[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. a4 Ngf6 8. Ba2
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a5 Qe7 11. d5 c5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Bc4 Qh4 14. a6 b6 15. Bb5
Nc7 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Nf6 19. Ra3 Bh6 20. Nh5 Ng4 21. Nf6+ Nxf6
22. g3 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxh6 Rd8 25. f4 f5 26. Re3 Bd7 27. Bd3 exf4 28.
Rxf4 Nf6 29. Re7 Rf8 30. Bg5 Rbd8 31. Rf1 b5 32. c4 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Ne4 34. Bf4
Rfe8 35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. g4 g5 37. Bc1 f4 38. h4 h6 39. Rf3 Rb8 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Rh3 Bd7 42. Be2 Re8 43. Rb3 Ng3 44. Bd3 c4 45. Bxc4 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rxc1 47.
Rb7 Bxg4 48. Bd3 Nh1+ 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kh2 Bc8 51. Rb8 g4 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Qc2 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Bd6
7. Bd3 Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 $6 {Als besser gilt 9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 mit einem
kleinen weißen Vorteil, siehe u.a. Dautov,R-Ribli,Z (BL 1996/97). Dies ist
auch der Grund, warum heutzutage fast ausschließlich 7...0-0 8.0-0 dxc4
gespielt wird.} (9. e4 {Tsesarsky} dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. h3 (11. Rd1 h6 12. h3
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Be3 $11 {1-0 Tibensky,R-Marsalek,I/Ceske
Budejovice op 1992 (32)}) 11... exd4 (11... Re8 12. Re1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14.
Be2 Ng6 15. Bf1 Nh4 $132 {1-0 Rizouk,A-Rabinovich,A/WchJM-U16 Szeged 1994 (41)}
) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Nf4 16. Rfe1 $132 (16. Bf3 $4
Nxh3+ $1 $17 17. Kh1 (17. gxh3 Qe5 $19) 17... Qe5 {0-1 Nikolic,N-Sherbakov,R/
Cheliabinsk 1989 (25)})) (9. Rd1 {Tsesarsky} e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 exd4 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. f4 Qh5 17. Be4 Bg4 18.
Re1 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Browne,W-Kaidanov,G/Reno op 1992 (32)}) (9. Re1 {Tsesarsky}
e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Banic,
S-Kodela,M/Portoroz 1996 (17)}) (9. a3 {Tsesarsky} h6 (9... Re8 10. Re1 e5 11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. g3 (13. f4 Qh5 14. g3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 $17 {
1-0 Neumann,P-Suran,J/op, Ceske Budejovice CZE 1996 (36)}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4
Bf5 15. e4 $132) 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Ba2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ncd7
15. Nd4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Be5 17. Nce2 Nf8 18. Bc3 Bb8 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Ne4 e5 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Maric,A-Miles,A/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998 (34)}
) (9. c5 Bc7 10. e4 $14 dxe4 {Tsesarsky} 11. Nxe4 Nd5 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6
13. Bd2 (13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bd3 (14. a4 $5 Rd8 15. Ra3 e5 16. Nxe5 Rxd4 17. Nxc6
$1 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. f3 Re1+ 20. Kf2 Rxc1 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qxc1 Kxe7 $14 {
ZÜ 1-0 Levin,F-Bagirov,V/Nuernberg Weilburg op 1996 (40)}) 14... Nd5 (14... Rd8
15. Bd2 Rd5 16. Bc4 Rh5 17. h3 Nd5 18. Qe4 $14 {1-0 Shipov,S-Novgorodskij,V/
Chigorin mem open, St Petersburg RUS 1997 (27)}) 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Ne5 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Re4 Qg5 19. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Rodriguez,M/Simul Tenerife,
Islas Canarias 1997 (23)}) 13... Rd8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 (14... Nf6 15. Bd3 a5 16. a3
Bd7 17. b4 b6 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. g3 $14 {Belichev,N-Kelly,B/EuJun, Tallinn EST
1997/1-0 (62)}) 15. b4 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. Rab1 a6 18. g3 $14 {1-0 Malakhatko,
V-Belichev,N/ch-U20 UKR, Simferopol 1997 (40)}) 12. a3 (12. Bd2 Rd8 (12... e5
13. Rfe1 h6 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Rac1 g6 16. a3 Kg7 17. h4 Qf6 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Nc3
Ne7 20. Bxh6+ $3 Kxh6 21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Nce4 Qf4 23. g3 {1-0 Ruzele,D-Jugelt,T/
4th Open, Wichern GER 1997 (26)}) 13. Rae1 f6 14. Nd6 Nf8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16.
Re4 Qf7 17. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Dreev,A/It, Linares ESP 1997 (65)}) 12...
e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Qe4 (
18. Bf5 $16) 18... g6 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 21. Bg5 Qxg5 (21... Qf5 22.
g4 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 Kxh7 24. dxe5 $18) 22. Qxg5 Kxh7 23. dxe5 $18 {1-0 Dokutchaev,
A-Kharitonov,S/Petrov mem, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (26)}) 9... h6 (9... e5 {
Tsesarsky} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 exd4 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 $14) 10. a3 (10. e4
{Tsesarsky} dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 e5 $132) 10... Re8 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5
(12... b5 {Tsesarsky} 13. Ba2 e5 14. d5 $14) 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Rad1 Nh5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf4,Rg2][%cal Yh5f4,Yf4g2] Nun wirkt sich aus,
daß der weiße Königsflügel geschwächt ist.} 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb3 Be6 $6 {
Ein spekulatives Bauernopfer, daß durch die drohenden schwarzen Figuren
begründet wird.} (18... Qc7 $11) 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd7 $6 {Weiß entfernt eine
weitere Figur von seinem König. Nach 20.Qxb7 erscheint die schwarze
Kompensation ungenügend.} (20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Nf4 (21... Rxb2 {Tsesarsky}
22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Qxf7 $18) 22. Kh1) 20... Rf8 (20... b6 $15 {Tsesarsky}) 21. f3
$2 {Nach diesem Zug geht die Initiative definitiv an Schwarz über.} (21. Rxb7 {
ist konsequent. Es sieht so aus, als sei die Stellung ausgeglichen.} Nf4 (21...
Rg6 $6 {Mit der Drohung ...Qg5 und ...Nf4 erscheint ungenau, da der Rf8 wegen
des Angriffs gegen f7 nicht ziehen kann.} 22. Kh1 Nf4 (22... Qg5 23. Rg1 Qf4
24. Qd1 $16) 23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Qd1 $16) (21... Qg5 22. Kh2 (22. Qd1 Nf4 23. Qf3
Rg6 24. g3 Nxh3+ 25. Kh2 Qa5 $1 26. Qe2 (26. Kxh3 Qa6 $1 $19) 26... Ng5 27. Rd1
Ne6 $132) 22... Rg6 23. Rg1 Qf4+ $17) 22. Kh1 (22. Qd1 Rg6 23. g3 Nxh3+) 22...
