[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 (11. Rd1) 11... e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 $6 (
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2) 13... exd4 14. Rxd4 Rad8 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 (16. Rxd8
Rxd8 17. Bc2) 16... Nfd7 17. Rdd1 (17. Rd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2 Rd8 $15 {
xd3}) 17... b5 $1 18. Qe2 $6 (18. Qg3 $5) 18... Nb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Re1 (20.
Rd1 Re8) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Ne6 22. Qf1 (22. Bd1 Qc5 $17) 22... Qc5 (22... Nd2
23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qg5 $17) 23. Bb3 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Bxe6
fxe6 26. e5 (26. Re2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 28. Rxd2 (28. Qe1 Rc2 $19) 28... Qxd2
29. Qa1 Qd6 $19) 26... Rxb2 27. Ne4 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Qd5 29. Qg3 $1 (29. Qa3 Re2 $1
) 29... Be5 30. f4 (30. Qg5 Qxe4 $1 31. Rxe4 Rb1+) (30. Qh4 Re2 $1 $19) 30...
Bd4+ 31. Kh2 c5 32. Qh4 Rxa2 33. Qe7 h5 $1 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. h4 Qf5
37. Ng3 Qxf4 38. Rxe6 Ra1 $138 (38... Ra1 39. Re4 Qf6 40. Qe8 Re1 $1 41. Rxe1
Qxh4#) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 (7... g5
8. Bg3 e5 9. d5 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. h4 Nbc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+
Bxh8 14. Nd5 Ng6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nce5 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Qa5 c6 19. Qxd8+
Rxd8 20. Ne3 Kd7 $5 $10 {Nikolenko-Losev/Moscow/1990/}) 9... f5 10. exf5 Bxf5
11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. O-O-O Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nc5
17. Qg4 Qe8 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. h4 h5 20. Qb4 a5 $13 {Tolnai-Reeh/Dortmund/1987/})
(7... Nd7 8. Be2 (8. h3 Ngf6 9. f4 c5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qa5
13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 $13 Nfd5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. Bg3 Bf5
{Rodemann-Hermaneck/Dortmund op-A/1993/}) 8... Ngf6 9. f4 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. Nf3
b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. O-O Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Rfe1 {
Kharlov-Kaiszauri/Schweden/1992/}) (7... O-O 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf5
Bxf5 11. h3 Nf6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Kh8 17.
g4 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. gxh5 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Rc8 22. Be6 Rxc3 23.
bxc3 Qa5 24. Qe3 Bxc3 25. Bb3 {Adams-Beliavsky/Tilburg 30'/1992/}) 8. h3 Nf6 9.
f4 b5 (9... Nbd7 10. e5) (9... d5 10. e5 (10. Bxf6 $5) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ne2 $14 {/\ Nc3, >< Pe4} (12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 Nd5 {
/\ Be6})) 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O d5 $5 (13... Ba6 14. e5 (
14. a3 $5) 14... Nd5 15. f5 $40) 14. Bxf6 $1 (14. e5 Ne4 $132 15. Qe3 f5 $5 (
15... a4 $5) 16. exf6 $140 exf6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qe3 Bxc2 $13)
14... dxe4 $6 (14... exf6 15. e5 f5 (15... Re8 16. f5 $5 $40 g5 17. exf6 {
/\ Ng3-h5}) 16. a3 $14) 15. Bxg7 exd3 (15... exf3 16. Bxf8 fxe2 17. Bxe2 $16)
16. Bxf8 dxe2 17. Qxe2 Kxf8 (17... Qxf8 18. Rfe1) (17... Ba6 18. Bxe7) 18. Rfe1
$16 (18. Ne5 Ba6) (18. c4 $16) 18... Be6 (18... Qd6 $142) 19. a3 Na6 20. Qe5
Kg8 21. Nh4 {/\ Ng6} Bc8 (21... Nc7 22. axb4) 22. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 (
23... Qxf4 24. Nxg6 $1) 24. Nxg6 $1 Be6 (24... fxg6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Re7+) 25.
Qb7 Rb8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Qxa6 bxa3 28. Qxa5 a2 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. Na3 c6 (
7... O-O $142 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 13.
Nc3 Ne4 14. Qd3 f5 15. Ne1 Ndf6 16. d5 Rae8 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Miles,A/Tilburg
1986}) 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfc1 (10. Rac1 Nbd7 (10... Qd6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc6 Qe7 14. Rfc1 $16) 11. Rc2 Qe7 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nb5 $16 {Marovic,D-Lengyel,L/Malaga 1969}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 (
11. Rc2 $5 $14) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 (12... Ne4 $2 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qe3 f5
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Rd6 Rad8 17. Rad1 c5 18. Qd2 Rxd6 19. exd6 $16) 13. f4 b5 $6 (
13... f6 $2 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc6 Nc5 (15... Qe7 $2 16. Rxe6) 16. b4 Ne4 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rd6 $16) (13... Qe7 14. cxd5 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rad8 16. Qe3
Bb7 17. Rd1 f6 $5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bf3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 $44) (
14. b4 $5 $14) 14... cxd5 15. Nc2 (15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qd8 $10) 15... Rfc8
16. Nd4 $14) 14. cxd5 Qb6+ 15. e3 cxd5 16. Nc2 Rac8 17. a3 $1 (17. Nd4 b4 $132)
17... Rc7 (17... Bb7 $142 18. Nd4 Rxc1+ (18... Nc5 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rac1 $16) 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qb4 a6 22. Qe7 Qc5 23. Qd8+ Nf8
24. Kf2 Qc1 25. b4 $14) 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Bf1 $1 $16 {><b5} f6 (
20... h6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 $16 {/\Qc3-b4}) 21. exf6 gxf6 (21... Nxf6 22.
Qb4 $16) 22. f5 $1 Nf8 (22... e5 23. Ne6 (23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Bxb5
Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 $14) 23... Rc8 24. a4 Nf8 25. axb5
Bb7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Ra3 $16) 23. Re1 e5 (23... exf5 24. Nxb5 $16) (23... Kh8
24. Qb4 $16) 24. Nxb5 Rd7 25. a4 Bc8 $6 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. a5 $18 Qb8 28. e4 a6
29. Nc7 Bb7 30. exd5 Rd7 31. Qc3 Rd6 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. b4 Qe7 34. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Rc1 h6 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 g5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 h5 15. c5
dxc5 16. Be3 Neg6 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. g3 a6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Nd1 Bd7 22.
Bd2 Bc5 23. Ne3 a5 24. a4 Qf6 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 Reb8 27. Qa3 Kh7 28. Rxc5
Rb7 29. Qc3 Bxa4 30. Rxc7 Rb3 31. Qc1 Be8 32. Nf5 Nxd5 33. Bg5 Qe6 34. Bc4 Nxc7
35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Bf6 Ngf4 37. gxf4 Nxf4 38. Kh1 Ra6 39. Bxe5 Nd3 40. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 (13... Nb4 14.
Ng5 Qd7 15. Qxc5 Rxe2 16. Nxe2 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rc8 18. Qxa7 Nb4 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Rb1
Nb4 21. Bd2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Nc6 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Ng3 {Horvath,C-Yuferov,S/Kobanya
op (10)/1991/1-0 (48)}) (13... Ne4 $6 14. Nb5 (14. d7 Re7 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bg5
Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. Bd3 Re6 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rd5 Rd8 22. Rad1 b6
23. h4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 {Reilly,T-Jordan,W/AUS-ch Melbourne (04)/1991/1-0 (43)})
14... Bd7 15. a4 $1 Nb4 $2 16. Qb3 $1 Qb6 $6 17. Be3 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc6 19. d7
Red8 20. Qc4 Nf6 21. Bxc5 Qc7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Bd6 Qxd7 24. Ne5 {Piket,
J-Gulko,B/Groningen/1990/1-0 (34)}) 14. Bf4 (14. h3 $6 Nb4 $1 15. Bf4 $1 Nd7
16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 c4 19. a4 $1 Nc5 20. axb5 Nbd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22.
Rxd3 $2 cxd3 $2 23. Nd5 $1 axb5 24. Ne7+ $1 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla (m/15)
/1987/0.5 (43)}) 14... Nd7 15. Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6
19. Na4 $5 {Tal} (19. a3 $6 Nd3 $1 20. Bg3 c4 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qd7 23. h4
f5 24. Rxd3 $8 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla (m/21)/1987/0.5 (28)}) (19. Bg3 Qd7
20. a3 Nc6 21. Qb5 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Ne5 24. Qxd7 {Rao,V-Kasparov,G/
New York sim/1988/0-1 (51)}) (19. Nb5 Re4 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2
Re2 23. Qxb4 a5 24. Qf4 g5 $17 {Karpov}) 19... Re4 $2 (19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qf6
(20... Nc6 21. Rc1 g5 22. Bg3 Qd7 $13) 21. Bg3 a6 $13) 20. Bg3 (20. Be3 Nc6 $1
(20... Nc4 21. Nxc5 Rg4 (21... Nxd2 22. Bxd2 $18) 22. h3 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 b6 24.
Nb7 Qd7 25. hxg4 Nc6 26. Bc3 $16) (20... Na6 21. Nxc5 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nxc5 23. Bxc5
Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rd1 $14) 21. Nxc5 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nc4 $132) 20... Nc4 (20...
Na6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. d7 $16) 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Re2 (22...
Rd4 23. Nf3 Rg4 (23... Rxd6 $1 24. Bxd6 (24. Nxb7 Rd3 25. Qxb4 (25. Nxd8 Rxb3
26. axb3 Rxd8 $14) 25... Rd1+ 26. Ne1 (26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Qe1 Qxe1+ 28. Nxe1
Bxb2 $14) 26... Qd5 27. Rxd1 Qxd1 28. Qe4 $16) 24... Qxd6 25. Qxb4 Rc8 26. Qxb7
Rxc5 $132) 24. Ne6 Qb6 25. Nxg7 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Kxg7 27. Ne5 $18) 23. Qxb4 a5 24.
Qxb7 (24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf3 Rxd2 26. Nxb7 Qb6 $13) 24... Rxd2 25. d7 (25. Re1 $5
Rb8 26. Qc7 $16) 25... Rxb2 26. Qd5 Rb5 27. Rd1 Bf8 (27... Ra7 28. Qe4 $1 (28.
h3 $6 Bf8 29. Re1 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Rxd7 $1) 28... Bf8 (28... Bf6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30.
Be5 $1 Ra8 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ne4+ Kg7 33. Nd6 $18) 29. Qe8 Ra8 30. Ne4 Rf5 31.
Nd6 $18) 28. Bd6 Bxd6 (28... Ra7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Re1 $18) 29. Qxd6 Rab8 (
29... Ra7 30. g3 (30. Re1 Rxc5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qxc5 Qxd7) 30... Rxc5 31. Qxc5
Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa5 $16) (29... Qf8 30. Ne4 $1 Qxd6 (30... Rd8 31. Nf6+
Kg7 32. Qd4 Rf5 33. Ne8+ Kh7 34. g4 Rb5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Re1 $40) 31. Nxd6 Rbb8
32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Rc8 Kg7 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc8 Rb8 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 $18) 30.
h3 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb6 (32... Rb8 33. Qe5 {/\ Nb7}) (32... Qb8 33.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 34. Nb7 $18) 33. Qe5 Kf8 (33... Rb8 34. Nb7 $1 Qxd7 35. Qxb8+ $18)
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. f4 h5 (36... g5 37. f5 Qb8 38. Qxb8+ Rxb8 39. f6
Rd8 40. Kg3 $18) (36... f6 $5 37. Qd5 Ke7 38. Qe4+ Kf7 $14) 37. Qd5 h4 (37...
