[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 h6 14. d4 Be6 15. Ba3
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. cxd4 Qd7 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Qf4
b6 28. Ba2 Qc7 29. Qe5 Kf8 30. g3 Qd7 31. Qf4 Ne4 32. Bb1 g5 33. Qe3 Rc3 34.
Bd3 Ra3 35. Qe2 Rxa4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxd4 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ra2 40.
Qf3 Rb2 41. Re7 Qf6 42. Qe3 Rxb5 43. Rc7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1232"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 Nh5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 c5
15. Qc1 c4 16. Re3 Rc8 17. Qe1 Bh6 18. Bc3 cxb3 19. cxb3 a5 20. Nf1 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Ne6 22. Rd1 Qd6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Re3 Rb8 25. Bb2 Qb6 26. Nh2 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Rxe7 Bc5 29. Re5 Qxb3 30. Rexd5 Rfe8 31. Qf1 Bb4 32. Ng4 Re6 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Qa1+ Bc3 36. Rd3 Bxa1 37. Rxb3 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re4 39. Ra3
Bd4 40. f3 Re1 41. Rd3 Bg1+ 42. Kg3 h5 43. Nh2 h4+ 44. Kxh4 Bxh2 45. Rd5 Re5
46. Rd3 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Qd2 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bf4 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qg4 Be5 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. Ne3 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Be5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Re3 h5 23. Qe2 g5 24. b3 Ke7 25. Rd1 h4 26. Kg1 h3 27. g3 h2+ 28.
Kg2 f5 29. Qd2 a5 30. Be2 h1=Q+ 31. Rxh1 Bxe4+ 32. Bf3 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Qa1 36. Qxg5+ Ke8 37. Qg6+ Kd8 38. Qg5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT 2019"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1287"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.08"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8
15. Bf4 Nc5 16. c7 Qd7 17. Nd2 g5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4 Rxc7 20. Qd1 Ne6 21. Nb3
Bc4 22. Na5 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Kg7 24. Rfc1 Bxe2 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Qxd5
Re8 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Bf8 30. Bc6 Re7 31. f3 Bc4 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 33. Kf2 f5
34. Ke3 Bg8 35. Kd3 g4 36. Na5 Bc5 37. Nc4 Bg1 38. Ne3 Be6 39. fxg4 fxg4 40.
Ke2 h5 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. Bb3 Bxh2 43. Kf2 h4 44. gxh4 Be5 45. Nc4 g3+ 46. Kg1 Bf4
47. Bd1 Bc6 48. b3 Kh6 49. a5 Be4 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. Kf1 Ke6 53. h5
Kd5 54. a6 Kd4 55. Bg4 Kc3 56. Be6 Bc2 57. Na5 Bc7 58. Nb7 Bd3+ 59. Kg1 Bxa6
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O c6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. c3
Na6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bf2 Qa4 20. Nb4 h6 21. Rfe1
Bg6 22. b3 Qb5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 Bf6 25. d4 Qa5 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Red1 b5 28.
Bf1 a6 29. Be1 Qb6 30. Bf2 Rdc8 31. Be3 Qa5 32. b4 Qa3 33. Qe1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3
Rxc3 35. Bc1 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Qxb4 37. Bd2 Qc5 38. Bxc3 Qxc3 39. Qxc3 Bxc3 40. Bd3
Bxd3 41. Rxd3 b4 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Rd1 Kc5 46. Kd3 f5 47.
f4 g5 48. Rc1 a5 49. Rc2 g4 50. Re2 Kd6 51. Rc2 h5 52. Re2 e5 53. fxe5+ Bxe5
54. Rf2 Ke6 55. Rc2 f4 56. Rc6+ Kf5 57. Rh6 Kg5 58. Re6 Bb8 59. gxf4+ Bxf4 60.
Ra6 Bxh2 61. Ke2 Bc7 62. Ra7 Bb6 63. Ra6 Bc7 64. Ra7 Bd8 65. Rd7 Bb6 66. Rxd5+
Kh4 67. Kf1 g3 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Rd6 Be3 70. Rg6+ Bg5 71. Rg8 h4 72. Rh8 a4 73.
Rb8 h3+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{From the beginning of the event, I had been feeling much more comfortable
with Black opening-wise, and my +1 score was still enough to tie for first
place, but probably not for too long. Thus I was in the mood for a lively game.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 ({Deviating from our game in Saint-Louis which went} 9. Qd3 {
allowing} Nc6 10. a3 d5 {which is a different story.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O
11. c4 b5 12. Nd2 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $1 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16.
Qxb5 Qa7 {gives Black adequate compensation with a lot of activity on the
queenside as well as on the dark squares, say as soon as the dark-squared
bishop reaches b6.}) 12... Nc5 (12... Rc8 13. b4 $1 {and suddenly Black is
lacking a freeing move.}) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {
is also playable and maybe the best option available to Black. But getting my
knight to d6 was too appealing to me.}) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 $2 e4 {is obviously
wrong for White.}) 15... Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 17. a4 {A logical move to press on
the queenside, delaying any decision as to which pawns to attack. Here at
first I couldn't see a suitable plan to get activity as an immediate ...f5
would be too hasty, but as usual in these positions there is an unexpected
concrete option.} (17. Nf3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bf6 {and Black gets his
counterplay in time.}) (17. Qc2 Rc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 cxb3 20. Qxb3 axb5 21.
Ra6 Bg5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 $1 {You wouldn't expect this bishop to be
stable on this square. Or in the words of Levon : "a very impressive move as
it looks so awful".} 19. axb5 (19. g3 f5 20. Qc3 (20. gxf4 $6 fxe4 21. Qe3 exf3
$15) 20... fxe4 21. Ne1 b4 $1 22. Qxc5 Bd2 {looks good for Black.}) 19... f5 {
Why not?} (19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. g3 f5 22. Nh4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Bg5 24. Qxc5
Qb8 {is fine for Black, but not more. I was already inclining towards pushing
my luck.}) 20. Nd2 Qg5 $2 {After pondering my decision for a while, I couldn't
evaluate the resulting position so I took the gamble. My mind was probably
influenced by the fact Vishy had missed the earlier idea with Bf4 and clearly
wasn't feeling comfortable, but I wouldn't have taken the gamble had I been
strong enough to realise I was going one step too far!} (20... axb5 21. exf5
Rc8 $1 {A nice move which had escaped my mind. Now Black is absolutely fine.}
22. Ra6 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 $11) 21. Rad1 $2 {A very strange attempt to keep
things under control in the centre, as it gives away the a-file.} (21. Nc4 $1 {
was the obvious reaction. I thought it would give double-edged play after} fxe4
22. Qh3 Nxb5 {but my knight getting to d4 is no help after} 23. Nb6 $1 Nd4 (
23... Rae8 24. Nd7 Nd4 25. Bc4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh2 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29.
g3 $1 Nxf1 30. gxf4 $18) 24. Bc4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxh2 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Nxa8 Nxf1
28. Nc7 $18 {and Black is helpless against Ne6.}) 21... axb5 22. exf5 Ra3 $1 {
After a while, I found this excellent reaction allowing me to keep the fight
going.} (22... Ra2 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qh4 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 27. Bxb5
{is just fine for White.}) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc2 c4 $5 (23... Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxb3 25.
Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. Qd3 {is just a draw.}) 24. bxc4 Rh3 $1 {was an idea
I had in mind. It seems to work better than I would have expected after} 25.
Nf3 (25. g3 Bxg3 $1 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $2 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxh3 Rf6 $19)
26... Nxf5 $1 27. Ne4 (27. Bg4 $1 {is the only defence but after} Qxg4 28. Qe4
Qh5 {(not the only move here) the attack keeps on going. A beautiful line is}
29. g4 Qg5 30. Qg2 Rh4 31. Nf3 Nd4 $3 32. Nxh4 (32. Rxd4 Rxf3 $19) (32. Nxg5
Ne2#) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4+ 34. Qh3 Qg5 $1 35. Rde1 Nf4 36. Qg3 Rf6 37. Re3
Rh6+ 38. Kg1 bxc4 {and Black definitely has the upper hand.}) 27... Qh6 28. Bf3
Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 25... Qh6 $1 26. gxh3 (26. g3 bxc4 $1 27. gxf4 $2 e4)
26... Qxh3 27. Rfe1 e4 28. Bf1 Qg4+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. h3 bxc4
32. Rd4 $13) 23... c4 24. Qc2 $4 {The pressure pays off, with Vishy clearly
having overlooked something. He probably wasn't too sure about his other
options and missed my obvious reply.} (24. Qf3 $1 Qh6 (24... Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2
Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. bxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 bxc4 31.
Rxe5 Rd3 $11) 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qg2 Bg5 27. f6 $1 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qg6 $1 (28...
Bxf6 29. Rb1 {makes White's life too easy; his Qe4 is just what the doctor
ordered to get enough counterplay and control of the position.}) 29. Qxg6 hxg6
30. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc8 32. Bg4 Rb8 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 c3
36. Bb3 {and the game peters out to a likely draw.}) (24. Qb1 {looks dangerous
but might be ok as well:} Bxh2+ (24... Qh6 $5 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Nxf5 27. d6
$1 Qh3 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qe6 $1 {and White is hanging on by a
thread.}) 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxb3 (26... Nxe4 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. d6 $1 $11) 27.
Nxd6 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rf6 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb5 Rxd6 31. Bxc4 {is likely to end
in a draw.}) 24... Qxf5 {It is quite hard to understand what Vishy actually
missed.} 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 cxb3 27. Nxd6 {Here I should still be careful
not to allow exchanges which would give White drawing chances. But my passed
pawn combined with attacking possibilities on White's king gave me enough
confidence to think I would win this game.} Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 ({Vishy mentioned
to me this option after the game:} 28... Qc2 $1 29. Bd3 Qc5 $1 {and White's
knight cannot get back into play.} 30. d6 e4 31. Be2 b2 32. d7 Rd8 {is just
over.}) 29. d6 b2 {...e3 and ...Bc1 are two of the tempting options now on
Black's agenda.} 30. Nd4 {An interesting try which I missed. But I had enough
time on the clock to make sure everything worked out for me.} (30. d7 Rd8 31.
Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rfe1 Qc6 $19) 30... Qxd6 $1 (30... Bxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Rb8
33. Rxd6 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bf1 Rb8 {is also enough to win, especially as
White can't get his knight out in time:} 36. Nd8 Qf5 $1 37. Ne6 Qe5 38. Ra6 e3
$19) 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 $1 {Not the only winning move,
but definitely the most pretty. All Black's pieces are hanging, but White is
in the same situation and the b-pawn might decide the game in several cases.}
34. Ng5 $5 (34. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) (34. Rxd6 Bxd6 $1 (34... Rxf1+ $4
35. Kxh2) 35. Rg1 Rc2 36. Bd5 e3 37. Ng5 Rc5 $1 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxd6+ Rxd5 40.
Nc4 Rh5#) 34... Bg3 $1 {The threat of ...Qh6 forces White to throw in the
towel.} (34... Bg3 35. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Bxd6 {and the b-pawn is unstoppable.
}) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu, bislang wurde
fast ausschließlich 11...Bg7 gespielt.} (11... Bg7 12. Nxd7 $5 {Dies sieht wie
die kritische Fortsetzung aus.} Nxd7 13. Bd6 e5 $5 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Pantsulaia,L-Karjakin,S/Gothenburg
2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (24)}) 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 (16... a6
17. b3 $40) 17. Nxa4 $1 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/
[Lutz] (65)}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. f3 {Eine Runde früher hatte
Radjabov hier 14.f4 gespielt. Topalovs Idee ist anders: Er will den Pe4
festigen und so die schwarzen Figuren einschränken.} (14. f4 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,
T-Vallejo Pons,F/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Lutz] (51)}) 14... Qe7 (14... h4
$5 {wird von Vallejo in seinen Analysen in NEW IN CHESS 3/2006 erwähnt. Weiß
kann dann mit 15.f4!? oder 15.b3!? fortsetzen.}) 15. a4 (15. f4 $5 {(Vallejo)
ist nun eine Idee, obwohl die Dame auf e7 wohl eher besser steht als auf d7.})
15... a6 16. Qc2 (16. axb5 cxb5 (16... axb5 $2 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Qa1 $36 {
Vallejo}) 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxc4 Qb4 {(Vallejo) ist gut für Schwarz.}) 16...
Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bc7 (18. f4 $5 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Bg3 e5 20. d5 {So kann
Weiß das Feld d5 für seinen Springer gewinnen, aber der Bg3 kommt nicht so
richtig ins Spiel.} (20. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f4 $13) 20... b4 (20...
Qf6 $5 {Vallejo}) 21. dxc6 Rhxc6 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qd2 $6 {Danach kann Schwarz
seinen h-Bauern in Bewegung setzen.} (23. h4 $5 $13 {wird von Vallejo als
besser angegeben.}) 23... h4 24. Bf2 c3 25. bxc3 (25. Qxg5 $5 {Vallejo}) 25...
bxc3 26. Qxg5 c2 27. Rc1 h3 $1 $17 {Schwarz bringt seine Bauern sehr schön zur
Geltung.} 28. g3 Qh6 $1 {So kann Schwarz den c-Bauern weiter unterstützen.} 29.
Qf5 Qd2 30. Rfe1 Ba3 $19 {Weiß verliert Material, daher muss er am
Königsflügel im Trüben fischen.} 31. f4 Bxc1 32. Bh5 Rg6 33. Bxg6 Bxd5 34. exd5
Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Be3+ 36. Kf1 c1=Q 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Bd2 Qc4+ $6 (
39... Qh1 $19 {Vallejo}) 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Kg4 Kc7 $6 (41... e3 $19 {Vallejo})
42. a5 Bd4 43. Bf5 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 Rh8+ 45. Kg5 Qb5 46. Be6 e3 47. Be1 e2 48. g4
Rf8 49. Qh7 Be3 50. Kh4 Bxf4 51. g5 Qa4 52. Kh5 Bxh2 53. Bxh3 Be5 54. Qd3 Rh8+
55. Kg6 Nf8+ 56. Kf7 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Bxe4 Ne5 14. Qf4 Re8
15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qc7 18. Nc3 Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Be5 20. Nb5 Qd8
21. Qd3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Rh1 a6 24. Nd4 g6 25. Rh3 b5 26. cxb5 Nxd5 27.
bxa6 Qf6 28. Nb5 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Bf4 30. Qd3 Rxa6 31. a3 Rae6 32. Nc3 Qg5+ 33.
Kf1 Rd6 34. Qb5 Qxb5+ 35. Rxb5 Kg7 36. Rh4 g5 37. Rh1 Rd3 38. Ne4 d5 39. Nc5
Rxf3 40. a4 Ra3 41. Kg2 Re2 42. Rf1 h6 43. a5 Bd6 44. Nb3 Rb2 45. Nd4 Be5 46.
Rxb2 Bxd4 47. Rb5 Bc3 48. Rxd5 Rxa5 49. Rxa5 Bxa5 50. Kg3 Bc7+ 51. Kf3 Kg6 52.
Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8 h5 54. Ke4 f6 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rh8 h4 57. Kf5 Kg7 58. Ra8 h3
59. Ra7+ Kh6 60. Rb7 h2 61. Rb1 Kh5 62. Rb8 Bxb8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. e3 Be6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 Na5
15. Bb4 Nc6 16. Bc3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb5 Qd7 20. Qb3 Red8 21.
Ra1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nc4 e4 25. Nxb6 Qh3 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Rc6 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. Qc8 Qh5 31. g4 Qh4 32. a5 Rf6 33. Nd5
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Rd6 37. Ne7+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Nf5+
gxf5 40. gxf5 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qxf5 42. Rf1 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qe2 44. Rg1+ Kh6 45. Re1
Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Rd3 47. Qc8 Bd6 48. a6 Bxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 {
Instead 8.Rb1 and 8.Ne1 are more common. The text move has been seen in a
couple of top level blitz games.} d5 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 e4 10. Ng5 f5 11. b5
Ne5 12. Qb3 h6 13. d4 $5 exd3 14. Nf3 dxe2 15. Re1 d6 16. Rxe2 Be6 $6 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Carlsen-Nakamura, Norway Blitz 2013 (62)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Ng5 $2 {This is the result of a computer crash, according to Aronian. He
had prepared a similar sort of idea a few years ago and had it in mind but
before the game his laptop crashed and he just played without proper
preparation.} ({White has earlier tried} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Here Gelfand played}
11. Rb1 $2 ({Aronian was probably intending} 11. Ng5 $142 {in this position.
It has been played twice before.} Qd4 (11... Qd8 12. Ne4 cxb4 13. axb4 f5 14.
b5 Nd4 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Ra3 $6 Qd7 $15 17. Qa4 e4 18. Bb2 $2 Nxe2+ $19 {0-1
Gutman,L (2441)-Danin,A (2589)/Bad Wiessee GER 2013}) 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 Bf5
(13... Nxb4 $5) 14. d3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. e3 Ne6
$13 {1-0 Savchenko,S (2498)-Vuilleumier,A (2321)/Budapest HUN 2013}) 11... cxb4
12. axb4 e4 $17 {1-0 Gelfand-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2009 (47)}) ({A couple of
games saw} 10. e4 {but not with much success} Nc7 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 $11)
11. bxc5 Ne6 12. a4 (12. Nd5 Nxc5 13. d3 b6 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Be3 Ne6 15. h4
Bb7 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. h5 h6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8
22. Rc1 Qd7 $132 {1-0 Ghasi,A (2466)-Palliser,R (2456)/Leeds ENG 2013}) 12...
Nxc5 13. Ba3 b6 $15 {0-1 Czebe,A (2463)-Mihok,O (2493)/Budapest HUN 2015})
10... Nc7 (10... Ndxb4 $5 11. d3 (11. axb4 cxb4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]} 12. Nce4 h6
13. Nf3 (13. Nh3 $2 Qd4 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8h3]}) 13... f5 14. Nh4 (14. Nc5
e4 $17) 14... g5 $17) 11... Na6 $15) 11. Nge4 (11. d3 $142 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4
$44 {was comparatively better than the game continuation.}) 11... c4 $1 (11...
cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nc5 $44) 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bg5 $6 {Aronian decides to
give up a pawn instead of accepting a positional disadvantage. But it makes
matters worse. Later he admitted to having missed that Black can put his Q on
d7 and then take on e2.} ({After} 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Ne6 $15) ({or} 13.
exd3 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd3] the weakness of the isolated d3-pawn gives Black an
edge.}) 13... f6 14. Be3 f5 $1 {Giving no respite.} (14... dxe2 $6 15. Qxe2 Nd4
16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 {with some play.}) 15. Bg5 (
15. Nc5 f4 $17 16. gxf4 $2 exf4 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Bd2 dxe2 18. Qxe2 f3 19. Bxf3
Nd4 $19) 15... Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc5 dxe2 19. Nxe2 (19. Nxd7
exd1=Q 20. Rfxd1 Rf7 21. Nc5 e4 22. Rac1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 {is a comfortable
pawn up position for Black. White cannot achieve much with either} 24. Nb5 ({or
} 24. Rd6 Bb3 $19) 24... Bb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Nd6 Rd7 $17) 19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1
f4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh7h6] MVL goes for the g5-B} ({The other way, to shut out
the g2-B with} 20... e4 {also seemed good enough. After} 21. Ra2 (21. Rac1 Bb2
$17) 21... b6 22. Nxe4 (22. Nd7 Rf7 23. Rad2 Ba6 $19 {[%csl Ge4]}) 22... fxe4 {
White cannot recover the piece. For example} 23. Bxe4 Bb7 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7
Kxf7 26. Rc2 Rc8 $1 {A nice point shown by the machine.} 27. Bxc6 $2 Ne6 $19)
21. gxf4 h6 $17 {Black is already winning. White can now rely only on
desperate attempts to sacrifice material, whether it is a piece or pawns. it
is just a matter of accuracy before Black takes home the point.} 22. b5 (22.
Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Rac1 hxg5 24. Bxc6 Rab8 $17) (22. Bh4 exf4 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5,
Gg7a1]}) 22... Nxb5 23. Rab1 Nxa3 24. Rb3 hxg5 $6 ({A more accurate move was} 
24... Nc2 $142 {with not so difficult variations. For example} 25. Nxb7 (25.
Bh4 exf4 $19) (25. Rc1 N2d4 $19) (25. Rc3 N2d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 $19 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Gd4e2]}) 25... N6d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Nc5 Nxb3 28. Bxa8 Nxc5
$19) 27... exd4 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Bh4 a5 $19) 25. Rxa3 ({White
could have provided more resistance with} 25. Nxb7 Ne7 ({Aronian's calculation
went} 25... Bxb7 26. Rxb7 {[%csl Rc6]} Rad8 {and so on and he considered his
position lost. One cannot blame him for it is only with the machine that we
can see White's ideas in these complications.} (26... Nd4 $6 27. Nxd4 exd4 28.
Bd5+ Kh7 29. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3h3]}) (26... Na5 27. Rbd7 N5c4 (27... Rab8 28. Bd5+
Kh8 29. Rd3 g4 30. Rxa3 $11) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. fxg5 $15) (26...
Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxc6 exf4 $17) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Bxc6 exf4
29. Rxa7 $15) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 (28... Nf7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Nc2 31. Nxf5 Nd4 32.
Nd6 $11) (28... Kh7 29. Rb3 exf4 (29... Nc2 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. fxg5) 30. Rh3+ Bh6
31. Rxa3 $15 {[%csl Ra7]}) 29. Rb3 exf4 30. Rxa3 Re8 31. Rh3+ Bh6 32. Nxf4 gxf4
33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Re5 $15) 26. Rxa3 (26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Bxa8 Bxe2 28. Rd7 Rxa8
29. Rxa3 Nf5 30. fxe5 (30. Raxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 gxf4 $17) 30... Rb8 $19 31.
Raxa7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 g4 $1 $19) 26... Bg4 27. Re1 gxf4 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg2a8]
although Black is still better, he will not have it easy. For example} 28. h3
Bh5 29. Be4 $17 {keeping a hold on things for now.}) 25... exf4 26. Bd5+ (26.
