[Event "Beersheba-St Petersburg"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.03.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f5 Qc5 14. Qxc5
dxc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. e5 f5 18. g4 Ra7 19. Rhf1 Rd7 20. Rde1 Kg7
21. gxf5 exf5 22. e6 Rd6 23. Rxf5 Rxe6 24. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nc3 d5 14. Ne5 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qa4 a5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc1 e5 21.
Nd5 Bb7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Be3 exd4 24. Qxd4 Nc5 25. Bf1 Rd8 26. Qc4 Qe5 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxb2 29. Qxa5 Rf8 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Qc7 Qc6 32. Rc1 Qd5 33.
Rc5 Qe4 34. Re5 Qd4 35. Re7 Bd5 36. Rd7 Qe4 37. a4 Be6 38. Rd8 Qc4 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. f4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O e5 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf5 19. Qd4 a6 20. Rd1 Re8
21. Be2 h6 22. Rf1 Qxe5 23. Bh5 c5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. g4 Be6 26. Bg6 Kg8 27. Kf2
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Rc1 Ke7 17. Be4 h5 18. Re1 Rd7 19. Bd3 h4 20. h3
Rb8 21. Rb1 Rg8 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Kh2 Qf5 24. Qa4 Qxf2 25. Qb4+ Ke8 26. Red1 f5 (
26... Nf3+ {kommt in Betracht.}) 27. Rbc1 f6 (27... Nf3+ {verdient, in
Erwägung gezogen zu werden.}) 28. Rc4 a5 (28... Nf3+ {ist nicht zu verachten.})
29. Qa3 e5 (29... Nf3+ {gewinnt.}) 30. Rc8+ Kf7 {Jetzt führt 31.Lc4+ zum
sofortigen Gewinn, der angegebene Textzug dagegen zum Verlust. Die Notation
ist nicht vertrauenswürdig.} 31. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-A 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15.
a4 Rc8 16. Nc2 b5 17. Nxb4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxb4 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 a4 21. Qb2
Qe7 22. Rfe1 Qe6 23. Rd4 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Qc2 Bc6 26. Be3 Ne4 27. Qd3 Qe6
28. c4 Nc5 29. Qd1 Qg6 30. cxd5 Bd7 31. Rb4 Nb3 32. Bf4 Rc2 33. e4 Rec8 34. Rb8
Rb2 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Re2 Bg4 37. f3 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qb6+ 39. Be3 Nd4 40. Qd1
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 {Once a popular variation,it has now
taken backstage.This is probably thanks to white's success in the continuation
10.f3.} Bd7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qe3 Qc7 16.
Rhf1 {Immediate 16.e5 doesn't bring white much of an advantage either.} (16. e5
dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 18. Rhg1 b4 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Qe1
Rad8 23. g4 Ne4 $132 {1-0 Zufic,M-Biliskov,V/Pula 2002/CBM 88 ext (39)}) 16...
Rac8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb7 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 b4 21. Rxf6 $146 {[%mdl 520]
Novelty.White tries to improve on his own game against K. Lerner, which didn't
bring him much of an advantage.} (21. Ne2 Bb5 $5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Nd4 Rfd8 24.
Rff1 Qd5 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Nb3 Qc6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aseev,K-Lerner,K/
Odessa 1989/URS-ch (40)}) 21... Bxf6 22. Bxf6 bxc3 23. b3 {Another
continuation doesn't bring much to white's game.} (23. Bxc3 Bd5 24. Qe5 f6 $17)
23... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7g3] In the first case covering square g3.23...gf would
have brought about a draw.} (23... gxf6 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Rfe8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8
$11) 24. Bxc3 Bb5 {Of course,the exchange of the black-squared bishops is
advantageous for black.This weakens white's attacking potential.} 25. Bd4 (25.
Be5 Rfe8 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 $15) 25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rfe8 $17 {White's sacrifice
didn't succeed and he is resigned to go on the defense.} 27. Kb2 Re6 $5 {
Black improves his position.} 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. a4 Rg6 30. Qe2 (30. g4 Rd8 $36)
30... Re8 31. Qf2 Rd6 32. Bc3 {White has a hard choice.He's trying to lessen
black's pressure by exchanging a rook.} Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Rc8 34. a5 Qe4 35. Qf2
Rc6 36. g4 f6 37. Qf1 Qd5 38. Qe2 Kf7 {Black moves his king into action.} 39.
