[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bb3 (12. Qe4 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Qd6 14.
Qg4 f5 15. Qe2 b6 16. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Ba3 $14 {
Marin,M-Garcia Palermo,C Andorra 1991/}) (12. Bd3 Ncb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Ra3 f5 17. Ng3 Rxc1 $1 18. Rxc1 Nf4 19. Qc4 Bxg2 20. f3 b5 $1
$17 {Naumkin,I- Sadler,M London 1991/}) 12... Ncb4 (12... Re8 {was tried in
Kramnik -Kasparov match in London.}) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd5 (14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qg3
Bc6 (15... Kh8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nbxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Bh6 gxh6 20. Bxe6
Qe8 21. Bb3 Ne4 22. Qf3 Ng5 23. Qf5 Rd8 24. h4 Ne6 25. Bc2 {1-0 Rogozenko,
D-Vaulin,A/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (25)}) 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 De Groot,A-Bratholm,P/ICCF EM/TT/D/03 1997/74 telechess (38)} (18. Ne4
$14)) (14. Bd2 Bc6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Ne4 Qe8 (16... Rc8 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qd8
19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qe1 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxa4 23. Bxb4 Qc6 24. f3 Ra8
25. Qe3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Gruenberg,R-Bischoff,K/BL8485 1985/GER-chT (25)}) 17. Bxb4
Nxb4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. g3 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Na6 23. Rc3 Qb6
24. Qc4 Rd6 $11 {0-1 Haba,P-Voloshin,L/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (52)}) (14. h3 $5 Be8
15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Qg3 $14 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Ehlvest,J Tilburg 1992/}) (14. Qf3 Be8 15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxc8 Bxa4 20. Qc3 {1-0 Hansen,C-Sorensen,T/Hinnerup 1979/EXT
98 (20)}) 14... exd5 ({More ambitious was} 14... Nxd5 15. Rd3 Bc6 (15... Rc8
16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Ng4 Bg5 19. Ne5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf6 21. Rc1 Bd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Chandler,M/Biel 1987/CBM 03 (33)}) 16. Rg3 $6 Bf6 17. Bc2 g6 $8
18. Bh6 Re8 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Rg4 Ne7 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. h5 Qxb2 $17 {
1-0 Magerramov,E-Raetsky,A/Rostov 1993/CBM 36/ (40)}) 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Rd5][%mdl 36] White have small,but long-lasting advantage.} (16. Bf4 Re8
(16... f6 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc8 19. Re3 Bf7 20. h4 Bb4) 17. Rac1 Qb6) 16...
Nc6 (16... Rc8 17. Bc3) 17. Bc3 Rc8 18. a5 (18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Nf4 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6)
18... Qd6 (18... Rc7 19. g3 Qd6 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Re1 $36) 19. Nd3 Qd7 20. h3 Bd6
21. Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bf5 $11) 21... Rfd8 22. Bc2 $1 {
[%cal Gb1h7][%mdl 32]} g6 (22... Qc7 23. Re2 $36 {[%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e6]}) 23. Nf4
Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Re8 25. f3 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. g4 $1 $14 {Black are doomed to
passive defence and Aseev demonstrates exellent technique. /+/-} f6 28. Re1
Rce7 29. Kf2 Bf7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bb3 h5 $6 {Now pawn on h5 is
becoming a permanent weakness.} 33. gxh5 gxh5 {[%csl Rh5]} 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Rg1+
Bg6 36. Ba4 Rc7 37. Bb3 Rd7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kf4 Ne7 40. Bb4 Nc6 41. Ba4 Bd3 42.
Bc5 Rc7 43. Rd1 Bh7 44. Re1 Bg6 45. Re3 Bb1 46. b4 {[%mdl 4096]} Bg6 47. Kg3
Ne7 $2 {[%tqu "En","Should White take an opportunity and transpose to Bishop
ending?","","","c5e7","",10]} 48. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. b5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096]} axb5 (50... Be8 51. bxa6 bxa6 52. Bxe8 Kxe8 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Kf5
Kf7 55. f4 $18) 51. Bxb5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5,Rh5]} Kd6 52. Kf4 {[%cal Gf4b5]}
Kc7 53. Ba4 Kd6 (53... b6 54. a6 Bd3 55. a7 Kb7 56. Bc6+ Kxa7 57. Bxd5 b5 58.
Bf7 b4 59. Ke3 Bh7 60. Kd2 $16) 54. Ke3 Kc7 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. Kc3 Bf7 (56... Kc7
57. Kb4 Kd6 58. Bb5 Bf7 59. Be2 Be8 60. Bd3 $22 $18) 57. Bc2 (57. Kb4 Bg6 58.
Bb5 Bf7 59. Bd3 Kc6 60. f4 Be6 61. f5 Bc8 62. Ka4 $1 b6 63. a6 Kc7 64. a7 Bb7 (
64... Kb7 65. Ba6+ $18)) 57... Kc7 58. Kb4 b6 (58... Kc6 59. Bd3 $22 b6 60. a6)
59. a6 Kb8 (59... Be8 $1 60. Ba4 (60. Bb3 Bf7) 60... Bg6 (60... Bxa4 61. Kxa4
Kb8 62. Kb5 Ka7 63. f4 f5 64. Kc6 Kxa6 65. Kxd5 Kb7 66. Kd6 $18) 61. Bd7 Kb8
62. Kb5 (62. Be6 Ka7 63. Bxd5 Kxa6 64. Bc6 Ka7 65. d5 Kb8 66. d6 Bd3 67. Kc3
Be2 68. Kd4 Bd1) 62... Kc7 (62... Ka7 63. Kc6 Kxa6 64. Kxd5 Bf7+ 65. Kd6 b5 66.
Kc5 $18) 63. a7 Bd3+ 64. Kb4 Kb7 65. Be8 Kxa7 66. Bxh5 Kb7 67. Bf7 Kc6 68. h5
Kd6 69. Bg6 $18) 60. Kb5 Ka7 (60... Kc7 61. a7 Kb7 62. a8=Q+ Kxa8 63. Kxb6 $18)
61. Kc6 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} Kxa6 62. Kd7 (62. Bh7 $1 Be6 (62... b5 63. Kd7 b4 64.
Ke7 $18) 63. Kd6 Bc8 64. Bg8 $16) 62... Kb5 63. Ke7 (63. Bh7 $1 Kc4 64. Ke7
Kxd4 65. Kxf7 Ke5 66. Kg6 Kf4 67. Kxh5 d4 68. Bb1 Kg3 69. f4 b5 70. f5 b4 71.
Kg6 $18) 63... Bg8 64. Kxf6 (64. Bf5 Kc4 65. Kf8 Kxd4 66. Kxg8 Ke3 67. Kf7 Kxf3
68. Kxf6 Kf4 69. Kg6 b5 $11) 64... Kc4 65. Ke5 b5 $2 (65... Bf7 $142 66. Bd1 $1
Kd3 (66... b5 67. Be2+ Kb4 68. f4 Ka4 69. f5 b4 70. Kf6 Be8 71. Ke7 $18) (66...
Kc3 67. f4 b5 68. f5 b4 69. Kf6 Kd2 70. Bb3 (70. Ba4 Be8 $1 71. Bxe8 b3 72. Kg7
b2 73. f6 b1=Q 74. f7 (74. Bg6 Qg1 75. f7 Qxd4+ 76. Kg8 Qf6 77. Bxh5 Qxh4 78.
Bg6 Qf6 $17) 74... Qg1+ 75. Kh7 Qf2 76. Kg8 Qg3+ 77. Kh7 $11) 70... Kc3 71.
Kxf7 Kxb3 72. f6 Kc4 73. Kg7 b3 74. f7 b2 75. f8=Q b1=Q 76. Qc5+ Kd3 77. Qxd5
$16) 67. f4 b5 68. f5 b4 69. Kf6 Be8 (69... Bg8 70. Kg7 Kxd4 71. Kxg8 Ke5 72.
Bc2 b3 73. Bb1 $18) 70. Ke7 Kxd4 71. Kxe8 Ke5 72. Bc2 b3 73. Bb1 Kf6 74. Kd7
$18) 66. Bg6 $18 b4 67. Bxh5 b3 (67... Bh7 68. Bf7 $18) 68. Bg6 b2 69. Bb1 Bf7
70. f4 Kc3 71. f5 Kd2 72. f6 Ke3 (72... Kc1 73. Bf5 b1=Q 74. Bxb1 Kxb1 75. Kd6
$18) 73. h5 Bxh5 74. Kxd5 Bf7+ (74... Kf4 75. Ke6 $18) 75. Ke5 Bc4 76. d5 Bd3
77. f7 $1 Bxb1 78. f8=Q Bc2 (78... Bd3 79. Qf4+ Ke2 80. Qh2+ $18) (78... Kd2
79. Qb4+ Kc2 80. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 79. Qa3+ 1-0
[Event "Sao Paulo"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2004.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 (1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. a3 Qd6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Qc2
Kh8 15. Rad1 (15. Ne4 $5 Qd7 16. Neg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 $14) 15...
f5 $2 (15... Rad8 $1 $14) 16. Bc1 Rad8 17. Re2 $1 Bf6 18. Rde1 Bc8 19. Bc4 $1
Nxc3 20. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1994/CBM 39/[Gelfand]
(50)}) 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 (12... Re8 13. Rb1
Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. b4 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. b5 $8 axb5 18. Rxb5 Bxa3 19. d5 $1
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxc1 21. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 $8 22. Nb6 $1 Qd6 $8 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Becerra Rivero,J-Moreno,A/La Habana 1996/Inf
68/[Becerra; Moreno,Ale] (52)}) 13. Re1 Nc6 (13... c5 14. Be3 c4 15. Bc2 Nd5
$11 {Fedorowicz,J-Kogan,B/USA (ch) 40/(386) 1985/(15)}) 14. Bg5 (14. a3 a6 (
14... Qd7 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 (19. Ng5
$5 $16) 19... Bf8 20. Be3 $14 {1-0 Sokolov,A-Koch,J/Marsailles 2001/CBM 85 (58)
}) 15. Bf4 (15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bf6 18. Bc2 Nde7 19. Be5 Bxe5 20.
dxe5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfd8 22. g4 Nd5 23. Ne2 h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,
M-Mijailovic,Z/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (40)}) (15. Bc2 Qd6 (15... Re8 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Bastia
FRA 2003/(34)}) (15... Qd7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 g6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Qd2 f6 20.
Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Re1 Qf7 22. Bb3 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Kg7 25. Bxd5 Qf6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Bastia FRA 2003/(36)}) 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18.
Rad1 Qc8 $2 (18... Nd5 $11) 19. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Shirov,A-Karpov,A/Bastia FRA 2003/
(22)}) 15... Qd7 (15... Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Bc2 Nce7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6
20. Bb3 c6 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Gufeld,
E-Schussler,H/Havana 1985/EXT 99 (24)}) (15... Re8 16. b4 h6 17. Bc2 Bf8 18.
Qd2 Ne7 19. Rac1 Ned5 20. Be5 c6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {0-1 Casser,
A-Horvath,D/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 101 (41)}) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985/(67)})
14... h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd6 (16... Bf6 17. Be4 Nce7 18. Qc2 $14) 17. Bxd6
cxd6 (17... Qxd6 18. Ne4 (18. a3 Nf6 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Bf5 Qd7 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Re6]}) 18... Qb4 19. a3 Qxb2 20. Nc5 $44) 18. Qd2 Nce7
(18... Rc8 19. Be4 Nce7 $11) 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Rae1 Qc7 $6 (20... Qa5 $5 21. Nb5
(21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Qc6 $132) 21... Qb6 $11 (21... Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rfd8 23.
Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rxa2 25. Na3 $16)) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nh4 $1 $36 Bd7 (22... Qd7
23. Ng6 (23. f4 Qa4 24. Bb1 Rfe8 25. Ng6 Bd7 26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Be6 $11) 23... Rfe8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 $14) (22... Rfe8 23. Nf5 $36 Qd7
$140 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 $18) 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rcd8 25. Bg4 Nf6 26.
Re7 Qb6 27. Bf3 $145 $16 d5 28. R1e3 $1 {Each of White pieces is more active
than Black ones. This fact determines the clear advantage of White.} Rb8 29.
Rb3 Qa6 30. a3 Rfc8 (30... Rfe8 31. Be2 b5 32. Qf4 $1 $16) 31. Rc3 $6 (31. Qf4
$1 {/\32.Bd5} Rf8 (31... Re8 32. Rbe3 Qc6 33. Rc7 Qb5 34. a4 Qxa4 35. Bxd5 $16)
32. Be2 Qc6 33. Rc7 (33. Qc7 $5 $16) 33... Qe6 34. Qe5 $16) 31... Qb6 32. g3
Kf8 33. Re5 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Rd8 $14 35. Kg2 Qd6 36. h4 b6 37. Re1 g6 38. Rc1 Rd7
39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Rc6 Qe7 41. Rxf6 $2 {This "trap" move is typical for rapid
chess. After a difficult defence during the whole game Karpov failed to find
the right defence in the critical moment of the game.} (41. Qb8 $5 g5 (41...
Ne4 42. Qf4 $14) 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. dxe5 Ne4 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxe6
$14) 41... Kxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rd8 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qc1 Kg7 $15) (
41... Rc7 42. Qb8 Kxf6 43. Qh8+ Ke6 44. Qe5+ Kd7 45. Qxd5+ Ke8 $15) 42. Qh8+
Kf5 (42... Ke6 43. Qe5#) 43. g4+ Kf4 44. Qxh6+ g5 45. hxg5 {[%cal Gg5g6]} (45.
hxg5 Qxg5 46. Qh2#) 1-0
[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 24608]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 (4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ {
Theory}) 5. cxd5 (5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Qe7+ (6... Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 $132
{0-1 Tarrasch Siegbert-Teichmann Richard/Monaco 1903 (38)}) 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O
b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Re1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Bf3 $6 (12. Bxc4 $1 O-O (12... bxc4
13. Nxc4 $18) 13. Ng6 (13. Nxf7 Qc7 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxc5 gxh6 17.
Bxf8 Qxc4 18. Re7 $18) 13... Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1 hxg6 15. Rb1 $18) 12... O-O 13. a4
(13. Ng6 Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1 hxg6 15. a4 $16) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 a6 15. Qd2 Qd6 {[#]}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Qxf6 17. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Na5 $16) 17. Qh6 Nd7
(17... Qf8 18. Qxf6 $16) 18. Re4 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxf6 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Fritz2/Köln ') 1992 (34)}) 18... Nf8 19. Bh5 Ng6 20. Nxf7 $18) (5. e5 c5 (
5... Ne7 6. a3 (6. Nf3 Nd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Be7 $1 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Nxd5 cxd5 (
9... exd5 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 $11)) 9... Nb4 10. Be4 $14 {1-0 Tisdall,
J-Madsen,D/NOR-ch 1996/EXT 96ch2/[Tisdall] (30)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Qg4
$14 (8. cxd5 $6 Qxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. c4 (10. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3
) (10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. O-O Nbc6 $11) 10... Qe4+ 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. dxc5
Nxe5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Borisenko,G-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch22 Moscow 1955/URS-ch (57)}))
6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... Nbc6 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6
11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Liiva,R/Tallinn Keres mem 1996
(38)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd5 $15 {
0-1 Baburin,A-Ivanov,S/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42 (37)}) 9. cxd4 b6 10. Bg5 Nbc6 11.
Rc1 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. c5 Bd7 14. Bd3 bxc5 15. Rxc5 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. Qd2
O-O (17... Qe7 $6 18. Qa5 Qd8 19. Qb4 Ne7 20. h4 O-O 21. Ke2 Nc8 22. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 Vaisser,A-Landa,K/Biel op 1995/EXP 48 (37)}) 18. O-O (18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Rc1
Qb8 $11) 18... Nb6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Bd3 Bd7 $11) 5... exd5 6. exd5
$6 $11 (6. e5 Ne7 (6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 Nc6 (8... cxd4 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bxa5
Qxa5+ 11. b4 Qb6 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. f4 $44) 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 (10. bxc3 Qe7
11. f4 Qxc5 12. Nf3 Nge7 $132) 10... d4 11. Bd2 Qe7 (11... Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nxf3+
13. Qxf3 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Bg5 O-O 16. O-O $14) 12. f4 Qxc5 $1 (12... f6 13.
Nf3 Bg4 14. Bb5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Be1 $16 {1-0 Hauchard
Arnaud-Pavasovic Dusko/It (open), Cannes (France) 1996 (31)} (17. b4 $16)) 13.
Rc1 Qb6 14. b4 Bf5 $11) (6... b6 $6 7. Nf3 h6 $6 8. Bd3 Be6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne2
c5 $14 (10... Bf8 11. Nf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne7 14. e6 $16 {1-0
Blachmann,H-Meyts,A/WchS-Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch (23)})) 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bd2
(8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbc6 10. Ne2 Bf5 11. Bg5 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murshed,N-Dreev,
A/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (22)}) 8... O-O 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Ba5 $2 10. dxc5
Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf5 $16 (11... d4 $2 12. Bxd4 $18 {1-0 Lindemann,S-Lipinsky,F/
BL2-N 1996/BL2 (49)})) 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 $11) 6... cxd5 (6... Qxd5 7.
Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 (9... Qa5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Re5
Qd8 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Nbd7 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Rf3
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 $15 {0-1 Berg,K-Schandorff,L/DEN-ch 1995/EXP 47 (52)}) 10.
bxc3 Bg4 11. Rb1 b5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
Re8 $15 {0-1 Petrakov,A-Skomorokhin,R/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42 (32)}) 8... O-O 9.
O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. d5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Qd4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marshall,F-Perlis,J/
San Sebastian 1912 (37)}) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. O-O Nge7 (9... Nxd4 $2 10.
Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bb5 Bxc3 (11... Qd6 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Nxd5 $1 (13. Be3 Qd6 14. Rac1
(14. Bf4 Qc5 $11)) 13... Qxd5 (13... Bxe2 14. Nc7+ Kf8 (14... Kd8 15. Bxe2 $18)
15. Bxe2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rd4 17. Rac1 $16) 14. Qxb4 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Nge7 16. Bxc6+
bxc6 17. Rxe2 $18) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 $16) 10.
Qb3 Qd7 11. Nf4 Rd8 (11... Bd6 12. Nb5 (12. Nfxd5 Be6 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Qc4 Ndc6
15. Be4 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qc2 Qh4
$132) 12... Bb8 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 Bf5 $11) 12. Na4 (12. Bb5 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14.
Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. Bd2 Nc2 17. Rad1 Rc8 $11) 12... O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. dxc5 Rfe8 15. Bd2 (15. Re1 Bf5 (15... Ng6 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qb4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4
Ne2+ $11) 16. Bd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $11) 15... Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nge5 (16... Nd4 17. Qb4
Nxf4 (17... Nc6 18. Qa4 (18. Qb3 Nd4 $11) 18... Nge5 19. Bb5 a6 $11) 18. Bxf4
Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 d4 $132) 17. Bb5 (17. Bf1 d4 $132) 17... a6 (17...
d4 18. Ba5 Rc8 19. Qg3 a6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Bd2 $11) 18. Bf1 d4 19. Qg3 f6 20.
b4 d3 21. Nxd3 Nxd3 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxg4 (23. Bxd3 Ne5 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rxe5
fxe5 26. Bc4+ Be6 $19) 23... Nde5 $4 $18 (23... Nxf2 $1 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 (
25. Qf4 Qd7 (25... Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Re1 Ne5 $132) 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Re2 Nfd3
$132) 25... Nh3+ 26. gxh3 (26. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 26... Qg6+ 27. Qg4 Rxd2 28. Bg2
Rd8 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Re6 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2 34. Rxc6
Kg8 $11) 24. Qf4 (24. Qe2 Nd4 25. Qe4 Nef3+ 26. gxf3 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2
Nxd2 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. a4 Ke7 31. f3 $16) 24... Rd4 25. Qe3 Qg6 (25... Qf7 26.
Bc3 $18) 26. Bc3 Re4 (26... Rd8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. Qxc6
Qh6 31. h3 Qxf4 32. Qf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Ne5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Re1 Kg8 36. Ke2 $18)
27. Qh3 $1 h5 $2 (27... f5 28. Bxe5 (28. Rd1 Rh4 29. Qe3 Re4 30. Qc1 (30. Qg3
Rg4) 30... h6 31. Rd6 Qg4 32. h3 Qh4 33. Qd2 $18) 28... Nxe5 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. a3
$18) 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 h4 30. h3 Rf4 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. c6 Qc2 33. c7 Qxf2+
34. Kh1 Qd4 35. Rc1 1-0
[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Blatny,Pavel"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 $146
(14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc3 Rae8 (15... Rad8 16. d5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,
J-Rabiega,R/Graz 1998/EXT 99}) 16. Rad1 $5 (16. d5 Bxd5 17. f4 Qd8 18. Nxd5
Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxd5 20. Rac1 $14 {Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Cazorla m(4)/1998/}) 16...
Re7 17. d5 Bd7 18. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 $1 19. Qxd7 Rd8 20. Qxd8+ (20. Qxb7 Bxh2+ $5 (
20... Rb4 21. Qc6 (21. Qxa7 Rg4 $1 22. g3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qxg3+
25. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 21... Rxb2 {mit genügender Kompensation.}) 21. Kxh2 Qh6+ 22.
Kg1 Rh4 23. g3 (23. f3 Qe3+ 24. Rf2 Qh6 25. Kf1 Qe3 26. Kg1 Qh6 $11) 23... Rh1+
24. Kg2 Rh2+ 25. Kf3 Re8 26. Be4 f5 $40) 20... Qxd8 21. Bxe4 Qf6 $5 (21... Qh4
22. f4 $1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 $1 Qxf4 24. d6 Qg4 $8 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Kh1 $1 b6 27. Bc6
Qg4 (27... Qd8 28. d7 Kg7 29. b4 $1 a6 30. a4 h5 31. g3 a5 32. b5 g5 33. Kg2 g4
34. h4 $1 {mit guten Gewinnchancen.}) 28. Bf3 (28. Re1 Qb4 $1 (28... Kg7 29. d7
Qg5 (29... Qd4 30. Ba4 $1 Qf6 $8 31. Rd1 Qd8 32. Bc6 {-->Analyse zum 27...Dd8.}
) 30. Rd1 Qd8 31. b4 {-->Analyse zum 27...Dd8.}) 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. d7 Qf4 (30...
Qxb2 $4 31. h4 $18) 31. h3 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. g3 Qd2+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2
Qd2+ $11) 28... Qd7 29. b4 $1 Kg7 30. b5 h5 31. h3 h4 32. Bc6 Qd8 33. d7 f5 34.
g3 $5 hxg3 35. Kg2 g5 (35... f4 36. h4 $1) 36. Kxg3 Kf6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Re1 Qg8
$11) 22. g3 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qd4 (23... Qxa2 24. Rxb7 $36) 24. Bf3 b6 $11 25. Rbc1
Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Alterman,B/Recklinghausen 1998/CBM 67}) 14... Ne6 15. Bh6
Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 $1 ({Eine andere Möglichkeit war} 16... Nxd4 {aber nach} 17.
Rad1 $1 Be5 {(droht Ld7)} (17... Bc5 18. h4 {gefolgt von h5 und Weiss behält
die Initiative.}) {kommt} 18. f4 $1 Bd7 19. Qg3 Bh8 20. f5 {mit Angriff.}) 17.
Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 (18... Nxf4 $6 19. Qxf4 (19. Rad1 $2 Rxe4 $1 (19... Qe5)
20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Ne2 (21. Qg3 Bxg2 22. Re1 Bc6 {und Schwarz hat mehr als
ausreichende Kompensation fuer die Dame.}) 21... h5 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 Rd8
$17 {und wegen der besseren Figuren ist Schwarz klar im Vorteil.}) 19... Bxe4
20. Rae1 $1 (20. Rfe1 {geht leider nicht wegen "allwermansche"} Bb1 $3 {
mit sofortigen Ausgleich.}) 20... f5 $8 21. Re3 (21. Rd1 $5) 21... Qb6 $1 22.
h4 $1 (22. Nxe4 {reicht nur zum Remis nach zB.} Rxe4 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4
Qxb2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. f3 Qf6 $11) {Weiss macht sich "Luft" und
gleichzeitig beginnt er mit dem Angriff gegen den geschwächten schwarzen
Königsflügel.} 22... Bc6 (22... Qxb2 23. h5 {mit Angriff.}) 23. Rg3 {gefolgt
von h5 und Schwarz hat Probleme.}) 19. Qd1 ({Fehlerhaft wäre} 19. Bxf5 Nxf4 20.
g3 {weil Schwarz verfügt über das taktische} Ne2+ $3 21. Nxe2 Qd5 22. f3 Rxe2 {
und Weiss muss versuchen sich zu retten mit} 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25.
Qf6+ {, aber Schwarz darf weiterspielen mit} Ke8 (25... Qf7 $11) (25... Kg8 $11
) 26. Rae1 (26. Qh8+ Kd7 27. Qxa8 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Re8 29. Qxe8+ (29. Rad1 $4 Bxf3+
$19) 29... Kxe8 30. Rae1+ Kd8 $1 31. b3 Kc7 {mit guten praktischen
Gewinnchancen.}) 26... Qc5+ $1 27. Kh1 Qe3 $1 28. Rxe2 (28. Qh8+ $2 Kd7 29.
Rd1+ Kc7 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 28... Qxe2 29. Qh8+ Kd7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qf6+
Kc7 32. Qf4+ Kb6 33. Qb4+ {mit Remis, weil Schwarz die Damen nicht tauschen
darf. Die drei verbundenen Bauern könnten ohne Damen eine reelle Gefahr
darstellen.}) ({Interessant war} 19. Qg3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 $1 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Rad1 {führt nur zum Remis nach} Qxc3 $1 22. Qxf4 Qxb2 23. Qc4+ (23. Rd7 Qf6 24.
Qc4+ Qe6 25. Qd4 Re7 $11) 23... Kh8 24. Qxc6 $11) 20... Bxe4 21. Rad1 Qb6 (
21... Qe5 $6 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. f4 $1 Re7 24. Nxe4 $1 {mit Vorteil in
Turmendspiel.zB.:} Rxe4 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Kf2 $1 e3+ 26. Ke2 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rd8
28. Rc2 $16 (28. Rfd1 Rf8 29. g3 g5) 28... Rd4 $140 29. Rf3 Rde4 30. Rc3) 25.
Rd7 Rae8 $5 (25... Rb8 26. Rc1 $18 {_|_}) (25... Rc8 26. Rxb7 Rc2 27. Rd1 $18 {
_|_}) 26. Rxb7 a5 $16) 22. Rd2 {mit kleinem Vorteil für Weiss.}) 19... Qxd1 20.
Rfxd1 fxe4 $2 ({Besser war} 20... Nxf4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7 {und jetzt
sichert die schnelle Aktivierung von Ta8 mit} Rad8 $1 23. Rxa7 Rd2 24. Rb7 (24.
b3 $2 Rc2 {und plötzlich spielt Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) 24... Ne2+ (24... Nd3 $6
25. a4 (25. Rd7 $4 Nc1 $1) 25... Nxb2 26. h3 $36 {[%cal Ga4a8]} (26. a5 $4 Nd1
$1 $19)) 25. Nxe2 Rexe2 26. Rf1 Rxb2 $11 {den Ausgleich.}) 21. Be3 $14 {
Weiss hat jetzt einen sehr kleinen, aber dauernden Vorteil.} Kf7 ({Eine
interessante Verteidigungsidee ist hier} 21... Red8 22. Rxd8+ (22. b4 a6 23.
Rxd8+ (23. Bb6 Rd3 $11) 23... Rxd8 24. a4 Rd3 25. Rc1 Nd4 $1 26. Bxd4 $8 Rxd4
27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Bd7 {und Schwarz hat keine Probleme mit dem Remis; es ist
schon eher Weiss, der hier aufpassen muss.}) {und jetzt opfert Schwarz mit}
22... Rxd8 $1 23. Bxa7 Rd2 {einen Bauern für die Initiative. Nach z.B.:} 24.
Rb1 (24. b3 Rc2 $1 25. Nd1 Nf4 $1 26. Ne3 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Nxc1 {
mit wahrscheinlichem Remis, weil die ungleichfarbigen Läuefer einen sehr
wichtigen Ausgleichsfaktor darstellen.}) 24... Rc2 25. Be3 g5 $1 {sind die
Remischancen von Schwarz sehr realistisch, wie die folgende Variante zeigt:}
26. a3 Nf4 27. h4 h6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Re1 ({Auch} 29. Na2 Nd3 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31.
axb4 Bb5 $1 32. Bxg5 Bd3 $1 {bringt Weiss nicht viel.}) 29... Rxb2 30. Bxf4
gxf4 31. Nxe4 Ra2 $11) 22. b4 $1 b6 (22... a6 23. Bb6 $5) 23. a4 Red8 24. h3
Rd3 $1 25. Rdc1 $1 Ke7 ({Mir gefällt mehr das prophylaktische} 25... Bb7 {
mit der Idee Tc8}) 26. b5 Bb7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 a6 29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6
Bxa6 31. Nxe4 {Weiss hat zwar einen Bauern gewonnen, aber Schwarz hat die
"Räuumung" von allen Bauern an Damenflügel geschafft. Es bleiben also nur 3:2
an Königsflügel, was zusammen mit dem "ungleichfarbigen Remisfaktor" für das
Unentschieden reichen sollte. Aber sehr wahrscheinlich war Piket in Zeitnot,
denn es passierte:} Bb7 (31... Rd7 $5 {/\Ld3}) 32. Bc5+ $1 Kd8 $8 (32... Nxc5
$4 33. Nxc5 $18) (32... Kd7 33. Nf6+ $18) 33. Nf6 $5 h5 (33... Nxc5 $6 34. Rxc5
h6 (34... h5 35. Rg5 $1) 35. Ng4 h5 36. Ne5 $16) 34. Bb4 (34. Be3 Ke7 $14)
34... Rd4 $2 (34... Nf4 $5 35. Ba5+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kxf6 37. Rxb7 g5 $14) ({
Schwarz konnte mit dem schönen} 34... Bxg2 $3 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh2
Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 36... Rxh3 37. Rd1+ $8 Kc8 38. Ke1 $8 (38.
Rc1+ Kd8 $11) (38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 (39. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 39... Nf4 $11) 38...
Nd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 {das Remis unter Dach und Fach bringen.}) 35. Re1 Bc8 36.
Bc3 Rd3 37. Be5 Bb7 (37... Ke7 $1 $14) 38. Bg3 Ke7 39. Ng8+ Kd7 40. Nh6 Bc6 $4
({Nach zB.} 40... Rd4 {ist der Gewinn von Weiss nicht im Sicht.}) 41. Nf7 {
Jetzt aber verliert Schwarz den zweiten Bauer, dadurch} 1-0
[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Wahls,Matthias"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7.
cxd5 exd5 {Dieser Zug ist weniger populär als 7..Nd5, und wird häufig von
jenen angewand,die ungern gegen den Isolani spielen.Gelingt es Schwarz die
weiße Anfangsinitiative im Zaume zu halten,so besitzt er in diesem soliden
System gute Ausgleichschanchen.} (7... Nxd5 {Blatny,P} 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 (
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bb5+ $1 Ke7) 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O h6
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Bf5 $36 {Vukcevic-Haag/corr/1995/}) 8. Qa4+ {
Diese Nebenvariante ist das Thema meines heutigen Vortrags.Ich werde
nachweisen,daß sie für Schwarz keine besondere Gefahr bedeutet.} (8. Bb5+) (8.
Ne5) (8. Bd3 {Blatny,P} O-O 9. Ne5 (9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12.
Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Rg1 Na5 17. Bh4 h6 $2 18. Be7
$3 Nc4 (18... Qxe7 19. Qxh6 f5 (19... g6 20. Qxh5 {/\Bxg6+-}) 20. Qxh5 $18) 19.
Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxc4 $18 {Rantanen,Y-Ornstein,A/1981/}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 11.
Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. b3 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Rc1 $14 Qc7 $2 17.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Nc3 Ba3 20. Rc2 Qd6 21. Ne2 Rb4 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23.
Qxf5 Qe6 24. Qh5 Qe4 25. Rc3 $1 Rb7 $2 (25... Qxe2 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ Ke7
28. Re3+ $18) (25... Qh7 26. Ng3 $18) 26. Re3 {1-0 Hebden,M-Iskov,G/ 1981})
8... Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O {Gefällt mir am besten.} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rfe1 a6 (14... Rfc8 15. Re3 Re8 16. Rae1 Rxe3
17. Rxe3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd6 20. Re3 Ne7 21. Be2 a6 22. Bf3 Rc8 23.
Qb3 b5 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Re1 b4 27. Rb1 Nc6 28. Qc2 g6 29. Qd2 Kg7
30. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Meduna,E/Stary Smokovec/1986}) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb3
Rfe8 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 Bb5 20. a4 Bc4 21. f3 Red8 22. Rac1 Rac8
23. Rc3 Rc7 24. a5 Kf8 25. Kf2 Rdc8 26. Rec1 f6 27. Ng6+ $2 (27. Ng4 $142)
27... Kf7 28. Nf4 Rc6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nh5 Re8 32. Ng3 Kg6 33. Re3
Rxe3 34. Kxe3 {Oertel,A-Schaffarth,P/Dornbirn 1990/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (9... Bxc3+
$6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Ba3 {Die weiße Initiative ist offenkundig.} Qa5 12. Qxa5
Nxa5 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. O-O Nc4 15. Rfe1+ Kd8 16. Be7+ Kc8 17. Ng5 f6 18. Ne6
Rg8 19. h4 Ndb6 20. Nf4 Kc7 21. Rab1 Rae8 22. Rb5 Kd7 23. Nxd5 Nd6 24. Rxb6
axb6 25. Nxb6+ Kc6 26. c4 Nf5 27. Re6+ Kc7 28. Nd5+ Kd7 29. Rb6 Nxe7 30. Rxb7+
Kd8 31. Nxe7 Rgf8 32. Nc6+ Kc8 33. Rxg7 Re2 34. Ra7 Rfe8 35. d5 Rc2 36. d6 {
1-0 De Jong,P-Lardenoye,B/moira intern 1986}) 10. Bxc6 {Nach} (10. O-O Qa5 {
gelingt es Schwarz sich gänzlich zu befreien.} 11. Bd2 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6
Bd7) 11... Qxa4 12. Bxa4 Bf5 13. Bxc6 (13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd7
16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Rc2 f6 19. Rfc1 Nd6 20. b3 Nf5 21. Rc3 Re7 22.
Ne1 Nd6 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. R3c2 a5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 a4 27. b4 Rd8 28. Ra5 Be8
29. Rcc5 $4 b6 30. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 31. Ra6 Rc1+ 32. Bxc1 Re1# {0-1 Fiori,B-Lubrano,
P/corr 1988}) 13... bxc6 14. Na4 Bd6 {Eine für die Variante 7..ed5 typische
Konstellation:die nachteilige schwarze Bauernstruktur wird durch das
Läuferpaar aufgewogen.} 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. h3 (18. Nb3
Nb6 $1 19. Nbc5 Nc4 20. b3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Re8 22. Rc3 Re7 $17) 18... h5 19. b3
$6 Ba3 $6 (19... a5 $5) 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Nc5 (21. Bf4 Ra8 22. Re5 g6 23. Nc5 Bb2
$19) 21... a5 (21... Bb2 $6 22. Rad1 Bc2 23. Nb1 $1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 a5 25. Nd3
Ba1 26. Rc1 c5 (26... a4 $2 27. Nd2 axb3 28. Nxb3 $18) 27. dxc5 $1 (27. Nxc5 a4
$19) 27... Nd7 28. Bf4 $1 Ra8 29. c6 Nf6 30. Na3 (30. Na3 Bd4 31. Nb5 Bb6) (30.
Na3 Bd4 31. Nb5 Bb6 $13) 30... Bd4 31. Nb5 Bb6 $15) 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. Nf3 Nd7 $1
(23... Re8 $2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bc7 $14) (23... f6 24. Re7 $10) 24. Na4 (24.
Nb7 a4 $13) 24... Be4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Re8 27. Bc7 Bb4 28. Re3 Bf5 29. Bf4
(29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. a3 (30. a3 Bd2 31. Rd1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1) (30. a3 Bd2 31.
Rd1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 $15) 30... Bd2 31. Rd1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 $17) 29...
Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Bd3 31. Rc1 Bb5 32. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Peressypkin,x-Bagirov,V/URS chI/
1977}) 10... Qe7+ $6 {Eine fragwürdige Neuerung.} (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 bxc6
12. O-O (12. Qxc6 {Will Weiß etwas aus der Stellung herausholen,so muß er wohl
den P fressen.Die Probleme für Schwarz sind danach jedoch rein praktischer
Natur.} Bd7 $132 (12... Bg4 {Blatny,P} 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qa4 $14) 13. Qc5 $1 Re8+
14. Ne5 (14. Be3 Bf5 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qa3 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Rac8) 14... Bf5 $1 (14...
Rc8 15. Qxa7 Rxc3 16. O-O) (14... Ng4 15. Qxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. O-O) 15.
O-O Ne4 16. Qa3 Qc7 $10) 12... Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 $1 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Bxf8 Bxf1 {
1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Vadasz,L/Trnava (12) 1981}) 11. Ne5 bxc6 12. O-O c5 13. Bg5
Bxc3 (13... cxd4 14. Nc6 Qb7 (14... Qd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Qxb4 Qxc6 16. Qxd4 {
/\Rad1+/-}) 15. Nxb4 dxc3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. bxc3 $14) 14. bxc3 Qd6 $6 (14...
Qe8 $5) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. cxd4 {Oft sind es "Kleinigkeiten"die
im Schach zu großen positionellen Bewertungsdifferenzen führen.Ohne das
d-Bauernpaar wäre der B dem N überlegen.Durch dessen Präsenz jedoch ist genau
das Gegenteil der Fall.} (17. Qxd4 $5 {Blatny,P} Be6 (17... Bb7 18. Rab1 $16)
18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Nc6 Qxd4 20. cxd4 Rxb1 (20... Rb6 $2 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Rb1
Ra8 23. Rxb6 {/\Rb8++-}) 21. Rxb1 {+/=/+/- _|_}) 17... Qa6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Rab1
Rfc8 20. h3 h6 21. Re3 Bf5 $2 {Das verliert kostbare Zeit.Schwarz hätte
versuchen müssen durch Rverdoppelung Gegenspiel in der c-Linie zu bekommen,
und gegebenenfalls auf der Grundreihe einen R zu tauschen, um das weiße
Angriffspotential zu reduzieren.} (21... Rc7) (21... Qd6 $142 {Blatny,P /\Rab8}
) 22. Rbe1 Be6 23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Qe3 Bf5 (24... Qa5 $142 {Blatny,P} 25. Re2 $14)
25. Qf4 Be4 26. Nd3 (26. Ng4 {Blatny,P} Rc6) 26... Rc3 $2 (26... Rac8 27. Nc5
Qa5) (26... Qb6 {Blatny,P} 27. Nc5 $16) 27. Qe5 $18 f6 (27... g6 28. Nc5 Qa3 (
28... Qc4 $8 {Blatny,P} 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Rf8 (30... Rc8 31. Rxg6+ fxg6
32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ $1 Kg8 (34... Kg6 35. Qd6+ $18) 35. Re7
$18) 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Re7 Rc1+ 36.
Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Qg3 $18) 29. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 30. Qd5 $1
Rf8 31. Rxg6+) 28. Qe7 g5 29. Nc5 Qa3 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Ne6 1-0
[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Svidler,Peter"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {Blatny,P Dolmatov Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 $44 {
Nadyrhanov,S-Raetsky,A/Krasnodar/1995/}) 14... Nb6 {[#]} 15. c4 (15. a4 a6 16.
Rb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18.
Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxh5 $16 {Mahia,G-Pla,S/Mar del Plata/1988/}) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17.
Bc2 (17. Be4 Qd7 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rg5 Rab8 20. h4 $13) 17... Qd7 (17... Rb8 {
Dolmatov} 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 $40 {
Kudrin,S-Machado,H/Thessaloniki/1988/}) 18. a4 g6 (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 {
Adams-Anand/Oakham/1992/} 20. a5 $1 $16 {Adams-Anand (Oakham 1992)} (20. Rg5 {
Dolmatov} Be7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf5 $16 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Oakham/1990/})) (
18... Rab8 {Ftacnik Blatny,P}) (18... Bc7 {Ftacnik}) 19. Bh6 (19. Bd2 c3 20.
Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rxb7 Qxd4 $10 {Sokolov,A-Finegold (Reykjavik 1990)}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rfb1 $146 (
20. Be4 $2 Rab8 21. Rfb1 $2 Qe6 $17 {Riand-Delanoy (Genf 1992)} (21... Qe6 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxd6 Re1+ 26. Kh2 c3 {
0-1 Riand,J-Delanoy,A/Geneve op (03)/1992/})) 20... Rad8 (20... Qe6 21. Be3 (
21. g4 $5 Qe2 22. Bd1 Qxf3 (22... Qe1+ 23. Kg2 $16) 23. Bxf3 $14) 21... Rab8
22. a5 Na8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Nc7 25. Rxa7 Nd5 $14 {De Firmian-Appleberry
(New York 1994)}) (20... Bf8 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rxb7 Qxd4
24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxf7 Nd6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $10) 21... Rad8 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qe6
24. Bg5 Be7 (24... Rd7 25. Ba4 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bd2) (20... Qc6 $5 21.
Kf1 (21. d5 Qd7 $17 22. a5 $4 (22. Be3 {Ftacnik}) (22. Be3 {Blatny,P} Re7 23.
Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 $15) 22... Qxb5 $19) 21... Qxf3 22. gxf3 c3 $1 {/\Nb6-c4-d2}
23. Bb3 $1 Rab8 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Rxc3 Nf5 $10) 21. Bg5 (21. g4 Qc6 $1
22. d5 Qc7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Qxa5 $15) (21. a5 $2 Qxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 Re1#) (21.
Be3 $6 {Ftacnik} Bc7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qd6 $17) 21... Be7 (21... Qe6 22. g3
Be7 23. a5 Nd5 (23... Bxg5 24. axb6 $16) 24. Be4 $1 Nc3 $1 (24... Nc7 25. Re5
Qd6 26. Rxb7 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rd7 28. Rc5 $14) 25. Re5 (25. Qxc3 Qxe4 26. Bxe7
Rxe7 $15) (25. Bxe7 Nxb5 26. Bxd8 Nxd4 $17) 25... Qxe5 26. dxe5 Nxb1 27. e6 $1
(27. Bxe7 Nd2 28. Qa3 Rd7 29. Bh4 Nxe4 30. Qa4 Nc5 31. Qxc4 Rxe5 $17) 27... f6
28. Bxb1 fxg5 29. Ba2 $13) (21... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 22. Be3 Re7 23. a5 Nc8 24. Be4
b6 $13 (24... b6 {Blatny,P} 25. Bc6 Qc7 $15)) 22. a5 (22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. a5 Nc8
$1 (23... Nd5 {Blatny,P} 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Be4 Rbd7 $15) 24. Rxb7
Qxd4 $17 (24... Qxd4 $2 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Rd1 $18)) (22. Be3 Qd6 $1 23. a5 Nd5
24. Rxb7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qf6 $10) 22... Nd5 $2 (22... Bxg5 $1 23. axb6 Be7 $1 (
23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxb5 25. bxa7 Qa5 (25... Ra8 26. Qg3 $1 $18) (25... Qa6 $13
{Dolmatov} 26. Qg3) 26. Re5 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 h6 (27... Qc1 28. Re2 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4
Bxf4+ 30. g3 $18) 28. h4 $1 (28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. Qb8 $16) 28... Bxh4
(28... Qxd4 29. Ra5 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 $18) 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qe4 Qxa7 31. Qxg6+
$18) 24. bxa7 b6 25. Be4 $1 (25. Rxb6 Qxa7 26. Rb7 Qa3 (26... Qxd4 27. Ba4 $14)
27. Qc6 Rc8 (27... Qc3 {Blatny,P} 28. Ba4 $14)) 25... Qxa7 26. Bd5 $36 (26. Bd5
Rf8 27. Qc3 $14)) 23. Rxb7 Qe6 (23... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Be4 $18 (24. Be4 {
Blatny,P} f6 25. R1b5 $18)) 24. Bd2 $14 Bf6 (24... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 25. Ba4 $1
Qxf3 (25... Rf8 {Blatny,P} 26. Bh6 $16) 26. gxf3 c3 27. Bh6 $18) (24... Bd6 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxa7 $16 (25. Rxa7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Re1 $16)) (24... c3 $2 {
Dolmatov} 25. Bxc3 Qc6 26. Be4 $16) 25. Re1 Qc6 (25... Qd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Be4 $16) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $2 (26... Rxe8 $142 27. Rxa7 Qe6 $1 {/\ 28... Bxd4} 28.
Rb7 (28. Qg4 $6 Qxg4 29. hxg4 c3 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7) (28. Ba4 $6 Rd8 (
28... Rd8 29. Be3 $16)) (28. Ba4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 28... Bxd4 29. a6 $36) 27. Be4
Qe6 (27... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxa7 $16 (28. Rxa7 {Blatny,P} Qe6 29. Ra8 $1 Nc7
30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. d5 $18)) 28. Rxa7 $16 c3 (28... Bxd4 29. Ra8 $1 $18 (29. Ra8
$3 {Dolmatov} Rxa8 30. Bxd5 $16)) (28... Ne7 29. Bb4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rxe4 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Nc8 33. Ra8 $18) 29. Bh6 $1 (29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxc3
Bxd4 $14 (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 $16)) 29... Ne7 (29... Bxd4 30.
Bxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. g3 Bxa7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qxa7 c2 35. Bb3 $18 Qe3)
30. d5 Qd6 (30... Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Qe1+ (31... Rxd5 32. Ra8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8
34. Qxc3 $18) 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Rxd5 34. Ra8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ (35. a6 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 35... Bxd8 36. a6 $18) (30... Qe5 31. Bf4 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Ra6 $16
) 31. g3 $1 (31. Bf4 Be5 $13) 31... Rc8 32. Rb7 (32. Rd7 $5 Qe5 33. d6) 32...
Bd4 (32... c2 33. Bxc2 (33. Rb6 {Ftacnik} Qc5 (33... c1=Q+ 34. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 35.
