Estrategias Sobre el Peón Dama Aislado 01

[Event "AVRO"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1938.11.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1938.11.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({Botvinnik wisely decided to avoid Botvinnik entschied sich klugerweise für einen zur damaligen Zeit weniger bekannten Stellungstyp. Er vermied dabei die Folge} 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {which was tested in the rematch Alekhine-Euwe, and instead went for a less-known type of position (at the time). , die in dem Revanchewettkampf Alechin-Euwe ausgiebig getestet worden war.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {Positions with isolated pawns always belonged to Botvinnik's favourites. Thanks to his efforts to reveal all opportunities that were present in such positions, chess players have lost their almost mystical fear of playing with isolated pawns in the centre. This fear had been pervasive since Steinitz' impressive victories over Zukertort and the powerful logical arguments the first World Champion put forth against creating unnecessary weaknesses. Botvinnik was the first to prove constantly that active piece play with pressure in the centre very often more than compensates for a slight defect of the pawn structure. Stellungen mit isoliertem Bauern gehörten immer zu Botvinniks besonderen Vorlieben. Wir verdanken es seiner Anstrengung, alle Möglichkeiten solcher Stellungen ans Licht zu bringen, daß die Schachspieler Ihre eher mystische Angst davor verloren, mit einem isolierten Bauern im Zentrum zu spielen. Diese Angst existierte seit Steinitz' beeindruckenden Siegen über Zuckertort und wurde durch die kraftvolle logische Argumentation des ersten Weltmeisters gegen überflüssige Schwächen verstärkt. Botvinnik war der erste, der ständig bewies, daß aktives Figurenspiel mit Druck im Zentrum kleinere Defekte der Bauernstruktur meist mehr als kompensierte.} b6 $6 {A very dubious decision. This move is playable after an exchange on c3. Eine sehr zweifelhafte Entscheidung. Dieser Zug ist erst nach dem Abtausch auf c3 spielbar. Nach} (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 $1 Bxh4 {(otherwise 14.g5 is unpleasant) (sonst ist 14.g5 unerfreulich)} 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 {with a very strong initiative for the sacrificed pawn, as was proved in later practice. hat Weiß, wie die spätere Praxis bewiesen hat, eine starke Initiative für den geopferten Bauern. Am besten ist wahrscheinlich 10...a6.}) ({The best alternative is probably} 10... a6) 11. Nxd5 $1 exd5 12. Bb5 {Despite the symmetrical pawn structure Black is now doomed to a passive defence. Weaknesses on the c-file and a slight discoordination of the black pieces give White an easy game in which he can develop his initiative. Trotz der symmetrischen Bauernstruktur ist Schwarz zu passiver Verteidigung verurteilt. Durch die Schwächen auf der c-Linie und die leichte Diskoordination der schwarzen Figuren kann Weiß recht einfach seine Initiative entwickeln.} Bd7 $2 {Now after the inevitable exchange of the light-squared bishops the black position becomes even more vulnerable. Jetzt wird nach dem unvermeidlichen Abtausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer die schwarze Stellung sogar noch verwundbarer.} (12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 ({or} 13... Qd6 {offered much better chances for a successful defence.}) 14. Bf4 a6 $1 {hätten viel bessere Chancen für eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung geboten.}) 13. Qa4 Nb8 {A sad retreat, but after Ein trauriger Rückzug, aber nach} (13... Rc8 14. Bf4 {Black has problems with his next move, while a1-c1 is threatening to finish him off. hat Schwarz Probleme, einen Zug gegen die endgültige Drohung a1-c1 zu finden.}) 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 {Keeping the knight on b8 in its misery. Hält den Springer auf b8 in seinem Elend gefangen.} Bd6 {In order to relieve pressure. Um sich von dem Druck zu befreien.} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 {Die Stellung von Schwarz sieht annehmbar aus, aber unglücklicherweise sind alle seine Schwächen dauerhaft, z.B. würde das Endspiel nach} ({Black's position looks reasonable, but unfortunately for him all the weaknesses remain permanent, e.g.} 19... Nd7 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 {and the endgame does not promise any sweet moments; keine glücklichen Augenblicke versprechen;}) ({or und nach} 19... f6 {folgt} 20. Qf5 {heading again for a queens' exchange. , wieder mit der Absicht des Damentauschs.}) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 {After these useful exchanges the white rook penetrates the black ranks. But Alekhine rightly estimated that this rook alone was not able to cause serious damage. Nach diesem nützlichen Abtausch ist der weiße Turm in die schwarzen Reihen eingedrungen, aber nach Aljechins korrekter Einschätzung verursacht dieser Turm alleine keinen ernsthaften Schaden.} f6 $1 23. Kf1 ({Because after Denn nach} 23. Rb7 $2 Rc8 $1 24. Kf1 b5 {Black has taken control of the c-file and is out of any danger. So the white rook is pushed away from the seventh rank. hat Schwarz die Kontrolle über die c-Linie bekommen und ist außer Gefahr. Daher muß der weiße Turm die 7. Reihe aufgeben.}) 23... Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 $1 {Going back into the bushes, to pounce again at the right moment. The pawn symmetry shouldn't fool anyone - Black is not able to restore the co-ordination of his pieces. In case of... (below) Zurück in die Büsche, um im richtigen Moment wieder hervorzupreschen. Die Symmetrie der Bauern sollte niemanden in die Irre führen - Schwarz ist nicht in der Lage die Koordination seiner Figuren wieder herzustellen.} g5 {A smart idea - pushing his pawn on the kingside Alekhine reduces the importance of the seventh rank, which will sooner or later be dominated by his opponent's rook. Eine schlaue Idee - durch den Vorstoß seines Königsflügelbauern reduziert Aljechin die Bedeutung der 7. Reihe, die früher oder später doch in die Hände des gegnerischen Turmes fällt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von} 25... Nd7) ({or oder} 25... Kf7 {the rook reappears in his camp with resounding effect. erscheint der Turm mit widerhallendem Effekt erneut in seinem Lager.}) 26. Ne1 h5 {} (26... h6 27. Nc2 Kf7 28. Ne3 Ke6 29. g4 {is hardly satisfactory, but after the text move this line is playable, because the white knight doesn't get a stronghold on f5. Alas the problem comes from a different side. ist kaum befriedigend, aber nach dem Textzug wäre diese Abwicklung spielbar, denn der weiße Springer findet keinen Halt auf f5. Doch nun tauchen Probleme von einer anderen Seite auf.}) 27. h4 $3 {[%mdl 4128] Forcing new weaknesses on the kingside. Now Black's defensive lines are breaking apart, his passive pieces cannot operate effectively all over the board. Erzwingt neue Schwächen am Königsflügel. Die schwarzen Verteidigungslinien brechen nun zusammen, denn die passiven Figuren können nicht effektiv auf dem ganzen Brett operieren.} Nd7 (27... gxh4 28. Nf3 {cannot be considered seriously; kann nicht ernsthaft erwogen werden.}) (27... Kf7 {may have been the better option, though after ist vielleicht die bessere Option, obwohl nach} 28. hxg5 ({less clear is weniger klar ist} 28. Nf3 g4 29. Ne1 Re8 $1 30. f3 ({but even here} 30. g3 Re4 31. Ng2 Rxd4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Nf4+ Kd6 34. Rh7 {the h-pawn gives White excellent chances sogar hier bietet der h-Bauer ausgezeichnete Gewinnchancen.}) 30... gxf3 31. gxf3 Re6 $1 {and with the knight back in the game Black is still kicking. und der Springer kehrt wieder ins Spiel zurück.}) 28... fxg5 29. Nf3 Kf6 30. Ne5 {and the difference in the knights' positions make a draw a miracle result. ein Remis durch die unterschiedliche Stellung der Springer ein Wunder wäre.}) 28. Rc7 {Back in full control. Wieder in voller Kontrolle.} Rf7 29. Nf3 $1 g4 30. Ne1 {A pendulum manoeuvre, preparing the square f4 to collect the bonuses - the pawns on d5 and h5. Ein Pendelmanöver, um von f4 aus die Gutscheine einzulösen - die Bauern auf d5 und h5.} f5 31. Nd3 f4 {The key square is temporarily under control, but the pawn on f4 is added to the long list of objects for White to attack. Das Feld f4 ist nun zwar zeitweise unter Kontrolle, aber der Bauer f4 erscheint nun ebenfalls auf der langen Liste der Objekte, die Weiß angreifen kann.} 32. f3 (32. Nb4 {was winning a pawn, but with mathematical precision Botvinnik fixes the new weakness. He knows: material benefit is just a short-term affair. hätte einen Bauern gewonnen, aber mit der ihm eigenen mathematischen Präzision weiß Botvinnik, daß ein Materialgeschenk nur eine kurzfristige Angelegenheit ist.}) 32... gxf3 33. gxf3 a5 34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 {There is no need to hurry. Es gibt keinen Grund zur Eile.} Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 {desperately trying to activate the poor steed: Ein verzweifelter Versuch, den erbärmlichen Springer zu aktivieren.} 39. Rg6 $1 {No way! One cannot escape one's destiny. Nix da, man kann seinem Schicksal nicht entfliehen!} (39. Rxb6 $2 Kc7 {and 40...c6 gives Black counter-chances. und 40...c6 gibt Schwarz Konterchancen.}) 39... Kc7 40. Ne5 {Making sure its counterpart will not participate in the game. Sorgt dafür, daß sein Gegenüber nicht am Spiel teilnimmt.} Na6 41. Rg7+ (41. Rg5 {was winning a bit quicker, the rook exchange leading to the promotion of the white pawn: gewinnt etwas schneller, denn der Turmtausch führt zur Umwandlung des weißen Bauern:} Rxg5 $2 42. hxg5 Kd6 43. g6 Ke7 44. g7 {But in fact the way to win the position is a matter of taste. In Wirklichkeit ist der Gewinnweg hier aber nur noch Geschmackssache.}) 41... Kc8 42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 {At last!} Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4 axb4 {In the end the two knights, with such different histories, both disappear together. But it gives Black no satisfaction, since the rook endgame is absolutely lost. Am Ende verschwinden die beiden Springer, mit so ungleichen Lebensgeschichten, zur gleichen Zeit. Aber Schwarz hat nichts davon, denn das Turmendspiel ist absolut verloren.} 47. Rxh5 Rc6 (47... Rxd4 48. Rf5 Kc7 49. h5 {and the weak pawns are still around. und die schwachen Bauern sind noch in der Nähe.}) 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Kd3 {resigned. Black has had enough. "Of the 14 games I played in this tournament only once did I feel that my opponent outplayed me - it was the game with Botvinnik in round seven" said Alekhine later. No further comments are needed! "Ich habe 14 Partien gespielt und hatte nur einmal das Gefühl, daß mein Gegner mich überspielte - es war die Partie gegen Botvinnik in Runde sieben", sagte Aljechin nach dem Turnier. Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen!} 1-0 [Event "Ostzonen-ch04"] [Site "Bad Klosterlausnitz"] [Date "1949.08.05"] [Round "19"] [White "Krause, Kurt"] [Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [Annotator "Pietzsch,Wolfgang"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "1949.07.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Schach-Expreß 17/1949 Seite 262 Der Schachspiegel 8/1949 Seite 116} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Kh8 12. Nxf6 (12. Bg5 $1) 12... gxf6 $1 13. Bh6 Rg8 14. Qd2 b6 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bf1 Nce7 17. Bg2 Nf5 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Rac1 {[#] Das kostet den Bauer d4:} ({Mit} 19. Be3 {war dies zu vermeiden, doch steht auch dann Schwarz besser.}) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxd4 23. Rd1 e5 {Der schwarze Mehrbauer hat zunächst wenig Gewicht, um so mehr der starke Zentralspringer.} 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Bh5 Kg7 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Qc1 Rd7 29. a4 f5 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Rc8 Ne6 32. Qc3 f4 33. Bg4 Re7 34. Qc6 ({Oder} 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Qb4 Rd6) 34... fxg3 35. hxg3 Qg6 36. Qa8 Kf6 37. Rg8 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qd3 39. Rh8 Ng5 40. Qf8 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 Qxb2+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Kf1 Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kh1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Ne6 53. Bxe6 Kxe6 54. Qc8+ Rd7 55. Rxh7 {Nun hat er ihn doch!} Ke7 56. Rh2 $2 (56. Rh4 Qe2 $1 {nebst Td1+}) 56... Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Rd2+ 58. Kh3 Qf1+ 59. Kg4 Rxh2 60. Qc7+ Kf6 61. Qd6+ Kg7 62. Qxe5+ Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qe5+ Kd7 65. Qd5+ Kc7 66. Qxf7+ Kc6 67. Qe6+ Kb7 68. Qe4+ Ka6 69. Kg5 Qe2 70. Qd5 Qd2+ 71. Qxd2 Rxd2 72. f4 Kb7 73. f5 a6 74. g4 b5 75. axb5 axb5 76. f6 b4 77. f7 Rf2 {Ein wichtiger, wenn auch sauer verdienter Punkt für Pietzsch.} 0-1 [Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1956.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 (6. e4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 (15. h4 $5) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Qe3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rac8 $13 {Nejkirh,O-Fuchs,R/Sofia/1957/}) 16. Rac1 (16. h4 Na5 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 Nc4 $13 {Naidorf,M-Tal,M/Belgrade/1970/}) 16... Qc7 $6 (16... Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qc7 $13 {Pachman,L-Kozma,J/CSR/1959/}) 17. h4 $1 $16 Bf6 18. h5 e5 $6 (18... Ne7 19. Ne5 $36) 19. d5 Ne7 20. c4 Rcd8 21. Ng5 Nf5 22. Ne4 Be7 (22... Bg7 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 23. Bg5 Kg7 24. h6+ $1 $18 Kh8 (24... Kg8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27. Bxf5 $18) 25. Nf6 Rf8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qc3 (27. Qc3 Rg8 (27... Bd6 28. Qg3 $1 { f4/}) 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Ba3 (29... Bd6 30. Nxg8 Bxe5 31. Bxd8) 30. Nxg8 Bxc1 31. Bxd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "URS-ch34 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1966.12.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Stein, Leonid"] [Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [Annotator "Belov,Igor"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1966.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 (6. e4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 (10... Bf6 $142 11. Ne4 b6 $10) 11. a4 (11. a3 b5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Ne5 $14 {Tal,M-Psakhis,L/Sochi/1982/1:0 (24)}) 11... Nf6 (11... Ncb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 $14 {Petrosian,T-Liberzon,V/URS/1967/0,5 (39)}) (11... b6 $5 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 $13 {Pachman,L-Bisguier,A/Bled/1961/}) 12. Bg5 Bd7 (12... Qd6 $5) (12... h6 $5 13. Bh4 Nd5 $14) 13. Qe2 $14 Rc8 $6 (13... Nb4 $142 14. Rad1 Bc6 $14) 14. Rad1 Nd5 (14... Nb4 15. d5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. Bxa6 $16) 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Be4 $1 $16 Bf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qb6 (19... Qe7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20... Qxe6 21. Qd3 $16) 21. Qd3 $16) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd3 h6 (21... g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Rd7 Qxb2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rd5 $18) 22. Qd6 Rce8 $6 (22... Rfe8 $142) 23. Bc2 $1 (23. Bb1 Qb3) 23... Qb4 (23... Qxb2 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rb1 $18) 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 (26... Ke7 $5) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. Rd1 Qxb2 29. h4 Nc6 30. Rb1 (30. Rd7 Be7) 30... Qa3 31. Rxb7 Be7 (31... Ne7 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Bg6#) 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxc6 $18 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh3 $1 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1998.02.01"] [Round "13"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Piket,Jeroen"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1998.