[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. b3 h6 14. Qd2 Kh7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Qe1 Qe8 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. Qh4 Qf8 20. Rd2 Ne8 21.
Rcd1 Rd7 22. Qh3 Rcd8 23. Ndc3 Qh8 24. Nb5 Nf6 25. Ned4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Rb7 27.
e5 dxe5 28. Ne6 Rxd2 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Bf8 31. Rxd2 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33.
Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Qxd7 Qf6 35. Qxa7 e4 36. Qa8 Qc3 37. Kf2 exf3 38. Qxf3+ Ke8 39.
Qc6+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Paris op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Be2 Qb8 11. f4 e5 12. Rf1 Bd6 13. g3 Qb7 14. Qd3 Qc7 15.
Be3 Bc5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rf5 Qe6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. Qc3 d6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Bg4
Bxd5 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxf6 Rg8 24. Bg5 Kf8 25. Qe7+ Kg7 26. Bf6+ Kh6 27. Bc3
Rg4 28. Qf6+ Kh5 29. Qf3 Kg6 30. h3 Rg5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. O-O-O d6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Be2 Kb8
15. Rd2 g5 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rhd1 Ka8 18. f3 Rd7 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Bf2 Bxf2 21. Rxf2
Nd8 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Rfd2 Ba6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Nc7 27. Bd3
Bxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Ne8 29. Na1 Rdc7 30. Nc2 a5 31. Ne3 Ng7 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qa6+
Kb8 34. Nxc2 Qc7 35. Ne3 Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Kxb7 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rh1 h5 39. Rxh4 f6
40. Rh3 Rc7 41. Rg3 Rf7 42. Rg6 Kc7 43. Kc2 b5 44. Kd3 f5 45. Rh6 fxe4+ 46.
fxe4 Ne8 47. Rxh5 Rf2 48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. g4 Rxb2 50. g5 Rb1 51. Ra7 Rg1 52. Nf5
Rxg5 53. Rxa5 Rh5 54. Kc3 Nf6 55. Nxd6 Kd7 56. Nxb5 Nxe4+ 57. Kb4 Rh1 58. Ra7+
Kd8 59. a4 Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Ne1 Re8 12. e3 Nf5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h5 15. Bc3
Nh6 16. Bg2 h4 17. e4 Ng4 18. Qe2 hxg3 19. fxg3 c6 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Ng2 cxd5 22.
cxd5 Bd7 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. a4 Kg7 27. a5 Nh7 28. Bg2 f5
29. h4 f4 30. gxf4 Bxf4 31. Bf3 Bh3 32. Rad1 Qf6 33. Ng2 Rf7 34. Rd3 Rcf8 35.
Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Bd2 Qf6 $15 37. Qg3 $2 (37. Ree3 $142) {[%tqu "En","Can you find
a winning move for Black?","Look at his queen. It does not have too many
squares to escape to. If only you could attack it!","Sacrifice your queen
temporarily!","f6f3","",15]} 37... Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 $19 39. Qh2 Rf1+ (39...
Rf1+ 40. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 b5 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rc1 a6 14. c4 bxc4 15. dxc4
Nfd7 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Red1 Bf8 19. h4 Bc6 20. Re1 Red8 21. Qe3 Rb8
22. Ba1 Na4 23. Rb1 Re8 24. Qf4 h6 25. e5 d5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28.
Qxe4 cxb4 29. axb4 Nc3 30. Rbc1 Bxb4 31. Bxc3 Bxc3 32. Re3 Rb3 33. Qc2 Qb6 34.
Qd1 Rb2 35. Rcxc3 Nc5 36. Qd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. O-O (4. Qe2 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O
7. Bb3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 $13 {Leko,P-Moiseev,V Nettetal 60/(196)
1992}) 4... Nf6 (4... a6 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bf1 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5
10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. h4 a4 $132 {
Hodgson,J-Rashkovsky,N Obesda op 1996}) 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 $11 {Hellsten,
J-Akesson,R Sigeman and co 1997}) 4. d3 e6 (4... Nc6 5. Bb3 (5. c3 a6 6. Bb3
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6) 8. Qe2 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 d5 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. g5 $16 {/~~ Leko,P-Schneider,A Hungary 1996 66/161 [Leko,P]}) 5... g6
6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 $36 {Adams,M-Gelfand,
B Linares 1997}) 5. Bb3 Nc6 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 d5 (8... Ne5
9. d4 (9. Bc2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 b6 11. d4 Bb7 $13) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 d5 11. exd5
(11. e5 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 $132 (12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3c2,Gf3h5,
Ge1e3,Ge3h3]})) 11... exd5 12. dxc5 Bg4 (12... Bxc5 13. Bg5) 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14.
Bg5 $14 {1-0 Kobalija,M-Forster,R/Credis Biel (6) 1997 (21) CBM 60 [ Har-Zvi,R
]}) (8... b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bd3 b3 $1 $36 {Van der Wiel,J-Kasparov,G Brussels 5' 1987}
) (8... b6 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Bf4 (12. h3) 12... Nxf3+ (
12... Ng6) 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh5 $14 {Waitzkin,J-Browne,W USA (ch)
1995 65/191}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2 c4 13. a3 Nf8 14. h4 $5
a5 (14... Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Re3 $40 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qh5 Qf7 19. Qh2)
15. h5 Rb8 $6 16. h6 g6 17. Nf1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. N1h2 $40 {1-0 Tkachiev,
V-Hoffman,A/Villa Martelli 1997/CBM 60/[Har Zvi] (50)}) 6. c3 (6. O-O Be7 7. c3
O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. a4 a6 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nbd2 Nc5 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Na5 20. Bc2
Rc8 $11 {0-1 Zagema,W-Dvoirys,S/Leeuwarden op 1994/EXT 94op (42)}) 6... g6 {
after this move the bishop goes to "g7" of course that will give white the
control of the center after "d4" when "d5" by black is less effective,bicause
the black's bishop is on g7} (6... d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7
11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc1 Bd5 $36 {Adams,M-Kasparov,G New-York PCA 1995})
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 (9... d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. dxc5 $16) 10. cxd4
e5 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Bc2 $5) 12... Nxc3 (12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. Ba4 $14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ga4c6,Gf3e5]})) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Nc3 h6 14. h3 {[%csl Rc8]} Nd4 $2 {why to give the "e5" pawn??} (14... Nd7 $1
$132 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc6d4]}) 15. Nxe5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Nc4 (17. b4 Ne8 (
17... Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Be3 $14) 18. Ng4 Kh7 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gd6c4]}) 17...
Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} (17... Rdc8 18. Nd6 Rc7 (18... Rc6 19. Nxb7 Bxb3 20. Be3 $16
) 19. Ndb5 $16) 18. Be3 Bxc4 (18... a6 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Re8 21. Red1 $14 {
/+/-}) 19. bxc4 Ne5 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Nxc4 22. Re2 Nxb2 23. Rxb2
Bxc3 24. Rxb7 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Bd4 $11 26. Bxd4 (26. Rd7 $4 Be5+) 26... Rxd4 27. f3
Rd2) 20... a6 (20... Rdc8 21. Nd5 Rxc4 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Bxa7 Rc2 (23... Nd3
24. b3 $16) 24. b4 $14 {/+/-}) 21. Rb1 Rac8 (21... Nd3 22. Nd5 $16) (21... Rdc8
22. c5 $16) 22. c5 Nd3 23. Nd5 Re8 (23... Nxc5 $2 24. Rc4 $18) 24. b3 Kh7 (
24... f5 $142 $5 25. exf5 (25. f3 Kh7) 25... gxf5 26. Kf1 (26. b4)) 25. Rc4 Ne5
$6 (25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nf4 $16) (25... Rcd8 $142 {black's best move})
26. Rb4 $16 Rb8 27. Rb6 (27. Rd1 $5) 27... Nc6 (27... Nd7 28. Rd6) 28. Bf4 Be5
$4 (28... Rbd8 29. f3 Rd7 30. b4) (28... Ne5 29. Rd1) 29. Bxe5 (29. Bxe5 Rxe5
30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. e5
Bb7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ndc6 19. g4 Ba6 20. Qg3 f6 21. Ndf2 Qd7
22. Rae1 f5 23. Ng5 Rb8 24. Re2 Rb6 25. Rd2 Rfb8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Nf3 Ng8 28.
gxf5 exf5 29. Qg3 Nce7 30. Nd1 d4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Qf2 Rd8 33. Nb2 Nd5 34.
Qxd4 Nb4 35. Qf2 Ne7 36. Nc4 Re6 37. Rfd1 Bb7 38. Nd6 Bd5 39. Nd4 Rxd6 40. exd6
Qxd6 41. Re2 Bxa2 42. Nb5 Qd7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1998.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.02.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
e5 9. Re1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bxe5 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg7 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. d5 b6
21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. h4 Bf8 23. Qb2 Bg7 24. Qb4 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. d6 Qe6 27.
Qd2 Qf6 28. Re1 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Bd5 Kg7 31. Qe3 Bc5 32. Qf3 h5 33. Re8
a5 34. Rb8 Bd4 35. Rb7 Be6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Kf1 Bc5 39. Ke2 Kf6
40. f3 Ke6 41. a4 Kf6 42. f4 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Ra7 Bg1 45. Rc7 Ke6 46. Ke4
Bc5 47. Rc6+ Kd7 48. Kd5 Bf2 49. Rc3 Bc5 50. f5 Bd6 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. Re3 Bc7
53. Rf3 Bb8 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rf3 Kd7 56. Kc4 Ke6 57. Kb5 Bd6 58. Kxb6 Bb4 59.
Kc6 Ke5 60. Kd7 Bc5 61. Kc6 Bb4 62. Rf1 Ke6 63. Rd1 Kf6 64. Kb6 Ke5 65. Rd8 Ke4
66. Rg8 Kf5 67. Ra8 Kg4 68. Rxa5 Kxg3 69. Rg5+ Kxh4 70. Rxg6 Kh3 71. Kb5 Be1
72. Kc4 h4 73. Kd3 Kh2 74. Ke2 Bc3 75. Kf3 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Porec"]
[Date "1998.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nc3 Qe8 16. Bd4 Rc8 17. e3 g6 18. a4 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Qb7 20. Qd1 Ng7 21. h4
Rfd8 22. a5 b5 23. Ne2 b4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Nf4 Rd7 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Bf1 Bxf1
28. Qxf1 a6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Bb6 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Rc5 d4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34.
Qc1 Rd7 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Nh3 Nh5 37. Ng5+ Ke7 38. Rc6 Ng7 39. Qc5+ Ke8 40. Rc8+
Rd8 41. Rc7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Porec"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[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. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Be2 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxa6 13. Qc2 Rfb8 14. Rb1 Nfd7
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. b3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. Rb2 Qa1+ 20. Kf2 Qf1+
21. Ke3 Ra3 22. bxc4 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qb6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Bxb7 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rd7 19. Qxd4 Bf6 20. Qc4 Qxb2
21. Rc2 Qb6 22. Bd2 h6 23. Rfc1 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Qg4 h5 27.
Qf3 Rfd8 28. Kg2 g6 29. h4 a6 30. Bf4 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc6 a5 33. Ra6 R8d7
34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Raa8 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. e4 Rd7 38. Be5+ Bf6 39. Bxf6+ Kxf6
40. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe2 d6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15.
Rfd1 Qb8 16. Rac1 a6 17. b4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 b5 21. Na4 Ra7
22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 g6 25. Nd6 Rd7 26. Qc2 g5 27. Bd2 Qa7 28.
Ba5 Bd8 29. Bb4 g4 30. Qc3 Bf6 31. Qe3 Ng6 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Rc7 34. Qf6
Qa8 35. h4 gxh3 36. Bxh3 Qf8 37. Nxf7 Be8 38. Rd1 Rxf7 39. Bxe6 Qe7 40. Bxf7+
Qxf7 41. Qd6 Qb7 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. exd5 Ne5 44. c6 Kf8 45. f4 Nf7 46. Kf2 Nd6
47. Ke3 Bh5 48. Rh1 Nf5+ 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 g6 5. c4 (5. Bb5+ Nfd7 6. a4
Bg7 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc7 10. Be2 a6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nf6 13.
Ra3 Rb8 $132 {1-0 Barendrecht,J-Wright/Vlissingen tt 1968 (41)}) (5. Nc3 Bg7 6.
Be3 (6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O exd5 10. exd5 Kh7 11. h4 h5 12.
Nh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 $14 {0-1 Sugden,J-Beaumont,C/BCF ch Plymouth 1989 (33)}) 6...
a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Nf2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh6
$14 {1-0 MANTIA,A-ATKINS,C/DAYTON 1989 (40)}) (5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nec3 a6 7. a4 O-O
8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne8 10. Kh1 Nc7 11. Na3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ncxb5 Nxb5 14.
Bxb5 Ba6 15. Rb1 (15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 Qa8 17. c3 $14) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6
17. c4 $14 {0-1 Rabczewsky,A-Piancatelli,M/Rome 1990 (25)}) (5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2
$2 Nxe4 7. fxe4 Bxb2 $19 {0-1 Reuter,P-Lisanti,A/BL 1991 (25)}) 5... Bg7 (5...
b5 6. cxb5 Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nec3 e6 (8... Nbd7 9. a4 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qxd6
$18 {1-0 Rogers,I-Reilly,T/Canberra 1994 (31)}) 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O exd5 11. Bxd5
Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Na3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Qg5 $16 {1-0 Colias,B-Hahn/
Chicago 1992 (44)}) 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 e6 $5 $132 (7... e5 $5 {[%csl Gb1]} 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Na3 f5 $1 (11... Na6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Nab1
Bd7 14. g3 b5 15. a3 bxc4 (15... Na6 16. Nxb5 Nc7 17. Nxd6 $18 {1-0 Wallace
John Paul-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest (HUN) 1995 (40)}) 16. Bxc4 a5 $5 17. axb4 axb4
18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 $16) 12. Bd3 f4 13. Bf2 Bf6 14. O-O-O Bh4 15. Bg1 Nd7 16.
Bc2 a6 17. Kb1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Naxb5 Qb6 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. a4 Rfb8 22. Rc1
Ng7 23. g3 Bf6 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. Be2 $132) 8. Be3 Na6 9. Be2 Nc7
10. a4 Nfe8 (10... exd5 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Na3 b6 13. O-O a6 14. Nc4
Nce8 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Be3 (17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+
20. hxg3 Qg5 $19) 17... f5 $5 $132 (17... b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 Bd4 20. Bxd4
cxd4 21. Nd1 (21. Nxb5 $2 Nf4 22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Nxb5 25. g3 (
25. Bxb5 Qg5 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Rg2]}) 25... Nc7 $19) 21... Nf4 22. Rf2 Ra8 $132 (
22... Qg5 23. Kh1 $14))) 11... Re8 12. Bf2 Na6 $11) 11. Qd2 f5 $1 12. O-O (12.
dxe6 Bxe6 (12... Nxe6 13. O-O Nd4 $132) 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 {[%cal Gd6d5]}
15. Nbc3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 12... Nf6 (12... fxe4 13. fxe4 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1
Be5 $132) 13. e5 (13. dxe6 Bxe6 (13... fxe4 14. fxe4 Bxe6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. Bf4 Bc8 (17... Nfe8 18. e5 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxe5 20. Qe4 $16) 18. Bxd6 (
18. Bf3 Nfe8 19. Nab5 a6 20. Nxc7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxc7 22. Bg5 Bf6 $11) 18... Nxe4
19. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxd2 22. Bxc5 b6 23. Be3 Bxc3 24. bxc3
Nxf1 25. Kxf1 $14) 14. Na3 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bf4 fxe4 (16... Qf7 17. Bxd6
$2 (17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nab5 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 d5 20. Nd6 Qe7 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. cxd5
Nxd5 23. Bc4 Kh8 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. Bg5 $18) 24. Bg5 Bf6
25. Bxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qf4 $16) 17... Nfe8 $15) 17. fxe4 Bc8 {See previous
variation.}) 13... dxe5 (13... Nfe8 14. f4 (14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Rd1 exd5 16. cxd5
b6 (16... f4 17. Bf2 Nf6 18. Na3 Rd8 19. Nc4 $16) 17. Na3 Bb7 18. Nc4 Qd7 19.
a5 (19. d6 Ne6 20. Nb5) 19... b5 20. Bxc5 bxc4 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Bxc4 Bc5+ 23.
Kh1 Nd6 $132) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 dxe5 16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. fxe5 Bxe5 $132) 14.
Bxc5 Rf7 (14... exd5 $2 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Nxd5 Ncxd5 17. cxd5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nxd5
19. Rc1 $16) 15. dxe6 (15. d6 $5 b6 16. Ba3 Nce8 (16... Na6 17. b4 Bb7 18. c5
$16) 17. Rd1 Rd7 18. a5 Bb7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. Qc3 (21. N1c3 Nxd6
$15) 21... e4 22. Qe5 Nxd6 23. Qxe6+ Nf7 24. N1c3 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Bc8 26. Qc6 Bb7
27. Qe6 Bc8 $11) 15... Nxe6 (15... Bxe6 $6 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxa7 $16) 16.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nb5 (17. Rd1 Rd7 $11) 17... Nc6 (17... b6 18. Be3 Rd7 19. N1c3
a6 20. Na3 Rb8 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Nc2 $11) 18. N1c3 Be6 (18... b6 $11) 19. Bf2 (
19. Rad1 $11) 19... Bf8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Na3 Nd4 (21... Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23.
Rd1 Nd4 24. Bf1 (24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bf1) 24... Bc5 25. f4 Rc8 (25... Rd8 26. fxe5
Nxe5 27. b4 Ba7 28. Nc2 Nec6 29. b5 Nxc2 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Bxa7 $16) 26. fxe5
Nb3 $44) 22. Rfe1 (22. Bd3 Bxa3 (22... Rc8 23. Rfe1 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Bxc4 25. Rxe5
$15) 23. bxa3 Rc8 24. f4 (24. Rfe1 Bxc4 25. Rxe5 Bb3 26. Rc1 (26. Bxd4 Bxd1 27.
Nxd1 Rd7 $19) 26... Rd7 27. Bf1 Nc2 $5 $15 (27... Bxa4 28. Nd5 (28. Be3 Nb3 29.
Ne4 Nxc1 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32. Bg5 Be6 $17) 28... Rxc1 29. Nxf6+ Kf7
30. Nxd7 Bb5 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Bxd7 $15)) 24... e4 25. Bxd4 exd3 26. Bxf6
Rxf6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rc3 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Bd3 Nc6 (23... Bxa3 $1 24.
bxa3 Bxc4 25. Rxe5 Bb3 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Bf1 $15 {See previous variations.}) 24.
Nc2 Rd7 25. Bb6 (25. Bg3 Nh5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Nf4 28. Bf1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1
Bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Rxc4 31. Nce3 Rxa4 $17) 25... Be7 26. Bf1 Kf7 $15 {[%csl Rb4,
Rc5]} 27. b3 Bd8 $1 (27... Nb4 28. Na3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd7 30. Bf2 Nc5 31. Nd5 a5
32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. Bxc5+ Rxc5 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Ke3 g5 (
37... Ke7 38. f4 $11) 38. g3 Ke7 39. f4 $11) 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Bxd8 (29. Bf2
Ba5 $17) 29... Rxd8 30. b4 (30. Rd1 a5 $17) 30... a5 $1 {White has prolems
with black squares.} (30... Nd4 $2 31. Ne3 (31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Nd1 (32. Nd5 Bxd5
33. cxd5 Nb6 34. Rd1 Nxa4 35. Rxd4 Nb6 $17) 32... b6 33. Kf2 (33. Nb2 a5 34.
bxa5 bxa5 $17) 33... a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Nb2 Rb8 36. Re2 Nc5 $17) 31... b6 32.