Rd8 $1 {Es droht ...Nxg2, außerdem ist Qd1 verhindert.} (22... Nxg2 23. Kxg2
Rg6+ 24. Kf3 (24. Kh1 Qg5 $19) 24... Qh5+ 25. Ke3 Qxh3+ 26. Ke2 $16) (22... Rg6
23. Rg1 {- 21...Rg6}) (22... Qg5 {Tsesarsky} 23. Rg1 Qh4 (23... Rd8 24. Rb8 (
24. Rxa7 Rd3 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. Ra8 Nxh3 $19) 24... Red6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2
Rd3 27. f3 Qh4 28. Rf1 (28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qf2 30. Qg1 Qxb2 $17) 28... Nxh3
29. gxh3 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Qf2 $16) (23... Rd6 $1 24. Rb8 (
24. Rxa7 Qh4 25. Qc2 Nxh3 26. g3 Qh5 $19) 24... Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Rd8 26. Qxa7 Rd2
$44) 24. Nd1 Rxe4 (24... Rg6 25. Qf3 $16) (24... Rd6 25. Qf3 Rd3 26. Ne3 $16 (
26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Rd2 28. f3 Rfd8 29. Ne3 $16)) 25. Rxa7 Rd4 26. Qf3 Rd3
27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Rf1 Ng6 (28... Rxb2 29. Ra4 $18) 29. b4 $16) 23. Rd1 Qg5 24.
Rxd8+ Kh7 25. g4 (25. g3 $2 Qh5 $17) 25... Qxd8 26. Rxf7 Qd3 27. Rxf4 Rxe4 $1
28. Rxe4 Qf1+ $11) 21... Nf4 22. Rf2 (22. Kh1 {Tsesarsky} Qh5 23. Nd1 Nxh3 (
23... Rg6 $19) 24. Ne3 Nf4+ 25. Kg1 Rg6 $19) 22... Rg6 23. Kf1 Nh5 {Mit der
Drohung ...Qh2, und ...Ng3+, aber vielleicht ist 23...Qh5!? noch stärker.} (
23... Qh5 $5 {/\ ...Ng2, /\ ...Nh3} 24. Ne2 (24. Rdd2 b5 (24... b6 $17 {
Tsesarsky}) 25. Ne2 Nxg2 26. Rxg2 Rxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg5+ $19) (24. Nd1 Nxh3 $1 25.
Rfd2 (25. gxh3 Qxh3+ 26. Ke2 Qxd7 $19) 25... Nf4 $17) (24. Qxb7 $2 Rxg2 $1 $19)
24... Nxh3 $1 25. gxh3 Qxh3+ 26. Ke1 Qxd7) 24. f4 $5 (24. Kg1 Nf4 25. Kf1 Qh5
$1 $40) (24. g4 {Tsesarsky} Nf4 25. Rfd2 Nxh3 26. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28.
Qxf7 Rf6 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ (30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Rd3 $8 Ne6 $19) 30... Qxe8 31.
Rxe8 Rxf3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 $17) 24... Nxf4 25. Qxb7 Qg5 (25... a5 $17 {Tsesarsky})
26. Rdd2 (26. Qxa7 {Tsesarsky} Nxg2 27. Ne2 Ne3+ 28. Ke1 Nc4 $17) 26... a5 27.
Qc7 Rf6 28. Qd7 (28. Rd8 Rxd8 (28... Qxg2+ {Tsesarsky} 29. Rxg2 Nd5+ 30. Ke2
Nxc7 $17) 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 $40) 28... Nd5 $1 $17 29. Kg1 (29. Nxd5 Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2
Qc1+ 31. Ke2 cxd5 32. exd5 Qxb2+ $17) (29. Rxf6 Qxd2 $19 (29... Qxd2 {Tsesarsky
} 30. exd5 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qxb2+ 32. Kg1 gxf6 33. Qxc6 Qxa3 $19)) 29... Rxf2 (
29... Nxc3 {Tsesarsky} 30. bxc3 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qf4+ $19) 30. Rxf2 Nxc3 31. bxc3
Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxc3 33. Qe7 (33. Rf5 {Tsesarsky} g6 $19) 33... c5 34. Rf3 Qc4 35.
Rf5 Rc8 36. Qd7 Qe6 37. Qd2 (37. Rxf7 $142 Qxd7 (37... Qe5+ {Tsesarsky} 38. g3
Rb8 39. Qf5 Qb2+ 40. Qf2 Qxa3 41. Rd7 Qc3 $19 (41... Rb2 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rd2
Rxd2 44. Qxd2 c4 $19)) 38. Rxd7 c4 $17) 37... Qxe4 (37... c4 {Tsesarsky} 38.
Qxa5 c3 39. Rf1 c2 40. Rc1 Qxe4 $19) 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxc8 {
[#] Hecht:  Activation of the black king. At the very end, by this means, the
white a-pawn will be used as a protective shield, since the possibilities for
a counter-check due to the good white king position are rare. The other
winning idea will occur after move 48. The king stays home and enjoys diagonal
protection from the queen, who for her part escorts the c-pawn. Typical
winning procedure! An endgame Medal for the model ending . [#] Hecht: 
Aktivierung des schwarzen Königs. Dabei wird im Finale der weiße a-Bauer als
Schutzschild benutzt, da die Möglichkeiten für ein Gegenschach bei der guten
weißen Königsposition rar sind. Die andere Gewinnmöglichkeit wird nach Zug 48
aktuell. Der König bleibt daheim und genießt diagonalen Schutz durch die Dame,
die ihrerseits den c-Freibauern eskortiert.  Typische Gewinnverfahren! Für das
Musterendspiel gibt eine Endspielmedaille,} Qe5+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43.
Kh1 Kh7 (43... Qa1+ {Tsesarsky} 44. Kh2 Qxa3 $4 45. Qe6+ $11) 44. Qc6 (44. a4 {
Tsesarsky} Qd5 45. Qc7 c4 $19) 44... Qd4 45. Qf3 a4 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kf8
48. Kh2 c4 {[#] Hecht:  This threatens Qd3 together with the advance of the
c-pawn towards c2. In this case, the black king can hide itself comfortably on
h7. Therefore, White has to immediately start checks, while the b1-h7 diagonal
is still accessible. [#] Hecht:  Droht Dd3 samt Vormarsch des c-Bauern bis
nach c2. In diesem Falle kann sich der schwarze König bequem auf h7 verstecken.
Deshalb muß Weiß sofort mit Schachs beginnen, solange die Diagonale b1-h7 noch
zugänglich ist.} 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qb7+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ Ke5 52. Qe8+ Kf4 53. Qxa4 (
53. Qf8+ {Tsesarsky} Ke3 54. Qe8+ Kd2 55. Qxa4 Qe5+ 56. Kg1 c3 $19) 53... Ke3
54. Qb4 c3 55. Qb3 Kd2 56. a4 c2 57. Qa2 Qf4+ 58. Kh1 Qb4 59. Kh2 Qd6+ {
Hecht: A different, clearer way was Hecht: Ein anderer klarer Weg war:} (59...
