[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {Very agressive continuation. I don't think that Black need
this sharp move in the early stage of the game. Besides he has a good choice
between:} (9... c5 $5) (9... d6 $5) ({and} 9... d5 $5) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5
12. Bd3 $5 $146 {In early games White prefers first to protect "g2" pawn:} (12.
f3 $5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 d6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. O-O-O a6 17. f4
Rae8 18. Rh2 Qg7 19. Be2 $14 {Baburin,A-Tiviakov,S/Kilkenny,1998(1/2-1/2)(29)})
14... c5 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Qc3 (16. O-O-O cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Qa4
Rc7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rhd1 $11 {Baburin,A-Milov,V/Isle of Man,1995(1/2-1/2)(50)}
) 16... Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. f4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda,1988/
Inf 46/753(18)}) 12... d6 (12... Nxg3 $2 13. hxg3 Bxg2 14. Rxh6 Kg7 15. Rh2 Bb7
16. g4 $40 {[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2g3,Gg3f5,Gg3h5]}) ({Deserves attention:} 12... c5 $5
) 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 $14 {Now White's advantage is clear thanks to open file
"h" and weak position of black king.} Qf6 15. g4 $6 {Why not protect the king
and finish development first?} (15. O-O-O $5 c5 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Kb1 $14) 15...
Nd7 ({After:} 15... fxg4 16. O-O-O (16. fxg4 $143 Nd7 17. O-O-O c5 18. Rf1 Qg7
$11) 16... Nd7 (16... gxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $14) 17. fxg4 {
we have position from a game.}) 16. O-O-O fxg4 17. fxg4 Qg7 $1 $11 {Good move.
With it Black frees the "f6" square for his knight and prepares a little
exchanging operation.} 18. Nf3 {Now it's not easy for White to find a move.
Could be recommended:} (18. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3d2]}) 18... Rxf3 $6 ({
Interesting to check taking on "g4":} 18... Nf6 $5 19. e4 $140 Nxg4 $15 {
[%cal Gg4e3,Ge3c2,Ge3d1] and not clear which compensation White has for the
pawn.}) 19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Qh2 Bxd1 21. Kxd1 Nf6 22. Qxh6 Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Kf7 {
After couple of exchanges we have an approximately equal endgame. White's rook
is more active, but weakness of "g4" pawn gives Black good counterplay.} 24.
Ke2 c5 {Right decision - Black fixates white's pawns on the light squares.} 25.
Kf3 {After exchange of rooks opponents could agree for draw:} (25. Rg6 Rg8 26.
Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Kf3 $11) 25... a5 26. Rh2 Rd8 27. b4 $6 {White understood, that
he had no chances to win and aspires to exchange so many pawns as possible.
But better for him was to wait for black's active actions. After this move,
Black has good chances to start attacking white's pawns.} axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 $6
({Doesn't promise much for Black taking on "b4":} 28... cxb4 $6 29. Rb2 Rh8 30.
Bf1 $11) ({but after} 28... cxd4 $5 29. exd4 Ra8 30. Re2 Ra1 $15 {his active
rook gives him a serious advantage.}) 29. bxc5 Ra3 $4 {Tactical blunder. Black
missed that he couldn't stop the white pawn.} (29... bxc5 $142 30. dxc5 dxc5
31. Rb2 $11) {[%tqu "En","Black's previous move was a decisive blunder. Can
you find why?","","","c5c6","Now game is over - with an extra pawn White has
an easy win.",10]} 30. c6 $1 $18 {Now game is over - with an extra pawn White
has an easy win.} Ke7 31. Rh8 {[%cal Gc6c7]} Ra7 32. Rb8 d5 33. Rb7+ Rxb7 34.
