[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bf4 f6 8.
exf6 gxf6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nb3 Nge5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Kb1 Bg7 14.
Nfxd4 Qd7 15. Qh5+ Ng6 16. Nxc6 O-O 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd5+ Rf7 19. Ncd4 Re8 20.
Qb5 Re5 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. g3 Ne7 23. f4 Rd5 24. c4 Rh5 25. h4 f5 26. Nb5 Nc8
27. Rhe1 Kf7 28. Nc5 Re7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg Junge op"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
Bf4 Qd8 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. d5 e5 14. Bg5 Bd6
15. Ng3 Qe7 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. Nce4 Qf8 18. c4 Kb8 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Qc2 Nc5 21.
Nd2 Nd7 22. Nb3 b6 23. Kb1 Nhf6 24. g5 Ne8 25. Ne4 f5 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. c5 Nxc5
28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nexc5 bxc5 30. Na5 Kc8 31. Nc6 Rd6 32. Qa4 Ng7 33. Qxa6+ Kd7
34. Qb5 Kc8 35. Rd3 Qe8 36. Re1 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 22nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Nd4 Ba4 14. g4 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g5 Ne5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rh2 d5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. e5 Bb5 21. Bh3
Rc4 22. h5 Rfc8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Rdd2 Re4 25. Qg3 Qc4 26. b3 Qc5 27. g6 Re3 28.
gxf7+ Kf8 29. Qg4 Qc3 30. Kb1 Re1+ 31. Rd1 Be2 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 22nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2006.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. a4 c5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bh4 Rae8 12. Bf1 h6 13. a5 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bb5
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rd8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. e4 e6 20. Rad1 Ba8 21. Re2 Bb7
22. Rde1 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Qd1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qe7 26. Bd3 Qb4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28.
Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxb2 30. g4 Rd5 31. R4e2 Qa3 32. Re3 Qa5 33. Qc2 b5 34. Rc3
b4 35. Rc4 Rfd8 36. Qb2 Bf8 37. Ra1 Qb6 38. Qb3 Ra5 39. Rxa5 Qxa5 40. Rc1 Qa3
41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Qd1 Qc3 43. Kf1 Qc4+ 44. Kg1 Qd5 45. Qe1 Rc2 46. Qd1 Qe4 47.
Ra1 b3 48. Ne1 Re2 49. Nd3 Qxd4 50. Rb1 Ra2 51. Rxb3 Ra1 52. Rb1 Rxb1 53. Qxb1
Qxg4 54. Qe1 Qd4 55. Qe2 Kg7 56. g4 Bc5 57. Qf3 Be7 58. Kg2 Bd8 59. Kg1 Bc7 60.
Qe2 Qd5 61. Qe3 Bb6 62. Qe2 Bd4 63. Kh2 f6 64. exf6+ Kxf6 65. f3 Qa5 66. Kg2
Qa1 67. Ne1 Qc1 68. Kh3 Be3 69. Kg2 Bb6 70. Kh2 Qf4+ 71. Kg2 Qd4 72. Nd3 Qg1+
73. Kh3 Bc7 74. Qg2 Qe3 75. Nf2 Kf7 76. Ne4 Qe1 77. Ng3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 d4 14. f4 Bb7 15.
Qe2 Qc7 16. Rae1 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qg4 Qc6 19. Bc1 Raf8 20. Nb2 Qd6 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rg6 23. Qe2 Bh4 24. f5 Rxf5 25. Rxh4 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 e5 27. Nd3
Nf6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. g3 e4 30. Qxc5 Qe8 31. Ne5 e3 32. Qxd4 e2 33. Bd2 Rg5 34.
Re4 Nxe4 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Qxf7 37. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 35th"]
[Site "Ermioni Argolidas"]
[Date "2006.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.07.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg4 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. a4 b4 14. Bc4 Nh5 15.
Be3 Qh4 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 O-O 19. Qxb4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qb7
Raf8 22. Bf1 Bg5 23. Bg2 Bf4 24. h3 Rg5 25. Qd7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Biel (Women)"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b5 9. b3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Nbd7 11. Be3 c5 12. d5 Ne8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Rc2 Rb4 16. f4 Nb6 17. Nb1 Qa4 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. e5 Qb7 20. Qd1 Bd7 21. a3 Rb3
22. Nc3 Na4 23. Qd2 dxe5 24. Nxa4 Bxa4 25. Bxc5 Qc7 26. Bf2 Bh6 27. Rc3 Bxf4
28. Be3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Nf6 30. Bf3 e4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rb8
34. c5 Rb3 35. Qd4 Be5 36. Qd2 Rb2 37. Qe1 Bf6 38. Bf3 Kg7 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40.
Qxb1 Qg3 41. Qb4 Be5 42. Bg1 Bd7 43. c6 Qg5 44. Bf2 Bf5 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Qe1
Qxe1+ 47. Bxe1 Bc7 48. Bb4 Kf8 49. Kf2 h5 50. Ke3 h4 51. Be2 Bc8 52. Bd2 g5 53.
