[Event "Elllobregat op 3rd"] [Site "Sant Boi"] [Date "2022.12.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Aditya, Mittal"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2022.11.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "Mega2023 Update 06"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2022.12.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.12.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,53,19,34,32,20,27,0,-3,6,31,20,24,-11,22,13,70,59,11,-2,-20,-16,72, -28,-20,31,-5,-5,93,132,132,84,86,53,72,-89,127,205,246,67,46,-11,110,110,188, 127,153,177,177,177,207,530,535,247,29995,29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. e4 b5 9. Qd3 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nxc5 12. Qd4 Bb7 13. b4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qc5 b4 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. a4 Qa7 20. Qd6 Bxe4 21. O-O Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Bf6 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Bc5 Bd8 25. Re1 Bh4 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Rxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 153"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,46,19,34,32,-12,44,10,29,5,48,48,55,46,44,38,21,15,72,40,38,27,26,22, 15,-10,-34,-57,167,95,95,43,74,0,0,-45,0,0,0,0,0,-128,-78,-100,-96,-111,-176, -968,-989] This was in the 4th round. I had just beaten Fabiano Caruna the previous day, which made a perfect start for the New Year. Dies war in der 4. Runde. Gerade am Vortag hatte Fabiano Caruna geschlagen, was einen perfekten Start für das neue Jahr abgab.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {We went for the Slav Defence, which was no big surprise. We played this many time before, with reversed colours as well. Wir wählten die Slawische Verteidigung, was keine große Überraschung war. So haben wir viele Male zuvor gespielt, auch mit umgekehrten Farben.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {He goes e3 actually more often, but recently he has been playing Bg5 a bit. Er wählt häufiger e3, aber in letzter Zeit hat er auch ein wenig Bg5 gespielt.} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 {I went for 8...Bd6, already one idea was exactly what happened in the game. I wanted to see if he would give me a chance to play 11.. .Rc8. Ich wählte 8...Bd6, eine Idee war bereits genau das, was in der Partie passiert. Ich wollte sehen, ob er mir die Chance geben würde, 11...Rc8 zu spielen.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 {This is actually an amazing move. Dies ist in der Tat ein erstaunlicher Zug.} ({It used to be that everyone played automatically, in order to play c5, Früher war es so, dass jedermann, um c5 zu spielen, automatisch} 11... a6 {and then recently I noticed some games with 11...Rc8. zog, und dann fielen mir kürzlich ein ein paar Partien 11...Rc8 auf.}) ({Let's imagine the position of the game line after Vergegenwärtigen wir uns die Stellung des Partieabspiels nach} 11... a6 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 {0-1 (53) Anand,V (2791)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009. There are many games played with this. White has good compensation with the pair of bishops and the weak dark squares in return of the extra pawn. In fact I lost a game to Aronian in 2009, though I was winning. But I managed to confuse myself: Damit wurden viele Partien gespielt. Für den Mehrbauern hat Weiß gute Kompensation mit dem Läuferpaar und den schwachen dunklen Feldern. Tatsächlich verlor ich im Jahr 2009 gegen Aronian, obwohl ich auf Gewinn stand. Aber ich schaffte es, mich selbst zu verwirren:}) 12. Ng5 {This is the typical reaction and a very logical move. Dies ist die typische Reaktion und ein ganz logischer Zug.} ({Already one point of 11...Rc8 was shown in a game between Topalov and Kasimdhanov, a few months back, where after Eine Pointe von 11...Rc8 wurde bereits in einer Partie zwischen Topalov und Kasimdhanov gezeigt, ein paar Monate zuvor, wo nach} 12. b4 {Black played Schwarz trotzdem} c5 {anyway. It's interesting: In the whole line Black wants to play c5 without even bothering to protect the b5-pawn. So there is an implied pawn sacrifice in every one of these moves. spielte: Es ist interessant: In dem ganzen Abspiel will Schwarz c5 durchsetzen, ohne sich um die Deckung des b5-Bauern überhaupt zu kümmern. Jeder dieser Züge beinhaltet somit ein Bauernopfer.} 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 Bxa3 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Kg7 29. e4 Kf6 30. Kf3 a5 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Ba4 Bc5 33. h3 Bb6 34. Bb5 Bc5 35. Ba4 Bb6 36. Bb5 Bc5 37. Ba4 {½-½ (37) Topalov,V (2752)-Kasimdzhanov, R (2684) London 2012}) {Our big point, which we found while preparing for the match against Gelfand, was the move Unser großer Wurf, den wir bei der Vorbereitung auf das Match gegen Gelfand fanden, war der Zug} 12... c5 $1 { So it looks like that for almost all what White does, Black can just play c5. So the advantage of 11...Rc8 is that for the next move you have no difficulty remembering... Es sieht also so aus, dass bei nahezu allem, was Weiß tut, Schwarz einfach c5 spielen kann. Der Vorteil von 11...Rc8 liegt ergo darin, dass man für den nächsten Zug keine Schwierigkeiten hat, sich zu erinnern...} ({After 11...Rc8 12.Ng5 looks even stronger then after 11...a6, because if you play Nach 11...Rc8 seiht 12.Ng5 sogar noch stärker aus als nach 11...a6, denn wenn man} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 {then the R on c8 is worse than the pawn on a6. spielt, dann steht der R auf c8 schlechter als der Bauer auf a6.}) {He went Er zog.} 13. Nxh7 ({instead of statt} 13. Bxh7+ {I give one variation, just to illustrate the thing: Ich gebe eine Variante an, nur um die Sache zu illustrieren:} Kh8 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Ngxe4 Bb8 $44 {and in fact, ... Qh4 is coming and the Rc8 and the black bishops are perfectly placed. und dann steht ...Qh4 ins Haus, und der Rc8 und die schwarzen Läufer sind perfekt platziert.}) {and I went , und ich wählte} 13... Ng4 {This is the first point: Instead of taking the knight on h7, Black simply moves his own. Dies ist die erste Pointe: Statt den Springer auf h7 zu schlagen, bewegt Schwarz einfach seinen eigenen.} 14. f4 {Levon was very much finding the way at the board. So he decided to go f4 instead of h3, which has to be said is a little bit safer. Levon fand den Weg praktisch am Brett. Deshalb entschied er sich für f4 statt h3, was zugegebenermaßen ein bisschen sicherer ist.} ({I give a variation with Ich führe eine Variante mit} 14. h3 {This line is self evident and in fact if you analyse with the computer a little bit, it will show all the direct lines. an. Diese spricht für sich, und wenn man ein bisschen mit dem Computer analysiert, wird dieser all die direkten Abspiele zeigen.} Bh2+ $1 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Be4 (16. d5 Rfd8 $44) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qxe6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 cxd4 20. exd4 Bb8 21. Kg1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 $11 {The main line ends in a draw, which is quite satisfactory from Black's point of view. Das Hauptabspiel endet mit Remis, was aus der Sicht von Schwarz völlig zufriedenstellend ist.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 {After this I actually could not remember, what we had prepared. This was a bit of a problem, because this is not the position where you could make a half move or a position that plays itself. You have to make an exact move, because there is a rook hanging on f8 and a lot of action. You have to do the right thing. And there are some possibilities. I was considering moves like 15...e5, 15...Nde5, 15...Qh4, etc. But none of them made a lot of sense. And then I got the key. Though I could't remember the variations, I rememberd that in some lines my knight gets to d3. So I mainly rembered the position where my knight gets to d3 and from this I managed to reconstruct and find this move ...Bc5. Hiernach konnte ich mich tatsächlich nicht mehr daran erinnern, was wir vorbereitet hatten. Das war ein gewisses Problem, denn dies ist keine Stellung, wo man einen Halbzug machen kann oder sich die Position von selbst spielt. Man muss einen genauen Zug machen, da auf f8 ein Turm hängt und eine Menge los ist. Man muss das Richtige tun. Und es gibt einige Möglichkeiten. Ich erwog Züge wie 15...e5, 15...Nde5, 15...Qh4 usw. Aber keiner davon war besonders sinnvoll. Und dann bekam ich den Schlüssel. Obwohl ich mich nicht an die Varianten erinnern konnte, wusste ich noch, dass in einigen Abspielen mein Springer nach d3 kommt. Also erinnerte mich also hauptsächlich an die Stellung, wo mein Springer nach d3 kommt, und daraufhin gelang es mir, die Sache zu rekonstruieren und diesen Zug ...Bc5 zu finden.} ({ I remembered the line Ich erinnerte mich an das Abspiel} 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. h3 dxc3 17. hxg4 Nf6) 15... Bc5 $1 16. Be2 {I think this is the real mistake. Ich glaube, dies ist der wirkliche Fehler.} ({I give a line, which is fairly straight forward: Ich gebe ein Abspiel an, was ziemlich geradlinig ist:} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 {Black is very, very comfortable with the knight on d3, but it might be not enough. White might get some sort of half playable position like the variation here: Schwarz steht sehr, sehr bequem mit dem Springer auf d3, aber es ist vielleicht nicht genug sein. Weiß könnte eine halbwegs spielbare Stellung bekommen, wie in der Variante hier:} 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 22. Qh7 Nd3 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Be3 $11) {Again it took me a while, not too long, but the essential idea was very clear. So I found Erneut brauchte ich eine Weile, nicht allzu lang, aber die Kernidee war glasklar. Daher fand ich} 16... Nde5 $3 {This is simply a brilliant move. So if there is a single move of which I am really proud in this game, it is move 16. Dies ist einfach ein brillanter Zug. Wenn es also einen Zug gibt, auf den ich in dieser Partie wirklich stolz bin, dann ist es der 16.} ({Here I was thinking again: Hier überlegte ich erneut:} 16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxh2 (17... Nde5 18. fxe5) {but the problem with that is , aber das Problem dabei ist} 18. Ng5 $1) 17. Bxg4 ({Now, after Nach} 17. fxe5 { I have habe ich jetzt} Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2#) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 {And here, the game which kept on coming to my mind was the famous classic Rotlewi-Rubinstein. For me, it's just a classic. I imagine for Gelfand also. He would have rememberd it effortlessly, first of all he knows his classics and secondly it is Rubinstein. he is one of his big heroes. Rubinstein's main point was to invade with both rooks, but except for this it is very similar. Und hier war die Partie, die mir ständig in den Sinn kam, der berühmte Klassiker Rotlewi-Rubinstein. Für mich ist es einfach ein Klassiker. Ich vermute, für Gelfand auch. Er sich mühelos daran erinnern können, erstens kennt er seine Klassiker, und zweitens ist Rubinstein einer seiner großen Helden. Rubinsteins Hauptpointe war, mit beiden Türmen einzudringen, aber davon abgesehen ist es ganz ähnlich.} 19. Nxf8 {Here the alternatives were very clear. In fact, for the rest of the game, there is not much commentary to give. I will just highlight one or two key things. Hier waren die Alternativen ganz klar. Tatsächlich ist für den Rest der Partie kein großer Kommentar mehr erforderlich. Ich werde lediglich ein oder zwei Schlüsseldinge betonen.} (19. Ng5 f5 20. h3 Rf6 21. Nf3 Rh6 $19) 19... f5 $1 { This move I like very much. Here, I didn't take much time, because the ideas are very obvious. The queen is coming to h4, or it's going to f6, capturing the knight and White really has never a defence. So this was also very easy. Dieser Zug gefällt mir. Hier brauchte ich nicht viel Zeit, denn die Ideen sind sehr offensichtlich. Die Dame kommt nach h4, oder sie geht nach f6, Schlagen des Springers, und Weiß hat nie wirklich eine Verteidigung. Das war also ziemlich einfach.} 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 ({The only thing is, on Das Einzige ist, auf} 21. Ne5 {you have to find muss man} Nxh2 $8 $19 {It's the only move, but it wins. finden. Es ist der einzige Zug, aber er gewinnt.}) 21... Qxg6 { The other thing is, though Black is attacking very slowly, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 and so on, there is very little White can do, because of the power of my bishops and the knight on g4. Die andere Sache ist, obwohl Schwarz sehr langsam angreift, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 und so weiter, gibt es sehr wenig, was Weiß tun kann, und zwar aufgrund der Kraft meiner Läufer und des Springers auf g4.} 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $2 {This loses immediately, but the alternative would not have changed the result... Dies verliert sofort, aber die Alternative hätte das Ergebnis nicht verändert...} ({There was an alternative here Es gab hier eine Alternative:} 23. Rf3 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 (24. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2#) 24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bxc3 (26... Nd3 $19) 27. bxc3 Rxc3 $19) {After Nach} 23... Be3 {it finishes immediately. So, one of the best games of my life obviously! Especially against a giant like Levon. I was very happy, it was a rest day, very nice... fällt sofort der Vorhang. Also, eine der besten Partien meines Lebens, offensichtlich! Zumal gegen einen Giganten wie Levon. Ich freute mich sehr, es war ein Ruhetag, sehr schön...} 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2017.11.04"] [Round "18.1"] [White "Bai, Jinshi"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2759"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.04.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2019"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.10.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hangzhou"] [BlackTeam "Zhejiang"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] {[%evp 0,64,30,30,33,-9,5,4,33,23,28,5,19,26,28,16,11,-15,-15,-24,19,-20,-45, -45,-45,-29,7,37,90,83,38,54,285,60,33,59,14,0,62,-82,-90,-100,-139,-147,-143, -235,-324,-320,-323,-516,-470,-490,-514,-519,0,-359,-521,-672,-778,-145,-874, -1353,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nxe5 dxc3 16. Rxd8 cxb2+ 17. Ke2 Rxd8 18. Qxb2 Na4 19. Qc2 Nc3+ 20. Kf3 Rd4 21. h3 h5 22. Bh2 g4+ 23. Kg3 Rd2 24. Qb3 Ne4+ 25. Kh4 Be7+ 26. Kxh5 Kg7 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Bh6+ Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxf2 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Nxf7 Bg6+ 32. Kxg4 Ne5+ 0-1 [Event "New York Rosenwald-03"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1956.10.