Nd7 Rd8 $1 (26... f3 $5 {Aronian} 27. Bxf3 (27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Kf7 $19)
27... Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Ne5 $19) 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rh3+ Bh6 29. Bxc6
bxc6 $19) 26... Kh7 $19 27. Ne4 (27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rh3+ Bh6 $19) 27... Kh6 28.
Nd6 Bf6 (28... Bg4 $19) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc8 Raxc8 31. Rd7 {[%cal Ga3h3]} (
31. Rxa7 Rfd8 $19) 31... g4 32. Nxf4 Rcd8 33. Raxa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 {[%cal
Gf8c8] MVL has given up two of his three extra pawns but simplified to an
easily winning endgame in which his strong bishop dominates the white knight
and his doubled pawns actually make the White pawn on h2 a sitting duck.} 35.
Ne6 (35. Rc7 Be5 $19) 35... Rc8 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 c4 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Nd5
Be5 {[%csl Rh2]} 40. Ke2 (40. Kg2 c3 41. Ne3 Kf4 42. Nc2 Ke4 43. Ne1 Bf4 $19 {
[%cal Gf4d2,Gf4h2] White is helpless.}) 40... Bxh2 41. Ke3 Be5 42. Nb4 Bd6 43.
Nd5 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc3 Ke5 46. Nb5 Bb4 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c3
(49... c3 50. Kd3 Bxf2 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gg3g2,Gg2g1]}) 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 {A well-known theoretical position (see e.
g. CBM 124, annotations to Svidler - Karjakin), in which the World Champion
applies an interesting novelty:} 12. Ng5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 520] GM Vadim
Zviagintsev played this move against me in a similar position. It had also
been played on move 11 (instead of 11.a3) several times.} (12. b4 {is common
and, in my opinion, good enough for some edge.}) 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.
Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] White has sacrificed a pawn but
obtained a bishop pair and a strong pawn centre. It is curious that the
sacrifice of the h2 pawn is becoming quite popular in the Meran system - see e.
g. Kramnik-Shirov in CBM 127.} Qh4 17. Be3 (17. Qf2 $5 {was played by
Zviagintsev in the above-mentioned game (in a different position) but here it
is not so worthwhile due to} Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 e5 ({or} 18... c5) 19. Be3 exd4 20.
Bxd4 c5) 17... e5 18. Ne2 Nh5 {Here is a game played at the Aeroflot Open next
day:} (18... Rad8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rfd1 exd4 23. Nxd4
c5 (23... Ne5 $5) (23... g6 $5) 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Bf1 c4 27. Be3 g4
28. Bh6 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Be2 Nh5 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Nc8 Nf4 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Nb6 Bc6 36. Ke3 g5 37. Rd1 f6 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Bf1 $14 {1/2
Gajewski,G (2581)-Salem,A (2473)/Moscow RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 746 (69)})
19. Qd2 {[%cal Re3g5]} h6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 $6 {Starting a dubious plan of
kingside counterplay with insufficient forces.} (20... Ng3 {M.Leskiv} 21. b4 $5
) (20... a5 $5) 21. Bc2 Re6 22. Bf2 Qe7 (22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. dxe5 Nxe5
25. Bb3 Rg6 26. Bd4 g4 $5 27. Kf2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 23. g4 $1 {Very bold.} (
23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Rg6 25. Nf5 $44 {was simpler but less energetic.}) 23...
Rg6 24. Kf1 Nhf6 25. Ng3 Nxg4 $5 {Logical, even if this piece sacrifice is not
quite correct. Otherwise, after, say,} (25... Qe6 26. Nf5 {the position of
Black´s pieces is very awkward.}) 26. fxg4 Qh4 27. Nf5 Qxg4 (27... Qh3+ 28. Ke1
Rxg4 29. Qe3 Qh2 (29... Qg2 30. Qe2 {[%cal Rf5e3]}) 30. Ke2 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne5
32. Rh1 Qf4 33. Qe3 $16) 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Ne7+ $143 Kh7 29. Nxg6 fxg6 $132 {
[%cal Gf8f2]}) 28... Re8 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 exd4 (
32... Rg4 33. Rg3 $1 $18) 33. Rg3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} (33.
Ne7+ {was now quite appropriate, e.g.} Rxe7 (33... Kh7 34. Rg1 Qxg1 35. Bxg1
Rxg1 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 Rxe7 38. Qd6 $18) 34. Qxe7 Rf6 (34... Qg4+ 35. Rf3
Rf6 $2 36. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rg1 $18) 35. Rf1 Qg4+ 36. Ke1 c5 37.
Qd8+ Kh7 (37... Nf8 $2 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Rg3) 38. e5 Rg6 39. Rg3 (39. Qh4 $143
Qe6) 39... Qf4 $1 40. Qxd7 Qc1+ 41. Bd1 Rxg3 42. Qxb7 Re3+ 43. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 44.
Be2 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qxe2+ 47. Rf2 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Qg5+ 50.
Qg2 {Uff!} Qxe5 51. Rxf7 {and this unusual position should be favorable for
White}) (33. Rxd4 $143 Ne5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Kf1 c5 $132) 33... Rxg3 34. Qxg3 (
34. Nxg3 Ne5 35. Qh1 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 c5 {is also poor.}) 34... Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rg4
$1 {White probably overlooked this move.} (35... Qxg3 $143 36. Bxg3 Re6 37.
Nxd4 $44) 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Ke2 c5 $19 {5(!) pawns for a piece are more than
enough. The rest is clear.} 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kd2 h5 41. b4 $6 Nc4+
42. Kc1 Nxa3 43. Bd1 cxb4 {7-0 for the moment!} 44. Bxh5 g6 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46.
Nxg6+ fxg6 47. Bxg6 Ke7 48. Bxd4 {White has eliminated most of the enemies but
the remaining ones easily bring Black the victory.} Kd6 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bg7 a5
51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf6 a4 53. Bg7 Kd5 {[%cal Yb4b3,Ya4a3]} 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. exd4 d5 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. c5 a5 20. Be1 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Ne4 22. Qb5 Ra8 23. c6 Rfb8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Nh5 Rb6 26. f3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+
gxf6 28. Qc2 Raa6 29. Qe2 Rxc6 30. Bd2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qd3
a4 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. g4 axb3 36. Qxb3 Qa6 37. Kf2 d4 38. a4 Bxh2 39. Qb5 Qd6 40.
Ke2 Qg3 41. Qc6 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Bg1 43. a5 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qe2 45. Qe4 Qc4+ 46. Kd1
Qb3+ 47. Ke2 Be3 48. Bxe3 dxe3 49. Qxe3 Qb5+ 50. Kf2 Qxa5 51. Qd3 Qe5 52. Kg2
f5 53. gxf5 Qxf5 54. Qd4+ Qf6 55. Qc4 h5 56. Qe2 Qf4 57. Qb2+ Kg6 58. Qc2+ Qf5
59. Qe2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7
15. f4 f6 16. Kh2 Bf7 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Bxe3
Bf8 22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Bf2 b5 24. b3 Qa5 25. Bf3 Qa6 26. Kg2 Bd5 27. g4 Qb7 28.
Bg3 Kh8 29. Re3 Nb6 30. Qf2 c4 31. Qe2 c3 32. Qc2 b4 33. Rde1 Bc6 34. R3e2 Qd7
35. f5 Rcd8 36. Re3 Nd5 37. R3e2 Nc7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxc3 Qb6 41.
g5 Bb4 42. Qa1 Qd4 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 fxg5 46. Rc7 a5 47. f6
gxf6 48. Rf2 Re7 49. Rc6 Rd6 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. h4 h6 52. Kh3 h5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54.
Kg3 Rf6 55. Rh2 Bd6+ 56. Kg2 Bxh2 57. Kxh2 a2 58. Ra4 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Rxa5
Rc7 61. Rxg5+ Kf6 62. Rf5+ Ke6 63. Ra5 Rc1 64. Kh4 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Rxa1 66. Kxh5
Ke5 67. Kg6 Rxb3 68. Kf7 Kd4 69. Ke6 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({Kramnik's
treatment of the fight for the centre strongly reminds me of the following
variation:} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf4 c6 7. d5 {White
sustains his d5-pawn with pieces, not wasting time for the strategically
constructive c2-c4. This is how Korchnoi played on three occasions, winning
each time! The best known game was Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Gurevich,M (2645)
Rotterdam 1990 CBM 018 [Schussler] (1-0, 45)}) 2... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. e3
$5 {[%emt 0:00:38] For decades, White has almost invariably met the Dutch
Defence with g2-g3, but Black seems to be doing fine in the main lines of the
Leningrad system lately. Little wonder that at the top level White is trying
stepping aside, relying on his theoretical advantage of the first move in a
non-symmetrical position, rather than on long forced variations.} ({The Wijk
aan Zee winner had a similar approach in the last round of the tournament:} 3.
Bf4 $5 {Aronian,L (2812)-Van Wely,L (2672) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Stohl,I]
(0-1, 38)}) 3... b6 {[%emt 0:11:02] We can only guess which system Sivdler
planned to choose against g2-g3, but in the absence of White's pressure along
the long diagonal, a logical answer. This position reminds me of a small
incident from my childhood. I was away from home for a few weeks when my
father called to tell me he had bought a book on the Dutch Defence. I had no
idea at all of the possible plans and ideas, but being caught by sudden
enthusiasm I started "analysing" on my own the position after 1.d4 f5. I
remember quite clearly that the current position became my main "tabyia" soon.
Later, I was disappointed to learn that g2-g3 outrules my setup and switcehd
to the 7...c6 Leningrad variation, which is the most critical nowadays, by the
way. Anyway, the thing I wanted to highlight is that there must be some
logical background to both sides' play, which made my then uninstructed mind
take this direction.} ({Actually, a more restrictive way of transposing to the
...b7-b6 setup is} 3... e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bd6 $5 {Truly
hypermodern, reminiscent of the game Lasker-Bauer with reversed colours. Of
course, nobody would allow the double bishop sacrifice nowadays, but the
bishops' pressure may be disturbing anyway.} {In Alekhine's times,} 7. Nc3 {
was the fashion.} ({The modern tendency (if we can call it as such in a rather
unpopular line) is} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 (8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. h3 a4 {
Hertneck,G (2560)-Jussupow,A (2640) Baden-Baden 1992 CBM 033 [Jussupow] (0-1,
24)}) 8... Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. Be2 Qg6 13. f4 c5 14.
Nf3 Nc6 $13 {Aleksandrov,A (2614)-Peralta,F (2546) Warsaw 2007 (1-0, 34)}) 7...
O-O 8. a3 ({Blocking the long diagonal with} 8. d5 {does not seem effective at
this stage of the game.} Na6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. dxe6
dxe6 13. Qe2 e5 $36 {Candeias,T (2078)-Wohl,A (2419) Pontevedra 2002 (0-1, 30)}
) (8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. a3 Bd6 $6 11. b4 Rf6 12. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rg6
14. f3 $2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 $17 {Ekenberg,B-Alekhine,A Oerebro 1935 (0-1, 23)})
8... a6 $6 (8... a5 9. Nb5 Be7 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe8 $132) 9. b4 Qe8 10. c5
Be7 11. Bc4 $14 {Nimzowitsch,A-Alekhine,A Hamburg 1910 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 4. d5 $5
$146 {[%emt 0:06:29] An original way of changing the fluent course of the game
and a novelty as early as on move 4!!} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:
49] This is the moment when White's approach starts ressembling Korchnoi's in
the aforementioned games.} ({Played before castling,} 5. c4 {offers Black easy
development:} e6 6. dxe6 (6. Nc3 Bb4 {[%csl Gd5]}) ({Actually, just few moves
after the novelty, play could have transposed to some lines starting with 3...
e6, for instance} 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (7) Loncar,R (2455)-Lovric,B 
(2340) Tucepi 1996}) 6... Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 dxe6 (8... O-O $5 9.
exd7 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxd7 $44) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ke7 {After the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops the king finds a safe place in the centre,
defending Black's only important weakness, the e6-pawn.}) 5... c6 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:11:50]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:34] A very unusual position. White has given away his ambitions for
a pawn centre, aiming for free piece development. The f5-pawn ensures Black
some space advantage, but in the long run may also prove a weakness.} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:08:59] The bishop has little scope and will also be exposed here.} ({
But the attempt for a more natural development to g7 after} 9... g6 {could be
met with} 10. Bd2 $5 {When Black practically has to pick up the gauntlet with}
Qxb2 11. Nd4 Qa3 {, hoping that he will survive the opening phase.}) 10. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:04:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:19] Not having weakened the long diagonal,
Black is not forced to take the pawn.} (10... Qxb2 11. Nd4 Qa3 (11... Bxd4 12.
Rb1 Qa3 13. Bb4 Qa4 14. Qxd4 $16) (11... O-O 12. a3 Bxd4 13. Ra2 $14) 12. Nb5
Qa4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4 $44) 11. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 12.
a3 {[%emt 0:07:49]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:
02:54]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:16][%csl Re5] The central
structure is reminiscent (with reversed colours) of the game Svidler-Gelfand
from the previous Candidates. Svidler met the Grünfeld with an unusual setup
based on d4-e3-f4.} ({Black could not refrain from ...d7-d5 for too long:} 
14... Rac8 15. Bb5 d6 16. Qd2 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 15. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:30][%csl Ge5]
[%cal Gb5c6]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. a4 {[%emt 0:04:00] Quite a courageous
move.} (16. Ba6 {looks somewhat safer:} Nc6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd4 {[%cal Ge2b5,
Gc2c4] with similar ideas to what happened in the game.}) 16... Bd6 {[%emt 0:
13:26] A bit passive.} (16... Nxb5 $5 17. axb5 Bd6 {[%cal Ge6e5] would have
allowed Black fighting for the initiative. Actually, the b7-bishop is far from
being passive. It inhibits the pawn break c2-c4 and defends the d5-pawn in
view of the desirable central expansion with ...e6-e5.} 18. Ne5 (18. Be5 Qc7
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rc5 {[%cal Gf8c8,Ge6e5]}) 18... Rac8 19. f4
(19. Bd4 Qc7 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gc7c2]}) 19... Rxc3 $1 {The critical move,
preventing White's consolidating with Bd4+/=.} 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qc7 $44)
17. Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:14]} 18. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Qxb7
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:00:56][%cal Gc3b2,Gc2c4] The absence of the
black queen's bishop makes itself felt. White's play is more pleasant already,
since the centre is rather more vulnerable than threatening. After the
inevitable c2-c4, the black kingside will become vulnerable.} Qa6 {[%emt 0:03:
48]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 21. Ng5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:34]
This knight incursion will eventually turn to White's favour, but in principle
it looks more like a waste of time.} (21. Ba1 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gd2b2] For concrete
reasons (c2-c4 and Qd2-b2) more promising than the retreat to b2)} Bb4 22. c3
Be7 23. c4 Rfd8 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Qb2 Bf6 26. Qb1 $14) 21... Rce8 $6 {[%emt 0:
02:11]} ({There was nothing to be defended on the f-file, so a more natural
rook display would have been} 21... Rfe8 {Maybe Black feared} 22. e4 fxe4 23.
Nxe4 {With the rook on f8, this would lose material to ...Bf4, but even the
way it is} Bf8 {[%cal Ga6b7,Gb7f7] leads to normal play for Black.}) 22. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:05:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:
05]} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({In the absence of a rook on c8,} 25... Rd8 $2 26. cxd5
Rxd5 $2 {loses to} 27. Qc3 {[%csl Gc6]}) 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b5 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} 27. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Rxc4 $14 {[%emt 0:
01:05][%csl Re6,Rg6]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 29. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:20] The knight
will be left rather hanging in the centre, so maybe White should have kept
this move in reserve.} (29. Qe2 $5 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) (29. Bd4 $14 {[%cal
Gd2c3]}) 29... Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 30. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Bd6 $6 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} (30... Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gc6]}) 31. Nc6 $14 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} 32. Rd4 $4 {[%emt 0:01:40] An unusual blunder at this level (and even
at lower one!)} (32. Nd4 Qe5 33. Nf3 Qb5 34. Rc3 a4 $14 {Black liquidates the
queenside pawns, retaining a symbolically worse, but defensible position.})
32... Bxh2+ $1 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 33. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
34. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 35. Ne5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxf2
{[%emt 0:02:45]} 36. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 37. Qd4 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 38. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} 39. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. c4 d4 7. b4 O-O 8. d3 Nc6
9. b5 Nb8 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nbd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rae1 e5 15. e3
dxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. Nfd2 Re8 18. Bc3 a4 19. Nc1 Nb6 20. a3 Be6 21. e4 Red8
22. Rf2 Qd7 23. Nf3 f6 24. Bf1 Ne8 25. Bd2 Nc7 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Na2 Bf7 28. Nc3
Ne6 29. Nd2 Nd4 30. Qd1 Be6 31. Nd5 Rf8 32. Bg2 Rf7 33. Ref1 Nd7 34. Nb1 Bxd5
35. exd5 f5 36. g4 Raf8 37. Bc1 e4 38. dxe4 f4 39. g5 f3 40. Bxf3 Be5 41. Kh1
Bxh2 42. Rxh2 Nxf3 43. Rh3 Nde5 44. Nc3 Ng4 45. Nxa4 Nfh2 46. Rxf7 Rxf7 47. Qe2
Rf2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rh7 20. Rad1 Be7
21. Qe3 h5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxf5 Rh6 26. Be4 Rc7 27.
Be5 Rc5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Be3 Rf6 30. Bd4 Rh6 31. b3 b5 32. Be5 Rc8 33. f3 h4 34.
Re2 Rh5 35. Bd4 b4 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Bxa6 Rhd5 38. Red2 Bg5 39. Bc5+ Rxc5 40.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Bd3 Rxa2 44. Re2 Kd6 45. Re4 Kc5 46.
Rxh4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. Be4 0-1

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1247"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe1 f6 12. Re3 c5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Nc3
Rb8 15. b3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd6 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rd3 Qe8 19. Bb2 Be5 20. Nxa4 Rb5
21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg6+ 25. Kf1 Bxh2 26. Re1 Rg5 27.
Ke2 Re8 28. Kd1 Rg1 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rde2 h5 31. Qd3 Qg2 32. Nb6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1
Qxf2 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. c4 Qxa2 36. Qf3 g6 37. Re3 Kg7 38. Qh3 Qf2 39. Rd3 Qg1+
40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qxh2 Bxh2 42. Rh3 Be5 43. Kd3 a5 44. Ke4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Rh8 46.
Kg2 g5 47. Ne3 Ke6 48. Kf1 f5 0-1

[Event "Hofheim MVT"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Meier, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 c6 8. O-O e5
9. b4 Be6 10. d5 Bf7 11. a4 e4 12. Ra3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. f3
exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Re1 Rc4 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Nd3 Qd7
22. Bf1 R4c7 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. e4 fxe4 25. Be3 a6 26. Bb6 Rc2 27. d6 Bh6 28.
Bc7 Rd2 29. Qb1 Qf5 30. Be2 e3 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. b5 axb5 33. Bxb5 Be6 34. Rd3
e4 35. Ra3 f4 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. Raxe3 Bxh2+ 38. Kh1 Bxd6 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Rg3+
Kh8 41. Kg1 Bf5 42. Rg5 Rg6 43. Rxg6 hxg6 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Re2 Ke5
47. Rb2 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 e3+ 49. Kg3 Be4 50. Be2 Bc6 51. a5 Ra3 52. a6 bxa6 53. Rb6
Bb5 54. Bxb5 axb5 55. Rxb5+ Ke4 56. Rb4+ Kd3 57. Rb6 Ra1 58. Rd6+ Ke4 59. Re6+
Kd4 60. Kf3 Rf1+ 61. Ke2 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 g5 63. Rg6 Rg2 64. Kf1 Rg3 65. Rg8 Kd3
66. Rd8+ Ke4 67. Re8+ Kf3 68. Rf8+ Kg4 69. Rg8 Rh3 70. Ke2 Kh4 71. Rg7 g4 72.
Rh7+ Kg3 73. Rg7 Rh8 74. Rg6 Re8 75. Rg7 Kh3 76. Rh7+ Kg2 77. Rg7 Re4 78. Rg8
g3 79. Rh8 Ra4 80. Rh7 Ra2+ 81. Kd1 Rf2 82. Rg7 Kf3 83. Rf7+ Ke4 84. Re7+ Kd4
85. Rd7+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Nf3 c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rhe1 Kf7
21. Bg3 Bb6 22. Bc2 h5 23. h3 Ne7 24. Bb3 g5 25. h4 g4 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Nc6 28. Rf4 d4 29. Bxe6+ Kxe6 30. exd4+ Kf7 31. f3 gxf3 32. Rxf3 Nxd4 33. Rf4
Ne6 34. Rf3 Nd4 35. Rf4 Nb3 36. Bf2 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Nd2+ 38. Kc2 Nxc4 39. Re2 Ne5
40. Be1 Ke6 41. a4 Rd6 42. g3 Kf5 43. Rf2+ Kg4 44. Rf4+ Kh3 45. Rf1 Rc6+ 46.
Kb1 Re6 47. Rf5 Ng6 48. Bf2 Kg4 49. Rd5 Ne5 50. Rd4+ Kh3 51. Rd5 Re7 52. Kc2
Ng4 53. Bb6 Rh7 54. Rd3 Ne5 55. Rb3 Rd7 56. Be3 Nf3 57. Rb6 Kxg3 58. Rxf6 Nxh4
59. b4 Ng2 60. Ba7 h4 61. Kc3 h3 62. Bb8+ Kg4 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rg8 Ne3 65. Rg3
Nd5+ 66. Kb3 Kh4 67. Rg8 Nf6 68. Rg6 Ng4 69. Rg8 Rh7 70. Kc4 h2 71. Bxh2 Nxh2
72. b5 Ng4 73. Ra8 axb5+ 74. Kxb5 Nf6 75. a5 Nd5 76. Ra7 Kg5 77. Kc4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 {
Black can't take with the knight - that's the idea of White's move order.
