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Jobava, Baadur
Звание ФИДЕ: GM (Гроссмейстер)
Федерация: Грузия
Дата рождения: 26.11.1983
Рейтинг стандарт: 2581
Рейтинг рапид: 2625
Рейтинг блиц: 2616
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[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Balinov/Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tbilisi"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 128]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 {Das wird meistens gespielt.} ({Die Hauptalternative ist} 7... Nf6) 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 (11. Bf4 {ist zur Zeit sehr aktuell.}
e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 {Hier ein Beispiel aus diesem Turnier:} Qa5 (13... O-O
14. Ne4 Qa5 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19.
Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/ Linares 2003}) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6
16. Ne5 (16. g4 $5) 16... Rad8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rd3 Bf6 {Akopian,
V-Bareev,E/ Enghien les Bains 2003}) 14. Ne4 O-O {Zugumstellung -> siehe 13...
0-0} 15. g4 $5 Nxg4 16. Ne5 f5 17. Nxd7 $1 fxe4 18. Qg3 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qf5 20.
Qc7 Bg5 $6 (20... Nxf2 $142 $5 {Motylev,A-Dreev,A/ RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk 2003})
21. Rhf1 $18 {und WeiЯ steht auf Gewinn, Vallejo Pons-Landa/ EU-Cup Rethymnon
2003}) 11... e6 12. O-O-O Be7 ({Frьher spielte man automatisch} 12... Qc7 {
und rochierte lang. Die Praxis zeigte aber, dass die schwarze Stellung auch
mit kurzer Rochade sehr fest ist.}) 13. Qe2 {[%mdl 32768] WeiЯ versucht hier
verschiedene Wege:} (13. Ne4 Nxe4 {Atalik} (13... O-O {Atalik} 14. g4 Nxg4 15.
Rhg1 f5 16. Qb3 $1 Rf7 $1 (16... fxe4 $2 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Rxg4 Kf8 (18... exf3
19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Rg1+ $18) 19. Bxh6 gxh6 (19... exf3 20. Rxg7
$18) 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 21. Ne5 $18) 17. Nc3 Nf8 18. Qxb7 (18. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 19. dxe5
Qb6) 18... Bh4 19. Qxc6 Bxf2 $13) 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4
Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. b3 O-O (19... b5 20. c5 (20. d5 $6 bxc4 21. dxe6 fxe6 $15)
(20. cxb5 Nxb5 $13) 20... Ne4 $14) 20. Kc2 Rfd8 21. g4 f6 22. a4 a6 23. Nh4 b5
$1 $11 {WeiЯ hat mehr Raum, aber es herrscht ungefдhr Gleichgewicht, Spasov,
V-Atalik,S/ GRE-chT 2003}) ({Oder} 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 c5 15. dxc5 (15. Be3 Qc7
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rhg1 f5 19. Qc4 Qc6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Kh7
22. Rg6 f4 23. Rxe6 Qf3 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Rxe7 fxe3 26. Rg1 exf2 27. Qh7+ Kxh7
28. Rgxg7+ Kh8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Reg7# {McShane,L-Gustavsson,J/ Kuppenheim op
blitz 2003 (30)}) 15... Nxc5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be3 Na4 (18...
Rac8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. c3 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Balashov,Y/
URS-ch Vilnius 1980 (21)}) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. c3 Be7 21. Kc2 Bc5 $11 {Kholmov,
R-Nielsen,P/ Azov 1993/ 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 13... O-O 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 $5 {[%mdl 8]
Lukacs: This is a very important novelty in the history of the variation.} (15.
dxc5 {Lukacs} Bxc5 (15... Qc7 $5 16. Ne4 (16. b4 $6 {is ridiculous because of}
a5 $17 {blowing up the <<.}) (16. Nf5 $6 exf5 (16... Bxc5 $5) 17. Qxe7 Rfe8 18.
Qd6 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Nce4 21. Be1 Ng4 {Black's pieces are very
active now.} 22. Rf1 Rad8 $11 {Spangenberg-Garcia Palermo, Clarin GP-Villa
Gesell 1997}) (16. Rh4 Nxc5 17. Rd4 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qb6 {neutralizing White's
pressure on the d <->.} 19. Ka1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8 $11 {Visser-Janssen, NED-ch
qual Rotterdam 1999}) 16... Nxc5 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Qxc5 19. Be3
Qc6 20. Bd4 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bd4 b5 {1/2:1/2
Xie Jun-Seirawan, Queens-Kings 2002}) 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 Rac8 {White has no
time for his standard g4-g5 attack.} 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Qf3 b5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Rd1 Be7 $15 {Kosanovic-Kallai, Budapest FS06 GM 2000}) 16. Ne4 (16. Bc3 {
is usually met by} Nd5 17. Bd4 Qb6 $11 {is strong and simple.} (17... b5 $6 {
is too slow now.} 18. Ne4 $1 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 b4 20. g4 $1 {White's >> -> seems
to be more dangerous than Black's |^ on the other flank.} N7f6 (20... a5 $2 {
In the P race White is closer already.} 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rhg1 N7f6 23. Nxg5
Qb6 24. Ne4 (24. h6 $5 g6) 24... Kh7 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 {(Garcia Garcia-Izeta,
Leon op 1997)} (25... Nxf6 26. Qe5 $1 b3 27. h6 $1 $18) 26. Qe4+ $1 Kh8 (26...
f5 27. Qe5 Rg8 28. Nxf5 $18) 27. h6 $18) 21. g5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxg5 23. Nxe6 $1
Qe7 24. Rxd5 Qxe6 25. Re5 $14 {with more active pieces for White.})) (16. Ne1 {
/\ Nd3, but this manoeuvre seems to be rather slow.} Rc8 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Ne4
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. c3 Nf6 21. Qf3 Rfd8 $15 {Ivanchuk-Bareev/ RUS-The World
rapid 2002}) 16... Nxe4 $142 (16... Qc7 {allows the aggressive} 17. g4 $1 Nxe4
18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Nxg4 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Rdg1 f5 22. Nh2 Bxf2 23. Nxg4 Bxg1
24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Rxg1+ Kh7 27. Qxf5+ Qxf5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rf7+
$11 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,G-Campora,D/ Manila olm 1992}) 17. Qxe4 Nf6 $1 $132 {
- Ganguly-Prakash/ Mumbai 2003}) (15. c4 {Lukacs} cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Bf4 (
17. Bc3 $2 Bb4 $1 18. Bxb4 (18. Nb5 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nc5 $15 {Macieja-Karpov/
Polanicza Zdroj 1998}) 18... Qxb4 19. Nb5 (19. Nc2 Qc5 20. Rh4 Nb6 $15) 19...
Nb6 $15 {Mahjoob-Asrian/ Dubai 2001}) (17. Ndf5 $2 {is also inferior due to}
Ba3 $1 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Bxh6 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Qxb2+ $19) 17... Bc5 (17... Rac8
18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev-Mchedlishvili/ EU-ch Istanbul 2003 (19)})
18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 {- Ulibin-Bareev/ RUS-ch Elista 1996}) (15. Bc1 {
is too slow:} cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Nb3 Qc6 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Qf1 Nd5 $15 {Vazquez-Hauchard/ Havana 2002}) 15...
exd5 $6 (15... Nxd5 {deserves serious attention. (Lukacs)} 16. Ne4 {White has
sacrificed a P in order to avoid the opening of the [+], and get some tempi
for the -> on the >>.} (16. c4 N5f6 17. Bc3 Qc7) 16... Qb6 17. g4 $5 $44 (17.
c4 N5f6 18. Nc3 {White has to avoid any unnecessary exchanges.} Rad8 19. Rdg1 {
/\ g4} Ng4 20. Bc1 Ndf6 21. Ne1 {/\ f3} Qd6 22. f3 Ne5 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Bf4 Nfd7
25. Nd3 f6 26. Rd1 a6 27. Nc3 Qc8 28. Bg3 Qc6 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. f4 (30. Bxe5
fxe5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Re1 (32. Rd1 Rd4) 32... Bh4 $132) 30... Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Nf7 32. Re1 Nd8 (32... Re8 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Nd6 35. b3 Kf7 36. Re1 f5 37.
Bf2 b6 $11) 33. f5 Re8 34. fxe6 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Rxe6 36. Qf2 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxd6
$11 {Glek-Willemze, Hoogeveen 2003})) 16. Bxh6 $1 {Lukacs: This is the precise
move order!} (16. Nf5 $6 {Lukacs} Re8 $13 {is the cool-blooded parade.} (16...
Ne4 $6 17. Ba5 $1 (17. Bxh6 $6 Bf6 (17... gxh6 18. Rxd5 $18) 18. Bxg7 Bxg7 19.
Nxg7 Qb6 20. Qe3 Kxg7 21. Rxd5 Ndf6 $15) 17... Qxa5 18. Nxe7+ Kh7 19. Rxd5 Qb4
(19... Ndf6 20. Re5 $18) 20. Qd3 Ndf6 21. Re1 $16)) 16... gxh6 17. Nf5 $1 (17.
Qd2 $2 {is early:} Re8 {Lukacs} 18. Qxh6 Bf8 $17) 17... Re8 18. Nxh6+ (18. Qd2
$2 {is again premature.} Bf8 {Lukacs} 19. Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Ng4 21. Qf4 Ndf6
$17) 18... Kf8 {[#]} (18... Kg7 {Lukacs} 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Nf5+ Kf8 21. Rde1 Ng8
22. Qxd5 $40 {with white's pieces dominating over the board.}) 19. Ng5 ({
Lukacs: This was the exact time for} 19. Qd2 $3 {after which White's -> is
extremely dangerous, for example:} Qb6 {Lukacs} (19... Ng8 {Lukacs} 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Qxd5+ Kf8 (21... Kg7 22. Qf5 $18) 22. Qf5+ Bf6 (22... Ngf6 23. h6) 23.
Rxd7 $18) (19... Qc7 {Lukacs} 20. Qg5 Bd8 21. Nf5 $18) 20. Qg5 Bd6 21. Nf5 $18)
19... Qb6 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Nf5 Qxb2+ $1 23. Kxb2 Nc4+ 24. Kb3 $5 ({
Jobava gibt sich nicht mit der Variante} 24. Kc1 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Ne3 26. Nxe3
Rxe3 $11 {mit ungefдhrem Ausgleich zufrieden.}) 24... Bxg3 25. h6 $1 {Das ist
die Pointe!} (25. Nxg3 b5 $11 {Comp Fritz8}) ({Auf} 25. fxg3 {folgt sehr stark}
Ne3) 25... Na5+ (25... Ne4 {Richtig ist} 26. fxg3 $1 ({Zum Unentschieden
fьhrte:} 26. Nxe4 $2 Na5+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kb2 Be5+ 28. Nc3 Nc4+ 29. Kb3 Na5+ $11 {
mit Dauerschach.}) (27. Ka4 $2 Rxe4+ $19 28. Kxa5 $4 {Der Springer darf wegen}
Rb4 29. fxg3 (29. a3 Bc7#) 29... a6 {[%cal Rb7b6] nebst Matt nicht geschlagen
werden.}) 27... Nc4+ $11 {- 27.Kb2}) ({Oder} 26. h7 $2 Na5+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kb2 $2
Be5+ 28. Kc1 Bh8 $19 {mit einer Figur mehr.}) (27. Ka4 Nc3+ 28. Ka3 (28. Kxa5
$4 Bc7#) 28... Nb5+ 29. Ka4 $11 {mit Dauerschach.}) 27... Nc4+ 28. Kb3 Na5+ $11
{Dauerschach.}) 26... Nxg5 27. h7 $18) 26. Ka4 b5+ $1 {Lukacs: Now the white K
is in a real and present danger.} 27. Kxa5 Bc7+ 28. Kxb5 Rab8+ 29. Ka4 Ne4 ({
Oder} 29... Rb4+ 30. Ka3 Be5 31. Rb1 Nd7 32. h7 Bh8 33. Nxf7 $1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1
Kxf7 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Rb7 a6 38. f4 c4 39. Ra7 $18 {und der Rest
ist einfach.}) 30. Rxd5 $1 {Der Gewinnzug!} ({Bareevs Hoffnung war} 30. h7 $2
Nc3+ 31. Ka3 Nb5+ 32. Ka4 (32. Kb2 $2 Nd4+ 33. Kc3 Ne2+ 34. Kd2 Ba5+ 35. c3
Bxc3+ 36. Kc2 Rb2+ 37. Kd3 c4#) 32... Nc3+ 33. Ka3 $11 {mit Dauerschach.})
30... Nc3+ ({Auch nach} 30... Nxg5 {ist der Sieg nicht weit:} 31. h7 Nxh7 32.
Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1h1]} Re4+ 35. Ka3 Rh4 36.
Rxf7 Rh5 37. Rdd7 Be5 38. Ne7 Bb2+ 39. Ka4 $18) 34. Rd7 $18) 31. Ka3 Nb5+ ({Auf
} 31... Nxd5 {bringt der h-Bauer die Erlцsung:} 32. h7 $18) 32. Kb2 Nd4+ 33.
Kc3 Nb5+ (33... Nxf5 34. Nh7+ Kg8 (34... Ke7 $4 35. Re1+ $18) 35. Nf6+ $18 {
[%csl Re8]}) 34. Kd3 $138 {Und in dieser hoffnungslosen Stellung ьberschritt
Bareev vermutlich die Zeit.} (34. Kd3 {Eine mцgliche Variante wдre:} Re5 (34...
c4+ 35. Kxc4 Na3+ 36. Kd3) 35. c4 (35. Kc4 $2 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Nd6+) 35... Rxd5+
36. cxd5 Be5 37. h7 Bh8 38. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 (13... Nxc4
{ist nicht genьgend:} 14. Qxh8 O-O-O 15. O-O Nd2 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Qg7 Bc2 18.
Qxf7 $18 {1-0 Erdos,V-Banusz,T/Budapest 2003/CBM 96 ext (36). (35)}) 14. O-O-O
{Dies ist ein neuer Zug. Die Vorgдngerpartie brachte kein ьberzeugendes
Ergebnis fьr WeiЯ:} (14. Nxe5 Qxe5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 14... fxe5 15. Qe3 Be7
16. Be4 {fьhrt zu betrдchtlichem positionellen Vorteil fьr WeiЯ.}) 15. Qxe5+
fxe5 16. O-O (16. Be4 Be6 17. O-O-O $11 {war unabdingbar; WeiЯ kann dann das
Feld b3 kontrollieren.}) 16... O-O-O 17. Be4 Be6 $15 {0-1 Wang Lei-Zhukova,N/
Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Huebner,R] (46). (46)}) 14... Be7 (14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Bd6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4+ {ist unbequem fьr Schwarz.}) 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qe4 Bb3
17. Rd2 O-O {Damit setzt sich Schwarz natьrlich erheblichen Gefahren aus.} (
17... Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (18... Kxd8 19. Qd4+ Nd7 20. Qxa7 Bc5 21. Qa8+ Qc8 (
21... Nb8 22. Ne4 {ist nicht aussichtsreicher fьr Schwarz.}) 22. Qxc8+ Kxc8 23.
Ned1 Nb6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Ne3 Nxa4 26. h4 {ьberlдЯt dem WeiЯen das etwas
bequemere Spiel:} gxh4 27. Nf5)) 18. h4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf5
Rae8 {braucht Schwarz nicht zu fьrchten.}) 18... gxh4 $2 {Schwarz muЯ sofort
seine Figuren aktivieren. Nach} (18... Bc5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Bxf2 22. Qxg5+ (22. Be4 Be3 {ist ungenьgend fьr WeiЯ, weil} 23. Rxh7 {mit} Rf1+
24. Nd1 Rxd1# {beantwortet wird.}) 22... Qg7 {steht er nicht schlechter.}) 19.
Qxh4 Rf7 (19... Bc5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4+ Qg7 22. Qf5 {ist auch kein
Honiglecken fьr Schwarz, zum Beispiel:} Bb6 23. a5 Bc7 24. Rh4 Bf7 25. a6 bxa6
26. Be4 Bg6 27. Qe6+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Bxf7 29. Bxh7+ Kg7 30. Rd7 Bb6 31. Bf5 {
und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 20. Nf5 Kh8 (20... Bf8 {verspricht nicht mehr:} 21. Ne4 Bd5
22. Ne3 Ng6 (22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Kh8 24. f4 {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos fьr
Schwarz.}) 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. Qg5 {, und WeiЯ gewinnt.}) 21. Be4 Raf8 $6 ({
Zдher ist} 21... Bb4 {, obwohl WeiЯ nach} 22. Nh6 Rg7 23. Qxf6 ({Das Abspiel} 
23. Bxh7 Bxc3 24. Nf7+ Nxf7 25. bxc3 Qe5 26. Bc2+ Kg8 27. Bxb3 Qxc3+ 28. Bc2
Qa1+ 29. Bb1 b5 {ist nicht klar.}) 23... Rf8 24. Nf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxe5 Kg8 26. Rh4
{auf Gewinn sthen dьrfte.}) 22. f4 $18 Nc4 23. Ng7 Rxg7 24. Bxh7 f5 25. Qh5 Bh4
26. Bxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Be2 Nce7 {Dieser interessante Zug ist eine Erfindung des russischen
IMs R.Ovetchkin. Schwarz stellt seine Rochade zurьck und plant die schnelle
Entwicklung seines Damenflьgels mittels Bd7 und Rc8.} (9... O-O 10. O-O Be7 {
ist im Augenblick die populдrste Fortsetzung.}) 10. O-O (10. a3 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O
12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nf5 $1 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 b6
18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rb8 20. c4 Ba6 $11 {Adams,M (2718)-Riazantsev,A (2603)/
Bastia 2005}) 10... Bd7 11. a3 (11. Ne5 O-O (11... Rc8 $5 12. Bd2 O-O $11) 12.
Qb3 Bc6 13. Bg5 {Ulibin,M (2562)-Ovetchkin,R (2535)/Russia 2003} Qb6 $1 14.
Bxe7 Bxe7 $1 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd7 Rfd8 18. Nxb6 Ra5 $11) 11...
Bd6 12. Ne4 Bc6 {Wie in den Beispielpartien hat Schwarz nichts dagegen, sein
Lдuferpaar gegen das weiЯe Springerpaar einzutauschen.} 13. Nxd6+ (13. Ne5 h6 {
/\0-0} (13... O-O $5 14. Ng5 Nf6) 14. b4 a6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bb2 Rc8 $11 {
Kobalia,M (2573)-Ovetchkin,R (2505)/Moscow 1999}) 13... Qxd6 14. Ne5 O-O 15.
Bd3 Nf6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qc5 Qd5 $1 $11 {Selbstverstдndlich will Jobava seine
Dame nicht auf c5 tauschen.} 18. f3 $6 {Vorzuziehen war der unmittelbare
Tausch auf c6, mit dem Textzug schwдcht WeiЯ seine Bauernkette.} (18. Nxc6 Nxc6
$11) 18... Ng6 $1 19. Rac1 (19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxa7 $2 Nd7 21. Be4 Qb3 $17) (19.
Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxa7 Qb3 $15) (19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Qb4 Rb6 21. Qd2 $11) 19... Nxe5
20. dxe5 Qxd3 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qxa7 Rfd8 {Die entstandene Stellung ist zwar
ausgeglichen, aber Schwarz hat auf Dauer die besseren Aussichten, da sein
Lдufer stark ist und sein Kцnig sicherer steht.} 23. Bf2 Qg6 24. Bg3 Rd2 25.
Rf2 Rcd8 26. Qe3 R2d3 27. Qe2 h5 $15 {Nach der Ьbernahme der d-Linie diktiert
Schwarz das Geschehen.} 28. Re1 R8d4 29. Bc7 Bb5 (29... h4 $5 $15) 30. Bb6 Rd6
31. Ba5 R6d5 32. Qc2 Bc6 33. Bc3 f5 34. Kh1 f4 35. Rg1 h4 36. h3 e5 37. Re2 Qe6
$2 {Ein Fehler, der ьberraschenderweise zu einem schnellen Sieg fьhrt. Mit dem
korrekten 37...f6 kцnnte Schwarz seinen Druck aufrechterhalten.} (37... f6 $15)
38. Rxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Mit} 38. Bxe5 $1 {hдtte WeiЯ einen Bauern gewinnen
kцnnen.} Re3 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Bc3 $14) 38... Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h5 7. Be2 Be7 8. h3 Nh6
9. Bf4 Be4 10. Nfd2 Bxg2 11. Rh2 Be4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxh5 Nf5 14. Bg4 Nb6 15.
Qe2 Nxd4 16. Qxe4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bg5 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bh4 20. c4 Bxg3 21.
fxg3 Qb6 22. Re2 Nc3 23. bxc3 Qg1+ 24. Kd2 O-O-O+ 25. Qd4 Rxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qxd4+
27. Kc2 Qc5 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxe6+ Rd7 31. Rd2 Qxe5 32. Bxd7+ Kc7
33. Bg4 Kb6 34. Rd3 a5 35. Bd1 Kc5 36. h4 Qe1 37. h5 Qf2+ 38. Kc1 Kb4 39. g4
Ka3 40. Bf3 Qb2+ 41. Kd1 Kb4 42. Be2 Qe5 43. Kd2 Qf4+ 44. Kd1 b6 45. Ke1 a4 46.
bxa4 Qxc4 47. Rd7 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Kxa4 49. g5 Qa1+ 50. Kd2 Qe5 51. g6 b5 52. Kd1
Qf4 53. Rf7 Qd4+ 54. Ke1 c5 55. Kf1 Qh4 56. Bf3 Qg5 57. Kf2 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. d6 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nc7 Nc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. O-O Nb4 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Rae1 Bd5
22. b3 Qc3 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Ne5 Qc2 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. d7 Rxf4 28.
d8=Q+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. a5 Qc5 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Bxe5 Ne8 22. Bf3 f6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Qe1 Ng7 25. Be3 Qb4 26. b3 g4 27. Be4 f5 28.
Ra4 Qd6 29. Bxb7 Nh5 30. Rd4 Qb8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bb6 Rd6 33. Bd5 Qc8 34. Rxf5
Bf6 35. Rxh5 Qxc3 36. Qe4 Bg8 37. Bg1 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Kg7 40. Qb7+
Kg6 41. Qxa6 Qxc2 42. Qe6 Qd1 43. a6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. d4 a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Rc1 Rd8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bg5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21.
Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc2 h6 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 Bc6 27. Bf3
Kg8 28. h5 Be7 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Qb3 Rc7 31. g3 Rd7 32. Be2 Rd8 33. Rc1 Nb4 34.
Bf3 Rd3 35. Rc3 Bxf3 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Qxd3 Bc6 38. Qc4 a5 39. f4 Bb4 40. Kf2
e5 41. fxe5 Bd7 42. Qd5 Bg4 43. Ke3 b6 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxb6 Bd2+
47. Kf3 Bd5+ 48. Kf2 Be6 49. Qd8 Bb4 50. Kf3 Be1 51. Qd3+ Kg8 52. Kf4 Bb4 53.
Qd8+ Kh7 54. g4 Be1 55. Qd3+ Kg8 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 Bb4 58. Qd8+ Kh7 59. h6
g6 60. Kf4 Bb3 61. Qf6 Bf8 62. Ke4 Be6 63. Kd3 Bb3 64. Kd4 Be6 65. b4 axb4 66.
a5 b3 67. Kc3 Bxh6 68. a6 Be3 69. Qe7 g5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Qxa7 Kg6 72. Qf2 Kh5
73. Qg3 Kg6 74. Qf3 Kh6 75. Kd4 Kg6 76. Qh1 Bf5 77. Qh8 Be6 78. Ke3 Kf5 79.
Qf6+ Kg4 80. Qf3+ Kh4 81. Kf2 g4 82. Qf6+ Kh5 83. Kg3 b2 84. Qh8+ Kg6 85. Qb8
Kf5 86. Qxb2 Ke4 87. Qc3 Kf5 88. Qd4 Kg5 89. Qf4+ Kg6 90. Qf6+ Kh7 91. Qg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 h6 11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 Ba5 13. Bd2 Bb6 14. Be3 Ba5 15. Nfd2
c6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rc1 Ng6 19. f3 Rc8 20. Nf1 Bb7 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Re2 Nf4 23. Rd2 d5 24. exd5 Bb6 25. Kh1 b4 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Bxe3 28.
Nxe3 Qa8 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qd6 Bxd5 32. Nexd5 Rc1+ 33. Bd1 Qa6 34.
Ne3 N6d5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Nbxd5 Nd3 37. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. Rc1 Bh5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Re1 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Be7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 O-O 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Ra4 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Nd4 Nh4 22. Qe4 Qd7 23. Ra6 Rc4 24. Rxb6 Bc5 25. Qc6 Qa7 26. Ra6 Qb8 27. Ra4
Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxa4 29. Nc6 Qb6 30. Ne5 Qc7 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Ng4 f5 33. Ne3 Rxa2
34. Nd5 Qb8 35. Qd3 Rd8 36. Kh1 Qa7 37. Nb4 Ra1 38. b3 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Qxf2 40.
Nc6 Rd7 41. Qa1 h6 42. b4 Qf4 43. Be5 Bxe5 44. Nxe5 Qd4 45. Qa6 Qd1+ 46. Kh2
Qd6 47. Qb5 Rd8 48. h4 Qb8 49. Qxb8 Rxb8 50. Nd3 Rb5 51. h5 e5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Jobava,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of the 10th European individual chess
championship, and after winning it I managed to participate in the tie-break
matches for the medals, in which I took 3rd place. The bronze medal in a
European Championship is something I can call the best achievement in my
career.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {I was more expecting the Berlin
Defence.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O {
I think, that my opponent's choice of an opening was wrong, because I had good
experience in this line and I didn't spend time for thinking.} (9... Bg4 10.
Qd3 $6 {Jobava-Adams, 2007} (10. Nbd2 $1)) 10. Nbd2 Bg4 $6 {Better was to
switch to one of the main lines:} (10... h6) (10... Bb7) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 $1
{I had already played this position 3 times, so I knew all about it in detail,
and it was very easy for me to make decisions.} Rb8 (12... exd4 13. Bd5 dxc3
14. Bxc6 cxd2 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxd2 Qxe4 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Nh4
Qg5 20. Qxg5+ fxg5 21. Nf5 {is a very unpleasant endgame for Black with only
two possible results.}) (12... Na5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qd6 17. Bf4 (17. Nxg6 $2 Qg3+) 17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxe4 20.
Nd7 $14) 13. g4 $1 Bg6 14. d5 $1 {The idea behind the last two moves is to
keep Black under positional pressure.} Na5 (14... Ne7 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4
{and with the big pawn on g6 Black has a hard future.}) (14... Na7 {No
comments about this.}) 15. Bc2 {It's important to keep the Spanish bishop in
play.} c6 {The black position is hard to play, so he decides to create some
counterplay, but this makes things even harder for him.} 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxc4
bxc4 18. dxc6 Rc8 19. Qe2 (19. Nh4 {was also interesting, but I wanted develop
my forces first and then begin active play.}) 19... Rxc6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Nh4
h6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 (22... Qe6 $2 23. Ba4 $18) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 (23... Bxg4 24. Bxe7
Bxe2 25. Bxf8 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Kxf8 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. Rxd6 {This endgame is lost
for Black.}) 24. exf5 d5 $1 {A normal human reaction: Kiril Georgiev
sacrifices 2 pawns to give the black pieces some oxygen, otherwise after Be4
White has total domination of the board.} 25. Rxd5 e4 26. Qxe4 $1 (26. Qd2 {
is not clear, in view of} Re8 27. Re1 Qh4 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qf4 (29. g5 e3) 29...
hxg4 30. hxg4 Rh6 31. Qg3 Bxf2 $1 32. Qxh4 Rxh4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Be1 {
and this isn't what I was hoping for.}) 26... Qxc3 27. Kg2 Qxb4 $6 {Black
takes back the material, but wastes time defending his king's flank from pawn
strikes.} (27... Qf6) 28. h4 Qc3 {It is hard to suggest anything better.} 29.
g5 Rc5 30. Rfd1 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Qb4 {I don't want to give this
move a question mark, because my opponent was in strong time trouble together
with having a bad position} (32... Qb2 $16) 33. f6 (33. g6 {was winning too,
but I calculated a nice combination and it was hard for me to change my mind.})
33... g6 34. Qh4 Rd8 (34... Qe1 35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Rh1 Qh5 37. Qxh5 gxh5 38. Rxh5
$18) 35. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 36. Qh6 Qf8 (36... Kf7 37. Re5 {mate in 3.}) 37. Qxg6+
Kh8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ ({It still wasn't too late to do something terrible
after} 39. g6 Qxf6 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Rf5 $1 (41. g7+ $4 Qxg7+ {Check!! White is
lost!})) 39... Kh8 40. f7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
N5f6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. O-O Ne5
15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qe2 f4 19. Qe4 f3 20. Rfe1 c4 21. Bc3
Qg5 22. g3 Qh5 23. h4 Rf5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxc4 Rf8 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qc3 Qf5
28. Bd3 Qh3 29. Bf1 Qg4 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. Rc1 Qf6 32. Rc3 Qe5 33. Qg4 Kh8 34. Qe6
Re8 35. Qg6 Rf8 36. Qe6 Re8 37. Qd7 Re7 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Qd8 Qxd5 40. h5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5
15. Nxc4 Re8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nbd6 Rf8 20. b4 Na4 21.
Rc1 Nc3 22. Qd2 b5 23. Rxc3 bxc4 24. Ne4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 f5 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Bxc4
Kh7 28. Re1 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Qf4 33. h3 Rfa8
34. Ba6 Rc7 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Rxa6 37. Qb7+ Kg8 38. Qxa6 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+
40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qf4+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qxb4+ 44. Kd3 Qe4+ 45. Kc3 Qe5+
46. Kb4 Qd4+ 47. Qc4 Qb6+ 48. Qb5 Qd4+ 49. Kb3 Qe5 50. Kc4 f4 51. Kc5 Qc3+ 52.
Kb6 Qe3+ 53. Kc7 Qe5+ 54. Kc8 Qf5+ 55. Qd7 Qc2+ 56. Kb8 Qb2+ 57. Qb7 Qe5+ 58.
Kc8 Qf5+ 59. Kc7 Qf7+ 60. Kb8 Qf6 61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qc7+ Kf8 63. d6 Qb2+ 64. Qb7
Qe5 65. Qc6 g5 66. Kb7 h5 67. Qc8+ Kf7 68. Qc7+ Kf8 69. Kc8 Qf5+ 70. d7 g4 71.
Qb6 f3 72. Kc7 Qf7 73. Qh6+ Kg8 74. Kd6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 {With this clever move Jobava avoids the
situation when Black can try to exchange the bishops with the help of the move
Bc5.} (11. Be3) 11... Qc7 {Black has tried an array of different moves. The
natural square for the queen on c7 can have its drawbacks.} (11... Qb8 {
The queen is taking control of the b8-h2 diagonal in a careful way, it might
be the main defensive idea.} 12. g3 f5 (12... Bc5 13. Be2 (13. f4 $6 Nf6 14.
Bg2 (14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Nd1 f5 $15) 14... O-O (14... Ng4 $6 15. Bf3 h5 16. h3 $14)
15. Qd3 $1 (15. O-O-O $2 Rc8 16. Kb1 a6 $15 {->}) 15... d5 $5 (15... e5 16. Rf1
$14) (15... Rd8 16. b4 Bf8 17. O-O d6 $10) (15... a5 $1 16. Be3 d6 17. O-O Rd8
$10) 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e5 (17. exd5 $1 Re8+ (17... Qe8+ 18. Kf1 (18. Qe2 $2 Bb7
$10) 18... Rd8 19. Rd1 a5 (19... Ng4 $2 20. Re1 Qd7 21. b4 $18) 20. Bf3 Rd6 21.
f5 $16) 18. Kf1 Qd8 19. b4 Be7 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 $2 (18. Rf1 $1 Rd8 19.
Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxe4 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxg2 $10) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rd8 $2 (19...
Qb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rf1 Rad8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Bc3 Rfd8 24. Rf3 a5 $36) 20. Qf3
$1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc8 (21... Bf2+ 22. Ke2 $16) 22. Bc3 a5 23. Rd1 Qg4 24. Rd3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C (2475)-Dautov,R (2620)/Altensteig 1995/ (48)}) (13. Bd3)
13... Nf6 14. f3 $5 O-O 15. O-O-O $14) 13. Bg2 (13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O-O (14. f4
$1 Nf6 (14... e5 $6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rf1 f4 17. Be2 fxg3 18. Bxh5+ g6 19. Bg4
gxh2 20. O-O-O $18) 15. O-O-O {/\e5} Ng4 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. f5 $16) 16. Rhe1 Nf2 17. exf5 Nxd1 18. Kxd1
$16) 14... f4 15. Rhe1 Be5 16. Nd5 O-O 17. Bb4 Rf7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 dxc6
$13 {Polugaevsky-Arnason/Reykjavik/1987 (20)}) 13... Bd6 14. f4 $1 Nf6 15.
O-O-O O-O (15... Qb7 $5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Bh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Bc3 Bc5 23. b4 Bf8 24. Red4 d6 25. Kb2 $14) 16.
Be3 (16. Rhe1 $5 Rc8 17. Bh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 b5 $132)
16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Bf8
$10 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2640)-Kamsky,G (2695)/Las Palmas 1994/ (34)}) (11...
Bc5 $5 12. Be2 Qh4 (12... Nf6 $2 13. e5 Ng8 14. Ne4 $16) 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qg4
15. Bg2 $14) (11... Qf6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. f3 O-O 14. g3 Rfc8 15. Be2 g6 16. f4
d6 17. Rdf1 b5 18. cxb5 Bb7 19. Kb1 Qd4 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. f5 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxf3
23. Rxf3 {1-0 Cmilyte,V (2430)-Chiburdanidze,M (2502)/Elista 2004 (42)}) (11...
Bd6 12. Qd1 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Qe2 Be5 15. Rf1 Qb7 16. g3 O-O 17. f3 d5 18.
O-O-O dxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Bd3 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Be1 Rab8 $19 {0-1
Misanovic,V (2395)-Chiburdanidze,M (2525)/Elista 1998 (57)}) 12. Nd5 $5 Qb7 (
12... exd5 13. cxd5 Bc5 14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. f3 $16) (12... Qb8 13.
Be2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. O-O-O $14) 13. Bd3 Bd6 (13... Nf6 14. Bc3 exd5 15.
exd5 O-O-O (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rhe1 Kf8 19. Qe2 $16)
16. O-O-O Bc5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Rhe1 $16) 14. O-O Qb8 15. g3 exd5 $5 {[%mdl
544] The plan adopted by White is generous, but very logical at the same time.
The sacrifice of the knight on d5 can only be accepted at the cost of a
distinct risk, since the defender's pieces will remain quite passive.} (15...
Bb7 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Ne2 O-O 18. b4 $14) 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Rfe1+ Kd8 $2 {In
analogy with the Sicilian Defence the king begins its retreat towards the
queenside. In fact the only sensible solution have been to try the defence
with the king hidden on the g8-square.} (17... Be7 $2 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Bb4 $18)
(17... Kf8 $5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. b4 Kg8 20. Rac1 Bf8 $13) 18. Bc3 Nf6 (18... Kc8
19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Kb8 21. Bd4 f6 22. c5 Be5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. c6 $16) 19. b4
Qc7 (19... Re8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 $16) 20. Qb2
$1 {White's strategy is disarmingly clear and efficient. Black's pieces are
locked in by his opponent's pawn chain and are not able mount any real
resistance.} Kc8 (20... Be7 21. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Re1+ Kf8 24.
