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Главная страница Справка Шахматные дебюты Защита Каро-Канн Полуоткрытые дебюты Вариант Флора

Защита Каро-Канн: Вариант Флора

Korchnoi Variation

Ходы

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Кc3 d:e4 4. К:e4 Кf6 5. К:f6 e:f6

Коды ЭШД

B15

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[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 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6 6. c3 {
Nimzovich} e5 (6... Qd5 7. Qb3 $1 Qe4+ 8. Ne2) (6... Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6
9. h4 h5 10. Be2 $16) 7. Bc4 exd4 8. Qb3 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qc2 $16
) 6. g3 Bd6 (6... Qd5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. c3 $1 Be4 (8... Nd7)) 7. Bg2 O-O (7... h5
$142) 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. c4 Na6 11. Nc3 Qd7 (11... Nb4 12. a3 Nc2 $2 13.
Ra2) 12. a3 Bh3 13. Be3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc7 15. Qf3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rac1 b4
18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. d5 Reb8 21. Ne4 Ne8 (21... Rxb2 $2 22. Nxd6 Qxd6
23. Bf4 $18) 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Bc5 Nb5 (23... Rxb2 $2 24. Qa3 $18) 24. d6 Re8
25. Re1 h6 26. Rcd1 Rac8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. dxe7 Qe8 (28... Qc7 29. Qd5 $1) 29.
Qb7 Kh7 (29... Nc7 $2 30. Qxc8 Qxc8 31. Rd8+ $18) 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. exd8=Q Qxd8
32. Qxb5 Qd5+ 33. f3 1-0

[Event "Salzburg 6 Masters"]
[Site "Salzburg"]
[Date "1942.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Bogoljubow"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1942.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1942, S.113 [Bogoljubow]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5.
Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. c3 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 g6 17. O-O-O O-O-O
18. Qf3 g5 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Re4 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qh5 Qd7 23. Qxh7 $16 {
[#]} Re4 $2 (23... Bd6 24. h4 $16 (24. c4 $16)) 24. Qh8 $18 (24. h4 $18) 24...
Qd8 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Qh8 Qd8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kc7 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Qh5 Qd7
31. Qf3 Bh6 32. h4 Nf4 33. Bxf4+ gxf4 34. Qh5 Bf8 35. Bxf7 c5 36. Be6 Qd6 37.
Qf7+ Be7 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. h5 f3 40. h6 Kb6 41. Bc4 Bd6 42. Bd5 Qc8 43. Qe6 Qf8
44. h7 Ka5 45. Bxf3 Qh6+ 46. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow casual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,14,23,67,69,67,36,36,36,44,43,44,22,30,12,24,17,35,37,48,48,72,79,
81,72,81,90,85,33,33,-3,-16,-16,-28,-28,-28,-28,4,19,58,69,64,47,11,38,76,66,
66,81,66,59,83,59,69,79,73,69,173,173,171,165,165,165,173,182,172,167,667,667,
779,775,1076,1076,1076,1078,1078,1078,1237,1365,29985,29986,29987,1254,29987,
29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 ({
Nowadays, most often played is a flexible} 6. c3) 6... Bd6 ({Alternative is} 
6... Qe7+ {White is practically forced to play} 7. Qe2 ({We should notice that
} 7. Ne2 $4 {is a glarring error} Qb4+ $19 {[%cal Rb4e1,Rb4c4]})) 7. Ne2 ({
Interesting is} 7. Qe2+ Be7 (7... Qe7) 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 (10...
Na6) 11. Qe4 Bh5 (11... f5 12. Qd3 $16) (11... Bd7 $14) 12. Nh4 $14 {1-0 (19)
Ragozin,V-Boleslavsky,I Sverdlovsk 1942}) 7... Qc7 ({Tartakower prefered} 7...
O-O 8. O-O Be6 (8... Re8) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. c3 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qd6 $16
{1-0 (53) Post,E-Tartakower,S Mannheim 1914}) 8. Ng3 ({Tarrasch played} 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bb3 b5 11. Ng3 a5 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ne4 a4 $15 {0-1 (30)
Tarrasch,S-Tartakower,S Teplitz Schoenau 1922}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... c5 {
seems interesting.}) 10. Qh5 $1 b5 $6 (10... f5 {was preferable.}) 11. Bd3 $14
g6 12. Qh4 Qd8 $6 ({Better was} 12... Re8 $14) 13. Nf5 $1 $16 Nb6 14. Nh6+ (14.
Nxd6 {was stronger} Qxd6 15. b3 $16 {Black is clearly better due to better
pawn structure and the pair of Bishops.}) 14... Kh8 15. f4 Bc7 16. f5 $1 g5 17.
Qg4 $6 ({Better was} 17. Qh3 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Qxh4 gxh4 20. Bc5 Re8 21.
Bd6 $1 {Black is clearly better due to better pawn structure.}) 17... Qd6 18.
g3 c5 $11 {The position is even - Black has good counter play through the
centre.} 19. Be3 ({Stronger was} 19. Be4 $11) 19... c4 $2 ({Black misses a
strong continuation} 19... Bb7 20. Be4 (20. dxc5 Qd5 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4
cxd4 22. Rad1 Kg7 $15 {after which he has a slight edge.}) 20. Be4 $1 $17 {
The Bishop is placed on the important diagonal.} Nd5 21. Bf2 (21. Bd2 $16 {
was stronger.}) 21... Bb7 22. Rae1 (22. Rfe1 $5) 22... Rad8 23. Qh5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} Rd7 24. Ng4 Bd8 25. Qh6 ({Stgronger was} 25. h4 Re7 26. hxg5 fxg5
27. Ne5 $16) 25... Rg8 26. Bg2 Bc6 ({Preferable was} 26... b4 $13) 27. Re2 Re7
$2 ({Losing move. Better was} 27... c3 $5 28. b4 $16) 28. Re5 $1 $18 Rd7 {[#]}
({In the case of} 28... Ree8 {White will have} 29. Rfe1 $18 {with decesive
pressure on the e file.}) 29. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {Decisive blow.} Qxd5 31.
Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Qxf6+ Rg7 33. Re1 Rd8 ({Either} 33... Qa8 {cannot help} 34. Be3
h5 35. Bxg5 Kg8 36. c3 Qf8 37. Bh6 {and Black is helpless.}) 34. Re5 Qa8 35. d5
$1 {[%cal Rf2d4,Rd4h8] Opening up the a1-h8 diagonal for his Bishop.} Rdg8 36.
Bd4 b4 37. Re7 b3 38. axb3 cxb3 39. c4 a5 40. Rxf7 Qe8 41. Re7 ({Or} 41. Kf2)
41... Qh5 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6 {
Bernstein-Flohr/Groningen (16)/1946/}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 g6 (8... h6
$5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf4 $10 {Asztalos-Nimzowitsch/
Bled/1931/}) 9. Ne2 Re8 (9... c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. h5 $40) 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8
12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Qb3+ (13. Bh6 $5 $40 {/\0-0-0}) 13... Be6 $1 (13... Kh8 14.
Bh6) 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Kf1 Re7 $5 $132 (15... a6 16. c4 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Ra8 18. Qb7
Rb8 $10) 16. Qa6 Qd7 17. Bc4 (17. c4 Bxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Qg4+ 19. Ng3 (19. Kf1
Qf3 $1) 19... Bxg3 20. fxg3 Rae8 $1 21. Rf1 Re3 $1 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 $40) 17...
Rae8 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Be3 Ne6 {/\->Ne4} 20. Qd3 Ng5 21. c4 Ne4 {/\ 22...Nxf2;
23.Nc3 Ng3+} (21... dxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Kg1 f5 25. Nf4 $16) 22.
Rh3 Qb7 23. c5 $1 Bc7 24. Qb3 $2 (24. Rb1 f5 (24... Qb8 25. Qb3) (24... g5 25.
f3 $1) 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nh5 f4 27. f3 $14) 24... Qa6 $1 25. Qxd5+ (25. Rd1 f5)
25... Kh8 {/\ 26...Nd2+; Rd8+Nd2.} 26. Rd1 $1 f5 (26... Bg3 27. fxg3 Ng5 28.
Qd6 $1 Qxd6 29. cxd6 Rxe3 30. Rh4 Ne4 31. Rf4 $1 $14) (26... Ng3+ $5 27. Rxg3 (
27. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Qf7 Qxe2+ 29. Kg1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Bxg3+ $19) 27... Bxg3 28. Qf3
Bxf2 $1 (28... Bc7 29. d5 $1) 29. Kxf2 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 $10) 27. Qb3
$1 {/\Qd3} f4 28. Qd3 $1 Qb7 (28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 fxe3 30. Rhxe3 $14) 29. Nxf4
(29. Bxf4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Qxg2+ $19) 29... Bxf4 30.
Bxf4 Nxf2 $1 31. Kxf2 Re2+ 32. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 34. Kd3 Qxh3+ 35. Be3
Qe6 36. Rc1 Qc6 37. d5 $1 $10 Qxd5+ 38. Bd4+ Kg8 39. c6 Qf3+ 40. Be3 Qd5+ 41.
Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Slavia Hradec Kralove-12 1977/78"]
[Site "Hradec Kralove"]
[Date "1977.12.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1977.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 4/1978 Seite 168} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+
exf6 6. c3 $5 ({Gebrдuchlicher ist} 6. Bc4) 6... Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9.
Ne2 g6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8 12. hxg6 {Danach hat Schwarz keine
Schwierigkeiten.} (12. Kf1 $5 {verdiente Beachtung, weil nach} Be6 13. Nf4 {
dem Lдufer das Rьckzugsfeld f7 fehlt.}) 12... fxg6 $1 (12... hxg6 $2 13. Qd2)
13. Kf1 {Das ist besser,} ({als} 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O-O $6 {Pilnik,H-Golombek,H/
Amsterdam 1951}) ({Auch} 13. Qb3+ Be6 14. Qxb7 Bd5 {Szabo,L-Flohr,S/Groningen
1946, bringt nichts ein.}) 13... Be6 14. Bh6 Qe7 {Die Drohung Lxf8 musste
pariert werden.} 15. Re1 Qf7 16. b3 Qc7 {Es drohte 17. Sf4. Das Mehrtempo Te1
erleichert das schwarze Spiel, vor allem wegen der Mцglichkeit eines
Turmtausches.} 17. c4 Qd7 {Schwarz hat nun Spiel gegen den Bauern d4.} 18. Nc3
Bb4 $1 {Sonst Se4} 19. Rh4 (19. Ne4 $2 Qxd4 20. Be3 Qd8) 19... Bf5 $1 {Damit
droht Schwarz die Initiative an sich zu reiЯen.} 20. Rxe8 (20. Bxf5 {scheitert
an} Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Qxf5 {mit Vorteil fьr Schwarz.}) 20... Rxe8 21. Be3 $1 ({
Schlecht ist} 21. Bxf5 {da Schwarz durch den Zwischenzug} Bxc3 $3 {entweder
den Bauern d4 gewinnt oder nach} 22. Qxc3 Qxf5 {ьber mehrere Drohungen verfьgt,
von denen g6-g5 die gefдhrlichste ist.}) 21... Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf5
{Droht sowohl Db1+ als auch g5; ich unterschдtzte jedoch die geschickte
Verteidigung.} ({Besser war} 23... g5 $1 24. Rh3 Qf5 {Neben 25... Db1+ drohte
auch noch 25... g4 26. Tg3?! h5 und 25. d5 kцnnte unbesorgt mit 25... cxd5
beantwortet werden. Nach} 25. Rf3 $5 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 Qxa2 27. Qd1 (27. Rxf6 Qxb3
28. Bxg5 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Qxd4) 27... Kg7 28. d5 {hдtte WeiЯ allerdings eine
gewisse Kompensation fьr den Bauern.}) 24. d5 $1 {Ein unheimlich starker Zug,
der die Diagonalen in Richtung a7 und f6 freilegt und dem Th4 die d-Linie als
neue Operationsbasis anbieten.} Qb1+ $6 {Wobei ich den starken weiЯen 26. Zug
vцllig ьbersah.} ({Sonst hдtte ich sicher} 24... cxd5 {gezogen, obwohl mir
dabei} 25. Rd4 $5 {nicht gefiel. Hierauf konnte jedoch} Qb1+ 26. Ke2 Qxa2+ 27.
Kf3 (27. Rd2 Qa6) 27... dxc4 {folgen, wonach WeiЯ immerhin zwei Bauern weniger
hat. Noch stand ihm aber ein rettendes Remis zur Verfьgung:} 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 $1 (
28... Kh8 $2 29. Qf7) 29. Qc7+ Kg8 $1 30. Qc4+ {usw.}) 25. Qc1 $1 Qxa2 26. Qd1
$3 {Jetzt wurde mir klar, dass mein Mehrbauer nicht nur nichts wert war,
sondern dass ich bereits schlechter stand. Der verschmдhte Bauer d5 ist zum
mдchtigen Freibauern geworden.} Qa6 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. d6 Ne6 {Es drohte 29. Te4
mit Eindringen auf e7.} 29. Re4 Kf7 30. c5 b6 {Sonst Ta4} 31. d7 $2 {Und
wieder wendet sich das Blatt.} ({Richtig war} 31. b4 {mit der Absicht Db3.} Qa2
$1 {hдlt jedoch die Balance, da} 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 {an} Rxd6 $1 {
scheitert, andererseits aber 32... Dd5 droht.}) 31... Nf8 $1 ({Gurgenidze
rechnete nur mit} 31... Qb7 32. Qd6 Qxd7 33. Rxe6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. cxd6 {
Jetzt geht der wertvolle Freibauer verloren.}) 32. Bd4 $1 {Die beste
praktische Chance.} Rxd7 ({Aber nicht} 32... bxc5 33. Bxf6 $1 Rxd7 34. Qf3 Kg8
35. Bb2 {und WeiЯ erhдlt Mattangriff.}) 33. Qf3 f5 34. g4 Rd5 $6 ({Hier hдtte} 
34... Ne6 $1 {zum Gewinn gefьhrt wegen} 35. gxf5 ({bzw.} 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. Qe3+
({Fritz9:} 36. Qxc6+ $1 Ke7 37. Bf6+ $18) 36... Kf7) 35... Nxd4 $1) 35. gxf5
Rxf5 36. Qe3 Qb7 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Bxb6 Qd7 (38... c5 39. Bd8) 39. Rd4 Qe6 $6 (
{Aussichtsreicher war} 39... Rd5) 40. Qxe6+ Kxe6 41. Rd8 $6 {Obwohl die
Zeitnot vorbei war!} Nd7 $1 {Versperrt auch dem weiЯen Turm den Rьckweg, so
dass zusдtzlich 42... Tf8! droht.} 42. Be3 $2 {Der Abgabezug.} ({Nur mit} 42.
Rc8 $1 {konnte WeiЯ den Turmtausch vermeiden:} Rf8 $1 43. Rc7 $1 {Zwischen
Abbruch und Wiederaufnahme lagen nur zwei Stunden. So musste ich den Gewinnweg
nach dem schwachen, aber von mir nicht analysierten Abgabezug am Brett finden.}
) 42... Rf8 43. Rxf8 Nxf8 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Ke2 Ne6 46. Kd3 h5 $6 (46... c5 $1 {
hдtte den Bauern b3 festgelegt, und WeiЯ wдre unrettbar verloren gewesen. Aber
auch jetzt steht Schwarz noch auf Gewinn.}) 47. b4 $1 h4 $2 {Danach kann
Schwarz nicht mehr gewinnen.} ({Notwendig war} 47... g5 $1 {z.B.} 48. f3 Nf4+
$1 {Andererseits droht 48... g4 nebst Sf3.}) 48. f3 h3 49. Bg1 g5 50. Bh2 Nf4+
51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf2 Ke6 53. Kg3 Kf5 54. Kf2 g4 55. Kg3 Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nd4 57.
fxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-06"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1978.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1978.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[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 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Be6
8. Bxe6 (8. Bb3) 8... Qxe6 9. Bf4 (9. Nh3 $5 Na6 (9... g5 $5 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2
f5 12. h3 g3 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Be3 Nf6 $13 {Machulsky,A-Bronstein,
D/Tbilisi/1974/0,5/34/}) 10. Nf4 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 h5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. c3 Bd6 14.
Kf3 Nc7 15. Be3 $14 {Krasenkov,M-Bobzin,P/Hamburg/1993/0,5/54/}) 9... Na6 10.
c3 (10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. c3 Nd5 $10) 10... O-O-O 11.
Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Be3 Bd6 (13... cxd4 $5 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 Nc5 15.
O-O-O e5 16. Be3 b6 $10) 14... Nc7 15. O-O-O Bc5 $10) 14. O-O-O Rhe8 (14...
cxd4 15. Rxd4 $1 $14) 15. Kc2 Bf8 16. Rhe1 b6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 (17... Bxc5 18. Nd4
$14) 18. Rxd8+ $1 (18. Nd4 e5 $10) 18... Kxd8 (18... Rxd8 19. Nf4 $1 e5 20.
Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne6 $14) 19. Nd4 a6 (19... Kc7 20. Nb5+ Kb7 21. Rd1 $16) 20. b4
Nd7 21. a4 e5 22. Nb3 Kc7 23. Rd1 f5 24. f3 Re6 25. Nd2 Be7 (25... Rd6 26. Re1)
26. Nc4 g6 27. Kb3 Bf8 28. a5 $6 (28. g3 $1 {/\Rd2,a5+/=/}) 28... b5 29. Nb6
Rd6 30. Rxd6 (30. Nd5+ Kc6 31. c4 bxc4+ 32. Kxc4 Nf6 $10) 30... Bxd6 31. Nd5+
Kc6 32. c4 e4 33. f4 Nf8 34. cxb5+ $5 Kxd5 $2 (34... Kxb5 35. Nc3+ Kc6 36. Kc4
Ne6 37. g3 Nc7 $10) 35. bxa6 Ne6 (35... Kc6 36. b5+ Kc7 37. b6+ Kb8 38. a7+ Ka8
39. a6 $18) 36. a7 Nc7 37. b5 (37. b5 Na8 38. b6 Kc6 39. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Cabrilo,G"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

{Inf.26/207} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. Be2 (7. Bd3) (7. Bc4) 7... Na6 $5 8. O-O Nc7 9. c4 O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 (
11. Qc2 $5) 11... Bf5 12. Rad1 Be4 13. Qc1 $6 h6 $1 14. Nd2 Bh7 15. Bf3 f5 $15
16. Nb3 g5 $1 17. Na5 $2 (17. g3 $5 Qf6 $1) 17... g4 18. Be2 (18. Nxb7 Bxh2+
19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 gxf3 $17) 18... Bb4 $1 19. Nxb7 (19. Bd2 $2 Bxa5 $19) (
19. Nb3 f4 20. Bd2 f3 $1 21. gxf3 Bd6 $1 22. Rfe1 gxf3 23. Bxf3 (23. Bf1 Bxh2+
$1 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Kh8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bf4 Rg8+ 28. Bg3 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3
Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 f2 $1 $19) 23... Qh4 $40 {>>}) 19... Qc8 20. Nc5 f4 $17 21. Bxg4
Qxg4 22. Bxf4 Ne6 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bd3 $19 27. f3
(27. Rfe1 Be4 $19) 27... Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Rd1 Bxa2 31. Bxa7
Bd5 32. f4 Ne6 33. Be3 (33. f5 Nf4 34. Re1 Nd3 $19) 33... h5 34. h3 Rb8 35. Rd2
Rb3 36. Kf2 h4 37. Rc2 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[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. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 (
7... O-O) 8. Ne2 Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 g6 10. h4 $40) 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 $14 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Kb8 13. Kb1 Nb6 (13... Bf4 $5) 14. g3 Ka8 $6 (
14... Rhe8) 15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Bc1 Ne7 17. Bc4 Nc8 18. Rhe1 h6 19. h4 $36 h5 20.
