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Главная страница Справка Шахматные дебюты Защита Каро-Канн Полуоткрытые дебюты Классическая система

Защита Каро-Канн: Классическая система

Classical Variation

Ходы

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Кc3 d:e4 4. К:e4 Сf5

Коды ЭШД

B18 , B19

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Schlage,Willi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 (5... Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd8 $1 7.
Qe2 $13) 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. c4 (10. Qe2 {
[%cal Gf3e5]}) (10. Re1 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. b3 Rfe8 13.
Bb2 e5 $1 14. c5 $2 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxe5
18. Qe1 $11) 14... e4 $1 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bc2 exf3 17. Qxf3 Nd5 $1 18. Qh3 g6
19. Rad1 Re7 20. g3 (20. Bc1 $142) 20... Rae8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kf1 $2 (22. Bd3
Nb4 23. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3b4]}) 22... Nb4 $1 23. Bb1 (23. Ba3 Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5h1]}
24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re2 26. Bxb4 Rxc2) 23... Qd5 $1 24. Kg1 (24. Qg2 Qxg2+ (
24... Qb5+ $1 25. Kg1 Qe2 $19 {[%cal Ge2b2] Fritz}) 25. Kxg2 Re2) 24... Qf3 $1
25. Rf1 (25. Qf1 Re2 26. Ba3 Rxf2 $1) 25... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 26. Qg2 Qe2
27. Ba1 (27. Bc1 Nc3 $1 28. Bg5 f6 29. Be3 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Qxa2 31. Qf1 Qc2 $1)
27... N7f6 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 28. Rc1 $2 Ne3 $1 29. Qh3 Nfg4 $1 30. d5 Qxf2+ 31.
Kh1 Qd2 $1 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1951/52-27 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1951.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "1951.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. c3 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
h3 Nd5 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Red1 e5 24. R4d2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nfd7 26. Re2 Qc6 27. Ne4
Nc4 28. Ned2 Ndb6 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Nd2 Nd6 31. Nf3 Nc4 32. Nd2 Nd6 33. Nf3 Nc4
34. Qd1 Qc7 35. Qe1 f6 36. Qb1 Qf7 37. Qd1 Nb6 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. axb3 Kf7 40.
Kf1 Re7 41. Rd2 g5 42. Ne1 Ke6 43. Nd3 Rc7 44. Nb4 Nd7 45. Nd5 Rc6 46. Ne3 g6
47. Ke2 Ra6 48. Nc4 Rc6 49. Na5 Rc7 50. b4 b6 51. Nb3 Rc6 52. Rd1 f5 53. Nd2
Nf6 54. Nf3 g4 55. hxg4 Nxg4 56. Rd8 Rc7 57. Rg8 Kf7 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Rd8 e4 60.
Nd4 Kf7 61. Nb5 Re7 62. Ra8 Ne5 63. Rxa7 Rxa7 64. Nxa7 Ke6 65. b3 Nd3 66. g3 g5
67. Nc8 Nc1+ 68. Ke3 Na2 69. c4 Nxb4 70. Nxb6 Ke5 71. Nd7+ Ke6 72. Nc5+ Ke5 73.
f4+ exf3 74. Kxf3 Nc2 75. Ke2 f4 76. gxf4+ Kxf4 77. Kd2 Nd4 78. Kd3 Nc6 79.
Ne6+ Kg4 80. Ke4 Na5 81. c5 Nxb3 82. c6 Na5 83. c7 Nc4 84. Kd5 Nb6+ 85. Kc6 Nc8
86. Kd7 Nb6+ 87. Kc6 Nc8 88. Kb7 Ne7 89. Nd4 Kf4 90. Nc6 Nf5 91. Kb8 Nd6 92.
Nd4 g4 93. Nb5 g3 94. Nxd6 g2 95. c8=Q g1=Q 96. Qf5+ Kg3 97. Ne4+ Kg2 98. Qg4+
Kh2 $4 (98... Kf1 $10) 99. Qh4+ Kg2 100. Qg3+ Kh1 101. Qh3+ Qh2+ 102. Ng3+ 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nd7 $5 7.
Nf3 (7. N1e2 e6 (7... e5 $2 8. O-O $16)) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1
Nd5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. c4 Nb4 13. a3 Nd3 14. Rd1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Qb6 $10 {Korolev,
A-Akopov,R/corr/1981/}) 7. N1e2 Nf6 (7... Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6
11. h5 Bh7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 N7f6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7
17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 Qe7 19. c4 $16 {Geller,E-Bagirov,V/Erevan/1959/}) 8. O-O
Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 $6 (9... Ne4 10. f5 Bxg3 11. Nxg3 Nxg3 12. fxg6 Nxf1 13. gxf7+
Kxf7 14. Qg4 Re8 15. Bh6 $1 $16 {Keres/}) (9... Qd7 $1 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6
12. b3 Na6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. c4 Nc7 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Seirawan,Y/Baden/1980/})
10. f5 $5 (10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f5 exf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 O-O $14 {Zaitsev,
I-Pavlov/URS/1967/}) 10... exf5 11. Nxf5 Bxh2+ $6 (11... Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Nbd7 13.
Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qf1 $14 {Fichtl,J-Golombek,G/Munchen(ol)/1958/}) 12. Kh1 O-O $6 (
12... Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Bd6 14. Bg5 (14. Bh6 $5) 14... Nbd7 15. Nf4 $16 {Keres/})
13. g3 Bxf5 (13... Ng4 14. Qd3 {/\ Qf3/}) 14. Rxf5 Bxg3 15. Rxf6 $1 $18 Qe7 (
15... gxf6 16. Qg1) 16. Qf1 Qe4+ 17. Qf3 Qh4+ (17... Qxc2 18. Rxf7 $18) 18. Kg2
Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 gxf6 (21... Bc7 22. Rf3 Nd7 23. Bd2 {
/\ Raf1,Bb4/}) 22. Nxg3 Nd7 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Kf3 Kh8 25. Nh5 Rg8 26. Bxf7 Rg6
27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Ng3 Re8 (28... g5 29. Re1 $1 $18) 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. Ne4 g5 31.
Nd6 Re6 32. Bg3 b6 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Kg6 35. Nc8 c5 (35... a5 36. Ne7+ $18)
36. dxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxa7 f5 38. Bf2 Nd7 39. Bd4 Kh5 40. Nc8 Nf8 41. Ne7 f4 42.
Nf5 Ng6 43. Ng7+ Kh6 44. Kg4 Nf8 45. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Rh4 {(/\ 12.Bf4)} e6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Ne4 Qe7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Nxf6+ (16. c4) 16... gxf6 $1 (16... Nxf6 17. Ne5
) 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Qa5 Qd6 $1 {(/\ 19...Rg8)} 19. Rd3 Qd5 20. Qa3 Nc4 21. Qb4
Nd6 22. b3 a5 23. Qd2 a4 24. c4 axb3 25. axb3 (25. cxd5 bxa2) 25... Qa5 (25...
Nxc4 $2 26. bxc4 Qxc4+ 27. Qc3 Ra1+ 28. Kd2) (25... Qf5 $1 26. Kb2 Ne4 27. Qf4
Qa5 $1) (25... Qf5 $1 26. Re3 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qb1+ 28. Kc3 Ra2) (25... Qf5 $1 26.
Rf4 Qxh5) 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Nd2 Ke7 28. Nb1 Rg8 29. g3 f5 (29... Rgg5 30. g4 f5
31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 f5 33. gxf5 Nxf5 {/\ 34...Ng7}) 30. Nc3 Ra1+ (30... Rg4
31. c5 (31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 e5) 31... Nb5 32. Rxg4 fxg4) 31. Kd2
$1 Rg4 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Ke3 b5 34. cxb5 (34. c5 Ne8 $1) 34... cxb5 35. Kf4 Rf1
36. Nd1 f5 37. d5 Re1 $2 {>=} (37... Ne4 38. dxe6 (38. Ke5 Nc5 $1) 38... Kxe6
39. Ke3 (39. f3 Ng5) 39... Nc5 40. Rd8) 38. Ne3 Re2 39. dxe6 Rxf2+ $4 {(.)} (
39... Kxe6 40. f3 Rf2 41. Nd1 Rf1 42. Nc3 $15) 40. Ke5 Re2 41. Rc3 $1 {(/\ 42.
Rc7+)} Ne8 42. Kxf5 Rf2+ (42... Nd6+ 43. Kg6 (43. Ke5 Ne8) 43... Kxe6 (43...
Ne4 $2 44. Nf5+ Kxe6 45. Nd4+ {46.Nxe2}) 44. Nxg4 Ne4 45. Rf3 Rg2 46. Re3 $1
Kd5 47. Nf6+ Nxf6 48. Kxf6 $18) 43. Kg6 Rf6+ 44. Kh7 {(/\ Nxg4)} Rf3 45. Kxh6
Kxe6 46. Kg5 $2 (46. Kg6 $142 b4 47. Rd3 Rxg3 48. h6) 46... b4 47. Kxg4 Rxg3+
48. Kxg3 bxc3 49. Kf3 (49. Kf4 Nd6) 49... Nc7 (49... Kf6 50. Ke2 Kg5 51. Kd3
Kxh5 52. Kxc3 Kg6 53. Kd4 Kf6 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Nf5 Nf6 57. b4 Nd7
58. b5 Ne5+ $10) 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Kxc3 Nb5+ $4 (52... Kxh5 $142 53.
b4 Kg6 54. Kc4 Kf7 55. Nd5 Ne6 $10) 53. Kc4 Na3+ $2 54. Kc5 Kxh5 55. b4 Kg5 56.
Nc4 Nb1 57. Kd4 $1 (57. Kd4 Kf5 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Kc2 Kd5 60. Ne3+ Kc6 61. Kxb1
Kb5 62. Nc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann was Botvinnik's main weapon in three consecutive World
Championship matches. This resilient defence proved to be very successful in
neutralizing challengers Smyslov's and Tal's aggressive intentions.  Caro-Kann
war in drei aufeinander folgenden Weltmeisterschaften die Hauptwaffe
Botvinniks. Diese zдhe Verteidigung erwies sich als sehr erfolgreich, wenn es
darum ging, die aggressiven Absichten von Smyslov und Tal zu neutralisieren.}
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9.
Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 {White's development looks very hectic - h2-h4 doesn't
co-ordinate well with the short castle. But Tal had prepared measures to keep
up the dying initiative.  Die weiЯe Entwicklung sieht ziemlich hektisch aus -
h2-h4 paЯt nicht gut zur kurzen Rochade. Aber Tal hat eine Fortsetzung
vorbereitet, um die sterbende Initiative zu erhalten.} 11. Nxe6 $5 {[%mdl 512]}
fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qc7 ({Afterwards Botvinnik recommended  Spдter empfahl Botvinnik
} 12... Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 {to prevent 13.Nh5 um 13.Sh5 zu verhindern.}) 13. Re1
Nbd7 14. Bg8+ {The black king has to be kept uncastled.} Kf8 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16.
Nf5 {[#] The position Tal was heading for. Two pawns is not enough
compensation for the sacrificed piece, but if you add permanent problems with
the king, the dubious rook on h7, then the practical difficulties of playing
this position with black will become obvious. Such semi-correct sacrifices
were a significant element of Tal's phenomenal successes in the late Fifties.
His magical energy - and the pressure of the ticking clock - caused his
opponents to regularly lose their heads and crack. In Botvinnik's case Tal was
up against an iron character, supported by precise psychological calculation.
Botvinnik stood firm in face of this terrible chess twister.  Das ist die
Stellung, die Tal angestrebt hat. Zwei Bauern sind zwar nicht genьgend
Kompensation fьr die geopferte Figur, aber wenn man die permanenten Probleme
mit dem Kцnig sowie den verdдchtigen Turm auf h7 dazuzдhlt, dann werden die
praktischen Schwierigkeiten von WeiЯ etwas deutlicher. Solche halbkorrekte
Opfer waren ein Merkmal von Tals phдnomenaler Erfolgsserie in den spдten
fьnfziger Jahren. Seine mystische Energie, gekoppelt mit dem Druck der
tickenden Uhr, hat reihenweise zum Zusammenbruch des Gegners gefьhrt. Im Falle
Botvinnik stieЯ Tal auf einen eisernen Gegner, der mit prдziser
psychologischer Berechnung spielte. Auch einen so schrecklichen schachlichen
Wirbelsturm vermag Botvinnik schadlos zu ьberstehen.} g6 $3 {[%mdl 256] By
giving up the pawn Botvinnik completely changes the nature of the game.  Er
gibt den Bauern ab und дndert gleichzeitig den ganzen Charakter des Spiels.
Aber hier erhebt sich eine nicht ganz unberechtigte Frage: wдre nicht ein
vorgeschaltetes Schach angemessen gewesen?} ({QUESTION: was the preliminary
check} 16... Bh2+ 17. Kh1 g6 {a better option? ANSWER:} 18. Bxh6+ Kg8 (18...
Rxh6 $2 19. Nxh6 Qf4 20. g3 {is unclear.}) 19. Ne7+ (19. g3 $6 Bxg3 $1 (19...
gxf5 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rxh4 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Rh1 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 {is only
slightly better for Black}) 20. fxg3 gxf5 {is winning for Black.}) 19... Kf7
20. Bg5 Bf4 21. Nxg6 $1 (21. Qd3 $2 Bxg5 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxg5 Rxe7 24. Rxe7
Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd8 26. Re1 Qd6 {and Black will win.}) 21... Bxg5 (21... Kxg6 $2
22. Qd3+ Kf7 23. Re7+ $1) 22. Re7+ Kg8 23. Rxh7 Kxh7 24. Qd3 $1 Kg7 $1 25. Ne7
(25. hxg5 $2 Ng4 {wins}) 25... Rh8 $1 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qxg5 Rh5 28. Ng6+ Kg7 $1
(28... Kf7 29. Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 30. Qf4) 29. Nf4+ Rxg5 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxc7 Rg4 {
with good winning chances. So objectively 16...Bh2+ was stronger, but
Botvinnik's choice made more practical sense.}) 17. Bxh6+ Kg8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 (
18... Rxh6 {would have taken back the pawn, but it would have left White with
some attacking potential: hдtte den Bauern zurьckerobert, aber WeiЯ hдtte
danach gewisse Angriffschancen:} 19. Re6 Rxh4 20. g3 $1 {With an ability to
muddy the waters Botvinnik rejected this turn of events against Tal. Botwinnik
zog es vor, das Wasser zu trьben, anstatt eine so risikoreiche Fortsetzung
gegen einen Tal auszuprobieren.} (20. Qd3 {lets Black win nicely: fьhrt zu
einem hьbschen schwarzen Gewinn:} Nf8 $3 21. Rxf6 Qh7 22. Qb3+ Kh8 {etc.})) 19.
Bg5 Re7 {Now White has to forget about his ambitious attacking plans. Instead
he is obliged to be extremely cautious, because in the middlegame an extra
piece could help Black to organize a dangerous attack. The three whole pawns
are less relevant since none of them is passed. No doubt Tas was quite unhappy
and played the rest of the game very nervously.  Nun kann WeiЯ seine
ehrgeizigen Angriffsplдne vergessen. Statt dessen ist er gezwungen, sehr
vorsichtig vorzugehen, da Schwarz im Mittelspiel mit der Mehrfigur einen sehr
gefдhrlichen Angriff organisieren kцnnte. Die drei zusдtzlichen Bauern von
Schwarz sind weniger relevant, da keiner von ihnen ein Freibauer ist.
Zweifellos war Tal ziemlich unglьcklich und zeigte im Rest der Partie ganz
deutliche Zeichen von Nervositдt.} 20. Qd3 {In the endgame after  Im Endspiel
nach} (20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. h5 gxh5 ({But the centralizing Aber das
zentralisierende} 21... Qe4 {gives Black a considerable edge: gibt Schwarz
einen deutlichen Vorteil:} 22. h6 (22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Be3 Ng4) 22... Qf5) 22.
Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxe7 {White has little to fear. A draw is the most likely
outcome.  hat WeiЯ wenig zu befьrchten. Ein Remis ist der wahrscheinlichste
Ausgang.}) 20... Kg7 21. Qg3 $2 {The wrong idea. Tal wanted to prevent a
further activation of the black pieces - Rae8 would take over the only open
file - and to break the especially dangerous trio of queen plus two knights.
But the endgame with the mutilated pawn structure offered no chances of escape.
Die falsche Idee. Tal wollte die weitere Aktivierung der schwarzen Figuren
verhindern - nach Tae8 ьbernimmt Schwarz die einzige offene Linie - und
auЯerdem das gefдhrliche Trio Dame plus zwei Springer auseinanderbrechen. Aber
das Endspiel mit der ramponierten Bauernstruktur bot keinen richtigen Ausweg.}
({Correct was Korrekt war vielmehr} 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qb3 $1 {turning Black's
attention to the opposite flank. womit die weiЯe Aufmerksamkeit auf die andere
Flanke gelenkt wird.} b5 (22... b6 23. Qc4) ({or oder} 22... Nb6 23. c4 Rd8 (
23... Qe6 24. d5 $1 cxd5 25. c5) 24. Qc3 {and White is holding the balance.
und WeiЯ hдlt noch die Waage.}) 23. a4) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rf8
$1 {Cutting the white king off from the centre. Schneidet den weiЯen Kцnig vom
Zentrum ab.} 24. c4 ({It's becoming clear that White cannot activate his pawns
on the kingside, e.g. Es wird allmдhlich klar, daЯ WeiЯ die Bauern am
Kцnigsflьgel nicht aktivieren kann, z.B.} 24. Re7+ Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kf2
Ke6 27. Kf3 Kf5) 24... Ng4 25. d5 {A desperate attempt to remove the blockade.
Probably the best option was to stay passive.  Ein verzweifelter Versuch, die
Blockade aufzuheben. Wahrscheinlich war die beste Option, passiv zu bleiben.}
cxd5 26. cxd5 Ndf6 27. d6 Rf7 28. Rc1 ({If Falls} 28. Bf4 {then dann} Rd7 {
followed by gefolgt von} 29. Z0 Nh5) 28... Rd7 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Bxf6 {With
Botvinnik effectively using the white squares to regroup, this bishop had no
role to play.  Da Botvinnik sehr effektiv die weiЯen Felder zur Mobilisierung
seiner Krдfte verwendet, spielt der Lдufer keine Rolle mehr.} Nxf6 31. Kf2 {
The king rushes forward, but too late.  Der Kцnig eilt nach vorne, allerdings
zu spдt.} Ke6 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Kf3 Kxd6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. g4 Nd5+ 36. Ke4 (36.
Kg5 Kf7 37. h5 {is simply ignored by Black: wird von Schwarz einfach ignoriert:
} Kg7 $1 {and after und nach} 38. hxg6 Nb4 39. a3 (39. a4 Nd3 40. b3 Nc5) 39...
Nd3 40. b3 (40. b4 b5 41. Kf5 Nb2) 40... a5 {and the white king cannot cross
the board in time: kann der weiЯe Kцnig das Brett nicht rechtzeitig ьberqueren:
} 41. Kf5 Nc1 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Na2 44. b5 Nc3 45. b6 Na4 46. Ke5 Nxb6 47.
Kd6 Nc8+ 48. Kc7 b5 {and the remaining pawn queens. und der ьbriggebliebene
Bauer lдuft zur Dame.}) 36... Nf6+ 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Ke4 Nb4 39. a3 Nc6 40. h5
g5 {Now the g-pawn is alive and an exchange of all the pawns on the other side
means nothing.  Nun erwacht der g-Bauer zum Leben, so daЯ der Tausch von
Bauern auf der anderen Seite nichts mehr zu bedeuten hat.} 41. h6 ({Otherwise
Sonst kommt} 41. Z0 Ne5 42. h6 Nxg4 43. h7 Nf6+) 41... Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg6 {
The knight itself is capable of parrying the white king's intrusion. Der
Springer ist in der Lage, den Vormarsch des weiЯen Kцnigs ganz allein zu
parieren.} 43. Ke6 ({Or Oder} 43. Kd6 Na5 $1 44. Kc7 b5 45. Kb8 Nc4 46. Kxa7 (
46. b3 a5 $1) 46... Nxb2 47. Kb6 Nc4+ 48. Kxb5 Nxa3+ {etc.}) 43... Na5 44. a4
Nb3 45. Kd6 a5 46. Kd5 (46. Kc7 Nc5) 46... Kxh6 47. Kc4 Nc1 48. Kb5 Nd3 49. b3
Nc1 50. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51. Kb4 (51. Kb6 Kg6 52. Kxb7 Nc5+ {and the last hope
disappears with the last white pawn on the queenside. und die letzte Hoffnung
verschwindet, zusammen mit dem letzten weiЯen Bauern am Damenflьgel.}) 51...
Nc1 52. Kc3 Kg6 53. Kc2 Ne2 54. Kd3 Nc1+ 55. Kc2 Ne2 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Kf6
58. g3 Ne2 {resigned.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. f4 O-O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4
Nb6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Kb8
21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 Rh4 23. a5 Nc8 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Qe5 Rhh8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Qxb5
a6 28. Qb2 Rd7 29. c5 Ka8 30. Bf3 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Rf3 Qa4 33. Rfd3 Rc8
34. Rb1 Qxa5 35. Rb3 Qc7 36. Qa3 Ka7 37. Rb6 Qxf4 38. Ne2 Qe4 39. Qb3 Qd5 $4 (
39... Ka8 $1 $19) 40. Rxa6+ $1 Kb8 41. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation GER-URS  13-51"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Pfeiffer, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1960.07.27"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nbd7 13. c4 c5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O O-O 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bh2 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qc8 20. a3 a5
21. Rab1 Qg4 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bf8 24. Bg3 Rac8 25. c5 Nd5 26. Qd2 Rcd8 27.
f3 Qg6 28. Kh2 f5 29. Rfd1 f4 30. Bf2 Qf7 31. Qc2 e4 32. fxe4 Nf6 33. Rxd8 Ng4+
34. Kg1 Rxd8 35. Bd4 (35. Rd1 $1) 35... Qe7 (35... f3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 37. Qb3+)
36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Nxf4 Qxh4 38. Nh3 Qg3 39. Qc3 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Bg1 Rd7
42. Qg3 Nf6 43. Re1 Rf7 44. Ng5 Re7 45. e5 Nd5 46. Qf3 Nf6 47. Rd1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1961.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 (6. h4 {La grande
ligne} h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5) 6... Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Ng5 $5 $146 {
[%csl Re6] Une nouveauté agressive et un peu douteuse mais bien dans le style
de l'ex- champion du Monde.} (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 {Yates,F-Reti,R
New York 1924 (19) 1-0}) 9... h6 10. Nh3 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Gh3f4]} (10. Nxe6
$5 {Le sacrifice était pourtant prévisible de la part de Tal} fxe6 11. Bxe6
Be7 (11... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 12. Re1 $44) 10... Bd6 $1 {[%csl Gf4] Cette
partie est trиs inйressante avec une forte opposition de style entre les deux
Champions du Monde} 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gf4]} Nd5 (12... O-O
13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 Re8 15. Re1 Qb6 16. c5 Qb5 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 b6 19. Bd6
a4 20. Rac1 Qb4 21. Red1 bxc5 22. a3 Qb7 23. dxc5 Ra5 24. Rd4 Rb5 25. Rb1 Ra8
26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Ne2 {Tal,M (2660)-Averkin,O (2460)/Moscow 1973/URS-ch/1-0 (70)}
) 13. Bc1 (13. Bd2) 13... Qh4 14. Bd3 Bxd3 (14... Ne7 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. f4 Nf6
17. f5 Ng4 18. h3 Qxg3 19. hxg4 Nh4 20. Qe2 h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Bf4 Qxg2+ 23.
Qxg2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxf5 25. Be3 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 f6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh5 Rd8 29.
Ra5 {Moehring,G-Golz,W/Aschersleben 1963/EXT 2001/1-0 (111)}) (14... Qxd4 15.
Bxg6 Qxd1 16. Bxf7+) 15. Qxd3 O-O-O $11 16. Rd1 N7f6 17. c4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}
Nc7 {[%csl Rc7]} (17... Nf4 18. Qf3) 18. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20.
Qe2 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] Les Blancs gardent un petit avantage d'espace} Qg4 21. f3
Qg6 22. a4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb4b5]} h5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 23. b5 (23. a5
h4 24. Ne4) 23... h4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 h3 27. g3 f5 $1 28. e5
{[%csl Gd6]} c5 $1 29. dxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qe8 32. Qd6 {[%csl
Rb2]} Kb7 33. c6+ $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2d4] Ranime le B qui йtait assez
mauvais} Qxc6 34. Qxc6+ Kxc6 35. Bd4 {[%csl Gc5] Juste à temps pour empêcher
le K Noir d'attaquer le P"a4"} a5 36. Bc3 Na6 37. Bxa5 Nc5 (37... Kc5 $6 38. g4
fxg4 39. Kf2 Kxc4 40. Kg3 Nc5 41. Kxg4 Kd5 42. Bc7 Nxa4 43. Kxh3 $11) 38. Bb4
Nxa4 39. g4 $1 fxg4 40. Kf2 Nb2 $132 {[%csl Rc4]} 41. Kg3 Nxc4 42. Kxg4 Nxe5+
43. Kxh3 Kd5 44. Kh4 Kc4 45. Bd6 Nf7 46. Bc7 g6 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. h4 Ke4 49. h5
Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 $6 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6
8. Nf4 Bd6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. h4 O-O-O (11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3
exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O $10) 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nxf5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxf5 15. Qd3
Qxd3 16. Nxd3 h6 17. Rh4 (17. Be3 $5 Nd5 18. Bd2 N7f6 19. Rh4 $14) 17... Rhe8
18. Be3 Nd5 19. O-O-O Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. Rf1 Re7 22. Nf2 {/\Ne4+/=} Bg3 23.
Rh3 Bd6 24. Bc2 e5 25. Nd3 exd4 26. exd4 Re2 $10 27. g4 Rde8 28. Bd1 R2e3 29.
Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Ng4
$2 (14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 c5 $10 {Zaitcev,I-Petrosian,T/
USSR/1968/}) 15. Qe2 Ndf6 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Nxf6 gxf6 $2 (17... Nxf6 $8 18. Kb1
Nd5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. c4 $14) 18. Nd2 f5 19. Kb1 $2 (19. f3 Nf6 20. Nb3 Qb5 21.
c4 $18 {/\Qe5}) 19... Qa6 20. c4 Rg8 21. Nb3 (21. f3 Nf6 22. Qe5 Ne8 23. Qb8+
Kd7 24. Qe5 Kc8 $14) 21... Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qe5 Ne8 25. Rc1 b6
26. d5 c5 27. dxe6 Rxe6 (27... fxe6 28. Rhd1 Rc6 29. Rc3 $16) 28. Qxf5 $16 Nd6
29. Qf4 Qb7 30. Rhd1 Qe7 31. g4 (31. Nd2 f5 32. Ka1 Re8 33. Nb1 $16) 31... f5
32. Rd5 $2 (32. gxf5) 32... fxg4 33. Rcd1 $2 (33. fxg4 Qh7+ 34. Ka1 Qe4 $132)
33... g3 $1 34. Nc1 g2 35. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 (7. Bd3
e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, Leningrad cm 1974}) 7... h5 (7... h6 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Rh4
$10 {Karpov-Hort, Madrid 1973}) 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 (9... Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6
11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qe2 Ng4 {
Matulovic-Hort, Skopje 1968}) 10. Ne4 $1 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
Be3 Nh6 14. Neg5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Be7 16. Re1 Rhf8 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19.
Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nfg5 Ndf6 21. Rd2 Red7 22. Ree2 g6 23. c3 b6 24. Nf3 c5 $2 25.
dxc5 $14 bxc5 26. Nhg5 Kc7 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Nd2 Nd5 29. g3 Re7 30. Nge4 Kc6
31. Nb3 c4 32. Nd4+ Kb6 33. Nc2 f5 34. Nd2 Kc5 35. Na3 Nb6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Re5+
Nfd5 38. Kc2 Nd7 39. Re1 N5b6 40. Ndxc4 $16 e5 41. Rd1 Nxc4 42. b4+ Kc6 43.
Nxc4 Rg7 44. Rd6+ {*} Kc7 45. Ra6 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Rxa7+ Kd8 48. f4 exf4
49. gxf4 Rg2+ 50. Kb3 Rf2 51. Ne3 Nf6 (51... Rxf4 $4 52. Nd5 {/53.Ra8+ +-}) 52.
Nxf5 Rxf4 53. Nd4 Rf1 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. a4 Kf7 56. a5 Kg7 57. a6 Nd5 58. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 (10... Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
c5 e5 {Rodriguez-Valdez, Cienfuegos 1977}) (10... Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 e6
13. O-O-O (13. c4 O-O-O 14. c5 $5 e5 15. dxe5 $1 Re8 16. O-O $1 Bxc5 17. b4 $1
{Ciocaltea-Sribar, Istres 1976}) 13... Bd6 14. Nf5 Bf4 15. Ne3 Ne4 $1 $10 {
Buljovcic-Vukic, Novi Sad 1976}) 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O
O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 {Tiller-Groszpeter, Groningen 1978}) 11... Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Ngf6 14. c4 Bd6 15. Nf5 Bf4 (15... O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
Bc3 b5 $1 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Nd5 $15 {Beljavsky-Bagirov, USSR-ch 1977}) 16.
Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne3 c5 $1 (17... Qc7 18. O-O-O b5 19. cxb5 cxb5+ 20. Kb1 O-O 21.
g4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, Leningrad cm 1974}) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 O-O 20. dxe6
Rfe8 21. O-O Rxe6 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Rac1 a6 24. Qb3 b6 $10 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 Nf6 27. Qc4 Rc8 (27... Nxh5 $2 28. Qd5) 28. Qxa6 cxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Nf3
(30. Nf5 Ng4 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qa5+ $2
(7... e6 8. O-O Ngf6 (8... Qc7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8 $10 {
Dueckstein-Petrosjan, Varna 1962}) 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6
hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, cm 1974}) 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bxg6
hxg6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Ne4 O-O-O (11... Ngf6) 12. g3 c5 $6 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. O-O-O
c4 15. Nc3 Nh6 (15... Ngf6 16. Ng5) 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bc5 18. Rhd1 f6 19.
Rd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc5 21. Rd5 (21. Rd5 Qc6 22. Nb5) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 (4... Nd7 $6 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Ne5 $1 $14 Bf5 $6 8. c3 e6 $6 9. g4 $1 $16 {Mecking-Hort, Wijk aan Zee;
Karpov-Hort, Bugojno 1978}) (4... Nf6 $5 $14) 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 (6... h5 $5
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qf5 $14 {Karpov-Larsen,
Bugojno 1978}) 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 (11. Bf4 $5
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7) 11... Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 c5 (13... O-O-O 14. Ne5 $14)
14. Rh4 $5 Be7 (14... O-O-O 15. dxc5 $16 {Boleslavsky}) (14... Nb6 15. Bf4 Qc6
16. Ne5 Qa4 17. Kb1 $16 {Minic}) 15. dxc5 (15. Bf4 Qa5 $10) 15... Nxc5 16. Rc4
$6 (16. Rd4 $10) 16... b5 17. Rd4 $15 (17. Rd4 O-O $5 (17... a6 $15) 18. Qxb5
Rab8 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 $5 Nf6 (6... e6 7.
Nf4 Bd6 {/\Qc7}) 7. Nf4 Nbd7 (7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4
11. Ne4 $14) (7... e6 8. h4) 8. Bc4 (8. h4 $6 e5 $1 $13) 8... e5 (8... e6 9. h4
) 9. Qe2 $1 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 $10) (9. Nxg6 hxg6 $10) 9... Qe7 10. dxe5 Qxe5 (10...
Nxe5 11. Bb3 $14) 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxc5 15.
O-O-O $14 Rd8 16. f3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ke7 18. Re1 Kd7 19. h4 h6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bf1 (22. Bf7 $4 Nd3+) 22... a5 23. Kd2 Rb8 24. Ne2 b4 (24... Ne6 25.
g3 {/\Bh3}) 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. cxb4 Rxb4 $6 (26... axb4) 27. g3 Kd6 28. a3 Rb8 29.
Nd4 Rb6 30. Bc4 Ke5 31. Nc2 Nb3+ $6 32. Bxb3 Rxb3 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Re6+ $1 $16
Kf7 (34... Kxe6 35. Nd4+ $16) 35. Rxc6 Rxb2 (35... Rxf3 36. Rc5) 36. Rc5 $1 Ne7
37. Rxa5 Nf5 38. Kc3 Rb7 39. Rc5 Nxg3 40. a4 Ke6 41. Nd4+ Kd6 42. Kc4 $18 Rb1
43. Nb5+ Ke6 44. a5 Rc1+ 45. Kb4 Rb1+ 46. Ka4 Nf5 47. a6 Ra1+ 48. Na3 Rd1 49.
a7 Rd8 50. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 (
7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1
Qb6 14. Qc2 $14 {Matulovic,N-Milic/JUG-ch/1955/}) (7... e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4
O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4 Nh6 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Re1 $1 (14. a4 e5 $1
$13) 14... Be7 15. a4 Nf8 16. Bb2 f6 17. a5 $40) 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. O-O e6 10. c4
Be7 (10... Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... c5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 $10 {Spassky,B-Karpov,An (2)/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14 {Spassky,B-Karpov,An (6)/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfe8 (13... c5 14. d5 $1) 14. Qc2 c5 15. a3 a5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Rab1 Red8 (17... Qxb3 $2 18. Qxb3 Nxb3 19. Bxf6 $18) 18. Bd4 Qc6 $10 19.
Qe2 Ncd7 20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ncd7 24. Nd3 Rac8 25.
Rec1 Nb8 26. h3 {Any advance of White's pawns would create some squares for
Black's pieces.} Nc6 27. Ba1 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 (15. Nxf6 gxf6) 15... Nc5 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. c4 Nf6 18.
Qe2 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Rh4 Bc7 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. b4 $1
$14 {Kudriashov,A-Kharitonov,A/Moscow/1981//1:0 (53)/}) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc4 (
17. c4 $5 Bb6 18. Bc3 Rhe8 19. Kb1 a6 20. Qc2 $14 {Tal,M-Miles,A/Bugoino/1984/
0:1 (40)/}) 17... Bd6 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Ne5 (19. c4 Qe7 20. Qc2 c5 21. Bc3 cxd4
22. Nxd4 (22. Bxd4 Bc5 $10) 22... a6 $13) 19... Nd5 (19... Nd7 20. f4 (20. Nc4
Nb6 $10) 20... Nb6 {Karpov/}) 20. f4 Nb6 21. Qb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 (22... c5 $5
{/\Qc6=/}) 23. c4 $6 (23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Qg4 Rhd8 $6 (24... Rg8 $5) 25. Qxg7 Qb6
26. Qg4 (26. Rhe1 $2 Ne3 $19) 26... Ne3 27. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+ (28...
Qxg3 29. Rxd7 Qxg4 30. Rxd8+ Kc7 31. Rhd1 $14) 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Kc8 {
Karpov/}) 23... Ne7 24. Be3 c5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 (26. g4 Qc6 $17) 26...
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 b6 28. Qd3 $6 (28. g4 Qc6 $2 (28... Qb7 $10) 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30.
exd6 Ng8 (30... Nc6 31. g5 $16) 31. g5 Kb7 (31... f6 32. g6 Kb7 33. b4 cxb4 34.
f5 e5 35. c5 $16) 32. b4 $1 Kc6 (32... cxb4 33. Bd4 f6 34. g6 Kc6 35. c5 bxc5
36. Bxc5 $16) 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Bxc5 g6 $13 {Karpov/} 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kd2 h5
37. Ke3 a6 38. Ke4 Kd7 39. Ke5 $22 $18) 28... g6 $1 29. hxg6 (29. g4 $2 gxh5
30. gxh5 Nf5 $17) 29... fxg6 30. a3 (30. Qe4 Nf5 31. Bf2 h5 32. Kc2 $10) 30...
a5 31. b3 (31. g4 Kc8 $15) 31... h5 $17 32. Qe4 Nf5 33. Bf2 Qd7 34. a4 $2 (34.
Kc2 $10) 34... Kc7 $1 35. Kc2 (35. Qa8 $2 Qd3 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Qa8+ Kd7 38.
Qb7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qb7+ Ne7 $19 {Karpov/}) 35... Qd8 $1 $17 (35... Qc6
$6 36. Qxc6+ Kxc6 37. Kd3 $10) 36. Kc1 (36. Qd3 Qa8 $17) (36. Qf3 Qd4 $1 37.
Qe2 Qa1) 36... g5 $1 37. fxg5 (37. Kc2 g4) 37... Qxg5+ 38. Kc2 Ne7 39. Qh7 Kd7
(39... Qg6+ 40. Qxg6 Nxg6 41. Be3 Kd7 42. Bg5 Nxe5 $17) 40. Qe4 Qf5 41. Qd3+
Kc6 42. Qxf5 (42. Be1 Qxe5) 42... exf5 43. Be3 Ng6 44. e6 Kd6 45. Bg5 Kxe6 46.
Kd2 (46. Bd8 f4 47. gxf4 (47. Bxb6 fxg3 48. Bxc5 h4 $17) 47... h4 $19) 46... f4
$1 47. gxf4 h4 $2 (47... Kf5 $19) 48. Ke3 h3 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Kg3 (50. Bh6 h2
51. Kg2 Nxf4+ 52. Kxh2 Ke4 53. Bg5 Ne6 $19) 50... Nxf4 $1 51. Bd8 Ne2+ 52. Kxh3
Nd4 53. Bxb6 (53. Kg2 Ke4 54. Kf1 Kd3 55. Ke1 Nxb3 56. Kd1 Kxc4 57. Kc2 Nd4+
58. Kb2 Nc6 59. Bxb6 Kb4 $19 {Karpov/} 60. Ba7) 53... Nxb3 54. Bd8 Ke4 55. Kg4
Kd3 56. Kf4 Kxc4 57. Ke4 Kc3 (57... Kb4 58. Kd5 c4 59. Be7+ Kc3 $19) 58. Bf6+
Kc2 59. Be5 (59. Kd5 Kd3) 59... c4 60. Ke3 c3 61. Bf6 (61. Bg7 Nc5 62. Kd4 Ne6+
) (61. Ke4 Nc5+ 62. Kd5 Nxa4 63. Kc4 Nb2+ 64. Kb5 a4 65. Kb4 Nd3+) 61... Nc5
62. Ke2 (62. Bd8 Kd1 63. Bxa5 c2 64. Bd2 Nb3 $19) (62. Kd4 Nxa4 63. Kc4 Nb6+
64. Kb5 a4 65. Kb4 Nd5+ $19 {Karpov/}) 62... Kb3 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-06"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1982.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Karpov Teschner Trauth} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6
6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O
Be7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. c4 c5 15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg7 {!? Karpov} (17. f4
Nf2 (17... exd5 18. Bxg7 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yg3f5] ><f5, /\Sf5} (18. Qxd5 Qxd5 (
18... Ne3 19. Qxb7 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Qe8 21. Nf5 $18) 19. cxd5 (19. Rxd5 {+/=Karpov
} Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. Rxe5 Bd6 $10) 20... Rfe8 21. Kc2 {WeiЯ hat einigen Druck.}
) 19... Nf2 (19... f6 {sieht nicht ganz befriedigend aus} 20. Nf5 Rf7 (20...
Rfe8 21. d6 Bd8 22. d7 Re6 23. Rd6) 21. Bc3 Nf2 22. Rhe1) 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Nf5 {die Lage des Schwarzen ist prekдr}) 18... Kxg7 (
18... Nf2 19. Qf3 Nxd1 20. Bxf8 (20. Bxh6) 20... Bxf8 21. Rxd1 {Die Aufgabe
des Nachziehenden ist hцchst undankbar}) 19. Qe2 d4 (19... Qd7 20. Rxd5) (19...
Qc8 20. Rxd5) (19... Nf6 20. Nf5+ Kh7 21. Nxe7 {dies ist sehr unbequem fьr
Schwarz}) 20. Qxg4+ $16) (17... Bf6 {?Karpov} 18. Bxf6 (18. Qe2 $142 Bxe5 (
18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 {WeiЯ hat groЯen Stellungsvorteil.}) 19. Qxg4
Bd4 20. dxe6 Qf6 (20... Qb6 $2 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Nf5 $18) (20... fxe6 21. Qxe6+
Kh8 22. Nf5 {WeiЯ dьrfte auf Gewinn stehen.}) 21. Ne4 Qxe6 $10) 18... Nxf6 (
18... Qxf6 19. Qf3 $18 {Karpov}) 19. dxe6 fxe6 $10) (17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 (18.
Qe2 $2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qg5+) 18... Qxd6 19. Qf3 {+/- Karpov} Nf6 20. Kb1 (20.
Rhe1 Qa6) 20... exd5 21. cxd5 Rfe8 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. g4 Re4 24. d6 $36) 18. Qf3 {
die aussichtsreichste Fortsetzung} (18. Qc3 {?! Karpov Informator 34/186} Nxd1
19. Rxd1 f6 $1 20. dxe6 Qb6 $1 (20... Qc8 $6 21. Rd7 $16) 21. Nf5 Qxe6 22.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bd6 Qe4 24. Bxf8 Qxf4+ $17 {Karpov/-+ Hьbner}) (18. Qe2 {
[%cal Ye2g4] /\Dg4 Karpov} Nxh1 19. Qg4 (19. dxe6 Nxg3 20. Qg4 f6 21. Rxd8
Raxd8 22. Bc7 Rc8 $19) 19... f6 20. d6 (20. dxe6 Nxg3 $19 {siehe 19.de}) (20.
Qxe6+ Rf7 {WeiЯ hat keine genьgende Kompensation fьr den gopferten Turm.})
20... fxe5 (20... Nxg3 $17) 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 {unbefriedigend fьr WeiЯ.}) 18...
Nxd1 (18... Nxh1 $6 19. dxe6 Nxg3 (19... Qc8 20. Qg4 f6 21. Nf5 {Sehr
unangenehm fьr Schwarz}) (19... Qe8 20. Qg4 f6 21. Nf5 {Sehr unangenehm fьr
Schwarz}) 20. Qxg3 f6 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Bc3 {[%csl Ge6] WeiЯ hat dank des
starken Bauern e6 vorzьgliche Aussichten.}) 19. Rxd1 Bf6 20. dxe6 Qe7 {[%csl
Rc4] DIAGRAMM Mit deutlichem Vorteil fьr Schwarz, weil der Bauer c4 mit Schach
hдngt, sobald die schwarze Dame auf f7 oder e6 auftaucht.}) (17. Qe2 {Dies ist
der stдrkste Zug, dies beweisen die nachfolgender Untersuchungen} Nxe5 18. Qxe5
Bf6 $10 {Der Lдufer hat einen wertvollen Stьtzpunkt auf d4}) 17... Kxg7 (17...
Bg5+ $142 18. Kc2 (18. Kb1 {Schwдcher als Kc2! Karpov} Nxf2 19. Qc3 Re8 $1 {
[%cal Yf7f6] Karpov /\f6} (19... Nxh1 20. Ne4 {! Karpov} (20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21.
Rxh1 {WeiЯ hat eine sehr befriedigende Stellung}) 20... Re8 (20... exd5 21.
cxd5 (21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Rd5 Qg4 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $19) (
21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qd7 23. Qf3 Rfe8 24. cxd5 (24. Rxh1 Re4 25. cxd5 Rae8
$17) 24... Nf2 25. Qxf2 Re4 $13 {Schwarz muЯ den Damentausch vermeiden, da
sonst der d-Bauer zu gefдhrlich wird.}) 21... Re8 22. Bxh6 (22. Bh8 f6 23.
Nxf6+ (23. Bxf6 Qd7 24. Nxg5 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 hxg5 26. Rxh1) 23... Bxf6 24. Bxf6
Qd7 25. Rxh1 Qf5+ 26. Ka1 $13) 22... Bxh6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxe8+ f6 25. Re1 $13
) 21. Bxh6 (21. Bh8 e5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Qe4+ $19) (21. Bf6
Nf2 22. Bxd8 Nxd1 {Die Lage ist fьr Schwarz erfreulich}) (21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22.
Bxf6 Qd6 23. Rxh1 Qf4 {gьnstig fьr Schwarz.} 24. d6 e5) 21... Bxh6 22. Nf6+ Kh8
23. Nxe8+ f6 24. Qxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nxf6 {DIAGRAMM Hier hat Schwarz
Schwierigkeiten, weil der Bauer auf e6 hдngt.} exd5 {Dies scheint nцtig zu
sein.}) (19... Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Ne4 exd5 22. Rxd5 (22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6
Qd6 24. Qf3 Kf8 25. Rxd5 $13) 22... Rxe4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 Rd1+ 25. Ka2 Rc1
$19 26. Qd3 Re3) 20. d6 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 f6 22. d7 Re7 (22... Kxg7 23. dxe8=N+
Qxe8 $17 {Lombardy}) 23. Bxf6 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 (24. Bxd8 $2 Rxd1+ 25. Kc2 Rc1+)
24... Qxd7 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. a3 Rf8 $19) 18... Nxf2 (18... Kxg7 19. Qe2 Nf6 20.
dxe6 Qc8 21. e7 Re8 22. Rd6 Qg4 (22... Bf4 23. Rxf6 Kxf6 (23... Bxg3 24. Qf3
Rxe7 25. fxg3 $18) 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. Rh4 (25. Ne2 Kg7 26. Nxf4 Qxe7 $10) 25...
Kxe7 26. Rxf4 Kf8 27. Ne4 (27. Rf6 Kg7 {WeiЯ kommt nicht weiter}) (27. Nf5 Re6
28. Ne3 (28. Qg4 Qe5) 28... Rae8 {Schwarz hat Rettungsaussichten}) 27... Re6
28. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yf3c3] DIAGRAMM Die Lage des Schwarzen ist дuЯerst
unbequem. Er kann nichts Aktives Unternehmen. /\29.Sd5, 30.Dc3} Rae8 29. a3 {
[%cal Yc2b3] /\Kb3}) 23. Re1 $44 {Karpov} Qf4 {M.Trauth} (23... Bf4 24. Rxf6
Qxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Kxf6 26. Nxf4 $18) 24. Qd3 (24. Kb1 Ng8) (24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5
Bf4 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nxh6+ Kh7 $19) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Re2 Qf4 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. g3
Qc1+ 28. Kb3 {Schwarz kann sich nicht rьhren; der Bauer e7 und der Springer f5
schnьren ihn vцllig ein.} b5 29. cxb5 c4+ 30. Qxc4 $16 {_|_}) 19. Qc3 Re8 {
Die anderen Fortsetzungen sind schwдcher vgl. 18. Kb1} (19... Nxh1 20. Ne4 {
! ->Lombardy} exd5 21. Nf6+ $44 {Karpov}) 20. d6 (20. dxe6 Nxd1 (20... Qe7 $2
21. Rdf1) 21. Rxd1 (21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxd1 Re3 $19) 21... Qe7 {Fьr Schwarz
ist keine Gefahr erkennbar.} (21... Qe7 22. Ne4 Qxe6 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bh8 Qe4+
25. Kb3 Qh7 {Lombardy})) (20. Rhf1 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 f6 22. dxe6 (22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23.
dxe6 Qc7 24. Nf5 Qh7 {Diese Zugfolge genьgt nicht.} 25. Qxf6 (25. g4 Rxe6)
25... Rf8) 22... Qe7 23. Rd7 (23. Nf5 Qxe6 24. Qd3 Rad8 $19) (23. Bxh6 Qh7+ $19
) 23... Qxe6 24. Qd3 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Nf5 (26. Qd5+ Qf7) 26... Qe8 {
[%cal Ya8d8] /\27... Td8} 27. Qd5+ Kh7 $19 28. Qxb7 (28. Qxc5 Rd8) (28. Qd3
Qxh5) 28... Rb8 29. Qf3 Qa4+) 20... Qd7 {M.Trauth} (20... Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Qd7 {
[%cal Rd7a4,Re6e5] M.Trauth /\22... Da4, 22... e5} (21... f5 22. d7 Re7 23. Bf6
Bxf6 24. Qxf6 $18) (21... f6 22. d7 Kxg7 23. dxe8=N+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8a4] -/+ /
\Da4 Lombardy} 24. Ne4 $44) 22. b3 (22. Ne4 e5 23. Bxe5 Qf5 $19) 22... e5 23.
Bxe5 f6 24. Bxf6 Re3 $19) (20... Nxh1 {DIAGRAMM gibt dem WeiЯen unnцtige
Chancen.} 21. Ne4 {DIAGRAMM Dieser Zug muЯ versucht werden} (21. Nxh1 {
hoffnungslos} f6 (21... Qd7 22. Nf2 e5 (22... f5 23. Be5 $44) 23. Bxe5 f6 24.
Bg3 Re3 25. Rd3 Qf5 26. Kb3 Rxg3 27. Rxg3 Qxf2 28. Qd3 Rd8 $19 29. Rxg5+ hxg5
30. Qg6+ Kf8 {dies reicht nicht zum Unentschieden.}) 22. d7 Kxg7 23. dxe8=N+
Qxe8 {[%cal Re8a4,Ra8d8] /\24... Da4, 24.... Td8} 24. Qf3 (24. Qd3 Qxh5) 24...
Qf7 {[%cal Yf6f5] /\f5 WeiЯ steht ein schwieriger Kampf ums Remis bevor.})
21... e5 (21... f5 22. Nf6+ (22. Bf6 {M.Trauth} Qd7 (22... Nf2 23. Bxd8 Nxe4
24. d7 Rexd8 25. Qe5 Kf7 26. g4 {WeiЯ wehrt sich}) 23. Bxg5 fxe4 24. Bxh6 Kh7 (
24... Nf2 25. Qg3+) 25. Qf6 {WeiЯ hat vorzьgliche Remisaussichten}) 22... Bxf6
23. Bxf6 Qd7 24. Rxh1 Kh7 {[%cal Re8g8] /\25... Tg8 Schwarz sollte gewinnen.})
22. Bxe5 Qd7 {[%cal Rd7f5] /\23... Df5 Diese Drohung ist дuЯerst ungemьtlich
fьr WeiЯ.}) (20... f6 21. d7 Kxg7 (21... Re7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 $18 {
[%csl Gd7] Schwarz kann sich nicht des Bauern d7 entledigen.}) (21... Nxd1 {
M.Trauth} 22. Rxd1 Kxg7 23. dxe8=N+ Qxe8 24. Ne4 $44) 22. dxe8=N+ Qxe8 23. Qf3
Nxd1 24. Qxb7+ $18) 21. Rhf1 (21. b3 Nxh1 22. Nxh1 e5 $19) (21. Be5 Qa4+ $19)
21... Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa4+ $19) (17... Nxf2 18. Qf3 Nxh1 19. Bxf8 Bg5+ $19 (19...
Nxg3 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxg3+ Qg5+ 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. dxe6 $16 {Teschner})) 18.
Qe2 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. dxe6 Qc8 21. e7 Re8 22. Rd6 Qg4 $2 (22... Bf4 23. Rxf6
Bxg3 (23... Kxf6 24. Qf3 $18 {Karpov} Qc7 25. Rh4 Kxe7 26. Rxf4 Kf8 27. Ne4
Rad8 {Schwarz hat gute Aussichten, sich erfolgreich zu verteidigen. Hьbner} 28.
Nf6 (28. Nc3 Rd4) 28... Re1+ 29. Kc2 Rd4) 24. Qf3 $1 {+/- Inf34/186} Rxe7 25.
fxg3 {+/- Schaakbulletin 180,S.647}) 23. Qe5 Kg8 24. Re1 Nd7 (24... Nxh5 $145
$1 25. Re4 Nf4 26. Nf5 f6 $13) 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nf5 f6 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28. cxd5
Bf4 29. g3 Bc7 30. Kc2 b5 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Nf5 Rg8 33. d6 Ba5 34. Re6 Rg5 35.
Rxf6 Rxh5 36. d7 Rh2 37. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 (10... Qc7) 11. Bf4 e6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7)
12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 $5 (13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne5 $14 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14))
13... b5 $5 14. c5 $1 (14. cxb5 $2 cxb5 15. Qxb5 O-O $17 {/^b}) 14... O-O 15.
Kb1 $1 a5 $1 16. Bc1 $1 {(P e2-f4)} (16. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nf6
19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Bc1 a4 (20... Bg5 $5)) 16... a4 17. Ne2 Qb8 $1 {(P e5, d8, c5)}
(17... Ng4 18. Rhf1 Ndf6 19. Ne1 $1 {(P f3,g4)} Nd5 20. f3 Ngf6 21. g4 $16) 18.
g4 $6 (18. Nf4 $142 $1 Rd8 19. Qc2 b4 20. Qc4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qd3) 18...
Nxg4 $8 19. Rdg1 {[#]} f5 $1 (19... Nxf2 $2 20. Qc2 $3 (20. Qe3 Nxh1 21. Qxh6 (
21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5+ $10) 21... Ng3 $1) 20...
Nxh1 21. Bxh6 Bf6 22. Nf4 $1 Rd8 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qg6 $18)
20. Nf4 $1 (20. Rg2 a3 $5 21. b3 e5 $1) 20... Rf7 $1 (20... Nxf2 21. Qc2 $1
Nxh1 22. Nxe6 Rf7 23. Bxh6 Bf6 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. h6 $18) 21. Qe2 e5 $2 (21... Nf8
$1 22. Nxe6 Bf6 {(P e8)} 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Qe6 $6 Qc8 $17) 22. Ng6 $1 Qe8 $8 (
22... e4 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Nh4 $1 Qf8 (24... Rf7 25. Nxf5 $1) 25. Ng6 Qf7 26.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. f3 $1) 23. Nh2 $2 (23. Nfxe5 $1 Ndxe5 24. dxe5 Bxc5 25. Rg2 $1 {
P f3}) 23... Nxh2 24. Rxh2 Kh7 25. f3 $1 (25. dxe5 Nxc5 {(P e6)} 26. e6 Rf6 27.
Nf4 Bd6 28. Rhg2 Ra7 $1) (25. Nxe5 $2 Bxc5 $1) 25... Bf8 (25... Bf6 26. dxe5
Nxe5 27. Re1) 26. Re1 e4 $1 {P f6} 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf5 $5
30. Re6 $2 (30. Nf4 $142 $14) 30... Rc8 31. Kc2 Kg8 32. Bd2 $6 Kf7 33. Ree2 Nf6
$138 34. Ref2 $138 {34... d5 35. h4 e7 P d8-c7} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4
h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O (13. Ne4
Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qa5) 13... Ngf6 14. Kb1 a5 15. Ne5 (15. c4 a4)
15... a4 16. c4 O-O 17. Ne4 (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 $10 19. Bxe5
Bf6 20. Qf4 (20. f4 a3 21. b3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5) 20... Bg5 (20... b5 $5 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rh3 $10) 21. Qe4 a3 (21... Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5)
22. b3 Bf6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qa5 (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kc2 (25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Qe3
$10) (25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qa1 $40)) 25. Kc2 Rad8 (
25... f6 26. Rd7) 26. Rd6 $1 (26. g4 Qc5 $36 {>< a2,>>}) (26. Qe3 {Ftacnik}
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 $10) 26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Qc5 28. Rd1 Qxh5 29. Rd2 Rd8 (29...
Qg6 $10) 30. b4 $1 $44 c5 $6 (30... Kf8 31. c5 (31. Qh7 Qg6+ 32. Qxg6 fxg6 $13)
) 31. Qe5 $1 (31. b5 {Ftacnik} Rd7 32. Kb3 Qh4 33. Kxa3 Qd8 34. Qe5 b6 $13) (
31. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qf5+ 32. Kb3 Qxf4 $132) 31... Qg6+ (31... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 32.
fxe5 cxb4 33. Kb3 $16) 32. f5 Qg4 $1 (32... Qxf5+ $2 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. bxc5 $18
{/\ Rd3-b3} (34. bxc5 {Ftacnik} Kf8 35. Kc3 Re8 36. Kb4 $18)) (32... exf5 33.
bxc5 $16) 33. Kb3 $1 (33. Qxc5 b6 $1 (33... e5 34. Qd5 (34. Qxe5 Qxc4+ 35. Qc3
Qe4+ (35... Qxa2+ $4 36. Kc1 $1) 36. Kc1 Qxf5 37. d7) 34... Qxf5+ 35. Kb3 $1 {
/\ Ka4-b5}) 34. Qb5 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qe3+ 36. Kc2 $10) 33... Qg5 (33... exf5 34.
bxc5 $16) (33... b5 34. Qxc5 bxc4+) (33... cxb4 34. fxe6 $16) 34. Re2 Qc1 (
34... cxb4 {Ftacnik} 35. fxe6 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 fxe6 37. Rxe6 b6 38. Kxb4 Kf7 39.
Re7+ Kf6 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Kxc5 $18) 35. bxc5 $2 (35. Re1 $1 Qd2 36. bxc5 $1 $16
) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kc3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ (37... exf5 $4 38. Re1 $1 Qg5 39. Qe7
Qg3+ $2 40. Re3 $18) 38. Ke3 exf5 39. Kf2 $16 Qc1 40. Qe7 Qf4+ (40... Rd7 41.
Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe5) 41. Kg1 Qd4+ (41... Rd7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe5) 42. Kh2 Rd7 43.
Qe8+ (43. Qxd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qd4+ 45. Rf2 (45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Rf2
Qc1+) 45... Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Rf1 Qd4+ $10) 43... Kh7 44. Qe5
Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 (45... Qxc4 {Ftacnik} 46. Qxf5+ g6 (46... Kg8 $2 47. Re8#) 47.
Qxd7 Qxe2 48. Qxf7+ Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ $18) (45... g6 {Ftacnik} 46. Qd5
Qf4 $1) 46. Re3 f6 $2 (46... g6 47. Qd4 $16 {/\ Re8}) 47. Qg3 $1 $18 Qh5 (47...
Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 48. Rxg3 Kg8 49. Rxa3 Kf7 50. Ra7 Ke6 51. c6 Rxd6 (51... bxc6
52. Rxd7 Kxd7 53. c5 g5 54. a4 $18) 52. cxb7 Rd1+ (52... Rb6 53. Ra6 $1 $18)
53. Kh2 Rb1 54. a4 Kd6 55. a5 Kc7 56. a6 g5 57. Ra8 $18) 48. Qf4 Kg8 49. Rxa3
Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Rh3 Qg4 $2 (51... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 52. a4 $18) 52. Qxg4 fxg4
53. Rb3 (53. Rb3 Kf7 54. Rxb7 Rxb7 55. c6 $18 (55. c6 {Ftacnik} Rb4 56. c7 Rxc4
57. d7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 (8. Bd3 {Blatny,P} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O e6 12.
Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qb3 $5 Bd6 $10) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 (10... Ngf6 {
Blatny,P} 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 b5 $5 14. c5 O-O 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bc1 {
/\Ne2-f4+/= Ivanchuk-Seirawan/ Novi Sad(ol)/1990/}) 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O (12.
Kf1 $5 {Blatny,P} O-O-O 13. b4 Ngf6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qa3 Kb8 16. c4 $13 {
Hector-Vladimirov/ Gausdal/1990/}) 12... Bd6 {Comparing to 12...Ngf6 13.Ne4
Bd6 this move order avoids the line 12...Ngf6 13.Qe2} (12... Ngf6 {Blatny,P}
13. Kb1 (13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Be7 17. Be3 Qa5 (17...
Nb6 $5 18. c4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 c5 $10) 18. Kb1 Nb6 19.
Ne4 Rd5 (19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. c4 Nb6 24. b3
$16 {Tseshkovsky,V-Tan Lian Ann/Manila izt (04) /1976/}) 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Rxd5
cxd5 22. Nf2 Kb8 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. f5 $40 {Malisauskas,V-Gebhard,D/
Bern op (03) /1992/}) (13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 (15... Be7 16.
Kb1 Rhe8 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Rhe1 Re7 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. Ne5 cxd4 22. Rxd4
Bxe5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxe5 Rd7 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. g4 Qd6 27. f3 a6 28. a4 Qd3+
29. Kc1 Kc7 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rf1 Kc6 32. Kc2 Rd7 33. a5 $1 $18 {_|_ Kasparov,
G-Vukic/Skara (07) EU-chT/1980/}) 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,
S-Polgar,Zsu/Vejstrup ;CBM 15 1989}) 13... O-O-O 14. c4 Kb8 (14... c5 $5 15.
Bc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qb7 $10) 15.
Bc3 Ka8 16. Qe2 (16. Ne4 $5) 16... Bd6 (16... c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $16) 17.
Ne5 Rhf8 18. f4 c5 19. b3 (19. d5 $6 exd5 20. cxd5 Nb6 $40 {><d5}) 19... a6 20.
Bb2 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rd3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. Rhd1 $14 {|^}) (12... O-O-O
{Blatny,P} 13. c4 $5 (13. Qe2 Ngf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. f4 Be7 17. Ne4
Qb6 18. Rh3 $36 {Akopian,V-Magomedov,M/Minsk/1990/}) (13. Kb1 Ngf6 14. Ne4 (14.
c4 c5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5
Qe4+ $10 {Vasiukov,E-Zaitsev,A/URS-ch36 Alma Ata/1968/}) 14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 {
= Rogers,I-Miles,A/Biel/1986/}) 13... Ngf6 14. Bc3 $5 Bd6 15. Ne4 Bf4+ 16. Kc2
Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc5 Bd6 $14 {Bronstein,D-Kotov,A/Amsterdam IBM/1968/})
13. Ne4 Ngf6 (13... Bf4 {Blatny,P} 14. Qa3 Ngf6 15. Rh4 Bxd2+ (15... Nxe4 16.
Bxf4 Qd8 17. Be5 Nef6 18. Nd2 b5 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Bd6 $16 {Timman,
J-Ivanovic,B/Niksic/1978/}) 16. Nfxd2 c5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5
O-O-O 20. Nc4 {+/= Weinstein,N-Ostojic,P/Lone Pine op/1979/}) 14. Kb1 $1 (14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qe2 (15. Rh4 $6 b5 16. Kb1 a5 17. g4 Qd5 (17... Nd5 18. Re1 $10
{Zapata-Seirawan/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 18. Re1 c5 $1 $36 {Zapata,A-Seirawan,Y
Wijk aan Zee op 1995}) 15... b5 16. Kb1 Qd5 17. Rh4 a5 $13 {Wolff,P-Seirawan,Y
USA ch 1992} (17... a5 {Blatny,P} 18. Ne5 b4 $132 {Wolff-Seirawan/Durango USA
ch/1992/})) (14. g3 b5 $1 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. c4 Nf6 17. Qe2 c5 18.
Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 (19... a6 20. Nf3 Rd7 21. Ne5 $14 {De Firmian,N-Miles,A/
Biel/1989/}) 20. f4 Qb6 21. Nb5 Bc5 22. b4 Be3+ 23. Kc2 a6 24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxe3 $14 {_|_ Barcenilla,R-Adianto,U/Beijing/1992/}) 15. Kb1 (15.
Ba5 Qxa5 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Qg6 Qxa2 20. Qf7+ Kh7 $10
{Sherzer,A-Seirawan,Y USA ch 1992} (20... Kh7 21. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 Spangenberg,
H-Seirawan,Y/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1993/})) 15... a5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qc7 $13 {Chandler,M-Seirawan,Y London 1984} (19... Qc7 {
Blatny,P} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qc3 $13 {Chandler,M-Seirawan,Y/London/1984/}))
14... Bf4 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O (15... Nf6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Nd5 19. Rh4 $1 $16 {Polgar,J-Korchnoi,V Madrid 1995} (19. Rh4 $1 {Blatny,P
} O-O 20. g4 Qe7 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rg4 $40 {Polgar,J-Korchnoi/Madrid/1995/}))
16. c4 c5 17. Bc3 $14 {Arnason,J-Thorsteins,K New York op 1989} (17. d5 $5)) (
14... b5 $2 15. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 $6 (15... Nb6 16. Ne5 $1 $16) 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Ne5
$1 Kxd6 18. Qg3 $18 {Kuczynski,R-Dejkalo,S Poland ch 1990}) 15. Nxf6+ {N} (15.
Bb4 a5 $1 16. Ba3 (16. Bc3 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $10 {
Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y Biel izt 1993} (18... Qxd6 $10 {Blatny,P} 19. Ne5 O-O 20.
f4 $1 Rfd8 21. g4 (21. Rd3 $5) 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 f6 $1 24. Kc1
fxe5 25. fxe5 Kf7 (25... Rd5 $142 26. Rde1 $5 $15 (26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rf1 Re8 (
27... Rf8 28. Rf5 $1) 28. Rf5 Re6 29. Kd2 (29. g5 $5 $15) 29... g6 30. hxg6
Rxg6 31. Rf4 Rg5 (31... b6 $5 {/\Rg5}) 32. e6 Re5 33. Rf6 $1 (33. Rf7 b5 $17 {
_|_}) 33... Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 Rxe6 36. b4 $1 (36. Ra7 $6 Kg5 37. Rxa5
Kxg4 $36 {o^h}) 36... a4 (36... axb4 37. Rxb4 $10) 37. b5 $10) 26... Rf8 $140
27. Re2 $1 Rf4 28. Rg1 Rdd4 29. Reg2 $1 {/\g5<=>}) 26. Rdf1+ $1 Ke7 27. g5 $1
Rd5 (27... hxg5 $2 28. Rfg1 $16) 28. g6 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Rf7
Rd7 32. Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/Biel izt/1993/})) 15... Nxf6 (15...
gxf6 {Blatny,P} 16. Bc3 $14) 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Qe3 (19.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 $10) (19. Rh3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Ke7 $1 $10 (20... O-O $14 {Blatny,P}))
19... Nd7 (19... O-O 20. g4 $1 $36) (19... O-O-O 20. c4 Nd7 21. Nf3 $14) 20.
Nd3 $1 Qg5 $6 (20... O-O 21. f4 $36) (20... O-O-O 21. d5 $5 (21. c4 Qg5 $5)
21... cxd5 22. Qxa7 $36) 21. f4 Qxg2 22. Rhg1 Qd5 (22... Qh2 23. f5 O-O-O 24.
Nf4 $1 $18 {/\Rh1}) 23. Ne5 Rg8 (23... O-O 24. Qg3 $18) (23... Kf8 24. Qa3+ Kg8
25. Qe7 $18 (25. Qe7 {Blatny,P} Nxe5 26. dxe5 {/\Rxg7!+-})) (23... Nf6 24. Rxg7
Rf8 25. f5 $1 Nxh5 26. c4 Qd6 27. Rh7 $16 (27. Nxf7 $1 {Blatny,P} Rxf7 28. Rxf7
Kxf7 29. Qxh6 Nf4 (29... Ng3 30. Qh7+ $18) (29... Qh2 30. fxe6+ Kg8 (30... Ke7
31. Qh7+ Kxe6 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Rf1+ $18) 31. d5 $1 cxd5 32. cxd5 Rc8 33. Qg6+
Ng7 (33... Kh8 34. Rg1 $18) 34. d6 Qh7 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. d7 $18) 30. fxe6+
Nxe6 31. d5 $1 cxd5 32. cxd5 Ke7 33. Qh4+ Ke8 34. Qh5+ Ke7 35. dxe6 $18 {עe7})
(27. Rh7 Nf6 $1 28. Rg7 (28. Rxh6 $2 Ng4) 28... Nh5 29. Nxf7)) 24. c4 Qd6 (
24... Qa5 25. d5) 25. d5 $1 cxd5 (25... Qc5 26. Qb3 (26. Qxc5 {Blatny,P} Nxc5
27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nxc6 a5 $1 $13) 26... Qb6 (26... Nxe5 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. dxe6
$18) 27. Qc3 $1 Nxe5 28. dxe6) (25... Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe7 (26... Qd7 27. d6 $1 {
/\Qxh6+-}) 27. d6 Qh4 28. Qf3 $1 Rd8 (28... Rf8 {Blatny,P} 29. Rxg7 Rd8 30. Rg4
Qh2 (30... Qxh5 $2 31. d7+ $18) 31. Rf4 Rd7 32. Qg4 $1 c5 33. Rdf1 $1 {/\Qxe6!}
Kd8 $8 34. Qg7 Ke8 35. Qxh6 Qh3 36. R1f3 Qh1+ 37. Kc2 Qg2+ (37... Rg8 38. Rxf7
$18) 38. Kc3 $18) 29. Rg4 $1 Qxh5 30. d7+ $18) 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 (26... Kxd7 27.
cxd5 exd5 28. Qf3 Kc6 (28... Kc7 29. Rxd5) 29. Rd4 $1 $16 (29. Rd4 {Blatny,P}
b5 $8 (29... a6 30. Rc1+ Kb6 31. Rxd5 {/\Qf2#}) 30. Rc1+ Kb6 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32.
Qd3 $18)) 27. cxd5 Rd8 28. f5 e5 29. Qxe5+ Qe7 30. Qd4 $18 Kf8 31. d6 Qf6 (
31... Qd7 $142 {Blatny,P} 32. Qd5 Qc6 33. Qxc6 bxc6 34. Rg3 Rd7 (34... g6 $5
35. fxg6 fxg6 36. hxg6 Rd7 37. Kc2 {/\Kc3-c4-c5+-}) 35. Re3 $1 g6 36. f6 $18)
32. Qc5 b6 33. Qd5 Rh8 34. d7 Qh4 35. Rge1 {/\Re8+!} Kg8 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7
Rhxe8 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nf4 Ne7 ({Black cannot escape with his B because of} 9... Bh7 $2 10.
Qg4) (9... Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. h5 (11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 $13
{Geller}) 11... Bh7 12. Qe2 (12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 $11 {
Karaklajic-Udovcic, JUG-ch. 1957}) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 $11 {
Black's remainig B is really strong on the /^b1-h7.} (14... N7f6 $6 15. Bd3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 {This typical motif is important.
White brings his R on the fourth rank into play.} Qe7 19. c4 $16 {
Geller-Bagirov, Yerevan 1959})) 10. Nxg6 Nxg6 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. c3 Nd7 13. h5 (
13. Qf3 $6 {is not correct in view of} Nxh4 14. Qg4 g5 15. Nxg5 $4 hxg5 16.
Bxg5 Nf3+ $1 $19) (13. g3 $5 $14 {is worthy of consideration keeping the N
from a distance and hoping for a better future for the ^^.}) 13... Ne7 14. Qf3
(14. Qg4 Nf5 (14... f5 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qxh6 fxe4 17. Bxe6 $44)) 14... Nd5 15.
Bd2 (15. g4 $5) 15... b5 $1 {the well-known blockading move.} 16. Bd3 f5 $1 {
Black has to drive away the N from the [+].} (16... O-O 17. g4 $36) 17. Ng3 {
Here the N has no bright future.} O-O $13 18. a4 (18. O-O-O a5 $132) 18... a6
19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. O-O N7f6 22. Re1 Qc8 {The weakness of e6 is
compensated by the strong N on d5 and >< h5.} (22... Re8 {makes it impossible
to attack >< h5 by Qe8.} 23. Ne2) 23. Ne2 (23. b3 {/\ c4}) 23... Qe8 $1 24. Nf4
Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxh5 (25... Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxh5 {allows the penetration after} (
26... Nxh5 $2 27. Qd6 $16) 27. Qd6 $1 $16 (27. Rxe6 $6 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Ne4 29. Qe3
$14)) 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. Bd6 Rd8 (27... Ra8 $2 28. Rxe6 Ra2 29. Bxf5 Rxb2 30.
Bg6 $18) 28. Rxe6 Nhf4 (28... Kf7 $2 29. Bxf5 $18) 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Re3 Nxd3
31. Rxd3 Kf7 $11 32. Re3 Rd5 33. g3 b4 34. f4 bxc3 35. bxc3 c5 36. Re5 Rxe5 37.
dxe5 g5 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7...
e6 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/President's Cup 1998/CBM 65_03}) (7... Nd7 {
+/- Papazov,I-Zidarov,S/tt ch Bg 1994}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11.
Bd2 (11. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Teske,H/BL9697 1997/BL9697 (16)}) (11. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Magem Badals,J/Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN 1998 (18)}) (11. Ne4
{0-1 Salamero,F-Garcia Palermo,C/Ibercaja op 1994/TD 94\02 (17)}) (11. Bf4 Nbd7
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. c4 a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Chess Classic Giants 1998 (30)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. Ng6 {0-1 Belotti,
B-Garcia Palermo,C/Reggio Emilia 1994/CBM 45 (18)}) 12... c5 13. Nxd7 (13. Bc3
cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5+ $132) 13... Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O-O (15.
