[Event "New York Challenge sim"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.09.22"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Berkowitz, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.22"]
[EventType "simul (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. e4 h6 8. Nh3
c5 9. Nf2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Re8 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Nh7 14. f4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Kg8 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. e6 f6 20. f5 Re7 21. Ng4
Bxe6 22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. fxe6+ Rxe6 24. Nxd5+ Ke8 25. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Iturrizaga, E.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1265"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 d6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Qc3 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. h4 Nc6 19. a3 Qb6 20. Bb2 Na5 21. Ba1 d5
22. e5 Nd7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rd7 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. Re3 Qd8 28.
Qg3 Qxh4 29. Bxg6 Qxg3 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxg3 Rdc7 32. Bb2 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Rh3 Kf8 35. b4 Nc6 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Rc5 Nb8 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Rh7
Rxc5 41. bxc5 Ke8 42. Bd2 Kf8 43. g4 Ra8 44. Bg5 Ke8 45. f4 a5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
gxf5 Bc8 48. c6 1-0

[Event "Torshavn sim"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Rodgaard, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.06.05"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Rxe6 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qf4+ 14. Kg1
Qf5 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. Ng3 Qg4 17. Re1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4
Bd7 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. f3 Kg6 24. Re5 Kf7 25. Ne2 Rc4 26. Kf2 g6 27.
g4 b6 28. Kg3 a5 29. Re1 Bb5 30. Nf4 Rxe5 31. dxe5 d4 32. exf6 dxc3 33. Re7+
Kxf6 34. Nd5+ Kg5 35. f4+ Kh6 36. g5+ Kh5 37. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S.."]
[Black "Sarana, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1265"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. e5 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxb6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qb4 17. Qe3 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Kg8 19. Kg1 Rd8 20.
Qc1 Nd3 21. Qg5 Qa5 22. h4 Bd7 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. h5 Bxe4 25. h6 Bg6 26. hxg7 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 Qd2 28. Qf6 1-0

[Event "London rapid m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 c6 8.
Qd1 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd2 a5
15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Bb5 Na6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rc3 Nc7 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Re8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Qh5 Kf8 25. Nh7+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ f6 27. Nxf6
1-0

[Event "Barcelona sim"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2002.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sarda, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 Bd7 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxf5 14. O-O-O
Be4 15. Nc3 Bh7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. h4 Ne7 19. Ne4 f6 20. g3 Nd5 21.
Rhe1 Be7 22. Kc2 b5 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. e4 a5 26. d5 Rc8 27. Nfd4 b4
28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Re2 Nc4 30. f4 a4 31. Nc6 Bc5 32. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Throughout his career Kramnik has mostly preferred closed openings, but
more than a decade ago he for about 2-3 years switched almost completely to 1.
e4. The results were not too encouraging an around 2006 Vladimir went back 1.
d4, 1.Nf3 and 1.c4. This year he decided to give the "aggressive serve"
another go and so far it's working nicely for him - both in Baku and Moscow 
(Tal memorial) he scored 2 nice wins against strong opposition.} e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Meier plays this line regularly even
against top players, so this was hardly a surprise.} ({He was certainly not
tempted by the newer idea} 6... Be7 7. Be3 b6 {where Kramnik recently
demonstrated an excellent idea} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. h4 $1 ({Too soft is} 9. Nd1 a5
10. c3 a4 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. f5 b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2
Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 Ne4 $36 {Giri,A 
(2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Stavanger 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 (10... Nxd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 (12... Bxh4+ $2 13. g3 $40) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O-O
Nc5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Be2 (16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. h5 $14) 16... Qc7 17. h5 Rae8 (17...
h6 $5) 18. h6 g6 19. Rhe1 Bc6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. g3 Qf7 22. Bg4 Qf8 23. Qe5 Rf7
24. Qg5 Qe7 {Brkic,A (2584)-Smirnov,A (2482) Baku olm 2016} 25. b4 $5 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe7 Rfxe7 28. c4 $36) 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 f5 (12... Rd8 $5 13.
Qf2 $14 {/\} c4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. f5 Kg8 16. h5 $36) (12... c4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7
14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qg4 $40) 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 (14. Bxf5 $5 exf5 15.
Qg2 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rhg1 Bd8 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 $40 {
Kramnik}) 14... cxd3 15. fxe6 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ng5 $1 h6
19. Qxd3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxe6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. d5 Bf5 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Buhmann,
R (2653) Dortmund 2016} 23. Qh5+ $1 Bg6 24. Qe2 $44 {-> For more details see
the notes to this game by Prasanna in CBM 174.}) 7. Be3 a6 {Black has more
than one way to treat this line:} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {There is still no clear
refutation of} Qb6 $5 (8... Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O ({Agianst a technician as Kramnik,
Meier is in no mood for the dry endgame after} 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4
Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 14. g3 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bg2 g6 17. g4 h5 18.
h3 Rh6 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Rg8 21. f6+ Kd8 22. Bf3 Rg5 23. Rde1 h4 24. Rhg1
Rg3 25. Bg4 Ne4 26. Ne2 Re3 27. Nf4 Rg3 28. Rxg3 hxg3 29. Rg1 Bc6 30. Nh5 $14 {
Navara,D (2706)-Meier,G (2637) Belfort 2012}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {This was
actually introduced into top-level practice by Kramnik during his first 1.e4
"outing".} ({Kasparov's} 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 $132 {is not considered too
dangerous nowadays, so the main alternative is}) ({Therefore the main
alternative is} 11. Nb3 $5 Bb4 (11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 a5
15. Qh3 g6 16. Qh6 Nb6 17. Bb5 Ne7 18. Nd4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 f6 20. Rhe1 Ra6 21.
exf6 Rxf6 22. Qg5 Qf8 23. Qe5 Nf5 24. Nf3 Ra7 25. g3 $14 {Carapinha,F (2310)
-Dutra Neto,A (2465) email 2013}) 12. Bd3 b5 13. g4 $1 (13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qf2 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Be7 18. Nd1 b4 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Ne3 f5
21. g4 (21. Rg1 $142 Be8 $15) 21... fxg4 22. Nxg4 Be8 $1 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6
Bg6 25. fxg7 Rf7 $40 {Robson, R (2680)-Vovk,Y (2628) WCup Baku 2015}) 13... Bb7
(13... Na5 $5) 14. Rhg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 {scores excellently for White, especially
in email games.}) 11... Bxd4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Ne2 f6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21.
Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 $1 $40 {Kramnik, V (2807)-Radjabov,T (2624) Linares 2003 See
the notes to this game in CBM 093 by Finkel.}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1
b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 (16. Ng3 a5 17. Nh5 a4 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3
Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 (21... a3 $5 22. b3 Ncxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bd4 Qxh5 25. Rh3
Qf5 26. Rf3 $11) 22. Qd2 Qb7 23. g4 Rac6 24. Bd4 Qb5 25. Rf3 $13 {Caruana,F 
(2796)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19.
Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6 (21... Rfc8 22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3
Rc3 25. Bxc3 $1 (25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Rc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+
Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5 31. Qd8+ {½, Karjakin, S (2762)-Goganov,A (2575) Nizhnij
Novgorod 2013}) 25... bxc3 26. Qd4 Qa5 27. a4 $16) 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24.
cxb3 Ra3 (24... Qa6 25. Qe3 Rfc8 26. f6 Rc7 27. h4 $14 {is also better for
White - he overprotects d3 and can continue his attack.}) 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3
Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6
33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 $16 {Caruana,F (2789)-Meier,G 
(2632) Dortmund 2014 The whole branch is dangerous for Black and Meier was not
interested in continuing the theoretical fight here.}) 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3
11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 (15... Qd8 16.
O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 (18. Rb1 $5 Qc8 19. Qe3 $14 {Negi}) 18... Qc8 19.
f6 gxf6 20. Qf4 Qc4 21. exf6 Rg8 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25.
Qa7 Be6 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd6 29. Ba7 Rxg2+ $1 $11 {Caruana,F
(2795)-Robson,R (2663) Saint Louis 2016}) 16. O-O (16. f5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qg4 18.
Rf1 Be7 19. Rf4 Qh5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qd4 Rhd8 23. Qc5+ Kd7 {
½, Motylev,A (2665)-Iljiushenok,I (2450) Jerusalem 2015} 24. fxe6+ Kxe6 25.
Ne2 Qxe2+ $1 26. Kxe2 Bb5+ $11) 16... Qa3 17. f5 Bc5 18. fxe6 (18. Ne2 exf5 19.
Qg5 g6 20. Qf6 O-O 21. e6 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 {Dourerassou,J (2436)-Alonso Garcia,R
(2339) Barcelona 2015} Qe3+ $1 23. Kh1 fxe6 24. Qh4 Rf7 25. Re1 Qc3 $17) 18...
Bxe6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Rb3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qxa2 22. Rg3 Qb2 23. Rb3 Qa2 24. h4 $44
{Chigaev,M (2542)-Bykov,O (2378) Voronezh 2016} Kh8 25. h5 h6 26. Rg3 Rg8 27.
Rf6 Kh7 $11) (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O (8... a6 {transposes into the game}) 9. dxc5
(9. Be2 b6 $5 (9... a6 10. O-O b5 {is more usual and also quite playable}) 10.
Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 (12... Nb8 $142 $5 13. O-O Nc6 $132) 13.
Nf2 a5 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. Bg4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Rc6 17. Rhe1 Qd7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Qh3
Bc8 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Bg4 Bc8 22. Be2 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Ng4 Rc8 25. c3 Nc5
26. f5 exf5 27. Ne3 $36 {Dominguez Perez,L (2720)-Bareev,E (2675) Baku olm 2016
}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 (11. h4 Qc7 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6
Rxf6 15. g3 h6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. h5 Re8 18. Rhe1 Bb4 19. Ne5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Qa5 22. Qd6 Bc6 $132 {Harikrishna,P (2762)-Shirov,A (2679) Austria
2016}) 11... b6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5
17. Ne2 b4 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. f5 f6 $1 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5
23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25. Rhf1 {So,W (2773)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis
2016} Bg7 $11) 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {- see 7...cxd4}
) ({However, Black's most popular alternative is still} 8... b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Bd3 (10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Qe3 Rb8 15.
Bd3 a5 16. O-O O-O 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. axb3 Ba6 20. Rxa5 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Rc6 22. Rb5 Rc2 23. Rxb4 Rxb2 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Rc8 26. Rf2 Rc1+ 27.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kf8 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. b4 Ke6 31. d4 Kf5 32. Rb7 f6 $44 {
Harikrishna,P (2752)-Anton Guijarro, D (2630) Monzon 2016}) 10... Qb6 11. Bf2
Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ke7 14. a3 Nb6 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rag8 17. h4
h5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Na4 20. b3 Nc5 21. Ke3 Rb8 22. Re2 f5 23. Kd2 Rhc8
24. Re3 Rc7 25. c3 g6 $11 {Hou,Y (2649) -Short,N (2670) Hoogeveen 2016/
Black's fortress held strong in the simplified position.}) 9. a3 $5 {A rare,
but tricky continuation.} ({We have shortly mentioned} 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O {
above, here Black is doing more or less OK. A notable example is} 11. Kh1 (11.
a3 $142) 11... Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5
23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 $17 {Karjakin,S (2720)-Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee
2010}) (9. O-O-O $6 c4 {is too dangerous, but Kramnik doesn't want to give up
the idea of queenside castling yet.}) 9... O-O (9... b5 10. dxc5 {gives White
a useful extra move in comparison with 8...b5 9.dxc5 above -} Bxc5 (10... Nxc5
11. b4 $36) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. a4 $14) 10. dxc5 ({White is still not
interested in the transpositional} 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7) 10... Nxc5 (10...
Bxc5 {loses a tempo with the B, White is slightly better after} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5
12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3 $14) 11. Qf2 b6 $146 {New, but rather passive.} ({
Until now Black has preferred the counterattacking} 11... Qa5 12. O-O-O (12.
Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bxf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe2 Bd7 18.
Rac1 Qa5 19. Qb2 Qb5 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Rb1 d4 22. Bxd4 {½, Lennartz,M (2430)
-Galanov,S (2502) email 2013} Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 $132) 12... Nd7 (12... Bd7 13.
f5 d4 14. Bxd4 exf5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Nc1 Be7 $11 {/=/+, Sethuraman,S (2633)-Korobov,A (2687)
Czech Republic 2016}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Kb1 Nc5 18. h6 g6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rh3 Rfb8 21. g4 Ra7 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Nb3
Nxb3 24. cxb3 Rc7 $36 {Jankowicz,R (2387)-Galanov,S (2376) email 2008}) 13...
b5 (13... f6 14. Qh4 f5 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Qg1 Rb8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bb6 Bc5 19.
Bxa5 Bxg1 20. Rhxg1 Nxa5 21. g4 fxg4 22. Bxe4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Rbe8
25. h4 Re7 26. b3 Bb5 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rdf1 Nc6 29. Ne2 Nd8 $132 {Kochemasov,A 
(2507)-Hamarat,T (2604) email 2012}) 14. Nd4 Qc7 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4 $132)
15. Nf5 $5 exf5 16. Nxd5 $44 Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. Bxf5 $1) 17... Bc5 $2 (17... Qd8
$13 {/=/+}) 18. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. exf6 Be6 21. g4 $18 {Salem,A 
(2650)-Svane,R (2552) Douglas 2016}) 12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 {Hits the centre
before White fully consolidates.} (13... Qc7 14. Na4 b5 (14... Rb8 15. O-O $14)
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O $14) 14. Qg3 (14. Qh4 f5 (14... g6 15. Qh3
$36) 15. Qf2 $14) 14... d4 (14... fxe5 $2 15. Qh3 Nf6 (15... e4 16. Nxe4 $1
dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Qxe4 Bh4+ 19. Kd2 $18) 16. fxe5 g6 17. Na4 $5 $16) (
14... Qc7 $5 15. Qh3 (15. Nd4 Ndxe5 $5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f5 17. O-O $14) (
15... Nd8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nf5 Rf7 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O $13 {
/+/=}) 16. fxe5 fxe5 $44) (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Nxd5
Qb7 $15 {leads nowhere}) 15... f5 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 Nd8 18. g4 Nc5 $14 {/<=>})
(14... a5 15. Bxh7+ $5 (15. Qh3 f5 16. b5 Na7 17. g4 $5 (17. Na4 Nc5 18. Nxc5
bxc5 19. c4 Bb7 $13) 17... Nc5 18. gxf5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Rxf5 20. Nd4 $14) {
seems crushing, but after} 15... Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg6 $8 17. f5+ exf5 18. Nh4+ Kh7
(18... Kf7 $2 19. e6+ Kxe6 20. Qxf5+ $18) 19. Qxf5+ (19. Nxf5+ Kg8 20. Qg4 g5
21. Nh6+ Kh7 22. Qh5 Qe8 $17) 19... Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qxc6 Ra6 22. b5 (22.
e6 axb4 23. exd7 Bxd7 24. Qxd5 Ra5 $1 25. Qd3+ f5 $11 {/=/+}) 22... Nxe5 23.
Qxd5 Ra7 24. O-O Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Nc4 26. Bf2 Rd7 $14 {/= Black has reasonable
chances to hold the resulting endgame.}) 15. O-O-O $5 {Initiates hair-raising
complications.} ({However, White had a simpler road to an advantage with} 15.
Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 (15... Ndxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. O-O-O fxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxf3 19. Bxh7+
Kh8 20. Qh5 Bg5+ 21. Kb2 $18) 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. O-O-O $1 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qc7 (
18... Qe8 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Qb7 $16) 19. Qf3 $32 {White's lead in
development is overwhelming, Black's ^^ hardly have a chance to show their
potential and he will find it almost imposible to hold the material balance in
the long run:} Rb8 (19... Bb7 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Qe3 $16) (19... Ra7 20. f5 $5 (
20. Re1 Qc4 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rc7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rd6 b5 25. Ne4) 20...
Qc4 21. fxe6 $16 Bxe6 $2 22. Re1 Bf7 23. Nc6) 20. Re1 Bd6 21. g3 Re8 22. Ndb5
axb5 23. Nxb5 Bxf4+ 24. gxf4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Red1 {/\} Bb7 27. Qe3 Kf8 28.
Nxb7 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxb7 30. Qxh7 $16) 15... dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qh3+ Kg8 $142 (17... Kg6 18. f5+ Kf7 (18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20.
e6+ Kxe6 21. Qxf5+ Kf7 22. Qg6+ $1 Ke6 23. Nf3 Bxb4 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Ke8
26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. axb4 Qe8 28. Qd3 $18 {and the K can't aurvive in the centre
for long.}) 20. Nxf5+ Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. Qxc6 $1 (24. e6
Qe8 25. Qf4 (25. Qxc6 Ne5 26. Qxa8 Qa4 $132) 25... Rf7 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6
Rg7 28. exd7 Bxd7 29. Rxf6 $13) 24... Ra7 25. Qe4 fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rxf5 (26... Rf7
27. Bg5 $18) 27. Qxf5 $16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8 20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Rhf1 $16
) 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. e6 Nb8 21. Qe4+ f5 22. Rxd8 fxe4 23. Rxf8 Bxf8
24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. f5 $44 a5 $5 26. b5 Bxa3+ 27. Kb1 $36) ({Black can't avoid
the danger and has to take one of the pieces:} 15... fxe5 $2 16. Qh3 Rf5 17.
fxe5 dxc3 18. g4 Bxb4 (18... Rxf3 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6
22. Qh5#) 19. axb4 Qf8 20. gxf5 Nxb4 21. Rdg1 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qa3+ 23. Kd1 Qb3+
24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Nd2 $5 cxd2 26. Bxd2 $16) 16. Bxh7+ $1 {The standard
sacrifice with a new twist.} Kxh7 (16... Kh8 $2 17. Bg6 $18) 17. Qh3+ Kg8 {
The motifs are already known from the 15...dxc3 line, but there are
differences as well:} (17... Kg6 18. f5+ $1 (18. Nh4+ Kf7 19. f5 Ndxe5 $5 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $19) 18... Kf7 (18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. e6+ $18) 20.
Nxf5+ $1 Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. e6 $1 (24. Qxc6 Ra7 25. Qe4
fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rf7 $13) 24... Qe8 (24... Nce5 25. Qf4 Rf7 26. exf7 Nxf7 27. Qxg4
$18) 25. Qxc6 Ra7 26. Nxe7 e2 (26... Qxe7 27. Nd5 $16) 27. Rd6 $5 Qxe7 28. Nd5
$16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8 20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 (21... Kh8 22. Nd5 e2 23. Rd3 fxe5
24. Re1 $5 $36) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 e2 (23... Kf8 24. Qxe3 Rxd7 25. Nxb6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxd1 28. Qf4+ Ke8 29. Nxa8 Bxa8 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31.
Qh7 $16 {White wins the Pg7 and has very good winning chances}) 24. Qxe2 Kh8
25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qe8+ (26. Kb1 $5) 26... Rf8 27. Qh5+ Qh6+ 28. Qxh6+ gxh6 29.
Rhe1 $36) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 $6 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. Qe4+ f5 21. Qxe3 $16 {
Formally material is equal, but White's forces dominate the board and he has a
huge attack.}) 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. Nh4 Qe8 21. Nd5 $6 {Tempting, but not ideal
according to the engine.} ({The silicon beast prefers} 21. e6 $142 $1 Nb8 (
21... Nc5 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. bxc5 Bxe6 (23... Bxc5 24. f5 $16) 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25.
Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Rhe1 Bg4 27. Rd3 bxc5 28. Nd5 $16) 22. Qxe8 $1 (22. Qxb6 Rb7 23.
Qxe3 f5 24. Qg3 Bxh4 25. Qxh4+ Kg8 26. Rhe1 Bxe6 $13 {/\} 27. Rd6 Qc8) 22...
Rxe8 23. f5 Nc6 (23... g5 24. Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Nd5 e2 27. Rd2 $14)
24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Rhe1 Bd8 (25... Ne5 26. Nxe7+ Raxe7 27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Rxe3 b5
29. Rg3 Kf8 30. Rd4 $14 {/+/- Sooner or later Black will be forced to take on
e6 and grovel in an endgame a pawn down.}) 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6
$36) 21... Kh7 (21... g5 $5 22. fxg5 (22. Nxe7 gxh4 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qf3 Qc3 {
and White doesn't have more than a perpetual with} 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ $11)
22... Bb7 (22... e2 $5) 23. Qe6 Bxd5 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. Nf5 Nxe5 26. Rxd5 Qa4 {
and again White doesn't seem to have more than} 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ $11) (
21... Bb7 $2 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Ng6+ Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Nxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nxf6+
gxf6 26. Rxd7+ Kg6 27. e6 $18) 24. Ndxe7+ Qxe7 25. Nxe7+ $18) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23.
Nf5 Nxe5 $6 {Black decides to avoid direct danger by returning the piece and
simplifying the position. However, this comes at a cost, as in the endgame he
will remain a pawn down.} (23... Qe8 $142 $1 24. Nd6 (24. e6 Nb8 25. Qxb6 Rb7 (
25... Bxe6 $5 26. Nd6 Qe7 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. Rxe3 f5 $13) 26. Qc5 Qxe6 $5 27.
Qxf8 Qxf5 28. Rd8 Rc7 {and White must bail out with} 29. Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ $11)
24... Qe6 {with an unforced, but plausible follow-up} 25. Rhe1 Qa2 26. Rxe3
Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qxf4 29. Rh3+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Nxc8 (31. Rh3+ $11
) 31... Nxe5 32. Qe6 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qxc2 $11 {Here White either gives, or allows
a perpetual after} 34. Rd4 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) 24. Nxe7 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rc7
26. Nd4 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. Kb2 (27. Rhe1 Bg4 28. Rd3 Rc4 29. c3 Bf5 30. Rdd1
Bg4 $11 (30... Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Rdc8 32. Nxf5 Rc2+ 33. Ka1 e2 34. Rb1 R8c3 35. Rb2
Rc1+ 36. Rb1 R1c2 $11)) 27... Re7 28. Rd3 Re4 29. Ne2 (29. Nf5 Rxd3 30. cxd3
Rxf4 31. Nxe3 Rf2+ 32. Kc3 Re2 $44) 29... Rxd3 30. cxd3 Re8 31. Re1 $14) 27.
Rd3 Bb7 $6 (27... Rce7 $5 {seems more resilient. After} 28. Re1 Kg6 29. h3 $14
{White has reasonable winning chances, but for the time being Black retains
the Pe3 and more tension.}) 28. Re1 Bxg2 29. Rdxe3 $16 {/+/= White has a
healthy extra pawn and although his kingside pawns are split, Black's
queenside is vulnerable as well. All in all with good technique Kramnik should
be able to convert has advantage.} Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bd5 (30... Rc4 31. c3 Kg8 32.
Kd2 Kf7 {was perhaps more stubborn}) 31. Nf5 g5 {Pawn exchanges should help
the defence, but here White gets rid of a potential weakness.} (31... g6 32.
Re7+ $5 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Be6 (33... Bf7 34. Nc8 b5 35. Nd6 $16) 34. Kd2 Kg7 35. f5
gxf5 36. Ke3 $16) (31... b5 32. Kd2 $5 $16 (32. Ne7 Bg2 $14) (32. Re7 Rxe7 33.
Nxe7 Be4 34. Kd2 Kh6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kc3 g5 $16 {/<=>})) 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Re5
Bf7 34. Kb2 $1 {White first improves his king.} (34. Nd6 $143 Bb3 {forces the
retreat} 35. Re2 $16) 34... b5 35. Nd4 Kg6 $6 {Drops another pawn and is
tantamount to resignation. However, the endgame was almost certainly beyond
saving anyway:} (35... Rd7 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd2 38. Rxa6 Rxh2 39. Rb6 g4
40. Rxb5 Kg6 41. Rd5 g3 42. Rd1 $18) (35... Kh6 36. a4 $5 bxa4 (36... Rd7 37.
Kc3 {/\} Rc7+ 38. Rc5 Rxc5+ 39. bxc5 bxa4 40. Kb4 $18) 37. Ra5 Rd7 (37... Bc4
38. Rc5 $1 $18) 38. Rxa6+ Kh5 39. c3 $18) 36. Nf3 g4 37. Rg5+ Kf6 38. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Internet sim1"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1995.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Larso, E.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5 13. a3 b6 14. d5 exd5
15. exd5 Nd8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qxa3 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Ba6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Be7 Qd3 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Bxf8 Nb7 24. Be7 Bc4 25. d6 Nd8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27.
Qh4 Qxd6 28. Qxc4 a5 29. h3 Ra8 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 b5 32. Rb6 b4 33. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial m 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.12.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Nd5 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6
14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne4 $1 $146 (15. Be2 a5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Ba6 18. Bf3 a4
19. Nc5 Bb5 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Yakovich,Y/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (20)})
15... Nd5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20. h3 (20. Qh5 {
Gelfand,B} Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qc3 $14) 20... a4 21. Be4 Ra5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7
23. Rxc6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Biel 1997/Inf 70/[Gelfand,B] (32)} (23.
Bxc6 $1 $16)) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nxe3 $6 (13... a5 $5 14. Ne4 Ba6) 14. fxe3 c5
$2 (14... Bg5 $5 15. Qf3 e5 $132) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18.
Qxc5 $16 {/+-} Bb7 19. Rcd1 Rc8 20. Rxd8 Rxc5 21. Rd7 (21. Rfd1 $5) 21... Bc8
22. Rd6 a5 23. e4 Bb7 24. Rfd1 g5 25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke3
Be8 29. Rb7 Kf6 30. Ra6 $1 Kg7 31. Rba7 $18 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxb2 34.
Rxg5+ Kf6 35. h4 Rc2 36. e5+ Ke7 37. Kd3 Rb2 38. h5 Rb4 39. g3 Rb2 40. Rg4 f5
41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Ne4+ Ke7 43. h6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 {This move was not what I was
expecting, but of late my opponent has been playing the Slav Defence
frequently, so that it is easy to explain his choice. The ratio of predicting
the opening choices of my opponents is in my case one in three. Dieser Zug kam
für mich unerwartet, aber mein Gegner spielt in der letzten Zeit oft die
Slawische Verteidigung, sodass sich seine Wahl leicht erklären lässt. Die
Quote bei der Voraussage der Eröffnungswahl meiner Gegner ist bei mir etwa
eins zu drei.} 6. b3 {In 2013 I played four games with this variation (none
since then), but on every occasion I had the black pieces.. 2013 spielte ich
vier Partien mit dieser Variante (und seitdem nicht mehr), hatte dabei aber
immer Schwarz.} ({On those occasions Gelfand, Nakamura and Ding Liren
preferred the continuation with Gelfand, Nakamura und Ding Liren haben gegen
mich damals die Fortsetzung} 6. c5 {which leads to a murky strategic battle.
The move in the game is considered less "hard", but I wanted to obtain a
lively game. bevorzugt, die zu einem zähflüssigen strategischen Kampf führt.
Der Partiezug gilt als weniger "hart", aber ich wollte ein lebendiges Spiel
bekommen.}) 6... Bb4 ({I have never been able to understand the popularity of
Die Popularität von} 6... c5 {, Black has developed only one knight and yet
he makes another pawn move. A really Romantic way of playing... konnte ich nie
verstehen. Schwarz hat nur einen Springer entwickelt und trotzdem macht er
einen weiteren Bauernzug. Eine echt romantische Spielweise...}) 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 {The second most frequently played continuation, which
offers more room for creativity. Die zweithäufigste Fortsetzung, die mehr
Raum für Kreativität bietet.} ({In the 2012 world championship the move
Anand chose against Gelfand was In der Weltmeisterschaft 2012 spielte Anand
gegen Gelfand} 9... Bd6) 10. Bc2 ({I found this in 2005 or 2006. The idea is
actually typical. Even in the variation with Das fand ich 2005 oder 2006.
Eigentlich ist diese Idee typisch, sogar in der Variante} 10. Qe1 a5 {the move
ist} 11. Bc2 {is a good option. The move 10.Bc2 is useful for e3-e4, and in
addition it is aimed against e6-e5 (see below). eine gute Möglichkeit. Der
Zug 10.Bc2 ist für e3-e4 nützlich, außerdem ist er gegen e6-e5 gerichtet (s.
weiter unten).}) 10... Rd8 {This logical contiuation has a hidden but
important disadvantage. Black has available to him other sound moves such as
10...b6 or 10...Re8. Then White's play would be linked either to the pawn
sacrifice 11.a3 Bxa3 12.e4 or to the preparation of the advance e3-e4 by means
of 11.Re1. Diese logische Fortsetzung hat einen versteckten, aber wesentlichen
Nachteil. Schwarz verfügte über andere gesunde Züge wie 10...b6 oder 10...
Re8 - dann wäre das weiße Spiel entweder mit dem Bauernopfer 11.a3 Bxa3 12.
e4 oder mit der Vorbereitung des Vorstoßes e3-e4 mittels 11.Re1 verbunden.} (
10... b6 11. a3 (11. Re1) 11... Bxa3 12. e4) (10... Re8 11. a3 (11. Re1) 11...
Bxa3 12. e4) ({But Auf} 10... e5 {is met by the strong reply folgt die starke
Erwiderung} 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. dxe5 {with the advantage. mit
Vorteil.}) 11. a3 {After thinking things over for 17 minutes I came to the
conclusion that apart from 11.a3 there are few good moves here. In doing so I
assumed that it is very dangeous for Black to take on a3. Nach 17 Minuten
Nachdenken kam ich zum Schluss, dass es hier außer 11. a3 wenige gute Züge
gibt. Dabei vermutete ich, dass es für Schwarz sehr gefährlich ist, auf a3
zu nehmen.} Bxa3 ({The lesser evil was probably Das kleinere Übel war
wahrscheinlich} 11... Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bg5 {
, after which Black gets a passive but solid position. But this variation
would mean that 10...Rd8 was not a good idea. , wonach Schwarz eine passive,
aber feste Stellung bekäme. Diese Variante würde aber bedeuten, dass 10...
Rd8 keine gute Idee war.}) 12. Rxa3 (12. e4 {would lead to a position in which
White would have compensation for the pawn he has sacrificed, but one should
not miss the chance to raise the stakes führte zu einer Stellung, in der
Weiß Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern hätte, aber man darf nicht die
Chance verpassen, den Einsatz zu erhöhen.}) 12... Qxa3 13. c5 b6 ({Whilst my
opponent was pondering the position, I turned my attention to the continuation
Während mein Gegner über die Stellung sinnierte, widmete ich mich der
Fortsetzung} 13... e5 {, which I considered to be the strngest. , die ich für
die stärkste hielt. After the further moves Nach den weiteren Zügen} 14. Nb1
Qa2 15. Bb4 a5 16. Nc3 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 axb4 18. Na2 {it is White who has the
advantage. gehört der Vorteil dem Weißen.}) 14. b4 {A mistake. Ein Fehler.} (
{Instead of that White had at his disposal a way to gain the upper hand, but
which simply did not occur to me: Stattdessen verfügte Weiß über einen Weg,
die Oberhand zu gewinnen, der mir aber gar nicht in den Sinn kam:} 14. Nb1 Qa2
15. Qc1 ({I overlooked the fact that I had this option and considered only ich
habe übersehen, dass ich diese Option besitze und habe nur} 15. Bb4 {which
would lead to sharp play. in Betracht gezogen, was zu scharfem Spiel führen
würde}) 15... bxc5 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Nxd5 Qb5 18. Nc7 Qb8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Ba5
Re8 21. dxc5 {and there is no way to heal the wounds in the black position.
und die Wunden in der schwarzen Stellung sind unheilbar.}) 14... Ne4 ({The
only possibility of maintaining the tension was the amazing Die einzige
Möglichkeit, die Spannung aufrechtzuerhalten, war das verblüffende} 14... Qb2
$1 {This is actually logical - in order to save yourself from wild animals you
have to get closer to them and show that you are not afraid of them. Easier
said than done. Eigentlich ist es logisch - um sich vor wilden Tieren zu
retten, muss man ihnen näherkommen und zeigen, dass man sie nicht fürchtet.
Leichter gesagt, als getan...}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 {This came after a
long period of thought. Simpler moves led to unpleasant endgames in which the
white pawns d4-c5 represent important trump cards. Das folgte nach langem
Nachdenken. Einfachere Züge führten zu unangenehmen Endspielen, in denen die
weißen Bauern d4-c5 wichtige Trümpfe darstellen.} 17. Bxh7+ ({The
consequences of Die Folgen von} 17. Bxc6 a5 {were not really clear to me.
waren mir nicht ganz klar.}) ({I also considered (the stronger) Ich habe auch 
(das stärkere)} 17. Qc2 {but what worried me about it was the possibility of
betrachtet, aber dabei störte mich die Möglichkeit} Nf6 {; If the
continuation in the game had not been so tempting, I would perhaps have taken
a closer look and found the reply ; wäre die Partiefortsetzung nicht so
verlockend gewesen, hätte ich vielleicht genauer hingeschaut und die
Erwiderung} 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Ne5 {with the terrible threat of Nc4. mit der
schrecklichen Drohung Nc4 gefunden.}) 17... Kxh7 ({In the event of Im Falle von
} 17... Kf8 {there is the very strong ist} 18. Qc2 bxc5 19. Ne5 {when White's
attack brings in material dividends. sehr stark - der weiße Angriff bringt
materielle Dividenden.}) 18. Ng5+ Kg8 {The only move, after which the moves
are forced for a while. Der einzige Zug, nach dem sich das Spiel eine Zeit
lang forciert entwickelt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von} 18... Kg6 19. Qg4 f5
20. Qg3 Kf6 (20... f4 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qh4 {with a decisive attack. mit
entscheidendem Angriff}) 21. d5 {the black pieces are too passive to be able
to completely defend their king. sind die schwarzen Figuren zu passiv, um
ihren König vollwertig verteidigen zu können.}) 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21.
Qc7 Bd7 22. Nf7+ Kh7 {I too thought that the king was worse placed on g8 than
on h7. Auch ich dachte, dass der König auf g8 schlechter steht, als auf h7.}
23. Nxd8 Rc8 24. Qxb6 ({When the situation of the opposing king on h7 is taken
into account, White has the interesting option of In Anbetracht der Lage des
gegnerischen Königs auf h7 verfügte Weiß über die interessante Möglichkeit
} 24. Qf4 Rxd8 25. e4 {with the threat of 26.e5, but I steered a course
towards the position which I had calcualted in advance. mit der Drohung 26.e5,
aber ich steuerte auf die Stellung aus meiner Vorausberechnung los.}) 24... Nd5
25. Qa7 Rxd8 26. e4 Qd3 {We both considered this move to be the strongest
continuation; but in reality it is a mistake. Diesen Zug hielten wir beide
für die stärkste Fortsetzung, in Wirklichkeit aber ist es ein Fehler.} ({
When calculating 17.Bxh7+ I reached the position which would now appear after
Beim Berechnen von 17.Bxh7+ kam ich zur Position, die nun nach} 26... Nf6 27.
Bg5 Qxb4 (27... Kg6 {is bad on account of ist schlecht wegen} 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29.
Qc7 Ke7 30. d5) 28. e5 Qxd4 29. exf6 gxf6 {and I thought I would be able to
find something in it for White. To my amazement I am obliged to admit that in
this case after aufs Brett kommen würde, und dachte, dass sich dort für
Weiß etwas finden ließe. Zu meiner Verwunderung muss ich zugeben, dass der
Anziehende in diesem Fall nach} 30. Qc7 Rf8 31. Be3 {White is only slightly
better. nur etwas besser steht.}) 27. exd5 Qxd2 28. Qc7 Qg5 29. dxc6 {It is
astonishing, but this natural move turns out to be a blunder which costs White
all of his advantage. Erstaunlich, aber dieser natürliche Zug erweist sich
als ein grober Fehler, der den Weißen seinen ganzen Vorteil kostet.} ({
After the best move Nach dem besten} 29. d6 {Black has only a few
possibilities for counterplay, so that White would be able to gradually
activate his rook and decide the game in his favour. hat Schwarz nur wenige
Gegenspielmöglichkeiten, sodass der Anziehende imstande sein würde, seinen
Turm allmählich zu aktivieren und die Partie für sich zu entscheiden. As he
does so, however, he must see that Dabei muss man übrigens sehen, dass} e5 30.
dxe5 Bh3 {does not work on account of wegen} 31. Qxc6 {. In the final position
the white queen has everything under control. nicht funktioniert - in der
Endstellung hält die weiße Dame alles unter Kontrolle.}) 29... Bc8 (29... Be8
{loses material after verliert Material nach} 30. Qb7) 30. h3 Qd5 ({After Auf} 
30... e5 {then gewinnt} 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 {wins, because the white queen
and rook get into the game. , weil die weißen Dame und Turm ins Spiel kommen.}
) 31. Rd1 e5 {This delay costs Black the game. Diese Verzögerung kostet den
Schwarzen die Partie.} ({He could save himself by attacking the f2-square by
means of Die Rettung bestand im Angriff auf den Punkt f2 mittels} 31... Rf8 {
- after - nach} 32. Qd6 ({or oder} 32. Rd3 Qe4) 32... Qb3 33. Qxf8 Qxd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxd4 {The struggle would end in a draw. würde der Kampf unentschieden
enden.}) 32. Rd3 {The rook disrupts the black position. Der Turm bringt
Dissonanz in die schwarze Stellung.} exd4 33. Qe7 Bf5 ({There was the more
resilient Zäher wäre} 33... Rg8) 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. Qh4+ {Of course, there are
several mistakes in this game but the content is worthy of study. Natürlich
gibt es in dieser Partie mehrere Fehler, dafür aber einen würdigen Inhalt.}
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20.
Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 Nf8 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh5
g6 27. Qh4 e5 28. Nd2 g5 29. Qh6 Bd8 30. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. d5 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Bg5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Ne5 18. Nd4 f6 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qe4+ Ng6
21. Qf5 Kg8 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Re1 Qc8 25. Qg6 Nh6 26. f5 c5 27. Ne6
Qe8 28. Nc7 Qxg6 29. fxg6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Nf5 31. Bf2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b4 a5
34. Nxb6 Rxc2 35. Re8 Rc7 36. bxa5 d3 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Black "Amin, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1279"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.13"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4
N7f6 15. e3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. fxe3 Rd5 20. Qg4
Rg5 21. Qh4 f6 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Bc5 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Bd4 Qd7
27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ra6 Re5 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Rd1 Qb7 31. Rad6 Rd5 32. R1xd5 exd5
33. Qf5 Re8 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Qg4 g5 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Cologne m 5'"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nd7 5. f4 Bb4 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg6 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f5 14. Qg3 f4
15. Qg4 Kh6 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Ng6 18. Nf7+ Kh7 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qxh4+ Nxh4
21. O-O Nf5 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. e6 Be2 25. Re1 Bh5 26. e7 Be8 27.
Nxf5 g6 28. Nd6 Kg7 29. h4 Kf6 30. g4 Rb8 31. Kf2 a5 32. Kg3 a4 33. g5+ Kg7 34.
h5 gxh5 35. Kh4 b5 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Kxh5 Kf7 38. Kg4 Rxe7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40.
Kf5 Kf7 41. Ke5 Kg6 42. Kd6 Kxg5 43. Kxc6 Kf4 44. Kxd5 Kf5 45. Kc6 Kf4 46. d5
Ke3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh2 Nf8 14. Nc4 Ng6 15.
a5 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Ba8 21. d5 Bf6
22. Ra3 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxg6 Bxf3 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxf3
Re7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Bf4 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Rxb5 Bc5
34. g4 f6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. h4 Kc4 39. Rb1 Kd3 40. Be1 Re7
41. Rd1+ Kc4 42. Bd2 Rb7 43. g5 f5 44. h5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. h6 gxh6 47. gxh6
Kd3 48. h7 Bd4 49. a6 Ra2 50. Kf3 Kc4 51. Be3 Bh8 52. Rxd6 Kb5 53. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Nxf4 9. exf4 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. a5 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Bd3 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 Kf6 20. Nh7+ Kf7 21.
Ng5+ Kf6 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Re5 Bb4 24. Rde1 Ra7 25. Qe3 Kg6 26. Qxb6 Rb7 27. Qe3
Bd6 28. Nxe6 Bxe5 29. Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Ne2 Qb4 32. Nf4+ Kf7 33. h4
Qxb2 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Kh2 a5 38. Qg3 Kg8 39. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O
Bh7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Be3
c5 16. h5 c4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bb1 cxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Kg2 Kg8
22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3 b6 27. Rhc1 Qd7 28. Kg1
Rc7 29. Nf1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Kf1 Kf7
35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nd1 Ne7 37. Nb2 Nf5 38. Na4 Rb8 39. g4 Nh4 40. Be3 Ng6 41. c4
Bb4 42. Rc2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Rac1 Rd7 45. Ra1 Nh4+ 46. Ke2 Ng6 47. Nb2 Be7
48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne7 51. c5 Rdb7 52. c6 Rc7 53. b4 axb4 54.
Rb3 Ng6 55. Bd2 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. Bxb4 Rf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. f3 h5 60. gxh5+
Kxh5 61. Rh1+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Ng2+ 63. Kf2 Nh4 64. Rha1 Rf4 65. Ra8 Rxf3+ 66. Ke2
Rxa8 67. Rxa8 g4 68. c7 g3 69. c8=Q g2 70. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd2 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O Qd8 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
Qb6 15. Be4 dxc3+ 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxc3 O-O 18. Re1 Rxa2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxe7 cxd5 21. Rh3+ Kg6 22. Rg3+ Kf5 23. Rg5+ Kxf4 24. Bd2# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 2019"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qg4
Ne5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Ba6 21. d4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bb7 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. h4 Bd5
27. g4 a5 28. Bf4 b5 29. h5 a4 30. Kg3 Bb3 31. g5 fxg5 32. Bxg5 Bd5 33. Bf4 Bc4
34. Be5 Bd5 35. Kg4 Bc4 36. Bd6 Bd5 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Bc5 Bd5 39. Bb4 Bc6 40. Bc3
Bd5 41. Kg4 Bc6 42. f4 Bd5 43. Bb4 Bc6 44. Bd6 Be4 45. Kg5 Bc2 46. Be5 Be4 47.
Bc7 Bc2 48. Bd6 Bd3 49. Be5 Be4 50. Bc7 Bc2 51. Ba5 Bd3 52. Bc3 Bc2 53. f5 Bxf5
54. d5 Be4 55. d6 Bc6 56. Kf4 Bd7 57. Be5 Bc6 58. Ke3 Be8 59. Kd4 Kf8 60. Kc5
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 2019"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {This time Harikrishna chooses the Ruy Lopez over
Giuoco Piano. The latter he used successfully to beat Sergey Karjakin at the
Olympiad.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 $5 {The Arkhangelsk Variation of
the Ruy Lopez which is much more active than the Closed Ruy Lopez, but also
riskier.} 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O (9... Nxe4 10. Bd5 $18) 10. h3 (10.
Nbd2 {is more common.}) 10... exd4 {Adhiban has already played this before
against Kuzubov in 2011, but he thought for 11 minutes which means that he
wasn't expecting this line.} 11. cxd4 Nxe4 {Seeing that nothing is wrong with
grabbing the pawn, Adhiban goes ahead.} 12. Bd5 {Harikrishna also thought for
10 minutes, recollecting his lines.} Qe8 $1 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4
d5 {And the bishop is trapped in a very novel manner.} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {Overall
it would seem that the central e4-pawn is much more important than the h7-pawn.
And this is true. Black has a very comfortable position. But it's a complex
middlegame, so both sides have to play accurately.} 17. Nc3 c6 {23 minutes for
the move 17...c6. Adhiban would have surely been looking at ...Nc2 options.
Finally he didn't like them and continued with this little pawn move.} (17...
Nc2 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bb7 20. Ne5 {Somehow I feel that the bishops are a
tad too passive.}) 18. Rad1 a5 19. a3 Nc2 20. Rd2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {The computers
like Black's position because of the bishop pair. Objectively the position is
equal. But with all these imbalances, the situation is rich and the better
player has chances to outplay his opponent.} f6 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Kf2 {Hari just
makes normal, natural moves, not worrying about what he is trying to achieve
in the position. If his pieces are on good squares something will turn up.
That being said Adhiban has nothing to worry about. His position is at least
equal, maybe even slightly better.} Rae8 24. Ne2 Re7 (24... g5 $5 $15) 25. Nf4
Rfe8 (25... g5 26. Nd3 Kg7 27. Nc5 Bf5 $15) 26. Re2 g5 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Nc5 Bf5
29. Ree1 Kg6 (29... Rh8 $1 {makes sense in order to prevent g4.} 30. g4 Bc8 {
The h3-pawn is weak.} 31. Rh1 Bxc5 $1 32. dxc5 (32. Rxc5 Bxg4 $15) 32... Kg6
33. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {Black doesn't have any real problems.}) 30. Nd2 (30. g4 Bc8
31. h4 $5 Bxg4 32. hxg5 Bxf3 33. gxf6 Rh7 34. Kxf3 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Nf3 Kg6 {
Adhiban must have felt that Hari would be fine with a draw. After all it's not
so easy to make progress. But Harikrishna fights on.} 32. g4 Bc8 33. Nd3 Bd7 (
33... Rc7 $5 {makes sense in order to take on g4 when h4 is played.}) 34. h4 $1
{Very alert.} gxh4 35. Nxh4+ Kg5 {The king has to move forward. But as we
already know, knights are tricky creatures. Hence, Black must remain careful.}
(35... Kh7 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Rc7 38. Rh1+ Kg7 39. Rcg1+ $19) 36. Nf3+ Kxg4
{Good or bad, this pawn had to taken.} (36... Kg6 37. g5 $1 fxg5 38. Nde5+ Kf5
39. Rg1 $16) 37. Rh1 $1 {The black king is beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Two knights and two rooks are trying to trap it.} Kf5 {Adhiban's king makes a
dash.} 38. Rh5+ Ke6 (38... Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Rg1 $16) 39. Rh6 Kf5 $2 (39...
Kf7 40. Nf4 (40. Rg1 Bf5 $19) 40... Rg8 41. Nh5 Rg6 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rh8+ Kf7
$11) 40. Nh4+ Kg5 (40... Ke4 41. Rc3 $1 {The threat now is to take on f6.} (41.
Ke2 $5 Bxd4 $1 42. Nf2+ Ke5 43. Nf3+ Kd6 44. Nxd4 Rxe3+ 45. Kd2 $16) 41... Rf7
42. Rh5 {Nf3-d2 looks deadly.} Bg4 43. Kf1 $1 Kxe3 44. Nf2+ Kd2 45. Nxg4 $18) (
40... Ke6 41. Nf4+ Kd6 42. Rxf6+ Kc7 43. Nxd5+ $18) 41. Rg6+ Kxh4 42. Rh1+ Bh3
43. Rg3 {Not often do you see the Lawnmower's mate at such a high level! A
very interesting game where Harikrishna showed that practically he is a
stronger player.} 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Navara, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1268"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 Nbxd5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Nb4 21.
Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qf5 26. Qd4 Qxf3
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qe3 33.
Rg1 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rf1 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1
Qe2 40. Qg2 Qe3 41. h3 Nf4 42. Qg3 Qe2 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Qg4 Qe5 45. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Madrid sim"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Martinez Villanueva Pelae, Guzman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.05.24"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bg3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.
Ng5+ Kg6 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 f5 18. Qh4 Bc8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6+ Rf6 21.
Rxf6+ gxf6 22. Qxb4 Nc6 23. Qd2 d4 24. Qd3 Nb4 25. Qc4 Qb6 26. a5 Qb7 27. Bd6
Nc6 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Re6 Qf7 30. Qe2 Rd7 31. Bf4 Nb4 32. Nc1 Nxc2 33. Nd3 Kg7
34. Rxa6 Qc4 35. Bh6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf6+ Kg5 37. Rg6+ Kxg6 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nxd7+
1-0

