[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 {This line is now out of fashion.} (8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 {is definitely more
popular.}) 8... Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 (11. Kxd2 {is less
dangerous here than with the knights on f3 and c6.}) 11... Nc6 {This move 
(with idea to occupy the d4 square) was introduced by GM L.Ftacnik himself in
1992.} (11... O-O {is more popular and quite enough for equality:} 12. d5 (12.
Bc3 e6 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc4 Nc6 15. d5 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bc4
b5 19. Bxb5 Nxa2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Rxa2 Rxb5 $15 {0-1 Burgess,G-Ostenstad,B/
Gausdal 1997/EXT 98 (32)}) (12. Nf3 Bg4 (12... Nc6 $6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bb4 Bf6 16. f4 $16 {1-0 Effert,K-Keschitz,G/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 (45)}) (
12... e6 13. Bb5 (13. Bc4 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ke2
Rac8 18. Rhd1 Bb2 19. Rb1 Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21. Rxb2 Nxh2+ 22. Ke1 Ng4 23. f3
Ne5 24. Rxb7 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bazant,P-Ftacnik,L/CSR 1992/TD (34)}) 13... Nc6 (
13... a6 $2 14. Bb4 axb5 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Rxc8 $18 {1-0 Zugic,I-Gross,D/New
York 2000/CBM 76 ext (33)}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 (15. h4 Bb7 16. e5 Rfc8 17.
Bb4 c5 18. Bxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f6 $11 {1-0 Bazant,P-Kalod,R/Moravia 1994/EXT 97
(48)}) (15. Rxc6 $2 Bb7 $17) 15... Bb7 16. Bb4 Rfd8 17. Bc5 f6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19.
Na5 Rac8 20. f3 Bh6 21. Rc2 Be3 22. Nb3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lazarev,V-Ernst,T/
Oberwart 1991/TD (54)}) 13. d5 (13. Rc7 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxd4 15. Rxe7 Nc6 16.
Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rb3 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rxb3 19. axb3 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxd2 21. Ke3 Rb2
$11 {1-0 Fish,G-Van de Mortel,J/Haarlem 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) 13... Nd7 (13...
Rc8 $5 14. Rxc8+ Bxc8 15. Bb4 e6 16. Bc4 exd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. O-O a5 $132 {
1-0 Foygel,I-Tseshkovsky,V/Moscow 1991/CBM 22 ext (71)}) 14. h3 (14. Bb5 Rfc8
15. h3 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. Be3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 $11 {0-1
Kantorik,M-Bobras,P/Pardubice CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (39)}) 14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Bd3 Bc3 18. Ke2 Bxd2 19. Kxd2 Ne5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Renaze,L-Jelen,I/Cannes 1997/CBM 57 ext (40)}) 12... e6 (12... Na6 13.
Bb5 Rd8 14. Ne2 e6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. O-O Bb7 19. f3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Nun,J-David,P/Karvina 1985/EXT 2002 (39)}) (12... Nd7 $5 13. Nf3
Nb6 14. Bb5 $6 (14. Bd3) 14... f5 15. Ng5 fxe4 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Bd4 18.
Rf1 Rac8 $17 {0-1 Spacek,P-Krupkova,P/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (51)}) 13. Bb5 (
13. Bb4 Re8 14. d6 Nc6 15. Ba3 e5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Na5 20. Bb4 b6 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Nc3 Bxd6 23. Ne4 Red8 $11 {1-0 Vaisser,
A-Schmidt,W/Trnava 1983/MCD (41)}) 13... Bd7 (13... Rd8 14. Bb4 Bd7 15. Bxd7
Nxd7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {1-0 Ksieski,
Z-Fuhrmann,D/Wuerzburg 1992/EXT 97 (63)}) 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 (15...
Ne5 16. Ke2 fxe6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nf3 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc7 Rf7 21. Rhc1 Nc6
$11 {0-1 Zsinka,L-Kozul,Z/Frankfurt 1990/CBM 20 (60)}) 16. Nf3 (16. Rc7 Nf6 17.
f3 Rfc8 $11 {Yuferov,S-Lanka,Z/USSR 1982/Inf 35 (17)}) 16... Rfc8 (16... Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Ksieski,Z-Maciejewski,A/Lodz 1989/EXT 99 (18)})
(16... Rac8 17. Ke2 Nc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Be3 hxg5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22.
Rc1 g4 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Ksieski,Z-Ivanov,M/Moscow 1991/CBM
21 ext (24)}) 17. Ke2 Nc5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Be3 hxg5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxc5 g4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Jansa,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1983/MCD (39)}) 12. d5 (12. Bb5 Bd7
13. d5 Nd4 $15) 12... Nd4 13. Nf3 $1 {An important improvement.} (13. Ne2 f5 $1
14. Bc3 Nxe2 15. Bxe2 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Kd2 Kd7 18. Ke3 (18. Rhc1 Kd6 19.
Rc7 e6 $1 $11 {Ftacnik}) 18... Kd6 19. Kxe4 Rf8 20. f4 Bf5+ 21. Ke3 Rfc8 22.
