[Event "St Maxime-02"]
[Site "St Maxime"]
[Date "1982.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1982.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. Bd5 (10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 O-O 12. b3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bf5 15. c3 b5 16. cxd4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 exd4 {1/2-1/2 (17) Gipslis,A (2535)
-Gurgenidze,B (2510) Tbilisi 1977}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 $146 (
12... Nd4 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 g6 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qb6 17. Ra3 Nh5 18. Nf5
Qc7 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Bxf8 Nf4 21. Qd2 Rxf8 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rfa1
Qc5 25. Ra8 {1-0 (25) Gasseholm,F-Jensen,S Denmark 1974}) 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nc4
Rxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Ba3 a5 18. Nb5 $6 (18. Nd1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4
20. Ne3 $36) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rfc1 Nfxd5 21. c3 Nd3 22. Rd1 e4 23.
Bxd6 Bf6 24. Rab1 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 f5 27. Ra1 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Rc2 29.
Rc7 Nc3 30. Bg3 f4 31. Bh4 h6 32. h3 g5 0-1

[Event "Bagneux Librairie Saint Germain"]
[Site "Bagneux"]
[Date "1982.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 (4. Nc3 d5 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 $36) 4... O-O
5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 (8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. dxc5 e5 11.
Bg3 Be6 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 d4 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 dxc3 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. fxe5
Qd5 18. Qxc3 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Qa3 Qg7 23. Bxe5
Qxe5 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. e4 Qf8 28. Qc3+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+
Kxg7 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rc8 32. g3 Rc2 33. Rf2 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Rd2 b5
36. Kf3 b4 37. Rd6+ Kg5 {Rivas Pastor,M (2365)-Fries Nielsen,J (2310)
Groningen 1979 1-0}) 8... Nd7 $146 (8... Nh5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Nb3 b6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Nc1 Qd6 16. Nd3 Bg7 17. Nf4 Rad8
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Qg4 Qf7 21. Rad1 b5 22. Rd2 a5 23. a3 Rd6 24.
Rfd1 Rfd8 25. e4 d4 26. Qg5 e5 27. cxd4 Bf6 28. Qe3 exd4 29. Qe2 c4 30. e5 d3
31. Qe4 Re6 32. Bg4 Rxe5 33. Qc6 Kg7 34. Kh2 a4 35. f4 Qd5 36. Qb6 Rh5+ 37. Bh3
Bd4 38. Qc7+ {Mokry,K (2310)-Santo Roman,M Graz 1978 0-1}) 9. Qb3 c4 10. Qb5 e6
11. e4 Re8 12. Qa4 a6 13. e5 b5 14. Qc2 f6 15. exf6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf1e1]}
Qxf6 16. Be3 e5 $132 17. Rae1 (17. Rfe1) 17... exd4 18. Nxd4 Nde5 19. N2f3 Ng4
20. Bc1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe5 {[%csl Rh2]} 22. Nf3 Qd6 23. h3 Bf5 $40 24. Qd1 Nf6
25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf4f3]} 27. Bh5 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4]}
28. Bf3 Rad8 29. Be3 d4 $1 30. cxd4 Bxd4 $17 31. Qc2 Nc5 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Re7
Qd2 34. Re2 $6 (34. Rc1) 34... Qxc2 35. Rxc2 Ne6 36. Bd1 Rd6 37. a3 Rfd8 38.
Bf3 Rd2 $1 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Gd2b2]} 39. Rfc1 Nd4 $1 40. Rc3 Rxb2 41. Re1 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 a5 8. b3
Na6 9. Bb2 Nc5 10. Nc1 c6 11. e4 Re8 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O Bf8 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. h3
Ra6 16. Rd1 Nfd7 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Be2 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Ba1 Qc7 21. Qf2 Ra8 22.
Nd3 Ncxd3 23. Bxd3 b6 24. Na4 Rb8 25. Bf1 Ba6 26. Bd4 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bxb5
Rxb5 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. Nc3 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1988.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qa2 e4 15. Nd4
c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Ncb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Be1 Rfd8 20. g3 Rac8 21. Qb3 h5