Bc3 $5 Rd8 16. O-O Be7 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Qa4 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Kb1 Rc8 (17...
O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 $14) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Ke7 (19... Be5 20. Rhe1
$14) 20. g3 (20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. g4 Rhd8 22. Rhe1 $14) 20... Bxb2 (20... Bxb2 21.
Kxb2 Qb4+ (21... Rc6 $2 22. c3 $16) 22. Ka1 (22. Kc1 $2 Rc4 $17) 22... f5 23.
Nd6 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kostakiev,D Hecht} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4
h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 $1 {- Liang
Jinrong-Chiburdanidze, Lippstadt 1997 EXP 59}) 9... Bxd3 (9... Qxd4 $4 10. Nxf7
) 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. Ng6 $6 {is too extravagant, and Black
can easily defend his positions.} fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Bb4+ c5 15. dxc5 Qc7
16. c6+ Kd8 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. O-O-O+ Kc8 19. Qd3 bxc6 $19 {
Belotti-Garcia-Palermo, Reggio Emilia 1994}) 12... c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. O-O-O Qa4 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Ke7 {In Caro
Kann it is no surprise that Black plays quietly with a centralized K.} 20. g3 (
20. c3 Rhd8 $11) 20... Bxb2 $1 $11 {Ivanchuk-Breev, President's Cup. 1998}) (
7... Nd7 {is the solid main line.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 (9. c3 Nf6 10. Nh5 Nbd7
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Be2 Qd5 14. Bf4 Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Bg6 16. Bg3 Bxh5
17. Bxh5 Nf6 (17... Be7 18. O-O-O $14 {G.Timoshenko-Lytchok, Berliner Sommer
1997}) 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bd6 $11) (9. Bc4 $5 Nf6 10. Qe2 {is a really
agressive setup against this line.} Be7 {[#]} (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Nxf7 $1) (
10... Qc8 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Zatonskih,A-Grigorian/It (open) (w) 1995 (32)}) (
10... Qe7 {Kostakiev,D 0-1 Samwel,A-Shalaby,A/Cairo op 1996/EXT 97 (23)}) 11.
Bg5 $1 {This is an original way for the -> here!} b5 (11... hxg5 12. hxg5 Nd5
13. g6 fxg6 14. Nxg6 Bxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bf8 16. O-O-O $1 $44 (16. Qxe6+ Qe7) (16.
Qg4 Bxc2 17. Qxg7 Qe7)) 12. Bb3 O-O {This cold-blooded defence is not
satisfactory either.} 13. c3 a5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 a4 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. O-O-O $16 {R.Mainka-H.Grund, Bayer op. Leverkusen 1997}) (9. Qf3 {
Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Sollars,R-Duelge,J/corr IECG Cat-B 1995 (21)}) (9. c3 {
Kostakiev,D Krebs JF-Hugger,M/It (open) Badenweiler (Germany) 1995/0-1 (55)}) (
9. Bc4 $142 $5 $11 {Kostakiev,D}) 9... Bxd3 (9... Qxd4 $6 {Kostakiev,D} 10.
Nxf7 $1 Bc5 11. Be3 $14) 10. Qxd3 Nd7 (10... Nf6 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 11. Bf4 Be7
12. O-O-O Nbd7 $132) 11. Bf4 Qa5+ (11... Nxe5 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 12. Bxe5 Qa5+
$132) 12. c3 (12. Bd2 $2 Nxe5 $1 $19) 12... Ngf6 13. O-O (13. Nc4 {Kostakiev,D}
Qd5 14. Ne3 Qa5 $11) 13... Be7 $2 (13... Nxe5 {was the defensive move with
quick simplifications:} 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Nd5) 14... Be7 15. Rfe1 O-O $11) 14.
Rfe1 O-O {[#] [#]} ({After} 14... Nxe5 {The R can already take back.} 15. Rxe5
Qb6 16. Qe2 {/\ Nf5 with a nasty pressure on the e <->.}) (14... Nd5 {
Kostakiev,D} 15. Nxd7 Nxf4 16. Qf3 $11) 15. Nf5 $1 {Perhaps this was
overlooked by Bareev?} exf5 {White creates threats along the open e-file} (
15... Rfe8 16. Nxh6+ $1 {demolishes Black's >>.} gxh6 17. Bxh6 $18) (15... Nxe5
$4 {Kostakiev,D} 16. Nxe7+ $18) 16. Nxd7 Rfe8 (16... Nxd7 17. Rxe7 $18) 17. Ne5
$1 (17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Qh3 $1 Nd6 19. Re3 Bf8 20. h5 Re6 (20...
Re7 $142 $11 {Kostakiev,D}) 21. Nd7 Qd5 (21... Rxe3 {Kostakiev,D} 22. Qxe3 Re8
23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qg3+ $14) 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 (22... fxe6 $5 23. Nxf8 $1 (23. Bxh6
$4 Nf7 $19) (23. Re1 Nc4 24. b3 Qxd7 25. bxc4 Bd6 $14) 23... Rxf8 24. Re1 $16)
23. Nc5 (23. Nxf8 $142 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Rxf8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxf5 $14) 23...
Qc8 $6 (23... Qe2 $142 {was the only chance with activization of the Q.} 24.
Bxd6 (24. Nd3 Qg4 (24... Ne4 {Kostakiev,D} 25. Re1 Qc2 $14)) (24. Qg3 Ne4 25.
Nxe4 fxe4 26. Bxh6 Qxh5 $11) 24... Bxd6 25. Nd3 $1 (25. Nxb7 $4 Qxb2 $19) (25.
Qxf5 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 27. Nxb7 (27. Rxb7 $4 Qa1+ 28. Rb1 Qxc3 $19) 27... Rb8)
25... Qe4 26. Re1 Qd5 27. b3 $16) 24. Qg3 $16 {Now White wins a P, and his |^
remains also} Ne8 25. Bxh6 Nf6 26. Qh4 (26. Bg5 {Kostakiev,D} Nxh5 27. Qf3 $14)
26... Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qe6 28. Be3 Re8 (28... Ne4 {Kostakiev,D} 29. Bd4 $18) 29.
Bd4 {It is not easy to win this game from technical point of view.} (29. h6 {
Kostakiev,D} gxh6 30. Qxh6 $16) 29... Ng4 (29... Nd5 30. Qg3) (29... Ne4 {
Kostakiev,D} 30. Re1 $18) 30. f3 $1 Nh6 (30... Ne5 {Kostakiev,D} 31. Qg3 $18)
31. Bf2 (31. Qg5 {Kostakiev,D} f6 32. Qg6 Qe2 $16) (31. b3 $1 $16 {Kostakiev,D}
) 31... f6 (31... Qd5 $142 {Kostakiev,D}) 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qa4 a6
(34... Qxh5 {Kostakiev,D} 35. Qxa7 Qf7 36. Qa8+ $1 $18) 35. Qb3+ Qf7 36. Be3 (
36. Bg3 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Kh7 37. Kf2 $18) 36... Qxb3 37. axb3 {Hecht [#] Good
bishop, space, active king [#] Guter Lдufer, Raum, aktiver Kцnig} Nf7 38. Kf2
Nd8 39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Kc4 Nc7 42. Bd2 Nd5 43. Kd4 g6 (43... Ke6 44.
c4 Ne7 45. Bf4 $18) 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. c4 Nc7 46. Kc3 a5 (46... Kf7 {Kostakiev,
D Hecht} 47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Ka5 Kd7 49. Kb6 Kc8 50. Bc3 Ne8 51. b4 $18 {[%cal
Rb4b5]}) 47. Bf4 Ne6 48. Bd6 Kf7 49. b4 axb4+ 50. Kxb4 Ke8 51. Ka5 Kd7 52. Kb6
Kc8 53. b4 1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Kostakiev,D Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6
6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 (8. Ne5 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/
President's Cup 1998/CBM 65_03 (20)}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2
(11. Bf4 {Lukacs - Survey Opening CBM 59}) 11... Be7 (11... c5 {Lukacs} 12. Ne4
(12. O-O-O Nc6 {This is the main idea of c6-c5} 13. Bc3 Qc7 (13... Qd5 $5 14.
b3) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Qf4+ 16. Nfd2 Rd8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qe4 {(Gi.
Hernandez-Zapata, Merido op. 1995)} Qxf2 $1 19. Rhf1 Qe3 20. Bxf6 Rxd2 21. Qxe3
Bxe3 22. Bxh8 Rxg2+ 23. Kb1 f5 $44 {Gi.Hernandez}) 12... cxd4 (12... Nbd7 {
is a bit passive here.} 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qc4 Bd6
17. Bc3 O-O 18. Qd4 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Bb4 b6 21. Rhe1 $14 {Hazai-Campora,
Tuzla 1983}) 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O
18. Kb1 Qc7 $14 {Leko-Granda Zuniga, Madrid 1998}) 12. O-O-O O-O {Lukacs:
Despite of the opposite side castles it is not easy to attack without caution.}
13. Kb1 (13. Ne4 {Lukacs} Nbd7 14. Kb1 (14. Rdg1 {Kostakiev,D} Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Jagodzinski,A-Lauber,A/2nd Perenyi mem, Gyula HUN 1998}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {R.Mainka-Dautov, Bad Zwesten op. 1997}) 13... c5
(13... Nbd7 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Grabarczyk,M/Ch Poland Brzeg
Dolny (Poland) 1996 (30)}) 14. Bc3 (14. Ne4 {Lukacs} Nbd7 15. Rhe1 cxd4 16. g4
$5 {Lukacs: is not consistent with the previous move.} Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 18.
Qxd4 Qxd4 $11 {Voekler-Kachiani, BL 1996}) (14. c4 $5 {Lukacs} cxd4 (14... Nc6
$5 {Lukacs: looks more to the point again.}) 15. Nxd4 Na6 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Qf3
Qb6 {[#]} 18. Ndf5 $1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rfe8 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. Nxh6+ $40 {
Toloza-Garcia Palermo, Pico City op. 1996}) (14. Bc1 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2
Rodriguez Lopez Rafael-Garcia Palermo,C/It (open) (a) 1995 (18)}) 14... Nbd7 {
Bent Larsen - and a little later Yasser Seirawan - were the first top-players
in the 1980s, who realised, that blacks K might be relatively safe on g8.} (
14... Nc6 $6 {Lukacs} 15. dxc5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 $14)
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bd4 (17. Nf5 $2 {Lukacs} exf5 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19.
Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nce4) 17... Qa6 18. c4 $6 {In the following part of the game
white has no sence of danger. Black has easy play on the Q-side while whites
attack on the K-side never gets off} (18. Qxa6 $142 Nxa6 {Lukacs} 19. Ne5 Rfd8
$11) 18... Ncd7 19. Nf1 {Lukacs: White pushes too hard.} (19. Nf5 $2 {Lukacs}
exf5 20. Qxe7 Qxc4) (19. b3 {Lukacs} Rab8 {/\ b5}) (19. Rc1 {Lukacs /\ Rhd1 ~~}
) (19. Bc3 $142 {Kostakiev,D} Rac8 20. Rd4 $11) 19... Qc6 (19... Rfd8 {
Kostakiev,D}) 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. Qc2 (21. Nf5 $142 $15 {Kostakiev,D}) 21... a6 {
Lukacs: Now Black can create attacking chances on the <<, while White's
chances on the >> are not easy to discover} (21... b5 {Kostakiev,D} 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 $15) 22. b3 $6 {[%cal Yd4b2,Yf3d4]} b5 $36 23. Bb2 (23. cxb5 {Lukacs} Qxb5
{/\ a5,a4}) 23... bxc4 (23... Rac8 {Kostakiev,D} 24. Rh4 Bc5 25. cxb5 axb5 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 $15 (26... Nxf6 $2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. b4 $16)) 24. Nxc4 (24. Qxc4 {
Lukacs} Qb7) 24... a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4b3,Ya8a2] Lukacs: Black has to open up
the files against the white K.} 25. Ne3 (25. Nce5 {Lukacs} Qxc2+ (25... Qb7 26.
Nc6) 26. Kxc2 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Ne4 $17) 25... Qb7 {White has
managed to put his B on b2 - as planned with 22.b3. However this has most
certainly not improved his position. The pawn on b3 is a serious weakening.}
26. Rh4 a4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. bxa4 Rc8 29. Qb3 (29. Qd3 {Kostakiev,D} Nc5 30.
Qc2 Nce4 31. Qb3 Qa8 $17) 29... Qe4+ 30. Ka1 (30. Qd3 {Kostakiev,D} Qxa4 31. g4
Qf4 $17) 30... Nc5 31. Qb5 Qxa4 32. Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Rc1 (33. g4 {Kostakiev,D} Ne4
34. Be5 Nxf2 $17) 33... Rxc1+ $6 {So far black has played a classical
Caro-Kann game but not he wants a concrete advantage - +P - to early} (33...
Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra4b2,Rf6h5] /\34. - Nxb2 35.Kxb2 Ba3+ + /\34. - Nxh5} 34. Rh1 $8
Ne4 35. Nd1 Rc8 $17 {With massive pressure. Whites a2-P is just a weakness as
long as there are rooks and minor-pieces on the board}) 34. Bxc1 Nxh5 {Lukacs:
The _|_ is winning for Black, but technically Black has to play very carefully.
} 35. Kb1 Nf6 (35... Nf4 {Lukacs} 36. Nf5 $1) 36. Kc2 {The fact that blacks K
is so far away from whites passed a2-P means that black has a lot of tecnical
difficulties in converting his extra P. If it is at all possible.} (36. Ne5 $5
{Kostakiev,D} Nc3+ 37. Kb2 Ne2 38. N3c4 Nxc1 39. Kxc1 Kf8 $17) 36... Ne4 (36...
Bc5 $1 {Lukacs} 37. Nd1 g5 $19) 37. Nd1 g5 {Capablanca teaches that first of
all should be moved the free pawan (which is without opponent's P in front of
it). Here 37...h6-h5} (37... Bc5 $142 $1 {Lukacs Lukacs: looks better with
grabing the |^.}) (37... Bc5 $142 {Kostakiev,D} 38. Kb3 Nb6 $17) (37... h5 {
Kostakiev,D} 38. Ne5 (38. Bf4 Bc5 $17) 38... Kf8 39. f3 Nf6 $17) 38. Ne5 Kg7 (
38... Kf8 {Kostakiev,D} 39. f3 Ng3 $17) 39. f3 Nec5 40. g4 {Now White has
created some sort of blockade position on the >>.} f6 41. Nc6 Bd6 42. Be3 Kg6
43. Nc3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Nxa4 Nxa4 46. Kb3 {Lukacs: Here the barrier on
the << is destroyed and White's o^ begins to tell.} Bc5 (46... Nc5+ {Lukacs}
47. Kc4 Nd7 48. a4) 47. Bxc5 (47. Bxg5 {Kostakiev,D} Kxg5 48. Kxa4 Be3 $17)
47... Nxc5+ 48. Kc4 {Hecht [#] White has compensation in the form of his
passed a-pawn as well as his active king position . [#] WeiЯ hat Kompensation
in Gestalt des a-Freibauern sowie der aktiven Kцnigsstellung.} Nd7 49. a4 Nb6+
(49... g4 {Lukacs} 50. fxg4+ Kxg4 51. a5 f5 52. Kb5) (49... f5 {Lukacs} 50. a5
g4 51. fxg4+ fxg4 52. a6 $1 (52. Kb5 g3 53. a6 g2 54. a7 g1=Q (54... Nb6 $2 55.
Kxb6 g1=Q+ 56. Kb7) 55. a8=Q Qb6+ 56. Kc4 Qxc6+ 57. Qxc6 Ne5+ 58. Kc5 Nxc6 59.
Kxc6 Kg4 $19) 52... g3 53. Nd4 $1 (53. a7 Nb6+) 53... g2 54. Ne2 (54. Nf3 $2
Ne5+) 54... Nb6+ 55. Kc5 Nc8 56. Kc6 Kg4 57. Kb7 $11) 50. Kc5 (50. Kb5 {Hecht}
Nxa4 51. Kxa4 Kh4 52. Nd4 e5 53. Nf5+ Kh3 54. Kb4 Kg2 55. Kc4 Kxf3 56. Kd5 g4
57. Ke6 g3 58. Kxf6 e4 $19) 50... Nxa4+ 51. Kd6 e5 52. Ke6 e4 53. fxe4 g4 (
53... Nc3 {Kostakiev,D} 54. e5 fxe5 55. Nxe5 Ne2 56. Kd5 $11) 54. Kxf6 g3 55.
Nd4 g2 (55... Nc3 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 56. e5 (56. Kf5 {[%csl Yg4,Yg5,Yg6][%cal
Yd4f3,Ye4e5] Hecht}) 56... Kg4 (56... Kh4 57. Nf5+ $11) 57. e6 $1 g2 (57... Kh3
58. Ne2 $11) 58. Ne2 $1 $11) 56. Ne2 Kg4 57. e5 (57. Ke5 {Kostakiev,D} Nc3 58.
Ng1 Nb5 $17) 57... Nc3 58. Ng1 Ne4+ 59. Kg6 (59. Ke6 {Kostakiev,D} Kf4 60. Kd5
$11) 59... Ng5 60. Kf6 Nh3 (60... Ne4+ {Kostakiev,D} 61. Ke6 Kf4 62. Kd5 Ng5
63. e6 Nxe6 $11) 61. e6 Nxg1 62. e7 Nh3 63. e8=Q g1=Q 64. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 {The
well-forgotten lines become new again for time to time.} (6. h4 {is the main
line, but it is not easy to find anything real here, and the lines are
sometimes quite boring for the attacking players.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4
{White can get the B, but Black's position remains rock-solid.} Nf6 9. h4 (9.
O-O {is nothing special in view of} Nd5 $1 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 $11 {Tal-Botvinnik, Moskau (m2) 1961}) (9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3
Nbd7 11. h4 (11. O-O e5 $11) 11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O (
14. Bxf7 {is too greedy:} exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Be6+ Kb8 $44) 14... exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 gxf6 $11 {Boleslavsky}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... Nd5
10. Qf3 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Ne2 O-O-O {
Black has everything in order here.} 16. Rh3 Bf5 17. g4 g5 18. Qf3 h5 $1 19.
gxf5 g4 20. Qf4 gxh3 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Bxh3 Rde8
$11 {Azmaiparashvili-Illescas, Erevan ol. 1996}) 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O-O b5 $1 {This is an important positional move
securing the central post for the N on d5.} 15. h4 Nd7 16. Ne4 N5f6 17. Bd2
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Qg4 a4 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qd5 $11 {Rublevsky-Dreev,
Presidents Cup. 1998}) 9... Bxf4 {It is a big question which B to give for the
N?} (9... Qc7 10. Nxg6 (10. Qf3 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt, and Black can
take the P without beeing punished.} Bxc2 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rac1 Bh7
14. Nfh5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $17 {Makropoulos-J.Santos,
Budva zt. 1981}) 10... hxg6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O $11 {There is no
weakness in Black's camp, therefore the white ^^ cannot find a real target.})
10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5 Nbd7 (11... Qxd4 $2 12. Be5 $44) 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 17. a3 a6 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk,
POL ch. 1996}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd3 (12. Bd6 $4 Nb6 $19) (12. Bb3 a5 $5) 12...
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $5 {This is the typical centralizing manoeuvre with the Q.}
(13... O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 $1 (15. f3 $2 e5 $15) 15... Qxg2
16. Qe2 b5 ({After} 16... O-O-O $2 {the Q gets into trouble:} 17. O-O-O c5 18.
d5 exd5 19. Rdg1 $18) 17. b3 (17. O-O-O bxc4 $19) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 $1 {
Black has to do something against capturing his Q.} 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Ne4 Ndf6
21. Nd6+ (21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Bb4 $1) 22. Bb4 Kg8 23. Rdf1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2 {is another main line here.})
11... e6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 {may transpose to the 11.Bd2 line.}) 12. O-O-O
Be7 13. Kb1 {This is a useful move, sometimes the a2 P hangs, sometimes the /^
c1-h6 may pose problems for White.} O-O 14. Ne5 (14. Rhe1 {Is not very useful
in this position.} c5 $11 (14... b5 $5 {Black wants to create a strong
blockade position on the d5 square.} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Rxe4 Bd6 19. g4 Rad8 20. f4 {(Haba-Kraut, Germany, 1994)} f6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11)
) (14. Qe2 {The Q is vulnerable on the <-> d, but first the N's position has
to be improved.} a5 {/\ a4-a3} (14... c5 $6 {White has prepared himself
against this push clearing the d <-> for his R.} 15. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 16. Ne5 Qe7
17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nf5 $1 $16 {Spangenberg-Marusenko, Hastings op 1994})) (14.
c4 a5 15. Ne5 a4 16. Ne4 a3 17. b3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 $11 {
Watson-K.Berg, Herning 1991}) (14. Ne4 {The g3 N stands rather badly, so White
has to bring him to the [+] as soon as possible.} Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5
$1 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 $1 (19. Rhf1 Rfd8 20. f3 Nf6 21. g4 c5
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. c4 Rac8 $11 {Kovalev-Kruppa, Berlin 1993}) 19... Nf6 (19...
Nxf2 $2 20. Rd2 Bh4 21. Ree2) 20. g4 $14 {Kovalev} Rfd8 $11 {and the _|_ is
about equal.}) 14... Rc8 (14... c5 $6 {is strongly met by} 15. Qb5 $1 {using
the pin on the d <->.}) (14... Qa5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 Qd5 20. Rh3 Rad8 21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4
24. Bc1 f5 $11 {Emms-Lars Bo Hansen, Politiken Cup 1996}) 15. Qf3 (15. c4 c5)
15... Qa5 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Qa6 $1 {Black wants to blow up White's [+] with
the standard b7-b5 conquering >< d5.} (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 Nd7) 18...
Nd7 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 18. Rhd1 b5 $1 19. c5 (19. cxb5 cxb5 $17 {
liquidates only Black's only weakness on c6.}) 19... b4 20. Ne2 $2 (20. Ng4 $2
Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxc5 $19) (20. Nxd7 {was the last chance to avoid the real
troubles, because White has to exchange the dangerous black Ns.} Rxd7 21. Be5
Rcd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 (22... Nd5 23. Nd6) 23. Qxe4 $15 {/\} Bxc5 $2 24. Bxg7 $1)
20... Qb5 21. g4 Nd5 {This excellent N dominates the [+] forever.} 22. Bh2 Nxe5
23. Bxe5 Rd7 24. Rb3 (24. Nf4 $2 Nc3+ $1 $19) (24. Ng3 Nc3+ $1 $19) 24... Rcd8
25. Qd3 a6 26. Nc1 (26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Nc1 Nf6 $1 28. Bxf6 (28. f3 Bxc5) (28.
Rg1 Ne4) 28... gxf6 $19) 26... Qb7 $1 (26... Nf6 27. Qf3) 27. Qc4 a5 28. a4 Bf6
29. Bd6 {[#]} (29. Rbd3 $2 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc3+ $1 $19) 29... Nb6 $1 {This is a
nice win of material.} 30. Qc2 Nxa4 31. f4 Qb5 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34.
Rg3 {[#]} Rxd6 $1 $19 {Black eliminates White's only powerful piece by a
positional exchange sacrifice.} (34... Bh6 {allows an -> on the >>:} 35. Be5
Nxc5 36. Bxg7 Bxg7 37. h6) 35. cxd6 (35. Rxg5 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qg2 Kf8 $1
38. Rxg7 Nc3+ 39. bxc3 bxc3+ 40. Ka1 Qb2+ $19) 35... Bh6 36. Qf2 Nc3+ $1 {
This is the final blow opening up the lethal b <->.} 37. bxc3 bxc3+ 38. Ka1
Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 (10... Nbd7 $2 11. Ng6 $1 $16) 11. Bf4 (11. Bd2 {
See Ivanchuk-Bareev, President's Cup 1998 CBM 65}) 11... Qa5+ {This is played
against 0-0-0.} 12. c3 (12. Bd2 Qa6 (12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. a3
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nbd7 {1/2 Gomez Esteban-Magem Badals, Spain 1998
with an equal _|_.}) 13. c4 (13. Qb3 c5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Bb4 {1/2 Emms-Teschke, BL 1998}) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O Be7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 c5 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Bxf6 $14 {with a strong o^ d6, Rosito-Slipak, ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1998})
12... Qa6 (12... Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 (13... Nd5 $6 14. Qf3 $1 Qd8 15. Rfe1 N7f6
16. Nh5 {White has got a dangerous ->.} g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Re4 Qg7 (18...
Qe7 19. Rae1 $16 {/\ Nxg6!}) 19. c4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 f5 21. Nxc6 $1 $18 {
Pavlovic-Tukmakov, Biel (op) 1998}) 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rd8 17.
Rfe1 Be7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Re3 g5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rg6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh7
gxh4 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxg6 Qxe5 27. Qxh6 {1/2 Vehi Bach-Magem
Badals, ESP-ch Linares 1998}) 13. Qf3 {Certainly White has to avoid the
exchange of queens, otherwise he has no chances for an ->.} Nbd7 {Now White
cannot castle anywhere.} 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 (14... Nxd7 $2 15. Ne4 $1 $16) 15. Be5
Be7 16. b3 ({Corrupting Black's P structure is a healthy alternative:} 16. Bxf6
gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Nh5) 17. Nh5 f5 18. Nf4 $14 {/\ Nd3}) 16... Rhd8 (16...
Rad8 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Kc8 19. Rhd1 $14) 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Ke8 19. Rhe1 Kf8
20. Kf1 Rd7 21. a4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Kg8 23. Rd3 (23. Nh5 $4 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 f6 $19 {
The vertical threats are very dangerous!}) (23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf8 $11)
23... Ne8 24. Nh5 Bd6 {[#]} ({The P hunt after} 24... Bxh4 $2 {is punished by}
25. Qg4 Bg5 26. f4 $18) 25. Bxg7 $5 (25. Qg3 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qb4 27. Re4 (27. d5
$2 cxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 $1 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 exd5) 27... Qe7 $11) (25. Bxd6
Rxd6 (25... Nxd6 $2 {leaves the vital >< g7 unattended:} 26. Re5 Qb4 27. Qg3
$16) 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nf4 Qf5 $11) 25... Nxg7 26. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nf6+
Kf8 (26... Kh8 $2 27. c5 $1 Bb8 (27... Bf8 28. Qe4 Nf5 29. g4 Rxd4)) 27. Nh7+ (
27. Nxd7+ $6 Rxd7 $15) (27. c5 $6 Be7 $1 (27... Bxc5 $4 28. Nxd7+) 28. Nxd7+
Rxd7 $15) 27... Kg8 28. Nf6+ $11 {with perpetual checks}) 26... Nxh5 $1 (26...
Bxc5 $4 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxd7+ $18) (26... Be7 $2 27. Qg4 Bf8 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29.
Qe4 Nf5 30. g4 Rxd4) (26... Bb8 $2 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qg6 $18) 27. Qxh5 Qa6 $1 $19
{This intermediate move pins the dangerous R with a tempo, after which White's
-> collapses. Leko is very strong in defence and counterattack!} 28. Ree3 Bf4
$1 29. Qg4+ (29. Rf3 Rxd4) 29... Kf8 $1 30. Qxf4 Rxd4 31. Qxh6+ Ke8 32. Kg1
Rxd3 33. Rxe6+ Kd7 34. Rf6 Kc8 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2 37. Qf4 R1d7 38. Rxd7
Rxd7 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qf4+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Rd8 42. Qf5+ Kb8 43. Qf4+ Ka8 44. g4
Qe7 45. g5 Rf8 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. fxe3 Kb8 48. g6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 {
Nowadays this old-forgotten line is popular again.} (7... Nd7 {is the
beginning of the long theoretical line with only a slight _|_ advantage for
White.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 {This exchange of the B is the best continuation
according to modern theory.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3
Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $142 {This is the improvement here.} (14... Kxd7 {
Topalov-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 (15... Be7 $6 {
runs into} 16. Qg3 $1 $16) (15... c5 $6 {opens up the position before Black
has finished his development.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 $2 {
This loses outright.} 18. Rxd7 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 $18) 17. Rd1 $1 (17.
O-O-O $6 {seems to be too risky here in view of} Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxb7
O-O $13) (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg3 Kf8) 17... Nxe4 (17... Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
b4 Bb6 {Black has to keep his B on the /^ g1-a7 threatening on f2.} (19... Be7
$2 {founders on} 20. Qxb7) 20. O-O O-O 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rd7 $1 $44 {with
penetration on the seventh rank.}) 18. Qxe4 Be7 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Qxb7 $18)
19. Rh3 $1 {White wants to control the only opened <-> d.} Rd8 (19... O-O $2 {
runs into} 20. Bxh6 $1 f5 ({after} 20... gxh6 $2 {Black cannot avoid mate:} 21.
Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18 {with a
devastating -> for White.}) 20. Rhd3 $16) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. h5 (17.
Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Rg8 {/\ 0-0-0}) (17. g4 Qb5 $1 {Black has to activate his Q and
threatening with the centralization by Qd5.} 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. h5
Kd7 (20... Rg8 21. f3) 21. f3 Bd6 22. Be3 b5 $11) 17... O-O-O $142 {and the Q
on a6 has an ideal position.} (17... f5 18. Qg3 $1 $14)) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6
Qb5 (17... O-O-O $2 18. Be7) 18. Be5 (18. O-O-O {is met again by the standard}
Qd5 $11) 18... Qd5 {Black has to control the [+].} (18... Qxb2 $2 {hunting for
pawns is not healthy here:} 19. O-O $1 Qa3 (19... O-O-O $4 {allows the quick
execution after} 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Rxb7 $1 $18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 $16) 19.
Rh3 (19. Qg3 $5 Qe4+ $142 {This is the best reaction here.} (19... O-O-O $5 {
unnecessarily complicates matters.} 20. Qxg7 Qe4+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Rh3 $1 {
other moves fail to impress:} (22. Qxf7 $2 Ne3+ $1) (22. Qxh8 $2 Rxh8 23. Bxh8
Qc2 $1 $19) (22. Re1 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Qd2 24. Qxg4 (24. Rf1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Qxe5
Qxb2) 25... Qxb2 $1 26. Qxf7 Qxa2 $15) 24... Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Bxh8 Rxh8
$11) 22... Nxe5 (22... Rhg8 $2 23. Qxf7 Nxe5 (23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 25.
Qxg8 Rxg8+ 26. Rg3 $18) 24. Qxe6+ $18) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 25. Rb1 Rhd8
26. Rf3 $14 {with better chances in the R _|_.}) 20. Kd2 (20. Kf1 Nh5 21. Qh3
O-O-O $11) 20... Qg4 $1 {Otherwise White gets the upper hand:} (20... O-O-O 21.
Rhe1 Qf5 22. f3) (20... Nh5 21. Qh3 O-O-O (21... Nf4 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3
$14) 22. Rhe1 Qg6 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 $14) 21. Qe3 Nd5 $11 {with mutual chances.}
) 19... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 $11 {This _|_ is completely sound for Black.} 21.
O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik. McShane} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4
h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 (11... Be7 12. f4
O-O {Black is waiting with Nbd7, because after the standard c6-c5 he has an
additional possibility as Nc6.} (12... Nbd7 {- 11...Nbd7}) 13. f5 c5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne2 $1 {as in many lines, this is a strong move again.} Nc6 {Here is
the explanation for delaying Nbd7.} 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. O-O-O Qd5 $1 18. Nc3 {
(Baklan-Epishin, Germany 1998/99)} Qxd4 $1 19. Qa6 Rab8 20. Rhe1 Bd6 $3 21.
Rxe6 (21. Bxh6 Qxh4) 21... Bf4 $13 {Epishin}) 12. f4 {McShane: 'I can't
understand the attraction of a position like this for Black. He has less space,
and when his king goes to its natural kingside, the white attack will be nasty.
'} Be7 (12... c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 {can be answered by the annoying} 14. Ng6 $1
$44 {Adams} (14. Rhe1 {looks also logical, but misses the opportunity of an
immediate blow.} Nc5 15. Qb5+ Nfd7 16. Nxf7 $5 {This temporary positional
piece sacrifice gives White some compensation, but the consequences are
unclear.} (16. Ba5 Qxh4 17. Rxd4 (17. Nxd7 Qxf4+) 17... a6 $1 (17... Qxg3 18.
Rxd7 $18)) 16... Kxf7 17. f5 exf5 18. b4 Nf6 19. bxc5 Qd5 20. Bf4 Bxc5 21. Re5
Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Qxb5+ 23. Rxb5 b6 24. Rxf5 Rhe8 25. Bc1 Bd6 26. Rf3 Bxg3 27. Rxg3
Re4 28. Bb2 Rd8 (28... Rxh4 29. Bxd4 Rd8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $11 {
Stefansson-H.Olafsson, Politican zt 1998}))) (12... Bd6 $142 $1 {This is the
last word now in theory, see Anand-Ivanchuk, Linares 1999 CBM 70.}) 13. O-O-O
O-O (13... c5 14. Bc3 (14. Nxd7 {gives up the strong N post without any fight.}
Qxd7) (14. dxc5 $5 {goes for an interesting, sharp _|_, for example:} Nxe5 ({
both} 14... Nxc5 $2 15. Qb5+) ({and} 14... Bxc5 $6 15. Bc3 $16 {are clearly
worse for Black.}) 15. Qxd8+ (15. fxe5 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Ng4 $132) 15... Rxd8 16.
fxe5 Nd7 (16... Ng4 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 18. Bc3 $14) 17. b4 Nxe5 18. Bc3) 14... O-O
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qf3 (16. Qe2 $142 {- 13...0-0}) 16... Qb6 17. Ng4 Qc6 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Qxf3 20. gxf3 gxf6 21. Nh5 f5 22. b4 $1 Na6 (
22... Na4 23. Rd7) 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. a3 $14 {with an interesting, unusual P
structure somewhat favouring for White because of the P majority on the <<.})
20. Qxc6 (20. Nh5 $5 Qxf3 21. gxf3 {- 19...Qxf3}) 20... bxc6 21. Rd6 Rfc8 22.
f5 a5 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Rd4 {1/2:1/2 Baklan-Zontakh, Donetsk zt 1998}) 14. Qe2 (
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 {1/2:1/2 Luther-Kakhiani, Recklinghauser Schachtage
1998}) ({Here White plays for f5, but it is also possible to pave the way for
a g-pawn charge with} 14. Ne4 $5 {McShane}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc3 Qc7
{Black has to play very carefully, because suddenly White's -> on the >> may
become lethal.} (16... Nd5 $6 17. Qf3 (17. Qg4 f5) 17... Qc7 18. Nh5 Rfc8 (
18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rfc8 20. Qg3 g6 21. Nxg6 $18) 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Rxd5 $1 exd5
21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qg6 $1 $18 {[#]}) 17. f5 {'!' Ftacnik.} exf5 $2 {After this
the other N comes into the battle with great effect. Ftacnik: 'Black is making
a reckless move. The prize for solving the problem with the pawn e6 is just
too high. '} (17... Nd5 18. Bd4 {The situation is not ripe for moves like} (18.
Rxd5 $6 exd5 19. Nh5 (19. Qg4 Bf6) 19... Ne4 20. Qg4 Bf6) ({or} 18. fxe6 $2
Nxc3 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. bxc3 Na4 $1 {'-+!' Ftacnik.} 21. Nxf7 Ba3+ 22. Kd2 Qxg3
$19) 18... Rac8 {'=' Ftacnik.} 19. Kb1 $36) (17... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 18. fxe6 Nxe6
19. Nf5 Rxd1+ (19... Nd5 20. Ng6 Rfe8 21. Be5 Qb6 22. Ngxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8
24. Nd6 $14) 20. Rxd1 $14) 18. Nxf5 {McShane: 'It is amazing how potent a
knight on f5 is for attacking a kingside castle. Coupled with a bishop on the
long diagonal it really softens up the black king.'} Rfe8 (18... Nfe4 19. Qg4
$18) ({Nice variations arise also after} 18... Nce4 19. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 (19... Nxc3
20. Nxe7+ Kh8 (20... Kh7 21. Qd3+ $1) 21. N5g6+ fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kh7 23. Nxf8+
Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Rxc7 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qe3 $18) 19. Qf3
{Now the white knights dominate the whole board.} Bf8 {Ftacnik: 'The defense
for black is virtually impossible, there are too many tactical threats. White
light pieces in the center are exerting exceptional pressure.'} (19... Ne6 20.
Ng4 $40) (19... Nce4 20. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 21. Nxh6+ $18 {'!' McShane.} (21. Nxh6+ $1
{McShane} Kh8 (21... gxh6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Ng6# {is double checkmate!}) (21...
Kh7 22. Qf5+ g6 23. Qxf7+ Kxh6 24. Qxg6#) 22. Nexf7+ Kh7 23. Qxe4+ g6 24. h5 $1
$18 {and Black's chances would not be found by an electron microscope.})) 20.
Nxh6+ $1 {Now White is ruining Black's >> completely. In this tough variation
of the Caro Kann one mistake can be decisive.} gxh6 21. Ng4 $1 {This is again
a nice move. Ftacnik: 'Leko have missed this simple move, black king is open
and lost due to the strength of the bishop c3. '} (21. Qxf6 {was certainly
also strong, but Black can escape to a bad R _|_.} Bg7 (21... Ne4 22. Rd7 $1
Nxf6 23. Rxc7 Nd5 24. Nd7 $1) 22. Rd7 Bxf6 (22... Nxd7 23. Qxf7+ $18) (22...
Qxd7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5 $18) 23. Rxc7 Bxe5 24. Rxc5 $16)
21... Nxg4 (21... Nfe4 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 {- 21...Ng4}) 22. Qxg4+ Kh7 23.
Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qf6 {and the battery on the long /^ decides the battle.} Kh7 {
'[]' Ftacnik.} 25. Qh8+ (25. h5) 25... Kg6 26. h5+ {McShane: 'I like to see
players punished for playing to draw with Black.'} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 $1 (12... Be7 {see
Adams-Leko, Linares 1990 CBM 70}) 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 $6 {This prophilactic
move is not that important in this situation.} (14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rhe1 {/\ f5}
Rfe8 {parrying the threat of f4-f5 by the pressure on N e5.}) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 h5 $11 {blockading the >>, >< g4.}) (14. Ne2 $5 {Is the
typical method here promoting g2-g4 and the -> with the pawns on the >>.} h5 $1
{and this is the typical reaction as well.} (14... O-O $6 {runs into the >> ->.
} 15. g4 $1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {White opens up the /^ c1-h6 and the <-> f.} (16.
dxe5 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. Bb4 c5 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Be7) 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7
cxb4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 {leads only an unclear _|_.}) 16... Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 (17...
Nf2 $4 18. Qg3 $18) (17... h5 $2 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nxg6 $18) 18. Nf4 (18. exf6
Ndxf6) 18... Rae8 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Nxe6 $1) 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Bb4 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 $18) 15.
Rhg1 c5 {Black has to do something in the [+].} (15... O-O {is again met
strongly by} 16. g4 $40)) (14. Rhf1 O-O {since g4 is not a threat now, Black
has time for castles.} 15. Nc4 Be7 {The c4 N can be attacked by b7-b5.} (15...
c5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc3 {/\ f5}) 16. f5 b5 $1 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Ne4 $14 {and Black has no counterplay.}) 17. Ne5 (17. Na5
e5) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 $1 (19... Qxe6 $2 20. Rde1 Qd6 21.
Nf5 $1 $18) (19... Rad8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qg6 $14) 20. Qg6 $44 ({Neither} 20.
Bf4 Qd5 21. Qg6 Qxa2 $1 22. Bxh6 Rf7) ({nor} 20. Bc3 Qd5 $1 (20... Qc7 21. Qg6
Kh8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 $18) 21. Qg6 Qxa2 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1 {
gives White anything real.})) 14... O-O 15. Ne2 $5 {/\ g4} ({On} 15. c4 {
the standard reply is} c5) (15. Ne4 {allows Black to blockade the squares after
} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Qf3 h5) 17. Qf3 Nf6) 15... Rad8 16. Qf3 (
16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 16... h5 $1 {Black has to take the adequate
measures, otherwise after g2-g4 White has an irresistable ->.} 17. Rhg1 (17. g4
$6 {is not sound here:} hxg4 (17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne4 $44)
18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 $1 20. Qg2 Nf6 $15) 17... c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 (
19. fxe5 {is again the real question ,for example:} Nxg4 (19... hxg4 $2 20. Qg2
) 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 cxd4 (20... f5 $6 21. exf6 Ndxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Qe2) 22.
Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. dxc5 $16) 21. Nxh5 {- 20.Nf4 cd 21.Nh5}) 20... cxd4
21. Nxh5 Ndxe5 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (22... gxf6 $4 23. Rxg4+ Kh7 24. Qf4 $18) (22...
Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Ng6 24. Qf2) 23. Qf4 $1 Nxf6 (23... gxf6 $2 24. Rxg4) 24. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Ng6 27. Rg1 (27. Bh6 $2 Qe5 $19) 27... Qh2 {and
White has no more than a perpetual after} 28. Rxg6+) 19... Nxg4 20. Ng3 f5 $1 (
20... g6 $2 {loses immediately:} 21. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Rxg4+ $18) 21. exf6 (21.
Nxh5 Nb6 $15) 21... Ndxf6 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. Qe2 (24. Bc3 $2 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Qxf4 $17) 24... Qf7 {Now White has to defend himself carefully.} 25.
Rde1 (25. Rg4 $2 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rg5 $2 Nxf4 $1 26.
Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rdf1 $1 $11 {was the best defence with
equality.}) 25... Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 (27. Qxe6 $4 Rd1+ $19) 27... Rf6
$15 {In an _|_ with heavy pieces it is not easy at all to convert the P
majority into a win.} 28. a3 Rd5 29. Qh2 b6 30. Qb8+ (30. h6 g5) 30... Kh7 31.
Rh1 c4 32. Qc8 b5 33. a4 bxa4 (33... e5 $5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rhg1 $1 {/\ Rg6})
34. Qxc4 a3 $5 (34... Rf4 35. Re4) 35. b3 $6 {This is a sophisticated move.} (
35. bxa3) 35... Rf2 {/\ Qf6} 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qa6 a2+ $2 ({missing} 37... Rdd2
$1 38. Rc1 Qe7 $17 {and Black is two pawns up.}) 38. Qxa2 Rdd2 39. Rc1 Rf5 40.
Qa4 Rf4 41. Qc6 Rd5 42. Rce1 Rf6 43. Qc4 Rg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 {Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 {Lukacs:
'From time to time this aggressive plan attracts the attacking players, who
want to avoid the solid positional main lines.'} (6. h4 {Lukacs is the popular
main line.}) 6... e6 7. Nf3 {Lukacs: 'White has an enormous pressure on e5,
but after the inevitable c6-c5 sometimes he regrets the weakening of the g1-a7
/^.'} Bd6 8. Be2 $146 {Lukacs: 'White wants to keep his B, although the B on
g6 is well-posted.'} (8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Kh1 (10. Ne5 {Lukacs} Qb6 $6 (
10... Qc7 {is the usual plan.}) 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Ne4 Nc8 {Now the
N is badly placed here.} 14. a4 Be7 15. b3 {in order to activate the B on the
a3-f8 /^.} Nd6 16. Ncxd6+ Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Qd2 $14 {and
suddenly the B becomes strong, Socko-Burmakin, Pardubice op 1993.}) (10. Ne4
Bc7 {and it is not easy for White to go ahead.}) 10... Qc7 11. Ne5 Rd8 {
Lukacs: 'c6-c5 will come soon.'} 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 O-O 14. Bd2 c5 15. Ne4
Nf5 $11 {Marshall,F-Capablanca,J/New York 1927} (15... Nf5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {
and it is time to regret f4, Marshall-Capablanca, New York 1927.})) (8. Bc4 Ne7
9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. c3 Qc7 {Lukacs: 'It is not easy for White to
continue his march ahead because Black can fully blockade the light squares.'}
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 c5 {Lukacs: 'Soon or later this comes, and White's [+]
becomes shaky.'} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 $11 {Stoltz,G-Flohr,
S/Bled 1931 Lukacs: 'Stoltz-Flohr, Bled 1931'}) 8... Ne7 (8... Nd7 {Lukacs} 9.
O-O Qc7 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. c3 (11. h4 $6 {is illogical, when White has already
castled >>.} O-O-O 12. Qe1 (12. h5 $4 {is only a dream, because after} Nxe5 13.
fxe5 Bxe5 $19 {White has to wake up.}) 12... f6 13. Nd3 Nf5)) 9. Ne5 $2 {
Ein grober Fehler im Sinne des Spiels auf Gewinn (J.Polgar lag mit 0:1 zurьck
und muЯte diese Partie unbedingt gewinnen, um auszugleichen). Schwarz kann nun
direkt ins Endspiel ьbergehen, ein Partiestadium, das Judith bekannterweise
nicht liegt.} (9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 Nf6 $11 {mit einem ausgeglichenen, aber
komplizierten Spiel hдtte Judit sicherlich besser geschmeckt.}) 9... Bxe5 {
'=!' Lukacs.} (9... O-O {Lukacs} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 (10... Nxg6 11. O-O {/\ f5}) 11.
Ne4 {keeping the ^^ can slightly be better for White.}) (9... Nd7 {Lukacs} 10.
O-O) 10. fxe5 (10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 (11. Kxd1 {Lukacs doesn't look nice.}
Na6 $1 12. Bxa6 bxa6 $11) 11... Na6 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: '/\ Nb4 >< c2'} 12.
Bd2 O-O-O $11) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 (11. c3 $2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 {'=/+'
Lukacs. Lukacs: 'leaves White with a perfectly blockaded isolated P.'} 13. Be3
Nd5 $17) 11... Qxd1+ ({Eine gute Alternative bestand in} 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5
13. Qd6 Nd7 $11 ({aber nicht} 13... Qxd6 $2 14. exd6 Nc8 15. Bf4 $16 {/\0-0-0})
) 12. Bxd1 (12. Kxd1 {Lukacs is again not impressive because of} Nd7) 12... Na6
(12... Nd7 $2 {Lukacs allows} 13. b4 $1 Nxe5 14. Bb2 {and White's << P
majority and his ^^ in the opened position secure her the better chances.}) 13.
O-O (13. Be3 Nb4 (13... Nd5 {Lukacs} 14. Bd4 Ndb4 15. Rc1 O-O-O $44) 14. O-O (
14. Kd2 $2 Rd8+ 15. Kc1 Rxd1+ $1 16. Rxd1 Nxc2 $15) 14... Nxc2 15. Bxc2 Bxc2
$11) 13... Nxc5 14. Bf3 Nc6 $1 {><e5 Lukacs: '/\ Nd4' Khalifmans Strategie ist
leicht zu verstehen, er reduziert konsequent den Figurenbestand und lдЯt keine
Komplikationen zu.} ({Dagegen kдme} 14... Bxc2 $6 {WeiЯ sehr gelegen:} 15. Be3
Nd3 (15... Rc8 16. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 17. Rac1 b6 (17... O-O 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Nd6 $16)
18. b4 Rc4 19. Be2 $16) 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be4 Rxb2 18. Bxa7 $14 {^^,o^}) 15.
Bxc6+ {Lukacs: 'The dangerous N has to be eliminated.'} (15. Bf4 Nd4 $11) (15.
Re1 {Lukacs is also answered by} Nd4 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rc8 $11) 15... bxc6
16. b3 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'in order to activate the B on the a3-f8 /^.'} (16.
b4 {Lukacs} Ne4 $11) (16. Rf2 {Lukacs is simply met by} O-O $142 {and Black
has excellent drawing chances because of the ^-.} (16... h5 $5 {provokes} 17.
h4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bxa7 Nxe5 $13 (19... c5 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bd4 {is less
clear.}))) 16... Nd7 $1 (16... Bxc2 $2 17. Ba3 (17. Nh5 $1 {Lukacs} g6 (17...
O-O $2 {loses to the pin after} 18. Ba3) (17... Bg6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 {
is not recommended either.}) 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Bh6 $1 $18 {with too many
threats.}) 17... Nd3 18. Ne4 $36) (16... h5 $5 {Lukacs is interesting to chase
the N, although on g3 it isn't very impressive either.} 17. Ba3 (17. h4 $2 {
is already met by} Bxc2 {because Nh5 is not possible.}) 17... Nd7 18. c4 (18.
Bd6 h4 $1) 18... h4) 17. c4 a5 $1 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bb2 f6 (18... Ng4 {Lukacs}
19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bd4 e5 21. Bc5 {and Black's pawns are in four islands.}) 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rae1 {'+/=' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'with too many P islands for Black.'}
Ke7 21. Rxe5 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Ra5 $16) 18. Ba3 (18. Bb2 a4 (18... Ke7 19.
Rfd1 Rhb8 20. Rd6 c5 21. Rad1 Rb7 $11 {/\a4}) 19. b4 a3 20. Bc3 Nb6 21. Rf4 Rd8
$11) (18. Re1 {Lukacs} a4 19. Ba3 {deserved attention.}) 18... Nxe5 {Fьhrt zu
weiteren Vereinfachungen und einer remislichen Stellung. '!' Lukacs.} (18... c5
$5 19. Rfd1 a4 $11) 19. Bb2 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rae1 {Lukacs: 'Now Black has
got an important a5 tempo to get rid of his weak pawns.'} ({Die Stellung nach} 
21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Rxe5 a4 23. b4 a3 24. Rxe6 Rfb8 $1 25. Rxc6 Rxb4 $11 {/\Rb1,
><a2 war fьr WeiЯ trotz des Mehrbauerns wenig erstrebenswert.}) 21... Rf8 22.
Rxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Ke7 $11 24. Nd2 a4 {Lukacs: 'This is the point, now White
has also weaknesses in his plans.' Schwarz wird damit seine letzte
Bauernschwдche los. Der Rest ist leicht zu verstehen.} 25. Kf2 axb3 26. axb3
Kd6 27. Rg5 (27. Nf3 {Lukacs} c5 $1 $11 {blockading the P on the colour of the
B.} (27... Ra3 28. c5+ Kd7 29. Re3 $14 {and the black pawns are on the colour
of the B.}) (27... Ra2+ 28. Kg3 (28. Re2 $2 {is out of question because of}
Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Kc5 $1) 28... Rb2 29. c5+ Kd7 30. Re3 $14 {with a good N versus
bad B _|_.})) 27... c5 28. Ke3 Rb8 29. h4 Rb7 30. Ne4+ (30. h5 {Lukacs} Bc2)
30... Bxe4 {Lukacs: 'The R _|_ cannot pose any serious problems for Black to
reach the highly desired draw.'} 31. Kxe4 Rxb3 32. Rxg7 h6 (32... Rc3 {Lukacs}
33. Rxh7 Rxc4+ 34. Ke3 Rc3+ $11 (34... Rg4 35. Kf3)) 33. Rg6 Rc3 34. Rxh6 Rg3 (
34... Rxc4+ {Lukacs}) 35. h5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 Rg4+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Kc3 Rh4 39. h6
Rh3+ 40. Kc2 Ke5 {'!' Lukacs.} 41. h7 Ke4 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {This is a rather new idea allowing White to take on h7.} ({
The "natural"} 9... Bxd3 {is the main line.} 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 $5 (10... e6) 11.
Ng6 $5 {By this tactical operation White exchanges his centralized N for an
undeveloped B, so Black's position cannot be that waful.} (11. f4 e6 12. Bd2 {
- 10..e6 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.f4}) 11... Nc5 $5 (11... Rg8 12. Nxf8 (12. Bd2 e6 13.
Nxf8 Nxf8 ({Why not} 13... Rxf8) 14. O-O-O Qd6 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Qb3 Ng6 17.
h5 Nh4 $1 (17... Nf4 18. Qf3 N4d5 19. c4 $14 {and the N has to leave the [+],
Mkuev-Shovunov, Elista 1999.})) 12... Nxf8 13. Bf4 e6 14. O-O-O $14) 12. Qc4 (
12. dxc5 $6 Qxd3 13. cxd3 fxg6 $13 {and both P structures are bad.}) (12. Qe2
fxg6 13. dxc5 Qd5 $13) 12... fxg6 13. Qxc5 e6 14. Qe5 $1 (14. Qc4 Qd5 15. Qd3
Kf7 16. O-O Rd8 $13 {Kasimdzhanov}) 14... Qd5 {is now met by the natural
developing move} (14... Qd6 15. Bf4) 15. Bf4 $1 {and Black's P structure
remains compromitted.} Rd8 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfe1 Qxe5 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxe6 $14)
18. Bxe5 $14) 10. Bxh7 (10. f4 $6 e6 (10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 {leads to the
main lines of the variation.}) 11. Bxh7 Nxh7 (11... Rxh7 12. Qd3 Rh8 $14) 12.
Be3 (12. Qf3 Be7) (12. Qd3 Be7) 12... Be7 13. Qf3 Qa5+ (13... Bxh4 $5 {bravely
takes the P leaving his K in the middle.} 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. O-O-O Bxg3 16. Qxg3
Qf6) 14. c3 Qd5 15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. O-O Ne4 (16... O-O 17. c4 Qd6 18. Rae1) 17.
Qf3 Nd6 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh3 g6 20. h5 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Rg8 23. Qh3
f6 24. Nf3 Qf5 $15 {Sulipa-Hauchard, Gontreville Master 1999}) 10... Nxe5 $1 {
This intermediate move is Black's main idea.} (10... Rxh7 11. f4 $14 {is not a
real achievement for Black}) 11. dxe5 $5 (11. Bf5 Ned7 {White has got the ^^,
but in this CK structure this is not a big deal.} 12. Bd3 (12. Qe2 e6 13. c3 (
13. Bd3 Qa5+ (13... Qc7) 14. c3 (14. Bd2 $6 Qd5) 14... O-O-O) 13... Bd6) (12.
Bf4 $6 e6 13. Bd3 Qb6) (12. O-O e6 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. c3 c5
) 14. Bd3 O-O-O $13) 12... e6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Kb1 Bf4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 $11 {with complete
equality because of the ^-, Fontaine-Magem Badals, FRA-chT 1998.}) 11... Qa5+ (
11... Qxd1+ $6 12. Kxd1 Ng4 {leads to material advantage for White:} 13. Be4
Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Nxh1 e6 16. Be3 $16) (11... Nxh7 $6 {is very passive.}
12. e6 $1 {hindering Black's development.} Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 14. Ke2 fxe6
15. Be3 Kb8 (15... g6 16. Bxa7 Bg7 17. c3) 16. h5 Rg8 17. Rad1 $14) 12. Kf1
Nxh7 13. Qe2 (13. e6 $5 {corruptes Black's P structure, but allows him to
develop his pieces quickly.} fxe6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Qxe6 Rd8) 13... O-O-O {
against Bd2} (13... e6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bc3 (15. Bf4 $5 O-O-O 16. Ne4 Nf6 $1 17.
Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qa5 19. Rh3 Nd5 20. Bh2 $14 {keeping the stronghold on d6.})
15... O-O-O 16. Ne4 Kb8 17. g3 $14 {/\ Kg2 and the N is out of play on h7.})
14. e6 $1 ({Other tries are less adequate:} 14. Bf4 $6 Qb4) ({or} 14. c3 $6 e6
15. Bf4 Be7 16. Ne4 g5 $1 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bg3 (18. Bh2 Nf8 19. Kg1 Ng6) 18...
Nf6 $1) 14... Qd5 $1 (14... fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Rd7 16. c4 Nf6 17. h5 $14 {and
Black has serious problems with his P structure and >> development.}) 15. exf7
(15. Bf4 $5 fxe6 (15... Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. Re1 Nf6 {- 15...fxe6}) 16. Re1
(16. Kg1 Nf6) 16... Nf6 (16... Qxa2 $6 17. Qe5 Rd6 18. Ne4 Qc4+ (18... Nf6 19.
Nxd6+ exd6 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 $16) 19. Kg1 Kd7 20. b3 $1) 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6
18. Rxe6 Nd5 19. Bd2 Kd7 20. Re4 $14 {with the better P structure for White.})
15... Qxf7 16. Be3 a6 (16... Kb8 17. Rd1 $16 (17. Bxh6 $2 {falls into the trap
after} gxh6 18. Qe5+ Kc8 19. Qxh8 Nf6 $17 {and the Q will die.})) 17. b4 $5 {
White wants to attack with his pawns on the <<.} (17. Bb6 Rd7 (17... Rd5 18. c4
Rd7 19. Ne4 $36) 18. Ne4 (18. Rd1 Nf6) 18... e6 (18... Nf6 19. Nc5 Rd6 20. Rh3
Nd5 21. Rb3 {throwing the R to the <<.}) 19. g3 Nf6 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. Bc5 $14 {
>< e6}) 17... e6 18. Bb6 Rd7 (18... Rd5 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. c4 {helps only for
White.}) 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. c4 Bd6 21. Rh3 Bf4 (21... Rf8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4
Qe7 (23... Be7 24. Rf3 $14) 24. b5 Rf4 25. Qc2 $14 {with attacking chances on
the <<.}) 22. Rb2 (22. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf8 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Qf5 26.
Qxf5 Rxf5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rc3 Rd2 29. g4 $14) 22... Qg6 23. b5 Qd3 $1 $13 (
23... axb5 {opens up the lines against his own K.} 24. cxb5 Qd3 25. bxc6 bxc6
26. Kg1 Qd1+ 27. Nf1 $16) 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Kg1 $1 Qxe2 (25... e5 26. Nf1 Qxe2
27. Rxe2 Rd1 $13) 26. Rxe2 Rd1+ (26... Rb7 27. Be3 (27. c5 {walls up the B.}
Kd7 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Rb3 Rhb8 30. a4 Nxb6 31. cxb6 Rxb6) 27... Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd8
$11) 27. Nf1 Ng4 $1 (27... Re8 {allows White to bring out his R.} 28. Ra3 Ng4
29. g3 $14) 28. Rxe6 h5 $5 (28... Bh2+ $143 $2 29. Rxh2 Nxh2 30. Kxh2 Rxf1 31.
Rxc6+ Kb7 32. Rg6 Ra1 33. Be3 (33. c5 $6 Rg8) 33... Rxa2 34. Rxg7+ Kc6 35. g4 {
with a quick march of pawns on the >>.}) (28... Kd7 29. Rg6 Bh2+ 30. Rxh2 Nxh2
31. Rxg7+ Ke6 32. Kxh2 Rxf1 33. Rg6+ Kd7 $14) 29. g3 {Now the R on h3 is out
of play.} (29. Rxc6+ Kb7 (29... Kd7 30. Rg6 Be5) 30. Rg6 Be5 (30... Bh2+ $2 {
is again inferior because of} 31. Rxh2 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 Rxf1 33. Be3 Rg8 34. Rb6+
Kc7 35. Rxa6 $16) 31. f3 Rh6 $1 32. Rxh6 gxh6 33. fxg4 (33. Bf2 $2 Bh2+ $1 34.
Rxh2 Nxh2 35. Kxh2 Rxf1 {cannot be good for White.}) 33... Kxb6 34. Kf2 hxg4
35. Rb3+ Kc5 36. Ke2 Rd4 37. Ne3 Re4 $44) 29... Be5 30. Rxc6+ Kb7 31. Re6 Rh6
$1 {This is the correct way to bring the R into action.} (31... Rc1 32. a4 $1
Rxc4 33. a5 Rc1 34. Kg2 Rc2 (34... Rhc8 35. f3 R8c2+ 36. Kg1) 35. Nh2 $16) 32.
Rxh6 gxh6 33. Be3 (33. Bc5 Rc1 $1 (33... Ra1 34. f3) 34. f3 Rxc4 35. Bf2 (35.
fxg4 $2 hxg4) 35... Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Ke4 Bc7 $11) 33... Ra1
$44 34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. Kf3 (35. Rh1 $2 Nxf2 $1 36. Bxf2 Bd4 37. Kf3 Rxf2+ 38. Ke4
Bc5 $17) 35... Bc3 $6 (35... Bd6 {was the logical reply.} 36. Nd2 (36. Nh2 Nxe3
37. Kxe3 (37. fxe3 Kc6) 37... Bc5+ 38. Ke4 Rxf2 39. Nf3 a5 $15 {and Black has
a strong B in an open position and a strong remote o^ on a5.}) 36... Nxe3 37.
Kxe3 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Bxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 40. Ke3 Rg2 {is also very comfortable
for Black.}) 36. Nh2 $1 Nxe3 (36... Ne5+ 37. Ke4 Kc6 38. Nf3 Nxc4 39. Rh1 Nxe3
40. Kxe3 (40. fxe3) 40... Bb4 $11) 37. Kxe3 Bb4 38. f4 Bc5+ $2 {This is
already a real mistake.} (38... Kc6 39. Nf3 Kc5 40. Ne5 Bc3 {was quite good
for Black.}) 39. Ke4 {Now White's K will be very active.} Ra3 (39... Kc6 40.
Nf3 Re2+ 41. Kf5 $16) 40. Nf3 Re3+ (40... Kc6 41. Ne5+ Kd6 42. Rh2 Re3+ 43. Kf5
$16) 41. Kd5 Bb4 $6 (41... Rxf3 {transposing for a R _|_ was the well-known
chance for a draw.} 42. Kxc5 Kc7 43. Kd5 a5 44. Rh2 Rxg3 45. Ra2 Rg4 46. Ke4
Rxh4 47. Rxa5 Rh1 $14) 42. Ne5 a5 (42... Be1 43. f5 $1 {This is the dangerous
o^.} (43. c5 Bxg3 44. Nc4 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Rc3 46. Kd4 Rf3 47. Kd5 Rd3+) 43... Bc3
$1 (43... Rxg3 44. Rxg3 Bxg3 45. Ng6 $18) (43... Bxg3 $2 44. Ng6 $18) 44. Ng6
Rd3+ 45. Ke6 $1 (45. Ke4 Rd4+ 46. Ke3 Rxc4) 45... Re3+ (45... Kc6 46. f6 Re3+
47. Kf5 a5 48. Ne7+ Kd6 49. Nd5 Rd3 50. Nf4 Re3 51. Kg6 $18) 46. Kf7 Rf3 47.
Ne7 Kc7 48. Nd5+ Kd6 49. Nxc3 Rxc3 50. f6 Rxc4 51. Rh2 {finally the R comes
out of the prison!} a5 52. Kg6 Rg4+ 53. Kxh5 Rxg3 54. Rf2 Rg8 55. f7 Rf8 56.
Kxh6 a4 57. Kg7 $18) 43. Rh2 a4 (43... Rxg3 44. f5 Rg1 45. f6 Rd1+ 46. Ke6 Kc7
(46... Rd6+ 47. Kf5 Kc7 48. Rg2) 47. Rg2 $16) 44. Rb2 $1 Rb3 45. Rxb3 axb3 46.
Nd3 Be1 (46... Ba3 47. Ke6 b2 (47... Kc6 48. f5 b2 49. Nxb2 Bxb2 50. f6 $18)
48. Nxb2 Bxb2 49. f5 (49. Kf7) 49... Kc6 50. f6 Ba3 51. Kf5 Bf8 (51... Kd6 52.
Kg6) 52. Kg6) (46... Kc7 47. f5 Be1 (47... Bc3 48. Ke6 b2 49. Nxb2 Bxb2 50. f6
$18) 48. f6 Bxg3 49. f7 Bd6 50. c5 Be7 51. Kc4 Kd7 52. Kxb3 Ke6 53. c6 Bd6 (
53... Kd6 54. Ne5) 54. c7 Kd7 55. Kc4 Kxc7 56. Kd5 Kd7 57. Ne5+ $18) 47. f5 $2
{This is a serious mistake again.} (47. Nc5+ {was enough for a win, for
example:} Kc8 (47... Kc7 48. Nxb3 Bxg3 49. Nc5 $3 Bxh4 50. Ne6+ Kd7 51. Ng7 Bd8
52. Nxh5 $18) 48. Nxb3 Bxg3 49. f5 Bxh4 50. Ke6 Kc7 $1 51. Nc5 $3 (51. f6 $2
Bxf6 52. Kxf6 h4 $11) 51... Bg5 (51... Kc6 52. Ne4 Bd8 53. f6 Bxf6 54. Kxf6 h4
55. Ke5 h3 56. Kd4 $18) 52. f6 Bxf6 53. Kxf6 h4 54. Ne4 h3 55. Ke5 h2 56. Nf2
Kc6 57. Kd4 $18) 47... Bxg3 48. Ke6 (48. Nc5+ {already doesn't give an
advantage:} Kc7 49. Nxb3 Bxh4 50. Ke6 (50. Nc5 Bg5 51. Ke6 h4 52. f6 Bxf6 53.
Kxf6 h3 54. Ne4 h2 55. Nf2 Kc6 $11) 50... Bg5 51. f6 (51. Nd4 h4 52. Nf3 (52.
f6 Bxf6 $1) 52... h3 53. f6 Bxf6 $11) 51... Bxf6 52. Kxf6 h4 53. Nd2 h3 54. Nf1
Kd6 $11) (48. f6 Bxh4 49. f7 (49. Nc5+ Ka7 50. f7 b2 51. f8=Q b1=Q 52. Qf7+ Ka8
$11) 49... Be7 50. Nc5+ Bxc5 51. Kxc5 b2 52. f8=Q b1=Q $11) 48... Bxh4 $4 {
Black forgets about his K, the most important piece in the _|_.} (48... Kc6 {
was required not allowing White to promote both o^.} 49. f6 (49. Ke7 $2 Bxh4+
50. f6 Bxf6+ $3 51. Kxf6 h4) 49... Bd6 50. f7 Bf8 51. c5 Kc7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53.
Kc4 (53. c6+ Kc7 54. Nb2 Kb6) 53... Ke6 54. c6 (54. Kxb3 Kxf7 55. Kc4 Be7 56.
Ne5+ Ke6 57. Nf3 Bf6 58. Kb5 Kd5 59. c6 Bd8 $11) 54... Kd6 55. Kxb3 Kxc6 56.
Nf4 Kd7 57. Ng6 Ke6 $3 58. Nxf8+ Kxf7 59. Nd7 Ke6 60. Nc5+ Kf5 $11) 49. Kd7 $1
$18 {Now one of the o^ will become a Q.} Be7 (49... Bf6 50. c5 $18) 50. c5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 (
8. Ne5 {is rather popular these days.}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 {
Black is waiting with the development of his b8 N.} 11. Bf4 Bd6 {This is the
real "simple chess"! Black wants to make profit from the fact, that he didn't
develop his << N.} (11... Qa5+ {is the well-known alternative.}) 12. Be5 $5 (
12. Bxd6 {simplyfies the position even more.} Qxd6 13. O-O-O Nbd7 {This is the
flexible reply, Black wants to decide later where to castle with his K.} (13...
O-O $6 14. Ne5 c5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qe5 $16 {
Shmuter-Khenkin, ISR-chT 1996}) 14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. f4 Qd5
17. c4 Qa5 18. Kb1 c5 {Black attacks the [+] in the right moment.} 19. d5 exd5
20. cxd5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Qb4 22. Qf3 Ne8 23. Re3 Nd6 $11 {Van Riemsdijk-San
segundo, Elista ol (Men) 1998}) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 (15. Qe2 {/\ Ne5} Rfd8 16.
Ne5 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Qc6 $11 {Schmaltz-Kallai, Lippstadt 1996}) 15...
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qd5 {This is the typical manoeuvre here.} 18. c4 (18.
Ne5 $2 Qxg2 {Black can bravely take the P.} 19. Rh4 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qf5 $17 {
Cativelli-Garcia Palermo, Clop Buenos Aires ARG 1997}) 18... Qe4+ 19. Qxe4 Nxe4
20. Rh4 Nd6 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. b3 a5 $11 {and the _|_ doesn't yield White any
advantage, Rotman-Khenkin, Geneve op 1996.}) (12. Ne5 {White wants to keep the
tension, but Black can attack >< e5 by all means.} Qc7 13. O-O-O (13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Rh3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bxd6 {1/2:1/2
Tiviakov-Magem Badals, New York op 1998}) 13... Nbd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
O-O-O 16. Bg3 Nxe5 (16... Rhf8 17. Rhe1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Qg4 {1/2:1/2
Rodriguez-Spragett, Capablanca Elite 1997}) 17. dxe5 Bc5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 19. Rxd8+
Qxd8 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Rd8 $11 {and White's space advantage is not enough
for something real, Zarnicki-Magem Badals Capablanca mem 1993.}) 12... Bxe5 (
12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Be7 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 $5 (14. Nxe5 Nbd7) 14... Nd5 15. Ne4
O-O 16. Qd2 (16. Nd6 Nd7 $1) (16. Neg5 $6 hxg5 17. Nxg5 f5 $1 (17... Nf6 18. f4
Rd8 19. Qc2) 18. h6 Nf4 $5 (18... Qc7) 19. Qd6 Qxe5+ 20. Qxe5 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe5
22. Nxe6 Rc8 23. Nxg7 (23. hxg7 Kf7) 23... f4 24. Re1 Nbd7 $15) 16... Nd7) 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3 Nd7 16. O-O-O {Kolbert-Prelevic, Serbia-ch Kragujevac 2000}
O-O-O $13) 13. dxe5 $146 {This unorthodox idea corrupts White's P structure,
but creates a sronghold for the N on d6. However White cannot go to sleep,
because his structural weaknesses are irreversible.} (13. Nxe5 {leads to
similar positions to the previous notes.} Nbd7 (13... Qd5 $5 14. O-O Nbd7 {
deserves attention.}) 14. O-O-O (14. Qa3) 14... Qa5 $1 {Mac Intyre-Nur, US-chT
Amateur East 1998} (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Ng4 17. Re1 $1 Nxf2 18.
Rd4 $16) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne4 Rfd8 $11) 13... Qxd3 14. cxd3 Nfd7
$5 (14... Nd5 {was a serious alternative.} 15. Ne4 {/\ Nd6} b6 (15... Nd7 16.
Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 Rhb8 18. Na5 Rxb2 19. Nxc6+ Ke8 20. O-O Nc3 $44 {with some
activity for the P.}) 16. Rc1 (16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Rxc6 Nc5 19. d4 Kd7
$1 (19... Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Nxf2 21. Rhc1 $36) 20. Nxf7 Kxc6 21. Nxh8 Nd3+ 22. Kd2
Nxf2 23. Rc1+ Kd7 24. Nf7 Ne4+ 25. Kd3 Ng3 $11) 16... Ke7 17. Kd2 c5 18. d4
cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rd8 $11) 15. Ne4 c5 {/\ Nc6} 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 {Black has
sacrificed a P in order to finish development and put pressure on White's
weaknesses.} Nc6 (17... a5 $6 {loses precious time.} 18. Nd6 Nc6 19. Nc4 $16 {
consolidating the position.}) 18. O-O {In endgames the K usually belongs to
the [+], so castles is not so logical.} (18. Rc1 $5 {was the last chance to
fight for a small edge in the _|_, for example:} Rab8 (18... Ncxe5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Nxc5 Rhd8 (20... Rab8 21. b3 Rhc8 22. Kd2) 21. Ke2 Rd5 22. Rc3 $14)
19. Nxc5 Rxb2 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rh4 (21. a3 Rb3) 21... Rxa2 22. Rg4 Rg8 23. Rb1
Na5 (23... Kc7 24. Rc4 Rc8 25. Nd4 $14) 24. Kf1 $14 (24. Rd4+ Ke7 25. Rc1 Rb8
26. Rc7+ Ke8 27. Nd2 Nb3 $11)) 18... Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxc5 {White is a
P up, but the d P is weak.} Rhd8 21. Rfd1 Rd5 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. b3 Rc8 24. d4 (
24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Rb8 27. Rb1 Nc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 {
[%mdl 8]} (14. Qf3 {Topalov-Dreev, FIDE-Wch k.o. 2000 CBM 81}) 14... c5 {
Black has to find counterplay in the [+] and the <<, otherwise White's
attacking chances on the >> become real.} (14... Qc7 15. Qf3) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Qf3 {White has to keep the queens for the ->.} Qc7 17. Bc3 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rfd8 ({
missing the "petite combination"} 18... Nce4 $1 19. c3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Rfd8 21.
Qf3 b5 $132) 19. c3 Na4 {Black has also attacking prospects on the <<.} (19...
b5 $5 20. Ne2 {/\ g4-g5} Nce4 (20... h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 $14 {opens up the
g <->.}) 21. g4 b4 22. g5 bxc3 23. Bxc3 (23. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 24. Bxc3 Nd5) 23...