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Byrne, Donald"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,82,19,13,25,-1,32,39,33,33,33,14,24,1,-9,10,30,20,27,18,18,10,45,-10, -33,-113,-142,-141,-114,-180,-99,-87,-91,-120,-142,-142,-131,-488,-510,-509, -509,-517,-515,-524,-532,-534,-532,-533,-533,-528,-528,-548,-586,-592,-592, -608,-609,-660,-703,-722,-730,-731,-734,-739,-744,-822,-789,-952,-816,-1161, -1255,-1864,-2227,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996, -29997,-29998,-29999,-30000] Der Aufstieg von Robert James - genannt Bobby - Fischer bis zum Gewinn der Weltmeisterschaft gegen Spasskij 1972 in Reykjavik löste weltweit einen großen Schachboom aus. Er hatte sich bereits in frühester Jugend dem königlichen Spiel verschrieben und arbeitete sehr hart an seinem Erfolg. "Im November 1956 erschien dann Fischers Name zum ersten Mal in den bedeutendsten Schachzeitschriften der Welt, als er Donald Byrne ... in einem Spiel großer Klarheit und Brillanz schlug. Hans Kmoch nannte es in seinem "Chess Review" "das Spiel des Jahrhunderts" und schrieb: "...ein erstaunliches Meisterstück im Kombinationsspiel, von einem dreizehnjährigen Jungen gegen einen mächtigen Gegner geführt, das den schönsten Großtaten in der uns bekannten Schachgeschichte gleichkommt..." (Gligoric in "Fischer-Spasskij", S. 160f).} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxd8 Nxc4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Be2 $1 Nb6 17. Kd2 $14 {Dydyshko,V-Dorfman,J/Minsk/1986/1:0/57/ (Shipov)}) (8... b5 $5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1 c5 $132 {(Shipov)}) 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Be2 Bc4 12. Qc2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 $14) 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 $2 {übersieht den folgenden brillanten Schlag.} ({Besser ist} 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. O-O $14 {Flear,G-Morris,P/Dublin/1991/1: 0/46/(Shipov)}) 11... Na4 $3 {[%mdl 512] dynamische Fortsetzungen dieser Art ließ sich Fischer auch später so gut wie nie entgehen} 12. Qa3 {die Taktik funktioniert aus schwarzer Sicht, wie die folgenden Varianten zeigen:} (12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 (13. Qxe7 Qa5+ (13... Qxe7 14. Bxe7 Rfe8 $19) 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 16. Be7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf8 $19) (13. Bxe7 Nxc5 14. Bxd8 Re8+ 15. Be2 Nxa4 $19) (13. Qb4 Nxg5 ({selbst} 13... Bxf3 14. Bxe7 Bxd1 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 { ist chancenreich für Schwarz.}) 14. Nxg5 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Bxd4 $17) 13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 $19) (12. Qb4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qe8 15. Rd3 c5 $1 16. Qxb7 Nd6 17. Qc7 Nf5 $19) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 {erneut ist es ein Springerausfall, der dem in der Entwicklung zurückgebliebenen Weißen Probleme bereitet.} 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $1 (14... Qe8 $2 15. Rd3 $1 {und Weiß ist noch voll im Spiel.}) 15. Bc4 {Byrne setzt auf schnellstmöglichen Abschluß seiner Entwicklung.} ({Mit} 15. Bxf8 $5 {die Qualität zu gewinnen, hätte zwar nach} Bxf8 16. Qb3 (16. Qc1 Re8 17. Be2 $6 Nxc3 $19) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ra1 (18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Rb2 Ba5 $19) 18... Re8+ 19. Kd2 (19. Ne5 f6 20. f3 fxe5 21. fxg4 exd4+ 22. Kd2 b5 $19) 19... Ne4+ 20. Kc2 Nxf2 21. Rg1 Re3 $17 {/-+ in ein schlechtes Endspiel geführt, kam aber aus praktischer Sicht auch in Betracht.}) (15. Be2 Rfe8 16. O-O $6 Qc7 17. Bh4 g5 $19) (15. Bd3 Nxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 (16. Bxf8 $2 Bxf8 $19) 16... Rfe8 $19) 15... Nxc3 $1 (15... Rfe8 $2 {ermöglicht die Evakuierung des weißen Königs mit} 16. O-O $15) 16. Bc5 { Byrne ahnt wohl noch nicht, welch schrecklicher Schlag im siebzehnten Zug noch auf ihn wartet,} ({sonst hätte er vermutlich} 16. Qxc3 $5 {gezogen:} Rfe8 17. Qe3 $5 (17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kxe7 19. O-O Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb5 $19) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 $17 {/-+ und die ungleichfarbigen Läufer geben Weiß noch etwas Hoffnung, obwohl Schwarz meiner Meinung nach auch hier auf Gewinn steht.} ) (16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qxc3 $2 Bb4 $19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) ( 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 Bd6+ $19) 17... Be6 $3 {[%mdl 192] dieser Läuferrückzug ist die eigentliche Pointe der ganzen Kombination.} ({Nach} 17... Nb5 $2 {hätte Weiß indessen das Blatt zu seinen Gunsten wenden können: } 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxf7 $2 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Ng5+ Kg8 (20... Kf6 $2 21. Qf3+ Bf5 22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Bxb6 $18) 21. Nxe6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4+ Qxb3 23. Nxb3 $18 {(Fischer)}) 19. Bxb6 Nxa3 20. Bxe8 $14 {(Shipov)}) 18. Bxb6 $6 {danach spielt sich die Stellung für Schwarz leicht. Rückzüge des Läufers c4 waren zäher. } (18. Bxe6 $2 {führt zu einem sehr hübschen erstickten Matt:} Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#) (18. Qxc3 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $19) (18. Bd3 $5 Nb5 19. Qb4 Qd8 $19) (18. Be2 $5 Nb5 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. a4 a5 21. Qb2 Nd6 $19) (18. d5 $2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $2 Qb1+ 20. Ne1 Qxe1#) 18... Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rd3 $2 axb6 22. Qc3 Nxf3 $19 23. Qxc4 $2 Re1#) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 (24. Qd6 Rad8 (24... Nxd1 25. Qxd1 Rxa2 $19) 25. Qxd8 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nd4+ 27. Kg1 Rxd8 $19) 24... Ra4 25. Qxb6 (25. Qd6 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Rxa2 27. h3 Ra1 $19) 25... Nxd1 $19 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh3 Bxg2# ) (36. Kh2 Bd6 $19) 36... Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# {Dieser Sieg bewirkt, daß Fischer im Rosenwaldturnier mit 4. 5/11 am Ende den achten Platz teilt, für einen Dreizehnjährigen zweifellos ein sehr großer Erfolg. Quellen: "Das große Schachbuch", Martin Beheim Schwarzbach, Droemer Verlag, S. 214. "Fischer-Spasskij, Schachmatch des Jahrhunderts", Svetozar Gligoric, Droemer Knaur Verlag 1972. Kommentar von Shipov aus der ChessBase MEGABASE 99 (MCL 07)} 0-1 [Event "London Classic 11th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2019.12.04"] [Round "1.9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Edouard,Romain"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2019.12.02"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 194"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,164,30,27,40,44,65,57,57,30,30,30,40,54,59,21,27,42,53,54,77,3,-6,-6, 36,14,14,-1,4,-12,19,8,6,-11,-11,-11,38,15,12,-10,14,-45,-28,-39,-39,-68,-48, -1,1,-144,-134,-159,-7,0,0,0,149,172,489,161,167,167,160,160,197,197,189,173, 173,117,220,-47,-46,-46,0,-235,-242,-245,0,0,-16,-16,0,0,9,9,77,-9,-9,-61,-73, -133,-144,-165,-172,-166,-168,-151,-166,-207,-219,-347,-273,-298,-311,-310, -177,-191,-194,-194,-202,-196,-198,-200,-209,-213,-213,-209,-161,-168,-160, -150,-137,-193,-185,-242,-252,-294,-293,-299,-311,-374,-316,-374,-406,-463, -485,-463,-506,-565,-277,-334,-462,-421,-506,-565,-606,-725,-606,-745,-745, -755,-1002,-1012,-1012,-1022,-1022,-1022,-1065,-1032,-1012,-1229,-1229,-1229, -1229,-1279,-26860]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 h6 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 $5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h5 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Rg1 $1 $146 {A huge improvement on 13.Qe1, previously played by Carlsen.} Rc8 14. Be2 Nb6 (14... Ne5 $5 {is definitely worth consideration.}) 15. Qe1 $1 { Now that move makes sense - as White already threatens to push e5.} Nfd7 (15... Qc7 {definitely makes sense too. A logical follow-up would be} 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 {while} 18. Qxg7 $2 {would allow} Rg8 19. Qh6 e5 $1 {with the idea} 20. Nf5 Rg6 21. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 16. g4 {Logical, once the knight is gone from f6 - so White can recapture on g4 with his rook.} hxg4 17. Rxg4 Bf8 $6 {It is rarely very good to set your pieces ready for the next game! Several moves lead to unclear positions here.} (17... g6 $5 18. Rxg6 {(the move MVL admitted to have overlooked beforehand)} Rxc3 $1 (18... e5 19. Qg1 $1 exd4 20. Bxd4 Rf8 21. e5 {is also a mess, but could go wrong for Black}) (18... fxg6 $4 19. Nxe6 $18) 19. Nxe6 (19. Qxc3 Na4 $1 20. Qd2 fxg6 21. Nxe6 Qc8 $13) 19... Qc8 $8 { And now the engine suggests a fun drawing line:} 20. Ng7+ Kf8 21. Rh6 Rxh6 22. Bxh6 Rxc2 23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ f6 26. Bf4 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Na4+ 28. Kb1 Nc3+ 29. Kb2 Na4+ $11) (17... Rh7 $5 {also looks playable. Any time the queen leaves its protection of the c3-knight, Black will sac on c3 and play ...Na4.}) (17... Kf8 $5 {also looks reasonable, if} 18. Qg3 {then} Nf6 $1 19. Rxg7 Nh5 20. Bh6 $8 Nxg3 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Rg7+ Kf8 $11 {is another fun draw!}) ({Even} 17... g5 {is suggested by the engine, but it looks somewhat more suspicious.}) 18. Rg2 {Not the most percussive move, although Black's position remains unpleasant to play.} (18. Bg5 $1 Qc7 19. Rh4 {exchanging Black's very important h8-rook (that had both an attacking and defensive role) was very disturbing.}) 18... Ne5 19. f4 (19. Bc1 $5 {was an interesting way to wait for Black to put a piece on the c-file, so ...Rxc3 becomes impossible.} Qc7 (19... Nec4 $2 20. b3 $16) 20. Qg1 $1 Nbc4 21. b3 Nxa3+ 22. Bxa3 Qxc3 23. Rxg7 $1 $40) 19... Nec4 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bxc4 (21. Rd3 $5) 21... Nxc4 22. Rd3 g6 $5 {Black needs to activate his f8-bishop!} 23. b3 Bg7 {It is important to keep the tension. Retracting the c4-knight would allow Bb2, after which White would have no attacking prospects.} (23... Nb6 24. Bb2) 24. Qd1 (24. bxc4 bxc4 {(/\...Qb6+)} 25. Nxe6 $8 {(or 24.Nxe6 first)} fxe6 26. Rdg3 {would be another critical line.}) 24... Qa5 $6 {Tempting but wrong.} ({Black had to play the more quiet} 24... Qb6 {to "defend" the c4-knight.}) 25. f5 $2 {Bluff? But it did work!} (25. Nxe6 $1 {was powerful:} fxe6 (25... Bxc3 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxd6 $1 $18) 26. bxc4 $1 Bxc3 (26... bxc4 27. Rxd6 Qxc3 28. Rxe6+ Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Re5 $1 $18) 27. Rxd6 {and Black may survive the attack, but will remain worse, e.g.} Rc6 28. Rxg6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bc8 30. Qb8 Qd8 31. f5 bxc4 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Rxe6 Rxh2 35. Bb2 $1 $16) 25... Ne5 $2 ({ Black should have taken the offered pawn with} 25... exf5 $1 {- after} 26. Re2 f4 $5 {it would be difficult for White to continue his attack.}) ({Of course not} 25... Nxa3+ $2 26. Bxa3 Qxa3 27. fxg6 $40) 26. b4 (26. fxg6 {was strong as well, if} Rxc3 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 {White has several wins, for example} 28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Nxe6+ Kf7 30. Rxd6 $18) 26... Qb6 27. fxg6 $1 {After that move, Black's position collapses. Maxime's best chance then was the clock: with around 8 minutes vs. 3.} Nxg6 (27... Nxd3 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Qg4+ {with a devastating attack.}) 28. Be3 {The easy option.} (28. Nxe6 { was the hard one:} Bxc3 29. Rxd6 Rc6 (29... Bc6 30. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 31. Ng5 $5 $18 ) 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ {followed with Qd7#.}) 28... Bh6 29. Ndxb5 {Logical, but not the strongest.} (29. Bg1 {was the simple option, keeping bishops alive. }) (29. Nxe6 $1 {was again the hard one:} Bxe3 30. Rxd6 Rc6 (30... Bc6 31. Nd5 $18) 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33. e5+ $1 {and mate to follow.}) 29... Bxe3 30. Nxd6+ Ke7 31. Nxb7 $2 {Slowly Magnus is giving Black practical chances.} ({ The strongest move was pretty hard to find:} 31. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Qf3+ Bf4 34. Ne2 $1 e5 35. Nxf4 exf4 (35... Nxf4 36. Qg4 $18) 36. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 37. e5+ {and wins.}) 31... Ne5 $5 {A good practical try.} ({After} 31... Qxb7 32. Rxe3 {Black wouldn't be without chances, but objectively he shouldn't be able to prove compensation for the two pawns.}) 32. Rxe3 Nc4 $1 {That was the idea behind 31...Ne5.} ({Of course not} 32... Qxe3 $2 33. Qd6+ Kf6 $2 34. Nd5#) 33. Rd3 $6 (33. Rf3 $1 Qxb7 34. Qd4 {would probably have finished off the game quickly.}) 33... Qxb7 34. Na4 {White had other ways to defend the a3-pawn, like 34.Qc1, but that one isn't bad.} Rhd8 35. Nc5 $4 {Finally a serious mistake by White! Magnus blunders his two extra pawns in just one move.} (35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qe1 Nxa3+ 37. Ka2 {and White is just winning.}) 35... Rxd3 36. Nxd3 (36. Qxd3 Rxc5 {was surely missed by the Norwegian.}) 36... Nxa3+ 37. Kc1 $2 ({Better was} 37. Ka2 Nb5 38. Qg4 Qxe4 {which is around equal.}) 37... Qxe4 {Suddenly, material is equal and White's king is in trouble!} 38. Rf2 Qe3+ $2 ( 38... Qd4 $1 {would have won the game: White is defenseless against 39...Qa1+.} ) 39. Kb2 Nc4+ 40. Ka2 Nd6 41. Qh5 {The white king could escape and White is more or less fine again.} Nf5 42. Re2 Qg1 43. Qf3 ({Of course not} 43. Qxf5 $4 Rxc2+ $1 {deflecting the white rook.}) 43... Qb6 44. Ne5 Qb5 {Black's position remains much easier to play.} 45. c4 $2 (45. Qe4 $1 {was necessary.}) 45... Qa4+ 46. Qa3 Qxa3+ 47. Kxa3 f6 {The c4-pawn falls and Black is technically winning. What a turnover in game 9 of the match!} 48. Nd3 Rxc4 49. Nc5 Nd4 50. Re4 a5 $5 51. Ka2 Rxb4 (51... axb4 $2 52. Nxe6 $1 {was the last trick to avoid. }) 52. Nd3 Nb5 $1 {A cute way to exchange rooks.} 53. Rxb4 (53. Nxb4 Nc3+ $19) 53... axb4 54. Nxb4 f5 55. Kb2 Kf6 56. Kc2 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Nf3 58. h3 e5 59. Ke3 Nh4 60. Nd5+ Kg5 61. Ne7 Ng6 62. Nc8 Nf4 {Black's technical has been irreprochable. Now the h3-pawn falls as well.