Ke7 38. Qg5+ f6 39. Qxg6 $18) (37... a4 38. Nb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Ke7 40. Kg3 Qxd7
41. Qxd7+ Kxd7 42. Kh4 Ke6 43. Kg5 $18) 38. Qe5 (38. Nb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Ke7 40.
Qa7 Qxd7 41. Qxa5 $16) 38... g5 (38... Rc6 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxh4+ Rf6 41. Ne4
$18) (38... Rb4 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qxh4+ f6 41. Qe1+ Kd6 42. Qxb4 axb4 43. Nb7+
Kxd7 44. Nxd8 Kxd8 45. g4 $18) 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. fxg5 (41. fxg5 Rc6
(41... Qb8 42. Qxb8+ Rxb8 43. Nb7 Ke7 44. d8=Q+ Rxd8 45. Nxd8 Kxd8 46. g3 $18)
(41... Rg6 42. Kh1 Rb6 43. g6 Rxg6 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Qxh4+ Rf6 46. Ne4 $18) 42.
g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rb6 44. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[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
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Bd6 Nd4 13. Qd3 e5 14. Bxc5 Re8
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nxe4 17. O-O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Kb1 a5 20. f3 Bc6
21. Bd3 Qg5 22. h4 Qc5 23. Rhe1 a4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 g6 27.
Qe2 Qd4 28. Be4 Bxe4+ 29. fxe4 Kg7 30. Qc2 Kf6 31. Ka2 h5 32. Qxa4 Qxe4 33. g3
g5 34. Qa6+ Ke7 35. hxg5 Qe5 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 {[#] Motive:
Quadratregel; Tempospiel} 38. Kb3 $1 (38. a4 $2 Ke7 39. a5 Kd6 40. Kb3 f5 41.
Kc3 f4 42. gxf4 (42. Kd3 fxg3 43. Ke3 h4 44. Kf3 Kc6 $11) 42... h4 43. a6 Kc7
44. a7 Kb7 45. f5 h3 46. f6 h2 47. f7 h1=Q 48. a8=Q+ Kxa8 49. f8=Q+ Kb7 $14)
38... Ke5 (38... Ke7 39. Kc3 f5 40. Kd3 f4 41. gxf4 h4 42. Ke3 $18) 39. Kc3 f5
40. a4 f4 41. gxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. Ng3
Rfe8 16. h3 Nc5 17. Be3 Rab8 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Rec8 20. Rdc1 a5 21. Nd2 Ne8
22. b4 Na4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. c4 Qa6 26. Qd3 Bd8 27. Ne2 g6 28.
Nc3 Rb4 29. Ra3 f5 30. f3 f4 31. Bf2 Bb6 32. Nd1 Nf6 33. Raa1 Be8 34. Rcb1 Rxb1
35. Rxb1 Nd7 36. Bxb6 Nxb6 37. Rb4 a3 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Na2 Qa7+ 40. Kf1 Nc5 41.
Qc3 g5 42. Rb1 h5 43. Ke2 Bd7 44. Qb4 Kf7 45. Qb6 Qxb6 46. Rxb6 Ke7 47. Nc3 Ra8
48. Na2 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Nb3 gxf3+ 51. gxf3 Na4 52. Rb7 Rh8 53. Nb4 Rh2+
54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Nc6+ Kf6 56. Rb4 Bh3 57. Rxa4 Rxb3+ 58. Kd2 Rxf3 59. Nb4 Rf2+
60. Kc3 Rf3+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Rb2 63. Nd3 Rb3 64. Nf2 Rb1+ 65. Ke2 Rb2+ 66.
Kf3 Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Bg2 68. c5 Bf3+ 69. Kd2 Rb2+ 70. Kc3 Rxf2 71. cxd6 Bg4 72. Kb4
a2 73. Kc5 Rc2+ 74. Kb6 f3 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rec1 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rfb8 21. Nd2
Be8 22. Bd1 Nd7 23. a4 Nb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 c4 27. Ra6 Bb4
28. Qc1 Bc5 29. Nb3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qc7 31. Na5 b4 32. Rxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6
34. Nxc4 Ra6 35. Bg4 Bb5 36. Nxe5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. d6 Kf8 39. Bc8 Rxb2 40.
Bb7 f6 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 {Gegen ein mögliches Wolga-Gambit gerichtet. Jetzt
kann Weiß nach 2...c5 3.d5 b5 mit 4.Bg5 und den etwas besseren Aussichten
fortsetzen. Ribli.} e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Die sogenannte Wiener-Variante
des Damengambits, die zu lebendigem Figurenspiel und konkreten taktischen
Verwicklungen führt. Die erste Partie dieses Miniwettkampfes endete remis und
daher ist nach meiner Ansicht nicht logisch, daß sich Topalov mit Schwarz auf
eine so riskante Sache einläßt.} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 {Früher galt 7.e5 cxd4 8.
Qa4 Nc6 9.0-0-0 als Hauptvariante für Weiß. Heutzutage scheint die
Partiefortsetzung die für Weiß bessere Wahl zu sein.} 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 {Es ist interessant: Weiß hat gutes Figurenspiel und
Entwicklungsvorsprung, Schwarz nur einen kleinen strukturellen Vorteil.
Trotzdem gilt die Variante in der Großmeisterpraxis als spielbar für Schwarz!}
10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nbd7) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 {[%csl Re8] Das ist natürlich
eine lange Theorievariante. Ich möchte nur anmerken, daß Schwarz in der ganzen
Wiener-Variante Schwierigkeiten mit der Plazierung des Königs hat.} a6 13. Be2
Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Qa3 {[%cal Ga3f8]} Rc8 (15... Qa5 16. Qb2) 16. Rad1 $5 {
Es ist immer sehr schwierig zu entscheiden, welcher Turm in die Linie gehört.}
(16. Rfd1 Na5 (16... Rg8 17. Rab1 Rg5 18. Qb2 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Bd3 Qxb2
21. Rxb2 Bc6 22. f4 Ra5 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Ke3 Ra3 {0-1 Berg,M-Morawietz,D/Porz
op24 1990/ (40)}) 17. c4 Qc5 {[%csl Rc4,Gc5]} 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. Nb3 Qf8 $13 {
Schwarz hat scheinbar eine sehr schlechte Stellung mit dem König in der Mitte,
aber er kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder. Es ist für Weiß nicht leicht
voranzukommen, denn im Endspiel hat Schwarz keineswegs schlechtere Aussichten.}
(19... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 20. Rd2 Rg8 21. Qe3 Nb8 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Na5 Qg7 24. g3 {
1-0 Khenkin,I-Akopian,V/Minsk 1990/ (43)})) (16. Rab1 Na5 17. Rfd1 Qxc3 (17...
Qc5 $1 {[%csl Gc5]}) 18. Qd6 $1 $44) 16... Na5 (16... Qa5 17. Qb2 $1 $14) (
16... Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rf3 Qc5 $13 (19... e5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nf5
$16)) 17. Qc1 $146 {Ftacnik: White loses no time and strives to attack black's
main weakness pawn f6, since the praxis have shown that the control of the
a3-f8 diagonal brings no fruits.} (17. Rd3 Qc5 (17... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 18. Qc1 Ke7
19. Rg3 Qa5 $13) 18. Qc1 Ke7 $5 (18... Rg8 $6 19. Qh6 Ke7 20. Rfd1 Rc7 (20...
Ba4 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxe6 $3 Kxe6 22. Rd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxd6+ Kxd6 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25.
Qe5+ Kb6 26. Qd4+ $18) 21. Qxh7 Rgc8 22. e5 $3 fxe5 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. Nxe6 $1 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Lukacs,P/Oesterreich 1997}) 19. f4 (19. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Ba4 20.
Nb3 $5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rd7+ Ke8 23. R1d4 e5 $13) 19... Bb5 20. Re3 Bxe2
21. Rxe2 Qxc3 22. Nc2 Rhd8 23. h3 Rd3 24. Kh2 Nc4 25. Qb1 Nd2 26. Qxb7+ Rc7 {
0-1 Lobron,E-Brunner,L/Garmisch 1994}) 17... Ke7 $2 (17... h5 $5 {Auf diese
Weise kann Schwarz die Fortsetzung 18.Qh6 vermeiden.}) (17... Qxc3 $6 18. Qh6
$44 {[%csl Re8,Rf6,Gh6]} Ke7 (18... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxf6 Rf8 20. Rd3 $16) 19.
e5 $1 fxe5 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Qxd7+ Kf8 23. Qxf5 $40 {[%csl Rf8]
und Weiß droht stark 24.Rd7.}) (17... e5 $5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rg8 $13) (
17... h5 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. Rd3 $14) 18. Qh6 $1 $14 Bc6 $4 {Ein unglaublicher
Fehler für einen Supergroßmeister!} (18... Qc5 $5 {[%csl Gc5]}) (18... e5 19.
Nc2 {[%cal Rc2e3,Re3d5]} (19. Nf5+ Bxf5 20. exf5 Qxc3 $13) 19... Be6 $11 (19...
Be6 {Ftacnik} 20. Ne3 Rcd8 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 b5 $14)) (18... Nc6 19. f4
$14) (18... Rcg8 19. f4 $14) {[#]} 19. Nxe6 $1 $16 {Ftacnik: Chessplayers
dreams are made of similar stuff, shield around black king is shattered in one
blow. The game is thus already decided, even though black fights on. Dieser
schöne Springerzug entscheidet die Partie und den Wettkampf! Der schwarze
König findet keine Ruhe mehr.} Qe5 (19... fxe6 20. Qg7+ Ke8 21. Bh5+) (19...
Kxe6 20. Bg4+ (20. e5 $5 Qxe5 21. Bg4+ Ke7) 20... Ke7 (20... Ke5 21. f4+ Kxe4
22. Rfe1#) 21. e5 $1 Qxe5 (21... fxe5 {Ftacnik} 22. Qg5+ Ke8 23. Bxc8 $18) 22.
Rfe1 Be4 23. Bxc8 (23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rd4 Rc4 25. Rexe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4+ Rxe4 27.
f3 $16) (23. Rd4 Rc4 24. f4 Qxd4+ 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Bf3 $18) 23... Rxc8 24. f3
$18 {[%cal Re1e7]} (24. Qh4 Rc4 25. Rd4 $18)) 20. Nd4 Rcg8 (20... Bxe4 21. Bf3
$16 {[%cal Rf1e1,Re1e7]} (21. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 22. Nxf3 $18)) 21. f4 (21.
Nf5+ $4 Qxf5 22. exf5 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rg6+ $19) 21... Qc5 (21... Qxe4 22. Bf3
Rxg2+ (22... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 23. Rfe1+ $18) 23. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Re7]} (23. Bxg2 $4
Qxg2#)) 22. Kh1 Rg6 (22... Bxe4 23. Bf3 Rg6 (23... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 24. Nxf3 $18)
24. Qh3 $16 {[%csl Re7] führt zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 23. Qh3 Bxe4 {Die
schwarze Mehrbauernstellung ist wegen der sehr schlechten Plazierung des
Königs in der Mitte kaum verteidigungsfähig. Auch der Na5 ist nicht auf der
Höhe des Geschehens.} (23... Bd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. Nb3+ Kc6 26. Nxc5 Kxc5 27.
Rd5+ Kb6 28. Rb1+ $18) 24. Bf3 Bxf3 (24... f5 25. Rfe1 {[%cal Re1e7]}) 25. Rxf3
{Ftacnik: Blacks king would have to be on the queenside to be in the safe
heaven, instead he sits undr fire in the center. Weiß hat einen überlegenen
Angriff mit allen Figuren, während der schwarze König auf sich allein gestellt
ist.} (25. Nxf3 {Ftacnik} h5 26. Qd7+ Kf8 27. Nh4 Rg4 28. Nf5 $18) 25... Qc7 (
25... Nc4 26. Re3+ $1 (26. Nf5+ {Ftacnik} Ke8 27. Nh4 $18) 26... Nxe3 (26...