Ned5 a5 33. Rb1 $11) 31. Rb1 $2 $17 (31. bxa5 Nxa5 32. Ne3 Nc5 (32... Nf6 $15)
33. Ned5 Nc6 $15) 31... Nxb4 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Nc5 34. Rb5 Rc8 $1 35. Rb6
(35. a5 Bd7 36. Rb2 Ra8 $17) 35... Bd7 36. a5 $2 $19 (36. Rb4 Ra8 37. Kf2 Ke6
$1 {[%csl Ra4]} (37... Bxa4 $2 38. Nxa4 Rxa4 39. Rb5 $11) (37... Ra7 {[%csl
Ra4]} 38. Nb5 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Nxa4 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nxb7 Bc8 42. Na5 Kd6 $15) 38.
Ke3 Bxa4 39. Nxa4 Rxa4 40. Rb5 Kd6 $17) 36... Ra8 37. Nd5 Rxa5 (37... Bc6 $142
38. h4 (38. Nb4 Nd7 39. Nxc6 Nxb6 40. axb6 bxc6 41. c5 Ke6 $19) 38... Rxa5 (
38... Nd7 39. Rb2 Rxa5 $17) 39. Nb4 Bd7 $17) 38. Nf6 Bc6 39. Nxh7 Ra1 40. Kf2
$2 $19 (40. Ng5+ Kf6 41. h4 Ra2 42. Rb1 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Re1 Ke5 45. Re2
Rxe2 (45... Ra3 46. Nf7+ Kd4 47. Nh8 Rg3 (47... Be8 48. Rf2 Nd3 49. Rf8 Bc6 50.
Nxg6 $132) 48. Kh2 Rg4 49. Kh3 Rf4 50. Rd2+ Kc3 51. Rd1 Rf6 $17) (45... Ra1 $17
) 46. Bxe2 Kf4 $17) 40... Ra2+ 41. Ke1 (41. Kg3 f4+ 42. Kh3 (42. Kg4 Kg7 43.
Ng5 Bd7+ 44. Kh4 Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 42... Kg7 (42... Bd7+ $1 43. g4 Bc6
44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. Nh7+ Ke7 (45... Kg7 46. Ng5) 46. Ng5 Rf2 47. Bg2 Nd3 $19) 43.
Ng5 Ra8 44. g3 Bd7+ 45. g4 Bc6 $17) 41... e4 42. Ng5+ Kf6 43. f4 (43. h4 Ke5
44. fxe4 fxe4 $19) 43... Ke7 (43... Nd3+ 44. Bxd3 exd3 $19) 44. Rb1 (44. h3
Nd3+ 45. Bxd3 exd3 46. Nf3 Rxg2 $19) 44... Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Re8 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 f4 14. Bd6 fxg3
15. hxg3 Bf8 16. Bh3 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Kg7 18. Red1 Nf8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. c5 Re7
21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Nd2 Ra3 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Kg2 Ne8 27. Rd3
Nd4 28. Nc4 Rb3 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Nxb1 Nc2 31. Rb3 Nc7 32. Nd6 Na6 33. b5 Nxc5
34. Rc3 Ne1+ 35. Kf1 Ned3 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Nc4 h5 39. Nxe5 Nxe5
40. Rxc5 Re7 41. Nd2 Re6 42. f4 Nd7 43. Ra5 Re7 44. e5 g5 45. Nf3 gxf4 46. gxf4
c5 47. Ra7 Kf8 48. Rc7 Nxe5 49. Rc8+ Re8 50. Rxe8+ Kxe8 51. fxe5 Ke7 52. Kd3
Ke6 53. Ke4 c4 54. Ng5+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. b3 O-O (10... cxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Na5 14.
Ne5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be8 18. c5 Bc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Bc3 Rd5 $11 {0-1 Opocensky,K-Fuster,G/Munich 1941/HCL (51)}) 11. Bb2 Bd7 (11...
cxd4 12. exd4 Nb4 (12... Na5 13. Rfd1 (13. Ne5 Nxc4 14. bxc4 b6 15. Rfd1 Re8
16. Rd3 Bb7 17. Rg3 Rad8 18. a5 bxa5 19. c5 g6 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. c6 Bc8 22. Rf3
Bg7 23. g4 Rf8 24. Ba3 $36 {1-0 Cobo Arteaga,E-Verstraeten,R/Skopje 1972/EXT
2000 (40)}) (13. Rac1 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Vaulin,A/
Zalaegerszeg 1991/EXT 97 (15)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Rad8 16. Rd3
Bc8 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Bf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rhd3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Weindl,A-Zifroni,D/Biel 1994/TD (33)}) 13. Rac1 Qd8 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 Nbd5 18. Ne4 Nf4 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Qg4 Nxe6 21.
d5 Nf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. d6 Rc8 {0-1 Hjartarson,
J-Dlugy,M/New York 1984/MCD (25)}) 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 15.
e4 (15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. e4 $14) 15... Qc8 16. Nd2 $2 (16. Rfd1 $142)
16... Be6 $15 {[%csl Rd4]} 17. Nc4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 (19. Rfd1 Bxd5
20. exd5 Rfe8 (20... Qc5 21. b4 Qxd5 22. Qxe7 Qxc4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 (23... d3 24.
b5 $132) 24. Qa7 Rfd8 25. Rdc1 (25. Rac1 Qxb4 26. Qxa6 Ra8 $17) 25... Qxb4 26.
Qxa6 d3 $36) 21. Qd3 Qc5 $17) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd7 21. Nb6 Qd6 22. a5 Bf6
23. Qc4 Rfe8 24. g3 (24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 d3 $17 26. Rd1 Re2 27. Kf1 Bd4 28.
Rxd3 Rde8 $1 29. Re3 $1 Bxe3 30. fxe3 R2xe3 31. d6 R3e6 $1 $19 32. d7 $140 Rf6+
33. Kg1 Re1#) 24... h5 $1 $36 {>>} 25. b4 h4 26. Kg2 Qe5 27. Qd3 Qh5 $1 28.
Rfe1 h3+ 29. Kf1 Re5 30. f4 $1 (30. Red1 Rf5 31. Rc7 Rf3 32. Qe2 Qf5 {[%cal
Rd4d3]}) 30... Re7 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Qg4 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 33. d6 g5 34. Nd5 (
34. d7 gxf4 (34... Kg7 35. Re4 $16) 35. Re4 (35. Nd5 fxg3+ 36. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 37.
Kxg3 Kg7 $17) 35... fxg3+ 36. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 $132) 34... Rxd6 35. Nxf6+
Rxf6 36. Qxd4 Qf5 37. Re5 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Re2 Qc6 39. Re8+
Kg7 40. Re4 g4 $13) 38... Qg2+ 39. Kg4 (39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. Kd3 Qf3+ 41. Kc2 fxg3
$19) 39... Rxf4+ 40. Qxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 (7...
Bg4 8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa1 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qxb2 12. Qxb2 Nxc6 13. O-O e6
14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Rc4 Ne7 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Rc7 Nc8 19. Nb5 a6 20.
Qd4 Ncb6 21. Na7 e5 22. Qd3 Bc5 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. g3 h5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Qc3 Bd6
27. Rb7 Rh6 $17 {0-1 Rausis,I-Szabolcsi,J/FRA t-ch 2000 (59)}) 8. Bd2 Bb7 9.
Bd3 (9. Ba5 Qc8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Re8 15.
Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qb2 Qf4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. h3 Qb8 19. e5 Nh7 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Qe4 $44
{0-1 Karner,C-Haznedaroglu,K/Patras GRE 1999 (40)}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O $2 (
10... Nbd7 11. e5 (11. Nc3 a6 (11... b4 12. Na4 $44) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb4 $13
) 11... Nd5 12. Bxh7 (12. Ba5 Qc8 13. Bxh7 c5 $132) 12... c5 13. Bd3 a6 $36)
11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 $16 Nd7 14. Nc3 a6 (14... N7b6 15. Bxd5 $5
Nxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Nxb5 $16) 16. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge4c5,Ge4g5]}) 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 g6 (16... Rc8 17. Qd1 $40 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. Qd2
Kg7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Bb4 $1 Nb8 21. Rxc8 $1 Bxc8 22. Rc1 Nc6 (22... Bd7 $142
23. h4 Nc6) 23. h4 (23. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 24. Qg5 Nc6 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. h4 $40) 23...
Bd7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf4 Nb4 26. Bb1 Rc8 27. Re1 $1 Rc3 (27... Rh8) 28. h5
gxh5 29. Qg3+ Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. Qh2) 30. Bh7 Ke8 31. Qg7 Nc6 (31... Qf8 $142
32. Qf6 Qe7 33. Qh8+ Qf8 34. Bg8 Rxf3 (34... Kd8 $5) 35. gxf3 Nc6 36. Kh1 $13)
32. Ng5 Nxd4 $2 (32... Qf8 33. Qf6 Qe7 $11) 33. Bg8 (33. Nxf7) 33... Kd8 34.
Bxf7 Kc7 35. Qg8 h4 36. Rd1 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nf4 $2 (37... Rc6 $142) 38. Rd4 Ne2
39. Rxh4 {[%cal Gh4h7]} Rc1 40. Bxe6 $18 Qc5 (40... Qc5 41. Qf7 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1
Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+ 46. Kh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Qf8 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Ba5 20. Rbb1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3
Nxd5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Bxa6 Bg4 24. Bb5 Bxd1 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxd1 Nh5 27. Ne4
Re6 28. Nxd6 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Nc6 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Nf5 Qf6 32. g4 h5 33. Qe2 hxg4
34. Qxg4 Ne5 35. Qe4 g4 36. Qf4 Ng6 37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Qxf6 Rxf6 39. Nxg4 Ra6 40.
Rd7 Rxa4 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Rxb7 Ne5 44. Nf5 Ng4 45. Rb1 Ra5 46. e4
Kg8 47. f3 Ne5 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Rb6 Ra2 51. Ne3 Nd3 52. Rd6 Ne1 53.
Rd1 Re2 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. g4 1-0

[Event "Cannes masters k.o."]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 (9... Qd7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rc1 (11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13.
Bxc4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Qa7 Qc8 17. Ke2 g6 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Rc1
Be7 20. Ne4 c6 21. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Kortschnoj,V/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 65
ext (46)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qg4 Bb7 14. Be2 h5 15. Qg5 h4 16. O-O h3
17. g3 Rh7 18. Qg4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Nce4 Nd5 21. Bf3 Qb5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23.
bxc3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Baburin,A/Vienna 1995/EXT 98 (57)}
) (9... Be7 10. Nd2 Bb7 (10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxb5 $16 {Chernin,
A-Miles,A/Biel (rapid) 1995/ (12)}) 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Nxb6 cxb6
14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. f3 Bb4 16. h4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Kf2 Qxc3
20. Qxc3 Rxc3 $11 21. Rhb1 Rc6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxb6
Rc8 26. Bd4 Bc6 27. g4 h5 28. gxh5 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo
1998/CBM 63 ext (28)}) (9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13.
Nc3 Nc6 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Ng3 Nb4 17. Be2 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nb4 19. Rd1
N6d5 20. Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Nemtsev,I-Fominyh,A/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000 
(58)}) 10. bxa6 (10. Nd2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Qd7 (12... Nc6 13. Nxc4
Bb4+ 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2
Wells,P-Zilberman,Y/Herzliya 1998/EXT 99 (18)}) 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. h4 N8d7 15. Rh3
f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rg3 Kf7 18. Nf3 Nbd7 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qg4
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qa6 23. Bxc4 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Qb2+ 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Qf5+ {1-0 Kinsman,
A-Shaw,J/Edinburgh 1996/EXT 98 (26)}) 10... Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Nd2 (12.
Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ra1 Nb4 17. Nd2 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Pert,N-Zalkind,K/Witley 1999/CBM 71 ext (17)}) 12... Nb4 $1 13. Nxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 $15 {[%csl Re1]} 16. Qb3 g6 (16... Qh4 17. Kd2
Qxh2 18. Ra1 $44) 17. Bb5 $2 (17. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Gg1d1,Gd1d5]} Be7 (17... Qh4
18. Ra1) (17... Qa8 18. Bg5) 18. Rd1 Qa8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 O-O
22. Qc4 $11) 17... Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Be7 19. Bh6 (19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15)
19... Qb8 (19... c6 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Na3 Qd5 $15) 20. Qc4 Kd7 $1 (20... c6 21.
Nc3 c5 22. Kf1 $13 {[%csl Rh8]}) 21. Rg3 (21. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (21... Nd5 22. Bxe7
Kxe7 23. Nc3 $11) 22. Rxg5 Nd5 23. Rg3 c6 (23... Qb6 24. Rf3 Rb8 25. Nc3 $132)
24. Nd6 (24. Nc3 Qxb2 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qc5 Qb1+ 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. Qd6+ Ke8 29.
Qxc6+ Kf8 $36) 24... Qxb2 25. Rb3 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Ra8 27. Rb7+ Nc7 $17) 21... Qb7
22. Rb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Bd2 Qc6 $1 (22... Nd5 23. Rf3 Rb8 (23... f5 24.
exf6 Bxf6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 $132) 24. Nc3 Ke8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qa4+ Qb5
$15 {/=}) (22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Na7 $1 $132) 23. Qxc6+ Nxc6 24. Na3 (24.
Bc3 Rb8 $17) (24. d5 exd5 25. Rd3 Nb4 $17) 24... Rb8 (24... Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rb8
26. Bc3 Ne7 $15) (24... Ra8 25. Nc2 $15) 25. Nc4 (25. Bc3 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Rb3 $17
) 25... Ra8 (25... Nxd4 26. Rd3 c5 27. Bc3 Kc6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 f5 $15)
26. Rd3 Ra4 $1 27. b3 Ra2 $17) 22... Rb8 23. d5 (23. Nc3 Nc2+ $19) 23... Qxb5
0-1

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 {Schwarz verteidigt
seinen Mehrbauern; das ist plausibel. Versucht wurde auch:} (6... Nf6 7. Nxf6+
exf6 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 g6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2
Be6 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Ke2 f6 19. h4 Kf7
20. Ne1 a5 21. Nd3 Ra6 22. Rc2 Rc6 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,
V-Sakaev,K/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 58 (24)}) 9... O-O 10. a5 Nd7 11. Ne2 f5 12.
Bd2 Nf6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Nf4 Rab8 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. f3
Ng5 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Bf2 c5 21. Nd3 cxd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Kh1 Qh5
25. Ne5 Kh8 $2 26. f4 Ne4 27. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 28. Bxf7 $2 (28. g4 Qh6 29. g5 Qh5
30. Bxf7 $1 Qe2 (30... g6 31. Qe6 $1 Bf8 32. d5 Bg7 33. Bxe8 $18 Rxe8 $2 34.
Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Qg8+ Rxg8 37. Nf7#) 31. Re1 $1 Qxf2 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33.
Qh3+ Qh4 34. Qxh4#) 28... Qf5 29. g4 (29. Bxe8 Bxe5 30. dxe5) 29... Qxf4 30.
Bg3 Qg5 31. Bxe8 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe8 33. Bxb8 Rxb8 34. Qe6 $2 (34. Qg3 $1) 34...
Qe3 $1 35. d5 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Qd6 Qxg4+ 38. Qg3 Qe2 39. Re1 Qxb2 40. Rxe4
b3 41. Qe1 Qc2 {0-1 Freiman,S-Botvinnik,M/Leningrad 1933/URS-ch/[RR] (41)}) (
6... Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Ngf6 12. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Epishin,V-Fang,J/Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 7. Ng3 Nf6 (7... e5 {
ist auch nicht schlecht; in der folgenden Beispielpartie setzt Schwarz sehr
schwach fort:} 8. Nf3 exd4 9. e4 Qc5 10. Nxd4 b3 $6 (10... Nf6 {ist besser.})
11. Be2 Qa5+ $6 (11... Nf6) 12. Bd2 Bb4 $2 (12... Qc5) 13. Bxc4 $18 {1-0
Gonzalez Velez,F-Gual,A/Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 {ist
erwägenswert.}) 8... Ba6 (8... h5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 {geschah
in der Partie Epishin-L. Ortega, Bozen 1999; Weiß hat eine gefährliche
Initiative für die beiden geopferten Bauern.}) 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O ({Die
Fortsetzung} 10. Ne5 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qh3 12. Nxc6 Nd5 {sieht nicht
vertrauenerweckend für Weiß aus.}) 10... Bd6 11. Bd2 ({Die Folge} 11. Qc2 b3
12. Qb1 (12. Qc3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 {mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... Bxg3 13.
hxg3 c3 14. Bxa6 c2 {kostet den Weißen die Dame; dagegen erobert er nach dem
Textzug die Dame des Gegners.}) 11... h5 12. Ne5 h4 13. Bf3 hxg3 (13... Qa5 14.
Nxc6 Qb6 (14... Qc7 15. Nxb4 Bb7 16. Ne2 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 h3 18. Nc3 {ist
ebensowenig deutlich.}) 15. Nxb8 Rxb8 16. Ne2 {führt zu einer etwa
ausgeglichenen Stellung. Natürlich konnte Schwarz der Versuchung nicht
widerstehen, die Dame zu opfern; in der Tat dürften die beiden Fortsetzungen
etwa gleichwertig sein.}) 14. Bxd5 gxh2+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 16. a5 {Weiß könnte auch
versuchen, die Stellung zu öffnen. Nach} (16. Qe1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxe5 ({Der in
der "Schachwoche" 19/2000, S.12 gemachte Vorschlag} 17... b3 {ist nicht besser;
Weiß antwortet} 18. c4) ({die Folge} 17... Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20.
Be1 {erleichtert die Aufgabe des Weißen.}) 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. c4 (19. f3 Bxf1 20.
fxe4 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 22. Qxh1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 b3 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rh8+ Kd7
26. Bc1 Ke6 27. Re8+ Kf5 {führt zu einem Endspiel, das Weiß nicht halten kann.}
) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxb4 Nd7 21. Bd6 {dürfte sich die Stellung in etwa im
Gleichgewicht befinden.}) 16... Bb5 17. a6 (17. Qe1 {kann nun mit} Na6 {
pariert werden.}) 17... Nc6 ({Nach} 17... c3 18. bxc3 Bxf1 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20.
Rxf1 {hätte Weiß eine recht günstige Version des oben angeführten
Stellungstyps erhalten. Schwarz hält zu recht die Stellung geschlossen und
entwickelt sich ruhig.}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ra5 {Weiß versucht, den Gegner am
Damenflügel zu beschäftigen; vermutlich plante er mit diesem Zuge die Aufgabe
der Qualität, um den starken schwarzfeldrigen Läufer des Schwarzen zu
eliminieren. In Betracht kommt vielleicht auch} (19. g4 {mit der Absicht,
f2-f3, Kh1-g2, Tf1-h1 und Ld2-e1-g3 folgen zu lassen.}) 19... Rb8 20. Qe2 Ne4
21. Rfa1 Bc7 22. Be1 $1 ({Nach} 22. R5a2 b3 23. Ra3 Bd6 24. Ra5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2
Bb4 {hat Schwarz eine technische Gewinnstellung.}) 22... Bxa5 23. Rxa5 c3 {
Mit einem ruhigen Verfahren erreicht Schwarz nicht mehr:} (23... Kd7 24. f3 Nd6
25. Bg3 Rb5 26. Rxb5 Bxb5 27. Qe1 Nf5 (27... c3 28. bxc3 b3 29. c4 {ist
ungesund für Schwarz.}) 28. Bf4 {mit unklaren Folgen.}) 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bg3 Rb5
26. Ra1 Nc4 (26... cxb2 27. Qxb2 Nc4 28. Qb3 {mit unklarer Stellung.}) (26...
Nf5 27. Bf2 cxb2 28. Qxb2 O-O {war vielleicht am wirksamsten.}) 27. b3 (27.
bxc3 b3 {ist natürlich unerfreulich für Weiß.}) 27... Nb6 $6 (27... Nd2 28. Qd1
Kd7 29. Be1 Rb6 30. Bxd2 cxd2 31. Qxd2 {führt zu einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.