[Event "Bonn sim"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duppel, Tina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.05.02"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Qxe5 Qd3 16. b3 Bf5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qc7 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfd1 Bf5
21. Rd2 b6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 c5 25. g4 Be6 26. Kg2 f6 27. Bf4
Kf7 28. Kg3 Bc8 29. Be3 Ke7 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. h5 Kd7 33. Kf4 Ke6 34.
g5 Bb7 35. gxf6 Kxf6 36. Bd2 Bg2 37. Bc3+ Kf7 38. Be5 a6 39. a4 Bf1 40. Ke3 Bh3
41. Bc7 Bg4 42. f3 Bxh5 43. Bxb6 Bg6 44. Kd2 Ke6 45. Bxc5 Bf5 46. Be3 Kd6 47.
b4 Kc6 48. b5+ Kb7 49. Kc3 Bd7 50. Kb4 axb5 51. axb5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Bh7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Ne5
Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. b4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. b5
Rfe8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd7
Ke8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rd8 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Rf5 40.
Ke2 h5 41. g3 Rb7 42. Raxd5 Rb2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd5 44. Rxb2 Kf6 45. f3 Kg6 46. Rb4
Ra5 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Ra3 50. Re4 f5 51. Re5 Ra2 52. Re6+ Kg7
53. e4 fxe4 54. Rxe4 Kf6 55. Re2 Ra3 56. Kg2 Ra4 57. Rb2 Ra3 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59.
Re6 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra3 61. Re1 Kg6 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Rb1 Kg6 64. f4 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Rf2
66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. Kh4 Rh2+ 68. Kg5 Rh3 69. Rb3 Rh1 70. f5 Rf1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. d4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Qb6
15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. b4 Nf8 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd3 Ra8 21. b5
e5 22. b6 Qe7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf5 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. c4 Nf8
28. c5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Ne6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qxe5 Qd7 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Nf8 36. g4 Kg6 37. f4 f5 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. gxf5
Kf6 41. h4 Kxf5 42. Kf3 g6 43. a4 c5 44. Bf2 Nxb6 45. Bxc5 Nd7 46. Bd4 Ke6 47.
Kg4 Kxd6 48. Kg5 Kd5 49. Bc3 Nf8 50. Kf6 Ne6 51. Bd2 Nd4 52. Kxg6 Nf3 53. h5
Ke6 54. h6 Nh4+ 55. Kh5 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Be5 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Qc2+ Kh8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Qd7 20. O-O-O f6 21.
e4 fxe5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. Rhf1 Be3 30. g3 d4 31. gxf4 Qe7 32. Rde1 Rd7 33. Nd1
Nd5 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qf5 Qe8 37. Rfe1 b6 38. a3 $6 (38. Ka1 Qf8
39. Qe5 $16) 38... Kh8 39. Kb2 a5 $2 (39... e2 40. Rc2 Qe3 $14) 40. Rc4 $6 (40.
Rcd1 Qg8 41. Qe5 $18) 40... Nf6 $16 41. Qe5 Qf8 42. Qxe3 b5 43. Rd4 b4 44. a4
Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Nxh5 46. Re5 Nxf4 47. Rxa5 Ne6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Ra6 Qf6+ 50. Ka2
Qe5 51. Qb2 Qxb2+ 52. Kxb2 Nf4 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Bocharov, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1312"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.30"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf3 17. Bxe7 Bxd1 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qxd1 Kxh7 20.
Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. g3 b5 24. Qe3 Qf5 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. h4 a5
27. a3 Rc8 28. Qd7 Rf8 29. Rd4 Qf5 30. Kg2 Qc5 31. Qb7 Re8 32. Rd7 Qf5 33. Qf3
Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rc8 35. Rd4 Rc5 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rg4 f5 38. Rd4 Ke7 39. f4 g6 40.
Kd3 a4 41. c4 e5 42. fxe5 Rxe5 43. cxb5 Rxb5 44. Rb4 Rd5+ 45. Ke3 Ra5 46. Kf4
Ra6 47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kxh5 Rd6 51. Kg5 Rd3 52. Kf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6
15. a4 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ba3 f6 18. fxe4 fxe5 19. exf5 exd4 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 21.
f6 Nc6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. f7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Rae1+ Kd7 28. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 34th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 {McShane} c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {McShane: 'These positions with an isolated
queen's pawn (IQP for short) are always rich with possibilities for both sides.
'} Nce7 $5 $146 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'This move takes a lot of pressure off
the White centre and allows White to quickly post his knights on e4 and e5.'
eine interessante Aufstellung der Springer. Bisher wurden hier andere Züge
gespielt, z.B.} (10... Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Adams,M/
Tilburg 1992/Inf 56/[Adams,M] (42)}) (10... Be7 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Gausel,E/
Gothenburg 1998/CBM 63/[Mueller,Karsten] (19)}) (10... Re8 11. Rd1 Bf8 12. Qe4
{1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Bareev,E/Germany 2000/CBM 75 (27)}) 11. Bd3 (11. Ng5 {
kam ebenfalls in Betracht z.B.} Nf6 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Rad1) 11... h6 {McShane:
'This weakening becomes significant later. Now if Black wants to block the
b1-h7 diagonal with g7-g6, the h-pawn will hang.'} 12. Ne4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Qe2 Nf5 15. a3 Be7 $6 ({Was sprach gegen den Bauernraub} 15... Nxd4 {?}) 16.
Ng3 Nxg3 (16... Nxd4 $2 17. Qe4 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Nf6 20. Ng4 $40 {
'!' McShane. McShane: 'is very strong.'}) 17. hxg3 {McShane: 'This change in
the oawn structure is barely perceptible now, but it later becomes clear that
the doubled g-pawn acts as a lever for opening up the black king.'} Nf6 18. Be3
Qd5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bb1 $14 {McShane: 'Both sides have their
pieces placed on sensible squares, but Black faces the long-term positional
problem of how to deal with the advance of the g-pawn. It is difficult to deal
with this. If the knight moves to d5, a problematic mate threat to h7 can be
set up.'} Qc7 22. g4 Rfe8 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Bh4 Bb8 26. Qf2 Qd6 27.
Rcd1 Rc8 28. g5 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Adams has patiently engineered the
breakhtrough, which by now is decisive.'} hxg5 29. Bxg5 Nh7 (29... Nd5 {McShane
} 30. Qh4 f5 31. Kf2 {with a huge attack.}) 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qh5
Rf8 $2 (32... Rc7 $2 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 g6 35. Qh4 Rxb2 36. Bf6 Qxa3+ 37. Rd3
$18) ({Gibt es nach} 32... Qf8 $5 {etwas besseres als} 33. Nd7 Qd6 34. Nf6+
gxf6 35. Bxf6 Qh2+ 36. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Kh7 $14 {?}) 33. Bf6 $1 {'!!'
McShane.} (33. Bf6 gxf6 34. Qg4+ Kh7 (34... Kh8 {McShane} 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Ke3
{and mate follows.}) 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nh7 16. f4 Qf6 17. f5 Nh4 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qd8 20. Re4 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1
Rad8 22. Bb3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8 27. f4
Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ng3 Bb6 32. h4 Ke8 33. Nh5 Kf8
34. f6 gxf6 35. Bc2 Kg8 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. h5 Bd8 39. Ne8+ Kg8
40. Nd6 b6 41. f5 Kf8 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Nc4 Bd8 44. f6 b5 45. Nd6 Ba5 46. Nf5 Bd2
47. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {Fedorov,A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Bb4 11. Bxb4 (11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,
V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7
15. Ba6 Rd8 16. O-O Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/
Yerevan 1999}) (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 (12. Nh3 $5 h6 13. Qe1 $6 (13.
Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13... a5 $5 (13... O-O-O $2 14. Ba5)
14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 O-O $132 {Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/
St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16.
Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 $11 {Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/
Voronezh 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1
Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 $14 {
58 Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1
$1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5 Bd6 19. h4 $36 {Fedorov,
A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $14 {Glek, I-Nogueiras,J/
Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 $1 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4
14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,
S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 $6 {
Another attempt to prove that black's defensive resaurses in this position are
sufficient. However this attempt also failed...} 11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1
Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rhg1 $1 $18 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/
Hove 1997/CBM 61}) 11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 (13... Be7 14. Rdf1 Qc5
15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 {1-0
Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM87_03 (20)}) (13... Qxf3 14. Qxc5 b6
15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Rdf1 $40 {Ivanisevic,
I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext}) 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 ({Deserved
attention wierd} 14... Kh8 $5 15. Qg3 Nf6 $132 {and black's position is full
of life.}) 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 $1 ({Nothing promises} 16. Rhf1 Nf6 17. Qe5
Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf6 $11) 16... Be3 17. Bxe3 $146 {Only this move appears to be a
novelty! And it's probably not such a bad one, since the game lasted... 2 more
moves!} (17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4
Rf7 23. Rgf1 $14 {Anand,V-Van Wely,L, Monaco,2001}) 17... Qxe3 18. Rg3 Qc5 $4 {
This move is not so easy to explain even taking into consideration terrible
form of Van Wely during this tournament! However no easy life was expecting
black in other variations:} (18... g6 19. Rxg6+ fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Nf6
22. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. Rd8+ $18) (18... Nf6 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21. Rxg5
Nxg5 22. Qxg5 $16) (18... Qf4 $5 19. Rdg1 Rd8 20. Nd2 $1 $40) 19. Qh6 (19. Qh6
g6 20. Rh3 Qh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Jedynak, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[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. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qxc1 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Raxc1 Kxf8 20.
Rfe1 Bf5 21. f3 Kf7 22. g4 Nxd4 23. Kf2 Be6 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. h4 Rd8 26. Rxb7
Rc8 27. Rxa7 Rc2+ 28. Ke3 Nc6 29. Rc7 d4+ 30. Kf4 Bxa2 31. g5+ Kg6 32. h5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Inv Qualifier"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L.."]
[Black "Hammer, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1234"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.02"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Nfe5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. Bd4 Kg6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc7 Rh8 26. Rxc5 Rh4
27. Rc4 Rh5 28. Rf4 Bd5 29. Rg4+ Kh7 30. b4 e5 31. bxa5 Bf3 32. Ra4 e4 33. a6
Be2 34. f4 exf3 35. h4 Rh6 36. a7 Rg6+ 37. Kh2 f2 38. a8=Q f1=Q 39. Rxf1 Bxf1
40. Qe4 Kh6 41. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. h4 Bc6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bd3
Kf8 15. Qf2 b5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 20. g4 e4 21.
Be2 Rac8 22. Rc1 d4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qf4 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Kf8 27.
Rhd1 Nc4 28. f6 Ne3 29. fxg7+ Kg8 30. Bd3 Rc6 31. Bxh7+ Kxg7 32. Qe5+ Kxh7 33.
Qe4+ Rg6 34. h5 Nxd1 35. hxg6+ Kg7 36. Rxd1 Qc7 37. gxf7 Qxf7 38. g5 Rd5 39.
Rh1 Rf5 40. Qxd4+ Kg6 41. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik without so much as a struggle and had
spent the previous evening disgusted with my play. There was no way I could be
bothered playing some boring Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some
improvement on move 45 leading to a difficult ending etc. I felt that it would
be better to go down in style than to do something like that. Now, how does a
move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.
Nf3 can lead to positions even more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least
they would be NEW boring positions!! The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik
without so much as a struggle and had spent the previous evening disgusted
with my play. There was no way I could be bothered playing some boring
Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some improvement on move 45 leading to a
difficult ending etc. I felt that it would be better to go down in style than
to do something like that. Now, how does a move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get
interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.Nf3 can lead to positions even
more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least they would be NEW boring
positions!! Am Tag zuvor hatte ich praktisch kampflos gegen Kramnik verloren
und den Abend damit verbracht, mich von meinem Spiel anwidern zu lassen. Auf
keinen Fall wollte ich mich auf irgendeine langweilige Caro-Kann-Variante
einlassen, um zu versuchen, mit irgendeiner Verbesserung im 45. Zug fertig zu
werden, die zu einem schwierigen Endspiel führt usw. Ich fand, es wäre
besser, stilvol unterzugehen, als so etwas zu tun. Nun, und wie erlaubt mir
ein Zug wie 1.Nf3, interessante Stellungen zu bekommen?? Also, um ehrlich zu
sein, 1. Nf3 kann zu sogar noch langweiligeren Stellungen führen als 1.e4 c6,
aber wenigstens würden es NEUE langweilige Stellungen sein!!} 1. Nf3 d5 {
Aha! Not so boring, maybe? He had played this against Topalov and I had an
idea... Aha! Doch nicht so langweilige, vielleicht? So hatte er auch gegen
Topalov gespielt, und ich hatte da eine Idee...} 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 {
And I played this without hesitating. Maybe 4.e3 some other time, but I just
wanted to liven things up immediately. Und dies spielte ich ohne Zögern. Ein
andermal vielleicht 4.e3, aber ich wollte einfach sofort Leben in die Bude
bringen.} b5 {This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation.
The usual line is This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation.
Dies sieht riskant aus, wenngleich es nicht leicht ist, eine Widerlegung zu
finden.} 5. a4 c6 (5... Bb7 {Dolmatov} 6. axb5 Bxe4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5 $14) 6. axb5 (6. b3 {Kramnik} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 {White stays better, Davies,
N-Hartman,C/Open Osterskars 1995}) (6. Nc3 {Kramnik} b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6
9. Qc2 b3 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6 $1 {with mutual chances, Zakharevich,
I-Makarov,M/ch-RUS, Elista 1996}) 6... cxb5 7. b3 {He had already started
thinking a lot and I knew that he wasn't familiar with this opening. There
isn't much to know though, only a game Yermolinsky-Kupreichik. Er hatte
bereits begonnen, lange zu überlegen, und ich wusste, dass er mit dieser
Eröffnung nicht vertraut war. Allerdings gibt es da nicht allzuviel zu kennen,
lediglich die eine Partie Yermolinsky-Kupreichik.} Bb7 {In case of In case of}
(7... Nf6 8. bxc4 Nxe4 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {Kupreichik,
not being one of the most solid players I know could play this. I suspected
that Karpov, if confronted with this would find another solution. Kramnik
Kupreichik, nicht einer der allersolidesten Spieler, könnte dies bestimmt
spielen. Ich vermutete, dass Karpov, wenn damit konfrontiert, eine andere
Lösung finden würde.} 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6
16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6 $13 {Yermolinsky,A-Kupreichik,V/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) (
7... Bb4+ {Kramnik} 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 {White is ahead on development and
has better chances}) 8. bxc4 Bxe4 (8... bxc4 {Kramnik} 9. Bxc4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 {
with dangerous initiative}) 9. cxb5 {White already has a significant advantage
on the queenside - the a-file and P b5 vs Pa7. Weiß hat bereits einen
bedeutenden Vorteil am Damenflügel - die a-Linie sowie P b5 gegen Pa7.} (9.
Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Bb7 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. g3
a5 15. Bg2 Bb4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb3 Rc8 18. Ba3 Ba4 19. Re3 Nc6 20. Ra1 Ra7 21.
Ne4 {1-0 Bareev,E-Semkov,S/Vrnjacka Banja (10)/1987/ (40)}) 9... Nf6 10. Be2 (
10. Bd3 $6 {Dolmatov} Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6
15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 $15 {Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1994/}
(17... Be7 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nbd2 Rc8 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc2 22. h4
h6 23. Kh2 Ba3 24. Nd2 Qf5 {0-1 Khalifman, A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg (05) 10'/1994/}
)) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4+ $5 {Dolmatov} 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O
14. Nc4 Nbd7) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Nc4 a6 14. b6 Nc6
15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Ncxb4 18. Ra5 Nc6 19. Ra4 Nf4 20. Re1 Rb8 21.
Bf1 Ng6 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Nfe5 Nf5 {0-1 Lutz,C-Schlosser,P/Berlin Lasker (08)/
1989/ (38)}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 {Otherwise Black cannot comlete the
development. However, this weakens the queenside. Ansonsten kann Schwarz seine
Entwicklung nicht abschließen. Dies schwächt jedoch den Damenflügel.} (13...
Bb4 14. Bb2 a6 (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 (15... a6 16. Bf3 $1 $14 (16. Ba5 Qd5
$1 17. Bf3 Qxb5)) 16. Nf3 $14) 15. Bf3) (13... Nd5 $5 {Psakhis} 14. Bb2 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Qd5 16. Bf3 $140 Qxb5 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd5) (13... Nbd7 $5 {
Ftacnik} 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. bxc6 Rc8 $5 16. cxd7 (16. d5 exd5 17. cxd7 Rxc3 18.
Rxa7 Rc7 $15) 16... Rxc3 17. Rxa7 Rc7 $10) 14. Bf3 Nd5 {Typically, Karpov
finds the safest solution, leaving him with a slight disadvantage.
Typischerweise findet Karpov die sicherste Lösung, wonach er mit leichtem
Nachteil verbleibt.} (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Re1 $1 Bb4 (16... Nd5 17.
Bb2 $1) 17. Bb2 {And Black still has to unravel his queenside. und Schwarz
muss noch immer seinen Damenflügel entwirren.}) (14... Qb6 $5 {Dolmatov
Dolmatov} 15. Nc4 (15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 $10) (15. Be3 $5 {Psakhis Psakhis
}) 15... Qc7 16. b6 Qxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qxd4 19. Bxa8 Qxb6 $10) (14...
Qc7 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf4 $1 Bd6 16. b6 $16) 15. Nxd5 exd5 (15... Bxd5 {Kramnik}
16. Qe2 {and White is clearly better.} (16. Bf4 $14 {Dolmatov Ftacnik} Ra7) (
16. Bf4 $14 {Ftacnik})) 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Qb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qxb5 {
also with some advantage, but I had no interest in trying to play some slight
advantage that day. , ebenfalls mit einigem Übergewicht, aber ich hatte an
jenem Tag keine Lust zu versuchen, irgendeinen leichten Vorteil zu verwerten.})
16... Qb6 (16... f6 {was necessary. After ist kaum besser:} 17. Nd3 Re8 (17...
axb5 {Dolmatov} 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Nf4 $16) 18. Nf4 Kh8
{Black can hold Psakhis} 19. Bh5 $1 $18 {(Psakhis)} g6 (19... Rf8 20. Ne6) (
19... Rg8 20. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6 Kg7 22. Qg4
Rh8 23. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rb3 f5 25. Qxf5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $18) 17. Be2 $3 {
[#] The point. White can swing his B over to d3 now. I considered moves like
17.Qd3, but I realized that this was the strongest move - the bishop has no
more work on f3. Die Pointe. Weiß kann nun seinen Läufer nach d3
überführen. Ich erwog auch Züge wie 17.Qd3, aber ich begriff, dass dieser
Zug am stärksten war - der Läufer hat auf f3 nichts mehr zu tun.} axb5 {
There is no other way - 17...a5 would eave White with the monster on b5. Es
gibt nichts anders - nach 17...a5 würde Weiß mit dem Monster auf b5
verbleiben.} 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 {Here, I spent a few seconds
checking 21.Rxd5 which leaves White with an extra pawn, but as I mentioned
earlier I couldn't be bothered. I saw Bxh7+ and didn't waste any more time on
Rxd5. I then spent some time analysing Bxh7+, and didn't see a defence for
Black. I then realized that I was too excited to analsye and decided to get it
over with. He had hardly any time left already and I was sure that he wouldn't
find a defence. Baburin: In this position which is clearly superior for him,
White does not settle for a pawn after 21 Rxd5, but instead launches a
devastating blow: Ftacniik: Annad unleashed a spectacular attack with bishop
sacrifice. An dieser Stelle prüfte ich ein paar Sekunden lang 21.Rxd5, wonach
Weiß mit einem Mehrbauern verbleibt, aber wie bereits erwähnt, hatte ich
daran kein Interesse. Ich sah Bxh7+ und verschwendete keine Zeit mehr mit Rxd5.
Ich analysierte Bxh7+ eine Zeit lang und sah keine Verteidigung für Schwarz.
Dann wurde mir klar, dass ich zum Rechnen zu aufgeregt war und beschloss, es
hinter mich zu bringen. Er hatte bereits kaum noch Bedenkzeit und ich war
sicher, dass er keine Verteidigung finden würde. Anand beginnt einen
spektakulären Angriff mit einem Läuferopfer.} 21. Bxh7+ $1 {In the press
centre they expected 21.Rxd5, but my close friend Mauricio Perea knew
immediately that I would play 21.Bxh7+! and he tried to work out all the
details. Kramnik: Brilliant sacrifice, which was underestimated by Karpov.
Brilliant sacrifice, which was underestimated by Karpov. Petursson: This is
the most amazing sacrifice in the CBM 57. Specially, considering who is
playing Black. Im Pressezentrum erwartete man 21. Rxd5, aber mein enger Freund
Mauricio Perea wusste sofort, dass ich 21.Bxh7+! spielen würde, und versuchte,
alle Details auszuarbeiten.} (21. Rxd5 Nc6) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 {
Baburin: This is the point - White shifts the rook to the h-file. Baburin: Das
ist die Pointe - Weiß schwenkt mit seinem Turm auf die h-Linie.} Bxe5 $2 {
This loses trivially. During the game I was worried about 23...Bc8 more than
23...f6, but later analysis suggests that the latter was the best move. The
only move. The only move. The desire to get rid of the annoying e5-knight is
very understandable but here Black misses a chance to put up more resistance.
After this it seems clear that Black is lost. But a defense is hard to find.
Dies verliert trivial. Während der Partie machte ich mir mehr Sorgen wegen 23.
..Bc8 als wegen 23...f6, aber die spätere Analyse ergab, das letzteres der
bessere Zug war - und der einzige. Der Wunsch, den lästigen Springer e5 zu
eliminieren, ist sehr verständlich, aber hier verpasst Schwarz eine
Möglichkeit, härteren Widerstand zu leisten.} (23... f6 $1 24. Rh3 fxe5 25.
dxe5 Qc4 $1 (25... Rxf4 26. e6 Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 {Kramnik} (28...
Kxe6 29. Re1+ $1 Re4 30. Rh6+ $18 (30. Rh6+ Kf5 31. Qf6+ Kg4 32. h3# $18)) 29.
Rh8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qxc7 $18) 26. Re1 {Much simpler - White doesn't
invest too much material. Viel einfacher - Weiß investiert nicht allzuviel
Material..} (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kf6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re1+ $1 $18) (27... Ke8
28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. Bg5+ Kc8 30. Rc1 $16) 28. Bg5+ (28. Rh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kf5 (
29... Ke7 30. Bg5+ $18) 30. g4+ Ke4 31. Re1+ Qe2 $1 (31... Kd3 32. Qg6+ Kd4 33.
Bxd6 {Fritz will probably tell you more than I could, but 31... Qe2 is good.
Fritz wird Ihnen wahrscheinlich mehr verraten, als ich es könnte, aber 31...
Qe2 ist gut.}) 32. Rxe2+ Bxe2 33. Bxd6 (33. e7 $145 $1 Bxe7 34. Bc1 Bxg4 35.
Qe3+ Kf5 36. Qxe7 $18) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Bf1+ $1 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kh4 Rh3+ $19
) 28... Kxe6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Rxc4+ Bxc4 $13 {
White has a lot of pawns on the kingside, but since Black's king is now safe
he can activate his pieces. Weiß hat eine Menge Bauern am Königsflügel,
aber da der König des Schwarzen jetzt sicher steht, kann er seine Figuren
aktivieren.}) 26... Qxf4 $8 ({Deserve attention Aufmerksamkeit verdient} 26...
Qb4 27. Bd2 $5 (27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ (28. Rhe3 Be7 29. Bh6) 28... Ke8 29. Qg6+
Kd8 30. Qg5+ Kc8 $19) 27... Qxd2 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ (30. exd6+
$2 Kxd6 31. Qg6+ Kc5 $19 32. Rb1 Nc6 $1 $19) 30... Kd8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qxf8+
Kc7 33. Rb1 {Baburin (Baburin )} (33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ $11) 33... Qd3 $13) 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. exd6 Nc6 $8 (28... Re8 29. Qh5+ g6 30. Re7+ $3 {Fritz Fritz} Rxe7
(30... Kf6 31. Qf3 $1 $18) 31. Qh7+ Kf6 (31... Kf8 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Qxg6+ Kxe7
34. Rh7+ $18) 32. Qxe7+ Kf5 33. Qf8+ $1 Ke5 34. Re3+ $18) 29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3
Bc4 {And here, both 31.h4 and Kh1 are dangerous. Still, over the board, to
find your way through the complications with limited time isn't the easiest
task and Karpov didn't manage this time. Und her sind sowohl 31.h4 als auch
Kh1 gefährlich. Dennoch, sich bei begrenzter Bedenkzeit in den Komplikationen
zurecht zu finden, ist nicht die allerleichteste Aufgabe, und diesmal schaffte
es Karpov nicht.}) (23... Bc8 $6 {I hadn't analysed this move well. Later I
asked Karpov what he saw against it and he said that he assumed 24.Rg3 won. I
showed him 24...Qe7 and we thought that this would have saved Black. Later
Dzindzi (according to my second, Ubilava) found the way for White. Diesen Zug
hatte ich nicht tief analysiert. Hinterher fragte ich Karpov, was er dagegen
gesehen hatte, und er sagte, er vermutete, dass 24.Rg3 gewinnen würde. Ich
zeigte ihm 24...Qe7, und wir dachten, dass dies Schwarz gerettet hätte.
Später entdeckte Dzindzi (laut meinem Sekundanten Ubilava) für Weiß den Weg
zum Sieg.} 24. Rg3 (24. g4 $2 Ra3 $1) (24. Ng6 $6 fxg6 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+
(26. Qxa8 Qxf4 27. g3 Qxd4 $19) 26... Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Nc6 $17) 24... Qe7 (24...
Ra3 25. Rc1 (25. Rxg7+ $6 Kxg7 26. Bh6+ Kf6 (26... Kh8 27. Bg5+ Kg8 28. Bf6 $18
) 27. Re1 $1 Rg8 28. Qh4+ Ke6 (28... Kf5 29. Qf4+ Ke6 30. Nd3+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+
Kc6 32. Rc1+ Kb6 33. Rxc7 $18) 29. Ng4+ Kd7 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Rc1+ Kb7 32. Nxg8
Rc3) 25... Qd8 26. f3 Be7 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Qh6 $18) 25. Bh6 $1 (
25. Bg5 Qe6 (25... f6 26. Ng6 (26. Bh6 fxe5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29.
Qg5+ Kf7 $13) 26... Qd8 27. Nxf8 Bxg3 28. Qh7+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Be6
31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Bxf6 $1 Qe8 33. Qxg3+ Kd7 34. Qb3 $18) 26. Bh6 (26. Rh3 {
Kramnik} Qxh3 27. gxh3 f6 28. Ng6 fxg5 29. Nxf8 Bxf8 30. Qxg5) 26... Bxe5 27.
dxe5 g6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13 (28... Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 $13)) (25. Qh6 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
f6 27. Bd6 Qf7 28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Qf4 Nd7 $13) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27. e6 $3
{Dzindzi} Bxe6 (27... Qxe6 28. Bxf8 $18 Nd7 29. Bh6 $18) (27... Qf6 28. Bxf8 (
28. exf7+ Kh7 (28... Kxf7 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qxa8) 29. Qxd5 Kxh6 30. Qxa8 Bf5
31. Re1 Nd7 $14) 28... Bxe6 29. Qh6 $18) 28. Qe5 f6 29. Rxg6+ $18 Kh7 30. Qh5
$18) 24. Rh3 f6 (24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe5 Qd7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bxg7 $18) 25.
dxe5 $18 Qe7 {Baburin: Other options were no better:} (25... Qc4 26. Re1 $1 (
26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kxe6 (27... Ke8 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Re1 {
winning} (30. Rb1 $18)) 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Qxg7+ Kc6 30. Qc7+ Kb5 31. Rb1+ {wins}
(31. Rb1+ {Baburin} Ka4 32. Qa5+ Kxa5 33. Ra3+ Qa4 34. Bc7#)) 26... Qxf4 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ $18) (25... Qd7 {Kramnik Psakhis} 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. exf6 Kxf6 (27... Rg8 28. Re1 $18) 28. Re1 Be2 29. Rg3 $18) (25... Bxf1 $2 {
Kramnik} 26. e6 {with mate} (26. e6 {Ftacnik} Qxf4 27. Qh8#)) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
Rg3 Ke8 (27... Rg8 28. Qg6+ (28. exf6 {Kramnik} Qxf6 29. Bg5 {wins} (29. Bg5 {
Ftacnik} Qe6 30. Rf3+ Ke8 31. Re3 $18)) 28... Kf8 29. exf6 {And Black can't
recapture und Schwarz kann nicht zurückschlagen.}) 28. Rxg7 Qe6 29. exf6 Nc6 {
White is winning in all variations White is winning in all variations} (29...
Rxf6 {Kramnik} 30. Bg5 (30. Rg8+ Rf8 31. Qh5+ Qf7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rg7 Qxg7 34.
Qxd5+ Kc8 35. Rc1+ Nc6 36. Rxc6+) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Dolmatov Baburin Petursson}) (
30. Qh5+ $18 {Dolmatov}) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Baburin}) (30. Qh5+ {Petursson})) (
29... Bxf1 {Ftacnik} 30. Re7+ $18) 30. Ra1 Kd8 31. h4 {To clear the back rank
- it's always nice to have time for the details. Um das Grundreihenmotiv
auszuschalten - es ist immer nett, Zeit für die Kleinigkeiten zu haben.} Bb7
32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Ra1 {I felt it would be better to have the rook on d1 and I
was sure that Karpov would be grateful to repeat moves to get to the time
control... Mir schien es besser, den Turm auf d1 zu haben, und ich war sicher,
dass Karpov dankbar die Züge wiederholen würde, um die Zeitkontrolle zu
schaffen..} Bb7 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Qb1 $1 Rxf6 36. Bg5 $138 {Karpov lost on time
playing 36...Kc8. Obviously I was delighted to have won after a loss, but I
was especially happy with the way I won. Beim Ausführen von 36...Kc8
überschritt Karpov die Zeit. Natürlich freute ich mich, nach einem Verlust
gewonnen zu haben; besonders glücklich aber war ich über die Art und Weise.}
Kc8 37. Qb6 $18 (37. Qh7) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Baburin: Positions with the isolated d-pawn were often on the menu in the
recent match in Elista; both sides playing with the isolani had their own
achievements and losses. As usual we start with the games in which the isolani
proved its dynamic strength. Our first few games illustrate the power of the
thematic d4-d5 thrust.} 1. e4 {Blatny,P Gurevich,M Baburin King} c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nf6 {Karpovs specialty, since he thus manages to make
coordination of white's pieces a much more challenging matter.} (11... Ndb4) (
11... Nxc3) (11... Bf6) 12. Ne4 {Baburin: White protects the d4-pawn by
tactical means and prevents the development of the black c8-bishop on the long
diagonal at the same time, as now 12...b6? loses to 13 Nxf6+ Bxf6 14 Qe4.} (12.
Be3 Nb4 13. Bc4 a6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. Bg5
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Rab1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,
D-Gerber,R/Cannes op (01)/1995/ (43)}) 12... Bd7 {Baburin: Two games later in
the match Karpov came up with an important improvment - 12...Qb6, and won a
nice game, which we will examine later on in this database.} (12... Nxd4 $2 13.
Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bc3 Qd8 (14... Qb6 {Gurevich,M} 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 $16) 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qe4 (17. Bxf6 {Baburin} Qxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Rxd7 $16) 17... g6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxb7 Rad8 20. Bf1 $16) (12... Qb6 $5 13.
a3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Nc4
Qa6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Qf4 Bd5 $15 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Elista FIDE Wch(04)}) 13.
Rad1 Rc8 (13... Qb6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4
Rad8 19. h5 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. h6+ Kf7 24. Nd2 Bc8 25.
Ne4 Qf4 26. Qh3 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch (04)/1995/ (46)}) 14. Rfe1
(14. Nxf6+ $5 {Gurevich,M} Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 (17. h4 $5) (17.
h4 $5 {Blatny,P})) 14... Nd5 {Baburin: Perhaps Black should have preferred 14..
.Nxe4, although even then White would keep the initiative after 15 Qxe4 g6 16
a3.} 15. Nc3 {Baburin: An excellent decision - the white knight has completed
its mission on e4 and now White puts pressure on the blockading black knight.}
Nf6 (15... Ncb4 {Baburin} 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Ne5 $40) (15... Re8 {Baburin} 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 $16) (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 $16) 16. a3 (16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 (
17. Nxd5 {Gurevich,M} Bxg5 $13) 17... Ncxe7 $13) 16... Qc7 {Baburin: As often
happends in positions with the d4-isolani, Black has problems finding a safe
place for his queen; after 16...Qb6 White would probably respond like in the
game - 17 Bg5.} (16... Qb6 {Gurevich,M} 17. Bg5 $36) 17. Bg5 Qa5 $2 {Baburin:
A mistake in a difficult position, Black should have tried to prevent the
forthcoming Bxf6 & d4-d5!, by playing 17...Rfe8. In that case White might
continue 18 Bb1, with the idea of Qe2-d3 and then d4-d5 - White would
certainly have a great attacking position, but Black could put up some
resistance, while after 17...Qa5? he just loses.} (17... Rfe8 $142) (17... h6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 $1 $36 Bxc3 20. dxc6 Bxe1 21. cxd7 $16) 18. d5 $1 {
If white can break through the center on this vital square black is usually in
deep trouble. Baburin: This time the main reason behind the success of this
thematic break in the centre is the lack of protection of the d7-bishop.
Gurevich,M: Thematic break in the center.Just compare..} exd5 (18... Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Bxg5 (19... exd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 (21. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (21... Kxh7 22.
Ng5+ Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. Qh5 $18) 23. Qd3+ Bf5 24. Qg3 Qa4 25. Ne4+ Kh7 26. Qh4+
Kg8 27. Nf6+ $18) 22. Ne5 (22. Ng5 $2 Rxe7 23. Be4 g6 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5
Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nb4 $17) 22... Rxe7 23. Qh5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bxd7 $40 Qd2 $2 28. Qb1 $1 $16) 21... Nxb4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qd2
$18) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nxg5+ Kh6 (21... Kg8 22. Qh5 $18) 22. b4 Qd8 (22...
Qxa3 $2 23. Rd3 $1 $18) 23. h4 exd5 24. Rxd5 $18) (18... Nb8 19. d6 Bd8 (19...
Bxd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 $16) 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Ne5 $16) 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Rxd5 Bxc3 {Baburin: This is Black's best
chance, although it does not save the game. Gurevich,M: the best chance under
circumstances} (21... Qc7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Rxd7 $16) (21... Qb6 22. Rxd7 Rfe8 (
22... Bxc3 23. Qd3+ g6 24. Qxc3 $16) 23. Ne4 $5 $40) 22. Rxa5 {White does not
need to get involved in the complications, arising after 22 Ng5+?! Kg6 23 Qd3+
f5 24 bxc Qa6, as the text is simply winning.} (22. Ng5+ Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. Qe4
$1 g6 (23... f5 24. Qh4 $18) 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Ne4+ Ke7 27. Nxc3+
$18) (22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Rxd7+ $18) 23.
Qd3+ f5 24. bxc3 $36) 22... Bxa5 (22... Bxe1 23. Ng5+ (23. Rh5+ Kg8 24. Qxe1
Bg4 25. Rh4 Bxf3 $14) 23... Kg6 24. Rd5 $18 (24. Rd5 Rce8) (24. Qd3+ f5 25. Rd5
$36)) 23. b4 {/\24.Qd3+ /\24.Qd3} Kg8 (23... Bxb4 24. axb4 Kg8 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26.
Ng5 $18) 24. bxa5 Bg4 {Karpov is extremely tough player to beat, in a
difficult position he tries to put a lot of resistance.} (24... Rfe8 25. Qd3 (
25. Qd2 Bg4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $132 27. h3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 a6 $13) 25... Bg4 26. h3
Bxf3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxf3 Nxa5 $14) (24... Nxa5 25. Qd2 $18) 25. a6 {
King: The a-pawn gives itself up in order to destabilise the black position.
Having lost its most secure guard, the knight on c6 is in permanent trouble.
The rest of the game bears this out. Karpov must not only defend the knight in
order to hold the queenside, but also attempt to guard the kingside at the
same time (which he very nearly succeeds in doing).} bxa6 (25... Nd4 26. Qe4
Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Be6 28. axb7 $18) 26. Qe4 Bxf3 (26... Bh5 27. Ng5 Bg6 28. Qa4
$16) 27. Qxf3 Rfe8 28. Ra1 {Baburin: Keeping the rooks on the board, White
lessens Black's chances to build a fortress. White is technically winning.
King: A brilliant move. Kamsky correctly appreciates that he will have a
greater chance of breaking down the fortress if he keeps his rook on the board.
I think that 28 Rf1 would have done just as well, but moving the rook to the d,
c, or b- files would have given Black the chance to offer an exchange of rooks
again.} (28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. h4 Re6 $16) 28... Re6 29. h3 Rd8 30. Qc3 Rdd6 31.
Rb1 Rd7 32. Qc4 a5 (32... Rdd6 33. Qxa6 $18) 33. Rb5 {Gurevich,M: /\34.Rc5
leaving black just to wait and see. /\34.Rc5} Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Rf5 Rd4 (
35... Ne5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rxf7 $18) 36. Qc3 Rdd6 (36... g6 37. Rxa5 Rdd6 38.
Rc5 $16) 37. Rc5 Rf6 38. Rc4 {[><d4] ><d4} Rfe6 39. Rc5 Rf6 40. Qe3 Rfe6 41.
Qg3 Rg6 42. Qb3 {[/\Qb3-b7-c7] /\Qb3-b7-c7} Rgf6 43. Qb7 Rfe6 44. Qc7 Rf6 45.
f4 $1 {King: Kamsky begins the pawn storm on the kingside. Karpov is unable to
hold his position together.} g6 (45... Rfe6 46. f5 Rf6 47. g4 g5 48. h4 Rh6 49.
Kg1 gxh4 50. g5 Rd1+ 51. Kf2 $18) 46. f5 $1 gxf5 (46... g5 47. g4 $18) 47. Rxf5
Rde6 (47... Rxf5 48. Qxd6 $18 Ne5 49. g4 (49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxa7 Ng6 $16) 49...
Rf2+ (49... Rg5 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qf6 $18 {/\52.Kg3}) 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Qd8+ Kg7
52. Qxa5 $18) 48. Rh5 Rh6 49. Qg3+ Kf8 (49... Reg6 50. Rxh6 $18 (50. Rxh6 Rxg3
51. Kxg3 $18)) (49... Rhg6 50. Qc3 Rh6 51. Rf5 $18) 50. Rd5 Rhg6 51. Qf2 $138
Rgf6 52. Qb2 Ke7 (52... Rd6 53. Rxd6 Rxd6 54. g4 $18) 53. Rh5 Rh6 54. Rb5 Rhf6
55. Qc3 Kf8 56. Rh5 Rh6 57. Rf5 Rhg6 (57... Ke7 58. Qg7 Rhf6 (58... Ref6 59.
Rxf6 Rxf6 60. Qg5 Ke6 61. h4 $18) 59. Qg5 a6 60. h4 $18) 58. Qf3 {Gurevich,M:
><f7 destroing black`s "fortress". קf7} Rg7 (58... Re7 59. Qf4 Ke8 60. h4 $18)
59. Qf4 Kg8 60. Qc7 Kf8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Rd5 Kf6 (62... Rh7 63. Qc7+ Kf6 64.
Rd6 $18 (64. Rd6 {Blatny,P} Ne5 65. Rxe6+ Kxe6 66. Qxa7)) (62... Rgg6 63. h4 (
63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Qh8+ $18) 63... Rh6 64. h5 Rhf6 65. Kh3 Rh6 66. g4 $18) 63.
Qh8 Re4 (63... Ne5 64. Qh6+ Rg6 65. Qf4+ Kg7 66. Rxe5 $18) 64. Rh5 Ne7 65. Rh7
(65. Rh7 Nf5 66. Rxg7 Nxg7 67. Qh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bc3 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ g6
21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxe3 27.
Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5
33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5 37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5
39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+
Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3 Bf8
15. Rad1 e5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bb1 Qd5 18. Ne4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qg5
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 Qd2 25. Be3 Qe2 26. h3 Re6
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a6 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd8 Re5 31. b4 Rd5 32. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:23"]
[BlackClock "0:08:34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. e3 d5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 b5 8. O-O
bxc4 9. bxc4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Rb8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Qa4 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Nxc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Qxc4 Nd2 20. Qxc7 Nxf1
21. Be4 Rb7 22. Qc5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qd2 24. Rxf1 Rb2 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Ne4 Qc2 27.
Qxf8 Qxe4 28. Qxc8 a5 29. Qc5 a4 30. Qa7 f5 31. Qxa4 Kh6 32. Qe8 Ra2 33. h4
Rxa3 34. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS GP rap final"]
[Site "Apatity"]
[Date "2011.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 a4 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4 14. Ne1 Nd4
15. Nc3 Bg5 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bxe4 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. d4 Qxd4 20. f4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qd7 22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Qf1 Re7 25. Qb5 Qd6 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Rh4 f6 30. Nxf6+ Kf8 31. Rf4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 gxf6 33.
Rxf6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 {
Miton opts for less popular alternative to the mainstream moves like 14..h6.}
15. Bc2 b4 16. Bd3 bxc3 17. bxc3 d5 $5 {The pawn advance d6-d5 in Ruy Lopez
has grown to be the major strategic idea. Black clears up the centre,
unleashes his pieces and in most cases solves all his problems.} 18. exd5 (18.
Nxe5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 f6 $17) 20... Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe5 22. Bxa8 c6 $15) 18... exd4 $2 (18... Qxd5 $1 19. c4 (19. Ne4 exd4
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. cxd4 Nb3 $1 $15) 19... Qd8 20. d5 c6 21. Bb2 $13) 19. Rxe8
Qxe8 20. c4 c6 (20... Bd6 21. Nxd4 c6 (21... Bh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Kg1 Qxd4
24. Ra3 $16) 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rb1 $14) 21. Nb3 $1 {More often than not the
knight on a5 is located poorly. Ivanchuk exploits its weakness by offering to
exchange at an unpleasant moment for his opponent.} Qd8 (21... Nxb3 22. Qxb3
Bc8 (22... Rb8 23. Bf4) 23. Bg5 cxd5 24. Bxf6 dxc4 25. Bxc4 gxf6 26. Re1 $16) (
21... Bb4 22. Ba3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxa3 24. Qxb7 Bc5 25. dxc6 $16) 22. Rb1 $1 Bc8
(22... Ra7 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Bc2 c5 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28.
Rxb7 $16) 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. dxc6 {Black has lost the first middlegame phase,
his task will be to build up some resistance.} Bc5 (24... Qc5 25. Nxd4 $1 Qe5
26. Be3 $16) 25. Bf4 Be6 26. Ng5 Re8 (26... Rc8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. c7 Bf8 29.
Qe2 $18) 27. Nxe6 fxe6 (27... Rxe6 $2 28. c7 Re8 29. Rb8 $18) 28. Be5 Bb6 (
28... Be7 29. Bxd4 $18) 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bxh7+ $1 {Ivanchuk is an extremely
strong player so the alternative idea with 30.Qg4+ was surely also considered.
It is well known, that better queen endings are often easily won..} (30. Qg4+
Kh8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Be2 Qc5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Bh5 Rf8 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. c7 Bxc7
37. Rb7 $18) 30... Kxh7 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 (31... Rc8 32. Qxd4 $18) 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33.
Qxe8 {White is a tempo ahead and the black king is naked, so Black's
counterplay with d4-pawn does not really stand a chance.} Qb1+ (33... d3 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35. c7 $18) 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. g3 d3 (35... e5 $1 36. Qd7+ (36. c7 $6 Qf5
$1 37. Qc6 Qxf2+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 39. g4 Qc8 40. Qc6 d3 $16) 36... Kh6 37. Qd5 Qxd5
(37... Qf5 38. Kg2 $18) 38. cxd5 d3 39. c7 d2 40. c8=Q d1=Q 41. Qxa6 $18) 36.
Qd7+ Kg6 37. c7 (37. c7 Qf3 38. Kg1 d2 39. Qxd2 Qb7 40. Qd7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qf5
42. Qd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O {This position is currently a hot opening issue and a topic of
an intense scrutiny. It represents the modern form of Semislav opening.} 10. e4
e5 11. Ne2 a6 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nexd4 Bb7 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Re3 Ncxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qxb2 21. Qd4
Qxd4 22. N5xd4 Rc8 23. Rc1 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Sedlak,N (2561)/Moscow 2007
(29)}) 12... Bb7 13. dxe5 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 c5 20. Nc3 c4 21. Be2 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qb4 23. Nc3
{1-0 Van Wely,L (2680)-Andriasian,Z (2546)/Hoogeveen 2007 (53)}) 13... Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. e5 c4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bh3 Ne4
21. Qe2 f5 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 {1/2 Kozul,Z (2597)-Graf,A (2646)/Plovdiv
2003 (44)}) (11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1 Rc8 (13... a6 14. Kh1 (14. Bb1 Rc8
15. Ng3 exd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Ndf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21.
f3 Nc4 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qc7 {1/2 Bruzon Bautista,
L (2607)-Vescovi,G (2617)/Linares 2008 (30)}) 14... exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. f3
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf8 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Neg3 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Be3 Rad8
23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nh5 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2543)
-Kharitonov,A (2461)/Sozina 2004 (29)}) 14. Kh1 exd4 15. Nexd4 g6 16. Qd2 Bf8
17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. h3 a6 19. e5 c5 20. Nf5 Nh5 21. N5h4 Bg7 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxd7 {1/2 Korotylev,A (2546)-Beshukov,S (2507)/Biel 2003 (31)}) 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 {Both sides engage merrily in mobilisation of the reserves.
Svidler is indirectly admitting, that he does not know the method, how to
punish black for the sensible set up.} (14. Ng3 g6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Rc5 (18... Re7 19. e5 Rd7 20. exf6 Rxd3 21. Qc2 Qd4+ $15)
19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. e5 {1-0 Guthrie,D (2110)-Turner,M/New Zeeland
1996 (29)}) (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Kh1 Re7
19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. h3 c5 22. Rfe1 {1/2 Horvath,C (2517) -Markus,R 
(2478)/Hungary 2003}) 14... exd4 $5 (14... Rc8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 c5 $11) 15. Nexd4 c5 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
17... Qf8 18. Na5 $18) 18. Qxd6 Re6 19. Qd4 Qf8 20. Ng5 (20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxd7
Rc2 22. Be5 $16) 20... Rd6 21. Qf4 $16) 16. Nf5 Bf8 {Inarkiev was the first to
provoke the direct confrontation. He must have deemed the position promissing
due to the pressure against the e4 square.} 17. e5 (17. Nd2 g6 (17... Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. Ne3 Bg7 $15) 17... Ng4 (
17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg3 Rxf5 (20... Qc7 $2 21. Nh6+ Kh8
22. Qxe5 $18) 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bb1 $14) 18. Nd6 Bxf3 (18... Bxd6 19. exd6 g6 20.
Qd2 Re6 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nge5 22. Be4 Rb8 23. f4 Nc4 24. bxc4 Rxe4 25. Rfe1
$16) 21. Be2 Ndf6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qf4 Ngf6 24. Ne5 g5 25. Qf5 Rxd6 26. Bd3 Qe7
27. Rfe1 $14) 19. Qxf3 Ngxe5 $2 {Not even in fairy tales the roads are
splitting into several possibilities without a deeper meaning. Black had to
take back on e5 with one of the knights, but unfortunatelly he touched the
wrong one to his peril.} (19... Ndxe5 $1 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Nxe8
Qb6 (22... Qxe8 23. f4 Nc4 $1 24. bxc4 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1 Nxc4 27. Bc3
$14) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rce1 Rxe8 25. f4 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. fxe5 Bxe5 $14) 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 (21... g6 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. f4 $16) 22.
Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rce1 $1 {The fate of the knight e5 is sealed and black will have
virtually no compensation for the missing exchange.} g6 24. Qe4 Bg7 (24... c4
25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $16) 25. f4 Rb8 26. Qd5 (26.
fxe5 Qe6 27. Re3 Re8 28. Rfe1 $16) 26... Rb6 (26... Nb6 27. Qd6 Nf3+ 28. gxf3
Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Kh1 $16) 27. fxe5 Re6 28. Rd1 (28. Kh1 $5 c4
29. Re3 cxb3 30. axb3 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Rfe1 f6 33. Rc3 $16) 28... Nxe5
29. Qxc5 Nf3+ $1 {Willingly or not black simply has to choose this exchange
combination if he wants to prolong the resistance.} (29... Re7 30. Bc3 $18) 30.
Rxf3 Bxb2 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Rdf1 (32. Qd7 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qe5 35. Qd6
$18) 32... Qe7 33. g3 {The days of second player are numbered, since he is
sitting without the exchange. On the other hand the realisation is requiring
certain level of patience, since the defense is very compact.} (33. Qa8+ Kg7
34. Rh3 Bh4 35. Qc8 $16) 33... Kg7 (33... Rd6 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Kg2 $16) 34. Kh1
Rd6 35. Qa8 b4 (35... Qd7 36. Kg2 Rc6 37. R1f2 $16) 36. Rf4 Bc3 37. Re4 $1 {
Svidler elegantly avoided the devilish temting of the queen grab after the
exchanges on the square f7. The win will be much easier with the help of an
attack along the 8th rank.} (37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. a4 $2 bxa3 40.
Qb7+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qxc3 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 a2 44. Qc7+ $11) 37... Qc7 38. Rh4
Rd8 (38... Qc6+ 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Rc4 $18) 39. Qxa6 f5 40. Rc4 Qe7 41. Qc6 Kh6
42. Qf3 {The time trouble is over and the black defense was broken.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tisdall} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {So kann Weiß die Sveshnikov-Variante
vermeiden. Ribli.} e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 {Eine seinerzeit von
Taimanov in die Turnierpraxis eingeführtete Fortsetzung. Die schwarze
Hauptidee ist ...Nxd4 nebst ...Nc6 zu spielen.} 7. f4 {Dieser Zug führt zu
komplitziertem Spiel und ist daher ganz in Shirovs Sinne. Die Alternativen
sind 7.Nb3, 7.Bf4, 7.Be3 und 7.0-0.} Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qf2 Nc6 {
Endlich steht der Königsspringer auf c6, aber es ist gewöhnlich in der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung besser, den Springer nach d7 zu entwickeln, denn
jetzt ist das Feld b6 ein wenig schwach.} 11. Be3 Be7 12. a4 $14 {Das ist eine
typische Methode für Weiß in der Paulsen-Variante.} b4 (12... bxa4 13. Rxa4
$36) 13. Nb1 {Der Springer strebt über d2 nach c4.} Rb8 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Bd3 d6
16. Rad1 $146 {Weiß hat eine potentielle Angriffsstellung mit etwas besserem
Figurenspiel.} (16. Qg3 $1 f5 $1 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rab1 Ne7 20.
Rfe1 Bb7 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Bf2 Qxa4 $1 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Rbe8 25. Qd3 {
1/2-1/2 van der Wiel,J-Andersson,U/Wijk aan Zee 1987/Inf 43 (32)}) 16... b3 {
'?!' Tisdall. Ein interessantes Bauernopfer, aber ich bin von seiner
Korrektheit nicht ganz überzeugt.} (16... Bf6 $5) 17. cxb3 (17. Nxb3 $5 Bf6
18. Bc1 Nb4 $44) 17... Bf6 18. Rc1 $5 {Weiß gibt den Bauern auf und besetzt
die c-Linie.} (18. Bb1 a5 (18... Bxb2 $2 19. Nc4 $16)) 18... Bxb2 19. Rc2 Ba3 (
19... Bf6 20. Rfc1 Bb7 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rxc6 Qb7 23. Rb6 Qa8 24. Rxd6 $16) 20.
e5 $1 d5 (20... dxe5 21. Nc4 Rxb3 22. Nxe5 $16 (22. Nxa3 $2 Rxd3 $17)) 21. Nf3
{Tisdall: 'The critical position for one of the most spectacular games of the
event. Since this was not analyzed to death in the way Kasparov-Topalov was,
there is more room here for independent investigation.' Jeder weiße Zug kommt
mit Tempo.. Schwarz hat Probleme mit seinen c6-Springer und seiner
Königsstellung.} Qd7 {Schwarz entfesselt sich in der c-Linie.} (21... Rxb3 22.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Nd4 {Tisdall: '(?!) - Shirov'} (23. Qh4+ $5 Kg8 24. Ng5 Re8 (
24... Rd8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7) 25. Qh5 $1 Rxe3 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 (
26... Qa7 $2 27. Kh1 {seems to help white. It is better to save a check on a7
for later, since black can hardly move with his queen needing to defend f7
from a7. For example:} Qd7 28. f5 {The black queen is misplaced on d7, where
it can be hit with fxe6.} exf5 29. Rf6 $3 {and white crashes through. Poor
defence, but it helps to show some of the themes at work here.}) (26... Qd7 27.
f5 Rxe5 28. fxe6 (28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. f6 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 gxf6 {and white faces an
uphill struggle.} 31. Qh6+ (31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxf6+ Kd7 {does not seem to lead
anywhere.} 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qxe5 Qf2 $1 $17) 31... Ke7 32. Nxf7 $5 Re1 $5 (
32... Rf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 (33... Qd4 $5 {is far from clear.}) 34. Qg7 $1 {
and black must hope a repetition is the best white can do after} Qb8 $1 35. h3
$5 Kd7 (35... Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb8+ 37. Nd6+ Ke6 (37... Kd8 38. Rxc8+) 38. Qf7+) (
35... Rg8 $5 36. Qxg8 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8+ 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Bd7 40. Rc7 {
and white may be slightly better.}) 36. Ne5+ Kd8 37. Rd6+ Qxd6 38. Nf7+ Kd7 39.
Nxd6+ Kxd6 (39... Re7 40. Nf7) 40. Qg3+ {and white has the advantage.}) (32...
Qf2 $4 33. Rc7+ Bd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. Rxf2) 33. Rxe1 Qf2) 28...
Qa7+ (28... R5xe6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qh8+) 29. Kh1
Bxe6) (26... Qb7 $5 {is also possible.}) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qg6 Kg8 29. f5 {
was given in the post mortem, with Shirov having faith in white's attack here.}
) 23... Rb2 {Tisdall (!) was given by Shirov as pulling the teeth of white's
attack, and in the post-mortem he concentrated on the intricacies of
concentrating on the kingside. Understandable, but it appears that white
maintains a clear edge here after} (23... Rb6 24. a5 $16) 24. Bc1 $1 {intending
} Nxd4 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Rxc7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rb1 {and black will not be able to
reach an adequate material balance. So this may be better, though less
entertaining, than the sacrifice.}) (21... Qb7 {Tisdall: also confused Shirov
during the game, in the sense that he was extremely unsure whether or not to
sacrifice on h7. His planned} 22. Qh4 h6 (22... g6 23. Qh6) 23. f5 {appears to
give white a fearsome attack.}) 22. Bxh7+ $1 $40 {'!' Tisdall. Tisdall: 'OK,
we have all seen this before, but it is equally clear that white's attack is
not as straightforward as it usually is in this attacking formation. Shirov
bashed this off without a second's hesitation, and having seen him attack like
this live, I can only imagine how depressed Reindermann must have been to get
this bishop in his face. As Shirov explained: "Last year, I failed to win even
one spectators' prize. This year, we're already in the eleventh round and I
still hadn't picked up one of those prizes. So I didn't even want to think
about other moves," he said. '} (22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 $14) 22... Kxh7 23. Qh4+
Kg8 (23... Kg6 $2 24. g4 $18) 24. Ng5 Re8 (24... Rd8 $6 {Dieser Zug ist
schlechter als die Partiefortsetzung, denn jetzt hat der schwarze König kein
Schlupfloch auf d8.} 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rf8 28. f5 $40) 25. Rf3
{'!!' Tisdall. Tisdall: 'Most people would have concentrated on'} (25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 {Tisdall: 'but'} Kd8 $13 {Tisdall: 'does not leave white
with a clear continuation of the attack. Shirov prefers to keep the black king
at home.'}) 25... Ne7 $8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ {'!' Tisdall.}
gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. exf6 $18 {Tisdall: 'mates.'}) 26. Qh7+ (26. Rh3 $4 {
Tisdall} Ng6 {allows black to set up a defence.}) 26... Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ng8 {
Tisdall: 'It is not obvious what white has achieved by allowing black to bring
his knight into the defence. White follows through with a new series of
line-opening sacrifices.'} 28. f5 $1 {Schwarz hat eine Figur mehr, aber der
weiße Angriff ist überzeugend.} exf5 29. e6 $1 {Weiß opfert einen weiteren
Bauern für offene Linien.} fxe6 {Tisdall: 'Now white has made space for the
bishop to join in the attack, as well as having ventilated the black kingside,
in particular, the second/seventh rank.'} (29... Rxe6 30. Nh7+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ f6
(31... Kd6 {Tisdall} 32. Bf4+ $18) 32. Qxg8 $18) 30. Rg3 $16 {Tisdall: 'Now
white threatens to blast through to g7, which has added force now that black's
second rank is open. Black's scattered forces make it extremely difficult to
mobilize a defence.'} g6 (30... e5 31. Nh7+ Ke7 32. Rxg7+ Kd6 33. Rg6+ $1 (33.
Rxd7+ $16) 33... Re6 (33... Qe6 34. Qg7 $1 $18) 34. Rxg8 $18) 31. Nh7+ Kf7 (
31... Ke7 32. Bg5+ Kf7 33. Bf6) 32. Bh6 {'!' Tisdall.} Ke7 (32... Nxh6 33. Qf6+
$18 (33. Qf6+ {Tisdall} Kg8 34. Rxg6+ Kxh7 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Rh8#)) (32... Bf8
{Tisdall} 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxg6 $1 Qa7+ 35. Kh1 Kxg6 36. Nxf8+ Kg5 (36... Kf7
37. Qh7+ Kxf8 38. Qxa7) 37. Qxg8+ $18 Kf6 38. Nh7+ Ke5 39. Qg3+ f4 40. Re2+ Kd6
41. Qxf4+ Kc6 42. Rc2+) 33. Bg5+ Kf7 34. Bf6 {Weiß hat entscheidenden Angriff.
Der schwarze Materialvorteil hat da keine Bedeutung.} (34. Nf6 {Tisdall was
even more devastating, though less spectacular.}) 34... Rf8 (34... Qa7+ 35. Kh1
) 35. Rc7 $1 {Ein sehr schöner Zug! Weiß opfert noch einen Turm.} Nxf6 (35...
Qxc7 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qxc7 $18) 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Qxg6+ {Tisdall: 'Black can
no longer avoid massive material losses, and there are no unexpected technical
problems lurking.'} Kd8 (37... Rf7 38. Nf6+ $18) 38. Rxd7+ Bxd7 39. Nxf8 $18 {
Die Partie ist wegen des großen weißen Materialvorteils entschieden.} Bxf8
40. Qf6+ {Mit einfachen Zügen realisiert Weiß sein Übergewicht.} Be7 (40...
Ke8 41. Rg8 $18) 41. Rg8+ Kc7 42. Qc3+ Kb7 (42... Bc6 43. Rxb8 $18) 43. Rxb8+
Kxb8 44. h4 {'!' Tisdall. Und Schwarz gab auf. Der weiße h-Bauer entscheidet
die Partie. Eine gute Angriffspartie von Shirov.} (44. h4 Bxh4 45. Qh8+ $18 {
Tisdall: 'so the h-pawn will cost black even more. A textbook attacking game,
with a wealth of instructive, thematic ideas.'}) 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 7th Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 a6 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 dxe4 13. Qe5 Nd7 14. Qxe4 Qa5
15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfc8 21.
Bd6 Nd7 22. Bd3 Bd5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd5 f6 25. b3 Kg6 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Nc5 28. Re1 Rc6 29. h4 Re6 30. h5+ Kf7 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. g5 Ne4 33. Rd7+ Re7 34.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Re1 f5 36. Kb2 Rh8 37. h6 gxh6 38. gxh6 Kf6 39. a4 Rh7 40. Rd1
Nc5 41. Rd6+ Ne6 42. Rb6 Rd7 43. a5 Rd1 44. h7 Rh1 45. Bd2 Rxh7 46. Bc3+ Kf7
47. Rxb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6 Re7 49. Rxa6 f4 50. Bd4 Kf5 51. Bb6 Ke4 52. Ra8 f3 53. a6
Nc7 54. Bxc7 Rxc7 55. Re8+ Kf4 56. Rf8+ Ke3 57. b4 f2 58. Kb3 Rc8 59. Rf6 Rc6
60. Rxf2 Kxf2 61. b5 Rc5 62. c4 Ke3 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beijing"]
[BlackTeam "Shandong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O d5 6. d3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Bd6
9. Nbd2 f4 10. gxf4 Bxf4 11. e3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f4 Be8 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. Ndf3
Bh5 16. Qe1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nfd7 18. d4 Na6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Kh1 Nb8
22. Rg1 Nbd7 23. Nf2 Rf7 24. Rfg3 Nf8 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qh5 Ref8
28. Bf1 Rf5 29. Qh3 R8f7 30. Bd3 Nh4 31. Rg5 Rxg5 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxh4+ Kg8
34. Qxg5 Rf6 35. Qh5 Rf5 36. Qh6 Rf6 37. Qh3 Qf7 38. Bc3 Rf5 39. Be1 Rh5 40.
Qg4 Kh7 41. Bh4 c5 42. Bg5 b6 43. Qf3 g6 44. Qg4 Bf8 45. Rd1 Bg7 46. dxc5 bxc5
47. Qg2 Qf5 48. cxd5 exd5 49. Qxd5 Qh3 50. Qg2 Qxe3 51. h4 Bd4 52. f5 Rxg5 53.
hxg5 gxf5 54. g6+ Kg7 55. Rf1 Be5 56. Qb7+ Kxg6 57. Qc6+ Bf6 58. Qf3 Qh6+ 59.
Kg2 Qd2+ 60. Rf2 Qd7 61. Re2 Bd4 62. Qa8 Kg5 63. Kf3 Bg7 64. Kg2 Bd4 65. Qg8+
Bg7 66. Qe6 Qb7+ 67. Kh2 Qb8+ 68. Kh1 Qb7+ 69. Rg2+ Kf4 70. Qd6+ Be5 71. Qd2+
Kf3 72. Qd3+ Kf4 73. Qd2+ Kf3 74. Kg1 Bd4+ 75. Kf1 Qh7 76. Rh2 Qg7 77. Qe2+ Kf4
78. Rh4+ Kg5 79. Qh5+ Kf6 80. Qh6+ Qxh6 81. Rxh6+ Ke5 82. Ra6 Ke4 83. Rxa7 c4
84. Re7+ Kd3 85. bxc4 Kxc4 86. Rb7 Kc5 87. Rf7 Kc6 88. Ke2 Bb6 89. Kd3 f4 90.
Rxf4 Kb7 91. Kc4 Ba7 92. Kb5 Ka8 93. Rf7 Bb8 94. Kb6 Bh2 95. Ra7+ Kb8 96. Rg7
Ka8 97. a4 Be5 98. Ra7+ Kb8 99. Rd7 Ka8 100. a5 Bb8 101. a6 Bh2 102. Ra7+ Kb8
103. Rg7 Ka8 104. a7 1-0

[Event "Tromsoe ol (Men) 41st"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 $5 {A rather rare line which has
occurred in the practice of Karpov and Bologan among others.} Bf5 6. Nh4 ({
In his last game Viorel played} 6. Qb3 {which is also quite solid:} Qc7 ({
but first of all it was not so clear to me what to do after} 6... b5 $5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. a4 b4 $5 {it's very much a typical pawn sac in such a structure} (8...
bxa4 {also not bad}) 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qc3 (10. Qc5 Bd7) 10... Qb6 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qb1 e6 {Engines like such a play for White but it's rather
inhuman} 14. O-O Qc7 15. Ra3 Be7 16. Rc3 Qa5 17. Qa1 O-O {Despite the slight
plus indicated by engines Black has long term positional compensation.}) 7. Nh4
(7. Bd3 $5) 7... Bc8 (7... Be4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. f3 $14) 8. Bd3 (8. Qc2 $5 {
maybe the best try to fight for an advantage is to develop the queenside first
of all} e6 9. b3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 (10... Bxc5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1
{Black is under some pressure due to the hanging pieces on the c-file}) 11.
Nhf3 Be7 12. Bb2 {White has the more pleasant game.}) 8... e6 9. e4 dxc4 10.
Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. a4 Nc6 13. axb5 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nd7 {1-0 (26) Bologan,V 
(2672)-Inarkiev,E (2693) Poikovsky 2013. Black is fine now but lost in the end.
}) 6... Be4 {Probably the strongest.} ({After} 6... Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9.
g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O $14 {the positon is similar to those
which could arise in the 4.e3 Bg4 line. In my opinion it's a good version for
White.}) 7. Be2 (7. Qb3 {now it's also interesting because 7... b5 is less
effective} Ra7 (7... b5 {now it's dangerous} 8. cxd5 Bxd5 (8... cxd5 9. f3 Bg6
10. a4 b4 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Qb6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Nb3 $14) 9. Qc2
e6 10. Nhf3 Qa5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c5 13. a4 $36) 8. Be2 (8. f3 Bg6 9. Qc3 e6
{1/2 (9) Karpov,A (2668)-Grischuk,A (2717) Sochi 2007}) 8... e6 9. O-O Bd6 10.
c5 {engines often overestimate this move in this kind of positions} Bc7 11. f3
Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Ne4 $5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. g3 (15. Qc2 Qh4 16. h3 Qg3)
15... Nd7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bc4 Kf7 {and Black's knight goes to d5 and will fully
compensate for the lack of space.}) (7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 e6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Kf2 c5
$1 {1-0 (124) Bologan,V (2658)-Rublevsky,S (2677) Poikovsky 2007. Black is
more than OK and the final result was not the logical outcome of the opening
phase.}) 7... e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 (9. c5 $5 Bc7 10. Qb3 Ra7 {is a
transposition to the line in the last comment.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Bd3 Nef6 {Black has a comfortable game and no reason for the knight retreat.} (
{after} 11... O-O 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rae8 {Black is OK.}) 12. b3 O-O
13. Bb2 c5 $2 {This is a big mistake.} ({It's quite typical to exchange one of
the two bishops in if your opponent has this advantage. This position is not
an exception:} 13... Qe7 14. Qc2 (14. a3 g6 15. c5 Bc7 16. f4 Ne4 $132) 14...
Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qe7 18. c5 e5 $1 (18... g6 19. f4 $14) 19.
Nf5 Qe6 20. Nd6 e4 21. Be2 Ra7 22. b4 Ne8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. a4 Rea8 $11) 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... Bxc5 16. Qh5 h6 (16... N5f6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qxc5 $16) 17. Rfd1 $36) 16. Bc2 $1 Be7 {Black's idea is the
same: to trade bishops but not in time in this case.} 17. Qh5 $1 f5 (17... h6 {
here White has two good possibilities with a clear advantage in both cases:}
18. Nf5 (18. Rad1 $5 Bf6 19. Ba3 Bxh4 20. gxh4 $40) 18... exf5 19. Rad1 Bf6 20.
Qxf5 g6 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Rxc5 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be4 b6 (
25... Rc7 26. Rd1) 26. Bb7 $1 Rc7 27. Bxa6 Ra7 28. Rb1 $1 Be5 29. Bf1 Rxa2 30.
Rc1 {with good chances to convert the extra pawn.}) 18. Nxf5 exf5 $6 {Offering
an even more sweet choice in a position with a big white advantage.} (18...
Rxf5 {was more stubborn} 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Nc7 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Bxf8
23. Be5 N7e6 24. Bd6 {but it's lost anyway.}) 19. Rad1 $1 Qd6 (19... Qd7 20. b4
Na4 21. Bb3 Nab6 22. Bd4 $18) 20. b4 Ne6 21. Bxf5 Ng5 22. Rxd5 $1 Qxb4 (22...
Qxd5 23. Bxh7+ $18) 23. Bd4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qg4 (25. Bc2 $1 {was more
precise and killing immediately:} g6 26. Bxg6 Qe7 27. Ba1 $18) 25... Qc4 26. h4
Qd5 (26... g6 $1 {could be the last trick although it's too tame:} 27. Ba1 $1 {
probably the easiest} (27. Bxg6 $4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Qxf1+ $1) 27... Nh3+ (27...
Qxa2 28. hxg5 Rxf5 29. Qd4 $18) 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. exf4 $18 {
in both cases the endgames are completely winning} (30. Be6+ $5 $18)) 27. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Qe4+ Qg6 {And he resigned at the moment when I was
considering whether to take on b7 immediately or give a check on h1 first.} 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 13th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Rd8 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nh4 Qh7 14. Nf6+ gxf6
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. Qg4+ Kh7 20. Rd3 Bd7
21. Rg3 Rg5 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. d5 Nd4 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Nf3 Rxg3 27.
hxg3 Rd8 28. Rd1 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 a5 31. a3 b6 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Qb5
Bc5 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. f4 f5 36. g4 fxg4 37. f5 Ba2 38. Qd3 Bf6 39. a4 h5 40. b3
Be7 41. Qc2 Bxb3 42. Qxb3 Bc5 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd6 $146 14. Rb1
b6 15. Re1 Be6 (15... Bf5 16. Rb5 Qg6 17. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 18. Bd3 Qa5 (18... Qd7
19. Bb5 $18) (18... Qf6 19. Be4 $1 $16 h6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxe7 Qxc3 22. Bf4
$16) 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxc3 21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. Re3 $16) (15... Re8 16.
Bd3 Be6 {-see game}) 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Rb5 $1 Na5 (17... a6 18. Rb1 a5 19. Rb5
$36) 18. Rbe5 Nc6 19. R5e2 $16 {White's army has taken a commanding position
and is ready to strike while Black's Rs look pretty awkward and his light
pieces are unable to stretch a helping hand to their K} Bd7 (19... h6 20. Bb1
Bd5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Ba2 $16) 20. d5 Na5 21. Ne5 Bf6 (21... Bc8 22. Qc2 Qxd5 23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 24. c4 Qc5 25. Bb2 $40) 22. Bf4 $1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxa3 24. Re3 $1 {
The renown 2-Bs sac is on the cards!} (24. Qd2 h6 25. Bxc7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nb3
27. Qb2 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc5 $14) 24... Qc5 $4 {Karpov overlooks the threat, but
it's to be said that Black is already deep in trouble} (24... h6 25. Bxc7 (25.
c4 Qb4 26. Bc3 Qd6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qg4 f6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. c5
Qe7 $13) 25... Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qc5 27. d6 Nc4 28. Re7 $16) 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26.
Qh5+ (26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 (27... f5 28. Qg6 $18) 28. Rg3+ Kf6 29. Qg5#)
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nxe4 O-O 7. d3 Nxd5 8.
Qd1 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rad1
Qe6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a3 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh3 Qd6 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. a4 a6 23. Qa2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Re7 25. d4 Rde8 26. Bc4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nce7 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. a5 Ba7 31. Qd2 c6 32. Nhf4 Bh7 33. Bd3 Qd7
34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Nf4 Bb8 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. f3 Nf5 39. Qe2 Qb5 40.
Kf1 Bxh2 41. g4 Ng3+ 42. Bxg3 Bxg3 43. Nc5 Qc6 44. Qd3+ g6 45. Qe2 Bd6 46. Kg2
Kg7 47. Qe3 Qc8 48. Qe2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Qd3 h4 51. Qe3 h3+ 52. Kh1 Qf5 53.
Nd3 Kh7 54. Ne5 f6 55. Qd3 Qxd3 56. Nxd3 Kg6 57. Nf2 h2 58. Kg2 Kf5 59. Nd3 Kg5
60. Nc5 Bxc5 61. dxc5 Kf4 62. b5 d4 63. cxd4 axb5 64. c6 bxc6 65. a6 1-0