Rhc1 Rxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Lechtynsky,J-Ftacnik,L/CSR 1992/TD (36)}) (13.
Be3 Bd7 14. Bd3 f5 15. f3 fxe4 16. fxe4 O-O 17. Rc7 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Nxb5 19. Rxb7
Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nf3 Nc3 22. O-O Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Kaszowski,D-Jaracz,P/
Poraj 1997/EXT 2000 (22)}) 13... f5 (13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 e6 {needs further
tests.}) 14. Bc3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] The difference
from the 13.Ne2 line is now clear: the e4 pawn is protected.} fxe4 (16... Kf7
$5 17. Rc7 Kf6) 17. fxe4 Rf8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Kf2 Kd8 20. Ke3 b5 $2 {A wrong
plan. Black does nothing to fight against White's strong central pawns and
ends up in a hopeless position.} (20... e6 $5) (20... e5 $5) 21. Bd3 Rf6 22. h4
b4 23. Rc5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. h5 Rb6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kd4 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,
Ge4]} Ba6 28. Bc2 Rf6 29. Rh8+ Kc7 30. Bd1 Bf1 31. Re8 Rf7 32. Kc5 a6 33. Ba4
Bh3 34. e5 Bd7 35. d6+ exd6+ 36. exd6+ Kb7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Re7 Kc8 39. Kc6
Rd8 40. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto CMA Futurity 4th"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.07.25"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8.
a3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. g3 Nc6 11. b4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 c5 15.
b5 a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Nf4 Qa8 18. Qb2 b5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qxd7 Rxa3 21. Rxa3
Qxa3 22. Be2 d3 23. Bd1 Qc3+ 24. Kf1 Qe5 25. Kg2 Bg5 26. Bf3 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Qxf4
28. Rb1 Ba6 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. d6 Bxc4 31. Qe7 Qf8 32. Qc7 Bb5 33. d7 Bxd7 34.
Qxd7 c4 35. Qc6 Qd8 36. Qxc4 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 h5 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh6 40.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 41. Ke1 h4 42. Kd2 Kf4 43. Bg2 f5 44. exf5 Kxf5 45. Kxd3 Kf4 46. Ke2
g5 47. h3 g4 48. hxg4 Kxg4 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Bh3+ Ke5 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. b3
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Qd7 11. e4 Bh3 12. Nd3 Nh5 13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. Bg5
Rf7 16. c5 Raf8 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Rac1 Ng8 19. a4 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Kg1 Qe7
22. Qd2 Kg7 23. b4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Ng4 25. Rxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qe2 Qf3 27. Qxf3 Rxf3
28. Ne1 Re3 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Nhf6 31. Ng2 Rd3 32. h3 Ne3 33. Nb5 Nxg2 34.
Kxg2 Ne8 35. Nxa7 Rd4 36. Rb1 Rxe4 37. a5 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Ra2 39. Rb3 Nf6 40. Nb5
Nd5 41. Ke4 Nf6+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 43. Nc3 Nxc3 44. Rxc3 Rb2 45. Kc4 Kf6 46. Ra3 d5+
47. Kc3 Rf2 48. a6 Rf3+ 49. Kb2 Rf2+ 50. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 {Erenburg} c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 {A mixture of
Sicilian and Pirc. Unlike in most variations of Alapin, here Black is going
for a more complicated strategical play. On the other hand Black will blockade
the center soon, which considerably limits his fighting resources.} 5. Nf3 Bg7
6. O-O O-O 7. h3 {Erenburg: 'preventing from black to trade his light-squared
bishop, that will weaken white's center.'} Qc7 {Erenburg: 'preparing b7-b6 and
sometimes e7-e5. This continuation seems as more flexible than the following
ones:'} (7... cxd4 {Erenburg} 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Be3 Nh5 12.
Rc1 Nf4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. a4 $14 {1-0 Fedorov,A-Bologan,V/Belfort
1999/CBM 75 (28)}) (7... Nc6 {Erenburg} 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c4 e6 11.
Nc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nh5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a4 Kh8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. a5
$16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Quezada,Y/XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO, Merida MEX (2. 2003 
(43)}) 8. Qe2 e5 {It is not easy for Black to continue without this, since
White has better control in the center and Black must always take into
consideration opponent's advance e4-e5.} (8... Nc6 {Erenburg} 9. Be3 b6 10.
Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba6 Bd7 13. a4 $14 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Movsesian,S/Pula
1997/CBM 57 ext/[Har Zvi] (58)}) (8... a6 {Erenburg} 9. Bf4 b5 10. e5 Nd5 11.