} 63. h4+ Kxh4 64. Ne7 Kg5 65. Kf3 Ng6 66. Nd5 e4+ 67. Ke3 Ne5 68. Kd4 Ng4 69. Nc7 Nh2 70. Ke3 Nf1+ 71. Kf2 Nd2 72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kd4 Nd6 74. Ne6+ Kg4 75. Ke3 Kg3 76. Nd4 (76. Nf4 $2 Nc4+ $19) 76... f4+ 77. Ke2 Kg2 78. Ne6 f3+ 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Nf4 Nc4+ $1 81. Kxe4 f2 82. Ne2+ Kg4 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-38"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2008.11.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C03"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 128"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] {[%evp 0,62,30,22,47,47,33,31,32,20,25,32,32,28,40,31,35,35,59,42,53,13,37,64, 62,38,124,116,171,162,212,141,207,234,234,268,315,330,411,424,391,359,396,358, 363,237,257,239,239,239,260,265,268,268,290,343,360,361,368,290,316,320,397, 295,867]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ng4 11. h3 h5 12. b4 Bd4 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. e5 Bb6 16. Ba3 Nf5 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Bxe6 Kf8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe7+ Qxe7 23. dxe7+ Kf7 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nd2 g3 26. Nc4 Rh5 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Rb3 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd5 30. Re1 Ke8 31. Rc3 Kf7 1-0 [Event "Meltwater Tour Final"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.01"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2855"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,106,34,14,44,47,51,33,45,52,56,41,38,46,35,-112,-116,-79,100,86,94,69, 61,55,53,54,41,33,21,22,13,0,-19,-13,110,111,95,106,106,6,56,56,95,94,93,72,57, -86,-96,-115,-105,-145,-107,-129,-138,-278,-175,-166,-159,-178,-161,-170,-170, -226,-247,-241,-253,-319,-184,-184,-184,-200,-188,-209,-220,-254,-252,-208, -210,-277,-283,-283,-303,-497,-504,-688,-703,-710,-718,-724,-599,-777,-332, -343,-402,-408,-495,-519,-521,-548,-597,-710,-734,-792,-811,-826,-819,-833, -842]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. a4 Nxb5 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. e5 Ndf5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. exd6 Ra5 18. c4 f5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. d7+ Bxd7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc6 23. Rad1 Bc8 24. g5 Ng6 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. Qc7+ Nce7 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Rxa4 29. Qc7 e5 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Qxb7 Rxc4 32. Qxb6 Nxe5 33. Re2 Rc6 34. Qe3 N5g6 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Rb2 Re6 37. Qf3 Re4 38. Rb7 Be6 39. Kg1 Rg4+ 40. Kh2 Rxg5 41. Rb6 Bd5 42. Qe3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg4 44. Kh2 f4 45. Qd4 Rg5 46. Rd6 f3 47. Rd7 Rf5 48. Qg4 Be6 49. Rd1 Ne5 50. Qh4 f2 51. Kg2 Bd5+ 52. Kf1 Bc4+ 53. Kg2 f1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-43"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2018.10.01"] [Round "7.15"] [White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"] [Black "Laurusas, Tomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2484"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2018.09.24"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 187"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.12.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Sweden"] [BlackTeam "Lithuania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"] [BlackTeamCountry "LTU"] {[%evp 0,69,19,21,16,-20,-21,-12,24,-23,14,-8,-5,-15,-6,8,34,17,35,19,16,16,34, 19,24,23,23,41,35,43,36,28,48,50,50,-28,-21,-17,-6,-23,-16,-37,-37,-48,-32,-71, -83,-74,-92,-108,-96,-105,-64,-116,-83,-97,-97,-67,-81,-87,0,-6,85,171,510,515, 29989,29990,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Nd7 11. d3 Nef6 12. d4 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Nd3 Rc8 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qd2 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Nxe5 19. Rh4 h5 20. Rd1 Nxd3 21. Qh6 Qd6 22. Rxd3 Qf6 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Re3 Qg7 25. Qg5 Rcd8 26. Qxe7 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Qa1 28. Bxc6 Rg1+ 29. Kf3 Qf1 30. Kf4 Qxf2+ 31. Kg5 Kg7 32. Rf4 Qxh2 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Kh6 1-0 [Event "Candidates sf Karpov-Spassky +4-1=6"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1974.05.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1974.04.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,69,14,26,39,28,55,55,43,36,35,22,86,52,42,49,32,17,40,47,46,39,31,36, 30,33,75,68,84,80,67,65,86,71,88,59,67,54,59,49,37,41,53,38,35,53,47,49,55,72, 86,100,87,76,133,123,155,156,173,160,144,178,138,294,303,318,178,373,405,422, 476,467]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Bc6 13. Nd4 g6 14. Rf2 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf1 Qc8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc4 Bh4 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rf1 Rfd8 24. Nb1 Qb7 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. c3 Na6 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Nd2 Bd8 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rd2 Be7 31. Qe6 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Rd1 Nb8 34. Bc5 Rh8 35. Rxd8 1-0 [Event "World-ch31-KK2 Kasparov-Karpov +5-3=16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.15"] [Round "16"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Lutz,Christopher"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,80,28,23,46,51,40,20,35,53,27,43,14,-7,12,0,14,-29,67,16,51,60,41,34, 48,1,40,42,42,19,19,-14,7,-52,13,-90,-101,-66,-50,-117,-111,-79,-83,-83,-45, -110,-64,-53,-65,-83,-70,-86,-79,-97,-97,-94,-62,-132,-77,-74,-72,-117,-130, -160,-170,-193,-222,-403,-472,-472,-492,-502,-515,-517,-520,-543,-582,-29991, -29992,-29997,-29994,-29995,-29996] Im zweiten WM-Kampf stand es nach 15 Partien 7½:7½, Kasparov musste also aus den verbleibenden neun Partien mindestens fünf Punkte holen, um seinem Erzrivalen Karpov den WM-Titel abzunehmen. Einen Grundstein zu seinem Matchsieg legte er in der nachfolgenden Partie. Selten mußte Karpov als Weißer eine derart vernichtende Niederlage hinnehmen, mir persönlich fällt als vergleichbarer Fall nur die Begegnung zwischen Karpov und Kasparov in Linares 1993 ein. Bei meinen Kommentaren habe ich mich auf die folgenden Quellen gestützt: 1) Kasparovs Kommentare im Informator 40/202; 2) Graham Burgess' Kommentare in "The World's Greatest Chess Games" von Burgess/Nunn/Emms.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5 $6 {Dieses Bauernopfer wurde in der Presse das "Straßenbahn-Gambit" genannt. Warum? Der Erfinder Andras Adorjan, zu jener Zeit Kasparovs Sekundant, hatte diese Idee während einer Fahrt mit der Straßenbahn! Objektiv ist 8...d5?! nicht korrekt, wie uns die Anmerkung zum 12. Zug von Weiß zeigt, aber die Schachwelt sollte Karpov dankbar sein, dass er nicht die Widerlegung fand. Dabei hatte Kasparov diesen Zug bereits in der 12. Partie des Matches angewandt und ein kurzzügiges Remis erreicht. Es spricht für Kasparovs Mut (und auch gegen Karpovs Vorbereitung), dass die Variante ein zweites Mal aufs Brett kommt und zu einem glänzenden schwarzen Sieg führt.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Be2 (11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2+ Qe7 14. Be3 Nbxd5 15. Nc2 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Qe6 17. O-O Bc5 18. Rfe1 O-O { mit Remsisschluss geschah in der zuvor erwähnten 12.WM-Partie.}) 11... Bc5 12. O-O $6 {Nicht die beste Wahl.} ({Einige Zeit später fand Karpov den richtigen Zug:} 12. Be3 $1 {widerlegt das Gambit und ist der Grund, dass 8...d5?! nicht mehr gespielt wird. Nach} Bxe3 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Qxb4 Bc5 15. Qe4+ Kf8 16. O-O b5 17. Nc2 {hatte Weiß in A.Karpov-J.Van der Wiel (Brussels 1986) einfach einen Bauern mehr, mit klarem Vorteil. Trotzdem scheint dies nicht Karpovs Variante zu sein, denn letztlich gelang ihm nur ein Unentschieden.}) 12... O-O 13. Bf3 {Karpov klammert sich an den Pd5, aber der Läuferzug schwächt das Feld d3, wie gleich deutlich wird.} ({Besser ist es, den Mehrbauern zurückzugeben und eine kleine Initiative zu behalten:} 13. Bg5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 (15. Bxf6 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 gxf6 $11 {wird von Kasparov als Ausgleich eingeschätzt.}) 15... Nxd5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Rac1 $14 { mit weißem Vorteil in D.Barbulescu-H.Wirthensohn (Mannschafts-WM Luzern 1985)} ) 13... Bf5 14. Bg5 Re8 $1 {Wie ein roter Faden zieht sich das Thema der Prophylaxe in dieser Partie durch Kasparovs Spiel. Wie auch später in den Zügen 21, 24 und 27 konzentriert Kasparow seine Bemühungen auf die Störung des gegnerischen Figurenspiels.} (14... b5 $2 {ist dagegen überhastet, denn} 15. Be4 $1 {würde einen Strich durch das schwarze Spiel machen.}) 15. Qd2 b5 $1 {Bis zum Schluss der Partie werden die weißen Springer kein Bein mehr auf die Erde bekommen.} 16. Rad1 (16. Qf4 Bg6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 { (Kasparov) führt zum Ausgleich, aber das war Karpov anscheinend nicht genug. Hätte er geahnt, dass er nur fünf Züge später bereis um das nackte Überleben kämpft ...}) 16... Nd3 $1 {Dieser Springer lähmt das weiße Spiel. In der Folge dreht sich alles darum, ob Weiß den Springer herauswerfen kann.} 17. Nab1 $2 {Während Schwarz bislang "nur" Kompensation für den Bauern hatte, nimmt nun seine Initiative beträchtliche Größe an. In der Folge läßt Kasparov seinen Gegner nicht wieder ins Spiel zurückkommmen.} (17. d6 $1 { ist absolut erzwungen. Kasparov analysiert:} Qxd6 (17... Ra7 18. Nd5) (17... b4 $2 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Na4 bxa3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd5 $18) 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {, und Schwarz hat gutes Spiel für die Qualität, aber nicht mehr.}) 17... h6 $1 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 $6 (19. Ne2 $5 {kam vielleicht in Betracht. Kasparov gibt} g5 20. Bxg5 Nxf2 (20... hxg5 $2 21. Qxg5+ Bg6 22. Rxd3 $18) 21. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Bg6 {mit schwarzem Vorteil an, aber Burgess weist darauf hin, dass nach} 24. Nd2 {Weiß 25.Sf4 droht und die Partie noch nicht entschieden ist.}) 19... Bd6 {Wie Kasparov schreibt, hatte er diese Stellung bereits in der häuslichen Analyse auf dem Brett ! Dies gibt einen Eindruck von Kasparovs Eröffnungsvorbereitung, die nach wie vor ohne Parallele im Weltschach ist.} 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. b3 {Die Idee ist offensichtlich 22.Sb2, aber Kasparov hat noch einen Pfeil im Köcher.} g5 $1 22. Bxd6 (22. Nb2 $2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 g4 24. Be2 Rc2 $19) 22... Qxd6 23. g3 {Nun hat der Läufer ein Rückzugsfeld, aber gleichzeitig wird das Feld f3 geschwächt. Der nächste schwarze Zug nutzt dies auch.} Nd7 $1 24. Bg2 {Schweren Herzens wird Karpov einsehen müssen, dass er den Nd3 nicht mehr so schnell los wird.} (24. Nb2 {wird nämlich brillant widerlegt, wie Kasparov zeigt:} Qf6 $1 25. Nc4 (25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne5 $1 {und Weiß verliert die Dame.}) 25... N7e5 26. Be2 ( 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bg2 (27. Be2 Bd3 $19) 27... Bd3 28. Rfe1 (28. f4 Rc2 29. Qe3 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Nf3+ $1 31. Qxf3 Ree2 $19 {(Burgess)}) 28... Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd3 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxd3 $19) 26... Bh3 {Kasparov schließt hier die Variante mit dem Urteil, dass Schwarz gewinnt. Burgess führt diese Variante noch etwas weiter:} 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. f4 Qb6+ 29. Rf2 Ng4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bf3 34. d6 Ba8 {Gemäß Burgess wird den langfristigen Drohungen gegen den weißen König schwer zu widerstehen sein.}) 24... Qf6 $1 {Damit ist 25.Sb2 verhindert.} 25. a3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qa2 {Wenn Karpov, ein unbestrittener Meister des Figurenspiels, derartige Züge macht, muss es um die weiße Stellung einfach schlecht stehen.} Bg6 $1 { Einmal mehr Prohylaxe. Mit seinem letzten Zug beabsichtigte Weiß 27.Nd2, was nun wegen 27...Re2 mit direkten Angriff gegen f2 unmöglich ist.} 28. d6 { Obwohl es nicht so aussieht: Weiß hat immer noch einen Mehrbauern...} g4 { ... den Schwarz jedoch verschmäht und stattdessen weiteren Raum am Königsflügel gewinnt.} (28... Qxd6 $2 29. Nd2 {(Kasparov) gibt Weiß noch etwas Luft zum Atmen.}) 29. Qd2 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß keine Idee mehr.} Kg7 {Schwarz braucht sich nicht zu beeilen.} 30. f3 {Öffnet die Stellung für die schwarzen Figuren, aber was sonst.} (30. f4 Bf5 $1 {(Kasparov), und Weiß ist nach wie vor vollständig paralysiert. Schwarz kann als Nächstes ...h6-h5-h4 spielen.}) 30... Qxd6 31. fxg4 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 $1 {Ein Springer auf d3 ist Kasparov nicht genug, auch sein Kollege will mitwirken. Es droht 33...Nxg4 oder 33...Ne4.} 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 {Endlich ist der Schreckensspringer gefallen, aber zu welchem Preis !} Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 $1 { Energisch bis zum Schluss. Zwar hat Weiß drei Figuren für die Dame, aber seine Grundreihe ist schwach.} 37. Rxd3 Rc1 $1 38. Nb2 (38. Rxe3 Rxd1+ 39. Bf1 Rxe3 $19) 38... Qf2 39. Nd2 Rxd1+ ({Der Vollständigkeit halber sei erwähnt, dass nach} 39... Re2 $1 {Schwarz im nächsten Zug auf g2 oder h2 mattsetzt ...} ) 40. Nxd1 Re1+ {...aber auch so hat Karpov nichts mehr lachen. Sicherlich ist dies eine der besten Partien der Schachgeschichte.} 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 069"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 1][%evp 0,87,19,40,85,68,72,80,80,78,76,31,64,30,30,20,22,-11,20,3,-5, 17,26,32,34,25,35,33,37,24,20,32,39,45,58,35,30,17,54,30,28,28,28,16,16,-9,3, -24,-25,-154,-198,0,0,0,0,-450,-237,-420,-448,0,0,-48,21,21,83,79,79,362,372, 372,375,375,382,387,383,383,391,394,392,397,402,375,393,392,378,388,482,489, 497,512] My comments to this fantastic game will be limited to some moments of interest, which I haven't seen highlighted before in the earlier published sources (Internet, various magazines etc.)} 1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} d6 { Topalov is a Sicilian player, but against Kasparov he prefers to spring a slight surprise on his well prepared opponent as soon as possible.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 ({Pirc is a somewhat rare opening in Gary's practice and he often used to react with} 3. f3 $5 {e.g.