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2
Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qa4+ (11. Qd2 Be6 12. f4 Qa5 13. a3
Rc8 $36) (11. Qd3 Be6 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxc3 $36)
11... Bd7 12. Qb3 b5 13. f4 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 $11) 13...
Be6 14. Nd5 {Ftacnik: 'Black must be on alert, since the concentration of
white forces in the center is dangerous.'} Bxd5 (14... exf4 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxf4
O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Bxd6 Qb7 $14) (14... Nxe4 $6 {Ftacnik} 15.
fxe5 dxe5 (15... Bg5 16. exd6 Nf2 17. Nc7+ Qxc7 18. dxc7 Bxb3 19. Bxg5 Nxd1 20.
Rxd1 f6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Bf4 $16) 16. Bf3 Nd6 (16... f5 $2 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18.
Rhf1 Qd7 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Qxe6 $18) 17. Qc3 $14) 15. exd5 Nd7 (15... exf4 {
Ftacnik} 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. Rhf1 $14) 16. g4 $6 (16. Bg4 Bf6 (16... O-O {Ftacnik}
17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rhe1 $14) 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 O-O $11) 16... exf4 $6 (16... O-O) 17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Kb1 $6 (18.
h4 Nc5 19. Qf3 $36) 18... Nc5 $15 19. Qf3 Bf6 (19... Bg5 $1 20. Bg3 Bf6 $15)
20. h4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is forced to attack the kingside and he
does it in a pure and elegant way.'} Na4 (20... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxd6 $1 (21.
Qh3 $6 g5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxh4 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 Rfe8 $14) 21... Qxd6 22. Rxh4
$16) 21. Bc1 Rc8 (21... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 22. g5 $1 Bxg5 23. Qf5 h6 24. Rdg1 Bxc1
(24... g6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28. Qxg5+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30.
Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bg4 $18) 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rxg7 $18) 22. g5 Be5 23. h5
(23. Bd3 Qa5 24. h5 Nc3+) 23... Qc7 24. Bd3 (24. Rd2 {Ftacnik} f5 $5 $13) 24...
Nc3+ $8 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The original and very efficient counterplay,
black forces the simplification.'} (24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. gxf6 Bxb2 26. Bxb2
Nxb2 27. Kxb2 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 25. bxc3 Qxc3
26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. g6+ Kg8 (27... fxg6 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. hxg6+ Kg8 (28... Kxg6
29. Rdg1+ Bg3 30. Rxg3#) 29. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7#) 28. Qxc3 Bxc3
$1 $15 29. Rdf1 Rc4 {Ftacnik: 'The endgames from Sicilian defense are usually
quite good for black, all white pawns on the board are potentially very weak.'}
30. Be3 (30. a3 {Ftacnik} fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. hxg6 Rg4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rc8
Be5 $17) 30... fxg6 31. hxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rg4 33. Rg1 Re4 (33... Rxg1+ {
Ftacnik} 34. Bxg1 Kf8 35. Be3 Ke7 36. Bg5+ Bf6 37. Bf4 $11) 34. Bf2 Rb4+ (34...
Be5 35. Re1 (35. Kc1 Kf8) 35... Rg4 36. Rg1 Rf4 37. Be3 (37. Bg3 Rd4 $17 38.
Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rc1 Kf8 40. Rf1+ Rf4 41. Re1 Rf5 $17) 37... Re4 $17) (34... Rf4
$5 {Ftacnik} 35. Be3 Rf5 36. Rd1 b4 $17) 35. Kc1 Rb2 $4 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Hracek sees red and wants his revenge for suffering in other games,
unfortunatelly sailing off the rook will prove suicidal.'} (35... Ra4 $15) (
35... Ra4 $142 {Ftacnik} 36. Be1 (36. Kb1 Rf4) 36... Bd4 $15) 36. Rg3 b4 (36...
Be5 37. Ra3 Rb4 38. Rxa6 Kf8 $16) 37. Re3 Kf8 (37... Be5 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 39. Kxb2 $18 (39. Bc5 $5 Rxa2 40. d6 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 $18)) 38. Bg3 {Ftacnik:
'Black heappens to have a vulnerable king as well.'} (38. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Rxa2
39. Bxd6+ Kg8 40. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "PRO League Atlantic"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "New York Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Bh2 g6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Nc4 d5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 a5 18. Bb5 Nd7 19. h4 Bc6 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. h5 f6
22. Bh2 g5 23. g4 Bg7 24. b4 Nb8 25. Bd3 axb4 26. cxb4 Rxa4 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28.
Qc2+ Kh8 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 Qd7 31. b5 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Bg3 Kg8 34. Qb3
Nf8 35. Ra1 Qc4 36. Qxc4 dxc4 37. Bc7 Nd7 38. Rc1 f5 39. Rxc4 fxg4 40. Nxg5 Nf6
41. Rc6 Nxh5 42. Nxe6 Bf6 43. d5 Kf7 44. Rxb6 Ra8 45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7
21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. e5 f5 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. Re3
f4 28. Ref3 Bd5 29. Rh3 Be6 30. Be7+ Bxh3 31. Bxf8 Be6 32. Ne4 Kg8 33. Ng5 Kxf8
34. Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Nxf4 Rd2 36. Rf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40.
Rg3 Kf7 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kg4 45. Rb4+ Kh5 46.
g3 Ra1 47. Kh3 a5 48. g4+ Kh6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. h5 a4 51. Ra6 a3 52. Kh4 a2 53.
Kg5 Kh7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. g5 1-0

[Event "POL-ch rapid"]
[Site "Trzcianka"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Rad8
15. e5 Nd5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kh6 21.
Qg4 exd5 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24. Qxg7+ Kh5 25. g4+ Bxg4 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27.
h4+ Kf4 28. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. a3 Nb8 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nbd7 19. Qc3 c5 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Rac1
Rfe8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bb4 Qa7 24. Qc3 Nfe4 25. Qe3 a5 26. Be1 Qa6 27. Nh4 Bb3
28. Bxe4 Bxd1 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxe2 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Qxe2
Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Ng2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Qxb4 Rd1+ 39. Ne1 Qa8
40. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Qh3 Qd5 14. Bf4
Qh5 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. h3 Nd5 17. Be5 Qg5 18. Nxc6 Qxg3 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Bxg3 Rd2 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Kf1 g5 24. Be5 Kg6 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Be3 R2d5
27. Ke2 f5 28. Rbd1 f4 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bd2 Kf5 31. f3 Ra5 32. a3 Ne5 33. c4
Ra6 34. Rc1 Rb6 35. b4 Ra6 36. Rc3 Rd6 37. Be1 Rd4 38. c5 a6 39. Bf2 Rd8 40. a4
Kg6 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Kf7 43. Ra3 Ke8 44. Ra4 Rd5 45. Ra8+ Kd7 46. Ra4 Kc8
47. Re4 Nd7 48. Rc4 Ne5 49. Rc3 Kc7 50. Bg1 Kc8 51. Rc2 Nd7 52. c6 bxc6 53.
Rxc6+ Kb7 54. Rxe6 Rxb5 55. Bd4 Rd5 56. Bc3 Kc7 57. Rg6 Kd8 58. Bg7 Ra5 59. Bh6
Ke8 60. Rxg5 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra1+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Ra6 64. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. c5 Ndxc5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. e4 O-O 14. a3
Rd8 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Qe3 b5 20. Bc2 Re8
21. Bxf5 b4 22. axb4 Rb8 23. Bb1 Rxb4 24. Rd2 Qa5 25. Re1 Qh5 26. Ne4 Be7 27.
Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qa5 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Rd4 c5 31. Qxc5 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qc6+ 33.
Qc3 Qb6 34. Qd4 Qc7+ 35. Bc2 Bb7 36. Re3 Bd5 37. Rc3 Qb7 38. Qe5 Re7 39. Bxh7+
Kxh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Ng5 g6 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qh5 Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh5 Kg8
46. Nh3 Rf7 47. Qg5+ Rg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Nf4 Bxg2 50. Nxe6 Qe7 51. Qd3+ Kg8
52. Rc8+ Kf7 53. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 66th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nf4 Qg5 14. Qd2
Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 Re4 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Be5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. b3
a5 21. a4 Bb8 22. Rd3 Ra6 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. h3 Re5 25. Nf4 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bf5 27.
Rd8 Bc7 28. Rf8 Re7 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Bb6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Bxa5
Bxb3 34. Bb6 Be6 35. Rd8 Rc8 36. Rd3 g5 37. a5 Kg6 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Rb4 40.
Rd8 Rb3+ 41. Ke4 f6 42. Rb8 Bd7 43. Kd4 Bc6 44. g3 Rb2 45. Kc3 Re2 46. Rd8 Kf7
47. Rh8 Re8 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rc7 Bg2 50. Rd7 Rf8 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Kh5 53.
Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rc7 Kh5 55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rd7 Kh5 57. Rd4 f5 58. Rf4 Be4 59. Kd4
Kg6 60. Ke5 Rf7 61. Ke6 Rh7 62. Bd8 Rh8 63. Kd7 Rh7+ 64. Be7 Rh8 65. Kc7 Rh7
66. Kd6 Rh8 67. f3 Bc6 68. Ke6 Rh7 69. Bf6 Rh6 70. Ke5 Rh5 71. Bg5 Rh8 72. Rxf5
Re8+ 73. Kf4 Re1 74. h5+ Kg7 75. h6+ Kg8 76. Kg3 Rg1+ 77. Kf2 Rd1 78. f4 Rd3
79. Re5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qg4 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 e5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 Ra5 14. Qe3 Ng4
15. Qxb6 Ra7 16. O-O-O Rb7 17. Qc5 Rc7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxf8 Qe6 20. Nh3 Kg6
1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1305"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qxc7 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qd4 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bxg6 Qc4 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qe5 Be6 22. Rd4 Qc2 23. Re1 Kg6 24. h3 Rae8 25. Rh4 Bf5 26. Qg3+
Kf6 27. Qd6+ Be6 28. Re3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. c3 a6
9. b4 Bh7 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. a4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qe2
Qf8 16. Ne1 Bd6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nd3 Qf7 20. Bd2 Rg6 21. Rf2 Nf6
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. f5 exf5 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxf5 Ne4 27. Rf3 Nf8
28. Be1 Ne6 29. Kg2 N6g5 30. Re3 h5 31. h4 Nf7 32. Nd2 Nh6 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34.
Re2 Nf5 35. Bf2 e3 36. Be1 Re4 37. Kf3 Rg4 38. Rg2 Kg6 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. d5 c5
41. bxc5 Bxc5 42. a5 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nd6 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Rd1 Ra4 46. Rg2 Rg4 47.
Rd3 Nc4 48. Ke2 Ne5 49. Rd1 Ra4 50. Rb1 Kf5 51. Rxb7 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1 53. Rgb2
Nf3 54. Re2 Ke4 55. Rxg7 Kd3 56. d6 Bxd6 57. Rd7 Nd2+ 58. Rxd2+ 1-0

