38. Na3 Ng5 39. Nb5 Nxf3 40. Nxa7 Ng5 41. Nc8+ Kf6
42. Nxb6 Qc7 43. Nc4 $5 Nxe4 44. Be1 $1 {/\ 45.Bd3+-} f3 $1 $8 (44... Bf8 45.
Bd3 Ng5 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Nxe5+ $16) 45. Qa3 (45. Bd3 $2 f2 $19) 45... Ng3 (
45... Ng5 46. b5 Bf8 47. b6 $18) 46. Qxf3+ Nf4 47. Bxg3 hxg3 48. Qxg3 Qa7 $1 (
48... Nxd5 49. Nd2 $1 $16 {/\ 50.Bc4, 51.Ne4->} Nc3+ $2 50. Qxc3 Qxc3 51. Ne4+
$18) 49. Qh4+ Kf7 $1 $10 (49... Kg6 $2 50. Bd3+ Nxd3 51. Qg3+ Kf6 52. Qxd3 Qa4+
53. Ke2 Qxb4 54. Nd2 $14) 50. Nxd6+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qh4+ Kg8 (52... Bh6 $2
53. Bd3+ Nxd3 54. Qe4+ Kh8 55. Qxd3 $18) 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 f4 {Der alte Zug.
Zuletzt war 13...Ng8 erste Wahl.} 14. Nb3 $6 (14. Nb5) (14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. a4 Ne6 $1 17. Ba3 (17. dxe6 $2 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxc3 $17) 17... Nd4 18.
Bc4 g5 19. Ne2 c6 20. d6 Ng6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Nb3 {Hernandez-Frolov/Habana/
1991/} g4 $1 $36) (14. Na4) 14... axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. Bd2 $6 {Zu langsam.} (
16. c5 Nf6 $1 $13) 16... Ng6 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf6 19. Qa7 g4 $1 20. fxg4
Nxg4 21. h3 $17 (21. Bxg4 $5 Bxg4 22. Qxb7 f3 $40 23. g3 (23. Nb5 $6 fxg2 24.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Kxg2 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Bh3) (23. gxf3 Bxf3 24. Nc1 Qh4 $17) 23... f2+
24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf8+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 26... Qf3 27. Qb8+ Nf8
28. Qa7 Qh1+ $17) 21... Nh6 22. Be1 Rg8 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Kh1 Bh4 25. Nf3 Bxe1
26. Nxe1 (26. Rxe1 Nh4 27. Rg1 Nxf3 28. Bxf3 Qh4 {/\ Bxh3 -+}) 26... Nh4 27.
Rf2 (27. Qf2 Rg3 28. Nd1 Bxh3 $1 29. gxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg5+ 31. Ng2 Rg3 $19)
27... Qg5 28. Nf3 (28. Bf1 Bxh3 29. Ra2 Qg3 $19) 28... Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxh3 (
29... Bxh3 30. Qxb7 Bxg2+ 31. Bxg2 (31. Rxg2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxg2+
34. Kxg2 Qg3+ $19) 31... f3 32. Kg1 Qc1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f3 axb4 15. axb4
c6 $5 $146 (15... f4 16. c5 g5 17. Nb5 (17. Nc4 $5) 17... dxc5 18. bxc5 c6 19.
d6 cxb5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxb5 g4 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Nunn,J Groningen 1988/}) (
15... g5 16. c5 Ng6 17. Nc4 (17. exf5 $5) 17... Nf4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Be3 g4
$13 {Vaganian,R-Kasparov,G Manila ol 1992 Inf 55/639/}) (15... Nh5 16. c5 Nf4
17. Nc4 g5 18. Be3 Neg6 (18... g4 $6 {Inf 54/617/}) 19. b5 $146 (19. cxd6 cxd6
20. Nb5 Nh4 $1 $13 {Gleizerov,E-Sznapik,A Pol 1992 Inf 55/639/}) 19... Nh4 20.
g3 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Bd2 g4 23. gxh4 g3 24. Be1 Qxh4 25. Bd1 $16 {Epishin,
V-Wojtkiewicz,A Bern 1993; 16.g3!? /}) 16. Kh1 (16. Nb3 f4 $6 (16... cxd5 17.
cxd5 f4 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Bd2 g5 20. Rfc1 $13) 17. dxc6 $1 (17. Rd1 cxd5 18. cxd5
Bd7 19. Na5 g5 20. Kh1 Rb8 $13) 17... Nxc6 (17... bxc6 18. b5) 18. b5 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 $16) 16... f4 17. dxc6 $6 (17. Nb3 $5 cxd5 18.
cxd5 g5 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Bd2) 17... Nxc6 18. Nb5 Be6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nf1 Rfd8
21. Bd2 g5 $1 22. Be1 $6 (22. Bc3 Bf8 23. Rd2 g4 24. Rbd1 $13) 22... Bf8 23.
Bf2 Qg7 24. g4 (24. Nc3 $5 g4 25. Nd5 gxf3 26. Bxf3 Ng4 27. Bg1) 24... h5 25.
h3 Qh7 (25... Qh6 $1) 26. Kg1 (26. Nh2 $5) 26... Rd7 27. Nh2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qh3
29. Bf1 Qh6 30. Be1 (30. Bb6 Ra6 31. c5 d5 $17) (30. c5 $2 Rh7 31. Be1 dxc5 32.
bxc5 Bxc5+ $17) 30... Be7 31. Rb2 Kg7 32. Qg2 Rc8 $1 33. Be2 Nd8 34. Qf1 Nf7
35. Bc3 $6 (35. Nc3 Bd8 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Bb6+ 38. Bf2 $17) 35... Bd8 36.
Rbd2 Bb6+ 37. Kh1 Bxg4 $1 $19 38. Nxd6 (38. fxg4 Nxe4 39. Rd3 (39. Qf3 Rh8 40.
Bf1 Ng3+ $19) 39... Rh8 40. Qg2 Ng3+ $19) 38... Rxd6 $1 39. Rxd6 Rh8 40. Qg2
Bh3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6
15. Bd3 f4 16. Nb5 b6 17. c5 $5 bxc5 $146 (17... dxc5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 $44
) 18. Nb3 (18. bxa5 {Knaak} Rxa5 19. Nc4 $44) 18... a4 (18... axb4 {Knaak} 19.
axb4 cxb4 20. Nxc7 $16) 19. Na5 Ne8 20. Qxa4 Qh4 $1 (20... g5 $6 21. Nc6 $1 $16
) 21. Qc2 g5 22. Qf2 $6 (22. Nc6 $1 g4 (22... h5 23. Qf2 $16) (22... cxb4 23.
axb4 Ndf6 24. h3 $14) 23. fxg4 $14) 22... Qh5 $13 23. Nc6 cxb4 24. axb4 Ndf6
25. Ne7 (25. h3 $2 {Knaak} g4 $1 26. fxg4 Bxg4 $15 27. hxg4 $2 Nxg4 $19) 25...
g4 $6 (25... Bd7 $5 $36) (25... Bd7 $5 {Knaak}) 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Na7 (27. Qe2
$5 $14) 27... Rd8 28. Qe2 Bh6 (28... Qg6 {Knaak} 29. Nc6 Rd7 $13) 29. fxg4 (29.
Bd2 $5) 29... Nxg4 30. h3 Ngf6 (30... Nef6 $5 31. Rf3 $1 (31. hxg4 $2 Nxg4 32.
g3 f3 $1 $19) (31. Qf3 Ne3 $1 $36) 31... Rg8 32. hxg4 Rxg4 $44) 31. Qxh5 Nxh5
32. Nb5 $14 Ng3 33. Rf2 Rb8 34. Nc3 Bg5 35. b5 $6 Bh4 36. Ra1 Nf6 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6
15. Bd3 f4 16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb2 Rg8 $5 (17... Ne8 18. Nb3 $5 (18. Be2 g5 (18...
h5 19. Rfc1 (19. Bc3 a4 $8 20. c5 $2 bxc5 21. Nc4 g5 22. h3 $6 cxb4 $1 23. axb4
Nb6 $17 {Hertneck,G-Piket,Je/Manila ol/1992/}) (19. c5 $1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5
21. a4 $1 Rf7 $5 22. Rfc1 g5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxc5 {Gurevich,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk
aan Zee op/1993/}) 19... g5 20. c5 $5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. a4 g4 23. Ba3 Na6
24. Qc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas (6)/1993/}) 19. g4 h5 (19... fxg3
20. hxg3 g4 21. fxg4 Qg5 22. Qd3 $1 Ndf6 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. Nxe5 $16 {Gurevich,
M-Gelfand,B/Munchen/1992/}) 20. h3 Rf7 21. Nb3 $5 a4 $5 22. Nc1 Bf6 23. Nd3 Rh7
24. Kg2 $14 {Gurevich,M-Ye,Jiangchuan/Manila ol/1992/}) 18... a4 19. Nc1 h5 $1
20. Be2 g5 21. Nd3 Ndf6 22. c5 Nh7 $1 23. Nf2 Rg8 $6 24. cxb6 $14 {Vidoniak,
R-Milu,R/Turnu Severin/1992/}) (17... g5 18. Be2 h5 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5
21. Bxe5 Ba6 (21... g4 $5 22. fxg4 $5 Nxg4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nb3 $1 $16 {
Gurevich,M-Khalifman,A/Munchen/1992/}) 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nc4 $14
{Psakhis,L-Hellers,F/Philadelphia World op (8)/1992/}) 18. c5 $5 (18. Be2 Bf8
$1 $13) (18. Be2 {Knaak}) 18... bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe5 Nxd3 (20... dxe5
21. Qxc5 $16) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd3 Ba6 23. a4 (23. Nc4 Rgb8 24. a4 Bxb5 25.
axb5 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 a4 $17) 23... Rgb8 (23... Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qd4+
25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14) 24. Kh1 $1 (24. Rb3 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Qd4+ $1 26. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxb5 28. axb5 a4 $19) 24... Rb7 25. Rfc1 Rab8 26. Qc2 Bxb5 27.
Rxb5 Rxb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 (28... Rb7 29. Qc6 Ra7 30. Qd7 $16) 29. Qxc7 h6 (29...
a4 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. d6 $16) (29... h5 $17 {Knaak}) 30. e5 $1 Qxe5
(30... dxe5 31. Ne4 $16) 31. Ne4 Kh7 (31... Rxd5 32. Qf7 Kh7 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34.
Qxd5 $16) 32. h3 (32. Qf7 a4 33. h3 a3 34. Rc8 h5 35. Ra8 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Qa1 $19)
32... Rxd5 (32... a4 33. Qa7 $1 (33. Qd7 $2 Ra5 34. Rc7 a3 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36.
Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rc8+ Qf8 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 $19) 33... Qd4 34. Rc7 $1 Qxa7 35. Rxa7 g5
36. Nxd6 Rxd5 37. Ne8 $18) 33. Qf7 Rd4 34. Rc7 Rxe4 $1 35. fxe4 a4 36. Qe7 Qa1+
(36... a3 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Ra7 $16) 37. Kh2 Qb2 (37... a3 38. e5 (38. Ra7 {
Knaak} Qb2 39. e5 $10) 38... Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Ra7 $10) 38. e5 $1 Qxe5 (
38... Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Ra7 e4 41. Rxa4 e3 42. Kg1 (42. Re4 {Knaak} g5 43.
g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kf3 Be5 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Rxe3 fxe3 48. Kxe3 $10) 42...
g5 43. Kf1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Bd3
f4 16. Be2 {Chernin/} (16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb2 Rg8 $5 $146 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5
20. Bxe5 Nxd3 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd3 Ba6 $13 {Gurevich,M-Ivanchuk,V /Biel/1993/
}) 16... Rg8 $5 $146 (16... h5 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb5 Nfd7 (19... b6
20. a4 g5 21. Ba3 g4 $6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 $16 {Chernin,A-Marin,M /
Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/}) 20. a4 b6 21. Ba3 Rf6 22. Nc4 Bf8 $10 {Ehlvest,
J-Wojtkiewicz,A /Rakvere/1993/}) (16... g5 17. Nb5 b6 18. Bb2 Ne8 19. g4 $1 $16
{Chernin,A-Istratescu,A /Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/}) 17. Na4 (17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Nb3
b6 19. Bb2 g5 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 dxc5 $13) (17. c5 axb4 18. axb4 dxc5 19.
bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. Nb3 b6 22. Ba3 $13) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Bf8 19. c5
Be7 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Nf8 22. b5 (22. Bb2 $5 Ne6 23. Bc4) 22... Ne6 23. Bb2
g5 24. Bc4 $1 g4 $6 (24... Qe8 $5 25. Qb3 Bd8) 25. Qb3 Rg6 $1 26. Bxe6 (26. Ra1
gxf3 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. b6 cxb6 29. Qxb6 $16) 27. Rxf3 Ng5 $17)
26... Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Rxa4 (27... Nxe4 $6 28. Bxe5+ $1 dxe5 29. Qxe5+ Nf6 30. Ne4
Rxa4 31. b6 $1 $16) 28. Qb3 (28. b6 cxb6 29. c7 Qxc7 30. Rfc1 Qb7 $1 (30... Qd7
$2 31. Rc8+ Rg8 32. Rxg8+ $18) 31. Rc8+ Ng8 $17) 28... gxf3 $1 (28... Ra8 29.
Kh1 $5) 29. Rxf3 (29. Qxa4 $6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxd2 31. Rxf3 Ng4 $17) 29... Ra8
30. Kh1 Qc8 31. h3 Qg8 $5 32. Qxg8+ Rgxg8 $13 33. Ra3 Kg7 34. Bc1 (34. Rba1 $5
Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Rb8 36. Rb3) 34... Rxa3 35. Bxa3 Ra8 36. Bb4 Kf7 37. b6 $5 (37.
Kg1 Ra2 38. Rc1 Rb2 39. Rc4 Bd8 $17) 37... cxb6 38. Nc4 Ne8 (38... Nxe4 $2 39.
Nxb6 Rg8 40. c7 $18) 39. Nxb6 (39. Be1 $2 b5 $1 40. Rxb5 Ra1 $19) (39. Bc3 $1
$16) 39... Ra6 40. Be1 Bd8 41. Bf2 Ra2 42. Kg1 Bxb6 (42... Rc2 $5 43. Nd5 Rxc6
44. Rb7+ Ke6 (44... Kg6 45. Rb8 $18) 45. Rxh7 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Rc4 47. Rh8 Kf7 $15)
43. Rxb6 Rc2 44. Bh4 $8 Nf6 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Bxf6 $8 Kxf6 47. Rc7 h5 48. h4 Rc4
49. Rc8 Ke7 (49... Rxe4 $2 50. Rf8+ Ke7 51. c7 $18) 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Rc8 Ke7
52. Rc7+ Ke6 53. Rc8 d5 $5 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Rd8+ Kxc6 56. exd5+ $1 Kc7 57. Re8
Kd6 (57... e4 58. Re6 e3 59. g3 $10) 58. Rd8+ Ke7 59. Rh8 Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke7 61.
Rh8 Rc1+ 62. Kf2 e4 63. Rxh5 e3+ 64. Ke2 Rc2+ 65. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 (10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nb5 (13. Qb3 Rb8
14. Qa3 (14. Nb5 f5 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Bxa5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qa2
Rb7 20. c5 $44) 14... f5 15. a5 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. axb6 fxe4 $13 {Ruzele,
D-Malishauskas,V/Vilnius(zt)/1993/ inf 57/609/}) 13... f5 14. Nd2 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. Qb3 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Bb7 $10 {Rahman,Zia-Shirov,A/Manila(ol)/1992/0,5 
(22) Inf 55/627/}) 10... Rxa5 $5 $146 (10... c5 11. Bd2 (11. Rb1 Rxa5 12. Bd2
Ra6 13. Rb3 Ne8 14. Qb1 Kh8 15. Rc1 Ng8 16. Rc2 Bh6 $10 {Lobron,E-Brunner,L/
Bielefeld/1992/}) (11. Nd2 Rxa5 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. Bg4 f5 14. Bh3 Nf6 15. Rb5 Ra6
$10 {Dumitrache,D-Bologan,V/Cappelle la Grande/1992/0:1 (36) Inf 55/627/}) (11.
a4 Rxa5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nb5 Ra6 14. Bb2 $5 h6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Qc3+ $14 {Ghitescu,Th-Bologan,V/Galimanesti/1992/0,5 (35) Inf 54/612/}
) (11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bg5 (12. a6 bxa6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rb6 Qc7 $10 {
Taimanov,M-Boleslavsky,I/SSSR/1961/}) 12... Qxa5 13. Bxf6 Qxc3 14. Qxd6 Be6 15.
Bg5 Ra6 16. c5 Rxa2 $10 {Bonin,J-Ree,H/New York/1985/}) 11... Rxa5 12. Qc2 Ra6
13. Rfb1 Nd7 14. Qc1 $1 Kh8 15. Rb3 Ng8 16. g3 Bf6 17. Rab1 $14 {Lutz,
Ch-Dolmatov,S/Dortmund/1993/0,5 (33)/}) 11. Ne1 (11. Bd2 $5 Nd7 12. a4 f5 13.
Ng5) (11. Nd2 c5) 11... Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. Bd2 (13. f3 Nf6 14. a4 b6 15. Ba3
Ra8 16. Bb4 Nh5 17. a5 c5 $1 $10) 13... c5 $5 (13... Nf6 14. exf5 gxf5 (14...
Nxf5 $14) 15. f4 e4 16. Nf2 c5 17. Qc2 $14) 14. exf5 (14. f3 Ra6 15. Qc2 Nf6
16. Rab1 f4 17. Nf2 h5 $13) 14... gxf5 15. f4 Ng6 (15... e4 16. Nc1 $1 $14 (16.
Nf2 e3 $1 $19)) 16. Qc2 Ra6 17. Kh1 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Rab1 (
20. g3 $5) 20... Ng6 21. Bd2 (21. Be3 f4 22. Bf2 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5
25. Qe2 f3 $17) 21... Qh4 $5 {/\Be5/} 22. g3 (22. Be1 Qe7 23. Bd2 Qh4 $10)
22... Qh3 23. Nd1 $1 f4 $8 24. Nf2 (24. gxf4 $2 Bf5) 24... Qd7 25. Ne4 Qe7 $1 (
25... fxg3 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Nxg3 Ng6 28. Bd3 $16) 26. Bxf4 (26. gxf4 $2 Bf5
27. Bd3 Rxa2 $1 28. Qxa2 Bxe4+ 29. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 Bd4+ 31. Rf2 Nh4 $19)
26... Nxf4 27. gxf4 $8 (27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Rxa2 $1 29. Qxa2 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1
Bd4+ $19) 27... Bf5 28. Bd3 Rfa8 29. Ng3 $2 (29. Nc3 $5 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Bxc3 31.
Qxc3 Qe4+ 32. Qf3 $8 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rxa2 34. Rxb7 Rc2 $10) 29... Bh3 $1 $17 30.
Rfe1 Qh4 31. Re2 Bg4 $1 32. Rxb7 $2 (32. Rf1 Bxe2 33. Bxe2 Rxa2 34. Qe4 $17)
32... Bf3+ 33. Kg1 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Qxf4 35. Rf2 Rxa2 $19 36. Rb8+ (36. Qxa2 Rxa2
37. Rxa2 Bxd5+ $19) 36... Rxb8 (36... Rxb8 37. Qxa2 Qc1#) 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Nh6 $5 (14...
Ndf6 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3 (17. Nc4 Nf4 (17... fxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1+
19. Bxf1 Ngf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bf2 $14 {
Watanabe,A-Ong Chong Ghee/WchJ-Mamaia/1991/1-0 (40)}) 18. Be3 (18. cxd6 cxd6
19. Nb5 Ra6 20. Rb3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bd7 22. Nc3 Ra1 23. Bxf4 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 $15 {
Khalifman,A-Kasparov,G/Paris act (2)/1991/0-1 (32)}) 18... Nf6 (18... Qg5 19.
Bd3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Qe7 $8 21. b5 $1 dxc5 $8 22. b6 c6 23. Bxf4 $1 exf4 24. e5 $36
{Epishin,V-Kindermann,S/Wien/1991/1-0 (40)}) 19. Kh1 (19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5
fxe4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Nbxd6 $36 {Hausrath,D-Sand,R/
Dortmund op-A (06)/1993/1-0 (46)}) (19. b5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22.
Rxf4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 dxc5 24. b6 $14 {Browne,W-Sherzer,A/USA-ch (07)/1992/0-1 
(59)}) (19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. b5 Qg5 24.
Kh1 $13 {Lukacs,P-Sherzer,A/Eurodata(10)/1992/1-0 (39)}) 19... g5 20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Bb6 Qe7 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bf3 $14 {Chuchelov,V-Wegener,D/
Dresden op/1992/1-0 (37)}) 17... Ngf6 18. Nb5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Bh3 20. Rf2 Qe7 21.
Rb3 {N} Bh6 22. Na3 Bd7 23. Rc3 Ng4 24. Rxf8+ $13 {Georgiev,Ki-Ehlvest,J/
Bruxelles/1992/}) 15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Nf6 17. c5 Nh5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nc4
Ra6 $1 20. g3 Nf7 21. Na5 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Na3 Raa8 24. Qd3 (24. N3c4 Qc7)
24... Qd8 25. Bd2 (25. Nxb7 Qc8 26. Na5 fxe4 27. fxe4 Bh3+) 25... Rb8 26. Rbc1
Ng5 27. Kh1 Nh3 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. Kh1 Nh3 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Bd3
f4 16. Be2 $5 {Chernin/} (16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb2 Rg8 $5 (17... Re8 18. c5 bxc5 $5
19. Nb3 a4 20. Na5 Nb8 21. Qxa4 g5 22. Qc2 g4 23. Nb3 Rg8 $13 {Browne,W-Kamsky,
G/Las Vegas/1993/}) (17... Ne8 18. Be2 h5 19. c5 $1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. a4
Rf7 22. Rfc1 g5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nb3 $14 {Gurevich,M-Van Wely,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1993/1:0 (41) Inf 56/708/}) 18. c5 $1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe5
Nxd3 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd3 Ba6 $1 23. a4 Rgb8 24. Kh1 Rb7 25. Rfc1 Rab8 $10 {
Gurevich,M-Ivanchuk,V/Biel(izt)/1993/0,5 (38) Inf 58/679/}) 16... Rg8 (16... h5
17. c5 $16 {Inf 57/621/}) (16... g5 $16 {Inf 57/620/}) 17. Na4 axb4 18. axb4
Bf8 19. c5 dxc5 $5 $146 (19... Be7 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Nf8 22. b5 Ne6 23. Bb2
g5 24. Bc4 g4 25. Qb3 Rg6 $13 {Chernin,A-Ehlvest,J/Podolsk/1993/0,5 (65)/}) 20.
Nxc5 (20. bxc5 $6 Rxa4 $1 21. Qxa4 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 Nh5 $17) 20... Nxc5 21. bxc5
b6 22. Nb3 (22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Nb3 (23. Nc4 $2 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. Nxe5 Qh4 26.
h3 Bxh3 $19)) 22... bxc5 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 g5 $132 26. Be1 (26.
Ra8 $5 Qe7 27. Be1 g4 $13) 26... g4 27. Bh4 (27. Ra8 $5 gxf3 28. Bxf3 $13)
27... Qf8 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxc5 h5 $15 30. Ne6 Bd7 31. Kh1 (31. Nxc7 Rc8 32.
Ra7 Qd8 $19) 31... Qh4 $1 32. Rf1 Rg6 (32... Ra8 $5) 33. Qb3 Kh7 34. Qc4 Kh6
35. Qb3 (35. Nxc7 $2 g3 36. h3 Bxh3 $19) 35... Qe7 (35... Rg8 $5 {/\Ra8/}) 36.
Bc4 Rg8 37. Be2 Qh4 38. Qc2 Ra8 $1 39. Qb2 $6 (39. Qd1 $5 Ra2 40. fxg4 hxg4 41.
Bxg4 Bb5 42. Re1 Qf2 43. Bf3 $13) 39... Kh7 40. Qc2 Ra3 41. Qb1 (41. Qd1 $5)
41... Re3 42. Qd1 Kh6 $1 $17 43. Qd2 Kg6 44. Qd1 Kf6 45. fxg4 $6 (45. Qd2 $17)
45... hxg4 46. Bxg4 Bb5 47. Rg1 Qf2 48. h3 (48. Bf3 Bd3 49. Qc1 $6 Rxf3 50.
gxf3 Qxf3+ 51. Rg2 Bxe4 52. Qd2 Bxd5 $19) 48... Bd3 49. Bf5 Qh4 $22 50. Qc1
Bxe4 (50... Bxe4 51. Bxe4 Rxh3+) 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 Nc8 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qe7 $5 (13... Bh6) 14.
b4 (14. Nb5 $6 c6 $1 $132) 14... axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Nxa4 (16. Nb5 $5 c6 $132
) 16... Bxa4 17. Qc3 Bh6 18. Qd3 $1 (18. f3 Nh5) 18... c6 19. Nf3 Bg7 $1 (19...
Bxc1 20. Rfxc1 $14) 20. Bg5 cxd5 21. cxd5 h6 22. Bd2 $1 (22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Nh5
$132) 22... Bd7 23. Rbc1 (23. Rfc1 Nxe4 $5 24. Qxe4 Bf5 25. Qe3 Bxb1 26. Rxb1
Qd7 $13) 23... Qd8 24. Qb1 (24. b5 $2 Ra4 $17) 24... Nh5 25. g3 (25. b5 Nf4 26.
Bc4 f5 $132) 25... Bg4 (25... f5 $2 26. Nh4 $16) 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. Ng1 Bxe2 28.
Nxe2 f5 29. Nc3 $1 $14 (29. f3 fxe4 $1 30. fxe4 Qg4 $132) 29... Nf6 30. f3 Rfc8
31. Qd3 Rc7 (31... Ra3 32. Ra1 Rb3 33. Rfb1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 $14) 32. Ne2 Rxc1 33.
Rxc1 Ra2 34. Rc2 $6 (34. Nc3 Ra3 (34... Rb2 35. Rb1 $14) 35. Qc4 $1 $14) 34...
fxe4 35. fxe4 Qa4 $1 $132 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Kf3 Qa1 38. Kg2 Qa2 39. Nc3 Qb3 40.
b5 h5 $1 41. h3 $1 Bf8 (41... Kh7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nxg4 44. Qh3+ Nh6 45.
Bxh6 Bxh6 46. Qd7+ $10) 42. Kf3 Nd7 43. Be3 Be7 {/\ Bd8} 44. Ke2 $1 $10 Bd8 45.
Nb1 Qb2+ 46. Nd2 Ba5 (46... Bb6 47. Qb3 Qxb3 $10) 47. Qb3 Qc1 48. Qc4 Bxd2 (
48... Qh1 $2 49. Qc8+ Nf8 50. Qxb7 $16) 49. Qxc1 Bxc1 50. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wolff Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 (9. Bh4 {Hansen,LB} Nc6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. h3
Nc6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Nh2 $1 Nd4 15. Bg4 Nh8 16. Nb5 Ne6 17. Nf3
Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. c5 $5 a6 20. Nc3 dxc5 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd5 $36 {Ehlvest,
J-Van Wely,L/Reykjavik op/1994/}) 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 f5
14. c5 Ng6 (14... Kh8 $5 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. O-O b6 18. Nb5 Rf6 $13 {
Ehlvest,J-Schekachev,A/Reykjavik op/1994/}) 15. g3 g4 16. fxg4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4
fxg4 18. Nc4 Nh8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. O-O Nf7 21. Be3 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Van Wely,L/
Groningen PCA/1993/}) 9... exd4 $5 $146 {?! Hansen,LB; Wolff} (9... Nc6 10. O-O
f5 11. d5 (11. dxe5 Ngxe5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bf3 Qe8 15. Bd5+ Kh8
16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. b3 Nb4 $13 {Groszpeter,A-Kupreichik,V/Aallorg/
1992/0:1 (48) Inf 55/624/}) (11. Bg5 Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. d5 Nd8 $5 13. Ne1 Nf7
14. Bd2 Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 $10 {Volke,K-Kupreichik,V/
Berlin/1992/}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. exf5 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nb5 Nxe4
16. Nxc7 Rb8 $10 {Portisch,L-Kasparov,G/Linares/1990/0:1 (27) Inf 49/742/})
13... Bxf5 (13... gxf5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd5 Ne8 17. Rad1 Kg7 18.
Rfe1 Be6 $10 {Mikhalchishin,A-Hulak,K/Portoroz/1993/1:0 (52) Inf 58/668/}) 14.
d5 (14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rae1 $14 {Kasparov/}) 14... Ne7 15. Ng5 h6 $5 $146 (15...
c6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. h3 Bd7 19. dxc6 $14 {Rajkovic,D-Nunn,J/BRD/1990/
1:0 (33) Inf 50/657/}) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nf5 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. f4 $1 $14 {
Van Der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/Wijk aan Zee(m/3)/1994/0:1 (25)/}) 11... Ne7 12. Ng5
Nf6 13. exf5 Nxf5 (13... gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 $14 {Miles,A-Rogers,I/Manila
(izt)/1990/1:0 (34) Inf 49/743/}) 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. Ne2 Nf5 16. Ng3 c6 17. N3e4
$14 {Farago,I-Polgar,J/HUN(ch)/1991/0,5 (44) Inf 53/628/}) (9... Nh6 {Hansen,LB
}) 10. Nxd4 f5 (10... Ne5 11. O-O Nec6 (11... Nbc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14.
Qd5+ Kh8 15. f5 $16) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 $16) 11.
O-O (11. exf5 gxf5 $2 (11... Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxd4+ $15) (11...
Nxf2 $1 $17 {Wolff}) 12. Nxf5 $1 Nxf2 (12... Bxf5 13. Bxg4) 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14.
Nxg7 Nxh1 (14... Kxg7 15. O-O $16) 15. Bg5 c6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. O-O-O $16) (11.
Bxg4 $2 {Wolff} fxg4 $15 {><f3,e4,d4,c4, /\...Nc6-e5}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. exf5 (13. h3 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 $14) 13... gxf5 14. h3 Nf6 (14... Ne5 15. f4
Ng6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Bf3 $16) 15. Bf3 $14 Bd7 16. Bg5 (16. Be3 $14)
16... Rb8 17. Qd2 Qe8 18. Rae1 Qf7 19. b3 Kh8 (19... Rbe8 $5) 20. Re2 (20. Bh6
Rbe8 21. Bxg7+ Qxg7 $10) 20... Rbe8 21. Rfe1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Ng8 {/\f4; ?! Too
slow Hansen,LB; ? Wolff} (22... Re8 $16 {Hansen,LB}) (22... Re8 $142 $14 {Wolff
}) 23. Bf4 (23. g3 $14) 23... Ne7 24. c5 Ng6 25. Bh5 $1 (25. Be3 $6 f4 26. Bd4
Ne5 $15) 25... Bc8 $5 (25... dxc5 26. Bxc7 Bd4 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Be5+ $16) (
25... Qf6 {Wolff} 26. Bxg6 hxg6 (26... Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. Bxh7 Kxh7 $140 (
28... Be8 $140 29. Bxf5) 29. Re7+) 27. Na4 $16) 26. cxd6 {?! Hansen,LB} (26.
Bxg6 $1 {Hansen,LB} hxg6 (26... Qxg6 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qxd6 $18) 27. cxd6 cxd6
28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Qf4 $1 {/\Qh4} g5 $5 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qc5 $18 {/\Be5}) 26...
cxd6 27. Bxd6 $5 (27. Na4 $14) 27... Rd8 28. Na4 Qf6 29. Qb4 $8 {!! Hansen,LB}
(29. Be7 $4 {Wolff} Qa1+ 30. Qe1 Rd1) 29... Rxd6 (29... Qxd6 {Hansen,LB} 30.
Qxd6 (30. Re8+ $4 Rxe8 31. Qxd6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 30... Rxd6 31. Re8+ Nf8
32. Rxc8 $18) 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. Rxc8 Kg7 32. Qb7+ $2 {?? Hansen,LB; ? Wolff} (
32. Qc3 $5 Ne5 33. f4 $16) (32. Qc3 $18 {Hansen,LB}) (32. Qe1 $142 $1 {Wolff}
Nf4 $140 33. Rc7+ Kh6 (33... Kh8 34. Rf7) (33... Kg8 34. Bf3 $16) 34. Bf3 $16)
32... Kh6 $1 $17 33. Bf3 $6 {? Wolff} (33. Bxg6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bd6+ 35. g3 Bxg3+
36. Kxg3 (36. fxg3 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qa1#) (36. Kg2 hxg6) 36... Qxg6+ (36... Qe5+ {
Wolff} 37. Kg2 (37. f4 Qe3+ $19) (37. Kh4 Qf4#) (37. Kf3 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39.
Kh2 Qh1#) 37... Qe4+ 38. f3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Qe5+ $19) 37. Kf3 Qh5+ $17) (33. Be2 {
Wolff} Rd2 34. Rxc6 Bd6 $40) 33... Nh4 34. Be2 (34. Bxc6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6+ 36.
g3 Bxg3+ (36... Qd4 $1 $19 {Hansen,LB}) 37. Kxg3 Qg5+ 38. Kh2 Qf4#) 34... Qa1+
35. Bf1 (35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 (36. Kg1 {Hansen,LB} Qxe2 37. Rxf8 Rd1+ 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. g3 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Rg1+ 41. Kxf3 Qe4#) 36... Qxe2 $19) 35... Nf3+ $1 $19
36. gxf3 Rg6+ (36... Rg6+ 37. Kh2 Bd6+ 38. Kh1 Qxf1#) 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wolff} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4
8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Bg5 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. exf5 gxf5 (
13... Nxf5 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. Ne2 Nf5 16. Ng3 c6 17. N3e4 cxd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
cxd5 $13 {Farago,I-Polgar,J/Hungary ch/1991/}) 14. f4 e4 15. Be3 h6 16. Ne6
Bxe6 17. dxe6 c6 18. Kh1 Kh7 (18... Ng6 19. g4 $1 Qe7 20. Rg1 Nh4 21. Bf2 Nxg4
22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Qxg4 $1 $16 {Miles,A-Rogers,I/Manila izt/1990/}
) 19. g4 $1 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. Bf2 d5 $5 23. Nc5 $1 Qe7 24.
Qxg4 b6 25. Nd7 Qxe6 26. Nxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rae1 Qf7 28. c5 $1 $14 {Hansen,
LB-Jakobsen,O/Denmark/1992/}) 11... Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Qf7
14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Bc3 $14 {Van der Sterren,
P-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch/1993/}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 (12... Qxf6 $5 13. h3 Nh6 14. d5 Nd8
15. c5 Ndf7 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Rc1 $14 {Ricardi,P-Kasparov,G/Buenos
Aires simul/1992/}) 13. exf5 Bxf5 (13... gxf5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Nd5 $1 Ne8 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 Kg7 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bf1 $14 {Mikhalchishin,
A-Hulak,K/Portoroz/Rogaska Slatina/1993/}) 17... Be6 18. Kf1 Kg7 19. Ng5 Bg8
20. f4 $1 e4 21. Ne3 $16 {Cebalo,M-Ivanovic,B/Cetinje/1990/}) 14. d5 (14. Qd2
$5 Qe7 15. Rfe1 (15. Rae1 $14 {Kasparov}) 15... Qg7 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. b3 e4 19. Nd4 $14 {Horvath,J-Reyes Larenas,J/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 14... Ne7
15. Ng5 h6 $5 $146 (15... c6 16. Bd3 $1 $14 {Rajkovic,D-Nunn,J/GER/1990/}) 16.
Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nf5 (17... c6 {Wolff} 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. f4 $14 {Rajkovic}) 18.
Bd3 $1 (18. Nd5 $2 {Wolff} c6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17) (18. Qb3 $2 {Wolff} Rb8 {
/\ ...Nd4}) (18. c5 $2 {Wolff} d5 $17 {/\ ...c6}) 18... Nd4 $5 19. f4 $5 (19.
Bxg6 Nxe6 $13) 19... Kg7 (19... Nxe6 $5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bxg6 $13) 20. Qe1 $1
(20. f5 $5 {Wolff} gxf5 21. Bxf5 Qe7 (21... Nxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe7 23. Qf3 Qxe6 24.
Rf1 $44) 22. Qd3 $1 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 (23. Qxf5 Rae8 (23... c6 24. Rf3 $36) 24. Nd5
Nxd5 (24... Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxc7 Re7 27. Nb5) 25. Qg4+ Qg5 26. Qxg5+
hxg5 27. cxd5 c6 28. Rac1 (28. Rxf8 Kxf8 (28... Rxf8 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rd1 $1
d5 31. Rc1 Kf6 32. Rxc6 Re8 33. Ra6 Rxe6 34. Rxa7 Rc6 $13) 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Rf7
cxd5 31. Rxb7 Rxe6 32. Rxa7 d4 $36) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 cxd5 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31.
Rxb7 Kxe6 32. Rxa7 d4 $36) 23... Qxe6 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Raf1 $13) 20... Nxe6 21.
Qg3 (21. Bxg6 {Wolff} Nxf4 $17) 21... g5 $8 22. fxe5 $2 (22. fxg5 hxg5 (22...
Nxg5 23. h4) 23. Rf5 $1 $40 (23. Bf5 {Wolff} Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf6 (24... Nd4 25. Be4
Nf4 26. g3 $14) 25. Qg3 $10)) 22... dxe5 23. Qxe5 $2 Qxd3 24. Qxe6 (24. Rad1
Qxc4 (24... Qg6 {Wolff} 25. Nd5 $1) 25. Rd7+ Kg6 $1 $8 26. Qf5+ Kh5 27. Qh3+
Qh4 $19) 24... Rae8 $19 25. Qf5 {? Wolff} (25. Qh3 Qd4+ (25... Qxc4 $17 {Wolff}
) 26. Kh1 Ng4 $19) 25... Ne4 $1 (25... Ne4 $1 26. Qd5 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1
(28. Rxf2 Qe1+ $19) 28... Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Qg1+ $3 30. Rxg1 Nf2#) 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Bd3
f4 16. Be2 Rg8 (16... h5) 17. Na4 Bf8 18. c5 axb4 19. axb4 Be7 (19... dxc5 {
Chernin-Ehlvest,Groningen,1993}) 20. Nc4 $1 $146 (20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Nf8 22.
b5 Ne6 23. Bb2 g5 24. Bc4 g4 25. Qb3 Rg6 {Chernin-Ehlvest/1993/Podolsk/}) 20...
g5 21. b5 Rxa4 (21... b6 22. c6 $1 Nf8 23. Ncxb6 cxb6 24. c7 $18) 22. Qxa4 (22.
cxd6 $2 Rxc4) 22... Nxc5 23. Qc2 g4 (23... b6 24. Ba3 Ncd7 $16) 24. Ba3 g3 $6 (
24... b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. b6 cxb6 27. Nxb6 (27. Rxb6 Qf8 28. Rb8 Qh6 29. fxg4
Nxg4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $14) 27... gxf3 28. Bxf3 Ng4 29. Nxc8 Ne3 30.
Qa4 Qxc8 $44) 25. Bxc5 $6 (25. h3 $1 Qe8 (25... Qf8 26. Bxc5 Qh6 (26... Bxh3
27. gxh3 g2 28. Rf2 $18) 27. Nxe5 $18) (25... b6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. b6 $18) 26.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 (26... Qh5 27. Ng4 $18) (26... Ncxe4 27. fxe4 dxe5 $16) 27. Bxc5
$16 Bxc5+ (27... Bd8 28. Bc4) 28. Qxc5 Qh5 29. Qe7 $1) 25... gxh2+ (25... Qf8
26. h3) (25... Qe8 26. h3 (26. hxg3 fxg3 (26... Rxg3 $5) 27. Be3 (27. f4 Qg6)
27... Qh5 28. Rfc1 $13) 26... Qh5 27. Nxe5 (27. Bd1 $1 Bxh3 (27... dxc5 28. b6
$16) 28. gxh3 Qxh3 (28... g2 29. Rf2 Rg3 30. Rxg2 Rxh3 31. Rh2 $18) 29. Qg2 $18
) 27... Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. Bd3 g2 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Qxg2+ Kxf7 $17) 26. Kxh2
(26. Kh1 $6) 26... Qf8 (26... Nh5 27. Rh1 $1 Ng3 (27... dxc5 28. Kg1 Ng3 29.
Rh2 $16) 28. Bf2 $18) 27. Nxe5 (27. Rh1 $1 dxc5 28. Kg1 $16) 27... dxe5 (27...
Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qh3+ $10) 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 (28... Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg7+
$10) 29. Rfc1 (29. Rh1 $5) 29... Nh5 30. Bf1 (30. Qxc7 $2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Rxg2+
32. Kxg2 Bh3+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 30... Ng3 31. Kg1 Qh4 (31... Bh3 32. b6 $1 {
Huebner} (32. gxh3 $4 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 $1 $19) 32... cxb6 33. Rxb6 Nxf1 34.
Kxf1 Rxg2 35. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 $16) (31... Qg5 32. b6 Bh3 33. bxc7 Nxf1 34.
c8=Q $18) 32. Qxc7 $1 (32. Qb2 $2 Rg5 33. Rxc7 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Nxf1 35. Rxc8+ Kg7
36. Ke1 Ne3+ 37. Kd2 Qxg2+ 38. Kd3 Qxf3 $19) 32... Ne2+ 33. Bxe2 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2
Bh3+ 35. Kh1 $8 Bg4+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Karpov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Famous variation, but new in Karpov`s arsenal.} Nh5
10. Re1 (10. c5 {Kamsky-Kasparov New York rapid 1994}) 10... h6 (10... a5 $5
11. Ba3 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bg4 (12... f5 {Ftacnik} 13. c5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bg4 15. bxa5
Nf5 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. a6 bxa6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 Bc8 21. Nc6
Qf6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Qb6 Rd8 24. Qxd8 Nh3+ 25. gxh3 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. hxg4
Rxd8 {Watanabe,A-Frolov,D/Budapest FS03 IM (11) 1996/0-1 (57)}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 Ne6 18. Nb5 Ned4 $132 {Kramnik,
V-Gelfand,B Dortmund(01) 1996, but the game was played few days later Than the
K-K game.}) (10... f5 {Ftacnik} 11. Ng5) 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 a5 {N} (12... f5
13. c5 (13. f3 c6 14. Kh1 a5 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Bb2 c5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. a4 Kh8
19. g3 Nh5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. g4 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Ineichen,H/Bern op (01)/1996/})
13... g5 (13... fxe4 14. Ndxe4 (14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. g3 Nh5 17. Ne2
Nf6 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. a4 $2 $17 {Tunik,G-Fedorov,V/Vladivostok
Zaitsev (09)/1995/0-1 (74)}) 14... Nf5 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Nb5 Nxg2 18.
Kxg2 Nf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Kxf3 Qh4 21. Ng3 Bg4+ 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Kg1 e4 24.
Rxe4 Be5 {0-1 Brito,A-Touzane,O/Palma de Mallorca op/1995/ (43)}) 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Nc4 g4 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. b5 Rf7 18. a4 Bf8 19. Bb2 g4 20. Kh1 h5
21. g3 Ng6 22. Qd2 Be7 23. Kg1 h4 24. Bg2 {1-0 Kaufman,L-Weeramantry,S/New
York op Newark (05)/1996/ (38)}) 16. b5 Rf6 17. Qb3 (17. b6 a6 18. Bxf4 $5 exf4
19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Nc6 21. Nd5 Rg6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxa6 bxa6 24. Qd5+ Be6 25.
Qxc6 Bxc4 $1 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. Rad1 Rxb6 28. Qc7 Rb8 29. Bxa6 Bf8 $10) 17...
Kh7 (17... Kh8 $14) 18. b6 a6 19. Ba3 Rg6 20. Rac1 h5 21. Qb4 {Ftacnik} Bf8 22.
Qb1 {/^b1_h7} h4 23. Ne3 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch (05)/1995/ (33)}) (
12... c6 {Ftacnik} 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nd4 17. Nb3
Nfe6 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 f5 23. exf5
Bxf5 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Qf3 d5 26. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Atalik,S/Hastings9596 
(03) ;CBM 51 1996}) 13. bxa5 Rxa5 $6 {I don`t like this move, as it allow
white to open the Q-side.} (13... c5 14. Nb3 (14. dxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 15. Nb3
c5 16. Nb5 Ra6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Ba3 g5 19. h4 g4 20. Rad1 Nd4 21. N5xd4 exd4 22.
e5 g3 23. exd6 Nf5 24. fxg3 Nxg3 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qh2 {1-0 Blanco Fernandez,
A-Pupo,E/Capablanca mem-C (10)/1996/ (39)}) 14... f5 $132) 14. Nb3 (14. a4 {
Karpov} c5 $1) 14... Ra8 15. c5 {And white opened "their" Q-side for an active
action, while black didn`t create any serious threats on the opposite side of
the board.} f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 $1 {The knight made his business on "b3"
and comes back to stabilize the center.} g5 18. Rb1 {/\ Qd1-b3-b6, Nd2-c4-b6,
x b7} (18. a4 {Karpov /\ Bc1-a3}) (18. Nc4 {Karpov}) (18. g3 {Karpov}) 18... g4
19. Qb3 {[/\20.Qb6]} fxe4 (19... Rf6 {Ftacnik} 20. Ba3 Kh8 21. Nb5 $14) 20.
Ndxe4 Kh8 $5 {Moving the K from diagonal a2-g8} (20... h5 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Rxb6
Nexd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Rxd6 Bf7 26. Ng5 $18 {VG}) (20... Nf5 $5
21. Qb6 (21. Nb5 Rf7 (21... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 22. Ba3 Ra6 $14) 22. a4 h5 23. Ba3
Bf8 $132) 21... Qe7 $13) 21. Be3 (21. a4 $5 $16 {(/\22.Ba3)}) (21. Ba3 Nexd5 (
21... Nf5 22. Nb5 Ra6 $13) 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd6 $36) 21... Nf5 (21... Rg8 {
Ftacnik} 22. Bb6 Qf8 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Bb5 Qf5 24. Nxd6) 23. Nxd6 Nexd5 24.
Nxd5 Qxd6 25. Rbd1 $14) 22. Bb6 Qe7 23. Qb4 Rf7 (23... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 24. a4 $14
) 24. a4 Bf8 {/\ Bc8-d7-e8} 25. Be3 Nh5 {[/\26...Nf6] Slowely!} (25... h5 $5 {
(/\h5-h4)<=>>>} 26. Bxf4 (26. Ng3 {(/\27.Bxf4)} Bh6 $13 27. Bxf4 $6 Bxf4 28.
Nxh5 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxh5 $17) 26... exf4 27. Bd3 (27. Ng3 Qg5 $132
) 27... Qd8 $14) (25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 $1 {Ftacnik} Nh5 27. Nb5 Ra6 28. Na3 Ra8
29. Nc4 $16) 26. Rbc1 Nf6 {/\ N:e4, N:e3} 27. Bb6 h5 (27... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 28.
Nxe4 h5 29. Rc7 $18) 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qg6 30. a5 {/\ Rc1-c7; x d6, c8, a8}
Ng7 {[/\31...Ne8,><d6,c7]} (30... h4 31. Bc7 (31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 h3 $132 {
(><f3)} 33. g3 $2 Nd4 $36) 31... h3 $132) (30... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 31. Rc7 $16) 31.
Bb5 {/\ 32.Rc7} (31. Rc7 $6 {Karpov} Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Ne8) 31... Bf5 {[><g7]} (
31... Bd7 $2 {Karpov} 32. Bxd7 $16 Rxd7) 32. Ng3 Bc8 (32... h4 {Ftacnik} 33.
Nxf5 Nxf5 34. Bd3 g3 35. Rc4 gxf2+ 36. Bxf2 h3 37. Rh4+ $1 $16) 33. Rc3 {
[/\34.Rec1,34.Bd3]} h4 34. Bd3 $1 Nf5 $4 (34... Qh6 35. Be3 Qf6 (35... Rf4 {
Ftacnik} 36. Qb6 $18) 36. Ne4 $16 (36. Ne4 {Karpov} Qe7 37. Bg5 $18)) (34...
Bf5 35. Nxf5 Nxf5 36. Rc4 Rg7 37. Qb1 Rf7 38. Ree4 $16) (34... Qf6 {Karpov} 35.
Ne4 Qg6 (35... Qe7 36. Rc7 Qe8 37. Bb5 Bd7 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 39. Nf6 $18) 36. Bd8
$1 (36. Bc7 Bf5 37. Qxb7 $6 Rxa5 $132 38. Qb6 $2 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4 $1) 36...
Nf5 (36... h3 37. Ng5) 37. Ng5 Rd7 38. Ne6 $16) 35. Nxf5 $2 (35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36.
Nxf5 $16 {VG} Rxf5 37. Qe4 $18) 35... Bxf5 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 (36... Rxf5 {Karpov}
37. Re4 Rg5 38. Be3 $18) 37. Rc4 (37. Re4 {Karpov} Rc8 $132) 37... Rg7 38. Qb1
$1 {Fighting for important white squares.} (38. Ree4 {Karpov} Rc8) 38... Qh5 (
38... Qf7 {Karpov} 39. Qd1 Qf5 40. Ree4 Rc8 41. Rxc8 Qxc8 42. h3 gxh3 43. Rxh4+
Kg8 44. g3 $18) (38... Qxb1 {Ftacnik} 39. Rxb1 $16) 39. Qd1 {/\ 40.h3} h3 (
39... Be7 {Ftacnik} 40. h3 $16) 40. Ree4 $1 {White pieces dominate on the
board.} (40. g3 Qf5 (40... Be7 {Karpov} 41. Ree4 Rag8 $14) 41. Ree4 Rc8 $1 $132
42. Rxg4 $2 Rxg4 43. Rxg4 Qxg4 44. Qxg4 Rc1+ $19) (40. Ree4 {[#]}) 40... hxg2
41. Rxg4 Rh7 (41... Rxg4 42. Qxg4 $18) 42. h4 Be7 {[/\43...Bxh4]} 43. f3 (43.
Qc2 {Karpov} Rg8 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Rc8+ Kf7 $132) 43... Rg8 44. Bf2 (44. Qc2
$5 {(/\45.Rc8)} Rxg4 (44... Bxh4 45. Qxh7+ $3 Kxh7 46. Rxh4 $18) 45. Rxg4 Rg7 (
45... Bxh4 46. Qc8+) 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Bf2 $16) 44... Rhg7 45. Qe2 (45. Rxg7 $1
Rxg7 46. Rg4 Bd8 (46... Qh7 {Ftacnik} 47. Qa4 $16) 47. Qa4 $16) 45... Bd8 46.
Be1 Qf7 47. Qd3 Qh5 $6 (47... Rxg4 48. fxg4 (48. Rxg4 Rxg4 49. fxg4 Qf4 (49...
e4 $13) 50. g5 (50. Qf5 Qd4+ 51. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 52. Kh2 Bxa5 $13) 50... Qg4 $13)
48... Rf8 (48... b6 $5 49. axb6 (49. a6 b5 50. Re4 Qa7+ 51. Kxg2 Qxa6 52. Qd2
Kh7 $13) 49... Bxb6+ 50. Kxg2 Rf8 $16 (50... Bd4 51. Rxd4 exd4 52. Qxd4+ $40))
49. Kxg2 Bxa5 $1 50. Bg3 (50. Bxa5 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qxh4+ 52. Kg1 Qf2+ 53. Kh1 Qh4+
$10) 50... Bb6 $13 {(/\51...Bd4)}) 48. Qe4 Qh6 49. Qf5 $1 {Karpov keeps the
g2-pawn alive, as the natural shild, while activating his pieces.} Bxa5 {[#]} (
49... Qe3+ {Ftacnik} 50. Bf2) 50. Rxg7 $1 (50. Bxa5 Qe3+ 51. Kxg2 Qe2+ 52. Kh3
$10 (52. Kg3 {Karpov} Qxc4) (52. Kh3 {Ftacnik} Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qe2+ $10)) 50...
Bb6+ (50... Rxg7 {Karpov} 51. Rc8+ Rg8 52. Rxg8+ Kxg8 53. Bxa5 $18 (53. Bxa5
Qe3+ 54. Kxg2 $18)) (50... Qxg7 51. Bxa5 $18) 51. Kxg2 Qxg7+ (51... Rxg7+ $1 {
Karpov} 52. Kh3 $14 (52. Kh3 Bc5 $14)) 52. Rg4 Qe7 (52... Qh6 53. Rxg8+ Kxg8
54. Qc8+ $16) 53. Qh5+ $1 {An important check.} Qh7 54. Rxg8+ Kxg8 55. Qe8+ Kg7
56. Qe7+ Kh8 57. Qxd6 $16 {The endagame should be technicaly wining.} Qg7+ {
Abgabezug} (57... Qc2+ $5 {Karpov} 58. Kg3 Bd4 (58... Bg1 $2 59. Qxe5+ Kg8 60.
Qb8+ Kf7 61. Qxb7+ Kg8 62. Qc6 Qh2+ 63. Kg4 Qg2+ 64. Bg3 Bh2 65. Qc7 $18) (
58... Qe2 59. Qb8+ Kh7 60. Qxb7+ Kh8 61. Qxb6 Qxe1+ 62. Kg4 $18) 59. Qb8+ Kg7
60. Qxb7+ Kg8 (60... Kf8 61. Qc6 Qb1 $1 (61... Qd1 $2 62. Bb4+ Kg7 63. Qd7+ Kg8
64. Qe8+ Kh7 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Be7 Qg1+ 67. Kh3 Qh1+ 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kh5 $18)
62. Bf2 Bxf2+ 63. Kxf2 Qb2+ 64. Kg3 Qd4 65. Qf6+ Kg8 (65... Ke8 66. d6 Kd7 67.
h5) 66. d6 Kh7 $1 67. Kh3 Qd1 (67... Qd3 68. Kg4) 68. Qf5+ Kh6 69. Qg5+ Kh7 70.
Qh5+ $1 Kg8 71. Qxe5 $1 Qxf3+ 72. Qg3+ $18) 61. Qc6 Qd1 62. Bf2 Bxf2+ 63. Kxf2
Qd2+ 64. Kg3 Qf4+ 65. Kg2 Qd2+ (65... Qxh4 66. Qe6+ $18) 66. Kh3 Qf4 67. Qg6+
Kf8 (67... Kh8 68. Qh5+ Kg7 69. Qg5+ $18) 68. Qg4 Qf6 69. h5 $1 $18) (57... Bd4
{Karpov} 58. Qf8+ Qg8+ 59. Qxg8+ Kxg8 60. Bf2 $1 Bc3 61. Bb6 $1 Kf7 62. h5 $1
Kf6 63. Kg3 Kf5 (63... Kg5 $2 64. d6 $18) 64. h6 e4 (64... Kg6 65. d6 $18) 65.
fxe4+ Kxe4 66. Kg4 Kxd5 67. Kf5 Kc6 68. Bd8 b5 69. Bf6 b4 70. h7 $18) (57...
Bc7 58. Qf8+ Qg8+ 59. Qxg8+ Kxg8 60. Bb4 Kf7 61. Kh3 Kf6 62. Kg4 b5 63. Bc3 $1
Bb6 64. f4 Bd4 65. fxe5+ Bxe5 66. Bxe5+ Kxe5 67. h5 b4 68. h6 Kf6 69. h7 Kg7
70. d6 b3 71. d7 b2 72. d8=Q b1=Q 73. h8=Q+ $18) 58. Bg3 Bc7 (58... Bd4 {Karpov
} 59. Qe6 (59. Kh3 Kh7 60. Qe6 $18) 59... Qg8 60. Qh6+ Qh7 61. Qxh7+ Kxh7 62.
Bf2 $1 Bc3 63. Bb6 Bb4 (63... Kg6 64. d6) 64. Bc7 $18) 59. Qe6 Kh7 (59... e4
60. Qc8+ $18) 60. d6 Bd8 61. Qf5+ Kh6 (61... Qg6 62. Qd7+ $18) (61... Kh8 62.
Qc8 Qg8 63. Kh3 Bf6 64. d7 Kh7 65. Qxg8+ Kxg8 66. Bxe5 Bd8 67. Bf4 Kf7 68. Bg5
Bxg5 69. hxg5 Ke7 70. g6 $18) 62. Kh3 $5 {The simplest.} (62. Qxe5 Qxe5 63.
Bxe5 Bxh4 64. Kh3 $1 Kh5 (64... Bd8 65. Kg4 Kg6 66. f4 b5 67. f5+ Kf7 68. Bc3
$16) 65. d7 Bd8 66. Bg3 $1 b5 67. Be1 b4 68. Bxb4 Kg6 (68... Kg5 69. Be1 Kh5
70. f4 $18) 69. Be1 $18) 62... Qf6 63. Qxf6+ Bxf6 64. Kg4 {The endgame is
wining for white.} (64. d7 Kg6 65. Bxe5 Bd8 66. Bf4 $18) 64... b5 65. Kf5 Bd8 (
65... Kg7 66. Bxe5 Bxe5 67. Kxe5 $18) 66. Kxe5 {With the deficit of two pawns
black has no chance of holding this position.} Kg6 67. Kd5 b4 68. Kc4 Ba5 69.
Kb3 (69. Kb5 b3 70. Be5 Kf5 71. f4 $18) 69... Kf5 70. Ka4 Ke6 71. h5 (71. Kxa5
b3 72. d7 b2 73. d8=Q b1=Q 74. Qb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. c5 fxe4 $5 12. Nxe4 (12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Ngxe4 Nf5
$132 {/\ Nf5-d4}) 12... Nf4 13. Bxf4 (13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nfd2 Rf7
16. Nc4 Nf5 17. Bg4 Bf8 $15) 13... Rxf4 14. Nfd2 dxc5 (14... Rf7 $2 15. Nc4 Nf5
16. Bg4 Bf8 17. Rc1 $16) 15. Bc4 Nxd5 16. Nb3 (16. bxc5 $5) 16... c6 17. Nbxc5
Kh8 (17... b5 18. Bxb5 $1 cxb5 19. Qb3 Bg4 $140 20. f3) (17... b6 18. Qa4 $1
Qc7 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qb3 $16) 18. b5 Rf8 19. Rb1 $44 Nb6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21.
Ng5 Rd4 22. Bb3 cxb5 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nd6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nd6+ Kh8 27.
Nxb5 Rd8 28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bf6 30. Nd6 Be7 31. Ncxb7 Bxb7 32. Nxb7 Kg7 33.
Kf1 Rb8 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Nb5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 a6 37. Na7 Nd5 38. Nc6 Bd6 39. Be2
Nb4 40. Nxb4 Bxb4 41. Bxa6 Kf6 42. Bb7 Kf5 43. f3 h5 44. Bc8+ Kf6 45. a4 h4 46.
Ke2 Ke7 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Bb7 Ba5 49. Be4 g5 50. Kc4 Bb6 51. Kb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {WeiЯ will keine Zeit fьr VorsichtsmaЯnahmen verwenden und
beschleunigt seine Initiative am Damenflьgel. Aber...} Nh5 $5 {ergibt erste
Probleme - wie ist auf das "lдstige" Springermanцver zu reagieren?} 10. Re1 $5
{Schon 1975 von David Bronstein empfohlen, um auf Nh5-f4 mit Be2-f1 zu
reagieren. Aber auch die Schachideen brauchen ihre Zeit ! Erst 20 Jahre spдter
nach der Partie I.Sokolov - van Wely, Amsterdam 1995 wurde diese Spielweise
von fьhrenden GroЯmeistern wie A.Karpov und W.Kramnik mit Begeisterung
angenommen und weiterentwickelt.} f5 $5 {Eine logische Fortsetzung; Schwarz
nimmt unverzьglich den Kampf um das Zentrum auf.} 11. Ng5 $5 {"In Novgorod
1996 folgte noch 11.c5, aber schon einige Tage spдter nahm Kramnik davon
Abstand und bevorzugte 11.Ng5." A.Huzman.} Nf6 $5 {Eine Fortsetzung der
zentralen Strategie, Schwarz verstдrkt den Druck auf den kritischen Punkt e4.
Als vorteilhaft fьr WeiЯ gilt 11...Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1. Der von Gufeld
gepriesene schwarzfeldrige Lдufer verspricht hier kein ausreichendes
Gegenspiel.} 12. Bf3 $5 {Eine Spezialitдt von W.Kramnik! Eine Alternative ist
verbunden mit dem "befestigendem" Zug 12.f3.} fxe4 $5 {Um so schnell wie
mцglich den e7-Springer auf das ideale Feld d4 zu ьberfьhren; stark in Frage
kommt aber 12...Kh8, J.Polgar oder 12...c6!?.  This moves tries to simplify
matters in order to obtain equality. Black wants to put a N on d4, but White
gets a stronghold for his  N on e4.} 13. Ngxe4 {Weniger Probleme fьr Schwarz
stellt 13.Ncxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bg7! (17. ...
Bh418.Qe2 Bf5,Topalow-Gelfand,Novgorod 1996,ьberzeugt weniger wegen 19.Nd2 Bg5
20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.c5 und WeiЯ hat etwas mehr von Spiel ) 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Bg5 Qd7
mit etwa gleichen Chansen, Epischin-Danailow,Wien 1996.} (13. Ncxe4 {Hazai 
This looks more natural, because the other N may jump to e6.} Nf5 14. Nxf6+ (
14. Bb2 $142 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {prevents Black from Nd4.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Ne4 Nd4
16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bh4 $1 {against 18.f3.} 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. a3
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rf7 22. c5 $10 {1/2 Topalov-Gelfand, Novgorod 1996}) 13... Nf5
14. Bg5 (14. Nxf6+ {Hazai} Bxf6) 14... Nd4 15. Nb5 {Stark in Frage kommt 15.
Be2 Bf5 16.Bd3 Qd7 ,und mit 17.f3!? (IN Simultanpartie Karpow -Vrjola,Helsinki
1996,folgte weniger ьberzeugende 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Ne2 Bh4!19.N4g3 Bg4 20.Qd2
Bxe2 21.Bxe2 Rf4 mit guten schwarzen Gegenspiel ) KЦNNTE WeiЯ etwas besseren
Aussichten behaupten.} (15. Bxf6 {Hazai} Bxf6 16. Be2 (16. Bg4 $2 Bxg4 17. Qxg4
Nc2) 16... a5) 15... Nxf3+ {Eine andere Alternatiwe var mit 15. ...Nxb5 16.
cxb5Qd7 ( 16. ... Bf5 17.a4 ) 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.a4 verbunden, und WeiЯ hat etwas
mehr von Spiel.} 16. Qxf3 Bf5 17. Qb3 (17. Bxf6 {Hazai} Bxf6 18. Qe3 {looks a
bit better for White because of the bad dark-squared  bishop.}) 17... Bxe4 18.
Rxe4 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 {Der Springer ist ewtl. schwarzen Lдufer ьberlegen,aber
WeiЯ braucht Zeit um Zusammenspiel der Figuren zu organisieren.} 20. Rae1 $5 {
Um 20. ...a5 mit 21.a3 zu beantworten.} Bh6 21. R4e2 {Sofortiges 21.Nc3!?
kommt in Frage.} Rf4 22. g3 $6 {Sinvoller erscheint 22.Nc3 zu sein.  This move
unnecessarily weakens the f3 square.} (22. Nc3 {Hazai} Rd4 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. f3 {
is more to the point.}) 22... Rf7 23. Nc3 Rf3 24. c5 {Auf der Suche nach
Gegenspiel.} (24. Qc2 {Hazai} Raf8 25. Ne4) 24... Qg4 {24. ...Raf8 stellte
grosere Probleme fьr WeiЯ.} 25. Re4 {Nun endlich war 25.Ne4!?Rxb3 26.Nf6+ Kg7
27.Nxg4 Rxb4 28.f4 mit interessanten Spiel mцglich.} Qf5 26. Qc2 a5 27. R1e2 (
27. a3 {Hazai} axb4 28. axb4 Ra3 29. Nb5 Rad3) 27... axb4 28. Rxb4 Qxc2 29.
Rxc2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bd2 {mit Ausgleich.} 31. Rcc4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Ra5 33. cxd6
cxd6 34. Rxb7 Rxd5 35. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {HarZvi} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {HarZvi: this line becomes very popular lately,probably
because it has not been analysed as much as all other lines 9.Ne1,9.Nd2, but
still it is a very interesting line which goes direct for the c5 break} Nh5 (
9... a5 {HarZvi}) 10. Re1 {HarZvi: this is a very new move played first in 95
according to my data but here too the main line was 10.g3 which was analysed
very deeply} f5 (10... h6 {HarZvi} 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 f5 (12... c6 13. dxc6 (
13. a4 $5 Kh8 14. a5 cxd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Nc4 g5 17. b5 Rf6 18. b6 a6 19. Qb3
Rg6 20. Ba3 $16 {Piket,J-Xie Jun Monaco rapid 1996}) 13... Nxc6 (13... bxc6 14.
Ba3 $14) 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nd4 17. Nb3 Nfe6 18. Nb5 Bd7 (18...
Nxb5 $6 19. cxb5 b6 20. Rb2 $1 $16) 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 $1 (19... exd4 $6 20. Na3 $1
Ba4 21. Qd2 $16) 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bf4 g5 $6 (21... Be5 22. Bg3 Qf6 $10) 22.
Bg3 $14 {Lalic,B-Atalik,S Hastings 1995 65/(579) [Lalic,B]}) 13. c5 g5 (13...
fxe4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. g3 Nh5 $13 {/+/= Tunik,G-Fedorov,V
Vladivostok 1995}) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 g4 16. b5 Rf6 17. Qb3 Kh7 $6 (17...
Kh8 $14) 18. b6 a6 19. Ba3 $16 {Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L Nederland (ch) 1995 64/
552 [Sokolov,I]}) (10... Nf4 {HarZvi} 11. Bf1 Bg4 (11... h6 12. Nd2 {
transposes to 10...h6}) (11... f5 $6 12. Bxf4 $1 exf4 13. e5 dxe5 (13... g5 14.
Nxg5 dxe5 15. c5 $1 h6 16. Bc4 $1 hxg5 17. d6+ Kh8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 $16 {
Lalic,B-Gicev,B Skopje 1995 65/(579)}) 14. Nxe5 a5 {Komarov,D-Oral,T
Leeuwarden 1995 65/(579)} 15. c5 $1 axb4 16. Bc4 $16) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 f5
14. Qd1 $1 fxe4 (14... Qe8 15. exf5) 15. Nxe4 h6 (15... Nf5 $2 16. g3 Nh5 17.
g4) 16. Rb1 $1 Qd7 17. Qg4 $1 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Cvitan,O Zurich 1995 65/579 
[Tukmakov,V]}) 11. Ng5 Nf6 (11... Nf4 {HarZvi} 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Kh8 {
Sokolov,I-Wiersma,E Nederland (ch) 1995 64/551 [Sokolov,I]} (13... a5 14. b5
Bf6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 fxe4 18. Bg4 $14 {/+/- Tukmakov,V-Rupp,
M Portoroz 1996}) 14. Bf3 $1 a5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxg5 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Qxd6
Rd8 18. Ne6 $16) 15. b5 {with Ne6}) 12. Bf3 {This is a new plan here with the
idea of Ne6 after which the bishop on f3 is rather well-placed. The
traditional 12.f3 leads to a complicated struggle with temporarily pawn
sacrifice after Ne6. Black has no standard attack on the kingside, White gets
the initiative, and Black has to make some ugly defensive moves.
Psychologically this is not very easy for most of the attacking Kings Indian
players.} (12. f3 {HarZvi} c6 $1 {HarZvi: this is white's problem after 12.f3
that is way in recent games we only see 12.Bf3} (12... Kh8 $6 13. Be3 Neg8 (
13... Bh6 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxh6) 14. c5 Bh6 15. exf5 $1 gxf5 16. f4 $16 {
Piket,J-Polgar,J Aruba (m/3) 1995 65/578 [Piket,J]}) 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Bh6 $1
14. Bd2 cxd5 15. cxd5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Qb6+ {1-2/1-2 Panno,O-Ricardi,P Boenos
Aires Najdorf 1995}) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Be3 Kh7
18. c5 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rad1 d4 $13 {Degraeve,JM-Howell,J/ Groningen (open)
1995/ 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12... Kh8 (12... fxe4 {HarZvii: Two rounds before Keamnik
played this variation against Gelfand who played 12...fxe4 although the game
ended in a draw Kramnik got a nice position out of the opening}) (12... c6 13.
Bb2 $1 {White is preparing for an open struggle in the centre, which is a bit
unusual here.} (13. Qb3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
Rf6 18. Bb2 (18. b5 Qc8 $1 $15 {Dautov}) 18... Rxe6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qh3 Rf6
21. f4 Rxf4 22. Qe6+ Kh7 23. Qxd6 Rc8 $10 {Astrom-Relange, Yerevan (ol) 1996})
13... h6 (13... cxd5 14. exd5 (14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 (15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
{-> 15.Nge4} (16. Bxe4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 d5 19. Bc2 Qd6)) 15... Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nf5 17. a4 Nh4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. a5 a6 21. Rc1 $14 {I.
Sokolov-Temirbaev, Yerevan (ol) 1996}) 14... e4 15. Be2 {is better for White
according to Dautov.}) (13... Kh8 {-> 12...Kh8}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16.
Bxe4 $1 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 {Dautov,R-Kindermann,S Nussloch 1996} (17. Bxe4
$6 d5 $1) 17... Nf5 18. b5 Rc8 19. Re2 Re8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. c5 d5 22. Bxe5
Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf6 {1/2 Dautov-Kindermann, Nussloch 1996}) 16... d5 (16... Nxe4
17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nc5 $1 $16) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Bb3 Qxe6 20. Na4 e4
21. Nc5 Qf5 22. f3 Kh7 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxg7 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Kxg7 26. Ne6+ $16 {
Tukmakov-Hulak, Yerevan (ol) 1996}) (12... fxe4 {HarZvi} 13. Ngxe4 Nf5 14. Bg5
Nd4 15. Nb5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bf5 17. Qb3 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rae1
$14 {/+/- Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B Vienna 1996}) 13. Bb2 a5 (13... c6 14. Qb3 cxd5
15. cxd5 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nfxd5 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Rxf3
19. Qxf3 Be6 20. Qf7 $1 $16) 14. b5 $1 Rb8 (14... b6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. dxe6 e4 18. Bh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Qc8 20. Nxe4 $1 $16) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6
Ne8 (16... f4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Na4 $16) (16... Qc8 {HarZvi} 17. Nd5) 17. Qb3 c5
(17... Qc8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Na4 (19. Rad1 {HarZvi} Nd6 20. b6 {HarZvi: with
more than a very good compensation for the pawn}) 19... b6 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Bxe5 $16) 18. exf5 gxf5 (18... Nxf5 19. Nd5 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. b6 Qe7 22.
Bd5 $16) (18... Nxf5 {HarZvi}) 19. Bh5 {HarZvi: with more than a very good
compensation for the pawn} Nc7 20. Bf7 Qc8 21. Nd5 Ncxd5 22. cxd5 $16 f4 (22...
b6 23. f4) 23. Bh5 $1 (23. Rad1 Rxf7 24. exf7 Qf5) 23... b6 24. Rad1 Rf5 25.
Bf3 Qg8 26. Be4 Rg5 {HarZvi: white advantage is very big,now he should put a
rook on h3 put preasure on h7 and then try to break with g3,it is very simple
plan} 27. Rd3 Bf6 28. Rh3 Ng6 29. Qf3 Rb7 30. Rh5 {HarZvi: h5 will be
afantastic place for the queen} Rxh5 31. Qxh5 Rg7 32. g3 $18 Ne7 33. Kh1 Qf8
34. Rg1 {HarZvi: the threat gxf4 then Rxg7 and Bxf6} Ng8 {defending f6} 35. Qf3
Bg5 36. h4 Bf6 37. Rg2 Qe7 38. Qh5 fxg3 39. fxg3 Qf8 40. Rf2 Qd8 41. g4 Be7 42.
g5 c4 43. Rf7 Qe8 44. Qxh7+ (44. Qxh7+ {HarZvi} Rxh7 45. Rxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. exf5 {The
Kerteminde line is still rather popular, because White avoids  the threats of
a devastating kingside attack and the fight focuses in the centre.} gxf5 15. f4
exf4 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Bd3 {is against the immediate Ne4.} (17. Bxf4 Ne4 $1)
17... axb4 18. axb4 Ne7 {This is the typical plan here to improve the position
of the N on g8 heading for e5.} (18... c6 19. Bxf4 (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 $1
$14 {is worthy of consideration.}) 19... Ne4 $1 {Piket} (19... cxd5 20. Nxd5
$14)) (18... Nh5 19. Ne2 Ngf6 20. Bxf5 (20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Ne4) 20... Bxf5
21. Qxf5 Qd7 (21... Qe8 22. Ned4 Ne4 23. Qe6 Nc3 24. Rb2 $14 {Ulybin}) 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 23. Ned4 Nb6 24. Ne6 Nxc4 (24... Rf7 25. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 26. Nd2 $14) 25.