Kg2 Qe5 36. Rxf6 $16) 34. Qxf6 $18 (34. Qxf6 {Blatny,P} c1=Q+ 35. Bxc1 Qxc1+
36. Kg2 $18)) 33... Rxc2 34. Rb6 $18) (32... Be5 33. Bc2 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35.
a6 $18) 33. Bf4 Be5 (33... Qf6 34. d6 Nf5 35. d7 $18) (33... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 34.
d6 $18) 34. Rb6 Bxf4 (34... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 35. d6 $18 (35. d6 {Blatny,P} Qc5 36.
dxe7 Qxe7 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 $18)) 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qf6 $1 Nf5 (36... Ba3 37. d6 c2
38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxe7 $18) 37. g4 (37. a6 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. a7 Rc8 40. Qb2
$18) 37... Be7 (37... c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. gxf5 Bc5 40. fxg6 $18) 38. Qa6 Nd6
39. Bc2 Rb8 $2 (39... Bf8 40. Qa7 Nb5 41. Qd7 Rc5 42. a6 $18) 40. Qc6 Rc8 41.
Qd7 Bf8 42. a6 Rc5 43. a7 Ra5 {[#]} 44. Qa4 $1 (44. Qa4 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxa4 45.
Bxa4) 1-0
[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfe8 (14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 (15. h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Qxc3 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19.
Bb5 Bg4 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. g3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Van der Weide,
K-Atalik,E/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/(23)}) 15... Qxc3 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8
18. Be4 Rad8 (18... Bc6 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. d5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ralls II,
R-Borst,J/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)}) 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Bxb7
$16 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Dorfman,J/Germany 1999/CBM 74 ext (24)}) 15. h4 (
15. Rab1 b6 16. c4 (16. h3 Be6 17. Qf3 Qxc3 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Be4
Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Dijk,J-Tann,R/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (54)}) 16...
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. g3 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Matosec,
T-Url,M/ICCF email 1997/E-Mail 2000 (27)}) (15. Rac1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 (16...
Be5 17. Qf3 (17. f4 Bc6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. f5 Bg3 $13 {0-1 Lepelletier,
B-Marciano,D/France 1996/CBM 54 ext (43)}) 17... Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 Rad8
20. Be4 Bg4 21. Qd3 f5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf4 24. d5 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Fridman,D/Macabiah 1997 (24)}) 17. c4 Bc6 (17... Be5 $1) 18. Qg5 Be4 $4 19.
Qf6 Be5 20. dxe5 {1-0 Ziatdinov,R-Caveney/Atlanta op 1998 (20)}) (15. c4 Be6
16. Qf3 Bxc4 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Be4 Rac8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re6 22.
d5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Be5 24. Re1 $36 {1-0 Hunt,A-Hanley,C/Blackpool 2003/CBM 95
ext (32)}) (15. Qf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c4 Rae8 20.
a4 (20. Rab1 Re6 21. Qf3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Martin,M-Samraoui,A/IECG 2001/
Telechess CBM 105 (26)}) (20. Qh4 Qa5 21. Rfc1 Bf5 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Bxf5 Qxf5
24. Kg1 Re4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Copie,J-Samraoui,A/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 105 (48)})
20... Re6 21. Qh4 Qa5 22. Be4 Qc3 23. Bd5 Re2 24. Rac1 Qb4 25. Rb1 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Lakatos,S-Baroin,B/ICCF Email 2003/CBM 109 (31)}) (15. h3 Be6 16. Qg5
Be7 17. Qe3 Qxc3 18. Be4 Bb4 19. Rac1 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Bxa2 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6
Rec8 23. Bf4 Ba3 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. d5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ludwig,C-Stagl,G/ICCF 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 104 (41)}) 15... Be6 16. Qf3 Qxc3 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8
19. Rfd1 (19. Be4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bd5 (20... Bg4 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Bc8 23. Rc2
$16 {1/2-1/2 Braakhuis,W-Fritz,M/IECC email 1998/E-Mail 2000 (39)}) 21. Rac1
Qa3 22. Bxd5 (22. h5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc7 Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Shchebenyuk,M-Fuhrmann,A/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 93 (25)} (25... Rb8 26. h6 a5
27. Re1 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Ra7 Ra4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Capezza,M-Touzane,O/FIDE.
com 2002/EXT 2003 (65)}) (25... Rfd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 gxh5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lepelletier,B-Koch,J/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (40)}) (25... Rxh5 26.
Rxb7 Ra5 27. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Tsvetkov,A-Bormida,A/email CAPA 1999/79 telechess
(27)})) 22... Rxd5 23. Rc7 Qxa2 24. Qe7 Rxd4 $17 {0-1 Berg,E-Karpov,A/Tallinn
EST 2006/(49)}) 19... Rfd8 (19... Rad8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh7
23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rac1 Qb4 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Van der
Weide,K-Atalik,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/(27)}) 20. Be4 Bd5 21. Rac1 (21. h5 Qc6
$11) (21. Qe5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc6 23. d5 Qf6 $11) 21... Qa3 (21... Qa5 22. h5 Qb6
23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. h6 $16) 22. Rc7 Qxa2 23. h5 Qe2 (23... Qa6 $1
24. Qxa6 (24. Qf3 Qe6 $11) 24... bxa6 25. f3 (25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. h6 Rad8 27.
Rxa7 Rh5 $11) 25... Kg7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kf2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Feller,
S/ECU-ch Internet Candidates 5m+1s blitz 2006/(45)}) 24. f3 $1 Qa6 (24... Qxd1+
25. Kh2 Be6 (25... Rd6 26. Qxd6 Bxe4 (26... Be6 27. d5 $18) 27. Qf6 $1 Rf8 28.
h6 $18) 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Qb3 28. Qg5 $1 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Bc2+ $18) (
24... Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Be6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Rd7 28. Rd3 $1 Qxd3+ 29. Bxd3
Rxc7 30. d5 $18) 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. h6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd6 27. Kf2 g5 (
27... Rad8 28. Rxa7 Bb3 29. Rd2 g5 30. Rb2 Bc4 31. Ke3 Rxh6 (31... Rxd4 32. Rb4
$1) 32. Rc2 Bd5 33. Rc5 Re6 34. Kd3 Bxe4+ 35. fxe4) (27... a5 $142 $5 28. Rdc1
(28. Rc5 Rad8 29. Rxa5 Bb3 30. Rb1 Bc4 31. Rxa7 (31. Ke3 f5) 31... Rxd4 32.
Rbb7 $14) 28... Rad8 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. R1c4 a6 31. Ra7 R5d6 $14) 28. Rdc1 $1
Bxe4 (28... Kf8 29. R1c5 Rad8 $142 (29... Bxe4 30. fxe4 Re8 31. Rxg5 Rxh6 (
31... Rxe4 $2 32. Rg8+ $18) (31... Rxd4 32. Rg7 Re7 33. Rg8+ Kxg8 34. Rc8+ Re8
35. Rxe8#) 32. e5 $1 Rhe6 33. Kf3 $1 $16) 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 32. Rxg5
$36) 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. fxe4 $16 f5 $2 (31... Kf8 $142 32. Ke3 Rd6
33. d5 Rxh6 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Kd4 $1 (36. e5 Rh4 $1) 36... Rh2 $132
) 32. Ke3 fxe4 33. Rc7 $1 $18 Rd6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 35. Rxh7 Kg8 36. Rg7+
Kf8 37. Rxg5 $18) 35. Rxg5 Rxh6 36. d5 $1 (36. Kxe4 $2 Rg6 $1 $11) 36... a5 37.
Kxe4 a4 38. Rg3 a3 (38... Ra6 39. Rd3 $1 a3 40. d6 Ra4+ (40... a2 41. d7 a1=Q
42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ $18) 41. Kd5 Ra5+ 42. Kc6 Ra6+ 43. Kb7 a2 44. d7 a1=Q
45. d8=Q+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Rg6 47. Rd7+ Kh8 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qh4+ Kg7
51. Rd7+ $18) 39. Rxa3 Kg8 (39... Kg7 40. Rxa7+ Kf8 41. g4 Rg6 42. Kf5 Rd6 43.
Ke5 Rg6 44. Rxh7 Rxg4 45. Ke6 Re4+ 46. Kd7 Ra4 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. Rc8 $18) (39...
Rg6 40. Rd3 Rxg2 41. d6 $18) 40. Kd4 (40. Rf3 $5) 40... Kf8 41. Re3 Rh2 (41...
Rg6 42. g3 Kf7 43. Kc5 Rg8 44. Kc6 $18) 42. Re2 Rh1 43. d6 a5 44. Kc5 Rc1+ 45.
Kb6 Rb1+ 46. Kc7 Rc1+ 47. Kd8 a4 48. Ra2 $1 (48. d7 $2 a3 $11) (48. Ra2 Rc4 49.
d7 $18) 1-0
[Event "Belgrade Trophy 26th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2012.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lukovic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Atalik,Suat"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 {The old and mighty English Opening which may help to avoid many serious
lines Black may come up with.} c6 {My young opponent is very predictable with
the Slav Defence.} (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 (2... d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 {No more
Gruenfeld.} g6 (4... c5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 $1 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
Qc7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 e6 15. Qe3 $14) 5.
Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 (6... Be6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e4 Nb4 9. Qd1 Bg4 10. a3 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Nc6 12. d5 $16) 7. e4 O-O (7... Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11.
Nxe2 $14) 8. Be3 Bg4 {goes into the Smyslov System.} 9. Rd1 (9. O-O-O $5) 9...
Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Rg1 Qc8 14. Rg3 c6 15. a4 Be5 $5
{The late Tsesh's move is not bad at all.} 16. a5 Nd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Rb8
19. Qc2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. Qe5 Re8 $13) 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {
No more Nimzo.} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10.
Bg2 Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d3 $14) 2. e4 {And finally
no more Slav.} d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {Fianchetto
is an option.} (6... Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1
Bg4 12. Be4 $5 $36) 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1
Rc8 $132) 10... Bd7 11. Nxd5 $5 {A brisk decision aiming for symmetry.} (11.
Bd3 Ncb4 (11... Rc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Bf4 g6 15. Qb3 $14) (11...
Bf6 12. Be4 Nce7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 $5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 $14) (11...
Nf6 12. a3 Rc8 (12... Qa5 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Rad1 $13) 13. Bc2 $36)
12. Bb1 Rc8 (12... Nf6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Re3 $1 $40) 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15.
Qd3 Nf6 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bd2 $5 $146 ({Theory revolves around} 12. Bf4 Bg4
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 $14 {Keres-Filip, Moscow 1967.})
(12. Qb3 $5 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Bc3 Bg4 ({I was concerned about the drawish}
13... a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4 $1 17. Qxd4 Qg5 (17... Qxd4 18.
Bxd4 $14) 18. g3 Rad8 19. Qf4 $14) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. h3 Bxf3 $6 {I did not
like this.} (15... Bh5 16. Qd3 Bg6 17. Qd2 Be4 $132) 16. Qxf3 Qd7 {A little
bit passive but not bad.} (16... Qb6 17. Qe3 $5 {keeps control of the e-file.})
(16... Re8 $6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 $16) (16... Rb8 17. Re3 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe3
19. Rxe3 $16) 17. Qg4 $2 {Possibly not the best.} (17. Re3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 $16) (
{Improving the bishop's post might have been more dangerous:} 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18.
Bc5 a5 19. a4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. b4 axb4 24.
Bxb4 $16) 17... Qxg4 18. hxg4 Rfe8 (18... Rfb8 19. Re2 $14) (18... c5 19. Rad1
$1 c4 20. g5 $16 {is what I had calculated.}) 19. g3 (19. f4 $6 Bh4 {is
obvious.}) 19... Kf8 $1 {This may be a good move if but only if it is followed
up properly.} ({Equally good was} 19... Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rc1 a5 22. f4 (
22. a4 Rb8 $132) 22... h6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ke3 a4 25. Kd3 Rb8 26. Rc2 Ke7 27.
Re2 Kd7 $11 {How to break the equilibrium?}) 20. Bb4+ Kg8 $2 {A change of
heart which resulted in Black's demise.} (20... Be7 $1 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 (
22. Rc1 Rb8 $1) 22... Rae8 23. g5 f6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Kg2 (26.
g4 Kf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Kg2 Kd6 (28... f5 $2 29. g5) 29. Kf3 (29. b4 $2 Kc7)
29... c5 30. Ke3 c4 31. Kf4 Ke6 32. a3 a6 33. a4 a5 34. g5 (34. f3 h6 $11)
34... fxg5+ 35. Kxg5 h6+ 36. Kg6 h5 37. Kg5 h4 $1 38. Kxh4 Kf5 39. Kg3 Ke4 40.
f4 Kxd4 41. Kf3 Kc5 42. f5 Kd6 43. Kf4 d4 44. Ke4 d3 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. b3 cxb3
47. Kxd3 Kxf5 48. Kc3 $11) 26... Kf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Kf3 f5 $1 {The key
point in Black's defence.} (28... Kd6 $2 29. b4 Ke6 30. Kf4 Ke7 31. Kf5 Kf7 32.
g4 $18) 29. Kf4 Kf6 30. b4 a6 31. f3 h6 32. g4 fxg4 33. fxg4 Ke6 34. a4 (34. g5
hxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Kd6 36. Kf6 a5 37. bxa5 c5 $11) 34... Kf6 35. a5 Ke6 36. g5
hxg5+ (36... h5 37. g6 Kf6 38. g7 Kxg7 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Kxh5 Kf6 41. Kg4 Kg6 $11
) 37. Kxg5 Ke7 38. Kf5 Kd7 39. Kf6 Kd6 $11) 21. Bc5 $16 {Now with the bishop's
scope increased and being deprived of any counterplay with ...c5 Black stood
clearly worse.} a5 22. Kf1 $1 {The first correct move.} (22. b3 $6 a4 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. bxa4 Ra8 25. Rb1 h5 26. gxh5 Rxa4 $11) 22... a4 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Kxe2
{A further problem for Black is his isolated king.} Bd8 ({The attempt at
tactical salvation comes up short} 24... Be7 $2 25. Bxe7 {The attempt at
tactical salvation comes up short} Re8 $2 26. Re1 $1 Rxe7+ 27. Kd2 Rxe1 28.
Kxe1 f5 (28... Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Kc3 f5 31. f3 (31. g5 f4 32. Kb4 $18) 31...
fxg4 32. fxg4 $18) 29. f3 $3 (29. gxf5 Kf7 30. g4 Kf6 31. Kd2 Kg5 32. f3 h6 33.
Ke3 h5 34. gxh5 Kxf5 35. a3 Kg5 36. b3 axb3 37. Kd3 Kf4 38. a4 c5 39. dxc5 d4
40. c6 Kxf3 41. c7 b2 42. Kc2 d3+ 43. Kxb2 d2 44. c8=Q d1=Q 45. Qf5+ Kg3 46. a5
$16) 29... fxg4 30. fxg4 Kf7 31. Kd2 Kg6 32. a3 Kg5 33. b3 $18) 25. Kd3 f6 26.
Re1 Kf7 27. f4 $5 (27. Kc2 Rb8 28. Re3 g6 29. Ra3 Ra8 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. b3 Kd7
32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Kc8 $11 {and despite being a pawn down Black may hold
the ending.}) 27... Rb8 28. Re2 Kg6 $4 (28... Rb7 29. f5 Bb6 30. Re6 (30. Ba3
Ba5 31. Rc2 Bb4 32. Rxc6 Bxa3 33. bxa3 Rb2 $11) (30. Bd6 Ba5 31. Re6 Bb4 32.
Bf4 Be7 33. Kc3 Rb6 34. Bc7 Ra6 $11) 30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxb2 (31... Rb4 $2 32.
Rxc6 Rxg4 33. Rc7+ Ke8 34. c6 Kd8 35. Rb7 g6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. b4 axb3 38. axb3
f5 39. b4 $18) 32. Rxc6 Rxa2 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. c6 Ra1 35. Kd2 $3 Ra2+ (35... a3
36. Ra7) 36. Kc3 d4+ 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Rd7 Ke8 39. Rxg7 Rc1 40. Kxd4 Rxc6 41. Ra7
Rd6+ 42. Ke4 Rd7 43. Rxa4 Kf7 44. Kf4 h6 $11) 29. Re8 Kf7 $2 ({A little bit
more resilient was} 29... Bc7 30. Re7 Ba5 31. f5+ Kh6 32. Bd6 Rxb2 33. Bf4+ g5
34. Bd6 Bb4 35. Rb7 $18) 30. Rf8+ Ke6 31. Kc2 $1 $18 {Black was all tied up.}
g6 32. Rh8 Bc7 33. Rxh7 Bd6 (33... Bd8 34. Rg7 $18) 34. f5+ 1-0
[Event "Alushta Autumn 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. a3 {
Usually the early advance of the a-pawn is connected with the development of
the bishop to d3 rather than c4. The drawbacks of 8.a3 can be exploited later
by Black.} Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qb6 {[%csl Rb3,Rd4][%cal Gc6a5] A concrete
and good reaction, exploiting weaknesses of White's queenside.} (10... Bd7) 11.
Rd1 ({Black obtains sufficient counterplay after} 11. Qe4 Na5 {Moves like 11...
Bd7 are possible too, of course.} 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qh4 Nb3 {
demonstrates a concrete way to exploit negative sides of a move like 8.a3.})
11... Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 12. Bxd5 {This is practically forced, since after
other continuations Black gets a comfortable play very quick:} (12. Nbd2 Nxc4
13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. Bg5 Bd7 $1 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. exd6 Nf5 17. Nfe5 Ba4 18. Rd2 Bb5
19. a4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxd6 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Ne7 23. Qb5 Rab8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Hansen,S/Copenhagen 2004 (30)}) (12. Bd3 $2 Nb3 13. Ra2 Nxc1 14.
Rxc1 Nf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Janahi,Z-Mirzoeva,E/Abu Dhabi 2002 (65)}) 12... exd5 13.
Nc3 Be6 ({The less natural} 13... Qc6 {has in fact a very clear threat - Nb3
followed by Bf5 and therefore might be a simpler way to equalize.} 14. Bf4 (14.
Qc2 Bg4 15. b4 Rfc8 16. bxa5 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Rdc1 Rac8 20.
Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Bb4 dxe5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nxe5 Bf5 24. Rc1 f6 25. Nf3 Re2 $15 {
0-1 Mestrovic,Z-Kozul,Z/Pula 2000 (46)}) 14... Nb3 15. Ra2 a6 (15... Bf5 $5)
16. Qc2 Na5 17. Qa4 $11 {Stevic,H-Kozul,Z/Pula 1999}) 14. Bg5 (14. Be3 $6 Nc4
15. Rab1 Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Groeber,E-Wink,R/corr 1926 (39)}) (14. Bf4 Rac8 15.
Rd3 h6 16. exd6 Bxd6 $11 {0-1 Todorov,A-Pasteiner,J/Laguna 1996 (39)}) 14...
Rfe8 ({After} 14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 dxe5 {in order to fight for advantage White
must go for double-edged variation:} (15... Qc6 $2 16. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Roldan,
A-Perez,I/IECG Email 2000 (23)}) 16. dxe5 (16. Qxe5 Nb3 17. Rab1 Rad8 $11 {
[%csl Rb1,Gb3]}) 16... h6 17. b4 (17. Nf3 Nb3 18. Ra2 d4 {is not acceptable
for White}) 17... hxg5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Nb5 $13) 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qd3 h6 17.
exd6 Qxd6 18. Ne5 {The position is close to equal, although White can claim a
slight plus thannks to the passive bishop on e6.} Rc8 (18... Nb3 $2 {runs into}
19. Nb5 $18) ({Serious attention deserved the immediate} 18... Nc4 19. Re1 $1 (
19. Qe2 Rae8 {is completely satisfactory for Black.}) 19... Nxb2 20. Qe2 Nc4
21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5 {White wins a piece, but Black is able to take three
pawns:} Rae8 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Qxa3 27. h3 a6
$13 28. Nd5 (28. Qe8+ $6 Qf8) 28... g6 (28... Qf8 29. Nb6 Qc5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31.
Nd7) 29. Qe5 b5 30. Nf6+ Kf8 {and it is not clear if White can achieve more
than a draw.} 31. g4 Qe7 $11) 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Re2 a6 21. Rae1 Rec7 {[%csl Rc3]
[%cal Gc4a3,Gc4b2]} 22. Nxc4 {A dangerous decision, which worked out in the
game.} (22. Nd1 $11) 22... dxc4 $1 (22... Rxc4 23. Re5 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 23.
Qd1 (23. Qd2 Rd7 24. Re4 Rcd8 $11 {/=/+}) 23... Bf5 $2 {Losing control over
square d5 proves to be fatal. Both 23...Rd7 and even 23...Re7 would have
offered at least equal chances.} (23... Bd5 $2 24. Re5 $16) (23... Re7 24. h3 (
24. d5 $6 Bg4 25. f3 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Bd7) 24... Rce8) ({The easiest way to get a
reasonable position was} 23... Rd7 24. d5 {Practically forced, in order to
avoid being worse.} (24. Rd2 $6 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5]} Bf5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf5d3]})
{If Black does not wish to calculate, than after the simple} 24... Bf5 $1 {
with a very reasonable position.} (24... Bxd5 {leads to unnecessary
complications:} 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Re4 {[%cal Ge4d4]} (26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Re4 Qg6
28. Rg4 Qe6 29. Rgd4 Bxg2 $1 (29... Bf3 30. Qb1+ $18) 30. Rxd7 Rg5 $40) 26...
Qg6 27. Rg4 Qe6 {[%cal Gd5c6]} 28. Rgd4 Bxg2 (28... Bf3 $1 29. gxf3 Rg5+ 30.
Rg4 Rxg4+ 31. fxg4 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Qxh2 $16) 29. Rxd7
Rg5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. f4 $13 {and now Black must choose between 31...Qe3+
followed by 32...Rg6, or take the queen with 31...Bf3+. In both cases, however,
Black is fighting for a draw.})) 24. Re5 Bd3 (24... Be6 25. d5 $16) 25. Nd5 $16
{/+-} Kh7 (25... Rd7 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxd4 28. Rxb7 $18) 26. Nxc7 Rxc7 {
With an exchange up White has a technically winning position. Nevertheless the
win requires a long play, and probably influenced by the time there will be
still lots of mistakes ahead.} 27. Qd2 (27. Qg4 $5) (27. d5 $5 f6 28. Re8 Qxd5
29. Rb8 Rd7 30. Ree8 $16) 27... Rc6 (27... Qxd4 28. Qc3 $16) 28. Qc3 Rb6 29. b4
Qg6 30. R1e3 (30. Re7 Rd6 31. a4 (31. Rxb7 $2 Be4) 31... b5 32. axb5 axb5 33.
R1e5 $16) 30... Rd6 31. h3 b5 32. d5 (32. Re7 {here brings nothing:} Qf6) 32...
Rd7 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. Qc5 ({One can question White's achievements in the last
few moves. Here he should have opted for the safe advantage:} 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35.
Qxd3+ g6 36. Qd4 $16) 34... f6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Re6 Rxd5 37. Rb6 Rd7 $2 (37...
c3 38. Rc6 c2 39. Kh2 h5 {the extra pawn on c2 is more than enough
compensation for the exchange. Black is completely out of danger.}) 38. Ree6 $4
(38. Rxa6 Rc7 (38... c3 39. Rc6 c2 40. Kh2 $16) 39. Rd6 c3 40. Rdxd3 c2 41. Rc3
c1=Q+ 42. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. Kg3 Ra2 45. Kf3 h5 46. h4 $16) 38... Bf5
$4 (38... c3 {would have won:} 39. Rbc6 Bc4 40. Re1 c2 $19 {[%cal Gd7d1]}) 39.
