[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne8 15.
d4 Qe7 16. f3 Ng7 17. Bf2 Be6 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21. Rad1 a6
22. Bc2 Bc8 23. b4 Nh5 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. g3 Ng7 26. c4 Rfe8 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5
Bd7 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rc1 Bb8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Bc7 33. b6 Bd8 34. Bb1 Ra8 35.
g4 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nxf5 38. exf5 Kg7 39. Kg2 Ra5 40. Rh1 Rb5 41. Qd2
Bxb6 42. Bxb6 Rxb6 43. Be4 Rh8 44. Rxh8 Kxh8 45. Rh1+ Kg8 46. Rh5 Be8 47. Rxg5+
Kf8 48. Rh5 Qd8 49. Rh8+ Ke7 50. Qg5+ Kd7 51. Qxd8+ Kxd8 52. g5 Rb2+ 53. Kg3
Ra2 54. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ngf6 14. Bh6 O-O 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. f4 c4 20. Bc2 e5 21. f5 Nc5
22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Qxc4 Ng4 25. Ne6+ Nxe6 26. Qxe6 Qh4 27. f6+ Kh8
28. h3 Ne3 29. Qe7 Qh6 30. Qxb7 Nxc2 31. Rf3 Rb8 32. Qxa6 Rb2 33. Qa7 Kg8 34.
Nf5 gxf5 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qb5 11. Nc5 Qc6 12. a4 O-O 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
O-O Nf8 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Bd1 Be8 18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Bg6 22. Bxg6 Nxg6 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qg3 Qd7 25. Rf2 Rf7 26. Bd4 Ne7 27. Qe3 Nc6
28. a5 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qe7 30. Raf1 Qh4 31. f5 Raf8 32. f6 a6 33. Kg2 h5 34. gxh5
Qxd4 35. cxd4 gxf6 36. exf6 Rh7 37. Re1 Kf7 38. Re5 Rh6 39. Kh3 Rxf6 40. Rg2
Rg8 41. Rxg8 Kxg8 42. Kg4 Kf7 43. Re2 Rf1 44. h6 Rd1 45. Kh5 c3 46. Rg2 Rd2 47.
Rg7+ Kf8 48. h4 Rf2 49. Rc7 Kg8 50. h7+ Kh8 51. Kg6 Rf8 52. Rxc3 Re8 53. Rc7
Rb8 54. Rg7 e5 55. dxe5 d4 56. e6 d3 57. e7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5
15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Nce3 Nc6 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nd4 20. Nc3 Qb6 21.
Nb5 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bxe4 23. Rxd6 Qc5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qb4 26. Nc3 Rab8 27.
g3 Bc1 28. Raxa5 Bxb2 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. Rab5 Qa4 31. Kg2 Qa8 32. Nd6 Rbd8 33. Nf5
g6 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Qe4 Qa1 36. Qh4 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc8 38. Rxd4 Qa8+ 39. Qe4
Qxe4+ 40. Rxe4 f5 41. Rd4 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ke3 Rc5 44. f4 Ra5 45. Rd2 Ra1
46. Kd4 Kd6 47. c5+ Kc6 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. Rc2 Re7+ 50. Kf6 Ra7 51. Re2 Kxc5 52.
Re7 Ra6+ 53. Kg5 h5 54. Rg7 Ra2 55. h4 Rg2 56. Rxg6 Rxg3+ 57. Kxf5 Rf3 58. Kg5
Kd5 59. f5 Rf1 60. Re6 Rf2 61. Re1 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 f5 11. c3 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. c4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd5 Nb5 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. d6 b5 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qxc4
bxc4 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rd4 Nd3 24. Rxc4 Nxb2 25. Rc7 Bd8 26. Rb7 Nc4 27. Bc5 Bb6
28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Rc7 Ne3 30. Re1 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rc5 a4 33. Rxd5 Rb2 34.