Qf2 Kg6 40. Qe2 Re6 41. Qf2 h5 $5 {An attempt to create new weaknesses in
white's position.} 42. Qg3 (42. gxh5+ Qxh5 43. Qg3+ Qg5 $17) 42... hxg4 43.
hxg4 Re2 $1 $19 {Decisive breakthrough of black's pieces into his opponent's
camp.} 44. Qh3 Kf7 45. Qh7 Qe4 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47. Bd2 Rxg4 48. c4 Ke6 49. Kc3
Kd6 {White's passing pawns are blocked, while black's are unstopable.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. Qb3 d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rec1 Be6 15.
Qa3 Nd7 16. b4 a6 17. Qb2 Rfc8 18. a4 Qb8 19. Rc2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Na5 Nxa5
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. bxa5 Qa6 24. Bb4 Nb6 25. Ne1 Na4 26. Qd2 Rc8 27. f4 Nc5 28.
Qb2 Bf8 29. Qa3 Nb3 30. Rb1 Nd2 31. Rb2 Rc3 32. Qa1 Nb3 33. Qa3 Nc1 34. Qa1
Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Na2 36. Rb1 Qxa5 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Bd5 Ra3 40. Qb2
Nc3 41. Qf2 Bg6 42. Nc2 Nxb1 43. Qf6 Qa6 44. Qxe5 Nc3 45. Nb4 Qc8 46. Bf3 Qe6
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Qd3
Na6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. O-O h6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. h4 Qd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nfd5 21. exd5
exd5 22. Bd3 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 Bxg5 24. Qg4 Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qd6 26. Kg2 Rce8 27. Rh1
Qf6 28. Rh5 Bg6 29. Rg5 Qxd4 30. Rh1 Be4+ 31. Nxe4 f5 32. Qh5 Qxe4+ 33. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Heart of Finland op 14th"]
[Site "Jyvaskyla"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ng4
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Qb2 h6 20. Bf4 Qe4 21.
Bd6 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Qc6 23. Bf4 a6 24. Red1 Qe4 25. Be5 Qc6 26. d5 Qa4 27. Bxf6
Nxf6 28. d6 Nd7 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxc4 31. Qe3 Rc5 32. h4 Rd8 33. Rd3 Qc6
34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qe5 c4 36. Rg3 Kf8 37. Qxg7+ Ke8 38. Qf6 Kd7 39. Rg7 Qxd6 40.
Qxf7+ Kc6 41. Qb7+ Kc5 42. Rc7+ Kd4 43. Qb2+ Kd5 44. Qd2+ Ke5 45. Qe3+ Kd5 46.
Qf3+ Ke5 47. Qh5+ Kd4 48. Qg4+ Ke5 49. Qxc4 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qd4 51. Qe2+ Kd6 52.
Rc4 Qe5+ 53. Qxe5+ Kxe5 54. Ra4 Rd6 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kf3 h5 57. Ke3 e5 58. f3
Rc6 59. g4+ Ke6 60. Ke4 Rd6 61. gxh5 Kf6 62. h6 Re6 63. Ra5 Rb6 64. a3 Rc6 65.
Kd5 Rb6 66. h7 Kg7 67. Kxe5 Rh6 68. f4 Kxh7 69. f5 Kg7 70. Ra4 Kf7 71. Rc4 Rb6
72. Rc7+ Kf8 73. h5 Rh6 74. f6 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Kb1 {a rare move,
the usual move is 12.e5.} (12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 {is the main line of this
variation.}) 12... Bc6 {Black moves the bishop out of fire, bringing it to a
better position.} (12... Rfd8 13. Bb3 b5 $2 (13... Bc6 {was much better and
may lead with different move order to 12...Bc6 variation.}) 14. e5 $1 $36 {
1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung-Aung Thant Zin/Bangkok 2004/CBM 102/[Gofshtein,L] (23) Now
this is very strong.}) 13. Bb3 {The immideate 13.Rhf1 was also possible, which
led to an unclear game in Tal-Larsen.} (13. Rhf1 h6 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. g3 g5 16.
fxg5 hxg5 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 gxh4 19. gxh4 Kh7 $13 {0-1 Tal,M-Larsen,B/
Eersel 1969/Candidates (41)}) 13... Rfd8 {[%cal Gd8d6] A useful move, black
prepares a breakthrough in the centre, 13...Rad8 was also played, for example:}
(13... Rad8 14. Rhf1 h6 $5 15. Bh4 Qh5 $5 (15... Rd7 16. f5 e5 17. Qf2 Rc8 18.