cxb7 Nd7 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Bb5 Nb8 37. e4 (37. e4 $5 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. exd5
Kxd5 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Ke4 Kc7 42. Kf5 Kxb7 43. Kxg5 Nc6 44. Bxc6+ Kxc6 45. Kf5
b5 46. Ke4 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Ye4,Gg4][%cal Ye4d3]}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. c5 d5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Bxe4
Nc6 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Rab1 Bd7 17. Bd6 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Na5 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Nxc6 21. Nc4 Nd4 22. Kg2 Nb5 23. a4 Nxd6 24. Nxd6+ Kc7 25. Nxf7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rf8 27. Nd6 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Rxb7+ Kc6 30. Rxa7 Kxc5 31. Ne4+ Kc6 32. Ra6+
Kd5 33. Ng5 Bd4 34. f4 e5 35. Ra5+ Kc4 36. fxe5 Rf2+ 37. Kh3 Re2 38. Nf3 Bc5
39. Ra8 h6 40. Kg4 g6 41. Ra6 Re4+ 42. Kh3 Re3 43. Nh4 g5 44. Nf5 Rxe5 45. Nxh6
Bb4 46. Nf7 Rd5 47. Rg6 Be7 48. Re6 Bc5 49. Re5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2007.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Bg2 Qf6
15. Ra2 Ne5 16. g5 Qf5 17. Qd4 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Qe6 19. fxe4 Qxa2 20. Qe5+ Qe6
21. Bb2 d2+ 22. Ke2 Bh5+ 23. f3 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bd6 f5 27.
e5 Kd7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Kf2 Be8 30. Rxd2 Bc6 31. Bf1 Bd5 32. Ke3 Rhg8 33. Kf4
Rg7 34. Bd3 Rf7 35. Rg2 Bb3 36. Rg5 Kd5 37. Rxf5 Kd4 38. Be4 Rxf5+ 39. Kxf5 Bd5
40. Bxd5 Kxd5 41. e6 Rg8 42. e7 Kc6 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 Rg6 15.
Rd1 Ng4 16. Bg3 f5 17. f3 Ne3 18. Qxe3 f4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qxf4 O-O-O 21. Qh4
Bh6 22. Kh1 Be3 23. e5 Qg7 24. Bf1 Rg8 25. Qh3 Kb8 26. Ne4 h4 27. Nf6 Rd8 28.
Qxe6 h3 29. g4 Bxd4 30. Bxh3 c5 31. Bg2 Rh6 32. Qf5 Rdh8 33. Nh5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5+
Bxe5 35. Rab1 Rg8 36. Rd7 Bc8 37. Re7 Bd4 38. h3 b4 39. Ng3 Ra6 40. Bf1 Rh8 41.
Bxc4 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Rah6 43. Nh5 R6xh5 44. gxh5 Rxh5 45. Rh1 Rg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg3
47. Re8 Rxf3+ 48. Ke2 Rf6 49. Rhh8 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Bxh8 51. Ba6 Kc7 52. Rxc8+ Kb6
53. Kxf2 Bd4+ 54. Ke2 Kxa6 55. b3 Kb7 56. Rg8 Kb6 57. Kd3 a6 58. Kc4 Bf2 59.
Rg6+ Ka5 60. Kd5 Kb5 61. Kd6 Be3 62. Rf6 Bg1 63. Rf8 Bh2+ 64. Kd5 Kb6 65. Rf6+
Kb5 66. Rc6 Bg1 67. Kd6 Bh2+ 68. Kd7 a5 69. Rg6 a4 70. Kc8 axb3 71. axb3 Bf4
72. Kb7 c4 73. Rb6+ Ka5 74. bxc4 Ka4 75. Kc6 b3 76. Kd5 Bc7 77. Rb7 Ba5 78. c5
Ka3 79. Kc4 b2 80. c6 Ka2 81. Ra7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {This simple developing move is very topical nowadays. It's
starting to replace the rather heavily analysed} (10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 {, where
apart from the unclear main line} h5 {White has to reckon also with} (11...
Nbd7 {or}) (11... Rg8 $5)) ({Similar to the text-move is the continuation} 10.
Ne5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f8,Yf2f4] Just as after 10.0-0, White's attacking plan
is to open the <->f with a quick f4, something which is more difficult to
achieve in the 10.h4 lines. Here Black's most usual reaction is} Nbd7 {, but
in this case the inverted move-order is more flexible and gives White a wider
choice:} (10... Bg7 $143 11. h4 $1 $36 {, but the less tested}) (10... h5 $5 {
should be considered more seriously,} 11. h3 (11. h4 g4 {-10.h4}) 11... Nbd7
$13 {is far from clear. Another reason, why 10...h5!? deserves attention, will
be shown below.}) 11. O-O {transposes into the game, with} (11. h4 {or}) (11.