Nxc3+ 24. Nxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rb8 26. Qf3 {and White comes first in the race
of attack.}) 20. Ne2 (20. f5 $6 {is not that threatening.} Bc5 $1 {Black has
to eliminate White's menacing centralized B.} (20... Bd6 21. Rhe1 b5 (21... Qa5
$5 22. Ng4 $1 {Attacking the K is more to the point than hunting pawns on the
other flank.} (22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qf7+ Kh7 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Nc4
Nxc3+ 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Ne4 Qxc4 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $11 {
with only perpetual checks.}) 22... Nxg4 23. Qxg4 $16) 22. Nh5 (22. fxe6 fxe6)
22... Nxh5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qxh5 b4 25. c4 $14 {avoiding the opening of the
lines on the <<.}) 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17 {and White's -> is beaten
back.}) 20... Qa5 $1 (20... b5 $6 {is again slower, for example:} 21. g4 $1 b4
22. c4 (22. g5 $143 bxc3) 22... Nd7 (22... Bd6 23. b3 $1 (23. g5 $2 {is
premature in view of} Bxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. fxe5 Qxc4 25. gxf6 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Rc3 $1
$19) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxc4 26. Ka1 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 $15) 23... Nc5 (23...
Nc3+ 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nd5 26. Bb2 $16) 24. g5 $40) 23. b3 Nac5 24. g5 $16
{and White's -> becomes rather dangerous, while Black cannot show anything on
the other flank.}) 21. b3 $1 Nc5 22. g4 $1 Ncd7 (22... Nfd7 $6 23. g5 $16) 23.
g5 Nxe5 (23... hxg5 24. hxg5 $16) 24. fxe5 Qd5 $1 {Black's defence is on the
top.} (24... Nd7 25. gxh6 Nxe5 26. Qxb7 $18) 25. Qd3 $5 {White wants to
continue his -> on the >>.} (25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. gxh6 gxh6 $14 {is only a little
better _|_ for White.}) 25... Ng4 $1 (25... Nd7 26. Nf4 Qc6 27. gxh6 Nxe5 28.
Qg3 $18) 26. Nf4 Qc6 27. Qe2 Ba3 $1 {Again Black finds the best chance for a
counterplay.} (27... hxg5 {opens up the h <-> against his own K.} 28. hxg5 Bxg5
29. Ng6 $1 (29. Nh3 {is strongly met by} Be3 $1 30. Qxg4 Rxd4 $1 31. cxd4 Qc2+
32. Ka1 Qc3+ $11 {and draw by perpetual.}) 29... Nh6 30. Rhg1 fxg6 31. Rxg5 Nf5
32. Rxg6 Nxd4 33. cxd4 Rc7 34. Rg4 $14 {with still some pressure on the >>.}) (
27... Bc5 $2 {simply loses to} 28. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxc5 30. Qxg4 Qxc3 31.
Qe2 $18) 28. Rh3 (28. Rde1 $2 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Ne3 30. gxh6 Qc3 $1 $19 {/\ Nc2}) (
28. Qxg4 Rxd4 $1 29. gxh6 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxe5 $11) (28. Rhg1 $6
Rxd4 29. cxd4 Ne3 $1 30. Nd3 Nd5 $15) 28... Bc5 $1 (28... Rxd4 29. Rxd4 $1 (29.
cxd4 $4 Qc1+)) 29. Rhd3 {[#]} (29. Qxg4 Rxd4 $1 30. gxh6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 gxh6
32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qh5 Qe4+ 34. Nd3 Bf8 35. Qxf7 Bg7) (29. Rg3 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4
$1 31. Rxg4 h5 32. Nxh5 Rxg4 33. Qxg4 Qc2+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ $11) 29... Bxd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] The B was more important than the R in this special position.} ({
missing the forceful} 29... Rxd4 $3 30. Qxg4 $1 (30. Rxd4 $2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 (31.
Rxd4 Qxc3 $19) 31... Ne3 $19) (30. cxd4 $2 Ba3 {with nasty mating threats on
the c <->.} 31. Qd2 Nf2 $17) 30... Rxd3 31. Nxd3 $1 (31. Rxd3 Qh1+ 32. Kb2 Qh2+
33. Ng2 h5 34. Qe4 b5 $15) 31... Be3 32. c4 b5 33. Nb4 Qc5 34. Nd3 $11 {
with an equal position.}) 30. cxd4 $18 {Now the N on g4 is trapped.} Qa6 31.
Qxg4 Rc2 32. a4 {This is the cold-blooded answer!} h5 33. Nxh5 Rdc8 34. Nf6+ $1
Kf8 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O {This
variation is very popular these days, although White's space advantage looks
rather frightening at first sight. However after a quick c6-c5 Black can blow
up White's [+].} 14. Qf3 (14. Ne2 {/\ g4 is a consistant try, but Black comes
first.} c5 $1 {This is the key move here.} {/\} 15. g4 $6 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nxg4
17. Qf3 h5 $17 {and the N on g4 is well-protected.}) (14. Qe2 c5 15. f5 {
- Glek-Dautov, Julian Borowski-A Essen 2000 CBM 77} (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. f5 (16.
Bc3 Qc7 17. f5 Nd5 $1 18. Bd4 Rad8 $132 {Vuckovic-Prelevic, YUG 2000}) 16...
Qb6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qc4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nd5 {White's time-consuming manoeuvres
are not impressive at all.} 20. Ng6 Nxf4 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 ({or} 21... Kh7 $5 {/\}
22. Kb1 $2 b5 $1 $19) 22. Kb1 b5 $1 23. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 (23... bxc4 $2 24. Rxf8+
Kh7 25. Rxf7 $16) 24. Qf1 {(Sherzer-Al Vajda, Budapest FS GM 2001)} Nfd3 $1 25.
cxd3 (25. fxe6 Qxe7 26. cxd3 Qxe6 $17) 25... Qxe7 $17)) (14. Rhe1 c5 $1 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Re4 Bc5 20. Rg4 Kh8 21. Nh5
Qf7 $1 $15 {and it is not easy for White to get back the sacrificed P,
Feygin-Dautov, Gersenkirchen BL 2000/2001}) 14... Qc7 15. c4 (15. Rhe1 {
- Hracek-Dautov, Lippstadt 2000 CBM 78}) (15. Kb1 c5 {This looks more
straightforward, there is no need for preparation.} (15... Rad8 16. Ne2 h5 $1 {
This is the typical defensive reaction in this variation, otherwise 17.g4
comes.} 17. Bc3 g6 18. Rhg1 Qd6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qd3 Qd5 21. Ng3 Kg7 22. h5 (22.
Ne2 Rh8) 22... Nxe5 (22... gxh5 23. Nxh5+ Nxh5 24. Rxg4+ Kh8 25. Qh3 $16) (
22... Nxh5 $2 23. Nxh5+ gxh5 24. Nxg4 $1 hxg4 25. Rxg4+ Kf6 26. Rg5 $18) 23.
h6+ (23. fxe5 Nxh5 24. Ne4 Qb5 25. Qe3) 23... Kh7 24. fxe5 Ng8 25. Ne4 $14 {
Luther-Neulinger, AUT-chT 2000}) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Qe7 19.
Rhe1 Rfd8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxb7 Qf2 24. Qf3 Qxh4 25.
b3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe3 $14 {with only slightly better
_|_ for White, Fercer-Neulinger, Finkenstein op 2000.}) 15... a5 ({Now} 15...
c5 {is already strongly met by the standard} 16. d5 $1 Rae8 (16... exd5 17. Nf5
$1 $16) (16... Nxe5 $2 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 $18) 17. Rhe1 exd5 18. cxd5 (18.
Nf5 $5 {deserves attention as well.} dxc4 19. Bc3 $16) 18... Bd6 19. Bc3 Nxe5
$2 (19... Nb6 20. Nf5 $16) 20. fxe5 $18 Rxe5 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. d6
$18) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf5 Rd8 (22... Re8 23. Kb1 c4 24. d6) 23. d6 $1 Bxd6 24.
Rxd6 $1 {1:0 Movsesian-Iordachescu, FIDE Wch KO New Delhi 2000}) 16. Kb1 (16.
Ne2 $5 h5 $1 {This is the correct reaction again!} (16... a4 {gives White free
hand on the >> after} 17. g4 $16) (16... c5 $5 17. g4 $1 {The race begins!}
cxd4 18. g5 $1 Nxe5 $1 (18... hxg5 $6 {opens up the position against his own K.
} 19. hxg5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qxc4+ 21. Kb1 Qd5 (21... d3 22. gxf6 $18) 22. Qh3 Qe4+
23. Ka1 Nh7 24. g6 $1 Qxg6 25. Rdg1 Qe4 26. Qh6 $18) 19. fxe5 Nd7 $1 (19...
Qxc4+ 20. Kb1 d3 21. exf6 Qc2+ 22. Ka1 dxe2 23. Qxe2 $16) 20. gxh6 $1 (20. Bf4
Nxe5 $1 (20... Qxc4+ 21. Kb1 $44) 21. Bxe5 (21. Qg3 $2 Qxc4+) 21... Qxe5 22.
gxh6 Qf6 $15) 20... Nxe5 21. Qg3 (21. Qg2 $6 Qxc4+ 22. Bc3 (22. Kb1 g6) 22...
Bf6 23. hxg7 (23. Nxd4 Nd3+ $17) 23... Rfc8 $17) 21... g6 $1 {Black has to
avoid the opening of the lines on the >>.} (21... Qxc4+ 22. Bc3 $1 {This is
the surprise move!} (22. Kb1 Qd3+) 22... Bf6 (22... Ng6 23. hxg7 Rfc8 24. Nxd4)
23. Nxd4 Rfc8 24. Kb1 b5 25. Rhf1 $16 {with good attacking chances for White.})
22. Nxd4 (22. h5 $2 Qxc4+) 22... Qxc4+ 23. Bc3 $44) 17. Ng3 g6 18. Rhe1 Rad8
19. f5 $5 (19. Kb1 {- 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Ne2 h5}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Nxh5
$1 {This is the precise move order.} ({In case of} 21. f6 Bc5 22. Nxh5 $1 Nxe5
$1 {will come.}) 21... gxh5 22. f6 Rd4 $1 (22... Bc5 $2 23. Qf4 $18) 23. fxe7
Rxc4+ 24. Kb1 Qxe7 25. Bg5 Qb4 $13) 16... Rad8 17. Bc1 (17. Bc3 Bb4 {exchanges
the dangerous B.}) (17. Ne2 $5 {deserved attention here as well.} h5 $1 {
is the cold-blooded answer again.} (17... c5 $5 {is again met by the aggressive
} 18. g4 $1 cxd4 19. g5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 $1 21. gxh6 $1 (21. Bf4 $6 Nxe5 22.
Qg3 Qxc4 23. gxh6 (23. Bxe5 Qxe2 24. gxh6 g6) 23... g6 (23... Ng6 $2 24. hxg7
Rfe8 25. h5 Qxe2 26. hxg6 Qe4+ 27. Ka1 fxg6 28. Be5 $18) 24. h5 Kh7 $1 {
- 21.gxh6} (24... Qxe2 25. h7+ Kxh7 26. hxg6+ Kg8 27. Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Qh3+ Bh4
29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Qg5+ Kg7 $11)) (21. Qg3 $2 h5 $17) 21... Nxe5
22. Qg3 g6 23. h5 Kh7 24. hxg6+ $1 (24. Bf4 Qxc4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxe5 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Qe4+ 28. Ka1 g5 $19) 24... fxg6 25. Nf4 $1 (25. Bf4 Qxc4) 25... Qxc4
26. Rhe1 $44) 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rhe1 (19. Bc3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. dxe5 Ng4) 20...
Ng4 $13) 19... Nxe5 (19... c5 20. d5) 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Bg5 $1 $14) 17... Rfe8
18. Ne2 c5 $5 (18... h5 $1 {looks attractive again, for example:} 19. Ng3 g6
20. Rhe1 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nb6 23. f5 Bd6 $1 24. fxg6 Bxe5 25. Nxh5 Nxh5
26. Qxh5 f6 $1 $13) 19. g4 $1 cxd4 20. g5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nh7 (21... Nd7 22. gxh6
Nxe5 23. Qg3 Bf6 $13) 22. gxh6 Qxe5 (22... Qxc4 $2 23. Rhf1 $1 f5 (23... Rf8
24. hxg7) 24. Rg1 $18) 23. hxg7 f5 $5 (23... Bf6 {is the other defensive
option.} 24. h5 Bxg7 25. Rhg1 Kf8 26. Rdf1 Nf6 27. Qa3+ (27. Rxg7 $6 Kxg7 28.
h6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxf6 d3) 27... Qd6 28. Qf3 Qe5 $11) 24. Ng3 (24. h5
$1 {was required, for example:} Qf6 $1 (24... Kxg7 25. h6+ Kh8 26. Nf4 Qf6 (
26... Nf8 27. Rde1 Qf6 28. h7 $1 $18) 27. Nh5 Qg6 28. Bf4 $16) 25. h6 e5 26.
Ng3 f4 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Rh5 (28. Qd3 Rc8 29. b3 a4) 28... Rc8 29. b3 a4 30. Rg1
axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 $14) 24... Qc7 25. Qe2 Bc5 (25... Bf6 $6 {runs into} 26. Nh5
e5 27. Ng3 {attacking >< f5} Qc8 28. Qh5 f4 {Now the light squares are
weakened.} 29. Nf5 $16) 26. Nh5 e5 27. Ng3 Qf7 (27... f4 $6 {weakens the
important light squares.} 28. Nf5 $16) 28. Qf1 (28. h5 Kxg7 29. Rdf1 f4 30. Ne4
Be7 $13) 28... f4 29. Ne4 {The N is an excellent blockading piece on e4 now.}
Qf5 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Rdg1 Rd6 32. c5 Re6 (32... Rg6 33. Rxg6 Qxg6 34. h5 Qxg7
35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Qxb7 Nf6 $13 {exchanging the strong N on e4.}) 33. h5 Bg5 (
33... Ng5 $5 34. h6 Qh7 {deserved serious attention.}) 34. Ka1 Bh6 (34... Nf6 {
is again logical eliminating the blockading N on e4.} 35. Rxg5 Qxe4 36. Qh3 Rc6
37. h6 Kh7 $13) 35. Qf3 Ng5 (35... R6e7 $2 36. Nd6 $18) 36. Nxg5 Bxg5 37. Qd5 (
37. Qxb7 e4 $132) 37... Bh6 38. Rg6 (38. Qxb7 {allows the push} e4 $132) 38...
Qf7 39. Qe4 Rc8 40. Rhg1 Rxc5 41. Bd2 Rec6 (41... Rxg6 42. Rxg6 Rc6 43. Qxe5
Rxg6 44. hxg6 Qxg6 $11) 42. a3 Rc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] The is a terrible blunder,
probably in time trouble.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 42... Rxg6 43. Rxg6
Rc6 44. Qxe5 Rxg6 45. hxg6 Qxg6 46. Qxd4 Qxg7 $11) 43. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 {
It takes a couple of tempi to exchange the g6 B. This however opens the h <->,
but the real problem is that White's ^^ has no real targets, and advance in
the [+] may weaken the d4 P.} Bd6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. g3 (10. c3 Nf6 (
10... Qd5 $6 {is an early Q manoeuvre.} 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. f4 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 Qa5 15. a4 Qc7 16. g3 a5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bf2 {
White has some space advantage and the ^^, but Black's position lacks any
weaknesses and c3-c4 only weakens >< b4.} Qc7 21. O-O $14 {Nijboer-Van der
Werf, Wijk aan Zee 1995}) (10... Nd7 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Ng5 Nh7 13. Nf3 Ng5 $5 {
finally exchanging the escaping N.} (13... Nhf6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Re1)
14. h4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nf6 (15... a5 $6 {- Godena-Guliev, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001
CBM 84}) 16. Bg2 Qd5 $11 {The _|_ is playable for Black.}) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bd3
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. g3 {- 10.g3}) 11... Bxf6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2
Be7 15. Be5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 {Exchanging the ^^ helps only for Black.} Qxd6 17. h3
O-O-O 18. Bf3 Qf4 19. O-O g5 $132 {Saric-Fontaine, Wch20 Yerevan 2000}) (10. h3
{is too caotious.} Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
Qc2 Nd5 $11 {Prandstetter-Guliev, Ceske Budejovice 1993}) 10... Nf6 (10... Nd7)
11. Bg2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 (12... Bg5 13. f4 {is similar to the game
continuation.} (13. Bxg5 Qxg5 {is not enough for any real edge.} 14. Qd2 Qb5
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Qc3 Qa4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qe1 Rd7 $11 {
Candela Perez-Svetushkin, Ciudad de Ubeda op 5th 2000})) 13. c3 Bg5 $5 {
Black wants to provoke the weakening move 14.f4.} (13... Nf6 14. Bg2 (14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. h4 Nd5 17. Qe2 c5 {If Black opens up the position, then
White's ^^ gets more space.} 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Bf4 {Now White's ^^ attacks the <<.} Qc8 24. Qb5 $14 {
V.L.Ivanov-Gershov, Moscow Alekhine op RUS 1996}) 14... Qc7 15. Qe2 a5 16. a4 {
In this P structure playing for c3-c4 is not easy.} O-O 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Re1
Nd5 {The N keeps his stronghold in the [+].} 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bg5
Be7 22. Bd2 Rd7 $11 {Godena-Borgo, ITA-ch saint Vincent 1998}) (13... Qc7 14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5
$11 {Franzoni-Campora, Bern 1992}) 14. f4 (14. Bxg5 {gives up the ^^ without a
fight.} Qxg5 15. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 14... Be7 15. Qe2 (15. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 15... Nf6 (
15... Qa5 16. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 16. Bf3 a5 17. Be3 (17. a4 {is again met by} Nd5
$11) 17... a4 {Now Black has gained some space on the << anyway, but White
hasn't weakened his P chain.} 18. c4 (18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Bd2 a3 20. b3 Qa5 $13)
18... Qc7 {Black has also two options for castles.} (18... a3 $6 19. b3 Bb4+
20. Kf1 Qd7 21. Kg2 $14) 19. Kf2 {If White goes to the >>, the black K will
follow him.} O-O 20. Kg2 Rfd8 {Black has to insert pressure on >< d4 not
allowing the breakthrough in the [+] by d4-d5.} 21. Rhd1 Rd7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23.
Qc2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Qa6 25. Bf2 Bf8 {Black simply wants to hold the position, not
making any weaknesses.} 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Rbd1 Bf8 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Qc3 Bf8 30.
Qc2 {It is also very difficult for White to go ahead in this type of position.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 $5 (13... Qc7 {
- Illescas Cordoba-Dreev, Dos Hermanos-A 2001 CBM 83}) 14. d5 {This looks
logical.} (14. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) (14. Qf3 {leads to immense complications.} Ngf6
15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qc7 cxd4 17. b3 (17. f5 $6 Nd5 18. Qxd7+ Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7
20. fxe6+ Kxe6 $15) 17... Qa6 18. Qc6 (18. Ne4 Qb7) 18... Rb6 19. Qa8+ Rb8 20.
Qc6 Rb6 {and both players are satisfied with a draw by perpetual checks:} 21.
Qa8+ Rb8 22. Qc6 {1/2:1/2 Topalov-Dreev, Bosnia Saraevo 2001}) 14... Ne7 15. c4
{White wants to sacrifice a P for the |^, but Black's resources of a
successful defence are enormous.} (15. dxe6 $142 {- Ye Jiangchuan-Dreev,2001
Summit Men 2001 CBM 85}) (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxe6 Qxe6+ $11) 15... exd5 16. cxd5
Qd4 $1 {This is the point!} (16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 {and the two central pawns
are very dangerous.} Rd8 (17... c4 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. d6 Nc6 20. Bc3 $16 {killing
Black's entire >>.}) 18. d6 Nc6 (18... Ng6 19. e6 $1 {opening the lines
against the K in the middle.} Rxd6 (19... Bxd6 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. O-O+ $16) 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 21. O-O+ Rf6 22. Bc3 $16) 19. Bc3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 21. Kf2 $1 Qf4+
$1 (21... Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 Rd7 23. Rhb1 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ne4 $16) 22. Qf3
Qd4+ 23. Qe3 Qxb2+ 24. Kf3 b6 25. Rhd1 $44 {and Black is struggling with the
lack of development.}) 17. Qb5 Qxd5 (17... Rd8 $6 {is met by} 18. O-O-O $1 {
and the black K will remain in the [+].} a6 (18... Nxd5 19. Rhe1 $16) (18...
Qxd5 19. Ba5 $18) 19. Qxb7 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qc4+ $1 (20... Qxe5 21. Rhe1 $1 Qxg3
22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Ba5 Qf4+ (23... Qd6 24. Qa8+ Rd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxa6 $18)
24. Kb1 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 $16 {and the exposed black K can hardly survive the ->.})
(20... Qxd5 $2 21. Ba5 $18) 21. Bc3 Rd7 (21... Qxa2 22. Ne4) 22. Qb8+ Rd8 23.
Qb6 $1 {White wants more than a draw.} (23. Qc7 Rd7 $11) 23... Nxd5 (23... Qf4+
24. Rd2 Nxd5 (24... Qxg3 25. Ba5 $18) 25. Qc6+ Rd7 26. e6 $18) 24. Qc6+ Rd7 25.
e6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Rhe1 Bd6 28. Ne2 $1 $16 {and the black K is still in
danger.}) 18. O-O-O a6 $1 (18... Rd8 $4 19. Ba5 $18) 19. Qe2 (19. Qxd7+ {
leads nowhere after} Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rhe1 Kc6 $15) 19... Nxe5 (19...
Qxa2 20. Nc4 $1 $44) 20. Bc3 $5 {This intermediate move leads to very sharp
positions.} (20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. fxe5 Nc6 (21... Nd5 22. Ne4) 22. Bc3 b5 $15) (
20. fxe5 Qxa2 $17) 20... Qe6 (20... Qxa2 $5 {was certainly the real question.}
21. Qxe5 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 f6 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qb8+ $18
) 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxc5 Qxf4 (25... Rc8 26. Qe3 $44) 26. Rhe1 {White's -> looks
extremely dangerous!} Qxg3 (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qb6+ Qc7 29. Rd1+ Kc8
30. Qxf6 $18) 27. Bxf6 Rh7 28. Qd5 Qg4 (28... Qc7 29. Qg8 Rc8 30. Qxg6+ Rf7 31.
Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Rf1 Qc4 33. Rc1) 29. Re5 Rf7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Rd4 Qg3 (31... Qc8
32. Rf4 $16) (31... Qxd4 32. Qxd4 $14) 32. Rxe7+ (32. Rde4 Qf2 33. Qxb7 Qf1+
34. Ka2 (34. Re1 $2 Qxe1+ $1) 34... Qf7+ 35. Rd5 (35. Kb1 Qf1+ $11) 35... Rxe4
36. Qc6+ (36. Qxa8+ Ke7) 36... Ke7 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Qc6+ $11) 32... Bxe7 33.
Qg8+ Bf8 34. Re4+ (34. Qe6+ Be7 $11) 34... Kd7 35. Qd5+ Kc7 36. Rc4+ Kb8 37.
Qd8+ Ka7 38. Qd4+ Kb8 $11) 21. Bxe5 (21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd8 23. Bd6 $44)
21... f6 $1 (21... Qxa2 $2 22. Ne4 $1 Ng6 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Bxd6+ Qe6 25. Rhe1
(25. Qf3 O-O-O 26. f5 Qc4+ $1) 25... O-O-O 26. Qc2 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qf5+
$16) 22. Rd6 $6 (22. Ne4 $5 {was the correct continuation of the ->.} fxe5 $1 (
22... Nc6 23. Bxf6 Kf7 {- 22...Kf7}) (22... Kf7 23. Bxf6 $1 Nc6 24. Bc3 $1 Be7
(24... Qxa2 $2 {is too greedy:} 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Rd7+ $18) 25. Qh5+ Kg8 (25...
g6 26. f5 $1 $18) 26. Rhe1 Qxa2 27. Rd7 $44) 23. Nd6+ Kd7 (23... Kd8 $5 24. Qe4
Nc6) 24. Qe4 (24. Nf7+ Kc7 25. Nxh8 Nc6) 24... Nc6 25. Nf7+ Kc7 26. Nxh8 Qxa2
$1 $132 {and suddenly Black grabs the |^ for the sacrificed material.}) 22...
Qxa2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nh5 f5 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 (26... Ng6 27. Qxf5 Ne7
28. Qh5+ $11 {leads only to a draw.}) 27. Rhd1 Qf7 (27... Qc4+ $5 {deserved
sertious attention:} 28. Kb1 Qxf4 29. Qe2 h5 30. Nxh5+ Rxh5 31. Qxh5 b5) 28.
Qf3 Ng6 $2 {Now White can make a draw by perpetual checks.} (28... Rh7 $1 {
was the cool-blooded defensive move!} 29. Qxb7 (29. Nxh7 Kxh7 30. Qxb7 Qc4+ 31.
Kb1 Re8 32. Re1 Kg8) 29... Rc8 $17) 29. Nh5+ Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kh7 32.
Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. d5 Ne7 15.
dxe6 $5 {[%mdl 8] This is the new idea here. White wants to disturb the black
K.} (15. c4 {- Zhang Zhong-Dreev,CHN-RUS Summit Men 2001 CBM 85}) 15... Nxe5 (
15... fxe6 $2 {leads to a better _|_ after} 16. Qxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18.
O-O-O $16 {because of the weakness on e6 and the lack of development}) 16. fxe5
fxe6 17. Bc3 (17. Qe4 {Exchanging queens leads nowhere after} Qxe4+ 18. Nxe4
Nc6 19. Bc3 O-O-O $11) (17. Ne4 Nf5 $13) (17. O-O Rd8 $1 $13) 17... Rd8 18. Qe2
(18. Qf3 $6 {is less precise because of} Qxc2 $1 19. Qxb7 {but simply} Qd3 $1 (
{and not} 19... Rd7 20. Qb8+ Rd8 (20... Kf7 21. O-O+ $18) 21. Qb5+ Rd7 22. O-O
$16) 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Rh3 Qd5 22. Qb5+ Rd7 $15) 18... h5 $2 {Black is
frightened of a check on the h5-e8 /^, but the remedy is worse than the
illness.} (18... Nd5 $1 19. Ne4 (19. Qh5+ $6 {can simply be met by} Kd7 $13 {
and the black K will reach a safe harbour.}) 19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 (20. Qh5+ {
is again a blow into the air after} Kd7 $1 21. Nxc3 Qf4) 20... Qf4 $1 21. Qh5+
(21. Qb5+ Rd7) 21... Qf7 22. Qxf7+ (22. Qg4 Rd4 $1 $15) 22... Kxf7 $11 {
and the _|_ cannot be bad for Black because of the weaknesses in White's P
structure.}) 19. O-O $1 (19. Nxh5 Nd5 $1 (19... Nc6 20. b3 $16) 20. Rh3 Nxc3
21. bxc3) 19... a6 $6 {This is another useless move.} (19... Qxh4 $4 20. Qb5+
Nc6 (20... Rd7 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5 23. e6 $18) 21. Qxb7 $18) ({Still
} 19... Nd5 {was required!}) 20. Ne4 Nf5 {[#]} (20... Nd5 21. Qf3 Rd7 22. b3
Qc6 23. Bb2 $14) 21. Nd6+ $16 {Now White opens up the lines against the K in
the middle.} (21. Rf4 $5 {was also interesting, for example:} Qc6 (21... Nd4
22. Qf2 Be7 23. Rf1 Qxa2 24. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. b3 $1 $18) 22. Raf1
Be7 23. Nd6+ $1 {The same motif comes again and again.} Nxd6 (23... Bxd6 24.
exd6 $16) 24. exd6 $16) 21... Nxd6 22. exd6 Qg4 (22... Rxd6 {was not rosy
either.} 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 (24... Qxd6 25. Rd1 $16 (25. Qe4 $16)) 25.
Rd1 Qe7 26. Bxg7 Rh7 27. Be5 $16) 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. Be5 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26.
Qxc5 Rc6 27. Qa7 {The black K in the middle is an easy target for White's
heavy artillery.} Qxc2 28. Qxb7 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Rc7 30. Qb8+ Rc8 31. Qg3 $1 $18 g5
32. Rae1 Rh6 33. Qf3 Qe7 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Qb3 Rc6 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Qd3 Rg8 38.
Qf3 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Ne5 a5 $5 {Since the kings have castled on opposite sides, it is
understandable that Black wants to grab the |^ on the <<. The plan is a5-a4
and Qa5.} (15... Qa5 {is the other idea bringing the Q into action immediately.
} 16. Nxd7 (16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Bc7 Ra8
21. g4 Be7 22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. Bd6 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 axb6 26. Bxe7 Rxe7
27. Kc2 b5 $11 {and the R _|_ cannot be worse for Black, Anand-Anastasian,
FIDE Wch k.o. Moscow 2001.}) 16... Nxd7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20.
g5 $1 $14 (20. Rhg1 $4 {was a terrible mistake because of} f5 $1 $19 {
Kharlov-Danielsen, Copenhagen op15 1993})) (15... c5 {opens up the d <-> for
White.} 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Ng4
Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bd4 Qf4 $11 {equalizes
completely, Leko-Anand, Corsica Masters Rapid 2001.}) 16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5
18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 {White's pieces
dominate the board.} b5 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. g4 $1 $16 {Chandler-K.Berg, BL Ger chT
Germany 1987}) 16. c4 (16. Ne4 {leads to unnecessary exchanges.} Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 b5 {securing the vital d5 square for Black.} 20. g4 Nd7
21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 $11 {Emms-Summerscale, BCF-ch 86th
Scarborough 1999}) 16... a4 {/\ Qa5} 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Rd3 {/\ Rhd1 preventing
Black from opening the d <->.} Rad8 19. Rhd1 Qa6 20. Ne2 {The N is usually
badly placed on g3, now g2-g4 is threatening.} Nb6 21. Rc1 Nfd7 22. Qg4 (22.
Qg3 {is similar to game continuation.} {The cold-blooded defensive move} Kh8 $1
$13 {was required.} (22... Nxe5 $2 {is as bad, as in the game.} 23. Bxe5 (23.
Bxh6 {is parried by the risky-looking} Ng6 $1 24. hxg6 gxh6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26.
Rf3+ Bf6) 23... Bg5 24. f4 Nxc4 25. fxg5 Nxe5 26. Re3 $1 $18 {and White's ->
crashes through.})) 22... Nxe5 $2 ({Again} 22... Kh8 $1 {was the successful
defence, for example:} 23. Rg3 Bf6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rg8 $11)
23. Bxe5 Bg5 24. Rdc3 ({missing the consistant} 24. f4 $1 f5 (24... Nxc4 $5 {
allows White to continue the direct assault by} 25. Rxc4 (25. fxg5 $2 Nxe5 $19)
25... Qxc4 26. Rc3 Qd5 (26... Qb4 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. h6 $1 $16) 27. fxg5 hxg5
28. h6 $1 f6 (28... gxh6 29. Rh3 $18) 29. hxg7 Rf7 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Qh5 Rxg7 32.
Bxf6 $18) 25. Qg3 Bf6 26. Rdc3 $16) 24... Nd7 25. f4 $2 {Now this is already
late.} (25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Nh7 28. fxg5 Nxg5 29. Qe3 $14 {
was still a bit better for White because of the better centralized pieces.})
25... Nxe5 $1 26. dxe5 f5 $1 {This is the strong defensive move.} (26... Be7 $2
27. Rg3 $18) 27. Qg3 (27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44 {and suddenly Black
grabs the |^ for the P.}) 27... Be7 28. Qg6 c5 29. Rg3 Rf7 30. Qxh6 Bh4 $1 $44
{Black wants more than simple equality!} (30... Rd2 31. Qg6 Rxe2 32. h6 Qb6 33.
Rc2 (33. h7+ Kh8) 33... Re1+ 34. Rc1 Re2 $11 {is draw by perpetual ->.}) 31.
Qg6 $6 {White clearly overestimates his chances.} (31. Rg6 Rd2 $1 $132) 31...
Bxg3 32. h6 {[#]} (32. Nxg3 {is also met by the witty intermediate move} a3 $1
33. b3 (33. h6 axb2 $19) 33... Qc6 $19) 32... Qc6 ({missing the brilliant
intermediate move} 32... a3 $3 33. h7+ (33. Nxg3 axb2 $19) (33. b3 Qc6 34. Nxg3
Qxg2 $19 {is the big difference threatening Qb2#.}) 33... Kh8 $1 34. Qxf7 axb2
$19 {and Black's counterattack cannot be stopped.}) (32... Re7 $2 33. Nxg3 a3
34. Nh5 $1 $18) 33. Nxg3 Qxg2 34. h7+ Kh8 35. Qxf7 Qxg3 (35... a3 {is already
late because of} 36. bxa3 Qxg3 37. Qxe6 Qxf4 $11) 36. a3 (36. Qxe6 Qd3+ 37. Ka1
a3 38. Qb6 Qd2 $11 {is also equal.}) 36... Qd3+ ({or} 36... Qxf4 37. Qxe6 Qf3
$11) 37. Ka1 Qd7 38. Qg6 Qe8 (38... Qe7 $11) 39. Qg5 {It is better to keep the
queens in this _|_.} (39. Qxe8+ Rxe8 40. Rd1 Kxh7 $15) 39... Rd4 40. Rg1 $2 (
40. Qg2 {was the simple solution.} Qd7 (40... Rxf4 41. Qxb7) 41. Qf3 Rd3 $11)
40... Qd7 41. Rc1 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Ka2 Qb3+ 44. Ka1 Qxc4 {Now Black can
win some pawns, but White has enough counterplay if he gets the e6 P.} 45. Qg6
(45. Qd8+ $2 Kxh7 46. Qh4+ Kg6 $19) 45... Qf1+ 46. Ka2 Qc4+ (46... Qxf4 47.
Qxe6 Kxh7 48. Qe8 {and White's o^ is rather dangerous.} Qc4+ $11) 47. Ka1 Qc1+
48. Ka2 Qxf4 49. Qxe6 Kxh7 50. Qe8 Qc4+ 51. Ka1 Qc1+ 52. Ka2 Qc4+ (52... Qd1
53. e6 {In the Q _|_ one remote o^ can compensate a big material disadvantage.}
c4 54. e7 Qe2 55. Qf7 $11) 53. Ka1 Qe2 54. e6 Qd1+ {and Black has no winning
chances even with 2 extra pawns.} 55. Ka2 Qd5+ 56. Ka1 Qh1+ 57. Ka2 Qd5+ 58.
Ka1 Qd1+ 59. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Ne5 Qa5 (15... c5 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4
Qe7 20. Ng4 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Bastia/2001 (52)})
16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 b5 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. g4 {1-0 Chandler,M-Berg,K/Germany/1987/ (35)}) (
15... a5 16. Ne4 (16. c4 a4 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Qa6 20. Ne2 Nb6
21. Rc1 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Dreev,A/Yerevan 2001/ (59)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 b5 20. g4 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 {
1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Summerscale,A/Scarborough 1999/ (39)}) 16. Nxd7 (16. Ne4 Rad8
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Be5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. g4 f5 22. Qf4 Qd8 23.
Rhg1 {1-0 Lakos,N-Lorincz,I/Hungary 1997/ (45)}) 16... Nxd7 17. Ne4 Rad8 (17...
Qf5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Qc4 fxe4 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 {0-1
Kharlov,A-Danielsen,H/Copenhagen 1993/ (40)}) 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bc7 Qf5 (19...
Qd5 20. f3 Rde8 21. Be5 Rg8 $14) 20. f3 Rc8 21. Ka1 Nf6 22. Nd6 (22. Be5 Rfd8
23. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 22... Bxd6 (22... Nxh5 23. Qf2 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25. g4 Qh7
26. Qh2 Nf6 27. Be7 Rg8 28. g5 $16) 23. Bxd6 Rfd8 24. Be5 c5 (24... Rd7 25. Qh4
Rcd8 26. Rde1 $13) 25. dxc5 Nxh5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Dreev have overlooked the
original tactical blow on 27th move, position was about equal.} (25... Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Nxh5 (26... Rxc5 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxh5 30. Qxa7 Rh2
31. Qf2 $14) 27. Qe1 Nf6 $11) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxg7+ $1 (27. Rxh5 $4 Rd1#)
27... Kh7 (27... Nxg7 28. Qh4 Rd5 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8#) (27... Kg8 28. Qc7
Rd5 29. Bxh6 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rd1 31. Qd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxc2 $18) 28. Qh4 Rd2 (28... Rd5
29. c4 (29. Bf8 Qc2 30. Qe4+ Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rd2 $14) 29... Rxc5 30. Bc3 $1 (30.
Bf8 Re5 31. g4 Qxf3 32. gxh5 Re4 33. Qh2 Rxc4 34. Qg1 Rg4 35. Qb1+ f5 36. Qc1
$18) 30... Qd3 31. a3 $18) (28... Qd3 29. Bxh6 $1 (29. Bd4 Rd5 30. g4 Qxf3 31.
a3 $18)) 29. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 (29... Rxg2 30. Qxh5 Rg1+ 31. Bc1+ Qxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kg6
33. Rh6+ Kg7 34. Kb1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Kxh6 36. Kd2 Kg5 37. Ke3 $18) 30. g4 Qg5 (
30... Qxf3 $2 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qh8+ (32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh8#) 32... Kg6 33. Qh6#
) 31. Qxh5+ (31. Qe1 Qd8 32. Rxh5+ Kg7 33. Rh1 Qd5 34. f4 $18) 31... Qxh5 32.
Rxh5+ Kg7 33. a4 Rd3 34. c6 $1 {Anand correctly strives to move his pawns on
the queenside.} (34. Rh3 e5 35. Rh5 Rxf3 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. b4 $16) 34... bxc6
35. Ra5 Rxf3 (35... Rd7 36. b4 Kf6 37. Kb2 $18) 36. Rxa7 e5 (36... Rf4 37. b4
Rxg4 38. Kb2 $18) (36... Rg3 37. a5 Rxg4 38. b4 $18) 37. a5 Kf6 (37... Rf4 38.
b4 Rxg4 39. Rc7 $18) (37... e4 38. Re7 $18) 38. a6 e4 39. Ra8 (39. Rxf7+ $2
Kxf7 40. a7 e3 41. a8=Q Rf1+ 42. Ka2 e2 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf8
46. Qd8+ Kf7 $11) 39... Rd3 (39... Ke7 40. a7 e3 41. Re8+ Kxe8 42. a8=Q+ $18)
40. Re8 Rd5 41. b4 Rd7 42. c4 (42. c4 Ra7 43. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ {Black wants to provoke c3, but this
is not a big deal. Besides later if White plays c4 he can transpose to the
main line anyway.} 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne5 Qa5 (15... a5
$5 {/\ a4 is the old plan weakening the white K's position.} 16. c4 (16. Ne4 {
leads to unnecessary exchanges and the Q quickly reaches d5.} Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6
18. Qe2 Qd5 19. f3 b5 20. g4 Nd7 21. Rhg1 Rad8 22. Bc1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 $11 {
Emms-Summerscale, BCF-ch 86th Scarborough 1999}) (16. Rhe1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Nxe5 18.
dxe5 b5 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. g4 $14 {White's chances are more real for an -> on the
>>, than Black's counterattack on the other flank, Wittman-Lobron, Haifa 1989.}
) (16. Qc2 {is too solid.} a4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. f4 a3 19. b3 c5 20. Nxd7 {
1/2:1/2 Korneev-Asrian, Minsk 1998}) 16... a4 17. Qf3 Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. Rd3 {
/\ Rad1 is a good prophylactical idea in this type of position.} c5 19. d5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bc3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. d6 {o^ d6 is rather nasty.} a3 24.
b3 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 Qb4 26. Ne4 $14 {Luther-Fontaine, Capella la Grande 2002}) 18.
Rd3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Qa6 {- Lutz-Dreev, WchT 5th Yerevan 2001 CBM 86}) (15... c5
$6 16. Qf3 (16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 $1 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Qxe5 Qb6 19. Bxh6
$1 $18) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Ng4 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be3 Nd5 (
22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. g4 {and the _|_ favours
White because of the strong B and the << P majority.} b5 27. Kc2 Nd5 28. Kb3 $1
a6 29. a4 f6 30. Ra1 $1 $16 {Leko-Anand, Bastia rapid 2001}) 23. Bd4 Qf4 {Leko}
) 16... cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. Ne4 $14 {with a
strong centralization of pieces, Chandler-Berg, BL 1987.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Ne4 Rad8 (17... Qf5 18. Be3 (18. Bc1 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5 21.
gxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe2 $14 {leaving the dangerous d <-> looks safe.} (22. Rg6 $2 {
was a big blunder:} Ne5 $1 {and material losses are inevitable.} 23. Qg3 Rxh5
24. Rxe6 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Qh4 26. Qe3 Qg4 $19 {Topalov-Leko, FIDE GP Dubai rapid
2002})) 18... Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. g5 $5 {deserves attention.} (20. Rhg1 $6 {
forgets about} f5 $1 {/\ f4 winning a piece.} 21. Qc4 fxe4 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 $17 {
Kharlov-Danielsen, Copenhagen 1993})) 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bc7 Qf5 20. f3 Rc8 21.
Ka1 Nf6 $11 {Anand-Dreev, Moscow 2001 CBM 86}) 16... Rad8 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nxd7
Nxd7 {- 16.Nd7}) 17... Bxf6 18. Qg3 (18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Bc7 Ra8 {
White's position looks slightly better...} 21. g4 Be7 22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. Bd6 Nb6
$11 {Leko-Anastasian, Moscow Wch K.O. 2001}) 18... Kh8 19. Nd3 (19. Nc4 Qf5+
20. Ka1 Be7 21. Bc7 Ra8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Qc2 24. Qf3 Rab8 25. Rc1 Qh7 26.
g4 c5 27. Qe3 cxd4 28. cxd4 {White accepts the weakness of the isolated P but
gets the c <-> penetrating on c7.} Nf6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Qh6 31. Qxh6+ gxh6
32. Rc7 $14 {Habu-Marchand, 2nd NAO Masters 2002}) 19... Qf5 (19... Rc8 20. Bd6
Rfd8 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Ng4 Qf5+ 23. Ka1 Kh8 24. f3 $14) 20. Qf3 (20. Ka1 {
looks as a good prophylaxis.}) 20... Bg5 $1 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 (21... Qxf3 $6 22.
gxf3 hxg5 23. Rdg1 f6 24. f4 $16) 22. g4 f5 23. Qf4 $6 (23. Rdg1 $1 {was the
correct plan.} fxg4 (23... c5 24. dxc5 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Nf6 27. Rd4
$16) 24. Qxg4 Qxg4 25. Rxg4 Rf5 $11) 23... fxg4 (23... Qxg4 $6 24. Qc7 $1 c5
25. Nf4 $16) 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rhg1 Rf5 26. Rxg4 e5 {Now Black has easily
equalized, but White doesn't agree...} (26... Nf6 27. Rgg1 $11) 27. Rdg1 (27.
Re1 Nf6 $1 (27... exd4 28. Rxd4 $16) 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxg4 30. Nf7+ Kh7
31. Nxd8 Nxf2 {and the g o^ is dangerous.} 32. Kc2 g4 33. Kd2 g3 34. Ke2 Nd3
35. Kf3 Nxb2 36. Nxb7 Kh6 37. Na5 Na4 38. Nxc6 Nxc3 $11) 27... Nf6 28. Rxg5
Rxg5 29. Rxg5 exd4 30. Ne5 (30. Kc2 dxc3 31. bxc3 $11) 30... Kh7 31. Kc2 $2 {
This is a big blunder from a calibre of GM Bologan!!} (31. Nf7 $1 Rd7 (31...
Rf8 32. Nd6 d3 33. Kc1 b6) 32. Ne5 $11 {was an easy draw.}) 31... dxc3 32. bxc3
Ne4 $19 {/\ Rd2} 33. Rg4 Rd2+ 34. Kb3 Nxf2 35. Rb4 Rd5 36. Nc4 Nd3 {and the R
is trapped!} 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Be7 {Eine Alternative zu der Hauptfortsetzung 16...
Bd6.} 17. Qe2 ({Die Idee von 16...Be7 sieht man in der Variante} 17. c4 c5 {
, und WeiЯ kann nicht} 18. d5 $2 {wegen} Nf6 $17 {spielen.}) (17. Bf4 Bd6 $11)
17... Rhe8 18. Kb1 Kb8 {Vor dem Hebel c6-c5 sucht sich der schwarze Kцnig
einen sicheren Platz.} (18... Bf8) 19. c4 c5 20. Rhe1 ({In Frage kam} 20. Bf4
Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd2 $14) 20... Ka8 21. Bf4 Qc8 {Die schwarze Stellung
ist passiv, aber sehr fest.} (21... Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. d5 $14 (23. Rd2 $5
$14)) 22. g4 $146 {Ein logischer Zug. WeiЯ deckt seine eventuelle Schwдche h5
und plant gelegentlich den VorstoЯ g4-g5.} ({In der Vorgдngerpartie geschah} 
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bg5 $2 ({richtig war} 23... Qc6 $1 $11) 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25.
Qe3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 $16 {, und Schwarz bьЯte seinen Pg5 ein,
Balashov,Y-Guseinov,A/Tallinn 1983.}) 22... cxd4 ({Sechs Runden spдter
bediente ich mich an dieser Stelle einer Idee von Leko, die er mir bei der
Partieanalyse verriet:} 22... Nf6 $5 23. dxc5 $1 ({laut Peter ist} 23. Ne5 Rxd4
24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Nxf7 {wegen} e5 $1 {sehr gefдhrlich fьr WeiЯ.}) 23... Nxg4
24. Bd6 e5 25. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxe7 $13 {, mit einer komplexen Stellung,
Lutz,C-Dautov,R/Essen 2002}) 23. Nxd4 {/\Nb5} a6 {/\Bb4, e5} ({Die Abwicklung} 
23... e5 24. Nf5 exf4 25. Nxe7 Qc5 26. Rd5 {wдre gьnstig fьr WeiЯ.}) (23... Bb4
$2 24. Nb5 e5 25. Bd2 $16) 24. Nf3 Bb4 25. Rg1 f6 ({Zu aktiv wдre} 25... e5 26.
Bc1 e4 $2 (26... f6 27. Nh4) 27. Nh4 Ne5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b3 $14 {><e4, g7})
26. Bc1 Bf8 ({In Frage kam} 26... Nf8 $5 {, mit der Idee e6-e5 und Nf8-e6, z.B.
} 27. b3 e5 28. Nh4 Ne6 29. Nf5 Qc6 $11) 27. b3 {Die weiЯe Bauernstruktur ist
etwas besser, auЯerdem hat Schwarz einen "schlechten" Lдufer, was im Endspiel
von groЯer Bedeutung sein kann.} Nb8 28. Nd4 Nc6 {Strategisch gesehen ist dies
ein riskanter Abtausch, da dadurch ein fьr Schwarz ungьnstiges Lдuferendspiel
nдher rьckt. Aber durch aktives Spiel kann Schwarz das Gleichgewicht halten.} (
{Hier hatte ich die Mцglichkeit, meinen Lдufer loszuwerden:} 28... Bc5 29. Bb2
Bxd4 30. Bxd4 e5 31. Bb6 (31. Be3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8) 31... Rd7 32. Qe4 Re6 33.
Be3 Red6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 $14 {, und Schwarz dьrfte die Stellung halten.}) 29.
Nxc6 Qxc6 30. f3 Bc5 31. Rge1 e5 32. Qe4 Qxe4+ 33. fxe4 Bb4 34. Rg1 Rd4 {
Das war meine Idee, der Bauer e4 ist schwach.} 35. a3 (35. Rxd4 $6 exd4 36. Kc2
Rxe4 37. Kd3 Re7 38. Kxd4 b6 $11) 35... Bc5 $2 ({Das ursprьnglich geplante} 
35... Ba5 $1 {war korrekt, nach} 36. b4 Bc7 37. c5 {sah ich nicht den Remisweg}
Red8 $1 ({aber nicht} 37... Rxe4 $2 38. Rd7 $16) 38. Kc2 b5 $1 39. cxb6 (39.
Rxd4 Rxd4 $11) 39... Bxb6 40. Rxd4 (40. Rge1 $2 Rc4+ 41. Kb3 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Rxe4
$11) 40... Rc8+ $1 (40... Rxd4 41. Re1 Kb7 42. Bb2 $14) 41. Kd2 Bxd4 42. Rg3
Kb7 $11) 36. Rge1 Red8 37. Kc2 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Bb2 {Nun steht Schwarz
eine lдstige Verteidigung bevor. Das reine Lдuferendspiel ist fьr ihn verloren.
} R4d7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rd1 Rc7 $2 {Unterschдtzt den nдchsten weiЯen Zug.} (
41... Rxd1 $4 42. Kxd1 Kb7 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. b4 Bb6 45. Kd3 {/\Bc1-e3} Bc7 46.
Bc1 Bd6 47. Be3 Be7 (47... Bc7 48. Bc5 $18) 48. Kc2 Bd6 49. Kb3 Be7 50. a4 Bd6
51. a5 Be7 52. a6 $18) ({Am besten war der Ьbergang ins Turmendspiel:} 41...
Bd4 $1 42. Bxd4 exd4 43. Kd3 (43. Kd2 Ra7 44. Ra1 b4 $1 45. a4 Rc7 46. Rc1 Rc3
$11) 43... Rc7 44. Rb1 Kb7 (44... Rc3+ 45. Kxd4 Rg3 46. Kc5 Rxg4 47. Kxb5 Rxe4
48. Rd1 $16) 45. Kxd4 Rc2 {, und dank dem aktiven Turm dьrfte Schwarz die
Stellung halten.}) 42. Kb1 $1 $16 {Sehr stark! Es droht 43.Rc1 nebst b3-b4.
Schwarz ist zu der weiteren Passivitдt gezwungen.} Be7 43. Rd5 Rb7 44. Bc1 Kb8
45. Kb2 ({In Frage kam auch} 45. Bd2 $5 Kc7 (45... Bxa3 $2 46. b4 $18) 46. Ba5+
Kc6 47. b4 $16 {/\Kc2-b3,a4 (Leko)}) 45... Kc7 46. b4 $2 {Bisher hat Peter
hervorragend gespielt, aber hier unterlдuft ihm ein Fehler. Das Einbruchsfeld
b4 durfte nicht verbaut werden!} ({Gute Gewinnchancen behielt WeiЯ mit} 46. Be3
$1 Kc6 47. Rd1 $1 {, z.B.} Rb8 48. Rc1+ Kb7 49. Bc5 Bxc5 (49... Re8 50. Rc2
Bxc5 51. Rxc5 Kb6 52. Rd5 $16) 50. Rxc5 Kb6 51. Rd5 Rc8 $1 (51... Kc6 $2 52.
Kc3 $16 {/\Kb4}) (51... Ra8 52. Rd7 $16) 52. Rd6+ $1 (52. Rd7 Kc5 53. Kc3 b4+
$1 54. axb4+ Kb5+ 55. Kd3 Rg8 $14) 52... Kc5 53. Rd7 Rg8 54. Kc3 $16) 46... Kc6
47. Kb3 Ra7 48. Be3 Ra8 $11 {Schwarz hat eine undurchdringbare Festung
aufgebaut.} 49. Rd1 Bd6 50. Ra1 Ra4 $1 51. Rc1+ Kb7 52. Rd1 Kc6 53. Rd2 (53.
Bc5 Bxc5 54. Rc1 Kb6 55. Rxc5 Ra8 $11) 53... Ra8 54. Rc2+ Kb7 55. Ra2 Ra4 56.
Rf2 Ra6 57. Rd2 Kc6 58. Ra2 Ra4 59. Rc2+ Kb7 60. Bc5 Bxc5 61. Rxc5 Kb6 62. Rd5
(62. Rc8 Ra7 $11) 62... Kc6 63. Rc5+ Kb6 64. Rc8 Ra7 65. Rb8+ Kc6 66. Rc8+ Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 (15... Nc5 {- Kir.Georgiev-Nisipeanu, FIDE-Wch k.o. New
Delhi/Theran 2000 CBM 81}) 16. Qxe4 Be7 {This variation needs a lot of finesse
from both players. The B may go to f6 or d6 as well, Black's position is very
flexible.} (16... Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. d5 Nf6 {- Milos-Izeta Txabarri, Santos
Mario Covas 2001 CBM 82}) (16... Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 (18. Kb1 {-
Ramesh-Koneru, Goodricke 12th op 2001 CBM 82}) 18... c5 {- Kuczynski-Piket,
EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) 17. Qe2 {This is an important prophylactical
move, the Q is vulnerable on e4, now Nf6 will not come by a tempo.} (17. Bf4 {
leads only to mass exchanges after} Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 {
The P structure is a bit better for White, but with queens and rooks it is
hard to achieve anything concrete.} Qc5 21. Qf4 Rhf8 22. a3 Qe7 $11 {
Psakhis-Korchnoi, FIDE Wch k.o. 2001}) (17. c4 Bf6 {If the Bc3 plan is
threatened, Black's B is excellent on f6. However he should have waited until
Bc3 really comes.} 18. Kb1 c5 19. Bf4 {This is the point, there is no Bd6.} Qb6
20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bd2 {With bishops
on the board White has some chances in the _|_ due to the fixed targets >< g7
and h6 and the space advantage.} f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. b3 $14 {Konguvel-Ravi,
New Delhi 2001}) (17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Qe2 {- 17.Qe2} (18. Bc1 {doesn't look very
important here.} Bd6 19. Nd2 {/\ Nc4} Nf6 (19... Nb6 $5) 20. Qf3 Qa5 21. Nc4
Qd5 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Qa3 a6 24. Rhe1 Red8 (24... Re7 $2 25. Re5 $18 {
Lanc-Garcia Palermo, Cuba 1987}) 25. Bf4 R6d7) (18. c4 c5 19. Bf4 Bd6 {The
exchange of the bishops usually helps for Black.} 20. Ne5 (20. Bxd6 Qxd6 $11 {
Geller-Vukic, Novi Sad 1978}) 20... Re7 $1 $11 {Gheorghiu-Hort, Havana ol 1966}
(20... f5 $2 {is met by the typical blow} 21. Nf7 $1 Nf6 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qe2
$16) (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Be7 (21... Bf8 $2 22. Be3 $14 {and White has a space
advantage and a better B, Geller-Hort, Skopje 1968.})))) 17... Rhe8 (17... c5
$6 {is now impossible because of} 18. d5 $1 {Here we see the idea of 17.Qe2}
Nf6 19. Ne5 $16) (17... Nf6 {is met by} 18. Ne5 {>< f7, this is the ideal
position for the N.} Bd6 (18... Rhf8 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 $18) 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 cxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 23. g4 $14 {and the B is superior to the N.}) 18.
Kb1 (18. Rhe1 {is not so important, because the R has other duties, for
example defending >< h5.} Nf6 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rf8 22. g4 Nd5
$11 {/\ Bg5 >< f4, Kuczynski-Garcia Palermo, Cuba 1987}) 18... Kb8 (18... c5 $2
{is still inferior because of} 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd3
$16 {with nasty threats on the d and c lines, Kasparov.}) (18... Bf8 19. Bc1 (
19. c4 {/\ Bc3 looks more to the point now, because there is no Bf6.} c5 20.
Bc3 Kb8 $6 {/\ Ka8, but this manoeuvre is not always recommended. In an _|_
the K is too far from the [+], and it also takes time.} 21. Rhe1 cxd4 22. Nxd4
{/\ Nb5} a6 23. Nb3 Ka8 (23... Qc6 24. Qd3 $14 {pinning the N on the d <->,
here the K would have been better on c8!}) 24. Qf3 Nc5 {(Balashov-Hubner, Wijk
aan Zee 1982)} 25. Ba5 $1 $16 {This is a typical threat here.}) 19... Bd6 20.
Rhe1 {White has to fight against the freeing move e6-e5.} Qa5 21. Nd2 Nf6 22.
g4 {at least the problem of >< h5 is solved.} Bc7 23. c4 $1 $14 {Timman} (23.
Nb3 $143 Qd5 24. f3 {(Timman-Portisch, m/2 Antwerpen 1989)} b5 $1 $11 {
blockading the vital light squares.})) (18... Bd6 19. Rhe1 Nf6 (19... e5 $6 {
founders on the pin after} 20. dxe5 $14) (19... Re7 $6 20. c4 c5 21. Bc3 {
The long /^ is the ideal place for the B attacking >< g7.} Nf6 22. Ne5 cxd4 23.
Bxd4 $1 (23. Rxd4 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxe5 Qa5 $1 $14 (25... Rd7 $6 {
The d <-> is not so important, if there is no dangerous penetration.} 26. Bc3
Qb6 27. g4 $1 Qd6 28. f3 $14 {with an ideal P structure on the >>,
Kasparov-Vukic, Skara EU-chT 1980.})) 23... Bxe5 (23... Bb4 24. Rh1 Bc5 25. Bc3
$16 {White has to keep his strong B on the long /^.}) 24. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Qc6 26. g4 Rd7 27. Re1 $1 $16 {and the d <-> is again not that important,
Kasparov.}) 20. Ne5 c5 (20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 $14 {with a huge space advantage})
21. dxc5 (21. Bc1 $14) 21... Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd4 24. Kc1 Red8 25.
f3 Nd7 26. Re2 $5 (26. Ree1 Nxc5 27. g4 $5 (27. Bc3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.
Kxd1 {Here White's small advantage cannot be converted into a win in the _|_.}
f6 $11 {Geller-Kasparov, SU ch 1978})) 26... Nxc5 27. Rde1 $14 {and again
there is no penetration on the d <->.}) 19. c4 Ka8 20. Rhe1 {Both players are
running out of useful prophylactical moves which still avoid any serious
decision.} c5 21. Bf4 {This is the correct reaction, if Bd6 is not possible.}
Qc8 (21... Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 {+/=/=}) 22. g4 $5 (22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ (23... Bg5 $6 {Black wants to get rid of the passive B,
but this creates weaknesses in his P structure.} 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qe3 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 $16 {Balashov-Guseinov, Tallin 1983}) 24. Rxd1 Rd8 {
+/=/= again, because the black B is still passive.}) 22... Nf6 $1 23. dxc5 $6 {
White overestimates his tactical chances and allows Black a serious
counterplay.} (23. Ne5 $6 {is also overoptimistic in view of} Rxd4 (23... cxd4
24. Nxf7 d3 25. Qf3 Rd4 26. Rxd3 $14) 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Rd1 (25. Nxf7 e5 $1 {
This is the point!} 26. Nxe5 (26. Bxe5 Bb4 27. Rd1 Qe6) 26... Bd6 $17) 25...
Bd6 26. Rxd4 Qc7 $11) ({The quiet, prophylactical move} 23. Rg1 $142 $5 {
was required!} cxd4 24. Be5 $1 {White has to fight against e6-e5 by all means.}
(24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 e5 $132) (24. Nxd4 e5 25. Bxe5 Bc5 $132) 24... d3 $5
25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 {Ch.Lutz}) 23... Nxg4 $1 {Black has to take
up the gauntlet.} (23... Bxc5 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Bd6 e5 $1 {This is the main
threat grabbing the |^ at once.} 25. Bxe7 Rxd1+ $1 (25... Rxe7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8
27. Nh4 $14) 26. Rxd1 Rxe7 27. b4 $5 (27. Nh4 Nf6 $13) 27... a6 (27... Rd7 $13)
(27... Re8 $1 {was the best plan putting all the cards on the advance of the e
P.} 28. Kb2 (28. Rd6 Qf5+ 29. Kb2 e4 $17) 28... e4 29. Nd4 e3 $1 30. f3 (30.
fxe3 Nxe3 31. Rg1 Qd8 $40) 30... Nf2 $1 $17 {Ch.Lutz}) 28. Rd6 Nf6 $6 {The
continuation of a passive plan.} (28... Qf5+ 29. Kc1 Rc7 $13 {was still very
complicated.}) 29. Kb2 {Now White can consolidate his big advantage on the <<.}
Re8 30. Nd2 Qg4 (30... e4 31. Nb3 Qf5 32. b5 $1 $16) 31. Qd3 $1 {White has to
keep his Q for the final ->.} Rc8 32. Rd8 Qe6 33. Nb3 $1 Kb8 34. Na5 $2 ({
missing the direct ->} 34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Nxh5 36. c6 Nf4 37. Qd2 bxc6 38.
Nc5 $18 {Ch.Lutz}) 34... Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Qc8 36. Qe7 (36. Qd6+ Qc7 (36... Ka8
37. Qxe5) 37. Qf8+ {- 36.Qe7}) 36... Qc7 (36... Qd7 37. Qxe5+ Kc8 38. Nb3) 37.
Qf8+ Ka7 38. Nb3 $6 (38. Qxg7 {was good and simple winning a P after} Nxh5 39.
Qxh6 Nf4 40. Qd6 Kb8 $16) 38... Qd7 $2 {Black gives back the loan.} (38... Nxh5
$8 39. a4 $5 (39. b5 $6 axb5 40. cxb5 b6 41. a4 Nf4 $1 $132) 39... Nf4 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 $1 (41. cxb5 b6 $132) 41... b6 42. cxb6+ Qxb6 (42... Kxb6 43. Qa8
Nd3+ 44. Kc3) 43. Qxf7+ Qb7 44. Qf8 $14 {Ch.Lutz}) 39. Qxg7 $18 Ng4 (39... Qf5
40. c6 $1 Qxf2+ (40... Nxh5 41. Qxh6 Nf6 42. Qe3+ $18) 41. Ka3 $18) 40. b5 $1 {
Now the P march decides the game.} axb5 41. cxb5 Nxf2 42. b6+ Ka6 43. Qxh6 Kb5
$6 (43... Nd3+ {was the persistant defence, although after} 44. Ka3 Qb5 45. Qd2
Nxc5 46. Qa5+ Qxa5+ 47. Nxa5 Ne6 48. h6 Ng5 49. Nc4 e4 50. Kb4 f5 51. a4 $1 f4
52. a5 e3 53. Ne5 {/\ Nd7! nice mating threats will come, Ch.Lutz.}) 44. Qd6 $1
Qxd6 45. cxd6 Kxb6 (45... Kc6 46. Nc5 Kxd6 47. h6 $18) 46. h6 Nd3+ 47. Kc3 Nf4
48. h7 Ng6 49. Na5 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 $5 (12... Qc7 {leads to
the old main line.}) 13. c3 {after provoking this move the B goes back to e7,
and White's natural plan 0-0-0 is not valid anymore.} (13. Ne4 Bxd2+ (13...
Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nc4 (15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {deserves
attention, the N is not dead yet on b7!}) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Qc7 17. O-O-O
Rad8 18. Kb1 {1/2:1/2 Zarnicki-Hauchard, 2002}) 14. Nfxd2 Ngf6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16.
Nxb7 Qb4 17. Qb3 (17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Rab8 19. Rb1 {and although White has
an extra P, it doesn't seem to be very useful for the moment.}) 17... Qxd4 18.
Nf3 Qe4+ 19. Kf1 c5 20. Na5 Rab8 21. Qc3 Nd5 22. Qc4 Qxc4+ 23. Nxc4 Rhd8 24. g3
N5b6 25. Na5 {1/2:1/2 N.Medvegy-Korpics, 2002}) 13... Be7 14. c4 (14. Ne4 Ngf6
15. Nxf6+ (15. c4 Qa6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qe2 O-O {White still has problems
with his K.} 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Bc3 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23.
Rd1 Ne4 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Bb4 Re8 $11 {Rosito-Slipak, 72nd ch-ARG Pinamar 2002})
15... gxf6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qd5 18. c4 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 20. dxe5 Rxd3
21. exf6 Bxf6 {and the _|_ can only be better for Black.} 22. Ra2 Rd4 23. Rc2
Re4+ 24. Kf1 Bg5 25. f4 Be7 $11 {Sherzer-Rowley, Philadelphia 1994}) 14... Qa6
15. O-O {The K usually belongs to the <<, but now the black Q is rather bad on
a6.} Ngf6 {>< h5 is more vulnerable now.} 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Nf5 $1 {This N was
the black sheep anyway!} (17. Bf4 Nd5) 17... Rfe8 (17... Bd8 $2 {allows the
devastating sacrifice} 18. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. Ne5 {/\ Qg3} Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Ng4 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qxg4 Kxh6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 (24... Bg5 25. Qxf7 $18) 25.
h6+ $18) 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bb4 {White's position looks a bit better, but
there are constant problems with >< h5.} Ree8 20. Ne5 Rad8 (20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Rad8 {+/=/=}) 21. Qe2 {Now White has consolidated his position defending >< h5
and improving the Q's position as well.} b5 $5 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Bd6
$14 {with a huge space advantage for White.}) 22. Rac1 bxc4 23. Qxc4 (23. Nxc4
$1 {looks more precise, for example:} Qb5 $1 (23... e5 24. Nxe5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2
$14) 24. Ba3 (24. a3 Nxh5) 24... Nxh5 (24... Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Nd6 Rf8 27.
Nb7 Rb8 28. Na5 $16 {>< c6}) 25. Nd6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 $16) 23... Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb6
$1 (24... Nb8 {was too passive.} 25. Bc5) 25. Rxc6 Rxd4 26. Bc5 {Black has
chances to create a remote o^ on the <<, his P majority is his main hope.} Ra4
(26... Rd2 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 $16 {with two connected passed pawns on the
<<.}) 27. a3 Nc4 $5 (27... Nfd5 28. g3 $14) 28. Nxf7 $1 $14 (28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29.
b4 $14) 28... Nxb2 (28... Kxf7 $2 29. b3 $18 {and the R is suddenly trapped!})
29. Nd6 $6 (29. Ne5 {looks more to the point:} Nxh5 (29... Nc4 30. Rc7 a6 31.
f3 $14) 30. Rc7 (30. Bb4 Nf4) 30... Nf4 31. Rxa7 (31. Rb1 Nbd3 32. Nxd3 Nxd3
33. Bxa7 Rxa3 34. Rbb7 $14) 31... Rxa7 32. Bxa7 Ra8 33. Bd4 Nbd3 34. Nxd3 Nxd3
35. Rxe6 Kf7 (35... Rxa3 36. Rg6) 36. Rb6 Rxa3 37. Rb7+ $14) 29... Rb8 $2 {
giving back the favour.} (29... Rd8 $1 30. Rxe6 (30. Nb7 Rb8 $11) 30... Nd3 31.
Nb5 (31. Nf5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rxa3) 31... Nxc5 32. Rxc5 a6 $11 {
was the way for equalization.}) 30. Rb1 $1 $16 {Now the pin on the b <-> is
rather annoying.} (30. Rxe6 Nd3) (30. Re3 Nxh5) 30... Nxh5 31. Be3 Rxa3 (31...
Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Nc4 $18) 32. Bd4 Rab3 (32... Ra2 33. Nc4 $18) 33. Rc8+ $1
Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Rb4 (34... a5 35. Rxb2 $18) 35. Bxb2 {Black's pin on the b <->
is not so effective as it was White's!} Nf4 36. Ne7+ Kh7 (36... Kf7 37. Nc6 $16
) 37. Nc6 Rb3 38. Ne5 a5 39. g3 Nd5 40. Nc4 $18 {finally solving the problem
of the pin.} Nb6 41. Nd2 Rb4 42. Bc3 Rxb1+ 43. Nxb1 {Black has two pawns for
the piece, but slowly but surely White will convert his advantage into a win.}
a4 44. Na3 Nd5 45. Bb2 g5 46. Nc4 h5 47. Ne5 Nb4 48. Kf1 Nc2 49. Ke2 Kh6 50.
Kd3 Nb4+ 51. Kc4 Nd5 52. Bc1 Nf6 53. Kd3 Nh7 54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Nd7 Kg6 56. Nc5
Kf5 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Nxa4 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Nc3 Ng4 61. Ne2 Ne5+ 62. Kg2 Nd3
63. Be3 Kg4 64. f3+ Kf5 65. Nc3 e5 66. Ne4 Ne1+ 67. Kf2 Nc2 68. Ke2 Nd4+ 69.
Bxd4 exd4 70. Kf2 Ke5 71. Nc5 Kd5 72. Nd3 Kc4 73. Ne5+ Kc5 74. Kg2 Kd5 75. Ng6
d3 76. Kf2 d2 77. Ke2 Kd4 78. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O
14. Ne5 Qa5 (14... c5 $6 {is premeture in view of} 15. Qb5 $1 Qc8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. d5 exd5 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Rxd5 $16 {Trupan-Pashkov, Krasnodar op 1997}) (
14... Rc8 {/\ c5, or sometimes b5 when >< c6 is defended.} 15. Qe2 (15. Qf3 Qa5
16. c4 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Qa6 $1 {- Glek-Bareev, RUS-ch51 St.Petersburg 1998 CBM 67})
(15. c4 c5) (15. Ne4 {The passive g3 N causes a lot of trouble for White, it's
natural place is on e4. On the other hand White has to avoid the mass
exchanges in the [+].} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rh3 {The R is
excellent on the third rank.} c5 19. Rg3 Kh7 20. Rb3 Qa6 21. c4 Rcd8 22. dxc5
Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxc5 24. Qf3 $16 {Moreno Carnero-Rasnussen, Anibal Open Linares
2002}) 15... b5 {Black wants to blockade the light squares, especially d5.} 16.
Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 $13 {Macieja-Rasmussen, EU-ch
1st Saint Vincent 2000}) (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18.
f4 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {White still retains the somewhat better
chances in the _|_ due to his superior N and better P structure. However Black
can make a draw with precise technical play.} Rd8 {+/=/= Arnold-Groszpeter,
Paks Cup GM 2000}) 15. Ne4 (15. Ne2 {White avoids the exchanges in the [+] and
prepares the push g4-g5.} Rad8 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bc1 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Nb6 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qe4 {White's Q manoeuvres fail to impress.} Rd5 22. Nc3 Ra5
23. Rh3 Nd5 $11 {Jonkman-Gyimesi, Andorra op 2001}) (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 Qd5 20. Rh3 {This type of _|_ cannot be bad
for Black.} Rad8 21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Bc1 f5 $11 {
Emms-Lars Bo Hansen, Politiken Cup 1996}) 15... Nxe4 (15... Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6
17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qf3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qxb7 Nd5 {Black has an
active counterplay, winning b7 is rarely good.} 22. Bg3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Qd3
Qa4 $13 {Adams-Bareev, Sparkassen Gp 2 Dortmund 2002}) 16. Qxe4 Rad8 17. c4
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 $6 {White wants to complicate matters, butin his P structure ><
d4 remains a target.} (18. dxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {leads to an only slightly
better _|_ for White.}) 18... Bd6 $1 19. f3 (19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe5 Qd8 $15 {
and Black will triple his heavy artillery on the d <->.}) (19. g4 $5 Be7 (19...
Rd7 20. g5 $1) 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rfd8 $15 {and White has no real chances on
the >>, therefore he has to defend >< d4.}) 19... Rd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qe5 Qd8
22. Rd3 {'?!' Ftacnik.} b5 $1 {[%mdl 32] This is the typical method worsening
White's P structure.} 23. b3 $6 (23. c5 {creates a weak backward P on d4} Rd5
$15) (23. cxb5 Rd5 24. Qe4 cxb5 $17 {is even worse, the isolated P is a real
target in R endgames.}) 23... bxc4 24. bxc4 Qe7 {White has to keep an eye on
his K because of the opened b <->.} (24... f6 25. Qc5 Qb6+ $15) 25. Kc2 (25.
Rb3 Qd7 $15) 25... Rfd8 26. Qc5 R8d7 27. Rhd1 Qh4 28. g4 f6 29. Qb4 (29. R1d2
Qg3 $15) 29... f5 $5 {Black wants to ruin White's P chain on the >> widening
the battlefront.} 30. Qb8+ (30. gxf5 exf5 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 Qf6 $17) 30...
Kh7 31. Qe8 Qf6 32. c5 Rd5 33. Re1 Re7 $1 {Black gives the weak c6 P, but
penetrates into White's position and the K in the middle becomes more
vulnerable.} (33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qg6+ Qxg6 36. hxg6+ Kxg6 37. Rxe6+
Kg5 $17) 34. Qxc6 (34. Qg6+ Qxg6 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rde3 Kf6 $19 {and the R
_|_ is lost because of the many additional weaknesses besides the loss of the
P.}) 34... fxg4 35. fxg4 Qf2+ 36. Kd1 Rxd4 $19 37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kc2 Qc4+ 39.