Qxf6 Rg8 (24... Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Re4 $18) 25. Qe7+ Kg7 26. Re5
$18) (20... Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Qf6+ Kc8 25. c5
bxc5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. d6 $18) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Rd8 23. Rac1 Bf8 (23...
a5 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. d6 Qc6 27. Be4 Qb6 28. Qf5 Kb8 29. Rxc5 Re8
30. Rb5 Rxe4 31. Reb1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qc6 33. f3 $18) 24. c5 $1 {Iturrizaga is
not prepared for the opening of the queenside, the fight is over even before
it really began.} bxc5 25. bxc5 a5 (25... Bxc5 26. d6 Qc6 27. Be4 Qb6 28. Qf5
$18) 26. c6 $1 dxc6 27. dxc6 Ba6 (27... Rxd3 28. cxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30.
Rc1+ $18) 28. Bf5+ {White is now spoiled for choice between the attacking
solution or the very safe technical way.} (28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. Rb1+ Ka7 (29... Bb4
30. Be4 $18) 30. Bxa6 Kxa6 31. Qb5+ Ka7 32. Re5 $18) 28... Kb8 29. Qxd8+ $1
Qxd8 30. c7+ (30. c7+ Qxc7 31. Re8+ Bc8 (31... Ka7 32. Rxc7+ Bb7 33. Rxb7+ Kxb7
34. Be4+ $18) 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33. Rxf8 f6 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kxc8 36. Kg2
$18 {The pawn endgame is completely hopeless for the defender.}) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O Ne7
9. a5 Ba7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Ra8 14. g3 c6 15. Bb3
Re8 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxh3 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qb3+ d5
22. Nxh3 h6 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Na4 Re7 25. Nc5 Rf8 26. Rad1 Kh8 27. Qc2 Qc7 28.
Rh1 Qc8 29. Qe2 Kg8 30. Rhe1 Ref7 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. c4 d4 33. f3 Nd7 34. Nb3 Nf6
35. Nd2 Qe6 36. c5 Nh5 37. Qf2 Kg8 38. Rh1 Nf6 39. Qe2 Nh5 40. Qf2 Nf6 41. Qe1
Nh5 42. Ra1 Qf6 43. Ra2 Qe6 44. Rc2 Qf6 45. Rf1 Qe6 46. Kh2 Rf6 47. Kg2 R6f7
48. Rb2 Rf6 49. Rh1 R6f7 50. Rc2 Qf6 51. Kf2 Qe6 52. Ke2 Nf6 53. Kd1 Nh7 54.
Qe2 Qf6 55. Ng1 Qg5 56. Qe1 Qe7 57. Kc1 Ng5 58. Kb2 Rf6 59. Qe2 R8f7 60. Rc1
Qf8 61. Rf1 b5 62. axb6 a5 63. Ra1 axb4 64. Ra5 Ne6 65. Nb3 Ng5 66. Nd2 Ne6 67.
Nb3 Ng5 68. Rh5 Kh7 69. Rxg5 hxg5 70. Nh3 Rxf3 71. Nxg5+ Kg8 72. Nd2 Rf2 73.
Qh5 Rxd2+ 74. Kb3 Rxd3+ 75. Kxb4 Qe8 76. Nxf7 Qxf7 77. Ra8+ Nf8 78. Qxf7+ Kxf7
79. b7 Nd7 80. Rd8 Rd1 81. Rxd7+ Ke6 82. Rd6+ Ke7 83. Ka5 Rb1 84. Ka6 Rb5 85.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 52nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qb6 12. Qc2 h6 13. h4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. g3 Nf6 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Qc5 Qd8 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. Qc7 Nd6 21.
Ne5 Rc8 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Kf3 Bf5 24. Kf4 Bxd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxd3 Nb5 27.
Rc1 Rd8 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 b6 30. Nf4 Nxd4 31. Rc7 Nf3+ 32. Kd3 d4 33. Nd5
Ne1+ 34. Kxd4 Re2 35. b4 Nf3+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+ 37. Ke4 Nh2 38. Rxa7 f5+ 39. Ke5
Nf3+ 40. Kxf5 Nd4+ 41. Kg6 Ne6 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nf5 Kg8 44. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1 e6 13. f4 Ne7 14. Bf3 Ne8 15.
Qf2 Qc8 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qh3 Bg7 18. Rc1 f5 19. g4 Nd6 20. gxf5 Nxc4 21. Ncb5
exf5 22. Be2 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. b3 a6 25. Bxc4 Qb7 26. Nc7 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 b5
28. Rcc1 Rxd4 29. Nxa8 Qxa8 30. Rc7 Re4 31. Rd1 Nd5 32. Rd7 Rxe3 33. Qg2 Bd4
34. Rxd4 Re1+ 35. Qf1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 {This line that had yielded him a quick victory in
last year's European Championship.} Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 {As he knew
Jobava had to know the previous game, and undoubtedly smelling a rat, he
deviates first with} 6. c3 {#Play proceeded normally, with no edge on either
side.} Nd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1
Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Rad8 14. Rac1 Bg6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. b4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nbd5 18. b5 Qb6
19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rc5 Ndb4 21. Qc3 Na6 22. Rd5 Nc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 {#Until now,
both sides had played solidly and consistently, but Timofeev is the first to
go astray with} 24. Qc5 ({Better was} 24. a4 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Nxa5 26. Ba2 $11)
24... Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Na5 26. Kg1 b6 27. Ne4 Nxb3 28. axb3 f6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rc1
Nd5 31. g4 Ke7 32. h4 Bf7 33. g5 {The position continued to degrade and by} a5
{#White was in serious trouble, having to face Black's queenside 2-1 majority
and better placed pieces. Jobava never let go and won after} 34. gxf6+ gxf6 35.
Rc6 Be6 36. Nd2 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Nc4 Ba6 39. Nc1 Kd7 40. Ne3 Nxe3 41. Kxe3
Bb7 42. Kf4 Ke6 43. Kg4 Kd5 44. Kf5 Kxd4 45. f4 Kc3 46. Kxf6 Kd2 47. Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bb4 Qe7
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qe7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Qb3 Rfc8 22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 Qg5 24. Qd1 a6 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. Qb1 Bf5 27. h6
Rac8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qb2 Rd8 30. Rbxa6 Rcd7 31. g3 Qg4 32. Qf6 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Qh4 Qxh4+ 36. gxh4 f4 37. exf4 Kf8 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. f5
Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rf3+ 41. Ke5 Rxf2 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Kf6 Kd8 44. Ra4 e3 45. Re4 e2
46. Kg7 Rxf5 47. Rxe2 Rf4 48. Kxh7 Rg4 {[%tqu "En","How did Jobava win?","","",
"e2e5","",2,"h7h8","",0,"De","Wie setzte sich Jobava durch?","","","e2e5","",2,
"h7h8","",0]} 49. Re5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g5]} f6 50. Re6 Kd7 (50... f5 51. Rg6 Ke7 (
51... Rxh4 52. Kg7 $18) 52. Rxg4 fxg4 53. Kg8 g3 54. h7 g2 55. h8=Q g1=Q+ 56.
Qg7+ $18) 51. Rxf6 Ke7 52. Rf5 $5 {Good technique! Gute Technik!} (52. Rg6 $6 {
does also win but is far more complicated: gewinnt zwar ebenfalls, ist aber
viel unьbersichtlicher:} Rf4 53. Ra6 Rg4 (53... Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 (54... Kf8 55.
Kg6 Rxh4 56. h7 $18) 55. Kg8 Rg4+ 56. Kf8 Rxh4 57. h7 $18) 54. Ra1 Kf7 55. Rf1+
Ke6 56. Rf2 Rxh4 57. Kg6 Rg4+ 58. Kh5 Rg1 59. h7 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh6 Rh1+
62. Kg7 Rg1+ 63. Kf8 Rh1 64. Rf7 $18) 52... Rxh4 53. Kg6 (53. Kg6 Ke6 54. Rg5
Rf4 55. h7 Rf6+ 56. Kg7 Rf7+ 57. Kg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. a5 Qg6 18. axb6 Bxe4 $2 {#} 19. Ng5 $1 {
This wins material by force.} Bc2 (19... Bf5 20. b7 {The reason for this
instead of bxa7 is that it forces} Rb8 {gaining time to play} 21. d5 $1 e5 (
21... Rxb7 $2 22. dxe6) 22. d6 Rf8 23. Bd5) (19... Bb7 $2 20. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 22. Qb4+) 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+) 20. b7 Bxb3 21. bxc8=Q
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Nh3 a5 24. Rc7 Nf8 25. Nf4 Qg5 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qf3 Re8 {#}
28. g3 $2 ({There can be no doubt, Jobava saw} 28. Rxf7 {. Unfortunately, if
he didn't play it, it can only be because after} Kxf7 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 {he missed}
30. Qf7+ $3 ({and only saw} 30. Qxf8+ $2 Rxf8 31. Nxg5 a3 32. Ra1 {where Black
is much better.}) 30... Kxf7 31. Nxg5+ Kg6 32. Rxe8) 28... Qf6 29. Qb7 Ng6 30.
Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Nf8 32. Re5 h6 33. h4 Bd1 34. h5 Qe7 35. Rb5 Bf3 36. Qc3 Qe8
37. Rc5 Bb7 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Rc7 Qb5 40. Qc5 Qb2 41. d5 a3 {#} 42. Re7 ({Missing
} 42. Nd3 $1 {which would win the piece by force since e.g.} Qb1 43. Qe7 $1 {
leads to mate.}) 42... Bxd5 43. Nxd5 a2 44. Re8 Kh7 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Qxf8 Qxf2+
47. Kxf2 Qa2+ 48. Ke1 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qd4+ 50. Kc2 Qe4+ 51. Kb2 Qe2+ 52. Kb3 Qd1+
53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb5 Qxd5+ 55. Qc5 Qb3+ 56. Ka5 Qa2+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Kc7 Qxg3+
59. Kd7 Qg2 60. Rb8 Qe2 61. Ke7 Qf3 62. Qc2+ f5 63. Qc8 Qxh5 64. Qg8+ Kg6 65.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. h4 Qc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2
Bf5 15. Qc4+ Qe6 16. Qa4 c5 17. Rde1 Qf7 18. h5 Rfd8 19. b3 a5 20. Qf4 Bd7 21.
c4 a4 22. Bc3 axb3 23. axb3 d5 24. cxd5 Bd6 25. Qe4 c4 26. Qxc4 c6 27. dxc6
Qxc4 28. bxc4 Bxc6 29. Rh4 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Ra3 31. Bd4 Rxf3 32. c3 Rf5 33. Kc2
Kf7 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Rb5 Be5 36. Kb3 Rf3 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Kf6 39. Rhe4
Rxf2 40. c5 Rc7 41. Kc4 Rf5 42. Rxf5+ Kxf5 43. Re3 Kf4 44. Re6 Kf5 45. Rd6 Ke5
46. Kb5 Rb7+ 47. Ka6 Rb3 48. Rd3 Ke4 49. Rg3 Ke5 50. Re3+ Kf4 51. Rh3 Ke5 52.
Rg3 h6 53. Re3+ Kf4 54. Rh3 Kg4 55. Rd3 Kxh5 56. c6 Ra3+ 57. Kb6 Rb3+ 58. Kc5
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 {A rare continuation 
(with the idea of ...e6-e5), to which White replies with a genuine novelty on
move 6!} 6. e4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Practice had seen:} (6. Bg5 e5 $5 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Nf3 d6 10. Be2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 f5 {(..) 1/2 Stahlberg,
G-Porat,Y/Warsaw 1935/EXT 2004}) (6. Nf3 d6 $5 7. Nd2 e5 8. e4 $6 exd4 9. cxd4
Nxd4 10. Bb2 Ne6 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 O-O $15 {1/2 Kuzminykh,
E-Bronstein,D/Leningrad 1970/EXT 2001 (25)}) (6. e3 $5 e5 7. Bd3 O-O {leads to
a position from the 5...0-0 system}) (6. f3 e5 (6... d6 7. e4 O-O {leads to
the 5...0-0 system}) (6... b6 7. e4 Ba6 {leads to a popular position from the
5...b6 system (6.f3 Ba6 7.e4 Nc6).}) 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Ne2 Ba6
11. Ng3 h6 (11... O-O $142 {- 5...0-0}) 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O $6 14. Nf5 $1
Rh7 15. c5 $1 $16 {1-0 Lazarev,E-Romantchouk,J/Ternopol 1964/EXT 1999 (22)})
6... Nxe4 7. Qg4 f5 (7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 e5 $5 {needs testing.}) 8.
Qxg7 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 {This position presents a typical positional conflict:
White has a bishop pair with an asymmetrical pawn structure (which should
favour him) but his own pawn chain is damaged (doubled pawns). Such positions
are very hard to evaluate; usually the better player prevails.} 10. Nf3 b6 11.
d5 $5 {A curious pawn sacrifice, which Black, however, rejects.} Na5 (11...
exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd3 $5 (13. Bc4 Nce7) 13... O-O 14. Bc4 Nce7 15. Bg5 Kg7
16. O-O-O $44) 12. Nd4 Kf7 13. dxe6+ dxe6 14. Bf4 Ba6 {Black keeps the tension.
He had a good chance to simplify the game:} (14... e5 $1 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. f4
Ng4 17. O-O-O (17. Be2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. O-O c5 $1 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Nb5 Kf6
22. Nxa7 Bb7 $15) (17. Nf3 Nc6 $15) 17... Nf2 $1 (17... Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19.
Bd3 $36 {[%csl Rf7]}) 18. Be2 Nxh1 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Rxh1 Bd7 $1 (20... Re7 $143
21. Bf3 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxf5 $44) 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $15 {/=}) 15. Nf3 Ne4 16.
Ne5+ Kf6 17. f3 (17. h4 $5 Nxc3 18. Rh3 Ne4 19. Re3 $44 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 17...
Nd6 18. O-O-O Rhd8 $6 {Again avoiding drawish lines like} (18... Naxc4 19. Nxc4
(19. Rxd6 Nxe5 $1 20. Bxe5+ Kxe5 21. Rc6 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Kf6 23. Re1 Rae8 24.
Rxc7 Re7 25. Rc6 h5 $11) 19... Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Rd4 e5 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22.
Rxc4 exf4 $11) 20. Rxd6 $1 Bxf1 21. Rd7 Bb5 22. Rxc7 Rac8 $11) (18... Ndxc4 $6
19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rhe1 Nd6 21. Nc6 $44) (18... Bxc4 $6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Nxc4
Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rac8 22. Bb3 Rxc3+ 23. Kb2 Rd3 24. Rc1 $132) ({To complicate the
game,} 18... Rhg8 $5 {was probably more appropriate; if} 19. h4 {then} Bxc4 {
gains in strength.}) ({Or the mysterious} 18... Rac8 $5 19. c5 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1
Nb3+ 21. Kc2 Nxc5 22. Rfe1 $44) 19. h4 $1 {[%mdl 160] Now White obtains
pressure on the kingside.} Nf7 20. Nd7+ Kg7 (20... Ke7 $2 21. Bg5+ $1 Nxg5 22.
hxg5 $16) 21. Rh3 $1 (21. g4 $5 Bxc4 22. Bh3 $36) 21... Kh8 $1 22. Bg5 $6 (22.
Bxc7 $142 Rdc8 23. Bf4 Nxc4 24. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh3g3]} (24. Rg3 e5 $1 25.
Nxe5 Nfxe5 26. Bxe5+ Nxe5 27. Bxa6 Rxc3+ $11) 24... e5 $140 $2 25. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4
26. Nxe5 $18) 22... Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kg7 (23... Bxc4 24. g6 (24. Nf6 Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Kg7 26. Rxh7+ Kg6) (24. Bxc4 $5 Nxc4 25. f4 Kg7 26. Rh6 $16 {-23...Kg7})
24... h6 $1 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxh6+ Kg7 27. Rh7+ Kxg6 28. Rdh1 $40) 24. Rh6 $1
Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rdh1 (26. f4 $5) 26... Rh8 27. f4 $6 (27. Rxe6 Rae8 28.
Rc6 Re7 (28... Nxa3 29. Nf6 $16 Re7 $140 30. Nd5 Rd7 31. Nxc7 $18 {[%cal Rc1b2]
}) 29. Nf6 Ne5 30. Nh5+ Kf8 31. Rf6+ $1 Rf7 32. Rh6 $16 {[%cal Yh5f4]}) 27...
c5 $6 (27... Rad8 $142 28. Nf6 c5 (28... Rd3 $2 29. Rxh7+ Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kg6
31. Rh6+ Kf7 32. Nh5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Rxc3+ 33. Kb1 Rb3+ 34. Kc2 $18) 29. Rxh7+
$140 ({maybe it is better not to hurry:} 29. a4) 29... Rxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kg6 31.
Rh6+ Kf7 32. Nh5 Rg8 $1 {- Black holds on.}) 28. Rxe6 Rae8 29. Rxh7+ (29. Rxe8
$5 {was also good:} Rxe8 30. Nf6 Re3 (30... Rh8 31. Rh6 {etc.}) 31. Rxh7+ Kg6
32. Rh6+ Kf7 33. Nh5 Kg8 34. Rg6+ (34. g6 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Re6 $1 {-that's the
point!}) 34... Kf8 35. Rf6+ Kg8 (35... Ke7 36. g6) 36. g6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Re1+
$8 37. Kc2 Rh1 38. Ng3 Ne3+ 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. Rc6 $1 Rd1+ 41. Kc4 Ne3+ 42. Kb5
$18) 29... Rxh7 30. Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf7 (30... Nxa3 31. Ne5 {[%cal Yg2g4]})
(30... Rh1+ 31. Kc2 Nxa3+ 32. Kb3 Nb1 33. Re7+ $18) 31. Ra8 Rh1+ 32. Kc2 a5 (
32... Nxa3+ 33. Kb3 Nb5 34. Ne5+ Kg7 (34... Ke7 35. g6 Kf6 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37.
Rf7+ Kh8 38. g4 $1 $18) 35. g4 $1 fxg4 36. f5 {, and White's connected passed
pawns decide the game.}) (32... Ke6 33. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 34. Re8+ $18 {e.g.} Kd5 35.
Rxe5+ Kc4 36. g4 $1 fxg4 37. g6 Rh8 38. g7 Rg8 39. Rg5 b5 40. Kd2 a5 41. Rxg4
Kd5 42. Kd3 $18 {_|_}) 33. Ra7 (33. Kd3 $142 $1 b5 (33... Nb2+ 34. Ke2 Nc4 35.
Rf8+ Ke7 36. g6 $18) 34. Ra7) 33... Nxa3+ 34. Kd2 $1 Rh2 $2 (34... Nb5 35. Rb7
Nd6 {was the last chance. A possible line:} 36. Ne5+ Kg8 37. Rxb6 Ne4+ 38. Kd3
Rd1+ (38... Rc1 39. Kc4 {[%cal Yc4d5,Yd5e6]} a4 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42.
Ra7 Nxc3 43. g3 $22 Kf8 (43... a3 44. Nd3 Rc2 45. Kb3) 44. Ng6+ Ke8 45. Nh4
Ne4+ 46. Kd5 Nxg3 47. Rxa4 $18) (38... a4 39. Kc4) 39. Kc4 Nd6+ 40. Kxc5 Ne4+
41. Kb5 Nxc3+ (41... Rb1+ 42. Kxa5 Rxb6 43. Kxb6 Nxc3 44. Kc6 $18) 42. Kc6 Ne2
43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ng6 Rd4 46. Ne7+ Kf8 47. g6 Rb4 48. Ra7 Nxf4 49.
g3 $1 Ne6 50. Nd5 {, and White should win.}) 35. Nxb6+ Kg6 36. Rxa5 Rxg2+ 37.
Kd1 Nb1 (37... Nc2 38. Nd5) 38. Rxc5 {, and White converted his material
advantage without major problems:} Nd2 39. Nd5 Ne4 40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ne3 Rg3 42.
Ke2 Ke8 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Re5 Nxc3+ 45. Kf2 Rh3 46. Rxf5+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kg7 48.
Nf5+ Kg8 49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Rd6 Ne2 51. Rg6+ Kh8 52. Rh6+ Kg8 53. Ne7+ Kf7 54. Ng6
Kg7 55. Kf2 Nc3 56. Ne7 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Nf5+ Kg8 59. Re6 Nc3+ 60. Kf3 Nd5+
61. Kg4 Ra1 62. Re5 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Qc2 Rd8 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Nbd7 13. g4 c5 14. Bg2 c4 15.
a4 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. O-O Bb7 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. Rfe1 Ne6 21. f4 Rb8
22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Qc1 Nc7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nb5 27. Na4 R6b7 28.
Ra1 Nc7 29. Re2 Ne6 30. Nc3 Qc5 31. Rf2 d4 32. exd4 Nxd4 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 34. Na4
Qd4 35. Qd2 Qa7 36. Qd5 Nb4 37. Qxc4 Rc7 38. Qe4 Rc2 39. Raf1 Rd8 40. Qxb4 Rxf2
41. Rxf2 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Qa8+ 43. Rf3 Rd3 44. Qb8+ Qxb8 45. Rxd3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bf4 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. h3
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 d6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rd2 Nf8 15.
Rb1 Ng6 16. Bg3 a5 17. Rbd1 Rd7 18. Ng5 Rad8 19. Bf3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qf5
d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Nd5 25. Ne4 f5 26. Ned6 Bxd6 27. Nxd6
Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd4 Nge7 30. Ra4 Rb6 31. Rxa5 Rxb2 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. a4
Bc6 34. Rc1 Nb4 35. Re1 Nbd5 36. Re5 g6 37. a5 Ra2 38. h4 h5 39. Re6 Be8 40. a6
Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Ra4 42. Rb7 Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 Ra4 44. Bxd5 Nxd5 45. a7 Nc3 46. Rf6+
Kg8 47. Re7 Bb5 48. f4 Ne2+ 49. Kh2 Nxf4 50. Rd6 Kf8 51. Rb7 Ke8 52. Rd4 Rxa7
53. Rxa7 Ne6 54. Rd6 Bc4 55. Rc6 Bd5 56. Rc8+ Nd8 57. Rh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chernigov"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. Bf3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd2 c6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Rc2
Nf8 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. b4 Qd7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qd1 Red8 20. Be1 Ne8
21. a4 a6 22. Qd3 b5 23. Ra2 Nd6 24. Rca1 Qe7 25. Ne2 g6 26. Nc1 Re8 27. Qd1
Nc4 28. Nd3 h5 29. h3 Qf6 30. Bc3 Ng5 31. Nc5 Ne4 32. Qd3 Qh4 33. Qc2 Rcd8 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Rd6 36. Nd3 Rf6 37. Be1 Ng5 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39. exf4 Qxf4 40.
Rxc6 Ne4 41. Qc1 Qf5 42. Raa6 h4 43. Kh2 Kg7 44. f3 Ng3 45. Rf6 Ne2 46. Rxf5
Nxc1 47. Re5 Nxe5 48. dxe5 Re6 49. Ra5 Nd3 50. Bxh4 Rxe5 51. Rxb5 Re2 52. Rxd5
Nf4 53. Rd6 g5 54. Rd4 Nxg2 55. Bg3 Nh4+ 56. Kh1 Nxf3 57. Rd3 Ne5 58. Rb3 f5
59. Kg1 f4 60. Bf2 Kf6 61. b5 Nd7 62. b6 Ke6 63. b7 1-0

[Event "Kharkov Femida 6th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2010.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Chernigov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3 Qd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. Qa4 Qe7 15. b4
Nf7 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bh6 18. Qb3 Kg7 19. f3 Rh8 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. b5 Nc7 22.
Kd1 Bf4 23. Kc2 Ng5 24. Raf1 Nh3 25. Be1 Rh7 26. Bd1 Bg5 27. Ne2 b6 28. Rh2
Rah8 29. Rfh1 Kf8 30. Qd3 Nf2 31. Bxf2 Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Rxh2 33. Be3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3
Qh7 35. Nc3 Qh6 36. Qe1 Qh4 37. Qe3 Qf2 38. Kd3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Ke7 40. Be2 Ne8
41. Nf1 Rg2 42. Kd3 Ng7 43. Ne3 Rg1 44. Bf1 Rh1 45. Ne2 Rh8 46. Ng3 Rf8 47. Bh3
Ra8 48. a4 a6 49. Ke2 axb5 50. axb5 Kf7 51. Bf1 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Kg8 53. Ne2 Kh7
54. Nc3 Ra8 55. Bd3 Kh6 56. Bc2 Kg5 57. Na4 Rb8 58. Kf2 f5 59. gxf5 gxf5 60.
exf5 Bxf5 61. Bxf5 Nxf5 62. Nc3 Ra8 63. Ne4+ Kg6 64. Nf1 Ra2+ 65. Nfd2 Kf7 66.
f4 exf4 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Kxf4 Nd4 69. Nf1 Ra8 70. Nfd2 Ra3 71. Nf2 Nb3 72. Nxb3
Rxb3 73. Ng4 Rd3 74. Ne3 Rd4+ 75. Kf3 Kf6 76. Ng4+ Kf5 77. Ne3+ Kg5 78. Ke2 Kf4
79. Ng2+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Kharkov Femida 6th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.11.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chernigov"]
[BlackTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nh4
Ne7 22. c4 Qc6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rfe1 e4 25. dxe4 dxe4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nhf5
Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Rd3 29. h3 Qd7 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Qb4 33. Ra1 Qxb5
34. Qxc7 Kh7 35. Qf4 Qb2 36. Rf1 Rd7 37. Ng4 Re7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Rd1 Re8 40.
Qg6 Kf8 41. Ne3 Qb3 42. Rd6 Qc3 43. g4 Ra8 44. Rb6 Qc7 45. Rxf6+ gxf6 46. Qxf6+
Qf7 47. Qh8+ Qg8 48. Qxh6+ Qg7 49. Qf4+ Kg8 50. Nf5 Qd7 51. Qg5+ Kf7 52. h4 Ke6
53. Ne3 Rf8 54. Qg6+ Ke5 55. h5 Qe7 56. g5 Qf7 57. Qxf7 Rxf7 58. h6 Rf8 59. Kf1
Rg8 60. g6 Kf6 61. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 {[%csl Gd4]} 7.
d3 d6 8. O-O (8. Rb1) 8... a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Bd7 (11... Nc7 12.
d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2) 12. d4 b6 (12... cxd4 {La grande ligne} 13. Nxd4
Nc7 14. Kh2 Ne6 15. Nde2 Na5 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Ba7 bxa4
20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Nd5 Re8 22. Ra2 Nd8 23. Qc2 e6 24. Ndf4 Nb6 25. Rc1 Nc6 26.
Nd3 Na7 27. Qd2 Bb5 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Nxa4 Bxa2 30. Qxa2 Nd7 31. Nab2 h5 32. h4
Nb5 {Alekseev,E (2632)-Mamedyarov,S (2674)/Istanbul 2005/CBM 109 ext/0-1 (46)})
13. b3 {85} (13. d5 Nb4 14. Qd2) 13... Nc7 {87} 14. Ra2 $5 $146 {[%cal Gd4e5,
Ga2d2,Gd2d7,Gf2f4,Ga2f2] 81} (14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Kh2 {Bauduin,E (2249)-Chabanon,J
(2459) FRA-chT1 1011 2010 (2.3) 0-1}) 14... e5 {86} 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f4 {73} (
16. Rd2 Nd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4]}) 16... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] 83} 17. fxe5 {63} (17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5) 17... Bxe5 {82 Les Noirs continuent de suivre la prйparation
maison} 18. Bh6 (18. Rd2) 18... Re8 19. Nf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ga2f2]} b5 20.
axb5 {44} axb5 {73} 21. Nd3 $1 {Les Blancs ont rйussi а dйtruire le fort
centre Noir et la position est йquilibrйe mais en contrepartie, le P"e4" s'est
affaibli} (21. Kh2 {[%csl Rg3]} bxc4 22. bxc4 Be6 {[%csl Rc4]} 23. Nxe6 Ncxe6
$132) 21... Bxg3 {63} 22. Nxc5 Be5 {[%csl Re4,Ge5][%cal Gd8h4,Gh4h6,Gh4g3]} 23.
Raf2 (23. Be3 Bc6 24. Nd5 Nce6 25. Ra7 {[%csl Rf7]} (25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Qf3 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 25... bxc4 (25... Nxc5 26. Bxd4) 26. bxc4 Nxc5 27. Bxd4 Rb1 $3 28.
Qxb1 Bxd4+) 23... Bxh3 $132 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gd8h4]} 24. Bxh3 (24. Nd3 Bg3 25.
Bxh3 Qh4 26. Kg2 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bxf2 28. Nxf2 Qxh6 29. Qxd4 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rg2]}
) 24... Qh4 25. Nd7 Qxh6 26. Qd3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rbd8 28. Nxe5 (28. Nd5) 28...
Rxe5 29. Nd5 {17} Nxd5 {30} 30. cxd5 Nc6 31. Qf3 Rg5+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2
Qg5+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Ne5 36. Kf4 f6 37. Ke3 (37. Ra1 $5 Kg7 38. Ra7+ Kh6
39. Be6) 37... Kg7 38. Kd4 (38. Be6 h5) 38... h5 $17 {[%csl Gh5]} 39. Kc5 g5
40. Bf5 g4 41. Kb6 g3 42. Kc7 Ra8 43. d6 h4 44. Rh1 Nf3 45. Bh3 Ng5 46. Bf5 g2
47. Rg1 h3 $1 48. Bxh3 Nxh3 49. Rxg2+ Kf7 50. d7 Nf4 51. Rh2 Ne6+ 52. Kb7 Ra4
53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Kc6 Rd4 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rh4 Nd8+ 57. Kc7 Nf7 58. Rf4 Rc4+ 59.
Kb6 Nd8 60. Rf5 Rxe4 {Bizarrement, le plateau DGT n'a enregistrй la partie que
jusqu'au 60иme coup alors qu'elle a durй 06 coups de plus} 61. Kc7 Ne6+ 62. Kd6
Kf7 63. Rd5 Ra4 64. Rd1 Ra6+ 65. Kd5 Ke7 66. Ke4 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {91} (4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3) 4... Ne4 {91} 5. h4 $5 {91 Une ligne secondaire qui йtait la
prйparation des Blancs et la partie est d'importance thйorique car elle
n'avait pas encore йtй jouйe а haut niveau.} (5. Bh4 {La grande ligne} Nxc3 6.
bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 (7. Qa4+)) (5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Qxd5) 5... Bg7 {82}
(5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. h5 Bg7 9. h6 Bf8 {Doyle,J-Stevenson,J 
(2135) West of Scotland-ch 1998 (2) 1-0} (9... Bf6 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Ne2 Nd7 (
11... c5 12. Rb1) (11... Nc6 12. Rb1 Na5 $11) (11... Bd5 12. Nf4 c6 13. Be2 O-O
$11 {Delchev: The safest Grunfeld}) 12. Nf4)) (5... Nxg5 6. hxg5 $14 {[%csl
Gh1]}) 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 {92} h6 {76} (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10.
Bd3 h6 (10... Qxc3+ 11. Ke2 e5 12. Rc1 $44 {Nguyen,N (2637)-Svidler,P (2739)
FIDE World Cup 2011 (2.6) 0-1})) 9. Bf4 e5 $1 (9... Qa5 $5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 10.
Bxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 $11 12. Qd4 {92} Nc6 {73} (12... Nd7 {Quelques
semaines plus tard, les Noirs ont tentй d'amйliorer la position avec Nbd7} 13.
Nf3 Qf6 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bc4 c5 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. f3 Nd7
20. Nd3 Ke7 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Bb3 g5 23. Nd5+ Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26.
Ke2 b5 27. hxg5 {Goganov,A (2480)-Klimov,S (2503)/St Petersburg 2011/Mega2011
Update 24/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13. Bb5 {92} Bd7 {47 Les Blancs continuent de suivre
la prйparation maison et les Noirs commencent а accuser un net retard а la
pendule} 14. Nf3 $1 {Force l'йchange des Q qui va donner une finale agrйable а
jouer pour les Blancs} Qxd4 15. cxd4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ga1c1]} Ne5 $6 (15...
O-O-O $142 16. Rc1 Rhe8 17. Kd2 (17. h5 g5) (17. Ke2 a6 18. Bc4 Bg4 19. Rhd1
Nxd4+) (17. O-O $143 {[%csl Rg1]}) 17... a6 18. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 19. Rhd1
Bg4 20. Be2 {[%cal Gd2e1]} Red7 $2 21. Rxc6 $1 {[%cal Ge2a6,Gf3e5]}) 16. Bxd7+
Nxd7 17. Ke2 $1 {88} c5 {40} 18. a4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ga4a5,Ga1b1,Gh1b1]} (18.
h5 g5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 Ne6 21. Rhd1 $32) 18... Ke7 19. h5 Rac8 (19... g5
{Plus solide car le P"h6" sera trйs faible dans la partie}) 20. hxg6 $36 {
[%csl Gh1,Rh6] 85 Les Blancs continuent de jouer quasiment а tempo!} (20. Rab1)
20... fxg6 {31} 21. a5 $1 {[%csl Rb7] 83 La majoritй noire а l'aile-dame n'est
pas facile а mobiliser et les Blancs donnent une leзon technique! Le plus
impressionnant est de voir JOBAVA continuer de blitzer.} Rc7 22. Rab1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b2,Gh1b1]} b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. g4 {73} Ra7 {20} 25. Rb2
Rha8 {Il est souvent recommandй de jouer activement en finale de R mais les
Noirs n'auront pas forcйment assez de compensations.} (25... h5 26. gxh5 Rxh5
27. Rg1 Kf7 {Il y a a encore du travail pour les Blancs}) 26. Rxh6 Ra2 27. Rd2
{66} Nf6 {12} 28. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5g4,Ge5g6,Gf2f3]} Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 {
62 Une heure d'avance !} Ra2+ $6 {02} 30. Kd3 Rxf2 $2 $138 (30... g5) 31. g5 $1
Nd5 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. e4
Nb4+ 38. Ke3 {[%mdl 32] Une partie impressionnante de la part du gйorgien} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 $5 {[%csl Rd3]
Une ligne secondaire qui est devenue а la mode rйcemment et malgrй un tempo
perdu en jouant e5 en deux coups, les Noirs ont un bon jeu.} 7. Nb3 {78} (7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 d6 13. b4 Ba7 14.
Bc4 O-O 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Rac1 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
g6 21. Rc2 Kh7 {Motylev,A (2677)-Pantsulaia,L (2595)/Aix les Bains 2011/
Mega2011 Update 15/1/2-1/2}) (7. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Gd5]} d6 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 {
Caruana,F (2727)-Nakamura,H (2758) Reggio Emilia 54th 2011 (7) 1/2}) 8. Nf5) (
7. Nf5 d5 $1 {[%cal Gc8f5,Ge5e4]}) (7. Ne2 {[%csl Re2]} Bc5 (7... d5 8. exd5
Nxd5) 8. Bg5 d6 {Groselj,P (2091)-Romanishin,O (2572) Nova Gorica op 04th 1999
(1) 1/2}) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 {65} d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 {57} O-O 11. Rfd1 (11.
Rad1 Be6 12. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Ng4 {[%cal Gd8b6]} (12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5) 13.
Nd5) (11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 $132 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6]}) 11... Be6 12. Be2 {
[%cal Gd2d6]} a5 $1 {Un sacrifice de P trйs fort} (12... b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nb4 {[%csl Rc2]} 16. Rc1 Be7 (16... Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.