Nxf8 Rxf8 26. b5 $1 $14 {Ulybin-Iskusnyh, Russia (ch) 1995}) 19. Ne2 $1 {
White wants to take the f4 pawn with his N and put the bishop on the long
diagonal to exchange the wonderful Bg7.} (19. Bxf4 Ng6) 19... Ng6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4
21. Bxf4 Ne4 22. Bc1 $1 {Following the right plan.} Bd7 23. Bb2 $1 Qe7 24. Rbe1
Rae8 25. Re2 (25. Nd4 {deserves serious attention here, for example:} Qh4 (
25... Be5 26. Nxf5 $1) (25... Qe5 26. Ba1 $16) 26. g3 Qg4 (26... Nxg3 27. Nf3
$1) 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Nxg3 $2 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 $1 Qh3+
32. Qh2 Qxd3 33. Qb2+ Kg8 34. Rg1+ $18) 25... c6 $1 {blowing up the centre} 26.
dxc6 bxc6 27. Ra1 d5 28. cxd5 (28. c5 {comes into consideration.}) 28... cxd5
29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qb2 Nc3 $1 $10 {This strong N secures Black of equal
chances.} 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf1 Bb5 $1 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ra5 Rb8
36. Ke2 Rb6 37. Ne5 Re6 38. Rxb5 Rxe5+ 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rd6 Re4 42.
b5 d4 43. Kf2 Re5 44. h4+ Kh5 45. b6 Rb5 46. g3 Rb3 47. Rxd4 Rxb6 48. Kf3 Kg6
49. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand Seirawan Petursson Psakhis Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 {Eine theoretisches
Duell. Van Wely spielte diese Variante schon mehrfach mit Erfolg als WeiЯer...+
} 10. Re1 a5 $5 {Wird damit das von WeiЯ gewьnchte Druckspiel mit c4-c5 und
Nd2-c4 verhindert?} 11. Ba3 $6 {In Karpov-Kamsky (07) Fide-Wch (Elista)/1996/
folgte in дhnlicher Stellung 11.bxa5!? Rxa5 12.Nd2. Der Textzug war
wahrscheinlich eine Ьberraschung fьr Kamskys Sekundanten Van Wely.} (11. bxa5
$5 {Psakhis} Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. Rb1 f5 (14... Ra6 15. Rb3 h6 16.
g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Nf3 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Christensen,To/Copenhagen op/1996/1:
0/33/}) 15. g3 Nh5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nde4 $14 {Lobron,E-Polgar,J/Dortmund/1996/
0:1/53/}) 11... axb4 $6 (11... Nf4 $5 12. Bf1 Bg4 (12... f5 13. h3 (13. g3 fxe4
14. Nxe4 Nh3+ 15. Bxh3 Bxh3 16. Nfg5 Bd7 17. c5 Nf5 18. cxd6 cxd6 {Schwarz hat
ausreichendes Gegenspiel (Gelfand).}) 13... axb4 14. Bxb4 $14) 13. h3 (13. Re3
$5 {Psakhis} f5 $1 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 c6 $1 {Gutman}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3
axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 $1 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 (17. Rab1 Ne6 18. a4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc5
{Gelfand}) 17... Ne6 18. Nb5 Ned4 19. Qd3 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22.
Qd2 Ra7 23. Rec1 Rfa8 $10) 12. Bxb4 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bg4 (13... b6 14. a4 f5 15. h3
h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Bxa5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Nfd2 Qd7 20. Bb4 g5 21. Re3 Bg6
22. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 23. Ra3 $14) 14. Re3 $5 {Hazai: White is fighting against the
positional threat of Black: taking on f3 and playing c5. Now the pressure on
d6 is still valid. Der Schlьsselzug,14. ...Bxf3 wird nun mit 15.Rxf3
beantwortet; durch den Druck auf die D-Linie WeiЯ verhindert c7-c5.Keine
Probleme fьr Schwarz stellte dagegen das schablonchafte 14.a4 Bxf3( auch 14. ..
.c5!?15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Bxd6 Bxf3 verspricht laut J. Seirawan guten Spiel fьr den
Bauern) 15.Qxf3 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6.} (14. h3 {Hazai} Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c5 $1 16. dxc6
Nxc6 $10 {Kramnik-Gelfand, Dortmund 1996} (16... Nxc6 {Psakhis} 17. a3 Ne6 $10
{Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1996/0,5/24/})) (14. c5 $5 {Psakhis}) 14... b6 {
Schwarz spielt am Damenflьgel. Das ist der falsche Flьgel, denn dort hat WeiЯ
Vorteil.} (14... f5 $6 {Hazai} 15. h3 {[%cal Rb3b7,Rb3g8,Rf3g5]} (15. Qb3 {
[%cal Rb3b7,Rb3g8,Rf3g5]}) 15... Bh5 16. Qb3 (16. g3 {Gutman} Bxf3 (16... fxe4
17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. g4 $1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 $16) 17. Rxf3 Nh5 18. Rd3 $1 Nf6 19. Bg2
b6 20. a4 $14) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxf3 (17... Nf5 18. g4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 $18)
18. Rxf3 Nf5 19. Bc3 b6 20. g3 $16) (14... Bxf3 {Hazai} 15. Rxf3 c5 {The
activization of the awkward N on e7 comes into consideration even with a pawn
sacrifice. Otherwise 13...Bg4 cannot be  justified.} 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxd6 (
17. Qxd6 Nd4 18. Rg3 Re8 $44 {Black has a total control over the dark squares,
the white pawn  structure on the queenside has also some weaknesses and the R 
on g3 is out of play.}) 17... Nd4 18. Bxf8 (18. Rxf4 Qxd6) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
Qxf8 {and Black has reasonable chances of surviving due to the opposite
coloured bishops, and the weak white pawns on the queenside.}) 15. h3 (15. a4 {
Hazai  is worthy of attention. White prepares a hiding place for his B ona3 in
case of c7-c5.} c5 16. Ba3 (16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxd6 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nd4 19. Bxf8
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf8 {is similar to the previous line.}) 16... h6 $1 (16... f5
17. h3 Bh5 18. Qb3 {threatening 19.Nh2} fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxf3 (19... Nf5 20. g4
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $16) 20. Rxf3 $14) (16... Bh6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Re1 f5 19. Bc1 fxe4
20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. g3 $16) 17. h3 Bd7 $13 {White has problems with the standard
breakthrough on the queenside.}) 15... Bd7 {After this seemingly logical move
Black has serious problems.} (15... Bxf3 $1 {Hazai} 16. Rxf3 c5 $1 17. dxc6
Nxc6 18. Bxd6 Nd4 19. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxf8 $44 {and the bishop on c5 will
be much more dangerous then his colleague on f1.}) 16. a4 f5 (16... Re8 {
Hazai  at least prevents White from the immediate 17.a5 on account of  17...c5.
}) 17. a5 bxa5 18. Bxa5 {Hazai: White came first on the queenside, and the
black N on f4 does not help the attack on the kingside and can always be
attacked by g3, after which there is no good place for the retreat.} Nc8 {
"Dieser passive Zug ist ein schlechtes Zeichnen" Y. Seirawan. In Frage kommt
18. ...h6!?} (18... Ra7 $5 {Psakhis}) 19. Nd2 (19. g3 {Psakhis} fxe4 20. Nxe4
Nxh3+ (20... Bxh3 21. Ra2 (21. gxf4 exf4 22. Rea3 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxa1 24. Qxa1
$36)) 21. Kh2 Bh6 $13) 19... Kh8 (19... Bh6 $5 {Psakhis}) 20. Nb3 {Weis
bereitet c4-c5.} (20. g3 {Psakhis} Nh5 (20... Bh6 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Rd3) 21.
exf5 Bh6 (21... Bxf5 22. g4 Bh6 23. Rf3) 22. Re1 gxf5 $5 (22... Bxf5 23. Nde4
$36) 23. c5 $132) 20... fxe4 {Black gives up the e4 square in the centre
hoping for some piece  play. However the standard plans for the kingside
attack with f4  are out of question here.} (20... g5 {Hazai} 21. c5) 21. Nxe4
Bf5 22. Nbd2 {[%csl Ge4] Overprotecting the key square ob e4.} Ra7 23. Nc3 {
Genauer war 23.Qb3!? um 23. ...Qd7 mit 24.Nc3 zu beantworten,mit Druckspiel
fьr WeiЯ.  This is a nice regrouping of the knights, and Nb5 will be a threat.}
Bd7 24. Nde4 {WeiЯ verstдrkt die Kontrolle in Zentrum und bereitet noch wie
immer c4-c5.} Ne7 {heading for d4, which is the only possible plan, but h3
will come, because the pawn on h3 is not attacked twice.} 25. Re1 Nf5 (25...
Qa8 $2 {Psakhis} 26. Bxc7 $1) 26. g3 $5 {Eine mutige Entscheidung. Das von Y.
Seirawan empfohlene 26.c5 versprach Schwarz nach 26. ...dxc5! 27.Nxc5 Nh4
aktives Gegenspiel.} Nh5 27. Bg2 (27. g4 $2 {Hazai} Nd4 (27... Qh4 28. gxf5
gxf5 29. Nd2 Nf4 30. Re3) 28. gxh5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kh1 {Psakhis} Qh4 $1 (
29... Nxe1 30. Qxe1 Qh4 31. Nb5 $1) 30. Bg2 Bxh3 31. Bxf3 Bg4+ $19) 29... Qh4 (
29... Bxh3+ $1 30. Kh1 Qh4 $19)) 27... Nd4 28. c5 {WeiЯ hat seinen Plan
durchgefьhrt.} dxc5 29. Nxc5 Bc8 {Dieser Lдufersrьckzug wurde von Y. Seiravan
kritisiert, aber untersuchen wir die Alternativen:} (29... Qc8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7
31. Bb4 $1 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Nc2 33. Qb1 Nxe1 34. Bxf8 Nxg2 35. Qb8 h6 36. Kxg2 $16
) (29... Bf5 $5 {Psakhis} 30. Ne2 $1 {Gutman} (30. N5e4 {Psakhis}) 30... Nc2 (
30... Qf6 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Bb4 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 $16) 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Qxc2 $16)
30. N5e4 {Threatening d5-d6} Qd7 (30... Qe7 {Psakhis} 31. Bb4 Rxa1 32. Bxe7
Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rf7 34. Bc5 $16) 31. Ra3 $5 {preparing for 32.Bb4} Nf6 32. Bb4
Rxa3 33. Bxa3 Rd8 {Nach} (33... Nxe4 $5 {Psakhis} 34. Nxe4 Rd8 35. Qc1 {Gutman}
h6 36. g4 $1 {hдtte Schwarz weniger Gegenspiel.}) 34. Nc5 (34. Nxf6 $5 {
Kommt stark in Frage.} Bxf6 35. Ne4) 34... Qd6 (34... Qf5 {Psakhis} 35. Nd3 e4
36. Nf4) 35. Bb4 (35. Qa4 $5 {Psakhis} Bd7 36. Nxd7 Qxd7 37. Qxd7 Nxd7 38. Rb1)
35... Qb6 36. Nd3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rd3e5]} Bf5 $2 {Notwendig war 36. ...Nd7
mit Verteidigungsresoursen.} (36... Nd7 $1 {Psakhis}) 37. Be7 (37. Na4 $5 {
Psakhis}) (37. Bc5 $5 {Psakhis}) 37... Ra8 (37... Re8 {Psakhis} 38. Rxe5 $5 Nd7
$140 39. Bc5 Nxe5 40. Bxb6 Nxd3 41. Qa4 $1 $16) 38. Nxe5 (38. d6 $5 {Psakhis})
38... Nc2 {[#]} 39. d6 Ra1 {Nach 39. ...Nxe1 gibt Y. Seirawan 40.Nd5!! Nxd5 41.
Qxd5 Nf3+ 42.Bxf3 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 mit weiЯem Vorteil an.} (39... Nxe1 {Psakhis} 40.
Bxa8 Qa5 41. Qxe1 (41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Bxf6 Qxa8 (42... Bxf6 43. Nh6+ Kg7 44.
Nxf5+ gxf5 $16) 43. Qxe1 Bxh3 44. Nd5 $1 $18) 41... Qxa8 42. g4 $1 (42. dxc7
Bxh3) 42... Be6 43. dxc7 $18) 40. Qxa1 Nxa1 41. Rxa1 h5 42. Bxf6 Bxf6 43. Nd5
Qb2 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Nxf6 Qxe5 (45... Kxf6 {Psakhis} 46. d7 Bxd7 47. Nxd7+ Ke7
48. Nb8 $1 $18) 46. Ne8+ (46. d7 {Psakhis} Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Bxd7 48. Nxd7 Qxf2 49.
Ra4 $5 $16) 46... Kh6 47. dxc7 {WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn.} Qe1+ (47... Qc5 {
Psakhis} 48. h4 $5 $18) 48. Kh2 Qxf2 49. Nd6 Be6 50. c8=Q (50. Rh8+ $5 {Psakhis
} Kg7 51. Re8 $1 Bd5 52. Re4 $1 Bxe4 53. Nxe4 Qc2 54. Nd6 $1 $18) 50... Bxc8
51. Rxc8 g5 (51... h4 $2 {Psakhis} 52. Rh8+) (51... Qb6 {Psakhis} 52. Rc6 {
[%cal Rc6g6]}) 52. Ne4 Qb6 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rxg5 h4 56. gxh4 Qc7+
57. Ng3 Qf4 58. Rg4 Qe5 59. h5 Kh7 60. h4 Kh8 61. Kh3 Qe6 62. Be4 Qc8 63. Bf5
Qc1 64. Rg6 Qe3 65. h6 Qc3 66. h7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2
e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 (9... Nh5 {Dolmatov} 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 $14)
10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 (11... b6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nb5 f5 14. Ng5 $6 Bh6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 c6 19. Nc3 Nf6 {Black is better,
D. Gurevich-T. Shaked/1996 U.S. Closed 1996}) 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 (13. Nd2 f5 14.
Nb3 b6 15. a5 Nc5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Re1 e4 {with mutual chances,
Sokolov,I-Gelfand,B/Koop Tjuchem, Groningen NED 1996}) 13... f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15.
Bd3 (15. Bf3 Ra6 $5 16. Re1 b6 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Qc2 {White is
slightly better, Bareev,E-Georgiev,V/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996})
15... Rf6 (15... Ng8 {Dolmatov} 16. Na4 Qe7) (15... Nb8 $5 {Dolmatov}) (15...
b6 {Dolmatov} 16. axb6 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxd2 $2 18. bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nb5 $16) 16. Na4
Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 $1 {The big diagonal is more important than c-pawn. If}
(18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 fxe4 20. Bxe7 (20. Bxe4 {Dolmatov} Bf5 $5 (20... Nxd5
$6 21. Nc4 c6 22. Nxe5 Rf4 23. Re1 Bg7 $14) 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 $10) 20... Qxe7 21.
Nxe4 {Black is no worse}) 18... fxe4 (18... Bg7 {Dolmatov} 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb6
cxb6 21. Nd6 $16) 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 (20... Nd6 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5+ Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Ne6 (25. axb6 Rxa1 26. Qxa1
cxb6 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Nxe4 29. Rd1 Qf8) 25... Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe4 27. axb6
cxb6 28. Re1 Nc3 29. Qf3 $40) 21. Bxf5 $1 (21. d6 $5 {Dolmatov} Nd4 22. dxc7
Qxc7 23. Re1 Ra6 $13) 21... Rxf5 22. d6 Rb8 (22... b5 $6 {Dolmatov} 23. dxc7
Qxc7 24. Nab6 Nxb6 25. axb6 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qe7 27. Qa7 Rf7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd1
$16) (22... Qh4 {Dolmatov} 23. Qd3 $36) 23. dxc7 (23. Rb1 $6 {Dolmatov} b5 24.
dxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd6 bxa4 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qxa4) 23... Qxc7 24. Qd6
Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. Rfd1 {Despite Black is a pawn up, White stays better due
to the numerous weaknesses in Black's position. So Topalov decides to create
counterplay at any cost} (26. Rab1 $5 {Dolmatov} Rf4 27. Nb2 b5 28. axb6 Nxb6
29. Nbc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb8 Nxd6 31. Rd1 Rd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rc1 $16) 26... b5 $5
27. axb6 (27. Nxc8 $5 {Dolmatov} Rfxc8 28. Rxd7 bxa4 29. f4 $5 (29. Rxg7 Kxg7
30. Bxe5+ Kf7 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Kf1 c4 33. Ke2 Rd8 34. Rxa4 c3 35. Rc4 Rd2+ 36.
Ke3 Ra2 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Ra7) 29... Rb3 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 c4 32. e6 $16)
27... Nxb6 28. Nxc5 Bg4 29. f3 Nd7 $1 30. Na6 $1 Rb3 31. Rac1 Be6 32. Nc7 (32.
Ne4 {Dolmatov} Rb6 33. Nc7 Nf6) 32... Bf7 33. Ne4 Nb8 (33... Nf6 {Dolmatov} 34.
Ng5 (34. Bxe5 $6 Nxe4 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. fxe4 Re3 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Rc8
$14)) 34. Ng5 Nc6 35. Rd7 Be8 (35... Kg8 {Dolmatov} 36. Nce6 Bxe6 37. Nxe6 Rf7
38. Rd6 $16) 36. Rxg7 $6 {It looks like better was} (36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rc7 Nd4
38. Kf2) (36. Rd6 {Dolmatov} Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nge6 Rg8 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40.
Ne6+ Kh8 41. Rc7) 36... Kxg7 37. Nce6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 {
White has an extra pawn and tries to convert the advantage into a victory, but
this is not an easy task.} 40. Ng5 Bd7 41. Bd2 (41. Kf2 {Dolmatov} Bf5 42. Bd2
Nd4) 41... Rb2 42. Ne4 Nd4 43. Re1 (43. Rc7 {Dolmatov} Rb1+ (43... Ke6 44. h4
$5 (44. Nc5+ $6 Kd6 45. Rxd7+ Kxc5 46. Be3 Kc6 47. Rg7 Rb1+ 48. Kf2 Rb2+ $10))
44. Kf2 Rb2 45. h3 $5) 43... Bc6 44. Bg5+ Ke6 45. Nd2 Nc2 46. Rc1 Nd4 47. Re1
Nc2 48. Rd1 Nd4 49. h4 Ne2+ (49... Kd5 {Dolmatov} 50. Kh2) 50. Kh2 Nd4 51. Kh3
Kd5 52. Re1 Ra2 53. Ne4 Rc2 54. Ra1 Bd7+ 55. Kg3 Bb5 (55... Nf5+ {Dolmatov} 56.
Kh2 Nd4 57. Nf6+ Kd6 58. Ra6+ Bc6 59. Kh3 $14) 56. Ra8 Bf1 57. Rd8+ Ke6 58. Bd2
(58. Nd2 $6 {Dolmatov} Bd3 59. Re8+ Kd5) 58... Bd3 (58... Ke7 {Dolmatov} 59.
Rg8 Kf7) 59. Re8+ Kf7 60. Nd6+ Kg7 61. Re7+ Kf8 62. Bg5 Bf1 {Black's
counterplay is quite sufficient for a draw} 63. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 64. Kf4 Re2 65. Ne4
Bg2 66. Be7+ $2 (66. Bh6+ $1 {Dolmatov Fritz} Kf7 (66... Kg8 67. Re7 $16 (67.
Re8+ Kh7 68. Bf8 Rxe4+ 69. fxe4 $18)) 67. Rd5 $3 Nf5 (67... Ne6+ 68. Kg3 Rxe4 (
68... Nf8 69. Nf2 Bf1 70. Rd1 $18) 69. fxe4 Bxe4 70. Ra5 $18) 68. Rd7+ Ne7 $8
69. Bg5) 66... Kf7 67. Bc5 Ne6+ 68. Kg3 Bf1 69. Bf2 Ng7 70. Kg4 Ne6 71. Rd5 Rc2
72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Nf6+ Kf8 74. Bg3 (74. Be3 {Dolmatov} Rg2+) 74... Rc4+ 75. Ne4
Ke8 76. Ra7 Bd3 77. Bd6 Bxe4 78. fxe4 Rxe4+ 79. Kf3 Re1 80. Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nb3 (14. Bf3
b6 $5 $146 15. a5 Nc5 16. axb6 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 cxb6 (17... Bxd2 18. bxc7 Qd7 19.
Bxc5 dxc5 (19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 dxc5 21. Qxe5 $44) 20. Nb5 $13) 18. Qa2 $14 {
Gelfand,B-Schebler,G,BL,96}) 14... b6 $1 $146 {V.Kramnik} (14... Nf6) 15. a5
Nc5 16. exf5 gxf5 (16... Nxf5 17. Nb5 $14) 17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Re1 (18. axb6 Rxa1
19. Qxa1 Nxb3 (19... Nf4 $5) 20. bxc7 Qg5) 18... e4 $1 19. Bf1 (19. N3d4 e3 $1)
19... Ne5 20. Nxc5 (20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Qh4 $17) 20... bxc5 21. Bd2 Bg7 $6 (
21... Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rf7 23. Ra3 Ba6 $15) 22. Ra3 Rf7 23. Qc1 Qf8 24. Bf4 Ba6 (
24... Ng6 $5) 25. Be2 Kh8 (25... Ng6 26. Bh5) 26. Qc2 Ng6 27. Bd2 Be5 28. Qc1
$6 Re8 $6 (28... f4 $1 29. Bg4 e3 30. fxe3 f3 31. gxf3 Rxf3 $40 (31... Bxb5 32.
cxb5 Rxf3 $40)) 29. Bh5 Qe7 30. f4 $1 exf3 $2 (30... Bf6 $14) 31. Rxf3 Rg7 32.
Bc3 Reg8 (32... Nh4 33. Rg3 $1) 33. Bxg6 Rxg6 34. Rf2 (34. g3 $1 Qg7 35. Rxe5
dxe5 36. Qb2 $18) 34... Qg7 35. Bxe5 (35. Rxe5 $4 Rxg2+ $19) 35... dxe5 36. Qb2
e4 37. Qxg7+ (37. Nxc7 $4 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qxb2 $19) 37... R8xg7 38. g3 Bc8 39.
Rb1 (39. d6 cxd6 (39... c6 40. Nc7) 40. Ra1 Ba6 41. Rxf5 $16) 39... Ra6 40. Ra1
$2 (40. Nc3 Rxa5 41. Nxe4 Re7 (41... fxe4 42. Rf8+ Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Rb8
Ra7 45. Rxc8+ Kf7 46. Kf2 $16) (41... Ra4 42. Nf6 Rf7 43. Rb8 Rf8 44. Re2 $18)
42. Nd2 $16) 40... h5 41. Rf4 Kh7 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Rh4 (44. Rh4 Kg5
45. Nc3 c6 (45... Ra8 46. Ne2 Ba6 $140 47. Nf4) 46. dxc6 Rxc6 47. Nd5 Be6 $132)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 (12. Ba3 Bg4 13.
Re3) 12... c5 (12... Rxa5 $142 {Krasenkow,M}) 13. a4 (13. Nb5 Rxa5 14. a4 Ra6
15. Ra3 h6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 Nf5 18. Bd3 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qa5 20. Nf3 Bd7 $13 {
0-1 Dimopoulos,G-Georgiev,K/8th Open, Ano Liosia GRE 1997 (41)}) 13... f5 $6 {
The black commite typical break in the centre,after which the white have
passed pawn d,becides the black bishop on c8 will be limited by his own pawn
f5.} (13... h6 {Krasenkow,M} 14. Nd2 $14) (13... Rxa5 $142 $13) 14. Bxf4 exf4 (
14... fxe4 15. Bxe5 (15. Nxe4 Rxf4 (15... exf4 16. Rb1 {/\17.Rb6,17.Neg5} h6
17. Rb6 Nf5 18. Qd2 $16) 16. Nfg5 $14) 15... exf3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g3 $14 (17.
g3 Nf5 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Ra3 Rxa5 20. Rxf3 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nd4 22. Rfe3 $16)) 15.
e5 (15. exf5) 15... dxe5 (15... Re8 {Krasenkow,M} 16. Nb5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd5 $2
18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. cxd5 Rxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. Nc7 Bxa1 21. Rxe8+ Kf7 22. d6 $18)
20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. Nd6 $18 {Bologan,V}) (15... g5 16.
Nxg5 dxe5 17. d6 Ng6 18. Qd5+ $18) 16. Nxe5 {o^d5} Kh8 (16... g5 {Krasenkow,M}
17. d6 Nc6 (17... Ng6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7) 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19.
Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 $18) (16... Rxa5 17. d6) 17. Nb5 Rxa5 (17... g5 {Krasenkow,M
} 18. Qh5 $18) (17... Ng8 {Krasenkow,M} 18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Rh3 Kg8 20. Nd3 $18 {
Bologan,V}) 18. Ra3 $5 {/\19.Rd3,20.d6 /\ 19.Nd3} Bxe5 (18... Ng8 {Krasenkow,M}
19. Rh3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 $18) 19. Rxe5 Nc6 20. Re2 (20. Re1 Nb4 {In some variants
the black have an additional idea Nc2}) 20... Nb4 (20... Rxb5 {Krasenkow,M} 21.
axb5 Nd4 22. Rd2 $18) 21. d6 {/\22.Re7} (21. Qa1+ {Krasenkow,M} Kg8 22. Qe5 $18
) 21... Rf7 (21... Kg8 $142 {Krasenkow,M Bologan,V}) 22. Qa1+ $1 Kg8 23. Qe5 b6
24. Qxf4 $18 Bd7 (24... g5 {Krasenkow,M} 25. Rg3 h6 26. h4 Rg7 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. Re7 $3 gxf4 29. Rgxg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Reg7+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Kxg7 33.
Rxd8 $18) 25. h4 Qf6 26. g3 $1 Ra8 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. Nc7 {The black pieces are
fully paralized and the decisive penetrate of the white pieces begins. /\29.Nd5
} Bc6 29. Re6 (29. Bxc6 {Krasenkow,M} Nxc6 $132) 29... Qb2 (29... Qd4 {
Krasenkow,M} 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Rb3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Nc2 33. Rxb6 d3 34. c5 d2 35.
Rb1 $18) 30. Rae3 Rf6 (30... Bxa4 {Krasenkow,M} 31. Re7 Qd4 32. Qh6 $18) (30...
Qc1+ {Krasenkow,M} 31. Kh2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 $18) (30... Qa1+ {Krasenkow,M} 31. Re1
Qxa4 32. Qh6 $18) 31. Qh6 Rxe6 32. Nxe6 Re8 33. Bxc6 Qc1+ (33... Nxc6 {
Krasenkow,M} 34. Ng5 $18) 34. Kg2 (34. Kh2 {Krasenkow,M} Rxe6 35. Bd5 Nxd5 36.
d7 $138 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Bologan,V/Reggio9697 1996/57/[Krasenkow,M]}) 34...
Rxe6 35. Bd5 (35. Rxe6 {Krasenkow,M} Qxh6 36. d7 Kf7 (36... Qf8 37. Bd5 $18 (
37. Bb5 $18)) (36... Nxc6 37. Rxc6 $18) 37. d8=Q Kxe6 38. Qxb6 $18) 35... Nxd5
36. d7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. a4 (13. Nd2 f5 (13... c5
14. a4 (14. Nb3 Ra6 15. a4 f5 16. g3 Nh5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Bh6 19. Bxh6
Nxh6 20. Bg2 Nf7 21. Qc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Renet,O/EUCup f 1996 (36)})
(14. Rb1 f5 15. f3 Ra6 16. a4 g5 17. Nb5 g4 18. fxg4 fxg4 19. Nb3 Neg6 $132 {
1-0 Tisdall,J-Borge,N/5th Nordic GP, Torshavn FAI 1997 (40)}) 14... Ra6 (14...
h6 15. Nb3 Ra6 16. a5 b6 17. Nb5 f5 18. g3 Nh5 19. Bd2 $16 fxe4 20. axb6 Rxa1
21. Qxa1 Nf5 $13 {0-1 Epishin Vladimir-Pikula Dejan/Biel 1996 (29)}) 15. Nb3 b6
16. a5 bxa5 17. Ra4 Nh5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Qa1 Nf6 20. f3 Bd7 21. Nb5 Nc8 22. Rxa5
Rb6 23. Ra8 fxe4 24. fxe4 Ng4 25. h3 Qh4 26. hxg4 Qf2+ 27. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Epishin,V-Ye Jiangchuan/Open, Geneva SUI 1997}) 14. a4 Kh8 15. g3 Nh5 16. Nb3
Ra8 17. a5 f4 18. Ra2 Ng8 19. c5 Ngf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Na4 $36 {1-0 Lobron
Eric-Ahn Martin/It (open) (active), Eupen (Belgium) 1996 (37)}) 13... c5 (13...
f5 14. Bxf4 (14. Nd2 $5) 14... exf4 (14... fxe4 15. Bxe5 exf3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
g3 $14) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Qe2 c6 $132) 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nd2 Ra6 16.
Nb3 g5 17. a5 f5 18. g3 Nfg6 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bd3 e4 $5 {Looking for active
counterplay the black sacrifice a pawn,increasing greatly activity of their
pieces.} (20... b6 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Bd2 $14) 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. f4 (22. Be2 Nd4
23. Nxd4 cxd4 $44) (22. Bb2 Nd4 (22... Nh4 23. gxh4 Bg4 (23... Nf3+ 24. Kh1 g4
25. Be2 $16) 24. Be2 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 $16) 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Be2 Bf5 $44) 22...
gxf4 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf4 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nd4 $44 {/\25...Bf5}) 23... Nh4 24. Be2
Nhg6 (24... Bf5 25. Bxe5 Bxe4 26. Bxg7 Nf3+ (26... Qg5 27. Bg4 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3
Bxf3 29. Bxf8 Bxd1 30. Be7 $18) 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Bxf8 Bxd1 29. Be7 $18) 25.
Be3 Rf7 (25... Bf5 26. Qc2 (26. Nbd2 Rf7 {-game}) 26... Ng4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 {
/\28...Ne5->}) 26. Rf1 Bf5 27. Nbd2 (27. Qc2 {/\28.Rf5 Rf529.Nec5} Qd7 $44)
27... Rxa5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bg4 Ne7 (29... Rf8 30. Be6+ Kh7 31. Rxb7 $44 Ra3
32. Ng5+ Kh8 33. Qh5 Ne7 (33... Rxe3 $4 34. Qxh6+) 34. Bf4 Qe8 35. Qxe8 Rxe8
36. Nf7+ $18) 30. Rxb7 (30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Bf4 Nd3 (31... Qd7 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33.
Qg4+ Kh8 34. Nf3 $16) (31... Qe7 32. Qh5 Nd4 33. Bxh6 $16) 32. Qg4 $16) 30...
Ra1 (30... Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Qc8 32. Qxg7+ (32. Rd7 $5 {/\} Qxd7 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34.
Qxd7 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Bf4 $14) 32... Kxg7 33. Rxe7+ Kg6 (33... Kf8 34. Nxd6
$16) 34. Re6+ Qxe6 35. dxe6 Re5 36. Bf4 Rxe6 $11 37. Bxd6 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2 39.
Ke3 Rxd2) 31. Qxa1 Nf3+ 32. Nxf3 Bxa1 33. Bxh6 {/\34.Bg5} Rxf3 34. Bxf3 Nf5 35.
Bf4 Qa8 36. Rd7 Qa2 $132 37. Rd8+ (37. Bxd6 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Qxc4) (37. Nxd6 Bd4+
38. Kh1 Qf2 $19) (37. h4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Qxc4 39. Kg2 {The white have chances to
win.}) 37... Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ye3a7] N/
Strong novelty in wellknown position. Kramnik preferes to increase preasure on
queen side, than to put bishop on b2, where Black,s defence is not so easy.
For example} (13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 (17.
Rxe4 Nf5 18. b5 $1 Rc8 $1 19. Re2 Re8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. c5 d5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23.
Rxe5 Qf6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Kindermann,S/Nussloch 66/533 1996 (24)}) 17...
Nf5 18. b5 Qe8 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Qa4 Qxe6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Kh7 23. Bd5 Qe7
24. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Ionov,S-Cvitan,O/EU-Cup Budapest 1996 (53)}) (13. b5 cxd5 14.
cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 (16... Rc8 $5 17. Qb3 d5 $5 18. Rd1 (18.
exd5 e4 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Qc7) 18... d4 $13) 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 $13 d5 $5)
17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Danielian,O-Golubev,M/Moscow 1996 (22)}) (13.
Qb3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rf6 $13) 13... cxd5 (
13... f4 {Usually it is not good for Black to close king side.} 14. Bc1 (14.
Bd2 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Qb6 16. Qb3 $36 {[%cal
Yg5e6,Yb3g8]}) (13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. c5 fxe4 $140
18. cxd6 exf3 $6 19. dxe7 Rf5 20. Rad1 $18) 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6
fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 (19. Bc5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7
Re8 (21... Rd4 $2 22. Rac1 $16) 22. Bc5 $5 (22. Bh4 Rxe6 23. Rxe4 (23. Rac1 Ra6
) 23... Rc8 $11) 22... b6 23. Be3 Rxe6 24. a4 $44) 19... e4 ({After} 19... d4
20. Bd2 d3 21. Bb3 Qb6 22. Be3 (22. Re3 e4 23. Rc1 Bd4) 22... Qxb4 23. Rc1 Rfd8
(23... Rac8 24. Qxd3 $16) 24. Bc5 Qh4 (24... Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 d2 26. Qd1 dxc1=Q
27. Qxc1 Rac8 28. Qa3 $16) 25. Re3 e4 26. Rc4 $16 {advantage also on the white
side.}) 20. Rc1 {[%cal Re4e3,Re3c5,Re3e4,Rc2b3]} (20. Bd4 $6 Qc8 $1 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Rf6 $15) 20... d4 {Judit playing in her usual active stile, but ,
unfortunately, she could't give answer on question: how to protect her,s pawns
in the center.} 21. Bd2 e3 {Best chance.} (21... d3 22. Bb3 Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3
24. Rxe3 Qd4 25. Qd2 Rac8 (25... Nd5 26. e7 $1 Rf7 27. Rc4 Qa1+ 28. Re1 $18)
26. Rce1 Rf4 27. g3 $18 {lose without any fight.}) 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3 Qd6 24.
Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 $1 {h2 pawn is less important than possible Black,s activity
after} (25. Qh4 Rf5 $1) 25... Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 (26... Be5 27. b5 $1 {[%cal
Rd2b4]} Qb6 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kg7 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Bb4 $18) 27. Qd4 $1 (27.
Qxg3 Bxg3 28. Rf7 Rxf7 (28... Bd6 29. Rc3 Bxb4 30. Rxd3 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxf7 32.
exf7+ Kg7) 29. exf7+ Kg7 $16 {is good for White, but move in the game is
stronger.}) 27... Qe5 (27... Qd6 28. Rf7) 28. Rf7 $1 Rxf7 {} (28... Nf5 29.
Rxf5 $1 (29. e7 $4 Rxf7 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Bxf7 Ng3+ 32. Kxh2 Ne2+ $19) 29...
Rxf5 (29... gxf5 30. Qd7 $18) 30. e7+ (30. Qd7 Qb8 31. e7+ Kh8 32. g4 $1 Re5
33. Bf7 $18) 30... Kh7 31. Qd7 Qg7 (31... Rf7 32. Bxf7 Bg3 33. Be6 $18)) (28...
Rae8 29. Rcf1 $18 (29. Bc3 $5)) 29. exf7+ Kh7 30. Qxe5 $1 {Simple ans strong.}
Bxe5 31. Rc5 Bd6 (31... Bg7 32. Rc7 $18) 32. Rc4 {[%cal Rc4d4,Rd4d7]} Nc6 (
32... Nf5 33. g4 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Ne2 35. Re4 Rf8 36. Bc4 $18) 33. b5 Ne5 34. Rd4
$18 Bf8 35. Re4 Bg7 36. Bb4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf7f8]} d2 37. Rxe5 (37. Bxd2 Rf8
38. Bb4 Rxf7 39. Bxf7 Nxf7 40. Re7 $18) 37... Rd8 38. Re8 (38. Re8 d1=Q+ 39.
Bxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kh2) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 9th round. Kramnik had 5.5 points, I had 5 and
Topalov, Karpov and Polgar had 4.5. Kramnik played Topalov. I knew that if
they drew, then I would have a chance to win the tournament.} 1. Nf3 {Huzman}
Nf6 2. c4 g6 {I had studied the King's Indian quite well, since I knew that if
I played 1.Nf3, then there would be a few players who would play the King's
Indian. Shirov opted for the Slav, but finally a KID appears!} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Quite the rage these days.
I like it because there are only a few critical positions to study, and so far,
there doesn't seem a clear way for Black.} a5 10. Ba3 b6 {Looked new for a
second, but I didn't see any difference between this and 10...axb4, (except
that the same position can arise after move 11 or move 12!) so...} 11. bxa5
Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Nh5 {This doesn't seem right. 13...Ne8 is played more
often and rightly so, in my opinion. Now c7 is weak.} (13... Ne8 {[%csl Rc7]
Huzman}) 14. a5 {During the game, I thought that it was important to just go
ahead, but now I think that this is imprecise.} (14. Re1 {Quite simple. White
can always play a4-a5 on the next move. White's light squared bishop is very
important.}) (14. Re1 $5 {Huzman} Nf4 15. Bf1 {[%cal Ya4a5]}) 14... bxa5 15.
Bxa5 Nf4 16. Nd2 {Once again, just Re1 was better. Black has to decide right
away whether she is going to take the bishop.} Qd7 $1 {Of course fairly
obvious, but I was mesmerised by the "x-ray" on d8! When she played this, I
suddenly felt uncomfortable on the h3 square.} 17. Re1 Bh6 $2 {A really bad
move. Even passing would have been better.} (17... Nxg2 $1 {Having played Qd7,
why not use it?} 18. Kxg2 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qxc3 21. Ra7 {I thought
this was very strong, but then I saw Black's next...} Qd4 $1 (21... Qb4 $1 {
Huzman} 22. Qc2 Bh6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Raa1 f5 $132) 22. Ra3 $1 {And White is
certainly better, but Black is doing well on the dark squares and can start
counterplay with f5.} (22. Rxc7 Qb6 $1 23. Rxe7 Bf6)) 18. Bf1 c6 (18... f5 $142
{Huzman} 19. c5 $16 (19. g3 Nh5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nb5 Nf6 22. Bxc7 (22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 c6)) 19... dxc5 20. Nb3 (20. Nc4 fxe4 $132)) 19. c5 $1 {This
would not work with the bishop on g7.} cxd5 (19... dxc5 20. Nc4 {/\ Nb6+/-})
20. exd5 $1 dxc5 (20... Nexd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Qxd5 $1 $18) 21.
Nde4 Bg7 (21... f5 {Huzman} 22. Nxc5 Qd6 23. Bb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Nexd5 25. Bc4
Kh8 (25... Rd8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxe5 $18) 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rd1 $18) 22. Bb5
Qb7 23. Nxc5 $6 {I saw that d6 would win a piece, but decided to try for more..
.} (23. d6 Nf5 24. d7 Nd4 25. dxc8=Q {Black has some ~/=, but eventually the
extra piece should tell.}) 23... Qb8 $1 {And wound up with less.} 24. Bf1 $6 (
24. d6 $1 Ned5 $1 {Is what I had missed.} 25. d7 (25. Nxd5 Qxb5 $13 (25... Qxb5
26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Nxd7 Rfe8 29. Bc3 $11)) 25... Rxa5 $1 (25... Nxc3
26. Bxc3 Rxa1 (26... Bb7 27. Bf1 $16) 27. Bxa1 Qxb5 28. d8=Q Qxc5 29. Q8d6 $16)
26. Rxa5 Nxc3 (26... Nxc3 {Huzman} 27. Qb3 Bxd7 28. Nxd7 Qb7 29. f3 e4 $132))
24... Bf5 (24... Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qb4 26. Qa1 $1 $18 (26. Rb5 {Huzman} Qxc3 27. d6
$14)) 25. d6 $1 Nc6 26. Bc7 {White has to start all over again, but at least I
don't have to push the d-P to d6 again!} Rxa1 (26... Qb4 $5 {Huzman} 27. N5e4
$16) 27. Qxa1 Qb4 28. N5e4 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. Qa4 Nd4 (30... Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Nd4
32. Kh1 $1 $16 {Stepping out of any tricks with the Ns.}) 31. Bc4 $1 {Now the
queens go.} Qd7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. Nd5 (33. Nc5 Bc6) 33... Be6 $1 34. Nb6 Bxc4
35. Nxc4 Nfe6 36. Nb6 $1 {Black's R has nowhere to go.} f5 37. Nc3 e4 38. Ncd5
$2 {Another one. After Kf1, Black would have no defence to Ncd5, but now she
gets some relief by exchanging one pair of Ns.} (38. Kf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5]
Huzman}) 38... Ne2+ (38... Kf7 {Huzman} 39. Kf1 $16) 39. Kf1 Nc3 $1 40. Rc1
Nxd5 41. Nxd5 Be5 {Now I realized that White was in danger of losing his
advantage entirely. From here on however, I think I played quite well.} (41...
Kf7 {This doesn't help Black.} 42. Bb6 $1 {/\ d7} Ke8 (42... Bh6 {Huzman} 43.
Ra1 $16) 43. Nc7+ $1 Kd7 (43... Nxc7 44. dxc7 Kd7 45. Rd1+ $18) 44. Nxe6 Kxe6
45. d7 $1 Kxd7 (45... Bf6 46. Rc8 $18) 46. Rc7+ $18) 42. Bb6 Rf7 43. Rc8+ Nf8
44. Ne7+ {White must keep the R boxed in as long as possible.} Kg7 45. Bc5 Nd7
46. Bb4 Kf6 (46... Bxh2 {Huzman} 47. Rc7 Nf6 48. Rb7 $16 {[%cal Yd6d7]}) 47.
Re8 $1 {White eventually wants to get his N to d8 to dislodge the Black rook.}
Bb2 48. Nd5+ Kg7 49. Nc7 {/\ 50.Ne6+ Kf6 51.Nd8!} Ne5 {Black has cleared d7
for her R, but now her bishop is running out of squares. When I saw that after
Ne6+, Black has to play Kf6, White's next move became apparent.} 50. Bd2 $1 {
/\ 51.Ne6+ Kf6 52.Bg5#} h6 51. Rb8 $1 Ba1 (51... Ba3 52. Bc3 Bxd6 53. Ne8+ $18)
(51... Nc4 52. Rxb2 $1 $18) 52. Ra8 Nc4 (52... Bb2 53. Ra2 $18 (53. Ra2 {Huzman
} Nc4 54. Rxb2 $18)) 53. Ne8+ $1 {The Black king must be forced to h7 for the
subsequent fork on f6.} Kh7 54. Rxa1 $1 Nxd2+ 55. Ke2 Nb3 56. Rd1 Nc5 57. d7
Ne6 (57... Nxd7 58. Rxd7 $18) 58. d8=Q Nxd8 59. Rxd8 g5 60. Rd7 Rxd7 61. Nf6+
Kg6 62. Nxd7 Kf7 63. Kd2 Ke6 64. Nb6 h5 65. h4 $1 f4 (65... gxh4 66. Ke3 Ke5
67. Nc4+ Kd5 68. Na5 $1 Ke5 69. Nc6+ Kd5 (69... Kd6 70. Nd4 Ke5 71. Ne2) 70.
Ne7+ $18) 66. hxg5 Kf5 67. Nc4 Kxg5 68. Nd6 e3+ 69. fxe3 h4 70. Ne4+ (70. e4 $4
{Huzman} f3 71. gxf3 h3 72. e5 Kf4 73. Ne4 Kxf3 74. Ng5+ Kf4 $11) 70... Kg4 71.
Ke2 Kf5 (71... fxe3 72. Kxe3 h3 73. Nf2+ $18 (73. Nf2+ {Huzman} Kg3 74. gxh3
$18)) 72. Nf2 {. With this win, my score went to 6 points. I then remembered
the tournament in Madrid 1993 where I won my last round game against Judit and
tied with Kramnik and Topalov, who had just drawn their last round game...!}
1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 (12. Ba3 Bg4 13. bxa5 f5 14. c5
Rxa5 15. Bb4 Ra8 16. a4 Kh8 17. Ra3 dxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nb5 Rad8
21. Qc2 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxd5 $17 {0-1 Sorokin,M-Sutovskij,E/Villa Martelli 1997 
(37)}) 12... Rxa5 (12... c5 13. Rb1 Rxa5 14. Qb3 Ra6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Bg2 h6 $132
{[%cal Yf7f5] 0-1 Shariyazdanov,A-Bologan,V/RUS-Cup6 1997 (46)}) 13. Nd2 (13.
a4 c5 (13... f5 14. Nd2 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. Nb5 Nd4 $2 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Qd2 $18 {1-0 Xu Jun-Sutovskij,E/Bad Homburg 1997 (34)}) 14. Ra3
$146 (14. Rb1 h6 15. Nd2 Ra6 16. Nb3 g5 17. a5 f5 18. g3 Nfg6 19. exf5 Nxf5 20.
Bd3 e4 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nh4 {Sokolov,I-Glek,I/Hoogovens 1997/
CBM 57/[Huzman]/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 14... Ra6 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. g3 Nf6 18.
Bb2 Nc8 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Nf3 Ne8 21. Nh4 Ng7 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-David,
A/Czerniak-mem Bikurei Haitim 1997 (41)}) 13... c5 (13... f5 14. a4 Kh8 15. g3
Nh5 16. Nb3 Ra8 17. a5 f4 18. Ra2 Ng8 19. c5 Ngf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Na4 $14 {
[%cal Ga4b6] 1-0 Lobron,Eric-Ahn,Martin/Eupen/1996 (37)}) 14. a4 (14. Rb1 Kh8
15. g3 Nh5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nb3 Ra6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Nc1 f6 20. Bd2 f5 21. Rb3
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf5 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Bg4 $14 {0-1 Cmilyte,
V-Velikhanli,F/EU-chTW 1997 (52)}) 14... Ra6 (14... h6 15. Nb3 Ra6 16. a5 b6
17. Nb5 f5 18. g3 Nh5 19. Bd2 fxe4 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf5 22. Bg2 Nf4 $1
$40 {0-1 Epishin,Vladimir-Pikula,Dejan/Biel 1996 (29)}) 15. Ra3 (15. Rb1 Kh8
16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. h4 h6 19. h5 gxh5 20. Bxh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 f5 22. Nf3
Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Relange,E/Cappelle la Grande op
1997 (38)}) 15... g5 $5 $146 (15... f5 16. g3 Nh5 17. exf5 Nxf5 $14 {[%csl Re4]
}) (15... Kh8 {Kramnik /\ Ne7-g8}) 16. g3 (16. Nb5 {K} Neg6 $132 {[%cal Yg5g4,
Yf7f5]}) 16... Nh3+ 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Qh5 Qd7 $1 (18... g4 $2 19. Nf3 $1 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 (19... gxf3 20. Qxh3 f5 21. Qh5 $16 (21. Re3 $16 {[%csl Rf3]})
) 20. Nh4 {[%csl Rh3]} (20. Kh1 $5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gf3g1]})) 19. Qxg5 (19. f3
$5 g4 20. Nd1 {[%cal Gd1f2]} f5 (20... gxf3 21. Nf2 Bg2 22. Nxf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3
$40 {[%cal Gf2g4]} Rxa4 (23... f5 $140 24. Nh3 $1) 24. Ng4 f5 25. Nh6+ (25.
exf5 Rxc4 $1 $13 {[%cal Yc4g4,Yd7g4]} (25... Nxf5 26. Ref1 Rxc4 27. Bh6 $1 $18)
26. Ref1) 25... Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Rf7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. exf5 Rxc4 $132) 21. Nf2 (21.
Ne3 $2 gxf3 22. Qxh3 (22. Nxf3 fxe4 23. Ng5 Bf5) 22... f2+ $3 23. Kxf2 fxe4+
24. Kg2 Rf2+ $1 $17 {Kramnik}) 21... Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. exf5 $1 (23. fxg4
Bxg4 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 $14) 23... Rxf5 24. Qh4 Bf6 25. Qh6 $16 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gh6d6]}) 19... h6 (19... f5 $5 20. f3 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gg5h5]} f4 $44 21.
Nd1 $140 Rf6 {[%csl Rg5]}) 20. Qe3 f5 21. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ga3h3]} (21. f3 f4 $44)
21... f4 (21... fxe4 22. Ndxe4 Nf5 23. Nb5 (23. Be3 $5) 23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4
25. Qh5 $5 Bg4 26. Qh4 {Kramnik}) 22. Nb5 Kh7 (22... Ng6 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Rg1
$16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg1g7,Ga3h3]}) 23. gxf4 (23. Kh1 $5 Ng6 24. Rg1) 23...
exf4 (23... Rxf4 24. Rg3 Ng6 25. Kh1 {[%cal Ge1g1]} Rf7 26. Reg1 Nf4 27. Qd1
Bf6 28. Nf3 $16) 24. Kh1 Bg4 (24... Ng6 25. Rg1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Ne5 26. Nf3 $1
$16 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 25. Nf3 $1 (25. f3 Bh5 $44) 25... Ng6 26. Rg1 {[%cal Gf3g5]
} Bxf3+ $2 (26... Nh4 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 $16 Kg6 $140 30. Nc7
Rb6 (30... Kh5 31. h3) 31. Ne6 $18) (26... Kh8 $1 27. Nc7 $1 (27. Bb2 Rg8 (
27... Bxb2 28. Qxb2+ Kh7 29. Nd2 (29. Nxd6 $2 Rxd6 30. e5 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qg7)
29... Ne5) (27... Nh4 28. Nxh4 Bxe2 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Bxg7+ (30. Ng6+ Kh7 31.
Bxg7 Rf7) 30... Kxg7 31. Nc7 Bxc4) 28. Nc7 Rb6 $44) (27. Qc2 $5 Re8 28. Nd2 (
28. Ne1 $5)) 27... Rb6 $1 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxg6 Bg4 30. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gf3h4]})
27. Qxf3 Ne5 28. Qh5 Qf7 (28... Nxc4 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Rh3 $1 $18) 29. Qh3 {
[%cal Gc1b2]} (29. Rh3 $5 Nxc4 (29... Qxh5 30. Rxh5 Nxc4 31. Nc7 Rxa4 32. Ne6
Rg8 33. Bxf4 $16) 30. Nc7 $1 $16) 29... Nxc4 30. Rf3 Be5 (30... Qe7 31. Qe6 $1
Qxe6 32. dxe6 Rxa4 33. Nc7 $1 Bf6 34. Rxf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4f6]}) 31. Nc7 $1 Rxa4
(31... Qxc7 32. Qxh6+ Kxh6 33. Rh3#) 32. Bxf4 $1 (32. Ne6 Rg8 33. Ng5+ Rxg5 34.
Rxg5 Ra1 35. Rg1 {[%cal Gh3e6]} b5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 b4 38. Bxf4 $18) (32.
Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Ne6 Rg8 34. Rxg8 Qxg8 (34... Kxg8 35. Rxf4 $18) 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36.
Qf6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Huzman} Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf3 Nd3 (11... a5 {Huzman} 12. bxa5 Nd3 13.
Nb3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Bh6 15. Rc2 f5 16. Nb5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf5 18. Qd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Starke,D-Beck,D/OLO-B 1993 (27)}) (11... g5 {Huzman} 12. g3 Neg6 13.
gxf4 exf4 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Be2 g4 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Rg1 f5 18. f3 g3 19. Rg2 $16 {
Zagorskis,D-Pachow,J/Berliner Sommer 1993/1-0 (50)}) 12. Ba3 a5 (12... b6 13.
Be2 Nf4 14. c5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 bxc5 16. bxc5 a5 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Rab1 f5 19. f3
Qd7 20. Rfc1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bh6 22. c6 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Zagorskis,D-Timoshenko,G/
Berliner Sommer ;EXT 94op 1994 (82)}) 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nb5 Bd7 $5 (14... Nc5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bd7 17. Bb4 Ra8 18. Nc3 b6 19. a4 Qb8 20. Rfb1 f5 21. a5
$16 {0-1 Rittner,Horst-Temmink,H/cr 1991 (54)}) 15. Nb3 Ra4 16. Bxd6 $6 (16.
Qxd3 Bxb5 17. Nd2 (17. cxb5 Rxa3 18. Qc4 (18. Rfc1 $5) 18... c5 {Anand} 19.
bxc6 bxc6 20. dxc6 Qb6 $11) 17... Bd7 (17... Qa8 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. cxb5 Rc8 $5
$13 (19... Rxa2 $140 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Bg4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Qxc4 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. g3 $16)) 18. Bd1 (18. c5 {Huzman} Qa8
$36 {[%cal Ya8a2]}) 18... Ra6 19. c5 Qa8 20. Bb4 Nc8 $13) 16... cxd6 17. Qxd3
Bxb5 18. cxb5 Bh6 (18... Qb6 $5 19. Nd2 Rfa8 $44) 19. Bd1 Kg7 (19... Qa8 20.
Qh3 Kg7 (20... Bg5 {Huzman} 21. Re1 {[%cal Yh3d7]}) 21. Nc5 (21. Qd7 Nc8 22.
Nc5 dxc5 23. Bxa4 Nb6 24. Qc7 Nxa4 25. Qxe5+ Kg8) 21... dxc5 22. Bxa4 Qxa4 23.
Qd7 $16) 20. Qc2 $1 (20. Re1 $5 {Huzman} Qb6 $44) 20... Qc8 $8 21. Qxc8 Nxc8
22. Nc5 (22. Re1 {Huzman} Nb6 $36 {[%cal Yf8a8]}) (22. Bc2 {Huzman} Nb6 $44 {
[%cal Yf8a8]}) 22... Rb4 (22... Ra5 $5 {Huzman} 23. Na4 Rxb5 $15) 23. a3 (23.
Nd3 Rxe4 24. a4 Rd4 25. Nb2 Nb6 $17) 23... Rxb5 24. Na4 (24. Nd3 f5 25. Bf3 Rf7
26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rc7 $17) (24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Bg4 Ne7 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Rxb1 f5 28. Rxb7 fxg4 29. Nxe5 $17) 24... f5 25. exf5 (25. Bc2 {Huzman} Rf7 $1
$15 {[%cal Yf7c7]}) 25... gxf5 26. Be2 Rxd5 $2 (26... Ra5 $1 27. Nc3 (27. Nb2
Rxd5) 27... Rc5 28. Na4 (28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Rfd1 Ne7 30. a4 Kf6 31. a5 Rxd5 $17)
28... Rc2 29. Bd3 Rd2 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $15) 27. Rfb1 Ra5 28. Nb6 $1 $11
(28. Rxb7+ {Huzman} Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nc3 $15) 28... Nxb6 29. Rxb6 d5 30.
Rxb7+ Rf7 31. Rb5 Rfa7 (31... Rxb5 {Huzman} 32. Bxb5 d4 33. a4 Rb7 34. Rd1 $11)
32. Rab1 Bg5 (32... e4 33. Rd1) 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb5 Rxb5 35. Bxb5 Kf6 36. Bd7
e4 37. g4 fxg4 (37... f4 38. f3 Bh4 39. a4 Ke5 40. a5 Bd8 41. a6 Bb6+ 42. Kf1
exf3 43. g5 $11) 38. Bxg4 d4 39. a4 Bd2 40. Kf1 d3 41. Bc8 Ke5 42. h3 Ba5 43.
Bd7 Kf4 44. Bg4 h6 45. Bd7 h5 46. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 (10... Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14.
a5 f5 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Ra2 Nf6 17. c5 Bxd2 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. Qb1 b6 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2 Panno Oscar-Fiorito Fabian/Ch Argentina,
Argentina 1995 (34)}) 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3 Rf6
(15... Ng8 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Na4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ndf6 19. Nac3 Bf5 20. Ng3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Renet,O/EU-chTM 1997 (32)}) 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5
dxc5 18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Nd6 $1 $146 (20... Bg7 {Kramnik-Topalov,
Las Palmas96}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5+ Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 {[%cal Ya8a5,Yd6e4]}
24. Nxc5 $8 b6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe4 27. axb6 cxb6 (27... Rb8 $5 28. Qxd8+
(28. Re1 Nd6 $17) 28... Rxd8 29. Rfe1 Nd6 30. Rad1 cxb6 31. e7 Re8 32. Rxd6
Rgxe7 $11) 28. Re1 Nc3 (28... Nf6 29. e7 $1 Qe8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qd8+ Rg8 32.
Qd4 Qc6 33. e8=Q $11) 29. e7 (29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Qd4 Nb5 31. Qxb6 Nc7 $15) 29...
Nxd1 30. exd8=B Rxd8 31. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 $11 Rb7 33. Kf1 b5 34. Rb1 Kg7
35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Bd3 (14. Nd2
Kh8 15. Bd3 Rf6 (15... Ng8 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Na4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ndf6 19. Nac3 Bf5
20. Ng3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qf8 22. Rab1 Qc8 23. Rb3 Qg4 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 exd4
26. Nd1 Bg7 27. Bd2 c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Nf2 d5 30. Rc1 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Nxh6 32.
cxd5 cxd5 33. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Renet,O/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57}) 16. Na4
Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. d6 Rb8
23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. Rfd1 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 28. Nxc5 Bg4
{Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Supertorneo Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik]/1/2-1/2 (80)}
) 14... Rf7 $6 (14... Kh8 15. Qb1 Rf6 16. Na4 Qg8 17. Rd1 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19.
Bc3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxc4 21. a6 Rxa6 22. Bd3 Qg8 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25.
Qxb6 Qe8 26. Qc7 Bf8 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Rxa6 Rf4 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31.
Rxc6 Bf5 32. Ra1 Kg8 33. Rc7 h6 34. h3 g5 35. Ra8 Bd3 36. Rd7 Bb5 37. Rxd6 {
1-0 Hansen,L-Danielsen,H/Copenhagen op 1994/EXT 94op}) 15. Qb3 g5 16. Rfd1 g4
17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb5 bxa5 19. Qc2 $1 $16 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nb3 f4 22. Nxc5
Ng6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rg7 25. g3 Qf6 26. c5 Kh8 27. Bc4 Nf8 (27... Nh4 28.
gxh4 f3 29. Kh1 Qxh4 30. Rg1 Bf4 31. Rg3 Rg5 32. Qd1 $18) 28. Qb3 Bg5 29. c6 $1
h5 30. Rd7 Nxd7 31. cxd7 Rf8 32. Rf1 fxg3 33. hxg3 h4 34. Nxc7 Rh7 35. Qc3 $1
$18 Qh6 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. Qxe5+ Bf6 38. Qxg3 Qg5 39. Ne8 Rh3 40. Qd6 Be7 41.
d8=Q g3 42. Qd4+ Kh7 43. Qxe7+ Qxe7 44. Qd7 Rh2+ 45. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Winants Ftacnik Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 (10... Nf4 $6 {Ftacnik} 11.
Bf1) 11. Ng5 Nf4 (11... Nf6 {Huzman} 12. Bf3 (12. f3 $14 {Ftacnik}) 12... Kh8 (
12... c6 13. Be3 h6 (13... cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Rc1 d4 21. Bd2 e3 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3 Qd6 24.
Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Qd4 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Linares/1997/
(37)}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 g5 16. h3 f4 17. Bc1 Ng6 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7
20. Rb1 Rfe8 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Ba3 Nh4 23. Be2 f3 24. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxe6
26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rb3 {Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Amber-blind6th 1997/EXP 57/1/2-1/2 
(66)}) 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Rb8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ne8 17. Qb3 c5 18. exf5 gxf5
19. Bh5 Nc7 20. Bf7 Qc8 21. Nd5 Ncxd5 22. cxd5 f4 23. Bh5 b6 24. Rad1 Rf5 25.
Bf3 Qg8 26. Be4 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Vienna Millenium 1996/CBM 55/[Hazai]/1-0 
(44)}) 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 (13... fxe4 {Huzman} 14. Ncxe4 Nf5 (14... Re8
{Ftacnik}) (14... a5 {Ftacnik} 15. bxa5 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Rxa5 18. Qb3
b6 19. Nc3 f3 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Rg5+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Ne4 Rh5 24. Ng3 Rh4
25. Re4 {1-0 Kuemin,S-Pilaj,H/EU-chJM U16 Tallinn 1997 (39)}) 15. c5 (15. Bg4 {
Ftacnik}) 15... Nd4 (15... h6 {Ftacnik} 16. cxd6 $1 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne4
Qb6 19. Bg4 $14) 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bg4 (17. Bc4 {Ftacnik} f3 $1 $13) 17... Bxg4
(17... f3 $13 {Ftacnik}) 18. Qxg4 Rf5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. h4 d5 22.
Ng5 Qxb4 23. e7 Re8 24. Rb1 Qc3 25. Re6 Bf6 26. Rxb7 Bxg5 27. Rxa7 Kf7 28. Raa6
Rxe7 {0-1 Dumitrache,D-Kupreichik,V/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) (13... c6 {
Huzman} 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nce4 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qe7 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Nd2
a5 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Nc4 Ra6 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. h4 Qxh4 25. e7 Qxg4
26. exf8=Q Bxf8 27. Rb1 f3 28. Ne3 {Malakhatko,V-Ho,A/WchJM U20 1997/EXP 59/
1-0 (39)}) (13... a5 {Huzman} 14. b5 Bf6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Bxc3 17. Rxc3
fxe4 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. b6 h5 22. Bf3 cxb6 23. Qxd6 Nc6
24. Rce1 Rac8 25. h3 Kh7 26. Qd2 Rcd8 27. Qc1 Rd4 28. R4e2 Qe7 29. Qb1 Rd6 30.
Bxh5 Rf6 31. Bg4 Nd4 32. Rb2 f3 33. Rxb6 fxg2 34. Rxb7 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Rupp,M/
Portoroz 1996/EXP 51}) (13... Kh8 {Huzman} 14. Bf3 (14. Ne6 $6 {Ftacnik} Bxe6
15. dxe6 Be5 (15... c6 16. Bf3 Be5 {- 15...Be5}) 16. Bf3 c6 17. Qb3 $6 (17. b5
$13) 17... fxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 {/\ Ng5} Nf5 19. Nc5 Nd4 (19... Qc7) 20. Qd3 Re8 $2
(20... Qc7 $1 $15 21. Nd7 Rfe8) 21. Nxb7 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Wiersma,E/
Nederland (ch) 1995 (42)}) 14... Be5 (14... a5 15. b5 {/\ Ne6}) 15. c5 h6 (
15... dxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxg5 19. d6 $16) (15... Rb8 16.
Nb5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf5 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc7 Qf6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22.
Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. h4 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Varitski,I/Pardubice op/1996
(29)}) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 fxe4 (17... dxc5 18. bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 $14) 18.
Nxe4 Nf5 (18... d5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 $16) 19. cxd6 cxd6 (19... Nxd6 20.
Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe2 $16) 20. Nc5 dxc5 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rxe5 Rfe8 23. bxc5 Re7
24. Kf1 Nd4 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Bxb7 Kf6 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6
30. Rc1 Rc6 31. Ke2 Ke5 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Rc4 g5 34. g3 fxg3 35. hxg3 h5 36. g4+
hxg4+ 37. Kg3 a5 38. a4 {1-0 Vera,R-Diaz,J/CUB-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2}) (13... Nc6 {
Ftacnik} 14. dxc6 Qxg5 15. exf5 bxc6 16. Bf3 $16) (13... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 f3 16. Bxf3 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 $44 {|^ Kupreichik,V}) (13... h6 {
Ftacnik} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nc6 17. b5 (17. Bf1 Qe7 18. b5 Nd4
19. Nc3 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Re4 Qf6 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Qe7 24. Bf3 {
Mikanovic,G-Ibrahim,A/Quebec op 1997/1-0 (53)}) 17... Nd4 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Nc3
c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Re4 Rxe6 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxc6
Rb8 26. Bd5 Bxc3 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Kf1 Ba5 29. Rc2 Rb1+ {0-1 Gulko,B-Comp
Ferret/Internet m rapid 1996}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1
(17. Bg4 {Huzman} Nc6 (17... d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. e7 $1 Nxe7 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Rxc7 Nd5 22. Rxb7 $16) 18. Rxe4 Ne5 19. c5 Qe7 {[%csl Ye5,Re6][%cal Yf8f6]}) (
17. Qd4 $14 {Ftacnik |^}) 17... e3 $1 (17... c6 $2 18. Rxe4 $36 {/\h2-h4-h5}) (
17... d5 {Winants} 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 $1 $16) 18. fxe3 fxe3 (18... c6 {
Huzman} 19. exf4 (19. Qd2 f3) 19... Rxf4 20. Qd2 Qb6+ 21. c5 $1 Qxb4 22. cxd6
Nd5 23. e7 $1 Nxc3 24. d7 Qc5+ 25. Re3 $18) (18... a5 {Ftacnik} 19. b5 c6 20.
bxc6 bxc6 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. Rd4 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26.
Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Fedorowicz,J/USA-ch Chandler G1 1997 (36)})
19. Rcxe3 c6 {/\20... a5 21.b5 c:b5 22.c:b5 Qb6<=>/^f} (19... Rf6) (19... a5 {
Ftacnik} 20. b5 c6 $14) 20. Qd2 $1 {/\Rh3,Qh6} d5 (20... a5 21. Rh3 Qc7 (21...
Qb6+ $2 22. c5 Qxb4 23. Qh6) 22. g4 $5 {/\Qd2-h6}) (20... Rf6 21. Rh3 Qf8 (
21... h5) 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qc5 Rd2 24. Qxa7 $16) 21. cxd5 (21. Rh3 $6 dxc4 22.
Qh6 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qg7) 21... cxd5 {/\ ...Qd6, ...Rf4, ...Raf8} (21... Qd6 $5 {
Huzman} 22. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4c5]} Nf5 23. Qe5 Qxb4 (23... Qxd5 24. e7 Rfe8 25. Re4
$16) 24. Rb3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 $14) (21... Qxd5 {Huzman} 22. Rd3 $16 {[%cal Gd3d7]})
22. Qd4 $3 {Ftacnik: Very important move in the attack, white queen controls
the whole board. Ftacnik: Ein sehr wichtiger Zug im Angriff, die Dame
kontroliert das ganze Brett.} (22. Rh3 $2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qxe6 $1 24. Rhe3 Qf7)
22... Qd6 (22... Nf5 $2 23. Qe5 Qb6 (23... Qe7 $1 $16) (23... Qe7 {Huzman} 24.
Rd3 $16 (24. Rd3 {Ftacnik} d4 25. g4 Nh4 26. Bg2 $14)) (23... Nxe3 $2 24. e7
$18 (24. e7 {Winants} Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qd7 26. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 27. Qh8+ $3 $18)) 24.
e7 $1 Rfe8 25. Qxd5+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ $18) (22... Qb6 23. Qc5 $1 (23. Qxb6 {Huzman}
axb6 24. a3 Rac8 25. Bb5 $16) 23... Qxc5 24. bxc5) 23. Qc5 Qf4 $2 (23... Qxc5
24. bxc5 Rfc8 (24... b6 $5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. a3 $14) 25. Rb1 (25. Rb3 {Huzman}
b6 (25... Rab8 26. Reb1 Kg7 27. Rf3 (27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Kf6 29. Rxa7 Rxc5
$14 {/=}) 27... Nf5 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Ba6 $16) 28. g4 Nd4 (28... Nh6
29. g5 Nf5 30. Rfb3 Rc7 {[%cal Yf5d4]} 31. Ba6 (31. Rb4 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gf1a6]}
Kf8 32. Bg2) (31. Bg2 Nd4 32. Re3 Rxc5 33. e7 Re8 34. Rxb7 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+
36. Kf1 Nf5 37. Re6 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ $11) 31... Nd4 32. Rxb7 Rbxb7 33. Rxb7
Nxe6 34. Rxc7+ Nxc7 35. Bc8 Kf7 36. Kf2 $16 Ne6 $140 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Ke3 Ke5
39. Kd3 $22 $18) 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Rbxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nxe6 32. Rxa7 $14) (25...
Rc7 {Winants} 26. Reb1 b6 (26... Rb8 27. Ba6) 27. cxb6 axb6 28. a3 $14 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Yf1b5,Yb5d7] /\ Bb5-d7, a4 (>< Pb6)}) 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6
Rxa2 28. Rb7 Kf8 29. Re3 $14) 25... Rab8 $14 (25... Rab8 26. Ra3 Rxc5 27. Rxa7
Rc7)) 24. Rf3 (24. Qxe7 $4 {Winants} Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 24...
Qg5 {[#]} (24... Qh4 {Huzman} 25. g3 $16) (24... Qd2 {Huzman} 25. Re2 Qg5 26.
Ref2 $16 {[%cal Gf3f7]}) 25. Rf7 $1 (25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxa7 Qd2 $1 27. Qe3
Qxb4 $11) 25... Rxf7 (25... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxb7 $18) 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qc7
{/+- >< Kf7, קa7-b7} Qh4 (27... b6 {Huzman} 28. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gc7f7]
White has a big advantage, because black pieces are very passive. The pin of
Ne7 is very unpleasant and black can`t defence his weak pawns a7,b6,d5.} (28.
Qb7 {Ftacnik} Rf8 29. Qxa7 Qh4 30. Rd1 Qxb4 31. Rxd5 Qe1 $1) (28. Re5 Qh4 29.
Rxd5 Qxb4 30. Qb7 Rf8)) (27... b6 $142 {Winants}) 28. Re3 $1 {עg8} Qxb4 $2 (
28... Rf8 $142 29. g3 Qg5 (29... Qf6 30. Be2 $1 Kg8 31. Qxe7 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qe1+
33. Kg2 Qf2+ 34. Kh3 $18) 30. Re2 $1 $40 {/\31.h4+-}) (28... b6 {Ftacnik} 29.
Qe5 $1 $16 (29. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Ra8] Winants /\ 30.Rxe7, /\ 30.Qe6})) 29. a3 Qh4
30. Qxb7 Re8 (30... Rf8 31. Qxa7 Kg8 32. Rxe7 d4 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. g3 $18) (
30... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 31. Qxa7 d4 32. Rh3 $1 Qe4 33. Rxh7+ $18) 31. Qxa7 d4 (
31... Rf8 {Huzman} 32. g3 (32. Rh3 Qe1) 32... Qf6 33. Be2 $16 {/+-}) (31... h6
{Ftacnik} 32. Bd3 $16) 32. Bc4+ (32. Rf3+ Kg7 33. Qd7 Rf8 34. g3 Qe4) 32... Kf8
(32... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 33. g3 Qf6 34. Re6 $18 (34. Re6 {Winants} Qg5 35. Qxd4+))
33. g3 $1 {קd4} (33. Rf3+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh6) 33... Qg4 (33... Qf6 34. Re6 (34.
Re4 $1 {Ftacnik} Rd8 35. Rf4 Nf5 36. Qxh7 Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bd3 $16) 34...
Qg7 (34... Qf3 {Huzman} 35. Qxd4 $18) 35. Qb6 $5) 34. Be2 Qc8 35. Qxd4 Qc1+ 36.
Kg2 (36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Bf3 (37. Kf2 $18 {Ftacnik}) 37... Qc2+ 38. Re2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 (6... e5 {
Stohl: Kramnik used to play Petrosjan's} 7. d5 {earlier, scoring two wins over
Kasparov.}) 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Nowadays very popular, especially due
to Kramnik. To learn something about this line it's more or less enough to
study his games against the King's Indian in the last 2 years.} Nh5 (9... a5 {
Stohl} 10. Ba3 (10. bxa5 c5 {Stohl: has somehow fallen into oblivion.}) 10...
axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. c5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bc3 Nf5 19. Ra4 Nh4 20. Rxe4 g5 21. Rb4 Ng6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23.
Rb6 Nf4 24. Bb4 Rf6 25. Rc1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monaco bl/1997/}) 10. Re1
{Stohl: Ivan Sokolov's move, which has radically gained popularity and
replaced all the other alternatives as} (10. g3 {Stohl}) (10. Nd2 {Stohl or}) (
10. c5 {Granda Zuniga,J (2605)-Nunn,J (2615) Amsterdam Donner 1995 (9) 1-0
Stohl: The idea of 10.Re1 is to prepare the f1 square for White's B in case
it's attacked by Nf4. Sokolov was most probably inspired by Granda, but wanted
to avoid the unpleasant consequences of the Bg4 pin.}) 10... f5 {Stohl:
Probably the best.} (10... a5 {Stohl} 11. bxa5 ({Harmless is} 11. Ba3 $6 Nf4
12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 Ne6 18.
Nb5 Ned4 19. Qd3 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qd2 Ra7 23. Rec1 Rfa8 24.
Rxa7 {1/2,Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1996/}) 11... Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1
c5 14. a4 Ra6 15. Ra3 $1 g5 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Qxg5 h6
20. Qe3 f5 21. Qe2 f4 22. Nb5 Kh7 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Kh1 $14 {Kramnik,
V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod/1997/}) ({Stohl: The prophylactic} 10... h6 {Stohl} 11.
c5 Nf4 12. Bf1 g5 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nc4 {seems too slow.}) ({Stohl: Black can
also play first} 10... Nf4 {Stohl} 11. Bf1 {and then one of the abovementioned
moves.} f5 $143 $6 12. Bxf4 exf4 (12... fxe4 13. Bxe5 $1 exf3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
g3 $16 {[%csl Rf3,Rg7] ע,f3}) 13. e5 a5 $5 (13... dxe5 $143 14. Nxe5 a5 15. c5
axb4 16. Bc4 $1 $40) 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qd2 dxe5 16. Nxe5 g5 17. Rad1 {[%csl
Gd5,Ge5][%cal Gd1d4,Ge1e4] [+]|^}) 11. Ng5 (11. c5 {Stohl} fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf4
13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Nfd2 dxc5 15. Bc4 Nxd5 16. Nb3 c6 17. Nbxc5 Kh8 18. b5 Rf8
19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Ng5 Rd4 22. Bb3 cxb5 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nd6+ Kh8
25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nd6+ Kh8 27. Nxb5 Rd8 28. Rbd1 $44 {Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/
Novgorod/1996/ Stohl: The second act of the theoretical duel in this line.})
11... Nf6 (11... Nf4 {Stohl} 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 (13... fxe4 14. Ncxe4
Nf5 15. Bg4 $1 $14) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18.
fxe3 fxe3 19. Rcxe3 c6 20. Qd2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qd4 Qd6 23. Qc5 {Kramnik,
V-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/} Qxc5 24. bxc5 b6 $14 {Stohl: gives Black drawing
chances.}) 12. Bf3 (12. f3 $143 {Stohl} c6 13. Be3 Bh6 $1 14. Bd2 Kg7 {[%cal
Yf6h5,Yh5f4] /\Nh5-f4<=>}) 12... c6 {Act 3:} (12... fxe4 $6 {Stohl} 13. Ngxe4
Nf5 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Nb5 $1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bf5 17. Qb3 $1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd7 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rae1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Vienna/1996/}) 13. Be3 {Stohl:
Kramnik's new move} ({Stohl: But also the older continuation is interesting-} 
13. Bb2 {Stohl} h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Bxe4 $5 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18.