}) (27... Na3 28. Bd6 {sieht nicht günstiger für Schwarz aus.}) 28. Bd6 Kd7 $6
(28... Nd7 {war vorsichtiger.}) 29. Bc5 Rb8 $2 ({Nach} 29... g5 30. Qf2 f6 31.
Qg3 Nc8 {wäre die Stellung im Gleichgewicht geblieben.}) 30. Qf2 {Jetzt kann
Schwarz seine schwarzfeldrigen Schwächen nicht mehr decken.} Nc8 31. Qg3 R8b6 (
{Nach} 31... g6 {gewinnt Weiß zum Beispiel mit der Folge} 32. Qf4 Ke8 (32... f5
33. Qe5) 33. Qc7 Bd7 34. g4 {, und Schwarz kann sich nicht mehr rühren; auf} g5
{folgt} 35. Ra2) 32. Qxg7 Nd6 33. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Cannes m1"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.04.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 {In der zweiten und vierten Matchpartie wählte
Piket die Slawische Verteidigung, von daher ist diese Eröffnung eine kleine
Überraschung.} 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 {Das ist der - in der
Großmeisterpraxis oft gespielte - klassische Aufbau. Schwarz öffnet die
Stellung und während Weiß das Material zurückgewinnt, kann er die Entwicklung
des Damenflügels beenden.} 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 {Die Variante 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7
bietet Weiß weniger Chancen, weil Schwarz früher oder später durch c7-c5
Ausgleich erreichen kann.} Bd7 9. Qxc4 (9. Rd1) 9... Bc6 10. Bg5 {In einigen
Varianten nimmt Weiß auf f6 und bekommt nach Nc3 und e4 aktives Spiel im
Zentrum.} Bd5 11. Qc2 (11. Qc1 Nc6 12. e3 Nb4 (12... Na5 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ra3 Nc6 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Rc5 Nb4 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rc4 a5 {
1/2-1/2 Shumiakina,T-Geller,E/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (44)}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nc3 a5
14. Rd1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Khalifman,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (14)})
13... Bxf6 14. Nbd2 a5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qc3 Qd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. e5 Be7 19. Rfd1
Rac8 20. Nc4 b6 {0-1 Giardelli,S-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires 1995/EXT 97 (27)}) (
11. Qd3) 11... Be4 12. Qc1 (12. Qd1 c5 13. Nbd2 Bc6 $11) 12... Nc6 (12... Nbd7
$5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 a5 18.
Re2 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Yu,S/Perenyi memorial 2000 (60)})
16. Bxf3 c6 17. Red1 Qa5 18. Bf4 (18. Na2 Bd6 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Bg2 a5 21. Rac1
Rfd8 22. h3 Bf8 23. e4 e5 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Almasi,Z/Senec 1998/EXT 99 (73)})
18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 Rad8 21. Na2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Nxb4 Qxb4
24. Bd2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Bc3 {1-0 Filippov,V-Gutov,A/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT
2000 (49)}) (12... a5 13. Nbd2 $6 (13. Nc3 $5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Rd1 $14)
13... Bc6 $11 14. Nc4 Bd5 $13 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 1999/
CBM 72/[Ribli] (35)}) 13. Nbd2 $5 {Weiß verteidigt nicht den Pd4, sondern
attackiert sofort den Be4..} (13. e3 Nd5 (13... Nb4 $5 14. Nc3 Bc6 {1/2-1/2
Pigusov,E-Liang Jinrong/Beijing 1997/CBM 61/[Ribli] (37)}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Qb6 Qc7 21.
Rfb1 {1-0 Foisor,C-Amura,C/Jakarta 1993/EXT 97 (44)}) 13... Nxd4 (13... Bf5 $5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 Bg4) (13... Bd5 $2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 $18) 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Nxe6 {Dieser Zwischenzug ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels.} fxe6 16. Kxg2 {
Nach Vereinfachungen behält Weiß die etwas bessere Bauernstruktur.} Qd5+ (16...
c5 17. a5 $5 {[%csl Ga5] Nach diesem Zug bekommt Schwarz Probleme am
Damenflügel - das Feld b6 ist schwach und der Pc5 ein guter Angriffspunkt} Qd5+
18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Rxa4 Rd5 22. Rc1 h6 23. Be3 {1-0
Kaidanov,G-Bauer,C/New York USA 2000/The Week in Chess 288 (49)}) 17. Nf3 c5
18. Rd1 (18. a5 $5 $14) 18... Qc6 19. Qc2 (19. a5 $14) 19... h6 20. Bf4 (20.
Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rac1 Bg5 22. Rb1 Rad8 $11) 20... Rfd8 $6 {Dieser mechanische Zug
ist nicht die beste Wahl für Schwarz. Er erlaubt es dem Gegner, mit 21.a5 Raum
zu gewinnen.} (20... b6 $142 $5 21. Qg6 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 $11) 21. a5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ga5][%mdl 32] Dieser Zug verschafft Weiß kleinen, aber dauerhaften
Vorteil. Dank seines Pa5 übt Weiß positionellen Druck am Damenflügel aus.} Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Rd8 (22... Nd5 23. Be5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Qg6 {[%csl
Gg6] Droht auf h6. Mit diesem Zug erzwingt Weiß quasi den Damentausch.} Qe4 (
24... Qe8 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Be3 $14) 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Be3 {[%csl Rc5] Der Pc5
ist der Angriffspunkt in der schwarzen Stellung.} Rd5 27. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3]}
Nf6 {Der Springer räumt das Feld e4 von selbst, denn nach f3 oder Kf3 muss er
ohnehin weichen.} 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nf4 Rd6 (29... Re5 $2 30. Rd1 $16) 30. Ng6 {
[%csl Gg6]} b6 $6 {Psychologisch ist es verständlich, dass sich Schwarz am
Damenflügel befreien möchte - dieser Zug aber hilft nur Weiß.} (30... Rd5 $5
$14) 31. Bf4 Rc6 (31... Rd5 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Ra1 $16) 32. Rd1 {[%csl Gd1]
[%cal Rd1d7]} Kf7 33. Nxf8 (33. Rxd7+ Kxg6 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Be5 $14) 33...
Nxf8 {[#]} 34. Rd6 $1 {Ein sehr starker Zug! Der Turmtausch ist nun erzwungen,
und Weiß bekommt ein chancenreiches Endspiel.} Rxd6 35. Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096]} bxa5
36. Bxc5 $16 {Weiß hat eigentlich einen Bauern mehr - weil die schwarzen
Bauern auf der a-Linie weniger wert sind.} Nd7 37. Ba3 e5 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. e4 h5
40. Ke3 g5 $8 {Sonst spielt Weiß 41.f4.} 41. f3 Nb6 42. h3 Na8 $6 {[%cal Ga8c7]
} (42... Nd7 $142 $16) 43. Bc5 $1 {[%csl Ra8]} (43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Nb6 $14)
43... Kd7 (43... Nc7 44. Bb6 $18) (43... a4 44. Kd3 $16 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gd3c4,
Gc4b4,Gb4a4]}) 44. Kd3 Nc7 45. Bb6 {Dieser Zug gewinnt einen Bauern, weil
Schwarz um jeden Preis das Bauernendspiel vermeiden muss.} Ne6 (45... a4 $2 46.
Bxc7 Kxc7 47. Kc4 $18) 46. Bxa5 h4 47. Be1 $5 (47. gxh4 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 gxh4 49.
Be1 Nxh3 50. Bxh4 Nf4 $16) 47... Nd4 48. Ke3 hxg3 (48... Nc2+ 49. Ke2 hxg3 (
49... Nxe1 50. Kxe1 hxg3 51. Kf1 $18) 50. Bxg3 $16) 49. Bxg3 Nc6 50. Kd3 Ke6
51. Bf2 (51. Kc4 Nd4 52. f4 $16) 51... Ne7 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]} 52. Be3 Kf6 53.
Bb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d8,Rd8g5]} Nc8 (53... Ng6 54. Bd8+ $18) 54. Bc5 $18 {[%csl
Rc8] Das Bauernendspiel ist immer verloren für Schwarz, aber nun kann er
nichts mehr dagegen tun, weil der Bc5 alle Felder des schwarzen Springers
abdeckt.} Kg6 55. Kc4 Kh5 56. Kd5 Kh4 57. Kxe5 Kxh3 58. Kf5 Kg3 59. Kxg5 Kxf3
60. Kf5 Ke2 61. Ke6 Kd3 62. e5 (62. Kd7 Kxe4 63. Kxc8 $18) 62... Ke4 63. b4 Kf4
64. Kd7 Kxe5 65. Kxc8 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT32nd fin"]
[Site "Castel Lagopesole"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.05.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reggio Emilia"]
[BlackTeam "Marostica CS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. Ba1 O-O 15.
Bf3 Re8 16. h4 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nd4
Rec8 22. b4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Kf1 Rca8 27. Kg2 Ra2
28. Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Nd7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Nf6 32. Rh1 Qd7 33. Ra1 Qb7 34.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. Qe5 Qc8 37. Nd4 Nd7 38. Bg4 Nxe5 39. Bxc8 g5 40. Bb7
Bg7 41. Bxc6 Nd3 42. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Naujac m"]
[Site "Naujac"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.08.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 {Kortschnoj:
'This variation does not have a good reputation.'} 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 a5 9. O-O (9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. bxc5 Na6 19. Rfb1 e5 20.
e3 exd4 21. exd4 Ra7 22. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las
Vegas 1997/CBM 58 ext (39)}) (9. Ne5 $5 Ra7 (9... c6) 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 d5
12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nc3 Rb7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb6 18.
Qc3 Ba6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 $16 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,D-Garcia Padron,J/
Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (35)}) 9... O-O (9... Bc6 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 d5 12.
Ne5 O-O 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 c6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Qc3 Nfd7 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qd8
19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Lalic,B/Berlin 1996/
CBM 54 ext (38)}) 10. a3 (10. Bg5 d5 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3
Ba6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qc1 Nc6 16. e3 Rab8 17. Nd2 Na7 18. e4 e5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20.
dxe5 $2 Bxe5 21. Rb1 Bd3 $19 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Markos,J/Litohoto 1999/CBM 72
ext (33)}) 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. b4 c6 16. e3 $6
(16. e4 $5) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 e5 19. Nb3 exd4 20. exd4 axb4 21.
axb4 Bc4 $15 {0-1 Topalov,V-Lobron,E/Frankfurt 1997/CBM 58 ext (36)}) (10. Nc3
Bc6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. a3 (12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Bf4 Nc6 16.
Ne5 Nb4 17. Qc1 d6 18. Nc4 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Qc3 Qa6 $14 {1-0 Van
der Sterren,P-Horvath,T/Germany 1996/GER-chT (54)}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qb7 14.
Rfc1 Be4 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Bf1 Bxf3 17. exf3 Nd5 18. Be1 Rfb8 19. Rab1 Qb6 20.
Rc4 a4 21. b4 Na5 22. Rc2 Nb3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Granda Zuniga,J/Yerevan
1996/EXT 97 (47)}) 10... Be7 {Kortschnoj: 'In case of exchange of the bishops
on d2 black soon will have problems along the c-file, especially because of
weakness of the square c5. Well, in case of retreat to e7 - the same problems..
. '} (10... Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Bc6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rfc1 $14) 11. Nc3 Bc6
{Kortschnoj: 'This is a novelty - an attempt to improve the variation. A
theoretical move is 11...Ba6, what after 12.Qc2! leads to clear white's
advantage.'} 12. Qc2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} d5 (12... Bb7 $5 13. e4 d5 (13... c5 $2 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. e5 $18) 14. e5 Ne4 $132) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Na4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Ge5d3,Yd3c5,Ya4c5]} Nfd7 15. Nd3 {Kortschnoj: 'As it was predicted, white
occupies the c5-square.'} Bc6 {Kortschnoj: 'I would prefer to play here 15...
Ba6, but a slight improvement would not change matters - black position is
close to a collapse.'} (15... Ba6 $142 {[%cal Ga6e2] /\ Bb5..... The B is much
more actively placed here than on 'c6'} 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Nac5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bf6
$14) 16. Nac5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Bb5 19. e3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5,
Gc5b7]} Nd7 $2 {Losing on the spot} (19... Qe8 $142 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 22.
Be3 $36 {White has the better position but there is still a lot of chess ahead.
}) 20. a4 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'This move wins a pawn.'} Be2 (20... Bxc5 21. axb5
Bb6 22. Ra4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc1a1,Gc2a2]} (22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 (23.
Rxa7 b3 $1 24. Qc3 Bxa7 25. Qxc7 b2 $17))) 21. Bxa5 {'!' Kortschnoj.} Nxc5 22.
dxc5 Rxa5 23. b4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Bc4 {Kortschnoj: 'Temporarily two black bishops
look very strong. May be, it is a good compensation for an exchange?'} (24...
Ra8 25. Qxe2 {The Q side pawns are unstoppable}) 25. bxa5 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8b4]}
26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Bf1 {'!' Kortschnoj.} Qxc5 28. Rab3 $18 {[%cal Gb3b8]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb4 12. Qd2 a5 13. Kh1 Na6 14. f4 Nac5 15.
f5 c6 16. Rg1 a4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Rg3 Nf6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. f4
Ncd7 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rag1 Rg8 24. Rg5 Nc5 25. Bf3 Raf8 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5
Nxd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. cxd5 a3 30. bxa3 Rf3 31. e6 Nd3 32. R5g3 Rgf8 33. Rxf3
Rxf3 34. Qe2 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Rf1 Rg5+ 37. Kf3 Qd4 38. Rxf2 Qxc3+ 39. Qe3
Rf5+ 40. Ke2 Re5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 (11... Nb4 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd5
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Rd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. f5 Qb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20.
Ng6 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Bxb3 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd4 $19 {0-1
Colas,J-Sansas,A/FRA-ch21 corr 1956/Corr 2000 (37)}) (11... h6 $1 12. Bxf6 (12.
Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qg5+ Kh8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 (15... Nh7 16. d5 exd5 17.
Bxd5 $44)) 12... Bxf6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bc2 b5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bb1
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Bb1 Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Shirov,A/New Delhi IND 2000/ (72)}) 12. Bc2 b5 (12... Nc4 $6 13. Qe2 b5 $140
$2 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qe4 $18) 13. Qf4 Bb7 14. Rad1 g6 (14... Nc4 $2 15. Qh4 g6
(15... h6 $2 16. Bxh6 $40) 16. d5 $1 exd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Ne4 $18) 17. Rfe1 $16
{/+-}) 15. Bh6 Nh5 (15... Re8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Be4 $36 Rxc3 18. Bxb7 Rc2 19. d5
$5 (19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Rb1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qd5 22. Bg5 Qxa2 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. Bxb5
Rc8 $11) 19... Qd6 (19... Bd6 20. Bc6 Nxc6 21. dxc6 Rc5 22. Qf3 Rd5 (22... Qe7
23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nd7 $1 $16) 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nd3 Ne4 25. Rc1 $36) 20. Bxa6
$1 (20. Bc6 Rd8 21. Bg5 Kg7 $11) 20... Rxb2 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd3 Rxa2 23. Bxb5
$36) 16. Qg4 f5 (16... Re8 17. Ne5 Nf6 (17... b4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh5 bxc3 22. Rd3 $18)) 17. Qh3 Rc8 (17... Re8 18. d5 $1 b4 (
18... exd5 19. Bxf5 $40) 19. Ne2 (19. dxe6 Qc8 20. Ba4 bxc3 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22.
bxc3 Bf6 23. Rfe1 $13) 19... Bxd5 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44) 18. d5 $1 b4 (
18... exd5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nd4 $16) 19. dxe6 Bd6 (19... Qb6 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21.
Na4 Qxe6 22. Ng5 (22. Nd4 $5 Qxa2 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nb6 $16) 22... Qf6 23. Bb3+
Nxb3 24. Qxb3+ Kh8 25. Qf7 $16) 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Ba4 $1 $18 Re7 22. Bd7 $1 bxc3
23. Rxd6 cxb2 24. Bg5 $1 Rc4 25. Rdd1 Qc7 (25... Nf4 26. Qh6 (26. Qg3 Nxg2 $5
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 (27... Nxe1 $1 28. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5+ 30. f3 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3
Nxf3 32. e7 $18) 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Kxg2 Qg5+ 30. Qg3 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rc3+ 32. Kg2
Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qe7 34. Bc8 Kf6 35. Bxa6 $16) 26... Nxg2 (26... Bxf3 27. gxf3
Rc1 28. Bxf4 b1=Q 29. Rxc1 $18) 27. Bb5 Qc7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Ng5
$18) 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Ne5 Be4 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb2 $1 Qa5 (
30... Nxb2 31. Qa3+ Qd6 32. Qxb2 $18) 31. Rbe2 Ne5 32. Qe3 Nd3 33. Qg5+ Nf6 34.
Rf1 Qe5 35. f3 Nf4 36. Rxe4 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Nd3 38. Ree1 Qb4 39. Qe3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Bc4 ({Risky is} 8. f4 {,however Svidler didn't manage to exploit it and
white got an advantage after:} Be6 9. e5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 12. Ne4
O-O 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. c3 Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Be4 Bc8 18. O-O-O {
1-0 Timman,J-Svidler,P/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74 no vc (55)}) 8... Nh6 ({Tkachiev
tried another move as well:} 8... Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Ne2 Bb6 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. f3 Rd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1
$14 {1-0 Van Der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999 (46)}) 9. O-O $146 (9. h3 {
[%csl Yh6] seems to me more principal} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd1
Nf7 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Ne3 Qg6 18. f4 Nd3
19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Kh8 21. Rad1 Ne5 $11 {Motylev,A-Tkachiev,V/Neum 2000/blitz
}) 9... Ng4 {At first opportunity black knight comes into the battle.} 10. Qf4
O-O ({Can not be recommended} 10... Bxc3 $2 11. bxc3 {and black cann't take on
c3 once more, because f7 pawn will be undefended.}) 11. h3 $2 {Probably lack
of concentration.} ({The queen exchange was normal} 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne2 Bc5
13. Ng3 $11) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 {Now black takes on c3 with pleasure, f7
pawn is O.K!} 13. Rb1 (13. hxg4 Qxa1 14. Ba3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
and white has no compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Qxc4 14. hxg4 Qxa2 15. Bb2
{Opposite colour bishops give white some chances.} Qe6 16. f3 Qe7 17. Be5 {
Winning back one pawn.} Rd8 {taking the "d" file under control.} 18. Bxc7 Rd7
19. Be5 b6 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be6 22. Rd6 c5 (22... Rd8 $6 23. Qd2 {
with good drawing chances.}) 23. Bb2 h6 24. Qe5 Qg5 25. Qc3 ({It seems, that
white could save half a point by} 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Bc1 Kh7 (26... Bc4 27. Bxg5
$11 a5 $2 28. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 29. Bxd8 a4 30. Bxb6 a3 31. Bxc5 a2 32. Bd4 $16) 27.