Nc5 Bc8) 17. Rb6 Bd8 18. Rd6 Be7 19. Rdd1 Rac8 $44) 13. Bxf6 (13. a4 {Stoppe
l'attaque noire a5a4 mais sans rйsoudre les problиmes des Noirs} Nb4 $132 {
[%csl Rc2,Gd5]} 14. f3 $2 (14. Nb5 $2 Nxe4) (14. Rac1 d5 $36) 14... Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 Qb6+) (13. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Ga4]}) 13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 (14... Qb6 $6 {
[%cal Gf8d8]} 15. Na4) 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rdd1 a4 $1 17. Nd2 Nd4 $36 {[%csl Rc2,
Gd4,Re2][%cal Ga4a3]} 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Bd3 $142 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c3,Ga4a3]} 19. a3
$1 {Les Noirs ont des compensations mais la position Blanche reste solide})
18... Rfc8 $1 {[%cal Ga4a3,Gc8c3]} 19. Bd3 (19. Nxe5 Rxc3 $1 20. bxc3 Nxe2+) (
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 (20. Rxd4 a3 $40) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxc2) 19... a3 $40
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 axb2 22. Rab1 e4 $1 {Une derniиre pointe} 23. Nxd4 (23.
Bxe4 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nc3) 23... exd3 24. Rxb2 Ba3 25. Rdb1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosna op 41st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. b3 h5 8. h3
Nc6 9. Bb2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 d6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. O-O b5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Qd3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 d5 19. Ne5 O-O 20. Qf3 Ne4 21. Nd3
Bb6 22. e3 Nd2 23. Qxh5 d4 24. Rfd1 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Ke2 Nh2 27. Ne1 Rd5
28. Qh4 Rf5 29. Rxd4 Nf3 30. Qg4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Qb5+ 32. Nd3 g6 33. Rc1 Rd8 34.
Rc4 e5 35. Bc5 Qa5 36. Rc2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosna op 41st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2011.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 b6 8. Be3
O-O 9. d4 d6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 exd5 13. exd5 a6 14. a4 Bc8 15. h3
h5 16. Ra2 Ra7 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. N2c3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bc1 Nd4
22. Be3 Nf5 23. Bc1 Nd4 24. f4 Nf7 25. f5 Nxf5 26. Raf2 Ng5 27. Qd3 Re8 28. g4
hxg4 29. hxg4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Ng3 31. Bxg6 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Re5 33. Qh3 Kf8 34. g5
f5 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Qh6+ Qg7 38. Rxf5+ Kg8 39. Bh7+ Kh8 40. Rf8+
Qxf8+ 41. Qxf8+ Kxh7 42. Qb8 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Kg6 44. Qxb6 Kxg5 45. Qxa6 Kf4 46.
Qc8 Ra7 47. Qf8+ Kg4 48. Qd8 Kf4 49. a5 Ke4 50. Qc8 Rxa5 51. Qg4+ Bf4 52. Qg6+
Ke5 53. Kd3 Bc1 54. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. O-O a6 8.
Bc4 d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bb3 c6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nh5 14. Ne2 O-O
15. g4 Nf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Kh7 18. c3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Qxe5 Rae8 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Qe4+ Kg8 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 b6
27. Re4 c5 28. Nxg7 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Nf4 30. Nf5 Nxh3 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kf6
33. Ke2 Kg5 34. Kf3 Ng1+ 35. Kf2 Nh3+ 36. Kg3 Nf4 37. e5 c4 38. Nd4 Nd3 39.
Ne6+ Kh6 40. g5+ Kg6 41. Nf4+ Kxg5 42. Nxd3 cxd3 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kxe5 45.
Kxd3 Kd5 46. c4+ Kc5 47. Kc3 a5 48. a4 Kd6 49. Kd4 Kc6 50. c5 bxc5+ 51. Kc4 Kd6
52. Kb5 Kd5 53. Kxa5 Kc6 54. b3 c4 55. bxc4 Kc5 56. Ka6 Kc6 57. a5 1-0

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4
d6 9. e3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2
Ncxd5 16. Bg5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ra3 Rd8 20. Qc2 d5 21. Rd1 Bf5
22. Qa2 Be6 23. Qa1 Rdb8 24. Ne1 Rb2 25. Bf3 c4 26. Rc1 Qh4 27. g3 Qxh3 28.
Rxa6 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rb1 30. Rc2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qf5 32. Rac1 Qf6 33. Rd2 Rb2 34.
Rd4 g5 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 g4 37. Rf4 Qg5 38. Bd1 g3 39. Nc2 Bh3 40. Bf3 d4 41.
fxg3 d3 42. Kf2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qb3 f5
15. Ne1 Qh4 16. g3 Qe7 17. f3 Ng5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. h4 Nf7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Kf1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfb8 24. Nd3 e5 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Nxb2 f4 27.
Kg2 fxg3 28. Kxg3 e4 29. f4 Nh6 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Kf2 Qc2 33. Rdd1
Ng4+ 34. Ke1 Qc3+ 35. Rd2 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao"]
[BlackTeam "Colegio Marcote EIKM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne1 Bh5 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Na7
15. Nc2 Bg6 16. a4 Nc8 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Re2 c6 21. a5
g5 22. g4 Rad8 23. h3 Nb5 24. Rh2 Nh7 25. Ne2 Nf8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. Kf2 Ng6 28.
Rfh1 Nh4 29. Nf5 Nd6 30. Nxh4 gxh4 31. g5 Re6 32. Rg2 f5 33. gxf6 Rxf6 34. Rg4
Ne4+ 35. Kg2 Ng3 36. Rb1 Rdf8 37. Ne1 Qe7 38. Rb3 Re6 39. Nc2 Nf5 40. Kf2 Nh6
41. Rg1 Nf7 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Rbb1 Nf5 44. Rbe1 Rg6+ 45. Kf2 Rg3 46. e4 dxe4 47.
Rxe4 Qg5 48. Rg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","g3f3","",10]} Rxf3+ $1 49. Kxf3 Ng3+ 50.
Kg2 Qd5+ 51. Re4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. h4 Na5 11. h5 c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. e5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Be4 Qd7 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Qa3 Nxd4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe3 f5 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qxg6+ Kxe5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. f4+ Kxe4 27.
Nc3+ Kxf4 28. Rh4+ Ke5 29. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qd2 c4 15.
O-O-O exd5 16. Nxd5 Qxb2+ 17. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe2+ 19. Kc3 Nc6 20. Rhe1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bf5 22. h3 Nf2 23. Bh6 Nd3 24. Ng5 Nce5 25. Rf1 b5 26. g4 b4+ 27.
Kd4 Rd8 28. gxf5 b3 29. axb3 cxb3 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Qb8 14. b4 O-O 15.
f5 e5 16. Nb3 a6 17. Qb1 b5 18. Na5 Ba8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. Bf2 bxc4 22.
Nd5 Bd8 23. Nxc4 Nhf6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nxd6 Rc6 26. Bc5 Bb6 27. g5 Nd7 28.
Nc4 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Rb1 Rbc8 33. Kf3 Rc5 34.
Rb3 Bc6 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Nb7 Bxb7 37. Rxb7 Rc3+ 38. Kg4 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rdc8 40.
Bxa6 Rc2 41. Rd7 Rb8 42. Bb7 Rg2+ 43. Kf3 Rxg5 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. Rh1 Rc3+ 46. Ke2
Rg2+ 47. Kd1 Rg1+ 48. Rxg1 Bxg1 49. a4 Ra3 50. Bxf7+ Kh7 51. Kc2 Rxa4 52. Rd3
g5 53. Bg6+ Kg8 54. Rd8+ Kg7 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. f6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. d4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. g3 b5
9. Bg2 b4 10. Na4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. O-O Qa5 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Bc6 16. Nb2 Bb5 17. Rf3 Be7 18. a4 Bc6 19. Nd3 O-O 20. g4 Rab8 21. f5 Qb6
22. Bf2 Rfc8 23. Nf4 Ba8 24. Bf1 Bg5 25. Bd3 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 a5 27. f6 Qb3 28.
Qf1 Rc3 29. Rf3 Nxe5 30. dxe5 d4 31. Rb1 Bxf3 32. Rxb3 Rbxb3 33. Bc4 Rb4 34.
Bxd4 Rbxc4 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Qe1 Rd3 37. Qxa5 h6 38. Qc7 gxf6 39. exf6 Bxg4 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Qg7+ Kf5 44. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Nb5 $146 (7. g4 {
- see Mamedyarov - Sargissian in CBM 144. And here is a new example:} dxc4 8.
Qf3 Nd5 9. Bxc4 c6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. h4 Rc8 13. g5 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Nc7 15. Nh5 Nd5 16. Ne2 c5 17. e4 Nc7 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Rfd8 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2653)-Larsen,K (2321)/Reykjavik ISL 2012/The
Week in Chess 905 (37)}) 7... Na6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Rc1 (9. Be2 {was played on the
next day by GM Nikita Vitiugov:} dxc4 10. Bxc4 c6 11. Nc3 b5 12. Be2 b4 13.
Bxa6 Bxa6 14. axb4 Qb6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. O-O Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19.
Na4 Ba6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Nc4 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Matlakov,M (2632)/
Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 908 (40)}) 9... dxc4 (9... c6 10. Nc3 c5 {
looks more logical and apparently leads to equality.}) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 (10... c6
11. Nc3 b5 12. Be2 b4 {deserves attention here. Apparently Black has lost a
tempo compared to Vitiugov - Matlakov but in fact the absence of White's rook
on a1 may be favourable for him, and he manages to push c6-c5 without problems.
The question is whether it is enough for equality as White can obtain strong
pressure along the central files, e.g.} 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Qb3 (16. Na2 $5) 16... Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Qa3 Nc2 20. Qd3 Nb4
21. Qb5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc3 $14) 11. Be5 c6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 14.
Bd3 b4 15. Rc1 c5 (15... bxa3 16. bxa3 Bxa3 17. Ra1 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Nc7 19. Bxh7+
$1 Kh8 20. Bd3 $14) 16. h4 $5 {[%mdl 128] Very aggressive.} (16. O-O {was good
enough to keep the initiative, e.g. after} bxa3 17. bxa3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 16... h6 (16... bxa3 17. Ng5 $1 (17. bxa3 cxd4 (17... f6 18. Ng5)
18. Bxd4 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nc5 $1 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 {doesn't work
due to} Be4 23. Nxe4 Qa6+) 17... h6 {- see below}) 17. Ng5 $5 cxd4 $6 (17...
Bxg5 $2 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Rh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3g3]}) (17... bxa3 $1 {was
probably the refutation of White's concept:} 18. Qh5 $5 (18. bxa3 cxd4 19. Bxd4
Bxa3 {is hardly good for White either.}) 18... Bf6 $1 (18... axb2 $143 19. Rb1
Bf6 20. Rxb2 Bxe5 21. Rxb7 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Nb4 (22... Rab8 23. Rxf7 Qa1+ 24. Ke2
Qb2+ 25. Kf3 $13) 23. Nxf7 $1 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Qa2+ 25. Kf1 $11) 19. Bxf6 (19. Bh7+
Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 axb2 $1 22. Rb1 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Bxe5 24. Qxb7 Rb8 $17)
19... axb2 $1 20. Rb1 (20. Qxh6 bxc1=Q+ 21. Ke2 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 Qxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2
Qxf6+) 20... Qxf6 {, and Black successfully parries White's attack as} 21. Nh7
(21. Rxb2 Nb4) 21... Qe7 22. Nxf8 c4 $1 23. Bh7+ Kxf8 24. Rxb2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Qa3
$1 26. Rb1 Bd5 {is rather favourable for Black. Of course, all this can hardly
be found over the board so the Georgian GM's decision was justified in
practical terms.}) 18. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Bf6 $8 19. Bxf6 (19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8
20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Bxe5 22. Qxb7 dxe3 23. fxe3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb8 25. Qe4
$16 {Here you see the crucial difference from the 17...bxa3 line: instead of
Black's pawn on b2, there is White's on a3. After the text move, too, White
gets a more favorable position than in the 17...bxa3 line.}) 19... Qxf6 20. Nh7
Qd8 21. Nxf8 dxe3 22. Bh7+ Kxf8 $6 {[%csl Rf8]} (22... Kh8 $142 $1 23. O-O Qxf8
24. Qb5 $1 (24. fxe3 f5 25. Bg6 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxa3 $13) 24... exf2+ 25. Rxf2
Qe7 26. Bb1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 23. O-O e2 $6 {Black avoids opening the f-file
but White now collects this pawn and keeps a material advantage without
conceding any compensation.} (23... Qb6 $142 $1 24. fxe3 f5 $1 {, and White's
king is exposed, too.}) 24. Rfe1 bxa3 25. bxa3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6]} (25... Qd2
26. Bb1 $16) (25... Qe7 $142 26. Qxe2 (26. Rxe2 Qxa3) 26... Nc7 $1 {[%cal
Yc7d5]} (26... Qxa3 27. Ra1 Qd6 28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qe4 $18 {[%cal
Re4b7,Re4h7]}) (26... Qxh4 27. Rb1 $1 $18) 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Nd5 $16) 26.
Qxe2 Qd5 27. f3 Qd4+ 28. Qe3 {The endgame is winning but} (28. Kf1 $1 Nc5 29.
Red1 Qa4 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Rc5] ended the game on the spot.}) 28...
Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Kf7 30. Rb3 Bd5 31. Rb5 Rd8 32. h5 Kf6 33. Bg6 Rd7 34. Kf2 Ke7
35. Ra5 Rd6 36. Rc8 Rb6 37. Bxf5 Bb7 38. Rg8 exf5 39. Rxg7+ Kf6 (39... Kf8 40.
Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rxa6 $18 {_|_}) 40. Rg6+ Ke7 41. Re5+ Kd7 42. Rxb6 axb6 43. Rxf5
Nc5 (43... Ke7 44. Rb5) 44. Rf6 b5 45. Rxh6 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Ne1 47. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6
8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 a5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Bxe6
Rxe6 15. Rd2 Qe8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 h6 18. g4 b4 19. Nd1 Re5 20. Nf2 Qb5 21. f4
Rc5 22. g5 hxg5 23. h6 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. b3 Rc6 26. fxg5 Nh7 27. Rd5 a4 28.
Kd2 axb3 29. axb3 Rc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Rg1 Nf8 32. Nd3 Ne6 33. Ne5 Rd8+ 34.
Ke3 Nd4 35. Rg2 Re8 36. Nd7 Ne6 37. g6 fxg6 38. Rxg6 Re7 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. hxg7
Nxg7 41. Nd5 Rxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Kxg6 43. Nxc7 Kf7 44. Na6 c4 45. bxc4 Ke6 46. c5
Nh5 47. Nxb4 Kd7 48. Kd5 Nf4+ 49. Kc4 Ne2 50. Nd5 Kc6 51. Ne7+ Kd7 52. Nf5 Kc7
53. Nd4 Nf4 54. Kb5 Nd5 55. Nf5 Nc3+ 56. Kb4 Nd5+ 57. Kc4 Nf6 58. Ne7 Ne4 59.
Nd5+ Kc6 60. Nb4+ Kc7 61. Kd4 Ng3 62. Kd5 Ne2 63. Kc4 Kb7 64. c6+ Kb6 65. Kd5
Nc3+ 66. Ke5 Nb5 67. Kd5 Nc3+ 68. Kd6 Ne4+ 69. Ke5 Ng3 70. Kd5 Kc7 71. Na6+ Kc8
72. Kc5 Nf5 73. Nb4 Ne3 74. Nd5 Nf5 75. Kb6 Nd6 76. Ne3 Kb8 77. Kc5 Ne4+ 78.
Kd5 Nc3+ 79. Kd4 Ne2+ 80. Kc5 Kc8 81. Nd5 Ng3 82. Kb6 Nf5 83. c7 Kd7 84. Nf6+
Kc8 85. Ne4 Ne7 86. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 14th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Qh5
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc5 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Rd1 f6 16. Nd4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rf7 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Kb1 Raa7 20. Nf3 Qe3 21.
Ng5 g6 22. Qh6 Qxe5 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. h5 g5 25. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qg7 27.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. h6+ Kg8 29. Rf6 e5 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Ng6 32. g4 d4 33. Kc1
e4 34. Rd5 e3 35. Rxd4 Nf4 36. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 14th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Ng4 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. Rad1 a5 17. f3 Be5 18. Ne2 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Qd2 Bh4 21. g3 Bf6
22. Qxd6 Na4 23. Bh6 Nxb2 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Rb1 Nxc4 26. Nd4 Na3 27. Bxf8 Kxf8
28. Rbc1 a4 29. Kh2 Ra5 30. e5 Rd5 31. Re4 Bc5 32. Ne2 Ke7 33. Rxa4 Nb5 34. Rh4
h5 35. Re4 Ba3 36. Re1 Bf5 37. Re3 Rd2 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bxg4 40. Kg3 Bc5
41. Re4 Bf5 42. Rh4 g5 43. Rh5 Nc3 44. Rxg5 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Nxg5 46. Kxf5 Ne6 47.
a4 Rb2 48. Rd1 Rb4 49. a5 Kf7 50. Bg2 Ng7+ 0-1

[Event "GEO-ch 71st"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. O-O-O
Nbd7 8. Nf3 Ke8 9. Bb5 Kf8 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Nb5 f6 12. Be3 Ke7 13. Rxd6 cxd6
14. Nc7 b6 15. Nxa8 Kd8 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nc4 Bxa8 18. Nxd6 Kc7 19. Nb5+ Kb8 20.
Rd1 Bc6 21. c4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rd8 23. Kc2 Kc7 24. a4 Nf8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Kd3
Ke7 27. Kc4 Kd6 28. f4 Ng6 29. f5 Nh4 30. g4 Nf3 31. h3 g6 32. a5 bxa5 33. Bc5+
Kd7 34. Kd5 Ng5 35. Bxa7 Nxh3 36. b6 Nf4+ 37. Kc5 Nd3+ 38. Kc4 Nxb2+ 39. Kb5
1-0

[Event "Poznan m"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Rb8 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 e6 14. g5 Be5 15. f6 Qb6
16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Ra8 20. Rb1 c4 21. h4 cxd3 22.
cxd3 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 h5 24. gxh6 Kh7 25. Be3 Qa6 26. d4 b4 27. Qd1 Qb5 28. Bf4
Ra6 29. Rc1 e5 30. Bg3 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne5 32. Rc7 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Ra1 Ra6
35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. Bf4 b3 37. h5 Bc8 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rc3 Kxf6 40. Rxb3 Be6
41. Rg3 Ng4 42. Kg1 Rh8 43. Bh3 Nxh6 44. e5+ Ke7 45. exd6+ Kd7 46. Bxe6+ fxe6
47. Rg7+ Kc6 48. Rc7+ Kd5 49. d7 1-0

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 $5 {Ruckschloss. The
Slovak player and official has applied this system in many of his games.} (6.
g4 {was a speciality of GM Quinteros.} c5 (6... a6 $5 {may be subtle.}) 7. d5
e6 8. g5 Ne8 (8... Nh5 9. Bxh5 gxh5 $44) 9. h4 exd5 10. exd5 (10. cxd5 Nc7 $13)
10... Nc7 11. h5 Re8 12. hxg6 hxg6 {and it is difficult to stop b5.}) (6. Bg5
Na6 7. h4 c5 8. d5 e6 (8... Nc7 9. Qd2 e6 10. h5 exd5 11. exd5 $40) 9. Qd2 exd5
10. exd5 Re8 11. Kf1 {is very simialar to our game scenario.}) (6. Nf3 e5 7. d5
a5 8. Nd2 Na6 9. h4 Nc5 10. h5 c6 11. g4 a4 {also contains similarities with
the text.}) 6... c5 (6... e5 7. d5 Na6 (7... a5 8. h5 Na6 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Bf3
$13) 8. h5 Nc5 9. h6 Bh8 10. Bg5 {in both cases with acceptable positions.}) (
6... Nc6 7. d5 (7. h5 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. h6 Bh8 10. Bg5 c5) (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 e5
9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. f4 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nh5) 7... Ne5 8. Nf3
) (6... a6 $5 {may again be the most intelligent move.} 7. h5 c5 8. hxg6 hxg6
9. dxc5 Qa5 (9... dxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd4 14.
O-O-O $32) 10. Kf1 Qxc5 $13) 7. d5 b5 (7... e6 8. h5 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Kf1
Nbd7 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Rb1
$40) 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 $2 ({The known schema is} 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb4 11. Qc2
$1 (11. f3 Nh5) (11. Bd3 Ng4) 11... Nbd7 (11... axb5 $6 12. Bxb5 Na6 (12... Ba6
13. f3 c4 14. Nge2 Qc5 15. Qc1 Nbd7 (15... Nfd7 16. Be3 Qb4 17. h5 $16) 16. Be3
Qb4) 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. O-O $16) (11... c4 12. h5 $13) 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ng4
$132) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. h5 $5 {An enterprising move.} Nbd7 {I wanted
to play safer since I have had a good Benkц!} (11... Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 (12. Qxe2
Nxh5 13. g4 (13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 Qb4 15. Qh3 $44) 13... Nf6 (13... Nf4 $2
14. Qf3 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nce2 $18) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. a4 Rfb8 17.
Nd1 Qd8 $15) (12. Ncxe2 $6 Qa6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nf3 Ng4 $40)
12... Nxh5 13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Qe2 $13) 12.
hxg6 hxg6 (12... fxg6 13. Nh3) 13. Kf1 Rfb8 14. b3 {This is one of the
critical positions.} Ne5 $2 {A product of miscalculation.} (14... Ng4 15. Na4 (
15. Rc1 Bd4 16. Nh3) 15... Bxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qa6 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. Be1 (18. Rh4 $2
Nxf2 19. Rc4 Bf6 $19) 18... Nde5 $40) (14... Rb4 $6 {is probably too agressive.
} 15. Rc1 (15. a3 Rd4) 15... c4 16. Nb1 cxb3 17. axb3 Nxe4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rc8+ Nf8 21. Rc4 Qb5 22. Ne2 $16) (14... Bxe2+ $142 15. Ngxe2 (
15. Qxe2 $2 Rxb3) 15... c4 16. bxc4 Ng4 $40) 15. Nf3 $1 Nfg4 (15... Nxf3 16.
gxf3 Bxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qa3 18. Bc3 Nh5 19. Kg2 $14) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17.
Nb5 Qb6 18. a4) 17. Na4 Bxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qa6 {I was in between two queen moves.}
(18... Qb5 $5 19. Rc1 Bd4 20. Rh4 (20. f3 Nf2 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Qxb5 Rxb5 22.
Ke2 Nh5 23. Kd3 $16) 21. Qxb5 Rxb5 22. Rh4 Rxa4 $1 23. bxa4 Rb2 24. Bc3 Rxa2
$44 25. Bxd4 $140 $2 cxd4 26. Rc8+ Kg7 $19) 20... Nf6 (20... Nxf2 21. Rc4 Nd1
22. Bc1 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Qa6 24. Rh3 Rb1 25. Rc2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Nf2 27. Rb3 Ra1
28. Kf3 $18) 21. Rc4 $16) 19. Rc1 Bd4 20. Rh4 $1 {I missed this one.} Nf6 $6 (
20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rc4 Ne5 23. Kg1 $3 (23. Qh5 Nxc4 24. Qg6+ Bg7 25.
Rxc4 Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxf5 Rf8 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Kg1 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rxa4 31.
Be3 Rxa2 32. g4 Bd4 33. g5 Kg7 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. g6 Rg7 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Qg5
Rc2 38. Qg4 Rxc4 $11) 23... Nxc4 24. Qe6+ $18) (20... Ne5 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Ke2
Rxa4 23. bxa4 Rb2 24. f4 g5 $1 $44) (20... Nxf2 $4 21. Rc4 Bf6 22. Qxf2 $18)
21. Rc4 (21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Ke2 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Rb2 24. f3 Rxa2 25. a5 Nd7 26.
Rhh1 Ne5 27. Rhd1 g5 $44 (27... c4 $2 28. f4)) 21... Nd7 22. Rc2 (22. Bg5 Ne5
23. Bxe7 $2 {does not work due to} Qxc4 $1 24. Bf6 Qc1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kxe1
Nd3+ $19) 22... Ne5 23. Bc3 Kg7 (23... g5 $5 24. Rh5 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 f6 26. Bxd4
cxd4 27. Rc7 Rxa4 28. bxa4 Rb2+ 29. Kd1 Nd3 $44) 24. Rh3 Qa7 $5 (24... Qxe2+
25. Kxe2 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 g5 $44) 25. f4 Nd7 26. Rd2 Bxc3 (26... Rh8 $6 27. Bxd4+
cxd4 28. Qf2 Rxh3 29. gxh3 Nf6 30. Qxd4 $16) 27. Nxc3 Rh8 (27... Qa3 $5) (27...
Rb4 28. Qe3) 28. Rdd3 Qa3 29. Qe1 Qb4 $6 {This has misplaced my queen.} (29...
Qa6 $142 $5 30. Qe2 Qa3 $11) (29... c4 30. bxc4 Qc5 31. Qe2 Qxc4 32. Rxh8 Rxh8
33. Rh3 Qb4 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Qe3 Nc5 $11) 30. Na4 Qb5 (30... Nf6 31. Qxb4 cxb4
32. Rd4 Rxh3 33. gxh3 Rc8 34. Rxb4 Rc2 $44) 31. Kg1 f6 {The final mistake.} (
31... c4 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. Qc3+ Nf6 34. Qxc4 Qxc4 35. bxc4 Nxe4 36. Re3 f5 37.
Nc3 Nxc3 38. Rxc3 Ra8 39. a3 Rb8 $11) 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. Nb2 Qa6 34. a4 $16 c4
35. Nxc4 Nc5 36. Rg3 Nxb3 37. e5 $1 {The usual breakthrough.} Qa7+ $2 {I have
lost my resiliency.} (37... dxe5 38. fxe5 $1 (38. Qb1 $2 Qa7+ 39. Ne3 Rh6 40.
fxe5 Nd4 41. exf6+ exf6 $132) (38. Qe4 Qa7+ 39. Ne3 Rh6 40. fxe5 Nd4 41. exf6+
exf6 42. Rg4 Nf5 43. Kf2 $16) 38... f5 39. Qb4 Qa7+ 40. Qb6 $18) 38. Qe3 Nd4
39. exd6 exd6 40. Nxd6 $1 Ra8 (40... Rh5 41. f5 g5 42. a5 $18) 41. Kf2 Qc7 42.
Qxd4 (42. Qe4 $142) 42... Qxd6 43. Rb3 Rd8 44. Rb6 (44. Rb7+ $142 Kg8 45. a5
$18 {was the simplest.}) 44... Qe7 45. a5 Qf7 46. Rb5 Rc8 47. Rc5 Re8 (47...
Qa7 48. Rc4 $18) 48. Qc4 Qa7 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. d6 Qb7+ (50... f5 51. Qc1 $1 {
switches the side of attack.}) 51. Rd5 Re1 (51... Rc8 52. a6 Qa8 53. Qd4 $18)
52. d7 Rc1 53. Qb5 $1 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 (54. Ke2 $18 {was again the simplest.})
54... Qc7 55. Qb4 $1 Rc2+ 56. Kg3 Qd8 57. Qe4 Rc3+ 58. Rd3 f5 59. Qe3 Rc4 60.
Qe8 {Finito La Comedia!} (60. Qe8 Qc7 61. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters op"]
[Site "Fujairah"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nb1
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Be5 11. Nc3 b5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf3 Qf5
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. f3 d6 19. e4 Qg5 20. Ng3 Rad8 21.
Nf5 Ne6 22. g4 Qf4 23. Qe1 Ng5 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. h4 f6 27. Kh1 g6 28.
Bc1 Qe5 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. g5 b4 31. Ng4 Qc3 32. Qf2 h5 33. Rd3 Qa1 34. gxf6+ Kh7
35. Qd2 Ndf8 36. f7 1-0

[Event "Fujairah Masters op"]
[Site "Fujairah"]
[Date "2012.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nc4 e4 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O a5 10. Ng3 d5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. c4 Bd6 13. d4 exd3 14. Nxd3 Ne4
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Qd4 f6
21. a4 Rfe8 22. Qc5 Qc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Rc1 Re2 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. Rxc6 d4 28. Rxc7 d3 29. Rd7 d2 30. Kh2 h5 31. g4 h4 32. f3 Kf8 33. f5 Ke8
34. Rd5 Rf2 35. b4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. a3 Be7
15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 d4 20. e6 Bg6 21.
Bd3 Qf6 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ne4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Re6 Qf8 27. Rxg6
Rh4 28. Ne6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3
Nc6 9. Bb2 d4 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Rxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd4 Nf5 15.
Qxd8 Raxd8 16. d3 a5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21.
Bxc6 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Kf1 h6 24. Na4 Re5 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Rh5 27. Kg2
Rb5 28. Rc4 Kf8 29. Na4 Ke8 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. d4 Kd8 33. e3 Rd6 34.
Rf5 Rc6 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. Nc5 f6 37. g4 Kf7 38. h4 Ke7 39. h5 Rb8 40. Kf3 Rb5 41.
a3 Rb8 42. Ke2 Rd6 43. Kd3 Rdb6 44. Kc4 Rd6 45. Rf4 Kf7 46. Rf5 Ke7 47. Rf3 Kf7
48. e4 Rbd8 49. Rd3 Rg8 50. f3 g6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Rd1 Rh8 53. Rh1 Rhd8 54.
d5 Rb8 55. Ne6 Rdb6 56. Nd4 Kg5 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. f4 Re8 59. e5 fxe5 60. fxe5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Re8 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. Ba6 Qc2 18. Kf1 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rc7 20. Bf4
Rc2+ 21. Rd2 Rxd2+ 22. Bxd2 h6 23. Bb5 a5 24. Rc3 e5 25. Re3 Re7 26. Bc6 Re6
27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Bc3 Nd7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Kd3 g5 32. Kc4 Kf7
33. Kb5 e5 34. Bd2 Ke6 35. Be3 Kf5 36. a4 h5 37. Kc6 Nc5 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. Kxc5
Kf4 40. b4 axb4 41. Kxb4 Kxf3 42. a5 Kxf2 43. a6 Kg2 44. a7 Kxh2 45. a8=Q g4
46. Qh8 g3 47. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. a4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. b3 b6 11. a5 b5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 a6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nf1
Rc8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Ne3 e4 19. Rad1 h5 20. h4 Nc5 21. Nb1 Nfd7 22.
Na3 Ne5 23. b4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 exf3 25. Qxf3 Ne4 26. Nb1 Qf6 27. Qg2 Qb2 28. c3
Qa2 29. Qf3 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Bh6 Qc6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re3 d5 34. Red3
Re5 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Qb6 Rc6 37. Qd4 Rc4 38. Qb6 Re6 39. Qa7 d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Bd7 7. d3 a6 {Korobov
understands, that he is losing precious time in the opening. Still it makes
sense to win the bishop pair and try to use it as compensation for the
opponent's activity.} 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1 Nf6 10. h3 {White players have tried
an array of moves in this position, which indicates the flexible nature of the
fight. One of the key ideas behind the move 10.h3 should be waiting for Black
to castle.} (10. Kh1 Qd7 (10... b5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Rb1 h6
15. Qg3 a4 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Ng4 f5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 {
0-1 (56) Jones,G (2567)-Arun Prasad,S (2423) New Delhi 2007} Ra6 $11) 11. Bd2
b5 12. a3 a5 13. Nd1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Qh4 Bb7
18. b3 e6 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nc4 f6 $11 {1-0 (41) Andreikin,D (2688)-Yandarbiev,R 
(2391) Moscow 2012}) (10. Qh4 Qd7 (10... h6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3
Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 {1/2 (54) Gelashvili,T (2519)
-Zubarev,A (2456) Golden Sands 2000} dxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. fxe5 Bf8 $11) (
10... Qc7 11. a4 O-O-O 12. a5 Kb8 13. Be3 h6 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. f5 g5 16. Nd2 Nd7
17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. Qxc7+ Rxc7 20. exd5 Bxd5 $14 {1/2 (26) Chernov,V 
(2445)-Sulzbach,S (2195) Germany 2012}) 11. Bd2 (11. h3 h6 12. Qf2 b5 13. a3 a5
14. Bd2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 e6 19. c3 bxc3 20.
Bxc3 $14 {1/2 (52) Ibrayev,N (2448)-Erdogdu,M (2449) Dresden 2008}) 11... h6
12. Rae1 O-O-O 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc3 g5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 e6 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd6 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 $11 {1/2 (31) Liu,Q (2461)-Amonatov,F (2604)
Bangkok 2012}) (10. a4 b6 (10... Qd7 11. a5 O-O 12. Bd2 e6 13. Qh4 d5 14. e5
Ne8 15. b4 b6 16. axb6 cxb4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Qf2 Ba4 19. Qc5 $16 {1-0 (25)
Thesing,M (2440)-King,D (2530) Germany 1997}) 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bd2 e6 13. Rae1 b5
14. axb5 axb5 15. e5 b4 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exd6 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 $14 {
1-0 (45) Miles,A (2575)-Suttles,D (2475) Surakarta 1982}) (10. Rb1 O-O (10...
Qd7 11. Bd2 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qc7 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. f5 Qc5 17.
fxg6 Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 hxg6 $11 {1/2 (22) Hangweyrer,M (2382)-Groszpeter,A (2540)
Austria 2007}) 11. f5 e6 12. Qh4 Nd7 13. Qh3 exf5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5
16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 g5 18. Be3 {1/2 (18) Stanec,N (2479)-Rashkovsky,N (2523)
Oberwart 2000}) (10. e5 Nd5 11. e6 Nxc3 12. exf7+ Kf8 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Bd2 Qd7
15. Nh4 Bf6 16. f5 g5 17. Nf3 h6 18. h4 Qxf5 19. c4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qe5 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Rb1 gxh4 23. Rxb7 $14 {1/2 (43) Kleinegger,F (2245)-Anka,E (2487) Bad
Wiessee 1999}) (10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rb1 e6 13. a4 O-O-O 14. e5 Bxf3 15.
Nb5 Qxe1 16. Nxd6+ Kc7 17. Rbxe1 Bc6 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 $11 {0-1 (37)
Jobava,B (2696)-Korobov,A (2720) Tromso 2013}) 10... Nd7 {Black knows how to
wait as well and only after preparatory moves that fit the needs of the Closed
Sicilian is he prepared to consider castling.} 11. Be3 (11. Bd2 b5 12. Nd1 b4
13. a3 a5 14. c3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qb6 16. c4 a4 17. Bc3 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 e5 19. Bxd4
exd4 20. Qd2 $11 {1-0 (34) Kallio,H (2240)-Sihvonen,T (2200) Jyvaskyla 1997})
11... e6 (11... O-O 12. f5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 12. Rd1 (12. f5 exf5 13. exf5
O-O 14. Ng5 Qe7 $11) 12... O-O 13. d4 {The chess positions after the opening
tend to be rich and full of possibilities. Jobava is changing track and
instead of the original plan of attacking on the kingside he is ready to
consider opening the centre.} Qe7 (13... Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Rfd8 16. a3
$11) 14. Bf2 Rfe8 15. Bh4 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. e5 d5 17. Qe3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Ng5 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 $11) 15... Qf8 $1 {Korobov has prepared for the move
of the white bishop and with the retreat of the queen he is avoiding any
weakening of the pawn structure.} (15... f6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. e5 $14) 16. dxc5
Nxc5 (16... d5 17. e5 Qxc5+ 18. Nd4 Qa5 $11) 17. Nd4 (17. e5 d5 18. Nd4 Nd7 $11
) 17... f5 (17... d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rf3 Qb4 20. b3 Rac8 $11) (17... Bd7 18. e5
d5 19. Bf6 $1 $16) 18. e5 dxe5 $6 {[%mdl 32] The reason behind all the
problems that Black will experience later in the game. He wanted to open up
the position for the purpose of active play, but the bishop pair will
disappear and white will keep the pressure along the d-file.} (18... d5 19. Qe3
Rac8 $11) 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. fxe5 Rab8 21. b3 Rb7 22. Qe2 $6 {Jobava has
overlooked the golden shot of his adversary, Black was now able to fully
equalise chances.} (22. Rd6 $5 Rf7 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Rxc6 Bxe5 25. Na4 $14) 22...