Bb3 a6 21. Re2 Rd7 22. Red2 $1 Re7 23. Rd3 Nb6 24. Be3 Nc8 25. Ba4 Nb6 26. Bb3
Nc8 27. a3 Nb6 28. Qf5 Qc8 29. Qf3 (29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 30. c4 c5 $14) 29... Qg4 $2
(29... Qc7 $16) 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. c4 Nd7 32. c5 Bc7 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bxd5 $18
Ne5 35. Rd4 f5 36. Bg2 Rc8 37. b4 g6 38. Bg5 Ree8 39. Rd5 Bb8 40. Kc2 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Asztalos Memorial Group A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1984.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1984.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Bh6 Re8+ 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. h4 Nf8 12. h5 Qe7 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5
Qxe2 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd2 Qc4 17. b3 Qd5 18. Bd3 Qxg2 19. Qd1 Re7 20. f4 Qg3
21. Rg1 Qe3 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Kc2 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 Re3 26. Rgg2 Rh3 27.
Bg5 Ree3 $2 (27... Ne6 $1) 28. Bxf5 Rxc3+ 29. Kb2 Rhg3 30. Bc8 b6 31. f5 gxf5
$2 (31... Rcd3) 32. Bh4 f4 33. Bxg3 Rxg3 34. Bb7 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Rd3 Rxg2+
37. Bxg2 {2:23-2:24} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Mirkovic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Mirkovic,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Be6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. h3 O-O-O 11. c4 $1 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $14 f5 $1 16. Kc3 Nf6 17. Nf4 (17. f3 $5) 17... g5 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2 Nf6 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. b4 Ra8 $2 (23... a6
$1 24. a4 Ra8 $14) 24. b5 $1 $16 Rac8 (24... cxb5 25. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 26. Bxf5
Rae8 27. d5 Kd6 28. Rxe6+ Rxe6 29. dxe6 bxc4 30. Kxc4 $18) 25. bxc6+ Rxc6 (
25... bxc6 26. f3 { g4}) 26. Kb2 Rb6+ 27. Ka1 a6 28. d5 $1 exd5 29. Bxf5+ Kd8
30. Rxe8+ $2 (30. cxd5 $1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rd6 32. Re6 Kc7 $16) 30... Nxe8 {9/i}
31. cxd5 (31. Rd1 Nf6 32. cxd5 Ke7 $14) 31... Rf6 32. Bxh7 $2 (32. g4 $1 Nd6
33. Re6 Rxe6 34. dxe6 (34. Bxe6 Ke7 { f6-e5, b6, a5=}) 34... Ke7 35. Kb2 h5 $1
36. Kc3 h4 $1 {h3} 37. f3 b5 $1 $14) 32... Rxf2 33. Be4 Nd6 34. Bf3 Nc4 $1 35.
d6 Nxd6 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Ke7 38. Kb2 Nf5 (38... Ke6 39. Kc3 Ke5 40. Kb4
Kd4 41. Ka5 Kc5) 39. Bf3 b6 40. Kc3 Kd6 41. Bb7 a5 42. Kc4 Ke5 $1 43. Bc6 (43.
Kb5 Nd6+ 44. Kxb6 Nxb7 45. Kxb7 Kf4) 43... Nd6+ 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Bd7 Nd6 46. a4
Ne4 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. Bc6 Kd6 49. Bb5 Ke5 50. g3 Ne4 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. Ke3 Ne4 53.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 Bd6 8.
Ng3 Qe7+ {6.c3 has been a problem for the 'exf6 Caro'. 6...Bf5 stops white's
idea of 7.Bd3 and Qc2. It's not a new move, but Hort's queen check resurrects
it - if 8...Bg6 9.f4!} 9. Be3 Bg6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 g6 13. Bd3
Bf4 14. Qf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rae1 Nf6 $10 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4
fxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. h3 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 f6 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O (9. Qc2 {/\0-0-0 is the fashionable way to play this line but
after} Kh8 $1 10. h4 Qa5 $1 {Black should have no problems.}) 9... Qc7 10. Ng3
Be6 $2 ({On} 10... Nd7 {Seirawan feared} 11. Nf5 $5 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Nxg7
$1 {but this may be playable for Black after} Kxg7 14. Qg4+ Kh8 $1 15. Qh4 f5
$1) 11. f4 c5 12. d5 Bd7 13. c4 Na6 14. Qf3 Qb6 $2 ({In retrospect Black
should have tried} 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 $6 Nb4 {with counterplay.}) 15. b3 Bf8
16. Bb2 Nc7 17. Bf5 $1 ({Seirawan was playing for the trap} 17. f5 $2 Nxd5 $3 {
since} 18. Qxd5 $4 Bc6 {wins the White queen.}) 17... Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Red8 19.
Rae1 Ne8 20. Qh5 Qa5 (20... g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qh4 {/\f5, /\Ng4 would also
leave White with a winning attack.}) 21. Rxe8 $3 Rxe8 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 ({
It would have been kinder for Black to allow the more spectacular} 22... Kh8
23. Qxf7 Bd6 24. Qg8+ $3 Rxg8 25. Nf7#) 23. Qg4+ {24.Bxf6 will force checkmate.
} 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Ne2 Qc7 {Watch black's queen in this game...} 10. Be3 Re8 11. h3 Nd7
12. O-O Nf8 13. c4 Ne6 14. Qd2 c5 15. d5 Ng5 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. h4 Nh7 18. Ne4 f5
19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Bxc5 Qxh4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qf2 Qg5 24. f4 Qg6 25.
Rfe1 Ng4 26. Qh4 Qa6 27. Re7 Qa5 28. b4 Qa3 29. Be2 Qc3 30. Qe1 Qf6 31. Bxg4
fxg4 32. Qe5 Qh4 33. Bd4 f6 34. Qd6 Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Bf5 36. Qe3 g3 37. d6 Qh2+
38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Qg1 Bd3+ 40. Ke1 Qh5 41. Qe3 Re8 42. Be5 Bxc4 43. d7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Villa Gesell"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 (7.
Be2 Qc7 8. Bd3 (8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. c4 c5 11. h3 Nc6 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Qd5 $2 Ne7 14. Qh5 $2 Nf5 $19 {Kveinis-Lechtynsky, Rimavska Sobota
1990}) 10... c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rad1 Rd8
16. Qc3 h6 17. Bc5 Be6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Re1 Qd6 22.
a3 $14 {Kudrin-Bellon, Brussel 1987}) 8... Be6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. c4 Na6 11. a3 O-O
12. Qc2 h6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. O-O Nc7 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 17. b3 a5 18. Rfc1
Rfc8 19. a4 $14 {Dorfman-Seirawan, Moskva GMA 1990}) 7... Be6 (7... Bg4 8.
Qxe7+ (8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Bf4 Be7 (10... Na6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qxe6+
fxe6 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15. c3 {1/2 Parma-Andersson, Dortmund 1973}) 11.
Qxe6 (11. c4 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Qxe6 fxe6 14. Nh3 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Bg3
Rad8 $10 {Matulovic-Radulov, Helsinki zt 1972}) 11... fxe6 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 $10
13. O-O-O Kf7 14. Ne2 Rbd8 15. f4 Rd7 16. g3 {1/2 Dely-Ribli, Kecskemet 1972 -
13/211}) (8. Qe3 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nd5 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13.
Bxf4 Be6 $10 14. c4 {1/2 Ljubojevic-Andersson, London 1982}) (8. Nf3 Bxf3 9.
gxf3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 $13 {Perenyi-Barczay,L, Budapest MTK 1988}) 8... Bxe7 9.
Ne2 (9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ne2 Kf7 12. Be3 {1/2 Ghizdavu-Bilek, Lone
Pine 1975}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf4 (10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c4 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 Rhe8
14. Bb2 f5 15. Kf2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Kc7 17. Rhd1 $14 {Matanovic-Markland, Bath tt
ch-EU 1973}) (10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
O-O-O {1/2 Horvath-Barczay,L, Budapest ch-HU 1982}) (10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Re2 Bb4
{1/2 Horvath,G-Barczay,L, Budapest MTK 1988}) 10... Nb6 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 Rd8
12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O $14 {Ostojic-Stanojevic, Jugoslavija 1980})
11... Bxe2 12. Kxe2 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Rhe8 14. Kf1 c5 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bf4 Nd5 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 $14 {Stein-Andersson, Las Palmas 1973}) 8. Bxe6 (
8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 (9. Nf3 c4 10. Be4 f5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxf5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qxf5
14. d5 $1 $13 {Filip}) 9... Qxc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5
$10 {Jovsic-Andersson, Titovo Uzice 1978}) (8. Bb3 $1 Na6 (8... Nd7 9. Bf4 Nb6
10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bd2 b5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Ne1 $14 {Tal-Bronstejn, SSSR 1974 -
18/193}) (8... a5 $6 9. Bf4 $1 a4 $2 (9... Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6) 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11.
O-O-O Be7 (11... Nd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qb5) 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb8 {The point with
9.Bf4!} Rxb8 14. Qb5+ $16 {Persson,M-Engqvist, Sweden Taby 1994}) 9. c3 (9. Be3
Nb4 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Nb4
$10 {Sznapik-Lectynsky, Decin 1979 - 28/202}) 10. Nf3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe4 12. Rc1
Bd6 13. Bd2 {1/2 Geller-Seirawan, New York 1990}) 9... Nc7 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3
Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 (12... O-O-O 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. O-O-O Re8 15.
Rhe1 Rde6 16. Kd2 Nc7 17. Nf4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxe1 19. Kxe1 Ne6 20. Nd3 $10 {
Wendlemyr-Engqvist, Lulea jun ch-SWE 1980}) 13. Nxf4 O-O-O 14. O-O $14 {Filip}
(14. b4 Kb8 15. Kd2 Nxb4 $5 16. cxb4 Rxd4+ 17. Nd3 Rhd8 18. Ra3 Rxb4 $14 {
Kuijpers-Lectynsky, Nice (ol) 1974})) 10. Bf4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13.
Kd2 Qxe2+ 14. Nxe2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 $14 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Ng3 Re6 18. Ne4 Nc7
19. Nc5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 {1/2 Keres-Smyslov, Amsterdam IBM 1971}) 8... Qxe6 9.
Bf4 (9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 f5 12. h3 g3 $13 {Matanovic-Wade, Skopje (ol)
1972}) (9. Nf3 Na6 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. O-O-O {1/2 Bronstein-Keres,
Tallinn 1971}) (9. Qxe6+ fxe6 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 Kf7 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Be7 13.
Bb2 Rhd8 14. Rfd1 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Kf1 Nb6 $10 {Dutreeuw-Hodgson, Haringey 1988
}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Kf7 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4+ 14. Nxf4 {1/2
Sax-Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 9... Na6 10. O-O-O (10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+
fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 $10 {Gaprindasvili-Andersson, Dortmund 1978 - 25/205}) 10...
O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ (11. a3 $2 Qa2 12. c3 Nc7 13. Qg4+ Ne6 14. Ne2 Rd5 15. b4 g5
16. Be3 h5 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bd2 Qxa3+ 19. Kc2 Qa2+ 20. Kd3 g4 21. Qe3 c5 22. h3
c4# {Hector-Hodgson, Sevilla 1987}) (11. c4 Qxe2 12. Nxe2 Bd6 13. Be3 Rhe8 14.
Nc3 Nc7 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 b6 $10 {Dzevlan-Despotovic, Jugoslavija 1987 -
44/162}) 11... fxe6 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2 Nb4 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bg3 $10 {
Smit-Bronstejn, SSSR 1970}) 12... Bd6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. Rhe1 Rhd8 15.
c3 c5 16. Rd2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Rd1 Kd7 20. Rxd6+ Kxd6 $10 {
Isaksen-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1993}) 13... Nc7 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. c4 b6 $10 16.
Kc2 Rd7 17. Kc3 Red8 18. Rd2 Kb7 19. a3 a5 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. h4 h5 22. Re4 R6d7
23. b3 Ra8 24. Ne1 c5 25. Nd3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4+ 27. Kxd4 Rd8+ 28. Ke3 Rh8 29.
b4 axb4 30. axb4 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Ne5 b5 33. cxb5 Kb6 34. Nf7 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {This line had always a bit dubious
reputation, but it is not so easy for White as well.} 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6
{leads to more sharp positions.}) 6. Bc4 (6. c3 $142 {/\ Bd3 Qc2 Ne2}) 6... Nd7
(6... Qd6 $142 7. c3 Be6) (6... Qe7+ $142 7. Qe2 Be6 {were better.}) 7. Bf4 {
White wants to gain control over the important /^ h2-g8 preventing Black from
Bd6.} (7. Ne2 Bd6 (7... Nb6 $6 8. Bb3 Bd6 {puts the black pieces to vulnerable
places after} 9. c4 $1 Bc7 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 $16) 10. Bf4 {The exchange of
the dark-squared B is good for White.} O-O (10... Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. O-O $16
{/\ c5} Be6 13. d5 $16) 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c5 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 $2 17. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {Spassky-Pfleger, Munich 1979}) 8. O-O
(8. Bf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 a5 $6 (9... O-O {-8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4 Nb6 10.Bb3}) 10. a4 O-O
11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 $14 {White has a virtual P majority similar to the Ruy
Lopez Exchange Variation, but he hasn't given up the ^^.}) 8... O-O 9. Bf4 Nb6
10. Bb3 $1 (10. Bd3 Be6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfe1 g6 15.
Rad1 $14 {Karpov-Korchnoi, Baguio City 1978}) 10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 (11... Bxf4
12. Nxf4 Bf5 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Re1 g6 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd2 $16 {
Liberzon-Korchnoi, Lone Pine op 1979}) 12. Bxe6 (12. Re1 Re8) 12... fxe6 {
White transformes the advantage of virtual P majority to a backward P on e6.}
13. c3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Rad1 Nf8 19.
Ne4 Qc7 20. c4 $14 {Shirazi-Peters, Lone Pine 1981}) 7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Nd5 9. Bd2
(9. Bg3 {was also logical to keep the important /^.} Be7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 f5)
10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 (11... f5 12. Nf4 $14)) 9... Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O f5 {
Black has some chances for a >> |^ with his f P.} 12. Ng3 $6 {The N is
completely misplaced here.} (12. Nf4 Nxf4 (12... Be6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4
$16) 13. Bxf4 Bf6 14. c3 Be6 15. Re1 Re8 $14) 12... Be6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. c3 g6
15. Qf3 $6 {This is the beginning of a dubious plan.} (15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Nb6
$13) 15... a5 $1 {/\ a4} 16. a4 Bg7 17. Rad1 $2 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {After this nice
tactical blow based on the undefended B on b3 Black gets the advantage.} 18.
Bxe6 (18. Bxe3 Bxb3 19. Ra1 Bd5 $17 {with a dominating ^^.}) 18... Nxd1 19. Bb3
Nxb2 20. Rb1 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 b5 22. Bc2 Qf6 $17 {The White pieces lack harmony,
while Black's \<< Ps are pretty dangerous.} 23. Ne2 a4 24. Nc1 Rfe8 25. Nd3 Qe6
26. Nf4 Qd6 (26... Qa2 27. Qd3) 27. h4 a3 28. Bb3 b4 $1 29. Ba2 (29. cxb4 $2 a2
30. Ra1 Qxd4 $19) 29... bxc3 30. Bxc3 Rab8 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qxc6 (32. g3 Qe4) (
32. h5 g5 33. Nd3 Qe2) 32... Rbc8 33. Qf3 Qxh4 34. g3 Qg4 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Rd3
Bf8 37. d5 Bd6 38. Kf1 Re4 39. Ne2 h5 40. Nc1 $2 (40. Nd4 $2 Rxc3 $1 $19) (40.
Ke1 {was the last chance to fight back.} Rce8 (40... Rxc3 41. Rxc3 Bb4 42. Kd1
Bxc3 43. Nxc3 Rb4) 41. Rd2 f5 42. Kd1 h4 $1 (42... f4 $2 43. gxf4 Bxf4 44. Nxf4
Rxf4 45. d6+) 43. gxh4 f4 44. Bb1 Rc4 45. Bxg6 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 Rxc3 $17) 40...
Bb4 $1 {Now the game is over.} 41. Ne2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Rxc3 $19 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44.
d6 Kg7 45. Kd3 Bb4 46. d7 Be7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Bb3 Bd8 49. Kf4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 08th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2000.06.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {Now Black's P
structure is corrupted, White has a virtual P majority on the <<. On the other
hand Black can easily finish his development and can use fis doubled f pawns
for defence and attack as well.} 6. c3 {/\ Bd3 Qc2 Ne2 with a flexible setup
deciding later the question of castles.} Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 (9.
O-O {- Khalifman-Seirawan, Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee 1991 CBM 72}) 9... g6 {
Black has three possibilities to solve the problem of his h7 P. The game
continuation weakens the >> and White can quickly attack >< g6 by h4-h5
opening up the <-> h followed by 0-0-0 with good attacking chances.} (9... Kh8
$5 {leaves the >> intact for a while.} 10. O-O {Since Black hasn't weakened
his >> yet, castling >> is logical.} (10. h4 {Now this seems to be a blow into
the air.} Qa5 $1 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kd2 {Suddenly the K is safe in the
[+].} Bxe2 13. Bxe2 c5 14. Qf5 Qd8 15. h5 Qd7 16. Bd3 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 {The _|_
is usualy favourable for White.} cxd4 {(Crawley-Hodgson, London Peace 1987)}
18. cxd4 $14 {^^, o^ d4}) 11. Be3 Be6 12. Kf1 Nd7 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15.
Bxf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. h6 g6 19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 Rad8 $13 {
Rogers-Van der Werf, Lugano op 1989}) 10... Qc7 {avoiding the thematic Bf4
exchanging Black's active B.} 11. Ng3 g6 (11... Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 {
White has now a strong P [+].} Nf8 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bc3 Ng6 16. Rad1 Bg4 17.
Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nf4 19. Re4 Qd7 20. Rde1 $14 {Vogt-Bang, Copenhagen Obro op
1989}) 12. c4 f5 {White's N is out of play.} 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. d5 $1
{White wants to open the d <-> against the black pieces.} cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxf5 Bc6 18. Rad1 $1 Bxg3 (18... gxf5 19. Qxd6 $16) 19. Bxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1
Be5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rfe1 $14 {and Black has no full compensation for the
exchange, Jo.Horvath-Hodgson, Soci 1987.}) (9... h6 {weakens the >> a bit, but
White cannot create an -> there.} 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 {keeping the N in the [+].
} (11. Ng3 c5 $5 (11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. f4 (13. Rae1 Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15.
Qxf5 Ng6 16. Re4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {and the exchanges help for White,
Renner-Roeder, Bayern ch 1991.}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (14... Nf8 $2 {
is too passive.} 15. h3 {against Bg4} c5 16. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rg3} c4 17. Rg3 $1 {
White is not feeling himself disturbed!} cxd3 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Nxf6 $1 Kxg7 (
19... dxc2 $4 20. Rg8#) 20. Nxe8+ Kg8 21. Nxc7 dxc2 22. Nxa8 $18 {
Conquest-Ristic, EUCup Sremic Krsko 1998}) 15. Rae1 Rad8) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4
Bb6 {and White has to solve the problem of his c1 B.}) 11... Nd7 $5 (11... c5
$6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Rxe3 {The B was too strong to let him alive.} 14. fxe3
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nf4 Nb6 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qd2 $16 {
Timman-Chernin, Amsterdam 1987}) 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bf4 $1 $14 {solving the
strategical problem by tactical means.}) 10. Be3 $6 {The B is not well-placed
here.} (10. h4 $142 $1 {grabbing the |^ on the >> was more to the point.} Nd7 (
10... f5 11. h5 Qf6 (11... Be6 {- 10...Be6}) 12. hxg6 fxg6 {Black has improved
his P structure, but now the weakness of the a2-g8 /^ will tell.} 13. Qb3+ Kh8
14. Bg5 Qg7 (14... Qxg5 $2 15. Qf7 $18) 15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 $1 Bxd5 (16...
cxd5 17. Nd4 $16) 17. Bc4 $16 {Sznapik-Plachetka, Bratislava 1983}) (10... Be6
11. h5 (11. Bh6 f5 $1 12. O-O-O (12. h5 Nd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 {- 11.h5}) 12... Nd7
13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nc1 Nf6 $11 {and Black has defended his >>, Chandler-Hodgson,
Great Britain ch 1988.}) 11... f5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 Nd7 (13... Qf6 $5 14.