Kc3 {Hecht} 60. Qa1+ Qb2 61. Qe1+ Kb3 62. Qe6+ Ka3 63. Qd6+ Ka2 64. Qd5+ Ka1
$19) 60. g3 (60. Kh1 {Hecht} Kc3 61. Qa1+ Kb3 $19 {[%cal Rd6d1]}) 60... Kc3 (
60... Kd1 {Tsesarsky} 61. Qb3 Qd2+ 62. Kg1 Ke1 63. Qe6+ Qe2 $19) 61. Qa1+ Kb3
62. Qc1 Qd3 (62... Qa3 {Tsesarsky} 63. Qe3+ Ka2 64. Qe6+ Qb3 65. Qc6 Qb2 $19)
63. Qe1 Kb2 64. Qb4+ (64. Qf2 {Hecht} Qc3 {[%cal Yb2a1]}) 64... Qb3 65. Qd4+
Qc3 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kaminski,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Rb8
(8... c4 9. g4 (9. e5 $2 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 11. Nxe5 Qd4+)) (8... Ne8 $5 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Yf7f5,Ye8c7,Yb7b5,Yc7e6]}) 9. g4 b5 10. f5 b4 (10... Bb7 11.
Qe1 c4 12. Be3 cxd3 13. cxd3 Rc8 14. a3 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 a6 17. Nc3
Nd7 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Bg2 e6 {0-1 Short,N-Leko,P/EU-ch Rapid-30' 1996/EXP 55 
(42)}) (10... a5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. Nc3 Bb7
16. Qe1 b4 17. Nd1 a4 18. Rb1 b3 19. axb3 axb3 20. c3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,
E-Sideif Sade,F/URS-FL 1980/MCL 06 (41)}) 11. Qe1 Nd7 (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Qh4 e6
(12... Bb7 13. Ng5 h6 14. fxg6 Bd4+ (14... fxg6 15. Ne6 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Rxf1+ 17.
Bxf1 Qe8 18. Qxh6 Qf7 $132) (14... hxg5 15. Qh7#) 15. Kh1 fxg6 16. Qxh6 Rxf1+
17. Bxf1 Nf8 $132) (12... Nde5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Qf2 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Yc2c3]}) 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nde5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (15... fxe5 16. Bg5 Qc7
17. f6 Bh8 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Nc4 Nxc2 20. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 $2 21. f7+ Rxf7 22. Rxf7
Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ Bg7 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Qxg7 $18) 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nc4
Nf7 $6 (17... Nxc4 $142 18. dxc4 Re8 ({or} 18... Ba6 19. b3 Re8) (18... e5) 19.
Rad1 exf5 20. Bxc5 fxg4 21. Bxd6 gxh3 22. Bxb8 Qb6+ $11) 18. Qg3 Rb7 19. Rf2
Re7 20. Raf1 a4 (20... Ree8 21. g5 exf5 (21... fxg5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf7 Rxf7
24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Nxd6+ $16) 22. exf5 Bxf5 (22... Nxg5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. h4 $16)
23. Bc6 Re6 24. Bd5 Ree8 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. g6 hxg6 27. Qxg6 $18) 21. g5 $1 $16
exf5 22. exf5 fxg5 (22... Bxf5 23. gxf6) 23. f6 $1 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 Bh6 25. Bd5
$18 Re8 26. Nc4 Be6 27. Qg2 Bf8 28. Re1 Bxd5 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Qxd5 Qc8 31. Kg2
g4 32. h4 Qe8 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Re2 a3 (34... d5 35. Nb6 $1) 35. bxa3 bxa3 36.
Qd5 Qd8 37. Re6 Qb8 38. Ne3 Qb2 39. Qa8 h5 (39... Qc1 40. Re8 Qd2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+
42. Nf1 $18) 40. Re8 Qxf6 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Qe8 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 8384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O
7. Nf3 (7. Nc3 c5 $5 (7... c6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O-O (10. Qxf5 $4 Ne5
$19) 10... Nf6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Rhe1 $16 {
[%csl Rc6,Rf5] Hodgson-Myrvold/Oslo/1994/}) 8. dxc5 Be5 (8... Bxc5 $2 9. Bxf7+
$1 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gh5c5] winning a pawn.}) 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qb3 Nxc5 {[%csl Rc3]} 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Be6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qb5 Rfd8 18. g3 Kf8 19. Rd4 $11 {0-1 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Roquebrune 1992/CBM 28
(51)}) 7... a6 $6 $146 (7... Nd7 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Nb6 9. Bd3 (9. Bb3 $5) 9... f5
10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nb5 Be6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal Ge6d5]} 13. Rac1 c6 14.
Nxd6 Qxd6 15. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bc4 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dumitrescu,D-Lucheta,G/Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95 (56)}) 8... f5 {[%cal
Gd7f6]} 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qb3 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rb8
15. a5 Bd7 16. Rac1 Bb5 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 f4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nilssen,
J-Carless,D/Moscow 1994/EXP 44 (27)}) (7... c6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Qc2
g6 11. Rfe1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. e4 Bf4 14. h3 Rae8 15. Rad1 Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17.
Qc5 Qa6 (17... Qxc5 $142 18. dxc5 Nc8 $11 {[%csl Gd7,Gf4]}) 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19.
Bxc4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. e5 b5 22. Bb3 fxe5 23. dxe5 Bc8 24. Rd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Fernandes,A-Pinter,J/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (43)}) (7... Bg4 8. O-O Nd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. a3 a5 (14...
Rac8 15. b4 Rfe8 16. e4 $14) 15. Rac1 a4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bb8 18. Qc2 Ra5
19. Kg2 Nb6 20. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4c5] 1-0 Konopka,M-Plumans,D/Budapest 1996/
CBM 56/ (40)}) 8. Qc2 c5 (8... Re8 $6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12.
e4 $16) 9. Nc3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 g6 (10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3) 11. O-O Qe7 $11)
9... Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 {[%cal Gf2f4]
}) 11. O-O-O $1 {and white's position is very unpleasant.} (11. O-O $2 Bxh2+
12. Kxh2 Qc7+) (11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O (12. Rd1 $5) 12... Qc7 13. h3 Nc6 $11 {
[%csl Gc8,Gd6] Two bishops in this open position are very strong piecies.} 14.
Nd5 $140 Qa5 {[%csl Gc8,Gd6]} 15. Nxc6 $140 Qxd5 $11)) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1
Qe8 (11... Nb4 $2 12. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Be6 14. Rxd8 Bxb3 15. Rxa8 Rxa8
16. axb3 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 {[%csl Rb2]} 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Ne4 {
[%cal Gb1b2]} Kg6 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Ra2 $16 {[%csl Rb2]}) (11... Qa5 $5 12. O-O
Bg4) 12. a3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yc6b4]} Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12... Ne5 13. Bd5
Rb8 $14 {and black still has normal play.}) 13. Bd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gc2c5,Gc3d5] Now black starts to pay for unaccurate play in the opening parth
of the game.Suddenly Nd5 becomes very unpleasant threat.} Ne5 (13... h6 14. Nd5
{[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd5c7]} Bxf3 (14... Bd6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bh7+ Kg7 17. Rxd6
$18) 15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd6 Ne5 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Qd1
$16) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 f5 16. Rd5 $1 (16. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 17. Bd5 f4 $1 $132)
16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rc8 (18... Qc6 19. Rxf5 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Gf5h5]} (19. Qxf5 Bxa3) 19... Qg6 20. Qe4 (20. Ke2 $143 $5 {[%cal Gh1g1]})
20... Be7 21. Nd5 $18) 19. Qxf5 $18 g6 (19... b6 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21. Rh5 f6 22.