22. Rd2 Rc5 23. Rad1 Rdc8 24. Nc2 a5 25. Nd4 Rc1 26. Nb5 Qe5 27. Kg2 Rxd1 28.
Qxd1 Kh7 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. h4 Nxe3+ 31. fxe3 Qxe3 32. Nb5 Rc5 33. Nd6 Bd5 34. Kh2
Bb3 35. Qb1 Bd4 36. Qxe4 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Bd5 38. Bf2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Lyon"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Nc2 d6 10. Nd5 Na5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nce3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. b3 b5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. cxb5 Nd4 20. Rfc1 Nxb5 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Be3 Qb8 24. a4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nc7 26. Bc6 Rc8 27. b4
d5 28. b5 d4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Ne6 31. Qb4 Qe5 32. Qxe7 Rc7 33. Qe8+ Kg7
34. e3 Qf5 35. h4 g5 36. Rc4 Qd3 37. Re4 Qd6 38. hxg5 Re7 39. Qc8 Rc7 40. Qe8
Re7 41. Qa8 Rc7 42. Kg2 Nxg5 43. Re8 Ne6 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. Bd5 Ng7 46. Qd8 Qe5
47. Qh4+ Nh5 48. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Lyon"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Nd4 e5
15. Nb3 Bb5 16. Bxb5 Rxd1 17. Rfxd1 a6 18. Rd7 Qc8 19. Nxa5 axb5 20. Rbd1 Bf6
21. Nxb7 Qc6 22. h3 Kg7 23. Nd6 Qxd7 24. Nf5+ Qxf5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. g3 Rxa2
27. c6 Rc2 28. c7 Rxc3 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d3 c5 8. c4 Nc6
9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nde4 Nh5 12. e3 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Nf3 Rbd8 20. Qc2 b6 21. Qc4+
Kh8 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. e4 Qd7 24. h3 Qe7 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rc2 b5 27. Qc3 fxe4 28.
dxe4 Nb4 29. Nxe5 Nd3 30. f4 b4 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Qd6 33. Ne5 Kg8 34. Nc4
Qe7 35. e5 Rd8 36. Rf2 a5 37. Kh2 a4 38. Bc1 axb3 39. axb3 Rd3 40. Ra2 Qb7 41.
e6 Bf8 42. f5 gxf5 43. Bg5 Qf3 44. Rg2 Rd1 45. Rxd1 Qxd1 46. e7 Bxe7 47. Bxe7
Qxb3 48. Nb6 Qe3 49. Nd5 Qd4 50. Nf4 b3 51. Ne6 Qe4 52. Bxc5 Qxg2+ 53. Kxg2 b2
54. Nf4 b1=Q 55. Bf2 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Kf7 57. Kh2 Kf6 58. h4 Qc2 59. Kg2 Ke5 60.
Nh3 Ke4 61. Nf4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Bd3 a6 14. d5 Rc8 15.
c4 b5 16. cxb5 c4 17. Bc2 axb5 18. Bd4 c3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ f6 21. Bb3
Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Rc4 23. Qa7 b4 24. Rfb1 f5 25. e5 f4 26. Nd4 Qb8 27. Qxd7 Qb6 28.
Kh1 Qxd4 29. Rxb4 c2 30. Qxe7+ Rf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rb7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Teheran op"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Qh3 e5 14. Bg4 Bc8 15.
Bxc8 Qxc8 16. f5 h6 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. fxe6 Kh7 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21. Rf1
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Be5 24. e7 Qf7 25. Nc7 Rg8 26. Qd7 Rg7 27. Nd5 g5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 b6 6. O-O (6. Bxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Na3 Nc7 11. Nc2 Ne6 12. Bg3 Bb7 13. d4 d6 14. exd6
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Jansa,V/CZE-ch
1994/TD 94\03 (49)}) (6. Qe2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf4 8. Qe3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11.
Be2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. d3 Qxe5 14. Qh5 b5 15. Qxg5 Be7 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Taimanov,M/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996/EXP 51 (83)}) 6... Bb7
7. d4 Be7 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qg4 Nde7 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxe7 h5
12. Qf4 Bxe7 13. Na3 g5 $1 $36 {/-/+ 0-1 Karpatchev,A-Bellon Lopez,J/
Osterskars op 1995/EXT 95op (30)}) 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12.
f4 b5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Ba3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd2 Qb7 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. Bd6
Bxd6 19. Rxd6 O-O 20. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6,Rg8] 1-0 Sveshnikov,E-David,A/
Bled op 1996/EXP 51 (32)}) 8. Re1 (8. Bb3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. Bh6
exf5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Re1 Re6 16. Na3 Bxa3 17. bxa3
Qe7 18. a4 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Baillo,J-Rosito,J/Buenos Aires VII Najdorf op 1995/
EXT 95op}) (8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Bb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Ne4 d6 12. Bg5 dxe5 13.
Rc1 Qd8 14. dxe5 $14 {/+/- 1-0 Rabiega,R-Dinstuhl,V/BL9495 1995/BL 90 (23)})
8... O-O 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 $5 {[%cal Gd1g4]} f5 $5 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. Qe2 Kh8 $13) 10... f5 {an important move by black,not allowing white to
get the initiative on the king's side,black takes some space by him self,when
a possible continuation for him is to advance his "g" pawn g5-g4} 11. exf6 Nxf6
{black managed to exchange white strong "e5" pawn,now he has no longer a space
problem} 12. Nf1 {the idea is Ne3 followed by d5} Na6 {so now black can meat
13.Ne3 with Nc7 and the "d5" square is still under black's controls} 13. Ng5 (
13. Bg5 Nd5 $5 (13... Nb4) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13) 13... Nc7 (13... h6 {[%csl Rg6]}
14. Nh3 (14. Nf3 $5 Nd5 (14... Rc8 15. Bb3 $132 {[%cal Gf1g3,Gf3e5]}) 15. Ng3
$132 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 14... Nd5 (14... Rc8 15. Bb3 Nc7 16. Nf4 $132) 15. Qg4 (
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qg4 Kh7 17. Nf4 Bb4 $1 18. Re3 (18. Re2 Bc4 (18... Nc7 19.
