[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. h4 h5 11. Bd3 a5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b5 a4 15. Qd3
Na7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bc1 Rc4 18. Rd1 Nxb5 19. Ne2 Qc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nc3
22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rd3 O-O 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Qb5 Qb3 28.
Rb1 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Rc4 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Re7 Rxh4+
34. Kg3 Re4 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rxg6 Rg4+ 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39. Kf4 Kf7
40. f3 gxf3 41. Kxf3 Ke6 42. Kf4 h4 43. Kg4 Kxe5 44. Kxh4 Kf4 45. g3+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O (10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bc3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7
14. Rfd1 Be8 $11 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6 $11 {Slobodjan,R-Dautov,R/Bad
Woerishofen 1998}) 10... O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 {Wohl der einfachste Weg zum
Ausgleich, obwohl mir die andere Möglichkeit, 11...Qxd5, besser gefällt.} 12.
Qb3 Bf6 13. Bc3 $1 $146 {Ein logischer Zug, Weiß deckt seinen Bauern d4 und
erschwert damit die gegnerische Entwicklung.} (13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. h3
g6 16. Be3 b6 17. Bb5 Na5 18. Qc3 Bb7 19. b3 Rac8 20. Qd2 a6 21. Bd3 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Rc8 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Re1 $14 {Sermek,D-Berg,K/Luxembourg 1993}) (13. Rac1
Be6 $1 14. Qxb7 (14. Be3 Qd7 $11) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Mikhalchishin,A/Portoroz 2001}) 13... a5 $6 {
Dieser Zug ist zwar noch kein Fehler, ist aber strategisch riskant. Die
Vertreibung der weißen Dame bringt wenig, sie nistet sich auf b5 ein, von wo
aus sie die schwarzen Bauern a5, b7 und d5 langfristig unter Beschuß halten
wird.} (13... Bg4 $2 14. Qxb7 Qd6 15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ne5 $16) ({Deutlich
einfacher war} 13... Rb8 $1 $11 {/\Be6}) 14. a3 Bg4 15. Be2 ({Nun ist der
Bauer b7 unbekömmlich:} 15. Qxb7 Qd6 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Ne5 Rfb8 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19.
Nxg4 Bg5 $11) 15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Re6 17. h3 a4 18. Qb5 Bf5 {Bologan spielt auf
Gewinn, sonst hätte er mit 18...Bxf3 Remis forciert.} (18... Bxf3 $1 19. Bxf3
Nxd4 20. Qxd5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 $11) 19. Rad1 Bc2 20. Rd2 Be4 21. Bd1
{Nach und nach wird deutlicher, wie stark die Position der weißen Dame auf b5
ist. Schwarz muß seine Schwächen a4 und b7 bereits taktisch verteidigen, wird
aber seiner Probleme nicht Herr.} Na5 $2 (21... Bxf3 $2 22. Rxe6 Bxd1 $2 (22...
fxe6 23. Bxf3 $16) 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxd1 $16) (21... Qd7 22. Nh2 Ne5 23. Qxd7
Nxd7 24. Nf1 $14) ({Die beste Verteidigung bestand in} 21... Na7 $1 {Schwarz
vertreibt die gegnerische Dame von ihrem starkem Posten.} 22. Qf1 (22. Qxa4 $4
Bxf3 23. Rxe6 Bxd1 $19) (22. Qxb7 $4 Rb6 $19) 22... Nc6 {Es droht Qd8-b6, so
daß sich Weiß mit der Zugwiederholung abfinden muß.} 23. Qb5 Na7 $11) 22. Ne5
$1 (22. Bxa4 $2 Nc4 23. Rde2 Rea6 $1 (23... Rb6 $2 24. Qd7 $16) 24. Bd1 $2 Rb6
25. Qc5 Rc8 $19) 22... Rb6 $2 {Dieser zweite Fehler führt bereits zum Verlust.}
({Notwendig war} 22... Bxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Bg4 $1 (24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxd8+
Rxd8 26. Bg4 Bc2 27. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 24... Nxd2 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Bxd2 $14 Qc7
27. Rc1 Qxe5 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Rc8 h6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qxa4 Qxb2
$11) 23. Qd7 $1 Qf8 24. f3 $18 Bg6 $2 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc4 26. fxe4 Nxd2
27. Bxd2 Rxb2 28. Bb4 Rxb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rf1 $18) 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxg6 (
26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qe2
c5 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. d5 c4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bc2 Bd6 (
14... Bc5 15. a3 (15. a4 Qc6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. e4 e5 19. h3 O-O
20. b3 Kh8 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Ba4 Qe6 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Qxc4 Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van
Scheltinga,T-Euwe,M/Amsterdam 1938/EXT 2002 (40)}) (15. Nd4 O-O 16. e4 Qb6 17.