[Event "Eastern Class 23rd"]
[Site "Sturbridge"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne4 Qc4 16. Ng5 Rfd8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rd1 e5 20.
Qf7+ Kh8 21. e4 Ne7 22. Qxe7 Bb5 23. Rd2 Qxa2 24. Qf7 Qa1+ 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26.
Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd6 30. Rxd5+ Kc6 31. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Rb8 9. Re1 b6 10. h3 a6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. b3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. f4 Nc6
22. f5 Bd7 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. fxg6 Ne5 25. g7 Ra8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Ra2 28.
Be4 c4 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 b4 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Re2 Bf6 33. Bf4 Bxg7 34. Rb5
Nc6 35. f6 Bxf6 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rh5+ Kg6 38. Rh6+ Kg7 39. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Universiad Men 27th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bd3 a5 14. a4 Bb4 15.
Bxb4 axb4 16. a5 Ne7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nfd2 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. Nd6 Ra7 21. f4
Kg8 22. Qd2 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. g3 Qe7 25. Nc4 Raa8 26. Rce1 Rf6 27. Re4 Raf8
28. Rfe1 Rg6 29. Kh1 Nc7 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Nd5 32. Nd6 Qc7 33. Nc4 Qe7 34.
Qe2 Rgf6 35. Ne5 Ra8 36. Ng4 Rf7 37. Rxe6 Qxc5 38. Qe4 Raf8 39. Qg6 Kh8 40. Ne5
Rf6 41. Rxf6 Nxf6 42. Nf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7 Qf2 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qxb4 c5 46. Qc3
c4 47. Qe5 Ng4 48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "35th ECC Open 2019"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Navara, D.."]
[Black "Grachev, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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 "AVE Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Chess Team"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21.
c4 Nb4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rxf7 Rg8 25. Rd1 Nxa2 26. Rd6 Be8 27.
Re7 Rb8 28. Rd4 Rxb3 29. Rh4+ Kg6 30. Rg4+ Kf5 31. Bxg7 Bh5 32. Rh4 Kg5 33. Re4
Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kf6 35. Ra7 Nc3 36. Rh4 Bg6 37. Rh8 a4 38. h4 a3 39. h5 Bc2 40.
Kh2 a2 41. f4 Kf5 42. h6 Rb7 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 a1=Q 45. h7 Ne2 46. Rg8+ Kf5
47. Rf7+ Ke4 48. h8=Q Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qxg2+ 51. Kh4 Qf2+ 52. Kg5 Qg1+
53. Kh6 Qh2+ 54. Kg7 Qg1+ 55. Kf8 Qc5+ 56. Re7 Qf5+ 57. Kg7 Nxf4 58. Qh7 Nh5+
59. Kh8 Qxh7+ 60. Rxh7 Nf6 61. Rh4+ Ke5 62. Rd8 Bf5 63. c5 Nd5 64. c6 Ne7 65.
c7 Kf6 66. Rh6+ Kg5 67. Rh7 Bxh7 68. Kxh7 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 1314 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "10.122"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.11.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green HK"]
[BlackTeam "Cheddleton"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 d5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. exd5 Bc5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. O-O-O Rad8 20. b4 Bxd5 21.
bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Qe1 Qd6 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7
27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. g6+ Kg8 29. Qh4 Rc4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxg7+ Kd6
33. Qf8+ Kc7 34. g7 Qd4 35. Qe7+ Kb6 36. g8=Q Rb4+ 37. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 38. Kc1 Qf4+
39. Kd1 Qf3+ 40. Kd2 Qf2+ 41. Kc3 Qe3+ 42. Kb2 Qd4+ 43. c3 Qd2+ 44. Kb3 Qd5+
45. Kc2 Qa2+ 46. Kc1 Qa3+ 47. Kd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Ng5 8.
Nc3 Bg4 {Diagramm [#] Dieser unschuldig wirkende Zug wird taktisch widerlegt.}
(8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bf6 11. O-O g6 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Qh4
Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Kuczynski,R (2510)-Rozentalis,E (2600) Germany
1995}) 9. Bxg5 $1 (9. Be2 $6 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
0-1 (87) Tseshkovsky,V (2560)-Makarichev,S (2500) Minsk 1979}) 9... Bxg5 10.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 11. h4 $1 {Diagramm [#] die Pointe! Das Motiv Lxh7 nebst Sg5+
ist natürlich recht typisch, funktionierte hier aber in der Reinform nicht.
In Kombination mit h4 und Einbindung des Th1 ist es leichter zu übersehen.}
Bd2+ (11... Bxf3 12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Qxf3 Qxg5 14. Qh3 (14. Rh5 $5 Qe7+ 15. Kd2
$18) 14... Re8+ 15. Kf1 f6 (15... Kf8 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17. Re1+) 16. Nd5 Na6 17.
Kg1 {und Weiß steht klar besser, wohl bereits auf Gewinn.}) (11... Bh6 12.
Ng5+ Qxg5 13. hxg5 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. f3 $16) (11... Bxh4 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13.
Rxh4 f5 14. g3 $14) 12. Qxd2 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. Qd3+ Kg8 15. Qxf3 {und
Weiß hat kompensationslos einen Bauern gewonnen - einen Vorteil, den
Nepomniatchi sicher verwertet} Nd7 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 d5 19. c5
b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 b5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Rab8 24. b5 c6 25. Rhe1 cxb5 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Nxb5 Ra4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. g4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rxd4 32.
Kg3 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Ndf8 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21.
Qd1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. b5 Rec8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qb3 b6 27.
Qa4 Rc7 28. Qe8+ Nf8 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxf8 Bf5 31. Qb8 Rc2 32. h4 Bc8 33.
Qxa7 Qf5 34. Qxb6 f6 35. Qb1 Ba6 36. e4 Qc8 37. e5 Bd3 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Qb6
Qf5 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qb8 Be4 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. h5+ Kf7 44. h6 Qg6 45. Nh4 Qg5
46. Qg7+ Qxg7 47. hxg7 Kxg7 48. f3 Bd3 49. Ra1 Rd2 50. a4 Kh6 51. Kh2 Kg5 52.
Kg3 f5 53. f4+ Kf6 54. Nf3 Rb2 55. a5 Bb5 56. Rc1 Bc4 57. Ne5 Rb3+ 58. Kh4 Bb5
59. Rc5 Rb1 60. a6 Be2 61. a7 Ra1 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Rc7+ Kd6 64. Rg7 Bb5 65. Kg5
Ke6 66. Rg6+ Ke7 67. Kxf5 Ra2 68. g4 Ba4 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 (11... Bd7 {Dautov}) (11... Rd8
$142 $1 12. Re1 {Dautov} a6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. f3 Be6 18. Bf1 b5 $10 {/\Bc4, ECO}) 12. Re1 Bb7 (12... Rd8 {Dautov} 13. e4
Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd3 $14) 13. e4 $14 Ne7 {Dieser Springerzug ist zwar
früher auch schon gespielt worden, aber mir scheint das Roß am Damenflügel
besser plaziert.} (13... e5 {Dautov} 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bg5 $14) (13... h6 {Dautov}
14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Ne5 $14) 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Ng6 {Dautov} 15. Bg5
Rac8 (15... Nd7 $5) 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Gligoric-Andersson/Muenchen ol/
1958}) 15. g3 (15. Bg5 {Dautov} Ng6 16. g3 (16. h4 $6 Nf4 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bxf4
Qxf4 $10) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. h4 $14) 15... Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $5 {Dautov}
16. Bf4 Qc8 17. a4 $14) 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 $1 {Verhindert den "natürlichen
Zug" 17... Rac8 wegen 18.Bb5 mit Damegewinn.} Nf8 {Die schwarzen Springer
erzielen keine große Wirkung.} (17... a6 {Dautov} 18. Qb3 {><b6} Ng6 (18...
Rac8 $2 19. Bb5 $1 axb5 20. axb5 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Bd6 $16)
19. Bg5 $14) 18. h4 Qe8 19. a5 {Weiß beseitigt seine Schwächen, möglich
geworden, weil kein Springer auf c6 steht.} cxd4 20. cxd4 bxa5 21. Qb3 Bc6 22.
Rxa5 {Spätestens jetzt erkennt man den deutlichen weißen Vorteil: Das
Läuferpaar gewinnt in der offeneren Stellung an Wert, der a-Bauer ist schwach
und auf der anderen Seite hat Weiß dank der Zentrumsbauern eh ein
Übergewicht.} f5 {Verständlich: Schwarz möchte sich nicht einfach
erdrücken lassen.} (22... h6 {Dautov} 23. Qa2 $16) 23. Ng5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5
$6 (24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 (25... Nd5 26. Nxe6) 26. Ra4 $1 {Nun ist der Pe6
verloren.} Kh8 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) (24... Kh8 25. Nxe6 (25. Ra6 $5 {
und Weiß vermeidet Generalabtausch.}) 25... Nxe6 26. Qxe6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nc6
28. Qxe8+ $1 (28. Ra4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. h5 h6 31. Be5 Rd5 32. Rc4 Ra6 {
mit unerwarteten Remischancen laut "Schach" 4/94.}) 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8
30. Rd5 {Schwarz befindet sich in einem schwierigen Endspiel, z. B.} a5 31. Rd6
Rc8 32. d5 $16) 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (25... Nxe6 26. Bxd5 $18) 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc2+ {The point.} Kh8 29. Qxc6 Nexf4 (29... Nxd4 {Dautov} 30. Qc4
Nxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qf7 $18) 30. gxf4 Rac8 (30... Nxf4 {Dautov} 31. Rf5 Ne2+
32. Kg2 Nxd4 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ $18) 31. Qg6 Nxf4
32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qxe6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg3 1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Mamedov, Rau"]
[Black "Brunello, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. d5 Re8 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 c4 14. g3 Nf8 15. Nh4
Bh3 16. Rd1 Ra8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 N8d7 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Nh7
22. f6 Bxf6 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. hxg5 Bd8 26. Nd2 Rh8 27. Ne4 Be7 28.
g6+ fxg6 29. Qg4 Nf8 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Qc8 32. Nxd6 Qh3 33. Nf7 Qf3 34.
Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qxh8+ Kxf7 36. Ra1 Nd7 37. Qh4 Nf6 38. Qg5 Ng4 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40.
Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qh4+ Nh6 42. d6 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxd6 44. Qe7 Ng4+ 45. Kg3 Qf6 46.
Qxf6 Nxf6 47. Kf3 g5 48. Ra5 g4+ 49. Kg2 Ne4 50. Rxb5 Nxc3 51. Rc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 68th"]
[Site "Kaliningrad"]
[Date "2015.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2015.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd5 Qa6 14. Qb5
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Nd6 Nd4 19. Kg2 Be5 20. Nc4 Nb3
21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Na5 Nxc1 24. Rxd4 b6 25. Nc4 Ne2 26. Rh4+ Kg8 27.
Kf1 g5 28. Rg4 Nf4 29. Rxg5+ Kh7 30. b3 Rc5 31. Rg4 Ng6 32. Rd1 b5 33. Ne3 Rc3
34. Rb4 Rb8 35. Rd5 a5 36. Rbxb5 Rxb3 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Rxa5 Nf4 39. Ke1 Rb2
40. Rf5 Nd3+ 41. Kf1 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rf8 Rxa3 45. Nc2 Ra4
46. Rd8 Ra2 47. Ne3 Nf4 48. Ng4 Nh3+ 49. Kf1 Kg5 50. Rh8 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52.
Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Ra1+ 57. Kc2 Ra3 58.
Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rf8+ Kg5 60. Kd2 Ra2+ 61. Kc3 Ra3+ 62. Kb4 Ra2 63. Rh8 Rc2 64. Kb3
Rc7 65. Rf8 Rc1 66. Ne3 Rh1 67. Ng4 Rc1 68. Kb2 Rc5 69. Nf2 Rc7 70. Ne4+ Kg6
71. h4 Rf7 72. Rxf7 Kxf7 73. Kc3 Nf4 74. Kd4 Ng2 75. h5 Nf4 76. Ng3 Kf6 77. Ke4
Kg5 78. Ke5 Nd3+ 79. Ke6 Nf4+ 80. Kf7 Ng2 81. Kg7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. Ba3 Nbd7 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Bf8 15.
Rfc1 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rxa3 17. Qxa3 Qa8 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. h3 Qa7 20. g4 Ra8 21. Ne2
Qb8 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nf4 Qd8 24. h4 Nf8 25. Bf1 Ra5 26. Ne5 h6 27. gxh6 Nh7 28.
h5 g5 29. Nfg6 Nd6 30. Qc3 Ne8 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Qxc6 Nhf6 33. Ne5 Qe7 34. Bd3
Ra3 35. h7+ Nxh7 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxd5 Nd6 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. Rxc4 Kh8 40. Qf5
Ra8 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. h6+ Kh8 43. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+
Kg6 21. h4 Qe7 22. Rd2 Rc4 23. Qg3 Kh6 24. Rxb2 f6 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Rbe2 Kh7 27.
exf6 gxf6 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qf4 Rg8 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Qe3 f5 32. Ne2 Rc8 33. Rd1
Bc6 34. Qg5 Rg8 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Ng3 Kf6 37. Qh6+ Rg6 38. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4
Nxe4 8. d5 Be7 9. Re1 $5 $146 {Shulman,Ju+Rustemov,A} (9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qxd8+
Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe6+ (13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe6 Re8 15. Nc3 Nbd7
16. Bf4 Ba5 {1/2-1/2 Nejkirch,O-Clarke,P/Leipzig,60}) 13... Be7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Nd8 18. Rb6 Bf8 19. Kf1 Re6 20. Nc4 Rxe1+ 21.
Kxe1 Rc8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Sadler,M/Open, Koge DEN (09) 1997 (61)})
9... exd5 10. Qxd5 Nd6 (10... Qxd5 11. Bxd5 Nf6 12. Nc3) 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Be6 (
11... Nc6 12. Bg5) 12. Qxc5 Bxb3 13. axb3) (11. Qxc5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxc4 13. Qxe7
Qxe7 14. Rxe7 Nc6 15. Rc7 Nxb2) 11... O-O (11... Be6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 $44) (
11... c4 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Qc5 $13) 12. Bf4 Nf5 $2 (12...
Be6 13. Qh5 (13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qh3 Nf5 $1 16. Ne5 (16. Bc2 Nc6
17. Nc3 Qc8) 16... Nh4) 13... g6 14. Qh6 Ne8 15. Be4 (15. Rd1 $5) (15. Bxg6
fxg6 (15... hxg6 16. Be5 f6 17. Ng5 $18)) 15... Nc6 16. Nc3 $44) (12... Nc6 $5
{proposed after the game by V.Kramnik} 13. Rxe7 (13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.
Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qh6 Nf5 18. Rxd8 Nxh6 19. Rxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxe7 Nf5 21.
Rxb7 $15) 13... Qxe7 14. Bxd6 Rd8 15. Qxc6 Rxd6 16. Qxc5 Qd8 17. Ne1 (17. Bf1
Rd1 $40) 17... Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Qxd3 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Rd1 Qc4 21. Qb6 Qc8 $14) 13.
Nc3 $16 (13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd6 Ba5 $1) 13... Bf6 (13... Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qe4) (13... Be6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd6 $18) 14. Bxf5
(14. Rad1 Bxc3 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxf5 Rf8 $1) (14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bc7 Rf8 16.
Nd5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxd5 Nd7 (16... Be6 17.
Nc7 Ra7 18. Bd6 $18) 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ (18. Be7 $5 Bxe7 (18... Rg8 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rad1) 19. Rxe7 $16 (19. Nxe7)) 18... Nxf6 19. Bxc5 Bg4 20. Be7
Rd7 (20... Rd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 gxf6 23. Re7 $16) 22. Re3)
21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 (22... gxf6 $5 23. Ne4 Bf5) 23. Ne4+ Kg6 24. f3 Bf5
25. Rad1 Rad8 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rc8 28. Rd6+ Kg5 (28... f6 29.
Rb6) 29. Rd7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxf7 $16) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Kf2
$18 b6 (27... Be6 28. a3 (28. Nc5 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Bxa2 31. Nxb7 $16
)) 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Re3 Rd4 30. Rb3 b5 31. Ke3 Rc4 (31... Ra4 32. Ra3 (32. a3
Bxe4 33. fxe4 $16)) 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. b3 Be6 34. g4 (34. f4) 34... a5 35. f4 (35.
Nd2) 35... Bd5 (35... Kh6 36. Nd2 g5 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. h3) 36. Nd2 a4 37. a3
Rxb3 38. Nxb3 axb3 39. Rc5 $4 (39. Kd2 $18) (39. Rc1 $18 {Petursson}) 39... Bc4
$4 (39... b4 $142 $3 40. Rxd5 {Petursson} (40. axb4 b2 $19) 40... bxa3 41. Rd1
b2 42. Kd3 a2 $19) 40. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 {The idea behind this move is
to play d5 at some point. It is an active move that White needs to meet
carefully.} 13. b3 {Best.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 $5 {This is the latest try in this line. White
hurries to mass his pieces against the black K.} (19. Bb1 d5 20. Bc3 Qb6 21.
Bxf6 (21. e5 Ne4) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 Bg5 23. Qe2 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sendera,
J-Stempin,P/Lubniewice 2002/CBM 90 ext (29)}) (19. Nf3 d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (38)}) 19... d5 {Black must
act or White will build an attack on the K-side.} (19... Qxa2 $4 20. Ra1 $18)
20. e5 Ne4 21. f3 Rac8 {Black fights for the initiative with a piece sacrifice.
} 22. fxe4 $5 $146 (22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb1 Bb4 (23... Ba3 $5) 24. Red1 Nc3 25. a3
Bf5 26. axb4 Bxd3 27. bxa5 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Rxc1 29. Bxd3 Rxd1 30. Kxe2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (53). (53)}) 22... Ba3 $1 23.
exd5 (23. b4 Qc7 $132) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxh7+ $1 (24. Ne3 Bxc1 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26.
Qxc1 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxe1+ $11) 24... Kxh7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc2+ g6 27. Bf2 $14
{White is a P up, but the position is not clear since Black has the pair of B:
s.} Qd8 28. Qe4 Bb2 29. Qf4 Be6 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. Re2 Bc3 32. Bh4 Rd4 33. Bxd8
Rxf4 34. Ng3 Rd4 35. Ne4 Ba1 36. Bf6 $16 {White has consolidated and has a
nice grip with the B on f6.} Rd5 37. Kg3 Rd4 38. Nc5 a5 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rc2
a4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. h4 b4 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke3 Ra5 45. Kd3 Kh7 46. Kc4 Kh6 47.
Be7 Ra8 48. Re2 Kh5 49. Bxb4 Bxb4 50. Kxb4 Rb8+ 51. Kc5 Ra8 52. Kb5 Rb8+ 53.
Kc6 Ra8 54. Kd7 Ra6 55. Re4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 Bc7 8. d6
Ba5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 b6 13. e4 Ba6 14. Re1 h6 15.
f4 Rc8 16. e5 Nh7 17. Bd5 Na5 18. Qh5 Rf8 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Be4 Re8 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. f5 Bd5 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. f6 Nc4 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxf7 Bxf7 27. Bxh6+
Kh7 28. Qxf7+ Kxh6 29. Qxc4 Qg5 30. Re4 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. c4 $1 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxd5 Kg8 21. Bxg7 $3 Kxg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 (22... f5 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Nd7) (22...
Rh8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Re1 Nc6 (25... Qc1 26. Rdd1 $18) 26. Nd7+ Kf7
27. Rxe7+ $18) (22... Qc2 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Rd3 Rc3 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Rg3+ $18)
23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7+ (25. Ng6+ Ke8 $2 (25... Kg7 26. Nf4 Rxd5 27.
Nxd5 (27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Ne6 Rg5) 27... Qc5 28. Nxe7) 26. Qh5 Rxd5 27. Ne5+ $18)
25... Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 (27. Qh3 {>=}) 27... Rc7 28. Qh8+ $1 (28. Rd3
$2 Qxf2+ $3 29. Kxf2 (29. Rxf2 Rc1+) 29... Bc5+ 30. Kg3 Rxh7 $10) 28... Kf7 29.
Rd3 Nc4 30. Rfd1 $1 Ne5 $2 (30... Bd6 31. Rd5 Qxa3 32. Rxd6) 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32.
Qg8+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Rd4+ Kf3 35. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14.
c4 Bc6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Ng6 Qb6 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rd3 Ne3 25. fxe3 Be4 26. Qh4+
1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {No strength to move the pawn further.} Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 $5 {
This didn't come as the surprise to me as I already faced it once against
Ivanchuk (Novgorod 1994). Then I didn't get anything special from the opening
but this time I had an idea.} 4. Nc3 $1 {A novelty.} Nf6 5. g3 $14 {This is
the point. I am playing so-called 'Glek system' (e.g. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
Nf6 4.g3) but with one tempo up!} Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe3
10. fxe3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 $6 {This I don't like because it spoils the
coordination of White pieces. Better would be} (11. Qxf3 $14) 11... Ne7 12. Qe2
c6 13. Raf1 h6 {A good way to use my mistake on 11th move would have been} (
13... Qb6 $5 14. Nd1 O-O-O $13) 14. d4 O-O {Again} (14... Qb6 $5 {deserved
attention. I would probably answer} 15. Qd2 $13) 15. Rxf6 $5 {Why not if he
allows me?} gxf6 16. Nd1 $1 $44 {A very impotant finesse. Only by quick
bringing the knight towards the Black king, White can create dangerous threats.
} (16. Rxf6 $6 Ng6 $15 {would not promise any real attack.}) 16... Kh8 {
Probably one of the best possible decisions. Variations like} (16... Kg7 17.
Qg4+ Ng6 18. h4 $40 Qc8 $140 19. Qf3 $1) (16... Ng6 17. Nf2) (16... f5 $2 17.
exf5 f6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc3 $16 {seem highly favourable for White.}) 17. Qh5
Ng8 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Ng4 Kg7 20. Rxf6 $6 {There was no reason to take the queen
immediately as Black has no useful moves. Preferable would be} (20. h4 $142
Rae8 21. c3 $14) 20... Qxf6 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Qf5 Rae8 23. g4 Re7 $1 {With
this precise move Black controls the d7 point and holds the game.} 24. d5 (24.
g5 Nh7 25. h4 Rg8 {doesn't promise anything.}) 24... Rc7 25. c3 Nh7 26. Kh2 c5
27. h4 Rg8 28. Bh3 Kh8 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (28... Rh8 {would probably be
enough for draw as I don't see any strong plan for White.}) 29. Qh5 $1 {
Now Black is just lost.} Kg7 (29... Rg6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bf5 Kg7 32. hxg5 $18 {
is even a quicker story.}) 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rd8 $8 32. Bf5 Nf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qf6 Rdd7 {A sad necessity.} 35. Kg3 Nh7 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Kg4 b5 38. Qh6+
Kg8 39. Kf5 f6 $8 {Otherwise he gets mated.} 40. g6 $4 {Probably I should give
even three question marks to this move, made while having more than one minute
to think.} (40. gxf6 {would win very quickly e.g.} Rh7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Ke6
Rcd7 43. b4 c4 44. a3 Rhf7 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qh5 {and Black is in zugzwang. The
text doesn't miss the win yet but it clearly makes me waste time and energy -
something chessplayer should be always careful about.}) 40... Re7 41. Kxf6 $16
{The control ended and Short quickly played} Rcd7 {here and later on
preferring the passive defence. He could create considerable practical
problems to win had he played 41...a5 or 41...c4 trying to close the queenside.
In both cases White would only be able to win with a very concrete play - here
is a brief analysis on those tries:} (41... a5 $5 42. a4 $1 (42. Qh5 $2 a4 $10)
42... b4 (42... bxa4 43. Qh5 a3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Qd1 Ra7 46. Qe2 $18) 43. cxb4
axb4 (43... cxb4 44. Qh5 $18 {/\Qe2}) 44. b3 $1 c4 (44... Rb7 45. Qh5 c4 46.
Qe2 Rec7 (46... Rbc7 47. bxc4 Re8 48. c5 Rxc5 49. g7 $18) 47. Qg4 Rb8 48. Qe6+
Kh8 49. Qxd6 Rbc8 50. bxc4 $18) 45. bxc4 b3 (45... Rb7 46. c5 dxc5 47. Qh3 Re8
48. d6) 46. c5 b2 47. Qh1 Rb7 48. c6 b1=Q 49. Qxb1 Rxb1 50. Kxe7 $18) (41... c4
$5 {(/\ ...a5...a4)} 42. b3 $1 b4 (42... a5 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Qh5 a4 45. Qd1
Ra7 46. Qe2 Rac7 47. Qb2 Rb7 48. Qa3 $18) (42... cxb3 43. axb3 a5 44. c4 bxc4
45. bxc4 a4 46. c5 $18) 43. bxc4 bxc3 44. Qh2 Re8 45. Kg5 $18) 42. Qh5 {
Having thought for long on move 42 I more or less found the winning plan if he
doesn't do anything. However I was still afraid of certain tricks.} Rg7 43. Qf5
Rge7 44. Kg5 Rg7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Kh6 Rge7 {Here too both pawn
moves deserved attention but probably would not save the game:} (47... a5 48.
a4 bxa4 49. Qe6+ $1 (49. Qf1 $4 Rxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ $10) 49... Kf8 50. Qg4 $18)
(47... c4 {and now not} 48. Qe6+ $1 (48. b3 $2 b4 49. Qf1 (49. Qe6+ Kf8 50.
Qf5+ Ke8 $1 $132) 49... Rxg6+ $1 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ 51. Kh5 Rh7+ 52. Kg4 Rg7+ 53.
Kf3 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 Rxf1 55. Kxf1 bxc3 56. Ke2 cxb3 57. axb3 Kf7 58. Kd3 Ke7 59.
Kxc3 Kd7 60. Kb4 Kc7 61. Ka5 Kb7 62. b4 Ka7 63. b5 axb5 64. Kxb5 Kb7 {with
draw,but}) 48... Kf8 49. Qf5+ Kg8 (49... Ke8 50. Qf6 $18) 50. b3 b4 51. bxc4
bxc3 52. c5 c2 53. c6 $1 c1=Q 54. cxd7 Qxe3+ 55. Kh5 Qe2+ 56. Kg5 $18) 48. c4
$1 $18 {Here I again was confident that the game was won. White threatens 49.
b4!} b4 (48... bxc4 {would still require some accuracy e.g.} 49. Qf1 Rh7+ 50.
Kg5 $1 (50. gxh7+ $4 Rxh7+ $10) 50... Rh2 51. Qf5 $1 Re7 52. Kf6 Re8 53. Qd7
Rf8+ 54. Ke6 Rh6 55. Kxd6 Rxg6+ 56. Kxe5 {and White wins because of simply too
many passed pawns.}) 49. Qf3 Rb7 (49... Rh7+ 50. Kg5 $18) 50. Qd1 Rb8 51. Qa4
Rb6 52. b3 $1 {Precision is still important! Variations like} (52. g7 $2 Rb8
53. Qxa6 Rxg7 54. Qxd6 Rh7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kh4 (56. Kf5 Rf8+ 57. Kxe5 $13)
56... Rf8 $1 $10 {or}) (52. a3 b3 $1 {would be very unpleasant for me facing
the second time-pressure.}) 52... Kf8 53. a3 $1 {Finally breaking the
queenside. Now I can finish the game just with hands.} bxa3 54. Qxa3 Ra7 55.
Qa1 $1 Kg8 56. Qf1 Rbb7 57. Qf6 Rd7 58. b4 cxb4 59. c5 dxc5 60. Qxe5 {And in
the view of obvious} (60. Qxe5 Rd8 61. Qe6+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Ke8 63. g7 $18 {
Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 cxd4 (7... Be7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 $10 {Zakharov,
A-Dvoirys,S/Moscow Tal mem/1992/}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. c5 $5 (9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7
11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4 $14 {Hoi,C-Agustsson/
Kobenhavn/1989/}) 9... b6 10. cxb6 Nd7 $5 (10... Qxb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. b4 $14 {
/\Na4-c5}) 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nb5 $5 (12. O-O Ba6 $132) 12... Qxb6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
O-O Na7 (14... Ba6 $2 15. Nc7 Bxd3 16. Nxa8 $16) 15. Nc7 $5 Rb8 16. b4 $5 Bb7
$5 {/\ 17...e5} (16... axb4 17. axb4 $14 Bxb4 $6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20.
Na8 Qb7 21. Ba6 Qxa8 22. Bxc8 $16) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Qe2 e5 $5 (18... Rbc8 $6
19. Nxe6 $1 (19. Rfc1 Bc6 20. Na6 Bb5 $132) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ $16) 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc6 21. Qf4 Rbc8 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. a4 Nb4 $132 24. Bf5 $1 Rcd8 25.
Rfe1 Bf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 (26... Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rab1 $36) 27. dxe5 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Qxb5 29. Ra3 $5 (29. Rab1 Rb8 30. Rb3 $36 Qc4 31. Bxh7+ (31. Qxc4 dxc4 32.
Rc3 g6 33. Be4 Rfc8 $10) 31... Kxh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rh3 Rfe8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
e6 Rxe6 $1 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Re3+ Kd7 $17 39. Qxb8 Qc1+ 40. Re1
Qxe1#) (29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 $10) 29... Qc4 $1 (29... g6 30. Rh3 $40) (
29... h6 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Reb1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ $6 (30. Qg5 h6 $132) 30... Kxh7
31. Qf5+ Kg8 (31... g6 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33. Qf6 $18) 32. Rh3 Rfe8 $8 (32... Qc2 33.
Qh5 f6 34. e6 {/\ 35.Qh8 #}) 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7 $40 {/\ 36.e6}
d4 $1 (35... Rg8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. e6 $18) (35... Kd7 36. e6+ $1 (36. Qxf7+ $6
Re7 37. e6+ Kd6 $13) 36... Kc8 (36... Rxe6 37. Qxf7+ $18) 37. Rc3 $16) 36. e6
Kd6 37. e7 $6 (37. Qxf7 $142 d3 $1 $15) 37... Rd7 $4 {and this is the reward
for bravery} (37... Rxe7 $2 38. Qf6+ Re6 39. Qxd8+ $18) (37... Rc8 $1 {/\38...
Nc6} 38. Rh6+ (38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Rh6 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) (38. Rh4 Nc6 39. Qg3+
Kd7 40. Qh3+ Kc7 41. Qg3+ Kb7 42. Rb1+ Ka8 $17 {/\43...Na7}) (38. Qf6+ Kd7 39.
Qf5+ Kc7 40. Qa5+ Kb7 41. Rb3 (41. Rh6 Qc5 $17) 41... Qxb3 42. Qb5+ Kc7 $19)
38... Kd7 $5 $13 (38... Kc7 39. Qe5+ (39. Qf6 Qc5 $1 $13 (39... Nc6 40. Qd6+
Kb7 41. Rb1+ Ka8 42. Ra1+ Na7 (42... Kb7 43. Qd7+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ $40) 43. Rxa7+
Kxa7 44. Qb6+ Ka8 45. Qa5+ Kb7 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Qa7#)) 39... Kb7 40. Qa5 Qc5 $1
$17 (40... Rc6 $13 41. Qd8 $1 (41. Rb1 $4 Qc1+ $19) (41. Rxc6 Nxc6 42. Rb1+ Kc8
43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Ke6 $17 45. Qxe8 $4 Qc1#) 41... Rxd8 (41... Qc1 $2 42.
Rf1 (42. Qd7+ Kb6 43. Qxd4+ Kb5 44. Rh5+ Ka4 45. Qa7+ Kb3 46. Rh3+ Kb2 47. Qa3+
$18) 42... Rxd8 43. exd8=Q Qxh6 44. Qxd4 Qd6 $13) (41... Qe2 $2 42. Qd7+ $1 (
42. Rb1 Qxe7 (42... Qd2 43. Qd7+ Rc7 44. Qb5+ $18) 43. Qxe7+ Rxe7 44. Rxb4+ Ka7
45. Ra4+ Kb7 46. Rb4+ $10) 42... Rc7 (42... Kb6 43. Rxc6+ Nxc6 44. Rxe2 $18)
43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Rxe2 $18) 42. exd8=Q Rxh6 43. Qe7+ $1 (43. Qd7+ Qc7 44. Qb5+
(44. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Nc2+ $19) 44... Rb6 $17) (
43. Re7+ Ka6 44. Qa8+ Kb5 45. Rb7+ Rb6 $17) 43... Kb6 (43... Ka6 44. Ra1+ Na2
45. Qa3+ Kb7 46. Qxa2 $14) 44. Qd8+ $10 Kb7 (44... Kb5 $4 45. Qg5+ $18) 45.
Qe7+ $1 $10)) 39. Qg4+ (39. Qe5 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) 39... Kc7 $17) 38. Qe5+
Kc6 39. Rh6+ Kb7 40. Qa5 $1 $18 Rdxe7 (40... Nc6 41. Rb1+ Kc8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43.
Rb7#) (40... Rc7 41. Rb6+ Kc8 42. Rxb4 $18) 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Qb6+ (42. Qb6+
Kc8 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. a5 $5 {N} (12. Ne4) (12. Qf4 Nc2 13.
g5 Nxa1 14. gxf6 exf6 15. Nxc6 Qd6 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Bf4 Qxc6 18. Nd5 $16) 12...
a6 (12... Nc2 13. a6 $1 Nxa1 14. axb7 Nd5 15. Nxc6 $18) (12... e6 13. a6 Nxa6
14. Rxa6 bxa6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. g5 $40) (12... Rc8 $5 {(Nikolic,Pr)}) 13. Na4
e6 (13... Qxa5 14. Nc5 $1 (14. g5 Nfd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc5 Qb6 (16... Qb5 17.
Qf4 f6) 17. Ncd7 Qd6 $1) 14... Qb5 $1 (14... Qxa1 15. Qxb4 $18) (14... Qb6 15.
g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nc7 17. Qf4 f6 18. Ned7 $18) 15. Qf4 (15. g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nb6 $1
(16... Nc7 $6 17. Qf4 f6 18. gxf6 exf6 19. Ned7 Rc8 20. Qf5 $40) 17. Nxb7 (17.
Qf4 f6 18. Nf3 Nc2 $13) 17... Na4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8) 15... h6 $8 (15...
Nc2 16. Ra5 $3 Qb6 17. g5 $18) 16. Bd2 Nbd5 (16... Nc2 17. Nxb7 $1 Rc8 18. Na5
Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $40) (16... e6 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb7 $1) 17. Qf3 (17. Bxd5 cxd5
18. Ncd7 c3 (18... b6 $5 $13) 19. Bxc3 Nxd7 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Rxd5
$1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb5 24. Ba5+ Kc8 25. Rc1+ $18) 17... e6 18. e4 Nc7 19. Ncd7 {
/\ Ra5}) (13... Nc2 14. Nc5 Qxd4 (14... Nxa1 15. Nxb7 $18) (14... Rb8 15. Nxb7
$1 Rxb7 16. Bxc6+ Nd7 17. Bxb7 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qd5 $18) 15. Nxb7 Nd5 (
15... Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $16) (15... Qxd2
16. Bxc6+ $1 Qd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 e6 19. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qg5 $5 (16. Nxc6
Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxa1 18. Bxd5 e6) 16... f6 (16... Nxa1 17. Qf5 $18) 17. Nxc6 fxg5
(17... Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 fxg5 19. Bxd5 e6 20. Bxe6 Nxa1 21. Ne5 $1 Ke7 22. Bd7 c3
23. Bxg5#) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 (18... Nxa1 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc2 22.
Rc1 Bb3 (22... Ba4 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Be6 {/\ Nc5+/-}) 19. Bxd5 e6 (19... Nxe2+
20. Kg2 e6 21. Bxe6 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Rb8 23. Bd5 $36) (19... Rc8 20. Bxg5 e6 21.
Bg2 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 c3 $14) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rfxc1
Be5 $44) 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nfd5 15. e4 Nc7 (15... Nc2 16. exd5 Nxa1 (16... cxd5
17. Nb6 Nxa1 18. Qf4 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 $40) 17. dxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Nb6 $40
) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Be3 $16) (14... Nc2 $5 15. Nb6 (15. gxf6 gxf6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. Nb6 Rc8 $1 $132) 15... Nd5 $1 (15... Nxa1 16. gxf6
gxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Qb4+ Qd6 20. Qxd6+ Kxd6 21. Bxa8 $16) 16.
Bxd5 (16. Nxa8 $2 Bb4 $1) 16... cxd5 17. Qf4 (17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Qf4 O-O $13)
17... f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ned7 $40) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nc2 16. Ne5 $1 (16.
Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 {x d4}) 16... Bb4 (16... Nxa1 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Nb6 $16)
17. Qf4 f6 (17... O-O 18. Bd2 $18) 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Nxa1 20. Nxf6+ Ke7 21.
Nb6 $40) 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 $2 (17... Nc2 $1 18. Rb1 Qxa8 (18... Bb4 19.
Qf4 Qxa8 20. Bd2 $16) 19. e3 (19. Be4 Bb4 20. Qf4 Nxd4 21. Qe5 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1
O-O 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rbe1 Bd6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qe4+ Kg8 27. Rxe2 c3 $1) 19...
Bb4 20. Qe2 Qd8 21. Bd2 Qxg5 $44) 18. Be4 Qd8 19. f4 Be7 (19... Nd5 20. Qe1 Bb4
21. Bd2 Nxf4 (21... Ne3 22. Bxb4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 $18) 22. Bxb4 Qxd4+ 23. e3 Nxh3+
24. Kh2 Qxe4 25. Kxh3 h6 26. g6 $18) 20. e3 O-O 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23.
Bd2 (23. Bxb7 Nc2 24. Rb1 Qxa5) 23... Nd5 (23... Nc2 24. Bxc2 Bxc2 25. Qxc4
Qxd2 (25... Bd3 26. Qxc5 Bxf1 27. Bb4 $18) 26. Qxc5 Be4 27. Rf2 $16) (23... Qd7
$5 {/\ Rd8}) 24. Kh1 Qd7 (24... b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rf3 $16) 25. Rac1 $1 Qa4 (
25... Rd8 26. Bc2 $8 Nxf4 $2 27. exf4 Qd5+ 28. Rf3 $18) 26. Qf3 c3 (26... Rd8
27. f5 $40) 27. bxc3 Qxa5 28. f5 Bc4 (28... Nc7 29. Bxb7 $16) 29. fxe6 $1 Ne7 (
29... fxe6 30. Bxh7+ (30. Qh5 g6 $5 (30... Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bxf1 32. Qe8+ Bf8 33.
Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Bxd5 $18)) 30... Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qxc4 $18) (29... Bxf1 30.
exf7+ Kh8 31. Rxf1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Ng6 32. Qxc4 fxe6 33. Qg4 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Qb5 35. c4 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Rf2 a5 39. Qe4 Ne7 40.
Bxa5 Nf5 41. Bd2 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "4th Sharjah Masters 2021"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Salem, AR.."]
[Black "Moussard, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Nc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nh5 15.
d5 Nb8 16. Bf2 O-O 17. g3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Nhf6 19. g4 Nh7 20. h4 f6 21. Be3 Rf7 22.
Rc2 Qd8 23. Rg2 Ndf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Nd4 Bc8 28. Bb1
Qf8 29. Ba2 Bd7 30. Ne6 Qc8 31. O-O Nf8 32. g5 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Bxe6 34. gxh6 Bh3
35. Rg3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Qe6 37. Qe2 f5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. c5 fxe4+ 40. Rxf7 Qh3+
41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nxf7 43. Bd4+ Kh7 44. Bxf7 dxc5 45. Bg7 a5 46. h5 a4 47.
Bg6+ Kg8 48. Bxe4 Ra7 49. Bc3 b5 50. Kf3 Rh7 51. Bxh7+ Kxh7 52. Bd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qxc3 14. Bb2 Qb4
15. d5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kh7
21. Rd3 Rc3 22. Qh3+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24. Rxc3 Nd7 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Rd3 Qc4
27. Rad1 Bc6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Rxd7+ Bxd7 30. Qxa8 Qxa2 31. h4 Qe2 32. Qd5 Qe6
33. h5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Be6 35. h6 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik Memorial m 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.12.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Nd5 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 h6
14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ne4 $1 $146 (15. Be2 a5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Ba6 18. Bf3 a4
19. Nc5 Bb5 20. g3 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Yakovich,Y/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (20)})
15... Nd5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20. h3 (20. Qh5 {
Gelfand,B} Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qc3 $14) 20... a4 21. Be4 Ra5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7
23. Rxc6 $6 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Biel 1997/Inf 70/[Gelfand,B] (32)} (23.
Bxc6 $1 $16)) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]} Nxe3 $6 (13... a5 $5 14. Ne4 Ba6
) 14. fxe3 c5 $2 (14... Bg5 $5 15. Qf3 e5 $132) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7
17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxc5 $16 {/+-} Bb7 19. Rcd1 Rc8 20. Rxd8 Rxc5 21. Rd7 (21.
Rfd1 $5) 21... Bc8 22. Rd6 a5 23. e4 Bb7 24. Rfd1 g5 25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rc8
27. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2d4]} Kg7 28. Ke3 Be8 29. Rb7 Kf6 30. Ra6 $1 {[%csl Ra5]} Kg7
31. Rba7 $18 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxb2 34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. h4 Rc2 36. e5+
Ke7 37. Kd3 Rb2 38. h5 Rb4 39. g3 Rb2 40. Rg4 f5 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Ne4+ Ke7
43. h6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 {This move was not what I was
expecting, but of late my opponent has been playing the Slav Defence
frequently, so that it is easy to explain his choice. The ratio of predicting
the opening choices of my opponents is in my case one in three. Dieser Zug kam
für mich unerwartet, aber mein Gegner spielt in der letzten Zeit oft die
Slawische Verteidigung, sodass sich seine Wahl leicht erklären lässt. Die
Quote bei der Voraussage der Eröffnungswahl meiner Gegner ist bei mir etwa
eins zu drei.} 6. b3 {In 2013 I played four games with this variation (none
since then), but on every occasion I had the black pieces.. 2013 spielte ich
vier Partien mit dieser Variante (und seitdem nicht mehr), hatte dabei aber
immer Schwarz.} ({On those occasions Gelfand, Nakamura and Ding Liren
preferred the continuation with Gelfand, Nakamura und Ding Liren haben gegen
mich damals die Fortsetzung} 6. c5 {which leads to a murky strategic battle.
The move in the game is considered less "hard", but I wanted to obtain a
lively game. bevorzugt, die zu einem zähflüssigen strategischen Kampf führt.
Der Partiezug gilt als weniger "hart", aber ich wollte ein lebendiges Spiel
bekommen.}) 6... Bb4 ({I have never been able to understand the popularity of
Die Popularität von} 6... c5 {, Black has developed only one knight and yet
he makes another pawn move. A really Romantic way of playing... konnte ich nie
verstehen. Schwarz hat nur einen Springer entwickelt und trotzdem macht er
einen weiteren Bauernzug. Eine echt romantische Spielweise...}) 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 {The second most frequently played continuation, which
offers more room for creativity. Die zweithäufigste Fortsetzung, die mehr
Raum für Kreativität bietet.} ({In the 2012 world championship the move
Anand chose against Gelfand was In der Weltmeisterschaft 2012 spielte Anand
gegen Gelfand} 9... Bd6) 10. Bc2 ({I found this in 2005 or 2006. The idea is
actually typical. Even in the variation with Das fand ich 2005 oder 2006.
Eigentlich ist diese Idee typisch, sogar in der Variante} 10. Qe1 a5 {the move
ist} 11. Bc2 {is a good option. The move 10.Bc2 is useful for e3-e4, and in
addition it is aimed against e6-e5 (see below). eine gute Möglichkeit. Der
Zug 10.Bc2 ist für e3-e4 nützlich, außerdem ist er gegen e6-e5 gerichtet (s.
weiter unten).}) 10... Rd8 {This logical contiuation has a hidden but
important disadvantage. Black has available to him other sound moves such as
10...b6 or 10...Re8. Then White's play would be linked either to the pawn
sacrifice 11.a3 Bxa3 12.e4 or to the preparation of the advance e3-e4 by means
of 11.Re1. Diese logische Fortsetzung hat einen versteckten, aber wesentlichen
Nachteil. Schwarz verfügte über andere gesunde Züge wie 10...b6 oder 10...
Re8 - dann wäre das weiße Spiel entweder mit dem Bauernopfer 11.a3 Bxa3 12.
e4 oder mit der Vorbereitung des Vorstoßes e3-e4 mittels 11.Re1 verbunden.} (
10... b6 11. a3 (11. Re1 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 11... Bxa3 12. e4) (10... Re8 11. a3 (
11. Re1 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 11... Bxa3 12. e4) ({But Auf} 10... e5 {is met by the
strong reply folgt die starke Erwiderung} 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. dxe5
{with the advantage. mit Vorteil.}) 11. a3 {After thinking things over for 17
minutes I came to the conclusion that apart from 11.a3 there are few good
moves here. In doing so I assumed that it is very dangeous for Black to take
on a3. Nach 17 Minuten Nachdenken kam ich zum Schluss, dass es hier außer 11.
a3 wenige gute Züge gibt. Dabei vermutete ich, dass es für Schwarz sehr
gefährlich ist, auf a3 zu nehmen.} Bxa3 ({The lesser evil was probably Das
kleinere Übel war wahrscheinlich} 11... Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nf6 15. Bg5 {, after which Black gets a passive but solid position. But this
variation would mean that 10...Rd8 was not a good idea. , wonach Schwarz eine
passive, aber feste Stellung bekäme. Diese Variante würde aber bedeuten,
dass 10...Rd8 keine gute Idee war.}) 12. Rxa3 (12. e4 {would lead to a
position in which White would have compensation for the pawn he has sacrificed,
but one should not miss the chance to raise the stakes führte zu einer
Stellung, in der Weiß Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern hätte, aber
man darf nicht die Chance verpassen, den Einsatz zu erhöhen.}) 12... Qxa3 13.
c5 b6 ({Whilst my opponent was pondering the position, I turned my attention
to the continuation Während mein Gegner über die Stellung sinnierte, widmete
ich mich der Fortsetzung} 13... e5 {, which I considered to be the strngest. ,
die ich für die stärkste hielt. After the further moves Nach den weiteren
Zügen} 14. Nb1 Qa2 15. Bb4 a5 16. Nc3 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 axb4 18. Na2 {it is White
who has the advantage. gehört der Vorteil dem Weißen.}) 14. b4 {A mistake.
Ein Fehler.} ({Instead of that White had at his disposal a way to gain the
upper hand, but which simply did not occur to me: Stattdessen verfügte Weiß
über einen Weg, die Oberhand zu gewinnen, der mir aber gar nicht in den Sinn
kam:} 14. Nb1 Qa2 15. Qc1 ({I overlooked the fact that I had this option and
considered only ich habe übersehen, dass ich diese Option besitze und habe nur
} 15. Bb4 {which would lead to sharp play. in Betracht gezogen, was zu
scharfem Spiel führen würde}) 15... bxc5 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Nxd5 Qb5 18. Nc7 Qb8
19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Ba5 Re8 21. dxc5 {and there is no way to heal the wounds in
the black position. und die Wunden in der schwarzen Stellung sind unheilbar.})
14... Ne4 ({The only possibility of maintaining the tension was the amazing
Die einzige Möglichkeit, die Spannung aufrechtzuerhalten, war das
verblüffende} 14... Qb2 $1 {This is actually logical - in order to save
yourself from wild animals you have to get closer to them and show that you
are not afraid of them. Easier said than done. Eigentlich ist es logisch - um
sich vor wilden Tieren zu retten, muss man ihnen näherkommen und zeigen, dass
man sie nicht fürchtet. Leichter gesagt, als getan...}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4
Rb8 {This came after a long period of thought. Simpler moves led to unpleasant
endgames in which the white pawns d4-c5 represent important trump cards. Das
folgte nach langem Nachdenken. Einfachere Züge führten zu unangenehmen
Endspielen, in denen die weißen Bauern d4-c5 wichtige Trümpfe darstellen.}
17. Bxh7+ ({The consequences of Die Folgen von} 17. Bxc6 a5 {were not really
clear to me. waren mir nicht ganz klar.}) ({I also considered (the stronger)
Ich habe auch (das stärkere)} 17. Qc2 {but what worried me about it was the
possibility of betrachtet, aber dabei störte mich die Möglichkeit} Nf6 {
; If the continuation in the game had not been so tempting, I would perhaps
have taken a closer look and found the reply ; wäre die Partiefortsetzung
nicht so verlockend gewesen, hätte ich vielleicht genauer hingeschaut und die
Erwiderung} 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Ne5 {with the terrible threat of Nc4. mit der
schrecklichen Drohung Nc4 gefunden.}) 17... Kxh7 ({In the event of Im Falle von
} 17... Kf8 {there is the very strong ist} 18. Qc2 bxc5 19. Ne5 {when White's
attack brings in material dividends. sehr stark - der weiße Angriff bringt
materielle Dividenden.}) 18. Ng5+ Kg8 {The only move, after which the moves
are forced for a while. Der einzige Zug, nach dem sich das Spiel eine Zeit
lang forciert entwickelt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von} 18... Kg6 19. Qg4 f5
20. Qg3 Kf6 (20... f4 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qh4 {with a decisive attack. mit
entscheidendem Angriff}) 21. d5 {the black pieces are too passive to be able
to completely defend their king. sind die schwarzen Figuren zu passiv, um
ihren König vollwertig verteidigen zu können.}) 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21.
Qc7 Bd7 22. Nf7+ Kh7 {I too thought that the king was worse placed on g8 than
on h7. Auch ich dachte, dass der König auf g8 schlechter steht, als auf h7.}
23. Nxd8 Rc8 24. Qxb6 ({When the situation of the opposing king on h7 is taken
into account, White has the interesting option of In Anbetracht der Lage des
gegnerischen Königs auf h7 verfügte Weiß über die interessante Möglichkeit
} 24. Qf4 Rxd8 25. e4 {with the threat of 26.e5, but I steered a course
towards the position which I had calcualted in advance. mit der Drohung 26.e5,
aber ich steuerte auf die Stellung aus meiner Vorausberechnung los.}) 24... Nd5
25. Qa7 Rxd8 26. e4 Qd3 {We both considered this move to be the strongest
continuation; but in reality it is a mistake. Diesen Zug hielten wir beide
für die stärkste Fortsetzung, in Wirklichkeit aber ist es ein Fehler.} ({
When calculating 17.Bxh7+ I reached the position which would now appear after
Beim Berechnen von 17.Bxh7+ kam ich zur Position, die nun nach} 26... Nf6 27.
Bg5 Qxb4 (27... Kg6 {is bad on account of ist schlecht wegen} 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29.
Qc7 Ke7 30. d5) 28. e5 Qxd4 29. exf6 gxf6 {and I thought I would be able to
find something in it for White. To my amazement I am obliged to admit that in
this case after aufs Brett kommen würde, und dachte, dass sich dort für
Weiß etwas finden ließe. Zu meiner Verwunderung muss ich zugeben, dass der
Anziehende in diesem Fall nach} 30. Qc7 Rf8 31. Be3 {White is only slightly
better. nur etwas besser steht.}) 27. exd5 Qxd2 28. Qc7 Qg5 29. dxc6 {It is
astonishing, but this natural move turns out to be a blunder which costs White
all of his advantage. Erstaunlich, aber dieser natürliche Zug erweist sich
als ein grober Fehler, der den Weißen seinen ganzen Vorteil kostet.} ({
After the best move Nach dem besten} 29. d6 {Black has only a few
possibilities for counterplay, so that White would be able to gradually
activate his rook and decide the game in his favour. hat Schwarz nur wenige
Gegenspielmöglichkeiten, sodass der Anziehende imstande sein würde, seinen
Turm allmählich zu aktivieren und die Partie für sich zu entscheiden. As he
does so, however, he must see that Dabei muss man übrigens sehen, dass} e5 30.
dxe5 Bh3 {does not work on account of wegen} 31. Qxc6 {. In the final position
the white queen has everything under control. nicht funktioniert - in der
Endstellung hält die weiße Dame alles unter Kontrolle.}) 29... Bc8 (29... Be8
{loses material after verliert Material nach} 30. Qb7) 30. h3 Qd5 ({After Auf} 
30... e5 {then gewinnt} 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 {wins, because the white queen
and rook get into the game. , weil die weißen Dame und Turm ins Spiel kommen.}
) 31. Rd1 e5 {This delay costs Black the game. Diese Verzögerung kostet den
Schwarzen die Partie.} ({He could save himself by attacking the f2-square by
means of Die Rettung bestand im Angriff auf den Punkt f2 mittels} 31... Rf8 {
- after - nach} 32. Qd6 ({or oder} 32. Rd3 Qe4) 32... Qb3 33. Qxf8 Qxd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxd4 {The struggle would end in a draw. würde der Kampf unentschieden
enden.}) 32. Rd3 {The rook disrupts the black position. Der Turm bringt
Dissonanz in die schwarze Stellung.} exd4 33. Qe7 Bf5 ({There was the more
resilient Zäher wäre} 33... Rg8) 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. Qh4+ {Of course, there are
several mistakes in this game but the content is worthy of study. Natürlich
gibt es in dieser Partie mehrere Fehler, dafür aber einen würdigen Inhalt.}
1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Be5 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Qc2+ Kh8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Qd7 20. O-O-O f6 21.
e4 fxe5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. Rhf1 Be3 30. g3 d4 31. gxf4 Qe7 32. Rde1 Rd7 33. Nd1
Nd5 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qf5 Qe8 37. Rfe1 b6 38. a3 $6 (38. Ka1 Qf8
39. Qe5 $16) 38... Kh8 39. Kb2 a5 $2 (39... e2 40. Rc2 Qe3 $14) 40. Rc4 $6 (40.
Rcd1 Qg8 41. Qe5 $18) 40... Nf6 $16 41. Qe5 Qf8 42. Qxe3 b5 43. Rd4 b4 44. a4
Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Nxh5 46. Re5 Nxf4 47. Rxa5 Ne6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Ra6 Qf6+ 50. Ka2
Qe5 51. Qb2 Qxb2+ 52. Kxb2 Nf4 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bc3 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ g6
21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxe3 27.
Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5
33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5 37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5
39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+
Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Hofheim MVT"]
[Site "Hofheim"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kettner, Uwe"]
[Black "Fischer, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Na6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3
Re8 9. h3 c5 10. O-O Bf8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Nd7 14. e5 Nxe5 15.
Nce4 Qe7 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Rh4 Ng4 21.
Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Bh6 Qe5 24. Bxg7+ Ke7 25. Bxf6+ Qxf6 26. Nxf6 Rh8
27. Qe4+ Kxf6 28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. Qxg4+ Kf8 30. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik without so much as a struggle and had
spent the previous evening disgusted with my play. There was no way I could be
bothered playing some boring Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some
improvement on move 45 leading to a difficult ending etc. I felt that it would
be better to go down in style than to do something like that. Now, how does a
move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.
Nf3 can lead to positions even more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least
they would be NEW boring positions!! The previous day, I had lost to Kramnik
without so much as a struggle and had spent the previous evening disgusted
with my play. There was no way I could be bothered playing some boring
Caro-Kann and trying to deal with some improvement on move 45 leading to a
difficult ending etc. I felt that it would be better to go down in style than
to do something like that. Now, how does a move like 1.Nf3 allow me to get
interesting positions?? Well, to be honest, 1.Nf3 can lead to positions even
more boring than after 1.e4 c6, but at least they would be NEW boring
positions!! Am Tag zuvor hatte ich praktisch kampflos gegen Kramnik verloren
und den Abend damit verbracht, mich von meinem Spiel anwidern zu lassen. Auf
keinen Fall wollte ich mich auf irgendeine langweilige Caro-Kann-Variante
einlassen, um zu versuchen, mit irgendeiner Verbesserung im 45. Zug fertig zu
werden, die zu einem schwierigen Endspiel führt usw. Ich fand, es wäre
besser, stilvol unterzugehen, als so etwas zu tun. Nun, und wie erlaubt mir
ein Zug wie 1.Nf3, interessante Stellungen zu bekommen?? Also, um ehrlich zu
sein, 1. Nf3 kann zu sogar noch langweiligeren Stellungen führen als 1.e4 c6,
aber wenigstens würden es NEUE langweilige Stellungen sein!!} 1. Nf3 d5 {
Aha! Not so boring, maybe? He had played this against Topalov and I had an
idea... Aha! Doch nicht so langweilige, vielleicht? So hatte er auch gegen
Topalov gespielt, und ich hatte da eine Idee...} 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 {
And I played this without hesitating. Maybe 4.e3 some other time, but I just
wanted to liven things up immediately. Und dies spielte ich ohne Zögern. Ein
andermal vielleicht 4.e3, aber ich wollte einfach sofort Leben in die Bude
bringen.} b5 {This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation.
The usual line is This looks risky, though it is not easy to find a refutation.
Dies sieht riskant aus, wenngleich es nicht leicht ist, eine Widerlegung zu
finden.} 5. a4 c6 (5... Bb7 {Dolmatov} 6. axb5 Bxe4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5 $14) 6. axb5 (6. b3 {Kramnik} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 {White stays better, Davies,
N-Hartman,C/Open Osterskars 1995}) (6. Nc3 {Kramnik} b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Ba6
9. Qc2 b3 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bd6 $1 {with mutual chances, Zakharevich,
I-Makarov,M/ch-RUS, Elista 1996}) 6... cxb5 7. b3 {He had already started
thinking a lot and I knew that he wasn't familiar with this opening. There
isn't much to know though, only a game Yermolinsky-Kupreichik. Er hatte
bereits begonnen, lange zu überlegen, und ich wusste, dass er mit dieser
Eröffnung nicht vertraut war. Allerdings gibt es da nicht allzuviel zu kennen,
lediglich die eine Partie Yermolinsky-Kupreichik.} Bb7 {In case of In case of}
(7... Nf6 8. bxc4 Nxe4 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {Kupreichik,
not being one of the most solid players I know could play this. I suspected
that Karpov, if confronted with this would find another solution. Kramnik
Kupreichik, nicht einer der allersolidesten Spieler, könnte dies bestimmt
spielen. Ich vermutete, dass Karpov, wenn damit konfrontiert, eine andere
Lösung finden würde.} 12. dxc5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Be3 Nc6
16. Nbd2 Ke7 17. Rxh1 f6 $13 {Yermolinsky,A-Kupreichik,V/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) (
7... Bb4+ {Kramnik} 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 {White is ahead on development and
has better chances}) 8. bxc4 Bxe4 (8... bxc4 {Kramnik} 9. Bxc4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 {
with dangerous initiative}) 9. cxb5 {White already has a significant advantage
on the queenside - the a-file and P b5 vs Pa7. Weiß hat bereits einen
bedeutenden Vorteil am Damenflügel - die a-Linie sowie P b5 gegen Pa7.} (9.
Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Bb7 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. g3
a5 15. Bg2 Bb4 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb3 Rc8 18. Ba3 Ba4 19. Re3 Nc6 20. Ra1 Ra7 21.
Ne4 {1-0 Bareev,E-Semkov,S/Vrnjacka Banja (10)/1987/ (40)}) 9... Nf6 10. Be2 (
10. Bd3 $6 {Dolmatov} Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6
15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 $15 {Khalifman,A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg/1994/}
(17... Be7 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nbd2 Rc8 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc2 22. h4
h6 23. Kh2 Ba3 24. Nd2 Qf5 {0-1 Khalifman, A-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg (05) 10'/1994/}
)) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4+ $5 {Dolmatov} 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Bd5 13. O-O O-O
14. Nc4 Nbd7) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Nc4 a6 14. b6 Nc6
15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Ncxb4 18. Ra5 Nc6 19. Ra4 Nf4 20. Re1 Rb8 21.
Bf1 Ng6 22. Rd1 Nce7 23. Nfe5 Nf5 {0-1 Lutz,C-Schlosser,P/Berlin Lasker (08)/
1989/ (38)}) 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 {Otherwise Black cannot comlete the
development. However, this weakens the queenside. Ansonsten kann Schwarz seine
Entwicklung nicht abschließen. Dies schwächt jedoch den Damenflügel.} (13...
Bb4 14. Bb2 a6 (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 (15... a6 16. Bf3 $1 $14 (16. Ba5 Qd5
$1 17. Bf3 Qxb5)) 16. Nf3 $14) 15. Bf3) (13... Nd5 $5 {Psakhis} 14. Bb2 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Qd5 16. Bf3 $140 Qxb5 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd5) (13... Nbd7 $5 {
Ftacnik} 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. bxc6 Rc8 $5 16. cxd7 (16. d5 exd5 17. cxd7 Rxc3 18.
Rxa7 Rc7 $15) 16... Rxc3 17. Rxa7 Rc7 $10) 14. Bf3 Nd5 {Typically, Karpov
finds the safest solution, leaving him with a slight disadvantage.
Typischerweise findet Karpov die sicherste Lösung, wonach er mit leichtem
Nachteil verbleibt.} (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Re1 $1 Bb4 (16... Nd5 17.
Bb2 $1) 17. Bb2 {And Black still has to unravel his queenside. und Schwarz
muss noch immer seinen Damenflügel entwirren.}) (14... Qb6 $5 {Dolmatov
Dolmatov} 15. Nc4 (15. Rb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd7 $10) (15. Be3 $5 {Psakhis Psakhis
}) 15... Qc7 16. b6 Qxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qxd4 19. Bxa8 Qxb6 $10) (14...
Qc7 {Ftacnik} 15. Bf4 $1 Bd6 16. b6 $16) 15. Nxd5 exd5 (15... Bxd5 {Kramnik}
16. Qe2 {and White is clearly better.} (16. Bf4 $14 {Dolmatov Ftacnik} Ra7) (
16. Bf4 $14 {Ftacnik})) 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Qb3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qxb5 {
also with some advantage, but I had no interest in trying to play some slight
advantage that day. , ebenfalls mit einigem Übergewicht, aber ich hatte an
jenem Tag keine Lust zu versuchen, irgendeinen leichten Vorteil zu verwerten.})
16... Qb6 (16... f6 {was necessary. After ist kaum besser:} 17. Nd3 Re8 (17...
axb5 {Dolmatov} 18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Qb3 Ra5 20. Rxa5 Qxa5 21. Nf4 $16) 18. Nf4 Kh8
{Black can hold Psakhis} 19. Bh5 $1 $18 {(Psakhis)} g6 (19... Rf8 20. Ne6) (
19... Rg8 20. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6 Kg7 22. Qg4
Rh8 23. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 24. Rb3 f5 25. Qxf5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $18) 17. Be2 $3 {
[#] The point. White can swing his B over to d3 now. I considered moves like
17.Qd3, but I realized that this was the strongest move - the bishop has no
more work on f3. Die Pointe. Weiß kann nun seinen Läufer nach d3
überführen. Ich erwog auch Züge wie 17.Qd3, aber ich begriff, dass dieser
Zug am stärksten war - der Läufer hat auf f3 nichts mehr zu tun.} axb5 {
There is no other way - 17...a5 would eave White with the monster on b5. Es
gibt nichts anders - nach 17...a5 würde Weiß mit dem Monster auf b5
verbleiben.} 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 {Here, I spent a few seconds
checking 21.Rxd5 which leaves White with an extra pawn, but as I mentioned
earlier I couldn't be bothered. I saw Bxh7+ and didn't waste any more time on
Rxd5. I then spent some time analysing Bxh7+, and didn't see a defence for
Black. I then realized that I was too excited to analsye and decided to get it
over with. He had hardly any time left already and I was sure that he wouldn't
find a defence. Baburin: In this position which is clearly superior for him,
White does not settle for a pawn after 21 Rxd5, but instead launches a
devastating blow: Ftacniik: Annad unleashed a spectacular attack with bishop
sacrifice. An dieser Stelle prüfte ich ein paar Sekunden lang 21.Rxd5, wonach
Weiß mit einem Mehrbauern verbleibt, aber wie bereits erwähnt, hatte ich
daran kein Interesse. Ich sah Bxh7+ und verschwendete keine Zeit mehr mit Rxd5.
Ich analysierte Bxh7+ eine Zeit lang und sah keine Verteidigung für Schwarz.
Dann wurde mir klar, dass ich zum Rechnen zu aufgeregt war und beschloss, es
hinter mich zu bringen. Er hatte bereits kaum noch Bedenkzeit und ich war
sicher, dass er keine Verteidigung finden würde. Anand beginnt einen
spektakulären Angriff mit einem Läuferopfer.} 21. Bxh7+ $1 {In the press
centre they expected 21.Rxd5, but my close friend Mauricio Perea knew
immediately that I would play 21.Bxh7+! and he tried to work out all the
details. Kramnik: Brilliant sacrifice, which was underestimated by Karpov.
Brilliant sacrifice, which was underestimated by Karpov. Petursson: This is
the most amazing sacrifice in the CBM 57. Specially, considering who is
playing Black. Im Pressezentrum erwartete man 21. Rxd5, aber mein enger Freund
Mauricio Perea wusste sofort, dass ich 21.Bxh7+! spielen würde, und versuchte,
alle Details auszuarbeiten.} (21. Rxd5 Nc6) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 {
Baburin: This is the point - White shifts the rook to the h-file. Baburin: Das
ist die Pointe - Weiß schwenkt mit seinem Turm auf die h-Linie.} Bxe5 $2 {
This loses trivially. During the game I was worried about 23...Bc8 more than
23...f6, but later analysis suggests that the latter was the best move. The
only move. The only move. The desire to get rid of the annoying e5-knight is
very understandable but here Black misses a chance to put up more resistance.
After this it seems clear that Black is lost. But a defense is hard to find.
Dies verliert trivial. Während der Partie machte ich mir mehr Sorgen wegen 23.
..Bc8 als wegen 23...f6, aber die spätere Analyse ergab, das letzteres der
bessere Zug war - und der einzige. Der Wunsch, den lästigen Springer e5 zu
eliminieren, ist sehr verständlich, aber hier verpasst Schwarz eine
Möglichkeit, härteren Widerstand zu leisten.} (23... f6 $1 24. Rh3 fxe5 25.
dxe5 Qc4 $1 (25... Rxf4 26. e6 Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 {Kramnik} (28...
Kxe6 29. Re1+ $1 Re4 30. Rh6+ $18 (30. Rh6+ Kf5 31. Qf6+ Kg4 32. h3# $18)) 29.
Rh8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qxc7 $18) 26. Re1 {Much simpler - White doesn't
invest too much material. Viel einfacher - Weiß investiert nicht allzuviel
Material..} (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kf6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re1+ $1 $18) (27... Ke8
28. Qg6+ Kd8 29. Bg5+ Kc8 30. Rc1 $16) 28. Bg5+ (28. Rh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kf5 (
29... Ke7 30. Bg5+ $18) 30. g4+ Ke4 31. Re1+ Qe2 $1 (31... Kd3 32. Qg6+ Kd4 33.
Bxd6 {Fritz will probably tell you more than I could, but 31... Qe2 is good.
Fritz wird Ihnen wahrscheinlich mehr verraten, als ich es könnte, aber 31...
Qe2 ist gut.}) 32. Rxe2+ Bxe2 33. Bxd6 (33. e7 $145 $1 Bxe7 34. Bc1 Bxg4 35.
Qe3+ Kf5 36. Qxe7 $18) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Bf1+ $1 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kh4 Rh3+ $19
) 28... Kxe6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Rc3 Nd7 32. Rxc4+ Bxc4 $13 {
White has a lot of pawns on the kingside, but since Black's king is now safe
he can activate his pieces. Weiß hat eine Menge Bauern am Königsflügel,
aber da der König des Schwarzen jetzt sicher steht, kann er seine Figuren
aktivieren.}) 26... Qxf4 $8 ({Deserve attention Aufmerksamkeit verdient} 26...
Qb4 27. Bd2 $5 (27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ (28. Rhe3 Be7 29. Bh6) 28... Ke8 29. Qg6+
Kd8 30. Qg5+ Kc8 $19) 27... Qxd2 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ (30. exd6+
$2 Kxd6 31. Qg6+ Kc5 $19 32. Rb1 Nc6 $1 $19) 30... Kd8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qxf8+
Kc7 33. Rb1 {Baburin (Baburin )} (33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ $11) 33... Qd3 $13) 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. exd6 Nc6 $8 (28... Re8 29. Qh5+ g6 30. Re7+ $3 {Fritz Fritz} Rxe7
(30... Kf6 31. Qf3 $1 $18) 31. Qh7+ Kf6 (31... Kf8 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Qxg6+ Kxe7
34. Rh7+ $18) 32. Qxe7+ Kf5 33. Qf8+ $1 Ke5 34. Re3+ $18) 29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3
Bc4 {And here, both 31.h4 and Kh1 are dangerous. Still, over the board, to
find your way through the complications with limited time isn't the easiest
task and Karpov didn't manage this time. Und her sind sowohl 31.h4 als auch
Kh1 gefährlich. Dennoch, sich bei begrenzter Bedenkzeit in den Komplikationen
zurecht zu finden, ist nicht die allerleichteste Aufgabe, und diesmal schaffte
es Karpov nicht.}) (23... Bc8 $6 {I hadn't analysed this move well. Later I
asked Karpov what he saw against it and he said that he assumed 24.Rg3 won. I
showed him 24...Qe7 and we thought that this would have saved Black. Later
Dzindzi (according to my second, Ubilava) found the way for White. Diesen Zug
hatte ich nicht tief analysiert. Hinterher fragte ich Karpov, was er dagegen
gesehen hatte, und er sagte, er vermutete, dass 24.Rg3 gewinnen würde. Ich
zeigte ihm 24...Qe7, und wir dachten, dass dies Schwarz gerettet hätte.
Später entdeckte Dzindzi (laut meinem Sekundanten Ubilava) für Weiß den Weg
zum Sieg.} 24. Rg3 (24. g4 $2 Ra3 $1) (24. Ng6 $6 fxg6 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+
(26. Qxa8 Qxf4 27. g3 Qxd4 $19) 26... Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Nc6 $17) 24... Qe7 (24...
Ra3 25. Rc1 (25. Rxg7+ $6 Kxg7 26. Bh6+ Kf6 (26... Kh8 27. Bg5+ Kg8 28. Bf6 $18
) 27. Re1 $1 Rg8 28. Qh4+ Ke6 (28... Kf5 29. Qf4+ Ke6 30. Nd3+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+
Kc6 32. Rc1+ Kb6 33. Rxc7 $18) 29. Ng4+ Kd7 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Rc1+ Kb7 32. Nxg8
Rc3) 25... Qd8 26. f3 Be7 27. Bh6 Bf6 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Qh6 $18) 25. Bh6 $1 (
25. Bg5 Qe6 (25... f6 26. Ng6 (26. Bh6 fxe5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29.
Qg5+ Kf7 $13) 26... Qd8 27. Nxf8 Bxg3 28. Qh7+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Be6
31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Bxf6 $1 Qe8 33. Qxg3+ Kd7 34. Qb3 $18) 26. Bh6 (26. Rh3 {
Kramnik} Qxh3 27. gxh3 f6 28. Ng6 fxg5 29. Nxf8 Bxf8 30. Qxg5) 26... Bxe5 27.
dxe5 g6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13 (28... Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 $13)) (25. Qh6 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
f6 27. Bd6 Qf7 28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Qf4 Nd7 $13) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27. e6 $3
{Dzindzi} Bxe6 (27... Qxe6 28. Bxf8 $18 Nd7 29. Bh6 $18) (27... Qf6 28. Bxf8 (
28. exf7+ Kh7 (28... Kxf7 29. Qxd5+ Be6 30. Qxa8) 29. Qxd5 Kxh6 30. Qxa8 Bf5
31. Re1 Nd7 $14) 28... Bxe6 29. Qh6 $18) 28. Qe5 f6 29. Rxg6+ $18 Kh7 30. Qh5
$18) 24. Rh3 f6 (24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe5 Qd7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Bxg7 $18) 25.
dxe5 $18 Qe7 {Baburin: Other options were no better:} (25... Qc4 26. Re1 $1 (
26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kxe6 (27... Ke8 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Re1 {
winning} (30. Rb1 $18)) 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Qxg7+ Kc6 30. Qc7+ Kb5 31. Rb1+ {wins}
(31. Rb1+ {Baburin} Ka4 32. Qa5+ Kxa5 33. Ra3+ Qa4 34. Bc7#)) 26... Qxf4 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. e6+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ $18) (25... Qd7 {Kramnik Psakhis} 26. Qh7+ Kf7
27. exf6 Kxf6 (27... Rg8 28. Re1 $18) 28. Re1 Be2 29. Rg3 $18) (25... Bxf1 $2 {
Kramnik} 26. e6 {with mate} (26. e6 {Ftacnik} Qxf4 27. Qh8#)) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
Rg3 Ke8 (27... Rg8 28. Qg6+ (28. exf6 {Kramnik} Qxf6 29. Bg5 {wins} (29. Bg5 {
Ftacnik} Qe6 30. Rf3+ Ke8 31. Re3 $18)) 28... Kf8 29. exf6 {And Black can't
recapture und Schwarz kann nicht zurückschlagen.}) 28. Rxg7 Qe6 29. exf6 Nc6 {
White is winning in all variations White is winning in all variations} (29...
Rxf6 {Kramnik} 30. Bg5 (30. Rg8+ Rf8 31. Qh5+ Qf7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rg7 Qxg7 34.
Qxd5+ Kc8 35. Rc1+ Nc6 36. Rxc6+) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Dolmatov Baburin Petursson}) (
30. Qh5+ $18 {Dolmatov}) (30. Qh5+ $18 {Baburin}) (30. Qh5+ {Petursson})) (
29... Bxf1 {Ftacnik} 30. Re7+ $18) 30. Ra1 Kd8 31. h4 {To clear the back rank
- it's always nice to have time for the details. Um das Grundreihenmotiv
auszuschalten - es ist immer nett, Zeit für die Kleinigkeiten zu haben.} Bb7
32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Ra1 {I felt it would be better to have the rook on d1 and I
was sure that Karpov would be grateful to repeat moves to get to the time
control... Mir schien es besser, den Turm auf d1 zu haben, und ich war sicher,
dass Karpov dankbar die Züge wiederholen würde, um die Zeitkontrolle zu
schaffen..} Bb7 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Qb1 $1 Rxf6 36. Bg5 $138 {Karpov lost on time
playing 36...Kc8. Obviously I was delighted to have won after a loss, but I
was especially happy with the way I won. Beim Ausführen von 36...Kc8
überschritt Karpov die Zeit. Natürlich freute ich mich, nach einem Verlust
gewonnen zu haben; besonders glücklich aber war ich über die Art und Weise.}
Kc8 37. Qb6 $18 (37. Qh7) 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 2019"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qg4
Ne5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Ba6 21. d4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bb7 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. h4 Bd5
27. g4 a5 28. Bf4 b5 29. h5 a4 30. Kg3 Bb3 31. g5 fxg5 32. Bxg5 Bd5 33. Bf4 Bc4
34. Be5 Bd5 35. Kg4 Bc4 36. Bd6 Bd5 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Bc5 Bd5 39. Bb4 Bc6 40. Bc3
Bd5 41. Kg4 Bc6 42. f4 Bd5 43. Bb4 Bc6 44. Bd6 Be4 45. Kg5 Bc2 46. Be5 Be4 47.
Bc7 Bc2 48. Bd6 Bd3 49. Be5 Be4 50. Bc7 Bc2 51. Ba5 Bd3 52. Bc3 Bc2 53. f5 Bxf5
54. d5 Be4 55. d6 Bc6 56. Kf4 Bd7 57. Be5 Bc6 58. Ke3 Be8 59. Kd4 Kf8 60. Kc5
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 2019"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7
21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. e5 f5 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. Re3
f4 28. Ref3 Bd5 29. Rh3 Be6 30. Be7+ Bxh3 31. Bxf8 Be6 32. Ne4 Kg8 33. Ng5 Kxf8
34. Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Nxf4 Rd2 36. Rf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40.
Rg3 Kf7 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kg4 45. Rb4+ Kh5 46.
g3 Ra1 47. Kh3 a5 48. g4+ Kh6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. h5 a4 51. Ra6 a3 52. Kh4 a2 53.
Kg5 Kh7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. g5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Baburin: Positions with the isolated d-pawn were often on the menu in the
recent match in Elista; both sides playing with the isolani had their own
achievements and losses. As usual we start with the games in which the isolani
proved its dynamic strength. Our first few games illustrate the power of the
thematic d4-d5 thrust.} 1. e4 {Blatny,P Gurevich,M Baburin King} c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nf6 {Karpovs specialty, since he thus manages to make
coordination of white's pieces a much more challenging matter.} (11... Ndb4) (
11... Nxc3) (11... Bf6) 12. Ne4 {Baburin: White protects the d4-pawn by
tactical means and prevents the development of the black c8-bishop on the long
diagonal at the same time, as now 12...b6? loses to 13 Nxf6+ Bxf6 14 Qe4.} (12.
Be3 Nb4 13. Bc4 a6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. Bg5
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Rab1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,
D-Gerber,R/Cannes op (01)/1995/ (43)}) 12... Bd7 {Baburin: Two games later in
the match Karpov came up with an important improvment - 12...Qb6, and won a
nice game, which we will examine later on in this database.} (12... Nxd4 $2 13.
Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bc3 Qd8 (14... Qb6 {Gurevich,M} 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 $16) 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qe4 (17. Bxf6 {Baburin} Qxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Rxd7 $16) 17... g6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxb7 Rad8 20. Bf1 $16) (12... Qb6 $5 13.
a3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Nc4
Qa6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Qf4 Bd5 $15 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Elista FIDE Wch(04)}) 13.
Rad1 Rc8 (13... Qb6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4
Rad8 19. h5 Ne7 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. h6+ Kf7 24. Nd2 Bc8 25.
Ne4 Qf4 26. Qh3 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch (04)/1995/ (46)}) 14. Rfe1
(14. Nxf6+ $5 {Gurevich,M} Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 (17. h4 $5) (17.
h4 $5 {Blatny,P})) 14... Nd5 {Baburin: Perhaps Black should have preferred 14..
.Nxe4, although even then White would keep the initiative after 15 Qxe4 g6 16
a3.} 15. Nc3 {Baburin: An excellent decision - the white knight has completed
its mission on e4 and now White puts pressure on the blockading black knight.}
Nf6 (15... Ncb4 {Baburin} 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Ne5 $40) (15... Re8 {Baburin} 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 $16) (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 $16) 16. a3 (16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 (
17. Nxd5 {Gurevich,M} Bxg5 $13) 17... Ncxe7 $13) 16... Qc7 {Baburin: As often
happends in positions with the d4-isolani, Black has problems finding a safe
place for his queen; after 16...Qb6 White would probably respond like in the
game - 17 Bg5.} (16... Qb6 {Gurevich,M} 17. Bg5 $36) 17. Bg5 Qa5 $2 {Baburin:
A mistake in a difficult position, Black should have tried to prevent the
forthcoming Bxf6 & d4-d5!, by playing 17...Rfe8. In that case White might
continue 18 Bb1, with the idea of Qe2-d3 and then d4-d5 - White would
certainly have a great attacking position, but Black could put up some
resistance, while after 17...Qa5? he just loses.} (17... Rfe8 $142) (17... h6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 $1 $36 Bxc3 20. dxc6 Bxe1 21. cxd7 $16) 18. d5 $1 {
If white can break through the center on this vital square black is usually in
deep trouble. Baburin: This time the main reason behind the success of this
thematic break in the centre is the lack of protection of the d7-bishop.
Gurevich,M: Thematic break in the center.Just compare..} exd5 (18... Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Bxg5 (19... exd5 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Bb4 (21. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (21... Kxh7 22.
Ng5+ Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. Qh5 $18) 23. Qd3+ Bf5 24. Qg3 Qa4 25. Ne4+ Kh7 26. Qh4+
Kg8 27. Nf6+ $18) 22. Ne5 (22. Ng5 $2 Rxe7 23. Be4 g6 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5
Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nb4 $17) 22... Rxe7 23. Qh5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bxd7 $40 Qd2 $2 28. Qb1 $1 $16) 21... Nxb4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qd2
$18) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nxg5+ Kh6 (21... Kg8 22. Qh5 $18) 22. b4 Qd8 (22...
Qxa3 $2 23. Rd3 $1 $18) 23. h4 exd5 24. Rxd5 $18) (18... Nb8 19. d6 Bd8 (19...
Bxd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 $16) 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. Ne5 $16) 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Rxd5 Bxc3 {Baburin: This is Black's best
chance, although it does not save the game. Gurevich,M: the best chance under
circumstances} (21... Qc7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Rxd7 $16) (21... Qb6 22. Rxd7 Rfe8 (
22... Bxc3 23. Qd3+ g6 24. Qxc3 $16) 23. Ne4 $5 $40) 22. Rxa5 {White does not
need to get involved in the complications, arising after 22 Ng5+?! Kg6 23 Qd3+
f5 24 bxc Qa6, as the text is simply winning.} (22. Ng5+ Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. Qe4
$1 g6 (23... f5 24. Qh4 $18) 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Ne4+ Ke7 27. Nxc3+
$18) (22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Rxd7+ $18) 23.
Qd3+ f5 24. bxc3 $36) 22... Bxa5 (22... Bxe1 23. Ng5+ (23. Rh5+ Kg8 24. Qxe1
Bg4 25. Rh4 Bxf3 $14) 23... Kg6 24. Rd5 $18 (24. Rd5 Rce8) (24. Qd3+ f5 25. Rd5
$36)) 23. b4 {/\24.Qd3+ /\24.Qd3} Kg8 (23... Bxb4 24. axb4 Kg8 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26.
Ng5 $18) 24. bxa5 Bg4 {Karpov is extremely tough player to beat, in a
difficult position he tries to put a lot of resistance.} (24... Rfe8 25. Qd3 (
25. Qd2 Bg4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $132 27. h3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 a6 $13) 25... Bg4 26. h3
Bxf3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxf3 Nxa5 $14) (24... Nxa5 25. Qd2 $18) 25. a6 {
King: The a-pawn gives itself up in order to destabilise the black position.
Having lost its most secure guard, the knight on c6 is in permanent trouble.
The rest of the game bears this out. Karpov must not only defend the knight in
order to hold the queenside, but also attempt to guard the kingside at the
same time (which he very nearly succeeds in doing).} bxa6 (25... Nd4 26. Qe4
Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Be6 28. axb7 $18) 26. Qe4 Bxf3 (26... Bh5 27. Ng5 Bg6 28. Qa4
$16) 27. Qxf3 Rfe8 28. Ra1 {Baburin: Keeping the rooks on the board, White
lessens Black's chances to build a fortress. White is technically winning.
King: A brilliant move. Kamsky correctly appreciates that he will have a
greater chance of breaking down the fortress if he keeps his rook on the board.
I think that 28 Rf1 would have done just as well, but moving the rook to the d,
c, or b- files would have given Black the chance to offer an exchange of rooks
again.} (28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. h4 Re6 $16) 28... Re6 29. h3 Rd8 30. Qc3 Rdd6 31.
Rb1 Rd7 32. Qc4 a5 (32... Rdd6 33. Qxa6 $18) 33. Rb5 {Gurevich,M: /\34.Rc5
leaving black just to wait and see. /\34.Rc5} Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Rf5 Rd4 (
35... Ne5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rxf7 $18) 36. Qc3 Rdd6 (36... g6 37. Rxa5 Rdd6 38.
Rc5 $16) 37. Rc5 Rf6 38. Rc4 {[><d4] ><d4} Rfe6 39. Rc5 Rf6 40. Qe3 Rfe6 41.
Qg3 Rg6 42. Qb3 {[/\Qb3-b7-c7] /\Qb3-b7-c7} Rgf6 43. Qb7 Rfe6 44. Qc7 Rf6 45.
f4 $1 {King: Kamsky begins the pawn storm on the kingside. Karpov is unable to
hold his position together.} g6 (45... Rfe6 46. f5 Rf6 47. g4 g5 48. h4 Rh6 49.
Kg1 gxh4 50. g5 Rd1+ 51. Kf2 $18) 46. f5 $1 gxf5 (46... g5 47. g4 $18) 47. Rxf5
Rde6 (47... Rxf5 48. Qxd6 $18 Ne5 49. g4 (49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxa7 Ng6 $16) 49...
Rf2+ (49... Rg5 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qf6 $18 {/\52.Kg3}) 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Qd8+ Kg7
52. Qxa5 $18) 48. Rh5 Rh6 49. Qg3+ Kf8 (49... Reg6 50. Rxh6 $18 (50. Rxh6 Rxg3
51. Kxg3 $18)) (49... Rhg6 50. Qc3 Rh6 51. Rf5 $18) 50. Rd5 Rhg6 51. Qf2 $138
Rgf6 52. Qb2 Ke7 (52... Rd6 53. Rxd6 Rxd6 54. g4 $18) 53. Rh5 Rh6 54. Rb5 Rhf6
55. Qc3 Kf8 56. Rh5 Rh6 57. Rf5 Rhg6 (57... Ke7 58. Qg7 Rhf6 (58... Ref6 59.
Rxf6 Rxf6 60. Qg5 Ke6 61. h4 $18) 59. Qg5 a6 60. h4 $18) 58. Qf3 {Gurevich,M:
><f7 destroing black`s "fortress". קf7} Rg7 (58... Re7 59. Qf4 Ke8 60. h4 $18)
59. Qf4 Kg8 60. Qc7 Kf8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Rd5 Kf6 (62... Rh7 63. Qc7+ Kf6 64.
Rd6 $18 (64. Rd6 {Blatny,P} Ne5 65. Rxe6+ Kxe6 66. Qxa7)) (62... Rgg6 63. h4 (
63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Qh8+ $18) 63... Rh6 64. h5 Rhf6 65. Kh3 Rh6 66. g4 $18) 63.
Qh8 Re4 (63... Ne5 64. Qh6+ Rg6 65. Qf4+ Kg7 66. Rxe5 $18) 64. Rh5 Ne7 65. Rh7
(65. Rh7 Nf5 66. Rxg7 Nxg7 67. Qh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Bh7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Ne5
Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. b4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. b5
Rfe8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd7
Ke8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rd8 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Rf5 40.
Ke2 h5 41. g3 Rb7 42. Raxd5 Rb2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd5 44. Rxb2 Kf6 45. f3 Kg6 46. Rb4
Ra5 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Ra3 50. Re4 f5 51. Re5 Ra2 52. Re6+ Kg7
53. e4 fxe4 54. Rxe4 Kf6 55. Re2 Ra3 56. Kg2 Ra4 57. Rb2 Ra3 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59.
Re6 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra3 61. Re1 Kg6 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Rb1 Kg6 64. f4 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Rf2
66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. Kh4 Rh2+ 68. Kg5 Rh3 69. Rb3 Rh1 70. f5 Rf1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qb6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8
27. Rdd1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rd5 g6 33.
Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Navara, D.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1268"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. exf6 Ngxf6 12. c4 Bc5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. a4 Bd7 17. cxd5 Nbxd5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Nb4 21.
Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qf5 26. Qd4 Qxf3
27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 32. Qg3 Qe3 33.
Rg1 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rf1 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1
Qe2 40. Qg2 Qe3 41. h3 Nf4 42. Qg3 Qe2 43. Rg1 Nh5 44. Qg4 Qe5 45. Qg5 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3 Bf8
15. Rad1 e5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bb1 Qd5 18. Ne4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qg5
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 Qd2 25. Be3 Qe2 26. h3 Re6
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a6 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd8 Re5 31. b4 Rd5 32. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. c5 Ndxc5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. e4 O-O 14. a3
Rd8 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Qe3 b5 20. Bc2 Re8
21. Bxf5 b4 22. axb4 Rb8 23. Bb1 Rxb4 24. Rd2 Qa5 25. Re1 Qh5 26. Ne4 Be7 27.
Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qa5 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Rd4 c5 31. Qxc5 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Qc6+ 33.
Qc3 Qb6 34. Qd4 Qc7+ 35. Bc2 Bb7 36. Re3 Bd5 37. Rc3 Qb7 38. Qe5 Re7 39. Bxh7+
Kxh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Ng5 g6 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qh5 Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh5 Kg8
46. Nh3 Rf7 47. Qg5+ Rg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Nf4 Bxg2 50. Nxe6 Qe7 51. Qd3+ Kg8
52. Rc8+ Kf7 53. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd2 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O Qd8 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
Qb6 15. Be4 dxc3+ 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxc3 O-O 18. Re1 Rxa2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxe7 cxd5 21. Rh3+ Kg6 22. Rg3+ Kf5 23. Rg5+ Kxf4 24. Bd2# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17. Nce4 Bc6 18. h4 Rh8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxb4 Qxb4
21. Qg4 f5 22. Qg3 Kh6 23. Re1 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qe7 26. Rae1 Rc6 27.
Re5 Qf6 28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ambroz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 (9... a6 {Ambroz} 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4
12. axb4 Bd6 $5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. e4 e5 17. Ne2 $5 $14 {
Vyzmanavin-Illescas Cordoba, Leon 1993}) 10. Ne4 (10. axb4 {Kortschnoj} Bxb4
11. O-O) 10... Nxe4 (10... bxa3 {Ambroz} 11. bxa3 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 {Gelfand - Brenninkmeijer, Wijk aan Zee
1992}) (10... a5 {Ambroz} 11. Nxf6+ (11. O-O Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 O-O 14.
Qc2 h6 $10 {Karpov-Anand, Moscow 1992}) 11... Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 bxa3 14.
bxa3 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. h4 $40 {/\ Ng5, M. Gurevich}) 11. Bxe4 Qc7 (11... Qb6 {
Kortschnoj} 12. Nd2 $140 $1 c5 13. Nc4 $14) 12. axb4 (12. O-O) (12. O-O {Ambroz
} bxa3 13. bxa3 Bd6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Bb4 c5 $10 {
Gelfand-Bareev, Linares 1993}) (12. Qc2 {Ambroz} bxa3 13. bxa3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Bb4 O-O $10 {Vyzmanavin-Morovic, Leon 1993}) 12... Bxb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
13... c5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Rc1 $14) (13... a5 {Ambroz} 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxa8+
Bxa8 16. Qa4 Qb7 17. O-O $14) 14. Nxd2 c5 15. Qc2 $1 Qb6 (15... Bxe4 {Ambroz}
16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Nxc5 (17. dxc5 f5) 17... Rfc8 18. b4 (18. Rc1 Nxc5 19. dxc5
Qa5+) 18... a5 19. Qe4 $14) 16. dxc5 (16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Qxg2 18. Qe4 (18.
O-O-O $5 $13) 18... Qxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 $132) 16... Qxc5 (16... Nxc5 $2 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. Qa4+ $40) 17. Qa4 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $10) 17... Rb8 $1 (
17... Qc7 18. Qa3 $1 (18. O-O Bxe4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Nd6 Nb6) 18...
Nf6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nc4 (20. O-O Qe7 $10) 20... Qxg2 21. Nd6+ Kd7 (21... Kf8
$4 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Qf8+ $18 (25. Qf8+ Rxf8 26. Ne7#)
) 22. O-O-O $1 Nd5 (22... Qc6+ 23. Kb1 Nd5 24. Nxf7 $18) 23. e4 Rhc8+ 24. Kb1 (
24. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 25. Kb1 Qxe4+ $13) 24... Rc6 25. exd5 Qg6+ 26. Ka1 Rxd6 (26...
exd5 27. Nb7 $18) 27. dxe6+ Qxe6 28. Qa4+ Kc7 29. Rxd6 $18 (29. Rxd6 {Ambroz}
Qxd6 30. Rc1+ $18)) (17... Bxe4 {Ambroz} 18. Nxe4 Qc7 (18... Qe7 19. Rd1 Rd8
20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nb7 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxa7 $16) 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qa3 $1
$16) 18. O-O (18. Qxa7 Bxe4 (18... Ra8 $1 $10 {Kortschnoj})) (18. Nb3 Qb6) (18.
Rd1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4+ $10) 18... O-O $1 (18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4
21. Rxa7 $16) (18... Ke7 {Ambroz} 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Nc4 $18) 19. Qxd7 (19. Rac1
Qd6 20. Nc4 Qe7 $10) (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd7 Bd5 $1 $10 (20... Bxg2 $2 21.
Kxg2 Rbd8 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qa4) (20... Rfd8 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 22. Ra4 $18) (20...
Qg5 $5 21. Qd3+ $14 (21. g3 Rfd8 22. Qxf7 Qd5 $1) (21. Qd3+ {Kortschnoj} Kg8
22. f3 Rfd8 $44)) (20... Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Rxb2 $5 23. exd5 Rxd2 24.
dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa7 Rc8 $14)) 19... Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ $1 (20. b4 Qb6 $8 21. Qe7 (
21. Nc4 Rxd7 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bxb7 Rdxb7 $10) 21... Rxd2 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23.
Rxa7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rb2 $10) (20. Rac1 Qb4 $8 21. Rc4 $140 Qxc4) 20... Kxh7 $2 (
20... Kf8 $142 $1 21. Qa4 Rxd2 $10 22. Be4 (22. Rac1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd4) (22. Rfc1
$5 $14 {Ambroz} Qd5 23. Qb4+ Ke8 24. e4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxa7 g6 (26...
Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. h3 $16 {/\ Rcc7}) 27. h4 $5) (22. Qxa7 Qxa7 23. Rxa7 g6)
22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 $10) 21. Qxf7 Rxd2 $6 (21... Qd5 $2 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Qc7
(23. Qxe6 $18) 23... Rxf3 24. Qxb8 Rxe3 25. f3 $18) (21... Bxg2 $142 $8 22.
Kxg2 (22. Rxa7 $2 Qg5 $19) (22. Ra4 Qg5) 22... Rxd2 (22... Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rxd2
24. Rg1 Qd5+ 25. f3 Qe5 26. Rg3 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxb2+ 28. Kh3 Qxa1 29. Kg4 $18)
23. Qxe6 (23. Ra4 $4 Qc6+ $19) (23. Rxa7 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qd5+ 25. f3 $140 Qe5 26.
Qf4 Qxf4 27. exf4 Rbxb2 $17) 23... Rb6 (23... Rbxb2 24. Ra4 $1 $40 (24. Qh3+ {
Ambroz} Kg8 25. Ra6 Qg5+ 26. Qg3 Qd5+ 27. Qf3 (27. Kg1 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2 Rb1+
29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd3+) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qb5 29. Raa1)) (23... Qg5+ 24.
Kh1 $40) 24. Qe4+ Rg6+ 25. Kh1 $16) 22. Ra4 $1 Qg5 23. g3 $1 $18 e5 24. Rh4+
Qxh4 25. gxh4 Rd6 26. h5 Be4 27. Qe7 Rbb6 28. Qxe5 Re6 29. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Nxf4 9. exf4 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. a5 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Bd3 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 Kf6 20. Nh7+ Kf7 21.
Ng5+ Kf6 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Re5 Bb4 24. Rde1 Ra7 25. Qe3 Kg6 26. Qxb6 Rb7 27. Qe3
Bd6 28. Nxe6 Bxe5 29. Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Ne2 Qb4 32. Nf4+ Kf7 33. h4
Qxb2 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Kh2 a5 38. Qg3 Kg8 39. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. a4 b4 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Qe2 d6 20. Bd2 a5 21. c4
bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. c4 Nf6 24. c5 Bxa4 25. cxd6 Bxd6 26. Bg5 Bc6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Rb3 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Bf4 33.
Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nh7 16. f4 Qf6 17. f5 Nh4 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qd8 20. Re4 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1
Rad8 22. Bb3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8 27. f4
Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ng3 Bb6 32. h4 Ke8 33. Nh5 Kf8
34. f6 gxf6 35. Bc2 Kg8 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. h5 Bd8 39. Ne8+ Kg8
40. Nd6 b6 41. f5 Kf8 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Nc4 Bd8 44. f6 b5 45. Nd6 Ba5 46. Nf5 Bd2
47. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 cxd4 (7... Be7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 $10 {Zakharov,
A-Dvoirys,S/Moscow Tal mem/1992/}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. c5 $5 (9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7
11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4 $14 {Hoi,C-Agustsson/
Kobenhavn/1989/}) 9... b6 10. cxb6 Nd7 $5 (10... Qxb6 11. Na4 Qa7 12. b4 $14 {
/\Na4-c5}) 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nb5 $5 (12. O-O Ba6 $132) 12... Qxb6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
O-O Na7 (14... Ba6 $2 15. Nc7 Bxd3 16. Nxa8 $16) 15. Nc7 $5 Rb8 16. b4 $5 Bb7
$5 {/\ 17...e5} (16... axb4 17. axb4 $14 Bxb4 $6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20.
Na8 Qb7 21. Ba6 Qxa8 22. Bxc8 $16) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Qe2 e5 $5 (18... Rbc8 $6
19. Nxe6 $1 (19. Rfc1 Bc6 20. Na6 Bb5 $132) 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ $16) 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc6 21. Qf4 Rbc8 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. a4 Nb4 $132 24. Bf5 $1 Rcd8 25.
Rfe1 Bf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 (26... Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Rab1 $36) 27. dxe5 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Qxb5 29. Ra3 $5 (29. Rab1 Rb8 30. Rb3 $36 Qc4 31. Bxh7+ (31. Qxc4 dxc4 32.
Rc3 g6 33. Be4 Rfc8 $10) 31... Kxh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rh3 Rfe8 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35.
e6 Rxe6 $1 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Re3+ Kd7 $17 39. Qxb8 Qc1+ 40. Re1
Qxe1#) (29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 $10) 29... Qc4 $1 (29... g6 30. Rh3 $40) (
29... h6 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Reb1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ $6 (30. Qg5 h6 $132) 30... Kxh7
31. Qf5+ Kg8 (31... g6 32. Rh3+ Kg8 33. Qf6 $18) 32. Rh3 Rfe8 $8 (32... Qc2 33.
Qh5 f6 34. e6 {/\ 35.Qh8 #}) 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7 $40 {/\ 36.e6}
d4 $1 (35... Rg8 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. e6 $18) (35... Kd7 36. e6+ $1 (36. Qxf7+ $6
Re7 37. e6+ Kd6 $13) 36... Kc8 (36... Rxe6 37. Qxf7+ $18) 37. Rc3 $16) 36. e6
Kd6 37. e7 $6 (37. Qxf7 $142 d3 $1 $15) 37... Rd7 $4 {and this is the reward
for bravery} (37... Rxe7 $2 38. Qf6+ Re6 39. Qxd8+ $18) (37... Rc8 $1 {/\38...
Nc6} 38. Rh6+ (38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Rh6 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) (38. Rh4 Nc6 39. Qg3+
Kd7 40. Qh3+ Kc7 41. Qg3+ Kb7 42. Rb1+ Ka8 $17 {/\43...Na7}) (38. Qf6+ Kd7 39.
Qf5+ Kc7 40. Qa5+ Kb7 41. Rb3 (41. Rh6 Qc5 $17) 41... Qxb3 42. Qb5+ Kc7 $19)
38... Kd7 $5 $13 (38... Kc7 39. Qe5+ (39. Qf6 Qc5 $1 $13 (39... Nc6 40. Qd6+
Kb7 41. Rb1+ Ka8 42. Ra1+ Na7 (42... Kb7 43. Qd7+ Kb6 44. Rb1+ $40) 43. Rxa7+
Kxa7 44. Qb6+ Ka8 45. Qa5+ Kb7 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Qa7#)) 39... Kb7 40. Qa5 Qc5 $1
$17 (40... Rc6 $13 41. Qd8 $1 (41. Rb1 $4 Qc1+ $19) (41. Rxc6 Nxc6 42. Rb1+ Kc8
43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Ke6 $17 45. Qxe8 $4 Qc1#) 41... Rxd8 (41... Qc1 $2 42.
Rf1 (42. Qd7+ Kb6 43. Qxd4+ Kb5 44. Rh5+ Ka4 45. Qa7+ Kb3 46. Rh3+ Kb2 47. Qa3+
$18) 42... Rxd8 43. exd8=Q Qxh6 44. Qxd4 Qd6 $13) (41... Qe2 $2 42. Qd7+ $1 (
42. Rb1 Qxe7 (42... Qd2 43. Qd7+ Rc7 44. Qb5+ $18) 43. Qxe7+ Rxe7 44. Rxb4+ Ka7
45. Ra4+ Kb7 46. Rb4+ $10) 42... Rc7 (42... Kb6 43. Rxc6+ Nxc6 44. Rxe2 $18)
43. Qxc7+ Kxc7 44. Rxe2 $18) 42. exd8=Q Rxh6 43. Qe7+ $1 (43. Qd7+ Qc7 44. Qb5+
(44. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Nc2+ $19) 44... Rb6 $17) (
43. Re7+ Ka6 44. Qa8+ Kb5 45. Rb7+ Rb6 $17) 43... Kb6 (43... Ka6 44. Ra1+ Na2
45. Qa3+ Kb7 46. Qxa2 $14) 44. Qd8+ $10 Kb7 (44... Kb5 $4 45. Qg5+ $18) 45.
Qe7+ $1 $10)) 39. Qg4+ (39. Qe5 Rc6 40. Qf5+ Re6 $17) 39... Kc7 $17) 38. Qe5+
Kc6 39. Rh6+ Kb7 40. Qa5 $1 $18 Rdxe7 (40... Nc6 41. Rb1+ Kc8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43.
Rb7#) (40... Rc7 41. Rb6+ Kc8 42. Rxb4 $18) 41. Rxe7+ Rxe7 42. Qb6+ (42. Qb6+
Kc8 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14.
c4 Bc6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Ng6 Qb6 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Rd3 Ne3 25. fxe3 Be4 26. Qh4+
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. d4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Qb6
15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. b4 Nf8 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd3 Ra8 21. b5
e5 22. b6 Qe7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf5 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rd6 27. c4 Nf8
28. c5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Ne6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qxe5 Qd7 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Nf8 36. g4 Kg6 37. f4 f5 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. gxf5
Kf6 41. h4 Kxf5 42. Kf3 g6 43. a4 c5 44. Bf2 Nxb6 45. Bxc5 Nd7 46. Bd4 Ke6 47.
Kg4 Kxd6 48. Kg5 Kd5 49. Bc3 Nf8 50. Kf6 Ne6 51. Bd2 Nd4 52. Kxg6 Nf3 53. h5
Ke6 54. h6 Nh4+ 55. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. a3 Nb8 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nbd7 19. Qc3 c5 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Rac1
Rfe8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bb4 Qa7 24. Qc3 Nfe4 25. Qe3 a5 26. Be1 Qa6 27. Nh4 Bb3
28. Bxe4 Bxd1 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxe2 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Qxe2
Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Ng2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Qxb4 Rd1+ 39. Ne1 Qa8
40. Qf4 1-0