Bxf6 $16 {0-1 Nikitin,A-Averbakh,Y/Moscow 1964/MCD (67)}) 16. Bg3 d5 17. e5 Ne4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sakharov,Y-Osnos,V/Riga 1968/MCD (46)}) (13... Rfe8 14. Rhf1 h6
15. Bh4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. f5 d5 18. Nd6 Bf6 19. Qg4 $44 {1-0 Sakharov,
Y-Kots,Y/Kiev 1965/EXT 2002 (22)}) 14. Rhe1 h6 $5 {A typical move, which is
one of the steps towards the d6-d5 breakthrough.} 15. Bh4 Qh5 $5 {This way
black forces white to remove the bishop, after which d6-d5 becomes possible.}
16. Bg3 d5 {[%cal Gd5e4]} 17. exd5 (17. e5 Ne4 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 $6 {
A dubious move, handing the initiative to black. 18.Nd5 led to an equal game.}
(18. Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 19. Re5 $1 Bf3 20. Rxh5 Bxh5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Glek,I/Moscow 1983/EXT 2002 (46)}) 18... Bf6 $1 {
An important intermideate move after which black seizes the initiative. 18...
Bd5 was worse of course.} (18... Bxd5 19. Re5 Qg4 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 exd5
22. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19. Qc5 Bxc3 $5 {Exchanging the strong knight black
gets a better game.} 20. Qxc3 Bxd5 $17 {[%cal Rd5g2]} 21. Rc1 {It's not clear
how to defend the g2 pawn.} (21. Qe5 Qg4 22. Rd4 Bxg2 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Qe3
Bxg2 {Black has an extra pawn and a more active position.} 23. Rg1 (23. Qxa7
Rd2 24. Qe3 Rcd8 $17) 23... Bd5 24. f5 {White tries to open lines for his
pieces.} Qxf5 25. Bh4 Re8 26. Qxh6 Qh7 {Offering an exchange of queens and
going for an endgame with an extra pawn.} 27. Qxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] White doesn't
have a pleasent alternative. Also after 27.Qf6 black's advantage is doubtless.}
(27. Qf6 Be4 28. Ka1 Bxc2) 27... Kxh7 28. Rce1 e5 {Black starts to push
forward his passed pawn, activizing his pieces.} 29. Re3 Re6 {[%cal Re6h6]} 30.
Reg3 g6 31. Re3 Rc4 $5 {[%cal Yc4h4] By axctivizing the rook black strengthens
his pressure.} 32. Be1 f6 {Consolidating the position and protecting the e5
pawn.} 33. b3 Rf4 34. Rh3+ Kg7 35. Bd2 Rf3 {It is preferable for black to
exchange one pair of rooks as in this case his pawns would move without any
obstacles.} 36. Rh4 g5 37. Kc1 Re8 {With the idea to activize his king by Kg6.
The rook from e8 controls the 8th rank.} 38. Rhg4 Rh3 $19 {[%cal Rh3h2]} 39. c4
Bc6 40. Bxg5 {A desperate sacrifice.} fxg5 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rg6+ Ke7 43. Rg7+
Kd8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bd3 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. g4 e5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nf5 d5 19. Qh2 Bxf5 20. exf5 a4 21. Bc1
Bd6 22. Qd2 e4 23. g5 exd3 24. gxf6 dxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Be5 27. fxg7
b3+ 28. Kb1 Kxg7 29. Rd3 Rab8 30. Rg1+ Kf8 31. Rg4 bxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Rdc8 33. Kb1
a3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {The old classical continuation which is still
popular nowadays.} 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 b6 ({Slightly prematurely looks the
immediate advance} 12... e4 {in view of} 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 c4 (14... Bf5 15.