Kd2 Qxa2+ {With a K like that it is very difficult to save the _|_.} 40. Ke3
Qb3+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc2 Qc4+ 46. Kd2
Qb4+ 47. Ke2 Qb2+ 48. Ke3 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc2 Qc4+ 52. Kd2
Qb4+ 53. Ke2 Rf7 $1 {and finally the R joins the ->.} 54. Qxe6 Rf6 55. Qd5
Qxg4+ 56. Kd3 Rf5 57. Re5 Qg3+ 58. Kd4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 {This leads to
quick simplifications after which White's chances are minimal.} (13. Kb1 {
is the more complex main line.} O-O (13... Qb6 {Hamdouchi-Bareev, Cap d'Agde-A
2002 CBM 92}) 14. c4 (14. Ne5 Qa5 (14... Rc8 15. Qf3 Qa5 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Rd3
Qa6 $1 {- Glek-Bareev, RUS-ch St Petersburg 1998 CBM 67}) 15. Ne4 {-
Topalov-Bareev, Candidats semifinal Dortmund 2002 CBM 90}) 14... b5 $5 {
- Vescovi-Macieja, FIDE World Cup-A 2002 CBM 92} (14... Qa5 {-
Galliamova-Chiburdanidze, Europa-Tartarstan m 2001 CBM 85})) 13... Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 (14... a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qe2 {- Yegiazarian-Haroutjunian,
ARM-ch Yerevan 2001 CBM 86}) 15. Qd3 (15. Qe5 $6 {The Q is only vulnerable
here.} O-O 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rhg1 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 {Now the P structure clearly
favors Black and White has no attacking chances.} 19. g4 Ne4 20. Rg2 b5 21. Ne5
Rfc8 $15 {Westerinen-Rogers, Troll Masters Gausdal 1996}) (15. Qe2 Qd5 (15...
Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne5 c5 $2 18. Ng6 $3 Rfe8 {was the safe try!} (18... fxg6
$6 {accepting the sacrifice allows White a wonderful firework!} 19. Qxe6+ Kh8
20. hxg6 Rae8 21. Bxh6 $1 {The second sacrifice...} gxh6 22. Qe3 $1 Ng4 (22...
Ng8 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25. Qe4+ $18) 23. Rxh6+ $1 {The third was easy.
..} Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25. Qe4+ $18 {Smolkov-Rumiantsev, St Petersburg 2002}))
16. c4 Qe4 {- 15.Qd3}) 15... Qd5 (15... a5 16. c4 O-O 17. Kb1 b5 {Black wants
to create a stronghold for his N on d5.} 18. Ne5 (18. c5 $5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb4 {
/\ Qd5}) 18... bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. Nxc6 Qd7 {Black is happy to sacrifice the
weak c P, because he has good play on the opened lines against the enemy K.}
21. Bd2 a4 22. Rhe1 Bf6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rfb8 25. Rc2 {(A.Rodriguez-Lobron,
Luzern ol (Men) 1982)} Rc8 26. Qd3 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nb6 $44) 16. c4
Qe4 $11 {This _|_ is about equal, but it contains some venom, as we will see
it.} 17. Qxe4 ({avoiding the _|_ may lead to problems only for White:} 17. Qd2
b5 18. Rde1 Qh7 19. c5 Nd5 20. Be5 a5 21. Qc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 {and the strong
blockading N on d5 is a super-power.} Bf6 23. Nd2 Nb4+ 24. Kb1 Nd3 $15 {
Jonkman-Grant, Mondariz zt 2000}) 17... Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 $6 {This is a bit
careless, although it looks logical to provoke c4-c5 weakening >< d5.} (18...
O-O-O 19. Ne5 Rhf8 20. Rhe1 (20. d5 {leads only to unnecessary exchanges.} Bd6
21. Nd3 exd5 22. cxd5 c5 23. Rh4 Rfe8 $11 {Jonkman-Grooten, Leeuwarden op 1997}
)) (18... Nf6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f3 Rd8 21. Kc2 a6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nd3 {This type
of _|_ is not so easy for Black from a practical point of view.} Rc8 24. a4 O-O
25. f4 f6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Bd2 c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Bc3 Kf7 31.
Rd7+ Re7 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 $11 {L.Bronstein-Tempone, ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1983})
19. b3 (19. d5 {is again useless because of} Nxc4 20. dxe6 Nxe3 (20... fxe6 21.
Bd4 O-O 22. Rhe1) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. fxe3 Rhd8 $11) 19... Bf6 20. g4 b5 $1 {
This is Black's main idea to take control over the light squares.} (20... Rd8
21. Kc2 $14) 21. Nd2 {White wants to keep the structure.} (21. c5 $6 Nc8 {
/\ Ne7-d5 is the right route for the N for a revival.} (21... Ne4 $6 {The N is
only vulnerable here and cannot find his way to d5.} 22. Kc2 b4 23. a3 a5 24.
Ra1 Ke7 25. axb4 $1 (25. Kd3 $14) 25... axb4 26. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Ra8 28.
Kb3 Nc3 29. a5 $16) 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Nd6+ Ke7 $11) 21... Kd7 (21...
Ke7 $2 22. f4 $1 $16) 22. Kc2 (22. c5 $6 {is still anti-strategy:} Ne8 23. Ne4
Nc7 24. Nd6 Rhf8 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Be5 a5 $11) 22... Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 (23... bxc4
24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. bxc4 f6 (25... Bf6 26. Bf4 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 f6 28. Bg3 Kd7 29.
Kd3 $16) 26. Ng6 Re8 27. Bf4 $16) 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5 $5 {Finally White
decides for this advance, the main idea is the control of the d <->, and space
advantage on both flanks.} (25. Bf4 $14 {keeping the tension was also possible.
}) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 (26... Nb7 {The N is far from d5 here.} 27. Rhg1 $14
) 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 a5 (29... Nd5 30. Bd2 a5 $14) 30. g5
$1 {widening the battlefront for the B.} hxg5 (30... Nf5 {is met by a
promising positional exchange sacrifice eliminating the strong blockader.} 31.
Rxf5 $1 exf5 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Rxh6 $1 (33. Bxh6 Rh8 34. Rf6 Kd7 $1) 33... Rh8
34. Rf6 Kd7 (34... Rxh5 35. Rxf7+ $18) 35. h6 $16 {and Black's pieces are
still rather passive.}) 31. Bxg5 Nf5 (31... Nd5 {is impossible because of} 32.
h6 $18) 32. Rd1 {The d <-> is in White's hands, but it is not easy to improve
the position.} a4 (32... Rh8 33. Rfd3 Raf8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 $14) 33. b4 Kc8 $2 {
Now White will penetrate on the d <->.} (33... Rh8 34. Rfd3 Raf8 {connecting
both rooks was much better.} 35. Rd7+ Kb8 $14) 34. Rfd3 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36.
Rxd8+ Kb7 {Now the black R remains very passive.} 37. Kc3 Ka6 38. Kd3 $1 Rc7
39. Ke4 Kb7 40. Rd1 Kc8 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Kf4 $1 Rc8 43. Rd7+ Rc7 44. Rd3 Kc8 (
44... Rc8 45. Bd8 $16) 45. Rd8+ Kb7 {[#]} 46. Bf6 $3 {[%mdl 512] This is a
beautiful sacrifice in order to create a lethal o^!} g6 (46... gxf6 47. exf6
Rc8 (47... Nh4 48. Kg4 $1 Nf5 49. Kg5 $18 {/\ h6}) 48. Rxc8 Kxc8 49. Kg5 Kd7
50. h6 Nxh6 51. Kxh6 e5 52. Kh7 $1 {The fight for the reserve tempo begins.} e4
(52... Ke6 53. Kg7 a3 54. f3 $22 $18) 53. Kg7 Ke6 54. a3 $22 $18) 47. hxg6 fxg6
48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Linares 20th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 {This may lead to a slightly better _|_, which is rather typical
to the Classical Carto Kann.} (14. c4 {is supposed to be the main line.}) 14...
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 (17. Be3 $143 {White wants to avoid the
exchange of queens, but loses a vital tempo.} Rfd8 (17... Nxh5 $6 18. g4 $40) (
17... Ng4 18. Bc1) 18. Ne5 c5 19. f3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa5 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. g4 Bc5
23. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Gershenzon-Kruppa, Dnepropetrovsk 1993}) (17. Be5 b5 {
Black wants to blockade the light squares keeping control over the vital d5
square.} 18. Rd3 Rfd8 19. Rg1 {/\ g4} Ng4 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bf4 c5 22. Ne5 Nf6
23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. g4 Rd5 27. Nd3 Qc4 28. g5 hxg5 29.
Bxg5 $13 {Firman-Ekstroem, Lausanne 2001}) 17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 ({Avoiding the
exchange of queens leads nowhere again.} 18. Qd2 $6 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Rde1
Qf5 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. Be5 c5 23. dxc5 f6 24. g4 Qf3 25. Bd4 Qxg4 26. Be3 Qf5 $17
{Kupreichik-Lobron, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1989}) 18... Nxe4 19. Rhe1 $1 (19. Rhf1
Bg5 {1/2:1/2 A.Sokolov-Dautov, Bled ol 2002}) (19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 Kf8 21. g4
Nf6 22. f3 Nd7 23. f4 a6 24. Kc2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14 {Stefansson-S.Kasparov,
Tanta City 2001}) 19... Nf6 (19... Nxf2 $2 {falls into the trap:} 20. Rd2 Bh4
21. Ree2 $1 $16) 20. g4 Rfd8 {Black wants to hold the d <-> first before
attacking the [+] via c5.} (20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd7 $5 (22. Be3 Rfc8 (
22... Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfd8 24. Red3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7 $11) 23. c4 {
White has a P majority on the << and the active pieces, but even so the _|_ is
rather drawish.} Kf8 24. Bxc5+ Rxc5 25. f4 Rc7 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Red1 Re8 28. b3
{1/2:1/2 V.Gurevich-Khlian, Azov 1995}) (22. f3 Rfd8 {- 20....Rfd8}) 22... Nxd7
23. Rxd7 {penetrating on the 7-th rank deserves attention, for example:} Bxf2
24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Rxb7 $14) 21. Be3 $1 {This is Kasparov's novelty, he wants to
prevent c5.} (21. c3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3 Rxd1+ (23... Nd5 24. Bd2 Bd6 25.
Nd3 Rac8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Rh1 Rc4 28. Kc2 Rdc8 29. Re4 Nb4+ 30. Nxb4 Rxb4 31.
Bf4 Rb6 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bd2 Rbc6 35. a4 $14 {Kalezic-Mateuta,
Bucharest Blue Autumn 2002}) 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Be7 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Kc2 f6 {
/\ Kf7 bringing the K into action.} 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. a3 b5 {against c4} 30. Nxd5
Rxd5 31. Rxd5 {1/2:1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Bled ol 2002}) (21. f3 c5 (21... Rac8 {
preparing c5 is not so necessary.} 22. c3 {/\ Kc2} Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5
25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 {The P structure is somewhat better for White.} b5 27. a3
Kg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 $14 {Shirov-Kramnik, RUS-The World rapid 2002}) (21...
Nd7 22. c4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ {Black wants to exchange the rooks, White's
space advantage is not enough for a win in the _|_.} 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {
Jenni-Heinig, Bad Worishofen op 2002}) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. c4 Bf2 (23... Kf8 24.
Kc2 Ke7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Bd4 28. Kb3 {b4 and then Kb3 would
be the ideal setup for White.} Nd7 29. Bd2 e5 $11 {Andreev-Bets, Alushta
Golden Autumn 2001}) (23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kc2 {at least winning a
tempo.} Kf8 26. a3 {/\ b4 and the P majority on the << is more and more
dangerous.} Ke8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Be3 a6 31. Bd4 $14 {
Kovalev-Kruppa, Berliner Summer 1993}) 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Rd3 Bxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Bxe5 Nh7 28. b3 (28. Kc2 $5 f6 29. Bc3) 28... f6 29. Bf4 f5 {creating
weaknesses in White's camp as well.} 30. Re1 fxg4 31. fxg4 Nf6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33.
Re5 Nxg4 $11 {Lutz-Khenkin, Bundesliga 2002}) (21. Rd3 {/\ Red1 preparing for
the opening of the d <->.} c5 22. Red1 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. c4 Bc7 {This is a theoretically drawish _|_.} 27. f3 Nh7 28. b4
f6 29. Nd3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ng5 $11 {Thorteins-Lobron, Reykjavik op 1984}) 21...
Bd6 (21... Kf8 22. f3 Nd5 23. Bd2 $14 {/\ c4 winning back the tempo.}) (21...
Nd5 22. Bd2 {/\ c4} (22. c4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 c5) 22... a5 (22... Bg5 23. c4 $14)
23. c4 Nf6 24. Be3 $14) 22. f3 {This is White's ideal P formation on the >>.}
Rac8 23. c4 a5 (23... Nd7 24. Nd3 $14) 24. a4 $1 {fixing the weakness on the
colour of the B.} Nd7 (24... Bb4 25. Rg1 $36) 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3 Nxe5 {
Black changes the P structure, the N was simply too strong in the [+].} (26...
Kf8 27. Kc2 Ke7 28. b3 $14) 27. dxe5 c5 $6 {Anand wants to blockade the
position keeping it as close as possible. However this weakens his P structure
even more.} (27... Bb6 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rd6 Bc7 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.
Kd3 $14) (27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kc2 $14 {and the B _|_
is defendable for Black.}) 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 $1 {This way the white K can
be centralized.} (29. Rxd1 Rd8 {keeps the white K on the <<.}) 29... Rd8+ 30.
Ke2 $1 Rd7 (30... Kf8 31. f4 Ke7 32. f5 $16) 31. f4 {/\ f5} Bd8 32. f5 Bg5 33.
f6 $1 b6 {[#]} 34. Ra1 $1 {/\ Ra3-b3 with a nice R manoeuvre.} Rd8 35. Ra3 gxf6
36. Rb3 $1 {Just in time! White wants to eliminate Black's << pawns giving
away his pawns on the other flank and let the race begin!} (36. exf6 e5 $1)
36... Bf4 37. Rxb6 Bxe5 (37... fxe5 38. Rc6 $18) 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rb5 Rd4 40.
Rxc5 (40. b3 Rxg4 41. Rxa5 Rg3 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. a5 Kf6 $11) 40... Rxg4 41. b3 (
41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. b3 Re4+ 43. Kd3 f5 $11) 41... Rg3 (41... e4 $5) 42. Rxe5 Rxb3
43. Rxa5 f5 $2 {This is already a mistake!} (43... Rb4 $2 44. Kd3 $16) (43...
Rc3 44. c5 (44. Rc5 Kg7 45. a5 Kf6) 44... Kg7 45. Kd2 Rc4 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Kd4
Rd1+ 48. Kc4 f5 $14) (43... Kf8 44. c5 Rh3 45. c6 Rc3 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6
48. c7 Ke5 $11) 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. c5 Rc3 46. Rc8 Ra3 $2 {Now the R _|_ is
extremely difficult for Black.} (46... Kf6 $1 {activating his K was possible.}
47. a5 Ke5 48. a6 Ra3 49. Ra8 f4 50. a7 Ke4 51. c6 f3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kg3
Rg2+ 54. Kh4 Rg7 55. Re8 Rxa7 56. Rxe6+ Kf4 $11) 47. c6 $1 Rxa4 48. Re8 $1 Rc4
49. Rxe6 f4 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Kd3 Rc5 52. Kd4 Rc1 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd5 Rc3 55.
Kd4 Rc1 56. Ke4 Rc4+ 57. Kf3 Kh8 $2 {This is the losing move!} (57... Rc5 $1
58. Kxf4 Rxh5 59. Re6 (59. Rd6 Rc5 60. Ke4 h5 61. Kd4 Rc1 62. Kd5 Kg7 $11)
59... Kg7 $1 60. Ke4 (60. Re5 Rh4+ 61. Kf5 Rc4 62. Re7+ Kf8 $11) (60. c7 Rc5
61. Re7+ Kf6 $11) 60... Kf7 $11) 58. Rxh6+ Kg7 59. Rd6 Kh7 60. Kg4 Kg7 61. Rd7+
Kf6 62. c7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O {This line
gives White a bit more chances for creating favourable complications.} (13...
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 (14... a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qe2 {-
Yegiazarian-Haroutjunian, ARM-ch Yerevan 2001 CBM 86}) 15. Qd3 (15. Qe5 $6 {
The Q is only vulnerable here.} O-O (15... a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. c4 O-O {- 15...0-0
}) 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rhg1 (17. c4 a4 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. c5 Qb5 $15 {
and >< d5 is irreversibily weak, Ljubojevic-Anand, Amber Rapid Monte Carlo
2003.}) 17... Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 {Now the P structure clearly favors Black and
White has no attacking chances.} 19. g4 Ne4 20. Rg2 b5 21. Ne5 Rfc8 $15 {
Westerinen-Rogers, Troll Masters Gausdal 1996}) (15. Qe2 Qd5 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1
O-O 17. Ne5 c5 $2 18. Ng6 $3 Rfe8 {was the safe try!} (18... fxg6 $6 {
accepting the sacrifice allows White a wonderful firework!} 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20.
hxg6 Rae8 21. Bxh6 $1 {The second sacrifice...} gxh6 22. Qe3 $1 Ng4 (22... Ng8
23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25. Qe4+ $18) 23. Rxh6+ $1 {The third was easy...}
Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25. Qe4+ $18 {Smolkov-Rumiantsev, St Petersburg 2002})) 16.
c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 {- 15.Qd3}) 15... Qd5 (15... a5 16. c4 O-O 17. Kb1 b5 {Black
wants to create a stronghold for his N on d5.} 18. Ne5 (18. c5 $5 Nd5 19. Bd2
Nb4 {/\ Qd5}) 18... bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. Nxc6 Qd7 {Black is happy to
sacrifice the weak c P, because he has good play on the opened lines against
the enemy K.} 21. Bd2 a4 22. Rhe1 Bf6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rfb8 25. Rc2 {
(A.Rodriguez-Lobron, Luzern ol (Men) 1982)} Rc8 26. Qd3 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rb8 28.
Rc1 Nb6 $44) (15... O-O {- 13...0-0}) (15... Qa5 $5 {is the new idea avoiding
the slightly worse _|_ arising after 15...Qd5.} 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne5 (17. g4 $5
{is the most aggressive try, suitable for Judit's style.} Nxg4 18. Rdg1 Qf5 (
18... Nxf2 {leads to immense complications:} 19. Qe2 Nxh1 (19... Bg5 20. Nxg5 (
20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Kh8) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd5 $1) 20. Qg2 $1 Bf6 21. Bxh6
(21. Be5 Qd8 (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Nxe5 g5 23. hxg6 $16) 22. Qxg7+ Bxg7 23. Rxg7+
Kh8 24. Rxf7+ $11) 21... Kh7 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. h6 Qf5 24. Qxh1 $44 {Anand}) 19.
Qd2 g5 $1 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. d5 $1 {Judit finds the
best tactical chance!} cxd5 24. Qd4 Nf6 $1 25. Rxg6+ Kf7 26. Rhg1 Rc8 27. Rg7+
Kf8 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Qh4 Ke8 31. Qa4+ Kf8 {1/2:1/2 Ju.Polgar-Anand,
Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 17... Rad8 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Rd3 {This is a typical R
manoeuvre here, there are lot of opportunities on the third rank.} (19. c4 Nd7
20. Rd3 Bf6 21. Ra3 Qb6 22. Qe3 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxh6 $1 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 f6
26. Qe3 Rd7 27. Bf4 e5 $13 {Akopian-Bareev, Enghian les Bains 2003}) 19... Qb6
20. Be3 {provoking} Nd5 {when the N can be hit by c4 and the pressure is lost
on d4.} 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. Bc1 Bf6 23. f4 Ne7 24. Qf2 $14 {Z.Almasi-Bareev,
BIH-chT Jahorina 2003}) 16. c4 Qe4 $11 {Kramnik-Bareev, Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM
93}) 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {[#]} 15. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Here this typical P sacrifice
looks very dangerous.} Nxg4 16. Rhg1 f5 (16... Nxf2 {wins the material, but
White gets a ferocious ->.} 17. Qd2 Nxd1 18. Bxh6 Qb6 $1 (18... Bf6 19. Bxg7
Bxg7 20. Qh6 $18) 19. Rxg7+ $1 {This is the decisive blow.} (19. Bxg7 $2 Qxb2+
20. Kxd1 Qb1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg1 22. Nxg1 Kxg7 $44) (19. Qxd1 $5) 19... Kh8 20. Qd3
Qxb2+ 21. Kxd1 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Qb5 23. c4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Ne5 $16) 17. Qe2
Kh7 $1 (17... Qd5 18. c4 $1 Qe4 19. Qxe4 fxe4 20. Rxg4 exf3 21. Bxh6 Bf6 22.
Bxg7 $18) 18. Qxe6 $16 {White stands better, but Dreev finds the best
counterplay.} Qd5 $1 (18... Rf6 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne5 $16 {was easy.}) 19. Qxe7
Qxf3 20. Be5 Rg8 21. Qxb7 Qxf2 22. Kb1 ({missing the forced} 22. Qxc6 $1 Rac8
$1 (22... Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd5 $16) 23. Bc7 $1 (23. Qg6+ Kh8
24. c3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Qxe5 27. Rde1 $14) 23... Qe3+ 24. Kb1 $16)
22... Rae8 (22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. Qxc6 Rxe5 {- 22...Rae8}) 23. Qxc6 Nxe5
24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. a4 ({The quiet} 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. a3 $14 {gave more chances.})
25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 (26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rd8 Re7 $11) 26... Rxc5 27. Rd7 Ra5 (27...
a5 $14) 28. Rf7 f4 $1 $11 {"All the R endings are drawish!"} (28... Rxa4 29.
Rxf5 $14) 29. Rxf4 Rxh5 30. b4 g5 31. Rf7+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Kb2 Kf6 34.
b5 Ke5 35. Kb3 Kd5 36. Rd1+ Kc5 37. Rd7 g4 38. Rc7+ Kb6 39. Rc6+ Kb7 40. Rg6
Rg5 $1 {Black has a strong "Tarrasch R"} 41. Rxh6 g3 42. Rh1 g2 43. Rg1 Kb6 44.
Kb4 Rg4+ 45. c4 a5+ 46. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
{[#]} 15. g4 $1 {[%mdl 8] This is an important novelty, this type of P
sacrifice was already seen in slightly different positions already.} (15. Nxf6+
Nxf6 {- Akopian-Bareev, Enghien les Bains 2003 CBM 96}) (15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Nxf6+
Nxf6 {- Akopian-Bareev, Enghien les Bains 2003 CBM 96}) 15... Nxg4 (15... Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 (17. Qe5 Qd5 $1) 17... Nxg4 {is the other version of
accepting the P sac.} 18. d5 $1 {closing the way for the enemy Q on the fifth
rank.} (18. Rdg1 Qf5 19. Ne5 Qxf4 20. Rxg4 Qf5 21. Rhg1 Bf6 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. dxe5 Kh8 26. Rxg7 Rg8 $11 {is not enough for White.
}) 18... Qb6 (18... Bf6 19. dxe6 Qb4 {is simply parried by} 20. c4 Qxb2+ 21.
Qxb2 Bxb2 22. e7 $1 {This is an important intermediate move.} (22. Kxb2 fxe6)
22... Rfe8 23. Kxb2 Nxf2 24. Bd6 $16 {holding the dangerous o^ on e7.}) (18...
cxd5 19. Rhg1 Nf6 20. Bxh6 $40) 19. Nd4 $1 (19. Nd2 {is not so clear in view of
} Nf6 $1 20. Nc4 (20. dxe6 Nd5 $1) 20... Qb5 21. dxe6 Nd5 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23.
Be5 Nb6 24. Rd4 Bc5 $132) 19... Nf6 20. dxe6 Nd5 21. Qg4 Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Nxd1 23.
Rxd1 Bf6 24. Bxh6 $40 {with a very strong -> for the sacrificed exchange.}) 16.
Ne5 $1 {[#]} f5 (16... Ngxe5 17. dxe5 {gives White a very good position for
the sacrificed P.} Rad8 (17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Rd7 $16 {
with penetration on the 7-th rank.}) (17... Nxe5 18. Qg3 $16) 18. Qg3 $1 {
leaves more options for White.} (18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. Qg3 $1 {- 18.Qg3} (19. Bxh6
gxh6 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Qd3 Kh8 $11) (19. Qe3 Kh7 $11 (19... Rg8 20. Bxh6 Nxe5 21.
Bg5 Nc4 22. Qc1 $13))) 18... Kh8 19. Nd6 $1 (19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 21.
Bxh6 Bf8 22. Bc1 $1 $40 (22. Nf6 $6 Rd1+ $1 23. Rxd1 gxf6 24. Qe3 Qxe5 25. Qc1
Kh7)) 19... Bxd6 20. Rxd6 $16 {and White has a strong pressure on the d <->
and on the >> for the P.}) 17. Nxg4 ({missing the devastating} 17. Nxd7 $1 fxe4
18. Qg3 $1 (18. Qxe4 Qf5) 18... Qf5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Be3 $16 {and Black has
no adequate compensation for the exchange.}) 17... fxe4 (17... fxg4 {deserves
attention as well.} 18. Bxh6 (18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rdg1 Qf5 20. Bd6 Qf3 $132) 18...
gxh6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 {is no more than a perpetual
check.}) 18. Qxe4 Qf5 19. Qe2 {White overestimates his attacking possibilities.
The situation has been changed rapidly, he had to go for a slightly better _|_.
} (19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Ne3 $14 {looked a bit better.}) 19... Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Be3 (21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd5 $11 {is an equal _|_ again.})
21... Rad8 $11 {Black has fully equalized, White's attacking chances vanished
forever.} 22. Rdg1 Kh7 (22... Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Qxf2 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qe1 Bxg1 26.
Rxg1 Qxh5 27. Bxg7 Qd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Kxg7 $11 {is a completely
drawish R _|_.}) 23. Rg4 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 (24... Bxe5 25. Rhg1 $14) 25. c3 (25.
Rb4 $2 b5 26. Qg4 a5 27. Rb3 a4 $17) 25... Qf5+ 26. Qc2 (26. Ka1 Rd5 $11) 26...
Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 a6 28. Rb4 Rf7 29. Rh3 $2 {White loses his sense of danger.} (
29. Re4 $11 {was still equal.}) 29... Re7 $1 $15 {occupying the important e
<->.} 30. Rf4 Rd5 31. c4 Rde5 32. Rg4 $6 (32. b4 $15) 32... Rf5 {Black's
pieces become more and more active.} 33. Rg1 b5 $1 {opening the second front
on the <<. It is remarkable, how quickly White collapses in this seemingly
inconnous _|_.} 34. cxb5 (34. Rg4 Ree5 $17) 34... cxb5 $17 35. Rd1 a5 $1 {/\ a4
} 36. b3 (36. Rd6 Rc7+ 37. Kb1 a4 $17) 36... Rc7+ 37. Kb1 a4 38. Rhh1 axb3 39.
axb3 Rc3 40. Ka2 b4 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 {This idea
connected with a quick liquidation to a slightly better _|_ is more and more
popular these days.} Nxe4 (13... O-O {- Shirov-Dreev, Dos Hermanas 2003 CBM 95}
) 14. Qxe4 Nf6 (14... a5 {/\ a4-a3 is the old plan, which has no high
reputation anymore.} 15. Kb1 a4 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qe2 {-
Yegiazarian-Haroutjunian, ARM-ch Yerevan 2001 CBM 86}) 15. Qd3 (15. Qe5 $6 {
The Q is only vulnerable here.} O-O 16. Kb1 a5 17. Rhg1 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 {
Now the P structure clearly favors Black and White has no attacking chances.}
19. g4 Ne4 20. Rg2 b5 21. Ne5 Rfc8 $15 {Westerinen-Rogers, Troll Masters
Gausdal 1996}) (15. Qe2 Qd5 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne5 c5 $2 18. Ng6 $3
Rfe8 {was the safe try!} (18... fxg6 $6 {accepting the sacrifice allows White
a wonderful firework!} 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. hxg6 Rae8 21. Bxh6 $1 {The second
sacrifice...} gxh6 22. Qe3 $1 Ng4 (22... Ng8 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25.
Qe4+ $18) 23. Rxh6+ $1 {The third was easy...} Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kxg6 25. Qe4+ $18 {
Smolkov-Rumiantsev, St Petersburg 2002})) 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 {- 15.Qd3}) 15...
Qa5 $5 {By this way Black avoids the exchange of Q and strives to a normal
main line position.} (15... a5 16. c4 O-O 17. Kb1 b5 {Black wants to create a
stronghold for his N on d5.} 18. Ne5 (18. c5 $5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb4 {/\ Qd5}) 18...
bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. Nxc6 Qd7 {Black is happy to sacrifice the weak c P,
because he has good play on the opened lines against the enemy K.} 21. Bd2 a4
22. Rhe1 Bf6 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Rc1 Rfb8 25. Rc2 {(A.Rodriguez-Lobron, Luzern ol 
(Men) 1982)} Rc8 26. Qd3 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nb6 $44) (15... Qd5 16. c4
Qe4 17. Qxe4 ({avoiding the _|_ may lead to problems only for White:} 17. Qd2
b5 18. Rde1 Qh7 19. c5 Nd5 20. Be5 a5 21. Qc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 {and the strong
blockading N on d5 is a super-power.} Bf6 23. Nd2 Nb4+ 24. Kb1 Nd3 $15 {
Jonkman-Grant, Mondariz zt 2000}) 17... Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 $6 (18... O-O-O 19.
Ne5 Rhf8 20. Rhe1 (20. d5 {leads only to unnecessary exchanges.} Bd6 21. Nd3
exd5 22. cxd5 c5 23. Rh4 Rfe8 $11 {Jonkman-Grooten, Leeuwarden op 1997})) (
18... Nf6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f3 Rd8 21. Kc2 a6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nd3 {This type of
_|_ is not so easy for Black from a practical point of view.} Rc8 24. a4 O-O
25. f4 f6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Bd2 c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Bc3 Kf7 31.
Rd7+ Re7 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 $11 {L.Bronstein-Tempone, ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1983})
19. b3 (19. d5 {is again useless because of} Nxc4 20. dxe6 Nxe3 (20... fxe6 21.
Bd4 O-O 22. Rhe1) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. fxe3 Rhd8 $11) 19... b5 (19... Bf6 20. g4
b5 $1 {- Kramnik-Bareev, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 93} (20... Rd8 21. Kc2 $14
)) 20. c5 Nf5 $5 (20... Ne4 {/\ Nf6-d5} 21. Kc2 Rc8 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. a4 b4 24.
g4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Bg5 26. Rhe1 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 O-O 28. Kd3 $14 {Kulaots-Grant,
EU-ch Istanbul 2003})) (15... O-O {- 13...0-0}) 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne5 (17. g4 $5
{is a very aggressive idea of J.Polgar, typical to her sharp style.} Nxg4 18.
Rdg1 Qf5 (18... Nxf2 {leads to immense complications after} 19. Qe2 Nxh1 (19...
Bg5 20. Nxg5 (20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Kh8) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd5 $1) 20. Qg2
$1 Bf6 21. Bxh6 (21. Be5 Qd8 (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Nxe5 g5 23. hxg6 $16) 22. Qxg7+
Bxg7 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rxf7+ $11) 21... Kh7 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. h6 Qf5 24. Qxh1
$44 {according to Anand.}) 19. Qd2 g5 $1 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. Bxf8
Rxf8 23. d5 $1 {This beutiful move is also the only one!} cxd5 24. Qd4 Nf6 $1
25. Rxg6+ Kf7 26. Rhg1 Rc8 27. Rg7+ Kf8 28. Qh4 Ke8 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Qh4 Ke8
31. Qa4+ Kf8 {1/2:1/2 Ju.Polgar-Anand, wijk aan Zee 2003}) 17... Rad8 18. Qg3 {
This is the most active position for the Q.} (18. Qe2 Qb6 (18... Nd5 19. Bc1 c5
20. c4 Nf6 21. dxc5 {1/2:1/2 Guerra Bastida-Magem Badals, ESP-chT Mondariz 2002
}) 19. c3 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. g4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Nd5 $15 {
Thipsay-Prakash, IND-ch Mumbai 2003}) (18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. c4 b5 21.
cxb5 cxb5 22. g4 Nd5 $11 {Ledger-Gyimesi, Gibraltar Masters 2003}) 18... Kh8
19. c4 (19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 {is not a healthy exchange of Q for White.}
21. f3 Nd7 $11 {Cao-Ruck, HUN-ch Semi-Final 2002}) (19. Qb3 {is usually
answered by the Q exchange offer} Qb6 20. c3 Kg8 21. g4 c5 22. Qxb6 axb6 23.
dxc5 Bxc5 24. f3 Nd5 25. Bc1 b5 $11 {Dominguez-Dreev, North See Cup 2003}) (19.
Rd3 $5 {looks a strong preparatory move here.} Qb6 (19... c5 20. Qf3 (20. dxc5
$5) (20. Ra3 $5 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. Qf3 Nd5 (22... Rxd4 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7
Rxf4 25. Rxe7 Rxf2 26. Rxa7 Rxg2 27. a4)) 20... Rxd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxb7 Nd5
23. Bg3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Qd3 Qa4 $13 {Adams-Bareev, Dortmund 2002}) 20. Be3
Nd5 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. Bc1 {and the N on d5 is vulnerable.} Bf6 23. f4 Ne7 24. Qf2
$14 {Z.Almasi-Bareev, BIH-cht Jahorina 2003}) 19... Nd7 (19... c5 {deserves
also attention:} 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Kg8 22. Qe3 Rd6 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. g4 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {This typical _|_ is only slightly better for
White.} 27. Qd4 (27. Kc2 a6 28. f3 Qc7 29. Qd4 Bc5 30. Qd3 Bd6 $11 {
Wedberg-Dreev, SWE-chT 2002/03}) 27... a6 $11 {De Firmain-Dreev, SWE-chT 2002/
03}) 20. Rd3 Bf6 (20... Qa6 {looks rather passive.} 21. Rc1 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rg8
23. Qf3 Rgf8 24. Qg4 Rg8 25. Rg3 f6 26. Qxe6 fxe5 27. Qxe7 Rxd4 28. Ra3 $16 {
Leitao-David, Bled ol (Men) 2002}) 21. Ra3 $6 {Chasing away the Q is not so
logical in this moment.} (21. Rc1 $1 {is the typical plan again.} Bxe5 (21...
Kh7 $2 {is now strongly met by} 22. Ra3 $1 Qb6 23. c5 Qb5 (23... Qb4 24. Nc4)
24. Nc4 $18 {and the Q is in a big trouble.}) 22. dxe5 $1 (22. Bxe5 Nxe5 $11)
22... Nc5 23. Ra3 Qb4 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. g4 Rd7 26. g5 $14) 21... Qb6 22. Qe3 ({
The planned} 22. c5 {doesn't work because of} Qb4 $1 23. Nd3 Qxd4 24. Bd6 Rfe8
25. Rxa7 b6 $132) 22... c5 $1 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Nc5 25. Ra3 $1
(25. Kc2 Rd4 26. g3 Rfd8) 25... a6 26. Be3 Nd3 27. f4 $14) 23. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 {
[%mdl 256] [#]} (23... Qxc5 $2 {leads to a much better _|_ for White after} 24.
Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxa7 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rd7 27. f3 $1 Rfd8 28. Bc3 $16) 24. Bxh6 $2 {
Black can simply ignore this blow, and build up a pressure in the [+].} (24. g4
$142 {looked more to the point.} Qb4 (24... Kg8 25. Rg1) 25. Bxh6 Bxe5 26. Qxe5
f6 27. Qe3 Rd7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Bg3 Rfd8 (29... Rd2 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Ne4 $11
) 30. h6 Rd1+ $1 (30... g6 31. g5 Qxc4 32. Rc1 Rd1 33. Rac3) 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.
Kc2 Rd4 33. hxg7+ Kg8 34. Kb1 Re4 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxg4 $15) 24... Bxe5 $1
25. Qxe5 f6 26. Qe3 Rd7 $1 (26... e5 $5) 27. Bf4 e5 28. h6 (28. Bg3 Rfd8 29. h6
g6 {- 28.h6}) 28... g6 $1 29. Bg3 Rfd8 {White's position is suddenly on the
verge of a collapse. Black controls the vital d <->, the B is out of play and
there is no harmony between the heavy artillery as well.} 30. h7 $2 (30. f3 $2
Rd2 31. b3 R8d3 $19) (30. Rc3 Kh7 31. Rcc1 $15) 30... Rd2 $1 {The penetration
on the second rank decides the game.} 31. Bxe5 (31. b3 R8d3 32. Qh6 Qd8 $1 $19)
31... Qe6 $1 $19 32. Bxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxf2 35. Rc2 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 31st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Rd8
(14... O-O {is the main line.}) 15. Qe2 (15. Nc4 {deserves attention as well.}
Qd5 (15... Qb5 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 {and White
obtains some space advantage in the _|_.} Nb6 20. Bc5 Kd7 21. Rh4 Kc7 22. Ne4
$14 {Timman-Larsen, Amsterdam 1980}) 16. Rhe1 (16. f3 Nb6 17. Ne5) 16... c5 (
16... O-O 17. Ne3 $1 (17. Nf5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rxe7 Rfe8 {and >< h5
remains a target.}) 17... Qa5 (17... Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. d5 $14 {opening up
the position for the active pieces.}) 18. Nef5 Bb4 19. c3 exf5 20. cxb4 Qxb4
21. Nxf5 $14 {with nasty threats on the >>, >< g7, h6.}) 17. dxc5 Qxd3 18. Rxd3
Nxc5 (18... Bxc5 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ $14) 15... O-O {[#]} 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 ({accepting the sacrifice leads to
sad consequences for Black.} 16... fxg6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 (17... Kh7 18. hxg6+ Kxg6
19. Qxe7 $16) 18. hxg6 $1 {This is the point!} (18. Qxe7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa2+ 20.
Kxa2 Nxe7 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Ne4 $16) 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23.
dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxf2 25. Rd7 $14 {Tal}) 18... Ng8 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxh6+
Nxh6 21. Qxe7 Nf7 (21... Nf6 22. g7+ (22. Rh1 Kg8 {Cimmino-Franz, corr 1995})
22... Kg8 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxb7 $16 {Bologan}) 22. Rh1+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23.
Rh7+ Kxg6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Nh5+ $16) 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nh5+ $16) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7
18. Rd3 (18. c4 $142 {looks even better!} Ree8 19. Qf3 $1 Qa6 20. Rc1 b5 21. c5
{White gives up the vutal d5 square, but he has good attacking chances on the
>>, while Black has nothing on the other flank. The Q on a6 is also out of
play.} Nd5 $2 (21... b4 $5) 22. Ne4 Qa4 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Be3 $1 (24. Bxe5 Nxe5
25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd6 Rd7 27. Qh3 Rc7 $11) 24... Re6 (24... Re7 25. Nd6 Nb4 26.
a3 Nd5 27. Nf5 $16) 25. Nd6 Rf6 26. Qg3 Nf4 27. b3 (27. Bxf4 $16) 27... Qb4 28.
Bd2 Qa3 29. dxe5 Nxh5 30. Qh4 $18 {Tseshkovsky-Dreev, RUS-ch 2003}) 18... Ree8
19. Rhd1 (19. Ra3 Qd5 20. Rxa7 b5 21. c3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 b4 $1 $132)
19... Qd5 $5 (19... c5) 20. Rg1 $1 b5 (20... Nxh5 $2 21. Bxh6 $1 Nxg3 22. Rxg3
$16) (20... Qa5 $5 21. Ra3 (21. c4 b5 $1) 21... Qd5 $1 (21... Qb6 22. Rd1 (22.
Rb3 Qxd4 23. Bc7 Ra8) 22... c5 $13) 22. Rxa7 b5 $44) 21. Qd2 a5 $6 {This plan
is a bit slow.} (21... Nxh5 $2 {opens the lines against his own K.} 22. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 (22... Nxg3 23. Rxg3 $16) 23. Qxh6 Ng7 24. Rh1 $1 f6 25. Ne4 Kf7 (25...
Qxe4 26. Rg3 $18) 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Rh7 Rdf8 29. Nc3 $1 {There is
no need to hurry taking back the piece immediately.} (29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. Qxg7+
Rf7 31. Qg4 Rh7 32. b3 Rh1+ 33. Kb2 Qxd4+ 34. c3 Qd1 $14) 29... Qxd4 30. Rd3
$18) ({fighting back in the [+] by} 21... c5 $1 {was required.} 22. dxc5 (22.
Bc7 c4 $1) 22... Qxc5 23. Rd1 (23. Be3 Qc6 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Rd1 Nd5 $15) 23...
Qc6 24. Be5 Nd5 $13) 22. Ne2 $1 (22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 {is now met by} Ng4 $1
24. Qf4 Ngf6 $15) 22... b4 $6 (22... Nxh5 $2 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6 $18) (
22... Qxh5 $6 23. Rh3 (23. g4 $5 Qh4) 23... Qf5 (23... Qg6 24. Bxh6 $1 (24. f3
$5 Qh7 $13 (24... Nb6 25. Bxh6)) 24... gxh6 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. Rh1 h5 27. f3 Ndf6
28. Qxa5 $14) 24. g4 $1 (24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qh7 26. Qc1 Qf5 27. Qh6 Qh7 $11
) 24... Qg6 (24... Qd5 25. Bxh6 $16) 25. g5 $40) (22... c5 $1 {was again the
best answer.} 23. Nc3 $5 (23. Bxh6 Ne4 $17) (23. g4 c4 24. Rh3 e5 $1 $17) (23.
dxc5 Qxc5 24. g4 Rc8 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Ne4 27. Qc1 Ne5 28. Re3 {Bologan} (
28. Rd4 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 g6 30. hxg6 Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 Nxg6 $11) 28... Nxf2 29. Rc3
Qd5 30. h6 Ne4 31. Rh3 Ng6 32. hxg7 Qf5 33. Rhh1 Nxg5 34. Rxg5 Rxc2 $132) 23...
Qxh5 24. g4 {White grabs his chances on the >>, he has to open lines at any
cost.} Qg6 (24... Qh4 25. g5 $40) (24... Nxg4 $2 25. dxc5 $18) 25. g5 (25. dxc5
b4 26. Na4 Ne4 27. Qe3 e5 $17) 25... cxd4 (25... b4 26. Ne2 hxg5 27. Bxg5 $13)
26. Qd1 $1 (26. Rxd4 $2 e5 $19) (26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Qxa5 hxg5 $13) 26... Nc5 $1 (
26... hxg5 27. Rxg5 Qh7 28. Rxd4 b4 29. Be5 $1) 27. gxf6 (27. gxh6 Nxd3 28.
Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qxd3 dxc3 30. Qxg6 Rd1+ 31. Bc1 Re7 $15) 27... Qxf6 28. Bxh6 Qxh6
29. Rxd4 Qf6 30. Nxb5 Rxd4 $11) 23. g4 Ne4 (23... c5 {is now late:} 24. dxc5
Qxc5 25. g5 Ne4 26. Qc1 hxg5 27. Bxg5 f6 28. Bh6 Re7 29. Nf4 $16) 24. Qe3 Ng5 (
24... Nb6 $5 25. b3) 25. Rc1 (25. b3 $2 a4 $17) (25. Bxg5 $5 {deserves
attention} hxg5 (25... Qxg5 26. f4 Qd5 27. g5 $16) 26. h6 (26. f4 gxf4 27. Nxf4
(27. Qxf4 e5) 27... Qg5 $13) 26... g6 27. f4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 $36) 25... Nb6 (
25... a4 {is countered by} 26. c4 $1 Qa5 (26... bxc3 27. Nxc3) 27. c5 {and the
Q is cut off the >>.} Nh7 (27... Nf6 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Rd5 30. Qh4 $14)
28. g5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 f6 30. Bh4 e5 31. Rg1 exd4 32. Qg3 Re7 33. Nxd4 $18) 26.
b3 a4 $2 {Now White's -> is improving by every tempo.} ({The cautious} 26...
Qb5 {looked better} 27. c4 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Qa6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. Qf3
a4 $1 (31... f6 32. Nc5 $14) 32. Nc5 Qa7 33. Nxa4 Nf4 $132) (26... Ra8 {
was also possible:} 27. Bc7 $1 Nc8 28. c4 $1 Qd7 (28... bxc3 29. Nxc3 Qd7 30.
Bf4 $16) 29. Bf4 Nh7 (29... a4 $2 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 axb3 32. Rxb3 Qa7 33.
Rc2 $16) 30. Ng3 (30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 a4 $132) 30... a4 31. Ne4 Qa7 $13) 27.
Bc7 $1 Qa5 28. f4 $1 {This is the point! White wants to continue his -> on the
>>, the exchange is not so important.} (28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nf4 (29. c4 bxc3 $44)
29... Ra8 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Nxd5 cxd5 (31... Qxd5 32. Re2 Nf3 33. Rd1 c5 34. Qe4
Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Nxd4) 32. f3 Rc8 $44) 28... Nh7 29. g5 $1 {This is the
consequent follow-up.} (29. d5 $5 axb3 30. cxb3 Ra8 31. a4 (31. Rd2 Nxd5 32.
Bxa5 Nxe3 33. Bxb4) 31... exd5 (31... Nxd5 32. Bxa5 Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxa5 34. Nd4
$16) 32. Qxb6 Qxb6 33. Bxb6 Rxe2 34. Rxc6 Nf6 35. Rd4 $14 {is a better _|_ but
White certainly wants more.}) (29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c4 $5 (30. f5 Nd5 31. Qf2 Ra8
32. Rd2 exf5 33. Qxf5 Nhf6) 30... bxc3 31. Rcxc3 $44) 29... hxg5 (29... Ra8 $5
30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. gxh6 (31. Rg1 Kh8) 31... gxh6 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ f6 34.
Qe4 axb3 35. Rxb3 $14) 30. fxg5 Rd7 (30... axb3 31. cxb3 Ra8 32. Qd2 Qa7 33.
Bxb6 Qxb6 34. g6 Nf6 $14) 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rg1 (32. g6 Nf6 33. h6 fxg6 34. Qg5
axb3 35. cxb3 Qb5 36. Qxg6 Qf5 $13) 32... axb3 33. cxb3 Qa5 34. g6 fxg6 $2 {
opening the lines against his own K cannot be good.} (34... Nf6 $1 {was the
only defence:} 35. gxf7+ (35. h6 fxg6 (35... Qf5 $5 36. gxf7+ (36. Ng3 Qxg6 37.
Ne2 Qe4 $1 38. Qxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Nf4 Red8) 36... Rxf7 {- 35.gf}) 36.
Rxg6 Qf5 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. hxg7 Nd5 $13) 35... Rxf7 36. h6 Qf5 $1 37. hxg7 (
37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. hxg7 Nd5) 37... Nd5 (37... Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kb2 $14)
38. Qd2 Ree7 39. Kb2 Rxg7 40. Rdg3 $14) 35. hxg6 $18 Nf6 36. Rg5 $1 Rd5 37. Re5
$1 Ng4 (37... Ra8 38. Nc1 Ng4 39. Qh3 $16) 38. Rxe6 $1 {That was an effective
R manoeuvre.} Rf8 (38... Nxe3 39. Rxe8#) 39. Qh3 Nh6 40. Rxc6 Rdf5 41. d5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. g4 Nxg4 16. Ne5 f5 $2 (16... Ndxe5 $142 {see the analyse in the game
Vallejo Pons-Landa, EU Cup 2003 CBM 98.}) 17. Nxd7 $1 $16 fxe4 18. Qg3 Rxf4 19.
Qxf4 Qf5 20. Qc7 Nxf2 $1 (20... Bg5 $6 {- Vallejo Pons-Landa, EU Cup 2003 CBM
98}) 21. Rhf1 e3 (21... Qxh5 $1 {gave the best practical chances.} 22. Rde1 (
22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Rde1 Bh4 {- 22.Rde1}) 22... Bh4 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Qxc6 Qd5 25.
Ne5 $1 (25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Ne5 Rd6 27. Re2 Rf6 28. c4 $14) 25... Kh7 26. Qxd5
exd5 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Ng4 $1 $16 {with a lethal pin on the f <->.}) 22. Rde1 $1
$18 {Now objectively speaking White's position is winning, but in a practical
game this is far from easy.} (22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Rde1 Qxh5 24. Rxe3 $16) 22...
Bg5 (22... Qxh5 23. Rxe3 $18) 23. Ne5 (23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Qxc6 {looks also
promising.}) 23... b6 (23... Rd8 {runs into} 24. Rxe3 $1 Rxd4 25. Rf3 $18) ({On
} 23... c5 {the simplest way is} 24. Qxc5 $1 $16) 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. Ka1 $1 {
/\ c3} Kh7 (25... Rxd4 26. Qe8+ Qf8 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Nf7 $18) 26. c3 {White
has a huge material advantage, and Black's only hope the o^ e3 is under strict
control.} Bf4 27. Ng6 Bg5 28. a3 {avoiding any surprises on the back rank,
White can afford it simply.} Qh3 29. Ne5 Rf8 (29... Qxh5 30. Qxe6 Rf8 31. Rg1
$18) 30. Rg1 Qf5 (30... Qxh5 31. Qxe6 Rf6 32. Qd7 $18) 31. Qc4 Nh3 32. Rgf1 Nf2
33. Qe2 {It is time to deal seriously with o^ e3.} Qe4 (33... Rf6 34. Nc4 $18)
34. Ng4 $1 {Liquidating to an easy win.} Nxg4 (34... Bh4 35. Nxe3 $18) 35. Rxf8
Nf6 36. Rf1 Bf4 37. Rg1 Bg5 38. Ka2 Qf5 39. Rf1 Qd5+ 40. Kb1 Ne4 41. Qd3 e5 42.
Re8 e2 43. Re1 ({but not} 43. Qxe2 $4 Nd2+ $1 $11) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4 Be7
(14... O-O-O 15. g3 {is the old main line.}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. g3 {/\ Bf4} (
16. Qe4 {/\ Bf4 is supposed to be the main line here.} O-O-O {White has
certainly only a slight edge here, but Black has to play very well the
technical phase of the forthcoming _|_.} 17. Kb1 (17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rhe8 (
18... Qd5 {- Lutz-Dautov, BL 2000 CBM 80}) 19. Bg3 {- Balcarek-Dautov, BL 2000
CBM ext 78} (19. g4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24.
Bg3 Rd5 25. c3 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Rhe1 Rd5 $11 {Hracek-Khenkin, BL 2000}))
17... c5 (17... Nb6 18. Bf4 (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rd5) 18... Qe7 19. Ne5 Nd5 (
19... Rd5 20. c4 Bxe5 21. cxd5 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 $14 {and although Black has some
compensation for the exchange, White has chances to open up lines for his
rooks.}) 20. Bg3 Rhf8 (20... Qb4 $6 21. Rd3 $1 {The R is excellent on the
third rank.} Rhf8 22. c4 Bxe5 (22... Nc7 23. Rb3 Qd2 24. Nxc6 $1 $18) 23. Qxe5
Qxc4 24. Rb3 $16 {and White's battery on the h2-b8 /^ is very dangerous.}) 21.
c4 $14 {and the centralized N has to retreat.}) 18. Bf4 {- Lutz-Jugelt,
Altenkirchen 2001 CBM 87}) 16... O-O-O (16... Qb6 17. Bf4 c5 18. Ne5 cxd4 19.
Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4+ Qxd4 23. Rxd4+ Ke7 $11 {A.
Toth-Eperjesi, Budapest 1998}) (16... Be7 17. Kb1 $5 $14 {is a better
prophylactical move.} (17. c4 b5 $1 {is the typical counterattack weakening ><
d5 at any cost.} 18. c5 a5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Ne5 O-O (20... Nf6 21. Qf3) 21. g4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qd7 23. Rhg1 Qd5 $11 {De Firmian-K.Berg, Hamar op 1983})) 17. Qa3
$1 $14 {White wants to create weaknesses on the <<.} a6 (17... b6 18. Rhe1 $14)
18. Ba5 b6 {This is the second one.} 19. Bb4 Nb8 {This is not a nice way
defending the weak P.} (19... Qb7 20. Bd6 $14) 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 (20... Rd5 21. c4
$1 {White sacrifices the vulnerable h5 P in order to maximize the pressure of
his pieces.} Rxh5 22. Bd6 Qb7 23. Ne5 {White has invaded the [+], and the h5 R
is out of play.} Bxe5 (23... Rd8 24. c5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 {Black is pushed to the
wall.} b5 (25... bxc5 26. Bxb8 $18) 26. g4 Rg5 27. Qf3 $16) 24. Bxe5 Rg8 25. d5
$1 {White has to open up the position where his active pieces can find more
targets.} cxd5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Kb1 Nc6 28. Rc1 $16) 21. Bd2 {/\ Bf4 changing
the /^.} ({The standard} 21. c4 $1 Kb7 22. Kb1 $14 {looks also promising for
White avoiding the following complications.}) 21... Qd6 22. Qb3 Qd5 $1 {
This is connected with a positional Q sacrifice, but Black desperately wants
to change the course of the game.} (22... Kb7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 (23... Qxd4 $2 24.
Nxf7 $18) 24. dxe5 Qd5 25. c4 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Be3 Red8 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29.
Kc2 Rd8 30. b4 {This _|_ looks better for White, because Black has weaknesses
on both flanks.} Nd7 31. Rd1 Kc7 32. f4 c5 33. a3 Rg8 $16) 23. Qxb6 Qxf3 24.
Re3 Qxd1+ $1 {Otherwise White has a mating ->.} 25. Kxd1 Bxd4 26. Qb3 Bxe3 (
26... Rd7 27. Rd3) 27. Qxe3 {Materially it is still even, but White's pieces
are very active, and Black's P structure is weakened.} Rd5 $6 (27... f6 28. c4
$14 (28. Ke2 Rd5 $132)) 28. c4 $1 Rxh5 29. g4 {Now it is not easy to restore
the connection between the rooks.} Rh4 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kc2 $14) 30. Kc2 (30.
Qa7 Rd8 (30... Rxg4 31. Ba5 $18) 31. Qxf7 h5 32. Qxe6+ Rd7 33. Ke2 Rxg4 34. Be3
Kb7 35. Qe5 $14) 30... f6 $2 {This is already a real mistake.} (30... Rxg4 $5 {
was more active, for example:} 31. Qa7 Rd8 (31... Rxc4+ 32. Kb3 Rd8 33. Kxc4
Rxd2 34. Qxf7 Nd7 35. Qxg7 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rxf2 37. Qxh6 $14) 32. Qxf7 Rxc4+ 33.
Bc3 Re4 34. Qf3 Rc4 35. Qe2 Rf4 36. Bxg7 (36. Qxe6+ Kb7) 36... Kb7 37. Bxh6 Rf5
38. Be3 $13 {and White's advantage is not enough for a win.}) 31. Qa7 Rd8 32.
Qxg7 c5 (32... h5 33. Qxf6 Rxg4 34. Bf4 $16) 33. Qe7 (33. Qxf6 $1 Rh2 34. Qxe6+
$18 {was clearly better.}) 33... Nc6 34. Qxc5 Kd7 35. Bc3 (35. Bf4 $1 e5 36.
Qd5+ Kc7 37. Qf7+ Rd7 38. Qxf6 Rxg4 39. Bxe5+ $16 {with too many pawns for
White.}) 35... Rh1 (35... Rxg4 $1 {was the last chance for a persistant
defence.} 36. Bxf6 Rc8 37. Kd2 Rf4 38. Bg7 h5 39. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 40. Ke3 Rf5 41.
Qh2 $14) 36. Bxf6 Rg8 37. Qe3 ({Or simply} 37. b4 $18) 37... Kc7 $6 (37... Rxg4
38. f4 Rg2+ 39. Kb3 $16) 38. Qe2 Rg1 39. f3 $18 {and White has consolidated
his decisive advantage.} Kb7 40. Qxe6 Rg2+ 41. Kb3 Rc8 42. Bc3 Rf2 43. Qe3 Rf1
44. Qe2 Rh1 45. a3 Rc7 46. Qe6 Rf1 47. Qxh6 Rxf3 48. Ka2 Rff7 49. g5 Rfd7 50.
g6 Rd8 51. g7 Rcc8 52. Qe6 Re8 53. Qf7+ Ka8 54. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ {Forcing the B to d2,
and then Black can play Qc7. However now ...0-0 plans are not so good anymore.}
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 Be7 (14... O-O-O 15. g3 {is the classical
main line.}) 15. Nxf6+ {Now it is not so easy for Black, which piece has to
take back?} Nxf6 (15... Bxf6 {is meant to be the main line.} 16. Qe4 {/\ Bf4} (
16. g3 Be7 (16... O-O-O 17. Qa3 $1 {is a typical manoeuvre in order to weaken
Black's << pawns.} a6 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bb4 Nb8 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Bd2 $16 {
Vallejo Pons-Bareev, EU-chT 2003 CBM 98}) 17. c4 b5 18. c5 a5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20.
Ne5 O-O {Now White has a clear target, he can advance the pawns against the
black K.} 21. g4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qd7 23. Rhg1 Qd5 24. Kb1 Rad8 25. Qc2 Rd7 26. g5
hxg5 27. h6 gxh6 28. f4 $40 {De Firmian-K.Berg, Hamar op 1983}) 16... O-O-O {
White has certainly only a slight edge here, but Black has to play very well
the technical phase of the forthcoming _|_.} 17. Kb1 (17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rhe8
(18... Qd5 {- Lutz-Dautov, BL 2000 CBM 80}) 19. Bg3 {- Balcarek-Dautov, BL
2000 CBM ext 78} (19. g4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 f6
24. Bg3 Rd5 25. c3 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Rhe1 Rd5 $11 {Hracek-Khenkin, BL 2000})
) 17... c5 (17... Nb6 18. Bf4 (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rd5 {/\ Rhd8}) 18... Qe7
19. Ne5 Nd5 (19... Rd5 20. c4 Bxe5 21. cxd5 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 $14 {and although
Black has some compensation for the exchange, White has chances to open up
lines for his rooks.}) 20. Bg3 Rhf8 (20... Qb4 $6 21. Rd3 $1 {The R is
excellent on the third rank.} Rhf8 22. c4 Bxe5 (22... Nc7 23. Rb3 Qd2 24. Nxc6
$1 $18) 23. Qxe5 Qxc4 24. Rb3 $16 {and White's battery on the h2-b8 /^ is very
dangerous.}) 21. c4 $14 {and the centralized N has to retreat.}) 18. Bf4 Qb6 (
18... Qc6 $6 {Black wants to run into an _|_ at any costs.} 19. Qxc6+ bxc6 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ne5 $14 {Now the black pawns are in three islands, and his <<
pawns are vulnerable, Lutz-Jugelt, Altenkirchen 2001 CBM 87.} (21. Be3 Na4 22.
c3 Nb6 $11)) 19. Ne5 (19. Rd3 cxd4) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 $6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 cxd4 22. Qxg7 $16 {corrupting Black's >> P formation.}) 20. dxe5 Rxd1+ (
20... Be7 21. Be3 $14) 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. c4 $14 {and White has
still a long-lasting pressure because of his big space advantage.} (23. Qh7 {
allows the black Q to penetrate as well.} Qb4 24. Bc1 Qg4 $11)) 16. Ne5 Rd8 (
16... O-O $6 {castles into the -> after} 17. g4 $40 {Valdimarsson-Carlock,
corr 1995}) (16... Bd6 17. Nc4 $14) 17. Qg3 Ne4 (17... Bf8 $5 {loks a bit ugly.
} 18. Qf3 $5 (18. Bb4 Ne4 19. Qf3 Bxb4 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. Kb1 Bd6 $11) (18. Bf4
Nd5 19. Rhe1 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21. Qg4 O-O $11) 18... Rxd4 19. Bf4 {White
sacrifices the P in order to hinder Black's development.} Qb6 20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qc7 (21... Bc5 22. Nc4 $44) 22. Bf4 Qb6 (22... Bd6 $2 23. Rxd6 $1) 23. Nc4
Qc5 24. Qd3 Nd5 (24... Qd5 25. Qb3) 25. Be3 Qb5 26. Bd4 $44 {and Black has
still problems with the development of his >>.}) 18. Qf3 Ng5 $6 {The N will be
an easy target here.} (18... Nf6 {looks more natural.} 19. Bf4 $5 (19. Qg3 Ne4
$11) 19... Qa5 (19... Bd6 20. Qg3 $36) 20. Kb1 (20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qg3 Rxd4 (21...
Bf8 22. Be3 $14) 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 (23. Rd1 Qa4) 23... Qd5 24. c4 Qa5 25.
Qxg7 Rh7 26. Qg3 Qxa2 27. Rd1 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qa4+ $11) 20... O-O 21. g4 Qd5 22.
Qe2 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Be3 $14 {with a typical _|_ with slightly better
chances for White which usually arises from the 11...Be7 and 0-0 line.}) 19.
Qe3 O-O (19... c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qe2 $14) 20. f4 Nh7 21. g4 $1 {The N is
bad on h7 and White's P storm is fairly dangerous.} c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 (22...
Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. g5 $14 {and White holds the |^ even in the _|_.}) 23.
Qe2 Rd5 (23... Bd6 24. Kb1 {looks more solid.} (24. g5 $5 {This is a bit wild..
.} hxg5 (24... Nxg5 25. fxg5 Bxe5 26. gxh6 $16) 25. h6 g6 26. Kb1 gxf4 27. Bxf4
$44) 24... b5 (24... Nf6 25. g5 $1) 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Bc1 b4 27. g5 $16 {and the
-> remains dangerous.}) 24. c4 (24. Bc3 Rfd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Kb1 $40 {/\ g5})
24... Bd6 (24... Rd4 25. g5 $40) (24... Bd4 $1 {was more active:} 25. Kb1 $1 {
is the usual preparatory move.} (25. Ng6 $5 {is strongly met by the zwischenzug
} Qb6 $1 $132 (25... Rfd8 26. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Kb1 $16) (25...
fxg6 $2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxd5 $18)) 25... Rdd8 26. Qf3 (26. Nf3 {/\ g5})) 25.
Kb1 Rd4 26. Bc3 (26. Ba5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 b6 28. Bc3 $14 {successfully provoking
the weakening move b7-b6.}) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 $2 {[#]} (27... a6 28. g5
$1 hxg5 29. h6 $40) (27... Rd8 $1 $14 {fighting for the only opened <-> was
essential.}) 28. b3 ({missing the devastating} 28. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (28... Bxf4 $2
29. Nxh6+ $1 Bxh6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6 $18) 29. Qd3 {with a double ->
against the undefended pieces.} Nf8 30. Qxd6 $16) 28... b5 $2 {Missing the
tactical threat twice is too much.} (28... Rd8 $14) 29. Nxf7 $1 {Now he finds
it already!} Kxf7 30. Qd3 Nf8 31. Qxd6 bxc4 32. b4 $1 (32. Qd4 cxb3 33. Qxg7+
Ke8 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Bf6) 32... Qxd6 33. Rxd6 $16 {The _|_ is very good for
White because of his active pieces and better P structure.} Rc7 34. Ra6 Rb7 $2
{This loses the a P.} (34... Nd7 35. b5 $16) 35. Bd4 $1 $18 Rxb4+ 36. Kc2 Rb7
37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Bxa7 {Black's real problem is that he has two weaknesses,
the a o^ and the fixed g7 h6 pawns.} e5 39. fxe5 Ke6 40. Bd4 Kd5 41. Bc3 g6 42.
g5 $1 {The breakthrough decides creating a new o^.} hxg5 43. h6 g4 44. Kd2 Nh7
45. Ke3 Ng5 46. Kf4 g3 47. Kxg3 Ne4+ 48. Kf3 Nxc3 49. h7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 (17. Be3 $143 {cannot be
recommended, the B is too passive here.} Rfd8 (17... Nxh5 $6 18. g4 $40) (17...
Ng4 18. Bc1) 18. Ne5 c5 19. f3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa5 21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. g4 Bc5 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {Gershenzon-Kruppa, Dnepropetrovsk 1993}) (17. Be5 b5 18. Rd3 {
avoids the exchange of Q, but unfortunately this was White's main threat
getting a slightly better _|_.} Rfd8 19. Rg1 Ng4 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bf4 c5 22.
Ne5 Nf6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. g4 Rd5 27. Nd3 Qc4 28. g5
hxg5 29. Bxg5 $13 {Firman-Ekstroem, Lausanne 2001}) 17... Qe4 18. Qxe4 (18. Qd2
$6 {is completely illogical.} Nd5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Rde1 Qf5 21. Nd3 Rac8 22.
Be5 c5 23. dxc5 f6 24. g4 Qf3 25. Bd4 Qxg4 26. Be3 Qf5 $17 {Kupreichik-Lobron,
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1989}) 18... Nxe4 19. Rhe1 $1 {In general White is happy to
get a slightly better _|_ right after the opening. However with precise play
Black can neutralize the pressure, just without any winning chances.} (19. Rhf1
Bg5 {1/2:1/2 A.Sokolov-Dautov, Bled ol 2002}) (19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 Rac8 (20...
Kf8 21. g4 Nf6 22. f3 Nd7 23. f4 a6 24. Kc2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14 {Stefansson-S.
Kasparov, Tanta City 2001}) 21. g4 Nf6 22. f3 $14) 19... Nf6 (19... Nxf2 $2 20.
Rd2 Bh4 21. Ree2 $1 $16 {and the N is trapped.}) 20. g4 Rfd8 (20... c5 {
is the other main alternative here.} 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd7 $5 {penetrating on
the 7-th rank deserves attention.} (22. Be3 {White is certainly slightly
better because of the << P majority, the pressure on the d <-> and the strong
centralized N, but if Black defends himself carefully he can consolidate his
position.} Rfc8 (22... Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfd8 24. Red3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7
{neutralizing White's pressure on the d <->.}) 23. c4 Kf8 24. Bxc5+ Rxc5 25. f4
Rc7 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Red1 Re8 28. b3 {1/2:1/2 V.Gurevich-Khlian, Azov 1995}) (
22. f3 Rfd8 {- 20....Rfd8}) 22... Nxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxf2 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Rxb7 $14)
21. f3 (21. c4 c5 $1 22. Be3 (22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3 {- 21.f3}) 22... Bd6 (22...
cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 {and the white B is finally on the right /^.}) 23.
f3 Rac8 24. b3 a6 ({There is no need to hurry with} 24... cxd4 $143 25. Bxd4
Bb4 26. Rf1 a6 27. Kb2) 25. Bf2 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bb4 27. Rg1 (27. Rf1 Rxd4 (27...
b5 $5) 28. Rxd4 Bc3 29. Rfd1 {- 27.Rg1}) 27... Rxd4 $5 (27... b5) 28. Rxd4 Bc3
29. Rgd1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 $14 {and White has a P majority on the <<, plus the
better placed pieces, Areshchenko-Grant, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96.}) (21. Be3 {
Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003 CBM 94}) (21. c3 {/\ Kc2} c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3
Rxd1+ (23... Nd5 24. Bd2 Bd6 25. Nd3 Rac8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Rh1 Rc4 28. Kc2 Rdc8
29. Re4 Nb4+ 30. Nxb4 Rxb4 31. Bf4 Rb6 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bd2 {
White certainly wants to avoid the repetition of moves.} Rbc6 35. a4 $14 {
Kalezic-Mateuta, Bucharest Blue Autumn 2002}) (23... Rac8 24. Bc1 Bf2 25. Rf1
Bb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kc2 {It is advisable for White to exchange one pair of
rooks and keep the other.} Kf8 28. Re1 Bc7 29. Nd3 Bb6 30. a4 $14 {
Guseinov-Mchedlishvili, EU-chT 2003}) 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Be7 26. Bc1 Rd8 27.
Kc2 f6 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. a3 b5 {blockading the light squares.} 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31.
Rxd5 {1/2:1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Bled ol 2002}) (21. Rd3 c5 22. Red1 cxd4 23. Rxd4
Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {Without rooks White's advantage is only
microscopical.} 26. c4 Bc7 27. f3 Nh7 28. b4 f6 {attacking soon >< f3} 29. Nd3
Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ng5 $11 {Thorteins-Lobron, Reykjavik op 1984}) 21... Rac8 (21...
c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. c4 {/\ Kc2} Bf2 (23... Kf8 24. Kc2 Ke7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26.
Red1 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Bd4 28. Kb3 Nd7 29. Bd2 e5 $11 {and Black gets reasonable
counterchances on the >>, Andreev-Bets, Alushta Golden Autumn 2001.}) (23...
Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kc2 Kf8 26. a3 {/\ b4 and a quick advance of pawns on
the << is White's main threat.} Ke8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.
Be3 a6 31. Bd4 $14 {Kovalev-Kruppa, Berliner Summer 1993}) 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Rd3
Bxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxe5 Nh7 28. b3 f6 29. Bf4 f5 30. Re1 fxg4 31. fxg4 Nf6
{and again Black has ample play against the weakened pawns on the >>.} 32. Rxe6
Kf7 33. Re5 Nxg4 $11 {Lutz-Khenkin, Bundesliga 2002}) (21... Nd7 22. Nc4 Nf8
23. Na5 Rd7 24. c3 Rc8 25. Kc2 Bd8 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Bc1 f6 28. b3 b5 29. Nb2 Kf7
30. Nd3 $14 {Ginzburg-Bykhovsky, Israel Int op 2003}) 22. c3 c5 (22... Kf8 23.
Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5 {Soon or later Black has to play this freeing move.} 25.
dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 b5 27. a3 Kg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 $14 {Shirov-Kramnik,
RUS-The World rapid 2002}) 23. dxc5 Bxc5 (23... Nd5 24. Bc1) 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.
c4 $14 {White's hopes are based on the advance of his << P majority.} Kf8 26.
Kc2 Ke8 27. Nd3 Bd4 28. b3 Rc8 29. a4 a6 30. a5 {White has to gain space on
the <<.} Nd7 (30... Nd5 31. Bd2 $14 {- 30...Nd7}) 31. Re4 Ba1 32. Bd6 Nf6 33.
Re1 Bd4 34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nf6 36. Bc3 {The exchange of the bishops was
inevitable for a winning attempt.} Bxc3 37. Kxc3 {Now a typical _|_ has arisen,
compare to the game Areshchenko-Grant, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96.} Ke7 {On any
other attempt b4 may come soon.} (37... Nd5+ 38. Kd4 Ne7 39. b4 $14) (37... Nd7
38. b4 $14) 38. b4 Nd7 39. Re2 Rf8 $6 {Black wants to create some active
counterplay on the other flank. However this allows a quick advance on the <<.}
(39... Rc7 {was the passive defence.} 40. c5 (40. f4 $143 {It is better for
White to keep quiet on the >> and concentrate to the other flank.} Nf6 41. f5
$5 (41. Rg2 Rd7 $1 42. Nc5 Rd1 $132 (42... Rc7 43. Kd4)) 41... Nxg4 42. fxe6
fxe6 43. Nc5 Kf6 44. Nxe6 Re7 45. Re4 Rxe6 46. Rxg4 Kf7 $14) (40. Kd4 Rc6 $14)
40... Nf6 41. Ne5 Nd5+ 42. Kc4 $14) 40. b5 $1 g5 (40... Ra8 41. Kb4 $16) 41.
Rb2 {/\ bxa6 and Rb7.} Kd6 (41... f5 {was consequent, but then comes the
penetration on the seventh rank.} 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rb7 fxg4 44. fxg4 Kd6 45.
Ra7 $16) 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rb7 $1 Ra8 {The R has to defend the a P passively.}
44. Nb4 $1 {Now the black K cannot come for a defence to the <<.} (44. Kd4 {
allows} Kc6 (44... e5+ $2 {founders on} 45. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 46. c5+ $18) 45. Rb1
f6 46. c5 Rd8 $14) 44... f5 $2 {Black still organizes his counterblow on the
other flank, but in the P race White comes first.} (44... Ne5 {defending
against the push c5-c6 was more stubborn.} 45. Rb6+ (45. Nd3 Nd7) 45... Ke7 46.
Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Nxa6 Nc6 48. Nb4 Nxa5 49. c5 Kd7 $14) 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Kd4 g4
47. fxg4 fxg4 48. c5+ $1 {and there is no defence against the winning march of
the o^.} Ke6 49. c6 $18 Nf6 50. c7 Rc8 51. Nxa6 (51. Rb6+ Kf5 52. Nxa6 g3 53.
Ke3 $18 {was an easy win as well.}) 51... g3 (51... Nxh5 52. Rb6+ Kd7 53. Rxh6
Nf4 54. Ke5 $18) 52. Rb3 (52. Rb6+ $1 {was again more precise.} Ke7 (52... Kf5
53. Ke3) 53. Ke3 $18) 52... Nxh5 53. Kc5 $1 (53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Ke3 g2 55. Rb5+
Kf6 (55... Kg4 56. Kf2) 56. Rb1 Ke5 {was not so effective.}) 53... g2 (53...