Qg6+ Kh8 20. Nh5 Qe7 (20... Ne8 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Re3 $18) 21.
Bf4 Ne8 22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Ng4 $36) 19. Rc2 (19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Rc2 Bxf1
22. Kxf1 Bd6 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ga6b4]}) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qf6 $15 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 18... Qf6) 15... Nf6 (15... Kh7 $4 16. Bd3+ Kh8 17. Qe4 Rf5 18.
Ng3 $18) (15... Kh8 $2 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf4) 16. Qd1) 14. Qd3 h6 15. Nh3 (15.
Nf3 $5 Ncd5 $5 (15... Be4 $6 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qg4 (18. Qg6 Rf6 $17
(18... dxc4 $2 19. Bxh6 Bf6 20. Ng5)) 18... dxc4 19. Bxh6 Bf6 $13)) 15... Ncd5
16. Bxh6 {this means draw,and indeed I think white should be satisfied with
this result in this position} gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Bd3 (18. Qxh6+ $2 Nh7 19.
Bd3 Rf7 {[%cal Gd8f8]}) 18... Bd6 {preventing the move Re5,and also the idea
Re3-Rg3} (18... Qe8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Re5 $18) (18... d6 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Ng5
$18) 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ (20. Re5 Bxe5 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. exf6
Rxf6 $15) 20... Kh8 21. Ng3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 {very strange I do not know what
white was thinking but he had! to play 22.Qh6 and force a draw after 22...Kg8
23.Qg6 now white is a piece down and his attack gives him no real compensation
for that} Qe7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Re5 Rf7 {the only move but good enough} (24...
Nh7 25. Rh5 Ndf6 (25... Rf7 26. Ng5 $16) 26. Ng5 Rf7 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 28. Re5 Qg7
29. Qh4 $16) 25. Rf1 Rg7 26. Nf4 {losing immediately but any way black is
winning,I can only guess white was in a big time trouble} (26. Rg5 Rxg5 27.
Qxg5+ Qg7) 26... Ng4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24608]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ {
Theory}) 5. cxd5 (5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Qe7+ (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 $132
{0-1 Tarrasch Siegbert-Teichmann Richard/Monaco 1903 (38)}) 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O
b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Re1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bf3 $6 (12. Bxc4 $1 O-O (12... bxc4
13. Nxc4 $18) 13. Ng6 (13. Nxf7 Qc7 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxc5 gxh6 17.
Bxf8 Qxc4 18. Re7 $18) 13... Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1 hxg6 15. Rb1 $18) 12... O-O 13. a4
(13. Ng6 Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1 hxg6 15. a4 $16) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 a6 15. Qd2 Qd6 {[#]}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Qxf6 17. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Na5 $16) 17. Qh6 Nd7
(17... Qf8 18. Qxf6 $16) 18. Re4 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxf6 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Fritz2/Kцln ') 1992 (34)}) 18... Nf8 19. Bh5 Ng6 20. Nxf7 $18) (5. e5 c5 (
5... Ne7 6. a3 (6. Nf3 Nd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Be7 $1 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Nxd5 cxd5 (
9... exd5 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 $11)) 9... Nb4 10. Be4 $14 {1-0 Tisdall,
J-Madsen,D/NOR-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2/[Tisdall] (30)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Qg4
$14 (8. cxd5 $6 Qxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. c4 (10. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3
) (10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. O-O Nbc6 $11) 10... Qe4+ 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. dxc5
Nxe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Borisenko,G-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch22 Moscow 1955/URS-ch (57)}))
6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... Nbc6 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6
11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Liiva,R/Tallinn Keres mem 1996
(38)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd5 $15 {
0-1 Baburin,A-Ivanov,S/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42 (37)}) 9. cxd4 b6 10. Bg5 Nbc6 11.