c4 {[%cal Ga2c4,Yb2f6]} Rfe8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yb2g7,Yg2g4,
Gd7e5,Yf4e5]} exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 {[%csl Rg6]} h5 (19... Ne5 20. Qg3 $36)
20. Bb1 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Qd6 21. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5]} b6 22. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Kramnik,
V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081 (38)}) 15. f3 Bxh3 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17.
fxe4 Qg3 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Bg4 20. Rf4 $1 (20. Rf2 f6) 20... Be2 21. e5 $14
{0-1 Cherepkov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Alma-Ata 1968/URS-ch (41)}) ({I think the best
way for Black to proceed in this line is} 12... Bf5 13. Qe2 a6 ({or} 13... Rfe8
14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Ba2 Bg6 17. d5 Nb8 18. c4 Nbd7 $13 {0-1 Korobov,
A-Tiviakov,S/Warsaw 2002/CBM 092 ext (55)}) 14. a4 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba2
e4 17. Nh2 Na5 18. c4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. h4 h5 23.
c5 {1/2-1/2 Ragozin,V-Tolush,A/Leningrad 1954/EXT 99 (53)} {and now} Rcd8 24.
Rab1 Nac6 $132 {deserves attention}) 13. Ba2 ({Less promising is here} 13. Qe2
Bb7 14. Bb5 a6 $1 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Qg6 19. Nh4
Qg5 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Lugovoi,A-Volokitin,A/Sochi 2004/
CBM 101 (22)}) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. e4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({This new
move is stronger than the earlier played} 15. Rc1) 15... cxd4 $6 {A dubious
reply which activates the white bishops. Instead more reasonable was to keep
the tension by 15...Rd7 or 15...Rfe8.} 16. cxd4 exd4 $6 ({More cautious looks} 
16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. e5 Nd7 $5 19. Qxd4 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kh8 21.
Qxd4 Nc5 22. Rc6 Qe7 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd7 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Qh4 Rfe8) 17.
e5 ({The tempting alternative is} 17. Rc1 $5 Qd7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20.
Qxd4 Nc7 ({bad is} 20... Qe6 $2 21. a4 $1 Rd7 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Bd6 Bb7 24. Rcd1
$18) ({or} 20... Bb7 $2 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kh8 23. Rce1 Rf7 24. R6e5 {
with the decisive threats 25.Rd1 and 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5.}) 21. Qh4 {.}) 17...
Nd5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Kh8 20. Ng5 (20. Qa4 $5 Na5 21. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Qb4
Qd8 23. Nxd4 {with unpleasant initiative deserved serious attention.}) 20...
Qf4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({Necessary was} 20... h6 $1 {intending to meet}
21. Rc1 {-other moves are less dangerous for Black:} (21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4
Nf6 23. Qh4 Qc3 (23... Qc5 $5) 24. Ree1 Rd4 25. f4 Rd2 26. Nf7+ Kh7 (26... Rxf7
27. Bxf7 Bb7 28. Ra2 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 Bxg2 (29... Rxa2 $6 30. Bxa2 Qd2 31. Qg3 Bxg2
32. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 33. Re2) 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Kg1 Bxh3 32. Qg3 Bf5 $11) 27. Ng5+
Kh8 (27... Kg6 $2 28. Bb1+ Bd3 29. Nf3 $1 Bxb1 $140 $4 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Ng5+)
28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ $11) (21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qf3 Rdd8 23. Rxc6 Qd7 24. Qe4
hxg5 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Rh6+ gxh6 27. Rxd4 Bxe4 28. Rxd7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ {and
perpetual check again}) (21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qh4 Bc8 23. Ree1 Ne7 24. Rac1 Qd6 25.
Qxd4 (25. Nf7+ $4 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Nf5) 25... Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28.
Bxf7 Rd7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Bc4 g5 $11) {with} 21... Qf4 (21...
Nc3 $4 22. Qh5 Rd6 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Re8 Rdf6 25. Qg6 Bd3 26. Qxd3 hxg5 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qg6) {when after} 22. Rcxc6 ({or} 22. Rexc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2
24. Qh5 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Kh2 Nxh5 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Nf4) 22...