Be3 Ne5 18. a4 Neg4 19. a5 Qc7 20. g3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qe5 $19 {0-1 Onat,
I-Fernandez,A/Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (30)}) (15. Ng5 Qe5 16. f4 Qxf4 17. Nxe6 Qe5
18. Nxc5 (18. Nxg7+ Kf7 19. Nf5 $14) 18... Nxc5 19. Bd2 O-O 20. Be1 Rae8 21.
Bg3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Bf4 Ng4 $17 {0-1 Winser,W-Pomar Salamanca,A/
Hastings 1959/MCD (39)}) 15... O-O 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Nge4 Be7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.
e4 Bc5 20. Kh1 e5 $17 {0-1 Szeberenyi,A-Varga,P/Zalakaros 1997/EXT 2001 (37)})
15. Qd2 (15. e4 O-O 16. Bg5 Bc5 17. Bh4 Nh5 $1 18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Qd2 Ne5 {
[%cal Ye5d3,Yf4d3,Ya8d8,Yd8d1]} 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Qe1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23. Bxf4
$8 Rxf4 $17 {0-1 Franco Ocampos,Z-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1997/CBM 63/[Huzman] (43)}
) 15... Ke7 (15... Bc5 16. Ng5 Ng4 17. g3 Nde5 18. Nce4 $13) 16. e4 $1 Ne5 $1 (
16... Rhd8 17. Qg5 Kf8 18. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 19. e5 $16) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Qc5+
19. Qe3 $2 ({The assessment of move 15...Ke7 depends on results of the
complications after} 19. Kh1 Ng4 (19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rhd8 21. Be3 Qh5 22. Qa5
$1 $36) 20. Qd7+ (20. Rf1 Bd4 21. h3 Ne3 22. Rf3 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Kf7 $15) 20...
Kf8 21. Rf1 Bc7 (21... Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Be3 $1 Qxe3 24. fxe5 Qf2 25. Qxb7
Rd8 26. Rg1 $16) 22. f5 $1 $40 Ne5 (22... Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Be3 $1 Qxe3
25. Rf1 $1 $18) 23. fxe6+ Kg8 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Nd5 $16) 19... Qxe3+ 20. Bxe3
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 $17 22. Bc5+ Ke8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Re1 (25. a4
Rhd8 26. Re1 Nd2 $17 {[%cal Yd2b3]}) 25... Nf6 26. Re5 Rad8 27. a4 (27. Rc5 Rc8
28. a4 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra7+ Kg6 $17 32. Bd4 $140 Rxd4 (
32... b4 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. cxb4 Rb8 $17) 33. cxd4 Nd5 34. Kf2 b4 $19) 27... b4
28. Rc5 Rxd4 $1 29. cxd4 c3 30. Rb1 Nd5 31. Kf2 Rb8 $1 (31... Nxf4 32. Ke3 Nd5+
33. Kd3 Ke7 $17) 32. Rb3 Nxf4 33. Ke3 Nd5+ 34. Kd3 Ke7 $17 35. Rc6 Ra8 (35...
Kd7 36. Rc5 (36. Rxa6 Nf4+ 37. Kc2 Ne2 $1 $19) 36... Kd6 (36... Rf8 37. Rxd5+
$1 exd5 38. Rxb4 Rf2 (38... Rc8 39. Kc2 $15 {[%cal Gb4b6,Gb4b7,Gb6a6,Gb7h7]}))
37. Ra5 Rb6 38. Rc5 $17) 36. Rc5 Rb8 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Rc5 a5 39. Rb1 Nf4+ 40.
Ke4 Nd5 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Rb5 Nf4+ (42... Rc8 $5 43. Rc1 $1 (43. Rxa5 b3 $1 44.
Rb5 b2 $19) (43. Re1 b3 44. Rxb3 Nb4+ 45. Ke4 c2 46. Rc1 Na2 $19) 43... Nf4+ (
43... b3 $5 44. Rxb3 Nb4+ 45. Ke3 c2 46. Kd2 Rc4 $17) 44. Ke4 Ne2 45. Rc2 Rc4
46. Rxe2 c2 47. Rxc2 Rxc2 48. g3 Rxh2 49. Rxa5 $15) 43. Ke4 Ne2 44. Rb6+ (44.
Rc5 Rf8 $1 45. Ke3 Nxd4 46. Kxd4 Rf4+ 47. Ke3 Kxc5 48. Kxf4 c2 49. Rc1 b3 50.
Ke3 Kb4 51. Kd2 b2 $19) 44... Kc7 45. Rb5 Kd6 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. Rb5
Rd8 49. Rc5+ Kb6 50. Rc4 Rxd4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} 51. Rxd4 c2 52. Re1 c1=Q 53.
Rxc1 Nxc1 54. Rd8 Ne2 55. Kd3 Nc3 56. Rd6+ Kb7 (56... Kc7 57. Ra6 $18) 57. Rxe6
Nxa4 58. Kc4 $18 Nb2+ (58... Kc7 59. Re7+ Kc6 60. Rxg7 $18) 59. Kc5 Nd3+ 60.