Rf7 (22... Nxb3 $1 23. cxb3 Qc5+ 24. Bf2 Qxc3 25. Qxa6 Rbb8 26. Rc1 Qxe5 27.
Qxc6 Qa5 $11) 23. Bf2 a5 (23... Nd7 24. Na4 f4 25. Qxa6 Nxe5 26. Bc5 Ra8 27.
Bxf8 Rxa6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc5 Rxa2 30. Nxe6+ $14) 24. Bd4 (24. Rd6 $1 Nd7 25.
Rxc6 Bxe5 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. a4 $16) 24... Nd7 25. Na4 Qe7 26. Kh1 (26. Qe1 f4 27.
Qxa5 Qg5 $11) 26... f4 $6 {Black quite correctly sees his chances on the
kingside, unfortunately this premature pawn advance will enable White to
successfully regroup his pieces.} (26... Qb4 $5 27. Bb2 Bf8 28. g3 $14) 27. Nb2
$1 Ref8 (27... c5 28. Bc3 Nb6 29. Bxa5 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rf5 31. Nd3 $16) 28. Nc4 Rf5
29. Qe4 g5 30. Qxc6 {The most natural move is quite difficult to criticise.
Let's just say that there were at least two strong alternatives underlining
the healthy nature of White's position.} (30. Rd2 $1 h5 (30... R8f7 31. Nd6
Nxe5 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Qxc6 $16) 31. Nd6 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nc4 $16) (30.
Nd6 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Rf2 Rd8 33. Rfd2 Qc7 34. Qe1 $16) 30... Nxe5 (30...
Bxe5 31. g4 $1 (31. Bg1 Nb8 32. Qe4 Bc7 33. Rfe1 $16) 31... fxg3 (31... Bxd4
32. gxf5 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. fxe6 $18) 32. Rxf5
g2+ (32... Rxf5 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Rd8 $18) 33. Kxg2
Rxf5 (33... exf5 34. Qd5+ Qf7 35. Bxe5 $18) 34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36.
Qc8+ Qf8 37. Rd8 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Re3+ 39. Kg4 Re4+ 40. Kh5 Rh4+ 41. Kxg5 $18) 31.
Nxe5 (31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Nxa5 $16) 31... Bxe5 (31... Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rfe1
Qf6 34. Qe4 $18) 32. Bc5 Qe8 (32... Qf6 33. Bxf8 $18) 33. Qb6 $1 {The clarity
of the situation is quite striking. Black is unable to defend the 8th rank and
thus has to give up the crucial e6-pawn. His position will fall apart with
alarming speed.} Qb8 (33... R8f7 34. Rd8 $18) (33... Bg7 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Rfe1
$18) 34. Qxe6+ R8f7 35. Rd5 $1 {Black's pieces have come under too much
pressure, the fight is over.} (35. Rd7 Qc8 36. Be7 Qxc2 37. Bxg5 $18) 35... Kg7
(35... f3 36. gxf3 Qc7 37. Re1 $18) 36. Bd6 Bxd6 (36... R7f6 37. Bxe5 $18) 37.
Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov"]
[BlackTeam "Ugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Nc4 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Ba6 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Re1 Qb5 14. Nc4 Rae8
15. Ne3 Ne4 16. c4 Qd7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng3 Bd8 19. h3 Bb7 20. Ngf5 f6 21. b4
Na4 22. Bd4 Nb6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne3 Be6
28. Qf3 Bb6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. a4 Ra8 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qf4 Bg8 33. b5 Bb3 34. Ra3
Qf7 35. Rb1 Be6 36. Rd1 d5 37. Rc3 Qa7 38. Qe5 Rf6 39. Rd4 Raf8 40. Rc6 f4 41.
Rc7 Qb8 42. Rxf4 Qxc7 43. Qxc7 Rxf4 44. Qxb6 Bg8 45. a5 d4 46. Ng4 R4f5 47. a6
Rd5 48. a7 d3 49. Ne3 d2 50. Kh2 d1=Q 51. Nxd1 Rxd1 52. Qc7 Rdd8 53. b6 Ra8 54.
Qd6 Rfe8 55. Qc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. a5 Nc5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Nd2 Be7
15. Qc1 O-O 16. Be3 Qb8 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Ng4 19. a6 cxb5 20. axb7 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bg4 22. Nb3 Ng5 23. Na5 Bh3 24. Nc6 Qxb7 25. Rxa7 Qb6 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27.
Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Rxe7 Rc8 29. Rd1 h5 30. Qc2 Be6 31. Qg6 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bxd5+ 33.
Rxd5 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. cxd4 Qxf4 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Qc7 12. Rf1 f6 13. Kg1 Nh6 14. a3 Be7
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Qxh6 Rf7 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. d5 Rc8 20. Rcd1 exd5
21. exd5 Qf8 22. Qh5 Qg7 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. Rde1 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. h3 Qf7 27.
Qh4 Kh8 28. Bxh7 Bg3 29. Qxg3 Qxh7 30. Qd6 Qf5 31. Rd1 Ba6 32. Nd4 Qf2 33. Nf3
Qxb2 34. Rd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. dxe5
Bxf3 9. gxf3 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be3 Kc7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Bh3 Nbd7 14. Kc2
Rd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ne6 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Be3 b6 22. Kd1 Rf8 23. Ke2 Nf4+ 24. Kf1 Bb4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rd3 Bxc3
27. Rxc3 Rd8 28. Ke2 c5 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rc3 Rd4 31. a4 Kd6 32. Rb3 Rxc4 33.
Rxb6+ Ke5 34. Kd3 Rxa4 35. Rc6 Rd4+ 36. Kc3 Rd1 37. Rxc5+ Kf6 38. Rxa5 Rf1 39.
b4 Rxf2 40. Ra1 Rxf3+ 41. Kc4 Rf2 42. Kc3 Ke5 43. b5 Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kc5 45. Rxe6
Rf3+ 46. Kd2 Kxb5 47. Ke2 Rh3 48. Rd6 Kc5 49. Rd8 h6 50. Kf2 Rxh2+ 51. Kf3 g5
52. e5 Rh3+ 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf5 f3 55. Rd2 Re2 56. Rd3 f2 57. Rf3 Kd4 58. e6
Kd5 59. Rd3+ Kc6 60. Rf3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 {
Usually in the Dragon this move is too slow for Black to create a counterplay.}
(7... O-O) ({and} 7... Nc6 {are the most common main lines.}) 8. Qd2 h5 {
I would not say that this is a good move, but an interesting way of avoiding
the g4 attacking plan.} (8... Nbd7) 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O {is another main move,}
Nbd7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5
$16) 14. exd5 Ne5 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Bxg6 $18) 15. f4 $1 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 $16 {
Motylev-A.Hernandez, Minneapolis 2005.}) 9... Nbd7 (9... b5 10. Bb3) 10. O-O-O
b5 (10... Qc7 $6 11. Bb3 b5 {(Carlsen-Labarta Gonzalez, Madrid sim 2008)} 12.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 13. Nxb5 $1 {a brilliant tactical blow.} axb5 14. Qxd5 $16 {
and White wins material.}) 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Kb1 (12. a3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Rhe1
Nc4 (14... O-O $6 15. Bh6 Rc5 (15... Bxh6 $6 16. Qxh6 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qc8 18. f4
Nc4 19. f5 $18 {and White has a winning attack, Vescovi-Kudrin, Philadelphia
2006.})) (14... Nfd7 15. Nd5 $36) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 {with a difficult middlegame.})
12... Rc8 13. h3 (13. Rhe1 O-O (13... Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 $1
Qd7 {(Velicka-Romero Holmes, Evora 2007)} 17. f4 $1 {and the black K is in a
big trouble.}) 14. Bh6 Rc5 15. h3 (15. g4 hxg4 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {
and Black hasn't got any problem, Aaron-Shabalov, Arlington 2010.}) 15... h4
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 $14) 13... Ne5 $146 {This was only the first new move in
the game. Jobava simply ignores White's g4 play.} (13... h4 14. Rhe1 Rh5 15.
Nde2 a5 16. Nf4 Re5 {(Pitl-Kulaots, Gausdal 2006)} 17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Bxa4 {
followed by Bd4.}) 14. Rhe1 ({In case of} 14. g4 Qc7 {and it is not so easy to
continue with White.}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 (15... bxc4 16. Nde2 $14 {
followed by Bd4.}) 16. Nb3 {A natural reply, but} (16. e5 $1 {was the
strongest move} dxe5 17. Nf5 Qxd2 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Bxd2 e4 $5 (19... Kxg7 20.
Rxe5 e6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Ra5 $14) 20. b3 Rc8 21. Ne6+ fxe6 22. Nxe4 {and White
has a comfortable endgame.}) 16... Qc7 17. Bd4 O-O 18. e5 $6 {A inaccuracy,
missing Black's 19-th move.} (18. g4 Rc8 (18... b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc8
21. Re2 Qd7 $13) 19. Re2 e5 20. Be3 b4 21. Na4 Rc6 {and still this is a
difficult fight.}) 18... dxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 $1 {A very nice tactical stroke.}
20. Bxc7 (20. Rxe4 Bxe5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Bf6 $15 {and Black looks nicely
placed.}) 20... Nxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc7 $15 {Black position is
already more comfortable.} 23. Kb2 Rfc8 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Na5 Ba8 26. a3 Kf6 27.
h4 e6 28. Rd6 g5 29. hxg5+ Kxg5 30. Rxa6 Kf4 31. Re2 h4 32. Rb6 h3 33. Rxb5
hxg2 34. Rxg2 Bxf3 {Now Black's pawns are very dangerous with the K and the B.
White's position is very difficult to defend.} 35. Rb4+ Ke3 36. Rh2 e5 37. Nb3
f5 38. a4 Rxc3 39. a5 $6 ({Maybe} 39. Rb5 {was the best defence} Kf4 40. a5
R3c6 $15) 39... f4 40. a6 Be4 (40... Ba8 $1 $19 {was the easiest win.}) 41. a7
R3c7 42. Rb5 (42. Na1 Rb7 $1 (42... Rxa7 $2 43. Rb3+) (42... f3 43. Rb3+ Kf4
44. Rh4+ Kf5 45. Rxe4 Kxe4 46. Rb8 Rxa7 47. Rxc8 f2 48. Nb3 Ke3 49. Rf8 e4 50.
c4) 43. Rxb7 Bxb7 44. c4 Kd3 {and White's position is hopeless.}) 42... Rxc2+
43. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 44. Ka3 Rc7 45. Rxe5 Rxa7+ 46. Kb4 Rd7 47. Nc5 Rd4+ 48. Kc3 f3 {
A nice victory by Jobava!} 0-1

[Event "Al Ain op 2nd"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. Re1 f6 10. g4 Nfxd4 11. Nxd4 fxe5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf3 Bc5 14. Be3 Rxf3
15. Qxf3 d4 16. Qg3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Re2 Rf8 19. Rf1 Be4 20. Rff2 0-1

[Event "Al Ain op 2nd"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Nxc6 a6 13. Ba4 Bxd1 14.
Rxd1 Be7 15. Nxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bc5+ Ke6 17. Ne2 Rhd8 18. Nd4+ Ke5 19. Bb6 Rdc8 20.
Ne2 Nf8 21. Bd4+ Kf5 22. Ng3+ Kg6 23. f4 exf3 24. c3 fxg2 25. Bc2+ Kg5 26. Be3+
Kg4 27. Rd4+ Kh3 28. Bf5+ Kxh2 29. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h4 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nc3 g4 10. e3 d6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. b3 c6 14. h5 f5 15.
h6 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. f4 gxf3 18. gxf3 Kh8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Bxg4
Rg8 22. Ne2 Rxg4 23. Kf2 d5 24. Rcd1 Re8 25. c5 Bf7 26. Qc1 Qe4 27. Nd4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. h3 h6 5. Nc3 Bh7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Nge2 O-O 11. g4 c5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Rhg1 Nxc5 14. Qd4
Nce4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qe5 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qxg5 Ne8 20. Qe5
f5 21. Nf4 Ba3 22. Rg6 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Rd6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. h4
Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Nf6 28. Kc3 Ng4 29. Nd8 b6 30. Nc6 Nxf2 31. Kd4 Kf7 32. Nxa7 Ke6
33. Nc8 Ng4 34. Nxb6 Ne5 35. h5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 {Baadur's
favourite line. He has excellent results here, but during my preparation I
mainly focused on sharper stuff.} a6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 {This manoevre is
not necessary, but the knight wouldn't be vulnerable anymore.} 10. Bb3 Ng6 11.
Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 h6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 {I had briefly looked at this position during
my preparation.} 14. Ne3 (14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Ra8 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18.
Rad1 Be6 19. a5 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B (2710)-Fressinet,L 
(2718)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139 (42)}) 14... Ra8 $5 $146 {In my opinion, Black
shouldn't hurry with exchanging the light-squared bishops.} ({After} 14... Be6
15. Re1 Ra8 16. a5 Qd7 17. Ba4 c6 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. d4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qc7 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 {White had a slight edge in 1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L (2718)-L'Ami,E 
(2624)/Germany 2011/EXT 2012 (60)}) 15. g3 c6 {A good prophylactic move. Now
White always has to deal with the d6-d5 advance.} (15... Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. a5
Rad8 18. Qc2 Be6 $11) 16. Re1 Re8 ({I rejected} 16... d5 $5 17. exd5 cxd5 18.
d4 {but Black would hardly face any problems after} e4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Nxg6
fxg6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rc8 $11) 17. a5 Be6 $6 {An
unsuccessful decision. The exchange of bishops is in White's favour. I can
hardly understand why I spent so much time in the opening, but at this moment
I had only 30 minutes left on my clock.} ({There was no reason from deviating
from the brave line with a sacrifice:} 17... d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5
Rxe5 $1 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd4 Rh5 23. c4 $14) 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22.
Bxd5 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Bg4 $11) 18. Bxe6
Rxe6 (18... fxe6 19. Nd2 d5 20. Nb3 $14) 19. Nd2 ({It was possible to sieze
more space without any preparations:} 19. c4 $5 d5 20. Qc2 $14) 19... Rc8 {
I didn't know if there is a good square for my queen yet, but that rook lift
looks quite weird.} (19... d5 20. c4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Rd6 23. Qf3
$14) (19... Qc7 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. Rad1 d5 22. Nb3 $14) 20. Qb1 Rc7 21. Ra2 Re8
22. Kg2 d5 {Finally this natural advance comes, but this version is much worse
than earlier.} 23. c4 $1 Nf8 {I completely missed Baadur's reply.} (23... d4
24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Nxe7+ Rcxe7 26. c5 Rf8 27. Nc4 Ne8 28. Qb3 $14) (23... Qc8 $1
24. Nb3 (24. cxd5 cxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 $11) 24... Ne7 25. Rae2 h5 26. h4 Rd8 $14)
24. Nf3 $1 {That is the point! Black's centre is under pressure now, so I had
no time for improving my pieces.} Rd7 $6 {Allowing an unpleasant penetration
of White's knight.} (24... g6 25. c5 Rce7 26. Rae2 $14) 25. Nf5 {Now the
pressure seems very strong.} dxe4 (25... Qb8 26. exd5 cxd5 27. c5 $16) 26. dxe4
Re6 $138 {Missing the last opportunity to change the character of play.} ({
The pawn sacrifice was called for:} 26... g6 $142 $1 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Qc1 Qc7
29. Rd2 (29. Qg5 N8h7 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. c5 Qd3 $132) 29... Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Ne6 31.
Ng5 Rd8 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Qg5 Qd6 $14) 27. c5 $16 Ne8 {The knight is heading
to b5 - this is definitely the most useful thing I could do in such a passive
position.} 28. Ree2 Nc7 29. Rad2 {Taking control of the open file.} Nb5 30.
Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. h4 {Baadur is not in a rush.} (32. Qd3 Re8 33. Nd6
Nxd6 34. cxd6 Qd7 35. Qc4 $16) 32... Re8 33. Qa1 Nd7 34. Rd3 Nf6 35. Nd2 {
Improving the position step by step.} g6 ({Unfortunately, an attempt to
simplify the position fails to:} 35... Rd8 $2 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxe5 Qxd2 38.
Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qf8 Nh5 40. Ne7 Nf6 41. e5 $18) 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 (37. cxd6 $5
Qd8 38. f3 Re6 39. Nc4 Nd7 40. Qg1 $16) 37... Qe7 38. Qc3 Rd8 39. Nc4 $2 {
The only serious mistake of Baadur in this game! I do not understand why he
allowed me to exchange the central pawns.} ({I had expected} 39. Qd3 $142 Rxd6
40. cxd6 Qd7 41. Nc4 Ne8 42. f3 $16 {and Black has a very difficult position.})
39... Nxe4 40. Rxd8+ (40. Qxe5 Re8 41. Qxe7 Rxe7 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Nd6 h5 $11)
40... Qxd8 41. Qxe5 Nf6 $2 ({It was a tough task for me to find:} 41... Qd3 $1
42. Qe8+ (42. Nd6 Nxd6 43. cxd6 h5 $1 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. d7 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Qd2 $11)
42... Kg7 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. Nxd3 g5 46. Kf3 (46. hxg5 hxg5 47. f3
Nf6 48. g4 Kd5 49. f4 Nh7 $11) 46... Nf6 47. Ke3 Kd5 $11 {with a sufficient
counterplay.}) 42. Nd6 Kf8 43. Qf4 h5 44. Qh6+ Kg8 $2 {A terrible tactical
blunder.} ({At the same time, it would be very difficult for Baadur to make
any progress after:} 44... Ke7 45. Qe3+ Kf8 46. Qf3 Qe7 $1 ({but not} 46... Kg7
47. b5 Qd7 48. b6 $16) 47. Nxb7 Nd5 48. Nd6 Qe6 49. Kf1 $1 Kg7 $14) 45. Qh8+ $1
Kxh8 46. Nxf7+ Kg7 47. Nxd8 Nd5 48. Kf3 $1 {The last precise move. It is
important to prevent the activation of Black's king.} (48. Nxb7 $2 Kf6 49. Kf3
Ke5 50. Nd8 Nxb4 $16) 48... Nxb4 (48... Kf6 49. Ke4 {is just the same.}) 49.
Ke4 Kf6 50. Nxb7 $18 {White is completely winning. The rest is just an agony.}
Ke7 51. Nd6 Ke6 52. Nc4 Nd5 (52... Na2 53. Nd2 Nc3+ 54. Kf4 Kf7 55. Kg5 $18)
53. Kd4 Nc7 54. Na3 Kf5 55. Nc2 Nb5+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Nb4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 {Those players brave enough to use the Benoni Defence must be
prepared for the very unpleasant system connected with the moves h3 and Bd3.
Jobava is playing confidently enough and his choice seems to be quite
promising.} (9... b5) 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6
15. Ra2 {There were times when players tended to believe the premise that
freeing the position with a swap of White's a-pawn for the black b-pawn may
prove to be insufficiently effective. Despite the superstitions, the pressure
along the b-file turns out to be quite a burden for White's ambitions.} (15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qb8 17. Rab1 Qb7 18. Bc4 Bb5 19. Ba2 Rd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4
$16 {1/2 (64) Schlosser,P (2465)-Geveke,M (2320) Germany 1991}) 15... Nb5 $146
{The novelty on Black's part may not solve all the problems, but it succeeds
in limiting the options of the white knight on c3.} (15... Bd7 16. Nd2 Bb5 17.
Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 (18... Re8 19. Qd3 Nb5 20. Re1 Nh5 21. Bd2 Be5 22. Nxb5
axb5 23. Bxb5 $16 {1-0 (39) Emodi,B (2280)-Kubacsny,L (2335) Hungary 1995}) 19.
Qe2 Qf6 20. Bc1 Ra8 21. f4 Qd8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (37) Shapiro,D 
(2315)-Gurevich,D (2470) USA 1990}) (15... Rb4 16. Bh2 Nb5 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Qc1
Qf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nde4 Qe7 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 $11 {1/2 (37)
Galojan,L (2163)-Sikorova,O (2298) Varna 2002}) 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Bh2
h5 {The adavnce of the h-pawn seems innocuous, but from the longer term
perspective it seriously weakens the kingside.} ({An objectively stronger
solution should have been the natural queen move} 18... Qe7 $142 19. Re1 Nd7
$11) 19. Kh1 (19. Nc3 $5 Bf8 20. Re1 $14) 19... h4 20. f4 {Building White's
pawn centre opens up the new possibilities in the attack. The defender has to
be clever in twisting his pieces in order to preapre for the various potential
forms of activity available to his opponent.} (20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4
cxd4 23. Nf3 Rb4 $11) 20... Nc7 21. Nc3 Rb4 22. Qf3 (22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4
24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. b3 Qe7 $44) 22... Nb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. e5 {The central
breakthrough in Benoni structures tends to represent the critical point in the
game. Fortunately Jobava is prepared for the attack thanks to his active
pieces.} (24. b3 Nd7 25. f5 g5 $11) 24... Nh5 25. Nde4 (25. exd6 $6 Bf5 26.
Rfa1 Qxd6 $15) 25... dxe5 26. fxe5 Bf5 27. d6 {The tension in the position
culminates and the choice of the continuation in the complicated position was
anything but easy for Dubov. A very attractive option was the move of the
knight to the d6-square, but with the help of exact defence Black could get
out of trouble and maintain equality on the board.} (27. Nd6 Rxe5 28. Ra6 (28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxf5 Rf4 30. Qd1 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxf5 33. Ne2 c4 $17)
28... Ng3+ (28... Rxb2 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxf5) 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Qxg3 Qd7 (
30... Rxb2 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxg6+ Kg8 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf8 35. Qg4 b4
36. Ne2 $16) 31. Kh2 $11) 27... Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Ra8 $1 {It would have
been naive to presume, that with the help of the elimination of the queen
White has already decided the game. Black enjoys active pieces and real
counterplay on the queenside.} Qxa8 (29... Bc8 $2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. d7 $18) 30.
Nf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. Qa1 Rb3 33. Re1 {White would like to make an
attempt to win the whole point, but he could not appreciate fighting against
the active forces of his adversary. The exchange of the pair of rooks
diminishes the risk of Black's counter attack.} (33. Qc1 b4 34. Na4 Rg3 35.
Nxc5 Bxh3 36. gxh3 Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 Rg3+ 38. Kh1 Rh3+ $11) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 b4
(34... Rxb2 35. Qe5 Rd2 36. Qxc5 Bd7 $11) 35. Na4 c4 36. Kh2 (36. Qe5 Rd3 37.
Kh2 Rd1 38. Nb6 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Qxc3 Rxd6 $11) 36... Rg3 37. Nc5 c3 38.
bxc3 bxc3 39. Qe5 c2 40. d7 $2 {Time pressure might be a legendary enemy of
exact play, but it often enables fascinating combinations or solutions. White
has overstepped the level of risk, but the consequences were not at all easy
to judge.} (40. Qb2 $1 Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Qb8+ $11) 40... c1=Q
41. d8=Q (41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ f6 44. Ne6+ Kh7 45. Qxh4+ Qh6
46. Qxg3 Bxe6 $19) 41... Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Remarkably enough White is unable
to save the game, since his king is too weak and the counterplay with two
queens simply way too feeble. At long last Jobava has managed to get into the
position, that can be called his territory. The exception to the rule must
surely have pleased his heart.} 42. Qa8 (42. Qe2 Bxh3 43. Qdd2 Qxc5 $19) (42.
Kh1 Rxh3+ 43. gxh3 Be4+ 44. Qxe4 Nxe4 45. Qd4+ Nf6 46. Qc3 Qf4 $19) 42... Qd2
43. Qc6 (43. Qe7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Ng4#) 43... Kh7 $1 (43... Kh7 $1
44. Qexf6 (44. Qcxf6 Qxg2#) (44. Nd3 Be4 45. Qcxe4 Nxe4 46. Qxe4 Rxd3 $19)
44... Rxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 c6 8. h5 Bh7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12. exf4 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Nc1 Nb6
15. b3 Qa3 16. Kf2 O-O-O 17. Kg3 Nfd7 18. Nd3 Rde8 19. Qc1 Qd6 20. Ne5 Rhf8 21.
a4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qc7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Qe3 f6 25. f4 Rf7 26. Ne2 c5 27. c3 fxe5
28. dxe5 Kb8 29. b4 Rc8 30. Rhb1 Qd8 31. a6 b6 32. c4 d4 33. Qe4 Qc7 34. b5
Rcf8 35. Ra3 Kc8 36. Rbb3 Kd8 37. Rf3 Ke7 38. Nc1 Qb8 39. Nd3 Qa8 40. Qb7 Rb8
41. Qxa8 Rxa8 42. Ra1 Nf8 43. Nf2 Nh7 44. Ne4 Rg8 45. Rh1 Rff8 46. Kf2 Rf7 47.
Nd6 Rff8 48. Ne4 Rf7 49. Ke2 Rff8 50. Rf2 Rh8 51. Kd3 Rf7 52. Rhf1 Rg8 53. g5
g6 54. Nf6 Nxf6 55. gxf6+ Kf8 56. hxg6 Rxg6 57. f5 Rg3+ 58. Rf3 Rxf3+ 59. Rxf3
exf5 60. Rxf5 Rd7 61. e6 Rd6 62. e7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
Qe8 9. Bf1 Bd8 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be3 Ba5 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. d5 h6 15. a3
Bb6 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. Rxb4 Bc8 21. Rb1 c5 22.
g3 N8h7 23. Kh2 h5 24. Nf3 g6 25. Ree1 Kg7 26. Qd2 Ng8 27. Nh4 Nh6 28. Ng2 Bxh3
29. Nh4 Bc8 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Rb6 Qd8 32. Rb3 Ra6 33. Reb1 Qe7 34. Bg2 f5 35.
exf5 Nxf5 36. Nxf5+ gxf5 37. f4 e4 38. Bh3 Nf6 39. Ra3 Rg8 40. Nd1 Kf8 41. Kf1
Qg7 42. Qf2 Ke8 43. Rbb3 Kd8 44. a5 Ng4 45. Bxg4 hxg4 46. Qb2 Qd4 47. Ne3 Kc7
48. Rc3 Rh8 49. Kg2 Qg7 50. Qa1 Qh6 51. Kf2 Qf6 52. Kg2 Qd4 53. Qb2 Rh3 54. Rc2
b6 55. Rd2 Qxb2 56. Rxb2 Rxa5 57. Rxa5 bxa5 58. Ra2 Kb6 59. Rb2+ Ka6 60. Rb8
Rh8 61. Kf1 Ka7 62. Rb5 Rh1+ 63. Ke2 Ra1 64. Kd2 Bd7 65. Rb3 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Na4 Ng7 14. Nc5 Rb8
15. Rb1 a5 16. c3 Be7 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Qf6 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Rb2 Qf4 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Bf5 26. Nb7 Qe6 27. Kg1 Bh3 28.
Rc1 Be7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Bf6 31. Na5 Rae8 32. Nxc6 h5 33. b5 h4 34. Qd3
Kg7 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Kg2 h3+ 37. Kg1 g5 38. Nb4 g4 39. Rc6 Qe2 40. Qxe2 Rxe2 41.
Nxd5 Bxd4 42. Nf4 Rxf4 43. gxf4 Bb6 44. f5 Re4 45. Rd1 Rb4 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. Rd7+
Ke8 48. Rh7 Kd8 49. Rg6 Kc8 50. f6 Rf4 51. f7 Kb7 52. Rg8 Bc5 53. Rhh8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 Nb8 14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1
Nbd7 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Bf3 d4 19. Ngf1 g6 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Nfd2 b5 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. Na3 Bc6 24. Ndc4 a4 25. Bd2 Rec8 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. cxd4 cxd4 28.
Bb4 Ne8 29. Rec1 h5 30. Qd2 Qb8 31. Na5 Bd7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. N3c4 Qb8 34. Bd1
Bh6 35. Qe1 Ne6 36. Bxa4 Nf4 37. Bc2 Qc8 38. Qf1 Nf6 39. Bd1 Bxh3 40. gxh3
Nxh3+ 41. Kh1 Bf4 42. Be1 Ng4 43. b4 Ra6 44. Ra2 Rf6 45. Qg2 Bg5 46. b5 Bh4 47.
Bxg4 hxg4 48. b6 Rxb6 49. Nxb6 Qc1 50. Qf1 Qh6 51. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Be3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Nd2 b5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. b4 c4 13. Bc2 e5 14. h3 Re8 15. f4
exd4 16. Bxd4 Bb7 17. Ng3 Ra8 18. Re1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nb8 20. Qd1 Nc6 21. Bf2 Nd7
22. Ne2 Nf6 23. g4 Qa8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. e5 dxe5 26. f5 Nf6 27. Nde4 Rd8 28.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Qc1 Bg7 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Rf1 Qa6 ({Black would have good chances
after} 31... Ne7) 32. Bc5 Nb8 33. Qd2 Re8 34. Ne4 gxf5 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Qg5 Rxd6
37. Qxf5 Bd5 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qg6 Ke7 40. Qxg7 Nd7 41. Qg5+ Ke8 42. Be4 f6 43.
Qh5+ Bf7 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. g5 Nxc5 46. bxc5 Qa7 47. gxf6+ {Ian Nepomniachtchi:
"It always feels bad to lose a game when your opponent doesn't need to make
any good moves to beat you. I think during most of the game, the black
position was quite better, but after f4 and f5, the position got sharper with
more complications. For some mystery reasons, I made some mistakes and
suddently I got a lost position. I don't know why I changed my mind and went
from a winning position to a lost position.} 1-0

[Event "Bergamo ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Bergamo"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. b4
Be7 9. b5 Na5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd8 12. Bd2 e4 13. Bxa5 exf3 14. Qxf3 a6 15.
a4 axb5 16. axb5 Qd7 17. Bc3 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Rd8 19. Qg3 f6 20. d4 Bd6 21. Qb3
Qf7 22. Nd2 Re8 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. Bc3 Qc2 25. c5 Bf8 26. Ba5 Qa4 27. Qc3 c6 28.
bxc6 bxc6 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Nc4 Be6 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Ra8 33. h3 Kf7 34. Ra3
h6 35. Qe1 Qd5 36. Qb4 Ra7 37. Qb6 Rd7 38. Bb4 Qb5 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. dxc5 Rb7
41. Bd2 h5 42. Ra8 Bd7 43. Rh8 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rd1 45. Be3 Rd5 46. Kg3 Re5 47. Rd8
Ke6 48. Kh4 Rd5 49. Rh8 Kf7 50. Rd8 Ke6 51. f4 f5 52. Kxh5 Rd3 53. Bf2 Rd2 54.
g4 fxg4 55. hxg4 Rxf2 56. f5+ Kf6 57. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tseshkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. b3
e5 9. Bb2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Be3 Re8
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. f3 Ra3 19. Bg1 Ra2 20. b5 Nd4 21. Bd3
Ne6 22. f4 b6 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Nc1 Ra3 25. Rb3 Ra1 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 28.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Bh6 30. Be3 Be4 31. Rxf7 Ng5 32. Rf1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m2"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. g3 Bc5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rac8
15. Rac1 Nf6 16. b4 Be7 17. Qd3 Qb8 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. e5 Ne8 21. Ne4
d6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Qe2 Be5 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Bc6 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Ng5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Bf6 29. c6 Rd5 30. Nxf7 Rxa5 31. Qxe6 Kf8 32. Rcd1 Qc7 33. Nd8 Rxd8
34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m2"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Be3 Qc8 11. a3 d5 12. f3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng6 14. Rad1
Be7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Rf3 h6 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxg6 Rd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Bc5 22. c3 Rxd5 23. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Bf5 g6 26. Qxg6+ Qxg6
27. Bxg6 Rfd7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Be4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Ke3 Rd1 32. Ke2 Rh1
33. h3 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Bb7 a5 36. Bc6 b4 37. Kc2 Kd4 38. Kb3 Kc5 39. Bf3
Re1 40. Ka4 Re7 41. Bd1 Rd7 42. Bg4 Rd3 43. Bf5 Re3 44. Bc8 h5 45. Bf5 Re2 46.
Kxa5 b3 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Rxb2 49. Ka4 Kc4 50. g5 Re2 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive m2"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. a3 a6 8. b4 Ba7
9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Nh4 Ng4 13. Qc1 Qg5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
e4 Qh5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Kg2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Qe3
Qg5 22. Qc5 f5 23. Qxc7 Rad8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Nxe5 Bb5 26. Nc4 Rfe8 27. Rf1 Rd7
28. Qf4 Rxe2+ 29. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 30. Rf2 Qxd3 31. Ne3 Re7 32. Nxf5 Qxd5+ 33. Kh2
Rd7 34. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 {Jobava is one of the most interesting and unique talents in the chess
world today. He is always going his own way in the opening and comes up with a
new take on the Fort Knox opening - an immediate fianchetto on the kingside.
In fact a good friend of mine Keith Arkell plays the Fort Knox a lot - it's
almost as tough as the Berlin Defence to break down. Except in his games Keith
normally spends many hours delicately manouevring the bishop around to the
long diagonal - here Jobava does it instantly!} 9. c4 ({This is not the first
time that Jobava has adopted this approach and in another game his opponent
tried to prevent castling by another method;} 9. b3 $5 Bg7 10. Ba3 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O {Black has been obliged to castle queenside,
which is a minor success for White. On the kingside the Black king is more or
less impregnable in the Fort Knox which is not the case here, as White has the
obvious plan of mounting a pawn assault on the queenside, while I don't think
that without the two bishops it's so easy for Black to counterattack on the
other wing.  However Solak rather drifts through the following moves and
allows Jobava to escape to an ending.} 14. Rad1 (14. Bb2 $1 {with an unclear
game in prospect. White can try to probe at the queenside by means of the
lever a4-a5-a6, for example.} Kb8 15. a4 h5 $1 16. a5 h4 17. Ne2 h3 18. g3 a6
19. b4 {with attacking chances on the queenside for White.}) 14... h5 15. Bc1
$6 Ng4 16. Bc2 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Rc1 Nc5 22. b4 Rhf8 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5+ Kb8 {with a fairly
equal ending in Solak,D (2632)-Jobava,B (2713) Tromso 2014.}) 9... Bg7 10. d5
$5 {The only way to really put the question to Black. However this entails a
great deal of risk for both sides - a pawn is a pawn! I wonder if Kasparov was
still playing that Jobava would dare to try this line against him - after all
Gazza used to refute such risky conceptions in his lunchbreak. But are the
present day generation of grandmasters up to the job?} (10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1
Bxf3 $1 {The main idea of the Fort Knox - White was ready to play Ne5} 12. Qxf3
c6 {and Black has hunkered down for the long run. In fact in general I have a
poor record against the Fort Knox and find it about as easy to break down as
beating Hikaru Nakamura in an 100 game bullet match (or in my case, even
winning one game.) I think that's because there's nothing for White to really
bite on - you have to do all these delicate strategic manouevres to get
anywhere, when I'm a tactical player who needs a clear target.}) 10... exd5 11.
Re1+ Kf8 12. cxd5 {Kasim clearly defines the battlefield - he is confident
that he'll be able to work up some initiative with his lead in development,
before Black is able to unwind and start to get to work with the extra pawn.