O-O-O) 14. g4 $1 {White has to attack immediately.} Bd5 15. O-O-O $1 Bxh1 (
15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 (16... Bxh1 17. Rxh1 {- 15...Bxh1}) 17. gxf5 Bxh1 18.
Rxh1 Qd5 19. Ng3 $14) 16. Rxh1 Bf8 17. Bd2 $5 (17. Bxf8 Nxf8 (17... Rxf8 18.
gxf5 $16) 18. gxf5 Qd5 19. Ng3 $14) 17... Nb6 $1 (17... fxg4 $2 18. Qb3+ $1 Kg7
19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Nf4 {1:0 Kudrin-King, Bayswater 1988}) 18.
Nf4 $1 (18. gxf5 Qd5 19. Ng3 Qxa2 20. fxg6 Qa1+ {Now Black can exchange queens,
after which White's -> goes astray.} 21. Qb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kxb1 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Re7
$15) 18... fxg4 (18... Nd5 19. gxf5 $40) 19. Bxg6 $1 {destroying Black's last
defensive walls.} hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Nh5 Qc7 22. Bh6 $16) 11. h5 {This is
the consequent continuation.} (11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. O-O-O $14 {
Vogt-Bobzin, Eger op 1987}) 11... Nf8 12. Bh6 (12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 {gives
Black more chances.}) 12... Qe7 $5 (12... Be6 13. O-O-O b5 (13... Qc7 {
defending the seventh rank.} 14. c4 {White can combine the -> on the >> with
play in the [+].} b6 {defending against c4-c5.} (14... Rad8 {allows} 15. hxg6
fxg6 16. c5 $1 {gaining space in the [+].} Be7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc4 $16 {
and the black pieces are very passive. Kavalek-Andersson, Washington 1978}) 15.
Qd2 $1 Rad8 16. Rh4 f5 17. Rdh1 {(Huergo-Gabrera, Cuba 1988)} Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5
19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qg3 $16 {with nasty threats on the >>.}) (13... Qa5 14. a3 Qc7
{weakening a3 is not a big deal.} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rh4 $1 {/\ Rdh1} Qf7 {
/\ Bb3} 17. Rdh1 f5 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Qd2 Re7 20. g4 $1 {White has to open the
lines against the enemy K.} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Be6 23. Rgh4 Bf5 24.
Bd6 Rd7 25. Be5 $16 {and White comes first on the >>, De Firmain-Odendahl,
Philadelphia 1988.}) 14. Kb1 $5 {is a quiet prophylactic move.} (14. hxg6 {
is the beginnig of a series of forced attacking moves, but the result is not
so satisfactory for White.} fxg6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Bxg6 $5 {This is the main
idea.} hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Rh7 Qf7 20. Qd3 (20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21.
Rh1+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+ Qxg6 {and Black has got too many pieces for the
Q.}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf5 Be6 22. Qd3 Bc4 {1/2:1/2 by repetition of moves, Van
der Wiel-Boersma, NLD-chT 1994.})) (12... f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Kb1 (15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Kb1 $14 (17. Ng3 $6 {is strongly met by the
impertinent} Bxa2 $1 {Tisdall-Chandler, Brighton, 1981})) 15... Be6 16. Nf4 $14
) 13. O-O-O Bf5 {This is the point of 12...Qe7} 14. Bxf5 (14. Bxf8 Bxd3 15.
Rxd3 Kxf8 16. Re3 Qd7) 14... Qxe2 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Ne6 18.
Bc1 (18. g3 $14 {^^, and a virtual P majority on the << in the _|_.}) 18... Kg7
19. Bc4 Rad8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 b6 22. Bc6 $14 {Tischbierek-Moehring,
BKL-Turnier Leipzig 1984}) 10... f5 $6 (10... Qc7 $6 11. O-O-O) (10... Be6 11.
O-O-O Bd5 (11... Bxa2 $2 {falls into the trap after} 12. b3 $1 Qa5 13. Kd2 $1
$16) (11... f5 {- 10...f5}) 12. Nf4 $1 (12. Kb1 Qa5) 12... Nd7 (12... Bxa2 $2 {
is again inferior because of} 13. b3 Qa5 14. Kd2 $1 Na6 15. Ra1 Nb4 16. cxb4
Qxb4+ 17. Qc3 $18) 13. h4 (13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. h4 $14) 13... f5 14. Nxd5 (14. h5
Bxf4 (14... Be4 $2 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qb3+ $1 {This kills Black immediately.} (
16. Nxg6 $2 {is premature due to} hxg6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qb3+ Kg7 19. Bh6+ Kf6
{and the K escapes.} 20. f3 Re7 21. f4 Qg8 22. Bg5+ Kg7 23. Bh6+ Kf6 {1/2:1/2
by repetition of moves, L.Steiner-L.Szabo, Budapest ch 1936.}) 16... Kg7 17.
Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qf7+ $18) 15. Bxf4 Qa5 16. hxg6 fxg6 $13) 14... cxd5 15. h5
$14) (10... Nd7 $142 {is the more flexible reply.} 11. O-O-O Nf8 {and the B
belongs to h6.}) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 (12. Nf4 $5 Bxf4 (12... Bxa2 $2 {
is still out of question:} 13. b3 Qa5 (13... Qc7 14. g3 $18) 14. Kd2 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 17. Ra1 $18) 13. Bxf4 Qa5 (13... Bxa2 $2 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Kb2 $18) 14. a3 Nd7 15. h4 c5 (15... h5 16. Rhe1 $14) 16. Be3 $1 c4 (16... cxd4
$6 {helps only for White to ceate a phantastic B on the long /^.} 17. Bxd4 h5
18. g4 $1 fxg4 (18... hxg4 19. h5) 19. Bxg6 Nc5 20. Kb1 Nb3 21. Bf6 $16) 17.
Be2 $14 {and Black has at least the d5 square at his disposal.}) 12... Bd5 (
12... Qa5 13. a3 Qd5 14. c4 Qxg2 15. h4 $40 {with good attacking chances on
the >>.}) 13. Rdg1 (13. Nf4 {is met by} Be4) 13... b5 (13... Be4 14. Bxe4 fxe4
15. h4 $36) 14. h4 Nd7 {It's time to finish development.} (14... h5 15. Nf4 $14
) ({On} 14... Qa5 15. a3 h5 16. g4 $5 {is the brute force method.} Bxh1 17.
Rxh1 hxg4 (17... fxg4 18. Bxg6 $44) 18. h5 Qc7 $1 (18... Nd7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20.
Bxf5 $1 $18) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rh6 $1 (20. Qb3+ Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kf6) 20... Qf7 (
20... Qg7 $2 21. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $40) 21. Bxf5 gxf5 (21... Qxf5 $4 22.
Rxg6+) 22. Rxd6 $44) 15. h5 c5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. c4 $1 ({Accepting the P
sacrifice is dangerous, because Black gets counterplay on the b <->.} 17. Bxb5
Rb8 $1 (17... a6 $2 {is met by the witty} 18. Bc6 $1 {opening the vital a2-g8 /
^.} Bxc6 19. Qb3+ Kf8 20. Rxh7 $18) (17... Qb6 $5 18. a4 (18. Bxd7 $4 Be4)
18... Be4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bd3) 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. c4 Bc6 20. d5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Be5
22. b3 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. Kc2 Bd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd5 $11) 17...
cxd4 {[#]} 18. Bxd4 $2 ({missing the devastating} 18. Nxd4 $1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6
(19... Re5 20. Nc6 $1 $18) 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Nf6 23. Bd4
$18) 18... Rc8 $1 19. Rxh7 $1 (19. Qd2 $2 {gives Black precious time to
organize his defence, for example:} bxc4 20. Bc2 $1 (20. Rxh7 $6 {is incorrect
because of} Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rh8+ (22. Qh6 Be5 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5
25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxe5 cxd3 $19) 22... Kf7 23. Rh7+ Ke6 $19 {and the K is safe
in the middle!} (23... Kg8 $2 24. Qh6 $18)) 20... Bc5 $1 {is the good
defensive move.} (20... Nc5 21. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. Qh6 Kf7 24. Qg7+
Ke6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Nf4+ Kd6 27. Rd1 Re5 28. Qxg6+ Kc7 (28... Ke7 29. Qg7+)
29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Qf7 Bd4 $1 (30... Kc6 $2 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Ba4+ Kb6 33. Rxd5)
31. Rxd4 Rc5 32. Bxf5 $14) 21. Rxh7 {Now this is not that dangerous as before.}
(21. Bc3 Ne5) (21. Nc3 Bb7) 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf6 23. Rh6 Kg7 24. Nf4 Kxh6
25. Nxd5 Kg7 $17) 19... Kxh7 20. Rh1+ Kg8 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rh8+ ({
If White pushes too hard he can lose for example:} 23. Qc1 $2 Be5 $1 (23...
Kxh7 24. Qh1+ Kg8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Qxg6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ $11) 24. Qh6
Qf6 25. Rxd7 Bf7 $19) 23... Kf7 24. Rh7+ Kg8 25. Rh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {'?!' Kaum eine gute Idee.} 5. Nxf6+
exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Be3 {'?!'} (9. Qc2 $1 $14 {Erzwingt
einen Bauernzug am Kцnigsflьgel.}) 9... Nd7 10. Qd2 {'N'} (10. Qc2 Nf8) 10...
Qc7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 a4 14. Ne4 {'??' Diagramm [#]} Rxe4 {
'-+!' Ein billiger, aber doch ganz nett anzusehender Trick.} 15. Bxe4 f5 16.
Bc2 f4 17. g3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Be6 19. e4 f6 20. Rhf1 c5 21. Bd3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qb6
23. Be2 Rd8 24. Qc2 a3 25. Bc4 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 axb2 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. e5 Ba3
29. d5 Nc7 30. Kc2 (30. Rf3 Nb5 31. Rdd3 (31. Rb3 Rc8 $19) 31... Bc5 32. exf6 (
32. Kxb2 fxe5 $17) (32. e6 Kf8 $19) 32... Bd4 33. a4 Ra8 $1 $19) 30... fxe5 31.
Kb3 Bc5 32. d6 Ne6 33. Kxb2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volzhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Weiss, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {This variation is out of fashion
these days.} 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6 {leads to more complicated positions.})
6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Qc7 (8... Re8 $142 {- De la Paz-Bellon Lopez,
Guillermo Garcia Premier I Santa Clara 2000 CBM 78}) 9. Qc2 g6 $6 {This
creates weakness on the >>, which can be heavily attacked by White.} (9... Kh8
$6 {may become a loss of a tempo.} 10. Be3 {Now White has again the plan 0-0-0
and attack on the >>.} (10. Bxh7 $6 {is not correct:} g6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6
Qh7) 10... Re8 (10... Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 c5 13. O-O-O c4 14. Be4 Rb8 {
(Bjerring-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1996)} 15. Nf4 $16) (10... Be6 11. c4 c5 12. d5
Bc8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. O-O-O $16 {Karpatchev-Markosian, Moscow 1995})
11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. h4 c5 14. h5 {Now Black has to defend against
Bxh7.} Nf8 15. Bf5 c4 16. d5 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18. Nd4 $16 {L.Hansen-Hartvig,
DEN-ch 1996}) (9... h6 $142 {after which White has to change plans and castle
>> with a positional play.} 10. h3 (10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nd7 $13 {and the
black K is safer than in the game.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Re8 {- 8....Re8}) 11. O-O
Re8 12. Be3 Nf8 13. c4 $5 Ne6 {(A.Ivanov-Rohde, Washington D.C. 1991)} 14. Rae1
$5 $14 {/\ f4 A.Ivanov}) 10. h4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Bg4 (10... Re8 11. h5 f5 12. g4
{White has to play very energetically.} f4 13. hxg6 hxg6 {(Augustin-Schubert,
Leipzig 1979)} 14. Bxg6 $1 {This is the decisive blow!} f3 (14... Bxg4 15. Bd3
f3 (15... Bxe2 16. Bxe2) 16. Bc4 $1 $18) 15. Bh7+ Kg7 16. Bh6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Kg7
18. Be4 $18) (10... Be6 11. h5 f5 12. Bh6 (12. Qd2 $5 Re8) 12... Re8 13. O-O-O
Nd7 (13... Bxa2 {is too greedy:} 14. b3 {and the B is in serious trouble.} Qa5
15. Kd2 Na6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nc1 Nb4 18. Qb2 Nxd3 19. Kxd3 $18) 14. hxg6 fxg6
(14... hxg6 {is again met by} 15. g4 $1 fxg4 16. Bxg6 $1 $16) 15. g4 $1 Nf8 16.
gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qxf5 Ng6 19. Rdg1 $18 {Suetin-Andersson, Sochi 1973
}) 11. f3 Be6 12. h5 f5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O-O $1 Na6 (14... Bxa2 {is again bad,
but for other reasons.} 15. g4 $1 Bd5 (15... fxg4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bxg6 Re6
18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Rdg1 Bxf3 20. Bc4 Qf7 21. Rf1 $1 $16) 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. gxf5
Bxf3 18. Rhf1 $16) 15. g4 $1 fxg4 16. hxg6 fxg6 (16... hxg6 17. Bxg6 $18) 17.
Bxg6 Bc4 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Rdg1 $1 $18 {The continuation of the -> is more
important than the material gains!} Rxe2 20. Rxg4+ Kf7 21. Rg7+ Kf6 22. Qxh7 ({
missing the quicker win} 22. Bg5+ $1 Ke6 (22... Kxg7 23. Rxh7+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ $18
) 23. d5+ $1 Kxd5 (23... Ke5 24. f4+ Kxd5 25. Qd1+ $18) 24. Qd1+ Kc5 25. Qd4+
Kb5 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. a4+ $18) 22... Bf4+ $8 23. Kb1 Bxa2+ $1 24. Ka1 $1 {
White has to play carefully!} (24. Kxa2 $4 Qa5+ 25. Kb1 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qb5+ $11
) 24... Bf7 25. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxf4 $18 {and the _|_ is won,
although White could have finished the game quicker.} Kg6 28. Rh6+ Kg7 29. Rd6
Re7 30. Be5+ Kf7 31. Rh6 c5 32. Rh7+ Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. f4 cxd4 35. Bxd4 b6
36. f5 Nc7 37. Ka2 Nb5 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Be5 a6 41. Kb3 Na7 42.
Kc4 Kd7 43. Kd5 Nc6 44. f6 Nd8 45. Bf4 a5 46. c4 a4 47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Be3 Nc7+
49. Ke5 b5 50. Bc5 Ne6 51. f7 bxc4 52. f8=Q Nxf8 53. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {This
variation with White's virtual P majority is a rare guest in nowaday's
tournament practice.} 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 (8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 {- 8.Ne2}
) 8... Re8 (8... Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 $142 {after which White has to change plans and
castle >> with a positional play.} (9... Kh8 $6 {may become a loss of a tempo.}
10. Be3 {Now White has again the plan 0-0-0 and attack on the >>.} (10. Bxh7 $6
{is not correct:} g6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6 Qh7) 10... Re8 (10... Nd7 11. h4 h5
12. g3 c5 13. O-O-O c4 14. Be4 Rb8 {(Bjerring-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1996)} 15.
Nf4 $16) (10... Be6 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Bc8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. O-O-O $16 {
Karpatchev-Markosian, Moscow 1995}) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. h4 c5 14. h5
{Now Black has to defend against Bxh7.} Nf8 15. Bf5 c4 16. d5 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18.
Nd4 $16 {L.Hansen-Hartvig, DEN-ch 1996}) (9... g6 $6 10. h4 Re8 (10... Bg4 11.
f3 Be6 12. h5 f5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O-O $16 {- Volzhin-Weiss, EU-ch Ohrid 2001
CBM 84}) 11. h5 f5 12. g4 {White has to play very energetically.} f4 13. hxg6
hxg6 {(Augustin-Schubert, Leipzig 1979)} 14. Bxg6 $1 {This is the decisive
blow!} f3 (14... Bxg4 15. Bd3 f3 (15... Bxe2 16. Bxe2) 16. Bc4 $1 $18) 15. Bh7+
Kg7 16. Bh6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Kg7 18. Be4 $18) 10. h3 (10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nd7 $13
{and the black K is safer than in the game.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Re8 {- 8....Re8}
) 11. O-O Re8 12. Be3 (12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bf4 $1 $14 {solving the strategical
problem by tactical means.}) 12... Nf8 13. c4 $5 Ne6 {(A.Ivanov-Rohde,
Washington D.C. 1991)} 14. Rae1 $5 $14 {/\ f4 A.Ivanov}) 9. O-O (9. Qc2 $1 {
is the most flexible plan keeping many possibilities open. White can castle <<
is some cases and attack on the >>.} Kh8 $5 {leaves the >> intact for a while.}
(9... h6 {weakens the >> a bit, but White cannot create an -> there.} 10. O-O (
10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. c4 Bf4 16. Qd2
Bxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {Dolmatov-Plumanns, EUCUp Halkidiki 2002}) 10... Qc7 11. Ng3
(11. h3 {keeping the N in the [+].} c5 $6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Rxe3 {The B
was too strong to let him alive.} 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17.
Nf4 Nb6 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qd2 $16 {Timman-Chernin, Amsterdam 1987}) 11... c5 $5
(11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. f4 (13. Rae1 Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ng6 16. Re4
Rxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {and the exchanges help for White, Renner-Roeder, Bayern ch
1991.}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (14... Nf8 $2 {is too passive.} 15. h3 {
against Bg4} c5 16. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rg3} c4 17. Rg3 $1 {White is not feeling
himself disturbed!} cxd3 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Nxf6 $1 Kxg7 (19... dxc2 $4 20. Rg8#
) 20. Nxe8+ Kg8 21. Nxc7 dxc2 22. Nxa8 $18 {Conquest-Ristic, EUCup Sremic
Krsko 1998}) 15. Rae1 Rad8) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Bb6 {and White has to solve
the problem of his c1 B.}) (9... g6 {Black has three possibilities to solve
the problem of his h7 P. The game continuation weakens the >> and White can
quickly attack >< g6 by h4-h5 opening up the <-> h followed by 0-0-0 with good
attacking chances.} 10. h4 $142 $1 {grabbing the |^ on the >> was more to the
point.} (10. Be3 $6 {De la Paz-Bellon Lopez, Santa Clara 2000 CBM 78}) 10...
Nd7 (10... f5 11. h5 Qf6 (11... Be6 {- 10...Be6}) 12. hxg6 fxg6 {Black has
improved his P structure, but now the weakness of the a2-g8 /^ will tell.} 13.
Qb3+ Kh8 14. Bg5 Qg7 (14... Qxg5 $2 15. Qf7 $18) 15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 $1 Bxd5 (
16... cxd5 17. Nd4 $16) 17. Bc4 $16 {Sznapik-Plachetka, Bratislava 1983}) (
10... Be6 11. h5 (11. Bh6 f5 $1 12. O-O-O (12. h5 Nd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 {- 11.h5})
12... Nd7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nc1 Nf6 $11 {and Black has defended his >>,
Chandler-Hodgson, Great Britain ch 1988.}) 11... f5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 Nd7 (
13... Qf6 $5 14. O-O-O) 14. g4 $1 {White has to attack immediately.} Bd5 15.
O-O-O $1 Bxh1 (15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 (16... Bxh1 17. Rxh1 {- 15...Bxh1}) 17.
gxf5 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Qd5 19. Ng3 $14) 16. Rxh1 Bf8 17. Bd2 $5 (17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18.
gxf5 $16) 17... Nb6 $1 (17... fxg4 $2 18. Qb3+ $1 Kg7 19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20.
