, but now White defends his <>>P.}) 45. a4 Rc6 (45... Ke5 $142 $5 46. Re2+ Kf6 47. Ra2)
46. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5] o^a Suddenly the passed pawn is really dangerous.} Rc5
47. Rb2 (47. Nd6+ $6 Ke5 48. Nxf7+ Kf6 49. Nd6 Rxa5 $14) 47... Rc6 (47... Nc7
48. Nxc7 Rxc7 49. a6 Ra7 50. Ra2 $18) 48. Rd2 Rc5 49. Rb2 (49. Re2+ $142 $1)
49... Rc6 50. Rd2 Rc5 51. Re2+ $1 Kd3 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Nd6+ {/\Ne4+-}) 52. Rb2
Rc6 53. Rb1 $1 f6 ({Similar to the game is} 53... Ra6 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Rxd5
Rxa5 56. Rd7 Rxb5 57. Rxf7 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh7] ,Kc4}) (53... Re6 54. Rd1+ Kc4
55. Rxd5 $18) (53... Nf6 54. Ra1 Kc4 55. a6 $18) (53... Ke4 54. Re1+ Kd3 55. a6
$1 Rxa6 56. Rd1+ $18) 54. a6 $1 Rxa6 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Rxd5 Ra5 $8 (56... Kxd5
57. Nc7+ $18) 57. Rd7 Rxb5 58. Rxh7 Rb6 59. h4 g5 60. hxg5 (60. hxg5 fxg5 61.
Rd7 $1 $18 {and White will transpose into a winning R_|_ with the f of go^
against the distant K.}) 1-0
[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 axb5 (6... Nxd5 7. Qxc5
Bb7 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. bxa6 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nb4 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. a3 Nbd5 14.
e3 Rb6 15. Na4 Rd6 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rc1 Ng4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 h5 20. Be2 Qa8
21. O-O $14 {Kozak,M-Petrtyl,J/CZE-chT2/1997/}) 7. e4 {In this unexplored
sideline it still remains unclear what's Black's best even after the greedy
and risky} (7. Qxc5 Na6 $5 (7... d6 8. Qxb5+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2
Nc5 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Qh4 h5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nb3 17. axb3 Rxa1
18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 f6 20. Bxf8 {1-0,Tukmakov,V-Djukic,Z/Bor/1983/}) (7...
Bg7 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Qxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qa7 Rb6 13. Be3 d6 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bc4 Rxb2 16. O-O Ne8 (16... Bg4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nxb2
Bxc3 20. Rab1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Be5 22. g3 Qxe4 {Anapolsky,S-Moraru,M/ROM-chT/1994/}
23. Rfe1 $16) 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb8 (19... Be5 $142 $1 $44)
20. d6 Nxd6 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qc7 $16 {Najer,E-Lempert,I/
Moscow op/1996/}) 8. Qd4 Bg7 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bxb5 (10. Nc3 b4 $5 11. Bxa6 Bxa6
12. Qxb4 $14) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Qd3 Nxa1 14. Bg5 O-O 15.
Rxa1 Ba6 16. e5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rfb8 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Rxb2 20. Rf1 Nxe5 $17 {
Vegh,E-Adrian,C/Hampstead/1998/}) 7... Qa5+ (7... Bg7 8. Bxb5 (8. Nc3 b4 9. Nb5
O-O 10. Be2 b3 11. Qxb3 Nxe4 12. O-O d6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 Na6 15. Nc4 Rb8 16.
Bd2 Nb4 17. a4 Nfxd5 18. Ncxd6 Be6 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Nc4 Qd3 $17 {Klebel,
M-Jukic,B/Vienna/1991/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne8
13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {1/2,Bagirov,V-Grigorian,K/Yerevan/1982/}) (7...
Ba6 $5 8. Qxc5 (8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Qxc5 O-O 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O d6 12. Qb4 exd5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Nf4 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. g3 Ne2+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19.
Qc4 Rfb8 20. Re1 Ned4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25.
Nf3 Nb5 {1/2,Epishin,V-Bareev,E/RUS-ch St Petersburg/1998/}) 8... Nxe4 9. Qd4
Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Ne8 14. Qc4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7
16. O-O Na6 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. d6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Rb6 Qe6 21. Qf1 Nb8 22.
Nc4 Nc6 23. a3 Ne4 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. a4 d5 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Cramling,P/
Roquebrune/1998/}) 8. Bd2 Qa4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black doesn't allow White to
stabilize the position on the <<.} (8... b4 $143 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Be2
Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 (13. a3 $5) 13... Na6 14. a4 Rb8 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Ne3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23.