Rh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd8 25. Qxe8+ Kxe8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ke2 $18)
20. Qf6+ Kh7 21. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Gd5h5]} Bxe3 (21... Rg8 22. Ne4 Bxe3 23. fxe3
Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Rc2+ 25. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gg2h1,Rc2c1]}) 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23.
Kf1 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qxb2+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Rh5+ $1 {With mate in two moves.} 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $1 $11 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 {
Other possibilities too do not promise advantage:} (7. c3 Na6 (7... d5 8. a5
Na6 $132 (8... Bd6 $2 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. cxb4 Bd6 (10... Bxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. a6
$18) 11. b5 $16 {1-0 Csulits,A-Rebmann,D/Schwaebisch Gmuend ,EXT 1990 (16)})) (
7... a5 8. Nbd2 d5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxc3 $17 (
12... Be7 13. cxd4 O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Johannessen,S-Fossan,E/Drammen Norway ch
1994 (36)})) (7... cxd4 8. cxb4 Bxb4 9. Na3 a5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nfxd4 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Na6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Rc5 $15 {0-1 Kopjonkin,G-Ivanov Vladimir Ivanovich/
Slovakia ch 1996 (54)}) 8. Bf4 (8. Nbd2 $6 Rc8 9. Nb3 (9. dxc5 bxc3 10. bxc3
Nxc5 $15) 9... bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Martinovsky,
E-Schussler,H/Gausdal ,EXT 1987 (55)}) 8... Be7 (8... d5 $11) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Bd6 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Shipov,S/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (43)}) (
7. a5 Na6 (7... cxd4 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Gagloshvili,
R-Jurek,J/Mlada Boleslav 1994 (52)}) 8. c3 Be7 (8... Rc8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. e3 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Piankov,E-Conquest,S/Interclubs N1 Clichy-Le Mans 1995 (52)}) 9. Bg5 h6
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 d5 13. e5 Be7 14. h3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Qd7 (15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc2 $15) 16. Rfc1 $132 {1-0 Ouechtati,M-Pira,D/Cannes open A
1990 (38)}) (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a5 Na6 $11 {0-1 Tauber,
M-Klovans,J/Schwabisch Gmund 1996 (43)}) (7. Bg5 Na6 8. a5 Rc8 9. Re1 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 cxd4 12. e5 Qd8 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Salinnikov,D-Zubov,A/Alushta UKR 1999 (16)}) (7. Nbd2 Be7 (7... cxd4 8. Nb3 d5
(8... Be7 9. Nbxd4 (9. a5 O-O 10. Qxd4 Bd5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Bf4 Qb7
$11 {0-1 Speelman,J-Andersson,U/London P&D(8) 1980 (42)}) 9... O-O 10. a5 d5
11. h3 Qc8 12. Qd3 Ba6 $11 {0-1 Baumgartner,H-Thoma/AUT BL 1989 (40)}) 9. Nbxd4
Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qc7 15. Nxb7
Qxb7 16. a5 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Schichtel,H-Gurgenidze,B/Wildbad WchV ,EXT 1993 (45)}
) (7... d5 8. c4 (8. dxc5 Nbd7 (8... Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Bxf4
12. gxf4 Nbd7 $11 {1-0 Gereben Erno-Klauser,M/Switzerland ch Lenk Switzerland
1987 (37)}) 9. c6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. N2b3 Be7 12. a5 a6 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1
O-O $11 {1-0 Nippula,T-Fieandt,J/JSM HOSK-HSK 1992 (40)}) 8... Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Nb3 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 (11... exd5 12. Be3 $14 {0-1 Macek,V-Misanovic
Vesna/Zadar 1995 (55)})) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc4 d5 10. Nce5 O-O 11. b3 Nbd7 12.
Bb2 Rc8 13. e3 Qe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Polovnikova,E-Pokorna,R/Patras GRE 1999 (21)})
7... bxc3 (7... d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. a5 a6 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bh3 Rc7
13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Ndf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 $17) (7... cxd4
8. Nbd2 Na6 (8... Qc7 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qb7+ 13. Kg1
Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Trichkov,V-Panchenko Alexander N/Katowice 1992 (41)}) 9. Nxd4
Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nc5 11. N2b3 d5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. cxd5 Qxd5+ 15. Qxd5
Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. f3 O-O $11 {1-0 Skembris,S-Gomez,M/Rome 1984 (46)}) (7...
Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Na6 10. Nb3 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 d6 13. a5 Qc7
14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Heurung,D-Curry,R/cr NTC 1991 
(33)}) 8. Nxc3 $6 $15 {Black pawn "d" will be stronger than White "b" one.} (8.
bxc3 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbxd4 Be7 11. a5 (11. b4 $2 Bxb4 12.
Rb1 a5 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Varga,
M-Bruno,A/Buenos Aires FMDA tt ,EXT 1989 (16)}) 11... Nc6 $15 {0-1
Trichkow-Dobosz/Cuxhaven op, SW 1993 (53)}) (9. Qxd4 Nc6 $15) 9... Bxg2 10.
Kxg2 d5 $1 $15 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Bc5 $5 (11... Nbd7 $6 12. e4
$1 h6 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7 Nxe4 16. Qf3
Ndc5 (16... f5 17. Qh5+ $18) (16... Qb7 17. Rfe1 Ndc5 18. Bh4 Rd8 (18... g5 19.
b4 gxh4 (19... Qxb4 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qxa8+ Kxe7 22. Qxa7+ (22. Qxh8 Qb7+ 23.
Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qf3+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kd2 Qd5+ 26. Kc1 (26. Kc2 Qb3+ 27. Kc1)
26... Qc4+ 27. Kb1 Qb4+ (27... Qb3+ 28. Qb2) 28. Kc2 Qb3+ 29. Kc1 Nd3+ 30. Kd2
Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kxf3 Qxf2+ 33. Kg4 (33. Ke4 Nc5+ 34. Ke5 f6+ 35. Qxf6+
Qxf6#) 33... f5+ 34. Kg5 Qd2+ 35. Kh5 Qxh2+ 36. Kg5 Qxg3+ 37. Kh5 Qg4+ 38. Kh6
Qg6#) 25... Qh1+ (25... Nd3 26. Qd4 $16) 26. Ke2 Qf3+ $11) 22... Kf6 23. Re3
Kg6 24. h4 Nge4 $132)) 19. Nf5 exf5 (19... g5 20. Ng7+ Kf8 (20... Ke7 21. Rxe4
gxh4 22. Rxh4 Qxb2 $132) 21. b4 (21. Nxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Rxe4 gxh4
$19) 21... Rd2 (21... Qxb4 $2 22. Nxe6+ $1 Nxe6 23. Rxe4 Qe7 (23... Qd6 24. Qf6
Rg8 (24... Kg8 25. Ra3 (25. Bxg5 Qd5 26. f3 Nxg5 (26... Qxg5 27. Rg4) 27. Re5
Qd2+ 28. Kh1 h6 29. Rae1 Rf8 $17) 25... Qc6 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rg4 $16 (27. Rxe6
Qxe6 28. Qxg5+ Qg6 29. Qd5 $16 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8]})) 25. Rxe6 Qd5+ 26. f3 gxh4 27.