} e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 cxd5 9. Na4 $1 Qc7 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be2 Bd8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qf3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. Qg3 Nxc3 25. Rae1 f6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 $36 {Kasparov,G-Wahls,M/GER-Kasparov/1992/ But the Bulgarian was probably well prepared for a fight in the Saemisch, after all he is King's Indian expert.}) 3... g6 4. Be3 Bg7 $6 {A major exponent of the 4.Be3 line GM Vlastimil Jansa would be dissatisfied with this move, as later Black will have to lose a tempo capturing on h6.} (4... Ng4 $6 5. Bg5 {is also not ideal, as it rather loses than gains time.}) (4... c6 $5 {has the best reputation.} 5. h3 $1 {This useful and flexible move keeps open both possibilities of development for White, depending on Black's reaction-f4, or Nf3.} ({Less dangerous is} 5. Qd2 $143 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nf3 e5 $5 $132) {Black's most reasonable alternative is} 5... Nbd7 (5... b5 $143 $6 6. e5 $1 dxe5 (6... Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Nxd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Qd3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Ba8 24. Rxg4 Rh8 25. O-O-O $18 { Sokolov,A-Zakharevich,I/Elista/1995/}) 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Nfd7 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nf3 f6 11. e6 Nf8 12. Nxb5 Nxe6 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Kf2 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxa2 19. Rb5 O-O 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc8 23. Rd2 $18 {Jansa,V-Schlosser,M/Muenster/1992/}) (5... Bg7 $143 $6 6. f4 $1 {[+]()} O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bh8 10. g4 Ng7 11. Bg2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. c3 Nce6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Ne4 a5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Ref1 Qb6 24. Kh1 $40 {Jansa,V-Hoi,C/Gausdal/1991/}) 6. f4 e5 7. Qf3 $5 {This position is still quite rare in practice. Black's main problem is to break up effectively the strong pawn cahin e4,f5, so deserving attention is} b5 $142 $5 (7... Qa5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 b5 (10... gxf5 $6 11. Qxf5 $1 b5 12. Nge2 b4 13. Nb1 Nb6 14. Qf2 Na4 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 Nb2 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bg5 $40 {Movsesian,S-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg op/1997/}) 11. Nge2 $36 (11. g4 $143 $6 b4 12. Nd1 gxf5 $1 13. gxf5 b3+ 14. Nc3 bxc2 15. Nge2 Rb8 16. Bc1 Rg8 17. Bxc2 Bf8 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. a3 Nh5 21. Qxh5 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxd2+ $17 { Kharlov,A-Labok,V/Podolsk/1992/})) 8. O-O-O (8. Bd3 Bb7 $132) 8... b4 9. Nce2 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 $6 Bb7 13. g4 Nd5 14. Bf2 e4 15. Qg3 e3 16. Be1 Bg7 17. g5 Be5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Be2 c5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kb1 Nxf3 {0-1,Wagener,C-Andersen, J/Szeged/1994/}) 12... Qe6 $5 $13 {<=>}) 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 {More consistent and preferred by Jansa is} (6. Bh6 $5 {as White can sometimes effectively play f4 later on.} Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 (7... b5 8. e5 $1 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. bxc3 exf6 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Qf8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 f5 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 $16 {Jansa, V-Gazik,I/CSR-chT/1992/}) 8. Bd3 c5 $5 (8... b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Rg8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a3 Qb5 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Rxa7 Rxb2 20. e5 $1 $36 {?e8,Van der Wiel, J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) ({Rather passive is} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Qh5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Qe5 14. f4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Rd8 17. b3 c5 18. Nde2 Bd7 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4] (),[+] Adams,M-Nogueiras,J/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 $143 Bg4 $1 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 ({Unplayable is} 10... Qb6 $2 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Qxf6 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Bg4 19. f3 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Ba6+ Qxa6 22. Rxd8+ Kb7 23. Qxf7+ Kb6 24. fxe4 {1-0,Jansa,V-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O 9697/1997/}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 (12. O-O-O Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 g5 18. g3 h5 19. f4 h4 20. Bb5 Ng4 21. Re2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh3 $15 {Kroeze,F-Beim,V/Leeuwarden/ 1994/}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 $5 $132 (13... Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Qc7 18. c4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. Ra4 g5 22. Qd4 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Qe3 h3 25. g3 e6 26. Nd4 Qc5 27. Rc3 Ng4 28. Qd2 e5 29. Nb3 Qc8 30. c5 $40 {Hamdouchi,H-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1998/})) 6... b5 7. Nge2 { White has various possibilities here.} ({Not too promising is the old line} 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nb6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 12. Qxh3 Na4 $1 $15) ({Ultra-sharp is} 7. g4 h5 $5 (7... Nbd7) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 {Black should strive for immediate counterplay.} ( 9... e5 $142 $5 10. a3 {and forcing a central exchange costs Black precious time, e.g.} ({Too soft is} 10. dxe5 $143 $6 dxe5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Kc7 16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 $11 {Kristensen,B-Hansen, C/Vejle/1994/}) 10... Qa5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc1 Bb7 13. b4 $1 Qb6 14. Nb3 $14) (9... Qa5 10. Nc1 b4 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qa6 (15... c5 $5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nbxa5 cxd4 18. Qd2 $14) 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. Kg1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. b3 Ncd7 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rc5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 g5 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rg6 29. Rxf6 {1-0,Moroz-Janda/Decin/1998/}) 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nbxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Kd1 b3 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nb4 $1 $14 {Rantanen,Y-Jamieson,R/Haifa olm/1976/}) 10. a3 $1 {The right moment for prophylaxis} (10. O-O-O $143 $6 Qa5 $36) ({Gary tries to achieve a better version of} 10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 $5 14. Qg7 Rf8 (14... Rg8 $2 15. Rxd7 $18) 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxh7 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. b3 b4 22. N3e2 c5 23. Qh6 f5 $5 $44 {Moroz, A-Yurasov,A/Simferopol/1991/}) 10... e5 (10... a5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Ng3 $5 $14 { [%csl Ra5,Rb4] As Black's K will have to castle <<, he doesn't want to weaken his position here any further.}) 11. O-O-O Qe7 {Black wants to get his K to safety as soon as possible.} ({But interesting was} 11... a6 $5 12. Kb1 (12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg7 Qf6 $11 {nikam nevedie a po}) 12... Qc7 {/\ (Covers a5.)} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qg7 Ke7 $5 $132) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 $1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 $5 {Topalov realizes the danger, connected with Na5 followed by a timely d5-> and decides to open up the position and fight.} (14... c5 $6 15. d5 $16 {[%CAl Yb3a5,Yb2b4] }) 15. Rxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nb3 {-15.Rd4}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 {[%CAl Rd6d5] /\d5} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 d5 $2 18. f4 {/\e5+/-}) 17. g3 Kb8 (17... d5 $5 18. Bh3+ (18. Qf4 d4 19. Bh3+ Nfd7 $13) 18... Kb8 19. exd5 (19. Qf4+ Ka7 $1 {/\} 20. Nxc5 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 d4 $1 $17) 19... Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Qf4+ $5 Qe5 22. Qxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd6 $36) 21. Na5 $14) 18. Na5 $6 {Kasparov already envisages the rich combinational possibilities, but this very natural move is probably objectively not the best.} (18. Bh3 $142 $5 {/\Rhe1} d5 19. exd5 {-17...d5!?}) ({Deserving attention is also} 18. Qf4 Ka7 (18... Ka8 19. Na5 $36) 19. g4 $5 {/\Bb5 and Black can't play} (19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Qh4 $5 Qxh4 21. gxh4 axb5 22. Nxb5+ Kb8 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 $5 $13) 19... d5 $2 20. Nxc5 $1 $16) 18... Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 {Ftacnik: 'Black has achieved impressive success, but his position is a bit dangerous. Kasparov unleashes phantastic combination.'} ({Opening the position is suicide, after} 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 {/\Nd5} Nxe4 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Rd7+ $1 $18) 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Nc6 $18) 22. Nd5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nbxd5 (22... Nfxd5 $2 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qxf7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qd6 {Mueller,Karsten: 'The pearl from Wijk aan Zee My favourite combination by Kasparov At the A Trainer course at the start of 1999 Klaus Darga really went into raptures about the combination Kasparov had just played: [#]White has to get started:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die Perle von Wijk aan Zee Meine Lieblingskombination von Kasparov Beim A Trainer Lehrgang geriet Klaus Darga Anfang 1999 richtig ins Schwärmen über die gerade gespielte Kombination Kasparovs:[#]Weiß muss loslegen:'} 24. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 704]} (24. Qxd6 $2 Rxd6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Nxd5 $17) (24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxf4 26. Re7+ (26. gxf4 Nd5 $5 $15) 26... Kb6 27. gxf4 Nd5 28. Rxf7 Rdf8 $15) 24... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It should be noted, that 24...Kb6! would most certainly save the game for black, but we would be robbed of some fascinating lines. '} (24... Kb6 $142 $1 $11 {Mueller,Karsten: '!' Mueller,Karsten: 'was indicated. After it Black is even better, because his king is safe and he has more space on the queenside.' Mueller,Karsten: 'war angesagt. Danach steht Schwarz sogar besser, weil sein König sicher ist und er am Damenflügel mehr Raum hat.'}) (24... Bxd5 $5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 (25... Qxf4 26. Rxd8 Qh6 (26... Qc7 27. Rxh8 Qxa5 28. Re7+ $18) 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. b4 $1 $18) 26. Qxf7+ Nc7 27. Re6 Rd7 (27... Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. Re7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Rxf7 29. Nc6+ Ka8 30. f4 $44) 25. Re7+ $3 { The real point of the combination. Mueller,Karsten: 'The first point of Kasparov's combinatory fireworks.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die erste Pointe von Kasparovs Kombinationsfeuerwerk.'} (25. Qxd4+ $2 Qb6 $1 26. Re7+ Nd7 27. Rxd7+ (27. Qc3 Qg1+) 27... Rxd7 28. Qxh8 Rxd5 $19) 25... Kb6 (25... Qxe7 $2 {Mueller, Karsten: '?!'} 26. Qxd4+ $18 Kb8 {Mueller,Karsten} 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7#) (25... Kb8 26. Qxd4 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'} Nd7 27. Bxd7 Bxd5 28. c4 $1 $18) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 ({Mueller,Karsten: 'After' Mueller,Karsten: 'Nach'} 26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 {Mueller,Karsten: 'the paradoxical' Mueller,Karsten: 'gewinnt das paradoxe'} 28. Be6 $3 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'wins.' Mueller,Karsten: '.'} Bxd5 29. b4 $18) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 {This shows Kasparov's combination was more intuitive, than arithmetically exact. Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Ftacnik: 'It seems, that white could have won more easily with the help of a fine move 28.Ra7!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'Kasparov misses the beautiful and more direct winning move' Mueller,Karsten: 'Kasparov verpasst den schönen direkteren Gewinnzug'} ({A simpler and even more beautiful win was found by (I think) Kavalek:} 28. Ra7 $1 {/\ Mueller,Karsten: 'which was found by Kavalek:' Mueller,Karsten: 'welcher von Kavalek gefunden wurde:'} Bb7 (28... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa6+ $3 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 Bd5 32. Kb2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'It is very paradoxical that after this king move Black is completely powerless:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Es ist sehr paradox, dass Schwarz nach diesem Königszug völlig machtlos ist:'} Qe6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29... Nxd5 30. Bd7 $3 Ra8 (30... Rxd7 31. Qb2 Nc3+ 32. Qxc3 Qd1+ 33. Kb2 (33. Ka2 {Mueller,Karsten} Rd3 {and now comes the point: und nun folgt die Pointe:} 34. Ra7 $1 $18) 33... Rd3 34. Ra7 $1 $18) 31. Bxb5+ axb5 32. Ra7+ Qa6 33. Qxd5 Qxa7 34. Qb3#) 30. Rb6 $1 $18 (30. Rb6 Ra8 (30... a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3 Rxa6 (32... Rhe8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 (34... Qa2+ {Mueller,Karsten} 35. Kxa2 Kxb4+ 36. Kb2 Rc6 37. Bf1 $18) 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 31. Qxf6 a5 32. Bf1 $18)) 28... Qxd5 29. Ra7 (29. Kb2 $2 {Mueller,Karsten} Qd4 $19) 29... Bb7 $8 30. Rxb7 (30. Qc7 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'runs into' Mueller,Karsten: 'läuft in'} Qd1+ $11) 30... Qc4 {Mueller,Karsten: '!?'} (30... Rhe8 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Mueller, Karsten: 'fails to' Mueller,Karsten: 'scheitert an'} 31. Rb6 (31. Ra7 $2 Rd6 32. Kb2 Qe5 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 $18 {/\Rd6 Mueller,Karsten: '!!' Mueller, Karsten: '(G.Ligterink)'} Re1+ {Mueller,Karsten} (32... Nd7 {Mueller,Karsten} 33. Rd6 Re1+ 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Qxe1 Qd4 (33... Nd7 34. Rb7 Qxb7 35. Qd1 $1 $18 { (Greengard)}) 34. Rd6 Nd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. Bd3 Rd7 38. Be4 Qc4 39. Qxc4 bxc4 40. Bc6+ $18) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!' Now White wins by force. Mueller,Karsten: 'After this Kasparov's attacking genius triumphs more or less immediately.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Danach triumphiert Kasparovs Angriffsgenie mehr oder weniger direkt.'