Kd7 54. Kb6 $18) 54. Rb1 Nf4 55. Kc6 {The active white K decides the battle.}
h5 56. Kb7 Rg8 57. Nc5+ Kd5 (57... Kd6 58. Ne4+ Ke5 59. Nf2 Kd4 60. a6 Ke3 61.
Ng4+ $1 $18) 58. Nd7 Ke6 59. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Qb3 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 (15... Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qf3
Rxd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qxb7 Nd5 {Black has an active counterplay, winning b7
is rarely good.} 22. Bg3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Qd3 Qa4 $13 {Adams-Bareev,
Dortmund 2002}) 16. Qxe4 Rad8 17. c4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $6 {White wants
to complicate matters, but in his P structure >< d4 remains a target.} Bd6 $1
19. f3 (19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe5 Qd8 $15 {and Black will triple his heavy
artillery on the d <->.}) (19. g4 $5 Be7 (19... Rd7 20. g5 $1) 20. Rd3 Rd7 21.
Rhd1 Rfd8 $15 {and White has no real chances on the >>, therefore he has to
defend >< d4.}) 19... Rd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 {- Topalov-Bareev, Dortmund 2002 CBM 90
}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {leads to an only slightly better _|_ for White.})
(15. Qe2 Rfe8 {parrying all the tactical threats.} (15... Rad8 {is met by
White's hidden threat of} 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 $1 (16... fxg6 $2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 (
17... Kh7 18. hxg6+ Kxg6 19. Qxe7 $16) 18. hxg6 $1 (18. Qxe7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa2+
20. Kxa2 Nxe7 $11 (20... Nxe7 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Ne4 $16)
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxf2 25. Rd7 $14 {Tal})) 18... Ng8 $1 19.
Bxh6 $1 {White has to play very energetically!} gxh6 20. Rxh6+ Nxh6 21. Qxe7
Nf6 (21... Nf7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kxg6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Nh5+ $16)
23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nh5+ $16) 22. g7+ (22. Rh1 Kg8 {Cimmino-Franz, corr 1995})
22... Kg8 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Qxc6 $16 {Andonov-Curtacci, corr.
1990}) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. c4 {- Tseshkovsky-Dreev, RUS-ch 2003 CBM 98} (18. Rd3
Ree8 19. Rhd1 (19. Ra3 Qd5 20. Rxa7 b5 21. c3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 b4 $1
$132) 19... Qd5 $5 (19... c5) 20. Rg1 $1 $36 {- Bologan-Anand, Dortmund 2003
CBM 97}) (18. Bd6 Ree8 19. c4 b5 $13 {Tal})) (15... Rfd8 16. Rhe1 (16. Ng6 $5)
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. c4 Qb6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Qc2
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. a3 a5 25. Ka2 Rd7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Ne4 {This typical
_|_ clearly favours White.} Be3 28. g3 Qd8 29. Nd6 $14 {Marjanovic-Svetushkin,
Bucharest 2000}) 16. Bd2 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. c4 (18. g4 Nxe5 19.
dxe5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 (19...
Rxd1+ {was good enough for a draw.} 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Kc2 $11) (
19... Qb4 {is connected with a counterplay on the <<.} 20. Be3 b5 21. Rc1 Rb8
$132) 20. Be3 Bc5 $1 (20... Qa6 $2 21. f4 b5 22. Rc1 c5 23. g4 $16 {
Bologan-Dautov, Mainz 2002 CBM 89 ext}) 21. Bxc5 (21. Rd6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxd6
23. exd6 Rd8 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. d7 Qxh5 $15 {Dautov}) 21... Qxc5 $11) 16... Qc7 {
- Ad.Horvath-Mchedlishvili, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 98} (16... Qd5 17. c4 Qd6 18.
Bf4 $14 {wins a lot of tempi for White.})) (15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. g4 $5
(17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11) (17. Be5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. f4 $14 {
T.Petrosian-P.Nielsen, ACP Blitz}) 17... Rad8 18. Rhg1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf6 20.
Qe3 Qb6 21. c3 Rd5 22. g5 {1/2-1/2 Berkes-Izoria, Aghia Pelagia 2004}) 15...
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qc7 {This is a bit passive.} (17... Qb5 $142 {
- Z.Almasi-Gyimesi, HUN-ch 2004 CBM 103}) 18. f4 (18. c4 Nb6 19. f4 $14 {
with some space advantage and attacking chances on the >>.}) 18... c5 19. Ne4 (
19. Nf5 c4 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 {is not a good exchange for White.} 21. Qf3 Rfd8 $13)
(19. c4 Nb4 $13) 19... c4 20. Qg3 (20. Qh3 $1 {/\ g4-g5 with a P storm would
be more effective against the black K.} Qc6 {is also met by} (20... b5 21. g4
b4 22. g5 c3 $1 {In the interesting P race White will come first after} (22...
hxg5 23. fxg5 Qxe5 24. h6 g6 (24... b3 25. hxg7 $18) 25. Rhe1 $14) 23. gxh6
gxh6 (23... cxd2 24. Qg3 $18) 24. f5 $1 {This is the point, the pawns march
ahead regardless any threats.} cxd2 (24... Qxe5 25. Bxh6 $16) (24... Rfc8 25.
f6 $18) 25. f6 $16) 21. g4 $1 Nxf4 22. Qf3 $1 Nd5 23. g5 $40) (20. Qf3 f5 $132)
20... Kh8 21. Qf3 $6 {White's Q manoeuvres are too sophysticated.} (21. f5 $5
Rad8 22. Rdf1 $36) 21... b5 22. g4 b4 23. Bc1 (23. g5 {is already late because
of} c3 $1 $36) 23... Rab8 24. b3 {White has lost the pace of the ->.} (24. g5
b3 $1 $40 {and in the race this time Black comes first.}) 24... Rfc8 25. Qe2 {
[#]} (25. g5 cxb3 26. cxb3 Nc3+ 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. Rd3 c2+ 29. Kb2 Qa5 30. gxh6
gxh6 31. Ka1 Bb4 $40) 25... Nc3+ ({missing the forceful} 25... cxb3 $1 26. axb3
(26. cxb3 a5 27. g5 a4 $17) 26... a5 27. g5 a4 $17 {and Black's threats seem
to be more real.}) 26. Nxc3 bxc3 27. Rd4 cxb3 28. axb3 Qa5 (28... Bc5 29. Ra4)
29. Qe4 Rxb3+ $1 {liquidating to an _|_ with a Q versus two rooks.} (29... Bb4
30. Rhd1 $14) 30. cxb3 c2+ 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Qc5+ (32... Qa2+ 33. Bb2 Ba3
34. Rb1 {and White has defended everything.} Bxb2 35. Rxb2 Qa6 36. Kb1 Qf1+ $11
) 33. Rc4 Qf2+ 34. Bd2 a5 35. Rh3 Qg2 (35... Bb4 $1 {Now Black has to play
carefully because in the _|_ two rooks are generally better than the Q.} 36.
Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rd3 Bxd2 38. Rxd2 Qxf4 $11) 36. Rd3 $1 Qxg4 37. Bxa5 Qxh5 {
Black has won a P, but the white pieces are active again and he has a strong
o^.} 38. Bd2 {[#]} f6 $2 {This weakens his own camp.} (38... Kh7 39. Rc7 Bh4
40. Rdd7 Qf5+ 41. Kc3 Kg6 {was the best defensive setup.} 42. Rxf7 (42. b4 Qh3+
43. Kc2 Qf5+ 44. Kb2 Bf2 $11) 42... Qxf7 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Kd4 Bf2+ $11) 39.
exf6 $2 ({Now it is White's turn to miss} 39. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 40. Rc7 $16) 39...
Bxf6 (39... gxf6 $4 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rd7 $18) 40. b4 Qb5 $11 {Now Black is OK
again.} 41. Kb3 Qf5 42. Kc2 Qb5 43. Kb3 h5 44. Bc3 Qf5 45. Kc2 $2 (45. Rd2 {
was the precise plan with drawish consequences.} Bxc3 46. Kxc3 h4 47. Kb3 $11)
45... Bxc3 46. Kxc3 h4 47. Rc5 (47. Re3 h3 48. Rc5 Qg4 $15) 47... Qxf4 48. b5 {
White's hopes are based on his strong o^.} e5 (48... Qf6+ $1 49. Kb4 e5 $17)
49. b6 $1 $11 {Now the o^ is too strong, Black has no winning chances.} Qc1+
50. Kb4 Qb2+ 51. Rb3 Qd4+ 52. Kb5 Qd7+ 53. Ka5 Qd4 54. Kb5 Qd7+ 55. Ka5 Qd4 56.
Rbc3 Qe4 57. R5c4 Qd5+ 58. Ka6 Qa8+ 59. Kb5 Qd5+ 60. Rc5 Qe4 61. Rc7 Qd5+ 62.
R7c5 Qe4 63. R5c4 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Leko +2-2=10"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2004.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Prie,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Aprиs avoir "frisй la correctionnelle" sur une variante
d'Archangelsk dans la 10иme, heureusement conclue par une Nulle en 35 coups,
le hongrois a senti qu'il йtait temps de changer de 1er coup contre le pion
Roi...} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 (17... Nf6 {Retomberait dans la
grande variante archi-analysйe dont les finales sont rйputйes difficiles pour
les Noirs et oщ il faut aller chercher bien aprиs le 20иme coup pour trouver
quelque chose de nouveau.} 18. Qe2 Rhe8 19. c4 c5 20. Bc3 (20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Be3 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Bb8 23. Nd4 Qg4 24. Qc2 Qe4 $1 $11 {Agopov,M-Grischuk,A EU-Ch
Clubs Izmir 2004 0-1 (43)}) 20... Qc6 21. Rh4 Rd7 {Fressinet,L-Chabanon,J Top
16 Belfort 2004 1/2 (38)}) 18. Qh7 {Une Nouveautй !} (18. Qe2 f5 19. Bc1 Nf6
20. Rd3 Ng4 21. a3 Qf7 22. Bf4 Qc7 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rhd1 Qf7 25. Ne5 Qxh5 26.
c4 $44 {Grischuk,A-Belov,V ACP Blitz 2004 1/2 (51)}) 18... Rg8 19. c4 c5 20. d5
Nf6 21. Qc2 exd5 22. cxd5 Qd7 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Qxd5) 23. Bc3 {
Une position typiquement d'avantage "kramnikien" -fort pion passй, espace,
meilleure finale et meilleures piиces- que Leko va pourtant dйfendre avec
maestria...} Rde8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd3 f5 26. Nd2 b5 $1 27. Rhe1 Kb8 28. Qc3
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 c4 30. Nf3 f4 $1 {jusqu'а crйer un dangereux contre-jeu.} 31. g4
$1 Bc7 $1 (31... Rxg4 32. Qh8+ Kb7 33. Qxh6 Qf5+ 34. Kc1 Qxd5 $2 35. Rd1 Qxf3
36. Qxd6 Rg8 37. h6 {est trиs dangereux, tout comme}) (31... Qxg4 32. Qf6 Qd7
33. Nd4) 32. Qd4 Qxg4 33. Qe4 $2 (33. Qc5 $1 Qd7 (33... Qxf3 34. Re8+ Rxe8 (
34... Bd8 $2 35. Qxb5+ Ka8 36. Qc6+ Kb8 37. Qd6+ Kb7 (37... Kc8 38. Qxd8+) 38.
Qd7+ Ka6 (38... Bc7 39. Qc6#) (38... Kb6 39. Qxd8+) 39. Qc8+ Kb5 40. Qc6+ Ka5
41. Qc5+ Ka6 42. Qxc4+ Kb7 43. Qc6+ Kb8 44. Rxg8 Qd1+ 45. Qc1 $18) 35. Qxb5+
Bb6 36. Qxe8+ Kb7 37. Qc6+ Ka6 38. Qa4+ Ba5 39. Qc6+)) 33... Qxh5 34. Nd4 Qg6
$1 {Suivi d'une proposition de Nulle tout а fait gйnйreuse, avec 2 pions de
plus, bien sыr immйdiatement acceptйe. Est-ce le fait d'avoir йtй sous
pression toute cette partie ? De ne pas s'кtre rendu compte, comme souvent
dans ces cas lа que la situarion s'йtait retournйe ? Un problиme de temps ?
Une question psychologique ? A 1 Nulle du titre, la Nulle de la prochaine
partie, avec les Blancs, йtant, dйjа, comme assurйe dans sa tкte ? Difficile а
dire. Toujours est-il qu'aprиs le forcй} (34... Qg6 35. Nf5 {Seul coup pour
йviter l'йchange de Dames, et bien que rien ne soit encore trиs clair, il
pouvait certainement "forcer son talent" pour tenter le KO.} (35. Nxb5 $2 Re8)
(35. Qxg6 fxg6 36. Nxb5 Bb6 37. d6 Bxf2)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14.
Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nc4 Bxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Qc7 17. O-O-O Rhd8 18. Qa3+ (18. Kb1 c5 19.
Nf3 Kf8 $11 {- Ekstroem-Dautov, SUI-chT 2004 CBM 101}) (18. g4 $5 {is an
interesting try to complicate matters.} c5 19. Rhg1 cxd4 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rxg5
Nc5 $13 (21... Rac8 22. Rxg7 Nxh5 23. Rg5 Nhf6 $13)) 18... c5 19. Nb3 b6 20.
dxc5 (20. Kb1 $2 {This "natural" move is rather slow.} Kf8 21. dxc5 bxc5 $1 {
Black keeps the passive N on b3.} (21... Nxc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) 22. Qa6 (22.
Rd3 Kg8 23. Rhd1 Nd5 24. g3 N7b6 $15) 22... Nb6 23. Qb5 (23. Qa5 Kg8 $15) 23...
Nfd5 $15 {Kobalija-Ovetchkin, Sochi 2004 CBM 101}) (20. Rd2 Kf8 21. Rhd1 {
keeping the tension looked more logical.} Ne4 (21... Kg8 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5
Rac8 {White has won the weak c5 P, but Black still has some counterchances, ><
h5 is also a long-lasting target.} 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. b3 (26. Ne3
Nf6) 26... Qf4+ 27. Rd2 Nc5 28. Qxa7 Qf6 29. Kb1 Ne4 $44) 22. dxc5 $1 (22. Re2
Qf4+) 22... Ndxc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxa7 Qg5+ 27.
Ne3 Nxf2 $11) 20... bxc5 $5 (20... Nxc5 {was also playable.} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22.
g3 (22. Qf3 Rd5 (22... Kf8 23. g4 {with some attacking chances on the >>.}) 23.
Rxd5 exd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Rd1) 24. Ne3 Qe5 $13 {and Black can hold his strong
central pawns.}) 22... Rab8 23. Qf3 Rd5 24. Qe2 {White cannot find a clear-cut
plan.} (24. Rxd5 exd5 $15) 24... Kf8 $15 {Jakovenko-Khenkin, Aeroflot Open 2004
}) 21. Nba5 $6 {Putting the N on the edge of the board was not necessary at
all.} (21. Rd6 $5 Kf8 22. Rhd1 Nd5 23. Qa5 (23. g3 Kg8) 23... N7b6 $13) (21.
Nd6 Kf8) (21. Rd2 $13) 21... Kf8 22. Qf3 Nb6 $15 23. g4 {White has no real
attacking chances on the >>.} Nbd5 24. Rd2 (24. Nb3 Rab8) 24... Rab8 25. Rhd1
Rb5 26. c3 $2 {Desperation.} (26. Nb3 Rb4 (26... a5 27. c3 a4) 27. Qe2 Qf4 $17)
26... Rdb8 $2 ({Why not the simple} 26... Rxa5 $1 27. Nxa5 Qxa5 28. c4 (28. Kb1
c4) 28... Qxa2 29. cxd5 Nxd5 $19 {and the -> cannot be parried?!}) 27. Nb3 a5
28. Na3 (28. Na1 a4 29. Nc2) 28... R5b7 29. c4 a4 {Black's -> is still growing
move by move.} 30. Na1 Qf4 $6 {Exchanging Q in an attacking position helps
only for the defence.} (30... Nb4 $17) 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. f3 e5 33. Nb5 e4 34.
fxe4 Nxg4 (34... Nxe4 $17) 35. b3 Ne6 36. Rd7 (36. Nd6 Ra7 $15) 36... axb3 37.
Nxb3 {Finally White's knights come back to fight.} (37. axb3 Nf2 $19) 37... Ne3
38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Na5 Rb6 40. Rd7 Ra6 $1 41. Ra7 (41. Nb7 Rxa2 42. Nc7 Nf4 $17)
41... Rxa7 42. Nxa7 g5 $1 43. Kd2 (43. hxg6 $2 fxg6 44. Kd2 Ng4 45. N7c6 h5 $17
) 43... Nf1+ 44. Ke1 Ng3 45. Nb5 Nxe4 46. Nb3 Ke7 47. a4 Nd6 $6 (47... g4 $2
48. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 49. Kxd2 Kd7 50. a5 Nd4 $19) (47... Nf4 $1 {was still very
promising in the N _|_.} 48. a5 (48. Nd2 Nxd2 49. Kxd2 Kd7 50. a5 Kc6 $17)
48... Nd3+ 49. Ke2 Nb4 50. Nd2 Nxd2 51. Kxd2 f5 52. Ke3 Ke6 $17) 48. Nd2 $1 Kd7
$1 (48... Nf4 49. a5) 49. a5 {White's remote o^ gives good drawing chances.} f5
(49... Kc6 $5) 50. a6 Nc8 (50... Nc7 51. a7 Na8 52. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11) 51. a7 Nb6
52. Nc3 Nc7 53. Nb3 Kd6 54. Na5 g4 55. Nb7+ Ke5 56. Nxc5 Kd4 (56... Nxc4) 57.
Nd7 Nba8 (57... Nxd7 58. Nb5+ Kxc4 59. Nxc7 Nb6 60. Kf2 (60. a8=Q $2 Nxa8 61.
Nxa8 Kd5 $1 62. Nc7+ Kd6 63. Ne8+ Ke7 $11) 60... f4 61. Ne6 Kb5 62. Nxf4 Ka6
63. Kg3 Kxa7 64. Kxg4 Nd7 $11) 58. Ne2+ Kxc4 59. Ne5+ Kd5 60. Nf7 Ne6 {This is
a critical position of the N _|_.} 61. Nxh6 (61. Kf2 $5 Ng7 $1 62. Nf4+ Kc6 $1
63. Nxh6 Nxh5 64. Nxh5 g3+ $1 $11) 61... Ng7 $1 62. Nf4+ Kc6 $1 63. Nf7 (63.
Nf7 Nxh5 64. Nxh5 Kb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qa6 $5
15. O-O Ngf6 {>< h5 is more vulnerable now.} 16. Rfe1 Rd8 $5 {[#]} (16... O-O
17. Nf5 $1 {This N was the black sheep anyway!} (17. Bf4 Nd5) 17... exf5 $5 (
17... Bd8 $2 {allows the devastating sacrifice} 18. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bxh6 Re8
20. Ne5 {/\ Qg3} Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qxg4 Kxh6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 (
24... Bg5 25. Qxf7 $18) 25. h6+ $18) (17... Rfe8 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bb4 {
White's position looks a bit better, but there are constant problems with ><
h5.} Ree8 20. Ne5 Rad8 (20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rad8 {+/=/=}) 21. Qe2 {Now White
has consolidated his position defending >< h5 and improving the Q's position
as well.} b5 $5 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Bd6 $14 {with a huge space
advantage for White.}) 22. Rac1 bxc4 23. Nxc4 $1 {looks more precise, for
example:} (23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb6 $1 (24... Nb8 {was too passive.} 25. Bc5)
25. Rxc6 Rxd4 26. Bc5 {Black has chances to create a remote o^ on the <<, his
P majority is his main hope.} Ra4 (26... Rd2 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 $16 {
with two connected passed pawns on the <<.}) 27. a3 Nc4 $5 (27... Nfd5 28. g3
$14) 28. Nxf7 $1 $14 {Leko-Bareev, Dortmund 2002 CBM 90}) 23... e5 (23... Qb5
$1 24. Ba3 (24. a3 Nxh5) 24... Nxh5 (24... Qxh5 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26. Nd6 Rf8 27.
Nb7 Rb8 28. Na5 $16 {>< c6}) 25. Nd6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 $16) 24. Nxe5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2
$14) 18. Rxe7 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ ({The aggressive} 19. Rae1 $5 {comes into
consideration.} Rad8 $142 (19... Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Qxa2 21. Qxf5 Rd8 (21... Qxc4
22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb3 24. Bc3 $16) 22. Ne5 $16 {and the white pieces
dominate the board.}) 20. Qxf5 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qxf5 Ndf6 23.
Qc8 $14) 20... Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxc4 (21... Qxa2 {- 19...Re7}) 22. Qa5 Ra8 23. Qc7
$14 {with penetration on the 7-th rank.}) 19... Rxe8 20. Nh4 f4 21. Nf5 Nxh5
22. Qf3 Ndf6 23. Bxf4 (23. b3 Qa3 $1 {/\ Qb2 activating the passive Q.} (23...
Re4 24. Bc3 Qb6 25. Rd1 $14) 24. Bxf4 (24. Bc3 Ne4) 24... Qb2 25. Rf1 Qe2 $132
{and the Q penetrated to the 2-nd rank with a great effect.}) 23... Nxf4 (23...
Qxc4 24. Nd6 Qxd4 25. Nxe8 Nxf4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Re1 $14 {and the R is much
better than the N in this type of position.}) 24. Qxf4 Qb6 (24... Qa5 $2 {
This allows White to devastate Black's >>.} 25. Nxh6+ $1 $16 {Ye
Jiangchuan-Garcia Palermo, Tripoli 2004 CBM 102}) 25. Qg3 (25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26.
Qxf6 {is now strongly met by} Qxb2 $132) 25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kg8
28. Nd6 Qxb2 $132) 17. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (17. a4 $5 O-O 18. b4 {deserves
attention.}) (17. b3 O-O 18. Nf5 Rfe8 (18... Ba3 $5) 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $15 {
and >< h5 remains a target, Koscielski-Doettling, Bad Wiessee 2003.}) (17. Qe2
O-O 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qa5 $11 {Smeets-Khenkin,
Hoogeveen 2004}) 17... Nc5 (17... Nb6 18. b3 O-O 19. Nhf5 Ba3 20. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6
21. Bxh6 $36) (17... O-O 18. Nhf5 $1 $14) 18. Qe2 Rxd4 19. Nhf5 $1 Qxc4 (19...
Rxc4 20. Nxg7+ $1 {and the black K becomes extremely vulnerable in the middle
of the board.} (20. Qe5 Ncd7 $1) 20... Kd7 (20... Kd8 21. N7f5 Ra4 22. Qd1 $36)
21. N7f5 $1 Rg4 (21... Ra4 22. Bc3) 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23. Bc3 $1 $16) 20. Nxd4 Qxd4
21. Nf5 $1 {The second N arrives on f5!} Qe4 (21... Qd3 22. Nxe7 Qxe2 23. Rxe2
Kxe7 24. Bb4 $14 {with a nasty pin.}) (21... Qd8 22. Bb4 $14) 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 (
22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Kxe7 24. Bb4 $14) 23. Qd1 $1 Qf5 (23... Qd5 24. Bb4 $14)
24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Qf3 Rd5 26. Qa3 Nfd7 (26... Kf8 27. Bxc5+ Rxc5 28. Rac1 b6 29.
Qxa7 $16) 27. Rad1 Qxh5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rc1 b6 30. Qxa7 {Black has still two
pawns for the exchange, but his is strangled.} h5 (30... Kf6 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 (
31... bxc5 32. Qa3 $16) 32. Qxb6 $16) 31. Bxc5+ bxc5 {White now has a strong
remote o^.} 32. Qa4 Qd2 33. Qc2 (33. Rd1 Qe2 (33... Qxb2 $2 34. Qa7 $18) 34.
Rb1 Qd3 35. Rf1 $16) 33... Qxc2 34. Rxc2 {The _|_ with the a P is very good
for White.} Kd6 35. Rc3 g5 36. Rd3+ Kc7 37. Rh3 h4 38. f4 $1 {White has to
open lines for the R.} gxf4 (38... f6 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. g3 hxg3 41. Rxg3 Ne5
42. Kf2 g4 43. Re3 $16) 39. Rxh4 f5 (39... e5 $5 40. Rh7 c4 41. Rxf7 Kd6 42. a4
$16) 40. Rh7 $5 (40. Rxf4 $16 {was rather simple.}) 40... c4 (40... Kd6 41. a4
c4 42. a5 $16) 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. a4 $1 Nf6 (42... Nc5 43. a5 e5 44. Kf3 $16) (
42... e5 43. a5 Nc5 44. Kf3 $16) 43. Rg7 Ne4+ (43... Kc5 44. Rb7 $16) (43...
Nd7 44. a5 Nc5 45. Kf3 {- 43...Ne4} (45. g3 fxg3+ 46. Kxg3 e5)) 44. Kf3 e5 (
44... Nc5 45. a5 e5 46. Rg6+ Kd5 47. Rf6 $18) 45. a5 $1 {The a P is White's
main trumph.} Nc5 46. Rf7 Ke6 47. Ra7 $1 Kd5 (47... e4+ 48. Kxf4 Nd3+ 49. Ke3
Nxb2 50. a6 c3 51. Rc7 Nc4+ 52. Kd4 Kd6 53. a7 Nb6 54. Rh7 c2 55. Rh1 $18) 48.
a6 Kd6 49. Ra8 Kc7 50. a7 Kb7 51. Re8 Kxa7 52. Rxe5 {and Black's position
falls apart.} Nd3 53. Rxf5 Ne1+ 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Kb6 56. b3 $1 Nc1+ 57. Kd1
Nxb3 58. Rxf4 Kc5 59. g4 Nd4 60. g5 Ne6 61. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 {Black's main
idea is to deprive White from 0-0-0.} 14. O-O $6 {In this variation 0-0 is
usually completely harmless.} (14. Ne4 Ngf6 15. Nxf6+ (15. c4 Qa6 16. Nxf6+
Nxf6 17. Qe2 O-O {White still has problems with his K.} 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Bc3 b5
20. b3 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. Rd1 Ne4 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Bb4 Re8 $11
{Rosito-Slipak, Pinamar 2002}) 15... gxf6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qd5 18. c4 Ne5 $1
19. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 20. dxe5 Rxd3 21. exf6 Bxf6 {and the _|_ can only be better for
Black.} 22. Ra2 Rd4 23. Rc2 Re4+ 24. Kf1 Bg5 25. f4 Be7 $11 {Sherzer-Rowley,
Philadelphia 1994}) (14. c4 $142 {- Almasi-Fridman, Calvia ol (Men) 2004 CBM
104}) 14... Ngf6 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 O-O {If the white K would be on the <<,
then things would be completely different.} 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Ng6 $5 {This is a
typical tactical motif, but Black is not forced to take the N.} Rfe8 (18...
fxg6 $2 {founders on} 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxe7 gxh5 (20... Rde8 21. Qa3 gxh5 22.
Bb4 Rf7 23. Rae1 $16) 21. Nf5 $16) 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Rad1 Ree8 $13 21. Rfe1 b5
{This is the typical blow, White can easily lose the control of the light
squares.} 22. c5 (22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 c5 $13 {creating a weakness on c4.})
22... e5 $5 (22... Nd5 23. Ne4 $13) 23. Qf3 {White sacrifices some pawns in
order to activate his pieces at the maximum.} (23. dxe5 Nxe5) 23... exd4 24.
Nf5 Nxc5 (24... Kh8 25. b4 $1 $36) 25. Bf4 (25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bxh6+ Kxh6 28. Qxf6+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ {is really nice, but not more than a draw by
perpetual checks.} Kg8 $11) 25... Qa5 $1 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bxh6 {This is
another way for getting to the black K, but the -> is not lethal for Black.}
Rxe7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxe7 Rd5 30. h6+ (30. b4 Qd8 $1 (30... Qxb4 31. h6+ Kg6
32. h7 $1 $18) 31. h6+ Kg6 32. h7 Ne6 33. Rxa7 Kxh7 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 $17) 30...
Kg6 31. h7 Qd8 32. Rde1 d3 33. R1e5 (33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Re8 Qxe8 35. Rxe8 Rh5
36. h8=Q+ Rxh8 37. Rxh8 Na4 38. Kf1 Nxb2 39. Ke1 c5 {with very dangerous black
pawns for the exchange.} 40. Kd2 c4 $11) 33... Rxe5 34. Rxe5 d2 (34... Nce4 35.
Rxe4 Nxe4 36. h8=Q Qxh8 37. Qxe4+ f5 $11) 35. Qg3+ {and it is high time to
give perpetual checks.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1] Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4
h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 c5 13.
O-O-O Be7 14. Bc3 (14. dxc5 {aiming for a little bit better _|_.} Nxe5 (14...
Nxc5 $6 15. Qb5+ $16) (14... Bxc5 15. Bc3 (15. Qe2) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd3
17. Rxd3 $14 {with slightly better chances in the _|_.}) 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.
fxe5 Nd7 (16... Ng4 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 18. Bc3 $14) 17. b4 Nxe5 18. Bc3 $14) 14...
O-O 15. dxc5 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 (16. dxc5 Qa4 $1 (16... Qxd3 $2 {again
leads to a better _|_ for White.} 17. Rxd3 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 $16) 17.
Kb1 Qxf4 18. Rdf1 Qg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfd8 22. Rd3 Be7 23.
b4 a5 $15 {Sakelsek-Zelcic, Graz 2004}) (16. Kb1 {slows down the offensive:}
Rad8 17. f5 Nd5 $15) 16... Qd5 $1 (16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qa4 $5 (17... Rad8 18.
fxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 $2 19. Rhe1 $16) 19. Qe2 {>< e6}) 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. fxe6
fxe6 (19... Bc5 $2 20. e7 $1 Bxe7 21. Nf5 $16) 20. Qe3 Qc4) 17. b3 $5 $13 (17.
Kb1 Qxg2 (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rhg1 Qd5 20. Qg6 Rf7 21. dxc5
Qxc5) 17... Qxg2 $5 {looks very risky, but a clear-cut refutation is not easy
to find:} (17... Rac8 $6 18. dxc5 $14 {Galliamova-Kortschnoj, Munich 2000 CBM
78}) (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba3+ (18... e5 19. Bb2 Qxg2 $132) 19. Kb1 e5 20. Ba1
Qxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze, SUFE Cup rapid 2001}) 18. fxe6 (18.
dxc5 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qe3 Nd5) 18... fxe6 19. Rhg1 Qd5 20. Qg6 Rf7 $13) (15. Qf3
cxd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 {is not so frightening for Black.}
18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nh5 Bxh4 20. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Svetushkin-Zontakh, Herceg Novi 2001}
) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 $1 (17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Germany 2001}) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Kb1
Qc7 20. c3 Qc6 21. Qg4 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rd6 $16 {G.
Timoshenko-Svetushkin, Kiev 2001}) (15. d5 $3 {(Ftacnik) Khalifman} Nxd5 16.
Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. c4 Qa4 (18... Rg8 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21.
Nf5+ Kf8 22. Rxd5 Rxg2 23. Rd7 $14) 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20. cxd5 Qxa2 21. d6 $14)
15... Nxe5 {Ftacnik: 'Bareev and Dreev are playing the Caro Kann against any
opponent and know each corner of this solid opening. Despite that, Kasparov is
trying to get the initiative in one of the fashionable lines.'} (15... Nxc5
$142 16. Qf3 (16. Qe2 Qc7) 16... Qc7 (16... Qb6 17. Ng4 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 $5 (20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rd6 Rac8 $11 {Baklan-Zontakh, Donetzk
zt UKR 1998}) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 f5 22. Rhg1+ Kh8 23. b4 Na6 24. a3 {keeping
the N out of play.} (24. Rd7 Nxb4 25. Rxb7 Nd5) 24... Rad8 25. c4 (25. Nf6 $6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Rd7 Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kg6 29. Ng3 Rc7 $11) 25... Nc7 (25...
Rxd1+ {allows the penetration on the seventh rank.} 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. c5 Nc7 28.
Rd7 $16) 26. Kc2 $14 {with << P majority}) 17. f5 $5 (17. Ng4 Ncd7) 17... Nd5
18. Nh5 {with some chances for an ->.}) 16. fxe5 $1 (16. Bxe5 Bxc5 17. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 Jaracz-Zontakh, Bydgoszcz 2001}) 16... Nd5 (16... Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd5 18.
Ne4 $14) 17. Bd2 (17. Ne4 $5 Qc7 (17... Bxh4 18. Bd2 $16) 18. g4 Bxc5 19. g5
$40) 17... Qc7 {Ftacnik: 'Black has to defend very carefully, since immediate
swap on c5 was very dangerous.'} (17... Bxc5 $2 18. Nh5 $1 (18. Ne4 Qc7 19. g4
$1 Rad8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 $13) 18... Ne7 $1 19. Qe2 $1 Qb6 (19... Nf5 20.
Bxh6 Qa5 21. Bxg7 $1 $18) 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. g4 $16)
18. c4 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qc6 $1 (19... Qc7 $6 20. Kb1 (20. Ng5 Bxg5 (20... g6 $4 21.
Nxe6 $1 $18) 21. hxg5 Rfc8 22. Rh4 b5 $1 $132) 20... Nb6 $5 (20... Nb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4) 21. c5 $1 Nd7 22. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 $16) 20. Kb1 (20. Ng5 $6 {looks
very exciting, but probably not enough.} g6 $5 (20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg5 f5 22.
gxf6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bc3 $16) (20... Bxg5 21. hxg5 b5 22. gxh6 (22. c5
$5 Qxc5+ 23. Kb1 Qc4 24. Qf3 hxg5 25. Qh3 f5 $1 (25... Qe4+ 26. Ka1 f5 27. Qh7+
Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg6 $1 $18) 26. Qh7+ (26. Bxg5 Qg4 $1 (26... Qe4+ 27. Ka1
Qxe5 28. Rde1 $16) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rxd5 Qe4+ (28... exd5 29. e6+ $1 $18) 29.
Ka1 Qxd5 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ $11 (31. Bf6 $5 Qxg2 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rd1 Rg8
34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. a3 $2 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Ka1 $11)) 26... Kf7 27. Qh5+ (27.
Rh6 Rg8) 27... Kg8 28. Qg6 Ne7 $1 29. Qxg5 Nc6 30. Rh4 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 Rad8 32.
Qg6 Nd4 $11) 22... Qxc4+ 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Rh4 $14) 21. Kb1 Nb6 $13) 20... Nb6
(20... Nb4 $1 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Qf3 Qc7 $11) 21. b3 (21.
c5 $6 Nd7 22. Ng5 f5 $1 $17) 21... Rad8 22. Qf3 Rd4 (22... Nd7 23. Bc3 Qc7 24.
g4 $1 {White has to attack on the >>.} (24. Nf6+ Kh8 $13 (24... gxf6 $2 25.
exf6 $16)) 24... Nxe5 25. Qg3 f6 26. g5 Kh7 27. Rxd8 (27. gxh6 gxh6) 27... Qxd8
28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. h5 $14) 23. Nd6 {Ftacnik: 'White fishes for
wonders and sends a troyan horse into the heart of Black's position. '} (23.
Rde1 $5 $36) 23... f6 (23... Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rxh4 (24... f6 25. Nb5 $14) (24...
Bxd6 25. exd6 $14) 25. Rxh4 Bxh4 26. Be3 $14 {with slightly better chances on
the <<.}) 24. Nb5 (24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 fxe5 27. Ne4 Bxh4 28.
Rd6 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 $14 {and the weaknesses on the << begin to tell.}) 24... Qxf3
(24... Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. exf6 Rxf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Bb4) 27. Bc3 $14) 25.
gxf3 Rd3 26. Ba5 $1 (26. Kc2 $5) 26... Rxd1+ (26... Rxf3 $5 27. Nd4 Rf2 28.
Nxe6 $14) 27. Rxd1 Nc8 (27... fxe5 28. Nxa7 Bc5 29. Nb5 $16) 28. Rd7 {Ftacnik:
'It becomes clear, that White is playing with enormous energy on the queenside.
Bareev has to decide, what is the best way to create counterplay on the
opposite part of the board.'} fxe5 29. Rxb7 Bxh4 $2 {This is the decisive
mistake.} (29... Rxf3 30. Nxa7 Nxa7 31. Rxa7 Bxh4 32. c5 $1 $14) 30. Bb4 Rd8
31. Ba5 Rf8 32. Bb4 Rd8 33. c5 (33. Nxa7 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxa7 34. Rxa7 $18 Bf2 {
Ftacnik} 35. Ra6 $16) 33... Be7 $2 (33... a6 $5 {'!' Ftacnik.} 34. Nc7 (34. Na7
{Ftacnik} h5 $1 35. c6 Nxa7 36. Rxa7 Rc8 $11) 34... Ne7 35. Nxa6 (35. Nxe6 {
Ftacnik} Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Ra7 Rxf3 38. Rxa6 Kf7 $11) 35... Rd3 36. Nb8 $1
$16) 34. Nxa7 $1 Nxa7 (34... e4 35. fxe4 Nxa7 36. Rxe7 $18) 35. Rxa7 Bf8 (35...
Kf8 36. Rb7 $16) 36. Ba5 $2 (36. Rc7 $18 {'?' Ftacnik. was better!} Rd3 {
Ftacnik} 37. Ba5 Rxf3 38. b4 h5 $1 39. b5 h4 $19) (36. Ba3 $5 {Ftacnik} h5 (
36... Rd3 37. b4 Rxf3 38. b5 $16) 37. b4 h4 38. Bb2 Rd5 39. c6 h3 40. c7 h2 41.
c8=Q h1=Q+ 42. Bc1 Qxf3 43. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) 36... Bxc5 37. Rxg7+ (37. Bxd8 Bxa7
38. Kc2 e4 $1 39. fxe4 Kf7 $13) 37... Kxg7 38. Bxd8 Ba3 $2 ({missing} 38... Kg6
$1 39. a4 (39. Kc2 Kf5 40. Kd3 (40. Kc3 e4 41. fxe4+ Kxe4 42. b4 Bf2 43. a4 h5
$132) 40... Kf4 $1 $132) 39... Kf5 40. a5 e4 $11) 39. Kc2 Kg6 40. Kc3 $1 $18 {
/\ b4} h5 (40... Kf5 41. b4 $1 e4 42. fxe4+ Kxe4 43. Kc4 Bxb4 44. Kxb4 Kd5 45.
Kb5 Kd6 46. Bb6) 41. b4 $1 Kf5 42. Kb3 Bc1 43. b5 Kf4 44. a4 Kxf3 45. a5 e4 46.
a6 Be3 47. b6 h4 48. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 (19.
Rhf1 Bg5 {1/2:1/2 A.Sokolov-Dautov, Bled ol 2002}) (19. Be3 Rfd8 20. c4 (20. g4
Nf6 21. f4 Bd6 22. Rdg1 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 (23... Nd5 24. Bc1 $16) 24. c3 Rd7 {
( Moreno Carnero,J-Velicka,P/Gaia 2004)} 25. g5 $14) 20... Rac8 (20... Kf8 21.
g4 Nf6 22. f3 Nd7 23. f4 a6 24. Kc2 Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14 {Stefansson-S.Kasparov,
Tanta City 2001}) 21. g4 Nf6 22. f3 $14) 19... Nf6 (19... Nxf2 $2 20. Rd2 Bh4
21. Ree2 $1 $16 {and the N is trapped.}) 20. g4 Rfd8 {Black wants to hold the
d <-> first before attacking the [+] via c5.} (20... c5 {is the other main
alternative here.} 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd7 $5 (22. Be3 {White is certainly
slightly better because of the << P majority, the pressure on the d <-> and
the strong centralized N, but if Black defends himself carefully he can
consolidate his position.} Rfc8 (22... Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfd8 24. Red3 Rxd3 25.
Rxd3 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7 {neutralizing White's pressure on the d <->.}) 23. c4 {
White has a P majority on the << and the active pieces, but even so the _|_ is
rather drawish.} Kf8 24. Bxc5+ Rxc5 25. f4 Rc7 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Red1 Re8 28. b3
{1/2:1/2 V.Gurevich-Khlian, Azov 1995}) (22. f3 Rfd8 {- 20....Rfd8}) 22... Nxd7
23. Rxd7 {penetrating on the 7-th rank deserves attention, for example.} Bxf2
24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Rxb7 $14) (20... Bd6 21. f3 a5 22. a4 (22. c4 a4 23. Rh1 Kh7
24. Bd2 Ng8 25. f4 {looked more consistant.} (25. b4 Ne7 {From now on White
has to reckon with b7-b5 all the time.} 26. Nd3 Rfd8 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. Rhd1 Kf8
29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Rd6 31. Rd3 Rad8 32. Ne2 e5 33. Rcd1 b5 $1 34. c5 R6d7
35. Kc2 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Navara-Mchedlishvili, Aghia Pelagia 2004})) 22... Rfc8 23.
Nd3 Bxf4 (23... Be7 24. c4 b5 $6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. cxb5 {Black has cleared the
way for his N to d5, but he has problems with gaining back the P.} Nd5 27. Be5
Ra7 28. Nc5 $1 (28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. b3 Rb7 {1/2-1/2
Berescu-Arutinian, Olomouc 2004}) 28... a4 29. Rd3 Ra5 30. Rc1 $14) 24. Nxf4
Rd8 $11) 21. f3 (21. Be3 {White wants to prevent c5.} Nd5 (21... Kf8 22. f3 Nd5
23. Bd2 $14 {/\ c4 winning back the tempo.}) 22. Bc1 (22. Bd2 {/\ c4} a5 (22...
Bg5 23. c4 $14) 23. c4 Nf6 24. Be3 $14) (22. c4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 c5 $11) 22... c5
23. c4 Nf6 24. dxc5 (24. Be3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 $14 {and the B is
ideally posted.}) 24... Bxc5 25. f3 Bf2 26. Rf1 Bd4 27. Bf4 $14 {/\ Rd3, Rfd1
solving the problem of the d4 B, Dolmatov-Riazantsev, St Petersburg 2004 CBM
102.}) (21. c4 c5 $1 22. Be3 (22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3 {- 21.f3}) 22... Bd6 (22...
cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 {and the white B is finally on the right /^.}) 23.
f3 Rac8 24. b3 a6 ({There is no need to hurry with} 24... cxd4 $143 25. Bxd4
Bb4 26. Rf1 a6 27. Kb2) 25. Bf2 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bb4 27. Rg1 (27. Rf1 Rxd4 (27...
b5 $5) 28. Rxd4 Bc3 29. Rfd1 {- 27.Rg1}) 27... Rxd4 $5 (27... b5) 28. Rxd4 Bc3
29. Rgd1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 $14 {This is a typical _|_ of this whole 4...Bf5 Caro
Kann. White's pieces are better and he has the << P majority. However with a
precise play Black can still hold the _|_, Areshchenko-Grant, Istanbul 2003
CBM 96.}) (21. c3 {/\ Kc2} c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. f3 Rxd1+ (23... Nd5 24. Bd2 Bd6
25. Nd3 Rac8 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Rh1 Rc4 28. Kc2 Rdc8 29. Re4 Nb4+ 30. Nxb4 Rxb4
31. Bf4 Rb6 32. Be3 Bc5 33. Bf4 Bd6 34. Bd2 {White certainly wants to avoid
the repetition of moves.} Rbc6 35. a4 $14 {Kalezic-Mateuta, Bucharest Blue
Autumn 2002}) 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nd3 Be7 26. Bc1 Rd8 27. Kc2 f6 {/\ Kf7 bringing
the K into action.} 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. a3 b5 {blockading the light squares.} 30.
Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 {1/2:1/2 Lutz-Dorfman, Bled ol 2002}) (21. Rd3 c5 22. Red1
cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {Without rooks White's
advantage is only microscopical.} 26. c4 Bc7 {This is a theoretically drawish
_|_.} 27. f3 Nh7 28. b4 f6 {attacking soon >< f3} 29. Nd3 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ng5 $11
{Thorteins-Lobron, Reykjavik op 1984}) 21... Bd6 (21... Rac8 22. c3 c5 (22...
Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd5 24. Bc1 c5 {Soon or later Black has to play this freeing move.}
25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 {The P structure is somewhat better for White.} b5 27. a3
Kg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 $14 {Shirov-Kramnik, RUS-The World rapid 2002}) 23.
dxc5 Bxc5 (23... Nd5 24. Bc1) 24. Rxd8+ (24. Bc1 Bf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Kc2 {It is advisable for White to exchange one pair of rooks and keep the
other.} Kf8 28. Re1 Bc7 29. Nd3 Bb6 30. a4 $14 {Guseinov-Mchedlishvili, EU-chT
2003}) 24... Rxd8 25. c4 $14 {White's hopes are based on the advance of his <<
P majority, Topalov-Akopian, Wijk aan Zee 2004 CBM 99.}) (21... c5 22. dxc5
Bxc5 23. c4 {/\ Kc2} Bf2 (23... Kf8 24. Kc2 Ke7 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Red1 Rxd3 27.
Nxd3 Bd4 28. Kb3 {b4 and then Kb3 would be the ideal setup for White.} Nd7 29.
Bd2 e5 $11 {and Black gets reasonable counterchances on the >>, Andreev-Bets,
Alushta Golden Autumn 2001.}) (23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kc2 {at least
winning a tempo.} Kf8 26. a3 {/\ b4 and a quick advance of pawns on the << is
White's main threat. /\ b4 and the P majority on the << is more and more
dangerous.} Ke8 27. b4 Bd6 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Be3 a6 31. Bd4 $14 {
Kovalev-Kruppa, Berliner Summer 1993}) 24. Rxd8+ (24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Rd3 Bxe5 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxe5 Nh7 28. Kc2 $5 (28. b3 f6 29. Bf4 f5 {creating weaknesses
in White's camp as well.} 30. Re1 fxg4 31. fxg4 Nf6 {and again Black has ample
play against the weakened pawns on the >>.} 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re5 Nxg4 $11 {
Lutz-Khenkin, Bundesliga 2002}) 28... f6 29. Bc3) 24... Rxd8 25. Re2 {It is
advisable for White to keep one pair of rooks, the penetration on the d <->
can be avoided by ...Kc2.} Bb6 26. Kc2 Kf8 27. b4 a6 28. Bg3 Ke7 29. Bh4 Bc7
30. Nd3 $14 {Seres-Krivoborodov, Budapest 2004}) (21... Nd7 22. Nc4 (22. c4
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ {Black wants to exchange the rooks, White's space
advantage is not enough for a win in the _|_.} 24. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Jenni-Heinig,
Bad Worishofen op 2002}) 22... Nf8 23. Na5 Rd7 24. c3 Rc8 25. Kc2 Bd8 26. Nc4
Bc7 27. Bc1 f6 28. b3 b5 29. Nb2 Kf7 30. Nd3 $14 {Ginzburg-Bykhovsky, Israel
Int op 2003}) (21... a5 22. c4 Nd7 23. Kc2 $14 (23. Rd3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bd6 25.
Red1 Rd7 26. Kc2 Rad8 27. a4 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Kxd3 c5 {
and the P _|_ is drawish, Panarin-Dreev, playchess.com 2004.})) 22. Be3 Rac8
23. c4 a6 (23... a5 24. a4 $1 {fixing the weakness on the colour of the B.} Nd7
(24... Bb4 25. Rg1 $36) 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3 Kf8 (26... Nxe5 {Black changes the
P structure, the N was simply too strong in the [+].} 27. dxe5 $14 {
Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003 CBM 94}) 27. Kc2 Ke7 28. b3 $14) (23... Nd7 24.
Nd3 $14) 24. Bf2 (24. g5 $6 {ruins his own P structure.} hxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxe5 $11
) 24... Kf8 25. Kc2 b5 {This is a double-edged plan. Black fights for the ligt
squares, especially d5, but weakens the << at the same time.} 26. b3 Be7 (26...
c5 27. dxc5 Bxe5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxe5 bxc4 30. bxc4 (30. b4 $5 Rd3 $132)
30... Nd7 31. Re2 Rc8 32. Kc3 Nxc5 33. Rd2 $14 {and White's pieces are more
active, he has a strong o^.}) 27. Rd3 Ne8 {/\ Nd6, but c4 can easily be
protected.} (27... Nd7 $14) 28. f4 Nd6 29. Rf3 Bf6 {/\ bxc4} 30. c5 $5 {
White begins his advance, gaining a lot of space, although he weakens >< d5.} (
30. Kc3 Rc7) 30... Ne8 31. g5 $1 $14 {This is the point, the target is the >>.}
Bxe5 32. fxe5 hxg5 33. Rg1 {White has opened up the >> for his active rooks.}
Rd7 34. Rxg5 Kg8 35. Rg4 Kh7 36. Bh4 a5 37. h6 $5 {[#]} (37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Bg5
Nc7 $1 (38... Rc8 39. h6 $1) 39. h6 g6 $14) 37... g6 $6 {This is the passive
defence, which would have worked if White had no breakthrough.} (37... Kxh6 $2
{opens the h file and the rooks will penetrate.} 38. Rh3 Kh7 39. Be7+ Kg8 40.
Rgh4 f5 41. exf6 Kf7 42. fxg7 $1 Nxg7 43. Bd6 Rg8 44. Rh7 $18) (37... gxh6 $142
{was the best defence.} 38. Rfg3 {/\ Rg8} (38. Bg5 Ng7) 38... f5 $1 39. exf6
Rf7 40. Rg8 (40. Re4 Nc7) 40... Rd8 41. Rg2 Rb8 42. Kd3 Rd8 43. Ke3 Rb8 $14)
38. Rgf4 Rcc7 39. Bg5 Ra7 40. Kd3 Rab7 41. Ke2 Ra7 42. Kf2 a4 43. b4 {It looks
like the position is completely closed...} Rdb7 44. Kg3 Rc7 45. Kh4 Rcb7 {[#]}
46. d5 $1 {This is the point! Without this breakthrough White had no chances.}
exd5 $2 (46... cxd5 {was more persistant.} 47. c6 $1 (47. Rd4 Rd7 48. c6 (48.
Be3 Ra6 49. Kg5 Rc6 50. Rdf4 Rcc7 51. Bd4 Kg8 52. Rh3 Kh7) 48... Rdc7 49. Rc3
f6 $1 50. exf6 Nd6 $132) 47... Rc7 48. Rc3 $1 (48. Bd8 Kxh6 $1 (48... Rxc6 49.
Rxf7+ $18) 49. Bxc7 Rxc7 50. Rxf7 Rxc6 $132) 48... f5 (48... Rc8 49. Rc5 f6 50.
exf6 Nd6 51. Rf1) 49. exf6 Nd6 50. Rc5 Nf5+ (50... Ne4 51. Rxb5 $18) 51. Kg4
Nd6 52. Rf1 Nf7 53. Re1 $18) 47. e6 $1 $18 f5 (47... fxe6 48. Rf8 $18 {with
mating threats.}) (47... f6 48. Bxf6 Nxf6 49. Rxf6 Kxh6 50. Rf7 $18) 48. Re3 {
The o^ will decide the battle.} Ra8 49. Rd4 {avoiding any counterplay.} (49. e7
Rd7 50. Re6 d4 51. Rxc6 d3) 49... Kg8 50. e7 Nc7 51. Bf6 Kh7 (51... Kf7 52. h7
Ne6 (52... Kxf6 53. e8=Q $18) 53. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 54. Kg5 Kf7 (54... Rxe7 55. Bxe7
Kxe7 56. Rh4 Rh8 57. Kxg6 $18) 55. Rh4 $18) 52. Kg5 Rg8 (52... a3 53. Bg7 Rbb8
54. Kf6 $18 {and the K penetrates.}) 53. Bg7 Ra7 54. Kf6 Raa8 (54... Ne8+ 55.
Kf7 $18 {/\ Re6} (55. Kg5 Nc7)) 55. Kf7 Ne8 56. Re6 $1 Nxg7 57. Rxg6 Nh5 58.
Rxg8 Rxg8 59. e8=Q Rxe8 60. Kxe8 f4 61. Kd7 f3 62. Kxc6 f2 63. Rd1 Nf6 64. Rf1
Ng4 65. Kxb5 d4 66. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 O-O
15. Nxd7 (15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qb5 $1 {Black is happy to play a
slightly worse _|_.} (17... Qc7 {- Leko-Anand, Semi-finals Dortmund 2004 CBM
103}) 18. c4 (18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Kh8 $13) (18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. Ne4 Rac8 $11)
18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Nc7 $5 (19... Nb4 $2 {allows the penetration on the
seventh rank after} 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rd7 $16) (19... Nb6 {The N defends the
d7 square but remains passive.} 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Be3 $14) 20. Ne4 (20. Ba5 Na6
$11 {Z.Almasi-Gyimesi, Budapest 2004 CBM 103} (20... b6 $2 21. Rd7 $1 $16))
20... Rfd8 21. Be3 $14 {is the other (more natural) setup of the pieces.}) (15.
Ne4 Nxe4 (15... Rad8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qf3 Rxd4 20.
Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qxb7 Nd5 {Black has an active counterplay, winning b7 is rarely
good.} 22. Bg3 Qa4 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Qd3 Qa4 $13 {Adams-Bareev, Dortmund 2002})
16. Qxe4 Rad8 17. c4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $6 {White wants to complicate
matters, but in his P structure >< d4 remains a target.} Bd6 $1 19. f3 (19.
Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe5 Qd8 $15 {and Black will triple his heavy artillery on the d
<->.}) (19. g4 $5 Be7 (19... Rd7 20. g5 $1) 20. Rd3 Rd7 21. Rhd1 Rfd8 $15 {
and White has no real chances on the >>, therefore he has to defend >< d4.})
19... Rd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 {- Topalov-Bareev, Dortmund 2002 CBM 90}) 18... Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Rd8 {leads to an only slightly better _|_ for White.}) (15. Qe2 Rfe8 {
parrying all the tactical threats.} (15... Rad8 {is met by White's hidden
threat of} 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 $1 (16... fxg6 $2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 (17... Kh7 18. hxg6+
Kxg6 19. Qxe7 $16) 18. hxg6 $1 (18. Qxe7 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Nxe7 $11 (
20... Nxe7 21. Bb4 c5 (21... Rf7 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Ne4 $16) 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23.
dxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxf2 25. Rd7 $14 {Tal})) 18... Ng8 $1 19. Bxh6 $1 {White
has to play very energetically!} gxh6 20. Rxh6+ Nxh6 21. Qxe7 Nf6 (21... Nf7
22. Rh1+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23. Rh7+ Kxg6 24. Qe4+ Kf6 25. Nh5+ $16) 23. Qh4 Kg7
24. Nh5+ $16) 22. g7+ (22. Rh1 Kg8 {Cimmino-Franz, corr 1995}) 22... Kg8 23.
gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. Qxc6 $16 {Andonov-Curtacci, corr. 1990}) 17.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. c4 {- Tseshkovsky-Dreev, RUS-ch 2003 CBM 98} (18. Rd3 Ree8 19.
Rhd1 (19. Ra3 Qd5 20. Rxa7 b5 21. c3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. a3 b4 $1 $132) 19...
Qd5 $5 (19... c5) 20. Rg1 $1 $36 {- Bologan-Anand, Dortmund 2003 CBM 97}) (18.
Bd6 Ree8 19. c4 b5 $13 {Tal})) (15... Rfd8 16. Rhe1 (16. Ng6 $5) 16... Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. c4 Qb6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Rd8 24. a3 a5 25. Ka2 Rd7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Ne4 {This typical _|_ clearly
favours White.} Be3 28. g3 Qd8 29. Nd6 $14 {Marjanovic-Svetushkin, Bucharest
2000}) 16. Bd2 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. c4 (18. g4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 (19... Rxd1+ {was
good enough for a draw.} 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Kc2 $11) (19... Qb4 {
is connected with a counterplay on the <<.} 20. Be3 b5 21. Rc1 Rb8 $132) 20.
Be3 Bc5 $1 (20... Qa6 $2 21. f4 b5 22. Rc1 c5 23. g4 $16 {Bologan-Dautov,
Mainz 2002 CBM 89 ext}) 21. Bxc5 (21. Rd6 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxd6 23. exd6 Rd8 24.
Rd1 Qc5 25. d7 Qxh5 $15 {Dautov}) 21... Qxc5 $11) 16... Qc7 {- Ad.
Horvath-Mchedlishvili, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 98} (16... Qd5 17. c4 Qd6 18. Bf4 $14
{wins a lot of tempi for White.})) 15... Nxd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 (16... Rad8 $2 {
is not that important now.} 17. Qg3 Qf5 18. Bd6 $5 $16 (18. f3 Qh7 19. Bc7 Rc8
20. Bd6 $14 {Coenen-Margvelashvili, Izmir 2004})) (16... Qf5 17. Bc1 (17. Qf3
Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 Qd5 {The _|_ cannot be frightening for Black.} 20.
Qe2 (20. Rh3 Rad8 21. Bxh6 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 $11 {Emms-L.Hansen, Copenhagen
1996})) 17... Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. g4 c5 {Black's counterplay in the [+]
comes just in time.} 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 M.Pavlovic-Zontakh, Budva
2002}) 17. Nd6 (17. Be5 Ng4 (17... Nd7 18. Bf4 Nf6 {leads only to a repetition
of moves.} 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 M.Pavlovic-Riazantsev, Biel 2003}) 18.
Qg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. Nd6 (20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 20... Bxd6 21.
exd6 $14 {If White can hold his dangerous o^, Black is doomed to a passive
defence, Zakharstov-Arutunian, Pardubice 2004.}) (17. Nxf6+ {leads to equality.
} Bxf6 18. Qg3 (18. Qe4 Qd5 $11) 18... Kh8 19. Rd3 Qb5 20. Rb3 Qd5 21. Be5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Rad8 23. a3 c5 24. Rd3 Qe4 25. Rhd1 Rxd3 $11 {Ye Jiangchuan-Zhang
Pengxiang, Yongchuan 2003}) (17. g4 $5 {is interesting.} Rad8 18. Rhg1 Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 Bf6 20. c3 (20. Qe3 Qb6 21. c3 (21. g5 $2 Bxd4) 21... Rd5 22. g5 {(1/2-1/
2 Berkes-Izoria, Aghia Pelagia 2004)} hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Rxg5 25. Qxg5
Qd8 26. Qg3 Qf6 $11) 20... Rd5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Qc2 c5 24. g5 $36 {
and White comes first on the >>, Efimenko-Belov, St Petersburg 2004.}) 17...
Bxd6 (17... Nd5 {wins a tempo?} 18. Be5 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rfd8 20. Be5 (20. Qg3 Rd7
) 20... c5 21. a3 f6 22. Bg3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rac8 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Ka1 Qc6 $13 {
Bruzon Bautista-Kanefsck, Buenos Aires 2003}) 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Be5 (19. Be7
Rd5 20. Qe2 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 {corrupts Black's P structure, but >< h5 is also
weak.} 21. Qf3 Kg7) 20... Qc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. c4 Rg5 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rd3 Qa5
25. Rhd1 Qf5 26. Ka1 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Rxg4 $11 {The black rooks are active enough.}
28. f4 e5 29. dxe5 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxc4 32. b3 Re4 33. Rd7 {
1/2-1/2 Fressinet-Vallejo Pons, Plovdiv 2003}) 19... Ng4 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Be5
Ng4 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Qe2 {White wants to continue the fight avoiding the
repetition of moves.} Qb5 (23... c5 $13) 24. c4 (24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Bh4 Rd5 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {and although Black has two doubled pawns, the R _|_ is not
dangerous for him.}) 24... Qf5+ 25. Ka1 b5 $5 {Black wants to create a
stronghold for his N on d5.} (25... c5 $11) 26. f3 bxc4 27. Be5 (27. Qxc4 Nd5
$15) 27... Nd5 28. g4 Qg5 29. Rc1 f6 {This slightly weakens >< e6.} (29... c3
$5 30. bxc3 c5 $13) 30. Bg3 Nb6 31. f4 (31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 Rac8 (32... Rxd4
33. Bf2 Rdd8 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Qxc4 $16 {and White has exchanged his bad B.})
33. Qe4 Nd5 $14 {White is a P up, but the N blocked d5 well.}) 31... Qb5 (31...
Qd5) 32. g5 (32. Qxe6+ $1 Kh8 33. g5 $36) 32... Qf5 33. Bh4 (33. gxf6 gxf6 (
33... Rxd4 34. fxg7 Re4 $1 35. Qf2 Rd8 36. Rhe1 $13) 34. Bh4 {White has some
-> on the >>, but Black's defensive resorces cannot be underestimated.} Rxd4 $5
(34... Kh7 35. Rhg1 Rg8 36. Rg6 Nd5 $13) (34... Kf7 $5 {- 33.Bh4}) 35. Rhg1+
Kh7 36. Rg6 Rxf4 (36... Nd5 $2 37. Rcg1 $1 $18) 37. Bxf6 Rg8 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39.
Rg1+ Kf7 $13) 33... Kf7 (33... Rxd4 $5 34. gxf6 gxf6 {- 33.gxf6}) 34. Rhg1 (34.
gxf6 gxf6 35. Rhg1 Rg8 36. Rg6 Rxg6 37. hxg6+ Kg7 $15) 34... Rg8 (34... Rxd4 $6
{helps only for White's ->.} 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Qg2 Qh7 37. Bf2 $1 (37. Qxc6 Qe4
$1) 37... Rd6 38. f5 $1 $40) 35. Rc3 (35. gxf6 gxf6 {- 34.Rhg1}) 35... Rad8 36.
Ra3 (36. Bf2 $13) 36... Rd7 37. Rag3 $5 (37. Bf2 $13) 37... hxg5 38. fxg5 Rxd4
$1 {[#]} 39. Rf3 $2 {White cannot find the correct continuation of the ->,
perhaps he was already in time trouble.} (39. Rg4 $2 Rxg4 40. Rxg4 Qd3 $1 $19)
(39. gxf6 $1 {sacrificing the B was the right move.} Rxh4 40. Qg2 Kxf6 (40...
Rd8 $2 41. Rxg7+ Kxf6 42. Rg6+ Ke7 43. Rg7+ Kd6 44. Rd1+ Nd5 45. Qg3+ Qf4 46.
Qa3+ Ke5 (46... c5 $2 47. Qa5) 47. Re1+ Kd4 48. Rgg1 $1 (48. Rd1+ $2 Ke4 49.
Re1+ Ne3) 48... Rh2 49. Rd1+ Rd2 (49... Ke4 50. Rge1+ $44) 50. Qa5 $1 $36) 41.
Rf3 Rxh5 42. Rxf5+ Rxf5 43. Qxc6 $13) 39... Qe4 $1 $19 {Now White's -> is
repelled and Black is two pawns up.} 40. Re3 Qd5 (40... Qxh4 $5 {was also
possible.} 41. g6+ (41. Rxe6 Rgd8 42. g6+ (42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Re7+ Kf8) 42...
Kf8 43. Re1 (43. h6 Qxh6) 43... Qxe1+ $1 $19) 41... Ke8 42. Rxe6+ Kd8 $19) 41.
g6+ (41. Qc2 c3 $1 (41... Rd3 42. Ree1 $15) 42. Rxc3 (42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Rxc3
Rxh4 {- 42.Rc3}) 42... Rxh4 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. gxf6 Rh1 $19 {and there is no
continuation of the ->.}) 41... Ke7 42. Re5 (42. Bg3 Rd8 43. Kb1 Rd1+ $19)
42... Rd2 $1 43. Rxd5 Rxe2 44. Ra5 Nc8 45. Rc5 (45. h6 gxh6 46. Rh5 Nd6 47.
Rxh6 e5 $19) 45... Re4 46. Bg3 e5 47. Rxc6 Rg4 48. Kb1 Rh8 49. Kc2 Kd7 50. Rc5
Nd6 51. Rd5 Rxh5 52. Rgd1 (52. Rxd6+ {liqudates to a lost R _|_.} Kxd6 53.
Bxe5+ fxe5 54. Rxg4 Kd5 55. b3 Rh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh3+ 57. Kc2 cxb3+ 58. axb3 e4 $19)
52... Rxg3 53. Rxd6+ Ke7 54. R1d2 (54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Rxg7 Rh2+ 56. Rd2 Rxd2+ 57.
Kxd2 a5 {Black's connected passed pawns are too strong.} 58. Rg8 Kf5 59. g7 Ke4
60. Rf8 c3+ $1 (60... Rxg7 61. Rxf6) 61. bxc3 Rxg7 62. Rxf6 Rg2+ 63. Kc1 Kd3
$19) 54... Rd3 55. Ra6 Rxd2+ 56. Kxd2 f5 57. Rxa7+ Kf6 58. Ra6+ Kg5 59. Re6 e4
60. a4 {The a o^ can easily be stopped.} Rh3 $5 (60... Rh1 61. a5 Ra1 62. a6
Kf4) 61. a5 Kf4 62. a6 c3+ $1 63. bxc3 (63. Kc2 cxb2 64. Kxb2 Rh8 65. Re7 e3
66. a7 Kf3 $19) 63... Rh2+ 64. Kc1 e3 65. Kb1 Rh8 66. Kc2 Kf3 67. c4 e2 68. c5
Kf2 69. Kd3 e1=Q 70. Rxe1 Kxe1 71. c6 Re8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 (16... Bd6) 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. c4 (18. Kb1 {
- Ramesh- Koneru, Goodricke 12th op 2001 CBM 82}) 18... c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 {
This exchange is logical, because the white N belongs to e5.} 20. Nxd4 a6 {
against Nb5} (20... Qc5 $5 {leads to unclear consequences.} 21. Kb1 $14 (21. f4
Qb6 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. b4 Be3+ 24. Kc2 a6 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxe3 Rd8
28. Qf3 Qc7 29. Kb3 a5 $13 {Barcenilla-Adianto, Beijing 1992})) 21. Kb1 $142 (
21. Nf3 {/\ Ne5, because the N on d4 is harmless.} Qc6 (21... Qc5 22. Be5 {
The exchange of the strong B is not logical.} Bc7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Ne5 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Rytshagov-Manninen, FIN 1992}) (21... Rhe8 {is met by the
main plan} 22. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc5 {(Rogovoi-Kazakov, St.Petersburg 1997)}
24. f4 $14 {and the R on e8 remains useless.}) (21... Rd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5
Qa5 $1 (23... Qc6 24. g4 Rhd8 25. f3 {This P structure defends all the
vulnerable squares.} Ne8 26. Bc3 {The B is superior to the N because of the
fixed weaknesses on the >>.} f6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Qxe6 $16 {
Brunner-Danielsen, EU-chT (Men) Debrecen 1992}) 24. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 gxf6
26. Rd3 Rg8 (26... Qc5 27. Qf3 Rg8 {(Rytshagov-Danielsen, Yerevan 1996)} 28.
Qxf6 Qxh5 29. Qd4 $14) 27. Qf3 f5 28. Qe3 Rg4 29. f4 Rg8 30. a3 (30. Ra3 Qc7)
30... Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Kc2 Qg8 $11 {Mrdja-K.Berg, Turin 1996}) 22. Rh4 (
22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Re1 (25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {and White
has missed f3, and g4.} 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 {This _|_ cannot be better with queens
on the board.} 27. b3 Ke7 $11 {Loeffler-K.Berg, Cannes 1995}) 25... Qd7 26.
Bxf6 {This is sad, but Nxh5 was the threat.} (26. Kb1 Qd2) 26... gxf6 27. b3
Qd4 28. Kc2 Qc5 29. Kb2 Qd4+ $11 {Ernst-G.Hansen, Oslo 1994}) 22... Bc7 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ne5 (24. Kb1 Qc5 $1 {>< h5} (24... Rd7 25. Ne5) 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26.
Bxe5 Qa5 $11) 24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 (25. Bxe5 $5 {is more promising, but still
not enough for something real.} Ne8 (25... Qa4 26. a3 $14 (26. b3 Qa3+ 27. Kb1
Qa5)) 26. f3 f6 27. Bc3 e5) 25... Rd3 26. Qe2 Rd7 $11 {Kuczynski-Piket, Ohrid
2001 CBM 084} (26... Qf3 $5 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 $11 {and the R _|_
is drawish.})) (21. Nb3 {- Rogic-Izeta Txabarri, EU-chT (Men) Pula 1997 CBM 57
ext}) 21... Kb8 (21... Rd7 $142 22. Nf3 (22. g4 $6 {weakens >< f4.} Rhd8 23.
Nb3 Bf4 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 {The P structure is weakened, but Black's
pieces are more active.} 26. Kc2 Qa4 $1 {(Renet-Miles, Cannes schev 1989)} 27.
Kb1 $11 {repeating moves.}) (22. Nb3 Qc6 {The Q is well-placed on the long /^
and ready for any penetration.} (22... Be7 {defending the f6 N is not
necessary.} 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. f3 Qc6 25. g4 Rg8 26. Rd1 $14 Rd8 {1/2:1/2
Prasad-Koneru, Chalapathi GM 2000}) 23. Rhe1 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. c5 Bc7 25. Rxd7
Qxd7 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. a3 Rd8 {with only microscopical advantage for White,
Tolnai-Groszpeter, Perenyi mem Budapest 1989.}) 23... Rhd8 24. g4 Bf4 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 26. f3 e5 27. Nc1 $14 {Fedorov-Pantsulaia, Warsaw 2005}) (22. Rc1 Kb8 23.
Nf3 (23. Rc2 {is a slow manoeuvre giving up the fight for the d <->.} Rc8 24.
b3 Qc5 25. Nf3 Rcd8 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Bxe5+ Kc8 29. Rh4 Rd1+ 30.
Rc1 R1d2 $11 {Berelovich-Kharitonov, Chigorin mem 1999}) 23... Qc5 24. Rh4 Rhd8
25. b4 Qf5+ 26. Kb2 Bc7 27. Nd4 Qh7 28. Rc2 e5 $11 {Kotronias-Azmaiparashvili,
Gothenberg 2005}) 22... Rhd8 23. a3 Qc6 24. Rh4 Bc7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. Qxe5 Ne8 {/\ f6, e5} 28. Qe2 f6 29. Re4 e5 $11 {P.Benko-Kagan, Winnipeg
1967}) 22. Nf3 {/\ Ne5} (22. Nb3 $5 $14) 22... Qc5 (22... Ka8 {Now the K is
far from any tactical assaults, but this costs some tempi.} 23. Ne5 Bxe5 {
Soon or later Black has to eliminate the N, it is simply too strong on e5.} (
23... Rhf8 24. g4 $14) (23... Bc5 24. g4 (24. f4 $14) 24... Rd6 (24... Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. f3 Bf8 (26... Bd6 $2 27. Nxf7) 27. f4 $14 {This is the ideal
P structure for White on the >>. The N on e5 and the B on the long /^ are
excellent as well.}) 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 Rd8 (26... Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Qc6 28. f4
Rc8 29. b3 $14 {is again the typical slightly better _|_ for White.}) 27. f3
Bxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxe5 Ne8 $14 {without rooks the position is still
slightly better for White, but with a good defensive technique Black can
neutralize White's pressure in the _|_, Georgiev-Nisipeanu, New Delhi/Teheran
2000 CBM 081.}) 24. Bxe5 Qc6 {Black's counterchances are on the weakened h1-a8
/^.} (24... Qc5 {- 22...Qc5}) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re1 {White has certainly only
a slightly better position because the black heavy artillery is active.} Qg2 (
26... Qc5 27. g4 {/\ f4 with further advance on the >>, where >< g7 and h6 are
fixed on the colour of the B.} Rc8 28. b3 Rd8 29. f4 $14) (26... Qd7 27. g4 Qd2
(27... Qd3+ $2 {allows White's breakthrough on the >> after} 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29.
g5 $1 Nxh5 (29... hxg5 30. h6 $1 {is the point!}) 30. Rh1 f6 31. Bc7 $18) 28.
f3 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd3 30. Rf2 Ne8 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 $14 {
is the maximum White can get from the opening exchanging Black's active Q and
R.}) 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qe3 {In the _|_ there remain still a target for White,
the >< h6.} f5 29. a3 {White first secures the position of his K.} Rd7 (29...