Qc2 $5 {also deserving attention.})) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 ({The older
continuation} 11. d5 {is harmless, after} cxd5 12. exd5 (12. Nxb5 Nxe4 $1 $15)
12... Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Bg7 (14... c3 15. Qc2 $44) 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Re1
Rc8 17. Rc1 N5b6 $5 $132 {Black has excellent piece-play and little to fear.})
11... Bg7 {The main alternative to this logical developing move is} (11... h5 {
, after} 12. Nxd7 ({Here nobody plays the time-consuming} 12. h3 {- this
transposes into the above line 10.Ne5 h5!?.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 {White's
main try is currently} 14. Qc1 $5 {Now Black has a wide choice, possibly the
best is the most radical solution} c5 $5 (14... Nh7 15. f4 Be7 16. Qe3 O-O-O
17. Rad1 f6 18. fxg5 fxe5 $5 19. gxh6 exd4 20. Qg3 Qe8 21. Qg7 Rd7 $1 22. Rf7
$1 Ng5 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxd4 Rh7 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bxh5 $36 {
[%csl Gg2,Gh4] _|_o^g,h,Radjabov,T (2729)-Comp Deep Junior/Florence/2006/
After great complications White was better, but in the final phase the
computer managed to turn the game around completely.}) (14... Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4
16. Qxg5 c5 (16... Rg6 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. a4
b4 22. Nb5 $1 cxb5 23. axb5 Kd7 24. Rxa7 Ke8 25. Qxc4 $40 {Nielsen,P (2644)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/Monte Carlo rpd/2006/}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 $5 {seems
stronger, the line from the game} b4 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Nd5 Rg6 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21.
Bxf6 Qxe4 22. f3 $16 {is now insufficient.}) 17... b4 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Nd5 Rg6
20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxe4 22. f3 gxf3 23. Rd4 Qe2 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Rad1 Qh1+
26. Kf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qf3+ {1/2,Klimov,
S (2481)-Potkin,V (2556)/Pardubice op/2006/}) (14... Rg6 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. Bg3 f5
17. f3 Ne3 ({The seemingly more natural} 17... Nf6 18. Be5 $44 ({or even} 18.
b3 $5 $36 {give White a promising position, Black has problems with his
exposed P and the safety of his K.})) 18. Qxe3 f4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qxf4 O-O-O
21. Qh4 Bh6 22. Kh1 Be3 23. e5 Qg7 24. Bf1 Rg8 25. Qh3 Kb8 26. Ne4 $16 {
Iljin,A (2538)-Potkin,V (2593)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/ Although Black is not fully
devoid of <=>, activating his ץb7 remains a serious problem.}) 15. dxc5 b4 16.
Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qf4 Ng4 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Nd5 $8 {This sacrifice is typical, but
also practically forced.} exd5 20. exd5 Qxc5 21. Rfe1 Bh6 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Bd4
Bxf5 24. Bxc5 Kd8 $6 (24... O-O-O $142 25. Bxc4 Bf4 $13 {/=/+}) 25. Bxc4 Bd7
26. h3 Nf6 27. Bd3 $16 {Aronian,L (2744)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo rpd/2007/
}) ({Other alternatives on move 11 are inferior, an example, which should
definitely be avoided, is} 11... b4 $6 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6
cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0,Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,
B/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 12. Nxd7 {An immediate exchange may seem surprising,
but after} (12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 {/\0-0,c5<=> White has nothing concrete,
while Black's position is solid and he is ready to play in the [+].}) 12...
Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5 (13. Be5 $5 $44 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4 Lutz}) 13... Nd5 14.
Ne4 Bf8 15. a4 Be7 16. Bg4 a6 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 O-O-O 20. Rfc1
Kb8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 b4 23. a5 $44 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7,Gongora,M (2441)-Ruiz,
O (2273)/Santa Clara/2007/ Here White's compensation is even more distinct,
than after the text-move.}) 13. Bd6 a6 $5 ({The immediate} 13... Bf8 14. Bxf8
Rxf8 (14... Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 g4 {Pantsulaia,L (2510)
-Karjakin,S (2645)/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/} 18. Ne4 $36 {/\Nd6}) {probably
isn't ideal. Contrary to the following note, White has forced the exchange of
B without having to play Bh5, this allows him to play} 15. a4 $1 a6 (15... b4
16. Nb1 a5 {Chuchelov,V (2539)-Fridman,D (2626)/Bundesliga/2007/} 17. Nd2 $1
$36) 16. e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. b3 $1 $44 {-> It's more
dangerous to attack directly Black's K, than the Pf7 (as in Radjabov-Anand
below).}) (13... e5 $2 {fails to} 14. Bg4 $1 ({Less energetic, but also good is
} 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Nxa4 $36 {Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/
ESP-chT Sant Lluis/2005/ An unforced, but nice sample line, which proves how
difficult Black's life is after accepting the sacrifice, is} Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4