However, c1 is not the appropriate place for White's rook in the resulting
so-called Karlsbad structure.} 8. e3 c6 9. h3 ({After} 9. Bd3 {Black can play}
Nh5 {getting rid of White's dark-squared bishop.} 10. Qc2 Nxf4 11. Bxh7+ $6 {
doesn't work:} Kh8 12. exf4 Bd6 (12... g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 Rf6 {is
possible, too, albeit it looks more risky}) 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Qxd4 16. exd6 Qe5+ 17. Be4 f5 $17 {0-1 (37) Jorgensen,B (2248)-Antonsen,M 
(2456) Horsens 2013}) 9... Ne4 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O {leads to a
position arising from various move orders. It was examined by GM Igor Stohl in
his annotations to the blitz game Kasparov-Karpov (CBM 147). Here are some
more recent examples:} Ng6 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rb1 a5
15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ne5 Ng6 $11 {0-1 (52)
Colpe,M (2343)-Grabarczyk,M (2476) Lueneburg 2014}) 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Qc2 Qe7 (14... Bd7 15. b4 $1 b6 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. e4 Qf4 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Nd3
Qf6 26. Nxc5 $16 {1/2 (40) Molner,M (2528)-Aravindh,C (2395) Reykjavik 2014}) (
14... Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1
Ne4 21. Qa4 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 $5 27.
h4 Rec7 $13 {1/2 (54) Giri,A (2701)-Nakamura,H (2770) Dortmund 2011}) 15. Rfe1
(15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qc5 Qh4 20. Qd6 Rad8 21.
Qg3 Qh6 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. Ne5 f4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 $132 {1/2 (37)
Bischoff,K (2547)-Baramidze,D (2591) Germany 2011}) (15. Rb1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f4 h5 19. b4 Rad8 20. b5 Nh4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Kh2 Be6 $1 $132
{[%cal Yh4f5,Yc6c5]} (22... Qe6 23. Nb3 Rb8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Nc5 $16 {0-1 (47)
Dragun,K (2546)-Narayanan,S (2420) Pune IND 2014})) 15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 17. a4
Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qd2 Re6 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qf2 {
1/2 (23) Banikas,H (2609)-Rychagov,A (2544) Paleochora 2013}) {You see that
Black obtains quite decent play after 9...Re8; however, the text move is even
simpler.} 10. Bd3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 12. Bc4 Bf5 {
also looks comfortable for Black}) 10... Ndf6 (10... f5 $6 {weakens the dark
squares too much:} 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. b4 Nfe4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5
16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 (30) Krajic,K (2072)-Stastny,P (2072) Czechia 2011}) 11. O-O Bf5 {[%mdl 4]
An important development: Black has solved the problem of his light-squared
bishop, which is his common headache in the Karlsbad structure.} 12. Ne2 {
[%mdl 32] An attempt to apply the concept of "excessive piece", formulated by
Mark Dvoretzky (too many black pieces control the e4-square and get in each
other's way when White removes his pieces).} Nd7 {Fabiano Caruana has also
read Dvoretzky's books so he removes his "excessive" knight :-). Besides, his
knight now controls the e5-square.} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 {A small trick:
Black's queen is a bit misplaced on b6. However, it doesn't change the
evaluation: the position remains equal.} Bg6 15. Bh2 Rfe8 (15... Ng5 $5 {
(M.Notkin) allows} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. b4 $5) 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2
hxg6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Kg2 ({IM Maxim Notkin recommends} 20. h4 {, preventing ...
g6-g5. Then White could try Kh2-g2, Rf1-h1 and h4-h5, although Black could
reply ...g6-g5 at the end. The position remained equal.}) 20... g5 $1 21. Rh1
Qe7 22. b4 {This allows Black to sharpen the game.} (22. h4 g4 23. Ng5 {
is harmless due to} Ndf6 {(S.Zagrebelny)}) (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rad8 $11)
22... a5 $5 {Still, this plan is a bit risky since White's position in the
centre is quite strong.} (22... a6 {is more solid}) 23. b5 c5 24. h4 $5 {
An unusual example: a flank action in reply to an attack in the centre! Quite
a possible strategy when your centre is solid!} (24. dxc5 Ndxc5 $132) 24... g4
25. Ng5 Rac8 (25... cxd4 26. exd4 Ndf6 27. Qc7 $14 {S.Zagrebelny}) 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Qb3 (27. Rhd1 {, recommended by various commentators, is more
appropriate. After, say,} Qf6 (27... g6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 {threatening 30.
Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4! Rxc2 32.Rxe7}) 28. a4 g6 29. Qb3 {White keeps some
initiative.}) 27... g6 {Black has noticed an idea of trapping White's
g5-knight by means of ...f7-f6. However,} (27... a4 {is premature due to} 28.
Qd5 c4 $2 29. Qxb7 f6 $2 30. Qd5+) (27... cxd4 28. exd4 Nb6 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}
29. Rc5 a4 $1) 28. Rc4 (28. Rhd1 a4 $1 29. Qxa4 $140 ({or} 29. Qd5 c4 $1 {
[%cal Rd7b6]} 30. Qxb7 f6 31. Qd5+ Kg7) 29... f6 {winning the g5-knight}) (28.
a4 $5 Kg7 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 29. Qc3 f6 30. d5 Nf8 31. Rhd1 Rcd8 32. b6 $1 Qe5 $1
33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. dxe6 $11 {_|_}) 28... b6 (28... a4 $5 {(S.
Zagrebelny)} 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Ra7 c4 31. Qc2 f6 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rxb7 Re6 $15) 29. Rhc1 Rcd8 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 {White must sacrifice
the exchange to save his knight. His active position and passed pawn give him
decent compensation, though.} bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Re5 Qf6 34. Rd5 (34. Rxe8+
$142 Rxe8 35. Qd1 Qf5 36. a4 $44 {[%csl Gb5]}) 34... Red8 35. a4 $4 {[%mdl
8192] A terrible blunder.} ({However, after} 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qc2 a4 $5 {
it is Black who can play for a win.}) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rc2 37. Kh1 (37. Nxe4
Qf3+ $19 {was what White had overlooked}) 37... Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. c5 Bb8 14. Bd2 Qd8
15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf8 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. b4 Ng6 21.
a4 Ne7 22. b5 Nd5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa6 g5 25. Nh2 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Kg7 27. Kg1
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. a5 h6 31. Bc1 Ra2 32. Bd2 Qb7 33. Re8 Qb2
34. Be1 Nf4 35. Qa6 Qxd4 36. Qc8 Ng6 37. Qxc6 Ra1 38. Qe4 Qxc5 39. Kh2 h5 40.
Qe3 Qc6 41. Bc3 Ra4 42. f3 Ra2 43. Kh1 Rc2 44. Be1 Qb5 45. Bg3 h4 46. Bh2 Qb1+
47. Bg1 Qf1 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random 2019"]
[Site "Hovikodden NOR"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1300"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Ng6 4. Ng3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 O-O 7. Bf5 Qc7 8. e4
d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd2 Nd3 11. Qc3 Nf4 12. Qf3 e5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Ne2 g6 15.
Nxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Rde8 17. Bd4 d5 18. Qh6 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxe4
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bf6 Bc6 26. g4 h6
27. Kg3 Re8 28. b4 Re6 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rd3 Re6 31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rd3 Re6 33.
Bb2 b5 34. c5 g5 35. Ra3 Re1 36. f3 Rb1 37. Bc3 a5 38. Rxa5 Rf1 39. Ra6 Rxf3+
40. Kh2 Be4 41. Be5 f5 42. c6 Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. c7 fxg4 45. Rxh6 Kf7 46. Rb6
Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Ke7 51. Rxb5 Bf5 52. Bg3 Bd7
53. Rb8 Rc3 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 Rc3 56. Be5 Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Bg3 Rc2+ 59.
Kf1 Rc3 60. Re8+ Bxe8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1246"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.24"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Qf3 g6 11. g4 Bd6 12. gxf5 Qh4 13. fxg6+ Ke7 14. Re1
Bxh2+ 15. Kg2 Raf8 16. Rxe4+ dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 18. Bxe4 hxg6 19. Bg5+ Kd6
20. Na3 c6 21. Rh1 Rh5 22. Nc4+ Kc7 23. Be3 Bf4 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. c3 Nb6 26.
Nxb6 Bxe3 27. fxe3 axb6 28. Bf3 h4 29. e4 Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Rg3 31. Bg2 Re3 32. a4
Re2 33. b4 Rc2 34. Kh3 Rxc3+ 35. Kxh4 Rc4 36. Kg5 Rxd4 37. e5 Rxb4 38. Kf6 Kd8
0-1

[Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.09.25"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 6. d5 h5 7. Nec3 Nbd7 8. Na3 h4
9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. g3 Ng5 13. Qg2 f5 14. Bd3 f4 15. Bd2 h3
16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rg1 Rf7 18. O-O-O Qf8 19. Rdf1 Qg7 20. Nc2 Nf8 21. Kb1 Nfh7 22.
Ne1 Bd7 23. Bc2 Raf8 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Bxf4 Bxc3 27. Bxd6 Bd4 28.
f4 Bxg1 29. Be5 Nf6 30. fxg5 Ng4 31. Bf6 Bxh2 32. e5 Nxf6 33. exf6 Bd6 34. Nf4
Rxf6 35. gxf6 Rxf6 36. Ne6 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qh6 38. Qf6 h2 39. Be4 h1=Q+ 40. Bxh1
Qxh1+ 41. Kc2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 2021"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.11.08"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Duda, J."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2021.11.08"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Ke2 c6 13. g4 Re8 14. g5 hxg5
15. Bxg5 Qb6 16. Bf5 Qb5+ 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Bf5 c5 19. Rd1 Qb5+ 20. Bd3 c4 21.
Bf5 Ne4 22. a4 Qc6 23. Qc2 Nf8 24. Rg1 g6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd2 Rac8 27. Nb1
Bxh2 28. Rg2 Ne6 29. Nc3 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Qf6 31. Rg2 Qf3+ 32. Kf1 Bb8 33. Qe2 Kg7
34. Rg1 Rh8 35. Rd1 Rh2 36. d5 Be5 37. d6 Bxc3 38. bxc3 Rxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Qxd1+
40. Kg2 Qg4+ 41. Qg3 Qe2+ 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. Kg3 Rd8
46. Rd4 f5 47. Rxc4 Rxd6 48. Rc7 Rc6 49. Rxb7 Rxc3 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Ke1 g5 52.
Rxa7 f4 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. exf4 gxf4 55. Ra8 e3 56. a5 Ra2 57. a6 Ke4 58. a7 Kf3
59. Kd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 e5 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8
15. Ne4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 Bd7 20. f3 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 bxc4 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be1 f5 25. Bc2 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27.
b3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Kf2 Rxb3 32. Re8 Rb2+ 33.
Kf1 Rb1 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Rxe4 a5 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Ra7 a4 39. Bb4 Be5
40. e4 Bxh2 41. Ra6+ Kh5 42. Bf8 Bg3 43. Bxh6 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 31st Aug"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2021.08.31"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3
Nbd7 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Be2 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. dxc5 Qxd3
15. Bxd3 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Bb7 18. Rc7 Bd5 19. Rhc1 Ba5 20. Rc8+ Kd7
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. a3 Bc7 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Rc2 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bxe5
27. Rc4 Rb3+ 28. Kg4 Rxb2 29. Rxa4 Rxf2 30. Bb7 Bxh2 31. g3 Rb2 32. Bf3 f5+ 33.
Kh5 Bxg3 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rxg7 Bf4 36. Ra7 Rb3 37. Be2 Ke5 38. Ra6 Re3 39. Bf1
Kf6 40. Ra8 Bg5 41. Bg2 Re2 42. Bh3 Rh2 43. Ra3 e5 44. Rf3 f4 45. Ra3 e4 46.
Kg4 Rh1 47. Bg2 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament} 1.
e4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Dolmatov} Ke7
$5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5
18. Rhe1 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Dortmund/1993/}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O (
13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rae1
Kg8 20. Qg4 {with attack, Kamsky,G-Anand,V/It, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996}) 13...
Bb7 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black equalized, Kamsky,
G-Karpov,A/w-ch (8) Elista RUS 1996}) (14. Rhe1 O-O (14... O-O-O {Dolmatov} 15.
Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Kb1 Ka8 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Nb3
Nd5 $10 {Chandler,M-Adams,M/Blackpool/1990/}) 15. g4 $5 c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5
Bf4 18. h4 {with initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (12) Elista RUS 1996})
14... Rd8 (14... O-O-O $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Ba6 (15. Ne5 $6 c5) (15. c4 c5 16. Bc3
Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. g3 Ka8 19. Bc2 a6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 $14 {Sokolov,
A-Spraggett,K/St.John/1988/}) 15... b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Rc1) (14... Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 15. Rhg1 (15. c4 $5) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7
19. g4 Nd5 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxf3 Be5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd4 23. Rxg7+
$1 $18) 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $2 Nf4 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 21... Nf4 22. Qe3
Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 (23... Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 25. g6 $13) 24. Bxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1
Bd5 26. b3 {1/2-1/2 Wolff,P-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto (09)/1995/ (30)}) 15. Rhg1 (
15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Ne5 (16. g4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Rxd4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2
(19. Qd2 $5) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3 (21. g5 $2 Ne4) 21... Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 (
22. g5) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 (25. Re2 Bf3) 25...
Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bd5 $19 {0-1 Adams,M-Speelman,J/New York PCA-qual 
(08)/1995/ (39)}) 16... c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Ng6 Nf6 22. Qxg5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Rdg1 $2
Bxd3 27. Rh3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nf8 $1 $17) 26... Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Epishin,V/
Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (36)}) (15. c4 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Bc3 (16. g4 Bf4
$1 17. Rhg1 c5 18. h4 $13) 16... Rfe8 (16... Qe7 17. g4 (17. Rhe1 Bb4 $1 18.
Qd2 $5) 17... c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb4 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Rxg5
Bxc3 22. Rdg1 $1 g6 23. bxc3 $16) 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 (21. g5 Ne5
22. gxh6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rh7+ $10) 21... f5 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exf5 {
Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Groningen (04)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 17. Ne5 (17. g4 c5 18. Rhg1
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 g6 $1) 17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. f3 a5
20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bc2 {Almasi,Z-Karpov,
An/Groningen (08)/1995/0-1 (74)}) (15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik}) 15... c5 (15... Nd5 {
Ftacnik} 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. c5 $16 {Leko}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc5
$5 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne5 Bd4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bb4+ Bc5) 17. a3 {/\ 18.Bb4} O-O (
17... a5 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Bxh2 (20... g6) 21. Nf5+
Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Bd4 e5 (24... exf5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd7 Qe5
27. Rxb7 (27. Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 29. Rxb7) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 $16) 25. Bxb6
Qxb6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qc4 {1-0 Timman,J-Leko,P/Groningen (01)/1996/ (34); CBM 57
}) 18. g4 {The methodical advance /\ 19.g5+-} Qd5 $2 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd5
$11) (18... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 19. g5 (19. Qe4 $2 Nc3+ 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $17)
19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. g6 $14 Qh5 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bg6 $16) 19. g5 $1 (
19. Nh4 {Ftacnik} Bxh2 20. Rge1 Bd6 $15) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf6 g6 {It is
understandable why Ivanchuk didn't take on f6: White's attack looked very
strong, yet Black could hold} (20... Qxf6 $142 21. Bc3 e5 22. f4 Qxf4 (22...
Rfe8 23. Rdf1) 23. Rdf1 Qh4 (23... Qa4 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ $18)
24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 $18) 24. Rg4 (24. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 25. Qxe5 g6 (25... f6
26. Qe7 $18) (25... g5 26. Qf5 $18 (26. Rf4 $5 {/\ h4->})) 26. Bxg6 $18) (24.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ f6 26. Bxd6) 24... Qe7 (24... Qh3 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Rfg1
g5 27. Rg4 Qh3 28. Rxg5+ {wins}) 25. Qe3 g5 (25... f5 26. Qxh6 Bd5 27. Bxf5 Rf6
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Bg8 30. Rfg1 {wins}) 26. Rf5 f6 27. h4 Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Rfxg5+ fxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf4 33. Qxf4+ exf4 34. Rg7+
Ke6 35. Bc4+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ $11) (20... Qxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rh7+
Kg8 23. Rg1+ $18) 21. Bxh6 $6 {There was an interesting 'Tal's style' Rook
sacrifice 21. Rxg6+ which lead to wild complications. We spent a lot of time
analyzing this continuation and still cannot be sure that it is 100% sound;
the sacrifice can be a theme for a special analytical article. We invite the
interested readers to follow our steps!} ({Meanwhile} 21. Bxg6 {is not
dangerous in view of} fxg6 (21... Qxe2 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Bxe2 Bxh2 24. Rg4 {
is in White's favor}) 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Kxf6 24. Bc3+ Kf5 $1 {and White's
attack vaporises} ({Of course not} 24... e5 $4 25. Rxd6+ Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ {wins})
) (21. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ {White sacrifice the Rook for dangerous attack.
There are three replies: 22... Kh7, 22... Rf7 and 22...Kh8} Kh8 (22... Kh7 $1 {
As we will see later, this is the best reply. Now 23.Bxg6+ is unclear} 23.
Bxg6+ ({White has a forced draw at this point:} 23. Rg1 Bc8 24. Rxg6 Bxe6 25.
Rg7+ {draw by perpetual check}) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxg6 $2 24. f7+ Qf6 25. Rg1+ {
winning}) 24. f7 $1 Bc8 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Bc3+ Qxc3 26. Rxd5 Qg7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6
28. Qxd6 Rc8 29. f4 Qf8 30. Qe5+ Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. f5 Rd8 33. f6 h5 34. h4
Rc8 35. b4 Rd8 36. c4 {and White's pawns decide the matter}) (24... Qxd1+ 25.
Ka2 {and Black has no defense against double threat 26.Bc3+ and 26.Qf6+}) 25.
Qe1 Kg7 (25... Be7 26. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 27. Ka2 {wins}) 26. Be4 Qf6 $1 (26... Qh5 $2
27. Bc3+ Kxf7 (27... Be5 28. Bf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {wins}) 28. Bd5+ Kg6 29. Qe4+
Bf5 (29... Kg5 30. Rg1+ Bg4 31. f3 {and Black has no defense}) 30. Rg1+ {
winning}) 27. Qg1+ Kxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Bc3 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd5 $1 {
threatening 31.Qg8+} Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Bxe5+ Kxf7 34. f4 {
and White stays better}) 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bc3 Rg8 30. Bxf6 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Kxf6
32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. Rxh6 Bc5 35. Rh7 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Rxa7 Rxc2
{White is fighting for a draw}) (22... Rf7 23. Rg1 g5 (23... Rdf8 24. Rxg6+ {
easy winning}) 24. Bc4 Qh5 (24... Rdf8 25. Qxd6 Qxf2 26. Rg3 {White is on top}
Qc5 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 28. Qg4 Bd5 29. Bd3) 25. f4 Qg6 26. f5 Qh7 (26... Qh5 27. h4
g4 28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bg5 $1 {and mate follows}) 27. Re1 (27. h4
Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5 (28... Bxe6 29. fxe6 hxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 31. exf7 {winning})
29. Rxg5+ ({if} 29. Bxg5 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Rdf8 {and White has only draw after} 31.
Bh6+ Kh8 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. Bg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7) 29... Kh8 (
29... Kf8 30. Qd5 (30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 Rg8 33. Rh5 Rg2 $10)
30... Rdd7 31. Rg6 Ke8 32. Bb5 $14) 30. Qxf7 {and the game is over}) 27... Bf8
28. Bb4 Bc8 29. Qe8 $1 {Unbelievable position of zugzwang! White is winning})
23. Rg1 Rc8 (23... Rxf6 24. Bc3) 24. Qxd6 Rxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Rxg6 $1 Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rc6 27. Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 {with advantage}) 25. Qe7 $1 Qxf2 26. Be3 Rf7 27.
Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bd4 {winning}) 21... Bxh2 (21... Rfe8 $2 {Ftacnik}
22. h4 $16) 22. Rh1 (22. Bxf8 {Dolmatov} Bxg1 23. Be7 (23. Qxf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3
24. Rxg1 Kxf8 25. Rg3 Bh5 $15) 23... Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxf2 $17) (
22. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 fxg6 $13) 22... Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxd1+ (23...
Bxh1 {Dolmatov} 24. Rxh1 Be5 25. Bg7 $18) 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f3 (25. Rd7 {Ftacnik
} Be4 $15) (25. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Kh7 (25... g5 26. Rd7 Be4 (26... Bc6 27. Rxa7
Rd8 28. Bh5 (28. Bd3)) (26... Rc7 $2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+) 27. Bd3 $1 (27. Bh5
Kh7 28. Rxf7 Rxc2 29. Rf8 Rxf2+ (29... Rc8+) 30. Kc1 Bf4+ 31. Kd1 Bf3+ 32. Bxf3
Rxf3) 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 {/\ Rh3} g4 (28... Rc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31.