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 063"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Be3 g6 13. Rc1 {Gelfand-Van Wely Wijk aan Zee'98 [10]}) 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. h4 (16. Rad1 {-38/543}) (16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Rxe6 (18. Rac1 Nf5) 18... Rxc3 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Qxf3 fxe6 20. Qf6 Nf5 $19) 19... Rxc3 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Re3 $1 (21. Bxf8 fxe6)) 19. Bb5 Bc8 $1) 16... Na5 17. Ng5 (17. Ne5 Bxh4 18. Qf4 Qf6) 17... Bxg5 $5 $146 18. Bxg5 (18. hxg5 $2 e5 $1) 18... f6 19. Bf4 (19. Bh6 Qd5 20. f3 Qh5) 19... Qd7 (19... Qd5 20. f3 Qd7 (20... Nc4 21. Qf2 e5 22. Be4 Qf7 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Qe3 $14 (27. Rd1 $5)) 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Qf2 Kh8 $13) 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Bb1 Nc4 22. Qd1 $8 (22. Qd3 Na3) (22. Qe2 e5) 22... Rcd8 (22... b5 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Qg3 Rc6 (24... Rcd8 {-22...Rcd8})) (22... Qf7 $5) 23. Qd3 b5 (23... Na3 $2 24. c4) 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Bd3 a6 26. Re2 Nd6 27. Rce1 Nf5 $5 (27... Nf7 $1 28. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 (28... Rg8 29. h5 $40) 29. Qxg6 Rg8 30. Qxf6+ (30. Qh5+ Kg7) 30... Kh7 31. Re5 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rg7 $1) (27... Rg8 $5) 28. Qh3 Ng7 29. g4 Rc8 30. Bb1 Rc4 $6 (30... Qf7 $5) 31. h5 $1 g5 (31... gxh5 32. Qd3 $1) 32. Bd2 (32. Qd3 $2 Nxh5) 32... Rf8 33. a3 (33. h6 Ne8 34. Be4 $5 $36 Nc7 35. Qd3) (33. Qd3 Ne8 34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Nc7 $44) 33... Ne8 34. f4 $6 (34. h6 $5 Nd6 35. Ba2 (35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 e5) 35... Rxd4 36. cxd4 Bxa2) (34. Ba2 Rc6) (34. Be4) 34... gxf4 35. Bxf4 e5 $1 $17 36. Bg3 (36. Kh2 exf4 37. Re7 Qc6 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Qd3 f5 $1 {Van Wely}) (36. Bf5 Be6 $1 (36... Qc6 37. Bd2 Nd6 38. Bd3 (38. dxe5 Nxf5 39. gxf5 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 Rcg4) 38... Bf3 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 $44 40. Rf2 Bxg4 (40... e4)) 37. Bxe6 Qxe6 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Qc8) 36... Be6 $1 (36... Rxc3 37. dxe5) 37. Re4 (37. Qh4 Rxc3 $8 (37... Bxg4 38. Rxe5 $1) (37... Rg8 38. Rxe5 $1) 38. Rxe5 (38. dxe5 Rg8 (38... f5)) 38... Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 fxe5 40. Qxe5+ Ng7 41. h6 Bxg4 $17) 37... Rxc3 38. dxe5 f5 39. Rf4 Rg8 40. Qg2 $6 (40. h6 $5 Rxg4 41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. Qh4 Rxa3 43. Rf1 Rf3) 40... Rxg4 (40... Ng7 $1 41. h6 (41. Rf3 Bd5 42. e6 Qa7+ 43. Bf2 Bxf3 (43... Qb7 $1) 44. Bxa7 Bxg2 45. Bd4 Rg3 46. h6 (46. Kf2 Rxg4) 46... Rxg4 47. hxg7+ R8xg7 48. Bxg7+ (48. e7 Bc6+ 49. Kf1 Rxd4) 48... Kxg7 49. Bxf5 $44 (49. e7 Be4+)) 41... Nh5 $1) 41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. Rf1 Kg8 43. Kh2 (43. h6 Qd4+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 $17) 43... Ng7 44. h6 Nh5 45. Qa8+ Rc8 46. Qxa6 (46. Qe4 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qxh6) 46... Nxg3 (46... Qd2+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ (47... Qxh6 48. Ba2 $1) 48. Bf2 Qxh6 (48... Qxe5 49. Re1) 49. Ba2 $1) 47. Kxg3 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 (48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Rf2 Bd5+) 48... Rh3+ 49. Kg5 Qe8 $1 $19 (49... Qd2+ $2 50. Rf4 Qd8+ 51. Rf6 Qd2+ 52. Rf4 $11) 50. Rf6 (50. Bxh7+ Kxh7 51. Qb7+ Bd7 52. Qe4+ Kh8 53. Qg6 Qxg6+ 54. Kxg6 Rf3) (50. Qd6 Qh5+ 51. Kf6 Qf7+ 52. Kg5 Rh5#) 50... Qh5+ 51. Kf4 Rf3+ 52. Ke4 Rxf6 53. exf6 Qf5+ 54. Ke3 Qf3+ 55. Kd2 Qf4+ 56. Kc2 (56. Kd1 Bb3+ 57. Ke2 (57. Bc2 Qf1+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+) 57... Bc4+ 58. Kd1 Qf1+ 59. Kd2 (59. Kc2 Bd3+ 60. Kc3 b4+) 59... Qxb1 60. Qc8+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kxf6 62. Qg7+ Ke6 $19) 56... Bf5+ 57. Kb2 Qe5+ 58. Kc1 (58. Kb3 Bxb1 59. Qc8+ Kf7 60. Qd7+ Kxf6 61. Qg7+ Ke6 (61... Kf5 62. Qxh7+ Kg5 63. Qxb1 Kxh6) 62. Qg8+ Kd6 63. Qb8+ Kd5 64. Qxb5+ Ke4 65. Qe2+ Kf4 66. Qf1+ Kg5 67. Qxb1 Qb5+ 68. Ka2 Qxb1+ 69. Kxb1 g3 $19) 58... Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "New York op"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1998.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1998.03.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nb4 12. Ne5 N4d5 13. Qf3 f6 14. Nd3 $14) (10... Bf6 $5) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 (13. Qc2 $5) 13... Bf6 (13... Bxh4 $1 14. Nxh4 (14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Qe4 g6 $17) 14... Qxh4 15. Re4 $5 (15. Re3 g6 $1 (15... h6 16. Rh3 Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Qg4 g6 (17... g5 $2 18. f4 $1 Qg7 19. fxg5 f5 20. Qe2 $1 Nxd4 (20... hxg5 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 (21... Qf7 22. Qh6) 22. Bc4) (20... Rae8 21. Rxh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 {1-0 Rabiega,R-Bauer,R/BL2-N 1996}) 21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 $18 {Stringer 1-0 Stringer,V-Gardner,A/corr England 1992 (28)}) 18. Bxh6 $16) 17. Qh5 (17. Qg4 f5 $15) (17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Qh7 21. Qxe6 Rae8 22. Qd6 Rd8 (22... Rg8 23. Qf6+ Rg7 24. Bxf5 $18) 23. Qf4 Rg8 24. Bxf5 $18) 17... Qf6 $8 18. Qg4 $16) (15... f5 16. Rxe6 Na5 17. Qe2 f4 18. f3 Bd5 19. Re5 Bf7 20. Ba3 { Mikhalchishin,A-Stopkin,V/USSR 1984}) 16. Rh3 (16. Rg3 Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 (18... Rfc8 $5 19. Bh6 Qh8 20. Bg5 h5 21. Re1 $16) 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Re1 Na5 22. c4 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Morrison,G/Blackpool GBR ch 1988 (46)}) 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh3 Qf7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Rge3 Re8 22. Bb5 Na5 (22... a6 $5 $132) 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qg3 Bd5 $44 {1-0 Grebennikov,S-Tolnai,T/Kecskemet 1991 (45)}) 16... Qe7 (16... Qf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Bg5 Qg7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Re1 Na5 22. Rhe3 Qf7 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. c4 Qd7 26. Bf6 Qf7 (26... Na5 27. d5 Rxc4 28. Qh6 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Qf7 31. Bb2 e5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Nc4 34. Bd4 $14) 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. cxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Ne5 32. d6 Qe2 $1 (32... Ng4+ 33. Qxg4 $1 $18) (32... Nd7 $4 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Qe8 35. Be7+ Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kg7 37. Qe6 $1 $18 {1-0 Kasparow-Gonda/Cannes/SW,8,7 1988 (37)}) 33. Qd4 Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 17. Qd2 (17. Qg4 Rfd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bc4+ Kf8 $44) (17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qd2 f6 (18... Na5 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Qf4 f6 21. Qh4 f5 (21... Rac8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Qg7 24. Bxf6 g5 25. Bxg5 $18) 22. Qf4 Qf7 23. g4 $132 {1-0 Hansen Lars Bo-Jelling Erik/Ch Denmark (team) 1995 (29)}) 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Rhe3 Na5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. f4 f5 23. c4 b5 24. c5 Bd5 25. Bxb5 Nc6 26. Rd1 Qf6 $11 {0-1 Szypulski,A-Luczak,A/Jachranka POL tt 1987 (32)}) 17... f5 18. Qh6 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Re1 Rfe8 $44) 15... Qe7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Rh4 (18. Bc4 Nd8 $15 (18... Ne5 $2 19. Ba3 Qf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rh4 Qf7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Qe3 $16)) 18... Qf7 (18... Qg7 $2 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh6+ $16) 19. Ba3 (19. Bb2 Rad8 20. c4 e5 21. d5 Nb4 $17) 19... Rfe8 (19... Rfc8 20. Re1 Rc7 21. Rg4 $44) 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Re3 $44) (13... Na5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Bd5 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Bxh6) 14. Ng5 $132 (14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Rc1 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng5 g6 $132) 15... Na5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc4 18. Qf4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 e5 20. Qg4 exd4 21. cxd4 Nd6 $11 {½-½ Hansen,J-Orr,M/Thessaloniki olm 1984 (45)}) (14. Bc2 Qd5 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. h5 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Bb3 Qh5 $132 {½-½ Liepold,S-Birk,S/BL2-S 1989 (43)}) 14... g6 (14... h6 15. Nh7 Re8 (15... Bxh4 16. Nxf8 $16) 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe4 $16) 15. Qg4 h5 (15... Rc8 $5) (15... Ne7 16. Ba3 $13) 16. Qg3 (16. Qf4 e5 17. Qg3 Qd7 (17... exd4 18. Bc4 $1 Kg7 19. Bxf7 $16) 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bc4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. d5 Na5 23. Bb5 $16 {Sokolov,A-Christiansen,L/Dubai olm 1986/½-½ (81)}) 16... Qd7 (16... Bg7 17. Nxe6 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxg6 Rf8 19. Bxh5 $16) 17... fxe6 18. Qxg6 Rf7 19. Qxh5 Ne7 (19... Qf6 20. Re2 $18) (19... Qd6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Bg6 Rd7 22. a4 $18) 20. Bg5 $16) (16... Ne7 17. Ne4 (17. Ba3 Qd7 $1 (17... Re8 $4 18. Nxe6 $18 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A-Luczak,A/Cappelle op 1989 (29)}) (17... Rc8 $4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rf7 21. Bxg6 $18 {1-0 Hansen,C-Georgiev,K/Kiljava 1984 (25)}) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Re3 Rfe8 21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Rae1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 $17 {Banas,J-Ostenstad,B/Trnava-B 1989/0-1 (72)}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Bb7 Rcd8 $11 {Djurhuus,R-Ostenstad,B/Oslo 1988/½-½ (54)}) 17. Ne4 $5 (17. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 18. Bh6 Ne7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 (20... Bxh4 21. Qxh4 Nxg6 22. Qxh5 Nf4 23. Qg5+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re3 $14) 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxe6 Bxh4 24. g3 Bf6 25. Rae1 $13) (17. Ba3 $5 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nd6 Red8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf8 (21... Bc8 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Qg5 d4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 (24... Ba6 25. Nf5 $18) 25. Re7 $18) 22. Qxh5 $16) (17... Ne7 $1 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 (18... Bxe7 19. Nxe6 $18) 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 Qf7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 $132) 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxg6 Qg7 20. Rxe6 $16) 17... Bg7 18. Bg5 (18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rad1 Rfe8 $132) 18... Ne7 $4 (18... Rac8 19. Bf6 Qc7 20. Qg5 Na5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 (22... Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Bxg6 $18) 23. Qg5 (23. Rac1 Qd8 24. Qf4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc4 $132) 23... Kg7) 19. Qd6 $1 $18 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 f6 (20... Nd5 21. Nxb7 $18) 21. Rxe6 $1 (21. Nxb7 fxg5 22. Rxe6 $18) 21... Bd5 22. Rxe7 fxg5 23. hxg5 Rad8 24. Nb5 1-0

7 Guia Defensa India del Rey Variante Saemisch (Partidas complementarias)

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.11.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [PlyCount "42"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 (13. Nxc8 $6 {Ftacnik} Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 Bd4+ $1 16. Ke1 Raxc8 $17) 13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 (14. Rd1 $5 {Ftacnik} Nc5 (14... Bg7 15. Nh3) 15. Ne2 b6 16. Nec3 Ba6 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Rd4 20. Rxd4 Nxd4 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Kd2 Nc6 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Rc1 Nxc4+ 25. Ke2 {½-½ Muir,A-Rowson,J/SCO-ch 1994 (38)}) 14... Bg7 (14... Ba3 {Ftacnik} 15. Nh3 b6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Nf2 Bb7 18. f4 Nc6 19. h4 Nd4 20. Rh3 Rac8 21. h5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rc2 23. Bd3 Rxa2 24. Bc4 Rc2 25. Rxa3 Rxc4 26. Rxa7 {1-0 Karpov,An-Polgar,J/Roquebrune 30' (11)/1992 (43)}) 15. h4 {Practically untried move.I have to admit that I didn`t get an idea completely during the game and Jaan managed to to put both Knight and Rook in the game successfully.(pay attention to position after 24th move)} (15. Ne2 $5 Nc5 (15... Nb6 16. Nec3 (16. Nef4 Bd7 17. Be2 Rac8 18. O-O $14) 16... Be6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Ke7 21. Kc2 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 23. Kb3 Rc5 24. a4 {½-½ Gheorghiu,F-Potterat,M/Ticino op (03) ;EXT 92op 1992 (40)}) (15... Ne5 $6 16. Nec3 b6 17. f4) 16. Nc1 (16. Nec3 Bd7 17. Be2 Rac8 18. O-O Rc6 19. Rfd1 Ra6 20. f4 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Ra3 22. Rbc1 Rc8 23. e5 Be6 24. Rd4 a6 25. Bf3 b5 26. cxb5 Na4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. bxa6 {½-½ Wells,P-Lamoureux,C/Oakham (04)/1993 (46)}) (16. Nef4 Bd7 17. Be2 Rac8 $44) (16. Nec3 $5) 16... Be6 17. Nd3 Rac8 $1 $44 18. Be2 $6 Na4 $1 {Gheorghiu,F-Gelfand,B/Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 48/780 1989 (36)} (18... Na4 {Ftacnik} 19. N3f4 g5 20. Nh5 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. h4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc3 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. Rb3 Nxa2 {0-1 Gheorghiu,F-Gelfand,B/Palma de Mallorca GMA (02)/1989 (36)})) (15. Nh3) (15. g4 {Ftacnik} b6 16. g5 Bb7 17. h4 Rac8 18. f4 (18. Rc1 Bxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. Rh2 Be5 21. Rhc2 Bg3+ 22. Kd1 Nb6 23. Nh3 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kf1 Bxh4 {0-1 Dragomarezkij,E-Kaminski,M/Warsaw op (05)/1992 (32)}) 18... Nc5 19. e5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5 $17 {1-0 Levitt,J-Watson,W/London WFW/1990 (41)}) (15. Nh3 {was played few times by Karpov.} Nc5 (15... b6 {Ftacnik} 16. Be2 (16. Nf2 Bb7 17. f4 Rac8 18. Be2 Ba6 19. Rb4 Bd4 20. h4 Nf6 21. Rh3 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 23. Kg1 Nd6 24. Ne3 {Jolles,H-Miles,A/Katerini op/1992/0-1 (53)}) 16... Bb7 (16... Bd4 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Nf2 Bb7 19. Nd3 Ba3 20. Kf2 Rac8 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. Nc2 Bc5+ 23. Nce3 Ba6 24. Rc1 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Nxc4+ 26. Kd4 b5 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rhd1 {1-0 Tennstedt,A-Hartlieb,J/Wiesbaden op/1992 (47)}) 17. Kd2 (17. O-O Rac8 18. Rbc1 Bh6 19. Rc2 Bxd5 20. exd5 b5 21. Rb1 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. d6 Rc2 25. Kf1 Rd2 {½-½ Jakobsen,P-Burgess,G/DEN-chB (01)/1992/}) 17... Rac8 18. Ke3 Rc5 19. Rhd1 Ba6 20. Rbc1 Ne5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. f4 Kg7 23. h4 Nxc4+ 24. Kd4 {½-½ Nielsen,PH-Stefansson,H/Gausdal AC (01)/1992 (28)}) 16. Nf2 Be6 (16... b6 17. h4 h5 $1 $146 (17... Ba6 18. h5 Rac8 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rb4 Bb7 22. Nge3 Bd4 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Be2 $14 {Karpov,An-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind/1993/}) 18. Be2 Ba6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfc1 Be5 $44 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Kg7 {½-½ Karpov,An-Romero Holmes,A/Leon (05)/1993 (50)}) (16... f5 17. Be2 fxe4 (17... Bd4 18. Rd1 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxe4 20. Nc7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rh8 h5 24. Ke3 exf3 25. Bxf3 b6 26. Nb5 a5 27. Na7 Kd7 28. g4 {1-0 Karpov,An-Gallati,M/Zuerich sim 1988}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bd4 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Rf1+ Kg7 22. Rd3 Be6 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. a4 Bd6 25. h3 b6 {Rjazantsev,A-Naidictch,A/EU-chJM U10 Verdun (04) 1995/½-½ (54)}) 17. Be2 (17. Nd3 Rac8 (17... Na4 18. Rxb7 Rab8 19. Rb3 $1 $16) 18. Be2 (18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxb7 (19. a3 b5 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21. cxb5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Be2 Bc3+ 24. Kf2 Rd2 25. Rd1 {½-½ Pelletier,Y-Chiong,L/Zuerich op/1993/}) (19. Rb3 $1 b5 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21. cxb5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 $11) 19... Ra5 20. Bd3 Bd4 21. Bc2 Rxa2 22. Kd2 Be5 23. Kd3 a5 24. g3 a4 25. f4 Ra3+ 26. Kd2 Bd4 {Andresen,S-Sonntag,H/BL 9394/1994/0-1 (53)}) 18... Na4 19. N3f4 (19. Rxb7 Rxc4 20. Rxa7 Nc3 $1 $17) 19... g5 20. Nxe6+ (20. Nh5 Bc3+ $1 21. Kf1 Bd4 (21... Be5 $5) 22. h4 Bxd5 (22... h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nhf6 $132) 23. exd5 $2 (23. cxd5 Nc3 24. Rb4 $8 Be5 25. hxg5 Nxa2 26. Rb1 Nc3 27. Re1 Nxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc1+ 29. Re1 Rdc8 30. Kf2 R8c2+ 31. Ke3 Rc3+ 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 a5 34. Rd1 $1 $13) 23... Nc3 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. Rb3 (25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bd3 Rb2 $19) 25... Nxa2 26. Rd3 $8 Rb1+ 27. Bd1 Bb6 $1 $19 {0-1 Gheorghiu,F-Gelfand,B/Palma de Mallorca (GMA)/1989 (36)}) 20... fxe6 21. Ne3 Nc3 22. Rxb7 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nd1 Rb1 25. h4 {½-½ Ward,C-Wang Pin/Beijing op (08)/1993 (30)}) 17... Rac8 (17... Rd6 18. Nd3 Rc8 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxb7 Ra6 21. Rb8+ Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf2 Bd4+ 24. Kg3 Rxa2 25. Rd1 Be5+ 26. Kf2 {½-½ Ward,C-Britton,R/Oakham (06)/1994 (43)}) 18. O-O b6 (18... Rd6 $1 19. Rfd1 Ra6 20. Rd2 Ra3 21. Kf1 b6 22. f4 $6 Bc3 $1 23. Nxc3 (23. Rc2 Bd4 24. Bf3 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 f5 $17 26. e5 Nd3+ 27. Kg3 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Ne1+ $19) 23... Rxc3 24. Ke1 Bxc4 $1 $15 {Kortschnoj,V-Polgar,J/Roquebrune 30' (21)/1992/½-½ (83)}) 19. Rfc1 Na4 20. Rb4 Bxd5 21. Rxa4 Bc6 (21... b5 22. exd5 bxa4 23. Nd3 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Be3 25. Rc3 Rxd5 26. Nb4 Re5 {0-1 Jorgensen,M-Pedersen,NV/DEN-ch qual (02)/1996 (38)}) 22. Rxa7 Rd2 23. Kf1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 {Christiansen,L-Renet,O/Cannes 60'Team (02)/1992/0-1 (73)}) 15... Nb6 $146 {A new move,which my opponent didn t expect.Black are starting their counterplay and let White do what they want.