Kf8 27. Nf5 $18 {[%cal Rd1d8,Rd8f8]}) 27. Qxe3+ Kf8 28. Ne6+ $18) (25... Rc8
26. Re3+ Kf8 27. Qxh7 $18) (25... Re8 26. f5 Rg7 (26... Rg5 27. Re3+ Kf8 28.
Qh6+ $18) 27. Qh6 $18) 26. Nf5+ $18 Kf8 27. Rfd3 Nc6 28. Rd7 {und Schwarz gab
in völlig hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.} (28. Rd7 Qb8 (28... Qa5 29. Qd3 $18 {
[%csl Rf8]} (29. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Ke8 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. Qd7 $18)) 29. Qe3 $5 {
Die weiße Drohung ist 30.Qe7 Nxe7 31.Rd8.} (29. Nd6 {[%csl Rf7]} Nd8 30. Qe3
$18) 29... Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rc7 $18 {uns es folgt Matt in zwei Zügen.
Ribli.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {Der holländische Großmeister umgeht - wie schon in Groningen
1997 - das Wolgagambit, zu dem es nach 2.c4 und c5 3.d5 b5 kommen könnte.Ribli.
} e6 3. c4 c5 {In Groningen - ein paar Wochen zuvor - spielte Topalov 3...d5 4.
Nc3 dxc4, die Wiener Variante.} 4. g3 {Piket vermeidet die nach 4.d5 exd5 5.
cxd5 d6 entstehende Benoni-Verteidigung, die Schwarz lebendiges taktisches
Spiel bietet.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 (5... Bb4+) (5... Nc6) (5... d5) 6. Bg2 Bc5 (
6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. Be3 Qa6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd4
Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Nxa7 Bd7 {Hsu Li Yang-Ker,A/Jakarta zt 1993/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das eine etwas
ambitionslose Fortsetzung, nach der Schwarz keine Probleme hat.} (8. Nc3 Nxd4
9. exd4 Bxd4 10. O-O e5 11. Nb5 (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bg5 d5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Qd8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Emms,J/Bad
Woerishofen op 1996}) 11... O-O 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J-Wedberg,T/Rilton Cup96/97 1996}) (8. Nb3 Bb4+ 9. N3d2 Ne5 (9... O-O
10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Qc5 15. Qb5
Qxb5 16. Nxb5 {= Agzamov,G-Groszpeter,A/Sochi 1984}) 13... a5 14. b5 Ne5 15.
Qb3 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Qb3 e5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Brodsky,M/Nikolaev zt 1993}) 10. O-O
Nd3 11. Ne4 Nxc1 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qxc1 Be7 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Ne4 b6
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Bb7 19. Qd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc5 21. Kg1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ke7
23. Rd1 {1-0 Arakelian,E-Arkhipov,S/RUS-chT 1995 (33)}) (8. O-O $5 {Nach
diesem Bauernopfer bekommt Weiß Kompensation, aber -meines Erachtens- auch
nicht mehr.} Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. Nc3 e5 (10... O-O 11. Na4 Qd6 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Be3 $44) 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 {[%cal Rc1b2,Rb2d4]} d5 14. Ba3 Re8
15. c5 Qa5 16. Bb2 Qxc5 17. Bxd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 {Weiß steht dank
seines etwas aktiveren Läufers nur scheinbar besser. Schwarz kann sich jedoch
leicht befreien.} Qe7 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Qc5 b6 $11) 8... dxc6 (
8... bxc6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Rac1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Yee,L-Stone,R/Toronto op 1995 (35)}) 9. O-O e5 $11 {
Wir haben jetzt eine symmetrische Bauernverteilung, der Bewegungsfreiraum des
Bg2 ist durch die Bauern auf b7 und c6 eingeschränkt. So befindet sich Schwarz
in einer bequemen Stellung.} 10. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3a4]} Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Be6
13. Bb2 Rad8 14. h3 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Rfd1 Qa5 $11) 14... Nd7 {
Schwarz bereitet 15...f5 mit Angriffschancen am Königsflügel vor.} 15. Rad1 f5
$15 {Schwarz verfügt über die etwas besseren Perspektiven. Weiß hat keinen
aktiven Plan, während Schwarz die Initiative am Königsflügel besitzt.} 16. Rfe1
a5 17. Kh2 h5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 18. Kh1 Rde8 19. a3 (19. e4 $2 f4 $17 {
[%csl Gc5,Rd4,Gf8,Rh1]}) 19... Ba7 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Qd1 h4 $6 {Die Hauptidee
ist gut, aber Schwarz hätte noch ein paar Vorbereitungszüge ausführen sollen.
Jetzt ist Weiß gut darauf vorbereitet, den Angriff zu parieren.} (21... Bc8 $5)
22. gxh4 $13 e4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rc7h2,Ra7b8,Rb8c7]} 23. Ne2 {[%cal Gb2g7]} Nh5
(23... Bb8 24. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge1g1,Gg1g8]}) 24. Rg1 $8 Bb8 25. Ng3
Nf6 $6 ({[#]} 25... Qxg3 26. fxg3 Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Nf1+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) (25...
Nxg3+ $2 26. fxg3 Qxg3 27. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Gd2h2,Rg1g8]}) 26. f4 $1 $16 Rd8 $6 (
26... exf3 27. Bxf3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g8]}) 27. Bf1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 {Weiß hat einen
Bauern mehr, und was noch wichtiger ist, er hat gute Angriffsmöglichkeiten am
Königsflügel. Sein Bb2 ist besonders stark.} Ba7 29. Be2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31.
Nh5 {Auch durch den Damentausch hat die weiße Initiative nichts von ihrer
Kraft eingebüßt.} Ne8 32. c5 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Re2c4,Rc4g8]} (32. Bxg7 Bxe3
33. Rg2 $18) 32... g6 $6 (32... Bxc5 33. Bxg7 (33. Bc4+ $6 Kh7 34. Bxg7 (34.
Nxg7 Nf6) 34... Nxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Rxd7 Kxh5 $11) (33. Nxg7 Kf7 34. Nxe8
Kxe8 35. Bg7 Bxe3 36. Bh5+ Rf7 37. Rd1 $14) 33... Kf7 34. Bc4+ Ke7 35. Bxf8+
Kxf8 $16) 33. b4 {[%csl Ra7] Jetzt ist der schwarze Ba7 ausgeschlossen.} Kh7
34. Rd1 {[%cal Rd2d7]} Be6 35. Rd8 {Droht 36.Rxe8 nebst 37.Nf6 oder das
sofortige 36.Nf6.} gxh5 36. Bxh5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd8f8]} axb4 37. axb4 b6 (
37... Ng7 38. Rxf8 Nxh5 39. Ra8 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 38. Bd4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kg8 40.
Bxe8 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern weniger und eine gelähmte Stellung.} Bc4 {
Und Schwarz gab zugleichg auf, denn es folgt 41.h5 mit sehr konkreten
Drohungen.Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $5 {An interesting new idea. White removes his R from
the long diagonal as soon as possible to play b3 and consolidate his <<. Black
still hasn't found a setup, whic guarantees active counterplay. The heavily
played} (10. O-O Nb6 $1 {doesn't allow Rb1 anymore, theory and practice show
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 10... O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 (
11. O-O $6 Bc4 $36 {wins the pawn back advantageously.}) 11... O-O (11... Bb7
12. Nh4 Ra5 13. O-O Qa8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 Ra6 16. e4 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Re1
Nbd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Nc5 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxe5 $16 {Manor,
I-Hansen,L/EU-chJ Groningen/1986/}) 12. O-O {-10...0-0}) (10... Qa5 $6 11. O-O
(11. Bd2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nfd7 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Be1 Qc7 16. Nd2 Ncb6 17.
Nde4 c4 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Ne3 Na7 23. Rfc1
Rfc8 24. h4 $14 {Ilincic,Z-Marinkovic,I/Kladovo/1994/}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 Nb6
13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e4 Nfd7 15. a3 $1 Nc4 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19.
Ne2 Qa6 20. Ned4 Qa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Bh3 Ncb6 23. Be3 Re8 24. Nc6 Kf8 25.
Rdc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Fedorowicz,J/San Francisco/1997/}) 11. O-O Nb6 (11... Qc7
12. b3 Rfb8 13. h3 (13. Re1 Ra7 14. Bd2 Rab7 15. Rc1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Nb1 Qb6 19. Na3 Ra7 20. Nb1 Bb5 21. Rc2 Rba8 22. a3 Ba6 23. b4 Bb5 24.
Qc1 Ba4 25. Rc4 Qa6 $36 {Heim,S-Plachetka,J/Thessaloniki olm/1984/}) 13... Qa5
14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Qc2 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Nh2 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Qxc3 20.
Qe4 e5 $2 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qc2 $1 e4 24. Ng4 h5 25. Be1 $18 {
Sulava,N-Bauer,R/Berlin op/1990/}) 12. b3 (12. Nh4 Qc7 13. b3 Rae8 $5 14. Bb2
e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qc2 e5 $44 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Nxd5 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. Bxf6 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne3 $1
$17 {Kiss,A-Paehtz,T/Leipzig/1988/}) (12. a3 Nfd7 13. Nd2 Ra7 14. Qc2 e6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 d5 17. h4 Ne5 (17... Nf6 $5 $132) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Re8
20. Rfd1 Rf7 21. Ne4 Bd4 22. e3 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Bg5 $16 {
Lazarev,V-Verdier,P/FRA-chT/1998/}) (12. Re1 $2 Bc4) 12... Ra7 (12... Ne8 13.
Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Ra7 16. Rfe1 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a4
Qe8 20. e4 f6 21. f4 e5 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. a5 Nc8 24. b4 $16 {Pytel,K-Bielczyk,
J/Augustow/1975/}) (12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 Qb7 ({The abovementioned plan of
central counterplay is now ineffective:} 13... Rae8 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
Bf4) 14. e4 Ng4 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rfb8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. a4 Qc8
20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf6 23. Kg2 Ne8 24. Nb5 Rab7 25. f4 Bg7 26.
Ba5 Ra8 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nc7 29. Na3 Rb4 30. Nc4 Qb7 $132 {/\Raa4,f5<=>,
Skomorokhin,R-Mayr,K/Berlin op/ 1994/}) 13. a4 (13. Re1 Qa8 (13... Bb7 $5 14.
e4 Ng4 $132) 14. e4 Ng4 (14... Rb8 $142 {/\Ne8-c7}) 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. a4 Rb8 17.
Bf1 $1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nb5 Rab7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. h4 $16 {
Antic,D-Perunovic,M/Nis/1995/}) 13... Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 (15. Re1 $5 $14 {
/\} c4 $2 16. b4 Bb7 17. Be3) 15... Nbd7 $146 ({The thematic move, but also
very committal move is} 15... c4 $5 16. b4 Bb7 17. a5 Nbxd5 18. Nb5 Ne3 19. Qd4
Bxg2 $1 (19... Nxf1 $6 20. Qxa7 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Qxa7 22. Nxa7 Nd2 23. Nc6 Nd7 24.