Bc2 e4 $5 $132 (18... Qd6 19. Na4 $1 $36)) 13... f4 (13... cxd5 {Stohl} 14.
cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 e4 (19...
b6 $1) 20. Rc1 d4 $2 21. Bd2 e3 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 $1
Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Qd4 Qe5 28. Rf7 $18 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Linares/1997/}) (
13... h6 {Stohl} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 {Stohl: can lead to the same position,
Piket's idea} g5 $6 16. exf5 (16. h3 f4 17. Bc1 Ng6 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7
20. Rb1 Rfe8 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Ba3 Nh4 23. Be2 f3 24. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxe6
26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rb3 b5 $17 {Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Monaco bl/1997/}) 16... Nxf5
17. b5 $36 {is not very impressive.}) 14. Bc1 h6 {Stohl: Gelfand chooses a
continuation which gave Black good results lately.} (14... cxd5 $143 {Stohl}
15. cxd5 (15. exd5 $6 e4 16. Rxe4 $15 (16. Bxe4 $2 h6 $1 $19)) 15... h6 16. Ne6
Bxe6 17. dxe6 {Stohl: only opens the positon for White's ^^, also Pe6 is
stronger than it seems:} Nc6 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Qb3 Kh7 20. Bb2 {/\} Rxe6 21. Nc7
$16) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nc8 17. b5 $1 $146 {Stohl: An important novelty.} (
17. Qb3 Qe7 18. c5 Re8 19. Be2 Kh7 20. Ba3 (20. b5 $146 Qxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7 22.
Ba3 dxc5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Na4 $44 Nd6 25. Bxc5 Qc7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Red1 Qe7
28. Qc2 Rad8 29. Nc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Ne6 Qa5 33. Kf1 Qb4
34. g3 Qa3 35. Bb3 Qd6 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Qc4 Nb6 38. Qc3 fxg3 39. hxg3 Bf6 40.
Qa5 Qe7 41. Qc3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Fedorov,A/RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997})
(20. Bc4 {Stohl} b5 $1 $15) 20... Qxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Rad1 b5 23. cxb6 Nxb6
24. b5 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 c5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bf8 28. Bb2 Reb8 29. a4 a6 30.
Bc3 axb5 (30... axb5 31. axb5 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Shulman,Y/Vilnius 1997/CBM
60/[Shulman]}) 31. axb5 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Shulman,Y/Vilnius 1997/CBM 60/
[Shulman]}) 17... Qe8 (17... Re8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Rxe6 20. Qb3 Qe8 21. Be2
Nd7 22. Ba3 Rb8 23. Qa4 $44 (23. Qc4)) (17... Qe7 $142 $1 {Stohl} 18. bxc6 bxc6
19. c5 $1 (19. Qa4 $143 Nb6 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21. Qb5 Qxe6 $15) 19... dxc5 20. Ba3
Nb6 {Stohl: Here we see the difference-Pc5 is protected for a while.} 21. Na4
Nxa4 22. Qxa4 Qxe6 23. Bxc5 Rfd8 24. Be2 Kh8 $13 {[%cal Rf6d7,Rd7b6] /\Nd7-b6
Stohl: Black's situation is certainly far less dangerous, than in the game.}) (
17... c5 $143 $6 {Stohl} 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bh3 $36 {
[%csl Ge6,Rg8][%cal Yg2g3] Stohl: White has protected his pawn and wants to
open and attack the >> with g3. Black's pieces lack coordination.}) (17... Nb6
{Stohl} 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ba3 $5 (19. c5 dxc5 20. Ba3 Qe7 {-17...Qe7}) (19. Qb3
$5 Qe7 20. Ba3 {/\} Qxe6 $6 21. Bxd6 $1 $36) 19... c5 (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Qb3
$18) 20. Nb5 $142 $1 {/\} (20. Nd5 Re8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $5 (21... Qxf6 22. Qxd6
Bf8 $5 $11 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxc5 Nxa3 (23... Rac8 $2 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qf7+ $16)
24. Qxa3 Qxe6 25. Bd1 $1 Bf8 26. Qa4 $36 {[%csl Gd1,Rf7,Rf8,Rg7,Rg8,Rh7] >>K^-}
)) 22. Bg4 Nxc4 23. Qd5 Qa5 $1 24. Qxc4 Qxa3 25. Rab1 Rab8 $15) 20... Nxc4 $6
21. Qb3 a6 22. e7 $1 Qxe7 23. Qxc4+ d5 24. Qc1 $1 axb5 25. Bxc5 $16 {Stohl:
It's unbelievable how strong the seemingly helpless Pe6 can be.}) 18. bxc6 bxc6
19. c5 $1 Qxe6 (19... dxc5 20. Ba3 Qxe6 {Stohl: Now White's N gets to c5 with
strong pressure} 21. Na4 {-see game}) 20. Ba3 dxc5 {Stohl: Now White's N gets
to c5 with strong pressure} (20... Rd8 $142 $5 {Stohl /\d5} 21. Qd3 $142 $5 (
21. Qa4 dxc5 $132 {[%cal Yc8b6] /\Nb6}) (21. Qc2 d5 $1 22. exd5 cxd5 $5 23.
Qxg6 Ne7 $13 {[%cal Re5e4] /\e4}) (21. Qe2 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Bb2
$36) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne4 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxa1 27. Bxe4 Rb8 28. c6
$44) (21. cxd6 $143 Nxd6 $15) 21... d5 (21... Rd7 22. Qa6 $1 dxc5 23. Na4 $16)
22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. c6 $1 Nxc6 25. Nxd5 Kh7 26. Nxf4 Rxd3 27. Nxe6
Rxa3 28. Bxc6 Rc8 $14) 21. Na4 $16 {[%cal Ga3f8,Gf3d1,Gd1b3,Gb3g8,Ya4c5,Yc5e6,
Yc5d7] The white have more than enough compensation for sacrifised material
because of strong bishop's pressure on the diagonals a3-f8,b3-g8 in
combination with strong knight on "c5".The black have no counterplay and can
just defend a lot of weakness in their position.} Nb6 22. Nxc5 Qf7 {Stohl: /
\Rfd8,Bf8} 23. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gf3d1,Gd1b3] Stohl: A great move, activating the
still passive Bf3. It's clear now White's plan has triumphed and Black is
fighting for bare survival.} Qc4 (23... Rfc8 24. Bd1 Qe8 25. Bb3+ Kh7 26. Rd1
$36 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) (23... Nc4 $2 {Stohl} 24. Bd1 $18 {loses at least an
exchange.}) 24. Bd1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 $16 {+-Exchange of queens doesn't help the
black as it is easy for the white to win weak pawns of the black now.} Rfc8 {
Stohl: Black of course wants to have at least a pawn for his suffering.} 26.
Bb3+ Kh7 27. Ne6 {[%csl Rc6,Re5]} a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ya8a7,Ya5a4] ׫} (
27... Nfd7 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5,Yg7f6] Stohl /\c5,Bf6}) 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Be6 Nbd7 (
29... Nfd7 30. Red1 Ra7 (30... Rc7 31. Bd6 (31. Rd6 c5) (31. Rd6 $40 {Stohl})
31... Rcc8 32. Rb1 Kf6 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Rb7 $18) 31. Bc5 Rb8 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33.
Bd6 $18 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gd6b8,Gc1c6]}) (29... Rc7 $2 {Stohl} 30. Bd6 $18) 30. Red1
Ra7 31. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2e5,Ge6c8]} (31. f3 $5 $16 {Stohl}) 31... Rcc7 ({Stohl:
More active was} 31... Rb8 $1 {Stohl} 32. Ba1 Rb6 33. Rd6 Rab7 {[%cal Rc6c5] /
\c5}) 32. f3 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Kf8 {Stohl: Now White regains his pawn with
interest. But passive defense was also quite dreary-} (32... Rab7 33. Ba3 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc6,Re5][%cal Gd1d6]}) (32... c5 {Stohl} 33. Rd6 Rab7 34. Bc3 a4 35.
Rcd1 {[%csl Ra4,Gc3,Rc5,Re5,Ge6] ^^,׫}) 33. Rd6 Rab7 (33... g5 {Stohl} 34.
Rcxc6 $16 {Stohl: Gelfand prefers to give up his K-side pawns to retain some
hope for counterplay.}) 34. Ba3 (34. Bc3 $143 $6 {Stohl} Ke7 35. Rcd1 Nd5 $1
$15) 34... c5 35. Bxd7 {White start to win pawns,transforming positional
advantage in material.} Nxd7 36. Rxg6 Kf7 (36... h5 37. Rh6 $18) 37. Rxh6 $18
c4 38. g3 $1 (38. Rd6 $5 Nf8 {[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6d4]} (38... c3 39. Rc2 (39. Rd3 {
Stohl} c2 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Ke2 $18 {Stohl: reliably checks the passed pawn.})
39... Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Nf8 41. Rd3 $18) 39. Rd5 Ne6 40. Bd6 $18) 38... fxg3 (38...
c3 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Bd6 $18) 39. hxg3 c3 40. Rc2 (40. Rh2 $6 {this very
passive plan gives the black chances for counterplay.} Rc6 41. Rhc2 Rbc7 42.
Kf2 Nf6 43. Ke2 Nh5 $132) (40. Rd6 {Stohl} c2 41. Rd3 Rb1 42. Kf2 $18) 40...
Nf8 {Stohl: Th only chance. From now on Gelfand defends tenaciously and with
help from White manages to save a hopeless position.} 41. Bd6 $1 (41. Rd6 $2 {
Stohl} Ne6 42. Rd3 Nd4 $19) (41. Bxf8 {Stohl} Kxf8 $132 (41... Rb1+ $5 42. Kf2
Kxf8 $44)) 41... Rb1+ (41... Rb2 42. Bxc7 (42. Rc1 $1 {Stohl} Rcb7 (42... c2
43. Bxc7 Rb1 44. Rc6 Rxc1+ 45. Kg2 $18) 43. Rh2 Rxh2 44. Kxh2 Rb2+ 45. Kh3 $18)
42... Rxc2 43. Bxe5 Ne6 44. Kf1 $18 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf1d1]}) (41... Rc4 $142
$5 {Stohl} 42. Rhh2 $1 (42. Bxe5 $2 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2 $1 44. Rxb2 cxb2 45. Rb6
Nd7 46. Rb7 b1=Q $11) 42... Nd7 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ba3 $16) 42. Kf2 Rb2 43. Bxc7
Rxc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxa2 (44... Ng6 45. Bxa5 $18) 45. Bxe5 c2 (45... Ra3 {Stohl} 46.
Rc6 {-45...c2}) 46. Rc6 Ra3+ (46... Ne6 {Stohl} 47. f4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 $18 {/\}
Rxg3 $2 49. f5) 47. Ke2 Ra2 48. Kd2 Ne6 {[%cal Ye6g5,Yg5f3,Yg5e4]} 49. f4 (49.
Rxc2 $4 Rxc2+ 50. Kxc2 Ng5 51. Kb3 (51. f4 {Stohl} Nxe4 52. g4 Nf2 53. g5 Kg6
$11) (51. Kd3 Nxf3 52. Bf4 Kf6 $11) 51... Nxf3 52. Bf4 Nh2 $11) 49... c1=Q+ $1
{Stohl: Gelfand eliminates the central pawn.} (49... Ra4 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kxc2
Rxg3 52. f5 Rg2+ 53. Kd3 $18) (49... a4 $2 {Stohl} 50. g4 $18 {Stohl: and
White's pawns decide.}) 50. Kxc1 Ra4 51. Kd2 Rxe4 52. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal
Gc3a5,Gd2d3]} Ke7 (52... Nxf4 $2 53. Rf6+ $18) 53. Kd3 $1 Ra4 54. f5 Nd8 (54...
Ng5 55. Bf6+ (55. Rg6 {Stohl} Nf7 56. g4 $18) 55... Kd7 56. Bxg5 $1 Kxc6 57. f6
Rb4 (57... Ra3+ 58. Ke4 $18) 58. f7 Rb8 59. Be7 $18) 55. Ra6 (55. Bf6+ $142 {
Stohl} Kd7 56. Rc4 Rxc4 (56... Ra3+ 57. Rc3 $18) 57. Kxc4 Nf7 58. Kd5 $18 {
Stohl: and Black can't blockade White's pawns.}) 55... Nf7 56. Ra7+ (56. Rxa5
$2 {Stohl} Rxa5 57. Bxa5 Kf6 $10) (56. Re6+ $142 $5 {Stohl} Kf8 57. Re4 Ra3 58.
g4 {[%csl Gf5,Gg4] Stohl: o^f,g}) 56... Ke8 57. Ra8+ Ke7 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Rxa5
Rg4 {Stohl: An amazing endgame. Suddenly the blockade is very real and White
has problems achieving any progress.} (59... Rxa5 $2 {Stohl} 60. Bxa5 Ke7 61.
Bc3 $1 $18) 60. Be1 Ke7 {Stohl: Lбkavй bolo} (60... Nd6 $143 {[%cal Rg4g5]
Stohl /\Rg5} 61. Rd5 (61. Ke3 $2 Rxg3+ $1 62. Bxg3 Nc4+ $11) 61... Kd7 62. Bf2
$1 (62. Ke3 $2 Re4+ 63. Kf2 Kc6 64. Ra5 Kb6 $1 65. Bd2 Rd4 66. Ra2 Rd5 $1 $11 {
Stohl: and White loses a pawn.} (66... Nxf5 $2 67. Be3 $18)) 62... Rg5 (62...
Kc6 63. Rc5+ Kd7 64. Ke3 $18) 63. Bc5 Kc6 (63... Rxg3+ 64. Kd4 Rg4+ 65. Ke5
Re4+ 66. Kf6 Kc6 67. Rxd6+ $18 {_|_}) 64. Rxd6+ Kxc5 65. Rd8 $18) (60... Ng5 {
Stohl} 61. Ra6 $1) 61. Bf2 (61. Ra6 $1 Ng5 (61... Nd6 $1 {Stohl} 62. f6+ Kd7
63. Kc2 $5 (63. Bf2 Rg6 64. f7 Nxf7 $1 $11) 63... Nf7 $14 {Stohl: it's
difficult to say if White can win this position.}) (61... Rg5 62. Bb4+ Kd7 63.
Ra7+ Ke8 64. Re7+ Kf8 65. Re4+ Kg8 66. g4 Kh7 67. Ke3 $1 Nh6 68. Kf3 Nxf5 69.
Kf4 $1 Kg6 70. Re6+ $18) 62. Rg6 Kf7 63. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Ge1d2] Ilic} Rc4+ $8 64.
Bc3 Ne4 65. Kd3 $18) (61. Ke3 Ng5 {[%cal Yg4e4]}) 61... Ng5 $1 $11 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Ye7f7,Yg5e4] Stohl: Now it's a draw!} 62. Ra6 (62. Ke2 Ne4 63. Kf3 Nxf2
64. Kxf2 Kf6 65. Kf3 Rb4 $11) (62. Ke3 {Stohl} Re4+ 63. Kd2 Rg4 $11) (62. Rb5 {
Stohl} Kf7 {[%cal Rg5e4] Stohl: /\Ne4}) 62... Kf7 63. Ke2 (63. Rg6 {Stohl} Nh3
$1 $10) 63... Ne4 {[%csl Rf5,Rg3]} 64. Ra5 (64. Ke3 {Stohl} Nxf2 $1 {Stohl:
Draws immediately} (64... Nxg3 $143 65. Kf3 Rg5 66. Bxg3 Rxf5+ $11) 65. Kxf2
Rg5 66. f6 Kg6 $1 (66... Rf5+ 67. Ke3 Rxf6 $4 68. Rxf6+ Kxf6 69. Kf4 $18) 67.
Kf3 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rg5 $11) 64... Rg5 65. Kf3 Nxf2 66. Kxf2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. c5 g5 (12... f5 13. Bxf4 fxe4 14. Bxe5
exf3 15. Bxg7 fxg2 16. Bxf8 gxf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Qxf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. f3 Bh3 20.
Rf2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilov,A-Zaitsev,V/Komercni Banka op 1997 (43)}) 13. Nd2 f5
(13... Neg6 14. Nc4 h5 (14... Re8 15. a4 h5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Be3 Nh4 18. Nb5
Bf8 19. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Ivic,M/Kastel Stari op 1997 (35)}) 15. Be3 (15.
Ba3 $1 a6 16. b5 $1 {Khalifman.}) 15... f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6
Bg4 19. Qb3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Khalifman,A/St.Petersburg-ch 1996 (29)}) 14.
g3 (14. cxd6 cxd6 15. b5 (15. Nc4 Kh7 (15... Rf6 16. a4 Bd7 $2 17. g3 Nfg6 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 $16 {Sher,M-Volke,K/Copenhagen KS 1996/1-0 (55)}) (15... g4
16. b5 h5 17. Ba3 Rf6 18. Qb3 {[%cal Gc4e5,Gb3g8]} Kh8 19. b6 a6 20. Qb4 Bf8
21. Ne3 h4 $132 {[%cal Yg4g3] 0-1 Gormally,D-McShane,L/London 1997 (40)}) 16.
b5 Rf6 17. Ba3 g4 18. b6 a6 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. Rac1 fxe4 (20... h5 21. Qb4 Bf8 22.
Qb1 h4 23. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch 1995/CBM 48 (32)}) 21. Nxe4
Nf5 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qb1 Kh8 24. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,A-Touzane,O/FRA-ch 1996 
(32)}) 15... Nfg6 16. exf5 e4 17. f6 $16 {Cmilyte,V-Girkiyan,T/32nd ol (women),
Yerevan ARM 1996/1-0 (77)}) (14. Nc4 fxe4 (14... a6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Neg6
17. Ba3 Rf7 18. b5 Bf8 19. g3 g4 20. gxf4 Nh4 $44 {0-1 Wells,P-McShane,L/
London 1997 (32)}) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. b5 Bf6 18. a4 Be7 19. Ba3 b6
(19... g4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qd1 Rg8 22. g3 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Kecic,S/Bled
op18th 1997 (30)}) 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bg2 a6 22. Qd3 axb5 23. Ncxd6 $16 {1-0
Schlosser,P-Touzane,O/Lippstadt 1996 (30)}) (14. a4 g4 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. a5 Bf8
17. b5 Neg6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Bxh3 gxh3 20. Qh5 Kh7 21. b6 axb6 22. axb6 f4 $132
{0-1 Ortiz,E-Tan,J/Greenhills op 1997 (46)}) 14... Nfg6 15. a4 $1 $146 (15. Nc4
f4 (15... Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6 $16 {Hess,R-Neidhardt,C/
BL2-W 1993/1-0 (64)}) 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. b5 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb4 $36 {[%cal
Ga2a5] 1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Fedorov,A/RUS-Cup3 1996 (42) <<}) (15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4
(16. Nce4 Nd4 17. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz,P-Gdanski,J/POL-ch 1997}) 16... Nd4 17.
Bg2 g4 $132) 15... f4 16. Nc4 g4 17. Nb5 Rf6 18. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Gb5c7,Ga3d6,
Gc4d6,Gb5d6]} h5 {[%cal Yh5h4]} 19. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 20. cxd6 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. b5 $18 Qf6 23. d6 Nf5 (23... Be6 24. dxe7 Nxe7 25. Rc1 $18) 24. exf5 Bxf5
25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rad1 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Rd8 27. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 h4 29. d7
hxg3 30. hxg3 f3 31. Bc1 {[%cal Gd3e4,Ge4g4]} Nf8 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Ba3 (33. Ba3
Rxd7 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 (13... h6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 g5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Ne4
$16 {1-0Kramnik,V-Nijboer,F /Hoogovens 1998(29)}) (13... f4 14. Bc1 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nc8 17. b5 Qe8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. c5 $1 Qxe6 20. Ba3 dxc5 21. Na4
$44 {/+/- Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B Belgrad1997}) 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6
fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 (19. Bc5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7
Re8 22. Bc5 $5 b6 23. Be3 Rxe6 24. a4 $44) 19... b6 $1 {Kramnik} (19... e4 20.
Rc1 {[%cal Re4e3,Re3c5,Re3e4,Rc2b3]} d4 21. Bd2 e3 (21... d3 22. Bb3 Bd4 23.
Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qd4 25. Qd2 Rac8 26. Rce1 Rf4 27. g3 $18) 22. fxe3 d3 23. Bb3
Qd6 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 $1 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Polgar,J/Linares14th 1997 (37)})
(19... d4 20. Bd2 d3 21. Bb3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qxb4 23. Rc1 Rfd8 24. Bc5 Qh4 25. Re3
e4 26. Rc4 $16) 20. Qg4 (20. Ba4 $5 Qd6 21. Bd7 (21. Qd2 Kh7 (21... Qxe6 22.
Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Nf5 24. Qf4 $14) 22. Bd7 Nf5 $11) 21... Qxb4 22. Rc1 $44)
20... Rf6 21. Bb3 (21. Ba4 h5 22. Qh3 Qd6 23. Bd7 Qxb4 24. Bg5 Rf5 25. Rab1 Qd6
26. Qh4 $44) 21... Qd6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. b5 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gc1a3]} (23. Rxd5 Nxd5
24. Rd1 Qxe6 25. Bxd5 (25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Rxd5 (26. Bxd5 $4 Kh7 $19) 26... Rxd5
27. Bxd5 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 $17 {[%cal Ye6c4]}) 25... Qxd5 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Qc4 Rfd6 28. h4 Kh7 $11) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ (24. Qa4 Rd7 25. f4 exf4
$1 (25... e4 26. Bc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e4,Gb3e6,Gd1d7] 1-0 Gligoric,S-Nataf,I
Cannes 98(47)}) 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 $44) 24... Rxe6 25. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1a3]
} Kf7 26. Ba3 $14 e4 27. g3 (27. Re2 {[%cal Ge2d2]}) 27... Rd7 28. Bxe7 Kxe7
29. Rxd5 Rxd5 (29... Rc7 30. Rd2 Re5 31. Rde2 $16) 30. Bxd5 Bc3 31. Re2 Re5 32.
Bxe4 $16 g5 33. a4 Kd6 {[%cal Yd6b4]} (33... Kf6 $5) 34. Kg2 Kc5 35. f4 gxf4
36. gxf4 Re6 37. Kf3 Rd6 (37... Kb4 $5) 38. Kg4 (38. Bf5 $1 {Dolmatov} Rd2 $140
39. Re7 Rxh2 40. Rxa7 $16) 38... Rd2 $11 39. Rg2 Kd4 40. Bc6 Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Bd2
42. Bf3 Bc1 43. Bd1 Bd2 44. Bc2 Bc1 45. f5 Ke5 46. Kh5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 (12. Nb5 Rxa5 13. Bb4
Ra8 (13... Ra6 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. a4 f5 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5
19. Qd3 Nd4 20. Bc3 Nb3 21. Ra3 Na5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Smirin,I/Elista
1998/CBM Extra 66 (97)}) 14. Qb3 $6 Nf4 15. Bd1 f5 16. Bc2 g5 $1 17. Nd2 Ne2+
18. Kh1 f4 19. Rfe1 $5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 $36 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Zaitsev,I/
Koszalin 1997/Inf 70/[Krasenkow,M] (58)}) 12... f5 (12... Nf4 13. Bf1 f5 14.
Nd2 g5 15. Nb3 bxa5 16. c5 Rf6 17. g3 Nfg6 18. Nd2 f4 19. Be2 Qd7 20. Nc4 Rb8
21. Qa4 Qh3 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 $16 {0-1 Shomoev,A-Arakelov,I/
Ch Russia (juniors) (under 1998 (61)}) 13. Bb4 $1 $146 {White are fixing
pawn`s structure on the Queen`s side and it lets them to start tipycal plan
with c4-c5.Moreover,Black had weak squares b6 and c6 now.} (13. Bc1 Rxa5 14. a4
Nf4 15. Bf1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. Ra3 h6 19. h3 Bd7 20. a5 g5 21.
Qc1 bxa5 22. Bxa5 Kh8 23. Bb4 Rc8 24. Ba5 Qe8 25. Nh2 Qg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 San
Segundo,P-Bacrot,E/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68_07 (68)}) 13... bxa5 14. Ba3 {[%cal
Gc4c5]} Nf6 15. Bd3 $1 (15. Nd2 Bh6 16. Bd3) 15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Nxf6+
Rxf6 18. Be4 $14 Nf5 19. Qd3 (19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qe3 $14) 19... Rf7
20. Rab1 Bh6 21. c5 Qf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6]} Rd8 24. Rf1
$1 {This strong move takes away all counterplay and Black are doomed to
passive defence.} Qe7 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Bf8 27. g3 (27. Rfb1 Nd4 28. Be4 Qh4
$132) 27... Nd4 28. Be4 Qc7 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. Kg2 (30. Rc1 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rxc1+
32. Kg2 Rc2 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Bxc2 Rc7 35. Rc6 Rb7 36. Bb3 d3 37. Rc3 d2 38.
Rd3 Bh6 39. h4 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4] /+/-}) 30... Qd8 31. Bb2 Rc5 (31... Bg7 32.
Bc3 (32. Qd2 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Rc1 $36) 32... Rc5 33. Rb1 Qf8 34. Rb2 $16)
32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Qxd4 Rb5 34. Rc6 $2 {Being short of time,White are changing
their active Rook. They had to do it with passive one instead.} (34. Rb1 $1 Bg7
35. Qd2 $16 {/+-}) 34... Rb4 35. Rc4 (35. Qd3 Rb2 $132) 35... Bg7 36. Qd3 Rb2
$132 {[%cal Yf7f2,Yb2f2,Yd8b6,Yb6f2]} 37. Rc2 Qb6 38. Rc8+ Bf8 39. Rc2 Bg7 40.
Bf3 Bd4 {[%csl Rf2]} 41. h4 Kg7 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 Qb4 44. Qe2 Qb2 45. Qxb2
Bxb2 $14 {/+/-} 46. Re1 (46. Rd1 Ba3 47. Be4 Bc5 $132) 46... Bd4 47. Re4 Bc5
48. g4 Rb7 {[%cal Yb7b2,Yb2f2,Yc5f2]} 49. g5 (49. Re2 a4 {[%cal Ya4a3,Yb7b2]})
49... Rb2 50. Re7+ Kg8 51. Re2 Rxe2 $11 52. Bxe2 Kg7 53. Bb5 h6 54. Be8 hxg5
55. hxg5 Bb4 56. Kf3 Bd2 57. Kg4 Be1 58. f4 Bd2 59. Kf3 Bc1 60. Ke4 Bd2 61. Kf3
Bc1 62. Kg4 Bd2 63. f5 gxf5+ 64. Kxf5 Bb4 65. Ke6 Bc5 66. Ke7 Bb4 67. Kd8 Bc5
68. Kc7 Bb4 69. Kb6 Kf8 70. Bh5 Kg7 71. Kb5 Kf8 72. Bd1 Kg7 73. Bc2 Kf8 74. Ka4
Kg7 75. a3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 (14. Qb3
Kh8 15. a5 f5 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ng8
21. Nd2 $1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. Rfe1 $16 {Veingold-Krakops,Tallin (zt) 1998 
-73/679}) 14... f5 15. Bd3 {'N' Huzman.} (15. Nd2 Kh8 (15... Nf6 16. c5 (16.
exf5 gxf5 17. c5 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. f3 Rf7 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bd3 Rg7 22. Kh1
Kh8 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 $15 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Schebler,G/Koszeg
GM 1997 (49)}) 16... Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe4 (17... fxe4 18. Nb5 Nf5 19. Rac1 Rf7
20. Rfe1 dxc5 21. Bxc5 c6 22. Nd6 e3 23. Nxf7 exd2 24. Nxd8 cxd5 $17 {0-1
Ivanisevic,I-Safin,S/Elista 1998/CBM Extra 66 (73)}) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. cxd6
cxd6 20. Rfe1 Bf5 21. Ra3 Kg7 22. Bd1 h5 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ba4 b5 25. axb6 Rxa4
26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Bxd6 Rf6 28. Bxe5 $18 {1-0 Veingold,A-Rodriguez,R/Mondariz
op 1994 (31)}) 16. Ra2 Nf6 17. c5 Bxd2 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. Qb1 b6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Fiorito,F/ARG-ch 1995/CBM 49 (34)}) 15...
Kh8 (15... Nf6 16. c5 fxe4 17. cxd6 $6 (17. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Re1)
17... cxd6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rf4 $13 {Van Wely-Shirov,Wijk aan Zee blitz
1998} (19... Bf5 $132)) 16. Nd2 (16. Re1 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5) 16... Ng8 (16... Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Ndxe4
Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qb3 $14) 17. Re1 Rf7 18. Nb5 (18. Qc2 $5 Ra6 19. Rad1)
18... Ra6 19. Qc2 Ndf6 20. c5 (20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Nxd5 22. Bxc8 Nxb4 23.
Qc3 Qxc8 24. Qxb4 Nf6 $15) (20. f3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Nf1 Qh4 $40)
(21. Bxe4 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5,Yf5d4,Ge7d5,Gf6d5]}) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 $132)
20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bd7 (21... dxc5 22. Bc3 $1 (22. Bxc5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxd5 $17
)) 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nc4 Ne7 25. cxd6 (25. Rad1 Rg7 $132 (25... f4
$5 {[%cal Yf4f3]})) 25... cxd6 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. Red1 $6 (27. Nb6 $1 $16 {
Ivanchuk} Rg7 28. Ra3 {'+/=' Huzman.}) 27... f4 (27... Ng6 28. Ra3) 28. Ra3 f3
{'<=>' Huzman.} 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qd7 31. Nbxd6 $1 (31. Nc3 Ng6 $132 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Yg6f4,Yd7h3,Gh3g2,Gf4g2]}) 31... Nxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Nxd6
Qxd6 34. Qb2 $2 (34. Qb1 $1 Bf4 (34... Qd7 35. Qb6 Bf4 (35... Bg5 36. Qe6 Qxe6
37. dxe6 Nc6 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. f4 $1 $18) 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 $18) 35. Qxb7 (
35. Qb6 Qxb6 36. axb6 Kg7 37. d6 Nc6 38. d7 Bg5 39. Rd6 Nd8) 35... Qg6+ 36. Kf1
Qc2 37. Qb1 $1 $18) (34. Qb3 $5 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf1 Qa6+) 35... Bf4 36. Rg1
$1 Qh6 37. Rg2 Qa6 $1 $132 (37... Bxh2 38. Rxh2 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Ng6 40. f4 Nxf4+
41. Kf3 $16)) 34... Qg6+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Qh5 36. Kg2 Bf4 $40) 35... Qf5 36. d6
(36. Qxb7 Qxf3 37. Qb8+ Ng8 38. Qb1 Be3 39. Qc2 Bd4 $36) 36... Qxf3 {'=!'
Huzman.} 37. Qxe5+ (37. Qc2 Nc6 38. d7 Bg5 $17) 37... Bg7 38. dxe7 Qxd1+ 39.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 (12... fxe4 $5 13. Nxe4 (13.
Qd5+ Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Rxf7 15. Nxe4 Ngxe5 $15) 13... Ngxe5 14. Re1 Qf7 $11) (12...
h6 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. exf5 (14. exd6 fxe4 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Bh4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Qf5
18. h3 Nge5 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. f4 $44 {1-0 Cserna,L-Klundt,K/West Berlin 1984/
Inf 38 (31)}) 14... Bxf5 15. Bf6 Nxf6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {
1-0 Haag,E-Heilmeier/Wuerzburg 1987/EXT 87op (40)}) (12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. exf5 Nd4 15. Bd3 Bxf5 16. Re1 Qc5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nb5 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Nxb5
20. cxb5 Bd4 21. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Petersen,L-Sperber,L/Koge 1997/EXT 97 (48)}) 13.
h3 (13. Nd5 Qf7 (13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Ng5 Rd7 (15... Re7 16. exf5 gxf5 17.
f4 e4 18. Bc3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd8 21. Bb5 c6 22. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Vera,
R-Pecorelli Garcia,H/Matanzas 1997/EXP 57 (32)}) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18.
Bc3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd8 $13 {0-1 Van der Sterren,P-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1993/
CBM 34 (40)}) 14. Be7 $5 (14. Bd2 Nf6 (14... fxe4 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17.
Nxc7 Rb8 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Nxe4 $16 {1-0 Meyer,E-Tums,J/Chicago 1973/EXT 99 
(45)}) 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Bc3 h6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxd7
Bxd7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch 1993/EXT 93ch 
(49)}) 14... Nxe7 15. Ng5 Qe8 16. Nxc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 h6 18. exf5 (18. Bf3 hxg5
19. exf5 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 e4 $17) 18... hxg5 19. Bxg4 gxf5 $15) (13. exf5 gxf5 14.
Nd5 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Be3 h6 17. Nh4 Be6 18. f4 e4 $15 {0-1 Kanstler,
B-Bologan,V/Moscow 1991/URS-ch/[Knaak] (31) >< Nh4}) 14... Qf7 15. Bd2 e4 16.
Ng5 Qg6 17. Bf4 Bxb2 18. Nxc7 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 h6 20. Nh3 Be6 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22.
Bg3 $16 {1-0 Csonkics,T-Stanic,J/Opatija 1995/EXT 97 (57)}) 13... Nf6 14. Bd3
$6 (14. Re1 $5) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. c5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qa4
Kh8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rad1 Rg8 $36 {1/2-1/2 Csonkics,T-Wang Pin/Manila 1992/TD
92\07 (38)}) (14. c5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nxe4 Qc6 18. Bd3 Bf5
19. Re1 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Rad8 $15 {1-0 Komljenovic,D-Ubilava,E/Ponferrada
1991/EXT 99 (41)}) 14... Be6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ya8d8,Yd8d1]} 15. Re1 (15. Nd5
Qf7 16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Re1 $11) 15... Qf7 16. c5 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bh4 (17.
Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Ne4 $17) 17... h6 (17... e4 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. f3) 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Ne4 20. Rb5 c6 21. Rb3 Nc5 $17) 16... Nd7 $1 $17 17. Bb5 (17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Be3 h6 $17) (17. Bh4 h6 (17... Nxc5 18. Ng5 Qd7 (18... Qf6 19.
Nf3) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 $17) 18. exf5 gxf5 $17) 17... Nd4
18. Bxd7 (18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 c6 20. Be2 f4 $19) 18... Bxd7 19. Bh4 Bc6 $1
20. Ng5 (20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh4 h6 $19) 20... Qf6 $1 $19 21. exf5 (21. Kh1 h6 22.
Nf3 g5 23. Bg3 f4 24. Bh2 Rad8 $19) 21... gxf5 22. Ne2 (22. Qh5 h6 23. Nge4 Qf7
$19) 22... Rad8 $1 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Qh5 (24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. Qg3 Qc6 $19) 24...
h6 (24... h6 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Bxf6 Bxh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Ra2 Bh6 {TN} (12... Qb8 {- 70/560}) 13.
Rc2 {[/\14.b4]} (13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa2 15. Nxa2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxe4 17. Bh6
$44) 13... c5 14. Ndb1 $1 Bg7 (14... Bxc1 15. Qxc1 {(/\16.f4|^>>)}) 15. Rb2 $5
{[/\16.b4|^<<]} (15. f4 $5 Ne8 (15... exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Rc1 $36
{(/\19.Qc2,20.Rce1)}) 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd2 $5 f5 18. Nf3 $14 Bxc3 19. Rxc3
fxe4 20. Ng5 $44) 15... Ne8 16. b4 b6 (16... axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19.
Nb5 f5 20. N1c3 $14) 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qb3 $1 {[/\19.Qb6|^<<]} f5 19. Qb6 Qc8
20. Bg5 $1 {[/\21.Nd2,22.Rfb1]} Rf7 $5 (20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 (21. h4 $5) 21...
Rxf6 22. Nd2 $16) 21. Nd2 Bf8 (21... h6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rfb1 $14) 22. Rfb1 h6
23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. Qb7 Qd8 {[#]} 25. Qxa8 $1 Qxa8 26. Rb8 Qa7 27. R1b7 Qxb7 (
27... Qa6 28. Rxd7 Bg5 (28... Kf8 29. Nb5 $18 {/\30.Rxe8}) 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Re6 $1 Bxd2 32. Nb5 $18) 28. Rxb7 Bg5 29. Ndb1 $1 (29. Nf3 Bc1
$132) 29... Bc1 30. Bd3 (30. Rb6 $1 $16 {(/\31.Bd3,32.Ra6)}) (30. Ra7 fxe4 31.
Nxe4 (31. Rxa5 e3 $132) 31... Bf5 $132) 30... Nf6 31. exf5 $6 (31. Rb6 fxe4 32.
Bxe4 $1 $16 (32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxd6 Rf4 36. Rxg6+
Kf7 37. Rxh6 Rxc4 $132) 32... Nxe4 33. Nxe4 $16) 31... Bxf5 32. Rb8+ Rf8 (32...
Kg7 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rb6 $16) 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Ne2 $1 Bb2 (
35... Bg5 36. Ng3 f4 37. Nf5 $16) 36. Ng3 f4 37. Nf5 Nd7 $1 $13 {[/\38...
Nb6<=>]} 38. Nxd6 Nb6 39. Nb7 (39. g4 Ke7 40. Ne4 (40. Nf5+ Kd7 $13) 40... Nxc4
$15) 39... Nxc4 40. d6 (40. Nxc5 Nxa3 41. Nxa3 Bxa3 42. Nd7+ Ke8 43. Nxe5 a4
$132) 40... Ke8 41. Nxc5 Nxd6 $6 (41... Bd4 $1 42. Ne4 Kd7 $15) 42. Kf1 Nc4 43.
a4 $11 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Nb3 (45. Ne4+ Kd5 46. Kd3 Bd4 47. Nbc3+ Bxc3 48.
Nxc3+ Kc5 $13) 45... e4 46. N1d2 Nxd2 47. Kxd2 Ba3 48. Kc3 f3 (48... Bc5 49. f3
Bb4+ 50. Kd4 e3 51. Nc1 $14) 49. gxf3 Bb4+ 50. Kd4 exf3 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. h3 h5
53. Kxf3 Kd5 54. Kf4 (54. Nc1 $5 Kc4 55. Ke4 Bf6 56. Nd3 Kb3 $11) 54... Kc4 55.
Nxa5+ Bxa5 56. Kg5 Be1 $1 $11 57. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Na5 Nf6 17. Nc6 Qe8 (17... Qd7 18. Qc2 (18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qc2 (
19. Rb3 e4 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Qf4 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb5 Nh7 24. Nxd6 $14 {
0-1 Pekarek,A-Sznapik,A/Warsaw 1987/CBM 03 (41)}) (19. Rb8 Rxb8 20. Nxb8 Qc7
21. Nc6 a6 22. Qa4 e4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Schlager,T-Fehling,M/Germany 1989/GER-chT2
(27)}) 19... Re8 20. Rb3 e4 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Na5 Ba6 23. Rfb1 Ng4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Kozlov,V-Taborov,B/Belgorod 1989/TD (51)}) (18. f3 h5 19. Qe1 Bh6 20. Bd1 Ba6
21. Ba4 Qh7 22. Bb5 Bc8 23. Rb3 h4 $132 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Wahls,M/Munich 1991/
CBM 23/ (39)}) 18... f4 19. f3 Nh7 20. Rb2 Bf6 21. Rfb1 Bd8 22. a4 Nf6 23. a5
Ne8 24. Rb8 $36 {1/2-1/2 Beilfuss,W-Schoene,R/Germany 1992/GER-chT (32)}) 18.
Bd3 (18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qa4 Rf7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Rb3 f4 22. Rfb1 Bf8 23. Qa5 Rg7
24. Na3 Qf5 25. Bf1 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M-Neverov,V/Odessa 1989/TD (25)}) (
18. f3 Rf7 19. Qa4 h5 20. Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Krasenkow,M/Moscow 1990/CBM 21
(20)}) 18... Rf7 $1 (18... f4 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. f3 g5 21. Qe1 Ne8 22. Qa5 Bf6 23.
Nbxa7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dokhoian,Y-Wahls,M/Germany 1991/GER-chT (45)}) 19. Rb3 (19.
Nb5 Bf8) 19... Bf8 20. Qc2 f4 21. f3 g5 22. Be2 (22. Rfb1 $5 g4 23. Be2 Rg7 (
23... gxf3 24. Bxf3 Bg4 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8 Qd7 27. Rd8 $16) 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25.
Rxb8 gxf3 26. Bxf3 $36 {<<}) 22... Rg7 23. Rfb1 Bd7 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Qh5
$132 {[%cal Yg5g4]} 26. Nd8 $1 (26. Nb5 g4 $40) (26. Ra8 g4 27. fxg4 Nxg4 28.
Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxa7 Rg5 $40) (26. h3 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Qxh3 $40 {[%cal Yg5g4]})
26... g4 27. fxg4 Qh4 (27... Nxg4 28. h3 (28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qf2 Qh3 $36) 28...
Qh4 (28... Qxh3 29. gxh3 Ne3+ 30. Kh2 Nxc2 31. Ne6 Rf7 (31... Bxe6 32. dxe6 $44
{[%cal Gc3d5]} Ne3 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. cxd5) 32. Bh5 (32. Bg4 Ne3) 32... Rf6 33.
Rd8 (33. Bg6 f3 34. Bh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxf8+ Kg7 36. Nxd7 Rf7 $17) 33... Rxe6 (33...
Bxe6 34. dxe6 Rxe6 35. Nd5 Ne3 36. Rd7 $16) 34. dxe6 Bxe6 35. Nd5 $16) 29. hxg4
Qe1+ 30. Bf1 (30. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 30... Qe3+ 31. Qf2 (31. Kh1 Rxg4 $19) 31...
Qxc3 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. dxe6 $132 {/=}) 28. Qd2 Bxg4 (28... Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Qxg4
30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Qxe6 (31... f3 32. g3 Qxe6 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 $16) 32.
Qd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 $44 {/+/-} (33. exd5 f3 34. g3 Rg4 $1 $17)) 29. Ne6 $1 (29.
Bxg4 Nxg4 30. h3 f3 $1 31. hxg4 (31. Ne6 f2+ 32. Kf1 Nh2+ $19) 31... fxg2 $1
$19) 29... Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qh3 31. Bf3 Qxe6 (31... Qxf3 $2 32. e7 $18) 32. Nd5
$44 {/=} Nh7 $6 {[%cal Yh7g5]} (32... Nd7 $5 33. Rb7 Nb6 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.
Nxb6 axb6 36. Qc2 $11 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) 33. Qa5 $1 Nf6 (33... Ng5 $2 34. Bg4 $1
Qg6 (34... Qxg4 35. Nf6+ $18) 35. Qd8 Nh7 (35... Rf7 36. Ne7+ $18) (35... Qf7
36. Nf6+ $18) 36. Qe7 $1 Kh8 37. Rxf8+ Nxf8 38. Qxf8+ Rg8 39. Ne7 $1 $18) 34.
Qd8 Rf7 35. Kf1 (35. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 (35... Rxf6 36. Bh5 $36) 36. Bh5 Re7 $11 37.
a4 Kg7 38. a5 $36) 35... Kg7 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Rb7 Nb6 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Kd3 $11
Nxd5 40. exd5 Qb7 41. Kc2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nb3 f5 (13... h6 14. Bd2
f5 15. f3 Nf6 (15... f4 16. Nb5 (16. g4 g5 17. Qc2 Rf7 18. Nb5 Bf6 19. Na5 Qd7
20. Qa4 Kf8 21. Rb2 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh7 24. Nc3 $16 {.... 1-0
Sinkovics,P-Nizard,R/Bagneux 1992/EXT 99 (50)}) 16... a6 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nc3
Rb8 19. Qc2 g5 20. Nd2 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Ng6 22. Na4 $16 {1-0 Kazek,K-Sarwinski,M/
Bytom 1988/EXT 97 (39)}) 16. Bd3 f4 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Ba5 Qd7 19. Bc2 g5 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Ba4 Rb8 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Nc7 Rxb1 24. Bxd7 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxd7 $13 {
0-1 Bogdanovski,V-Sarwinski,M/Bytom 1988/EXT 97 (42)}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 g5 (
15... Nf6 16. f3 f4 17. Qc1 g5 18. Qa3 Ng6 19. Qa5 Qe7 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Nxd6
Nxd6 22. Qxc5 g4 23. fxg4 Qf6 24. Bf3 Ba6 25. Rfc1 Rfc8 26. Qf2 Nxc4 $17 {
1-0 Chabanon,J-Etchegaray,P/FRA 1991/TD (36)}) 16. Nb5 a6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} (
16... fxe4 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nd2 Qf5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Bc7 Qd7 22. Ba5
$11) 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Ng6 19. exf5 (19. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6]} Nf4 20.
exf5 Qxf5 21. Nde4 $14) 19... Qxf5 20. Na4 (20. Bd3 Qf7 21. Ne4 Nf4 $132) 20...
Rb8 (20... Nf4 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Nxe2+ (22... Rxc8 23. Bg4 Qe4 24. f3 Qe3+
25. Kh1 $16) 23. Qxe2 Rxc8 24. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6][%cal Gb1b6,Gb6a6,Gb6d6]}
) 21. Nb6 Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black has to keep the White-squared Bishop on the
board by any cost, so the exchange sac is the only way to keep counterchances.}
22. Bxb6 Nf4 23. Nd2 $6 {Now White has no active plan and Black seizes an
initiative. As indicated by V.Bologan in "New in Chess" magazine, White had to
play actively.} (23. Na5 $1 {V.Bologan} e4 (23... g4 {[%cal Yf5e4]} 24. f3 $1 (
24. Re1 Nxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 g3 27. hxg3 Qxg3 28. Rf1 Qh3+ $11) 24...
gxf3 25. Bxf3 e4 26. Nc6 $1 Qg5 27. Bxe4 (27. Bd8 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Ne7+
Kh8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. g3 $1 exf3 (31... Nh3+ 32. Kg2 exf3+ 33. Qxf3 Ng4 34. Rb7
Qd2+ (34... Rg8 35. Qc3+ $18) 35. Kxh3 Rg8 (35... Qxh2+ 36. Kxg4 Rg8+ 37. Kf5
Rxg3 (37... Rf8+ 38. Kg6 Qc2+ (38... Rxf3 39. Rb8+) 39. Qf5 Rg8+ 40. Kxh6 Qh2+
41. Qh5 Qd2+ 42. Rf4 Qc2 43. Rg7 $1 $18) 38. Qf4 Qh5+ 39. Ke6 Rg6+ 40. Kd7 Rg7+
41. Kc6 Qe8+ 42. Kb6 Qd8+ 43. Ka7 Rxb7+ 44. Kxb7 Qd7+ 45. Kxa6 Qc8+ 46. Kb6
Qb8+ 47. Kc6 $18) 36. Qh1 Nf2+ 37. Rxf2 Qxf2 38. Qb1 Rg7 39. Rb8+ Rg8 40. Rxg8+
Kxg8 41. Qg6+ $18) 32. Qxf3 N4h5 33. Rb6 $16 {V.Bologan} (33. Rbe1 $5))) 24.
Nc6 Rf7 25. Bd8 Kh8 26. Bh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 $16) 23... e4 24. Rb3 Bd4 $44 {
[%mdl 4]} 25. Bd8 Qd7 26. Ba5 Nf6 27. Rg3 Qg7 {[%cal Yh6h4]} 28. Kh1 h5 29. Rb3
Bf5 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Nb3 Be5 32. Bd2 (32. Rxa6 h4 $40 {[%cal Yh4h3]}) 32... h4
33. Be3 h3 $1 $17 34. g3 (34. gxh3 Nxe2 35. Qxe2 Bxh3 36. Rg1 Bg4 37. Rxg4 Nxg4
$40 {/-+}) 34... Nxe2 35. Qxe2 Bg4 36. Qc2 Bf3+ 37. Kg1 Qf5 38. Nd2 (38. Na5 $5
Bg4 $140 39. f4) 38... Ng4 39. Qb1 Be2 $17 40. Rb8 Bxf1 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Qxf1
Bc3 $1 $19 43. Qxh3 (43. Nb1 Bd4 $1 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Nd2 e3 46. fxe3 Qxf1+ 47.
Kxf1 (47. Nxf1 dxe3 $19) 47... Nxh2+ 48. Ke2 (48. Kg1 dxe3 $19) 48... Ng4 49.
Nf3 dxe3 $19 {[%cal Yh3h2]}) 43... Bxd2 44. Bxd2 Qxf2+ 45. Kh1 Kg7 $1 46. Qg2 (
46. Bc3+ Kg6 47. Qg2 Qxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Ne3+ $19) 46... Qd4 47. Qe2 Qd3 $1 48. Qxd3
exd3 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. h4 (50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Ke3 Nxc4+ 52. Kxd3 Nxd2 53. Kxd2 g4
$1 $19) 50... gxh4 51. gxh4 Ne5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]} 52. Bg5 Kf5 53. Kf2 Nxc4 54.
Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Ke3 c4 56. Be7 c3 57. Bxd6 d2 58. Ke2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f3 axb4 15. axb4
c6 16. Nb3 $6 fxe4 (16... f4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 g5 19. bxc6 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4
21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Nd2 Nxc6 23. Nb5 Rf6 24. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Sitnik,I-Rechel,B/
Olomouc 1999/CBM 71 ext (40)}) (16... Nh5 17. Be3 (17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. b5 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Be6 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qf2 Rc5 24. Ba3 Bxd5 25.
Bxc5 dxc5 26. cxd5 Nf4 27. Bc4 Nxd5 $44 {0-1 Mueller,L-Gallagher,J/SWZ 1995/
CBM 49 ext (32)}) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Nf4 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Rfc1 Bh6
22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 f4 26. Bb6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lenz,
T-Taggatz,M/Germany 1995/EXT 99/ (42)}) 17. fxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd7
(19... Qxb4 $2 20. Be3 Ra3 21. Nb5 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxf8+
Bxf8 25. Bf3 $16) 20. Na5 $2 (20. Qd3 Ng4 (20... Rac8 21. Bd2) 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Be3 Qxb4 24. Nd2 Qa5 25. Rxb7 $14) 20... Ng4 $1 21. h3 (21.
Rxf8+ $142 Rxf8 22. Nd1 Nf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qxf2 24. Bg5 Nxd5 $1 25. exd5 (25. Nxb7
Rc8 (25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 {[%cal Yf4f3]} 27. Qd1 Be5 28. Bf3 Be6 $11) 26.
Qb2 Nf4 $1 27. Bxf4 exf4 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Bd3 Qxc2 27. Bxc2 Bxc2 28. Rc1 e4
29. Nxb7 Bb2 30. Rg1 (30. Re1 Bc3 31. Rc1 Bxb4 32. Be7 Rf2 33. Bxd6 Bd2 $17) (
30. Bh6 Bxc1 (30... Rf2 31. Rg1 $15) 31. Bxf8 e3 32. Kg1 Bb2 33. Bxd6 e2 34.
Bg3 (34. Kf2 Bd1 $19) 34... Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Be4 $17) 30... Bd4 31. Bh6 Rf6 32. Bg5
Rf5 33. Nxd6 Rxd5 $17) (21. Nd1 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Qd4 23. Bg5 (23. Bd2 Ba4 $1 $17)
(23. Be2 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 23... Rf8 $1 (23... Nxd5 $5 24. Nb3 Rf8 $1 25.
Bc4 Qb6 26. exd5 Bf5 27. Bd3 Qa6 $1 28. Nb2 Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Qxd3 $17) 24. Be2
Nxd5 25. exd5 (25. Nb3 Nf2+ 26. Nxf2 Qxf2 $19) 25... Bf5 26. Qb2 Bxb1 27. Qxb1
h6 28. h3 (28. Bh4 Rf1+ $3 29. Bxf1 Qf4 $19) 28... Qxd1+ $1 29. Qxd1 Nf2+ 30.
Kg1 Nxd1 31. Be7 Re8 32. Bxd6 Nc3 $17) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Rf8 23. Bg5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qe2 $1 Nf2+ (23... Qd4 $5 24. hxg4 Qxc3 25. Bg5 $13) (23...
Rf2 $2 24. Qe1 Nf6 25. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24. Kh2 Nxh3 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Nb5
Bxb5 27. Qxb5 $44) 23... Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Nxh3 $1 $19 25. Bb5 Nxg5 26. Bxd7 Rf4 $1
$40 27. Nc4 Qc7 (27... Qd8 28. Bb5 Ng8 $1 $19) 28. Bb5 Ng8 29. Kg1 Nf6 30. Rf1
Rg4 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 31. Qa2 Ngxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qa5 $6 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Qxc4
35. Qd8+ Ng8 36. Qxd6 e4 $1 37. Re1 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Be5 39. Qc5 e3 40. Qxd4 Bxd4
41. d6 Nf6 42. g4 Nxg4 43. d7 Bb6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Rd1 Bd8 46. Rd4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bb2 axb4 (14...
c6 15. Rbd1 fxe4 (15... axb4 16. axb4 g5 17. c5 cxd5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qxb4
20. exd5 Ng6 21. Ra1 Bd7 22. Ba3 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Nf4 24. Rb1 Qc5 25. Ra5 b5 26.
Nxb5 N6xd5 $143 $44 {0-1 Ulibin,M-Smirnov,P/Samara RUS 2000 (54)}) 16. Ndxe4
Nxe4 17. Nxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 axb4 19. axb4 Bf5 20. Bf3 Qb6 $132 {,Gelfand,B-Ye
Jiangchuan/Shenyang CHN 2000,tie-break}) 15. axb4 fxe4 (15... c6 16. Rbd1 $5
cxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Ndb1 $1 f4 19. Na3 Bf5 20. Qb3 g5 21. c5 Ng6 22. Nc4 dxc5
23. bxc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Xie Jun/Marbella 1999 (46)}) 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (
16... c6 $132 {A.Huzman}) 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Ra1 Rxa1 (18... Bd7 19. Rxa8 Qxa8
20. c5 $14) 19. Rxa1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Ra8 $1 (21. Ra7 Bf5 $1 22. Bd3 Re8
23. f3 Qb8 (23... Bh6 24. Rxb7 Be3+ 25. Kh1) 24. Qa4 Rf8 $132 {/\Bh6-e3}) 21...
Qe7 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. g3 Bxe4 (24... Bh6 25. h4 Bxe4 (25... Kg8
26. f4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4) 26. Bxe4 Bd2 $5 27. b5 $14) 25. Bxe4 b6 $6 (25... g5 $5)
26. h4 Bg7 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qd3 Qe8 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Bd3 Qd7 (30... h5 $6 31. Kf1
{x g6}) (30... Qa4 $6 31. h5) (30... h6 31. Qg4 (31. h5 gxh5 32. Qf5 h4 33.
Qh7+ Kf8) 31... g5 32. Qf5 $1 (32. h5 Qf7 (32... Bd8 33. Qf5) 33. Qf5 Kf8 34.
Qc8+ Kg7 35. Bf5 Qe7) (32. f4 h5) 32... gxh4 33. g4 $1 (33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxc7 (
34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. g4 Qg8 36. Kh3 Bg5) 34... Qd8 35. Qh7 hxg3 36. Qxh6+ Bg7 37.
Qf4+ Qf6 38. Qxg3 Bh6 $11) 33... Qf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7
37. f4 $1 Kh6 38. Kf3 $18) 31. h5 $6 (31. Qe4 $5 Qe7 32. Qg4 {/\f2-f4,h4-h5})
31... Qf7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Qe4 Kh6 34. Qg4 Qe8 (34... g5 $5 35. Kf1 Qh5 (35...
Kg7 36. Ke2) 36. Qf5 Kg7 37. Ke1) 35. c5 $5 (35. b5 Qf7 36. f4 Kg7 (36... Qe8
37. Qe6 Qxe6 38. dxe6 g5 39. Kf3 gxf4 40. gxf4 (40. Kxf4 Kg7 41. g4 Kf8 42. g5
Be7 43. g6 Bf6 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd5) 40... Kg7 41. Ke4 Kf8 $11) 37. Kf3 Qe8 38.
Qe6 Qf7) 35... bxc5 36. bxc5 Kg7 37. c6 Qf7 38. Kf1 Qe8 39. Be4 {/\ Ke2-d3-c4}
d3 (39... Qf7 $14) 40. Bxd3 Bc3 41. Kg2 Qf7 42. Be4 Bf6 43. Qc8 Bd4 44. f3 Bb6
45. f4 Bd4 46. Qg4 Bf6 47. Kf3 Bd4 (47... g5 $5 48. Ke3 Kh6 $1 49. Kd3 gxf4 50.
gxf4 (50. Qxf4+ Kg7 51. Qf5 Be5) 50... Qh5 $14) 48. Ke2 Bb6 49. Qd7 (49. f5 Qf6
) 49... Kf8 50. Kf3 (50. Kd3 Qf6) 50... Kg7 (50... Bd4 $5 51. g4 Bb2 52. Bxg6
$1 (52. g5 Bc1 $1 (52... Kg7 $6 {-51...Bd4}) 53. Qg4 Bd2 54. Qh4 Qg7 $16) 52...
Qxg6 (52... Qxd5+ 53. Kg3 Bf6 54. g5 Bxg5 55. fxg5 Qe5+ 56. Kf3) 53. Qd8+ Qe8 (
53... Kg7 54. Qxc7+ Kh6 55. g5+ Kh5 56. Qe7 Qd3+ 57. Qe3 Qxd5+ 58. Kg3 Qxc6 59.
Qe2+ Kg6 60. Qxb2 $18) 54. Qxc7 Ba3 55. Qh7 $1 Qe1 56. Qf5+ (56. Qh6+ Ke7 57.
Qe6+ Qxe6 58. dxe6 Kxe6 59. f5+ Ke7 60. f6+ Ke6 61. g5 Bb2 62. Kg4 d5 63. c7
Kd7 64. Kf5) 56... Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kf8 58. c7 Qc3+ (58... Qf1+ 59. Kg3 Qe1+ 60.
Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh3) 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kg3 Qc3+ 61. Kh4 Qh8+ 62. Kg5 Qg8+ 63. Kh6
Qh8+ 64. Qh7 Qf6+ 65. Kh5 $18) (50... Qf6 $1 51. Kg4 Kg8 $14) 51. g4 $1 $18 (
51. Kg4 $6 Bd4 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Kg5 Bf6+ 54. Kh6 Bg7+ 55. Kh7 g5 $11) 51...
g5 (51... Bd4 52. g5 Kf8 (52... Bb2 53. Kg4 Bd4 (53... Bc1 54. Bxg6 Kxg6 55.
f5+ Kg7 56. g6) 54. Qd8 $1 {S. Shipov} (54. f5 gxf5+ 55. Bxf5 Kf8 56. Be6 Qxd7
57. cxd7 Ke7 58. Kf5 Be5 $14) 54... Bc3 55. f5 $1 gxf5+ 56. Bxf5 Be5 57. Qc8 $1
Bh2 (57... Bc3 58. Be6) 58. Qd7 Kf8 (58... Be5 59. Be6 $1) 59. Qd8+ Qe8 60.
Qf6+ Qf7 61. Qh8+ {Shipov,S}) 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qh3 Qg8 55. Ke2 $18) (51... Kf8
52. g5 Kg7 53. Qh3) 52. Bf5 $1 Bd4 (52... gxf4 53. Be6 Qxd7 54. cxd7 c6 55.
dxc6 Kf6 56. Bb3 Ke5 57. Bc2 $18) 53. fxg5 Kf8 54. Ke4 (54. Ke2 Bb6 (54... Qe7+
55. Be6) 55. Kf1 $3 (55. g6 Qf6) 55... Ba5 (55... Qe7 56. Be6) 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57.
Kf2 $3 (57. Ke2 Bb6) 57... Bb6+ 58. Ke2 $22 Bd4 59. Kd3 Bb6 60. Kc4 $18) 54...
Bb2 (54... Bf2 $1 55. g6 $1 (55. Be6 Qg6+ 56. Kf4 (56. Kf3 Qd3+ 57. Kxf2 Qe3+
$11) (56. Bf5 $1 Qf7 (56... Qe8+ 57. Qe6)) 56... Bg3+ $3 57. Kxg3 Qd3+ 58. Kh4
Qh3+ $3) 55... Qe8+ 56. Qe6 Qxe6+ 57. dxe6 Bh4 58. Kd5 Bf6 59. Kc4 Ke7 60. Kb5
d5 61. Ka6 d4 (61... Kd6 62. Kb7 Be5 63. Kc8 d4 64. Kd8 Bf6+ 65. Ke8 d3 66. Kf7
d2 67. Bc2) 62. Kb7 Kd6 63. e7 $18) (54... Bb6 55. Be6 Qg6+ 56. Kf4 Be3+ 57.
Kf3 $1 Bxg5 58. Qd8+ Qe8 59. Qxc7 $18) 55. g6 Qxd7 (55... Qe7+ 56. Be6 Bf6 57.
Kd3 Kg7 58. Kc4 Kxg6 59. Kb5 Qg7 (59... Qd8 60. Qxd8 Bxd8 61. Ka6) (59... Qxd7
60. cxd7 Bd8 61. Kc6) 60. Ka6 Bc3 61. g5 $18 Kxg5 62. Qxg7+ Bxg7 63. Kb7) 56.
cxd7 Ke7 57. g5 Bg7 58. Kd3 Kd8 59. Kc4 Ke7 60. Kb5 Kd8 61. Kc6 (61. Kc6 Bh8
62. Bc2 Bg7 63. Ba4 Bh8 64. Kb7 Bg7 65. Bc6 Bh8 66. Ka6 Bg7 67. Kb5 Bh8 68. Kc4
Ba1 69. Kd3 Bh8 70. Ke4 Bg7 71. Kf5 Ke7 72. d8=Q+ Kxd8 73. Ke6) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 (14...
fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Ba3 h5 18. Be2 Bh6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Bb4 Qe7
21. Qa3 Rd8 22. Bd3 Kh7 23. b6 $16 {1-0 Najer,E-Shinkevich,V/RUS-Cup Bor 2000/
CA (32)}) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Rc8 (16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19.
Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 (22... b6 23. Be3 Rxe6 24.
Rac1 Kf7 25. Red1 Bf6 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Ra4 Re7 29. Kf1 g5 30. Rxe4
$14 {. 1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Bagaturov,G/Memorial A.Momot, VI Enakievo (Ukraine)
1997 (39)}) 23. Rxe4 (23. Rad1 b6 24. Bb4 a6 25. bxa6 Bf8 26. Rxe4 Bxb4 27.
Rxb4 Rxa6 28. a4 Ra7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Motylev,A/Bucharest GM October
1998}) 23... a6 24. b6 Rc8 25. Be3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Degraeve,J/
Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 313 (37)}) 17. Qb3 d5 $146 (17... Rxc3 18.
Qxc3 d5 (18... fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 d5 21. Rxe5 Rf5 (21... Qb6 $2 22.
Be3 d4 23. Qxd4 $8 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. Rc1 $5 $8) 22. f4 $14 d4 23. Qc4 $5)
19. Ba3 (19. exd5 e4 20. d6 $13) 19... fxe4 20. Be2 $5) (17... fxe4 $2 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Rd1 $16 Qb6 21. Be3) 18. Nxd5 (18. exd5 e4 19. d6 (19. Ba3
Ne8 $1) 19... Qxd6 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Be2 Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxc3 $17) 18... Nfxd5 19.
exd5 e4 20. d6 $1 Rc3 (20... Qxd6 21. Ba3 Qb6 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Bd8 (23. Ba3
Rc3 24. Qa4 exf3 $36) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rad1 Re8 $11) 21. Ba3 (21.
dxe7 $142 Qxe7 22. Qa4 exf3 23. Bb2 Rd3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxa7 fxg2 26. Rac1
$13) 21... Rxb3 22. dxe7 Rxa3 23. exd8=Q Rxd8 24. Rad1 Bf6 (24... Rc8 $5 25. e7
(25. Be2 Bc3 26. Rf1 (26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Bd1 Rxa2 $17) 26... Kf8 27. Rd7 Rxa2 28.
Rfd1 Ba5 (28... Rxe2 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Rd8+ Kxe7 31. Rxc8 Bd4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33.
Rf1 Rb2 34. Rxb7 Bb6 $15) 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rg7 Rc7 $17) 25... Re8 26. Be2 Kf7
27. Rd7 Rxe7 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bb3 $15) 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Rd1 Bg5 28. Bc4 $11 Rc3 29. Bb3 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 {Theory
investigations sometimes spreads until 25-30 move...Our variation also is
quite well-known and long.} 20. Qg4 {Another continuations bring to Black
serious advantage, for example:} (20. b5 Qd6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. Bb3 Kh7 23. a4
Qxe6 24. Ba3 Rd7 $17 {0-1 Malakhatko,V-Sivokho,S/Polanica Zdroj 1999/EXT 2000 
(55)}) (20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qe2 Qxe6 $17 (22... Rf5 23. Qa6 Kh7 24. Bc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Villavicencio,A-Del Rey,D/Maspalomas 2000/EXT 2001 (30)})) (20.
Ba4 Qd6 21. Bd7 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qh4 23. f3 Rf5 24. Bf2 Qf6 25. Bg3 h5 26. h3 Rf8
27. Kh1 Qg5 $17 {0-1 Malakhatko,V-Jenni,F/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 20...
e4 (20... Rf6 21. Rad1 Qd6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. b5 Qxe6 (23... d4 $2 24. f4 $16 {
-see commented game 1-0 Abbasov,F-Szczechowicz,B/Barlinek 2001/CBM 85_01
[Tsesarsky] (30)}) 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. Bc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Umanskaya,I-Brustman,A/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (62)}) 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bb3 (22. Ba4 Rf5 23. Bd7 Raf8
24. Qe2 (24. b5 Qc3 25. Rc1 (25. Re2 d4 26. Bc1 d3 $17) 25... Qf6 26. g3 d4 27.
Bf4 g5 28. Bd6 d3 $15) 24... Be5 25. h3 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Bd4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Shariyazdanov,A-Iskusnyh,S/Tula 1999/EXT 2000 (30)}) 22... Rf5 23. Rd2 {
Except of this move, White tried also} (23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qc3 25. Qd1 Raf8
26. Re2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Motylev,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (28)}) ({and} 23.
Re2 h5 (23... Qc3 24. b5 Raf8 25. Rc2 Qe5 26. Qg3 $44 (26. Rcd2 Rd8 27. Rd4 h5
$17 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-David,A/Vlissingen 2000/CBM 77 ext (43)})) 24. Qh4
Bf6 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Qh4 Bf6 27. Qg3 Be5 28. Qh4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Ponomariov,
R/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 no vc (28)}) 23... Qc3 ({Badly is} 23... Bc3 $2 24. Rc1
Qe5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Qxg6+ $18 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Iskusnyh,S/Tula 1999/EXT
2000 (38)}) ({Worth of attention} 23... Raf8 $5 24. Red1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd1d5,Gb3d5]} Qc6 25. Rc2 $1 ({Badly is} 25. Rxd5 $2 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. e7
Re8 28. Qxe4 Kh7 29. Bxd5 Qf6 $17) (25. h4 $2 Kh7 26. Rc2 Qxe6 27. Rc7 h5 28.
Qe2 Qd6 29. Rxa7 d4 30. Qc4 b5 31. Rxd4 bxc4 32. Rxd6 cxb3 33. Rxe7 b2 34. Rd1
R8f7 35. Rxe4 Rd5 36. Rb1 Rfd7 37. Bg5 (37. Bc5 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rd3
40. Rb1 Ra3 $19) 37... Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Ra7 {0-1 Savchenko,
S-Ponomariov,R/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 25... Qxe6 26. Rc7 h5 27. Qe2 $44)
24. Qd1 $5 $146 (24. Red1 $2 Qxb4 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Qe2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5 $17 {
0-1 Werle,J-David,A/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (61)}) 24... Rd8 $5 (24... Qxb4
$2 25. g4 Re5 26. Rd4 Qa5 (26... Qb5 27. Bf4 Rxe6 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rae8
30. Rxe4 $18) 27. Bd2 Qb5 28. a4 Qc6 29. Bb4 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal Gb4e7]})
25. b5 Qc8 26. Bd4 ({Interesting was} 26. g4 {with very complicated position.}
Rff8 $1 (26... Rf6 $2 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxe6 30. Rd1 $16) (
26... Re5 27. Bf4 Rxe6 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rf8 30. Rd7 Qc4 31. Qc1 Qxc1 32.
Bxc1 Rf7 33. Red1 $14) 27. Bxd5 Bc3 28. Bxe4 Bxd2 29. Bxd2 Qxe6 30. Qe2 $44)
26... Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5 (27... Qxe6 $4 28. Rdxe4 $18) 28. Re2 (28. Rexe4 $2 {
would meet elegant refutation:} Rxf2 $1 29. Re3 Rdf8 30. Red3 Nf5 $1 $17) 28...
Rdf8 (28... Qxb5 $6 29. Rexe4 $14) 29. a4 Re5 30. h3 {Equal position is
created. Neither White, nor Black can't improve their pieces location.So,
partners agreed to draw. We can see one more proof of reliability of this
opening variation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. a4 Nh5 (14...
h6 15. Nb3 (15. Ra3 g5 16. Nb3 (16. Nb5 Ra6 17. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,V-Gara,
A/Budapest 2000/CBM 78 ext (26)}) 16... Ra6 17. a5 f5 18. g3 (18. Be3 Nfg6 19.
f3 f4 20. Bf2 h5 21. Na4 g4 22. Nb6 (22. Naxc5 $6 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxa5 24. Rxa5
Qxa5 25. d6 g3 26. hxg3 fxg3 27. Be3 Nc6 28. d7 Nd4 $1 $15 {0-1 Szeberenyi,
A-Dominguez,L/Aviles 1999/EXT 2000 (36)}) 22... gxf3 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxf3 Qg4
25. Be2 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 h4 27. Bg4 $14) 18... Nfg6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bd3 $14)
15... Ra6 (15... Ra8 16. a5 g5 17. Na4 f5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. g3 Nfg6 20. Nxc5 dxc5
21. d6 Be6 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Szeberenyi,A-Horvath,G/
Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (54)}) 16. a5 b6 17. Nb5 f5 18. g3 Nh5 19. Bd2 fxe4 20.
axb6 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf5 22. Bg2 Nf4 23. gxf4 (23. Rxe4 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf6 25. f4
g5 26. Kh1 (26. fxe5 Ne3+ $19) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 Qg6 28. Re2 (28. Na7 Nh4 29.
Re2 Bg4 {Kommentar : GM G.Barbero. 0-1 Epishin,V-Pikula,D/Biel 1996/EXT 98 (29)
}) 28... Nh4 $17) 23... exf4 24. Qb1 e3 25. fxe3 fxe3 26. Bxe3 $16) (14... Ra6
15. Ra3 {-mainline} (15. Rb1 Kh8 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 $14 {1-0 Savchenko,
S-Relange,E/Cappelle la Grande 1997/CBM 57 ext (39)}) (15. Nb5 g5 16. g3 Nh3+
17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Qxg5 $14 {0-1 Szymanski,M-Mista,A/Rowy 1998/EXT
2000 (36)}) (15. Nb3 b6 (15... h6 16. a5 g5 17. Na4 f5 18. g3 Nfg6 19. Nb6 fxe4
20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Bg2 Nf5 22. Bxe4 $14 {0-1 Lobo,R-Grefe,J/San Francisco 1998/
CBM 63 ext (46)}) 16. a5 bxa5 17. Ra4 Nh5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Qa1 Nf6 20. f3 Bd7 21.
Nb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Ye Jiangchuan/Geneve 1997/EXT 98 (27)}) 15... Kh8 (
15... g5 {-see famous commented game  1-0 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod 1997/
CBM 60[Huzman,A] (32)}) 16. Nb5 Ng8 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. h3 {-see
detailed commented game 1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Peker,O/Petah Tiqwa 1997/CBM 61
[Tsesarsky,I] (48)}) (14... h5 15. Nb5 (15. Rb1 h4 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf6 18.
g4 Nh7 19. Nb3 Ra6 20. g5 f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Bh6 Rf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Visser,
H-Van Beek,A/Hengelo 2000/EXT 2001 (89)}) 15... Ra6 16. Ra3 h4 17. Nf3 Bg4 18.
h3 Bh5 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 g5 $132 {0-1 Salov,V-Polgar,J/Wijk
aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext (71)}) (14... f5 15. g3 Nh5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nde4 (17.
g4 Nd4 18. gxh5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bg4 {1-0 Grebionkin,V-Manakov,I/St Petersburg
2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) (17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Nde4 h6 19. Ra3 Nd4 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.