Kf2 f6 54. Bb4 Bb6+ 55. Kf1 a5 56. Bc3 Bc7 57. Bd4 Bf5 58. Kf2 Be4 59. Bf3 Bxf3
60. Kxf3 f5 61. Be3 g4+ 62. Ke2 f4 63. Bc5 a4 64. Kf1 Kf7 65. Bf2 h3 66. gxh3
gxh3 67. Bc5 f3 68. Kg1 Kf6 69. Bf2 Kf5 70. Kh1 Ke4 71. d6 Bxd6 72. Bb6 Kd5 73.
c7 Bxc7 74. Bxc7 f2 0-1

[Event "Mediterranean-ch 4th"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2007.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4 Qc5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd5 Qxc2 14. Qe3
Bh6 15. Qxh6 Qxe2 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Qd2 19. Qxh7 Bc6 20. Nd5 Qg5
21. f4 Qg4 22. h3 Qg6 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. g4 Kd7 25. Ra3 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rc8 27. Rae3
Rge8 28. f5 Qg5 29. Qf2 Rc7 30. Kg2 Kd8 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Kd7 33. Rb1 Rb8
34. Kg3 Qg8 35. a5 Qc8 36. Qd4 Qc7 37. Qb4 Ke8 38. h4 Rc8 39. Rb3 Kf8 40. h5
Kg7 41. Kf4 Qd7 42. Qd4 Kh6 43. Ke3 Qc7 44. Qf4+ Kh7 45. Qb4 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kh7
47. Rb2 Rg8 48. Re2 Qd7 49. Re4 Rc8 50. Qa4 Qd8 51. Qb4 Rc5 52. c4 Qc7 53. Qb6
Qd7 54. Qb4 Qc7 55. Qa4 Qd8 56. Qb3 Qc7 57. Qb4 Rxa5 58. Re2 b5 59. Rc2 bxc4+
60. Kd4 Rb5 61. Qd2 Qc5+ 62. Ke4 Qg1 63. Qg2 Qa1 64. Qh2 Qd1 65. Rd2 Qxg4+ 66.
Qf4 Qxf4+ 67. Kxf4 c3 68. Rc2 Rc5 69. Ke3 a5 70. Ke2 a4 71. Kd1 Rxd5+ 72. Kc1
Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Corfu"]
[Site "Corfu"]
[Date "2007.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. Bc3 f5 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Bxb5 19. cxb5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21.
Qa3 Rf7 22. Ra1 Qh4 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Ra8+ Bf8 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. Be1
Qg5 28. Bc3 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Nh4 30. Bd2 Qf6 31. Be1 Nf5 32. Kg1 Nd4 33. b6 Qf4 34.
Ra1 Bh6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Bg5 37. Rc7 Bd8 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qb1 Qxd5 40.
Bc3 Qc5 41. Bd2 Bxb6 42. Be3 Qc6 43. h4 Bc5 44. Bxd4 Bxd4 45. h5 Qc7 46. hxg6
hxg6 47. Qb3 Qe7 48. Bc4 b6 49. Qh3 e4 50. Kf1 Qe8 51. Qh4 d5 52. Ba2 Bf6 53.
Qf4 Qc6 54. g4 d4 55. Kg1 e3 56. fxe3 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 g5 58. Qf5 Qb2+ 59. Qf2 dxe3
60. Qxb2 Bxb2 61. Kf3 Bd4 62. Ke2 b5 0-1

[Event "Solin 15th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "2007.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2007.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nc3 Qf5
15. d5 Rd8 16. Bf3 c5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. h4 Rb8 19. a4 a6 20. h5 Nf8 21. g4 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bh4 Re8 24. f5 Kh8 25. f6 Ng8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd2 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 h6 29. Ne4 Nh7 30. Qf4 Rb6 31. Bg3 Ra6 32. Nxd6 Ng5 33. Bg2 Qxg4 34. Ne8+
Kh8 35. Qxg4 Bxg4 36. d6 Bd7 37. Nc7 Ra4 38. Nd5 Rg4 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. Ra1 Rd4
41. Nb6 Bf5 42. Be5 Rd2 43. Kg1 Bg4 44. Rf1 f6 45. Bf4 Rd4 46. Kh2 Bxh5 47. Rf2
Bg4 48. Nd5 Be6 49. Nc3 Bd7 50. Ne2 Rd1 51. Ng3 Kg6 52. Ne4 Nxe4 53. Bxe4+ f5
54. Rg2+ Kf7 55. Bf3 Rd4 56. Be5 Rd3 57. Be2 Rd5 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rxd7 Rd2 60.
Kg3 Rxe2 61. Kf4 h5 62. Kxf5 Ke8 63. Rb7 Nh6+ 64. Ke6 Rxe5+ 65. Kxe5 Nf7+ 66.
Kd5 h4 67. Re7+ Kf8 68. Re4 h3 69. Rh4 c4 70. Rxh3 b4 71. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 24th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Nbd7 14. Rg1 Re8 15. Kf2
Qe7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. a5 c4 18. Ra4 Ne5 19. f4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7
22. Rb4 Qxh3 23. Ke2 Qxh2+ 24. Kd1 Ng4 25. Re1 h4 26. e5 dxe5 27. f5 e4 28. Qd2
Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3+ 32. Ke2 gxf5 33. Rf1 Re5 34.