Nxb8 Nxb8 25. Rd1 c3 26. Bc1 $18 {Baburin,A-Riemersma,L/Cappelle la Grande op/
1996/}) 20. Qxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc7 $5 ({Piket had most probably
analysed this position and found something more convincing than} 22. fxe3 Bxe2
23. Nc7 Rc8 $13) 22... Ra7 $142 ({Baburin's suggestion} 22... Rc8 23. b5 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb5] is dangerous, the pawns are very strong.}) 23. Bd4 $5 Rxc7 24.
b5 c3 25. b6 c2 26. Rc1 $36 {If the complications don't work for Black,
Topalov's move deserves attention.}) 16. Ba1 Ne5 (16... Rb4 $5 {/\c4} 17. Na2
Rb8 18. Re1 $14) 17. Qc2 Rab7 18. Rfd1 {[%mdl 32] From now on for a couple of
moves Black has the possibility to play c4, but it never fully solves his
problems. Finally after Black misses all the chances, Piket takes a firm
control of c4 and his well thought out strategy triumphs.} Qa7 (18... c4 19.
bxc4 Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Ne4 $36) 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 $5 $36 {
/\} Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxb5 $6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. d6 $40) 19. Bf1 Ne8 $6 ({This was
probably the best moment, as after} 19... c4 $5 20. bxc4 Bxc4 {the threat is
Bb3 and it's not so easy to retain the extra pawn.} (20... Nxc4 21. Rxb7 Rxb7
22. Nb5 $16) 21. Rxb7 Rxb7) 20. Ne4 $1 Rb6 (20... c4 21. Bd4 (21. bxc4 Rxb1 (
21... Nxc4 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. e3 $16) (21... Bxc4 $2 22. Bxe5 Rxb1
23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Bxg7 $16) 22. Rxb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Bxc4 $132) 21... Qa8 22.
bxc4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Bxc4 25. Nc3 $36 {[%csl Ga4] o^a}) 21. Nd2 $1
Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge4] [+],><c4} Rb4 25.
Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6 27. Nfd2 Nfd7 (27... Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Nd7 29. a5 $5 $36 {
A very similar position could arise later in the game.}) 28. Na3 $1 Nf6 29. Qc3
Nbd7 (29... Kg8 $2 30. Nc2 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Qf3 $16) 30. Nc2 R4b7 31. Nc4
Kg8 32. f3 Ra8 (32... Nb6 33. Na5 $1 Nxa4 (33... Rd7 34. Nc6 $18) 34. Qe1 Rb6
35. Nc6 $16) 33. Rb2 Nb6 34. N2e3 Nxc4 (34... Nfd7 $5) 35. Nxc4 Rb4 $6 {
A mistake in the looming time-trouble, which finally allows White a switch
from prophylactic to active strategy. (a strong central break.)} (35... Nd7
$142 36. a5 $14 {/+/- White is undoubtedly better, but he still must crack
Black's position.}) 36. e5 $1 dxe5 (36... Nd7 37. f4 $5 $40) 37. Qxe5 Qb7 38.
d6 Qxf3 $6 $138 (38... Nd7 $142 39. Qe4 $5 $16 (39. Qxe7 Rxb3 40. Re2 Rxf3 41.
Ne5 Qb3 $132)) 39. Rf1 Qe4 (39... Qd5 40. dxe7 {-39...Qe4}) 40. dxe7 Qxe5 41.
Nxe5 $18 Re4 42. Rd2 Re8 (42... Rxe5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rxa8 Rxe7 45. a5 $18) 43.
Nc4 Re6 (43... Kg7 44. Nd6 $18) 44. Rxf6 $1 (44. Rxf6 Rxf6 45. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} 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 Ng6 14. c5 {
This pawn sacrifice enables white to come first with his assault on the queen
side,much earlier than black with his threats on the opposite side of the
board.} Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3 {This strong move was introduced by Piket in
his game against the World champion (Piket-Kasparov, Linares, 1997). Earlier
white played 16.Sb5, striving to recapture a sacrificed pawn. But in fact
white does not need to hurry. As long as black knight remains on a6 black
hardly can improve his chances. Let`s not forget a rule, formulated about 100
years ago by S.Tarrasch: "if one piece is badly placed - the position in whole
is bad".} Rf7 (16... h5 {Huzman} 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc3 b6 $5 20. Be1
$1 Rf7 21. Nf2 Nh4 (21... Bc8 22. Ra3 Nb8 23. a5 a6 24. axb6 cxb6 $13 {
Pajeken-Kreiman, Hamburg 1997}) 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa6 Qe8 $1 24. Qe2 $5 g4 $1
25. fxg4 Nxg2 $3 (25... Rg7 $2 26. h3 Qg6 27. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rf8 29. Nd1
$16 {Piket-Kasparov, Linares 1997 Inf.69/553}) 26. Kxg2 hxg4 27. Qc2 (27. Kh1
$2 f3 28. Qc2 g3 29. hxg3 Be3 $1 $19 {Kasparov}) 27... Rh7 $1 28. Nh1 Qh5 29.
Ng3 fxg3 30. Bxg3 $13 {Piket. CBM 64}) 17. Nb5 Bd7 (17... Bf8 {Huzman} 18. a4
b6 19. Be1 Rg7 20. Nf2 h5 21. Qc2 Nh4 22. h3 Kh8 23. Qc6 Bd7 24. Qb7 $16 {
Krivoshey-Stets, Presov 1997}) 18. a4 (18. Nxa7 $2 {Huzman} Qb8 $19) 18... Qe8
{A novelty, not too impressive, though. Other moves, which had been tried
before: 18...b6 or 18...h5.} (18... Qb8 {Huzman} 19. Na3 $1 (19. Qc2 c6 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 Nc7 {[%cal Yc7e6,Ye6d4]}) 19... Qd8 (19... c6 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Nc7 24. Nb4 $16) 20. Qc2 $44) 19. Nb2 $1 Qb8
(19... Bxb5 20. Bxb5 $44) 20. Qc2 $5 {A very subtle move. White threatens to
take on c7.} (20. Qd2 {Huzman} h5 {[%cal Yg5g4]}) 20... Be8 {Still, however
bad it looks, black had to take on b5, and then on b4...} ({After} 20... Bxb5
21. axb5 (21. Bxb5 {Huzman} Nxb4 22. Qb3 a5) 21... Nxb4 22. Qb3 a5 23. b6 {
white, according to Piket, has a strong initiative, compensating him for
material loss...}) 21. Qd2 h5 {21...Bf8!?, eventually threatening with c7-c6.}
22. Rc4 Bh6 (22... Bd7 $2 {Huzman} 23. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc7]}) 23. Rfc1 Kg7 24. Nd3
Qd8 (24... g4 $2 {Huzman} 25. fxg4 hxg4 (25... f3 26. g5 $16) 26. Bxg4 f3 27.
Be3 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 c6 (28... fxg2 29. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 30. Rc8 $18) 29. gxf3 $1 $18
) 25. Qc3 g4 26. Nxc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 $16 g3 28. Be1 gxh2+ $6 {By this move he
deprives himself of any counterplay - he just admits he lost the battle.} (
28... Bxa4 $5 {Huzman} 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qc7+ Qe7 31. Nb2 gxh2+ 32. Kh1 Be8
33. b5 $44) (28... Qh4 {Huzman} 29. Rxf7+ Bxf7 30. h3 $16) 29. Kh1 Bg5 (29...
Bxa4 {Huzman}) 30. Rxf7+ Bxf7 (30... Kxf7 {Huzman} 31. Qc7+ Qxc7 32. Rxc7+ Ne7
33. b5 $16) 31. Qc7 {'|^' Huzman. Huzman: '<< Black`s attack is over and White
are destroying Queen`s side of Black '} Qb8 32. b5 Bd8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. Bb4
$18 Be7 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Nb2 Ke8 37. Nc4 Kd8 38. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 {This time Short plays a more usual move,
but Piket demonstrates a comprehensive and consistent strategy, which limits
Black's options.} ({Only weeks before in Batumi Short against the same
opponent successfully played the extravagant and provocative} 3... g6 4. Nc3
Bg7 5. e4 Ne7 6. f4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e5 c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2
Nf5 12. Bf2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ncxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. O-O f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Bg4 Ne3 20. Qxe3 Bxg4 21. Qd2 d4 22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Nf2 Bf5
24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. h3 d3 27. g4 Be4 28. Re3 Bh1 $1 $17 {Piket,
J-Short,N/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 4. d5 Nf6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 g6 (6... Ne4 7. Nf3
Bc5 8. O-O Qf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Rb1 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Re3
14. Qc2 Rxe2 15. Qxc5 bxc5 16. Rxe2 Bxd5 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. Rbe1 $36 {
Jakobsen,O-Ward,C/Copenhagen/1998/}) ({This game shows Black should probably
try to solve the development of Nb8 with} 6... a5 $5 {first.}) 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nh3 $5 ({White's move is more ambitious than} 8. Nf3 Na6 9. Rb1 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ng4
11. Qc2 Bd4 12. Nd1 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qe7 14. b4 c6 15. Bg2 Ne6 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. h3
Ne5 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bb2 d5 $1 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3
Qe3+ 24. Kh2 Rac8 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rd3 Nh5 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5
Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rfe8 $44 {Chernin,A-Kharlov,A/New York op/1998/}) 8... O-O 9. O-O
a5 (9... Na6 10. Rb1 (10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Rd1 exd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Be3 Nfe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra1 20.
e3 $16 {Vojinovic,G-Filipovic,B/YUG-chT Niksic/1996/}) (10. b4 $5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Bxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Ra2 (14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Rad1 Rf7 16. Bf4 c6
17. Qd3 h6 18. Bd6 Qe4 19. Nf4 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Re8 21. b5 Nb8 22. e3 Kg8 23. Nb4
Bf8 24. Rd3 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 c5 26. Na6 Nxa6 27. bxa6 Re4 $132 {Farago,I-Varga,Z/
Pecs/1998/}) 14... c5 $2 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Qb7 cxb4 17. Qxa6 b3 18. Rb2 h6 19.
Nf3 Bxb2 20. Bxb2+ Kg8 21. Ne5 d6 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Rc1 g5 25. Qxb3
$18 {Yuferov,S-Lempert,I/Moscow/1990/}) 10... Nc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Bb2 exd5 $6
13. cxd5 Nd6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rbc1 Re8 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. a4 a6 18. e3 Rc8 19. Nf4
Ne5 20. Nce2 Ne4 21. Nd3 $16 Qe7 $2 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxc7 $1
Rxc7 25. d6 Qg7 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. Nf4 {1-0,
Hjartarson,J-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik/1995/}) 10. Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 32] As Black's
Nb8 has only one square available, White prepares to limit it's scope. A very
effective strategy.} (10. c5 Kh8 11. cxb6 cxb6 12. Bf4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Rad1 (16. Qd2 $5 $36) 16... Bxb2 17. Rd3 Bf6 18.
Rfd1 Qe8 19. Re3 Qf7 20. Qb5 Rfe8 21. Qxb6 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qe7 24.
Rd5 $14 {Cramling,P-Gulko,B/ESP-chT Oropesa del Mar/1996/}) 10... Na6 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 c5 $146 ({In spite of the result no better for Black is} 12...
Qc8 13. Qb3 c6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nf4 (16. Na4 $5 $16) 16... Rfe8
17. Na4 e5 18. Bxb6 Qf7 19. Nd3 e4 20. Ndc5 $16 Bc8 21. Nxa6 $2 Bxa6 22. Rfc1
Ng4 23. f3 Ne5 24. b5 Bc8 25. f4 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Bd7 27. Qd5 Be6 28. Qb5 Nxc4 29.
Bc5 Nd2 {0-1,Tyomkin,D-Shabalov,A/Hamburg Wichern op/1999/}) 13. bxc5 (13. dxc6
$143 Bxc6 $132) 13... Nxc5 14. Be3 Ra5 (14... Rc8 15. Na4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
><b6}) 15. Nf4 Ba6 (15... Ng4 16. Bxc5 $1 (16. Bd2 e5 17. Nd3 e4 (17... Nxd3
18. exd3 $36) 18. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 (18... Nxd3 19. Bxa5 Nb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21. Bc3
$16) 19. Bxa5 exd3 20. Bxb6 Qe7 $1 (20... Qc8 21. e3 $19) 21. e3 (21. exd3 Nxf2
$1) 21... Nxf2 22. Rxf2 (22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd2 Bh6 $1 $36) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 24. Bf3 Bxd5 $5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 $11) 16... Rxc5 17. Na4 Rxc4 18. Nxb6 Rd4
19. Qb3 $36) 16. dxe6 {With this move White practically wins a P and despite
numerous exchanges Black's task remains unenviable.} Bxc4 (16... dxe6 $2 17.
Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nxe6 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 $18) 17. exd7 Nfxd7 (17... Ncxd7 18. Ncd5 $1
$36 {resembles the game position.} (18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxb6 Nh5 $1
21. Nxh5 Bxc3 22. Nf4 Be5 $14) (18. Qd6 $5 $36)) 18. Bd5+ Bxd5 19. Ncxd5 Be5 {
With his weakened >> Black welcomes exchanges, as he can't protect the Pb6
anyway.} (19... b5 $143 $6 20. Qc2 b4 $8 $16) 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22.
Bxc5 $5 (22. Rxb6 Ne4 $14) 22... Na4 {Decentralization can hardly be the most
sutiable way to fight for a draw.} (22... Rxc5 $2 23. Ne6 $18) (22... Nd5 $142
23. Nd3 (23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $14) (23. Rbd1 $2 Rxc5 24. Ne6 Rdc8 $11) 23... Bg7 {
and White's technical task is still far from easy, e.g.} 24. Bb6 $5 Nxb6 25.
Rxb6 Ra2 26. Re1 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bd4 28. Re6 Kf7 29. Rcc6 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Bb4 Rb5
24. Nd3 Bc3 25. Be7 $1 (25. Bxc3 $2 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nxc3 27. Rb2 Nxe2+ $11) 25...
Rdb8 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. Bg5 Ke6 {Black sends his K to extricate the
exposed pieces on the <<, but keeping it at home seems more prudent.} (28...
Rb7 $5 29. Kf1 Bg7 30. Bd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra4] פ}) 29. Kf1 Rb3 30. h4 Ra3 31.
Rc2 Kd5 $6 32. Bd2 Kc4 33. Bxc3 Nxc3 {Hecht: '[#] 4-3 Bauern auf einem Flügel
bietet stets Gewinnchancen. Hier macht sich für Schwarz die ungünstige
Königsstellung negativ bemerkbar. Taktik!'} (33... Rxc3 34. Rxc3+ Nxc3 35. Nf4
$18 {_|_ Endgame theory considers such positions won for White. Here the
dirtect threat is Ne6-f8, attacking the exposed P. It's obvious the K has
wandered too far.}) 34. Kg2 Kd4 (34... Kd5 35. Nf4+ Kd6 36. Rb2 Ra7 37. Rb6+
Ke7 38. h5 g5 39. Rh6 $18) 35. Nf4 Ke5 36. Rb2 Ra7 37. Rb6 $1 Re7 38. Rc6 $18
Ne4 $2 (38... Nd5 39. Rc5 $18) (38... Na4 {[%csl Ra4,Re5] doesn't lose
immediately, but with the trapped K and waylaid N Black's position remains
hopeless.} 39. h5 $5 (39. e3 $18) 39... g5 40. Nh3 g4 41. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Rf5]
><f5}) (38... Na4 {Hecht oder Sb1 waren nötig, um den sofortigen Verlust zu
vermeiden. Weiß spielt dann erst ruhig e3 sowie Kf3 und darf dann an h5 denken.
}) 39. f3 Nd6 (39... Nf6 40. Nd3+ (40. Rxf6 {Hecht} Kxf6 41. Nd5+ $18) 40...
Kd4 41. Rxf6 Rxe2+ 42. Nf2 $18) (39... Nd2 40. Rc5+ Kd4 $8 (40... Kd6 {Hecht}
41. Rd5+ $18) (40... Kf6 41. Nd5+ $18) 41. Rd5+ Kc3 42. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 43. Nd5+
$18) 40. Rc5+ (40. Rc5+ Kf6 (40... Kd4 41. Rd5+) 41. Nd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {It's important to
surprise your opponent in the opening, especially if you play "active chess".
Piket's 5.h4 was a real surprise for Peter and he spent 10-15 minutes for his
next move.} Nf6 {It's strange enough, but this move has never been played yet.
In the preceding games Black tried 5...Bg7;5...h6 and 5...h5.} ({The following
game is one of the examples showing that 5.h4!? is not a joke :} 5... Bg7 6. h5
Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Qb3 f5 13.
a4 e5 14. a5 e4 15. f4 Nf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ba3 Qxd2 18. a6 Na5 19. axb7+ Kb8
20. Qb5 e3 21. Bc5 exf2+ 22. Rxf2 {1-0 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM
63 ext (22)}) (5... h6) (5... h5) 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. h5
Nxh5 11. g4 $2 {According to Shipov this move is a mistake. He writes that
White could develop an initiative with 11.Ng5.} (11. Ng5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5]
Shipov}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (12... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4] Shipov"leads to
Black's advantage"}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Bg7 15. O-O-O Nd7 16.
g5 c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] (Shipov) Now 16...Qa5 with the threat B:c3 was
necessary. The most important is that the knight on d7 could use the b6-square
and exchange on d5 would become possible.} (16... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6] Shipov})
17. Rh2 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Re8 18. d6 {White closes the centre in order to start
direct attack against Black's king.} Rd8 19. Qf4 {[%cal Gh2h7]} Qa5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Too late.Black should make up his mind and to exchange his
black-squared bishop immediately.} ({With} 19... Bxc3 $1 {Svidler could put
much more difficult problems than in the game.In all the lines White would
have to calculate unnumerable amount of variations.} 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Rxh7 $1 (
21. Kb2 e5 22. Qh4 Nf8 $14) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Kb1 Qb4+ 23. Kc2 Qa4+ 24. Kd2 $1 {
White shouldn't afraid.} Qa5+ $1 (24... Qxa2+ 25. Ke1 $3 Kxh7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Kf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gd1h1]} Rf8 28. Qxg6 Rxf3 (28... Qb2 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+
Rf7 (30... Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bxc4+ $18) 31. Bxc4 Qg7 32. g6 $18) 29. Bxf3
Qb2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 25.
Ke3 $1 Qc3+ $1 {[]} (25... Qa3+ 26. Bd3 Qc5+ 27. Ke2 $1 (27. Nd4 $2 Qxd4+ $1
28. Kxd4 e5+ 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rdh1 Nf3+ 31. Ke3 Bh3 $3 32. R7xh3 Nxg5 33. Rh8+
Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxc4 Rxd6 $15) 27... cxd3+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 (28... Kxh7 $2 29.
Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Kg2 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 29. Qh4 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Qc3 30. e5 $18) (25...
Qc5+ 26. Nd4 f5 (26... Qa3+ 27. Bd3 $18) 27. Qh2 Qa3+ (27... f4+ 28. Qxf4 Qa3+
29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 28. Bd3 f4+ 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 26. Bd3 $1 f5 $1
{[]} (26... Rf8 27. Qh4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} cxd3 28. Rh1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh7h8]}
d2+ 29. Kf4 $18) 27. gxf6 Qxf6 (27... Nxf6 $2 28. Rh6 $1) (27... Kxh7 $2 28.
Qh6+ $1 Kxh6 29. Rh1#) 28. Rdh1 $5 (28. Rxd7 $5 Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Bxd7 30. Bxc4
$36 {[%csl Re6]}) 28... Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Nf8 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Bxc4 Rxd6 32. e5
$36) 20. Rxh7 $1 $18 {Now it's over.} f5 (20... Rf8 21. Rdh1 Bxc3 22. e5 $1 {
[%cal Gh7h8]} Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 $1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 $1 {and mate in seven.}) (20...
Bxc3 $2 21. Qxf7#) (20... Kxh7 21. Qxf7 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 21. gxf6 Nxf6 (21...
Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. fxg7 $18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) (21... Bxf6 22. Rxd7 Rf8 23. Qh6
$5 Bxd7 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Ng5 $18) 22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. e5 {
Shipov says: "Piket acted brilliantly.He cutted Black's position on two parts
and then finished the right one."} (23. e5 {The following variations confirm
that Black resigned just in time:} Nh5 (23... Nd7 24. Rh1 {[%cal Gf4h6]} Rh8
25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Ng5 $18) (23... Nh7 24. Rh1 {
[%cal Gf4h6]} Kg8 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg5 28. Qxg6+
Kxh4 29. Qg4#) 24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Rg1 Nf4 26. Rh1 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Qd8 28. Qh6+ Kf7
29. Ng5+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Qxe6+ Kc6 32. d7+ Kb5 33. Nd4+ Ka5 34. Qd5+ Kb6
35. Qd6+ Ka5 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 {Eine relativ selten gespielte
Fortsetzung. Nach 3...Nc6 4.g3 d5 muss Schwarz mit 5.d4!? rechnen.} 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 {Schwarz möchte anschließend mit e7-e5 ein starkes
Bauernzentrum aufbauen. Sofort 6...e5?? wäre ein bekannter Fehler, wegen 7.
Nxe5.} 7. d3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 {Der Springer strebt zum Stützpunkt auf c4.}
Bd7 {Schwarz muss den Nc6 decken, sonst sieht seine Bauernstruktur nach Bxc6
katastrofal aus.} 10. Nc4 O-O {[%mdl 512] Das ist die Opfervariante - Schwarz
verteidigt den Pe5 nicht mit 10...f6, sondern opfert seinen Zentrumsbauern.
Das ist typisch für Kasparov, aber meiner Meinung nach hat Schwarz keine
vollwertge Kompensation für den Bauern.} (10... f6) 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxe5 Be8
{Schwarz muss seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer auf dem Brett halten - er hat etwas
Kompensation, weil die weiße Königsstellung geschwächt ist, und Schwarz das
Läuferpaar besitzt.} 13. Qb3 Bf6 $5 (13... b6 14. Qc4 $1 (14. Be3 Bf6 15. Nf3
Bc6 16. Ne4 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. d4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxf3 21. Rf1
$1 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Krnic,Z-Lobron,E/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44/[Ribli] (32)}) 14... Rc8
$1 (14... Bd6 $6 15. Qe4 $1 Ne6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. f4 $1 $16 {Sarno,
S-Negrini/Porto S. Giorgio 1993/Inf 59 (18)}) 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qd5 Qc7 17. f4
Rd8 18. Qg2 Bd6 19. Nf3 f5 $1 20. Rad1 $1 Bc6 21. Bc1 Qb7 (21... Qb7 {Sarno,
S-Malloni,M/Porto S. Giorgio 1993/Inf 59 (21)}) 22. b3 $1 Rfe8 23. e4 fxe4 24.
dxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Rfe1 Qf5 27. Bb2 $14 {Sarno}) 14. Ng4 Bd4 $1 $146 {
Schwarz aktiviert den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer und provoziert den Zug e2-e3.} (
14... Bc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc4 (16. e4 Rad8 17. Be3 Rxd3 18. Bxc5 Qf3 19.
Rae1 Ne6 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 a6 22. Qc4 h5 23. Re1 h4 24. Qf1 f5 $40 {
1/2-1/2 Jurek,J-Vodicka,V/Klatovy 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 16... Ne6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18.
Rac1 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. dxe4 Rxe4 22. Qc8+ Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Kf1 Rd7 26. Red1 Re6 27. Rc4 Red6 28. Ke1 Ke7 29. Kd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Chandler,M/Lugano 1985/EXT 2000 (69)}) 15. e3 {Weiß hat Angst
vor der schwarzen Aktivität und sieht vom Schlagen des Pb7 ab.} (15. Qxb7 $5
Rb8 16. Qg2 f5 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nc4 f3 19. exf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd3 21. Bf4 Qxc4
22. Bxc7 $14) 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b6 17. f3 (17. b3 $5) 17... Bb5 18. Nf2 Qd7 (
18... Bc6 19. e4 Nb5 20. Qb3 Nd4 21. Qd1 f5 22. Be3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf3+ 24. Kg2
Ne5 $44) 19. e4 Ne6 $44 20. Be3 a5 {Schwarz hat Aktivität - er kontrolliert
das Feld d4, und sein Bb5 steht stark. Andererseits hat Weiß einen Mehrbauern
und keine wirklich gravierende Schwäche.} 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Qc6 $6 (22...