Re4 Qd2+ 28. Kh1 Rg6 (28... hxg3 29. Qe7+ Kg7 30. Rg4+ $18) 29. Qxh4 $16) 24.
Rae1 Kg7 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Rg4 $18) 22. Nxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qxe4 Qb6 (23... Qxe4+
24. Rxe4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Ke7 $17) 24. Qf5 gxh4 $19) 20. Bxd8 Kxd8 21. Rad1+ Nd7 (
21... Kc7 22. Qf4+ Nd6+ 23. Kg1 Qb6 24. a5 $18) 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 23. Rd1 Nd6 24.
Qa8+ Qc8 25. Rxd6+ Ke7 26. Qd5 $16) 17. b4 Qb8 18. Nc6 Nxg5 19. Qe3 Qc7 20.
Qxc5 Ne4 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rac1 $14)) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) (11... Be7 $5 $15) 12.
Rc1 Nbd7 13. Ncb5 a6 (13... O-O 14. b4 Bxd4 (14... Bxb4 15. Nc6 Qb6 16. Nxb4 a6
17. Rc6 Qa5 (17... Qb7 18. Rc7 Qb6 19. Be3 $18) 18. Nc7 Qxb4 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qc2 $16) 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nc6 $14) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nc3 Qb6 $15)
11... a6 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} (11... Bc5 12. Ncb5 Na6 13. b4 $3 Bxb4 (13... Nxb4 14.
Nc7+ $16) (13... Be7 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qd4 Nh5 (17...
Ne8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Be3 Nxb4 20. Qxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxa7 $14) 18. b5 Nxf4+ 19.
Qxf4 e5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. bxa6 Rhc8 $14) 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Nxb4
Nxb4 16. Nc7+ $16) 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 $2 $17 {First tactical blunder} (13. Bg5
Qb6 $15) 13... Bxb4 14. Nc6 Qb6 15. Qb3 $2 $19 {Second tactical blunder...} (
15. Nxb4 Qxb4 $17) 15... Qxc6 16. Nb5 Bc5 $1 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc2
d4+ 20. Kg1 Qd5 (20... Nd5 $19) 21. Rb1 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Kd6 24. Rb7
Rc8 (24... Ra7 $19) 25. Ba5 Rc6 26. Rcb2 e5 27. Bd2 Rb6 28. a5 Rxb7 29. Rxb7
Nc3 (29... e4 $19) 30. Rb3 Nxe2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Rxc3 e4 34. Ke2
f5 35. h3 g5 36. Rc1 Ne5 37. Rd1+ Kc6 38. Rd8 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Ra8 f3+ 41.
Kf1 Kb5 42. Re8 Nc4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj. Tsesarsky} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 {
Das alte Iljin-Genewski System ist ein recht seltener Gast im
Grossmeisterschach.} 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qg6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4
11. Rxe4 e5 {'+/-?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Pawn sacrifice.It is impossible to
solve idea of black...' So spielte schon Bronstein gegen Euwe im
Kandidatenturnier, Zürich 1953. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für rasche
Entwicklung. Bronstein meint, Weiss sollte das Angebot nicht annehmen und
ruhig 12.Re1 spielen. 12.Re3 dürfte noch stärker sein. Später spielte Schwarz
fast ausschließlich 11...Nc6. In beiden Fällen hängt Re4 jetzt echt.} ({
Ein bekannter aber instruktiver Witz ist} 11... Qxe4 $4 12. Nh4 {und der
schwarze König ist Witwer.}) (11... Nc6 {(Tsesarsky) -main line}) 12. Re1 (12.
Re3 $5 Nc6 13. dxe5 Bg4 (13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 {'+/-' Tsesarsky.}
Qf6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Re4 Qxb2 18. Re2 Qf6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rae1
$14 {Krogius-Schilow, UdSSR 1962)}) 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. c5 {'+/-' Tsesarsky.
Tsesarsky: '1/2-1/2 Amado,C-Bernat,M/ch-Argentinia 1976 (71)'} Be7 16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rad8 19. Be3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bauza,L-Estrada Degrandi,W/
URU-ch 1961/EXT 98 (46)}) 12... Nc6 13. dxe5 (13. d5 $6 {Kortschnoj} Nb4 $15)
13... Bg4 (13... Kh8 14. exd6 (14. h3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re2
$16 {1-0 Pokorny,T-Siktanc,P/CZE 1995/EXT 2000 (33)}) 14... Bxd6 15. Be3 Bg4
16. Nh4 Qh5 17. Qd5 {'+/-' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: '1/2-1/2 Porath,Y-Stolz/Varna
1962 (71)'} Bb4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Bf3 (19. Rf1 $16) 19... Qf7 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21.
Bd5 Rff8 22. Red1 Bxh3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Porath,Y-Stoltz,G/Varna 1962/MCD (71)}) 14.
h3 {'+/=?!' Tsesarsky.} (14. exd6 Bxd6 15. h3 {'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj:
'black wins:'} Be6 (15... Bxf3 {Tsesarsky} 16. Bxf3 Rad8 (16... Bxg3 {
Kortschnoj} 17. fxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nd4) 17. Be4 Qf6 18. Be3 $16)
16. Qe2 (16. Ng5 $1 Bxc4 17. Be4 $18) 16... Rae8 17. Be3 Qh5 18. g4 Qa5 19. Ng5
Kh8 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Qc2 {1-0 Halasz,T-Forgacs,G/Ballerup 1985/MCD (21)}) (14.
Re3 Kh8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Bc5 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Qe1 Re8 20. Qc3
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kriesch,A-Wempe,J/Giessen 1993/GER (50)}) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe5
(15... Nxe5 16. Be4 Qf6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Yermolinsky,
A-Zelkind,E/Chicago 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 16. Be4 {Das Läuferpaar und die
Beherrschung des Feldes d5 garantieren den weissen Vorteil; der Haupttrumpf
von Schwarz ist das Feld d4 für den Springer.} Qf6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qc2 (18.
Qh5 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 18... h6 (18... g6 {Tsesarsky} 19. Rad1 Bb4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 (22... exd4 23. Bxb7) 23. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 c6
$14) 19. Rad1 $14 Rxd1 (19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Bxb7 d3 23.
