[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 d5 13. O-O e5 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Qc5 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Bxa6 Qh4 19. Bxb7 Bh3 20. Qxc6 Re6
21. g3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Bxa8 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 f5 26. a6 e4 27.
Nd2 Bg4 28. Ra3 Bh3 29. Re1 f4 30. Nxe4 fxg3 31. fxg3 Qc5 32. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7.
Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 {Why is the N going to this strange
square? Because blacks wants to be able to recapture on e6 with the N} (10...
Nb8 11. dxe6 $1 {and no matter how black recaptures whites is a bit better})
11. Bb4 {Even though the position is relatively closed whites still wants to
keep his ^^. On the long run there is a good chance that white will be able to
open lines somewhere} (11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bb4 {and now both} a5 {and the latest
idea} (12... Qf6 $5 {has given black reasonable positions})) 11... e5 12. Nd2
a5 13. Ba3 (13. Nxe4 axb4 14. Qb3 f5 15. Nd2 c5 $11) 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 b6 15.
O-O Nb7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 {Both sides have used a lot of tempi to redirect
their misplaced minor-piece (Nd8/Ba3). White has a certain (), but black is
placed harmoniosly with his P-chain on black sqaures while his "good" B covers
the whites squares.} Bf5 {This move signals that black has to play defensively.
The pseudo-active} (17... f5 $2 18. f4 $16 {would improve Bb2s possibilities
considerably. The problem with the setup choosen by black - a5-b6-c7-d6-e5 and
Nc5 is that black can never get any active play by for example c7-c6. He has
build a formation that he has to keep. He will have to wait and se on which
side of the board white will try to move his Ps forward.}) 18. h3 {[%cal Yg1h2,
Yc1e1,Ye2e4,Yf2f4]} Be4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Yc3e3,Yf3f4] A
interesting idea. White would like to play f3-f4 but realises that black in
many situations will get counterplay by e5xf4 followed by Ra8-e8 with pressure
in the e-<->. So white wants to place his R on e3 first and then play the f-P
forward.} Rae8 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Re3 Qd8 23. Rg1 f6 24. f4 Re7 $6 {In my opinion
to passive. I would suggest:} (24... exf4 25. gxf4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Re8 {[%cal
Yd7f5] followed by Bf5. The /^ a1-h8 has been opened for Bb2 but at the moment
the P-f6 is giving good shelter for the black K. White has weakend the square
e4 and black will get good counterplay in the e-<->}) 25. Rf3 {[%cal Yf4f5]}
Bf5 26. Rff1 Be4 $6 {Again I would have preferred to get some active
counterplay in the e-<-> with} (26... exf4 27. gxf4 (27. Rxf4 Be4) 27... Qe8 {
This would have been a way to give som life to - the well-placed but out of
the game - Nc5. Because this N controls the now weakend square e4.}) 27. f5 {
White has increased his ()} Bxg2 28. Rxg2 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yg3g5]} g5 $6 {
Black will not wait for white to build up a strong attack in the g-<-> with
g3-g4-g5 though it may have been a slightly better chance} 29. fxg6 hxg6 30.
Qc2 Kg7 (30... f5 $2 31. g4 $16 {[%cal Yg2g8]}) (30... Qe8 $5 31. g4 $36 {
[%cal Ye2e4,Yf1f3,Yg2f2]}) 31. g4 Ref7 32. Bc1 {[%cal Yc1h6] White has no f-P
so the /^ a1-h8 cannot be opend. That is why the white B changes its /^} Qd7
33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 {[%cal Rc2g6]} gxh5 (34... f5 35. Kg1 $1 $16) 35. gxh5+ Kf8
36. Qg6 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf1f6,Yg2g8,Yh5h7] For the defence of the K-side
the black N is quite misplaced} f5 37. Bh6+ Ke8 38. Bg7 Rg8 39. h6 Qe7 40. Qh5
Kd7 41. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2005.10.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Biel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4
Qd8 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O Nh5 14. g3 f6 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. a4 Bd7 18. b5 Re7 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc8
22. Qa5 Qb8 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Nc1 Qc7 25. Be2 Ng7 26. Nd3 Nf5 27. Bf1 h6 28. h4
h5 29. Bh3 Nh6 30. Re2 Nf7 31. Rbe1 Nf8 32. Qb4 Qd8 33. Qb1 e5 34. Bxc8 e4 35.
Bh3 exf3 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Ne1 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. fxg5 Nxg5 41.
Bc8 Qe2 42. Nd3 Ne4 43. Qf1 Qc2 44. Ne5 Nd2 45. Qe1 h4 46. gxh4 Qc3 47. Kh2 Kh8
48. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rd5 1-0