Nc4 d5 24. Nce5 $16 {Huzman,A-Kogan,A/ISR-chT/1999/}) 9. Qxa4 (9. Qxc5 Qxe4+
10. Be3 Na6 $36) 9... bxa4 (9... Rxa4 $2 10. Nc3 $16) 10. Nc3 Bg7 (10... d6 11.
e5 $5 dxe5 (11... Nfd7 12. Bb5 $14) 12. Nxe5 $14) 11. e5 (11. Bb5 $6 a3 $15) (
11. a3 d6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Bb5 O-O $132) 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 $8 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. a3 O-O 15. O-O-O (15. d6 exd6 16. Bxd6 Re8+ $40) 15... d6 16. Re1 (16. Bb5
Bd7 $15 {[%cal Gg7a1,Gf8f2,Gb8b2] If Black is allowed to consolidate, he has
promising play on the <-> b and f, also on the /^a1-h8.}) 16... Ra7 $1 (16...
Re8 17. h3 $14 {is too passive, Topalov prefers to sacrifice a pawn.}) 17. Bb5
Ba6 18. Bxa4 Bc4 {[%csl Rd5] >>, with his "false" B White
can't queen his last remaining P.}) 47... dxc3 48. bxc3 Kc4 49. Kf4 Kxc3 50.
Kg5 Be2 51. a5 Kd4 $11) 1/2-1/2
[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 (9... O-O $6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 $1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5
Nc7 14. a4 Bb7 15. Qb3 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Ra2
Bg7 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. e4 Rdd7 24. a5 Rdb7 25. e5 Rb3 26.
Qc2 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 d5 28. Nd2 $16 {Karasev,V-Arykin,A/St Petersburg/1999/}) 10.
Rb1 $5 {This method of fighting Black's setup has become very popular lately
and it has become a serious alternative to the former main line.} (10. O-O Nb6
$1 $44 {<=>}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 (13...
Ne8 14. Bb2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxa2 16. e4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1
Qe7 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nef6 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. e5 Bxg2 25. exf6 Bd5
26. f5 Rg8 27. fxe6+ Bxe6 28. Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qh6 {1-0,Jussupow,
A-Kersten,U/GER-ch Altenkirchen/1999/}) 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. e4 Nc7 17.
f4 Rd8 18. f5 $6 Qe8 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Nf3 Qf8 22. Nd1 Bb7 23. Bxg7
Qxg7 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. Rbc1 Rdb8 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Re2
Ba6 30. Rd2 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne5 32. Rcxd4 Rc8 $44 {Slipak,S-Hoffman,A/Buenos
Aires/1999/}) 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Ne8 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Bd2 Nb6 13. b4 cxb4 14.
Rxb4 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. e3 Nf6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Qb3 Raa8 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na5 25. Qb2 Nc4 26. Qb1 Ng4
27. Rb5 Bxd4 $5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 $44 {Arkell,K-Mortazavi,A/Cappelle la Grande/
1991/}) 12... Nc7 13. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Re8 18. a3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Nb5 20. Qd3 Reb8 21. Re1 Nd4 22. b4 Nxf3 23. Qxf3
cxb4 24. axb4 Ng4 25. Bf4 f6 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Ra4 29. Rb2 Qb5
$11 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Stanojoski,Z/EU-chT Batumi /1999/}) (11... Nb6 12. b3
Ra7 13. a4 (13. Re1 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Nce4 Nfd5 18.
Bb2 h6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Qd2 Nf4 $13 {Konnov,O-Dolomatov,N/Ufa/1999/}) (13. Bb2
Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Ba1 Rab7 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Rfd1 Na7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rb4
20. a3 R4b7 21. h3 Nc8 22. a4 Rb6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Na7 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. Na2
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qa6 28. Rfe1 $14 {Cebalo,M-Bancod,R/Genova op/1999/}) 13... Qa8
14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20.
Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26.
Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 $1 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/})
12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Bd2 {-12.Bd2}) 12... Rfb8 13. b3 {Although this move
fits White's plans, it's wiser to postpone (and prepare) it for a while, as
now it will not be so easy to repel Black's Q.} (13. Qc2 $142 $5 Ra7 $5 (13...
Qc7 14. b3 (14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 e6 18. Nd3 Ra3 19.
e4 Ne7 20. Bb4 Ra7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3
Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. Bd1 Nde5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Rb4 30. f3 f5 $17 {_|_|^,
Whiteley,A-Vukcevich,M/Hastings/1976/}) (14. Nh4 Ra7 15. b3 Rab7 16. a4 Qb6 17.