Qd2 $16) 20. Rxd1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Bxb7 {'?!' Kortschnoj.} (22. c5 {
Kortschnoj} c6 23. b4 $14) 22... c6 {[%csl Rb7,Rg2] Tsesarsky: 'The bishop is
cut off from center but to catch it is impossible.' '©' Kortschnoj. Der Druck
gegen f2, die ungleichfarbige Läufer und das zeitweilige Abseits von Bb7
erlauben es Schwarz im trüben zu fischen. Auf lange Sicht sollte der Mehrbauer
aber den Ausschlag geben. Sollte!} 23. Rd3 {'©?' Tsesarsky. Cf. Nimzowitsch:
"Der Freibauer sei ein Verbrecher, der hinter Schloss und Riegel gehöre: milde
Massnahmen, wie polizeiliche Aufsicht (und zweifellos auch 'alternative'
Strafen!) seien nicht genügend!"} (23. Qe2 {Tsesarsky} Bc5 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. Qg4
$1 $16) 23... Qe6 $5 {'!' Kortschnoj. Va banque: auf Kosten eines zweiten
Bauers gibt Schwarz seinem Läufer optimale Aktivität.} (23... Rb8 {Tsesarsky}
24. Rb3 (24. Ba6 Qf5 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gb8b6]} 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Bc4+ Kh8 $11)
24... d3 $1 25. Qd2 (25. Qxd3 Bc5 26. Qe2 Rf8 $44 {[%csl Rf2]}) 25... Rf8 26.
Rxd3 Bc5 $44 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24. Rxd4 {[%cal Re7c5,Rc5f2]} Bc5 (24... Qxh3 {
Tsesarsky} 25. Bxc6 $18) 25. Rd2 a5 {'+/-?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Time loss'
'!' Kortschnoj.} (25... Qf6 $142 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3][%cal Gf6f3] Tsesarsky} 26. Qe4
Bxf2+ 27. Kg2 Bxg3 28. Bxc6 (28. Kxg3 Qg5+ $19) 28... Be5 {[%cal Gf6f1]} 29.
Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qe2 Qg6+ $44) (25... Qxh3 $2 {Kortschnoj} 26. Qg6 $16) 26. Kg2 $16
Rb8 27. Ba6 Ra8 28. Re2 (28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Ba6 Ra8 $11) 28... Qd7 {'!?'
Tsesarsky. '!' Kortschnoj.} (28... Qf6 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bb7 Rb8 30. b4 {'='
Kortschnoj.} (30. Ba6 Ra8) (30. Ba6 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 30... Bd4 (30... axb4 31.
Qa4 $16) 31. Ba6 Rf8 32. f4 axb4 33. c5 $16) 29. Re5 Bd4 $5 {Wer schon a und b
gesagt hat, muss auch c sagen: ein dritter Bauer wird investiert, um Wiess zu
zwingen seine Königsstellung weiter zu schwächen.} 30. Rxa5 Rf8 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6,
Rf2] '-/+' Kortschnoj.} 31. f3 {[%csl Rf3,Rg3] '©?!' Tsesarsky.} (31. f4 $1 {
Tsesarsky} g5 32. Ra3 (32. Qg6+ Bg7 {[%cal Gd7d2,Gg5f4]}) 32... gxf4 33. Rf3
fxg3 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. b4 $16) 31... Qe7 {'!' Kortschnoj.} 32. h4 {Keine
weitere Schwächung, aber die Vorbereitung einer Fluchtroute via h3 .} (32. c5
Qe1 33. Qc4+ (33. Bf1 {Tsesarsky} Qxa5 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qxd4 Rd8 36. Qe5 Qxa2
37. Kg1 $44) 33... Kh8 34. Qxd4 Qxa5 35. Bc4 Rd8 {'-/+' Tsesarsky.} 36. Qe5
Rd2+ 37. Be2 Qxa2 $11) (32. Qd2 {Tsesarsky} Bb6 (32... Rd8 33. c5 Bxc5 34. Bc4+
Kh8 35. Qe2 $16) (32... Rd8 $1 $40) 33. Ra3 Rd8 (33... Qc5 {Kortschnoj} 34. Qe1
$16) 34. Rd3 $8 Ra8 35. b4 (35. Rd7 Qc5 36. Qe1 Rxa6 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ $11)
35... Rxa6 36. c5 Qe6 37. a3 Bc7 $132) (32. Qd3 {Kortschnoj} Qe1 33. Qxd4 Qxa5
34. Bb7 Rd8 $17) 32... Qe1 {[%csl Rg3]} 33. Rf5 {'?' Tsesarsky.} (33. Ra3 {
Tsesarsky} h5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ge1g1,Gd4f2]} 34. f4 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Rxf4 $1 36.
Qg2 (36. gxf4 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qg1+ $11) 36... Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rf2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 $14
) 33... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e2,Ge2c2,Ge2g2] '+-??' Tsesarsky. '?' Kortschnoj.} (33...
Ra8 $1 {Tsesarsky} 34. Bb7 (34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Rxa6 $17) 34... Rb8 35. Qe4 (
35. Rf4 {Kortschnoj} Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Rxb7 $17) 35... Qxe4 36. fxe4 Rxb7 37. b3 $15
) 34. c5 Kh8 $1 (34... Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Bf2 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qf4 Bxc5 38. Rf6 $1 {
'+-' Tsesarsky.} (38. b4 $18 {Tsesarsky}) 38... Qd4 (38... gxf6 39. Qxh6+ Kg8
40. Bc4+) 39. Qxd4 Bxd4 40. Rxc6 Bxb2 41. a4 $18) 35. h5 $4 {'-+??' Tsesarsky.
Vermutlich war Weiss in grossen Zeitnot. M.E kann er nur mit aktivem Spiel das
nackte Leben retten.} (35. Rf7 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 $18 h5 37. Qg2 Qb1 38. Bc4 Re1 39.
Rf8+ Kh7 $19) (35. Rf4 $1 Be5 36. Rg4 Rd8 37. Bd3 Bd4 38. Qe2 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+
40. Qh2 Qxf3 41. Be4 {und der schwarze Angriff scheint zum Stehen gekommen.}) (
35. Bf1 {Tsesarsky} Qe3 36. Kh3 Qe1 37. Bg2 $18) (35. Qc4 {Kortschnoj} Qg1+ 36.
Kh3 g6 {with an idea h5 or Be5 - black has a strong attack.}) (35. Bf1 {
Kortschnoj would render to white a sufficient defence...}) 35... Qg1+ 36. Kh3
Bf2 $19 {Eine furchtsame Demonstration des Triumphes der Intiative von
ungleichfarbigen Läufer + schweren Figuren über das Material.} 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 {Shirovs Lieblingsmethode gegen den
weißen Aufbau.} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O (6. h3 Bxf3 (6... Bh5) 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8. Qb3
Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. O-O Re8 14. e4 $14 {
Thorbergsson,F-Thorsteinsson,B/Reykjavik 1966}) ({Häufiger gewählt wurde} 6.
Qb3 Nc5 7. Qc2 (7. Qe3+ Be7 8. d4 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4
Ne6 12. Nc3 c6 $11 {Sulava,N-Palac,M/Bled 1992}) 8... Na4 9. b3 Nb6 10. O-O Nf6
11. Ba3 Nc8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qd3 f5 $11 {
Anic,D-Bacrot,E/Cannes 1995}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. a3
c6 12. d3 Qb6 13. Nbd2 a5 $13 {Todorcevic,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Oropesa del
Mar 1996}) (6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne2 Ne6
12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nh4 g5 14. f3 gxh4 15. fxg4 Ng7 16. g5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 $13 {
Ninov,K-Sharif,M/Cap d'Agde 1994}) 6... Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 (8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a4 a6 14. Bc3 h5 15. a5 Ba7
16. Ra4 Ne5 17. Bg2 Qd7 $132 {Anastasian,A-Rublevsky,S/Yerevan 1996}) (8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 Bb6 12. b4 $6 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. Nh4 Ne5
$36 {Wirthensohn,H-Bagirov,V/Yerevan 1996}) (8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 (9. Qb3 Re8 (9...