19. Qxa4+ Qd7 20. Qa6 Rc8 21. Rd1 Rc6 22. Qa3 Qb7 23. Bc5 $1 $36 {/\} Qb5 24.
Qxa7 $1 Rxc5 25. Qa8+ Ke7 26. Qa7+ Ke8 27. Bh5 $1 Rf8 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qa8+
Ke7 30. Qd8+ Ke6 31. Rd6#) 14... h5 (14... exd4 15. e5 $1 {shows the crucial
difference in comparison with the game: Black misses the important a6 move:}
Nxe5 (15... c5 $2 16. Nxb5 $18) 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Rad1
h5 20. Bf5 {[%cal Rf5g6] and the threat Bg6 costs Black at least a piece after}
Kf7 21. Bxe5 $18) 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Qd4 g4 18. f4 gxf3 19. Rxf3
Rh7 20. Raf1 Bh8 21. Rg3 Bg7 22. Rf6 $1 Qd7 23. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 24. e6 $18 {
Izoria,Z (2606)-Riazantsev,A (2599)/Corsica rpd/2005/}) 14. a4 ({Another
important crossroads, perhaps more promising is} 14. Bh5 $5 Bf8 (14... e5 $2
15. f4 $3 $40 {gives White a huge attack:} gxf4 (15... exd4 16. Qg4 Nf8 17.
fxg5 Qxd6 18. Rxf7 Kd8 19. Rxg7 Bc8 20. Qh4 Bd7 21. e5 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qxe5 23. g6+
{1-0,Pashikian,A (2527)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2501)/WChJ Yerevan/2006/}) 16.
dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Ke6 19. Rad1 Bxd6 20. Qg4+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Ke6
22. Ne2 c5 (22... Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 26. Qxh6+ Rf6
27. Rxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rd6+ Kxd6 29. Qxf6+ $18 {/\} Kd5 30. Nc3+ Kd4 31. Qd6#) 23.
Nxf4+ Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. Qxd7+ Ke5 27. Qxb7 Rd8
28. Rf1 $18) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxb7 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 {1-0,Agrest,E 
(2570)-Kulaots,K (2557)/Turin olm/2006/}) 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Here White again has
a wider choice:} 16. e5 ({Agrest recommends the yet untested} 16. b3 $5) ({
Another novelty is} 16. d5 $146 Qe7 ({Critical is} 16... Ne5 $142 $1 $13) 17.
b3 cxb3 (17... b4 $5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 $13) 18. Qxb3 $2 (18. axb3 $1 $44) 18... Nf6
$1 $15 (18... Ne5 $143 $6 19. Rac1 c5 20. dxe6 O-O-O 21. exf7 Rd3 22. Be2 Qxf7
23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rcd1 c4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. f3 Kb8 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 $16 {
Gajewski,G (2540)-Dreev,A (2633)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/})) 16... Qb6 17. Ne4 (17.
b3 {Agrest} c5 18. d5 O-O-O $1 19. bxc4 Nxe5 $13) 17... O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19.
b3 $5 $146 (19. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 $1 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 $36 23.
Qxh6 Ka7 $1 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re3 Rd6 26. h4 Nf4 27. hxg5 Nxe6 $19 {Radjabov,T 
(2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz rpd m/2006/}) (19. Qe2 c5 $132) 19... f6 $6 (19...
c3 $142 $5 $13) 20. bxc4 fxe5 {Ernst,S (2504)-Van Wely,L (2675)/NED-chT/2006/}
{Now the logical} 21. c5 $1 Qc7 22. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd6] enables White to
retain the strong Nd6.}) (14. d5 {leads nowhere after} cxd5 (14... Ne5 $2 15.
dxe6 Nd3 16. e5 Bxe5 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg7 19. Bxe5+ Nxe5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21.