Rfe1 Ne5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Nf3 Na3 23. Bxa3
Qxa3 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Ne3 Qb4 $44 {Pavlovic,D-Pap,M/Nis/1995/}) 14... Rb7 $5 (
14... Nb6 15. Nh4 Qa7 16. a4 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rb4
21. Na2 Rbb8 22. f4 Bc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxg6 Bf6 26. Nf4 Ne8 27.
Nc3 $16 {Konopelchenkova,T-Melamed,T/Moscow/ 1996/}) 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. h3 Ne8
17. Bg5 (17. e4 $5 $14) 17... h6 {1/2,Sarosi,Z-Rat,D/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Nb6
14. b3 Qb4 15. Rfe1 c4 16. e4 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxb6 $2 (19.
Qb1 $14) 19... Rxb6 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Qb3 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Ng4 $40 {
Papp,Z-Antal,S/HUN-chT/1998/}) (13... Ng4 14. a4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8
17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Be1 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxb4 Bxe2
23. Nc6 $1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Eliseev,A/St Petersburg/ 1996/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
b3 Rba8 16. Be1 Ne8 17. h3 Qa5 18. a4 Rb7 19. e4 Rab8 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Bf1 Nc7
22. Na3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Na6 24. Nc4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Kg2 Qc7 $132 {
Skomorokhin,R-Vajda,L/Budapest/1994/}) 13... Qa3 $1 (13... Ne8 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
a4 Qd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nc7 21. h4 Qa5
22. Bh3 Rd8 23. Bg5 Nf6 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nd2 h6 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Bd2 e6 28. Ba5
Nfe8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rbd1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Mudrov,V/Novgorod/1995/}) 14.
Qc2 Nb6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. Rd1 Ne8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Bb7 $6 17. Bd2 Ne8 (
17... Qa3 18. Nb5 $1 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa6 20. Nc7 $16) 18. a4 Nd7 19. e4 Qd8 20.
Nb5 Ba6 21. Bf1 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Bxf1 $6 23. Nxa8 Be2 24. Kg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa8
26. Be1 Rb8 27. Nd2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Nc4 Ne5 30. Na3 $1 $16 {Gavrikov,
V-Lukov,V/Moscow/1989/}) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Ya2a4,Rc3b5] /\a4,Nb5} Qa3 $1 18. e4
Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 $44 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 {White decides
to play for a win, but Black has sufficient <=>.} (23. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 23... Nc7 (
23... Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qa6 26. e5 $40) (23... c4 $6 24. Nd4 $16) 24.
a3 (24. a4 c4 25. Nd2 Na6 $5 $132) 24... Qa6 {Black's Q has fulfilled it's
task, now it moves over to the >>.} 25. Bf1 $6 {Only weakens White's >>.} (25.
Kh2 $142 Qc8 26. Nd2 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 25... Qc8 26. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4,Rd7f5]
/\fe4,Bf5} 27. Ra1 (27. Nd2 $5 Qf8 28. b4 $13) 27... Qf8 28. Rd2 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {[%csl Rb3,Rd5] > by playing} 14... h6 15. Qc2 (15. g4 Nb6 16.
Qc2 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Na4 18. Re2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. c4 Rc3 21. Qd2 g5 {
Schoeppl,E-Fogarasi,T/Oberwart/2003/} 22. Be5 $1 Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 $132
) 15... g5 16. Bd2 e6 17. Rad1 Nb6 $6 (17... exd5 $142 $13) 18. dxe6 fxe6 19.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nbd7 21. Nxe6 Rc8 {Marchand,F-Guidarelli,L/Paris/2002/}
22. Nd5 $5 $40) 15. Qc2 Rb4 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is not too impressive.
Although it forces a slight weakening of White's <<, he gains tempi to
consolidate his ranks.} (15... Nb6 $5 16. b3 (16. a4 Ne8 $5 {On c7 the N will
be better placed, if White after ...c4 returns the P with b4 as in Ruck's game.
} (16... Nfd7 17. b3 c4 18. b4 $1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa4 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Nd4 Ra8
22. Nc6 e5 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. exd7 Nxd7 25. Qd4 Ra6 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. Qxc4 $16 {Ruck,R-Adontaki,E/Chania op/1998/}) 17. b3 Nc7 18. Rad1 (18. Nd2
$5) 18... c4 $1 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qxc4 $2 (21. axb5 Ra4 $11) 21...