Rc1 Rxa2 35. Rd7 Rb8 36. h3 a3 37. Rcc7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 a2 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rxh7+
Kg8 41. Rcg7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rgf7 Rf1 45. Rxa2 Rxf4 46. Raa7
Re8 47. e6 Rh4 48. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. f3 Qf6 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Re1 Nb7 13. b4 a5 14. Nd2 axb4
15. cxb4 Nd6 16. Bf2 Nb5 17. Nb3 Ra4 18. Nc5 Rxb4 19. Ned7 Bxd7 20. Nxd7 Qg5
21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. a4 Nxd4 23. a5 Ba7 24. Kh1 Rb2 25. Rf1 Rd2 26. Qc1 Nb3 27.
Qa3+ Ke8 28. Qxb3 Bxf2 29. f4 Qf6 30. a6 Ba7 31. Qb7 Qd4 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Rae1+
Kd6 34. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 64th"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. f4 Bb7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Rc8 19. Ng3 O-O 20. Kb1 Qb7 21. Rf2
b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qxd7 Rc7 24. Qa4 Rb8 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Qb3 Qa7 27. Qf3 Nd5
28. Ne4 Rc4 29. Re2 Qb7 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Nc3+ 33. Nxc3 Bxc3 34.
Re4 Rc5 35. g6 Bxe5 36. Qxf7+ Qxf7 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. h3 Rcb5 39. b3 Ra5 40.
Bb2 Bxb2 41. Kxb2 Rb6 42. Rg4 g5 43. c4 Rf5 44. Kc3 a5 45. Rdg3 Kf6 46. h4 gxh4
47. Rxh4 Rc6 48. Rh6+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kf6 50. Rhg7 Ke5 51. Re3+ Kf6 52. Ra7 Rb6
53. Ra8 Ke7 54. Rh3 Kd6 55. Rd3+ Ke7 56. Rh3 Kd6 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rdh8 Kd6 59.
Rd3+ Ke7 60. Rh7+ Kf6 61. Rh8 Ke7 62. Rhh3 Kf6 63. Rd8 Ke7 64. Rhd3 Kf6 65.
Rf8+ Ke5 66. Rxf5+ Kxf5 67. Rd8 Ra6 68. c5 Kf6 69. Kc4 Ke7 70. Rh8 e5 71. Kb5
Re6 72. c6 Kd6 73. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Hangzhou (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Hangzhou"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 $5 {This was
invented many years ago by such an original opening inventor as GM Oleg
Romanishin. The ideas are not exactly Sicilian, but are a bit crossed with the
Spanish, and some positions are similar to the Boleslavsky Variation.} 7. Bg5
$1 {The most energetic tactical try to take advantage of the slightly strange
plan of her opponent. Other moves are much less dangerous for Black.} (7. Nf3
d6 (7... Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 {It is possible to playsimply with the idea of tight
control over d5:} ({Black obtains more complicated play after the other bishop
development} 8... Bc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. c3 O-O (12... d6
13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 ({The natural} 14. Bc4 {would be stronger:} O-O 15. Qd3 Be6
16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Rac1 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Rc2 Kh7 22.
h3 {1/2 Motylev,A (2677)-Pantsulaia,L (2595)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142}) 14...
a5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc4 axb4 17. cxb4 O-O 18. a5 Kh8 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Kh1 Nd4 {
0-1 Berbatov,K (2398)-Georgiev,K (2645),Balaguer 2009. Black obtained nice
positions for his own pieces.}) 13. b4 Ba7 14. Nd2 d6 15. Nc4 Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6
17. Bc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rac1 b5 $6 (21... Rfd8
$142) 22. c4 {0-1 Guliyev,N (2560)-Cvitan,O (2543),Ajaccio 2007. White has a
very nice position, as the pawns on the queenside will become targets for the
white attack.}) 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. c3 Be6 13. Bc4 Rc8 14.