Qc6 30. Qxh6 Qxc4 31. Qe3 $14 {with a remote o^ on h5.}) 30. Ka1 $14 {
Ponomariov-Li Wenliang, Moscow 2001 CBM 086}) (22... Rhe8 23. Ne5 $14) 23. Ne5
Bxe5 24. Qxe5+ {White wants to liquidate to a slightly better _|_, this is his
main goal in the Classical Caro Kann.} (24. Bxe5+ Ka8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f4 $14
{/\ g4}) 24... Qxe5 25. Bxe5+ Kc8 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kc2 $14 {
The d <-> is not so important, because the K covers the penetration squares.}
b5 $5 {Black is fighting for >< d5.} (27... Ne8) 28. Rh4 (28. cxb5 axb5 29. a3
Rd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 {The R _|_ is drawish as a rule.} 31. b3 Kb7 $11) 28... Rd7
29. b4 (29. cxb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rb4 Rd5 32. g4 f5 $11 {solves Black's
problem.}) 29... Kb7 {[#]} 30. c5 $2 {fixing the pawns on the colour of the B
is not a good idea.} (30. Kc3 {keeping the tension gave more practical chances.
} bxc4 (30... Rd1 31. Rf4 Kc6 (31... Rc1+ $2 32. Kd2 Rxc4 $4 {leads to a lost
P _|_ because White can create two passed pawns on different flags.} 33. Rxc4
bxc4 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Kc3 $18)) 31. Kxc4 Ne8 (31... Rd2 32. Rf4 $16) 32. Rd4
Rxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Nd6+ 34. Kd3 f6 35. a4 $14 {and White has some chances on the
>>, too (>< g7).}) 30... Ne8 31. Re4 f6 32. Bc3 Nc7 $11 33. f4 Rd5 34. Rd4 (34.
g4 f5 $1 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Bxg7 Rxh5 $11) 34... Kc6 35. Rxd5 Kxd5 {White has
no winning chances.} 36. Kd3 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. c6 (38. Ke3 Ne8) 38... Ne8
39. g4 Nc7 40. Ke3 Ne6 41. a3 Nc7 42. Be1 Ne8 $142 (42... Kxc6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44.
Bg3 Ke6 45. Bxe5 Ne8 46. Kd4 (46. Kf4 Nf6) 46... Nf6 $11) 43. Bg3 Nc7 44. Bh4
Ne8 45. Bg3 Nc7 46. Be1 Ne8 47. Bh4 Kxc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. Bg3 Ke6 50. Bxe5 Nf6+
51. Kd4 Ne8 52. Bf4 Nf6 53. Be5 Ne8 54. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 {
In this variation 0-0 is usually completely harmless.} (14. Ne4 Ngf6 15. Nxf6+
(15. c4 Qa6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qe2 O-O {White still has problems with his K.}
18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Bc3 b5 20. b3 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. Rd1 Ne4 24.
Ba5 Bd8 25. Bb4 Re8 $11 {Rosito-Slipak, Pinamar 2002}) 15... gxf6 16. a4 O-O-O
17. b4 Qd5 18. c4 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 20. dxe5 Rxd3 21. exf6 Bxf6 {and the
_|_ can only be better for Black.} 22. Ra2 Rd4 23. Rc2 Re4+ 24. Kf1 Bg5 25. f4
Be7 $11 {Sherzer-Rowley, Philadelphia 1994}) 14... Qc7 15. O-O Ngf6 16. Rfe1 (
16. Qe2 O-O {If the white K would be on the <<, then things would be
completely different.} 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Ng6 $5 {This is a typical tactical
motif, but Black is not forced to take the N, see Sadvakasov-Graf, Mallorca
2004 CBM 104.}) 16... O-O $142 (16... O-O-O 17. b4) 17. Nf5 (17. Qe2 Rad8 18.
Bc3 Bd6 {The N on g3 is really very bad.} 19. Ne5 c5 20. dxc5 (20. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7
21. d5 Bxg3 22. Bxf6 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 gxf6 24. g3 exd5 25. Kxh2 d4 $15 {and Black
has a strong protected o^, Adams-Riazantsev, Bastia 2005.}) 20... Bxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Baramidze-Riazantsev, Hengelo 2005} 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23.
Rxe5 Nd7 24. Re3 Nxc5 $11 {leads to equality, but because of the d <-> snd the
passive N it is White, who has to play carefully.}) 17... Bd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19.
Qb3 a5 $5 {Black wants to take control over the light squares on the <<.} (
19... Qc7 20. Ne5 c5 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Bc3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Rac8 $11) (19... c5 {
may help to white B if some diagonals will be opened for him.} 20. Rad1 cxd4
21. Bb4 Nc5 22. Ne5 (22. Qa3 b6 23. Nxd4 a5 $5) 22... a5 $5 (22... b6 23. Qf3
Nfd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bc3 e5 26. Rxe5 Ne6 (26... dxc3 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Re2
$18 {M.Carlsen-L.Hansen, Skanderborg 2005}) 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Qe4 Qa4 29. Qxd4
$16) (22... Rac8 23. Qf3 $36) 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxb7 Rab8 25. Qf3 a4 $13) 20.
Rad1 b5 $1 {This is the point!} 21. Ne5 (21. cxb5 Rfb8 (21... a4 22. Qb4 Qxb4
23. Bxb4 Rfb8 24. bxc6 Rxb4 25. cxd7 Rxb2 $132) 22. Ne5 Rxb5 23. Qc3 a4 $1 24.
Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qg3+ Kh7 (25... Kf8 $4 26. Ng6+ $18) 26. Qd3+ Kg7 27. Qg3+ Kh7 {
and draw by perpetual checks.}) 21... bxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. Nxc4 Qd5 $15) 22...
Rfc8 {Black has a total control over >< d5, but his << pawns are also weak.}
23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Bf4 Rd8 (24... Qxa2 $6 25. Rd3 Qd5 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. Nxd7+ Qxd7
28. Be5 Qe7 29. Qf3 $14) 25. Rd3 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Nd7 27. Rg3 (27. Bc7 $5 Rdc8 28.
Be5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qxa2 30. Rg3 Kh8 $13) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 {The _|_ with
heavy pieces is an easy draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7...
Nd7 {is the main line not allowing Ne5.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7
11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 c5 13. O-O-O Be7 {[#]} 14. d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] This positional
P sacrifice is the critical continuation.} Nxe5 (14... c4 15. Qxc4 (15. Nxc4 {
deserved attention as well.} Nc5 $5 (15... Nxd5 16. f5 Nc5 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Nh5
$18 {with a devastating -> for White.}) (15... exd5 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Nxd5 $16)
16. Qe2 Nxd5 17. Ba5 (17. Bc3 O-O) 17... Qd7 18. f5 O-O 19. Nh5 $40) 15... Nxd5
$2 16. Nh5 $1 {This is the typical attacking move again targeting >< h5.} O-O
17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qd4 $1 {Now White has an irresistable ->.} f6 19. f5 $1 exf5
20. Bxh6 $1 Rfd8 (20... gxh6 21. Nf4 $18) 21. Nxg7 Rac8 22. Qd3 $1 (22. Rhf1 {
allows Black's counterattack by} Qc6 $1 23. Qf2 Nb4 $1 24. Kb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Qa4 26. a3 Nxc2 27. Qe2 Nxa3+ $1 $132) 22... Rxc2+ $1 {Black's counterplay is
also not without talent!} 23. Kb1 $1 (23. Qxc2 Rc8) 23... Rc5 {
(Smirnov-Lendwai, Saint Vincent 2005 CBM 110)} (23... Rxg2 24. Nxf5 Nc3+ 25.
bxc3 Qxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Nxe7+ $16) 24. Ka1 $1 $18 {was the simplest way.})
15. fxe5 c4 (15... Nxd5 {White gets a strong |^ after} 16. Nh5 $1 Bf8 17. Qg3
g6 (17... Qc7 18. Nxg7+ Bxg7 19. Qxg7 O-O-O 20. Rhf1 Rdg8 21. Qxf7 Qxf7 22.
Rxf7 Rxg2 23. c4 $14) 18. c4 $5 (18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Qd5 20. Ba5 Qxa2 $5 (
20... Qc6 {(Wittmann-Lendwai, Oberwart 2005)} 21. Rhe1 $1 {/\ Re6}) 21. Qc7 Bd6
$1 22. Qxd6 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa5+ 24. Ke3 Qd8 25. Qxc5 Qxf6 {White bravely fights
with his Steinitz K.} 26. Rhf1 Qg7 27. Qb5+ Kf8 28. Rd7 $14) 18... gxh5 19. Bc3
$16) 16. Qxc4 Qxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nf4 $36) 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qb3 {
White certainly avoids the exchange of queens.} Nd5 19. Ne4 $14 {White has
space advantage and good attacking chances because of his e5 P.} (19. Nh5 $14)
(19. Kb1) 19... O-O 20. g4 (20. Nf6+ $5 {is not yet a decisive blow.} gxf6 $142
(20... Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bb4 Qc6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf3 $14) 21. Bxh6 Kh8
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. exf6 Bxf6 $13) 20... Qc7 21. g5 $1 h5 {Black has to avoid
the opening of lines on the >>.} (21... Qxe5 22. Rde1 $18 {/\ Nf6}) 22. Nf6+ $1
{This is the typical continuation of the ->.} Bxf6 (22... gxf6 $2 23. gxf6 $18
{and the mating -> crashes through.}) 23. gxf6 g6 (23... Qxe5 24. fxg7 Rfc8 25.
Rhg1 Rc7 26. Qf3 $1 Rac8 27. c3 {parrying all the threats on the c <->.}) 24.
Rde1 Rfc8 25. Re4 $1 (25. Rhg1 {allows} Qc4 $132) 25... Qc5 26. Kb1 Rc7 27. Rc1
{preparing for c4.} ({The immediate} 27. c4 Nb6 28. Rc1 {was also promising.})
27... Qf2 28. Qd3 Rd7 29. Re2 Qxh4 30. Qf3 Rc7 $2 {Black forgets about his Q's
delicate position.} (30... Qg4 $2 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Rh1 $18) (30... Qd4 $1 31.
Rh1 Nb4 $1 32. Bxb4 $1 (32. Reh2 Qd5 $1) (32. b3 Rc8 33. Bxb4 Qxb4 34. Qe3 Rcd8
$13) 32... Qxb4 33. Rg2 $1 Kf8 34. Qe3 $16) 31. Rh1 $2 {White also misses
capturing the Q by} (31. Re4 $1 Qh2 32. Bg5 $1 $18 {/\ c3, Rc2}) 31... Qc4 32.
c3 Kf8 33. Re4 Qc6 34. c4 Nb6 35. b3 Rd8 36. Bb4+ Ke8 37. Bd6 Rcd7 38. Qg2 $2 {
Now Black gets serious counterplay.} (38. c5 {was required strengthening the
d6 B which kills both rooks.} Nd5 39. Rc1 $16) 38... Rxd6 $1 {Black comes out
of passivity by this positional exchange sacrifice.} 39. exd6 Rxd6 $44 40. Rhe1
Nd7 41. Qg5 Qc5 (41... Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxe4+ 43. Kc1 e5 $15 {was also dangerous.}
) 42. Qh6 {The plan with Qh8 is simply bad.} Qf5 (42... Kd8 43. Qh7 Kc7 44.
Qxf7 Rd2 {/\ Qa5}) 43. Qh8+ Nf8 44. Kc1 (44. Qh6 Rd4 45. Qe3 Rxe4 46. Qxe4
Qxe4+ 47. Rxe4 Nd7 48. Rf4 g5 $19) 44... Qg5+ 45. Kb1 a5 $2 ({missing the
penetration to the 2-nd rank.} 45... Rd2 $1 $19) 46. Re5 Qd2 47. c5 Rc6 48.
R1e2 (48. R5e2 Qd3+) 48... Qf4 $2 (48... Qd1+ 49. Kb2 a4 $1 $17 {was still
promising for Black.}) 49. R5e4 (49. a4 $1 $11 {was required.}) 49... Qf5 $1
$17 50. Kb2 Qxc5 51. Rc4 Qb5 52. Rec2 Qe5+ 53. Kb1 Qd5 54. Rxc6 bxc6 55. Kc1
Qg5+ 56. Kb1 c5 57. a3 h4 $2 {forgetting about White's tactical counterchances.
} (57... Qd5 {The centralization of the Q is essential in the _|_.} 58. Rc3 (
58. b4 Qb3+ 59. Rb2 Qd1+ 60. Ka2 Qd5+ 61. Ka1 axb4 62. axb4 cxb4 $19) 58...
Qd1+ 59. Kb2 Qd2+ 60. Rc2 Qd4+ 61. Kb1 a4 $19) 58. b4 $1 Qg3 (58... axb4 59.
axb4 Qg1+ 60. Rc1 Qd4 61. bxc5 {was already not so easy.}) 59. bxc5 (59. Rxc5
Qb3+ $11) 59... Qb3+ 60. Rb2 Qd1+ 61. Ka2 Qd5+ 62. Kb1 Qd1+ 63. Ka2 {and Black
has to give perpetual checks.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 {Black's main
idea is to prevent White from 0-0-0.} 14. c4 Qa4 $5 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Qc7 {
This allows 0-0-0.} 15. O-O-O (15. d5 {- Z.Almasi-Khenkin, Palma de Mallorca
2004 CBM 104}) 15... Ngf6 (15... b5 $5 16. c5 Ngf6 17. Rde1 O-O {Now White has
a clear target: the enemy K!} 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Ne4 b4 20. g4 $36 {
Neelotpal-Ovetchkin, Alushta 2004}) 16. Kb1 {- Kritz-Ruck, Gothenburg 2005 CBM
109}) (14... Bb4 $6 {- Acs-Gyimesi, Heviz 2003 CBM 96}) (14... Qa6 $5 {-
Landa-Shaposhnikov, Sochi 2005 CBM 107}) 15. d5 $5 {This positional P
sacrifice gives at least adequate compensation.} (15. O-O Ngf6 16. Rfe1 O-O 17.
Nf5 $14) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 (16... exd5 17. O-O $44 {and Black has
problems with castles.}) 17. Qe2 exd5 18. O-O Ne6 (18... Kf8 {Here the h8 R is
out of play for a long time.} 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Re8 (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Rd4 $14 {White's lead of development is
important also in the _|_.})) 19... Re8 20. Nf5 Ne4 21. Rac1 $44) 19. Nf5 Qa6
20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Rac1 {As it was mentioned before the exchange of queens is
not solving the problem of lack of development.} Bf6 {[#]} (21... Nf6 22. Rc6
Ne4 (22... Nxh5 23. Re1 $36) 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rd1 O-O 25. Rxd5 Bxb2 26. Ra5 $14
{The a pawns are easy targets.}) 22. Bb4 $1 Ne7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Nf5 {It is
not easy for Black to connect his rooks.} (24. Rfe1 Kg8 25. Rc2 d4 26. Ne4 Nd5
27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Rd2 Nxh5 29. Nxd4 $44) 24... a5 $2 {This helps only for
White.} (24... Ke8 {was more persistant.}) 25. Ba3 g6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxe7+
Bxe7 28. Rfe1 gxf5 (28... Bg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Rxe6 gxf5 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rxf5
$16 {and the pawns on the 5-th rank will fall one by one.}) 29. Rxe6 Bd8 (29...
Kf7 30. Re5 $16) 30. Rc5 Kf7 31. Rec6 Bb6 (31... Bf6 32. Rxd5 $16) 32. Rxd5
Rhc8 {Finally Black has made a R move, but it is too late.} 33. Ne5+ Ke8 34.
Re6+ Kf8 35. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 (6. h4 {is the
theoretical main line.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 {
White has got the ^^, but in this type of position it is difficult to keep it
long.} Nf6 11. Qe2 Nd5 (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O $142 (12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O O-O (
13... Nd5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxf2 17. Rdf1 Qg3 18. Rh3 Qd6 19.
Qg4 $44 {White has active pieces and a ^^ for the sacrificed P, Tiviakov-G.
Timoshenko, Arco 1998.}) 14. Kb1 {(Haznedaroglu-Wu Shaobin, Mallorca 2004)} (
14. f3 b5 (14... Nd5) 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 {Now Black gets more tempi by chasing
the B.} a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 c5 $17 {
Tiviakov-Anand, Bastia 2001}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 $13) 14...
b5 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 a5 $40) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 $13 {and it is not so easy
for White to prepare the push g4-g5.}) 12... O-O (12... Nd5 13. Bd2 {Here is
the difference to Qd2, the B can retreat to d2.} N7f6 (13... Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15.
Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 {securing the N's place on the important central square.}
17. a3 a6 18. Qe5 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk, POL-ch 1996}) 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bd3 {
Soon or later White has to eliminate the good B on h7, and then the ^^
vanishes.} (15. f3 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 O-O $13 {Ciuksyte-Burmakin, Zurich
2002}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 {Black grabs the |^ on the \<<.} (16... Qc7 17.
Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 Qe7 19. c4 $14) 17. Kb1 b5 $1 18. Ne4 Nb4 $1 (18... Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 O-O {Now the mutual P attack begins.} 20. g4 a4 21. g5 $1 {White has to
open up lines on the >>.} hxg5 22. h6 $1 (22. Rdg1 a3 23. Bxg5 (23. b3 Qf6)
23... axb2 $1) 22... g6 23. Qe5 $1 Qf6 (23... f6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxc6 b4 26.
Qb7 $1 $18) 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Bxg5 Qxe5 26. dxe5 f6 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Rd6 $18 {
with a winning _|_.}) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 (19... Qxf6 20. Qe4 O-O 21. g4 {
The white's threats seem to be more realistic here.} Qxf2 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5
Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. h6 $16) 20. Qg3 $14 {Rublevsky-Burmakin, St Petersburg
1998 CBM 067} (20. Qe4 Qd5 $1)) 13. Kb1 (13. Bd3 {White has to exchange the
strong black B.} Bxd3 14. Qxd3 (14. Rxd3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky-Dreev, Hyderabad 2002}) 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 (16... Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Qb5 {looks slow a bit.} 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf3 cxd4 {(Van de
Oudeweetering-Ovetchkin, St Petersburg 2005)} 20. g5 $1 $40) 17. Qxd4 Rac8 $13)
13... Nd5 (13... b5 14. Bd3 (14. Bb3 $6 {is again met by} a5 $40) 14... Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Nh5 $1 $36 {Here is an important difference to the h4-h5 type
of positions.}) 14. Bd2 b5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 N7f6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6
19. g4 {White uses the lack of h4-g5 to his favour.} Rad8 20. Qe2 c5 21. g5 $40
{De Sousa-Zontakh, Cappelle la Grande 2003}) (11... Qxd4 $6 12. Be5 Qd8 13. Rd1
$44 Nbd7 14. Bd6 (14. f4 Qb6 $1 15. Bd4 Qc7 $15 {Fressinet-Bareev, Enghien les
Bains 2001 CBM 083}) 14... Qb6 15. O-O {The black K is not safe at all.} Nd5
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxb2 18. Rb5 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 $44 {Bareev}) 12. Be5 {
This may only lead to a quick exchange of the important B.} (12. Bd2 $142 $5 {
sarifices the P, but gets good attacking chances for it.} Bxc2 13. Nh5 Kf8 14.
Rh3 (14. Qe5 Rh7 $1 (14... Rg8 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Qf6
$14) 15. Rc1 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 {/\ Nc6}) 15... Bf5 (15... Bg6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17.
Qxf4 $44) 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Qd6+ Qe7 18. Nxf5 exf5+ 19. Qxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bb4 Nb6
21. Bb3 Rd8 $15) 14... Bg6 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 (16... Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qxf4
18. Rd8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 $14) 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Rg5 Nb6 {
(Kovalevskaya-Chiburdanidze, Bled 2002)} (19... Nf6 20. Be5 $44) 20. Qe5 $1 Rh7
(20... Qf6 21. Qc5+ Ke8 22. Be5) 21. Rxf5 $1 exf5 22. Qxf5 Qf6 23. Qxh7 Qxf4+
24. Kb1 $14) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O $6 (13. h5 {had to be inserted first.} Bh7 14.
O-O-O Nd7) 13... Nd7 14. Ne4 $2 (14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17.
Qe4 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne7 19. h5 Qa5 20. a3 Rd5 $11 {with mass exchanges on the d
<->, Kveinys-Urban, Dzwirzyno 2004.}) (14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bb3 a5 $132) (14. h5 {
is already met by} Nxe5 (14... Bh7 15. Bd6 Re8 $13) 15. dxe5 Bh7 $13) 14... b5
$1 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Bb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 a5 $40 {was also problematic, but the
text is clearly worse.}) 15... Qa5 $1 16. h5 {[#]} (16. Kb1 Nb4 {This is the
punishment.} 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 b4 $17 {and the g6 B is too
strong.}) (16. a3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 b4 $1 $17) 16... Bh7 {Black wants to keep his
excellent B.} (16... Bxe4 $5 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxe4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxa2 $19) 17...
N7f6 (17... f5 $5) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxc6 Qxa2 $40 {with good attacking
chances for Black.}) 17. a3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b4 $1 {It seems that Black's ->
comes first with the opposite castled kings.} 19. Qe1 (19. Qd2 $2 {is strongly
answered by} Bxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nc3 $1 21. Rde1 Rfd8 22. Bd3 c5 $19) 19... Nf4 $1
20. Nf6+ (20. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qxe5 $17) 20... gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qe4+
f5 23. Qxf4 bxa3 24. b4 (24. b3 Rad8 $17) 24... a2 $1 25. Kb2 $2 {Now White
loses outright.} (25. bxa5 a1=Q+ 26. Kd2 Rfd8+ 27. Ke2 Qc3 $17 {was also
rather nasty.}) 25... Rab8 $19 26. c3 c5 27. Ka1 cxb4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {From the opening variations that are frequently seen
at top level, this is one of the oldest. Commenting on his win (as Black)
against a young Boris Spassky, back in 1966, "the Patriarch" wrote that he
does not understand why his opponent chose a line where during the past 50
years White made only one or two major discoveries. This statement looks
somewhat outdated nowadays. In fact, White does not need to make any
revolutionary discoveries, since his considerable advance of space is not easy
to neutralize. The final outcome of the game ususlly depends on small nuances,
not always too easy to grasp.} e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {In Botvinnik's
time, Black usually castled long. By transferring the king to the opposite
wing (as frequently happens in modern games), Black intends to keep his
slightly vulnerable pawns safely defended.} 13. Ne4 ({A thematic exchange
aiming to clear the way to the g-pawn and cause Black problems with carrying
out the pawn break ...c5. Anand knew quite well what kind of problems Black
can have after the ensuing simplifications from the following game:} 13. Kb1
O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 (17... Qxg2 {loses to}
18. Bxh6 $1 {or to the simpler 18.Rh(d)g1.}) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 ({
Of course, not} 19... Nxf2 $2 {because of} 20. Rd2 {, trapping the knight.})
20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 Bd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 a5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3
Nxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Kc2 {Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003. In spite of the
blocked character of the position, White's advantage of space on the king side
faces Black with serious dangers. Kasparov pushed his pawns prematurely and
reached a rook ending with only vague winning chances, which Anand misplayed
terribly and lost.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe4 {The main difference compared to the game Kasparov-Anand consists of the
fact that the moves Ne5 and ...0-0 are missing. This detail slightly restricts
White's posibilities, forcing him to defend the f2-pawn with the apparently
passive} 18. Be3 {However, as we shall soon find out, Black is better adviced
not to rely on this small achievement too much.} O-O ({One of Black's main
problems in this line is to find a good square for his knight. My personal
feeling is that Anand's plan from the aforementioned game (to exchange it for
the e5-knight) is the most appropriate, although it does not guarantee 100%
equality. Here is a game where Black managed to obtain the perfect d5-square
for his knight, but for several other reasons could not make use of it!} 18...
Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25.
c5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 {If Black could jump with his knight directly to d5, his
position would be not worse at all. However, one can only make one move at a
time.} 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 {After the radical activation of
White's rooks, Black was reduced to complete passivity in Kramnik-Bareev, Wijk
aan Zee 2003. In case of 29...Nd5, the knight would stand "nicely" but would
fail to counter White's simple plan: Bd2, followed by the transfer of the king
to e4 and the opening of the king side by means of g5, hxg5 Bxg5 followed by
h6, which would win the f7-pawn. At the same time, Black has no time to expell
the enemy rook from d6 with} Nc8 {because of} 30. Rd4 {followed by Rdf4.}) 19.
Ne5 Bd6 ({A new move, putting the e5-knight under pressure and thus preparing
the thematic break ...c5. The more natural} 19... Rfd8 {, completing the
development, does not promisse complete equality either, for instance} 20. g4
c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Ng5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. b3 {and White
managed to gradually amplify his advantage of space in Strikovic-Kortschnoj,
Val Maubuee 1990.}) 20. f3 Ng3 ({A questionable decision. It is hard to
refrain from "winning" several tempi by jumping around with the knight, but
the more restrained} 20... Nf6 {, more or less transposing to Kasparov-Anand,
seems a safer choice. In the game, the knight will soon land on a very passive
square.}) 21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rad8 ({By taking the d7-square under control,
Black intends to play ...c5 with all the comfort. One natural question is why
didn't Black place the other rook on d8 with} 22... Rfd8 {After the game
continuation} 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 b5 25. b3 {he could try to open a new file on
the queen side with} a5 {. However after the accurate} 26. a4 $1 {Black would
be simply left with an additional weakness on a5, while his counterplay along
the b-file is not too realistic, for instance} bxa4 27. bxa4 Rab8 28. Kc2 {
followed by Rhh1 and Rb1. One can feel the perfect placement of the white
knight.}) ({With hindsight, it is easy to recommend the immediate opening of
the position with} 22... c5 {. Even though White seems to be able to maintain
an advantage, the situation would have been less one-sided than in the game.
Here is a possible continuation.} 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. dxc5 $1 ({In case of} 24.
Nxc5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 {White's central pawns are suddenly
vulnerable.}) 24... Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd4 {. Black can now
win his pawn back, but the control of the d-file would leave White on top, for
instance} Nxg2 {(Ledaing to a more unbalanced situation than after the capture
on c4)} 28. Rh2 Ne3 29. Rhd2) 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 $1 {It becomes clear now that
Black is reduced to absolute passivity. His knight has no good squares at its
disposal, while after White's last move it is hard to play ...c5.} b5 25. b3
Bc7 26. Rhh1 Bb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. Kc2 bxc4 ({The double exchange that follows
might seem premature, but after a neutral move such as} 28... Kf8 {White could
force the events with} 29. a4 {anyway.}) 29. bxc4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 {The following
phase of the game is a perfect illustration of Siegbert Tarrasch' statement
that if a piece is badly placed, the whole position is bad. Finding a good
square for the knight will cost Black so much time that White will manage to
obtain a decisive advantage on a different area of the board. If we compare
with the position from the game Kramnik-Bareev, we can safely state that the
double pawns are more of a strength than a weakness. Just try to remove the
pawn from c4 and place it on e5: Black would get chances to consolidate with a
further ...Nd5.} e5 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Rhd1 ({The immediate occupation of the
seventh rank with} 32. Rd7 {looks playable, too, since the counterplay basedon}
Rb4 {can be easily parried with} 33. Kc3 {. Anand might have felt
uncomfortable to move again with his d6-rook and preferred to take the d-file
under even stricter control first.}) 32... Rb7 33. Rd8 {Exchanging one pair of
rooks makes part of White's main plan and pursues two main aims: to prevent a
possible black counterplay and to open new perspectives for the remaining rook.
} Rxd8 (33... Kf8 {could be answered with} 34. R1d7) 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 f6 (
{The sophisticated plan of freeing the knight initiated by this move will
result just too slow. The immediate} 35... Ng8 {, creating the additional
threat of ...e4 followed by ...Nf6 deserves being mentioned. White would
probably have to spend a tempo on preventing this idea with} 36. Re8 {but, as
we shall see, this is hardly a loss of time since the rook is well placed on
the e-file.} f6 ({Exchanging rooks with} 36... Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 {would leave
Black helpless against the white king's marching in starting with} 38. Kb3 {
and heading for a7.}) 37. Be1 Rd7 38. Bc3 g6 ({Black is not sufficiently well
prepared for this pawn break, but} 38... Ne7 {would just transpose to the game
joyless continuation after} 39. Rf8 Ng8 40. a4) 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. Re6 $1 {
A very good square for the rook.} Ne7 (40... Rc7 {allows the simple} 41. Rxe5
$1) 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Kd3 {and Black has no adequate way of capturing on g6, for
instance} Nxg6 43. Ba5 {or 42...Kxg6 43.Bxe5, leaving him helpless against the
centralisation of the white king.}) 36. Be1 Rd7 37. Bc3 {After this accurate
bishop maneouvre it appears that the black rook enjoys no greater mobility
than the knight.} Ng8 38. a4 $1 {With the brutal threat of advancing the pawn
to a6 and transfer the rook to b7.} g6 39. a5 $1 ({White ignores the king side
situation. In case of} 39. hxg6+ {Black would win a tempo with} Kg7 {followed
by ...Ne7, with chances for survival.}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ne7 42.
a6 Kf7 {The king hurries to support the rook in view of the threat Rb7.
However, White has an additional idea of attacking the a7-pawn.} 43. Ba5 $1 Nf5
44. Bb6 $1 {It is all over now. White's advantage of space is decisive.} Ne3+
45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Rc8 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Nd1+ 48. Kb4 Rd2 49. Bxa7 {I suppose that
Ponomariov played the following sequence of moves by mere inertia. He could
have safely resigned already.} Rb2+ 50. Ka3 Rb1 51. Rb6 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 e4 53.
fxe4+ Kxe4 54. c6 {This was precisely the moment when I incidentally connected
to playchess.com through my mobile phone. I first thought that the position
was filipped, not believing that the game was still on with such advanced
white pawns. The detail that made me understand my mistake was that Black's
next move is legal.} Kd3 {Indeed, with the position flipped, the king would be
in check here.} 55. c7 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Quite a risky move. Not from purely chess point of view, of course,
but from the perspective of the unfavourable score. It seems like if Bareev
had not prepared any "emergency case" openings for this match. In a game where
he desperately needs to win, he sticks to his ultra-solid repertoire.} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qb6 {A very rare move, planning
to castle long. Again, the short castle seems to have suited the match
situation better than this solid approach.} (13... O-O {Smirin,I (2685)-Bareev,
E (2724)/Moscow 2002/CBM 090/[Solozhenkin] (0-1, 41)}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $146 {
This looks like a logical novelty, not allowing White consolidate his
advantage of space with Ne5.} (14... Nxf6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Be3 Nd5
18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf6 20. Kb1 Qb4 21. a3 Qa4 22. Rc1 Rd6 23. f4 Qa5 24. g4
$16 {Huebner,R (2620)-Larsen,B (2605)/Bugojno 1982/MCD (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 15. g4
c5 16. Bc3 O-O-O 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 {Having completed his
development, Bareev offered to his opponent a draw - and the qualification for
Mexico.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rhe1 {This critical opening position is somewhat
special. Both players would love to storm the hideouts of the enemy king, but
the flexible nature of the position forces them to concentrate their forces
towards the centre.} (17. Qe2 Rfe8 (17... Rad8 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Bc3 Bd6 $132)
18... c5 19. Ng6 $1 {Nataf-Chabanon, Port Barcares 2005/}) 18. Ne5 (18. Bc3 b5
$1 $132) 18... b5 $5 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4) (18... Rad8 19. f4 $1 c5
20. Bc3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5 $13) (18... c5 $5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Qc6 22. f4 Rac8 $13) 19. c5 $5 (19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 $44) (
19. f4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 $132 {Manik-Zelcic, Mitropa Cup 2003}) (19. Rc1 $5 bxc4
20. Rxc4 $1 c5 $132) 19... Nd5 20. f4 b4 21. Ne4 {/\ g4-g5}) 17... a5 {Less
well known, but a very useful move helping to control the b4-square. Black is
taking a useful step in his quest to get towards the white king.} (17... Rad8
18. Qc2 (18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Be7 $13) (18. Nf5 $6
exf5 19. Rxe7 Ne4 $15) 18... Ng4 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Ne5 {1/2 Motylev,
A (2632)-Dreev,A (2694)/Moscow 2005}) (17... Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bd6 (18... Rad8 19.
Qf3 $36) (18... b5 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxe6 Kf8 23. Nf5
Nb6 24. Qc2 Bd8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. dxc5 Nd5 27. Rd1 {0-1 Smikovski,I (2538)
-Lastin,A (2594)/Moscow 2006 (101)}) 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf3 c5 $1 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 (
21... Nxd7 22. d5 Nb6 (22... exd5 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd5 Qd7 26.
g4 Ne4 27. Be3 Bf8 $11) 23. dxe6 Nxc4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc1 Bf8
$14) 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. cxd5 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2658)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2564)/Beersheba 2005/ (41)}) (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Qe2 (18. Nf5
Bf8) 18... c5 19. Ne5 $1 Qb6 (19... cxd4 20. Nxf7 $1) 20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. Ba5
$40) 18. Bc1 (18. a3 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Rc1 (20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxe7 Qd6) 20...
Qb7 21. Nf5 Bxa3 22. bxa3 exf5 23. Qxf5 b4 $17 {0-1 Lhoest,A (1870)-Hentzien,M
(1970)/Champagne Ardennes 2003 (39)}) (18. Bc3 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bb4 $11
) 19. Ne5 a4 $11) (18. Nf5 Bb4 19. Ng3 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Qc2 a4 20. Ne5 $6 {
Leko is becoming nervous and it shows in his reaction. The pawn structure will
favour Black, which can be useful even in endgames.} (20. a3 $5 Bd6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Rh4 Qe7 $11) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. f4
(23. a3 Nc5 24. f4 Qa5 $15) 23... Nc5 (23... Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa6 25. Re4 Nb6 26.
Qe2 $11) 24. Ne4 (24. Qf3 Qa5 (24... Rd8 25. Rd1 b5 $15) 25. Rd1 Qb4 26. Qc3 (
26. Qe2 a3) 26... Qxc3 27. bxc3 a3 28. Kc2 Ra4 29. Ne2 Kf8) (24. Qc2 a3 25. b3
Bh4 $15) 24... Rd8 25. Qc2 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 (26. Qxe4 a3 27. b3 Bb4 28. Rf1 Rd7
29. g4 Qd8 $15) 26... Qb6 $1 27. Qxa4 $6 {White reacts in a truly human way.
Grabbing the pawn should compensate for the suffering caused by the need to
fight for equality.} (27. Re1 a3 28. b3 Bb4 $15) 27... Qg1 28. Qc2 Rd1 29. Re2
(29. Re3 Bb4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxg2 $15) 29... Rf1 30. a3 Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
The trade off is clearly pleasant for Ivanchuk. The absence of the pawn is
compensated for by the punishing impact of all his pieces.} (30... Rxf4 31. Ka2
Rh4 32. Rd2 Qf1 $17) 31. Qd2 (31. Rd2 Bd4 $1 32. g3 c5 $17) 31... Rd1 32. Qc2
Bd4 33. c5 (33. Rd2 Rf1 34. g3 c5) 33... Rf1 34. Rd2 Rxf4 35. Ka2 (35. Qc4 Bxe5
36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ f5 $17) 35... Rf2 $1 {Black has won the pawn back and
White will face the painful task of fighting on in a miserable endgame.} 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2 37. g4 $6 (37. b3 Bxc5 38. Bb2 Qe3 $17) (37. Qd2 Bxc5 38. b4 Bf8 39.
Bb2 c5 $17) 37... Bxc5 38. Bf4 Qd4 (38... Qxg4 39. Qxc5 Qxf4 40. Qb6 Qxe5 41.
Qxb7 Qd5+ 42. Kb1 Qxh5 $17) 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Ka1 (40. g5 $1 hxg5 41. Qd8+ Kh7
42. Qxg5 Qc4+ 43. Ka1 Qf1+ 44. Ka2 Qh1 $17) 40... Bd4 {Ivanchuk methodically
improves his pieces, Leko is fighting without a trace of hope.} 41. Qh2 c5 42.
Ka2 b5 43. Qd2 (43. Qg3 Qe2 44. Bc1 c4 $19) 43... Qd5+ 44. Kb1 b4 $1 45. a4 (
45. axb4 cxb4 46. Qd3 b3 47. Bd2 Bxe5 $19) 45... b3 46. Qd3 c4 47. Qe2 Qh1+ 48.
Bc1 Qa8 (48... Qc6 $19) (48... Qa8 49. Qxc4 Qe4+ 50. Ka1 Bxb2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "Sabadell"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 ({The alternative theoretical line} 
11... Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {leads to a sharper play, as is usual in positions
where castling takes place on opposite sides..}) 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 {
The point of this move is to prevent White from establishing the knight on e5.}
14. Nf5 Bf4 15. Ne3 {The correct move. White should avoid the exchanges as he
has some spatial superiority.} (15. Nxg7+ $2 Kf8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Qxe6 Re8
$15 {Black's extra knight is worth more than White's three pawns.}) 15... Ne4 {
An attempt for an improvement over my game versus Akopian.} (15... O-O-O 16. g3
Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Rhe8 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Rd3 $1 Nxh5 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. a4 $1 Qd5 22.
Rh4 Nhf6 23. Ne5 g5 24. Rxh6 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qe4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28.
Be3 $16 {1-0 Akopian,V (2713)-Postny,E (2591)/Port Erin 2006/CBM 114 ext (66)})
(15... b5 $6 16. g3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nd5 18. g4 Qa5 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Rd3 b4 21. Rb3
Rb6 22. Bd2 O-O 23. g5 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,A (2589)-Fontaine,R (2518)/Besancon
2006/CBM 113 ext (55)}) 16. Be1 O-O-O 17. g3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Ndf6 {In general,
White has a slight edge thanks to some spatial superiority. Black's position
is a bit passive and his main goal is to get in the c6-c5 thrust. Exchanges of
pieces usually favour the side with less space, Black in this case.} 19. Qe2
$146 (19. Bb4 Nd5 20. Qxe4 Nxb4 21. a3 Nd5 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Qe2 Rhf8 24. Rd2 Nd7
25. Rhd1 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Duer,A (2420)-Scheeren,P
(2360)/Amsterdam 1980/MCD (49)}) 19... Rhe8 ({The point of 19.Qe2 is that after
} 19... c5 $2 20. Rh4 $1 Nd6 21. dxc5 {Black does not have a fork on f5 at his
disposal and gets a bad position.}) 20. Ne5 Nd6 {Again the desired c6-c5
advance does not work.} (20... c5 $6 21. Rh4 Nd6 22. dxc5 Nf5 23. Ra4 Rxd1+ 24.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Bd2 $16) 21. f3 Nd7 22. f4 (22. g4 f6 23. Ng6 e5 $11) 22... f6
23. Ng6 {The white knight is somewhat isolated on g6. I expected 23.Nd3,
though, it would not pose big problems for Black either.} (23. Nd3 c5 24. dxc5
Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Bf2 Qc6 27. Bxa7 $5 {Looks crazy, but is actually
possible.} (27. Rhe1 {still keeps a marginal advantage for White.}) 27... b6
28. Qa6+ Kc7 29. Rhe1 Qb5 (29... Nc8 30. a4 Qa8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bxb6+ Nxb6
33. Qxa8 Rxa8 34. Rxe6 Rxa4 35. Re7+ Kd6 36. Rxg7) 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8
32. Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Rxe6+ Kc5 {Both endgames with three pawns for a knight are
approximately balanced.}) 23... c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. g4 {This move is quite
optimistic. It was safer to take the bishop away from e1 as it obstructs the
connection between White's rooks.} (25. Bf2 Nde4 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. b4 Na4 28.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Qd3 Kb8 $11) (25. Bb4 Nde4 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 25...
Nde4 $1 {Now Black wins the fight for the d-file. The move in the text is
tactically justified as White can't win a piece by 26.b4.} 26. Rxd8+ (26. b4 $2
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 (27. Kxd1 $2 Qd6+ 28. Kc1 Qd4 $19 {[%cal Gd4a1]}) 27... Rd8 28.
Qe2 Nd3+ 29. Kb1 {[%tqu "En","How should Black continue?","","","d3f2","",10,
"d3e1","",0]} Ndf2 $1 (29... Nxe1 30. Qxe4 Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Nd3+ 32. Kb3 Rxh1 33.
Qxh1 Nxf4 34. Qe4 Nxg6 35. Qxe6+ Qd7 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qc4+ $11) 30. Rf1 (30.
Rh2 $8 Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Nd3+ $1 32. Qxd3 Rxe1 $17 {[%cal Ge4d6,Gd6c4]} (32... Rxd3
$2 33. cxd3 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rc8,Re4][%cal Gh2c2]})) 30... Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Nd3+ $1
32. cxd3 Qc1+ 33. Kb3 Rd2 $1 34. Bxd2 (34. Qxe4 Qc2+ 35. Ka3 Qxa2#) 34... Nxd2+
35. Ka4 Qc2+ 36. Ka3 Nc4+ 37. dxc4 Qxe2 $19) 26... Rxd8 27. Rh3 Qd6 28. Re3 Qd4
29. a3 (29. c3 $2 {loses right away to} Qa4 30. b3 (30. a3 Qb3 $19 {[%csl Rc1]
[%cal Gb3a2]}) 30... Nxb3+ $1 $19) 29... Kb8 30. Kb1 f5 31. Ka2 $2 {This move
just gives away a pawn for nothing.} (31. gxf5 exf5 32. Ne7 Qd7 33. Ng6 Ne6 {
It is possible to repeat moves by 33...Qd4 but, Black has some grounds to
think about more than a draw.} 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qb5 Qd1+ 37. Ka2
Qxc2 38. Qe5+ Nc7 39. Qxg7 Qc4+ 40. Kb1 Qd3+ 41. Ka2 Qc4+ {with a perpetual
check.}) 31... fxg4 32. Ne5 (32. b4 $2 {I spent some time calculating this
before playing my 31st move.} Na4 33. Kb3 Nd2+ $1 34. Bxd2 (34. Kxa4 Qb2 35.
Bxd2 {leads to the same position.}) 34... Qb2+ 35. Kxa4 Qxc2+ 36. Rb3 Rd5 $1
37. Qxe6 (37. b5 Rd4+ 38. Bb4 Qxe2 $19) 37... b5+ 38. Ka5 Qc7+ 39. Ka6 Rd6+ 40.
Qxd6 Qxd6+ 41. Kxb5 Qd5+ 42. Ka4 Qxd2 $19) 32... Nf6 33. Rc3 Nfe4 {In mutual
severe time trouble I decided to repeat moves. Objectively, the wrong decision!
} (33... Qd1 $1 34. Qb5 {I was worried about this move, but Black can parry
the threat.} (34. Qe3 $142 Qd5+ 35. b3 Rc8 $17) 34... Qd5+ 35. Rc4 (35. b3 $2
Nce4 $19) (35. Ka1 Nb3+ 36. Qxb3 Qxb3 37. Rxb3 Rd1+ 38. Ka2 Rxe1 $19) 35...
Ncd7 36. Nc6+ Ka8 $19) 34. Re3 Nf6 35. Rc3 Nfe4 36. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 {
For some reason this useful move is not popular nowadays. Usually the White
players give preference to 14.Ne4 or 14.Qe2.} O-O-O 15. c4 Bd6 (15... c5 $6 {
Black is not ready yet for this thrust.} 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Nb3 Bd6
19. c5 $1 Bxg3 (19... Nxc5 $2 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. b4 {[%cal Gd1c1] wins a piece.}
) 20. Ba5 Qe5 21. Qc2 Rde8 22. c6 Nb8 23. cxb7+ Kxb7 24. Bc3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5
26. fxg3 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2717)-Macieja,B (2616)/Lugo 2007/CBM 119 (50)})
16. Ne4 Nxe4 (16... Bf4 {appeared in practice as well.}) 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 {
The best square for the queen.} c5 19. Bc3 Rhe8 (19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 $1 (20.
Bxd4 Bc5 {An exchange of pieces favours Black in this case.} 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22.
Ne5 Nd7 $1 23. Rxd7 (23. Nxf7 $4 Qf5+ $19) 23... Rxd7 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Rd1+
Kc8 $11) 20... a6 21. g3 Rd7 22. Nb3 {[%cal Gc3a5]} Rhd8 23. Ba5 b6 24. c5 bxa5
25. cxd6 $36) 20. Ne5 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 (22... Qc5 23. f4 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Rc2 Qc5 27. a3 Qc6 28. Ka2 Ne8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Qe3
f6 31. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Venkatesh,M (2450)-Iljin,A (2522)/Kochin 2004/CBM 103 ext 
(58)}) 23. g4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Re1 $5 {Ruslan preserves the rooks from
exchange. On the one hand, White gives up control over the d-file. On the
other hand, in the forthcoming endgame his rook + bishop might overcome
black's rook + knight.} (25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. f3 Ke8 28. Qe4 Qd7
29. Kc2 Kf8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Kc3 b6 32. Qd4 Qc6 33. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Morovic
Fernandez,I (2565)-Kortschnoj,V (2585)/Mesa 1992/EXT 2004}) 25... Ne8 (25...
Qg2 {I've considered this move as a punch in the air in view of} 26. Bg3 {
[%cal Ge2e5] . The engine suggestion} Kd7 $5 {didn't even cross my mind. Well,
human players has a lot to learn from the machine...}) 26. f4 {Only after the
game I found out that all this had already appeared in the practice of ...
Ruslan Ponomariov!} Qd7 $1 $146 {A sensible novelty, and finally a deviation.}
(26... f6 27. Bc3 Nc7 28. b3 Rd7 29. a4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Qd3+ 31. Kb2 b6 32. Qxd3
Rxd3 33. g5 $1 Rh3 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 Rxh5 36. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2743)-Granero Roca,A (2342)/Benidorm 2002/CBM 093/[Lukacs] (58)}) 27. Bc3 Qd3+
{I should exchange queens to activate my rook.} 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. f5 (29. g5 $6
{yields nothing in view of} hxg5 30. fxg5 Rh3 31. g6 f6 32. Rxe6 Kd7 33. Re1
Rxh5 34. Bb4 Re5 {[%csl Rg6] and here even White has to be careful as his Pg6
is a target.}) 29... Kd7 30. fxe6+ fxe6 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. Kc2 (32. Bb4+ Kd8 33.
Rf7 Rd7 $11) 32... Rg3 {There was a passive alternative 32...Rd7. The move in
the text required deep calculation.} 33. Bb4+ Kd8 34. Rf7 Rxg4 35. Kb3 (35.
Rxb7 Rxc4+ 36. Kb3 Rc7 37. Ba5 Kc8 38. Rxc7+ Nxc7 39. Bxc7 Kxc7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41.
b4 Kc6 (41... g6 $4 42. hxg6 Ke7 43. b5 h5 44. Kd4 h4 45. Ke3 e5 46. Kf3 {
and White's king easily neutralises Black's pawns.}) 42. a4 e5 43. b5+ Kb6 44.
Kb4 Kc7 45. a5 Kd6 46. Kc4 e4 47. Kd4 e3 48. Kxe3 Kc5 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Kxb6
51. Ke4 Kc6 52. Kf5 Kd6 53. Kg6 Ke7 54. Kxg7 Ke8 55. Kxh6 Kf8 $11 {This is
more or less what I had to calculate before playing 32...Rg3.}) 35... Kc8 36.
Bc5 Rg3+ 37. Ka4 Rg2 38. Kb3 Rg3+ 39. Ka4 Rg2 40. b4 {White does not have real
grounds to play for a win. However, the situation in the match forced Ruslan
Ponomariov to complicate matters.} Rxa2+ 41. Kb3 Rg2 42. Re7 Nf6 43. Bxa7 (43.
Bd6 Ne4 44. Be5 Rg5 45. Bxg7 Rxh5 46. Rxe6 Rh3+ 47. Ka4 Nc3+ 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11)
43... Nxh5 44. b5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Rg4 46. Bb6 h5 47. Rc7+ Kb8 48. Rf7 Kc8 49. Rf8+
{Again, my opponent rejects the repetition. The position is becoming very
sharp.} Kd7 50. Rb8 h4 (50... e5 51. Rxb7+ Ke6 52. c5 h4 53. c6 Nd5 54. Ba5 h3
55. Rb8 h2 56. Rh8 Rg3+ 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58. Kb3 Rg3+ $11) 51. Rxb7+ Kc8 52. Rc7+
Kb8 53. Rf7 h3 {The h-pawn is heading for a promotion, but my king is in
danger of getting mated.} 54. c5 Nd5 55. Rf8+ Kb7 56. Ba5 Rg3+ 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58.
Kd3 Nb4+ 59. Kc3 h2 60. Rh8 Nd5+ 61. Kd2 Ra4 62. c6+ Ka7 63. c7 h1=Q (63... Rc4
64. Kd3 Rc5 65. Kd4 Rc1 66. Rxh2 Nxc7 67. b6+ Ka6 68. bxc7 Kxa5 $11) 64. Rxh1
Rc4 $4 {A huge blunder but, luckily for me, Ruslan didn't exploit it.} (64...
Kb7 65. Rc1 Ne7 $11) 65. Rh8 $4 {In a mutual time-scramble both players
spoiled this well-played game.} (65. Kd3 $1 Rxc7 66. Bxc7 Nxc7 67. Kc4 {
That's the point. White simply defends his remaining pawn and wins. For
instance:} Kb6 68. Re1 g5 69. Re5 g4 70. Re3 {and Black is in zugzwang.}) 65...
Rxc7 66. Bxc7 Nxc7 67. Rh5 Kb6 $11 68. Re5 Nxb5 69. Rxe6+ Kc5 {Our game was
the last one remaining in the match. The score was 3-2 in favour of my team
"SC Zagreb" and all I needed was not to lose this dead drawn position.} 70. Rg6
Nd6 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Kf4 Ne8 73. Kg5 Ke5 74. Rb6 Nc7 75. Kg6 Ne6 76. Rb1 Nf4+
77. Kxg7 Ne6+ 78. Kf7 Nc5 79. Ke7 Kd5 80. Rd1+ Ke5 81. Rh1 Kd5 82. Rh5+ Kd4 83.
Rxc5 {Special thanks for my opponent for sparing me the torture.} Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. g4 $5 {Black has played the move h7-h6, so the
attack with the help of g2-g4-g5 for White is very tempting. Bacrot is
introducing a daring pawn sacrifice, but he deserves credit more for his
courage than for the objective merit of the experiment.} Nxg4 (17... Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Nh7 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. c5 a5 24. Rh3
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bd6 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Re3 {1-0 Pesoa,M-Romero,J/
Villa Ballester 2002 (40)}) 18. Qe2 f5 19. Rdg1 (19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Qd8 21.
Rhh1 Nb6 22. Nc3 Qxd4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 $15) 19... Rae8 {Leko is among
the very cautious players and he knows all about what he can expect from the
grandmasters of the broader top class. Black should be better even after his
brave acceptance of the sacrifice.} (19... fxe4 $5 20. Qxe4 (20. Rxg4 Rxf3 21.
Bxh6 Rf7 22. Rhg1 Bf6 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 (23... Rxg7 24. Rxg7+ Bxg7 25. h6 Qf4+ 26.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Nf6 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7 Ng4 $15) 24. h6 Qh2 $1 (24... Nf6
25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Qe3 $13) 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 Qxg1+ 27. Qd1 Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1
Rd8 $15) 20... Ndf6 (20... Ngf6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Nh4 $14) 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22.
Rxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Bd6 24. Re1 Qc8 $17) 20. Ne1 (20. Ng3 Bf6 21. Kb1 c5 22. Bc3
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf4 $17) 20... e5 (20... c5 $5 21. Nxc5 (21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Nc3
Qe5 $17) 21... Nxc5 22. f3 Nf2 23. Qxf2 Nd3+ 24. Nxd3 Qxc4+ 25. Bc3 Qxd3 $17)
21. Ng3 exd4 $6 {It is very nice, that people still play chess, since even the
best once are fallible. Peter has done a lot for the success of his defence,
but he is not yet calculating like a computer. The silicon friend is able to
find 21...Bg5!? with a counter attack and better endgames.} (21... Bg5 $5 22.
Nxf5 (22. Bxg5 exd4 23. Be7 Nb8 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. Nxf5 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Qxf5+ 27.
Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxg4 Rxe7 29. Rxd4 Rd7 $17) 22... Bxd2+ (22... Rxf5 23. Bxg5 Ndf6
24. Bxf6 Nxf6 $17) 23. Qxd2 Rxf5 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rg6 exd4 $17) 22. Nxf5 Rxf5
23. Qxg4 Rf7 $6 {Objectively speaking, this careful move is of second rate
quality; Black had to find the courage to play 23...Rg5!? with a huge
advantage.} (23... Rg5 $5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5+ 25. Kb1 Ne5 26. Qe2 (26. Qxd4 $2 Rd8
27. Qxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rc1+ 29. Kb3 Qd8 $19) 26... Qf7 $17) 24. Bxh6 Bf6 (24...
Ne5 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. Bf4 Nd3+ 27. Nxd3 Rxe4 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. h6 $11) 25. Bd2
Ne5 26. Qe2 d3 $2 {Black is spoiling what he can and his chances are gradually
diminishing. Much better was the immediate activation of the queen.} (26... Qb6
27. h6 (27. b3 Rfe7 $1 (27... Qd8 28. h6) 28. h6 d3 29. Qe3 (29. Qe4 $2 Nf3 30.
Qxf3 Qd4 $19) 29... Nxc4 $13) 27... Qa6 28. hxg7 Bxg7 29. b3 Qxa2 30. Rxg7+
Rxg7 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 $11) 27. Qe4 $1 (27. Nxd3 Nxd3+
28. Qxd3 Rd7 29. Qg6 Bxb2+ 30. Kb1 Ree7 31. Be3 $13) 27... Qb6 $6 (27... Rfe7
$1 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. h6 Rd7 30. hxg7 Bxg7 $13) 28. b3 Qc5 (28... Qxf2 $5 29. Rg2
$1 (29. h6 c5 $1 $13) 29... Qc5 30. h6 Qe7 $1 31. hxg7 Rxg7 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Nxd3 Kd7 36. Re1 Kd8 37. Kc2 $16) (28... Rfe7 29.
Qf4 $1) 29. h6 Qa3+ 30. Kd1 $1 {Bacrot has a diabolic plan and thus he lures
his opponent into the logical completion of the counterplay by grabbing the
a2-pawn.} (30. Kb1 Rfe7 (30... Qb2+ 31. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 32. Kc1 Rxe4 33. bxc4 Rxc4+
34. Kb1 $18) 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. hxg7 Qb2+ 33. Kxb2 Nd7+ 34. Kc1 Rxe4 35. Nxd3
$16) 30... Qxa2 (30... g6 31. Rxg6+ Nxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. h7 Ke7 34. Nxd3 Qxa2
35. Nc1 $18) 31. Qh7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] The charming finale in the style of
romantic chess from 19th century. One step before the abyss White forces mate
with the help of a queen sacrifice.} (31. Qh7+ $1 Kxh7 (31... Kf8 32. Bb4+ Rfe7
33. hxg7+ $18) 32. hxg7+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 {This is the
way that Black has nowadays started to handle this variation, since if he
plays first 13...0-0, then there follows 14.Nf1, a move first seen in the game
Gashimov-Gelashvili in the Turkish League, 2006. I managed to win that game,
and White subsequently had several more successes in the same variation.} (
13... O-O 14. Nf1 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 $40 {[%emt 0:33:26]
Gashimov-Gelashvili, Antalya,}) 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 cxd4 16. N3xd4 {Also
possible is 16.Ne7, but I consider the move in the game to be more principled.}
Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. g4 $5 {With the idea of mating the black
king.} Nd5 20. g5 Qb6 $1 21. Nf3 $1 {Also possible is 21.Qg4!?} Qa6 (21... Bxf2
22. g6 $40) 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. c4 N5b6 24. g6 f6 $6 (24... fxg6 25. Rg1 Nf8 26.
Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxg6 $13) 25. Re2 Rad8 26. b3 Nf8 {Black hardly has any useful
moves, therefore he has to sacrifice another pawn, so as to exchange a pair of
pieces.} (26... e5 27. Nh4 Nb8 28. Be3 $14) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 {
After other recaptures, there would follow h6.} 29. Rxe6 Kg7 30. Kc2 $1 ({
A very strong move, removing the king from possible bishop checks. Weaker was} 
30. Nh4 $6 Kh6 31. Rxf6 Kxh5 (31... Kg5 $2 32. Rf5+ $1 Kxh4 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34.
g7 Rg8 35. h6 $18) 32. Nf3 Bg7 33. Rf7 Rd7 $15) 30... Bb4 31. Rc6 $1 {Now
Black is in zugzwang.} Kh6 32. Rxf6 Kxh5 33. g7 $2 ({An extremely annoying
oversight. Up to now I had played very well, but this move is the main reason
I did not win the game, and the tournament.} 33. Ne5 $1 Nd7 34. Rf5+ Kh6 35.
Ng4+ $1 Kxg6 36. Rd5 Kf7 37. Ne5+ Ke8 38. Nc6 $18) 33... Rg8 34. Rf7 $138 Nc8
$8 35. Rc7 Ne7 $2 (35... Bd6 $1 $11) 36. Rxa7 $6 (36. Ne5 $1 Rxg7 37. Nd3 $1 a5
38. Rxa7 $16) 36... Rxg7 37. Ne5 Bc5 38. Rxa6 Bxf2 39. Nd3 Bg1 40. b4 {
Time-trouble is over. White is better once again, but is it enough to win?} Kg5
$1 {The king must approach the pawns as quickly as possible.} 41. Kc3 Kf5 42.
a4 Rg4 43. Rd6 Nc8 $1 {Jakovenko defends as well as possible.} 44. Rd8 (44.
Rd5+ Ke6 45. Nc5+ Bxc5 $1 46. Rxc5 Nd6 47. Rc7 Rg3+ 48. Kd4 Rg4+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+
50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Ke3 Rg4 $11) 44... Nb6 45. c5 Nxa4+ 46. Kb3 Nxc5+ 47. Nxc5 Ke5
48. Rd1 Bxc5 49. bxc5 Ke6 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Rd3 Ke7 53. c7 Rg8 54.
Rd8 Rxd8 55. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 {:) Black has a lot of
possibilities, but Kamsky chooses ...b6.} b6 6. Nb3 (6. Bd3 $6 Qxd4 $1 (6...
Bxd3 7. Nxd3 Qxd4 8. Nf3 Qd8 (8... Qe4+ 9. Be3 $44) 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 {[%cal
Gd1a4]}) 7. Bxf5 (7. Be3 Qf6 $15) 7... Qe5+ 8. Be4 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7
11. O-O e6 $15) 6... e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 {Black develops
logically, now the position becomes interesting as White has to find some plan.
} 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 $5 Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nh4 (13. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 {This
doesn't work here.} (13... Nd5 14. Bd2 a5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Red1
Nxe5 18. dxe5 $14) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Rd1+ 17. Bf1 Bxc2 18.
Kg2 $16 (18. f3 $5 a5 {and here at least Black's rook is still on d1!}) 18...
Rfd8 19. Be2 Bxb3 20. axb3 Re1 21. f4 $1 $18) 13... Bg4 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Rc8
16. a4 {Now trying to stop the b5-move and even preparing a5 himself; White is
able to have a playable middlegame with interesting chances.} b5 (16... a5 $5
17. c3 $14) 17. Qd3 $1 {Now it's not easy to prevent c3 and the Nd2-e4
manoeuvre, so Kamsky starts fast counterplay on the queenside by improving the
d7 knight's position.} N7b6 $6 (17... h6 18. Bd2 b4 19. h3 Bh5 20. c4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 $14) 18. Nc5 $1 h6 (18... Nxa4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. c4 $16) (18... Bxc5 $2
19. dxc5 Nxa4 20. Qd4 Bh5 21. c4 f6 22. cxd5 fxg5 23. d6 Qd7 24. Re5 $18) 19.
Bd2 $5 (19. Bc1 {was a very strong alternative too. Now White is also much
better.} b4 $8 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $16) 19... Nc4 {This additional
possibility would not be possible after 19.Bc1.} 20. axb5 (20. Bc3 $6 g5 21.
axb5 $1 Nxc3 22. Qxc4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxc5 26. dxc5
$14) (20. Bc1 $5 $16 {was a great move!}) 20... cxb5 21. h3 Bh5 (21... Bxc5 22.
dxc5 Bh5 23. g4 $16 (23. Bxd5 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Rxd5 26. b4 $16)) 22.
Bxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bc3 $1 {Now b3 is a threat, so Black has to prepare the
knight's retreat to e5.} (23. g4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Bg6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxd5+ Kh7
$11) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. b3 Ne5 (24... Rxe1+ $5 25. Rxe1 Ne5 26. Qf5 $1 (26. dxe5
Bxc5 27. g4 Be7 28. Nf5 Bg6 29. Bd4 $14) (26. Qxb5 g5 27. Na4 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3
Bxf3 29. Re3 Be4 30. Qe2 $16 Qd7 {The position is still very playable here.})
26... g6 (26... Bg6 27. Nxg6 Nxg6 28. b4 $16) 27. Qf6 Nd7 (27... Nc6 28. Nxg6
$3 fxg6 (28... Bxg6 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Rxe6 $18 Be7
33. Rxc6 Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Re3 b4 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Bxb4+ $18
) 29. g4 Rf8 30. Qe6+ $18) 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bd2 $16 Rc6 (29... Bf8 30. Bxh6 $1
$18 (30. g4 Rc6 31. Qf3 g5 32. gxh5 gxh4 33. Re5)) (29... Kh7 30. g4 Rc6 31.
Qf3 g5 32. Qd3+ $18) 30. Bxh6 Bf8 31. Qg5 $3 (31. Qf4 Bb4 32. Ra1 Bd6) 31...
Bb4 (31... f6 32. Qd2 g5 33. Bxg5 $18 (33. Bxf8 $18)) 32. c3 $3 f6 33. Qf4 Bxc3
34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Re7 $3 $18) 25. Qxb5 Bxc5 (25... g5 $1 {This was the best
defence!} 26. Nd3 (26. b4 $2 gxh4 27. dxe5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30.
Bd4 Rxc2 31. g4 Bg6) (26. Ba5 $14 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Bxb8 28. f4 Nc6 (28... gxh4 29.
fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Rxc5 32. g4 (32. c3 hxg3 33. Kg2 Bg6 34. Kxg3
Bc2 35. Ra3) 32... Bg6 33. c3 Bc2 34. Ra3) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ng2 Nxd4 31. Nd7
$18) 26... Qxc3 27. dxe5 $14) 26. Qxc5 (26. dxc5 $1 g5 27. f4 $5 (27. Qa6 $4 {
This would spoil all his efforts. So 2 other moves are better.} gxh4 28. Bxe5
Rxe5 $3 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 $11) (27. Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 28. Ng2 $16) 27...
gxf4 (27... f6 28. fxe5 gxh4 29. b4 fxe5 30. Qa6 d4 31. Qxh6 $18) 28. gxf4 Qd8
29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxh4 31. Qd3 Rxc5 32. Rxa7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 $18) 26... Qd7
27. Qxa7 (27. Rxa7 $1 {was even cleaner!} Qxh3 (27... Qd8 28. Qa5 $18 Qxa5 29.
Rxa5 Rxc3 30. Rxd5 Rxc2 31. Rexe5 $18 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 g5 33. Nf5 $18) 28. Qxd5
Rxc3 (28... Ng4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Nxg2 Rc8 32. Bb4 Rxc2 33. Nf4
Bg6 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. d5 Rc8 36. d6 Rd8 37. Bc5 Nf6 38. b4 $18) 29. Rxe5 Rxe5
30. dxe5 Rxc2 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Bg6 33. Rh8+ Kxh8 34. Nxg6+ $18) 27... Qxa7
28. Rxa7 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b4 (31. Ra2 $5 $16) 31... Bd1 (
31... Rc8 32. Ra3 Be2 33. Kg2 f6 34. g4 Kf7 {and here Black still has some
chances.}) 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. b5 $1 Rb8 (33... Rxc3 34. b6 $18) 34. Rb2 f6 35. Ba5
Be2 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 $1 Kf7 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 $3 $18 Bf3 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bd6
{And after 42.Bc7 White is playing with an exchange up and is totally winning.}
1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 {
# In his practice Radjabov has already played this sideline against the
Caro-Kann. White's main idea is to exchange at some point on g6 and remain
with the bishop pair.} Nbd7 ({Kamsky decided to avoid} 7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9.
dxe5 Qa5+ ({The endgame} 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ne4 {is slightly better
for White}) 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 {In this type of
position White can try for a long time to play for a win without any risk. The
bishop pair secures him a slight plus. Nevertheless Radjabov made two draws
here:} 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 (15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Kc7 17. h3
Rhe8 18. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2735)-Anand,V (2799)/Morelia/Linares 2008})
15... Bd6 16. Nf1 Kc7 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Ne3
Nd5 22. Bd3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Bxe4 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2761)-Leko,P
(2751)/Nice 2009}) 8. Bc4 Nb6 ({In case of} 8... e6 {Black must reckon with} 9.
h4) ({In the game Popovic,P (2483)-Nisipeanu,L (2611)/France 2000 Black was
doing great after} 8... Qc7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. c3 Bd6 13.
h3 Nbd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g5) 9. Bb3 Qd7 {
A new move. Black wants to attack quickly the pawn d4, but on the other hand
the answer c2-c3 is a part of White's plan anyway.} 10. O-O Rd8 11. c3 Nbd5 12.
Nd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Rfe1 h6 {It is not clear whether Black
really needs this move.} 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rad1 b5 {Designed to strengthen the
position of the knight d5.} 18. h3 Qc7 19. a4 a6 20. Qc2 e6 21. Qc1 {#} h5 ({If
} 21... Kh7 {then Black must always be ready against the advance of opponent's
h-pawn. White can also start with} 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 {creating the threat
24.Bxh6 Bxh6 25.Rh4.}) 22. Nf1 {Radjabov spotted a new weakness in Black's
position - square g5. His plan now is to transfer the knight to f3.} c5 {
After this the position is very close to equal, but as Radjabov said after the
game: "equal positions can also be played on".} 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Nh2 Nb6 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Nf3 Nc4 28. Bd4 Rd5 {It was not really necessary to
place the rook here. However, Kamsky's main problem was the time: the US GM
already had less than 10 minutes before reaching move 40.} (28... Nd5 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 {is just equal}) 29. Ba2 {White's plan now is b3 and c4.} Ra8 30. Qb1 {#}
Re8 $2 {A bad mistake. It was not too late to finally retreat the rook from d5
and unpin the knight c4.} (30... Rdd8 {is still equal, since now} 31. b3 Nd6
32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Nd7 {is fine for Black}) 31. b3 Na3 ({After} 31... Nd6 32.
c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rf5 {White wins anyway:} 34. Bb6 Qb8 35. Nd4 Rf4 36. Nc6) 32.
Qb2 Ra8 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rf5 35. Nh4 {# Now it's over. The rook cannot
leave the f-file because knight f6 needs protection.} Rf4 (35... Rfa5 36. Bb6)
36. Be5 Nxc4 37. Qc1 Qc5 (37... Qb6 38. Qxf4 Nxe5 39. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 40. Rxe5 {
is also hopeless}) 38. Qxf4 Nxe5 39. Bxe6 $1 ({Not} 39. Rxe5 $2 Qc2 {and the
e6-pawn stays alive}) 39... Ra5 (39... fxe6 40. Qxe5) 40. Bb3 Rb5 41. Nf3 Nxf3+
42. Qxf3 Qc7 43. Qd3 Rb8 44. Rc1 Qb7 45. Rb1 Qa7 46. Qd6 Kh7 47. Ra1 Qb7 48.
Bxf7 Rf8 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "DAN DZO & PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 {Ьberraschung, sonst spielt Kuzubov 1...c5.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Am
besten die Vorbereitung des Gegners vermeiden, deswegen habe ich 3.Nc3 statt 3.
e5 gespielt.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 {Meine Lieblingsvariante.} e6
({Vielleicht besser ist} 6... Nf6 7. Nf4 e5) 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 $6
{Ein seltsamer Zug.} ({Besser ist natьrlich} 9... Qc7 $1) 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Be2
$1 {Besser als} (11. Qb3 Nd5 $1 12. Bd2 Qc7 $1 13. c4 Nf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O
Nbd7 {und der Springer steht auf g3 schrecklich.}) 11... O-O ({Interessant ist
auch sofort} 11... Nd5 {damit der Lдufer nach d2 zieht:} 12. Bd2 O-O 13. c4 Nf6
14. Bc3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe3 $14) 12. h5 $2 {Eine
Ungenauigkeit. Wдhrend der Partie habe ich meine Partie gegen Predojevic
vergessen.} ({Da spielte ich sofort} 12. Nf1 $1 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 {
und im Vergleich mit der Partie hat Schwarz keinen Punkt g5!} N7f6 15. O-O (15.
h5 $5 Bf5 16. O-O $14) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 $14 {
Volokitin-Predojevic, Bundesliga 2008}) 12... Bh7 13. Nf1 {Die richtige Idee
in falscher Ausfьhrung!} Nd5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Qe7 $2 {Hier hat Schwarz den
Punkt g5!} ({Also, nach} 15... Qg5 $1 {muss WeiЯ remis machen:} 16. Bh4 $1 ({
Denn nach} 16. O-O $2 Ne3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxg3 18. Bf3 e5 $15 {steht Schwarz etwas
besser.}) 16... Qf4 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Bh4 $11) 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 {Richtet
sich gegen c6-c5.} N7f6 ({Sogar hier war} 17... Qg5 $5 {stдrker:} 18. Re1 N7f6
19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe2 {Punkt e4! WeiЯ steht ein bisschen besser.})
18. Qe2 $14 {Klar ist, WeiЯ steht etwas besser - mehr Raum, Lдuferpaar.} a5 19.
a4 $1 {Ich wollte den Raum nicht hergeben.} Nb6 20. Rfe1 {Hier war die
Fesselung sehr unangenehm:} (20. Bh4 $1 Nc8 (20... Qc7 21. Qe3 $1) 21. Rfe1 Nd6
22. g4 $14) 20... Ne8 $1 21. Ne4 {Gegen ...Nd6 gerichtet.} Nd5 22. Rad1 Nb6 ({
Eine andere MЦglichkeit ist} 22... Rac8 23. Be5 Nef6 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Nc4 $1
Nxe5 26. dxe5 $14) 23. c4 $1 {Der beste Zeitpunkt fьr c4!} Bxe4 (23... Nxa4 $2
{sieht sehr riskant aus:} 24. c5 $1 b5 25. Rd2 $5 Qb7 26. Rc1 b4 27. Qc4 Qb5
28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Ra6 31. d7 Ra7 32. Be2 $18) ({Mцglich war} 
23... Qb4 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bh4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Ndf6 27. Bc2 Qb6 28. f3 $14) 24.
Bxe4 Qg5 25. Bf3 ({Genauer war} 25. Qc2 $1 Rd7 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. Be5 $1 Nf6 28.
Bf3 {und wir haben die gleiche Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 25... Rd7 26. Qc2
Qd8 27. Qb3 Nf6 ({Jetzt hatte Schwarz die Mцglichkeit auf d4 zu nehmen:} 27...
Rxd4 28. Be2 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qxb7 Qc8 31. Qb3 $14) 28. Be5 Nc8 29. Bxf6
$2 {Zu frьh. Ich musste erst meine Stellung verbessern:} (29. Qc3 $1 {mit der
Idee} Nd6 30. d5 $1 cxd5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 (31... exd5 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6
34. Rxd5 Kf8 35. Rc1 $16) 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Bxg7 $1 Ne4 34. Qd4 Qg5 35. Rxe4 $1
dxe4 36. Qxd7 Kxg7 37. Qd4+ Qf6 38. Qxe4 $16) 29... Qxf6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5
e5 $1 {Ich habe hier meine Stellung ьberschдtzt.} 32. Bg4 $1 Rc7 $1 33. Bxc8
Raxc8 34. d6 Rd7 35. Qb6 Rc6 $2 {Hier waren beide Spieler in der Zeitnotphase.}
({Nach dem richtigen} 35... Rc2 $1 36. Rd5 Qh4 37. Qe3 Rxb2 38. Rxa5 Rxd6 39.
Rxe5 Qg4 $11 {war es ein klares Remis.}) 36. Qxa5 Rcxd6 $2 ({Psychologisch ist
es zu kompliziert, nach ...Rc6 nun ...Rc2 zu spielen, aber der beste Zug war} 
36... Rc2 $1 37. Qb6 Qf5 {und Schwarz hat ein gutes Gegenspiel, zum Remis
ausreichend. Zum Beispiel} 38. a5 Qxh5 39. b4 Rc4 $1 40. g3 Qf3 41. b5 f5 42.