Rad1 Qc7 22. Bxg6 Kxg6 23. Qe6+ Kh5 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Ng3+ {1-0, Ris,R (2403)
-Kvisla,J (2134)/Catalan Bay/2007/}) 15. exd5 Nf8 $1 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bf3 Qd7
$15) ({Another immensely complicated attempt is} 14. e5 $5 c5 15. Bh5 Bf8 (
15... cxd4 16. Qg4 $1 Nf8 $8 17. Qxd4 $16) 16. d5 $5 (16. Bxf8 {has not been
tested yet, but is far from clear:} Kxf8 (16... Rxf8 $2 17. d5 Qb6 18. dxe6
Qxe6 19. Bg4 $40 {is bad, but Lutz's suggestion}) (16... Nxf8 $5 {seems to be
a plausible alternative.}) 17. f4 f5 $1 18. exf6 (18. d5 $5 gxf4 19. Ne2 Bxd5
$5 20. Nxf4 Nb6 $13) 18... Nxf6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qg4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22.
Rxf6+ Ke7 23. Rf7+ Kd6 24. Rxb7 dxc3 $44) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxf7+ (17. exd6 e5 18.
f4 $5 $44) 17... Kxf7 18. dxe6+ Kg7 (18... Kxe6 $5 {Lutz}) 19. exd6 Ne5 20. f4
Nd3 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. f5 Nf4 23. Rxf4 gxf4 24. Rd1 Rhg8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Kh7
27. Qe2 Rg7 $1 {Agrest,E (2591)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/FRA-chT Asnieres sur
Seine/2006/} 28. d7 Rag8 29. Kf1 $1 $13 {/\} Qh4 30. Qe4 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32.
Kxg2 $11 {Agrest}) 14... e5 15. Bg4 {[%mdl 64] Although this leads to
interesting tactical complications, it's not the only move White has.} ({
The alternative is} 15. d5 $5 c5 {[%cal Rd8b6] /\Qb6 Again the insertion of a4
and a6 helps Black, now he threatens to trap White's Bd6} 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17.
Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8 {Izoria,Z (2646)-Erenburg,S (2582)/WCup Khanty
Mansiysk/2005/} 20. Bg4 $1 $44) 15... exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {White's tactical
threats can't be ignored.} (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Qxd4 $1 h5 (17... Nf3+ 18. gxf3
Bxd4 19. Rfe1+ $18) 18. Rfe1 (18. Bf5 $2 Rh6 $1) 18... f6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20.
Rxe5+ Kf8 (20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5+ Kf7 22. Be6+ Kg6 23. Rd1 {/\} Qf6 24. Bf5+ $1
Qxf5 25. Rd6+ $18) 21. Qc5+ Kf7 22. Be6+ Kg6 23. Rd1 $18) (16... dxc3 $2 17. e6
Nf6 18. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Qf6 20. exf7+ Kd7 21. Rad1 c2 22. Rd2 $18) 17. Bf3
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A dangerous novelty; by taking the e4-square under control
White wants to retain his powerful Bd6 and keep Black's K in the [+]. Although
it probably hasn't been used in previous practice, this idea has earlier been
analysed by Golubev & Notkin.} (17. Re1 Nxe5 $1 (17... dxc3 $2 {is slightly
better than one move earlier, but still insufficient due to} 18. e6 Nf6 (18...
Ne5 19. e7 Qxd6 (19... Qb6 20. Bxe5 $18) 20. Qxd6 Nxg4 21. Rad1 Bd4 22. bxc3
$18) 19. Bh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qf6 21. exf7+ Kd7 22. Rad1 Kc6 23. Be5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5
Bxe5 25. Qg6+ Kc7 26. Qe6 Bd4 27. bxc3 $18) 18. Bxe5 O-O {Black has
safeguarded his K and his o^ are dangerous. Although the position is not
completely clear, White is the one, who must fight for equality.} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd2
Qd7 27. Rac1 Rac8 {Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz rpd m/2006/} 28. axb5
axb5 29. Rcd1 b4 30. Nc1 $132 {Korotylev}) 17... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Already
Black's immediate reaction is a serious, possibly even decisive mistake.} (
17... dxc3 $2 18. Bxb7 cxb2 19. Rb1 Ra7 20. Bc6 $40) (17... Bxe5 $2 18. Re1 $1
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 dxc3 20. bxc3 $40 {/+- practically paralyzes Black.}) (17... Bxf3
$2 18. Qxf3 {also gives Black a dreary choice:} Nxe5 (18... dxc3 19. e6 Ne5 20.