[Event "POL-ch rapid"]
[Site "Trzcianka"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Rad8
15. e5 Nd5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kh6 21.
Qg4 exd5 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24. Qxg7+ Kh5 25. g4+ Bxg4 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27.
h4+ Kf4 28. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, M.."]
[Black "Amin, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1279"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.13"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4
N7f6 15. e3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. fxe3 Rd5 20. Qg4
Rg5 21. Qh4 f6 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Bc5 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Bd4 Qd7
27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ra6 Re5 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Rd1 Qb7 31. Rad6 Rd5 32. R1xd5 exd5
33. Qf5 Re8 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Qg4 g5 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nxe4 O-O 7. d3 Nxd5 8.
Qd1 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Rad8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rad1
Qe6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a3 Bc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh3 Qd6 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. a4 a6 23. Qa2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Re7 25. d4 Rde8 26. Bc4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nce7 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. a5 Ba7 31. Qd2 c6 32. Nhf4 Bh7 33. Bd3 Qd7
34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Nf4 Bb8 37. Nd3 Bd6 38. f3 Nf5 39. Qe2 Qb5 40.
Kf1 Bxh2 41. g4 Ng3+ 42. Bxg3 Bxg3 43. Nc5 Qc6 44. Qd3+ g6 45. Qe2 Bd6 46. Kg2
Kg7 47. Qe3 Qc8 48. Qe2 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Qd3 h4 51. Qe3 h3+ 52. Kh1 Qf5 53.
Nd3 Kh7 54. Ne5 f6 55. Qd3 Qxd3 56. Nxd3 Kg6 57. Nf2 h2 58. Kg2 Kf5 59. Nd3 Kg5
60. Nc5 Bxc5 61. dxc5 Kf4 62. b5 d4 63. cxd4 axb5 64. c6 bxc6 65. a6 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7
15. Qb3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qb8 17. g3 a5 18. Qb5 a4 19. Be4 Ra5 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qc4
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Bxb7 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Nd3 26. Rb1 Rb5 27. Be4
Nxf4 28. gxf4 Rfb8 29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Ra8+ Bf8 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33.
Rxf8 Kg6 34. f5+ exf5 35. Ra8 Kg5 36. Ra7 Kg4 37. Kg2 g5 38. h3+ Kf4 39. Rxf7
Rxa2 40. Rb7 Ra4 41. Rb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O
Bh7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Be3
c5 16. h5 c4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bb1 cxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Kg2 Kg8
22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3 b6 27. Rhc1 Qd7 28. Kg1
Rc7 29. Nf1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Kf1 Kf7
35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nd1 Ne7 37. Nb2 Nf5 38. Na4 Rb8 39. g4 Nh4 40. Be3 Ng6 41. c4
Bb4 42. Rc2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Rac1 Rd7 45. Ra1 Nh4+ 46. Ke2 Ng6 47. Nb2 Be7
48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne7 51. c5 Rdb7 52. c6 Rc7 53. b4 axb4 54.
Rb3 Ng6 55. Bd2 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. Bxb4 Rf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. f3 h5 60. gxh5+
Kxh5 61. Rh1+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Ng2+ 63. Kf2 Nh4 64. Rha1 Rf4 65. Ra8 Rxf3+ 66. Ke2
Rxa8 67. Rxa8 g4 68. c7 g3 69. c8=Q g2 70. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Nd7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20.
Ref1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 Nf8 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bb6 26. Qh5
g6 27. Qh4 e5 28. Nd2 g5 29. Qh6 Bd8 30. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ (9... h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 $11 {Fedorov,A-Van Wely,L/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Bb4 11. Bxb4 (11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 Qb6 16. b4 Qd4 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bc3 $14 {Nevednichy,
V-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... Qxb4+ 12. c3 Qc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Bb5+ Ke7
15. Ba6 Rd8 16. O-O Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {Asrian,K-Nalbandian,T/
Yerevan 1999}) (10... Qb6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. f4 (12. Nh3 $5 h6 13. Qe1 $6 {
[%cal Gd2a5]} (13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Rhg8 $11) 13... a5 $5 (13...
O-O-O $2 14. Ba5) 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 O-O $132 {
Asrian,K-Feoktistov,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nf3 Ng4 14.
Ng5 f5 15. Nf7 Nf2 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 $11 {
Lastin,A-Feoktistov,A/Voronezh 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O-O b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. g4 Nd5 17. g5 Bd4 18. c4 Bxe5 19.
cxd5 Bd6 20. Qe4 $14 {[%emt 0:00:58] Korneev,O-Zlochevskij,A/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP}
) 14... Rfd8 (14... Nd5 15. Rhf1 $1 Nb4 $6 16. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 17. g4 Rad8 18. g5
Bd6 19. h4 $36 {Fedorov,A-Daschian,N/RUS-Cup02 1998}) 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Rhf1 $14
{Glek, I-Nogueiras,J/Linares op 1996}) (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 $1 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Ne5 Qd4 14. c3 Qd5 15. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 16. g4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+
18. Kb1 $16 {Rublevsky,S-Zakharevich,I/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (24)}) 9...
O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 $6 {Another attempt to prove that black's defensive
resaurses in this position are sufficient. However this attempt also failed...}
11. Kb1 (11. Bc3 Qg5+ 12. Kb1 Nd5 13. Be5 Qxg2 $2 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 Qg4 16.
Rhg1 $1 $18 {Sadler,M-Miles,A/Hove 1997/CBM 61}) 11... Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13.
Qe5 Nd7 (13... Be7 14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Rhg1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 e5
19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM87_03 (20)}
) (13... Qxf3 14. Qxc5 b6 15. Qg5 h6 16. Qh4 Qh5 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19.
Rdf1 $40 {Ivanisevic,I-Supatashvili,K/Panormo 1998/CBM 67 ext}) 14. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 ({Deserved attention wierd} 14... Kh8 $5 15. Qg3 Nf6 $132 {and black's
position is full of life.}) 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 $1 ({Nothing promises} 16.
Rhf1 Nf6 17. Qe5 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf6 $11) 16... Be3 17. Bxe3 $146 {Only this move
appears to be a novelty! And it's probably not such a bad one, since the game
lasted... 2 more moves!} (17. Bc3 f6 18. Rdf1 Qe2 19. Re1 Qf2 20. Ref1 Qe2 21.
Re1 Qf2 22. Qg4 Rf7 23. Rgf1 $14 {Anand,V-Van Wely,L, Monaco,2001}) 17... Qxe3
18. Rg3 Qc5 $4 {This move is not so easy to explain even taking into
consideration terrible form of Van Wely during this tournament! However no
easy life was expecting black in other variations:} (18... g6 19. Rxg6+ fxg6
20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7]} Nf6 22. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. Rd8+ $18) (18...
Nf6 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21. Rxg5 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 $16) (18... Qf4 $5 19. Rdg1
Rd8 20. Nd2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg3f3]}) 19. Qh6 (19. Qh6 g6 20. Rh3 Qh5
21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. h4 Bc6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bd3
Kf8 15. Qf2 b5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 20. g4 e4 21.
Be2 Rac8 22. Rc1 d4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qf4 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Kf8 27.
Rhd1 Nc4 28. f6 Ne3 29. fxg7+ Kg8 30. Bd3 Rc6 31. Bxh7+ Kxg7 32. Qe5+ Kxh7 33.
Qe4+ Rg6 34. h5 Nxd1 35. hxg6+ Kg7 36. Rxd1 Qc7 37. gxf7 Qxf7 38. g5 Rd5 39.
Rh1 Rf5 40. Qxd4+ Kg6 41. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e5 6. e4 Be6 7. d5 cxd5 8. cxd5
Bd7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O b5 11. a3 a5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. b4 O-O 15. bxa5
Rc8 16. Bd2 Rxa5 17. Rfb1 Qa6 18. Rb3 Be8 19. Ne1 Nbd7 20. Nd1 Ra4 21. Bb4 Nc5
22. Rb2 Ncxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rab1 Bd7 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Nd3 Kg8
28. Nxe5 Rxb4 29. Nxd7 Rxb2 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Re8 33. h4
Re5 34. Qc3 Qa7 35. Kg2 Qc5 36. Qb2 f6 37. Qb1 Kf7 38. Kh2 f5 39. Qd3 g6 40.
Kg2 Ke8 41. Qb3 Kd8 42. Qb2 Kc7 43. Kf3 Kb7 44. Kf4 Qb6 45. Qc3 Qc7 46. Qb2 Ka6
47. Kf3 Qc5 48. Kf4 Ka5 49. Kg5 f4+ 50. Kxf4 Ka4 51. Kf3 Re8 52. Kg2 Rc8 53.
Qb1 Kxa3 54. Qa1+ Kb3 55. g4 b4 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 Qc3 58. Qd1+ Ka3 59. Qe2
Rg8+ 60. Kh3 Qc8+ 61. Kh2 b3 62. Qb5 Qc3 63. Qa6+ Kb4 64. Qxd6+ Qc5 65. Qe5 Rf8
66. Kg3 Rg8+ 67. Kh2 Rd8 68. Kg2 Rg8+ 69. Kh2 Ra8 70. h6 Ra6 71. Qf4+ Ka3 72.
h7 Qc3 73. d6 Ra7 74. d7 Qh8 75. Qd6+ Ka2 76. d8=Q Qxh7+ 77. Kg3 Rg7+ 78. Ng4
Ra7 79. Qd2+ b2 80. Q8d5+ Ka1 81. Q5d4 Ra3+ 82. f3 Qc7+ 83. Kf2 Qb7 84. Ne3 Ka2
85. Q4xb2+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {No strength to move the pawn further.} Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 $5 {
This didn't come as the surprise to me as I already faced it once against
Ivanchuk (Novgorod 1994). Then I didn't get anything special from the opening
but this time I had an idea.} 4. Nc3 $1 {A novelty.} Nf6 5. g3 $14 {This is
the point. I am playing so-called 'Glek system' (e.g. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
Nf6 4.g3) but with one tempo up!} Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe3
10. fxe3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 $6 {This I don't like because it spoils the
coordination of White pieces. Better would be} (11. Qxf3 $14) 11... Ne7 12. Qe2
c6 13. Raf1 h6 {A good way to use my mistake on 11th move would have been} (
13... Qb6 $5 14. Nd1 O-O-O $13) 14. d4 O-O {Again} (14... Qb6 $5 {deserved
attention. I would probably answer} 15. Qd2 $13) 15. Rxf6 $5 {Why not if he
allows me?} gxf6 16. Nd1 $1 $44 {A very impotant finesse. Only by quick
bringing the knight towards the Black king, White can create dangerous threats.
} (16. Rxf6 $6 Ng6 $15 {would not promise any real attack.}) 16... Kh8 {
Probably one of the best possible decisions. Variations like} (16... Kg7 17.
Qg4+ Ng6 18. h4 $40 Qc8 $140 19. Qf3 $1) (16... Ng6 17. Nf2) (16... f5 $2 17.
exf5 f6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nc3 $16 {seem highly favourable for White.}) 17. Qh5
Ng8 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Ng4 Kg7 20. Rxf6 $6 {There was no reason to take the queen
immediately as Black has no useful moves. Preferable would be} (20. h4 $142
Rae8 21. c3 $14) 20... Qxf6 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Qf5 Rae8 23. g4 Re7 $1 {With
this precise move Black controls the d7 point and holds the game.} 24. d5 (24.
g5 Nh7 25. h4 Rg8 {doesn't promise anything.}) 24... Rc7 25. c3 Nh7 26. Kh2 c5
27. h4 Rg8 28. Bh3 Kh8 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (28... Rh8 {would probably be
enough for draw as I don't see any strong plan for White.}) 29. Qh5 $1 {
Now Black is just lost.} Kg7 (29... Rg6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bf5 Kg7 32. hxg5 $18 {
is even a quicker story.}) 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rd8 $8 32. Bf5 Nf8 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Qf6 Rdd7 {A sad necessity.} 35. Kg3 Nh7 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Kg4 b5 38. Qh6+
Kg8 39. Kf5 f6 $8 {Otherwise he gets mated.} 40. g6 $4 {Probably I should give
even three question marks to this move, made while having more than one minute
to think.} (40. gxf6 {would win very quickly e.g.} Rh7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Ke6
Rcd7 43. b4 c4 44. a3 Rhf7 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qh5 {and Black is in zugzwang. The
text doesn't miss the win yet but it clearly makes me waste time and energy -
something chessplayer should be always careful about.}) 40... Re7 41. Kxf6 $16
{The control ended and Short quickly played} Rcd7 {here and later on
preferring the passive defence. He could create considerable practical
problems to win had he played 41...a5 or 41...c4 trying to close the queenside.
In both cases White would only be able to win with a very concrete play - here
is a brief analysis on those tries:} (41... a5 $5 42. a4 $1 (42. Qh5 $2 a4 $10)
42... b4 (42... bxa4 43. Qh5 a3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Qd1 Ra7 46. Qe2 $18) 43. cxb4
axb4 (43... cxb4 44. Qh5 $18 {/\Qe2}) 44. b3 $1 c4 (44... Rb7 45. Qh5 c4 46.
Qe2 Rec7 (46... Rbc7 47. bxc4 Re8 48. c5 Rxc5 49. g7 $18) 47. Qg4 Rb8 48. Qe6+
Kh8 49. Qxd6 Rbc8 50. bxc4 $18) 45. bxc4 b3 (45... Rb7 46. c5 dxc5 47. Qh3 Re8
48. d6) 46. c5 b2 47. Qh1 Rb7 48. c6 b1=Q 49. Qxb1 Rxb1 50. Kxe7 $18) (41... c4
$5 {(/\ ...a5...a4)} 42. b3 $1 b4 (42... a5 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Qh5 a4 45. Qd1
Ra7 46. Qe2 Rac7 47. Qb2 Rb7 48. Qa3 $18) (42... cxb3 43. axb3 a5 44. c4 bxc4
45. bxc4 a4 46. c5 $18) 43. bxc4 bxc3 44. Qh2 Re8 45. Kg5 $18) 42. Qh5 {
Having thought for long on move 42 I more or less found the winning plan if he
doesn't do anything. However I was still afraid of certain tricks.} Rg7 43. Qf5
Rge7 44. Kg5 Rg7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Kh6 Rge7 {Here too both pawn
moves deserved attention but probably would not save the game:} (47... a5 48.
a4 bxa4 49. Qe6+ $1 (49. Qf1 $4 Rxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ $10) 49... Kf8 50. Qg4 $18)
(47... c4 {and now not} 48. Qe6+ $1 (48. b3 $2 b4 49. Qf1 (49. Qe6+ Kf8 50.
Qf5+ Ke8 $1 $132) 49... Rxg6+ $1 50. Kxg6 Rg7+ 51. Kh5 Rh7+ 52. Kg4 Rg7+ 53.
Kf3 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 Rxf1 55. Kxf1 bxc3 56. Ke2 cxb3 57. axb3 Kf7 58. Kd3 Ke7 59.
Kxc3 Kd7 60. Kb4 Kc7 61. Ka5 Kb7 62. b4 Ka7 63. b5 axb5 64. Kxb5 Kb7 {with
draw,but}) 48... Kf8 49. Qf5+ Kg8 (49... Ke8 50. Qf6 $18) 50. b3 b4 51. bxc4
bxc3 52. c5 c2 53. c6 $1 c1=Q 54. cxd7 Qxe3+ 55. Kh5 Qe2+ 56. Kg5 $18) 48. c4
$1 $18 {Here I again was confident that the game was won. White threatens 49.
b4!} b4 (48... bxc4 {would still require some accuracy e.g.} 49. Qf1 Rh7+ 50.
Kg5 $1 (50. gxh7+ $4 Rxh7+ $10) 50... Rh2 51. Qf5 $1 Re7 52. Kf6 Re8 53. Qd7
Rf8+ 54. Ke6 Rh6 55. Kxd6 Rxg6+ 56. Kxe5 {and White wins because of simply too
many passed pawns.}) 49. Qf3 Rb7 (49... Rh7+ 50. Kg5 $18) 50. Qd1 Rb8 51. Qa4
Rb6 52. b3 $1 {Precision is still important! Variations like} (52. g7 $2 Rb8
53. Qxa6 Rxg7 54. Qxd6 Rh7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kh4 (56. Kf5 Rf8+ 57. Kxe5 $13)
56... Rf8 $1 $10 {or}) (52. a3 b3 $1 {would be very unpleasant for me facing
the second time-pressure.}) 52... Kf8 53. a3 $1 {Finally breaking the
queenside. Now I can finish the game just with hands.} bxa3 54. Qxa3 Ra7 55.
Qa1 $1 Kg8 56. Qf1 Rbb7 57. Qf6 Rd7 58. b4 cxb4 59. c5 dxc5 60. Qxe5 {And in
the view of obvious} (60. Qxe5 Rd8 61. Qe6+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Ke8 63. g7 $18 {
Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd6 $146 14. Rb1
b6 15. Re1 Be6 (15... Bf5 16. Rb5 Qg6 17. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 18. Bd3 Qa5 (18... Qd7
19. Bb5 $18) (18... Qf6 19. Be4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc1g5]} h6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxe7
Qxc3 22. Bf4 $16) 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxc3 21. Rxe7 Rae8 22. Re3 $16) (
15... Re8 16. Bd3 Be6 {-see game}) 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5h5]} Na5 (
17... a6 18. Rb1 a5 19. Rb5 $36) 18. Rbe5 Nc6 19. R5e2 $16 {[%mdl 32] White's
army has taken a commanding position and is ready to strike while Black's Rs
look pretty awkward and his light pieces are unable to stretch a helping hand
to their K} Bd7 (19... h6 20. Bb1 Bd5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Ba2 $16) 20. d5 Na5 21.
Ne5 Bf6 (21... Bc8 22. Qc2 Qxd5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. c4 Qc5 25. Bb2 $40 {[%csl
Rh8]}) 22. Bf4 $1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxa3 24. Re3 $1 {The renown 2-Bs sac is on the
cards!} (24. Qd2 h6 25. Bxc7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nb3 27. Qb2 Qxb2 28. Rxb2 Nc5 $14)
24... Qc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Karpov overlooks the threat, but it's to be said
that Black is already deep in trouble} (24... h6 25. Bxc7 (25. c4 Qb4 26. Bc3
Qd6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qg4 f6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. c5 Qe7 $13) 25...
Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qc5 27. d6 Nc4 28. Re7 $16) 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh5+ (26. Qh5+
Kg8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 (27... f5 28. Qg6 $18) 28. Rg3+ Kf6 29. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 7th Rapid"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.08.11"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 a6 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 dxe4 13. Qe5 Nd7 14. Qxe4 Qa5
15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfc8 21.
Bd6 Nd7 22. Bd3 Bd5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd5 f6 25. b3 Kg6 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Nc5 28. Re1 Rc6 29. h4 Re6 30. h5+ Kf7 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. g5 Ne4 33. Rd7+ Re7 34.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Re1 f5 36. Kb2 Rh8 37. h6 gxh6 38. gxh6 Kf6 39. a4 Rh7 40. Rd1
Nc5 41. Rd6+ Ne6 42. Rb6 Rd7 43. a5 Rd1 44. h7 Rh1 45. Bd2 Rxh7 46. Bc3+ Kf7
47. Rxb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6 Re7 49. Rxa6 f4 50. Bd4 Kf5 51. Bb6 Ke4 52. Ra8 f3 53. a6
Nc7 54. Bxc7 Rxc7 55. Re8+ Kf4 56. Rf8+ Ke3 57. b4 f2 58. Kb3 Rc8 59. Rf6 Rc6
60. Rxf2 Kxf2 61. b5 Rc5 62. c4 Ke3 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 {In this position
were played hundreds of games,but so far white didn't manage to show clear way
to equality and black's results in this variation are quiet satisfactory. '><
c3'} (13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 $132 {Smirin,A-Lputian,S/
Rostov/1993/}) 13... b4 (13... Qb6 14. h5 Ra7 15. Rg3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17.
Rxd4 Nb8 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Ne2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/BL9293/})
(13... Bb7 $5 14. h5 b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rfc8 $1
$10 {Tischbierek,R-Knaak,R/BL9293/}) 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 (15... f6 $6 $146
16. Qxb4 $1 fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 $16 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Amsterdam VSB 1994}) (15... Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c3
$1 Rfc8 18. Kb2 bxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 $14 {Nijboer,F-Luther,T/
Leuwaarden/1992/}) 16. Bb5 {'!?' Finkel,A.} (16. c4 $5 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxh4 18.
g3 Qd8 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rh1 $13 {Nijboer,F-Korchnoi,V/Sonsbeek
SNS 1999}) (16. b3 $6 Ba6 17. Kb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qc7 19. h5 Ra6 20. Re3 Rc6 21.
Rf2 f6 22. Ree2 h6 $15 {Kulish,I-Matveeva,S/Rostov on Don-W 1995}) 16... Rb8 (
16... Qc7 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c4 Nb6 19. c5 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 $132 {
De la Riva,O-Comas Fabrego,L/Barcelona op 1996}) 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Kb1
Bc6 19. Nc5 Bb5 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qf2 $13 {De la Riva Aguado,
O-Glek,I/Open 1999}) 17... Nb6 {I think that the best way for black to play in
the following position is 17...Bb7, but playing this move would mean to accept
the idea that a draw would be the most probable result, which definitely
wouldn't satisfy Gurevich.You already know what happen next!} (17... Qc7 18.
Re1 (18. h5 Bb7 (18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6 20. f5 Rbc8 21. Rd2 $14 {Berndt,S-Furlan,
M/Bled op 21st 2000}) 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. f5
Qc6 24. Qf4 Qc7 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Luther,T/Kecskemet 1993}) 18... Qc6 19. b3 Ba6
20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rg3 (21. h5 Rfc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Nc5 24. f6 Ne4 25. fxg7
h6 $15 {Sedlak,N-Antic,D/55th ch-YUG 2000}) 21... Rbc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re2 Kh8
24. h5 Rg8 25. Rf3 $14 {Arakhamia,K-Matveeva,S/Kishinev izt-W 1995}) (17... Bb7
18. f5 {'!' Finkel,A.} (18. Rg3 Bc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qc7 21. Qd4 Bb5 $11 {
Tirard,H-Zontakh,A/16th open 2000}) 18... Bc6 $5 {Probably this move is an
improvment comparing to 18...Qc7,which was tried without success by Kortchnoi:}
(18... Qc7 19. Re1 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bc6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 $14 {Fedorov,
A-Kortschnoj,V/EU-chT 1999 (24)}) 19. Nc5 ({Worth an attention} 19. Rg3 $5 exf5
20. e6 Qf6 21. Bxf5 $5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc5
Bc6 $13) 19... Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rf3 (22. f6 $5) 22... Rc8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Antic,D/JUG-ch 55th 2000 (44)}) 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Na4
Qc7 $5 (19... Nb6 $11) 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Qc5 Qb7 $2 {Black is so concerned with
the prospect of draw that he misses simple reply of white after which he may
resign!} (21... Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bd7 (22... Nd7 $11) 23. Ba6 Rfd8 24. g4 $14) 22.
Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 23. Qxf8 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh3g3,Gh4h5]} Bd7 (23... Nxa4 24.
Rg3 g6 25. h5 Bd7 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. Rh1#) 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5b7] That's it!
Here black could have put the end for his own suffer,but he keeps on playing
hoping for the miracle...} Qc6 (24... Rxf8 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Nd6 $18) 25. Qd6
Qb5 (25... Qxd6 26. exd6 Bc6 27. c3 Rd8 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rb3 $18) 26. Qxb8
Qxc5 27. b3 Bb5 28. h5 Qf2 29. h6 $1 {Finishing the game with the style.} Qxe1+
30. Kb2 gxh6 (30... Qf2 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Qh7#) 31. Qf8 Kg6 32.
g4 $1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nf8 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. Nfe2 c5 14. Rc1 b6
15. Be1 Bf8 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. g4 cxd4 19. exd4 a6 20. Bf5 Qd8 21. h4
Bd6 22. h5 Nf8 23. Nf4 h6 24. Bh4 Qb8 25. Nd3 N8h7 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qc7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nb4 Qb8 30. Qd3 Qa8 31. Nc2 Ng5 32. Qd2 Ngh7 33. Re2 Qb8 34.
Re1 Bf4 35. Qd3 Ng5 36. Ne2 Bd6 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Qd2 Nh7 39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40.
Qxg5 Qd8 41. Qxd8 Rxd8 42. Nc3 Rc8 43. Kf2 a5 44. Re2 Ba6 45. Rd2 Bf4 46. Ne3
Bb7 47. Re2 Rd8 48. Nf5 Bc8 49. Ne3 Be6 50. Rc2 Rc8 51. Ncd1 Rb8 52. Ng2 Bg5
53. Kg3 Bf6 54. Rd2 b5 55. Nf4 b4 56. a4 Bd7 57. b3 Be7 58. Nxd5 Bd6+ 59. Kf2
Be6 60. N1e3 Rd8 61. Rd3 Rb8 62. Nc4 Bxd5 63. Nxd6 Rb6 64. Ne4 f6 65. Nc5 Kg8
66. Kg3 Kf7 67. f4 Rb8 68. Re3 Rd8 69. g5 fxg5 70. fxg5 Ba8 71. Rd3 Bd5 72. Kf4
Bc6 73. Rd2 Rd5 74. Ne4 Rd8 75. Rd3 Ke6 76. Ng3 Rf8+ 77. Kg4 Kd5 78. g6 Bb7 79.
Kg5 Ba6 80. Re3 Kxd4 81. Re7 Kc3 82. Rxg7 Kxb3 83. h6 Ka3 84. h7 Bc4 85. Rc7
1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.."]
[Black "Rodshtein, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1302"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.21"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Be2 e5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. g5
Nh5 16. Rdg1 Rc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. gxh6 O-O 20. Bd3 Kh7 21. Kb1 f5
22. Qg2 Rg8 23. Qh3 Rcf8 24. Rxg6 Kxg6 25. Qg4+ Kh7 26. Bxf5+ Kh8 27. Qxh5 Bd8
28. Bg6 Rf6 29. Be4 Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Ka2 Rb7 33. Rh2 a5 34. c3
Rb3 35. Bc2 Rb7 36. Ka3 Rg3 37. Be4 Bb6 38. Bg5 Rg1 39. Bf6+ Kg8 40. h7+ Rxh7
41. Bxh7+ Kxh7 42. Kxa4 Rd1 43. c4 Rd3 44. Kb5 Rb3+ 45. Kc6 Bc5 46. Bd8 a4 47.
Bc7 Bd4 48. Bxd6 Bxb2 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Qh4 8.
Nd2 Bg4 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. f4 Bd7
15. Qd2 Qf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 Ng6 20. Rxf7 Nf4
21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Qd2 Rf6 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Qg4 25. h3 Rh6 26. Re3 Rh4 27.
Kh2 Ng6 28. Nc5 Qf5 29. Qc3 Rh5 30. Nd3 Qd5 31. Qe1 c5 32. g4 Rg5 33. Re6 c4
34. Nf2 Qf3 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd5 37. Ne4 Rd8 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Kg3 Rb8 40.
Re6 Nf8 41. Rc6 Rxb2 42. Rxc4 Nh7 43. Ne6 Nf8 44. Nd4 Ra2 45. Nb3 Nd7 46. Rxc7
Nb6 47. Nxa5 Rxa4 48. Nc6 Ra3+ 49. Kh4 Nd5 50. Rb7 Rc3 51. Nd4 Nf4 52. Rb3 Rc4
53. c3 Nd5 54. Ne2 Re4 55. Rb5 Ne7 56. Nd4 Re3 57. Rc5 Kh7 58. Nf5 Ng6+ 59. Kg5
Rxh3 60. Rc7 Nf8 61. Rxg7+ Kh8 62. Rf7 Ne6+ 63. Kf6 Nf4 64. c4 Rc3 65. Rf8+ Kh7
66. Rc8 Nd5+ 67. cxd5 Rxc8 68. d6 1-0

[Event "RUS Fed Internet Cup Final 5'"]
[Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nxb4 Bxb4 12. a3 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kh1 O-O 15.
g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 f6 18. g5 fxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. g6
Rf5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxh4+ Kd6 25. fxe5+ Kc7 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Bf4
Qe6 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Qd8+ Kc6 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. exd6 Kd7 33. Be5
Ke6 34. h4 f4 35. h5 Kf5 36. Bxf4 Kxf4 37. h6 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rad1 a5 20. b5 {
All this has been played before, the first game being Nedev-Safin, Erevan 2001,
and I being Safin's teammate,of course had a look at it} Bxa3 (20... cxb5 $2 {
Huzman} 21. c5 Be5 22. c6 $1 b6 23. Bxb6 $16 {1-0 Nedev,T-Safin,S/Yerevan 2001/
CBM 86/[Huzman] (31)}) 21. bxc6 $1 $146 (21. Rd7 {was played by Bologan
against Khalifman in 2002, but it doesnt seem to give anything special.}) 21...
bxc6 22. Bd4 Qe6 $8 23. Ba1 $1 {now this is the point. Black has to defend
against fairly serios threats, and his pawn really doesn't feel so much Huzman:
'It is a logical and very strong move. White exploits the weakness of the
diagonal a1-g7 with full power.'} Be7 $2 (23... Bb4 {it is vital to cover e1}
24. Qb2 f6 25. Bg2 Rf8 26. Rd4 {and white has a lot of play for a pawn}) 24.
Rde1 $1 Bf6 (24... Qd7 25. Qb2 f6 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Rfe1 Qxc4 28. Rc1 $16) 25.
Bxg6 Qh3 (25... Qxe1 26. Bxh7+ Kg7 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 $16)
26. Bxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Bxf6 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Ne6 30. f4 Kg6 31. Bc3 a4
32. Re5 Kh7 33. Rh5+ Kg6 34. Re5 Kh7 35. Rf5 Ra7 36. g4 Ng7 37. Rg5 f5 38. Bxg7
$4 (38. gxf5 a3 (38... Rf7 39. f6 Ne6 40. Ra5 Nxf4 41. Kf2 $18) 39. f6 Ne6 40.
Re5 $18) 38... Rxg7 39. Rh5+ Kg8 40. Rxf5 Rxg4+ $2 (40... a3 {simply draws, of
course. For some strange reason I only looked at text and Ra7}) 41. Kf2 a3 42.
Kf3 Rg1 43. Ra5 Rc1 (43... Ra1 $142 {Huzman}) 44. Rxa3 Rxc4 45. Ra7 {Many
people present and Akopian himself thought this should be drawn, but we know
that with the king cut off on the eight's rank f and h win very easily, so I
just improve my positon never taking the pawn till it gets to c1, and then it
should really be to late for black to position both his rook and king well} Rd4
46. Rc7 c5 47. Kg4 c4 48. Kg5 Rd2 49. h4 Rg2+ 50. Kf5 Rc2 51. Kf6 c3 52. f5 Rh2
53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. Rxc3 Ra2 55. Rc7+ Kh6 56. Kf7 Ra5 57. f6 Ra8 58. Re7 Kh7 59.
h5 Kh6 60. Re8 Ra7+ 61. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshetnikov, Alexey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 a6 6. Rc1 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Bg3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. f4 Na5 12. Nf3 Nc4 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Ne5 b5 15. O-O
O-O 16. Bh4 Be8 17. Nd1 Nxe5 18. Rxc8 Nf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qxc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh3+ Kg8 23. Qh5 Bh4 24. Qxh4 f6 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rg3 Rg8 27.
Qb1 b4 28. Nf2 Bb5 29. h4 Qc4 30. h5 f5 31. Nh3 Rh8 32. Ng5+ Kf6 33. Nf3 Rxh5
34. Rg6+ Ke7 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rg5 Rxg5 37. Nxg5 Ke7 38. Qe1 a5 39. a3 Qb3 40.
axb4 axb4 41. Qc1 Bc4 42. Nf3 Qd3 43. Qe1 Qb3 44. Qd2 Kd6 45. Ne5 Qa4 46. Kh2
Kc7 47. Qf2 Qb3 48. Qd2 Kb6 49. Nd7+ Kb5 50. Nc5 Qa2 51. Nxe6 Qa7 52. Nc5 Qh7+
53. Kg1 b3 54. Nd3 Qe7 55. Ne5 Qa7 56. Qc1 Qa5 57. Kf2 Qd8 58. Qd2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1
Qe7 60. Qe1 Qa7 61. Qb1 Qa5 62. Nf3 Be2 63. Qe1 Qxe1+ 64. Nxe1 Kc4 65. Kf2 Bg4
66. Kf1 Bh5 67. Kf2 Bg4 68. Kg3 Bh5 69. Kh4 Be2 70. Kg5 Bg4 71. Kf6 Kb4 72. Ke6
Kc4 73. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2019-20"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2021.10.15"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Svane, R.."]
[Black "McShane, L.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "SV Werder Bremen"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Ne8 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Qd2 d5 16. Re1 Nd6 17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qxd5 Be7 22. Re3 Bf8 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24. Qh5 f6 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8
27. g4 Qe8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Re3 Qc6 32. g5 fxg5 33.
Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Re5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Ng5 8.
Nc3 Bg4 {Diagramm [#] Dieser unschuldig wirkende Zug wird taktisch widerlegt.}
(8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bf6 11. O-O g6 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Qh4
Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Kuczynski,R (2510)-Rozentalis,E (2600) Germany
1995}) 9. Bxg5 $1 (9. Be2 $6 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg5 $11 {
0-1 (87) Tseshkovsky,V (2560)-Makarichev,S (2500) Minsk 1979}) 9... Bxg5 10.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 11. h4 $1 {Diagramm [#] die Pointe! Das Motiv Lxh7 nebst Sg5+
ist natürlich recht typisch, funktionierte hier aber in der Reinform nicht.
In Kombination mit h4 und Einbindung des Th1 ist es leichter zu übersehen.}
Bd2+ (11... Bxf3 12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Qxf3 Qxg5 14. Qh3 (14. Rh5 $5 Qe7+ 15. Kd2
$18 {[%cal Ga1h1,Gc3d5]}) 14... Re8+ 15. Kf1 f6 (15... Kf8 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17.
Re1+) 16. Nd5 Na6 17. Kg1 {und Weiß steht klar besser, wohl bereits auf
Gewinn.}) (11... Bh6 12. Ng5+ Qxg5 13. hxg5 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15. f3 $16) (
11... Bxh4 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Rxh4 f5 14. g3 $14) 12. Qxd2 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14.
Qd3+ Kg8 15. Qxf3 {und Weiß hat kompensationslos einen Bauern gewonnen -
einen Vorteil, den Nepomniatchi sicher verwertet} Nd7 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6
18. f3 d5 19. c5 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 b5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Rab8 24. b5 c6
25. Rhe1 cxb5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Nxb5 Ra4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. g4 Rb4
31. Nd6 Rxd4 32. Kg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 14th"]
[Site "Legnica"]
[Date "2013.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bxd6 Nxd5 11. Na3 Be6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nh3 Re8
15. Ng5 Kf8 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Qxc5+ Kg8
21. Ne3 b4 22. Rhe1 bxc3 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rxe8
Qf4+ 27. Qe3 cxb2+ 28. Kb1 Qc4 29. a3 Nd4 30. Qd2 a5 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Re8+ Kh7
33. Rb8 Nf5 34. Kxb2 Qc7 35. Rb5 Qe5+ 36. Ka2 Ne3 37. Rxa5 Qe6 38. Qd3+ Nf5 39.
g4 d4+ 40. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 Nf5
9. b3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. f6
gxf6 16. Bxh6 Bg5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nc2 fxe5 20. Ne1 e4 21. Ng2
Qe7 22. Qe1 Bh6 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Kh1 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qg3 Qf7 27. Rf2 e3 28.
Nxe3 f4 29. Qh3 Nb6 30. Rg1 Qe7 31. Ng4 Qe4+ 32. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tseshkovsky Memorial op"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bb4 4. e3 Nd5 5. Nge2 Nxf4 6. exf4 b6 7. d5 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qf6 10. Qf3 exd5 11. O-O-O c6 12. g4 Na6 13. h4 b5 14. g5 Qd6
15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. f5 Kg8 18. h5 Ne6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qd3 Qf4+ 21.
Kb1 Qf5 22. Qg3 Qxf2 23. Qd6 Qf4 24. Qe7 Qf7 25. Qd6 b4 26. h6 bxc3 27. g6 Qf4
28. Qc5 Ba6 29. hxg7 Rfe8 30. Qxc3 d4 31. Rxd4 Qf6 32. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O {This position is currently a hot opening issue and a topic of
an intense scrutiny. It represents the modern form of Semislav opening.} 10. e4
e5 11. Ne2 a6 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nexd4 Bb7 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Re3 Ncxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qxb2 21. Qd4
Qxd4 22. N5xd4 Rc8 23. Rc1 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Sedlak,N (2561)/Moscow 2007
(29)}) 12... Bb7 13. dxe5 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 c5 20. Nc3 c4 21. Be2 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qb4 23. Nc3
{1-0 Van Wely,L (2680)-Andriasian,Z (2546)/Hoogeveen 2007 (53)}) 13... Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. e5 c4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bh3 Ne4
21. Qe2 f5 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 {1/2 Kozul,Z (2597)-Graf,A (2646)/Plovdiv
2003 (44)}) (11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1 Rc8 (13... a6 14. Kh1 (14. Bb1 Rc8
15. Ng3 exd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Ndf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21.
f3 Nc4 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qc7 {1/2 Bruzon Bautista,
L (2607)-Vescovi,G (2617)/Linares 2008 (30)}) 14... exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. f3
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf8 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Neg3 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Be3 Rad8
23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nh5 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2543)
-Kharitonov,A (2461)/Sozina 2004 (29)}) 14. Kh1 exd4 15. Nexd4 g6 16. Qd2 Bf8
17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. h3 a6 19. e5 c5 20. Nf5 Nh5 21. N5h4 Bg7 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxd7 {1/2 Korotylev,A (2546)-Beshukov,S (2507)/Biel 2003 (31)}) 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 {[%mdl 4] Both sides engage merrily in mobilisation of the
reserves. Svidler is indirectly admitting, that he does not know the method,
how to punish black for the sensible set up.} (14. Ng3 g6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Rc5 (18... Re7 19. e5 Rd7 20. exf6 Rxd3 21. Qc2
Qd4+ $15) 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. e5 {1-0 Guthrie,D (2110)-Turner,M/New
Zeeland 1996 (29)}) (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18.
Kh1 Re7 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. h3 c5 22. Rfe1 {1/2 Horvath,C (2517)
-Markus,R (2478)/Hungary 2003}) 14... exd4 $5 (14... Rc8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 c5 $11) 15. Nexd4 c5 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (17... Qf8 18. Na5 $18) 18. Qxd6 Re6 19. Qd4 Qf8 20. Ng5 (20. Rxc6
Rxc6 21. Qxd7 Rc2 22. Be5 $16) 20... Rd6 21. Qf4 $16) 16. Nf5 Bf8 {Inarkiev
was the first to provoke the direct confrontation. He must have deemed the
position promissing due to the pressure against the e4 square.} 17. e5 (17. Nd2
g6 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. Ne3
Bg7 $15) 17... Ng4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg3 Rxf5 (20...
Qc7 $2 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Qxe5 $18) 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bb1 $14) 18. Nd6 Bxf3 (18...
Bxd6 19. exd6 g6 20. Qd2 Re6 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nge5 22. Be4 Rb8 23. f4 Nc4
24. bxc4 Rxe4 25. Rfe1 $16) 21. Be2 Ndf6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qf4 Ngf6 24. Ne5 g5 25.
Qf5 Rxd6 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Rfe1 $14) 19. Qxf3 Ngxe5 $2 {Not even in fairy tales
the roads are splitting into several possibilities without a deeper meaning.
Black had to take back on e5 with one of the knights, but unfortunatelly he
touched the wrong one to his peril.} (19... Ndxe5 $1 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh3+
Kg8 22. Nxe8 Qb6 (22... Qxe8 23. f4 Nc4 $1 24. bxc4 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1
Nxc4 27. Bc3 $14) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rce1 Rxe8 25. f4 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. fxe5
Bxe5 $14) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 (21... g6 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8
24. f4 $16) 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rce1 $1 {The fate of the knight e5 is sealed and
black will have virtually no compensation for the missing exchange.} g6 24. Qe4
Bg7 (24... c4 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $16) 25. f4
Rb8 26. Qd5 (26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Re3 Re8 28. Rfe1 $16) 26... Rb6 (26... Nb6 27.
Qd6 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Kh1 $16) 27. fxe5 Re6 28.
Rd1 (28. Kh1 $5 c4 29. Re3 cxb3 30. axb3 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Rfe1 f6 33. Rc3
$16) 28... Nxe5 29. Qxc5 Nf3+ $1 {Willingly or not black simply has to choose
this exchange combination if he wants to prolong the resistance.} (29... Re7
30. Bc3 $18) 30. Rxf3 Bxb2 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Rdf1 (32. Qd7 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 Qe5 35. Qd6 $18) 32... Qe7 33. g3 {The days of second player are numbered,
since he is sitting without the exchange. On the other hand the realisation is
requiring certain level of patience, since the defense is very compact.} (33.
Qa8+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Bh4 35. Qc8 $16) 33... Kg7 (33... Rd6 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Kg2 $16
) 34. Kh1 Rd6 35. Qa8 b4 (35... Qd7 36. Kg2 Rc6 37. R1f2 $16) 36. Rf4 Bc3 37.
Re4 $1 {Svidler elegantly avoided the devilish temting of the queen grab after
the exchanges on the square f7. The win will be much easier with the help of
an attack along the 8th rank.} (37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. a4 $2 bxa3
40. Qb7+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qxc3 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 a2 44. Qc7+ $11) 37... Qc7 38.
Rh4 Rd8 (38... Qc6+ 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Rc4 $18) 39. Qxa6 f5 40. Rc4 Qe7 41. Qc6
Kh6 42. Qf3 {The time trouble is over and the black defense was broken.} 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. d5 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Bg5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Ne5 18. Nd4 f6 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qe4+ Ng6
21. Qf5 Kg8 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Re1 Qc8 25. Qg6 Nh6 26. f5 c5 27. Ne6
Qe8 28. Nc7 Qxg6 29. fxg6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Nf5 31. Bf2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b4 a5
34. Nxb6 Rxc2 35. Re8 Rc7 36. bxa5 d3 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. e4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nd6 {Other options were
examined by GM A.Huzman in CBM 105,107,110,111:} (13. Bf4) (13. Bc2) 13... Bxd6
14. exd6 c4 $146 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 $1 (15. Bc2 $6 e5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Ng5 g6
18. Be4 Nc6 19. Qg4 Nc5 $6 (19... Qxd6 $17) 20. f4 h6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxe5
Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nh3 $44 {1-0 Gunina,V-Fakhretdinova,M/Satka 2005/CBM 107
ext (31)}) (15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Nc5 18. Qf3 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ne5
20. Qh3 Qf4 21. Rc1 Ne4 22. Bc2 d3 23. Bxd3 Ng5 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26.
Qd3 Nhf6 27. h3 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext}) 15...
Nc5 16. Be3 Qxd6 $140 17. Nf5 $1 Qxd1 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxd1 $44 {needs testing.
}) 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qxd6 17. a5 Nd5 ({After} 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19.
Be3 {[%cal Yf1c1] the weakness of the a6 pawn is quite annoying for Black.})
18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Re1 Nxd4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd4 $11 f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
strange pawn sacrifice (or a blunder?).} (21... Kg8 $11) 22. Qe4+ Kg8 23. Nc4
Qc6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 $16 Rac8 26. b3 Nc3 (26... Rc6 $142 27. Rxc6 Bxc6
28. Bd2 {but Black has no compensation for the pawn anyway.}) 27. Rb6 $1 Ne2+ (
27... Rfd8 28. Be3 Rc7 29. Rxb4 Rcd7 30. h4 $18) 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Nd6 $18 Be4
30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Be3 Bd3+ 32. Kg1 Nxb3 33. Ra4 Bb5 34. Rxb4 Nxa5 35. Rg4 Kf7
36. h4 Rc7 37. Rb8 Nc4 38. Ra8 a5 39. h5 a4 40. h6 gxh6 41. Bxh6 Ke6 42. f3 Rc6
43. Bf8 Ne5 44. Rb4 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Bc6 46. Ra6 Kd5 47. Ra5+ Ke6 48. Rd4 Rc2 49.
Kg3 Nd7 50. Ba3 Ne5 51. Ra7 Rc3 52. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxh4 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 c5 15.
Qf3 Nf6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. g4 Bd6 18. Bf5 Qe8 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Nh7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qf5+ g6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rd7
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bf3 29. Re7 Bd5 30. Ke1 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Rf3 32. e4 Bc4 33. Na4 Re3+
34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. Nxb6 Bf1 36. Nd7 Re2+ 37. Kc3 Re3+ 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Kb3 c4+
40. Kc3 Rxh2 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nc5 Bh3 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 Re2 45. Nd7 Bg2 46.
Nf6+ Kf8 47. Rb5 Re1 48. Rc5 Bf1 49. Rc8+ Ke7 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rb8 Ke7 52. Re8+
Kf7 53. Rh8 Re3+ 54. Kb4 Re2 55. Rh7+ Kf8 56. b3 cxb3 57. axb3 Re3 58. Rc7 Bg2
59. Rc2 Bh1 60. Rc3 Re1 61. Kc4 Ke7 62. Kd4 Rd1+ 63. Rd3 Rg1 64. Rh3 Rd1+ 65.
Kc5 Rc1+ 66. Kb6 Bg2 67. Rh7+ Kd8 68. Rd7+ Kc8 69. Rd4 Rc6+ 70. Kb5 Rc7 71. Rd2
Bf1+ 72. Kb4 Rc1 73. Rh2 Bd3 74. Rh3 Rd1 75. Kc5 Be2 76. Rh7 Bf3 77. b4 Rg1 78.
Kb6 Kd8 79. Rd7+ Kc8 80. Rd6 Rb1 81. Rd4 Rc1 82. b5 Be2 83. Ne4 Rb1 84. Nd6+
Kd7 85. Rf4 Rg1 86. Rf7+ Kd8 87. Rg7 Bd3 88. Kc5 Rc1+ 89. Kd4 Rd1 90. Ke3 Bxb5
91. Nxb5 Rd5 92. Nd4 Rxe5+ 93. Kf4 Ra5 1-0

[Event "London rapid m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 c6 8.
Qd1 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd2 a5
15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Bb5 Na6 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rc3 Nc7 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Re8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Qh5 Kf8 25. Nh7+ Ke7 26. Bg5+ f6 27. Nxf6
1-0

[Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev Finkel,A Mueller,Ka} d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3
c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Nd5 (8. Ne4 Qd8 $140 9. Ng3 {Bologan} (9. Ng3 {Donev
} Bg6 10. h4 $14)) (8. Qe2 {Finkel,A}) 8... Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 ({nach} 9... gxf6
{Mueller,Ka erreicht Weiß einen relativ günstigen Übergang zu Caro-Kann mit
5.. .gf6.}) (9... gxf6 $5 {Finkel,A}) 10. Qe2 $1 $146 {Finkel: Very typical
for a sharp Shirov's style.White has tried other moves in this position,but
did'nt achieve anything from the opening.Probably that's the reason why 8.Nd5
is cinsidered by modern theory as not so dangerous for black.May be the
following game will change the assesment of this variation. Mueller: Sehr
mutig gespielt. Die weiße Dame räumt die erste Reihe um 0-0-0 zu
ermöglichen, und gleichzeitig bereitet den Durchbruch d4-d5 vor.} (10. O-O Nd7
(10... Bg4 $5) 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Rfe1 O-O 16.
Bg3 $14 {Campora-Wolff (Buenos Aires 1997, sp 97/7)}) (10. c3 {Mueller,Ka} Nd7
11. Qb3 (11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qd2 $2 (12. O-O) 12... h6 13. O-O-O hxg5 {0-1 Clement,
O-Prie,E/FRA-chT 1995/EXT 95ch}) (11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Be4 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O-O
b5 15. Ne1 Nb6 $11 {0-1 Szylar, E-Prie,E/Le Touquet op 1993/EXT 93op (32)})
11... Nb6 (11... O-O-O 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:51] 1/2-1/2 Djurhuus,R-Westerinen,H/
Gausdal 1996/EXP}) 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Be2 (13. Bg5 Qg6 14. h4 Nxc4) 13... O-O
14. Bg5 Qg6 15. h4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Donev, I-Bacrot,E/Biel Credis 1995/EXP 48 (40)}
(15... Bg4 {Finkel,A} 16. h5 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxg4 Bf6 18. f4) (16. c4 c5 17.
h5 Qe4 18. Bd3 Qc6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qc7 21. Rhe1) 16... Qe4 {[#]} 17. Bd3 (
17. Rh4 $1 Bf4+ 18. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 19. Rd2 $14) 17... Bf4+ 18. Kb1 Bxf3 19. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 20. Ka1 Bxg5 $15 {Donev, I-Bacrot,E/Biel Credis 1995 (40)})) (10. Ne5 {
Mueller,Ka} Nd7 (10... Bd6 11. Bc3 O-O 12. O-O Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vausser, P-Prie,E/FRA-chT 1994/TD 94\03 (40)} (15. Rad1
Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 $11 {Vausser, P-Prie,E/FRA-chT 1994 (40)})) 11. Nxd7 (11. Qe2
$6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qg6 13. f3 h5 {[%emt 0:00:34] 1/2-1/2 Schmittdiel,E-Van der
Werf,M/Wijk op 1993/CBM}) 11... Kxd7 (11... Qxd4 $5) 12. c3 Qg6 13. O-O Bd6 14.
Re1 h5 15. Bf1 h4 $11 {1-0 Emms,J-Haveland, B/Gausdal TM 1996/EXP 51 (27)} (
15... h4 {Finkel,A} 16. Qf3 $14 {Emms, J-Haveland,B/Gausdal Troll 1996 (27)}))
(10. Bg5 $2 {Mueller,Ka} Qg6 11. Qd2 $2 (11. O-O Bxc2 12. Qd2 h6 $15 (12... Be4
$4 13. Nh4 $18)) 11... h6 12. Qf4 hxg5 13. Qc7 Nd7 $19 {0-1 Schmitz,T-Hoffmann,
N/GER-chJ U20 1992/EXT 92ch (22)}) (10. Bc3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bg4 11. Be2 Qd8 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 $14 {Koch,J-Relange,E/
FRA-chT 1993/0-1 (70)}) 10... Bg4 (10... Bxc2 11. d5 $36 (11. Bc3 {Finkel,A}
Qg6 12. d5 cxd5 (12... Qe4 $6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 $1 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Bf5 16.
Bxe6 $16) 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qf5 $1 (15... O-O-O $6 16. Bxb7+
$1 Kxb7 17. Qb5+ Kc7 $8 18. Ba5+ Kd6 19. O-O $1 (19. Bxd8 Qxg2 20. Kd2 Qxf2+
21. Kc3 Be4 22. Rad1+ Bd5 23. Rhe1 $13) 19... Ke7 (19... Rc8 $2 20. Qa6+ Rc6
21. Rad1+ $1 $18) 20. Bxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rac1 $16) 16. Bxb7 Qxe5+ 17. Bxe5 Rd8 18.
Bc6+ Ke7 19. O-O f6 20. Bc3 Kf7 21. Rac1 $14) (11. d5 $1 {Donev} Qxb2 12. O-O
$44)) (10... Nd7 11. d5 $36) 11. d5 Bxf3 $1 {Finkel: Again not accepting the
gift and this time probably in vain.After Mueller: Weiß hat schon die
Initiative errobern, als kleine kompensation hat nach dieser Abtausch Schwarz
bessere Bauernsruktur.Das könte von Bedeutung sein nur wen der Nachziehenden
bis zum Endspiel überlebt.} (11... Qxb2 $6 {Mueller,Ka} 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3
cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc6 15. Rab1 Qd4 $1 {Finkel: it's not so clear if an activity of
white pieces compensates for the lack of a pawn.} (15... Qxc2 16. Rxb7 Nd4 17.
Qe3 $40) 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qa6 $36) 12. gxf3 cxd5 (12... Qxb2 {Donev} 13. O-O
cxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc6 15. Rab1 Qxc2 16. Rxb7 Nd4 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Qxd4 Qxd5 (18...
Qxd4 19. Bc6+ Kd8 20. Ba5+ Kc8 21. Rc7+ Kb8 22. Rb1+ Bb4 23. Rb7+ Kc8 24. R7xb4
$18) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Ba5+ Kc8 22. Rc7+ Kd8 23. Rxf7+ Kc8 24.
Re8#) 13. Bxd5 Nd7 $1 (13... Nc6 14. O-O-O Ba3 (14... Bd6 {Donev} 15. Bc3 $36)
15. c3 $16) 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3 $2 Bb4 $1 15. Bxb4 Qxb2) 14... Ba3 $1 (14...
O-O-O {Mueller,Ka} 15. Be4 $14 (15. Be4 {Finkel,A} Be7 16. Be3 $14)) 15. c3 O-O
(15... O-O-O {Finkel,A} 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qe4+ Kb8 18. bxa3 e5 19. Kc2 $1 $16)
16. Be4 $1 (16. Bxb7 $6 {Finkel,A} Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Rab8 18. Qb5 Rxb7 (18... Qe7
$6 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Ka1 $16) 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxb8+ Nxb8 21. Be3
$13) 16... Be7 $2 (16... Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 $14) 17. Bxh7+ $6 (17. Bxb7
Rab8 18. Be4 (18. Bc6 Ne5 19. Be4 Rfc8 $44) 18... Rfc8 $44) (17. h4 $1 h6 $8
18. Bg5 $1 hxg5 19. Bh7+ $3 (19. Rxd7 $2 gxh4) 19... Kh8 20. hxg5 Qxg5+ (20...
Qf4+ $1 21. Kb1 Rfd8 (21... Bxg5 22. Rxd7 Bh6 23. Bc2 $16) 22. Rd4 Qe5 (22...
Qxg5 23. f4 $18) 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Rdh4 Qxf5+ 25. Ka1 f6 26. g6 $18) 21. Kb1 Nf6
(21... Rfd8 22. f4 Qxf4 23. Rd4 Qg5 24. f4 Qc5 25. Qh2 $18) 22. Bc2+ Kg8 23.
Rdg1 Qf4 (23... Qd5 24. Qe3 $18) 24. Qf1 $3 g6 (24... Rfd8 25. Qh3 Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ng8 27. Rxg7 Ke8 28. Rg4 $18) 25. Qg2 Rfd8 (25... Ng4 26. Qh3 $1 Nh6 27. Bxg6
Bg5 28. Qh5 $18) 26. Bxg6 Bc5 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (27... Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29. Re1
Kd7 30. Rxe6 $18) 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rh8+ Ng8 30. Qxg8+ Kd7 (30... Ke7 31. Qh7+
Kd6 32. Rd1+ $18) 31. Rd1+ Bd6 32. Rh7+ Kc6 (32... Kc8 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Qd5
$18) 33. Qxe6 Qe5 (33... Rab8 34. Rh6 {/\35.Rd4+-}) 34. Rxd6+ $1 Qxd6 35. Qc4+
Qc5 (35... Kb6 36. Qb3+ Kc5 37. Qb4+ Kd5 38. Qxb7+ $18) 36. Rc7+ Kxc7 37. Qxc5+
Kd7 38. f4 $18) 17... Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7 {White has serious advantage
not just because he is a pawn up,but also because of the fact that he has some
attacking chances over the g-file.} b6 $1 20. Rhg1 Rad8 $1 21. Qxa7 (21. Qb7 $5
$16 {Finkel,A}) 21... Bc5 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Qb7 Rxa2 24. Qe4 $1 $14 Bxe3+ $6 $138
(24... Rfa8 $142) (24... Ba3 $2 {Mueller,Ka} 25. Bd4 Qh6+ 26. Qe3 $18) 25. fxe3
{Black can't use the fact that white king is a little bit exposed,because it
has very safe shelter on c2} b5 $2 (25... Rc8 $142 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Ra5 $1
) 26. Kc2 $16 b4 $138 (26... Rc8 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 $16) (26... Ra4 27. Rd4
$16) (26... Raa8 $5 $16 {Finkel,A}) 27. Qxb4 Qf5+ (27... Qxf3 28. Kb3 $3 {Salov
} (28. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Ke5 31. Qd4+ Kf5 32. Qd3+ Ke5 $11)
28... Raa8 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kf6 31. Qh4+ Ke5 32. Qd4+ Kf5 33. e4+ Kf4
34. Qf6+ Ke3 35. Re1+ Kd2 (35... Qe2 36. Qg5+ Kd3 37. Qb5+ $18) 36. Qxf3 Rfb8+
37. Kc4 Rc8+ 38. Kd4 Rd8+ 39. Ke5 $18) 28. Kb3 Raa8 $4 (28... Ra5 29. e4 (29.
Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Qxf8 Rb5+ 32. Ka3 Ra5+ $11) 29... Qh5 30. Kc2
Rb5 (30... Qxh2+ 31. Rd2 Qxg1 32. Qxa5 $16 Qh1 $140 33. Rd8 $1) 31. Qd4 g6 $18)
29. Rxg7+ (29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rg1+ (30. Rg1+ {Mueller,Ka} Qg6 (30... Kh8 $2 31.
Qh4+ Qh7 32. Qf6+ Qg7 33. Qxg7#) 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qe4 $18)) (29. e4 $2 {
Mueller,Ka} Qxf3 30. Rd7 Qf4 $40) (29. Rd6 $2 {Mueller,Ka} Qxf3 30. Qg4 Rfb8+
31. Kc2 Qf2+ 32. Kd3 g6 $40) (29. Qe4 $2 {Mueller,Ka} Rfb8+ 30. Kc2 Qb5 31. Qb4
Qf5+ 32. Qe4 $11) 1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. d3 O-O 14. Be3 Rfc8
15. b4 b5 16. Nc5 a5 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Rfc1 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxb4 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bd2 Nc2 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Qd1 Rb8 25. e3 Nc6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4
Ne7 28. Bc3 b4 29. Bb2 Ng6 30. h4 Be5 31. Bxg6 Bxb2 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxb2 Qd4
34. Qb3 Kg8 35. Kg2 g6 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Rc4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40.
Qb2+ e5 41. Qxa1 Qd6 42. Re8 f6 43. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. c3 c5 11. Qb1 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 Ba6 14. b4 Bb7 15. a4
a5 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Qxb5 Qxc3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxb7 Qa5 20. Rfb1 c3 21. Nb3
Qa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. a5 f6 25. Bh2 Rfa8 26. Ne1 Bb4 27. Nd3 Bxa5
28. f3 Nd2 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxc3 Nc4 32. e4 Ndb6 33. Rc2 dxe4
34. fxe4 Ne3 35. Re2 Ra1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Nxe1 Nec4 38. Kf2 f5 39. exf5 exf5
40. Nd3 Nd5 41. Bf4 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Nxe5 43. Bxe5 Kf7 44. Kg3 g6 45. Kh4 Ne3 46.
Kg3 Nd5 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kh4 Ne3 51. g3 Nd5 52. Kg5 Kf7
53. h4 Ne3 54. Bf4 Nd5 55. h5 gxh5 56. Kxf5 Nc3 57. Kg5 Ke6 58. Kxh5 Kf5 59.
Be5 Nd5 60. g4+ Ke6 61. Kg6 Ne7+ 62. Kh6 Kf7 63. g5 Ng6 64. Bd6 Nh8 65. d5 Ng6
66. Bc5 Ne5 67. Kh5 Nd3 68. Bd6 Nf2 69. g6+ Kf6 70. Kh6 Ng4+ 71. Kh7 Kf5 72.
Be7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4
Nxe4 8. d5 Be7 9. Re1 $5 $146 {Shulman,Ju+Rustemov,A} (9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qxd8+
Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe6+ (13. Ng5 O-O 14. Nxe6 Re8 15. Nc3 Nbd7
16. Bf4 Ba5 {1/2-1/2 Nejkirch,O-Clarke,P/Leipzig,60}) 13... Be7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Nd8 18. Rb6 Bf8 19. Kf1 Re6 20. Nc4 Rxe1+ 21.
Kxe1 Rc8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Sadler,M/Open, Koge DEN (09) 1997 (61)})
9... exd5 10. Qxd5 Nd6 (10... Qxd5 11. Bxd5 Nf6 12. Nc3) 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 Be6 (
11... Nc6 12. Bg5) 12. Qxc5 Bxb3 13. axb3) (11. Qxc5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxc4 13. Qxe7
Qxe7 14. Rxe7 Nc6 15. Rc7 Nxb2) 11... O-O (11... Be6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 $44) (
11... c4 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Qc5 $13) 12. Bf4 Nf5 $2 (12...
Be6 13. Qh5 (13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Qh3 Nf5 $1 16. Ne5 (16. Bc2 Nc6
17. Nc3 Qc8) 16... Nh4) 13... g6 14. Qh6 Ne8 15. Be4 (15. Rd1 $5) (15. Bxg6
fxg6 (15... hxg6 16. Be5 f6 17. Ng5 $18)) 15... Nc6 16. Nc3 $44) (12... Nc6 $5
{proposed after the game by V.Kramnik} 13. Rxe7 (13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.
Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qh6 Nf5 18. Rxd8 Nxh6 19. Rxc8 Raxc8 20. Rxe7 Nf5 21.
Rxb7 $15) 13... Qxe7 14. Bxd6 Rd8 15. Qxc6 Rxd6 16. Qxc5 Qd8 17. Ne1 (17. Bf1
Rd1 $40) 17... Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Qxd3 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Rd1 Qc4 21. Qb6 Qc8 $14) 13.
Nc3 $16 (13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Bd6 Ba5 $1) 13... Bf6 (13... Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qe4) (13... Be6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd6 $18) 14. Bxf5
(14. Rad1 Bxc3 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxf5 Rf8 $1) (14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bc7 Rf8 16.
Nd5 Be6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxd5 Nd7 (16... Be6 17.
Nc7 Ra7 18. Bd6 $18) 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ (18. Be7 $5 Bxe7 (18... Rg8 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rad1) 19. Rxe7 $16 (19. Nxe7)) 18... Nxf6 19. Bxc5 Bg4 20. Be7
Rd7 (20... Rd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 gxf6 23. Re7 $16) 22. Re3)
21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 (22... gxf6 $5 23. Ne4 Bf5) 23. Ne4+ Kg6 24. f3 Bf5
25. Rad1 Rad8 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rc8 28. Rd6+ Kg5 (28... f6 29.
Rb6) 29. Rd7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxf7 $16) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Kf2
$18 b6 (27... Be6 28. a3 (28. Nc5 Rd2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Bxa2 31. Nxb7 $16
)) 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Re3 Rd4 30. Rb3 b5 31. Ke3 Rc4 (31... Ra4 32. Ra3 (32. a3
Bxe4 33. fxe4 $16)) 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. b3 Be6 34. g4 (34. f4) 34... a5 35. f4 (35.
Nd2) 35... Bd5 (35... Kh6 36. Nd2 g5 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. h3) 36. Nd2 a4 37. a3
Rxb3 38. Nxb3 axb3 39. Rc5 $4 (39. Kd2 $18) (39. Rc1 $18 {Petursson}) 39... Bc4
$4 ({[%tqu "En","Boris Gelfand just gave a chance. Lautier didn'y take it, but
can you do better? Can you find the winning move for Black?","You want to
queen your b pawn. But if you play b3-b2 immediatly, he will win both your b
pawns. Can you do something first?","Close the b file with your pawn on b5!",
"b5b4","VERY GOOD! You found the saving move that Lautier missed",15,"d5c4","",
0]} 39... b4 $142 $3 40. Rxd5 {Petursson} (40. axb4 b2 $19) 40... bxa3 41. Rd1
b2 42. Kd3 a2 $19) 40. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Bf1 Rc8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Rfd8 15.
Bd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Ngxf6 18. h3 Nb8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Nf1 Rd4 23. Bc2 Rcd8 24. Qe5 Qa5 25. Red1 Nd7 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Qg5
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kxh7 29. b4 Qc7 30. b5 Bb7 31. Qe7 Kg8 32. Ng3 Qc8 33. Nh5 Be4
34. Rd6 Bg6 35. Nf4 Bb1 36. a4 Ba2 37. Nd3 Bxc4 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. Rxd7 Bb3 40.
Nxf7 Kh7 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Qxg7+ Kf5 43. Nf3 Rg8 44. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bc1 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7
Rf8 21. Qxf8 Nd3 22. Qf3 Nhf4 23. Bxf4 Nxe1 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. b3 Qa6 26. Qxe1
Qxa2 27. Qd1 Bb6 28. Bg3 Qb2 29. c4 Qc3 30. Kh1 e5 31. h3 Bd4 32. Kh2 Kg8 33.
Qb1 a6 34. Bh4 Qd2 35. Qg6 Qf4+ 36. Bg3 Qf7 37. Qg5 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qh4+
Kg8 40. Qe4 b5 41. f4 bxc4 42. fxe5 Bc5 43. bxc4 a5 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qxa5 Qxc4
46. e6 Kg6 47. Qc7 Qd4 48. h4 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Bh2 Qc1 51. Qe5 Qa3+ 52.
Bg3 Kh7 53. h5 Be7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qg6 Bf8 56. Kh2 Qc5 57. h6 gxh6 58. Bh4
Qd6+ 59. Kh3 Bg7 60. Qe4 Kg8 61. Qf5 Qa3+ 62. Bg3 Qe7 63. Bh4 Qa3+ 64. Qf3 Qc1
65. e7 Qc8+ 66. Kh2 Qe6 67. Qh5 Qe5+ 68. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 69. Bg3 Bxg3+ 70. Kxg3 Kf7
71. Kg4 Kxe7 72. Kh5 Kf6 73. Kxh6 Kf5 74. Kh5 Kf6 75. g4 Kg7 76. Kg5 Kh7 77.
Kf6 Kh6 78. g5+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Kh8 80. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Top DivB 2021"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.09.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bologan, V.."]
[Black "Bacrot, E.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.09.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c6 8. h3 b6
9. Rc1 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bg3 c5 15. f4
cxd4 16. exd4 Ne6 17. Bh4 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nxf7 Qe7 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qxd4 Rac8 22. Rcd1 Ba6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh2 Nf8 14. Nc4 Ng6 15.
a5 b5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Ba8 21. d5 Bf6
22. Ra3 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxg6 Bxf3 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxf3
Re7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Bf4 Qb5 30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Rxb5 Bc5
34. g4 f6 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. h4 Kc4 39. Rb1 Kd3 40. Be1 Re7
41. Rd1+ Kc4 42. Bd2 Rb7 43. g5 f5 44. h5 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. h6 gxh6 47. gxh6
Kd3 48. h7 Bd4 49. a6 Ra2 50. Kf3 Kc4 51. Be3 Bh8 52. Rxd6 Kb5 53. Rd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 66th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nf4 Qg5 14. Qd2
Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 Re4 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Be5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. b3
a5 21. a4 Bb8 22. Rd3 Ra6 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24. h3 Re5 25. Nf4 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bf5 27.
Rd8 Bc7 28. Rf8 Re7 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Bb6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Bxa5
Bxb3 34. Bb6 Be6 35. Rd8 Rc8 36. Rd3 g5 37. a5 Kg6 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Rb4 40.
Rd8 Rb3+ 41. Ke4 f6 42. Rb8 Bd7 43. Kd4 Bc6 44. g3 Rb2 45. Kc3 Re2 46. Rd8 Kf7
47. Rh8 Re8 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rc7 Bg2 50. Rd7 Rf8 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Kh5 53.
Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rc7 Kh5 55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rd7 Kh5 57. Rd4 f5 58. Rf4 Be4 59. Kd4
Kg6 60. Ke5 Rf7 61. Ke6 Rh7 62. Bd8 Rh8 63. Kd7 Rh7+ 64. Be7 Rh8 65. Kc7 Rh7
66. Kd6 Rh8 67. f3 Bc6 68. Ke6 Rh7 69. Bf6 Rh6 70. Ke5 Rh5 71. Bg5 Rh8 72. Rxf5
Re8+ 73. Kf4 Re1 74. h5+ Kg7 75. h6+ Kg8 76. Kg3 Rg1+ 77. Kf2 Rd1 78. f4 Rd3
79. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6 12. Kh1 c5 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Be6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. Bg5 Kh8 21.
Nb5 Qb8 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. fxe4 a6 24. e5 Nfd5 25. Bc2 Be3 26. Nd6 Bxg5 27. Nf7+
Kg8 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Breckenridge, Steven James"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Nce4 Qg6 18. Qxg6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 fxg6 20.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Nd6 Bd7 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Kf8 24. Re1 Ke7 25. Nde4 Rc8 26. Nc3
Bc6 27. Nf3 Nf7 28. Nd4 Nd8 29. Nxc6+ bxc6 30. Ne4 Rb8 31. b3 Rc8 32. Bg5+ Nf6
33. Nc5 Kf7 34. Rd1 Nd5 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Rxe6 Nf4 38. Rxc6 Rd2 39.
Rc7+ Kg8 40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg4 Nd4 42. Rxa7 Rxf2 43. g3 Nf5 44. Ne6 Rg2 45. Kf4
Rf2+ 46. Kg4 Re2 47. Nf4 Kh7 48. Nxe2 Ne3+ 49. Kf3 Nf5 50. Nf4 Nd4+ 51. Ke4 Nb5
52. Rd7 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nxa2 54. Rb7 Nc1+ 55. Kd2 Na2 56. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Throughout his career Kramnik has mostly preferred closed openings, but
more than a decade ago he for about 2-3 years switched almost completely to 1.
e4. The results were not too encouraging an around 2006 Vladimir went back 1.
d4, 1.Nf3 and 1.c4. This year he decided to give the "aggressive serve"
another go and so far it's working nicely for him - both in Baku and Moscow 
(Tal memorial) he scored 2 nice wins against strong opposition.} e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Meier plays this line regularly even
against top players, so this was hardly a surprise.} ({He was certainly not
tempted by the newer idea} 6... Be7 7. Be3 b6 {where Kramnik recently
demonstrated an excellent idea} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. h4 $1 ({Too soft is} 9. Nd1 a5
10. c3 a4 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. f5 b5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2
Qb6 17. Nf2 a3 18. b3 b4 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. c4 Ne4 $36 {Giri,A 
(2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Stavanger 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 (10... Nxd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 (12... Bxh4+ $2 13. g3 $40 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Be2 (16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. h5 $14) 16... Qc7 17.
h5 Rae8 (17... h6 $5) 18. h6 g6 19. Rhe1 Bc6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. g3 Qf7 22. Bg4
Qf8 23. Qe5 Rf7 24. Qg5 Qe7 {Brkic,A (2584)-Smirnov,A (2482) Baku olm 2016} 25.
b4 $5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qxe7 Rfxe7 28. c4 $36) 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 f5 (
12... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Yd7f8]} 13. Qf2 $14 {/\} c4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. f5 Kg8 16.
h5 $36) (12... c4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe2 g6 16. Qg4 $40 {[%cal
Rg5e6,Rh4h5]}) 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 (14. Bxf5 $5 exf5 15. Qg2 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qb7
17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rhg1 Bd8 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ne4 $40 {Kramnik}) 14... cxd3 15.
fxe6 Ndb8 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Qxd3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxe6
21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. d5 Bf5 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Buhmann,R (2653) Dortmund 2016} 23.
Qh5+ $1 Bg6 24. Qe2 $44 {-> For more details see the notes to this game by
Prasanna in CBM 174.}) 7. Be3 a6 {Black has more than one way to treat this
line:} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {There is still no clear refutation of} Qb6 $5 (8...
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O ({Agianst a technician as Kramnik, Meier is in no mood for the
dry endgame after} 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Ke7 14. g3 Nc5 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bg2 g6 17. g4 h5 18. h3 Rh6 19. f5 gxf5 20.
gxf5 Rg8 21. f6+ Kd8 22. Bf3 Rg5 23. Rde1 h4 24. Rhg1 Rg3 25. Bg4 Ne4 26. Ne2
Re3 27. Nf4 Rg3 28. Rxg3 hxg3 29. Rg1 Bc6 30. Nh5 $14 {Navara,D (2706)-Meier,G
(2637) Belfort 2012}) 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {This was actually introduced into
top-level practice by Kramnik during his first 1.e4 "outing".} ({Kasparov's} 
11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 $132 {is not considered too dangerous nowadays, so the
main alternative is}) ({Therefore the main alternative is} 11. Nb3 $5 Bb4 (
11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. Qh3 g6 16. Qh6 Nb6 17. Bb5 Ne7
18. Nd4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 f6 20. Rhe1 Ra6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Qg5 Qf8 23. Qe5 Nf5 24.
Nf3 Ra7 25. g3 $14 {Carapinha,F (2310)-Dutra Neto,A (2465) email 2013}) 12. Bd3
b5 13. g4 $1 (13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qf2 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Be7
18. Nd1 b4 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Ne3 f5 21. g4 (21. Rg1 $142 Be8 $15) 21... fxg4 22.
Nxg4 Be8 $1 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Bg6 25. fxg7 Rf7 $40 {[%csl Rd4,Gg6] Robson,
R (2680)-Vovk,Y (2628) WCup Baku 2015}) 13... Bb7 (13... Na5 $5) 14. Rhg1 Rc8
15. Rg3 {scores excellently for White, especially in email games.}) 11... Bxd4
(11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne2 f6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4
Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 20. Rhd1 Ra7 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. f5 $1 $40 {Kramnik,
V (2807)-Radjabov,T (2624) Linares 2003 See the notes to this game in CBM 093
by Finkel.}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 (16. Ng3 a5
17. Nh5 a4 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 (21... a3 $5 22.
b3 Ncxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bd4 Qxh5 25. Rh3 Qf5 26. Rf3 $11) 22. Qd2 Qb7 23. g4
Rac6 24. Bd4 Qb5 25. Rf3 $13 {Caruana,F (2796)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013})
16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6 (21...
Rfc8 22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 Rc3 25. Bxc3 $1 (25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3
Rc8 27. f6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5 31. Qd8+ {½, Karjakin,
S (2762)-Goganov,A (2575) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 25... bxc3 26. Qd4 Qa5 27. a4
$16) 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 (24... Qa6 25. Qe3 Rfc8 26. f6 Rc7
27. h4 $14 {is also better for White - he overprotects d3 and can continue his
attack.}) 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3
Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 $16 {
Caruana,F (2789)-Meier,G (2632) Dortmund 2014 The whole branch is dangerous
for Black and Meier was not interested in continuing the theoretical fight
here.}) 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3
Qe7 15. Rxb7 Rc8 (15... Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. f5 (18. Rb1 $5 Qc8
19. Qe3 $14 {Negi}) 18... Qc8 19. f6 gxf6 20. Qf4 Qc4 21. exf6 Rg8 22. Nxd5
exd5 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qb8+ Bc8 25. Qa7 Be6 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qb7+
Kd6 29. Ba7 Rxg2+ $1 $11 {Caruana,F (2795)-Robson,R (2663) Saint Louis 2016})
16. O-O (16. f5 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qg4 18. Rf1 Be7 19. Rf4 Qh5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Rxe7+
Kxe7 22. Qd4 Rhd8 23. Qc5+ Kd7 {½, Motylev,A (2665)-Iljiushenok,I (2450)
Jerusalem 2015} 24. fxe6+ Kxe6 25. Ne2 Qxe2+ $1 26. Kxe2 Bb5+ $11) 16... Qa3
17. f5 Bc5 18. fxe6 (18. Ne2 exf5 19. Qg5 g6 20. Qf6 O-O 21. e6 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4
{Dourerassou,J (2436)-Alonso Garcia,R (2339) Barcelona 2015} Qe3+ $1 23. Kh1
fxe6 24. Qh4 Rf7 25. Re1 Qc3 $17) 18... Bxe6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Rb3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4
Qxa2 22. Rg3 Qb2 23. Rb3 Qa2 24. h4 $44 {Chigaev,M (2542)-Bykov,O (2378)
Voronezh 2016} Kh8 25. h5 h6 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Rf6 Kh7 $11) (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O
(8... a6 {transposes into the game}) 9. dxc5 (9. Be2 b6 $5 (9... a6 10. O-O b5
{is more usual and also quite playable}) 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
Nc5 (12... Nb8 $142 $5 13. O-O Nc6 $132) 13. Nf2 a5 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. Bg4 Rc8
16. Kb1 Rc6 17. Rhe1 Qd7 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Be2 Ba6 21. Bg4 Bc8 22.
Be2 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Ng4 Rc8 25. c3 Nc5 26. f5 exf5 27. Ne3 $36 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2720)-Bareev,E (2675) Baku olm 2016}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6
11. Qf2 (11. h4 Qc7 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g3 h6 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. h5 Re8 18. Rhe1 Bb4 19. Ne5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qa5 22. Qd6 Bc6
$132 {Harikrishna,P (2762)-Shirov,A (2679) Austria 2016}) 11... b6 12. Nd4 Qc7
13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne2 b4 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. f5
f6 $1 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25.
Rhf1 {So,W (2773)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2016} Bg7 $11) 8. Qd2 Be7 (8...
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {- see 7...cxd4}) ({However, Black's most
popular alternative is still} 8... b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 (10. Ne2 Qb6 11.
Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O O-O 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. axb3 Ba6 20. Rxa5 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rc6 22. Rb5 Rc2 23. Rxb4
Rxb2 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Rc8 26. Rf2 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kf8 29. Rb8+
Ke7 30. b4 Ke6 31. d4 Kf5 32. Rb7 f6 $44 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Anton Guijarro,
D (2630) Monzon 2016}) 10... Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ke7 14.
a3 Nb6 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Rag8 17. h4 h5 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Na4 20. b3
Nc5 21. Ke3 Rb8 22. Re2 f5 23. Kd2 Rhc8 24. Re3 Rc7 25. c3 g6 $11 {Hou,Y (2649)
-Short,N (2670) Hoogeveen 2016/ Black's fortress held strong in the simplified
position.}) 9. a3 $5 {A rare, but tricky continuation.} ({We have shortly
mentioned} 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O {above, here Black is doing more or less OK.
A notable example is} 11. Kh1 (11. a3 $142) 11... Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8
14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 $17 {Karjakin,S 
(2720)-Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) (9. O-O-O $6 c4 {[%cal Rb7b4] is
too dangerous, but Kramnik doesn't want to give up the idea of queenside
castling yet.}) 9... O-O (9... b5 10. dxc5 {gives White a useful extra move in
comparison with 8...b5 9.dxc5 above -} Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 11. b4 $36) 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. a4 $14) 10. dxc5 ({White is still not interested in the
transpositional} 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7) 10... Nxc5 (10... Bxc5 {loses a tempo
with the B, White is slightly better after} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3
$14) 11. Qf2 b6 $146 {[%mdl 8] New, but rather passive.} ({Until now Black has
preferred the counterattacking} 11... Qa5 12. O-O-O (12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxd3+
14. cxd3 Bxf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Qb2 Qb5
20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Rb1 d4 22. Bxd4 {½, Lennartz,M (2430)-Galanov,S (2502) email
2013} Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 $132) 12... Nd7 {[%cal Ye7a3,Yb7b4]} (12... Bd7 13. f5
d4 14. Bxd4 exf5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Nc1 Be7 $11 {/=/+, Sethuraman,S (2633)-Korobov,A (2687)
Czech Republic 2016}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. axb4 Nxb4
17. Kb1 Nc5 18. h6 g6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rh3 Rfb8 21. g4 Ra7 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Nb3
Nxb3 24. cxb3 Rc7 $36 {Jankowicz,R (2387)-Galanov,S (2376) email 2008}) 13...
b5 (13... f6 14. Qh4 f5 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Qg1 Rb8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bb6 Bc5 19.
Bxa5 Bxg1 20. Rhxg1 Nxa5 21. g4 fxg4 22. Bxe4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Rbe8
25. h4 Re7 26. b3 Bb5 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rdf1 Nc6 29. Ne2 Nd8 $132 {Kochemasov,A 
(2507)-Hamarat,T (2604) email 2012}) 14. Nd4 Qc7 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4 $132)
15. Nf5 $5 exf5 16. Nxd5 $44 Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. Bxf5 $1) 17... Bc5 $2 (17... Qd8
$13 {/=/+}) 18. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. exf6 Be6 21. g4 $18 {Salem,A 
(2650)-Svane,R (2552) Douglas 2016}) 12. b4 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 {Hits the centre
before White fully consolidates.} (13... Qc7 14. Na4 b5 (14... Rb8 15. O-O $14)
15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O $14) 14. Qg3 (14. Qh4 f5 (14... g6 15. Qh3
$36) 15. Qf2 $14) 14... d4 (14... fxe5 $2 15. Qh3 Nf6 (15... e4 16. Nxe4 $1
dxe4 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Qxe4 Bh4+ 19. Kd2 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rh7]}) 16. fxe5 g6 17.
Na4 $5 $16) (14... Qc7 $5 15. Qh3 (15. Nd4 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Ndxe5 $5 (15... Nxd4
16. Bxd4 f5 17. O-O $14) (15... Nd8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nf5 Rf7 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O $13 {/+/=}) 16. fxe5 fxe5 $44) (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg8
17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Nxd5 Qb7 $15 {leads nowhere}) 15... f5 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 Nd8
18. g4 Nc5 $14 {/<=>}) (14... a5 15. Bxh7+ $5 (15. Qh3 f5 16. b5 Na7 17. g4 $5
(17. Na4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. c4 Bb7 $13 {[%cal Ya7c8,Yc8b6,Yd5d4]}) 17... Nc5
18. gxf5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Rxf5 20. Nd4 $14) {seems crushing, but after} 15...
Kxh7 16. Qh3+ Kg6 $8 17. f5+ exf5 18. Nh4+ Kh7 (18... Kf7 $2 19. e6+ Kxe6 20.
Qxf5+ $18) 19. Qxf5+ (19. Nxf5+ Kg8 20. Qg4 g5 21. Nh6+ Kh7 22. Qh5 Qe8 $17)
19... Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qxc6 Ra6 22. b5 (22. e6 axb4 23. exd7 Bxd7 24. Qxd5
Ra5 $1 25. Qd3+ f5 $11 {/=/+}) 22... Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Ra7 24. O-O Qxd5 25. Nxd5
Nc4 26. Bf2 Rd7 $14 {/= Black has reasonable chances to hold the resulting
endgame.}) 15. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 64] Initiates hair-raising complications.} ({
However, White had a simpler road to an advantage with} 15. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 (15...
Ndxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd4 17. O-O-O fxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Bg5+ 21.
Kb2 $18) 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. O-O-O $1 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qc7 (18... Qe8 19. Re1 Qf7
20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Qb7 $16) 19. Qf3 $32 {White's lead in development is
overwhelming, Black's ^^ hardly have a chance to show their potential and he
will find it almost imposible to hold the material balance in the long run:}
Rb8 (19... Bb7 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Qe3 $16) (19... Ra7 20. f5 $5 (20. Re1 Qc4 21.
Qc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Rc7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rd6 b5 25. Ne4) 20... Qc4 21. fxe6 $16
Bxe6 $2 22. Re1 Bf7 23. Nc6) 20. Re1 Bd6 21. g3 {[%csl Re6]} Re8 22. Ndb5 axb5
23. Nxb5 Bxf4+ 24. gxf4 Qe7 25. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Rd8 26. Red1 {/\} Bb7 27. Qe3
{[%csl Rb6,Re6][%cal Rd6f5]} Kf8 28. Nxb7 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxb7 30. Qxh7 $16)
15... dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg8 $142 (17... Kg6 18. f5+ Kf7
(18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. e6+ Kxe6 21. Qxf5+ Kf7 22. Qg6+ $1 Ke6
23. Nf3 Bxb4 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. axb4 Qe8 28. Qd3 $18 {
and the K can't aurvive in the centre for long.}) 20. Nxf5+ Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22.
Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. Qxc6 $1 (24. e6 Qe8 25. Qf4 (25. Qxc6 Ne5 26. Qxa8 Qa4
$132) 25... Rf7 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Rg7 28. exd7 Bxd7 29. Rxf6 $13) 24... Ra7
25. Qe4 fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rxf5 (26... Rf7 27. Bg5 $18) 27. Qxf5 $16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8
20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Rhf1 $16) 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. e6 Nb8
21. Qe4+ f5 22. Rxd8 fxe4 23. Rxf8 Bxf8 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. f5 $44 {[%csl Rb6,Re4]
} a5 $5 26. b5 Bxa3+ 27. Kb1 $36) ({Black can't avoid the danger and has to
take one of the pieces:} 15... fxe5 $2 16. Qh3 Rf5 17. fxe5 dxc3 18. g4 Bxb4 (
18... Rxf3 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 22. Qh5#) 19. axb4 Qf8
20. gxf5 Nxb4 21. Rdg1 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qa3+ 23. Kd1 Qb3+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Nd2 $5
cxd2 26. Bxd2 $16 {[%cal Rh3g2,Rf5f6]}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] The standard
sacrifice with a new twist.} Kxh7 (16... Kh8 $2 17. Bg6 $18) 17. Qh3+ Kg8 {
The motifs are already known from the 15...dxc3 line, but there are
differences as well:} (17... Kg6 18. f5+ $1 (18. Nh4+ Kf7 19. f5 Ndxe5 $5 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $19) 18... Kf7 (18... exf5 19. Nh4+ Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. e6+ $18) 20.
Nxf5+ $1 Kg8 21. Qg4 g5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. h4 g4 24. e6 $1 (24. Qxc6 Ra7 25. Qe4
fxe5 26. Qxg4 Rf7 $13) 24... Qe8 (24... Nce5 25. Qf4 Rf7 26. exf7 Nxf7 27. Qxg4
$18) 25. Qxc6 Ra7 26. Nxe7 e2 (26... Qxe7 27. Nd5 $16) 27. Rd6 $5 Qxe7 28. Nd5
$16) 19. fxe6+ Kg8 20. exd7 Bb7 21. Qe6+ Rf7 (21... Kh8 22. Nd5 e2 23. Rd3 fxe5
24. Re1 $5 $36) 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 e2 (23... Kf8 24. Qxe3 Rxd7 25. Nxb6
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxd1 28. Qf4+ Ke8 29. Nxa8 Bxa8 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31.
Qh7 $16 {White wins the Pg7 and has very good winning chances}) 24. Qxe2 Kh8
25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qe8+ (26. Kb1 $5) 26... Rf8 27. Qh5+ Qh6+ 28. Qxh6+ gxh6 29.
Rhe1 $36 {[%cal Yd1d6,Ye1e6]}) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 $6 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20.
Qe4+ f5 21. Qxe3 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5,Re5e6] Formally material is equal, but
White's forces dominate the board and he has a huge attack.}) 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20.
Nh4 Qe8 21. Nd5 $6 {Tempting, but not ideal according to the engine.} ({
The silicon beast prefers} 21. e6 $142 $1 Nb8 (21... Nc5 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. bxc5
Bxe6 (23... Bxc5 24. f5 $16) 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Rhe1 Bg4 27. Rd3
bxc5 28. Nd5 $16) 22. Qxe8 $1 (22. Qxb6 Rb7 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Qg3 Bxh4 25. Qxh4+
Kg8 26. Rhe1 Bxe6 $13 {/\} 27. Rd6 Qc8) 22... Rxe8 23. f5 Nc6 (23... g5 24.
Ng6+ Kg7 25. Nxe7 Raxe7 26. Nd5 e2 27. Rd2 $14) 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Rhe1 Bd8 (
25... Ne5 26. Nxe7+ Raxe7 27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Rxe3 b5 29. Rg3 Kf8 30. Rd4 $14 {
[%cal Rd4h4] /+/- Sooner or later Black will be forced to take on e6 and
grovel in an endgame a pawn down.}) 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $36)
21... Kh7 (21... g5 $5 22. fxg5 (22. Nxe7 gxh4 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qf3 Qc3 {
and White doesn't have more than a perpetual with} 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ $11)
22... Bb7 (22... e2 $5) 23. Qe6 Bxd5 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. Nf5 Nxe5 26. Rxd5 Qa4 {
and again White doesn't seem to have more than} 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ $11) (
21... Bb7 $2 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Ng6+ Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Nxf8+ Bxf8 25. Nxf6+
gxf6 26. Rxd7+ Kg6 27. e6 $18) 24. Ndxe7+ Qxe7 25. Nxe7+ $18) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23.
Nf5 Nxe5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Black decides to avoid direct danger by returning the
piece and simplifying the position. However, this comes at a cost, as in the
endgame he will remain a pawn down.} (23... Qe8 $142 $1 24. Nd6 (24. e6 Nb8 25.
Qxb6 Rb7 (25... Bxe6 $5 26. Nd6 Qe7 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. Rxe3 f5 $13 {[%cal Ye7f6]}
) 26. Qc5 Qxe6 $5 27. Qxf8 Qxf5 28. Rd8 Rc7 {and White must bail out with} 29.
Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ $11) 24... Qe6 {with an unforced, but plausible follow-up}
25. Rhe1 Qa2 26. Rxe3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qxf4 29. Rh3+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ Kh7
31. Nxc8 (31. Rh3+ $11) 31... Nxe5 32. Qe6 Qe4+ 33. Kf1 Qxc2 $11 {Here White
either gives, or allows a perpetual after} 34. Rd4 Qc1+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ $11) 24.
Nxe7 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rc7 26. Nd4 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. Kb2 (27. Rhe1 Bg4 28. Rd3 Rc4
29. c3 Bf5 30. Rdd1 Bg4 $11 (30... Rxc3+ 31. Kb2 Rdc8 32. Nxf5 Rc2+ 33. Ka1 e2
34. Rb1 R8c3 35. Rb2 Rc1+ 36. Rb1 R1c2 $11)) 27... Re7 28. Rd3 Re4 29. Ne2 (29.
Nf5 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Rxf4 31. Nxe3 Rf2+ 32. Kc3 Re2 $44) 29... Rxd3 30. cxd3 Re8
31. Re1 $14) 27. Rd3 Bb7 $6 (27... Rce7 $5 {seems more resilient. After} 28.
Re1 Kg6 29. h3 $14 {White has reasonable winning chances, but for the time
being Black retains the Pe3 and more tension.}) 28. Re1 Bxg2 29. Rdxe3 $16 {
/+/= White has a healthy extra pawn and although his kingside pawns are split,
Black's queenside is vulnerable as well. All in all with good technique
Kramnik should be able to convert has advantage.} Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bd5 (30... Rc4
31. c3 Kg8 32. Kd2 Kf7 {was perhaps more stubborn}) 31. Nf5 g5 {Pawn exchanges
should help the defence, but here White gets rid of a potential weakness.} (
31... g6 32. Re7+ $5 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Be6 (33... Bf7 34. Nc8 b5 35. Nd6 $16) 34.
Kd2 Kg7 35. f5 gxf5 36. Ke3 $16) (31... b5 32. Kd2 $5 $16 (32. Ne7 Bg2 $14) (
32. Re7 Rxe7 33. Nxe7 Be4 34. Kd2 Kh6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kc3 g5 $16 {/<=>})) 32.
fxg5 fxg5 33. Re5 {[%csl Rg5]} Bf7 34. Kb2 $1 {White first improves his king.}
(34. Nd6 $143 Bb3 {forces the retreat} 35. Re2 $16) 34... b5 35. Nd4 Kg6 $6 {
Drops another pawn and is tantamount to resignation. However, the endgame was
almost certainly beyond saving anyway:} (35... Rd7 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd2
38. Rxa6 Rxh2 39. Rb6 g4 40. Rxb5 Kg6 41. Rd5 g3 42. Rd1 $18) (35... Kh6 36. a4
$5 bxa4 (36... Rd7 37. Kc3 {/\} Rc7+ 38. Rc5 Rxc5+ 39. bxc5 bxa4 40. Kb4 $18)
37. Ra5 Rd7 (37... Bc4 38. Rc5 $1 $18) 38. Rxa6+ Kh5 39. c3 $18) 36. Nf3 g4 37.
Rg5+ Kf6 38. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {This time Harikrishna chooses the Ruy Lopez over
Giuoco Piano. The latter he used successfully to beat Sergey Karjakin at the
Olympiad.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 $5 {The Arkhangelsk Variation of
the Ruy Lopez which is much more active than the Closed Ruy Lopez, but also
riskier.} 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O (9... Nxe4 10. Bd5 $18) 10. h3 (10.
Nbd2 {is more common.}) 10... exd4 {Adhiban has already played this before
against Kuzubov in 2011, but he thought for 11 minutes which means that he
wasn't expecting this line.} 11. cxd4 Nxe4 {Seeing that nothing is wrong with
grabbing the pawn, Adhiban goes ahead.} 12. Bd5 {Harikrishna also thought for
10 minutes, recollecting his lines.} Qe8 $1 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4
d5 {And the bishop is trapped in a very novel manner.} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {Overall
it would seem that the central e4-pawn is much more important than the h7-pawn.
And this is true. Black has a very comfortable position. But it's a complex
middlegame, so both sides have to play accurately.} 17. Nc3 c6 {23 minutes for
the move 17...c6. Adhiban would have surely been looking at ...Nc2 options.
Finally he didn't like them and continued with this little pawn move.} (17...
Nc2 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bb7 20. Ne5 {Somehow I feel that the bishops are a
tad too passive.}) 18. Rad1 a5 19. a3 Nc2 20. Rd2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {The computers
like Black's position because of the bishop pair. Objectively the position is
equal. But with all these imbalances, the situation is rich and the better
player has chances to outplay his opponent.} f6 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Kf2 {Hari just
makes normal, natural moves, not worrying about what he is trying to achieve
in the position. If his pieces are on good squares something will turn up.
That being said Adhiban has nothing to worry about. His position is at least
equal, maybe even slightly better.} Rae8 24. Ne2 Re7 (24... g5 $5 $15) 25. Nf4
Rfe8 (25... g5 26. Nd3 Kg7 27. Nc5 Bf5 $15) 26. Re2 g5 27. Nd3 Kg7 28. Nc5 Bf5
29. Ree1 Kg6 (29... Rh8 $1 {makes sense in order to prevent g4.} 30. g4 Bc8 {
The h3-pawn is weak.} 31. Rh1 Bxc5 $1 32. dxc5 (32. Rxc5 Bxg4 $15) 32... Kg6
33. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {Black doesn't have any real problems.}) 30. Nd2 (30. g4 Bc8
31. h4 $5 Bxg4 32. hxg5 Bxf3 33. gxf6 Rh7 34. Kxf3 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Nf3 Kg6 {
Adhiban must have felt that Hari would be fine with a draw. After all it's not
so easy to make progress. But Harikrishna fights on.} 32. g4 Bc8 33. Nd3 Bd7 (
33... Rc7 $5 {makes sense in order to take on g4 when h4 is played.}) 34. h4 $1
{Very alert.} gxh4 35. Nxh4+ Kg5 {The king has to move forward. But as we
already know, knights are tricky creatures. Hence, Black must remain careful.}
(35... Kh7 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Rc7 38. Rh1+ Kg7 39. Rcg1+ $19) 36. Nf3+ Kxg4
{Good or bad, this pawn had to taken.} (36... Kg6 37. g5 $1 fxg5 38. Nde5+ Kf5
39. Rg1 $16) 37. Rh1 $1 {The black king is beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Two knights and two rooks are trying to trap it.} Kf5 {Adhiban's king makes a
dash.} 38. Rh5+ Ke6 (38... Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kf7 40. Rg1 $16) 39. Rh6 Kf5 $2 (39...
Kf7 40. Nf4 (40. Rg1 Bf5 $19) 40... Rg8 41. Nh5 Rg6 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rh8+ Kf7
$11) 40. Nh4+ Kg5 (40... Ke4 41. Rc3 $1 {The threat now is to take on f6.} (41.
Ke2 $5 Bxd4 $1 42. Nf2+ Ke5 43. Nf3+ Kd6 44. Nxd4 Rxe3+ 45. Kd2 $16) 41... Rf7
42. Rh5 {Nf3-d2 looks deadly.} Bg4 43. Kf1 $1 Kxe3 44. Nf2+ Kd2 45. Nxg4 $18) (
40... Ke6 41. Nf4+ Kd6 42. Rxf6+ Kc7 43. Nxd5+ $18) 41. Rg6+ Kxh4 42. Rh1+ Bh3
43. Rg3 {Not often do you see the Lawnmower's mate at such a high level! A
very interesting game where Harikrishna showed that practically he is a
stronger player.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 {
Miton opts for less popular alternative to the mainstream moves like 14..h6.}
15. Bc2 b4 16. Bd3 bxc3 17. bxc3 d5 $5 {The pawn advance d6-d5 in Ruy Lopez
has grown to be the major strategic idea. Black clears up the centre,
unleashes his pieces and in most cases solves all his problems.} 18. exd5 (18.
Nxe5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 f6 $17) 20... Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe5 22. Bxa8 c6 $15) 18... exd4 $2 (18... Qxd5 $1 19. c4 (19. Ne4 exd4
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. cxd4 Nb3 $1 $15) 19... Qd8 20. d5 c6 21. Bb2 $13) 19. Rxe8
Qxe8 20. c4 c6 (20... Bd6 21. Nxd4 c6 (21... Bh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Kg1 Qxd4
24. Ra3 $16) 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rb1 $14) 21. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 32] More often than
not the knight on a5 is located poorly. Ivanchuk exploits its weakness by
offering to exchange at an unpleasant moment for his opponent.} Qd8 (21... Nxb3
22. Qxb3 Bc8 (22... Rb8 23. Bf4) 23. Bg5 cxd5 24. Bxf6 dxc4 25. Bxc4 gxf6 26.
Re1 $16) (21... Bb4 22. Ba3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxa3 24. Qxb7 Bc5 25. dxc6 $16) 22.
Rb1 $1 Bc8 (22... Ra7 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Bc2 c5 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rxb7 $16) 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. dxc6 {Black has lost the first middlegame
phase, his task will be to build up some resistance.} Bc5 (24... Qc5 25. Nxd4
$1 Qe5 26. Be3 $16) 25. Bf4 Be6 26. Ng5 Re8 (26... Rc8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. c7 Bf8
29. Qe2 $18) 27. Nxe6 fxe6 (27... Rxe6 $2 28. c7 Re8 29. Rb8 $18) 28. Be5 Bb6 (
28... Be7 29. Bxd4 $18) 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bxh7+ $1 {Ivanchuk is an extremely
strong player so the alternative idea with 30.Qg4+ was surely also considered.
It is well known, that better queen endings are often easily won..} (30. Qg4+
Kh8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Be2 Qc5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Bh5 Rf8 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. c7 Bxc7
37. Rb7 $18) 30... Kxh7 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 (31... Rc8 32. Qxd4 $18) 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33.
Qxe8 {White is a tempo ahead and the black king is naked, so Black's
counterplay with d4-pawn does not really stand a chance.} Qb1+ (33... d3 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35. c7 $18) 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. g3 d3 (35... e5 $1 36. Qd7+ (36. c7 $6 Qf5
$1 37. Qc6 Qxf2+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 39. g4 Qc8 40. Qc6 d3 $16) 36... Kh6 37. Qd5 Qxd5
(37... Qf5 38. Kg2 $18) 38. cxd5 d3 39. c7 d2 40. c8=Q d1=Q 41. Qxa6 $18) 36.
Qd7+ Kg6 37. c7 (37. c7 Qf3 38. Kg1 d2 39. Qxd2 Qb7 40. Qd7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qf5
42. Qd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Nice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Rc1 Qc8 10. Bg5 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe6 14. Nd3 Qf5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf4 c6 17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ne4 Qf5 22. Nxg5+ Qxg5 23. Qxf7 Rab8 24. Ne6 Qf6 25. Nxd8 Qxd8 26. d5 Qe8 27.
Qf5+ Kg8 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. c7 Ra8 32. Rc4 g5 33. Rce4
Bf5 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. f3 g4 36. fxg4 Bxg4 37. R7e4 Bf5 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Re5 Bb1
40. Re1 Bf5 41. Ref1 Bh3 42. Rc1 Rc8 43. Rc6+ Kg5 44. Rf7 Nc5 45. Rh7 Bg4 46.
h3 Be2 47. Re7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. Re2 O-O 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bd3 Re8
15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qg5 Re6 19. Qf5+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Qd8
21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ndb5 Qb8 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 b6 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Nd4 b5 15.
a3 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e5 c4 19. Be4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bc5 Re8
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qe3 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qf3 Qc7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8
28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. c3 a6
9. b4 Bh7 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. a4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qe2
Qf8 16. Ne1 Bd6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nd3 Qf7 20. Bd2 Rg6 21. Rf2 Nf6
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. f5 exf5 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxf5 Ne4 27. Rf3 Nf8
28. Be1 Ne6 29. Kg2 N6g5 30. Re3 h5 31. h4 Nf7 32. Nd2 Nh6 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34.
Re2 Nf5 35. Bf2 e3 36. Be1 Re4 37. Kf3 Rg4 38. Rg2 Kg6 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. d5 c5
41. bxc5 Bxc5 42. a5 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nd6 44. Re2 Kf6 45. Rd1 Ra4 46. Rg2 Rg4 47.
Rd3 Nc4 48. Ke2 Ne5 49. Rd1 Ra4 50. Rb1 Kf5 51. Rxb7 Ra2+ 52. Kf1 Ra1 53. Rgb2
Nf3 54. Re2 Ke4 55. Rxg7 Kd3 56. d6 Bxd6 57. Rd7 Nd2+ 58. Rxd2+ 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 85th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. a4 b4 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 Nc6
15. Rc1 O-O 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kh6 20. Rxc5 Qxc5
21. Nxf7+ Kg6 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qf5 24. Ne4 Rh8 25. g4 Qd5 26. h5+ Kf7 27.
Ng5+ Kf6 28. Qd2 e5 29. Ne4+ Kf7 30. Qg5 Bc8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Ng5 Bxg4 33. Rc1
Rxh5 34. f3 e4 35. Nh7+ Rxh7 36. fxe4 Qe5 37. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O g5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Qc2 Rd8 16. b4 Qf7 17. Ne4 Bxb4 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Be7 20. Raf1 O-O 21.
Ng5 fxg5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Bxf7 24. Be4 b6 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf5 Bc5 27.
Qxe5+ Kxh7 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Qf6 Bb3 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. e4 c5 32. e5 Bd5+ 33. Kf2 c4
34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Corsica KO"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. N1d2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 Ngf6 14. f4 d5 15.
Bd4 Qxf4 16. Rdf1 Qh6 17. h4 g5 18. e5 Ng8 19. hxg5 Qg7 20. Nf3 Bd8 21. Nbd2
Ne7 22. c4 Ng6 23. Qe3 Bc7 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Ka1 O-O
28. Rxh7 Qxh7 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4+ Ng6 32. Qb7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[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 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Qe7 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qh3 Qe6 15.
O-O-O Bb4 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 a5 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Re2 Nf8 21. Qh2
b6 22. Be1 c5 23. Bg3 Rad8 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4
Red8 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. f4 Nd4 31. h5 Re8 32. f5 Nxf5 33. Qf4 g6
34. hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Memorial op 28th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2016.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vera Siguenas, Deivy Anthoni"]
[Black "Cori Tello, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Re5 18. g4 Rae8 19. a3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5
21. f4 Bh4 22. b4 b5 23. c4 dxc3 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd5 g5 26. Rc1 Be1 27.
Rxg5 Bd2 28. Rc2 Re1+ 29. Ka2 Bxf4 30. Rf5 Bd2 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. Ra7 Kf6 33.
Rxa6 Ke5 34. a4 bxa4 35. b5 d5 36. b6 Kd6 37. Rxa4 Kc6 38. Rb4 Kb7 39. Rd4 Rh1
40. Rxd5 Rxh2 41. Rd6 Rg2 42. Rg6 Rg1 43. Kb3 Rb1+ 44. Kc4 Rb2 45. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8.
c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nf1 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 N7f6
15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 a5 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. h5 Qd7 20. Bf1 Bf5 21. Qf4
a4 22. c4 Bh7 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bh2 Rad8 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qb4 d4
28. Bb5 Qd5 29. Re5 Qd6 30. Qxa4 Qf6 31. Bd3 Ne7 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxd4 Nc6
34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qe4+ g6 36. hxg6+ Qxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re1 Rd2 39. Rb1 Nb4
40. Bf4 Rc2 41. Rd1 Rxb2 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Bxh6 Rxa2 44. Bd2 Nc6 45. Bc3 Rc2 46.
Bh8 Kg5 47. Rd7 Kg6 48. Rxb7 Nd8 49. Rb3 Rc5 50. Bb2 Ne6 51. g3 Rc6 52. Kg2 f6
53. Rb5 Nc7 54. Ra5 Rb6 55. Bc1 Rc6 56. Be3 Ra6 57. Rc5 Ne6 58. Rd5 f5 59. Rd7
Rc6 60. Re7 Kf6 61. Rh7 Kg6 62. Rb7 Kf6 63. Bd2 Rc2 64. Bb4 f4 65. g4 Kg5 66.
Rb6 Nd4 67. Kh3 Rc6 68. Be7+ Kg6 69. Bc5 Rxb6 70. Bxb6 Ne6 71. Kh4 Ng5 72. Bc5
Ne4 73. Ba7 Ng5 74. Bb6 Ne4 75. Kh3 f3 76. Kh4 Kh6 77. Bd4 Kg6 78. Be3 Kf6 79.
Kh5 Kg7 80. g5 Kf7 81. Bd4 Kg8 82. g6 Nd2 83. Kg4 Nb3 84. Bc3 Nc5 85. Kxf3 Ne6
86. Kg4 Nf8 87. Kf5 Nd7 88. f4 Nf8 89. Kg5 Ne6+ 90. Kg4 Nc7 91. f5 Nd5 92. Bd4
Ne7 93. Kg5 Nc6 94. Bc3 Nd8 95. Kf6 Nc6 96. Ke6 Nd8+ 97. Kd7 1-0

[Event "New South Wales op"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "2015.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2015.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[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. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Bd5 Qd7 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. dxe5 Qf5
15. Nd4 Qg6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. Nb3 a5 20. a3 Bd7 21. Nc5
Bf5 22. Qd2 a4 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qf2 Kg8 25. Rd2 Bf8 26. Bd4 Be7 27. Be3 Bf8
28. Bd4 Be7 29. Rde2 Be6 30. Kh1 Qh7 31. Rg1 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Qe3 Bxc5 34.
Bxc5 d4 35. cxd4 Bd5 36. Rge1 Re6 37. Kg1 Qh3 38. Rf2 Rde8 39. Qd3 c6 40. Qf1
Qh7 41. Qe2 Rg6 42. Qd2 Qh3 43. Re3 Ree6 44. Rg2 Rh6 45. Kf2 Reg6 46. Ke1 Qf5
47. Qc2 Qg5 48. f4 Qg4 49. Rf2 Bb3 50. Qe2 Qf5 51. Qd3 Be6 52. Kd2 Rh5 53. Qxf5
Bxf5 54. Kc3 Rh3 55. Kb4 Rgh6 56. Ree2 R6h5 57. Be7 Bd3 58. Rd2 Be4 59. Bh4 Kf8
60. Kc5 Ke8 61. Rde2 Bd5 62. Kd6 Rh6+ 63. Kc7 Rg6 64. f5 Rg4 65. Rd2 Re4 66.
Kd6 Rg4 67. Rf1 g5 68. fxg6 Rxg6+ 69. Kc7 Rg4 70. Rf6 Rg7 71. Rdf2 Rg4 72. Rd6
Rhxh4 73. gxh4 Rxh4 74. Rd2 Rh3 75. Kb6 Rb3 76. Kc5 Ke7 77. h4 Rh3 78. Rh6 Rh1
79. Rh8 Kd7 80. Kb6 Ke6 81. Rf2 Ke7 82. h5 Rh4 83. Kc5 Kd7 84. h6 Kc7 85. Rh7
Kc8 86. Rf6 Rh2 87. Rxc6+ Bxc6 88. Kxc6 Kd8 89. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 (4... c6 5. Nc3 $5 (5. d4 cxd5 6. dxc5
Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Qg4 $13 {Psakhis,L-Sokolov,I Chalkidiki 1992 CBM/32}) 5...
d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Ne5 $14 {Petursson,M-Panchenko.AN Bern 1992 CBM/28}) 5. d4 (5. b4 Nxd5 6.
bxc5 Nf6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd2 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J
Wijk op 1993 CBM/34}) 5... Nxd5 6. cxd5 exd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7+ (8...
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bc4 $13 {[%emt 0:00:33] Psakhis,L-Kramnik,V Moscow
Alekhine op 1992 CBM/} (10. Ne2 $5)) 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qe7 (
11... Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 $14 {>< c7}) 12. O-O-O $5 c5 $6 (12... d6) 13. Qf4 $1 Na6
14. d6 Qd8 15. Nc3 $16 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh4+
Kg8 20. Nd5 g6 21. Qh6 Nb3+ 22. Kb1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Qashashvili, Alexandre"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Nf6 11. f4 a5 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. Be3 a4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Rac1
O-O 16. c3 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb8 18. a3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8
22. Ng4 Re8 23. f5 exf5 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxh6 Qxe5 26. Rxf5 Qe1+ 27. Nf1 Nce5
28. Bd2 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Ng6 30. Rcf3 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Re5 32. Qh3 Bc8 33. Qg3 Ndf8
34. Rxf7 Re6 35. Bc3 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. Qc7 d4 38. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 c5 13. dxc5 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
Nb6 Nxb6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Ne5 a5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. Be5 Bd5 21. e4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Ne8 23. Bf4 Bc5 24. e5 Rd5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qc2+ g6 27. Rxd5
Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 exd5 30. Rc5 d4 31. Rd5 Ng7 32. Rxd4 Ne6 33. Rd7
Kg7 34. Be3 g5 35. b3 a4 36. Rb7 axb3 37. axb3 Ra5 38. Rxb4 Rxe5 39. Bd4 Nxd4
40. Rxd4 Ra5 41. Rd2 Rb5 42. Rb2 Kf6 43. b4 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. g3 f5 46. h4
f4+ 47. gxf4 gxh4 48. Kf3 h3 49. Kg4 Ke4 50. Re2+ Kd3 51. Rh2 Ke4 52. Rxh3 Rxb4
53. Rh8 Kd5 54. Re8 Kd6 55. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Bxf6 Bf4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ Kg8 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Qe2 Bb7
21. Rd4 Rfd8 22. Rh4 Nf6 23. Ng6 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Rh8+ Kxh8 26. Qxf7 Be4
27. c3 Bd3 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. h3 Kh7 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Qa7 Re1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb1 34. b3 Bd5 35. Qxa6 Ne4 36. Qxb5 Nd2 37. h4 Be4 38. f3 1-0

[Event "PAL/CSS Freestyle fin 6th"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flyingfatman"]
[Black "New Man"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Bd3
b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. O-O Nc4 17. Nbxc4 bxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nf3
f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Ng5 Qd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Kd6 26. Nh7
Rf5 27. g4 Qd7 28. Qh6 Rf7 29. Ng5 Kc7 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Qf4+ Kc6
33. Qxd4 Qg6 34. Rf4 Qd6 35. Raf1 Qc5 36. gxf5 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Kc5 38. Rg4 Bd7
39. Rg7 Kd6 40. Rg6+ Ke5 41. f6 Rf8 42. Rg5+ Kd6 43. Rf3 Be6 44. Kf2 Bf7 45.
Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd2 Rb8 47. Rg7 Ke6 48. Kc3 Rh8 49. h3 a5 50. Kd4 Rh6 51. Rgg3
Rh4+ 52. Kc5 Rh8 53. Rg5 a4 54. Rg1 Rc8+ 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. Rg7 Ke6 57. Rh7 Rf8
58. Rf2 c3 59. Kxc3 Rc8+ 60. Kb4 Rf8 61. h4 a3 62. h5 d4 63. Kc4 Ke5+ 64. Kd3
Kd6 65. Kxd4 Ke6 66. Kc3 Rc8+ 67. Kb4 Rf8 68. h6 Kd6 69. Rxf7 Rxf7 70. h7 Rf8
71. f7 Ke7 72. Re2+ Kd6 73. Re8 Rxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "ShSM 64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

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 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 b5 14. Kb1 b4
15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qe1 Rab8 17. Nd2 Nxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Qc5 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nd3 Qe7 21.
g4 a4 22. Bh3 Rfc8 23. f5 Nd4 24. f6 Qd8 25. Qg5 Qf8 26. Ne1 Nb5 27. Bf1 h6 28.
fxg7 Qxg7 29. Qf4 $2 {#Najer was doing very well and misses a winning
continuation here.} Rf8 ({Here he might have finished his amazing journey in
style had he played} 29... b3 $1 30. axb3 axb3 {and here both White's main
choices fail. The alternative} 31. c4 {also meets a spectacular demise with#} (
{The obvious} 31. cxb3 {is punished by} Nc3+ $1 32. bxc3 (32. Kc2 Ne2+ 33. Kd2
Nxf4) 32... Rxb3+ 33. Kc1 Rcxc3+ 34. Kd2 Qf8 {and Black is winning.}) 31...
Nc3+ $3 {Curiously, none of the engines seem to find this move.} 32. bxc3 Qf8
$1 {and though White has a number of choices, they all end up losing
significant material to avoid mate. Ex:} 33. Rh2 Ra8 34. Rf2 Be8 {Protecting
f7 and freeing the queen.} 35. Qc1 Ra4 {followed by Rca8 and White is lost.})
30. Nf3 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Rg1 Rb7 35. g5 hxg5 36.
Bd3 Rg7 $2 (36... Nd6 $1 37. Rxg5+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rg1+ Kh8 {and it is
equal.} (39... Kh6 40. Ng4+)) 37. Ng4 Rf4 38. h6 Rh7 39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rdf1
Bg6 41. Rxf4 gxf4 42. Rh1 f3 43. Kc1 Nd6 44. Nf6+ Kh8 45. Rg1 f2 46. Rf1 Nf7
47. Ng4 Kh7 48. Rxf2 Bf5 49. Nf6+ Kg6 (49... Kxh6 $2 50. Nxd5 exd5 51. Rxf5)
50. Ng8 Nxh6 51. Nxh6 Kxh6 52. Rf4 b3 53. cxb3 axb3 54. a4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Iturrizaga, E.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1265"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 d6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Qc3 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. h4 Nc6 19. a3 Qb6 20. Bb2 Na5 21. Ba1 d5
22. e5 Nd7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Qh5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rd7 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. Re3 Qd8 28.
Qg3 Qxh4 29. Bxg6 Qxg3 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxg3 Rdc7 32. Bb2 g6 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Rh3 Kf8 35. b4 Nc6 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Rc5 Nb8 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Rh7
Rxc5 41. bxc5 Ke8 42. Bd2 Kf8 43. g4 Ra8 44. Bg5 Ke8 45. f4 a5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
gxf5 Bc8 48. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 61st"]
[Site "Novokuznetsk"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maslak, Konstantin"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf6 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Qf5 20. Qh4+
Kg8 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Re3 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. Rfe1 Bh5 25. f3 Rf8 26. Rd1 Rf4
27. Kf2 g5 28. Rb3 Rf7 29. Rb5 Rd7 30. g4 Bg6 31. Rd2 Bb1 32. a3 Ba2 33. b3 a6
34. Rb6 Bb1 35. b4 Ne7 36. b5 a5 37. Re2 Kf7 38. Re5 Ng6 39. Rxg5 Nf4 40. Ke3
Ng2+ 41. Kd2 Rc7 42. Re5 Bg6 43. g5 Kg7 44. Rf6 a4 45. b6 Rd7 46. Rfe6 Kf7 47.
Rf6+ Kg7 48. Ke2 Bc2 49. Kf2 Nh4 50. Kg3 Ng6 51. Re2 Bb1 52. Re1 Bd3 53. Re3
Bc4 54. h4 Ne7 55. h5 Nc6 56. h6+ Kh7 57. Kg4 Bb3 58. Kh5 Bc2 59. g6+ Bxg6+ 60.
Rxg6 Nxd4 61. Rg7+ Rxg7 62. hxg7 Nb5 63. Re7 Nxa3 64. Rxb7 Nc4 65. Rb8 Kxg7 66.
b7 Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:23"]
[BlackClock "0:08:34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. e3 d5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 b5 8. O-O
bxc4 9. bxc4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Rb8 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Qa4 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. Nxc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 Qc2 19. Qxc4 Nd2 20. Qxc7 Nxf1
21. Be4 Rb7 22. Qc5 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qd2 24. Rxf1 Rb2 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Ne4 Qc2 27.
Qxf8 Qxe4 28. Qxc8 a5 29. Qc5 a4 30. Qa7 f5 31. Qxa4 Kh6 32. Qe8 Ra2 33. h4
Rxa3 34. h5 1-0