Ne4 $14 {1-0 Koster,R-Vuilleumier,A/Hoogeveen NED 2001/The Week in Chess 363 
(51)}) 17... h6 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Nb5 Ra6 20. Ra2 Nf6 21. Be3 Bf5 {1-0
Shchekachev,A-Hoellrigl,W/Schwarzach 1999/EXT 2000 (41)}) 15. Ra3 (15. Nb3 Ra6
16. Bd2 Nf6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Na4 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chuprov,
D-Fedorov,A/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (43)}) 15... Nf6 (15... Ra6 16. Nb5 Nf6 17.
Bb2 Nd7 18. g3 f5 19. exf5 (19. f4 $5 {this idea will be implemented in our
game - see below.} exf4 (19... g5 $2 20. fxg5 f4 21. Bh3 Nb6 22. Bxc8 Nexc8 23.
a5 Nd7 24. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Xu Jun-Magai,V/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. gxf4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge4d6,Gb5d6]} Nf6 23. Qa1 (23. Ng5
Nh5 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) 23... Nf5 24. Bd3 $14) 19... gxf5 20. Bg2 Ng6 21. h4 e4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Nf6 24. Nf1 Ne7 25. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/
Tallinn 2000/CBM 74 ext (57)}) (15... Kh8 16. Nb5 Ra6 17. g3 Ng8 18. Bb2 Nhf6
19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Nh4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh3 N8h6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Ng2 Bd7 25.
Rf1 Rg8 26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Qa1 Ne8 28. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Dolmatov,S/Elista
RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (45)}) 16. Nb5 $14 {We can evaluate this
position as better for White because of space advantage. This position hasn't
big difference from positions in opening review.} Ne8 17. Bb2 f5 18. f4 $1 $16
{[%mdl 4] We had seen already similar idea - see above.} ({White isn't
satisfied by slight advantage after} 18. exf5 Nxf5 (18... gxf5 19. Nb3 Ra6 20.
a5 $14) 19. Ne4 $14) 18... exf4 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 g5 $5 ({
Another way is also not effective:} 21... Nd6 22. Nb3 Ra8 23. Nxc5 Nxb5 24.
cxb5 Qd6 25. Qd4 $1 b6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd6a3]} 26. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 27. d6 Qg7 (
27... bxc5 28. Bc4+ $18) 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxa8 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxc5 (30... Qxd6
31. Qc6 (31. Rc3 bxc5 32. a5 Re8 33. b6 Bd7 34. Qf3 Bc6 35. Qf2 Qd1 36. Rxc5
Re1 37. Kg1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qd1+ $11) 31... Qxc6 (31... Qxc5 32.
Qxc5 bxc5 33. a5 $18) 32. bxc6 bxc5 33. a5 Rf7 34. a6 Ra7 35. Kg1 $18 {[%cal
Ga3b3]}) 31. Rd3 Qc1 32. Qf3 $16) 22. Nb3 Ra6 (22... Ng6 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Nxc5
$16) 23. Nxc5 Rh6 24. d6 $1 Nxd6 $6 $18 ({White leaves with advantage also
after more stubborn} 24... Nc6 $142 25. Rd5 (25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. d7 Nf6 27. Ne6 (
27. dxc8=Q Qxc8 28. Qe6 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Re8 30. Qd4 $16) 27... Nxd5 28. Nxd8 Bxd7
29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. cxd5 cxb5 31. axb5 $16) 25... b6 26. d7 bxc5 27. dxc8=Q Qxc8
28. Rxc5 $16) 25. Rd3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d8] The pin of Nd6 is very
unpleasant.} Rff6 26. a5 $5 ({Possible also} 26. Nb3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} b6 {
[%cal Gb6c5]} 27. a5 Ba6 28. axb6 Nc6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd5 $18)
26... g4 27. Na4 $4 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc4c5] Terrible mistake allows Black
to complicate the game.} ({Why not} 27. Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Kg7 (27... f3 $140
28. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 29. Qxh6 $3 $18) 28. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge1d1]}) 27...
f3 $1 28. c5 Nc6 $1 29. Rxd6 $4 $19 {The second mistake makes position of
White lost...} (29. Red5 $142 f2+ 30. Kxf2 (30. Kh1 Re6 31. Rxd6 (31. Nxd6 Qh4
32. h3 Re1 33. Nxc8 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 gxh3 $19) 31... Qh4 $19) 30... Ne4+ 31. Kg1
Qxa5 $15) 29... Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Nxe5 31. Qd5+ Re6 32. Nb6 fxg2 (32... Bd7 33.
Nxf5 Qg5 $19) 33. Kxg2 Qh4 $2 $132 {Maybe both of sides were in great time
pressure - how can we explain too many mistakes at the end of the game?} ({
Right was} 33... Bd7 34. Bb5 Ng6 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Gg6f4]} 35. Bxd7 $1
Qxd7 $1 $19 (35... Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Nxd5 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Bxd5 Qg5 $13)) 34. Nbxc8
Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Qxh2+ $4 $18 (35... g3+ 36. Ke2 $1 (36. hxg3 Ng4+ $19) 36... Qg4+
37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Kc2 Qa4+ 39. Kb2 Qb4+ $11 {with perpetuum check.}) 36. Bg2
Qf4+ (36... Nd3+ 37. Qxd3 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Bf1 Qxc5+ 40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. Kh2
Qc1 42. Qb3 $18) 37. Ke2 $1 Qh6 38. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 39. Bd5 {Dramatic final!} (
39. Bd5 Qxd5 40. Ne7+ Kg7 41. Nxd5 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga5a8]}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 (10... axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Re8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bf1
Bf8 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. a5 c5 17. Bc3 Bxb5 18. cxb5 bxa5 19. Nd2 Nc8 20. Nc4 $16 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Roeder,M/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (39)}) 11. bxa5
Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 (14... Nd7 15. a5 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17.
Bxd6 Rxa5 $132 {1-0 Delchev,A-Safranska,A/Albacete ESP 2001/The Week in Chess
358 (54)}) 15. h3 (15. Bf1 c5 16. Ba3 (16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Ba3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3
19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Bb2 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4] 1/2-1/2 Ostojic,
N-Djukic,N/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 335 (26)}) 16... Bh6 {
-see detailed commented game 0-1 Eljanov,P-Ponomariov,R/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83_01
[Tsesarsky,I](46)}) 15... Bb7 (15... Nh5 16. Bf1 Nf4 17. Nb5 Bg7 $14 (17... g5
$2 18. g3 Nexd5 $6 (18... Nxh3+ 19. Bxh3 Bxh3 (19... g4 20. Ng5 Bh6 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. Bxg4 $18) 20. Nxg5 Bd7 21. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]}) 19. cxd5 Nxh3+
20. Bxh3 Bxh3 21. Qc1 $18 {1-0 Berry,N-Snape,I/Scarborough HUN 2001/The Week
in Chess 353 (35)})) 16. Bf1 c5 17. Ba3 Bg7 $14 {This position is in White's
favour because of space advantage. Ye had played this variation not onse...} (
17... Bc8 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Ra3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Ye
Jiangchuan/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (65)}) 18. Rb1 ({Worth of attentio wellknown
plan:} 18. Bc1 {[%cal Ga1a3,Gc3b5]}) 18... Bc8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. g3
Rf8 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Ne7 24. Bd3 (24. Nxd6 Bxa4 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxe5 Rf8
27. Qd2 Nc8 28. Nxg6+ hxg6 29. e5 $13) 24... Ne8 25. Bc2 f6 26. Bd2 f5 27. Kg2
$6 $132 (27. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e6]} Qc8 28. exf5 Nxf5 (28... Bxf5 29. f4 $1 $16
{[%cal Gc2f5,Gg5e6]}) (28... gxf5 29. Qh5 Nf6 30. Qe2 {[%csl Rd6]} (30. Nf7+
Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg5 $16) 30... Ne8 31. Nc3 {[%csl Rb6]} Ra6 32. Qh5 Nf6
33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qg5 f4 36. gxf4 Bxh3 37. Rg1 $18) 29. Ne4 Nd4 30.
Nxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rh3]} 31. Rxb6 Qxc4 (31... Bxh3 32. Rc6 $16) 32. Bb4 Qc8 (
32... Qxd5 33. Bb3 $18) 33. Qd2 Bxh3 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Bxd6 Re8 36. f4 e4 37.
Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 $16) 27... Qc8 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gc8h3]} 28. Rh1 {[%cal
Gh1h3]} Ng8 29. Bc3 Ngf6 30. Nd2 fxe4 $6 $14 ({Interesting was} 30... Bh6 $5
$132 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge8g7,Gh6d2]}) 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Bf5 33. Bc2 (33. f3
$14) 33... Qd7 34. f3 Nf6 35. g4 (35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Re1 Rg8 37. Bd2 e4 38. Rf1
(38. Nc3 Nh5 39. fxe4 Nxg3 $17) 38... exf3+ 39. Rxf3 Ne4 40. Be1 Be5 41. Qc2
Qg7 $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 35... Bxc2 36. Qxc2 Bh6 $1 37. Be1 e4 38. Rf1 (38. fxe4
Nxg4 39. hxg4 Qxg4+ 40. Bg3 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 38... Rae8 39.
Bg3 $2 $11 (39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. Rxf8+ Bxf8 41. Nc3 Nf6 42. Bg3 (42. g5 Nh5 $132 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh5f4]}) 42... Qd8 43. Qb2 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb2h8]} Bg7 44.
Qxb6 Nxg4 45. hxg4 Bxc3 46. Qxd6 $16) 39... Nh5 $1 40. fxe4 $2 $17 {White wins
P, but weak dark squares and white K makes position of White worse.} ({Right
was to agree with draw after} 40. gxh5 $1 exf3+ 41. Rxf3 ({Badly is} 41. Kg1 $2
{in view of} Re2 $1 ({Not} 41... Qxh3 $2 42. Qh2 $1 (42. Qb2+ Kg8 43. Qh2 Qg4
44. Qh4 Re4 45. Qxg4 Rxg4 46. Kf2 Rxc4 47. Bxd6 (47. Rh1 g5 48. Nxd6 Rxa4 49.
Rhd1 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 g4 $132) 47... Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Rf5 $11) 42... Qg4 43. Qh4 (43.
Kh1 Rf5 $19 {[%cal Gf5h5]}) 43... Re4 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Kf2 Rxc4 46. Rh1 Rc2+
47. Kf1 gxh5 48. Nxd6 Bf4 49. Bxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxh5 Rxa4 51. Re1 Ra8 52. Rf5 $16)
42. Qc3+ Bg7 43. Rxf3 Bxc3 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Rf3 Be5 $17) 41... Rxf3 42. Kxf3
Qxh3 43. Rg1 $8 Rf8+ 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Kf3 Rf8+ $11) 40... Nxg3 41. Kxg3 Qe7 42.
Kg2 (42. Nc3 Bg7 $1 $17 (42... Bf4+ $2 $11 43. Rxf4 $1 (43. Kg2 Be5 44. Ne2 h5
45. Qd2 {-like in this game - see below.}) 43... Qe5 44. Ne2 g5 45. Qc3 gxf4+
46. Kf3 $44)) 42... Bf4 43. Nc3 Be5 44. Ne2 h5 45. Qd2 Kh7 $2 $44 ({Right was} 
45... Bg7 $1 46. Nc3 Rxf1 47. Rxf1 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kg8 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Re4,Rg2]
[%cal Gg7c3]}) 46. Rxf8 $2 $19 ({Why not} 46. Qe3 $1 Qh4 (46... hxg4 $2 47.
hxg4 Kg7 48. Rxf8 Rxf8 49. Rh1 $16) 47. gxh5 $1 gxh5 48. Rf3 $1 {And White
equalizes:} (48. Rxf8 $2 Rxf8 49. Rxb6 Rf7 $1 50. Rb1 Bd4 $1 $19) 48... Rxf3 (
48... Rg8+ 49. Kh1 Ref8 (49... Rg4 {[%csl Re4]} 50. Rxb6 Re7 (50... Rxe4 51.
Rb7+ Bg7 52. Qc3 R8e7 (52... Rg4 53. Rf4 $1 $18) 53. Rxe7 Qxe7 54. Qd3 Kh8 55.
Nf4 Re1+ 56. Rf1 Rxf1+ 57. Qxf1 Qe4+ 58. Ng2 Qc2 59. a5 Qc3 {[%csl Ra5,Rh3]}
60. Nf4 Qxa5 61. Nxh5 Be5 62. Nf4 $16) 51. Qf2 Qxf2 52. Rxf2 Rxe4 53. a5 Rxc4
54. a6 Rb4 55. Rxb4 cxb4 56. Nc1 $11) 50. Ng1 Bd4 51. Qd3 Rxf3 52. Qxf3 Rg3 53.
Qf5+ Kh6 54. Rf1 Be5 55. Rf2 Rg6 56. Qf8+ $11) 49. Qxf3 Rg8+ 50. Kh1 Rf8 51.
Qxf8 Qxe4+ 52. Kg1 Qxb1+ 53. Kf2 Qe4 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ Kg5 56. Qe7+ Kg6 57.
Qe6+ $11) 46... Rxf8 47. Qe3 Qh4 48. g5 ({Loses} 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Rg1 (49.
Rxb6 Rf7 $1 50. Rb3 (50. Rb1 Bd4 $19) 50... Qe1 51. Ng3 Bxg3 52. Qxe1 Bxe1 $19)
) 48... Bd4 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Qe1 (50. Qe2 Qxg5+ 51. Kh1 Qg3 52. Qg2 Qe3 53.
Rg1 g5 $19) 50... Qxg5+ 51. Qg3 Qd2+ 52. Kh1 Qe2 53. Re1 d3 $4 $11 {Black puts
terrible mistake.} (53... Rf1+ 54. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 55. Kh2 d3 $19) 54. Kg1 $4 $19 {
...but White doesn't use his chance...} (54. Rxe2 $1 Rf1+ 55. Kg2 dxe2 56. Qf2
$1 {This move was overlooked by both sides...} e1=Q 57. Qxf1 Qxe4+ 58. Qf3 Qxc4
59. Qf7+ Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kg5 61. Qe7+ Kf5 62. Qe6+ Kg5 (62... Kf4 63. Qxd6+ Ke4
64. Qxg6+ Kxd5 65. Qxh5+ $16) 63. Qe7+ $11) 54... Rf3 55. Qh4 Qb2 56. e5 d2 57.
Rd1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd3 {[%cal
Gd3e4,Gc3b5] Preparing Nb5.} (14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf1 (15. h3 Bb7 16. Bf1 c5 17.
Ba3 Bg7 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. g3 Rf8 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Ne7
24. Bd3 Ne8 25. Bc2 $14 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Ye Jiangchuan/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 369 (57)}) 15... c5 16. Ba3 Bh6 17. Bb2 {-see detailed commented game
0-1 Eljanov,P-Ponomariov,R/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](46)}) 14... Nd7
15. Qb1 {Preparing a4-a5 - now Bb4 is protected.} (15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5
17. a5 Ba6 18. Rfb1 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 15... Bh6 16. a5 Nc5 {How this
game shows, this plan(Nf6-d7-c5) is wrong! Ivanchuk refutates it in excellent
style.} 17. axb6 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxb6 {[%csl Rb6]} 19. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b6]} Qc7 $2
$16 ({Right was active} 19... f5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Bd3 (21. Rb8 Qd7 22. Bd3 Rf8
) 21... Rf8 22. Rb8 Qd7 23. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4]} (23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 fxe4 25.
Bxe4 Bg4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 23... fxe4 (23... Bf4 24. Qa8 Kg7 25. exf5 Nxf5
26. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga4b6]}) 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Qa8 Qd8 26. Qc6 $14) 20.
Nb5 Qd8 {Black loses two tempi, compare this position with noted above one!} (
20... Qd7 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa5 $16) 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa7 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Bg4
$6 {Wrong plan.} ({More stubborn was} 22... f5 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf8 25.
Qb8 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf5 (25... Bf5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. g4 Nd4 29.
Nbxd4 cxd4 30. g5 Bf8 (30... e4 31. Nxd4 $18) 31. Rb7 h6 32. h4 Ra8 33. Nd2
hxg5 34. hxg5 Re8 35. Ne4 Be7 (35... Re7 36. Nxd6 d3 37. Kf1 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Be7
39. d6 $18) 36. Kf1 $16) 26. Ra1 Bd7 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra6 {[%csl Rd6]} Bf8 29.
h3 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4][%cal Ga6d6,Gb5d6]}) 23. h3 Nc8 (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nc8
25. Qb8 $18 {-like in this game.}) 24. Qb8 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 $18 Bg5 26. Ra1 ({
Wins also} 26. Bg4 $5 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Qxd6 Nxc4 28. Qxc5 Nd2 29. Rb4 $18 (
29. Re1 Qa5 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga5e1,Gd2f3]})) 26... h5 27. Ra6 {[%csl Rd6]}
Be7 28. Rc6 {[%cal Gc6c7]} (28. g3 Qd7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rc6 {[%cal Gf3g2,Gg1h2,
Gg2h3]} Bf6 31. Bg2 $18) 28... Rf8 ({Or} 28... Bf8 29. Rc7 Bh6 30. h4 $1 $18 ({
Useless is} 30. Bd1 $6 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Bg5 31. Qb7 $18 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gh3h4]}))
29. Rc7 Bg5 30. Qb7 Bd2 31. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3g2,Gg2h3]} Ba5 32. Rc6 Be1
33. g3 Qa5 (33... Bd2 34. Bg2 Be1 35. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg2h3]} ({White
doesn't need complications after premature} 35. Bh3 $2 Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 36.
Rxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nxd6 Bf2 41. Bg2 Be3 $1
42. Qf5 $3 Qe1+ 43. Qf1 Qxh4+ 44. Bh3 $16) ({Or} 35. Qa6 $4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qf6
36. Rxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qxd6+ Kg7 40. Qxc5 Bd2 $1 41.
Qg1 Qxh4+ 42. Qh2 Qe1+ 43. Qg1 Qh4+ $11)) 34. Kf1 $1 Qd2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal
Gd2f2]} 35. Be2 {[%csl Rc8]} Ne7 36. Qxe7 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. Kh1 h6 (13... Kh8 14. b5 c5
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ne8 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g4 fxg4 20. fxg4 e4 21.
Rb1 Qh4 22. Bf4 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Motylev,A/Linares 2001/ (39)}) (13... Nh5 14. b5
h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 f4 17. bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nd5 Re8 19. e7 Nxe7 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Ba3 Red8 {0-1 Estremera Panos,S-Avrukh,B/Andorra 2001/ 
(48)}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 (15... Qc7) 16. Qb3 (16. b5 c5 17. Nd5 Nc7 18.
Nxc7 Qxc7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. g4 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rf6 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Bd3 {1-0 Lima,
D-Romero Holmes,A/Leon/1996/ (37)}) 16... Nc7 17. c5 $146 {[%mdl 4] Bareev is
developing his pieces to best squares, but black's magnificient pawn center
promises serious counterchances.} (17. Be3 Kh7 18. c5 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rad1
d4 21. Nb5 Ncd5 22. Bg1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Nc6 25. Bc4 Ndxb4 26. Nxd4 exd4
27. e7 Nxe7 28. Qxb4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Howell,J/Groningen 1995/ (42)})
17... d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb2 $1 (19. b5 e4 $1) 19... Qe8 (19... d4 20. Nb5 $1
b6 21. Rac1 bxc5 22. Rxc5 $13) (19... e4 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Nxd5
Ncxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 $14) 20. Rad1 (20. Nxd5 $5 Ncxd5 (
20... Nexd5 21. Bc4 Qxe6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 $16) 21. Rad1 Qc6 (
21... Rd8 22. Bc4 Nf4 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Rxb7 Nc6 25. e7 Nxe7 26. Rxe5 $1 $18) 22.
Bc4 Rad8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf6 $15) 20... Rd8 (20... d4 21. b5 dxc3 22.
Bxc3 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. axb5 Qb8 25. Bc4 b6 26. Rd7 $13) 21. a4 a6 22. b5 $1 {
White has to push hard for queenside activity, otherwise black's forces will
become too coordinated.} Kh7 (22... e4 $5 $13) 23. Ba3 Nxe6 (23... e4 24. fxe4
fxe4 25. Bg4 $13) 24. bxa6 Nd4 (24... bxa6 25. Bxa6 (25. Nxd5 Nxd5 (25... Nd4
26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Ne6 $11) 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxa4 28. Qxe6
Qxa3 $15) 25... Nd4 26. Qa2 $11) 25. Qxb7 (25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Bb5 (26. axb7 dxc3
27. Bb5 Qf7 28. c6 Rfe8 $17) (26. Nd1 bxa6 27. Bxa6 Qf7 $17) 26... Qf7 27. Ne2
bxa6 28. Bxa6 Nc6 $17) 25... Rb8 26. Qc7 Nc2 $1 (26... Rc8 27. Qb6 Rb8 28. a7
Rxb6 29. cxb6 $36) 27. Nb5 (27. Bb5 $6 Qf7 28. Re2 Nxa3 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxf7
Rxf7 31. Rxd5 Nxb5 32. axb5 Rxb5 $19) 27... Qd8 (27... Rc8 28. Qb6 Rb8 29. Qa5
Nc6 30. Qd2 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 Qd7 $15) (27... Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. Qb6 (29. Qb7)
29... Rc6 30. a7 Rxb6 31. cxb6 Qc6 32. Bxe7 Qxb6 33. Bxf8 Qa5 34. Bc5 $3 Qxe1+
35. Bg1 Qa5 36. Nc7 $18) 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. c6 Nxc6 30. Rc1 Nxe1 (30... Nxa3 $2
31. Rxc6 $16) 31. Rxc6 d4 (31... Rbc8 $5 {Black might have missed the chance
to fight for an advantage in a very messy position.} 32. Rxc8 (32. Rc7 Nc2)
32... Rxc8 33. a7 Nc2 34. Bd6 Nd4 35. g3 (35. g4 Nxe2 36. Bb8 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+
38. Kf2 Bf8 $19) 35... Nc6 36. Bb8 Rxb8 37. axb8=Q Nxb8 $17) 32. a7 $1 Rb7 33.
Bc5 d3 34. Bd1 e4 $1 35. Bb6 (35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Nc2 38. a8=Q
Rxa8 39. Nxa8 e3 $19) 35... Rxb6 (35... Ra8 36. Bf2 Re7 37. Bxe1 e3 38. Kg1 d2
39. Kf1 Be5 $17) 36. Rxb6 e3 37. Re6 Nc2 (37... f4 $5 38. Nc7 Nc2 39. a8=Q Rxa8
40. Nxa8 Nd4 41. Re7 e2 42. Bxe2 Nxe2 (42... dxe2 43. Nc7 $18) 43. Rd7 Nd4 44.
Rb7 d2 45. Rb1 Nc2 46. a5 Ne3 47. a6 Bd4 48. Nc7 d1=Q+ 49. Rxd1 Nxd1 50. Nb5
$11) 38. g3 $5 (38. Nc7 f4 $11) 38... e2 $2 {No wonder that players in time
trouble make mistakes in a very complex situations, Topalov could have made a
draw with 38..Ra8!} (38... g5) (38... Ra8 $1 39. f4 Bf8 40. Bf3 (40. Kg2 Bc5)
40... e2 41. Bxe2 dxe2 42. Rxe2 Na3 43. Ra2 Nxb5 (43... Nc4 44. Rc2 Nd6 45.
Rc7+ Kg8 $11) 44. axb5 Bc5 45. Rc2 Bd4 (45... Bxa7 46. Ra2 $1) 46. Rd2 Be3 47.
Re2 $11) 39. Bxe2 dxe2 40. Rxe2 Nd4 (40... Nb4 41. Nc7 $18) 41. Nxd4 Bxd4 42.
Rd2 $1 Ra8 43. Rxd4 Rxa7 44. Kg2 g5 (44... Rc7 45. Rd2 $1) (44... Kg7 45. Kf2
Kf6 46. f4 $1) 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Ke2 Re7+ 47. Kd2 Re5 48. Rd3 $1 f4 49. g4 $1 (
49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Rd4 Rh5 52. Rxf4 Rxh2+ $132) 49... Kf7 $1 50.
Ra3 Ra5 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. Kb4 Ra8 53. Kc5 (53. a5 $5 Kd6 (53... Kd5 54. a6 Kc6
55. Ka5 $1 Re8 56. Rc3+ $18) 54. a6 Kc7 55. Ka5 Re8 56. Rc3+ $1 (56. Rb3 Re2)
56... Kb8 57. Kb6 Ka8 $1 (57... Re6+ 58. Rc6 $18) 58. Rc6 Rb8+ 59. Kc5 Rb3 60.
Rxh6 Rxf3 61. Rg6 Rh3 62. Rxg5 Rxh2 63. Rf5 Rf2 64. Kd4 $18) 53... Kd7 54. a5
Kc7 55. a6 Re8 $1 56. Ra2 (56. a7 Kb7 57. a8=Q+ Rxa8 58. Rxa8 Kxa8 59. Kd5 Kb7
60. Ke6 Kc6 61. Kf5 Kd5 62. Kg6 Kd4 63. Kxh6 Ke3 64. Kxg5 Kxf3 65. h4 Kg3 66.
h5 $11) (56. Rb3 $5 Rb8 57. Rxb8 Kxb8 58. Kd5 $14) 56... Kb8 $2 {Decisive
mistake as black will not get enough counterplay with his king on a8.} (56...
Re5+ $5 57. Kd4 Re8 58. a7 (58. Rb2 Re6 $1) (58. Kd5 Kb6 59. Rc2 Re3 60. Rc6+
Ka7) 58... Kb7 59. a8=Q+ Rxa8 60. Rxa8 Kxa8 61. Ke5 Kb7 62. Kf6 Kc6 63. Kg6 Kd5
64. Kxh6 Kd4 65. Kxg5 Ke3 66. h4 Kxf3 $14) 57. Rb2+ $1 Ka8 (57... Ka7 58. Rb7+
Kxa6 59. Rb6+ Ka7 60. Rxh6 Re3 61. Rh5 Rxf3 62. Rxg5 Rh3 63. Rf5 $18) 58. Rb6
h5 (58... Re3 59. Rxh6 Rxf3 60. Rg6 Rh3 61. Rxg5 Rxh2 62. Rf5 Rf2 63. Kd4 $18)
59. gxh5 Re3 60. h6 Rxf3 61. h4 $1 (61. h4 $1 gxh4 62. h7 Rc3+ 63. Kb5 Rc8 64.
Rg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 (12... Kh8 {-see detaoled
commented game  0-1 Ponomariov,R-Radjabov,T/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01
[Tsesarsky,I] (38)}) 13. c5 Nf4 14. Bc4 (14. Qb3 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2
Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/Biel 2002/CBM 91 [Pelletier,Y](41)}) 14... Kh8 ({On} 14...
a5 {Strong reply is} 15. b5 $1 (15. bxa5 $143 Rxa5 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Kh8
18. Nb5 Qf6 19. Bxf4 (19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qg5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gg5g2]} 22. Qc2 $132) 19... exf4 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. e5 Qh4 22. dxe6 Nc6 23. Rad1
Nxe5 24. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Golubev,M/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 86 (24)})
15... h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 dxc5 18. Qd7 $14) 15. Rb1 {[%mdl 12] Strong
novelty} (15. Ne6 {Perhps, premature jump. It's better to wait for h7-h6.} Bxe6
16. dxe6 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nc6 18. Be3 (18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qxd6 Qg5 21.
Qd2 (21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rf2+ 23. Kh1 Qf6 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Bd5 Nxb4 $17) 21...
a6 22. Nc7 (22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Kh1 Rac8 24. Bf1 Qe7 $17) 22... Nd4 23. Kh1 Rac8
$19 {0-1 Berkvens,J-Efimenko,Z/Hengelo 2001/CBM 83 ext (33)}) 18... Nd4 19. Rc1
dxc5 20. bxc5 Nfxe6 21. c6 bxc6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Na4 Nd4 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Efimenko,Z/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (37)}) (15. g3 h6 (15...
h6 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Baklan,V/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (15)}) 16. Ne6 Nxe6 17. dxe6
Nc6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qxb5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. a4
Qxb4 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Rxb7 Nd8 26. Bc1 Qc5+ 27. Be3 Qa3 28. Bc1 Qc5+ 29. Be3 Qa3
{1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Voitsekhovsky,S/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (29)}) 15... a6
16. Kh1 h6 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 Nc6 19. b5 Nd4 (19... axb5 20. Nxb5 dxc5 21.
Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxc7 $14) 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Ba3 Re8 22. Bd5 c6 (22... Ra7 23. Rb8
$14 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8h8]}) 23. cxd6 $1 {[%csl Gd6] This P became very
strong.} Bxe6 $2 $16 {White caught initiative in the opening, and Black loses
paitence.} ({Much better was} 23... cxd5 $1 24. exd5 (24. d7 Bxd7 25. exd7 Qxd7
26. Nxd5 {[%csl Ga3,Gd4,Gd5,Rg7]} Rab8 27. Qd3 $14) 24... Nxe6 (24... Nb5 25.
Nxb5 axb5 26. Qb3) 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Nd5 $14 {White leaves with advantage in
all cases, but position is playable for Black.}) 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Bc5 $1 (25.
exf5 $143 $6 gxf5 26. Rb7 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g2,Gg5c1] Black receives certain
counterplay via g-line.} 27. Bc5 Rg6 28. Rg1 Rd8 29. d7 $14) 25... Nb5 26. Qb3
Qe8 27. Red1 Rd8 28. Nxb5 axb5 $2 $18 {[%csl Rc6] Black remains with weak Pc6.}
({Right was} 28... cxb5 $16) 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 {[%cal Gb1b7] White easily
penetrates his pieces into black camp with decisive Attack on the 7-th line.}
Bf8 (30... Qd7 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. Qb3 $18) 31. d7 Qf7 (31... Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Bxc5
33. Rbb7 Bf8 34. Qa7 $1 $18) 32. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 $132 {White Ng5 will
jump to e6 and will be exchanged by Bc8. Pe6 wil be rather weakness than
powerful P. White will not be able to protect the Pe6 and therefore opening
results are in Black's favour.} (12... Nh5 {-see detailed commented game 1-0
Bareev,E-Radjabov,T/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93_01[Tsesarsky,I] (32)}) 13. Rb1 {
New move. Position evaluation however doesn't change.} (13. Be3 Ne8 14. Rc1 (
14. c5 f4 15. Bf2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bf1 Rd8 20.
Re2 $44 {0-1 Korobov,A-Volokitin,A/Kharkov 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 14... c6 {
-see commented game 1-0 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76 [Huzman,A]
(23)}) (13. a4 a5 (13... Ne8 $6 14. c5 $1 a5 15. bxa5 dxc5 16. a6 bxa6 (16...
b6 17. a5 $16) 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bc4 Rb8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Nc6 21. Bxa6 Nd4
22. Bc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Volokitin,A/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 14.
bxa5 (14. b5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. fxe4 c6 $132) 14... Rxa5 $132) (
13. c5 a5 14. bxa5 dxc5 15. a6 b6 16. a4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4
exd4 20. e5 Ne8 21. Nb5 $13 {0-1 Kotanjian,T-Voitsekhovsky,S/St Petersburg
2002/EXT 2003 (44)}) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 {Ftacnik: 'The pawn on e6
can become weak, but also very unpleasant factor depending on the results of
the play with other pieces. '} fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 ({Not} 17... Nxe4
$2 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Qxg6 $16) 18. Bd3 (18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Nd4 20. Qg4 c6 $15
{[%csl Re6]}) 18... Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 ({Badly is} 19... c6 $2 {in view of obvious
piece sacrifice:} 20. Qxg6 cxd5 21. exd5 Nf6 22. Bxh6 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Ge1f1]}) (19... Kh7 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Qh3 $16) 20. Qh3 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Ponomariov was really suffering in Wijk and it was not only
because of the feud with FIDE. In chess sense he was clearly out of form and
was often choosing weaker solutions.'} (20. h4 $1 {Ftacnik} gxh4 21. Be3 Nf6 $1
(21... c6 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxd4 exd4 (22... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 23. exd5 exd4 24. Qg6
Nf6 25. e7 $18) 23. e5 $18) 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 $14) 20... c6 21. Ne3
Qf6 22. Ng4 ({Probably better was} 22. Nf5 Nxe6 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 (
24... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 25. c5 $11) 25. c5 $1 {It is very easy to be clever
afterward, to estimate this position wasn't easy. g5-g4 threat looks dangerous,
but it isn't.} Ne7 26. Nxd6 a5 (26... g4 $2 27. Qxg4 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd3 29. Qd7
$1 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Re7][%cal Gd6f7]}) 27. bxa5 (27. a3 axb4 28. axb4 Ra3 $17 {
[%cal Ga3h3]}) 27... Rxa5 28. Qd7 Ng6 29. Rxb7 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge5d3]} 30.
Qc7 $132 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc7a5]}) 22... Qe7 ({Approximately equal position
after} 22... Qxe6 23. Bxg5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nxf6 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Nf3+ $11)
23. Be3 $6 (23. Ne3 $142 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Be3 $44) 23...
Nxe6 24. g3 Qd7 (24... Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3]} 25. Rf1 Qe6 $15 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rf5
$11) 25. Rf1 d5 $6 $44 {This move allows pair of BB to play.} (25... Nd4 $142
$15) 26. Rf5 $2 $17 {Ftacnik: 'The real reason behind white's loss, any other
solution of problems in the center was stronger.'} ({Why not} 26. cxd5 $1 cxd5
27. Rxf8 (27. Rbc1 $5 $44) (27. Rbd1 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 d4 29. Bc4 $13)
27... Rxf8 28. Bxa7 Rf3 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge6f4,Gf4h3]} 29. Ne3 (29. Be2 Nf4 $19
) (29. Nf2 Nf6 30. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 29... d4 30. Bc4 Rxe3 31. Bxe6 Qc7 {[%csl
Ra7][%cal Gb7b6]} 32. Rf1 $44) (26. exd5 $5 {Ftacnik} cxd5 27. Nf2 Rae8 28.
Rbd1 $11) 26... dxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd4 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[%csl Rh3] White BB still
aren't dangerous, Qh3 is allocated passive.} 29. Qh5 $6 $19 ({More stubborn was
} 29. Kg2 Qe8 $17 {[%csl Rh3]}) 29... Qd6 30. Kg2 b5 {Ftacnik: 'Excellent move,
after which Radjabov will definitely start decisive counter attack.'} 31. Bf7
Nc2 32. Bc5 Qd2+ 33. Nf2 ({Loses} 33. Kg1 Ne1 34. Nf2 Nf6 35. Qg6 Ng4 36. h3
Nxf2 37. Bxf2 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. h4 Qe2 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf3d2]}) 33...
Nf6 34. Qg6 ({In case of} 34. Rd1 Ne3+ {Black eventually wins:} 35. Bxe3 Qxe3
36. Qg6 Qe2 37. h3 Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2e5]} 38. a3 g4 $1 ({Not} 38... Nxe4 39.
Qxe4 Rxf7 40. Rd8+ Bf8 41. Qe3 Kg7 $17) 39. hxg4 Nxg4 40. Qxg4 Rxf7 41. Rf1
Qxa3 42. Qc8+ Rf8 43. Qxc6 Qxb4 $19) 34... Ng4 $1 {Better than} (34... Nxe4 $2
35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Rxf7 $17) 35. Kg1 Nce3 36. Bxe3 Nxe3 37. h4
Qe2 38. Qh5 g4 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 {[%csl Re6] This variation's main idea is to capture the weak Pe6. White
suppose to recieve counterplay meantime.} fxe4 (15... Kh7 16. b5 fxe4 17. Bxe4
d5 18. Ba3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bb4 Rxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Shulman,Y/CZE 1997/EXT 99 (37)}) 16. Bxe4 $2 $17 ({Better is} 
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 $6 $15 (17. Rxe4 $5 Nf5 (17... d5 18. cxd5 (18. Rxe5
Bxe5 19. Bxe5 dxc4 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. Qxc4 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Flament,F-Acher,M/Hyeres 2002/EXT 2003 (30)}) 18... cxd5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5
20. Bxe5 Qb6 21. Qd2 Kh7 (21... Qxe6 22. Re1 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Nf5 24. Bg3 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Barbero,G/Bern 1997/EXT 99 (29)}) 22. Re1 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24.
Bd4 Qa6 25. Qb4 Re8 26. Be2 Ra4 27. Qb3 Qa8 28. Bc5 $2 $17 {0-1 Szeberenyi,
A-Radjabov,T/Budapest 2000/CBM 79 ext (36)} (28. Bb2 Rxa2 29. Qc3 Rg8 30. Rc1
$44)) 18. b5 (18. Re2 Qe7 19. b5 Nh4 20. Be4 Rac8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd2 Rf4 23.
f3 Rcf8 24. Kh1 (24. Rxd6 $18) 24... Nf5 25. Qe2 Qxe6 26. g3 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Rc8
28. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Berezin,O-Vajda,L/Bucharest 1998/EXT 99 (44)}) 18... Rc8
19. Re2 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Kindermann,S/Nussloch 1996/CBM
53 [Dautov,R](24)}) 17... d5 $1 (17... Nf5 18. b5 Qe8 19. Re2 (19. bxc6 bxc6
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxd6 Rd8 22. Qc7 $16) 19... Rc8 20. Qa4 Qxe6 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Bxc6 Kh7 23. Bd5 {-see commented game 1-0 Ionov,S-Cvitan,O/Budapest 1996/
CBM 56[Huzman,A, Dautov,R] (53)}) (17... Rf6 18. b5 Rxe6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rad1
Qc7 $132 {1-0 Wunnink,M-De Haas,P/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 80 ext (46)}) 18. cxd5
cxd5 19. Bc2 Qb6 20. Qd2 e4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bb3 Rf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Peek,
M-David,A/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (33)}) 16... d5 $1 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5
18. Qg4 Kh7 (18... Qe8 19. e7 Qxe7 20. Qxg6 Rad8 21. Rad1 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23.
Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Delchev,A/Kastel Stari 1997/CBM 57 ext (39)}) 19.
Rad1 Qe7 20. Rd3 Rae8 21. Rh3 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc5 e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 (24...
Nxg7 $17) 25. Qd1 Rf6 26. g4 $1 $16 (26. Qxd5 b6 27. Na6 (27. Nxe4 Rxe6 28. f3
Qxb4 29. Rd1 $11) 27... Rxe6 $15 {0-1 Averkin,O-Zakharstov,V/Krasnodar 1998/
EXT 2000 (33)})) (16... Qb6 17. Qb3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Ng4 20. Ne4 Rad8
21. Qg3 (21. Bc4 Rxf2 (21... Nxf2 22. Nc5) 22. Kh1 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Rd4 {[%csl
Rc4,Re4,Rh1][%cal Gg4f2]} 24. h3 Rxe4 $19) 21... Nxf2 22. Nxf2 Rxd5 23. Re2
Qxe6 24. Rae1 Nc6 25. Nd3 $15 {[%csl Re5] 1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Avrukh,B/Beersheba
1998/EXT 99 (52)}) 17. Bd3 ({In case of} 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bc2 e4 {Black
leaves with advantage:} 19. Na4 b6 20. f3 exf3 21. Qxf3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Rac8 23.
Bb1 Rc4 24. Qg3 (24. Qb3 Ng4 25. g3 Rxb4 (25... b5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc5 {
0-1 Mista,A-Antoniewski,R/Trzebinia 1998/EXT 2000 (37)}) 26. Ba3 Rxb3 27. Bxd6
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 $19) 24... Qxg3 25. hxg3 Ng4 $17) 17... e4 18.
Bf1 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Ge4,Re6] The opening variation result is in Black favour.
Black has strong PP centre, Pe6 will be captured in nearest future.} Qb6 19.
Rb1 Nh5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb6f2]} 20. c5 {White protects Pf2, but Black Centre
becomes stronger.} Qc7 21. b5 Qf4 {[%csl Rf2]} 22. Re2 Qg5 {[%csl Re6,Rg1]
[%cal Gh5f4]} 23. Bc1 Qg4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb7 Qxe6 26. Qb3 Nf6 $19 {Black
eventually won the P on e6 and his position is winning.} 27. Bb2 Nf5 (27...
Rae8 $19) 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxg7 Nxg7 30. f3 Kh8 $4 $11 ({Easily wins} 30...
Qf6 31. Rxe4 Ne6 $3 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rb7,Rc5,Re4][%cal Ge6c5]}) 31. fxe4 Qf6 (
31... d4 $132) 32. Qf3 Qxf3 ({Worse is} 32... Qa1 $6 {in view of} 33. Rf7 Qd4+
(33... Ne6 $2 34. Rf2 Rxf7 (34... Qd4 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. R7xf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6
Nxc5 38. exd5 cxd5 39. Rxg6 $16) 35. Qxf7 Rf8 36. Qxg6 Rxf2 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38.
Kxf2 Kf7 39. Qh5+ Ke7 $14) 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Rexf2 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 dxe4 37. Rc7
Re8 38. Rxc6 e3 39. Be2 Ne6 40. Kf1 Kg7 $14) (32... Ne6 $1 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6 34.
exd5 Raf8 35. Re1 cxd5 $11) 33. gxf3 d4 $6 $14 ({Why not} 33... Rxf3 $5 34.
exd5 cxd5 35. Ree7 Nf5 36. Red7 Rc3 37. Rxd5 Rc1 38. Rdd7 $11) 34. Rc7 d3 $6
$16 (34... Rac8 $1 35. Rxa7 Rxf3 36. Rd2 $14) 35. Rg2 Ne6 (35... Rxf3 36. Rxg6
Raf8 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Rgxg7 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Rxc6 $18) 36. Rxc6 Nf4 37.
Rd2 Rac8 38. Rxc8 ({Not} 38. Ra6 $2 $11 Rxc5 (38... Rf7 39. c6 $16) 39. Rxa7
Rb8 40. Bxd3 Rd8 41. Ra3 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 g5 43. h4 Kg7 44. Rb3 Rh1 45. hxg5 hxg5
$44) 38... Rxc8 39. Kf2 Rxc5 40. Ke3 g5 41. Bxd3 Kg7 (41... Rc1 42. h4 Kg7 43.
hxg5 hxg5 44. Kd4 $16) 42. Rc2 Nxd3 (42... Rxc2 43. Bxc2 Kf6 44. Kd4 $18) (
42... Ra5 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Bc4 $18) 43. Kxd3 Ra5 44. Kd4 Ra4+ $6 $18 {It helps
to White to pick up his K to the Black's camp.} (44... Kf6 $142 45. h4 gxh4 (
45... Ra3 46. h5 Rxf3 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Rg6+ Kh7 49. a4 Rh3 50. Ke5 Rxh5 51. Kf6
Rh4 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. e5 Rxa4 54. e6 $18) 46. Ke3 $16) (44... Ra3 $142 45. e5
$16) 45. Kd5 Ra5+ (45... Ra3 46. e5 $18) 46. Ke6 Ra3 47. e5 Rxf3 48. Ke7 g4 49.
e6 h5 50. Rd2 Re3 51. Kd7 Kf6 52. Rf2+ Kg7 53. e7 Rd3+ 54. Ke8 Rd5 55. a4 a5
56. Rf4 $22 Kg8 57. Rf7 Rd4 58. Rf5 Kg7 59. Rxh5 Rxa4 60. Rd5 Rb4 61. Kd7 Rb7+
62. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Bremer SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. b4 Bg7 12. Nd2 ({Normalerweise bevorzugt Weiss
} 12. c5 f5 13. Nd2 {, aber meines Erachtens gibt das Schwar ein ziemlich
freies Spiel wegen} fxe4 {gefolgt von Nf5.}) 12... f5 13. f3 {Nun kann der
Nachziehende mittels f4 einen typischen kцnigsindischen Angriff einleiten. Bei
Weiss fehlt leider der schwarzfeldrige Lдufer fьr einen perfekten Druck am
Damenflьgel, aber Schwarz vermisst auch seinen Springer, um den Vorstoss des
g-Bauern durchzusetzen. Hjartarson wartet also lieber ab und verbessert zuerst
die Stellung seiner Figuren.} Kh8 (13... h5 14. c5 Bh6 15. Nc4) (13... f4 14.
c5 g5 15. Nc4 h5 16. a4 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 14. c5 Ng8 {Der Springer stand auf e7
schlecht.} 15. Nc4 Rf7 16. a4 Nf6 17. a5 Nh5 18. g3 (18. Rf2 {war die
Alternative, aber ich hielt einen Springer auf f4 fьr keinen netten Gast.})
18... Nf6 19. b5 f4 ({Ich untersuchte lange} 19... fxe4 20. fxe4 Bh3 {, kam
aber zur richtigen Schlussfolgerung, dass Weiss nach} 21. Rf3 Qe7 22. b6 axb6 (
22... dxc5 23. bxc7) 23. axb6 Rxa1 (23... Raf8 24. Ra7 $1) 24. Qxa1 {klar
besser steht.}) 20. g4 h5 21. h3 {[%csl Rg3]} ({Das thematische} 21. b6 {
zog ich kaum in Betracht, denn mein Plan war eher mit c5-c6 verbunden. Wenn
man aber Fritz folgt, entdeckt man die wilde Variante} axb6 22. axb6 Rxa1 23.
Qxa1 hxg4 24. bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qa3 $1 gxf3 26. cxd6 Qd8 27. Nxe5 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 fxe2
29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Nxe2 Kxf7 {, die zu einer schwer einzuschдtzenden Stellung
fьhrt.}) ({Es war auch interessant, den Bauern h2 nicht zu rьhren, und} 21. c6
$5 hxg4 22. fxg4 {[%cal Ge2f3] zu versuchen.}) 21... Ne8 {[%cal Yd6c5]} (21...
hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh5 {bringt wegen} 23. Rf2 {nichts ein.}) 22. c6 (22. b6 $2 dxc5
23. bxc7 Qh4) 22... Qh4 23. Rf2 Bf8 (23... Qxh3 $2 {scheitert an} 24. Rh2 Qg3+
25. Kh1 {, wonach die schwarze Dame gefangen wird.}) ({Genauer war aber} 23...
Bf6 {, was gegenьber der Partie ein Tempo gewinnt.}) 24. Rh2 Qg3+ (24... Rh7
25. Qe1) 25. Kh1 Rh7 26. Qg1 Be7 27. Bd1 Bh4 28. Ra3 Nf6 29. Nd2 (29. Ne2 Qe1)
29... bxc6 ({Angesichts des schwarzen Staus am Damenflьgel ist es schwer,
einen konstruktiven Plan vorzuschlagen. Nach} 29... Qe1 30. Re2 (30. Nf1 hxg4
$1 31. Re2 $140 $6 gxf3 $1 32. Rxe1 f2) 30... Qg3 (30... Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 $16)
31. Qxg3 Bxg3 32. Kg1 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gb5b6] ist das Endspiel klar
vorteilhaft fьr Weiss, weil er das Eindringen des schwarzen Lдufers verhindern
konnte.}) 30. dxc6 {[%csl Rc7,Gd5][%cal Gc3d5]} Be6 $6 ({Endlich kann der
nominell gute Lдufer ausgehen und sofort wird er abgetauscht.} 30... Kg7 31.
Nf1 (31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bxg4) 31... Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 $14 Be6
$140 33. Bb3 Bxb3 34. Rxb3 Be1 $6 35. g5 $16) 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 Qxg1+ 33.
Kxg1 Bg3 34. g5 $2 ({Dieses Qualitдtsopfer ist wirklich unnцtig, da Schwarz am
Kцnigsflьgel kaum was droht. Klarer Vorteil konnte mit den Alternativen
erzielt werden:} 34. Rg2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 (35... g5 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. exd5 Kg7
38. Ne4 Rah8 39. Kf1 $16) 36. g5 Ne8 37. Nd5 $16) (34. Re2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7
36. b6 Rah8 37. Nf1 $16) (34. Rh1 Be1 35. Ndb1 {/\ g5 +/-}) 34... Bxh2+ 35.
Kxh2 Ne8 36. h4 Kg8 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Nc4 Ke6 39. Ra3 $138 {/\ b6} Rc8 40. Nb4 $2
({Als ich die Qualitдt opferte, schдtzte ich meine Stellung als "etwas besser
ohne Risiko" ein. Aber nach dem fьrchterlichen Textzug, der einen Bauern
sofort einstellt, gibt es doch noch Gefahr! Objektiv wird Weiss aber nach
langen Mannцvern kaum Fortschritte erzielen kцnnen, z.B:} 40. Rb3 Ra8 (40... a6
$140 $2 41. b6 cxb6 42. axb6) 41. Nb2 Rf7 42. Nd3 Rb8 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Nb4 Kd8
45. Na6 Ra8 46. Nd5 Kc8 (46... Ng7 47. Kg2 Ne6 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. Rb4) 47. Kg2 Kd8
48. Kf2 Kc8 49. Ke2 Rh7 50. Kd3 Rf7 51. Kc4 Rh7 52. Nab4 ({das Opfer} 52. Naxc7
Rxc7 53. Nxc7 Nxc7 {genьgt nicht:} 54. Rd3 (54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 Ra4+) 54...
Ne8 (54... Rb8 55. Rxd6 Nxb5 56. Rxg6) 55. Kd5 Rb8 56. Rb3 Nc7+ 57. Kxd6 Rxb5
58. Rxb5 Nxb5+ 59. Kxe5 Kc7 60. Kf6 Nd4 61. e5 Nxf3 62. e6 Nd2 63. e7 Ne4+ {
gefolgt von Nd6}) 52... Kd8 53. Rb1 Rf7 $11 {, weil Schwarzen gegen den
Durchbruch} 54. b6 {gut gewappnet ist:} axb6 55. axb6 cxb6 56. Nxb6 Ra5) 40...
Rb8 41. b6 cxb6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Na6 $1 {Weiss rettet sich noch knapp!} Rc8
44. Nb4 Rhc7 (44... b5 45. Nb6 Rd8 46. N6d5 (46. N4d5 Rb8 47. Ra5 b4 48. Rb5
Ra7 49. Rxb4 Kf7 $15) 46... Rb8 47. Kg2 Rf7 48. Kf2 Nc7 49. Ra7 Na8 50. c7 Rc8
51. Na6 $11) 45. Nxb6 Rxc6 46. Nxc8 Rxc8 47. Ra7 ({Nicht aber} 47. Nd5 $2 Rc2+
48. Kh3 Nc7) 47... Rc7 ({Es gibt nichts zu machen, der Mehrbauer lдsst nicht
verwerten:} 47... Nc7 48. Rb7 Kd7 49. Nd5 Kc6 50. Rb6+ Kc5 $140 $2 51. Rb2) 48.
Ra8 Kd7 49. Nd5 Rc2+ (49... Rb7 50. Kg2 Ng7 51. Rf8 (51. Rg8 Kc6 52. Rc8+ Kb5
53. Rf8 Ne6 54. Rf6 Nd4 55. Rxg6 Kc5) 51... Ne6 52. Rf6 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Nd4 54.
Rxg6 Nxf3 55. Rg7+ $11) 50. Kg1 Nc7 51. Nxc7 Rxc7 52. Rg8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 {in my opinion the most critical reply.} 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6
12. Bf3 ({Another interesting alternative is} 12. f3) 12... c6 13. Qb3 h6 14.
Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 {[%csl Ge6]} 16. Rd1 ({The practice shows, that white
cannot play} 16. c5 $2 fxe4 17. cxd6 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 $17) 17... exf3
18. dxe7 Re8 19. Bb2 Rxe7 20. Rxe5 Qc7 21. Ree1 fxg2 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf6g4]}
22. h3 Rf8 23. Re3 Nh5 24. Rae1 Qf4 25. Nd1 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qf6 $17 {0-1
Pelletier,Y-Inarkiev,E/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Tsesarsky] (38)}) 16... Rd8 17. b5
({Even now} 17. c5 $2 {doesn't work in view of} fxe4 18. cxd6 exf3 19. dxe7
Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qxe6 21. Qd8+ Kh7 22. gxf3 (22. Qxa8 Qg4 $19 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2]})
22... Qg8 $1 23. Qc7 Qc4 $17 {0-1 Kallio,H-Kotronias,V/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (39)}
) 17... Qxe6 18. bxc6 $146 ({In their previous encounter Bacrot has tried} 18.
Ba3 Kh8 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bd5 (21. Qxb7 Nd4 $44) 21... Qe7 22.
Nb5 Ne8 23. Rab1 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Radjabov,T/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (45) there is
no doubt, that Radjabov was intending to improve his play.}) 18... Nxc6 ({After
} 18... bxc6 19. Ba3 Rab8 20. Qa4 $44 {White has a typical compensation for
this line.}) 19. exf5 Qxf5 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Bd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Gc6,
Ge6]}) 20. Qxb7 (20. c5+ $143 Kh8 21. cxd6 Nd4 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 24.
gxf3 e4 $1 $40) 20... Nd4 (20... e4 $143 $6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxc6 Bxa1 23.
Bxe4 Rac8 24. Qb7 $16) 21. Bd5+ Kh7 22. Be3 Rab8 ({After} 22... Nc2 23. Rac1
Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ng4 25. Ne4 Nxe3 26. Re1 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 $44 {[%csl Gg7] White has
a clear compensation due to the bad placed bishop on g7.}) 23. Qxa7 Rb2 $44 24.
Kh1 $5 (24. h3 {[%csl Gg4]} Rc2 $1) 24... Ng4 $6 {Looks very attractive, but
in fact Black loses control over important e4-square.} (24... Nc2 $142 $1 25.
Rac1 $1 (25. Rab1 $2 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd3 $1) 25... Nxe3 (25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxe3
27. fxe3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 26. fxe3 e4 (26... Qg5 {[%csl Gg2]} 27. Bf3 Ng4 28.
Ne4 Qxe3 29. Qxe3 Nxe3 30. Rxd6 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 27. Rb1 Rf2 $44 {and Black
has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 25. Ne4 Rf8 $2 (25... Nc2 $142 26.
Rac1 (26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ncxe3 28. Rb7 Rd7 $1 29. Rxd7 Nxf2+ 30. Nxf2 Qb1+)
26... Ncxe3 27. fxe3 Rf8 {and Black still has some compensation.}) 26. h3 $2 {
Probably White simply misses black's 27th move, which allows Radjabov to seize
the initiative.} ({It was essential to exchange black's active rook} 26. Rdb1
$1 Rxb1+ (26... Rfb8 27. Qxb8 $1 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 $18) 27. Rxb1 Nxe3 28. Rb7 Kh8
29. Rxg7 g5 30. Rf7 $1 $18) 26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 Nf3 $1 28. Nf6+ $8 {Otherwise
Black was threatening 28..Qh3! 29 gh Rh2 mate.} Rxf6 29. Bxf3 e4 30. Rd5 $1 (
30. Bg4 $143 Qf2 31. Rg1 Rf7 32. Qa8 Qg3 $19 {[%cal Gg7e5]}) 30... Qe6 (30...
Qc8 $143 {[%csl Gc4]} 31. Bxe4 Qxc4 32. Qe7 {and White is out of danger} Rxa2
$140 33. Rad1 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 $1) 31. Bg4 Qe8 32. h4 (32. Qd7 Qf8 {[%cal Gf6f1]})
({The toughest defence was:} 32. Rg1 h5 33. Qd7 Qf8 34. Be6 Rff2 {and black's
initiative looks very powerful} (34... Rf1 $5)) 32... Rff2 (32... Rf7 $5 33.
Qa5 Qe7 34. Bh3 Qxh4 35. Qe1 Rff2 $19 {[%cal Gb2e2]}) 33. Bh3 Qd8 {White's
last chance to create some counterplay against black's king.} 34. h5 $1 Rxg2 $1
35. hxg6+ (35. Bxg2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qf2+) 35... Kh8 $4 $138 ({A natural-looking} 
35... Rxg6 {was winning immediately} 36. Rh5 Qf6 37. Rf1 Rf2 $1 $19) 36. Qa5 $2
(36. Rb1 $3 Qf6 37. Qf7 $1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rhg2+ 39. Kh1 $11) 36... Rh2+ 37. Kg1
Qe8 $2 $138 (37... Qf6 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf6g6] was winning on the spot.}) 38. Bf5
$2 $138 ({Missing a golden opportunity:} 38. Rxd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d8]} Rxh3 39.
Rd8 Rg3+ 40. Kh1 Rh3+ $11) 38... Rbg2+ 39. Kf1 Bxa1 $19 40. Qa7 Bg7 41. Rxd6
Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Without any doubts recently the most popular line against
the King's Indian with 7...Nc6.} Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 ({The
alternaive is} 12. Bf3) 12... Kh8 13. c5 {White has a wide choice here :} (13.
Be3) (13. Rb1) (13. Qb3) 13... dxc5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] The best continuation
according to Fritz, but I really don't like it, it's much better to keep the
pawn structure elastic.} (13... Nh5 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. g3 h6 16. Ne6 Nxe6 17. dxe6
fxe4 18. fxe4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Efimenko,Z/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) ({
Still} 13... h6 $5 {looks to me like the most convincing way for Black (not
only because it has been played in my game, but also it's the most logical
reaction).} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 d5 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rechlis,G-Avrukh,B/
Israel 2003/CBM 094/[Avrukh,B] (38)}) 14. bxc5 h6 15. Ne6 $2 ({I would really
reccommend} 15. Nh3 $1 {the continuation, which might really doubt Black's
13th move.} fxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 {This definitely what White was afraid
of, but in my opinion it's hard for Black to use the exposed position of
White's K.} c6 (17... g5 18. Rb1 Rb8 (18... b6 19. Ba3) 19. h4 $5 gxh4 20. Kh1
$44) 18. d6 Nc8 19. Be3 b6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Na4 {in both cases I
would prefer White's position.}) 15... Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qd4+ $1 {The point of
Black's idea.} 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. Nb5 $1 {The critical continaution.} (18. Na4 {
would have been weaker} fxe4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 $1 (19... Rad8 $143 20. e5 Nfd5 21.
Rb1 b6 22. Bd3 $11) 20. Rb1 (20. Bf3 $2 d3 $19 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Gg7d4]}) 20...
Rab8 (20... b6 $2 21. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Ga8]}) 21. Bf3 Ng5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 {Black
remains with extrap pawn,though after} 23. Nb2 $1 {[%cal Gb2d3] White has
reasonable chances to escape.} (23. Bxb7 $140 d3 {[%cal Ce1d1,Cd1d3,Gg7d4]
looks horrible for White.})) 18... fxe4 19. fxe4 d3 20. Bf3 $2 {This is
already a serious mistake, which allows Black to take control over the game.} (
{White could have played} 20. Bxd3 $142 a6 (20... Ng4 $143 21. Rb1 a6 22. Be2
$1 $16) 21. Nd4 $1 {and strangely enough Black cannot win material, for
example:} Rad8 22. Bb2 Ng4 23. Be2 $1 {[%csl Gg4]} Ne3 (23... Nf2 24. Rab1 $3
Rxd4 25. Rf1 $14) 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Bf3 Nc4 26. Rxe5 Nxb2 27. Nb3 b6 $11) 20...
a6 $1 21. Nxc7 ({Doesn't help} 21. Nd6 cxd6 22. cxd6 Ne8 (22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4
Bxa1 24. dxe7 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Bxd3 Kg7 $17) 23. e5 (23. dxe7 Rxf3 24. gxf3
Bxa1 $19) 23... Nxd6 24. exd6 Bxa1 25. Bxh6 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rfe8 $1) ({Certainly
bad} 21. Na3 Nxe4 $19) 21... Rac8 22. e5 Nfg8 $1 {Very strong, Black needs to
control the e7-square.} 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rfd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Od8d5,Cd5b7,
Gd3d2]} (24... Rxc5 $143 25. Bb3 Rxe5 26. Ba3 $44) 25. Bxb7 Rc7 26. Bf3 {
The most stubborn continuation} (26. Bxa6 d2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 $19) (26. c6 d2 27.
Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Ne7 $19) 26... d2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. c6 Ne7 29.
Rab1 {[%cal Cc7c8,Cd2a2,Gb1b7]} Rd8 $1 ({less clear is} 29... Rc8 30. Rb7 Bf8
31. a4) 30. Rb7 Rdc8 31. Rd1 (31. Re4 Nf5 32. Ra4 Bxe5 33. Rxa6 Kg7 $19 {
[%cal Gg7f6]}) 31... Bxe5 32. Rd7 Rxb7 33. cxb7 Re8 34. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3a3]} a5 {
It goes without saying,that Black must keep his a-pawn alive.} 35. Ra3 Bc7 36.
Rc3 Bd6 {[%csl Ga3]} 37. Rd3 Bc5+ {winning important tempo.} 38. Kf1 Kg7 39.
Rb3 Bb4 $2 $138 ({The correct would had been} 39... Rb8 40. Rb5 Bb4 41. a3 Bxa3
42. Rxa5 Bd6 {with winning position.}) 40. Ke2 $2 {White didn't use a golden
opportunity with} (40. a3 $1 Bd6 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Rxa5 Kxe6 43. a4 $11 {[%cal
Cd6h2,Ga5a8,Ga4a5,Ga5a6]}) 40... Kf6 41. Kd3 (41. a3 Nf5 42. Kf1 Nd4 43. Rd3
Bc5 44. Rc3 Bd6 45. Rc8 Ke7 $19) 41... Kxe6 42. Kc4 Kd7 43. Kb5 Kc7 {[%csl Gb8]
Now when Black's king controlls b8-square Black's rook might enter into the
game.} 44. a3 Bd6 {[%csl Gh2]} (44... Bd2 45. Rd3) 45. h3 Nf5 46. Kxa5 Kb8 $19
{This is exactly the position Black was aimed for. He has managed to block
b-pawn, and to consolidate his pieces. Now we have a technical phase of the
game, which was greatly executed by Teimour.} 47. Rc3 Bc7+ 48. Kb4 Nd4 {
[%csl Gf3]} 49. Bd5 Re5 {Trying to drive away White's bishop from h1-a8
diagonal.} 50. Kc4 Nf5 51. Bf3 $8 Nd6+ 52. Kd3 Ra5 (52... Rb5 $5) 53. Rb3 h5
54. Ke2 Nc4 {[%csl Ga3]} 55. h4 $1 {The only chance, fixing Black's pawns on
the kingside White sometimes can attack the g6-pawn, but with accurate play
Teimour manages to hold everything.} Ne5 $1 (55... Rxa3 $2 56. Rxa3 Nxa3 57.
Be4) 56. g3 (56. Be4 Ra4 $1 {[%csl Gh4]}) 56... Nxf3 57. Kxf3 Bd6 58. Kg2 (58.
g4 Ra4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gh4]}) 58... Ra6 59. a4 Bc7 60. Rb4 Rc6 {[%cal Gc6c3]} 61.
g4 hxg4 62. Rxg4 Kxb7 63. Rg5 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Bd8 64. Rb5+ Kc8 65. h5 g5 66. a5
Rh6 67. Kg3 Rxh5 68. a6 Rh7 69. Rc5+ Rc7 70. a7 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2
Kh8 16. Nb5 Ng8 17. f3 Ngf6 18. Bd3 f4 19. Na5 g5 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Kf2 g4 22.
Ke2 Qf7 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. Qf1 Bf8 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Ba5 Bd7 27. Kd2 Nh7 28. Be2 Ng5
29. Nc3 gxf3 30. gxf3 Nh3 31. Qf1 Nf6 32. Rb7 Rg7 33. Nb8 Be8 34. Rxg7 Bxg7 35.
Nc6 Bd7 36. Nb5 Ne8 37. Nbxa7 Nf6 38. a4 Qg6 39. Bd3 Qh5 40. Be2 Qg6 41. Kc2
Ng5 42. Rg1 Qe8 43. Qb1 Qh5 44. Qf1 Qe8 45. Qb1 Qh5 46. Qf1 Qe8 47. h4 Ngxe4
48. fxe4 Bxc6 49. Nxc6 Rxa5 $1 50. Rxg7 $1 ({After this move White retains a
large advantage. Weaker was Mit diesem Zug bewahrt WeiЯ groЯen Vorteil.
Schwдcher war} 50. Nxa5 Qxa4+ 51. Nb3 Qa2+ 52. Kc1 Qa3+ {, with a draw by
perpetual. mit Remis durch Dauerschach.}) 50... Kxg7 51. Qg2+ Kf7 52. Nxa5
Qxa4+ 53. Nb3 Qa2+ 54. Kc3 Qb1 55. Bf3 Qe1+ 56. Nd2 Qxh4 57. Qh1 Qg3 58. Kd3 h5
59. Ke2 Kg6 60. Nf1 Qg5 61. Qh3 Ng4 62. Nh2 Nf6 63. Qe6 Qg1 64. Nf1 h4 65. Qxd6
Qd4 66. Nd2 h3 67. Qe6 h2 68. Qh3 ({Overlooking the shortest way to the
victory: Ьbersieht den kьrzesten Gewinnweg:} 68. Bh5+ Kxh5 69. Qf5+) 68... Qe3+
69. Kd1 Qg1+ 70. Kc2 Ng4 71. Qh8 Ne3+ 72. Kd3 Ng4 73. Kc2 Ne3+ 74. Kb3 Ng4 75.
Bxg4 h1=Q {[%tqu "En","Black's two queens seem very dangerous, but they are
far away from their king. How can White finish the game victoriously?",
"Exploit the exposed position of the Black king in your hunt for the enemy
queens.","Sacrifice your bishop!","g4h5","Winning a queen and the game.",5,
"De","Die beiden Damen des Schwarzen wirken sehr gefдhrlich, stehen aber
weitab von ihrem Kцnig. Wie kann WeiЯ die Partie siegreich beenden?","Nutzen
Sie die exponierte Kцnigsstellung des Schwarzen zur Jagd auf die feindlichen
Damen.","Opfern Sie Ihren Lдufer!","g4h5","Gewinnt eine Dame und die Partie.",
5]} 76. Bh5+ $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rg6,Rh1,Gh5,Gh8] A remarkable game conclusion!
After this impressive sacrifice Black loses one of his queens. Ein
bemerkenswertes Partiefinale! Nach diesem eindrucksvollen Opfer verliert
Schwarz eine seiner Damen.} Kg5 (76... Qxh5 77. Qg8+ Kf6 78. Qxg1) 77. Qxe5+ $1
(77. Nf3+ $2 {would allow Black to escape: wьrde Schwarz vom Haken lassen:}
Qxf3+ 78. Bxf3 Qb1+ 79. Kc3 (79. Ka4 $4 Qb4#) 79... Qc1+ 80. Kd3 Qe3+ 81. Kc2
Qf2+ ({Of course not Natьrlich nicht} 81... Qxf3 $2 82. Qxe5+ {, and White is
winning. und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 82. Kc1 Qe3+ {, with a draw by perpetual. mit
Remis durch Dauerschach.}) 77... Kh4 (77... Kh6 {fails to scheitert an} 78.
Qh8+ Kg5 79. Nf3+ Qxf3+ 80. Bxf3 Qb1+ 81. Qb2 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 78.
Nf3+ {, and Black resigned in view of 78...Qxf3+ 79.Bxf3 Qb1+ 80.Qb2. und
angesichts von 78...Qxf3+ 79.Bxf3 Qb1+ 80.Qb2 gab Schwarz auf.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 ({The alternative is} 12. f3)
12... c6 13. Qb3 ({Another popular line is} 13. Bb2) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 Qc8 16. Ba3 ({Before this game White has tried} 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. b5 Qxe6
18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxb7 Nd4 21. Bd5+ Kh7 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Qxa7 Rb2
24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Ne4 Rf8 $132 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Radjabov,T/Tripoli LBA 2004/The
Week in Chess 503 (41)}) 16... Qxe6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. b5 Kh7 19. Rd2 $146 {
An attempt to improve on his own game. Most probably Pavel was afraid of an
improvement, which definitely has been prepared by Teimour.} (19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Qa4 Rac8 21. Qa6 $1 {A very strong prophylactic move, which prevents an
immediate d6-d5 move.} (21. Rd2 {[%cal Ge1d1]} d5 $1 {sacrificing back his
extra pawn Black obtains a comfortable play.} 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24.
Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 e4 {and Black is not worse.}) 21... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7]} (
21... fxe4 $142 22. Nxe4 (22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 d5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxc8 Qb4 28. Qc1 $14) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc7 (23... c5 24.
Qxa7) 24. Bb4 {[%cal Gb4a5]} (24. Rd3 c5) 24... Rcc8 25. Qxa7 Nf5 $132 {
[%cal Gf5d4]}) 22. Rc1 $44 {1-0 Eljanov,P-Nataf,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/
[Avrukh,B] (55)}) 19... Rd7 20. bxc6 {Otherwise Black would close the position
with 20..c5, and it would be hard for White to find any targets for the attack.
} (20. Red1 $143 c5) 20... bxc6 ({It would be unwise to recapture with the N,
since after} 20... Nxc6 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bd5 $1 Qe7 (22... Qe8 23. Nb5 $16 {
[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Qb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf5] White gets a clear edge.} e4 $140 24.
Nxe4 $1 fxe4 25. Bxe4+ Kh8 26. Bxc6 $18) 21. Red1 {[%csl Gd6]} Rad8 (21... c5
$2 22. exf5 {[%csl Ga8]}) 22. Qa4 $44 {Finally we achieved the position, which
both sides has aimed for. White has an obvious compensation for the pawn, but
it's not easy for him to seize his play on the Q-side, since Black can easily
defend his d6-pawn.} f4 $1 {Absolutely correct decision, Black prepares a
kingside offensive, at the same time limiting the activity of White's
light-squared bishop by removing the option of a possible capture.} 23. Qb4 {
[%csl Gd6] Trying to create some weaknesses in Black's camp.} ({After logical} 
23. Qa6 g5 24. Be2 g4 25. Rd3 h5 {although Black's attack doesn't look
dangerous without light-squared bishop, it's very hard for White to organize
his play on the Q-side.}) 23... Nc8 ({Premature would be} 23... c5 $143 $6 24.
Qb5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 24. Be2 {Defending c4-pawn.} g5 25. Qa4 Nb6 $1 (25... Ne7 26.
Qb4 Nc8 $11) 26. Qa6 ({Very bad} 26. Qxc6 $143 $6 Rc8 27. Qb5 Nxc4 28. Qa6 Rdc7
$17) 26... f3 $6 {At first sight this pawn sacrifice looks very attractive,
Black's gets a wonderful outpost for his knight on f4 and it looks like Black
has a very good chances to decide the game with the attack on the kingside.} ({
In my opinion} 26... g4 {would have been preferable, keeping the tension near
White's K.}) 27. gxf3 (27. Bxf3 $2 Nxc4 $17) 27... Nh5 {[%cal Cc4c5,Cc5b6,
Gh5f4]} 28. c5 $1 {Just in time, the correct approach, which allows White to
simplify the position and to avoid a very unpleasant attack on the kingside.} (
{After} 28. Na4 $143 Nf4 29. Bf1 g4 $1 {Black's attack looks extremely
dangerous.}) 28... dxc5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Nf4 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Black will
try to activate his knight via the e5-square, after the coming exchange on f4.}
(31... Qxd7 32. Be3 $11) 32. Be3 Qh3 33. Bxf4 {An obligatory decision.} (33.
Bf1 Qxf3 $17) 33... exf4 34. Qc8 $5 (34. Qxc6 Ne5 35. Qd5 h5 (35... g4 36. Qe6
Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qc8+ $11) 36. Nb5 g4 37. Qe6 Nxf3+ 38.
Bxf3 Qxf3 39. Qf5+ Kh6 40. h4 $3 gxh3 41. Qe6+ Kg5 42. Qd5+ $11) 34... Qe6 ({
After} 34... Bxc3 35. Bc4 h5 36. Bf7 $1 {White manages to hold balance, for
example :} Bg7 (36... Kg7 37. Be8 Bd4 38. Qxd7+ Qxd7 39. Bxd7 c5 40. Bb5 $11)
37. e5 Qxf3 (37... Qf5 38. Bg8+ Kh6 39. Qxc6+ $11) 38. Qxd7 Qe4 39. Bxh5 f3 40.
Qd1 g4 41. h3 $11) 35. e5 h5 $2 {A draw has been agreed in this position, in
my opinion Black could have been punished for his mistake...} (35... Bxe5 36.
Bd3+ Kg7 37. Bc4 Qxc4 38. Qxd7+ Qf7 39. Qxc6 $11) ({The critical continaution
was} 35... Nf8 36. Qb7 Qxe5 37. Ne4 {and White's compensation should be
sufficient for a draw.}) ({, since after} 35... h5 $2 36. Ne4 Kh6 37. Bc4 $1
Qxc4 38. Qxd7 Bxe5 39. Qf5 {White has clearly better chances without much risk.
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 {It's
clear that Sakaev's preparation for this game was based on Fedorov's game
against Beliavsky, which you'll see below. The queen comes to a4 in order to
be exchanged a few moves later. Sakaev assumes that exchange of queens weakens
the d6-pawn. An additional idea might be to bring the knight via b3 to a5.} ({
It's interesting that earlier this year Sakaev played} 13. Nb3 {against the
same opponent.}) 13... Bh6 $5 {As the pawn structure shows exchange of the
darksquared bishops is in the Black's favour since all his central pawns are
on the dark squares. Moreover Fedorov wants to exploit the fact that White
didn't keep the bishops by means of 13.Nb3.} 14. Nb3 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb3a5]} Bxc1
15. Rfxc1 {[%csl Gb1] A logical improvement over Beliavsky's play. The rook is
useful on the open b-file.} (15. Rbxc1 a5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Bd7 18. Qa3 a4
19. Nd2 g5 20. Rf2 Ng6 21. Rcf1 Qe7 22. Nd1 Nf4 23. h4 $6 (23. Qg3 $5) 23... f6
(23... Nxe2+ $5 24. Rxe2 gxh4) 24. Ne3 h5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Bxh5 Nf6 27. Bd1 (
27. Bf3 $142 g4 $140 28. Bxg4 $1 $16) 27... Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Fedorov,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (45). (45)}) 15... f5 (15... a5 {
Preventing penetration of the white pieces on a5 deserved attention. It's
worth notice that Fedorov already implemented a similar idea against Beliavsky.