Rxh2) 29. Rd1 $18 {/\ Rh1}) (25... Be4 26. Ka2 $1 g5 (26... Bd5+ 27. c4 Rxc4
28. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. b3 Bd5 30. Rd3 $1 $18 {/\ Rh3}) 27. f3 Bh7 28. Rh1 Bg3 (
28... Bf4 29. Bd3) 29. Rh5 $1 $18 (29. Bd3 Bh4)) 26. f3 Rc5 27. c4 $18 {
/\ b4, Rd8; Rh1} (27. Rd7 Rc7)) (25. Ba6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa6 26. Rh1 Rc5 27. Rxh2
Rh5) 25... Bg3 26. Bg7 {threatening 27.Rh1} (26. Rh1 {Dolmatov} Rc5 27. Bg7 Rh5
28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rh1 Rh5 $10) (26. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bg7 Rc8
29. Rd1 Rc5 $8 (29... g5 30. Rd7 Rc7 31. Bd3+ Kg8 32. Rd8#) 30. c4 $1 {/\ b4,
Rd8; Rh1} a5 (30... Re5 31. Rd8) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 $18) 26... g5 27. Rd7 $6
{This natural move withdraws the Rook from the K-side. Correct was} (27. Bh6 $1
{and now} Bf4 $2 {fails. Correct is} (27... Kh7 28. Bxg5 Kg6 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3
Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Bf2 32. Rd7 {White has some winning chances}) (27... Bh4 {
Dolmatov} 28. Rg1 Rc5 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Kh7 $15) 28. Rh1 Bg3 29.
Rh5 {and White is winning}) (27. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Bh4) 27... Bc6 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29.
a4 ({Perhaps better was} 29. Bh6 Bf4 30. Ra6 Be3 31. a4) (29. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bc7
(29... Bf2 30. Ra7 Rd2 $5 (30... Bg3 $10) 31. Rc7 Rxe2 32. Rxc6 Kh7 $13) 30.
Bh6 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rg2 $15) (29. Ka2 $5 {Ftacnik} Rd2 $140 (29... Bd5+ 30. b3) 30.
Bd3 Bxf3 $2 31. Rd7 $18) 29... Be5 (29... Rd2 $2 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. b3
(31. c4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 (31... Rxd3 32. cxd5 exd5 $17) 32. Rd7 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Be4
34. Kc2 g4 $17) 31... Be5 (31... Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Be5+ $19) 32. Kc1 Bf4 33. Kb2
Be5+ 34. Ka3) 30. a5 (30. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Rd2 31. Rxb6 (31. Bd3 Bd5) 31... Bd5
32. c4 Ba8 $13) 30... Rd2 $1 {Black's counterplay is quite sufficient;
moreover, White must give up his f-pawn, and Black g-pawn begins to run...} 31.
Bc4 (31. Bd3 {Dolmatov} Bd5 (31... bxa5 $6 32. Be4 $1 Bxe4 33. fxe4 g4 34. Rxa5
g3 (34... Bf4 35. Rh5) 35. Rxe5 g2 36. Rg5 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39.
b4 $16) 32. c4 Bxf3 (32... Rxb2+ $1 {Ftacnik} 33. Kc1 Bc6 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4
g4 $17) (32... Rxd3 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. a6 Ra5 35. b3 $13) 33. Bc2 (33. Rd7 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 Be4 35. Kc2 bxa5 36. Kd2 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 Bxb2 38. c5 Be5 $19) 33... bxa5
34. Rxa5 Re2 35. Rc5 (35. b4 $13) 35... Bb7) (31. axb6 {Ftacnik} Rxe2 32. b7
Re1+ 33. Ka2 Bd5+ $19 (33... Bd5+ 34. Ka3 Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Rxa7)) 31... b5 32. Bb3
(32. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 33. Bxb5 Be4 34. Ba4 g4 $17) (32. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1)
32... Bxf3 33. Re7 (33. a6 {Ftacnik} g4 34. Bh6 Rd6) 33... Rd6 (33... g4 $2 {
Dolmatov} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Rd1+ {Ftacnik} 35. Ka2 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37.
Bf5+ Kg8 38. Be6+ $10) (34... Bxf6 35. Rxf6) 35. Bxe6+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ $10 (36.
Bf5+ Kg8 37. Be6+ $10)) 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 (35. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Kg6 36. Rc5
Bxf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxb5 g4 $17) 35... Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxf6 37. a6 (37. c4 {
Dolmatov} Rd2 38. cxb5 Bxb2 $17) 37... g4 {Suddenly, White realized that he
must stop the Black passed pawn. But how?!} 38. c4 (38. a7 {Ftacnik} g3 39. c4
(39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 g2 41. Bc5 Bd4) 39... Rc1 40. a8=Q Bxa8 41. Rxa8 g2 42.
Bc5 bxc4 43. Ba4 g1=Q 44. Bxg1 Rxg1 $19) 38... Rd2 39. cxb5 (39. a7 {Ftacnik}
bxc4 40. Bxc4 g3 41. a8=Q Bxa8 42. Rxa8 g2 43. Bc5 Bd4 $19) 39... g3 40. b6 (
40. Bc5 Bxb2 41. Rc8 Bd4+ (41... g2 42. Bg1 Bd4+ 43. Rc2 Bxg1 44. Rxd2 Bc5 45.
Rxg2 Bxg2 $19) 42. Ka3 g2 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Rh4 (44... Rd3 {Ftacnik} 45.
Kb4 Bd1 $19) 45. Rg1 Rh1 46. Rxg2 Bxg2 {and Black is winning}) 40... g2 41. Bc5
Bxb2 {and there is no defense against deadly discovered check! White resigns.
This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament.} (
41... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 42. Be3 Bd4+ 43. Bxd2 g1=Q 44. Ka3 Qa1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd3 f6 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O $6 {This inaccuracy does not triger
tragic consequences, but black gets a chance to develop dangerous initiative.}
(11. Bb5 $5 Bd7 (11... Qd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 $18)
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O $14) 11... Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Qg5 e5 $1 14.
Qxe5 Ng4 15. Qh5 g6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. h3 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $17)
13... Bc7 14. Qd4 h6 (14... e5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd2 Ng4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. h3 Nf6
19. Rfe1 $11) 15. Bh4 (15. Bf4 $5 Bb6 16. Qb4 Ng4 17. Bg3 e5 18. h3 e4 19. Be2
a5 20. Qa3 Nf6 21. Rad1 $14) 15... e5 16. Qc5 Be6 (16... a5 17. a4 g5 18. Bg3
Nh5 19. Rad1 Nxg3 20. Bc4 $3 Be6 (20... Nxf1 21. Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rd6+ Be6 23. Rxe6
Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 $18) 21. hxg3 $16) 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3 (18. Qxa7
$5 b6 19. Qa4 e4 20. Bxe4 g5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Bf5
$44) 18... e4 19. Bxe4 (19. Be2 Bb6 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. c3 Nh5 $15) 19... Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 (20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3 22. Bxd8 Nxd1 23. Be7 Rxf2 24. Rxd1 Rf7 $19)
20... Qd6 $6 {Morozevich was surely overjoyed with the tactical potential of
his active position, but objectively this continuation is false.} (20... Ng4 $5
21. Bxd8 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 dxe4 24. Kxh2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rxd8 26. Rf4
$11) 21. Bxf6 Bf4 (21... Rxf6 22. Rfe1) 22. Qf3 $2 (22. Qxa7 $1 Rxf6 23. Qxb7
Rb8 24. Rxd5 $1 $16) 22... Rxf6 23. Bxd5 Be5 $3 (23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25.
Nd4 $16) 24. Bxb7 (24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxb7 Rxc2 26. Rde1 Rcxf2 27. Rxf2 Rxf2
28. Qxa7 Rf5 $17) 24... Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Adams was not feeling the danger
clearly enough, but after this fine move the seriousness of the situation is
obvious.} (24... Rc4 $2 25. Rxd6 Rh4+ 26. Qh3 Bxh3 27. Rxf6 Bf5+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+
29. Kh1 Be5+ $11) 25. Qe4 (25. Qe2 Rf5 26. f4 Qxb7 27. fxe5 Bc4 28. Rd8+ Rxd8
29. Qxc4+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $17) (25. Bxc8 Rxf3 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $19) 25... Rf5
$1 26. Rfe1 (26. f4 Rc4 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. fxe5 Bxf1
31. Rxf1 Qxe5 $17) (26. Bxc8 Rh5+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bf4+ 29. Kg1 Rh1+ 30.
Kxh1 Qh4+ $19) 26... Rf4 $1 27. Qe3 (27. Qxe5 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qxf2+ $19) (27. Qxf4
Bxf4 28. Bxc8 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Bc4+ 31. Rd3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2 $17)
27... Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Kamsky seemed to have not expected Carlsen to
go for this variation specifically. He thought for a few minutes before
deciding that the best course of action was to go into the quiet waters of the
exchange Spanish.} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 (7. c3 {was
Fischer's favorite, but neither this move nor the move in the game are
considered dangerous for Black nowadays.}) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 {
A common rook lift, the idea being that if White had played instead} (9. Nbd2
O-O-O {it becomes difficult to develop his pieces.}) 9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11.
Nc4 {White's play revolves around the weakened e5-pawn - taking it and playing
with the remaining passed pawn while Black has no chance at creating one
himself on the queenside. However Black's piece activity has been considered
for some time to give him a perfetly good game.} O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4
14. Nxc4 Ng4 $1 {More accurate than the other move. At least here White has
some chances of going wrong.} (14... Bc5 {is a known draw:} 15. Re1 Rae8 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 {and although White should be
minimally better becaues of the structure, no one has been able to win this
position.}) 15. Re2 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 $6 {And he starts doing so almost
immediately. The king is safer and better placed on h1.} Rae8 17. Nd2 $6 {
It's going to become incredibly hard to develop because of the self-pin.} (17.
c3 {just passing and allowing some breathing room on the second rank was much
better.}) 17... Rd8 $1 {The World number one shows that he is in a class of
his own. With the rook going back and forth, he has now secured a pin on the
d-file that causes White's development to stall almost completely.} 18. f3 Bg3
19. Kg1 Ne5 20. b3 Ng6 $1 {Magnus moves are all precise, with the goal of not
allowing White easily development.} 21. Nf1 Be5 22. c3 $2 {Panic.} (22. Rb1 Rd1
23. Rd2 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Rxf1 25. Rxd4 Nf4 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Bxf4 $1 Rxb1 28. Be5 {
is unpleasant, but White's activity gives him excellent chances to draw.})
22... Bxc3 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. Rc2 Ba5 {The Norwegian wants to keep as many pieces
on the board as possible, especially with the somewhat exposed king, but there
was nothing wrong with simplifying the position and exploiting the material
advantage.} 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rf1 Rd3 27. Kh2 Bb4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Nc1 Rd7 30. g3
Rfd8 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. f4 h5 33. Kh3 a5 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Kf3 Nd3 36. Re2 Be7 $2 {
Allowing White some hope.} (36... Nxb2 37. Rxb2 Ba3 38. Rc2 Rd2 {and it will
be very hard for White to hold this position as a2 will soon fall as well.})
37. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kg2 Bc5 $6 {The extra pawn still gives Black excellent
chances to win, but the advantage is slipping move by move. The bishop is not
well placed on c5 as it might be forced back to b6 in a defensive position.}
39. Rc1 $6 (39. Be5 $1 {would have at least forced Black to find an active
idea to defend c7.} Bd6 40. Bb2 {and now any move by the bishop will be met
with Be5 again.}) 39... Rd2 40. Rc2 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2 {Time control has been
reached. Black is still up a pawn, but will have a tough technical job ahead
of him after missing many ways of finishing his opponent off.} Rd3 42. Rc2 Bd6
43. Bc1 Be7 44. Kf2 a4 45. Rd2 Rxd2+ $2 {A strange decision. The bishop
endgame looks less promising than the rook endgame.} (45... Bc5+ $1 46. Kg2 Rc3
47. Bb2 Re3 48. Bd4 Bxd4 49. Rxd4 a3 $1 {gives black great winning chances.})
46. Bxd2 axb3 47. axb3 c5 48. g4 $6 {Not necessarily losing, but why create a
free passed pawn for Black? Much more tenacious was to simply wait and keep
the king on e2-d3, forcing Black to figure out a plan of action.} b5 49. gxh5
gxh5 50. Bc3 $2 {The final blunder.} (50. Kf3 b4 51. Be3 {should still be
somehow winning for Black, but it's much more difficult to figure out.}) 50...
b4 51. Bb2 Bh4+ {Not the most precise but also winning.} 52. Ke2 Bg3 {The
combined action between the passed pawn on h4 and the threats of breaking on
c4 and exchanging bishops gives Carlsen the win. Here he is pushing the f-pawn
forward so he will be able to easily trade bishops later.} 53. f5 h4 54. e5 h3
55. e6+ (55. Kf3 Bh4 56. Ba1 Be1 $19) 55... Ke7 56. Kf3 Bf4 57. Bg7 Bg5 58. Be5
c4 59. bxc4 Bf6 {White has two passed pawns, but they are worth nothing
compared to the outside passed pawns of Black, which will soon promote.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 e4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Karpov continues the theoretical dispute in
his pet-line.} (16... Ne6 {- Topalov-Karpov, Cannes NAO Masters 2002 CBM 88})
17. Nd4 $5 {This idea is connected with a nice positional exchange sacrifice.}
(17. Bxc8 exf3 18. Bf5 (18. b4 $6 Qxc8) 18... g6 19. Bb2 fxg2 20. Rfe1 (20.
Rfd1 Be5 $1 $17) 20... Rh7 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Bf6 Qc6 $13 {and
Black is OK.}) 17... Bxf5 (17... Be5 18. Bb2 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Kg8 (19... Bxh2+ 20.
Kh1 Kg8 21. g3 $16 {and although Black can get a lot of pawns for the B,
White's active pieces will outweight them.}) 20. Kh1 $14) 18. Nxf5 Be5 19. Ba3
g6 ({accepting the exchange sacrifice} 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe5 {is answered by}
21. Rd1 $44 {and it is hard to make a connection between the rooks.}) 20. Ne3 (
20. Rad1 $5 {is a very exciting positional piece sacrifice:} gxf5 21. Qxf5 Kg8
22. Qg5+ Kh7 (22... Kf8 23. Rd5 {with double ->}) 23. Rd5 $1 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne6
25. Qh4 $1 (25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rg5+ Nxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh7
$11) 25... Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Rf5 $14) 26. Qxh2 $14 {and the _|_ is better
because of White's << P majority, and the better B and R.}) 20... Kg7 (20...
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 $44) 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $14 {was still possible}) 21... Ne6 22.
Nc4 Ng5 (22... Nf4 23. Qh4 $14) 23. Qe3 $2 {This is a serious blunder.} ({
There was nothing wrong with the simple} 23. Qh4 Bf6 24. Bd6 $14) 23... Bxh2+
24. Kh1 Bf4 $17 {and Black is a healthy P up with a better position.} 25. Qc3+
f6 26. Bb2 Qc6 27. Rd1 Rhd8 28. Qa5 b6 29. Rxd8 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. O-O Bxc5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. c4 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Be3 Be5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bc5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6
21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 e5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Rac1 Rxb5 26. b3 g6
27. Rfd1 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rdd8 e4 30. g3 Re5 31. Kg2 e3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33.
Rc2 Rfe7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rb8 R3e6 36. Kf3 Kh6 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Kf3 Re3+ 39. Kf2
Kg4 40. Rc4+ R3e4 41. Rbc8 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Be3 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1
Nb6 16. a4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 Bh3 20. Rfe1 dxe4 21. Nd6 Nc6
22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Ne7 26. Rb5 b6 27. Bf1 Bd7 28.
Rb3 Nf5 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Bf8 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Bc1 Bc5 33. Bd2 Nd4 34. Rc3
Nxb5 35. Rc4 Nd6 36. Rcc1 Nf5 37. b4 Bd6 38. Rc4 e3 39. Bc3 b5 40. Rc6 Bxf4 41.
Bf6 Nh4+ 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Re2 Nxg5 44. Bxg5 Bxg5 45. Rc5 Bf4 46. Rxb5 Kg7 47.
Rb7 a6 48. Rc2 Re6 49. Ke2 Bxh2 50. Rc4 Bg3 51. Rd4 h4 52. Rdd7 Rf6 53. Kxe3 h3
54. Rd1 h2 55. Rh1 Bf2+ 56. Ke2 Bg1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. b5 Ng4 16. Rfd1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 f5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21.
Rd2 Kh8 22. Rad1 e5 23. Bd5 exf4 24. Bxb7 fxe3 25. Rd5 Nf4 26. Ne2 Nxd5 27.
Bxd5 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Rd6 33.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Rff6 35. Rd3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 f4 38. Qe5 Kf8 39.
Be6 Rh6+ 40. Bh3 Rxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Rh6+ 42. Kg4 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Nb3 g6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. a4 N7c6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. a5 g5 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Na4 h5 15.
Rad1 Nce5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. b4 Bd7 21. Rc1
Rd8 22. Rfe1 g4 23. Nb3 Ne5 24. c5 Bc6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc5 Qd4 27. Qf4 Bd6
28. Qg5 Be7 29. Qf4 Ng6 30. Qe3 Qxb4 31. Bxa6 Qxa5 32. Nxb7 Bxb7 33. Bxb7 O-O
34. Nc4 Qb5 35. Qb6 Qxb6 36. Nxb6 Rb8 37. Nd7 Rxb7 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Rb1 Ra7
40. Ra1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Kg7 42. f3 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 gxf3 44. gxf3 Nf4 45. Ra5 Bd4 46.
Ra4 e5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Ra8 h4 49. Rb8 h3 50. Rc8 Ne6 51. Rb8 Ng5 52. Rb3 Kg6 53.
Rd3 Bb2 54. Kf2 Bc1 55. Rb3 Bf4 56. Kg1 Ne6 57. Rb8 Nd4 58. Kf2 Ne6 59. Kg1 Ng5
60. Rb3 Kf7 61. Ra3 Ke6 62. Rd3 Ke7 63. Ra3 Kd6 64. Ra6+ Kc5 65. Kf2 Bxh2 66.
Rxf6 Bf4 67. Rf8 h2 68. Rh8 Ne6 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rh7 Kc3 71. Rh8 Nc5 72. Ke2 Nb3
73. Rc8+ Kb2 74. Rh8 Nc1+ 75. Kf1 Kc2 76. Kg2 Kd2 77. Ra8 Ke2 78. Ra3 Nd3 79.
Ra2+ Kd1 80. Ra1+ Kc2 81. Ra2+ Kb1 82. Re2 Kc1 83. Kh1 Bg3 84. Rxh2 Bxh2 85.
Kxh2 Kd2 86. Kg3 Ke3 87. Kg4 Kf2 88. f4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam blindfold sim"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.09.05"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bg2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Be7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bh3 Qxc2 19. Qa4+ Qxa4 20. Rxa4 Bc6 21.
Ra5 Bd8 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Nc4 Rb3 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nc4 Ke8 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nc4
Bxe4 28. Nxe5+ Kc7 29. Rf7+ Kd6 30. Nc4+ Kc6 31. Bxe6 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Bb6 33. Kf2
Rd8 34. Ke2 Bd3+ 35. Kf3 Bg6 36. Nc4 Bxf7 37. Bxf7 Bc7 38. Ke4 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "CHN Team"]
[Site "Wuxi"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.07.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beijing Beiao"]
[BlackTeam "Jiangsu Lvyang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kd1 Rb8 15.
Kc1 Nc5 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Be7 18. Qc3 d5 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Rxc4
Qxc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. Bxb8 Bxg5+ 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Bc7 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Nd4
Rd5 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. c3 Rc5 30. Bb6 Rh5 31. Nc6 Bb7 32. Rd6 Rxh2 33. Rxe6 h5 34.
Bc7 Rh1+ 35. Kc2 h4 36. Ne5 h3 37. Nxc4 Bd5 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Nb6 Bxf3 40. Nd7
Bg5 41. Nf8+ Kh6 42. Ne6 Kg6 43. Nxg5 Kxg5 44. Kb3 Rg1 45. Rh8 Bh5 46. Ra8 Bf7+
47. Ka3 Ra1+ 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. b3 h2 50. Bxh2 Rxh2 51. Rxa6 Bd5 52. c4 Bxc4 53.
Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1307"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 Be7 8. Qc2
a6 9. a4 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Bf3 Bd6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. exd4 Qb8 21.
d5 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Rd3 Bd4 24. Rcd1 h6 25. Rg3 Rcd8 26. Bd2 Kh8 27. Bc1
Qe5 28. Qd2 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ne4 30. Qd3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 c4 32. Qf3 Qe4 33. Qxe4
Rxe4 34. Ba3 Re5 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd4 Kg8 37. Rxc4 f6 38. Rc6 Ra5 39. Rc7 Rd8 40.
c4 Rxa4 41. d7 Kf7 42. c5 Rxa3 43. c6 Rc3 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kd2 Rc5 46. Kd3 a5
47. Kd4 Rc1 48. Kd5 a4 49. Ra7 Rd1+ 50. Kc5 R8xd7 51. cxd7 Rxd7 52. Rxa4 Rd2
53. Rf4 g5 54. Rf3 h5 55. Kc4 Ke6 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. Re3+ Kf5 58. Rf3+ Kg6 59. Kd4
f5 60. g3 Re2 61. Kd3 Re4 62. Kd2 h4 63. gxh4 gxh4 64. Ra3 Kg5 65. f3 Re8 66.
Ra7 Kf4 67. Rh7 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Asrian Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 b6 11. a4 a5 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. axb5 Nc8 17. e5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd6 19. Rd1 Kc8 20. Bxd6
Bxd6 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Be5 23. c3 c6 24. bxc6 Kc7 25. Ke2 Kxc6 26. Nc4 Rxd1
27. Kxd1 Bc7 28. Ne3 a4 29. c4 Be5 30. Kc2 Bxh2 31. Nf5 Be5 32. f3 b5 33. cxb5+
Kxb5 34. Ne3 Bd4 35. Nd5 Kc6 36. Nf4 Kd6 37. Nd3 Kd5 38. Nf4+ Ke5 39. Nd3+ Kd6
40. b3 a3 41. Kb1 Bc3 42. Ka2 Bb4 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Ne2 h5 45. Kb1 g5 46. Ka2 g4
47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Ng3 Kf4 49. Nf1 Ke4 50. Nh2 Kf5 51. Nf1 Kf4 52. Kb1 Bc3 53.