Bg3 Qb6 12. Nbd2 cxd4 $1 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Be4 d5 15. Bb1 $14 {0-1 Ljubojevic,
L-Polgar,J/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40/[Polgar,J] (106)}) 9. dxe5 {Erenburg:
'Typical reaction in such type of structures. White's idea is to leave black's
passive dark-squared bishop on the board. Also, white is willing to fight for
the control over the light squares.'} dxe5 10. a4 {Erenburg: 'grabbing some
space on the queenside and preparing to develop the queenside knight to a3.'}
Nc6 {The resulting pawn structure slightly favors White, because of the weak
square d5 in Black's camp. Black's counterplay can be connected only with
Nh5-f4, while White has better prospects in the center and on the queenside.
Generally, the open d-file often leads to massive exchange of pieces and a
draw.} 11. Na3 b6 12. Rd1 (12. Bg5 Nh5 13. Ba6 h6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxa6 16.
Qxa6 exf4 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 $14 Re6 19. Rd5 Rae8 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5
22. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Nisipeanu,L/Dubai 2004}) 12... h6 {Erenburg:
'covering the g5 square, thus, preparing the development of light-squared
bishop to e6.'} 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd2 {Preparing Bc4.} (14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Na5
$132 {[%csl Re4]}) 14... Rad8 15. Bc4 {Erenburg: 'In this pawn structure,
white's typical plan is to change the light-squared bishops with following
occupation of central light squares with the knights.'} Bc8 {The trade of
light-squared bishops favours White, so it is logical for Black to avoid it.} (
15... Bxc4 $6 16. Naxc4 $14) 16. Qf3 (16. Ba6 Be6 $11) 16... Kh7 {Erenburg:
'Prophylactic move. Black moves away the monarch from unpleasant pin along the
a2-g8 diagonal.'} 17. Ba2 {Erenburg: 'White keeps his light-squared bishop on
diagonal a2-g8, and, at the same time, liberates the c4 square for one of the
knights.'} Nh5 {Erenburg: 'Black tries to create some counterplay on the
queenside, carrying out f7-f5.'} 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Bd5 $6 (19. Nc4 $11) 19... Bb7
20. Nc4 {Erenburg: 'It looks like white has got perfect locations for his
light pieces, and his positional advantage is clear. '} Nf6 $1 ({Comes to
consideration:} 20... f5 {Erenburg} 21. Nbd6 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24.
Qxe7 Ncxe7 25. Nxb7 Rd7 26. Nbd6 $14 {/=.}) 21. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Missing
Black's idea. Erenburg: 'Probably, white underestimated black's 22-nd move...'}
(21. Qe2 $13 Nxd5 $140 22. exd5 Nd4 (22... Nb8 23. d6 $36) 23. cxd4 exd4 24. d6
Qe8 25. Nxa7 $14) ({Much better was} 21. Qg3 {Erenburg} Rd7 (21... Nxd5 22.
exd5 $14) 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rad1 $14 {and white keeps a slight edge, thanks to
an active location of his pieces.}) 21... Nxd5 $1 $17 22. exd5 ({Erenburg:
Stronger was:} 22. Rxd5 f5 $17 {[%cal Gb7f3] '|^!' Erenburg.} 23. Rxd8 {
Erenburg} Nxd8 24. Nbd6 Bc6 $15) 22... Nd4 $1 23. Qd1 (23. cxd4 Bxd5 24. Qe2 (
24. Qg3 exd4 $17) 24... exd4 25. Bf4 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxc4 $19) 23... Bxd5 24.
cxd4 exd4 $19 25. Nba3 dxe3 26. fxe3 (26. Rxd5 e2 27. Qd2 (27. Rxd8 exd1=Q+ 28.
Rdxd1 Rd8 $19) 27... Rxd5 28. Qxd5 e1=Q+ $19) 26... Bc6 {The rest is easy.
Black has better pieces (his bishop pair is incimparably stronger than white
knights) and better pawn formation.} 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qc2 Be4 29. Qf2 Qe6 30.
Rc1 Rd5 31. h4 Qg4 32. Nd2 Rf5 33. Nxe4 Rxf2 34. Nxf2 Qxa4 35. Nc4 b5 36. Nd6
Bxb2 37. Rxc5 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c3 Nh5 5. Bg3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bh4
h6 9. g4 Nhf6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf8 15.
Nxg5 Bxg4 16. Be5 Bh5 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Nh3 Bg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21.
Rxg8 Ba6 22. Ng5 Qb5 23. O-O-O Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Qe2 25. Nb3 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 b6 27.
Rg8 Bc8 28. Rh1 f6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Rhh8 Bf5 31. Nc1 c5 32. Nd3 cxd4 33. exd4
Bxd3 34. Kxd3 Rc8 35. f4 e6 36. a4 a5 37. b3 Rd8 38. c4 Re8 39. c5 1-0