However this move has a serious drawback- it weakens the b6 and b5-squares.
The play could continue} 16. Rb2 f5 17. Rcb1 (17. Nd2 $5) 17... fxe4 (17... Nf6
18. Nd2) 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Qa3 a4 21. Nbd2 {with an interesting
position which deserves further tests.}) 16. Qa5 Qd7 $6 {It looks logical to
keep the queens if not the brilliant idea prepared by Sakaev at home.} ({
If Fedorov knew what is waiting for him in the game he would probably preffered
} 16... Nf6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd2 {though White still looks better thanks to
control over the b-file and more space in the centre.}) 17. f4 $3 {[%csl Rc5]
White sacrifices a pawn, but breaks through in the centre and obtains a pair
of strong connected pawns in the centre.} exf4 {Black has no choice, but to
accept the sacrifice.} 18. e5 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5] This is the point. Now the
c5-pawn falls down and White's c and d-pawns crush everything on their way.}
dxe5 19. Nxc5 Qd6 20. Nb3 e4 $6 {And again the most logical move turns out to
be wrong.} (20... Nf6 {Black had to try blocking of the white pawns by means of
} 21. c5 Qd8 22. d6 (22. Bc4 $5 {with the idea} Nexd5 $6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rd1
Be6 25. Qa6 Re8 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd1 $16) 22... Nc6 23. Qa4 Bd7 24. Nb5 {
with the idea Nc7 followed by Bb5.} Ne8 $1 {and White still has to find a way
how to unblock the pawns.}) 21. c5 Qe5 22. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gd5d6]
White takes under control the c6-square and thus prepares d6.} (22. Bb5 $1 {
with a similar idea deserved serious attention.}) 22... Nf6 23. Qd4 $1 {
Another strong positional idea. After exchange of queens it's much more
difficult for Black to stop the pawns.} (23. d6 $6 Bd7 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. dxe7
Bxc4 26. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 27. Bxc4 {allows strong counterplay, for example after}
f3 $1) 23... Nd7 (23... Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Nfxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Nc6
{[%cal Gc6e7]} Be6 (27... Rd7 $2 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. Ne7+ {[%csl Rd5,Rg8]}) 28.
Rd1 $1 Kg7 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. c6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7] and White wins.}) 24. c6 $6 {
First inaccuracy of Sakaev.} ({Much stronger was} 24. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Re7]
[%cal Gd5d6] with the idea of d6. It turns out that the e7-knight is in
trouble.} Qxd4+ ({or} 24... g5 25. Bxd7 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Bxd7 27. Rb7 Rfd8 28. c6
$18 {and White wins a piece.}) 25. Nxd4 Nxc5 26. d6 $18) 24... Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4
Ne5 26. c7 $1 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Bd7 27. Bb5 $1 {Sakaev unblocks the pawns.} Bxb5
28. Rxb5 a6 29. Rb6 (29. Rb7 $1 {looks stronger.}) 29... Nc8 (29... Kf7 $1 {
was necessary and it wouldn't be easy for Sakaev to advance his pawns.}) 30.
Re6 (30. Rb8 Nd6 (30... Ra7 31. Ne6 Re8 32. d6 $1 $18) 31. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 32.
c8=Q Nxc8 (32... Rxb8 33. Qxa6 $1 $18) 33. Rxa8 $18 {with a decisive advantage
in both cases.}) 30... Nd3 31. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b8,Gd5d6] White prepares Rb8
followed by d6.} Ra7 32. d6 Nxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxc7 34. Nd5 $18 {An extra piece is
much more important than three pawns here.} Rc4 (34... Ra7 {would be a tougher
defense, but it could hardly change the outcome of the game.}) 35. Ne6 {
[%csl Rg8] Now it's over.} Ra8 36. Rd7 {[%cal Gd5f6] Black can't stop Nf6+ and
so he resigned. A very well played game by Sakaev!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 (11... f5 {is a playable alternative.})
12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ra8 (13... c5 {making White's play on the queenside more
difficult is the main line.} 14. a4 Kh8 15. Ra3 Ng8 16. Nb5 Ra6 $146 (16... Nh6
) 17. g3 Nh5 18. Bb2 Nh6 19. Be2 Qe7 $2 (19... f5 $142) 20. f4 $2 {Xu Jun-Xie
Jun Sanjin Hotel Cup 2004/CBM 102[Avrukh,B].} (20. Bxh5 $142)) 14. a4 f5 {
Bacrot follows a game which was played earlier this year. See 15.g3.} ({
Earlier Black tested} 14... Kh8) 15. Ra3 {Van Wely deviates from the
afore-mentioned game.} (15. g3 Nh5 16. c5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice,
which deserves further tests.} dxc5 17. Nc4 fxe4 18. d6 cxd6 19. Nxd6 Nc6 20.
Qd5+ Kh8 21. Ncxe4 Nf6 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf5 25. Re1 Nd4 $44
{[%cal Gd4f3,Gd4c2] 1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Bologan,V/Cannes FRA 2005/The Week in
Chess 543 (33)}) 15... fxe4 16. Ndxe4 b6 {Only this move turns out to be a
novelty. This way Black makes difficult the program advance c4-c5, but creates
a hook for the queenside attack by means of a5.} ({The only preceding game saw
} 16... Nf5 17. Nb5 $1 Nd4 $6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bb2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shchekachev,
A-Loskutov,O/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 074 (42). (41)}) 17. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal
Gc1d2,Ga4a5] Usually in this line b5 is the best square for the knight for a
number of reasons, namely attack of the c7 and d6-pawns, freeing the third
rank for the a3-rook and finally preparing a5.} Kh8 {[%cal Ge7g8] Prophylaxis.
Usually this way Black frees the g8-square for the e7-knight, which is the
main Black's worry in many lines in the King's Indian.} 18. g3 Nh5 19. a5 $1 {
Van Wely immediately exploits Black's 16th move.} bxa5 20. Bd2 Bf5 {Black
complites development and connects the rooks.} 21. Rxa5 (21. Bxa5 $2 {allows}
Rxa5 $1 22. Rxa5 c6 {with a double attack on a5 and b5.}) 21... Qd7 22. Qa4 $5
{White increases pressure on the queenside.} Rxa5 23. Qxa5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]
Finally White gets to the c7-pawn, but it runs away.} Bxe4 $1 {Black has to
exchange this knight in order to free the c7-pawn from defense of the d6-pawn.
The only drawback of this exchange is that White will have an advantage of a
bishop pair, which eventually turned out to be an important factor.} 24. Rxe4
c6 25. dxc6 $1 {Opening the d-file for exploiting weakness of the d6-pawn.}
Nxc6 26. Qa1 d5 ({I think it was worth starting with} 26... Nf6 {avoiding Ra4.}
27. Re1 d5 {with only a minimal edge for White.}) 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe1 {
The reason for 26.Qa1.} Nf6 29. Ra4 {Here the rook is more active than it
would be on the e-file.} e4 {Black is taking control over the light squares
trying to compensate absence of the light-squared bishop. At the same time
he's preparing Ne5-f3.} 30. Nc3 Qd7 $1 31. Bb5 $1 {White renews the threat of
Nxe4 and pins the c6-knight.} ({Black's idea is based on the simple tactics:} 
31. Nxe4 $2 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ge5f3] with a double attack on f3 and a4.
While} 32. Ra3 {loses to} Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxd2) 31... Qh3 $2 {[%csl Re4] Black
forces exchange of the queens, but the e4-pawn becomes an easy target for the
white pieces.} (31... Qb7 $1 {Unpinning the knight and preparing penetration
to f3 was necessary.} 32. Bf4 $1 {preventing Ne5.} Rd8 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Be5
Re8 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Rxe4 Ra8 $14 {and despite an extra pawn, draw is the
most likely outcome.}) 32. Qf1 $1 {The only, but sufficient way for obtaining
advantage.} (32. Bxc6 {doesn't promise more than a draw.} Ng4 33. Nxe4 Qxh2+
34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qf3+ 36. Kf1 $11) 32... Qxf1+ (32... Qd7 $5) 33. Kxf1 Ne5
34. h3 $5 {[%csl Rg4] White prevents attack of the f2-pawn.} Rb8 35. Be2 Nf3
36. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Re4] Finally White wins the e4-pawn and Black will have to
suffer.} Rd8 37. Nxe4 Nd4 $2 {A blunder probably in the time-trouble.} (37...
Nxe4 38. Bxf3 Nc3 $16 {was a better try.}) 38. Bc7 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rh8]} (38. Nd6
$1 {wins even easier.} Nxe2 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxd8) 38... Rc8 ({Doesn't save} 
38... Re8 39. Nd6 Rxe2 40. Ra8+ Ne8 41. Nxe8 Kg8 42. Rd8 $1 $18) 39. Rxd4 Rxc7
40. Rd8+ Ng8 41. Nd6 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2c4,Gd6f7] White creates a threat
of Bc4, which Black can't prevent.} Bf6 42. Ra8 Rc1+ (42... Kg7 $2 {loses to}
43. Ne8+) 43. Kg2 Be7 $6 {Loses on the spot.} (43... Kg7 {would be the very
last try, though after} 44. Bc4 Ne7 45. Ne8+ Kh6 46. Nxf6 Rxc4 47. Ra7 Nc6 48.
Rxh7+ $18 {White is two pawns up.}) 44. Bc4 h5 45. Rxg8+ Kh7 46. Rc8 $1 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc4g8] This tricky move saves the knight.} Bxd6 47. Bg8+ {
and Black resigned as he loses the rook.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 {Das Problem dieses
Zuges ist klar: Schwarz verfьgt ьber eine gut bekannte remisliche Variante.
Aber mein Gegner zeigte sogar im physischen Sinne eine solche Motivation am
Beginn dieser Partie, dass er mich ьberzeugte. Er wьrde nie ins Remis gehen!}
h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qa5 $6 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5
cxd5 19. Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 {fьhrt zum eben
erwдhnten Remis-Endspiel.}) 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $6 Qc7) (16. Qd2 Qb4) 16... fxe4 (
16... Rad8 {verdient Aufmerksamkeit.}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 d5 ({Wieder kam} 
18... Rad8 {ernsthaft in Frage. Das nun folgende Qualitдtsopfer ist typisch
und gibt WeiЯ vollwertiges Spiel.}) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga1h8]} Qxb5 $6 ({Auch nach} 21... Qb6 22. Bb2 Rad8 23. Qd2 Kh7
24. Re1 {hat WeiЯ klaren Vorteil. Aber nach dem Bauernraub auf b5 gelingt WeiЯ
seine Figuren rasch zu organisieren.}) 22. Rb1 Qc6 (22... Qc4 23. Rxb7 Rae8 24.
h3 $16) 23. Ba1 Rf4 (23... Qxe6 24. Qd4 Kf7 25. Bc3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc3b4,Gb1e1]}
) 24. g3 $1 (24. Qd2 Raf8 {ist schwach, da der Nachziehende die lange
Diagonale mit einem Turm stopfen kann.}) 24... Rc4 25. Qd2 (25. Bf6 Qc7) 25...
Qc5 (25... Kh7 26. Qb2 Nf5 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Qf7+ Ng7 29. e7 Qe8 30. Bxd5 $18) (
25... Qd6 26. Qxh6 d4 27. Rxb7 Re8 28. Be2 $18) 26. Bf6 ({Nach} 26. Bxd5 {
findet Schwarz etwas Luft im Endspiel:} Qxd5 27. Qb2 Rd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4
b6 $16) ({Interessant war aber} 26. Be2 $5 Re4 $140 27. Qb2 d4 28. Qxb7) 26...
g5 $6 (26... Rf8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 (28... Rc7 $2 29. Qxh6) 29. Qd3 $18
(29. Rxb7 $2 Qxb7 30. e7+ Rxd5 31. e8=Q+ Kh7 32. Qde1 Rd7)) (26... Kh7 27. Rxb7
) (26... Nf5 $142 27. Bxd5 Rd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd5 29. Bc3 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 b6 31. g4
Nd4 32. Bxh6 Nxe6 33. Rd1 $16) 27. Rxb7 Rc1+ (27... Re8 28. Bh5 Qc6 (28... d4
29. Bxe8 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. f3 Rc3 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Qxc3 dxc3 34. Rb8 $18) (
28... Rc2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Nf5 31. Bxe8 Nxd4 32. e7 $18) 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 31. Qxg5 $18) 28. Kg2 Qc4 29. Qe2 (29. Qxc1 $1 Qxc1 30. Rxe7 $18 {
[%mdl 2048]}) 29... Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Nf5 31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 {This is already not the first
time Radjabov makes this prophylactic move taking his king away from the a2-g8
diagonal and freeing the g8-square, but this time he will face a very
unpleasant surprise.} ({After the following recent game the move} 12... c6 {
doesn't look too convincing.} 13. Kh1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. Qb3 Nc7
17. c5 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb2 Qe8 20. a4 a6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Nxd5 $1 {
with a very strong initiative in Van Wely,L-Stellwagen,D, NED-ch Leeuwarden
2005/CBM 110 [Mikhalevski,V].}) 13. Ne6 $1 {A surprising novelty from van Wely,
which worked very well. Usually White is not in a hurry with this move trying
to win a tempo and so he plays Ne6 only after the knight was attacked.} (13. c5
{seems to be dangerous in view of the strong Radjabov's novelty} dxc5 $1 14.
bxc5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qd4+ 17. Qxd4 exd4 {Gymesi,Z-Radjabov,T,
Aeroflot Open 2005/CBM106[Avrukh,B] and eventually Black outplayed his
opponent earlier this year. However according to Avrukh 13...dxc5 is dubious
while White's 15.Ne6 is a mistake.}) ({Other possible moves} 13. Be3) (13. Rb1)
({and} 13. Qb3) 13... Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 {Maybe later it will be discovered
that this exchange is not necessary, but right now I can't offer anything
better.} (14... Qc8 $6 {is senseless in view of} 15. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Re7]}) 15.
fxe4 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4] Black intends to jump to d4 in order to attack the
e6-pawn, which is very annoying.} 16. Nd5 $1 {Not allowing 16...Nd4, but
temporarily sacrificing a pawn.} Nxe4 $1 {Radjabov accepts the challenge
bravely. He's ready to check Loek's home preparation.} (16... Nd4 $4 17. e7 $18
{[%csl Rd8,Rf8]}) 17. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7] The h1-a8 diagonal was opened and so
with the last two moves White exploits weakness of the b7-pawn.} Nf6 18. b5 $1
Nxd5 $1 ({Black correctly rejects} 18... e4 {which seems to lose in all lines.}
19. Bxe4 (19. bxc6 Nxd5 {could transpose to the game if Radjabov played 19...
e4 instead of 19...Nb6.}) 19... Nxd5 (19... Nxe4 20. Rxe4 $1 Bxa1 21. bxc6 {
[%cal Ge6e7] Creating a threat of e7.} Qb8 22. Bh6 Be5 23. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 24. Qa1
$1 Rf5 25. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rh8] with a decisive advantage for White.}) 20.
Bxd5 Bxa1 (20... Ne7 21. Rb1 Nxd5 22. cxd5 $16) 21. bxc6 Be5 (21... Qe7 22.
cxb7 Rab8 23. Be3 Bc3 24. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4+ Kg8 26. Qxa7 $18 {and Black is
doomed as all his pieces are tied by defense and White's passed pawns are
extremely dangerous.}) 22. cxb7 $1 Bxh2+ $1 {The only practical chance.} (22...
Qh4 23. g3 Qd4+ ({Even worse is} 23... Bxg3 24. Bb2+ Be5 (24... Kg8 25. e7+ Rf7
26. bxa8=Q#) 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. bxa8=Q Qf2+ 27. Kh1 $18) 24. Be3 Qxd1 25. Rxd1
Rae8 26. Bxa7 $18 {[%cal Gd1b1,Ga2a4] with Rb1 or a4 to follow.}) 23. Kh1 $1 (
23. Kxh2 $2 {leads to perpetual.} Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qf2+ 25. Kh2 $11) 23... Be5 (
23... Qh4 {changes nothing.} 24. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 25. bxa8=Q Rxa8 26. Bxa8 Be5 (
26... Qh4 27. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4 28. e7 $18) 27. Re4 $1 $18) 24. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gh4]
Preventing Qh4+.} (24. Rxe5 $2 {leads to a draw after} Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qf2+ 26.
Kh2 $11) 24... Rb8 25. Bg5 $1 Qe8 26. e7 Rf2 27. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 28. Qe2 $3 $18 {
[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg5f6] and White wins in style.}) 19. bxc6 $1 {The b-pawn aims
to b7.} ({The position after} 19. cxd5 Nd4 (19... e4 20. Rxe4 $1 Bxa1 21. dxc6
$1 {[%cal Ge6e7]} Qe7 22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Be3 $1 Bg7 24. Qd5 $1 Rf5 25. Qc6 d5
26. Bc5 $1 Qf6 27. Re1 $18 {and I doubt Black can save the position.}) 20. Be4
{[%csl Gd5,Ge6] is less clear than the game, though I believe White is still
better thanks to his protected passed pawn on e6 and a pair of bishops.}) 19...
Nb6 $2 {A loss of an important tempo, after which I see no escape.} ({Probably
Radjabov doesn't like geometry, otherwise he would definetely play} 19... e4 {
,which creates "x" letter in the c4-c6-e6-e4 square, even if it's bad:).} 20.
cxd5 (20. Bxe4 $5 Nc3 (20... Bxa1 21. Bxd5 {transposes to 18...e4.}) 21. Qc2 b6
$1 {[%csl Ra1,Rg1][%cal Gc3e2] and thanks to an idea of a discovered check on
e2 Black has chances to escape.} (21... Nxe4 22. cxb7 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24.
Rxe3 Qf6 25. Rae1 Rab8 26. Rxe4 $16 {[%csl Ge6] with a big advantage for White.
})) 20... exf3 21. gxf3 (21. e7 $4 f2+ 22. Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 23. Qxe1 Qxe7 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 21... Qc8 (21... Bxa1 22. e7 Qe8 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 25.
Bh6 $1 Qxh6 26. Qxa1+ Kg8 (26... Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Rxc7 $18 {
with a decisive advantage for White.}) 27. Qf6 $16 {and Black can hardly
breath.}) 22. cxb7 Qxb7 23. Be3 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6] and White is better thanks
to his strong protected passer on e6.}) (19... Nc3 $1 {was necessary.} 20. cxb7
Rb8 (20... Nxd1 $4 {loses a rook for nothing.} 21. bxa8=Q Qxa8 22. Bxa8) (20...
e4 21. Qd2 Rb8 (21... exf3 22. e7 f2+ 23. Qxf2 $1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 {and Black
can't avoid material losses.})) 21. Qc2 Qe8 $1 22. Bd2 Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5]
aiming to come back to c5.} 23. Be3 $14 {and though Black retained material
equality White's position is better.}) 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. c5 $1 {A very
energetic play by Van Wely so far. I wouldn't be surprised if he was still in
his home preparation.} e4 {Finally Black opens up his dark-squared bishop, but
his position is already bad.} (21... dxc5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc3
$16 {[%csl Gb7,Ge6] and two passed pawns on b7 and e6 ensure White a clear
advantage.}) 22. Rxe4 $1 dxc5 $1 {The only move.} (22... Bxa1 $2 {loses to} 23.
e7 Qe8 24. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 25. cxb6 $18) 23. Qxd8 $1 ({In case of} 23. e7 Qxd1+
24. Bxd1 Rfe8 $14 {Black is still alive.}) 23... Rfxd8 24. Bg5 $5 {It's
curious that starting from move 17th each White's move creates a threat.} (24.
Rb1 $5) 24... Re8 $1 {Black has to make one only move after another to keep
playing, but his position remains very difficult.} (24... Bxa1 $2 {loses to}
25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. e7 Re8 27. Re6 $18 {with Bc6 to follow.}) 25. Rd1 Bd4+ ({
Doesn't save} 25... h6 26. Bf4 Rxb7 27. e7 Kg8 (27... Bd4+ 28. Rexd4 cxd4 29.
Bxb7 $18) 28. Re2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf3c6]}) 26. Rexd4 $1 {Simple and
strong. White eliminates the only active piece and obtainsd a decisive
advantage.} (26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Nc4 28. Ree1 Na5 {[%cal Gc7c6,Ge8e7]})
26... cxd4 27. e7 {White intends to pick up the d4-pawn, play Bc6 and
penetrate to d8 with the rook.} h6 ({In case of} 27... c5 {White has a number
of promising options. F.e.} 28. Bc6 h6 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxd4 $1
cxd4 32. Rxd4 $18 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7][%cal Gd4d8] with Rd8 to follow.}) 28. Bf6+ ({
Also} 28. Bc6 {is good enough for a win.} hxg5 29. Bxe8 Nd5 30. Rxd4 Nxe7 31.
Rd7 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Rxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4d8,Gf3c6] Black can't stop Rd8
followed by Bc6.} Kf7 30. Rd8 Nd7 $1 {Black defends resourcefully, but
unfortunately his position is too bad.} ({or} 30... Kxf6 31. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 32.
Bc6 Rb8 33. e8=Q Rxe8 34. Bxe8 {[%csl Gb7] and eventually White promotes the
b-pawn.}) 31. Bh4 $1 ({Certainly not} 31. Rxd7 $4 Kxf6 {and Black survives.}) (
{Also} 31. Rxe8 $2 Kxe8 32. Bc6 {would be wrong in view of} Rxb7 $1 33. Bxb7
Nxf6 $17) 31... g5 32. Rxd7 Ke6 (32... gxh4 33. Bh5+ Ke6 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd8
$18 {[%csl Gb7] Promoting the b-pawn.}) 33. Bg4+ (33. Rd8 $1 {would be more
precise.} Rbxd8 (33... Kxe7 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Bf2) 34. exd8=Q Rxd8 35. Bg4+
Ke7 36. Bf2 $18 {and White wins.}) 33... Kf6 34. Be1 Rxb7 (34... Rxe7 {is
hopeless as well.} 35. Bc3+ Kf7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bc8 $18) 35. Bc3+ $1 Kg6 {
Black succeeded not to lose by force, but his position remains hopeless. The
e7-pawn will decide the game.} (35... Kf7 36. Bh5+) 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 {
[%cal Gd7c7,Gf3c6] White prepares Rxc7 followed by Bc6.} Rc1 38. Rxc7 {There
is no defense against Bc6.} Kf5 39. Bh5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 {I was really impressed
by the way Van Wely smashed a 2700+ player. Moreover his opening novelty is a
serious blow on the 12...Kh8-line.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 {A very rare move. Kramnik puts aside his favourite Bayonet attack 
(9.b4) and surprises Zviaginsev with a quiet positional plan of attack on the
queenside by means of Rc1; b4 and c5.} Kh8 {Vadim decides to avoid the main
theoretical lines, which usually arise after 9...Ne8 and 9...Nh5. The idea of
9...Kh8 freeing the g8-square in the Bayonet attack was popularized by English
GM Hebden. Probably Zviagintsev prepares a similar manoeuvre of the queen
knight.} ({I believe in case of} 9... Nh5 {White can play not only} 10. g3 ({
but also} 10. Re1 {with the idea} f5 11. exf5 gxf5 $2 (11... Nxf5 {is better.})
12. Nxe5 {and unlike the Bayonet attack the knight on c3 is protected and
White wins a pawn. This is one of the ideas behind 9.Bd2.})) ({A more popular} 
9... Ne8 {which was initiated by Fisher in his match vs Taimanov in 1971 was
tested by Bologan in the following game.} 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 c6
13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rae1 b5 15. Nb4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. Qa3 Qb6 {with mutual
chances in Hansen,C-Bologan,V/Skanderborg DEN 2003.}) 10. Rc1 b6 {Usually it's
not recommended to play on the side where you're worth, but sometimes strong
players break rules usually having an idea in mind. This time Zviaginsev makes
the break c4-c5 more difficult. Is this a good reason to weaken queenside? The
game will show.} ({The only preceding game saw} 10... c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4
Bb7 13. Bg5 (13. c5 $5) 13... Nfg8 14. Qb3 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. Rfd1 $16 {and
White obtained a clear positional advantage in Peek,M-Coleman,D/Amsterdam 1996.
}) 11. b4 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf7f5] Preventing c5 and preparing f5.} 12. Ne1
{[%cal Ge1d3,Gc4c5] The knight goes to d3 to support an advance of the c-pawn.}
f5 13. f3 (13. Nd3 {looks more flexible as it leaves an option of f4 open, but
after} Nf6 {it would most likely transpose to the game.} 14. f3 Neg8 15. c5)
13... Ng8 14. Nd3 Ndf6 15. c5 $14 {Usually White can only dream of such a
position - his pieces are on nice squares, the program break c5 was executed.
What else one needs to claim an advantage?} Bh6 $5 {When you have less space
try to get a relief exchanging pieces - this is the idea behind Black's move.}
16. cxd6 {I believe White shouldn't be in a hurry with this exchange. Anyway
Black can't avoid it.} ({Why not to prepare doubling of pieces along the
c-file?} 16. Rc2 $5) 16... cxd6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 f4 {Black unties White's
hands for attack on the queenside.} (18... Kg7 {retaining pressure on the
e4-pawn deserved attention.}) 19. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gc7e6] White prepares
penetration to c7.} ({Once again} 19. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1] with the idea Rfc1
looked strong.}) 19... Ne8 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]} 20. Qc3 {Renewing an idea of Nc7
and having in mind a positional piece sacrifice in the centre.} Qe7 {Black
protects the centre and provokes Nc7.} ({He could also cover the c7-square by
means of} 20... Rf7) 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Bd7 {Now it turns out that the
queen won't be able to stay on the seventh rank, but White had a way to retain
his advantage with 23.b5.} 23. Nf2 {Simple chess. White prevents possible
attack on the kingside in advance and opens the a6-f1-diagonal for the White's
light-squared bishop.} (23. b5 $5 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4c6] Preparing a manoeuvre of
the knight via b4 to c6 deserved serious attention.} Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rcb8 25. Qa6
Bc8 26. Qa3 a6 27. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rh8][%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b4,Gb4c6] with a
threat of Nf4 and then Nb4-c6. Probably Kramnik rejected this idea as he was
afraid that it would be difficult to break through on the queeside while Black
has counterchances on the other side of the board.}) 23... Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rcb8
25. Qa6 Bc8 26. Qa3 {[%cal Ge2a6]} a6 $5 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gc8d7,Gh6g8,
Gg8f6,Gf6e8] Black prevents Ba6, which would help White to take control over
the only open file. Now his plan includes Bd7 and Ng8-f6 in order to take
control over the c7-square by means of Ne8 when necessary. Eventually it turns
out that one open file is not enough for win.} 27. Rc6 {[%cal Gf1c1] The idea
of doubling rooks along the c-file is definitely right, but I believe White
could save at least a tempo doubling the rooks the other way.} ({F.e.} 27. Rc3
Bd7 28. Rfc1 Ng8 {and now White can try} 29. Bxa6 $5 {Pinning your own bishop
doesn't look like a great idea, but I don't see how Black can exploit the pin.}
Qd8 (29... Bb5 $6 {looks risky as White obtains full control over the c-file.}
30. Bxb5 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 $14) (29... b5 30. Qa5 $1) 30. Rc6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qc7 32.
b5 $1 $44 {[%cal Ga3b2,Gf2d3,Gd3b4,Gb4d5] Preparing Qb3(b2) and Nd3-b4-d5.})
27... Bd7 28. Rc7 Ng8 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gg8f6,Gf6e8] The knight goes to e8 to
attack the white rook.} 29. Rfc1 Nf6 30. Qb2 ({It wasn't late to try} 30. Bxa6
$5 {although here White is a tempo down comparing to 27.Rc6. Here is a
possible continuation of play.} Qd8 31. R7c6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Ne8 33. b5 Nc7 34.
Qb3 Nxa6 35. bxa6 Ra7 36. Nd3 b5 37. Nb4 {with a clear advantage for White.
However not all moves are forced.}) 30... Kg8 31. Bf1 Ne8 32. R7c3 Qd8 {
Black is planning to wait and it's not easy to do much about it.} 33. Qd2 Nf6
34. Rc7 Ne8 35. R7c3 Nf6 36. Rc7 Ne8 37. R7c2 Nf6 38. Rc3 Ra7 39. Qc2 {And
having no idea how to break through Black's fortress Kramnik offered a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 {This is a rare line of the Classical system. White starts an
offensive on the queenside without weakening the a1-h8 diagonal, which seems
to be logical comparing to the Bayonet attack. However the line also has a
drawback - White weakens the b4-square, which Black exploits by means of} a5
10. b3 $5 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gc1a3] Preparing Ba3 followed by b4. Curiously this
idea was almost never being tested before.} ({Earlier White played mostly} 10.
Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ra3 Ng6 14. Kh1 Rf7 15. f4 b6 16. Nb5 Nf6
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf2 Bf8 19. Rb3 Bd7 20. Bg5 Bc5 21. Qb1 e4 22. Nh3 Be7 23.
Qc1 $16 {Larsen,B-Gabriel,C, Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66[Huzman].}) ({One recent
game saw the immediate} 10. Ra3 {, which doesn't look too promising.} Nd7 11.
Nh4 Nc5 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 $15 {0-1 Gonzalez Zamora,
J-Dominguez Aguilar,G/Mexico City MEX 2006(49). and Black obtained a good
position.}) 10... Nd7 11. Ba3 {Magnus is consistent in his plans.} ({A mix of
two plans in the following game doesn't look convincing.} 11. Ne1 Nc5 12. Ba3
b6 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 f5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a5 Na6 17. Ba3 bxa5 18. c5 (18. Nd3
$5 {[%cal Gc4c5] preparing c5.}) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. d6 cxd6 21. Qxd6
Bc6 $17 {Lehikoinen,P-Virtanen,A/Finland 2003. and White doesn't have
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed material.} (21... Rf6 $5)) 11... Bh6
{[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf7f5] This idea is also typical for the Bayonet attack.
Black takes control of the g5-square, which White could exploit in case of the
immediate f5 playing Ng5, like in the game below.} ({In a fresh game Black
tested} 11... f5 $6 12. Ng5 $1 Nf6 (12... Nc5 $5) 13. c5 $1 h6 14. cxd6 cxd6
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 $16 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxd6 Nf5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. e7
Rd7 21. Bb5 $18 {1-0 Oosterom,E-Nijs,N/Vlissingen NED 2006.}) 12. b4 axb4 13.
Bxb4 {It's interesting that the same position arises in the Bayonet attack (9.
b4) with an extra tempo since here White played first b3 and only then b4. So
either Carlsen is so sure in this position even a tempo down or he's
unfamiliar with this line of the Bayonet attack. The latter seems to me less
likely.} f5 14. Nd2 {White supports the centre and sometimes brings the knight
to b3 to prepare c5.} Kh8 {A useful prophylactic move. Black takes his king
away from the a2-g8 diagonal to a safer square in the corner of the board.} 15.
a5 Rf7 {For those who are familiar with the similar line of the Bayonet attack
all these ideas are well known. Black makes another useful move and leaves the
knight on d7 for one more move in order to prevent c5.} 16. Nb5 {White not
only activates his knight and creates some pressure on the queenside, but also
frees the c3-square for the dark-squared bishop.} Nf6 {Black finds no useful
moves anymore and attacks the centre. The move however has a serious drawback
- Black allows c5.} 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 $5 {[%csl Re5] Trying to exploit the
weakness of the e5-pawn.This retreat in the Bayonet attack is a speciality of
Vladimir Kramnik. Carlsen shows that he's familiar with this idea and thus
refutes my earlier assumption that he's unfamiliar with this line of the
Bayonet attack.} ({In case of} 18. Bxc5 {White has to be ready to sacrifice a
piece after} Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxe4 20. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Re5] It's very difficult to
find this move.} Nxc5 21. Qxe5+ Kg8 22. Nxc7 {and it turns out that White is
slightly better. I.e.} Rb8 ({or} 22... Nd7 23. Qc3 Ra7 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. d6 Nc6
26. Bc4 $16) 23. d6 (23. Rfb1 $5) 23... Ne4 24. dxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26.
Bc4+ Kg7 27. Nd5 $14) 18... c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 $6 {After this inaccurate move
Black will be unable to protect the e5-pawn and thus White obtains a serious
initiative.} (19... Nxc6 $1 {was necessary and after} 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Qc2 {
Black sacrifices an exchange and gets serious compensation.} Nxe4 22. Nb6 Rb8
23. Nxd7 Bxd7 {[%cal Gc6d4] with Nd4 to follow. The resulting position is very
complicated and both sides have their chances.}) 20. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4] From
here the knight is ready to jump to c4.} fxe4 $6 {Black wants the d5-square
for his knights. However, Black had to distract the white pieces from the
e5-pawn.} (20... Bxd2 $1 {I understand that exchanging the dark-squared bishop
looks bad, but in this case it seems to be playable and even necessary.
Sometimes concrete approach prevails on positional aspects of the position and
this seems to be the case.} 21. Nc4 {[%csl Rd8] Exploiting the pin along the
d-file.} (21. Bxd2 Nxe4 22. Bc3 $1 Qxd1 23. Bxe5+ Kg8 24. Rfxd1 Rxa5 25. f3 Ng5
26. Nc4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Ra7 Ne6 {and Black should be able to
hold the position.}) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe5+ Kg8 23. f3 Qd5 $1 24. fxe4 Be3+ 25.
Nxe3 Qxe5 26. Ng4 $3 fxg4 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Nf5 30. Bc4+ Kg7
31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. exf5 gxf5 (32... Ba6 $2 33. Qxa8 Bxc4 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. fxg6 $1
$18) 33. Kh1 $14 (33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Kh1 Ba6 $1 35. Qxa8 Bxc4 36. Rg1 Bd5 37.
Qd8+ Kg6 38. a6 Bxg2+ $1 39. Rxg2 Qe1+ 40. Rg1 Qe4+ 41. Rg2 $11)) 21. Nac4 $1
Ned5 22. Bxe5 Bg7 (22... Kg8 $5) 23. Nd6 Re7 24. N2c4 {White is only a pawn
down, but all his minor pieces are nicely situated.} Be6 $2 {This is already a
serious mistake. The a-pawn shouldn't be left unattended.} 25. a6 $1 {[%csl
Ga6] The a-pawn goes forward immediatly.} (25. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b2] with the idea
of Qb2 also looked strong.}) 25... Nb4 $5 (25... Rea7 $2 {would be strongly
met by} 26. Na5 $1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 26. Qc1 Nd3 $6 ({White's idea behind 26.Qc1
can be seen in the following line.} 26... Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Nxa6 28. Qa1 $1 {
with a double attack on a6 and f6.} Ra7 29. f3 $1 e3 30. Nxe3 $16 {and White
is clearly better.}) ({Probably Morozevich should have tried} 26... Nxa6 27.
Qf4 Rea7) 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Qc3 $6 {This seems to be an inaccuracy.} (28. Rd1
$5 {would be more precise.}) 28... Bxc4 $1 29. Qxc4 Qg8 $1 {Covering the
f7-square.} 30. Qxc5 d2 (30... Rxe5 {would probably lead to a position similar
to the game.} 31. Qxe5 Nd5 {[%csl Ra1,Re5]} 32. Qe1 Bxa1 33. Qxa1+ Qg7 34. Qa4
Qc7 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Ne4 Rxa6 37. Qxd3 $14 {[%csl Rg8] and White is better
thanks to the vulnerability of the black king.}) 31. Rad1 $6 (31. Nc4 $1 {
deserved serious attention.}) 31... Rxa6 $6 {Returning the favour.} (31... Qd5
$1 {was much better. However it was very difficult to spot the following idea.}
32. Qc3 Rxe5 $1 33. Qxe5 Rxa6 $1 {and it turns out that White can't win the
d2-pawn.} 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Ng5 Ra2 $11 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Gg7h6]
with the idea of Bh6 and Black looks ok.}) 32. Rxd2 $16 {Now the unsecure
position of the black king and activity of white pieces yield White chances
for a win.} Nd5 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 $6 (33... Kxg7 34. Qd4+ Nf6 {was better.}) 34.
h3 $6 {Now it's White's turn to return a favour.} ({After} 34. Re2 $1 {it
would be very difficult for Black to defend his king.} Re7 (34... Nc7 $5 35.
Qe5 Ra8 $16 {is the only defense.}) 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. Ne8 $3 {[%csl Rh8]} Qxe8
37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qc4+ $18) 34... Qe6 $1 35. Rb1 $1 h6 $1 {Black finds only
moves to stay in the game.} 36. Qc4 $1 Rb6 ({After} 36... Rga7 $1 {White would
have to find} 37. Rdb2 $3 {and eventually a position with R+N+1 extra pawn on
the kingside arises as well as it could happen in the game.} Ra1 (37... Qxd6
38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. R1b7+ Kf6 (39... Ne7 40. Rg8+ $1 Kf6 41. Rf8+ $1 {and mate on
the next move.}) 40. Qd4+ Kg5 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Qxa7 $18) 38. Qxc6 Rc7 39. Qe8+
Qxe8 40. Nxe8 Rc1+ 41. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 $16) 37. Rxb6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxb6 $2 {
The decisive mistake.} (38... Qxd2 {was necessary.} 39. Rxc6 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 Nxf4
$16 {and Black still maintains chances for a draw.}) 39. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f8]}
Nd5 $2 {Loses on the spot, however Black's position was already hopeless.} (
39... Qe7 {against Qf8 was Black's best defense. Still after} 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41.
Qf4 Nd5 42. Qg3 $18 {White should be able to convert his extra pawn in a win.})
40. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 41. Qf8+ Kh7 (41... Rg8 42. Qxh6#) 42. Ne8 {[%cal Ge8f6] A
nice mating construction. Black can't prevent huge material losses and so he
resigned. The line introduced by Carlsen deserves further tests.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 {Earlier in the tournament Carlsen introduced a new idea in the
side line with 9.a4 against Morozevich, this time he comes with an even more
rare continuation, which was a speciality of Miles.} Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gf7f5]
Black prepares f5 and brings the knight to c5. What else can be more typical
for the KID?} (9... Kh8) 10. g4 $5 Kh8 {Black frees the g8-square for the
knight and moves the king away from the g-file and thus prepares f5.} (10...
Nc5 {usually leads to transposition after} 11. Rg1 a5 12. Be3 Kh8) 11. Rg1 {
White also prepares himself for opening of the g-file.} a5 {Securing the
outpost of the knight on c5.} 12. Be3 Nc5 ({Black also tested} 12... b6 $6 {
preparing Nc5.} 13. Qd2 (13. a3 $1 {with the idea to meet} Nc5 {by means of}
14. b4 {would be the most logical refutation of Black's slow play.}) 13... Nc5
14. Rg3 Bd7 15. Rag1 $14 {1-0 Lafuente,P-Fiorito,F/Mar del Plata 2001/CBM 081
ext (28)}) (12... Ng8 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Ne1 f5 15. f3 fxg4 16. fxg4 $14 b6 $2 17.
g5 $16 {1-0 Miles,A-Becerra Rivera,J, Capablanca mem 34th 1999/ CBM71 [Huzman].
}) 13. Rc1 {This turns out to be a novelty. Frankly speaking it's not easy to
understand the idea behind this move. Probably White decided to keep all his
plans open and made a useful move, taking his rook away from the a1-h8
diagonal.} ({Earlier White tested} 13. Qd2 Ng8 14. Rg3 b6 15. Rag1 {As you can
see doubling of rooks along the g-file is a typical idea in this line, which
is aimed against f5.} Nf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nd2 (17. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ge1d3]
Heading to d3.}) 17... c6 18. f3 (18. dxc6 $5 Bxc6 19. Rh3 $14) 18... Qc8 19.
Qd1 Qb7 20. Qf1 Rab8 21. Qf2 Kg8 22. Rh3 Rfe8 23. Qh4 h5 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd5
$1 $16 {Tosic,M-Kolev,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1990. with a clear edge for White.}) (
13. Ne1 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. fxe4 c6 16. Nd3 cxd5 17. cxd5 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19.
Qd2 Rb8 20. Raf1 Bd7 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qc8 23. h3 $16 {Miles,A-Gheorghiu,
F/Crans Montana 2001. and all Black's minor pieces are out of play.} (23. g5 $5
$16)) (13. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4] preparing b4 deserved serious attention. Now Black
has either play} f5 {immediately.} ({or} 13... a4 {sacrificing a pawn and only
after} 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nxa4 b6 {[%cal Gf7f5] preparing f5.}) 14. gxf5 gxf5
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Bd3 $14 {with a slightly better position for White.}) 13...
Bd7 14. b3 {White is ready to meet a4 with b4. The plan with a3 and b4 is not
very dangerous for Black right now as a3 will be always met by means of a4 b4
Nb3.} Ng8 15. Nd2 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4,Gd2e4] Getting ready for f5 and
at the same time covering the b3-square and thus preparing a3 and b4.} (15. a3
a4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Rb1 {would have been a double-edged idea as the knight is
close to the d4-square and Black may always try to open the position by means
of f5.}) 15... f6 $1 {[%cal Gg7h6] Black prepares the exchange of the
dark-squared bishops by means of Bh6 and so the text is made in order to
prevent g5.} 16. h4 f5 {[%csl Rh4] The waste of a tempo is not essential as h4
weakened the king.} ({Now} 16... Bh6 {can be met by means of} 17. g5) 17. g5 {
White has to close the position this way since the h4-pawn was hanging.} Nxe4
$5 {Otherwise White plays f3 and stabilizes the position in the centre.} 18.
Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne7 {[%csl Re3,Rh4][%cal Ge7f5] The knight comes to f5.}
20. Bg4 {This move connected with the following exchange is a risky idea.
Probably all of this was caused by White's somewhat bit careless play in the
early stages of the game.} (20. h5 $5 Nf5 21. Bd3 {deserved attention.}) 20...
Nf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 {This allows White to consolidate the position.} (21... gxf5
$5 {looks like an interesting attempt to play for a win.} 22. Qh5 $1 (22. Nc3
f4 23. Bd2 f3 $1 24. Rg3 h5 $1 25. Rxf3 (25. gxh6 $2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxh6 $19)
25... Bg4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $36 {with a strong initiative.}) (22. Nf6 $2 f4 $1 23.
Bd2 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 $19) 22... f4 $1 (22... fxe4 $4 23. g6 $18) (22... Be8
23. g6 Bxg6 24. Rxg6 fxe4 25. Rg2 (25. Rcg1 Qe8 $1) (25. Rg3 Rf3 $1) 25... Qf6
26. Rcg1 Rf7 27. Rg3 $1 {with the idea of Qg4 looks good for White.}) 23. Bd2
Bf5 24. Qf3 (24. Rce1 $5 Bg6 25. Qf3 Qe8) 24... Qe8 {[%cal Gf5g6,Ga5a4,Gb7b5]
with a complicated position in which Black looks at least not worse.}) 22. f3
Qd7 23. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Covering the h3-square.} Rf7 (23... Bxe4 24. fxe4
Rf4 {is hardly a good idea to play for a win.} 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qg4 Qe7 27.
Rf3 Be5 28. Rcf1 $16 {and then Rh3 with h5 to follow.}) 24. Kg2 b6 25. Qe2 Raf8
26. Rh1 Kg8 27. a3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5] Preparing b5. So} 28. a4 Rbf8 29. Qd1 Rb8
30. Qd3 {Neither side can make progress and so a draw was agreed. An
interesting game, which however leaves many questions open. Hopefully we'll
see more games on the subject.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 {It's the fourth time
this move is played in our theoretical discussion with van Wely. The first
encounter in Khanty is full of good memories for my opponent! But the three
latest encounters in 2007 are nice to remember for me. Dies war das vierte Mal,
dass dieser Zug in meiner theoretischen Diskussion mit van Wely aufs Brett kam.
Die erste Begegnung in Khanty wird fьr meinen Gegner noch voller guter
Erinnerungen sein, an die letzten drei Duelle im Jahr 2007 denke wiederum ich
gern zurьck.} Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nh5 $5 15. c5 {With Bc4 next protecting the e6
pawn. Now Black is going to activate his pieces as otherwise White may gain
the initiative. Will als nдchstes mit Bc4 den e6-Bauern decken. Nun muss
Schwarz seine Figuren aktivieiren, denn ansonsten kцnnte WeiЯ die Initiative
erlangen.} Nf4 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 {An exchange sacrifice. All these moves
we have seen in our encounter in Monaco this year, where I made the same move
as in the game. Many moves are possible at this stage for Black but I wanted
to attack e6 as I did in Monaco also! So... Ein Qualitдtsopfer. All diese Zьge
sah man auch in unserer diesjдhrigen Begegnung in Monaco, wo ich denselben Zug
spielte wie in der Partie. In dieser Phase sind viele Fortsetzungen fьr
Schwarz mцglich, aber ich ich wollte a6 angreifen, wie ich es auch in Monaco
getan hatte! Also...} Nf5 $5 {Now after this we are in our blindfold encounter
in Monaco, van Wely played 18.Bxf4 and after 18...exf4 19.Nd5 Re8 all the
complications went well for Black and I won the game. Danach landen wir in
unserer Blindpartie in Monaco; van Wely spielte dort 18.Bxf4, und nach 18...
exf4 19.Nd5 Re8 liefen alle Komplikationen gut fьr Schwarz , und ich gewann.}
18. g3 $5 Nh3+ {Check!!! Already pleasant! Schach!!! Schon angenehm!} 19. Kg2
Ng5 20. Rg4 {Van Wely was still in his preparation here. It's not hard to see
how strange and complicated the position is, so his thoughts before going 20.
Rg4 were mostly concentrated on checking if everything works. Van Wely befand
sich noch immer in seiner Vorbereitung. Man kann unschwer erkennen, wie
seltsam und kompliziert diese Stellung ist; daher konzentrierten sich seine
Gedanken vor der Ausfьhrung von 20.Rg4 in erster Linie darauf zu prьfen, ob
alles funktioniert.} (20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nd5 c6 $5 22. cxd6 (22. e7 Rfc8 $17)
22... Nxd6 (22... cxd5 23. Qxd5 Ne3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. e7 $16) 23. Rg4 Qh6 (
23... Qxg4 24. fxg4 Nxc4 25. Kh3 $14 Rae8) 24. e7 cxd5 (24... Rfc8 25. Nb6 $1)
25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Qxd5 Nf5 (26... e4 27. Rf4 Nxc4 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qxc4
Qd2+ 30. Kh1 exf3 31. Rg1 $14) 27. Re4 Ne3+ 28. Rxe3 Qxe3 29. Rd1 b6 $13 (29...
Qc3 $5)) (20. e7 Qxe7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxc7 Ne3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25.
Nxa8 e4 $1 26. f4 Rxa8 (26... Qf3+ 27. Kh3 $16) (26... dxc5 27. Nc7 Bxa1 28.
Qxa1+ Qd4 29. Qxd4+ cxd4 30. Ne6 Rc8 31. Bb3 d3 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Kf2 e3+ 34. Ke1
$14) 27. cxd6 Rd8 $13 28. Bf1 (28. Rc1 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qf3+ $11) 28... g5 $1 (
28... Bd4 29. Rc1 Rxd6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rc7+ Kh6 $5 (31... Kh8 32. Qe2 Rd5 (
32... Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Rd5 34. Bg2 Rh5+ 35. Kg4 $16) 33. Qxe3 Bxe3 34. Rxb7 Rd2+
35. Kh3 Bg1 36. Re7 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 Rxa2 38. Rxe4 Ra3 $11) 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ (32...
Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Be3 34. Kg4 $14) 33. Bxe2 Be3 34. Rxb7 Rd2 35. Kf1 Rb2 $1 $11) 29.
fxg5 Qf3+ $11 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kh4 $4 (31. Kg2 Qf3+ $11) 31... h6 $1 $19) 20...
Nxf3 21. Kxf3 (21. Qxf3 $4 Nh4+ 22. Rxh4 Rxf3 23. Kxf3 e4+ $19 24. Nxe4 d5 25.
Ng5 Qf6+ 26. Kg2 dxc4 27. Nxh7 Qxh4 28. gxh4 Bxa1 $19) 21... e4+ 22. Nxe4 Bxa1
$1 (22... d5 $4 23. Bg5 $1 $16 dxe4+ 24. Kg2 Qxg5 25. Rxg5 Ne3+ 26. Kh3 Nxd1
27. Rxd1 $16) 23. Bg5 Ne7+ $1 24. Kg2 Be5 25. Rf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 (26. Bxf4 $1 {
was a draw in fact! war tatsдchlich Remis!} d5 (26... Rxf4 $5 27. Qa1+ Kg8 28.
gxf4 Qf8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 $11 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Nh5+ (31. f5 $4 Qg7) 31... Kg8 32.
f5 gxf5 33. Nf6+ Kh8 $11) 27. Qa1+ (27. Qd4+ $4 Kg8 28. Bh6 Nf5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5
30. Bxd5 Nxh6 $17) 27... Kg8 28. Bh6 Nf5 29. e7 Qxe7 30. Bxd5+ Rf7 31. Bg5 (31.
Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nh5+ Kg8 $11) 31... Qf8 32. Qe5 h6 $15) 26... d5 27. f5 {A move
that complicates matters completely! The position is simply crazy now! Ein Zug,
der die Komplikationen auf die Spitze treibt! Die Stellung ist jetzt einfach
verrьckt!} (27. Qa1+ d4 (27... Kg8 28. Bh6 Nf5 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 (29... dxc4 30.
Bd6 cxd6 (30... Ne3+ 31. Kf3 Nd5 32. Qe5 $1 $18) 31. Nf6+ Kh8 $11) 30. Nf6+ Kh8
31. Bxd5 (31. Nxd5+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $17) 31... Qg7 $15) 28. Nd6 h6 29. Bxh6
Kh7 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Nf7 Nf5 $15) (27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Qf8 $19
) 27... h6 $3 28. Qd4+ (28. fxg6 Qe8 $1 $19) (28. Qg4 hxg5 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30.
Qc3+ d4 $19) (28. Qa1+ Kh7 29. f6 dxc4 30. fxe7 Qd5 $19) (28. Bxh6 Nxf5 29.
Qa1+ $1 d4 (29... Kh7 $5 30. Bg5 Ne3+ $5 31. Kg1 Qc8 32. Bxe3 (32. Nf6+ Rxf6
33. Qxf6 Qh8 34. Qxh8+ Rxh8 35. Bb3 d4 $17) 32... dxe4 $19) 30. Bg5 Qe8 31. Kg1
b5 32. Bb3 Qc6 33. Qe1 Kg7 $17) 28... Kh7 $1 (28... Kg8 $4 {It was still
possible to lose by this move: MIt diesem Zug konnte man noch verlieren:} 29.
Bxe7 $18 Qxe7 30. f6 $1 $18) 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qxd5 (31. Bd3
Qxe6 32. Ng3+ Kf7 33. Bf5 Qe8 34. Qxd5+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Rf6 36. Ne4 Qe7 $19) 31...
Rad8 {The rest is simple. Der Rest ist einfach.} 32. Qe5 Rf5 33. Qc3 Qg7 34.
Qg3+ Kh7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kg3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 ({After it was
established that both} 13. Rb1) ({and} 13. c5 {are fine for Black, it was Van
Wely who introduced 13.Ne6 to beat Radjabov in Khanty Mansyisk 2005. It
wouldn't be the last time these two played the position after 13.Ne6, they
repeated it 3 more times and they all ended in wins for the Azeri! I had found
a new idea in this line while working with my coach Vladimir Chuchelov after
the Wijk aan Zee tournament of 2007. Before the Mtel-tournament Ivan and I had
further polished this idea and now it was time to actually play it!}) 13...
Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nh5 ({This is the improvement Radjabov had prepared for his
second encounter with Van Wely. The first was won by Van Wely in impressive
style:} 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. b5 Nxd5 19. bxc6
Nb6 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. c5 e4 22. Rxe4 dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rd1
Bd4+ 26. Rexd4 cxd4 27. e7 h6 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rxd4 Kf7 30. Rd8 Nd7 31. Bh4 g5
32. Rxd7 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Kf6 34. Be1 Rxb7 35. Bc3+ Kg6 36. Bf3 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1
38. Rxc7 Kf5 39. Bh5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 {1-0 Van Wely-Radjabov, Khanty Mansiysk 2005}
) 15. g3 (15. c5 {was played in game 3 and 4, but I don't think it promises
White anything;} Nf4 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf5 18. g3 (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5
Re8 20. Nxf4 c6 21. e7 Rxe7 22. Ne6 Qb8 23. Nxg7 Rxg7 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Rd4 Nf5
{is equal, Van Wely-Radjabov, Monte Carlo 2007}) 18... Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Rg4
Nxf3 21. Kxf3 e4+ 22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23. Bg5 Ne7+ 24. Kg2 Be5 25. Rf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4
d5 27. f5 h6 28. Qd4+ Kh7 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qxd5 Rad8 32. Qe5
Rf5 33. Qc3 Qg7 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kg3 Rd4 {0-1 Van Wely-Radjabov,
Biel 2007, thoroughly analysed in the MegaBase by the winner.}) 15... Bf6 {
Preparing the knight-manouvre Ng7-e6.} 16. exf5 $5 ({This is the novelty we
had prepared. Everybody remembers how Radjabov succesfully used the King's
Indian to win the Wijk aan Zee-tournament of 2007. There his opponents went for
} 16. c5 f4 17. g4 (17. Kg2 Nc6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Bb2 Nxe6 21. g4
Nhg7 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Qd5 Qe7 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Qa5 b6 26. Qd5 Rff8 27. Rac1 h5
28. gxh5 Qh4 29. Rc6 g5 30. Rxd6 g4 31. Rxe6 Rxd5 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Bc4 gxf3+
34. Kh1 Nxh5 35. Rg1+ Ng3+ 36. Rxg3+ fxg3 37. Rxh4 g2+ 38. Kg1 f2+ 39. Kxg2
f1=Q+ 40. Bxf1 Rd2+ 41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. Bc4+ Kg7 43. Bb3 Rb1 44. Kg2 Rc8 45. Kf3
Rc3+ 46. Kg4 Rf1 47. Kh5 Kf6 {0-1 Shirov-Radjabov, Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 17...
Ng7 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Bd5 Nxb4 22. Rb1 Nc2 23. Rf1 b6
24. Rb2 Ne3 25. Bxe3 fxe3 26. Qb3 Bg5 27. Nc3 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc7 29. Nc3 Qc8 30.
Nb5 Rc1 31. Rb1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qc5 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Re1 a6 35. Na3 Qd4 36. Re2
Rc3 37. Qb2 h5 38. h3 Qd1 39. Bb3 Rxb3 40. axb3 Nxe6 {0-1 Van Wely-Radjabov,
Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 16... Nxf5 ({Both players played the next few moves
without thought. There are plenty of alternatives on every move though, here} 
16... gxf5 {was playable as well, when} 17. f4 Ng7 (17... e4 18. Bxh5 Bxc3 19.
Rb1 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bb2 {is better for White.}) (17... exf4 18. Bxh5 Bxc3
19. Bxf4 $1 {is much better for White, for example;} Bxe1 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Bh6
{mating.}) 18. Nd5 {leads to unclear complications.}) 17. g4 e4 18. Nxe4 Bxa1
19. Bg5 Bd4+ ({And here} 19... Bf6 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 $1 (21. gxf5 gxf5 22.
Kh1 Qe8 23. Bd3 Qh5 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Bd4 Re7 26. c5 h6 $1 {and Kh7 is OK for
Black.}) 21... Ne7 22. Qa1 {gives excellent play for the rook.}) 20. Kh1 Qe8
21. e7 Nxe7 22. Qxd4+ Ng7 23. b5 {I was shocked to see that Radjabov played
all his moves without thought as well. Especially since we had considered this
position to be very dangerous for Black.} Ng8 24. Bd2 Qf7 ({Now both players
were on their own, we had mainly considered} 24... Qe5 {and now White has two
options:} 25. Qe3 (25. Qxe5 $5 dxe5 26. Bc3 {with compensation in the ending.})
25... Rae8 26. Qxa7 $1 Ra8 27. Qxb7 Rxa2 {and White looks better but Black's
counterplay - often connected with exchange sacrifices on d2 or e2 - should
not be underestimated. After the text move White's position looks overwhelming
but it's not that easy!}) 25. Bc3 h6 {Of course the Black king feels very
uncomfortable on the long diagonal so it's very natural to vacate the
h7-square.} 26. f4 {The most natural reply, White tries to tear apart Black's
king-side with an f5-break.} Rae8 27. Rf1 ({Black's last move was aimed
against the f5-break;} 27. f5 Re5 $1 28. Ng3 gxf5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5
31. Rf1 Qc8 {is equal.}) 27... Nf6 28. Bf3 ({Instead} 28. Nxf6 $6 Rxe2 (28...
Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxe2 31. f5 {is slightly better for White.}) 29.
Qd3 Re6 30. g5 Nf5 $1 31. Qh3 Rxf6 32. Bxf6+ Kh7 {is horrible for White, his
bishop is 'empty'.}) 28... Nd7 $6 ({Gives White the opportunity to get a
definite advantage -although not easy to find-. I think Black's best is} 28...
Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Kh7 $1 {and now: A)} 30. f5 ({B)} 30. Bxb7 {is too greedy} Ne6
31. Qxa7 Nxf4 32. Qd4 c5 $1 33. bxc6 Qe7 $1 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Qxf4 Rf8 {
with the bishop stuck on b7, Black's attack is winning.}) 30... Rxe4 $1 (30...
gxf5 31. Bd3 $1 {is dangerous for Black. The bishops are too strong, Black
should eliminate one.}) 31. Qxe4 gxf5 32. Qd3 ({or} 32. gxf5 Nxf5 33. Rg1 Rg8
34. Rxg8 Kxg8 35. Qxb7 Qh5 36. Qd5+ (36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qxc7+ Kg6 {is only
dangerous for White.}) 36... Kf8 {and the Black combination of queen+knight
assure a draw.}) 32... a6 33. a4 Qe6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. gxf5 Qe5 {and a draw is
likely.}) 29. g5 $2 ({Hands the advantage to Black! White had to continue his
fight for the f5-break. The following ending proves suprisingly difficult for
Black;} 29. Ng3 $1 Qf6 30. Bxb7 Qxd4 31. Bxd4 Kh7 (31... Nb6 32. f5 $1 Nxc4 33.
Bc6 Rd8 34. Bd5 Ne5 35. f6 Ne8 36. f7 Ng7 37. Rf6 Kh7 38. Be4 {Black is
collapsing.}) 32. f5 {(even here!)} Ne5 33. Be4 {Black's king is still under
fire.}) 29... Kh7 $1 {Radjabov conducts his defensive duties very well!
White's initiative has vanished.} 30. Bg4 (30. gxh6 Ne6 31. Ng5+ Nxg5 32. fxg5
Ne5 {isn't pleasant either.}) 30... h5 (30... Rxe4 $5) 31. Bh3 ({Zagrebelny
calls this a dubious move on Chesspro.ru but I dont think} 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32.
Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Nf5 {is a serious improvement. Black's next move is Qe7,
exchanging queens transposing to a dream-ending. The textmove creates more
difficulties for Black.}) 31... Ne6 32. Qd1 (32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. f5 gxf5 34. Rxf5
{looks winning but after} Qe7 {it isn't.}) 32... Nec5 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. Bxf6
Ne4 $2 ({Time trouble starts to influence the level of the moves! The route to
victory is} 34... Re3 $1 35. Bg2 Qxc4 36. f5 Qd3 $1 {parrying all White's
threats.}) 35. f5 $1 {Now suddenly Black is in trouble!} Kg8 36. fxg6 Qxg6 37.
Bf5 Qf7 38. Qd4 ({After the game it was thought that} 38. Qd3 {wins, it is not
so easy however} Nc5 39. Qc2 Re3 $1 {is messy, I dont see anything clear for
White.}) (38. Ba1 Re7 39. g6) 38... Nxf6 39. gxf6 Kh8 40. Bd3 Re6 41. Qh4 Rfe8
({Wisely taking the draw. Instead} 41... Rg8 42. Qf4 Qf8 (42... Rg4 43. Qh6+
Kg8 44. h3 $1 Rg3 45. Kh2 Ree3 46. Bf5 {with the idea} Qxc4 47. f7+ $1 Qxf7 48.
Bh7+ Qxh7 49. Rf8# {mate!}) 43. f7 Rg4 44. Qf5 Rh6 45. Be2 Rgg6 (45... Rg7 46.
Bxh5 Rgh7 47. Re1 $1 Rxh5 48. Qf6+ {curtains.}) 46. Bxh5 $1 Rf6 47. Qxf6+ Rxf6
48. Rxf6 {is winning, White will manage to promote his pawn.}) 42. Qg5 Re1 43.
Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh8 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ {and a draw was agreed. A great
fight, important for opening theory!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 {Quite an unpretentious reaction to the 9.b4 system,
which eventually gives White slightly better prospects.} 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2
Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. a4 Ra6 15. Ra3 {A typical manoeuvre in the ...a7-a5 lines.
The rook is protecting White's kingside, and now he plans Nc3-b5 and then
g2-g3 pushing away the black f4 knight.} Nh5 {The knight retreats voluntarily
in order to take the defensive e8 square. The point is that White can hardly
break through on the queenside so Black must take measures aganst White's
kingside plans (g2-g3 and f2-f4 etc.)} (15... g5 {and}) (15... Kh8 {are the
main theoretical moves.}) 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Bb2 Ne8 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17... Nd7
$143 18. g3 f5 19. f4 $1 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bg2 Ng6 21. h4 e4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
f4 Nf6 24. Nf1 Ne7 25. Ne3 Neg8 26. Bh3 Nh6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/
Tallinn 2000/CBM 074 ext (56)}) 19... g5 $6 (19... exf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. gxf4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 $36 {Xu Jun}) 20. fxg5 f4 21. Bh3 Nb6 22. Bxc8 Nexc8 23. a5 Nd7
24. Qg4 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. Bc3 Qd8 27. Ra1 $16 {1-0 Xu Jun-Magai,V/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 18. Nf3 (18. g3 f5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 $1 {
- that's the idea behind 17...Ne8!}) 18... h6 (18... f5 $5 19. Ng5 fxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nf5 {[%csl Yd4]}) 19. g3 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Bd3 Rf7 {
Although the unnecessary 18...h6 has weakened Black's position, it remains
very solid. The impossibility for White to break through on the queenside is a
key factor.} 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Qb1 Rf8 25. Rf3 h5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Ra8 28.
Re1 Rc8 29. Bc1 Ra8 30. Bd2 b6 31. Be3 e4 $5 {Black takes an opportunity to
activate his bishop but it was quite good enough to wait.} 32. Rf4 $6 (32. Bxe4
$142 Rxa4 33. Qc2 Rb4 $13) 32... Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bh6 $6 {This enables an
exchange sac, for which White receives strong compensation.} (33... Qe7 $1 $15
34. Rxe4 Be5 {[%csl Re4]}) 34. Nxd6 $1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 $6 {Weakening White's own
king and giving Black good counter-attacking possibilities.} (35. exf4 $1 g5
36. fxg5 Qxg5 37. Nxe4 Qh6 38. d6 $13) 35... Qh4 (35... g5 $1 36. Nxe4 (36. Kh1
Bg4) 36... gxf4 37. exf4 Rxf4 38. Kh1 Bg4 39. Bd1 Bf5 $36) 36. Re2 $6 {An
obvious but unnecessary transfer of the rook.} (36. Nxe4 $142 Qg4+ (36... Bf5
37. Re2 $1) 37. Ng3 Bf5 (37... h4 $2 38. Bd1) (37... Bxa4 38. Bd3) 38. Kf2 $13)
36... Bg4 (36... Bh3 $1 $40) 37. Rg2 g5 38. f5 $2 (38. Nxe4 {was not late:}
gxf4 39. exf4 Rxf4 40. Rg3 $13 {[%cal Rb1b6]} Raf8 41. Bd3 Qe7 $5 (41... Rf3
42. Qxb6 Rxd3 43. Qg6+ $11) 42. Rg2 $1 {[%cal Rh2h3]} (42. h3 $2 Rf3) (42. Qxb6
$2 Qxe4 $1) 42... Rf3 43. Be2 R3f4 44. Bd3 $11) 38... Bxf5 39. Rg3 $2 {Losing
instantly.} (39. Bxe4 $142 Bh3 (39... Bxe4 $5 40. Nxe4 Ra7 41. Rxg5+ Rg7 $17)
40. Nf5 $1 Bxg2 $1 ({but not} 40... Rxf5 41. Bxf5 Bxg2 42. Qxb6 $1 Qe1+ 43.
Kxg2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qxe3+ 45. Kg2 {and Black must give a perpetual}) 41. Nh6+ $1
(41. Nxh4 Rf1+ 42. Kxg2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 gxh4 {and Black should win as he blocks
the white pawns.}) 41... Kg7 42. Qb2+ $1 Rf6 $8 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nxh4 Bxe4 45.
Ng2 h4 $17 {- two black rooks are stronger than the white queen but the black
bishop is especially powerful.}) 39... Bh3 40. Bxe4 Rf1+ 41. Qxf1 Bxf1 42. Bf5
g4 43. Be6+ Kh7 44. Bf5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Predicting the opening choice of Ivanchuk is
really difficult. Before the game I had tried to check everything he might
play against d4, but somehow the KID still came as a surprise to me. Die
Erцffnungswahl von Ivanchuk vorherzusagen, ist wirklich schwierig. Vor der
Partie hatte ich versucht, alles, was er gegen d4 spielen kцnnte, zu checken,
aber irgendwie kam KI trotzdem fьr mich ьberraschend.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {I have admittedly played a lot of silly
sidelines against the KID, but this time I decided that enough was enough, and
went for the main line. ZugegebenermaЯen habe ich gegen KI eine Menge alberner
Nebenvarianten gespielt, aber diesmal entschied ich, irgendwann reicht es, und
wдhlte das Hauptabspiel.} Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 {This has become
the main line after a lot of Van Wely-Radjabov games, in which both have had
their successes. Dies ist zum Hauptabspiel avanciert nach vielen
Wely-Radjabov-Partien, in denen beide ihre Erfolge gehabt haben.} Kh8 {
Ivanchuk follows the main line, which came as a surprise to me, as I had
expected him to come up with something original even earlier. Ivanchuk folgt
dem Hauptabspiel, was fьr mich ьberraschend kam, denn ich hatte erwartet, dass
er noch frьher mit irgendwas Originallem aufwartet.} 13. b5 $6 {For some
reason, I decided against playing the main line, with Ne6 and came up with
this move instead, which clamps down on the black queenside. The move looked
interesting to me during the game, but now I don't like it anymore; it's
probably just too slow. Aus irgendeinem Grund entschied ich mich gegen das
Hauptabspiel mit Ne6 und kam stattdessen auf diesen Zug, welcher den schwarzen
Damenflьgel einschnьrt. Wдhrend der Partie sah mir der Zug interessant aus,
aber jetzt gefдllt er mir nicht mehr; wahrscheinlich ist er einfach zu langsam.
} Ne8 {Ivanchuk came up with this interesting move after about half an hour.
Nh5 was also possible, with the same plan of rounding up the e6 pawn with Bf6
and Ng7.  Nach etwa einer halben Stunde verfiel Ivanchuk auf diesen
interessanten Zug. Nh5 war ebenfalls mцglich, mit dem gleichen Plan, den
e6-Bauern mit Bf6 und Ng7 einzukreisen.} 14. Be3 $5 (14. c5 $5 {was another
option I considered quite seriously, but I didn't really believe that Black
could not be doing fine after war eine andere Option, die ich recht ernst in
Betracht zog, aber ich konnte nicht wirklich glauben, dass Schwarz nach} dxc5
15. Be3 Bh6 $1 (15... b6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 {with excellent compensation
mit ausgezeichneter Kompensation}) 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxh6 $13 {nicht
ordentlich stehen wьrde.}) (14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Be3 Qxe6 17. c5 {
could also be considered, with some compensation. war auch zu ьberlegen, mit
einiger Kompensation.}) 14... Bf6 (14... f4 15. Bf2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. c5 {
gives White the initiative and quite reasonable compensation. gibt WeiЯ die
Initiative und ganz vernьnftige Kompensation.}) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ng7 $1 {
I think that this is the strongest. Ich denke, das ist am stдrksten.} (16... f4
17. Bf2 Ng7 18. c5 {was also possible of course, but here White has the
initiative instead of Black, which is the most important factor here. war
natьrlich ebenfalls mцglich, aber dann hat WeiЯ die Initiative und nicht
Schwarz, was hier der wichtigste Faktor ist.}) 17. Bh6 {Clearly the best, as
Black's prospect improves a lot when he doesn't have to play f4, closing the
centre and burying the black bishop. Eindeutig am besten, den die schwarzen
Aussichten verbessern sich deutlich, wenn er nicht f4 spielen muss, was das
Zentrum schlieЯt und den schwarzfeldrigen Lдufer begrдbt.} Nxe6 {The logical
follow-up. Die logische Folge.} (17... Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Bxg7 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20.
Qb3 {looks good for White, but sieht gut aus fьr WeiЯ, aber}) (17... b6 $5 {
was an interesting option, even if hardly stronger than the text. war eine
interessante Mцglichkeit, wenngleich kaum stдrker als der Text.}) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8
19. c5 $1 {I think this is basically the only move, as the highest priority is
to activate the bishop. Meines Erachtens ist dies im Grunde der einzige Zug,
denn die hцchste Prioriдt besteht darin, den Lдufer zu aktivieren.} Nxc5 {
After this the knight will be slightly sidelined. Nach wird der Springer
leicht im Abseits stehen.} (19... dxc5 {was probably better. I intended to
continue war womцglich besser. Ich wollte fortsetzen mit} 20. Qd7 (20. Bc4 Nd4
$13 {was also possible. was also possible.}) 20... Qc8 (20... Nd4 21. Qxc7 Nc2
22. Qxb7 {is somewhat better for White. ist etwas besser fьr WeiЯ.}) 21. Qxc8+
Rxc8 22. Bc4 {with an about equal ending. mit einem etwa ausgeglichenen
Endspiel.}) 20. Bc4 {Now the bishop is activated, and the knight, even if
quite nicely placed on c5, has few active prospects. Nun ist der Lдufer
aktiviert, und der Springer, auch wenn er auf c5 ganz nett steht, hat wenig
aktive Aussichten.} Bg5 $1 21. Qe2 $1 Qh6 22. Rad1 {I am just in time the
prevent the further activation of the black bishop. Now that everything has
calmed down we can take stock and say that the position is about equal, as
neither side can actually do much. The knight on c5 stops most of the plans
White might have of attacking the c7-pawn, while it's hard to believe that
Black could really think of mating White here, and advancing the centre with
c6 and d5 doesn't seem very realistic either. Ich komme gerade rechtzeitig, um
die weitere Aktivierung des schwarzen Lдufers zu verhindern. Nun, da sich
alles beruhigt hat, kцnnen wir Bilanz ziehen und sagen, dass die Stellung
ungefдhr gleich ist, da eigentlich keine Seite viel unternehmen kann. Der
Springer auf c5 stoppt die meisten Plдne von WeiЯ fьr einen mцglichen Angriff
auf den Bauern c7, wдhrend es schwer zu glauben ist, dass Schwarz wirklich
daran denken kцnnte, WeiЯ mattzusetzen; und das Zentrum mit c6 und d5 in
Bewegung zu setzen, scheint auch nicht besonders realistisch.} Rf8 23. a4 {
I was not quite sure if including a4 and b6 was a good idea, as the a4-pawn
will require constant attention now, but it has to be said that b6 is also
quite a concession here, as it gives up any dream of ever advancing the pawn
centre, and therefore leaves Black with few active possibilities.  Ich war
nicht ganz sicher, ob der Einschub von a4 und b6 eine gute Idee war, denn der
a4-Bauer wird nun stдndiger Aufmerksamkeit bedьrfen; andererseits ist zu sagen,
dass auch b6 ein ganz schцnes Zugestдndnis darstellt, da es jeden Traum
aufgibt, jemals das Bauernzentrum vorzurьcken und daher Schwarz nur wenige
aktive Mцglichkeiten belдsst.} b6 24. g3 Qh3 {An annoying move, I am not
allowed to play Kg2, which would improve the harmony in my position.  Ein
lдstiger Zug, ich komme nicht zu Kg2, was die Harmonie in meiner Stellung
verbessern wьrde.} 25. Qg2 Qh6 26. Qe2 Qh3 {It could be that Ivanchuk wanted
to just repeat moves to gain some time, but I actually think he was happy to
repeat moves here since the position is equal and a draw would suit him well.
Es kцnnte sein, dass Ivanchuk einfach die Zьge wiederholen wollte, um etwas
Zeit zu gewinnen, aber eigentlich glaube ich, dass er hier mit der
Zugwiederholung zufrieden war, da die Stellung ausgeglichen ist und ihm ein
Remis gut passen wьrde.} 27. Kh1 {Well, I didn't rate my chances all that
highly, but I just didn't want to make a draw yet. Nun, ich schдtzte meine
Chancen keinesfalls so hoch ein, aber ich wollte einfach noch kein Remis
machen.} Nd7 $6 {I don't really like this move. Better was probably just
Dieser Zug gefдllt mir eigentlich nicht. Besser war vermutlich einfach} (27...