Bxg5 a5 28. Rxb6 a4 29. Rb1 (29. Be7 a3 30. Bxc5 a2 31. Bd4 a1=Q+ 32. Bxa1
Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 g5 $19) 29... a3 30. Ra1 a2 31. Bd2 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 25... b5 26.
f4 b4 (26... Qxg4 $2 27. f5 Bc4 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move.","","","d6g6",
"",10]} 28. Rg6 $1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 27. Qe3 $2 ({The only chance to survive
was:} 27. fxg5 bxc3 28. Bxc3 hxg5 29. Ra6 Bxg4 30. Ra5 Bd1 31. Rxc5 Bxc2 32.
Rxg5 g6 33. Bf6 {and white is fighting for a draw.}) 27... Qxg4 28. f5 Bc4 $1
29. Qxc5 Qxe4 30. Rd4 Qxc2 31. Qxb4 Rc8 {Black is two pawns up and white is
weak.The rest is simple.} 32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qb7 Qe5+ 34. Kh3 Qxf5+ 35. Kg3 Be6
36. Qxa7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 g6 8. Nf4 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a4 Rc8 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Qb2 e6 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Ra5 O-O 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Rfa1 e5 21.
Be1 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ndc5 23. Nf4 Red8 24. b4 g5 25. Nfe2 Ne6 26. Ra6 Qb5 27. Nxb5
Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Ra2 g4 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 N4g5 32. Kg2 Ng7 33. Nbd4 Re8
34. Bf2 N5e6 35. b5 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. exd4 Nf5 38. b6 Kg7 39. Rb5 Red8 40.
b7 Rb8 41. Bg3 Nxg3 42. Kxg3 Rd7 43. Rab2 Kg6 44. Kf4 f6 45. Rb6 Re7 46. h4 h5
47. Rb1 Rf7 48. Rg1+ Kh7 49. Kf5 Rbxb7 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. Kxf6 Rb3 52. f4 Rh3
53. f5 Rxh4 54. Ke5 Rh2 55. Kxd5 h4 56. Rg4 h3 57. Rg3 Kh6 58. f6 Rf2 59. Rxh3+
Kg6 60. Kc5 Kxf6 61. Re3 Ra2 62. d5 Ra5+ 63. Kc6 Ra6+ 64. Kc7 Ra7+ 65. Kb6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.02.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Echiquier Nicois"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O a4 13. Nh4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxh4
15. f4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. d6 Rfe8
21. Qd3 Qe4 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rae1 Qg4 24. Qd3 Qh5 25. h3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. d7
Qxc7 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Qb5 Ra8 31. c5 h6 32. Rc1 Ra5 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Rfd1 Ra6 35. Qd8 Qxd8 36. Rxd8 Ra5 37. Rd6 Nc6 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Rd2 Ne5
40. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O {'!?' Lutz.
Lutz: 'Dies ist die ältere Variante (im Vergleich zu dem zuletzt populäreren
13.Bxb5+). Weiß opfert einen Bauern, aber Schwraz hat bei genauer Verteidigung
genügend Gegenspiel.'} (13. Bxb5+ {Lutz}) 13... Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16.
f4 {So called the Rellstab attack...} O-O 17. Rf3 {Lutz: 'Weiß geht ohne
Hemmungen direkt zum Angriff über. Es droht bereits 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Rh3+ Kg8 21.Qh5 nebst matt. '} Bb7 {Lutz: 'Schwarz pariert indirekt die
weiße Drohung und betont, dass durch den Zug f2-f4 Weiß sich auch entlang der
Diagonalen a8-h1 geschwächt hat.'} 18. Rg3 (18. Bxf6 {Lutz} Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Qh5 Qxg2#) 18... Rfc8 {'?!' Lutz.  Up to now everything is
well-known: after 19.Bf6 Bf6 white can make a draw by 20.Qh5 g6 21.Bg6 fg 22.
Rg6 hg 23.Qg6 or to continue 20.Bh7 what leads after 20...Kf8 to an unclear
position.  Lutz: 'Dieser Zug ist zu schlapp und schwächt außerdem das Feld f7.'
} (18... Rxa2 {(Lutz) ist der kritische Zug, wonach Schwarz befriedigend steht.
Die Idee besteht nicht so sehr im Bauerngewinn, sondern vielmehr darin, auf
der 2. und 1. Reihe Gegenspiel zu erlangen.} 19. Rxa2 (19. Re1 {Lutz} g6 20. h4
Rfa8 $1 21. h5 Rxb2 $1 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 $2 {Salov,V-Nogueiras,J/
Bruxelles 1988} (23. Qxb2 {Lutz} Ra2 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 $17 {Garcia,PJ}
) 23... Rxe2 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rg6+ Kf5 27. Rxe2 Ra3 $1 $19 {
Garcia,PJ}) 19... Qxa2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 (21. Bxh7+ {Lutz} Kxh7 22. Rh3+
Kg8 23. Qh5 Qb1+ $19) 21... Be7 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. h4 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qc1 25. Qe5
Qxb2 26. h5 Qb4 27. Bxb5 Bd5 28. Bd3 Qe7 29. Kh3 Qc5 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Be4 Bxe4
32. Qxe4 Qc5 33. Rg5 Qd6 34. Rb5 g6 35. Rb3 Qc5 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rb8 Qd6 38.
Rc8 Kh7 39. g3 Bg7 40. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Abdulla,A/Scarborough 1999/CBM
71 ext (40)}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 {But this move is cerrtainly an improvement of the
theoretical line-the bishop cannot be taken!} (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 (20. Bxh7+
Kf8 $13) 20... g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+) 19... Kf8 {Here
white has an extra-tempo: the bishop h7still cannot be taken due to Qh5. But
it seems, the correct continuation of the assault would be a quiet 20.Bd3.} (
19... Kxh7 {Lutz} 20. Bxf6 {nebst Qh5+ und Qxf7+.}) (19... Nxh7 {Lutz} 20. Bxe7
Rxa2 21. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Ng5 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qxf7+ Kh6
26. Qg6#) 20. Bh6 $5 {'!' Lutz. Whether it is objectively strong or not, it is
a stunnning move! I would not have a pleasure to play black that game.} gxh6
21. Qh5 {'!' Lutz. This is a point of the previous move. Since taking of the
queen would be met by Rg8 mate black must run away with his king.} Ke8 (21...
Nxh5 {Lutz} 22. Rg8#) 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Rg7 {Lutz: 'Weiß hat mutig eine Figur
geopfert. Allerdings ist die Lage alles andere als klar, da Schwarz auch
Gegenspiel entlang der Grundreihe bekommt.'} Qc5 (23... Qd6 $5 {Lutz}) 24. h3 {
Presumably, the whole line had been contemplated by white at home. There is a
nasty threat - Qf6 Bf6 Rd7+ and the black king is to be mated.} Rxa2 $2 {
This greedy move hampers black defence.} ({After} 24... Rc7 $1 {black would
repel the attack and win the game - after} 25. Bg6 Kc8 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 {the
black king would escape from the dangerous zone.}) 25. Rd1 (25. Rxa2 $2 {Lutz}
Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf4+ 27. Rg3 Qxe5 $19) 25... Qd6 $6 {After this move black's
position is lost.} (25... Rc7 {would save the game} 26. Bg6 Bc6 27. Qxe6 Bd5
28. Nf7+ Ke8 29. Nxh6+ Kd8 {white gives a perpetual check.}) 26. Ng6 Rxb2 {
'?' Lutz.} (26... Nd5 27. Rxd4 {and black is helpless.}) (26... Rc7 27. Rg8+
Nxg8 28. Qxg8+ Bf8 (28... Kd7 29. Ne5+) 29. Nxf8 $18) (26... Rc4 $145 $5) (
26... Rca8 {Lutz mit der Idee ...Ra1} 27. Nxe7 (27. Qxe7+ {Lutz} Qxe7 28. Nxe7
Ra1 $17) 27... Ne8 28. Ng6 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Kh2 Nxg7 31. Qxb7 {mit
weiterhin anhaltendem Angriff, aber die Sache ist noch nicht gegessen.}) 27.
Nxe7 $18 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Bxg2 29. Qxf6 Qxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kxg2 Rc4 32. Bd3
Rc5 33. Kf3 Rh5 34. Bf1 Rd5 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. Rb1 d3 37. Bxd3 Rh5 38. Bf1 e5 39.
Rxb5 Rh4 40. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8.
exd5 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 (11... O-O 12. a5 $16 {[%csl Yc4,
Yd5,Rd7]}) 12. Bb5+ Kf8 $14 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Yb5c6,Yd5c6,Gf1e1,Ge1e7,Yb2b4,
Yb4b5]} 13. Bc6 $1 {The best way to give up the pawn both in terms of exacting
further tempi from black as he rounds it up, and of liquidating the b7 bishop
just before it acquires a new lease of life.} Bxc6 14. dxc6 Qc8 {I think this
is the move which Stuart was critical of after the game, but} (14... Rc8 15. a5
{also looks quite problematic.}) 15. b4 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Yb5][%cal Rb2b4,Yb4b5,
Yb3b5] Excellent. White transforms a backward pawn into a space gaining
fighter which further irritates black's long-suffering forces. Of course black
has to go along with this, since if white can retain the c6 pawn the misery is
clear-cut.} Qxc6 (15... cxb4 16. Nb5 $16) 16. b5 Qb7 17. Rd1 h5 18. a5 Nc8 19.
Bg5 {and white's compensation is a matter for admiration not debate!} h4 20.
Bxh4 Rh5 21. Bg3 Kg8 22. Rab1 $16 Bf8 23. Bh4 Ng4 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. h3 d5 26. Be5
Be7 27. Na4 Ne4 28. a6 Qd7 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 exf3 31. Bg3 c4 32. Bf4 Kf8
33. Be3 Ke8 34. Rc7 Rh4 35. Nc3 Bd8 36. Rb7 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Nxb6 38. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Na6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... Nb4 14.
Qb2 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qd8 18. Nf3 $14) 14. Rac1 Rd8 15.
Qb1 (15. dxc5 bxc5 16. a3 d4 $11) 15... h6 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Be3 (17. Nd3 Ne4)
17... cxd4 (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $14) 18. Bxd4 Ba3
19. Rc2 Bc5 (19... Nb4 20. Rcd2 a6 21. e3 $14) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 $6 {Sokolov plays
in analogy with similar positions, but at this moment he could have well
afforded the sounder structure with 20...bxc5!?} (20... bxc5 $5 21. Nd3 Bc6 22.
Rcd2 d4 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 21. Nf3 Nfe4 22. Qb2 Ba6 23. b4 $1 Nxc3
(23... Nd7 $2 24. Nd4 $1 (24. Nxd5 Ndf6 $16) 24... Qd6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. b5 Bb7
27. Nc6 $18) 24. Qxc3 Ne4 (24... Bxe2 $2 25. Nd4 Bxd1 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Rd2 $16
) 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. Nd4 Qe8 27. Rdc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 {All white pieces are
somewhat better and isolated pawn on d5 can become a headache in many endgames.
} Qa4 (28... Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Qxe8+ Nxe8 32. Nc6 Ba6 33. Nxa7
Bxe2 34. Nc8 Bc4 35. a4 b5 36. a5 $16) 29. Qb3 Qd7 (29... Qxb3 30. axb3 Rc8 31.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nc6 $14) 30. Qa3 Bb5 31. Qc1 a6 32. Rc7 Qd6 (32... Qe8 33. Qf4
$14) 33. Qf4 Qxf4 (33... Qg6 34. a3 $14) 34. gxf4 Kf8 (34... Re8 35. a3 Kf8 36.
Rb7 Rc8 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rxb6 $16) 35. e3 Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Huge tactical
mistake, that just invites white to win decisive tempo for Ne5.} (35... Nd2 36.
h4 $16) 36. Nc6 $1 Re8 37. Ne5 Bb1 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rb7 Rc8 (39... Bxa2 40.
Rxb6 Ra8 41. Bh3 $18) 40. Bh3 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Nc3 (41... Bxa2 42. Be6+ Kh8 43.
Rb8+ $18) 42. Be6+ Kh7 43. f5 Ne4 (43... d4 44. Rb8 Bxa2 45. Bxa2 Nxa2 46. Ng6
$18) 44. Bg8+ $1 (44. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 (44... Kh8 45. Ng6+ Kxg8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47.
Rf8#) 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Ng6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. Ne3
Bh3 9. Bxh3 Qxh3 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qe6 14. b4 Bd4 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Rb1 Rfe8 17. h3 Rad8 18. Kf1 Nh5 19. Ba1 Nc7 20. g4 Nf4 21. Nf5 Bf6
22. Ng3 Qc4 23. Rc1 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nb5 25. Qb2 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qd5 27. e3 Qb5+ 28.
Kg1 Ne2+ 29. Nxe2 Qxe2 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. b5 Red8 32. bxc6 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34.
Qxd2 Qxd2 35. cxb7 Qb2 36. Kg2 Qxb7 37. Rd1 h5 38. Rd4 h4 39. a4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Kh2 Rb8
15. Qd2 c5 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qb7 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Qb4 22. a3 Qa4 23. Qf3 Rb3 24. Qd1 Qb5 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Re2 Qxa3 30. Re7 Rb2 31. Qc4 Rxf2 32. d6 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Nb3 Nf5 12. Re1 (12. Bb5 Qd5 (12... Bd7 13.
Qc2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nc5 a6 16. Ba4 O-O-O 17. Qb3 b5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19.
Qxb5 $18 {1-0 Seres,L-Comp Genius/Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 49 ext (36)}) 13.
Bxc6+ (13. Nbxd4 Nfxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Amura,
C-Slipak,S/La Plata 1992/EXT 2000 (16)}) 13... Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. g4 (15.
Nbxd4 O-O 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qd4 c5 18. Rxc5 Rad8 19. Rd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21.
Nd4 Bb1 22. a4 Ba2 23. Qd6 Bc4 24. Rd1 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Flear,C-Slipak,S/Palma
de Mallorca 1991/EXT 98 (31)}) 15... Ne7 16. Qxd4 h5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rxc7
hxg4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Nh2 Nd5 21. Rcc1 Be6 22. Nd4 Kd7 $17 {0-1 Jakab,A-Naes,
F/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (43)}) (12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nh4 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Qe2
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bc2 17. Rd2 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Qg5 19. Rde2 Na5 20. Qc2 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Rad8 22. Rd1 Qf4 23. Qxc7 d3 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Slipak,S/Palma de Mallorca 1991/
EXT 98 (23)}) 12... O-O 13. Rc1 $146 {[%cal Gc4b5][%mdl 36] Volkov has found a
new and , at that, quite a strong plan. By putting pressure all along the
"c"-file, White considerably hampers Black's attempt to finish his development.
} (13. Re4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbxd4 Qd5 16. Qd3 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 {0-1
Meyer,P-Heidrich,M/BL8586 1986/GER-chT (17)}) 13... a6 (13... Be6 14. Bb5 Bxb3
(14... Nce7 15. g4 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Nh6 17. Red1 c6 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Bc4 $16 {
[%csl Rh6]}) 15. Qxb3 $44) (13... a5 14. Bd3 a4 15. Bxf5 axb3 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17.
Qxb3 Re8 18. Rc5 $14) 14. Bd3 Nh4 15. Be4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 (16... Nxe5 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxe5 (18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 c6 20. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 18...
Be6 19. Qxb7 $16) 17. Nc5 Qg5 (17... Rb8 18. b3 Qg5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qxc6 Qf5 22. Re2 $16) 18. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 (18... Rfe8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4
Nxe5 21. Qxd4 (21. Qf1 Bc4 $5 22. f4 Bxf1 23. fxg5 Bb5 24. Bxb7 d3 25. Rcd1
Rab8 26. b3 $16) 21... Bxh3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Bc8 24. Bd5 $16) 19. Qxd4
Rad8 (19... Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxc6 $16) 20. Qc3 $1 (20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxa2 (22... Rd2 23. b4 Bd5 $11) 23. Nxb7 Rd2 24. b4
Rb8 25. Rxc7 Bd5 26. Nc5 Rxb4 $11) 20... Bd5 (20... Ng6 21. Bxb7 Nf4 22. Kh2
$16) {[%tqu "En","Find 'small' combination that gives White desicive advantage.
","","","f2f4","",10]} 21. f4 Qxf4 22. Rf1 Qh6 23. Qxe5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rfe8 25.
Qxd5 (25. Ne6 $3 Rxe6 26. Qxc7 Qxh3+ 27. gxh3 Bxe4+ 28. Kg1 Rg6+ 29. Kf2 $18)
25... Rxd5 26. Bxd5 $18 Re7 27. Nxb7 Qg5 28. Rcd1 (28. Bc4 $5 Rd7 29. Rcd1 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 h6 31. Nd8 $18) 28... Rd7 29. Rde1 g6 30. Bf3 (30. Bc4 a5 (30... Kg7
31. b4 $18) 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Ref1 Rd2 $132) 30... Rd2 31. b4 Rxa2 32. Nc5 Kg7
33. Rc1 a5 34. Ne4 Qd8 35. Nc3 $1 Ra3 36. Nb5 Rd3 (36... Ra2 37. Rxc7 axb4 38.
Be4 $18) 37. bxa5 c6 38. a6 $1 cxb5 39. Ra1 $1 Qf6 (39... Rxf3 40. Rxf3 Qd4 41.
Rfa3 Qa7 42. Rb3 $18) 40. Be4 $4 (40. Be2 $1 $18) 40... Ra3 $1 $19 41. Rad1
Qxa6 42. Bd5 f5 43. Bf3 Kh6 44. Rb1 b4 45. Rfd1 Rxf3 $1 {Black is displaying a
superb technic.} 46. gxf3 Qe2 47. Rf1 Kg5 $1 48. Kg1 Kh4 49. Rf2 Qe3 50. Kg2
Qf4 51. Rbb2 g5 52. Kh1 Qd6 53. Rfd2 Qf4 54. Rf2 h5 55. Kg2 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qd6
57. Rfd2 Qc5 58. Rdc2 Qd4 59. Rd2 Qc3 60. Kg2 b3 61. Rf2 f4 62. Kh1 g4 63. fxg4
hxg4 64. hxg4 f3 65. Rb1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. Bc2 Be8 14. Qd3 g6
15. Bh6 Rac8 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. b4 Nc6 21.
Nc3 Rh5 22. Bf4 Rf5 23. Bg3 Bf6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Nc3 Bf6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Ne5 Rd8
28. Qe3 Rh5 29. Ng4 Kg7 30. Qc3 Nxd4 31. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. O-O e5 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 f5 14. c5 Nf7 15.
Qb3 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 a5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Rc7 Qf6 20. e3 e4 21. Nb3 Qe5
22. Nd4 Qxd5 23. f4 Nh6 24. R1c6 Rac8 25. Qc3 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rf7 27. Rc6 Qxa2
28. h3 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qd3 30. Qc1 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Medulin"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.09.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Be5 14. Bg3 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 a6 17. Qe2 d6 18. O-O-O h5 19. Kb1 g5 20. f3 Rg8 21. Rd2
O-O-O 22. Bc2 Kb8 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Rd3 h4 25. g4 Qxc4 26. Rxd6 Qxe2 27. Nxe2
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rg6 29. Rxb6 Rh6 30. Ng1 Kc7 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Nh3 f6 33. Rc3+ Kd6
34. Rd3+ Kc7 35. Rc3+ Kd6 36. b4 Rh8 37. Bb3 Bc6 38. Bc4 Ra8 39. Nf2 Nb6 40.
Bd3 Bb5 41. Kc1 Nd7 42. Nd1 Nf8 43. Ne3 Ne6 44. Nd5 Rf8 45. Kd2 Nd4 46. Ke3 Rh8
47. Bxb5 axb5 48. Kf2 Ke6 49. Rc1 Rf8 50. Rc5 Kd6 51. Ne3 Ra8 52. Nf5+ Nxf5 53.
gxf5 Rxa3 54. Rxb5 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Ra6 56. Kh2 Kc7 57. Kh3 Ra1 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59.