} (15... Nc5 16. Nh3 (16. h5 g5 $44 {Vogt,L}) (16. g4 f5 $1 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 Be6 19. Rd1 Na4 $15 {Dragomarecki,E-Hait,A,USSR,1991}) 16... f5 17. Be2 fxe4 18. Ng5 e3 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Nhf6+ Kf7 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Rb5 {1-0 Labuckas,A-Martinkus,R/Radviliskis op (06) ;EXT 95op2 1995 (34)}) 16. h5 (16. Nxb6 $6 {Ftacnik} axb6 17. Ne2 Rxa2 18. Rxb6 h5 $15) 16... Be6 (16... Bd7 $5) 17. Nh3 (17. hxg6 {Ftacnik} hxg6 18. Nh3 Rac8 19. Nhf4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Rc6 21. g3 Nxc4 22. Rxb7 Nb6 $14) 17... Rac8 (17... Bxh3 $5 18. Rxh3 Rac8 19. f4 (19. Nxb6 $6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Ra8 (20... Bc3+ $5)) 19... Nxc4 20. h6 $13 {would lead to unclear position with about equal chances.}) 18. Ng5 (18. Nhf4 {Ftacnik} g5 $1 (18... Nxc4 $2 19. Rxb7 $16) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Nxb6 Bc3+ 21. Ke2 axb6 22. Rxb6 Ra8 $11) 18... Bxd5 (18... Nxc4 19. Nxh7+) 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 {Ftacnik} h6 20. Ne4 g5 $11) 19... Rc2 20. Bd3 (20. Be2 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 h6 22. Nh3 g5 $44 {White`s Knight and Rook are out of the game and that`s why I prefer Black`s position.}) (20. Nxh7+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 21. hxg6 Bc3+ 22. Kd1 Rd2+ 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Rb5 Bb4+ 25. Kb1 Ba3 $15) 20... Bc3+ (20... Rxg2 $6 21. Nxh7+ Kg8 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... Rxg6 23. f4) 23. f4 $1) 21. Kf1 Rd2 {Ftacnik: Black puts his faith in attack, since the pieces of his opponent are rather badly coordinated. Ftacnik: Schwarz setzt auf Angriff, weil die Krafte seines Gegners sind schlecht koordiniert.} * [Event "CHN-chT final-A 1st"] [Site "China"] [Date "2005.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"] [Black "Xu, Yang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2005.11.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 $1 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nh3 Nc5 16. Nhf4 b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfd1 Na4 20. Rb4 Nc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rb3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. g3 g5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re8 28. Bd3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. d6 Rg1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. h5 Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ {½-½ (36) Karpov,A (2628)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2568) Arica 2015}) 11. cxd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13. Kf2 Bd4+ 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Ke3 e5 16. f4 f6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nf3 Nxf3 19. gxf3 b6 20. Rc1 Bd7 $6 {Une petite faute mais qui va être exploitée par les Blancs} (20... Kf8 21. Rg1 Ke7 22. Rg5 Kf6 23. h4 Bd7 24. f4 exf4+ 25. Kxf4 Rac8 26. e5+ Ke7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bd3 Rc5 29. d6+ Ke6 30. h5 Be8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Be2 Kd7 33. Bg4+ Kc6 34. d7 Bxd7 35. Rxg6+ Kc7 36. e6 Bc6 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rxa7 Ra5 39. Rxa5 bxa5 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. Ke5 Bb7 42. Kd4 Bc8 43. Ke5 {½-½ (43) Plesek,J (2160)-Studnicka,T (2317) Czechia 2006}) 21. Ba6 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Gc1c7]} Kf7 22. Rc7 Ke7 23. Rhc1 $36 Kd6 24. f4 $1 b5 (24... exf4+ 25. Kd4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Re8 26. e5+ Rxe5 27. R1c6+ Bxc6 28. Rxc6+ Kd7 29. Kxe5 {[%csl Rd7]}) 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rc6+ Ke7 27. fxe5 Rb8 28. Kd4 Rb6 29. d6+ Ke6 30. Rxb6 1-0 [Event "CHN-chT 2nd"] [Site "China"] [Date "2006.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Wang, Doudou"] [Black "Ju, Wenjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2156"] [BlackElo "2329"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2006.04.04"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Heibei"] [BlackTeam "Shanghai"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Bxb2 13. Bxd8 (13. Rb1 Bc3+ 14. Kf2 Bd4+ 15. Kg3 Re8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Be2 Re5 19. Rb5 Rxb5 20. cxb5 Be6 21. f4 Bc3 22. Nf3 Bxa2 23. e5 Rc8 24. Ng5 Bd4 25. Rd1 Bb6 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Rd2 Bb3 28. Bd1 Rc4 29. Bxb3 Rxe4 30. Bd5 Rb4 31. Bxb7 Be3 32. Rd7 Bxf4+ 33. Kh3 Bxe5 34. Bd5 g5 35. g3 g4+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rxb5 39. Bxf7 Rb2+ 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Be8 Rxh2 42. Rf7+ Kg5 {Graf,A (2620)-Inarkiev,E (2669) Torrelavega 2007 ½-½}) 13... Bxa1 14. Ne2 b6 15. Nf4 Bb7 (15... Ba6 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Nd5 Kg7 18. h4 Be5 19. Bxe5+ Nxe5 20. h5 f6 21. f4 Nxc4 22. Rh3 Bb7 23. Rd3 Kf7 24. Rd4 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke7 26. Kf2 Nd6 27. Bd3 Nf7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rb5 Rc3 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. axb3 g5 32. g3 {½-½ (32) Giannetto,S (2364)-Papenin,N (2316) ICCF email 2008}) 16. Bh4 f6 17. Nd5 Kf7 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. Bf2 Ba6 20. c5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Be5 22. f4 Bc7 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rc1 Ra7 26. Rc2 Ra4 27. Kd3 $14 b5 28. Bd4 Ke6 29. g3 Ra3+ 30. Kd2 Ra4 31. Kc3 Nb8 32. Rd2 $6 (32. Rb2 Nc6 33. Bb6 Rxe4 34. Rxb5 Re2 35. Rb2) 32... Nc6 33. f5+ Kf7 34. Bb6 Rxe4 35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Bc5+ Kd7 38. g4 Ne5 39. h3 gxf5 40. gxf5 Nf7 41. Kb4 Kc6 0-1 [Event "Luxembourg-chT 1112"] [Site "Luxembourg"] [Date "2012.05.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"] [Black "Berend, Elvira S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2370"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2011.10.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "LUX"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 (10... b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nde5 14. Nec3 e6 15. Ne7+ Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Rdc8 17. c5 bxc5 18. Be2 c4 19. Bd6 Rc6 20. Ba3 Ba6 21. f4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 cxd3 24. Kd2 Rc4 25. Bd6 Rxe4 26. Rhe1 Ra4 27. a3 Rd8 28. Bb4 Bc4 29. Rb1 f5 30. Be7 Re8 31. Bd6 Ra6 32. Bb4 Rc8 33. Rb2 Kf7 34. Re5 Rb6 35. a4 h6 36. Ke3 g5 37. g3 Ba6 38. Rd2 Rbc6 39. Ra5 R8c7 40. Rf2 {Mchedlishvili,M (2618)-Bacrot,E (2720) Tromso 2014 0-1 (69)}) 11. Bf2 Nde5 12. Nf4 e6 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14. Kxd1 b6 15. Kc2 $146 (15. c5 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rb8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Kc2 Nb4+ 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rd1 Rd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Nfe2 Ba7 24. Kd3 Kf8 25. e5 a5 26. Nb5 Ba6 27. a4 g5 28. Ned4 Bb6 29. Kc4 Bb7 30. b4 Bd5+ 31. Kc3 h5 32. Nb3 axb4+ 33. Kxb4 g4 34. N3d4 f6 35. exf6 e5 36. Nc3 Ba8 37. Nf5 gxf3 38. gxf3 Bxf3 39. Nd6 Bg1 40. h3 Bg2 41. Nce4 h4 42. a5 Be3 43. a6 Kg8 44. f7+ Kg7 {Dambacher,M (2483)-Van Delft,M (2374) Netherlands 2010 1-0}) 15... Bh6 16. Be3 Bb7 (16... Ba6 17. b3 Rc8) 17. Be2 Nb4+ 18. Kb1 Bf8 19. Rd1 g5 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Nb5 Nbc6 22. b3 h6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd6 $36 Ba8 26. f4 Nd7 27. e5 gxf4 28. gxf4 Ne7 29. Kb2 Ng6 30. b4 f6 31. Bg4 Ngf8 32. Bd4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Bg5 34. Nb5 a5 35. Nc7 Be4 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Nxe6 Kf7 38. Nxg5+ hxg5 39. Ng3 Bc6 40. Kc3 Ne6 41. Bf5 Nf4 42. Kd2 a4 43. Kc3 Ne6 44. Ne4 Ndf8 45. Be3 Nd7 46. Bd4 Ndf8 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48. Be4 Bxe4 49. Nxe4 Nd7 50. c5 Nb8 51. Be3 Nc7 52. Nxg5 Nc6 53. Nf3 Nd5+ 54. Kd2 a3 55. Bg5+ Ke6 56. Kc2 Kf5 57. h4 Na5 58. Bd2 Nc6 59. h5 1-0 [Event "FRA-chT Top 12"] [Site "Montpellier"] [Date "2015.06.01"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Flom, Gabriel"] [Black "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2451"] [BlackElo "2534"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2015.05.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"] [BlackTeam "Strasbourg"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 (7. Nge2) 7... dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nf4 Na5 (12... b6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. b3 e6 15. Be2 Nb4 16. O-O Ned3 17. Nxd3 Nxd3 18. Rcd1 Nb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 f5 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nd4 25. Bc4 h5 26. g3 Kh7 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Kg2 Nc2 29. Bc1 Bh6 30. Bxe6 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2 33. Bc4 Kh6 34. a4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Kd4 Rg2 38. e5 Nc2+ 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. e6 Kf6 41. Rf1+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ {Jones,G (2648)-Morozevich,A (2727) Warsaw 2013 1-0}) 13. Ncd5 Nexc4 14. Bc5 e6 15. Nc7 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 b6 18. Nxa8 bxc5 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nd3 Bd4 21. Ke2 Na3 22. Nc7 $146 (22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Nc7 Bc4 24. f4 a5 25. Kf3 a4 26. Nb4 cxb4 27. Rxd4 {½-½ (27) Zidu,J (2547)-Hefka,V (2555) ICCF email 2010}) 22... Bd7 23. Rc1 c4 24. Nf2 Ba4 25. Nd1 Bc2 26. Na6 Bd3+ $132 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]} 27. Ke1 Bb6 {[%cal Gb6a5]} 28. Nb2 Nc2+ 29. Kd1 Ne3+ 30. Kd2 Nf1+ $2 (30... Bf1 {[%csl Rg2]}) 31. Kc3 Ba5+ 32. Nb4 Ne3 33. N2xd3 cxd3 34. Kxd3 Nxg2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Nc6 Bb6 37. a4 Nf4+ 38. Kc4 Bg1 39. a5 h5 40. a6 h4 41. Rc7 Bxh2 42. Ne5 Ne2 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rxa7 Bxe5 45. Rd7 Bd4 46. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "BLR-ch"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Rustemov, Alexander"] [Black "Shulman, Yuri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2425"] [Annotator "Shulman,Yuri"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. f4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc5 Bf5 $1 (12... Nc6 13. Nf3 (13. Be2 b6 14. Bf3 bxc5 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Nh5 18. b3 Nxf4 $15 {Kubala,M-Gross,D/ Luhacovice 1993}) 13... b6 14. Ba3 Ng4 15. Rc1 (15. Nd5 e6 16. h3 exd5 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. cxd5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4 20. Bd3 $6 (20. Rc1) 20... Rac8 21. Kf2 Rxd5 22. Rac1 Rdd8 $1 $15 {Kohlweyer,B-Kindermann,S/ GER 1991}) 15... e5 $5 16. fxe5 Ncxe5 17. Be2 $6 (17. Nd5 $1) 17... Nd3+ $1 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Nd5 Bh6 $1 20. Ke2 $4 (20. Rc3) 20... Rxd5 $1 $19 {Hansen,L-Fishbein,A/ Stavanger 1991}) 13. Nge2 $5 $146 (13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ba3 Nc6 16. Be2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15 {Campos Moreno,J.B-Mortensen,E/Barcelona-Arhus/1991/}) 13... Nc6 14. Ng3 Be6 $5 (14... b6 15. Ba3 Ng4 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Rc1 $14) 15. Be2 $8 (15. Rc1 $6 b6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd2 Nf2 $17) 15... Nd7 $5 $44 (15... Nd4 $6 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Nb5 Rd7 (17... Rxf4 $140 $2 18. Nc7) 18. O-O $14) (15... b6 16. Ba3 (16. Be3 Na5) 16... Nd4 17. O-O-O Nxe2+ 18. Ngxe2 Bxc4 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rhe1 $14) 16. Be3 (16. Ba3 $2 Nb6 17. c5 Nc4 $36) 16... Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Nge4 (18. O-O Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Na5 $15) 18... Nd4 19. Bd3 Nb3 (19... Rdc8 20. O-O-O b5 $5) 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc3+ (21... bxc5 $5 $44) 22. bxc3 bxc5 23. Rd2 (23. O-O $2 Bg4 24. Rd2 Rd6 $19) 23... Rd6 (23... Ra3 $140 $2 24. Bf5 $1) (23... Kf8 $5 24. Ke2 Ra4 $5 25. Rb1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bxc4 27. Rb2 Bxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Rxf4 29. Rxb7 Rf2 30. a4 Rxg2 31. a5 Rxh2 32. a6 Ra2 33. a7 Kf7 34. Kc4 g5 $1 $15) 24. Ke2 Rad8 25. Ke3 (25. h3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bxc4 27. Rhd1 $10) 25... Kg7 26. Rhd1 Bg4 27. Re1 b5 $5 28. h3 Bf5 $10 (28... Bxh3 $5 29. gxh3 bxc4 30. Red1 cxd3 31. Rxd3 Re6+ 32. Kf3 Ra8 $15) (28... bxc4 29. hxg4 Rxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Re3 $10) 29. Red1 Re6+ 30. Kf3 Red6 1/2-1/2

ESTRATEGIAS QUE DEBES APRENDER Y APLICAR (Partidas Complementarias)

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"] [Site "Kharkov"] [Date "2004.08.25"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Rogovski, Vladimir"] [Black "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2572"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2004.08.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [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 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 {[%mdl 4] This plan is pretty dangerous for black as white wants to put the bishop on d3 and march his kingside pawns against the enemy king.} (15. h4 Re8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. g4 g6 18. h5 Re7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Qh3 Qa5 23. f4 Re1 24. Qh4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd5 26. a3 {1-0 Cernousek,L-Danner,G/Budapest 2004/ (39)}) 15... Re8 (15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Re5 (17... Be5 18. h4 Re7 19. h5 Rae8 20. a3 b5 21. Qe4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh7 {1-0 Jansa,V-Mietzner,T/Germany 2004/ (29)}) 18. g4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 g6 (20... h6 21. h4 g6 22. b4 Rc8 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bg7 25. Rde1 a5 26. a3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Rechel,B/Wiesbaden 1998/ (65)}) 21. b4 g5 22. Bc4 Rb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. fxg5 Be5 25. Rd3 {1-0 Lobzhanidze,D-Maiorov,O/Cherkessk 1997/ (41)}) (15... d3 16. Bxd3 Be5 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 f5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Be6+ Kg7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. f3 Rc5 23. Rd3 Rf4 24. Qc2 {1-0 Ganguly,S-Sutovsky,E/Pune 2004/ (40)}) 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Rhe1 (17. Kb1 Qe7 (17... Qb6 18. g4 Rae8 19. h4 Qc5 20. g5 Bd8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qg4 Qxd5 23. a3 b5 24. f4 Re3 25. h5 Qf3 26. Qd7 R3e7 27. Qxd6 Re6 28. Qxd4 {1-0 Mokry,K-Bouaziz,S/Reggio Emilia 1983/ (50)}) (17... Qa5 18. g4 Qxd5 (18... Rae8 19. h4 h6 20. a3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. f4 Rc5 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rhe1 Re3 25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Rxe3 Re7 {½-½ Paehtz,E-Zhao Xue/Elista 2004/ (33)}) 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 g5 21. fxg5 (21. Bc4 Rc5 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rxd4 Be3 24. Re4 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bd5 Ra7 27. Re1 Bf4 28. c4 {1-0 Navara,D-Smeets,J/Antalya 2004/ (43)}) 21... Rxg5 22. Bf5 Re8 23. Rhf1 Be5 24. h4 Rg7 25. h5 h6 26. Rf3 f6 27. a4 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Areshchenko,A/Cappelle la Grande 2004/ (60)}) 18. h4 Re8 19. a3 (19. Qh3 h5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Re1 22. a3 Rxd1+ {½-½ Hracek,Z-Palac,M/Rabac 2004/ (22)}) 19... b5 20. g4 Qb7 (20... Bxh4 21. Qf4 h6 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. f4 Re3 24. Qb6 Ra8 25. g5 {1-0 Michielsen,J-Becker,M/Arnhem 2004/ (44)}) 21. g5 Bd8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg4 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. h5 {½-½ Totsky,L-Ivanov,V/Smolensk 1991/ (36)}) 17... Qe7 18. Rxe5 (18. Re4 Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. g3 Re8 21. Re1 g6 22. Kd1 $14) 18... Qxe5 (18... dxe5 $5 {It seems strange to unleash the d5 pawn into a potentially dangerous passed monster, but natural recapture greatly improves black's pawn structure.