Rxa4 22. Qc1 Nc3 $17 {Justi,L-Felgaer,R/Pan American ch-U18/1998/}) 16... c4 (
16... Rc8 17. a4 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. h4 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qd1 d5 22. Rc1 d4
23. Nb5 c4 24. a5 c3 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Nbxd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 cxd2 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8
29. Qxd2 Rd6 30. Qc2 $18 {Lugovoi,A-Murashko,V/St Petersburg/1997/}) 17. Rac1
Nfd7 18. Be3 Bxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Rxa2 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22. Qd4 Qa5 23.
e5 Qc5 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Ng5 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 {1/2,Arlandi,
E-Liardet,F/Geneve/1999/} Nxc4 28. Re7 Nb6 29. Rxf7 Nxd5 30. Rxh7 Ne3+ 31. Kf3
Nd1 $132) 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nfd7 (18... Nc4 19. Qe2 {leads
nowhere.}) 19. b3 $14 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb1 (21. f4 Bg7 22. e5 Qb7 $5 $132)
(21. h4 Nd7 $44 {[%csl Rb3] >>P.})
48... Kg7 49. Qa7 Qb4 50. a5 (50. Qxe7 Qxa4 51. Qxd6 Qxe4 52. Qd8 {was perhaps
also possible, but the text is simpler.}) 50... Qxe4 51. a6 ({Black's last
winning attempt is} 51. a6 f5 {The simplest way to parry it is} 52. Qe3 $1 (52.
Qb7 f4 53. Qb2+ (53. a7 $2 f3 $1 54. a8=Q (54. Kg3 g5 $1 $19) 54... Qh4+ 55.
Kg1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Kf7 (53... Kh6 54. a7 Qxd5 55. Qb8 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 $14) 54.
Qh8 $1 $11) 52... Qh4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 1/2-1/2
[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. h3 $5 O-O 11. Kg1 Nbd7 $5 ({Other options are:} 11...
Na6) (11... Qb6) (11... Qa5 $6) 12. Kh2 Qa5 $5 ({Other lines are:} 12... Qb6 $5
) (12... Nb6 $5) (12... Ra7 $6) (12... Ra6) 13. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ye2a2] -is
the best move.} ({Worse is:} 13. Be3) (13. Qc2) (13. Qe2) 13... Rfb8 {[%mdl 4]}
(13... Nb6 $5 14. Re2 Nfd7 15. Rc2 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. b3 Nce5 19.
Qxa6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxa6 21. Bd2 $44 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Vaganian,R/Oviedo 1992/
EXT 92 (44)}) 14. Re2 ({White has few options:} 14. Qc2) (14. Nd2) (14. Kg1)
14... Ne8 $5 ({Worse is:} 14... Rb4) (14... Ra7) (14... Rb7) 15. Rc2 $5 (15.
Qc2 $143 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Be1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc4
21. Qd2 f6 22. Rc1 Ra3 23. Rc2 Nb6 24. Qe3 Qa6 {1/2-1/2 Roeder,M-Nedobora,M/
Mondariz 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) 15... Nb6 $5 ({Was checked in the previous game:}
15... Nc7 $2 16. Bg5 $1 (16. Bd2 $143 Na6 (16... Nb5 17. a4 (17. Nxb5 $6 Qxb5
18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra3 20. Qc1 Rba8 21. c4 Qa6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vosselman,
J-Felten,N/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 97 (29)}) 17... Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5
20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qd3 {+/=/+/-;1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Jimenez Zerquera,E/Palma de
Mallorca 1970/IZT (42)}) 17. a3 Rb3 18. Be1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Rb7 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Qe2
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. g3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Santos,C-Sorensen,J/Tunja
1989/TD 89\08 (37)}) 16... Kf8 17. Rac1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. b3 Ra3 20. Re2
Qa6 21. Rcc2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 23. f4 Bg7 24. e5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Van der
Weide,K/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (32)}) (15... Qa6 $6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Qe1 $143
Qd3 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 f6 21. Be3 Ra4 22. Rc2 Kf7
23. Nd2 f5 $14 {1-0 Bartels,H-Berg,K/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 87op (41)}) 16... Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 18. f4 Bg7 19. Qf3 Rb4 20. Re1 Rd4 21. Re3 Rb4 22. b3 Nc7 23.