Rd4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bd2 h5 10. Rc1 h4 11. h3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. c4 Be4 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Ba5 Qf4 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ba5 Qf4 19. Bd2 Qb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup (Women) 14th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Dembo,Y"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monte Carlo (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Iasi Politehnica (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 (4... O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4
d5 8. c5 Ne4 $15 {0-1 Konev,A (2059)-Kokarev,D (2579)/Tomsk 2008/CBM 125 Extra
(58)}) (4... d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 g5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 c6 $13 {0-1 Beim,V (2523)-Ponomariov,R 
(2719)/Odessa 2008/CBM 124 Extra (66)}) (4... c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 b5 7. cxb5 a6
8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 axb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Bc4 Ba6 14. O-O
Qb7 15. b3 Nb6 $44 {0-1 Skomorokhin,R (2378)-Shomoev,A (2566)/Zvenigorod 2008/
EXT 2009 (54)}) 5. Bh4 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Nf3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 {and the B is
exchanged.}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 (8. Qc2 {is the most usual.} e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10.
Nxd4 Re8 {0-1 Naumov,D (2049)-Kamiljanov,T (2206)/Kazan 2008/EXT 2009 (19)})
8... e5 9. Nf3 Re8 $5 $146 {Preparing to push e5-e4.} (9... c6 10. O-O Qe7 11.
Qc2 Re8 12. b4 Nf8 13. Rfd1 a5 14. b5 Bf5 15. Qb3 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Schussler,H
(2485)-Maki,V (2370)/Helsinki 1983/MCD (27)}) 10. O-O e4 (10... c6 {was still
good with the idea of Qd8-e7.}) 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nf8 {continuing the
development.} 13. b4 Bf5 (13... a5 14. a3 Bf5 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 Qd7 17. c5
$36 {and white is faster.}) 14. Rc1 Bg6 {Preparing ...h6-h5.} (14... a5 {
is again not good because of} 15. bxa5 $1 Rxa5 16. c5 d5 17. Qb3 {with
initiative for white.}) 15. Nb3 h5 16. a4 $6 (16. h4 $1 {stopping h5-h4.} Bh6
17. c5 d5 18. Na5 $36) 16... h4 17. Bh2 a6 (17... Bf5 {with the idea of Qd8-d7
and g5-g4.} 18. c5 d5 19. Na5 Qc8 20. c6 b6 21. Nb7 $36 {threatening ...Bh2-e5.
}) 18. a5 $6 (18. c5 $1 {was strong again, for example} b6 (18... d5 19. Na5
Qc8 20. c6 b6 21. Nb7 Re7 22. Be5 $16 {and Black is very passive.}) 19. cxd6
cxd6 20. d5 $36 {threatening ...Nb3-d4.}) 18... N6h7 $6 (18... Qe7 $1 19. b5
Bf5 $13) 19. c5 $1 {White must try to open the c-file and activate the B on h2.
} d5 (19... f5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nd2 Ne6 22. Nc4 Bf8 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Ncd5 $16 {
and Black is paralysed.}) 20. c6 $1 {A very strong move. White spoils the pawn
structure and is able to win the weaknesses quickly.} bxc6 21. Na2 $1 {It
turns out that Black is not able to protect the weak a6, c6 and c7-pawns.} ({
I was counting on} 21. Na4 $6 Bf5 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Nc5 Ne6 24. Nxa6 f5 {with
some counterplay.}) 21... f5 $1 {Trying to complicate the position.} (21... Re6
22. Nc5 $18) (21... Qd7 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Qa4 $1 $18) 22. Rxc6 f4 23. exf4 (23.
Bxa6 $5 Bf5 (23... Ne6 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. a6 $18) 24. Bb7 Ra7 25. Nc5 $18) 23...
e3 24. fxe3 (24. f5 $5 {opening the B on h2.} Bxf5 25. fxe3 (25. Bxc7 Qd7 26.
Rc3 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Ne6 $44) 25... Rxe3 26. Nc3 $18) 24... Rxe3 25. f5 (25. Rxa6
Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Qe7 27. Bb5 {and the a-pawn will tell.}) 25... Qe8 (25... Bxf5 {
is not helping due to} 26. Rxf5 Qe8 27. Rc2 Rxb3 28. Rxc7 $18) 26. fxg6 Qxc6
27. gxh7+ Nxh7 28. Nc5 $138 {Black pieces are tied-up and white is about to
start consolidating.} Rf8 {Trying to weaken the white K.} 29. Bf3 $6 (29. Bxa6
$1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Ra3 31. Nc1 $18 {and Black doesnt have any real targets.})
29... g4 $1 {Getting the N out.} 30. hxg4 (30. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qf6+ 32. Kg1
Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 34. Kf1 $16) 30... Ng5 31. Be2 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Ne6 {Black
managed to complicate the position but it is still not enough.} 33. b5 $2 (33.
Nxa6 $1 Ra3 (33... Bxd4 34. Kh1 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. b5 Qd6 37. N2b4 Nf4 38.
