[Event "New York op"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1998.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Fishbein, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1998.03.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 064"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 c6 9. Kh1 (9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. f3 Nbd7 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Qc5 14. Qd2 cxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. Bf1 Nb6 {½-½ Robatsch,K-Klinger,J/AUT BL 1989 (25)}) (9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Qf2 {Browne,W-Fishbein,A/Philadelphia opI 1992/1-0 (50)}) 9... d5 (9... Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 (11. Be3 Re8 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ndb5 Nb6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bc7 Qh4 17. exd5 Be5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qe1 {Szeberenyi,A-Pinter,G/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1997/1-0 (46)}) 11... Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Na4 Qa5 13. f3 d5 14. Be1 Qd8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c5 Ne5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bc3 {Kiss,P-Meszaros,A/Eger 1995/1-0 (59)}) 12... a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Re8 17. f3 a4 18. Rc2 Qa5 19. Bg3 d5 {½-½ Ikonnikov,V-Szekely,P/Catania op 1995 (30)}) 10. e5 (10. cxd5 {Huzman} cxd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. f4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 $14) 10... Ne4 (10... Nfd7 11. f4 (11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. f4 Ned7 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf3 $14) 11... c5 12. Ndb5 d4 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bf3 $14) 11. f4 {White often plays in this line f2-f3, so in this game he saved a tempo for useful ?h1 move.} f6 (11... c5 12. Nb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Nxc5 $14) (11... Qh4 12. Qe1 (12. Nxe4 {Huzman} dxe4 13. Qc2 $16) 12... Qxe1 13. Rxe1 f6 14. cxd5 fxe5 15. Nxe4 exd4 16. Bc4 $14) 12. cxd5 Nxc3 (12... fxe5 13. Ne6 (13. dxc6 $1 {Huzman} exd4 (13... Nxc3 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd7 18. Rd1 $16) 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 dxc3 17. Qxa8 $16) 13... Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rb1 $14) (12... cxd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 (13... fxe5 $2 14. Nb5 $1 Nc6 15. Ned6 $18) 14. Nb5 (14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. e6 f5 16. Be3 $13) 14... Nc6 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Nxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Nd6 $16) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 $14) 13. bxc3 Qxd5 (13... fxe5 14. Ne6 $14 (14. Ne6 $1 {Huzman} Bxe6 15. dxe6 {[%CAl Gd1b3,Gc1a3,Gb3g8,Ga3f8]} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Re8 (16... exf4 17. e7 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rd8 Na6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxf4 $18) 17. Bc4 b5 (17... Na6 18. e7+ Kh8 19. Ba3 $16) 18. Bb3 e4 19. e7+ Kh8 20. Ba3 $16 {[%CAl Gb3f7]}) (14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 cxd5 16. e6 Qe8 (16... Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Bf3 Bxd4 19. Bxd5 $16) 17. Bb5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qf7+ Qxf7 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22. Bf4 Rb6 23. Bxd5+ Be6 $44)) 14. Ba3 $1 Re8 (14... Rf7 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 fxe5 17. fxe5 $16 (17. fxe5 {Huzman} Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 $18)) (14... c5 {Huzman} 15. Bf3 Qc4 16. Nb3 $16) 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. f5 $1 {White forces his attack because of black's problems with the piece development. The whole queenside is sleeping on the initial squares so the attacker tries to speed things up.} Bxf5 (16... gxf5 17. Bd3 (17. Bf3 {Huzman} Qc4 18. Re1 Bd7) 17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qh5 $1 $16) (16... Bxd4 17. Bf3 (17. Rf4 $1 {Huzman} Be3 18. Bc4 Bxf4 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kg7 21. f6+ Kxf6 22. Rf1 g5 (22... Kg7 23. Bc5 $1 $16) (22... Bf5 23. Qb5 $1 Nc6 24. Rxf4) 23. g3 Bh3 24. gxf4 Bxf1 25. Qxg5+ Ke6 26. Qg4+ Kf6 (26... Kf7 27. Qh5+ $18) (26... Kd5 27. Qh5+ $18) 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. c4 $18) 17... Qc4 18. cxd4 Bxf5 19. d5 $1 $16 (19. Qd2 Nd7 $13)) 17. Nxf5 Qxd1 (17... gxf5 18. Qxd5+ (18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Bxf5 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $16) 18... cxd5 19. Bf3 Rd8 (19... Kg7 {Huzman} 20. Bxd5 Nc6 21. Rab1 $16) 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. c4 $16) 18. Nh6+ $1 Kg7 (18... Kh8 19. Raxd1 $18) 19. Raxd1 Rxe2 (19... Kxh6 20. Rxf6 Rxe2 21. Rf8 Rxa2 22. Bd6 $18) 20. Ng4 {The poor knight on b8 decides the game, white has a strong attack.