Qxf2+ (22... Qxg5 $2 23. Qxd4 Nf6 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6
27. Rxf6 $16) 23. Kh1 (23. Kh2 Qf4+) 23... Qf1+ (23... Qxb2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qh5 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxg5+ 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rc7 $14) 24. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kh2 hxg5
26. Bxd4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 Bd3 30. Re6 Kg7 31. Re7+ Kf6
32. Rxa7 Be4 33. Rf7+ (33. Bc4 Rd2 34. Bf1 Rd1 35. Bb5 Rd2 $11) 33... Kg6 34.
Rf2 Ra8 35. Rb2 Rxa3 36. Rxb6+ Kg7 {the draw seems inevitable.}) 21. Qh5 Qxf2+
$2 ({Loses the exchange by force. Black´s only practical chance was} 21... Qf5
22. Rxc6 (22. Qh4 h6 23. Rxc6 Qxg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bxd4 Kh7) 22... Bb7 23.
Qxh7+ $1 (23. Bxd5 $6 Rxd5 24. Rc7 $140 $4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxg5+
27. Kh2 Rf2#) 23... Qxh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Bc8 27. Rd1 Rd7
28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd4 Rf7 $16) 22. Kh1 Bd3 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({If} 23... Qxb2 $2
24. Re4 $1 Qxa1+ 25. Kh2 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 h6 27. Qg6 {with mate to follow.}) 24.
Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxd5 Rf8 26. Rae1 $1 Bg6 ({White also wins after} 26... Qxb2 27.
Qf3 Rg8 28. Qxd3 Na5 29. Re8) 27. Qd6 d3 28. Bc3 Nd8 29. R6e3 Kg8 30. Qd5+ Kh8
31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. gxf3 h6 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. Bxb5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qb7
15. Qa4 Qxf3 16. Bc6 Nd5 17. Rf1 N7b6 18. Qc2 c4 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 Bxh2 21.
e4 Nf6 22. Nc3 Qg2 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Qe4 Qxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Nf4 26. Nc5 Nfd5 27. f4
Bg3+ 28. Ke2 g6 29. Ne4 Bh4 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Ba5 Be7 32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Nxc4 Nxc4
34. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 35. Kd3 Rb3+ 36. Rc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 Bxa3 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Kd3 Bh4
40. Ke4 h5 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Rxa7 Kg8 43. Ra1 Kf8 44. Rh1 Be7 45. Ke4 Kg7 46. d5
exd5+ 47. Kxd5 Bb4 48. Ke4 Be7 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. Kxf5 h4 51. Rg1+ Kf8 52. Rc1
Kg7 53. Rc8 h3 54. Rc3 h2 55. Rg3+ Kf8 56. Rh3 Kg7 57. Rxh2 Kf8 58. Ke4 Bg5 59.
Rg2 Be7 60. Kf5 Bd8 61. Rd2 Be7 62. Rd4 Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kf8 64. Ke4 Ba3 65. Kd5
Be7 66. Kc6 Ke8 67. Rg8+ Bf8 68. Kd5 Ke7 69. Rh8 Bg7 70. Rh7 Kf8 71. Kd6 Kg8
72. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Da der Schluß der Partie verderbt ist und ich nicht weiß, wo die
Verderbnis einsetzt, muß ich auf die Kommentierung dieses Spiels verzichten.}
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 e5 9.
dxe5 Ng4 10. Na4 Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bh4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qxc5 Bxc5 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rg8 19. Be5 Bf5 20. e3 Ke7 21.
O-O-O Raf8 22. Bf4 Bg6 23. Be2 Rxf4 24. exf4 Bxf2 25. Bd3 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Kf6 27.
Rhe1 d4 28. Be4 Bf7 29. Re2 h5 30. b3 h4 31. Rh1 Be6 32. Kd3 Rg3 33. Rc2 a5 34.
f5 Bd7 35. Rhh2 Be8 36. Rhg2 Rxh3 37. Rg8 Bf7 38. Rb8 Rh1 39. Rxb7 Be8 40. f4
Bh5 41. Rc1 (41. Rxc6# {sieht plausibler aus.}) (41. Bxh1 {ist ebenfalls eine
ernstzunehmende Möglichkeit.}) 41... h3 (41... Rxc1 {bot sich an.}) 42. Rh7
Bxc1 1-0