Rec6 Re7 40. Rc5 Bg6 41. Rxa6 $18 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Rc1 43. Rac6 Ra1 44. Rxb5 $2 (
44. Rc7 Rxa3 (44... Be8 45. Re7 $18 {[%cal Gc5c7]}) 45. Rxb5 {[%cal Gb5b7]} c3
46. Rbb7 h5 47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. Rgc7 c2 49. Rb6 Ra1 50. Rbc6 Rb1 51. b5 Rxb5 52.
Rxf6 $18) 44... Be8 45. Rbc5 Bxc6 46. Rxc6 Rxa3 47. Rxc4 Rb3 ({Black had to
secure some counterplay. For instance:} 47... g5 48. b5 Rb3 49. Rc5 Kg6 50. g4
h5 51. Rf5 h4 $1 {[%csl Rh3]}) 48. h4 h5 49. g3 Kg6 (49... g5 $1) 50. Kg2 Kh6
$6 {Black is playing with fire. Passive play is always dangerous in such
positions.} (50... Kf5 51. Rc5+ (51. Rf4+ Ke5 {[%cal Gg7g5]}) 51... Ke4 (51...
Kg4 $4 52. f3+ Rxf3 53. Rc4+ $18) ({Even after} 51... Ke6 52. b5 g6 53. Kf1 Rb2
54. Ke1 Kd6 55. Rc6+ Ke5 56. b6 g5 {it remains unclear how can White win.}) 52.
b5 (52. Rxh5 Rxb4 53. Rh7 g5 54. h5 Kf5 $11) 52... g6 53. Rc6 Kf5 54. b6 g5
$132) 51. Rf4 $1 {White ideally arranged the pieces, while Black did nothing.
Difficult to save the game, but probably Black still can do it.} Kg6 52. Kf1
Rb2 53. Ke1 Kf7 54. Kd1 Ke6 55. Kc1 Re2 56. b5 Kd6 (56... g5 57. b6 $18) 57.
Rf5 Ke6 $4 (57... Ra2 58. Rxh5 (58. Kb1 Re2 59. Rxh5 Rxf2 60. b6 Kc6 61. Rb5
Kb7 $11) (58. Kd1 Ke6 $11) 58... Rxf2 59. b6 Kc6 60. Rh7 (60. Rb5 Kb7 {and
White can make no progress.}) 60... Kxb6 61. Rxg7 Kc6 $11) 58. Rxh5 Rxf2 59. b6
Kd7 (59... Kd6 60. Rb5 $18) 60. Rc5 $1 $18 Rf1+ 61. Kb2 Rf2+ 62. Kb3 Rf1 63.
Ka4 Kd6 64. Rc3 Ra1+ 65. Kb5 f5 66. b7 Rb1+ 67. Ka6 g6 68. Ka7 Ra1+ 69. Kb8 Re1
70. Ra3 Kc6 71. Ka8 1-0
[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Beletsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3 (
14. Bd2 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bc6 16. Qg5 Rfd8 17. Qh4 $6 {1/2-1/2 Antonio,R-Handoko,E/
Singapore 1995/CBM 50 ext/[Chekhov] (27)} (17. f4 $5)) (14. h3 Be6 15. Qf3 Qxc3
16. Bh6 (16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. Be4 Qe5 (17... Be5 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Ba3 $16 {1-0
Guseinov,K-Smirnov,I/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 18. g3 Bxh3 19. Bb2 Qe7 20.
Rfe1 Rae8 21. Bc2 Qg5 $17 {0-1 Guseinov,K-Belikov,V/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}
) 16... Rfd8 (16... Rfe8 17. Be4 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. a4 f5 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Be3 b6 $11 {0-1 Bokros,A-Lurie,M/Mureck 1998/CBM 65 ext (44)}) 17. Rfd1 (17.
Bg5 Qxd4 (17... Re8 18. Bf6 Bf5 19. Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Kuczynski,R/Koszalin
1998/CBM 65 ext (19)}) 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Qe4 Qf6 $6 20. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Wegener,
O-Jordan,R/Schopfenheim 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 17... Bd5 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Rac1 Qa3 21. Rc5 Qxa2 22. h4 Rae8 23. h5 Re6 24. Qg5 Bb3 25. Rdc1 b6 26.
Rc8 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Timman,J-Van der Sterren,P/Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) (14. Bh6
$5 Rfe8 (14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 Qxc3 (15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c4 $14) 16. Qf6
Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Bxb7 Be6 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Rd1
Rfd8 23. h4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Dorfman,J/Germany 1999/CBM 74
ext (24)}) (14... Bc6 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qh4 g5 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Qe2 $18 {1-0
Behnke,K-Berrou,M/Griesheim 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) 15. Rac1 (15. h3 Rad8 16. Rae1
a6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. c4 b6 19. Rb1 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. Qf3 $16 {0-1 Cardozo,
C-Garcia Garay,J/CADAP 2002/ICCF Telchess CBM 96 (34)}) 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5
17. f4 Bc6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. f5 $15 {0-1 Lepelletier,B-Marciano,D/
France 1996/CBM 54 ext (43)}) (14. c4 Be6 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 (16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Qf6 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {0-1 Hanley,C-Gwaze,R/Halifax ENG 2003/(51)})
16... Rfe8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Be4 (18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qf6 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Groszpeter,A-Rabiega,R/Leiner 1996/EXT 98 (23)}) 18... Rac8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bc6
Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re6 22. d5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Be5 24. Re1 $40 {1-0 Hunt,A-Hanley,C/
Blackpool 2003/CBM 95 ext (32)}) (14. h4 Be6 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Bh6 Rfe8 (16...
Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 (17... Re8 18. Bf6 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qxd3 $11 {0-1 Sandu,M-Ionescu
Brandis,I/Bucharest 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Bf6 a6
21. Be4 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Urban,K/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (35)}) 17. Qf6
Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Be4 (19. Rfd1 Qa5 $1 20. Be4 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. d5
Bf5 $1 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. d6 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Jussupow,A/Groningen
1994/Inf 62/[Tiviakov,S] (28)}) 19... Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bd5 (20... Bg4 21. f3 b6
22. Rac1 Qa3 23. fxg4 Qe3+ 24. Qf2 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fuhrmann,A-Endean,A/IECC
2002/Telechess CBM 91 (28)}) 21. Rac1 Qa3 22. h5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd5
Rxd5 25. Rc7 Rxh5 (25... Rfd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 gxh5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lepelletier,B-Koch,J/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (40)}) (25... Rb8 26. h6 a5
27. Re1 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Ra7 Ra4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Capezza,M-Touzane,O/FIDE.
com 2002/EXT 2003 (65)}) 26. d5 (26. Rxb7 Ra5 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. f3 {1/2-1/2
Alvim,A-Endean,A/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (28)}) 26... Rd8 27. Rxb7 Rhxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Fridman,D/Medellin 1996/Juniors (27)}) (14. Rb1 Bc6 (14...
b6 15. h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Bxa2 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rbe1 Rad8
21. Re3 Rd6 22. Qg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Lalic,B/Zwolle 2001/CBM 81 ext
(38)}) 15. Qg5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Qh4 b6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Bg5 Qc5
21. Bf6 Be5 22. Rbe1 Qd6 $11 {0-1 De Vreugt,D-Nielsen,P/Esbjerg 2000/CBM 78/
[Hecht] (98)}) 14... Qxc3 (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Bh6 (16. c4 Rfe8 (16...
Qd8 17. g3 Re8 (17... Rc8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 Blanco
Gramajo,C-Etchechoury,G/CADAP 2000/ICCF Telechess (20)}) 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. d5 Qe7
20. Bb2 Bh3 21. Bf6 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blanco Gramajo,C-Bulgarini,M/CADAP 2000
(25)}) 17. c5 Bf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. d6 Qxc5 21. Bd5 Bg7 22. Ba3 Qc3 (
22... Qd4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rad1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $16 {
1-0 Brunsek,I-Cottegnie,F/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95 (39)}) 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24.
Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Bxe8 Bxf1 26. Rc1 Rxe8 27. Rxc3 Rd8 28. Rc7 $16 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Vallejo Pons,F/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (69)}) 16... Rfe8 17. Qf6 Bf8 18.
Bxf8 Rxf8 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qc5 21. c4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van
der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (35)}) 15. Qf6 (15. Bh6 Rfe8 16.
Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 (18... Be6 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bxa2 21.
Rxa2 Qb3 22. Rad2 Qxb7 23. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Borisek,J-Krivokapic,M/Budva YUG
2003/(31)}) 19. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Dochev,D-Konopka,M/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (19)}
(19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. d5 Rfe8 22. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ralls II,R-Borst,J/
Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)})) 15... Qc6 {[%cal Yc6f6]} 16. Bg5
(16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ya4f4]} 18. h4 Rad8 $132 {[%csl Rd4]})
16... Bc7 (16... Rfe8 17. Rac1 Re6 18. Rxc6 Rxf6 (18... Bxc6 $5 19. d5 Rxf6 20.
dxc6 Re6 (20... Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxc6 $14) 21. cxb7 Rb8 22. Rb1 $44) 19. Rc3 Re6
$11) 17. Be4 $1 Qxf6 (17... Qxe4 $140 $4 18. Bh6 $18) (17... Qd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6
19. Rab1 $16) 18. Bxf6 Rab8 (18... Bc6 $1 19. d5 (19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rac1 Rac8
$11) 19... Bb5 (19... Bd7 $2 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Rfd1 $18) (19... Ba4 $5 20. Rab1
Rab8 21. Be7 Rfe8 22. d6 Bd8 $11) 20. Rfb1 Ba6 $14) 19. Rfc1 Bf4 (19... Bd6 20.
Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Rc7 Rfc8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Rc5 25. f4 g5 26.
fxg5 Rxe5 27. h4 Rb5 28. Bf3 Rb4 29. g3 a5 $14 {Activity of Black pieces
compensate extra pawn of White.}) 20. Rc3 Rfe8 21. Bd5 Bc6 $6 {Black transpose
position in the endgame with opposite colour bishops,but this endgame is not
easy to defend as the rooks are on the board.} (21... Be6 22. Bf3 $14 {[%cal
Gd4d5]}) 22. Bxc6 Re6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rxf6 24. Rb3 Bc7 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Bf3 Rf4 $1 (
26... Rd6 27. a4 Re8 28. d5 Kf8 29. Rb5 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 27. d5 Rd4 {
[%cal Yd4d2,Yd2f2,Yb6f2]} 28. Rd1 Re8 (28... Rxd1+ $142 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Rd3
Bc5 $14 {[%cal Yg8d6] /+/-}) 29. Rbb1 Ra4 (29... Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 $16 {[%cal
Gd5d7]}) 30. Rb2 Rd4 31. Rbb1 Ra4 32. Rb2 Rd4 33. Kf1 Ba5 34. Rbb1 Ra4 35. Ra1
Rb4 (35... Bc3 36. Rac1 Be5 37. d6 $1 $16) 36. d6 $1 Rb2 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd5 Bb6
39. Be2 Kf8 40. a4 $1 Rb4 41. a5 Bc7 42. Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ga6c8]} Re4 43. Bc8 h5
44. h3 Ke7 45. Rc5 Bd6 46. Rc6 Re5 47. a6 $18 {[%csl Ra7]} Bc5 48. Rc1 Bd6 49.
Rb1 Bc5 50. Rb2 Bd6 51. Rbc2 Bb4 52. f4 Re4 53. Rc7 Rxf4+ 54. Ke2 Bd6 55. Rxa7
Ra4 56. Kd3 g5 (56... Be5 $142 57. Rc6 Ra2 58. Rb7 Rxg2 59. Rb5 f6 60. Ra5 $18)
57. Re2+ Kf8 (57... Kf6 58. Re8 Be7 59. Rc7 Ke6 60. Rc4 Ra3+ 61. Rc3 Ra4 62.
Kc2 $18 {[%cal Gc3e3]}) 58. Re8+ (58. Re8+ Rxe8 59. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 60. Bd7+ $18)
1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament Gp2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 2]} {This game enabled Leko to qualify.} 1. e4 {Huzman} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 {Definitely the main
move now, although recently Morozevich has tried also the older} (8. Re1 Bg4 9.
c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 $5 $146 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 Bh4 $1 {
Critical for the whole line is probably} 15. Rf1 $5 (15. fxe4 $2 Bxe1 16. exf5
c4 17. Bf1 Bxd2 18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Re1 Qc8 20. h3 Rxf5 $1 21. g4 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Rf3 $1 (22... Rxf1+ $2 23. Rxf1 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qc5+ 25. Rf2 Re8 26. Bf4 Bd3 27.
Qf3 Be4 {1/2,Morozevich,A-Adams,M/Dortmund ct/2002/}) 23. gxh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2
25. Bg2 Rd3 26. Rd1 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8f3] /\Rff3-+}) 15... cxd4 16. fxe4 (16.
cxd4 $2 Qb6 $36) 16... fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 $13 {/+/=})
8... Nf6 {A favourite of Jussupow, also sometimes played by Gelfand and Karpov.
Adams played it for the first time, earlier he preferred the more active main
move} (8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Gb8h2]
Prevents White's B from occupying the crucial h2-b8/^.} (18... Bf7 $2 19. Bf4
Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nh4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 $36 {Leko,
P-Adams,M/Dortmund/2001/}) 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. a4 $11 {1/2,Anand,
V-Adams,M/Dortmund/2001/}) 9. h3 $5 ({Seemingly more logical is} 9. Nc3 {
but after} Be6 $5 (9... Bg4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h3 {only costs a tempo, forcing
the B back to e6 anyway.} Bh5 $6 12. Be4 $1 $16) (9... O-O {can transpose into
the game.}) 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 {leads to a
position theory considers satisfactory for Black, an interesting idea is
Karpov's} Rb8 $5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Bf4 Ne7
19. Bg4 Ng6 20. Bg3 b5 $1 21. Qf5 a5 22. Re3 Rb7 $132 {Milos,G-Karpov,A/Buenos
Aires/2001/}) 10... Bg4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15.
Be3 Qb8 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qc4 $132 {Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Astana/
2001/ and Black's forces are sufficiently active to compensate his defective
pawn structure.}) 9... O-O (9... Be6 10. c5 $36 {[%csl Re6] is not ideal now,
as the Be6 has no deployment is only a source of trouble.}) 10. Nc3 Nb4 (10...
dxc4 11. Bxc4 {leads to a position, which can also arise from the Accepted
Queen's Gsmbit or even Exchange French with 4.c4. As here Black is far from
the ideal blockade of the isolated Pd4, White's activity promises him an edge.
A famous example is} Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ne5
$1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rad1 c6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. e6
fxe6 23. Bxg6 $16 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow WCh/1985/}) 11. Be2 dxc4 {
Logical.} (11... Bf5 $143 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bf4 $5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne8 15. Bd5 Bd6
16. Ne5 $16 {Dolmatov,S-Karner,H/Tallinn/1985/}) ({But more attention deserves
} 11... Be6 $5 12. a3 Nc6 {/\} 13. c5 Ne4 $132) 12. Bxc4 c6 (12... Nbd5 13. Re1
c6 14. Bg5 {only transposes.} ({Black doesn't have to worry unduly about} 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Na4 Rc7 20. Re2 Bd6
21. Rae1 Nh5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. R3e2 Nf4
27. Re3 $11 {1/2,Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Istanbul olm/2000/})) 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14.
Re1 Be6 15. Qb3 $1 {An important move that enables White to maintain his
pressure, otherwise Black can play Nc7.} Qb6 {[%mdl 4] Introduced by Gelfand,
but the easy and seemingly simple model way Leko outplays his strong opponent
with indicates transposing into a worse _|_ with little active <=> is perhaps
not an ideal solution.} ({The older} 15... Rb8 16. Ne5 {seems passive, but
after the patient} Re8 (16... Nc7 $2 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxf7 Nxd4 19. Nxd8+ Nxb3
20. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 21. axb3 $16) 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bh4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Rbd8 20. Bd3 h6
21. Bg3 {Hulak,K-Toth,B/Budva zt/1981/} Nb6 $1 $13 {is playable for Black.}) ({
A nakoniec nemozno uplne odvrhnut ani radikalne Also possible seems the radical
} 15... Nxc3 16. Bxe6 (16. bxc3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Re8 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Bxe7 Nxe7
19. Qb4 $16) 18. Re2 Nd5 19. Rae1 f6 $11 {/\Qd7 and Black should gradually
neutralize White's |^.}) 16... Nb5 17. Bc4 Nd6 18. Bd3 Nd5 $11 {/+/= and White
has at best only a slight edge.}) (15... Re8 $6 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Bxd5 $1
cxd5 18. Qxb7 $16 {Nataf,IA-Delgado,N/Havana/2001/ loses a P without special
compensation.}) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 $4 17. Bxd5 $18) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18.
Bb3 ({In the initial game with 15...Qb6 White's small pull quickly evaporated
after} 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Ne8 $1 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bf8 23. Be5
Ra5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf5 $11 {1/2,Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Biel/2001/ In the
following games White logically kept the potentially weak >c
only ease Black's defensive task.}) 19... Ne4 {Now this N move wins a tempo
and after} 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Bf8 22. Nd3 Nd6 $132 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd6c4] +/
=/= the N strives for another active outpost c4.}) (18... Rfc8 {doesn't change
the character of the position and after} 19. Re2 Kf8 (19... h6 {Huzman} 20. Bf4
Ne4 21. Ne5 Bg5 22. Nd3 (22. Bxg5 $5 {Huzman} hxg5 23. Rae1 Rc7 24. Nd3 Kf8 25.
Nb4 Nf6 26. Re5 $16) 22... Bf6 23. Nb4 Ra5 24. Rd1 g5 25. Be5 Bg7 26. f3 Nf6
27. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Giaccio,A-Zarnicki,P/Pinamar ARG 2002/The Week in Chess
384 (50)}) 20. Ne5 Ne4 $2 {loses a pawn to} 21. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23.
Bxd5 Kd6 24. Bxe4 Re8 25. Re3 $16 {Svidler,P-Jussupow,A/WChT Yerevan/2001/})
19. Bf4 {Huzman: 'It is very strange that in a decisive game Black chooses
such a passive variant. Leko creates a typical example of transformation of a
small advantage into victory.'} Rfc8 20. Ne5 g5 $2 {'?!' Huzman. An unforced
weakening, which will cost Black dearly. Huzman: 'This move weakens the king's
side of which White makes use later.'} (20... Ne4 $6 21. f3 {/\} (21. Re2 {
Huzman} Nd6 $4 (21... Bg5 {Huzman} 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Nd3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gd3b4,Gd3f4,Ge2e5,Gb4d5,Gf4d5,Ge5d5,Gb3d5]}) 22. Ng6 $18) 21... Nd6 $2 22. Ng6
$1 Nf5 23. g4 $18) (20... Ne8 $142 $14) (20... Bb4 {/\Ne8+/=}) 21. Bh2 Bb4 22.
Re2 Ne4 {[%cal Re4d2] /\Nd2} 23. Nd3 {Leko is not afraid of ghosts, Black's
activity is only temporary.} (23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 Ra5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5
Rxd5 27. Rxe4 Rc2 $44 {<=>}) 23... Bf8 (23... Nd2 $2 24. Bd1 Ba5 25. b4 $18) (
23... Ba5 24. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Ra5] ץa5}) 24. Rae1 Bg7 {Only increases the
effect of White's next move. But it's difficult to find anything better:} (
24... Bf5 25. g4 (25. Bxd5 $2 Nf6) 25... Bh7 26. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Bd5}
Bb4 $2 27. Bxd5 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Nd6 29. Nd7 $40) 25. Be5 Bxe5 (25... Bf8 {
not only costs a tempo, but forces black to reckon with} 26. f3 Nd6 27. Bxd6
Bxd6 28. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 29. Rxe6 $16) (25... f6 $2 26. Rxe4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 26.
Nxe5 Kg7 27. Nd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rb6,Rb7,Rd5,Re6,Rg5] White has a clear
positional advantage. His B is better than Black's, also his central P is less
vulnerable than the >>}) 30. Kg2 Rd6 (30... Rdc8 $5 {/\Rc1} 31. Re5 $5 $16 {
and one of Black's R probably has to return to the <->d, as} Nd7 32. Rxd5 $1 (
32. Rxe6 $5 $16) 32... Bxd5+ 33. Nxd5 Rc1 (33... Rc6 34. Ba4 Rd6 35. Ne7 $16)
34. Re7 $16 {/+- is even worse.}) 31. f3 {Prepares Kg3.} Bd7 {[%cal Yd7b5,
Yb5c4] /\Bb5-c4} 32. Kg3 Kf8 ({Black stops half-way, but even after the more
logical} 32... Bb5 33. Re7 Rdd7 34. R7e5 Bc4 35. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2f5,Rh3h4]
/\h4,Bf5 his predicament is similar to the game.}) 33. h4 Bb5 34. Re5 {
Shatters Black's >>.} gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Bc4 36. Bc2 $1 {White still needs his B.}
Bb5 (36... Bxa2 37. b3 Rxc2 (37... Rc3 $2 38. R5e3 $18) 38. Nxc2 Bxb3 39. Ne3 (
39. Nb4 $5) 39... Nd7 40. Rb1 $5 $16 {/+-} (40. Rh5 $143 Re6)) 37. a3 $1 {
Prophylaxis against Rc4.} Rd8 (37... Rc4 38. Rd1 {/\Bb3 forces the R to
retreat anyway.}) 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Bf5 Kf8 {Aimed against Re7. Somewhat more
resilient was} (39... Rc4 40. Rd1 Ba4 41. Rd2 Rc7 42. Bd3 {[%cal Yd2h2,Yg4g5] /
\Rh2,g5 but even here Black can defend his >< only temporarily.}) 40. Rh1 Kg7
41. Nc2 {The N's task on b4 is over and Leko trnsfers it to the >>.} Re8 (41...
Rc4 {prevents Ne3, but allows} 42. g5 $1 Ng8 (42... hxg5 43. Bd3 $18) 43. gxh6+
Nxh6 44. Bd3 Rc6 45. Bxb5 Rxc2 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Kf4 Ng8 48. Rh8 Rcc8 49. Bd3
$22 {+-}) 42. Ne3 Rce7 43. Kf4 $1 Bc6 44. Bc2 Bd7 45. g5 $1 (45. g5 hxg5+ $2
46. Rxg5+ {mates, otherwise Black loses at least 2 P.}) 1-0
[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%mdl 28704]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 (12... Bd7
13. Ng4 $5 (13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5 $5) 16...
exd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Qb3 Qb6 (18... Qd6 19. Rac1 b6 20. Be2 Rac8 $11 (20... a5
21. a3 f6 $11 (21... Rfc8 22. h3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Kupka,S/
Luhacovice 1969/ (51)}))) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a3 (20. Bd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22.
a3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Illescas Cordoba,M/Groningen PCA 1993 (29)}) 20...
Rfc8 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Rd2 Ra4 23. Rad1 b5 (23... f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne3 $11) 24.
g4 Nd6 $11 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Janjgava,L/Kremlin Cup qual 1995 (49)}) 13... Bc6 14.