} Bg5 (20... Bxc3 21. Bf8+ Kh8 (21... Kg8 22. Rd8 $18) 22. Rd8 h5 23. Bh6+ Kh7 24. Rf7+ Bg7 25. Rxg7#) (20... Be7 21. Bxe7 (21. Bc1 {Huzman} h5) 21... Rxe7 22. Rd8 b5 23. Nf6 $16) 21. Bf8+ Kg8 (21... Kh8 22. Rf7 (22. h4 $1 {Huzman} Bxh4 23. Rf7 h5 24. Bg7+ Kg8 (24... Kh7 25. Bf6+ Kg8 26. Nh6#) 25. Nh6+ Kh7 26. Bf8+ Kh8 27. Rg7 Rf2 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 $18) 22... Kg8 (22... Na6 23. Rdf1 b5 24. h4 Re4 25. Bg7+ Kg8 26. Be5 $18) 23. Rdf1 h5 24. Bh6 $1 (24. Nh6+ Bxh6 (24... Kh8 25. Rxb7 Na6 26. h4 Bxh6 27. Bxh6 Nc5) 25. Bxh6 Na6 26. Rxb7 $14) 24... Bxh6 (24... Be7 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rff7 Re1+ 28. Nf1 $18) 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. Rxb7 $16) 22. h4 $1 Bd2 (22... Bxh4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Rf7 Bf6 25. Bg7+ Bxg7 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Rdxf8#) (22... h5 23. hxg5 hxg4 24. Rd8 $18) (22... Re8 23. hxg5 Rxf8 24. Nf6+ (24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rd8+ $16 {[%CAl Gd8a8]}) 24... Kg7 (24... Kh8 25. Rde1 Na6 26. Re7 $18) 25. Rde1 Rd8 (25... Na6 {Huzman} 26. Re7+ Rf7 27. Ne8+ $18) 26. Re7+ Kf8 27. Rxh7 $18) 23. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 24. Nh6+ (24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Rf7 Rd7 26. Bg7#) 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup 6th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2012.10.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2702"] [Annotator "Meier,Georg"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2012.10.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 151"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {Der Grund für meine Zugreihenfolge ist das Vermeiden von Grünfeldindisch. Diese Berechenbarkeit in der Wahl meines 1.Zuges wurde wenig später in der Partie gegen Vachier-Lagrave bestraft.} d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 {Also kein echtes Königindisch. Damit war meine Vorbereitung (7...?c6 usw.) zwar umschifft, aber ich habe sicher nichts einzuwenden, wenn mein Gegner das Zentrum aufgeben möchte.} 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 $5 {Ich bin kein Fan der schwarzen Spielanlage in Verbindung mit 7...exd4, aber der Textzug ist nicht so zahnlos, wie es scheint. Wenn beide Seiten nur danach streben, ihre Entwicklung zu beenden, wird der weiße Raumvorteil mehr und mehr ins Gewicht fallen und den strategischen Vorteil des Weißen stabilisieren. Ding strebt auf sehr konkrete und originelle Weise nach Gegenspiel, solange sich dafür noch die Gelegenheit bietet.} 11. g4 (11. Be3 f5) 11... Nf6 (11... Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Nf5) 12. Be3 Qe7 $5 $146 {Bis hierher spielte Ding a tempo. Wir können davon ausgehen, dass seine Hauptidee in der spektakulären Antwort auf 13.Dd2 lag.} (12... h5 {Wird hier fast ausschließlich gespielt, brächte mich aber nicht gerade ins Schwitzen.}) 13. Rg1 $1 {Als ich diesen Zug sah, fühlte er sich absolut richtig an. Ich entkräfte nicht nur jegliches Schlagen auf g4 sondern stelle die Weichen bereits auf Angriff in der g-Linie. Ein Springeropfer auf f5 muss Schwarz nun jederzeit auf der Rechnung haben.} ({Der natürliche Entwicklungszug} 13. Qd2 {läuft in einen messerscharfen Konter:} Bxg4 $1 14. fxg4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Rf3 Bxd4 {Soweit hatte ich gerechnet und 'glaubte' meinem Gegner den Rest. Offenbar ergibt sich forciert ein Endspiel, dass Schwarz problemlos remis halten sollte, wenn es Teil der Vorbereitung ist.} 17. Bxd4 Qxe2 18. Qf4 f5 19. Raf1 (19. gxf5 Re4 20. fxg6 Rxf4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxf4 Nd7 23. Rg1 Qh5) 19... Nd7 20. gxf5 Re4 21. Qh6 Rxd4 22. fxg6 Qe7 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. gxh7+ (24. Rxf6 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qd2+) 24... Kh8 25. Rxf6 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ 27. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Kxh7 30. Re3 Kg6 31. Re7 Rb8 32. Re6+ Kf5 33. Rxd6 Rh8 34. Kg3 Rg8+ 35. Kf3 Rh8 36. Rd2 a5 {Der h-Bauer kommt nicht voran, und der weiße König ist dominiert. Es ist schwer, überhaupt Gewinnversuche zu unternehmen.}) 13... Na6 14. Rg2 {Die Reihenfolge ist falsch.} (14. Qd2 $142 $1 Nc5 {Erst hier ist neuerliche Prophylaxe gegen Einschläge auf g4 und e4 nötig} 15. Rg2 $1 $14 {Aus eröffnungstheoretischer Sicht wohl die Widerlegung. Schwarz kann sich nicht befreien. Dafür müsste er an dieser Stelle a5 und h5 spielen können.