Rc1 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. c5 Bd7 14. Bd3 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. Qd2
O-O (17... Qe7 $6 18. Qa5 Qd8 19. Qb4 Ne7 20. h4 O-O 21. Ke2 Nc8 22. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Vaisser,A-Landa,K/Biel op 1995/EXP 48 (37)}) 18. O-O (18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Rc1
Qb8 $11) 18... Nb6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Bd3 Bd7 $11) 5... exd5 6. exd5
$6 $11 (6. e5 Ne7 (6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 Nc6 (8... cxd4 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bxa5
Qxa5+ 11. b4 Qb6 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. f4 $44) 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 (10. bxc3 Qe7
11. f4 Qxc5 12. Nf3 Nge7 $132) 10... d4 11. Bd2 Qe7 (11... Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nxf3+
13. Qxf3 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. O-O $14) 12. f4 Qxc5 $1 (12... f6 13.
Nf3 Bg4 14. Bb5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Be1 $16 {1-0 Hauchard
Arnaud-Pavasovic Dusko/It (open), Cannes (France) 1996 (31)} (17. b4 $16)) 13.
Rc1 Qb6 14. b4 Bf5 $11) (6... b6 $6 7. Nf3 h6 $6 8. Bd3 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne2
c5 $14 (10... Bf8 11. Nf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne7 14. e6 $16 {1-0
Blachmann,H-Meyts,A/WchS-Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch (23)})) 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bd2
(8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbc6 10. Ne2 Bf5 11. Bg5 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murshed,N-Dreev,
A/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (22)}) 8... O-O 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Ba5 $2 10. dxc5
Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf5 $16 (11... d4 $2 12. Bxd4 $18 {1-0 Lindemann,S-Lipinsky,F/
BL2-N 1996/BL2 (49)})) 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 $11) 6... cxd5 (6... Qxd5 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Qa5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Re5
Qd8 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Nbd7 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rf3
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 $15 {0-1 Berg,K-Schandorff,L/DEN-ch 1995/EXP 47 (52)}) 10.
bxc3 Bg4 11. Rb1 b5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
Re8 $15 {0-1 Petrakov,A-Skomorokhin,R/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42 (32)}) 8... O-O 9.
O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. d5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Qd4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marshall,F-Perlis,J/
San Sebastian 1912 (37)}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. O-O Nge7 (9... Nxd4 $2 10.
Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Bxc3 (11... Qd6 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Nxd5 $1 (13. Be3 Qd6 14. Rac1
(14. Bf4 Qc5 $11)) 13... Qxd5 (13... Bxe2 14. Nc7+ Kf8 (14... Kd8 15. Bxe2 $18)
15. Bxe2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rd4 17. Rac1 $16) 14. Qxb4 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Nge7 16. Bxc6+
bxc6 17. Rxe2 $18) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 $16) 10.
Qb3 Qd7 11. Nf4 Rd8 (11... Bd6 12. Nb5 (12. Nfxd5 Be6 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Qc4 Ndc6
15. Be4 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qc2 Qh4
$132) 12... Bb8 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 Bf5 $11) 12. Na4 (12. Bb5 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14.
Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. Bd2 Nc2 17. Rad1 Rc8 $11) 12... O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. dxc5 Rfe8 15. Bd2 (15. Re1 Bf5 (15... Ng6 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qb4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4
Ne2+ $11) 16. Bd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $11) 15... Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nge5 (16... Nd4 17. Qb4
Nxf4 (17... Nc6 18. Qa4 (18. Qb3 Nd4 $11) 18... Nge5 19. Bb5 a6 $11) 18. Bxf4
Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 d4 $132) 17. Bb5 (17. Bf1 d4 $132) 17... a6 (17...
d4 18. Ba5 Rc8 19. Qg3 a6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Bd2 $11) 18. Bf1 d4 19. Qg3 f6 20.
b4 d3 21. Nxd3 Nxd3 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxg4 (23. Bxd3 Ne5 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rxe5
fxe5 26. Bc4+ Be6 $19) 23... Nde5 $4 $18 (23... Nxf2 $1 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 (
25. Qf4 Qd7 (25... Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Re1 Ne5 $132) 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Re2 Nfd3
$132) 25... Nh3+ 26. gxh3 (26. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 26... Qg6+ 27. Qg4 Rxd2 28. Bg2
Rd8 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Re6 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Rxc6
Kg8 $11) 24. Qf4 (24. Qe2 Nd4 25. Qe4 Nef3+ 26. gxf3 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2
Nxd2 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. a4 Ke7 31. f3 $16) 24... Rd4 25. Qe3 Qg6 (25... Qf7 26.
Bc3 $18) 26. Bc3 Re4 (26... Rd8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. Qxc6
Qh6 31. h3 Qxf4 32. Qf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Ne5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Re1 Kg8 36. Ke2 $18)
27. Qh3 $1 h5 $2 (27... f5 28. Bxe5 (28. Rd1 Rh4 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Qc1 (30. Qg3
Rg4) 30... h6 31. Rd6 Qg4 32. h3 Qh4 33. Qd2 $18) 28... Nxe5 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. a3
$18) 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 h4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. c6 Qc2 33. c7 Qxf2+
34. Kh1 Qd4 35. Rc1 1-0