But chess like in life, things never turn out like you want them to. In fact
Karpov used to (and still does) use this kind of strategy to win game after
game with Black - win a pawn, play riskily with his king in the centre but win
in the endgame when the opponent's initiative dissipates. It's the classic
chess battle of initiative vs material/structure.} ({Jobava also had to face} 
12. Nd4 {against Karjakin. However he was unable to prove anything either.} Kg8
13. Qc2 ({If I were Black here, I'd be concerned about speculative tries like} 
13. Ndf5 $6 {just to open lines while Black is still lagging in development;}
gxf5 14. Nxf5 {but one possible refutation is} dxc4 (14... h6 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16.
b3 Qxe7 $1 17. Rxe7 Kxe7 {also looks good for Black, who has too much booty
for the queen}) 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 h5 {and there's not enough play for the
piece.}) (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Nc5 $1) 13... Nf8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be3 c5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qc6 Re8 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5
Ne6 {where White also got no advantage in Karjakin,S (2772)-Jobava,B (2706)
Loo 2014} {for example} 23. Bxa7 {is met by} Ra8 24. Be3 Ng4 $1) ({May I
suggest the idea} 12. b3 $5 Kg8 13. Ba3 Bf8 (13... h5 14. Be7 Qc8 15. Nd4 h4
16. Ngf5 $1 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Rh6 18. Rc1 {While probably still unclear, visually
it looks rather scary for Black - all the White forces are operating at full
capacity while half of the Black pieces are out of action on the queenside} Qb8
19. Bh3 Nf8 20. Nf5 Rg6 21. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Qd4 $40) 14. Bb2 $1 {with some
initiative for White? In general such a position is extremely difficult to
assess.}) 12... Bxd5 13. Qc2 ({What is Black's plan? I think eventually he
will unravel by means of ...Kg8, ...h6, Kh7... and ...Re8 when he will simply
be a pawn up for very little and we can all go home. Chess is all about
putting little obstacles in your opponent's path. To that end I would like to
try} 13. h4 $5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Kg8 (14... h5 15. Bg5 $1) 15. h5 {and it's not so
clear how Black should complete his development.}) 13... c6 ({Black is not
tempted by} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 {although this was a reasonable
alternative, he perhaps felt that in such a precarious situation giving White
the advantage of the two bishops was too optimistic.}) 14. Ng5 Kg8 15. Bf4 Nf8
$1 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. a3 $6 {Rather slow. It seems to me that this isn't a Kasim
sort of position - he struggles to come up with any ideas of how to crack
Black's carapace. By contrast Tal would have been in his element here,
constantly seeking for ways to stoke the fire of the White initiative.} ({
The more active} 17. N3e4 $1 {was more in the spirit of the position, but
Kasim must have feared leaving the a2-pawn unguarded - after all his opponent
has already displayed a gleeful prospensity for grabbing pawns!} Nxe4 (17...
Qxa2 $6 {is bold, but probably too adventurous;} 18. Nc3 $1 Qa5 19. Re7 h6 $2
20. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bc4+ {and Black is swept aside.}) 18. Bxe4
$1 {when the natural reply} Rd8 {can be met by the tactical shot} 19. Bc7 $1
Qxc7 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Ne6+ Nxe6 23. Bxe6 {when a draw seems
highly likely - this would be a logical result of the game.}) 17... Rd8 18. Bd2
Qb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. h3 $6 {Again quiet moves, when something more weighty was
needed.} ({There was still a chance with} 20. Bd4 $1 h6 21. N5e4 (21. Nh3 Be6
$1 22. Be5 Qb6 23. b4 Bg4 {and White is starting to run out of ideas}) 21...
Bxe4 (21... Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe4 Qa5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 {and White
is probably active enough to secure something from the game}) 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23.
Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxf2 25. Ne4 $1 {Only with this shot is White able to
maintain the balance.} (25. Qxf2 $6 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Re1 Rh7 28. Qxa7 f5
29. Qc5 Kg8 30. Re8 Rf7 {leaves White highly vulnerable to the "Carlsen grind"}
) 25... Ne6 26. Qxf2 Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Qc3 h5 29. Nf6+ Kh6 30. Ng4+ Kh7 $11
) 20... h6 21. N5e4 Ne6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17 {Now I really don't see any ideas
for White. Jobava with precise play has beaten off the initiative, and is
slowly unravelling. The rest of the game went downhill quickly for Kasim.} 23.
Be4 Kg7 24. Bxa7 $2 {Kasim desperately decides to restore material equality,
but this just accelerates his demise.} b6 25. Bxd5 Nd4 $1 {Kasim must have
missed this rejoinder when he took on a7. Now the game is over.} 26. Qa4 Rxd5
27. Qa6 Qd7 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxb6 c5 30. Ba5 Bxb2 31. Qc4 Bd4 32. Bc3 Ra8 33.
Re3 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ $5 {
An interesting way to handle this fashionable opening line. Baadur's setup
works well in this particular game!} (6... Be7 {looks too passive:} 7. h3 O-O
8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qg4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Eljanov,P (2723)/Dubai UAE 2014 (47)}) ({
A common position arises after} 6... Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6
10. Re1 Kd7 11. Be2 {and here Black has to choose between several ways of
development:} Kc7 (11... Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Bg4+ Kc7 14. d3 Na6 15. Bd2 Rad8
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nb4 18. d4 g6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bd3 Bf4 $11 {1-0 Korneev,O 
(2637)-Khenkin,I (2612)/Warsaw POL 2013 (41)}) (11... Re8 12. b3 Kc7 13. Bb2
Nd7 14. a3 Bf5 15. d3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2617)-Roiz,M (2618)/Sibenik
CRO 2012 (35)}) 12. d4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. Ba5+ Kd7 16. Nd2 Rab8
17. b3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2772)-Eljanov,P (2702)/Tromso NOR 2013 (20)
}) 7. Be2 {Karjakin chooses the most ambitious continuation, keeping the
queens on the board.} ({Obviously, after} 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O
$11 {Black's task should be easier than in the above-mentioned games, since
the king is not vulnerable here.}) 7... Qc7 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {
A double-edged move. White avoids an unpleasant pin on the Nf3, but now there
is a target for Black's pieces.} (10. c4 $5 {is worth considering:} Re8 (10...
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c5 Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qb3 $14) 11. Re1 (11. h3 Nd7 12.
Bd3 Nf8 13. Qc2 Be6 (13... Qa5 14. c5 Bb8 15. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E 
(2631)-Tukhaev,A (2518)/Kavala 2010/CBM 137 Extra (23)}) 14. Re1 Qd7 {is also
quite comfortable for Black.}) (11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g6
$11) 11... Bf5 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bd2 {with some space advantage.}) 10... Rd8 11.
Be3 Nd7 {The knight is heading to g6, trying to put some pressure on White's
king.} (11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Rad1
$14) 12. c4 $146 {White can hardly fight for an advantage by deviating from
this advance.} (12. Qc1 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. c5 Bf4 $11 {0-1 Efremova,D (2027)
-Malofeev,A (2277)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 117 ext (63)}) 12... Nf8 13. Bd3 (13.
Qc2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 13... Ng6 (13... Be6 $5 14.
Re1 Qd7 {looks good too.}) 14. Qc2 {White has completed an optimal deployment
of the pieces, but Black is OK anyway.} (14. c5 Bf8 (14... Bf4 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16.
fxe3 Be6 17. b3 Re8 18. Qf2 Bd5 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. b4 $14) 15. Qc2 Be6 16. b4 Bd5
17. Nd2 h5 18. Bxg6 {otherwise 18...Nf4 is coming.} fxg6 19. Qxg6 Qf7 $11 {
offers Black suffucient compensation for a pawn.}) 14... Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16.
Bd2 $6 {Honestly speaking, this move is not so bad, but it allows Jobava to
seize the initiative by means of a standard piece sacrifice.} ({The following
alternatives were safer:} 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Qb3 a5 $11) (16. Nd2 Bxh3 $5 (16...
f5 17. Nf3 h6 $11) 17. gxh3 (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Nf1 f5 20. f4 g5
21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 gxf4 23. Bd2 g5 $132) 17... Qxh3 18. Bf5 Qh2+ 19. Kf1
Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh5+ 21. Nf3 Nh4 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 f5 24. Rh1 fxe4 25. Qxe4
Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 Kg8 $11) 16... Bxh3 $1 {Baadur is an ambitious
dynamic player, so this move was quite predictable!} (16... Re8 17. Re3 h6 18.
Rae1 Nf4 $11) 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxg6 {Correctly liquadating the dangerous
knight and unlocking the 3rd rank.} hxg6 19. Re3 (19. Qe4 $5 {was a more
active approach:} g5 20. Re3 f5 (20... c5 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Kg2 Bxe5 (22... fxe5
$2 23. Rh1 $40) 23. dxe5 Rd4 24. Qc2 Qg4+ 25. Rg3 Qe2 26. Rh1 g6 {and here} 27.
Bxg5 $1 Qxc2 28. Bxf6 {forces a perpetual:} Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qg4+ 30. Rg3 Qe4+) (
20... Bf4 21. Rb3 Re8 22. Qd3 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 $11) 21. Qc2 Bf4 22. Rb3 Qg4+ 23.
Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 19... g5 {Baadur is fighting for a win! The position remains
about equal, but it's much simpler to play with Black here.} ({There were
several ways to secure a draw:} 19... Re8 20. Rae1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Ke2
Bf4 23. Re4 f5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) (
19... Bf4 20. Rd3 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 $11) 20. c5 $2 {As a result,
Karjakin commits a serious mistake.} ({Equality was attainable:} 20. Ne5 $1 Qc8
(20... Qh5 $2 21. Kg2 $1 fxe5 $140 22. Rh1 Qg6 23. Reh3 Kf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25.
Qxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg5+ $18) 21. c5 Bc7 22. Nc4 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 f5 (23... Rxd4 24. Nd6
Bxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Rae1) 24. Rae1 f4 25. Ne5 $1 Qh5 26. Rd3 Bxe5 (26... Re8
27. Kg2 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. Kg2 $11) 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Kg2 Qg4+
29. Kf1 Qh5 30. Kg2 $11) 20... Bf4 {Now Black wins an important tempo for
extending the initiative.} 21. Rb3 Bc7 $1 22. Qc4 (22. Be1 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Rd5 $1
24. Ng1 Bh2 25. Nh3 Re8 $40) (22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nf3 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke2
Re8+ 26. Be3 g4 27. Nd2 g3 $40) 22... Qh5 $2 {The only inaccuracy of Jobava in
this game.} (22... Qg4+ 23. Kf1 {wouldn't give White any extra options.}) 23.
Kg2 $2 ({Unfortunately for Sergey, he misses a golden opportunity to change
the character of play and solve all the problems!} 23. Rxb7 $1 Rd7 24. Rxc7
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ (25... Rxc7 26. Nh2 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Qb3 $14) 26. Kg1
Qg4+ $11) 23... Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Re8 $1 $40 {Now White is in trouble.} 25. Re1 ({
Hardly better was} 25. Qd3 Rad8 26. Re1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 g4 29. Qf5
g6 30. Qxf6 gxf3 31. Rxf3 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Be5+ 33. Rxh3 Bxf6 $17) 25... Qh3+ 26.
Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 (27. Nxe1 $2 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bg3+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qxf2#)
27... Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Re8 {Black's killing threat now is 29...Rxe1+, followed by
Bh2+ with a mate.} 29. Ng1 Bh2 30. Ne2 $2 {Having been under strong pressure
for a long time, Sergey makes a decisive mistake.} (30. Nh3 {would allow White
to provide some resistance:} Qe4 31. Re3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 g4 34. Nf4
Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Bxf4 36. exf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 f5 $17 {Obviously,
Black's 3 pawns are much stronger than a piece, but there is no forced win yet.
}) 30... Rxe2 {Now the game is over.} 31. Rxb7 (31. Qxe2 Qg1#) 31... Re6 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Boris Gelfand is one of those few players at the top level who is a pure
Queen's Pawn player. He invariably opens his game with 1.d4.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6
{With Jobava at the board you can always hope for interesting and unorthodox
play. The Owen Opening with e6 and b6 is not an uncommon opening at club level
but at the highest levels of chess it remain a rare guest.} 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Kf1 $1 {is a potentially very dangerous move as proved by
Wesley So against Baadur Jobava. The point is that you make the bishop on b4
look pretty silly and at the same time avoid piece exchanges.} Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Kg2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 $14 {1-0 (37) So,W (2744)-Jobava,B (2713)
Bergamo ITA 2014. White has developed his pieces and avoided exchanges. Just
what was required.}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 $6 {This looks a little passive. After
all in such structures White's knight would definitely be more useful on c3
than on d2. Hence Qxd2 was the more logical move in my opinion.} (6. Qxd2 d6 (
6... f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 O-O 10. Nf3 $14) 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. f4 Qh4+ (
8... e5 $5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 $14) 9. g3 Qe7 10. Nf3 $14 {Wojtaszek, R-David,
A 1-0 (35)}) 6... d6 7. f4 (7. Ngf3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ng6 $132 {Black has
a very decent position.}) 7... Nd7 $146 {Black has a very comfortable position.
The main reason for the same is that one pair of pieces have been exchanged.
If instead the dark-squared bishops remained on the board, say the black
bishop on e7 and White's one on e3, then White would have a clear advantage
because Black would be quite cramped. Now he already has good squares for his
remaining pieces.} (7... c5 $6 8. d5 $1 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Qg4 g6 11. Ne2 $16
{would give White a good advantage.}) (7... e5 $5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd7 {
[%cal Gg8f6,Ge8g8] Black has a harmonius development.}) 8. Qg4 $6 {This quuen
sortie was completely unnecessary. Black's next few moves are very easy. He
develops his knight with a tempo to f6 and then picks the pawn on g2 with his
rook which gives him very nice counterplay.} ({On the other hand} 8. Ngf3 {
is not so dangerous:} Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 e5 $1 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 Ng6 $11
{Black has a fine position.}) 8... Ngf6 $1 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Rxg2 (10... e5 {
was very interesting.} 11. Ngf3 Ng4 12. Qxh7 Ndf6 13. Qh3 exf4 $13 {with very
active pieces for Black.}) 11. Ngf3 (11. Ne2 $142 {[%csl Ye1][%cal Ge2f4] It's
not so easy to decide where the knight will be better placed. Nf3 looks
perfectly natural, but Ne2 would be a more useful move as the f4-pawn would be
defended.}) 11... Qe7 (11... Rg6 {was a possibility} 12. Qh3 (12. Qh4 Rg4)
12... Rg4 {[%csl Rf4] It is not surprising that the f4-pawn is weak, what
surprises me is that it can be attacked in such a kind of position! The
difference can be clearly seen here. The picture would have been different had
the knight been on e2.} 13. Qh6 (13. f5 $6 exf5 14. exf5 Qe7+ {[%csl Re1]} 15.
Kd1 (15. Be2 O-O-O $19) 15... O-O-O {[%csl Rd1]} 16. Kc2 d5 $1 $15) (13. O-O-O
Rxf4 14. Rhg1 e5 {[%cal Ge5d4,Gd8e7,Ge8c8]} 15. c5 $1 Qe7 $13 {[%cal Ge8c8]})
13... Rg6 14. Qh3 $11 {A draw is a good result for Black but not if the Black
player is Baadur Jobava. He hardly ever agrees to quick draws.}) 12. Qh3 Rg7
13. O-O-O Ng4 $1 {The safety of the king can wait here, activating the knight
is the need of the moment. The family of the central pawns have left enough
weak squares behind. Jobava doesn't let go of the opportunity to pressurise
these dark squares at the right time.} (13... O-O-O 14. Rhg1 Rdg8 15. Rg5 $1
$14 {With the rook posted on the g5-square, Black is cramped and lacks active
plans.}) 14. Qg3 (14. Rhf1 Qf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gf6f4]} (14... Ne3 $6 15.
Rg1 $1 $11)) (14. Rdf1 O-O-O 15. Rhg1 Rdg8 $13 {[%csl Ge3,Gg4]}) (14. Qg2 Rg8
$1 (14... O-O-O $5 15. h3 Nge5 16. Qxg7 Nxd3+ 17. Kc2 Nf2 {Black wins back the
exchange but White is just fine. He can play Ng5 here and keep an edge.} 18.
Ng5 $5 $14) 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O $132) 14... Ndf6 $1 {Suddenly the threat
of ...Nh5 is pretty strong.} 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Qe1 Nh5 16. f5 e5 $15 {[%cal
Gh5f4]}) (15. Rdg1 {was relatively the best.} Nh5 16. Qe1 Nxf4 17. Bc2 {
[%cal Gh2h3]} Rg8 $1 18. h3 Nf6 19. Rxg8+ Nxg8 20. Ba4+ c6 $15 {Though a bit
worse, White can try for some practical compensation as Black lags behind in
development.}) (15. h3 Nh5 $1 16. Qe1 Nxf4 $17) 15... h6 16. Nh3 (16. h3 hxg5
17. hxg4 gxf4 18. Qxf4 (18. Rh8+ Kd7 $19) 18... Rxg4 19. Qf3 O-O-O $17) 16...
O-O-O {Black's 0-0-0 brings his last piece, the a8-rook, into the game. Now
Black's pieces co-ordinate perfectly and the king is also safe. Gelfand is in
big trouble.} 17. Rde1 Nh5 {Though Black's knights are on the rim, it is
White's position that is dim! The queen has only one logical square to go to
and that is f3.} 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Re2 $6 (19. Qf1 Nxf4 $1 20. Nxf4 Nf2 $1 $15 {
[%cal Gf2d3,Gf2h1] Forking the h1-rook and the d3-bishop.} 21. Bc2 Nxh1 $15 (
21... Qxf4 $2 22. Re2 $18)) 19... Kb8 {Though directly playing ...f5 was
better, this is a very human move moving the king to safety from any possible
checks in future.} (19... f5 $1 {was worth considering.} 20. Nf2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2
Rg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rf4] The f4-pawn falls.}) 20. Bc2 f5 $1 21. Qf1 Nhf6 (21...
d5 $1 {[%cal Gb7a6,Ga6f1] was extremely strong as after} 22. cxd5 (22. exd5
exd5 $19) 22... Ba6 $1 $19 {Black is just winning.}) 22. Nf3 (22. Rg1 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxh2 $1 $19) 22... Qh5 23. exf5 exf5 24. d5 {Shutting in
the bishop but at a very severe cost. Now the e-file falls into White's hands.}
Re8 $5 (24... Ba6 {also is very strong as after} 25. b3 Nxd5 $1 26. cxd5 Ne3
27. Qf2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nxc2 $19 {Black has a winning position.}) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8
26. Qd3 (26. Bxf5 $4 Ne3 27. Qd3 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ $19) 26... Re7 $1 {The
bishop on b7 is shut in for the time being but all the rest of the pieces are
playing very nicely.} 27. Rf1 Ne3 28. Rf2 Ba6 $1 29. Bb3 (29. b3 Nfxd5 $19)
29... Nexd5 30. Qxf5 Bxc4 $1 {To beat the solid Gelfand with Back is a big
achievement by Jobava and it was not out of well known theoretical lines. The
e6 followed by b6 setups give Black an original position which hasn't been
analysed in too much depth. Jobava played the entire game flawlessly and was
able to beat Gelfand without much difficulty.} (30... Bxc4 31. Bxc4 Re1+ 32.
Kc2 (32. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kc2 Ne3+) 32... Ne3+) (30... Re1+ {is also winning.}
31. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Bd1 (32. Kc2 Nb4#) 32... Bxc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. g3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne3 Bb6 15.
Kg2 a5 16. a4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bd7 18. a5 Ba7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Rfc1 Nf8 21. b5 Bc5
22. a6 bxa6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Ngxe5 Kh7 27. Nxf7 g6
28. Qe3 g5 29. h4 Qf6 30. hxg5 Qxa1 31. g6+ Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf5 Ra7 34.
Bf7 Nh7 35. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:30"]
[BlackClock "1:30:30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Na4 f6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Rc1 Raf8
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 h6 17. f4 Nd6 18. Bf2 Be4 19. Bh4 g5 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ 21.
Bxf1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nf5 23. Bf2 hxg5 24. Qd2 c5 25. b4 c4 26. Bxb6 Qxe5 27.
Qxg5+ Kf7 28. Be2 Ke6 29. Bc5 Qf6 30. Qg4 Qb2 31. Rf1 Rf7 32. Bxc4 Qxg2+ 33.
Qxg2 Bxg2 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Bd3 Bh3 36. Kf2 Rh7 37. Bd4+ Kg5 38. Rg1+ Kf4 39.
Bb2 Rf7 40. Re1 Kg4 41. Rg1+ Kf4 42. a4 Nd6 43. Rg7 Ne4+ 44. Ke2 Rf8 45. Bd4
Bg4+ 46. Ke1 Nd6 47. Bc5 Re8+ 48. Kd2 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 dxe4 50. Rf7+ Ke5 51. Rxb7
Rd8+ 52. Ke1 Bf3 53. Be3 Rd3 54. Rb5+ Ke6 55. Bf4 Ra3 56. a5 Kf6 57. Kd2 Rd3+
58. Kc2 Bd1+ 59. Kc1 Be2 60. Re5 Rd1+ 61. Kc2 Rd7 62. Rc5 Bd1+ 63. Kb2 Rd3 64.
Rc3 Rd4 65. a6 Rxb4+ 66. Kc1 Bf3 67. Rc6+ Kf7 68. Be3 Bg4 69. a7 Ra4 70. Rd6
Ke7 71. Rd4 Ra6 72. Rxe4+ Be6 73. h4 Kf7 74. Re5 Rc6+ 75. Kb2 Rc8 76. h5 Ke7
77. h6 Kd6 78. Bf4 Kd7 79. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 c5 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rad1 a6
15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb1 b5 $5 {Spätestens jetzt ist es mit der
Zurückhaltung, die Jobava in der Eröffnung an den Tag gelegt hat, vorbei.
Mit diesem Vorstoß am Damenflügel beginnen die taktischen Verwicklungen, die
Jobava so liebt.} 18. cxb5 d5 19. Nc6 Qb6+ 20. Bd4 Bc5 21. Qf2 Nfg4 22. Bxc5
Qxb5 {Weiß hat kurzzeitig eine Figur mehr, aber seine Dame ist angegriffen
und der Springer auf c6 hängt.} 23. Na7 Rxa7 24. Qd4 Raa8 25. a4 ({Mit} 25.
exd5 Bxd5 $1 26. Ne4 ({nach} 26. Qxd5 {folgt} Rad8 {und Schwarz gewinnt die
Figur zurück.}) 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rab8 28. b4 {hätte Weiß das riskante
schwarze Spiel auf die Probe stellen können.}) 25... Qc6 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Ne4
Qxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Nxh2 $1 {Die Damen sind getauscht, die taktischen Verwicklungen
gehen weiter.} 29. Rf5 ({Nach} 29. Kxh2 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Rxe4 32. Rf4
Rxf4 33. Kxf4 {hat Weiß einen Bauern weniger im Endspiel, aber mit den
aktiveren Figuren gute Remisaussichten.}) 29... Rad8 30. Nc5 Nhf3+ 31. gxf3
Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 $2 {Danach kommt Schwarz endgültig in Vorteil,
denn die weißen Figuren stehen so unglücklich, dass Schwarz sein geopfertes
Material zurückgewinnt. Die Engine empfiehlt hier} (33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Nd4
35. Rh5 Bc6 36. Bxa6 {und sieht Schwarz leicht im Vorteil.}) 33... Nxd4 34.
Nxb7 Re2+ $1 {Das entscheidende Zwischenschach.} 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Rd5 ({Nach} 
36. Be4 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 Rxb3 {hat Schwarz Turm und drei Freibauern für die
beiden Leichtfiguren und steht auf Gewinn.}) 36... Rxb1+ 37. Kf2 Ne6 {Am Ende
der Verwicklungen hat Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr. Wojtaszek gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. d5 b5 (7... e6 {
is another perfectly reasonable way to play, taking the game down Benoni like
paths.} 8. h5 exd5 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 Qe7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bg4 Ne5 13. Bxc8
Raxc8 14. Nf3 Nf7 15. Qc2 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Nxd5 17. Nxh7 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rf7 19.
O-O-O Nf4 20. Qd2 c4 21. Qe3 Qe5 {0-1 (21) Williams,S (2350)-Gallagher,J (2519)
Birmingham 4NCL 2001. Travelling back with Joe Gallagher after the game, I
asked his opinion on this h4 idea. Joe is something of an expert on the King's
Indian having written a few books on the subject. He didn't seem to rate the
reply at all pointing out that "Black never gets mated in the King's Indian!"})
8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 {Critical of course.} (9. b6 {is playable, but can hardly
be considered the most testing.} Qxb6 10. h5 e6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 exd5 13.
exd5 Bg4 {with easy play for Black in the game Sevillano Garcia,J (2200)-Miles,
A (2550) Benasque 1997.}) 9... Qa5 (9... Bxa6 10. h5 gxh5 {this looks rather
ugly, presumably Black was concerned about the threat of taking on g6 with an
attack down the h-file.} 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Nxh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Rfb8 17. Re1 Qc8 18. Re3 Qg4 19. Qh1 $1 {with good
attacking chances for White in Jobava,B (2704)-Khader,S (2411) Alushta 2011.})
10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. h5 Nbd7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bxa6 {Jobava is the first to
deviate from a previous game of his; presumably he was afraid of an
improvement.} (13. Kf1 Rfb8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Nf3 Nfg4 $6 ({the simple} 15... Nxf3
$1 16. gxf3 Bxe2+ 17. Nxe2 (17. Qxe2 $2 Rxb3 $15) 17... Qa3 {was surely the
improvement Radjabov had in mind with good play for Black.} 18. Kg2 Nh5 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 Nh5+ 22. Kg2 $11) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Na4 Bxe2+ 18.
Qxe2 Qa6 19. Rc1 {when White remained in control in the game Jobava,B (2734)
-Atalik,S (2603) Burgas 2012.}) 13... Qxa6 14. Nge2 Rfb8 15. Rb1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7
{But this now looks like a good Benko for Black. He has the plan of ...Ne5-d3,
for example.} 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. f3 Qd3 $1 (19... Nd3 {was also
possible, with the plan of ...c4, reinforcing the "octopus" on d3. But the
move played in the game was simpler, and quickly induces a blunder.}) 20. Rfc1
$2 (20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. b4 $1 {was forced.} cxb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 {and Black has
good pressure, but White has chances to hold.}) 20... Qxc2 $2 ({Coming to the
end of a 13 round slog, it was not easy to summon up the energy to find the
sacrifice} 20... Nxf3+ $3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {after which White is in grave trouble.
The immediate threat is ...Ng4. But it's easy to say this sitting here with
our engines. At the board this doesn't seem so clear, you might just think
that White will consolidate his extra piece and win the game.} 22. Rf1 {
is the critical defence.} (22. Qd1 {you would probably dismiss in your
calculations as this leaves a couple of pawns en prise.} {or simply} Nxe4 {
gaining another pawn and retaining an attack.} (22... Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2
Ng4 {looks very strong; for example} 25. Qh1 Qf2+ 26. Kh3 Bxc3 $1 27. Bxc3 f5
$1 ({but not} 27... Qxe2 $2 28. Re1 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 {and White turns the tables.})
) ({the simple} 22... Rxb2 {leaves White in trouble as well. His whole game is
falling apart.} 23. Qf1 Qd3 $17)) 22... Qg4+ $1 23. Kf2 (23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2
Ng4 $1 {is not an obvious line to see from afar. At first it seems as if} 25.
Bf4 {might hold, but then} g5 $1 {and if the bishop moves there is a nasty
fork on e3} 26. Rh1 Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf3+ 28. Bg3 Ne3 $19) 23... Qh4+ 24. Kf3 Qh3+
25. Kf2 Ng4+ 26. Ke1 Nh2 $1 {when White is in trouble.}) 21. Rxc2 Nc4 22. a4
Nxb2 23. a5 Nd3 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 {The smoke has cleared somewhat and we are left
with a rather unclear endgame. Black enjoys a decent structure and good piece
activity but while the White a-pawn stays on the board it remains a formidable
weapon.} 25. Ra2 Nb4 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Nd1 Na6 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Nc1 Rb1 30. Ke2
Kf8 31. g4 Nd7 32. g5 Bd4 33. Kd3 Ne5+ 34. Kc2 Rb8 35. f4 Nf3 36. Ne2 Nxd2 37.
Kxd2 Bg7 38. Ne3 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2 41. e5 $1 {The old "sweeper
sealer". Jobava wishes to take the g7-bishop out of the game.} Rd2 (41... dxe5
42. f5 $1 {is White's idea, when the g7-bishop remains out of the game and in
general White's position is much easier to play; his pieces are much more
active.}) 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. exd6 exd6 44. Ng3 (44. f5 $1 gxf5 45. Ng3 {was
strong. In general it's not easy for Black to solve his problems and the rook
on a4 is potentially very mobile; not only does it support the passed a-pawn,
it can also leap across to the kingside at some point, with Rh4-h7.}) 44... Kd7
45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Nc4 Rb4 $2 {Perhaps Radjabov decided that exchanging rooks
would bring the game close to a draw, but even so this seems like a very risky
choice.} (46... Rb3+ 47. Kg4 Bf8 {wasn't a particularly pleasant choice, but
would have kept his position together.}) 47. Rxb4 cxb4 48. Nexd6 b3 49. Nxf7 b2
50. Nxb2 $2 (50. Nd2 Bc3 51. Ne5+ $1 Kc7 52. Nb1 Bxa5 53. Nxg6 {looks winning.}
) 50... Bxb2 51. Ne5+ Ke7 $2 (51... Bxe5 52. fxe5 Nc5 $1 {was a draw, but
again at the end of a long game at the end of an exhausting tournament it
wasn't easy to see this. The point is White cannot easily approach the
queenside as the squares d4 and d2 are "mined" to a check on b3.} 53. Ke2 Kc7
54. Kd1 Na6 $1 (54... Nd3 $2 55. e6 Nf4 56. e7 Kd7 57. d6 $18) 55. Kd2 Nb4 56.
d6+ Kc6 57. Kc3 Na6 $1 {and White can not make any progress. An instructive
ending!}) 52. Nxg6+ {Now White gains too many pawns and is winning.} Kd6 53.
Ne5 Bxe5 (53... Kxd5 54. g6 Bxe5 55. fxe5 $18) 54. fxe5+ Kxd5 55. g6 Ke6 56.
Kg4 Nc7 57. Kh5 Kxe5 58. g7 Ne8 59. g8=Q Nf6+ 60. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:21"]
[BlackClock "0:51:07"]

1. b3 {Jobava has taken a liking to the Nimzowitsch-Larsen opening.} Nf6 2. Bb2
g6 3. Nc3 ({An earlier encounter between the two players saw a very
interesting game as well. Then Jobava took on f6 in Trompowsky style. The game
went} 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 O-O 7. g3 Re8 8. Bg2 f4 $6 9.
gxf4 Qh4 10. Kf1 $5 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Qxf4 12. h4 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg1h3] 1-0
Jobava,B (2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)/Beijing CHN 2012 (25) White's original
scheme worked out well and provided nice attacking prospects. Of course the
play for both sides can be improved.}) 3... Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. Qd2 Nc6 8. O-O-O ({Recently against Carlsen, Jobava had tried} 8. f3 $6 {
but after} h5 {[%cal Gh6c1,Gg7h6] Black was already well prepared for White's
0-0-0. That made things worse for White as it is the only direction in which
the White K would have liked to go now.} 9. Bb5 (9. O-O-O Bh6 10. f4 Bf5 $15)
9... Qd6 10. Nge2 Bh6 $36 {0-1 Jobava,B (2727)-Carlsen,M (2862)/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2015 (50). Black already has some initiative and later went on to win.})
8... Qa5 $146 {Mamedyarov deviates first.} ({Another encounter (but a blitz
game) between the same opponents went} 8... O-O 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8
12. Nge2 b5 {There isn't too much point in analysing the blitz game but we can
see that a sharp, result-oriented struggle is on the cards with this opening 
(and this player on the White side!)} 13. Ng3 b4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Na4 h4 16.
Ne2 Bf5 17. Nc5 a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Nc1 e5 20. Ba6 Rc6 21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Rhe1
exd4 23. Bxd4 Qb6 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. N1xd3 Ne4 26. fxe4 Bxd4 27. Nd7 Qa7 28. N3e5
Nxb3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B 
(2711)-Mamedyarov,S (2764)/Beijing CHN 2012.}) 9. f3 h5 10. Kb1 Bf5 {There is
hardly any reason for Black to be unhappy about his position here. His pieces
are being developed well and are coordinating efficiently.} 11. Bd3 $5 {
White infuses a sudden sharpness into the struggle with a pawn sacrifice.} Nxd4
12. Nge2 Nxe2 (12... Bxd3 $5 13. Nxd4 Ba6 14. Rhe1 e6 (14... O-O 15. Rxe7 Rfe8
16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $14) {Mamedyarov rejected this line because of the dangerous
sacrifice} 15. Rxe6+ $1 (15. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf7 17. Nxd5 Qxd2 18. Re7+
Kf8 19. Rxd2 Ne8 $13) 15... fxe6 16. Nxe6 {Black's best try here seems to be}
Kf7 ({Mamedyarov's calculations had gone on the lines} 16... Bh6 $2 17. Qd4 Kf7
{and here his intuition suggested that something was not right. Indeed Black
is simply lost after} 18. Ne4 $18 ({or} 18. Na4 $18)) (16... Rh7 17. Qe3 Kf7
18. Ng5+ Kf8 $8 19. Qe6 $18) 17. Nxg7 Rhc8 (17... Kxg7 18. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Gb2g7]} Kf7 19. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} (19. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe1+ 21.
Bc1 Qe7 {Black gets out of trouble.}) 19... Rad8 20. Nxd5 $18) (17... d4 18.
Qf4 g5 (18... Kxg7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxd4 $1 Kg8 21. Rxe4 Rh7 22. Re6 Qf5 23.
Qd6 {[%csl Rg6]} Rg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7+ Kh6 (25... Kg8 26. g4 Qg5 27. h4
$18) 26. Qd2+ Qg5 27. Rh7+ $18) 19. Qxd4 Rhd8 (19... Rad8 20. Qe3 {is similar})
20. Qe3 Qb6 (20... Kxg7 21. Qe7+ Kg6 22. Nd5 $18) 21. Qxg5 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rg8 {
This leads to an interesting and almost forced variation.} 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxh5+ Kg5 26. Ng3 Rh8 27. c4 Rxh2 28. Ne3 Kf4 29. Kc2 $14 {
[%csl Re3,Rg3,Rh2][%cal Ge3f1,Gg3f1] A nice study-like situation.}) 18. g4 $40
{[%csl Rf6][%cal Gb2h8,Gg4g5]}) 13. Qxe2 Bd7 (13... Bxd3 14. Rxd3 $14 {[%csl
Rd5,Re8][%cal Gh1d1] White is likely to recover the pawn, maintaining a very
slight edge.}) 14. Rhe1 ({It is not really in Jobava's style to look for clear
equality in such a tempting position. The variation was} 14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5+
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. Nxd5 $11) 14... e6 15. Bxg6 ({
One of the moves considered by the players during the game and post-mortem
analysis was} 15. Qe5 $6 {but it was quickly established that White has no
compensation in this line following, for example} O-O 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Qxg7+ $2
Nxg7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Kg8 $19) ({Another interesting option
considered was} 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qc5 {but Jobava could not find anything
special for White here, and rightly so} (16... Qc6 17. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Bxg7
$36) (16... Qa5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Bxe6+ $16) 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Bxe6+ Kc6 $17 {
and Black is still a whole R up.}) 15... fxg6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 (17...