} Bd7 (15... a5 16. Rag1 {??f5}) (15... h5 {wird hier bereits sehr hart bestraft:} 16. b4 Ncxe4 (16... Ncd7 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. b5) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Bxa1 21. fxg6 f5 22. exf5) (15... d5 16. g5) 16. Rd1 (16. Rag1 d5 $1 17. cxd5 (17. g5 Nfxe4 18. fxe4 Bh3 19. Rg3 Nxe4) 17... Nxd5) 16... Rad8 17. b4) 14... h5 $1 15. gxh5 $1 {Die Öffnung der g-Linie gehört zum weißen Plan, allerdings hat Schwarz aufgrund des verfrühten ?g1-g2 viel Zeit, sich auf die neue Bauernstruktur einzustellen.} Nxh5 16. Qd2 Bh3 ({In Betracht kam} 16... Nc5 17. Rag1 Qf6 $5 18. Bd1 Nf4 19. Rg3 {doch Schwarz hat immer noch Probleme zu lösen.}) 17. Rg5 Nf6 18. Rag1 Nc5 {Schwarz scheint nach und nach alles unter Kontrolle zu bringen. Die Entwicklung ist so gut wie beendet und ein erleichternder Abtausch durch ?c5-e6 bahnt sich an.} 19. Bd3 $1 {Ein sehr starker Zug, und der einzige der den weißen Vorteil festhält. Auf e2 ist der Läufer eine nutzlose Figur, nun soll er von c2 aus das Zentrum stützen und gleichzeitig nach g6 schielen... Ebenso wichtig ist die nun mögliche Umgruppierung ?c3-e2-f4 wiederum mit Blickrichtung g6.} Rad8 (19... Nxd3 $142 20. Qxd3 Nd7 21. R5g3 $14) 20. Bc2 d5 $1 {Jetzt oder nie! Von nun an mit den kompliziertesten Momenten der Partie konfrontiert, schlitterten wir leider beide auf eine schwere Zeitnot zu, sodass es unmöglich wurde die Verwicklungen zu überblicken.} (20... Ne6 21. R5g3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Be6 23. f4) 21. e5 (21. cxd5 $1 {Mein Gefühl sagte mir, dass dies der korrekte Weg ist, aber der Textzug war ungleich verlockender...} Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 {So viel Vereinfachung wollte ich einfach nicht zulassen.} (22... cxd5 23. e5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kf7 26. Bg5) 23. exd5 (23. R5g3 Rh5 24. b4 Ne6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxg7 Rxd2 30. Bf6+ Ng5 31. Bxe7 f6) 23... Qxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxg6 $1 {Diese Möglichkeit war mir entgangen. Schwarz schlittert nahe am Abgrund, kann sich jedoch halten.} (25. dxc6 Bxd4 26. Rd5 Bxb2 27. Rxc5 bxc6) 25... fxg6 26. Rxg6 Re7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc7 29. R1g3 Ne6 30. Rxh3 Rxc6 31. f4 Rc1+ 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bxb2 $14) 21... dxc4 22. Bxg6 $1 (22. exf6 $2 Qxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. fxg7 Rxd4 25. Rxc5 Rxf3) 22... fxg6 23. Rxg6 Nh5 $2 (23... Ng4 $1 {Diesen Knaller hatte ich ehrlich gesagt völlig übersehen. Der Gang der Ereignisse hätte sich völlig verändert. Durch das Verstopfen der g-Linie wird die weiße Initiative gestoppt und ein wildes Hauen und Stechen mit Chancen für beide Seiten hätte begonnen.} 24. f4 (24. fxg4 Qxe5 25. Bh6 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rg5 Kh7 29. Rxc5 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 31. h3 $11) ({Wegen} 24. Bh6 {hatte mein Gegner 23...?g4 verworfen. Tatsächlich übernimmt aber Schwarz das Kommando nach} Ne6 25. Bxg7 (25. Rxe6 $142 Qxe6 26. Bxg7 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Kxg7 28. Ne2 $1 $11) 25... Nxg7 26. fxg4 Qxe5) 24... Ne6 25. Ne4 c5 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Rxe6 29. Rg3 Rh6 30. Ng5 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bf5 32. Bc3 Rh5 33. e6 Bxc3 34. e7 Bd7 35. bxc3 Kg7 36. Kg1 $11) 24. f4 $5 {Weiter maximalistisch gespielt. Der objektiv richtige Weg war mir wiederum nicht genug.} (24. Bh6 $142 Ne6 25. Bxg7 Nexg7 26. Qh6 Qxe5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. R6g5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 Kf8 30. Qc5+ Re7 31. Qxc4 Ne6 $13) 24... Ne6 25. Qe2 {Diese Stellung hatte ich angestrebt, der Druck auf die schwarze Stellung erschien mir überwältigend zu sein.} Nhxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 $2 {Nun bricht Schwarz tatsächlich zusammen.} ({Richtig war} 26... Rxd4 27. Bh6 Rf8 $1 {Kaltblütig und stark!} 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 {Die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert, doch Schwarz, mit allen Figuren im Spiel, behauptet sich.} 29. Qe3 (29. Ne4 Qxe5 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe3 Rd3 34. Qe7 Rg6 35. Qh4+ Rh6 36. Qe7 Rg6 $11) 29... Rg4 30. R6xg4 Bxg4 31. Rxg4 b5) 27. Qxc4+ Nd5 $4 {Mit wenigen Minuten auf der Uhr war es schwer, nun nicht den primitivsten Weg zu wählen. An dieser Stelle gab es subtile Möglichkeiten sofort zu gewinnen.} (27... Kh8 $1 28. Rxg7 Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. Qxf4 Rf8 32. h4 $14) 28. Rxg7+ $2 (28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb3 $1 Qxe5 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qxh3 Rxd4 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qc5+ $18) (28. Qd3 Nf4 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Ng6 32. Nce2 $1 $18) 28... Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd3 Nf4 $2 ({Mit} 30... Nxc3 31. bxc3 Rh8 {konnte sich Schwarz noch zäh verteidigen. Es bedarf hier von Weiß großer Präzision aufgrund des eigenen schwachen Königs.} 32. e6 Rdf8 33. Qg3+ Kf6 34. Qd6 Rfg8 35. Qf4+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Kf6 37. Qf7+ Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kd5 39. Qd7+ Ke4 40. Ng5+ Rxg5 41. Qd4+ Kf5 42. Qxh8 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Bd5+ 44. Kf2 Kxe6 45. h4 $18) 31. Qg3+ Ng6 {Nun musste ich mit jeweils guten 30 Sekunden die nächsten Entscheidungen treffen.} 32. Nce2 $1 {Dies sollte die entscheidende Umgruppierung sein, doch...} Rxe5 33. Qxh3 {Hier gingen die Nerven mit mir durch... Die folgende Taktik mit Übergang in ein remisliches Endspiel sah ich sofort, aber in den verbleibenden Sekunden konnte ich mich nicht beruhigen und} ({nach} 33. Nf4 Rd6 {...einen Zug weiter rechnen... Ich sah für einen Moment Gespenster in Form von Matt in 1. Das ist zumindest für mich nicht leicht zu verarbeiten, wenn ich nur 30 Sekunden habe.} 34. Nxg6 $18) 33... Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf2 Nxh3+ 37. Kxe1 {Noch vor ein paar Zügen war ich dabei, eine gut geführte Kampfpartie stilvoll zu beenden. Es ist kaum zu glauben, dass diese Stellung und die nach beispielweise 20...d5 zur selben Partie gehören. Nachdem ich mich sammelte (ich hatte gerade ein paar 30sek-Boni gehamstert), wurden mir zwei Dinge klar. 1. Kommt der schwarze König ohne Weiteres nach e5 wird das Remis unausweichlich, der Damenflügel würde sich dann unter Schutz in Bewegung setzen. 2. Ich muss sofort etwas unternehmen und darauf hoffen, dass der h-Bauer später genug Ablenkung schafft um Gewinnchancen zu generieren.} Kf6 38. Nb3 $1 {In diesem Moment ist der Damenflügel noch schutzlos! Wir verlassen zwar nicht die Remisbreite und die objektive Bewertung bleibt bei Ausgleich, doch diese Partie hatte bereits viel Energie gekostet und bewegte sich auf die fünfte Stunde zu. Jedes bisschen Druck kann entscheidend sein. Denn Druck bedeutet letztlich, dass Schwarz weiter die besten Züge machen muss, um den Ausgleich zu erhalten und sich nicht entspannen kann.} b6 39. Nd4 $1 c5 40. Nb5 (40. Nc6 a6 41. Nb8 Ke6 42. Nxa6 Kd6 {- 41.?c7}) 40... a6 41. Nc3 $5 {Als ich ?d4-b3 spielte, sah es so aus, als würde ?a4 nun ein Problem darstellen, tatsächlich hätte Schwarz sich hier endlich stabiliseren können.} (41. Nc7 Ke5 (41... Nf4 42. Kd2 a5 43. b3) 42. Nxa6 Kd6 43. a4 Kc6 44. b4 cxb4 45. Nxb4+ Kc5 46. Nd3+ Kc4 {schätzte ich als remis ab. Die Variante ist zu forciert und macht es Schwarz damit einfach.}) 41... Ng5 $2 (41... Nf4 $1 {und ?c3-a4 wird einfach mit ?f6-d5 abgefedert.}) 42. Ke2 {Jetzt wird es schwierig für Schwarz, der keine Koordination mehr herstellen kann.} b5 43. Nd5+ Ke5 44. Nc7 $1 {Hier ist der Bauernraub viel stärker als zuvor, denn der Springer kommt heraus, ohne den a-Bauern anfällig zu hinterlassen.} Kd6 45. Nxa6 (45. h4 $2 Kxc7 46. hxg5 Kd6 $11) 45... Kc6 46. b4 cxb4 47. h4 $2 {Erlaubt eine rettende Ressource.} (47. Nxb4+ Kc5 48. h4 Ne6 49. Nd3+ Kd4 50. h5 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kf5 52. Kc3 Kg5 53. Kb4 Nd4 54. Nc1 $18) 47... Ne4 $2 (47... b3 $1 {macht den a-Bauern zu einem anfälligen b-Bauern in Reichweite des schwarzen Springers!} 48. axb3 Ne6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Nb4+ Ke5) 48. Kd3 Ng3 49. Kc2 $1 {Eine saubere technische Abwicklung. Der weiße König strebt bereits Richtung Zielscheibe b5 und lässt den schwarzen Kollegen nicht aktiv werden.} (49. Nxb4+ Kc5 50. Nc2 b4) 49... Kb6 50. Nxb4 Ka5 51. Kb3 {Nun ist die Stellung idiotensicher gewonnen. Dies wird besonders durch meine nächsten 3 Züge unterstrichen, deren Erklärung ich dem Leser ersparen möchte.} Nh5 52. Nc2 (52. Nd5 {hätte zur sofortigen Aufgabe geführt.}) 52... Nf6 53. Ne1 Kb6 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Nf4 Kd6 56. Kb4 Ke5 57. Ne2 Kf5 58. Kxb5 Kg4 59. a4 Nd5 60. Kc5 Nc7 61. Nc3 Kxh4 62. Nd5 Na6+ 63. Kb5 Nb8 64. Nb4 {Eine inhaltsreiche Partie, die mich zufriedenstellte, da ich unter Druck einige schwierige und starke Entscheidungen traf. So macht Schach Spaß und ich halte die Lust auf mehr davon aufrecht, auch wenn es schwer ist, in solch nervenaufreibenden Partien den roten Faden immer festzuhalten.} 1-0 [Event "Dresden zt 1.2"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1998.04.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Dautov, Rustem"] [Black "Mohr, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2455"] [Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "1998.04.