Rd5+ Ke7 60. Kh2 Rb1 61. Rb5 Kd6 62. Rb7 g4 63. fxg4 Re1 64. Rf7 Rxe4 65. Rxf6+
Kd5 66. g5 Rxb4 67. g6 Rg4 68. Kh3 Rg3+ 69. Kxh4 Rxg2 70. Kh5 Rh2+ 71. Kg5 Rg2+
72. Kh6 Rh2+ 73. Kg7 Ke4 74. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
bxa4 9. Ne5 Ra6 10. Qxa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qxd7 Nfxd7 14. Bxb4
axb4 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Bb7 Ndb8 17. Rc1 c5 18. Rxc4 Rd8 19. e3 Kf8 20. Nd2 cxd4
21. exd4 Rd7 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Rb7 25. Nb3 Kd6 26. Kd3 Nc7 27.
Na5 Ra7 28. Nc6 Ra2 29. Kc2 Kd5 30. Rc5+ Ke4 31. Nxb4 Ra7 32. Rc3 Rb7 33. Re3+
Kxd4 34. Nc6+ Kc5 35. Nd8 Ra7 36. Nxf7 Nd5 37. Rf3 Nb4+ 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2
Rb7 40. b3 Ra7 41. Ng5 e5 42. Rf7 Rxf7 43. Nxf7 Kd4 44. Ng5 h6 45. Ne6+ Ke4 46.
Nxg7 Kf3 47. Ke1 Nb4 48. Nf5 Nd3+ 49. Kf1 Nxf2 50. Nxh6 e4 51. Nf5 Nd3 52. Nd4+
Ke3 53. Ne2 Kf3 54. h4 Kg4 55. Kg2 e3 56. Nf4 Ne1+ 57. Kf1 Nf3 58. Ke2 Nd4+ 59.
Kxe3 Nxb3 60. h5 Kg5 61. g4 Na5 62. Kf3 Nc6 63. Ne6+ Kf6 64. Nc5 Ke5 65. Nd3+
Kf6 66. Kf4 Nd4 67. g5+ Kg7 68. Nc5 Kf7 69. Ne4 Kg7 70. Nd6 Ne6+ 71. Kf5 Nd4+
72. Ke5 Nc6+ 73. Kf4 Nb4 74. g6 Kf6 75. Ne8+ Ke7 76. h6 Nd5+ 77. Kg5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bg5 a6 8. e4 b5
9. d5 Be7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. a4 Nbd7 {[%mdl 4] The line had a bad
reputation for white and would probably keep it after the smart move 12...
Bb4!? Tkachiev could not have claimed any real compensation for the pawn.} (
12... b4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb1 c3 15. bxc3 Rg8 $13) (12... Bb4 $5 13. axb5 axb5
14. Bxf6 (14. Nd2 c6 15. Be2 O-O $17) 14... gxf6 15. Nd4 Ra5 16. Qe2 c5 17. Nc2
O-O $17) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd4 b4 (14... Bb4 15. f3 $36) 15. Bxc4 bxc3 16. Nxe6
Bxe4 (16... Rg8 17. Qxc3 Bd6 18. f3 $13) (16... Ne5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Kf7
19. Bb3 $1 c5 20. Nxc5+ Kg6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxc3 Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxc5 24. O-O
$14) 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Ke8 (18... Kf7 19. Nc5+ Kg7 20. Nxe4 $18) 19. Qxc3
Rb8 $6 {Pelletier have landed in very murky waters, but he could have probably
saved the game with the fascinating move 20...Ra4!? The rook on b8 will only
block the scape for the own queen.} (19... Bxg2 20. Rg1 Ra4 $5 (20... Rb8 21.
Ba6 Bb4 22. Bxc8 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rxc8 24. Rxg2 $16) 21. Ng7+ (21. Rxg2 Bb4 22.
Ng7+ Ke7 23. Rxd7+ (23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke8 25. Ng7+ Ke7 26. Nf5+ Kd8 27. Bd2
Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Re8+ $19)) (21. Qc2 Bc6 22. b3 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Ne5 $17) 21... Kf8
22. Ne6+ (22. Rxg2 Bb4 23. Ne6+ Ke8 (23... Ke7 $2 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rg7+ Ke8
26. Bb5+ Nd7 27. Rdxd7 Bxc3+ 28. Kd1 Bxg7 29. Nxg7+ Kf8 30. Ne6+ Ke8 31. Rxc7+
Qd7+ 32. Rxd7 Rb4 33. Bc6 Rc4 34. Rxh7+ Rxc6 35. Rxh8+ $18) 24. Ng7+ Ke7 $19)
22... Ke8 $11) 20. O-O Rg8 21. f3 Bf5 (21... Rxg5 22. fxe4 Bb4 (22... Rg6 23.
Ba6 $18) 23. Qh3 Re5 24. Ba6 $18) 22. Bf4 (22. Ba6 Bxe6 23. Bxc8 Rxg5 24. Rfe1
Rxc8 25. Rxe6 $16) 22... Rg6 (22... Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Rg6 24. Rfe1 Qb7 25. Bxd7+
Nxd7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Rxd7 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Rbxb6 30. Be5 $16) 23.
Nxc7+ Kf8 (23... Kd8 24. Ba6 $18) 24. Ba6 Qd8 (24... Rb7 25. Ne6+ $18) 25. Bd3
$1 {Apart from three pawns white enjoys serious tactical chances against the
black defensive forces.} Bxd3 (25... Nh5 $5 26. Qh8+ (26. Bxf5 Nxf4 27. Kh1 Bb4
28. Qd4 Qxc7 (28... Qg5 29. g4) 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Qxd7 $16) 26... Rg8 27. Qd4
Rb4 28. Bc4 Rg7 29. Qd5 Rxc4 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Qxc4 Nxf4 33. Rfe1
Ng6 34. Ne6 $18) 26. Ne6+ Ke8 27. Nxd8 Bxf1 28. Bxb8 Bxg2 29. Bg3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3
Bxd8 31. Kh1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. e4 c6 11. a3 Na6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5
Nxa5 16. Qc3 b6 17. b4 Bb7 18. bxa5 Bxd5 19. axb6 axb6 20. exd5 e4 21. Nd4 Qxd5
22. Be3 Rfc8 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. O-O Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Ra4 Bc3
28. Bxe4 Ra7 29. Bd3 Ba5 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. g4 Kg7 33. Rad4 Bc3 34.
Rd7 Ra4 35. h3 Rf4 36. Kg2 b5 37. R1d3 b4 38. Rb7 h6 39. Rf3 Rf6 40. Rxf6 Kxf6
{Without the b-pawn Black's position is theoretically lost, but with it
matters are not completely clear. The game is no proof, so further analysis is
needed. Ohne den schwarzen b-Bauern ist die Stellung bekanntermaßen verloren.
Möglicherweise kann er Schwarz auch nicht retten, doch die Partie ist als
Beweis nicht überzeugend, so dass weitere Analysearbeit erforderlich ist.} 41.
Kf3 h5 $6 {opens White many inroads on the light squares. öffnet Weiß viele
weißfeldrige Zugstraßen} (41... Be1 $142) 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rb5 Kg6 44. Ke4 Be1
45. f4 Bc3 46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rc6 Bb2 48. Rd6 Bc3 49. Rd3 Be1 $6 (49... f5+ $5 {
came strongly into consideration. kam stark in Frage.}) 50. Re3 Bd2 51. Rg3+
Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Rd3 (53. Rg7+ $5 Kd6 54. Rh7 Kc5 55. Ke4 $16 (55. Kxf6 $2
b3 56. Rb7 b2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} 57. Rxb2 Bc3+ $11)) 53... Bc3 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. f5
Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kh7 57. Kd5 Be5 58. Re3 Kh6 59. Ke6 Bd4 (59... Bc3 60. h4 Kg7 61.
Ke7 Kh7 62. Kf7 Be5 63. Rb3 Bc3 64. Rb1 Kh8 65. Rg1 b3 66. Rg8+ Kh7 67. Rg7+
Kh8 68. Kg6 b2 69. Rc7 $18) (59... Kg5 $2 {is refuted nicely: wird mit} 60.
Rxe5 {bestraft:} fxe5 61. f6 b3 62. f7 b2 63. f8=Q b1=Q 64. Qf6#) 60. Rg3 $1
Be5 61. Rg6+ Kh7 62. Kf7 h4 ({Nach} 62... b3 {zieht Weiß die Schlinge zu:} 63.
Rg7+ Kh8 (63... Kh6 64. h4 b2 65. Kg8 b1=Q 66. Rg6#) 64. Kg6 b2 65. Rd7 Bc7 66.
Rxc7 b1=Q 67. Rc8#) 63. Rg4 Kh6 64. Rxb4 Kg5 65. Ke6 (65. Ke6 Ba1 66. Rg4+ Kh5
67. Rg6 Bd4 68. Rxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 $5 {Quite a clever move order, it's point is to avoid the line}
(9... Bxa6 10. Rb1 $5 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Topalov,V (2743) SuperGM Wijk aan Zee
2003 (10) 1-0 , which has lately been causing Black quite a lot of trouble-see
also}) 10. O-O (10. Rb1 {now makes no sense due to} Bf5) 10... Bxa6 {Now we
are back in the 9...Ba6 10.0-0 Nb6 line, where it's not so easy to prove an
edge for White.} (10... Rxa6 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bg5 (12. Qc2 $5 O-O 13. Bf4 $14)
12... O-O 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfe1 Qa8 17. Rc2 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona/1998/} Na4 $44) 11. Re1 {The most
usual continuation.} (11. Nh4 Nfd7 $5 {is an interesting idea to meet Karpov's
move:} 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Nf3 $1 (13. a3 O-O 14. Ra2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxe7 $36 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind/
2002/}) (13. b3 $6 Qa5 $17) 13... O-O (13... Qa5 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc4a3] /\Na3})
14. Nd2 Ncb6 (14... Ndb6 15. b3 $14) 15. Rd1 Ra7 16. Nf1 Na8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3
Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Ne3 Qa8 21. a4 Ba6 22. h4 f5 23. h5 Nf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 {
Johannessen,L-Johannesson,I/Reykjavik/2001/} 25. Bb2 $16) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 (
12. e4 $6 Nc4 $44 {/\Qa5 is premature and gives Black sufficient <=>.}) (12.
Bf4 {is the most popular move, however after} Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15.
Nd2 $5 {as in the text is one of the most promising tries-the extra h6 move
doesn't give Black anything positive.}) 12... Ra7 (12... Qc7 13. Rb1 Qb7 14. b4
$1 $14) 13. Nf1 Qa8 (13... Qb8 14. Rb1 Rb7 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. b3 Na8 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. Ne3 c4 $5 19. bxc4 (19. b4 $5 Rxb4 20. Ba1 $14) 19... Bxc4 20. Ba1 Bxa2 $1
21. Qxa2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 $11 {Lev,R-Hansen,L/Groningen/1985/}) (13... Nc4
14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. h3 Rb8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Kh2 c4 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nf3
Bc8 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Nh4 Bd7 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Red1 Rab7 25. Rd4 Qa6 $13 {
Ljubojevic,L-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo blind/1999/}) 14. Ne3 Rb8 $146 {This
natural Volga move is surprisingly a novelty.} (14... Bb7 15. Rb1 (15. a4 Rc8 (
15... c4 16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. b4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 19. Qd4 Rxb4 20. Nc2 Rb5 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Ne3 Rb4 24. h4 Nc5 25. h5 Nb3 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. Nxc4
Nxc4 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 {1-0,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Timisu de Sus/1998/})
16. Ra3 Nfd7 17. Qb3 c4 18. Qa2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc5 20. Bd2 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Qxa4
22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Rb1 Nab6 24. Nc2 Bxd5 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Rxb6 Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Rb8 $44 {1/2,Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/Bucharest/1998/}) 15... Nfd7 (
15... Na4 16. a3 $5 $14) 16. a3 Rc8 17. Bd2 {[%cal Rc3b5,Rd2c3] /\Nb5,Bc3} Ra6
$5 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qa2 Ra5 21. Red1 h5 22. Nc2 (22. Rc2 $142 $5)
22... Nfxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $44 {
Grigore,G-Navrotescu,C/ROM-chT/2000/}) 15. Qc2 Nc4 $6 {Now White will
gradually consolidate his position.} (15... Bb7 16. Rd1 c4 $5 $44 {/\ isolates
White's Pd5, prepares Ra5 and gives Black <=>.} (16... Na4 $2 17. Nb5 $1 Ra5
18. Nc7 Qa7 19. Bd2 $16) 17. Rd4 Nfxd5 (17... Ra5 $44) 18. Nexd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5
$1 Bxd4 20. Nc7 Rxa2 $1 21. Nxa8 Rxa1 $36) 16. b3 $1 (16. Nxc4 Bxc4 $11 {
[%cal Rc4a2,Rf6d5] /\Nd5,Ba2}) 16... Nxe3 (16... Ne5 17. Bd2 $5 c4 18. Rec1 $14
) 17. Bxe3 Ng4 18. Bd2 c4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rec1 $1 $14 {The R belong on b1 and
c1, so that the Q gets a safe and unassailable square on d1.} Rc7 {[%mdl 32]
This allows White to continue with his strategic plan.} (20... Bc8 $142 $5 {
[%cal Yc8f5] /\Bf5 Forcing e4 would free d3 for Black's N and give him more
<=>.}) 21. Qd1 h5 22. Rab1 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4+/-} cxb3 23. axb3 Rbc8 $6 {
Leads only to further simplification.} (23... Rcb7 $142) 24. Na4 $16 {White
has a healthy extra pawn.} Qb7 (24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 (25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1
$16) 26. Rc7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Bc3 $16) 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Qb4 (27... Qb5 28. Bg5 $5 $16 {/\} f6 29. Nc3 Qb4 30. Bd2 {׻}) 28. Bd2 Qa3 (
28... Qb5 29. Bg5 {-27...Qb5}) 29. Bf1 $1 {As often in the fianchetto Volga
White still doesn't move his Pe2, as this would invite the N to d3. By
protecting the P Tkachiev frees his Q for further action.} Bb5 30. Nc3 Ba6 31.
Qb1 {[%cal Rb1a2] /\Qa2+/-} Bb7 (31... Nd7 $5 32. Qa2 (32. Na4 Bb5 33. Qc2 $16)
32... Qxa2 33. Nxa2 Nc5 34. Nc1 $16) (31... Nc4 32. bxc4 (32. Be1 Na5 $11)
32... Bxc3 33. Qd3 $16) 32. Bg2 Ba6 33. Qc2 Nd7 34. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Rc2c7] /\Qc7}
Nf6 (34... Bxe2 35. Bg5 f6 36. Qxe2 fxg5 37. Nxg5 $40) (34... Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6
36. Bc3 $18) 35. Nxf6+ Bxf6 36. Bf3 Kg7 $6 {And again Black allows White an
advantageous exchange, now the _|_ will be untenable.} (36... Qa1+ $142 37. Kg2
Qd4 $16) 37. Bc3 $18 Bb5 (37... Qc5 38. Bxf6+ Kxf6 39. Qb2+ e5 40. dxe6+ Kxe6
41. b4 $18) (37... Bxc3 38. Qxc3+ Kg8 39. Qc6 $1 $18 {and the Ba6 has no
squares.}) 38. h4 Bd7 39. Kg2 {White is patient, there is no need to hurry.}
Bf5 (39... Bxc3 40. Qxc3+ {[%cal Rc3c7] /\Qc7+-}) 40. e4 Bd7 41. Bxf6+ exf6 (
41... Kxf6 42. Qc3+ e5 43. dxe6+ Kxe6 44. g4 $1 $18) 42. Qc3 (42. Qc4 $142 $5 {
[%cal Rb3b5] /\b4-b5+-}) 42... Bb5 (42... Ba4 43. Bd1 $18) (42... Qc5 43. Qxc5
dxc5 44. Be2 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rg3g4] /\f3,g4+-}) 43. g4 hxg4 44. Bxg4 Qa2 45. h5 $5
{Consistent, although it gives Black some <=>.} (45. Qb4 Bd3 $5 {/\Qb1<=>})
45... Qb1 (45... gxh5 $143 46. Bxh5 Qb1 47. Qg3+ Kh7 48. Qf4 $18) 46. h6+ $1 (
46. Qe3 Bd3 $14) 46... Kxh6 47. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 48. Kg3 {/\Qh8-h4#} (48. Bf3 Qe5 49.
Qxf7 Qg5+ $14) 48... Qe8 $6 {This passive move can't hold the game.} ({
Somewhat better, but also insufficient was} 48... Qe5+ $142 49. Qxe5 dxe5 50.
d6 f5 51. Be2 Bd7 52. b4 (52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 g5+ 54. Ke5 Kg6 55. Bc4 f4 56.
Bd5 g4 57. Kxf4 Kf6 58. b4 g3 $11) 52... Kg5 53. b5 Kf6 54. b6 Bc6 55. Bb5 $1 (
55. Ba6 Ke6 56. b7 Bxb7 57. Bxb7 Kxd6 58. Kh4 e4 59. Kg5 Ke5 $11) (55. d7 Ke7
56. Bb5 Bd5 57. Kh4 Be4 58. Kg5 f4 $14) 55... Bb7 56. Bd7 {[%cal Rd7c8] /\Bc8!}
f4+ (56... e4 57. Bc8 Bc6 58. d7 $1 Ke7 59. Kf4 Kd8 60. Kg5 {[%cal Rb6b7] /
\b7+-}) 57. Kh2 $1 (57. Kg4 $6 g5 58. Bb5 (58. Kh3 e4 59. Kg2 (59. Kh2 e3 60.
fxe3 Ke5 61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 fxe3 63. Bf3 e2 $11) 59... e3+ 60. Kf1 Ke5 $1
61. Bc8 Kxd6 62. Bxb7 Kc5 63. Be4 Kxb6 64. f3 Kc5 65. Ke2 Kd4 $11) 58... e4 59.
d7 Ke7 60. Kxg5 e3 61. f3 $8 e2 $1 (61... Bxf3 62. Kxf4 e2 63. Bxe2 Bc6 64. Bb5
$1 $18) 62. Bxe2 Kxd7 63. Kxf4 Kc6 64. Ke5 Kxb6 65. f4 Bc8 66. Bc4 Kc7 67. Be6
Ba6 $11) 57... e4 58. Bc8 e3 (58... Bc6 59. Kg1 (59. b7 $2 Bxb7 60. Bxb7 e3 $11
) 59... g5 60. Kf1 (60. b7 $143 Bxb7 61. Bxb7 e3 $1 62. fxe3 Ke6 63. e4 Kxd6)
60... Bb5+ (60... Kf7 61. b7 Bxb7 62. Bxb7 e3 63. Bd5+ Ke8 64. Bc6+ $18) 61.
Ke1 Bc6 62. b7 Bxb7 63. Bxb7 e3 64. Bd5 $18) (58... Bxc8 59. d7 $18) 59. fxe3
fxe3 60. Kg1 Bf3 61. Kf1 g5 62. Bg4 $1 Bb7 63. Ke2 $18) 49. Qxd6 Kg7 50. Kf4 {
[%cal Rd6e5] /\Qe5} f6 (50... Kg8 51. Kg5 $5 $18) 51. Be6 $18 Kh6 52. Ke3 Qa8
53. Qc5 Be8 54. d6 Qd8 (54... Qa6 55. Qc7 Qf1 56. d7 Qe1+ 57. Kd3 $18) 55. Qc8
(55. Qc7 $142 $18) (55. Qc8 Qb6+ 56. Kf3 $1 Bc6+ 57. Kg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 h6 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. c5 Nb8 18. b4 a6 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Rb1 Qe7 21. a4 f5
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nd8 24. c6 b6 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Bb4 Qf6 27. Bc3 Nf7 28. exf5
gxf5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Rb1
Re8 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nc5 {not complete} 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3
Be7 9. d4 Qc7 10. d5 Nd8 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Ne8 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Bd3 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nf7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. b4
cxb4 22. Bd2 b5 23. Rxb4 Qc5 24. Reb1 Ng5 25. Be3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qc8 27. Bg4
Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Ra8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Bd8 32. Ra1 Ra6 33. Bb6
Kf7 34. Rc1 Re8 35. Rc6 Be7 36. Bc7 Rea8 37. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. f4 Na5 13. Bf2 Qc8 14. g4 c5 15.