Ka2 Bb2 54. Kb1 Ke4 55. Nh2 g3 56. Nf1 Be5 57. Ka2 Kd3 58. Kxa3 Ke2 59. Nxg3+
Bxg3 60. Ka4 Ke3 61. Kb5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1238"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1 Qxc6 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13. Rxc4 Rb8 14.
b3 Nxf4+ 15. exf4 Bd6 16. Ke3 Kd7 17. Bd3 Rb4 18. Rhc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rb8 20.
Be4 Rb6 21. Ra4 c5 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Rb4 24. Rxa7 Bxf4+ 25. Ke2 Rd4 26. Bxf7
Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Bxh2 28. Bc4 Be5 29. Be2 h5 30. Ra8 Bd4 31. Rg8 Rxa2 32. Rh8 g5
33. Rh7+ Kc6 34. Bc4 Rxf2+ 35. Ke4 Rf4+ 36. Kd3 h4 37. Rh6+ Bf6 38. Rh7 Kd6 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2014.08.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.08.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Teknik Universitesi"]
[BlackTeam "Akdeniz Belediyesi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nge7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nce5 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Re3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rcf8
21. Be2 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be4 Rxf2 24. c4 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd4 Rxb2
27. Rf1 Be5 28. Qe4 Qb8 29. Qxg6 Bf4 30. Qe4 Bh6 31. Rf3 Rd2 32. Kg1 Qe8 33.
Rh3 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Qf8+ 35. Rf3 Qd8 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Rd5 38. Qb4 Qg5 39. Qb8+
Kh7 40. Qb1+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 Re8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf2 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rf1 Bxe3 27. Re1
Qf4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. d5 Re5 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg2 Rh5 34.
Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 hxg6 39. Qc3+ Kf8
40. Qb3 b5 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg1 Qg5+ 46.
Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 g5 48. Qg6 a5 49. Qa6 Qd4+ 50. Kf1 Qb6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Ke2
Qd6 53. Qa8 a4 54. b3 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Qxa2 56. d6+ Kd7 57. dxc7 Qxb3+ 58. Ke4 Qe6+
59. Kf3 Qf5+ 60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Ke4 Kxc7 62. Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Kf5 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27.
Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6 36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4
40. gxh4 g3 41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 50th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5
Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re3 17. a4 Nd5 18. Rhf1 Nb4 19. Bf5 Bd6 20. Kd2 Rhe8
21. Bxh7 Bxh2 22. Bg6 R8e7 23. Rf8+ Kb7 24. Rh1 Bg3 25. Ba3 c5 26. Bxb4 cxb4
27. Nd5 Re2+ 28. Kd3 R7e5 29. Rhh8 Be1 30. Rb8+ Kc6 31. Kd4 Rxd5+ 32. cxd5+ Kd6
33. Rb5 Bc3+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. Be4 Bxb5+ 36. axb5 Rg3+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Bf3 g5
39. Rh6+ Ke5 40. d6 cxd6 41. Rh8 Bc5 42. Re8+ Kd4 43. Re3 Rh3 44. Rd3+ Ke5 45.
Bg4 Rh2+ 46. Ke1 Kf4 47. Bxd7 g4 48. Bc6 g3 49. Rd2 Ke3 50. Bg2 Bd4 51. Re2+
Kd3 52. Kf1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Internet fin"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 Bf8 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. b3 Nc5 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rd1 Qh5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Ng3 Qh6 19. Qd2 Bf4 20. Qc3 Be6
21. Bc4 Re8 22. Nf1 Bd6 23. Bc1 Qg6 24. Be3 b6 25. Bf2 Bf5 26. Bb5 c6 27. Bxc6
Rc8 28. Bd5 Nd3 29. Qxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rxd3 Bf5 31. Rc3 Qf6 32. Rc4 h5 33. Be4 Bxe4
34. fxe4 Qa1 35. a4 Bxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qxf1 37. Bg3 g5 38. Be5 f6 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40.
Bb8 a6 41. Rc7+ Ke8 42. Rc6 h4 43. Rxb6 g4 44. a5 h3 45. gxh3 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 gxh3
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[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 d6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 a6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Be7 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 f6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bd4 Kf7
27. a4 e5 28. Be3 Ke6 29. Rd1 f5 30. Ke2 Bc7 31. Rd5 h5 32. f4 Rd8 33. Rxd8
Bxd8 34. fxe5 Kxe5 35. Kd3 g5 36. Bd4+ Ke6 37. b4 Bc7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 f4
40. gxf4 Bxf4 41. Bxb6 Bxh2 42. Ke4 g4 43. c5 h4 44. c6 h3 45. Ba7 Bd6 46. Bg1
h2 47. Bxh2 Bxh2 48. b6 Kd6 49. c7 Kd7 50. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Bergen sim"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gullaksen, Eirik Tvedt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.02.10"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf3 Qb7 16. cxb5 d5 17. exf5 e4 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Be2 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Be5 21.
Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rad1 Rg8 23. Qh3 axb5 24. a3 Qc5 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Qb3
d4 28. Qxf7 d3 29. Bh5 e3 30. Nd5 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qd6+ 32. g3 Bxd5 33. Qc7 Qxc7
34. Rxc7 e2 35. Rb1 Rxa3 36. f6 Rf8 37. Re7 Bc4 38. f7 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Bergen sim"]
[Site "Bergen"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hersvik, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.02.10"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. dxc5 Nxe4 7. cxd6 e6
8. Qe2 Nxd6 9. O-O Qb5 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14.
Qg3 Rd8 15. Qc7 Rd7 16. Qc8+ Nd8 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Ne4 Bxh2+ 20.
Kxh2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qh5+ 22. Kg3 Qxd1 23. Bc5 f5 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nxf5+ Kf6 26.
Ne3 Qh5 27. Bd4+ Kg6 28. f4 h6 29. Ng4 Kh7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qc3+ e5 32. Nxe5
Rg8 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. g3 Qf6 35. Qc7+ Nf7 36. Qxb7 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.09"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Vidit, S."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1249"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.15"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. dxc5 Rxd1+ 15.
Nxd1 Bxc5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Rc1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Qb8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nc3 Be5 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng5 Bf6 25. Nh3 Kh8 26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Bd3
Qa8 28. e4 Be5 29. Qe3 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qf8 31. Rc5 Qg7 32. Qf3 f5 33. Rc1 Qh6 34.
Rg1 fxe4 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qg2+ Kh8 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Kg1 e3 39. Qg4 Qg6 40.
Qxg6 exf2+ 41. Kxf2 hxg6 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Nf2 Bb2 44. Nd3 Bxa3 45. Kd4 g5 46.
Kc3 g4 47. Nf4 g3 48. Nxd5 exd5 49. Bg2 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Bxb4 51. Bb7 Kf6 52. Ke3
a5 53. Kf3 Bd6 54. Bc6 0-1

[Event "22nd European Teams"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Navara, D."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1304"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Bxh2+
15. Nxh2 b6 16. b4 Ra7 17. Nf3 Rae7 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe4 Ng6 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. a3 g6 24. Bd3 Ne6 25. h4 Ng7 26. g3 Nh5 27. Be2 Nf6
28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Kg2 Bc8 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qc2 Bb5 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rg1 Rc7 34.
Nc3 Qc8 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Rh1 Rec8 38. Na2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2
Ba4 41. Qe2 Qf6 42. Rf1 Bb5 43. Qg4 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 h5 46. Qc8+ Kg7
47. d5 Be2 48. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Top DivD 2021"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.09.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Van den Doel, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. c4 b4 15. a5
Nh5 16. Nf1 g6 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Ba4 f6 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. Bh6 Rf7 22.
Qg4 Nf8 23. f4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 exf4 25. Bxf4 g5 26. Nf3 h5 27. Qg3 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3
Ng6 29. Bc7 h4 30. Bxd8 hxg3 31. Bc7 gxh2+ 32. Bxh2 Nf4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Kf2
Rg7 35. Rh1 c4 36. dxc4 b3 37. Bxb3 Rb8 38. Rab1 Bc5+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Bb4
41. Rbg1 Rg3 42. Ba2 Bc5 43. Rf1 Rb2 44. Bb1 Rgg2 45. Rd1 Rb3# 0-1

[Event "35th ECC Open 2019"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, K."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1306"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Kg7 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Re1 Ng8 13. Nf1 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. d4
g4 16. Bh4 f6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. N3h2 Qe8 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Bg3 Ne7
22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Be2 Nh6 24. Bc4 Nf7 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bd7 28.
Bb3 Rh8 29. Rad1 Rh6 30. Rd3 Rah8 31. Qd2 Qe8 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. Rd5 b6 34. Qe2
Rxh2 35. Bxh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 7th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2013.06.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. Bd3 h6 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 b6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. Ne4 Qg6
15. Qc2 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. g4 Qf6 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21.
Qe4 g5 22. Ke2 Nd4+ 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bg4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Kd3 Kg7 27.
Rae1 Bd6 28. Bh5 Rhf8 29. f3 Rf4 30. Re6 Rh4 31. Bg4 Rf8 32. Re4 h5 33. Be6
Rxf3+ 34. Kxd4 Bc5+ 35. Ke5 Bd6+ 36. Kd4 Rxh2 37. Rxh2 Bxh2 38. Re2 Bd6 39. a3
a5 40. Ke4 g4 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Rf4+ 43. Kd3 Bxb4 44. Re5 Kh6 45. Bd7 Bd6
46. Re6+ Kg5 47. Be8 h4 48. Rg6+ Kf5 49. Rg8 Rf3+ 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Bg6+ Kf4 52.
Rf8+ Bxf8 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bc1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rfc8
14. Nd4 b5 15. Ndxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. f3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qb5
{1-0 Titova Boric,E-Gocheva,R/Cetinje 1991/ (104)}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6+ 15. Qb4 Qxf2 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Rxf5 20. Rxe6 Rxf3 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rde1 {1-0 Stoian,V-Huberty,M/Duisburg/1992/
(44)}) 12... Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Qc4 Bxh4 16.
Nxh4 Kh7 17. Qxe6 Rf6 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 f4 20. f3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Pichler,
M-Mescheder,W/DDR-Cup4 corr7677 1976/ (29)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rab8 15. f3
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxe7 19. f4 d5 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Qf2
Rc4 22. h4 Rdc8 23. g5 h5 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Groszpeter,A/Plovdiv/1982/ (34)})
13. Bg3 d5 $5 {Kasparov solves the problem of the d6 pawn with a small
sacrifice. As a compensation he will play with bishop's pair.} 14. e5 (14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Be5 Nf6 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 (16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nd4
Red8 $13) 16... Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 (18. b3 Bc5 $1) 18... h5
19. Bf4 $13) 18. c3 (18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Kc2 (19.
Rxe4 Bc6 20. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 19... b5 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 (21. Rd3 f5 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Kd2 Bg6 24. Rxe6 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 $11) 21... a5 22. Ne2 $2 {Svidler's
ambition to exchange the pieces is quite understandable, but this unfortunate
move will open space for black's bishops.} (22. Red3 $1 $13) 22... Bc6 $1 23.
f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 (25. Nd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. cxd4
Rc4 29. Bf2 Ra4 $15) 25... Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 (27. Rc2 $2 Bd3 $19) 27...
bxc3 28. Nxc3 (28. bxc3 Bc4 $15) 28... Bf1 29. Bh4 (29. h4 Kf8 $15) 29... g5
30. Be1 (30. Bg3 Kg7 $15) 30... Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 (33. Nd1
h5 $17) (33. Rb6 h5 $17) 33... h5 $1 {Black has all the advantage he could
have been dreaming about. Two bishops, pawn assymetry and lot's of potential
objects of an attack (e5,h2).} 34. Rd1 (34. Be1 Bf4 35. Bg3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+
37. Kc3 Re2 $17) (34. h4 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Rc4 36. Bf6 Rxa4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+
Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rxg2 Rxa2 $19) 34... h4 35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 (36. Bxa5 Bxe5
37. Bd2 Ra8 $1 38. b3 f6 39. Bb4 Bxh2 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 (38.
Bxa5 Bxh2 39. Nc4 h3 40. Ne3 Bxe5 $17) 38... h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 {The h pawn will
decide the game.} 40. Nd7 (40. Bxg5 Bxe5 41. Nc4 Bc7 $19) 40... Kg6 41. Be3 g4
$1 42. fxg4 (42. f4 g3+ 43. Ke2 Kf5 $19) 42... Bc6 (42... Bc6 43. Nc5 (43. b3
Rd8 $19) 43... Bxe5 44. Nd3 f6 45. Bf4 Bxf4 46. Nxf4+ Kf7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 Kh8 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. b5 Ne8 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nxd8 Nxh5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 e4 21. Bd2
Be5 22. Rae1 c6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxe4 Nf4 25. Nc5 cxb5 26. cxb5 Nxg2 27. Kxg2
Rf5 28. Nd7 Re8 29. Re4 Ng6 30. Rxg4 Rxe6 31. Rc1 Bxh2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7 Ke8
34. Ra4 Re7 35. Rxb7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Rxa7+ Kc8 38. a4 Bf4 39. Ba5 h5 40.
Rc7+ Kb8 41. Rg7 Nf8 42. Re7 Bg5 43. Re8+ Kb7 44. Bb4 Bf4 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Bc3
Be5 47. Bd2 Bd4 48. f4 Ng6 49. Re6 Rf6 50. Re4 Bc5 51. Kg3 d5 52. Re8 Nf8 53.
Re5 Rg6+ 54. Kh3 d4 55. Rxh5 d3 56. Rd5 Rd6 57. Rxd6+ Bxd6 58. Kg4 Kc5 59. Kf5
Kc4 60. Ke4 Nd7 61. f5 Nc5+ 62. Ke3 Nxa4 63. f6 Nc5 64. b6 Nd7 65. f7 Nxb6 66.
Ke4 Bf8 67. Kf5 Nd7 68. Ke6 Nc5+ 69. Ke5 Kb3 70. Be3 Kc2 71. Kd5 Nb7 72. Ke6
Nd8+ 73. Kd7 Nxf7 74. Ke8 Bc5 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5
15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. e4 Bh7 21.
Nd3 Nd7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. f3 b6 24. Nc4 c5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. a4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 e5
28. Bb2 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kf1 Bb4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 f5
34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Bh3 Bg8 38. Kc2 Bc5 39. Bd2 Bg1 40.
Bb4+ Kf6 41. Bd7 Bxh2 42. g4 Be6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Ke2 Bg1 46. Bd6
Bc5 47. Bb8 a6 48. Ba7 a5 49. Bb8 Ke6 50. Bc7 Bd4 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Bb8 g6 53.
Ke2 Ke6 54. Bc7 Kd7 55. Bb8 h5 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Kg3 Kc5 59. Kh4
Kb4 60. Kxh5 Kxb3 61. Kg6 Kxa4 62. Kf5 Kb3 63. Bxe5 Bxe5 64. Kxe5 a4 65. Kd4
0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Rc8 12. Bc3 a6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Bf6 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxa6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxa6 20. Rfe1 O-O
21. Re3 Rc4 22. Rae1 Rg4 23. f3 Rg6 24. Qf2 Qd8 25. Re4 b5 26. Qd4 Bb7 27. Qxd8
Rxd8 28. Rf4 Rg5 29. Kf2 h6 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Bc6 32. Rc4 Bb5 33. Rc7 Rgd5
34. Ra1 R8d7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Kg6 38. Ke3 f6 39. b4 h5 40.
Bd4 Kf5 41. Rh8 Kg6 42. Rd8 Kf7 43. g3 e5 44. Bc5 Ke6 45. Rh8 Bb5 46. Rxh5 Rd3+
47. Kf2 Rd2+ 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Bc6 51. f4 Rg2+ 52. Kf1 Rxg3 53.
fxe5 f5 54. Kf2 f4 55. Rh4 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Kxe5 57. Rh5+ g5 58. Be7 Kf5 59. b5 Bd5
60. b6 f3 61. Bc5 Bc4+ 62. Ke1 Re2+ 63. Kd1 Bb3+ 64. Kc1 Rc2+ 65. Kb1 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Meier,G"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} {When you're winning everything seems easy and to be happening
naturally. In our big matches against Hungary, Ukraine and Azerbaijan we were
never thinking about team victory before the matches. Every one of us was
simply trying to perform at his best, and somehow that's what we managed to do
most of the time. The final match against Armenia was different, now we
couldn't play without thinking about the final outcome of our adventure.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov, our invaluable coach during the tournament, analysed the
situation with me during our traditional walk in the night. The distribution
of colours was unfortunate for the German team, as with any colour we wouldn't
hope for more than a draw on Arkadij's board. Daniel was in general happier to
be Black, leaving the task to squeeze something out to Gustafsson and me. So
our Whites might be totally useless while Gustafsson didn't forget to inform
the team that Black against Sargissian has always meant suffering for him.
Fortunately, as there were no other boards left, Kasim convinced me, that I
had the best if not the only chance to win a game in this match.  Wenn man
gewinnt, scheint alles einfach und natürlich vor sich zu gehen. In unseren
großen Matches gegen Ungarn, Ukraine und Aserbaidschan dachten wir vorher
niemals an den Mannschaftssieg. Jeder von uns versuchte einfach, sein Bestes
zu geben, und irgendwie schafften wir das die meiste Zeit über auch. Das
Schlussduell gegen Armenien war anders, jetzt konnten wir nicht spielen, ohne
an den letztlichen Ausgang unseres Abenteuers zu denken. Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
unser unbezahlbarer Coach während des Turniers, analysierte die Situation mit
mir bei unserem traditionellen Abendspaziergang. Die Farbverteilung war
unglücklich für das deutsche Team, da wir an Arkadijs Brett bei jeder Farbe
nicht mehr als ein Remis erhoffen konnten. Daniel fühlte sich generell wohler
mit Schwarz, womit die Aufgabe, etwas herauszuholen, an Gustafsson und mir
hängenblieb. Unsere Weißpartien konnten somit komplett nutzlos sein, während
Gustafsson nicht vergaß, das Team zu informieren, dass Schwarz gegen
Sargissian für ihn immer Leiden bedeutet hat. Zum Glück, da es ja keine
anderen Bretter gab, überzeugte mich Kasim, dass ich die beste, wenn nicht gar
die einzige Chance hatte, in diesem Match eine Partie zu gewinnen.} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 {In the night Kasim had prepared some double-edged lines after
Movsesian's customary 3.e5. Should he choose anything else, I should just aim
for a full game, keeping all 3 results possible.  In der Nacht hatte Kasim
nach Movsesians üblichem 3.e5 ein paar zweischneidige Abspiele vorbereitet.
Falls er etwas anderes wählte, sollte ich einfach eine volle Partie anstreben,
bei der alle 3 Ergebnisse möglich wären.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 $1 {Although 3.Nc3 was a
surprise, my general battle plan was clearly suggesting my opening moves. It
was not the day to find out what's wrong with my Rubinstein French! Obwohl 3.
Nc3 eine Überraschung war, gab mein allgemeiner Schlachtplan meine
Eröffnungszüge klar vor. Es war nicht der Tag, um herauszufinden, was an
meinem Rubinstein-Franzosen faul ist!} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {
I am not impressed by the merits of this sideline (supporting the pawn chain
with c2-c3) while the downside is pretty obvious. White can't develop
harmoniously now. Ich bin von den Vorzügen dieses Nebenabspiels (Stützen der
Bauernkette c2-c3) nicht beeindruckt, dagegen ist der Nachteil ziemlich
offensichtlich. Weiß kann sich jetzt nicht harmonisch entwickeln.} Be7 $1 {
I had played the main move 7...Qb6 once, while the other popular choice 7...
cxd4 only justifies White's last move. I played 7...Be7 mainly to sidestep any
possible preparation, but by now I also think it's the best move! I just
continue developing and keep the b-pawn free. Den Hauptzug 7...Qb6 hatte ich
ein Mal gespielt, während die andere beliebte Fortsetzung 7...cxd4 den letzten
Zug von Weiß nur rechtfertigt. Ich spielte 7...Be7 hauptsächlich, um eine
mögliche Vorbereitung zu vermeiden, mittlerweile halte ich es aber auch für
den besten Zug! Ich entwickle mich einfach weiter und halte den b-Bauern mobil.
} (7... Qb6 8. c3 f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4
Ndxe5 $1 {My novelty back then, leading to a dead drawn endgame. Meine
Neuerung damals, die zu einem totremisen Endspiel führt.} 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qb2 17. Qc1 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kd2 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 b6 22. Rf1 Rb8 $1 23. Rf7 Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Robson,R-Meier,G Lubbock
2010 (34)}) 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 {While White develops without any clear
purpose Black starts his demonstration on the queenside. Während sich Weiß
ohne irgendein klares Ziel entwickelt, beginnt Schwarz seine Demonstration am
Damenflügel.} 10. Be3 Qa5+ $5 {An original idea, forcing White to take a big
decision. Eine originelle Idee, die Weiß zu einer großen Entscheidung zwingt.}
(10... b4 $132) 11. Kf2 {Asking for trouble... Legt es darauf an...} (11. Qd2 {
was called for, but my opponent apparently didn't sense any danger or didn't
want to allow me the transition to a comfortable endgame. war erforderlich,
aber mein Gegner spürte offensichtlich keinerlei Gefahr oder wollte mir nicht
den Übergang in ein bequemes Endspiel erlauben.}) 11... f6 {Be my guest! Aber
gerne doch!} 12. c3 ({Eyeing the soft spot on e6 now will only lead to White
burning his fingers after Wenn er jetzt den Schwachpunkt auf e6 aufs Korn
nimmt, wird sich Weiß am Ende nur die Finger verbrennen nach} 12. Bh3 fxe5 13.