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Be3 (12. Bf4) 12... h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 (14. Rg1 Nd7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. Nc2 Qe7 18. Bd4 Bf8 19. f4 $16 {Babula,V-Hausner,I/Lazne Bohdanec 1994}) 14... a5 $6 $146 (14... Bxd4 $2 15. Qxd4 Nxg5 16. Rad1 $16) (14... Na6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Bh3 $1 (16... Nf8 17. Bf1 Nc7 18. Nc2 Rd8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 $14 {Tratar-Vombek/Slovenia ch 1998}) 17. Nc2 Be5 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rdxf1 Nf8 20. b3 Nc5 21. Ne2 a5 $11 {Neverov-Poluljahov /1997}) (14... Qe7 {Huzman} 15. f4 f5 16. Bf3 b5 17. cxb5 c5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qd5+ $18 {1-0 Pribyl,M-Oral,T/SVK-chT9596 1996 (27)}) 15. Rad1 a4 16. Nc2 Qa5 17. Rg1 (17. Qxd6 {Huzman} Nxg5) 17... Be5 (17... a3 {Huzman} 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bd4 $16 {/+-}) 18. Bd4 (18. f4 {Huzman} Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe4 $132) 18... Na6 (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $14 {?f4} (19. Qxd4 Nxg5 20. Qxd6 $14)) 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 (20... Re6 {Huzman} 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. f5 $16) 21. f5 {??xh5} (21. Qxd6 $2 {Huzman} Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf5 $1 $15 (22... Rxe4 $11)) (21. Bf3 $5 {Huzman} Rd8 22. Rge1 $14 {/?}) 21... Nf8 $8 (21... Rd8 $2 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. g6 Nf8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh8 $1 $18) 22. Bf3 (22. Ne3 $5 b6 $14) 22... Ncd7 $2 (22... gxf5 $2 23. Bxh5 (23. Qxd6 {Huzman} Nxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 25. g6 $40) 24... fxe4 25. Bxh5 $40 {[%CAl Gg5g6]}) 23... Nxe4 (23... Ng6 24. Qxd6 $16) 24. g6 $16) (22... Qb6 23. Qxd6 Qxb2 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Ne3 $14) 23. Qxd6 Ne5 24. Be2 $16 b6 25. Ne3 (25. Nd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Bb7 27. Rxa5 Bxe4+ 28. Rg2 bxa5 $132) (25. Nd4 {Huzman} Bb7 {[%CAl Ya8d8,Yd8d7,Yb7h1]}) 25... Ra7 26. Qa3 (26. a3 Rd7 27. Qb4 $16 (27. Qf6 $4 Nh7 $19)) (26. a3 $5 {[%CAl Gd6b4] Huzman}) 26... Nfd7 27. Qd6 (27. Rd6 {Huzman} Nc5 28. Rgd1 Rae7 $132 {[%csl Ra3]}) 27... Nc5 28. a3 Nb3 (28... Rd7 29. Qf6 $16) (28... Rae7 $5 {Huzman}) 29. Rgf1 $138 (29. Qb4 {Huzman} Qc5 {-like in the game.}) 29... Qc5 $138 (29... Rd7 {Huzman} 30. Qb4 Qc5 $44) 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 {The white have extra pawn,but it is very difficult for the white to improve their position.} 31. Kg2 Ba6 32. Rd6 Rd7 33. Rfd1 Kf8 (33... Red8 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Nexd7 36. Bd1 $18) 34. Rxd7 Nexd7 35. Kf2 Ne5 36. Rd4 b5 $5 {With this move the black just create weaknesses in their own position.} (36... Ke7 $16) 37. cxb5 Bxb5 (37... cxb5 {Huzman} 38. h4 $16) 38. Nxb5 (38. Bxb5 cxb5 39. Rd5 b4 40. axb4 Ncd3+ 41. Kg3 Nxb2 $16) 38... cxb5 39. Kg3 $2 (39. Bxb5 Rb8 (39... Rb8 {Huzman} 40. Bxa4 Rxb2+ $132)) (39. Kf1 $1 {??d5} Nc6 (39... gxf5 40. exf5 $18) 40. Rd5 Nxe4 41. Bxb5 $18) (39. Kf1 $1 $16 {[%CAl Ge2b5] Huzman /+-}) 39... Nc6 (39... gxf5 $142 {Huzman} 40. Nxf5 (40. Bxb5 Ne6 $1 {[%CAl Yf5f4,Yf4e3,Yf4g3,Ye6d4]} 41. Nxf5 Nxd4) 40... Nc6 41. Rd5 Nxe4+ 42. Kh4 (42. Kf4 Nc3 $1 43. bxc3 Rxe2 44. Rc5 (44. Rd6 Rf2+ (44... Re6 45. Rxe6 (45. h4 $5) 45... fxe6 46. Nd6 b4 $1 47. cxb4 Nxb4 48. Ke5 (48. Nc4 $14 {/?}) 48... Ke7 (48... Nc2 49. Kf6 $16) 49. Nc8+ Kf7) 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46. Kf4 $11 (46. Kd5 Ne7+ $15)) 44... Ne7 45. Nxe7 $1 Rxe7 $8 (45... Kxe7 46. Re5+ Rxe5 47. Kxe5 $18) 46. h4 (46. Rxb5 Rc7 $11) 46... Re1 47. Rxb5 Rh1 $132 (47... Ra1 48. Kf5 Rxa3 49. Kf6 Rb3 $11)) 42... Nc3 $1 (42... Nf6 43. gxf6 Rxe2 44. Rd6 $16) 43. Rd6 $5 (43. bxc3 Rxe2 44. Rd6 (44. h3 $5 $16) 44... Rf2 45. Rxc6 Rxf5 46. Kxh5 (46. Rf6 Rc5 47. Rf3 {[%CAl Gh4h5]} Kg7 48. Kxh5 Rc4 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3]}) 46... Rf2 $140 47. h4 Ra2 48. Kh6 $14 {[%CAl Gc6c8,Gh6g7,Gh4h8]}) 43... Nxe2 44. Rxc6 Nf4 45. Rb6 $16) 40. Rd5 Nxe4+ 41. Kf4 Nxg5 (41... Ne7 $1 42. Rxb5 gxf5 43. Bxh5 Ng6+ 44. Bxg6 fxg6 $16) (41... f6 {Huzman} 42. h4 (42. Bxb5 Nxg5 (42... fxg5+ 43. Kf3 $18) 43. Bxc6 (43. Bd3 $5) 43... Re4+ 44. Kg3 Rxe3+ 45. Kf2 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rh3 $14) 42... Ne7 (42... fxg5+ 43. hxg5 Ne7 (43... Nxg5 44. Kxg5 Rxe3 45. Bxb5 $18) (43... Nf2 44. Bxb5 $16) 44. Rd4 $1 $16) 43. Rd4 $1 (43. Rxb5 fxg5+ 44. hxg5 Nf2 45. f6 Nh3+ 46. Kg3 Nc6 47. Nc4 Nd4 (47... Nxg5 48. Rxg5 Rxe2 49. Rxg6 Kf7 50. Rh6 Re6 $14) 48. Ra5 Nxg5 49. Bd3 $16) 43... fxg5+ (43... gxf5 44. Bxh5 $16) 44. hxg5 Nc5 45. Bxb5 Rb8 46. Rb4 gxf5 47. Bc4 $14 {?