} 19. Qe4 (19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Qb4 22. b3 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 g6 $15) 19... g6 20. f4 Qd6 21. g3 Rd8 $13) 19. Kb1 Re8 20. g3 g6 21. h4 h5 22. a3 (22. Qh1 b5 23. f4 Qe3 24. f5 gxf5 25. Bxf5 d3 26. Bxd3 Qe5 27. c3 b4 $132) 22... Bd8 23. Qh1 Ba5 24. b4 (24. f4 Qe1 25. f5 Qxh1 26. Rxh1 Kg7 27. b4 Bd8 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. a4 $14) 24... Bd8 25. f4 Qe3 26. f5 g5 (26... Qxg3 27. fxg6 Bxh4 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Qe4+ Kd8 31. Qxd4 $14) 27. f6 $2 {Rogovski shows a great ambition, but the pawn structure transformes into enemy's favour.} (27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qh2 Re3 29. Rh1 Rxg3 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Rxh5 $14) 27... g4 $1 (27... Bxf6 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Ka2 (30. Rf5 Qxg3 31. Qxh5 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qg1 33. Rf4 Ra1+ 34. Kb3 Rxa3+ 35. Kxa3 Qc1+ 36. Ka2 Qxf4 37. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 30... Re5 31. Qg2 Re3 32. Rf5 Qxg3 33. Qxg3+ Rxg3 34. Rxh5 $11) 28. Qg2 (28. Qf1 Re5 29. Qg2 Bxf6 $15) 28... a5 29. b5 (29. bxa5 Bxf6 30. Rf1 Bd8 $15) 29... a4 (29... Bxf6 30. Rf1 Kg7 $15) 30. c4 $2 {This suicidal opening of the queenside will prevent a5-e1, but white king will be naked.} (30. Rf1 Ba5 31. Ka2 Be1 32. Rg1 Bf2 $17) 30... dxc3 31. Qc2 Bxf6 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Rf4 Qxg3 34. Rxa4 Re3 (34... Qxh4 $19) 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Ka2 Qg1 37. Bd3 (37. Ra8 Rc1 38. Qe4 Qd1 $19) 37... Rc1 38. Qe2 c2 39. Bxc2 Qc5 (39... Qc5 40. Bb1 Qxd5+ $19) 0-1 [Event "RUS-Cup10"] [Site "Tomsk"] [Date "1997.07.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Loskutov, Oleg"] [Black "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2480"] [Annotator "Nor,Igor"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1997.07.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 (10. Nd5 $5) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nc6 $6 11. Rfd1 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Nc1 Qa5 14. f3 Rfd8 $1 15. b4 $1 axb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. c4 $16 {Sznapik-Staniszewski, Warszawa(zt) 1987}) (10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 $1 14. Qe1 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf2 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qe1 Bd6 20. g3 Rf6 21. Bd3 Raf8 22. Rd1 h5 $17 {Liu Wenzhe-Ljubojevic, Luzern(ol) 1982}) 11. a4 Nb6 $6 {It is not the best variation for black.} (11... Rc8 $5) (11... Nc5 $6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Rfd1 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 16. f3 c4 17. a5 Kf8 18. Kf1 {Yudasin-Kajumov, USSR 1983} Rc8 19. Ra4 $14 {Yudasin}) (11... b6 $5 12. Rfc1 h6 13. f3 Qb8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb7 16. c4 a5 $1 $15 {Kruppa-Shneider, USSR(ch) 1991}) 12. a5 (12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Nb4 Rg8 19. f3 Rg6 20. Nbd5 Rcg8 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Kh1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Be6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nxd6 Qc6 27. Ndxf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxf5 {0-1 Zapata,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Dortmund 1984}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 h6 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Nc1 Rc6 (15... Qc7 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 { Karpov,A-Ostermeyer,P/Hannover 1983}) (15... Be6 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Nd3 Rc4 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf2 f5 20. b3 Rc8 21. Nb4 Qg6 22. Ncd5 Bg5 23. Be3 Bd8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Kh1 Qf7 26. c4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Nf2 Bg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Ne3 Rh5 33. Nxd6 Qf4 34. Nf1 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Bc8 36. Rad1 Qh4 37. Qe1 Qe7 38. Qe4 Bf5 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. Ng3 Rxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxg3 43. Rd8 {1-0 Flacker,E-Rohde,U/NRW-II 1993}) 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Na4 Qe6 21. Nb6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Qc8 23. c3 $14 {Geller-Tukmakov, Erevan(zt) 1982}) 15. f3 {It is not a nessesery move.} (15. Nc1 $5 Qc8 16. Nd3 $1 Ng4 17. Nb4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f5 19. Nbd5 Bg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd5 21. Qd2 $16 {Nunn}) 15... Rc8 16. Nc1 Be6 17. Bb6 (17. Nd3 $5) 17... Qe8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 {Now the position is starting to remind Sveshnikov variation.} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 (21... Qg6 $6 22. Nbd5 Bf8 23. Qd3 Kh7 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Ne4 c4 27. Qc3 Kh8 28. Kh1 Qf7 29. Nb6 $16 {½-½ Kruppa,Y-Boric,M/Kiev Platonov 1995/CBM 51/[Donev] (35)}) 22. Nbd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 $6 23. Nxd5 e4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qb4 {With a clear advantage.}) 23. Nxd5 Bg5 $1 $146 {After this good novelty the position looks like a good "Sveshnikov" for black.He exchanges his bad bishop and it seems like he has enough dinamic compensation for his static weaknesses.} (23... Bf8 $6 24. b3 (24. Nb6 Rc6 25. b3 Qg6 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. c4 Rh5 28. Qe2 Qg6 29. Nd5 Rf5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Qe4 Kh8 32. Rac1 Qe8 33. Bb6 Be7 34. Nc7 Qc8 35. Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Re1 Bg5 37. Rcd1 Rf8 38. Qd5 Qc8 {Kaiumov,D-Blodstein,B/UZB-ch 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (52)}) 24... Qg6 $1 (24... Qf7 $6 25. Nb6 Rc6 26. c4 Be7 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 b5 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qc7 33. Rad1 Rf6 34. h3 Qb6 35. Qd3 Qb4 36. Kh2 Qb8 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Re4 Qc7 39. Rg4 Rf6 40. b4 Qb6 41. c5 Qc7 42. Kh1 a5 43. Rc4 Qb8 44. cxd6 Rcxd6 45. bxa5 Qd8 46. Rcc5 {1-0 Karpov,A-Quinteros,M/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 25. Qd3 $5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. c4 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 $14 {Da Costa Junior}) 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nc3 (25. f4 $5 Rf5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Re1 $13) 25... Rd8 (25... Bh3 26. g3 $13 (26. Qd5+ $143 Kh8 27. Rd2 Qg6 $36)) (25... Qg6 $5) 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Qb4 $6 (27. Nc5 $142 $5 Bh3 $5 $13) 27... d5 28. Ng3 (28. Nc5 Rc8 $5) 28... d4 $6 {Black didn't have to "sacrifise" this pawn!After 28...Qf7 he is surely not worse.} (28... Qf7 $1) 29. Qxb7 Bd5 30. Qb4 Rb8 31. Qe1 $5 (31. Qa3 $143) 31... h5 (31... Rxb2 $6 32. Rxd4 $16) (31... Rc6 32. c3 $5) 32. b3 h4 33. Ne4 h3 34. g3 Qf7 35. Qe2 Rc6 36. Rd2 Rb5 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Qf1 $6 (38. Re2 $142 $5) 38... Bxe4 39. fxe4 Rbc5 {Now black got some compensation.} 40. Rc1 (40. Qxh3 $6 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 $44) 40... Qe6 $1 $44 41. Rf2 Rc8 (41... Rxa5 $6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Qf3 $40) (41... Qc8 $5 $13) 42. Qe2 Rc3 $5 43. Rcf1 Qg6 44. Qd1 Re3 $5 {Black doesn't want a draw,but I am not sure he has reasons for this!} (44... Qxe4 45. Qh5 $1 $11) 45. c4 Rxe4 $6 (45... Qxe4 $142 46. Qh5 $11) 46. Qd3 Qc6 47. Qf3 Qg6 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Qf3 Qg6 50. Qd3 {It was a third time,but for some reason white continues to play [althought he wants a draw!]} Rg4 51. Rf5 $5 Rd8 52. c5 e4 53. Qc4+ Kh7 {I guess white lost on time,because if he didn't,I can't see the reason for resigning after 54.R1-f4!! [the only move].After 54...e3! white's position is not so good,but he should try.} 0-1 [Event "Mainz m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2003.08.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2003.08.14"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 097"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 ({The choice between the text and the Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 {is largely a matter of taste. However, nowadays lines in the Sicilian with the move e5 are increasingly popular-not only the Najdorf, but also the Sveshnikov.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 (8... O-O {is the other critical line of the 6.e2 Najdorf, it occurred in the crucial 7-th game of the match.} 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 (10. f4 b5 $1 11. Bf3 Na5 $11) 10... Be6 11. Qd2 a5 (11... b5 12. Bf3 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bd7 15. Ra3 d5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa3 18. bxa3 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Bg5 $16 {Timofeev}) 19... Rc8 20. Qd3 Re8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd1 Nh7 23. Ne3 Ng5 24. Bg4 Ne4 $132 {Timofeev,A-Kobalia,M/RUS-chT Togliatti/2003/}) 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 (13... Ra5 {d5} 14. Bf3 a3 (14... Qc7 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. a3 Nbd7 17. N1a2 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nb4 Qc5 20. Rd2 Bd8 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rd8 24. Bg4 $14 {Timofeev,A-Rashkovsky,N/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 15. b3 $6 (15. Rb1 $142 $1 $14) 15... Qc7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Rac1 h6 $1 18. h3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 d5 21. e5 (21. exd5 $142 Nxd5 22. Nxd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe2 Nc3 $1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13 {vedie k zhruba vyrovnanej pozicii}) 21... Ne4 22. Qe1 {Anand,V-Polgar,J/Mainz act/2003/} Bg5 $36) (13... Qc8 14. f3 Rd8 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 Qa5 19. c4 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rdd8 21. Nb6 Ra5 22. Ne2 a3 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rad1 Ke7 25. Kg1 Ne8 26. Nc3 $16 {Short,N-Gelfand,B/Budapest/2003/}) 14. Rb1 axb2 15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 {Timofeev,A-Sakaev,K/RUS-ch Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 {Some 30-40 years ago the main line was} (10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 Nbd7 {Nowadays especially thanks to Fischer it's known Black has sufficient , his piece play balances the rather vague light-square weakness on d5. The clever waiting text-move became popular only later on.}) 10... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anand comes up with a novelty, the idea behind this inconspicuous move becomes clear, when we look at the alternatives.} (10... O-O $6 {is typical castling "into it", after} 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 {White has a dangerous .} d5 $5 ({Too passive is} 12... h6 $143 $6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nbd7 15. Rg1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf3 Kf8 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qh3 $40 {Short,N-Gelfand,B/Amsterdam/1996/}) 13. g5 $5 (13. exd5 Rd8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Nbd7 $13) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bd8 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Be3 $44 {}) ({Short has dealt a heavy blow to the other alternative, which was until recently considered playable:} 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $1 h6 (11... exf4 12. g5 Ng8 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 hxg5 16. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 17. Bxd6+ $16) 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 $1 $146 (14. Nd5 Qd8 $1 $13 {}) 14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Bf4 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Rad1 $1 Re8 (19... Rxh2+ 20. Kg1 Qb6+ 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rf1f4,Rc3d5] d5,f4+-}) 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rg6 $16 {Short,N-Ghaem Maghami,E/Tehran m/2003/}) (10... b5 11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4] ×b4,}) (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 $36 {is also pleasant for White, he has taken on f4 directly from c1 and has already made an important extra move h1.}) 11. Be3 {Polgar plays a logical developing move, but interesting was also} (11. Qe1 $5 {} O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4 $1 $14) (11. g4 $6 exf4 {now doesn't make much sense.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 {Original, this transformation is more typical with the pawn still on f2. However here the position of the  on h6 gives White chances on the .} (12. f5 Bc4 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Rfc8 {leads to the type of positions, mentioned in the note to 10.f5. Anand has already reached this position by transposition:} 15. Bxc4 (15. Ra4 Bb5 $1 $11) 15... Qxc4 16. Qf3 Qc7 $1 (16... Qc6 $143 17. g4 $1 Nh7 18. Nc1 Bg5 19. Nd3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Ndf6 21. Rg1 d5 22. Nb4 $36 {Asrian,K-Minasjan,A/ARM-ch/1999/}) 17. Nd2 (17. g4 $6 d5 $1 18. exd5 Bb4 $36) 17... Qd8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. c4 Bg5 22. b3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6 {Kolev,A-Anand,V/Villarrobledo act/2001/}) 12... Bxd5 $8 (12... Nxd5 $2 13. exd5 Bf5 14. fxe5 Bxc2 15. Qd2 Bxb3 16. e6 $1 $40 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 $14 b6 (14... a5 15. Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $13) 15... b6 {-14...b6} (15... a4 $143 16. Nd2 $36 {b4 only helps White to get his  moving.})) 15. Rc1 (15. fxe5 dxe5 $1 $13 {with a dark-square blockade is far from clear.} (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Rc1 $14) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nf5 $40 {This line shows one of the downsides of 10...h6.})) 15... a5 16. Nd2 (16. f5 {shuts the , White's planned  would have good chances for success, if he would control e4. However, here after} Nh7 {[%cal Ye7g5] g5 Black gets dark-square play.} (16... Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17... Ndc5 $2 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f6 $40) 18. Nd2 $14)) 16... Rfe8 {Black still can't resolve the  tension advantageously,} (16... exf4 $6 17. Bxf4 Ne5 {allows} 18. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d4,Rd4f5] d4-f5}) 17. Bd3 $5 {White is better and it's a matter of character, which plan to choose. There is nothing unexpected in Judit training her sights on Black's .} (17. Nb1 {[%cal Rb1c3,Rc3b5] c3-b5 Shipov}) 17... Bf8 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 (18... Bf8 19. Nb3 $36 {[%cal Rb3d4,Rd4f5] d4-f5} Ne5 $2 20. Bxh6) 19. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 20. Qf3 {[%csl Gd3,Re7] e4 In this position the comparison of the  speaks in White's favour (later in the game it will be different).}) 18. Bc2 $6 {Now Black manages to consolidate.} (18. f5 {[%cal Ya2a4] White wants to stop possible  with a4.} b5 $5 19. cxb5 Qb7 20. a4 $5 (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 (21... Qxb5 $2 22. f6 $1 $40) 22. Qd3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. f6 g6 $5 $132 {and despite Black's locked f8 matters are not so clear.}) 20... Qxd5 21. Nc4 $14) (18. Qf3 $5 exf4 (18... g6 $2 19. f5 $16) 19. Qxf4 $36 {[%cal Ye3d4,Yd3b1,Yc1c3,Yc3g3] d4,b1,c3-g3 is unpleasant, as White has clear methods to strengthen his attack and Black can't finish his regrouping with} g6 $2 (19... Ne5 20. Bb1 a4 21. Bd4) 20. Bd4 Bg7 21. Ne4 $18) 18... exf4 19. Bxf4 g6 $1 20. Ba4 Bg7 {Natural, but possibly even better was} (20... Nh5 $5 21. Qf3 Ne5 $132) 21. Bc6 (21. Nf3 Nh5 $11) ({An interesting tactical possibility was} 21. c5 bxc5 22. Nc4 Ne4 $1 (22... Bf8 $6 23. Qf3 $44 {f}) 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nb6 Qb7 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44 {[%csl Ge4] and Black's centralized  compensates for the exchange.