Bxe6+ Kh8) 12... b4 {Sergei and I lack experience with this structure and
neither of us understood when to release tension between e5 and f6. Sergei und
mir mangelt es an Erfahrung mit dieser Struktur, und wir verstanden beide
nicht, wann man die Spannung zwischen e5 und f6 aufheben muss.} (12... fxe5
$142 $1 13. fxe5 b4 (13... Ndxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Nxe5 {was "TOTALLY" winning
according to Arkadij, but its actually anybody's game after war laut Arkadij
"TOTAL" gewonnen, tatsächlich aber ist nach} 15. h3 {alles drin.}) 14. Re1 bxc3
15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Kg1 Nc4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rb8 {would give
Black a lasting initiative. würde Schwarz eine anhaltende Initiative geben.})
13. Re1 bxc3 (13... fxe5 $142) 14. bxc3 Ba6 {Now I felt that by closing the
kingside with ...f6-f5 next I would reach a dream-position with all my pieces
ready to invade the queenside. I realised that exf6 has to be White's only
choice now, when my opponent surprised me very pleasantly with his next move!
Nun spürte ich, dass ich durch das Abschließen des Königsflügels mit ...f6-f5
als Nächstes eine Traumstellung erreichen würde, wo alle meine Figuren bereit
stehen, am Damenflügel einzufallen. Mir wurde klar, dass exf6 jetzt für Weiß
die einzige Wahl sein musste, als mein Gegner mich mit seinem nächsten Zug
sehr angenehm überraschte!} 15. Bh3 $2 (15. Kg1 f5 $17) (15. exf6 $1 Nxf6 16.
Bh3 $1 Ne4+ 17. Kg2 $132) 15... f5 16. Bd2 $2 {Just loses time, as taking on
e2 and c3 was no threat yet. Sergei must have underestimated my next move,
after which c3-c4 would be suicidal. Verliert einfach Zeit, da Nehmen auf e2
und c3 noch keine Drohung war. Sergei muss meinen nächsten Zug unterschätzt
haben, nach dem c3-c4 selbstmörderisch wäre.} (16. g4 g6 (16... Bxe2 $6 17.
Rxe2 Qxc3 $2 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rc1) 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rg1+ Kh8) 16... Nb6 17.
g4 Nc4 (17... Bd3 {was pretty strong too. war ebenfalls ziemlich stark.}) 18.
gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Rab8 $1 {Black just continues the queenside invasion that
should lead to an overwhelming attack. Sensing the upcoming sensation I was
nervous though and took more time than necessary for every move.  Schwarz
setzt einfach die Damenflügelinvasion fort, die zu überwältigendem Angriff
führen sollte. Die bevorstehende Sensation spürend, war ich allerdings nervös
und brauchte für jeden Zug länger als nötig.} 20. Rg3 {Sergei has no choice
but to summon up the ghost of an attack against my king. We both had about 20
minutes left to the time control, but I couldn't decide how to win and burned
one minute after another. Under these circumstances my next move was a very
good practical decision, but with less pressure I might have decided the game
just here. Sergei bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als das Gespenst eines Angriffs
gegen meinen König heraufzubeschwören. Und beiden blieben etwa noch 20 Minuten
bis zur Zeitkontrolle, aber ich konnte mich nicht für einen Gewinnweg
entscheiden und verbrannte Minute um Minute. Unter diesen Umständen war mein
nächster Zug eine sehr gute praktische Entscheidung, aber bei weniger Druck
hätte ich die Partie wohl genau hier entscheiden können.} Nd8 $5 {On e6 my
knight will totally stabilise the position, allowing a comfortable realisation
of my advantage in the upcoming time trouble. So comfortable that my, by now
regular glances at board 4 (where Gustafsson was suffering against Sargissian)
didn't cause any harm. Auf e6 wird mein Springer die Stellung total
stabilisieren, was in der bevorstehenden Zeitnot eine bequeme Verwertung
meines Vorteils erlaubt. So bequem, dass meine mittlerweile regelmäßigen
Blicke auf Brett 4 (wo Gustafsson gegen Sargissian zu leiden hatte) nichts
ausmachten.} (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rb2 $19) (20...
Rb2 21. Qg1 Nxd2 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Bxf5 Ne4+ $19 {was a line that I saw, but I
don't know what it was that I didn't see. It must have been one of the ghosts
who haunts so many of us when we are winning and want to finish the game
without any complications. war ein Abspiel, was ich sah, ich weiß aber nicht,
was mir dabei entging. Es muss eines jener Gespenster gewesen sein, welche so
viele von uns heimsuchen, wenn wir auf Gewinn stehen und die Partie ohne
jegliche Komplikationen beenden wollen.}) 21. Rb1 Nb2 22. Qg1 Ne6 $19 {The
position is so good that for a while just about every sensible move keeps my
winning advantage. Die Stellung ist so gut, dass eine Zeitlang so ungefähr
jeder vernünftige Zug meinen Gewinnvorteil behauptet.} 23. Ra1 Bxe2 24. Kxe2
Qa6+ (24... Nc4 $1 {would have made the white pawn chain collapse immediately.
hätte die weiße Bauernkette sofort zum Einsturz gebracht.}) 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26.
Kg2 Ndxf4+ 27. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Bf1 c4 $1 {Just "killing" the white
minor pieces. 'Tötet' einfach die weißen Leichtfiguren.} 30. Qf2 Rb6 31. Qc2 {
A last attempt to muddy the waters but it didn't distract me. Ein letzter
Versuch, im Trüben zu fischen, aber ich ließ mich nicht ablenken.} g5 $1 32.
Qa4 g4 33. Qxa7 Qe6 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Nd2 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rg8 {Remember the comfort
I was talking about? :) Erinnern Sie sich an die Bequemlichtkeit, von der ich
sprach? :)} 37. Bg2 Bh4 (37... Nd3 38. Rgf1 f4 {was a straightforward win. war
ein geradeliniger Gewinn.}) 38. Qa5 Bf2 39. Rgf1 Be3 (39... Qh6 $1 40. Rxf2 g3
{curtains. Vorhang.}) 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Nf1 {Finally there was time to come up
with a clear-cut winning plan. Endlich war Zeit, einen klar umrissenen
Gewinnplan zu ersinnen.} Qh6 $1 42. Qxd5 Bxh2 43. Qc6 {I have to admit that I
was thinking to myself what a miracle it is that Movsesian even reached a lost
endgame from the position he had! Ich muss zugeben, dass ich bei mir dachte,
welch ein Wunder es ist, dass Movsesian aus der Stellung, die er hatte, auch
nur ein verlorenes Endspiel erreichte!} Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Bf4 45. Re1 g3 46. Bg2
Rgb8 $1 {That's it! After the exchange of rooks White becomes a mere spectator.
Was war's! Nach dem Tausch der Türme wird Weiß zum bloßen Zuschauer.} 47. a4
Rb1 48. Re2 R8b2 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Bc6 Kg7 52. e6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qe2 e5 9. Nf5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g3 d5 12. O-O-O d4 13. Nb1 exf4 14. Bg2 fxg3
15. e5 Bxf5 16. exf6+ Be6 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Rxg3 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Qxf6
21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. c3 Be5 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Bxh2 26. Kb1 Bf4 27. Rd3
Rad8 28. Be4 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Qg3 f5 15.
Qh3 Nbxd3 16. cxd3 a5 17. g4 Qd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rhg1 Ba6 20. Qh6 Bd8 21. e6
Nxe6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxd5 Ra7 24. Rc1 Bxd3+ 25. Ka1 Be4 26. Nxb6 Rf6 27. Qh4
Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxb6 29. Rc8 Ra8 30. Qg3 g6 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. h4 Bd5 33. Qd3 Qb5
34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. h5 Bb6 36. Rd1 gxh5 37. Nd7 Bf3 38. Rd3 Be2 39. Rd6 Bc7 40.
Nf6+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kxf6 42. Bxc7 Kg6 43. b3 h4 44. Rd6+ Kh5 45. Rd7 h6 46. Rd2
Bf3 47. Kb2 h3 48. a4 Rc5 49. Bh2 Kg4 50. b4 axb4 51. Kb3 Rd5 52. Rf2 Rd4 53.
a5 Bd5+ 54. Ka4 Bc6+ 55. Kb3 Bb5 56. Rc2 Re4 57. Rc5 Bf1 58. Rc6 Re2 59. a6 Bg2
60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rd6 Be4 62. Bf4 Kg4 63. Be5 h2 64. Bxh2 Rxh2 65. a7 Rh1 66.
Ka2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Qf6 11. Rxh7 a6 12. Rxh8+ Qxh8 13. e4 e5 14. exd5
exd4 15. Qe4+ Ne5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. dxc6 f5 18. cxb7 Rd8 19. Qd5 Nd3+ 20. Kd2
Rxd5 21. cxd5 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Wch Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 {Just as in the previous game, it might look like if
Kamsky is going to embark in the continuation of a relatively topical
theoretical dispute.} Ne4 $5 $146 {Instead, he produces a novelty! The idea of
transposing from the closed Catalan to the Stonewall Dutch is not new, of
course, but it never was carried out in this concrete position.} (10... Nh5 11.
Bc1 b5 {is Topalov's recent experiment.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nxe5 $5 $146 ({
An improvement over} 19... Nf6 {as played in Kramnik - Topalov, WCh (m/9)
Elista 2006 (1-0, 24).}) 20. dxe5 d4 21. Be3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 ({In the notes to
the aforementioned game I gave} 22. Rxd8 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Bxd8 {as the main line
after the sacrifice. Black's pair of bishops looks impressive, but White can
obtain a centralized position with some hypothetical chances of retaining an
advantage.}) 22... Bg5 $1 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Nd5) 23. Qc5 (23. f4 Bxf4 $1) 23...
Be7 $1 {and after} 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc5 Be7 26. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2729)
-Topalov,V (2783)/Wijk aan Zee 2007.}) 11. Nc3 $6 {This move has the
significant drawback that it places the knight too far from the critical
e5-square.} ({I would prefer} 11. Nbd2 {and if} f5 {then} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5
Bd7 14. Nf3 $14 {followed by Ne1-d3. This would allow White keep a firm grip
on the position.}) 11... f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 $1 {Immediately forcing
White to clarify matters in the centre. If the white queen's knight had been
placed on virtually any other reasonable square than c3, White could have
maintained the tension with b3.} 14. Bxd6 $6 {The least appropriate reaction
to Black's last move. After this new exchange of minor pieces, Black will
enjoy high mobility between the opposite wings, despite his relative lack of
space. Bacrot probably wanted to refrain from releasing the tension, but he
will soon block the queenside position anyway.} ({The immediate} 14. c5 {
is playable, but should not offer White an advantage.} Nf7 15. Na4 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Qe8 ({Black should not prevent White from consolidating his centre by
playing} 16... f4 $6 {himself, because he is not sufficiently well developed:}
17. Rd4 g5 18. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Ye5,Gg8]}) 17. f4 (17. Nb6 Ra6 {[%cal Ye7d8]})
17... Bd8 {followed by powerful kingside counterplay involving the advance of
the g- and h-pawns (after thorough concentration of pieces on that wing).}) (
14. cxd5 {looks to me like the most consistent continuation.} exd5 (14... cxd5
$6 {is hardly advisable because White's better development would offer him
chances to take over the control of the only open file.}) 15. Na4 {Once again,
the knight should be heading for d3.} Ne4 {. White has a choice between} 16. b3
{followed by Nb2-d3 and the immediate 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 with chances for
both sides.}) 14... Bxd6 15. e3 Rb8 {With the white knight far away from the
c6-square, Black feels like threatening to win space with ...b5, but I am not
sure of the viability of such a plan.} ({I believe that} 15... Bd7 {would have
been more constructive.}) 16. c5 $6 {This looks like a strategic surrender.} ({
It was still not too late to improve the position of the knight with} 16. Ne2 {
. In case of} b5 $6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 {the weakness of the c5-square might
have some relevance.}) 16... Bc7 17. f4 {White has blocked the position, but
this does not necessarily mean that the knight is stronger than any of the
enemy bishops. In fact, his own bishop is not too well placed, while Black has
at his disposal the standard attacking plan on the kingside. Black is not
worse.} Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 b5 $5 {This reaction to the queenside attack is
known from the third game of the match Zukertort-Steinitz.} 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21.
Na4 axb4 22. axb4 Rf7 23. Qc3 Rfb7 {Having concentrated big part of his forces
on the queenside, Black intends to maintain things under control for a while
on that side of the board.} 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ba6 Rg7 {This is a clear
manifestation of the high mobility of pieces, mentioned in a previous comment.}
26. Rd2 h5 27. Rg2 Bc7 28. Nc5 Qf6 29. Bf1 Bd6 {Black's position looks
promising, but White's next positional concession only makes things worse.} 30.
fxg5 $6 Rxg5 31. Ra7 e5 32. dxe5 $6 {Another unnecessary release of the
tension.} Bxe5 33. Qb3 h4 {White's position will soon fall apart.} 34. gxh4
Rxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qxh4 36. Nd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Qa3 Bg6 39. Bf3 f4 {For
Bacrot - a sad way to end a match in which he had been far from his best form.}
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Bf5 Bd7 12. f3 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1
Kb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 g5 17. Bxe6 gxh4 18. Bxf7 Bxh2 19. e5 Ng4 20. Rc1 Ne3
21. Qb3 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 Bg3 23. Nb5 Nc2+ 24. Qxc2 Qxf7 25. Rhf1 Rhf8 26. Nd6 Rxd6
27. Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nxg3 hxg3 30. exd6 Kc8 31. Rh1 h4 32. a3 Rf4
33. d5 cxd5 34. Rd1 d4 35. Re1 Kd7 36. Re7+ Kxd6 37. Rh7 d3 38. Rh8 Rd4 39. Kb1
d2 0-1

[Event "Aimchess US Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.30"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2021.08.28"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Be8 14. Kf1
Rac8 15. Be2 Nb8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rc1 Be8 20. g3 b5
21. Na5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 a6 23. e4 Nc3 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Nab3 e5 26. Nf5 Bc6 27. f3
Na4 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. h4 Bd8 30. Be3 Nd7 31. Na5 Bxa5 32. bxa5 Nb2 33. Bd2 Nxd3
34. Kxd3 f6 35. Bb4+ Kf7 36. Ke3 g6 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. f4 exf4+ 39. gxf4 f5 40.
e5 h6 41. Kd4 g5 42. Ne8 Nxe5 43. Nc7+ Kd7 44. Kxe5 gxh4 45. Be1 h3 46. Bg3
Kxc7 47. Kxf5 Bd7+ 48. Kg6 Kd6 49. f5+ Kc5 50. f6 Be6 51. f7 Bxf7+ 52. Kxf7 Kc4
53. Kg6 Kb3 54. Bd6 Ka4 55. Kxh6 Kxa5 56. Kg5 Ka4 57. Kg4 h2 58. Bxh2 Kxa3 59.
Kf3 b4 60. Bd6 a5 61. Ke2 Ka2 62. Kd2 b3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. b4 {
[%emt 0:02:15]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b3 {[%emt 0:01:16]
} 8. cxb3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 11. Ba4 {[%emt 0:
00:58]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} b6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18. Qg5 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5
{[%emt 0:01:17]} 22. d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 23. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 26. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]}
Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Rd6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40.
Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rd3 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Nd6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8.
Nxb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. e4 Bd6 14. exd5
O-O 15. Bxc4 Re8+ 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. O-O Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qd6+ 19. g3 Bf5 20. Bf4
Qg6 21. Rb7 Nd7 22. d6 Re4 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. d5 Qf5 26. f3 Rc4 27.
Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nf6 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. d7 Qxd5 31. Qd6 Qa2+ 32. Kh3 Nxd7 33.
Rxd7 Qb1 34. Rd8 Qh1+ 35. Kg4 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Nb3 e4 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Qe1 Bf5 17. g3 Bxe4+ 18. Kxh2 Nc6 19. f3 Bd3 20. e4 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Nd4 22. Qf2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rd3 24. Rfd1 Qd6 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27.
Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Re1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Re2 h5 31. Kh3 g5 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Rc5
f6 34. Rf5 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ke6 37. Kh5 Rd8 38. Kg6 Rg8+ 39. Kh7 Rf8
40. Kg7 Rf7+ 41. Kg6 Rf8 42. Kg7 Rf7+ 43. Kh6 Rf8 44. Rc5 g4 45. fxg4 Rh8+ 46.
Kg7 Rh4 47. g5 fxg5 48. Rxg5 Rxe4 49. Rg6+ Kd7 50. Rb6 Kc7 51. Rb3 Rf4 52. Rc3+
Kb6 53. Kg6 a5 54. Rc2 Kb5 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. Kg4 Kb4 57. Rc3 b6 58. Kg3 b5 59.
Rf3 Rb1 60. Rf4+ Kc5 61. Rf5+ Kc4 62. b3+ Kb4 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kh3 Ra1 65. Rf4+
Kc3 66. Rf5 a4 67. Rxb5 a3 68. Kg3 Rxa2 69. Kf3 Rb2 70. Ra5 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Sasikiran,K"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Be7 $1 {In my opinion the
text is the most accurate defence against the threat of Na4. Meines Erachtens
ist der Text die genaueste Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Na4.} (12... Ke7 $6
13. Na4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Bf1 $14) (12... O-O 13. Na4 $14) 13. Ne2 $5 $146
{Opening the diagonal for the b2-bishop and relocating the knight to f4. In
some variations White can sacrifice on e6 for good compensation. Öffnet die
Diagonale für den b2-Läufer und überführt den Springer nach f4. In manchen
Varianten kann Weiß für gute Kompensation auf e6 opfern.} (13. Nd4 $5 Rc8 (
13... O-O $2 14. Nxe6 $16) 14. Be2 (14. f3 b5 15. Be2 Bc5 $1 16. Kf1 Ke7 17. e4
g5 $5 (17... Rhd8 18. Nb1 Bd6 {was safer.}) 18. Nb1 $5 $13 {1-0 Spassky,B 
(2560)-Fischer,R/S.Stefan/Beograd (m4) 1992}) 14... O-O 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3
Rfd8 (16... Rc7 $6 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Nc6 Nd5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21.
Rxd7 Ng6 22. Rb7 $14) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nc5 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke8 $11)
13... Rc8 (13... b5 $5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bb1 O-O 16. Ne5 {was interesting.
However, I did not want to weaken my queenside without a specific reason. war
interessant. Doch ich wollte meinen Damenflügel nicht ohne besonderen Grund
schwächen.} (16. Ba3 $5 Rfd8 17. Ned4 Rac8 $13)) 14. Nf4 b5 (14... O-O 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxc8 Bxc8 19. Ne5 {and Black is not able
to avoid the exchange of rooks after which the two passed pawns in the centre
might become dangerous. und Schwarz kann den Turmtausch nicht vermeiden,
wonach die zwei Freibauern im Zentrum gefährlich werden könnten.} Bc5 20. Nc6
a5 21. Rd8 Rxd8 22. Nxd8 $14) 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nd4 Nc5 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Bf3
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5 $11 {followed by the transfer of the king to e8 and Black
should equalise comfortably. nebst Überführung des Königs nach e8, und Schwarz
sollte bequem ausgleichen.}) 17. Bf3 Nce4 18. Nd3 (18. g4 h6 $5 $13) 18... Bd6
$5 {Stopping Ne5. Otherwise the weakness on c6 might be a concern. Stoppt Ne5.
Andernfalls könnte die Schwäche auf c6 eine Sorge werden.} (18... Rfd8 $5 19.
Ne5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd6 21. Ndc6 Rc8 $5 $13) (18... Rxc1 $5 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nc6 Bd6 22. g3 $14) 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bb8 21. Rxc8 $6 {
Exchanging the wrong rook. It was better to exchange on d8 because White can
try to exploit the weakness of the c6-square. Tauscht den falschen Turm.
Besser war das Schlagen auf d8, weil Weiß dann versuchen kann, die Schwäche
des c6-Feldes auszunutzen.} (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Nf4 Rc8 (23... Kf8
$5 24. Nfd3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. g3 $14 {/=}) 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26.
Bxe4 $14 {and White has a minimal edge due to the better placement of his
pieces. und Weiß hat ein minimales Plus aufgrund der besseren Platzierung
seiner Figuren.}) 21... Rxc8 22. Ng3 Bd5 $5 23. Nd3 (23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Nd7 Ba7
$1 $13) 23... a5 24. b4 $6 {The weakening of the c4 square was not necessary.
Das Schwächen des Feldes c4 war nicht nötig.} (24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Nxg3 26.
hxg3 $11) 24... a4 $5 25. a3 Nc3 $2 {Squandering the slight initiative and ....
equalising easily! Verspielt die leichte Initiative und ....gleicht leicht aus!
} ({Black failed to find Schwarz versäumte es,} 25... Nd6 {after which White
will have to struggle for the draw. zu finden, wonach Weiß ums Remis kämpfen
muss.} 26. Bxf6 (26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc1 Ne7 $1 $15) 26... Bxf3 $1
27. gxf3 gxf6 28. Ne4 Nc4 29. Rc1 (29. Nxf6+ $6 Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Nf6 Nxa3
$17) 29... Kg7 $15) 26. Rc1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Bxg3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 $5
30. Bd4 (30. fxg3 Nxc3 31. Ne1 f5 32. Nc2 Kf7 $11) 30... Bd6 31. f4 f6 32. Kg2
Kf7 33. Kf3 h6 $5 34. e4 Nxf4 $5 (34... Ne7 $11) 35. Nxf4 e5 36. Ne2 $4 {
An horrible blunder in time trouble. The knight will be no match for the
bishop in the forthcoming ending because of the weakness on a3 and the outside
passed h-pawn. Ein schrecklicher Bock in Zeitnot. In dem entstehenden Endspiel
wird der Springer aufgrund der Schwäche auf a3 und des entfernten h-Freibauern
dem Läufer nicht gewachsen sein.} (36. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Nc7 Bb2 39.