O-O-O 18. Qe5 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc2c4] /\c4 White has a lot of compensation.}) (
17... Rh7 $5 18. Qe5 Qc7 $1 {The key defensive move.} 19. Qb2 O-O-O 20. Be5 Qc5
(20... Qc6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Rd6 $36) 21. c4 Nb4 $15) (17... Qc3 $4 18. Bxh8 Qxh8
19. Rxd5 $18 {Mamedyarov gracefully accepted that he had missed White's Rd5
not only in the main game but also in his calculation of other variations.
Probably a blind spot.}) 18. Qe5 Rxg7 $2 ({The most challenging continuation
was} 18... Qc7 19. Qb2 {Irrespective of the engine evaluation, Jobava was
confident that White has compensation here.} O-O-O 20. Be5 Qa5 {Let us try to
sum up. White definitely has more active pieces than Black. The Bs are of
opposite colours and the black K has not yet managed to get to complete safety.
Maybe White could look forward to a Q+B battery on the h2-b8 diagonal at some
moment. He could also push the N from d5 with c4 and then play Bf6 to get
absolute control of the d<->. In spite of all this, the general feeling is
that Black is pretty solid and it looks like he will wriggle out of it with
the extra material. A pawn for a piece does not really seem to be enough.}) 19.
Rxd5 $1 {Mamedyarov "I missed Rd5 absolutely, I don't know why. I wanted to
just immediately resign after this, but I saw ...Qb4."} ({Mamedyarov only
considered} 19. Qxg7 Nc3+ 20. Kc1 O-O-O $19) 19... Qb4 20. Rd6 {Black has
saved himself from immediate danger but White's initiative is still
threatening.} Kf8 (20... O-O-O $2 21. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} Qa3 22. Rc4+ Bc6 23.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qxg7 $18) 21. Red1 Bc6 $2 (21... Be8 $142 22. Rxe6 $14 {[%csl
Gd4,Gd6,Gd8,Re8,Gf4,Rf8][%cal Gd1d4,Gd4f4,Gd1d6,Ge5f6,Gd1d8] This was also
unpleasant for Black, but it was still the best chance. White's idea is
Rd4-Rf4 or Rdd6 or Qf6 followed by Rd8.} Bf7 {White has quite a few
interesting options here but most of them lead to some sort of equality.} (
22... Rc8 23. Rd4 Qb5 24. Rf6+ {[%cal Re8b5]} Kg8 25. Qe6+ $18 {[%csl Rc8]}) (
22... Qb5 23. Rd5 Qf1+ 24. Kb2 Qxg2 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8 $18) (
22... Bc6 23. Rdd6 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rg6][%cal Ge6f6,Ge5f6]} Kg8 24. Rxg6 $18) 23.
Rd7 $1 (23. a3 Qxa3 24. Rd7 Kg8 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd5 Kf8 27. Rf6+ Ke7 28. Qe5+
Kd7 29. Rf4 Re7 30. Qb5+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ Kd6 32. Qd3+ Kc6 33. Qc3+ Kd7 34. Ra4
Qxa4 35. bxa4 Re6 $11) (23. c3 Qh4 24. Rd7 Bxe6 (24... Kg8 25. g3 Qh3 26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. Rxg6+ Kh7 28. Rg5 $18) 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Rxb7 Qe1+ 27. Kb2 Qd2+ 28.
Ka3 Qd6+ 29. Kb2 (29. b4 $2 Qa6+ 30. Kb2 Qxa2+ $19) 29... Qd2+ $11) 23... Kg8
24. Rxf7 Kxf7 (24... Rxf7 25. Rxg6+ Kf8 26. Rh6 Rg7 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rxa8 $18)
25. Qd5 Kf8 26. Re4 $5 {[%cal Ge4f4]} Qb6 27. Rf4+ Ke8 28. Qe5+ Re7 29. Qh8+
Kd7 30. Qxa8 g5 (30... Re8 31. Rf7+ $18) 31. Rf5 (31. Rc4 $4 Re1+ 32. Kb2 Re8
$19 {[%csl Ra8]}) 31... Qg1+ 32. Kb2 Qd4+ 33. Ka3 Qd6+ 34. Ka4 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]
With the pawns hanging Black has to look for a perpetual.} Qc6+ 35. Rb5 Qa6+
36. Ra5 Qc6+ 37. Ka3 Qd6+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. c3 Re2+ 40. Ka3 Qd6+ 41. b4 Qc6 42.
Qh8 Qc4 43. Qd4+ Qxd4 44. cxd4 Rxg2 45. h4 (45. Rxa7 Kc6 46. Ra5 b5 47. d5+ Kb6
48. Ra8 Kc7 49. Rg8 h4 $11) 45... gxh4 46. Rxh5 Rh2 47. Rh6 (47. Kb3 Ke6 48.
Kc4 Kf6 $11) 47... b5 $11 {The endgame looks close to a draw and we have come
too far anyway.}) 22. R1d4 $2 {White misses his chance.} ({Jobava could have
finished the game with} 22. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 (23... Ke7 24. Rd4 $18 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg7]}) 24. a3 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge5f4,Gf4f8,Rb4f4]} ({Or} 24. c3
$18 {with the same idea of deflecting the Q from controlling f4-square.}) (24.
Qc7+ $6 Kf6 $17) 24... Qxa3 (24... Qh4 25. Qc7+ Qe7 26. Qf4+ Qf6 27. Rf8+ Kxf8
28. Qxf6+ $18 {[%csl Re6]}) (24... Qe7 25. Qf4+ $18 {[%cal Gd8f8] is similar
to 24...Qh4.}) 25. Qf4+ Ke7 26. Qf8#) 22... Qb5 23. Rd8+ (23. Qxe6 $5 {[%cal
Gd6d8]} Qg5 {[%cal Gg5d8]} 24. h4 Qe7 25. Rf4+ (25. Qc4 Re8 26. a4 $13) 25...
Rf7 26. Qxg6 Qe1+ (26... Rxf4 27. Qh6+ Qg7 28. Qxf4+ Kg8 $13) 27. Kb2 Qe5+ 28.
Rfd4 $13) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ke7 25. Qd6+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ ({Another way to a
draw is} 26. Rf8+ Rf7 27. Qd8+ (27. Qd4+ $2 e5 28. Qd8+ Ke6 $19) 27... Kg7 28.
Rg8+ Kh6 29. Rh8+ $11) 26... Kf7 $4 {Black returns the favour with a terrible
oversight.} (26... Ke7 $142 27. Qd6+ (27. Rc8 $2 e5 28. Qd8+ Ke6 $19) 27... Kf6
$11 {is a straight draw.}) 27. Qf4+ Ke7 {Mamedyarov thought that this was the
same variation and White would continue Qd6+ and it would be a draw. One of
those rare occasions when a 2700+ player misses a mate in one.} (27... Qf5 28.
Qc7+ Kf6 29. Rf8+ Kg5 30. Rxf5+ exf5 31. Qxg7 $18) (27... Ke7 28. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 {Jobava's specialty, a reversed Philidor Defence.
There is an interesting thing about reversed openings: they never really look
like the original.} Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9.
h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nh2 {A new idea if one can call it that; as Black I am
sure you can see ...Nh7 a lot.} Ne7 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. Nhf3 dxe4 (13... c6 $13 14.
d4 $6 dxe4 15. dxc5 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bb3 $15) 14. dxe4 c6 {Domingez
plays it safe.} 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Nc4 Red8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Rdb8 {A bit of
a waste of time but still nothing much changes.} (18... Nd7 19. b4 Ndf8 20. Bc4
Bxc4 21. Nxc4 axb4 22. cxb4 Ne6 23. Qc3 f6 $13) 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. g3 Qb6 21. Nd2
Qc7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. b4 {Preventing ...Nc5 is essential.} axb4 (
24... Nb6 $5 25. Ra1 Qe7 $5 {not an easy move because it makes the e5-pawn
vulnarable} (25... Nc8 26. Bc4 $1 Qe7 27. Nxe5 Bxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Qxe5 29. Nf5 $36)
26. Reb1 (26. Nxe5 Bxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qxe5 28. Nf5 g6 $1 $17) 26... Nc8 {[%cal
Gc8d6]} 27. Bc4 Nd6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd2 Nh7 30. h4 Nf6 $11 {this looks an
equilibrium.}) 25. cxb4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Ra1 Qb6 28. Reb1 Qc7 {In the last
couple of moves Black has been losing the thread of the game.} 29. a5 $14 Rdc8
30. Bc4 $1 {Finally White has achieved his best idea.} Qd6 31. Nd2 b6 32. Bxe6
Qxe6 33. Nb3 {Now the passer and a slightly better structure with better
placed pieces give White something to hope for.} Rcb8 34. Nc4 bxa5 35. bxa5 Rb5
36. a6 (36. Ra4 $1 {keeping everything protected was a better try.}) 36... Ne8
({Black missed a chance to equalise at once with} 36... c5 $1 37. a7 Rb7 38.
Ne3 Rbxa7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Nxc5 Nxc5 41. Qxc5 Ra2 $11) 37. Rd1 $6 (37. a7 $1
$16 Rb7 $2 38. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 39. Rxb7 Nxb7 40. Nb6 $18) 37... Nc5 $1 38. Nxc5
Rxc5 39. Ra4 Nc7 $6 {Black missed a big chance not only to equalise but to
remain a pawn up in a rook endgame.} (39... Nd6 $1 40. Rc1 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Nxc4
42. Qxc4 Qxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxa6 $15) 40. a7 Nb5 41. Qd3 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Rxc4 {
Sad necessity. Probably Black missed the fact that the pawn is tabu now due to
his back rank problems.} (42... Nxa7 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Gd8f8,
Gd1d8]}) 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Re7 Qf6 45. Qd7 $18 Rd4 46. Rxd4 Nxd4 47. Rxf7 Qg6
48. f3 c5 49. h4 h5 50. Kh3 Qh6 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. Qxg4 Kg8 53. Rc7 Ne6 54. Rc8+
Kf7 55. Qf5+ Ke7 56. Qxe5 Kd7 57. Ra8 Nf4+ 58. Kg4 Qxh4+ 59. Kxh4 Ng6+ 60. Kg3
Nxe5 61. Kf4 Kd6 62. Rd8+ Nd7 63. Rg8 c4 64. Rxg7 Ne5 65. Ke3 c3 66. f4 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[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. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O f6 {A very risky
approach, but other moves do not guarantee equality.} (6... Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8.
Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 {A new move, though it is unclear if it is one that
will be repeated often.} Bh5 (10... h5 {was played in Caruana-Tomashevsky from
the 2013 Grand Prix in Paris. The Italian won a fantastic game there.}) 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 g6 13. Re1 h5 14. Qd3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. c4 dxc4 (16... Kf8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 {was not to Jobava's liking; it does seem that giving
up the c-file and allowing Qb5 is dangerous.}) 17. Qxc4 Kf8 18. Rac1 {
Grischuk-Jobava, Tbilisi 2015, White keeps a big space advantage.}) 7. c4 ({
A very logical way was} 7. Bd3 $5) (7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Bg3 fxe5 10. dxe5
Bb4 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bg4 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. N2b3 Rae8 16. Bxf5 exf5
17. f4 {Matsenko,S (2429)-Dobrov,V (2510)/Budva 2009, with a slightly better
position.}) 7... fxe5 (7... Ne7 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. c5
Qc7 12. Qa4 Qb8 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bf4 Qa8 15. Rfe1 {Teran Alvarez,I (2413)
-Campora,D (2530)/Ayamonte 2006. The black king is in big danger.}) 8. dxe5 Bc5
9. Nc3 a6 ({Possibly there was simple development...} 9... Ne7 10. Na4 O-O 11.
Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. g4 Bg6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe6 Qxe5 17. Nxf8
Rxf8 18. Bd4 Qf4 19. Rc1 Ng5 20. Be3 Be4 {0-1 Popov,V (2548)-Kukhmazov,A (2239)
/St Petersburg 2013}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be3 $5 {A very central approach.} (11.
Ng5 {was not bad:} Qe7 12. Bf4) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Qb3 (13. Nd4 {
was not especially promising:} O-O 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17.
Nxe6 Qf6 18. Nf4 Rd8) 13... Qb8 $1 14. Qa3 {Svidler has to sacrifice a central
pawn and game starts to be entertaining.} Nxe5 15. Nd4 N5c6 16. Nxf5 $2 ({
The active approach} 16. g4 $5 {would be much stronger:} Nxd4 17. exd4 Bg6 18.
Na4 {and Black has problems castling.}) 16... exf5 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Qc5 ({
White had to start fighting for the draw from this moment on.} 18. Rad1 Qxe3+
19. Kh1 O-O 20. Rde1 Qg5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re6)
18... O-O-O {This looks very risky, but for Jobava it is nothing.} 19. Rfd1 Kb8
20. b4 $6 ({Maybe it was useful to double rooks against the d-pawn:} 20. Rd2)
20... Rd6 $1 {Very technical play with the rooks is demonstrated here by
Jobava.} 21. b5 Rc8 $1 {This is the point. The knight on c6 is untouchable and
taking on a6 does not work either.} 22. Rac1 (22. bxc6 Rdxc6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 Rxc3 $19) (22. bxa6 Nd8 $19 {Sometimes backward moves are very important,
even decisive!}) 22... Na7 23. Qa3 axb5 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nac6 {Black
simply returns his knight back into the centre and White's position is close
to resignable.} 26. Qc5 g5 $1 27. h3 b4 28. a3 Re6 29. Kf2 d4 $1 {This leads
to decisive exchanges.} 30. exd4 Qxc5 ({This is simple, but a more
combinational way was possible here too:} 30... Qe3+ 31. Kg3 g4 32. d5 gxf3 33.
dxe6 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 fxe2) 31. dxc5 Ne5 $1 {And White resigned, as other
material losses are threatening.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Our Heritage"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O a6 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. h3
b5 9. d3 bxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. a3 a5 13. Bd2 d6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15. Bc3
Ra8 16. Kh1 Nh7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ba7 19. Qd3 f5 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 fxe4
22. Qe3 Ng5 23. Rfd1 Bxh3 24. Ba4 Bd7 25. Nb6 Bxb6 26. Bxc6 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Ne6
28. Bd5 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Kh8 30. Bxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03] This line is rarely seen on
the highest level, though GM Baadur Jobava consistently uses it.} exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} ({Black gets decent counterplay after} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 {
, since White's pawn centre is under pressure.}) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:01:10]} 10.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:50] The most principled response -} 11.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe5 {
[%emt 0:02:56]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb7 $146 {[%emt 0:08:25] The players
were following the previous encounter of Baadur in the tournament, but it
looks like GM Dominguez wasn't satisfied with a short draw.} ({The
above-mentioned game between Jobava and Grischuk ended in a short, but
exciting draw after} 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Ba5 ({Another move deserving serious
attention was} 14... Qh4 $5 15. Nf3 (15. Qg4 $6 Qxg4 16. hxg4 Rae8 17. Nc3 Nxf2
$17 {0-1 (37) Kiroski,T (2362)-Georgiev,V (2586)/Struga 2010/CBM 137 Extra})
15... Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Rf8 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Nc3 Nxf2 19. Qg3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21.
Kh2 Qf6 $132) 15. Nxc6 (15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 Rab8 $11) 15... Qh4 16. Nxa5 Rxf2 $1 17. Nc3 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qg3+ {with a
perpetual} 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ {
1/2-1/2 Jobava,B (2699)-Grischuk,A (2780)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) 14. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} (14. Nc3 c5 {doesn't leave White anything better than} 15. Nxe4
{, so that transposes to text.}) 14... c5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
08:24]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 16. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:06:40]} dxe4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:
43] White's pawn structure is preferable, but the activity of Black's pieces
fully compensates for that.} 17. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:20:56]
Obviously, keeping the queens on the board leaves Black more hopes for seizing
the initiative.} ({A safe route for a drawish endgame is:} 17... Qd5 18. Rfd1
Qxb3 19. axb3 Rad8 20. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 axb6 22. Rd7 Rf5 23. Nc4 Rf7 $11)
18. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} ({Another possibility was:} 18...
Qe7 19. b3 Rad8 (19... c5 20. Be3 Bc7 21. Nc4 $14) 20. Rac1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 c6 {
the strong Bd5 consolidates Black's posiiton.}) 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qh5 $6
{[%emt 0:05:14] Black can hardly create any serious threats on the k-side, so
the queen would be more useful in the centre.} (19... Qf6 $142 20. Rac1 Bxa2 $1
21. b3 Rfe8 22. Nc4 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rab8 25. Ra1 Bxb3 26. Rxa7 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 Re7 $11) 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:03]} ({Possibly, stronger was:} 20. a4
$5 Rae8 21. Ng4 Qg6 22. a5 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 $14 {with a small, but stable edge
for White.}) 20... Be6 {[%emt 0:13:37]} (20... Rad8 21. a4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+
23. Rxf1 $14) 21. Rde1 {[%emt 0:09:18] Baadur correctly doesn't force matters,
since Black's position is rather unpleasant from the strategic point of view.}
({There would be nothing special after} 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxc7 Qg5 $1 23. Nd7
Bxh3 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qxe4 Ra4 $132) ({However, a more promising try might be} 
21. a4 $5 Rae8 22. a5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bxh3 25. Qc4+ Be6 26. Qxc7
Qg5 27. Rf4 $14) 21... Bd5 {[%emt 0:18:40]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Ba5 $2 {
[%emt 0:04:06] A serious positional mistake. Perhaps, Leinier was trying to
force the simplifications and achieve a draw, but in the resulting position
White gets full control over the dark squares.} ({At the same time, after the
natural} 22... Rae8 23. Nd7 Rf7 24. Nxb6 cxb6 {White's advantage is rather
symbolic.}) ({Another good possibility is:} 22... Qe8 23. a5 Bxa5 24. Qxa5 Qxe5
25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Qxa7 c6 $11) 23. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
24. Rc1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37] The most precise. Unfortunately, Black cannot
consolidate the position by means of c7-c6, so the material loss is
unavoidable.} Rac8 {[%emt 0:13:41]} (24... c6 25. Rxc6 $18) (24... Rf7 25. Rfd1
Rd8 26. Rc5 Rfd7 27. b4 $18) 25. Rfd1 $6 {[%emt 0:11:19] A strange decision.} (
{For some reason, Baadur rejects} 25. Qxa7 c6 26. Qd4 Qf5 27. b4 $18) 25... c6
{[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} ({Now after} 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qd4 Qxd4
28. Rxd4 Rfb8 29. Rc2 Rb3 $14 {Black gets excellent drawing chances due to the
activity of his rooks.}) 26... Qe6 {[%emt 0:03:55]} ({The most stubborn seems
to be} 26... a6 $1 {though after} 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qf1 Rxa4 29. b5 Bb3 30. Rc5
Qe8 31. bxc6 Bxd1 32. Qxd1 $16 {Black's position is very difficult.}) 27. b5 $1
{[%emt 0:08:15] Now Baadur is on the top again.} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (27...
cxb5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. axb5 $18 {was hopeless; the Pa7 falls, so White's
passer will decide the game.}) 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:07:13]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:44]}
29. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bc4 {
[%emt 0:01:47]} ({Possibly, the best try was:} 30... Qb7 31. Bc5 $1 (31. Qxa7
Qxb5 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Rd7 Qxc5 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxc5 {is not that clear.})
31... Rc8 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kf7 34. Qf8+ Kg6 35. Qf4 Be6 36. Qg3+ Kf7 37.
Bd4 Ke8 38. Qe5 $18) 31. Rc2 $1 {[%emt 0:03:07] The poor coordination of
Black's pieces enables White to win the pawn.} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 32. Qxa7 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:07:01]} ({The pawn was poisoned:} 32... Bxb5 33.
Rc7 Rf7 34. Qb8+ Be8 35. Rc8 Rf8 36. Bc5 $18) 33. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf7 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Qc7 {
[%emt 0:00:06] Now White liquadates into a winning rook endgame.} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Qxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rb4 $18 {[%emt 0:00:04] The rest is
quite easy.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
(39... Rb6 {Or} 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Rxe4+ Kd6 42. Rb4 Kc5 43. Rb1 $18) 40. Rxe4+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:11] Not
the only, but a convincing way.} h6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 44. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
g5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} (44... Rb7 45. Rg6 Kc5 46. b6 $18) 45. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 46. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} (46... Rxb5
47. Rxb5+ Kxb5 48. Ke2 $18) 47. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 48.
Re6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Bf4 Bd6 {An unusual move although it had been
played before.} ({A usual line is} 10... d6 11. Na3 Be7 (11... a6 12. O-O-O Be7
13. Re1 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Bf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. f4
Ng6 20. g3 {1-0 (61) Pencheva,I (1799)-Atanasova,E (1727) Vratsa 2012; with
interesting play ahead of us.}) 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Kd2 O-O 15. Rhe1
Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Bf6 18. Bd3 h6 19. b4 Kf8 20. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Velimirovic,D (2510)-Malaniuk,V (2600) Becici 1993. White has the initiative
in this endgame.}) 11. Bg3 f5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 f5 {would take us to the same
position.}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 $5 {In a known position Jobava found this new
and promising pawn sacrifice.} (13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 d6
17. Kd2 Bf6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 {1/2-1/2 (48) Velimirovic,D (2515)-Littlewood,P 
(2440) Borovo 1980. Not so sharp as the Jobava game but White does have
slightly better chances after all.}) 13... Ng6 14. O-O-O Bxf4 {It was
interesting to refrain from taking the pawn:} (14... b6 $5 15. Nc4 (15. Nf3
Nxf4 16. Rd4 Ng6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Bd3 Ne5 {it seems that Black is not doing
badly here}) 15... Bxf4+ 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. d6 c5 $5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. g3 (19.
Bc4+ Kf8 20. Rhf1 Rxe5 21. Rxf4 Bb7 22. g4 g6 23. gxf5 g5 24. Rf2 Bc6 25. f6 h6
{again with an unusual sharp type of endgame}) 19... Rxe5 20. gxf4 Re8 21. Bc4+
Kf8 22. Rd5 g6 23. Rg1 {with a nasty idea of Rxf5+!} Re6 24. Rd3 Re8 25. h4 Kg7
26. h5 Bb7 27. hxg6 h6 $5 {with unbalanced play.}) 15. d6 $1 cxd6 (15... c6 16.
Bxf4 Nxf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rhe1 {with nice play for White.}) 16. Bxf4
Nxf4 17. g3 Nh5 18. Nc4 d5 19. Nd6 Nf6 20. Bg2 Ne4 21. Rxd5 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Re8
23. Rf1 g6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Kd2 {White has very strong compensation and
already Black is in danger of running out of good moves.} a5 26. Rf4 {
Imprecise although it looks logical.} (26. c4 Kg7 27. Rf3 $1 Ra7 28. Rb3 {
with a strong initiative.}) 26... Re5 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. Rc7 b6 {A bit passive} (
28... b5 $1 29. b3 Kg7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Rf6+ Ke8 33. Bg8 Ke7 34.
Rf7+ Kd6 35. Ra7 Bb7 {Black is fine.}) 29. c4 Kg7 30. a4 Kf8 31. Rf6+ Ke8 32.
Ra7 {Black can't really activate his remaining pieces and that creates
problems in this game.} Re7 33. h4 Rg7 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Re6+ Kd8 36. Re5 h6 $6 {
Passive.} (36... Bb7 $1 37. Bxb7 d6 38. Rd5 Rbxb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Rxd6+ Ke7
41. Rd5 Rc7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Rb5 Rd7+ 44. Kc3 {Still White has some pressure
but Black has chances to defend now.}) 37. Kd4 {Now it is rather difficult to
do anything with Black.} Rh7 38. h5 Rg7 39. hxg6 Rxg6 40. Re3 Rg7 41. Rf3 Rg6
42. Rxf5 Rxg3 43. Rf8+ Ke7 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 Rg4+ 47. Ke5 Rg5+
48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Be4 Re1 50. b3 Re2 51. Ke5 $18 Kf7 52. Kd6 Rxe4 53. Kc7 Rb7+
54. Rxb7 Bxb7 55. Kxb7 Re6 56. Rxe6 dxe6 57. Kxb6 e5 58. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Ivanisevic,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qd3 {This
variation was prepared for the Olympiad in Tromso 2014, but was not used then..
. The main idea of 7.Qd3 is to prevent Black from castling or to enter the
endgame with next Qe3.} Na6 $5 (7... Bg7 8. Qe3+) 8. a3 (8. Bg2 Qe7 $5 {
directed against mentioned ideas... e.g.} (8... Nb4 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. e4 Qe7 11.
Qe2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. f4 $16) 9. Qe3 Nb4) 8... Bg7 9. Qe3+ Kf8 (
9... Qe7 {was also possible} 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. e4 b5 $13) 10. Bg2
Bf5 11. Nf3 Qd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Qf4 h6 14. Re1 {Played with a wrong idea.} (14.
Nd2 {with the idea 15.Nc4 or 15.e4 with next Nc4.} g5 15. Qc4 Nc7 16. a4 Bh3
17. e4 $13) 14... Ne4 15. g4 $6 {Go on!} (15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Qd2 $11 {Black's
position is really comfortable.}) 15... Bxc3 $1 (15... Nxc3 16. gxf5 g5 $1 (
16... Nxd5 17. Qd2 $44) 17. Qd2 (17. Qc4 b5 18. Qd3 Na4 $1 $17) 17... Ne4 18.
Qc2 Qxf5 19. Be3 Qg6 $15 {There is some compensation for the pawn, White wants
to enforce b4, Black needs some time to regroup his pieces, but it looks like
it is not enough for a pawn.} (19... Qd7 20. Rac1 $44)) 16. bxc3 Bxg4 17. c4
Bh3 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 $15 20. f3 g5 21. Qe3 f4 (21... Qg7 22. Nxe4 Qxa1
(22... fxe4 23. Rb1 $13) 23. Qd2 fxe4 (23... Rxe4 24. Bb2 Rd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26.
Bxa1 Kf7 27. Bxd4 Rc8 28. Bxa7 Rxc4 29. Rb1 Kf6 30. Rxb7 Ke5 $11) 24. Bb2 exf3+
25. Kxf3 Qxe1 26. Qxe1 Rh7 27. Kg2 $13 {It looks like the game is finishing by
perpetual check...}) 22. Qb3 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Rg8 24. Qd3 Nc7 (24... Qf7 $142) 25.
Rab1 b6 26. a4 Qf7 27. a5 b5 28. cxb5 g4 $13 29. Kh1 g3 30. Rg1 (30. e4 $5 fxe3
31. Rxe3 {and again a passed b-pawn gives White chances to save the game.})
30... Rg5 31. Rg2 Rxd5 32. Qc3 (32. Qc2 $5) 32... Qf5 (32... Rh5 33. b6 axb6
34. axb6 Nd5 35. Qa1 $13) 33. Rb2 Rd4 34. b6 axb6 35. axb6 Nd5 36. Qc1 Qh3 (
36... Rb8 37. hxg3 Qh3+ 38. Rh2 Qxg3 39. Qa1 $13) 37. b7 Rb8 (37... Rxd2 38.
Qxd2 Ne3 39. Qxd6+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 (40... Kh8 41. Qe5+ $1 Kh7 $1 42. Qxe3 fxe3
43. b8=Q Rxb8 44. Rxb8 Qd7 45. Rxg3 c4 (45... Qd1+ 46. Rg1 Qxe2 47. Rb7+ Kh8
48. Rb8+ $11) 46. Rb4 c3 47. Rc4 Qd1+ 48. Rg1 Qxe2 49. Rc7+ Kh8 50. Rc8+ $11)
41. Rxg3+ fxg3 42. Qxg3+ Qxg3 43. hxg3 Rb8 44. Rb5 {and the position is very
close to a draw, Black cannot protect the c-pawn in view of} c4 45. Re5 Nd1 46.
Re7 $1 (46. Rc5 Rxb7 47. Rxc4 {also should be enough for a draw}) 46... c3 47.
Rc7 c2 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rxb8 c1=Q 50. Rc8 Nf2+ 51. Kg2 Qh1+ 52. Kxf2 Qh2+ 53.
Kf1 {with a draw.}) 38. Kg1 (38. Qc2 $5 {to activate the queen in time!}) 38...
c4 39. Rc2 $2 (39. hxg3 c3 40. gxf4 $13 {was an idea during the game, but both
of us were in time trouble!}) 39... Rxd2 $2 (39... Rxb7 40. hxg3 Rxd2 $1 {now!}
41. Qxd2 Rb1+ 42. Rc1 Rxc1+ $1 (42... c3 43. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 44. Kf2 fxg3+ 45. Ke3)
43. Qxc1 Ne3 44. Rh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1 Qg6 $19) 40. Qxd2 Rxb7 41. hxg3 $2 (41. Rc1
$142) 41... Rb1+ 42. Rc1 c3 $2 (42... Rxc1+ 43. Qxc1 Ne3 44. Rh2 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1
Qg6 $19 {like in the previous variation}) 43. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 44. Kf2 fxg3+ 45. Ke3
Ke7 (45... Qxg2 46. Qxd6+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe6+ $11 {The black king cannot
escape from perpetual check.}) 46. Qb7+ (46. Qe4+ $142 Qe6 47. Qxe6+ Kxe6 48.
Kd3 c2 (48... Kf5 49. Rxg3 h5 50. e4+ Kf4 51. Rh3 Kg5 (51... Rf1 52. Rh4+ Kxf3
(52... Kg5 53. Rh3) 53. Rxh5 $11) 52. Rg3+ Kh6 53. Rh3 $11) 49. Rxg3 Re1 50.
Kxc2 Rxe2+ 51. Kd3 Rh2 52. Rg6+ Ke5 53. Ke3 $11) 46... Kf6 47. Qd5 c2 (47...
Qe6+ 48. Qxe6+ Kxe6 49. Kd3 {transposition to 46.Qe4+.}) 48. Qd4+ Kf7 49. Qa7+
Kf8 50. Qb8+ Ke7 51. Rxg3 $2 {Already tired, defending a worse position, I
didn't realise that even here the position is drawish!} (51. Kd2 $8 {The key
is that the white rook on g2 is untouchable...} Rh1 (51... Ra1 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53.
Qc8+ Ke5 54. Qc3+ Ke6 $11) (51... Qxg2 52. Qc7+ {no escape}) 52. Qc7+ Qd7 53.
Qxc2 $11) 51... Qe6+ 52. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. dxc3 $5 {At grandmaster
level - a new move. Jobava's original opening experiments usually aim at
setting up sharp play, but this time he is heading straight for an apparently
dull ending.} ({The usual continuation is} 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 {as, for
instance, in Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM
165 [Sumets,A] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 6... Qxd1+ ({Black could keep the integrity of
his structure at the cost of misplacing his queen with} 6... Qxf6 {The
position is reminiscent of the 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Petroff, sometimes followed
by a knight exchange on e5. Even though optically Black is a pawn up, the
compact white queenside mass and his freer piece play should not be
underestimated.} 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Qc1 Qe7 11. b4 $14 {
Ungureanu,E (2325)-Markus,R (2270) Budapest 1998 (1/2-1/2, 24), Black's pieces
suddenly experience some discomfort.}) 7. Kxd1 gxf6 8. g3 {With the long
diagonal clear of knights, both sides' tendency to develop the bishops by
fianchetto is natural.} ({If} 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 {Black is not
forced to help White's developing by taking on f3, but can continue} Nc6 11.
Ne2 {There is no better square for the knight now.} O-O-O+ 12. Kc2 {In our
main game the king went to e2, defending the slightly weaker wing.} Ne5 {
Now is a good moment to provoke the exchange since White has already made
important committments on the previous moves.} 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. b3 Rg8 15. g3
Ng4 16. Raf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 f5 {Dobrotka,M (2266)-Petrik,T (2532) Banska
Stiavnica 2010 (0-1, 49), with a great ending for Black.}) 8... Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6
10. Bf3 $5 $146 ({An interesting novelty over} 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nf3 {Van der
Auweraert,E (1976)-Lentjes,N (1946) Haarlem 2012 (1/2-1/2, 18). After Black's
somewhat cooperative move White will gain a tempo over this game.}) 10... Bxf3+
({Actually Black could play a waiting game, as his useful neutral moves are no
less numerous than White's:} 10... a5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Kc2 a4 13. Rd1 Ra5) 11.
Nxf3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Ne5 {This looks like a small structural concession.} ({
Black probably wanted to clear the path for his c-pawn as soon as possible in
order to keep the white pawn mass under control. If} 12... O-O-O 13. Be3 Be7
14. b4 f5 15. c5 {White starts exerting at least some optical pressure.}) 13.
Nxe5 fxe5 14. f3 {Preventing Black from deploying his pawns on the optimal e4,
f5 and e6 squares.} h5 15. Be3 c5 {This must have been part of Black's initial
plan when provoking the knight exchange. For the time being this looks like
the perfect pawn setup, but in the long run having so many of them on dark
squares may prove unfavourable.} 16. h3 {The start of a minority attack
against Black's weakened kingside.} f6 17. g4 Be7 18. Rag1 Kf7 19. g5 fxg5 $6 {
From the structural point of view a risky decision.} (19... f5 {looks more
natural, keeping the integrity of the central pawns and preparing to block the
g-pawn with the king. I fail to see any constructive plan for White.} 20. g6+
Kg7 {immobilises one of the white rooks on the g-file with no chances to make
progress:} 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rg1 b6 $11 {True, Black cannot win
the pawn either:} 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. Be3 Rf6 26. Bh6+ $1) 20. Bxg5 {This offers
White pleasant play, but maybe even stronger was:} (20. Kd3 Rag8 21. Ke4 b6 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Ge7f6]} 22. Rg2 Rg6 23. Rhg1 Rhg8 24. Kxe5 $14 {[%csl Gg5]})
20... Rhg8 {Rightly keeping the control over the g-file.} (20... Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Kf6 22. Rhg1 $14) 21. Be3 Rad8 22. a4 a5 23. Bf2 $3 {Apparently a modest move,
but actually a deep one, preparing to obtain the control over one of the open
files.} ({If} 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. Bf2 Rg2 25. Kf1 Rg8 {White cannot make
progress.}) 23... b6 ({Black has to permanently watch his queenside:} 23... Bg5
24. Rd1 b6 25. b4 $5 $36) 24. Rxg8 Kxg8 ({The idea of the bishop retreat to f2
is revealed after} 24... Rxg8 25. Rd1 Rg2 ({Unsurprisingly, the pure bishop
ending is bad for Black with so many pawns on dark squares:} 25... Rd8 26. Rxd8
Bxd8 27. Kd3 Kg6 28. Ke4 Bc7 29. Bg3 Kf6 30. b3 $22 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc7d6,
Gg3h4,Gh4d8] The bishop cannot move along the h2-b8 diagonal because of Bh4+
followed by Bd8.} Kg5 $8 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Kxe5 Kh4 33. Kxe6 Kg3 $5 34. h4 $1
Kxh4 35. f4 Kg3 36. f5 h4 37. f6 h3 38. f7 h2 39. f8=Q h1=Q 40. Kd7 {In all
probability, Black should lose this queen ending}) 26. Kf1 Rh2 $2 27. Kg1 Rxh3
28. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Gh3]}) 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Be3 Rd7 27. Bh6 Kf6 {Black starts
experiencing problems of coordination. In principle the position should be not
that bad yet but he needs permanent accuracy in manoeuvring.} (27... Bf6 28.
Ke3 Rd8 29. Ke4 Rd7 30. Be3 Rc7 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rf1 (32. f4 {is premature:}
exf4 33. Bxf4 Rd7 $1) 32... Rc8 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rc6 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rd6
$16) 28. Rg7 Rc7 29. Rg8 Kf5 30. Be3 Bf6 31. Rf8 Rc6 {This is an unfortunate
square for the rook.} (31... Rb7 {looks better, keeping the rook's mobility
with chances for counterplay along the g-file.}) 32. Rf7 Kg6 33. Rd7 Bg5 34.