} (31... Rd1+ $142 32. Kb2 Ra8 (32... Qd4+ {Mueller,Karsten: '?!'} 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd6 35. Re7 {/\Be6} Ra8 { Mueller,Karsten} 36. Be6 $18) 33. Qb6 Qd4+ (33... a5 {Mueller,Karsten: '?!'} 34. Bd7 $1 Rd5 35. Qe3 {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'} axb4 36. Ra7+ $18) 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 (35. Bd7 $3 {Mueller,Karsten and according to the computer White should win in the long run because Black cannot free himself, e.g. und Weiß sollte laut Computer langfristig gewinnen, weil Schwarz sich nicht befreien kann, z.B.} Rd6 36. g4 Rf6 37. f4 h6 38. h4 Rd6 (38... Rxf4 39. Bc6 Rc4 40. Bd5 a5 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. Kc3 $18) 39. f5 g5 40. h5 Rf6 41. Rc7 a5 42. Rb7 axb4 43. Bxb5+ Ka5 44. a4 Rd6 45. Rxf7 $18) 35... a5 36. Be6 axb4 37. Bb3+ Ka5 38. axb4+ Rxb4 (38... Kb6 39. Rxh7 {and with 3 pawns for the exchange White gradually wins.}) 39. c3 $16 {_|_R}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Very strong. Here at the latest Kasparov must have seen the whole final combination. Or else he could still have deviated with' Mueller,Karsten: 'Sehr stark. Spätestens hier muss Kasparov die gesamte Endkombination gesehen haben. Sonst hätte er noch mit'} (33. Bd7 {Mueller,Karsten with a slight advantage. mit leichtem Vorteil abbiegen können.}) 33... Kxc3 (33... Kb3 34. Qa2+ Kxc3 35. Qb2+ Kd3 36. Re7 $1 $18) 34. Qa1+ Kd2 $8 (34... Kb4 35. Qb2+ Ka5 (35... Qb3 36. Rxb5+ {Mueller,Karsten: '+-'}) 36. Qa3+ Qa4 37. Ra7+ $18) 35. Qb2+ Kd1 { Mueller,Karsten: 'This position is very suitable for a tactical exercise:' Mueller,Karsten: 'Diese Stellung eignet sich gut als Taktikaufgabe:'} (35... Ke3 $2 36. Re7+) (35... Ke1 36. Re7+ Kd1 37. Bf1 $1 $18 {is the same as in the game.}) 36. Bf1 $1 {Mueller,Karsten: '!!' Mueller,Karsten: 'A powerful clap of thunder.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Ein gewaltiger Donnerschlag.'} Rd2 $8 (36... Qxf1 $2 {Mueller,Karsten} 37. Qc2+ Ke1 38. Re7+ Qe2 39. Qxe2#) 37. Rd7 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The final trick, but white is completely right, the game is finally over.' Mueller,Karsten: 'The fantastic final point.' Mueller,Karsten: 'Die fantastische Schlusspointe.'} Rxd7 38. Bxc4 {[%CAl Rb2c1]} bxc4 $8 39. Qxh8 Rd3 (39... Rb7+ 40. Ka2 Kc2 41. Qd4 $18) 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 (41... Kd2 42. Qc2+) 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Unbelievably beautiful fireworks!' Mueller,Karsten: 'Ein unglaublich schönes Feuerwerk!'} 1-0 [Event "Keres Memorial-02"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1979.03.09"] [Round "12"] [White "Knaak, Rainer"] [Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E45"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1979.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,67,25,25,29,-16,0,-9,26,28,26,10,27,-10,14,8,3,-2,3,5,17,-20,10,-6,37, 16,19,17,31,36,33,16,15,57,112,98,113,102,106,78,82,23,-17,-39,-56,2,-41,-40, 15,27,91,0,5,83,114,-56,-46,-46,244,419,1467,644,644,665,687,327,29985,29986, 29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 h5 7. h4 Bb7 8. Qd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. c4 Re8 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 d4 19. Nd6 dxe3 20. f4 Neg4 21. Bc4 Re7 22. Qg6 Be4 23. Qg5 e2 24. Rh3 Rb8 25. Bc3 Bc2 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. Rxg4 hxg4 28. h5 Re3 29. h6 g6 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Bxf6 Kg8 32. Nxf7 Bb3 33. Ng5+ Bxc4 34. h7+ 1-0 [Event "World-chT Rapid"] [Site "Dusseldorf"] [Date "2023.08.26"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Krastev, Alexander"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2411"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.08.26"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2023 Update 43"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2023.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hemer Schachverein"] [BlackTeam "Chess Pensioners"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,63,22,19,51,52,80,48,73,65,63,40,40,15,-10,-26,-16,-13,-12,-13,10,-40, -5,-128,-68,-7,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,110,28,125,114,113,113,102, 93,110,144,127,144,189,175,189,190,949,978,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nf5 a6 8. Bd3 Nc5 9. Bg5 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Ncxe4 12. Nxg7+ Bxg7 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. f4 Ke6 16. f5+ Ke7 17. Rad1 a5 18. Rd5 Ra6 19. Rxe5+ Kd7 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Bf4 Kb6 22. Nd6 Bd7 23. Nxf7 Rc8 24. Nd6 Rxc2 25. Re7 Bh8 26. Be3+ Kc7 27. Nf7 Bg7 28. Bf4+ Kb6 29. Ne5 Bxf5 30. Be3+ Kb5 31. Rxb7+ Ka4 32. Rd4+ 1-0 [Event "World-ch (Women)"] [Site "Shanghai/Chongqing"] [Date "2023.07.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Lei, Tingjie"] [Black "Ju, Wenjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2564"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2023.07.05"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2023 Update 40"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2023.08.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.08.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,129,28,25,23,10,22,22,15,11,6,7,1,32,52,-27,-11,-35,10,-8,-1,-30,-16, 0,10,-9,4,7,8,18,46,47,52,63,63,40,35,35,27,24,22,9,12,0,32,44,40,63,61,81,79, 66,66,72,117,63,55,47,38,79,73,91,77,4,9,14,27,37,23,10,80,39,37,26,16,16,38, 17,24,23,48,16,33,57,58,65,80,79,51,51,32,69,115,149,149,240,278,148,144,44, 136,191,173,203,453,229,226,228,224,173,172,170,170,174,240,248,250,250,255, 262,265,264,268,274,274,288,288,280,280,330,356,399]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nd2 c5 15. N4f3 Bc6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Red1 Bb8 20. Qc4 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bd6 23. b5 Bd7 24. Qc3 Be6 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Ne8 27. Bb3 Nc7 28. Qc2 Ne6 29. Bd5 Rab8 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Rd5 Be7 32. Rad1 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Ra8 34. Bd2 Kf8 35. Bc3 f6 36. Qb3 Qc8 37. Qc4 Qe8 38. g3 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qe8 40. h4 h5 41. Bd2 Rb8 42. f4 exf4 43. Bxf4 Rb7 44. Qe2 g6 45. e5 Qa8 46. Qf3 f5 47. Rd7 Ra7 48. Qxa8+ Rxa8 49. e6 Rxa4 50. Rb7 Ra8 51. Rxb6 c4 52. Rc6 Bd8 53. b6 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Rb2 55. Rc8 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rxb6 57. Rxd8+ Ke7 58. Rc8 Rxe6+ 59. Kd2 Re4 60. Kc3 Kf7 61. Rxc4 Re8 62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Bg5+ Ke5 64. Re7+ Rxe7 65. Bxe7 1-0 [Event "Sao Paulo m"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Milos, Gilberto"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Ernst,Thomas"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1996.11.29"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 056"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,58,24,24,51,60,68,56,65,40,26,37,56,34,70,41,37,18,20,20,20,-18,-3,8, 1,32,11,21,6,-32,-14,-80,-109,-67,-30,-48,-82,-61,-61,-74,-106,-106,-120,-120, -120,-347,-320,-614,-543,-610,-626,-664,-666,-666,-666,-666,-688,-664,-554, -801,-984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qd3 Rb8 $1 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 {½-½ Nisipeanu,L-Stangl,M/ Balatonbereny 1996}) 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 $1 (10... Nc5 11. g5 b4 12. gxf6 bxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. b4 $1 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Rc8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nxe6 Qxb4 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Qh5 $16 {1-0 Huebner,R-Browne,W/ Chicago 1982 (33)}) (10... b4 11. Nce2 Nc5 (11... e5 12. Nb3 d5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. O-O-O $13 {Pritchett,C-Morrison,G/Troon 1984/1-0 (54)}) 12. Ng3 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 e5 15. Nb3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne6 $13 {½-½ Chandler,M-Timman,J/ London 1984 (43)}) (12... d5 13. e5 Nfe4 {0-1 Aronian,L-Sandler,L/Erevan olm 1996 (46)}) (12... Nfd7 13. O-O (13. O-O-O g6 14. Rhf1 Bg7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Rf2 Rc8 19. Rdf1 d5 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. fxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc1 { 1-0 Chandler,M-Ribli,Z/London 1984 (37)}) 13... g6 14. a3 bxa3 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bg7 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Ra2 e5 19. Ndf5 $6 (19. Nde2 d5 $132) 19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:49] 1-0 Ehlvest,J-Ftacnik,L/Polanica Zdroj 1995 (43)/ CBM} (20... gxf5 $1)) 13. O-O Nfd7 (13... g6 14. f5 exf5 15. Ndxf5 gxf5 16. Bd4 {1-0 Short,N-Lukov,V/Erevan 1984 (36)}) 14. a3 bxa3 15. b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Be7 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. Rxa3 O-O 19. g5 Rc8 20. Rf1 Bf8 21. h4 d5 22. Rb3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bd5 {0-1 Chandler,M-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik op 1984 (35)}) 11. a3 (11. g5 $2 hxg5 12. fxg5 Ne5) (11. h4 h5 12. gxh5 (12. g5 Ng4 13. O-O-O) 12... Nc5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rh2 Rxh5 15. f5 e5 16. Nde2 Rh8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng3 Qb6 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 {½-½ Banas,J-Yudasin,L/Trnava 1983 (47)}) (11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nce2 (12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Ne5 14. Qg2 Nfg4 15. Bf4 b4 16. Nce2 Be7 { 0-1 Lanc,A-Mokry,K/Trnava 1984 (32)}) (12. Nb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qa8 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qg3 dxe4 16. Be2 {0-1 Banas,J-Jansa,V/Trnava 1987 (42)}) 12... Nc5 13. Ng3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 g6 15. Rf1 h5 $1 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. f5 exf5 18. Ndxf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Rh7 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Tukmakov,V/URS-FL Ashkhabad 1978 (38)}) 11... Rc8 12. O-O (12. Bf2 g6 13. f5 Qe7 14. Rg1 Ne5 15. Qe2 g5 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 a5 { ½-½ Czebe,A-Wallace,J/Budapest FS02 GM 1995 (37)}) 12... Be7 (12... Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nfxe4 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nxc5 d5 18. Qe5 Bxc5+ 19. Kg2 d4+ 20. Kh3 Qc6 21. Qe2 dxc3 $17 {½-½ Coudari,C-Kastner,J/New York MCC 1980 (36)}) 13. Rae1 (13. g5 $2 Ne5 $1) 13... g5 $5 {×e5 Wer greift am Königsflügel eigentlich an?} 14. f5 (14. fxg5 Ne5 15. Qh3 (15. Qf4 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Rg8 $19) 15... Nfxg4) 14... Ne5 15. Qh3 $6 (15. Qg3 $5) 15... Kd7 $5 16. Be2 h5 $1 (16... Nxe4 {Is good enough}) 17. fxe6+ fxe6 18. gxh5 g4 19. Qg2 Rxc3 $1 (19... Rxh5) 20. bxc3 Bxe4 21. Qf2 Nxh5 {/\g4-g3} 22. Bf4 g3 23. hxg3 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rh1+ 25. Kf2 Rh2+ 26. Ke3 Bg5 27. Kxe4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rh3 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 $138 0-1 [Event "Biel GM 42nd"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2703"] [Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,Maxime"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2009.07.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 132"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,152,28,34,53,53,94,82,70,42,33,32,43,36,63,45,77,52,70,44,19,9,24,24, 43,22,1,-108,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,-364,-66, -342,-210,-301,112,-46,33,40,23,-12,63,102,120,84,103,-180,-169,-81,-170,-181, -181,-163,-181,-138,-7,-121,-138,-100,-100,-214,-206,-624,-509,-490,-480,-490, -482,-478,-478,-475,-485,-618,-618,-550,-371,-397,-233,-201,-222,-215,-255, -436,-433,-417,-395,-398,-394,-394,-394,-406,-342,-441,-442,-442,-442,-442, -442,-442,-442,-442,-442,-442,-442,-442,-391,-393,-378,-406,-421,-421,-421, -447,-471,-476,-478,-494,-490,-490,-490,-490,-367,-490,-479,-490,-310,-314, -314,-321,-367,-372,-372,-945,-29682] A lot has already been said about this game, but fortunately there still remain many tricky moves to explain!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 {I decided to play a different variation from the one I chose against Nakamura recently in San Sebastian.} (10... Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8) 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 {Up until this point there has been absolutely nothing new, though at that moment Morozevich began to think for 25 minutes. Nevertheless, I thought it was probably some kind of bluff because I had already played this variation and coming into this variation unprepared would be tantamount to suicide...} 13. Nf4 $1 $146 { Proving that I was right. Though this strong novelty doesn't seem to deliver a crushing blow to a variation in which Black anyway doesn't seem to be in trouble, it is really unpleasant to face it over the board.} e5 $1 {Clearly the best practical choice. I thought about it for a while to check that at every turn I could have a back-up variation, in case my calculations were wrong at some point.} ({I think I had planned to play} 13... dxe4 14. Nfxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc6 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 (16... Rxf8 $6 17. g5 $1 Nh5 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. Bxh6 $40) 17. Qxb4 exf3 {if he had played 13.Nf4, but I didn't take this move seriously enough and so I didn't check the variation thoroughly. It was over the board that I realised that this position was extremely dangerous, e.g :} 18. Bf2 $5 Be6 (18... Nd5 19. Qd4 Ne7 20. Qxg7 Rg8 21. Qe5 Rxg4 22. Bd3 $40) 19. Rd6 Qe4 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Bd3 $40 {All the white pieces are converging on Black's king which is unsafe everywhere. Furthermore, some pawns can fall at anytime, and so the position is very difficult to play, even though it is probably OK if Black plays well.}) 14. Nfe6 {The obvious continuation of the novelty.} fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qa5 16. exd5 Qxa2 17. Qd3 {Here I got lost in thought, seeing that my first idea was losing by force... Except that it didn't lose !} Kf7 $2 ({I was not keen on} 17... e4 {because of} 18. Qd4 $1 (18. fxe4 $2 Ne5 $17) 18... Bd6 19. Bc4 b3 $1 20. f4 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. c3 Qa2 23. Ke2 $1 $40 {Here one can feel that something is wrong: my queen is out of play and my king unsafe. The kingside pawns are going to roll forward with crushing effect (beginning with g5).}) (17... Ke7 $2 18. d6+ $1 Kxe6 (18... Kf7 19. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Kg6 (20... Rb8 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Bf7+ Kd8 23. Ne6#) 21. h5+ Kh7 22. g5 $18) 19. Qc4+ Qxc4 20. Bxc4+ Nd5 21. Bxd5+ Kxd6 22. Bxa8+ $18) (17... Bb7 $1 { was probably the strongest, but I thought that after} 18. Qg6+ (18. g5 $5 { is a very interesting idea which offers the opportunity to keep on playing, even though after} e4 $1 19. Nc7+ $5 (19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Nxd5 exf3 $11) 19... Kd8 20. Ne6+ Ke8 21. Qd4 $5 hxg5 22. Nxf8 Nxf8 23. Bc4 Qa5 24. Bxg5 N8d7 25. fxe4 Qa1+ $1 ( 25... Qc5 $2 26. e5 $1 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Nh7 28. Bd2 $16 {is clearly bad: soon there will be 3 pawns all threatening to queen.}) 26. Kd2 Qa5 {probably holds; I don't see a better idea (even if it's still possible to play on a piece down with some compensation) than to take a draw with} 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qa5 $11) 18... Ke7 19. d6+ $1 Kxe6 20. Bh3 $1 {I was just lost, but after the very cool} (20. g5 $2 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxd1+ $1 22. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 23. Kc1 Bxh1 $19) 20... Qa1+ $1 (20... Bd5 $2 21. g5+ Kxd6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxd5+ $1 Qxd5 (23... Kxd5 $2 24. Qf7+ $18) 24. Rd1 $18) 21. Kd2 Qa5 $1 {White has no other choice but to repeat moves.} 22. Kc1 (22. Ke2 $2 Qb5+ 23. Kf2 Bd5 $1 24. g5+ Kxd6 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. gxf6 gxf6 $19 {And Black just remains a piece up...}) 22... Qa1+ $11) 18. g5 ( 18. Nd8+ $2 {didn't work, and I had even seen the best continuation for Black : } Ke7 $1 19. Nc6+ Kd6 $1 20. Nxb4 $2 (20. Nd8 $1 Ke7 $11 {And Black gets at least a draw.}) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Qc4 Bb7 23. Ke1 Rc8 24. Nc6 Kc7 $1 $17) 18... Nxd5 19. Bh3 $1 {Here I saw that my problems were anything but over! } Nxe3 {Probably the best practical choice, even though this move loses by force.} (19... N7f6 {was my idea when playing 17...Kf7, but after} 20. Nd8+ Kg8 (20... Ke8 $2 21. Qg6+ Kxd8 22. Bb6+ Ke7 23. gxf6+ gxf6 24. Bc5+ Kd8 25. Qxf6+) 21. gxf6 Nxf6 {I had rightly thought} 22. Bf1 $1 {was the only move. The only problem was when I understood it was winning because of the threat 23.Qc4+, e. g :} Bf5 (22... Be7 23. Nc6 $1 $18) (22... e4 23. Qc4+ Qxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kh7 25. Nf7 Rg8 (25... exf3 26. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 27. hxg5+ Kg6 28. Rxh8 Ng4 29. Rxf8 $18) 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Bxg8 Kxg8 28. Nxe4 $18) 23. Qxf5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Rxd8+ 25. Bd3 $18 {with a winning attack.}) 20. Nd8+ Ke7 $1 (20... Ke8 {was the best choice according to the computer, but only at the beginning. In fact il loses automatically after} 21. Bxd7+ Kxd8 22. Bxc8+ $1 {First the computer thinks this leads to draw.} (22. Be6+ Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Bxa8+ $16 { leaves some hope for Black.}) 22... Kxc8 (22... Nd5 23. Be6 Rb8 24. Qe4 $1 Qa1+ (24... Rb5 25. Qxe5 $1 $18) 25. Kd2 Qxb2 26. Ke2 $1 $18 {with a winning attack. }) 23. Qd8+ Kb7 24. Rd7+ Kc6 25. Rc7+ Kb6 26. Rc8+ Kb5 27. Rxa8 (27. Qd7+ Ka5 28. Qc7+ Kb5 29. Qb7+ Ka5 30. Rxa8 $18 {is probably simpler.}) 27... Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Nc4+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 30. Qd7+ $1 Kb6 31. Rb8+ $1 Kc5 (31... Ka5 32. Rb5+ $3 axb5 33. Qa7#) 32. Rc8+ Kb6 33. Rc6+ Ka5 34. Qc7+ $18) 21. Nc6+ Kf7 22. g6+ $1 {The simplest, and perhaps the most powerful, although there was a well-hidden spectacular win.} (22. Be6+ $3 Kxe6 (22... Qxe6 23. Nd8+ Ke7 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 ( 24... Nxd1 25. Rxd1 $1 $18) 25. Qxe3 $18 {and the lack of coordination among Black's pieces leaves him no hope of saving the game.}) 23. Qg6+ Nf6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Qe8+ Kf5 26. Nd4+ $1 Kf4 27. Ne2+ Kf5 {Here I had thought this was a draw, but...} (27... Kxf3 28. Qc6+ $1 $18) 28. Rd4 $3 $18 {The move we probably had both missed. Both threats (29.Ng3# and 29.Rf4+ exf4 30.Qe4#) are simply too strong.}) 22... Kg8 (22... Kf6 $2 23. Qd6+ $1 Bxd6 24. Rxd6+ Qe6 25. Rxe6#) 23. Qxe3 Bc5 24. Qe4 $1 {The simplest, and what I was expecting.} (24. Be6+ $1 Qxe6 25. Qxc5 Bb7 (25... Qxg6 26. Rxd7 $1 Kh7 27. Nxe5 $18) 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nc6+ Kg8 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Rd1 $1 Qc7 31. Qc5+ Ke8 32. Rd6 $18 {is another brilliant win, but is as tough to foresee as 22.Be6+.}) (24. Qxc5 $2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nxc5 27. Bxc8 $16 {is still better for White, but 24.Qe4 is just much stronger.}) 24... Nf8 25. Rd8 Bb7 {Losing on the spot, but there was no other choice.} (25... Bxh3 26. Rxa8 Be6 27. Qxe5 $1 Qd5 28. Re1 $1 Qxc6 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 $18 {is totally hopeless.}) 26. Rxa8 $2 {Here Morozevich misses probably the simplest shot for a win, even though it is not completely obvious. I had also missed it.} (26. Rxf8+ $1 Bxf8 (26... Kxf8 27. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 28. Qxe5 $18) (26... Rxf8 27. Qxe5 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc5 $18) 27. Qxe5 Bc8 28. Qe8 $18) 26... Bxa8 27. h5 $1 {The logical follow-up, my pieces are all tangled up, and so I'm still lost !} (27. Rd1 $4 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Be3+ 29. Rd2 Qa1#) (27. Bf1 $5 Bxc6 28. Bc4+ Ne6 $1 29. Qf5 $1 Be3+ 30. Kd1 Bxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxe3 Qxg6 34. Rf1 $18 { and despite being 3 pawns down, the Ne6 is going to be lost, leaving a winning ending for White because Black's pawns are going to fall.}) 27... Rh7 $1 { A strong defensive move, played because of the necessity of giving up the h8-square for the king; otherwise I'm just going to be mated one way or another.} 28. Re1 Bxc6 {Unfortunately the only move...} (28... Kh8 29. Qxe5 $1 $18) 29. Qxc6 Bd4 30. Kd2 $6 (30. Kd1 $1 Bxb2 31. Bf5 Bc3 32. Ke2 $1 Bxe1 33. Qc8 $1 {wins on the spot :} Kh8 (33... Bc3 34. gxh7+ $18) 34. Qxf8+ Qg8 35. Qxg8+ Kxg8 36. gxh7+ Kh8 37. Kxe1 $18) 30... Qxb2 31. Qc4+ Kh8 {Black's Rh7 is buried alive. And it will remain there for a while. Indeed why would White take the rook instead of continuing to have mating threats?} 32. Kd3 $1 a5 { An interesting try, but best was} (32... Qa3+ $1 33. Ke4 Qa5 {with some counterplay with the queen coming back into play.}) 33. Qc8 $2 {After this move, I'm not worse anymore !} (33. f4 $1 Bf2 (33... Qc3+ 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Re4 $1 Kg8 36. Rc4 $18) 34. Ke2 $1 Qa3 35. Kxf2 Qxh3 36. Rxe5 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Qd8 38. Qf7 Qc8 39. Re8 $18) 33... Qa3+ 34. Ke4 b3 35. cxb3 a4 $1 {Maybe the move in the game of which I'm the most proud... and it was found in big time trouble.} (35... Qb4 $2 36. Rc1 Bc5+ 37. Rc4 $1 Qe1+ 38. Kd5 $16) 36. Rb1 {A very dangerous move.} (36. bxa4 Qb4 $1 (36... Bf2 $1 $11 {is also a draw because 35. ..a4 opened the third rank!}) 37. Rc1 Bc5+ $1 {and 38.Rc4 is no longer possible.} 38. Kd5 Qd4+ 39. Kc6 Qd6+ 40. Kb5 Qb6+ $11) 36... Qb4 (36... Qd6 $5 {is an interesting try for the win, but it is not enough :} 37. bxa4 Bc5 38. Rd1 $1 Qxd1 39. Qxc5 Qe2+ 40. Kd5 $1 Qxf3+ 41. Kc4 e4 42. Bf5 $1 $11) 37. Qc4 $1 Qb7+ 38. Qd5 Qb4 (38... Qxd5+ $4 39. Kxd5 a3 40. Rc1 $1 a2 41. Rc8 $18) 39. Qc4 Qd2 $5 40. Bg4 $2 {The decisive mistake, on move forty.} (40. Qc8 $1 Qe2+ 41. Kd5 Qb5+ 42. Ke4 $11 {And the best choice is to get the draw.}) 40... a3 $1 $19 41. Qf7 Qc2+ 42. Kd5 Qc5+ 43. Ke4 a2 44. Rc1 a1=Q $1 45. Rxc5 Bxc5 { Now I'm a rook and a knight up. So, it's all over, even if Black loses the rook, isn't it?} 46. Qd5 $5 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qd1+ 48. Kc4 Qxd5+ 49. Kxd5 Ba3 $6 { The following endgame is still winning, but I had a simple tactical shot:} ( 49... Nxg6 $1 50. hxg6 h5 51. Bh3 Rh6 52. Kxc5 Rxg6 53. b4 Rg3 $19 {wins easily, because even if the rook has to be sacrificed for the b-pawn, the 3 remaining pawns helped by the king will win as White's king will be far from the kingside.}) 50. Bf5 $1 (50. Kxe5 $2 Nxg6+ $1 51. hxg6 h5 $19) 50... Kg8 51. Kxe5 {Obviously White doesn't take the rook, or else the win is easy with a knight up and all the pieces back in play.} Rh8 {Finally the rook remains alive after having been en prise for 24 moves. It will even deliver the final blow!} 52. Kd5 $1 {Here I understood that I couldn't free my rook and my king without leaving White with a strong passed pawn on h7.} Nh7 $1 (52... Nxg6 $4 53. Bxg6 Kf8 54. Ke6 $11 {Even without the b3- and f3-pawns, White would draw easily!}) 53. gxh7+ Kf7 54. Bg6+ Kf6 {Here I was still 90% sure that the position was winning, as the winning idea is easy to find: stalemate White's king to force the Bg6 to move, when g5 wins because the rook is freed from the protection of the h8-square. In fact it's even easier to apply than I thought it was during the game.} 55. f4 Bc1 $1 {I want to get the e5-square for the king.} 56. f5 (56. b4 $5 {To push the b-pawn was maybe the most interesting, but after} Bxf4 57. b5 Rb8 $1 58. Kc6 Ke7 59. b6 Bh2 60. b7 Rh8 $22 {White will be in zugzwang: either Black's king comes to the queenside, or Black can play g5...} 61. Kb6 (61. Bb1 g5 $1 62. hxg6 Kf6 $19) 61... Kd6 62. Bf5 g5 $1 63. hxg6 Be5 64. Bc8 (64. Ka7 Kc7 $19) 64... Bd4+ $1 $19) 56... Bd2 57. Kd6 Be1 58. Kd7 Bb4 $1 {Cuts White's king off from the kingside before taking the pawn on b3, leaving White no counterplay.} 59. Kc7 Ke5 60. Kd7 Ba3 61. Kc6 Kd4 62. Kc7 Kc3 63. Kd7 Kb4 {The first zugzwang of the game; I prevent unnecessary counterplay.} (63... Kxb3 64. Bf7+ Kc3 65. Bg8 Kd4 66. Ke6 Ke4 67. f6 gxf6 68. Kxf6 Kf4 $1 69. Kg6 Bb2 $19 {was also winning anyway.}) 64. Kd6 Kxb3+ 65. Kd5 Bb2 66. Kd6 ({Going to the kingside didn't change anything:} 66. Ke4 Bf6 67. Bf7+ Kc3 68. Bg6 (68. Bg8 Kd2 69. Kf4 Kd3 70. Kf3 Kd4 71. Kf4 Be7 $19) 68... Kd2 69. Kf3 Kd3 70. Kf2 Ke4 71. Ke2 Rd8 $1 72. Kf2 Rd2+ 73. Ke1 Bc3 $1 74. f6+ Kf3 $19) 66... Bf6 67. Kc5 Kc3 68. Kd6 Kd4 69. Kc6 (69. Ke6 Kc5 70. Kf7 { with stalemate ideas, doesn't work:} Kc6 $1 71. Ke6 Rd8 $1 72. Kf7 (72. Bf7 Rd6#) 72... Kd6 73. h8=Q Rxh8 74. Bh7 Rxh7 $19) 69... Rd8 $1 70. Kb6 (70. Kb5 Kd5 71. Bf7+ Kd6 72. Bg6 Rc8 $1 73. Kb4 Kd5 74. Bf7+ Kd4 75. Bg8 Rb8+ $19) 70... Kd5 $1 {Zugzwang!} 71. Kc7 (71. Bf7+ Kd6 72. Bg6 Rb8+ $19) 71... Kc5 72. Bf7 g5 73. fxg6 Rd6 74. Be8 Be5 75. Kb7 Rb6+ 76. Kc8 Kd6 {A very exciting game, but also quite frightening! I experienced all sorts of states of mind during this game, and even if I think I got quite lucky, I also found all the moves to remain alive in the game.} 0-1 [Event "Opera Hous: Morphy-Duke of Brunswick"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1858.11.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Morphy, Paul"] [Black "Duke of Brunswick, Count"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [Annotator "Fischer,Robert James"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1858.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,33,19,38,25,16,75,61,72,70,161,79,116,114,128,111,119,66,90,82,221, 212,285,450,579,570,655,669,697,746,1202,1208,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 {This is a weak move already. Later Steinitz said you shouldn't move out your bishops before you bring out your knights, a very good rule for beginners.} ({The right move was} 3... Nd7) 4. dxe5 Bxf3 {He must give up his bishop} ({because if he takes:} 4... dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nxe5) 5. Qxf3 ({Later on Steinitz said you should take with the pawn} 5. gxf3 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 {and you play this endgame with two bishops. He gave one variation to support this:} Nf6 8. fxe5 Nxe4 9. Bg2 Nc5 {[%csl Gb7] defending the pawn} 10. b4 {[%csl Rb7][%CAl Gg2b7] and take on b7 after the knight moves, wins. This is typical of Steinitz's ideas and a typical variation.}) 5... dxe5 6. Bc4 {[Laughs] I have a friend who shows this game and says "I can show you my game against the Duke of Brunswick". [The Morphy game Fischer is annotating was played at an opera house in Paris against two strong amateurs, the German noble Duke Karl of Brunswick and the French aristocrat Count Isouard].} Nf6 { To defend the mate [on f7].} ({It's funny: I played two [simultaneous] exhibitions here in Sarajevo, and both players played exactly the same:} 6... Qf6 {Maybe they were trying to lose the same way, as a joke or something.} 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 c6 {[%csl Rd5][%CAl Gc3d5] to prevent this} 9. Bg5 {A very good move.} Qg6 (9... Qxg5 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Bxg8 {wins.}) 10. Rd1 {[%csl Rd8][%CAl Gd1d8]} ({I couldn't castle:} 10. O-O-O Qxg5+ {[%csl Rc1]}) 10... Be7 (10... Nd7 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. Rxd7+ {and I win a pawn and the endgame.} ) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 13. Rd8+ Kxd8 14. Qxf7 {Both played exactly the same, but different from here on [both lost of course]. Bjelica: "You think Morphy played better than you?" Fischer: "Well, we both won!"}) 7. Qb3 { This is already a winning move, because he is threatening two pawns. Now Black played a clever move:} Qe7 8. Nc3 ({Now if he takes} 8. Qxb7 Qb4+ {trade queens and play a long time in a lost endgame.}) (8. Bxf7+ Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Bc5 10. Qc8+ Ke7 11. Qxh8 Bxf2+ 12. Ke2 $16) 8... c6 9. Bg5 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rf8] Now Black is in a zugzwang position here. He can't develop his [b8] knight because his pawn [on b7] is hanging, the bishop is blocked by the queen...} b5 { And now he finished with a beautiful sacrifice:} 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 ( 11... Kd8 12. Bxf6 {[%csl Rd8][%CAl Gb3d5,Gd5a8] and Qd5+ and Qxa8}) 12. O-O-O {[%csl Rd7] He's threatening to take the knight.} Rd8 {He can't take with the knight or the queen, so} ({He can't castle:} 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6+ {[%csl Rb7] [%CAl Gb3b7] and Qb7 mate.}) 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 {[%csl Rd7,Rf6] Now White can simply take the knight and the rook and is two pawns ahead.} Qe6 15. Bxd7+ {Morphy was looking for a brilliancy.} (15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Bxf6 {is an easy winning ending.}) 15... Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0 [Event "Biel GM 48th"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2015.07.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2733"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2015.07.