Nde2 Bc6 16. Ng3 b5 17. Qxd6 Nc4 18. Qd3 Nxb2 19. Qf3 Nc4 20. Rad1 b4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd6 23. g5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nfe8 25. f5 gxf5 26. h4 Bd4 27. Bh3
Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 c4 29. Bxf5 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Ng7 31. Bd7 Rd8 32. Bc6 Qd4 33. h5 Qh4
34. h6 Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Qh2+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ngf5 38. Nh5 Nd4 39. Nf6+ Kh8
40. Ba4 N4f5 41. Kh3 Nb7 42. Kg4 Nfd6 43. Re7 Nc5 44. Be8 Rb8 45. Bxf7 Rb7 46.
Rxb7 Ncxb7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Rabac"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.09.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Qd8 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Qb3 b6 21. g3
Qd6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Bb5 Na5 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. b4 Nb7
28. Ne5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nd6 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. b5 Rc7 32. Re1 Nf6 33. Kg2 Qd8 34.
Bf3 Nc8 35. Nc6 Qd6 36. d5 exd5 37. Qd4 h6 38. h4 Ne7 39. Nb4 Qc5 40. Qe5 d4
41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. Na6 Ned5 43. Bxd5 Nxd5 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rd8 c4 46. Nxc7 Nxc7
47. Rxd4 Nxb5 48. Rxc4 Nxa3 49. Rc7 Kg6 50. Rxa7 Nc4 51. g4 Ne5 52. h5+ Kf6 53.
Ra6+ Kg5 54. f3 f5 55. Kg3 f4+ 56. Kg2 g6 57. Re6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. d5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 {Kudrin doesn't believe,
that white has more than pale compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (12...
Qxd5 13. Nd4 Qc4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. Ba3 e5 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 e4
19. Red1 Na4 20. Ba7 Rb7 21. Bd4 f5 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B-Timofeev,A/Dubai 2003/ 
(61)}) 13. Qb3 (13. Nd4 $5 Ne5 (13... Nxc3 $2 14. Qb3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16.
Bb2 $16) 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Rd1 $13) 13... a4 14. Qc2 Nb6 (14... e5 15. e4 Nb6 $13
) 15. c4 Bf5 (15... e5 16. c5 Nd7 17. e4 Qe7 18. Be3 Ra5 19. Rac1 $13) 16. e4 (
16. Qc3 Qd3 $15) 16... Bg4 17. c5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 (18. cxb6 Bxg2 19. bxc7 Qxc7
20. Kxg2 b5 $17) 18... Nd4 19. Qc3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nd7 21. Qc3 (21. Rd1 Qc8 22.
Bb2 Ra6 23. Qd3 $13) 21... Nb8 (21... e5 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. c6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Nb6
25. Be3 $11) 22. Rb1 Ra7 (22... Qc8 23. Bh6 e5 24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Be3 $15) 23. c6
$5 {[%mdl 1024] Tkachiev uses every trick in the book to get some activity.}
bxc6 (23... Nxc6 24. Be3 Ra6 25. Rxb7 Qd6 26. a3 $11) (23... b6 24. Bf4 Qc8 25.
Rbc1 $15) 24. Be3 Ra8 25. e5 $6 {Not a nice move, since white pawn lands on
the same colour as his bishop.} (25. Red1 Qc8 26. Rb4 $44) 25... Qd5 $1 26. e6
(26. a3 Nd7 $17) 26... f6 (26... fxe6 27. Rbd1 $1 (27. Bh6 e5 28. Rxe5 Qxa2 29.
Rbe1 Qf7 30. R5e4 Nd7 31. Qxc6 Nb6 $17) 27... Qf3 28. Rd3 Qf7 29. Bh6 Qf6 30.
Qc4 Ra5 31. Rxe6 Qf7 32. Rf3 Rf5 33. Rxf5 gxf5 34. g4 $14) (26... Qxa2 27. Bh6
f6 28. Rb4) 27. Bh6 Qxa2 28. Rb4 Qd5 (28... c5 29. Rf4 Nc6 30. Qxc5 (30. Rxf6
exf6 31. Qxf6 Re7 $19) 30... Ne5 31. Re3 Qxe6 $19) 29. Rf4 Qh5 {White's
activity is not very pleasant, but black has many extra pawns and enough
defensive resources.} (29... Qa5 $5 30. Qa1 a3 31. Rxf6 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 exf6 33.
Bc1 a2 34. Bb2 c5 35. Bxf6 Nc6 $19) 30. Rh4 Qa5 31. Qc1 g5 $6 (31... a3 32. Bd2
(32. Bg7 g5 $19) 32... Qd5 33. Bc3 Qg5 34. Qc2 c5 35. Ra4 Nc6 36. Qe4 Rxa4 37.
Qxa4 Qd5 38. Qxa3 Nd4 $19) 32. Rc4 Qf5 (32... Rd8 33. Rc5 Qd2 34. Qa1 Rd5 35.
Rxd5 cxd5 36. h4 Nc6 37. Rd1 Qc2 38. Rxd5 Ne5 $19) 33. h4 Ra5 (33... a3 34.
hxg5 a2 35. Qa1 Qg6 36. Rg4 f5 37. Rc4 $11) 34. hxg5 fxg5 $2 {The final
mistake, as now the exchange is gone and black is simply lost.} (34... Qg6 35.
gxf6 exf6 36. Bf4 $11) 35. Qc3 Qg6 36. Qxa5 Qxh6 37. Rg4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. e4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bc3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. O-O Bb7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. b4 e5 18. Ng5 Bd4 19. Ne4 Rc8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxc4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qb7 h5 25. Qxa7 h4 26. Qb7 Rxb4 27. a3
Rd4 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. gxh4 e4 31. Rc1 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 Qf5 33. Qxb6
Qf3+ 34. Kg1 e3 35. fxe3 Re6 0-1

[Event "CRO Cup"]
[Site "Rabac"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15.
Rd1 Bc5 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 e5 20. Bg3 Bb7 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qh6 Qd5 23. Bh4 Rg8 24. Qxh7 Ke7 25. Bg3 Rg4 26. Nh4 Qe4 27. Qh6 Rg5
28. Re1 Qg4 29. Nf3 Qh5 30. Qxh5 Rxh5 31. Nd2 Ra8 32. Ne4 Ra5 33. Rc4 Ke6 34.
Nxc5+ Nxc5 35. Rxd4 Rxa2 36. Rxb4 Nd3 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Rb1 Rh8 39. h3 Nc5 40.
Re1 Rd8 41. Bh4 Ne6 42. Re3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Raa1 44. Rf3+ Nf4 45. Rxf6+ Ke4 46.
Re3+ Kd5 47. Rf5 Ng6 48. Bg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[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. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. e4 c5 15.
Nxb5 Rfc8 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 Nc5 18. Bc4 Ncxe4 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Ndf3 Bc5 21.
Nd3 Bf8 22. Nde5 Nd6 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. a3 a5 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. h3 Nde4 27. Be3 Rab8
28. Rc2 Bb3 29. Ba6 Qd5 30. Rcc1 Ba4 31. Rfe1 Bd6 32. Bd4 Bc5 33. Rxc5 Nxc5 34.
Bc4 Qd6 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Bxc5 Qf4 37. g3 Qe4 38. Bxe6+ Kg6 39. Nh4+ Kh7 40.
Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Coventry op"]
[Site "Coventry"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bc3 d5 12. a3 Be7 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15. e3
Ndf6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Nb5 a4 19. bxa4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Ng4 21. Qc2 Qg5
22. Re1 Qh6 23. h3 Nexf2 24. Nxf2 Bxg2 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Qxg2 gxh3 27. Qe4 Bxg3
28. Rf1 c6 29. Nc3 Rf6 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. Rxf6 h2+ 32. Kh1 Qxf6 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34.
exf4 Rf8 35. Rf1 c5 36. Ba1 c4 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5+ Qf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Rb1
Ke6 41. Rxb6+ Kd5 42. f5 Ke4 43. Rb5 Rc8 44. Bc3 Rc7 45. Kxh2 Kd3 46. Be1 Re7
47. Rd5+ Kc2 48. Bb4 Rf7 49. a5 Rf6 50. Kg3 Kb3 51. Rc5 g6 52. Kf4 gxf5 53.
Rxf5 Rc6 54. Rc5 Ra6 55. Ke4 Rg6 56. Rh5 Rg4+ 57. Kd5 Rg3 58. Rxh7 c3 59. Bxc3
Kxc3 60. a6 Rg6 61. a7 Ra6 62. Kc5 Kb3 63. Kb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Filippov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 {This move leads to so called "closed"
variation of the Catalan opening.} 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O {Usually White puts his
queen on c2 either immediately or in next two moves, but this time we shall
see an old developing method which was popular in fiftie's and sixtie's.} Be7
7. b3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 ({Two months ago Fillipov played} 
10... Rc8 {and lost quickly after} 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4
N5f6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qc8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Rc6 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Bxg7 $1 Ne4 {Accepting the sacrifice was a bit better, but wouldn't change
the final result.} (21... Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 (22... Kh8 23. Ne5 Rd7 24. Nxc6
Bxc6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. b4 Ne4 28. b5) 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Ne5 Rcxd6
25. Qxh7 R8d7 26. b4 Nxb4 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+) 22. Qh6 Rxc1 23.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Kxg7 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Qa1 Ndf6 27. Nb5 Rc2 28. d7 Rd2 29.
Nd4 {1-0 Dizdar,G-Filippov,V/Warsaw (Poland) 2005}) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. e3 {
With this move we enter in a rather unexplored territory with no relevant
games in our database.} Ne4 (12... Rc8 {looks even more to the point.}) 13.
Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qe2 Qb8 {With the idea to put the queen on b7 and bring the
rooks on c and d lines. In this way all Black's problems would have been
solved.} 15. Bh3 $5 Bf6 ({Now if} 15... Qb7 {then} 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. b4 Na4 (18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qg4 g6 21. Qf4) 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. b5
Bd5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qxa4 {and White won back his temporarily sacrificed
material with some interests.}) 16. Ba3 $5 {It is interesting how White puts
his bishops on the edge of the board in order to avoid exchanges which would
facilitate Black's task.} Qb7 ({It was better to wait still a little bit with
this move and to play} 16... Rd8 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Nd2 Bc6 {and now if} 19. dxc5
{then} Ne5) 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. b4 $1 cxb4 (18... cxd4 19. b5) 19. Bxb4 Rfd8 20.
Nc4 Bf3 21. Qb2 {Diagram #} Nc5 $2 {In the moment when he solved all his
opening problems and due to the awkward position of Bh3 he could even count on
some edge, Black commits a serious error.} (21... a5 {was the most accurate
move.}) 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. dxc5 {Now Black is just pawn down. The
rest is just a matter of technique.} Be7 25. Na5 Ba6 26. Rfe1 Rac8 27. Nb3 Kf8
28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rc6 30. Rc4 Ra6 31. Re2 Ke8 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Rec2 Ra5 34.
c6 g6 35. a4 a6 36. e4 {Restraining even more the black rook.} Re5 37. Nf3 Ra5
38. Nd2 Rh5 39. Kg2 g5 {It is hard to understand such move, but it was
probably made in time trouble.} 40. h3 Rh6 41. e5 {Now the rook is definitely
out of play and the end is close.} f6 42. Ne4 fxe5 43. Rb2 Rg6 44. Rb6 a5 45.
Ra6 {With some more pawns to drop Black gave up.} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 81st"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ncb5 Qb6 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Be3 e6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Nbd7 16. Na4 Ng4 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Ndxf6 19. Qb6 Rd7 20. c5 Rb8 21. Qa7
e5 22. Nc6 bxc6 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 81st"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Qe8
15. g4 d5 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd4 19. Bg4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21.
e3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd7 f6 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxa7 Rd8 26. Kc2 c4 27. Rc1
b5 28. Rb7 Rd5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Bxb2 31. a4 Ra6 32. axb5 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Bf6
34. Rc7 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Rb2 36. Rxc4 Rxb5 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40.
Rc6+ Kf7 41. Bd6 Rb2 42. Rc5 g5 43. h3 Ra2 44. Bg3 Ra4 45. Be5 Bxe5 46. Rxe5
Kf6 47. Rd5 Ra1 48. h4 g4+ 49. Kf4 Kg6 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. e4 Ra2 52. Kg5 Re2 53.
Re6 Rxf2 54. Kxh5 Kf7 55. Rg6 Ra2 56. Rxg4 Ra8 57. Kg5 Rg8+ 58. Kf5 Rh8 59. Rf4
Rg8 60. Ke5+ Ke7 61. Rf5 Rg1 62. Rg5 Rh1 63. Rg4 Kf7 64. Kf5 Ra1 65. e5 Rf1+
66. Rf4 Rh1 67. h5 Ke7 68. Kg5 Ke6 69. h6 Kxe5 70. Rg4 Ke6 71. Kg6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 d4
15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 g5 17. Bc1 Qe7 18. Qa4 Bc8 19. Nd2 Nxe5 20. Nb3 Bd7 21.
Qa6 Rad8 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23. Qe2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 bxc5 25. Qd2 f6 26. Qc3 Ba6 27.
Bxg5 fxg5 28. Qxe5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Rc1 e5 31. Rxc5 Rd6 32. Bf3 Rd2 33.
Ra5 Bd3 34. Rd5 Kg7 35. h3 Kg6 36. b4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.02.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Jedynak, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.02.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Bc1 Bf8
15. Bb2 h6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. a3 Rc8 19. e4 c5 20. Nxd5 cxd4 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. b4 Na4 24. e5 Qe7 25. Bxd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3
28. Ne4 Rxa3 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Qb2 Ra6 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qb3 Qd7 33. Rxe6 Qa4 34.
Qd5 Qa2 35. Nc4 Kh8 36. Rd2 Qb3 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. Rb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3 {
would transpose to one of the main lines of the symmetrical English, when after
} Ne5 {White has no better way to defend his c4-pawn than} 8. e4 {, which, in
combination with g3 looks slightly awkward.}) 7... Ne5 8. Qc2 {By delaying the
development of the b1-knight, White made this natural defence of the c4-pawn
available.} Qc7 ({The main alternative is} 8... Qa6 {and was examined in the
notes to Gelfand,B (2692)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Lvov 2000/CBM 077/[Stohl] (0-1, 60)
}) 9. c5 d5 $146 {Black hopes to neutralise White's queenside pressure by
shutting the long diagonal.} ({Previously,} 9... d6 {has been played. Since
exchanging on d6 would help Black's development, it is necessary to sacrifice
the c5-pawn by simply developing a queenside piece. Generally, White had good
compensation in all the games played so far, but could not prove a concrete
advantage:} 10. Nc3 (10. Bd2 dxc5 11. Ba5 Qe7 12. Na3 $44 Nc6 $6 13. Bxc6+ $1
bxc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qg5 16. Rd2 h5 17. h4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rad1 $14
{Rahman,Z (2305)-Rodgaard,J (2315)/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (1-0, 30)}) (10. Na3
Bd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1
O-O 17. Qc5 Qb8 $11 {Hulak,K (2540)-Gostisa,L (2380)/Portoroz 1987/CBM 005 (1/
2-1/2, 30)}) 10... dxc5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Na4 {[%csl Yb6,Yc5]} Nd5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. Naxc5 Qc7 15. Rc1 b6 16. Nd3 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Bb7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2696)
-Volokitin,A (2685)/Bermuda 2005/CBM 106 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 10. Bf4 {The
availibility of this unpleasant pin is the main drawback of Black's novelty.}
Nh5 {This looks like a simple solution to the newly created problem, but the
knight will remain badly placed on the edge of the board. Black will need an
additional tempo to get it back into play, while his king is still in the
centre.} 11. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. O-O-O {White castles long in order
to occupy the central files with the rooks as soon as possible. The fact that
the king is more exposed than on the other wing is of little relevance,
because Black is not sufficiently well developed to take advantage of it.} Nf6
{After this move, White's play will be easy to carry out.} ({However, the
attempt to physically prevent the opening of the centre with} 13... f5 {
would allow the dangerous positional sacrifice} 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxd5 $36 Qc7
(15... Qf6 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 (17... Kc8 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Qxf5+ $18) (
17... Kc7 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Qa5+ Kc8 20. c6 $40) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Qd3+ Kc7 21. Qd5 g6 22. Nd4 $40) 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 (16... Kxd7 17. Qxf5+ Ke8 18.
Qxh5+ $16) 17. c6 Qc8 {[%csl Gf5]} 18. Rd1 $44) 14. e4 $36 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
15... O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. cxd6+ $18) 16. Bxe4 Bc6 $6 {When underdeveloped,
it is always dangerous to exchange the already developed pieces.} (16... O-O-O
$6 17. Bxb7+ $5 Kxb7 18. Rxd7+ Rxd7 19. c6+ Kc7 20. cxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Bd6 22.
f4 Qf5 (22... Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Qb6 24. Nd2 $18) 23. Qc3 $16 Rc8 $2 24. Rxd6+ $1 $18
) (16... Qc7 $14) 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. Qc3 $16 Rd8 {Same comment,
although it might be too late for a significant improvement.} 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Re4 Kc8 22. Rb4 $18 {[%cal Yc3d3,Yd3a6] White attacks with a big
superiority of forces, while Black's kingside pieces are mere spectators.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O
Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. a4 Rhd8 20. Ba3+ Kf6
21. Bd6 g5 22. Qb2+ Kg6 23. Ra3 g4 24. h3 h5 25. Rg3 f6 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Rd4
Kf7 28. c5 Rg8 29. Rf4 Qg6 30. Rgxg4 Qh6 31. Qb5 Rad8 32. Qc6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4 {
White's concept in the opening is risky, but also very unpleasant for the
opponent. Tkachiev is not afraid of the problems along the a1-h8 diagonal as
Black struggles to achieve full coordination of his pieces due to the
mislocated knight on a5.} (14... e4 $5 15. Nxe4 Nxd5 (15... Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxa1
17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Bxa5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nd2 Bc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3
23. Nc4 Nxa2 24. Nd6 Be6 25. Nxb7 Rc8 {1/2 Gagunashvili,M (2591)-Sutovsky,E 
(2607)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006/ (32)}) 16. Bg5 f6 17. Ne5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Rxe5 19.
Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxd5+ {1/2 Adly,A (2503)-Lohou,S (2144)/Port Erin 2005/}) 15. Ba3
$5 (15. Bg5 f6 (15... Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxd1 17. Raxd1 Rac8 $13) 16. Bd2 f5 $15)
15... e4 (15... Rc8 16. Ne4 Nxd5 17. h3 (17. Nd6 Nc3) 17... Be6 18. Nd6 e4 $11)
16. Nxe4 Qxd5 (16... Bxa1 $2 17. Qxa1 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Nd6 $18) 17. Qxd5
Nxd5 18. Rac1 {The result of the crossfire in the centre is this symmetrical
position in which White enjoys the advantage of the development of his pieces.