Qf7+ Kh8 21. Nf4 {1:0 Kudrin-King, Bayswater 1988}) 18. Nf4 $1 (18. gxf5 Qd5
19. Ng3 Qxa2 20. fxg6 Qa1+ {Now Black can exchange queens, after which White's
-> goes astray.} 21. Qb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kxb1 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Re7 $15) 18... fxg4 (
18... Nd5 19. gxf5 $40) 19. Bxg6 $1 {destroying Black's last defensive walls.}
hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Nh5 Qc7 22. Bh6 $16) 11. h5 {This is the consequent
continuation.} (11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. O-O-O $14 {Vogt-Bobzin, Eger op
1987}) 11... Nf8 12. Bh6 (12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 {gives Black more chances.})
12... Qe7 $5 (12... Be6 13. O-O-O b5 (13... Qc7 {defending the seventh rank.}
14. c4 {White can combine the -> on the >> with play in the [+].} b6 {
defending against c4-c5.} (14... Rad8 {allows} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c5 $1 {
gaining space in the [+].} Be7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc4 $16 {and the black pieces
are very passive. Kavalek-Andersson, Washington 1978}) 15. Qd2 $1 Rad8 16. Rh4
f5 17. Rdh1 {(Huergo-Gabrera, Cuba 1988)} Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qg3
$16 {with nasty threats on the >>.}) (13... Qa5 14. a3 Qc7 {weakening a3 is
not a big deal.} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rh4 $1 {/\ Rdh1} Qf7 {/\ Bb3} 17. Rdh1 f5
18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Qd2 Re7 20. g4 $1 {White has to open the lines against the
enemy K.} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Be6 23. Rgh4 Bf5 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Be5 $16
{and White comes first on the >>, De Firmain-Odendahl, Philadelphia 1988.}) 14.
Kb1 $5 {is a quiet prophylactic move.} (14. hxg6 {is the beginnig of a series
of forced attacking moves, but the result is not so satisfactory for White.}
fxg6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Bxg6 $5 {This is the main idea.} hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18.
Nf4 Qd7 19. Rh7 Qf7 20. Qd3 (20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+
Qxg6 {and Black has got too many pieces for the Q.}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf5 Be6 22.
Qd3 Bc4 {1/2:1/2 by repetition of moves, Van der Wiel-Boersma, NLD-chT 1994.}))
(12... f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Kb1 (15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Kb1
$14 (17. Ng3 $6 {is strongly met by the impertinent} Bxa2 $1 {Tisdall-Chandler,
Brighton, 1981})) 15... Be6 16. Nf4 $14) 13. O-O-O Bf5 {This is the point of
12...Qe7} 14. Bxf5 (14. Bxf8 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Kxf8 16. Re3 Qd7) 14... Qxe2 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Ne6 18. Bc1 (18. g3 $14 {^^, and a virtual P
majority on the << in the _|_.}) 18... Kg7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 b6
22. Bc6 $14 {Tischbierek-Moehring, BKL-Turnier Leipzig 1984}) 10. O-O {Since
Black hasn't weakened his >> yet, castling >> is logical.} (10. h4 {Now this
seems to be a blow into the air.} Qa5 $1 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kd2 {
Suddenly the K is safe in the [+].} Bxe2 13. Bxe2 c5 14. Qf5 Qd8 15. h5 Qd7 16.
Bd3 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 {The _|_ is usualy favourable for White.} cxd4 {
(Crawley-Hodgson, London Peace 1987)} 18. cxd4 $14 {^^, o^ d4}) 11. Be3 Be6 (
11... Bg4 12. h5 Nd7 13. Rh4 f5 14. O-O-O h6 15. Kb1 Qd8 16. Rdh1 Be7 17. R4h2
Bd6 18. Rh4 Be7 19. R4h2 Bd6 {1/2:1/2 Fontaine-Asrian, IECC Istanbul 2003}) 12.
Kf1 Nd7 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. h6 g6
19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 Rad8 $13 {Rogers-Van der Werf, Lugano op 1989}) 10... Qc7 {
avoiding the thematic Bf4 exchanging Black's active B.} 11. Ng3 g6 (11... Be6
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 {White has now a strong P [+].} Nf8 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bc3
Ng6 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nf4 19. Re4 Qd7 20. Rde1 $14 {Vogt-Bang,
Copenhagen Obro op 1989}) 12. c4 f5 {White's N is out of play.} 13. Bg5 Be6 14.
Qd2 Nd7 15. d5 $1 {White wants to open the d <-> against the black pieces.}
cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf5 Bc6 18. Rad1 $1 Bxg3 (18... gxf5 19. Qxd6 $16) 19.
Bxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rfe1 $14 {and Black has no full
compensation for the exchange, Jo.Horvath-Hodgson, Soci 1987.}) (9. Be3 Nd7 10.
Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 a4 $11 14. Ne4 $4 Rxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 f5
16. Bc2 f4 $17 {Naiditsch-Prusikhin, GER-ch Heringsdorf 2000}) 9... Nd7 $1 10.
a4 (10. Qc2 {is already easily parried by} Nf8) (10. Ng3 Nf8 (10... g6 11. Ne4
Bc7) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Qc7 13. g3 g6 14. Bh3 (14. Bd3 {looked more natural}
) 14... f5 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. Qb3 {1/2:1/2
Zapata-Soppe, Braganca Paulista op 1997}) (10. Be3 {is not so logical, White
has to exchange his "bad" B.} Nf8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Now White has some problems on the dark squares.} 16. Ng3
a5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Ng6 $132 {Lujan-Soppe, Homenaje a la
Bandera op 2001}) (10. Bf4 $1 {is the best plan from strategical point of view.
} Nf8 (10... Qc7 $2 {is only a loss of a tempo.} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13.
Qf3 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 $16 {Pfeifer-Lechtynsky, Klatovy op-A 2000}) 11.
Bxd6 (11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qc2 h6 (15... g6
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd2 f5 18. Nc5 $14) 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. Re3 (17. Bc4 $5) 17... Nf4
18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Nxe3 c5 $132 {Emms-Rogers, GER-chT 1995}) 11... Qxd6 12. Ng3
g6 13. Ne4 (13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qf4 f5 {and Black has
problems on the dark squares.} 17. Nd6 $16 {Felgaer-Bosco, Torre Blanca op 1997
}) 13... Qd8 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Re3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7 19.
Rae1 $14 {looks more natural.} (19. Bc2 Rxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. e4 $14
{Hector-Preuss, Roskilde op 1998})) 10... Nf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 $5 {White 
(according to his sharp style) wants to attack at any rate. However in this
line black is rather solid on the >>.} (12. Ne4 Bc7 (12... Be7 13. a5) 13. Nc5
Qd6 14. f4 $14) (12. a5 Qc7 13. b4 b6 14. Be3 f5 $13) 12... Qc7 13. f5 (13. a5
c5 $13) 13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bd5 15. Qg4 (15. Qc2 Qxg3 $1 {Black takes up the
gauntlet!} 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. c4 g5 $1 18. cxd5 gxf4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 f3 21.
Qxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 Rad8 $13) 15... Qd7 $1 16. Bh6 (16. Kh2 c5 $1 17. dxc5 Bc6
18. Be2 Qd5 19. Bf3 Qxc5 20. Bh6 g6 $14) 16... Ng6 $1 17. Rf4 $5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
[#] White has only one goal: the direct -> against the black K.} (17. Bd2 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} Rad8 18. Qh5 (18. Rae1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 18... Ne7 19. Rf4 $14 {
looks more sophysticated.}) (17. Qh3 {Ftacnik} gxh6 18. fxg6 Qxh3 19. gxh7+ Kh8
20. gxh3 Re3 21. Bf5 Rxg3+ 22. Kf2 Rg2+ 23. Ke3 Re8+ 24. Kf4 Rxb2 25. Rab1 $11)
17... gxh6 $2 {Now White has a clearly better _|_ after the exchanges. Ftacnik:
'Asrian has not realized, that with the help of 17...Qe7! he might have
questioned somewhat artificial concentration of white pieces on the kingside.'}
(17... Qe7 $1 {was the cold-blooded answer with the following lines:} 18. fxg6
(18. c4 gxh6 19. fxg6 hxg6 $15) (18. Rf2 gxh6 19. fxg6 (19. c4 {Ftacnik} Be4
20. Re2 h5 21. Qxe4 Qd7 $17) 19... fxg6 (19... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 20. Re2 Qf8 $17)
20. Re2 Qf7 $15) 18... fxg6 (18... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxg7 (19. Bxg6 fxg6 20.
Qxg6 Qf7 $19) 19... Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Kxg7 21. Bf1 Re4 $15) 19. Bxg7 Qe3+ 20. Kh2
Kxg7) 18. fxg6 Qxg4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Rxg4 $16 f5 21. Rf4 $1 (21. Bxf5 Re2 22.
b4 Rae8) 21... Re3 (21... Kxh7 22. Rxf5 Kg7 23. Kf2 $16) 22. Bxf5 Rxg3 23. Be4
{Usually transposing to R endgames makes things more complicated.} (23. Rf2 Re8
24. Kh2 $16) 23... Be6 ({However after} 23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kxh7 25. Re7 Rag8
26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf2 $18 {White is a clear P up without any counterplay.}) 24.
Rh4 (24. Re1 $18) 24... Kg7 25. Kf2 Rg4 26. Rxg4+ Bxg4 27. Re1 a5 (27... Re8
28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 b6 31. Bxf7 Kxh7 32. b4 $18) 28. d5 $18 {
and the rest is easy.} Rd8 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Be6 32. b4 Rd3+
33. Kf4 Rxc3 34. b5 Bb3 35. Re8 Kxh7 36. Be4+ f5 37. b6 Bxa4 38. Bxf5+ Kg7 39.
b7 Bxe8 40. b8=Q Rc4+ 41. Kg3 Bf7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {Taking
back with the e P is a rare guest in nowaday's tournament practice. White gets
the virtual P majority on the << and in comparision to the Ruy Lopez Exchange
Variation he keeps the ^^ as well. However precise move order is required.} 6.
Bc4 {This natural move is probably an inaccuracy.} ({The theoretical main line
is} 6. c3 $142 {/\ Bd3, Qc2, Ne2 and White will decide later where to castle.})
6... Qe7+ (6... Nd7 7. Bf4 {White wants to gain control over the important /^
h2-g8 preventing Black from Bd6.} (7. Ne2 Bd6 (7... Nb6 $6 8. Bb3 Bd6 {puts
the black pieces to vulnerable places after} 9. c4 $1 Bc7 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2
$16) 10. Bf4 {The exchange of the dark-squared B is good for White.} O-O (10...
Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. O-O $16 {/\ c5} Be6 13. d5 $16) 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c5 Nd7
13. O-O b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 $2 17. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {
Spassky-Pfleger, Munich 1979}) 8. O-O (8. Bf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O {-8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4
Nb6 10.Bb3} (9... a5 $6 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 $14 {White has a virtual
P majority similar to the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, but he hasn't given up
the ^^.})) 8... O-O 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Bb3 $1 (10. Bd3 Be6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6
13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Rad1 $14 {Karpov-Korchnoi, Baguio City 1978})
10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 (11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Bf5 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Re1
g6 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd2 $16 {Liberzon-Korchnoi, Lone Pine op 1979}) 12. Bxe6 (
12. Re1 Re8) 12... fxe6 {White transformes the advantage of virtual P majority
to a backward P on e6.} 13. c3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17.
Rfe1 b6 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. c4 $14 {Shirazi-Peters, Lone Pine 1981})
7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Nd5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg3 {was also logical to keep the important /^.}
Be7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 f5) 10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 (11... f5 12. Nf4 $14)) 9... Be7
10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O f5 {Black has some chances for a >> |^ with his f P.} 12.
Nf4 (12. Ng3 $6 {The N is completely misplaced here.} Be6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. c3 g6
15. Bh6 (15. Qf3 $6 {This is the beginning of a dubious plan.} a5 $1 {/\ a4}
16. a4 Bg7 17. Rad1 $2 Ne3 $1 {After this nice tactical blow based on the
undefended B on b3 Black gets the advantage.} 18. Bxe6 (18. Bxe3 Bxb3 19. Ra1
Bd5 $17 {with a dominating ^^.}) 18... Nxd1 19. Bb3 Nxb2 20. Rb1 Nxa4 21. Bxa4
b5 22. Bc2 Qf6 $17 {Arakhamia Grant-Korchnoi, Roquebrune 1998 CBM 67. The
White pieces lack harmony, while Black's << Ps are pretty dangerous.}) 15...
Re8 16. Qd2 Nb6 $13) 12... Nxf4 (12... Be6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 $16) 13.
Bxf4 Bf6 14. c3 Be6 15. Re1 Re8 $14) (6... Qd6 7. c3 Be6) (6... Be6) 7. Qe2 Be6
(7... Bg4 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne2 (9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {This P structure is
easily defendable for Black.} 11. Ne2 Kf7 12. Be3 {1/2:1/2 Ghizdavu-Bilek,
Lone Pine 1975}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf4 (10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c4 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. b3
Rhe8 14. Bb2 f5 15. Kf2 {If White can consolidate his position, his virtual P
majority becomes more and more important.} Bf6 16. Rab1 Kc7 17. Rhd1 $14 {
Matanovic-Markland, Bath tt ch-EU 1973}) (10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6
13. b3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O-O {1/2:1/2 Horvath-Barczay, Budapest ch-HU 1982
}) (10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. axb3
Nd5 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Re2 Bb4 {1/2:1/2 G.Horvath-Barczay, Budapest 1988}) 10...
Nb6 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 Rd8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O $14 {
Ostojic-Stanojevic, Jugoslavija 1980}) 11... Bxe2 12. Kxe2 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Rhe8
14. Kf1 c5 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 $14 {
and the _|_ is favourable for White because of the useless doubled pawns,
Stein-Andersson, Las Palmas 1973.}) 8. Bb3 $142 (8. Bxe6 {helps only for
Black's development.} Qxe6 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 g5 {against the N on the edge of the
board.} 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 f5 12. h3 g3 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Be3 Nf6
16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Ke2 h5 $11 {Machulsky-Bronstein, Tbilisi 1974}) (9. Bf4 Na6 10.
O-O-O (10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 $10 {Gaprindasvili-Andersson,
Dortmund 1978}) 10... O-O-O 11. c4 (11. a3 $2 {allows the penetration after}
Qa2 $1 12. c3 Nc7 13. Qg4+ Ne6 14. Ne2 Rd5 15. b4 g5 16. Be3 h5 17. Qf3 f5 18.
Bd2 Qxa3+ 19. Kc2 Qa2+ 20. Kd3 g4 21. Qe3 c5 22. h3 c4# {Hector-Hodgson,
Sevilla 1987}) (11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2 Nb4 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bg3 $10 {
Smit-Bronstein, SU 1970}) 12... Bd6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. Rhe1 Rhd8 15. c3
c5 16. Rd2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Rd1 Kd7 20. Rxd6+ Kxd6 $10 {
Isaksen-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1993}) 13... Nc7 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. c4 b6 $10 {
Spangenberg-Soppe, Villa Gesell 1996}) 11... Qxe2 12. Nxe2 Bd6 13. Be3 Rhe8 14.
Nc3 Nc7 15. Kc2 $5 {keeping the P structure looks more flexible} (15. d5 cxd5
16. Nxd5 b6 $10 {Dzevlan-Despotovic, Jugoslavija 1987})) (9. Qxe6+ fxe6 {
This position is fairly drawish.} 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 Kf7 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Be7
13. Bb2 Rhd8 14. Rfd1 b5 {/\ Nb6 blockading the light squares.} 15. a4 a6 16.
Kf1 Nb6 $10 {Dutreeuw-Hodgson, Haringey 1988}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Kf7 12. Ne2
Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4+ 14. Nxf4 {1/2:1/2 Sax-Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 9... Na6
10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Bronstein-Keres, Tallinn 1971})
(8. Bd3 c5 (8... Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. c4 g5 $5 {This looks a bit odd...} 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. O-O-O f5 13. f4 {(Vogt-Partos, Zinnowitz 1971)} g4 $5 $13) 9. dxc5 (
9. Nf3 c4 10. Be4 f5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxf5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qxf5 14. d5 $1 $13 {Filip
}) 9... Qxc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5 $10 {and the black
pieces are active enough to compensate the defected P structure,
Jovsic-Andersson, Titovo Uzice 1978.}) 8... Nd7 (8... a5 9. Bf4 $1 (9. Nf3 a4
10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Na6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16.
h3 h6 17. a3 Nc7 $11 {Geller-King, Bern 1987}) 9... Nd7 (9... a4 10. Bxe6 Qxe6
11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Nd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qb5) 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb8 {The point
with 9.Bf4!} Rxb8 14. Qb5+ $16 {Persson,M-Engqvist, Sweden Taby 1994}) 10.
O-O-O Nb6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 (11... fxe6 12. Nf3 $14) 12. Re1 $14) (8... Na6 $142 {
/\ Nb4} 9. c3 (9. Be3 Nb4 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe6 {White's P structure is also
corrupted a bit.} 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Nb4 $10 {
Sznapik-Lectynsky, Decin 1979}) 10. Nf3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe4 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Bd2 {
1/2:1/2 Geller-Seirawan, New York 1990}) 9... Nc7 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qxe2+ (
10... Nc7 11. Bf4 Nd5 {- 9...Nc7}) 11. Nxe2 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 (12... O-O-O 13.
Bxd6 Rxd6 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Rhe1 Rde6 16. Kd2 Nc7 17. Nf4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxe1
19. Kxe1 {In the N _|_ White has at least some chances to create a o^, while
Black has nothing to do on the >>.} Ne6 20. Nd3 $14 {Wendlemyr-Engqvist, Lulea
jun ch-SWE 1980}) 13. Nxf4 O-O-O 14. O-O $14 {Filip} (14. b4 Kb8 15. Kd2 Nxb4
$5 16. cxb4 Rxd4+ 17. Nd3 Rhd8 18. Ra3 Rxb4 $14 {Kuijpers-Lectynsky, Nice (ol)
1974. and the three pawns are not completely enough for the N,})) 10. Bf4 Bxb3
11. axb3 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Kd2 Qxe2+ 14. Nxe2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6
17. Ng3 Re6 18. Ne4 Nc7 19. Nc5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Keres-Smyslov,
Amsterdam 1971}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4 {runs into} Nb6 {/\ Nd5} 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bg3
$11 {Tal} (11. Bd2 b5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Ne1 $5 Be7 (13... Bd6 $5) 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Ba5 $1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 (19. Bxd2 Nc4)
19... Nc4 $13 {Tal-Bronstein, SU 1974})) 9... Bxb3 (9... Nb6 10. Be3 Qd7 11.
O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bd2 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 $14 {and finally
White has got his slightly better _|_, Gofshtein-Ponferrada Luque, Sevilla op
2001.}) 10. axb3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd6 12. Be3 a6 {[#]} 13. d5 $5 {White changes
the P structure to his favour.} (13. Nd2 O-O-O) 13... cxd5 (13... c5 $5) 14.
Rhd1 O-O-O 15. Rxd5 $14 Bc7 (15... Ne5) 16. b4 (16. Rad1 Ne5) 16... Nb6 (16...
Ne5 17. Rad1 (17. Rc5 b6 18. Rc3 Kb7) 17... Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Rd8 $14 {and White
has at least some theoretical chances for creating a o^.}) 17. Rc5 $1 {/\ b5}
Nd5 (17... Rhe8 18. b5 axb5 (18... Nd5 $5 {- 17...Nd5}) 19. Rxb5 {Now the P
structure clearly favours White.} Nd5 20. Ra8+ Bb8 21. Rc5+ Nc7 22. Ra3 $14)
18. b5 $1 b6 $1 {[#]} (18... Rhe8 19. bxa6 $1 (19. g3 Kb8 20. bxa6 Bb6 $132) (
19. c4 Nxe3 (19... Nf4+ $6 20. Kf1 Nd3 21. b6 $1 Nxc5 22. bxc7 Kxc7 23. Bxc5
$16) 20. fxe3 b6 $1 (20... axb5 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Rd5+ Ke7 23. Raxd8 Rxd8 24.