Qd3 Ng6 15. Be3 (15. Qd1 Rc8 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Be7 $132) 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bb1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5 19. Bd2 b5 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 Qxd4 22. Ra3
$132 {1-0 Wahls,M-Martinovsky,E/Hamburg Wichern G/30 1993 (22)}) 15... Nxe3 (
15... Nb4 $6 16. Qd2 Be7 $132 (16... Bxe4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. d5
Nxd5 20. Bc5 $16 {1-0 Brunner,L-Gerber,R/Zug 1987/EXT 87 (43)})) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. fxe3 Rac8 $132) 13. Qd3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Na4 Rb8 18. b3 $14 {0-1 Bogic,S-Keca,D/Novi Sad ,EXT 1989 (22)}) (13. Nf3
Nce7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxd5 (16. a3 Nde7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Minasian Ara-Asrian Karen/Ch Armenia, Yerevan (Armenia) 1996 (53)})
16... exd5 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Nb5 Bxe5 (20... Nxa2) 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Nd3 23. Rc3 g5 24. Bg3 (24. Be3 Nxe5 25. h4 Nc4 $17 {
0-1 Zaitshik,G-Khenkin,I/Leningrad 1989 (42)}) 24... Rc8 25. Nd6 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qd7 27. h3 $14) (13. Bxd5 $1 $14 exd5 14. Nxc6 $5 (14. Bf4 Bf5 (14... Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Be6 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Bf4 $14 (17. Bxg7 $5 $11 Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+
Kg8 20. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 M.Bryson,D-V.Sadovoy,Y/WCCC 1993/Inf 03 (20)})) (14...
Be6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Be5 Bg5 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Nc5 $14 {
1-0 Lipka,J-Izmukhambetov,S/Cappelle ,EXT 1995 (41)}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Re8
17. Qd2 Re4 18. Be3 Be7 19. f3 Re6 20. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Polgar,Z-Horvath,C/
Budapest Kasparov 1991 (56)}) (14. Na4 $6 Bxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Bf4 Be6 $11 {
1-0 Waldmann,H-Jacobs,J/OLNO 1992 (37)}) 14... bxc6 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Be3 (16.
Bf4 $14) 16... Be7 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Korneev,O-Jaster,R/
OLNN 1992 (54)}) 13... h6 (13... Nxc3 $4 14. bxc3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. bxc3 $18 {
[%csl Rc6,Rh7]}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ $18) (13... g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 $14 {0-1 Sher,M-Asrian,K/Erevan op 1996/
EXP 52 (65)}) 14. Bxd5 (14. a3 Nde7 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... Nxc3 16.
Qxc3 $14) 16. Qg3 (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rxe5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 f5 19. Bxf5 (19. Qxd8
Rxd8 20. Bxh6 Kxh7 $11 (20... gxh6 21. Bg6 Kg7 22. Bh5 $11)) 19... exf5 20.
Qxd8 (20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Bb2 Bd7 22. c4 Qg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,S-Thorsteins,K/
Budapest tt 1989 (33)}) 20... Rxd8 21. Be3 Kg8 22. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Willke,
H-Doderer,H/cr QTV-24 Hannover-Durlach [1] 1991 (45)}) 16... Ng6 (16... Nxc3
17. bxc3 (17. Bxh6 Ng6 18. Bxg6 (18. bxc3 gxh6 19. Bxg6 Qg5 (19... fxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Re5 Rf5 24. Re3 $18) 20. Be4 Qxg3 21.
hxg3 Rb8 22. Rad1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-van der Sterren,P/Nederland (ch)
1989/Inf 48/ (42)}) 18... Qf6 19. bxc3 Qxg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Bg5 $14) 17...
Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Bxh6 Qe8 20. Bg5 $16) 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
Bxg6 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Re5 g4 23. Rg5+ Kh8 $11) (14... Nxc3 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. bxc3 $16 (16. Bxc6 $2 Bxd4 (16... Rb8 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bd2 (18.
Bxh6 $5 Rb6 (18... gxh6 19. Qg3+ $18) 19. Qf3 gxh6 (19... Rxc6 20. Bxg7 Bxg7
21. Qxc6 Ba6 22. Re3 $18) 20. Qxf6 Rxc6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. d5 $1 (22. Qg6+ Kh8 23.
Re4 (23. Re3 Rxc3 $11) 23... Qg5 $15) 22... Rc7 (22... Qxd5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24.
Re3 e5 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ $18) 23. dxe6 (23. Re3 Rg7 24. dxe6 Qf5 25. Rae1
Re8 26. h3 Bxe6 27. g4 Rg6 28. Qh4 Qd5 29. f4 Re7 $132) 23... Rh7 24. Qf4 Qc7
$132) 18... Ba6 19. Qe3 Rfc8 20. Be4 $14) 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. bxc3 Qa5 $15)) 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be3 a6 (19... Rad8 20.
Qb5 Rd7 $11) (19... Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qf6 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qc3 Qxc3
22. Rxc3 Bd5 $11 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Khalifman,A/Groningen PCA ,CBM 1993 (61)}) (
14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qd3 Bf6 $11) (14. Nf3 Nce7 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bc6 19. Bb4 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf1 Nd5 $11 (21... Kf8 22. g3
Ke8 23. f4 Nd5 $11 (23... h5 24. Kf2 $11 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Douven Rudy C/
Amsterdam NED 1989 (71)}))) (14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bf3 Qb6 (15... Be6 16. Bd2 Qb6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bc3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Weber,K-Plauth Herr,S/cr DFM 1990 (22)}
) 16. Bxd5 Qa5 $1 (16... Nb4 $2 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 $44 {
0-1 Nissen,J-Khenkin,I/Baden-Baden ,GER 1990 (38)}) 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bd2 Nxe5
$1 19. dxe5 Qd8 $17 {This move was missed by both of players...}) 14... Nb4 (
14... exd5 15. Bf4 Nb4 16. Qb1 Be6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Re8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Horvath,J/Hungary ch 1991 (39)}) 15. Qg3 Bh4 (15... Nc2 $2 16.
Be4 Nxe1 (16... Bh4 17. Qd3 Nxe1 18. Qe3 Nxg2 19. Bxg2 $16) 17. Bxh6 (17. Be3
Bh4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Rxe1 fxe4 20. Ng6 Bf6 (20... Bxf2+ $5 21. Bxf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2
Qf6+ 23. Kg1 Qxg6 24. Nxe4 $16) 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Nxe4 Bxd4 23. Rd1 e5 24. Qf3+
Kg8 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Qxd4 $16) 17... Qxd4 18. Ng4 $18)
(15... exd5 16. Re2 Bh4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21.
Qe3 $14) 16. Qf3 Nxd5 (16... exd5 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4
Qc8 21. h3 Be7 22. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Ivanchuk,V/USSR (ch) 1988/Inf 46/
[Smyslov,V; Andrianov,N] (52)}) (16... Nc2 17. Qe4 (17. Be4 Nxe1 18. Qe3 Nxg2
19. Bxg2 $14) 17... Nxa1 (17... Nxe1 18. Bb3 $16) 18. Bc4 f5 19. Qd3 a6 20. Ng6
b5 21. Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23. Nxh4 Qxh4 24. Qb1 Qxd4 25. Re1 Rd7 26. Qxa1
$16) 17. Nxd5 (17. Re4 f5 (17... Bg5 18. Rg4 (18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Re2 Be6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Rae1 $14) 18... f5 $1 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
bxc3 f6 21. Ng6 Re8 22. Rg3 (22. h4 e5 $15) 22... Qc7 (22... Qd5 23. Qh5 b6 24.
Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh5h8,Gg6e5]}) 23. Qh5 Bd7 24. Rf3 $18 (24. h4 $16 {1-0
Schroeder,C-Plauth Herr,S/cr DFM 1990 (29)})) 19. Rg3 (19. Rxg5 hxg5 $17) 19...
f4 20. Rh3 b6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. Rh5 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. h4 g6 26.
Nxg6 Qxg6 27. hxg5 hxg5 $132) 18. Rxh4 (18. Re2 $14) 18... Qxh4 19. Ng6 (19.
Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh7 21. Be3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. d5 Rd8 24. Rd1 Be6 $17)
19... Qxd4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Be3 Qe4 23. Qg3 Be6 24. Qd6+ Kg8 $15
{1/2-1/2 Mortensen,E-Jelling,E/DEN 1989 (40)}) 17... exd5 $11 18. Qb3 (18. Bf4)
18... Bf6 19. Bf4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 a5 $2 $16 (20... Re8 21. Qg3 f6 22. Bc7 Qd7 23.
Bf4 Kh7 24. h3 (24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. h3 $11) 24... b6 25. Rac1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Ba6
27. Bb8 Qb7 (27... Qf7 28. b3 Qg8 29. Bd6 Re8 $11) 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Re7 Qg6 $14)
21. Rac1 a4 (21... f6 22. Bc7 Qd7 23. Rc5 Re8 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26.
Rc1 Qe6 $16) 22. Qg3 Qg5 (22... f6 23. Rc7 Bd7 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.
h3 g5 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Rc7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Be3 $16) 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bd6
Rd8 25. Be7 Re8 26. Bxg5 Rxe1+ (26... Bd7 27. f3 $16) 27. Rxe1 Be6 (27... Bd7
28. f3 $16) 28. a3 (28. f3 $16) 28... Rc8 29. Bd2 Rc2 30. Bc3 g6 $2 $18 {
[%csl Rf6,Rg7]} (30... Bd7 31. f3 f6 32. Re7 Bc6 33. h4 $16) 31. h3 Kg7 32. g4
Kf6 (32... g5 33. Kg2 b5 34. Kg3 b4 35. Bxb4 Rxb2 36. f3 Rb3 37. Be7 Rd3 38.
Re5 Rxd4 39. Rxg5+ Kh6 40. h4 $18) 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. Kg3 Bb5 35. Re5 Bc4 36. g5+
Kg7 37. Re7 b5 38. Rb7 (38. f3 Re2 39. Rb7 Bd3 40. Bb4 $5 Rxb2 41. Rb8 (41. Be7
Re2 42. Bf6+ Kf8 43. Be5 (43. Rb8+ Re8 $14) 43... Bc4 44. h4 $14) 41... f5 42.
Rb7+ Kg8 43. h4 Rb3 44. Kf4 Be2 45. Ke5 Bxf3 46. Kf6 Bh5 47. Bd6 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 38... Re2 39. Bb4 $4 $14 (39. f3 $1 Bd3 (39... Rc2 40. Bb4 Rxb2
41. Rb8 $1 (41. Bd6 $2 Rb3 42. Be5+ Kf8 43. Bf6 Re3 44. Kf4 Re6 $14) 41... f5 (
41... Re2 42. Bf8+ Kh7 43. Bd6 Re6 44. Be5 Rxe5 45. dxe5 $18) 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43.
h4 (43. Kf4 Re2 (43... Rh2 44. Ke5 Rxh3 45. Kf6 $18) 44. h4 Bd3 45. Bd6 $18)
43... Ra2 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kf4 Bd3 46. Ke5 Rc2 47. Bc5 Rg2 48. Kf6 f4 49. Rg7+
Kh8 50. Kf7 Bf5 51. Bd6 Be6+ 52. Kf8 Rc2 53. Rg6 Rc8+ 54. Ke7 $18)) 39... Rxb2
40. Be7 (40. Rb8 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 f5 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. h4 (43. Bd6 Bd3 44. Be5 Rxa3
45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Rxg6 Be4+ 47. Kf1 Rxh3 $19) 43... Rd3 44. Bc5 $14) 40... Re2
41. h4 (41. f3 Re6 42. Kf4 $14) 41... Re6 42. f3 Bd3 43. Kf4 Bc4 44. Bf6+ Kf8
45. Be5 Ke8 46. Ke3 (46. Bf6 Re2 $14) 46... Re7 47. Rb6 Re6 48. Rb8+ Kd7 49.
Kd2 Rc6 50. Rb7+ Kc8 $4 $18 (50... Ke8 $14) 51. Rxf7 b4 (51... Bb3 52. h5 gxh5
53. f4 Bc2 54. f5 $18) 52. axb4 a3 53. Ra7 Ba6 (53... Ra6 54. Rxa6 Bxa6 55. Kc2
Bc4 56. f4 Kd7 57. f5 Bd3+ 58. Kb3 Bxf5 59. Kxa3 Kc6 60. Ka4 Kb6 61. Kb3 (61.
b5 Bd7 $11) 61... Kb5 62. Bd6 Bg4 63. Kc3 Bf5 64. Kd2 Kc4 65. Bc5 Bg4 66. Ke3
Bh5 67. Kf4 Bd1 68. Ke5 Bf3 69. Kd6 Kb5 70. h5 Bxh5 71. Kxd5 Bf3+ 72. Ke6 Kc4
73. Kf7 Be4 74. Kf6 Bd3 75. Ke5 Be2 76. d5 $18) (53... a2 54. b5 $3 (54. h5 $4
Ra6 $19) (54. Kc3 $2 Ba6+ 55. Kb2 Rc2+ 56. Ka1 Bc4 $44) 54... Rb6 55. h5 gxh5
56. f4 Rb7 57. Ra8+ Kd7 58. g6 Rxb5 59. g7 Rb2+ 60. Ke3 Rg2 61. f5 $18) 54. b5
$1 Rb6 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rc3 (56. bxa6 a2 57. Rc1 Rb1 58. a7 a1=Q 59. Rxb1 Qxa7
$16) 56... a2 57. Ra3 Bxb5 58. Rxa2 Bd7 59. Ke3 Ke7 60. Kf4 1-0
[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 (
6... e6 7. Nf3 (7. Nc3 a6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Be3
Nb4 13. Bb1 Nbd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ovsejevitsch,S-Gyimesi,Z/Szeged 1994/TD (22)})
7... Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 (11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Be8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Keitlinghaus,L/Germany
1996/GER-chT (27)}) 11... b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,
C-Sermek,D/Makarska 1996/EXT 98 (13)}) 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 (11. h3 Rd8 12. Qb3
Qa5 13. Be3 Qb4 $11 {0-1 Barlov,D-Sermek,D/Porto San Giorgio 1996/EXT 2000 (32)
}) 11... Rd8 12. a3 (12. Rc2 Qa5 13. Rd2 h6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Crombleholme,A-Giulian,P/Isle of Lewis 1995/EXT 2001 (36)}) (12.
Qb3 Qa5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Be8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Rab8 17. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tukmakov,V-Sturua,Z/Yerevan 1996/CBM 52 ext (32)}) 12... Qa5 13. b4 Qf5 14. Bd3
Qg4 15. h3 Qh5 16. Ne2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gabriel,C-Sermek,D/Portoroz 1993/CBM 37
(61)}) 7. Nc3 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qa4 Bb4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5
Bxc3 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Qb5 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. f4 Ne7 $11 {
0-1 Toth,A-Horvath,C/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (31)}) 7... e6 8. Nf3 Be7 (8... Nc6
9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 (10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Qb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Vaulin,A/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 52 (34)})
(10. d5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6
$14 {0-1 Grdinic,Z-Varga,Z/Rabac 2003/CBM 94 ext (26)}) 10... Qd8 11. Ne5 (11.
Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qb3 Na5 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. a4 b4
17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bb8 Rd7 21. Bc6 Qd3 $17 {0-1 Solana
Suarez,E-Mellado Trivino,J/Salamanca 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3
Nc6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Ekstroem,R-Kallai,G/France 1998/CBM 64 ext (17)})
11... Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L-Kallai,G/Hungary 1996/EXT
2000 (40)}) (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Bd2 Qc7 (11... Qa3 12. Re1
Nc6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Qg4 $40 {1-0 Serper,G-Figler,I/Chicago 2002/
CBM 88 ext (19)}) 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb4 Nd5 14. Bc5 f6 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Bc4 Qd7
17. Qd3 a6 18. a4 $44 {1-0 Marie,M-Matei,L/St Lorrain 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) (
8... a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b5 14. d5 $16
{1-0 Mitkov,M-Vasovski,N/Skopje 2002/CBM 88 (32)}) 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {
Ftacnik: 'Somewhat dubious move since the rook comes to the center too early.'}
11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a4 Rf8 (12... Re8 13. Bf4 (13. Be3 $5 Qd8 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Rc1
$36) 13... Na6 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bg3 (15. Bh5 $5) 15... Nab4 16. Qb3 a6 17. Nc4
Qd8 18. Nbd6 Rf8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Sundararajan,
K-Sermek,D/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (35)}) (12... Nc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 13. Nc4
$18) (12... a5 {Ftacnik} 13. Bd2 $14) 13. a5 Qd8 14. Bf3 Nd5 (14... a6 15. Nc3
Bb4 16. Qb3 $1 Bxa5 (16... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Nc4 $18) 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18.
Qxb7 $16) 15. Bxd5 $5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Vaganian is an excellent
strategical player, but this daring solution seems too radical.'} (15. Nc3 {
'+/=!?' Ftacnik.} Nc6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a6 $14) 15... exd5 16. Bf4 Na6 (16...
a6 $1 17. Nc3 Nc6 {'=' Ftacnik.} 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qb3 Bf6 (19... Be6 20. Na4
$14) 20. Qb4 Re8 21. Qc5 $14) 17. Bd2 Nb4 (17... Be6 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rac1 $14)
(17... f6 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rfe1 $14) 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. a6 $1 Nxe5 (
19... Qb6 20. axb7 Qxb7 (20... Bxb7 21. Nd7 $18) 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Rfc1 Qb6 23.
Qxd5 (23. Ba5 Qh6 24. Nc7 Bd6 25. h3 Bxc7 26. Bxc7 $14) 23... Be6 24. Qc6 $16)
20. dxe5 bxa6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... b6 21. Rfc1 Be6 22. Qd3 $18) 21. Ba5 (21.
Ba5 Qd7 22. Nc7 $18) 1-0
[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,Peter"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {King Hansen,Cu Blatny,P Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 (8. Nc3 {King} Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5
f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. c4 Be8 15. Qh3 dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Bf7 17.
Be6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Rae8 19. Qb3 Rxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Qe8+ Rf8 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23.
Qe8+ Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/WCC Cand final 1998}) 8... c6 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. Qh5 (10. Nc3 {King} Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O $1 $146 12. Qh5 g6 $1 13. Qxd5 Qc7
14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Qxc3 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20.
Be4 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 $10 {Tiviakov,S-Yusupov,A/Groningen/1994/CBM 45}) 10...
O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 {This positional P sacrifice gives Black excellent chances
for equalization. The o^ d4 can easily be blockaded, and his pieces are very
active. This looks as a good strategy on a match against a brilliant attacking
player, as Shirov.} 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 {King: Theory hasn't yet
crystallised on this position. Artur Jussupow is the big expert on the
variation. His latest try in this position was:} (13... Qb6 {Polgar,J-Jussupow,
A/Madrid/1995/CBM 47}) (13... Rc8 {is perhaps not the most important move in
this position.} 14. Bxe4 $142 (14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd7 (15... Nxd2 $5 16. Bxd2
Bf8 17. Bc3 b5 $44 {Ivanchuk}) 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4 19. Bc3
Qg4 20. Qxg4 {1/2:1/2 Ivanchuk-Jussupow,A/Linares/1993/} (20. Qf6 Rxc3 $1 {
This is a positional exchange sacrifice, after Which White loses the |^, and
Black's position remains a tough nut to crack.} 21. Qxc3 (21. bxc3 Be5 22. Qh4
Qxh4 23. gxh4 Bxc3 24. Rac1 Ba5 $44) 21... Bc6 $44 {Jussupow,A})) 14... Bxe4
15. Nc3 Bf5 (15... Re8 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Rae1 $16 {
Yusupov}) 16... Bf5 17. Qf3 Bb8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. g4 {Timman-Jussupow,A/ Linares/
1993/} b4 (19... Rxc3 {Blatny,P} 20. bxc3 Be4 21. Qh3 h5 22. gxh5 Re6 23. f3 {
Timman,J-Jussupow,A/Linares 1993/1-0/CBM 34 (36)}) 20. Nd5 Re4 $1 21. gxf5 Qxd5
22. Rec1 $14 {Timman}) 16. Qf3 Re8 $14 (16... Qh4 17. g3 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qb6 19.
Nd5 $16)) (13... Bb4 $5 {is a fresh idea} 14. Nc3 ({After} 14. Be3 $5 {King
Black still has to prove he has enough for the pawn.}) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxe4 {
King} Bxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {is indeed even.}) (13... Qb6 {Blatny,P} 14. Nc3 Qxd4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qh4 (16. Rd1 Qe5 $10 {>< Kg1} 17. Re1 $2 Bxg2 $1 $17) 16...
f5 17. Nb5 (17. Bh6 {King} Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf6 Be5 21. Qe6+
Kh8 22. Qd7 Rg8 23. g3 Qc6 24. Qf7 Qf6 25. Rd7 Qxf7 26. Rxf7 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Re2
28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Be3 Be5 30. Rbxb7 Re8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxa2 33. Rad7 Ra1+
34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Kxh7 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Kf3 Bf6 38. h4 Re7 $4 39. Rd6 Rf7
40. Bg5 {1-0 Palac,M-Marciano,D/Cannes op 1998}) 17... Qf6 18. Qxf6 Rxf6 19.
Bg5 Re6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Rad1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Jussupow,A/Madrid 1995/
CBM 47/[Ernst]}) 14. Bxg5 (14. Qh6 Be7 $44) (14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Nc3 Bf4) 14...
Qxg5 15. Nc3 Rfe8 {Hansen,Cu: Blacks strong bishops (^^) compensate for whites
(weak) ekstra d4-P} 16. d5 {With tactical means White liquidates for a
slightly better _|_.} (16. Rae1 $2 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Qd2 $1) (16. Rad1 Bf8 $44) (
16. Rae1 $5 {Blatny,P}) 16... Bxd5 17. f4 Qd8 (17... Bxf4 $4 {is a serious
blunder because of} 18. Nxd5 Be3+ 19. Nxe3 Rxe3 20. Rf3 $18) 18. Nxd5 Bc5+ 19.
Kh1 Qxd5 20. Rac1 $1 {/\ Bc4 With opposite coloured Bs with heavy artillery on
the board the attacking player has better chances, because the defender cannot
exchange the attacking B. Hansen,Cu: White gave back his extra-P in the hope
of getting attacking chances with f4-f5 and Bd3-c4} Be3 (20... Re3 $5 {leads
to immense complications:} 21. Bc4 $1 Qd4 22. Bxf7+ $1 (22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qf2 Rd8
24. f5 g5) (22. Qh6 Bf8) (22. Qh4 $11 {Blatny,P}) 22... Kg7 $1 23. g3 Kxf7 (
23... Qe4+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re2+ 26. Kf3 Rxb2 27. Rxc5 Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg8
29. h4 Rxa2 30. Rd1) 24. Qxh7+ Kf6 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. Qc6+ Bd6) 21. Bc4 Qf5 ({now
} 21... Qe4 $2 {is only playing with the fire, and get burned after} 22. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 23. Rc7+ Re7 (23... Kf6 24. Qxh7 Qe6 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qxh7+ Kf6 25.
Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Re1 $18) 22. Qxf5 gxf5 {/+/= Hansen,Cu: White can
hope for some advantage - by putting pressure on f7 or f5. However black does
not seem to be in serious trouble} 23. Rcd1 Rad8 (23... Rac8 {Blatny,P} 24. Bb3
Rcd8 25. g3 $14) 24. g3 Bd4 25. b3 Bf6 $6 {Hansen,Cu: A strange move. Looking
at the game continuation it seems to me that blacks bishop has nothing to do
on f6 but should stay in the /^ a7-g1. White of course would like to get his
Rs to the seventh rank. But blacks K could cover e7(Kf8) and his B c7 (Bb6)} ({
King: Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't quite see how White makes
progress after} 25... Kg7 26. Bb5 (26. Rfe1 {King} Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Kf6 $14 {
Black will have to take care in view of the f7 and f5 pawns, but still, a draw
is most likely.}) (26. Rf3 {King} Rd6 27. Rfd3 Red8) 26... Re6 {was simple and
good.}) (25... Rd6 $5 {[%cal Ye8d8,Yd4b6,Yg8f8] Hansen,Cu /\Red8, Bb6}) 26. Bb5
Rxd1 (26... Re3 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Rd1) 27. Rxd1 Rd8 (27... Re7 28. Bd7 $1 Re2
29. Bxf5 Rxa2 30. Rd7 $16) 28. Rc1 $1 {White has to avoid the exchange of Rs,
otherwise the position is dead draw. Hansen,Cu: It would be fare more
important for white to get a R to the seventh rank than trying to win P-f5} (
28. Rxd8+ {Blatny,P} Bxd8 29. Bd3 Kg7 $14) 28... Rd5 (28... a6 29. Bf1 (29. Bc4
Rd7) 29... Rd7 30. Bh3 Re7 31. Bxf5 Kg7) 29. a4 Bd8 $6 {Black wants to
activate his B, but now the second P falls.} (29... a6) 30. Rc8 Kg7 31. Rb8 $1
$16 Bb6 {Hansen,Cu: Black has spend a lot of time getting his B back to the
right /^ a7-g1 and seems to be just in time to get counterplay against whites
pawn on the K-side h2-g3-f4} (31... b6 32. Rb7 {/\ Bc4 +/-}) (31... a6 $142) (
31... b6 {Blatny,P ץd8}) 32. Rxb7 (32. h4 {Blatny,P} Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kf1
Bf2 $11) 32... Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kh1 {Blatny,P} Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+
$11) 34... Bg1 {/\Rh2#} 35. g4 Bxh2 $2 (35... h5 $5 36. gxh5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg3 Rxh5
38. Bc4 Rh8) (35... fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Rxh2 37. Bc4) (35... Rxh2+ 36. Kg3 fxg4 37.
Bc4 $1 $16 (37. Kxg4 Rh6 $11 (37... Rg2+ {Blatny,P} 38. Kh5 Rf2 {_|_}) (37...
Rh6 $1 $11 {[%cal Yh6f6] Hansen,Cu Peter Heine Nielsen.} 38. Bc4 Rf6 (38...
Rg6+ 39. Kf3 Rf6 $11) 39. b4 h5+ $11)) (37. Bc4 $2 h5)) 36. gxf5 h5 $2 (36...
Bxf4 37. Kg4 (37. Rxa7 $4 h5 $1 $19) 37... Be5 (37... Rd4 38. Bc4) 38. Bc4 (38.
Rxa7 Rd4+ 39. Kh3 (39. Kh5 $4 Bf6) 39... Rf4) 38... a5 39. Rxf7+ Kh6) 37. Kh4 (
37. Rxa7 {Blatny,P} Bxf4 $19) 37... Bxf4 (37... Kh6 {Blatny,P} 38. Rxf7 (38.
Rxa7 $6 Bxf4 39. Ra6+ Bd6) 38... Rd6 39. Rxa7 Bxf4 40. Be2 $16) 38. Kxh5 $18 {
Hansen,Cu: Now black cannot both defend a7 and f7.} Kf6 39. Bc4 (39. Rxa7 $142
{Blatny,P} Be3 40. Rb7) 39... Kxf5 (39... Be3 40. Rxf7+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kf4 42. f6
$18) 40. Rxf7+ Ke4 41. Rxa7 Be5 {/\Kf5 <=>} 42. Bf1 Rf2 (42... Kf5 {Hansen,Cu}
43. Bh3+) 43. Bh3 Rf8 44. Be6 Rf1 (44... Rf6 {Blatny,P} 45. Bf7 $18) 45. Rd7 (
45. a5 {Blatny,P} Rh1+ 46. Kg5 Bf4+ 47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kh4 Rh1+ 49. Bh3 Be5 $18)
45... Rh1+ 46. Kg6 Rg1+ 47. Kf7 (47. Kh6 {Blatny,P} Bf6 $18) 47... Rg7+ 48. Ke8
Rxd7 49. Kxd7 {[#] Hecht Due to the idea-rich conduct of the play by both
sides, this endgame earns a Medal. Kramnik demands the most from his opponent
by putting up the best possible defense. [#] Hecht Dieses Endspiel verdient
wegen der ideenreichen Spielführung beiderseits eine Medaille. Kramnik
verlangt seinem Gegner durch bestmögliche Verteidigung das äußerste ab.} Bc3
50. Kc6 Ke5 51. Bg8 Be1 52. Kb6 $1 (52. Kb5 Kd6 53. a5 Kc7 $11) 52... Bf2+ 53.
Ka6 (53. Kb5 {Hecht} Kd6 54. b4 Kc7 55. a5 Be1 56. Ka4 Bd2 57. b5 Be3) 53...
Kd6 54. a5 Kc7 (54... Kc6 {Blatny,P} 55. b4 $18) (54... Be1 {Hecht} 55. Kb6 Kd7
56. a6) 55. b4 Kc6 (55... Bd4 {Blatny,P} 56. b5 $18) 56. b5+ Kc5 (56... Kc7 {
Hecht} 57. b6+ {See the difference between this and the variation as the 53rd
move? There the king only succeeded in getting as far as a4, so that the move
b6 remained a dream. Here the king stands at a6, which wins. Sehen Sie den
Unterschied zur Variante zum 53. Zug? Dort gelangte der König nur bis nach a4,
so daß b6 ein Traum bleibt. Hier steht der König schon auf a6, was gewinnt.})
57. b6 Kb4 (57... Be3 {Hecht} 58. Bf7 Bf2 59. Be8 Be3 60. Kb7 {[%cal Ra5a6,
Ra6a7]}) 58. b7 Bg3 59. Kb6 Bf2+ 60. Kc6 Ba7 61. a6 Ka5 62. Bc4 Bb8 63. Bf1 (
63. Bf1 {Blatny,P} Ba7 64. Kc7 $18) 1-0
[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresagin, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Wahls,Matthias"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 $5) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 (
11... Nc6 12. Ng5 $1) 12. Rb1 Nd7 (12... b6) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. a4 b6 15.
Rb5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxc3 21.
Rxd6 Rxd3 $10 {Ivanchuk,V-Rozentalis,E ,Lvov 1987}) (14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 Qc8 (
15... h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Bxd1 20. Bxa8 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Ba4 22. Bb7 Bb5 $1 23. Rb1 Bc4 24. a3 Rb8 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bb5 Rc5 $44 {
Serper,G-Akopian,V ,Tblissi 1989}) (15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 Qc8 18.
Rxb6 axb6 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qb3 Qa6 21. Rb1 Bc7 22. Rb2 $10 {Vodicka-Kalivoda ,
CSFR 1989}) 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (16... Kxh7 $2 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4
Qxb7 20. Re1 $1 {Idee 21.Dc2 +-}) 17. Rxb6 axb6 18. Bb1 $14 {Akopian}) 14...
Nb6 15. c4 (15. a4) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18. Bxc4
Qxc4 19. Qxh5 Qxa2 $2 (19... Qxd4 20. Nf3 Qc4 (20... Qf6 21. Be3 $16 {Jusupov})
21. a3 b6 22. Be3 Rad8 (22... Rac8 $1 23. Rd1 Rfd8 {Vladimirov}) 23. Rc1 Qd3
24. a4 $14 {Dvojris-Vladimirov ,Barnaul 1988}) (19... Rfd8 $1 $44 {Horvath,
J-Greenfeld,A ,Budapest 1989}) 20. d5 $1 $16) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 (17...
a6 $6 18. Bg5 f6 (18... Qc7 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bf6 Bh2+ 22. Kh1
Qf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg5+ Kf6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Re5+ Kd7 27. Qxb6 $18 {Kudrin})
(18... axb5 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qxb5 Bc7 22. a4 Rxd4 23. Qc5 Rd7 24.
g3 $16 {Beljavskij-Petursson ,Reykjavik 1988}) 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bxh6 axb5 21. Qg6
Qc7 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxf6+ $18 {Beljavskij}) (17...
Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 Bh2+ 23. Kh1
Qf4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Kf6 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Re5+ Kd7 28. Qxb6 $44 {Kudrin}
Rfe8 $5 {Jusupov}) (17... Qc7 $5 18. a4 (18. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 19. Rh5+ Kg8 20. Qf5
f6 21. Rh7 Qf7 22. Bh6 g6 23. Rxf7 gxf5 $19) 18... a6 19. Rh5 g6 20. Bh6 Rfe8
21. Qf6 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc5 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. a5 Nd7 27.
Rxc4 b5 28. axb6 Nxb6 $10 {Beljavskij}) 18. a4 Rab8 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Bf5 Qc6
20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxf7 Be5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 $18 {Howell-Barua ,Great
Britain 1991}) (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. a5 $1 Nc8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nc8
22. a6) 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. a6 Ne7 23. axb7 Rb8 24. Bg5 $16 {Timman-Anand ,Tilburg
1991}) (18... g6 19. Bd2 c3 20. Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8
24. a5 Nc4 $10 {Sokolov,A-Finegold ,Reykjavik 1990}) 19. Bd2 $5 {Eine Neuerung
mit sehr viel Gift,wie die nachfolgenden Varianten belegen.} (19. Bg5 Nc8 (
19... Bc7 20. Bf6 $1 Qd6 21. Be5 Qe7 22. a5 Na8 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Bxg7 f6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ {Gavrilov-Frog corr.
1989/90} Rf7 30. g3 Bd6 31. Qxc4 $14 {Gavrilov}) 20. Rfb1 b6 21. Qh5 g6 (21...
f5 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Qc3 Rbc8 26. Qb2 $16 {Gavrilov})
22. Bf6 Bf4 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. g3 a6 25. Rh5 $18) (19. Bb2 Nc8 (19... Rfe8 $1 {
Haba}) 20. Qc3 a6 {Chandler-Haba ,Deutscjland 1992} 21. Rh5 $1 g6 22. Rh6 Ne7
23. d5 f6 24. Qxc4 $16) 19... Rfe8 (19... Nc8 {Analog zur Variante 19.Lg5 Sc8.
Schwarz wehrt sich gegen die Drohung 20.Tfb1 nebst a5.} 20. Rfb1 {Ein Zug von
großem logistischen Wert,wie sich sogleich zeigen wird.} b6 21. Rh5 {Die
Pointe von 19.Ld2. Es steht kein Läufer auf g5.} (21. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 22. Rh5+
Kg8 23. Qf5 f6 (23... g6 $2 24. Qf6 gxh5 25. Bh6)) 21... g6 (21... h6 $2 22.
Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qf6 $1 {Idee 24.Lh7}) 22. Bh6 f5 (22... Re8 23. Qf6 Bf8 24. Bxf8
Rxf8 25. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 26. Rb5 Kg8 (26... Qxb5 27. axb5 Kg8 28. h4 $18) (26...
Kh6 27. Rh5+ Kxh5 28. Qf4 g5 29. g4+ Qxg4+ 30. hxg4+ Kh6 31. Qf6#) 27. Rh5 gxh5
28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh7#) 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 (23... Bxf8 24. Bxf5 $1 gxf5
(24... Qf7 25. Qg4) 25. Qg3+) 24. Rh4 $16 (24. Bxf5 Qf7) (24. Rb5 Qe6 $1)) (
19... g6 20. Rfb1 Bc7 21. a5 Nc8 22. Bh6 (22. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Qxd4) 22...
Rd8 23. Rxb7 {Vorteil Weiß}) (19... Bc7 $5) 20. Bf5 Qc6 $2 (20... Qe7 $1 21.
Rfb1 g6 (21... Qe2 $2 22. Bxh7+ $1) 22. Bc2 (22. a5 $2 Nc8 23. Bc2 b6) 22...
Nc8 $5 (22... Qe2 $2 23. Qc3)) (20... Qc7 21. Rfb1 {Idee a5.Vorteil Weiß}) 21.
Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 (21... Kxh7 22. Qxf7 $18 Be5) 22. Qh5 Nd7 (22... Nxa4 23. Rf5 Re7
24. Bg6 $18) 23. Bf5 Nf6 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Bh7 Ke7 26. Qxg7 $18 {Ich danke
Arthur Jusupov,dessen C42-Monographie diesem Kommentar als Grundlage diente.}
Kd7 27. Bxg8 a6 28. Bxf7 axb5 29. Bd5+ Re7 30. Qg4+ Ke8 31. Bxc6+ 1-0
[Event "Oberwart op 27th"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,Suat"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 $5 {The fact that Bakre goes for this boring line
could be explained by his half a point lead over the field.} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.
Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 $5 {A passive but solid move.} ({I was thinking about
the following lines.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 $13) (7. Re1
Bg4 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $13) 7... c5 $1 {Giving the oppurtunity one has to break the
symmetry} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 {I am not impressed by this plan.} (9. Bg5 $6 h6
10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 (11. Bg3 Ne4 $17) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. Qf3 Ne4 $17 {
is just like what happenned in my game against Karayiannis from Ano Liosia
1996.}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Ne4 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 $5 {I went for my usual
concept.Let us see if he will be able to defend this double isolated pawns
type of position.} (12... Qf6 {has a drawback with the repetition if black
wants to deploy his queen on g6.} 13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1 Qg6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nhf3
$11) 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 {At least preventing him from taking his
bishop out.} (14... Qf6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bf1 $14) 15. Bc2 Qg6 $1 (
15... Bf5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Bf4 $14) 16. Qf3 Bf5 (16... Nd2 $2 17.
Qc3 (17. Bxd2 Qxc2 18. Bb4 Re8 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Qb3 $16) 17. Be3 $6 {The
first inexactitude.} (17. Bf4 Ng5 (17... Nf6 18. Bb3 Rac8 19. Rac1) 18. Bxg5
Bxc2 19. Bf4 Be4 $11) 17... Nd6 $1 $36 {I have taken the initiative. The
Indian is good in tactics but sometimes he has difficulties to handle slightly
worse positions. Besides nobody challenged him in the tournament like that.}
18. Bb3 Be4 19. Qg4 Nc4 $1 {I am not afraid of opposite colored bishops let
him prove if it is a draw.} (19... Qxg4 20. hxg4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. g5 $132)
20. Qxg6 Bxg6 $1 {I should not give him any time to hit my bishop with f3.} (
20... hxg6 21. Rfe1 $1 Rfe8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bf4 $14) 21. Bxc4 {Loses his
patience.} (21. Rac1 b5 22. Rfe1 a5 $13) 21... dxc4 22. Bd2 Rfd8 $15 {Now I am
slightly better and my plan consisted of two steps.I have to put one rook on
d7 and bring my king to e7 than push a5 and b5 respectively and eventually if
only does nothing more than a3 Rd7-b7 and b4 will result in a breakthrough.}
23. Bc3 f6 24. Rfe1 Rd7 25. Re3 $6 (25. a4 a5 26. Re2 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Rae1
a5 $1 (26... b5 $6 27. Bb4 Rxd4 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Rb7 $11) 27. a3 {I have
understood that he is going for the sac.} (27. a4 $6 Bc2 28. Ra1 b6 $17) 27...
b5 28. d5 $1 {He rightfully decided to jettison a pawn to reach a drawish R+B
endgame with a pawn down.} Raa7 $1 (28... Bd3 $6 29. d6 $1 $11) 29. Re8 Bd3 (
29... Rxd5 $2 30. Bxa5 $11) 30. Rb8 Rxd5 31. Ree8 h5 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 a4
$15 {After I have sidestepped some of his small tricks we have reached an
ending where I am a pawn up, but a draw is the most probable result because of
the situation in the queen's wing.} 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. f3 ({Why not?} 35. h4)
35... h4 $1 {I have seized my chance. Now I have to play g5, f5, f4 to hope
for something.} 36. Kf2 Bf5 37. Ke2 Bd7 38. Ra8 Kf5 39. Rh8 g5 40. Rf8 Rd6 41.
Ke3 Bc6 42. Bb4 $6 {I have understood that he did not see the only existing
trick in the position.} (42. Kf2 Re6 43. Rd8 Kg6 44. Bb4 {is one of many ways
to reach a draw.} f5 45. Rd6 Rxd6 46. Bxd6 f4 47. Bb4 $11 {I need my king on
b3 to win this.}) 42... Re6+ 43. Kf2 Be8 44. Bc3 $6 ({After} 44. Rg8 $8 $11 {
I cannot maintain the barricade for his rook.}) 44... Kg6 $1 {Obviously the
coming rook endgame is winning for black. What a change of events.} 45. Bxf6 $4
{This is the real howler to believe. My opponent seemed like he was hypnotised
by a boa constrictor and showed real collaboration to reach the lost rook
endgame.} (45. Bd4 Kg7 46. Bc5 Re5 (46... Bg6 47. Rb8 Bd3 48. Rxb5 Re2+ 49. Kg1
Re5 $11 {does not deliver anything either.}) 47. Bb4 $11 {was the last chance.
In panick he goes to the rook endgame.}) (45. Bb4 Kh7 46. Bc5 Kg7 {is similar
of course.}) 45... Rxf6 46. Rxe8 Rd6 $19 47. Re2 $8 (47. Ke2 $4 Rd3 48. Re3
Rxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Kf2 b4 52. axb4 c3 53. bxc3 a3 $19 {is
children's textbook!}) 47... Kf5 {There are many ways to win this.} ({I had
two winning lines.} 47... Rd1 48. Ke3 (48. g4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rh1 50. Rd2 Ke6 51.
Rd8 Rh2 $19) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 (49. Rc2 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Re2 Rb3 $19) 49...
Ra1 50. Rd2 (50. g4+ hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Ra2 52. Rc2 Ke5 53. Kg4 (53. Re2+ Kd4 54.
Kg4 Kd3 55. Re5 Rxb2 56. Kxg5 c3 57. f4 c2 58. Rc5 Rb3 59. Rxc2 Kxc2 60. f5
Rxa3 $19)) 50... Ke5 51. Ke2 Ra2 52. Kd1 (52. Ke3 c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Kd3 b4
$19) 52... c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Rc2 Kd5 $19) (47... Rd3 48. Ke1 (48. g3 Rb3 49.
gxh4 gxh4 50. Rc2 Kf5 51. Rd2 Kf4 52. Rd4+ Ke5 53. Rd2 c3 $19) 48... Kf5 49.
Re4 Rb3 50. Re2 c3 51. bxc3 Rxa3 52. Rb2 Rb3 53. Rc2 a3 54. Kd2 Rb2 55. Rxb2
axb2 56. Kc2 Kf4 $19) 48. g4+ hxg3+ (48... Kf6 $5 49. f4 (49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Kf2
Rb3 51. Rc2 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kd5 53. Rc2 Rd3 54. Re2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxc3 56. Ra2 Kc4
$19) 49... gxf4 50. Kf3 Rd4 $1 $19 (50... Rd3+ $2 51. Kxf4 Rxh3 52. g5+ Kg6 (
52... Kf7 53. Kg4) 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Rb6 Rb3 55. g6+ $11)) 49. Kxg3 Rd3 50. Rc2
Rd1 {Simplest} (50... Rb3 {looks winning after all.} 51. Rd2 Ke5 52. Kg4 (52.
Re2+ Kd4 53. Kg4 Kd3 54. Rh2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxa3 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Rxc3 $19) (
52. Rc2 Kd4 53. Kg4 Kd3 54. Rh2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxa3 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Rxc3 58.
h4 Rc4+ 59. Kf5 b4 $19) 52... c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Rc2 Rb3 55. Kxg5 a3 56. f4+
Ke4 57. h4 Rb2 58. Rc1 a2 59. Ra1 Kd3 60. f5 Kxc3 (60... Rg2+ $2 61. Kh6 Rf2
62. h5 Kxc3 63. Rxa2 Rxa2 64. f6 b4 65. f7 Rf2 66. Kg7 b3 67. h6 $3 b2 68. h7
b1=Q 69. h8=Q $11 {is a funny draw.}) 61. h5 b4 62. h6 b3 63. Rh1 Rg2+ 64. Kf6
Rg8 $19) 51. Re2 Ra1 {Going to a2 with the terrible threats of pushing b4 and
c3.} 52. Rd2 (52. Rc2 Ra2 53. Rd2 b4 54. axb4 c3 $19) 52... Ke5 53. Re2+ Kd4
54. Rd2+ $2 {Not the most resilient.} (54. f4 $1 Kd3 55. Rh2 gxf4+ 56. Kxf4 c3
57. bxc3 Rxa3 58. h4 Ra1 $1 59. h5 (59. Rh3+ Kc4 60. h5 a3 61. h6 Rf1+ 62. Ke3
a2 63. Rh4+ Kxc3 64. h7 Rf8 65. Rh1 Rh8 $19) 59... Rf1+ 60. Ke5 Kxc3 61. h6 Rf8
62. h7 Rh8 {Just in time!} 63. Rh3+ Kc4 64. Rh4+ Kc5 $19) (54. Kg4 Kd3 55. Re5
Rb1 56. Rd5+ Kc2 57. Rxb5 c3 $19) 54... Ke3 55. Rd5 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Rb1 $1 $19 {
Now it is an easy win.} 57. Rxb5 c3 58. Rc5 cxb2 59. Rb5 Kxf3 $1 {With the
presence of a pawns there is no draw. Black simply collects a3 and wins.} 0-1
[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 {This position is
standard for many openings, including Queen accepted gambit.} 13. a5 (13. Qe2
Bc6 14. Rfd1 (14. a5 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Rfe1 Be8 17. Red1 Rc8 18. Qf3 $132 {
0-1 Karsa,L-Kis,J/Szekszard 1989/TD (45)} (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5
Qc7 $1) (18. d5 Nfxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 f6 $19
)) 14... Bd5 (14... Nbd5 15. Ne5 h6 (15... Re8 16. Rd3 Qb6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. a5
$132) 16. Bc1 Bb4 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Qh3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Be4 $132 {1-0 Spraggett,
K-Prandstetter,E/Taxco 1985/IZT (52)}) (14... Nfd5 15. Bd2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17.
Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bxb6 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,
K-Sokolov,A/Saint John 1988/Candidates (24)}) 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Ne5 h6 17. Bh4
Rc8 18. a5 Rc7 19. h3 $11 {1-0 Spassky,B-Darga,K/Beverwijk 1967/MCD (33)}) (13.
Re1 Bc6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 (14... Nfd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Nxc6
Rxc6 19. a5 Nd7 20. g3 $14 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Andric,D/Belgrade 1948/EXT 2000 (59)
}) 15. Qe2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Lutikov,A/Moscow 1961/URS-ch (35)}) (13. Qd3 Bc6 14. Ne5
Nbd5 (14... Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Nbd5 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Rad1 a5 $11 {
1-0 Almeida,O-Bruzon Bautista,L/Santa Clara 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 15. Rfe1 h6 (
15... Qb6 $2 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nd7 Qxd4 20. Qxd4
Bxd4 21. Nxf8 $16 {1-0 Belozerov,A-Grigoriants,S/Moscow 1995/EXT 98 (39)}) 16.