Qb7 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Kg2 (24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. a3 Rfd8 $44) 24... Rd7 25. a3 a4 26.
Bxd4 Rxd4 27. b4 $14) 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. a3 Nd4 25. Kg2 $1 Rc8 $6 (25... h6 $5 26.
b4 $6 cxb4 27. axb4 Rc8 28. Qxd4 Rxc1 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Qxb6 Qa6
$11) 26. Rb1 $1 Rfd8 (26... Ne6 27. b4 cxb4 28. Qa1 $16) (26... Nc6 27. d4 cxd4
28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 $16) 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 (27... cxd4 28. Qb3 Qd7 29. Qd1 $14)
28. b4 $1 $14 {Nach diesem Zug übernimmt Weiß die Führung.} axb4 29. axb4 Qd7
30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rbb2 h6 32. Ra2 Kh7 33. Ra5 {Es droht 34.Rb2 nebst Eroberung
des Pc5.} Rd8 (33... c4 $2 34. Rxb5 $18) 34. Qxc5 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 (35. Ra7 $1 Qe6
36. Rb2 Rc4 37. Qe7 $16) 35... Rxd3 36. Nxd3 Qxd3 37. Ra2 Qb3 38. Qc2 (38. Qf2)
38... Qxc2+ 39. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Normalerweise muss Schwarz hier das Remis
halten, aber Kasparov hat weniger Zeit und wegen seiner früheren Fehler ist er
unzufrieden mit seiner Stellung und spielt das ganze Endspiel schlecht.} h5 40.
f4 g6 $6 (40... f6 $142) 41. e5 Rd3 $6 (41... Rd7) 42. Kh3 $1 Re3 (42... Rd7
43. Kh4 Kh6 44. Rc8 $16) (42... g5 43. fxg5 Kg6 44. Rf2 $16) 43. Kh4 {Alles in
der weißen Stellung ist verteidigt, und der König kann ungehindert eindringen.}
Kg7 44. Kg5 $16 Re1 $6 45. Rc7 Re2 46. Re7 Ra2 (46... Re4 47. e6 $1 (47. h3 $2
Re3 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Re1 50. f5 Rxe5 51. Rxe5 f6+ 52. Kf4 fxe5+ 53. Kxe5
gxf5 $11) 47... Rxe6 48. Rxe6 fxe6 49. h3 Kf7 50. Kh6 Kf6 (50... h4 51. gxh4 $2
Kf6 52. Kh7 Kf7 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. h5 gxh5 55. Kxh5 Kf5 $14) 51. g4 h4 (51... hxg4
52. hxg4 Kf7 53. g5 $22 $18) 52. g5+ Kf5 53. Kg7 Kxf4 54. Kxg6 e5 (54... Kg3
55. Kf6 Kxh3 56. g6 $18) 55. Kh5 e4 56. g6 e3 57. g7 e2 58. g8=Q e1=Q 59. Qg5+
Kf3 (59... Ke4 60. Qe7+ $18) 60. Qg4+ $18 {Schwarz kann den Damentausch nicht
vermeiden und verliert den Ph4. Danach ist seine Stellung hoffnungslos.}) (
46... h4 47. e6 hxg3 48. Rxf7+ Kg8 49. hxg3 Rxe6 50. Rf6 $18) 47. f5 $1 gxf5 (
47... Kf8 48. Kf6 Ra6+ 49. e6 $18) 48. e6 $18 h4 (48... Rxh2 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50.
Kf6 {Das ist ein gutes Beispiel dafür, dass die Qualität der Bauern wichtiger
ist als die Quantität.} Ra2 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. e7 Ra6+ 53. Kf7 Ra7 (53... Ra8 54.
Rg5 $18) 54. Rg5 $18) 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. Kf6 {Und Schwarz gab in verlorener
Stellung auf.} 1-0

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rc1 (11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7
14. Qxc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Nd2 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Pert,N-Zalkind,K/
Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (17)}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bb4 12. Nd2 (12. Be2 Ra2 13. Qc2
Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qxc4 Rxb2 $132) 12... Qh4 $5) 12. Nd2 Nb4 (12... Nxd4
13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc6 15. Qa4 $1 $16) 13. Nxc4 $1 (13. Nde4 Na2 14. Rc2
Nb4 15. Rc1 $11 (15. Rd2 Qa8 $17)) 13... Bxg2 14. Bxg2 Nxc4 15. O-O Nxe3 (15...
Nxb2 16. Qe2 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg5 $1 Qb8 19. Rxc7 $1 $18) (15... Be7 16.
Qg4 g6 17. Bh6 $36) 16. fxe3 Be7 17. Ne4 $36 O-O 18. Qh5 Nd5 19. Rf3 $40 Nxe3
$2 (19... Ra2 20. Rg3 (20. Rh3 h6 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Rf1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxd4 24.
Qe2 Qxe5 $44) 20... Kh8 21. Rf1 Nxe3 $1 22. Rxe3 Qxd4 23. Qh3 Rxb2 $44) (19...
f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qe5 Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Bxe4 Qd6 $11) 21...
Bxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxc7 $1 $16) 22. Rh3 h6 23. Be4 $40 {
[%cal Gh5g6]} Qe8 $1 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxc7 Rb8 $132) 20. Rxe3 Qxd4 21. Qe2 $16
Ra2 (21... Rfa8 22. Nf2 Ra1 23. Bxa8 Rxc1+ 24. Kg2 Rb1 25. Rb3 g6 26. Qe4 $16)
22. Rxc7 Bd8 (22... Rxb2 23. Qd3 $16) 23. Rc4 Qxe5 24. Rb3 $1 Bc7 25. Ng3 Rd8 (
25... Ra1+ 26. Kf2 Qd6 27. Qd3 $16) 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd3 $1 Rb8 28. b4 Ra1+ (
28... Rb2 29. Bc6 Bc7 30. b5 Bb6+ 31. Kh1 $16 {/+-}) 29. Nf1 h5 30. Bc6 $1 g5
31. h3 Bc7 32. b5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Kg2 Bb6 $2 (34... Ra2+ $142 $1 35. Kf3
f5 $132) 35. Be4 $1 Ra5 36. Bd3 $1 Kg7 37. Rc6 Ra2+ 38. Bc2 Bd4 (38... f5 39.
Kf3 Kf6 40. Rxe6+ $18) 39. Ng3 $1 Rb2 40. Nxh5+ $6 (40. Ne2 $1 Ba7 41. Bd3 $16)
40... Kh6 $2 (40... Kf8 $1 41. Rc4 Bb6 42. Nf6 Ke7 $14) 41. Ng3 $18 Rxb5 $2 (
41... Kg7 42. Ne2 $18) 42. Nf5+ Kh5 43. Nxd4 Rb4 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 {This was Piket's last chance to equal the score
in an 8-game match, so he chooses a sharp opening.} 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6
d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. a4 Qxb6 {Now White gains more () on the << to
prevent possible activity by Black on this flank.} (9... a5 $142 $1 10. Bb5 O-O
11. O-O (11. Qe2 Nxb6 12. O-O Ne8 13. Rd1 Nc7 14. Bf4 Nxb5 15. axb5 Bd7 16. e5
Bg4 17. Rd3 Nc4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Ra4 Re8 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Rd2 c4 $17 {Pres,
G-Krivoshey,S/Koszalin B/1999/}) 11... Nxb6 (11... Ba6 12. b7 Bxb7 13. Re1 Ne8
14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Bf1 Ba6 {1/2,Ivanisevic,I-Pikula,D/Vrnjacka Banja YUG-chT/1999/
}) (11... Qxb6 12. h3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Nd2 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qa6 16. Rb1 Ne8
17. Nc4 Rxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qc2 Nc7 20. Bg5 Kf8 21. Ra1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6
23. Ra2 Na6 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Ra3 $14 {Gleizerov,E-Insua Mellado,J/Malaga op/
2000/ A surprising parallel to our game.}) 12. Re1 Ne8 (12... Bb7 13. Bf4 Ne8
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd7 $16 {Andonovski,
L-De Mie,M/Wijk aan Zee C/2000/}) 13. Bf4 f6 (13... Ba6 $5) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $5
$14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26.
Qd2 $44 {Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Hastings/1999/}) (9... Nxb6 10. a5 Nbd7 11. h3
O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qe2 Rb4 17. Ra2 Nf6 18.
Rd1 Nh5 19. Bh2 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rbxe4 24.
Raa1 Re2 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. c4 Ng7 27. g4 f6 28. Rab1 Nce8 29. Kg2 Qc7 30. Rb6 Qc8
31. Bf4 Qa8 32. Bxd6 g5 33. Bxc5 Qe4 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 $2 (34... Nxe6 $142) 35. Rd8
Qxc4 36. Rxe8+ (36. Bd4 $142) 36... Nxe8 (36... Rxe8 $142 37. Bd4 Qc6 $13) 37.
Qf8# {1-0 Delemarre,J-Riemersma,L/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 46/[ChessBase] (37)})
10. a5 {[%csl Ga5,Ra6] ()} Qa7 (10... Qb4 $142 $5 {A well-known motive. Black
lures the R to a4, a square White needs for his N.} 11. Ra4 Qb7 12. Nd2 $5 (12.
Bc4 Ng4 13. O-O Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Ra3 Bb5 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Bxb5
axb5 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Rfb8 21. Nc3 Nc4 22. Ra2 Rxa5 $17 {Conlazo Zavalia,
E-Bernard,I/Buenos Aires/1998/}) (12. h3 O-O 13. Bc4 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qe2
Rb8 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Nd4 19. Qd3 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Na4 Nb3
22. Be3 Qb4 23. Nb6 Nxa5 24. Bd2 Qxb6 25. Bxa5 Qb7 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Bd7
28. Bxa6 Bb5 $11 {Ricardi,P-Georgiev,Kir/Moscow olm/1994/}) 12... O-O 13. Be2
$14) (10... Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bg5 f6 16.
Be3 Nc7 17. f4 f5 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxc5 Nb5 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Na4
Qe8 23. Re1 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd6 25. Bf1 $16 {Smagin,S-Subasic,I/Zenica/1987/})
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 (13. Nd2 $5 $14) 13... Ne8 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Nxe5
(15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 f5 $132) 15... Bxe5 16. Na4 Nf6 (16... Rb4 17. Bd2 $16) 17.
Nb6 Bd4 (17... Nd7 $5 18. Bxe7 (18. Nc4 Bf6 $11) 18... Re8 19. Nxc8 Rexc8 20.
Ra2 Nf6 (20... f6 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. e5 $1 $16) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $44 {
[%csl Gf6] ^-}) 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rxb6 $5 {A brave sacrifice, Black
doesn't want to defend passively and invests some material to free his pieces.}
(19... Bb5 20. b4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 $36) 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. h3 a5 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Ra5a4] /\a4,><b2} 22. b3 Bb5 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Bd2 (25. Be3 Bxe3
26. Rxe3 a4 $44) 25... Qa6 26. Be3 (26. Qc4 $5 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Kg7
(28... Nxe4 $2 29. Bh6 $1 $18) 29. Bxa5 Nxe4 30. Be1 $14) 26... Bxe3 27. Rxe3
$14 {<=>} Rb4 28. Rd1 Nd7 $1 {Black must prevent e5, otherwise White would
activate his R.} 29. Ra1 f6 30. Ra4 Rb5 31. Re1 (31. Kh2 $14) 31... Qb6 32. Ra3
Kg7 33. Rea1 $6 {White is careless.} ({Safer was} 33. Kh2 Rb4 $14) 33... c4 $5
34. Qxc4 (34. bxc4 $6 Rb2 35. c5 $8 Nxc5 36. Qc1 Rxf2 $1 $36 (36... Nd3 37. Qe3
Qxe3 38. fxe3 Nc5 $44)) 34... Nc5 $44 {/+/=} 35. Re1 (35. Qc2 Rb4 $5 $132 (
35... Nxb3 36. Rb1 Nc5 $14)) 35... Rb4 36. Qc2 Nxb3 37. Qc8 $6 (37. Qc6 Qa7 38.