}) (41... Nf2 {Huzman} 42. Bxb5 Nh3+ 43. Kf3 Nxg5+ 44. Ke2 $16) 42. Kxg5 Rxe3 43. Bxb5 Ne5 44. Kf4 $2 (44. f6 $1 Kg8 45. h3 $1 $18 {??h6,??f4}) 44... Ng4 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Bxa4 Re2 $132 47. b4 Rxh2 (47... Ra2 {Huzman} 48. Rd3 $16) 48. Bc6 {? Huzman: Bishop is much stronger than knight in this type of position because bishop in the same time helps in pushing white pawns forward and stops black pawns.} Nf6 49. Rd3 Rc2 50. b5 Rc5 $2 (50... Rc4+ 51. Ke5 (51. Kf3 Ke7) 51... Ke7 52. Rf3 $14) 51. a4 $1 $18 g5+ (51... Rc4+ 52. Ke5 Ng4+ 53. Ke6 Rxa4 54. b6 Ra6 55. b7 Rxc6+ 56. Rd6 $18) 52. Ke3 Rc4 53. a5 Ng4+ 54. Kd2 Ne5 55. a6 $1 Ra4 (55... Nxd3 56. a7 Ra4 57. b6 $18) 56. Rd5 Nc4+ 57. Kc3 Nb6 58. Rxg5 Ke7 59. Rg6 h4 60. Bb7 Nd7 61. b6 (61. Bc8 $18) 61... Nc5 62. Bc8 (62. a7 {Huzman} Nxb7 63. Rg7+ Kd6 64. Rxb7 h3 65. Rh7 Kc6 66. b7 Rxa7 67. b8=Q Rxh7 68. Qe8+ Kc7 69. Qe5+ Kc8 70. Qf5+ Rd7 71. Qxh3 $18) 62... Nxa6 63. Bxa6 Rxa6 64. b7 Rxg6 65. b8=Q h3 (65... Rh6 {Huzman} 66. Qf4 Rh5 67. Qg4 $18) 66. Qb7+ Kf8 67. Qc8+ Ke7 68. Qxh3 Rc6+ 69. Kd4 Kd8 70. Qh7 Rb6 71. Kd5 Ra6 72. Qg7 Rb6 73. Qf7 Ra6 74. Kc5 Kc8 75. Qe7 Ra3 76. Qe8+ Kc7 77. Qf7+ Kc8 78. Kb6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.26"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2685"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1996.09.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 055"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Spain"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 (11. Rc1 f5 12. c5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Nf4 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. Qb3 b6 19. Bf2 Qd6 $10 {Zlochevskij,A-Morozevic,A/Alushta/1993/0:1/59}) (11. f4) 11... Nf4 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4 (12... Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nf4 14. Rf2 a5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qb6 {½-½ Sokolov,I-Piket,J/Groningen (10)/1995}) 13. Bxg7 (13. Kh1 $1 Be5 (13... Nxe2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxe2 Be6 16. Nc3 $14) 14. Rad1 Ne6 $6 (14... Nxe2 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Qxe2 $14) (14... Be6 15. Be3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qh4 $132) 15. Be3 $1 Bg7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Krivoshey,S-Golubev,M/Nikolaev zt (04)/1995/ (35)}) 13... Nxe2+ (13... Qg5 14. Kf2 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Qe5 18. Qxe5 (18. Rad1 Be6 19. b3 a6 20. Nc3 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Kg7 22. Nd5 Rac8 {½-½ Bialy,R-Doettling,F/Hallsdall op (04) 1996 (42)}) 18... dxe5 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rad1 Be6 21. b3 Rad8 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 {½-½ Trettin,U-Kassebaum,R/BL 9495/1995/}) 14. Nxe2 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Qd4 c6 19. Red1 Qa5 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rc3 Qe5 22. Ne2 {Giehring,S-Gergs,W/RLNN 9091/1991/1-0 (74)}) (11... f5) 12. Rfd1 (12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 (13. Qxe2 bxc6 14. c5 $5 $14) 13... bxc6 14. Bd4 c5 (14... Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 c5 (15... Bd7 $6 16. b4 $14) 16. Nc2 Bb7 (16... Be6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Qe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 a5 21. Rd1 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Kf2 Rab8 24. Rcc2 {Weiss,C-Baumegger,S/AUT-chT 95/96 (01) 1995/1996/½-½ (71)}) 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rad1 (18. a3 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qg5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Re1 Ra3 23. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ Li Wenliang-Peng Xiaomin/Beijing Tan Chin Cup (06) 1996 (27)}) 18... a5 (18... Bc6 19. Qa5 $14) 19. h3 Bc6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 {½-½ Sakaev,K-Belov,I/Cappelle op (06)/1995 (26)}) (14... f6 $5) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Re3 Rb8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Ne2 Rb4 22. Rd3 a5 {Brglez,R-Bukic,E/Ljubljana op/1994/0-1 (58)}) (12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f6 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Rfe1 {Nowak,I-Pedzich,D/POL-chT Lubniewice (05)/1994/1-0 (53)}) (12. Bd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. Be3 Bd4 15. Re1 Bxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Nxg2 17. Re2 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 Be6 19. b3 Qe5 {0-1 Oliwa,M-Pedzich,D/POL-ch Brzeg Dolny (15) 1996 (25)}) 12... Nxe2+ (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Be6 15. Rac1 a5 16. b3 b6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Rdc1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf2 {1-0 Loseries,U-Kistella,R/BL 9596/1995 (31)}) 14. Bf1 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Rac1 Re7 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21. Re1 Nh5 {Lindner,D-Schmaltz,R/St.Ingbert op (02)/1995/½-½ (52)}) 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. Bxd4 $14) 14. b3 c6 (14... Bd7 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b6 (16... Be6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rf6 20. b4 $14) (16... Bd7 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 $5 Nd7 (18... Bb7 19. f4 Ng4 (19... Nd7 20. e5 $16) 20. h3 Nh6 21. f5 $18) 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bb7 (20... Rd8 21. Rd2 (21. Qd2 Nf6 22. e5 Ne8 23. Ne4 d5 24. cxd5 Qxe5 $14) 21... Bb7 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Qg5 $16) 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Nd4 (22. Nd5 $5 Qd8 23. Ndf4 Rf6 24. b4 $16) 22... Ree8 23. Nde2 Re6 24. Nf4 Rf6 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Ne4 Rf5 27. Qe3 (27. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 28. Ne2 Rxf3 $17) 27... Nd7 (27... Nxf3+ $2 28. Qxf3 d5 29. cxd5 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Nd6 $18) (27... Rd8 28. g4 Rxf4 (28... d5 29. gxf5 dxe4 30. fxe4 $16) 29. Qxf4 $16) 28. Rxd6 Re8 29. Rcd1 Bc8 (29... Nc5 $2 30. Nf6+ $18) 30. Ne2 $1 Rfe5 (30... Kg7 31. Qc3+ (31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qd4+ $16) 31... f6 32. Nd4 $18) 31. Qh6 Rxe4 (31... Kh8 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Nf6 Rh5 34. Nxh5 gxh5 35. Ng3 $18) 32. fxe4 b5 (32... Rxe4 33. Nc3 Re8 34. Qf4 $16) 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. Qc1 $1 Qd8 (34... Qb7 35. Qc6 $18) 35. Qc6 Qg5 (35... Qb6+ 36. Qxb6 Nxb6 37. Rd8 $18) (35... Re7 36. Rc1 $18) 36. Ng3 (36. Rxd7 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 $18) 36... h5 (36... Qe3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 1-0 [Event "EU-ch 12th"] [Site "Aix les Bains"] [Date "2011.03.24"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhalevski, Victor"] [Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,Victor"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2011.03.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 (11. Be3 $5) 11... Nf6 12. Be3 {This seems to be more logical than 12.?f4 as White may need the f-pawn to be free in order to advance to f4.} ({Less than a week before the current game Gelfand played} 12. Bf4 $5 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Qe1 $6 Nf8 $1 18. Qf2 a6 {and Black was fine in 0-1 Gelfand,B (2733)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Monaco MNC 2011 (63).}) 12... h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Rg1 {[%csl Rg6] This move is aimed against f6.} (14. Qd2 {--> ½-½ Beliavsky,A (2654)-Markovic,M (2558)/Belgrade 2000/CBM 080/[Huzman] (63)}) 14... Nd7 $5 {[%CAl Gd7e5] The knight is going to e5.} (14... Na6 {has been played mostly by GM Miroslav Markovic, but Khismatullin wanted to play the same way Grischuk played versus Gelfand.}) 15. Qd2 Ne5 {Already this move turns out to be a novelty, although even the position before the Black's 15th move had occurred only twice.} ({One of those games continued} 15... a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. Nc2 Qe7 {with a complicated position in 1-0 Babula,V (2505)-Hausner,I (2480)/Lazne Bohdanec 1994/CBM 040 (32).}) 16. Rad1 (16. Rg2 $5 {[%CAl Gf3f4] Preparing f4 and freeing the g1-square for the dark-squared bishop deserved serious attention.} Qe7 (16... Bh3 17. Rg3 Bc8 18. Rd1 $14 {leads to an imprpved version of the game.}) 17. Rd1 $14 {[%CAl Gf3f4] and the idea of f4 is annoying and has to be considered on every move.}) 16... a6 {Black prepares counterplay on the queenside.} 17. a4 {This is not really necessary.} (17. Nb3 $5 Be6 18. c5 Bxb3 ({or} 18... d5 19. Nd4 $14) 19. axb3 dxc5 20. Na4 $1 $14 {and White would have retained a slight edge.}) 17... c5 ({Black could have also tried to improve position of his knight by means of} 17... Nf8) 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Nd5 ({In the event of} 19. b3 {I didn't like} Qb6 20. Rb1 Qc7 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] although White's position still looks preferable.}) 19... Bxd5 {The most principled continuation. Now White has to decide how to recapture the knight.} 20. cxd5 $5 {Suddenly the game transposes to a strange Benoni.} ({Other recaptures also make sense and so it wasn't easy to make the right choice.} 20. Qxd5 {This is probably the worst out of three recaptures.} Qa5 $1 21. f4 Qxa4 (21... Ng4 $2 22. f5 $1 $18) 22. Rd2 Nd7 {[%csl Rd6,Re4] with a double-edged position.