[Event "St Louis Winter A 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1305"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Bb7 11. Nc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qxc7 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qd4 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bxg6 Qc4 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qe5 Be6 22. Rd4 Qc2 23. Re1 Kg6 24. h3 Rae8 25. Rh4 Bf5 26. Qg3+
Kf6 27. Qd6+ Be6 28. Re3 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 e5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rc8 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Qd3+ f5 22. Qd6 Re8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Nxb7 f4 26. Nd6 Rh8 27.
Ne4 Nd4 28. Bxf4 Rc8 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. Nxe6 Nb3+ 31. Kd1 Nxd2 32. Bxd2 Kf5 33.
Ng5 a5 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. a4 Ke6 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed Inv Qualifier"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.06.27"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L.."]
[Black "Hammer, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1234"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.02"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Nfe5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. Bd4 Kg6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc7 Rh8 26. Rxc5 Rh4
27. Rc4 Rh5 28. Rf4 Bd5 29. Rg4+ Kh7 30. b4 e5 31. bxa5 Bf3 32. Ra4 e4 33. a6
Be2 34. f4 exf3 35. h4 Rh6 36. a7 Rg6+ 37. Kh2 f2 38. a8=Q f1=Q 39. Rxf1 Bxf1
40. Qe4 Kh6 41. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "4th Sharjah Masters 2021"]
[Site "Sharjah UAE"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Salem, AR.."]
[Black "Moussard, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Nc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nh5 15.
d5 Nb8 16. Bf2 O-O 17. g3 Nd7 18. Bd3 Nhf6 19. g4 Nh7 20. h4 f6 21. Be3 Rf7 22.
Rc2 Qd8 23. Rg2 Ndf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Nd4 Bc8 28. Bb1
Qf8 29. Ba2 Bd7 30. Ne6 Qc8 31. O-O Nf8 32. g5 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Bxe6 34. gxh6 Bh3
35. Rg3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Qe6 37. Qe2 f5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. c5 fxe4+ 40. Rxf7 Qh3+
41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nxf7 43. Bd4+ Kh7 44. Bxf7 dxc5 45. Bg7 a5 46. h5 a4 47.
Bg6+ Kg8 48. Bxe4 Ra7 49. Bc3 b5 50. Kf3 Rh7 51. Bxh7+ Kxh7 52. Bd2 1-0

[Event "21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2021.09.02"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Banusz, T.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 a5 14.
Qg3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Ra6 16. f4 Qf5 17. h3 Rg6 18. Qf2 f6 19. g4 Qe4 20. Rbe1 Qc4
21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh4 Bf5 23. Kh2 Be4 24. f5 Rg7 25. Bg3 Qxc2 26. Re2 Qc4 27.
Bf4 Re8 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Ree1 Rge7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Rc8 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33.
Bxb6 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rc1 Bc2 36. Kf4 Kf7 37. h4 Ra4+ 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Kd2
Bb3 40. Rxc4 Bxc4 41. Bxa5 d4 42. Ke1 b5 43. Kf2 Bb3 44. Kg3 Bd1 45. Kf4 Be2
46. Bb6 d3 47. Ba5 Bd1 48. Bb4 Be2 49. g5 Bh5 50. Bc3 Be2 51. Ke3 Bg4 52. Ke4
Be2 53. Kd5 Bh5 54. Kd6 fxg5 55. hxg5 Bg6 56. Ke5 Bh7 57. Kf4 Ke7 58. Bb4+ Kf7
59. Ke5 Kg7 60. Ke6 Bg8+ 61. Ke7 Bf7 62. Bc3+ Kg8 63. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis 11th"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1987.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1987.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
Nf5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. b4 Na4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. e6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S.."]
[Black "Sarana, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1265"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.04"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. e5 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxb6 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qb4 17. Qe3 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Kg8 19. Kg1 Rd8 20.
Qc1 Nd3 21. Qg5 Qa5 22. h4 Bd7 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. h5 Bxe4 25. h6 Bg6 26. hxg7 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 Qd2 28. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. exd4 b5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 b4 20. Qg3 bxa3 21.
bxa3 Ba4 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qxe7 Qxd4
27. Be5 Qb6 28. Qg5 Qh6 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rc3 Kf8 31. Rc5 Rd8 32. Bf6 Rd6 33.
Rc8+ Be8 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Rd8 Kg8 36. Rxd5 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 38. Rd8 Kh7 39. g4
Rd3 40. f4 h5 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Kolkata op 5th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP.."]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nc3 Be6
15. b5 Ne7 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 O-O 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. Qd2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bxe3 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qd3+ Bf5 24. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Rae8+ 26. Kd2 Nxc3
27. Kxc3 Rxf5 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxb5 30. Re4 Kg6 31. Rb4 Rc5+ 32. Kd3 b6
33. a4 Rc1 34. Ke3 Rc2 35. Kf3 Ra2 36. h4 Kh5 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kh2 a5 39. Rd4
Rb3 40. g3 Rb4 41. Rd5+ Kg6 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rg6 Rxa4 45. Rxb6 Ra1
46. Kg4 a4 47. Kg5 a3 48. Ra6 a2 49. g4 Ke4 50. h5 Ke3 51. h6 Kf3 52. Ra3+ Ke4
53. h7 Rh1 54. Kg6 Kf4 55. Rxa2 Kxg4 56. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 7th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qc1 e5 15. e4
Bd7 16. a3 Nh7 17. Rb1 h5 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bf2 Qd8 20. b4 b6 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. bxc5
Nxc5 23. Nc7 f5 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Nb3 Na4 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bd3 Rf8
29. Rbe1 Qg7 30. Be3 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 f4 32. Bxh7+ Qxh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. Re2
Bf5 35. Rc1 h4 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. hxg3 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rc8 40. Nd2 Nc5
41. Rh1 Nd3 42. Reh2 Kg7 43. Ne4 Rg8 44. Rh5 Bg6 45. Rg5 Rd8 46. Rg4 Nf4 47.
Kf2 Kf7 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. Rh6 Rg8 50. Ne6 Kf5 51. Nxf4 exf4 52. Rhh4 Ke5 53. Ke2
Kd4 54. Rxf4+ Kc3 55. Rf6 Bd3+ 56. Ke3 Rd8 57. Rhh6 Bxc4 58. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3
$6 ({the main line is:} 7. N1c3 {Gershon}) 7... a6 {Gershon: ' the most
popular response. Other moves tranfer to the main line at some stage.'} (7...
Be6 {Gershon} 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Nf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Kasparov,S/Koszalin 1999/EXT
2000 (37)}) (7... Nf6 {Gershon} 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nc2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. b3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Nataf,I/Andorra la Vella 1999/EXT
2000 (13)}) 8. N5c3 Bg5 $11 {Gershon: 'Gershon: It's impornant to change the
dark squared B's, getting rid of a weak piece and weakenning the d4 square. '}
9. Nd2 (9. Na3 $6 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 Qg5 $36 {Nataf} 11. O-O Nge7 12. Nc2 O-O 13.
Be2 $6 $146 {I don't see a reason to put the B on 'f3' while it can be put on
f1. On 'f3' it's very vulnerable to black's pieces.} (13. Re1 {Gershon makes
more sense than the text} Be6 14. Bf1 Rad8 15. b4 f5 16. b5 Nb8 17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Nd5 Nd7 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. Qd2 exf4
24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. Bf1 h5 27. Ncb4 axb5 28. cxb5 Ra8 $36 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 323 (49)}) 13... Bh3
14. Bf3 Ng6 {[%cal Gg6h4]} 15. Kh1 (15. Ne3 {Gershon} Nd4 16. Kh1 Be6 $36 {
[%cal Gg6h4]}) 15... Be6 16. Nd5 Nh4 17. b3 {[%cal Gd5c7]} ({interesting was:} 
17. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5,Gc2e3] Gershon} b5 18. Nce3 Nd4 19. Bg4 $13) (17. Nc7 $4 {
Gershon} Bxc4 18. Nxa8 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Rxa8 $19) 17... Rad8 {Both removing the
rook from 'a8' and protecting the 'd6' pawn- "just in case"} (17... f5 $143 {
Gershon because after:} 18. exf5 {black is obliged to play:} Bxf5 ({and not :} 
18... Nxf5 {Gershon} 19. Nc7 $18) 19. Nb6 Rae8 20. Bd5+ $14 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 18.
Nde3 $11 {0-1 Dominguez,L-Nataf,I/Havana 2001/CBM 84_01/[Gershon] (43)}) 9...
Nf6 (9... Be6 {Gershon} 10. b3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. a3
Ng6 15. Re1 Nd4 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qg5 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Rcd1
f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qe3 Qf7 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gg6h4,Gh4f5,Gf5d4] 1-0 Yagupov,
I-Zvereva,M/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (52)}) 10. O-O {
Gershon: ' This plan is too slow, allowing black to take control over the
position.'} (10. Nf1 {Gershon} Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. O-O b5 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Ra6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Tregubov,P/Mulhouse FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336 (27)})
10... O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Bg4 {'!' Gershon. Gershon: 'Black is gaining an
important tempo by weakennig the g1-a7 /^, and forcing white to play Kh1'} 13.
f3 Bd7 14. Kh1 b5 15. Ne2 (15. cxb5 $143 {Gershon} axb5 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 15...
Ne6 (15... Be3 $2 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Re1 $14) 16. b4 Qb6 17. cxb5 axb5 {'='
Gershon.} (17... Bxb5 18. Bxb5 (18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxb4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rfb8 $15) 18... Qxb5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nc3 $11) 18. Nb1 Rfd8 19. Nbc3 Bc6
20. Nd5 {'!?' Gershon.} (20. Qc2 $6 {Gershon} Rac8 $15 (20... d5 $140 $2 {
Gershon} 21. exd5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]} Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 {Gershon} 22. Nxb5
(22. Nxd5 {Gershon} Rxd5 23. Be4 $2 Rd2 $17) 22... Rac8 23. Nec3 Nd4 24. Qf2
$16))) 20... Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf4 (21... Nc7 {Gershon} 22. Be4 $14 (
22. f4 $143 {[%cal Gb2h8] Gershon} Bh6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Ncxd5 25. Qb3 Ng4
$132)) 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 $15) 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxd5 Kg8 $1 {
Gershon: 'Although approximately even, this position is far from being simple'}
24. Nc3 Nc7 (24... Nf4 25. Qxb5 (25. Qe4 $2 Rac8 $15) 25... Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nd3
27. Bc3 Be3 (27... d5 $2 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rad1 $16) 28. g3 d5 $13) 25. Qe4 {
Nach wechselvollem Eröffnungsverlauf geht Schwarz nun auf Bauernraub.} Bd2 {
Gershon: 'A very risky move! Black is winning a pawn but allows white to
create a very strong attack against his weakenned K '} (25... Qe3 $5 {Gershon}
26. Qc6 Ne6 {[%cal Ga8c8]} 27. Bc1 (27. Nd5 $2 {Gershon} Qe2 {[%csl Ra2]} 28.
Qc3 Rxa2 $19) (27. Nxb5 $4 {Gershon} Qe2 28. Rab1 (28. Ba3 {Gershon} Rac8 29.
Qa6 Rc2 30. Rg1 Rb8 $19 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28... Rac8 $1 {[%csl Rb5]} 29. Qa6 Rc2
$19) (27. Qxb5 {Gershon} Nd4 28. Qd5 Nc2 $15) 27... Qd4 28. Bxg5 Nxg5 $13) 26.
Nd5 {'!' Gershon. Das einzige. Nach Abtausch des Sc3 gegen den Läufer wäre
Weiss dem Vormarsch der Zentrumsbauern ausgeliefert.} Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bxb4 28. f4
{Gershon: 'the point' jetzt entfalten die weissen Figuren ihre Möglichkeiten,
die schwarze Königsstellung ist gefährdet.} Qc5 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Qxc5 $2 {
Gershon} dxc5 30. Bxe5 Rd2 $19) 29... d5 $6 {Schwarze kann den Mehrbauern
nicht halten, man sehe:} (29... Qc7 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Rac1 Qe7 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 $2
(32... Rxa2 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qh5 {und Weiss hat Angriff}) 33.
Qxf7+ $18) (29... f6 30. Rfc1 Qa7 31. Qb3+ $18) (29... Qc4 $1 30. fxe5 dxe5 31.
Bxe5 Bf8 $11) 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. Qg4 Ba3 $2 (31... d4 $8 32. Bxd4 Qe6 $11 {
war die einzige Möglichkeit.}) (31... Ra4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Bf6 $18) (31... Rdc8
32. e6 fxe6 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qxb4 {diese Stellung bietet Weiss auf Grund der
Königsstellung die besseren praktischen Chancen.}) (31... Ra6 $5 {Gershon} 32.
e6 f5 33. Rxf5 Rxe6 $13 {[%cal Ge6e1]}) 32. e6 {'!!' Gershon. Gershon: 'this
is what black has probably missed'} Bxb2 (32... f5 {Gershon} 33. Bxa3 Rxa3 34.
Rxf5 $16) (32... fxe6 {Gershon} 33. Bf6 $16 (33. Bxg7 $2 {Gershon} Qxg7 34.
Qxe6+ Kh8 {[%cal Gg7a1]} 35. Rad1 Rd6 $19)) 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Rae1 Qd6 (34...
Ra4 {Gershon} 35. Qf5 $1 Re4 36. Qh7 $18) 35. Re6 Qc5 (35... Qxe6 $8 {Gershon}
36. Qxe6 Bf6 37. Rf5 Rxa2 38. h3 $18) 36. Re8+ {'?' Gershon. Gershon:
'prolongs the fight by 15 moves, however, black is still hopeless'} (36. Qh5 {
/Dh4/Dh3 hätte mattgesetzt, nachdem Partiezug ist Schwarz auch chancenlos.}
Bf6 37. Qh7 (37. Qh8+ {Gershon} Kxf7 38. Rfxf6+ gxf6 39. Rxf6+ Ke7 40. Qg7+ Ke8
41. Qf7#) 37... Kxf7 38. Rfxf6#) 36... Rxe8 37. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39.
Qg8+ Kc7 40. Qxa8 {'+-' Gershon.} Bf6 41. Qa5+ Kc6 42. Qa6+ Kc7 43. Qa5+ Qb6 {
'??' Gershon. Gershon: 'Losing on the spot'} ({after} 43... Kc6 $142 {(Gershon)
there is still a long fight ahead!}) 44. Rc1+ {Gershon: 'Practically a best
decision. There is less chance to go wrong here than in P endgame calculations.
'} (44. Qxb6+ {Gershon} Kxb6 45. Rxf6+ gxf6 46. h4 d4 47. Kg1 {looks like it's
over} Kc5 48. Kf2 (48. h5 {Gershon} Kc4 49. h6 d3 50. Kf2 Kc3 51. h7 d2) 48...
Kd5 (48... Kc4 {Gershon} 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. h5 Ke6 51. Kd3 $18) 49. h5 Ke6 50. Ke2
f5 (50... Kf5 {Gershon} 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Kxd4 Kxh5 53. Kc5 Kg4 54. Kxb5 Kg3 55.
a4 Kxg2 56. a5 f5 57. a6 f4 58. a7 f3 59. a8=Q $18) 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Kxd4 Kg5
53. Ke5 $18) 44... Kb7 45. Qb4 d4 46. a4 {'!' Gershon. Gershon: 'by opening up
another two lines white wins immediately'} bxa4 47. Qxa4 Be5 48. Qc2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 (12... Nb4 13. Ne5 (13.
Rad1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 $11 {0-1 Gokhale,J-Mueller,K/Oakham 1992/
CBM 30 (64)}) 13... Be8 14. Rad1 Nbd5 (14... Nfd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Bb3 Rc8 18. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Osnos,V-Pohla,H/Beltsy 1977/MCD (29)}) 15. Bb3 Rc8
16. Qd3 Rc7 17. Qh3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bg5 20. c4 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nf4 22.
Qg3 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. d5 $16 {1-0 Oratovsky,M-Penzias,M/Tel Aviv 1993/EXT
98 (42)}) (12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 (13. h4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3
Nd5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe5 Nxc3 19. Bc4 Rf6 20. Rac1 Nxa4 21. Bb3 Nb6 22. Rc7 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Zilberman,Y/London 1992/CBM 31 ext (31)}) 13... Ncxe7 (13...
Ndxe7 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Yanofsky,D-Golombek,H/Karlovy Vary 1948/MCD (30)}) 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 f6 (16... Bf5 17. Qf3 Be4 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Rac1 $14 {1-0
Lukacs,P-Pavasovic,D/Budapest 1994/CBM 41 ext (27)}) (16... Rc8 17. Qf3 Be6 18.
Qb3 Rc7 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. h3 Rc8 22. Nd3 Qc4 23. Qxb7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,K-Harikrishna,P/Calicut IND 2003/(42)}) 17. Nd3 Re8 18.
Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87 (18)}) (12... Re8 13.
Rad1 Nb4 (13... Nd5 14. Bd2 (14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qd2 Bg4 {1/2-1/2
Bertok,M-Keres,P/Leipzig 1960/EXT 99 (16)}) (14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Nd5 17. Qf3 Re7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Bxa4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Ra1 Bb3 $11
{1/2-1/2 Zielinska,M-Misanovic,V/GER 2001/EXT 2003 (84)}) 14... Bf6 15. Ne4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Be7 Be6
$1 22. Qf3 Bxb2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Mainz 2001/CBM 84/[Huzman] (34)
}) (13... h6 14. Bc1 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19.
Re3 $36 {1-0 Stanojevic,B-Govedarica,R/Novi Sad 1988/EXT 97 (27)}) 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Qh3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Bc2 h6 21.
Bf4 {1-0 Demkovich,A-Le Thi Phuong Lien/Budapest 1997/CBM 59 ext (21)}) (12...
h6 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Be5 Qa5 18. Bb3 Rd8
19. f4 Nfd5 $11 {0-1 Bertok,M-Geller,E/Bled 1961/MCL (44)}) 13. Rad1 Nd5 (13...
Nb4 14. Ne5 (14. d5 $5 Rxc4 15. Qxc4 Nbxd5 16. Ne5 Re8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxd7
Nxd7 19. Rd3 Kf8 20. Qe4 {1-0 Zamecnik,F-Cimra,J/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97 (20)})
14... Be8 15. Bb3 (15. h4 Rc7 16. Bb3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. h5 f6 19. Nd3 Nxd3
20. Nxd5 Nxe1 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxe1 $16 {1-0 Hebden,M-Lev,R/London 1990/EXT
97 (39)}) 15... Qc7 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf6 20. Re3
Nfd5 21. Nxc6 Nxe3 22. Nxb4 Nxd1 23. Bxd1 Qb6 $17 {1-0 Milov,V-Lev,R/Israel
1996/CBM 52 ext (63)}) (13... Re8 14. Ne5 Nb4 15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17.
Qf3 Rf8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ng6 $18 {1-0 Solodovnichenko,
Y-Miliutin,O/Krasnodar 1996/EXT 2000 (34)}) 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Be4 {This line
has a reputation as a very dangerous one for Black. He can't prevent the
breakthrough d5. This game confirms the conclusion of theory.} (15. Ba2 Nb4 16.
Bb1 Bc6 17. Ne5 g6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Li
Wenliang-Huang Zhengyuan/CHN 1987/EXT 97 (20)}) 15... Bh6 (15... Bf6 16. d5
exd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Rxd5 $5) 17... Be6 $8 18. Nf4 Qb6 $6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qd3
$1 g6 $2 21. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Rd7 $1
Ne7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Ng5 $1 $18 {1-0 Chekhov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Lviv 35/487 1983/ 
[Chekhov,V] (38)}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxd5 $1 $16 {The pin of Bd7 leads to
material lost.} (17. Nxd5 Re8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb6 Bg7 $11) 17... Qc7
(17... Rc7 18. Rd6 f5 19. Bc2 Kh8 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Qd1 g6 22. Ne7 {1-0 Najdorf,
M-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD (22)}) 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (18... Kh8 $142 19.
Bb1 (19. Bf5 Rfe8 20. Qd1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qb1 $16) 19... g6 $16) 19.
Qd3+ Kg8 20. Rxd7 $18 Qb6 21. Re2 (21. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4d6]} Nb8 22. Re7
Qxb2 23. Nfg5 Qc2 24. Qd5 Qc1 $16) 21... Rcd8 22. h4 Bc1 (22... Qb4 23. Nd5
Rxd7 24. Nxb4 Rxd3 25. Nxd3 $16) (22... Qa5 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 $16) 23. Rxd8
(23. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 $16 {[%cal Gg5g6]}) 23... Rxd8 24. Qc2 $1 Bh6 25. Nd5
$1 Qa5 26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27. Rxe7 Qd5 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. a5 {[%csl Rb7]} Qd8 30. Qxd8
Rxd8 31. Rxb7 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd5 33. b4 Bf4+ 34. g3 Bd6 35. Kg2 f6 36. Rb6 Be7
37. Rb7 Kf7 38. g4 Ke6 39. b5 $1 axb5 (39... Rxb5 40. Nd4+ $18) 40. a6 (40. a6
Rd6 41. a7 Ra6 42. Rb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Ndf8 16. Na4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bc8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21.
Qd1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. b5 Rec8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qb3 b6 27.
Qa4 Rc7 28. Qe8+ Nf8 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxf8 Bf5 31. Qb8 Rc2 32. h4 Bc8 33.
Qxa7 Qf5 34. Qxb6 f6 35. Qb1 Ba6 36. e4 Qc8 37. e5 Bd3 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Qb6
Qf5 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qb8 Be4 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. h5+ Kf7 44. h6 Qg6 45. Nh4 Qg5
46. Qg7+ Qxg7 47. hxg7 Kxg7 48. f3 Bd3 49. Ra1 Rd2 50. a4 Kh6 51. Kh2 Kg5 52.
Kg3 f5 53. f4+ Kf6 54. Nf3 Rb2 55. a5 Bb5 56. Rc1 Bc4 57. Ne5 Rb3+ 58. Kh4 Bb5
59. Rc5 Rb1 60. a6 Be2 61. a7 Ra1 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Rc7+ Kd6 64. Rg7 Bb5 65. Kg5
Ke6 66. Rg6+ Ke7 67. Kxf5 Ra2 68. g4 Ba4 1-0

[Event "Rabat Blitz Marathon 5th"]
[Site "Rabat"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bouhaddoun, Oussama"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3
Be7 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Na3 O-O 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 Be7 15.
g5 f5 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Ra2 Rg8 20. Rg2+ Kf8 21.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.12.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qxc1 18. Nxf8+ Kg8 19. Raxc1 Kxf8 20. f3
Be6 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. Kf2 Rh8 23. Kg3 Kd6 24. Rd2 Ne7 25. h3 Bd7 26. Kf2 Rh4 27.
Rh1 g5 28. Re1 Nc6 29. Ke3 a5 30. b3 b6 31. Rf1 Ne7 32. Kf2 Nf5 33. Rfd1 b5 34.
Kg1 b4 35. Kf2 Ng7 36. Rc1 Ne6 37. Ke3 Rh8 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Kg3 Bd7 40. Kf2 Rf8
41. Ke3 Re8 42. Kf2 Ra8 43. Rh1 Rh8 44. Rc1 Bb5 45. Kg3 Rh4 46. Rc8 Nxd4 47.
Ra8 a4 48. bxa4 Bc4 49. Rg8 Ne6 50. Rxg5 Rh8 51. Rg6 Ke5 52. Rb2 Bd3 53. Rg4 d4
54. Rxb4 Bf5 55. Rb5+ Kf6 56. Rh4 Re8 57. Rh5 Bg6 58. Rhd5 d3 59. Rb6 Kf7 60.
a5 Rg8 61. Kf2 Rc8 62. Rd7+ Kf6 63. g4 Rc2+ 64. Kg3 Rxa2 65. f4 d2 66. g5+ Kf5
67. Rb5+ Nc5 68. Rxc5+ Ke6 69. Rcd5 Ra3+ 70. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 68th"]
[Site "Kaliningrad"]
[Date "2015.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2015.06.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd5 Qa6 14. Qb5
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Nd6 Nd4 19. Kg2 Be5 20. Nc4 Nb3
21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Na5 Nxc1 24. Rxd4 b6 25. Nc4 Ne2 26. Rh4+ Kg8 27.
Kf1 g5 28. Rg4 Nf4 29. Rxg5+ Kh7 30. b3 Rc5 31. Rg4 Ng6 32. Rd1 b5 33. Ne3 Rc3
34. Rb4 Rb8 35. Rd5 a5 36. Rbxb5 Rxb3 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Rxa5 Nf4 39. Ke1 Rb2
40. Rf5 Nd3+ 41. Kf1 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. Rxf7+ Kg6 44. Rf8 Rxa3 45. Nc2 Ra4
46. Rd8 Ra2 47. Ne3 Nf4 48. Ng4 Nh3+ 49. Kf1 Kg5 50. Rh8 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52.
Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke1 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Ra1+ 57. Kc2 Ra3 58.
Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rf8+ Kg5 60. Kd2 Ra2+ 61. Kc3 Ra3+ 62. Kb4 Ra2 63. Rh8 Rc2 64. Kb3
Rc7 65. Rf8 Rc1 66. Ne3 Rh1 67. Ng4 Rc1 68. Kb2 Rc5 69. Nf2 Rc7 70. Ne4+ Kg6
71. h4 Rf7 72. Rxf7 Kxf7 73. Kc3 Nf4 74. Kd4 Ng2 75. h5 Nf4 76. Ng3 Kf6 77. Ke4
Kg5 78. Ke5 Nd3+ 79. Ke6 Nf4+ 80. Kf7 Ng2 81. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 13th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Rd8 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nh4 Qh7 14. Nf6+ gxf6
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. Qg4+ Kh7 20. Rd3 Bd7
21. Rg3 Rg5 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. d5 Nd4 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Nf3 Rxg3 27.
hxg3 Rd8 28. Rd1 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 a5 31. a3 b6 32. Qa4 Bd6 33. Qb5
Bc5 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. f4 f5 36. g4 fxg4 37. f5 Ba2 38. Qd3 Bf6 39. a4 h5 40. b3
Be7 41. Qc2 Bxb3 42. Qxb3 Bc5 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 (11... Bd7 {Dautov}) (11... Rd8
$142 $1 12. Re1 {Dautov} a6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. f3 Be6 18. Bf1 b5 $10 {/\Bc4, ECO}) 12. Re1 Bb7 (12... Rd8 {Dautov} 13. e4
Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd3 $14) 13. e4 $14 Ne7 {Dieser Springerzug ist zwar
früher auch schon gespielt worden, aber mir scheint das Roß am Damenflügel
besser plaziert.} (13... e5 {Dautov} 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bg5 $14) (13... h6 {Dautov}
14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Ne5 $14) 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Ng6 {Dautov} 15. Bg5
Rac8 (15... Nd7 $5) 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Gligoric-Andersson/Muenchen ol/
1958}) 15. g3 (15. Bg5 {Dautov} Ng6 16. g3 (16. h4 $6 Nf4 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bxf4
Qxf4 $10) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. h4 $14) 15... Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $5 {Dautov}
16. Bf4 Qc8 17. a4 $14) 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 $1 {Verhindert den "natürlichen
Zug" 17... Rac8 wegen 18.Bb5 mit Damegewinn.} Nf8 {Die schwarzen Springer
erzielen keine große Wirkung.} (17... a6 {Dautov} 18. Qb3 {><b6} Ng6 (18...
Rac8 $2 19. Bb5 $1 axb5 20. axb5 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Bd6 $16)
19. Bg5 $14) 18. h4 Qe8 19. a5 {Weiß beseitigt seine Schwächen, möglich
geworden, weil kein Springer auf c6 steht.} cxd4 20. cxd4 bxa5 21. Qb3 Bc6 22.
Rxa5 {Spätestens jetzt erkennt man den deutlichen weißen Vorteil: Das
Läuferpaar gewinnt in der offeneren Stellung an Wert, der a-Bauer ist schwach
und auf der anderen Seite hat Weiß dank der Zentrumsbauern eh ein
Übergewicht.} f5 {Verständlich: Schwarz möchte sich nicht einfach
erdrücken lassen.} (22... h6 {Dautov} 23. Qa2 $16) 23. Ng5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5
$6 (24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 (25... Nd5 26. Nxe6) 26. Ra4 $1 {Nun ist der Pe6
verloren.} Kh8 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) (24... Kh8 25. Nxe6 (25. Ra6 $5 {
und Weiß vermeidet Generalabtausch.}) 25... Nxe6 26. Qxe6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nc6
28. Qxe8+ $1 (28. Ra4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. h5 h6 31. Be5 Rd5 32. Rc4 Ra6 {
mit unerwarteten Remischancen laut "Schach" 4/94.}) 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8
30. Rd5 {Schwarz befindet sich in einem schwierigen Endspiel, z. B.} a5 31. Rd6
Rc8 32. d5 $16) 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (25... Nxe6 26. Bxd5 $18) 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc2+ {The point.} Kh8 29. Qxc6 Nexf4 (29... Nxd4 {Dautov} 30. Qc4
Nxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qf7 $18) 30. gxf4 Rac8 (30... Nxf4 {Dautov} 31. Rf5 Ne2+
32. Kg2 Nxd4 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ $18) 31. Qg6 Nxf4
32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qxe6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ali Marandi, C.."]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, I.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1263"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Ngf3
c4 9. Bc2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 20. Qh5
Qc7 21. d5 Ne5 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Qxg7 Kd8 28. Nxf7+ Kc8 29. Rxb5 Bc6 30. Rc5 Kb7 31. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{The most spectacular game in the first round was played - by the lowest rated
player!} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 ({While the standard lines with} 3... Nf6
) (3... c5) ({and even} 3... dxe4 {occur considerably more often in practice,
the text-move might objectively be no worse. Introduced on GM level by
Romanishin in the 1970s, it's popularity received a substantial boost when
Morozevich took it up in the late 1990s. Hannes Langrock summed up the
theoretical development of the whole line in a series of articles in CBM
126-129 (late 2008/2009). I will try not to quote him excessively and mention
mainly any relevant newer developments.}) 4. Bd3 {The current consensus is
that this is the main test of Black's idea, as summed up by Langrock in CBM
127.} ({While both} 4. e5 {and}) (4. c3 {have their fine points and require
accurate reactions from Black, they still have sideline status. Langrock shows
in CBM 128 and 129 respectively that they do not pose a serious threat to 3...
Be7.}) ({This goes also for} 4. Ngf3 {(CBM 126), after} Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3
c5 7. c3 {Black has 2 options:} Nc6 {is the standard move, leading to
positions from the 3...Nf6 line, which are not considered critical for Black.
Here the more testing set-ups are ones , in which White places his N on e2 and
f3 and for this reason White's 4-th move is more flexible.} (7... b6 8. Qe2 Bb7
$5 {is a rare, but plausible sideline, analysed and recommended by Langrock:}
9. O-O (9. h4 h6 10. Nf1 Qc8 11. Qe3 Ba6 12. Bb1 Bxf1 $6 (12... Nc6 13. Ng3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 $15 {|^}) 13. Kxf1 Nc6 14. a3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Ba2 Qa6+
17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Rh3 Rc6 19. h5 Qc8 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Qe1 Kf8 {Stanojevic,S (2130)
-Ernst,H/Pizol/1997/(40)} 22. Bf4 $36 {עf8,Rg8}) 9... Qc8 10. a3 $5 (10. Rd1
Ba6 11. c4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nxd5 15. Ne4 h6 $5 $13 {
Langrock}) 10... a5 (10... Ba6 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 $132) 11. Re1 Nc6 12.
Qe3 (12. b3 Ba6 13. c4 $13) 12... Ba6 13. Bb1 h6 14. Nf1 a4 15. Ng3 Na5 16. Nd2
g6 17. Ba2 Qc6 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Bb7 21. b4 axb3 22. Bxb3 d4
23. Qg3 Bh4 24. Qh3 {Cizinsky,P (1946)-Kuchynka,L (2307)/Stare Mesto/2009/}
Nxe5 25. cxd4 Nd3 $13)) 4... c5 ({The point from the previous note is
illustrated by} 4... Nf6 $143 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 (6. Qg4 $5) 6... c5 7. c3 Nc6
8. Nf3 $14 {In this line, in which Black's main plan is to undermine White's 
[+] with f6, the 3...Be7 move is redundant - after ef6 the ideal square for
the B is d6.}) 5. dxc5 {Clearly the strongest. Harmless alternatives are} (5.
Ngf3 Nf6 6. dxc5 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 11.
Rd1 Ke7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bc2 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rhd8 16. Ne5 h5 17. f3 {
1/2,Akopian,V (2660)-Kortschnoj,V (2659)/Kolkata/2000/}) (5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Nb3 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Ncxd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c3 O-O
13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Nf6
19. Re2 Nfd5 20. g3 Rec7 $11 {Xie Jun (2573)-Yu Shaoteng (2542)/Suzhou/2006/})
(5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O $11 {leads to a
typical situation with the isolated Pd4, which can arise from other openings
as well - the Caro-Kann Panov, Queen's gambit, or c3 Sicilian to name a few.
The position is balanced and roughly equal.}) 5... Nf6 6. Qe2 {Again the main
try. White retains the central tension and avoids the Q-swap after} (6. Ngf3
dxe4 {-5.Ngf3}) (6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 {-5.ed5}) 6... O-O {Langrock prefers
this line as well.} ({Morozevich used to play} 6... Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8. Nb3
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 a5 {, but} 10. a4 $1 {causes Black problems. The almost untested}
dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O {seems to be only a partial solution:} (11... b6 12. Qb5+ Kf8
{Miroshnichenko,E (2525)-Romero Holmes,A (2524)/Chalkidiki/2002/} 13. Ne5 $5
Nxe4 14. Qc6 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. cxb6 $16) 12. O-O b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 (
14. cxb6 $5 Qxb6 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Be3 $14) 14... bxc5 15. Rac1 (15. e5 $142 Nd5
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc2 $14) 15... Ba6 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Bh4 {1/2,Rublevsky,S 
(2664)-Radjabov,T (2628)/Hyderabad/2002/} Bf8 $5 $13) 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O (8. a4
Na6 {is fully playable for Black - after} 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 {
he has excellent <=>. We will see a similar position below, only with White
having played the more useful 0-0 instead of a4.}) 8... Na6 {While this move
is played more often, than anything else, developing the N to the rim has its
drawbacks.} ({Here Langrock recommends the alternative} 8... Nc6 $5 9. a4 (9.
c4 a4 10. Rd1 Bxc5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb5 b6 17. Be3 Ra5 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 a3 $1 $44 {Rublevsky,S
(2670)-Pelletier,Y (2623)/Poikovsky/2003/}) (9. c3 Nd7 10. exd5 exd5 $132 {
gives Black a fully playable isolani position, with a timely a4-a3 advance
givings him sufficient <=> in some lines.}) 9... Nb4 10. Nb3 b6 $1 11. e5 Nd7
12. c6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 {Kotronias,V (2607)-Drasko,M (2464)/Cutro/2004/
} Nc5 $13) 9. e5 (9. exd5 exd5 $1 (9... Qxd5 10. Nc4 Bxc5 11. c3 $36 {פa6})
10. Nb3 a4 11. Nbd4 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Nfe4 $132) 9... Nd7 10. c4 {White opens the 
[+], but this helps to activate Black's forces as well.} ({An alternative
method of fighting for an advantage is} 10. c3 $5 Naxc5 11. Bc2 b6 (11... f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qe3 Qe8 17. Ng5 g6 (
17... Bxg5 $2 18. Qxg5 Ne4 19. Qh4 Qc6 20. Be3 h6 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23.
Bd4 $16 {Kotronias,V (2626)-Ni Hua (2603)/Khanty Mansiysk/2005/ See the notes
by Postny in CBM 111.}) 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. h4 $5 $14) 12. Re1 f6 $5 (
12... Ba6 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nb8 15. Qh3 g6 16. f4 Nc6 17. N2f3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4
Ne4 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Qh6 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd4 $16 {
Kotronias,V (2622)-Lopez Martinez,J (2518)/Kusadasi/2006/}) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Nb3 Ba6 15. Qd1 Bb7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nd4 $142) (18. a4
$5 $14 {><b6}) 18... dxe4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 b5 22. Red1 Bd5
23. Be3 a4 24. Rd4 Rdc8 $11 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2604)-Shulman,Y (2639)/Reykjavik/
2009/}) 10... Ndxc5 {Black seeks activity, but his forces get sidelined from
the >> in the process - something for which he will pay dearly later on.} ({
Therefore the more restrained} 10... Naxc5 $5 {deserves serious attention:} 11.
Bc2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 (12... Ba6 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Nb8 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. Re3 Bd5 20. Qf4 $44 {Papp,G (2509)-Vavrak,P 
(2478)/HUN-chT 0809/2009/}) 13. Bb2 Qb8 $5 (13... Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nf8
16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Nbd4 Qe8 21. Qe3 Ba6 22.
Rc1 Rac8 23. Ba1 Rc7 24. h4 $13 {/+/=,Jens,J (2356)-Cvek,R (2520)/Pardubice/
2009/}) (13... f5 14. Nd4 Qb8 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 $14) 15... Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bf6
23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. Rd5 Kf7 25. Be3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2634)-Sprenger,J (2536)/
Bundesliga 0708/2008/} Ne6 $5 $11) 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Bb1 a4 17. Qe3
axb3 18. axb3 Ng6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Nh2 Bg5 22. f4 Bh4 23. Rf1 dxc4 24.
Nxc4 Ba6 25. Nf3 Be7 26. Rc1 Ra7 27. Kh2 Rac7 $132 {Kaplan,S (2437)-Rodshtein,
M (2586)/Biel/2007/}) 11. Bb1 (11. cxd5 $6 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 $15) 11... Nb4 (
11... b6 $5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 (12... exd5 13. Nd4 Nb4 14. Rd1 g6 15. N2f3 Qd7 16.
Qe3 f5 17. Qh6 Bd8 18. a3 Nba6 19. Ba2 Nc7 20. Bf4 Bb7 21. Ng5 Qg7 22. Ngf3 Qd7
23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Rac1 Bxg5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxg5 Rfe8 27. f4 $16 {White,I 
(2015)-Buckley,M (2184)/Torquay/2002/}) 13. Ne4 (13. Nc4 $1 $36) 13... Bb7 (
13... Nb4 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nf6+ (16. Bf4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nc5 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19.
Qg4+ Kh8 {1/2,Cortes Bueno,J (2221)-Jerez Perez,A (2414)/Pamplona/2005/}) ({
Double-edged and risky is} 11... d4 $6 12. Rd1 d3 13. Qe3 Nb4 (13... b6 14. a3
$5 Bb7 15. Ne1 $14) 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe4 Qb6 17. a3 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1
Nc6 19. Bxd3 g6 20. Bh6 $40 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2458)-Baklan,V (2595)/Paris/
2004/}) 12. Rd1 (12. Nb3 b6 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 b6 $132) 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. a3
Nc6 15. Rd1 g6 16. Qe3 (16. Bh6 $142) 16... Re8 17. h4 Ra7 18. Qf4 Rd7 19. Bc2
dxc4 (19... Ba6 $5 $13) 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxc4 Qb8 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Be3 Be8 {
Mogranzini,R (2418)-Amato,A (2252)/ITA-ch Arvier/2008/} 24. h5 $14) 12... Qb6
$6 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty doesn't solve Black's problems and gives White
dangerous tactical chances - another piece strays from the >> (see the note to
Black's 10-th move).} (12... b6 13. Nd4 (13. a3 Nc6 14. Ne4 $1 $36) 13... Bb7 (
13... Qc7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ba2
$16 {Sebag,M (2519)-Paehtz,E (2482)/Novi Sad/2009/}) 14. N2f3 Qc8 15. Ng5 (15.
Bg5 $14) 15... h6 16. Qh5 dxc4 17. Nh7 Be4 (17... Rd8 $5 $13) 18. Bxh6 Bxb1 19.
Rdxb1 Kxh7 20. Bg5+ Kg8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bf6 $16 Nd7 (22... Ne4 $8 23. Re1 $5
$16) 23. Qg5 {1-0,Lauk,U (2367)-Kunitson,N (2104)/Tallinn/2007/}) 13. Nb3 $5 ({
The text-move is more energetic than} 13. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3,Yc1g5] /\Ne3,Bg5}
dxc4 14. Ne3 $14) 13... dxc4 (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 (14... Bc5 15. Ng5 $36 {
/\} h6 16. Nh7 Rd8 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf4 $1 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 $18)
15. Ng5 g6 (15... h6 16. Nh7 Rfd8 17. Nf6+ $1 $40) 16. Be3 $1 (16. Nxh7 Kxh7
17. Qh5+ Kg8 {/\} 18. Bxg6 Qxf2+ $1 $19 (18... fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8)) 16... Bc5 (
16... Qd8 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. Rd4 $18) 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bh6 $1 $18) 14. Qxc4 (14. Nbd2 c3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qc7 $13) 14...
Nxb3 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] We will see a lot of this
sacrificial motif yet!} Kxh7 16. Bg5 {Here White's -> breaks through with even
more ease:} f6 (16... Nxb3 17. Bxe7 $18) (16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5
19. exf6 $18) 17. Qh4+ Kg8 (17... Kg6 18. exf6 Rxd1+ (18... Bxf6 19. Rxd8 Qxd8
20. Ne5+ $18) 19. Rxd1 Bxf6 20. g4 $1 Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Be3) 22.
Be3 $18) 18. exf6 Rxd1+ (18... gxf6 19. Bh6 $1 $18) (18... Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Nxc5 $18) 19. Rxd1 Bxf6 20. Nxc5 $18) 15. axb3 $1 {Keeps the Q in the
firing line.} (15. Qxb3 a4 (15... Rd8 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qb5 18. Bg5 Bf8
19. Qd8 $5 Nc6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf8 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Qxb2 24. Rc1
$44) 16. Qc4 Nd5 (16... Rd8 17. Bxh7+ $1 (17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bd2 Nd5 {[%cal
Ya4a3] /\a3<=>}) 17... Kxh7 18. Bg5 $40) 17. Bg5 Bc5 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 15... Rd8
$2 (15... Nd5 16. Ng5 $36 {is treacherous, but the text-move is certainly no
better.}) 16. Bd2 $6 {This hesitant move could have cost White almost all of
his advantage.} ({Time was already ripe for the tactical blow} 16. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 (16... Kf8 17. Bg5 $18) 17. Bg5 $1 f6 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kg8 (18... Kg6
19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Kxf6 21. Ne4+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ $18) 19. Qf4 $1 Rf8 (19... Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Rd8+ $1 $18) 20. Qh4 Re8 (20... Rd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qxg7 $18) 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rd6 $18) (17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qc6 (18... Bf8
19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Rd8 {/\Rf8} f6 (20... Qc5 21. Be3 $18) 21. Rxf8+ $1 (21. exf6
$18) 21... Kxf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. exf6 e5 24. Nxe5+ Ke6 25. fxg7 $18) (18...
Bxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kg6 20. Qg4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4+ $18) (18... f6 19. Qe4+ (
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qh4+ Kg6 21. g4 $1 $18) 19... Kg8 (19... Kh8 20. exf6 $18)
20. exf6 Bf8 21. Ne5 $18) 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Bxe7 Nd5 21. Qe4 $1 $18 {White
prevents Qc2 and the threat Ng5 decides.}) 18. Qh4+ (18. exf6 $18 {transposes})
18... Kg8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rd5 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Ng5 Ke7 (
23... Qc7 24. Nh7+ (24. Re1 $5 $18) 24... Ke7 25. Nf6 $18) 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25.
Qf8+ Kd7 26. Ne4 $18) 16... Bd7 {Black finally develops his Bc8.} ({Shulman
refrains from} 16... Qa6 17. Qg4 $36 {- while this might not be fully clear,
it allows White to retain his attacking chances.}) 17. Bg5 {Once the <-> is
blocked, this is natural enough.} (17. Be3 Qb5 $11) (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Bg5 {
gives Black a choice between} Bxg5 $5 {transposing to the game, or} (18... Bc6
{-see the following note.})) 17... Bxg5 $2 {Returns the favour from move 16.} (
{Necessary was} 17... Bc6 $1 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Nd5 $44 {and due to White's doubled pawns, the extra P doesn't play a
major role.}) 18. Bxh7+ $6 {We have already seen this was in the air for a
while, the exclamation mark is for courage. However, White doesn't choose an
ideal moment for this blow and the question mark is for the sake of
objectivity. Here Can should have played the simple} (18. Nxg5 h6 (18... g6 $2
19. Qh4 h5 20. Nxf7 $18) 19. Rd6 Nc6 (19... Bc6 20. Nxf7 $1 Rxd6 $8 21. Nxd6
Bd5 22. Qf4 Rf8 23. Bh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf8 Qd4 25. h3 Qxe5 26. Nc4 $18) (19... Qb5
20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Qf4+ Ke7 23. Bg6 $18) 20. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 (20...
Kh8 21. Nxf7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+ Kg8 23. Nxh6+ $1 (23. Nxd8 $18) 23... gxh6 24. Qg6+
Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Ra4 (25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qg6+ Ke7
27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Rd3 $18) 25... Qb4 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qh7+ Ke8
29. h4 $18) 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Rad1 Qb4 (22... Qc7 23. R1d3 g5 24. Rf3+ Kg7 (
24... Ke7 25. Qc5 b6 26. Rxe6+ Kxe6 27. Rf6#) 25. Bb1 {[%cal Rc4d3] /\Qd3+-})
23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kf8 25. Qe2 $16 {/+- Black has barely managed to
survive the first wave of the ->, but he is a P down and still under strong
pressure.}) 18... Kxh7 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 ({After} 19... Kg6 $2 20. Qg4 f5 {the
simplest is} 21. exf6 (21. Qg3 $5 Kh6 22. Rd6 $18) 21... Kxf6 22. Rd6 $1 $18 {
/\} Qxd6 23. Ne4+) 20. Rd6 (20. Qh4 Be8 $1 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Ne4 Kd8 $5 $13 (25... Qxb3 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 $11
)) (20. Qe4 Be8 {-20.Qh4}) 20... Qb5 $1 (20... Nc6 $143 $6 21. Qd3 Qc5 (21...
Kf8 $2 22. Nh7+ $1 Kg8 (22... Ke8 23. Qg3 $18) 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxd7+ Rxd7 25.
Rxd7 Nxe5 26. Qd6+ $18) (21... Qc7 $2 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rc1 $1 Qb8 24. Qh8+ Ke7
25. Qxg7 Nxe5 26. Rcd1 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Kxd6 28. f4 $18) (21... Qb4 22. Qh7+ $1 (
22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Nxe5 24. Qc7 Qd4 $132 {/=}) 22... Kf8 23. Rad1 (23. Qh8+
Ke7 24. Qxg7 Nxe5 25. Rad1 Qf4 26. g3 Qf5 27. f4) 23... Nxe5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25.
Qxg7 Qf4 26. g3 Qf5 27. f4 Bc6 $5 (27... Rg8 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxd7+ Ke8 30.
fxe5 Rxg5 31. Rxb7 $16) 28. fxe5 (28. Qxe5 Rxd6 29. Qxd6+ Ke8 $14) 28... Rg8 $8
29. Rxe6+ Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Be4 $16 {/+/=}) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7
Nxe5 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. h4 $36) 21. Qe4 f5 $6 {This weakens the >> without
increasing Black's defensive chances.} (21... Nc6 $142 $1 22. Rad1 (22. Qh7+
Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7 Qxe5 $19) 22... Qxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4} Qe2 26. h3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd6d2] /\R6d2})
23. Qxe5 $8 (23. Qh7+ $2 Kf8 24. Qh5 g6 $19) 23... Nxe5 24. f4 Rdc8 25. fxe5
Bc6 $5 (25... Be8 26. Ne4 $11) 26. Rf1 Rc7 $15 {and with his strong B only
Black can aspire for more than equality.}) 22. Qh4 Qxe5 $8 23. f4 $1 $40 Qxb2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] The decisive tactical error.} (23... Qxd6 $4 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Qf7#) (23... Qf6 24. Rad1 Qh6 (24... Qg6 25. Rxd7
$16) 25. Qe1 $1 Rac8 (25... Nd5 26. R1xd5 exd5 27. Rxh6 gxh6 28. Nf3 $16) 26.
h3 $1 $40 {/\} (26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 e5 $1 28. Qd2 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 exf4 30. h4 {
is also promising, but less incisive.}) 26... Rc7 27. Rxe6 $1 Qh5 (27... g6 28.
Rdd6 Rc6 29. Rxg6+ Qxg6 30. Rxg6+ Rxg6 31. Qe7 $18) 28. Re7 Qg6 29. Qe5 $18) ({
More resilient was} 23... Qe3+ $142 24. Kh1 Nd3 (24... Ra6 $2 25. Rad1 $1 Nd5
$8 26. Qh5 $1 Raa8 (26... Qxf4 27. R6xd5 exd5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30.
Qxg7+ Kd6 31. Qh6+ Ke7 (31... Kc5 32. Ne6+ $18) 32. Re1+ Qe4 (32... Be6 33.
Qg7+ $1 Kd6 34. Nxe6 $18) 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Qg3+ Ke6 36. Qg6+ Ke7
37. Qg5+ $18) 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 $8 30. Qxe6 Nxf4 31.
Qe1 $16 {/+-}) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd6 29. Nf7+
Kc7 (29... Kc5 30. Nxd8 Kb6 {can lead to the same position after} 31. Qe5 (31.
Qf6 Qe3 $1 32. Qe7 Qd2 $13) (31. Nf7 Bc6 32. Qc3 $5 $14)) 30. Qe5+ Kb6 31. Nxd8
{White has won everything back and even has an extraP. This gives him an
advantage, although Black can still put up a tough fight after e.g.} Qd5 $5 32.
Nf7 Bc6 $14) 24. Rad1 $1 $18 {[%mdl 128] After this there are no doubts
anymore -White's -> breaks through. Can wraps up the game forcefully.} Nd5 (
24... Qf6 25. Rxd7 (25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 {-25.Rd7}) 25... Rxd7 26. Qh7+ $1 (
26. Rxd7 $2 Qh6 $14) 26... Kf8 27. Rxd7 Ke8 (27... Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Qb2+ 29. Kg3
Qc3+ 30. Nf3 $18) 28. Rd6 $1 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Qb2+ 30. Kg3 Qxb3+ 31. Kh4 Ke7 32.
Rxe6+ Qxe6 33. Qxg7+ $18) (24... Nc6 25. Qh5 (25. h3 $5 $18) 25... Qf6 (25...
Nb4 26. R6d4 $1 $18) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qh6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rd3 $18) 25.
R6xd5 $1 exd5 26. Re1 (26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Re1 {transposes.}) 26... Qd4+ (26...
Be6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Ke7 29. Nxd8+ $18) 27. Kh1 Qe4 $8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29.
Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd6 $8 31. Nxe4+ fxe4 (31... dxe4 32. Qe5+ Kc6 33. Rc1+ Kb6
34. b4 $1 Bc6 (34... axb4 35. Qc5+) 35. Qc5+ Kc7 36. b5 $18) 32. Qe5+ Kc6 33.
b4 {White already has an abundant choice.} (33. Rc1+ $5 Kb6 34. Qc7+ (34. Qxd5
$18) 34... Ka6 35. b4 $18 {->}) 33... Kb6 (33... Rac8 34. bxa5 $18) 34. Qd6+ (
34. Qd4+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Qe5+ Ka7 37. Qxd5 $18) 34... Ka7 (34... Bc6 35.
Qc5+ Kc7 36. b5 $18) 35. Ra1 (35. Qxd5 $5) 35... Bc6 (35... a4 36. b5 $1 Bxb5
37. Qc5+ {/\} Ka6 38. Rb1) 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. b5 Bxb5 (37... Be8 38. b6 Bc6 39.
Qe7 {mates.}) 38. Qxb5 a4 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qe6 Rc7 (40... Rd8 41. Qe5+) 41. Qe8+
Rc8 42. Qe5+ Ka7 43. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "TCh-TUR Super League 2018"]
[Site "Ankara TUR"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Inarkiev, E.."]
[Black "Abasov, N.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2018.07.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1238"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
[WhiteTeam "DENIZ SU AQUAMATCH SATRANC GENCLIK VE SPOR KU"]
[BlackTeam "GOKCEADA SPOR KULUBU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qa5 9. Rc1 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 O-O 12. e3 Be7 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Ke2
Bd7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Rc2 Na5 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Bh2 Bd6 20. f4 f5 21.
Nf3 Nf6 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Na5 25. Rd1 Bb5+ 26. Ke1 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 Nc4 28. Ng5 Nxb2 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Rb1 Bxa3 31. Nf7+ Kxh7 32. Nxd8 Bc4 33.
Nxb7 Bd5 34. Nd8 a5 35. Ke2 a4 36. Bg1 Bc4+ 37. Kf3 Bd5+ 38. Ke2 Bc4+ 39. Kf3
Bd5+ 40. Kg4 Be7 41. Nxe6 Bxe6+ 42. f5 Bc4 43. Rxb2 a3 44. Rc2 Bb3 45. Rc6 Bf6
46. Rxf6 gxf6 47. Kf4 Kg7 48. Bd4 Kf7 49. g4 a2 50. h4 Ke7 51. h5 Kf7 52. h6
Ba4 53. Ke4 Bc6+ 54. Kd3 Bb5+ 55. Ke3 Bd7 56. Bc3 Bc8 57. Ke4 Bb7+ 58. Kd3 Ba6+
59. Ke3 Bc8 60. Kf4 Bd7 61. Ba1 Ba4 62. Bb2 Bd7 63. Ke3 Bc8 64. Ke4 Bb7+ 65.
Kd3 Ba6+ 66. Ke3 Bc8 67. Ba1 Bd7 68. Kf4 Ba4 69. Ke4 Bc6+ 70. Ke3 Bd7 71. Kd2
Bc8 72. Bb2 Bd7 73. Bd4 Bc8 74. Kc2 Kg8 75. Bxf6 Kh7 76. Bg7 a1=Q 77. Bxa1 Kxh6
78. Bf6 Kh7 79. Kd3 Kg8 80. Ke4 Kf7 81. g5 Bd7 82. Ke5 Ba4 83. g6+ Kf8 84. Kf4
Kg8 85. Be7 Bc2 86. Kg5 Bd3 87. f6 Bc4 88. Bc5 Bb3 89. Kf4 1-0