Bxf6 (16. Bh4 Nf4 $1 17. Qe3 Qb6 $1 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxf4 (19. Bc4 N4d5 $11)
19... Qxb3 $11 {0-1 Comp Chessmaster 6000-Comp Fritz 5.32/Debrecen 1999/EXT
2001 (74)}) 16... Nxf6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxe6 Qd6 19. Qg6 (19. Rad1 Be8 20. d5
$14) 19... Raf8 20. Rad1 $14 (20. Re3 Qxd4 $15 {0-1 Cvitan,O-Kovacevic,V/
Zenica 1986/EXT 97 (24)})) 13... Nbd5 (13... Nc8 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Bxf6 (15. Qd3
Nd6 $132 (15... Nd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe7 Ncxe7 18. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,
Rd4][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5] 1-0 Lazovic,G-Raspor,G/Ljubljana 1996/CBM 53 ext (30)}))
(15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Ra4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jovanovic,
S-Popovic,D/Belgrade YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (18)}) 15... Bxf6 16. Re1
Ne7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {0-1 Ilinsky,V-Nenashev,A/Bishkek 1993/CBM 35 (54) A.
Graf and A. Nenashev is the same person - Tsesarsky.}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({Worth
of attention} 14... exd5 $5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. Rc5 Rac8
19. Rac1 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Socko,M-Barskij,V/Warsaw 1993/TD (41)}) 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5][%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7] This
position looks better for White, but Black has sufficient counterplay.} Bb5 ({
Interesting also} 17... Qd6 $144 $5 {and Black had equalized in the next games:
} 18. Rfc1 (18. Rfe1 f6 {[%csl Ge5,Rf3,Gg5]} (18... h6 19. Re5 Be6 20. Rae1 b6
21. axb6 Rfb8 22. R5e2 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Cherepkov,A/Yaroslav
1982/EXT 99 (35)}) (18... Bc6 19. Re3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Re4 21. Qc3 f6 22. Nd2 Rxe3
23. Rxe3 Qd8 $11 {1-0 Bachmayer,P-Cech,P/Bayern 1997/EXT 2000 (45)}) 19. Nd2 (
19. Re3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Eslon,J-Hoffman,A/Alicante 1989/TD (36)})
19... Rfe8 20. Nf1 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Timman,J/London 1984/MCL (35)})
18... Bb5 19. Rc5 (19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rac8 21. Rac3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 f6 23. h4
Re8 24. Rc7 h5 25. Rxb7 Re2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Eslon,J-Hoffman,A/Valencia 1990/EXT
97 (29)}) 19... Rad8 20. Re1 f6 21. g3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Litvinov,V-Balashov,Y/
Moscow 1972/MCD (51)}) 18. Rfe1 Qd6 (18... Qd7 19. Re5 Bc6 20. Qb4 Rfe8 21.
Rae1 f6 22. Re7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qf5 24. h3 (24. Qe1 Kf8 $5 {[%cal Ga8e8]} 25. h3
Rb8 $11 (25... Re8 $2 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qxb7 $16)) 24... Qf4 25.
Qe1 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Orso,M-Karsa,L/HUN 1996/EXT 2000 (35)}) 19. Re5 Bc4 20.
Qe3 Qb4 21. Nh4 $5 {Interesting P sacrifice.} (21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Rfe8 23.
Rae1 Bb5 $11) 21... Qxb2 22. Re1 Qb3 23. Qd2 Qa2 24. Qe3 Qb3 25. Qf4 $44 {
[%cal Gh4f5] A.Graf evaluates his position too optimic. Black has P over, but
White's activity is important factor too.} (25. Qd2 Qa2 $11) 25... Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd3h7]} 26. g4 $5 (26. Qf3 $6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf3b3]} Qc4 27.
Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. h3 f6 $15) 26... Be4 27.
Nf5 Bxf5 28. gxf5 f6 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qd6 Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Kg2
(33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 $11) 33... h6 (33... Qb5 34. Re3 Re8 35. Qd6+ Kf7 (
35... Kg8 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qxd5+ Qf7 38. Qd8+ Qf8 $11) 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qd6+
Kf7 $11) 34. Re3 Qb4 35. Qxd5 Qb5 36. Qe6 $2 $17 {White exceeds risk boundary.}
({It was a time to force draw:} 36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rb3 Qxa5 39. Rxb7
$11) 36... Qxa5 37. d5 $2 $19 {Makes position of White hopeless.} (37. Qe7+
$142 Kg8 38. Qxb7 Rd8 39. Qe7 Qd5+ 40. Re4 Kh7 $17) 37... Qc7 38. Kh3 ({Or} 38.
Re4 Rd8 $19) (38. d6 Qc6+ 39. Kg3 Re8 $19) 38... Rd8 39. Rd3 Rd6 40. Qe4 b5 41.
Qd4 Qc4 42. Qe3 Qc8 43. Kg4 (43. Qf4 Qd7 44. Kg2 a5 $19 (44... Rxd5 $4 45. Qb4+
Kg8 (45... Ke8 46. Qe4+ Re5 47. Qa8+ $18) 46. Qb3 $18)) 43... h5+ 44. Kf4 g5+
45. Kf3 (45. fxg6 Qg4#) 45... Qxf5+ 46. Kg2 Rxd5 47. Rc3 Qg4+ 0-1
[Event "Zaragoza Casablanca op 5th"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramiro Ovejero, Juan Luis"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Adla Martin"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 {Un orden inexacto. Si se quiere jugar la
variante del cambio es imprescindible sacar el C a c3 en la tercera jugada
como hizo Kiril Georgiev en la ronda anterior contra Fabrizio Belli. El
problema de este orden es que las negras solucionarán fácilmente el desarrollo
del Ac8 como se verá en la partida.} exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 {Esta pequeña
jugada es importante en el plan de las negras, como veremos a continuación.} 7.
Bh4 Bf5 $1 {La clave.} 8. e3 ({Las blancas pueden intentar desestabilizar el
flanco de dama negro con:} 8. Qb3 {pero el negro preparó con su jugada 6 el
astuto contrajuego} g5 $1 {con dos posibles variantes:} (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6 {
empeora mucho la estructura de peones de las negras en el flanco de rey.}) 9.
Bg3 (9. Qxb7 {La más táctica, sin embargo pese a la ganacia de material esta
línea aún no ha atraído a los jugadores de las piezas blancas.} gxh4 $1 {
Esta jugada causa muchos problemas a las blancas que deberán jugar la posición
con su dama encerrada en "a8". Hay poco material teórico pero con buenos
resultados para las negras, por ejemplo:} (9... Qb6) 10. Qxa8 Qb6 11. Na4 Bb4+
12. Kd1 Qc7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Rc1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Rg1 Qa5 18.
Nc3 Qb6 19. h3 Nxf2+ 20. Ke1 Qe3 {0-1 (20) Nyland,T (2156)-Balazs,G (2277)/
Budapest HUN 2009/The Week in Chess 770}) 9... Qb6 $1 {Luego de esta jugada
las negras solucionan todos sus problemas, el cambio de damas está asegurado y
el final resultante es fácil de jugar, adjuntamos un par de partidas de
fuertes Grandes Maestros a modo de ejemplo:} 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3
Ne4 (12... a5 13. f3 a4 14. Nd2 a3 15. b3 Bb4 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Kf2
Re6 19. Rhd1 Rae8 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Nf4 24. Rd4 Nxe2
25. Kxe2 Ba5 26. Rdd1 g4 27. Bf4 h5 28. Kf2 h4 29. Rd4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31.
Bd6 Bh3 32. Nd2 Rg6 33. e4 Bf6 34. Rb4 Bb2 35. Rc2 d4 {0-1 (35) Maiwald,J
(2476)-Georgiev,V (2530)/Nuernberg GER 2009/The Week in Chess 774}) 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. h4 Rg8 16. Be2 Be7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7
20. Bh5 a5 21. a4 Bxh5 22. Rxh5 Kg6 23. Rh2 c5 24. Ke2 cxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 26.
Kd3 Nb6 27. f4 Bb4 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nb2+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 gxf4 32. Bxf4
Nd3 33. Be3 Re8 34. Nh4+ Kf7 35. Nf5 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rxb3 37. g4 Re4 38. Rh7+ Ke6
39. Rxb7 Ra3 40. Rb1 Rxg4 41. Ng7+ Kd6 42. Rf7 Ne1 43. Rxf6+ Ke7 44. Re6+ Kf7
45. Bh6 {0-1 (45) Vallejo Pons,F (2663)-Shirov,A (2736)/Monte Carlo MNC 2004/
Yearbook 2007}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 ({
La evaluación general de la línea es que las negras han igualado sin
inconvenientes al serles favorable el cambio de alfiles de casillas blancas.
Algunas partidas de Grandes Maestros confirman esta evaluación. También
recomendamos al jugador interesado en jugar esta línea con negras que estudie
la partida Portisch-Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989, entre otras.} 12. a3 a5 13. Bg3
Re8 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Rab1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Ne2
Rae8 20. Nf4 Re4 21. f3 R4e7 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rd7 25. b5 c5 26.
dxc5 Bxc5 27. Qf5 Bxe3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. h3 Qe5 32.
Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Re6 35. Nf4 Rb6 36. Nxd5 Rd6 37. Ne3 Rxd1+ 38.
Nxd1 Ke7 39. Ne3 g6 40. Nc4 Ke6 41. Na5 b6 42. Nc6 Nd5 43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+
Kd6 45. Nd8 f5 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kc5 48. Nf7 Kxb5 49. Nxh6 Ka4 50. Nf7 b5
51. Ne5 b4 52. Nd3 b3 53. Nc5+ Kb4 54. Nxb3 Kxb3 55. Kg2 Kc4 56. Kf3 Kd4 57. g5
Ke5 58. Kg4 Ne3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Kg4 Ng7 61. h4 Ke4 62. Kg3 {0-1 (62)
Yermolinsky,A (2597)-Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 068 ext}) 12... a5
13. Qc2 ({Es difícil encontrar para las blancas jugadas que cambien la
evaluación, por ejemplo:} 13. Nd2 Re8 14. f3 b5 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Ne2
Qb8 18. Nf1 Qb6 19. g4 c5 20. h4 c4 21. Qc2 b4 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Qf5
Qc6 25. Nfg3 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 Qe6 27. Qf4 Qg6 28. Qg4 Ndf8 29. f4 Nf6 30. Qf3 Ne4
31. Kg2 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Re4 33. Rh1 Rae8 34. a3 Rb8 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. Ra1 f5 37.
Ra2 Ne6 38. Be1 Rb3 39. Bc3 Qe8 40. Kf2 a3 41. Qh3 Nf8 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. bxa3
Qa4 44. Qxf5 Qc2+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qxe3+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1
Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qc2+ {0-1 (50) Saric,A (2455)-Delchev,A (2661)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM
111 ext}) 13... Re8 14. a3 Nb6 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Ne5 Nfd7 $1 {Las negras
expulsan a las pocas piezas blancas bien ubicadas y, pese a la simplificación,
mantendrán una duradera presión apoyándose en la columna "e" y el control del
flanco de dama.} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. e4 $6
{Las blancas no aceptan el juego pasivo pero debilitan su estructura de peones,
especialmente el peón "d4".} Qf4 $5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Rbd1 b6 23. Na4 Re6 ({
Las negras disminuyen su iniciativa intentado ganar tiempos para controlar la
columna "e". Era interesante} 23... b5 24. Nc3 (24. Nc5 a4 {Xb2}) 24... Rac8
25. Nxd5 $2 Qg5 26. Nc3 b4 {con enorme ventaja.}) 24. Nc3 Qg5 25. Rd3 $6 ({
En el momento en que las blancas consiguieron un pequeño respiro cometen este
grave error, debieron luchar por la columna "e" con:} 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. a4 {con solo una levísima ventaja negra.}) 25... Rae8 26. Rg3 $2 {
Esta jugada pierde inmediatamente. Cualquier otra que no se dejase nada era
preferible.} Qd2 $1 27. Qd3 Re1 28. Nb1 Qc1 0-1
[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Luebeck"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 (
14. Qd2 Na5 15. Ba2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. d5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxa1 20.
Rxa1 bxc4 $15 {0-1 Petronijevic,Z-Djuric,S/Cetinje 1991/EXT 98 (36)}) 14... Re8
15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nc5 Nc6 21.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. f3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Atalik,S/Magdeburg GER
2000/(52)}) 2... e6 3. c4 d5 (3... c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 (6...
Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4
Rc8 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nc5 Rfd8
$15 {0-1 Boyle,C-Kilpatrick,R/SCCA Candidates 1983 (34)}) 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bg3 Nb4 15. Ne5
Be8 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Red1 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,
J-Psakhis,L/Las Palmas (izt) 1982/Inf 35 (50)}) 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Bb3
(13. Qe2 Nh5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qf3 Be8 18.
Reb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Nb4 $16 {1-0 Ivkov,
B-Pilnik,H/Mar del Plata 1955/MCD (42)}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Rad1
Ned5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gamundi,A-Kharlov,A/Ubeda 1997/
CBM 56 ext (41)}) 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd3 Nd5 (16... Bd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxh4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bxa6 Rxb2 21. g3 Bf6 22. Rad1 Qb6
23. Qc3 Rd8 24. a5 Qb8 25. Bf1 Rb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Martinez,M-Sulava,N/Toscolano
Maderno 1997 (39)}) 17. Bxd5 (17. Bc2 g6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) (17.
Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rad1 Qd6 $15) 17... Bxh4 18. Be4 (18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rad1 (19. d5
Rd6 20. Rad1 Bf6 $17) 19... Qb6 20. Re2 Rd8 $15) 18... Bf6 19. Red1 (19. Rad1
Qb6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. d5 Bxc3 (21... Rd8 22. Qf3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 exd5 24. Rxd5
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc3 $17) 22. bxc3 exd5 23. Qxd5 Rxc3 $17) 19... Bxe4 (19... Qb6
20. a5 Qxb2 $140 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rdb1 $16) 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Qb3 (21. d5 exd5
22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15 {[%cal Yd8d4]}) 21... Qd5 22.
Qxd5 exd5 23. Ng3 (23. Nc3 Rfd8 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rd4][%cal Ye7f6,Yc8c4,Yc4d4,
Yf6d4]}) 23... Rc2 24. Nf5 Bg5 $5 (24... Bf6 25. Ne3 Rxb2 26. Nxd5 Bh4 27. g3
Rd8 28. Ne3 Bg5 $15) 25. h4 Bf6 26. Rab1 {[%cal Gf5e3]} (26. b4 Rc4 27. Rab1
Rd8 $17) 26... Rc4 27. b3 Rb4 28. Ne3 $1 Rd8 29. Nc2 Rb6 30. g3 h5 $1 $15 {
[%mdl 4096] Great move!Black are fixing Whitee`s pawns and would exploit
their weakness later on} 31. Rd3 g6 32. Kf1 Bg7 33. Rc3 Bf8 34. Re1 Bd6 35. Rc1
Kf8 36. Re1 Rc6 $1 37. Rxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Rb3,Rc6]} 38. Re3 a5 39. Rc3 Rc8 40.
Ne1 Ke7 41. Nf3 (41. Nd3 $11) 41... Kd7 42. Ke2 f6 43. Re3 Rb8 44. Rc3 Rb6 45.
Re3 Rb4 {[%cal Yc6c5]} (45... c5 $5 46. Rc3 cxd4 47. Nxd4 Be5 48. Rd3 Bxd4 (
48... Kd6 49. Nb5+ $11) 49. Rxd4 Kd6 50. Rd3 Rb4 $15) 46. Rd3 Ke6 47. Rc3 Rb6 {
[%cal Ye6f5,Yg6g5]} 48. Ne1 g5 $1 49. Re3+ Kf7 50. Nf3 g4 51. Ne1 f5 {[%cal
Yf5f4]} 52. Ng2 Kf6 53. Rc3 f4 $1 54. gxf4 Kf5 55. Re3 Rb8 56. Rc3 Bxf4 57.
Rxc6 Rxb3 58. Rc5 Rb2+ 59. Kf1 (59. Kd3 Rd2+ 60. Kc3 Rxf2 61. Rxd5+ Ke4 62.
Nxf4 Kxf4 63. Rxh5 (63. Rxa5 g3 64. Rg5 Rh2 65. Rg8 Rxh4 66. a5 Rh1 $19) 63...
g3 64. Rg5 g2 65. Kc4 Kf3 66. Kb5 Rf1 67. Kxa5 g1=Q 68. Rxg1 Rxg1 69. Kb6 Rb1+
70. Kc6 Ra1 71. Kb5 Ke4 72. a5 Kd5 73. Kb6 Kd6 74. a6 Rb1+ $19) 59... g3 $1 60.
Rxd5+ $2 ({It looks like White could still save this game by} 60. fxg3 Bxg3 61.
Rxd5+ Kg4 62. Rg5+ (62. Rxa5 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Kh3 64. Ne3 Rf3 $19) 62... Kh3 63.
Ne3 Rf2+ (63... Bf4 64. Rf5) 64. Ke1 (64. Kg1 Re2 65. Nf1 Bf2+ 66. Kh1 Re1 $19)
64... Ra2+ (64... Kxh4 65. Rc5 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 Rxa4 67. Nf5+ $11) 65. Kf1 Bf4 66.
Rf5 Bxe3 67. Rf3+ Kxh4 68. Rxe3 Rxa4 69. Rd3 $11) (60. f3 Rf2+ 61. Kg1 Rxf3 62.
Rxd5+ Kg4 63. Rxa5 Be3+ 64. Nxe3+ Rxe3 $17) 60... Kg4 61. Nxf4 (61. fxg3 $142
Bxg3 62. Rxa5 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Kh3 64. Rxh5 Rxg2+ 65. Kf1 Rf2+ 66. Kg1 Rf3 $19)
61... Rxf2+ 62. Kg1 Rxf4 $19 63. Kg2 Rf2+ 64. Kg1 Rd2 65. Rxa5 Kh3 66. Rf5 Rd1+
67. Rf1 Rxf1+ 68. Kxf1 Kh2 0-1
[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 (
14. Qf3 Qxc3 (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Bh6 (16. c4 Qd8 (16... Rfe8 17. c5
Bf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. d6 Qxc5 21. Bd5 Bg7 22. Ba3 Qc3 (22... Qd4 23.
Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 Bxf1 (24... Rxe8 25. Rad1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $16 {
1-0 Brunsek,I-Cottegnie,F/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95 (39)}) 25. Rxf1 Rxe8 26.
Rd1 Qa4 27. d7 Rd8 28. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Mikhalevski,V/Ramat Aviv ISR
2004/(42)}) 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Bxe8 Bxf1 26. Rc1 Rxe8 27. Rxc3 Rd8
28. Rc7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Vallejo Pons,F/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (69)}) (16...
Bc6 17. d5 (17. Qf6 Be7 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qf6 Be7 20. Qf4 Bd6 21. Qf6 {1/2-1/2
Hugentobler,P-Kubach,G/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (21)}) 17... Bd7
18. Bb2 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. c5 Rad8 21. Rac1 Ba4 22. c6 Rxd5 23. cxb7 $16 {
1-0 Erenburg,S-Meszaros,T/Budapest HUN 2004/(29)}) 17. g3 Re8 (17... Rc8 18.
Bh6 Re8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 Blanco Gramajo,C-Etchechoury,G/CADAP
2000/ICCF Telechess (20)}) 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. d5 Qe7 20. Bb2 Bh3 21. Bf6 Qd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Blanco Gramajo,C-Bulgarini,M/CADAP 2000 (25)}) 16... Rfe8 17. Qf6 Bf8
18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qc5 21. c4 b5 22. cxb5 Qxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (35)}) 15. Bh6 (15. Qf6 Qc6
16. Bg5 Bc7 17. Be4 $1 Qxf6 18. Bxf6 Rab8 (18... Bc6 $1 $14) 19. Rfc1 Bf4 (
19... Bd6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Rc7 Rfc8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Rc5 25.
f4 g5 26. fxg5 Rxe5 27. h4 Rb5 28. Bf3 Rb4 29. g3 a5 $14) 20. Rc3 Rfe8 21. Bd5
Bc6 $6 22. Bxc6 Re6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rxf6 24. Rb3 $16 {1-0 Galkin,A-Beletsky,A/
Sochi 2004/CBM 101/[Huzman] (58)}) 15... Rfe8 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4
Bc6 (18... Be6 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Borisek,
J-Krivokapic,M/Budva 2003/CBM 96 ext (31)}) 19. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Dochev,D-Konopka,
M/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (19)}) (14. Bd2 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bc6 16. Qg5 Rfd8 17.
Qh4 $6 {1/2-1/2 Antonio,R-Handoko,E/Singapore 1995/CBM 50 ext/[Chekhov] (27)} (
17. f4 $5)) (14. h3 Be6 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Bh6 (16. Rb1 Qxd4 17. Be4 Qe5 (17...
Be5 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Ba3 $16 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Smirnov,I/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002
(37)}) 18. g3 Bxh3 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Bc2 Qg5 $17 {0-1 Guseinov,
K-Belikov,V/Alushta 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 16... Rfd8 (16... Rfe8 17. Be4 Qxf3
18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. a4 f5 20. d5 Bd7 21. Be3 b6 $11 {0-1 Bokros,A-Lurie,M/Mureck
1998/CBM 65 ext (44)}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Bg5 Qxd4 (17... Re8 18. Bf6 Bf5 19. Bxf5 {
1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Kuczynski,R/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (19)}) 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19.
Qe4 Qf6 $6 20. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Wegener,O-Jordan,R/Schopfenheim 1997/EXT 99 (38)})
17... Bd5 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rac1 Qa3 21. Rc5 Qxa2 22. h4 Rae8 23.
h5 Re6 24. Qg5 Bb3 25. Rdc1 b6 26. Rc8 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Timman,J-Van der Sterren,P/
Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (43)}) (14. Bh6 $5 Rfe8 (14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 Qxc3 (15... Bxh2+
16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c4 $14) 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Rad8 (18... Bc6 19.
Rac1 Qb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. d5 Rfe8 22. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ralls II,R-Borst,J/
Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)}) 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Bxb7 Be6 21. Bf3
Rd7 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. h4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Dorfman,J/Germany
1999/CBM 74 ext (24)}) (14... Bc6 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qh4 g5 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Qe2 $18
{1-0 Behnke,K-Berrou,M/Griesheim 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) 15. Rac1 (15. h3 Rad8 16.
Rae1 a6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. c4 b6 19. Rb1 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. Qf3 $16 {0-1
Cardozo,C-Garcia Garay,J/CADAP 2002/ICCF Telchess CBM 96 (34)}) 15... Bxh2+ 16.