Bf2 Kf5 35. Kd3 h4 {This is hard to understand. Why place yet another pawn on
a dark square?!} (35... Bf6 {looks still ok.}) 36. Be3 $5 {Setting a small
psychological dilemma: Should Black avoid or allow the exchange, or should he
keep the tension?!} (36. Be1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rc8 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rb7) 36...
Bf4 $2 {Natural but bad.} (36... Bxe3 $6 {is similar:} 37. Kxe3 Kf6 38. Rd8 Kf5
39. b3 Kg5 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Rh8 $16) ({Paradoxically, with rooks on the board
Black could and should have kept the bad bishop in order to restrict the enemy
rook's activity:} 36... Bf6 37. Bd2 Rc8 $11 38. b4 $2 (38. Rd6 Rg8 $132) 38...
Rg8 $1 $17) 37. Rd8 Rc7 ({Black might have still saved the day by playing
actively:} 37... e4+ $1 38. fxe4+ Ke5 39. Rh8 Rd6+ 40. Ke2 Kxe4 41. Bxf4 Kxf4
42. Rxh4+ Kf5 $14) 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Bxf4+ exf4 40. Ke4 {There is very little
hope now. Both white pieces are more active than Black's and there are many
weaknesses in Black's camp.} Rd7 41. Ke5 Rd2 42. Rg8+ {The start of the black
king's agony.} Kh6 43. Kf6 Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rg4 Kh7 46. Rxh4+ Kg8 47. Rg4+
Kh7 48. Rh4+ Kg8 49. Kxe6 Rxb2 50. Rxf4 Rb3 51. Ke7 $3 {Re-starting the king
hunt which in combination with the advance of the f-pawn will be decisive.}
Rxc3 52. Rg4+ Kh7 53. f4 Rxh3 54. f5 Re3+ 55. Kf8 Kh6 (55... Rf3 56. Rh4# {
[%csl Gg6,Gg7,Gg8] Oops!}) 56. f6 Kh5 57. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {The Veresov Attack is starting to be an outdated name for
this system after Baadur has made it his favourite and most effective weapon.
So what about Jobava Hyperattack?!} d5 3. Bf4 e6 ({I was amused to find an old
game played very much in Baadur's style:} 3... a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. g4 Bh7 8. h4 $36 {Alekhine,A-Rometti,B Nice 1937 (1/2-1/2, 21)}) ({
There are plenty of Jobava's games with annotations available already:} 3...
Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 (5. Qd2 {Naiditsch,A (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2706) Wijk aan
Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 19)}) 5... Bg6 6. h4 {0-1 (80) Jobava,B 
(2699)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Sumets,A]}) (3... c5 4.
e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 (5... e6 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a4
Bxb5 11. axb5 Nc7 {Jobava,B (2669)-Kovalenko,I (2668) Almaty 2016 (1-0, 61)})
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 {Jobava,B (2665)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Baku 2016 (1-0, 21)}) (
{Even though I like the kingside fianchetto even in systems where this is not
typical, I have some reserve with respect to} 3... g6 {since it offers White
more fluent play than he is supposed to have after placing his knight in front
of the c-pawn:} 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 Bxh6 6. Qxh6 Bf5 (6... c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. O-O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qd6 10. f3 a6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nc1 Na5 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. axb3 b5 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rhe1 $16 {Black's king is stuck in
the centre and there is no counterplay at all.} Rg8 $2 {This is by far not the
only case when Baadur's opponent blunders something very simple.} 19. Nxd5 $1
Qxd5 20. Qxf6 {Jobava,B (2713)-Van Wely,L (2654) Dubai 2014 (1-0, 25)}) 7. Qd2
c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. f3 h5 {Ambitious strategically but leaving the
king short of safe places.} 11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Nge2 a6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. O-O h4
15. a4 a5 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Nf4 e6 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. Nb5 Nd6 {Jobava,B (2661)
-Demchenko,A (2589) Gjakova 2016 (1-0, 44)} 20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. d5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1
$36 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8][%cal Gd4h8]}) 4. Nb5 ({Deviating from his previous
favourite} 4. e3 Bd6 (4... Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 $5 {Giving up the centre is
justified by the fact that the f8-bishop has moved already. In the game Black
will try retrieving the pawn without losing a tempo but things will prove not
that simple.} Nbd7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Bd6 Re8 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Qd4 Qa5
12. O-O-O Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 $14 {Jobava,B (2708)-Korneev,O (2581)
Sochi 2014 (1-0, 45), with better development and chances to get the control
over the dark squares.}) 5. Nf3 O-O (5... a6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 {
The same issue.} Bxc5 9. e4 {And the also familiar central break.} dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Nd7 13. c4 g5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 g4 16. Bc3
Rg8 17. Nd4 $16 {Jobava,B (2673)-Rakhmanov,A (2640) Minsk 2015, Once again
White has an advance in development plus a dangerous queenside majority.}) 6.
Bd3 b6 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qf6 {
Jobava,B (2705)-Malakhov,V (2716) Warsaw 2013 (0-1, 19), White sacrificed the
b2-pawn and then a piece, resigning just a few moves later. But} 12. Qc1 h6 13.
c3 e5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {would have retained some slight pressure.}) 7. O-O
Bb7 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qh3 c5 12. a3 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Qg3
Ne8 15. Bf3 f5 $6 {Probably aimed at preventing e3-e4, but weakening the dark
squares a lot. Black probably relied on the half blocked character of the
position.} 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Be5 Nf6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. b4 Bc6 21. h4
$14 {Jobava,B (2713)-Radjabov,T (2724) Dubai 2014 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 4... Na6 {
Since the knight is not stable on b5, we can say that White has invested two
tempi in forcing the enemy knight into developing far from the crucial
e5-square.} (4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 {is a somewhat unnatural way of defending c7.}
6. a4 a6 7. b4 axb5 $6 ({In a blitz game it is easy to overlook that} 7... Bxb4
$11 {actually works since} 8. Nxc7+ $2 Qxc7 9. Bxc7 Bxc3+ {retrieves the
material with interest.}) 8. axb5 b6 9. bxa5 bxa5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12.
Bd3 $16 {Jobava,B (2669)-Gelfand,B (2734) Almaty (blitz) 2016 (1-0, 48)}) 5. a3
c6 {With the exception of a couple of games between low rated players, this is
a new move.} (5... Be7 {eventually transposed to some sort of Bf4 Queen's
Gambit:} 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. c4 Bb7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. O-O {Jobava,B (2664)-Swiercz,D (2617) Abu Dhabi 2015 
(½-½, 65), with only some light pressure.}) 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e3 {The most
principled decision, avoiding speeding up Black's development, but} (7. Bxd6 {
is not that bad either.} Qxd6 8. e3 Nc7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12.
Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 {with typical Queen's Pawn Opening play.}) 7... Nc7 8. Nf3 Bxf4
{White was threatening Ne5 when Black's queen would have remained confined to
just a few passive squares. After this exchange, strengthening White's control
over e5, the queen gets the perfect d6-square.} (8... O-O 9. Ne5 c5 {The only
constructive plan since ...b7-b6 leaves the c6-pawn undefended.} (9... Nfe8 10.
Bd3 f6 $6 11. Qh5 $1) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14.
Bg3 e5 15. b4 Be7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. f4 $36) ({But
starting with} 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. g4 {offers White a kingside initiative
anyway.}) 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Ne5 b6 {Now this natural developing move is
perfectly fine.} 11. Qf3 c5 12. Nb5 $5 {Typical for Jobava but probably not
best. Rather than consolidating his control on the dark squares White changes
the character of the position completely.} (12. Qe3 {looks more natural and if}
O-O {White can continue extravagantly with} 13. h4 {or 13.g4.}) 12... Nxb5 13.
Bxb5+ Bd7 (13... Nd7 14. f5 $36) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O-O O-O ({With his
development incomplete Black cannot afford to take measures against f4-f5:} 
15... g6 $6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 $36 {True, the ending arising after} a6 18.
Qc3 $1 Rf8 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. cxd5 Rac8 {is not necessarily lost, but why give
up a pawn so easily?}) 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. f5 Qe7 (17... exf5 18. dxc5 $14 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 18. Rhe1 cxd4 {At this high point of the game releasing the
tension is not necessary, but we cannot call it a concession either.} ({
Black could try activating his queen's rook:} 18... Rac8 {since} 19. fxe6 (19.
dxc5 Rxc5) 19... fxe6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Rxe7 Rxf2 {is about equal.}) ({But if
he plays in similar way as in the game, ...cxd4 would probably be best a few
moves later anyway:} 18... Qf6 19. Qf4 (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. f4 Kf7 23. c4 Rd8 24. g3 Rf5 {should not be a problem for Black.})
19... g6 ({A safer move is} 19... Rae8 20. Re5 {when there does not seem to be
anything better than transposing to the game with} cxd4 21. Rxd4) 20. g4 exf5
21. gxf5 Rae8 22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qg3 {with some slight pressure.}) 19. Rxd4 Qf6
20. Qf4 Rae8 21. Re5 {White has invaded the central dark squares and has some
slight pressure but it remains an open question whether he can make progress
in any way.} exf5 {Objectively correct but in the long run a somewhat risky
decision since simplifying to a pawn ending would offer White an easy win.} ({
But it was not simple for Black to free himself for instance} 21... g6 22. Kb1
(22. fxe6 Qxf4+ 23. Rxf4 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) (22. g4 exf5 23. Rdxd5 Rxe5
24. Rxe5 Qh4 25. f3 h5 $15) 22... gxf5 $2 23. g4 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 22. Rdxd5
Rxe5 23. Rxe5 g6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Qe5 Qc6 26. f3 a5 ({For the time being Black
is under no pressure and he can choose on which wing to advance his pawns.} 
26... h5 $5) 27. b3 b5 {This pawn will be a potential weakness in a short
while.} (27... a4 28. b4 Rc8 29. Kb2 Qc4 $11) 28. Kb2 a4 29. b4 Qc4 $6 {
The first cause of Black's future problems.} (29... h5 30. Qc3 Qd7 31. Re5 $14
{[%csl Gb5]}) ({He should have kept the control over the c-file with} 29... Rc8
$1 $11) 30. Re3 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Gc2][%cal Ge3c3,Gc3c5]} Qf1 (30... Rc8 $2 31. Rc3
{transposes to a won pawn ending.}) ({But neutral moves do not promise full
equality either:} 30... h5 31. Rc3 Qf1 (31... Qh4 32. h3 Qf2 33. g3 {is
similar.}) 32. g3 Qf2 33. Qxb5 Qxh2 34. Qe5 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8]}) 31. Re2 $1 {
A fantastic move! The rook returns tothe previous square cutting the queen off
from the b5-pawn.} Rd1 32. Qxb5 Rb1+ $6 ({It would have relatively been better
to keep the control over the d4-square as Black could deliver the check on b1
at any later moment. However, this would not have spared him problems:} 32...
Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. b5 Ra1 35. Kc3 Rxa3+ 36. Kb4 Ra1 37. c4 $16) 33. Kc3 Kg7
34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Qe3+ Kg7 36. Qf2 Qh1 37. Qd4+ $1 {This is the difference!
White gains an important tempo.} Kh6 38. Re7 $6 {It was tempting of course to
play with the queen in the centre but} (38. Qf4+ $1 Kg7 39. Kc4 $18 {was more
convincing, defending the kingside pawns and sustaining the pawns' march with
the king.}) 38... Qxg2 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg2f3]} (38... Qxh2 39. Rxf7 $18) 39.
Qd2+ Qxd2+ 40. Kxd2 {The rook ending looks very promising but will be winning
only after Black's next mistake.} Ra1 $2 ({It was essential to activate the
king with} 40... Kg5 $1 41. Rxf7 ({The pawn ending is drawn now:} 41. Re1 Rxe1
42. Kxe1 Kf6 {The king is just in time to stop the advance of the b-pawn.} 43.
c4 Ke5 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. c5 Kd5 46. Ke3 g5 47. h3 h5 $11) 41... Kf4 42. c4 $16 {
White is of course much better but Black has certain counter-chances.}) 41. Re1
$1 Rxa3 (41... Rxe1 42. Kxe1 {[%csl Gb4,Gb5,Gb6,Gb7,Gb8,Gc4,Gc8,Gd4,Gd8,Ge4,
Ge8,Gf4,Gf5,Gf6,Gf7,Gf8,Rh6]}) 42. b5 (42. b5 Ra2 43. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne8 8. h4 h5
9. Ng5 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Kf1 Nc7 15.
Re3 Nba6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Re7 Qd6 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe7 21.
Rxe7 Rc8 22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Kg1 Bf8 24. Re3 Bd6 25. Qf3 Nb5 26. g3 Nxd4 27. Qd1 f4
28. gxf4 Nf5 29. Re6 Kf7 30. Rf6+ Kg7 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Nxd5 Qb7
34. Qd1 Rc6 35. b4 Kf8 36. Bh6+ Kf7 37. Qxh5+ Ke6 38. Qf3 Rc4 39. Qg2 Qh7 40.
Ne3 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Bxf4+ 42. Kh3 Bxh6 43. Qd5+ Kf6 44. Qd6+ Kg7 45. Nd5 Qg6 46.
Qe5+ Kh7 47. Nf6+ Kh8 48. Ne4+ Qg7 49. Qe8+ Qf8 50. Qe5+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {Jobava has no problems with playing off-beat openings as he
feels like a fish in the water in unusual positions.} d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4
5. exd4 a6 {Ponomariov is solving two problems with one modest pawn move.
White will not be able to use the b5-square for his pieces and the second
player is preparing counterplay on the queenside.} (5... e6 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3
Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 (9... Ne4 10. O-O Bd7 11. a4 h6 12. Qe2 Ng5 13. Ne5
Bc6 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qf7
20. Bxf8 Qxg6 21. Bxg6 $16 {1/2-1/2 (56) Meister,J (2491)-Andriasian,Z (2463)
playchess.com INT 2006}) 10. a4 Bxb5 11. axb5 Nc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14.
f3 Nf6 15. Re1 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Qc2 f5 18. Be3 a6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Bf2 $16
{1-0 (61) Jobava,B (2669)-Kovalenko,I (2668) Almaty 2016}) 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 Nc6
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 (8. O-O e6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7
13. Re1 O-O 14. a4 b5 15. Nf4 b4 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. f3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Rfc8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (37) Kovacevic,V (2471)-Kuljasevic,D (2555) Sibenik 2010}) 8... Bxe2 9.
Nxe2 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 e6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Na5
16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bh6 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Re2 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (22) Stefanova,A
(2488)-Khotenashvili,B (2518) Lopota 2014}) (6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Be2 (8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. g4 Bd6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. g5 Nb4 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. a3 Nc6 16. Qe2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bf4 18. Qd3 O-O $17 {0-1 (40) Khotenashvili,B
(2504)-Stefanova,A (2517) Beijing 2014}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11.
Re1 O-O 12. Bf1 Rfc8 13. a3 b5 14. Na2 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Re2
Qxb2 18. c4 Qb4 19. c5 Ne4 20. Re3 Qb2 21. Qe1 a5 22. Rea3 $14 {1-0 (44)
Milanovic,D (2469)-Wagner,D (2575) Berlin 2015}) (6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Nc6 7. Ne5
e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5
14. Qf3 Re8 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Rapport,R (2710)-Bu,X (2681) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 7. Be2 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6
9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qa5 (10... Bb4 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Nc1 Bd6 14. Nb3
Qc7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rg1 b5 17. Bd3 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Qxf5 Kh8 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxd5 $16 {1-0 (44) Rapport,R (2704)-Sutovsky,E 
(2624) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Bb4 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nc1 Qa4
16. Nb3 Be7 17. c3 Na5 18. Bd3 Nxb3 19. Bc2 Nd2+ 20. Bxd2 Qb5 21. Bd3 $16 {
1-0 (43) Nabaty,T (2622)-Navara,D (2745) Pardubice 2016}) 7... e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. c3 b5
16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 $14 {1-0 (83)
Nakamura,H (2767)-Giri,A (2776) London 2014}) 6... Nc6 7. Nge2 {The knight on
e2 is definitely a modest piece, but a move to f3 would allow unpleasant pin
along the d1-h5 diagonal.} (7. Nf3 Bg4) 7... e6 {Black is not very eager to
find out what Jobava had up his sleeve after 7...Bg4, as he has played it
already three times against good opponents.} (7... Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10.
h4 e6 11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Rc8 (12... Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qe3 h6 15. Kb1
O-O-O 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc1 Kb8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Ne2 Ka8 20. f4 $11 {0-1 (27)
Jobava,B (2669)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2719) Almaty 2016}) 13. O-O-O h6 14. Kb1 Be7
(14... b5 15. Nc1 Na5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Nb4 18. Rd2 Be7 19. N3e2 Qb6 20. c3
Nc6 21. Nd3 b4 22. Rc2 Na7 23. Nxb4 Nb5 24. Rcc1 a5 25. Nd3 Na3+ 26. Ka1 a4 $11
{1/2-1/2 (58) Jobava,B (2669)-Mchedlishvili,M (2604) Izmir 2016}) 15. Bc1 Qa5
16. Qe3 b5 17. b3 Ba3 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Rxh5 21. Rxh5 Nxh5 $17
{0-1 (39) Jobava,B (2669)-Grischuk,A (2747) Almaty 2016}) 8. Qd2 b5 (8... Be7
9. a3 Bd7 $15) 9. O-O (9. Bxb5 $2 axb5 10. Nxb5 Ne4 $19) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd1 O-O 12. Ne3 $11) 10. a3 Bd7 {The bishops are (nearly) always
playing on two diagonals. The former world champion believes that putting the
light-squared one on d7 supports both the defence of the e6-square and also
the counterplay on the queen's flank.} 11. h3 O-O 12. Rfe1 (12. Nd1 Na5 13. Ne3
Nc4 $11) 12... Na5 13. Rad1 Qb6 (13... Nc4 $1 14. Qc1 Rc8 $15) 14. Ng3 Rfc8 $2
{Ponomariov does not seem to believe that White's attack can amount to
anything serious. His provocative move is inviting the storm that Black will
not be able to withstand.} (14... Rfe8 15. Qc1 Nc4 $11) 15. Nf5 $1 exf5 (15...
Bf8 16. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 17. Bxh6 Qd8 (17... Ne8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qh6+ Ng7 20.
Nxd5 $18) (17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qd8 19. Re3 $18) 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20.
Qxf6+ $16) 16. Rxe7 Be6 $6 {I would have loved the chance to praise the
consequent play as Black was hoping to trap the opponent's rook on e7.
Unfortunately the situation was calling for a smart approach and it seems that
the queen retreat would still keep the position close to equilibrium.} (16...
Qd8 $5 17. Re5 (17. Re2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Nc4 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rc5
Nb7 $13) 17. Bh6 $3 {[%mdl 128] Jobava was supposed to attack the opponent on
the dark squares, as Black has only the queen and the g7-pawn keeping guard on
them. The bolt from the blue was shocking for Black and he collapses without a
fight.} gxh6 {The only chance to show some resistance was to defend the g7
spot with the knight thus preempting combinations with Bxg7.} (17... Nh5 $1 18.
Qg5 Nc6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Be2 Qa7 21. Bxh5 Kh8 22. Qe3 gxh6 23. Qxe6 Qg7 24.
Qxd5 $16) (17... Ne8 18. Qg5 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qg5 Qxd4 20. Bxb5 Qe5 21. f4
Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd3 $18) 18... Qxd4 (18... Kf8 19. Rxe8+
Kxe8 20. Bxg7 Kd7 21. Re1 $18) 19. Bxf5 $1 (19. Bxb5 Qf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe8 $18) 19... Qf6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Bxg7 Nxg7
23. Ne4 $18) (17... g6 18. Qg5 Bd7) (17... Nc6 18. Bxg7 $1 (18. Qg5 Nh5 $1)
18... Qxd4 (18... Nxe7 19. Bxf6 Kf8 (19... Qd8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22.
Bxf5 $18) 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21. Bxe7 Rxc3 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Rc8 24. Bc5 $18) (
18... Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8
24. Bxf5 $18) 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Qxe6+ Kxg7 22. hxg4 $16) (17... Kf8
18. Bxg7+ Kxe7 19. Bxf6+ Kd7 (19... Kxf6 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. Nxd5+ $18) 20. Re1
$16) (17... Qd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 (18... Nh5 19. Bf6 f4 20. Rxe6 Nxf6 21. Re5 $18)
19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qxf6 Nc6 21. Rxe6 $18) 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 (18... Bd7 19. Qg5+ Kf8
20. Rde1 Qxd4 (20... Re8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. R1e3 f4 23. Nxd5 $18) 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. c3 Ng4 (23... Qxd3 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qxf6 $18) 24. hxg4 Qg7
25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxd7 $16) (18... Ne8 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxb6 $18) 19. Qg5+ $1
{This sublte check might have escaped Ponomariov's attention; the black king
will be on the very vulnerable f8-square.} Kf8 20. Qxf6 Rxd3 {Sheer
desperation as the double threat of Bf5 or Re1 and Rxf7 was impossible to meet
with normal meassures.} (20... Rcc8 21. Bxf5 (21. Rxf7+ Bxf7 22. Qxb6 $18)
21... Re8 22. Bxe6 $18) (20... Rc6 21. Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Qd8 22. Bxe6
$18) (20... Rc7 21. Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Re8 22. Re1 $18) (20... Ra7 21.
Bxf5 (21. Re1 $18) 21... Rc6 22. Bxe6 $18) (20... Nc6 21. Rxe6 Qxd4 22. bxc3
$18) 21. cxd3 {A devastating defeat as Black did not kept an approximate
balance in the control of light and dark squares at all.} (21. Rxd3 Nc4 22. b3
$18) (21. cxd3 $1 Qc6 22. Re1 Re8 23. R1xe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 $5 {An interesting transposition to the King's Gambit.
} exf4 4. Nf3 Ne7 $5 {A romantic approach to a position is by no means naive I
would say for either side:} (4... g5 5. d4 g4 6. Bxf4 gxf3 7. Qxf3 {with an
interesting game ahead of us. I will give here one interesting example:} Nc6 8.
Bc4 Qh4+ 9. Bg3 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Rxf6 Be6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14.
Rff1 Nc6 15. Nd5 O-O-O 16. c3 $13 {1 -0 (59) Fedorov,A (2580)-Adams,M (2660)
Pula 1997. with unclear consequences.}) 5. d4 Ng6 {There are not so many games
with this particular position, so it is interesting to see how they will
handle it.} 6. Bd3 (6. h4 h5 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Qd3 Be7 9. Nd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bxh4+
11. Kf1 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 g5 15. e5 O-O-O 16. exd6 cxd6 $15
{½-½ (59) Martins,R-Lucena,L (2108) Brazil 2010}) 6... Be7 7. O-O Nd7 $6 {
A slightly passive idea.} (7... O-O 8. Nd5 c5 $1 9. Nxf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bf6 12. c3 Nc6 {with decent counterplay.}) 8. Nd5 Ndf8 {What a move! For
me White's game is rather easy at this moment, but Rapport is known to like
complications.} 9. Qe1 $5 (9. Nxf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. c3 {
White is slightly better and it is not easy for Black to organise play.}) 9...
Ne6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. h4 O-O (11... h5 12. e5 d5 13. c4 c6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bd2 {with compensation.}) 12. h5 Nh8 {Ok I guess there is a
strong argument to opt for such play with White, after all the knight on h8
doesn't look good at all even in the long run.} 13. e5 ({The alternative looks
ok to me:} 13. d5 Nc5 14. Bxf4 h6 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 f6 17. Qg3 Nf7 18. Rac1
{again with easy play for White.}) 13... d5 14. c4 dxc4 (14... c6 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Bd2 Qd8 17. g3 fxg3 18. Qxg3 {with nice play for White.}) 15. Bxc4 Rd8 16.
Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qh4 (17. Bxf4 h6 18. Rc1 c6 19. Qe3 Rd5 20. Nd2 {It is still
much easier to play with White than Black.}) 17... Rd5 18. Bxf4 Qg4 $1 {
Seizing the right moment to exchange queens.} 19. Rac1 (19. Qh2 h6 20. Be3 Be6
21. Rae1 Rad8 22. b3 {White wants Nd2 somehow, still the knight on h8 is out
of the game and with queens on the board that makes the task more difficuilt.})
19... Qxh4 20. Nxh4 c6 21. Be3 Rb5 22. b3 h6 {White is still fine, but the
endgame helps Black at least. Jobava is not facing an immediate attack or
anything similar.} 23. Rc3 Ra5 24. a4 Rd5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Re8 27. g4 Re6
28. Kg2 a6 29. Kg3 g6 {Black is trying to exchange as many pawns as possible
on the kingside.} 30. Rf3 gxh5 31. gxh5 f6 $1 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. exf6 Rxh5 {
Now we can say that there is some advantage for the black side and finally the
knight is out.} 34. Kg4 Rd5 35. Bxh6 Rxd4+ 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bg5 Rd5
39. Kg4 Kg6 40. Bh4 Nf7 41. Kf3 Rh5 42. Bg3 Kxf6 {White simply did not play
well after entering into an endgame and Jobava managed to profit from that.}
43. Re3 Rd5 44. Ke2 Ne5 45. Re4 Nd3 46. Re3 Nc1+ 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Bb8 Rd4 49.
Rc3 Rd3+ 50. Rxd3 Nxd3 51. Ke3 Nc5 52. Kd4 Nxb3+ 53. Kc4 Nc1 54. a5 Ke4 55. Kc5
Kd3 56. Be5 Nb3+ 57. Kb4 Nd2 58. Kc5 Ne4+ {White resigned and I will give few
more moves to understand why that happened:} (58... Ne4+ 59. Kb6 Kc4 60. Kxb7
Kb5 {and Black will start marching on with the c-pawn, while the a5-pawn is
also lost.}) 0-1

[Event "SWE-chT 1617"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2016.10.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eksjo"]
[BlackTeam "Malmo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg5 e6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Bd5 exd5
15. exd5+ Be7 16. Nf5 Bc8 17. Nxe7 Bxh3 18. Nc6+ Kd7 19. Nxd8 Rhxd8 20. gxh3 b4
21. Ne4 Rac8 22. a3 b3 23. cxb3 Nxb3 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Nc3 Rxb2 26. Na4 Rc2 27.
Rb1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Rb5 29. Re3 Nd4 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Nc3 Kc7 32. Re7+ Kb6 33. Ne4
Re2 34. Re8 Kc7 35. Kf1 Kd7 36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. Rxe2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Kc7 39. Kd3
Kb6 40. Kd4 Ka5 41. Kc3 Ka4 0-1

[Event "SWE-chT 1617"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[BlackTeam "Malmo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. cxd5 Ncxd5 11. Na4 Qc8 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb6
15. Nc5 Nfd7 16. Nd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Rxd3 19. Qxe7 Qc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Qg5 Nc4 23. b4 Rd5 24. Qh4 Rh5 25. Qd4 Ne5 26. f4 Nf3+ 27.
gxf3 Qxf3 28. Ra2 Rxh3 29. Rg2 Qh5 30. Bb2 Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33.
Ke2 Rhxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.03.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rb1 Qa2
15. Rb5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Rb2 e6 19. Ra2 Qb6 20. Qa1 a6 21. Rb1
Qc7 22. Ne4 Ra7 23. Bc3 f5 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Rab2 Rd6 26. Ra2 b5 27. Rc1 Qb6 28.
Rac2 a5 29. Be1 Nxd4 30. exd4 Bxd4 31. Na4 Qd8 32. Bc3 Rc7 33. Bxd4 Rxc2 34.
Rxc2 bxa4 35. Qxa4 Ba6 36. Rd2 Kf7 37. Bf3 e5 38. Qa2+ Kf6 39. Bc3 Rxd2 40.
Qxd2 Qxd2 41. Bxd2 a4 42. Bc6 a3 43. Bd5 g5 44. f4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 Na6 8. dxc5
Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxc5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Rd1 Qa4 12. b3 Qa6 13. cxd5 Rac8 14. Nc3 b5
15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Qb2 b4 17. Na4 Ng4 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Qe1 Nd4 21.
Rd2 Re8 22. e3 Nb5 23. Qe2 h5 24. h3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bc3 26. Rd5 Qg6 27. Qd3 Qxg3
28. Qxb5 Rcd8 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qe2 f5 32. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nh3 Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. h4 Na6 14. O-O-O Nh5
15. Bf7 Rf8 16. Nd5 Ng3 17. Ne7 Bf6 18. Nxg6+ Kg7 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Bc4 Nxh1
21. Nh7+ Kg7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Rxh1 Be6 24. Be2 Rg8 25. g4 Nb4 26. g5+ hxg5 27.
hxg5+ Rxg5 28. Bxe5+ Kg6 29. f4 Bd5 30. Rh3 Rg1+ 31. Kb2 Rh1 32. Rxh1 Bxh1 33.
Bxc7 Be4 34. Ba5 Nc6 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Bd4 Ke6 37. c4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 g6 8. h4
h5 9. g3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Bh3 d4 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Qf4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O
15. Kg2 Neg4 16. Qg5 Qb4 17. Rab1 f6 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. c3 e5 20. cxd4 exd4 21. b4
Kb8 22. Qc5 Rhe8 23. Qxd6+ Rxd6 24. Rb2 Ne5 25. Nc1 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Bf5 h4
28. gxh4 Rf8 29. h5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Re2 Rh6 32. Nb3 Nxd3 33. Nxd4 Nf4+
34. Kf1 Rd5 35. Re4 Nxh5 36. Ke1 Nf6 37. Rxh6 Nxe4 38. Ne6 a5 39. f3 Nc3 40. a3
a4 41. Rh8+ Ka7 42. Nc5 Nb5 43. Rh7 Nxa3 44. Rxb7+ Ka8 45. Rb6 Nc2+ 46. Ke2 a3
47. Nb3 Rb5 48. Rxc6 Rxb4 49. Ra6+ Kb8 50. Nc1 Kb7 51. Ra5 Nd4+ 52. Kd1 Nb5 53.
Nd3 Kb6 54. Nxb4 Kxa5 55. Nc2 a2 56. Kc1 Nd4 57. Na1 Nxf3 58. Nb3+ Kb4 59. Kb2
a1=Q+ 60. Nxa1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8.
Be3 Ne5 9. Be2 h5 10. Qd2 Nfg4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qe7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Rg3 Nxf2 17. Ra3 Kb8 18. Qa5 Nc6 19. Qxc5 Nxd1 20. Bb5
Qxf5 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Kxd1 g5 23. Be3 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Qg2+ 25. Kc1 Nd4 26. Bxd4
Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Bh6 28. Bxa7+ Kc8 29. Be3 Kb8 30. Ba7+ Kc8 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Nf6+
Kc7 33. Nd5+ Kd7 34. Nf6+ Kc7 35. Nd5+ Kc6 36. Rb3 g4 37. Rb6+ Kd7 38. Rxb7+
Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Bxh6 Rxh6 41. Rxf7 Rh8 42. b3 h4 43. Nb4 Rc8 44. Na6+ Ka8
45. Kb2 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Snowballs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 a5 6. O-O a4 7. c4 d6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qc2 d5 11. c5 a3 12. Bxa3 Rxa3 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Rfc1 Bf5
15. Qb2 Ra8 16. Ne5 e6 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb8 21.
Rc7 Nc5 22. Ne5 Na6 23. Re7 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nd6 Qc6 27.
Qd2 Nc5 28. Qg5 Qd7 29. g4 Be4 30. f3 Bb1 31. h4 Bxa2 32. h5 Bxb3 33. h6 f5 34.
gxf5 exf5 35. Bh3 Ne6 36. Bxf5 Nxg5 37. Bxd7 d4 38. Kf2 Kf8 39. Bc8 Nf7 40. Nb5
Nxe5 41. Nxd4 Bd5 42. e4 Bc6 43. Be6 Nf7 44. Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Ke3 g5 46. f4 gxf4+
47. Kxf4 b5 48. e5 Kg6 49. Nc2 Bd7 50. Nd4 Bc6 51. Nc2 Kxh6 52. e6 Kg7 53. Ke5
h5 54. Nd4 Be8 55. Nf5+ Kg6 56. Nd6 Bc6 57. e7 h4 58. Kf4 b4 59. Nxb7 Kf6 60.
Na5 Bd7 61. e8=Q Bxe8 62. Kg4 Ke5 63. Kxh4 Kd4 64. Kg4 Kc5 65. Kf4 Bf7 66. Ke4
Kb6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Snowballs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nd3 Na6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Nb5 Nxc4 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21.
Nb5 Bd7 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxd6 24. Bg2 Rd2 25. Rab1 g5 26. Nd3 Rxe2 27. Bf1
Rd2 28. Ne5 Rd5 29. Nc4 Nb4 30. Ne3 Rd7 31. a3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Rbd8 33. Rd2 Ne5 34.
Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. Kg2 g4 37. Rc2 h5 38. h3 a6 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Be2 Kg6
41. Rc5 Nd3 42. Rc3 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Ne4+ 44. Ke1 Nxc3 45. bxc3 f5 46. Nc4 Kf6 47.
Kf2 e5 48. Ne3 Kg5 49. c4 Rd2 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Bd3 Rxa3 52. Kd2 f4 53. gxf4+
exf4 54. Nd5 g3 55. Be4 g2 56. Bxg2 Ra2+ 57. Kd3 Rxg2 58. Ke4 Re2+ 59. Kf3 Rc2
60. Nc7 Rc3+ 61. Kf2 Rxc4 62. Nd5 a5 63. Nb6 Rc2+ 64. Kf3 Kf5 65. Nd5 a4 66.
Ne7+ Ke6 67. Ng6 a3 68. Nxf4+ Kd6 69. Nd3 Rc3 70. Ke4 Rxd3 71. Kxd3 a2 72. Kc2
a1=Q 73. Kb3 Kc5 74. Kc2 Kc4 75. Kd2 b5 76. Ke2 b4 77. Kf3 b3 78. Ke2 b2 79.
Ke3 b1=Q 80. Kf3 Qd4 81. Kg2 Qbe4+ 82. Kh3 Qde3+ 83. Kh2 Qf2+ 84. Kh3 Qfg2# 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be3 g6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bh6 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O 14. e4 f6
15. b4 g5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rae1 h5 18. Qc3 Qg7 19. a4 Rde8 20. Nd2 h4 21. Be2 g4
22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Rxf6 Nd7 25. Rf2 h3 26. g3 h2+ 27. Kh1 Rh3 28.
Re3 Qg6 29. a5 Kb8 30. Ref3 Rg8 31. a6 bxa6 32. bxa6 Rxg3 33. Rxg3 Qxg3 34.
Qxg3 Rxg3 35. Rxh2 c5 36. Rh7 Kc7 37. e5 Re3 38. exd6+ Kc6 39. d5+ Kxd5 40.
Rxd7 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxd2 43. Rxa7 Kxd6 44. Rd7+ Kxd7 45. a7 Rxc2 46.
a8=Q Rc1 47. Qa4+ Kc8 48. Ke4 Rh1 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb5+ Kc7 51. Qxc5+ Kd8 52.
Qg5+ Ke8 53. Qg4 Re1+ 54. Kd5 Re7 55. Qg8+ Kd7 56. Qb8 Re1 57. Qb5+ Kc8 58.
Qc4+ Kd7 59. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 23rd"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2017.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g5 8.
Bg3 Nh5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Re1 d6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Qa4 Rf7 18. b4 g4 19. Nh4 Bf6 20. Qb3 Kh7 21.