Qc1 $1 $18) 34. Qd2 Nxd4 35. Nxc7 $18) 33... Qe8 $2 {I decided not to lose
time on capturing the pawn and try to create threats down the e-file.} (33...
axb5 $1 {was simple and good.} 34. Nb4 Qe8 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 $132) 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 (
34... Qxe6 {is just bad as there is no piece preventing the a-pawn from
promotion.} 35. bxa6 Re1 36. Qd2 Rb1 37. Qd3 $1 $18) 35. Nb4 (35. bxa6 $1 Re4
36. Bxc7 Bxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe6 38. Nb4 $18) 35... Re1 36. Qd3 $2 (36. Qd2 $1 Rb1
37. Nc6 axb5 38. Ne5 $16 {would have blocked the weak e-file.}) 36... Qxb5 $1
$17 {And suddenly the position falls apart.} 37. Qxb5 $2 {The last mistake.} (
37. Bxc7 Qxb4 38. Bb6 Qb2 $17) 37... Bxd4+ $19 38. Kh1 axb5 39. Bxc7 Rxf1+ 40.
Kh2 Bg1+ $1 41. Kh3 Bc5 {Threatening checkmate as well as to win the N.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. g4 Ne5 12. a3 Rb8 13. h4 Qc7 14. Rg1 g6 15.
g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qf2 Qb7 20. Kd2 Bg7 21. f5
exf5 22. exf5 Be5 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rde1 O-O 27. Rxe5
Qxb2 28. Rh1 Rbe8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Nd5 Qxa3 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. Qxf6
Qa5+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ 39. Kh1
Be6 40. Nxe6 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg4+ 42. Kh2 Qxe6 43. Kg3 Qd5 44. Kh4 Re2 45. Rf3
Rxc2 46. Qe7 Rd2 47. Qe8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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 "US of America (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Greece (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Rf6 14. Nd3 Rh6 15. c5
Qe8 16. Nb5 Qh5 17. h4 Ng6 18. g4 fxg3 19. Bxg3 Nf4 20. Nxc7 Qg6 21. Kh1 Rb8
22. cxd6 Nf8 23. Ne6 Nh5 24. Bxe5 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bh2 gxh4 27. Nf2 Ng3+
28. Kg1 Qxd6 29. Bc4+ Kh8 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rfd1 Rg6 32. Ng4 h5 33. Ne3 Nxe4+
34. Kf1 Ng3+ 35. Kf2 Bxb2 36. Rb1 Bg7 37. Nf5 Rc8 38. Nxh4 Ne4+ 39. fxe4 Rf6+
40. Ke3 Rxc4 41. Nf5 Rc3+ 42. Rd3 Rxd3+ 43. Kxd3 Rf7 44. Bb8 Rd7+ 45. Ke3 a6
46. Rh1 Kg8 47. Rxh5 Ne6 48. Bd6 Bf8 49. e5 Kf7 50. Ke4 b5 51. Rh7+ Ke8 52. Rh8
Rf7 53. Nh6 Rf4+ 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Rh7+ Bg7 56. Bc5 Nc7# 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Dembo,Y"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mikhalchishin,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 {[%cal Yb5b4,Ye5c4]}
12. Bd3 {This is the logical follow-up. White must take care of ...b4 and ...
Nc4.} (12. g4 $143 $6 b4 13. Nce2 Nc4 {is a success for Black, of course} 14.
Qd3 (14. Qc1 d5 15. Ng3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 $36 {
Malisauskas-Greenfeld, Oslo 1992}) 14... d5 $36 {With a very nice position for
Black.}) 12... Be7 {Not the most accurate, since this B often finds better 
(more active) squares, either on d6/c5 or on g7.} (12... Qc7 {I feel this is
the most accurate move. Now White has a choice:} 13. Rhe1 {[%cal Yf3f4] This
line is suggested by De la Villa in his book "Dismantling The Sicilian". White
clearly intends f4 now. However, this whole idea does not seem so good to me.
White's plan is classical and logical, but rather slow.} (13. g4 {White
decides on the g4-plan after all, but I think that in this case 11.Kb1 may
represent a slight loss of time, giving Black just enough leeway to react in
the centre.} b4 14. Nce2 {Another interesting approach is} Nxd3 $5 (14... d5 {
An obvious and good move. White now has several ideas, but it seems to me that
Black is OK in all cases:} 15. exd5 {Obviously critical. White immediately
attacks the important points d5 and e6.} (15. Bf4 {The pin on the Ne5 is
slightly annoying, but nothing special.} dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 (17. Qe3
Bd6 18. Qxe4 O-O $11 {0-1 Estevez Morales,G (2360)-Geller,E (2620)/Sochi 1976/
MCD (36)}) 17... f6 $11 {1-0 Varga,Z (2565)-Cao Sang (2495)/Budapest 1998/EXT
2000 (54); as long as White has no conclusive strike, and he doesn't seem to,
Black stands fine with his two Bs.} (17... Rc8 18. b3 f6 19. h4 Qb7 20. Bxe5
fxe5 21. Nf3 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2710)-Kramnik,V (2685)/Amsterdam 1993/
CBM 035/[Ftacnik] (27)})) (15. Ng3 Nc4 $1 16. Qe2 (16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. h4 c3 $15
{1-0 Arnason,J (2500)-Ivanovic,B (2490)/Plovdiv 1986/EXT 2000/[Bulletin] (35)})
16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,J (2540)-Yrjola,J (2415)/Gausdal
1987/CBM 004 (27)}) (15. g5 dxe4 16. fxe4 {(Gulbas,C (2379)-Lutsko,I (2489)/
Fuegen 2006)} hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Be7 $11 {White has open lines on the
kingside but he cannot create any real threats; meanwhile, he is structurally
worse.}) 15... Nxd5 16. Nf4 (16. Bf2 {(Sjugirov,S (2588)-Kononenko,D (2569)/
Dagomys 2009)} Rb8 $36 {is inferior}) 16... Nxf4 $1 {This is the correct move.