}) 21... Rad8 (21... Rab8 $5 $132) 22. Qf3 $6 {[%mdl 32] After the second inaccuracy Anand takes over the initiative and gives a model demonstration of dark-square strategy.} (22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. b3 $11) (22. Bg3 $5 Nh5 23. Bh4 Rb8 $13) 22... Ne5 23. Bxe5 $8 (23. Qh3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Nh5 $17) 23... Rxe5 24. Rce1 Qe7 25. Qg3 Ng4 $1 {Control of e5 enables Black to close the e.} (25... Nh5 $6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Nf3 $36 {gives the e to White.}) (25... Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 (27. Qf2 $5) 27... Qxe4 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. b3 Bd4 30. Qd2 $11 {and Black's forces are not as well coordinated, as later in the game.}) 26. Nf3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rc6,Gg7] Although Black's edge is still not too large, it's difficult to defend such a position in a rapid game. Just as Larsen said long ago, Black is better not despite, but because of the .} 28. a3 (28. Nd4 Qg5 $5 $36) 28... Qc7 (28... Qf8 $5 $15 {exchanges the , but forces the  to defend the ×b6.}) 29. Nxe5 $2 {This gives Black's advantage a more permanent form, White should have tried to keep the  on the board with} (29. Nd4 $5 {The modest} Qe7 $15 {seems better, but Black's edge still remains rather volatile.} (29... Nxc4 30. Nb5 Qc8 (30... Qb8 31. Re7 $36) 31. Qf2 $1 {} Nxb2 $6 32. Nxd6 $1 $40)) 29... Bxe5 30. Qf2 Kg7 $36 {[%cal Yd8h8,Yh6h4,Yf7f5] Now Black's advanatge is undisputable. White has basic rank problems, which can't be solved, as g3 only creates further targets for a . His  is a much better piece, the c6 is offside and soon will be missed in the defence.} 31. b4 {This active attempt gives Black's pieces more open space, but passivity is not much better. Black can play e.g., h8,h5-h4,f5 etc.} axb4 32. axb4 h5 33. Qe3 $6 {Consistent with White's 31-st move was} (33. c5 $5 bxc5 34. bxc5 dxc5 (34... Qa7 35. Qg1 $5 $132) (34... Rb8 $142 $5 $36) 35. Qxc5 {Therefore} Rb8 $5 {is better, but here White certainly has more chances to save the game than later on.} (35... Bxh2 36. Re7 Qd6 (36... Qb8 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Qf4 39. Rxf7 $11) 37. Qa7 Rf8 38. Be8 (38. Rd7 $2 Qf4 39. Qa4 Qxa4 40. Bxa4 Bg3 $19 {}) 38... Qf4 (38... Bg3 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qe6 $11) 39. Rxf7+ (39. Bxf7 $2 Bg3 $1 $19 {and Black's  hides on g5 or h4.}) 39... Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ $142 $1 (40. Bxf7 $2 Qh4 $1 (40... Qxf7 41. Qd4+ $1 Qf6 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Kxh2 Qe5+ $15 {and the  with an extra  on one flank gives only practical winning chances.}) 41. Be6+ Bc7+ (41... Kh6 42. Bh3 $15) 42. Bh3 Qg3 43. d6 $1 {Otherwise the  stays trapped in the corner} Qxd6 44. Kg1 g5 $36 {and despite the simplification Black's play on the dark squares remains dangerous.}) 40... Qxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Kxh2 g5 (42... Kf6 43. g4 $1 h4 44. g5+ Kxg5 45. Kh3 $11) 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. d6 Kxd6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. g3 $1 Kf6 48. Kf3 $11 {} Kf5 49. g4+ $1)) 33... Qa7 34. g3 {Tries to solve the basic rank problem, but Anand immediately exploits the new ×.} ({However, it's already too late for} 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Rb8 {[%cal Ra7c5] c5} 36. g3 h4 $1 37. cxd6 (37. gxh4 Qa2 38. Re2 Rb2 $1 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Qg1 dxc5 $19 {[%csl Gc5] c}) 37... Qxe3 38. Rxe3 h3 39. Re1 Bxd6 {[%cal Rf7f4,Rg6g4] f5,g5-g4,f4-+ and White's  remains pinned to the 1-st rank forever.}) 34... h4 $1 35. gxh4 $6 {The h4 makes White understandably nervous, but there is no way to resolve the  tension advantageously.} (35. g4 Qa2 36. Qe2 Qb3 37. b5 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c7,Rc7a7] c7-a7-+}) (35. Re2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh8+ 37. Kg2 Qa1 $40 {These lines illustrate White's main problem-in the long run he can't prevent the penetration of Black's major pieces into his position.}) ({The text decisively weakens the , but even after the better} 35. Qb3 h3 $1 {White starts running out of moves:} (35... Rh8 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. hxg3 Qa6 38. Bd7 $5 f5 $15 {is less convincing.}) 36. Rf1 (36. Kg1 b5+ 37. Kf1 bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qa3 $19) 36... f5 $17 {/-+}) 35... Rh8 36. Qf2 Bf6 37. Rf1 Qe7 $19 {} 38. Re1 (38. Qxb6 $4 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 38... Qd8 39. Re2 (39. c5 Bxh4 40. Qd4+ Bf6 {e5 is similar to the game.}) 39... Bxh4 40. Qf4 Bg5 41. Qf2 Bf6 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Qb8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6c5,Rb8f4] dc5,f4 Dark-square strategy!} ({Premature was} 43... Be5 $6 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. d6 $132) 44. cxd6 (44. Qg3 dxc5 45. Qxb8 Rxb8 46. Rc2 (46. d6 $2 Rb6 $19) 46... Be7 $19 {was a way to prolong the game, although the  is technically lost. Now the  will decide faster.}) 44... Qxd6 45. Qe3 Rh5 46. Rf2 Be5 47. Qf3 Qe7 {Anand is careful and doesn't want to allow even} (47... Bxh2 $5 48. Qxh5 (48. Qxf7+ Kh6 $19 {}) 48... gxh5 49. Rxh2 Qf4 $19 {although White can't achieve a fortress. White sorely misses his  on f3.}) 48. Re2 ({More resilient, but insufficient was} 48. d6 Qa7 $5 (48... Bxd6 $17 {/-+}) 49. d7 Qa1+ 50. Rf1 Rxh2+ 51. Kg1 Qa7+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2 53. Qxf2 Bd4 54. d8=Q Bxf2+ $19 {and by combining the  against White's bare  with the advance of his  Black wins.}) 48... Qg5 {[%cal Rg5c1] c1} 49. Qf1 Qg3 50. Qf2 (50. Qg2 Qd3 51. Rf2 Qb1+ 52. Qg1 Qe4+ 53. Rg2 Rh8 $1 $19 {b8-b1}) 50... Qd3 51. h4 ({After} 51. Re3 Qd1+ (51... Rxh2+ $19) (51... Qc4 $19) 52. Re1 {the most convincing win is} Rxh2+ $1 53. Qxh2 Qxe1+ 54. Qg1 Qe2 55. d6 (55. Bd7 Qf3+ 56. Qg2 Qd1+ 57. Qg1 Qxd5+ $19) (55. Ba4 Qe4+ $19) (55. Bb7 Qf3+ 56. Qg2 Qh5+ 57. Kg1 Bd4+ 58. Kf1 Qd1#) 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf1 Qc4+ $19) 51... Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Rxh4 {[%cal Rh3h1,Re5d4] h1#,d4} (52... Rxh4 53. Qxh4 Qxh4 54. Rxe5 Qd4+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Foros Aerosvit"] [Site "Foros"] [Date "2007.06.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2007.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O (12... Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5 (16... a5 17. Bb5 $14) (16... f5 17. Qa5 $1 $16) 17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 $146 (18... Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 $14) 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. bxa5 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2678)-Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (41)}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 {In my opinion the only difficulty to play this entire variation with Black is connected with a large amount of new theory. However, unlike in the last Corus tournament, where against Karjakin Shirov went for a less principled line (see above), this time Alexey came well prepared for the real theoretical battle.} ({Worse is} 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 (19... Bb7 20. Qc2 $14) 20. exf5 Bxf5 (20... Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd5 $16) 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Bc2 d5 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. c4 Rd8 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rh4 g6 28. Rc4 Rc5 29. Bd3 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc5 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Re1 $14 Nc6 $2 33. Qf3 $18 {1-0 Lahno,K (2468)-Llaneza Vega,P (2276)/Turin 2006 (35)}) 18. h4 {The ambitious pawn sacrifice leads to sharp and complicated variations. As I pointed out with many occasions before, in the arising double-edged positions Black has sufficient resources and his chances are not worse.} (18. O-O f5 19. exf5 gxf5 $13 {/=}) 18... Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 (19... Bf6 20. Ra2 {transposes to the well-known game Ponomariov-Kramnik, Corus 2005, where after} Bg7 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 {White developed a strong attack. That game set the fashion for the plan h2-h4 with the idea a2 and f2-f4, hoping to transfer quickly the queen's rook to the kingside.}) 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kd2 {White's king is looking for safety on the queenside.} ({After} 22. Kf1 {Black has a good play by opening the f-file:} f5 23. Ra2 (23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 {[%csl Rf1]} 25. Qg4 Bg5 $15 26. Kg2 $2 Bxf4 $1 27. Nxf4 Rg5 $19 {0-1 Delchev,A (2661)-Kotanjian,T (2471)/Kusadasi 2006 (28)}) 23... fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. Ng2 Rb7 26. Nxh4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Rg7 28. Qh5 Bf5 $11 {/}) 22... Ne7 ({Now it makes less sense to open the kingside:} 22... f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Kc1 $14) 23. Kc1 {In the game White won't use the second rank for the rook transfer, therefore from that point of view more logical seems to place the king on c2 at once.} (23. Kc2 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 {offers mutual chances. I believe this is the right direction for White, if he is willing to search for an edge in the whole variation.} 25. Ra1 (25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Rha1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bg3 28. Rf1 {½-½ Leskur,D (2477)-Vukic,M (2506)/Zlatibor 2006}) 25... Bf6 26. Rh2 Bg7 27. Qd2 a4 $1 28. Rah1 (28. Rxa4 Ra8 $132) 28... axb3+ 29. Bxb3 Bxd5 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Bxd5 Qf6 $11 {½-½ Korneev,O (2638)-Solak,D (2564)/Vrsac 2006 (39)}) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 (24... Bf6 $2 25. Ra2 $40 {[%cal Ga2h2]}) 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Kb1 {The king is still looking for a safe position.} ({After the planned} 26. Ra2 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Bxd5 Bf6 28. Qd3 Qc7 $15) 27... Qf6 {[%csl Rf4] Black is in time for counterplay:} 28. Qd2 (28. Rah2 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 g5 $17) 28... Bg3 29. Rf1 d5 $1 (29... h5 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. e5 $1 $36 {½-½ Topalov,V (2757)-Leko,P (2749)/Linares 2005 (57)}) 30. Bxd5 (30. exd5 Rfe8 {[%cal Ge8e4]} (30... h5 $5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44) 31. Rf3 (31. d6 Rbd8 $1) (31. Rxa5 $6 Re1+ $1 32. Rxe1 Bxf4 33. Re3 Qb6 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxf4 Qxa5 $17) 31... Qh4 32. d6 Re4 33. Ra4 $1 Kg7 $13) 30... g5 31. Kb2 (31. f5 Rfc8 32. Kc2 Bf4 33. Qd3 Rc5 $15) (31. e5 $2 Qxf4 $17) 31... Bxf4 32. Rxa5 Rbc8 $13 {½-½ Korneev,O (2638)-Devereaux,M (2377)/Port Erin 2006 (59)}) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bf6 28. Kc2 $146 {This novelty is indeed better than the previously played 28.xa5. Nevertheless making another move with the king only shows that White does not pretend to having achieved an advantage. Generally I believe that in this game Jakovenko's opening preparation was rather superficial: White didn't find anything forced in the lines starting with 26.a2 and instead decided simply to play a position where Black has no reasons to be unhappy.} ({In the following game White won after} 28. Rxa5 Qc7 $6 (28... Bxc3 29. Ra6 (29. Ra7 Qf6 30. Rh3 Bd4 $15) 29... Ra8 $5 (29... Rb6 30. Ra7 Qf6 31. Rh3 Bd4 $13 {is still a possible alternative}) 30. Rxd6 (30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 $17) 30... Qb8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gb8b4,Gb8f4] and White's king is more vulnerable.}) 29. Kc2 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rbd8 31. Ra6 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qc5 33. Qd5 Qe3 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. b4 Qc7 36. Qd5 Bg7 37. f5 $36 {1-0 Lahno,K (2468)-Voiska,M (2314)/Turin 2006 (51). But Black's play was rather poor. The first moment to improve was simply to take on c3, as shown in analysis.}) 28... Qb6 {Notice that Black is a pawn up and giving it back in order to activate pieces is not even a real sacrifice.} 29. Rf1 (29. Rxa5 Qf2+ (29... Qe3 30. Qd3 Qxf4 31. Qh3 h5 $13) 30. Qd2 Qf3 31. Re1 Ra8 $11) 29... Qe3 30. Qd3 Qc5 {Possibly Shirov wanted to repeat moves once, or maybe he just thought that Black has more chances with queens on the board. However, Jakovenko avoids playing 31.d5.} ({After the objectively strongest} 30... Qxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Bd8 $15 {only Black can play for a win in endgame.}) 31. Rd1 Rb6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Rd5 {Now White activated the pieces, which helps him to hold the balance.} Qc7 34. Rf5 Qd8 (34... Kg7 35. e5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Bh4 37. Qg4 f6 {looks risky for Black, even if the position is anything but clear}) 35. Rd5 ({Now} 35. e5 $6 {is met by} d5 $17) 35... Qc7 36. Qh3 $2 {White is wrongly playing for a win. Indeed Black's extra pawn doesn't play a role now, but on the other hand White has no objective reasons to avoid the repetition.} Ra7 37. Qe3 Rb8 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Qd2 Kg7 {Now Black consolidated and it becomes clear that White is struggling to survive.} 40. Rd3 h5 $17 41. e5 {This leaves Black with two connected passed pawns, but it is not easy for White to wait.} (41. Ra1 a4 $17 {[%csl Rc4]}) 41... dxe5 42. fxe5 Be7 43. Qf4 Rxd3 $1 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Bxd3 (45. Kxd3 Qxe5 $17) ({The tricky} 45. Qf4+ g5 46. Qf5 {is refuted by} Rxc3+ $1 ({not} 46... Rd8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Qxh5+ Kg7 50. Qf7+ $11) 47. Kxc3 Qd7 $1 48. Qxd7 Bb4+ $19 {[%cal Ga7d7]}) 45... Qxc3+ $1 46. Kxc3 Bb4+ 47. Kd4 Rxf7 48. e6 Rg7 {Square e7 is well controlled and the connected passed pawns will sooner or later decide the game in Black's favour. In fact they advance very quickly.} 49. Ra1 ({Trying to promote the e-pawn is hopeless:} 49. Kd5 g5 50. Rxb4 axb4 51. Kd6 g4 52. e7 Rxe7 ({or} 52... Rg8 53. Kd7 h4 54. e8=Q Rxe8 55. Kxe8 h3 56. Bf1 Kg5 $19) 53. Kxe7 Kg5 $19) 49... g5 50. Rf1 g4 51. Ke4 ({The endgame is also lost after the exchange of rooks:} 51. Rf7 Rxf7 52. exf7 Kg5 53. Ke3 h4 $19 54. Bb5 (54. Be4 h3 55. Bb7 Bc5+ 56. Ke2 g3 $19 {[%cal Gg3g2]}) 54... h3 55. Bd7 Kh4 $19 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gg3g2]}) ({More resistant was} 51. Rf6+ Kg5 52. Rf5+ {but it wouldn't have changed the result after} Kh4 $19) 51... Be7 52. Be2 h4 53. Rf5 (53. Rg1 h3 $19 (53... g3 $2 54. Kf3 $17)) 53... g3 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"] [Site "Heraklion"] [Date "2007.11.01"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2007.10.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 121"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 d5 {Less than a month previously to the present game, the same opponents met in another highly important team competition. That game ended in a draw, but it was a long fight and Radjabov was under pressure all the time. Therefore now he has decided to change the pawn structure at an early stage.} (11... Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 a5 15. O-O Nc5 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Ne3 b3 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Bh4 a4 21. a3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rfd8 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Qd2 $14 {½-½ Morozevich,A (2755)-Radjabov,T (2742)/Kemer 2007 (69)}) 12. exd5 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 {leads to double-edged positions}) 12... Qxd5 13. Qd2 (13. Bxf6 $2 Qxg2 $19) 13... Ne4 {The evaluation of this move as offering White a slight advantage was based on some annotations of Vyzmanavin. In fact Black achieves completely reasonable play.} (13... Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Nxf5 16. c4 (16. O-O O-O-O 17. Ba5 Rd4 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bc3 Re4 20. f3 Re2 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nd7 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Rc5+ Kd7 27. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 Pavasovic,D (2527)-Shariyazdanov,A (2592)/Sibenik 2005 (62)}) 16... O-O 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Bc3 $14 {0-1 Aseev,K (2575)-Vyzmanavin,A (2585)/Leningrad 1990 (32)}) 14. Qe3 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 {( - Vyzmanavin, 1990)} Qc5 $1 {The idea is simple: to protect the knight on e7 and prepare kingside castling. Due to the threat ...b4+ White has no time to take the pawn on g7.} (15... h6 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh7 Rb8 18. O-O-O Qxa2 19. Be4 Qe6 20. Bd5 Qg6 21. Bxf7+ {1-0 Sparic,N (2220)-Pavlovic,S (2275)/Tivat 1995}) (15... Bb7 16. O-O-O Qxg2 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qd6 $36 {1-0 Sumkin,A-Teichmeister,S/ICCF corr 1983 (26)}) 16. O-O-O $146 {A novelty in the spirit of the variation. However, Black is well developed and experiences no problems at all. Moreover, the knight on a3 indicates that it is rather White who should maintain the balance.} (16. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 17. Qxh7 Qb4+ 18. c3 Qxb2 {is bad for White}) (16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 (17. c4 h6 18. Qg3 b4 19. Nc2 f5 $11) 17... f5 18. Rfe1 Ng6 19. c4 b4 20. Nc2 Nf4 $11 {½-½ Misailovic,N (2349)-Nataf,I (2553)/Budva 2004 (133)}) 16... O-O 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Qe3 (18. Qh4 $6 Bf5 $17 {[%csl Ra3]}) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Be6 {Black has achieved a pleasant endgame. Nevertheless he does not have any real advantage: White will bring his knight from a3 into the centre and the position will become completely equal. Possibly Radjabov overestimated his chances or maybe he was forced to push too hard due to the extremely unfavourable development of the match Russia-Azerbaijan, where two of his teammates were clearly doing badly.} 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 {A rather forced way to protect the pawn a2.} (22. c3 $2 Bxa2 $17) 22... Kf7 (22... b4 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf7 (24... Rc8 25. Bd3 Nc6 26. Kb2 Na5 27. Re2 Nxc4+ 28. Kb3 $14) 25. c3 Rc8 26. Bd3 bxc3 27. Kc2 $11) 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 f5 25. c4 b4 26. Nc2 e4 27. Be2 a5 $11 {I suspect that many players would agree to a draw around here. Fortunately this game continued.} 28. f4 exf3 (28... Kf6 29. Kd2 (29. h4 Bd7 30. Kd2 Ke6 $11) 29... g5 $11) (28... Bd7 29. c5 (29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nb5 Ke6 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Nd4+ Kd6 $11) 29... Kf6 30. Kd2 g5 $11) 29. Bxf3 g5 (29... Kf6 30. Kd2 Ke5 $11) 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. Nd4 $1 {Starting with this moment Black always had to solve some small problems. Although the position remains equal, Morozevich manages to outplay his strong opponent.} Bc8 (31... Ke5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Kd3 Ke5 34. c5 $14 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) ({Possible is} 31... Bd7 $5 {and if White continues similar to the game} 32. Ba8 (32. c5 Ke5 33. Kd3 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 32... h6 33. Kd3 f4 34. Ke4 {then Black has} Be8 $132 {[%cal Ge8g6,Gg6b1]}) 32. Ba8 {Designed to free the f3-square for the knight and thus prevent for the moment ...e5.} h6 (32... Ke5 33. Nf3+ {[%csl Rg5]} Kf6 (33... Kf4 34. Kd3 {[%cal Gc4c5] looks dangerous for Black. Advancing the g-pawn is taboo due to the amazing mate in one:} g4 $4 35. g3#) 34. Kd3 $14) 33. Kd3 f4 (33... Ke5 34. Nf3+ Kd6 35. Kd4 $14) 34. Ke4 {Something went wrong for Black: White has centralised the king and has the plan to advance the c-pawn, while Black hasn't been able to achieve anything so far. At this moment Radjabov must have regretted his decisions on moves 28 and 29.} h5 $1 {Rightly creating his own counterplay.} 35. c5 $1 (35. h4 gxh4 36. Kxf4 h3 $11) 35... h4 ({In the event of the immediate} 35... Ba6 {White can already consider} 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kxf4 $14) 36. h3 Ba6 37. Nc6 $1 {Even if objectively it's a draw, the resulting bishop endgame is extremely dangerous for Black in practice.} Bf1 38. Kf3 Nxc6 39. Bxc6 Ke5 40. Kg4 Kd4 ({The passive} 40... Kf6 {must also be sufficient for a draw:} 41. Be4 (41. Bf3 Bd3 {is the same}) 41... Be2+ 42. Bf3 Bd3 43. Kh5 (43. c6 Kg6 44. Bd5 Be2+ 45. Bf3 Bd3 $11) 43... Bb1 44. c6 Ke7 45. Kxg5 Bxa2 46. Bd1 a4 47. bxa4 b3 48. c7 Kd7 (48... b2 49. c8=Q b1=Q 50. Qc7+) 49. Bg4+ Kxc7 50. Be6 Kd6 51. Bg8 Kc5 52. Kxh4 Kb4 53. Kg5 $18 Kxa4 54. Kxf4 Bb1 55. Bxb3+ Kxb3 $11 {In order to be precise for the assessment of such positions I used the tablebases in all 5 and 6 pieces positions.}) 41. Kxg5 Kxc5 42. Bf3 a4 (42... Bd3 {is probably a draw as well:} 43. Kxh4 Bb1 44. Kg5 Bxa2 45. Bd1 Kd4 (45... a4 46. bxa4 b3 47. h4 $1 (47. Kxf4 b2 48. Bc2 Bb3 49. Bb1 Kd4 $1 50. a5 Bc4 51. h4 Bd3 52. Ba2 Bc4 $11) (47. Bxb3 Bxb3 48. Kxf4 (48. a5 Bd5 49. Kxf4 Bxg2 50. h4 Bd5 $11) 48... Bxa4 49. Ke5 Bd7 50. g4 Kc6 51. Kf6 Kd6 $11) 47... b2 48. Bc2 Kd4 (48... Bb3 49. Bb1 $18) 49. h5 Kc3 50. Bg6 Bf7 (50... Bg8 51. h6 $18) (50... Bb3 51. h6 Bc2 52. h7 b1=Q 53. h8=Q+ $18) 51. Bb1 Kd2 52. h6 Kc1 53. h7 Kxb1 54. h8=Q Ka2 55. Qh7 b1=Q 56. Qxb1+ (56. Qxf7+ $18) 56... Kxb1 57. Kxf4 $18) 46. h4 Kc3 $1 (46... Ke3 47. h5 (47. Bc2 Kd2 48. h5 Kxc2 49. h6 a4 $11) 47... Bb1 48. h6 Bd3 49. Bh5 a4 50. bxa4 b3 51. Bf7 b2 52. Ba2 Kd2 53. Kxf4 Bc4 54. Bb1 Kc1 55. h7 $18) 47. h5 Bb1 48. h6 Bh7 49. Kf6 ({After} 49. Kxf4 Kd2 50. Bf3 a4 51. bxa4 b3 52. Bd5 b2 53. Ba2 Kc1 {[%cal Gh7g8] it is White who must escape}) (49. Bh5 $2 a4 50. Bg6 a3 $19) 49... f3 $1 {A nice trick which saves the game:} 50. Bxf3 (50. gxf3 $4 Kd2 {[%csl Rd1]}) 50... Kxb3 51. g4 (51. Bh5 $2 a4 52. Bg6 a3 53. Bxh7 Ka4 54. Bg8 b3 $19) 51... Kc4 52. g5 a4 53. Kg7 Bd3 54. h7 Bxh7 55. Kxh7 a3 56. g6 a2 57. g7 a1=Q 58. g8=Q+ Kd3 $11 {Long analysis of such sharp bishop endgames can always contain mistakes, but I believe that with precise play Black has enough resources to make a draw.}) 43. bxa4 Bc4 44. a5 Bxa2 45. a6 Kb6 46. Kxh4 Kxa6 (46... Bc4 47. Kg5 b3 48. Be4 Bxa6 (48... b2 49. Kxf4 Bd5 50. Bb1 Bxg2 51. h4 Bd5 52. h5 Bg8 53. h6 Kxa6 54. Ke5 $18) 49. Kxf4 Bb7 50. Bb1 Bxg2 (50... Kc5 51. g4 (51. Ke5 $2 Bxg2 52. h4 Bf3) 51... Kd6 52. h4 Ke7 {Black would achieve a draw if he could succeed in giving up his bishop for White's g-pawn, but he can't achieve that.} 53. h5 Bd5 (53... Kf6 54. g5+ Kg7 55. h6+ Kh8 56. Ke5 $18 {[%cal Ge5f6,Gg5g6,Gg6g7]}) 54. g5 Bf7 55. h6 (55. g6 $2 Kf6 $1 $11) 55... Kf8 (55... Bg8 56. h7 $18) 56. Ke5 Kg8 {and now White goes for the b-pawn:} 57. Kd4 Kh8 58. Kc3 Kg8 59. Bd3 Kh8 60. Be2 Kh7 61. Bd1 Kh8 62. Bxb3 Be8 63. Kd4 Bh5 64. Ke5 Be8 65. Kf6 Bh5 66. Bf7 $18) 51. h4 Kc7 52. h5 Bd5 53. h6 Bg8 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. Kg7 $18) (46... Be6 47. Kg5 b3 48. Kxf4 $1 (48. Be4 $2 f3 $1 (48... b2 49. Kxf4 $18 {see 46...c4}) 49. Bxf3 b2 50. Be4 Bd5 51. Bb1 Bxg2 52. h4 Bf3 $1 53. Kf4 Bh5 54. Bd3 (54. Ke3 Kxa6 $11) 54... Be2 $11) 48... b2 49. Be4 Kxa6 50. h4 $18) 47. Kg5 Kb6 $4 {Only this is the final mistake.} ({A draw was still possible with} 47... Kb5 48. Kxf4 (48. h4 b3 49. Bd5 Kb4 50. h5 Bb1 51. Bxb3 Kxb3 52. Kxf4 Kc4 {This is also a draw. For example:} 53. Ke5 (53. g4 Kd5 $11) 53... Kd3 $1 54. g4 Ke3 55. g5 Kf3 $11) 48... b3 49. Bd5 (49. Be4 b2 50. Ke5 b1=Q 51. Bxb1 Bxb1 $11) 49... Kb4 {This is the difference to the game. Black plans ...b1 next.} 50. h4 Bb1 51. Bxb3 (51. h5 $4 b2 52. h6 Bh7 53. Ba2 Ka3 $19) 51... Kxb3 $11) 48. Kxf4 Kc5 {There is no more escape for Black.} (48... b3 49. Bd5 Kc5 50. Ke5 $1 $18 {The extra tempo compared to the variation mentioned after 47...b5 makes a huge difference, White wins:} Kb4 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bxb3 Kxb3 53. h5 Kc3 54. g4 Kd3 55. g5 Ke3 56. g6 Kf3 57. Kf6 {and the Black king is one tempo too slow}) (48... Kc7 49. Ke5 Kd7 (49... Kd8 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bd5 Bc2 53. h5 b3 54. Bxb3 Bxb3 55. h6 Bc2 56. Kg7 $18) 50. Kf6 Kd6 (50... b3 51. Bd5 $18) 51. g4 (51. h4 $2 Bd5 $1 52. Bd1 Bxg2 53. h5 Be4 $11) 51... Bb3 {Setting a trap} (51... b3 52. Be4 $18) 52. Be4 $1 $18 (52. g5 $2 Bc2 53. Bh5 (53. g6 $142 b3 54. g7 b2 55. g8=Q b1=Q 56. Qf8+ $16) 53... b3 54. Bf7 b2 55. Ba2 Kc5 56. g6 Kb4 57. g7 Bh7 58. h4 Ka3 59. Bb1 Bxb1 60. g8=Q Bc2 $11)) 49. Ke5 $1 {The most technical move, of course.} Bb1 (49... b3 50. Bd5 (50. Be4 b2 51. h4 b1=Q 52. Bxb1 Bxb1 53. h5 {also wins}) 50... Kb4 51. h4 Bb1 52. Bxb3 ({It's never too late to lose:} 52. h5 $4 b2 53. h6 Bd3 54. Ba2 Ka3 $19) 52... Kxb3 53. h5 $18) (49... Bc4 50. g4 b3 51. Be4 (51. h4 $4 Bd3 52. Bd5 b2 53. Ba2 Kb4 $19) 51... Kb4 52. g5 Kc3 53. g6 Bd3 54. Bxd3 Kxd3 55. g7 b2 56. g8=Q b1=Q 57. Qg6+ $18) 50. Bd5 Bc2 51. h4 Bd1 52. Bf7 (52. Bf7 b3 53. Bxb3 Bxb3 54. h5 Bc2 55. h6 Kc6 56. Kf6 Kd7 57. g4 Ke8 58. Kg7 $18 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gg5g6]}) 1-0 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2009.10.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2009.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 {Jakovenko is not rushing the issue and intentionally sidesteps the main move with the transfer of the knight from b3. Presumably he was not too happy about the possibility of his opponent's counterplay with the ...d6-d5 advance.} (15. Nc1 d5 $5 {The quiet continuation is fine as well, but White tends to play for an advantage.} (15... Qc7 16. Nd3 (16. Bb6 Qc6 17. f3 h6 (17... Rfe8 18. N1a2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 h6 20. Raa1 Qc4 21. Ra4 Qc6 22. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Barbulescu,D (2465)-Womacka,M (2375)/Eforie Nord 1984 (67)}) 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf1 {½-½ Karpov,A (2710)-Ostermeyer,P (2450)/Hannover 1983 (80)}) (16. N1e2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qf3 h6 19. Ra4 Qe6 20. Rb4 Rc7 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Qb3 Bxa5 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxc2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. b4 Rc7 29. Qb8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Rc7 31. Qxa6 Bxb4 {1-0 Tal,M (2610)-Rodriguez,R (2415)/Moscow 1982 (41)}) (16. f3 Be6 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. N1a2 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nb4 Nf6 22. Nbd5 Bf8 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Cernousek,L (2242)-Efimenko,Z (2439)/Balatonlelle 2001 (42)}) 16... Bxd3 (16... d5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rd7 Bf6 24. Rxb7 Rxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ra7 {½-½ Czarnota,P (2497)-Heberla,B (2487)/Krakow 2006}) 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rb4 Rc6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $14 {½-½ Oral,T (2538)-Vokac,M (2451)/Czechia 2009 (45)}) 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. exd5 Bb4 18. N1a2 $2 (18. d6 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 $11) 18... Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Raa1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qd7 {0-1 Ivanov,O (2461)-Luzhinsky,V (2298)/Alushta 2009 (35)}) 15... Rc6 16. Kh1 {Black was ready to employ tactics and push the d-pawn at a suitable moment.} (16. Nc1 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. b3 $11) 16... Qc8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Nd5 {The waiting game is over. Jakovenko is forced to close the centre in order to prevent the activity of the enemy pieces.} Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Bb6 $14) 19. exd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 e4 $1 {Just in time Carlsen opens the new front along the e-file.} 21. fxe4 (21. Qe2 exf3 22. Qxf3 Rxc2 23. Bg5 Qc4 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. c4 Re8 23. Bg1 {White has not sensed the imperative necessity to react actively against the mounting concentration of black pieces.} (23. Nd2 Rh4 (23... Rg4 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nf3 $11) 24. Bd4 Nh5 (24... Qg4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nf3 Rh5 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Rc2 $14) 25. Nf3 Rg4 26. Qc2 Bf6 $11) 23... Bf8 24. Nd4 $6 (24. Rf1 Qg4 25. h3 Qg5 26. Nd4 $11) 24... g6 25. Rf1 (25. b4 Bh6 $1 26. Rc2 Be3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Qf1 Qg4 $15) 25... Bh6 26. Qf3 (26. Rcd1 Ng4 $17) (26. Rc2 Ng4 $17) 26... Rf4 {Quite conciously Black is avoiding the immediate draw after the simple exchange of pieces.} (26... Bxc1 27. Qxf6 Bxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ $11) 27. Qd3 Ng4 (27... Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Bb6 f5 32. Kg1 $11) 28. Nf3 $2 {White is not objecting to the opponent's control of the e file. The exchange of the rooks was still keeping the position fairly even.} (28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Be3 30. b3 $11) 28... Rfe4 29. Rc3 (29. Rc2 f5 $17) 29... Ne3 (29... Be3 $1 30. b4 Bxg1 31. Kxg1 Ne3 32. Re1 Qg4 33. Re2 Kf8 $17) 30. Re1 Qg4 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 $2 {The role of the favourite is really difficult and sometimes forces players to take extreme risks. Naturally a better solution was to take on e3 with the rook.} (33... Rxe3 $1 34. Qd1 (34. Qc2 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qf5 $17) 34... Rxc3 35. bxc3 Bg7 36. h3 Qf5 $15) 34. Qe2 Qh6 35. c5 $1 dxc5 36. d6 Re6 $1 37. d7 Bg5 38. Qd1 $2 {The tables have turned and Jakovenko had a chance to become the master of the situation after the exchange of minor pieces.} (38. Nxg5 $1 Qxg5 39. Qd1 Qd8 40. Kg1 (40. Rxc5 $2 Qxd7 $19) 40... Re7 41. Rd3 $14) 38... Bd8 39. Rxc5 Qf8 40. Rd5 $6 {The last move before the time control is often critical. Carlsen will get a chance to activate his major pieces.} (40. Rc8 $2 Rd6 $1 $17) (40. Qd4 Rd6 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Qxd5 Qb4 43. b3 (43. h3 Qxb2 44. Ne5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kg7 $15) 43... Qxa5 44. Qxb7 Qa1+ 45. Ng1 $11) 40... Qb4 41. b3 (41. Qc1 Re2 42. Rc5 Qa4 (42... Qg4 43. Qf1 Rxb2 44. Ne5 Qf5 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Kg1 Kf8 47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Nxf7 Kxd7 49. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 43. Ng1 Re4 44. Rd5 $15) 41... Re3 42. Nd2 Qc3 43. Nf3 (43. Qb1 f5 44. Qf1 Re5 $15) 43... Qb4 {Blinded by the heat of the fight both players are mysteriously ignoring the possibility to eliminate the b3-pawn.} (43... Qxb3 $1 44. Kg1 Qxd1+ 45. Rxd1 Kf8 46. Rb1 Ke7 47. Rxb7 Re6 $17) 44. Nd2 Qf4 45. Nf3 (45. Kg1 Qh4 46. Nf3 Qb4 47. Nd2 Qh4 $11) 45... Rc3 46. Qe2 (46. Nd2 f5 47. h3 Kf7 $15) 46... Qe3 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Rd4 {Yet another phase of the game is over and White has found himself in an unpleasant position despite the threatening d7-pawn.} (48. Kg1 f6 (48... Rxb3 49. Re5 $1 Kg7 50. Re8 Bxa5 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Rxd8 a5 $11) 49. Rd4 Kf7 50. Rb4 Ke7 51. Rxb7 Bxa5 52. Nd4 Rc3 53. Kf2 h5 54. b4 Bd8 55. b5 axb5 56. Nxb5 $15) 48... Kf8 (48... Rxb3 49. Re4 Rb1+ 50. Ng1 Bxa5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. d8=Q Bxd8 53. Rxd8 h5 (53... a5 54. Ra8 Ra1 55. Rb8 $11) 54. Ra8 g5 $17) 49. Rb4 $2 {There was no easy solution to White's problems, but the chosen path is worse than the alternative.} (49. Kg1 Ke7 50. b4 f5 51. Ng5 (51. Kf2 Re4 52. Rxe4+ fxe4 53. Nd4 Kxd7 54. Ke3 Be7 55. b5 Bb4 56. bxa6 bxa6 57. Nb3 Kc6 $17) 51... b6 52. Nxh7 bxa5 53. bxa5 Bxa5 54. Nf8 Kxf8 55. d8=Q+ Bxd8 56. Rxd8+ Kg7 $15) 49... Rd3 $1 50. Rxb7 Rd1+ 51. Ng1 Bxa5 52. g4 {One more level of uncertainty is gone. White will be struggling in the endgame without the a-pawn.} (52. b4 Bd8 53. g3 (53. Ra7 $6 Bb6 54. d8=Q+ Bxd8 55. Rxa6 Bg5 $1 56. Ra3 Re1 $19) 53... Ke7 $17) 52... Ke7 53. Kg2 Rxd7 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7 55. Kf3 (55. Nf3 Bd8 56. Kf2 Kd6 $17) 55... Kd6 56. Ke4 Kc5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Nf3 Bd8 59. h3 h6 60. h4 $2 {White's position is objectively hopeless, but Carlsen would have to work hard on converting his advantage to the full point. Exposing the pawn by moving to a square of the same colour as the bishop will significantly shorten the defender's suffering.} (60. Ke3 Bb6+ 61. Kf4 Bf2 $17) (60. Nd4 Bb6 61. Nf3 Bc5 62. Ne1 Ke5 63. Ng2 Ba7 64. Kd2 (64. b4 Bb6 65. Ne1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Kg3 67. Nd3 Kxh3 68. Kf3 Bd8 69. Nc5 g5 70. Nxa6 f5 $19) 64... Ke4 65. Ke2 Bd4 66. Ne1 Kf4 67. Nf3 Bb6 68. Nd2 Kg3 69. Ne4+ Kxh3 70. Kf3 Bc7 71. Nf6 (71. Nc5 a5 72. Nd7 Kh4 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 71... Kh4 72. Ne4 (72. Nd5 Be5 73. Nb4 Bd6 74. Nd5 Kg5 $19) 72... g5 73. Nf6 Bd8 74. Nd5 h5 $19) 60... h5 $1 61. gxh5 (61. g5 Bb6 62. Nd2 Bf2 63. Nf3 Ba7 64. Nd2 Ke5 $19) 61... gxh5 62. Ke3 Kc5 63. Kd3 (63. Ke4 Kb4 64. Ne5 Bxh4 65. Nxf7 Kxb3 66. Nd6 Bf6 67. Nb7 Kb4 $19) 63... Kb4 {Zugzwang is a sufficient reason for abandoning the resistance.