Qc3 Qb6 $14) 37... Nc5 38. Qc6 (38. Kh2 $5 a4 $44) 38... Qa7 39. Raa1 Kf7 $1 {
[%csl Re4] ><e4 Now the e4-pawn is lost and the advantage passes to Black.} 40.
Reb1 Nxe4 41. Qc2 Qd4 42. Re1 f5 $15 43. Ra2 $2 (43. Rad1 Qb2 $15) 43... Qxd5
44. Rd1 Qe5 45. Rda1 Qd4 $1 46. Ra4 (46. Rxa5 Rb2 47. R5a4 Qxf2+ 48. Qxf2 Nxf2
$19) (46. Rd1 Qc3 47. Qe2 a4 $19) 46... Nc5 $1 $19 {The a-pawn still manages
to survive and White's [+] has been blown to bits. The game is decided.} 47.
Rd1 (47. Rxa5 Rb2 48. Rd1 Rxc2 49. Rxd4 Nb3 $19) (47. Rxb4 axb4 $19 {[%csl Gb4]
o^b}) 47... Qxd1+ 48. Qxd1 Rxa4 {Black's position is too solid for White's
lone Q to make any impression. Black will quietly improve his pieces and
advance his P.} 49. Qd2 (49. Qd5+ Kg7 50. Qc6 Re4 $19) 49... h5 50. Qc3 Rb4 51.
Kh2 (51. Qh8 Ne6 (51... a4 $5) 52. Qa8 a4 $19) 51... Ne6 52. Qa3 Rb5 53. Qa4
Rc5 54. Qb3 d5 55. Kg1 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 d4 57. Qa3 Rc5 58. Qb3 h4 59. Kg1 Rc3 60.
Qd5 (60. Qd1 d3 61. Qd2 Nd4 $1 $19) 60... a4 61. f4 a3 62. g4 hxg3 63. h4 Rc5
64. Qa2 (64. Qb3 d3 $1 65. Qxd3 a2 66. Qa3 Rc2 $19) 64... d3 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 {Das ist eine Lieblingsvariante des
Großmeisters Azmaiparashvili. Dies ist vielleicht die beste Möglichkeit für
Schwarz, wenn er nicht die Königsindische Verteidigung mit 4...e5 wählen
möchte.} 5. dxe5 (5. Nf3) 5... dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 {Das ist die
strategische Pointe der ganzen Spielweise. Der Punkt d4 ist zwar ein
positionelles Loch. Aber da der schwarze König in der Mitte steht, öffnet Weiß
die Stellung.} Be6 (7... Nc6 8. Nf3 Nd4) 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Ng5 {[%mdl 4] Mit
diesem direktem Zug beabsichtigt Weiß, den Be6 zu tauschen, gleichzeitig droht
10.f5.} (9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Nd5 (11. Rd1 exf4 12. Bxf4 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6
14. Rd2 c6 15. Nd4 Bxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Ke7 17. Bd6+ Kf6 18. Rf1+ Kg7 19. c5 {
1-0 Suba,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18/[Ribli] (58)}) 11... c6 12.
Nxe7 Kxe7 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Nxd7 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Reggio Emilia 1992/EXT 2000 (16)}) 9... Nh6 (9... Ne7 10.
Nxe6+ fxe6 11. g3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. c5 Rhd8 15. h4 h5 16. Bg2
Nxc5 {0-1 Schmidt,O-Held,P/Wuerttemberg 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) (9... h6 10. Nxe6+
fxe6 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd2 exf4 14. gxf4 Bd4 15. Nd1 e5 16. Be2 Ngf6
17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. O-O g5 20. Nf2 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Ke7 22. Re1 Raf8
23. Bg4 Rxf2 24. Bxf2 {1-0 Gabriel,R-Held,P/Wuerttemberg 1997/EXT 99 (24)}) 10.
Be2 c6 11. O-O $14 {Strategisch scheint alles in Ordnung für Schwarz, seine
Bauernstruktur ist gesund. Aber das weiße Figurenspiel ist viel besser. Das
Hauptproblem von Schwarz ist, dass sein König keine Ruhe findet.} Ke7 12. h3 (
12. Nxe6 fxe6) 12... exf4 (12... Raf8 $5) 13. Bxf4 Ne5 (13... Rad8 14. Nxe6
Kxe6 (14... fxe6 $2 15. Bg5+ $18) 15. Rad1 $36) 14. Rad1 f6 (14... Rad8 15.
Nxe6 Kxe6 16. Be3 $14) 15. Bxe5 (15. Nxe6 Kxe6 16. Na4 Nhf7 17. Nc5+ Ke7 18.
Nxb7 Rab8 $132) 15... fxe5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Na4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ra4c5,Rc5e6]
Viele Figuren sind schon abgetauscht, und trotzdem hat Schwarz noch immer
Probleme mit seinem König.} Bf8 (17... b6 18. c5 $16) 18. c5 {[%cal Ge2c4,
Gc4e6]} Ke7 19. Bc4 $36 {Es droht zwar nichts Konkretes, aber Weiß steht
aktiver - man betrachte nur die schwarzen Leichtfiguren Bf8 und Nh6.} Rd8 20.
g4 {[%csl Rh6]} Rxd1 (20... g5 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. Rd1+ $14) 21. Rxd1 g5 22. b4 {
Weiß hat Raumvorteil, doch die Verwertung des Vorteils ist, wenn überhaupt
möglich, nicht einfach. Denn die Stellung ist relativ geschlossen, und es gibt
wenige Durchbruchs- oder Eindringungsmöglichkeiten für Weiß.} Bg7 23. Nb2 {
[%cal Gb2d3]} Rf8 (23... Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. a4 $14 {[%csl Rh6]}) 24. Kg2 Rf4
(24... Nf7 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. Nc4 $14 {[%csl Yd6,Yf5][%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5,Gc4d6]})
25. Re1 Rf8 26. Re3 Rd8 (26... b5 $5) 27. Rd3 Nf7 {Der Nh6 kann seinem
Schicksal nicht entgehen - der weiße Läufer wird ihn abtauschen.} (27... Rf8
$14) 28. Bxf7 (28. a4 $14) 28... Rxd3 29. Nxd3 Kxf7 30. a4 {[%csl Gd3,Re5,Rg5,
Rg7][%mdl 4096] Wir haben ein Endspiel zum Thema "Guter Springer gegen
schlechten Läufer" vor uns. Der Bg7 hat keine große Zukunft vor sich- er
befindet sich im "Kerker" seiner eigenen Bauern.} Bf6 31. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3e2,
Ge2d2,Gd2c3] Weiß hat Raumvorteil und auch eine Durchbruchsmöglichkeit mit
b4-b5 am Damenflügel, daher zielt der weiße König nach c3 (oder c4).} Ke6 32.
Ke2 Bd8 33. Kd2 Bc7 34. Kc3 {Weiß verbessert Schritt für Schritt seine
Stellung, während Schwarz zum Abwarten gezwungen ist.} Bd8 35. Nb2 {[%cal
Gb2c4] Weiß verbessert die Stellung seines Springers.} Bc7 36. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]
Der Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf c4 - er kann von hier aus nach e3-f5
ziehen oder, wenn der Läufer sich entfernt, nach d6 eindringen.} Kd7 37. b5 $16
cxb5 (37... Ke6 38. b6 axb6 39. cxb6 Bd8 40. a5 $22) (37... Kc8 38. b6 axb6 39.
cxb6 Bb8 {[%csl Rb8]} 40. a5 Kd7 41. Kb4 Kc8 (41... Bd6+ 42. Nxd6 Kxd6 43. a6
bxa6 44. Ka5 $18) 42. Ka4 Kd8 43. a6 bxa6 44. Ka5 $18) 38. axb5 Ke6 39. Kb4 b6
{Schwarz muss so spielen, sonst kommt Weiß mit b5-b6.} (39... Bd8 40. b6 axb6
41. cxb6 $18) 40. Nb2 Bd8 41. Kc4 Be7 42. c6 (42. Nd3 bxc5 43. Nxc5+ Kd6 $14)
42... Bd6 43. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4a6,Gb4d5]} Bc7 (43... h6 44. Nb4 Bxb4 45.
Kxb4 Ke7 (45... Kd6 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. c7) 46. Kc4 Kd6 47. c7 Kxc7 48. Kd5 $18)
44. Nb4 Bd6 45. Na6 Ba3 46. Nc7+ (46. c7 Kd7 47. Kd5 Bb2 48. Nb4 Kxc7 49. Nd3
$16) 46... Kd6 47. Ne8+ Ke6 48. c7 Kd7 49. Kd5 {Der weiße König überschreitet
Rubikon - Schwarz kann seine Stellung nicht retten.} Bb2 50. Nf6+ Kxc7 51. Nxh7
Bc1 52. Kxe5 $18 {Weiß hat nun schon einen Mehrbauern und eine leicht
gewonnene Stellung.} a5 53. bxa6 b5 54. Kd5 Kb6 (54... Be3 55. e5 $18) 55. e5
Kxa6 56. e6 Ba3 57. Nxg5 Kb6 58. Nf7 {[%csl Ge6,Gg4,Gh3]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 {Das ist wahrscheinlich die beste Fortsetzung für
Weiß - die Alternative ist 3.Nc3. Mit der Partiefortsetzung provoziert Weiß
den Zug e5 - e4.} e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. g3 Be7 6. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4] Weiß hat zwar in
der Tat ein paar Tempi verloren (Nf3 - Ng5 - Nh3), aber das Feld f4 ist ein
guter Posten für den Springer. Ich möche darauf hinweisen, dass GM Piket mit
dieser Strategie sehr erfolgreich ist.} c6 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. d5
$5 Ng4 10. O-O Bf6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. a3 Nc7 15. f3 {
1-0 Piket,J-Kantsler,B/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Atlas,V] (40)}) 7. Nc3 {Dieselbe
Stellung kann man auch durch die Zugfolge 1. c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.
Ng5 c6 6.g3 Be7 7.Nh3 erreichen.} Nf6 8. Bg2 d5 {Dieser Zug ist zu direkt.
Meiner Meinung nach verdient 8...Be6 den Vorzug.} (8... O-O 9. O-O (9. d5 $5)
9... d5 (9... Kh8 10. d5 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 a5 13. Rc1 Nfd7 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qe8 16. f3 {1-0 Piket,J-Hartoch,R/Leeuwarden 1993/TD (23)}) 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 Na5 16. Qb5 a6
17. Qe2 g5 {0-1 Szczepaniec,S-Rotshtein,E/Rowy 2000/CBM 78 ext (64)}) (8... Be6
9. d5 Bf7 10. O-O Nbd7) 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. O-O Be6 11. f3 exf3 12.
Bxf3 Bf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Nf4 Qe4 17. Bf2 Nd7 18.