exf7+ (20. Bxe5 $2 O-O $1) 20... Kd7 21. Qd5 Nxf7 (21... Nd3 22. Rae1 $1 Nxe1
23. Rxe1 Ra7 24. Be5+ Kc8 25. Qc6+ Rc7 26. Bxc7 $18) 22. Rad1 $5 (22. Bxc5+ Kc7
23. Qxf7+ Qd7 24. Bd6+ Kc8 25. Qd5 Ra7 26. axb5 $1 cxb2 27. Qxc4+ $18) 22...
Nxd6 23. Qxd6+ Kc8 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. bxc3 $18) 19. Qd5 $1 dxc3 (
19... Qb6 20. Qxa8+ Kd7 21. Nd5 $16 {/\} Qxd6 22. Qb7+ Ke6 23. axb5) 20. Rae1
$18 {[%cal Re1e5,Rd5c6] ->,/\Qc6,Re5}) ({Black must be even more generous,
than Anand:} 17... Nxe5 $142 $1 18. Bxb7 (18. Bxe5 $2 Bxf3 $19) 18... Qxd6 19.
Bxa8 O-O $1 (19... Qd8 20. axb5 Qxa8 (20... dxc3 21. Bc6+ Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qxd1
23. Raxd1 $16) 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22. Qa4 O-O 23. Ra7 $36) 20. Bf3 (20. Be4 b4 $36 {
[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5 is similar}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 b4 $44 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4,Gc5,
Gd4] /-/+ The avalanche of black o^ is very dangerous and should fully
compensate even a whole R.} (21... Qf4 $5 $36)) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Gd6][%mdl 128] The most forceful continuation of the attack, supporting
the Bd6} (19. Qf3 $143 Rb6 {and Black is prepared to get rid off the main
enemy:} 20. e6 $5 (20. Nd5 Rxd6 21. exd6 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qxd6 (22... O-O $5) 23.
axb5 f5 24. Qxf5 Qxd5 25. Rxa6 {is unclear, but hardly dangerous for Black -
he has more than one playable move:} d3 (25... Rf8 {or even}) (25... g4 $5))
20... Nf6 21. Bxc5 (21. Ne4 Rxd6 (21... fxe6 22. Bxc5 Kf7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24.
Nd6+ Kg6 25. b4 $1 $40) 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qa8+ Qd8 (23... Ke7 24. Qb7+ Kxe6
25. axb5 $44) 24. Qb7 Qe7 $11) 21... Rxe6 $5 (21... dxc3 $2 22. Rad1 Qc7 23.
Bxb6 Qxb6 24. e7 Nd7 25. Rfe1 $1 Be5 (25... cxb2 26. Qa8+ Nb8 27. Qb7 $1 $18)
26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rxe5 $16 {/\} cxb2 28. e8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Rd5+ Kc6
31. Qd7#) (21... g4 22. Qf5 $40) 22. Rad1 (22. Rfe1 Qc8 23. Bxd4 O-O $11) 22...
Qc8 $5 23. Bxd4 O-O $11) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. f4 $1 gxf4 (20... Bxf4 21.
Bxf4 O-O 22. Bd6 {/\} Re8 23. Qf3 $18 {nets White a whole R.}) 21. Qh5 $40) (
19... b4 20. f4 $40 {also opens up the files against Black's K. Another strong
reason why White didn't play 19.Qf3 on the previous move was preparation of
the f4 advance.}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 $5 $40 (21. Ra6 Rb6 22. Qa1 $1 $36 {
is also good for White, but the text-move is even more energetic and dangerous.
}) 21... gxf4 ({Various N retreats don't help:} 21... Nd3 22. Qe2 Kd7 23. Ra6
$1 {/\ cuts off the Kd7} f5 24. fxg5 $40 {/+-}) (21... Nc6 22. Qf3 $1 {[%cal
Re4f6] /\Nf6} f5 (22... Rd7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxc6 Be7 25. Ra8 $18) 23. Qh5+ (
23. Nf6+ $6 Kf7) (23. fxg5 $40) 23... Rf7 24. Rfe1 fxe4 25. Rxe4+ Be5 26. fxe5
$18) 22. Qh5 Rb6 (22... Nd3 23. Qd5 $18) ({Perhaps slightly more resilient was
} 22... d3 $5 23. Bxe5 O-O {, but even this shouldn't save the game after} 24.
Bxg7 (24. Rxf4 $2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd4+) (24. Ra8 $5 $40 {/\} Qxa8 $2 25. Nf6+ Kh8
26. Qf5 $18) 24... Kxg7 25. Ra6 $16) 23. Bxe5 $18 Qd5 (23... O-O 24. Rxf4 {/\}
f6 25. Ra7 $1 fxe5 26. Qg4 $18) 24. Rxf4 Rg6 (24... Bxe5 25. Ra8+ $1 Kd7 (25...