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,95,24,25,49,48,81,74,56,30,30,25,44,48,28,35,26,12,32,3,-23,-53,-40, -43,-11,-24,-14,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,0,0,0,-18,-17,-16,-12,-29, 132,161,204,4,4,0,169,174,126,0,0,0,0,-35,-9,-67,60,69,62,42,66,66,71,0,0,0,0, 0,0,9,69,93,85,81,80,80,127,137,147,143,248,262,249,232,251,251]} 1. e4 { I was David's second in Biel, so the following remarks come from first-hand knowledge. From their previous encounters, David felt that Radek had respect for his calculating abilities, thus he opts for the sharper opening move.} c5 { Radek also plays the Caro-Kann, but this was expected. As Anand's second he must have spent long hours examining the Najdorf from every possible angle, so he puts his full trust in this complex system.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({Jansa, who is still Navara's regular trainer, prefers the classical} 6. Be2 {While David would assuredly take on the Scheveningen with 6...e6, getting something tangible in the heavily analysed} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {is currently an almost impossible task.}) ({David has also tested the fashionable} 6. h3 {, but lately Radek reacted with} g6 (6... e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Qxh6 $40 {Navara,D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso 2014. For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 162.}) (6... e5 7. Nb3 {was a major alternative, which could transpose into the game position after} Be6 8. Be3) 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. c3 Ne5 18. h5 Qc4 19. h6 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Bf8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bc1 Nb6 23. b3 e6 24. c4 $16 {Moussard,J (2444)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) Montpellier 2015 While Black would hardly repeat this game, during his preparation David still wanted to narrow down his options and concentrate on the system, which appeared in the game.}) 6... e5 {Radek's main choice.} ({ He only very rarely opts for the Scheveningen move} 6... e6) ({Kasparov's sortie} 6... Ng4 {has not yet occurred in his practice. And in case it did: White can still change tack with} 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3) 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 ({The English Attack with} 8. f3 {has been heavily analysed and tested in the past decades, moreover Wojtaszek has used no fewer than three moves here: especially } h5 $5 (8... Nbd7 {, or}) (8... Be7 {can lead to similar, but not necessarily the same positions.}) {gives the game a distinct character of its own:} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. c4 g6 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Qa5 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Kb1 Nfd7 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Rc1 Na4 19. Be2 a5 20. Na1 Kf8 21. Nc2 Kg7 22. Na3 {Topalov,V (2771)-Wojtaszek,R (2698) Rhodes 2013} Qd8 23. Nb5 Qf6 24. Bd1 Nac5 $13 {For more details see the notes in CBM 157 by Wojtaszek, who won this important game in the crucial match of the 2013 European Cup.}) (8. Qd2 { is another try, flexibly postponing the choice between f3 and f4. However, White had different plans.}) 8... Be7 (8... Nc6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. a3 (12. Bg5 $5 Be7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxg5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be7 19. Rd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 O-O 21. Rhd1 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Rd7 Bc5 27. f3 f5 28. b4 Bf8 29. c4 $16 {Stukopin,A (2573)-Wang,K (2367) Chicago 2015}) 12... Nxc2 $1 13. Kxc2 Qc6 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ndb1 Qa4+ 17. Kd2 Qb3 18. Ke1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxb2 20. Qxe5 Bc5 21. Rd2 Qc1+ 22. Rd1 Qb2 23. Rd2 Qc1+ 24. Rd1 Qb2 {½, Laznicka,V (2681)-Wojtaszek,R (2713) EU-ch Yerevan 2014 The knight sacrifice was an important novelty when this game was played, but Radek didn't want to repeat it against a prepared opponent.}) ({The same goes for} 8... Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. Qd2 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 b4 (12... Be7 13. Kb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qg2 Nfd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Nd4 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 g6 21. h4 Rc5 22. Bg2 Qf6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Qg7 {Libiszewski,F (2520) -Edouard,R (2665) Linares 2013} 26. Nc6 $36) 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Qxb4 Ng3 15. Rg1 Nxf1 16. Rgxf1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7 18. Qa5 O-O 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. c3 Nf6 21. Ra5 exf4 22. Rxf4 $36 {[%csl Ra6] Ponomariov,R (2714)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Beijing blitz 2014}) (8... d5 $6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 (10... Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O $32) 11. Qd2 $14 {[%CAl Ye1c1]}) 9. g4 $5 {Although this thrust doesn't give White an advantage, David was attracted to an unbelievable idea "for 1 game" he found at home. It actually appeared in the game and subsequently turned out to be more risky than suspected, but the resulting positions were not to Black's liking. The ticking clock and also White's instant play put increased pressure on Radek...} ({Here the main move is} 9. Qf3 {, after} O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Qe4 (14. Bd3 a5 15. Nc5 {has brought White practical success, but no one has yet reacted with the simple} dxc5 $5 16. d6 Ra7 17. dxe7 Qxe7 $13) 14... a5 15. Bd3 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Qg2 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd7 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. h4 Qd7 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Bg5 Nh5 $132 {/=/+, Volokitin,A (2702)-Wojtaszek,R (2700) Loo 2013 Black had typical counterplay.}) ({Wojtaszek was also definitely aware of } 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nce5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. a3 Bf8 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. Qd4 Nec4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nxd6 Nxa3+ $1 22. bxa3 Rxc3 23. Qb4 Qxb4+ 24. axb4 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rec8 $15 {Navara,D (2751)-So,W (2778) Prague 2015}) 9... d5 {Strong and pretty natural - Black meets the flank attack with a central counter.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 (11. Nxd5 $143 $6 Bxd5 12. Rg1 Nc6 $13 {/=/+ The extra moves g4 and Be7 change the evaluation in comparison with the early 8...d5?! line}) 11... Nxe3 $8 (11... Nxc3 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 (12... Kxd8 $2 13. Bxb7 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O $18) 13. bxc3 $40 {[%csl Rb7][%CAl Ge3a7,Gg2b7]}) 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {Still logical, but for the first time Black spent some time choosing the way to recapture.} ( 12... Kxd8 $143 13. fxe3 Kc7 14. Nd5+ $14 ({or} 14. Bd5 $5 {is pleasant for White.})) 13. fxe3 Bh4+ (13... Nc6 14. Nc5 Bh4+ {is not just a transposition, here White has} 15. Ke2 $5 Bc4+ 16. Nd3 {/\b3+/=}) 14. Kf1 (14. Ke2 Bc4+ 15. Kd2 Nc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Na5 Be6 (17... Bd5 $11 {/\} 18. e4 Bd8) 18. Nxc6 f6 19. Nb4 O-O-O+ (19... h5 $5 $44) 20. Ke2 Bc4+ 21. Nd3 e4 22. Nxe4 Bd5 23. Nec5 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Rd6 25. b4 Re8 26. Kf3 Rc6 27. a4 Bg5 28. e4 $14 {/+/-, Vavulin, M (2390)-Gordievsky,D (2444) Moscow 2014}) 14... Nc6 15. Nc5 Bc4+ $1 $146 { A novelty, but a very logical one and it was still part of David's preparation. } ({It's certainly a more forcing and convincing way to equality, than} 15... O-O 16. Bxc6 (16. Be4 Rad8 17. Ke2 Bc4+ 18. Bd3 Bxd3+ 19. cxd3 Be7 20. N3e4 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rd5 22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Rhd1 Kf8 24. Rd2 Rd6 25. a3 {½, Paveto,K (2302)-Real de Azua,E (2465) Buenos Aires 2012}) 16... bxc6 17. Rd1 Bc8 18. e4 Rd8 (18... Ra7 $5) (18... Be7 19. Nd7 Re8 20. Nb6 Rb8 $11) 19. Kg2 Kf8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Ke7 22. N3a4 g6 23. g5 Ra7 24. Nd3 Rd7 25. Nac5 Rd6 26. Rf1 Ke8 27. h4 f6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 $132 {Aharon,O (2341)-Kuzubov,Y (2663) Baku 2014}) (15... O-O-O $2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ke2 Nb4 18. Rhf1 $16) 16. Kg1 O-O-O (16... Bg5 $143 17. Re1 Bh4 18. Rd1 $1 Bg5 19. Bxc6+ $5 (19. Kf2 Bh4+ 20. Kf3 e4+ $13) 19... bxc6 20. Kf2 $14) 17. b3 Bg5 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Rb1 $1 {We will yet see how the rook will be useful for White on this "mysterious" square.} Bg5 20. Kf2 Bh4+ (20... Rd2+ 21. Kg3 Rxc2 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. bxc4 Rxc3 24. Nxa6 {[%CAl Rb1b8]} Rxe3+ 25. Kf2 Ra3 (25... Kd7 26. Rhd1+ Ke6 27. Nc5+ Kf6 28. Rd6+ Ke7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rbb7 $16) 26. Rb8+ Kd7 27. Rxh8 Rxa2+ 28. Kf3 Rxa6 29. Rxh7 $14 ({or} 29. Ke4 $5 {is the first line, showing the merits of 19.Rb1!})) 21. Kf3 $5 {[%mdl 64] Embarks on an exceptionally complex tactical sequence.} (21. Kg1 Bg5 22. Kf2 Bh4+ $11 {seems to be the logical and forced outcome, but this is not what David had in mind. For the time being White spurns a draw, Radek had a really long think now.}) 21... e4+ $1 {The best reaction, other moves are concessions:} (21... Rd2 $6 {[%CAl Rd2f2]} 22. N5e4 Bd5 $8 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Ke2 $36) (21... Bd5+ 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Ne4 $11 {/+/= is again more pleasant for White. White's bishop is more active than its counterpart, also his << majority is more mobile, than Black's pawns on the opposite flank. Also apart from the ^- there are other pieces on the board.}) 22. Kf4 $2 {This move deserves certainly more signs than one, but instead of something like "?!!?" I will just stick with the objective evaluation.} ({White's king didn't enter the fray to immediately finish the game with a perpetual after} 22. N5xe4 Ne5+ 23. Kf4 Ng6+ $11 {, but now Black has a way to punish his opponent's audacity. Out of fairness, one must say that it's extremely well hidden and even navigating tha right course with an engine is far from simple.}) 22... g5+ { Black weakens his pawns, cut off his bishop, but with this strong concrete move he is still on the right track. Alternatives are complex, but less promising:} (22... Rd2 23. N3xe4 (23. bxc4 Rf2+ 24. Kxe4 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Ne5+ 26. Kd4 Rxg2 {just barely holds after} 27. N5e4 $1 $132) 23... f5 $5 24. Nxd2 (24. gxf5 $2 g5+ $1 25. fxg6 Rf8+ $40 26. Kg4 Rxg2+ 27. Kxh4 hxg6 28. Ng3 Ne5 $19) 24... g5+ 25. Kxf5 Rf8+ 26. Ke4 Re8+ 27. Kf5 $1 {[]} (27. Kf3 $4 Nd4+ 28. exd4 Be2#) 27... Rf8+ $11) ({David analysed also} 22... Rd6 23. N3xe4 g5+ 24. Kf5 { A simpler way is} Rd5+ $5 (24... Rg6 25. Nc3 $1 (25. bxc4 $2 Re8) 25... Re8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. bxc4 Rxc5+ 28. Nd5 $13 Rxe3 (28... Re6 $5) 29. Kf6 $13 {/=}) 25. Kf6 Rg8 26. bxc4 Rg6+ 27. Kxf7 Ne5+ 28. Ke8 Rd8+ 29. Ke7 Nc6+ 30. Kf7 Ne5+ $11 {with an immediate perpetual.}) 23. Kf5 (23. Kxe4 $2 Rd6 {[%CAl Rh8e8,Re8e5]} 24. Kf5 Ne7+ 25. Ke4 Re8 $19) 23... Rhe8 {Continuing the attack is better than} (23... Be6+ 24. Nxe6 fxe6+ 25. Kxe4 Rd2 $11) 24. Rhd1 $1 {Practically forced to keep the tension. Black's task after other moves is relatively simpler:} ( 24. bxc4 $2 Rd6 $1 {[%CAl Re8e5]} 25. Nd3 (25. Nd7 Ree6 {[%CAl Rc6e7]}) 25... Ree6 26. Rxb7 exd3 $1 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxf7 Rxe3 29. Rxh7 (29. cxd3 Rf3+ $19)) (24. N3xe4 Be6+ $1 25. Nxe6 (25. Kf6 Rg8 26. Nxe6 Rg6+ 27. Kxf7 Ne5+ 28. Ke7 Rd7+ 29. Ke8 Rxe6+ 30. Kf8 Rf7+ 31. Kg8 Re8#) 25... Rxe6 26. Nxg5 Re5+ $19) ( 24. Bxe4 Ne7+ $1 (24... Rd6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. bxc4 Rxc5+ 27. Nd5 $13 {See also 22...Rd6 above.}) 25. Kf6 Rd6+ 26. Kg7 Rg8+ 27. Kxh7 Bg3 $1 {[%CAl Rg3e5,Rg8h8] } 28. Nxb7 (28. Bxb7+ Kc7 $19) 28... Rd7 $19) 24... Re5+ $2 {Of course this evaluation is way too harsh, but remember we also gave 22.Kf4? only a question mark.} ({On the other hand, definitely deserving 2 exclamation marks is} 24... Bd3 $3 {, pointed out by Knaak. The main benefit of this move is it keeps the b-file closed! David didn't consider this move at home, however, Black must still make a number of difficult moves to wrap up the attack:} 25. cxd3 $8 Ne7+ $1 (25... Rd6 26. d4 b6 27. N3a4 $1 (27. N5a4 Kc7 $19 {[%CAl Ye8e6,Yc6e7]}) 27... bxc5 28. Nxc5 {and Black has no more than} Rd5+ 29. Kf6 Rd6+ $11) (25... Re5+ 26. Kf6 Rd6+ 27. Kg7 Re7 28. dxe4 f5+ 29. Kg8 Rg6+ 30. Kf8 Rf6+ $11) 26. Kxe4 (26. Kf6 Ng8+ $1 27. Kg7 (27. Kf5 Rd6 {[%CAl Rd6f6,Rg8h6]}) 27... Bg3 $3 ( 27... f5 28. Nd5 $1 {[]} Rxd5 29. Rbc1 (29. dxe4 Rxc5 30. Rbc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1+ Kd7 32. exf5 $44) 29... Re7+ 30. Kh8 Nh6 31. Nxa6+ Kd8 32. dxe4 Nf7+ 33. Kg7 Rd6 34. Kf8 Re8+ 35. Kxf7 Re7+ $11) 28. Kxh7 (28. d4 f5 $19) 28... Ne7 29. Kg7 (29. d4 Rh8+ 30. Kg7 Rdg8+ 31. Kf6 (31. Kxf7 Rh7+ 32. Ke6 Rg6#) 31... Kd8 $1 { [%CAl Yg8g6]} 32. Nxb7+ Ke8 $19 {[%CAl Rg8g6,Rh8h6]}) 29... Be5+ 30. Kxf7 Nc6 31. Kg6 (31. Nd7 Re7+ 32. Kg6 Rexd7 33. d4 Ne7+ 34. Kf7 Rf8+ $1 35. Ke6 (35. Kxf8 Ng6+ 36. Ke8 Re7#) 35... Nc6 36. Nxe4 (36. dxe5 Nd8#) 36... Bc7 37. Nf6 $8 Rd6+ 38. Kf5 Rdxf6+ 39. Ke4 (39. Kxg5 Bd8 $19) 39... Nb4 {[%CAl Rf6e6]} 40. d5 Bb6 $19) 31... Rf8 $1 {[%CAl Yc6e7]} 32. Nd5 (32. Kxg5 Ne7 $1 33. Bxe4 Rg8+ 34. Kh6 Rh8+ 35. Bh7 Rxh7+ 36. Kxh7 Rh8#) 32... Rxd5 33. Ne6 Ne7+ (33... Rd6 $19) 34. Kh5 Rh8+ 35. Kxg5 Rg8+ 36. Kh4 Bh2 $1 {[%CAl Yg8h8]} 37. g5 (37. Rbc1+ Kd7 38. Nc5+ Ke8 $19 {[%CAl Rg8h8]}) 37... Nf5+ 38. Kg4 Nxe3+ 39. Kh5 Nxg2 40. dxe4 Nf4+ 41. Kg4 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Nxe6 $19) 26... Nd5+ 27. Kf5 (27. Kd4 Nxe3+ 28. Bd5 (28. Nd5 Nxg2 $19 {[%CAl Rh4f2,Rg2f4]}) 28... Bf2 $1 29. N5e4 Nxd1+ 30. Nxf2 Nxc3 $19) 27... Nxe3+ 28. Kf6 Nxg2 29. Rbc1 (29. d4 b6 30. N5e4 Re6+ 31. Kg7 ( 31. Kxf7 Rc6 $1 {/\} 32. Rbc1 Rd7+ 33. Kf8 Rcc7 $19) 31... Rg6+ 32. Kxh7 (32. Kxf7 Rd7+ 33. Kf8 Nf4 $19) 32... Nf4 33. Rf1 Rd7 $1 {[%CAl Rf7f5]} 34. Rxf4 ( 34. Kh8 Ne6 $19 {[%CAl Rd7d8,Rg6g7]}) 34... gxf4 35. d5 f3 36. Rf1 f2 {/\} 37. Nxf2 Rgd6 $19 {[%CAl Rf7f5,Rd7e7,Rd6d8]}) 29... Bf2 30. N5e4 Bd4+ (30... Be3 $17) 31. Kxf7 Rf8+ 32. Ke7 Rde8+ 33. Kd6 Kd8 $1 {[%CAl Rf8f7,Rf7d7,Rg2f4,Re8e6] } 34. Kd5 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Ne3+ $19) 25. Kf6 Rg8 $5 {A good move, but Black was approaching time-trouble fast.