Rxb5 $14) 21. Rh5 axb5 22. Rxb5 (22. Rxh7 bxc4 23. Rxg7 Rd3 $132) 22... Kb7 23.
g3 Re4) 19... bxa6 20. Rxa6 Kb7 (20... Nf4+ 21. Kf1 Rd1+ 22. Ne1 Kb7 23. Ra3)
21. Ra3 Bb6 (21... Nf4+ 22. Kf1 Rd1+ 23. Ne1) 22. Rb3 Nf4+ 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Ne1
$16 {and Black's activity cannot be continued.}) (18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 b6 (19...
axb5 20. Ra8+ Kd7 21. Ra7) (19... Rd6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Nd4) 20. Rc6 a5 21. b4
Kb7 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. c4 $16) 19. Rxd5 $1 {This positional exchange sacrifice
was the main idea, the situation becomes much more complicated.} Rxd5 20. c4 $1
(20. bxa6 Ra5) 20... Rdd8 (20... Rd7 $1 {looked more precise, for example:} 21.
bxa6 (21. Rxa6 Re8) 21... Re8 (21... Kb8 22. Nd4 $1 Re8 23. Kf3 Ka8 24. Nb5 $16
) 22. Kf1 Kb8 23. Nd4 Re4 $1) 21. bxa6 $1 (21. Rxa6 Kb7) 21... Rhe8 22. Kf1 $1
{/\ Nd4} Kb8 $6 (22... f5 $1 23. g3 Re4 24. Nd2 (24. b3 Kb8) 24... Re6 {
was the stubborn defence.}) 23. Nd4 Rd7 (23... Ka8 24. Nb5) 24. Nb5 (24. b4 $5)
24... Bd8 (24... Bxh2 25. Bxb6 (25. g3 $4 Bxg3) 25... Be5 26. c5 {The three
pawns are very dangerous, while Black's pawns look harmless on the other flank.
} Rd2 27. Re1 $1 Re6 28. Bc7+ Ka8 29. b4 Rxa6 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Nc7+ Kb7 32.
Nxa6 Kxa6 33. Rxe5 Kb5 34. Re7 Kxb4 35. c6 Rc2 36. c7 g5 37. Rxf7 h6 38. g3 Kb5
(38... g4 39. Rf4+ Kb5 40. Rxg4 Rxc7 41. Rg6 Rh7 42. g4 $18) 39. Rh7 Kb6 40. g4
Rxc7 41. Rxh6+ $18) 25. g3 Ka8 (25... f5 26. b3 $14) 26. b4 Re6 (26... Re4 27.
Rc1) 27. Nc3 Rc6 28. c5 $1 bxc5 (28... Rd3 29. b5 Rxe3 30. Rd1 Bc7 $1 (30...
Rxc5 31. Rxd8+ Ka7 32. Rd7+ Ka8 33. fxe3 Rxc3 34. Rb7 $18) 31. Nd5 $1 Rxc5 32.
Nxe3 Rxb5 33. Rd7 Bb8 (33... Be5 34. f4) 34. Nd5 $1 $16) 29. b5 $1 {This was
the point of White's breakthrough.} (29. Bxc5 Bb6 $15) 29... Re6 $6 (29... Rc8
$1 30. Na4 Rb8 31. Rb1 Rd6 32. Bf4 Rxa6 33. Nxc5 Ra2 34. Bxb8 Kxb8 $14 {
gave more chances for the survival.}) 30. Na4 Rd5 (30... Rd3 $5 31. Nxc5 Rexe3
32. fxe3 Rd5 (32... Rxe3 33. Rd1 $18) 33. Nb7 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rd2 (34... Bxe3 35.
b6 $18) 35. Rb3 (35. Rc1 Rd5) 35... Rxh2 36. Nd6 Rc2 $16) 31. Bxc5 (31. Nxc5 $4
Rxe3 $1 $19) 31... Rxc5 $1 {This is the best practical chance.} 32. Nxc5 Re5
33. Rd1 (33. Nb7 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rd5 35. Rb2 Ka7 36. Ke2 f5 $16) 33... Ba5 (33...
Be7 $2 34. b6 $1 Rxc5 35. Rd7 Re5 36. Rc7 $18) (33... Bb6 34. Na4 $1 (34. Nd7
Rxb5 35. Nxb6+ Rxb6 36. Rd8+ (36. Rd7 Rxa6 37. Rxf7 Ra7) 36... Ka7 37. Rg8 g6
38. Rg7 h5 39. Rxf7+ Kxa6 40. Rg7 f5 (40... g5 41. Rh7 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43.
Rxh4) 41. Kg2 Kb5 42. Kh3 $14) 34... Rxb5 35. Rd7 Ba7 $1 (35... Rb4 36. Nxb6+
Rxb6 37. Rxf7 g5 (37... Rxa6 38. Rxg7 h6 39. g4 $18) 38. Rxh7 Rxa6 39. h4 $18)
36. Nc3 $1 (36. Rxf7 Bd4) 36... Rb2 37. Nd5 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rb2 (38... Rf5 39.
Kd2 Re5 40. Kd3 h6 41. Kc4 Re4+ 42. Kb5 Re5 43. Rd8+ Bb8 44. a7 Kxa7 45. Rd7+
Ka8 46. Ka6 $18) 39. Rxf7 g6 40. Rxh7 f5 41. Kd1 $18) 34. Nb7 Rxb5 (34... Bb6
35. Nd6 $18) 35. Nxa5 $1 {White has to go for the R _|_.} (35. Rd7 Bb4 36. Rxf7
Rb6 37. Rxg7 Rxa6 38. Rxh7 Ra7 39. Rf7 Rxb7 40. Rxf6 $14) 35... Rxa5 {[%mdl
4096]} 36. Rd8+ Ka7 37. Rg8 (37. Rd7+ {was the serious alternative!} Kxa6 38.
Rxf7 Rg5 39. Kg2 (39. f4 Rg6 40. Kf2 Kb5 41. Kf3 Kc4 42. f5 (42. h4 h5) 42...
Rg5 43. Kf4 h5 $11) 39... Kb5 (39... h5 40. Kh3 Kb6 41. Kh4 Kc5 42. f4) 40. h4
Rg6 41. h5 Rg5 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxf6 Rg6 44. Rf7 Kc5 45. Rxh7 Kd6 46. Kh3 $16)
37... Rg5 (37... g5 $2 38. Rg7 Kxa6 39. Rxf7 f5 40. Rxh7 g4 41. Rh5 Kb6 42. Kg2
Kc6 43. h3 $1 gxh3+ 44. Kxh3 Kd6 45. f4 Ke6 46. Kh4 Ra8 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Kg5
Ra5 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Kxf5 Rxg3 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Kf6 $18) 38. Kg2 h5 $2 {Now
Black's position cannot be saved.} (38... f5 $1 {was the critical line.} 39.
Kf3 (39. f4 Rg6 40. h4 Kxa6 41. h5 Rh6 42. Rxg7 Rxh5 43. Rxf7 Kb6 {- 39.h4}) (
39. h4 Rg6 40. h5 Rg5 (40... Rg4 41. Rf8 f6 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxf6 Rg6 44. Rxf5
Kxa6 45. f4 Kb6 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. g4 Kd6 48. Rf7 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. Rxh7 Kd5
51. f5 $18) 41. f4 Rxh5 42. Rxg7 Kxa6 43. Rxf7 Kb6 44. g4 fxg4 45. Kg3 Rh1 46.
Kxg4 h5+ 47. Kg5 h4 48. f5 h3 $1 49. Rh7 h2 50. Kf6 Kc6 51. Rh5 Kd7 $11) 39...
Kxa6 40. Ke3 (40. Kf4 Rg6 41. h4 h6 42. Kxf5 Kb6 43. g4 Kc6 44. g5 (44. f4 Kd6
45. g5 h5) 44... hxg5 45. hxg5 Kd7 46. f4 Ke7 47. Kg4 Ra6 48. Rxg7 Kf8 $11) (
40. Rf8 f6 41. Kf4 Kb6 42. h4 Rh5 43. Rf7 g6 44. Rxf6+ Kc7 45. Ke5 f4+ 46. Kxf4
Kd7 $11)) 39. f4 $1 $18 Rg6 40. Rh8 f5 (40... h4 41. Rxh4 f5 42. Rh5 Rf6 43.
Rh7 {- 40...f5}) (40... Kxa6 $5 41. Rxh5 (41. Rf8 h4 42. Rxf7 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kb5
44. Kf3 Kc6 45. f5 Rg5 46. g4 Kd5 47. Kf4 Kc6 $11) 41... Kb6 42. f5 $1 (42. Kf3
Kc6 43. g4 (43. h4 Kd6 44. f5 Rh6 45. Rxh6 gxh6 46. Ke4 Kc5 $11) 43... Kd6 44.
f5 Rh6 45. Rxh6 gxh6 46. Ke4 Kc5 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Kh4 Kf8 50. Kh5
Kg7 51. h3 Kh7 52. Kh4 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kf8 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Kg3 Kf8 $11)
42... Rg4 (42... Rg5 43. Rxg5 fxg5 44. f6 $18) 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Rh7 $18 Ra3+ 45.
Kg4 Ra4+ 46. Kh3 Kc6 47. Rxg7 Ra7 48. Kg4 $18) 41. Rxh5 Rf6 42. Rh7 Rg6 (42...
g6 43. Kh3 Kxa6 44. Kh4 $18 {/\ Kg5}) 43. h4 Kxa6 44. h5 Rh6 (44... Rg4 45. h6
gxh6 46. Rxf7 $18) 45. Rxg7 Rxh5 46. Rxf7 {and the K is too far from the >>.}
Kb6 47. g4 $1 fxg4 (47... Rh4 48. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Rg8 50. Rd5 Kc6 51. Rd4
$18) 48. Kg3 Kc6 49. Kxg4 Rh8 50. Kg5 Kd6 51. f5 Rg8+ 52. Kf6 Rh8 53. Kg6 Rh1
54. Ra7 Rg1+ 55. Kf7 Rf1 56. f6 Rf2 57. Ra1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Kh8 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Ne4 a4 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 Be7 18. f3 b5 19. g4 Qd7 20. Ka1 Qd5 21. Bb1 Qc4
22. g5 fxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qd5 25. Qg3 Nd7 26. Rdg1 Rg8 27. Qh4 h6 28.
Qf4 b4 29. Rg6 $1 {Erstes Turmopfer.} Qf5 (29... fxg6 30. hxg6 Rge8 $8 31.
Rxh6+ Kg8 (31... gxh6 $2 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. g7+ Ke7 35. g8=Q+ Bf7
36. Qh4+ Ke6 37. Qgg4+ Qf5 38. Nc5+ $18) 32. Rh7 a3 (32... bxc3 33. Nxc3 Qc4
34. Qh4 Kf8 $8 35. Rxg7 $18) 33. Qh4 axb2+ 34. Kxb2 bxc3+ 35. Kc1 Kf8 $8 36.
Rxg7 $1 $18 {Zweites Turmopfer. Der Angriff schlagt durch.} Kxg7 $2 37. Qh7+
Kf8 38. g7+ Ke7 39. g8=Q+ Bf7 40. Qh4+ $18 {Zwei weise Damen im Angriff
vereint, das ist unwiderstehlich.}) 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxc6 bxc3 32. bxc3 Be6
33. c4 $2 $14 Nb8 34. Rd6 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Be6 36. Rc7 a3 37. f4 Rgf8 38. Ra7 $6
Rxd6 39. Nxd6 Nc6 40. Ra4 Rd8 41. Nb7 Rb8 42. Nc5 Kg8 $2 $16 43. Be4 Nb4 44.
Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rxa3 Nd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Ra5 Rd8 48. Ra7 Rf8 49. Rd7 Rxf4 50.
Rxd5 g6 51. hxg6 Kg7 52. a4 Kxg6 53. a5 h5 54. a6 h4 55. Ra5 Rf8 56. a7 Ra8 57.
Kb2 h3 58. Ra3 h2 59. Rh3 Rxa7 60. Rxh2 Kf5 61. Re2 Rc7 62. Kb3 Rc8 63. Kb4 Ra8
64. Kc5 Rc8+ 65. Kb5 Rd8 66. Kc4 Rc8+ 67. Kd3 Rd8 68. Re1 Kf6 69. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "La Rota, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {This line is not too
popular these days.} (5... gxf6 {leads to sharper fight.}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Ne2 (8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 {- 8.Ne2}) 8... Qc7 (8... Re8 9. Qc2 $1 {is the
most flexible plan keeping many possibilities open. White can castle << is
some cases and attack on the >>.} (9. O-O {is premature, in many cases 0-0-0
is the main threat.} Nd7 $1 10. Bf4 $1 {is the best plan from strategical
point of view.} (10. Qc2 {is already easily parried by} Nf8) (10. Ng3 Nf8 (
10... g6 11. Ne4 Bc7) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Qc7 13. g3 g6 14. Bd3 {looked more
natural} (14. Bh3 f5 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. Qb3 {
1/2:1/2 Zapata-Soppe, Braganca Paulista op 1997})) (10. Be3 {is not so logical,
White has to exchange his "bad" B.} Nf8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Now White has some problems on the dark squares.} 16.
Ng3 a5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Ng6 $132 {Lujan-Soppe, Homenaje a la
Bandera op 2001}) (10. a4 Nf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 $5 {White (according to his
sharp style) wants to attack at any rate. However in this line black is rather
solid on the >>.} (12. Ne4 Bc7 (12... Be7 13. a5) 13. Nc5 Qd6 14. f4 $14) (12.
a5 Qc7 13. b4 b6 14. Be3 f5 $13) 12... Qc7 13. f5 (13. a5 c5 $13) 13... Bxg3
14. hxg3 Bd5 15. Qg4 (15. Qc2 Qxg3 $1 {Black takes up the gauntlet!} 16. Bf4
Qg4 17. c4 g5 $1 18. cxd5 gxf4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 f3 21. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2
Rad8 $13) 15... Qd7 $14 {Sutovsky-Asrian, Istanbul 2003 CBM 096}) 10... Nf8 (
10... Qc7 $2 {is only a loss of a tempo.} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Qf3 Be6
14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 $16 {Pfeifer-Lechtynsky, Klatovy op-A 2000}) 11. Bxd6 (11.
Qd2 Ne6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qc2 h6 (15... g6 16. Ne4
Qe7 17. Qd2 f5 18. Nc5 $14) 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. Re3 (17. Bc4 $5) 17... Nf4 18. Rae1
Rxe3 19. Nxe3 c5 $132 {Emms-Rogers, GER-chT 1995}) 11... Qxd6 12. Ng3 g6 13.
Ne4 (13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qf4 f5 {and Black has problems
on the dark squares.} 17. Nd6 $16 {Felgaer-Bosco, Torre Blanca op 1997}) 13...
Qd8 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Re3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7 19. Rae1 $14
{looks more natural.} (19. Bc2 Rxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. e4 $14 {
Hector-Preuss, Roskilde op 1998})) (9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12.
Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 a4 $11 14. Ne4 $4 Rxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bc2 f4 $17 {
Naiditsch-Prusikhin, GER-ch Heringsdorf 2000}) 9... Kh8 $5 {leaves the >>
intact for a while.} (9... h6 {weakens the >> a bit, but White cannot create
an -> there.} 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Kh1
Bd7 15. c4 Bf4 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {Dolmatov-Plumanns, EUCUp Halkidiki
2002}) 10... Qc7 11. Ng3 (11. h3 {keeping the N in the [+].} c5 $6 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. Be3 Rxe3 {The B was too strong to let him alive.} 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15.
Kh1 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nf4 Nb6 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qd2 $16 {Timman-Chernin,
Amsterdam 1987}) 11... c5 $5 (11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. f4 (13. Rae1 Bg4 14.
Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ng6 16. Re4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {and the exchanges help for
White, Renner-Roeder, Bayern ch 1991.}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (14... Nf8 $2
{is too passive.} 15. h3 {against Bg4} c5 16. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rg3} c4 17. Rg3 $1 {
White is not feeling himself disturbed!} cxd3 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Nxf6 $1 Kxg7 (
19... dxc2 $4 20. Rg8#) 20. Nxe8+ Kg8 21. Nxc7 dxc2 22. Nxa8 $18 {
Conquest-Ristic, EUCup Sremic Krsko 1998}) 15. Rae1 Rad8) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4
Bb6 {and White has to solve the problem of his c1 B.}) (9... g6 {Black has
three possibilities to solve the problem of his h7 P. The game continuation
weakens the >> and White can quickly attack >< g6 by h4-h5 opening up the <->
h followed by 0-0-0 with good attacking chances.} 10. h4 $142 $1 {grabbing the
|^ on the >> was more to the point.} (10. Be3 $6 {- De la Paz-Bellon Lopez,
Santa Clara 2000 CBM 78}) 10... Nd7 (10... f5 11. h5 Qf6 (11... Be6 {- 10...Be6
}) 12. hxg6 fxg6 {Black has improved his P structure, but now the weakness of
the a2-g8 /^ will tell.} 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Bg5 Qg7 (14... Qxg5 $2 15. Qf7 $18)
15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 $1 Bxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Nd4 $16) 17. Bc4 $16 {
Sznapik-Plachetka, Bratislava 1983}) (10... Be6 11. h5 (11. Bh6 f5 $1 12. h5 (
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nc1 Nf6 $11 {and Black has defended his >>,
Chandler-Hodgson, Great Britain ch 1988.}) 12... Nd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 {- 11.h5})
11... f5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 Nd7 (13... Qf6 $5 14. O-O-O) 14. g4 $1 {White
has to attack immediately.} Bd5 15. O-O-O $1 Bxh1 (15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 (
16... Bxh1 17. Rxh1 {- 15...Bxh1}) 17. gxf5 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Qd5 19. Ng3 $14) 16.
Rxh1 Bf8 17. Bd2 $5 (17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. gxf5 $16) 17... Nb6 $1 (17... fxg4 $2
18. Qb3+ $1 Kg7 19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Nf4 {1-0 Kudrin-King,
Bayswater 1988}) 18. Nf4 $1 (18. gxf5 Qd5 19. Ng3 Qxa2 20. fxg6 Qa1+ {Now
Black can exchange queens, after which White's -> goes astray.} 21. Qb1 Qxb1+
22. Kxb1 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Re7 $15) 18... fxg4 (18... Nd5 19. gxf5 $40) 19. Bxg6 $1
{destroying Black's last defensive walls.} hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Nh5 Qc7 22.
Bh6 $16) 11. h5 {This is the consequent continuation.} (11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bxf8
Nxf8 13. O-O-O $14 {Vogt-Bobzin, Eger op 1987}) 11... Nf8 12. Bh6 (12. hxg6
fxg6 13. Bh6 {gives Black more chances.}) 12... Qe7 $5 (12... Be6 13. O-O-O b5
(13... Qc7 {defending the seventh rank.} 14. c4 {White can combine the -> on
the >> with play in the [+].} b6 {defending against c4-c5.} (14... Rad8 {allows
} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c5 $1 {gaining space in the [+].} Be7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc4
$16 {and the black pieces are very passive. Kavalek-Andersson, Washington 1978}
) 15. Qd2 $1 Rad8 16. Rh4 f5 17. Rdh1 {(Huergo-Gabrera, Cuba 1988)} Be7 18. Bg5
Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qg3 $16 {with nasty threats on the >>.}) (13... Qa5 14.
a3 Qc7 {weakening a3 is not a big deal.} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rh4 $1 {/\ Rdh1} Qf7
{/\ Bb3} 17. Rdh1 f5 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Qd2 Re7 20. g4 $1 {White has to open the
lines against the enemy K.} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Be6 23. Rgh4 Bf5 24.
Bd6 Rd7 25. Be5 $16 {and White comes first on the >>, De Firmian-Odendahl,
Philadelphia 1988.}) 14. Kb1 $5 {is a quiet prophylactic move.} (14. hxg6 {
is the beginnig of a series of forced attacking moves, but the result is not
so satisfactory for White.} fxg6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Bxg6 $5 {This is the main
idea.} hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Rh7 Qf7 20. Qd3 (20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21.