It is most important to eliminate this dangerous N, relieving the pressure on
e6.} (16... Nxe3 $143 17. Qxe3 Nxd3 (17... Bc5 {(Andersen,M (2338)-Mikkelsen,N
(2361)/Edinburgh 2009)} 18. Rhe1 $40) 18. Rxd3 $14 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Yf4d5,
Yd4f5,Yd4e6,Yf4e6,Yh1e1] The white Ns create several threats, which are not
easy to meet. White only has some initiative, but in practical play Black's
task is very difficult.}) 17. Bxf4 Bd6 18. Be4 Nc4 19. Qe2 {1/2 Oll-Lerner,
Podolsk 1993} Bxf4 $5 {A very interesting exchange sacrifice, as the black
pieces dominate the board afterwards and White has no active play.} (19... Rc8
$11 {seems perfectly OK for Black.}) 20. Bxa8 O-O 21. Be4 a5 $44 {With very
good compensation for Black.}) 15. cxd3 e5 {, which I feel is satisfactory for
Black. The idea is to keep the centre closed and play on the queenside, with ..
.Qb7, ...b3 or ...a5-a4. This approach is novel and deserves further analysis.}
) (13. Qf2 {This makes no sense to me.} b4 14. Nce2 {(Magem Badals,J (2570)
-Delchev,A (2510)/Manresa 1996)} Nxd3 15. cxd3 e5 $36 {The white N must
retreat and Black will play ...d5 without problems.}) 13... Rb8 {[%cal Ye5c4,
Yb5c4] This is the usual move, preparing ...Nc4.} (13... b4 $5 {This has
scored badly, but only because it has been played with the wrong idea in mind:}
14. Nce2 a5 $5 $13 {But this quiet move makes sense, simply protecting the Pb4.
Black can continue slowly, without playing ...d5, with an interesting struggle
ahead.} (14... d5 $6 {The logical follow-up to ...b4, but very risky.} 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Nf4 {With the R already on e1, White's pressure on the centre is
powerful. Black has no good way out.} Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd6 (17... Nxd3 $2 {
This exchange just leads to a lost position.} 18. Qxd3 $18 Be7 (18... O-O-O 19.
Qxa6+ Kb8 20. Nc6+ $18 {1-0 Erdogdu,M (2463)-Daskevics,V (2341)/Pardubice 2009/
CBM 131 Extra (28)}) 19. Nf5 $18 {1-0 Ivanovic,B (2415)-Draganic,V (2278)/
Cetinje 2009/CBM 131 Extra (24)}) 18. Qe4 (18. Nfxe6 {This sacrifice also
brings White some advantage.} fxe6 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22.
Rxd3 Rd8 23. Rde3 Rd7 24. Qg6+ Kf8 {(Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2510)-Delchev,A 
(2510)/Olot 1996)} 25. Qxa6 $14) 18... Rd8 {(Rodriguez Lopez,R (2285)-Grabics,
M (2345)/Budapest 1998)} 19. Bxa6 $14 {This looks like a safe pawn-grab. Black
has some compensation, of course, but overall White is better.})) {Perhaps
White should investigate the more standard} 14. g4 (14. f4 {De la Villa's
suggestion.} Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 $1 {In this variation Black should almost
always recapture with the P on c4; it is important to open the b-file.} (15...
Qxc4 $143 $6 16. b3 $16 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2702)-Caruana,F (2646)/Wijk aan
Zee 2009/CBM 129 (30)}) 16. Bf2 (16. Ka1 $6 Qb7 {gives White some issues to
solve, as the Pe4 is dropping...}) 16... Qb7 17. b3 a5 $132 {Black seems to
have some quite decent counterplay here, with ...a4 coming.} 18. e5 {De la
Villa is basing White's play on this aggressive move. In fact, nothing else by
White at this stage makes much sense, but I think Black can navigate the
dangers without too many difficulties:} dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Ne4 a4
$40 {[%csl Rb3] also looks promising for Black}) 20... Qxd5 $40 {and OK,
Black's position does look a little exposed down the central files, but there
is nothing concrete, while ...Bb4/a3 and ...0-0 is coming. I really don't see
anything for White here and must conclude that Black is better.}) (14. Ka1 b4
15. Nce2 a5 16. g4 {(Ivanovic,B (2405)-Vuckovic,B (2511)/Sozina 2004)} a4 $40 {
sees Black's initiative flowing quicker than White's.}) 14... b4 15. Nce2 d5 {
(Fernandez Romero,E (2434)-Baklan,V (2606)/Lorca 2006); this version of the
central break looks safe for Black, but of course the position is complex.} 16.