Qb3+ Rf7 19. Qxb7 Nb6 {0-1 Tauber,M-Landa,K/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2000/CBM 74 ext
(40)}) 10. Bg5 {Weiß möchte den Nf6 abtauschen und auf diese Weise den Pd5
schwächen.} Ng8 $5 {Eine interessante Idee - Schwarz verliert zwar ein Tempo,
vermeidet dafür aber den Abtausch durch 11.Bxf6.} (10... Nc6 11. Bxf6 (11. Nf4
$5 Ng8 $5 12. h4 (12. Bxe7 Ngxe7 13. e3) 12... h6 13. Bxe7 Ngxe7 14. e3 O-O 15.
h5 $14) 11... Bxf6 12. e3 Be6 (12... O-O 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Qb3 $16) 13. Nf4 Bf7
14. Qb3 O-O 15. Nfxd5 $6 (15. Qxb7 $5) 15... Kh8 $1 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qc5 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 {0-1 Cramling,P-Davies,N/Katrineholm 1995/CBM 49/[Ribli] (30)}) 11.
Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nf4 Nbc6 13. e3 O-O 14. h4 $14 {[%csl Gf4] Weiß sichert die
Stellung seines Nc4. Schwarz kann jetzt nicht mehr (so leicht) g7 - g5 spielen.
} Qd6 15. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb3g8,Gb3b7]} Rd8 16. a3 b6 17. Bf1 $1 {[%cal
Gf1b5] Weiß verbessert die Stellung seines Läufers, der auf g2 relativ passiv
stand. Zudem unterbindet Weiß mit diesem Zug das mögliche 17... Ba6.} Bb7 18.
Rc1 Rac8 19. Be2 Kh8 20. Kf1 {Ein typisches Königsmanöver - der König findet
einen sicheren Platz auf g2.} g6 21. Kg2 Kg7 22. Qa4 a6 $2 (22... h6 $142 $14)
23. Bxa6 $1 {Mit diesem Zug gibt Weiß eigentlich seine Dame für B+R +P.} (23.
b4 b5 $11) 23... Ra8 24. Bxb7 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Die weißen
Leichtfiguren stehen sehr aktiv, die schwarze Dame hingegen hat nur wenige
aktive Möglichkeiten.} Na5 (25... Rb8 26. Bxc6 (26. Ba6) 26... Nxc6 27. Rc2 $16
) 26. Ba6 Ra8 (26... Nb3 27. Rc3 $16 (27. Rc2 Ra8 28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Nc3 $14)) 27.
Bb5 Nc4 28. Rc2 h6 (28... Ra5 29. Nc3 $16) 29. Nc3 {Droht 30.Ncxd5 mit
Bauerngewinn.} Na5 30. b4 Nb7 (30... Nc4 31. Ncxd5 Nxd5 (31... Nxa3 32. Rc7
Nxb5 33. Rxe7+ Kh8 (33... Kg8 34. Rd7 $18) 34. Re6 $18) 32. Nxd5 Nxa3 33. Rc7+
Kf8 34. Rd7 Qb8 35. Ra1 $1 Nxb5 (35... Ra7 36. Rxa3 $1 Rxa3 37. Nf4 $18) 36.
Rh7 $1 Qxg3+ (36... Rxa1 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rxb8 $18) 37. Kxg3 Rxa1 38. h5 $18) {
[#]} 31. Ncxd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Durch dieses vorübergehende Springeropfer gewinnt
Weiß einen wichtigen Zentrumsbauern.} Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Bc4
$18 {Die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos - Weiß gewinnt den Nb7 und bekommt
- mit R+B+P+P für die Q- entscheidenden Vorteil.} (34. Bc4 Qd6 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36.
Rxb7 Rc8 (36... Kd8 37. Bb5 $18) (36... Rxa3 37. Bb5+ Kf8 38. Rc1 Ra8 39. Rc6
$18) 37. Bf7+ $1 Kd8 38. d5 h5 (38... Rc3 39. Be6 Rxa3 $6 40. Rc1 Ra8 41. Rg7
$18) 39. Rd1 (39. Be6 Rc7) 39... Rc3 (39... Rc7 40. Rxc7 Kxc7 41. Rc1+ $18) 40.
Be6 Rc7 41. Rxc7 Qxc7 42. d6 Qc6 43. a4 Qe8 (43... Qxa4 44. Rc1 $18) 44. Bb3
Qc6 45. Rd4 Qd7 46. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Nbd4 Bd7 14. Bc3
Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Qg5 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng3 Rh4 19. f4 Qh6 20. h3 Re8
21. Rf3 Qd6 22. a4 Qb4 23. b3 Rh6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Qd4 Rhe6 26. Nf5 Qxd4 27.
Nxd4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nxc6 Rxb3 30. Nxa7 Kf8 31. Rc5 Bxa4 32. Rxd5 Rb8
33. Rc5 Bd7 34. Rc7 Ke8 35. Kh2 Rb6 36. f5 h5 37. g4 h4 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. Rb7 Kd8
40. Kf2 Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8.
Nf3 g6 9. g4 Ng7 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Rdg1 a6 14. Ng5 Nxd5
$2 15. Nxf7+ Rxf7 16. exd5 Bg5 17. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg7] פg7} Bxe3+ 18. fxe3
Bd7 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qe7 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. Qf7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd8 24. Ne4
Kg8 25. Re7 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 $2 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxb5 {1-0,Seirawan,Y-Ivanov,
I/USA-ch Seattle/2002/}) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nf3 Rb8 {Black plays a
noncommittal move and delays castling not to give White a target as in the
above example. Nevertheless his position remains cramped and White has more
than one promisisng plan to choose from.} 9. a3 {Relying solely on <<play
usually doesn't give White so much.} (9. a4 b6 10. Qe2 Nf8 (10... O-O $142) 11.
Be3 Ng6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5 $5 Ra8 15. Kd2 $1 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5
Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Kc2 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re7] ץe7,e4,Jimenez Zerquera,
E-Panno,O/Havana/1969/ In this game White intended to close the << and
concentrate only on >> play to exploit his ().}) (9. Qe2 Nf8 10. Rb1 Ng6 11. b4
cxb4 12. Rxb4 O-O 13. Qb2 Nh5 14. Ne2 (14. g3 $142 f5 15. Be3 $1 $36 {Here we
see another facet of a plan similar to the one from the example above: is
Black himself opens the <<, a6 is a serious weakening.}) 14... Nhf4 15. Nxf4
Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. O-O Bf6 18. Qc2 h5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Rdb1 Qc7
$132 {Akesson,R-Johansson,J/SWE-ch Norrkoeping/1988/}) 9... O-O 10. a4 $6 {
Conceding his last move was probably not best.} ({Consistent was at least} 10.
b4 $5 $14 {/\} b5 $2 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Na7 $1 $16) 10... Nh5 11.
Ne2 {An indication White intends to play g4 after all.} (11. g3 $5 $14 {
/~~ is more solid}) 11... g6 12. g4 {[%mdl 32];Navrotescu,C (2435)-Tugui,A 
(2337) ROM-ch Targoviste 2001 (6) 0-1 A brave, but risky decision. To lead a
successful attack White needs a safe haven for his K, this will be difficult
to achieve with his already compromised <<. Here expansion on both flanks only
gives Black's <=> targets, in the end Piket's strategy will triumph and Black
will grab the |^ on both flanks. In this CBM we have one similar example of
overexposure in} {where White's K suffered on the <<.} Ng7 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Ng3
Kh8 15. Qc2 Bd7 {[%cal Rb7b5] /\b5} (15... b6 $5 $13 {/\Bd7}) 16. a5 b5 17.
axb6 Qxb6 18. Ra2 a5 $1 $11 {Already the first success for Black, he moves his
P to a4 and claims extra () on the <<.} (18... Ng8 $6 19. Bd2 $14) (18... Qb3
19. Qb1 $5 Qb6 20. Bd2 $14) 19. Bd2 a4 20. Bc3 Ng8 21. Ra3 (21. Qe2 Rb7 22. Bc2
Ra8 $11) 21... Rb7 22. Kf1 Bd8 (22... Ra8 23. Kg2 Qd8 $11) 23. Kg2 Qc7 24. Qd2
(24. Rha1 Qc8 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh7h5] /\f5,h5<=>}) 24... f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bc2 (
26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxa4 Qg7 $44 {/\Rbf7}) 26... Ne7 27. Qh6 (27.
Bxa4 $142 $5 Ng6 (27... fxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Ng5 $40) 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. g5
Nf4+ 30. Kh2 $13) 27... Ng6 28. Ng5 (28. g5 $5 Rb4 29. Nd2 {/\h4-h5,g6->} Qb7 {
[%cal Rb4b2] /\Rb2<=>}) 28... Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Rb4 $1 {After this blow White
loses his orientation.} 30. gxf5 $2 (30. b3 $1 axb3 31. Bxb3 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Rbb8
33. Bc2 $132) (30. Bxb4 cxb4 31. Raa1 Qxc4 $17) 30... Bxf5 $1 $17 (30... Nf4+
$2 31. Kh2 Rxc4 32. Qe7 $16) 31. Nxf5 (31. Bxb4 cxb4 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Raa1 (
33. Nxf5 Rxf5 $19) 33... Ngh4+ 34. Kf1 Qxc4+ $19) (31. Bxf5 Nxf5 $40) 31...
Nxf5 32. h4 (32. Rxa4 Ngh4+ 33. Kf1 h6 34. Qc1 (34. Qf4 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Qg7 $1
$19) (34. Qg1 Ne3+ $19) 34... Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Ng3+ $19) (32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qg4
Rf4 $19) (32. Rha1 Rxc4 33. Rxa4 Nfh4+ $17 {->}) 32... Rxc4 $1 33. h5 (33. Bxf5
$142 $5 Qf7 34. Bxe5+ $1 Nxe5 (34... dxe5 $2 35. Bxg6 Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 $11) 35.
Rg3 Qxd5+ 36. f3 $17) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kh2 (34. Kf1 h6 35. Qg1 Ne3+ $1 36. fxe3
Nh3+ $19) 34... h6 35. Qg4 Rg8 $19 36. Bxf5 (36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Bxf5 Qf7 38.
Rg1+ Kh8 $19) 36... Rxg4 37. Bxg4 Qe7 (37... Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 Rc1 $6 (38...
Qh4+ $142 39. Bh3 Rc1 40. Rg3 Rxe1 41. Rxe1 Nxh3 $19) 39. Kg3 Qg5 40. Rxa4 Ne2+
41. Kh3 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 c4 {Although Black missed a more direct win in
time-trouble, his position remains overwhelming. The rest is agony.} 43. Ra8+
Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Rd7 Rxe1 $1 46. Rxe1 (46. Rxd6+ Ke7 47. Rd7+ Ke8 48. Rxe1
Nxh5+ 49. Kh3 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 h5 $19) 46... Nxh5+ 47. Kh3 (47. Kf3 $2 Qf4+) 47...
Nf4+ 48. Kg3 h5 49. f3 hxg4 50. fxg4 Nxd5 $1 {The simplest, as after taking
the N White loses one of his R.} 51. Rxd6+ Ke7 52. Rxd5 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 (53. Kh3
Qf3+ $19 {[%cal Rf3f2,Rf2e1] /\Qf2-e1}) 53... Qxg4+ 54. Kf2 (54. Kh2 Qh4+) (54.
Kf1 Qf3+) 54... Qh4+ (54... Qh4+ 55. Kf1 (55. Ke2 Qe4+) 55... Qh1+) 0-1

[Event "NED-ch op 5'"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "2002.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nxc4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Rc1 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nc5 11. d4 Nce4 12. O-O Bd5 13. Nfe5 c6 14. f3 Nd6
15. Qe1 Be6 16. Qf2 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. Bf1 f6 19. Nd3 Bf7 20. Rc2 a4 21. Nxd6
exd6 22. b4 f5 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Be6 25. Qg3 Nf4 26. d5 cxd5 27. Nxf4 Bxf4
28. Qd3 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxe1 31. exd5 Bd7 32. Bd4 Bf5 33. Qe2 Qxe2
34. Rxe2 Bd3 1-0