Rh1+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+ Qxg6 {and Black has got too many pieces for the
Q.}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf5 Be6 22. Qd3 Bc4 {1/2:1/2 by repetition of moves, Van
der Wiel-Boersma, NLD-chT 1994.})) (12... f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Kb1 (15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Kb1 $14 (17. Ng3 $6 {is strongly met by the
impertinent} Bxa2 $1 {Tisdall-Chandler, Brighton, 1981})) 15... Be6 16. Nf4 $14
) 13. O-O-O Bf5 {This is the point of 12...Qe7} 14. Bxf5 (14. Bxf8 Bxd3 15.
Rxd3 Kxf8 16. Re3 Qd7) 14... Qxe2 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Ne6 18.
Bc1 (18. g3 $14 {^^, and a virtual P majority on the << in the _|_.}) 18... Kg7
19. Bc4 Rad8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 b6 22. Bc6 $14 {Tischbierek-Moehring,
BKL-Turnier Leipzig 1984}) 10. O-O {Since Black hasn't weakened his >> yet,
castling >> is logical.} (10. h4 {Now this seems to be a blow into the air.}
Qa5 $1 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kd2 {Suddenly the K is safe in the [+].} (12.
h5 Nd7 13. Rh4 f5 14. O-O-O h6 15. Kb1 Qd8 16. Rdh1 Be7 17. R4h2 Bd6 18. Rh4
Be7 19. R4h2 Bd6 {1/2:1/2 Fontaine-Asrian, IECC Istanbul 2003}) 12... Bxe2 13.
Bxe2 c5 14. Qf5 Qd8 15. h5 Qd7 16. Bd3 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 {The _|_ is usualy
favourable for White.} cxd4 {(Crawley-Hodgson, London Peace 1987)} 18. cxd4 $14
{^^, o^ d4}) 11. Be3 Be6 12. Kf1 Nd7 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 c5 16.
dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. h6 g6 19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 Rad8 $13 {Rogers-Van der
Werf, Lugano op 1989}) 10... Qc7 {avoiding the thematic Bf4 exchanging Black's
active B.} 11. Ng3 g6 (11... Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 {White has now a strong P 
[+].} Nf8 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bc3 Ng6 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nf4 19.
Re4 Qd7 20. Rde1 $14 {Vogt-Bang, Copenhagen Obro op 1989}) 12. c4 f5 {White's
N is out of play.} 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. d5 $1 {White wants to open the
d <-> against the black pieces.} cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf5 Bc6 18. Rad1 $1
Bxg3 (18... gxf5 19. Qxd6 $16) 19. Bxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22.
Rfe1 $14 {and Black has no full compensation for the exchange, Jo.
Horvath-Hodgson, Soci 1987.}) 9. Qc2 h6 {after which White has to change plans
and castle >> with a positional play.} (9... Kh8 $6 {may become a loss of a
tempo.} 10. Be3 {Now White has again the plan 0-0-0 and attack on the >>.} (10.
Bxh7 $6 {is not correct:} g6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6 Qh7) 10... Re8 (10... Nd7
11. h4 h5 12. g3 c5 13. O-O-O c4 14. Be4 Rb8 {(Bjerring-Hartvig, Copenhagen
1996)} 15. Nf4 $16) (10... Be6 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Bc8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
O-O-O $16 {Karpatchev-Markosian, Moscow 1995}) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. h4
c5 14. h5 {Now Black has to defend against Bxh7.} Nf8 15. Bf5 c4 16. d5 Bd7 17.
g4 b5 18. Nd4 $16 {L.Hansen-Hartvig, DEN-ch 1996}) (9... g6 $6 {runs into} 10.
h4 $1 Re8 (10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. h5 f5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O-O $16 {-
Volzhin-Weiss, EU-ch Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) 11. h5 f5 12. g4 {White has to play
very energetically.} f4 13. hxg6 hxg6 {(Augustin-Schubert, Leipzig 1979)} 14.
Bxg6 $1 {This is the decisive blow!} f3 (14... Bxg4 15. Bd3 f3 (15... Bxe2 16.
Bxe2) 16. Bc4 $1 $18) 15. Bh7+ Kg7 16. Bh6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Kg7 18. Be4 $18) 10.
Be3 (10. h3 Nd7 (10... Re8 {- 8....Re8}) 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 (12. Be3 Nf8 13.
c4 $5 Ne6 {(A.Ivanov-Rohde, Washington D.C. 1991)} 14. Rae1 $5 $14 {/\ f4 A.
Ivanov}) 12... Nb6 13. Bf4 $1 $14 {solving the strategical problem by tactical
means.}) 10... Re8 (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 (11. Ng3 $5 Bf4 12. O-O) 11... Re8 12.
Ng3 Bf4 13. O-O Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf8 15. Rf2 Qe7 16. e4 Be6 17. Nf5 $16 {
Asztalos-Nimzowitsch, Bled 1931}) 11. O-O-O (11. h3 {preparing 0-0} Nd7 12. O-O
Nf8 13. c4 Ne6 14. Qd2 c5 15. d5 Ng5 16. Nc3 Bd7 $14 {Arakhamia Grant-Antonio,
Sydney 1991}) 11... c5 (11... Nd7 12. h4 (12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Rdg1 Ng6 14. Kb1 c5
15. Ng3 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 $13 {Pinkas-Lechtynsky, Decin 1977}) (12. g4 Nf8 $13 {
Negyesy-Korody, Budapest 1932}) 12... Nf8 13. Kb1 Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf4
16. Qf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $16 {Yates-Tartakower, Bad homburg 1927}) 12. Kb1 (12.
Qd2 c4 $5 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bc2 $16 {Menassa-La Rota, COL-ch 1995})
13. Bc2 Nc6 {/\ Ne7-d5}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Bxd4
Nc6 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Bf3 $14) 15... Qxc2+ 16. Kxc2 {White has an
active ^^ and a virtual P majority in the _|_.} Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Kb1 b6 (
18... f5 19. Rd3 f4 20. Bd2 $14) 19. Rhe1 f5 (19... Ne7) 20. Rc1 Ne7 (20... Nb4
$142 {activating the vulnerable N.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. a3 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nf4 $14)
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd2 {The c file is not so important, there is no penetration
square. It is advisable for White to keep one pair of rooks and open some
other lines.} Rc4 23. Bc3 {/\ Kc2-d3 bringing the K into the [+].} Rc8 24. Kc2
Ng6 25. g3 Nf8 $6 {This N manoeuvre is slowish.} (25... Ne7 26. Kd3 Kf8 27. b4
(27. a4 Nc6) 27... b5 28. a3 $16) 26. Kd3 Ne6 27. Bd5 Nc7 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. a4 $1
{White wants to widen the battlefront on the <<.} Rb8 (29... Kf8 30. b4 $16)
30. Bc6 Kf8 (30... Na6 31. Kc4 Rc8 32. Re8+ $16) (30... Ne6 31. b4 $16) 31. b4
$1 a6 (31... b5 32. a5 Rd8 33. d5 $16) 32. b5 a5 $2 {Black wants to close the
<<, but >< b6 remains also vulnerable.} (32... axb5 33. axb5 Ne6 34. Ra1 $16 {
and finally White has opened a new file with possibilities for a penetration.})
33. d5 $1 $18 f6 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Bd7 Kf8 (35... g6 36. f4 Kf8 37. Be6 Kg7 38.
Rc1 $18 {/\ Rc6 and >< b6 and d6 cannot be defended.}) 36. Kc4 f4 37. g4 Bb4 (
37... Kf7 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rh1 {Now White penetrates on the h file.}
Kg7 41. Bf5 $18) 38. Re2 Rd8 39. Bc6 Rb8 40. h4 {/\ h5 fixing the weaknesses
and paving the way for the K on the light square.} Be7 41. h5 Bd6 42. f3 Be7
43. Kd3 $1 {/\ Ke4-f5-g6} Kf7 44. Ke4 $1 Bd6 45. Kf5 $22 Kf8 46. Kg6 Be7 47. g5
$1 {This is the final breakthrough!} hxg5 48. h6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Qd5 {As usual
Jobava tries to get out of well known theoretical paths as quickly as possible.
The idea behind this queen sally seems to me to be a prophylatic one. Black
wants to interfere with White's normal setup of Bd3, Qc2 and Ne2, which would
not now be possible as the pawn on g2 would be en prise. Jobava had a terrible
result at Wijk Aan Zee, but good, bad or indifferent his games are always
watchable. He is known as an entertainer in chess, but I wonder if he is
trying to play up to this reputation a little bit too much and his results are
suffering as a result. The problem is: when you play the very best players in
the world, if you avoid the main-lines then you are often just playing dubious
openings.} (6... Bd6 {is much more normal. The main attraction of this opening
is that Black's position is very solid and easy to play. He puts the rook on
the e-file, the knight on d7 and the queen on c7. You can play all these moves
with your eyes closed.} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Nf8
12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 {was a typical continuation
in Swiercz,D (2654)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) Tromso 2013. Black's position is
rather passive but remains difficult to break down.}) 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 $1 {
looks very logical. If he puts the queen on d5, why not attack it as quickly
as possible?} Bd6 8. Nf4 Qe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Kd2 {
with a slight but enduring edge in Aagaard,J (2411)-Motwani,P (2552) Hamilton
2004.}) (7. Qf3 Qxf3 {this seems rather forced;} (7... Bd6 $6 8. Qxd5 cxd5 9.
Bd3 {and the isolated d-pawn will become a target for White in the endgame}) 8.
Nxf3 Nd7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. O-O {1/2-1/2 (11) Gurevich,V (2481)-Ivanov,
M (2367) Germany 2012. Of course there is no reason to agree a draw here.
Karsten Mьller or Magnus would just be getting going!}) 7... Bd6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $1 {is awkward.} 10. Qc2 $2 Bxf3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. gxf3 g6 13.
Bxg6 Rg8 $19) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. h3 Bf5 $1 {But now the bishop finds an
excellent diagonal, so Black should be fine.} 11. Re1 ({The immediate} 11. c4
$6 {was possible but this gives Black the opportunity to create useful
counterplay.} Qd7 $5 {This would be similar to another game of Jobava's
against Karajakin where he sacrificed on h3 and scored a stunning victory.} (
11... Qd6 {is also not bad, with a threat of ...Be4xf3 and Qh2 mate}) (11...
Qe4 12. Be3 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Rac1 {however looks rather good for White,
who is starting to build up quite a lead in development.})) 11... Nd7 12. Nh4 (
12. Qb3 Nb6 $1 13. c4 (13. Qxd5 Nxd5 {and the knight is heading for f4}) 13...
Qd7 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Re7 {and I don't see any problems for Black.}) 12...
Be4 {This is somewhat forced as if White were to take on f5 he would be
clearly better, but now the game is rather double-edged.  That's because for
the time being the bishop is well-placed here but it's not anchored in the
centre, so Black has to be careful. He cannot ever play ...f5 for example, as
the reply f3 would win a piece.} 13. g3 Rfe8 14. c4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3
Rad8 17. Bg4 Nf8 18. Re3 c5 $6 {Jobava is trying to provoke the pawn into
advancing to d5, which in turn will gain him a useful square for his pieces on
e5. This is typical of his double-edged style, always seeking to disrupt the
balance of the position and gain counter-chances for himself, but I think in
this case it was unwarranted. Especially as from White's point of view this
move must have come as something of a relief - the pawn seems cumbersome on d4
and difficult to defend.} ({Black had a much stronger possibility in} 18... g6
$1 {But this demands very precise calculation - in many lines Black stands on
the precipice.} 19. Qe1 $5 {is also rather testing.} (19. f3 $2 {is bad for
many reasons, not least of which is simply} Bc2 $1 20. Qd2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxg3
$19) (19. Qe2 $1 {would have course been the first line he looked at and
perhaps the reason he rejected this continuation. White gains rather strong
threats;} f5 20. Bf3 Qa6 $1 (20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne6 23. Qh6 $1 {
and Black is in big trouble as ...Bd6 now drops a piece to the simple c5}) (
20... Rxd4 $5 {might be the best practical try, trying to wrest the initiative.
} 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nf3 Qe7 $13 {and there is still
everything to play for.}) 21. b3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne6 24. Qh6 Ba5
25. Bb2 Bb4 26. Ng5 $1 (26. d5 Bf8 27. Qh4 cxd5 {and White is running out of
ideas}) 26... Nxg5 27. Qxg5 Re8 (27... Qa5 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Qf6 {
with a big attack.}) 28. Qf6 Re6 29. Qd8+ Bf8 {which is unpleasant but perhaps
defensible.}) 19... f5 20. Bf3 (20. c5 Qa6 21. Be2 b5 22. a4 Qb7 {is rather
unclear}) 20... Rxd4 $1 {but now this is really working} 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 {
with excellent compensation for a small material investment.}) 19. d5 Bg6 20.
Qe2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 $16 Bd6 22. f4 Qc7 23. a4 $6 (23. Kg2 {with the threat of f5,
trapping the bishop was certainly possible.} Bc2 $1 24. Rc1 $1 (24. b3 Ng6 $1)
24... Ba4 25. Nf5 {looks highly unpleasant for Black.}) (23. Qe2 $1 {was very
strong, as this would have prevented the later "escape" of the bishop via c2.
Black is virtually move bound.}) 23... Qb8 24. Re1 Bc2 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1
Qc8 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Qd3 Ng6 $1 {Now Black doesn't stand too badly, as the
white king is fairly exposed.} 29. Nxg6 (29. Nf5 $5 Bxf4 30. d6 Qc6+ (30... Qd7
$4 31. Ne7+ $1) 31. Kh2 {was one possible line where the d-pawn looks
extremely strong, but of course this was quite a committal line.}) 29... fxg6
30. b3 Kf7 31. Re1 h5 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bd2 b6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Bxa5
Qf5 37. Be1 h4 38. g4 Qc2+ 39. Kf1 Kg8 $2 {Presumably Jobava thought that
there might be a perpetual if White grabs the bishop, but he was wrong.} (39...
Kf8 $1 40. Bxh4 a5 41. Bf2 a4 42. Qe6 {was the correct way to play. But here
Black really can sacrifice the bishop-} axb3 43. Qc8+ (43. Qxd6+ $4 Kg8 {
When the b-pawn can't be stopped}) 43... Ke7 44. Qe6+ Kf8 $11) 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41.
Qxd6 Qxb3 (41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qh1 44. Qxc5 Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh3+
46. Kd2 Qxg4 47. Qf2 {and White will have no problem stopping the pawns.}) 42.
Kg2 Qxc4 43. Qe6 a5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qxf5+ g6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 $5 ({The plan of castling short followed by pushing on the
kingside is very attractive and strong. Two important games in this variation
went} 9. O-O Nd7 (9... Qc7 10. Ng3 Be6 11. f4 c5 12. d5 Bd7 13. c4 $16 {
1-0 Khalifman,A (2640)-Seirawan,Y (2595)/Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 10. a4 Nf8 11. Ng3
Be6 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bd5 15. Qg4 $36 {1-0 Sutovsky,E (2652)
-Asrian,K (2596)/Istanbul 2003}) 9... h5 (9... g6 10. h4 $5 $40) 10. Be3 (10.
O-O f5 (10... g6 11. Bxg6 f5 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Rxe2 14. Qxh5 $132 {
0-1 Bjerre,J (2338)-Rasmussen,A (2547)/Ballerup 2017 (65)}) 11. Re1 g6 12. Bf4
Be6 13. Rad1 a5 14. c4 Na6 {1/2-1/2 Simacek,P (2495)-Kreisl,R (2444)/Vysna
Boca 2017}) 10... Nd7 11. Ng3 $6 {This has been played before but it is
probably a little too early as Black quickly gets to activate his pieces
because of the white king position in the centre.} (11. O-O-O Nf8 (11... a5 $5)
12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 Rc8 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. Rc1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pichot,A
(2571)-Perez Ponsa,F (2594)/Buenos Aires 2017 (43)}) (11. O-O Nf8 12. Rae1 Qc7
13. h3 Be6 14. c4 Qd7 15. Ng3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mammadzada,G (2393)-Houska,J (2393)/
Heraklio 2017 (68)}) 11... Nb6 12. O-O-O ({The pawn cannot really be taken:} 
12. Nxh5 $6 Nd5 13. O-O (13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 g6 16. Ng3 f5 $17)
(13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Ng3 f5 $19) 13... Bg4 14. Ng3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rxe3
$15) (12. O-O $5 h4 13. Ne4 {is playable.}) 12... h4 $146 ({A previous game
went} 12... Nd5 $5 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Bf5
Bxf5 18. Nxf5 g6 19. Nh4 Re6 20. Qb3 $5 Re2 21. Rhf1 Rae8 $15 {0-1 Abdumalik,Z
(2420)-Lenderman,A (2587)/Saint Louis 2017 (89)}) 13. Ne4 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
Bxf5 Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} 15. Rde1 Qc7 (15... c5) 16. g3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 g6 18. Bd3
hxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 $13 {[%cal Ge8h8]}) 13... Nd5 14. Rde1 {The opening has
resulted in a pretty uninspiring position for White, and it looks like Black
has quite a few practical chances to take over the initiative.} (14. Nxd6 $5
Qxd6 (14... Nxe3 15. Nxf7 $16) 15. Rde1 Be6 16. g3 h3 $132) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4
Bxf4+ 16. Kb1 f5 $1 17. Nc5 (17. Nd2 Be6 $15 {[%cal Gd8d5]}) 17... b6 {The
black pawns along with the double bishops slowly start taking away important
squares from the white pieces.} 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nb3 Qe6 (19... g6 $5 20. g3
Bg5 $15 (20... hxg3 21. hxg3 {[%cal Gh1h8]})) 20. g3 Bd6 21. Qd1 (21. Nd2 b5
22. Nf3 Qd5 $36) 21... Bd7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Qf3 Rd8 ({Another possibility was} 
23... a5 {but White wanted to play} 24. Nd2 {anyway} (24. d5 c5 $15) (24. Bb5
Rc8 $15) 24... b5 $2 25. Bxb5) 24. gxh4 {A tough decision in a difficult
position.} ({The alternatives do not bring respite either} 24. Nd2 b5 (24... c5
25. Nb3 (25. d5 b5 $15)) 25. Nb3 b4 $36) 24... Qxh4 $15 25. Nd2 (25. Bxf5 Qf6
$1 (25... Bxf5+ 26. Qxf5 Qxh2 $11) 26. Be4 Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Bxh2 $15) 25... Qf4 {
With the combination of rook and double bishops and the better pawn structure,
Black aims for a comfortable endgame.} (25... Bf4 $5 26. Nc4 g6 $15) 26. Qxf4 (
26. Kc2 Qxf3 (26... g6 $15) 27. Nxf3 g6 $15) 26... Bxf4 27. Nf3 g6 28. Bc4 Re8
29. Ne5 (29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $15) 29... Kg7 30. Re2 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 (31. dxe5 g5 $17 (
31... Rh8 {[%csl Rh2]} 32. f4 Rh4 33. Rf2 Be6)) 31... Rxe5 32. dxe5 Be6 $17 {
Black has fewer pawn islands and a very well placed king which has a clear
path of entry, whereas White has weak pawns on e5 and h2. Victory for Black
looks well within sight.} 33. Be2 (33. Bxe6 fxe6 $17 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gh6h5,Gh5h4,
Gh4h3]}) 33... g5 {[%csl Re5]} 34. Kc2 Kg6 $5 (34... Bxa2 $2 35. b3) ({It was
more accurate to play} 34... f4) 35. b4 ({White could have provided more
resistance with} 35. f4 {although after} Bd5 (35... g4 36. Bf1 Kh5 37. b3 Kh4
38. Kd2 g3 39. hxg3+ Kxg3 40. Ke3 $11) (35... gxf4 36. Bf3 Kg5 (36... c5 37. b3
Kg5 38. Kd2 Kh4 39. Ke1 Kh3 40. Kf2 Kxh2 $11 41. Be2 Bd5 (41... Kh3 42. Kf3 $11
) 42. c4 Bc6 (42... Be6 43. Kf3 $11) 43. Bh5 Be8 44. e6) 37. Bxc6 Kg4 38. Kd3 (
38. b3 Kh3 39. Kd2 Kxh2 40. Ke2 Kg3 41. c4 f3+ 42. Bxf3 f4 43. Be4 a5 44. Bd5
Bg4+ 45. Kf1 f3 $19) 38... Bxa2 (38... Kh3 39. Ke2 Kxh2 40. Kf3 $11) 39. Ke2
f3+ 40. Bxf3+ Kf4 41. h4 Kxe5 42. Ke3 f4+ 43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Kf2 a5 $15) 36. fxg5
Kxg5 37. c4 (37. b3 f4 38. c4 Bg2 $19) 37... Be6 (37... Bg2 38. Kd2 c5 (38...