Nb6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 c6 13. e4 Nfd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Qf6 16.
Nh2 a5 17. Rfe1 Qg6 $132 {Dizdar,G-Campos Moreno,J/Barcelona 1991}) 10. Qxb7 (
10. Nxd5 {Khenkin} Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rxe2 12. d4 $1 $14) 10... Rb8 11. Qa6 Ne5 12.
Bg5 (12. d4 {Khenkin}) 12... Rxb2 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Na4 Re6 16.
Qa5 Bb6 17. Qxd5 Rd6 18. Qxd6 (18. Qc4 $142 $15) 18... Qxd6 19. Nxb2 Qd4 $1 $17
{Wojtkiewicz,A-Khenkin,I/Krynica 1997}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Rb1 Qe7 (
11... a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
Bb6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Bf4 h6 22. Nb3 $14 {
Sakadin-Landenbergue/Harkany op/1993}) 12. Bg2 Rad8 13. d4 $6 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e3 h5 $15 {Lopushnoy,D-Dreev,A/Maikop 1998}) (8. a3 a5 9. Nc3
O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Qc2 Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. e4 dxe4
16. dxe4 $14 {Anastasian,A-Dreev,A/Kazan 1997}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bb6
11. a4 a5 $146 {Es könnte sich um einen vorbereiteten Zug handeln, da
Anastasian mehrfach zu dem weißen Aufbau griff. Shirov gönnt seinem Gegner den
Raumgewinn durch a4-a5 nicht.} (11... a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bc3 Qe7 15.
e3 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4
$14 {Anastasian,A-Dreev,A/Luzern 1997}) 12. Nfd4 Nc5 (12... c5 $6 {schwächt
sich unötig:} 13. Nb5 $14) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. e3 {
[%cal Yc1d2,Yd2c3]} ({Keinen Vorteil verspricht} 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bg6 {
und das weiße Zentrum gerät unter Beschuß.}) 16... Bg6 $1 17. Nd2 ({Nach dem
normalen} 17. Bd2 {ergreift Schwarz die Initiative:} c5 $1 $36) 17... c5 {
[%cal Rc5c4] Schwarz darf mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung sehr zufrieden sein.}
18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Ra3 c4 $6 {Shirov hält den Zeitpunkt für gekommen, die weiße
Spielanlage zu bestrafen, und stürzt sich in einen taktischen Strudel.} ({
Nach einem ruhigen Zug wie} 19... Rc6 {behielte Shirov alle Optionen.}) 20.
dxc4 Bc5 21. cxd5 $1 {Solche Qualitätsopfer sind wahrscheinlich in Armenien
Ehrensache.} ({Nach dem ängstlichen} 21. Ra1 dxc4 22. Qxb7 (22. Nxc4 Bd3 $17)
22... Bb4 $44 {entfalten die schwarzen Figuren einen dem Weißen nichts Gutes
verheißenden Druck.}) 21... Bb4 ({Hier hätte ich eigentlich die Annahme der
Qualität erwartet:} 21... Bxa3 22. bxa3 {Weiß darf mit seinen 2 Bauern für die
Qualität sehr zufrieden sein. Den Versuch, den Pd5 zu beseitigen, könnte Weiß 
(sofern er denn will), zum Rückgewinn der Qualität nutzen:} Rc5 23. Bb2 Nxd5
24. Bd4 Rc2 $8 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 ({nach} 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rc8 28. Bf5
{dominiert das Läuferpaar.}) 27. Qxc2 Nxg3 28. Qb2 $14) 22. Ra1 Rxc1 $6 ({
Die Alternative, auf den weißen Feldern herumzustochern, könnte Anastasian nach
} 22... Bc2 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Re1 Bc4 {mit einem erneuten
Qualitätsopfer beantworten:} 26. Nxc4 $1 Bxe1 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 $14 {
Immerhin käme Schwarz nach} Rc2 29. Rd1 Qb6 {zu einigem Gegenspiel.}) 23. Rfxc1
Bxd2 24. Rd1 Bb4 25. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Gd5] Materiell sieht die Lage gut aus für
Weiß; zudem kommt Schwarz wegen des starken Pd5 nicht zu einem konstruktiven
Figurenspiel.} Ne4 26. Bxe4 $5 {Das hätten sich viele Schachspieler nicht
getraut: die Abgabe des Fianchettoläufers hat in zu vielen Fällen zur
Katastrophe geführt. Hier verhindert Weiß die Blockade seines Hoffnungsbauern 
(Pd5) mit Nd6.} (26. Rd4) 26... Bxe4 27. Rd4 Bf5 $2 (27... Qd7 $142 28. Kh2 Qf5
29. f4 Qh5 30. Qd1 $16) (27... Bd6 $2 28. Qxb7 $18) 28. d6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd6]
Die (endgültige) Entscheidung: es ist kein Kraut gegen diesen P gewachsen.} Bd7
(28... Bxh3 $2 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Rcd1 $18) 29. Rc7 b6 (29... Bxd6 30. Rxb7 Re6
31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rb8 Bc8 33. Qc4 $18) 30. Qd5 Rf8 31. Qb7 Bxh3 (31... Bc8 32.
Qxb6 Bxh3 33. d7 $18) 32. d7 Qf6 33. Rc8 Be7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 h6 4. b3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. Bxa3 Re8 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15.
Rc4 f5 16. d3 Nb6 17. Rc2 Rad8 18. Qc1 Nd5 19. a3 Qe6 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. b4 a6
22. Ba1 Rd7 23. Qb2 Nb6 24. Qc1 Red8 25. Qe3 Bg6 26. f4 Rd1 27. Rc1 Nc4 28. Qc3
Rxc1 29. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O f6 8. Nb3
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. Qh5+
g6 15. Qh4 h6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bg5 Rh7 18. Bf6 O-O-O 19. a4 Qd7 20. a5 Bc7 21. b5
cxb5 22. a6 b6 23. e6 Qd6 24. Bxb5 Rf8 25. Bd7+ Kb8 26. Bb2 g5 27. Qh5 Qb4 28.
Ba3 Qg4 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Rad1 Rf4 31. Rfe1 Rc4 32. Re2 Rc5 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34.
Re3 Bb6 35. h3 gxh3 36. Rf3 Rh8 37. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 {We have reached a position
typical for the classical system of the Pirc, but with reversed colours.