Qh6 28. Kg2 Kg7 {with equality. mit Ausgleich.}) 28. Ra1 $1 {I believe that
the rook is a little better placed on a2 than on d1, as it can now support a5,
and also go to c2 in some lines. Ich glaube, der Turm steht auf a2 einen Tick
besser als auch d1, denn jetzt kann er a5 unterstьtzen und auch in manchen
Abspielen nach c2 gehen.} Qh6 29. Ra2 (29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Bd2 {is certainly
not something I should allow. ist sicher nichts, was ich zulassen sollte.})
29... Nf6 $6 {This is simply the wrong direction... There was still not much
wrong with the black position after Nc5. Das ist einfach die falsche Richtung..
. Nach Nc5 war an der schwarzen Stellung noch immer nicht viel auszusetzen.}
30. Kg2 Nh5 $6 (30... Nd7) 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 {Now White is definitely
better. Nun steht WeiЯ definitiv besser.} Bf4 {This was his idea, but it's
really hard to believe that this could ever work.  Das war seine Idee, aber es
fдllt schwer zu glauben, dass dies jemals funktionieren kцnnte.} 33. Qf2 fxe4
34. Bxe4 Qg5 35. Rc2 d5 $2 {Now the black position is completely ruined. Damit
ist die schwarze Stellung komplett ruiniert.} (35... Rf7 36. Bb7 $1 {intending
Bc8-g4 gives White a clear edge, but certainly nothing decisive. mit der
Absicht Bc8-g4 gibt WeiЯ ein klares Plus, aber gewiss nichts Entscheidendes.})
36. Bxd5 Bxg3 37. hxg3 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nxd5 39. Rce2 $1 {I really don't know what
Ivanchuk missed, as all this seems forced. Anyway, the conclusion is clear:
the black position is falling apart. Ich weiЯ wirklich nicht, was Ivanchuk
ьbersehen hat, da all dies forciert erscheint. Jedenfalls, das Fazit ist klar.
Die schwarze Stellung fдllt auseinander.} Qf6 (39... Rf5 40. g4 {or oder}) (
39... Re8 40. f4 {doesn't help either. hilft auch nicht.}) 40. Rxe5 Qxf3 {
This loses quickly, but Black was lost anyway. Dies verliert schnell, doch
Schwarz war sowieso verloren.} 41. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rf5 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Kd3
c5 45. Re5 Nb4+ 46. Kd2 {Black resigned as his pawns are falling and the
knight as cut off from the game. An interesting game, which unfortunately was
marred by Ivanchuk's self-destruction after move 30. Interestingly, but maybe
not too surprisingly, this game turned out to be the decisive one in the
tournament, as I ended up winning one point ahead of Ivanchuk, who made a
great comeback and ended up on +3. Schwarz gab auf, denn seine Bauern fallen,
und der Springer ist vom Spiel abgeschnitten. Eine interessante Partie, die
leider durch Ivanchuks Selbstzerstцrung nach Zug 30 getrьbt wurde. Vielleicht
nicht allzu ьberraschend erwies sich diese Begegnung als die entscheidende des
Turniers, denn ich gewann am Ende einen Punkt vor Ivanchuk, der ein groЯes
Comeback startete und auf +3 landete.} 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 h6 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 f5 {A rare line considered
slighly preferable for White.} 13. c5 {[%cal Yd2c4]} (13. g3 {is another option
}) 13... fxe4 (13... Kh8 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nexd5 17. Ncxd6
Bf5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxe4 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Qxe4
Rxf7 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Celis,G/Santiago 1996/EXT 2001 (45)}) (13... g5
14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 g4 16. b5 Rf6 17. Qb3 Kh7 18. b6 a6 19. Ba3 Rg6 20. Rac1
h5 21. Qb4 Bf8 22. Qb1 h4 23. Ne3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/Netherlands
1995/CBM 048 (32)}) 14. Ndxe4 Nf5 {A typical idea. White controls the
e4-square but Black controls d4, which must be sufficient to hold his ground.}
15. g3 Nh5 16. Bg2 Nf6 (16... Nd4 17. Be3 (17. a4 Bf5 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb2 Bh3 22. f3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qf5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4
Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Szuhanek,R-Martic,Z/Paks 2004/CBM 102 ext (70)})
17... Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. f4 Nf5 20. fxe5 Rf8 21. Bf2 Bxe5 22. Rc1 Qf6 23.
Ne4 Qg7 24. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Trisic,A/Bad Zwesten 1997/CBM 057 ext (35)})
17. a4 (17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bb2 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Bd7 22. Qd3
$14 {1-0 Brglez,R-Groselj,P/Radenci 1998/EXT 1999 (36)}) 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4
Nd4 (18... Rf7 $5) 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Rc1 $14 Rf7 21. Qd3 Qf8 22. Rc2 (22. b5 $5)
(22. a5 $5) 22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. h3 Bf5 (24... g5 $5) 25. Rce2 (25. g4
$5 {pushing the bishop from this important diagonal (although giving up the
f4-square).}) 25... g5 26. Qb5 $2 {An unnecessary expedition, after which
Black takes over the initiative. White should have played} (26. cxd6 cxd6 27.
Bf3 $1 $14 {[%cal Yf3g4]} Bxh3 $140 $2 28. Bh5 Rf5 29. Nd2 {[%cal Re2e8,Rg3g4]}
) 26... Re7 27. g4 (27. Qxb7 $2 d3) 27... Bh7 28. cxd6 (28. Qxb7 {was now
relatively better:} d3 29. Re3 Bd4 (29... Bxe4 30. Bxe4 d2 31. Rd1 Bd4 32. Bf5
Bxe3 33. fxe3 $44) 30. Rf3 Qb8 $1 31. Qxb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxd3 Rxb4 33. cxd6 cxd6
34. Rdd1 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxa4 {and the endgame is superior for
Black despite the opposite-coloured bishops.}) 28... cxd6 29. Nd2 a6 30. Qc4
Rxe2 $6 (30... Rf7 $142 $1 31. Be4 {otherwise Black is clearly better due to
his bishop pair and a strong passed pawn} Bxe4 32. Rxe4 (32. Nxe4 Rc8 33. Qa2
Rf3 34. Kg2 d3 35. Rd2 Bd4 $19) 32... Rxf2 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rc8 $19) 31.
Qxe2 d3 32. Qe3 Bc3 33. Rd1 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Re8 35. Bf1 Qf3 36. Bg2 Qf7 (36...
Qf6 $142 37. Re1 (37. Bf1 Qd4) 37... Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Bg6 $1 $17 {Pay attention
to the last move - this bishop will protect his king from checks. However,
Black consequently ignores that possibility.}) 37. Re1 (37. Bf1 Qf3 (37... Qxd5
38. Bxd3 Bxd3 39. Qc3 $1) 38. Bg2 Qf6) 37... Rxe1+ (37... Bg6 $1 {was still
very strong}) (37... Rc8 $143 38. Bf1 Rc2 39. Qe3) 38. Qxe1 Qf4 $6 {Premature!}
(38... Bg6 $1 $17 {was still correct.}) 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 $2 {It was
not the best idea to leave the white queen in Black's camp.} (40... Qf7 $142 {
admitting and correcting his mistake} 41. Qe3 (41. Qxd6 d2 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43.
Qc7+ Kh8 $19) (41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19 {_|_}) 41... Qf6 42. Bf3 Bg6 $1 $17) 41. Bf1
d2 42. Be2 $132 Bg8 (42... Bg6 {is too late:} 43. Qxb7 Qd4 44. Bd1 Qa1 45. Qc8+
Kg7 46. Qc7+ Bf7 47. Qc2 Bxd5 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Qc1 50. b6 $11) 43. Bd1 b6 (
43... Bxd5 44. Bc2 Bg8 45. Kg2 {and Black can't make progress.}) 44. Qd8 b5 45.
axb5 axb5 46. Qc8 Kg7 47. Qc3+ Qe5 48. Qxe5+ dxe5 49. Kf1 Bxd5 50. Ke2 Kf6 51.
Kxd2 e4 52. Be2 Bc6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Bf1 Bd7 55. Be2 Bc6 56. Bf1 Bd7 57. Be2 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 {The
ideas of this line were explained by GM T.Radjabov in his annotations to his
game vs. L.Van Wely (CBM 120), as well as annotations by GM E.Postny to the
same game and to Shirov - Radjabov from the same issue. You can find even more
explanations in the commentary to an earlier game Van Wely - Radjabov from CBM
111, annotated by GM V.Mikhalevski.} Re8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new idea - Black
decides that this move is necessary anyway to attack the e6 pawn.} (14... fxe4
$6 {was first played by Radjabov}) ({then he came to} 14... Nh5 {(see
above-mentioned games)}) ({but} 14... Nc6 {is the closest "ideological
relative" to Radjabov's novelty. This move was played in the following game:}
15. Nd5 (15. exf5 gxf5 16. Be3 Nxb4 $140 17. Rb1 {was probably what Teimour
didn't like here}) 15... Re8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd3 (17. Bb2 Rxe6 18. Bd3 $36)
17... e4 18. fxe4 {1/2-1/2 Naumann,A-Chevelevitch,E/Bad Woerishofen 2008/CBM
122 Extra}) 15. Nd5 (15. exf5 {is now senseless due to} Nxf5) ({or} 15. Be3
fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 {and Black is OK.}) 15... fxe4 $1 (15... Nc6 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Bb2 Rxe6 18. Bd3 $36) 16. Nxf6 {White had some alternatives, which had
been definitely analysed by Teimour:} (16. fxe4 Nxe4 {e.g.} 17. Qc2 $5 Nxd5 18.
cxd5 Nc3 $5 19. Qxc3 e4) (16. Bg5 $5 Nexd5 17. cxd5 c6 $5) 16... Bxf6 17. fxe4
Nc6 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Be3 c6 (19... Nxe6 {was quite possible although White's
compensation (better position of pieces) should be enough to survive after} 20.
Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Qd5 Qc8 22. Rf1 c6 23. Qd3) 20. Bxd4 exd4 {Opposite-coloured
bishops leave no doubt as to the outcome of the game (between top GMs, not
patzers!) but the "Sofia rule" demanded several dozen more senseless moves.}
21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Rf3 Bg7 24. Raf1 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Qf3 h5 28. Qxf8+ Bxf8 29. Be2 Kg7 30. b5 Kf6 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Bd3 Kxe6 {
An extra pawn is just a moral consolation for Black.} 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Kf3 Bh6
35. h3 a5 36. a4 Bg5 37. Kg3 Bf4+ 38. Kf2 g5 39. Kf3 Bd2 40. Kg3 Bb4 41. Kf3
Bc3 42. Kg3 Bd2 43. Kf3 Bf4 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kf3 Bc1 47. Kf2 Ke5 48.
Kf3 Be3 49. Kg3 Bg1 50. Kf3 Bh2 51. g3 Bg1 52. Kg2 Be3 53. Kf3 Bd2 54. Ke2 Bb4
55. Kf2 Bc3 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kd1 Bb4 58. Ke2 Bc5 59. Kd2 Ke5 60. Ke2 Bb6 61. Kf3
Kf6 62. Ke2 Ke6 63. Bc2 Kf6 64. Bd3 Bc7 65. Kf2 Ke5 66. Kf3 Bd8 67. Ke2 Bf6 68.
Kf3 Ke6 69. Kf2 Ke5 70. Kf3 Bg7 71. Kf2 Bh6 72. Kf3 Bf8 73. Kf2 Be7 74. Kf3 Bd8
75. Ke2 Bb6 76. Kf3 Ba7 77. Ke2 Bc5 78. Kf3 Bb4 79. Kf2 Bd2 80. Ke2 Bc3 81. Kf2
h4 82. gxh4 gxh4 83. Kf3 Bd2 84. Kg4 Be1 85. Kf3 Bg3 86. Kg4 Ke6 87. Kf3 Kd7
88. Ke2 Bf4 89. Bc2 Kc7 90. Kd3 Be5 91. Bd1 Kb6 92. Bh5 Kc5 93. Be8 d5 94. exd5
cxd5 95. cxd5 Kxd5 96. Bf7+ Kc5 97. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 {This move looks clearly inferior to 9...Nh5 but GM Teimour
Radjabov definitely had his own plan.} 10. a4 (10. c5 {is obvious and
straightforward but White probably wanted to evade Black's preparation.}) 10...
f5 11. a5 {At first sight - quite slow.} Nf6 12. Bg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
typical KI move is unusual in this position.} (12. a6 b6 13. c5 fxe4 14. cxd6
cxd6 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Nc4 $6 (16. Ndxe4 Nexd5 $13) 16... Nf5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd2
Rc8 19. Rac1 Be8 20. Na3 Bf7 21. Ncb5 Qd7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1
Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Steiner,T (2134)-Yanayt,E (2255)/Tulsa 2008/CBM 123 Extra (48)})
(12. Nd2 Bh6 (12... f4 13. c5 g5 14. g4 Ng6 15. f3 h5 16. h3 Rf7 17. Rf2 Bf8
18. Ba3 Rh7 19. Nf1 Be7 20. Rc1 Qf8 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bd8 24.
Nc3 $36 {1-0 Miroshnichenko,E (2615)-Nataf,I (2553)/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101
ext (76)}) 13. c5 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rc1 Nf5 $132
18. Rc3 $6 Bd7 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. Re1 Bb5 $15 {0-1 Epishin,V (2465)-Akopian,V 
(2520)/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 012 (37)}) 12... Nh5 $5 {The knight finally goes to h5.
What about the time wasted?} (12... fxe4 13. Nd2 {or}) (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Nd2 h6 (14... Bf5 15. g4 $1) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 {leads to a
typical situation when White controls the e4-square - and then the advance of
his queenside pawns will be very important!}) (12... h6 $5 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14.
Qd3 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yc4c5]}) 13. exf5 $5 gxf5 (13... Bxf5 14. Qd2 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Rfe1 $14) 14. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nf6 15. c5 {Black's knight
manoeuvres (it has made 5 moves!) has brought White a considerable development
advantage.} Bd7 16. b5 Be8 17. c6 {This is a potential queen!} b6 18. Nh4 {
White must attack Black's second weakness - the f5 pawn, otherwise he will not
be able to break through on the queenside.} Bf7 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. f3 Qe8 21. Kh1
Kh8 22. Bc2 Qf7 23. g4 $5 {Taking an opportunity but maybe it was more
sadistic to continue the torture by} (23. Ra4 $5) 23... Nfg8 (23... fxg4 24.
Nxg6+ Nxg6 25. fxg4 Nf4 $5 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Bf5 $1 $16 (27. Qxf4 $143 Qg8 28.
Qd2 Nxg4)) 24. Ra4 Rae8 (24... fxg4 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxg4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Rfg1 $16) 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 (26. Nxg6+ $142 $5 Qxg6 (26... hxg6 $2 27.
gxf5) 27. Ra7) 26... Rc8 27. Nxg6+ Qxg6 (27... hxg6 $5) 28. Rg1 $6 {This rook
should protect the f-file!} (28. Be3 $142 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rf3f4]} Qf7 29. h3 {
and White must gradually break up Black's defence.}) 28... Qf7 29. Rg3 e4 {Or}
(29... fxg4 $5 30. Qd3 $140 Bh6 {and Black frees himself.}) {Both players were
under time pressure (especially Ivanchuk); hence inaccurate play.} 30. Ne2 (30.
gxf5 Nxf5 31. Rh3 exf3 32. Rxf3 Qh5 $1 $13) 30... Nf6 (30... Qxd5 $5 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. fxe4 Nb4 33. Bb1 fxe4 (33... fxg4 34. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rg5d2]})
34. Bxe4 Rce8 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Rxc7 Be5 $132) 31. Nf4 exf3 32. gxf5 Nfxd5 33.
Rxf3 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Bf6 35. Bb3 Qh5 36. Bxf6+ Rxf6 37. Be6 $6 (37. Bc2 $13)
37... Rcf8 38. Rxc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Of course, a blunder but it was far from
easy for White to find his salvation:} (38. Rg3 $3 Nxf5 (38... Rxe6 39. fxe6
Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 $11) 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40. Qd4+ Re5 41. Rxc7 Rf1+ 42. Kg2
Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Rf8 44. Qa1 $1 {and Black has no mate, just a perpetual.}) 38...
Rxe6 39. fxe6 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chapter 6, of what it seems, has become a principled battle. I don't
know if we (=Me and Teimour Radjabov) have already passed the point of no
return, but we are in pretty deep.... Personally I prefer to lose the game
than to lose face, but ok I need to admit I am neither a politican nor
pragmatic (=maybe not clever too). My last hope is that Teimour will come back
to his senses! But what can he do? He scores so well with Black in the King's
Indian, you can call it a living. I understand and respect his choice. But are
we now in Zugzwang or is it stalemate?} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3
O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8
13. Rb1 {This was first played by Ruslan Ponomariov against Teimour in Wijk
aan Zee 2003. but in 6 years our silicon friends(?) have become significantly
stronger, so apart from the fact that I did have some ideas, if he hadn't
updated his analysis or had simply forgotten his analysis, he already might
have a serious problem} (13. Ne6 $5 {I introduced this move in the World Cup
2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk against Teimour.} Bxe6 14. dxe6 Re8 $1 {is now the
latest word in this line. In the game between Grischuk and Radjabov White
didn't even come close to anything and even had to fight for a draw. Now it's
White to move here.} (14... fxe4 $6 15. fxe4 Nc6 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nf6 18.
b5 {And Black was under heavy pressure, later 1-0, van Wely-Radjabov,
Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) (14... Nh5 {A month later, Teimour came up with this
move} 15. c5 {Another 2 months later while playing blindfold in Monaco, I
improved but it wasn't enough; all respect to Teimour for defending this
position blindfold.} (15. g3 Bf6 16. c5 (16. exf5 $1 {coming from the kitchen
of Erwin L'Ami, and indeed it looked pretty dangerous, at least nasty enough
to make Teimour refrain further from the move Nh5 and look for other options.}
Nxf5 17. g4 e4 18. Nxe4 Bxa1 19. Bg5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qe8 21. e7 Nxe7 22. Qxd4+ Ng7
23. b5 {with a dangerous initiative for White in Cheparinov-Radjabov, Sofia
2008, later the game ended in a draw}) 16... f4 17. g4 $5 (17. Kg2 $6 {and
later 0-1 in van Wely-Radjabov, Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 17... Ng7 {and although
here things are not so clear, Teimour went on to win in a nice game versus
Alexei Shirov in Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 15... Nf4 16. Bc4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf5 (17...
d5 $2 18. Bxf4 dxe4 19. Bg5 $44) 18. Bxf4 (18. g3 {another attempt from my
side to go for the kill, but although Teimour was again surprised, it
backfired again} Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Ng5 20. Rg4 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 e4+ 22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23.
Bg5 Ne7+ 24. Kg2 Be5 25. Rf4 $6 {and later 0-1 in van Wely-Radjabov, Biel 2007}
) 18... exf4 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Nxf4 c6 21. e7 Rxe7 22. Ne6 Qb8 23. Nxg7 Rxg7 24.
cxd6 Nxd6 $11 {but later even 0-1})) 13... h6 (13... Nh5 14. c5 Nf4 15. Bc4 {
would have transposed to the game Bareev-Radjabov Wijk aan Zee 2003, in which
our friend Evgeny won in a very nice style}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16.
fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 20. h4 {The first new move,
although, what is "new" these days? This move had already been suggested and
also is Rybka's first choice, so it shouldn't have come as a surprise.} Nf6 21.
Qg3 gxh4 $2 {A big step in the wrong direction.} ({Critical was} 21... Nxe6 22.
hxg5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 Bf6 (23... Ndf4 24. hxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26. Bxf4 Rxf4
27. c5 Rh4 28. Qg3 $14) 24. exd5 Bh4 25. Qg4 $44) 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 $2
{Asking for a serious spanking.} (23... Nh7 $142 {and now White has to chose,
either to play for the attack, or take a small, but nice plus into the endgame.
} 24. Bxg7+ (24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Be3 $14) 24... Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Nhg5 26. Rf1 $40)
24. Qh3 $1 {Forcing Black to take on h6.} Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c6 26. Re3 $1 {It
looked simply too good!} Kf7 $1 {Setting a nice trap .} (26... cxd5 27. exd5 $1
Ng7 28. Rg3 Qc7 29. Bg6 {with unpleasant associations for Black...}) 27. Rf1 $1
{Staying focussed on the attack and not letting myself to be bought off by a
queen.} (27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Rf3 (28. Rf1 Nf4 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. g3 Rg8 31. Kh2
Rh8+) 28... Qxf3 29. gxf3 ({trying to be smart with} 29. Qh7+ {doesn't work:}
Ng7 30. gxf3 Rh8 {trapping the queen}) 29... Rh8 30. Qc1 Nf4 {although
objectively speaking White might still be winning here, this is not the kind
of turnaround I wanted to allow.}) 27... cxd5 28. exd5 Ke7 29. dxe6 Kxe6 {
I myself have had a lot of experience with kings on e6, usually it didn't
finish well.....} 30. Ref3 a5 31. Be4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 f5 11. Nd2 (11. a5 {- see Ivanchuk-Radjabov in this issue.
}) 11... Nf6 12. c5 {Transposing to one of the main lines, in which White
should keep the better prospects.} f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. Nb5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Praxis
has seen a lot of alternatives:} (14. cxd6 $5 cxd6 15. b5 g4 (15... Ng6 {
-14.Ba3}) 16. Ba3 f3 17. gxf3 Ne8 (17... gxf3 $142 18. Bxf3 Ne8) 18. fxg4 Ng6
19. f3 Bh6 20. Ra2 Bf4 21. Qe1 h5 22. Kh1 hxg4 23. fxg4 Rf7 24. Bd1 Qg5 25. b6
a5 26. Bxd6 Rh7 27. Bc5 Nf6 28. Be3 Bxg4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rg2 $18 {1-0
Taimanov,M-Klovsky,R/Riga 1968/MCD (39)}) (14. g4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Nh4 16. f3 h5 17.
h3 Rf7 18. a5 Bf8 19. Kf2 (19. b5 $1) 19... a6 20. Na4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh7 (21...
Bxg4 $1 $40) 22. Qb3 Bd7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nab6 Rb8 25. Rac1 Be8 26. Rc3 Rc7
27. Rfc1 Bg6 28. Nd2 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Nc4 Be8 {1/2 Primel,D
(2030)-Gouret,T (2305)/Issy les Moulineaux 1997/EXT 2007}) (14. h3 Ng6 15. Ba3
Rf7 16. b5 Bf8 17. b6 dxc5 18. bxc7 Qxc7 19. d6 Qd8 20. Bxc5 (20. Qd3 $13)
20... f3 $1 21. Bxf3 $2 Be6 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. Bxa7 Rxc3 $19 {0-1 Retamozo,H 
(2235)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2412)/Callao 2007/CBM 119 ext (38)}) (14. Ba3 Ng6 15.
cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Bb4 Nh4 18. Ra3 g4 19. g3 f3 20. Bd3 Rf6 21. Re1 $6 (
21. Ne3) 21... Ng2 22. Bf1 Nxe1 23. Qxe1 h5 24. Ne3 Bf8 25. Nf5 Ng7 $17 {
0-1 Zamorano,J (2254)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2420)/Mar del Plata 2008/CBM 123 Extra
(50)}) ({Finally,} 14. f3 {leads to a well-known theoretical position from the
9.Nd2 line (9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4), also
considered favorable for White.}) {The text move is quite curious. It turns
out that the capture on e4 is risky for Black. However, if Black simply
protects the d6 pawn, this knight has nothing to do on b5 and soon will have
to retreat. No problem, White is better anyway.} 14... Ne8 (14... Nxe4 15. f3
a6 (15... Nf6 16. Nxc7 $1) 16. Nxc7 $1 Nc3 17. Qe1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qxc7 19. cxd6
Qd8 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. d6 Qe6 22. Bb2 $16) (14... dxc5 15. bxc5 c6 (15... Nxe4
$2 16. d6) 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nbd6 $16 Nd4 $2 18. Nxe5) 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. Bg4 (16.
Rc1 a6 17. Nc3 Rf7 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yf7g7,Yg6h4]}) 16... Nh4 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 (17...
Qxc8 $5 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 18. f3) 18. g3 $1 {Knight, go away!} (18. Nxa7 Ra8 19.
Nb5 f3 20. g3 Qd7 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Rg1 Ng2 $36) (18. c6 a6 19. Nc3 (19. cxb7 Rb8
20. Nc3 f3 21. g3 Qd7) 19... b6 $5 {The position is hard to evaluate although
Black's plan (a kingside attack) is more clear.}) 18... a6 19. Nc3 Ng6 20. Qg4
Rf7 21. Na5 $6 {Wrong! It was essential to keep attacking the d6 pawn.} (21. b5
$1 Nf6 $140 (21... axb5 22. axb5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Nd6 $140 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Nxd6
$1 Rxc3 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Rfc1 $18) 22. Qxg5 Qf8 23. cxd6 cxd6 24.
Nxd6 $1 Rxc3 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 (25... Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qxa3 27. Nh6+ $16) 26. Qf5 $16)
21... Nf6 22. Qe2 (22. Qxg5 Qf8 {[%cal Rg7h6] threatening 23...Bh6 24.Qf5Nxd5,
and the c3 knight is hanging} 23. Bb2 $1 $13) 22... Rb8 23. b5 $6 {Perhaps it
was better for White to admit his mistakes by playing} (23. Nc4) 23... axb5 24.
Nxb5 $2 {Removing another piece from the scene of the action. This is too much!
} (24. axb5 dxc5 25. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Yb5b6] deserved attention, freeing the f1
square for the queen and preparing b5-b6.}) 24... dxc5 25. Bxc5 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5,
Rc5]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 192]} 26. Qc4 (26. Qxf3 $2 Nd7 27. Qe3 Nxc5 28. Qxc5 b6)
26... Qc8 27. Rfe1 {Otherwise, if, say,} (27. Rfd1 {then} Nxe4 $1) 27... Nf4 $5
(27... b6 28. Nc6 bxc5 29. Nxb8 Nf4 $1 30. Qf1 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 fxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxb8
{was perhaps even stronger.}) 28. Re3 $2 (28. Qf1 {was more stubborn but after}
Qg4 {Black's attack should decide the game.}) 28... Qh3 29. Qf1 Ng4 $1 30. Qxh3
Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 Nhxf2 {with decisive material gains. A typical picture - White
carelessly moved his pieces far away to the queenside but Black's kingside
attack proved stronger. An instructive game!} 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 {The King's Indian, the main
weapon of Radjabov. He is a real expert in it.} 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 {The so-called Bayonet Attack, probably the most popular weapon against
the King's Indian - and against Radjabov as well.} Nh5 {The knight goes away,
freeing the way for the f-pawn.} (9... a5 {Another main move, which was never 
(!) played by Radjabov.}) 10. Re1 {Preparing the f1-square for the bishop.} f5
11. Ng5 Nf6 {The knight goes back, after it has done its job.} 12. f3 {White
protects his central pawn.} ({Another very popular way of protecting the
e4-pawn is} 12. Bf3) 12... Kh8 {is a move Teimour usually chooses in this
position.} (12... c6 {and}) (12... Nh5 {are other often played moves.}) 13. c5
{Relatively rare, but a very logical move. It has already occured in the
practice of Teimour, back then in 2005 in his game against Gyimesi.} (13. Rb1 {
was a latest try here. Van Wely played it and won beautifully against...
Radjabov! But I am sure, Teimour definitely has an improvement over that game.}
) (13. Ne6 {and}) (13. Be3 {are other possibilities.}) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 d5 {Black strikes in the centre, and now the question is whether the
e6-pawn is a strength or a weakness. This question concerns the whole
variation by the way!} 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb3 {White's idea is
to open the a-file.} (18. Qxd5 {is another way of exchanging queens.} Nxd5 19.
Bc4 Nxb4 20. Rb1 Nc6 {and the position is unclear, probably around equal.})
18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Nc6 (19... Nd5 {is another possibility which has been
never played before. It looks more natural than Nc6, but has it's own minuses,
which Teimour probably knew.} 20. b5 e4 21. Ra2 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Bxc5 23. Bc4 $1 {
with a clear advantage for White, might be a reason why 19...Nc6 was chosen by
Radjabov.}) 20. Ra4 (20. Bd2 {is not good, because of} Nd4 {with some
advantage for Black.}) (20. b5 Nd4 {is also good for Black.}) (20. Bb5 $5 {
looks like a real alternative, though} Rfe8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. b5 $1 Rxe6 23. b6
cxb6 24. cxb6 c5 $1 25. bxa7 Re7 {probably equalises for Black.}) 20... Rfe8 $1
$146 {Finally the novelty has come. These days it seems to be normal to play
novelties somewhere in the ending. Apart from just being the novelty, this
move is also very strong. It is most probably that Radjabov found this natural
improvement over the board, as he spent more than an hour, if I am not
mistaken. But it could be that he was just trying to remember his own analysis
(can you imagine how much he has to remember??).} 21. Bc4 {Other moves are not
dangerous for Black either.} ({For example} 21. Bb2 Rxe6 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bc4
Ree8 24. Bf7 Rf8 25. Bxg6 Nxb3 26. Bxe5 Nxc5 {with something like equality.})
21... a6 $1 {Another strong move from Radjabov. Now it was time for Grischuk
to spend his time. He was thinking for about an hour here if I remember
correctly.} 22. b5 {White wants to exchange rooks and count on his two bishops
in an open position ... or maybe Grischuk simply understood that he had no
advantage, and just decided to simplify it all even further and make a draw.} (
22. Bb2 {does not give White anything either.} Rad8 23. Bc3 g5 {and Black is
at least not worse.}) 22... axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxb5 Re8 25. Rd1 Rxe6 26.
Rd7 Bf8 27. Rxc7 Bxc5+ 28. Kf1 Re7 {The last moves were very logical: Black
took White's pawn on e6, meanwhile White activated his pieces.} 29. Rxe7 (29.
Rc8+ {also leads to a draw.} Kg7 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Bd4 32. Bd2 Ra7 33. Ke2
Ra2 $11) 29... Bxe7 30. Bb2 Nd4 (30... Bf6 {is also drawish.} 31. f4 Kg7 32.
fxe5 {the simplest} (32. Bxc6 {also isn't bad}) 32... Nxe5 (32... Bxe5 33. Bxc6
Bxb2 34. Bxb7 {with a draw}) 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 {is drawn, due to the opposite
coloured bishops.}) 31. Bxd4 exd4 {Now the position with opposite coloured
bishops has arisen. Black's extra pawn doesn't really count. The funny thing
is that in one of the latest games between the same opponents in the same
variation, in the Fide Grand Prix in Elista, Radjabov also had an extra pawn
in an opposite coloured bishop ending. That time he tried really hard, but
could not win. Now it is also drawn.} 32. g4 Kg7 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Bd3 Kf6 35.
h3 Kg5 36. Ke2 Kf4 37. Bc2 h5 38. Bd3 Bf8 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. Kf1 Bc5 41. Ke2 h4
42. Bc2 f4 43. Kd3 b5 44. Ke4 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd4 a6 ({As to} 13... g5
{White replies} 14. Bh5 {(the main theoretical line), Black looks for a useful
waiting move. Besides the text,}) (13... Kh8 $5 {and}) (13... a5 $5 {have been
tried.}) 14. h3 (14. Qd2 g5 15. h3 $6 (15. Bh5 $142 $1) 15... Ng6 16. Bh5 (16.
Bg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Ne5 18. f3 $140 Nc4) 16... Ne5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19.
Bg4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qf6 21. Rfd1 h5 $1 22. gxh5 g4 $40 {0-1 Antonsen,M-Josephsen,
N/Aarhus 1989/EXT 1998 (64)}) (14. a4 $5 {needs testing:} g5 (14... c6 $5 15.
Nb3 a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Karpman,V-Golod,V/Simferopol 1991/EXT 1998}) 15. h3 (15.
Bh5 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Bg4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. f3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Qg6 20. Qd2 h5
21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Pecak,M-Jedra,W/Lublin 1999/EXT
2003 (31)}) (14. Re1 {is the most popular move:} Kh7 (14... Bd7 15. a3 Kh7 16.
Nb3 f5 17. Bf3 $1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Na5 b6 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Nc6 $16 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Kantsler,B/Israel 2002/CBM 088/[Psakhis](37)}) (14... Kh8 15. Qd2
Ng8 16. Nb3 Be5 17. Na5 g5 18. Nc4 f6 19. h3 $16 {1-0 Thallinger,H-Gross,D/
Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 048 ext (52)}) 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bh5 $1 Ng6 17. Bxg6+ Kxg6
18. Na4 (18. Qd3 $1 Be5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Ne2 $14) 18... Be5 19. Nb2 Qf6 20. Red1
f3 $13 {0-1 Karpman-Bitansky,I/Tel Aviv 1996 (36)}) 14... Kh8 (14... Kh7 15.
Qd3 (15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Ng8 17. Nf3 {Wahls} Re8 $13) (15. Re1 $5) (15. Qd2
$5 g5 16. Bh5) 15... Ng8 16. cxd6 $6 (16. Rfd1) 16... cxd6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. a4
Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Karpman,V-Kruppa,Y/Simferopol 1990/CBM 021/[Wahls] (53)
}) 15. Qd2 Ng8 $6 16. Rfd1 h5 {An unusual plan - and an unusual reply!} 17.
Qxf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] In fact, this sacrifice was not necessary -} (17. Nf3 {
[%cal Ye2d3,Yc3e2] created serious problems for Black. If} f5 {then} 18. Bd3)
17... Bh6 18. Qg3 h4 19. Qd3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 {Of course, White's central pawn
gives him a more than sufficient compensation for the exchange.} Qg5 21. Re1
Bd7 22. c6 {There was no need to hurry:} (22. Nf3 Qf4 (22... Qf6 23. Qe3 {
[%cal Ye2c4,Ye4e5]}) 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Bd1 $36) 22... bxc6 23. dxc6 Be6 24. Bg4
$5 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 (25... Qxg4 $5 26. Nd5 h3 $1 27. Qxh3+ Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ra7
29. Re3 $36 {[%cal Ye3a3]}) 26. Qd1 Rab8 27. a3 Kg7 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Nf3 Nxc6 $6
{Black decides to give up two pawns (c7 and a6) for this one but overlooks a
dangerous trick. It was not easy to find a better defence. E.g.} (29... Rfe8
30. g5 Qf4 (30... Qe6 31. Nxh4 Nxc6 32. Nd5) 31. e5 d5 $5 (31... dxe5 32. Re4
Qf5 33. Rxe5 Qc8 34. Qa1 $16 {[%cal Yc3e4]}) 32. e6 $1 $36) ({Perhaps the
difficult} 29... Rbe8 $5 {move was the best option} 30. g5 $140 Qf4 31. e5 d5
$1 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 h3 $1 $132) 30. Nd5 Qe6 (30... Qd8 31. Qa1+ Ne5 (31...
f6 32. g5) 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qxe5+ f6 34. Qc3 $16) 31. Nxc7 $2 (31. Ng5 $1 {
was much stronger} Qd7 $140 (31... Qe5 $2 32. f4 Qd4 33. Qc1 {[%cal Rc1c6,
Rg5f3]}) 32. Nh7 $1 Rfd8 33. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rh7f6]} Qe6 34. Rxc6 Kxh7 35. Rxc7
$18) 31... Qxg4 $2 {Resignation. Black's position now collapses.} (31... Qd7 $1
32. Nxa6 Rbd8 {kept drawing chances} ({or} 32... Rbc8 33. e5 Rfd8)) 32. Qxd6
$18 Rbd8 (32... h3 33. Ne1) 33. Qxc6 Rd1+ 34. Ne1 h3 35. Qc3+ f6 36. Rxh3 Rc8
37. e5 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I had never been in Romania before and I happily accepted the invitation to
play in this country. I have to say that the organisers were extremely nice
and friendly and the players had excellent playing conditions to in the small
city of Bazna, situated in the centre of Romania.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7
4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O {With a rare move order, the game has transposed into a
King's Indian defence. I had noticed that Dieter included it in his repertoire,
but it was hard to guess what he'd play as he has a wide and sharp opening
repertoire.} 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 (10... f5 11.
Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 {is a regular guest in games between Loek van Wely and Teimour
Radjabov and leads to sharp play.}) 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 $5 {The
most energetic move.} Rxa5 ({White's idea is that after} 13... dxc5 14. f3 $1
$146 {[%csl Re7] Black's N is poorly placed on e7} {and he cannot improve it
because of the following line} c6 $2 (14... Rxa5 $142 15. Nb3 Ra8 16. Nxc5 $16)
15. d6 $3 Qxd6 16. Nc4 Qd4+ $140 (16... Qc7 17. Be3 $16 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2651)
-Visser,Y (2445)/Leeuwarden 2004}) (16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Rb1 {[%csl Gb7]
} Rfb8 19. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qb4 19. Rb1 {and the Q is trapped}
fxe4 (19... Qc3 20. Rb3 $18) 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Bc5 $16) 14. Nb3 {I knew that
the knight is poorly placed on b3 in this line of the King's Indian, but I
believed that after exchange on d6 I'd be in time to move my knight from c3 to
b6 and thus exchange the Bc8, which is very important in the KID.} (14. cxd6
cxd6 15. a4 {is considered best by theory and likely rightly.}) 14... Ra8 15.
f3 f4 (15... Nh5 {has never been tried in tournament practice for some reason.}
) 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 h5 ({The big expert on King's Indian Ilya Smirin has tried
to save a tempo on h7-h5 by playing} 17... Ng6 {and won a brilliant game after}
18. a5 (18. cxd6 $5 cxd6 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nc4 Ra6 22. a5) 18... Nh4
19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb4 $5 (20. Na4 $5 {deserves serious attention}) 20... h5 21.
Nd2 g4 22. Nc4 Ra6 23. Kh1 Nh7 $1 24. fxg4 (24. Nb6 Rxb6 $1 25. axb6 Nxg2 $1
26. Kxg2 Qh4 27. Rh1 Ng5 $17 {Smirin,I}) 24... Nxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 hxg4 {Radjabov,
T-Smirin,I/Dos Hermanas ,2001}) 18. a5 {Both sides start a series of logical
moves - White is transfering his N to b6 and Black is preparing an attack on
the kingside.} Ng6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 g4 21. Nb6 {Here I was very happy
with my position, as I thought that the Bc8 is under control and thus Black's
attack cannot be strong.} Nxe4 $3 {My opponent found a brilliant resource. He
doesn't pay any attention to material and starts an assault immediately. His
attack has grounds to become successful, as the Nb3 and the Ba3 are completely
misplaced for the moment.} (21... Rxa5 22. Nxc8 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxc8 $16 {
is hardly sufficient.}) ({I anticipated} 21... Rb8 {when I intended to play}
22. Nd2 {protecting the e4-square and having in mind Ndc4} (22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23.
fxg4 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 f3 $5) (22. Nc4 $5 {also deserves attention:}
Nxe4 $140 (22... b5 23. Nxd6) 23. fxe4 f3 24. Nxd6 f2+ 25. Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 26. Qxe1
{with full compensation}) 22... Nh4 23. Bf1 {and I believe that Black's
threats are not too dangerous} (23. Nbc4 $5 gxf3 24. Bxf3)) 22. fxe4 (22. Nxa8
$2 {loses to the nice} Nf2 $1 ({or} 22... Qh4 23. Bf1 Nf2 24. Qe2 g3 25. h3 e4)
23. Qc2 (23. Kxf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 g3 $19) 23... g3 24. Qxg6 Qh4 25. h3 Bxh3 $1) ({
Objectively strongest was} 22. Nxc8 {when most of the lines you can find
easily with the help of the computer, but it is far from simple over the board}
Rxc8 (22... Nc3 23. Qc2 e4 24. Nxd6 exf3 25. Bc4) (22... Nh4 23. fxe4 Rxc8 24.
Kh1) 23. Qd3 $3 (23. fxe4 f3 24. gxf3 Qh4 25. Nd2 Nf4 26. Bf1 g3 $40) 23... Nh4
24. Qxe4 gxf3 (24... Rc3 25. Nd2 (25. Bd3 Qg5)) 25. Bxf3 Rc3 26. Nd2 Re3 27.
Rxe3 fxe3 28. Qxe3 e4 29. Rf1 exf3 30. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Re8 $16) 22... f3
23. Rf1 $1 {I like this move. I felt that if Black would force me to take on
f3 with the g-pawn, then Nf4, Qh4 and g3 would give him a very dangerous
attack.} (23. g3 $2 f2+ 24. Kg2 fxe1=Q 25. Qxe1 Nf4+ $1 $40) (23. Nxa8 $4 f2+
24. Kh1 g3 25. Qd3 (25. h3 Qh4 26. Bf1 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Nf4 $19) 25... Nf4 26.
Qxg3 Nxe2) ({I rejected} 23. gxf3 {when Black has a choice of} gxf3 ({or} 23...
Qh4 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Bf1 g3 26. Re2 Bh6) 24. Bxf3 Nh4 $40 25. Nd2 Qg5+ 26. Kh1
Rxf3 27. Rg1 Bg4 28. Nxf3 Nxf3 $13 {with a dangerous attack in both cases.})
23... Nf4 (23... fxe2 24. Qxe2 $16) 24. Bxf3 $1 ({Here} 24. gxf3 {is weak} Qg5
25. fxg4 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ $1 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Qc1 Qh4 29. Qg1 Rxe2 30. Qg3
Qf6 {with a mating attack.}) 24... gxf3 25. Rxf3 Bg4 ({During the game I was
rather worried about} 25... Qg5 26. Rg3 ({less clear is} 26. Qf1 Bh3 27. Rg3
Bg4 28. Nxa8 h4 29. Rf3 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qe3 32. fxg4 Nf2+ 33. Kg1
$11) 26... Bg4 27. h3 $1 (27. Nxa8 $4 Bxd1 28. Rxg5 Ne2+) 27... Qh4 {and as
the computer shows White is winning here in a beautiful way, but is is almost
impossible to find it.} (27... Bxd1 28. Rxg5 Bxb3 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxd6) 28.
Qe1 $3 (28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Rad8 $17) 28... Ne2+
29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Rxg4 $1 Qxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxa8 h4 34. Bxd6
Kf6 35. Nc5 Ng3 36. Bxe5+ $1 Kxe5 37. Nd3+ $18) 26. Nxa8 (26. Qd2 $2 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 Nh3+) {This is the critical position and Black had to make the right
decision} 26... Qxa8 $2 ({I hoped for the most tempting} 26... Nh3+ 27. Rxh3 $1
{other moves lose immediately} Bxd1 28. Rxd1 {and I felt that White is doing
well} {but things are not easy after} Qf6 $1 {An interesting computer style
move, proposed by M.Golubev in Chess Today.} ({Tricky is} 28... Qc8 29. Rc1
Qxa8 30. Bxd6 Rf4 {as the d-pawn has less support now. However I think that
White is better after} 31. Bc5 Rxe4 32. Bb6 $1 $14 {cutting Q from the game} (
32. d6 b6 $5 33. Bxb6 Qd5 $132)) (28... Qxa8 29. Bxd6 $36 {White has a clear
advantage, as he has enough material compensation for a Q and the d-pawn is
dangerous.}) 29. Rf3 Qh4 $1 30. Nd2 (30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Nd2 $1 (31. Nb6 Qxe4)
31... Bh6 $1 {Black is fine}) 30... Rxf3 (30... Rxa8 31. Bxd6) 31. gxf3 Bh6 32.
Nf1 Qh3 33. Kf2 $13 {and it is hard to assess this position.}) ({I was worried
about} 26... Nxg2 $1 {finally damaging the shelter of White's K} 27. Rxf8+ {
and Black has full compensation after both} Qxf8 ({and} 27... Bxf8 28. Qc2 (28.
Qf1 Nf4 29. Ra2 Qg5 30. Kh1 Qg6 $1 $44) 28... Nf4 29. Rf1 Qh4 $1 (29... Qxa8
30. Bc1 $14 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Qa6 32. Be3 $14) 30. Nd4 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 exd4 $44) 28.
Qc2 (28. Qf1 Nf4 29. Re1 Nh3+ (29... Qxa8 $44) 30. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 28... Nf4 29.
Rf1 Qxa8 30. Bc1 (30. Rxf4 $2 exf4 31. Bxd6 Qa6 $1) 30... Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qa6 $44
{I believe that it is easier to play such a position with Black.}) 27. Bxd6 Rf7
(27... Nh3+ 28. Rxh3 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 {was discussed above.}) 28. Qf1 $1 {From
this square the Q protects both the h3-square and prevents black Q from
entering through a6.} (28. Qd2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qc8) 28... Qd8 ({More stubborn was
} 28... Bxf3 {forcing White to be precise:} 29. gxf3 (29. Qxf3 Qa6) 29... Qc8
30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Bc5 Qa4 32. Qc4 $1 Qa2 33. Rc2 $1 Qb1+ 34. Nc1 $18) 29. Bc5 {
Now things are over. White has huge material advantage.} Bf8 (29... Bxf3 30.
Qxf3) 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Kh1 Ne2 32. Rxf7 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Ne2+ 35.
Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 {#} 12. Ra2 {A nice way for the rook to
come to the c-file.} Qb8 {In this particular variation of the King's Indian
Black wants to expand on the queenside (which is slightly unusual for this
sharp opening). His plan is to prepare the advance of the b-pawn to b5.} 13.
Rc2 Rc8 14. Ndb1 {Anticipating that Black will open the c-file, White
strengthens his knight on c3.} (14. Bd3 {is the main alternative.}) 14... cxd5
15. cxd5 b5 16. b4 a4 {Actually this move is a novelty, although the idea has
been known: Black wants to close the queenside, then regroup his pieces and
start kingside activity with f7-f5.} 17. Qd3 {#} Nh5 $1 {Radjabov has a subtle
feelings for such positions. He doesn't waste time and starts immediately some
actions on the kingside.} 18. Bxh5 gxh5 {Of course the doubles pawns on the
h-file represent a weakness for Black, but in the middlegame the dynamic
factors of the position are more important. The pawn on h5 is sort of a bait -
if White's pieces will go for it, Black will get counterplay either in the
center, or on the queenside.} 19. Bg5 Ng6 20. Nd2 Rf8 21. Rfc1 Qe8 22. Qe2 f6 (
{After} 22... Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxh5 f5 25. Qe2 {it is not clear whether
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 23. Be3 h4 24. h3 Rc8 25. Qh5
f5 26. Nf3 Nf4 (26... f4 {doesn't catch the bishop: 27.Bb6.}) 27. Qxe8 Rfxe8
28. Nxh4 Nd3 29. Nxf5 Nxc1 ({During the game Radjabov calculated the following
variation:} 29... Bxf5 30. exf5 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 e4 32. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Rc8 ({
better here is} 33... Re5 {and Black has little to fear.}) 34. Bf4 Rb8 35. Nxd6
Rxb4 36. axb4 a3 {#Analysis diagram and for a while he thought Black is
winning, but he spotted in time White's study-like solution to stop the
opponent's a-pawn:} 37. f6 $1 Bxf6 (37... a2 38. Be5) 38. Nxe4 Bb2 (38... a2
39. Nxf6+ Kf7 40. Be5) 39. Nc5 a2 40. Nb3 {and it White who wins}) 30. Rxc1 Bf8
31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Ng3 Rec8 33. Nge2 h5 34. Ke1 Be7 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Rh1 Bf6 37. g3
{# It is difficult for either side to make progress, so the players agreed to
a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {One of the most principled lines against the King's Indian.} Nh5 10.
Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 ({The solid move} 12. Bf3 {is out of fashion now.} {
After} c6 {Black had recently nothing to complain about.}) 12... c6 {This is
one of the main moves. The great King's Indian specialist Teimour Radjabov
prefers 12...Kh8 with good results. Here is one recent example:} (12... Kh8 13.
c5 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19.
axb3 Nc6 20. Ra4 Rfe8 21. Bc4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxb5 Re8 25. Rd1
Rxe6 26. Rd7 Bf8 27. Rxc7 Bxc5+ 28. Kf1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Bb2 Nd4 31. Bxd4
exd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2733)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Linares ESP 2009/The
Week in Chess 748 (44)}) 13. Be3 h6 {This line has bad statistics for Black.} (
{The more common line is} 13... Bh6 14. h4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {which is
successfully employed by grandmaster Kotronias.}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 {
This is the point of White's previous play. By eliminating the important
light-squared bishop, White has secured himself from a potentially dangerous
assault on the kingside by g5-g4. Meanwhile, he is hoping to develop his play
on the light squares even at the price of a pawn (the Pe6 is, obviously,
doomed).} Qc7 (15... Ne8 $6 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Rad1 Kh7 18. c5 d5 19. exd5 cxd5
20. Nxd5 Nexd5 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 $16 {1-0 Veingold,A (2432)
-Candela Perez,J (2411)/Burgas 2001/EXT 2002 (59)}) 16. b5 {Consequent. White
is going to open the b-file.} Rfd8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. Rab1 Kh8 $146
{The Pe6 won't run away. Meanwhile, Black makes a useful move, moving the king
away from the dangerous diagonal a2-g8.} (19... Kh7 20. Red1 Qxe6 21. Rb7 Rd7
22. Qa6 Ne8 23. c5 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 $6 (25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27.
Kh1 $1 $14) 25... Nec7 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7
30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Qxa8 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Ke1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qxa2+ $11 {
1/2-1/2 Komljenovic,D (2499)-Kuzmin,A (2571)/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (42)}) 20.
Red1 g5 21. Qa3 (21. exf5 $6 {would allow Black to push forward his central
pawns.} Nxf5 22. Bf2 d5 23. Qa5 Qxe6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nb5 Rac8 $132) 21...
Qxe6 {Black can't wait anymore with this capture since the Pd6 is hanging.} 22.
Rb7 g4 $6 (22... fxe4 23. fxe4 c5 $1 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4]} (23... Ng6 $6 24. g3
Nf4 25. gxf4 Qh3 26. Bf2 Ng4 27. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 exf4 29. Ne2 $16) 24. Qa6 (
24. Rxa7 Rac8 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4]} (24... Rxa7 $6 25. Qxa7 Nc6 26. Qc7
Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rb1 $14)) 24... Ng6 25. Nb5 (25. g3 $2 {[%tqu "En","How
should Black continue?","","","g6f4","",10]} Nf4 $1 26. gxf4 Qh3 {compared to
the sub-line 23...Ng6, here Nc3 is also hanging.} 27. Rd3 Ng4 $40) 25... Nf4
26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nxd6 Rd7 {The control over the dark squares should yield
Black reasonable compensation.}) 23. fxg4 $1 fxe4 24. g5 (24. h3 $6 Ng6 25.
Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Qxa7 d5 $132) (24. h4 $5 {was an interesting alternative, though
a bit unhuman, as it weakens the shelter of white's monarch.} Ng6 (24... Nxg4
$2 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. Rxe7 d5 27. cxd5 Bf8 28. Rf1 $18) 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Ng4
27. Nxe4 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 $16) 24... hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nf5 $6 (25... e3 $5 26. Bxe3
Nf5 27. Bg5 e4 {The idea of the pawn sacrifice is to open the diagonal for the
dark-squared bishop. Even if the compensation is not sufficient, Inarkiev
should have tried this.}) 26. Bxf6 $6 {Missing a much stronger tactical
opportunity.} (26. Nxe4 $3 Nxe4 27. Qh3+ Kg8 (27... Bh6 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd3)
28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd3 $1 {winning the knight and remaining with an exchange up.
}) 26... Qxf6 27. Nxe4 Qh6 $2 {This natural move is a decisive mistake.
Ernesto should have attacked the Ne4 by 27...Qh4.} (27... Qh4 $1 28. Ng3 (28.
Qf3 Rf8 29. g3 Qh6 30. Qh5 Qxh5 31. Bxh5 Ne3 32. Rc1 d5 $13) 28... Nxg3 29.
hxg3 Qg5 30. Bf3 {White's position is still preferable as his king is a bit
better protected. But, the whole fight would be still ahead.}) 28. Rb3 $1 {
Black's king has no pawn shelter and it becomes very apparent after this
strong regrouping.} Kg8 29. Rh3 Qf4 30. Qd3 d5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 (31... cxd5 $2 32.
Rf1 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Bc4+ Kf8 35. Rxf5+ Ke8 36. Rh7 $18) 32. Qb1 Rxd1+
33. Bxd1 Nd4 34. Bb3+ Kf8 35. Bc4 $18 {White stabilized his position. All his
pieces are ideally placed and ready for an attack against the black monarch
which is extremely vulnerable.} Rd8 36. Rg3 a5 37. h3 Qf5 38. Qb7 $6 (38. Qb6
$1 {was winning on the spot as there is no defense against the deadly check on
c5.}) 38... Qd7 39. Qb6 Qe7 40. Qxa5 {White is still winning, but it will take
him some time.} Rb8 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Qb6 Rd7 43. a4 {The a-pawn decides the
game. White's pieces are so well placed, that Black does not have a single
target to attack.} Rb7 44. Qa5 Rd7 45. Qe1 Ke8 46. a5 Kd8 47. a6 Kc8 48. Qb1
Qd8 49. Nd6+ $1 Kc7 50. Nf7 Rxf7 51. Qb7+ Kd6 52. Bxf7 Bh6 53. a7 Bf4 54. Qb8+
1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 {The other retreat of the knight to d7 used to be considered
safer, but Nakamura loves to play sharp positions.} (9... Nd7) 10. b4 f5 11. c5
Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. b5 dxc5 {Another
symptomatic decision to give up the central structure. White will get the
chance to toy also with the d5-d6 advance, Black has won time for advancing
his kingside attack.} 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Bf8 {The
defender has three other moves at his disposal. Very instructive are two games
won by Cvitan with the same ingenious combination after 20...Nh7.} (20... Nh7
21. d6 (21. Nb5 Qh4 22. Bg1 Bh3 23. Re1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kxh3 Ng5+ 26.
Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kf1 g2+ 28. Kf2 Nh3# {0-1 Epishin,V (2570)-Cvitan,O (2570)/
Switzerland 1997}) 21... Qh4 22. Bg1 Bh3 $5 23. bxc7 $4 (23. gxh3 $1 Qxh3 24.
Rf2 gxf2 25. Bxf2 $16) 23... Bxg2+ $1 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ $3 (24... Ng5 $2 25. Rf2 $1
) 25. Kxh3 Ng5+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ {0-1 Ftacnik,L (2585)-Cvitan,O (2570)/Germany 1997
}) (20... Ne8 21. bxc7 (21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Bg1 Qg5 23. Re1 h4 24. Bf1 h3 25. gxh3
Rg7 26. Qe2 Nh4 27. hxg3 fxg3 28. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Siegel,G (2540)-Maiwald,J (2460)
/Germany 1998 (47)} Rf7 $15) (21. d6 axb6 22. dxc7 {1/2-1/2 Andruet,G (2370)
-Arbakov,V (2575)/France 1994}) 21... Rxc7 22. Bg1 Bf8 23. d6 Rg7 24. Qd5+ Kh7
25. Nxe5 Nf6 26. Qd4 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxd6 28. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Babula,V (2594)
-Polzin,R (2497)/Austria 2004 (38)}) (20... axb6 21. axb6 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ng4 23.
fxg4 Qh4 24. Bg1 hxg4 25. Qa8 f3 (25... Rf8 26. bxc7 f3 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Rxf3
$18) 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 g2+ 29. Kxg2 Qh3+ 30. Kh1 Qxf1 31.
Nd2 {1-0 Tratar,M (2471)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2446)/Bled 2002 (35)}) 21. d6 $146 {
Gelfand is the first player to deviate from the obvious retreat of the bishop
to g1 with the help of a sharp novelty.} (21. Bg1 Nh4 (21... axb6 22. axb6 Rxa1
23. Qxa1 h4 24. h3 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Qc8 26. Kg2 Nh7 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bd4 Ng5 29.
Rh1 Nd7 30. Nb5 Nxb6 31. Qa5 $14 {1-0 Arbakov,V (2420)-Gufeld,E (2480)/Soviet
Union 1986 (43)}) 22. Re1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rg7 24. Nxe5 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe4 {
0-1 Roussel Roozmon,T (2486)-Charbonneau,P (2499)/Montreal 2008}) 21... axb6
22. Bg1 (22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 cxd6 24. Bg1 (24. Rd1 Ng4 $1 25. fxg4 Qh4 26.
Bg1 hxg4 27. Rxd6 (27. Ne3 gxh2 28. Bxh2 g3 29. Nf1 Be6 $17) 27... Bxd6 28.
Nxd6 f3 29. Bf1 Rf8 $19) 24... gxh2 25. Bxh2 h4 26. Qa2 Nh5 $17) 22... Nh4 $5 (
22... bxa5 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Nbd6 Rg7 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Nxc8 Qc7
28. Nxa5 Qxc8 $11) (22... gxh2 23. Bxh2 bxa5 24. dxc7 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rxc7 26.
Nb6 Rxc3 27. Nxa8 Bb4 $11) 23. Re1 (23. Nxe5 Bh3 $1 24. Bd4 (24. gxh3 g2#)
24... Bxg2+ 25. Kg1 Rg7 (25... Bxd6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. axb6 Rxa1 28. Qb3+ Kg7
29. Rxa1 c5 $17) 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. Qf7+ Bg7 $19) (23. hxg3 $1 fxg3
24. Be3 (24. Qe1 Rg7 25. Be3 Bh3 26. Rg1 Qc8 $17) 24... Bh3 (24... Bxd6 $2 25.
Bg5 Ng6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bc4 $16) 25. Rg1 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Rg7 27. Nd5 Bxd6 28.
Nxd6 Qxd6 29. axb6 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Nxd5 32. exd5 $14) (23. Ra2 Bh3
24. Bd3 Bxd6 25. gxh3 Qd7 26. Re1 bxa5 $11) 23... Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black is
extremely creative in attacking positions and has an exceptional feeling for
the initiative.} 24. dxc7 $2 {White must have been unpleasantly shocked and
his reaction is simply insufficient.} (24. Kxg2 Rg7 25. dxc7 gxh2+ 26. Kh1 (26.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. fxg4 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 hxg4 29. Qd5+ Rf7 30. Bxb6 (30. Nxe5 Qh3+ 31.
Kf2 g3+ 32. Kf3 Qh1#) (30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ Kg7 32. Bd4 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Bc5
$19) 30... f3+ 31. Kf1 Be6 32. Qxe6 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Ke3 Qxe6 $19) 26...
hxg1=Q+ 27. Rxg1 Qxc7 28. axb6 Rxa1 29. bxc7 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Ne8
32. Nd5 Be6 33. Nxe5 Bd6 34. Nxf4 Nxc7 $11) 24... Nxe1 $1 25. Qxe1 (25. cxd8=Q
g2#) 25... g2+ $1 26. Kxg2 Rg7+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf2 Bc5+ $19) 27... Bh3 28. Bf1 (
28. Qf2 Qd4 29. Bf1 Qxf2 30. Bxf2 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rxc7 $19) 28... Qd3 $1 {
The motif of mate on g2 is repeated in this game many times always with great
effect. Nakamura's beautiful combination will make its way into the books.} 29.
Nxe5 (29. Bxd3 Bg2#) (29. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qxg2#) 29... Bxf1 30. Qxf1 (30.
Nxd3 Bg2#) 30... Qxc3 31. Rc1 (31. Nd3 Qxc7 $19) 31... Qxe5 32. c8=Q Rxc8 33.
Rxc8 Qe6 {A fascinating game illustrating for the umpteenth time the charms of
tactics in chess.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The main pre-tournament favourites faced each other in round three.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {By calling on his old favourite, the King's Indian
Defence, Hikaru had recently scored impressive victories over Beliavsky and
Gelfand.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 {
True to his style Gata avoids a pitched theoretical battle.} ({He wanted to
vary from} 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. b5 (16. a5 h5 17. b5 dxc5 18. b6 {Beliavsky-Nakamura, 3rd NH Tournament,
2009.}) 16... dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Bf8 {
Gelfand-Nakamura, World team Ch, 2010.}) 10... f5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Bg5 {This has
already been played by many strong players. White intends to give Black a
fight in the centre, rather than concede the space Black needs for his
kingside attack.} Nh5 (12... Kh8 13. Rc1 Neg8 {is a typical idea in the KID,
but in the game Grischuk-Khalifman, Ordix Open (rapid), 2009 White found a way
to combat it. There followed} 14. exf5 gxf5 15. c5 h6 16. Bh4 $1 {and here the
former FIDE World Champion encountered some problems. As the game went, first
he had to lose time to move his knight to g6 to break the annoying pin,} Ne7
17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. g3 {and then bring it
back to cover the e6-square,} Nf8 {After} 22. Rc4 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rf7 24. Nh4 {
White was clearly better, despite the absence of his dark-squared bishop.}) 13.
Nd2 {The first independent move.} ({Ivanchuk-Radjabov, Corus, 2009 saw} 13.
exf5 gxf5 {and here White could try the Grischuk plan,} 14. Rc1 ({Ivanchuk
chose the restrictive approach,} 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 Bd7 16. b5 Be8 17. c6 b6
18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. f3 {and kept his advantage throughout the game
until blundering in time trouble.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 {which in this case might
be countered by} Nf4 16. c5 Nfg6 17. Nb5 e4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nfd4 Nf4 {
with great complications.}) 13... Nf4 14. c5 h6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 {This
position is reminiscent of the old lines of the Bayonet Attack with 9...Nh5 10.
c5, which were popular until Karpov introduced the 10.Re1 idea in the
mid-1990s. White is feeling the effects of parting with the dark-squared
bishop, but he's safe from standard kingside attacks and hopes to translate
his spatial gains on the queenside into something meaningful.} fxe4 {Hikaru
chooses the most direct method of getting his Ne7 into the game.} ({The
alternative,} 16... a6 17. Re1 g5 {might be a dead end if White plays} 18. Bh5)
17. Ndxe4 Nf5 18. Re1 Be5 $6 {Hikaru plays a "safe" move, a decision surely
dictated by tournament priorities.} ({Otherwise, we could expect to see
something like} 18... Nd4 19. cxd6 ({The same idea works in the event of} 19.
Bg4 f3 $1) 19... cxd6 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 f3 $1 22. g3 Bg4) 19. Nd2 $1 {
Gata realises where the danger is coming from and takes immediate
counter-measures.} Nd4 20. Nf3 (20. Nb5 $5 f3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3 22. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 23.
Kf1 Rf7 {is interesting, but you don't want to tempt fate by playing like this
against Hikaru Nakamura.}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 a6 {Closing the avenue
b5-c7-e6 for the white knight.} 22. Na4 {is still a choice for White here.} Bf5
23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qe7 ({I agree with Black's
decision to leave the bait alone, as} 26... Bxb4 27. Qb3 Qe7 (27... Be7 28.
Red1 Qe8 29. Rxc7 $18) 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. e7+ Kg7 30. Qxb4 Rfe8 31. h4 Rbc8 32.
Re6 {is very dangerous for Black.}) ({Unfortunately Black had no time for} 
26... c6 {on account of} 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. Rcd1 {winning.}) 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. b5 $1
axb5 29. Qxb5 Rf5 ({Better was} 29... c6 {to put up a barrier on the log
diagonal right away. Then} 30. Qb3 {could be answered by} Rf5) 30. Qb2+ Qf6 31.
Qd2 $1 {Now c7-c6 is being tampered with.} Rd8 ({I'm sure} 31... Re5 32. Rxe5
Qxe5 33. Re1 Qc5 {looked a bit shaky, but it was Black's best bet.}) 32. h3 $2
{Having so far played a near perfect game against a dangerous young rival,
Gata slips up and gives the game away.} (32. Bxb7 {was possible, and in all
likelihood would have won the game. After} f3 33. g3 {Black finds himself in a
situation where he has effectively burned his bridges and must find a tactical
solution that may not be there. The trickiest move is} c6 $1 {where White
should avoid} (33... Bxg3 {meets the resolute refutation,} 34. hxg3 Rxd2 35.
Rxc7+ Kf8 36. e7+) ({while} 33... Bf4 34. Qxd8 Qxd8 35. e7 {is equally
hopeless.}) 34. Bxc6 $2 {on account of} Bxg3) 32... h5 33. Rc4 (33. Bxb7 f3 {
is no longer clear:} 34. e7 (34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxa5 36. Rxf3 Rf8 {and
Black should hold.}) 34... Bxe7 35. Qe3 Bd6 36. a6 fxg2 37. a7 Ra5 {White will
win the exchange but not the game.}) 33... Be7 34. Qc1 c6 35. a6 {This is a
logical way to break through, but White's winning chances disappear with the
a-pawn leaving the board.} bxa6 36. Rxc6 Re5 37. Rxa6 Rd6 {A narrow escape
from Nakamura.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Negroponte op"]
[Site "Chalkis"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {King's Indian Defence which Ganguly added
recently to his arsenal.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9.
b4 {Bayonette attack is quite common these days.} Ne8 $5 {A particularly sharp
move.} (9... a5 {I sort of dislike this one but it is common as well.} 10. Ba3
$1 b6 $5 (10... axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Re1 Ng8
(15... Nf6 16. c5 fxe4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Rb1 Qd7 21.
h3 $14) (15... Rf7 $5 16. Nb5 $5) 16. h3 $1 (16. Nb5 $6 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ngf6 18.
c5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. d6 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf5 22. Rxe5 cxd6 23. Nxd6 Bf4 24.
Rd5 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $11 {and the material is seriously reduced.}) 16... Ndf6 17.
c5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 (18... Nxd5 19. Ba3 $44) 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21.
Nd2 Bf5 22. Bf3 $13) 11. bxa5 Nh5 (11... Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Ne8 14. Qb3 f5
15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 Rb8 17. Rb5 Rxb5 18. cxb5 $14) 12. Re1 f5 {This is what I
feel like a critical position for the theory.} 13. Bb4 (13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bh6
(14... Rxa5 15. Bb4 Ra8 16. Nb5 $14) 15. Nb3 $13) 13... bxa5 14. Ba3 Nf4 (14...
Nf6 15. Bd3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Be4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Rab1
$14 {is known.}) 15. Bf1 fxe4 16. Nd2 $1 (16. Nxe4 Bg4) 16... Nd3 17. Bxd3 exd3
18. Nde4 Nf5 19. Qxd3 Ba6 (19... Bh6 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 $14) 20. Nb5 Qd7
21. Rab1 $13 {and I can not say what white has accomplished so far.}) (9... Nh5
10. Re1 f5 (10... a5 11. bxa5 $1 {Now this one is good.} (11. Ba3 $6 axb4 12.
Bxb4 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 $11) 11...
Rxa5 $1 (11... f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 $1 Rxa5 (13... dxc5 $6 14. f3 $16) 14. Nb3
Ra8 15. f3 $16) (11... c5 12. Nd2) 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 c5 14. a4 Ra6 15. Ra3
Nh5 $1 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. g3 Ne8 18. f4 $40 {and I believe in White's position.})
11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 $1 ({I find} 12. Bf3 {a toothless line.} c6 $1 $132) 12...
Kh8 (12... c6 13. Be3 Bh6 14. h4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nh5 16. Rc1 f4 17. Bf2 $36) 13.
Rb1 $1 h6 (13... Nh5 14. c5 Nf4 15. Bc4 fxe4 16. Ngxe4 Nf5 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2
Nd4 19. Rf1 Bf5 20. Be3 $14) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5
Ng8 18. Qd3 $5 Nd4 19. Qh3 Re8 20. Bg4 c6 21. Nc3 Qe7 22. b5 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6
24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Be3 Re7 27. c5 $36) 10. a4 $5 {Modern!} (10.
Nd2 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 $5 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. a5 (16. b5
dxc5 17. Bxc5 Bf8 18. Bf2 h5 19. h3 Rg7 $40) 16... h5 17. b5 dxc5 18. b6 g4 $1
$13 {is terribly messy.}) 10... f5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Rc1 $146 {
After a long thought I might have chosen an inferior move.} (13. Ra3 $142 $1 {
The rook should defend my third rank} h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g3 f4 16. Nh4 fxg3 (
{due to} 16... Qg5 17. Nb5 Rf7 18. Nxg6 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nxe4 20. Bh5 Re7 21. Ng6
Rf7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nxc7 Rb8 25. Ne6 $16) 17. hxg3 Nf4 18. Bg4
Bxg4 19. Qxg4 h5 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Nf3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2) ({I did not like} 13. Nd2
Nf4 14. c5 h6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 fxe4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Ncxe4 Nf5 $13) (13.
exf5 gxf5 14. Qd2 Nf6 $13) ({either} 13. c5 Nf4) 13... h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g3
(15. exf5 $6 Bxf5 16. g3 Bh3 17. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $40) 15... Nf6 $2 {An awful move
which seals the fate of this important game a little bit too early.} (15...
fxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 Bh3 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Nfd2 $16) ({He had to seize his chance
with} 15... f4 $1 {which he only noticed after the game.} 16. Nh4 Qg5 (16...
fxg3 17. hxg3 Nf4 (17... Qg5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Nb5 Rf7 20. c5 a6 21. cxd6 axb5
22. dxc7 $44) 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 h5 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Nf3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Qd7 23.
Rh1 Ng5 24. Nh4 Qf7 25. Qe2 $14) 17. Bxh5 (17. Nxg6 $2 fxg3 18. Nxf8 Bh3 $19)
17... gxh5 18. Nb5 (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qf3 fxg3 21. Qxf5 gxh2+ 22.
Kxh2 Rxf5) 18... Rf7 19. c5 a6 20. cxd6 axb5 21. dxc7 $44) 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. exf5
gxf5 18. f4 e4 $2 {Black has to keep the position more fluid with} (18... exf4
19. Rxf4 Qe8 20. Qd3 Nh5 21. Bxh5 $5 Qxh5 22. Rcf1 Be5 23. R4f2 f4 24. Ng6 $16)
19. Nb5 a6 (19... Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. f5 $18) 20. Nd4 Nh7 (20... Ne8 21. c5)
21. c5 Rd8 22. c6 $1 $18 {This leaves Black with two many weaknesses.} Qf6 23.
Ne6 {Solid but as effective} ({as} 23. Nhxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. cxb7 Rab8
26. Rxc7 Nf6 (26... Rd7 27. Bg4) 27. b5 $1 $18) 23... Bxe6 24. dxe6 (24. cxb7
Qd4+ (24... Rab8 25. dxe6) (24... Bf7 25. bxa8=Q Rxa8 26. Rxc7) 25. Qxd4 Bxd4+
26. Kg2 Bxd5 27. bxa8=Q Bxa8 28. Nxf5 c5 29. Rfd1 $18) 24... Qxe6 (24... bxc6
25. Rxc6 d5 26. Bxa6 Nf8 27. Qh5 Qd4+ 28. Kg2 $18 {should also wins the game.})
25. cxb7 Rab8 26. Rc6 $1 ({The text is even stronger than} 26. Rxc7 d5 27. b5
$18) 26... Kh8 27. Bc4 Qf6 $5 ({I was expecting} 27... Qe8 28. Qd5 Rxb7 (28...
Nf6 29. Qxf5 d5 (29... Qxc6 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kh8 32. Qh7+ Nxh7 33. Ng6#)
30. Bxa6 $18 Qxc6 $140 $2 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+) 29. Qg8+ $1 Qxg8 30. Ng6#) 28.
Bxa6 {I did not want to give him the slightest chance.} (28. Rxc7 d5 29. Bxd5
Nf8 (29... Qd4+ 30. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Rxd5 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ $18) 30. Kh1
Qd6 31. Rxg7 $18) 28... Nf8 29. Qd5 Ng6 (29... Ne6 30. Nxf5) 30. Nxg6+ (30.
Nxf5 $18 {is also possible.}) 30... Qxg6 31. Rxc7 h5 32. Qf7 $1 {Simplest of
all.} (32. Bb5 h4 33. a6 hxg3 34. a7 gxh2+ 35. Kh1 $18) 32... Qxf7 33. Rxf7 d5
(33... Bc3 34. Rxf5 d5 35. Rc1 d4 36. Rf7 Bxb4 37. Rcc7 $18) 34. Rxf5 Rd6 35.
Rxh5+ Kg8 36. Rc1 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Ba7 38. b5 (38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rhh8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 $6 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 g5 {For this line -
see Werle - Vallejo in CBM 129.} 14. Ba3 g4 $6 {After this aggressive move
White wins a pawn but otherwise Black's attack can hardly succeed, e.g} (14...
Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Rc1 $5 (17. Bb4 $143 Nh4 18. Ra3 g4 $1 19. g3
f3 20. Bd3 Rf6 21. Ne3 $13 (21. Re1 $2 Ng2 $17 {0-1 Zamorano,J (2254)-Roselli
Mailhe,B (2420)/Mar del Plata 2008/CBM 123 Extra (50)})) 17... Nh4 18. Bh5 $1
$16) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Bxg4 Qc7 18. Be2 f3 19. b6 $1 {The simplest
way.} (19. gxf3 Bh3 20. b6 $1 Qd8 $1 21. Kh1 Bxf1 22. Bxf1 a6 23. Bh3 Ng6 {
was less clear.}) 19... axb6 (19... fxe2 20. bxc7 $5 exd1=Q 21. Rfxd1 $16 {
[%csl Gc7,Rd6]}) 20. Nb5 {But now} (20. gxf3 {was possible, e.g.} Bh3 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Kh1 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Rf6 24. Bh3 Ng6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Ncxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6
Nf4 28. Qb3 $1 Bf8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Bxa3 31. Qxa3 Qf6 32. Be6 Nxe6 33.
dxe6 b5 34. a5 Qxe6 35. f4 $1 Qg4 36. Qg3 $1 $16 {Of course, calculating such
a line or going for it without a complete calculation is far from easy.}) 20...
fxe2 21. Qxe2 Qd8 22. Nbxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6] White has chosen a
simple course. Black has no more attack (it seems!), White will now recapture
a third pawn for the piece, and his pawn avalanche should decide the game.} Rf7
24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bxg7 Nf4 $5 {All of a sudden, Black finds a way to continue
his attack!} 26. Qe3 Qg5 27. g3 Qxg7 28. Nxb6 Bg4 $6 (28... Nh3+ $5 29. Kg2
Nxf2 30. Nxa8 Bh3+ 31. Kg1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qb2+ 34. Kxh3 Rxf1 35.