Nxb5 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc4 g6 43. Nc3 Bxa3 44. b5+ Kd6 45. Nxa4
f5 $11) (36. Be3 exf4 37. Bxf4 Be7 $1 {with a pleasant position to play on.
mit angenehmer Stellung zum Weiterspielen.} (37... Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Ke6 39. Ke3 g5
40. f4 h5 41. h3 Kd6 42. e5+ Ke6 43. exf6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. f7 Kxf7 46. f5
Kf6 47. Kf4 g3 48. Kxg3 Kxf5 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke5 $11)) 36...
exd4 37. Nxd4 Bxh2 38. Nxb5 Be5 39. Ke3 (39. Kg4 g5 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. Na7 Kd7 42.
b5 Kc7 $19) 39... g5 40. Nd4 h5 $1 41. Nf5 h4 42. Ke2 Ke6 $5 43. Ne3 h3 44. Kf1
Bd4 $1 45. Kg1 (45. Nc4 g4 46. b5 Kd7 47. Na5 Kd6 $19) 45... Bxe3 46. fxe3 g4
0-1

[Event "Baku op"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[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
d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. f3 Rac8 15.
Bf1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qb8 17. b4 Bd8 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Kh1 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Bxh2 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. g4 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd3 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qd2
Qg3 28. Qh2 Qe1 29. Kg1 h5 30. gxh5 a5 31. Qf2 Qb1 32. Nd2 Qa1 33. Qxb6 Qe5 34.
Rd8 Qg5+ 35. Bg2 Bh3 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. Qf2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qxa3 40.
b5 Qb4 41. b6 a4 42. Nc4 Nf6 43. e5 Nxh5 44. Qb2 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 a3 46. Nxa3 Qg3+
47. Kh1 Qxf3+ 48. Kg1 Ng3 49. Qg2 Qxa3 50. b7 Qa7+ 51. Kh2 Nf5 52. Qc6 Qf2+ 53.
Qg2 Qb6 54. Qc2 Qxb7 55. Qxf5 Qc6 56. Kg3 Kf8 57. Qg5 Qd5 58. Qe3 Ke8 59. Kf4
Qc4+ 60. Kg5 Ke7 61. Qa3+ Ke8 62. Qe3 Qb4 63. Kf5 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5
Bh5 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nexc4 b5 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxc5 14. Be2 Bxe2
15. Kxe2 Rc8 16. f3 Bd6 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxh2 19. Bd2 O-O 20. a4 Nh5 21.
Rhc1 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. g4 Nf4+ 27.
Kf2 Ng6 28. Qd3 h6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Ne5 31. Rd1 Bf4 32. Ng2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1
Bg3 34. Ne1 Rxb2 35. Bc3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Nxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Rxf3 38. Bb2 Re3 39. Kg2
Bh4 0-1

[Event "Calvia ol (Men)"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A popular way to avoid the long theoretical lines
in Sveshnikov.} e5 4. Bc4 d6 ({Black may also start with} 4... Be7 5. d3 Nf6 {
in order to meet} 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 (7. O-O h6) {with} 7... d5 {On the other
hand, now white may play 6.Nd2 (besides 6.Ng5), after which black couldn't
play 6...Bg5 swapping the passive dark-squared bishop.}) 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O ({
Another popular move here is:} 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 (7. h4 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9.
Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Bxb7
Rab8 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb7 18. h5 Rfb8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Khalifman,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 91 (25)}) 7... Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. f4
exf4 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Rf2 Qg5 $11 {0-1 Grischuk,A-Kramnik,V/Cap d'Agde 2003/
CBM 98 no vc (54)}) 6... Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 {After the game Kramnik,
V-Grischuk,A/Wijk aaz Zee 2003 [Roiz] that move became very popular.} ({
The ''old'' line} 8... exf4 9. Bxf4 {promises white a small but stable
advantage:} Na5 (9... h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nh4 Nxc4 14.
dxc4 Nxd5 $5 15. Qxd5 (15. Ng6 fxg6 16. Qxd5+ Kh7 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. c3 Rae8 $11)
15... Bxh4 16. Rad1 (16. Bxd6 $5 Be7 17. Be5 $14) 16... b6 17. Bxd6 Be7 18. Be5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Linares 2003/CBM 94/[Meyer,CD] (35)}) 10. Qd2
Nxc4 11. dxc4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Qf2 Qb6 14. b3 Bh5 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. h3 $14 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 (37)}) 9. Qe1 (9. Qd2 h6 10.
Nf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Rf1 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16.
Bf4 Nb6 17. b3 Bh4 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,
I-Kosteniuk,A/Philadelphia 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 9... exf4 {That helps white to
complete his development, but there is nothing better.} ({Badly is:} 9... Nd4
$2 10. Qh4 h6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxg4 Nxc2 15. Rb1
Qxd3 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 $16) 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 ({White has also tried:} 
11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 {but after} Bh5 $1 {black's Pf7 is well protected and he
solved the opening problems:} 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nce4 Bg6 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Ng3
Qd7 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qb5 Rad8 19. Qxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Gelfand,B/Plovdiv
2003/CBM 98 no vc (19)}) 11... h6 $146 {This is a dubious novelty in my
opinion, as after h7-h6 white gets excellent attacking possibilities, using
the open ''g'' file (after an exchange on f3).} ({The usual continuation looks
more solid:} 11... Qd7 12. a4 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh2 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bb3 Bd8 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Radjabov,T/XX SuperGM, Linares ESP 2003 (41)}) 13... b5 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. axb3
b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nfg1 Qd6+ {0.5-0.5 Nikolenko,O-Neverov,V/Czestochowa op
1992}) (12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 h6 15. Nf3 d5 16. exd5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3
Nxd5 18. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Van Wely,L/4th IECC, Istanbul TUR 2003 (18)}
(18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. c3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 $14)) 12... h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+
14. gxf3 Be6 (14... Bh3 $6 {Roiz,M} 15. Rf2 Be6 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 $18 {
[%cal Gf2g2]}) 15. Kh1 $14 {[%cal Gf1g1] -see my comments to 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Grischuk,A/Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 [Roiz]}) 12. Nf3 Bxf3 $5 {Black tries a
new concept in this common position. He keeps his knight in the centre, trying
to start a quick counterplay by b7-b5.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Kh1 $36 {
[%cal Gf1g1] - Here white's initiative is more dangerous than in
Kramnik-Grischuk, as Qd8-d7 is a quite useful move for black. At the same time
a2-a4 is obviously not white's best attacking continuation.}) 13. gxf3 Qd7 14.
Be3 {White should exchange black's knight as soon as possible, as it puts an
unpleasant pressure on Pc2.} (14. Kh1 $6 Nh5 $1 15. Bxh6 $140 Qh3 $1 16. Bf4
Nxc2 $132) 14... b5 {There is no other way of counterplay-otherwise black is
just much worse.} 15. Bxd4 (15. Bd5 $5 Rae8 16. Qg2 Kh8 17. a3 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2]
} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Kh1 $14) 15... bxc4 {It's not easy to say which option
of sacrifice is more perspective for black, but I like black's choice.} ({
The alternative was:} 15... cxd4 $1 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4
Nxd5 $14 {and black has some compensation due to weakness of white's kside,
although white's chances are preferable.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 $5 cxd3 17. Qxd3
Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b3 $14) 16... Bxf6 17. dxc4 Bd4+ $2 {The idea of
getting counterplay by f7-f5 is right, but black chooses a wrong redaction for
that!} ({After the correct:} 17... Rab8 $1 18. b3 (18. Rab1 $6 Qh3 $1 19. Nd5
$140 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Rf1]}) 18... Qh3 $1 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5
21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nb5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Be5 $14 {
white has only a small advantage in this endgame.}) 18. Kh1 f5 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {
Finally white's knight has got an ideal spot, while the Bd4 couldn't stay in
the centre too long in view of the following c2-c3.} fxe4 (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1
Rab8 (20... Be5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Qxf5 $18) 21. c3 Ba3
22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. exf5 $16) 20. c3 Be5 (20... e3 21. Qd3 e2 22. Rfe1 $18) 21.
f4 $1 {The strategy is more important than a pawn! Now black leaves with a
totally passive position.} (21. fxe4 $143 Qh3 22. Qg2 Qh4 $14) 21... Bf6 22.
Rae1 (22. Nxf6+ gxf6 (22... Rxf6 $4 23. Qd5+ $18) 23. Rg1+ Kh8 (23... Kh7 24.
Qg2 Rg8 25. Qxe4+ $16) 24. Rg6 $16) 22... Rae8 23. Qg2 Qf5 (23... Qe6 24. Re3
$16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf1e1]} (24. f5 $143 $6 Qe5 25. Rf4 e3 $132)) 24. Re3 {
Black cannot hold his weak Pe4 anymore.} Re6 25. Rh3 $6 {A strange decision.
It's not so easy to break black's defence on the kside, as all his pieces are
defending. At the same time, white could just win the pawn getting a
strategically winning position.} ({After} 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. R1e2 $16 {I don't
see how black can organize some defence} Rg6 $140 27. Qxe4 Qg4 28. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7
29. Rg3 $18) 25... Bd8 ({Possibly was also} 25... Kh8 $5 26. Ne3 Qh7 {and I
don't see how white can make progress here.}) 26. Ne3 {This is not a serious
mistake, but a continuation of a wrong strategy - the knight was placed
ideally on d5!} ({Another promising continuation was:} 26. Rg1 $5 Rf7 27. Rg3
g5 28. b4 $36) 26... Qh7 27. Qg4 Qg6 28. Qd1 $1 {It's important to keep the
queens on the board, as black's monarch has more troubles!} ({The endgame is
not dangerous for black:} 28. Qxg6 Rxg6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Re1 g5 $11) 28... Qf7
29. Rg3 ({It was possibly to win the pawn immediately:} 29. f5 $5 Re5 (29...
Ree8 30. Qxd6 $16 {and I don't see any real counterplay of black.}) 30. Qxd6
Bc7 31. Qc6 Bd8 32. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Bg5 33. Rd7 Qe8 34. Qb7 Re7 35. Rxe7
Qxe7 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. Kg2 Bg5 38. b4 $14) 29... Kh8 30. Qd5 Ree8 31. Qxd6 Bc7
32. Qxc5 (32. Qc6 Bxf4 33. Nd5 e3 34. Nxf4 e2 35. Ng6+ Qxg6 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.
Qxg6 e1=Q+ 38. Rg1 Qe5 39. Qg2 $14) 32... Bxf4 33. Nd5 Qh5 34. Rg2 $2 {Missing
the last winning chances.} ({The ellegant combination doesn't promise white
more than a draw:} 34. Qxf8+ Rxf8 35. Nxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 g5 (36... Qd1+ $2 37.
Rg1 Qe2 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rf7 $18) 37. Rxe4 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 $14 {
and black has a large choice of opportunities here, but I believe that white
has some winning chances due to his strong passed ''c'' pawn and the weakness
of Kg8.}) 34... e3 $132 {The passed pawn is very dangerous now.} 35. Rfg1 $4 {
A terrible move, which allows black to win the game immediately!} ({Besides,
white could make a simple draw:} 35. Qxa7 Bg5 36. Rxf8+ (36. Nxe3 $2 Rf3 37.
Rxf3 Qxf3 38. Nc2 Re2 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qg3 Qe4 $17) 36... Rxf8 37. Nxe3 Qf3 38.
Nd5 Qd1+ 39. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) (35. Qd4 Be5 36. Qd1 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Bd6 38. Qe2 Qh4
$132 {[%cal Gh4e4]}) 35... Bxh2 $1 ({Strong was also:} 35... e2 36. Qxa7 (36.
Qd4 Bg5 $19) 36... Bg5 37. Ne3 Rf7 $19) 36. Rxh2 Qf3+ 37. Rhg2 (37. Rgg2 e2 38.
Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Qd4+ Rf6 $19) 37... Rf5 $19 38. Re1 Rg5 39. Ree2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Bf5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Nf1 Be4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14.
Nxe3 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Na4 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Red1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1
Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. e3 e5 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Rd2
Nd3 28. Rc2 a4 29. e4 Bh6 30. Ne3 Ke6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34.
Nh4 fxe4 35. Ne3 Bf4 36. Nhg2 Bxh2 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 40.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Nd1 Bf4 43. Ke4 Bc1 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Bd1 f3 20. Ne4 Bh3 21. Qd3 Rae8
22. Bd2 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxg3 24. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Bg4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf3 27. Qe6+
Kg7 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Qh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Crete m g/5"]
[Site "Crete"]
[Date "2003.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.09.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. Nc3 e5 6. e4 d4 7. Ne2 g5 8. d3 h6
9. Nd2 Bd6 10. c3 c5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. f3
Be6 16. Rc1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qe7 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Kb8 21. f4
gxf4 22. gxf4 Bd6 23. Bc3 Rhg8 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Rce1 Qh4 26. Qe4 Nf6 27. Qf3
exf4 28. Bd2 Nh5 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. Bxh3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nf6 32. Bg2 Ng4 33. Rf1
Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Bf3 f5 36. Rg1 Re8 37. Kg2 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1
Kc7 40. Kg2 Kb6 41. Bd1 Ka5 42. Kf3 Bxh2 43. Kxe3 Kb4 44. Bc2 Be5 45. b3 h5 46.
Kf3 Kc3 47. d4 cxd4 48. Bxf5 d3 49. Bg6 h4 50. Bh5 h3 51. Kf2 h2 52. Kg2 Kd4
0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nb3 Nf6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Ne4 10. Nfxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. O-O Bxh2+ 14.
Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Kg1 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Qe1 Nd6 20. Qa5
Nb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Qc7 Rb7 23. Qg3 Bc4 24. c3 Re2 25. Rd4 h6 26. Kh2 Rbe7
27. b3 Ba6 28. Bd2 R7e5 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Rg4 Rh5+ 31. Kg1 Qb6+ 32. Rd4 Rf5 33.
Qg4 Rf6 34. Qh5 Rg6 35. g4 Qc7 36. Qh4 Rf6 37. f4 Rfe6 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1
Re2 40. Bd2 Qb6 41. Kh1 Qe6 42. Qg3 Qe7 43. f5 f6 44. b4 Bc4 45. a4 Qe5 46. Qf4
Qe8 47. b5 Kh7 48. Kg1 Qe7 49. Qf3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Jones, G."]
[Black "Rapport, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1280"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh3 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nh4
g6 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 Be7 17. Nf3 c5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21.
Qxc4 O-O 22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27.
Qd3 Qg1+ 28. Kb2 Bb6 29. a3 Qd4+ 30. c3 Qf2+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Be3 33.
Nec4 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxf4 35. h4 h5 36. Kd4 g5 37. hxg5 h4 38. Nf3 h3 39. a4 Bc8
40. Ne3 h2 41. Nxh2 Bxh2 42. Nd1 Bg1+ 43. Ke5 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kxg5 45. b4 Be6 46.
a5 Bc4 47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kd6 Bd3 49. e5 Bg3 50. Ke7 Bxe5 51. Kxf7 Bc4 52. Ke6 Bg3
53. b5 Kg4 54. b6 a6 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.08.08"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 ({\/Although
the currently greatest guru of the Petroff Kramnik played the symmetrical} 6...
Bd6 {in his latest tournament outing in Dortmund, the text move still remains
more popular.}) ({This and the possible transposition} 6... Be7 7. O-O Nc6 {
occur in more than half of the games with this line and until now prevailed
also in Kramnik's practice.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {While this is in general the
most popular alternative, lately Black has faced somewhat more problems after
the classical} (8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Be3 $1 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3
19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Red3 $14 {Leko,P (2751)
-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik/2009/}) ({, or the less usual} 8. Nc3 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3
Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1
Rxe3 16. Rxe3 g6 17. h4 Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. h6 Kh8 21. Re5 c6 22. c4
$36 {Leko,P (2751)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik/2009/ M.Marin annotated both
games in CBM 130.}) 8... Nb4 9. cxd5 {White wants to profit from the fact that
Black has not castled yet by mainly tactical means. To achieve this he is even
willing to part with his valuable Bd3. However, this rare sideline will
probably become even more scarce after our game...} ({The main line} 9. Be2 O-O
10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 ({After} 14. Bf4 {
as in Motylev-Gashimov, Poikovsky 2009 (see CBM 131), the reaction with the
best reputation is} dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $11) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $132 {
leads to a Petroff tabia, featured in hundreds of games, a large percentage of
which are high-level encounters. The current verdict is White has problems to
gain even a slight edge.}) 9... Nxd3 {Logical, but also practically forced.
The alternatives are clearly inferior:} (9... Qxd5 $2 10. Bxe4 Qxe4 11. Re1 Qc2
12. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 13. Qe1+ Kd8 14. Na3 Qa4 15. Ne5 $1 (15. b3 Nd3 $16) 15...
Be6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Nc2 $18) (9... Nf6 $6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. d6 $5 Bxd6 12. Re1+
Be7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Qa4+ $16 {Naegele,T-Fochtler,E (2245)/
Wuerttemberg/1996/} {/\} c6 $2 16. Nc4 Qxd4 17. Qxb4 $18) 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 (10...
Nf6 $6 11. Qb5+ Qd7 (11... Bd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bg5 b4 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Rac1 Bb5 19. Nh4 Rg8 20. d6 $18 {Timman,J (2650)
-Kovacevic,V (2530)/Zagreb/1985/}) 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Bg5 $14)
11. Re1 (11. Ne5 O-O (11... f6 $5 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Nd6 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb3
Qb5 $11 {/=/+}) 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. d5 Re8 (14... Bb4 $132) 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 $14 {So,W (2577)
-Le Kieu Thien,K (2286)/Vung Tau/2008/}) (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Qxc3 O-O
13. Qxc7 Bd6 14. Qc3 Qh5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 $44 {0-1 Kovacevic,R (2095)
-Randjelovic,D (2040)/Kladovo 1991/EXT 2002 (30)}) 12... O-O $11 {is too soft
and leads nowhere.}) 11... Bf5 {The sequence of natural moves continues.} (
11... Nf6 $2 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Ne4 Qf4 16. d5 cxd5 17.
Nc3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb4 20. a3 Qxb2 21. Rxe7+ {1-0,Tanti,J-Lynch,J/
corr/1997/} Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Ne5) 12. Ne5 {Here White already has a
choice.} ({After} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 {Black has the strong} f6 $1
15. Bf4 (15. Qxc7 O-O (15... Qd7 $5 $44) 16. Rxe7 Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6
Qxg4+ 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4 27. Qd5 $11 {Anand,V (2771)-Sokolov,I (2656)/
Dortmund/1999/}) ({Even more recent tries, including a game between the same
opponents, don't promise an advantage:} 15. Nh4 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Rhe8 17. Nxg6 hxg6
18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Qc3 g5 (20... Red8 21. a3 g5 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. f3
Qb5 24. Re4 Bc5 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bf2 Rc7 27. Qd2 Rcd7 $11 {Howell,D (2593)
-Gashimov,V (2703)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 21. Bg3 Bd8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. b3 Bb6 24.
Re1+ Re7 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh8 Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. h4 Bxd4 30.
hxg5 fxg5 $11 {1/2 Adams,M (2712)-Smeets,J (2601)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (39)})
15... Kf7 16. h4 h5 17. Qxc7 Rhe8 18. Ng5+ $5 fxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg8 $142 (19... Be4
20. Rac1 Rad8 $2 (20... Bh1 $1 21. Rxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxe7+ Kg8 23. f3 Bxf3 $132)
21. Qf4+ Bf6 22. Rc7+ Kg6 23. gxh5+ Kxh5 24. Bxf6 Bh1 {Thinius,M (2421)-Korman,
M (2151)/Bundesliga/2009/} 25. Rxg7 $1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 $18) 20. Bxe7 Qxd4 21.
gxh5 Bxh5 22. Qe5 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Rac8 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Bb4 Be2 26. Rac1 {
1/2,Radjabov,T (2761)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice rpd/2009/} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Re4 $11) (
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 (13... c6 $143 $2 14. Bh6 $1 {/\} gxh6 15. Re5 Qd7
16. Rae1 Be6 17. d5 $40 {wins the piece back with a powerful initiative.}) 14.
Re5 {also leads only to equality:} (14. Qxc7 Bd6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bd2 Bf5 17.
Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Bc3 Kf7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. b4 b6 $44 {
Huebner,R (2625)-Smyslov,V (2595)/Velden cm/1983/}) (14. Bg5 Bd6 $15) {
Probably even more convincing is} 14... Qc6 (14... Qd7 15. d5 (15. Bg5 f6 16.
Re3 fxg5 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Bf6 $11) 15... Bxd5 16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg5 f6
18. Re1 Be6 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxg5 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxg7 h5 $1 23. h3 h4
24. Re6 Re8 {and the defence holds after} 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxg5 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Qxf2 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qd5+ Ke7 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qe5+ {1/2,
Pavasovic,D (2598)-Socko,B (2631)/AUT-chT/2009/}) 15. Qa5 (15. Qe1 O-O-O 16.
Bg5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Qb6 (18... Qh6 $15) 19. Rxg7 Rhg8 20. Rg3 Qxb2
$15 {Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Short,N (2575)/Biel izt plof/1985/}) 15... Rd8 16.