Relying on his extra-tempo, White employs a plan that is considered to be
risky in a genuine Pirc.} 6. a3 O-O {In the Pirc, the reaction of ignoring the
queen side threat is correct, but here it might be not the best.} (6... a5 $5
7. b3 (7. Nc3 $5 {[%csl Yb5]}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 e4 9. dxe4 (9. Nfd2 e3 $1 10.
fxe3 Ng4) 9... dxe4 (9... Nxe4 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. bxc4 Bf5 13. Qc1 Re8
14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Miles,A-Michaelides,E/Lone Pine 1980/MCD (38)})
10. Nd4 (10. Ng5 e3 $1) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bb2 a4 $132 {1-0 Popovic,
P-Deze,A/Novi Sad 1979/EXT 99 (33)}) 7. b4 e4 (7... a6 8. Bb2 $14) 8. Nfd2 a5 {
Rather provocative again. Black should have released at some moment the
tension in the centre and try to complete his development, although this would
leave White with the more flexible pawn structure and the better chances in
the long run.} (8... Bf5 9. Nc3 exd3 10. cxd3 $14 {1-0 Miles,A-Sosonko,G/
Reykjavik 1980/EXT 99 (35)}) 9. b5 Nd4 10. Nc3 e3 $6 ({This was the last
moment when Black could have maintained White's advantage within bearable
limits with} 10... exd3 11. cxd3 $14) 11. fxe3 Nf5 12. Nb3 d4 13. Rxf5 $1 {
White gets now two pawns for the exchange and a powerful mass of central pawns.
} Bxf5 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e4 Bg4 17. d4 c5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 $16
Bd7 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. e3 c5 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. a4 Bg5 25. c3 Red8 26.
Qe2 cxd4 27. exd4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf8 29. Rf1 f6 30. Kh1 Qe6 31. Bf3 Qb3 32. e5
fxe5 33. Qxe5 Ng6 34. Bd1 Qc4 35. Qe2 Qd5+ 36. Qg2 Ne7 37. Bg4 Rc6 38. c4 g6
39. c5 Kg7 40. Re1 Kf6 41. Bf5 gxf5 42. Rc1 h5 43. Rf1 h4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ne7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ra2 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nc4 Ba4 18. Qe1 Bb5 19. e4 c6 20. Qc3 cxd5 21. exd5
Ba4 22. b5 e4 23. d4 Qf6 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. Bd3 Qf3 26. Nxd6 Re3 27. Qc4 Rd2 28.
Qxa4 Rexd3 29. Qa8+ Bf8 30. Nc4 h5 31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxb7 h4 33. Qc8 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Rxd4 35. Qh3 Bc5 36. Qg2 Qf5 37. b6 Rd2 38. b7 Bxf2+ 39. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. f4
exd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb1 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Ne4 c4 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nd6 Be6 16. Be4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nde7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nd4 20. Qf2 f6 21. Nxb7
Rd7 22. Na4 Qc7 23. Nbc5 fxe5 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc3 Nb3 26. Rb1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1
exf4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Rxc4 g5 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Qxa7
g4 34. Rc7 Qh4 35. Qg1 Qd8 36. Qa7 Qh4 37. Qg1 Qd8 38. Ra7 Bf5 39. Rd1 Bc2 40.
Ra8 Qxa8 41. Bxa8 Bxd1 42. Qxd1 Rxa8 43. Qxg4 Bxb2 44. Qxf4 Re8 45. g3 Bxa3 46.
Qd4+ Kg8 47. Qc4+ Kf8 48. Qc3 Be7 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. Qxh7+ Kf8 51. g4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c4 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Nf3 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O e5 13. g3 Na6 14. Re1 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Qh6 16. Bf1 f6 17. d6 Rd8 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Ne7 Be6 20. Nh4 Qg5 21. f4 Qg4
22. Be2 Qh3 23. Bf1 Qg4 24. Be2 Qh3 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bg2 Qg4 27. Qxg4 fxg4 28.
Bxe4 Rxd6 29. Bxb7 Re8 30. Nhf5 Rb6 31. Bc6 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Reb8 33. Bd5 Bf8 34.
a3 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Re8 Rb8 37. Rxb8 Nxb8 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Ke3 h6 40. Bf7
Nb6 41. Kd3 Na4 42. Be8 Nb6 43. Bh5 Kg8 44. Bxg4 Kf7 45. h4 Na4 46. h5 Nb6 47.
Ne3 Bd6 48. Ke4 Bf8 49. Bf5 Bg7 50. Bg6+ Ke6 51. Bh7 Kf7 52. Kf5 a5 53. Bg6+
Ke7 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Bf5+ Kf7 56. Kd3 Bf8 57. Be4 Ke6 58. Bd5+ Ke7 59. Ke4 Na4
60. Bc6 Nb6 61. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. f4 Rb8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e4 Ne8 12. Be3 d6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf5
21. Rfe1 f6 22. g4 Nd6 23. g5 fxg5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27.
b3 Kf7 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd3 g4 31. a3 Rf8 32. Rc2 Rf4 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Nf7 35. Re2+ Kd7 36. c5 Rxb4 37. c6+ Kd8 38. c7+ Kxc7 39. Re7+ Kd6 40.
Rxf7 Rb2 41. Be4 Rxh2 42. Rf6+ Kd7 43. Rxb6 g3 44. Ke3 Ra2 45. Kf3 g2 46. Rb1
g5 47. Bxh7 Kd6 48. Bg8 g4+ 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 a6 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 b5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. c4 Nd4 15. a4
Nd7 16. Bg4 b4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nb1 f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
Rxf5 22. Nd2 Raf8 23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Ng3 R5f7 25. Be3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. h3 Qe7
28. Qg4 Qd6 29. Rad1 Nb6 30. Ra1 Na8 31. Qe4 Nc7 32. a5 Ne6 33. Rfe1 Nd4 34.
Bxd4 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 exd4 36. Ra2 Rb8 37. Rae2 b3 38. Rb2 Rf7 39. Re6 Rf6 40. Re1
Rf7 41. Re5 Rc7 42. Re6 Rcb7 43. Rxa6 Rb4 44. g3 Ra4 45. Kg2 h6 46. Kf3 Ra2 47.
Rb1 Rf8+ 48. Kg4 Raxf2 49. Rxb3 R2f5 50. Rg6 Kh7 51. Rbb6 Rf3 52. a6 Rxd3 53.
a7 Ra8 54. Ra6 Rc3 55. Kh5 Rxc4 56. Rgd6 Rc3 57. Rd7 Rxg3 58. Rxh6+ Kg8 59. Rb6
Kh7 60. Rb8 Rxa7 61. Rxa7 Rxh3+ 62. Kg4 Rh1 63. Rd7 Rg1+ 64. Kf3 Kg6 65. Rc8
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. Ng3 exd5 8. cxd5
a6 9. a4 h5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Bg5 Qe5 12. Qd2 h4 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nf1 h3 15. Bf3
hxg2 16. Bxg2 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Rxh3 21.
Bxd6 Nd7 22. Bg3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Ke2 Bb4 25. a5 b5 26. axb6 Nxb6 27. Rbd1
O-O-O 28. d6 a5 29. Rd3 Rh5 30. Rhd1 Kd7 31. Ng4 Re8+ 32. Re3 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3
Ke6 34. Ne5 Nd7 35. Nd3 g5 36. e4 Rh8 37. Nb2 f6 38. Nc4 a4 39. Kd3 Ne5+ 40.
Nxe5 fxe5 41. Kc4 a3 42. Rd5 Kd7 43. Rxe5 Re8 44. Rxg5 Rxe4+ 45. Kb5 Bc3 46.
Rxc5 Rb4+ 0-1