} ({Here David's homework already finished, he concentrated on} 25... Rxc5 26. Rxd8+ (26. Nxe4 $2 Rcd5 $19) (26. Na4 Rcd5 27. Nb6+ Kc7 28. Nxd5+ Bxd5 29. c4 Rd6+ $11 {/=/+}) (26. bxc4 Rxc4 {only transposes after the strongest} 27. Rxd8+) 26... Nxd8 (26... Kxd8 $6 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nd5 $1 $36) 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb3 $13 ({or} 28. Nd5 {or}) (28. Nxe4 $44 {In these lines White has compensation for the pawn and a draw is a likely result - but his active king is already an asset, not a target!})) 26. bxc4 Rg6+ 27. Kxf7 Re7+ 28. Kf8 Rf6+ $6 {An error, the attempt to force a perpetual finally turns the tables in White's favour (although we are in for still more excitement on the way). However, I repeat - it's easy to say this after the game with engines running overtime...} (28... Reg7 $142 $1 {[%CAl Rg7g8,Rg8g7] , now the only way to avoid an immediate perpetual is} 29. Ne6 Rg8+ 30. Kf7 Ne5+ 31. Ke7 Nc6+ 32. Kd6 Re8 33. Kc5 Rgxe6 $11 {White's king is still exposed, the bishop will reenter the game via g3 and a plausible finish is} 34. Rd6 Rxd6 35. Kxd6 Bg3+ 36. Kc5 Bb8 $1 37. Nd5 (37. Bxe4 $6 Re5+ 38. Bd5 Kc7 39. Na4 Ba7+ 40. Nb6 Rxe3 {[%csl Rb6] can be dangerous only for White}) 37... Ba7+ 38. Kd6 Bb8+ {with a perpetual (after all!).}) 29. Kg8 Rg6+ 30. Kh8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Inspired defence! The king hides in the corner and White can play for a win.} ( 30. Kf8 Rf6+ $11) 30... Rf6 $8 {The only way to continue the fight.} (30... Bg3 31. Rd5 Be5+ (31... Rf6 32. Rf1 $18) 32. Rxe5 Nxe5 {[%CAl Re5f7,Rf7e5]} 33. Rxb7 $1 $18) (30... Reg7 31. Rd7 $1 $18) 31. Rf1 (31. Nd7 $6 Rff7 32. Kg8 Rg7+ $11) 31... Bf2 32. Rxf2 $1 {Here David was also spending quite a lot of time, but he makes a correct decision.} (32. Ne6 {Navara gives the even more convincing} Re8+ $1 (32... Rexe6 33. Bxe4 Re7 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Bf5+ {beats off the mating threats, but after} Kb8 36. Nd5 Re8+ (36... Rf7 37. Kg8 $1) 37. Kxh7 Rh2 {Black should be able to hold the endgame.}) 33. Kg7 Rg6+ 34. Kxh7 Rgxe6 {/\} 35. Rxf2 R8e7+ 36. Kg8 Rg6+ 37. Kf8 Rh7 38. Bxe4 Rh8+ 39. Kf7 Ne5+ 40. Ke7 Rh7+ 41. Ke8 Rh8+ $11 42. Rf8 $4 Re6#) 32... Rxf2 33. Rf1 Rxg2 ({ Far more resilient was} 33... Re8+ $142 $1 34. Kxh7 Rxg2 35. N3xe4 $14 (35. N5xe4 $36)) 34. Rf8+ Kc7 {The best chance.} ({After the passive} 34... Nd8 { David intended to play} 35. Nd5 Re5 (35... Rf7 36. Rg8 $18 {[%CAl Rc5e6]}) 36. Na4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Ra4b6] White regains the exchange and is practically winning. }) 35. Nd5+ $2 {Very natural, but this hasty check costs White a large part, if not all of his advantage.} (35. N5xe4 $142 $1 {[%CAl Rc3d5] and the threat is stronger, than its execution! (Nimzowitsch). White's forces coordinate excellently; a nice sample line is} Kd7 36. Nf6+ Ke6 (36... Kd6 37. Nce4+ Ke5 38. Nxg5 h6 39. Nf3+ Kd6 40. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rh4f5,Rh4g2]}) 37. Ncd5 Rf7 38. Re8+ Kd6 (38... Ne7 39. Ng8 $18) 39. Kg8 $16 {Even the harassed white king turns from prey to hunter!} (39. Nxh7 $5)) 35... Kd6 36. Nxe7 Kxc5 37. Rf5+ ( 37. Nf5 $5 Rxc2 $1 ({David didn't like} 37... Rh2 38. Kxh7 Ne5 {, but White remains on top after} 39. Kh6 Nf3 40. Rc8+ Kb4 41. c5 Rxh3+ 42. Kg6 $36) 38. Kxh7 Rxa2 39. Kg6 Kxc4 40. Kxg5 b5 41. h4 b4 42. h5 b3 43. h6 Rh2 44. Nh4 b2 45. h7 b1=Q 46. h8=Q Qb5+ 47. Rf5 Qb6 {[%CAl Rb6e3,Yb6d8] and in this complex endgame Komodo claims equality. However, I can hardly guarantee this line is forced...}) (37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Kxh7 Rg3 $11 {is a rather simple draw. David chooses a different version of the rook endgame and manages to retain more tension in the position.}) 37... Kxc4 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rg3 ({A simpler way is} 39... Rxc2 $1 40. Kxh7 Kd3 (40... Re2 {should also hold:} 41. h4 (41. Rh5 Rxe3 42. g5 Rg3 43. g6 e3 44. h4 Kd4 45. Rg5 Rxg5 46. hxg5 e2 47. g7 e1=Q 48. g8=Q Qh4+ 49. Kg6 Qe4+ $11) 41... Rxe3 42. Rg8 Rg3 43. g5 e3 44. Re8 Kd3 45. g6 e2 46. g7 c5 47. h5 c4 48. h6 c3 49. g8=Q Rxg8 50. Kxg8 c2 51. h7 c1=Q 52. h8=Q e1=Q $11 {Kriebel}) 41. Rh5 (41. Ra5 Kxe3 42. g5 Rh2 $11) 41... Kxe3 42. g5 Rc5 $5 (42... Rg2 43. g6 Kd3 44. g7 e3 45. g8=Q Rxg8 46. Kxg8 e2 47. Re5 c5 48. h4 c4 49. h5 c3 50. h6 c2 $11) 43. Kh6 Kf2 44. g6 Rxh5+ 45. Kxh5 e3 46. g7 e2 47. g8=Q e1=Q $11) 40. h4 h6 $2 $138 {This mistake exposes Black's pawns.} ({He had to play} 40... Rxe3 {, after} 41. Kxh7 Rg3 42. h5 e3 43. h6 Kc3 44. Kg6 e2 45. h7 e1=Q 46. h8=Q+ Kxc2 47. Rc5+ Kb1 48. Qb8+ Ka1 $11 {White doesn't have more, than a draw.}) 41. Rg6 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rh6] Targetting the pawns is the right move.} ({After} 41. Rg8 Rxe3 42. Kh7 Rg3 $1 43. Kxh6 e3 44. h5 Kc3 45. g5 Kxc2 46. g6 e2 47. Re8 Kd2 48. Rxe2+ Kxe2 49. Kg7 c5 50. h6 c4 51. h7 Rh3 $11 {Black's counterplay comes just in time.}) 41... Rxe3 42. Kg7 Rg3 43. Kxh6 e3 44. Kg5 $2 {Exhaustion after a complex struggle takes its toll. } (44. g5 $1 {was winning:} Rg4 45. h5 Re4 46. Rxc6+ Kd5 (46... Kb5 47. Rc8) 47. Rb6 e2 48. Rb1 e1=Q 49. Rxe1 Rxe1 50. g6 Ke6 51. Kh7 $1 (51. g7 $2 Kf7 52. Kh7 Re8 $11) 51... Rg1 52. g7 Kf7 53. h6 $18 {[%csl Gc2][%CAl Yc2c8] and the march of the Pc2 decides - this is why the 40th move was wrong and losing the Pc6 costs Black dearly.}) 44... Kd5 $2 {Repays the favour.} ({He had to play} 44... Kc3 $1 45. Rxc6+ (45. h5 e2 46. Re6 (46. Rxc6+ $4 Kd4 47. Re6 Re3) 46... Kd2 47. h6 e1=Q 48. Rxe1 Kxe1 49. h7 Rh3 50. Kg6 Ke2 51. Kg7 Kf3 52. g5 Kg4 53. h8=Q Rxh8 54. Kxh8 Kxg5 55. Kg7 Kf5 56. Kf7 Ke5 57. Ke7 $11) 45... Kd2 46. Re6 e2 47. Kf4 Rh3 48. h5 e1=Q 49. Rxe1 Kxe1 50. c4 Kf2 {Here Black holds, as the pawns didn't get as far, as in the previous note. Kriebel's analysis continues with} 51. c5 Rc3 52. g5 Rxc5 53. h6 Rc4+ 54. Kf5 Rh4 55. Kg6 (55. g6 Rh5+ $1) 55... Kf3 56. h7 Kf4 $11) 45. Kf4 $6 (45. Rg8 $1 Rg2 (45... Ke4 46. h5 e2 47. h6 $1 (47. Re8+ Kf3 48. Rxe2 Rxg4+ 49. Kf5 Rh4 $11) 47... Re3 48. h7 e1=Q 49. h8=Q $18 {Kavalek}) 46. Kf4 Rxc2 47. Rd8+ $5 (47. Kxe3 Rxa2 48. h5 {is similar} ) 47... Ke6 (47... Kc4 48. Kxe3 $18) 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Rxe3 Rxa2 50. h5 $18 { should win - White's passed pawns are connected, more advanced and supported by both pieces.}) 45... Rh3 $2 {The final error shows that the game cost Black a lot more energy than White.} (45... e2 $1 46. c4+ (46. Rg5+ $2 Kd4 47. Re5 Rxg4+ $1 $19) 46... Kxc4 47. Re6 (47. Rxc6+ Kd5 $1 48. Rc1 Ra3 {also saves Black, as his king can't be cut off:} 49. h5 (49. Kf5 $2 Rf3+ {[%CAl Rf3f1] is what David overlooked from afar.}) 49... Ke6 50. Re1 Rxa2 51. Kf3 Ra3+ $1 52. Kxe2 Kf6 $11 {is a theoretical draw even without the Pa6.}) 47... Rh3 48. Rxe2 Rxh4 49. Rc2+ Kd5 50. Kf5 Kd6 51. g5 Rh1 $132 {is close, but Black should hold. }) 46. h5 c5 (46... e2 {is hopeless:} 47. Rg5+ Kd4 48. Re5 Rh2 49. Re8 Kc3 50. Kg3 $18 {and the passed pawn falls.}) 47. Rg5+ Kd4 48. Re5 {[%CAl Re5e4,Re4e3]} (48. Re5 Rh2 49. Rxe3 Rxc2 {and here the simplest is} 50. Rh3 {and White promotes with check.}) 1-0 [Event "Uppsala Young Champions 9th"] [Site "Uppsala"] [Date "2022.10.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"] [Black "Kruckenhauser, Arthur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2461"] [BlackElo "2327"] [Annotator "Carl Fredrik Johansson"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2022.10.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2023 Update 01"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2022.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,47,19,27,46,48,78,59,55,38,38,39,61,47,57,57,75,43,36,23,25,10,59,-4, 62,28,58,52,57,54,43,47,47,56,56,-61,-54,-69,19,-36,439,439,427,431,431,428, 29997,29998,29999,-30000] Die Kommentare stammen aus der Webseite von "Uppsala Young Champions".} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 h5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qe1 g5 17. Rd1 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Bg7 19. Qxb4 Bxe5 { Jakob Leon Pajeken from Germany has had a tournament with ups and downs so far, but in the fourth round he managed to play a fantastic game finished off by a move that might be the most beautiful one in the chess world during 2022. [#] White is about to make his 20th move in a sharp Sicilian. In the Sicilian you can not hesitate as white. Pajeken knows that.} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxh5+ Kd7 ( 21... Rxh5 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Rf7+ Kc6 24. Nb4#) 22. Rf7+ Kc6 {[#]Of course, now white can take the queen on c7, but instead Pajeken delivers the most beautiful move I have seen this year.} (22... Kc8 23. Rxc7+ Bxc7 24. Qe7 { is also hopeless.}) 23. Qc4+ dxc4 24. Nb4# 1-0 [Event "EU-ch U14 Girls 26th"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2016.08.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Schneider, Jana"] [Black "Pecorini, Angie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "1625"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2016.08.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,45,19,38,40,41,66,21,18,-8,-8,2,-4,-22,55,58,47,47,51,40,57,24,43,33, 63,51,79,48,39,53,84,88,85,228,293,188,250,234,372,342,931,1036,1138,1482,2205, 29986,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bd3 f6 15. Ng5 fxg5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. f4 g4 20. f5 Bh4 21. fxe6+ Nf6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bh6+ 1-0 [Event "CZE-chT 2122"] [Site "Czech Republic"] [Date "2021.10.16"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Vykouk, Jan"] [Black "Jakubiec, Artur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2462"] [BlackElo "2432"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.10.15"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Turnov Zikuda"] [BlackTeam "Ostrava Labortech"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] {[%evp 0,82,30,28,56,44,43,35,35,48,18,28,28,1,-8,0,29,4,15,-6,0,21,14,-16,17, 11,24,21,30,30,22,25,41,45,24,24,26,38,44,44,43,18,87,105,97,102,101,106,120, 64,111,121,124,101,100,87,135,122,129,33,34,19,-24,-153,-137,-88,-140,-181, -144,-144,-216,-261,-312,-319,-341,-325,-363,-371,-809,-734,-1299,-1353,-1371, -1446,-1046]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 h5 11. h3 g6 12. Bg2 Bh6 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. O-O Rc8 16. b3 O-O 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 f5 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Rxc4 21. bxc4 f4 22. Ra3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Kh2 g5 25. Qe2 Kh6 26. g4 Ng8 27. Be4 Nf6 28. Bf5 e4 29. f3 e3 30. h4 gxh4 31. Kh1 hxg4 32. Rxe3 Nh5 33. fxg4 fxe3 34. gxh5 Qg5 35. Bg6 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Qe5 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qg8 Kf4 39. Kg2 e2 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Qf6 0-1 [Event "GER-ch 94th"] [Site "Ostfildern"] [Date "2023.08.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Wachinger, Nikolas"] [Black "Gloeckler, Christian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2318"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2023.08.14"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2023 Update 42"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2023.08.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.08.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,54,28,13,70,55,77,54,61,71,66,38,18,9,34,40,56,-41,19,9,6,5,28,-54, -81,-81,-91,-205,-146,-279,-127,-231,-224,-260,-275,-281,-281,-281,-260,-260, -244,-244,-241,-241,-241,-347,-279,-373,-358,-599,-655,-678,-751,-784,-741, -1562,-1788]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. f4 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e5 Nh5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 dxe5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qc4 Rf8 14. Be3 exf4 15. Nd5 Ndf6 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxc7 Nd5 18. Qc4 Nxe3 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Rf6 22. Qe4 Kf7 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Qb3+ Re6 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Kf3 g5 27. h3 Nxc2 0-1 [Event "GER-ch Lands U20"] [Site "Kassel"] [Date "2003.10.20"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Wiegmann, Sascha"] [Black "Hauser, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2156"] [BlackElo "1903"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2003.10.19"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,88,25,16,10,25,70,69,80,51,54,17,17,21,90,36,38,38,52,65,60,60,81,48, 30,21,49,34,64,72,59,59,59,38,48,51,42,44,51,47,45,42,33,44,35,41,41,43,74,46, 71,76,71,71,72,77,70,65,84,79,76,79,97,87,77,70,77,70,77,86,75,69,75,66,86,269, 284,304,331,357,793,375,375,543,625,853,852,819,816,735,837]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qc6 11. Nd4 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd7 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Nb6 cxb6 15. Rxd6 b5 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. c3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Be2 Ne5 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Kf8 24. b3 Ke7 25. f4 Nc6 26. g4 Nc7 27. a3 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Bf3 g6 30. Kc2 h5 31. h3 Kd6 32. Kd3 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nd8 34. c4 bxc4+ 35. bxc4 Nc6 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Kd4 a5 40. a4 Ke6 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Kb6 Kd6 43. Kxa5 Kc5 44. Ka6 Kxc4 45. Kb6 c5 46. a5 1-0 [Event "BL2-Nord 0809"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2008.11.30"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Wiegmann, Sascha"] [Black "Schmidt Schaeffer, Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2008.10.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Uelzen"] [BlackTeam "Kreuzberg II"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,55,17,25,80,80,67,63,53,53,61,67,53,44,45,47,74,34,47,55,77,74,72,74, 68,59,99,73,64,64,64,64,45,79,133,134,124,148,148,143,168,145,187,110,258,268, 332,339,337,73,75,84,151,105,133,113,120,116]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 h6 9. b3 Nh7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. h3 Qa5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nexd4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qh5 Ng5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Rc7 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Re3 Kf8 21. Rf3 Ke8 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Rf6 Qe7 24. Qxe5 Rd7 25. Re1 Kd8 26. Rxh6 Nf8 27. Qg7 Kc7 28. Qg3+ Kd8 29. Rh8 Rd6 30. Bxf7 Bd7 31. e5 Rd4 32. e6 Be8 33. Qg7 Bxf7 34. Rxf8+ {1-0 (time)} 1-0