Nc4 Raf8 22. Na5 Ba8 23. Qd3 Rg7 24. e4 Bg5 25. Rc2 c5 26. exf5 exf5 27. bxc5
Bxh4 28. gxh4 Qd8 29. Nb3 Be4 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4+ Kh8 32. g3 Re8 33. Qf4
dxc5 34. Rxc5 Qb6 35. Rf5 Kg8 36. d5 Qb5 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Nd4 Qc4 39. Ne6 Qxf4
40. Rxf4 Rgg8 41. Rf7+ Kg6 42. Rxa7 Ra8 43. Rc7 Rxa2 44. Nf4+ Kf5 45. Rf7+ Ke5
46. Re7+ Kf5 47. Re6 Rd2 48. Rxh6 Ra8 49. Nh5 Ra1 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Re6+ Kxd5
52. Rg6 Rdd1 53. Nf6+ Ke6 54. Nxg4+ Kf7 55. Ne5+ Ke7 56. Kh3 Ra2 57. f4 Ra3 58.
h5 Rh1+ 59. Kg4 Rg1 60. Nf3 Rd1 61. Nh4 Kf7 62. Nf5 Rdd3 63. Kh4 Rf3 64. Nd6+
Kf8 65. f5 Rad3 66. g4 Rh3+ 67. Kg5 Rd4 68. Re6 Rg3 69. Kf6 Rxd6 70. Rxd6 Rxg4
71. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2017.05.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c3 Ndf6 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. O-O Ne7 10. c4 Qd7 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. h4
Rad8 15. h5 Qc8 16. Bb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 f5 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Bf4 c6 20. Rfe1 h6 21.
Qe3 Ng8 22. Qa3+ Ne7 23. Qxa7 Kg8 24. Qa3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Bxh6 c5 27.
Qg3+ Kh7 28. Bc1 Rg8 29. Qf3 Nc6 30. Kf1 Ne5 31. Qf4 Rg4 32. Qh2 Qd8 33. f3 Rh4
34. Qg3 Nxc4 35. Ke2 Be5 36. Qf2 Bxb2 37. Rd1 Qf6 38. Qxc5 Bxc1 39. Rxc1 Qg5
40. Rxc4 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Chartres"]
[Date "2017.05.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. Nbc3 h6 7. Ng3 Bh7 8. Bb5
Nge7 9. Nce2 a6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 h5 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 h4 14. Nh1 Nf5 15.
Nf2 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. a3 a5 18. g4 hxg3 19. hxg3 f6 20. Kg2 Nh6 21. Rh1 f5
22. Ng1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. d4 Qe7 25. Nf3 Qxa3 26. Ne5 Qe7 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Nfxg4 Nxe5 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. dxe5 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Rf8 32. Qg1 Qe4+ 33. Kf2 Kh7
34. Qg5 Rf7 35. Rcg1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 {Jobava is a very inventive player and
this move was played by him already in 2015 at the highest level. Its main
advantage is to avoid the well trodden paths of 4.Bb5.} (4. Bb5) 4... d5 5. Bb5
Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 {Black has no reason to shy away from the opening of
the centre as the first player has effectvely lost a tempo with 4.h3.} (7... e4
8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. c4 a6 11. Ba4 Qe6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a3 Rab8 14. Rc1
Na7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. b4 c6 17. O-O f5 18. Bb3 $11 {1-0 (32) Trass,R (1754)
-Rossiter,P (1641) Hamilton 1999}) 8. Qxd4 $5 {Opening theory is so well
worked out in some lines that players are grateful for something fresh.
Recapturing with the queen develops yet another piece.} (8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rfe8 12. O-O Rab8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Rb5 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 h5 $11
{0-1 (42) Bobanac,M (2271)-Saric,K (2219) Bol 2011}) 8... O-O (8... Bd7 9. Bxc6
Bxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Qh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxg7 Qxh4 14. Nxh4
Rg8 15. Bf6 h5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. g3 Rb8 18. Ng2 Rg6 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Kb2 Ke7 21.
Rd2 $16 {1-0 (54) Li,R (2538)-Niemann,H (2288) Saint Louis 2016}) 10. Nbd2 (10.
Ne5 Bxe5 11. Qxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Rhe8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4
16. a4 a5 17. O-O-O f6 18. Rd3 b6 19. Rhd1 Re6 20. Bc3 Rd7 21. g4 Rf7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Certic,B (2390)-Mihic,B (2389) Belgrade 2015}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O
a5 12. g4 a4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Kb1 axb3 15. axb3 Bc5 16. Qe5 Bd6 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18.
Rhg1 Nd6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. h4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jobava,B (2699)-Jakovenko,D 
(2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 {Ter Sahakyan had a
lot of freedom in this position as White has no reason to hope for an
advantage.} (10... Bf5 11. O-O-O Ba3 12. Qe5 Be6 13. Nd4 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qd7 15.
f4 c5 16. N4f3 Rfe8 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. g4 c4 19. bxc4 Qc5 20. Ka1 dxc4 21. e4 $11
{1-0 (45) Li,R (2557)-Ludwig,J (2377) Las Vegas 2016}) (10... a5 11. Qh4 a4 12.
O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c4 Bb4 18.
N4f3 Bf5 19. a3 Bc3 20. Rac1 Bb2 21. cxd5 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 axb3 23. Nxb3 cxd5 24.
Rxc7 Rec8 $17 {0-1 (72) Dicu,R (2284)-Parligras,M (2599) Calimanesti Caciulata
2016}) (10... c5 11. Qd3 (11. Qh4 d4 12. O-O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 Ne8 $11) 11... Bb7
12. O-O Nd7 $11) 11. O-O a5 (11... c5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. c4 c6 $11) 12. c4 Bf5 {
Black is slightly unsure how to handle the position. It would have been
logical to push a pawn.} (12... a4 $5 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qd3 axb3 15. axb3 dxc4
16. Nxc4 Bb7 $11) 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rac1 c5 {The danger for the d6-bishop forces
Black's hand in the centre; the position becomes more sharp.} (14... axb3 $2
15. c5 $1 Bc2 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. axb3 $16) 15. Qh4 c6 {The defender feels no
real danger and thus ignores the possibility of trading on b3.} (15... axb3 $5
16. axb3 c6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. e4 Be6 21. exd5 Bxd5
$11) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. bxa4 Bd7 19. Qh5 Bxa4 20. Nb3
$11) 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. bxa4 Be6 {There was a very clever defence with
counterplay along the d-file.} (18... Red8 $5 19. Nb3 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Bh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Rxd1 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Rc2 Ra1 24. Nb3 Rf1 25. Nc5 $11) 19. Nb3 Rxa4 (19...
dxc4 $2 20. Rxd6 cxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rxc5 $16) 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 2048]
Black is obviously losing faith in his position and begins to play very
nervously. Three mistakes within 4 moves could kill many defendable positions..
..} (20... cxd5 21. Nxc5 Rxa2 22. Nd4 Be5 23. Nc6 $14) 21. Nxc5 Rxa2 22. Nd4
Bg3 $6 (22... Be5 23. e4 Be6 24. Ncxe6 fxe6 25. Nxc6 $16) 23. Nd3 (23. fxg3 $5
Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxg3 25. Nd7 Kh8 26. Nxf6 Rexe3 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rc8+ $16) (23.
Nc2 Bc7 24. Nb4 Ra7 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 23... Bh4 $2 {The game of
chess is all about playing well with the pieces. The defender has violated
this principle so badly, that he now loses without delay.} (23... Bd6 24. Nxc6
Bb3 25. Ndb4 Bxd1 26. Nxa2 Ba4 27. Nd4 $16) 24. Nf5 $1 Bb3 25. Rf1 Bg5 26. f4
Rd8 $2 {When it rains, it pours... on Black. The last chance to pretend the
game could continue was tied up with a move of the bishop.} (26... Bc2 27. Rf2
Bxd3 28. Rxa2 Bxf5 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Ra5 $16) 27. Nb4 Rb2 28. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 $5 {A challenging way to play against the solid Slav
setup (c6-d5).} dxc4 {Accepting the offer is one of the ways to play here. In
some cases, White may end up with a favourable version of a Catalan, if Black
plays simple developing moves like Nf6-e6-Be7.} ({For example:} 3... Nf6 4. Bg2
{developing the bishop now is very good advice} Bf5 $5 (4... e6 5. O-O Be7 6.
d4 O-O 7. Qc2 {followed by Nbd2 and e4, is supposed to be more confortable for
White}) (4... Bg4 $5) 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 $1 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 e5 $44 {
and Black has good play.}) (3... g6 $5 {trying to transpose to some sort of
Grьnfeld fianchetto variation} 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 {where White has a lot of
options, like the simple 0-0 followed by cxd5, or b3!?, Qa4!?, Nbd2!?}) 4. Bg2
Nd7 {The standard line arrives after 4...Nf6, when Black prepares Nbd7 and Nb6.
But as we know, Jobava is anything but a standard player. He goes for a
creative approach, as expected} (4... Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 {
and now Black decides between ...g6, giving the pawn back with a solid
position, and ...Be6, trying to hold on to c4, and embarking on complicated
positions} Be6 $5 (7... g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 {
a typical move, that happens even if White does not play Be3} 12. Bd4 Nb6 13.
Qb4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (15) Demuth,A (2529)-Banusz,T 
(2613) Karlsruhe 2017}) 8. Ne5 {there are some recent examples here, like
Adams-So, played in Shamkir, 2017} Qd4 (8... h5 $5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 h4 11.
Bb2 Qc8 12. Rfc1 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bd5 14. Nf3 g6 15. Nc4 Bg7 $13 {½-½ (41)
Adams,M (2761)-So,W (2822) Shamkir 2017 Black is a pawn up, but the position
remains very complicated.}) 9. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kd8 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. Bxa8
Qxb5 13. Bg2 Bd7 $146 (13... h5 14. a4 $1 Qb3 15. Qxb3 cxb3 16. e4 $16 {
1-0 (41) Medvegy,Z (2552)-Csonka,B (2354) Zalakaros 2013 with a strong
initiative, White has the advantage.}) 14. b3 e5 $1 15. Rb1 cxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxe2
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qc4 19. Qb1 Ke7 20. Rxa7 Qd4 $11 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L 
(2830)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014, again with a complicated
middlegame, that should be ok for Black. Andreikin ended up in trouble, but
saved the game.}) 5. Na3 (5. O-O {it is interesting to know if Jobava would
stick to 5...e5 here, stepping out of the main lines.}) 5... e5 $5 6. Qc2 {
Threatening Nxc4, without having to deal with e4.} (6. Nxc4 e4 7. Nh4 {should
be the most challenging} ({even} 7. Ng1 $5 {is playable here, trying to
prepare a quick d3}) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O Nb6 $1 {threatening a cool g5, winning
the h4-knight} (8... Be7 $2 {allows d3 with a quick Nf5 to follow} 9. d3 $1 $16
) 9. Ne3 {keeping control of f5} Be6 {possibly preparing ...Qd7 for ...g5} 10.
Qc2 (10. d3 exd3 $11 {and Black is ok}) 10... g6 $5 (10... Be7 $5 11. Bxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 O-O $44) 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bg7 $44) 6... b5 {Brave and objective!
} (6... Bxa3 $5 7. bxa3 Ngf6 8. Qxc4 O-O $11 {was playable, but I like
Jobava's move better, tyring to keep the additional material.}) 7. O-O Ngf6 {
This is all very provocative, but White has to find out how to open the
position properly.} 8. b3 {A typical move to open lines.} (8. d4 $5 {was an
interesting way to take advantage of the better development} e4 (8... cxd3 9.
Qxc6 (9. exd3 $5 {hitting c6 and bringing about Re1 quickly (or even d4!?)})
9... Rb8 10. Nxb5 Bc5) 9. Ng5 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nb6 11. Nxe4 Bf5 $13 {with a very
unbalanced middlegame.}) 8... Bc5 $5 9. bxc4 b4 $1 {Black will soon be able to
castle, but this is an important move, to put the knight on a bad square.} 10.
Nb1 $6 (10. d4 $1 {a very creative and strong move to bring the knight back
into play. It was very hard to understand the need for this move, but the game
will show that} exd4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nbd2 $36 {with Nb3 to follow.}) 10... e4
11. Ng5 {A natural move. 11.Ne1 is possible, but not really appealing.} (11.
Ne1 $5 {followed by Bb2, and e3/d3.}) 11... Bd4 12. Bb2 Nc5 $1 {Suddenly Black
has great piece coordination in the centre, and White hasn't been able to do
much and still has to solve the b1-knight situation.} 13. Nxe4 $2 (13. d3 $1 {
was the only way to avoid a bad position to develop the queenside, but Black
is already more confortable anyway} exd3 14. exd3 (14. Bxc6+ $2 Bd7 15. Bxd7+
Nfxd7 $1 16. exd3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxg5 $19) 14... O-O 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nd2 Nxd3
17. Nb3 $1 Qc3 18. Qxc3 bxc3 19. Nc1 $1 Rd8 20. Nxd3 Rxd3 21. Rfc1 $11 {
and White will regain the c3-pawn, with probable equality.}) 13... Nfxe4 14.
Bxe4 O-O $1 15. d3 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 {and White loses a piece, there is no way to
escape with the bishop} 16. Bd3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd3 18. exd3 Bh3 {is worse than
losing a piece} 19. Re1 Qxd3 $19 {followed by either ...Qf3 or Rae8.}) (15.
Bxc6 Bh3 $1 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf6 $1 {wins right away} 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. e3
Qxa1 20. Nc3 b3 $1 21. Qf5 b2 $1 22. Qxc5 Rac8 23. Qxa7 Qc1 $1 $19 {and White
should resign soon.}) 15... Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bh3 17. Re1 f5 $1 $17 {Precise play,
White has no time to develop his queenside while Black is activating
everything towards the white king.} 18. e3 (18. c5 $1 {was the last chance for
survival, or at least would force Black to find something more concrete than ..
.Bxb2 and ...fxe4, that fails now} Bxf2+ $1 (18... Bxb2 $2 19. Qxb2 fxe4 20.
Nd2 $13 {Qxb4 is coming now against ...Qe7}) 19. Kxf2 fxe4+ 20. Kg1 e3 {
threatening ...Rf2.} 21. Nc3 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qg5 $1 $19 {with a very strong
attack, should be winning for Black.}) 18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 fxe4 20. Nd2 (20.
Qxb4 $2 Qf6 $19 {followed by ...Qf3.}) 20... Qe7 $19 {Now Black is simply
winning by pulling together all the forces on the kingside.} 21. Nb3 Rf6 $1 22.
c5 Raf8 23. Rac1 {This ends the resistance, but it was very hard anyway,} (23.
Re2 h5 $1 24. Nd4 h4 $19 {with a deadly attack, Black has many possible
attacking patterns, using the h-file after ...hxg3 hxg3 (fxg3 is not possible
because of the mate on f1).}) 23... Rxf2 $1 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ {
White resigns because of 26.Kg1 Qb2! with unstoppable mate.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 {Jobava keeps avoiding the main theoretical lines,
and this time he chooses the Philidor, which he has been playing with
interesting regularity in the last 3-4 years. I never was a fan of this line,
but I must admit that it's a solid opening, athough Black can stay passive and
a bit cramped for some time} 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Qe2
{Some strong players like this setup with Qe2 and Rd1.} (8. Re1 {is the most
adopted} c6 (8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Ba2 b6 12. Nh4 $1 {with the
black pawn on h6, transferring the knight for f5 has some good tactical points}
Bb7 13. Nf5 exd4 14. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ya2g8,Yd4h8];Gopal,G (2544)
-Jobava,B (2672) Dubai op 18th 2016 (3) 1-0 and White has the initiative on
the kingsinde -}) (8... b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. h3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 $1 {
forcing good simplifcations for Black} 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 $11 {Navara,D (2742)-Jobava,B (2665) Baku ol (Men) 42nd 2016 (6.1) 1/2})
9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Bf4 Ne6 $6 {and things go
wrong for Jobava} 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxe5 $14 {
Kravtsiv,M (2607)-Jobava,B (2696) FIDE World Cup 2013 (1.2) 1-0}) 8... c6 9.
Rd1 Qc7 10. Ba2 exd4 {Jobava faced this position against Najer in the Aeroflot
and tried to hold the centre for some time. Now, he changes his strategy to
give some more space to his pieces.} (10... Nb8 $6 11. h3 Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Re1 exd4 {Black simply can't avoid this move if he can finish development} 14.
Bxd4 (14. Nxd4 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 14... Ndc5 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nd2 $14 {
Najer,E (2659)-Jobava,B (2701) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 16th 2017 (5) 1-0 White
has an easier position, but soon the game became very complicated -}) 11. Nxd4
Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 {White has a slight advantage, but this is normal in such
positions, and compared to that game against Najer, Black is developing his
pieces more easily.} 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 Qe7 {This move seemed strange to me
when watching the game, because Black is putting his own queen in the pin, but
actually it is not bad, as is shown in the subsequent play.} 15. f4 {Natural,
gaining the space.} ({To my surprise, this position had been played two times
before this game, and in both White played} 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qc7
18. Rad1 $14 {Weinzettl,E (2301)-Plat,V (2459) Vsetin op 40th 2015 (3) 1-0
keeping his advantage whithout advance the kingside pawns -}) 15... Ng6 16. f5
Ne5 17. Kh1 b6 {Black has to find another way to develop the c8-bishop.} 18.
Nf3 h6 19. Bh4 g5 $5 {A brave decision, creating new weaknesses in Black's
camp, but otherwise his position would be eternally cramped and passive, so
this seems like an interesting practical attempt.} ({For example} 19... Ba6 20.
Qf2 Rab8 21. Rd2 {[%cal Ya1d1] just increasing the pressure} Nc4 (21... Qc7 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rad1 Rbd8 24. Qh4 $16) 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Re1 {Black is almost
without aceptable moves, for example} Ba6 (23... Red8 $2 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxd8
Qxd8 26. Nxe5 $18) 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Qb4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Re4 $1 Qxb2
28. Qg3+ Kh8 (28... Kh7 29. Rd7 $18) 29. Rg4 $18 {of course Black has other
ways to defend, but this variation shows how difficult it can be to play such
inferior positions.}) 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. Qf2 $1 {From here, the queen attacks
b6 and helps to exert pressure in the f-file.} (21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nd4 Ne5 23.
Rf1 Qg5 24. Qf2 $16 {was also possible, keeping a clear advantage.}) 21... Nxh4
22. Nxh4 Bg7 23. Rf1 (23. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3g3,Ga1f1] was very strong, quickly
bringing both rooks to put pressure on the kingside} Be6 {and now White has a
beautiful sequence} 24. Rf1 $1 Bxa2 25. Nf5 $1 Qe5 26. Rg3 Nh5 27. Rxg7+ $1
Nxg7 28. Nxh6+ Kh7 (28... Kh8 29. Nxa2 $40) 29. Ng4 $1 Qg5 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31.
Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Nxa2 Rxe4 33. Nc3 Re7 34. Qxb6 $16) (23. Qxb6 $6 {allows} Nxe4 $1
24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qf2 Be6 $11) 23... Ra7 24. Rae1 $6 {Demchenko prefers to
finish his mobilisation instead of picking up material.} ({But now} 24. Qxb6 {
was good, I'm not sure what Black would have played against this} Qb7 (24...
Rb7 25. Qxc6 Rxb2 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Be6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Rf8 30. Raf1
$18) 25. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Ga7] the rook hanging on a7 prevents Qxb2} Nxe4 26. Nxe4
Rxe4 27. Rae1 {and Black just can't avoid White's attack, for example} Rxe1 28.
Qxe1 d5 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. Ng6 $1 Qb4 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Qxc6 $18) 24... Qd8 {
Black is trying to organise his defences and to keep material even, but his
position is still difficult.} 25. Rd1 $1 Re5 (25... Rae7 26. Qg3 {[%csl Rd6]})
26. Qf4 Qc7 27. Nf3 {Black cannot avoid material losses now.} Rc5 28. Rxd6 $5 {
The position becomes very sharp, as White must sacrifice an exchange to keep
the initiative.} (28. Qxd6 {seems safer} Ba6 29. Qd8+ $1 Kh7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31.
Rfe1 $16) 28... Ne8 $1 {The best practical chance, White keeps the advantage,
but the position becomes very unbalanced.} 29. e5 $1 Nxd6 30. exd6 Qd8 31. Nh4
{[%csl Gf7]} Be5 $1 {Jobava is fighting hard and finds the best moves to make
his opponent's task difficult, which is not at all easy in such positions.} ({
For example, the logical} 31... Be6 {leaves White with a better and easy
position} 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ne4 Re5 34. Rf3 {Black is virtually tied here} Rh5
35. Ng6 Rf5 36. Qg4 Rxf3 (36... Raf7 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. dxe7 Qxe7 39. Rxf5 exf5
40. Qxf5 Bxb2 41. Qg6+ Bg7 42. Qxc6 $16) 37. gxf3 $1 {despite the material,
White is winning, for example} Kh7 38. Nf4 Qe8 39. Nxe6 Qg6 40. b3 $1 Qxg4 41.
hxg4 Kg8 42. c4 c5 43. Nc7 {[%cal Yc7d5]}) 32. Qf2 $2 {After this move Black
starts to have real chances. White had two promising attacking choices.} (32.
Bxf7+ $5 {seems a good practical choice, although not so easy to calculate} Kg7
33. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Gg6]} Qg5 $1 (33... Qxd6 34. Bb3 Re7 35. Qf3 Qf6 36. Qd1 $3
Qxh4 37. Qd8 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} Kg6 38. Qxc8 $40) 34. d7 $1 {White needs this
move to keep the attack} (34. Bb3 Qg3 35. Nf3 Bxh3 $1 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1
Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 34... Rxd7 (34... Bxd7 35. Bc4 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Bc8 36.
Bd3 $1 Kg8 37. Nf3 Qg7 38. Bc4+ Kh8 39. Nh4 $1 {and Black is still struggling})
35. Bc4 (35. Be6 Rc7) 35... Bxc3 36. bxc3 Re7 37. Qf3 $1 Rxc4 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39.
Rf7+ Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Qg7 41. Qxc4 $14) (32. Qxh6 $1 {is probably stronger, but
very difficult} Bxc3 (32... Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Bxd6 34. Ne4 Bf8 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36.
Bc4 $16) 33. Qg6+ $1 Bg7 (33... Kh8 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Qxf7 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rg5
36. Ng6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Bd2 38. Bc4 $18 {[%cal Yc4d3] Black has no way to avoid
great material losses soon}) 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Gh4g6] White is a
rook down now, but coming with a huge attack} Rxf7 (35... Rg5 36. Ng6+ Rxg6 37.
Qxg6 Qh4 38. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rf1f8]}) 36. Rxf7 Qxd6 37. Ng6+ Kh7 (37... Kg8 38.
Qe8+) 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Qh4+ Qh6 40. Qxh6+ Bxh6 41. Nxc8 Rxc2 42. Nxb6 $14)
32... Bxc3 $1 {Eliminating the dangerous knight which could go to e4 joining
in the attack in many lines.} 33. bxc3 Qxd6 34. Bxf7+ Kg7 35. Bb3 Rb7 $3 {
This sort of move becomes very clear when you see it played at the board, but
it's also very difficult during a game! Black's pieces are away from his king
but protecting all important squares around him at the same time! With this
move Black supports b5 to disturb the b3-bishop, and frees the c5-rook which
can be transferred to the kingside now without leaving the b6-pawn hanging.}
36. Qf3 b5 37. Rd1 $2 {For the first time in this game White makes a mistake,
but Jobava is ready to seize this opportunity without giving any chances to
his opponent.} ({Probably both players were in time trouble, and it was
anything but easy to see the correct move} 37. Qe4 bxa4 38. Ba2 {there's an
unusual mutual zugzwang now} (38. Qe8 $2 axb3 39. Qxc8 Rf7 $19) 38... Re7 (
38... Rg5 $2 39. Qe8 $19) 39. Qf3 {[%csl Rf8]} Rc7 40. Qe4 Re5 41. Qf4 Rd5 $1
42. Qf3 $1 Rg5 43. Qe4 Re7 44. Qf3 $11) 37... Qf6 38. Qg3+ Rg5 {Now Black can
mobilise his forces very rapidly, and it's practically all over.} 39. Qe3 bxa4
40. Bxa4 Re7 41. Qg1 $2 Bxh3 42. Rf1 Bf5 {[%cal Gg5h5] This ends a very tense
battle, but Jobava's fighting spirit and practical decisions were very
impressive.} 0-1

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. a4 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bc4 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Rb1 a6 15.
Ra1 Kh7 16. a5 Nc6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Nd4 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Na4 Nxa5 21. b4
Nc6 22. bxc5 d5 23. Nb6 h5 24. c3 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qxd1 26. Rfxd1 Rbd8 27. Rd6 Rf7
28. Rxe6 Bf8 29. Kf1 Be7 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. g3 g5 34. f3
Kg6 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. h3 Bd8 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Bxf4 Rf7 40. Bd6 Bh4
41. e5 Nd8 42. Rb4 Bg5 43. h4 Bh6 44. Be7 Nc6 45. Rxb7 Kf5 46. Rb6 Nxe7 47.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 48. Rxh6 Kg4 49. Rg6+ Kxh4 50. e6 Kh3 51. Kf3 h4 52. c6 Kh2 53. Rg2+
Kh3 54. Re2 a5 55. c7 Rxc7 56. e7 Rxc3+ 57. Re3 Rc8 58. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Helsingor Xtracon op"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. e5 Be7
15. h4 Rfe8 16. h5 b5 17. h6 g6 18. Nh2 Nb6 19. Ng4 c5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6
Qc8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. dxc5 Nc4 24. Bd6 Qf3 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rd4 Na5 27. Rf4 Qb7
28. Rb4 Qd7 29. Qxa4 Nc6 30. Rab1 Rec8 31. Rb7 Qe8 32. f4 Kh8 33. Qe4 Kg8 34.
Qa4 e5 35. fxe5 Qe6 36. Qb3 Qxb3 37. R1xb3 Na5 38. e6 Nxb3 39. exf7+ Kh8 40.
Re7 Nd2 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 43. f7 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kh3 Rf2 46.
Be5+ Rf6 47. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Patrimonio"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 c6 12. c3 Ng6 13. d4 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5
cxd5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Ba2 Be6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Nf1 Qb6 21. Ne3 Nxe5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Nf7 24. Qc2 Rad8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Rb1
Qxc3 28. Qf5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 b6 30. a4 g6 31. Qd7 Bb4 32. Qxa7 Qxd4 33. Qa6 Bc5
34. Rf1 Qd2 35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qe4 h5 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Qc6 g4 39. a5 gxh3 40. axb6
hxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. a5 a6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Ra3 e4 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Na4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. f4 exf3 20. Raxf3 Ne5 21. R3f2
Nd7 22. Nc4 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Qb4 Bd7 26. Re1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. b3 Rf6 30. Rxe4 Bb5 31. h3 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxa5 33. Qc8+ Rf8
34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxd6 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 37. Re7 b5 38. Qe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 {Baadur is always happy to play the Philidor with
reversed colours.} Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qc2 a5 6. a4 Bc5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {White's
play has been utterly unambitious, but Baadur has great experience in these
lines. Thanks to which he gained quite a substantial edge on the clock.} h6 9.
h3 Be6 10. Re1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
f6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qe6 18. Na3 Ne7 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. b4 Rxd1+ (20... Qb3 $1
{would have given Black absolutely no problems.} 21. Qxb3+ Nxb3 $11) 21. Qxd1
axb4 22. cxb4 Na6 23. b5 Nc5 24. Qc2 b6 25. a5 Ra8 26. Nc4 (26. a6 c6 $1 $17)
26... bxa5 $6 (26... Nc8 $1 27. a6 Na7 $17) 27. Ncxe5 $1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29.
Qc4+ Kh7 30. e5 {White has gained a very strong initiative with some tactical
motifs like a check on e4 and the rook drops on a8.} Qd5 31. Qxc7 Qd1+ 32. Re1
Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34. exf6 Nd5 35. Rd1 a4 36. f7 a3 37. Ne5 $1 {Baadur
finishes off the game to perfection.} a2 38. Nd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be2
b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Qb2+ f6 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 e5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Rcd1
Nde7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. b5 Na5 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. d4 Bb7
28. Nxf6 $1 {A brilliant knight sacrifice.} Kxf6 (28... Qxf6 29. dxe5 $18) 29.
dxe5+ Kf7 30. e6+ $1 Kxe6 (30... Qxe6 31. Ng5+ $18) 31. e4 Ng7 (31... Nd6 32.
Qa2+ Kf6 33. e5+ $18) 32. Qa2+ Kd6 33. Rc1 $1 {A great move by Baadur. The
king is cut off from running away.} Bxe4 $2 (33... Qd8 {is the best defence,
but it also loses to} 34. Qa3+ Ke6 35. h4 h6 36. Qe3 $16) 34. Qd2+ Ke6 35. Ng5+
Kf5 36. g4+ Kf6 37. Nxe4+ Qxe4 38. Qxd7 {White is now an exchange up. Baadur
converts this with ease.} Ne6 39. Bg2 Qd4 40. Qxh7 Nf4 41. Qh8+ Ke6 42. Re1+ {
A brilliant attack, especially the move 33.Rc1!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 exf3
15. Nxf3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Bf4 c6 21.
Ne5 Kg8 22. Rfb1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Be6 24. Kf2 b6 25. h4 Bd5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. h5
Nc4 28. Bf4 Kf7 29. Rb5 Ke6 30. Kf3 a6 31. Rb4 Rg8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. a4 Kd7 34.
Rh1 Rh8 35. Rbb1 Kc6 36. Rh4 a5 37. Bg5 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Re8 39. Bf4 Re6 40. Kf2
Re4 41. e3 Re6 42. Ra1 b5 43. axb5+ Kxb5 44. Rb1+ Ka6 45. Rb8 a4 46. Ke2 a3 47.
Kd3 Rb6 48. Rd8 Rb7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. a3 b5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Nb3 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bh6 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. e5
Nd5 22. Be4 e6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nh2 Ne7 25. Ng4 Ng8 26. Re3 dxe5 27. dxe5 Bc6
28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rf3 Rd8 30. Qf4 Qc7 31. Nf6 Rc4 32. Qe3 Rcd4 33. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "SWE-chT 1718 Elite"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2017.10.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malmo"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 f6 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 f5 8. c4 a6
9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ba3 Nf6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh6 Kf7 17. h4 Qa5 18. Qf4 Ke6 19. h5 g5 20. Qxg5 Rag8 21. Qh6+
Ke7 22. g3 Rg4 23. Rh4 Rxh4 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Qg7+ Ke6 26. gxh4 Qd8 27. O-O-O
Rg8 28. Qxh7 Rg2 29. h6 Qa5 30. Kb1 Qc3 31. Qc7 Rxf2 32. h7 Qd3+ 33. Kb2 Rxd2+
34. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Ka3 Qc1+ 36. Ka4 Bxb3+ 37. Ka5 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 1718"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a4
Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. h3 Bf8 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. Be3 g6 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. Bc1 Bg7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Be2 Qb7 19. Bf3 Qb8 20. Nf1 Na7 21. Na3 c6
22. Ng3 Nc8 23. h4 h5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Ne7 29. Nc4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Qd2 Bg7 32. Nd6 Nd5 33. Nxe8 Qxe8 34.
Qe2 Qf8 35. Bxg6 Bg4 36. f3 Bd7 37. Bxh5 Qb4 38. Bg4 f5 39. Bh5 Qxb2 40. Be8
Qxe2 41. Rxe2 Nc3 42. Re1 Bxe8 43. Rxe8+ Kh7 44. Re7 Kh8 45. Be3 c5 46. g4 Nd5
47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Kf1 fxg4 49. fxg4 Nf6 50. Re6 Nxg4 51. Ke2 Nf6 52. Rxb6 Nd5
53. Rb7 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Nxa4 55. Kc2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Brest"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tremblay en France"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:12:46]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 6.
Na3 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:14:37]} exd4 {[%emt 0:
06:53]} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:07:38]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 9. Qc3 {[%emt 0:09:13]}
Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 10. Nc4 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 11. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:07:20]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nd4 $146 {[%emt 0:11:22]} (12. Be3 Ng6
13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Nf5 Rhe8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. b3 Bf8 18. Bf4 Ng6 19.
Bg3 Qe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. f3 Ne7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 fxe4 25.
fxe4 Ng6 26. h4 Bc5+ 27. Kh2 Rf8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Kh3 b5 30. Nb2 Kd7 31. Rd3+ Ke6
32. Rc3 Bd6 33. Rxc6 Ne5 34. Rxa6 Rf1 35. Bxe5 Kxe5 36. g3 Kxe4 37. Nd3 {
0-1 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 12... b5 {[%emt 0:06:50]
} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:37]} 14. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c4 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 16. Ng5+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 18. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:12]}
Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 20. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 21. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:
30]} 23. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 26. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 27. axb5+ {[%emt 0:02:48]} axb5 {[%emt 0:
01:40]} 28. Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 29. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 31. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 32. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:06:25]} (33... gxh4 {[%cal Ga8g8]}
34. Kf4 Rg8 $132) 34. g3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 35. gxh4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:
53]} 37. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 38. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 39. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 40. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:30:27]} 41. Kg5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 42. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 47. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. h5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rg3+
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Rh2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. h3 h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Rc8
9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6+ Rxc6 11. a4 Bh7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a5 Be7 14. Na4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Rxc2 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. b4 Qe8 18. Rxc2 Bxc2 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. Rc1 Bh7 21.
Ncd7 Rd8 22. Rc7 Ne8 23. Nxf7 Rxd7 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Qf4+ Nf6 26. Rc8+ Rd8 27.
Rc7 Rd7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rc7 Qd3 30. Bd4 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qe4 32. Qg3 Nh5 33. Bxg7+
Ke8 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Qxh5 Bg6 37. Qg5 Kc8 38. Be5 Be8 39. Bd4
Qh7 40. Ng4 Bc6 41. Qe5 Qf7 42. Ba7 Qe7 43. Bc5 Qf7 44. Nf6 Rh8 45. g4 Qg7 46.
Ba7 Qc7 47. Qxc7+ Kxc7 48. Bd4 Kd6 49. Ne4+ dxe4 50. Bxh8 e5 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. h4
Ba4 53. h5 Bb5 54. Kh4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 a5 9. d5 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Na6 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nc2 h6 14. e4 Re8 15.
Rab1 Bc8 16. a3 a4 17. b4 Nb3 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. f3 Qd8 21. Ne3 Kh8
22. Rf1 Kg8 23. Rf2 Nd4 24. Ne2 Nb3 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Nc2 Nb3 27. Ne2 h5 28. h4
Nh7 29. Rbf1 Nf8 30. Kh2 Ng6 31. Bh3 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bxh3 33. Kxh3 Qd7+ 34. Nf5 Kh7
35. Kh2 Rh8 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Nc3 Ne7 39. Nb5 Rh6 40. Kh2 Rf8 41. f4
exf4 42. gxf4 Re8 43. Qc3 Ng6 44. Nf5 Rh7 45. Qh3 Nf8 46. Ng3 Qd8 47. Na7 Nd4
48. Rd1 Qa8 49. Rxd4 Qxa7 50. Nf5 g6 51. Rg2 b5 52. cxb5 Nd7 53. Qc3 Nf6 54.
Ng3 Ng4+ 55. Kg1 f5 56. Re2 Rhe7 57. Kg2 fxe4 58. Qc4 e3 59. f5 Rg7 60. Rxg4
hxg4 61. h5 gxf5 62. Nxf5 Rh7 63. Qxg4+ Kh8 64. Kh3 Qb7 65. Qg6 Rf8 66. Nxe3
Qxb5 67. Rg2 Qe8 0-1