Kc4 Nb2+ 61. Kb5 $1 b3 (61... Nd3 62. Kxa5 Kc7 63. Kb5 b3 64. Rc6+ Kd7 65. Rc3
Nf4 66. Rxb3 $18) 62. Rd6 a4 63. Kb4 Kc7 64. Rd2 a3 65. Kxb3 Kc6 66. Rd4 g6 67.
h4 h5 68. g3 $1 (68. Kxa3 Kc5 {[%cal Yb2c4]}) 68... Kc5 69. Rd8 Kc6 70. Rg8 Kd5
71. Rxg6 Ke4 72. g4 hxg4 73. Rxg4+ Kf5 74. Rd4 $1 Ke5 75. Rd8 Kf5 76. h5 (76.
h5 Kg5 77. Rd4 Kxh5 78. Kxa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15.
Bb2 Kh8 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nce4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rac8 21. Bb1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. Rc6 Qa7 25. g3 a5 26. Bb1 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
axb4 28. Qxb4 Kg8 29. Qe7 Qa5 30. Be4 Nf6 31. Bf3 Re8 32. Qc5 e5 33. Kg2 Nd7
34. Qb4 Qa7 35. Rc3 Rb8 36. Qe7 Qa5 37. Rd3 Nb6 38. Qxe5 Rc8 39. Bc6 Nc4 40.
Qxb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 $5 {A fresh
approach in this relatively new theoretical line of the Chebanenko Slav.
Usually White tries to play actively on the queenside right from the beginning,
but Lputian's idea is first to consolidate there and prepare to meet
opponent's advance ...e7-e5.} (7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 (8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10.
Nd4 Nxc5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Qc7 {is better for Black}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4
10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 $13 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2724)-Sokolov,I (2691)/Merida 2005 (31)
}) 7... a5 {Black does not wish to allow White to consolidate the queenside
and strengthen the pawn c5. The drawback of this move is that it weakens pawn
b5.} ({The only game with 7.a3 played earlier this year continued:} 7... Qc7 8.
b4 e5 (8... a5 9. Bb2 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 $14) 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Bb2 Be7 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Na4 Qe4 13. Nb6 $14 {White has a slight advantage,
although later in the game Lputian,S (2619)-Bareev,E (2701)/Sochi Black
achieved a draw.}) 8. Bd3 e5 {This principled reply leads to a forced play,
where due to weaknesses on b5 and c6 White's chances are preferable.} (8... g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Re1 $14) 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5
Ng4 $13) 9... Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Ne5 (12... Nf6 $142 13. Nxc6
Qb6 14. O-O (14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Bxb5 16. Ndxb5 a4 $44) (14. Ne5 Ba6 $13)
14... Bd6 (14... Bd7 15. Ne5 $36) 15. Nxa5 $5 $36 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13. f4 Nc4
14. b3 Nd6 15. Nxc6 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. O-O (17. f5 $5 $36) 17... Be7 {After
this move White achieves a large advantage without any sacrifices.} (17... g6 {
looks dangerous, but Black had to try it.} 18. f5 gxf5 (18... Nxf5 $2 19. Nxf5
gxf5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bb2 Rg8 22. Qxd5 $18) 19. Bh5+ Kd8 20. Bb2 $44 {[%csl
Rd8]}) 18. f5 $16 Nxf5 (18... O-O 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxd5 $18) (18... exf5 $8
19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Bh5+ g6 21. Bf3 Nde4 22. Bb2 $16) 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Qd6
21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bb2 Rf8 (23... O-O 24. Qd4 $18) 24. Qc2 {The
opening outcome is a complete disaster for Black, who without making obvious
mistakes ended in a lost position.} Rc8 25. Rfd1 Ne4 26. Qd3 ({White is also
close to winning after} 26. Qe2 Qe6 (26... Bc6 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nb6 $18) 27.
b4 a4 (27... axb4 28. axb4 {[%cal Ga1a7]} Bc6 29. Ra6 $18) 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Rac1
Kf7 30. Nxe7 Kxe7 31. Qd4 $16 {/+-}) 26... Bc6 27. Rac1 Rd8 (27... Qe6 28. Nf4
Qd7 29. Qe2 $16) 28. Nxe7 Qxd3 (28... Kxe7 29. Qc2 $16) 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Nxc6
Rxb3 31. Rc2 Rxe3 32. Be2 Kf7 33. g3 g5 (33... b4 {was called for, although
then} 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bc4+ Ke8 36. Nxb4 {must also be lost for Black. White
will organize a decisive attack against opponent's king.}) 34. Bxb5 Nd6 35. Be2
Rc8 36. Kf1 h6 37. a4 $18 Ke8 38. Ba6 Ra8 39. Bd4 Re6 40. Bd3 Rc8 41. Nxa5 Rxc2
42. Bxc2 Kd7 43. Nb7 $5 Re8 (43... Nxb7 44. Bxf5 h5 (44... Kd6 45. Bxe6 Kxe6
46. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 45. Kf2 (45. h3 Ke7 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4
) 45... Kd6 (45... g4 46. Bxe6+ Kxe6 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Bb6 Ke5 (48... Nd6 49. a5
$18) 49. a5 $18) 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kf3 Kf5 (47... Na5 48. g4 $18) 48. Bb6 $18)
44. Nxd6 Kxd6 45. Bxf5 Rf8 46. g4 h5 47. h3 hxg4 48. hxg4 Ra8 49. Bc2 Rc8 50.
Bd1 1-0