Qg5+ Qg7 (35... Kf8 36. Nc7) (35... Kf7 36. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 37. Nc7 Rf2 38. Qe8+
Kg7 39. Ne6+ Kh6 40. Nf4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg4 Qg7+ 42. Kf5 Qg5+ 43. Ke6 $18) 36. Kg4
Qxg5+ 37. Kxg5 $16 {_|_}) 29. Nxa8 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Bf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3
Nd4+ 33. Kg2 Qf8 34. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (34. Rae1 $142 $1 Qxa8 (34... Qf3+ 35.
Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 35. Rc1 Qxa4 36. Rc8+ Kf7
37. Rc7+ {keeping good winning chances.}) 34... Qxa8 $2 (34... Nc2 $1 {, and
Black threatens to win the whole rook! It is now White who must make sure he
gets a draw:} 35. Nc7 Qb4 $1 36. Reb1 Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 Nd4 (37... Ne3 38. fxe3
Qxe3+ $11) 38. Rxb7 {, and Black has nothing more than a perpetual:} Nf3+ 39.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Kg1 $11) 35. Red1 $2 {But White misses another tactical trick!} (
35. Rac1 Qxa4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rec1 $16) 35... Nc2 $1 36. Rac1 (36. Ra2 Qe8 $1
{, and White can't protect the e4-pawn!}) 36... Qxa4 37. d6 {Again unable to
protect the e4-pawn, White forces a draw.} (37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 $6 Nb5 {
is too risky for White.}) 37... Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Nd4 39. d7 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nxh2+ 41.
Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 {Hardly a worthwhile experiment.} (11. Bxf4
exf4 12. Rc1 {is the most common continuation here.}) 11... f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 h6 {[%csl Gf4]} 14. Re1 (14. g3 Nh3+ $1 (14... Nh5 15. Nfd2 Kh8 16. Ra3 a6
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bf5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qe2 $14 {0-1 Bareev,E (2677)
-Amonatov,F (2649)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (36)}) 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Ra3 Qd7 $132 {
S.Zagrebelny}) 14... Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5
Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 (21. h4 $5 gxh4 22. Rh1 Nf5 23. Qb1 {K.Landa} dxc5 $5
24. bxc5 b5 $13) 21... b6 22. axb6 axb6 $11 {Despite White's control of the
e4-square, Black's strong light-squared bishop guarantees him sufficient
counterplay.} 23. Nfxg5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A risky but interesting piece sacrifice.
} (23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bb5 Ra8 $132) 23... hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26.
Ra7 Rc8 (26... Rf7 $5 27. f3 b5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxg6 bxc4 30. Ng5 Kg8 31.
Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxd6 Rb5 {K.Landa} 33. Rd1 {- White is fighting for a draw here.}
) 27. Rxe7 Rxc4 28. f3 Rc2+ (28... Rxb4 29. h4 b5 30. Re2 $132 {[%cal Rh4h5]})
29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 (30. h4 $5 {was recommended by K.Landa:} Rf7 31. Qxg6 Rxe7
32. Ng5 Bf8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ $11 {since} Bg7 $2 35. h5 {is favourable for
White.}) {The text move is also enough for a draw.} 30... Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 (
31... Rxe7 32. Ng5 $11) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Nxd6 {was indicated by many
commentators. After} Rcf8 33. Nxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Kg2 {, with 3 pawns
for a piece, White should not lose.}) 32... Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Ne6+ Ke8 35.
Qh5 Bf6 (35... Qf6 $142 $1 {[%cal Re5e4] although Black still has a lot of
work to do to consolidate his position, e.g.} 36. Qg4 $1 Rd7 37. f4 $5 e4 ({
but not} 37... exf4 38. Re1 $1) 38. Ra2 {etc.}) 36. g4 $2 {Wrong! Surprisingly,
it is very difficult for Black to make any progress after} (36. Ra2 {(K.Landa)}
) ({or} 36. Qg6 Qb7 37. Ra2 {[%cal Yh3h4]} b5 38. Kg2) 36... Qb7 {Quite
sufficient but} (36... e4 $142 $1 37. Rf1 exf3 38. Rxf3 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40.
Kh1 Qa7 $19) 37. Rd1 (37. Qg6 b5 {[%cal Rb7b6] White has no time for the Kg2,
Ra2 setup.} 38. Kh1 $1 (38. Ra2 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Rf7f3,Rb7d5]} 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40.
Qg5+ Kd7 41. Qg6 Rf6) 38... e4 39. Re1 Qxd5 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qxc8 Qxe6 42. Rxe4
Be5 $19) 37... Qa6 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3 41. Nd4
Qxb4 (41... Rc1 {is simpler:} 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43.
Rd1 (43. Qxd6+ Qxd6 44. Nxd6 Rd8 45. Nxf7 Kxf7 $19 {_|_}) 43... Rc2 44. Nd4
exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2
Rxh3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 axb4 14. axb4 c6 15. Kh1
$1 {GM Beliavsky invented this move. There is also another possible try to
solve the problem of the diagonal:} (15. Rf2 Nf6 16. Nf1 cxd5 17. cxd5 f4 18.
Bd2 g5 19. Be1 Rg8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 g4 22. Qa5 $14) 15... Nf6 16. Nb3 ({
It is worse to try} 16. Bb2 $5 {/\ c5}) 16... cxd5 ({It is much weaker is to
close the centre immediately:} 16... f4 17. dxc6 $1 bxc6 18. b5 d5 19. Nc5 $1
Rb8 20. Ba3 d4 21. N3a4 Ne8 22. Na6 $1 Ra8 $2 (22... Bxa6 23. bxa6 $16) 23.
Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nb6 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2667)-Enders,P (2478)/Deutschland 2004})
17. cxd5 f4 ({Black did not achieve equality with a typical knight manoevre:} 
17... Neg8 18. Na5 $5 (18. Be3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 {was better.} (19. Qd2 Bxe3 20.
Qxe3 Nh5 21. Na5 Nf4 22. Ra1) 19... Nxh6 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 fxe4
23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qh4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2656)-Rudolf,H (2353)/Ohrid 2009.
With black counterplay.}) 18... Nh5 19. Be3 Bh6 20. Bf2 $14) 18. Na5 ({With
direct ideas Beliavsky obtained a serious advantage in two games:} 18. Nb5 g5
19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Ra1 Rc8 $146 (21... Rb8) (21... Ra6) 22. Qb1 $5 (
22. Qa2 $14) 22... h5 23. Na7 $1 Ra8 24. b5 g4 (24... Qb6 25. Ba5 $1 Qxa7 26.
Bc7 $18) 25. Ba5 b6 26. Be1 g3 27. hxg3 Ng6 28. Nc6 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Qg5 30. Qc1
$1 $16 {[ /\ Nb8 +-]} Nf6 31. gxf4 exf4 (31... Nxf4 32. g3 $18) 32. Nbd4 (32.
Qa3 $5) 32... h4 33. Ne6 (33. Qa3 $5) 33... Bxe6 34. dxe6 Nh5 (34... d5 35. Bd3
$16) 35. Rf2 $1 {Beliavsky,A (2667)-Radjabov,T (2650)/Plovdiv 2003}) (18. Bd2
g5 19. Na5 (19. Be1) 19... Nh5 (19... h5 20. Nc4 g4 21. Ra1 $36) 20. Be1 Rf6
21. Nc4 Bd7 22. Bf2 Nc8 23. Ra1 Rxa1 $6 ({The only chance to complicate the
game was} 23... Rb8 $1 $132) 24. Qxa1 Qe8 25. Kg1 $1 Rh6 26. Qa8 {1-0
Beliavsky,A (2667)-Vajda,L (2482)/Magyarorszag 2004. And the white threats are
more serious than the black ones.}) 18... Nh5 19. Qe1 ({The king retreat} 19.
Kg1 {is possible, but not very logical:} Bf6 20. Bd2 Bh4 21. Be1 Ng3 22. Rf2
Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 g5 25. h3 Ng6 26. Nd1 h5 27. Nf2 Nh4 28. Rc2 g4
29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Qg5 31. Rb3 $2 (31. Qd1 {still kept the advantage})
31... Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Qxg4 {0-1 Lputian,S (2640)-Nataf,I (2559)/Warsaw 2005. The
white king is in danger.}) 19... Bf6 20. Nc4 Nf5 $6 {A piece sacrifice - a big
novelty, but a very, very dubious one. In his career Nisipeanu has come up
with many fantastic ideas, but here we have the impression that it is one big
bluff.} 21. exf5 Bh4 (21... Bxf5 22. Ne4 Bh4 23. Qd2 $1) 22. Qd1 Ng3+ 23. Kg1
$1 ({Of course, to capture is deadly dangerous:} 23. hxg3 Bxg3) 23... Bxf5 24.
Bd3 (24. Ne4 {would be too complicated:} b5 25. Nxg3 Bxb1 26. Na3 fxg3 27. Nxb1
) 24... Rc8 25. Rb3 {A typical move in this variation - to protect the third
rank.} ({Kasimdzhanov had to calculate the tempting} 25. Rf2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf5
27. Rc2 Nd4 28. Rbb2 b5 29. Na3 Nxc2 30. Rxc2) 25... Rxc4 $5 (25... Bxd3 {
would be equivalent to resignation:} 26. Qxd3 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Qc7 28. Nd2) 26.
Bxc4 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 Rc8 {Pity, but there were no dangerous knight moves.} 28. Na4
$1 Qa7 29. Nc5 $1 {This move decides the game.} Nh5 30. Rd2 (30. Re2 {is more
exact. The next white moves are not the only ones, though they are sufficient
to win the game.}) 30... b5 31. Ra3 Qb8 32. Bd3 dxc5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. bxc5 b4
35. Ra1 Rxc5 36. Bb2 Bd8 37. Ra6 Kg8 38. Qa4 Rb5 39. Ra8 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Kh8 13. Qa4 Bg4 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
Nd5 Qf7 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 f5 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Rxd4 exd4 20. Bc4 Qe8 21. Qb4
f4 22. Nxf4 Qxe4 23. Ne6 d3 $2 (23... Nf5 24. Re1 Qc2 $14) 24. Nxg7 $18 Kxg7
25. Re1 Qf5 26. Be6 Qg5 27. Be5+ Rf6 28. f4 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Re8 30. Bb3 Rd8 31.
Re7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 a5 33. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3
{- Kramnik,V (2781)-Giri,A (2701)/Dortmund/2011/ See the notes to this game in
CBM 144. This time Kramnik tries a different approach...}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 ({Kramnik indicated his plans against} 3... d5 {a few rounds later by}
4. Qa4+ {- see Kramnik,V (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)/Hoogeveen/2011/ Giri
said he was inspired by Nakamura's recent games against Kramnik and doesn't
mind entering King's Indian territory. However, his opponent was certainly
prepared, as Anish has already played this opening earlier this year.}) 4. e4
d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11.
exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Qa5 (13... Rxe3 $5 14. Qxe3 Qf8 $44 {was
introduced in the last K-K match in 1990.}) 14. Bf2 Nxd4 $6 (14... a6 $142) 15.
Bxd4 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a3 Qb3 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Qc4 20. b3 Qa6 21. b4 b6
{Popov,V (2565)-Giri,A (2690)/RUS-chT Olginka/2011/} 22. Bd3 Qb7 23. Rab1 $36)
7... Nc6 {Kramnik has been playing the Classical line for two decades and has
vast experience with it.} ({The less usual} 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 {also had
some recent outings:} 9. f3 c6 (9... Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4
13. Be3 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Ng3 Qf7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. b3 a5 19. a4
Be5 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Kh1 b6 $11 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Kazan/2011/
Later in the nervous tie-break White managed to outplay his opponent, but from
the opening Black was doing OK.}) 10. Kh1 Nbd7 (10... Nh5 $5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4
h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Qe1 Nf8 18. Qf2 a6 19.
Nb3 Be6 20. c5 Rad8 21. cxd6 Rxd6 $13 {Gelfand - Griscuk, Monaco rapid 2011}
22. Qc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfd7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Monte Carlo
rpd blindfold/2011/}) 11. Be3 ({More usual is} 11. Bg5 {already played by
Kramnik in the past:} Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. Be3 c5 $6 15. Nc1 Ne5 16.
Rb1 Be6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Red8 20. Nb5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne8 22. Na2
f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbd1 Nc6 25. g4 Be6 26. Nac3 Na5 27. Rb1 b6 28. Kg2 h6 29.
Bd3 g5 30. Be4 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Rac8 32. h4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Polgar,J (2670)/
Dortmund/1997/}) 11... a6 $5 (11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ndb5 $1 $36) 12. Nc2
$146 (12. Bg1 {/\} d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Qb3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov}) (
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nc2 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. f4 Neg4 17. Bg1 Bc8 18. h3
Nh6 19. Qd3 $2 (19. Bf3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Nf5
24. Nxe4 f6 $132) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Bf5 $17 {Korolev,A (2235)-Domogaev,S 
(2469)/Bogoroditsk/2011/}) 12... Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Bg1 h5 $5 15. Bf3 (15. h3
Nxe4 $1 $44) 15... Be6 16. b3 $6 (16. Qd3 $142 $1) 16... Qa5 17. Qe1 b5 $6 ({
Pocitacove} 17... Bf5 18. h3 Qd8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf6e4] /\Ne4}) 18. c5 $6 (18. h3
$1 $14) 18... b4 19. Na4 Bc4 $2 (19... Nxe4 $1 $36) 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Nxe4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc6 Re2 26. N6d5 $14 {Kramnik,V 
(2781)-Ponomariov,R (2764)/Dortmund/2011/ For more details see the notes by
Ponomariov to this game in CBM 144.}) 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 ({Although this line is
Kramnik's trademark, lately he has also played} 9. Nd2 {, albeit without much
success:} a5 (9... Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. Ba3 g4 $6
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Bxg4 Qc7 18. Be2 f3 19. b6 axb6 20. Nb5 fxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qd8 22. Nbxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Rf7 24. Bxe5 $36 {/+/-,Kramnik,V (2780)
-Nakamura,H (2733)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/ 2010/ In the later course of the game
Black managed to escape - see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 139.}) ({Fischer's
move} 9... c5 {is not too popular nowadays, here both} 10. Rb1 ({and} 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. b4 {allow White to fight for an edge.})) 10. a3 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4
f5 13. f3 f4 (13... Ng8 {[%cal Yg8f6] /\Ngf6 was introduced by Kasparov and is
played more often.}) 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qc2 (15. c5 $5 $44) 15... a4 $5 {A
paradoxical new idea, which takes b3 away from the N and thus greatly
complicates the c5 break.} 16. Rd1 ({Kramnik was worried about} 16. Nc3 g5 17.
Nxa4 Nf6 18. c5 g4 $13 {, but it's not so clear how strong the -> really is.
Therefore this was a more testing and principled reaction.}) 16... g5 17. g4 h5
18. h3 Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Bf8 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4
Bd6 25. Bc3 Kg7 26. Qb2 cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7 28. Rbg1 Bd7 29. Nbxd6 cxd6 {[%cal
Ra8h8] /\Rah8->,Kramnik,V (2785)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 - see
notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 142.}) ({Giri's own recent game
featured the older main line} 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 ({Unusual,} 
11... Nf6 12. f3 f4 $13 {is the standard continuation.}) 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Rc1 (
13. Bc3 $5) 13... Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 b6 17. Rc3 a5 18. Ne1
Bg7 19. Nc2 h5 20. Bh3 Bh6 21. Re1 Kh7 22. Ng3 Qg5 23. Rf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rf7 25.
Re4 Raf8 $15 {Renet,O (2497)-Giri,A (2687)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/}) 9... Nh5
10. g3 {The older alternative, played already in the 1950s.} ({If only
statistically speaking the main move here is} 10. Re1 {, but Kramnik played
this a lot in the past. Suffice to say that after he beat Kasparov in Novgorod
1997 in this line the latter stopped playing the KID in classical games.
However, lately Kramnik has been doing some experimenting in the Bayonet
Attack. His recent choice here has been} f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 (12. f3 {
was played in no less than 5 (!) Van Wely-Radjabov games. The last one from
2009, annotated by Van Wely in CBM 129, illustrates the problems Black has to
face after} Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6) 12... c6 13. Ba3 (13. Be3 {
is a move, introduced by Kramnik in the late 1990s. However, here extensive
practice has shown that} h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc2 b6 $11 {doesn't give White an advantage.}) 13... h6
14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Bxe4 $5 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5
19. b5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 {is known to lead to a drawish _|_.})
16... d5 $142 $1 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nc5 $1 Qd6 (18... e4 19. Rc1 $36)
19. Nxb7 Qxe6 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. d6 Nf5 23. Nc5 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6
25. Ne4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Grischuk,A (2728)/WCh Moscow blitz/2008/}) 17.
Bc2 (17. cxd5 cxd5 18. b5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 $11 {
only transposes to 16.Ne4.}) 17... Qd6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bb3 Kh7 20. Qe2 Nh5
21. Rad1 Nf4 22. Qf1 Rad8 $5 $132 (22... Rac8 23. Ne4 Qxe6 24. b5 $44) (22...
Qxe6 23. b5 Rad8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 $14 {Chabanon,J (2455)
-Touzane,O (2287)/FRA-chT/2010/})) ({Another try is} 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 (11. Bc4
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Kh8 $1 14. Bf1 f5 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 $6 (
17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Be2 $11) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19.
Qxf3 Ra3 $1 $36) 19... fxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf5 21. Rc4 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. R4xc3
Ra2 24. R3c2 {Bykhovsky,A (2405)-Avrukh,B (2495)/Beersheba/1996/ - see
Avrukh's notes in CBM 53.} Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qf6 $15) 11... f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 $146 (14. g3 Nh5 (14... Nh3+ $5 15. Kg2 Bg4 $132) 15. Nfd2 Kh8
16. Ra3 a6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bf5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Bxa6 $6 (21.
Rb3 $1 $14) 21... Nxd5 22. Bb5 Qe7 23. Bc6 Ndf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Qe1 Rac8
26. Bb5 d5 27. Ng3 Bh3 $44 {|^, Bareev,E (2677)-Amonatov,F (2649)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2008/}) 14... Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5
Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 $11 23. Nfxg5 $5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 $13
{Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/ Later on White misplayed
the complications and lost - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 144.})
10... f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 $5 {Natural enough, but very rare. Now we have a
position from the previous note, in which White has played g3 instead of Re1.
It's necessary to compare these lines, their pluses and respective drawbacks.}
({The older move is} 12. f3 f4 {and here White should perhaps reconsider} 13.
Kg2 $5 (13. b5 fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Nxc7
Qh3 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Ke3 Qxg3+ 23. Kd2 Rf2 24. Ne8
Qf3 $1 25. Nxd6 Bf6 26. c5 Nd5 $1 27. exd5 e4 28. Ke1 {Van Wely,L (2655)
-Stellwagen,D (2630)/Amsterdam/2009/ This game still remains the last word in
the 13.b5 line.} Bc3+ $1 29. Bd2 Qg3 30. Bxc3 e3 $19 {[%cal Rf2f1] /\Rf1})
13... h6 (13... Nh5) (13... a5 {and}) (13... c6 $5 $13 {are all viable
improvements, leading to complex play.}) 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 16. b5 Qc7
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Rab1 Kh8 21. Rfd1 Qxe6 22. Qa6 h5
23. Rb7 g5 24. Rxa7 Rab8 {Van Wely,L (2585)-Ye Jiangchuan (2535)/Biel izt/1993/
} 25. Rb7 $1 $16 {/\} Ra8 $2 26. Rxd6 $1) 12... c6 {The standard reaction.} (
12... h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 (14... c6 15. b5 fxe4 {-12...c6 13.b5}) 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 17. Be3 (17. Qg4 d5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Qe8 20. Qg4
Rf6 $11) (17. b5 d5 18. Bg2 Qd6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qxe6 21. Ba3 $14) (17.
Qb3 $5) 17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bg2 Kh7 $6 (19... b6 $5 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Rxd5 $14) 20. Bc5 e4 21. Rc1 Rf6 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Qxd5 Rxe6 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxe6 $16 {[%csl Re4,Gg2,Rg7] f^-,Shneider,
A (2537)-Zakurdjaeva,I (2308)/Aghios Kirykos/2008/}) ({Black usually avoids
the committal} 12... fxe4 13. Ncxe4 Nf5 $14 {, but even here White's advantage
is only small.}) 13. Ba3 $146 {Here practical examples are scarce and this is
already new.} (13. Rb1 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Qd6 20. b5 Rad8 21. Qa4 Qxe6 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qxb7
Rfb8 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Qb7 Rcb8 {1/2,Zubov,O (2306)-Efimenko,Z (2546)/Kramatorsk/
2002/}) ({Seemingly more natural is} 13. b5 {Maybe Kramnik disliked} cxd5 (
13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc7 $2 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18.
Bg2 $1 $14 {- see the 12...h6 line above.}) 16. Ba3 Rad8 17. Qb3 fxe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rfd1 Qxe6 22. Bxd6 $1 $18 {Podzielny,K 
(2506)-Koch,F/Kleve /2000/}) 14. cxd5 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Nf5 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Ba3 (
17. a4 $5 Bf5 $132) 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxb5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Bb2 Rf7 21. a4 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qb4 $44 {Podzielny,K (2456)-Klein,D (2262)/Groningen/2009/
White has about enough for the P, but can hardly claim an advantage.}) 13...
cxd5 {Giri subsequently reproached himself for this move, which gives White a
chance to change the character of the position and further complicate it.} ({
Instead he suggests} 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 {Perhaps more
promising is} 16. Bxe4 $5 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bg2 ({
To give g3 some sense. Kramnik had intended} 19. b5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Rfd1 {Here White is a tempo up on the aforementioned
_|_, as he already has some luft with g3, However, this doesn't give anything
tangible after} a6 24. b6 Rc8 25. Be3 Re7 $11) 19... e4 $142 $1 (19... Qd6 20.
Qb3 b5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 $1 $14 (22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Rxd5 Kh7 25.
Rxb5 e4 $44) {/\} 22... Qxe6 23. Be3) 20. b5 $5 (20. Rc1 b5 $1 {/\} 21. Rc5 Qb6
22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qxe4 Rxf2 $1 25. Rxf2 Rd2 26. Qe1 Rxf2 27. Kh1
Rf8 $15) {This worried Giri during the game, but Black is OK after} 20... Bxa1
21. Qxa1 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rc2 $1 23. Bb2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Qd6 25. Qd2 (25. Qd4 Qb6 $5)
25... Qxe6 26. Qxh6 Nf5 $132) 16... d5 17. Bg2 Qd6 18. cxd5 Nfxd5 (18... Nexd5
19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qb3 Qxe6 (20... b5 21. Rac1 $16) 21. b5 Rfd8 22. Rac1 $14) (
18... cxd5 19. Qb3 Qxe6 20. b5 $14 {[%csl Gg2,Rg7][%cal Ya3e7,Yc3d5] /\Be7,
Nd5^-}) 19. Ne4 $5 (19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc1 $1 $14 {
transposes into 16.Nxe4.}) 19... Qxe6 20. b5 $44) 14. exd5 $5 ({Kramnik is
spoiling for a fight and avoids transposing into the previous note with} 14.
cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 {/\d5 - see 13...h6.}) 14... e4 15. Be2 $1 {
No fianchetto, the B doesn't belong to g2 here.} (15. Bg2 $143 h6 (15... Ng4
16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qb3 $5 $13) 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 d5 $11 {/=/+}) 15... Ne8 $1 {
Black transfers his N to liquidate the o^ after the coming Ne6.} (15... Nfxd5
$2 {fails to} 16. Nxd5 Bxa1 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd5+ $1 Kg7 19. Rxa1 Qxg5 20.
Bb2+ Kh6 21. Qxd6 Rf7 22. h4 Qe7 23. Qf4+ g5 24. hxg5+ Qxg5 25. Qd6+ Qg6 26.
Qd2+ Qg5 27. Qd5 $18 {[%cal Yg1g2] ->,/\Kg2}) (15... f4 {is less clear:} 16.
Ngxe4 (16. c5 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf5 22. Re1 $44) 16. Rc1 (16. Qb3 {[%cal Ya1d1] /\Rad1 is
strategically sound, but White must reckon with} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 $5 $13 (
17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxg5 19. Nf4 $1 $36)) 16... h6 {Already the first step in
the wrong direction.} ({A more circumspect move was} 16... Bf6 $5 {(Giri)} 17.
Ne6 (17. Qd2 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Bg5 20. Qc2 Bxc1 21. Bxc1 $13) (17. h4 $5
h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Re1 f4) 17... Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qc8 19. Nd5 (19. c5
Qxe6 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 (21... Rfd8 $5) 22. Bc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nxa3 24.
Rc7 b5 $1 $15) 19... Qxe6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. b5 $44 {[%csl Ga3,Ge2] ^^ gives
White compensation, but remains ~~.}) 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc7 $6 {A more
serious mistake.} (18... Rf6 $6 19. Nd5 $5 (19. Qb3 Rxe6 20. c5 d5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rcd1 Nef6 23. Bc4 $14) 19... Rxe6 20. Nf4 Rf6 21. Bb2 $36) (18... Qc8
$142 $1 $13 {/\} 19. c5 Qxe6 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nb5 Rfd8 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Nc7
Qxa2 23. Nxa8 Qxa3 $15) 22... Rxd6 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. b5 Rd7 25. Qb3 Rad8 26. Rfd1
Kh7 {and White should already bail out with} 27. Bxd5 (27. Rd2 $2 e3 $17) 27...
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 (28... Rxd5 $2 29. Rc7 e3 30. Re7 $18) 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc7
Kg8 31. Rc8+ (31. Rxb7 $2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 31... Kf7 32. Rc7+ $11) 19. b5
Be5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Now the tactics will work in White's favour.} (19... Nxe6
$142 20. Bxd6 $5 $14 {leads to an advantage, but the game is far from over.} (
20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Bxc3 (21... Rfe8 22. c5 $14) 22. Rxc3 Nd4 23. Bd1 Kf7
$11 {/+/=}) {/\} 20... Bd4 21. c5 Bxc5 $2 22. Nxe4 $16) 20. Qb3 Kg7 ({Giri
admitted he overlooked} 20... Nxe6 21. c5 d5 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rfd1 $16 {/\}
Nd4 $2 24. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Rd1 $18) (20... Kh7 {was more resilient, but still
unsatisfactory:} 21. Rfd1 Nxe6 22. c5 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd6 Nc8 25. Nd5 (
25. Qd5 $143 $6 Bg7) 25... Nxd6 26. Rc7+ Bg7 27. Bb2 Ne8 28. Rxb7 $16 {/+-})
21. Rfd1 Nxe6 {Black is already under heavy pressure and it's difficult to
suggest improvements.} (21... Rf6 22. Bxd6 $5 Bxd6 23. c5 Rxe6 24. Qb2 $1 Kh7
25. Bc4 $18) 22. c5 Nd4 {The following sacrifice will be both natural and very
strong, but} (22... Qd7 23. cxd6 Nc8 24. Nd5 Nxd6 25. Bb2 $18 {is no better.})
23. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd4 24. cxd6 $18 Ng8 (24... Nc8 25. Qd5 $18 (25. Nd5
Nxd6 26. Nc7 $18)) 25. Nd5 Kh8 26. Rc7 Be5 27. Bb2 $6 {A strange oversight,
but even after dropping his o^ White's -> will be too powerful.} (27. Re7 $18)
(27. Rxb7 $5 $18) 27... Qxd6 28. Rxb7 {[%csl Gb7] The R on the weak 7-th rank
decides the game.} g5 (28... Bxb2 29. Qxb2+ Nf6 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Rf7 Raf8 32.
Rxa7 $18) 29. b6 $5 (29. Ba3 $16 {is too mundane.}) (29. Bh5 $18 {was equally
strong.}) 29... a5 {[%csl Gb6]} (29... axb6 $2 30. Rxb6 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 30.
Bh5 {[%cal Rh5g6] /\Bg6} Rab8 31. Ra7 Bxb2 (31... a4 32. Bg6 $1 Ne7 33. Qb4
Qxd5 34. Bxe5+ Qxe5 35. Rxe7 Rxb6 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Qxb6 Qf6 38. Rb7 $18 {
drops a piece, but now the -> breaks through.}) 32. Qxb2+ Nf6 33. Bf7 Kg7 34.
Rd7 Qc6 35. Be6+ (35. Be6+ Kg6 36. Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6
16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1
Bf8 23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2
29. Nc4 $2 (29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Bf2 $18) 29... Qe8 $11 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32.
gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 $6 (33. d7 Qxd7 34. Bxf8 $17) 33... Nh4 $19 34. Kxh2 $2 (34.
Rxh2 Nxd5) 34... Nd7 $2 (34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Qg6 $19) 35. Bb4 $17 Rg3 36. Qf1
Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 $6 (37... Nxb6 $1 38. Rc3 Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 $11 Rxc4 39. Bxc4
Bxd6 40. Rxa5 $2 (40. Rd3 Bc5 41. Be6 $11) 40... Bc5 $19 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5
Bd4 $2 (42... Bxf2 43. Bxf2 Nxf3+ $19) 43. Bd1 $2 (43. Rd5 Nf6 44. Rd8+ $17)
43... Bxf2 $19 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+
Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 {This line of the King's Indian was very topical in the
late 90s. Kramnik was at the forefront of the theoretical discussions on the
white side, and was responsible for the popularity of 10.Re1. It is
interesting to see him revert to the 'old' line once more, as he did against
Giri last year.} f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Bg2 (13. Ba3 {was how his game
against Giri continued, Bg2 is an improvement.}) (13. b5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nxe4 15.
Ncxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 d5 19. Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Bxe7 {leads to an endgame that is analogous to one in the Re1 line, but I
think few people would play g3 instead of Re1.}) 13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. b5 $1 {These positions are always tricky. Black seems
in many occasions not only to win a pawn (the weakened one on e6), but also to
create a powerful and threatening pawn center. In reality, this pawn center in
many cases is doomed to fall under the pressure of White's powerful bishops,
and when the pawn is recovered the structural advantage is beyond doubt. The
point of b5 is to open the a1-f8 diagonal for the bishop, hitting the knight
on e7 which protects the pawn center.} Rf6 (17... d5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxe6 (24... e3
25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 $16) 25. Qxe6+ (25. Qc5 $1 {seems even stronger.}) 25...
Rxe6 26. Bxe4 Rb6 27. a4 a6 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. a5 {is not a super easy endgame
for Black to hold. Not only that, if White avoids the queen exchange the
position really becomes unpleasant.}) 18. Bxe4 Rxe6 19. Qa4 d5 20. Rd1 {
Black is pinned all over the place. He would like to simply give back the pawn
to achieve equality, but this is not so simple.} Kh7 (20... Qc8 21. cxd5 cxd5
22. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Kh7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Be3 $16 {is simply unpleasant.
The bishop on g7 is bad unless Black plays e4, and when he does that he will
have a terrible weakness there. His king is also exposed as a major piece
going into the 7th rank will pose many problems.}) (20... d4 21. Rb1 Qc8 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Ba3 {is not to anyone's liking, as the white squared bishop
dominates the board. Black does have his extra pawn but it's of no use.}) 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Qb3 {Pins and more pins.} Rb6 23. a4 $1 (23. Bxd5 Rd6 24. Bf3
Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 e4 26. Rb1 Nd5 $132 {would've made Grischuk a happy man. Even
though White might still be better here, Black has obtained an important
amount of activity, while White's piece look clumsy. This is not what Kramnik
wants.}) 23... a6 (23... d4 24. a5 {loses b7}) (23... Qd7 24. Ba3 d4 (24... Qe6
25. Bxe7 dxe4 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd7 {is a Kramnik dream. Actually since Rc1-c7
is a threat that is not easy to stop, Black may simply be lost.}) 25. a5 $1 {
is a nice trick} Rf6 (25... Rxb5 {fails to} 26. Qf7 Re8 27. Bxg6+) 26. a6 {
is obviously winning as White will be materially and positionally better.}) 24.
Ba3 axb5 {This move is already losing (!) but the alternatives hardly seem
attractive.} (24... Qe8 25. Bc5 (25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 axb5 27. axb5 Qe6 $14 {
is not that bad since Black will at least swap a pair of rooks. White is still
slightly better.}) (25. Qe3 d4 26. Qd3 {is worth considering.}) 25... axb5 26.
Bxb6 bxa4 27. Qc3 dxe4 28. Qc7 {and it is hard to believe Black's pawns won't
fall one by one. However he did manage to simplify everything into 'just' the
kingside - which might give him hopes to draw.}) 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxd5 {
The pawn center is destroyed, and although Black has retained his extra pawn,
there is no doubt who stands better. The powerful bishop on e4 controls many
diagonals, pressuring the g6-pawn and the b7-pawn. The king on h7 does not
feel secure. Black's rooks are inactive and clumsy. It is difficult to play
this position, very difficult.} b4 (26... Ra5 27. h4 Qf6 28. h5 bxa4 29. hxg6+
Kh8 30. Qc2 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 {is awful.}) 27. a5 Qf7 (27... Rf6 28. Rb5 Ra7 29.
Rb1 {and White will mop up the pawns on the b-file, while the dark-squared
bishop can do nothing but watch.} Bf8 30. Qe3 $1 $18) 28. h4 {Black is already
helpess against the threat to play h5. White's advantage is decisive. This is
the danger of playing these lines for Black. Grischuk didn't play any move
that was particularly 'bad'. No blunders, no major strategical mistakes. And
yet White won effortlessly.} h5 (28... Kh8 29. Rd8+ $18) (28... Kg8 29. h5 gxh5
30. Rad1 {and Black can't defend against Rd8+ and axb6.}) 29. Qd1 {A simple
shot, but very powerful. The queen defends the rook on a1, prepares to support
the other one on d7, and targets h5. Black's position is beyond hopeless and
Grischuk resigned. A complete demolition from the greatest expert on the White
side of this variation. When one thinks of 'model games' to follow in the
King's Indian for White, this one I'm sure will come up often.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I was in excellent shape and was eager to tka advantage of
my chances with the white pieces against Bacrot. During my preparation I was
surprised to discover that the solid Etienne had recently switched to King's
Indian. I still couldn't believe that I actually would get any of my
preparation on board, but in the event of that miracle happening, I decided to
check the position carefully and choose what I would try over the board.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {The KID is sort of back in fashion now. For
some reason, no-one bothers to take it seriously and refute it, once and for
all.} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet, known as
Kramnik's favourite. Etienne has experience in this line with both colours. I
have had mixed results after another critical move Ne1. There, both players
get selfish and hope that they will be first. If it goes wrong, however, it's
no fun to get mated.} Nh5 10. g3 {The speciality of Loek van Wely, the
spiritual leader of Dutch chess.} (10. Re1 {is the main move.}) 10... f5 11.
Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 {12.Bf3 was a new idea demonstrated by Kramnik against me. He
later on managed to win one more game against Grischuk with that move, but I
am sure that sooner or later even Kramnik will end up with no more new ideas
in this rather double edged line.} f4 13. b5 {Preparing Ne6, by covering the
c6-square. It's a very typical motive in the bayonet.} fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 {Sort of protecting the e6-pawn. Now the fun starts.}
Qxe6 18. Nxc7 Qh3 19. Rf2 $1 {All this had been invented by Loek decades ago
and has been tested by him more than once.} Rac8 $5 {An interesting move. I
had actually expected all this, as so far (and till move 24) we are following
the game Van Wely-Bacrot from a couple of months back played in the French
league.} (19... Nxe4 {is the main-line. Here Stellwagen managed to mate Loek a
couple of years back, but the improvements are being found again and again.}
20. fxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Ke3 Qxg3+ 23. Kd2 Rf2 {is how two games of Van
Wely went. He beat Radjabov in 2008 and a year later the above mentioned mate
followed.}) 20. Rh2 $1 ({After the immediate} 20. Qxd6 {Black has at least a
draw -} Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qxg3+ 22. Rg2 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+) 20... Qxg3+ (20... Qd7 {
is not in the spirit of the game -} 21. b6 $5 axb6 22. Nb5) 21. Rg2 Qh3 22.
Qxd6 Rf7 $1 {Defending the knight and at the same time preparing ...Nf5.} 23.
c5 Nf5 (23... Nxe4 {doesn't work -} 24. fxe4 Qc3 25. Bb2 Qxb2 26. Rd1 {and
Bg4-Be6 is going to decide the game.}) 24. exf5 Rfxc7 25. Be3 $5 {Finally a
new move. After studying the position very carefully and deeply, I came to the
conclusion that while White seems to be better with many moves, Black is
always able to hold with computer precision. All I had to do was to choose the
most unpleasant try and it seems that I (pretty much by accident) managed to
succeed in that.} (25. c6 {was played by Loek. While being critical, it was
also the move Bacrot has focussed on, so I decided to check his preparation
somewhere else.}) 25... Qxf5 $6 {It was only over the board, that I realised
that in fact this move just begs to be played. In fact it's a mistake and the
right move ...Kh8! doesn't come to mind so easily.} (25... Kh8 $1 {the best.
Now I intended to unleash the brilliant looking} 26. Bxh6 $1 {and here, unless
Black resigns right away from the shock, the game will just end in a draw after
} (26. Rf1 gxf5 $1) 26... Qxf5 $1 (26... Qxh6 {is very drawish, but not a draw
yet...} 27. Rh2 Nh5 28. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 29. fxg6 Bf6 $5 30. Rxh5+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ $1
Kxg6 32. Bd3+ Kg5 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rc1 {and White keeps some pressure, even
though there are almost no more pieces left and the bishops are of the
opposite colour.} e4 35. Bxe4 Bd4+ 36. Kf1) 27. Bd3 e4 28. fxe4 Qxc5+ 29. Qxc5
Rxc5 30. Rxg6 Bxh6 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 {and the extra pawn has no meaning other than
just being there, so that I don't feel ashamed of my preparation. It's a draw.}
) 26. Rf1 $1 Bf8 $2 {The most natural move, but also the losing one. One of
the two prophylactical king moves should still be enough to hold on.} (26...
Rd7 $4 {made me frown, as I haven't actually looked at the position with a
human eye before the game. But it obviously loses to a nice -} 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28.
Be6 $1) (26... Kh8 {or}) (26... Kh7 27. Bd3 e4 28. fxe4 Qh3 {and Black has
tricks of his own, but obviously he is just trying to desperately hold the
balance here.}) 27. Bd3 $1 {The only move, which is, however, more than enough.
} e4 {This and the next move are forced.} 28. fxe4 Qxf1+ {At first this
worried me a little, but pretty quickly I realised that my pawns are
unstoppable.} 29. Bxf1 $6 {This just felt better, but according to the
cold-blooded machine, it's less precise.} (29. Kxf1 $1 Bxd6 30. cxd6 {now I
didn't see the exact way for Black, but somehow I felt like I had given him
too many options. The computer considers all of those options and claims that
none of them is good enough to hold.} Rc1+ $5 {was one of the reasons I didn't
take with the king. Here White wins with a beautiful and precise sequence -} (
30... Rc3 31. Rxg6+ $1 {I totally missed this idea -} (31. Ke2 Rc2+ $5 32. Bd2
Kf7 {was a funny line that I saw.}) 31... Kf7 32. e5 $1 {suddenly the rook is
protected and the knight is attacked.} Rxd3 33. Rxf6+ Ke8 34. Re6+ $1 Kf7 35.
Re7+ {and the pawns will queen.}) (30... Rf7 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33.
Ke2 {this is maybe the toughest for black, objectively speaking, but after} Re8
$1 34. Rh4 Rd7 35. Bc5 {White should just be technically winning.}) 31. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 32. Ke2 Kf7 {and now the dancing starts -} 33. Kd2 $1 (33. e5 Nd7 $1)
33... Rc5 (33... Rc8 34. Ke3 $1) 34. Ke3 $1 Rc1 35. Be2 $3 Nd7 36. Kd4 $1 {
and Black can't stop the pawns from running. A very sophisticated line.}) 29...
Bxd6 30. cxd6 {Black again has plenty of moves, but I didn't see any defence
for him and felt that I should win this position. The computer, however, shows
that even though White is definitely the one having all the fun, things aren't
that easy yet.} Rc3 $2 {After a long think Etienne found an interesting idea,
but fortunately for me, it doesn't work.} ({An interesting attempt to survive
is} 30... Rf7 $5 {but after} 31. e5 Nd5 {White can avoid the trap and keep his
enormous advantage with} 32. Rxg6+ $1 (32. Bxh6 Rxf1+ $1 33. Kxf1 Kf7 {is the
trick. With the pawns blocked, Black has excellent drawing chances.}) 32... Rg7
33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bxa7) (30... Rd7 $1 {was the right move, but it is the next
move, that is remarkable} 31. e5 g5 $3 {is the computer-style defence. I must
say I wasn't even thinking in this direction. Now Black keeps his kingside
pawns alive and manages to get control of my connected passed pawns. Still,
White has excellent winning chances, as he has two bishops for the rook and
the a7-pawn drops.} (31... Nd5 {here I actually was considering the wrong move}
32. Bxh6 $1 {is the right move and the pawns can't be stopped in the long run.}
(32. Rxg6+ $4 {was the 'winning' move that I saw. What I missed was that after
the forced} Kf7 33. Rxh6 Nxe3 34. e6+ Kg7 35. exd7 {Black doesn't have to go ..
.Rd8, which would allow Re6-e7+! manoeuvre, but he can play the clever} Rg8 $3
{and Black keeps it together.}))) 31. Bd4 Rf3 32. e5 $1 Rf4 $5 {Played
instantly. We both saw that the tempting ...Rc1 loses by force.} (32... Rc1 {
now the straightforward line wins for White -} 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rxf6 Rcxf1+
35. Kg2 (35. Kh2 $1) 35... Rxf6 {forced.} 36. exf6 {and Black can't stop the
pawns.} Rf4 37. Bc5 $1 ({not} 37. Be5 Rg4+ 38. Kf3 Rg8 39. d7 Kg6 $3 (39... Rd8
40. f7 Kg6 41. Bc7) 40. Bc7 Kxf6 41. d8=Q+ Rxd8 42. Bxd8+ Ke5 {and it starts
to look like some study...}) 37... Rxf6 38. d7 Rg6+ 39. Kf3 Rg8 40. Be7 Kg6 41.
Ke4) 33. Bb2 $1 {I was very tempted to play Be3 right away, but as I had so
much time left on my clock, I decided that some extra thinking wouldn't harm
things. And rightly so, as this move is just killing.} (33. Be3 $6 {would allow
} Rxf1+ $1 34. Kxf1 Nd5 {and here the pawns don't queen, because Black will
take the bishop and then come back with his knight to d5, covering the key
e7-square. And otherwise ...Kf7 is just in time.} 35. Bxh6 (35. e6 $2 Nxe3+ 36.
Kf2 Nd5 $1) 35... Kf7 {with excellent drawing chances.}) 33... Nh7 {All other
knight moves also lose, as the pawns are just runnning.} 34. e6 {I took some
time to calculate the precise win, but in fact nearly everything wins at this
point.} (34. d7 {also wins easily, as after} Rcf8 35. e6 Ng5 {is clever, but
not clever enough -} 36. e7 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 {I saw till here, but somehow I
thought that it's better not to allow him so many discovered checks. All of
them lose though, for example} Nh2+ 38. Ke1 $1 Re4+ 39. Re2 Rxf1+ 40. Kd2 Nf3+
41. Kd3) 34... Ng5 (34... Nf8 35. e7 Nd7 {is hopeless. I intended} 36. Rxg6+
Kf7 37. Bh3 $1) 35. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 36. d7 Rg4+ (36... Rcf8 {and here as long as
White avoids e7?? and just moves the f1 bishop first, he should win easily.}
37. Bg2 $1 (37. e7 $4 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 R8f2+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40. Kg4 Rf4+ 41. Kxg5
Kh7 $1 {and Black starts checking forever.} 42. e8=Q Rf5+ 43. Kh4 R5f4+)) 37.
Bg2 {I wish I could promote my central pawns like that more often.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{The only previous game between us was played in an European Championship
under 10 in 1996. It ended up with a draw, Teimur won that tournament and I
finished fifth. As can be seen, we had to wait a bit for the next game... Die
einzige frьhere Partie zwischen uns war 1996 bei einer U10-Europameisterschaft
gespielt worden. Sie endete mit Remis, Teimur gewann dieses Turnier, und ich
wurde Fьnfter. Wie man sieht, mussten wir auf die nдchste Begegnung ein
bisschen warten...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {King's Indian Defence, not
a surprise at all but recently Teimur also had some games in the Queen's
Gambit. Kцnigsindische Verteidigung, keineswegs eine Ьberraschung, wobei
Teimur in letzter Zeit auch ein paar Partien im Damengambit hatte.} 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet Attack, recently the
most fashionable choice against the King's Indian. Der Bayonett-Angriff, in
letzter Zeit die populдrste Wahl gegen den Kцnigsinder.} Nh5 10. Re1 ({At the
same tournament, in my game against GM Morovic Fernandez, I played Bei
demselben Turnier, in meiner Partie gegen GM Morovic Fernandez, spielte ich} 
10. g3 {and I managed to win that game. For this game I had another idea in
mind. und konnte gewinnen. Fьr diese Begegnung schwebte mir eine andere Idee
vor.}) 10... f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 ({In my previous games I used to play In
meinen frьheren Partien spielte ich immer} 12. f3) 12... c6 13. dxc6 $1 $146 {
A very interesting novelty, although I've found some correspondence games with
this position. It's not very difficut to guess that it was one of the fruits
of working for the World Champion. At the first glance it doesn't look too
dangerous for Black as White is giving up the centre, but the position is very
concrete and I was hoping to get some surprise value as well. Eine sehr
interessante Neuerung, obwohl ich ein paar Fernschachpartien mit dieser
Stellung gefunden habe. Es ist nicht sonderlich schwer zu erraten, das dies
eine der Frьchte des Arbeitens fьr den Weltmeister war. Auf den ersten Blick
wirkt es nicht allzu gefдhrlich fьr Schwarz, da WeiЯ das Zentrum aufgibt, aber
die Stellung ist sehr konkret, und ich hoffte, auch ein bisschen von dem
Ьberraschungseffekt zu profitieren.} bxc6 {I was glad that already here Teimur
spent some time on this move, so I was able to surprise my opponent. Ich war
froh, dass Teimur bereits an diesem Zug einige Zeit ьberlegte, ich hatte
meinen Gegner also ьberraschen kцnnen.} ({I can't recommend Nicht empfehlen
kann ich} 13... Nxc6 $6 14. exf5 {and now it's impossible to take , und nun
ist das Schlagen} gxf5 {because of unmцglich wegen} 15. Bd5+ $1) 14. exf5 gxf5
15. b5 e4 {A very important moment. I already had a huge time advantage and
the position remains very complicated. Ein ganz wichtiger Moment. Ich hatte
bereits einen Riesenzeitvorsprung, und die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert.}
16. Be2 c5 $6 {The most practical choice, but not the best one. Die
pragmatischste Wahl, aber nicht die beste.} ({The most principled was Am
prinzipiellsten war} 16... d5 $1 {but it's not simple to make such a move when
you know that your opponent is still in his preparation allerdings ist es
nicht leicht, einen solchen Zug zu machen, wenn man weiЯ, dass sich der Gegner
noch in seiner Vorbereitung befindet.} 17. Be3 ({I also considered Ich erwog
auch} 17. cxd5 $5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rb1 {and the position remains very
complicated because it's not so easy for Black to move his central pawns. und
die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert, da es fьr Schwarz nicht leicht ist,
seine Zentrumsbauern zu bewegen.}) 17... Ng4 $1 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. cxd5 cxd5 {
with unclear play. mit unklarem Spiel.}) (16... h6 {was also possible, but I
liked my position after war ebenfalls mцglich, aber mir gefiel meine Stellung
nach} 17. Nh3 d5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $14) 17. a4 $1 {That was my
first independent move and I liked this a lot. It's quite a typical idea in
the Bayonet to activate the rook via the 3rd rank. Dies war mein erster
eigenstдndiger Zug und er gefiel mir sehr. Es ist eine typische Idee im
Bayonett-Angriff, den Turm ьber die 3. Reihe zu aktivieren.} Ng6 18. Ra3 $14 {
It's obvious that White got a comfortable position after the opening. Black
has too many weaknesses, so I was quite optimistic about my chances at that
point. Es ist offensichtlich, dass WeiЯ nach der Erцffnung eine bequeme
Stellung erhalten hat. Schwarz hat zu viele Schwдchen, daher war ich an dieser
Stelle bezьglich meiner Chancen recht optimistisch.} Kh8 19. Nd5 $1 h6 20. Nh3
Be6 21. Nhf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bf7 {After some logical moves from both sides, I
spent a lot of time on this position. The problem is that White has many
promising ideas and it's not so simple to choose the best one. Nach einigen
logischen Zьgen von beiden Seiten verbrauchte ich fьr diese Stellung eine
Menge Zeit. Das Problem ist, dass WeiЯ viele aussichtsreiche Ideen hat, und es
nicht so leicht fдllt, die beste zu wдhlen.} 23. Bb2 $5 {The most logical, but
I think there was the even stronger Am logischsten, aber ich glaube, es gab
das noch stдrkere} (23. Rh3 $5 Qe7 (23... d5 $6 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26.
Bxh6 $18) 24. Bb2 Rad8 25. Qb3 Rg8 26. Rh4 $1 {and that's the move I missed in
my calculations. Qh3 is a huge threat, so Black has nothing better than the
forced line after , und das ist der Zug, den ich in meinen Berechnungen
ьbersehen hatte. Qh3 ist eine gewaltige Drohung, daher hat Schwarz nichts
Besseres als das forcierte Abspiel nach} Ng4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qh3 Ne5 29.
Rxh6 Qg5 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Qe3 $1 {and White is probably almost winning here. ,
und hier steht WeiЯ wahrscheinlich fast auf Gewinn.}) 23... d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5
25. Qa1 ({The immediate Das sofortige} 25. Bxg7+ $1 {was stronger: war stдrker:
} Kxg7 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Rg3+ $1 Kh7 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc3 $16 {with very good
winning chances for White. mit sehr guten Gewinnchancen fьr WeiЯ.}) 25... Bxb2
26. Qxb2+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rc3 $16 {After a series of forced moves an
interesting endgame appeared. It's clear that White is better, although I was
not sure how serious my advantage is. Nach einer Serie forcierter Zьge hat
sich ein interessantes Endspiel ergeben. Es ist klar, dass WeiЯ besser steht,
wenngleich ich nicht sicher war, wie ernst mein Vorteil ist.} Rac8 $6 (28...
Rfc8 {was better, but even here, after war besser, aber selbst hier nach} 29.
Rec1 ({The main idea of ...Rfc8 can be seen after Die Hauptidee von ...Rfc8
sieht man nach} 29. Rd1 Rab8 $1 {and White doesn't have und WeiЯ hat kein} 30.
Rd6 {wegen einfach simply because of} Rb6) 29... Nd7 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Nd5 $1 {
and White is still better. steht WeiЯ nach wie vor ьberlegen.}) 29. Rec1 $6 {
In time trouble both sides make mistakes. In Zeitnot machen beide Seiten
Fehler.} ({I missed the very strong idea Ich ьbersah die bдrenstarke Idee} 29.
Rd1 $1 c4 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Ra6 $1 {and Black can't protect everything und
Schwarz kann nicht alles decken:} Rc7 32. Rg3+ $1 Ng4 33. h3 c3 34. Rc6 Rxc6
35. bxc6 Rc8 36. Rxc3 (36. hxg4 $4 Rxc6 $11) 36... Nf6 37. Rc5 $18) 29... Nd7
30. Bc4 $1 {This position I'd seen when I was playing 25.Qa1. I thought I have
good winning chances but I understood it might be not so simple to convert it
into victory. Diese Stellung hatte ich gesehen, als ich 25.Qa1 spielte. Ich
dachte, ich hдtte gute Gewinnchancen, begriff aber, dass es nicht so leicht
sein kцnnte, es in einen Sieg umzumьnzen.} Kh7 ({Objectively speaking,
Objektiv gesehen war} 30... Nb6 $5 {was better, but even here after besser,
doch auch hier nach} 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. a5 Nd7 33. Ne6 $1 {Black's position
would be very difficult. wдre die Stellung von Schwarz sehr schwierig.}) 31.
Be6 $1 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 Rfe8 33. Nxc5 $16 Nb6 34. g3 $2 {With this natural move I
almost spoiled all of my winning chances. Mit diesem natьrlichen Zug machte
ich fast all meine Gewinnchancen zunichte.} ({During the game I saw Wдhrend
der Partie sah ich} 34. Nb3 {but I was not sure of the position after , war
aber nicht sicher bezьglich der Stellung nach} Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Nxa4 36. Rc7+ Kg6
37. Rxa7 Rd8 $1 38. h4 Rd3 $1 39. Na5 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Nc5 {It seemed to me that
Black will get dangerous counterplay after ...f4 Mir schien, dass Schwarz nach
...f4 gefдhrliches Gegenspiel bekommen wird.}) ({I should play Spielen sollte
ich} 34. a5 $1 Nd5 35. Rc4 e3 36. fxe3 Nxe3 37. Rd4 $1 {and now after , und
jetzt nach} Re5 {White wins after gewinnt WeiЯ mit} 38. Rd7+ $1 Kg6 (38... Kg8
39. Rxa7 Rexc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. b6 $18) 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40. Rc6 $18) 34... f4 $2
{I was lucky that my opponent missed his chance to save the game, although it
has to be said it was not so simple in time trouble. Ich hatte Glьck, dass
mein Gegner seine Chance verpasste, die Partie zu retten, obwohl zu sagen ist,
dass es in Zeitnot nicht so einfach war.} (34... Re7 $1 35. a5 (35. Nxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rxc8 Rxa4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kh5 $1 40. Ra6 Rb4 {and
Black will hold it easily und Schwarz wird es mьhelos halten.}) 35... Nd5 36.
Rc4 Rec7 {and I don't see how White can improve in this position. , und ich
sehe nicht, wie WeiЯ sich in dieser Stellung verbessern kann.}) 35. gxf4 Nd5
36. Rc4 e3 $5 37. fxe3 Nxe3 38. Rd4 Re7 $1 {Here I realised that things are
not simple at all. White is two pawns up, but I had to face some practical
problems. Hier wurde mir klar, dass die Sache keineswegs einfach ist. WeiЯ hat
zwei Bauern mehr, aber ich sah mich mit einigen praktischen Problemen
konfrontiert.} 39. h3 $1 {During the game I was very happy with this move. I
thought it was essential not to allow counterplay connected with ...Ng4 tricks.
Wдhrend der Partie war ich sehr zufrieden mit diesem Zug. Ich hielt es fьr
notwendig, kein Gegenspiel in Verbindung mit ...Ng4-Tricks zu erlauben.} Rg8+
40. Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Rh2 42. Rd7 $1 Rxh3+ 43. Kf2 $1 {It's never too late to
make a mistake. Es ist nie zu spдt, einen Fehler zu machen.} (43. Ke2 $6 Rxd7
44. Nxd7 Nd5 $1 {and suddenly Black has good drawing chances. und plцtzlich
hat Schwarz gute Remischancen.}) 43... Rxd7 (43... Rh2+ 44. Kg3 $18) (43...
Ng4+ 44. Kg2 Rhe3 (44... Rxd7 45. Kxh3 $1) 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7 46. a5 $18) 44. Nxd7
Kg6 45. Rc7 $1 {The only move, but to be fair, not the most difficult to find.
Der einzige Zug, aber um fair zu sein, auch nicht so schwierig zu finden.} h5
46. Rxa7 h4 47. b6 Ng4+ 48. Ke2 Re3+ (48... Rb3 49. b7 h3 50. Ra6+ $1 Kf5 51.
Nb6 h2 52. b8=Q h1=Q 53. Ra5+ $18) 49. Kd2 h3 50. b7 Rb3 (50... Re8 51. Ra8 h2
52. Rxe8 h1=Q 53. b8=Q {and Black has no perpetual. und Schwarz hat kein
Dauerschach.}) 51. Ra6+ $1 Kh5 52. Nb6 {Black resigned because of Schwarz gab
auf wegen} (52. Nb6 h2 53. b8=Q h1=Q 54. Ra5+ Kh4 55. Qh8+ {Probably one the
best games in my life so far, although I didn't avoid some mistakes.
Wahrscheinlich eine der besten Partien meines Lebens bisher, wenngleich ich
ein paar Fehler nicht vermeiden konnte.}) 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 {This line was
examined in CBM 129, annotations to Van Wely-Radjabov.} 20. c5 $146 {GM Boris
Gelfand comes up with a novelty.} (20. Qh3 c6 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Nf5 (22. Ng4 Qe7
(22... Qxe6 23. Bxg5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nxf6 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Nf3+ $11 {
I.Tsesarsky}) 23. Be3 $6 Nxe6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Rf1 {0-1 Ponomariov,R (2734)
-Radjabov,T (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 120/[Tsesarsky] (38)} Nd4 $15) (22.
Rf1 Qxe6 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. Be2 d5 26. Rb3 Ne7 27. a4 e4 28. Bb2 d4
29. Re3 Ng6 30. Rxe4 Nf4 31. Rfxf4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Qd6 $17 {0-1 Lehnen,P-Janosi,
E/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (76)}) 22... Nxe6 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. c5
{I.Tsesarsky} dxc5 26. bxc5 Rab8 27. Kh1 Ne7 $15) (20. h4 Nf6 21. Qg3 Nxe6 (
21... gxh4 $2 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 $2 (23... Nh7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+
Nhg5 26. Rf1 $40 {I.Tsesarsky}) 24. Qh3 $1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c6 26. Re3 $1 $18 {
1-0 Van Wely,L (2625)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129/[Van Wely] 
(31)}) 22. hxg5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 (23. exd5 Nxg5 24. Qg4 Kg8 25. Be3 Qc8 26. Qh4
Qd8 27. Qg4 Qc8 28. Qh4 Qd8 29. Qg4 {1/2 Landa,K (2655)-Shomoev,A (2566)/Ulan
Ude 2009/CBM 132}) 23... Bf6 (23... Ndf4 24. hxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26. Bxf4
Rxf4 27. Re3 {1-0 Larin,I (2307)-Jones,I (2057)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/
Telechess CBM 135 (34)} Rh4 28. Rh3 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qg5 $11) 24. exd5 Bh4 25. Qg4
Bxe1 26. dxe6 Bf2+ 27. Kf1 $1 Bh4+ 28. Kg1 {1/2 Szabo,V-Rakovic,M/LSS 2007/
Telechess CBM 129}) (20. Be3 $5 {deserves serious attention:} c6 21. Rf1 (21.
h4 cxd5 22. exd5 Rf4 (22... Nf6 23. Qd1 {[%cal Re3d4]}) 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qg6
Nf6 25. c5 $1 $44 Qe7 (25... f3 $2 26. g4 Qf8 27. Rb2 {[%cal Rg4g5] 1-0 Itter,
E (1964)-Herzog,K (1773)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2010/CBM 147}) 26. Rbc1 Rg8
$13) 21... cxd5 22. exd5 Rxf1+ (22... Nf6 23. Qh3 $44 {1-0 Arun Prasad,S (2556)
-Ashwin,J (2425)/Kavala 2009/CBM 131 Extra (38)}) 23. Rxf1 Nf6 24. Qh3 Kg8 25.
Bxd4 exd4 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rf4 $44 {1-0 Buzas,G-Simmelink,J/LSS
2007/Telechess CBM 129 (36)}) 20... c6 (20... dxc5 21. e7 $1 Nxe7 22. Bxg5 $1
$16) 21. e7 $5 (21. Ne3 dxc5 22. bxc5 b5 $1 $13) 21... Nxe7 22. Bxg5 cxd5 (
22... hxg5 {is apparently enough for equality:} 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.
Bc4+ Rf7 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Rf1 Raf8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qc8+ (29. Rf1 Bf6 30.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxb7 Qe7) 29... Bf8 30. Rf1 (30. Qe8 Qf6 31. Rf1
Ne2+ $1 32. Bxe2 Qe7 $11) 30... Nf3+ $142 $1 (30... Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Qf5
Qe7 33. Qxf7+ (33. g3 Nd5 $1) 33... Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. g3 $14) 31. Kh1 Kg7
32. Bxf7 Qd3 $1 33. Ra1 Qd4 $11) 23. exd5 Qc8 24. Qe4 Nef5 25. Be7 dxc5 $6 {
Not the best reaction.} (25... Rf7 $142 26. cxd6 (26. Bxd6 $2 Qg8 $1 27. Bxe5
Re7 28. Qf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf3+ $1) 26... Qg8 27. Rf1 Bf8 $1 28. Qxe5+ Qg7 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxf8+ Rfxf8 31. Rf4 $44 {An interesting endgame, with some
chances for White.}) 26. Bxf8 {Perhaps even better than} (26. Bxc5 {[%cal
Rg2g4]} Rf6 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rf1 (28. g4 Rg6) 28... Qe8 29. Rxf5 {, and White
keeps an extra pawn and winning chances, despite opposite-coloured bishops.})
26... Bxf8 (26... Qxf8 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28. Kh1 {[%cal Rg2g4]} h5 29. Rxb7 Rf8 30.
Rg1 $16 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 27. Rbc1 Qc7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Kh1 Re8 30. Rf1 $2 {
Regaining the material but not more than that.} (30. g4 $142 Nd6 31. Qg6 b6 (
31... e4 32. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 (33... Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxc5) 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qg6+ Qg7 36. Qxe4 b6 37. Rf1 $16) 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Qg7 (
33... Kh8 $2 34. Rxc5 $1 bxc5 35. Re3 Qg7 36. Qxd6 $18) (33... Kf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7
35. Rf6 $16) 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qxd6 $16) 30... b6 31. Rxf5 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 Qg7
33. Qe4 Rf8 {Black has consolidated his position; his king is more exposed but
his pieces are now active, and White can't make any progress.} 34. g3 Rf7 35.
a4 a5 36. Re1 Bd6 37. Qe3 Qg5 38. Qe2 (38. Qxb6 Qd2 39. Qe3 Rf2 40. Qxd2 Rxd2
$11) 38... Qf6 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Rc1 Bc5 41. Qh5 Qg7 42. Rc2 Rf8 43. Re2 Bd6 44.
Re4 Rf4 45. Qh3 Rxe4 46. Bxe4 Qf6 47. Qd7 Kg8 48. Qc6 Be7 49. h4 ({The endgame
after} 49. Qxf6 Bxf6 {is drawish, e.g.} 50. d6 (50. h4 Kf7 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4
Kd6 53. Kh5 b5 $1) 50... Kf7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52. Bc6+ Kf7 53. Kf3 Ke6 54. d7 Bd8
55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kh5 Kg7 57. h4 Be7 58. g4 Bd8 59. g5 hxg5 60. hxg5 b5 $1 61.
axb5 (61. Bxb5 e4) 61... a4 62. Kg4 a3 63. Bd5 Kg6 64. Be4+ Kg7 65. Bb1 e4 66.
Kf4 e3 67. Kxe3 Bxg5+ 68. Ke4 Bd8 69. Kd5 Kf6 70. Kc6 Ke7 $11 {Therefore White
continues manoeuvring but fails to find any positive ideas.}) 49... Kg7 50. Qd7
Kf8 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qg4+ Kf8 53. Bh7 Qf7 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Be4 Bc5 56. Qg4+ Kf8
57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qg4+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 {This system was popular many years ago and then went out of
fashion.} c6 {One of Black's main replies.} 10. a3 (10. b4 a5 $1 11. bxa5 Qxa5
{is the main line here. The text move is a preparation for b2-b4.}) 10... Ne8 (
10... a5 {is another option, to which White renews the b2-b4 idea by means of}
11. Rb1 ({or even} 11. Ra2)) 11. b4 (11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb3 Nc7 13. Be3 b6 14.
Qd2 Bb7 15. f3 Ne6 16. Nb5 Qf6 $1 $132 {0-1 Ostenstad,B (2475)-Bologan,V (2535)
/Stavanger 1991/EXT 1997 (49)}) 11... cxd5 (11... f5 12. Qb3 (12. dxc6 Nxc6 13.
Nf3 {1-0 Gurevich,M (2625)-Shirov,A (2710)/Moscow 1992/EXT 1997 (75)} Nd4 $5) (
12. Bb2 Kh8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. c5 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. Na5 $14 {1-0 Browne,W (2515)-Kreiman,B (2400)/Philadelphia 1993/EXT 1997 
(37)}) 12... Kh8 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Rad1 fxe4 (14... cxd5 15. exd5 $1) 15. dxc6 $1
Nxc6 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M 
(2667)-Bologan,V (2641)/Saint Pierre 2000/CBM 080 (34)}) (11... Kh8 12. Nb3 $5
f5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. f3 Nc7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rc1 Ncd4 17. Nd5 fxe4 18. fxe4
Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Qh4 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. c5 $14 {1/2 Sakaev,K (2570)-Loskutov,O 
(2390)/St Petersburg 1995/EXT 1997 (48)}) 12. cxd5 f5 13. Nc4 (13. f3 Bd7 14.
Nc4 b5 $5 $13 (14... Rc8 15. a4 f4 16. Bd2 h5 17. Kh1 {[%cal Rc3b5]} Ra8 $6 18.
Be1 g5 19. Ra3 Rf7 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. Na5 $16 {1-0 Lukacs,P (2490)-Szuk,B (2335)/
Budapest 1994/CBM 045 ext (44)})) 13... Nf6 (13... Bd7 14. a4) 14. Bg5 (14. f3
{was probably more promising. Now, after the exchange on e4 (and due to the
fact that White must lose a couple of tempi to recapture the pawn), Black
activates his pieces and equalises.}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bf6 17.
Be3 Nf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qb6 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb6 22. Qd3
) 21. Qe2 (21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qe2 {was probably more accurate. After the text
move it is Black who seizes the initiative.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg5 23. Rfe1
(23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Re1 a5 $36) 23... Rac8 $15 {[%cal Gf8f1,Gc8c1]} 24. Qd3 Qc7
25. g3 Qc3 26. Qe2 Qc4 (26... Bh6 $5 27. h4 $1) 27. Qg4 {[%mdl 256] The right
plan: White creates kingside counterplay.} Kg7 (27... Bh6 28. h4) 28. h4 h5 29.
Qxg5 Qxe4 30. Rf1 Qxd5 (30... Qg4 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34.
dxe6 Re8 35. Rc1 Rxe6 36. Rc7 d5 37. Rxb7 Ra6 38. Rb5 Rxa3 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Ra5
$11) 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Rf6 $1 Rxf6 (32... Qe4 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Rxg6 (34. Raf1
$144) 34... Qxe3+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 Qe4 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kxh6 39. Qxf8+
$11) 33. Qxf6 Qf7 34. Qxd6 Rf8 35. Qxe5 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kh2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3
Qg4+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. h3 Kh8 {A rare
continuation in this well-known theoretical position. Usual variations are:} (
13... Nf7 14. Nh2 Nd4 15. Bg4) ({or} 13... g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4) {Instead, Black
makes a useful move and waits for White's choice. Still, it is probably too
slow.} 14. c5 $1 (14. Ne1 $143 Nd4 15. Nc2 {0-1 (55) Lichman,P (2285)-Guivan,V
(2117) Alushta 2004} c6 $13) 14... g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. cxd6 cxd6 (16... Bxf3
17. Bxf3 cxd6 18. Ne2 (18. Qd3 $5 Nd4 19. Bd1) 18... Qd7 {0-1 (26) Lehmann,Z 
(2245)-Szilagyi,P (2410) Budapest 1991} 19. Qd3 $14) 17. Nd2 $5 {A logical
idea to exchange light-squared bishops and further weaken the light squares in
Black's camp. Of course, White had other options like} (17. Rc1) 17... Bc8 $5 {
A provocative reply.} (17... Be6 18. Bc4 $1) 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Ne3 Nf7 20. Nc2 $6
{White misses a strong tactical blow.} (20. Bd3 Ng5 21. Ncd5 $14) (20. Bg4 $5)
20... Ng5 21. Bd3 Ndf3+ $1 {[%mdl 704]} 22. gxf3 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Yf8f6,Yf6h6,
Yd7h3,Rg5f3]} 23. Be2 Rf6 24. Nd5 Rh6 25. f4 $8 Nh3+ (25... Qh3 $2 26. Bf3) 26.
Kg2 exf4 27. Bh2 {After this move Black's attack becomes decisive.} (27. Nd4 $1
{was the only move, with good chances to defend.}) 27... f3+ $1 (27... Ng5 $143
28. Nxf4 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Be5 30. Kg2 Bxf4 31. Rh1) 28. Bxf3 Ng5 29. Nf4 Rxh2+ $1
30. Kxh2 Be5 (30... Qf7 $142 $1 31. Kg2 Qxf4 32. Rh1 Bxb2 33. Rb1 Be5 $19) 31.
Kg2 Bxf4 (31... Qf7 $1) 32. Rh1 Qg7 33. Kf1 Be6 34. Nd4 $6 (34. Bg4 $1 Bc4+ 35.
Be2 $1 (35. Kg2 $143 Nxe4 {[%cal Re4f6]} 36. Qd4 Nf6 37. f3 Bd5) 35... Nxe4 36.
Qd4 $1 {, and White holds on}) 34... Bc4+ 35. Be2 Nxe4 $1 36. Bxc4 $6 {This
move loses but it was very difficult to find the right reply.} (36. Nf3 Nxf2 $1
) (36. Nf5 Qe5 $1 37. Bxc4 Nd2+ 38. Kg2 Qxf5 $19) (36. Rg1 $1 Qe5 37. Nf3 $1
Qxb2 38. Qd4+ Qxd4 39. Nxd4 $15) 36... Nd2+ 37. Ke2 d5 $3 {A nice decisive
move. Two more obvious continuations are less effective:} (37... Qxd4 38. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 39. Qh1+ Kg6 40. Rg1+ Bg5 41. Bd3+ Kf6 42. Qh5 Qe5+ 43. Kd1 Rg8 44. Rg4
$132) (37... Re8+ 38. Kd3 Qg6+ 39. Kc3 Nxc4 40. Qc2 $1 Qg7 41. Qf5 {parrying
Black's attack}) 38. Qc2 (38. Bxd5 Re8+ {is now winning due to} 39. Kd3 Qg6+
40. Kc3 Rc8+ $19) 38... Re8+ 39. Kd1 Nxc4 40. Qc3 Re4 41. Nf5 Nxb2+ 42. Kc2
Re2+ 43. Kb3 Qxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Be5+ 45. Nd4 Re4 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet line has been very popular during the past decade and
mainly due to the famous game Kramnik-Kasparov. Big disputes are taking place
here as to whether can White achieve something or not. To me it looks
unbalanced.} Nh5 10. g3 {A highly fashionable line these days.} a5 $5 {Much
less played than the common 10...f5, but an interesting line.} 11. bxa5 ({
Another possibility for White is} 11. Ba3 f5 {, with precise play this
position looks ok for Black:} 12. c5 (12. bxa5 fxe4 $5 (12... Rxa5 13. Bb4 Ra8
14. c5 $14 {1-0 (31) Zoler,D (2533)-Ulanowski,K (2091) Legnica POL 2013}) 13.
Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nfg5 (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bb4 Bh3 (15... e4 16. Nd4 Nf5 17. Nxf5
Bxf5 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Rc3 Bh3 20. Re1 Qf6 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 b6 $13) 16. Re1
e4 17. Nd4 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd6 (20. Qxd6 Bxa1 21. Qxf8+
Qxf8 22. Bxf8 Bc3 23. Rc1 Rxa5 24. Bc5 Rxa2 25. Bf1 Bd2 26. Rb1 Bxf1 $11) 20...
e3 21. fxe3 Bxa1 22. Bxf8 Bc3 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 Rxa5 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. c5 Nf5 $13) (12. Ng5 $6 h6 $1 13. Nf3 {Black has
simply gained a tempo} (13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 $19) 13... Nf6
14. exf5 e4 $1 (14... gxf5 15. Nh4 $5 e4 (15... f4 16. Bd3 $1 Bh3 17. Re1 e4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $40) 16. bxa5 Nd7 17. Bb4 c5 (17... Nc5 18. Qd2 $16 {
1-0 (39) Nguyen Duc Hoa (2492)-Wang Jue (2390) Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2013}) 18.
dxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxd6 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Rac1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa2
24. Re1 Nc5 $11) 15. Nh4 Bxf5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Ng2
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 $132 21. Bd1 $2 Ng4 $17) 12... Nf6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 Nxe4
15. Ndxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bf3 (17. Ng5 Qb6 18. b5 e4 19. Rc1 h6 20. Ne6
Bh3 $15) 17... Bxe4 $1 (17... Qb6 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Be2 Qa7 21.
Bxd6 $1 $16 {1-0 (34) Schlosser,P (2567)-Vandevoort,P (2389) Belgium BEL 2008})
18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. b5 Qb6 $13) 11... Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. a4 Ra8 $5 (13... c5 14.