} (63... Kb4 64. Kc2 Bf6 $1 $19) 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 19th"] [Site "Rethymno"] [Date "2003.09.30"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2661"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2003.09.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 098"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"] [BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] {In order to confirm once more several rather well-known things, a small introduction to the present encounter is needed. When I first briefly saw the text of the game, I had some doubts whether the record of all moves is entirely correct (just for information - the computer recording of the games are usually made by a human from the scoresheets of the players). I had a similar feeling in the past a couple of times with other games and each time I was right - it turned out that in reality some moves where played differently than in the recorded computer notation, although in the end often same positions would arise. In this game, at some point Ivanchuk sacrificed an exchange apparently out of the blue, offering Black a choice to take either the exchange or a pawn. For some reasons Black didn't take material. I doubted that this really happened in the game, so I contacted Loek Van Wely, who said "yes, Ivanchuk simply ignored my threat. I should have taken the exchange". To my question "what about the pawn then?", he replied "yes, the guy tricked me twice...", although he admitted that "a pawn is just a pawn, but I should have taken the exchange!" Thus, I convinced myself once again that: 1.Ivanchuk is a brilliant chess player and for a mere mortals like me occasionally is far from easy to understand quickly this guy's way of thinking. 2.Trust ChessBase! Sometimes is impossible to descipher certain individuals' handwriting on the scoresheet, and there is little to do about that. However, the notation provided by ChessBase is in 99,99% cases correct. 3."If you prepare a threat and have a chance to execute it, don't hesitate!", concluded Loek Van Wely, who in the end of our discussion sent his friendly greetings to all ChessBase users.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 {An idea of Latvian players, introduced first by Janis Klovans in 1975 and then used by Zigurds Lanka. The bishop aims for the long diagonal, and later from e4 it will exert pressure on both flangs.} fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 {Often Black plays 12...Be6 first, but Van Wely had something different in mind.} (12... Bf5 {Protecting the pawn is considered wrong by the theory, although it is not entirely clear. Van Wely played it as well.} 13. f3 $1 (13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. c3 Ne7 16. Nc2 Rc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {½-½ Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Tilburg 1998 (36)}) 13... e3 14. f4 (14. Nxe3 Be6 15. f4 Rc8 $13) 14... Rc8 15. O-O (15. c3 exf4 16. O-O Bh6 17. gxf4 Rg8 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Kh1 Kf8 20. Nxe3 Bd3 21. Nac2 (21. Rf2 Be4 $1) 21... Ne7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. Qb7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rh5 $17 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Babula,V/Czechia 2001 (33)}) 15... Nd4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe3 Bg6 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Suarez Real,A-Stross,F/EU-ch Internet qual 2003 (31)}) (12... Be6 13. Bxe4 Bg7 14. Qh5 $1 (14. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Ge6,Gf6][%cal Ga8h1,Gh7h5,Gh5h4]}) 14... Rc8 15. c3 ({or} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 ({also possible is} 16... Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3) 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. c3 Qd7 ({The immediate} 18... Rc5 $11 {is more precise.}) 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. Nc2 Bg4 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Bd5 (23. Nb4 $5) 23... Bg4 {½-½ Lanka,Z-Jussupow,A/Baku 1979}) 15... Ne7 16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 {is the main position of the 11.g3-variation.}) 13. Bxe4 Rb8 $5 {Black avoids the main line, starting with 13...Be6.} (13... Ra7 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. O-O (15. Nxe7 $5) (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. c4 $14 {1-0 Liss,E-Tsesarsky,I/Israel 1998 (55)}) (13... Be6 {Transfers to 12...Be6 13.Bxe4 Bg7.}) 14. Qh5 {An important move in White's plan - to prevent Black from castling.} (14. c3 O-O 15. Nc2 f5 16. Bg2 a5 $11 {½-½ Shamkovich,L-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York 1987 (44)}) 14... Ne7 (14... h6 $6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. g4 $5 Nd4 17. Rg1 f6 18. Qg6 Rf7 19. c3 Ne6 20. Nc2 Kf8 21. Nce3 Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bb7 24. Qf5 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Espinosa Flores,R/Cali 1990 (44)}) (14... Be6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. c3 ({Better is} 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. c3 {which leads to the main game}) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O (17... Qd7 $5 $11) 18. Nc2 $11 {comparing to our game, here Black avoided the move h7-h6, Stolz,M-Kalinitschew,S/Germany 1992.}) 15. Nxe7 $1 {This is a novelty. Usually White tries to keep a piece on d5, but Ivanchuk's main idea was to prevent Black from castle, so he wanted to keep the bishop on the diagonal b1-h7.} (15. Rd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O $11) 15... Qxe7 16. c3 {To understand better what happened next, it's important to realise the following: - as long as Black is not able to advance d6-d5, White has a better pawn structure. If Black succeeds to play d6-d5, then usually he immediately solves all problems; - Black's weakest squares are d5 and f5, that's why the black light-squared bishop is extremely important. With its disappearance, White will have huge positional advantage because of the absolut control of those squares; - for the moment Black has problems to castle short. Apparently he can easily solve it by playing h7-h6, but such a move will have negative consequences later, as explained below.} ({After} 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfd1 b4 {White must retreat the knight to b1.} 18. Nb1 Qd7 $5 $11) 16... Be6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Threatening 17...d5.} 17. Rd1 {Preventing the threat, but what about pawn a2?} (17. O-O d5 {is obviously fine for Black.}) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Ge6g4]} (17... Bxa2 $6 {After this move White gets a great compensation for the pawn:} 18. Nc2 (18. O-O Bb3 19. Rd2 (19. Nc2 $6 d5) 19... Rd8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. Bc6+ (20. Nc2 $6 d5) 20... Kf8 21. Nc2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 d5 23. Ra1 $5) 18... Bb3 (18... Rd8 19. Ne3 $44) 19. Rd2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] To remind Loek's wise words - "A pawn is just a pawn", which here means that for a slight material advantage Black will have to suffer during the whole game. The presence of opposite-coloured bishops only makes Black's life harder, since on the light squares White has an extra piece, while the dark-squares are of no importance. Black has probably reasonable chances to achieve a draw, which in fact is the most likely outcome, but life without any perspectives is worth little.} (20. Bxc2 $5 $44 e4 21. Bxe4 Qe5 $16 {/})) 18. O-O $5 {An amazing move, completely ignoring Black's threat Bg4. Ivanchuk is ready to give up the exchange in order to take control over the light squares.} (18. h3 {is a concession, since it wastes time and weakens the pawn structure.}) 18... h6 $2 {This move is bad for several reasons. The main one is of a general nature - if you have a plan, go for it. White ignored 18...Bg4, but by refusing to play this, Black psychologically lost the battle. Secondly, Black's main idea in such a pawn formation is to push f7-f5 (d6-d5 would be nice too, but less realistic). After pushing the pawn on f5, the weak square g6 can play a role in all sorts of tactical complications. And last but not least, the square h6 cannot be used anymore by Black's pieces.} (18... Bg4 {Black had to play this. Only in such a way Ivanchuk's positional exchange sacrifice could be tested.} 19. Qh4 (19. Qg5 O-O (19... f6 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $44) 20. Qh4 h6 (20... f5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. f3 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qh4 (24. Qe3 Bh3 {ahould be fine for Black}) 24... Bf6 $11) 21. Rd2 $14) 19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 {White hopes to have total control of squares d5 and f5 as the compensation for the exchange. With the knight on e3, Black would have serious problems to find any sensible counterplay, while with the knight on a3 Black is able to get a normal position.} h5 $1 {[%cal Gh8h6,Gd7g4,Gg7f6] As pointed out by Van Wely, Black is okay after this move. White still keeps positional compensation (many weaknesses in Black's pawn formation), but it will not be sufficient for advantage. For instance:} 21. h3 (21. Qg5 Qg4 (21... Kf8 $5) 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. Bf5 Rd8 24. Rd5 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6c1]}) 21... Rh6 22. Bg2 Bf6 23. Qb4 Rd8 {[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7]}) (18... d5 $2 19. Nc2 Bg4 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. Nc2 O-O (19... Bg4 {Here this is already less attractive. White gets a clear compensation:} 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 O-O 22. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rg7,Rg8]} f5 23. Qh3 $16) 20. Ne3 f5 {[%csl Rg6]} 21. Bd5 $14 {/} Kh8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd5 {With the pawn on h7 the position would be between equal and slightly better for White. With the pawn on h6 the position is between slightly better and clear better for White. Concretely: Black does not have moves like 23...e4 because of 24.Nf4-g6+. Also not possible is to play ...Qg6.} f4 24. Rd2 {Easy play for White, while Black must create something, otherwise he will be slowly in dire straits.} Rf5 25. Qe2 fxg3 ({Maybe it made sense to try further advance, since there are plenty of tricks connected with Qh3 and Rf4. However, with precise play White maintain a safe advantage.} 25... f3 26. Qe4 Rbf8 27. Ne3 $1 (27. Rfd1 Rh5 28. h4 Qh3 29. Ne3 Rf4 30. gxf4 Rxh4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ $11) (27. h4 {[%cal Gg1h2]} Rf4 $1 $132) (27. Rd3 R5f7 (27... Rf4 $2 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Rxf3 $18) 28. Rfd1 Qh3 29. Ne3 Rf4 {Even here this is possible, although White is not forced to take.} 30. Qg6 (30. gxf4 exf4 $40 {[%cal Gg7e5]}) 30... R8f6 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qe7 Re4 $13) 27... Rh5 (27... Rg5 28. h4 Rg6 29. Rfd1 $16) 28. Qg4 $16) 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $5) 26... e4 $6 (26... Rbf8 {would have kept more chances.} 27. Qe4 $14 (27. f3 $6) (27. f4 $5) (27. Kg2 $5)) 27. Rfd1 Rbf8 $6 (27... Rg5 $142) 28. f4 $1 $16 Qg6 $2 (28... R5f7 29. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 29. Qxe4 $1 Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qh3 (30... Qh4 31. Ne7 $18) 31. Ne7 $18 {The weakness of square g6 finally plays the decisive role.} Rh5 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qxd1 35. Qh7+ {White has a forced mate} Kxf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Rg7+ Kc6 39. Qa8+ Kb6 40. Qb7+ (40. Qb7+ Ka5 (40... Kc5 41. Rc7#) 41. b4+ Ka4 42. Qxa6#) 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-39"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.30"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2607"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 {This opening position has been tested many times in the last few years. Black has parted with the ligh-squared bishop, but he believes the kingside activity will compensate for the positional defect.} 13. Qd2 b6 {Safarli is making a serious positional concession on the queenside in the hope of slowing down White's potential attack. He is certainly avoiding lot of unpleasant tension that is present after the more popular move 13...fe4.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 Nh5 15. Na5 h6 16. b4 Nd7 17. c4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. g3 Nhf6 20. Bd3 e4 21. fxe4 Ne5 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Bb1 g4 $15 {0-1 Yu Shaoteng (2529)-Wen,Y (2520)/China 2010 (49)}) (13... Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 (14... b6 15. f3 (15. f4 f5 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Bf6 18. c3 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qc2 $11 {1-0 David,A (2544)-Bekker Jensen,D (2264)/Antwerp 1999/ (59)}) (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 a5 17. Qb5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxb6 Qe7 20. b4 Rfb8 21. bxc5 Rxb6 22. cxb6 Qd8 {0-1 Abreu,A (2480)-Delgado,N (2481)/Santa Clara 2001/ (45)}) 15... Nf6 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. Kh1 Bf6 $15 {½-½ Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (59)}) 15. Qc4 (15. Qb5 Qc7 (15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 (16... Bg5 $2 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. h4 Nh3+ 19. gxh3 Qxh4 20. Rf2 $16) 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nd2 (18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b3 f5 $14) 18... Bg5 19. Bf2 (19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc4 f5 21. c3 $14) 19... Qe7 (19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qg5 21. Rdd1 f5 22. c3 e4 23. b4 $14) (19... f5 $5 20. Nc4 Rf6 $14) 20. Nc4 f5 (20... Rfc8 21. a3 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. cxb3 $16) 21. Qc6 b5 $1 22. Nxd6 (22. Qxb5 $5 Ra6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Bxc5 Rxb5 25. axb5 Nxc5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Rxa5 Nc7 28. b4 $16) 22... Ra6 23. Bxb5 $1 (23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qc7 e4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Bxb5 e3 27. Bxa6 exf2+ 28. Kf1 Nxa6 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxa6 Bh4 $17) 23... Rxc6 24. dxc6 {½-½ Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (56)}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4 24. Rg2 Rce8 $11 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Voitsekhovsky,S/Minsk/1998/ (50)}) (16. Rad1 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. f4 Nfd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qc6 Qd8 21. d6 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Bc4 {1-0 Cuijpers,F (2496)-Kohlweyer,B (2423)/Germany 2005/ (55)}) 16... b6 {Black is using the move b7-b6 anyway, but the white queen is quite active on the queenside.} (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 f5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 {1-0 Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa 1998 (35)}) 17. Qc4 (17. a3 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) (17. f3 Nf6 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14) 18. Qc4 Qb7 $6 (18... a4 $5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Rfc8 21. a3 Bd6 $13) 19. Nxc5 bxc5 (19... dxc5 20. d6 Bd8 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. c3 $16) 20. Qb3 Qc7 (20... Qxb3 21. axb3 Rfb8 22. Kf2 $14) (20... Rfb8 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. b3 a4 23. Bc4 $14) 21. Bb5 Nh5 (21... a4 22. Qd3 (22. Bxa4 c4 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Bc6 Rxc2 26. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 $14) 22... Qa5 23. c4 a3 24. Rab1 $16) 22. Qc4 f5 23. c3 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/Rivne 2005 (44)}) 17... f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 (18... f4 $6 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 g6 $14) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bg5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 (21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. Bd2 f3 $1 $15) 21... e4 22. Bf1 $13 {0-1 Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677)/Dos Hermanas 1999 (33)}) 15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {½-½ Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/Poikovsky 2005/}) 14. f3 Nh5 {Black is well informed and thus avoids the interesting idea of advancing f3-f4 after 14..d7.