Bf4 $5 $13) (12... b4 $143 $6 {is too hasty:} 13. Nce2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nf4
{This setup is always menacing.} Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bd6 17. Nb3 $5 $14 {[%cal Gf4h5,
Gd1d8] With problems on the d-file and the threat of Nh5.} (17. Ndxe6 $5 {
is also interesting and probably good:} Bxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Nxd3 {
(Neubauer,M (2456)-Pilaj,H (2388)/Tweng 2007)} 20. Qxd3 O-O 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22.
Rxd6 Rxf4 23. Rxe6 Rf2 24. g3 $14)) (12... Rc8 {is logical and probably quite
playable, though I feel 12...Qc7 is more accurate; the R might be needed on b8
or d8.} 13. Rhe1 Qc7 (13... Be7 14. g4 b4 15. Nce2 {(Salgado Lopez,I (2461)
-Guliyev,N (2590)/Ourense 2007)} a5 $13 {leads to complex play}) 14. g4 b4 15.
Nce2 Qb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. h4 Bg7 ({perhaps} 17... Nxd3 $5 {should be played now}
18. cxd3 $13) 18. Be2 $14 {[%csl Rd6] 1/2-1/2 Ibarra Jerez,J (2496)-Comas
Fabrego,L (2495)/Sabadell 2008/CBM 126 (28); White hints at the weak Pd6 and
may play f4 later, which means he is better.}) ({The pawn on h6 is extremely
weak for two reasons - it makes the white g2-g4-g5 attack very easy plus it
makes castling dangerous, because of the bishop sac on h6. So it was necessary
to try to stop this simple g4 strategy and to play} 12... h5 $5 {Mikhalchishin,
A}) 13. g4 b4 $6 {And this prelude to the ...d5 break is certainly premature.}
({Black should opt for the less concrete plan of} 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 b4 15.
Nce2 a5 $132 {1-0 Molnar,B (2375)-Vamos,V (2140)/Szekszard 1996/EXT 2004 (34)})
14. Nce2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf4 {White is getting ready to sacrifice one of
the N on e6. This setup is a very standard way of meeting the ...d5 break and
is easy to underestimate. Black can exchange both white Bs, but each exchange
simply increases White's development lead. Black is already under very serious
pressure and there is no way to alleviate it.} Nxe3 ({No relief is promised by
} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qa5 19. Nh5 $14) 17. Qxe3 Qa5 $6 {The Q is
badly placed here.} ({Better was} 17... Bd6 $5 18. h4 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 O-O 20. g5
h5 21. Ne5 $14 {, though of course White's edge is obvious.}) 18. h4 $6 {
This loses time.} (18. Rhe1 $5 {creates threats of sacrifices and forces the
pace} Nxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O-O {Running away from the danger zone, but to the
queenside, which is rather exposed.} 20. Nb3 $14 {White has some pressure on
the queenside, though at least Black has escaped the worst. Still, I'd rather
be White here.}) 18... Nxd3 $6 {This exchange just helps the Nf4 get to a
better square.} ({For just one moment Black had the chance to fully equalise
with the accurate} 18... Rd8 $1 $11 {, preparing ...0-0.}) 19. Nxd3 $14 {
[%cal Yd3e5]} Qc7 $6 (19... Rd8 20. Qe4 $14 {[%cal Yd4c6] intends Nc6 and is
annoying, but it was preferable to the game.}) 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. g5 $16 {[%cal
Yg5g6] Now White threatens g6 and Black's central structure will collapse.
There is no defence to this, which leads me to conclude that Black is close to
lost here. Had the game ended logically, it would have been a nice example of
the potency of White's setup. However...} g6 $2 {A terrible mistake. 22.h5
just didn't cross my mind for some reason, although it is the most obvious
reply...} (21... Bd6 $142 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. g6 O-O 24. gxf7+ $16 {[%csl Re6] ,
though of course White is much better.}) 22. Qe4 $2 {It didn't cross her mind
either... This move came after 16 minutes of thought, which makes it all the
more surprising that she missed the killer 22.h5. Still, White's position
remains crushing. It looks like White just wants to sacrifice on g6, to which
there is no good defence...} (22. h5 $1 $18 {destroys the kingside and
basically wins on the spot. It really is as simple as it looks...}) 22... h5 {
What else is there to do?} 23. Ndc6 $2 {Giving away the greatest part of the
advantage. Why exchange the active pieces?} (23. Rhe1 $18 {[%cal Ye5g6]
threatens the sacrifices on g6 or f7 and it seems that Black has no defence.
White should be winning.}) ({It is even good to sacrifice right away:} 23. Nxg6
$5 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qxe6 $18 {and Black
won't survive long.}) 23... Bxc6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (24... Bxd8 25. Nxc6 O-O 26.