Qe3 Qxe3 43. Rxe3 e4 $132) 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 (37... Qxd6 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 {
die gleiche Stellung.}) 38. Qa8+ $1 Qd8 (38... Kh7 39. Qxb7 Rd2 40. Rf1 Qf4 41.
a5 e4 42. Qb3 Qf6 43. Qe3 Rxb2 44. Qxe4+ $18) 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxe5 {Dieses
Turmendspiel ist sehr schwierig fьr Schwarz, wahrscheinlich gewinnt WeiЯ.} Rd4
{Der Kontrollzug.} ({Die beste Chance war} 40... Rd1+ $1 41. Kh2 {und jetzt}
Rd4 $1 42. b3 Rb4 43. Re3 ({Es war sehr schwer das Bauerendspiel einzuschдtzen:
} 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. axb5 Kf8 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 {
Wahrscheinlich ist es remis.}) 43... g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 {Im Vergleich mit der
Partie hat Schwarz ein extra Tempo.} 45. Kg3 g5 46. Kf3 h5 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd2
Kf6 49. f3 $16 {Wahrscheinlich gewinnt WeiЯ auch hier.}) 41. b3 $1 Rb4 42. Re3
$16 g6 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Kf1 {Der Kцnig zieht zum Damenbauern.} Kf7 45. Ke2 g5
46. Kd2 h5 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. f3 h4 49. a5 g4 50. fxg4 Rxg4 51. Re2 $18 {Der Plan
fьr WeiЯ ist sehr einfach: Die Bauern am Damenflьgel zu bewegen.} Kf6 52. b4 $1
Rg7 53. b5 Kf5 54. Kb4 Kf4 55. a6 {Ein wichtiger Moment.} ({Meiner Meinung
nach bestand die beste technische Lцsung in} 55. Kc5 $1 Kg3 56. Kb6 Kh2 57. Ka7
Rxg2 58. Re7 h3 59. Rxb7 Rg5 60. a6 Kg2 61. b6 $18) 55... bxa6 56. bxa6 Kg3 57.
Ra2 Rf7 58. Kc5 Rg7 59. Kd5 ({Schneller war} 59. Kb6 Rg6+ 60. Kb5 Rg5+ 61. Kc4
Rg8 $8 62. a7 Ra8 $18 63. Kd3 $1 {Siehe Kommentar nach 66. Zug.}) ({Leider ist
die Stellung nach} 59. a7 $4 Rxa7 60. Rxa7 Kxg2 61. Rg7+ Kf3 62. Rh7 Kg3 63.
Kd4 h3 64. Ke3 Kg2 $1 {remis.}) 59... Rd7+ 60. Ke5 Re7+ 61. Kf6 Ra7 62. Kg6 Ra8
$1 (62... Rxa6+ 63. Rxa6 Kxg2 64. Kg5 h3 65. Kg4 h2 66. Ra2+ Kg1 67. Kg3 $18)
63. a7 Rg8+ $1 64. Kf6 Rf8+ 65. Ke5 Re8+ 66. Kd4 Rd8+ $2 ({Der beste Chance war
} 66... Ra8 $1 {Hier musste ich eine Studie finden!} 67. Kd3 $1 Kh2 $1 (67...
Rd8+ 68. Ke2 Ra8 69. Kf1 $18) 68. Ke4 Kg3 69. Ra3+ $3 {Der einzige Weg zum
Sieg!} Kxg2 70. Kf4 Kf2 71. Kg4 Ke2 72. Kxh4 Kd2 73. Kg5 Kc2 74. Kf5 Kb2 75.
Ra6 Kb3 76. Ke5 Kc4 77. Kd6 Kb5 78. Ra1 Kb6 79. Rb1+ Ka6 80. Kc7 $1 Rxa7+ 81.
Kc6 $18 {Wunderschцne Stellung!}) 67. Kc5 {In der Partie war alles sehr leicht.
} Rg8 68. Rb2 Ra8 69. Kb6 Rg8 70. Kb7 Rg7+ 71. Ka6 Rg6+ 72. Ka5 Rg5+ 73. Rb5
Rg8 74. Rb8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 Rc8 {A very
rare move which was pioneerd by grandmaster Eric Lobron back in the 80s.
Normally short castling follows automatically instead.} 14. Kb1 {This move is
usually useful, but in this particular case might be a waste of tempi. White's
play should be more concrete.} (14. Ne5 O-O (14... c5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Ng6 $1
Re8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d5 $1 Nxd5 19. Bxh6 N7b6 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Bg5
c4 23. c3 f4 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Gruenfeld,Y (2535)-Lobron,E (2485)
/New York 1986/EXT 1997 (76)}) 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Nf5 $2 (16. f4 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5]
}) 16... exf5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxe7 Qd5 19. Kb1 Rce8 20. Qc7 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Qxg2 {0-1 Heidrich,M (2260)-Lobron,E (2530)/Germany 1987/GER-chT (28)}) 14...
O-O 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nxd7 (16. Rh4 $6 Kh8 17. c4 Qe8 18. Bc1 a6 19. Rf4 cxd4 20.
Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rfxd4 Qc6 22. f4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 $15 {0-1 Gazik,I (2415)-Lobron,
E (2490)/Cannes 1988/EXT 1998 (61)}) (16. Ng6 $5 Re8 $1 (16... fxg6 $6 17.
Qxe6+ Kh8 (17... Kh7 $2 18. hxg6+ Kxg6 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Nxg7 $1 $18) 18. hxg6
Rc6 19. Qh3 Ng8 20. Nh5 $1 Rxg6 21. Nf4 Rgf6 22. Ne6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6 $14) 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 16... Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qc6 {Black has clearly solved the opening
problems. White doesn't have even a hint of an initiative.} 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Be5
Qxc5 20. Ne4 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 {In this endgame White has to play precisely to
equalise.} 22. Rd4 Rfc8 23. c3 f6 24. Rxc4 $6 (24. Nd2 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 {was the
right way, not allowing Black's rook to control the fourth rank.}) 24... Rxc4
25. Bd4 (25. Nd2 Rg4 26. Bg3 f5 $17 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 25... e5 26. Nd2 Ra4 27. c4
exd4 $6 {This spoils the advantage.} (27... Nb4 28. Be3 Nxa2 $1 (28... Rxa2 $2
29. Ne4 Kf7 (29... f5 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Nxc5 e4 32. Rd1 $11) 30. Rd1 Ke8 31.
Nd6+ Bxd6 32. Rxd6 $11) 29. Rd1 Kf7 {White can't play 30.Ne4 in view of Rxc4,
so he is just a pawn down.}) 28. cxd5 Ra5 29. d6 $1 {Forcing a rook ending
with strong drawish tendencies.} Bxd6 30. Nc4 Rd5 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Kc2 {
White should hold this endgame relatively easily. The king will take care of
Black's extra pawn.} Rd5 33. Kd3 Rb5 34. b3 Ra5 35. a4 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Kc4
a6 38. g4 f5 39. f3 fxg4 40. fxg4 d3 41. Kxd3 $2 {This move is very bad, but
not losing yet.} (41. Ra1 $1 {was the most logical and precise.} Rb6 (41... Rg5
42. Kxd3 Rxg4 43. Rxa6 Rg5 44. b4 Rxh5 45. Kc4 $11) (41... d2 42. Kc3 Rg5 43.
Kxd2 Rxg4 44. Rxa6 Rg5 45. b4 Rxh5 46. Kc3 {A tempo down compared to the
previous line, but still sufficient for a draw.}) 42. Rd1 a5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal
Gb6b4]} 43. Kc3 Rc6+ 44. Kxd3 Rd6+ 45. Ke2 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Kf7 47. Ke2 Ke6 48.
Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Ke5 50. Kc4 Kf4 51. Kb5 Kxg4 52. Kxa5 Kxh5 53. b4 g5 54. b5 g4
55. b6 g3 56. b7 g2 57. b8=Q g1=Q 58. Qe8+ $11) 41... Rxb3+ 42. Ke4 Rb4+ 43.
Kf5 a5 44. Rc1 Rb5+ 45. Kf4 (45. Kg6 $4 Rg5#) (45. Ke6 Rb6+ 46. Ke5 Ra6 47.
Rc8+ Kh7 $19) 45... Rb8 $1 {The rook will support the pawn from a8.} 46. g5 $1
{White must exchange all the pawns as soon as possible.} hxg5+ 47. Kxg5 a4 48.
h6 $1 Rb5+ 49. Kf4 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (49. Kg6 $1 Rb6+ 50. Kf5 gxh6 (
50... Rxh6 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Ra8 Rh4 53. Kg5 Rc4 54. Kf5 $11) 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52.
Rc7+ Ke8 53. Ra7 Rb4 54. Ke6 Kd8 55. Kd6 Kc8 56. Kc5 Rh4 57. Kc6 Kb8 58. Rb7+
Ka8 59. Rb5 $11) 49... gxh6 50. Rc6 h5 {Now it's winning as Black's king has
much more space.} 51. Ra6 Rb4+ 52. Kg5 h4 53. Kg6 Kf8 54. Kf6 Ke8 55. Ke6 Kd8
56. Kd6 Rd4+ 57. Ke5 Rg4 58. Rd6+ Kc7 59. Rd3 Kc6 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 ({The other alternative
is} 12... Qc7 {followed by castling to the queenside is a more positional line,
which normally leads to a position with a slight edge for White.}) 13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O {Castling on opposte sides promise a sharp fight.} 16.
g4 {This aggressive move is typical for this opening line. Currently it is the
most topical, since the previously played 16.Ne5 and 16.Qe2 didn't yield White
any good results so far.} Qd5 (16... Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 ({So far nobody has
dared to grab another pawn:} 17... Nxf2 18. Qe2 (18. Qe3 Nxd1 19. Qxh6 Bf6 20.
Bf4 Bxd4 21. Be5 Be3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ Kh8
$11) 18... Nxd1 19. Bxh6 Kh7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. h6 Qd5 22. Qxd1 $44) 18. Qe2 Qd5
(18... Qe8 19. Qxe6+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $16 {1-0 Negi,P 
(2592)-David,A (2587)/Evry 2009/CBM 130 (41)}) 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ne5 Qxd4 $4 (
20... Bf6 21. Nxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 $14) 21. Nxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Qxf2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7
24. Rf4 {1-0 Leko,P (2751)-Topalov,V (2796)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 17. g5 {
White must be consequent.} Qxa2 $5 $146 (17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxa2 19. h6 g6 20.
Rdg1 $1 {White doesn't have to waste a tempi on c2-c3.} Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22.
Kd1 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Ke2 Qf5 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Ne5 Nd5 28. Bh6
$16 {1-0 Chernobai,A (2398)-Vokarev,S (2521)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 129 Extra (44)})
18. c3 hxg5 19. Bxg5 a5 {Black must rush on with his counterplay.} 20. h6 g6
21. Ne5 Kh7 22. Rdg1 (22. Qf3 Qd5 (22... a4 $2 23. Bxf6 a3 24. Kd2 Qxb2+ 25.
Kd3 $18) 23. Rh3 Qd8 (23... Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxf7 $14) 24.
Rg1 a4 25. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} (25. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 26. Qe4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Rg8 $15)
25... Nd7 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxe7 Ne5 28. Qg3 Qxe7 29. dxe5 $14) 22... a4 23.
Bxf6 a3 $1 {An important intermezzo.} 24. bxa3 $2 {As often happens, in such a
sharp position one mistake is enough to lose the game.} (24. Qb1 $1 axb2+ 25.
Kc2 Bxf6 (25... Qa4+ $4 26. Kd2 Bxf6 27. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 28. Qxg6+ (28. Rxg6 $4
Kh8 29. Rg7 {[%tqu "En","Who is winning?","","","f6g5","",5]} Bg5+ $1 30. Rxg5
(30. Ke1 Rf5 $19) 30... Rxf2+ 31. Ke3 Qc2 $19) 28... Kh8 29. h7 b1=N+ 30. Ke1
$1 $18 {[%cal Rg6g8]}) 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. Nd7 Be7 28. Nxf8+ Bxf8 29. Rb1 {
The endgame is dynamically balanced.}) 24... Bxf6 25. Nxf7 (25. Nd7 Be7 26.
Nxf8+ Bxf8 $17 {[%csl Rc1]}) 25... Rg8 {The direct attack was already winning
by force, but it was obviously difficult to calculate everything precisely.} (
25... Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 Qb2+ 27. Ke3 Rxf7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qxf7 Qxc3+ 30. Ke2 Ra2+
31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg3 Ra3+ $19) 26. f4 Rxa3 27. Qc2 Qd5 28. Qb2 Rb3
$2 {Mutual time-trouble started to affect the quality of the game.} (28... Qa5
$1 {[%cal Ga3a1,Ga3c3] was winning on the spot.}) 29. Qc2 b5 30. Rh5 Qc4 $2 (
30... Qf3 $1 31. Qxb3 Qxf4+ 32. Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Kb2 gxh5 34. Rxg8 Kxg8 $19) 31.
Rc5 Qa4 32. Kd2 b4 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Ng5+ $1 Bxg5 34. Rgxg5 {After the
elimination of the bishop Black's attacking potential is reduced. White is
still in the game.}) 33... Qxa1 34. Qxb3 Ra8 {Now it's all over for White's
king.} 35. cxb4 Ra3 36. Qxe6 Qxd4+ 37. Ke2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 {The main
line is, naturally, short castling, but the immediate punch in the centre is
playable as well.} 14. Rhe1 O-O (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Ngf5 Bc5 {would
transpose to the line that could occur in the game (see below the comment to
White's 16th move).}) 15. Nf5 {White must grab the bishop, otherwise he has
absolutely nothing.} cxd4 (15... exf5 16. Qxe7 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rfe8 18. Qd6 Qxc5
19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 $6 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 $14) 20... Nce4 21. Nxf5 $2 (
21. Re2 $11) 21... Nxf2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rf1 N2e4 24. Re1 Nxh5 $17 {0-1
Gashimov,V (2730)-Anand,V (2783)/Baku 2009/CBM 130 Extra (45)}) 16. Nxe7+ ({
For those who are brave enough, there is a sharp piece sacrifice available:} 
16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 {Practice has shown that Black can
defend, and the position is approximately balanced.}) 16... Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8
$6 {It is more natural to place the rooks on c8 and d8, accordingly.} (17...
Rfd8 18. g4 Nc5 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bh2 Rac8 22. Kb1 N7b6 23. Ka1 Na4
24. Nb5 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+
{1/2-1/2 Smeets,J (2604)-Akopian,V (2679)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128}) 18. g4 {
Starting the standard assault against the king. Black must be quick in
creating the counterplay on the other side.} Nd5 (18... Qc5 19. Be3 Qc4 20.
Qxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 Rc7 22. f3 $14) 19. Kb1 {It is necessary to move the king
away from the c-file.} N7b6 $6 {This is too slow. Instead, Black should
activate the queen and quickly create some counter-threats against the white
monarch.} (19... Qc5 $1 20. c3 Qc4 21. Qf3 b5 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 b4 24. cxb4
Qxb4 $1 (24... Nxb4 $2 25. b3 Qd5 (25... Qa6 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. Rg1) 26. Qg3 Qa5
27. a4 {In both case White's attack prevails.}) 25. Nb3 Nc5 26. Bd2 Qb7 27. Na5
Qb5 28. Rg1 Rab8 29. Bc3 Nxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Kf8 31. Qxg7+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 {
and White doesn't have more than a perpetual check.}) 20. f4 Qc5 (20... Nc4 21.
g5 $16) 21. c3 Nc4 $6 (21... Na4 22. g5 Qb6 (22... Nxb2 23. Kxb2 Nxc3 24. Bxc3
Qxc3+ 25. Kb1 $16) 23. Nb3 Rxc3 24. Qe5 Rxb3 25. axb3 Qxb3 26. Rc1 Qd3+ 27. Rc2
Rc8 28. Qe4 Qxc2+ 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 {From a material point of view Black
is fine, but his king is unsafe even in the endgame. I am not sure that Black
can hold this. Still, this might have been the least of the evils for Black.})
(21... Qc4 22. Qf3 $16 {Compared to the line 19...Qc5 20.c3 Qc4 21.Qf3,
examined above, here Black's b-pawn is blocked by its own knight, therefore he
can't create any quick counterplay. Meanwhile, Black's king will feel the
danger very soon.}) 22. Bc1 b5 $2 {This tactical blunder is a result of simple
lack of concentration, as White's reply is so obvious. However, objectively
speaking, Black's position is already unsatisfactory. White's kingside assault
goes forward smoothly, while Black's counterplay is a bit late.} (22... Na3+ {
is a punch in the air.} 23. Ka1 Qb6 24. Qe4 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. g5 $18) (
22... Qb6 23. Ka1 Na3 24. Qe4 {leads to the line above.}) (22... Kh8 23. g5 $40
) (22... Qd6 23. g5 Nxf4 24. Qg4 $18) 23. Nxe6 $1 {and Black soon collapses...}
Na3+ (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Ka1 Nb4 25. bxa3 (25. Nd4 Qxd4
26. cxb4 Qf6 (26... Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nc4 28. g5 $18) 27. g5 {was another way to
win a piece, but the choice in the game is more human like.}) (25. cxb4 $2 Nc2+
26. Kb1 Qxb4 {is not convincing at all.}) 25... Qxc3+ 26. Bb2 Nc2+ 27. Kb1
Nxa3+ 28. Bxa3 Qxa3 29. Nd4 {Black could already resign.} Rc4 30. g5 {Black
has no threats, so White can continue his own attack.} Qc5 31. Qe5 {The
exchange of queens puts an end to Black's last hope.} hxg5 32. fxg5 Rd8 33. g6
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rc7 35. Rde1 {The Chinese grandmaster is very precise right till
the end.} Kf8 36. Rxb5 a6 37. Rbe5 Rb7+ 38. Ka1 Rb6 39. Rf5 Rd7 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 {Alternativ kann Schwarz auch 4....
Nbd7 spielen, was auch zu einer ungefдhr gleicher Stellung fьhrt.} (4... Nd7 5.
Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 $132) 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 {Keinen Vorteil bringt auch 8.Ne5.} (8. Ne5 Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ngf6 $11 {
Fontaine - Svetushkin (Ikaros, 2003)}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 {
Die Hauptvariante heute entsteht nach 10....Nd7:} (10... Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Bb4 (12... Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17.
Qe2 $14 {Diese Stellung ist etwas angenehmer fьr WeiЯ, wobei man sagen muss,
dass Schwarz mit richtigem Spiel doch leicht ausgleichen kann.}) 13. c3 Be7 14.
c4 Qc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 $11 {Die letzten Partien haben gezeigt, dass
Schwarz hier keine Schwiriegkeiten hat.}) 11. Ne4 {Diese Zugfolge trifft man
selten und sie hat bestimmt auch einen Nachteil. WeiЯ legt sich sehr frьh mit
seinen Springermanцvern fest. Der Hauptzug ist 11.Bd2.} (11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 Nc6
13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bc3 $14 {Adams - Solozhenkin (Frankreich, 1999)}) (11. Bf4
Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. Bg3 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Bc5 $11 {Tiviakov - Magem Badals (Beijing, 1998)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 {
Interessant, aber das kann kaum gut sein. Schwarz kann leicht ausgleichen,
wenn er 12...Be7 spielt. Anscheinend wollte Ivanchuk jedoch mehr als ein
schnelles Remis.} (12... Be7 13. O-O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4
{Das entstehende Endspiel kann man als ausgeglichen einschдtzen.} 17. Qxe4 Nxe4
18. Be3 Nd6 $11 {Anisimov - Riazantsev (Aix-les-Bains, 2011)}) 13. O-O-O Bb4
14. Bxb4 $2 {Das ist einfach ein schlechter Zug. Man darf nur auf b4 nehmen,
wenn man sich ganz sicher ist, dass man schnell und forciert in Vorteil kommt.}
(14. c3 $1 {WeiЯ kommt zu besserem Spiel.} Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
Ne5 Qd5 18. c4 Qe4 19. Be3 $14) 14... axb4 15. Nd6+ {Der einzige Zug, sonst
wird Schwarz kurz rochieren und WeiЯ wird sich lange Zeit fragen, wozu er die
a-Linie geцffnet hat.} Ke7 16. Ne5 (16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 $17
) 16... Rf8 $15 {Schwarz steht schon besser!} 17. Nec4 $2 {Zu passiv, nun ist
die weiЯe Stellung fast schon verloren.} (17. Qg3 Rxa2 18. Nxb7 Qb6 (18... Nxe5
19. Nxd8 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Nxg3 22. Rxa1 Nxh1 23. dxe5 Rxd8 24. Rxh1
Rd5 25. f4 $11) 19. Nxd7 Qxb7 20. Nxf6 gxf6 $15) 17... Qc7 {Einfach und stark.
Es droht b5.} (17... b5 $4 18. Nf5+ exf5 (18... Ke8 19. Ncd6#) 19. Rhe1+ Ne4
20. Rxe4+ Kf6 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4+ Kf6 22. Qf4+ Ke6 23. d5+ cxd5 24. Qd6+ Kf5
25. Rxd5+ $18) 21. d5 $18) 18. Rhe1 b5 19. Ne3 (19. Nf5+ Kd8 $19) 19... Rxa2
$19 {Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.} (19... Kxd6 $4 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qg3+ Kd5 22.
Qxc7 $18) 20. Qb3 (20. Ndf5+ Kd8 $19) 20... Ra4 21. Re2 Qa7 22. Nef5+ Kd8 23.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxe6 Nb6 25. b3 {WeiЯ gab auf, nach} (25. b3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Qd7 {hat Schwarz einfach eine Figur mehr.}) 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Somehow, I had the feeling that this little move surprised my
opponent. In the previous rounds I had used 1...e5 as my main weapon, but
after two unnecessary losses with it, I considered that I should switch to
something else.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 {This is
the main weapon of Radjabov against the Caro-Kann, a tricky line, but
certainly less dangerous than the main line.} e6 ({In fact, before the game I
had decided to play} 6... Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {as Anand and Leko played against
Radjabov. Black is very close to equality here, but has zero winning chances
and therefore I decided to choose a more risky line.}) 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. h4 Bxf4 9.
Bxf4 h6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qa3 {Teimour played
this move confidently and to be honest, I got a little bit worried.} c5 $5 $146
({My initial plan} 14... Nbd7 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 a5 {felt too risky after} 17.
c6 Qxc6 18. Bd6) 15. dxc5 ({I was almost certain that my opponent would go for
} 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 {after which the best move is} Nfd7 $1 (16... Nbd7 17.
c6 bxc6 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Bc3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. b3 {is slightly better for
White.}) 17. Bc3 (17. Be3 Na6 18. c6 bxc6 {is ok for Black}) 17... O-O 18. h5
Bh7 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Ra8 $44 {with
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 15... O-O 16. Be2 Nc6 $1 {Instead of
trying to win the pawn back immediately Black is playing for the initiative.} (
16... Nbd7 17. Be3 a5 18. O-O Rac8 19. c6 $14) 17. O-O (17. Be3 a5 18. Qc3 Nb4
19. O-O Nc2 20. Rad1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd7 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Bd1 ({I was hoping
for} 18. Bd3 Rad8 $1 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ba5 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Bb4 Rf7 23.
Rad1 Ng4 {with a powerful initiative for Black.}) 18... a5 19. Rc1 ({Less good
is} 19. Qe3 Qxc5 20. Bc3 e5 $15) 19... Rfd8 20. Be3 Nc6 $5 (20... Rac8 21. Re1
(21. f4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 {is good for Black}) 21... e5 22. Bd2 {is about
equal, but less tricky!}) 21. Bf3 (21. Be2 Nb4 22. Rfd1 Nc2 23. Qc3 Nxe3 24.
Qxe3 (24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxe3 Rc8 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. c6 bxc6 $11) 24... Nd7 $11)
21... Ne5 (21... Nd4 {was also possible, but I had more aggressive intentions.}
) 22. Be2 Neg4 23. Bxg4 ({There was the safer, but also less ambitious} 23.
Rfd1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd7 {with complete equality.}) 23... Nxg4 24. Rfd1 Qe5 $1 {
At this point I became quite optimistic about my prospects and I was really
hoping that Teimour would not go for the 'forced draw'. More about it later.}
25. Nf1 Qf6 26. Rxd8+ $6 ({Better was} 26. Rd6 Qxh4 27. Rcd1 Rdc8 {which leads
to an unclear position.}) 26... Rxd8 27. Qxa5 Rd3 28. Qa8+ {A good practical
choice, which we both thought led to a forced draw. Other moves lead to
advantage for Black:} (28. Qe1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qxb1 31. Qxb1 Bxb1
32. Nxg4 Bxa2 33. Ne5 $1 (33. Ne3 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kc6 37.
Kd4 f6 $19) 33... f6 34. c6 bxc6 35. Nxc6 Bxc4 $17) 28... Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxe3 $1
30. fxe3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ ({It seems that Black is
winning after} 33... Bd3 {but I lacked time and focus to find the winning line.
Thus, the 'forced draw' could have easealy been a forced loss after} 34. Qf3
Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36. g3 Qh5 $1 {the move that I missed in my calculations} ({
I only calculated} 36... Qh2+ 37. Kxf1 Qxb2 38. Qxg4 Qxc1+ 39. Kf2 {and Black
can not hope for more then a draw here.}) 37. Qh1 Bh3 38. Rf1 f5 39. c6 Ne5 40.
c7 Qg4 {and Black's attack is quicker then the c-pawn.}) 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Kb1 c5 17. g4 $5 {Kamsky is one of the best players in the
world, so it is not a secret for him that only a speedy kingside attack might
shatter solid black defences.} Nxg4 18. Qe2 {[%mdl 4] Even the great stars
find it difficult to keep the same level of alertness in all lines. White was
unsure, if he could afford to sacrifice the house with the obvious move 18.
Rhg1!? and chooses the much more timid queen move instead.} (18. Rhg1 $5 f5 (
18... Nxf2 19. Qe2 Nxd1 20. Bxh6 Kh7 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Qe4+ (22. h6 Nc3+ (22...
Qd5 23. Rxd1 $16) 23. bxc3 cxd4 24. Nxd4 $16) 22... f5 23. Qxe6 Nc3+ 24. Ka1
Rxg7 25. Rg6 Bg5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Nxg5 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schramm,
C (2371)-Kreisl,R (2406)/Austria 2012 (39)}) 19. Qe2 (19. Rde1 Qd5 20. c4 Qd6 (
20... Qd7 21. d5 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 b5 25. cxb5 Rxd5 26.
Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Nxf2 $11 {1-0 Salai,L (2440)-Danielsen,H (2495)/Yerevan 1996
(45)}) 21. d5 exd5 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26. Bd6
$16 {1-0 Chandler,M (2485)-Lobron,E (2480)/Amsterdam 1983 (58)}) 19... Qd5 20.
Ne5 cxd4 21. Ng6 Rf7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bxh6 Bd6 24. Bxg7 Kh7 25. h6 $18 {1-0 Ni
Hua (2710)-Ruck,R (2574)/Beijing 2008 (33)}) 18... Kh8 $2 {Seirawan is trying
for a small comeback to the big scene after several years of minimal
engagement. He is unsure what is the best defence just like his colleagues,
but the king move is simply a loss of a tempo.} (18... cxd4 19. Rhg1 d3 20.
cxd3 f5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Nh4 Bxh4 24. Rxg4 Bf6 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26.
Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rg8+ Kh7 28. Qxf5+ {1/2-1/2 Fercec,N (2476)-Petrov,J (2419)/Pula
1999}) (18... Qd5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. f3 cxd4 21. Rdg1 Kh7 22. Bf4 d3 23. Qg2 Ne8
24. Rd1 Qd4 25. Qh2 Nf6 26. Rxd3 Qa4 $11 {0-1 Ginsburg,G (2483)-Fridman,D 
(2592)/Zuerich 2003 (66)}) (18... Qb6 19. Rhg1 f5 20. Ne5 cxd4 (20... Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Kh8 22. Rg6 Rf7 23. Rdg1 Rd8 24. Bf4 Qb4 25. Qe3 Qe4 26. Qg3 {1-0 Fluvia
Poyatos,J (2482)-Alonso Rosell,A (2502)/Sabadell 2011 (34)} Bg5 $14) 21. Nd7
Qa6 22. Qe1 Rf7 23. f3 Rd8 24. fxg4 Rxd7 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bf4 d3 $17 {0-1
Paikidze,N (2416)-Girya,O (2371)/Chennai 2011 (46)}) 19. Rhg1 Nf6 20. dxc5 Qc7
(20... Bxc5 $2 21. Bxh6 $18) 21. Ne5 Bxc5 {Black would be suffering everywhere,
so it made sense for him to play the logical continuation.} (21... Qxc5 22. Bc3
$1 Nd5 (22... Rac8 23. Nd7 Qxh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. Rd7 $16) 23.
Bd4 Qc7 24. c4 Nf4 25. Qe4 Bg5 26. Be3 f5 27. Bxf4 fxe4 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Bxc7
$18) 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Rd7 $1 {This small combination is far from obvious
as the key idea is not exactly spectacular. Under the pain of extinction Black
decided to give up the queen in order to keep the chance for some resistance.}
Qxd7 (23... Nxd7 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Ng4 $18) 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. b4 $5 {
White has such a pleasant choice that he can try for the maximum. The defender
will be robbed of any real chances, but keeps kicking the best he can.} (26.
Qxd7 Bxf2 27. Rf1 Kg7 28. Qxb7 Be3 29. c4 $18) 26... Rad8 (26... Bb6 27. Qxd7
Bxf2 28. Rf1 $18) 27. bxc5 Nf6 (27... Nxc5 28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Rd1 $18) 28. Qf4 Ne8
29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Qxb7 {Seirawan is still struggling to coordinate his forces,
but his pawns are disappearing like premature snow.} Ng7 31. Qxa7 Rc8 32. Rd1
Nf5 33. Rd7 Kg7 34. a4 Kf6 35. a5 (35. a5 Ra8 36. Rxf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Ng4 (17... Nxh5 $2 {would be a suicide. After}
18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Ne5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge2h2] Black's king will not
survive.}) (17... Rad8 {is a good alternative. In the game Bruzon,L-So,W/
Quebec 2012 Black solved the opening problems.}) 18. Bc1 Nf6 $6 {The same
position as after 16th move, just White's bishop is on c1 instead of d2. This
is a significant difference as now the bishop isn't blocking the d-file. In
fact Black has just lost a tempo.} (18... Rfd8 19. Ne5 (19. c4 Qf5+ 20. Ka1 Rd7
$6 (20... c5 $132) 21. Nh4 Bxh4 22. Rxh4 Nf6 23. g4 Qe4 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Qc6
26. g5 cxd4 27. Rhxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxh5 29. gxh6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2511)
-Ducarmon,Q (2368)/Limburg 2012/CB21_2012 (41)}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb5 (20...
Qa5 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. g4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5,
Gg4g5] 1-0 Negi,P (2603)-Lalith,B (2481)/New Delhi 2010/CBM 139 Extra (39)})
21. Qxb5 (21. Qg4 Qxe5 22. Bxh6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 21... cxb5 22. Be3 Kf8
23. Rd3 Ke8 24. g4 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2453)-Michiels,B (2489)/Amsterdam
2011/CBM 141 Extra (42)}) (18... Rad8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. f4 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Burmester,G (2000)
-Bissmann,S (2455)/GER email 2007/Corr 2011}) 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qf1 $1 {
Correctly avoiding the exchange of queens.} c5 21. f3 Qh7 $2 {Black should put
the queen here only if all the alternatives lose by force.} (21... Qd5 22. Be3
Rfd8 23. g4 {Black's position is not a piece of cake, still better than in the
game.}) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 $16 Rac8 25. g4 Bb6 {[%csl Rc2]}
26. Rh2 f5 {This move harms only Black, but his position is difficult anyway.}
27. Qe2 fxg4 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg4 Rce8 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Bd2 Re5 32. a4 Ba5 33.
Qd4 Rxh5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rgxg7 $1 {Nice finish.} (35. Rgxg7 Rxg7 36. Rd8+ Qg8
37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 {A very flexible move.
Black keeps all the options open. Depending on what White is going to do,
Black can either castle short or long, or even leave the king in the centre
and carry out the c6-c5 counter-strike in the centre.} 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Kb1 {
White is making a good prophylactic move and waiting for targets to be
clarified.} Rd8 {Now it's clear that Black is going to castle short, sooner or
later. All this is theory, but Black's last move is considered to be a bit off
the mainstream.} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qe2 {White is prepared to push the g-pawn
forward. Black won't be able to capture it, as after Rg1, f5 won't be playable,
since the e6-pawn is under attack.} c5 {This line had a good reputation before
this game. However, the guru of Caro-Kann continued} (16... Qb6 {and equalised
after} 17. Bc1 Qb5 {That's the idea! The Black is transferring his queen to
the kingside.} 18. c4 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Nxh5 (19... O-O 20. Ne5 c5 21. f3 $1 Rxd4
22. g4 Qh7 23. Be3 $44) 20. Ne5 (20. d5 $1 {[%cal Yf3d4]} Nf6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Ne5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. f3 $14) 20... Nf4 21. Qe3 Ng6 22. g4 Qf6 23. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Dreev,A (2705)/Albox 2005/CBM 106 ext} (23. f4
Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qg6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qa3 Qe4 $1 $11)) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black
preferred to take on c5 with the queen, leaving the bishop on e7, from where
it covers some important dark squares.} ({It seems too risky to castle right
now:} 17... O-O 18. g4 $1 Qxc5 19. g5 hxg5 20. h6 g6 21. Nxg5 $36 {1-0
Aveskulov,V (2532)-Harutjunyan,G (2423)/Kharkov 2008/CBM 123 Extra (62)}) (
17... Bxc5 18. Ne5 (18. Bc3 $5) 18... O-O 19. g4 Bd4 (19... Rd4 $5 {[%cal
Yd4e4,Yf8d8]}) 20. Nd3 Rd5 21. Rhg1 Rc8 $2 (21... Qc4 $1) 22. c3 Bc5 23. g5 $40
{1-0 Xie Jun (2569)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2441)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext (43)}
) 18. Ne5 (18. g4 {is met by} Nxg4 19. Rhg1 (19. Rdg1 Qxf2 20. Qe4 (20. Qb5+
Rd7) 20... f5 21. Qxe6 Qxf3 22. Bb4 Rd7 23. Bxe7 Qd5 24. Qg6+ Qf7 $15) 19...
Qxh5 {and Black seems to be fine.} (19... Qxf2 20. Qb5+)) 18... Rd4 {Black is
trying to undermine White's superiority in the centre.} ({The more natural
move does not seem to make a significant difference:} 18... O-O 19. f4 (19. g4
Rd4 $1) 19... b5 (19... Qb6 20. g4) 20. g4 Rd5 21. Rhe1 (21. g5 $5 hxg5 22. Ng6
$1 Rfd8 23. fxg5 Ne4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. g6 $14)
21... Rc8 22. c3 Rcd8 $6 (22... Bd6 $142) 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Ne4 25. Qxe4
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. g6 $18 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N (2392)-Maherramzade,J (2459)/
Baku 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) {It makes sense to leave the knight in the centre
and continue building up the attack on the kingside.} 19. f4 $1 $146 ({In the
preceding game, White got nothing after} 19. Nd3 Qb5 20. Bc3 Ra4 21. b3 O-O
$132 {1/2-1/2 Hou,Y (2513)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2375)/Ekaterinburg 2007/CBM
118 ext (22)}) 19... O-O {Black is about to double his rook along the d-file,
which would stop White's attack. But Adams had other plans...} 20. c3 $1 {
Driving away the rook from the active position.} Ra4 $4 {Although Black did
not blunder anything, he created disharmony in his position. I think that the
rook had to be kept on the d-file.} ({Although after} 20... Rd5 {I was not
able to find the way to equalise for Black, his position is still solid:} 21.
g4 Bd6 (21... Rfd8 22. g5 hxg5 23. h6 $1 gxh6 24. Rxh6 {[%cal Ye2h2]} Rxd2 25.
Rxd2 Qg1+ 26. Kc2 Rxd2+ 27. Qxd2 Nd5 28. Nf3 $1 Qg4 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Ne3+
31. Kd3 Nxf5 32. Rh2 gxf4 33. Rd2 $14 {[%cal Yd3e4]}) 22. c4 Rd4 23. Bc3 $1
Bxe5 (23... Rxf4 24. Nd3) 24. fxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nh7 26. b3 Ng5 27. Kb2 $14 (
27. Rd7 b5)) (20... Re4 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. g4 $36) 21. c4 $1 {Not only is Black's
rook out of the game, White is going to place his bishop on the long diagonal
and take control over the only open file. I think that Nakamura did not
realise that he has no way to create any threats on the queenside when he
played 20...Ra4.} Bd6 {In bad position, all the moves are bad. Black is trying
to trade some of White's active pieces. The problem is that there are way too
many of them...} ({Unfortunately for Nakamura, Black fails to create any kind
of counterplay here:} 21... b5 22. Be3 $1 Qc7 23. b3 Ra5 (23... Ra3 24. cxb5
Nd5 25. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Ye5c4]}) 24. cxb5 Nd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 $16 {
[%cal Ya2a4]}) 22. Bc3 $16 {/+-. White completely dominates the board and
Black has no counterplay whatsoever. Now White is in ideal position to proceed
with the attack on the kingside by pushing his g-pawn forward. I suspect that
by not giving White a decisive advantage, I'm being unfair to Adams, since I
could not come up with any serious improvement for Nakamura's play...} Bxe5 (
22... Qc7 {would not change anything, since after} 23. b3 Ra6 24. g4 $40 {
White's attack is unlikely to be parried.}) (22... b5 23. b3 Ra3 (23... Ra6 24.
Bd4 $18) 24. Bd4 $18) 23. fxe5 Nh7 24. b3 Ra6 25. Rd7 {Yes, Black did get to
stop the attack, but at what cost? Black's pieces are completely uncoordinated,
White controls the only open file and is ready to turn his positional
advantage into a material one.} Ng5 26. Rhd1 Rb8 $2 {A blunder in a lost
position, which facilitates White's job.} ({The last practical chance was} 
26... b5 27. Bd4 Qc6 28. cxb5 Qxd7 29. Bc5 $18) 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29.
Qc2+ $18 {White wins with the direct attack on the black monarch.} g6 30. Rd7
Kg8 31. hxg6 Kg7 32. gxf7 Nxf7 33. Qe2 Kg8 34. Qf3 Qf8 35. Rxb7 Qg7 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 b5 $5 {
An unusual approach, L'Ami is trying to seize early control over some useful
squares on the queenside. However such an approach is not without its
drawbacks - serious weaknesses are being created on the queenside.} (7... Bd6 {
is perhaps more prudent.} 8. Nf4 Bxf4 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Nbd7 12.
Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rfe1 a4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. c4 Qa6 18. Qc2
Rad8 19. h3 Nb6 20. b3 Nbd7 21. Rd2 Ra8 22. Nf1 Qb6 23. Bd6 axb3 24. axb3 c5
25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Ne3 h5 28. Red1 Qb4 29. Qb1 b5 30. Rd4 Rab8 31.
Qd3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rec8 33. Rd6 Qc5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. R6xd4 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37.
g4 Rc5 38. f4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. f5 Re5 41. Re1 Re4 42. Rxe4 Nxe4 43. fxe6
fxe6 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Ra1 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Kc5 47. Rd1 Rb3 48. Nf1 Kxc4 49. Rd8 Kc5
50. Rd7 Ra3 51. Rd8 Rh3 52. Rd7 Rb3 53. Rd8 Rb2 54. Ne3 Rh2 55. Rd7 Ra2 56. Rd8
Nf6 57. Rf8 Nd7 58. Rd8 Ne5 59. Kf1 Nf3 60. Nc2 Nh2+ 61. Kg1 Nf3+ 62. Kf1 e5
63. Ne3 e4 64. Rd5+ Kb4 65. Rd8 Rh2 66. Rd7 Kc3 67. Nd1+ Kc2 68. Ne3+ Kc1 69.
Rd1+ Kb2 70. Rd7 Kb3 71. Rc7 Nd4 72. Rc8 Rh3 73. Nd5 Rf3+ 74. Kg2 Rd3 75. Kf2
Ne6 76. Ne3 Nf4 77. Re8 Nh3+ 78. Ke2 Nf4+ 79. Kf2 Rd2+ 80. Kf1 Rd4 81. Rc8 Ra4
82. Kf2 Ra2+ 83. Kf1 Nd3 84. Nd5 Rf2+ 85. Kg1 Rd2 86. Ne3 Re2 87. Nd5 Nf4 88.
Ne7 e3 89. Nf5 Rg2+ 90. Kh1 e2 91. Nd4+ Kb4 92. Nc2+ Kb3 93. Nd4+ Kb4 94. Nc2+
Kb5 95. Nd4+ Kb6 96. Rc1 Rf2 97. Kg1 Nh3+ {0-1 Campora,D (2505)-Dreev,A (2690)/
Dos Hermanas 2003/CBM 095}) 8. Bb3 Bd6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 {Black decides that the
bishop on g6 is a more useful piece to retain than the one on d6, but the
dark-squared weaknesses incurred with this exchange, are potentially highly
significant in the long-run.  I recently wrote an openings report on a similar
line, and observed that in such positions when Black has exchanged the knight
on f4, White has an enduring advantage due to the two bishops. I don't think
that the judgement is any different here, and Carlsen is like no other at
nursing small advantages.  Personally because of this I would rather retain
the dark-squared bishop in this opening. If White exchanges on g6, then the
h-file is opened and Black will have some counterplay.} (9... Nf6 10. h4 Qc7
11. Qf3 Nd5 $1 {would have been less compliant.}) 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12.
c4 $1 {With this highly practical and somewhat counter-intuitive decision,
Carlsen shows very deep understanding of the position. He opens up another
front - the c-file, along which he will stage a lengthy war of attrition
against the c6-pawn.  Watching the game online at the time, I observed that
most of the watching kibitzers seemed taken aback by this. Doesn't this just
leave White with a isolated d-pawn?  But sometimes to gain something we have
to give something in return. First we have to ask what logic brought Carlsen
to make this move. If White doesn't play c4, how can he make progress? It
becomes clear with some analysis, that without the aid of a pawn break, it is
not easy for White to get anywhere. Mere piece play alone is unlikely to make
much imprint in the rock that is the black position. White needs a plan!} (12.
c3 Nbd7 13. a4 Qb6 14. a5 Qa6 15. Re1 c5 $1 {would be a very typical line,
where Black is very well-placed, and it is not clear what White is doing.
Therefore White must give Black a target - the pawn on d4 - in order to gain
one himself, the backward weakling on c6.}) 12... bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 ({If Black
is to defend this line in the future, then} 13... Nd5 {would be a possible
starting point.} {It is entirely possible that L'Ami rejected this due to} 14.
Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (14... Qxd5 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Bh7 17. Qg4 {gives White a useful
initiative.}) (14... exd5 {just looks ugly - Black has not resolved the
problem of his backward c-pawn.}) 15. Rc1 {when White has a useful majority on
the queenside - and any attempt to stoke up trouble by Black is likely to lead
to disaster, for example} Qa5 $2 16. h4 $1 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Qg4 {with a very
strong attack.}) 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Nd5 ({The problem now for
Black is the attempt to rid himself of this weakling pawn on c6, can run into
problems.} 16... c5 17. a4 $1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe3 {is also not bad. Next
move White will play b3, emphasising his structural advantage.} h6 19. b3)
17... cxd4 18. a5 $1 {and the queen on b6 has run out of useful squares.}) (
16... e5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg5 $1 Ndf6 19. h3 Rxd4 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. Qxe5 {and
Black falls apart.}) 17. Bd6 N7f6 18. Bc5 Qb8 19. f3 {Now White just had a
bind, which fully justifies Carlsen's brave decision on move 12.} h6 20. Ne2
Nd7 21. Ba3 e5 22. b3 $1 {Delaying a decision is probably best.} ({A more
forcing move was} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 {but after} Qb7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxd5
Nd3 $1 {Black is not without counterplay for his pawn. More importantly, White
would lose control over the position, which is certainly not in Carlsen's
style.}) 22... Qb6 23. Nc3 N7f6 $6 {But this turns out to be rather inaccurate.
In fact the knight was better placed on d7 than where it eventually lands, on
d5, where it looks good but does little.} ({Therefore} 23... Nxc3 $1 24. Qxc3
Re8 $1 {was indicated, where Black threatens to gain serious counterplay with .
.e4.} 25. Kh1 e4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 {and with the knight coming to f6, Black has
co-ordinated his forces and solved most of his problems.}) 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. dxe5
Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 30. Be5 Qa3 31. h4 ({
It is obvious that White has a strategic advantage, but one of the hardest
situations in chess is when you have a number of promising continuations. A
possibly even stronger alternative was to crank up the pressure with} 31. f4 $5
Re8 32. Qg3 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qf8 34. Be2 Re6 35. Bg4 f5 36. Bf3 {when Black is
really creaking.}) 31... f6 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc6 Qb4 35. Rc4 Qd6
36. Bc5 Qd8 37. Kh2 a6 38. Be7 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 {Despite the pawn
deficit, Black has serious drawing chances in this ending. In fact I would
wager that against 99 percent of grandmasters, L'Ami would gain a draw without
any real difficulty.  However against Carlsen of course, it is a different
story altogether. At this point, he's just getting going! Such is his
reputation in endings, that any kind of disadvantage can normally be viewed as
hopeless!   Also the psychological pressure of having to play accurate move
after accurate move, to defend a worse ending against someone who has
boundless energy and confidence, is in incredible shape, and is happy to grind
away forever, should not be underestimated.} Ra7 41. Rc6 a5 42. Bc5 Rad7 43.
Be3 R7d6 44. Rc4 Re6 45. Kf2 Rde5 46. Rc3 Be8 47. Bd2 a4 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. b4
Bb5 $6 {A step in the wrong direction, Black plays too passively. In order to
increase his chances of a draw, it's essential to exchange as many pawns on
the kingside as possible. This is because that as long as the kingside remains
intact, White has the opportunity of creating an attack over there, to try and
distract and break the blockade that Black has on the queenside.} (49... g5 $1
{would have gained some vital space.} 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. g4 h5 52. Bc3 Re6 53.
hxg5 fxg5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 {is starting to look quite drawish.}) 50. Be3 h5 51.
Rc7 Kg6 52. Ra7 Rd5 53. Kg3 Rd3 54. Bc5 Ra3 $2 {Now however, L'Ami switches to
active defence at just the wrong moment. Knowing when to defend passively in
the ending, and when to defend actively, is one of the most difficult skills a
chessplayer can master, if it is at all possible.} ({It was hard to commit to
complete passivity with} 54... Rd7 {but after} 55. Ra5 Rb7 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g4
hxg4 58. fxg4 Ke6 {it is not so obvious how White makes progress.}) 55. Bf8
Rxa2 56. Kf4 Kh7 57. Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Kf5 $1 {It is amazing that even so late in
the tournament, and in the sixth hour of play, Carlsen still manages to beso
accurate. Yet again he finds the narrow path to victory. The guy is a machine,
he just doesn't seem to get tired!} Rc2 59. Kxf6 {White's rampaging king, and
the pawns he can gather on the kingside, is more relevant than the black
a-pawn, which is easily controlled.} a3 60. Ra7 $5 ({The "dance of death" with
the bishop would also have won -} 60. Bc5 $1 a2 61. Bd4 Rd2 62. Be5 Re2 63. Ba1
Re1 64. Bc3 Rc1 65. Be5 Re1 66. Ra7 $1 {and White wins, as the black rook
isn't hitting g2 anymore.}) 60... a2 (60... Rxg2 61. Rxa3 $18) 61. g3 Rc6+ 62.
Kg5 Kg8 (62... Ra6 {would not have saved Black either -} 63. Bg7+ Kg8 64. Rxa6
Bxa6 65. Bd4 Be2 66. f4 (66. Kxh5 Bxf3+ 67. Kg5 Bc6 68. Kf6 {also looks winning
}) 66... Kf7 67. f5 Ke8 68. b5 Bxb5 69. Kxh5 {and the white pawns are
overwhelming.}) 63. Bc5 Ba6 64. Bd4 Rd6 65. Ba1 {The Ph5 is dropping, so Black
had seen enough.} 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {I liked the way Mamedyarov has played so far in the tournament. Even
though he was not able to win any games yet, he had his chances against
Kasimdzhanov and Caruana. Karjakin, on the other hand, was not able to show
his best form and barely escaped against Morozevich in round four. Given these
circumstances, a fierce battle was expected in this game.} c6 {Mamedyarov
chooses one of the safer openings, the Caro-Kann Defense.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {
This is the classical line in Caro-Kann. Lately 3.e5 has become more popular.}
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3
e6 11. Bd2 (11. Bf4 {is also possible, with the following} Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4)
11... Ngf6 12. O-O-O {This is the main position of the classical line. Black
has a choice between a short castle and a long castle.} Be7 {Mamedyarov
chooses the sharper variation and castles kingside. Now both sides will try to
organize an attack on opponent's king. Karjakin's idea is to move the knight
from g3 and push g4-g5, which will open the g-file and destroy the black
king's defense. Mamedyarov, on the other hand, will try to develop his pieces
and push c5, attacking Karjakin's center.} 13. Kb1 Qb6 (13... O-O {with the
following ...c5 is more common.}) 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 $5 {Karjakin
demonstrates a very interesting idea: sacrificing his knight for attack.} Bb4 (
15... exf5 16. Rxe7 {leaves Black with a bad pawn structure and a slightly
worse position. This is clearly not what Mamedyarov wanted to see.}) 16. Nxh6+
$1 (16. Bxb4 {is also interesting, but it only leads to a draw after} Qxb4 17.
c3 Qa5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Nh4 g5 $1 {the only move} 21. Nhg6+
Kg7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rad8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Nh7 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+
{with perpetual check.}) 16... gxh6 17. c3 Ba3 18. Bc1 Rfe8 {To bring the
bishop back to f8, from where it can defend the king.} 19. g4 $1 {Karjakin
aims to open the g-file, which will enable his rooks to also join the attack.}
Nh7 20. c4 Bf8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh8 24. Rg1 {Just by playing
very natural moves, Karjakin has developed a very strong attack. I do not see
how Mamedyarov could improve his play, which suggests that he was caught in
very deep opening preparation by Karjakin.} Qc7 (24... Qa5 {is suggested by
engines, but after} 25. c5 $1 Bg7 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf4 Rg8 28. h6 Bf6 29. Bxf6+
Nxf6 30. Qe5 {White is just winning.}) 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bf4 Bd6 27. Qg3 Nc5 (
27... Rg8 {is better, but} 28. Bxd6 Rxg3 29. Bxc7 {is also very bad for Black.}
) 28. Bxd6 Qh7+ 29. Ka1 Ne4 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. f3 Ng5 (31... Nxd6 {loses to} 32.
Qxf6+ Rg7 33. h6) 32. Qf4 {Karjakin has an extra pawn and a winning position.
The game is over.} Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Be7 Nxf3 35. Rgf1 Rg3 36. d5 cxd5 37.
cxd5 Kg7 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Bd6 Nh2 40. Bxg3 {and Mamedyarov resigned, since after
} (40. Bxg3 Nxf1 41. Bf4 {his knight is also trapped and there is no stopping
the d5 and h5 pawns. Great opening preparation by Karjakin and a disappointing
loss for Mamedyarov.}) 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game started Anand had 1.5 points from 4 games.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Nd7 {Anand plays the Caro-Kann with both colours. Let's see some
games played by the World Champion.} (10... Nf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. c4) 14... a5 15. c4 (15. Ne4 a4 16. g4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd5 $11) 15... a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5
19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxh6 $11 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8
25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7
31. Qf7+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V Frankfurt Rapid 1998}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 Qa6
$1 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 (14... Kxd7 $5 {Topalov, V - Leko,P Tilburg 1998}
) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. a3 Qb5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bg3 f5
$11) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 18. Be5 Qd5 19. Rh3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 21. O-O-O
Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand, V
Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 (15... O-O
$6 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nxd7 $14) 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. Rae1 O-O-O (17... Nd7 18. R5e4
Nf6 19. R4e2 O-O 20. Qf3 Rfd8 21. Nf5 $14) 18. b4 Bd6 19. R5e2 Bf4 20. Ne4 Bxd2
21. Nxd2 g5 $13 {Anand,V-Khalifman,A Rapid Dubai 2002 1-0 (56)}) 11. f4 Bb4+ (
11... Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne2 {It seems to be that
g4 is coming} Rad8 16. Qf3 (16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Ne4 $1 19. Qf4
Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qa5 $1 $17) 16... h5 $8 17. Rhg1 c5 18. g4 Bxe5 $1 (18... cxd4
19. gxh5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. h6 g6 22. h5 Rc8 23. c3 $16) 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20.
Ng3) 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 (13. h5 {White takes care of his h-pawn} Ngf6 14. Be3
O-O (14... Qa5 $5 {preventing White from castling long} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O
O-O 17. f5 e5 $11) 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. c4 a6 19. Kc2
$11 {Landa,K-Okkes,M NED ChT 2006 1-0 (40)}) 13... Ngf6 (13... Bxh4 $6 {
Nobody has captured this pawn yet. White would have very good compensation for
the pawn.} 14. O-O-O Bxg3 (14... Be7 15. Nh5 Kf8 16. Qg3 Rh7 17. f5 exf5 18.
Ng6+ fxg6 19. Qxg6 $18) 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 Ngf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. g4 $40) 14.
Qe2 $146 {A new move. It is not easy to say if the novelty is dangerous or not.
According to my brief analysis, Black has several options to get counterplay
after 14.0-0 c5 (14...0-0 15.f5 Bd6!) 15.dxc5 Bxc5 (15...Nxc5!?). I hope we
will soon see many games which will help us to evaluate Anand's novelty more
precisely.} (14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ne4 (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf3 a5 18. Kb1
Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd7 $11 {
Svetushkin,D-Lauber,A Bundesliga Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
f5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 (18... Qa5 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. g4 $14) 19. c4 Qd7 20.
Bb4 Qe8 21. Bd6 $16 {Smeets, J-Lauber,A Bundesliga Forchheim GER 2012 1-0 (64)}
) 14... c5 (14... O-O 15. f5 $5 {I think this is the point of Anand's idea.
Otherwise White transposes to the line 0-0-0} (15. O-O-O) 15... Bd6 $1 {
It seems to me that after this move Black is out of danger.} (15... Nd5 $6 16.
O-O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qg4 $16) 16. fxe6 (16. O-O-O $6 Re8 $1
17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Kb1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nxe5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. dxe5 Qe6 $15) 16...
fxe6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc7 $11) 15. dxc5 {
Black should have chosen between 15...Bxc5 and 15...Nxc5. Ding Liren's idea is
not correct.} Qc7 $6 (15... Bxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 (17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. fxe5
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qg4 (20. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 20... h5 $5 21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Qg4
Rfd8 23. Bg5 Ba3 24. bxa3 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 17... Qc7 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Kb1
Rad8 $13) (15... Nxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 (18. Kb1 Rfd8) (18.
Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Rhe1 (19.
f5 $6 Rd5 20. Rhe1 Rad8 $15) 19... a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Qf3 Rac8 (21... Nb3 $5 22.
axb3 (22. Be3 Na5 23. Bd4 Nb3) 22... axb3 23. Ne2 $1 Qa5 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2
Qxb2+ 26. Ke3 Qc2 $44) 22. f5 a3 23. b3 Bd6 24. c4 Re8 25. Re3 exf5 26. Qxf5
Re6 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Qxh5 Rce8 (28... b5 $5)) 16. b4 (16. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 17. b4
O-O 18. h5 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 $44) 16... O-O 17. O-O a5 18. a3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7
20. Ne4 axb4 (20... Qxe5 $6 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7
25. Nd6 $16) (20... Nxe5 $5 {probably it is the best black option to keep
fighting} 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Rfd8 24. Nf2 $14) 21. cxb4 Qxe5 $6
(21... Nxe5 $5 22. Bf4 f6 23. h5 $14) 22. Bc3 $40 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rad8 (23... Rxa3
$2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ $18) (23... Ra6 $5 24. h5 f6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. cxd6 $1 (27. Rxd6 $4 Nxc5 $17) 27... Qxc3 28. Qxd7 $16) 24. Qg4 $16 {
Black's chances of survival are minimal} g6 $6 (24... e5 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+
Bxf6 27. Rdf3 Qd7 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nd6 {White has several ways to
win. I would like 25.h5 as the most convienient one.} (25. h5 $1 g5 26. Nd6 $18
b6 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qc4 Bf6 29. c6) 25... e5 26. Qc4 $18 {The game is over. Only
a miracle can help Black.} Nb6 27. Qe4 Nd7 (27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxe5
f6 30. Qxd6 $18) 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf5 Bf6 30. Qxh5 Qc6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe5
1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 14th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 ({Heutzutage ist die Vorstoßvariante} 3. e5 {fast
schon die Hauptvariante gegen Caro-Kann.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 ({Die
Alternative ist} 4... Nd7) 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 {Schwarz lässt Se5
zu und hofft später die Position des Vorpostens irgedwie ausnutzen zu können.
} ({Mit einer ähnlichen Variante erlitt Khenkin in Dortmund gegen Adams
Schiffbruch:} 7... Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 ({Üblicher ist} 9... Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 e6) 10. Bxh7 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nxh7 13. e6 Qd5 14. exf7+ Qxf7 15.
Ne4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rh3 e6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. Rg3 Qf5 21. Rxg7
Rf8 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Re1 Rd6 24. c3 h5 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg8+ Kd7
28. g3 c5 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Rf8 a6 31. Rf7+ {1-0 (31) Adams,M (2740)-Khenkin,I 
(2605) Dortmund 2013}) ({Zur Hauptvariante führt} 7... Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {Nun muss sich der
Springer erklären.} ({Häufiger sieht man} 10... Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4) 11.
f4 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... Bb4+ ({Gut spielbar ist auch} 11... c5) 12. c3 (12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18.
Qe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Jakovenko,D (2724)-Eljanov,P (2702) Tromso 2013
}) 12... Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O c5 ({Oder gleich} 14... O-O {z.B.:} 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 19. c4 Qd7 20. Bb4 Qe8 21. Bd6 c5
22. Qf3 b6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rd6 Rad8 25. Qc6 Rc8 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Rf7 28.
Rd6 Re7 29. h5 Kf7 30. Kd2 Ree8 31. Rd7+ Re7 32. Rd6 Ree8 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rd3
Ree8 35. Ke3 Red8 36. Rhd1 Ke7 37. Kf3 Rxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Rd8 39. Ra3 Rd7 40. g4
Kd8 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Ke3 a5 43. Rb3 Kc7 44. Ke2 Rd4 45. Rg3 Rxf4 46. Rxg7+ Kd8
47. b3 Rh4 48. Kf3 a4 49. Rb7 axb3 50. axb3 Rxh5 51. Kf4 Rh3 52. Rxb6 Kc7 53.
e6 Rh1 54. Ra6 h5 55. Kxf5 Re1 56. Ra7+ Kc6 57. Rh7 Kd6 58. Rd7+ Kc6 59. Rd3
Rf1+ 60. Kg5 Re1 61. Kf6 h4 62. e7 h3 63. Rxh3 Rf1+ 64. Ke6 {1-0 (64) Smeets,J
(2613)-Lauber,A (2465) Germany 2012}) 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 ({Nach} 19. fxe5 {hat Schwarz auch keine Probleme} b5 ({oder
} 19... cxd4)) 19... Rfd8 20. h5 {Sonst ist der Bauer nach Tausch auf d1 weg.
In Stellungen diesen Typs versucht Weiß mit g2-g4-g5 zum Angiff gegen den
kurz rochierten König zu kommen. Wenn Weiß diesen Vorstoß schafft, steht er
meist gut. Wenn Schwarz ihn durch Gegenspiel verhindern kann, hat er keine
Sorgen.} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Nach dem Tausch der Türme ist die
Gefahr eines weißen Königsangriff deutlich verringert.} 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3
Bf8 25. g4 Qb5 {Schwarz stochert nun in der weißen Stellung herum.} 26. Bd2
Qa6 27. Kb2 Qf1 28. Qxb7 ({Nach} 28. f5 Qd1 29. Bc1 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qe2+ 31. Kb1
b5 {hätte Schwarz gutes Gegenspiel.}) ({Weiß konnte sich mit} 28. c4 Qf2 29.
Kc2 Qg3 30. f5 {passiv verhalten, wonach die Chancen gleich sind.}) 28... Qe2
29. Kc2 Qxg4 30. Qxa7 Qxh5 31. Qb7 Qg6+ 32. Kc1 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 ({Anscheinend war
} 33. Kb2 {genauer. (Houdini)}) 33... h5 34. a4 {Die beiden Freibauern nehmen
den Wettlauf auf.} h4 35. Qf3 ({Im direkten Rennen wäre der h-Bauer schneller.
} 35. a5 h3 36. a6 h2 37. a7 h1=Q $19) 35... c4 36. b4 Qa1 {Mit einem König
auf b2 wäre das nicht möglich gewesen.} 37. f5 $2 {Den Bauern a4 durfte
Weiß nicht aufgeben, weil nun die schwarze Dame über die a-Linie wieder
schnell ins Spiel kommt.} ({Richtig war} 37. a5 Qa4+ 38. Kc1 Qa3+ 39. Kd1 (39.
Kc2 $2 Bxb4) 39... Bxb4 40. f5 Bxa5 (40... exf5 41. e6 fxe6 42. Qe3 Bxa5 43.
Qxe6+ Kh8 44. Qc8+ $11 {führt auch zum Dauerschach.}) 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. Qa8+
$11) 37... Qxa4+ 38. Kc1 exf5 39. Qxf5 Qc6 $19 {Verhindert jedes Gegenspiel
mit e5-e6 und nimmt schon mal das Umwandlungsfeld unter Kontrolle.} 40. Qg4 Be7
41. Kb2 Qd5 42. Be3 Qxe5 43. Bd4 Qh2+ (43... Qg5 $19) 44. Ka3 Bf8 {Da war noch
eine kleine Mattdrohung zu bedienen.} 45. Qc8 h3 (45... Qc2 46. Qxc4 h3 47. Be5
h2 $19) 46. Ka4 ({Ein Versuch war} 46. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 47. Qg4+ {und nun: oder}
Kf6 (47... Kh8 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qg5+ Bg7 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qh4+ Bh6 52. Qe4+ Kg8
53. Qg4+ Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kg7 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qf3+ Bf4 $19) 48. Qf3+ Kg5 49. Qd5+
Kh4 50. Qe4+ Kg5 51. Qe3+ Qf4 52. Qxh3 Bd6 $19) 46... Qc2+ 47. Kb5 h2 48. Qa8
Qc1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 (13. Ne4 {
The main line} Bc7 14. c4 Qe7 15. a3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Bb4
Bd6 19. Ba5 Bc7 20. Bb4 Bd6 $11 {Stevic,H (2637)-Brunello,S (2580) 14-th Euro
Indiv Ch Legnica POL 2013 0-1 (59)}) 13... Qc7 (13... Bxg3 14. fxg3 O-O 15. Qe2
(15. Rh4 $5 c5 16. g4 Nh7 17. g5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Rg4 f6 20. h6 $44)
15... Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. g4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nh7 19. Rde1 (19. Bf4 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 19... Rd7 $11 {Gopal,G (2550) -Pantsulaia,L (2575) Istanbul 2012
0-1 (56)}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. c4 Rhe8 $2 {This is not a novelty,
but the subsequent position doesn't promise anything good to Black. I don't
think that Alexander will play this line again.} (16... Nf6 {The main line.}
17. Qe2 Rhe8 18. Bc3 Kb8 19. Ne5 Ka8 20. f4 $14 {Ding Yixin-Gunina,V/Ningbo
CHN 2010 1/2-1/2 (81)}) (16... c5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rc1
(20. g4 $5 Bf4 21. Nb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. f3 Ne8 25. Nc1 $14
{Hamdouchi,H-Bauer,C/Nancy FRA 2013 1-0 (35)}) 20... Bc5 (20... Qc5 $5 21. g4
Kb8 $13) 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. f3 Rd7 $6 (22... Bd6 23. g4 Bf4 24. Rcd1 Rhe8 $11) 23.
g4 Rhd8 24. g5 Ne8 25. g6 fxg6 26. hxg6 Bb6 27. Rh4 (27. Rhe1 $1 e5 28. Qg2 $16
) 27... e5 28. Re4 Bc7 $11 {Sengupta,D (2563)-Turov, M (2630) Dresden 2011 1/2
(82)}) 17. c5 $1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 {Who would like to
have such a position after the opening?! It's obvious that Alexander has mixed
something up.} Kd7 $8 21. Rd3 $146 {Only this move is a novelty. In any case
Black is in trouble.} (21. Rh3 f6 22. Qe4 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. b4 Qa4 25. Rb3 a6
26. Kb2 $16 {Gelman,C (2215)-Kantor,A Chicago 1994 1-0 (43)}) 21... f6 $8 22.
Qe4 Kc8 23. Rhd1 ({The simplest and most effective White plan is to put his
queen on f4 (g3) and his bishop on g3 (h2):} 23. Bg3 $5 Rd5 24. Qf4 e5 $8 {
The only way to continue resistance but it will not help.} 25. Qf5+ Kb8 26.
Rhd1 $1 (26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 fxe5 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Bxe5+ Ka8 30. Qc7 Qd2 $132
) 26... Ka8 27. dxe5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Be7 29. e6 Qxc5 30. Qg6 $18) 23... Qb4 24.
Rc1 $1 (24. Bg3 {too straightforward} Qc4 $1 25. Qf4 e5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Qxc4
Rxd1+ 28. Kc2 $16 {White is better, but he doesn't need such complications.})
24... Rd5 25. Qg6 $5 (25. Bh2 $1 {Black hasn't any reasonable moves} Rd7 (25...
a6 26. Qg6 Red8 27. Qf7 e5 28. Rb3 $18) 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qf5 e4 28. Ra3 a6 29. d5
$18) 25... Rdd8 (25... Red8 $2 26. Qf7 e5 27. Rb3 $18) 26. Qe4 $2 ({After the
simple move} 26. Bh2 $1 {I don't see any resonably reply for Black. For example
} Re7 27. Qg3 e5 28. Qh3+ $1 Red7 (28... Kb8 29. dxe5 Rxd3 30. exf6+ $18) 29.
a3 Qa4 30. Rcd1 e4 31. R3d2 $18) 26... Rd5 ({Grischuk could have tried to
sharpen the game after} 26... e5 $5 27. Be3 $6 ({Giri should have found} 27.
Bd2 $1 Qa4 28. b3 Qb5 29. Rc4 a5 30. a4 Qa6 31. Bc3 $16) 27... Qa5 28. Rcd1 Qc7
$14) 27. Qg6 Rdd8 28. Bh2 Re7 (28... Qb5 $5 29. Ra3 a6 30. d5 $3 {I believe
that it is not so easy to find this move even for elite GMs} cxd5 (30... exd5
31. Qf5+ Rd7 32. Rb3 Qa5 33. Rxb7 $18) 31. Rb3 Qc6 32. Rb6 $18) 29. Qe4 (29.
Qg3 $5 {I think that this straightforward move might be the strongest one:} e5
$8 30. Qh3+ Red7 31. a3 Qb5 32. Rb3 Qa4 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Re3 $18) 29... Rde8
30. Rb3 (30. a3 Qb5 (30... Qa4 31. Qf4 e5 32. Qf5+ Kb8 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Re1
$18) 31. Re3 Qa5 32. Qf4 e5 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. dxe5 $18) (30. Bd6 $1 {The
easiest way to the goal} f5 (30... Rd7 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Qxe6 Kc7 (32... Rfd8
33. d5) 33. d5 cxd5 34. c6 $18) 31. Qe5 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Qxe6 Rf6 34. Qg8+
Kc7 35. Re3 Qxd4 36. Re8 $18) 30... Qd2 31. Bd6 f5 $8 (31... Rf7 32. Qg6 $18) (
31... Rd7 32. Qxc6+ Kd8 (32... bxc6 33. Rb8#) 33. Rxb7 $18) 32. Qf3 Rf7 (32...
Qxd4 $5 33. Rd1 Qc4 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. Rc3 $16) 33. Rd1 $2 {A terrible take, as
we can see from the annotations, White could have won a lot of times. Now the
black queen goes to the kingside.} (33. Rd3 $1 Qb4 34. Bh2 f4 35. Bxf4 Be7 36.
Qe4 Bf6 37. Bd6 $18 {Black's position is completely hopeless.}) 33... Qg5 $14
34. Be5 Qg4 {Black gets rid of most his problems by trading queens. However
his position remains difficult.} 35. Qxc6+ $6 $11 ({Even now Anish Giri should
have continued the game:} 35. Rdd3 Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Be7 37. Rg3 $14 {.White has a
space advantage and he is able to launch an attack on both sides. His opponent
hasn't any real counterplay. We can't consider the d4-pawn as a real weakness.
White's king sooner or later will come into the centre and will protect it. I
believe that this endgame is quite unpleasant for Black.}) 35... bxc6 36. Rb8+
Kd7 37. Rb7+ Kd8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7...
Nd7 {is the main line}) 8. Ne5 ({Another line is} 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 {Black must not hurry with ...Nd7. In some lines he can play ...c5 and ...
Nc6.} Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. c4 $6 b5 14. cxb5 Qd5 15. Kb1 cxb5 $15
{0-1 (45) Zapata,A (2496)-Macieja,B (2595) Greensboro USA 2013}) 8... Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O (14. Qe2 $5
{For this line see the recent game Anand,V-Ding Liren Paris/Saint Petersburg
2013. It would be interesting to see what Magnus had prepared after 14.Qe2.})
14... O-O (14... c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Rfd8 20. h5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3 $14 {Inarkiev,
E (2693) -Eljanov,P (2702) Poikovsky RUS 2013 0-1 (48)}) 15. Ne4 {This line
isn't considered as a dangerous one for Black.} (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17.
Qf3 a5 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 $11 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8
23. Qe2 Nd7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 b6 (25... Qxe5 $1 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd6 (27.
Qd3 $2 Ra8 $17) 27... Nf8 $15) 26. g4 Nxe5 27. g5 $13 {Svetushkin,D (2570)
-Lauber,A (2517) Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) (15. Qf3 $5 Qc7 16. c4 (16. Rde1 $6
c5 17. d5 $6 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... N5b6 19. Ng4 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Nxh6+
Kh7 22. Qd3+ Kxh6 23. Qe2 g6 $5 (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+
$11) 24. h5 g5 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $13) 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4
(22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 Ne5 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Bc3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $15 {Kroeze,
F (2446)-Lauber,A (2417) Germany 2008 0-1 (45)}) 16... Rac8 (16... a5 17. Kb1
Rad8 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 c5 (19... h5 $5 {! Lucacs,P} 20. c5 g6 21. Nc3 Bf8
$13) 20. g4 cxd4 21. g5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Nh7 23. gxh6 $40 {Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,
A (2676) FIDE Wch k. o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000 1-0 (43)}) ({Black can't play} 
16... c5 $6 {due to} 17. d5 $1 Rae8 (17... Nxe5 $4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $18)
18. Rhe1 exd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf5
Rd8 $2 (23... c4 24. d6 Qc5 25. Kb1 $16) 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {1-0 (24)
Movsesian,S (2666) -Iordachescu,V (2594) FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000})
17. Rhe1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6 20. Ng3 (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 $40 {
Erenburg}) 20... Nd7 21. Nh5 N7f6 22. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 $44 {
Roiz,M (2512)-Erenburg, S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 0-1 (32)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Nxe5 (16... Nf6 {seems to be a risky decision.} 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. g4 h5 (18...
Qxa2 $2 19. g5 Ne8 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. Rdg1 $18) (18... Qe4 19. Rde1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
Nd5 21. g5 $14) 19. gxh5 (19. g5 $5 Qe4 (19... Ne4 $4 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be1 $18)
20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Ba5 $14) 19... Qe4 20.
Qf2 $6 (20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. h6 $1 gxh6 $8 (21... Nf2 22. Rhg1 Nxd1 23. Rxg7+ Kh8
24. Kxd1 $18) 22. f5 Kh7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rde1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rf2+ 26. Kc1 Rg8
27. Nd3 Rf6 28. Re2 $14) 20... Qf5 21. Rdg1 Nxh5 $11 {Fercec,N (2477)-Zelcic,R
(2531) Zadar 2004 1/2 (36). White has no attack anymore.}) 17. fxe5 Qd5 18.