} (14... Qd7 15. f4 $5 (15. c3 a5 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nc1 e4 18. f4 b5 19. h3 Bd8 20. Kh2 Bb6 21. Rb1 Rfb8 22. g4 Na6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. g5 Ne8 25. a3 Qe7 26. Qe3 Rbb8 27. Na2 Nec7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. cxb4 Rf8 {½-½ Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/Malmo 2009 (54)}) 15... Nfe4 16. Qb4 Rfb8 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Qh4 Rf8 21. g4 Qa4 22. c4 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qe4 24. Qh3 a5 25. b3 $14 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Sarajevo/1999/ 1-0 (76)}) 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 {It would have been suicidal to enable the march of White's d-pawn.} (16... dxc5 $2 17. d6 Bf6 18. d7 $16) 17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 (18. b4 f4 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qc7 $11) 18... g6 {Safarli is not sure, if the exchange of dark-squared bishop would have been sufficient for equality.} (18... f4 19. Bf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 g6 $11) 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 $6 (20... f4 21. Bf2 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qd7 $11) 21. Rab1 (21. Rac1 e4 22. fxe4 f4 23. Bf2 Bg5 24. Rf1 f3 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Nf4+ $14) 21... e4 $5 {Black badly needs to get active play on the kingside, otherwise Efimenko will roll over him on the other side of the board.} (21... Qe7 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16) 22. fxe4 Be5 23. Bf2 {White prefers to play cautiously and not risk any surprises since the black pieces can become very active.} (23. exf5 Qh4 24. g3 Nxg3 25. Qf2 (25. fxg6 $2 Rf3 $1 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Re1 Raf8 $17) 25... Nxf5 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11) (23. Bh6 $5 f4 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 f4 25. Be2 (25. Bxf8 $2 Qh4 26. h3 Rxf8 $19) 25... Be3 26. Qb2 Qh4 27. Bxh5 Rf7 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Qc3 Qxh6 30. Bg4 $16) 24. Be2 Rf7 25. Qe1 (25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rb3 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qg6 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. Rbc1 $14) 23... f4 (23... Nf4 24. exf5 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxf5 26. Rf1 $14) 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 (25. Bf3 g5 $1 (25... Qd7 26. Rdc1 $16) 26. h3 h5 27. Qe2 Qe8 $11) 25... g5 26. Qh3 Kg7 (26... Qe7 27. Qe6+ Qxe6 28. dxe6 Nxe4 29. Bd4 $16) (26... Nxe4 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. Bf5 $16) 27. Bg4 $2 {Efimenko must have been very satisfied with his position as he has managed to stop Black's attack and can now advance his case. Unfortunately he misses a great tactical shot. It was much better to take the c-file under control.} (27. Rbc1 $1 Nxe4 (27... Rf7 28. Rc4 $16) 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qf5 $16) 27... Nxe4 28. Bf5 Rxf5 $1 (28... Nf6 29. Rdc1 h5 30. Rc4 g4 31. Qd3 Nxd5 32. Be4 $16) 29. Qxf5 Nc3 {Safarli is winning the exchange back and only has to cope with the advance of the b-pawn.} 30. a4 (30. Rdc1 Nxb1 31. Qxb1 Qd7 $11) 30... Rb8 31. Re1 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Rb7 (32... Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kf5 36. b6 Ke4 37. Rb5 Rb7 $11) 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. b6 Bc3 $6 {[%mdl 4096] I feel compassion with Black's feeling that he may lose to the pesky b-pawn. Fortunately his king can be centralizsed in time and cope with White's f2-bishop.} (36... Kf5 $1 37. Rc1 Ke4 38. Rc7 Rb8 39. b7 Kxd5 40. Ba7 Bd4+ 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Rxh7 Kc5 43. Rg7 Kc6 44. Rxg5 Rxb7 45. Rf5 d5 46. Rxf4 Kd6 $11) 37. Rc1 Ba5 38. Kf1 Ke5 (38... Bxb6 39. Rb1 Ke5 40. Rb5 Bxf2 41. Rxb7 Bh4 42. Ke2 Kxd5 43. Kf3 $16) 39. Ra1 Bb4 $2 {Black is still unsure what to do with his problem; it was much stronger to put the bishop to the c3-square.} (39... Bc3 $1 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Kxd5 42. Rh5 Ra8 43. Rxg5+ Ke4 $11) 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Rxh7 Bc5 42. b7 Kxd5 43. Rc7 Kc4 44. Rg7 Kd3 $6 {Safarli remains confused till the end and ignores the chance to advance his pawns in order to generate counterplay.} (44... d5 45. Rc7 d4 46. Ke2 g4 47. Kd2 Kd5 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Rg7 Be5 $14) 45. h3 Be3 46. Rd7 Ke4 47. Ke2 Bxf2 (47... Bc5 48. Bxc5 dxc5 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kd6 52. Kc4 $16) (47... d5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Bxe3+ fxe3 50. g3 Rf8 51. Rxe3 $18) 48. Kxf2 {Without bishops on the board the winning chances for White are excellent. Black will lose the better part of his army when trying to eliminate the b7-pawn.} d5 (48... Kd5 49. Rc7 $1 (49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Rg7 d5 51. Rxg5 Rxb7 52. Kxf4 Rb4+ $14) 49... Ke5 50. Kf3 $16) 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rc7 Kd6 52. Rh7 Rf8 (52... Kc6 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Re7 Rb8 55. Rg7 Re8 56. Rg6+ Kxb7 57. Kxd5) 53. Rf7 Re8 54. Rg7 Kc6 55. Re7 Rf8 56. Kd4 Rd8 57. Rg7 Re8 58. Rg6+ Kxb7 59. Kxd5 {Most likely taking the g5-pawn was also sufficient for a win.} (59. Rxg5 Re3 60. Kxd5 f3 61. g4 f2 62. Rf5 Re2 63. Kd4 Kc7 64. Kd3 Ra2 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Kxf2 Rxh3 67. Rf3 Rh8 68. Rd3 $18) 59... f3 60. gxf3 Rh8 (60... Re3 61. Rxg5 Rxf3 62. h4 Rf6 63. Ke5 Rh6 64. Rg4 $18) 61. Rxg5 Rxh3 62. f4 Kc7 63. Ke6 {The black king has no chance to get into the line of advance of the pawn and White will achieve the celebrated Lucena bridge position.} Rh6+ 64. Kf7 Rh7+ 65. Rg7 Rh6 66. f5 Kd7 67. f6 Rh8 68. Rg1 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.04.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Boensch,Uwe"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {Dokhoian Romero Tischbierek} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 $14) (9... b5 $5) 10. f4 a5 {A new and interesting idea, despite to loose a tempo.} (10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne8 (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Bh5 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qe6 $10 {0-1 Sutovskij,E-Gruenfeld,Y/Rishon le Zion (06) ;CBM 45 1994 (37)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Nd5 $1) 13... Bh4 14. Bg3 (14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qb6 18. Qc1 $16 {1-0 Cseshkovsky,V-Skalik,P/Wisla BES (04) 1992 (25)}) 14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Qb6 16. Bg4 Bc4 17. Rf2 Ne5 18. Rfd2 Rd8 19. Be2 Be6 20. h3 Nf6 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Mithrakanth,P/Calcutta op (04) ;EXP 50 1996/½-½ (48)}) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 {Controlling d5.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Rf2 d5 15. exd5 exf4 {Cabrilo,G-Kosic,D/JUG-chT Igalo ;EXT 94ch 1994/½-½ (48)}) 12... Qb6 (12... Bd7) 13. g4 (13. Re1 {Dokhoian} Qf2 14. Re2 Qh4 15. f5 $6 d5 $132) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 (15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Re8 $13 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Rad1) 17... Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 d5 21. Nb5 $16)) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 {Forcing matters} gxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 $2 (18... Kh8 $1 19. Rg1 Bf8 (19... Rg8 $2 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qg1+ $1 Qxg1+ 22. Rxg1+ Kh8 23. Bh5 Ne5 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bxe5+ Kf8 26. Bf4 Nxc2 27. Nd5 $18) 20. Qd2 d5 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qg5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd4 23. e5 $1 Qxe5 24. Rae1 $18) (20... Qd8 $5 21. Bg5 $5 $44) 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. e5 Qc7 (22... Nxe5 23. Qg5 Ng6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Rae1 $44)) 21... Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. exd5 (23. f6 Qd6 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Qf8 $19) 23... Ra6 (23... Qe3 24. Qg2 Qh6 25. Rae1 $44 (25. Rae1 {Dokhoian} Rf8 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nd6 Ra6 28. Qg3 Nxc2 29. Re4 Rxd6 (29... Nxe4 30. Nxf7+) 30. Qxd6 Ng4 31. Qg3 Nge3 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qc7 Nxd5 34. Qg3 $16)) (23... Ne5 $2 24. Qh6 $18) 24. Ne4 (24. Qg2 Qf8 $17) 24... Qf8 25. c3 Ne5 26. Be2 $44) 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qd2 (20. e5 $5 {Tischbierek}) 20... Ne5 {Black has good squares for their pieces, but no comunication between queen and king side.} (20... Qd8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Nxd6 Rg8 (22... Ra6 23. Nxe8 $3 Qxd2 (23... Qxe8 24. Qg2 Nxc2 25. Bg7+ $18) 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 (24... Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf6 27. Bg7+ $18) 25. Bxd2 Nxf3 26. Bc3 $18) 23. Bh5 $1 Rxg1+ (23... Ra6 $2 24. Nxf7+ Nxf7 25. Bxf7 $16) 24. Rxg1 Qe7 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Qc3 { 26.:e5}) 25. Qg2 Ng6 26. fxg6 fxg6 (26... hxg6 27. Bxg6 $18) 27. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 (27... Qxd6 28. Bf7 $18) 28. Qxg6 Be6 29. Bf8 $1 $18) 21. Qg2 Ng6 $8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rgf1 $1 {} (23. Bg4 {Romero}) (23. Bh5 $6 {Dokhoian} Rg8 24. Raf1 Bd4 (24... Be5 $145 $5) 25. Bg5 Be6 $13) 23... Bg7 $6 {Seems logical to propose this change, but black pawn d6 will be very difficult to defend.} (23... Be5 {defending d6} 24. Rad1 (24. Bg4 {Romero xf7} Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Nxc2 $1 26. Nd5 (26. Rf7 Qxb2 (26... Nxa1 27. Qd7 Qb3 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ $10) (26... Qxb2 $2 27. Rg1 Qxc3 $145 28. Bd2 $1 $18)) 26... Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Rxb7 $6 (28. Qh4 Nb4 (28... Rab8 29. Bf4) 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rbc1 $14) 28... Ne3) 24... Be6 (24... Bd7 {Dokhoian} 25. Bg4 $5 Bc6 26. Rf7 Bxc3 27. Bf5 $1 Rg8 28. bxc3 Nd3 $5 29. Qg5 $1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kg3 Qd8 33. Re7 $18) 25. Bg4 Bc4 (25... Bxg4 $2 26. Qxg4 Nxc2 (26... Re7 27. Qf3 (27. Rd2 $16) 27... Ree8 28. Qf7 Nxc2 29. Rf6 Rg8 30. Rfxd6 Qxb2 31. Rd7 $18) 27. Rf7 Qc6 28. Rg1 $1 Rg8 (28... Bxc3 $2 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Bg7+ $18) 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf6 Rag8 32. Rxg6 $3 $18) 26. Rf3 $36) (23... Qd8 {Romero} 24. Rad1) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1 (25. Bg4 {Romero} Qc6 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qf6+ $10 Kh6 $2 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. Rg1) (25. Nb5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bd7 26. Rad1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 $13) 25... Bd7 {Avoiding the jump b5 [#]} (25... Be6 26. Nb5 Rad8 (26... Bc4 {Romero} 27. Nxd6 Bxf1 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxf1) 27. c3 $16) (25... Re5 {Romero} 26. Nb5 $1) 26. Qg3 Re5 (26... Nxc2 27. Rxd6 Bc6 28. Rg1 $18 {[%csl Yg6]}) 27. Bg2 {Black has a lot of problems. f4 xf6} (27. Be2 $5 {Dokhoian  e2-c4}) 27... Nxc2 $6 (27... Rf8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rf1+ (29. Qf4+ {Romero}) 29... Kg8 (29... Kg7 30. Qh4 g5 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qf3 h6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rf6 Bg6 35. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qf6 (31. e5 $6 {Dokhoian} Bc6) 31... Qd8 32. Qxd6 Bc6 $16) (27... Rae8 28. Qh4 Be6 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Nb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Nxc2 32. Bh3 $18) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (28... Qxb2 29. Qf2 Bc6 30. Qf6+ Kh6 31. Rf4 Nd4 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Rxh5+ Kxh5 34. Nf4+ Kh6 35. Ne6 $18) 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Nb6 $1 Bg4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxa8 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxa8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd6 Re8 (35... Nc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe5 $18) 36. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [PlyCount "81"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 (10... Be7 11. Nd5 (11. Kb1 O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Qh4 20. g5 Rc4 {0-1 Cvicela,A-Debnar,L/SVK-ch (09) ;TD 93\10 1993 (30)}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg5 15. Kb1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O {Kasimadzanov-Georgiev,Ki,97}) 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nd5 (12. g3 Nb6 (12... Qc7 13. h3 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Na5 Rc7 19. c4 O-O 20. b4 Rb8 {½-½ McShane,Luke J-Hunt,Harriet/Ch Great Britain, Hove (England) (7) 1997 (64)}) 13... b5 14. Rh2 (14. Qf2 Qb7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Na5 Qc7 {½-½ Sax,Gyula-Leko,Peter/Ch Hungary, Budapest (Hungary) (7) 1997}) 14... Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. f4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Rc1 a5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rxh2 22. Qxh2 Be4 {½-½ Novgorodskij,V-Popov,Val/St.Petersburg Petrov (04) ;CBM 52 1996 (52)}) 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Rhe1 f5 19. c4 Kf8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Qf2 {½-½ Fogarasi,T-Szekely,P/HUN tt Postás-Statisztika(04) 1996}) 12... Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 $1 (14. Qa5 Nc4 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8) 14... Qxb6 15. Bd3 $16) 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 $146 (15... O-O 16. f4 $5) (15... Qc7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. f4 exf4 20. Qe4 Kf8 21. c3 Rh6 22. Qxf4 Rf6 23. Qe4 Qd7 {½-½ Wang Zili-Ye Jiangchuan/4th ST Lee Cup, Beijing CHN (02) 1997 (47)}) 16. Rhe1 $6 (16. Bf2 O-O 17. h4 Bh6 18. g4 Bf4 19. Nd2 $14) 16... O-O 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Rxe3 Nb6) 18... Qc7 (18... Nb6 $5) 19. c3 Nb6 20. Qg5 $6 (20. Na5 Na4) (20. Qd3 Nc4 $15) (20. f4 $5 Nc4 21. Qd3 {e4} exf4 $6 22. gxf4 Rfe8 23. Nd4) 20... Nc4 21. Nd2 (21. Qxh5 Qb6 22. Re2 (22. f4 a5) (22. Re4 Qf2) 22... a5 $44) (21. Re4 Qb6 (21... Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 23. Ka3 Rc5 24. Qd2 Ra5+ 25. Ra4 Rxa4+ 26. Kxa4) 22. Rh4 Qf2 23. Nd2 Ne3 24. Qxh5 f6 $17) 21... Qb6 (21... Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 23. Kb1 $11 Qd3+ 24. Ka1 Rc2 25. Ne4) 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxh5 (23. Ka1 Ra4 $1 (23... Rfc8 24. Re4)) 23... Rfc8 (23... Rxc3 24. Re4 Rfc8 25. Rh4 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rc2 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ $11 (30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 Qf2+ 32. Rd2 Qxf3 $15)) 24. Ka1 $2 (24. Re4 $142 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Rxc3 26. Qe2 Qe3 $15) (24. Kc2 $2 Rb4 $19) 24... Ra4 $2 (24... Qa5 $1 25. Re3 (25. Qf5 Rxc3) (25. Rd3 Ra4 26. a3 Rxa3+ 27. bxa3 Rxc3 $19) (25. Kb1 Ra4 26. a3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Rxc3 28. Re2 Rxa3 $19) 25... R8c5 (25... Ra4 26. a3 Qb6 (26... Rxa3+ 27. bxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 $11) 27. Rdd3 $13 (27. Qf5 Rc5 28. Qd7 Rca5 29. Re2 Qb3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh6 32. Rdd2 Rb5 $17)) 26. f4 (26. b4 Qa4 27. f4 Rxc3 28. bxc5 Rc2 29. a3 Qc4 $19) 26... Ra4 27. a3 Rxa3+ 28. bxa3 Qxa3+ 29. Kb1 Rb5+ 30. Kc2 Qa2+ 31. Kd3 Rxd5+ 32. Ke4 Qc4+ $19) 25. Qf5 (25. Re4 Qb3 $19) 25... Rc5 26. Rd4 $1 (26. Qc2 Rca5 27. b4 Rxa2+ 28. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Qf2+ 30. Kb3 Qxf3 $17) 26... g6 27. Qf6 $2 (27. Qe4 $1 Rxd4 (27... exd4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Re7 $18) 28. cxd4 Rc4 29. Rd1 Rxd4 (29... Kg7 30. Kb1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (31... exd4) 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. Kc2 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. f4+ Kf5 (35... Kxd5 36. g4 $18) 36. h3 $18) 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. a3 (31. Kb1 d3) 31... Qc5 32. Kb1 Qc4 $15) (27. Rg4 Rxg4 28. Qxg4 Rxd5 $17) 27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 Rc2 29. Rb1 exd4 $19 30. h4 d3 31. h5 (31. Re1 Qe3) 31... gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ (33. Qxh5 Qd4) 33... Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxh5 Qd4 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Qh5 Kc7 38. Qxf7+ Kb6 39. Qf5 Ka7 40. a3 Rxb2 (40... Re2) 41. Rxb2 (41. Qf4 Qxf4 42. gxf4 Rf2 $19) (41. Qe4 Rxb1+ 42. Kxb1 Qg1+ 43. Kb2 d2) 0-1