[Event "ch-Paranaense Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Curitiba BRA"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, A.."]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, N.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1263"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.01.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. g4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. O-O-O
b5 9. Kb1 Nb6 10. h4 b4 11. Nce2 Nc4 12. Qe1 a5 13. Nc1 a4 14. h5 Nd7 15. Nh3
Qb6 16. Rh2 c5 17. g5 Nxb2 18. Kxb2 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. axb3 c4 21. Kb1 Bb4
22. Qh4 Bc3 23. Bd3 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Qxb3 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. g6+ Kg8
28. Bd6 Qa4 29. Rg1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+
34. Kf1 Qxe3 35. Bxf8 Nxf8 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qxf8+
Kh7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "47th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andriasian, Z.."]
[Black "Gabuzyan, H.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1287"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.08"]
[SourceVersion "3"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. f4 Be6 12. Nf3 exf4 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Qxf4 Rc5
15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Be4 Bf6 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Rhf1 Qc7 21.
Rf2 b5 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Qg3 a4 24. Nd4 Ra5 25. Rxf6 axb3 26. Nxb3 Ra2 27. Rd4
Nc4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd OIBM 2018"]
[Site "Tegernsee GER"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1252"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bd6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Ne1 Be6 14. a4 c6 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. Rd1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Qb3 a5 20. Nd3 axb4 21.
cxb4 Rad8 22. Rf2 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Bd5 Qa7 25. Re1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc7 27. Kg2
Qa4 28. Qb2 Qa7 29. Rf3 Kh8 30. Ra1 Qb6 31. Ra5 f6 32. Qa2 Rc3 33. Qd2 Rfc8 34.
Nc5 R3xc5 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 b4 38. Bd5 b3 39. Qb2 Bxe3 40.
Qxb3 Qxb3 41. Bxb3 Bd4 42. h4 Nf8 43. h5 h6 44. Bd5 Bc5 45. Rc3 Bb4 46. Rc7 Bd6
47. Rb7 Bc5 48. Bf7 Bd6 49. Bg6 Kg8 50. Kf1 Bc5 51. Ke2 Bd6 52. Kd3 Bc5 53. Kc4
Bd6 54. Kd5 Ba3 55. Kc6 Kh8 56. Ra7 Bb4 57. Rb7 Ba3 58. Bf5 Kg8 59. Kc7 Be7 60.
Kc8 Bd6 61. Kd8 Bc5 62. Ke8 Ba3 63. g4 Bc5 64. Rf7 Nh7 65. Bxh7+ Kxh7 66. Rc7
Bd6 67. Rd7 Bc5 68. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. c4 $1 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxd5 Kg8 21. Bxg7 $3 Kxg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 (22... f5 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Nd7) (22...
Rh8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Re1 Nc6 (25... Qc1 26. Rdd1 $18) 26. Nd7+ Kf7
27. Rxe7+ $18) (22... Qc2 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Rd3 Rc3 25. Qf5+ Kg8 26. Rg3+ $18)
23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7+ (25. Ng6+ Ke8 $2 (25... Kg7 26. Nf4 Rxd5 27.
Nxd5 (27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Ne6 Rg5) 27... Qc5 28. Nxe7) 26. Qh5 Rxd5 27. Ne5+ $18)
25... Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 (27. Qh3 {>=}) 27... Rc7 28. Qh8+ $1 (28. Rd3
$2 Qxf2+ $3 29. Kxf2 (29. Rxf2 Rc1+) 29... Bc5+ 30. Kg3 Rxh7 $10) 28... Kf7 29.
Rd3 Nc4 30. Rfd1 $1 Ne5 $2 (30... Bd6 31. Rd5 Qxa3 32. Rxd6) 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32.
Qg8+ Kf5 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Rd4+ Kf3 35. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 (5. Qxb7 Nb4 6. Qb5+ c6 7. Qa4
Nc2+ 8. Kd1 Qc7 $17) (5. Bd2 $5 Rb8 (5... dxc4 6. Qxb7 $14) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Bg5 $14) 5... Rb8 6. Bf4 (6. Nc3 $5) 6... h6 (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3
Nh5 $5 9. Qa4 $6 f6 10. Bxa6 Ra8 $17 {Lev-Pyshkin/corr/1992/0-1/}) (6... f6 $1
7. e3 g5 {Bareev,E-Speelman,J/Hastings/1992/1-0/} 8. Bg3 Nge7 $15 {Bareev,
E-Speelman,J/Hastings9293/1-0/}) 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 $2 {Larsen} (
9... Nge7 $1) 10. h4 $1 g4 11. Ne5 Nge7 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 (12... c6 13.
Qb4 Qc7 14. Qd4 $16) 13. O-O-O $16) 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Qd1 $1 (14.
O-O-O b6 $13) 14... e5 (14... h5 15. f3 e5 16. dxe5 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. fxg4
$1 $16) 15. dxe5 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 (16... Qxd4 $5 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O $14)
17. O-O $16 Qd7 18. Bc4 Bc2 19. Qc1 Rbd8 20. Re1 Bh7 21. Bd5 (21. Nd5 $16 Rfe8
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nf5 25. Kh2) 21... Qe7 22. Be4 Qxc5 23.
Bxh7+ (23. Qf4 $5) 23... Kxh7 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. Rad1 Qxb2 26. Rxd4 Qxc3 27. Rde4
Kh8 28. Qxg4 Rd4 (28... Qc2 $5) 29. Rxd4 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 (30... Bxe5 31. f4
Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Bxd4 33. Qd7 $16) 31. Rd7 Qxa2 32. Rxc7 b5 $6 (32... Qd5 $5 33.
Rd7 Qb5 34. f4 a5) 33. f4 Qd5 34. Rd7 Qe4 35. Qh5 Kg8 (35... b4 36. f5 b3 37.
f6 b2 38. e6 $1 b1=Q 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Be5+ Kg8 41. Qxf7+ Rxf7 42. exf7+ Kf8
43. Bd6+ Qe7 44. Rxe7 $18) 36. Re7 $1 $18 Qb4 (36... b4 37. f5 b3 38. e6 $18) (
36... Qd5 37. f5 Qc5 38. Qg4 $1 $18) 37. Ra7 Qc5 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Qf3 Qb5 40.
Ra7 Rb8 41. f5 (41. Qb3 Qe8 $13 {/\Qe6}) 41... Bxe5 42. f6 Kh8 (42... h5 43.
Kh3 $18) 43. Rxf7 (43. Qe3 Bxg3+ 44. Qxg3 Rg8 45. Ra8 $18) 43... Re8 (43... Rg8
44. Qe4 $18) 44. Qg4 $1 Bxg3+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Osterskan op"]
[Site "Osterskan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sjoberg, Mats"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. g3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qd1 Qb8
15. Bh3 b5 16. Ba1 Qb7 17. Nd2 Bh7 18. Bg2 d5 19. f3 a4 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 e5
22. b4 c6 23. d5 bxc4 24. Nxc4 cxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Bh3 Rad8 27. d6 Nb6 28. Na5
Qd5 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Nb7 Rb8 32. d7 Rf8 33. d8=Q Rbxd8 34.
Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Bf5 Nc3 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Rf5 Rd3 39. b5 Rd2 40.
Rf2 1-0

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chekhov Baburin Petursson} c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Na3 $5 a6 (9... dxc3 10. Qe2 (10. Qxd6 $5
exd6 11. Nb5 $44) 10... Bf5 (10... cxb2 $5 11. Bxb2 Qb4+ 12. Kf1 $44 Bg4 (12...
Bf5 13. Rd1 e6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Nfd4 $1 $16 {Van Mill,J-Yakovich,Y Leeuwarden
1992 55/(158)}) 13. Nb5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qf4 15. Bc1 $1 Qb8 16. Qe4 $1 g6 (16...
a6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Qf5 $1 $18 {with a winning attack for white}) 17. Bb2 e5 18.
Rc1 f5 19. Qe3 Be7 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. Rhd1 a6 22. Be6 $1 $16 {De la Paz,F-Cabrera,
A Natunzus 1995 64/150 [Noguerias]}) 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 f6 14.
Nc7+ Kd8 15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Qxe6+ (16... Rc8 17. Qe2 $1 e5 18. O-O Kc7 19.
a4 $1 $36 {De la Paz,F-BlancoFernandez,A Villa clara 1995 65/154 [Noguerias]})
17. Bxe6 Na4 $8 18. b4 $1 a5 19. Be3 $1 $44 {Hracek,Z-Stohl,I Cesko 1996 66/
122 [Stohl,I]} axb4 20. O-O-O+ Kc7 21. Rd7+ Kc6 22. Rhd1 $146 {Hracek,Z-Stohl,
I/CZE/1996/0,5/34/}) 10. Nxd4 (10. cxd4 $5) 10... Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. O-O Be7
13. Qf3 (13. Qd3 $1 Bd7 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bc2 f5 $132 {
Vajda,L-Antoniewski,R/Baile Herculane/1994/1|0/45/}) 13... O-O (13... Qxd4 14.
Be3 Qb4 15. Rad1 $36) 14. Rd1 (14. Bf4 $5 Qxd4 $6 (14... Qd8 $5) 15. Be3 Qb4
16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nc2 Qa5 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Bd2 Qf5 21. Qxf5 exf5
22. Ba5 Nd7 23. Re1 $36 {Strikovic,A-Matulovic,M/YUG/1988/1|0/50/}) 14... Qc6 (
14... Qd8 15. Bf4 (15. Nb1 $5 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. c4 Rb8 19. c5
Bc7 20. Bb2 $14 {Shaked,T-Krahaps,M WchJm u 20 Halle 1995}) 15... Bd6 16. Be5
f6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 $14 {Milosavejevic,P-Savchenko,S/Pula/1994/0|1/35/}) (
14... Qb8 15. Nc2 Bd6 16. Qh5 Bf4 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Ng4 Rc8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5
Be8 21. Bf4 $14 {Sermek,D-Zadrima,A Moscow ol 1994}) 15. Qg3 Bd7 16. Bh6 Bf6
17. Bf4 $5 (17. Re1 Qc8 18. Bc2 (18. Nc2 $14) 18... Re8 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Be5 Qd8
$132 {Sermek,D-Kiselev,S/Ljubljana/1992/0|1/44/}) 17... Rac8 18. Rac1 Qe4 19.
Bc2 Qd5 (19... Qe2 20. Qh3 g6 21. Re1 Qh5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Be5 $14) 20. Be5
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 (21... Qxa2 $2 22. Qh4 g6 (22... Rxc2 {probably the best,
but still not enough to get an equal position} 23. Nxc2 Qxb2 24. Nd4 $1 $14)
23. Qd4 $22 (23. Qb4 $1 {HarZvi,R} Nd5 (23... Rc6 24. Ra1 $18) 24. Qd4 $16)
23... Nd5 $4 (23... Rc6 $1 {HarZvi,R} 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxb6 $11)
24. Ra1 $18) 22. Rd4 $1 $18 {a very strong move the immedate threat is b4 when
black must give up an exchange to save the queen,but the rook can also attack
on the king's side!} Nd5 23. Nc4 Qxa2 {[#] Baburin: In this position the
presence of the rook on the fourth rank, ready to be switched to the kindside
and the off-side position of the black queen speaks for itself and suggests
the combination.} 24. Bxh7+ $1 {This opens the h-file. the game is over} Kxh7
25. Rh4+ Kg8 26. Qh3 {Now Black is defenceless.} f6 (26... f5 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28.
Nd6+ (28. Qh5+ $1 Ke7 29. Qg5+ {with mate very soon [Har-Zvi,R]}) 28... Ke7 29.
Qh4+ Nf6 30. Nxc8+ $18 (30. Nxc8+ {Baburin} Rxc8 31. exf6+ gxf6 32. Rhxc8 $18))
27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 (29... Bxc8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Rxc8+
$18) 30. Rhxc8 Bxc8 31. Qh8 Kf7 (31... Bd7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. exf6 Qxb2 34. Qf8+
Be8 35. Qd6+ Bd7 36. Qb8+ $18 (36. Qb8+ {Baburin} Bc8 37. Qxc8#)) 32. exf6 (32.
Qh5+ $1 {this move would simply end the game} Ke7 33. Qg6 fxe5 34. Qxg7+ Kd6
35. Qf8+) 32... Nxf6 33. Qxc8 $18 Qxb2 34. h3 Nd5 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Rc8 {
Petursson: You are winning because his king is badly sheltered.} Qb4 37. Re8 (
37. g3 $5) 37... Nf4 (37... Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Rf8+ $18) 38. Kh2 Qc5 (38...
Qe4 39. Rf8+ Kg6 40. Qf7+ $18) 39. Qxb7 g5 (39... Qxf2 40. Rf8+ Kg6 41. Qf7+
$18) 40. Qf3 Qd5 41. Rf8+ (41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Kg3 $18) 41... Kg7 42. Qxd5 exd5
43. Ra8 Kf6 44. Kg3 d4 45. Kf3 d3 46. Rxa6+ Ke5 47. g3 Nd5 (47... Nxh3 48. Ke3
$18) 48. Ra5 Kd4 49. Rxd5+ Kxd5 50. Ke3 Kc4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. f3 1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Indjic, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1272"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Nh5 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 Qh4
15. Be1 Qd8 16. Kh2 a6 17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Qf3 Ng7 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. g4 fxg4 21.
Qxg4 Bd4 22. Ne2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Nf6 25. Qg2 Rxa2 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27.
f5 Qb6 28. Bd3 Qb3 29. Rf3 Rxb2 30. fxg6 Rxb1 31. gxh7+ Nxh7 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33.
Rxf8 Qd3 34. Bh6 Nh5 35. Qg8+ Kxh6 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Ng7 38. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Navalmoral op 06th"]
[Site "Navalmoral"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guerra Bastida, Diego"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8.
c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. h4 Nxg5 14.
Bxg5 f6 15. Qd3+ Kf7 16. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bxe1 18. Bxd8 Nxd8 19. Qf3+ Ke8 20.
Rxe1+ Ne6 21. Qg3 Kf7 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Qg4 Kd8 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch rapid"]
[Site "Trzcianka"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Bf4 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Nb3
Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Be4 O-O 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bb7
26. f3 e5 27. Nf5 e4 28. f4 g6 29. Ne3 Kg7 30. h4 Kf6 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. g4 Rh8
33. Rh1 f6 34. h5 f5 35. gxf5+ gxf5 36. h6 Rh7 37. Rh5 Bc6 38. Nxf5 Kf6 39. Ne3
Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf7 41. Ng4 e3 42. Kc1 Kf8 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Nxe3 Bd7
46. Rh5 Ke7 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. f5 Bc6 49. Ne3 Bf3 50. Rh3 Be4 51. Rh4 Bf3 52. Kd2
Kf6 53. Rf4 Bb7 54. Rd4 Ke5 55. Kd3 Bf3 56. Rh4 Kf6 57. Rh3 Bb7 58. Kd4 Bc8 59.
Kc5 Kg5 60. Kb6 Kf6 61. Rh5 Rb7+ 62. Kxa6 Re7+ 63. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. Rc5 Qa3 16. dxe5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 Re8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5
Qf8 21. Rd1 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 23. Rg4 Be2 24. Bxg7 Bxg4 25. Bxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxg4
Rac8 27. h4 Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf4 a5 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Qf3+ Kc5 32. Qe3+ Kc6
33. Qf3+ Kc5 34. Qa3+ Kc4 35. Qb3+ Kc5 36. a4 Rb8 37. Qc3+ Kd5 38. f4 Ke4 39.
Qf3+ Kd4 40. Qc6 Ke3 41. Qc1+ Ke2 42. h5 Rec8 43. Qf1+ Kd2 44. Qb5 Ke3 45. g3
Kd4 46. Kg2 Kc3 47. h6 Rh8 48. Qd7 b5 49. axb5 a4 50. b6 a3 51. Qa4 Kb2 52.
Qb4+ Ka2 53. h7 Rbc8 54. b7 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Qc4+ Rb3+ 57. Kg4 Kb2 58. Qc8
Rxh7 59. b8=Q Rg7+ 60. Kh5 Rgxg3 61. Qd6 Rh3+ 62. Kg6 Rbg3+ 63. Kf7 Rh7+ 64.
Kxe6 Rh6+ 65. Kf5 Rxd6 66. exd6 a2 67. d7 a1=Q 68. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Ostrava m"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hracek,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.11.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2
Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qa4+ (11. Qd2 Be6 12. f4 Qa5 13. a3
Rc8 $36) (11. Qd3 Be6 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxc3 $36)
11... Bd7 12. Qb3 b5 13. f4 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 $11) 13...
Be6 14. Nd5 {Ftacnik: 'Black must be on alert, since the concentration of
white forces in the center is dangerous.'} Bxd5 (14... exf4 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxf4
O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Bxd6 Qb7 $14) (14... Nxe4 $6 {Ftacnik} 15.
fxe5 dxe5 (15... Bg5 16. exd6 Nf2 17. Nc7+ Qxc7 18. dxc7 Bxb3 19. Bxg5 Nxd1 20.
Rxd1 f6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Bf4 $16) 16. Bf3 Nd6 (16... f5 $2 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18.
Rhf1 Qd7 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Qxe6 $18) 17. Qc3 $14) 15. exd5 Nd7 (15... exf4 {
Ftacnik} 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. Rhf1 $14) 16. g4 $6 (16. Bg4 Bf6 (16... O-O {Ftacnik}
17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rhe1 $14) 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 O-O $11) 16... exf4 $6 (16... O-O) 17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Kb1 $6 (18.
h4 Nc5 19. Qf3 $36) 18... Nc5 $15 19. Qf3 Bf6 (19... Bg5 $1 20. Bg3 Bf6 $15)
20. h4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is forced to attack the kingside and he
does it in a pure and elegant way.'} Na4 (20... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxd6 $1 (21.
Qh3 $6 g5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxh4 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 Rfe8 $14) 21... Qxd6 22. Rxh4
$16) 21. Bc1 Rc8 (21... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 22. g5 $1 Bxg5 23. Qf5 h6 24. Rdg1 Bxc1
(24... g6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28. Qxg5+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30.
Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bg4 $18) 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rxg7 $18) 22. g5 Be5 23. h5
(23. Bd3 Qa5 24. h5 Nc3+) 23... Qc7 24. Bd3 (24. Rd2 {Ftacnik} f5 $5 $13) 24...
Nc3+ $8 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The original and very efficient counterplay,
black forces the simplification.'} (24... f5 {Ftacnik} 25. gxf6 Bxb2 26. Bxb2
Nxb2 27. Kxb2 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 25. bxc3 Qxc3
26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. g6+ Kg8 (27... fxg6 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. hxg6+ Kg8 (28... Kxg6
29. Rdg1+ Bg3 30. Rxg3#) 29. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qh7#) 28. Qxc3 Bxc3
$1 $15 29. Rdf1 Rc4 {Ftacnik: 'The endgames from Sicilian defense are usually
quite good for black, all white pawns on the board are potentially very weak.'}
30. Be3 (30. a3 {Ftacnik} fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. hxg6 Rg4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rc8
Be5 $17) 30... fxg6 31. hxg6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rg4 33. Rg1 Re4 (33... Rxg1+ {
Ftacnik} 34. Bxg1 Kf8 35. Be3 Ke7 36. Bg5+ Bf6 37. Bf4 $11) 34. Bf2 Rb4+ (34...
Be5 35. Re1 (35. Kc1 Kf8) 35... Rg4 36. Rg1 Rf4 37. Be3 (37. Bg3 Rd4 $17 38.
Bxe5 dxe5 39. Rc1 Kf8 40. Rf1+ Rf4 41. Re1 Rf5 $17) 37... Re4 $17) (34... Rf4
$5 {Ftacnik} 35. Be3 Rf5 36. Rd1 b4 $17) 35. Kc1 Rb2 $4 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Hracek sees red and wants his revenge for suffering in other games,
unfortunatelly sailing off the rook will prove suicidal.'} (35... Ra4 $15) (
35... Ra4 $142 {Ftacnik} 36. Be1 (36. Kb1 Rf4) 36... Bd4 $15) 36. Rg3 b4 (36...
Be5 37. Ra3 Rb4 38. Rxa6 Kf8 $16) 37. Re3 Kf8 (37... Be5 {Ftacnik} 38. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 39. Kxb2 $18 (39. Bc5 $5 Rxa2 40. d6 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 $18)) 38. Bg3 {Ftacnik:
'Black heappens to have a vulnerable king as well.'} (38. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Rxa2
39. Bxd6+ Kg8 40. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch m"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. e5 a6 10. Be2 Bb4 11. d5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 d6 14. Bd3 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qh5 f6 20. Bf4 Be6
21. Rad1 Bf7 22. Qf3 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Qc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Rf7 26. Rd3 c6
27. Qh5 Re7 28. Rh3 Qf8 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Rg3 Ke8 31. Rd1 g5 32. Qh5+ Qf7 33.
Qh8+ Qf8 34. Qh5+ Qf7 35. Qh8+ Qf8 36. Rh3 Rg7 37. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 c5 (7... e5
8. d5 h6 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 $14) 8. d5 Nc7 (8... e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6
10. Nf3 $14) 9. Qd2 e6 10. e5 (10. dxe6 $2 Nxe6 $15) 10... dxe5 11. d6 Nce8 12.
Rd1 (12. O-O-O Qd7 13. h5 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. Bh6 Qxd6 $132 {Bareev,E-Polgar,J/
Hastings/1992/0:1/45/}) 12... Qd7 13. h5 {N/} (13. Qe3 b6 14. Nf3 Nh5 $13 {
Bareev,E-Nunn,J/Hastings/1992/0:1/46/}) 13... b5 (13... b6) 14. cxb5 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Bxg2 $1 16. Rh2 Bd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $2 (17... Nxg7 $5 18. Qg5 Nfxh5 19. Bxh5
f6 20. Qg3 gxh5 $15) 18. Nf3 Qxd6 19. hxg6 (19. Qg5 $2 h6 $17) 19... fxg6 20.
Qg5 $1 $44 Kg8 21. Nxe5 Rb8 22. Rd3 Rb7 23. Rdh3 $2 (23. f4 $5 $44) 23... Rg7
$4 (23... Ne4 $1 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 24. Bd3 $18 Nh5 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Bxh7+
Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qh8#) 27. Ng6+ Kxh7 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rh8+
Kf7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Pacific"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Black "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Rio Grande Ospreys"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5
8. dxe5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Re1 Bxc3 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Bf5 16. Qxc3 d4 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Re5 b6 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Qh5+
Kg8 21. Rae1 c5 22. Bc1 Bxc2 23. f5 Rdf8 24. Bg5 Qc6 25. Re6 Qd5 26. R6e5 Qc6
27. Re6 Qd5 28. R6e5 Qd7 29. f6 d3 30. fxg7 Rxg7 31. Re8 Qd4+ 32. Be3 Qf6 33.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Bh6 Qf7 35. Qh4 d2 36. Bxd2 Qd5 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39.
Qe1 Rd7 40. Qg3+ Kf6 41. Bc3+ Kf5 42. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Internet Gr-G 3rd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. b4 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. b5 Ne7
15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Bxf3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. gxf3 Rd3 20. Be3
Nf5 21. Rfd1 Rb3 22. Rd7 Rxb5 23. Rxf7 Kg6 24. Rd7 a6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Bg3 Rb3
27. Kg2 b5 28. Ra7 Re5 29. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nfd2 Na7 13. f4 O-O 14. c4 Bh7 15. c5
Nb5 16. g4 f6 17. Nf3 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rf7 19. Bd3 Raf8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd3+ g6
22. Kg2 Qd8 23. Nbd2 Kg7 24. b4 Rh8 25. Rf2 Rhf8 26. Raf1 Nc7 27. Kg3 Qe8 28.
h4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Bg5 Rf5 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Rxg5+ 33. hxg5 Qxg5+ 34.
Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Nb5 37. Nf3 Qf4 38. Ng5 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Nf8 40.
Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 21st"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Re1 Qf5 20. Re8
Nxd4 21. Qd1 Nc6 22. Qa4 d4 23. Qc4 Rb8 24. Rae1 Kg6 25. Qg8 Kh6 26. Rf8 Qa5
27. Re4 Bd7 28. Rh4+ Kg5 29. Qxg7+ Kxh4 30. Rf4+ Kh5 31. Qh7+ Kg5 32. Qh4+ Kg6
33. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 24th"]
[Site "Bol"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Mladost"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek EFT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. d5
Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd5 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. Nxf7 Bb7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Nxd8 Raxd8 18. Rfe1 e5 19. Qc4+ Re6 20. Bxe5
d5 21. Qa4 Rde8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Qb5 Nc5 24. Qe2 Ne4 25. c4 Ba6 26. cxd5 Bxe2 27.
dxe6 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 {The idea behind this move is
to play d5 at some point. It is an active move that White needs to meet
carefully.} 13. b3 {Best.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 $5 {This is the latest try in this line. White
hurries to mass his pieces against the black K.} (19. Bb1 d5 20. Bc3 Qb6 21.
Bxf6 (21. e5 Ne4) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 Bg5 23. Qe2 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sendera,
J-Stempin,P/Lubniewice 2002/CBM 90 ext (29)}) (19. Nf3 d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (38)}) 19... d5 {Black must
act or White will build an attack on the K-side.} (19... Qxa2 $4 20. Ra1 $18)
20. e5 Ne4 21. f3 Rac8 {Black fights for the initiative with a piece sacrifice.
} 22. fxe4 $5 $146 (22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb1 Bb4 (23... Ba3 $5) 24. Red1 Nc3 25. a3
Bf5 26. axb4 Bxd3 27. bxa5 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Rxc1 29. Bxd3 Rxd1 30. Kxe2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (53). (53)}) 22... Ba3 $1 23.
exd5 (23. b4 Qc7 $132) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxh7+ $1 (24. Ne3 Bxc1 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26.
Qxc1 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxe1+ $11) 24... Kxh7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc2+ g6 27. Bf2 $14
{White is a P up, but the position is not clear since Black has the pair of B:
s.} Qd8 28. Qe4 Bb2 29. Qf4 Be6 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. Re2 Bc3 32. Bh4 Rd4 33. Bxd8
Rxf4 34. Ng3 Rd4 35. Ne4 Ba1 36. Bf6 $16 {White has consolidated and has a
nice grip with the B on f6.} Rd5 37. Kg3 Rd4 38. Nc5 a5 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rc2
a4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. h4 b4 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke3 Ra5 45. Kd3 Kh7 46. Kc4 Kh6 47.
Be7 Ra8 48. Re2 Kh5 49. Bxb4 Bxb4 50. Kxb4 Rb8+ 51. Kc5 Ra8 52. Kb5 Rb8+ 53.
Kc6 Ra8 54. Kd7 Ra6 55. Re4 1-0

[Event "World op 44th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2016.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Rc8 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kh7 17. Rf3 Qf6 18. Rh3+ Qh6 19. Nf3 Be7 20. Ng5+
Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qxh3 22. Qxh3+ Kg8 23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qxd7+ Rf7 26.
Qd6 Rxc2 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bc6 29. g4 Bb5+ 30. Kg1 Rxa2 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32.
g5 Bd3 33. Qxd5 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Qb7+ Kg8 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7+ Kg8 38.
Qxb6 Be4+ 39. Kf2 Bf5 40. e4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Ba2 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg5
15. Be4 Bf6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. d5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Ng5 Rfd8 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8
27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd6 29. Ne4+ Ke5 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Eastern Class 23rd"]
[Site "Sturbridge"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne4 Qc4 16. Ng5 Rfd8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rd1 e5 20.
Qf7+ Kh8 21. e4 Ne7 22. Qxe7 Bb5 23. Rd2 Qxa2 24. Qf7 Qa1+ 25. Rd1 Qxb2 26.
Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd6 30. Rxd5+ Kc6 31. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Internet final"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.11.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[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. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc6 16. Qd1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Nxe5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bf6 21. Bd4
Nc4 22. a4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qd6 24. Red1 Rad8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Qb6 27. Qxb6
Nxb6 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Rxb5 Rxc3 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxb6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg3
Rcc8 34. Rd6 Rc3+ 35. f3 Rd3 36. Rdd7 Kg6 37. Kf4 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. h4 Rh1
40. g3 Rd1 41. g4 Re1+ 42. Kf4 d4 43. h5+ Kh6 44. Rxf7 Rxf7+ 45. Rxf7 d3 46.
Rd7 Rd1 47. Rd6+ Kh7 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kd2 Rf1 50. Rxd3 Kh6 51. Ke2 Rh1 52. Rd5
Ra1 53. Ke3 Ra4 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. Kg3 Ra4 56. Rd6+ Kh7 57. Kh4 Rf4 58. Kg3 Ra4
59. f4 Ra3+ 60. Kh4 Ra1 61. Rd7 Ra4 62. Kg5 Kg8 63. f5 Rb4 64. Rd6 Kf7 65. h6
gxh6+ 66. Rxh6 Kg7 67. Ra6 Kg8 68. Ra7 Kf8 69. f6 Kg8 70. Kf5 Rb1 71. g5 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 14th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2004.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. h3 {White is hoping to put the question
mark under black's popular defensive move directed against the g2-g4 thrust.} (
11. Kb1 Qc7 (11... b5 12. Qf2 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Bd7 (13... e5 14. Nc3 Qc7
15. Bg5 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bc4 a5 20. Qd3 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J-Alexeev,E/Oropesa del Mar 2001/ (27)}) 14. g3
Rb8 15. h3 b4 16. Rg1 e5 17. g4 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. g6 O-O 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Ng3 Qa5 22. b3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bd3 {1-0 Szabo,Z-Lupulescu,C/Kavala 2004/
(45)}) 12... Ne5 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. h3 b4 15. Nce2 h4 16. g4 hxg3 17. Nxg3 Nxd3
18. cxd3 a5 19. h4 Nh5 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,
B-Damljanovic,B/Petrovac 2004/ (38)}) (11... Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd3 b5 14.
f4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Rhf1 a5 17. h3 Qb8 18. Ng3 g6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 h4 21.
Ne2 {1-0 Zhigalko,A-Zugic,I/Mallorca 2004 (40)}) 12. Bg5 (12. Qf2 b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bb6 Qb7 17. c4 Nd7 18. Be3 a5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Be2
Nc5 {0-1 Sahu,S-Mednis,E/New York 1984/ (36)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Bc4
b5 15. Bb3 Qa7 16. Rhe1 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 h4 18. a3 h3 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Nd5+ Bxd5 22. exd5 e5 {0-1 Ramon Perez,J-Damljanovic,B/Zaragoza 2004/ (35)}) (
11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Ne5 (12... b5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Rhe1
Bc6 17. Bg1 Rd8 18. h3 O-O 19. g4 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. fxe5 Bf3 {
0-1 Gross,D-Langheinrich,F/Germany 1999/ (37)}) 13. Rhe1 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Nce2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nc1 g6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bg1 d5 {0-1 Shomoev,
A-Avrukh,B/playchess.com INT 2004/ (42)}) (11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bg5 Qc7
14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bg5
{1-0 Browne,W-Kosteniuk,A/Fort Lauderdale 2004/ (29)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 Qb8
13. Nf3 Bd8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Bf4 Qc5 19.
Bb7 Ba5 20. Bxc8 Bxc8 21. Rhe1 Bb7 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa
Garcia,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Zaragoza 1995/ (23)}) 11... b5 (11... Qc7 12. f4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Rhe1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Kb1 Kf8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bf5 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Calzetta Ruiz,M-Gaponenko,I/
Dresden 2004/ (55)}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. Bd3
h4 16. Rhe1 Rc8 17. Bg5 Kf8 $11) 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Rhe1 Qc7 (17... h4
18. Qe2 (18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 $15) 18... Qc7 19. Bf2 Nxd3 20.
Rxd3 $11) 18. Bg5 O-O (18... Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rc1 O-O $11)
19. g4 $1 {In the positions of english attack the idea of g4 is very often
central to the white's plans.} Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qb6 21. Be2 Rc5 22. Qd2 (22. gxh5
$2 Nxf3 $19) (22. b4 Rcc8 23. gxh5 Kh7 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Rg3 $14) 22... d5 23.
gxh5 $1 {Ramesh correctly finds courage for opening up the access along the g
file even at a cost of activating black's bishop.} (23. exd5 Rxd5 24. gxh5 Nc6
25. c3 e5 26. Rg1 Nxd4 (26... exd4 27. Qh6 $18) 27. cxd4 exd4 $13) 23... dxe4
24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Rg1 f6 (25... f5 26. Qg5 (26. h6 g6 27. Qg5 Qd8 $1 $13) 26...
Rf7 27. h6 g6 (27... Rd5 28. Bh5 Rfd7 29. Qf6 Ng4 30. Bf7+ Rxf7 31. h7+ Kxh7
32. Qxf7 Rxd4 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. hxg4 $18) 28. Bf3 Rc4 29. Bxe4 Rxd4 30. Bf3
Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 $14) 26. Qe3 Bh7 (26... Bd5 27. h6 g6 28. Bd3 Kf7 29. h7 Rh8 30.
Rdf1 $14) 27. h6 g5 (27... g6 $2 28. Nxe6 $18) 28. h4 $1 {Timofeev feels
enormous heat quickly mounting against his kingside position.} Nf7 (28... g4
29. Bxg4 $18) 29. Bd3 Re5 (29... Re8 30. Qf3 e5 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. hxg5 Nxg5
33. Rxg5 exd4 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35. Rg7 $18) 30. Bxh7+ (30. Qf4 $5 f5 (30... Nxh6
31. hxg5 $18) 31. hxg5 Rd5 32. Ne2 e5 33. Qg3 Bg6 34. Nc3 $18) 30... Kxh7 31.
Qd3+ Kxh6 (31... Kh8 32. Qg6 Rg8 33. Qxf6+ $18) 32. hxg5+ Nxg5 (32... fxg5 33.
Rh1+ Kg7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Qf3+ $18) 33. Rh1+ {The aggressor seems to have a
choice of very promising and sometimes quite original attacking ideas.} (33.
Nf3 Rd5 34. Rxg5 $1 Rxg5 (34... fxg5 35. Rh1+ Kg7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Rh6#) 35.
Nxg5 fxg5 36. Rh1+ Kg7 37. Qh7+ Kf6 38. Rf1+ Ke5 39. Qg7+ $18) 33... Kg7 34.
Rdg1 Rg8 (34... Rf7 35. Rxg5+ Rxg5 (35... fxg5 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38.
Qxe5 $18) 36. Qh3 Kf8 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 38. Nxg5 fxg5 39. Qc8 $18) 35. Nc6 {
[%mdl 128] The knight jump is certainly very strong but even better was a
forcefull win with exchange sacrifice on g5.} (35. Rxg5+ $1 fxg5 (35... Rxg5
36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Nxe6+ Qxe6 38. Qd8+ Qe8 39. Qxf6+ $18) 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rf1+
$18) 35... Re1+ $8 (35... Qxc6 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Qe8 38. Qd6+ Qe7 39. Qxe7#
) 36. Rxe1 Qxc6 37. Reg1 Kf7 38. Rh7+ Rg7 (38... Nxh7 39. Qxh7+ $18) 39. Rh8
Qc7 (39... Qd5 40. Qe3 Qd7 41. Ra8 $18) 40. Rd8 {Black's king can never hope
to hide efficiently when hunted by all white's heavy pieces.} Qc6 41. a3 Ke7
42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rf1 Ne4 (43... Ke7 44. Rb8 Qc7 45. Ra8 Nf7 46. Rd1 $18) 44. Re1
(44. Qd4 e5 45. Qa7+ Kg6 46. Rg1+ Ng5 47. Qe3 $18) 44... f5 45. Qd4 Rg2 (45...
Nf6 46. Rd6 Qc8 47. c3 $18) 46. Rd1 (46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rh7 Qxc2+ 48. Ka1 $18)
46... Qxc2+ 47. Ka1 Nf6 (47... Nc5 48. Qh8 $18) 48. Rf8+ $1 (48. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8
49. Qxf6+ Kg8 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "George Marx Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. e4 Nd7 18. Be3 a5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rd4 Rfd8 21. e5 Nxe5
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Nxe5 Kg8 24. Qh5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qf6 27. Qc7 Bd5
28. Rf4 Qg6 29. Rg4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Bd4 Qb8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rxf7+ Ke8
34. h4 Qxc7+ 35. Rxc7 Rb8 36. Bc3 a4 37. h5 Rb7 38. Rxb7 Bxb7 39. Bb2 Ke7 40.
g4 Kd6 41. f4 Be4 42. Kg3 Ke7 43. g5 1-0

[Event "Oslo Eikrem Memorial"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. Nd5 h6 10. h3 g5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15.
g4 Bh7 16. Be4 Qb5 17. Nc3 Qa6 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Rad1 Na6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5
b6 22. a3 Nc5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. b4 Na6 25. Rc1 Rf7 26. Rc4 Bf6 27. Rfc1 Bd8
28. Kg2 Kg8 29. f3 Kf8 30. h4 Kg7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. d4 exd4 33. Nxd4 Bf6 34.
Ne6+ Kg6 35. Nxc7 Nxc7 36. Rxc7 Bb2 37. Rxf7 Bxc1 38. Re7 Bxa3 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 {
Zwei Runden später im gleichen Turnier wählte Novikov hier 14...Qb6, aber
der Textzug ist vollkommen in Ordnung und die beste schwarze Möglichkeit hier.
} 15. a3 bxa3 16. b4 $5 {Die Idee von V. Milov, die diesem Abspiel kurzeitig
neue Impulse aus weißer Sicht gegeben hatte, bis die richtige Entgegnung für
Schwarz gefunden wurde. Weiß will den Bauern c6 festlegen, die taktische
Rechtfertigung ist das in einigen Varianten mögliche Läuferopfer auf h7.} a5
$2 (16... Bxb4 17. Bxh7+ $1) (16... f5 $1 {ist der Zug, der die Variante
wieder in Ordnung gebracht hat für Schwarz.} 17. Bd3 (17. exf6 Nxf6 {nebst ...
Bxb4}) 17... Nb6 18. Bxa3 Nd5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 h6 22. Rb3 Kh8
23. Rab1 Nc7 24. h3 Nd5 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Kg1 Rb6 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bc1
{1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78 (29)}) 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18.
Bxa3 Bxa3 $2 (18... Qd8 {verliert nicht sofort, ist aber trotzdem klar besser
für Weiß.} 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ra7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hansen,C/Essen 2000/
CBM 77/ [Milov,V] (50)}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {Es ist überraschend, dass ein
solcher Kenner der Semi-Slawischen Verteidigung wie GM Igor Novikov mit dieser
Wendung nicht vertraut zu sein scheint.} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qd3+ f5 (21...
Kxg5 22. f4+ Kh6 23. Qh3+ Kg6 24. f5+ exf5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Rxf5 Rh8 27. Qg4+ Kf7
28. e6+ $18 {Milov,V}) 22. Nxe6 Ra8 (22... Rfe8 23. Rxa3 Qb4 24. Nf4+ Kh7 25.
Rb1 Qe7 26. Ra7 Nxe5 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. h4 $18) 23.
Rfb1 Rfb8 {Erst dieser Zug ist neu, aber als eine gelungene Neuerung kann man
das wohl nicht bezeichnen ... Ein rabenschwarzer Tag für Novikov, aber so
etwas kommt schon mal vor.} (23... Bc8 24. Rb3 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Lesiege,A/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (24)}) 24. Nf4+ Kf7 25. Qxf5+ Ke7 26. Qe6+ Kd8
27. Qg8+ Nf8 (27... Kc7 28. Ne6#) 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nxf8 Qd8 30. Rxa3 (30. Rxa3
Rxa3 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Ne6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis 11th"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1987.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1987.09.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 Qd3 17. c5 Be6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. h4 Bd5
21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. hxg5 Re6 23. f3 Bb3 24. Rac1 a5 25. Rc3 a4 26. Rd3 Rae8 27.
Kf2 Re5 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rd4 Ra8 32. Rb4 Ra7 33. Bf4
Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. Kd4 Kc8 36. Ke5 Kd7 37. Kd4 Kc8 38. Be5 g6 39. Bd6 Ra5 40.
Ke5 Ba2 41. Kf6 Rb5 42. Rxa4 Rxb2 43. Be5 Rb5 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Bd4 Bd5 46. Rf8
Rb3 47. Rb8 Rxa3 48. Rxb7+ Ke8 49. Be5 Ra2 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rxf7 Bxf7 52. Kxf7
Rxg2 53. f4 Kd7 54. Kxg6 Ke6 55. Bd4 Kd5 56. Bg7 Kxc5 57. Bh6 Kd5 58. Kf5 c5
59. g6 Ra2 60. g7 Ra8 61. Bg5 c4 62. Bf6 Rc8 63. Bc3 Ra8 64. Kg6 Ke4 65. f5 Ra2
66. f6 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Clarin International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1979.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Ba6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 b5 14. c5 b4 15.
Rfd1 Bb5 16. Qe1 Rb8 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rb7 19. Bc1 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nd5 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Be4 Rd8 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Nxf7 Rd5 26. Qxe6 Qd7 27. Qe4+
Qf5 28. f3 Nc8 29. g4 Qxe4 30. fxe4 Rdd7 31. Ne5 Rd8 32. b4 Kg8 33. Rh3 Re7 34.
Ng6 Ree8 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Ne5+ Rxe5 37. Rf2+ Ke6 38. dxe5 Ne7 39. Rh7 Rg8 40.
Rd2 a6 41. Kf2 Kxe5 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Rh3 Rb8 45. g5 Bc4 46. g6+ Ke8
47. Rf3 Bb3 48. h4 Bd1 49. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "RUS GP rap final"]
[Site "Apatity"]
[Date "2011.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.12.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 a4 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nxa4 e4 14. Ne1 Nd4
15. Nc3 Bg5 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bxe4 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. d4 Qxd4 20. f4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qd7 22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Qf1 Re7 25. Qb5 Qd6 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Rh4 f6 30. Nxf6+ Kf8 31. Rf4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 gxf6 33.
Rxf6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "35th ECC Open 2019"]
[Site "Budva MNE"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Navara, D.."]
[Black "Grachev, B.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[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 "AVE Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Chess Team"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bd3 Rfc8 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21.
c4 Nb4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rxf7 Rg8 25. Rd1 Nxa2 26. Rd6 Be8 27.
Re7 Rb8 28. Rd4 Rxb3 29. Rh4+ Kg6 30. Rg4+ Kf5 31. Bxg7 Bh5 32. Rh4 Kg5 33. Re4
Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kf6 35. Ra7 Nc3 36. Rh4 Bg6 37. Rh8 a4 38. h4 a3 39. h5 Bc2 40.
Kh2 a2 41. f4 Kf5 42. h6 Rb7 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 a1=Q 45. h7 Ne2 46. Rg8+ Kf5
47. Rf7+ Ke4 48. h8=Q Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qxg2+ 51. Kh4 Qf2+ 52. Kg5 Qg1+
53. Kh6 Qh2+ 54. Kg7 Qg1+ 55. Kf8 Qc5+ 56. Re7 Qf5+ 57. Kg7 Nxf4 58. Qh7 Nh5+
59. Kh8 Qxh7+ 60. Rxh7 Nf6 61. Rh4+ Ke5 62. Rd8 Bf5 63. c5 Nd5 64. c6 Ne7 65.
c7 Kf6 66. Rh6+ Kg5 67. Rh7 Bxh7 68. Kxh7 1-0

[Event "72nd ch-RUS HL 2019"]
[Site "Yaroslavl RUS"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Predke, A.."]
[Black "Timofeev, Arty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1286"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. c3 O-O 14. d3 b5 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Rc1 Bxb2 19. Bc5 Qe8 20. Rc4 Bc3 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Rh4 e5 24. Nh7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"]
[Site "Ulan Ude"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bc5 10. e5 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ne4
Qg6 15. Qxd4 d5 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. c3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Qb6 Bb5 20. Rf2 Re7
21. Nf3 Bd3 22. Ne5 Qh7 23. Nxd3 Qxd3 24. f5 Qb5 25. Qe3 f6 26. fxe6 Rae8 27.
Qh3 Qb6 28. Qf5 Rxe6 29. Qxd5 Kf8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. g3 Qc1+ 33. Kg2
Re1 34. Rd2 Re7 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. h4 Qe1 38. Rf2 Qe3 39. a4 Qb6 40.
Rd2 Qe3 41. Rf2 Qe1 42. a5 Re2 43. Qc5+ Re7 44. Qd5 Re2 45. Qc5+ Re7 46. Qc8+
Kf7 47. Qc4+ Kf8 48. Qd4 Qe6 49. Qd3 Qc6+ 50. Qf3 Re4 51. Rd2 Qe6 52. Rd8+ Ke7
53. Rd4 Rxd4 54. cxd4 Kd6 55. Qxb7 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kh3 Qe6+
59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Qg2 Qd3 61. Qf2 Kd5 62. Kh3 Kc4 63. h5 Kb5 64. Kg4 Qd1+ 65.
Qf3 Qxd4+ 66. Kf5 Qe5+ 67. Kg6 Qg5+ 68. Kf7 Kxa5 69. g4 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 {Der Lieblingszug von Epishin. Mit dem frühen Angriff auf den
weißen Läufer will Schwarz den möglichen Varianten mit dem Opfer des Bauern
c3 aus dem Weg gehen.} (8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 $5) 10. Bg5 Bxc3
11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 $5 Qxc3 13. Rc1 $44) 9. Qe2 (9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 $5 (
10... Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6) 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 a6 15. Ba4 Qc4 16. Bc2 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 b5 $11 {Jussupow,A-Epishin,V/
Bundesliga 2000}) (9. Bb5+ $6 Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13.
Bxc3 Rfc8 $15 {Benito Alba,E-Epishin,V/Corte Ingles 1998}) 9... O-O 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 {Mit einer kleinen Zugumstellung wurde eine häufig
gespielte Nimzowitsch-Stellung erreicht.} 12. Ba3 ({Eine gute Alternative
bietet} 12. Bd2 {, z.B.} b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qe4 N5f6 16. Qe2 Nd5
17. Qe4 N5f6 18. Qh4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc6 20. Re3 Rfd8 21. Kh1 Nf8 $13 {Jussupow,
A-Epishin,V/ Bundesliga 1997-98}) 12... Re8 13. Rac1 a6 $1 {Dies ist aktiver
als 13..b6.} (13... b6 14. Ne5 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. c4 e5 $11) 14... Bb7 15. f4
Rad8 16. Bd3 Qb8 17. Rce1 Qa8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nd6 $16 {Speelman,
J-Richardson,J/ Birmingham 2002}) 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bd3 $146 (15. Bb3 Bb7 16. c4
Qa5 17. Bd6 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 $11 {Lautier,J-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1998}) 15...
Bb7 16. f4 (16. c4 Qa5 17. Qb2 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb5 $13) 16... Rad8 $2 {Dieser
automatische Entwicklungszug erlaubt Weiß die Bildung eines starken
Freibauern.} (16... Nb6 17. f5 $36) ({Umsichtiger war} 16... Bd5 $142 $1 {
, mit gegenseitigen Chancen.}) 17. c4 $1 Qb6 (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 $16 {[%csl
Rd6] /\Nd6}) (17... Qa5 18. Qb2 Nxe5 (18... bxc4 $2 19. Nxc4 $18) 19. fxe5 bxc4
20. Bxc4 Nd7 21. Bd6 $16) 18. c5 Qa5 19. Bb2 Bd5 20. c6 $2 {Diese Entscheidung
behagt mir nicht. Weiß erlaubt das Springermanöver Nb6-c4, sein Bauer c6
wird damit abgeschnitten und geht verloren.} ({Das richtige Vorgehen bestand m.
E. im Königsflügelangriff:} 20. a3 Nb8 21. g4 $16 {->}) 20... Nb6 21. f5 Nc4
$1 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf2 (23. Bf5 Re7) 23... Bxc6 24. Nxc6 $2 ({Besser war} 24.
Nxc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bd5 $15) 24... Rxc6 25. d5 Nxb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Nach diesem
taktischen Fehler geht die Rechnung des Weißen auf, während er nach dem
kaltblütigen 25...Rxd5 nichts hätte.} (25... Rxd5 $1 26. Be4 Rd2 $19) 26.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. dxc6 $18 Nc4 {Der Springer muß geopfert werden, um die
Drohung Qf5+ nebst c6-c7 abzuwehren.} 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rxc4 Qc7 30. Rc2 Rd6 31.
Rfc1 b4 32. Qc5 Ng4 33. g3 a5 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. c7 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 g6
38. c8=Q+ Kg7 39. Qc5 Qb7 40. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. a4 Ng4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd3 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxe5 Rf5 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. f4 d4 24. cxd4 Rdf8 25. Nf3 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27.
Ra8 Rxa8 28. Qxf4 Bd5 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Qe5 Qc6 31. h3 Qc4 32. Kh2 c6 33. Re3 Qf1
34. Qg3 Qb1 35. Re7 Qg6 36. Ne6 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rf1 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Re7 Rb1
40. Nf4 Bb3 41. h4 Rxb2 42. h5 Kg8 43. h6 Bc2 44. Nh5 Rb1 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. h7
Bxh7 47. Rxh7 Rh1 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. c3 Nc4 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Nbd4 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rae8 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Bf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. exf6 Kh6 24. f4 1-0

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (
7... dxc6 $5) 8. O-O d5 9. Qe2 $5 (9. f4 Nf6 10. Qe2 (10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 Nb6
12. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 g6 14. b3 a5 15. Qe1 h5 $10 {Adams,M-Lobron,E/Munich/
1993/CBM36/}) 10... Be7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Bd2 c5 $10 {Leventic,I-Lau,R/Osijek/
1993/EXP38/}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd2 $5 (10. Kh1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. f4 g6 15. Na4 c5 16. c4 $14 {Bistric,F-Marjanovic,S/Sarajevo/1982/})
10... Nf6 11. Rae1 Be7 (11... c5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bc3
$14) 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f4 dxe4 (13... c5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. f5 $36) 14. Nxe4 c5
15. Bc3 Qc6 $2 (15... Nd5 16. Be5 Qc6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bb1 $16) (15... Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $14) 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (18...
Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rf3 $18) 19. Rf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Kxh7 21. Qf2
Rg8 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qxf6 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Bd5 27. h4
$1 Rf8 28. Kf2 c4 29. h5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas3"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxf7+ Kh7 19. Qxb7 Qc7 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. Ng4 Na5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. c5 Nc4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Bc1 Ra8 26. Re1
Rc6 27. Re2 Kg6 28. h4 Kf5 29. Rb1 Ra5 30. g3 Rd5 31. Be3 Na3 32. Rd1 Nb5 33.
Red2 Nd6 34. Rd3 b5 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. h5 Nf7 37. f3 e5 38. dxe5 Rxd3 39. Rxd3
Nxe5 40. g4+ Ke6 41. Rb3 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rxa2 43. Bf4 Nc6 44. Rxb5 Nd4 45. Rb6+
Kf7 46. Be3 Ne2+ 47. Kh3 Ra3 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Re7 Rb3 50. g5 fxg5 51. h6 Nf4+
52. Kg4 Rb4 53. Kxg5 Nd5 54. Bc5 Rc4 55. Rg7+ Kh8 56. Bd6 Rc1 57. Be5 Rg1+ 58.
Kf5 Rxg7 59. Bxg7+ Kh7 60. f4 Nc7 61. Kf6 Nb5 62. Ke6 Nc7+ 63. Ke5 Na6 64. Bf8
Nc7 65. f5 Na8 66. Be7 Nb6 67. Bg5 Nd7+ 68. Kd6 Nb6 69. Bf4 Na4 70. f6 Kg6 71.
h7 Kxh7 72. f7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-28 \"A\" 1985/86"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1985.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1985.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Be3 b5 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nc5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Na5 Bd6 14. h3 Be5
15. Qe1 Nh5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. e5 Qg5 21.
Rg4 Qd8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qe4+ Kg8 24. Qxa8 f5 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Qe4 Rd8 27.
Qe3 Rd4 28. Rg5 Qe7 29. Ne2 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ 31. Qg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rd5 33.
Rxd5 exd5 34. Kf4 d4 35. Nc1 Bb7 36. g3 Bd5 37. Ke5 Bf7 38. Nd3 c4 39. Nc5 d3
40. cxd3 cxd3 41. Nxd3 Bc4 42. Nf4 Kf7 43. h4 Bb5 44. g4 Bd7 45. g5 g6 46. b4
Bb5 47. Kd6 Bc4 48. Nd5 Bf1 49. Nb6 Bb5 50. Nd7 Bf1 51. Ne5+ Kg7 52. Ke7 Bb5
53. Nf3 Bd3 54. Nd4 Bc4 55. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 21st Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabrielian, A.."]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.09.21"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3
Bf5 9. Be2 Bf6 10. g4 Be6 11. g5 Be7 12. d5 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. h4 c5 15. Nc2
Na6 16. a3 f6 17. f4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Bd3 b5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8
22. g6 Qa5+ 23. b4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess GP4 2021"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savchenko, B.."]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.10.09"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. O-O Bf6 10. f3 Bh5 11. b3 Re8 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2
Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nc2 Bg6 18. Rb1 Qf5 19. Rb2 d5 20. Ne3 Qd3
21. cxd5 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rad8 23. Re1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rxd5 26. Rd2
Bd3 27. Kf2 b5 28. Ke3 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rb2 Re5+ 31. Kf2 f6 32. h4 Re7 33.
g4 f5 34. Bc3 fxg4 35. fxg4 Kg6 36. Kf3 Rf7+ 37. Kg3 Re7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3
Re7 40. Kf4 Re4+ 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Rb5 Bc2 43. Rg5+ Kh7 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Rc5 Bd1+
46. Kf4 Be2 47. Kg5 Re4 48. Rc8+ Kh7 49. Rc7 Rxg4+ 50. Kf5 Rg3 51. Be5 Bd3+ 52.
Kf4 Rg2 53. Rxa7 Kh6 54. Rc7 g6 55. Bg7+ Kh5 56. Bf6 Rf2+ 57. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 Be7 11. b4 a5 12. a3 e5 13. e4 Rb8 14. Qe2 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nd5 16. Nd6 Nf4 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qe4+ Ng6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
O-O Kg7 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Be6 24. Rd4 Rh8 25. g3 Rh5 26. f4 f5 27. Qe2
Rbh8 28. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8.60"]
[White "Soumya, Sw"]
[Black "Efimenko, Z.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1302"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.21"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. e4 c5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 c4 15.
Bc2 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. Bc1 Ba8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nf6 21. Bg5
Rfe8 22. h3 g6 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. Bh6 b4 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Bxb4 27. Ne5 c3
28. g4 Ng7 29. Qf4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Qg5+ Ng7 33. Qf6 Qe7 34.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Rxe6 Qb7 37. Rxe8+ Bf8 38. d5 c2 39. Ng4 Qb1+ 40.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. h3 Na6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O Bc2 11. Qd2 Bb3 12. a5 $5 {N} (12. Ne4) (12. Qf4 Nc2 13.
g5 Nxa1 14. gxf6 exf6 15. Nxc6 Qd6 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Bf4 Qxc6 18. Nd5 $16) 12...
a6 (12... Nc2 13. a6 $1 Nxa1 14. axb7 Nd5 15. Nxc6 $18) (12... e6 13. a6 Nxa6
14. Rxa6 bxa6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. g5 $40) (12... Rc8 $5 {(Nikolic,Pr)}) 13. Na4
e6 (13... Qxa5 14. Nc5 $1 (14. g5 Nfd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc5 Qb6 (16... Qb5 17.
Qf4 f6) 17. Ncd7 Qd6 $1) 14... Qb5 $1 (14... Qxa1 15. Qxb4 $18) (14... Qb6 15.
g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nc7 17. Qf4 f6 18. Ned7 $18) 15. Qf4 (15. g5 Nfd5 16. e4 Nb6 $1
(16... Nc7 $6 17. Qf4 f6 18. gxf6 exf6 19. Ned7 Rc8 20. Qf5 $40) 17. Nxb7 (17.
Qf4 f6 18. Nf3 Nc2 $13) 17... Na4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8) 15... h6 $8 (15...
Nc2 16. Ra5 $3 Qb6 17. g5 $18) 16. Bd2 Nbd5 (16... Nc2 17. Nxb7 $1 Rc8 18. Na5
Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $40) (16... e6 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb7 $1) 17. Qf3 (17. Bxd5 cxd5
18. Ncd7 c3 (18... b6 $5 $13) 19. Bxc3 Nxd7 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Rxd5
$1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb5 24. Ba5+ Kc8 25. Rc1+ $18) 17... e6 18. e4 Nc7 19. Ncd7 {
/\ Ra5}) (13... Nc2 14. Nc5 Qxd4 (14... Nxa1 15. Nxb7 $18) (14... Rb8 15. Nxb7
$1 Rxb7 16. Bxc6+ Nd7 17. Bxb7 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qd5 $18) 15. Nxb7 Nd5 (
15... Rc8 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $16) (15... Qxd2
16. Bxc6+ $1 Qd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 e6 19. Rxd7 $18) 16. Qg5 $5 (16. Nxc6
Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Nxa1 18. Bxd5 e6) 16... f6 (16... Nxa1 17. Qf5 $18) 17. Nxc6 fxg5
(17... Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 fxg5 19. Bxd5 e6 20. Bxe6 Nxa1 21. Ne5 $1 Ke7 22. Bd7 c3
23. Bxg5#) 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 (18... Nxa1 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Bxc2 22.
Rc1 Bb3 (22... Ba4 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Be6 {/\ Nc5+/-}) 19. Bxd5 e6 (19... Nxe2+
20. Kg2 e6 21. Bxe6 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Rb8 23. Bd5 $36) (19... Rc8 20. Bxg5 e6 21.
Bg2 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 c3 $14) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxa8 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rfxc1
Be5 $44) 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nfd5 15. e4 Nc7 (15... Nc2 16. exd5 Nxa1 (16... cxd5
17. Nb6 Nxa1 18. Qf4 f6 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 $40) 17. dxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Nb6 $40
) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Be3 $16) (14... Nc2 $5 15. Nb6 (15. gxf6 gxf6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6+ Ke7 18. Nb6 Rc8 $1 $132) 15... Nd5 $1 (15... Nxa1 16. gxf6
gxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Qb4+ Qd6 20. Qxd6+ Kxd6 21. Bxa8 $16) 16.
Bxd5 (16. Nxa8 $2 Bb4 $1) 16... cxd5 17. Qf4 (17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Qf4 O-O $13)
17... f6 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ned7 $40) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 (15... Nc2 16. Ne5 $1 (16.
Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 {x d4}) 16... Bb4 (16... Nxa1 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Nb6 $16)
17. Qf4 f6 (17... O-O 18. Bd2 $18) 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Nxa1 20. Nxf6+ Ke7 21.
Nb6 $40) 16. Nb6 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 $2 (17... Nc2 $1 18. Rb1 Qxa8 (18... Bb4 19.
Qf4 Qxa8 20. Bd2 $16) 19. e3 (19. Be4 Bb4 20. Qf4 Nxd4 21. Qe5 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1
O-O 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rbe1 Bd6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qe4+ Kg8 27. Rxe2 c3 $1) 19...
Bb4 20. Qe2 Qd8 21. Bd2 Qxg5 $44) 18. Be4 Qd8 19. f4 Be7 (19... Nd5 20. Qe1 Bb4
21. Bd2 Nxf4 (21... Ne3 22. Bxb4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 $18) 22. Bxb4 Qxd4+ 23. e3 Nxh3+
24. Kh2 Qxe4 25. Kxh3 h6 26. g6 $18) 20. e3 O-O 21. Qe2 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23.
Bd2 (23. Bxb7 Nc2 24. Rb1 Qxa5) 23... Nd5 (23... Nc2 24. Bxc2 Bxc2 25. Qxc4
Qxd2 (25... Bd3 26. Qxc5 Bxf1 27. Bb4 $18) 26. Qxc5 Be4 27. Rf2 $16) (23... Qd7
$5 {/\ Rd8}) 24. Kh1 Qd7 (24... b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rf3 $16) 25. Rac1 $1 Qa4 (
25... Rd8 26. Bc2 $8 Nxf4 $2 27. exf4 Qd5+ 28. Rf3 $18) 26. Qf3 c3 (26... Rd8
27. f5 $40) 27. bxc3 Qxa5 28. f5 Bc4 (28... Nc7 29. Bxb7 $16) 29. fxe6 $1 Ne7 (
29... fxe6 30. Bxh7+ (30. Qh5 g6 $5 (30... Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bxf1 32. Qe8+ Bf8 33.
Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Bxd5 $18)) 30... Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qxc4 $18) (29... Bxf1 30.
exf7+ Kh8 31. Rxf1 $18) 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Ng6 32. Qxc4 fxe6 33. Qg4 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Qb5 35. c4 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38. Rf2 a5 39. Qe4 Ne7 40.
Bxa5 Nf5 41. Bd2 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Nh5 15. g4
Ng7 16. Nf3 f5 17. g5 Re8 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. Ng3 b5 20. a5 Qe7 21. Re1 Qf7 22. Qd2
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Nh4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Bc8 27. Ngxf5 gxf5 28.
Bxf5 Ng7 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. g6+ Qxg6+ 31. Nxg6 Kxg6 32. Qg2+ Kf7 33. Qg5 1-0