Kf4 39. Bh5 Kxe5 40. Bxf7 $13)) 38. Kd2 c5 {Black has good practical chances,
for example} 39. Ke3 f4+ 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. h4 Kxe5 42. a3 a5 43. Kf3 Bf5 44. Kf2
Be4 45. Bh5 Bg6 46. Be2 Kd4 47. h5 Be4 48. h6 Ke5 49. Bf3 Bh7 50. Bd5 (50. Bh5
Kf6 51. Kf3 Bg6 52. Bg4 Kg5 $19) 50... Kf6 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Kxf4 f6 53. Ke3 (53.
Kg4 Kxh6 54. Kh4 f5 $19) 53... Kxh6 $17 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Be6 Bc2 56. Bg8 Kh4 57.
Be6 Bd3 (57... Bb1 58. Bf5 Ba2 59. Be6) (57... Bb3 58. Kf5) 58. Bf7 (58. Kf3
Kg5 59. Ke3 Bb1 60. Kf3 f5 61. Bd5 Bc2 62. Bc6 f4 63. Bd5 Kf5 64. Bc6 Bd1+ 65.
Kf2 Ke5 $19) 58... Kh3 59. Kf3 Bc2 60. Be6+ (60. Bd5 Kh2 $19) 60... Kh2 $19 61.
Kf2 Bb3 62. Bd5 b5 $19) 35... f4 (35... Bxa2 $6 36. c4 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. Kc3
a6 39. Bf3 $132) 36. Bd3+ (36. Kd3 Bxa2 (36... Kf5 37. Kd4 Bxa2 38. c4 Bb1 (
38... Bb3 39. Bf3 Ba4 40. Bh5 Ke6 41. Bg4+ Ke7) 39. Bf3) 37. c4 Bb1+ (37... c5
38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Kc2 $11) 38. Kd4 a5 (38... Bf5 39. Bf3 Bd7 40. Be4+) 39. bxa5
bxa5 40. Bd1 Kf5 41. Kc5 Bd3 $17) 36... Kh5 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2] It is just a
matter of time before the weak pawns will start falling.} 37. Be4 c5 38. a3 Kg4
39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Bg2 {[%csl Re5]} Bc4 41. h3+ Kf5 42. Kd2 Kxe5 43. Kc2 Kf5 44.
Kd2 Kg6 {[%cal Gg6h5,Gh5h4,Gc4e6]} 45. Bf3 Bf1 46. Kc2 (46. Bg4 f5 $19) 46...
Bxh3 47. Kd3 g4 0-1

[Event "Brazil Foz do Iguacu op"]
[Site "Foz do Iguacu"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {This line was played
for the first time by the one and only Horatio Caro! One of the players after
whom is named the Caro-Kann Defense. In 1898, he used it against the great
Harry Pillsbury. Later, Saviely Tartakower used this line many times. I think
it's an interesting choice, but Black has to be careful - his pawn structure
is damaged, and he usually has to count on his piece activity to achieve good
positions.} (5... gxf6 {was introduced some years later, by Nimzowitsch, in
1907. He used it on many occasions. I think ...gxf6 is actually dubious if
White plays precisely. For example:} 6. c3 $1 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 Qd5 {[%cal
Rd5c4]} 9. Bg2 Qc4 10. Nh4 $1 $16) 6. c3 (6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4
Bg6 10. Nh4 Nd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 g6 13. Qe2+ Qe7 $1 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {
1-0 (30) Pillsbury,H-Caro,H Vienna 1898 with a very comfortable position for
Black. In the end White won the game, but not because of the opening.}) 6...
Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h6 (9... h5 $1 {is the fashionable move here
nowadays} 10. O-O (10. Bd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 {a typical idea, that
could've happened in the present game.} 13. Ng3 $6 Nf4 $1 $15 {0-1 (58)
Andriasian,Z (2585)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... h4 11. h3 {
looks logical.} Nd7 12. c4 (12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rae1 Bc7 14. b3 g6 15. Kh1 Qd6 16.
Bf4 Rxe2 17. Bxd6 Rxc2 18. Bxc7 Rd2 19. Re8 Kg7 20. Bd6 Ne6 21. Bb1 $14 {
1-0 (28) Sjugirov,S (2663)-Bai,J (2579) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 12... Nf8 13. Be3
Bc7 14. Rad1 $14 {½-½ (56) Kanmazalp,O (2473)-Motylev,A (2669) Batumi 2018})
(9... g6 $6 {is considered to be bad, as far as I know} 10. h4 Be6 11. h5 f5
12. Be3 Qf6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. c4 $5 (14. Nf4 $1 $16) 14... b5 {Trying some
counterplay} 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. c5 Bc7 17. Rh6 Qg7 18. Rh4 Bd5 $2 19. Nc3 $1
Bxg2 20. Bxf5 $18 {1-0 (40) Savchenko,B (2602)-Maghsoodloo,P (2590) Khomeyn
2017}) 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ng3 Nd7 (11... c5 12. d5 $1 $14 {followed by c4.}) 12.
Bd2 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Be6 {Here I thought for a long time. None of candidates moves
were making sense, so at the end of the day, you have to use your strategic
advantages in your favour:} 14. c4 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Ra7,Rb2,Rb7,Rc4,Rc6,Rd4] I
have to push the pawn majority at some point!} Rad8 {Black is playing
logically, and the position remains balanced.} (14... c5 $2 15. d5 $16) 15. Bc3
h5 $5 {A nice idea. Black wants to win some ground on the queenside. In the
other hand, my knight will find a better square on either d2 or e3 soon.} (
15... Ng6 $5 {sacrificing a pawn to achieve a very solid endgame:} 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. Qxg6 Qf7 $1 18. Qxf7+ Bxf7 19. b3 $14 b5 {trying to establish a
blockade on d5, since White will be forced either to take on b5 or play c5} 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nf5 Bc7 22. c5 $14 {The knight may come to e3 controlling d5,
or even go to d6.}) 16. b3 h4 17. Nf1 Bc8 (17... h3 $2 {is simply bad, because
I will play g3 followed by Ne3.} 18. g3 $16 {[%cal Rf1e3]}) 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19.
h3 Ne6 20. Re1 $1 {Winning an important tempo.} Rd8 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Nd2 $1 Ng5
(21... Nf4 22. Nf3 $1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 $16) 22. Ne4 {The exchange of pieces
should always favour White.} Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26.
Bf5 $14) 21... Ng5 $2 (21... Nxd4 $1 {was the critical move. We both thought
this was winning for White, and missed the difficult resource Black still had:}
22. Bxd4 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Rxd4 24. Nd5 {looked good enough, since there is a mate
threat on e8, and after ...Qd8, White plays Ne7+ and Nxc8. But that's why you
always have to go until the end of the variation to be sure:} Qd8 $1 25. Ne7+
Kf8 26. Kxh2 Be6 $3 {a very strong move. Now the knight and the bishop are
attacked.} (26... Rxd3 27. Nxc8 $18) 27. Ng6+ fxg6 28. Bxg6 Bf7 $11) 22. Bf5 $1
(22. Nf5 {it wasn't good enough to get the bishop pair here:} Bxf5 23. Bxf5 g6
$1 24. Bg4 f5 $11 {and Black is doing just fine.}) 22... Re8 (22... g6 $2 23.
Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Ng4 $18) (22... Bf4 23. Bxc8 Bxe3 24. Bg4 $1 $16) 23. Bxc8 Qxc8
24. Nf5 {Now White enjoys a big positional advantage, and the h4-pawn is about
to fall.} Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Kf1 $1 {The king serves a very good purpose
on f1 and also arrives at the safest square possible.} g6 27. Nxh4 f5 $2 (27...
Nxh3 $1 {scared me for a second, since if he plays any other move, I simply am
a pawn up. And it is very interesting actually, during the game I thought I
had found a refutation, but things aren't that simple:} 28. d5 {could be the
best move here.} (28. Nxg6 {was the move I intended to play.} Qg4 29. f3 Qxg6
30. Qxg6+ fxg6 31. gxh3 $16 {The endgame looks amazing for White, but after
analysing it for some time, I came to the conclusion that it may be drawn:} Kf7
32. d5 (32. Ke2 {looks like a useless try as well:} Ke6 33. Kd3 f5 {when White
is getting nowhere.}) 32... cxd5 33. cxd5 f5 34. Ke2 a6 35. Kd3 Ke7 {and I
have no idea how White is going to penetrate Black's position.}) 28... cxd5 29.
cxd5 Qd7 $1 (29... Qxd5 $6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qxh3 Qb5+ 32. Kg1 Qe2 33. Nf3 Qxa2
34. Qd7 $18 {has to be winning for White.}) 30. Nxg6 Qg4 31. Nh4 {may be the
only chance. White keeps his extra pawn, but Black is very active:} (31. f3 {
would transpose to the line after 28.Nxg6}) 31... Qxh4 (31... Nf4 32. f3 Nxd5
33. fxg4 Ne3+ 34. Ke2 Nxc2 35. Bf2 $14 {and play continues, but the game
should end in a draw also.}) 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxh3 Qe4 (33... Qxh3 $4 {
wouldn't make sense here, because White will have two passed pawns now.} 34.
gxh3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rh3]}) 34. Qf3 Qb1 $132) 28. Qd3 Be7 29. Nf3 {Now White is
in full control.} Ne4 30. Bd2 (30. g3 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2] was an important move,
improving the king's position.}) 30... Qd6 31. Be3 (31. g3 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2]
with the same idea.}) 31... Bf6 32. Qc2 (32. g3 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2] for the last
time!}) 32... Qe6 33. Bf4 g5 {Black tries counterplay, but ends up opening his
king way too much.} 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. dxe5 $1 (35. Nxe5 $2 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d4]}
36. Nf3 Qf4 $132 {[%cal Rg5g4] and I'm not sure who I prefer here, Black is
super active, threatening ...g4.}) 35... Qd7 36. g3 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2] finally!}
Kg7 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Qe2 b6 39. Qe3 {[%csl Rg5] I wanted to keep an eye on the
g5-pawn before playing g4 which will destroy Black's defences around his king.}
Qd1 40. g4 $1 Qb1 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Nd4+ Kxe5 (42... Kg6 43. Nxc6 $18 {
is a simple win for White.}) 43. f3 {Simplifies into a winning endgame, as we
will see:} (43. Nxc6+ $18 {was also good enough.}) 43... Qxa2+ 44. Ne2 Qc2 45.
Qd4+ $1 (45. Qxe4+ $4 {it is never too late to ruin everything. Black is even
winning now!} Qxe4 46. fxe4 Kxe4 $19 {[%csl Re4][%cal Re4d3,Rd3c3] King
activity is such an important factor in endgames, that here even having an
extra knight is not enough to defend the position.}) 45... Kf5 46. Qxe4+ Qxe4
47. Ng3+ $18 {Now White wins easily.} Kf4 48. Nxe4 f5 49. Nd6 a5 50. c5 $1 {
The cleanest.} bxc5 (50... b5 51. Nxb5 cxb5 52. c6 $18 {and White gets there
first.}) 51. Nc4 g4 52. fxg4 fxg4 53. h4 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 11th"]
[Site "Qinhuangdao"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 $5 {This is a relatively new continuation, at least P.Negi
doesn't consider this move in his book.} 10. O-O {This move seems to be
illogical. It seems that after 9...h5 White should play h3, g4. Nevertheless,
here the position is a little bit more complicated. Black has 4 pawns on the
kingside and after ...Nd7, ...Nf8 Black's king isn't in danger. Moreover,
after ...Be6, ...Qa5, ...Rc8 and ...b5 Black has some counterplay.} ({For
example} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 ({If you want to see
what Black wants in this variation you should examine the following game} 13.
Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Rhe1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ne6 18. Rde1 a5 19. Bc1
a4 {Black has got an excellent position and after} 20. f4 Qd5 $1 21. R4e2 Nc7
22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Abrahamyan,T (2364)-Krush,I (2444)
0-1 (52) Saint Louis 2017 The endgame which has arisen is very unpleasant for
White.}) 13... Rc8 14. h3 (14. Ng3 Bg4 $6 (14... g6 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nc5 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 $11) 15. Rc1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 17. Qd2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 (18.
Rxc4 $5 Be6 19. Ra4 $14) 18... Qe7 $6 (18... g6 19. f3 Be6 20. g4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4
Qd5 $11) 19. Ka1 Nd7 20. d5 $6 (20. Bf4 $1 Nb6 21. Bd3 $16) 20... cxd5 21. Bxd5
Nb6 $11 {Pichot,A (2571) -Perez Ponsa,F (2594) 1/2 (43) Buenos Aires ARG 2017})
14... h4 15. Qd2 (15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Ne4 b5 $13) (15. Rdg1 $6 b5 16. c5 Bb8 17.
Nc3 b4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 $15 {Saric,I (2669)-Howell,D 
(2676) Riyadh KSA 2017 1/2 (45)}) 15... Ng6 16. Nc3 $6 Bb4 $1 {Black intends
to take control over the light squares by means of ...Bxc3 and ...b5.} 17. a3
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. d5 $5 (19. Rhe1 Ne7 20. Ka1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Nd5 $15) 19... cxd5 20. c5 a6 (20... Qd7 $1 21. Bc2 Ne7 22. Rd2 Nc6 $15) 21.
Bc2 Qc7 22. Rhg1 a5 23. g3 hxg3 24. Rxg3 Rb8 $13 {Aryan,C (2509)-Svane,R (2586)
Moscow RUS 2018 1-0 (41)}) (10. h3 Nd7 (10... h4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O
$5 Nf8 13. Kb1 Be6 14. c4 Rc8 $1 (14... b5 $2 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. c5 Rc8 17.
Bxb5 $16) 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Rhe1 Bb4 $13) 12... Nf8 13. Bf5 $6 {A wrong move,
it's Black, who needs to trade the light-squared bishops.} (13. Rfe1 g5 $5 {
The resulting position is too complicated to evaluate correctly. After ...Bb8,
and ...Qd6 (Qc7) Black's queen will get to h2, White can play Kf1, Ng1.} (13...
Bc7 14. Nf4 Ne6 (14... Qd6 $6 15. c4 $1 {Black has got an unpleasant position})
15. Qd2 Qd6 16. c4 $1 b6 17. b4 g6 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qd8 20. Red1 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Be6 $11) 14. c4 Bc7 (14... Bb8 $5 15. Kf1 Qd6 16. Ng1 $13) 15. c5 (15. Kf1
Qd6 16. Ng1 $13) 15... Bb8 16. d5 $5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Rxe4
20. Bxe4 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ne6) 13... Bc7 (13... Bxf5 $5 14. Qxf5 Bc7 {White should
be careful. For example} 15. Rfd1 $6 Ng6 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Re6
$1 {Black wants to play ...Re8 with a very strong attack. He doesn't need to
hurry with ...Qh2+.}) 14. Bxc8 $6 (14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. Nf4 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne6 $40)
({The computer prefers} 14. Bd3 {but it's not easy to admit your own mistake.})
14... Rxc8 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. f4 Re4 $17 17. Rf3 Rce8 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. g4
$4 Nf6 21. g5 Ng4+ {0-1 (21) Bracker,F (2392)-Voigt,M (2346) Germany GER 2018})
11. O-O {I was surprised when Zhansaya played this} Nf8 12. a4 Bc7 (12... Bb8
$5 {Abdumalik} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 $4 Qd6 14. Bf4 Rxe2 15. Bxd6 Rxc2 16. Bxc2 Bxd6
$19) 13... Qd6 14. f4 $8 f5 {Black's position seems to be good. for example}
15. Rae1 g6 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. Nc1 Bc7 18. Bc4 Ng7 19. Nd3 Be6 $11) 13. Re1 h4 {
At this moment I was satisfied with my position.} 14. Be3 Ne6 $6 {An useless
move.} 15. c4 $1 Qd6 16. Nf4 $1 Rd8 $6 17. c5 Qf8 18. Ne2 $1 {A very strong
move, which I missed.} g6 19. Rad1 (19. Bc4 f5 20. Rad1 $16 {Black is in
trouble.}) 19... Ng7 20. Bc4 Be6 21. b4 Rd7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qe4 $6 (23. Qc4
$1 Rad8 24. Nc3 $16) 23... f5 $1 24. Qxh4 Qd8 $1 25. Qh6 $6 (25. Qxd8+ Raxd8
26. Rb1 f4 27. Bd2 Be5 28. dxe5 Rxd2 $44 {Black should make a draw.}) 25... Be5
$11 {Abdumalik,Z (2484)-Sumets, A (2577) 0-1 (69) Llucmajor ESP 2018}) 10... h4
11. h3 (11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 (12... Rxe2 $4 13. Qxe2 Bxf4 14. Qe4 $18) 13.
Qd2 Be7 {It is too risky. Black intends to play f5, g5.} ({I would recommend} 
13... h3 14. Bxd6 (14. g3 $6 Bg4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc1 Qd5 17. Bf1 Ne6 $15)
14... Qxd6 15. Qf4 Qd5 16. Qg3 Qxg2+ 17. Qxg2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 $11) 14. h3 $1 g5
15. Bh2 f5 16. f3 (16. Rad1 f4 17. c4 Bf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Nc3
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qa5 $13) ({White could have played} 16. Kh1 $5 f4 17. Ng1 Bf6
18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qc2 $14) 16... Bf6 17. Kh1 f4 18. Bg1 Be6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Kh2
Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {Beerdsen,T (2441)-Svane,R (2579)1-0 (43) Maastricht NED 2018
}) 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. c4 Nf8 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Rad1 {White wants to play d5
and he isn't afraid of ...Qd6.} Qd6 (14... g5 $6 15. c5 Bb8 16. Bc1 Qc7 $6 17.
f4 $16) 15. Bf4 ({I would prefer} 15. Nf4 $5 Bd7 16. c5 Qe7 17. d5 Bxf4 18.
Bxf4 cxd5 19. b4 $44) 15... Rxe2 16. Bxd6 Rxc2 17. Ba3 {White has won an
exchange but after 17...Be6 and ...Bxc4 Black has some compensation.} Be6 $1 (
17... Bf5 $6 18. Bxf5 Re2 19. Bd3 Ree8 20. d5 $16) 18. d5 $5 cxd5 (18... Bf5 $5
19. Bxf5 Rxc4 20. d6 Bb6 21. d7 Rf4 22. Bg4 g6 $13) 19. cxd5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxd5
21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 $14 {1/2 (56) Kanmazalp,O (2473)-Motylev,A (2669)
Batumi GEO 2018}) 12... Nf8 13. Rae1 Bc7 $146 (13... Be6 14. Nf4 Bc7 15. Nxe6
Nxe6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Qd6 18. f4 Nf8 19. Qb3 Kg8 20. a4 $6 (20. Qxb7 $1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Bc1 Rb8 24. Qa6 $16) 20... a6 $11 {
Ostrovskiy,A (2414)-Antal,G (2534)1/2 (34) Charlotte USA 2018} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Qxb7 Re2 23. Rf2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxf4 25. Rf2 Qc1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qg3
28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 $11) 14. b3 (14. Nf4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 {- Ostrovskiy,
A-Antal,G.}) 14... g6 (14... Ne6 $5 {Threatening ...Qd6.} 15. f4 {sooner or
later White should play f4.For example} (15. Bh7+ $6 Kh8 16. Bf5 Qd6 17. Nf4
Bd7 $15) 15... Qd6 16. Rd1 Ng5 $5 17. fxg5 $2 (17. c4 Nxh3+ $5 (17... Bf5 18.