Qd3 Na5 15. Bb3 Bg5 16. Rad1 Bh6 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bc2
Nc4 21. Bb3 b5 22. a4 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qe8
27. Rfe1 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B (2425)-Romanishin,O (2570),Pula 1998 White
comfortably controls the centre.}) 8. Nc3 (8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Ne1 O-O 11.
Nc2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nb4 Rc8 15. Nbd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nh5 17. g3 {
1-0 Gongora,M-Garcia Martinez,S/Havana 1999}) 8... Be7 9. a4 (9. Bg5 Be6 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Ne7 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16.
Rfd1 Rc6 17. c4 Ng6 18. g3 h5 19. h4 Rg8 20. Qa3 Nf4 21. Bf1 Qb6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6
23. c5 Qa7 24. cxd6 Rxg3+ 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Nh3 28. Bxh3 Bxh3
29. Kh2 Be6 30. Rc1 Kg7 {Mamedov,N (2577)-Milov,V (2690),Baku 2008. With
approximately equal play.}) 9... b6 {'?!' Ribli.} (9... O-O 10. a5 Nc6 11. Nd5
$16) (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bc4 $14) 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4
Bg4 (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne3 {Ribli:
'><d5, a6'} Qc8 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Kh1 Rc5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. f4 exf4
21. Rxf4 Qb7 22. Ncd5 a5 23. c3 Bd8 24. b4 {1-0 Fedorowicz,J (2505)-Dorfman,J 
(2565)/New York 1989. White obtained a strong initiative on the queenside.}) (
7. Nb3 d6 ({A very interesting try of a pawn sacrifice, which we will see in
practice probably much more is} 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11.
Rfd1 Be6 12. Be2 a5 $1 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rdd1 a4 17.
Nd2 Nd4 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 a3 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 axb2 22. Rab1 e4 23. Nxd4
exd3 24. Rxb2 Ba3 25. Rdb1 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Ra4 {0-1 Gharamian,T (2650)-Jobava,B 
(2707)/Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 8. Nc3 Be7 9. a4 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ga4a5]} Be6 ({
Logical but risky} 9... b6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc4 Bb7
14. Be2 O-O 15. Nxd6 {Herrera,I-Romanishin,O/Linares 1999. Black is in trouble.
}) 10. f4 Nc6 (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 {is a solid option for Black.}) 11. f5
Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nd4 (12... Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Bg5 Qxb3 15. Qd2 $44) 13. Bg5) ({
Even a more passive retreat is playable} 7. Ne2 Bc5 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nbc3 Nbd7 10.
Nd5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nec3 Be6 13. Bc4 Nh7 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Bxb7
Rb8 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Bd3 Rxb2 {with a strong initiative for the sacrificed
pawn.}) 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Ng3 Qg5 18. Kh1 h5 ({a
preventive move would be preferable} 18... g6) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 {Ipavec,
P-Romanishin,O,Bled 1999. With a slight advantage for White.}) 7... h6 ({After
} 7... exd4 $2 8. e5 Qa5 9. Bd2 $1 Qb6 10. exf6 Qxf6 (10... Qxb2 11. Re1+ Kd8
12. Ba5+ b6 13. Qc1 $1) 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qh5 h6 13. Na3 d5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Qe4
{Black would avoid material losses, but the white pieces would control
important squares.}) (7... d6 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. exf5 d5 11. c4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 (12. Be4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nd2 Bc5 16. Nxc4 Bd4 17.