Nxb4 Be7 27. Nd3 $16 {is very good for White, though Black has some saving
chances. I preferred to retain the Pb4 and give up the other one.}) 25. Nxc6 {
But she doesn't take it.} (25. Qxc6+ $5 Kf8 26. Qxa6 Qd5 27. Re1 $16) 25... Qd6
26. Ne5 $16 {White's pieces are still active but there are less of them now :-)
} Qd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Rd1 $2 {White is being greedy.} (28. Re1 $1 $16 {
still retained a big plus. White will win a P, but at least Black has
counterplay with her B against the Ps on h4 and g5, so it won't be easy at all
to win the ending.}) 28... Bc5 $1 {Seeking counterplay.} 29. Rxd5 Bf2 $44 {
Now I seriously doubt whether White is better anymore. The B will prove very
strong in this open position, considering that a race between passed Ps is
coming up.} 30. Rd8+ $2 {But this is just suicidal as the N cannot get out...}
(30. Nc6 Kf8 $1 31. Nxb4 Bxh4 $44 {Black loses all her queenside and the Rh8
looks blocked, but it's exactly where it needs to be - how to stop the hP?})
30... Kxd8 31. Nxf7+ Ke8 32. Nxh8 Bxh4 {Creating an outside passed pawn.} ({
Also winning was} 32... Bg3 33. c4 bxc3 34. f4 (34. bxc3 Kf8 $19) 34... Bxf4
35. b4 Be5 36. Nxg6 Bg3 $19) 33. Kc1 (33. Nxg6 Bxg5 34. Ne5 Ke7 $19 {[%cal
Ye7e6,Yh5h4] Funnily, the N is unable to deal with the hP.}) (33. f4 Bxg5 $19 {
[%cal Yh5h4]}) 33... Bg3 $1 34. Kd1 Kf8 (34... h4 $5 {was also winning, I
believe, but the text is simplest. Black wins the N.}) 35. Nxg6+ Kf7 36. Nh8+
Kg7 37. Ke2 Be5 38. c4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Kxh8 40. c4 Bf4 {What a game...} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[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. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {[%cal Gf3e5,Gh2h4,Gh4h5]} Bg7 5. e3 (5.
h3 O-O (5... Ne4) 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Bxe5 b6 11. a4
Bb7 12. a5 Bc6 13. Na4 {Bondarevsky,I-Smyslov,V Chigorin Memorial 1947 0-1} (
13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Bh2 Qd7 15. Nc7 Rac8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Qa1 Rxa7 19.
Qxa7 cxd4 $132 {Smyslov})) 5... O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 {Le thème de l'attaque
Murshed mais DEMBO est une bonne théoricienne et elle va égaliser assez vite}
Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bb5 Qb6 $11 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Qd8
14. Bd3 $146 (14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ne8 19.
Bd3 Qf6 20. Qe3 Nd6 21. Na4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rc6 23. c3 Rfc8 24. Rb4 R8c7 25. Qg3
Kg7 26. h3 Qd8 27. Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qg3 Qd8 {Hebden,M (2525)-Tukmakov,V (2565)/
Neuchatel 2003/EXT 2005/1-0 (70)}) 14... Bd7 15. Be5 {[%csl Ge5]} Bc6 16. Qd2 (
16. Re1) 16... Qd7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qg5 Rfe8 (18... Ne4 $142 {Dembo inf 111}
19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxe4 Qxd4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. c3 Qf6) 19. Qh4 Nh5
{La position noire devient assez désagréable а jouer} 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 {[%csl Rc6]
} 21. Re3 $1 Qd6 22. Rae1 Rd7 $2 (22... e6 23. Rh3 h5 24. g4 $36 Qf4) 23. Qh6
f5 24. Rh3 e5 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Rg3 Qf6 28. dxe5 Re6 29. f4 (29.
Ne4 $3 Rxe5 30. Qg8+ $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal Ge4f6] La pointe}) 29... Qh6 30.
Rh3 (30. Rxg7+ $8 Qxg7 31. Qxf5+ $44 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}) 30... Qxh7 (30... Qxf4
31. Rg3 Qh6 $19) 31. Rxh7 d4 32. Ne2 Rg6 {[%csl Rg2]} 33. Ng3 Kg8 34. Rh4 d3
35. cxd3 Rxd3 36. Re2 Rd5 37. Kf2 Rxa5 38. Ke3 Rb5 39. Rd2 Rd5 40. Rc2 Rb5 41.
Rd2 Rd5 42. Rc2 Rd1 43. Nh5 Nxh5 44. Rxh5 Re1+ 45. Kd4 Re4+ 46. Kc3 Rxf4 47.
Rd2 Re6 48. g3 Rf3+ 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kf7 51. Rh5 Kg6 52. Rh8 Rb3 53. Rg8+
Kh6 54. Rf8 Rf3 55. Rf7 Kg6 56. Rc7 Re8 57. Kc4 Re6 58. Rd8 Be8 59. Rxb7 Re3
60. Rd6 Bb5+ 61. Kd4 R3xe5 62. Rbb6 Re4+ 63. Kd5 Rxd6+ 64. Rxd6+ Kf7 65. Rh6
Rb4 66. Ke5 Kg7 67. Rb6 Rxb2 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Rb6+ Kh5 70. h3 a5 71. Rd6 Kg5
72. h4+ Kg4 73. Rg6+ Kf3 74. h5 a4 75. h6 a3 76. Rg8 a2 77. Ra8 Bc4 78. Kxf5
Rb1 79. Ra3+ Rb3 80. Rxa2 Rb5+ 81. Kf6 Rb6+ 82. Kg7 Rb7+ 83. Kh8 Bxa2 84. g4
Kxg4 85. h7 Bb1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Dembo,Y"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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"]

{My opponent played on 2nd board of the Belarussian Olympiad team in the
Khanty Mansiysk Olympiad.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3
Qe7 13. Bd3 Qa7 {Trying to exchange the queens as of course it will benefit
Black - the bishop pair and a good centre!} 14. Qh3 (14. Qe1 {is the main line
and looked like a better choice.} O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rf1 Be7 17. f5 Rhg8 $11
{0-1 Danin,A (2332)-Alekseev,E (2616)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (54)}) 14...