Ne2 Rb7 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 $16 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Georgiev,K/It,
Recklinghausen GER 1998 (40)}) (15... Rb7 $5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Nxb5
Qxb5 19. b3 Qd3 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Nd2 f5 22. f4 Nf7 23. Nc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5
25. fxg5 fxe4 26. Re2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Gipslis,A/MK Cafe Cup, Koszalin
POL 1998 (26)}) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 {(N! Stohl.)} 17. Qxa6 (17. e5 $6 Nc7 $1 {
[%csl Rd5]} (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Nc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd6]})
18. Qe4 Qb7 $13) 17... Rxa6 18. Bg5 (18. b3 $2 f5 $1 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5,Re4,Gg7]
[%cal Gg7a1]}) 18... Na4 $5 $146 {From my point of view this novelty brings
black at least equality.} (18... Nc4 $5 19. Nd1 (19. Bxe7 $6 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Nxb2
21. e5 Nd3 $15 {Blees,A-Greenfeld,A,Tel-Aviv 1988-CBM 07}) 19... Nxb2 (19...
Bxb2 $2 20. Nxb2 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Rab6 22. Bxe7 f6 23. Bd8 $16) 20. Rb1 Rab6 (20...
Rxa2 $2 21. Bc1 $1 $16) 21. Bxe7 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 $15) 19. Nxa4 ({After:} 19.
e5 f6 $1 $132) 19... Rxa4 20. e5 (20. Bxe7 $2 f6 {(ץe7)} 21. e5 fxe5 $15 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 20... f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 $1 (21... exf6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. b3 Rxb3 (
23... Ra6 $6 24. b4 $1 $14) 24. axb3 Rxa1 25. b4 Nxd5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Rxc5
Ne7 {with equal endgame.}) 22. Re1 ({Can be recommended:} 22. Re2 $5 Nxd5 $1
23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Rxe7 Bf8 $1 $15) 22... Rxa2 ({Better is:} 22... Nxd5 $1 23. Rd2
$140 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Ne4 25. Re2 (25. b3 Nxd2 26. bxa4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 $15) 25...
Nxg5 26. Nxg5 $15) 23. Rxe7 Nxd5 (23... Rbxb2 $2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Re6 Nxd5 26.
Rxd6 Nb6 27. Be3 $14) 24. Rd7 Raxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 (25... Rxb2 $2 26. Rxd6 Nb6
27. Be3 $14) 26. Rxd6 Nb4 (26... Nb6 $6 27. Rc6 $14) 27. Bf4 $1 {Otherwise
white will have difficulties to equalize.} ({Badly:} 27. Rd7 {because of:} c4 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4c3]} 28. Rc7 c3 29. Bf6 $2 (29. g3 $5) 29... Nd5 30. Rg7+
Kf8 31. Ng5 c2 $1 (31... Nxf6 $2 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33. Nc7+ Kd8 34. Ne6+ $11) 32.
Ne6+ (32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Ne6+ Ke8 34. Nc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Kc8 $19) 32... Ke8 33.
Nc7+ Nxc7 34. Bxb2 Ne6 $1 35. Rg8+ Nf8 36. Ba3 Kf7 {[%csl Rg8]} 37. Rh8 Kg7 $19
) 27... Rc8 ({Also equality,after:} 27... Rf8 28. Be3 (28. Bd2 $4 Rxf3 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rh2][%cal Gb2e5]}) 28... Rc8 (28... Rxf3 $2 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. Bxc5+ Kf7 32. Bxb4 $11) 29. Bd2 $5 {[%csl Rb4]}) 28. Be5 (28. Be5
Bxe5+ 29. Nxe5 Rc7 (29... c4 $143 30. Rd4 c3 31. Rxb4 c2 32. Nd3 c1=Q (32...
Rd8 $144 33. Rc4) 33. Nxc1 Rxc1 $11) 30. Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2
[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 (5... d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3
Bg7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 $5 $13) 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7
10. Rb1 Qa5 (10... Nb6 $143 11. b3 Ra7 12. O-O Qa8 13. Nh4 $1 O-O 14. Bb2 {
is unconvincing, after some more stereotyped moves from Black White took over:}
Rb8 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. e4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 Bd7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Bf1 $36 {Magalashvili,D-Kadziolka,B/EU-ch Warsaw/
2005/}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Re1 (13. b3 {is considered less incisive
due to} Qa3 $1 14. Bc1 Qa5 {and if White avoids repetition, Black can gain <=>
with} 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Qc2 c4 $5 17. Na4 $5 (17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Rb4 19. Nd2
cxb3 20. axb3 Nc7 21. Bf1 Bc8 22. e4 Qa7 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4
Rxa4 26. Qc3+ Kg8 $11 {Epishin,V-Krivoshey,S/Graz op/2001/}) (17. b4 Rxb4 18.