Qxd5 $146 {According to Carlsen, after the exchange of queens there is nothing
to discuss.} (18. Qg4 $5 {The only way to continue the game} f5 $5 {It seems
to me that Black has good counterplay.} (18... Kh7 19. b3 $6 (19. Kb1 $1 c5 20.
Bg5 $1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bc1 Rae8 (23... Qf5+ 24. Qxf5+ exf5
25. Rd5 $16) 24. Rhf1 Qc6 25. Rf3 $14) 19... c5 (19... a5 $5 20. Bg5 f5 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Rde1 a4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Re5 Rg6 $1 $11) 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. c4 Qc6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1
Rd8 $11 {Mrdja,M (2360)-Zelcic,R (2591) Zagreb 2008 1-0 (56)}) 19. Qg6 (19.
exf6 $6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Rf2 21. Rhg1 (21. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2) 21... h5 $15) 19... Qxa2
20. Bxh6 Rf7 {The position is complicated and both sides have their good and
bad points.} 21. h5 (21. g4 f4 22. Rhf1 Raf8 23. Rxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2
Qa2 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) (21. Bg5 a5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxe6 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25.
Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 21... a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h6 a3 24. Kc2 Qxb2+ (24...
c5 $5) 25. Kd3 Qb5+ 26. Ke3 Qd5 27. g3 $1 Raf8 28. Rh2 Qb3 29. Rdh1 Qxc3+ 30.
Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 $11) 18... cxd5 $11 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1
(21. Kc2 b4 22. Kd3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bb4 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8
24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 {As usual, Rapport goes for
an offbeat line.} ({The main line is} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 {and so on.})
5... Bg6 {A more logical move is 5...e6, defending the bishop and continuing
his development at the same time. The move in the text might be a loss of
tempo.} (5... e6 6. Bd3 (6. c3 Nd7 7. Ne2 Ngf6 8. N4g3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nf4 Bh7
$11 {1/2-1/2 (14) Rade,M (2436)-Doric,D (2492) Sibenik 2008}) 6... Nd7 ({
Here it's possible to take the pawn:} 6... Qxd4 7. Ne2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Qd8 {
White has a clear compensation, but Black has no weaknesses and shouldn't be
worse.}) 7. Ne2 Bg6 8. Bf4 Ndf6 9. Ng5 Nd5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nh6 12. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 (31) Tal,M (2620)-Balashov,Y (2570) Leningrad 1971}) 6. Ne2 e6 ({
The following crushing game illustrates well the danger that Black might face
if he grabs the central pawn and is not in time to complete his development:} 
6... Qd5 $6 7. N2c3 $1 Qxd4 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Be3 Qb4 10. O-O-O Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 13. Nxa7 Bh5 14. Qh3 Ra8 15. Nb5 $1 Nd5 (15... cxb5 16. Qf5 $18
{[%cal Gd3b5]}) 16. Be2 $1 e6 (16... Bxe2 17. Nc7+ $1 Kd8 18. Nxd5 $18) 17.
Bxh5 {[%csl Re6]} g6 18. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxd5 Qa5 21. Nb6+ Ke8
22. Be2 Rd8 23. a4 {1-0 (23) Kopylov,I-Akopov,R USSR 1986}) 7. c3 Qd5 8. N2g3
Nd7 9. h4 (9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. O-O h5 $6 (10... Be7 {+/=/=}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Ne4
O-O-O 13. Be3 f5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ibrahimova,S (2070)
-Kharmunova,N (2215) Moscow 2012}) 9... h6 (9... e5 10. Ng5 $1 (10. h5 Bxe4 11.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ngf6 $11) 10... exd4 11. h5 Bc2 12. Qe2+ Be7
13. cxd4 (13. Qxc2 $6 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 $11) 13... O-O-O 14. Qxc2 Bxg5 15. Bc4
Qa5+ 16. Qc3 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Nh6 20. f3 $14 {[%csl
Yh6]}) 10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 (11... Nxf6 $5 {was more ambitious. After}
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. O-O g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 {Black's damaged pawn
structure is compensated for by certain attacking prospects on the kingside.})
12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 $1 {Correctly avoiding the exchange. Black's
light-squared bishop in fact is shooting into the empty space.} Bd6 ({I like
the move} 13... h5 $1 {I don't think that the pawn on h5 is weaker than on h6.
Later on Black can play 14...Bd6 followed by 15...Kf8 and 16...Kg7. The
position should be equal.}) 14. h5 Bc2 15. Nf1 a6 {Not a bad move, but it
wasn't necessary to cover the b5-square.} (15... f5 16. Ne3 Ba4 17. g4 ({
In the complications after} 17. c4 f4 {Black is not worse.}) 17... fxg4 18.
Nxg4 f5 $11) 16. b3 $1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Rg8 $2 {White's knight is going to e3
anyway, so attacking the Pg2 is a waste of important tempi.} (17... Bh7 18. Ne3
(18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 $11) 18... f5 19. c4 f4 20. Ng4 Bf5 21. c5 (21. cxd5
exd5 $11) 21... Bc7 $11) 18. Ne3 Bh7 $6 (18... Be4 {could have been tried.} {
After} 19. c4 Bf4 (19... dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Kd8 22. f3 Bd5 23. Kf2 $16)
20. f3 Bh7 21. cxd5 Nb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 {Black is a pawn down, but has some play.
}) 19. c4 {Suddenly, White is breaking through the queenside.} dxc4 (19... Ba3
20. Rd1 b5 $5 {is an engine recommendation as the lesser evil for Black.} 21.
cxd5 f5 22. dxe6 fxe6 $16) 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bf3 Nb8 (22... b5 23.
Na5 e5 24. Rh4 $1 {followed by Na5-b7 and Rc1-c7 is crushing.}) 23. Na5 {
It's amazing how quickly Black's position got so desperate.} Rxd4 24. Nxb7 Ba3
25. Rc7 (25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rxg8 Bxg8 27. Bxh6 $18) 25... Nd7 (25... e5 26. Bxh6
Bb4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 26. Na5 $2 {This makes White's winning task more difficult.
Instead, pinning the knight was decisive.} (26. Bc6 Ke7 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Rh4 $1
{is completely dominating. All White's pieces are superbly placed, while Black
can't even get rid of the pin.}) 26... Ne5 {Now, at least Black manages to
swap the knight for White's active bishop.} 27. Nc6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rd5 29. b4
$1 {Threatening 30.Re7+ Kf8 31.Bxh6+.} Rgg5 $1 {The only way not to resign
immediately.} 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. O-O {Castling on move thirty-one, rarely seen!}
Kf8 32. Re1 Bb2 33. a4 Bc3 34. Re3 Bf6 35. Kg2 Bc2 36. Ne5 $6 (36. b5 axb5 37.
a5 {and the pawn is simply unstoppable.}) 36... Bxe5 37. Rxc2 Bd6 38. Re4 Ke7
39. Rc6 a5 40. bxa5 {Rapport's play at this stage is far from accurate, but
his advantage is so overwhelming, that is really difficult to spoil.} Rxa5 41.
Rb6 Ra7 42. Rb5 Kd7 43. Rd4 Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kd7 45. Kf1 Bc7 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Kd3
Kd7 48. Rd4+ Kc6 49. Rc4+ Kd7 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Kb3 Ba5 52. Rd4+ Ke7 53. f4 gxf4
54. Rxf4 f5 55. Rf3 Bc7 {Harikrishna puts up stubborn resistance, but the
position just can't be saved, unless White blunders the a-pawn.} 56. Rd3 Kf6
57. Rd7 Kg5 58. Re7 Bb6 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Rxe6 Be3 61. Rxh6 Rf7 62. Rg6 Kf3 63.
h6 Bd4 64. h7 {The last simplification. Black loses his last hope - Pf5.} Rxh7
65. Rxf5+ Ke4 66. Rfg5 Re7 67. a5 {After all this pawn brings White the
victory.} Be5 68. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {An interesting way to handle the opening. Black
delays the development of the Ng8 for a while. In some cases, keeping an
option of Ng8-e7 in mind.} 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 ({I can hardly
recommend the greedy} 13... Bxh4 $6 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 $36) 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Qf3 $1 {This is definitely the most dangerous plan. White
retains a lot of attacking ideas, such as f4-f5 and g2-g4-g5 (after removing
the knight from g3), while developing any serious counterplay on the opposite
side looks quite difficult at this moment. In my opinion, the character of the
position is quite unpleasant for Black, so it is not surprising, that the
World Champion didn't decide to repeat this system again in the match.} ({
Vishy deviates from} 15. Ne4 {which didn't pose Black any problems after} Nxe4
16. Qxe4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1 Rac8 22.
Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,
M (2870)/Chennai IND 2013}) 15... Qc7 16. c4 {An important move. Now White is
ready to meet 16...c6 by 17.d5.} a5 {This looks rather slow, but I can hardly
suggest anything better.} (16... c5 17. d5 Bd6 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 $40) 18.
Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nh5 $40) (16... Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rc1 (18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qe4 $14) 18... bxc4
19. Rxc4 c5 20. Rhc1 $14) 17. Kb1 Rad8 (17... a4 18. Ne2 h5 (18... c5 19. g4
cxd4 20. g5 $40) 19. Ng3 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $40) 18. Bc1 $1
{Completing the most flexible setup.} ({Correctly not hurrying with} 18. Ne2 h5
$1 19. Ng3 g6 $132) 18... a4 $146 {A novelty which doesn't solve Black's
problems.} (18... Rfe8 19. Ne2 (19. Rhe1 $5) 19... c5 (19... h5 $5) 20. g4 cxd4
21. g5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,A (2676)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 081/
[Lukacs] (44)}) 19. Rhe1 {Now the threat of 20.f5 is unpleasant, so Black is
under pressure.} (19. Rhf1 Bd6 $1 (19... c5 20. d5 Bd6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. dxe6+
Kxe6 23. Rfe1+ Kf7 24. Nf5 Nb6 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. h5 $36) (19... Rfe8 20. Nh5 Nxh5
21. Qxh5 Rf8 (21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bf8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg5) 22. Rd3
Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Rg3 $36) 20. Ne2 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f5
24. Qg6 Rf6 25. Qg2 Bf8 $132) 19... a3 ({The standard measures like} 19... Bd6
{are too slow:} 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 cxd4 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. g4 $40) (
{I can only suggest} 19... Rfe8 $5 {as a possible improvement} 20. Ne2 h5 (
20... c5 21. g4 cxd4 22. g5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Nxd4 $40) 21. c5 g6 22. Nc3 {
The position still looks somewhat better for White, but it remains quite
complicated.}) 20. b3 Bb4 {A logical continuation of Black's previous play,
but Black can hardly make any use of his control over the dark squares around
the Kb1.} 21. Re3 $1 {As we can see, the rook would be very useful there.} ({
The modest} 21. Rf1 $6 {could be strongly met by} c5 22. Ne2 b5 $1 (22... h5
23. Nd3 Ng4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rfe1 Be7 26. Nc3 $14) 23. g4 (23. cxb5 Nxe5 24.
dxe5 Nd5 $44) 23... bxc4 24. Nxc4 (24. g5 cxb3 25. gxf6 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Nxf6
$132) 24... Nd5 25. g5 h5 $132) 21... c5 (21... Bd6 22. Red3 $14) 22. d5 $1
exd5 23. cxd5 $6 {This natural move is actually a loss of important time!} ({
A much stronger move would be} 23. Nf5 $1 d4 (23... dxc4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qg3
Ne8 (25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. f5 $18) 26. Nxc4 Qc6 27. Rxe8 Qf6 28. Re5 $16)
24. Re2 Kh8 25. g4 $40 {and Black's extra pawn doesn't help much - the attack
is very powerful.}) 23... Nb6 $1 24. Red3 ({Now} 24. Nf5 {is not strong
anymore and leads only to equality:} Nbxd5 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qg5
gxh6 28. Qf5+ Kg7 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxh5 Rd6 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Ng6+
Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 $11) 24... Qc8 $2 {A very bad decision by
Dmitry. Letting White push such a strong pawn forward could lead to a fatal
result.} ({At the same time, after} 24... Nbxd5 $1 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5
27. Qxd5 Rd8 {Andreikin could change the unpleasant character of play. For
instance, after} 28. Qc4 (28. Qf3 f6 29. Nc4 Qe7 30. Nxa3 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qe1+
32. Bc1 Rd1 33. Ne2 Qd2 34. Qe4 Re1 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ $11) 28... Rd1 (28...
Rd4 $5) 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Qc2 f6 $132 {White is not yet risk-free.}) 25. d6 Rfe8
$6 {Too slow. Now White is totally winning.} ({A pawn sacrifice was called for:
} 25... Qe6 26. Qxb7 c4 27. Nxc4 Rb8 28. Qa6 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Bxd6+
31. Kc2 Bc7 $16 {and Black has some drawing chances due to the weakness of
White's pawns.}) 26. Nh5 $1 $18 Re6 ({Or} 26... Qf5 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxb7 Rb8
29. d7 Red8 30. Qc6 Qxh4 31. Rh3 Qe7 32. Re3 $18) (26... Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe6 28.
d7 $18) 27. Nxf6+ ({Missing} 27. d7 $1 Qc7 (27... Nbxd7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nxd7
$18) (27... Nfxd7 28. Qg4 g6 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. f5 $18) 28. f5 Rxe5 29. Nxf6+
gxf6 30. Bxh6 $18) 27... Rxf6 28. d7 Qc7 29. Qg4 $1 {Now Black's pieces are
stuck on the queenside and cannot help their monarch.} c4 {A desperate attempt
to create any kind of counterplay.} 30. Rg3 g6 31. h5 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Na4 {
This sacrifice is necessary.} 33. hxg6 fxg6 (33... Nc3+ 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. gxf7+
Kh7 36. Qg8+ Rxg8 37. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 38. d8=Q+ $18) 34. Rxb4 (34. Rd4 {was also
good enough:} Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Nd5 36. Rc4 Bc5 37. Bxa3 $18) 34... Nc3+ 35. Kc2 (
35. Ka1 $2 Nxd1 36. Rc4 Qd6 $14) 35... b5 $5 {The best practical chance. Black
is trying to complicate matters.} (35... Nxd1+ 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. Qxd1 $18) 36.
Kb3 {A human move.} ({However, there are at least 2 other winning possibilites:
} 36. Rc4 bxc4 37. Kxc3 Qa5+ 38. Kxc4 (38. Kc2 Qa4+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Ke2 Qb1
41. Qf3 Qxa2+ 42. Rd2 $18) 38... Qa4+ 39. Kc3 Qa5+ 40. Kd3 Qb5+ 41. Ke3 Qc5+
42. Ke2 $18) (36. Bd2 Nxd1+ 37. Kxd1 $18) 36... Na4 37. Qf3 {This move is not
bad at all} ({but} 37. Bd2 {didn't require much calculating:} Nc5+ 38. Kxa3
Nxd7 39. Kb2 $18) 37... Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Na4+ 39. Kb3 {Accepting a draw in such a
winning position is quite surprising, but I guess Vishy was tired after a long
game, so he decided to avoid any unnecessary risk in such an excellent
tournament situation. In fact, the loss of half a point in this game didn't
have any influence on Vishy, as he managed to win the tournament in great
style!} ({Still, the winning lines were not trivial, but not too difficult for
such a great player:} 39. Rc4 bxc4 40. Bxa3 Kh7 41. Be7 Qb8 42. Qa3 Qb7 43.
Bxd8 Qe4+ 44. Kc1 Qxf4+ 45. Kb1 Qf5+ 46. Nd3 cxd3 47. Qxd3 $18) ({Or} 39. Kd2
Qd6+ 40. Nd3 Rf7 (40... Rxd7 41. Bxa3 Nb2 42. Rxb2 Qxa3 43. Kc1 Rfd6 44. Nf2
$18) (40... Nc5 41. Rxb5 Nxd3 42. Rd5 $18) 41. Bxa3 Rfxd7 42. Rb3 Qf6 43. Rc1
b4 44. Bxb4 Nb2 45. Rcc3 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 47. Rxd3 Qb2+ 48. Kd1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2
Re8+ 50. Re3 Rxe3+ 51. Qxe3 Qxb4 52. Qb3+ $18) 39... Nc5+ 40. Kc2 Na4+ 41. Kb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rde1 {A bit
artificial move. White's itention is to face 0-0 with Ne4 and g4. Then Black
can't take on g4 and play f5 because White will take on e6.} (13. Rhe1 O-O (
13... c5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nf5 cxd4 16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19.
g4 Nd5 20. g5 Qa5 (20... Qb6 $1 {see the game Gashimov,V - Jakovenko, D 2008})
21. g6 Qxa2 $6 22. Nb3 $6 (22. gxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Qe4 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. c3
Nf8 26. Qf3+ Nf6 27. Rg1 $18) 22... Ba3 23. Rxd5 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 $40 {Fontaine,R
(2546) -Landa,K (2627) France 2009 1-0 (29)}) 14. Qe2 Re8 (14... a5 15. Ne5 Bb4
16. c3 Bd6 17. f4 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Ng6 Rfe8 22. c4
Qf7 23. Rh1 a4 $11 {Tischbierek,R (2433)-Peralta,F (2626) Wunsiedel 2013 0-1 
(60)}) (14... Qc7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. c4 Qb6
20. Bc3 Bb4 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne4 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Nf6 24. g4 Qc5 $11 {Hou,Y 
(2585)-Ushenina,A (2448) Ningbo 2009 1/2 (53)-1/2 (53)}) 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. f4
Rad8 17. f5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Qc7 (18... Qxd4 $5 19. Bf4 (19. Bxh6 Nxe5 $19) (19.
Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxh6 Qc4 21. Kb1 Bxg3 22. Qxg3 Nxh5 $17) 19... Qc5 20. Nxf7 Bxf4+
21. Qxf4 Kxf7 22. Ne4 Qa5 23. Nd6+ Kg8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe6 Rf8 $15) 19. Nxd7
Qxd7 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. Nf5 Bf8 $11 {Fedorchuk,S (2655)-Lopez Martinez,J (2555)
Zuerich 2009 1/2 (30)-1/2 (30)}) 13... Qc7 {Black prepares long castle.} ({
Also playable is} 13... O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... Ng4 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17.
Nd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qb6 19. Rh4 Ndf6 20. d7 (20. Bf4 $1 Qxf2 21. Qxf2 Nxf2 22.
Ne5 $16) 20... Rc7 21. Bc3 Qxf2 (21... Rd8 $5 22. Nd4 Rcxd7 23. f3 Rxd4 24.
Bxd4 Rxd4 25. fxg4 Re4 $44) 22. Qxf2 Nxf2 23. Ne5 $14 {Motylev, A (2669)-Ruck,
R (2570) Legnica 2013 1/2 (67)}) (14... Rc8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:13] this line shows
strength of Rde1} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. g4 Nxg4 (16... Nh7 $142 $1 17. Rhg1 {
with some presure}) 17. Rhg1 f5 18. Rxe6 $16) 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd3 Kh8 {
prepares ...Ng4} 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rhg1 Nf6 19. Ne5 $44 Qe8 20. f4 Nd7 $6 (20...
Rd8 $5 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. f5 exf5 23. Qb3 Rd5 24. Qxb7 Ne4 $13) 21. f5 Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Rd8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. f6 $16 {Gao Rui (2529)-Fossan,P (2257) Helsingor DEN
2014 1-0 (44)}) 14. Ne4 (14. Kb1 O-O-O) 14... O-O-O 15. g3 $146 (15. Nxf6 Bxf6
16. Qa3 Kb8 17. g3 Ka8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Be3 (19. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nb6 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. f4 Nc8 23. g4 $14) 19... Nb6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. c4 c5 $2 22. dxc5 Bxe5
23. Qxa7+ $1 Kxa7 24. cxb6+ Qxb6 25. Bxb6+ Kxb6 26. Rxe5 $16 {Popov,I (2652)
-Lalith,B (2570) Hyderabad IND 2013 1-0 (47)}) 15... Nc5 {A typical maneuver.
Usually In cramped positions we need to trade pieces.} (15... c5 16. Bf4 Qb6 (
16... Qc6 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. c3) 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Nfxe4 19.
Rxe4 Qc6 20. Re3 $14) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rh4 Bd6 18. Qe2 Kb8 19. Ne5 {Due to
his space advantage White has some presure.} Ka8 {In such kind positions it is
not easy to indicate some clear plan for both sides. Black needs to be very
careful and think twice before playing Be5.} 20. a3 Rhf8 (20... Bxe5 21. dxe5
Nd5 22. c4 Ne7 23. Bc3 c5 24. Rf4 $14 {with unpleasant pressure.}) 21. Qf3 Be7
22. Rf4 Qb6 23. Rd1 Qc7 {Black can't improve his position so he has to wait.} (
23... Rxd4 $4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Nxc6 Qc5 (25... bxc6 26. Qxc6+ Kb8 27. Bf4+ $18
) 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Bb4 $18) 24. Nd3 Nh7 $5 {It provokes an exchange sacrifice.
He could play 24..... a6 or 24..... Kb8 with very solid position.} 25. Rxf7 Ng5
26. Qf4 e5 $8 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxe5 Qf7 {It seems to me that this position is
in White's favour.} 29. Bxg5 Rd5 (29... hxg5 30. Qxg5 Rxd4 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Qe7
$14 {Black needs to play precisely to avoid problems.}) 30. Qe7 Rxg5 31. Qxf7 (
31. Re1 $142 {Black has nothing better than} a6 {that gives White an extra
tempo.} 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33. Nf4 Rgf5 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Kd2 Rf8 36. Re5 $14) 31...
Rxf7 32. Re1 {Now Black doesn't need to play a6} Kb8 33. Re5 Kc7 $11 {The
position seems to be equal.} 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. c4 Re7 36. c5+ ({After the rook
exchange only Black could play for a win.} 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. f3 (37. g4 {
seems to be more reliable} Re4 38. f3 Rxd4 39. Kc3 c5 40. Nxc5 Rf4 41. Ne4+ Ke5
42. Nxg5 Rf6 43. c5 Kf4 44. Ne4 Re6 45. Kd3 $13 {The most likely result is a
draw.}) 37... g4 38. fxg4 Re4 $15) 36... Kd7 37. b4 Ke8 38. Rxe7+ (38. Rxg5
hxg5 39. Ne5 Re6 40. f3 Rf6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 $11) 38... Kxe7 39. Nf4 Kd7
40. Ke3 Rf5 41. g4 Rf8 42. Ng6 Ra8 43. Ne5+ Ke6 44. Nc4 b5 45. Ne5 Kd5 46. f4
a5 47. Nd7 axb4 48. Nb6+ Ke6 49. axb4 (49. Nxa8 $4 bxa3 $19) 49... Ra1 50. d5+
(50. f5+ Ke7 51. d5 cxd5) 50... cxd5 51. f5+ Ke7 52. Nxd5+ Kd7 53. Nf4 Re1+ 54.
Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kd4 (56. Kf3 $11) 56... Rg1 57. Kd5 Rd1+ 58. Ke5 Re1+
59. Kd4 Rg1 60. Ne6 Rxg4+ 61. Kd5 Rxb4 62. c6+ Ke7 63. Nxg7 Rc4 64. Ne6 Rxc6
$11 (64... Rc1 65. c7 Kd7 66. f6 Rf1 67. Ke5 b4 68. Nf4 $8 Rc1 69. Ne6 Rf1 $8
70. Nf4 $11) 65. Kxc6 Kf6 66. Nd4 b4 67. Kd5 b3 68. Nxb3 Kxf5 69. Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 {The most
reliable line. Black gives his opponent the bishop pair.} (6... e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 (
7... Qc7 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 gxh6 $5 (12... g6
13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5 $13) 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Rg8 15. Nh5 Ng4 16. Bd2
O-O-O 17. Qxf7 (17. O-O-O $5) 17... c5 $6 (17... Rdf8 18. Qxh7 Qd8 19. Qe4 e5
$13) 18. Qxh7 Qc6 19. f3 Nh2 20. O-O-O Rxg2 21. dxc5 $6 (21. Bf4 c4 (21... Qa4
$2 22. Ne1 $18) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 $8 23. Nhf4 Rg5 24. Qxh6 Nxf3 25. Ne5 $16) 21...
Nxf3 (21... Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxh6 Nxf3 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 $44) 22. cxd6 Rxd2
23. Qxh6 Qxd6 24. Rxd2 Nxd2 25. Nhf4 $16 {Socko,B (2622)-Berkes,F (2665)
Budapest HUN 2014 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (7... Qh4 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Be2 Ngf6
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 Qh7 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. h4 $14 {Brunello,S 
(2593)-Erenburg,S (2615) Helsingor 2013 1-0 (52)}) 8. Ngh5 Bxh5 9. Nxh5 g6 10.
Ng3 Nf6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bg5 Kg7 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 c5
17. Bb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 $5 (18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc2 Rfd8 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 Nb6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd7 $11 {Andriasian,Z (2600)
-Navara,D (2700) Yerevan ARM 2014 0-1 (62)}) 7. Nf4 (7. c3 $5 e6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9.
h4 Bxf4 $6 (9... Qc7 {Leads to the line, which we saw in the above mentioned
game B, Sochko - F, Berkes.}) 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Be2 O-O
14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 $14 {with a comfortable edge for White. Fedorchuk,S (2603)
-Sumets,A (2545) Warsaw 2008 (48)}) 7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O ({Much more popular is} 12. Qxe5+ Nxe5 13. f4 (13.
Bc3 Ned7 14. O-O-O Bc5 15. Bd4 Rh4 $1 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be2 Kf8 18. h3 Re8 19.
Bf3 Nh7 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Ng5 22. Re3 f5 23. Ne2 Kf7 $15 {with a slightly
better position for Black; Pavlidis,A (2479)- Nisipeanu,L (2686) Pardubice CZE
2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 13... Ned7 14. O-O-O Bd6 (14... Bc5 {Seems to be more
precise move than 14....Bd6} 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bd3 Bf2 17. Ref1 Bc5 18. Re1 (18.
Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. h3 Re8 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Bc4+ Nd5 $11) 18...
Bf2 19. Ref1 Bc5 20. Re1 Bf2 {1/2-1/2 (20) Cornette,M (2533) -Bacrot,E (2720)
Nimes FRA 2014}) 15. Bc4 Rh4 $6 {an useless move.} (15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17.
f5 O-O-O 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rde1 Bf4 $11) 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. g3 Rh8 18. Nc3 Nb6 19.
Rde1+ Kf8 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. f5 $6 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf2 $11 {Djukic,N
(2545)-Sumets,A (2620) Skopje 2013 1/2 (33)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Qxe5 ({White has
nothing after} 13. Qc4 Nd5 $1 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Re1 Qc7 15. h4 (15. Ne4 $5 Rxh2
16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Ng5 $11) 15... Bc5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. f4 $2 (17. Re2 Nf4 18.
Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Rde8 21. f3 Bc7 $11) 17... Rhe8 18. g3 f5 19.
Nc3 N7f6 $6 (19... Be3 $1 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. Qe2 Qb6 $17) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $11 {Vedder,H (2367)-Dreev,A (2679) Rhodes 2013 1/2-1/2 
(70)}) 14... Nc5 (14... f5 $5 15. Kb1 Bc5 {with better chances}) 15. Be2 Be7
16. Rde1 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rh4 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Hracek,Z (2605)
-Schlosser,P (2550) Germany 1998  Probably the draw agreement was a bit
premature. After} Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf4 $1 {White is in trouble} 21. Qf3 (21. Qe3
Bg5 $17) 21... Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rxd2 23. g3 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Rxf2 25. Qd1 Rh8 $1 26.
gxf4 Rd8 $40) 13... Nxe5 14. h3 {Preventing ...Ng4.} Bc5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bc4
Bf2 17. Nf1 $146 ({Leads to a draw} 17. Be1 Be3+ 18. Bd2 $8 Bf2) 17... Rhf8 18.
Bb4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 20. Ng3 b5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Be2 Kc7 {The position
is roughly equal. Black's nights are well-placed, that compensates double
pawns.} 23. Rd1 $6 {An useless move.} Nd5 24. Rf1 f5 $1 $15 {Now Black is
slightly better.} 25. Bf3 Nxf4 26. Bxc6 Nfd3+ {Now the game is equal. The
d-pawn controls the center and can be a passed pawn in the future.} (26... Kxc6
$1 27. Rxf4 Re8 28. Kd2 Na4 29. b3 Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Nc3 $15 {Probably Black's
advantage is not enough to win but he could try his chances.}) 27. cxd3 Kxc6
28. Kc2 Re8 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Rf3 $11 Nb7 $6 {A strange maneuver, the knight is
well placed on c5.} (30... Kd6 31. Ne2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Ne6 $11) 31. Ne2 Nd6 $2 {
A blunder. Black loses a pawn.} 32. Nf4 Nc4+ (32... g5 33. Ne6 Rd7 34. Nd4+ Kd5
35. Nxf5 $16 {It would be very difficult for Black to save the game.}) 33. Kc2
(33. Kc3 $142 Ne5 34. Re3 Kd6 35. Rg3 $16) 33... Ne5 34. Re3 $1 $16 (34. Rg3
Rd6 35. Re3 g5 $1 36. Rxe5 gxf4 37. Rxf5 Rg6 38. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 39. Kc3 a5 {
With good chances to draw.}) 34... Kd6 35. Rg3 Rf8 $2 {Black loses 2 pawns.} (
35... Rc8+ 36. Kd2 a5 37. Nxg6 $6 Nc6 38. Nf4 Ke5 39. Ke3 Rc7 $16 {With one
pawn down Black has small chances to a draw.}) 36. d4 $1 $18 Rc8+ 37. Kd1 Nd7
38. Rxg6+ Nf6 39. Rxg7 Rc4 40. Ne2 Ra4 41. a3 b4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Kc2 Nd5 44.
g3 (44. h4 $1 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. h5 Rxb2 47. h6 $18) 44... Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nd1
46. b3 $1 Nf2+ (46... Rxb3+ 47. Kc2 $18) 47. Kc3 a5 48. Ra7 Nd1+ 49. Kd2 Nf2
50. Kc2 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jiangsu"]
[BlackTeam "Zhejiang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 (4... Nd7 {Inarkiev,E (2688)-Ding,L 
(2730) Moscow Petrosian Memorial 2014 (5) 1/2}) (4... Nf6) 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 $5 (7... Nd7 {La grande ligne et le choix de la variante entraine
souvent des positions aigues avec des roques sur les ailes opposées}) 8. h5 (
8. Ne5 $5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {Anand,V (2783)-Ding,L (2707) Alekhine
Memorial 2013 (5) 1-0}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 (10... Nd7 {[%cal
Gd8c7,Ge8c8] Aurait transposé dans la grande ligne où le K Noir préfère se
réfugier à l'aile-dame} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Ngf6) 11. Bd2 Be7
(11... c5 $5 {Anticipant le ooo}) 12. O-O-O O-O $132 {Dans la pratique, les
Noirs ont des bons résultats avec cette variante malgré l'avantage d'espace
des Blancs à l'aile-roi} 13. Ne4 (13. Kb1 c5 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Bc3 Nb4 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qe4 Qb6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f4 Rd5 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 a5
23. g4 a4 24. Rd3 Bxe5 25. fxe5 R8d7 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Qd2 Rb5 28. Rg1 b3 29. g5
hxg5 30. Rxg5 bxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Kh8 32. Rg4 a3 33. Rxa3 Rxe5 34. Rag3 Rc5+ 35. Kb1
Qf6 36. a3 Rxh5 37. Rxg7 Qxg7 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. a4 Rhd5 40. a5 Rxd4 41. Qg5+
Kf8 42. Qf6 R7d5 {Yu,Y (2675)-Ding,L (2714) Danzhou 2014 0-1 (119)}) (13. Qe2
Nbd7 14. Nf1 $5 {Vallejo Pons,F (2708)-Vuckovic,B (2630) EU-ch 11th Rijeka
2010 (8) 1/2}) 13... Nxe4 $5 {La préparation des Noirs alors que presque
toutes les parties ont continué le développement avec Nbd7} (13... Nbd7 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gc6c5]} 14. Kb1 c5 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 15. g4 $1 Nxg4 $13 {Grandelius,N
(2644)-Navara,D (2730) EU-chT (Men) 20th 2015 (2.1) 1/2}) 14. Qxe4 Qd5 15. Qg4
$5 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gg4g8] Changeant le premier par rapport à une partie jouée
par Ding Liren quelques mois plus tôt} (15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. g4 {Xu,X (2101)
-Ding,L (2710) CHN-chT China 2014 (21.4) 0-1}) 15... Kh8 16. Kb1 Nd7 $11 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gc6c5]} 17. Qh3 (17. Nh4) 17... Rad8 (17... a5 18. g4 a4 {Jurkovic,
A (2309)-Golubovic,B (2450) Nova Gorica op 04th 1999 (8) 0-1} (18... Bb4 19. c3
Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. h6 g6 22. h7 $44 Bf6)) 18. g4 e5 19. g5 e4 $1 20. Nh4 $146
(20. gxh6 exf3 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Qf4 Nf6 25. Bb4 Qe4
26. Qh6+ Nh7 27. Rge1 Qxe1 28. Bxe1 Bg5 {0-1 (28) Gruber,G (2108)-Schneider
Zinner,H (2347) Aschach 2003}) 20... Bxg5 21. c4 $5 Qxc4 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Ng6+
$1 {[%cal Gh3h8]} Kg8 24. Ne7+ {Jouant pour le gain mais au risque de forcer
la position.} (24. Nxf8 Nxf8 25. h6) 24... Kh8 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 {Après
avoir gagner du temps avec la répétition de coups, les Blancs encaissent le
matériel} Nxf8 27. h6 g6 28. Qa3 (28. h7+ $6 Kh8 $44 {Et il n'est pas facile
de progresser pour les Blancs}) 28... Qe6 29. Qxa7 Qe7 30. Rhe1 (30. Qc5 {
La centralisation de la Q était un coup candidat}) 30... g4 $1 {[%csl Rf2]}
31. a4 Kh7 32. a5 Rd7 33. Qc5 f5 34. a6 Qxc5 35. dxc5 bxa6 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. Rf6
$1 {[%cal Ge1d1,Gd1d6]} Nd7 38. Rf7+ $40 {[%csl Rc7,Rd7,Rh7] Attaque 03
pièces!} Kxh6 39. Rd1 (39. Rh1+ $6 Kg5) 39... Kg5 $1 {Une bonne case pour le
K Noir qui est à l'abri tout en pouvant essayer de soutenir la majorité Noire
} 40. Kc2 e3 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gg4g1]} 41. fxe3 g3 42. Rg7 (42. Rg1 Kg4 43.
Rg7 g5 $36) 42... g2 43. Rg1 Kf6 44. Rg8 Kf7 45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Rh2 Rb7 47. Rhxg2
Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5g6]} 48. Ra1 a5 49. Ra3 (49. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 50. Kxb2 Nc4+ {
[%cal Gc4b2,Gc4a5]}) 49... Nc4 50. Rb3 Rxb3 51. Kxb3 Nxe3 $132 {[%csl Gf5,Gg6]
La R Blanche manque d'activité et la majorité soutenue par le N et le K
parait trés dangereuse} 52. Rf2 $6 (52. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d7,Gd2d6,Gd6c6]} f4 53.
Rd7+ Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf5 55. Rxc6 f3 56. Rc8 Kg4 (56... f2 57. Rf8+ Kg4) 57. Rf8
Nf5 58. c6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c8]} Nd4+ 59. Kc4 Nxc6 60. Rxf3) 52... g5 $15 53. Re2
f4 54. Kc3 g4 55. Kd3 Kg6 56. Re1 Kf5 $36 57. Ra1 {Trop tard} g3 58. Ke2 Ng4 $1
{[%cal Gg4h2,Gf4f3]} 59. Rxa5 Nh2 60. Ra8 f3+ 61. Ke3 f2 62. Rf8+ Ke5 63. Ke2
Kd4 64. Rf5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 43rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Rd8
15. c4 O-O 16. Qe2 {Die Dame tritt aus dem verdeckten Visavis des Turms d8, da
der befreiende Hebel ...c6-c5 in der Luft liegt.} ({Der gelegentlich
anzutreffende VorstoЯ} 16. g4 $6 {erscheint ьbermьtig zu sein, z.B.} Nxg4 $1
17. Qe2 f5 $1 18. Ng3 c5 19. d5 (19. Rhe1 cxd4 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Nxf2 22.
Rf1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $17) 19... exd5 $1 20. Qxe7 Nxf2 21. cxd5 (
21. Bf4 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 dxc4 $17) 21... f4 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 fxg3 $1 24. e7
g2 25. Rhg1 Nxd1 26. exd8=Q Rxd8 27. Rxg2 Kh7 28. Kc2 Rf8 $17) 16... c5 (16...
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 c5) 17. Bc3 cxd4 ({Guten Ausgleich erhдlt der solide
Caro-Kann-Verteidiger nach} 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 {/=}) 18.
Bxd4 Qc6 (18... Qc7) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. g4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qc5 22. Nf3 Nf6 (22...
Rfe8 $142 $13 {/=}) 23. Ne5 Rd4 $6 {Ungeduldig strebt Wesley So Vereinfachung
an, indes ьberlдsst er dabei der Gegnerin die d-Linie.} ({Den Vorzug verdiente
} 23... Qb6 {und z.B.} 24. f3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8) 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 $14 Qf4
({Alternativen: I} 25... Qe4+ $2 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rd7 $16 {, z.B.} f6 28. Ng6
Rb8 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rc7 Nd3 31. Re7 a6 (31... e5 $2 32. Rc7 $1 Ne1 33. Nh4 Rd8
34. a3 $18) 32. Rxe6 b5 33. cxb5 Rxb5 34. Kc2 $1 Nb4+ 35. Kb3 Rb7 36. a3 Kf7
37. Rd6 Nd3+ 38. Kc3 Nxb2 39. Rxa6 $18) ({II} 25... Qb6 26. Qe3 $5 (26. Qd2 Ne4
27. Qe3 Qxe3 (27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Kc2 f5 30. f3 Qd6 31. gxf5 exf5 32.
Qf4 Nf6 33. Qxf5 $14) 28. fxe3 $14) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 {, siehe Anmerkung zu
26.Qe3}) 26. Re1 $2 {WeiЯ gibt die einzig offene Turmlinie auf und verlдsst
sich dabei auf eine taktische Riposte. Allerdings hat die Chose ein Loch, das
auch ihr Gegner nicht entdeckt ...} ({Oder: I} 26. f3 $5 $14 {fьhrt mit
Zugumstellung zur Partie}) ({II} 26. Qe3 $5 {Dieser von mir, auch vor Ort
favorisierte, hier prinzipiell wьnschenswerte Damentausch kommt trotz
Verschlechterung der Bauernstruktur in Betracht. Die Bauernmajoritдt am
Damenflьgel sowie die Figurenaktiva der Anziehenden sind Garanten fьr eine
anhaltende Initiative. Dazu ein paar Ansдtze:} Qxe3 (26... Qh2 $2 27. a3) 27.
fxe3 Rc8 28. b4 Kf8 29. Kb2 Ke7 $142 (29... b6 $6 30. Kb3 Ke8 31. Rd4 Rc7 32.
b5 $1 g6 $5 (32... Nd7 $2 {Verliert durch Abwicklung in ein Bauernendspiel.}
33. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Kc3 $1 (35. Kb4 $4 g5 $1 36. Kc3 f5 $19)
35... Kd6 36. e4 Kc5 (36... Ke5 37. c5 $1 bxc5 38. a4 $18) 37. a3 Kd6 (37... e5
38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Kc2 Kc5 40. Kc3 Kd6 41. Kb4 Ke6) 38. Kd4 e5+ 39. Kc3 Kc5 (39...
Ke6 40. c5 bxc5 41. a4 Kd6 42. Kc4 $18) 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Kc2 Kc5 (41... Ke6 42.
c5) 42. Kc3 g5 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kc2 Kc7 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. Kb4 Kd6 47. a4 {Plan c5
etc. +-}) 33. a4 $1 (33. hxg6 fxg6 34. a4 (34. Nxg6 Rc5 $1 $132 35. Rf4 Nd7)
34... h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ka4 Rc5 $1 $132 {+/=}) 33... gxh5 34.
gxh5 Nd7 (34... Nxh5 35. Nc6 $16) 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Kb4 $1 Rc7 (36... Rxd4 $2
37. exd4 f5 38. c5 $18) 37. a5 $16) 30. Kb3 Rc7 31. c5 $14) 26... Qd4 $2 (26...
Rd8 $1 {war der gegebene Weg zum Ausgleich:} 27. Qe3 {ist jetzt freilich zu
dьnn:} (27. Nxf7 $6 {wurde sicherlich von beiden Akteuren angedacht, aber
unprдzise bzw. kaum berechnet - von Wesley So vielleicht getreu dem bekannten
und oft praktiziertem Motto: Traue deinem Gegner und spare dadurch an
Bedenkzeit. Auf den Springereinschlag kann folgen:} Rd7 $1 {Das ist die
ernьchternde Finesse, die nicht nur den Akteuren , sondern auch so manchem
Kiebitz verborgen blieb.} (27... Kxf7 $4 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxd8+
$18) (27... Rd2 $2 28. Qxe6 Kh7 $8 {!} (28... Qd4 $4 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. Qe8+ Ng8
31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. Re8#) 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxf2 31. Re7 $16) 28. Ne5 (28.
Ne5) 28... Rd2 29. Qe3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 $13 {/=}) 27... Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd4 29.
f3 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Kc2 Kf8 $14 {/=}) 27. Rd1 Qf4 {Die wiederholte
Stellung, in der die Anziehende nun versucht, mit ganz ruhigen Mitteln ihren
Gegner einzuschnьren, doch dabei einen raffinierten Konterschlag ьbersieht.}
28. f3 a6 29. a3 Ra8 $6 {Einer jener mysteriцsen Turmzьge. Vermutlich fand So
momentan keine brauchbare Idee.} 30. Rd6 {Das allerdings bringt So auf eine
Idee ...} ({Nur mit groЯer Sorgfalt und Geduld ist das weiЯe Stellungsplus -
wenn ьberhaupt - zu verwerten. Hierzu eine Anregung:} 30. Rd3 $142 Rc8 31. Ka2
Kf8 32. Rd6 Kg8 (32... Ke7 $4 33. Ng6+) (32... Re8 33. c5 $5) 33. c5 Nd5 (33...
Rxc5 $4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Ne4 36. Nd7 $18) (33... Rb8 34. Nc4 $14) 34. Qe4
Qd2 (34... Qxe4 $2 35. fxe4 Nf6 36. b4 Nxe4 37. Rd7 $16) 35. Qd3 Qf4 (35...
Qxd3 $6 36. Nxd3 Rc7 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. b4) (35... Qa5 $6 {provoziert
hochtaktische Komplikationen:} 36. Qd4 $1 Rxc5 (36... Qxc5 $4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38.
Qxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd7 $1 $18) (36... Nf6 37. f4 $1 $16 (37. b4)) 37. Nxf7 $3 (37.
b4 $4 Nxb4+ 38. Qxb4 Qxb4 39. axb4 Rxe5 $19) 37... Qc7 $5 (37... Kxf7 $2 38.
Rd7+ Ke8 (38... Ne7 39. Qd6 $18) 39. Qxg7 Nb4+ 40. Kb3 $18) 38. Qe4 $1 Nc3+ 39.
bxc3 Kxf7 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Kb2 Qa5 42. Rd3 $16) 36. Qe2 Qa4 37. Qe4 $14) 30...
Re8 $5 31. Ka2 $2 {Frau Hou tappt in die Falle.} (31. Rb6 $14) (31. Rd3 $14)
31... Nxg4 $1 {Ein Scheinopfer als gekonnte Riposte.} 32. fxg4 f6 {Und
aufgrund der Fesselung gewinnt Schwarz das geopferte Material bei etwa
gleichen Chancen zurьck.} 33. Rd7 fxe5 34. Rxb7 Qd4 $6 {Ein relativ rasch
ausgefьhrter, indes ungenauer Zug.} (34... Rc8 $142 $1 $13 {/=}) 35. g5 $6 {
Bei nahender Zeitkontrolle revanchiert sich die Chinesin und forciert mittels
zweier Bauernopfer und Offenlegung der schwarzen Kцnigsstellung ein Remis
durch feindliches Dauerschach.} ({Einige Probleme hдtte dagegen noch die
kaltblьtige Fortsetzung} 35. Qc2 $1 {- zumal bei der beiderseits knappen
Restbedenkzeit - aufgeworfen. Man sehe:} e4 $5 (35... Rc8 $5 36. g5 Kf8 $1 {
und allem Anschein nach vermag Schwarz sich zu behaupten:} (36... hxg5 $2 37.
h6 e4 (37... Qxc4+ 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg5 $16) 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39.
Rxg5 Qxc4+ 40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Re5 Rc6 42. Rxe4 Kh7 43. Rh4 $16) (36... Qxc4+ $4
37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. g6 $1) 37. gxh6 (37. g6 Rxc4 38. Qg2 Qd5 $8 {!} 39. Rf7+ Ke8
$8 40. Qxd5 exd5 41. Rxg7 Rg4 $1 42. Ra7 (42. Rh7 e4 $11) (42. Kb3 Rg3+ 43. Kb4
(43. Kc2 e4 $11) 43... e4 $11) 42... e4 43. Rxa6 d4 44. Kb3 Ke7 $11) 37... gxh6
38. Rb4 a5 39. Rb5 e4 40. Rxa5 Qxc4+ 41. Qxc4 Rxc4 $13 {/=}) (35... Qxg4 $2 36.
c5 Qd4 37. c6 Qd5+ 38. Kb1 Rf8 (38... Qh1+ 39. Qc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kxc1 Rc8 41. Rb6
$16) 39. Qc1 Qd3+ 40. Ka2 Qd5+ (40... Rf1 $2 41. Qc5 Qb1+ 42. Kb3 $18) 41. Ka1
Rc8 42. Qg1 g5 43. Qf1 Rf8 44. Qxa6 $16) 36. Qa4 $1 Rc8 37. Rb4 (37. Qxa6 Qxc4+
38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. Re7 (39. Rb3 Kf7) 39... Rc6 40. Rd7 Rc4 41. Kb3 e3 $13 {/=})
37... Qd6 38. Rb3 e5 39. Rc3 Kh8 40. Qc2 Qd4 41. Qc1 e3 $5 42. Qxe3 Rxc4 43.
Qxd4 Rxd4 $13 {/=}) 35... hxg5 $8 36. h6 gxh6 ({Schwarz hat keine Wahl. Falls} 
36... Rc8 $4 {, so folgt} 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rxg5 $18) 37. Qh5 Qxc4+ 38. Ka1 $8
({BloЯ nicht: I} 38. Kb1 $4 Qe4+ 39. Ka1 (39. Ka2 Rf8 $1 (39... Qxb7 $1 40.
Qxe8+ Kg7 $19) 40. Rb3 (40. Rd7 Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Rf1+ 42. Rd1 Kg7 $19) 40... Kg7
$19) 39... Rf8 $1 40. Rd7 Rf1+ 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qd5 $19) ({II} 38. b3 $4
Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Rf8 $19) 38... Qc1+ $11 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann does seem like a strange choice for a must win game.
The reason is that White has several dull variations to play against this.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 Bf5 {lately leads to interesting and unbalanced play. Not
exactly what Svidler is looking for.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
{Out of the many ways you can play against the Caro-Kann, this looks like one
of the best if drawing is the same as winning.} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {Yes, this is
the best move, but how can Black hope to win such an endgame?} 8. dxe5 Qa5+ 9.
c3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Bf3 O-O-O
15. O-O Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 {Black isn't really worse; his isolated
pawn in the middle of the board isn't that hard to protect and White can't
much progress against it. The problem is that he doesn't need to "make
progress" at all.} Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be3 {Trade all the pieces!} b6 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 {is simply unacceptable for Giri.}) 20. Rd3 Kb7
21. Red1 Kc6 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 b5 25. g3 Rh5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27.
Be3 Rxa2 {Giri can try as he may, but he will never be able to create anything
in this position.} 28. R1d2 Re5 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kg2 f6 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Re3 Kd7
33. Red3 Kd6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. R1d2 Ra2 39.
Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. R1d2 Re5 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. R3d2
Ra2 46. b3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 b4 48. cxb4 Kb5 49. Bc5 Nxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke2 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in round six of the magnificent and extremely strong
chess.com Isle of Man tournament. We were both on 4/5 - hardly a surprising
result for Fabiano, and very decent for myself. Still I had no reason to rest
on my laurels, especially while you don't get any laurels with +3 score in an
Open tournament, even as strong as the one we were playing. Both of us were in
a fighting mood - I had White, and a very good record in our classical
encounters before, whilst Caruana is Caruana, and he was possibly feeling - it
is a good chance for him - after all, what could be a better pairing than to
face an ambitious but objectively weaker player?} 1. e4 c6 {A rare choice for
him, but I managed to guess it correctly. The Caro-Kann might sometimes be
boring, but according to Kasparov - there is no better weapon to meet a
musketeer, who is out for a big tussle. Not sure I still qualify for
D'Artagnian, but there is also Porthos with the similar body build, and the
famous motto "I fight because I fight"...} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Cunning choice. I
usually opt for 3.e5, but I was sure that Fabiano would be well-prepared there,
and opted for a more solid move. So far.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nd7 {is the main one, but the move made by Caruana is not only
possible, but leads to potentially sharper positions.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 {Another move here is 11.f4 - but I had tried it once
against Eljanov - without any success, and knew that Fabiano would be ready to
meet it. After the bishop's move, my opponent started thinking for the first
time in this game.} Qa5+ (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 {is also possible, but Black
usually tends to include ...Qa5+ in these setups, as long as White has to
reply with c2-c3.}) 12. c3 Ngf6 {And here he thought for even longer. The main
theory is 12...Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nf6, when Black usually equalises with precise
play. But Fabiano either wanted to provoke me, or he simply thought there is
no point to allowing my bishop to e5 - and after due consideration made the
inferior move, which leaves White with more options.} 13. O-O (13. Nc4 Qd5 14.
O-O {was another, option, but 13...Qd8 was a move I didn't like, hence I
decided not to force the matters so far and to complete my preparations, as
Black can't release the pressure.}) 13... Be7 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 {would
favour White - that's why they take on e5 before developing the knight from g8.
}) 14. Nc4 $1 {And now it's time to ask the black queen about her intentions.}
Qd5 (14... Qd8 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 {is not as bad as it looks, but White is
better here, even if the engines are not over-enthusiastic. But that's a kind
of +0.25 I will take any day. Any time. Against anybody.}) 15. Ne3 {Too
impatient. A simple 15.Rfe1 would be better for White, and even significantly
better, if we ask its majesty. But I thought 15.Ne3 is a nice idea - if he
goes back to a5, I can repeat once and then consider other moves, and if he
goes to b5...} Qb5 16. c4 Qa5 (16... Qa6 {is stronger. I thought 17.Rad1
followed by eventual d4-d5 (possibly after removing the queen from exchange)
is very good for White, however engines suggest Black is holding here. Not
that I am entirely convinced, but probably it is correct. The move made by
Fabiano seems logical, and the queen on a5 looks nice, but here I have the
powerful continuation which I had in mind before playing 15.Ne3.}) 17. b4 $1
Qd8 {Played after a prolonged thought. Objectively it might be not the
strongest, but other possibilities seemed more dangerous for Black:} (17...
Bxb4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rab1 {looks just lost, but even if Black can survive
somehow, it is not human to opt for the line.}) (17... Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qa4 19.
Rxb7 {looks very unpleasant}) (17... Qa4 $1 {probably the strongest. Now White
has several tempting options, but there is no decisive breakthrough. However
the queen on a4 is just out of the game, so Caruana's decision to get it back
is fully understandable.}) 18. d5 Nf8 $1 {Brilliant defensive resource. White
can obtain a huge advantage here with the most precise play, and I knew it was
a case, as the logic of chess simply requires that, but working out the exact
sequence turned out to be an insurmountable task.} 19. h5 $1 {The first step
is correct. Restricting his knight, sacrificing a pawn is correct, but when he
reroutes the knight with} exd5 {I didn't find the only way to obtain a winning
position. No surprise - it was very difficult one.} 20. Nef5 (20. Rad1 $3 Ne6
21. Be5 O-O 22. Ngf5 $1 {was the way, and I briefly considered it - as well as
another dozen of options, but it was nearly impossible to understand, that it
is precisely here, when all the lines work - the main one being} Bxb4 (22...
Re8 {I wasn't sure about a move of this kind - looks like White has nothing
better than a total exchange, but} 23. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxg7 $1)
24. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Kh8 26. Qc4 $1 Rc8 27. Qg4 {and White's domination
secures a decisive advantage.}) 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 $3 Bc5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26.
Rxd5 Qg5 (26... Qb6 27. Qg3 $1) 27. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 28. Bb2 Qg4 29. Rxc5 {and
White should be able to convert it, although the technical part won't be easy.
Now, how was I supposed to find it? Not quite clear to me.  I have loads of
seemingly good and very good possibilities on move 20. No Kotov theories work
here. Each candidate move requires a lot of time to calculate and access
properly - how to deal with that even given the fact that the clocks are not
ticking anymore? No answer. I think the art of choosing a move in a complex
position like that deserves a separate book. But who would write it? It is
much easier to assign 100-200 puzzles, to check them with the computer, to
meat it up with some words, and to deserve the appreciation of thousands. Much
easier than to deal with the really deep topics. Well, that is how the
invisible hand of the market works. So, we are left with our modest ability to
calculate, evaluate and rely on our intuition... But there is a good side of
it - imagine we were playing a game, where everything can be explained,
learned and memorized?}) 20... Ne6 21. Be5 O-O 22. Nxh6+ {This looked good,
although I didn't see a win here. And there is no win. White plays logically,
but Black is in time to parry all the threats and equalise. Move 20 was really
the turning point.} gxh6 23. Nf5 Ng7 {Human choice.} ({Another option is} 23...
dxc4 {and here I planned} 24. Qc2 $1 {with the killing threat of Rad1. Too
good to be true. He can't play ...Qd3, as the bishop on e7 is hanging, but
after the only move} (24. Nxh6+ Kg7 $1 25. Nf5+ Kh7 $1 {subtle one - I was
sort of proud seeing it during the game. Now} 26. Qb1 (26. Qc2 Qd3) 26... Qd3 {
leads to a big advantage for black, who returns a piece but liquidates to a
very good ending.}) (24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rfd1 Nd5 {and there is no mate, and no
piece.}) 24... Ng4 $1 25. Rad1 Nxe5 {the simplest} (25... Qe8 26. Ba1 $3 {
now it looks very bad for him, as 26...Bf6 loses to 27.Qc4, but the computer
suggests Black can hold with 26...Bg5!! Maybe.} (26. Bb2 Bf6 $1 {now my queen
has to protect the bishop, hence there is no better way than} 27. f3 Ne3 28.
Nxe3 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qe7 {and Black holds})) 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+
{and here the brave} Kf6 {leads to a dynamic equality or a draw after} 29. Nh4
$1 Bc7 (29... Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kf6) 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Re1 Rad8 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33.
Qxe5 Rd5 34. Nf5+ Kd7 35. Qf6 c3 $1 36. Ne3 Rxh5 37. Qxc3 $11) 24. Nxh6+ Kh8
25. Nf5 {There was another option:} (25. Qf3 {but I noticed 25...Nd7 (all
other moves make little sense, although Black should not lose after 25...dxc4
as well)} Nd7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. cxd5 {and stopped around here,
not trusting my compensation. Correct judgment - even if Black has still to
play a couple of good moves to consolidate.} Bxb4 {very cool.} 29. dxc6 bxc6
30. Qxc6 Nf6 {and White will suffer.}) 25... dxc4 $1 {Strong one. I saw that I
regain a piece there, and was under the illusion - it would be good for me.
But in fact it is just equal. Fabiano made the decision to take on c4 very
quickly - kudos to his intuition, as this is the only way to keep the balance,
although during the game it was not evident. It has to be said that I also
relied largely on my intuition while sacrificing a piece. The attempts to
supply it with the concrete lines were partly successful, but I can't really
say I controlled it all. Well, I could pretend I did - but you'd better don't
trust those commentators who claim they saw it all from the beginning!} 26. Qf3
Qd3 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28. Nxe7 Nfxh5 {Now White has several ways to regain the
pawn on d3, but I could not be really selective - being down to the last
couple of minutes to reach move 40...} 29. g4 Rfe8 {Only move, but a
sufficient one.} 30. Rae1 Kh7 $1 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxh5 Kf6 33. Re3 $2 (33.
Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Kf1 {is just a draw, as I am in time
to get to d2, but I panicked in a time trouble, and ended up in a bad endgame.}
) 33... Rxe7 34. Rxd3 Re5 35. Rf3+ (35. Rd6+ {is still a fairly easy draw, but
with my king exposed it seemed too dangerous to send the shielding rook far
away.}) 35... Ke6 36. Rh3 Rh8 37. h6 Rg5+ 38. Kh2 Rg6 39. Re1+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Kc7
41. h7 Rg7 {Finally we made it to the time-control. Is it lost or can White
hold with the best play? I still don't have an answer. What I know for sure,
that at some point I was losing, but Fabiano missed it. Did I miss the
stronger defence - sure. Was it good enough to hold? I don't have an answer
yet - probably I will need to dedicate a separate commentary/article to the
ensuing endgame. Meanwhile I will just point out for you the critical
junctures.} 42. Rdd3 $1 (42. Rd4 Rgxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 44. Kg3 {but I disliked
42...b5, and thought it might be useful to have the rook on the third rank
there.}) 42... b5 (42... Rgxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 44. Kg3 Rg7+ (44... Rh5 $5 45.
Rf3 Rg5+ 46. Kf4 Rb5 {and now I have both 47.a3 and 47.a4, and maybe both of
them are sufficient to draw, but it could be that both of them are losing.})
45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Rf3 {was the line I expected. Probably White should hold.}) 43.
Rdf3 $1 Rgxh7 44. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 45. Kg3 Kb6 46. Rf6 $1 Rh1 47. Rxf7 $2 (47. f4 $1
{that probably was the way to draw. Not allowing the unpleasant intermediate
check which happened in the game.} Rg1+ 48. Kf3 {and when the pawn race starts
my king will control the vitally important f2- and f1-squares.}) 47... Rg1+ $1
48. Kh4 (48. Kf4 Ra1 49. Ke5 Rxa2 50. f4 Re2+ 51. Kd4 Rd2+ 52. Ke5 a5 {and
Black is probably winning.}) 48... Ra1 49. f4 Rxa2 50. f5 a5 (50... Ra4 51. f6
Rxb4+ 52. Kg5 Rb1 {is also winning as confirmed by the engines.}) 51. bxa5+
Rxa5 52. Rf8 b4 53. Kg4 Kc7 $2 {Engines claim, that both 53...Kb7 and 53...Ra7
win - and that is true. It is just not very simple to understand why. No,
there are no mysterious moves like it happens with 6-7 pieces tablebases, but
the lines are still rather complex. That said, Caruana's choice is still far
from the best, as White now has two ways to draw it.} 54. f6 Kd7 55. Rc8 $1 {
Nice one, but the simple 55.f7 Ke7 56.Rc8 was also enough.} Ke6 {Draw agreed.
I enjoyed the game - although it left more questions than answers. And even
after annotating it, it feels like some treasures remain hidden. I'd suggest
to anyone working on rook endgames to take a close look on this ending - not
waiting for my article to appear. After all, it is only your own work that
really counts!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{This game was played after the rest day. Baadur is a very strong and
extremely creative player. It seems to me that he completely lacks fear. This
enables him to play fascinating games, but it also has its drawbacks, as the
current encounter shows.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6
6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O
Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 {I was unpleasantly surprised by Baadur choosing such
a normal line. Not having played it for quite a long, I spent 22 minutes to
recall what to do there.} Qb6 ({The famous game Jobava - Bareev, European Club
Cup 2003, saw} 14... c5 $6 15. d5 $1 exd5 $2 (15... Nxd5 16. Ne4 {with
subsequent} Z0 17. g4 {gives White a dangerous attack.}) 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17.
Nf5 Re8 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $6 {with a strong attack, which eventually broke
through in a brilliant game. Even stronger was} (19. Qd2 $3 {, as mentioned by
GM Lukács is his annotations to the game.} {The key line goes} Ng8 20. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 21. h6 $1 Ngf6 22. Ng5+ {with a decisive attack. I belong to the
generation which still recalls Baadur's famous wins in topical lines, Jobava -
Grischuk from the Olympiad 2004 being another remarkable example.})) 15. Ne5
Rfd8 {I wanted to rule out 16.Ng6.} 16. Nc4 {This can hardly be the critical
continuation, but it makes sense.} (16. Bc1 $11) ({After} 16. Ng6 $6 Bd6 (16...
Bb4 $5) {, White has nothing better than} 17. Ne5 {.}) 16... Qb5 {The queen
could have retreated to a6 or c7 as well.} 17. Na5 Qb6 {It would not be so
easy to protect the b7-pawn after the queen exchange.} 18. Qf3 ({Would I
repeat the moves after} 18. Nc4 {? I do not know.} {If anyone is better after}
Qc7 $5 ({or} 18... Qa6 19. Na5 b5 {, it is Black.})) 18... Qxd4 $6 {The
following sequence was based on a fairly banal miscalculation on my part.} (
18... Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Nb3 a5 $36 {looks logical and good. Besides, Black
also had other decent options.}) 19. Nxb7 Rdb8 ({Starting with} 19... Ne5 {
was also an option.}) 20. Bc3 Qb6 ({Black could again play} 20... Ne5 $1 21.
Qe2 (21. Bxd4 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Rxb7 $13) 21... Qc4 {with approximate equality.})
21. Nd6 Bxd6 $2 {It is not nice to miss that the c6-pawn is hanging, but that
actually happened to me.} ({Black should play} 21... Nc5 {.} {I was
understandably afraid of} 22. Ngf5 $5 ({White can fight for a slight advantage
with} 22. b3 {, e.g.} a5 23. Nge4 $1 Ncxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 a4 ({The
a5-pawn might become vulnerable after} 25... Rd8 26. a4 $5 $14 {.}) 26. Qd4 $1
$14) 22... exf5 23. Nxf5 {, but Black maintains the balance through} Rb7 24.
Rhe1 (24. Qg3 $2 Bf8 25. Bxf6 Ne4 $1 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 {is bad for White.}) 24...
Ne6 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6 $13 {.}) 22. Rxd6 Qc5 23. Rxc6 ({
I stopped my calculations after} 23. Rhd1 $5 Ne5 24. Ne4 $1 Qxd6 $6 (24... Nxe4
25. Qxe4 {is also bad for Black, as} Qxc3 {fails to} 26. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. bxc3) 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 {, but White is close to winning after} 26. Qe2 $1
Qxd1+ 27. Qxd1 gxf6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Qf3 $18 {, as Black's pawns are too weak
and his king remains exposed.}) 23... Qb5 24. Ne4 Nd5 (24... Qxc6 $4 {loses
the queen to} 25. Nxf6+) 25. Nd6 Nxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Qd5 27. Qf3 Qd4 $6 {This does
not work, but} (27... Qxf3 28. gxf3 $16 {was just bad for Black.}) 28. c3 $2 {
Baadur played this move and the next two rather quickly. He must have missed
something, believing the game to be over. I played even quicker, as there was
not much to be lost after my previous blunder.} (28. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 29. b3 $1 (
29. c3 $2 Qd2 30. Nc4 Rxb2+ $1 31. Nxb2 Rb8 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rd1 Qxc3 34. Qxd7
Qc2+ 35. Ka1 Qc1+ $1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1# {was my idea.}) 29... Ne5 30. Qxe6 Nxc6 31.
Nf7+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ $1 {was the detail which I missed.} Kg8 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34.
Nf7+ Kg8 35. h6 $18) (28. b3 $4 Ne5 $19) 28... Qd2 29. Nc4 $1 Rxb2+ $1 30. Nxb2
Ne5 $1 (30... Rb8 $2 31. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 32. Rd1 $1 $18 {would be an important
difference compared to 28.Qxf7+. But there are actually more differences and
only this favours White.}) 31. Qd1 (31. Rd1 $1 Nxf3 32. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 33. Kc2 Ne4
34. Nd3 Nf6 $16 {is similar to the position after the 35th move, but White's
pieces are slightly better placed and Black has no improvements on move 35.}) (
31. Qe4 $2 Nxc6 32. Rd1 Qxf2 $1 33. Qxc6 Rb8 {is even winning for Black!})
31... Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Nxc6 $14 {Black has luckily avoided the worst. White is
still somewhat better do to his passed pawn and more active pieces. The score
was 0.5-0.5 and Viktor Laznicka was pressing against Ivan Cheparinov, while
our third board Thai Dai Van Nguyen was defending a slightly worse endgame.}
33. Rd7 Ne5 34. Rb7 Ng4 35. Nd3 Nf6 $6 {I went after the material as usually.
It seems that Black should have played for e6-e5 instead, possibly starting
with} ({After some time the engine asmFish shows that} 35... e5 $1 36. f3 Ne3
37. Nxe5 Nxg2 {enables Black to hold, as he threatens 38...Nf4 and can meet}
38. c4 {with} Rc8 $1 39. Rxa7 Ne3 {.}) ({Even} 35... a6 {, liberating the rook,
was a decent option. That said, it is hard to defend such fishy positions.})
36. Kc2 ({Black would be doing well after} 36. Ne5 $2 Nxh5 37. Rxf7 $6 Rb8+ $1
38. Kc2 Rb5 {, when} 39. Nc4 $1 Kxf7 40. Nd6+ {is already to only way to
maintain the balance.}) 36... Nxh5 37. c4 Nf6 38. c5 ({I was more afraid of} 
38. f3 $1 $16 {, when it is not easy to come up with a useful move.}) 38... Rc8
$1 {The c-pawn is stronger than I had thought. I originally wanted to stop it
by putting my knight on d5, but White then improves his king with very good
winning chances, as Black's counterplay on the kingside would be too slow.} 39.
Kb3 {The king could also go to c3, but allowing the check on d5 or even motifs
like 39...Rc7 40.Rxc7 Nd5+ does not feel right.} (39. Rxa7 $2 e5 $1 (39... Ne4
$2 40. Ra4 Nxc5 41. Rc4 Ra8 42. Rxc5 Rxa2+ $16) 40. f3 e4 41. fxe4 Nxe4 42. Ra4
Nxc5 $5 (42... f5) 43. Rc4 Ra8 44. Rxc5 Rxa2+ 45. Nb2 $11 {should be safe for
Black.}) 39... Ne4 $1 40. Kb4 Rd8 $1 (40... a5+ $2 41. Kb5 Nc3+ 42. Kc4 Nxa2 $6
43. Rb2 Nb4 44. Nxb4 axb4 45. Kb5 $5 Kf8 46. c6 Ke7 47. Kb6 {is winning for
White.}) 41. f3 $1 Rd4+ {The rook endgames are lost, as White's c-pawn is very
strong.} 42. Ka5 Nc3 {Threatening mate in one.} 43. Nb4 Rc4 44. Rb8+ ({I was
more afraid of} 44. Rc7 $1 {, when White is not obliged to play Rc8+. After
c5-c6 the rook can move along the 7th rank. Black holds after} g5 45. c6 Kg7
46. a3 (46. Rxa7 Nxa2 $1 47. Nxa2 Rxc6) 46... Rc5+ $1 47. Ka6 Nb5 48. Rd7 Nxa3
49. c7 Nb5 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51. Kxb5 {, but there are some pitfalls which he
needs to avoid. White can take on a7 instead of collecting the knight, for
example.}) (44. c6 $2 Rc5+ $1 45. Ka6 Nxa2 $1 46. Nxa2 Rxc6+ {with 47...Rc2 to
follow would already be more pleasant for Black.}) 44... Kh7 45. Rc8 e5 46. c6
f5 47. a3 e4 48. Re8 ({White could force a draw with} 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Re8 Kg6
50. Ka6 Kf7 $1 51. Re5 Kf6 52. Re8 $11 {, but he was understandably not
interested. I do not remember when exactly Ivan Cheparinov (playing for
Georgia) saved a difficult position on the next board, but the value of our
game on the final match result was steadily growing.}) 48... exf3 {This was a
bit risky.} (48... Kg6 49. Ka6 Kf7 50. Re5 Kf6 51. f4 (51. Re8 $11) 51... g5
52. g3 $6 h5 53. Re8 h4 54. fxg5+ {looked good to me, but I was not completely
sure. I admittedly missed} Kf7 $1 55. Re5 hxg3 56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Rf1 Ne2 $1 {
, when White will make a draw by a single tempo.}) 49. gxf3 h5 50. Ka6 h4 51.
Re5 $1 ({My idea consisted in} 51. Re1 g5 52. Re7+ Kg8 {, when the connected
passed kingside pawns would be dangerous for White.} ({I saw} 52... Kg6 53. c7
h3 $2 54. Re6+ $1 {with subsequent 55.Rc6/Nc6, but spotted this motif a bit
later than I should have done.})) ({I saw that} 51. f4 $2 Ne4 $1 52. Rd8 h3 $2
(52... Rc1 $1 53. Kb7 Nc5+ 54. Kxa7 Ne6 $1 {is already dangerous for White.})
53. Rd1 Nf2 54. Rf1 h2 {was safe enough for Black.}) 51... g6 {The match score
had changed to 1,5-1,5 around this moment.} ({I was reluctant to impede my
g-pawn by playing} 51... Kg6 {.}) ({That said,} 51... h3 52. Rxf5 Kg6 53. Rf8
Kh7 54. Rf5 {would lead to a draw. I saw something similar, but was not
completely sure about the correctness of my calculations and also became a bit
ambitious by this moment. (By the way, I had 4 minutes left here, compared to
Baadur's 20. And the 30-second increments, of course.)}) 52. Kb7 $6 (52. f4 Ne4
53. Re7+ Kh6 {could result in a move repetition after} 54. Re8 Kg7 55. Re7+ Kh6
{.}) 52... h3 53. Nd3 ({I wanted to meet} 53. c7 $2 {with} h2 $2 {, when} ({
Black is actually winning after} 53... Nb5 $3 54. Rxb5 ({Black's pawns are too
quick after} 54. Nd5 Nxc7 55. Nxc7 Rh4 56. Re1 g5 $19 {as well.}) 54... Rxc7+
$1 55. Kxc7 h2 {.}) 54. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 (54... h1=Q 55. c8=Q Qb1+ $2 56. Ka8 $1 Na4
57. Qf8 Nb6+ 58. Kxa7 $18 Ra4+ 59. Na5 {is a nice line which I did not see at
all.}) 55. Kxc6 h1=Q 56. c8=Q Qxf3+ {leads to dynamic balance.}) 53... h2 54.
Nf2 (54. Re7+ Kh6 55. Re8 Kg7 56. Re7+ $11) 54... Na4 $1 {Here I had 3 minutes
left, compared to White's 7. It is remarkable that in this game I made most of
my mistakes after longer thinks, whereas my quick decisions were mostly sound.}
({My other idea was} 54... a6 $6 55. c7 $2 (55. Re1 $13) 55... Nb5 {, but
putting the knight on a4 prevents the c6-c7 advance without losing time on
preparatory moves.}) 55. c7 $2 {White falls into the trap.} ({I had no idea
how to evaluate the position after} 55. Re1 $1 {. My engine slightly prefers
Black and after more time finds the position equal, but with time running away
and a plenty of opportunities to err, this does not matter much.}) 55... Nc5+ {
Here Baadur sank into thought, but it was already too late. Black is suddenly
winning!} 56. Kxa7 ({Black's king catches the knight after} 56. Rxc5 Rxc5 57.
c8=Q Rxc8 58. Kxc8 Kh6 $1 59. f4 Kh5 $19 {.}) 56... Ne6 $3 {Now White's passed
pawn falls with tempo, and with it the whole position collapses.} (56... Nd3 $2
{gives White a tempo to escape:} 57. Re7+ Kh6 58. Nh1) 57. Kb6 Rxc7 58. Re1 ({
White is also too slow after} 58. Rxe6 Rc2 59. Nh1 Rc1 60. Re2 (60. Nf2 Rf1 61.
Re2 Rxf2 $19) 60... Rxh1 61. Rb2 g5 62. a4 g4 $19 {.}) 58... Rc2 59. Nh3 Rb2+ {
I wanted to prevent the a-pawn from advancing, just in case.} 60. Ka5 (60. Kc6
Nd4+ 61. Kd5 Nxf3 $19) 60... g5 {This game helped us to win the match with a
score 2,5-1,5. I admittedly could have lost it after the misplayed opening,
but winning it required a lot of tenacity and resourcefulness on my part.} 0-1