Iordaschescu is still fighting to put his house in order.} Nc6 (18... Rac8 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd6 $16) 19. Nd6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ndb4 (20... Bc3 21. Re4 (21. Rd1
Ndb4 22. h3 Be6 23. Nxb7 $14) 21... Bd7 22. Ng5 Bf6 23. Re1 $16) 21. Bxb4 Nxb4
22. Ng5 f6 (22... Nxa2 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bd5 Bf6 25. Ngxf7 Kf8 26. Bc4 Nb4 27.
Ne4 $16) 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ngf7 $2 {For sure, Tkachiev was nearly carried away
by the impressive combination on the 26th move. The trojan horse on f7 is a
part of the massive invasion of White's forces into the heart of the enemy's
position.} (24. Re4 $1 fxg5 25. Rxb4 Rd8 (25... Be6 26. Re4 Bh3 27. Re7 Bf8 28.
Bd5+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Rc7 $16) 26. Rxg4 Rxd6 27. Rxg5 Rd2 28. Rd5 Rxa2 29.
Rd7 $16) 24... Nxa2 $1 (24... Rxb7 25. Re8+ Bf8 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Nxb7 Bd7 28.
Rd8 Be6 29. h3 $16) 25. Re7 (25. f3 Bh3 26. Bd5 Nb4 27. Bc4 Kf8 $11) 25... Bf8
$2 {The defender was living under the impression, that the worst was over and
the retreat of the light-squared bishop to e6 would solve all his problems.
After the correct move of the king, White's dreams would have had to give way
to reality.} (25... Kf8 $1 26. Re3 (26. Rc7 Be6 27. Ba6 Bxb3 $15) 26... Bd7 27.
Bd5 Nb4 $11) 26. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 (26... Bxh6 27. Bd5+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28. Rf7+ Kg8
29. Rxa7+ Kf8 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rb7+ $18) 28. Rxa7 $1 Nb4 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Ng5+
Kf8 31. Nxh7+ Ke8 32. Nxf6+ Kd8 33. Nxg4 $18) 27. Ndf7+ Kg7 28. Rc7 {The
picture on the board has altered completely; the black forces are constrained
as if in a straitjacket.} Be6 (28... Bd1 29. h4 $1 Nb4 30. Ng5+ $18) 29. Ng5+
Kxh6 30. Nxe6 Bd6 (30... Bb4 31. Rc4 g5 32. Be4 Re8 33. Bf5 a5 34. h4 $16) 31.
Rd7 Nc3 (31... Bf8 32. Ba6 Nc1 33. Bc4 Ba3 34. g4 $16) 32. h4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
White's pieces are working in perfect harmony so the black king on h6 becomes
the perfect target of an attack.} Ba3 33. g4 Bc1 (33... g5 34. Ba6 $1 Re8 (
34... gxh4 35. Bd3 Rh8 36. Rf7 Nd5 37. Be4 $18) 35. Ng7 Re5 36. Nf5+ Rxf5 37.
Bd3 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 $18) 34. Kf1 (34. Rf7 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Nf8 Rxf8 37. Rxf8
$18) 34... Re8 (34... a5 35. Rf7 a4 36. bxa4 Nxa4 37. Bf3 Re8 38. Rxf6 $18) 35.
Nd8 $1 Rf8 36. Ba6 {Iordaschescu resigned since he could not find any way to
avert the decisive check of white knight on the square f7. A very impressive
win by the new champion of Europe!} (36. Ba6 Na2 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Ng5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 a6 16. Bf3 b5 17. Nb1 Qb8 18. Nd2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 dxc4 21. bxc4
Bb4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf3 Rc5 24. Qb3 Ba5 25. Nd4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Qa3 Rxc4
28. Nxc6 Rc3 29. Rb3 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxa5 Kh7 32. Rbb1 Ne4 33. Rbc1 Qf6
34. Qe1 Qb2 35. Qf1 Nc3 36. Re1 Rd8 37. a3 Kg8 38. Kh1 g5 39. Qg2 Qxa3 40. Qc6
b4 41. Kg2 Qa2 42. Ra1 Qd2 43. Qb6 Ne4 44. Rf1 Rd6 45. Qb7 Re6 46. Rad1 Qe2 47.
Rd8+ Kh7 48. Qxf7 Rf6 49. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg6 11. h3 h6 12. e3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Qd1 Na4 18. Qb3 b5 19. e4 c5 20. Nf3 Nxb2 21. Qxb2
cxd4 22. Nxd4 b4 23. e5 bxc3 24. Qb3 Qc5 25. Qa4 c2 26. a3 Bg5 27. Nb3 Qc3 28.
f4 Rb8 29. fxg5 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.05.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Paris Chess 15"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nd7 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Bb7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rad1 g6 20. h4 h5 21.
c5 Rc8 22. a4 Ba6 23. Rc1 b5 24. Qc3 bxa4 25. Qa5 Bb7 26. Qxa4 g5 27. hxg5 Qxg5
28. Rcd1 h4 29. Rd3 f5 30. Bg2 Rg7 31. Re1 Qh6 32. Qc4 Re8 33. gxh4 f4 34. Kf1
a5 35. Re5 Kf8 36. Bh3 Ra8 37. Qxe6 Qxe6 38. Bxe6 Ba6 39. Bc4 a4 40. Bxa6 a3
41. Re2 Rxa6 42. Ra2 Rb7 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke4 Rb4 46. h5 Ra5 47. Rc3
Kf6 48. h6 Ra7 49. Rh3 Kg5 50. Rd2 Rd7 51. Rh1 Rbxd4+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc2
Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 c5 12. Qxc5 N8d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Na3 Rc8
15. Qb4 Nc4 16. O-O a5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Rfc1 Nxb2 20. e5 Nc4 21.
Bg5 f6 22. exf6 exf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bc7 Rf7 25. d5 Bd7 26. Nd6 Nxd6 27. Bxd6
Bf8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bb8 Bf5 30. d6 Rd7 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Bc7 Be6 33. Bf1 Bxa2
34. Bb5 Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Rd8 36. Rd2 Bb3 37. Bb4 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 a4 39. Bb4 Ke6 40.
Kf1 h5 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. Ke3 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Bc3+ Kf5 45. Bd7+ Kg5 46. Bb2
Bc2 47. f4+ Kg6 48. Kf3 Bd1+ 49. Ke4 Bc2+ 50. Kd5 b5 51. Ba3 Bd3 52. Kd6 Kh5
53. Ke7 f5 54. h3 Kg6 55. Be8+ Kg7 56. Ke6 Bf1 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Bf1 59.
f5 b4 60. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Qe3 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Tkachiev is not the first guy to have discovered the original way of
exploiting the awkward location of black's light pieces. Gustafsson won a very
short in 2004, but he played the idea on move later.} (14. e4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nef6
16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. h3 Qb8 18. b4 Qa8 19. Nb3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. cxd5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3
Nf8 23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 {0-1 Boensch,U (2575)
-Ftacnik,L (2570)/Trnava 1988 (38)}) (14. b3 Rc8 15. Qe3 $5 Qb8 (15... e5 16.
Bh3 f5 17. Bg5 $14) 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Bh3 Kh8 18. Ng5 b5 19. Nxf7+ {1-0
Gustafsson,J (2572)-Prusikin,M (2519)/Pulvermuehle 2004}) 14... Nef6 (14... e5
15. Bh3 $1 (15. h3 Bd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bxg5
fxg5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Ng7 $13) (15. g4 Ndf6 16. Bg3 Nxg4 17. Qd3 $13)
15... Nc5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 g5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 (19... Qd8 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Qxg5+ Qxg5 23. Bxg5 $16) 20. cxd5 Qd8 21. Be6+ Kh8 22.
g4 gxh4 23. Nxh4 $16) 15. Nd5 $1 {The knight jump to the defended d5 square
has occured in so many positions, but it never fails to leave the heavy impact.
} exd5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. cxd5 Qb8 17. dxe6 $18) 16. Qxe7 Rfe8 17. Qxd6 (17.
cxd5 Qxc1 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxc1 Rxe2 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Bf1 Re8 22. Bxd6 Bxd5
23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxa6 $16) 17... Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Rxe2 (18... dxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxe2
20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Nxe2 Bf3 22. Rdc1 $1 $18) 19. cxd5 {White probably analysed
this critical position in some detail. If the pawn on d5 survives white can
claim two bishops, passed pawn and better pieces.} Rxb2 (19... Bxd5 20. g4 $1 (
20. Rxd5 $6 Nxd5 21. Nd4 Rd2 22. Bxd5 (22. Nb3 Rd3 23. Be4 Rxb3 24. Bxd5 Rd3
25. Bxa8 Rxd6) 22... Rxd4 23. Bxa8 Rxd6 24. Rc8+ Nf8 25. Rb8 $14) 20... h6 21.
h4 Rxb2 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rxa2 24. Be7 Be6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Ng5 $16) (19...
Nxd5 20. Nd4 Rxb2 21. Nf5 N7f6 22. Be5 Rxa2 23. Bxf6 $18) 20. Ne5 $1 Ne8 (20...
Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Re2 (21... Rxa2 22. Rc7 $18) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Kf1
Ree8 25. d6 $18) 21. Ba3 Rxa2 22. Nxd7 Rxa3 23. Nxb6 Rd8 (23... Rb8 24. d6 Bxg2
25. Kxg2 $18) 24. d6 $1 {The back rank problem enables pawn to cross the
forbidden territory. Lie is losing as his rook on a3 can not offer support in
the defense.} Rb3 (24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rxd6 (25... Nxd6 $2 26. Rxd6 $1 $18) (
25... Rb3 26. Rc8 (26. d7 Rxb6 27. Rc8 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. d8=Q Rxd8 30. Rxd8
$18) 26... Rxc8 27. Nxc8 Nf6 28. d7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 $18) 26. Rc8 Re6 27. Rdd8 Kf8
28. Nd7+ Ke7 29. Nc5 Nd6 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rc6 $18) 25. Bxb7 Rxb6 26. d7 Nd6 (
26... Rxb7 27. Rc8 Rbxd7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 $18) 27. Bc6 $1 {The final
small move and White's main asset on d7 will decide.} Nf5 28. Re1 Rf8 (28...
Rbb8 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Bxe8 $18) 29. Re8 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31.
Bb7 (31. Bb7 Ne7 32. Bc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. Nf3 Qxc3 19. e5 f5 20. Rc4 Qa5
21. Ng5 Ne4 22. Rxe4 fxe4 23. Qf4 Rf8 24. Nxh7 Rh8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Nxe4 Kd7 27.
Rc1 Rc8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29. Ng8+ Kd7 30. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O N6d7 14. f4 f6 15.
e4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. exd5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qe5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5
21. Qf2 Be6 22. Nb5 Re7 23. Rae1 Qg5 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. Qe3 Qh6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Qxe7 Ng6 28. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd6 12. a4 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. a5 Nd7
15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 a6 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Na4 Kh8
21. h3 f6 22. R5e3 g5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Nxb6 Rf7 25. Bb3 Kg7 26. Ba4 Rd8 27. g4
Bg6 28. d4 Nc8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bd7 Rd8 31. Be6 Rff8 32. Rb3 Rb8 33. Rc1 f5
34. Rc7 fxg4 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Rc7 Bf7 37. Bxg4 b5 38. Rf3+ Kg6 39. Bf5+ Kh6
40. Be6 1-0

[Event "Porto Vecchio m"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.05.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. a4 c5
9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Bc6 16. Bg5 Nfd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Ng4
g6 22. Bb4 Nxg4 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Bh4 Nh6 25. b3 Nd6 26. Re5 Qc6 27. Rc5 Qd7
28. Bf6 Kf8 29. Qf3 Ng8 30. Be5 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qf4 Rxc5 33. Bd6+ Kg7 34.
dxc5 Re4 35. Qd2 Qe6 36. b4 Nf6 37. b5 Re2 38. Qc3 g5 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. c6 Kg6
41. c7 Ne4 42. c8=Q Nxc3 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qh8+ Kg6
47. Bf8 Re1+ 48. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 49. Kh2 f4 50. Qg7+ Kf5 51. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Porto Vecchio m"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2008.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.05.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qb8 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qf4 15.
Qe3 Bd6 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Qxf4 Bxf4 18. Rcd1 dxc4 19. bxc4 a6 20. Nc3 Ngf6 21.
Nd2 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd3 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 e5 27.
Ne3 Rc8 28. Kf1 h5 29. Ke2 Kh7 30. g3 Kg6 31. h4 Be4 32. Nd2 Bb7 33. f3 Re8 34.
Ne4 Rd8 35. Nc3 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Nc2 Bxf3+ 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Nb4 Bd7 40. a3
Rc8 41. Ne4 Be6 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Bc3 Ra8 44. Bb2 Rb8 45. Nc6 Rb6 46. Ne7+ Kh7
47. Ne4 Kg7 48. Bc3 Rb7 49. Bb4 Rc7 50. Nc3 Rb7 51. Ke4 Rb8 52. Ncd5 Rd8 53.
Ne3 Rd4+ 54. Kf3 Rd7 55. N3f5+ Kh7 56. Ke4 Rc7 57. Ne3 Rd7 58. N7d5 Kg6 59.
Ne7+ Kh7 60. N3d5 Kg7 61. Nc3 Bc4 62. Nf5+ Kg6 63. Nd6 Bf1 64. Nd5 Bg2+ 65. Ke3
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ncb4 12. Bb1 Nf6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Re3 Bc6
15. Rg3 Re8 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb1 Nc2 19. Qxc2 Be4 20. Qd1 Bf5 21.
h4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. h5 Bh4 24. Re3 Bf6 25. g4 Rc4 26. gxf5 Rxd4 27. Qf3
gxf5 28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Rd3 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Qc4 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Ke2 Rd4
34. b3 Qa6 35. a4 Bg7 36. Nb5 Re4+ 37. Kd1 Qc6 38. h6 Bf6 39. Qh5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf3 Bb7
15. Bb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Ra7 21.
Rc2 f5 22. Qb4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd2 Qc7 25. h3 b5 26. Bd1 Kh7 27. Bb3 Rb7
28. Rd6 a5 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. h4 h5 31. Qd1 g6 32. Rf6 Qc7 33. Rf7+ Kh6 34. e4 Qd7
35. Qe1 Qd4 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Qc1+ Qf4 38. Qc5 Qd4 39. Qc1+ Qf4 40. Qd1 Qd4 41.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chA 84th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Nf5 Qc7 16. Nh2 d5 17. f4 exd4 18. e5 Ne4 19. cxd4 c5 20. dxc5 Ndxc5 21. Be3
Rad8 22. Nf3 b4 23. N5d4 a5 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Bxb3 g6 27. Qd3 Qa8
28. Ba4 d4 29. Bxe8 dxe3 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxe3 Kg8 32. Qb6 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chA 84th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15.
Nd5 b5 16. Ng5 g6 17. Be2 Nd4 18. Nxe7+ Kg7 19. Nxc8 Nxc2 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Nd6
h6 22. Nge4 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. h3 f5 25. hxg4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nc6 27. Rd6 Nd8
28. b4 Qb5 29. Ra1 Nc6 30. Rc1 Qxb4 31. f3 Ne7 32. Rc7 Kf7 33. Rdd7 Ke6 34. Rb7
Qa3 35. Rxa7 Qxe3+ 36. Bf2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc8 38. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chA 84th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2009.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. a5 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O
9. Nf3 Nfg4 10. Bd4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nd7 15.
Bd4 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O Rb8 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Nb6 Qe6 21. Ra4
Rfe8 22. Rd4 c5 23. Ra4 Bc6 24. Ra1 Bxe4 25. Bxa6 d5 26. Bb5 Re7 27. Bd2 Ng4
28. c3 Be5 29. h3 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxh3 32. Rf3 Qh5 33. Rf4 Qh6 34.
Rxe4 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 dxe4 37. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chA 84th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qxe4 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. g4 Qe5
15. Nf3 Qe4 16. Ng5 Qc6 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. f3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bxe6 Kf8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. g5 Re8 24. gxf6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc7 gxf6
27. Rxb7 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Rg5 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rdd7 h5 31. Ra7 Kg8 32. Rxa6 h4 33.
Rd4 Rge5 34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. Rxh4 Rc8 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Rh6 Rf5 39.
Rh7+ Kg6 40. Re7 Rh8 41. Raa7 Rxh2+ 42. Ke3 Rc5 43. b3 Rcc2 44. Rab7 Rhe2+ 45.
Kf4 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Rxa2 47. Rb7 Rb2 48. Rxb5 Rb1 49. Rb7 Rb2 50. b4 Rb1 51. Rb5
Rh1 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Re3 54. Rc5 Rxf3 55. Kc6 f5 56. b5 Rb3 57. b6 Kg5 58.
b7 Rxb7 59. Kxb7 Kf4 60. Kc6 Ke4 61. Rc4+ Ke5 62. Kc5 f4 63. Rc1 Ke4 64. Kc4
Ke3 65. Kc3 Ke2 66. Kd4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bb5 Rc8 8.
Nf3 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bd3 Be8 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rd2 Qa5 19. h4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 f6 23. exf6 Qf5 24. Rd6 Rxf6 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd5 Rf7 27.
Rxe6 Kf8 28. Nf4 Bd7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rd6 Bd7 31. Kh2 Bc6 32. h5 Ke7 33. Rh6
a5 34. Kh3 a4 35. Kh4 Kf8 36. Kg5 Rd7 37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Kf4 Rd2 39. Rxh7 Rxf2+
40. Ke5 f4 41. Nxf4 Rxb2 42. h6 Rb1 43. Rg7 Rh1 44. h7 Kf8 45. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Nc4 f5 14. Rc1 Kh8 15.
Re1 Bb4 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Nfe5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nf3 Qf7 21.
Rfe1 h6 22. Rc4 Qh5 23. Ne5 Qxe2 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Rxe2 Rf6 26. Nh4 g5 27. Nf3
Rf7 28. Ne1 Kh7 29. Nd3 Re7 30. Bc1 Rg8 31. f3 h5 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nf4 34.
Bxf4 Bxf4 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Rc5 f3 37. Rf2 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 fxg2 39. Rxh5+ Kg6
40. Rc5 Rd7 41. d5 exd5 42. Rxd5 Re7 43. Rd4 Kg5 44. Kxg2 Kf4 45. Rc4 b5 46.
axb5 axb5 47. e5+ bxc4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chA 85th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. e4 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. d5 e5
15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. a4 Nf6 18. h3 b5 19. O-O c4 20. b3 cxb3 21. Nxb3
Bd7 22. Na5 bxa4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 a3 25. Rfb1 Qd6 26. Bc1 Rfc8 27. Bxa3
Qe6 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Bf1 a5 30. Rb7 Rc7 31. Qb3 Ne8 32. Qb6 a4 33. Rd1 Rxb7
34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. cxb7 Rb8 36. Rd7 g6 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Nf6 39. Rc7 Kh6 40.
f3 a3 41. Bc4 Rd8 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ndb5 d6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Re8
15. b3 Ba8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. h4 h5 18. Bh6 Nce5 19. Nd4 Nf8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bxh5 e6 22. Be2 Qe7 23. Qf4 Nh7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 e5 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. Qg5
Bc6 28. a4 Rcd8 29. Rd3 Qb7 30. Rcd1 Qc7 31. Qd2 Re6 32. Rc1 Qb8 33. Nd5 Bxd5
34. cxd5 Re7 35. Rdc3 Rh8 36. Qg5 Rd7 37. Rc6 Rb7 38. g3 a5 39. Qd2 Nd7 40. h5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Qd8 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Bg4 Qe7 44. Rc4 Rhb8 45. Kg2 Rc7 46. Rc1 Rxc6
47. dxc6 Qc7 48. Rh1 Rg8 49. Bd7 Nxd7 50. cxd7 Qxd7 51. Qxb6 Rf8 52. Rc1 Rf7
53. Qxa5 Qg4 54. Qb6 Qxe4+ 55. Kg1 d5 56. Qe3 Qxe3 57. fxe3 Rf3 58. a5 Rxe3 59.
Rb1 d4 60. a6 Rc3 61. a7 Rc8 62. Ra1 Ra8 63. b4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ncxd5 cxd5 20. Qd3 f6 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Bb2 b4 23. f3 Ba6 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Re1 a5 26. a4 bxa3 27. Bxa3 Bxa3 28.