Nb3 (14. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Gc1d2,Ga1a3,Gc3b4,Gc3b5] This would be another way of
handling this line very similar to 10.Re1 a5, and I am sure this is the reason
why Ivanchuk went first ...Ra8.}) 14... Ra6 15. Be3 (15. Bd2 {This would be
similar to Gelfand-Ivanchuk with the difference that here the rook is on a6.
In this case Black would profit more.}) 15... Nd7 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 (
17... gxf5 $5 {such a move is always important, to cover} 18. f4 (18. Bg5 e4
19. f3 (19. a5 Ne5 20. Ra2 Nf7 21. Bh4 Qe8 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. f3 Ng6 24. fxe4 Nxh4
25. gxh4 fxe4 26. Bh5 Qe7 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 $132) 19... exf3 20.
Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rff1 Nf7 22. Be3 Ng6 $132) 18... Ng6 19. Ra2 exf4 20. gxf4 Nf6
$132) 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 (21... Qd8 $5) 22. Bg2
h5 23. h3 Bh6 24. Qd3 Kh7 25. Rfe1 Qd8 26. Ra2 Rf7 (26... h4 $1 27. g4 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 exd4 $132) 27. Rb1 $13 Ra8 28. Nc3 Ne7 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Nde4 $14 Nc8 $6 {
Black decided to go with the knight all the way back to c8 which I find wrong}
31. Rab2 b6 32. Re1 Rf8 33. Qd1 Ra7 34. Qb3 g5 35. Nd2 Kh8 36. Qd1 g4 37. h4
Raf7 $14 {interesting manouvering from both sides, White does have slightly
better chances due to the possibility to break with a5, but Black plays well.}
38. Nde4 Bg6 39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Ra1 Qd8 $1 41. Rba2 Ra7 $1 42. Rb2 Ra6 43. Nb5 Bf5
44. Rb3 Rf7 45. Ra2 Ra8 46. Raa3 Ra5 $6 47. f3 $1 $16 {combined play on both
wings finally gave White chances} Rg7 48. fxg4 Bxg4 49. Qf2 Qe7 50. Bf3 Bf5 51.
Bg2 Bg4 52. Qf6 Qxf6 53. Nxf6 Bd1 54. Rb1 Bc2 55. Rf1 Rxa4 56. Nxh5 Rg8 57.
Rxa4 Bxa4 58. Rf6 $1 (58. Be4 $2 Rf8 $1 59. Rxf8+ Bxf8 60. g4 Bxb5 61. cxb5 c4
62. Bc2 Ne7 63. Be4 Nc8 64. Bc2 Ne7 65. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (65) Jumabayev,R (2548)
-Ding Liren (2702) Incheon KOR 2013}) 58... Be3+ 59. Kh2 Bxb5 60. cxb5 c4 61.
Be4 $18) 14. Nb3 c5 $1 {Chuki is playing elastic, only after Nb3 he goes ...c5.
} 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 Nf6 {We got a typical King's Indian position.} (
17... Kh8 $5 18. Qc2 f4 19. g4 Ng8 20. Nb5 Ndf6 21. Kh1 Ne8 22. Nc1 Bf6 23. Nd3
Rf7 24. Bc3 h6 $14 (24... h5 25. g5 $1 $16)) 18. Qc2 h5 (18... f4 19. g4 h5 20.
h3 (20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nf5 23. exf5 (23. Rf2 Qxg5+ 24. Rg2 Ng3 25.
Bf1 Bh3 $17) 23... Qxg5+ $11) 20... g5 21. Na4 Ng6 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nc1 Kf7 24.
Be1 Rh8 25. Bd1 Rh7 26. Rf2 {White is aiming at the bishop on c8 and also
defending his king. To tell the truth I don't see anything here for White, the
position simply looks balanced} Bf8 27. Rh2 Be7 28. Ra2 Qh8 29. Qb1 Bd7 30.
Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Rab2 Qc8 32. Ba4 Nf6 {That is the best White can achieve, but
still not much if anything at all.}) 19. Na4 fxe4 {Ivanchuk obviously has a
different approach in mind, let us see...} (19... f4 {was also possible:} 20.
Nb6 Ra6 21. gxf4 $5 exf4 22. Bc3 Bh3 23. Rf2 g5 (23... Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qc3+ Kh7 27. Bd3 $36 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 24. e5 $16) 20. fxe4 Bh3 21.
Rf3 Kh7 22. Bf1 Bg4 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bg2 Neg8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Raf1 $14 {This is
clear and easy play for White.} Qe7 27. h3 Bd7 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30.
Qg5 Rf7 31. Nd2 $1 Rbf8 32. Qh4 Nh7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Nf3 Nh7 36.
Nxd7 Rxd7 37. h4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gg2h3] Gelfand plays this game nicely. I can't
evaluate the white advantage as more than a modest +/=, but it is obvious that
his pressure is highly unpleasant.} Ngf6 38. Bh3 Rc7 39. Nd2 Ng4 40. Rb1 Nhf6
41. Rb6 Rd7 42. Bf1 Kf8 43. Bd3 Nh6 44. Bc2 Nf7 45. Nb1 $1 Rc7 46. Nc3 Nd7 47.
Rb1 Ke7 48. Ba4 Nd8 {Nice manouvering gave White tremendous pressure in this
endgame.} 49. Bxd7 $1 Kxd7 50. Kg2 Nf7 51. g4 $1 hxg4 52. Kg3 Nh6 53. Rb6 Ke7
54. Nd1 Ng8 55. Kxg4 Nf6+ 56. Kf3 Rd7 57. Nc3 Kf8 58. Nb5 Ke7 59. Nc3 Kf8 60.
Rb1 Kg7 61. Ke2 Kh6 62. Rf1 Nh7 63. Nb5 Kh5 64. Ke3 Kg4 65. Kd3 Kh3 66. Rg1 $16
Nf8 67. Ke3 Kh2 68. Rf1 Nh7 69. Rf3 Kg2 70. Nc3 g5 71. hxg5 Nxg5 72. Rf5 {
This game is instructive for the handling of some types of middlegame and
endgame in the King's Indian.} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. d5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 13. Ne6 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15.
exf5 $6 {[%emt 0:42:40]} (15. Be3) (15. b5 $142 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc1a3]} fxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba3 {[%csl Re7]} dxe4 20. Qxd8
Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15... gxf5 {[%emt 0:16:53]} 16.
Bb2 $6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} (16. b5 $142 e4 17. Be2 Ne8 18. Bb2 Nc7 {Fressinet})
16... e4 {[%emt 0:18:29]} 17. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:24]} (17. Bh5 $142 $5 {Bacrot}
Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Qe8) 17... Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 18. b5 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} 19. bxc6 {[%emt 0:07:31]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:03:15][%csl Rb1,Rb2]} Qxe6 $17 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 21. Bf1 {[%emt 0:06:10]
} Rab8 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 22. c5 $2 {[%emt 0:09:00] The French duel resulted in
a strangely one-sided game as Fressinet basically collapsed out of the opening.
He made a couple of strange decisions, but the truly bad ones started with 22.
c5? after which some simple moves left White down two pawns and in the
receiving end of a deadly attack.} Ng4 {[%emt 0:17:40]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:14]
} Qe5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 {This line attained huge
popularity after the game Kramnik - Giri (Hoogeeven 2011).} fxe4 {Other
options seen in practice:} (12... c6) (12... h6) (12... f4) ({and even} 12...
Rb8) 13. Ncxe4 Nf5 14. Bg2 (14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Rb8 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Rbe8 22. Bd5 Re7 23. Bxe5 c6
24. Bc4 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd4 $13 {0-1 (51) Nguyen,D (2492)-Paragua,M Ho Chi Minh
City 2013}) 14... Nxe4 (14... Nd4 15. Bb2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 g5 (16... Bf5 17. f4
$14) 17. Qd2 h6 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bg4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1
Qe7 23. c5 $14 {1/2 (44) Girya,O (2414)-Ju,W (2518) St Petersburg 2012}) (14...
Qe7 15. Bb2 $5 (15. c5 Nd4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Be3
Rac8 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Be3 Rc4 $36 {0-1 (49) Sergeev,V (2397)
-Yevseev,D (2529) Tyumen 2012})) 15. Nxe4 a5 (15... Nd4 16. Bg5 (16. Bb2 $5 {
- see above}) 16... Qd7 17. c5 b6 18. Rc1 bxc5 19. bxc5 Ba6 20. Re1 Rab8 21.
Be3 Rb2 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Rc6 $1 Be2 24. Qc1 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Ng5 Bxd5
27. Rc7 Qb5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qc7+ Rf7 30. Nxf7 Bxf7 31. Qxd6 Qd5 32. Qa3 Rxa2
33. Qe7 $44 {1-0 (48) Jakovenko,D (2736)-Demchenko,A (2575) Tyumen 2012}) (
15... Bd7 16. c5 (16. Bb2 $5) 16... Bb5 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Be3 Bc4 19. Nd2 Bd3 20.
Rc1 Nf5 21. Qb3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bf5 23. e4 Bc8 24. Rc2 Bh6 25. Nc4 Qe7 26. Na5
$36 {1-0 (51) Lalith,B (2515)-Jimenez Fraga,P (2446) Badalona 2012}) 16. b5 $1
(16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 {1-0 (40) Polyakov,M (2403)-Terletsky,O (2276) Mukachevo
UKR 2013} Nd4 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. f4 Qe7 $13) 16... b6 {The queenside is now
sealed but White has a plan for kingside activity (f2-f4).} 17. Bb2 (17. a4 h6
18. Bb2 (18. Qd3 g5 19. f3 Qe8 20. Bb2 Qg6 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Rf2 Rf7 23. Qd1
Raf8 24. Bf1 h5 $132 {0-1 (54) Pelletier,Y (2595)-Al Modiahki,M (2542)
Istanbul 2012}) 18... g5 19. Qd3 Qe8 20. Rae1 Qf7 (20... Qg6 21. Bc3 Bd7 22.
Nd2 h5 23. Be4 Rf6 24. Qb1 Rff8 (24... Raf8 $2 25. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 (49) Zhao
Xue (2556)-Ju,W (2518) Jermuk 2012})) 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Re2 Ne7 23. Be4 Bh3 24.
Rfe1 Kh8 25. Qc2 Qf6 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. Qc2 Qf6 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qc2 {1/2 (29)
Zhao Xue (2543)-Ju,W (2557) Beijing 2012}) (17. Qd3 $5 {, followed by Bc1-d2,
needs testing. Here is a game in which White obtained a clear plus:} h6 18. Bd2
g5 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 g4 22. Ng3 Bd4+ (22... Qf7 23. Re6 $1) 23.
Kh1 Qg7 24. Be4 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Bd7 26. Bg6 Bf6 27. f5 $16 {1/2 (45) Levin,E 
(2512)-Fedorov,A (2579) St Petersburg 2012}) 17... Bd7 (17... g5 {, stopping
f2-f4 for the moment, is more logical.}) 18. Qd2 {[%mdl 32]} Qe7 19. Rae1 Rae8
20. f4 $36 Kh8 (20... Qd8 {1-0 (49) Nezad,H (2388)-Aminov,A (2163) St
Petersburg RUS 2013} 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. g4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Ng7 24. h3 $14) 21. Ng5
h6 22. Nh3 (22. Ne4 $5) (22. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Bd5 $36) 22... Kh7
23. Nf2 Qd8 {Black has nothing better but now he gets an isolated pawn.} 24.
fxe5 dxe5 (24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Re1 Nd6 28. c5 $1 bxc5
29. a4 $14) 25. Nd3 Nd6 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Qc1 {This allows Black to break
loose. It was probably better to continue manoeuvring by means of} (27. Qc3 Re8
28. Nf2) 27... e4 $1 {[%mdl 768]} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nf2 Qf6 30. Nxe4 Qd4+ 31.
Kh1 Bf5 {Black has sacrificed a pawn but his pieces are very active so White's
winning chances are not big.} 32. Nd2 (32. Qd2 $1 {, exchanges queens and was
a better try.}) 32... Rf7 33. Nf3 Qf6 (33... Qf2 $5 34. Ne5 Re7) 34. c5 (34. g4
$5 Be4 (34... Bxg4 $2 35. Ne5) 35. g5 Qf4 $1 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 37. Ne5 Bxg2+ 38.
Kxg2 Rf5 $11) 34... bxc5 35. Qxc5 Be4 36. Ng1 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qb2+ 38. Re2 Qxb5
$11 39. Qxb5 Nxb5 40. Rc2 Nd4 41. Rc5 a4 42. Ra5 Nc2 43. Nf3 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 c6 {Actually this is a rare move.} (10... a5) (10... Nf4)
({and} 10... f5 {are much more common.}) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 {A logical
decision. White is fighting for the d5-square.} Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 $146
{A novely by Kasimdzhanov.} (14. Rc1 Bg4 15. e5 (15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be5 {
and Black looks OK.}) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd1 (16... Bxe5 $6 17. Bxg4 Qxd1 18.
Bxd1 $14 {and White had a comfortable position, Evdokimov-Amonatov, Sochi 2005.
}) 17. Bxd1 Bxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rfe8 $11 {with a balanced endgame.}) 14... a6 (14...
Bg4 $5 {was an interesting option,} 15. Nd4 (15. Rac1 {transposes to 14.Rc1.})
15... Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 cxb5 17. cxb5 Rc8 $13 {with a balanced position.}) 15.
Rac1 axb5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Red1 {A very good move. The R wasn't useful on e1,
now the d6 P is under pressure.} Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Bf1 d5 (
20... cxb5 $2 {does not work, because of} 21. Rc7 $1 {the N can't play} Re8 22.
Bxb5 $18 {and White is winning.}) 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rc7 $1 Nf5 23. Rxd5 {
White has a virtual P up, but still Black has some counterplay, especially in
a practical game.} Be6 (23... Ra1 24. Rdc5 $14 {followed by Rc1.}) 24. Rd1 Rb2
25. Rcc1 {White prepares for Rb1.} Rb8 26. Ng5 ({The immediate} 26. Rb1 Rxb1
27. Rxb1 f6 {is still not easy for White.}) 26... Bb3 (26... Ba2 $5 {was
interesting to avoid Rb1,} 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Nc5 Rc8 {and White is slightly
better, but still Black tries to hold on.}) 27. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd4 29. f3
h6 30. Ne4 Rc8 31. Nd6 (31. b6 Rb8) 31... Rb8 32. Ne4 Rc8 33. Nd6 Rb8 34. Rb2
$5 {After a repetition, Kasimdzhanov continues the game with another move,
with which he sets a trap.} Kf8 35. Ne4 Rc8 $2 {On the 32th move this was good,
but now thanks to a tactical trick, it does not work.} (35... Ke7 {was tougher}
36. Nc5 Be6 37. Rb4 Rc8 {and Black is still fighting.}) 36. b6 $1 Bd5 ({
The natural} 36... Rb8 $2 {does not work because of} 37. Nc5 $1 $18 {and Black
loses. This was the point of White's trick.}) 37. b7 Rb8 38. Nc5 Bc6 39. Rb4
Nf5 (39... Ne6 40. Rb6 $1 Nxc5 41. Rxc6 Nxb7 42. Rb6 $18 {followed by Ba6.})
40. Rb6 Ne7 41. Bb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ra3 Ra6 13. Ne1 {[%mdl 32] A typical
plan: Ne1-d3 and possibly f2-f4. However, I don't like it in this particular
position. Other options:} (13. Re1 {with the idea Be2-f1 (or Qd1-c2) and then
Nc3-b5. This is a bit artificial. E.g.} Kh8 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Nb5 Ng8 16. Bf1 f6
17. g3 Nh6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nc3 b6 {0-1 (39) Stern,R 
(2461)-Lanka,Z (2504) Rostock 2002 - Black obtained a solid position.}) (13.
Nd2 {followed by Nc3-b5 and Bc1-b2 is very logical. A relatively recent
example:} Nd7 14. Nb5 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ng6 18. Rf1 Nde5
19. Nf3 f4 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg4 Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Bd2 Qg7 25.
Kh1 $14 {1-0 (42) Buhmann,R (2541)-Babaev,R (2479) Boeblingen 2008}) 13... Nd7
14. Nd3 (14. Nb5 f5 15. exf5 {0-1 (40) Karttunen,M (2275)-Solleveld,M (2295)
Sas van Gent 1998} {can now be met with} Nxf5 {as White doesn't control the
e4-square.}) 14... h6 {I am not sure Black should cover the g5-square.} (14...
Nb6 $5 15. Qb3 f5 16. exf5 (16. f3 f4 $5) 16... Nxf5 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. f4 e4 19.
Nf2 Re8 20. Qc2 Nf6 $13 {1/2 (30) Lputian,S (2633)-Smirin,I (2649) Kemer 2007})
(14... f5 {is quite natural:} 15. f4 fxe4 $1 (15... exf4 16. Nxf4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1
Bxc3 (17... Nf6 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Nd3 $1 fxe4 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 23. d6 $16 {1-0 (54) Rychagov,A (2506)-Banikas,H (2542) Athens 2000}) 18.
Rxc3 Ne5 19. Bb2 fxe4 20. Re3 g5 21. Nh5 $36 {1/2 (26) Simmelink,J (2315)
-Fabiani,J (2378) IECG 2002}) 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5
Qxe5 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qd4 $13 {0-1 (39) Nikcevic,N (2409)-Djukic,N (2503)
Cetinje 2010}) 15. f4 {A logical consequence of Nf3-e1-d3. It is important
that White's knight controls the e5-square.} (15. f3 f5 16. Nf2 {is passive.
The key to this position is the fact that White can't break through on the
queenside; therefore, he should prepare some play on the kingside, which is
very dfficult after f2-f3 f5-f4. Here is an example:} Nf6 17. g3 g5 18. Bd2 Rf7
19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Rb1 Rg7 21. Bd3 f4 22. g4 h5 23. h3 Ng6 24. Kf1 Rh7 25. Ke2 Be7
26. Nb5 Kf7 27. Raa1 Nh4 28. Rg1 Bd7 29. Qb3 Qc8 {1/2 (29) Irwanto,S (2452)
-Spasov,V (2578) Turin 2006}) 15... exf4 16. Nxf4 (16. Bxf4 f5 $132) 16... Ne5
{Black has established a blockade but White is not too concerned. Black's
pieces are constricted, his e7-knight is placed extremely poorly, merely
getting in the way of his pieces. The only problem for White is how to break
through.} 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Nb5 Ng8 19. Qc2 Nf6 {The knight has improved its
position but still it would be much better for Black to get rid of it
altogether.} 20. h3 Qe7 (20... g5 21. Nd3 Nfd7 {was an option but Black didn't
want to weaken the light squares in his camp.}) 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. a5 Kg8 23. Re3
b6 {A double-edged decision since the a- and b-files are more likely to be
used by White due to his space advantage.} 24. Nd3 bxa5 (24... Nxd3 $5 25. Bxd3
bxa5 26. Nxd6 (26. Bc3 a4) 26... Rxd6 27. e5 Nxd5 $5 28. exd6 Qxe3 29. Bxe3
Nxe3 30. Qd2 Nxf1 31. Bxf1 a4 $132) 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc3 Qg5 27. Ref3 Ne8 {
[%csl Re8]} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc3 a4 (29... Qe5 30. Qb2 {[%cal Rb2b7]} {
although after} Ra8 31. Qb7 Rd8 {Black's position is very solid.}) 30. Qb2 {
[%cal Rb2b7,Rc3a4]} Qd8 $6 (30... Ra5 $5 31. Nxa4+ Qe5) 31. Nxa4+ Kg8 32. Nc3 {
The blockade on e5 has been lifted, and White's chances are preferable due to
Black's poor e8-knight.} Rb6 33. Qd2 Qg5 34. Qa2 Bc8 35. Qa8 Qd8 36. Qa5 Qc7
37. Nb5 Qb7 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 (39... f6 40. Rg3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Re2h5]}
Kh7 41. Bd3 $40 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 40. e5 $16 dxe5 41. Qxe5 Bd7 42. Nc3 Nd6 43.
Rf6 Qb8 44. Qf4 Nf5 (44... Bf5 45. g4 (45. Qxh6 Qd8 46. Qg5 Rb3) 45... Bc2 46.
h4 $16) 45. Ne4 Qxf4 46. Rxf4 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb2 48. Bd3 Rc8 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. Nf6
Ne3 51. Nxd7 Nxg2 52. Kg3 Nxf4 53. Kxf4 {Besides a material advantage, White
now has a strong passed pawn, and Black's c5-pawn is very weak.} Rf2+ 54. Ke5
Rf3 55. Be4 $1 Re8+ (55... Rxh3 56. Nf6 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7]}) 56. Re6 $1 fxe6
57. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096]} exd5+ 58. Kxd5 Re3 59. Bg4 h5 60. Be6 g5 61. Nxc5 g4 62.
hxg4 h4 {This pawn doesn't help Black; White successfully stops it.} 63. Kd4
Ra3 64. Bd5 h3 65. Ne6+ $2 (65. Nd3 $142 h2 66. Nf2) 65... Kf6 66. Nc5 h2 $2 {
Black misses a golden chance:} (66... Kg5 67. Ne4+ Kxg4 68. c5 h2 69. c6 Kf4 $1
{, and White can't win, e.g.} 70. Nf2 (70. Nc3 Ra7 71. Nb5 Re7 72. c7 Rd7 $11)
70... Ra7 71. Kc5 Ra5+ 72. Kb6 (72. Kd6 Rxd5+ 73. Kxd5 Kf3 74. Nh1 Kg2 75. c7
Kxh1 76. c8=Q Kg2 $11) 72... Rxd5 73. c7 Rd2 74. c8=Q Rxf2 $11) 67. Ne4+ Ke7
68. Nf2 Ra1 69. Ke3 Rf1 70. c5 Rc1 71. c6 Kd6 72. Bg2 Rc2 73. g5 Ke5 74. g6
Rc3+ 75. Nd3+ Kf6 76. Be4 Ke6 77. Kd4 Ra3 78. c7 Ra4+ 79. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. h3 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15.
Rc1 $146 ({Less than 1 month ago} 15. Qd2 {was played by Lysyj} Qd7 16. Nh2 Nd4
17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bd1 Kh8 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Nb5 Raf8 21. Nxc7 Nxf2 $132 {with a
double-edged fight in Lysyj-Radjabov, Bilbao 2014.}) 15... Bxf3 {Black
immediately starts his action on the d4-square.} ({The natural} 15... Kh8 {
was also possible.}) 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bh5 $5 {White doesn't want to give up
his bishop, that's why he puts it in this strange place.} Kh8 18. Nb5 {White
would like to remove Black's d4 N, because it is unpleasant for White.} Ne6 $1
{The right move. Black doesn't want to exchange and now his N is ready to go
to f4 too. Moreover White's b5-knight is out of play.} 19. Rc3 {Logical move,
the R can be useful from the 3rd rank.} ({In the event of} 19. Nc3 {Black can
repeat with} Nd4 ({or even} 19... Bf6 20. Nd5 Bh4 {and Black is active.}))
19... Qe7 (19... a6 {was also an option,} 20. Na3 Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf6 {is
similar to the game.})) 20. Na3 $6 {The N would like to come from c2, but this
plan is too slow.} (20. Rf3 {could have been met by} Nf4 $13) (20. Rd3 Rg8 (
20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Nc3 {and it is not so easy to avoid Nd5.}) 21. Nc3
{with a double-edged fight.}) 20... Bf6 $1 {A very good move. Black wants to
play on the dark squares with Bh4 or Bg5.} 21. Nc2 Bg5 22. Bh2 {This is a
slightly passive move, but White would like to avoid the exchange of Bs and he
prepares for Rh3.} (22. Ne3 Rg8 $40 {and Black has some attacking chances on
the kingside.}) 22... Bf4 23. g3 Bg5 24. Bf3 Rf6 25. Bg2 Rg8 {Black's pieces
are all well placed; he has a plenty of attacking plans. White's position is
not easy now.} 26. Ne1 Rfg6 27. Bh3 Bf6 28. Kh1 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Nc2 Qe8 (
{The greedy} 30... Rxe4 $6 {could have been met by} 31. f3 {and the R is
trapped in the centre.}) ({The engine suggests} 30... Qf8 $1 {Black prepares
for Qh6!} 31. Rg1 (31. Ne3 Rxe4 32. f3 Rd4 {and Black is a healthy P up.})
31... Qh6 32. Rg2 Qh3 $36 {and White is under pressure on the kingside.}) 31.
Rg1 {A prophylactic move. Grischuk prepares for f3.} ({The immediate} 31. f3 $2
{is bad, as} Rxg3 $1 32. Bxg3 Rxg3 33. Rf2 Nf4 $17 {and Black has an
unpleasant attack.}) 31... Nd4 (31... Qf7 32. f3 R4g7 {was also possible.}) 32.
f3 (32. Ne3 R4g5 $15 {is also slightly better for Black.}) 32... R4g6 ({
The computer suggests} 32... R4g7 $5 {, but the text move was more human.}) 33.
Nxd4 (33. Ne3 Qd7 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 33... exd4 34. Rc2 c5
35. Qd3 Rh6 36. Rgg2 Rh3 $1 37. Rcf2 Qh5 {All Black's pieces are attacking and
now the g3-pawn is hanging.} 38. Kg1 Be5 39. f4 Bf6 40. Qf3 Qg6 41. Kh1 Qh6 $6
{An inaccuracy. Black didn't find the winning tactical move.} ({It was much
stronger to play} 41... Bh4 $1 42. f5 (42. gxh4 Rxf3 43. Rxg6 Rxf2 $19) 42...
Qf7 43. Kg1 Bg5 $19 {and Black has a decisive attack.}) 42. Kg1 Qg6 43. Kh1 b6
(43... Bh4 $1 {was the best, like in the previous comment.}) 44. b3 Qh6 45. Kg1
Qg6 46. Kh1 Qh6 47. Kg1 Bh4 48. Kf1 Bf6 {Finally Black couldn't break White's
position, so he accepted the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 (9... a5 {is the most popular line.}) 10. dxc6 (10. Rb1 {is also
common.}) 10... bxc6 11. b4 d5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. b5 d4 14. Na4 Qa5 $6 $146 {
A dubious novelty, because the Q is attackable on a5.} (14... Bh6 15. Nc5 a6
16. Bb4 Nd7 17. Ndb3 {and White has a comfortable position.} (17. a4 $2 {
(Sherbakov-Agamaliev, Koszalin 1997)} Nxc5 $1 {was the right move,} 18. Bxc5 d3
19. Bf3 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Bxd2 22. Qxe5 Nf5 $1 23. Qb2 Bf4 24. exf5
d2 $17 {and Black is better.})) 15. Rb1 Bh6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 {White has
gained some space on the queenside, he is active and ready to push his a-pawn.}
Bb7 $6 {Too passive.} ({However} 17... Nd7 18. Ndb3 {was also slightly better
for White.}) 18. Bd3 {A logical move. White protects his e4-pawn and sometimes
Qf3 can be unpleasant for Black.} Nc8 19. Ndb3 (19. Qf3 Nh5 20. Ndb3 {was
similar to the game.}) ({Probably} 19. Nxb7 $1 {was the most accurate reply,}
Qxb7 20. Nb3 cxb5 21. cxb5 Qd7 (21... Nxe4 $6 {could have been met by} 22. Na5
Qd5 23. Bc4 Qd7 24. Qf3 Ncd6 25. Bd5 $16 {and White is better.}) 22. a4 $14 {
and White has a nice position.}) 19... Nd6 ({In the event of} 19... cxb5 20.
cxb5 ({and now} 20. Nxb7 $2 {does not work, because of} bxc4 $1) 20... Nd6 21.
Qf3 Nh5 22. Na5 {transposes to the text move.}) 20. Qf3 Nh5 21. g3 {A logical
human move. White avoids ...Nf4.} (21. Na5 cxb5 22. cxb5 Nf4 {with a
complicated middlegame.}) 21... Bc8 $6 (21... cxb5 $142 {was more exact} 22.
cxb5 Rac8 23. Nxb7 Nxb7 24. a4 Ng7 25. a5 Ne6 {followed by ...Bf8, but White's
position is slightly better.}) 22. a4 (22. Na5 {was also strong,} cxb5 23. cxb5
Bh3 24. Rfe1 $36 {with a nice initiative for White.}) 22... Ng7 (22... a5 23.
Ba3 $14) 23. Qf6 $1 {A strong answer. White immediately takes advantage of
Black's weaknesses.} cxb5 (23... Nh5 {could have been met by} 24. Na6 $1 Bxa6
25. Qxd6 $16 {and White's position is much better.}) 24. cxb5 (24. axb5 $1 $16
{was the best reply, because the a-file is very important for White.}) 24...
Ne6 $2 {Black would like to activate his N, but this is a big mistake.} (24...
a5 25. bxa6 Nh5 26. Qf3 $14) 25. Nxe6 ({The seemingly dangerous} 25. Qxe5 $1 {
was the best choice and White isn't afraid of the N moves. For example:} Nf4
26. Qxd4 Bg7 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Qd2 $18 {and White is 2 Ps up; his position is
completely winning.}) 25... Rxe6 26. Qh4 Kg7 $2 {The decisive mistake, but
Black's position was already difficult.} (26... Bf8 {was tougher} 27. Rbc1 Qb8
28. f4 $16 ({or} 28. Na5 $16 {and White has a wonderful position.})) 27. f4 $1
$18 {The strongest reply! White opens the f-file, moreover the h6 B doesn't
control the c1 square. Black's position is hopeless.} Bb7 28. Rbc1 Qd8 29. Qxd8
Rxd8 30. Nc5 Re7 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Rc6 Ne8 33. fxe5 {White is a P up, he has
two Bs and active pieces. The rest is not difficult for White.} Nc7 34. Bd6 Ne6
35. a5 Bg5 36. a6 Rbd7 37. Rb1 Be7 38. b6 Bxd6 39. exd6 axb6 40. Rbxb6 Kf6 41.
Kf2 g5 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. e5 f6 44. Bc4 Kf7 45. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 {The KID always
promises a complex fight.} e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 (10...
f5 {is considered to be the main line, but Nf4 is an old and playable
alternative.}) 11. Bf1 f5 12. a4 (12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 {is considered to be
the "refutation" of this variation. White scores about 83% from this position.
Giri surprisingly did not go for it, maybe fearing some Jobava preparation.})
12... h6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Ra3 g4 15. a5 h5 16. c5 h4 {With both sides mounting
the attack the tension is on! It is difficult to say always who is faster in
these kinds of positions. The computers always like White, but as Nakamura
once pointed out computers are not usually right in these types of position.}
17. Nc4 Neg6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Rf6 20. g3 {This important move sets Black
back by a few tempi. Clearly he will not withdraw the knight, but he cannot
break on g3 any more.} hxg3 21. hxg3 a6 22. Nc3 (22. Nb6 $5 axb5 $1 23. Nxa8
fxe4 {is very murky.}) 22... Nh4 $1 {Marching forward! Neither knight can be
taken with impunity.} 23. Ne2 (23. gxh4 Rh6 {and Black's attack is too strong.
The threat of Qh4 is too fast.}) (23. gxf4 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 {is clearly over.})
23... Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 gxf3 26. Bxf3 {Giri sacrifices the exchange
and therefore diffuses most of the attack. However his own pressure has
somewhat dissipated as well.} Bh6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Kg2 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 f4 (29...
Qf8 {was maybe a touch more precise. Closing the position with f4 is always
strategically dangerous.}) 30. Rh1 Rg6 31. Rh5 Qf8 32. Qh1 Qf6 33. Qh2 Bg4 $4 {
Simply not the right time to do this.} (33... fxg3 34. fxg3 Qg7 {leaves the
game wide open. Black will trade on g4 eventually.}) 34. Bxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Qg6
(35... Qg7 36. Nd7 $18 {the threat is Qxg4 and Black has no good response.})
36. Kf3 $1 {oops! The rook is trapped as it cannot go to g5.} (36. Kf3 Rg5 37.
Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 {with mating threats.}) (36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxb8 Qxe4+ {
leads to a perpetual!}) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. d5
{[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 10. g3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} f5 {[%emt 0:10:15]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:11:47]} ({Less popular
than} 12... c6 13. Bg2 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Grischuk,A (2761) Moscow 2012 CBM 149
[Ramirez Alvarez] (1-0, 29)} (13. Ba3 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Be2 {Kramnik,V 
(2791)-Giri,A (2722) Hoogeveen 2011 CBM 145 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 35)})) 13. Ncxe4 {
[%emt 0:16:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:00] In this position nobody has played this way,
but the game will soon transpose to a line played a couple of times before.} ({
The mainstream goes} 13... Nf5 {Ipatov,A (2630)-Mamedov,R (2647) Antalya 2013
CBM 158 [Krasenkow,M] (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 14. Ne6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:54]} 15. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6
17. b5 $36 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2660)-Guerrero Vargas,A (2303) Azuqueca de
Henares 2014 (1-0, 28)}) 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:13:00]} Ne8 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:03:07]
Indirectly securing the b7-pawn.} (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Bxe4 Qxe6 18. Bxb7 Qxc4 $2
(18... Rab8 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qf7 21. a3 Rb5 22. Rc1 Rxd5 23. Qa4 $36) 19.
Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 Qxb4 21. Rxc7 Kf8 22. Qf3+ {Korbal,A (2016)-Kostyra,M (2181)
Police 2010 (1-0, 22)}) 17. Bg2 {[%emt 0:15:36] This loses the pawn with just
some compensation.} (17. Bg4 $5 Nf5 18. e7 Rf7 19. h4 {looks more challenging,
aiming to weaken the kingside light squares.}) 17... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 18.
Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
02:55]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 21. Nc3 $6 {[%emt 0:14:
20]} (21. a4 $44) 21... axb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 22. cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxb3 {
[%emt 0:15:43]} 23. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra3 $15 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 24. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:07:13]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 25. fxe3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 26. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 27. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:09:27]}
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 28. b6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 29. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:04:55]} d5 {[%emt 0:17:20]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:50]
} 31. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 32. e4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d4 {
[%emt 0:07:36]} 33. e5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 34. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:
01:55]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 37. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:05]}
Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 38. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 40. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Be1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 46. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 6th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f3 Kh8 13. Bd2 c6 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. c5 {This is the most logical move for White trying to open up the
position for his better developed pieces.} d5 $1 17. Nxe5 d4 ({Also possible
was} 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 $1 19. Nf7+ (19. Nxe4 Bxe5 $15) 19... Rxf7 $1 20.
Rxf7 Nxd2 $1 21. Qxd2 Nf5 {and with strong minor pieces, Black has excellent
compensation. White will do well to give up his rook for the g7 bishop and
reach an equal position.} 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 $11) 18. Qb3 $5 {This is a crazily
complicated position but let's try to make sense of it. The knight threatens a
fork on f7 but why can't we just take the c3 knight? Because after dxc3, White
just recaptures Bxc3 and gets great compensation.} (18. Bc4 $5 dxc3 19. Bxc3 $1
Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 {Inspite of being a piece down, White has enough activity to
hold the balance.} fxe4 21. Nf7+ Kg8 (21... Rxf7 22. Rd8+ Nfg8 23. Bxf7 $13)
22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $11) 18... Nxe4 $5 {This is really a good move by
Sasikiran but he had a completely non conventional move at his disposal.} (
18... dxc3 19. Bxc3 $44 {With Nf7+ coming up, White has excellent compensation.
}) (18... Nfg8 $1 {This undeveloping move is the strongest in the position.}
19. Nf7+ $6 {The most obvious move turns out to be a mistake.} Rxf7 20. Qxf7
dxc3 21. Bxc3 $2 (21. Bf4 cxb2 22. Rad1 Bd7 $15) 21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rad1
Nd5 23. exd5 Nh6 24. dxc6 Nxf7 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. bxc3 Nxc6 $17) 22... Nd5 $3 {
and this is the point of the undeveloping move with Nfg8.} 23. exd5 Nh6 $19 {
and look how the White queen is trapped on f7.}) 19. Nxe4 (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20.
Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qxf7 e3 $44) 19... fxe4 20. fxe4 $2 (20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 e3 {
Black has excellent compensation but White is still in the game.}) 20... Bxe5
21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qe8 {White is just a piece down without any
compensation.} 23. Bh6 Rb8 $1 {A deep move. The rook on b8 will be defended by
the e5 bishop and this small detail will change the assessment in Black's
favour.} (23... Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qc4 $44 {followed by Qxd4 gives White
good compensation.}) (23... Ng8 24. Rf8 Be6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 (25... Bxb3 26. Rxa8
$18) 26. Qb7 $16) 24. Qd1 (24. Qc4 Ng8 25. Rf8 Be6 26. Rxe8 Bxc4 $19 {And now
you can see how the rook is defended by the e5 bishop.}) 24... Ng8 25. Rf8 Qe7
26. Bc4 Be6 27. Rxb8 Qh4 (27... Bxc4 $19) 28. Qg1 Bxc4 29. Re8 Qxe4 30. Bg5 Kg7
{Black has two pieces for the rook and two strong bishops. The rest is easy
for Sasikiran.} 31. Bd2 Bf7 32. Rd8 Nf6 33. Bxa5 Bd5 34. Bd2 Qe2 35. Bg5 Ne4
36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rd7+ Ke6 {A game with high quality tactical
possibilities.} 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2015.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Mit Gelfand und Ding treffen zwei absolute
Königsindisch-Experten aufeinander. Gelfand spielt diese Eröffnung auch mit
Schwarz.} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O c6
9. Re1 Re8 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bc1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. c5 h6 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. dxc6 d5 17. c7 Qd7 18. Nf3 e4 19. Nd4 Qxc7 20. Nce2 Qxc5 21. Be3 Qd6
22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Bd7 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rf4 Kh7 27. Raf1 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Gelfand,B (2747)-Ding,L (2755) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 7... Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {Dieser Zug hatte alle anderen Varianten an Popularität
überflügelt.} Nh5 ({Die Alternative ist} 9... a5) 10. c5 ({Üblicher ist} 10.
Re1) (10. g3 {wählte Gelfand kürzlich gegen Nakamura:} f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3
fxe4 13. Ncxe4 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Be3 Ne8 17. Bg2 Qxe6 18. Qb3
Kh7 19. b5 Nf5 20. Rad1 a6 21. Nc3 axb5 22. cxb5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Rb1 Nxe3
25. fxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 e4 27. Nxe4 Ra5 28. b6 c6 29. Rd1 d5 30. b4 Rb5 31. Nc5
Rxb4 32. e4 d4 33. e5 Rxb6 34. Rxd4 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Bxe5 37. Re4 Bd6
38. Nxb7 Rb1+ 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Bb4+ 41. Ke2 c5 42. Kd3 Nf6 43. Bf3 Nd7
44. Be2 Be1 45. Nd6 Bf2 46. Ke4 Bg1 47. Kf3 Ne5+ 48. Kg2 Bd4 49. Nc4 g5 50.
Nxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (50) Gelfand,B (2744)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015
}) 10... Nf4 11. a4 ({Meist wird hier} 11. Bxf4 {gespielt.}) 11... Bg4 {
Eine Neuerung.} (11... f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 (13... Bg4 14. Ra3 Nf5 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Nxg2 $5 17. Bg5 (17. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Qh4 $17) 17... Qc8 18.
Kxg2 h6 19. Be3 g5 $6 (19... Nh4+ $5 20. Nxh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $14) (19... a5 $5)
20. Be2 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 (21. Bxf3 Nh4+ $19) 21... dxc5 22. Kg2 cxb4 23. Rb3 a5
24. Bg4 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 $18 {1-0 (37) Cornette,M (2548)-Szelag,M (2456) Germany
2014}) 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8
20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 $11 {0-1 (50) Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)
Dortmund 2011 CBM 144 [Krasenkow,M]}) 12. h3 ({Gleich} 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 {
ist der Engine-Vorschlag.}) 12... Bh5 (12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 f5
15. Qe2 $14) 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rc1 a5 15. bxa5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 dxc5 17. Qb3 Rxa5
18. Qxb7 Nc8 (18... Qb8 $11) 19. Nb5 Nd6 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxc7 Rc8 22. Nb5
Nxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rc4 {Die Aktionen am Damenflügel haben zum Damentausch
und einem Endspiel mit Türmen und ungleichfarbigen Läufer geführt, in dem
Weiß zwar den Freibauern auf der d-Linie hat, Schwarz aber etwas aktiver
steht.} Bd4 25. Rfc1 Rcb8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. R4c2 Ke7 28. e5 {Sonst steht Weiß
bald wirklich passiv.} Bxe5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 32. Ke1
Bd4 (32... Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bd4+ 34. Ke2 Bxc5 $11) 33. d6+ Ke6 (33... Kxd6 $4 34.
Rd5+ {kostet eine Figur.}) 34. Rd5 Bxf2+ 35. Kd1 Bb6 36. d7 Ke7 37. Kc1 Ra2 38.
Rb5 Bd8 39. Rb4 Kxd7 40. Rxf4 f5 {Weiß muss mit dem Minusbauern ums Remis
kämpfen, aber angesichts der ungleichen Läufer und der Tatsache, dass alle
Bauern sich am gleichen Flügel befinden, sind die Chancen sehr gut.} 41. Rd4+
Ke7 42. Kb1 Ra6 43. Rc4 Ra5 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Kc2 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kh6 47. Rc8 Be7 48.
Ra8 Re5 {Ohne Türme ginge gar nichts mehr im Gewinnsinne.} 49. Ra2 Re1 50. Be2
Bc5 51. Ra5 Bf2 52. g4 $1 {Aktive Verteidigung. Der schwarze König drohte
aktiv zu werden. Weiß gibt einen Bauern, hält den schwarzen König aber fern.
} f4 53. g5+ {Das war die Idee.} Kg7 54. Kd2 {Ermöglicht Ta7.} Rh1 55. Rb5
Be1+ 56. Kd1 (56. Kd3 $2 Rxh3+ {gewinnt den Bauern mit Schach und der f-Bauer
rückt vor.} 57. Kd4 f3) 56... Bf2+ 57. Kd2 Rxh3 58. Bc4 Bh4 (58... f3 59. Be6
Rg3 (59... Rh2) 60. Rb7+ Kf8 (60... Kh8 $4 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Rg8#) 61. Rf7+ Ke8
62. Rxh7 Bc5 63. Bf7+ Kd7 64. Bd5+ Kd6 65. Bxf3 Rxf3 66. Rh6 Be3+ 67. Ke2 Rg3
68. Rxg6+ Ke5 {Schwarz gewinnt den g-Bauen. Danach ist Turm und Läufer gegen
Turm auf dem Brett - das Endspiel ist theoretisch remis.}) 59. Kc2 h5 (59...
Rg3 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Rxh7 Bxg5 62. Bd5 Re3 63. Bf7 f3 64. Bxg6 Re6 65. Rf7+ Kg8
66. Bh5 {sollte auch remis enden.}) 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Rf7+ Ke8 62. Rxf4 Bxg5 63.
Rf1 Rh2+ 64. Kb3 Ke7 65. Bd3 h4 66. Bxg6 Re2 67. Rf3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kuzmin,Alexey"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.08.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. b3 $1 ({After} 13. Bd2 {-} c5
$5 {looks more motivated.} ({An interesting try is} 13... g5 14. Nb5 Rf6 $5 {
with the idea c7-c6.})) (13. Nb5 Rf6 14. Nf2 Nc5 $132) 13... g5 (13... c5 {
is risky.} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 Qc7 (15... Qb6+ $6 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nb2 Rf6 18.
Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rf2 $16 {Atalik,S-Garcia Paolicchi,R, Manila 1992}) 16. Ra2 $14) (
13... h5 14. Ba3 b6 15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 g5 17. a5 $16 {Popov,V-Korobov,A,
Minsk 2000 Popov,V-Korobov,A, Minsk, 2000}) (13... Rf7 14. Ba3 Bf8 15. Nb5 $1 {
For White it is much more advantageous to play b4 after having previously
provoked b7-b6 to realise c4-c5 after.} (15. b4 $6 axb4 16. Bxb4 g5 17. c5 $6 (
17. Nb5) 17... dxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Nf5 $1 $132 {Berend,F-Vocaturo,D,
Tromso 2014}) 15... g5 (15... b6 16. b4) 16. c5 $36) 14. Ba3 {The threat is
c4-c5. White has evidently surpassed his opponent in development of an
initiative on "his" side.} b6 (14... h5 $6 15. c5 Nf6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Rc1 $16 {
Popov,V-Zhuravlev,V, Cherepovets 2002}) (14... Nf6 $6 15. c5 Ne8 16. b4 h5 17.
bxa5 Rxa5 18. Bb4 Ra6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. a5 $16 {Atalik,S-Bologan,V, Manila 1992
}) 15. Nb5 $5 (15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Nc5 (16... h5 17. a5 $16 {Popov,V-Korobov,
A, Minsk, 2000}) (16... c5 $5 17. dxc6 Nc5 $14) 17. a5 Bd7 18. Nb5 $16 {
Popov,V-Amonatov,F, Sochi 2007}) 15... Ng6 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 $16 Nc5 18. Nf2
$14 ({A more energetic way was} 18. a5 $16 {with an obvious advantage.}) 18...
Nb7 19. a5 bxa5 20. Qe1 a4 21. Qd1 h5 22. h3 Bh6 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 g4 25.
hxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. fxg4 f3 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Be3+ 30. Kf1 Qh4 31.
Ke2 Qf2+ 32. Kd1 Qf1+ 33. Kc2 Qc1+ 34. Kb3 Qb1+ 35. Kc3 Qc1+ 36. Kb3 Qb1+ 37.
Kc3 Bf2 38. c5 dxc5 39. Kc4 cxb4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
c6 (14... f5 15. Rac1 Rf7 {war hier, angesichts dessen, was noch folgen sollte,
vielleicht die bessere Alternative.}) 15. Rac1 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be3 exf3
18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. g4 Kf8 22. d6 Rd8 23. Kh2 f6 24.
Kg3 Kf7 25. Kxf3 Rd7 26. Kf4 Ke6 27. g5 f5 28. Ke3 Rxd6 29. Rxd6+ Kxd6 30. Kd4
{Diagramm [#] Unter Amateuren würde man so etwas vielleicht Remis geben, doch
Ragger wittert seine Chance. Er investierte in dieser Partiephase viel
Bedenkzeit.} b6 (30... a5 $1 {halten die Computer an dieser Stelle für
stärker. Das scheint auch plausibel zu sein, denn warum sollte sich Schwarz
freiwillig weiter einengen lassen?}) 31. b4 {Auch ohne zu rechnen ist klar,
dass Weiß am Ende noch einen Tempozug übrig haben wird, um den schwarzen
König aus der Opposition zu vertreiben.} Ke6 32. f3 Kd6 33. f4 Ke6 34. Kc4 Kd6
35. Kd4 Ke6 36. a3 Kd6 37. a4 {Diagramm [#] Die Computer halten dies jetzt
einhellig für gewonnen für Weiß. In der Tat kann der Anziehende das
Eindringen in die schwarze Stellung erzwingen. Ragger hat präzise gerechnet.}
a6 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Kc6 40. Ke5 {Diagramm [#] Am Ende bleibt ein Mehrbauer
im Damenendspiel mit hervorragenden Gewinnperspektiven. Ragger demonstriert in
der Folge seine starke Technik.} Kb5 41. Kf6 Kxa5 42. Kg7 Kb5 43. Kxh7 a5 44.
Kxg6 a4 45. Kh5 a3 46. g6 a2 47. g7 a1=Q 48. g8=Q Qd1+ 49. Kh6 Qd3 50. Qb8+ Ka4
51. h4 Qg3 52. Qe8+ Kb3 53. Qe6+ Ka4 54. Qxf5 Qxh4+ 55. Kg6 Ka3 56. Qd3+ Kb2
57. Qd2+ Kb1 58. f5 Qe4 59. Qd1+ Kb2 60. Qd6 Kb1 61. Qb6+ Kc1 62. Qe6 Qg2+ 63.
Kf7 Qb7+ 64. Qe7 Qd5+ 65. Kg6 Qd3 66. Qg5+ Kb1 67. Kh6 Qh3+ 68. Kg7 Qc3+ 69. f6
Qd4 70. Kh6 Qd6 71. Qg6+ Ka2 72. f7 Qf4+ 73. Kg7 Qd4+ 74. Kg8 Qc4 75. Qf5 Ka1
76. Qf6+ Ka2 77. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. dxe5
dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 {wдre die "normale" Abtauschvariante.}) 7... Nc6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {Eine Modifikation der Abtauschvariante (цfters tauscht WeiЯ
die Bauern auf e5 und dann sofort auch die Damen auf d8 einen Zug frьher und
behдlt dann die Mцglichkeit, lang zu rochieren), die keinesfalls ohne Gift ist
und in der letzten Zeit immer mehr an Beliebtheit gewinnt. Die Idee dieser
Verzцgerung besteht darin, dass bei dem Springer auf c6 dem Schwarzen die
wichtige Ressource c7-c6 nicht zur Verfьgung steht.} (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Rf8
11. Rfd1 {fьhrt mit einem Zug Verschiebung zur Partieposition.}) 9... Qxd1 ({
Eine beachtenswerte Alternative ist} 9... Bg4 $5 {, z.B.} 10. Qxd8 Nxd8 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Kg7 13. Nxc7 Rc8 14. Nd5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Kg2 Nf4+ 17.
Nxf4 exf4 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd5 Rxd5 20. exd5 b6 {, und in der Partie L'Ami,E 
(2623) - Radjabov,T (2739)/ EU-chT Reykjavik 2015 erwies sich das
Remispotential der ungleichen Lдufer als stark genug - trotz des weiЯen
Mehrbauern endete der Kampf nach einigen weiteren Zьgen friedlich.}) 10. Rfxd1
Be6 ({In der Regel spielt man hier} 10... Bg4 {, aber die Stellung nach} 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 {[%cal Ya1c1] scheint fьr Schwarz
etwas unangenehm zu sein, z. B.} c6 (14... f5 15. Rac1 Rf7 16. Kf1 Nxf3 17.
gxf3 Bf8 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rd3 {Ernst,S (2555) - Heberla,B (2567)/BL 2014 - WeiЯ
hat etwas Initiative, aber nicht mehr als das}) 15. Rac1 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17.
Be3 exf3 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. g4 {, und Schwarz muss
noch eine gewisse Genauigkeit zeigen, um sich in diesem Turmendspiel zu
behaupten, was ihm in der Partie Ragger,M (2695) - Saric,I (2678)/BL 2016
nicht gelang.}) ({Einen guten Eindruck macht} 10... h6 $5 {(was auch im Buch
"Kotronias on the King's Indian. Classical Systems" empfohlen wurde), z.B.:}
11. Be3 (11. Bh4 {ist nicht zu empfehlen wegen} Be6 12. Nd5 g5 $1 13. Bg3 Nxe4
14. Nxc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 $44 {Kotronias}) 11... Kh7 {(ьberdeckt den Bauern
h6, somit wird jetzt im Falle Nc3-d5 der Zug Nd5xf6 mit keinem Bauerngewinn
mehr verbunden)} (11... b6 {/\ Bc8-b7, ist fьr Schwarz laut Kotronias auch
absolut in Ordnung)}) 12. h3 (12. b4 {(Gavasheli,A (2160) - Szczepkowska,K 
(2336)/Tbilisi 2011)} Nxb4 $1 13. Bc5 Nc6 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {Kotronias}) 12...
Be6 13. b4 (13. Nd5 Rac8 $11 {Michna,M (2383) - Ohme,M (2322)/BL 2012}) 13...
a6 (13... Nxb4 $5 14. Bc5 Na6 $5 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 16. Nxe5 $140 $4 Nh5 $19)
14. a3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Nd5 Rd7 17. g4 Rad8 $132 {[%cal Yc6d4,Yf7f5,Yc6e7,
Ye8d6] Weetik,V (2407) - Korotlylev,A( 2606)/Voronezh 2008}) 11. Nd5 Nxe4 (
11... Ne8 $2 12. Ne7+ $16) 12. Nxc7 Bg4 $6 $146 {Eine Neuerung, die vermutlich
am Brett gefunden wurde.} (12... Rac8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 $14 {(Ernst,S 
(2474) - Nijboer,F (2577)/Groningen 2003) - die weiЯe Kompensation fьr den
Bauern ist mehr als ausreichend. Aber ich habe Eindruck, dass Dominguezes
Entscheidung zu noch grцЯeren Problemen fьhrt.}) 13. Nxa8 Nxg5 14. Nc7 e4 15.
Nxg5 Bxe2 16. Re1 $6 ({Stдrker ist} 16. Rd2 Bd3 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Nxe4 $18 {
[%cal Re4d6]}) 17. Re1 Bxc4 18. Nxe4 Bxa2 19. Ra1 Rc8 (19... Bb3 20. Ra3) 20.
Nb5 Bb3 21. Nbd6 (21. h3 $5) 21... Rc7 22. Ra3 Nd4 23. f4 a6 24. Ne8 Rc4 25.
N4f6+ Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 {mit betrдchtlichen Gewinnaussichten.}) 16...
Bxc4 17. Rxe4 ({Auch nach} 17. Nxe4 Be5 18. Rac1 Bxa2 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbc3 Be6
21. Nc5 Bc8 {scheint die schwarze Stellung haltbar zu sein.}) 17... Bd3 $6 {
Vielleicht verdient dieser Zug sogar ein Fragezeichen.} ({Wie dem auch sei,
nach} 17... b5 {nebst 18...Bxb2 wдre Schwarz auЯer Gefahr, wдhrend jetzt
Anziehende wieder gute Gewinnchancen bekommt.}) 18. Re8 Rxe8 (18... b5 $2 19.
Rd1 Bc2 20. Rd6 Ne5 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Rg5h7,Rc7b5,Rc7e6,Rg5e6]}
) (18... h6 $5) 19. Nxe8 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Bc4 21. Nd6 (21. a4 $5) 21... Bxa2 22.
Nxb7 Nb4 23. Rd7 Bd5 (23... h6 $5) 24. Nd6 (24. Nc5 $5 a5 $140 25. Nd3 $1)
24... a5 25. Ra7 Nc6 26. Ra6 Bd4 27. Nb5 Be5 28. Na7 Nd4 (28... Nxa7 $2 29.
Rxa5 $1 $18) 29. Rxa5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nf4 31. f3 {Es ist fьr mich schwer zu sagen,
ob dieses Endspiel dem Unentschieden oder dem weiЯen Gewinn nдher ist, aber
dass die schwarze Lage alles andere als angenehm ist, sit offensichtlich. Beim
weiteren Verlauf ist Buhmann jedoch nicht gelungen, die schwarze Festung
einzunehmen.} Bc7 32. Ra3 Bd6 33. Rc3 Bb4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc6 Bc5 36. Ne5 Bd4
37. Nc6 Bc5 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Nd3 40. e5 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Ng4+ 42. Kf1 Nxh2+
43. Ke2 Ng4 44. Kf3 h5 45. Rc7 Kg8 46. Ke4 Bg1 47. Rb7 Bh2 48. Rb3 h4 49. Rb5
Bg3 50. Kf3 Nh2+ 51. Ke4 Ng4 52. Rb7 Nf2+ 53. Ke3 Ng4+ 54. Kd4 Kf8 55. Rb3 Kg7
56. Kd5 Kf8 57. Ra3 Kg8 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. Ra7 Kg8 60. Rd7 Kf8 61. Ra7 Kg8 62. e6
fxe6 63. Ne7+ Kf7 64. Nd5+ Kg8 65. Nf4 Nf6+ 66. Kf3 g5 67. Nxe6 g4+ 68. Ke2 Be5
69. Rg7+ Kh8 70. Rg5 h3 71. gxh3 gxh3 72. Kf3 h2 73. Kg2 Bd6 74. Rg6 Ne4 75.
Nd4 Kh7 76. Rxd6 Nxd6 77. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 ({In seinem Buch "Kotronias on the King's Indian" empfiehlt GM
Kotronias} 9... Nh5 {(mit der Idee Nh5-f4), und wenn} 10. g3 {, dann} h6 11.
Bd2 Bh3 12. Re1 f5 {mit kompliziertem Spiel. Auch GM Kornev plädiert in
seinem Werk "A practical Repertoire with Nf6, g6, d6" für diese Option.}) 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 {Weiß hat seinen guten Läufer abgetauscht, andererseits hat er
dafür den Springer beseitigt, der später mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit zu
einer gefährlichen Angriffsfigur werden könnte.} 11. b4 a5 ({Viel öfter
spielt man} 11... Bg7 {ohne a7-a5.}) ({Eine weitere verbreitetere Möglichkeit
ist} 11... Kg7 12. c5 Ng8 {/\Bf6-e7, f7-f5}) 12. a3 Bg7 {Schwarz hofft, dass
im Vergleich zur Variante 11...Bg7 die Möglichkeit des Tausches auf b4 ihn
begünstigen wird - z.B. könnte es unter Umständen Sinn haben, mittels a5xb4
nebst Ra8xa1 die gegnerische Dame von der Verteidigung des Königsflügels
abzulenken (natürlich müssen dann alle dafür und dagegen sorgfältig
uberlegt werden, weil sich die Lage der weißen Dame auf der offenen a-Linie
als sehr aktiv erweisen kann) oder in den Varianten mit Ra1-c1 wird der Ra8
dank des Tausches a5xb4, a3xb4 auf einer offenen Linie stehen. Aber es kann
auch passieren, dass die Züge a7-a5, a2-a3 und die daraus entstandene
Spannung den weißen Angriff am Damenflügel leichter entwickeln lässt.} 13.
c5 ({Eine Alternative ist} 13. Nd2 {, um die Möglichkeit zu haben,} f5 {mit}
14. f3 {zu beantworten.}) 13... f5 14. Bd3 {Die Idee dieses Zuges besteht
darin, im Falle des Tausches auf e4 mit dem Läufer zurückzunehmen.} ({
Eine andere Option} 14. Nd2 {, was Schwarz mit} fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 {[%cal
Yf5d4,Yc8f5,Yd8h4] beantworten kann - m. E. hat hier den Anziehende nichts
besonderes.}) 14... Kh8 {In der Regel verbindet man diesen Zug in solchen
Stellungen mit der Idee Ne7-g8-(f6) oder c7-c6.} ({Nach} 14... f4 15. Nd2 g5 {
ist die Antwort} 16. Nb5 $5 {ziemlich unangenehm} ({im Falle von} 16. Be2 {
(wären Züge a7-a5 und a2-a3 nicht gemacht worden, hätte Weiß mit dieser
Fortsetzung den gegnerischen Königsangriff spürbar erschwert oder gar
verhindert)} {folgt} axb4 $1 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 g4 $132) {, z. B.} 16... g4
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nc4 Rf6 19. bxa5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd1b3,Rb3b4,Rc4b6] - die
weiße Aktivität am Damenflügel scheint gefährlicher zu sein, als die
gegnerische am anderen Teil des Brettes.}) (14... fxe4 15. Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2c4,Yc3b5]} Nf5 16. Qd3 $14 {Piza Cortizo,D (2295) - Garcia
Luque,A (2370)/Valencia 1990}) 15. Rc1 ({Das typische} 15. Nd2 {(mit der Idee
Nd2-c4) verspricht in diesem Fall keinen Vorteil wegen} axb4 ({interessant ist
auch das unverzügliche} 15... c6 $5 {, z. B.} 16. cxd6 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 18.
Bxe4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 fxe4 21. dxc6 Qxd6 22. cxb7 Bxb7 23. Ncxe4
Qxb4 24. Rb1 Bxa1 25. Rxb4 Bd5 {mit remislichem Endspiel}) 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Qxa1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bc4 c6 $1 19. cxd6 Nxd5 20. Ncxe4 Nxb4 $13) 18... c6 $1
19. dxc6 bxc6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb2 Be6 {mit ungefährem Ausgleich.}) (15. Qb3
c6 $1 $13) 15... axb4 $1 $146 (15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 $14 {[%csl Ge4] Berczes,D 
(2461) - Zhao, N (2284), Acri 2006}) 16. axb4 Bd7 $6 ({Logisch und stark wäre
} 16... c6 $1 {, z. B.} 17. dxc6 (17. Bc4 dxc5 (17... cxd5 18. exd5 dxc5 19.
bxc5 Ra5 $13) 18. d6 cxb4 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nb1 fxe4 21. Nfd2 e3 $1 22. fxe3
Bf5 {- die Position ist kompliziert, aber Schwarz steht mindestens nicht
schlechter}) (17. cxd6 $6 Qxd6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 $1 $36) 17... Nxc6 (17... bxc6 $13
) 18. Nb5 dxc5 (18... d5 $5 19. exd5 Nxb4 20. Bc4 e4 21. Nfd4 $13) 19. bxc5 b6
$11) 17. Nd2 f4 (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {[%csl Ge4]}) 18. Nb5 (18. Be2 $5 {
[%cal Re2g4]} h5 $1 $132 {[%cal Yd8e8,Ye7g8,Yg8f6,Yg6g5] (/\Ne7-g8, Qd8-e8,
g6-g5)} (18... Ng8 $143 $6 19. Bg4 {mit klarem Vorteil})) (18. Ra1 $5) 18...
Rf6 ({In Betracht kam der unverzügliche Abtausch des lästigen Springers:} 
18... Bxb5 19. Bxb5 {[%csl Gb5,Re7,Rg7] Obwohl danach die Initiative eindeutig
dem Anziehenden gehören würde (ohne den weißfeldrigen Läufer kann Schwarz
kaum hoffen, am Königsflügel etwas gefährliches zu unternehmen) wäre die
schwarze Stellung villeicht weniger unangenehm, als bei der Partiefortsetzung.}
) (18... g5 19. cxd6 (19. Be2 $6 g4 $1 20. cxd6 cxd6 $132 21. Nxd6 $140 $2 Ba4)
19... cxd6 20. Nc7 (20. Nxd6 $2 Ba4 $17) 20... Rc8 21. Ne6 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bxe6
23. dxe6 $14) 19. Qb3 (19. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6,Rc2c7]}) 19... g5 20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 {[%csl Rd6]} g4 $2 (23... Nc6 $142 $14 {
[%cal Yc6d4]}) 24. Bb5 Rxc1 (24... Nc6 25. Qd5 Qe8 (25... Nxb4 $4 26. Qxb7 $4)
26. Nc4 Qxe6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 $16) 25. Rxc1 $16
g3 26. hxg3 fxg3 27. Qxg3 Rxe6 28. Qh3 Rf6 29. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 30. Bxd7 d5 31. Rc7
b6 32. b5 Bf8 33. Kf1 Rd6 34. Bc6 dxe4 35. Nc4 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Nxe5 Rb2+
38. Ke3 Rb4 $2 (38... Kg7 39. Rb7 $16) 39. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 {Diese Fortsetzung kommt unvergleichbar seltener vor, als
Hauptzüge 9.Ne1, 9.Nd2 und 9.b4, ist aber keinesfalls ohne Gift.} ({Im
Unterschied zum verbreiteten Abspiel} 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3
f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 {fängt Aronian mit der Mobilisation seiner Kräfte am
Damenflügel an. Die Idee dieser Zugfolge besteht darin, dass solange der
weiße Springer auf f3 steht, kann f7-f5 mit Nf3-g5 (/\Ng5-e6) beantwortet
werden - es sei denn, der Gegner investiert Zeit in prophylaktische Maßnahmen.
}) 9... Nd7 {Vielleicht wäre es etwas anmaßend, diese Fortsetzung als
zweifelhaft zu bewerten, aber meiner Meinung nach lässt sie dem Weißen mehr
Hoffnungen auf einen Eröffnungsvorteil, als zwei andere Springerzüge:} (9...
Ne8 {- im Unterschied zu 9...Nd7 wird der Bc8 nicht verstellt, was für die
Varianten mit f7-f5, Nf3-g5 wichtig ist. Z. B.:} 10. Rc1 (10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3
Nf6 {würde das Spiel in das oben genannte System 9.Ne1 überleiten} ({
außerdem muss Weiß mit} 11... fxe4 $5 {rechnen, z. B.} 12. Nxe4 c6 13. Qb3
Kh8 14. f4 b5 $1 $13 {Sosonko,G (2535) - Nijboer, F (2505)/Eindhoven 1993}))
10... f5 11. exf5 ({oder} 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6 14. Qb3 {(Borik,
O (2390) - McCarthy,B (2200)/Berlin 1980)} Nc7 $1 $13 (14... Qc8)) 11... gxf5
12. Ng5 (12. g3) 12... h6 {(mit dem Springer auf d7 statt e8 würde dieser Zug
natürlich nicht gehen)} 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qc8 15. Qb3 c6 $13 {Taimanov,M 
(2620) - Fischer,T (2740)/Vancouver 1971}) (9... Nh5 {- Schwarz nützt aus,
dass das Feld h5 dem Springer zugänglich geblieben ist und beabsichtigt jetzt
nicht nur f7-f5, sondern verfügt auch über die Idee Nh5-f4. Z. B.} 10. Rc1 (
10. g3 {wird in der Regel mit} f5 {beantwortet - leider sind die
dazugehörigen Varianten zu umfangreich und kompliziert, um sie hier anzugeben}
) 10... h6 $5 ({die Praxis hat gezeigt, dass auf das unverzügliche} 10... Nf4
$6 {die Reaktion} 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Qd2 {unangenehm ist}) 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 (
12. Bxf4 $6 exf4 13. Qd2 $140 g5) 12... g5 13. h4 $5 g4 14. Nh2 f5 $13 {
Lima, D (2420) - Vescovi, G (2490)/Rio de Janeiro 1997}) 10. Rc1 h6 $6 {
Salem trifft die Entscheidung, vor f7-f5 dem Nf3 das Feld g5 zu verbieten,
aber das kostet ihn Zeit - m.E. kann man an dieser Stelle das weiße
Eröffnungskonzept eindeutig als gelungen betrachten.} ({Kritisch ist} 10... f5
{, was in dieser Stellung öfter gespielt wurde. Aber ich habe Eindruck, dass
es für Schwarz auch dann nicht so leicht ist, ausreichendes Gegenspiel zu
bekommen. Zum Beispiel:} 11. exf5 $5 (11. Ng5) 11... Nxf5 (11... gxf5 12. Ng5
Nf6 13. Qb3 c6 (13... h6 $2 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 $16 Qc8 $140 16. Nd5) 14.
Rfd1 $36 {Constantinou,A (2387) - Mutter,V (2475)/corr 1989}) 12. Ne4 Nf6 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. c5 $36 {Finegold,B (2497) - Felecan,F (2409)/Chicago
2009}) 11. Ne1 {Erst jetzt begibt sich der Springer nach d3.} f5 12. Nd3 {
Weiß hat den für die Linie 9.Ne1 typischen Aufbau erreicht (nur mit der
veränderten Zugfolge), während Schwarz vor der schwierigen Aufgabe steht, zu
bewesien, dass der Zug h7-h6 in dieser Position für etwas nützlich ist.} fxe4
({Viel öfter setzt Schwarz in Stellungen dieser Art auf Bauernstrurm am
Königsflügel, aber hier würde die Fortsetzung} 12... Nf6 13. f3 f4 14. c5 g5
{bedeuten, dass h7-h6 reine Zeitverschwendung war.}) 13. Nxe4 {Ohne Ra1-c1 und
h7-h6 wäre vor uns eine bekannte theoretische Position, die nach 9.Ne1 (statt
des Partiezuges 9.Bd2) 9...Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 entsteht und von
der Theorie als etwas besser für Weiß eingeschätzt wird. Das Einfließen
dieser zwei Züge begünstigt eindeutig den Weißen: sein Turm steht auf c1
angesichts der Option c4-c5 klar besser als auf a1 , während die Lage des
schwarzen h-Bauern auf h6, auch wenn sie nicht ganz nutzlos ist (dem
Anziehenden steht die Option Bd2-g5 nicht mehr zur Verfügung), bedeutende
Nachteile hat - die Bauern g6 und h6 können sich als anfällig erweisen (wie
es später in der Partie auch geschah).} Nf5 (13... Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. f3
Nf5 16. Nf2 $14) 14. f3 {[%cal Yd3f2,Yf2e4] Eine typische Idee - weil der Ne4
bald abgetauscht wird, muss der andere Springer das Feld e4 besetzen.} (14. c5
$6 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. f3 Qf7 17. Nf2 (17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nf2 b6 $132 {
[%cal Rc8b7]}) 17... dxc5 18. Rxc5 b6 19. Rc3 Bb7 $13) 14... Nf6 15. Ndf2 Nd4
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Be3 Rae8 $146 ({Auf} 19... Kh7 {
(Balashov,Y (2560) - Friedman,S (2200)/Graz 2002)} {kann Weiß analog unserer
Hauptpartie} 20. Qd2 $14 {spielen} ({oder sofort} 20. Ng3 $14) ({Beachtung
verdient auch} 20. c5 $5 $36)) 20. Qd2 (20. c5 $5) 20... Rf7 {Salem ist bereit,
den Bauern h6 zu geben, um die h-Linie zu öffnen.} 21. Rce1 ({Zumindest aus
praktischer Sicht lohnte es sich für Weiß nicht, sich auf die Möglichkeit} 
21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 {einzulassen - nach} Rh7 {bekäme Schwarz für den
geopferten Bauern lästige Aktivität am Königsflügel.}) ({Eine interessante
Alternative war} 21. Rfe1 $5 Qf8 22. c5 {, aber wie wir gleich sehen werden,
hat Aronian einen anderen Plan in Sicht, als das Öffnen der Linien am
Damenflügel.}) 21... Qf8 22. Bxd4 $5 (22. Ng3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nf5 $14) 22...
exd4 23. Ng3 $1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bxd3 {Es zeigt sich der Nachteil von h7-h6 - bei
dem Bauern auf h7 hätte Schwarz diesem für ihn ungünstigen Abtausch aus dem
Weg gehen können.} 25. Qxd3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Ne2 {Jetzt ist die Idee von
Aronian endgültig klar. Weiß hat ein Endspiel erreicht, in dem sein Springer
dem gegnerischen Läufer klar überlegen ist, während sich der Pd4 als
schutzbedürftig erweist. Sehr wichtig ist dabei, dass Damentausch in vielen
Stellungen dem Verlust dieses Bauern und der ganzen Partie gleichbedeutend
sein wird. Wie wir gleich sehen werden, löst c7-c6 (bzw. c7-c5) die schwarzen
Probleme auch nicht. Es ist schwer zu sagen, ob Schwarz diese Stellung bei der
besten Verteidigung retten kann (wenn nicht, dann müssen wir vielleicht dem
Zug 10...h6 statt "?!" ein Fragezeichen geben, weil alles, was danach
passierte, scheint recht logisch zu sein), aber eins ist klar: das Endspiel
ist für ihn extrem unangehnem und zumindest am Brett ist es in jedem Fall
kaum zu halten.} c6 (27... c5 $144 28. dxc6) ({Äußerst schwierig ist die
Aufgabe des Nachziehenden auch im Falle von} 27... Qe5 28. g3 {[%cal Re2f4]} g5
29. Kg2 {- seine weißen Felder am Königsflügel sind sehr schwach, f3-f4
hängt in der Luft.}) 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. b3 ({Unvorsichtig wäre} 29. b4 $2 {
[%cal Rb4b5] (mit der Idee, am Damenflügel einen Freibauern zu bilden)} c5 (
29... d5 $5) 30. b5 (30. a3 d5 $11) 30... d5 $1 31. cxd5 $140 $2 c4 $1 32. Qxc4
Qe3+ 33. Kf1 d3 $19) 29... Kf7 (29... c5 {würde den Bauern d4 überdecken,
dafür aber die Kontrolle über das Feld d5 aufgeben. Ein möglicher Verlauf
wäre dann} 30. Kf1 {[%cal Re2f4]} Qf7 (30... Qe5 31. g3 {[%csl Rd5,Rg6][%cal
Re2f4]} g5 {sieht für Schwarz mehr als verdächtig aus, weil es seine weißen
Felder noch mehr schwächen würde}) 31. Qe4 Be5 32. g3 Kg7 33. Nc1 Bf6 34. Nd3
{mit mehreren Ideen je nach Situation: Nd3-f4-d5, Nd3-f2-e4, Qe4-d5, a2-a3
nebst b3-b4. Vielleicht kann ein Computer die schwarze Stellung noch halten,
aber für einen Menschen ist es fast eine Sache der Unmöglichkeit.}) 30. g3
Qe3+ $4 {Es ist wirklich schwer zu verstehen, was einen starken Großmeister
zu einer solchen Entscheidung bewegte. Nach dem Damentausch verliert Schwarz
zwingend einen Bauern und damit auch die Partie.} ({Stattdessen hätte er den
Bauern d4 einfach decken müssen, aber angesichts des Plans b3-b4, a2-a4,
b4-b5 usw. bliebe die schwarze Stellung schwer genug, z.B.} 30... Qf6 31. Kg2
h5 32. b4 {mit guten Gewinnchancen.}) 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Nf4 $18 h5 33. Kf1 Bh6
34. Nd3 Ke6 35. Nb4 Kd7 36. Ke2 a5 37. Nc2 Ke6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. f4 Bg7 40. Kxe3
d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. h3 Bf6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g5 45. f5 Kd6 46. Ne6 Be7 47.
Kd4 Bf6+ 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Nd4 Bf6 50. a3 Kc5 51. Ne6+ Kb5 52. Nf8 Be7 53. Nh7
Bxa3 54. Nxg5 Kb4 55. Ne6 Kxb3 56. f6 a4 57. g5 Bf8 58. g6 a3 59. Nd4+ Kb2 60.
Nc2 1-0