Bxf5 Rxe2 19. Bd3 (19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Bg4 R2e4 21. Bc1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1
f5 $11) 19... Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne6 21. Kh1 Rd8) 18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. Rf2 Bg4 20. Bc1
Re7 $44) 17... Qh2+ 18. Kf2 Bxh3 19. Rg1 Bg4 $19) 15. Kh1 Qd6 16. Bf4 $5 {
The only way to fight for an advantage.} (16. f4 f5 17. Ng1 {White can win the
h4-pawn but Black will get compensation after ...Nh7 (Nd7), ...Nf6, ...Nh5} Be6
18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Nxh4 Nf6 $44 20. Bc1 (20. Nf3 $6 Nh5 $15) 20... Bd5 21. Re5 Be4
22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $44) 16... Rxe2 $8 (16... Qd8 $6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18.
Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qh6 $16) 17. Bxd6 Rxc2 18. Bxc7 Rd2 $6 {It's not the best move.
Black could have played 18...Rxa2 or 18...Rxc3.} (18... Rxa2 19. Re8 Kg7 $8 20.
Bd6 Nd7 21. Bb1 (21. Rfe1 Nb6 22. Bf8+ Kg8 $8 (22... Kh7 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Rxa8
Nxa8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 $16) 23. Bb1 Ra1 24. Bb4+ Kg7 25. c4 Be6 26. Re7 a5
27. Bc3 Ra3 28. d5 Bc8 29. d6 Rxb3 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. c5 Rb4 32. Be3 Rb2 $1 33.
Rd1 $44 {[%eval 0,0] A human evaluation. I would prefer to have White.
According to my computer, the position which has arisen is equal} (33. Bd4 Rb4
34. Be3 $11)) 21... Ra1 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bf8+ Kg8 24. Ba3+ Kg7 25. Bb2 Ra5 26.
Re7 Rb8 27. Kg1 Be6 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Bc3 Kxe7 30. Bxa5 $44) (18... Rxc3 19. Bb1
Bf5 $1 {The point} (19... b6 $2 20. Re8 Bb7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bf4 c5 23. Bd2
cxd4 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Rc1 $18) 20. Ba5 Bxb1 21. Bxc3 Bxa2 22. Ra1 (22. d5 cxd5
23. Re7 b6 24. Ra1 Bxb3 25. Raxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Kg7 27. Rb7 Bc4 28. Rxb6 Ne6
$11) 22... Bxb3 23. Rfb1 Bd5 24. Rxb7 g5 25. Raxa7 Re8 $14 {Black should make
a draw.}) 19. Re8 Kg7 20. Bd6 Ne6 (20... Rxd3 $2 21. Bxf8+ Kh7 22. Rfe1 Rxc3
23. R1e7 $18) (20... Nd7 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. Bf8+ Kh7 $8 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Rxa8 Nxa8
25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Re7 $16) 21. Bb1 $5 (21. Bc4 $5 Rxa2 22. f4 $1 (22. b4 Rc2
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Rc7 Rxc3 26. Be7 Kf7 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Be7 Kf7
$11) 22... Ra5 23. d5 cxd5 24. b4 dxc4 25. bxa5 b6 26. a6) 21... Re2 22. Bd3
Rxa2 $6 (22... Rd2 $5 23. Bb1 b5 24. b4 Bb7 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Be4 a5 27. Bxc6 Ra6
$8 28. d5 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Rxd6 30. c4 bxc4 31. b5 Nd4 32. Re8 $14) 23. f4 Rd2 24.
f5 $1 $18 gxf5 $4 {After this mistake White wins easily.} ({He should have
tried} 24... Nc7 $8 25. Bxc7 Rxd3 26. fxg6 Rxc3 (26... fxg6 27. Re7+ Kh6 28.
Rxf6 Kg5 29. Rf8 $18) (26... Kxg6 $8) 27. Be5 $1 $18) 25. Bxf5 $18 b6 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Rf4 f5 28. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the third round of the FIDE Grand Swiss at Isle of Man I faced rising star
Jeffery Xiong from the U.S.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {
This line has gained popularity in recent years as it has been employed by
numerous top players, including Magnus Carlsen. The popularity lies in the
fact that Black obtains a solid position, yet can play for a win if White is
too ambitious. With a lot of pieces remaining on the board, the positions can
become quite complex.} 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5
$5 {This is the move that rekindled the 4...Nf6 variation. Black expands on
the kingside and can connect this advance with sacrifice ideas if White
castles short. If White chooses to put his king on the queen side, it is often
difficult to open files against the black king. The pawn formation with the
doubled f-pawns proves to be difficult to crack. The h-pawn advance also has
its drawbacks. Obviously, the black king is a bit more airy. Furthermore, the
h-pawn can become a target and sometimes even fall.} 10. O-O h4 11. h3 {
The h-pawn should not be allowed to advance even further since then the white
king would really start feeling uncomfortable.} Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Rad1 {
I had expected this line and prepared it in some detail before the game. Black
has different setups to organize his pieces. White in the meantime will try to
get his queenside majority going while constantly being alert for threats
against the king, especially on the b8-h2 diagonal.} Bd7 $5 {Not the main move,
but quite logical. Jeffery keeps the e-file open for the rook which allows for
tactical ideas in some cases.} (13... Bc7 {Black prepares the battery on the
b8-h2 diagonal; this has been seen the most often.} 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nf4 Bb8 16.
Rfe1 {was comfortable for White just a few days later in Vocaturo,D (2620)
-Howell,D (2694) Douglas 2019. It shows the complexity of this variation that
White went astray in a winning position and Black came up on top in the end.})
14. Rfe1 Qc8 {Black is not subtle about his intentions. He wants to sacrifice
on h3 and mate me. Exactly those ideas make this line quite appealing for the
second player.} 15. Nf4 {I had mixed feelings about this move. On the on hand,
I stopped the threat of Bxh3 and sometimes can even initiate attacking ideas
myself with Nf4-h5. On the other hand, the knight feels somewhat loose on f4
and I have to be wary of tactical ideas.} (15. c4 $4 {Ignoring the threat
would not end well for White:} Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 $19) (15. Bf4 $4 {Here we
see the advantage of placing the bishop on d7 instead of e6, keeping the
e-file open for the rook.} Rxe2 $1 16. Rxe2 Bxf4 $19) 15... Ne6 $6 {A step in
the wrong direction. It seems Jeffery had already his ill-advised plan in mind
which we will see in the game.} (15... Qc7 {was the move I clearly expected.}
16. Nh5 Qa5 {Activating the queen and once again hitting the knight.} 17. Qe2 {
was my intention to bring the queen closer to the black king via f3.} (17. d5 {
is a nice idea, but can be diffused by} Re5 $1 (17... cxd5 18. Bh6 $1 {is one
cute motif in the position.}) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf4 Rd8 $11 {This seems
completely fine for Black.}) 17... Qxa2 18. c4 Qb3 $13 {This is the position I
wanted to play which seemed to offer good practical chances. Subsequent
analysis revealed that it is indeed equal, usually ending in a perpetual of
some sort.}) 16. Nh5 $5 {Keeping the knights on the board and therefore
increasing the tension. With the knight on h5, different tactical ideas like
sacrifices on f6 or g7 as well as moves like Be3-h6 are in the air. However,
the simple 16.Nxe6 would have promised me a long-term advantage.} (16. Nxe6
Bxe6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $14 {This is more or less what White hopes to
achieve in this variation. The counterplay against the king is reduced and
sooner or later, White can create a passed pawn.}) 16... Ng5 $2 {After my move,
I immediately got up to take a bathroom break. I was quite surprised to return
and already see this move appear on the board. I had thought this move to be
impossible and indeed, it should lead to a losing position.} (16... Qc7 {
Once again improving the queen and connecting the rooks was better.} 17. Bf5
Re7 (17... Ng5 {was a line I calculated.} 18. f4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne4 20. Bf2 $1 {
This is quite an important move, getting rid of the knight on e4.} Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Bf8 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. Qxh4 $14 {Here we see an example of the h-pawn
getting picked up.}) 18. Bd2 Ng5 (18... Rae8 19. Re4 $1 $18 {Again collecting
the h-pawn and also including the rook in the attack.}) 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 20. Bd3
$14 {Black has stopped White from winning the h-pawn for now. As the threats
against the white king are also less prominent, White still has the
strategical edge and also the idea f2-f4 to count on. Therefore, White is a
bit better.}) 17. f4 Nxh3+ (17... Bxh3 {is easily refuted by} 18. fxg5 Bg4 19.
Nxg7 $1 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Kxg7 21. gxf6+ {The attack is unstoppable, for example}
Kxf6 22. Qf3+ Kg7 23. Bh6+ $1 {and mate will follow soon.}) 18. gxh3 Bxh3 {
The critical moment in the game. I was pondering about Qf2 or Qh2 and in the
end concluded that there is no difference between them. Boy was I wrong! One
move wins while the other draws. To my pity, I chose the wrong one.} 19. Qf2 $2
(19. Qh2 $1 {Indeed, after this move Black is lost in all variations.} Bg4 {
This is the move I also expected after 19.Qf2, therefore thinking there is no
difference.} (19... Qg4+ 20. Kf2 Qxh5 21. Qxh3 $18 {is simply an extra piece
for White.}) (19... Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Qxh5 (21... Qxd1 22. Be2 $1 Qd2
23. Qxh3 $18) 22. Rxh3 Qxd1 23. Rxh4 {For the moment, material is equal. But
the threat of Rh4-h8 means White will at least win a rook.} Kf8 24. Be2 $1 {
The last important precise move.} Qd2 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8 $18 {There is no
counterplay and White wins.}) 20. Qxh4 Bxd1 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bf5
$1 (23. f5 {was my original calculation. However, this move is only sufficient
for a draw.} Ke7 24. Bf4+ Kd7 25. Qxf7+ Re7 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Qe6+ Ke8 28.
Qg8+ Bf8 29. Qg6+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Be7 $11) 23... Re6 (23... Qc7 24. d5 $1 $18 {
The two bishops and the queen perforate the black position.}) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 (
24... Qxe6 25. f5 $1 {Attacking the queen and threatening Bh6+. Black can
resign.}) 25. f5 $1 Bc2 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 (28... Be7 29.
Qxe6+ $18) 29. fxe6 Qc7 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 $18 {This is the absolute best
Black can do. He is still an exchange down and should lose sooner or later.})
19... Qg4+ $1 ({Not} 19... Bg4 20. Qxh4 {transposing to a line discussed after
19.Qh2.}) 20. Kh2 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 (21. Qxe3 {is not a good idea.} Qg2#) 21...
Qxh5 {Honestly, I had missed this move altogether, only calculating 21...Qxd1.
I can consider myself quite lucky that I am not suddenly lost.} (21... Qxd1 {
is actually also not clear because of the unfortunate placement of the knight.}
22. Be2 Qc1 $1 23. Rxh3 g6 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 27. Kg2 {
and if White can win, it will be a long road to convert.}) 22. Rxh3 (22. Rde1
Bd7 {is just terrible for White, as Black already has two pawns for the
exchange plus the weak white king.}) 22... Qxd1 23. Qxh4 {Here I suddenly
thought again that I am winning. The next black move brought me back to
reality.} Kf8 $1 {Of course Black does not give a check first, but immediately
moves his king. Now, I was panicking a bit as my time was fading and the path
to equality is not clear. However, I pulled myself together and found the
correct moves.} (23... Qd2+ 24. Kg1 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxa8 {is simply
winning for White as there is no perpetual for Black.}) 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Re3+
$1 (25. Qxa8 {should also be sufficient for a draw after all.} Bxf4+ {This is
the difference. Black can include his bishop in the attack.} 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27.
Kf2 Qxh3 28. Qxb7+ Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {should end peacefully due to the
opposite-colored bishops.}) 25... Kd7 26. Qxa8 Bxf4+ (26... Qd2+ 27. Re2 {
is certainly not a winning attempt for Black.}) 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kf2 {
is also possible.} Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Bxe3 31. Qxb7+ Qc7 $11) 28... Bxe3
{Black has regained the rook and is currently up two pawns, not even
mentioning the weak white king. But the white king is not the only vulnerable
one...} 29. Qxb7+ Kd8 30. Qb8+ Kd7 (30... Qc8 31. Qd6+ Qd7 (31... Ke8 {even
loses.} 32. Be4 $18) 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qxg7 {is certainly not worse for White.})
31. Qxa7+ Ke8 (31... Ke6 $4 {would be unfortunate due to} 32. d5+ $18) 32. Qb8+
Kd7 33. Qb7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Kd7 35. Qb7+ {Neither side can sensibly continue,
therefore the draw by perpetual was the logical outcome. Before the game, I
had a feeling that such a wild struggle would emerge. Both Jeffery and I love
complications and a tactical mess which was fully reflected in this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 36th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2020.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:01] La
variante a connu un regain de popularité depuis quelques années avec un
nouveau plan des Noirs} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} (7... Be6) 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]
C'était ce plan qui posait des problèmes en forçant un affablissement de
l'aile-roi} Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (9. Be3) 9... h5 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:12] Le nouveau plan qui a relancé la variante. C'est le GMI
norvégen HANSEN qui a joué plusieurs parties en 2017 avec cette idée et
attiré l'attention des théoriciens sur ce nouveau plan.} (9... g6 10. h4 $40
{[%cal Gh4h5] Et l'attaque Blanche est très rapide avec h5,hg6 suivi du
sacrifice du B avec prise sur échec}) (9... h6 {Un moindre mal mais les Noirs
manquent de contre-jeu} 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ng3 $16) 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04][%cal
Ge1c1] L'algérien répond à tempo alors que selon les bases, c'était la
première fois que son adversaire utilisait cette ligne h5} (10. O-O h4 $1 {
[%csl Re2][%cal Gh4h3] L'idée de la variante et la poussée empêche Ng3 tout
en menaçant d'attaquer le K Blanc avec h3}) (10. h3 $5 Nd7 11. g4 h4 $1 12.
Be3 Nf8 13. c4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 b5 $1 {[%csl Gd5];Saric,I (2690)-Shimanov,A (2610)
PRO League Stage rapid 2019 (5) 1-0}) 10... Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:22][%cal Gd7f8]} (
10... Be6 $5) 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:00] l'idée de Be3 et avec des roques sur
les ailes opposées, la partie sera tranchante. Il n'est par contre pas facile
pour les Blancs d'attaquer à l'aile-roi car le P doublé "f6" contrôle des
cases importantes} (11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. c4 Rad8
16. b3 a5 17. c5 Bf8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Be3 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxd3 22.
Rad1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bd5 24. Rd4 Re4 25. Red1 f5 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Rd4 f6 28. Ra4
h4 29. Rxa5 Kf7 30. Ra4 g5 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. g3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Kg6 34. Kg2 f5 35.
h4 f4 36. gxf4 gxh4 37. Kh3 Rh7 38. Rd4 Be6+ 39. Kh2 Kf5 40. Bc1 Rg7 {So,W 
(2767)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2774) chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) 11... Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:
14] La suite logique du plan des Noirs. Le N contrôle la case "h7" et en cas
de poussée g6, il évite le sacrifice Bg6} (11... a5 $5 {Après le ooo, c'est
également une option logique} 12. h3 a4 13. g4 h4 $1 14. a3 (14. Kb1 a3 15. b3
Nf8 {[%csl Ga3] Et le P "a3" fait pression sur l'aile-dame et en cas de
passage en finale, il peut jouer le rôle de "P passé de réserve3 avec
l'option Be6b3 libérant le P})) 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:09] Un coup typique
évacuant le K pour surprotéger a2 tout en améliorant la sécurité du K en
cas d'ouverture de la colonne "c"} Be6 {[%emt 0:13:35] A nouveau un coup
typique mais Christian commence à réfléchir dans une position encore
théorique avec une trentaine de parties dans les bases et celà peut-être le
signal d'une préparation insuffisante. C'est le risque d'un changement de
répertoire.} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (13. h3 b5 14. g4 h4) 13... Ng6 $6 $146 {
[%emt 0:06:11] Il ne s'agissait pas d'une préparation puisque les Noirs
avaient déjà commencé à réfléchir au coup précédent et ils dépensent
à nouveau 6 mns sur coup. La préparation des Noirs était insuffisante et le
manque de pratique avec cette ligne nouvelle se fait sentir.} (13... Rc8 $1 {
[%cal Gc6c5,Gc8c2]} 14. h3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} h4 $1 (14... b5 $5 {[%csl Gd5]} 15.
g4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 h4 $132 {Pikula,D (2471)-Sedlak,N (2608) BIH-chT 17th 2018 (9.
2) 0-1}) 15. Rdg1 (15. Nc3 $5 Bb4 (15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 (16. c5 Bb8 17. g4 a5
18. Rhe1 a4 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 19. Bf5 (19. a3 $6 Bb3 (19... b4 $5)) 19... Qa5 $132
(19... a3 $5)) 16... cxb5 17. Bxb5 Qa5 {[%cal Gc8c2,Ga5b5]} 18. Bxe8 Bxa2+ {
[%csl Rb1] Avec d'énormes complications et le sacrifice de qualité est
peut-être jouable}) 16. Ne4 b5 {[%cal Gc8c2]} (16... f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5
Qf6 $13 {[%cal Gf6f5,Gf5f4]})) 15... b5 16. c5 Bb8 17. Nc3 b4 18. Ne4 f5 19.
Nd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxf5 Qd5 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Rd1 Qxg2 24. Qf5 Qd5 25.
Qg4 Nf8 26. Qxh4 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Kc2 Ng6 29. h4 Nxh4 30. Kd3 Rg4 31. Kc4
c5 32. Kb3 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Nf3 35. Bxa7 g5 36. Kxb4 Ra8 37. Be3
Rxa2 38. Kb3 Ra8 39. Kc2 Rc8+ 40. Kd3 Rb8 41. Ke4 g4 42. Kf5 Rxb2 43. Kxg4 {
Saric,I (2669)-Howell,D (2676) Riadh 2017 1/2-1/2}) 14. h3 {[%emt 0:17:30]
[%cal Gg2g4] Les Blancs sont surpris par la nouveauté et commencent à
réfléchir longuement} (14. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Bxc4 $36 {[%csl Ra2][%cal
Gd8a5]}) 14... Rc8 {[%emt 0:11:16]} (14... b5 $5 {[%csl Ra2,Gd5][%cal Gd8a5]}
15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Rc8 (16... Qa5 17. Nc3 Rec8 18. d5) 17. Nc3 Bd7 (17...
Re7 {[%cal Ge7c7]} 18. d5) 18. Bd3 Nf4 $44 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 19. Bh7+ Kf8 (19...
Kh8)) 15. Nc3 $1 {[%emt 0:04:26] Il est maintenant trop tard pour essayer la
poussée b5} Bb4 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:07]}
(16... b5 $5 {[%cal Ge6c4,Ge8e4]}) 17. g4 {[%emt 0:15:17]} b5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:
36]} (17... h4 $8 {Thématique pour à la fois fixer la faiblesse "h3" et
éviter l'ouverture de l'aile-roi}) 18. gxh5 {[%emt 0:12:35]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 19. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:15:19]} 20. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]}
Nf4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:12] Les Noirs trouvent une idée astucieuse pour jouer Nd5
avec qualques compensations mais après l'ouverture de la colonne "g", le K
Noir est plus en danger que celui des Blancs} 21. Nc3 {[%emt 0:08:57]} Nd5 $1 {
[%emt 0:04:06]} 22. Nxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08] Eliminant la seule pièce active
des Noirs et l'attaque risque d'être plus rapide sur la colonne "g" que celle
des Noirs sur la colonne "c"} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Qd7 $1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 24. Rdg1 $36 {[%emt 0:04:11][%csl Rg8][%cal Gg1g3,
Gh1g1,Ge3h6]} Re4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 25. h6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (26. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 26... Ree8 {[%emt 0:05:
06]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} (27... Kh7 $2 28. h5 {
[%csl Rg6]}) 28. Rg2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 29. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:
29]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:06:39] Une dernière tentative d'arnaque} 30. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:
05:54]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 31. Rgg1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (31. Rxh3 Re1+ 32. Bc1
Rexc1#) 1-0