Qxa8 26. Qxe5+ $18) (25... Ke7 26. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 26. Rxf7+ Kc6 27. Qg6+ Bd6 28.
Rxh8 $18 {White is R up and his -> still continues.}) 25. Nd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
Although he had more than one way to win, Iljin winds up the game in style.} ({
More mundane solutions are} 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg7 $18 {or}) (25. Qf3 Bxe5 26.
Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxd5 Bxf4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Qxc5+ $18) 25... Rxd6 26. Rxf7 $1 Bxe5
(26... Qxf7 27. Ra8+ Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Qxf7 Bxe5 30. Qd5+ $18) 27. Rb7+ {
White gains access to a8 after all!} Kf8 (27... Rg6 28. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 29. Ra8+
$18) 28. Ra8+ (28. Ra8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 h6 13. e4 dxc4 14. h3 b5 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Re1 Rb8 19. Re3 Qa5 20. e5 Nh7 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Nd6 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Qb6 24. Qc1 Ng5 25. Ra3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxd4 27. Be3
Qxe5 28. Rxa6 Qxd6 29. Rxc6 Qd3 30. Rc7 Ne5 31. Bg2 Bd6 32. Rxa7 Rb8 33. Qd2
Bb4 34. Qxd3 cxd3 35. Kf1 d2 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Kd1 Nc4 38. Bf3 Nb2+ 39. Kc2 d1=Q+
40. Bxd1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Bg6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Rfd8
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nb4 17. Ne2 Bc7 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Bxb6 20. Nc3 e5 21. Ne2
exd4 22. Nxd4 a5 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Qc7 28. g3 h6 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Ra1 Rd8 31. Qxa5 Qb8 32. Nc5 Rd2 33. b3 Rb2 34.
Rd1 Rc2 35. Nd7 Qb7 36. Nf8+ Kg8 37. Rd8 Na2 38. Nxg6+ Kh7 39. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Stork Young Masters op"]
[Site "Hengelo"]
[Date "2007.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Qxb3 14. axb3
Nef6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Ra5 Bc2 17. b4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. b5 Nb6 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. e3 Nc4 22. Rc5 Re6 23. b4 Bf5 24. b5 Nb2 25. Rxc6 Nd3 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Bxd5
Re7 28. Rc5 Bh3 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Rc3 Bf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
g4 e6 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxb6
Nb5 22. Nd4 Nc7 23. Qf4 Ne6 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Ne4 Bc8 27. Bc7 Rb4
28. Nd6 Bb7 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Rc6 a5 32. Rdc1 e5 33. Ra6 Ra7 34.
Rcc6 a4 35. b4 a3 36. b5 Rxa6 37. bxa6 Ra7 38. Rb6 Ke8 39. Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.04.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qc2
a6 16. Rae1 b5 17. Nd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 f4 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. Nce4 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bh6
22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Bc3 Nb7 24. Nf3 Nd4 25. Rb1 Ba4 26. Rb2 Rae8 27. Rbf2 Bd7 28.
Kh2 Kh8 29. Kh1 Bc8 30. g4 Nd8 31. g5 Bg7 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Bd2 Rxf2 34. Rxf2
Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qg3 Be5 37. Qh4 Bf5 38. Bf4 Bg6 39. Bxe5+ dxe5 40. Qg3
Nf7 41. Nf6 Qb8 42. Ng4 d3 43. Qf2 Qd8 44. h4 h6 45. Qe3 Qe7 46. Nf2 hxg5 47.
h5 Bh7 48. Be4 Nd6 49. Bxh7 Kxh7 50. Nxd3 e4 51. Nxc5 Qe5 52. Ne6 Kh6 53. c5
Nb5 54. a4 Qxd5 55. Nxg5 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd3 57. Qf4 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qxh5+ 59. Kg3
Na7 60. Nxe4+ Kg7 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qxa6 Qe5+ 63. Kf3 Qf5+ 64. Ke3 Qh3+ 65. Kd4
Qd7+ 66. Kc3 Qe7 67. Qg6+ Kf8 68. Kc4 Qh4 69. Kd5 Qe1 70. Qd6+ Kf7 71. Qd7+ 1-0