Ba1 Rab8 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. g4 Na4 24. Qxb6
(24. Nd4 $2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Rb1+ 28. Bf1
Rc1 $17) 25... Rb1+ $1 26. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bf1 Qxa1 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Rxe7 Nxd5
30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qa7 Nc5 32. g5 Bb5 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Rc8 Bd7 {0-1,Gurevich,
M-Cao Sang/EU-ch Warsaw /2005/}) 24... Nxb6 25. Nd2 $5 $11 (25. g5 Bxc3 $1 26.
Bxc3 Ra4 $36)) (17. Nd2 Nc5 $44) 17... cxb3 (17... Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bb5 19. Nc3
cxb3 20. axb3 Rc8 21. Rc1 $14 {Purnama,T-Weber,J/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18. axb3
Rc8 19. Qd1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Bb5 $132) (13. Qc2 {is nowadays considered to be the
strongest, but perhaps the situation is not so bleak for Black, as
Kramnik-Topalov makes it seem:} Qc7 $5 (13... Ng4 14. a4 $1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. b3 {is different to the line with 13.b3, as now Black doesn't have the c4
advance:} Qd8 (16... c4 $2 17. b4 $1 $18 {/\} Rxb4 18. Na2 Qxa4 19. Nxb4) 17.
Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 (18. Na2 Rc8 19. Bc3 Rb7 20. h3 Qf8 21. Kh2 h5 22. f4 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Qxg7 24. b4 $1 $16 {Sakalauskas,V-Llorens,M/Calvia olm/2004/}) 18... Rab7
19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 {Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/2003/} 21. b4 $1
$16) (13... Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 $5 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 $1
Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 $36 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,
V/Wijk aan Zee/2003/}) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nh4 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bh6 (18. Bf4 $6 Nxf4 $1 19. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 20. Kg2 Bxb7+ {[%cal Re2c3] /\Nc3|^,
Zakharevich}) 18... Nb4 $1 19. Qd2 (19. Bxb7 Nxc2 20. Bxa8 Bxh6 21. Bf3 Na3 22.
Ra1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Bb2 $15) 19... Nc6 (19... Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qc8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Nf3 f6 23. Qe3 Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Qg8 27. Rb2 Bb7 28. Ra1 $16
{Williams,L-Situru,N/Bled olm/2002/}) 20. Nf5 $1 Bxh6 (20... Bf6 $2 21. Nxd6 $1
$16 {Zakharevich,I-Rudykh,S/RUS-chT/2003/}) 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Rb2 $1 (22. Nxf7
Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Ra6 $11) 22... f6 (22...
Bb5 23. Bd5 $36) 23. Ng4 $14 {/~~}) 13... Ng4 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Qc1 Nge5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. b3 c4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Bc8 19. f4 Bf5 20. Rb2 cxb3 21. axb3 Ng4 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. e4 Bd7 25. Reb1 Qa6 26. Qd4 $36 {Sulava,N-Pfeiffer,
G/Oberwart op/1995/}) 14... Nge5 15. b3 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 c4 $5 (16... Bc8
17. a4 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 Qa6 21. f4 Nf7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Qc4
Qd7 24. e4 $16 {Ree,H-Popov,L/Wijk aan Zee/1975/}) 17. Na4 cxb3 18. axb3 Qd8
19. h3 (19. Bc3 $142 Bb5 20. Bh3 $5 $14) 19... Rc8 20. Qe4 Bb5 21. Nc3 Bd7 22.
Qe3 Bf5 23. Rbc1 h5 24. Na4 Rcb8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rc6 Rb5 27. Rec1 Rab8 28. b4
Nf6 29. Qb3 Be4 $36 {Moor,O-Belotti,B/SUI-chT/2001/}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. exf3 $146
{[%csl Rd3,Rd4,Rd5] Tempting, but double-edged, as it weakens White's [+]
pawns, as well as the d4- and d3-squares.} ({The solid} 16. Bxf3 $142 Ne5 17.