Rd3 O-O 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Kf1 Rd5 21. Ra3 Bc5 22. Rad3 Rfd8 23. Ke2
e4 24. R3d2 Bb4 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. f3 {1/2 Van den Doel,E (2568)-De Jong,M 
(2324),Vlissingen NED 2008. With a seriously better endgame, due to Black's
pawn weaknesses.}) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Bxc6+
bxc6 17. Na4 Rd8 18. Kf1 Rg8 19. h3 h5 20. Rac1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rg5 22. Rc1 Rxf5
23. Rxc6 a5 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Nc5 Ke7 26. Rc6 Rf4 {1/2 Wells,P (2476)
-Romanishin,O (2567), Berlin 1999. White is still seriously better.}) ({
Nowadays Romanishin recommends} 7... d5 8. Nf3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nbd7
11. Bd3 Nd5 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rxd5 f6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rb5 Nc4 16. Nbd2 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Rc6 18. c4 b6 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5
d5 ({Black can try slow defensive play, which allows her to consolidate the
position:} 9... d6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3 g6 14. Nfe3 Bg7)
10. Nc3 d4 ({Very dangerous control over the white squares would be possible
after} 10... Bxf5 11. exf5 d4 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Be4 Nd7 14. Qf3 Nc5 15. Rfe1
O-O-O 16. c4) 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bc4 $1 $146 {It is always recommended to go
forward, but not back.} ({Stronger than} 12. Ng3 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Nc6
15. Bc4 Ne5 {Vallejo-Kunte, Pattaya 2011.} 16. Bd5 Bg7 {and Black obtained
real control over the black squares.}) 12... Nc6 ({Clearly bad is the try to
get rid of the knight on f5:} 12... g6 13. Nxd4 $1 exd4 14. Qxd4 $18) ({
Romanishin himself recommends} 12... Be6) 13. f4 $1 {If White wants to take
advantage of the presence of such powerful knights d5 and f5, then it is
necessary to open the position.} Na5 $6 ({Slightly better has to be} 13... g6
14. fxe5 $1 (14. Ng3 exf4 {transposes to Vallejo-Kunte} 15. Nxf4) 14... gxf5
15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. exf5 {with a strong attack.} h5 17. Qe1 Bh6 {but Black is
still alive and kicking!}) 14. Qd3 Bxf5 15. exf5 Rc8 (15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8
17. Qb3 {leads to the same.}) 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 $16 {Black's development
is his main problem, plus the strong position of the knight d5.} Bc5 ({A
better practical chance could have been} 17... Rc5 18. c4 dxc3 19. Nxc3 Rc6 $5)
18. fxe5 O-O ({The more active} 18... Qg5 {did not help:} 19. f6 O-O 20. Kh1
Qxe5 21. Rae1) 19. Kh1 ({Even stronger was the immediate} 19. f6 $1 d3+ 20. Kh1
dxc2 21. Rac1 $1 $18) 19... Qd7 20. f6 $5 ({Another break was possible:} 20. e6
Qb5 (20... fxe6 21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Ne7+) 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Qg3 Bxe7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7
24. f6) 20... g5 21. Qf3 $1 $16 ({An alternative option was the centralisation
of the last rook:} 21. Rad1) (21. Rae1) 21... Kh7 ({After} 21... Qe6 22. Qh5
Kh7 {Black should lose anyway:} 23. Rf3 $1 (23. Ne7 Bxe7 24. fxe7 Qxe7 25. Rf6
Qxe5 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Raf1 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxc6 a5 {prolongs the fight})
23... Rh8 24. Ne7 Bxe7 25. fxe7 Kg8 26. Raf1 Rh7 27. Rf6 Qxe7 28. e6 fxe6 29.
Rg6+ Kh8 30. Rxh6 {and so on.}) 22. c4 ({As was mentioned before, White has to
bring the last major resource into the game with decisive effect:} 22. Rad1 $5
Rfe8 23. Ne3 $1 Rxe5 24. Ng4 Ree8 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Nxh6 $18) 22... dxc3 23.
Nxc3 Rfd8 $6 ({A more stubborn defence was} 23... Qe6) 24. Rad1 Qe6 25. Qxb7
$18 {An extra pawn and the better position - what more do grandmasters need in
chess?} Kg8 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. h3 Rb8 28. b3 Re8 29. Rd5 Rb4 30. Qd3 Rh4 31. Ne4
Rc8 32. Nd6 Rc3 33. Qxc3 Qxd5 34. Nf5 Re4 35. Qc8 Qb5 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Rg1 Bxe7
38. Qf5+ 1-0