Kh1 Be5 17. f4 Bc6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. f5 $15 {0-1 Lepelletier,
B-Marciano,D/France 1996/CBM 54 ext (43)}) (14. h4 Be6 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. Bh6
Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 (17... Re8 18. Bf6 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qxd3 $11 {0-1
Sandu,M-Ionescu Brandis,I/Bucharest 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Rac1
Qa5 20. Bf6 a6 21. Be4 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T-Urban,K/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext
(35)}) 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Be4 (19. Rfd1 Qa5 $1 20. Be4 Qd8 21. Qxd8
Raxd8 22. d5 Bf5 $1 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. d6 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Jussupow,
A/Groningen 1994/Inf 62/[Tiviakov,S] (28)}) 19... Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bd5 (20... Bg4
21. f3 b6 22. Rac1 Qa3 23. fxg4 Qe3+ 24. Qf2 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fuhrmann,
A-Endean,A/IECC 2002/Telechess CBM 91 (28)}) 21. Rac1 Qa3 22. h5 Qd6 23. Qxd6
Rxd6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc7 Rxh5 (25... Rfd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28.
Rxa7 gxh5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lepelletier,B-Koch,J/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (40)}) (25...
Rb8 26. h6 a5 27. Re1 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Ra7 Ra4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Capezza,
M-Touzane,O/FIDE.com 2002/EXT 2003 (65)}) 26. d5 (26. Rxb7 Ra5 27. Rd2 Rd8 28.
f3 {1/2-1/2 Alvim,A-Endean,A/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 87 (28)}) 26... Rd8 27.
Rxb7 Rhxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Fridman,D/Medellin 1996/Juniors (27)}) (14. Rb1
Bc6 (14... b6 15. h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Bxa2 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Rbe1 Rad8 21. Re3 Rd6 22. Qg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 De Vreugt,D-Lalic,B/Zwolle 2001/
CBM 81 ext (38)}) 15. Qg5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Qh4 b6 19. d5 Bd7
20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Bf6 Be5 22. Rbe1 Qd6 $11 {0-1 De Vreugt,D-Nielsen,P/Esbjerg
2000/CBM 78/[Hecht] (98)}) 14... Be6 (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. c5 Be7 17.
Qf3 Be6 18. d5 Qe5 19. dxe6 Qxa1 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Bf6 22. Bh6 Qd4 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Be4 Qc4 25. Kg1 Qxf7 26. c6 Be5 27. Qxf7 {1-0 Nguyen Van
Huy-Abhyudaya,R/Bikaner IND 2004/(27)}) 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 (16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17.
Qf6 Qe6 (17... Qc6) 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 b6 $11 {0-1 Hanley,C-Gwaze,R/Halifax
2003/CBM 97 ext (51)}) 16... Rfe8 (16... Bxd3 $4 17. Qf6) 17. Rfc1 b5 18. g3 (
18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qf6 Bf8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxc4 Rxa2 23. Rcc1 Rxa1
{1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Rabiega,R/Leiner 1996/EXT 98 (23)}) (18. Be4 Rac8 19. Bb7
Rb8 20. Bc6 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re6 22. d5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Be5 24. Re1 $40 {1-0 Hunt,
A-Hanley,C/Blackpool 2003/CBM 95 ext (32)}) 18... Rad8 19. Rab1 (19. a4 a6 20.
Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Calvia de Mallorca ESP 2004/ (40)} (20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Ra4 $16)) 19... Bf8 20. Bxc4 $6 (20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Rxb5 Rxd4 (21... Bd5 22. Rxc7 Bxf3 23. Rb4 Rfe8 24. Kf1 $16) 22. Bf1 $1 (22.
Rb3 Bd5 23. Rxc7 Bxf3 24. Rxa7 Rc8 25. Bf1 Be4 $44 {[%cal Yc8c1,Yd4d1]}) 22...
Be2 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Rxc7 $2 Bxf3 24. Rxa7 Rd1 $17) 23... Qxc1 24. Qxc1 Rd1 25.
Qxd1 Bxd1 26. Ra5 Ra8 27. f4 (27. Bg2 Re8 28. f4 Re7 $14) 27... Bf3 28. Kf2 Bh1
$14) (20. Bf4 Qa5 (20... Qc8 21. Rxb5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qa6 23. Qb3 Rxd4 24. Rc7
$36) 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bc7 $1 Qd5 $1 (22... Qxc7 23. Rb7 Qxb7 24. Qxb7 Rxd4 25.
Qxa7 $16) 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxc4 Bg7 25. Rbb4 $14) 20... Bxh6 21. Bxb5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rc3 Rxd4 (21... Bd2 22. Rc2 bxc4 23. Rb7 Qxb7 24. Qxb7 Rxd4
25. Qxa7 Red8 $11 {-see game Leko-Kramnik}) 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Bxe8 Qxb1+ 24. Kg2
$16) 21... Bxc1 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rb7 Qc4 $1 0-1
[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 {This position is quite common; it
has arisen after various move orders, mostly when White's knight went to f3
instead of e2. White is more active, and after the (rather imminent) exchange
of the dark-squared bishops he will end up with a "better" bishop, too. GM
Julian Radulski now comes up with a rare defensive plan.} Bd7 (11... Be6 {
is usually played:} 12. Rc1 (12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6
16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rcd1 h6 {1/2 Kopasov,A (2041)-Vunder,A (2241)/
St Petersburg 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 12... Bd6 (12... Ne8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Be5 f6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qe2 Kf7 19. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Levenfish,
G-Kotov,A/Leningrad 1939/URS-ch (73)}) (12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 $14) 13.
Bg3 (13. Be5 $5) (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1) 13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 15. Qb3 Rc7
16. Qb4 Qb8 17. a3 Rfc8 18. Qd6 Rc6 19. Qxb8 Rxb8 20. f3 h5 21. Rfe1 $14 {
1-0 Markovic,M (2586)-Nestorovic,D (2386)/Jahorina 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 12. Re1
(12. Be5 $1 Bc6 13. Re1 Nd7 $2 (13... Bd6 $14) 14. Qc2 g6 $2 (14... Nxe5 15.
Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxe5) (14... Nf6 $8) 15. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nxe7+ Kh8
18. d5 Ne5 19. dxc6 Nxd3 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Rad1 {1-0 Knaak,R (2505)-Seils,J
(2220)/Glauchau 1987/EXT 2003}) 12... Bc6 13. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4][%mdl 32] Hardly
a good plan just weakening White's queenside.} (13. Be5 $1 {transposing to
Knaak - Seils.}) 13... Re8 14. b4 (14. Be5 Nd7) (14. Qf3 $5 $14 Qb6 $140 15.
Be5) 14... a6 15. Qb3 (15. Qf3 {was more appropriate here, too.}) 15... Nh5 $1
16. Be5 Bg5 17. b5 $6 (17. a4 {[%cal Yb4b5] was at least logical although
Black probably equalises by means of} Bd2 $1 18. Red1 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8) (18. Re2
Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6) 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. b5 $5 (20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qd7
22. Qb3 Qd6) 20... axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 fxe5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 (24.
dxe5 Qc7 25. Re1 Nf4 $132) 24... exd4 $11) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 f6 19. Bc7 Qd7
20. g3 Nf4 $5 (20... g6 $11) 21. Bf1 $6 (21. Bxf4 $142 Bxf4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Na7 $1 ({if White doesn't want an immediate draw after} 23. gxf4 Qg4+) 23...
Ba4 24. Qb1 g6 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Bd2 $11 {_|_}) 21... Nh3+
22. Kg2 Bd2 23. Red1 Bh6 24. Bb6 Ng5 (24... Ra6 $142 $1 25. Bc5 (25. Nc7 $2 Qf5
$1 26. Ra2 $2 Re3 $1 27. fxe3 Qe4+ 28. Kxh3 Bd7+ $19) 25... b6 26. Nc3 bxc5 $1
27. Bxa6 c4 $44) 25. Nc7 Ba4 (25... Rec8 26. Nxa8 Ba4 27. Qb4 Bxd1 28. Rxd1
Rxa8 29. Re1 $14) 26. Qb1 $2 {White finally goes astray.} (26. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 27.
Nxd5 Bc6 (27... Bxd1 $6 28. Rxd1 Rxa3 29. Nc7 $44 {[%csl Gd4,Rh6]}) 28. Bc4 Ra4
29. Bb3 Ra6 30. Kf1 Kh8 31. f4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxb6 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Rab1 $14)
26... Rac8 (26... Rec8 $1 {was even more accurate:} 27. f4 Ne4 28. Nxa8 Nc3 29.
Qc1 Nxd1 30. Nc7 g5 $1 $19) 27. Re1 (27. Nxe8 Bc2 28. Qa2 Be4+ 29. Kg1 Rc2 30.
Qb3 Nh3+ 31. Bxh3 Qxh3 $19) (27. f4 $1 {was the only way to continue
resistance although Black should win after} Ne4 $1 (27... Bxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxc7
29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. fxg5 Bxg5 {is less convincing}) 28. Nxe8 Rc2+ ({or} 28... Nc3
29. Qd3 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qxd1 Rc3) 29. Kg1 Bxf4 $1 30. Re1
Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 31. Qxc2 $8 Bxc2 32. gxf4 Qg6+ 33. Bg2 Qxe8) 27... Rxe1
28. Qxe1 Rxc7 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 {, and Black converted his material advantage
although not without problems:} 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. f4 Ne4 32. Qa5 Bxf4 $1 33. Qa8+
Kf7 34. Rc8 Bd6 $6 (34... Kg6 $1 35. Rh8 Kh6 36. Qg8 Qf5 $19) (34... Bxg3 $1
35. hxg3 Qf5 $19) 35. Rh8 Kg6 36. Qg8 Ng5 (36... f5 $142 $1 37. Qxh7+ Kf6) 37.
Bd3+ f5 38. h4 (38. g4 $142 {, and it is not easy for Black to parry White's
attack, e.g.} Kf6 $1 39. h4 (39. Bxf5 Qe7) 39... Ne6 40. g5+ (40. Bxf5 h6 {
[%cal Yd7f7]}) 40... Ke7 41. Bxf5 (41. Rxh7 $143 Qe8 42. Qxe8+ Bxe8 43. Bxf5
Nxd4) 41... Nf4+ 42. Kf2 $1 Qxf5 43. Qxg7+ Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxh7+ Kg8 46.
Rxb7 Nh5 47. Ra7 {In this unusual position White retains drawing chances.})
38... Ne4 (38... Bb5 $5 39. Bxb5 (39. hxg5 Bxd3 40. Qxh7+ Kxg5 41. Qh4+ Kg6 42.
Qh5+ Kf6 43. Qh4+ Ke6 $19) 39... Qxb5 40. hxg5 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qxg3+
43. Kf1 Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Bg3+ 45. Kd2 Qg2+ 46. Kc1 $1 Bf4+ 47. Kb1 Qe4+ 48. Ka2 $1
Qc2+ 49. Ka1 Qc1+ 50. Ka2 Qc4+ 51. Kb1 $1 Qb3+ 52. Ka1 Qxa3+ 53. Kb1 Bxg5 54.
Qxh7+ Kf6 {, and Black should win}) 39. h5+ (39. g4 $5 h6 $1 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41.
h5 $1 Qf7 $1 42. Qxf5+ Ke7 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Qxe4+ Qe6 45. Qxb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+
Kg5 $19) 39... Kf6 (39... Kxh5 40. Qxh7+ Kg5 $19) 40. h6 Ng5 41. hxg7 Qxg7 ({
The endgame after} 41... Qxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ra8 Bc6 44. Bxf5 Kf6 {is lost
for White so he decided to resign (a bit prematurely).}) 0-1
[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 (10... Rb8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
Be2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Be1 Bd5 17. Qa3 Qb7 18. Ne5 Nef6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. f3
cxd4 21. e4 Bc6 22. Rxd4 {Portisch-Sax, Moskva 1990}) 11. Rd1 Rd8 (11... b6 12.
d5 $5 Bxc3 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. e4 $16) 13. d6 Qd8 14.
Qxc3 $14) 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. exd4 h6 (14... Nbd5 $2 15. Bg5 $16) 15.
a5 $1 Nbd5 16. Ne5 Bd7 $5 17. Bf3 Bd6 $1 (17... Bc6 $2 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Bxd2 20. Bxc6) (17... Rac8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd2 20. Bxb7 $18) 18. Nxd5
exd5 19. Nxd7 $1 (19. Qxb7 $2 Rdb8 $19) (19. Bxd5 $1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bg4 $19) 19... Qxd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. g3 $14 Ne4 22. Be3 (22. Qxd5 $2 Nxd2
) (22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd5 Nxd2 $1) 22... Qb5 $5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Be2 Bb4 25.
Bxb5 Bxa5 26. Bd3 Bb6 27. h4 Nd6 28. b3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rdc8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2
Ke7 32. Ra4 $1 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Rb1 Bc7 35. Bc2 $14 Rd8 (35... Ke6 $142)
36. g4 Ke6 37. Rc1 Bb6 38. Rb1 Ba5 39. Bf4 Rc8 40. Bd3 b6 41. Rc1 Rxc1 42. Bxc1
Bc3 43. Be3 Nc4 $6 (43... Kd7 $142 44. f3 Kc6 {P b5=}) (43... f5 $5 44. f3 fxg4
45. fxg4 g5 $5) 44. Bxc4 dxc4 45. d5+ $1 Kxd5 46. Bxb6 $14 Bd4 $1 (46... Kc6
47. Be3 $1 (47. Bd8 Kd7) 47... Kb7 48. h5 $1 (48. Bd2 $6 Bf6 49. h5 c3 $1 50.
Bf4 (50. Be1 c2 $1) 50... Kb6) 48... Ka6 49. Bd2 $1 Bd4 50. Bb4 Kb6 51. f3 {
P d2, c3}) 47. Bd8 (47. Bxd4 Kxd4 48. a5 (48. Kd2 c3+ 49. Kc2 Kc4 50. a5 Kb5
51. Kxc3 Kxa5 52. Kd4 Kb6 53. Ke5 Kc7 $10) 48... Kc5 49. Kd2 Kb5 50. Kc3 Kxa5
51. Kxc4 Kb6 52. Kd5 Kc7 $10) 47... c3 $1 (47... Kc5 48. Be7+ Kb6 49. Bb4 {
P f3, d2, e3}) 48. Kd3 $8 Bxf2 49. Kxc3 {[#]} Ke4 (49... f5 $1 50. gxf5 (50. g5
$2 Bxh4 $1 51. gxh6 Bxd8 52. h7 Bf6+) 50... Be1+ $1 51. Kd3 (51. Kb3 Ke5 52.
Be7 Kxf5 53. h5 (53. Bb4 Bxh4 54. a5 Bd8 55. a6 Bb6 56. Kc4 Ke6 $1 57. Bc5 Kd7
$1 58. Bxb6 Kc8 59. Ba7 h5 $10) 53... Ba5 54. Kc4 g6 55. Kb5 Bc7 56. hxg6 Kxg6
57. Bc5 h5 $1 $10) 51... Ke5 52. Ke2 Bb4 53. f6 $1 (53. a5 Bxa5 54. Bxa5 Kxf5
55. Kf3 g5 56. h5 g4+ {P g5=}) 53... gxf6 54. h5 $5 (54. a5 h5 $1 55. a6 Bc5 {
P d5-c6, f2-h4=}) 54... Kf5 55. Kd3 Kg5 56. Kc4 Be1 57. Be7 Ba5 58. Kb5 Bc7 59.
Bc5 $140 f5 $1) 50. Kc4 Be1 $8 (50... g6 51. a5 f5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Bb6 Bg3
54. a6 Bb8 55. Kc5 f4 56. Kc6 f3 57. Kb7 $18) 51. Be7 $1 Ke5 $2 (51... g6 $2
52. Bb4 Bf2 (52... Bxb4 53. Kxb4 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. a5 Kd5 $8 56. h5 Kc6 57.
Kc4 f4 58. Kd4 Kb5 59. Ke4 Kxa5 60. Kxf4 Kb6 61. Kf5 Kc7 62. Kg6 Kd7 63. Kxh6
Ke7 64. Kg7 $18) 53. a5 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. Bc5 $18) (51... f5 $1 52. gxf5
Kxf5 53. h5 (53. Bb4 $142 Bxb4 54. Kxb4 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. a5 g4 57. a6 g3
58. a7 g2 59. a8=Q g1=Q $10) 53... g5 $1 54. hxg6 Kxg6 55. Bb4 Bg3 56. a5 h5
57. a6 Bb8 58. Bd6 Ba7 59. Bc5 Bb8 60. Kb5 (60. Bf2 Kg5 61. Kb5 h4 62. Bxh4+
Kxh4 63. Kb6 Bf4 $1 64. a7 Be3+ $10) 60... h4 61. Kc6 (61. Kb6 h3 62. Bg1 h2
63. Bxh2 Bxh2 64. a7 Bg1+ $10) 61... h3 62. Bg1 Ba7 $3 $10) 52. Bb4 $18 Bxb4 (
52... Bf2 53. a5 g6 (53... Ke6 54. Bc5 Bg3 55. a6 Bb8 56. Kb5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kc8
58. Bf8) 54. a6 Ba7 55. Bc5 Bb8 56. Kb5 Kd5 57. Kb6 $18) 53. Kxb4 h5 (53... g6
54. g5 $1) (53... f6 $143 54. h5 $1) (53... g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kc3 $1 f5 56.
gxf5 g4 57. Kd2 Kxf5 58. a5) 54. gxh5 Kd6 55. Kc4 Kc6 56. Kd4 Kb6 57. Ke5 {
57... a5 58.h6! gh6 59. f6 a4 60. f7} 1-0
[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8.
Rd1 Be7 9. exd4 O-O 10. a3 $1 $146 (10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6) 10... Nd5 11. Nc3
Re8 (11... Na5 12. Ba2 Re8 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16.
Ne5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. c4 Bf6 19. Bd6 Re8 20. c5 Ne7 21. Bb1 g6 22. Qf3 Nd5
23. Be4 {1-0 Tkachiev,V-Legky,N/FRA t-ch 1999 (48)}) 13. Qe4 $14) 12. Ba2 (12.
Qe4 Nf6 (12... Na5 13. Ba2 (13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qh5 Nb3) 13... Bxa3
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb4 17. Ra4 (17. Ng5 Be6) 17... Rd8 18.
Ba2 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxb4 $16) 18... Nc6 19. Ng5 Rd7 (19... b5 20. Nxf7) (
19... Bg4 20. Nxf7) 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. d5 b5 22. dxc6 bxa4 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. c7)
13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Ba2 Bf6 15. Ne4 $14) 12... Bxa3 13. Nxd5 (13. Ng5 $5 Nxc3 (
13... h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Nxd5 (15. bxa3 Nxc3 16. Qf3+) 15... exd5 16. Qh5+) (
13... Be7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Be4 $18)
14. Qh5 Qxg5 (14... h6 15. Nxf7 (15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Qh5 Rf8) 15... Qe7 16. Nxh6+
gxh6 17. Bxh6 (17. Qg6+ Kh8) (17. Rd3 Ne2+ 18. Qxe2 Bd6) (17. bxc3 Bxc1 18.
Raxc1 Rf8) 17... Nxd1 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Bg5 $16) (14... Ne2+ 15. Qxe2 Be7 16.
Nxf7 Kxf7 17. d5) 15. Bxg5 Bxb2 16. Rd3 Bxa1 17. Rh3 h6 18. Bxh6 g6 19. Qh4
Nxd4 (19... Nxa2 20. Bg5) 20. Bg5 Nce2+ 21. Kf1 Nf5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Kxe2 $13)
13... exd5 14. Qb5 Bd6 (14... Be7 15. Bxd5) 15. Bxd5 (15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxd5 (16.
Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6) 16... Bg4) 15... h6 (15... Nb4 16. Bg5 (16. Bxb7 Rb8
17. Rxa7 Bd7 18. Qh5 Qb6 19. Ng5)) (15... a6 16. Qb3 (16. Qc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6
18. Bg5 Qb6) 16... Qc7 (16... Qf6 17. Bg5 Qf5 18. Re1 Bd7) 17. Ng5 $40 (17. Be3
)) 16. Ne5 $1 (16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Bf5 $44) 16... Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5
Bg4 (17... Rxe5 18. Bf4) 18. Qxb7 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+ $16) 18... Bxd1) 17.
dxe5 Qc7 18. Bf4 (18. f4 Bg4) 18... Be6 19. Bf3 a6 (19... Qb6 $5 20. Qxb6 axb6
21. Rac1 Ra4 $132) 20. Qc5 Rac8 21. Rac1 (21. Rd6 Ne7 22. Qb4 Qc4) 21... Qe7 (
21... Qa5 22. Be3) 22. Be3 Bb3 $2 (22... Qxc5 23. Rxc5 $14) 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
Rd3 Ba4 (24... Be6 $142) 25. Bg4 Rd8 (25... Rce8 26. f4) 26. Rd6 Ra8 27. f4 Nd8
28. Rc8 $6 (28. Kf2 Bc6 $16) (28. Bb6 $1 Ne6 29. f5 Nf8 (29... Ng5 30. e6) 30.
e6 $18) 28... Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Ne6 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bd4 Rc7 (31... Bd7 32. Bxd7 (32.
Bxb7 Bxf5 33. Bxa6 Ng6 $132) (32. f6 gxf6 33. exf6 Re6) 32... Rxd7 33. Rxd7
Nxd7 {-game}) 32. Rd8 Bd7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Kf2 g6 36. g4 h5 37.
e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Nb8 39. Kf3 (39. g5 Nc6 (39... Kf8 40. Bc5+ Ke8 41. Ke3) 40.
Bf6 (40. Bc5 b6 41. Bxb6 Kf8 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. Ke3 Nd8)) 39... Nc6 40. Bf6 Kf8
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Ke4 (42. Kf4 Nb4 (42... Na7 43. Kg5 Nb5 44. Kxh5 Nc7) 43. Ke4
) 42... Na7 43. Kd5 Ke8 44. Bd4 Nb5 (44... Nc8 45. Bc5 Kd8 46. Ke5 Ke8 47. Kf6
b6 48. Bf2 a5 49. Ke5 $18) 45. Bb6 Ke7 46. Ke5 Ke8 47. h3 $1 Ke7 48. h4 Ke8 49.
Kf6 Nd6 50. Kg6 Nc4 (50... Ke7 51. Bc5 Kxe6 52. Bxd6 Kxd6 53. Kxh5 Ke7 54. Kg6
Kf8 55. Kf6 a5 56. Ke5 Kg7 57. Kd5) 51. Bc5 $3 (51. Bd4 Ke7 52. Kxh5 Kxe6 53.
Kg6 Nd6 54. h5 Nf5 55. Bb6 Ne7+ 56. Kg7 Nf5+ 57. Kf8 Kf6 58. Bd8+ Ke6 59. Kg8
Kd7 60. Bg5 Ke6) 51... b6 (51... Nxb2 52. Kxh5 Nd3 (52... b6 53. Bd4 Nc4 54.
Kg6 Ke7 55. h5 Kxe6 56. h6 Nd6 57. h7 Nf7 58. Bxb6) 53. Bd6 b5 54. Kg5 (54. Kg6
b4 55. h5 b3 56. h6 b2 57. h7 Nf4+ 58. Kg7 Ng6) 54... b4 55. h5 $18) 52. Bd4
Ke7 53. Kxh5 Kxe6 54. Kg6 Nd6 55. Bxb6 (55. h5 Nf5 56. h6 Nxh6 57. Kxh6 Kd5 58.
Bxb6 Kc4 $11) 55... Nf5 56. h5 Ne7+ 57. Kg7 Nf5+ 58. Kg6 Nh4+ 59. Kg7 Nf5+ 60.
Kf8 Kf6 61. Bd8+ Ke6 62. Kg8 Nh6+ 63. Kg7 Nf7 64. Bc7 1-0
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