b4 {Black starts to attack first.} 15. Ne2 Qc5 {Improving the position of the
queen.} 16. Kb1 (16. f5 e5 17. Ng3 a5 $40 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L (2620)-Gheorghiu,F
(2540)/Manila 1976/IZT (34)}) 16... h5 $6 {A typical idea - to prevent ...
f4-f5 and Qh5, but here it is an unnecessary measure; it was better to just
continue the attack on the queenside.} (16... a5 $1 17. f5 e5 18. Ng3 a4 19.
Nh5 Be7 $40) 17. Nc1 $6 {White is lost in maneuvering :)} ({The active} 17. f5
$1 {was much better} e5 18. Qh4 (18. Ng3 h4 $11) 18... a5 19. Ng3 (19. Qxf6 Rg8
20. Rhg1 a4 $44) 19... Be7 20. Nxh5 O-O-O $44 {/\ d6-d5}) 17... a5 18. Nb3 Qb6
19. Bc4 Bd7 {Preventing any sort of sacrifices.} (19... a4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $13) 20.
f5 e5 21. Bd5 {The B looks nice here but is it doing anything at all?! In any
case, it prevents the white N from being there :)} Rc8 $36 22. Nd2 a4 {
Continuing the attack.} 23. Rhe1 (23. Nc4 Qa6 24. b3 Bb5 $13) 23... Bb5 $1 {
Preventing ...Nc4.} 24. a3 {White tries to open the position, but it is
Black's territory.} Qc5 25. axb4 Qxb4 (25... Qxc2+ {was also interesting.} 26.
Ka2 Ba6 $36) 26. c3 Qc5 {Threatening ...a3.} 27. Kc2 (27. Rc1 a3 $40) (27. Ka2
Rb8) 27... Rb8 {Now the b2-pawn can become a target.} (27... a3 28. b3 Bh6 $36)
28. Qe3 Qc7 $1 {Naturally, it is better to keep the queens on the board now as
the white king is weak.} (28... Qxe3 $2 29. Rxe3 Bh6 30. Ree1 $11) 29. Nb1 Bh6
{Improving the inactive pieces and cutting the white K off. In my 1st book I
have written about such bishop pairs that they are like Schwarzenegger's guns :
)} 30. Qf2 Ke7 {The usual way to connect the rooks in such pawn structures.}
31. Na3 Ba6 32. Kb1 {White tries to hide the king somehow, but it is weak
everywhere.} Rb6 (32... Qxc3 $4 33. Qa7+ $18) 33. Bc4 (33. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 34. Bxc4
Rhb8 $19) (33. Ka1 $1 Rhb8 $40) 33... Bxc4 (33... Rhb8 34. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11 (34...
Rxb2+ $2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Qb6+ 37. Bb5 $18)) 34. Nxc4 Rb3 $1 35. Qe2 (
35. Rxd6 $4 Qxc4 36. Qa7+ Kf8 $19 (36... Kxd6 $2 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Qd7+ Kc5 $11)
) (35. Nxd6 Rhb8 $19) 35... Rhb8 $1 $17 (35... Rc8 $2 36. Nxd6 Rcb8 37. Qxh5 $1
(37. Nc4 Rxc3 $19) 37... Rxb2+ 38. Ka1 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Qxc3+ $11) 36. Ka2 a3 $1 {
Opening up the files against the white king.} 37. Nxa3 (37. bxa3 Rxc3 $19)
37... Qa5 $1 $19 {White is completely tied up!} (37... Rxa3+ $4 38. bxa3 $18) (
37... Rxb2+ $2 38. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Qb6+ 40. Ka2 Qf2+ 41. Kb3 Qxg2 42. Nc4
$44) 38. c4 (38. Ka1 Rxa3+ 39. bxa3 Qxa3+ 40. Qa2 Qxc3+ $19) (38. Rb1 $1 Qa4
39. Qd1 Be3 $1 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ge3c5]} 40. Rxe3 Rxb2+ 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 42. Kxb2
Qxd1 $19) (38. Rd5 Qa4 39. Qc2 Rxa3+ 40. bxa3 Qxc2+ $19) 38... Qa4 {
Threatening ...Ra8 and capture on a3.} (38... Qb4 $1 {was even stronger as the
b2-pawn is also hanging.}) 39. Rd3 Rxb2+ 40. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Qb4+ {This
blow is of course small, but I had been working up to it for 41 moves :)} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup (Women) 16th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "AVS (W)"]
[BlackTeam "BAS (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YEM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. Nbc3 c5 8. Qd2
a6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Nc1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Be2 Bd7 15.
f4 Bh6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Bb5 21. Rc1
e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Be3 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Qe3 Qf8 27. Nd2
Rd8 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. h4 Qxb2 30. h5 Qxg2 0-1