Rxa3 e5 29. Qxa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 exd4 31. Rxb5 dxe3 32. Rb4 Rc2 33. Bf1 Rd2 34.
Rb7 e2 35. Bh3 d4 36. Rb6 d3 37. Rd6 Rd1 38. Kf2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Rd1 c4 11. Qc2 Nbd5 12. d3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Bd7 14. Qb3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qa6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Qb5
Qxb5 21. axb5 Rc5 22. b6 a5 23. Nd7 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Ne5 a4 26. Be3 Ne4
27. Bd4 Nd2 28. Nc6 Bf8 29. Ra2 Nb3 30. Na7 a3 31. Be3 Re8 32. Nb5 Re4 33. Kf1
Ra4 34. Ke1 Ra5 35. Nc7 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxd5 Ne4 38. c4 f5 39. f3 Nd6 40.
Ne3 g5 41. c5 Rxc5 42. Rxa3 Kf7 43. Ra8 Rb5 44. Rh8 Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf6 46. Rd8
Ke6 47. Rh8 Nf7 48. Re8+ Kd7 49. Rf8 Ke6 50. Kf2 h6 51. Rg8 Kf6 52. h4 gxh4 53.
gxh4 h5 54. Ng2 Rxb6 55. Nf4 Nd6 56. Nxh5+ Ke5 57. Rg7 Nb5 58. Re7+ Kd4 59. Nf4
Kc4 60. h5 Nd4 61. Rc7+ Kb3 62. Kg3 Nb5 63. Rc1 Rd6 64. Kh4 Nc3 65. Kg5 b5 66.
h6 b4 67. h7 Rd8 68. Rh1 Rh8 69. e3 Kc4 70. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Bb1 Nc4 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qd3 Qf7 21.
Ne4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bg3 Bb2 24. Rc2 Bg7 25. Rce2 Nd5 26. Nd2 Nc3 27. Re7
Rfe8 28. Bh4 Nxb1 29. Qxb1 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Nf1 f4 33. g3
Bf8 34. Re6 Bd5 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Rg4 fxg3 37. Nxg3 Re8 38. Kf1 Be6 39. Nh5 Bxg4
40. Nf6+ Kg6 41. Nxe8 c6 42. Bg3 d5 43. Nd6 c5 44. Be5 Bf3 45. Ke1 d4 46. Kd2
Bg7 47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Kd3 Bd5 49. Ne8+ Kf7 50. Nc7 Bb7 51. b4 c4+ 52. Kxd4 Ke7
53. a4 Kd7 54. axb5 Kxc7 55. Kxc4 axb5+ 56. Kxb5 Kd6 57. Kb6 Be4 58. b5 Ke5 59.
Kc7 Kf4 60. b6 Kf3 61. b7 Bxb7 62. Kxb7 Kxf2 63. Kc6 Kg2 64. h4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 1st"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 a6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Ng5
fxg5 16. Qxh5 Nc6 17. Qg4 Qd7 18. h4 Rad8 19. hxg5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc6 21. Nd5
exd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. e6 Qd6 24. Kh2 Qc5 25. d6 Rxf2 26. dxe7 Rxg2+ 27. Kh3
Qxe7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qf5 Qe8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Qe5 Qc6 32. Kg4 Qd5 33. Qxd5
Bxd5 34. e7 Bf7 35. Re1 Be8 36. Rf1 Bd7+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Qa5 8. Nge2 e5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Rab1 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. d6 e4 18. a3 Ne5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qd8 21. Nf4 Be6
22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. c5 Kh8 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxb5 Qd7 26. Qb3 Rf6 27. Rb1 Rf7 28.
Rb6 Bf6 29. Qd5 Kg7 30. Bf1 g5 31. Kh1 Kg6 32. Bd4 Nc6 33. Bxf6 Rxf6 34. Bb5
Qg7 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Qxc6 Rd8 37. Qd5 Qh6 38. Kg2 Qh5 39. d7 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 87th"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. h4 Bb7 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng5 Ba8 19. Rc3 g6 20. Nxf7 Nd4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd6+ Bxd5 23. Nxc8 Bb7 24. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 87th"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2012.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bf3 Qa5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Nd4
Bb7 15. b3 d5 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Be5 Qd7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e4 Nb6
21. Qd2 e5 22. Nf5+ gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxb6 fxe4 26. Bg2 Qc6
27. Qe3 f5 28. Rfc1 Qf6 29. Qa7 Bd5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bf1 f4 32. Rd1 Bf7 33.
Bxa6 Rc2 34. Bc4 fxg3 35. hxg3 Bxc4 36. bxc4 e3 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39.
Qh1+ Kg5 40. Qh4+ Kf5 41. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rc1 b6 12. c6 Nd6 13. a4 a6 14. c7 Qxc7 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Re1 Qf6 21.
Qxd5 Rab8 22. Ne5 Bc8 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Bd5 Re8 25. h3 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe6 27. Qd2
Qh6 28. f4 Re6 29. Rc6 Rbe8 30. Kh2 Nf5 31. Nf3 Ne3 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Kg1 Qb3
34. Kf2 g6 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 37. Qe2 Qb4 38. Qxa6 Qxf4 39. Qxb6 Qxa4
40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 42. Nxd4 Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Nf3+ Kf5 45. g3 h6 46.
Kd4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Ne5 f5+ 49. Kd4 g5 50. Nf3 Kf6 51. Kd5 h5 52. h4 g4 53.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nd7 6. d3 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Bxe4 g6 9. Nd2 Ngf6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. a5 a6 14. Nc4 Qc7
15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Re7 17. Qb1 Rae8 18. Qa2 N7f6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Re2 e4 21.
Rae1 exd3 22. Qxd3 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qd7 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Kf1 Kh7 27.
Qe2 Qc5 28. b3 Qd4 29. Bf3 Nd7 30. h4 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. h5 f5 33. hxg6+
Kxg6 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. Bh5+ Kg7 36. Bxc3 Qxc3 37. f4 Bd6 38. Qe6 Qf6 39. Qd7+ Qe7
40. Qxf5 Qf6 41. Qd7+ Qe7 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qg6 Qf8 44. Bg4 Bb4 45. Bf5 Qg7 46.
Qe8+ Qg8 47. Qxg8+ Kxg8 48. Bc8 Bxa5 49. Bxb7 c5 50. Bxa6 Kf7 51. g4 Ke6 52.
Bc4+ Kf6 53. Kf3 Bd2 54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Bb5 Bd2 56. Be8 Ke7 57. Bh5 Kd6 58. Kf5
Be3 59. Bf7 Ke7 60. Bc4 Bc1 61. Ke5 Be3 62. Bb5 Bd2 63. f5 Bg5 64. Kd5 Be3 65.
c3 Bf2 66. Bd3 Kf6 67. b4 cxb4 68. cxb4 Kg5 69. b5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 88th"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Qd3 Nc6
15. Bc3 d6 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. h4 h6 18. Rac1 Qc7 19. Qe4 Qb7 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Nd4
Na5 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Nb7 24. Bb4 a6 25. e3 Rc7 26. Ba3 Rdc8 27. Ke2 Kf8
28. Bb2 Nc5 29. f4 h5 30. Kf3 g6 31. e4 Ke8 32. Rc2 Nd7 33. Rcd2 Nf6 34. Ne2
Ng4 35. Bd4 Rb7 36. Rd3 f5 37. Nc3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. R1d2 b4 40. Na4 e5 41.
fxe5 dxe5 42. Bb2 Nf6 43. Re3 Nxe4 44. Rxe4 fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Rd8 46. Rc2 Rd1 47.
Rc6 Kf7 48. Nb6 Rd6 49. Nc4 Rxc6 50. Nxe5+ Ke6 51. Nxc6 Bf6 52. Bd4 Bxd4 53.
Kxd4 Kf5 54. Ke3 Rb6 55. Ne7+ Kg4 56. Nd5 Rb5 57. Nf4 Kxg3 58. Nxg6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 88th"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. O-O-O a4 11. Nd2 Bd4 12. Nb5 a3 13. Nc4 Bxb2+ 14. Kb1 d6
15. Nxb2 axb2 16. f4 Bg4 17. Bxf6 Bxe2 18. Bxd8 Bxd1 19. Bxc7 Nb4 20. a3 Bxc2+
21. Kxb2 Na6 22. Bxd6 Rfc8 23. Nc3 Nc5 24. e5 Bf5 25. Bb5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27.
Re1 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Bb4 Rac8 30. Re2 Rc4 31. g3 Rd4 32. Re3 Rcc4 33. Kb3
Re4 34. Rd3 Red4 35. Re3 Re4 36. Rd3 b5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Re3+ 39. Kb2 Re2+
40. Kb3 Re3+ 41. Kb2 Kg6 42. f5+ Kxf5 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rb7 Rxe5 45. Bf8 Re2+
46. Kb3 Re3+ 47. Kb2 Rd4 48. Kc2 Rd8 49. Bxg7 Re2+ 50. Kc3 Rxh2 51. Be5 Rd5 52.
Bf4 h5 53. Bb8 Rh1 54. Re7 Ra1 55. Kb2 Rf1 56. Kc3 Rf8 57. Rb7 Rc8+ 58. Kb3 Rc1
59. Bf4 Rf1 60. Rb6+ Kf5 61. Bb8 Kg4 62. Kb4 Rb1+ 63. Kc3 Rc5+ 64. Kd4 Rc4+ 65.
Kd5 Rc3 66. Be5 Rxa3 67. Rg6+ Kf5 68. Rf6+ Kg5 69. Rf8 Ra6 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kd5
Rg6 72. Rf4 Rg8 73. Bf6+ Kh6 74. Bh4 Rb1 75. Ke6 Rg6+ 76. Kf7 Ra1 77. Be7 Ra7
78. g4 Rg7+ 79. Kf8 Rgxe7 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 88th"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5
Ne4 9. Bb5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. O-O b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rae8 17. Re3 f5 18. Qh5 Rf7 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qd1 f4 21. Rh6
e5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6+ Rg7 24. Qh5 Re6 25. Rh6 Rxh6 26. Bxh6 exd4 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Re1 Qd6 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Qg5+
Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. f3 Nf5 37. h4 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Ne3 39. Rb1 Bd5
40. h5 Qf6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rb4 Kg5 43. h6 Kxh6 44. Rxf4 a5 45. Rd4 Bf7 46.
g4 Kg7 47. Kg3 Nc4 48. a4 Nb6 49. Rd6 Nxa4 50. Ra6 Nc3 51. Rxa5 Ne2+ 52. Kf2
Nf4 53. Ke3 Nd5+ 54. Ke4 Nf6+ 55. Kf5 Bg6+ 56. Kg5 Bf7 57. Ra7 Nh7+ 58. Kf5 Nf8
59. f4 Ne6 60. Ke5 Nc5 61. g5 Kf8 62. f5 Be8 63. g6 Nd7+ 64. Ke6 Nc5+ 65. Kd5
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Qc7 13. Na4 Nf8 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. h3
N6d7 16. Nxc8 Rbxc8 17. Be3 Rcd8 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rad1 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Qxa4
Ndxc5 22. Qc2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qe7 24. b4 Nd7 25. Bf1 Ndf8 26. Qb3 Ra8 27. a4 Nd4
28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Bxd4 Qxe4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Re2 Qf5 32. Re7 b5 33. a5 Qf6 34.
Rc7 Ra6 35. Qc2 Qd6 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Rc8 Qd7 38. Rb8 Qc7 39. Re8 Qd7 40. Qe5 f6
41. Qb8 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qb1 Ba6
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Ra2 Re8 17. Ba1 h6 18. Rac2 Qd7 19. Qb2 Bf8 20. h4 Bb7 21. Ned2
e5 22. Nc4 e4 23. Nfe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. e3 Nf6
28. Nc4 Be6 29. Ne5 Ng4 30. Nc6 Qc5 31. Nd4 Bd5 32. a4 Ne5 33. Ne2 Nf3+ 34.
Bxf3 exf3 35. Nf4 Be4 36. Qd4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. Kg1
Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf1 42. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 f2 45. Qg2 Qxa1 46. Qxf2
Qb1 47. e4 Qxb3 48. e5 Qxa4 49. e6 fxe6 50. Qxb6 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kh2 a4
53. Nxe6 a3 54. Qb3 Bd6 55. Ng5+ Kf8 56. Qb6 Qc2+ 57. Kh3 Qc8+ 58. Kh2 Qc2+ 59.
Kh3 Qf5+ 60. Kh2 Bxg3+ 61. Kxg3 Qe5+ 62. Kg4 hxg5 63. hxg5 Qe4+ 64. Kg3 Qd3+
65. Kf4 Qc4+ 66. Ke5 a2 67. Qd6+ Kg8 68. Qa3 Qe2+ 69. Kf5 Qf1+ 70. Kg4 a1=Q 71.
Qb3+ Kf8 72. Qb8+ Ke7 73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qc6+ Ke5 75. Qc5+ Ke4 76. Qc6+ Ke3 77.
Qe6+ Kf2 78. Qb6+ Kg2 79. Qc6+ Kg1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nc3 g5 12. Re1 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Bf4 Nf5 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. Nh4 Nf7 18. Qg3 Bc8 19. Na4 Qd7 20. f3 Qb7 21. b3 a5
22. Rad1 Qb4 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Nd8 26. Re2 Qb5 27. Rde1 Qd3 28.
Bd6 Raf7 29. Re8 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "FRA Cup final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Ng5 Rb4 15.
e4 Bd7 16. Re1 a5 17. Ra3 Na6 18. Nf3 c4 19. e5 Nc5 20. e6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Nxe6
22. Qd1 Nc7 23. Bg5 Qc8 24. Re7 Bc6 25. Nh2 Qf5 26. Bxc6 Qxg5 27. Rxc7 bxc6 28.
Qxd6 Qf6 29. Qd7 Rb3 30. Rxb3 cxb3 31. Ng4 Qxb2 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1
Na5 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Be6 13. Nd5 b5 $5 $146 {A very
ambitious novelty by Ibarra!} ({In the event of} 13... dxc5 14. Be3 Nd7 (14...
b6 $5) 15. f4 Nc6 16. e5 $1 (16. h3 Nd4 17. Qf2 b5 (17... Nb6 $2 {is bad, as}
18. Rc1 f5 19. Nd3 $16 {Fedoseev-Matinian, Sochi 2012, and White is better.})
18. Nc2 bxc4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 {with a balanced
position.}) 16... f6 17. f5 $1 {A very strong move!} Bxf5 18. g4 fxe5 (18...
Be6 {could have been met by} 19. Nf4 $18 {and White wins.}) 19. gxf5 gxf5 20.
Bg5 $16 {Cornette-Kurnosov, Chalkidiki 2003, and White's chances are better.})
14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nc2 ({is bad, because of} 15. cxb5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 $36
{and Black has a wonderful initiative for the P.}) 15... Nxc4 $6 {An
inaccuracy, because White can gain some tempi.} (15... Rc8 $1 {was more
accurate} 16. Bg5 (16. cxb5 $6 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 $1 {followed by ...Re8 and
Black has a fantastic attack for the Ps.}) 16... Nxc4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. b3 Nb6 20. Rad1 Qb2 $1 {and Black tries to create some counterplay.})
16. Nf4 $1 Bd7 (16... Nd7 {opens the long diagonal for the g7-B, however} 17.
Rb1 Qa5 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rd1 $14 {is also comfortable for White.}) 17. b3 Ne5
18. Bb2 a5 ({In the event of} 18... Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qb6+ 20. Ne3 $14 {and White
is slightly better.}) 19. Rfd1 Qb8 (19... Qb6+ 20. Qe3 $1 $14) 20. Ne3 b4 21.
Qd2 $1 {White takes under pressure the d6-P, Black's position becomes
difficult.} Ra6 22. Kh1 $1 {A very useful move. The K simply avoids the g1-a7
pin.} Bb5 23. Nfd5 $16 {White has a great position, he controls a d5-square,
his pieces are powerful and he is ready for the advance with f4.} Nfd7 24. f4
Nd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 bxa3 27. Nc3 (27. Rxa3 {was more simply,} Nb4 28. Nxb4
axb4 29. Qxb4 $18 {and White is a healthy P up.}) 27... N3c5 (27... Nb2 {
could have been met by} 28. Rdb1 Bd3 29. Rxa3 $1 Bxb1 30. Nxb1 $18 {and the N
is trapped.} ({but not} 30. Qxb2 $2 Bd3 31. Ncd5+ f6 $13)) 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29.
Bf1 Qb4 30. Bxa6 Qxe4+ $6 {Loses faster, but Black's position was already bad.}
(30... Nxa6 {was tougher, but} 31. Qd4+ f6 32. Nc4 {is also really bad for
Black.}) 31. Kg1 Nxa6 32. Rxa3 Re8 33. Nd5 Nb4 34. Rxa5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36.
Rd3 Qh5 37. Re1 Qc5+ 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Rxd6 Nf6 40. Qd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]
[WhiteClock "0:22:26"]
[BlackClock "0:31:25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd4
exd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Bxd5 Bc6 14. e4 Nb4
15. Re1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. Re4 a5 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Qg4 Nc5 20. Re3 g6 21. Bh6
Kh8 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Rae1 Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re7 Ne6 26. dxe6 dxe6 27. R1xe6
1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken op"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2016.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. b3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. Rc1 Ba7 16. Ne2 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Ne4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qe7 22. Rd3 h5 23. Rc3 g6 24. Rc8 Rxc8 25. Qxc8+ Qe8 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. h3
Kg7 28. Kf2 Qd6 29. Ne2 Kh7 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Nc3 Kg8 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Qd6
34. Kg2 Qe7 35. Kf1 Qe6 36. Ke2 Qd6 37. Kd1 Qe6 38. Kd2 Qe7 39. g5 Nh5 40. Qxd5
Ng3 41. Kd3 Qc7 42. f4 Qc8 43. Kc2 b5 44. a3 Qh3 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qd4+ Kf8 47.
Nd5 Qg2+ 48. Qd2 Qh1 49. Nf6 Qc6+ 50. Kb2 Ke7 51. e4 Qd6 52. Qe3 Kd8 53. Nd5
Nh5 54. Qa7 Nxf4 55. Qa8+ Kd7 56. Nf6+ Ke6 57. Qe8+ Qe7 58. Qc8+ Ke5 59. Qc3+
Ke6 60. Qc8+ Ke5 61. Qxa6 Nd3+ 62. Ka2 Kd4 63. Qxb5 Qc7 64. Qa4+ Ke5 65. Qb5+
Kd4 66. Qd7+ Qxd7 67. Nxd7 Kc3 68. b4 Kc4 69. Nc5 Nf2 70. e5 Ng4 71. e6 fxe6
72. Nxe6 Ne5 73. Kb2 Nf7 74. Kc2 Kd5 75. Nf4+ Kc4 76. Nxg6 Nxg5 77. Ne5+ Kd4
78. Nc6+ Kc4 79. Na5+ Kd4 80. Nb3+ Kc4 81. Nd2+ Kd4 82. Kb3 Ne6 83. a4 Kd3 84.
Nf3 1-0