Bf4 (16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc3 {1/2,Vallejo Pons,F (2693)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)/Donostia 2009/} Qd6 20. Re4 Rf4 $11) 16... O-O 17. Rc1
Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. d5 (20. Bxc7 Rfc8 $36) 20... Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6
$1 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 $11 {1/2,Naiditsch,A (2678)-Kramnik,
V (2772)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 12... O-O-O $1 {This move-order limits White's
options.} (12... Nd6 $143 $6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. b4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6
17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Nc6 Be6 19. Nde7+ Bxe7 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. d5 Rae8 22. Bg5 h6 23.
dxe6 hxg5 24. exf7 Rxf7 25. Nc6 $16 {Grischuk,A (2726)-Polgar,J (2707)/Biel /
2007/}) (12... g6 {gives White more alternatives:} 13. f3 $5 (13. Qf3 Qxd4 (
13... O-O-O {-12...0-0-0 transposes back into the game}) 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4
Qa5 16. b4 (16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb4 (17... Qf5 $1 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Nd5 Rfe8
20. Bh6 f6 21. Nxc7 Bc5 22. g4 Qc2 $15) 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxc7 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf7 21.
a3 Qc5 22. Qxb7 Rhe8 23. Be3 Qf5 24. Qxa7 Rd7 $6 (24... Kg8 $142 $13) 25. Qa4
$36 {Moreno Ramon,A (2330)-Espinoza,R (2410)/La Habana/1994/}) 16... Qa3 17.
Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Bxc7 f6 $11) (13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Bf6 $5 (17. Nc4 Bd7 18. Bf6
Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Nxd6+ Qxd6 21. Be5 Qc6 22. Qd2 Qd5 {1/2,Volokitin,A 
(2666)-Dominguez,L (2635)/WChT Beersheba/2005/}) 17... Rhf8 18. Nc4 Rxe1+ 19.
Rxe1 Kb8 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Be7 Rc8 22. Qb4 Rc6 23. b3 $14 {Dominguez}) 13...
Nf6 14. Qe3 O-O-O (14... Be6 $5 15. Nc3 Qd6) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3
Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 Bd6 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5
24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 $14 {1/2,Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/Linares/2000/
Although a draw was agreed here, White could have continued without much risk.}
) ({Possibly playable, but not without risk is also} 12... f6 13. Nc3 (13. Nc4
$5 {/\} O-O-O 14. Ne3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxf5+ Qxf5 17. Nxf5 Bb4 18. Nxd2
Bxd2 19. Red1 $14) 13... Nxc3 14. Qxf5 Nb5 15. Qg4 (15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3 fxe5
17. Rxe5 Qxd4 18. Qe6 Qd1+ 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Bg5 O-O-O 21. Qxe7 Rde8 22. Qc5
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Be3 b6 25. Qc4 Kb7 $11 {Drozdov,I (2410)-Pavasovic,D 
(2320)/Ljubljana/1994/}) 15... Nxd4 16. Nd3 Kf7 17. Nf4 (17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.
Qxg7+ Qf7 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. b3 Qg6 $19 {Ulibin,M-Serper,G/Sochi/1986/}) 17...
Qg5 $5 (17... Qf5 $2 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Qxg7+ Kd6 20. Be3 Rhg8 21. Qf7 c5 22.
Qxb7 Rgb8 23. Qa6+ Rb6 24. Qa3 Kc7 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qe7+ Kb8 27. Nd3 $1 $16 (
27. Rc1 $2 Rc6 $1 $11 {Jonsson,B (2395)-Schandorff,L (2551)/Panormo/2001/}) (
27. Re1 $5 $16)) 18. Qh3 Qf5 19. Qc3 Qc5 20. Qh3 $11) 13. Qf3 {What else?} (13.
Nc3 $2 Qxe5 $1 $17) 13... g6 14. g4 $6 {With hindsight this is too ambitious.
White still has the modest} (14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Rhe8 16. Bf4 Qxd4
17. Nxg6 Qxc3 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. bxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd3 $15) 15... Qxf3 16.
gxf3 (16. Nxf3 Rde8 $15 {[%csl Ge7,Gf5] ^^}) 16... Be6 17. Nxf7 Bxf7 18. Rxe7 {
, which leads to a drawish _|_. A plausible follow-up is} Bd5 (18... Rd7 $11)
19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rae1 Rf8 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Rd8 23. Re7 Rd7 $11) 14... Bb4
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A strong novelty. Black doesn't sideline his B as in the
previously played line} (14... Bh4 15. Nc3 (15. Nd3 $2 Nxf2 16. Qxd5 Nh3+ 17.
Kg2 Rxd5 18. gxf5 Bxe1 19. Nxe1 Re8 20. Nf3 Rxf5 $17 {Nyysti,S (2445)
-Rytshagov,M (2492)/Gothenburg/2003/}) (15. Kg2 Bxf2 16. Re2 (16. Nc3 $6 Nxc3
17. Kxf2 Ne4+ 18. Kg2 Rhg8 $1 $40) 16... Bxd4 17. gxf5 Qxe5 18. Rxe4 Qf6 19.
Nc3 gxf5 20. Re1 Rhg8+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rd3 23. Qxd3 Qc6+ 24. Re4 fxe4 25.
Qh3+ Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {Slugin}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 (17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. c4 f6 19. cxd5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd5 $11 {/=/+ can be better only for
Black}) {Even after the main move} 17... Rhe8 {Black must defend with care
after} (17... f6 $6 18. gxf6 Rhf8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. f7 Bxf7 21. Bh6 Bd5 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Re2 Rf5 24. h3 (24. c4 $5 Rg5+ 25. Kf1 Bg2+ 26. Ke1 Rf5 27. Rd1
c5 28. Rd3 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxe5+ 31. Re2 $16 {Palac,M (2566)
-Mihalj,M (2298)/Bratto/2005/}) 24... a5 25. Rb1 $5 (25. a4 $2 {[%csl Ra4] ><a4
} b6 26. Rb1 Rg5+ 27. Ng4 Bc6 28. Ra1 Rf5 29. Raa2 Bd5 30. Rab2 Bc6 31. Ra2 Bd5
32. Rab2 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Galkin,A (2608)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/})
25... b6 26. Rbb2 $16 {Galkin}) (17... h6 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 (18... Bxd5 $5 19. c4
Be6 20. d5 Bd7 $1 {/\} 21. Be3 Be8 22. gxh6 Bf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd2 b5 25. Rac1
bxc4 26. Ng4 Bd4 27. Bxg5 Rxd5 28. h4 Bb5 $11 {Huzman}) 19. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 20.
Rxe6 Bxg5 21. Rxg6 (21. f4 $5 $16) 21... Re8 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Kf1 c5 24. Rg7
cxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {Fercec,N (2504)-Jovanic,O (2435)/Rijeka/2005/}) 18. c4 $1 (
18. Be3 f6 $1 19. c4 $8 (19. Qxf6 Bf5 $40) 19... Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
fxg5 22. d5 $11) 18... Qxd4 19. Rb1 c6 (19... Bd5 20. cxd5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5
22. d6 Rxd6 (22... c6 23. Qxf7 Rd7 24. Qf8+ Rd8 25. d7+ Kc7 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27.
Bxf4+ Kxd7 28. Rxb7+ $18 {Brkic,A (2526)-Steingrimsson,H (2447)/EU-ch Kusadasi/
2006/}) (22... Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Rxd6 24. Qxb7+ Kd8 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Qb5+ Kd8 27.
Be3 $1 Rd1 28. Rxd1+ Qxd1 29. Qc4 $1 {Silva Filho,A (2000)-Villares,C (2228)/
corr/2005/} Qh5 30. f3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh4,Rh5] ףh5,Bh4}) 23. Bf4 Qd5 {Zelcic,R
(2514)-Saric,A (2472)/CRO Cup Sibenik /2005/} 24. Qh3+ Qe6 25. Qxh4 Rd4 26. Rb3
$1 $14) 20. Bf4 (20. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 bxc6 23. Bf4 Rd3 (23...
Rd4 24. Be5 Rxc4 25. Rb8+ Kd7 26. Rb7+ Kd8 27. Rxa7 Rc5 28. a4 $14 {Slugin})
24. Rb8+ Kd7 25. Rb7+ Kd8 26. c5 Bc8 27. Rxf7 Rd7 28. Rf6 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Re7+
30. Kd2 Re6 31. Rf8+ Re8 32. Rf7 Re7 33. Rf6 Re6 $11 {Volokitin,A (2645)
-Koneru,H (2545)/Cap d'Agde/2006/}) 20... Qc5 21. Nxc6 Rd3 22. Re3 $5 ({a)} 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 (22... Rxe6 23. Qxd3 Qxc6 24. Rd1 $18) 23. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4
25. Nxa7+ (25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Nxa7+ {-25.Nxa7+}) (25. Rf1 Qc7 26. Nxa7+ Kb8 27.
Nb5 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 e5 $13) 25... Kb8 26. Nc6+ Kc8 (26... Kc7 $2 27.
Rd1 $3 $18) 27. Rd1 (27. Na7+ Kb8 28. Nc6+ $11) 27... Qc7 28. Na7+ Kb8 29. Qd4
e5 30. Qxh4 Kxa7 $11) ({c)} 22. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Bxe1 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25. Rxe1
Qxa2+ 26. Kg1 $11) 22... Rxe3 (22... Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rxe3 24. Nxa7+ Qxa7 25.
Bxe3 Qa5 26. Qb2 $14 {Slugin}) 23. Nxa7+ Qxa7 24. Bxe3 Qa8 25. Qe4 Bd7 26. Qxh4
Qxa2 27. Re1 Qa5 $132 {1/2,So,W (2577)-Le Quang,L (2577)/Vung Tau/2008/ It's
likely that somewhere in this tactical labyrinth Adams has prepared an
improvement for White, but his opponent is the first to come with an effective
new idea.}) 15. Re2 $6 {[%mdl 8192] Presumably shocked, Adams quickly loses
his way in the tactical complications.} ({More resilient is} 15. Re3 $142 {
, but the following lines give the impression that only Black's play can be
improved - White with his undeveloped << forces can at the very best hope for
some uneasy equality.} Qxd4 (15... Rhg8 16. Nc3 $1 $14) 16. gxf5 (16. Nxf7 Qd1+
17. Kg2 Qxc1 18. gxf5 Nd6 19. Nxh8 gxf5 $5 (19... Rxh8 20. fxg6 hxg6 $44) 20.
Qd5 f4 $1 21. Rb3 f3+ 22. Rxf3 Qxb2 $36) 16... Ng5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg3 Qd1+ 18.
Kg2 Qxc1 19. Qxg5 Rd1 $40) 17... f6 $5 (17... Qd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kg2 Rxc1
20. h4 Bc5 (20... Bd2 21. Nxd2 Rxa1 22. hxg5 gxf5 (22... Re8 23. f6 $1 $36) 23.
Ra3 (23. a3 Re8 $13) 23... Rg8 $132) 21. Re2 Ne4 $1 22. Rxe4 gxf5 23. Rc4 Rg8+
24. Kf3 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Rg1 $44) 18. Nd3 (18. Rd3 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Bxg5 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 gxf5 $44 {/=/+}) (18. Rb3 Rhe8 19. Bxg5 fxg5 (19...
Rxe5 20. Be3 Qh4 21. Na3 gxf5 22. Rc1 $14) 20. Re3 $8 (20. Rxb4 $2 Qxb4 $19 {
[%csl Re5] ><e5}) 20... Qd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kg2 gxf5 $32 23. Rd3 Rc1 $15)
18... gxf5 $5 (18... Bd6 19. Nc3 gxf5 20. Nb5 Qd5 $13) 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 $44 {|^})
15... Bxg4 (15... Qxd4 $143 $2 16. gxf5 Qd1+ 17. Kg2 Qxc1 18. Rxe4 $1 (18. Qxe4
gxf5 $40) 18... Qxb2 19. Nxf7 a5 20. Nxh8 Qxa1 21. a3 $16) ({Smeets chooses
the "human" solution, but perhaps more promising is the paradoxical and
computer-like} 15... Rhg8 $5 $17 {/\} 16. gxf5 $2 gxf5+ 17. Kf1 Qxe5 $1 $19)
16. Nxg4 (16. Qxg4+ f5 17. Qf3 (17. Qg2 Qxd4 18. Bf4 (18. Nf7 Qc4 $19) 18... g5
19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rhe8 21. Na3 Rxe5 22. Nc2 Qxb2 $19) 17... Qxd4 18. Bf4
Bd6 19. Nf7 Bxf4 20. Nxd8 (20. Nxh8 Ng5 21. Qb3 Bd6 $40 {-+}) 20... Rxd8 21.
Nc3 Nd2 22. Qh3 (22. Qg2 Qd3 $19) 22... Qd6 $17 {/-+}) 16... Nc3 $1 17. Qxd5 $6
(17. Re3 $142 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Ne2+ 19. Kg2 Nxc1 20. Nc3 Rxd4 21. Ne5 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rd1 23. Rxf7 Rd5 24. Nc6 $17 {/=/+ was the best chance.}) 17... Nxe2+ 18.
Kf1 Rxd5 19. Kxe2 Rxd4 $32 {|^,׻} 20. Ne3 Rh4 (20... Re8 $5 21. Kf3 Re5 $17)
21. Nf1 Bd6 22. Be3 Bxh2 (22... Rb4 23. Bc1 $8 Re8+ 24. Kd1 Bf4 25. a3 Rd4+ 26.
Bd2 $17 {is also very promising for Black, but taking another pawn is more
concrete.}) 23. Nxh2 Rxh2 24. Nd2 Re8 $17 {/-+ The dust has settled and Black
has a R+3P for 2 minor pieces. His material advantage is sufficient for a
technical win, but it will take some time, as he can get his P going only
gradually.} 25. Rc1 b6 (25... Rh5 $142 26. Kf3 Rf5+) 26. Kf3 (26. Rc6 $142 $5
Kd7 (26... Re6 $5) 27. Rf6 {is perhaps slightly better, but a single move
can't change the general evaluation of the position.}) 26... Rh3+ 27. Kg2 Rh5
28. Rc4 Rd5 29. Kf3 Re6 30. b3 Kd7 31. Rf4 f6 32. Rh4 h5 33. Nc4 c5 34. Ke2 Rd4
35. Rh1 Ke7 36. Nb2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Ke2 Rd4 39. Kf3 Rd7 40. Ke2 Re4 41. Kf3
Re8 42. Kg3 Rh8 $1 $19 {/\g5,Kg6 Forces a weakening advance of the Pf2.} 43. f4
Ke6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Rg1 Rg7 (45... h4 $19) 46. Rd1 g5 {o^} 47. fxg5 fxg5 {
[%csl Gg5,Gh5]} 48. Rd5+ Ke6 (48... Kf6 $5 $19) 49. Ke4 $6 (49. Rxg5 Rxg5 (
49... Rf8+ 50. Kg3 Rxg5+ 51. Bxg5 Rf1 $19) 50. Bxg5 h4 51. Bf4 h3 52. Bh2 Rd8
53. Ke3 Rg8 54. Nd3 Kf5 55. Ne1 Re8+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kd2 Ke4 $19) 56... b5 $19)
49... h4 0-1

[Event "ch-GBR KO 2018"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Jones, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1258"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.17"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. g4 exd4 11. gxh5 dxe3 12. fxe3 Rxe3+ 13. Kf2 Bh6 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. Kg2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Bf5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bd3
21. Rg2 Re8 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Qc2 Qe3 24. Nf1 Qf3 25. Qf2 Qe4 26. Bxc7 Rh3+ 27.
Kg1 Bg5 28. Rh2 Rxh2 29. Bxh2 Qxg4+ 30. Qg2 Qf5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Ng3 Qg4 33. Qe2
Qa4 34. b3 Qa5 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Rd3 d4 37. c4 Be3+ 38. Kg2 b5 39. Qe2 bxc4 40.
bxc4 Qa4 41. Ne4 Rxc4 42. Rb3 Qc6 43. Qf3 f5 44. Nf2 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Rc2 46. Bg1
Rxa2 47. Nh3 g5 48. Bxe3 g4+ 49. Kg3 gxh3 50. Bxd4 h2 51. Rb1 a5 52. Rf1 Rd2
53. Bf2 a4 54. Kxh2 a3 55. Kg3 a2 56. Rc1 Rc2 57. Rd1 Rd2 58. Re1 Kf7 59. Kf3
Rb2 60. Ra1 Ke6 61. Bd4 Rd2 62. Ke3 Rh2 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Bg7 f4 65. Kc3 Ke4 66.
Kb3 f3 67. Bb2 Re2 68. Rh1 f2 69. Rf1 Kf3 70. Kxa2 Kg2 71. Rxf2+ Kxf2 72. Kb3
Kf3 73. Bd4 Ke4 74. Kc4 Rc2+ 75. Bc3 Rc1 76. Kb4 Kd3 77. Be5 Ke4 78. Bg7 Kd5
79. Bf6 Rc4+ 80. Kb5 Rc5+ 81. Kb4 Rc6 82. Bg7 Rb6+ 83. Kc3 Rg6 84. Bh8 Ke4 85.
Kc4 Rc6+ 86. Kb4 Kd5 87. Bg7 Rc4+ 88. Kb3 Rc7 89. Bf6 Kc5 90. Kc3 Rf7 91. Bh8
Rf3+ 92. Kd2 Kd5 93. Bg7 Rg3 94. Bf6 Ke4 95. Bh8 Rd3+ 96. Kc2 Ke3 97. Bf6 Ke2
98. Bg7 Rd7 99. Be5 Rd5 100. Bc3 Rc5 101. Kb3 Kd3 102. Bb4 Rb5 103. Ka4 Kc4
104. Ba3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]
[WhiteClock "0:29:55"]
[BlackClock "0:37:28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 h6
15. Bh4 a5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Bf5 Rb8 19. Rc3 Kf8 20. Rce3 Rxe3 21.
fxe3 c5 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Qb3 c4 24. Qa4 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. e4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Rc1 Re2 29. Qb5 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxf3+ 33.
Kxh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg2 Qxc1 35. Qxb6 Kg7 36. Kf3 c3 37. bxc3 Qxc3+ 38. Kf4 Qxa3 39.
Qc6 Qb2 40. Ke3 Qb3+ 41. Kd2 h5 42. d5 a4 43. d6 Qb2+ 44. Ke3 a3 45. d7 a2 46.
Qa4 a1=Q 47. Qxa1 Qxa1 48. d8=Q Qg1+ 49. Ke2 Qg2+ 50. Ke3 h4 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 ({Zur Botwininnikvariante
führt} 5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3
Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5) 6. Bh4 ({Die Moskauer Variante
entsteht nach} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Schwarz hat dort wenig Sorgen.}) 6... dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Im Unterschied zur Botwinnikvariante hat Schwarz einen Bauern
mehr.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({Die Alternative ist} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 O-O 16. bxc4 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1
Qxh4 {1-0 (59) Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 $5 ({Häufiger geschieht} 14... e5 {
und nun:} 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2788)-Leko,P (2752)
Moscow 2009}) 15. Nb1 ({Der Hauptfortsetzung ist hier} 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3
Qxd4 {und nun spielte So kürzlich selbst mit Weiß:} 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Qe5
19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 Qe5 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Be2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rdc3 Rd8 31. Qf3
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 a5 33. Re3 Bc6 34. f3 Kf8 35. Nf1 Rb8 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 exf5
38. Re6 Bd5 39. Rxh6 Bxb3 40. Ng3 f4 41. Ne4 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Rd4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44.
Rxc5 a4 45. Rxg5 Rbd8 46. Rf5+ Kg8 47. Rh4 R8d7 48. Rg4+ Rg7 49. Rgxf4 Rxf4 50.
Rxf4 Rb7 51. Bc4+ Kg7 52. Rd4 Bc2 53. Rd2 Bb1 54. Bd3 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kd1
{1-0 (56) So,W (2684)-Andersen,M (2462) Reykjavik 2013}) 15... Nf6 (15... c5 $5
{kam auch in Betracht.}) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 ({In der einzigen
Vorgängerpartie mit 15.Sb1 geschah} 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 (19... Rc8 $11)
20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26.
Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo 2011}
) 18... Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 (20. h3 a5 21. Be1 c3 {ist gut für Schwarz.}
) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Qb3 $2 ({Nach} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qd4 O-O 24. cxd6
Bxd6 25. Bc3 {muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen.}) ({Richtig war} 22. Qe1 Rd4 23.
Ba5 Qb8 24. Ra3 {mit komplizierter Stellung und gleichen Chancen.}) 22... Qf4
$15 {Der drohende Schwenk der schwarzen Dame auf die h-Linie ist sehr
unangenehm. Zudem muss sich Weiß um den f2 kümmern.} 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4
Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. c6 $2 ({Richtig war sofort} 26. Rf1 {und nun:} Qg3 27.
Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. cxd6 $15 {mit Remischancen.}) 26... Bxc6 27. Rf1
Qg3 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Bh5 (29. Bc3 O-O 30. Nb6 Bb7 $19) 29... Rd4 30. Bxf7+ Kd7
31. Bc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Rf4+ (33... Rf4+ 34. Ke2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Rfe1 gxh4
15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Re8+ Nxe8 17. Qxh8+ Ke7 18. Re1+ Be6 19. Nd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2
Qc7+ 21. Kg1 bxc6 22. Nf5+ Kd8 23. Rd1+ Bd7 24. Nd6 Ke7 25. Qe5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. c5 Be6 28. Qxh6 Nf6 29. Qxh4 Rg8 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Qa4 Kf8 32. Qh4 Rg6
33. f4 Qa5 34. Re5 Qd2 35. Rg5 Rxg5 36. Qxg5 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Qh1+ 39.
Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 f6 41. Qh4 Nf2+ 42. Kh2 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Nd3 45. g4
Nxb2 46. Kh5 Nd3 47. Kg6 Bxg4 48. Kxf6 Nxc5 49. f5 Bf3 50. Nc8 a5 51. Ke5 Nb7
52. Nb6 Ke7 53. Nc8+ Kd7 54. f6 Bh5 55. Nb6+ Kc7 56. Na8+ Kb8 57. Nb6 Bf7 58.
a3 Kc7 59. Na8+ Kd8 60. Nb6 c5 61. Na4 Kd7 62. Nc3 Nd6 63. a4 Kc6 64. Ne2 Nc4+
65. Ke4 Kd6 66. Nc3 Ke6 67. Kd3 Nd6 68. Nb5 Nxb5 69. axb5 Kxf6 70. Ke4 Ke6 0-1