Bg2 {-15.Ne5 gives White more chances to fight for an advantage.}) 16... Ne5 {
[%cal Ra6d3] /\Bd3} 17. Re3 (17. f4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Bxb1 $1 19. Nxb1 Qxa2 20. fxe5
Bxe5 $44 {|^}) (17. Na4 Bd3 18. Qd1 Qxa4 $5 (18... Qa7 $132) 19. bxa4 Rxb1 $44)
17... Bc8 18. f4 Bf5 19. Be4 Ng4 20. Rf3 $6 {[%csl Rf3] Here the R will be
sadly misplaced and will never properly rejoin the play again. Once White
opened the <->e, consistent was} (20. Re2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nh6 $132 (
20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. Rb2 Qa7 24. f5 $1 gxf5 25. Re1 Qd7
26. h3 $40)) 20... Nh6 $5 {Black's N aims for d4, he already has higher
ambitions than equality.} (20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa2 23. f5 Ne5 $5
(23... Nf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxf6 $14) (23... Ra4 24. bxa4 Qxb1+
25. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Kg2 $14) 24. Bxe5 (24. Re3 Ra4 $1) 24... dxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6
$11) 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qe4 h5 $1 {Black keeps the tension.} (22... Bxc3 23.
Bxc3 Qxa2 24. g4 Ra4 25. b4 $1 $13) 23. h3 Rb4 24. Qe1 Nd4 25. Rd3 Qa6 26. Qf1
c4 $44 {[%mdl 4] Another interesting moment. Black opens up the <<, with his
far more active pieces White's extra P doesn't make itself felt and is more of
a liability. In the following phase Cao Sang increases the pressure by
gradually manoeuvring his pieces to better squares. White finds it
increasingly difficult to cope with, as he has no direct targets and must
always watch his a- and d-P, all in all a model display by Black.} 27. bxc4 (
27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Ne2 c3 (28... cxb3 29. Bxb4 bxa2 30. Nxd4 axb1=Q 31. Qxb1 $14
) 29. Nxc3 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rb7 31. a4 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxa4 $17) 27... Rxc4 28. g4
$5 (28. a4 Rac8 29. Nb5 Qxa4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Be3 $15) 28... hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc8
{[%csl Rf4,Rg1,Rg4] } 30. Rg3 Rc5 (30... Ra3 31. Rb8 $5 Qxb8 32. Qxc4 $132)
31. a4 Nc2 $5 (31... Qd7 32. Qd3 Rac8 33. Kg2 $13) 32. Qd3 (32. Qh3 Na3 33. Rb3
Nc4 $36) (32. Rb3 $5) 32... Na3 33. Rb4 Nc4 34. Be1 Rb8 $5 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36.
Qe4 $6 {The Q achieves nothing here, White should have tried to move his
pieces in the direction of the >>.} (36. Ne4 $142 Rc7 37. Bc3 $13 (37. f5 $5))
36... Qb7 37. f5 $6 {This only helps Black, as it gives his N the ideal
e5-square and now White will have no >><=>.} (37. g5 Qd7 $1 $36 (37... Nb6 38.
f5 $132)) 37... g5 $17 38. Rh3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 39. Qe2 Rc4 40. Rg3 Qb4 41. Bd2
Bf6 42. Nd1 $6 (42. Kg2 $142 {/\} Nxg4 $2 43. f4 $1 $40) 42... Qxa4 43. Ne3 Rc8
44. Rh3 Rb8 {Material is equal and Black has a decisive positional advantage -
all his pieces are more active, than their counterparts.} 45. Bc3 Qe4 $1 46. f3
{[%csl Rh3] צh3} Qb1+ ({Black already wants more than} 46... Nxf3+ 47. Qxf3
Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxc3 $17) 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Nf1 Nd3 $5 48. Bxf6 exf6 $40) 47... Ra8
48. Ng2 Ra2 {The final triumph of the << invasion.} (48... Ra2 49. Qe3 (49. Bd2
Qb2 $19) (49. Qe1 Qc2 {/\} 50. Rg3 Nxf3+ $1 $19) 49... Qc2 50. Rg3 Ra3) 0-1
[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {/\} 11. Rb1 $2 Bc4 {>>. Even exchanging Q would help Black now.}) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rfd1
Ne8 15. b3 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bb2 (17. Bd2 Qa3 18. e4 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bc1
Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. a3 Qa6 {Avrukh,B-Ponomariov,R/
EU-chT Batumi/1999/} 25. Nd2 $5 $14) 17... Bc8 18. Rbc1 Nc7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. e4
Nb5 $5 {Barsov,A-Mensch,E/Metz op/2002/} 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc2
Qxd2 24. Nxd2 $14) (11... Ng4 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b3
Rfb8 16. a4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. f4 Nd7 19. e4 Rab7 20. Kh1 c4 21. b4 Rxb4 22.
Nb5 R4xb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Rb1 $16 {Savchenko,S-Heine,R/Senden/
2002/}) 12. b3 Ra7 13. Re1 $5 ({Earlier White used to play the rather committal
} 13. a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14) 15... Nbd7 (15... c4 $5) 16.
Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rab7 $142 $1 {/\c4<=>}) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6
({This was the last chance for an advantageous break} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4
21. Rxb7 Rxb7 $44) 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4
Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 Nf6 29. Qc3 Nbd7 30. Nc2
R4b7 31. Nc4 $16 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) (13. Qd2 Qa8 14. Rd1
Rb8 15. Bb2 Bb7 16. e4 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. h4 Bc8 19. h5 Bg4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Qd2 Nd7 $132 {Johannessen,L-Djurhuus,R/NOR-ch Roros/2002/}) 13... Qa8 (13... e6
$6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Re7 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nge4 $16 d5 18. Nxc5 e5 19. Bg2 e4
20. N5a4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd6 22. Rb5 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ba3 $18 {Neverov,
V-Gunnarsson,J/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (13... Bb7 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 {/\} Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Rxa2 17. b4 $1 $40) 14. e4 Bb7 $6 {Black starts to lose track and White
quickly builds up a won position.} ({It was necessary to seak active <=> with}
14... Ng4 $142 15. Bb2 Rb8 $5 (15... Nd7 16. a4 $1 (16. h3 Nge5 17. Bf1 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bd4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qd1 f5 $1 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. Nc7 Qb7
24. Nxa6 Nf3+ $36 {Fernandez,R-Vescovi,G/Guarapuava op/1992/}) 16... Rb8 17.
Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
[%csl Gb5] Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/ is White's ideal-with the <->b
plugged Black has no <=> whatsoever.}) 16. h3 (16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Red1 $5 $14)
16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nd1 c4 20. bxc4 Rab7 21. Nc3 Bxc4 22.
Ba1 Nc5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rb4 $44 {Alexandrova,O-Schuurman,P/
EU-chW Varna/2002/}) (14... Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. a4 Bb7 17. h4 c4 $2 18. Nb5 $1
Nxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb5 cxb3 21. Qd4+ {1-0, Lalic,B-Struik,T/Zwolle/2002/})
15. a4 {White strengthens his control of the important b5-square.} Rc8 (15...
c4 $2 16. Nb5 Ra5 17. Bd2 $18) 16. Bh3 $1 Nfd7 17. Nb5 Ra6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Qd2
$16 {[%cal Yg5h6] /\Bh6,->>>} c4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Bacrot has squashed any <=> in a
model way. It's difficult to recommend anything else, but Black's forces are
too passive for this counter to work.} 20. Rec1 (20. Be3 $5 cxb3 21. Bxb6 Nxb6
22. Bxc8 $18) 20... Nc5 (20... cxb3 21. Nc7 $18) (20... Ra5 21. Be3 $5 (21. Bh6
cxb3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc7 (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 (23... Nxd7 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Bxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nc7 Qa7 27. Ne8+ $18) 24. Qd4 f6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxb6 Bxb5 27. axb5
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 b2 30. Nd2 b1=Q 31. Nxb1 Qxb1 $16) 23... Qa7 24. Qc3
Nf6 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ne8+ $16 {->}) 21... cxb3 22. Nc7 $18) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22.
bxc4 Nbxa4 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Bh6 $18 {Black has partly freed his position, but
White's material superiority is decisive.} Nac5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Ra1 Rb6 27.
Kg2 Nf6 28. Nd2 e6 29. Ra5 Ncd7 30. Rca1 h5 31. f3 (31. c5 $5 Nxc5 32. Nc4 {/\}
Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxd5+ 34. Kg1 Bxc4 35. Qd4+ $18) 31... h4 32. c5 $1 h3+ 33. Kg1
dxc5 (33... Nxc5 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. Ncxd6 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Qd8 37. Ra7 $18) 34. Nc4
Ra6 $8 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Ncd6 Qa8 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Nc7 Qb8 (38... Qa7 39. Ndb5
{/\Ra6+-}) (38... Qc6 39. Nxe6+ (39. e5 Qxc7 40. exf6+ Nxf6 41. Rxa6 $18) 39...
Kh7 40. Qf4 $18) 39. Nxe6+ Kh7 40. Ng5+ (40. Rxa6 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qh1 {just
needlessly prolongs the game, White winds it up with a mating attack.}) 40...
Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kh7 42. Nf5 $1 gxf5 (42... Ng8 43. Qg5 Ndf6 44. Ne7 $18) 43. Qg5
Ne8 (43... Qg8 44. Qxf5+ Qg6 45. Qxh3+ Qh6 46. Qxh6+ Kxh6 47. Rxa6 $18) 44.
Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ (45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Ng5 $18) 1-0