}) (20. exd5 $5 Nf8 $5 (20... b5 $6 {looks wrong in view of} 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Ra2 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Na3 Qf5 25. Rgf1 $14) 21. Rge1 Qd7 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bg1 f6 24. h3 Ne3 $1 25. Bxe3 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ {with perpetual.}) 20... b5 $1 21. a5 {The idea behind this move is very simple - I wanted to keep the queenside closed, but it seems that 21.b4! was better.} ({After} 21. b4 $1 {Black is probably forced to play} c4 {, but then Black is short of counterplay.} (21... cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rc8 23. Nd4 $14 {is in White's favour.}) 22. Ra1 $1 $14) 21... b4 $6 {Although during the game we considered this move to be a must, in the post-mortem we found 21...?c8, which is directed against 22.b4 and leads to a complex position.} (21... Rc8 $5 $132) 22. Ra1 {Protecting the a5-pawn.} f6 $2 {Black is looking for counterplay, but in fact this only helps White.} 23. gxf6 {[%csl Rg6]} Qxf6 24. Raf1 $16 {As it turned out after the game, Black had missed this move.} Kh8 25. b3 $1 {Now White is stabilising his position and getting ready for f4.} Qf7 {Black is losing the thread, although it's not easy to give him good advice.} (25... Nd7 $5) 26. Bh6 {Freeing the e3-square for the knight, but missing a simple idea.} ({I could have played} 26. f4 $1 Ng4 27. e5 $1 {[%csl Rf7] I haven't seen this move, which leads to a clear advantage.} Rad8 (27... Nxe3 28. Nxe3 dxe5 29. fxe5 Qb7 30. Bf3 $18 {is hopeless for Black.}) 28. Bc4 $16 {and White's advantage is beyond question.}) 26... Bxh6 (26... Nf6 $5) 27. Qxh6 Qf8 (27... Qe7 $5 {was a better defence, but Black is already under pressure anyway.} 28. Ne3 Rg8 29. Nc4 Nf7 30. Qe3 Nf6 31. Bd3 $16) 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. f4 $1 {Finally White is ready for it.} Ng4 30. Bd3 $138 {This is enough for retaining a big advantage, but once again I missed a decisive break in the centre.} (30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. fxe5 $18 {and I doubt Black can survive.}) 30... Rae8 31. h3 {Once again a reasonable, but not the best decision.} (31. e5 $1 {[%csl Rg6] was stronger with the idea} dxe5 32. Bxg6 Re7 (32... Rd8 33. Bxh5 Ngf6 34. Be2 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} exf4 ({or} 34... Rxd5 35. Bxa6 $18) 35. Rxf4 Rg8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Ne3 Re8 38. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 33. h3 Nh6 (33... Ngf6 34. d6 $1 Re6 35. Bf5 $1 Ree8 36. Ne3 $1 exf4 37. Ng2 $1 $18 {[%CAl Gg2f4,Gf4g6]}) 34. d6 Re6 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Bd3 $1 $18 {and the a=pawn would decide the game.}) 31... Ngf6 32. Re1 Nd7 $6 $138 {A dubious move in a difficult position.} (32... Rg8 33. Kh2 $16) 33. e5 $5 {[%csl Rg6]} (33. Rxg6 $5 Rxf4 34. Rxd6 Ne5 35. Bxa6 $16 {should be enough for a win.}) 33... dxe5 ({or} 33... Rxf4 34. exd6 $1 Ra8 35. Rxg6 $1 $18) 34. Bxg6 Re7 35. f5 $6 {A dubious decision in time-trouble.} ({I should have found} 35. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} Rxf4 (35... Rf6 36. Rg2 $1 {[%CAl Ge1g1]} Rxf4 37. Bxa6 $16) 36. Bxa6 $16 {with a virtually winning position in both cases.}) 35... Ndf6 36. Ne3 $6 {Another inaccuracy.} (36. d6 $1 {was correct, but I wanted to keep the d-pawn.} Rd7 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 38. Ne1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Gd3] and White retains better chances.} (38. Rxc5 Rd3 $132 {[%csl Rb3,Rh3]})) 36... Rd8 $1 {White's advantage slowly disappears.} 37. Rd1 $6 {This natural move turns out to be wrong.} (37. Re2 $1 {was a chance to set some problems.} Nxd5 (37... Nf8 $5) 38. Rd2 Nhf6 (38... Red7 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Nxd5 Rxd5 41. Bf7 Rd8 42. Bc4 $16) 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Nxd5 41. Rd1 Rd7 42. Be8 $1 Re7 43. Bxh5 $14) 37... Ne4 $1 {[%CAl Gh7f6] A strong idea. Black is going to leave my light-squared bishop out of play after playing ...?hf6.} (37... Red7 {is worse.} 38. Bxh7 Kxh7 39. Rg5 Rg7 40. h4 Rxg5 41. hxg5 Ne4 42. g6+ Kg7 43. Kg2 $14) 38. Nc4 {The exchange sacrifice looked strong to me, but I didn't have time to calculate its consequences.} (38. Bxh7 $5 {Exchanging the potentially bad bishop.} Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Kxh7 41. Kf3 e4+ 42. Kf4 Red7 {and although White's position looks promising I'm not sure he can make progress.}) (38. f6 $5 Nhxf6 39. Rdf1 $1 Rg7 40. Nf5 Ra7 41. Nh6 $1 {[%CAl Gh6f7]} Rdd7 42. Rg2 {was probably the last chance, but finding this idea in the time-trouble is virtually impossible.}) 38... Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Kg7 {After the game we both considered this move to be wrong as it allows 41.?xh7, but in fact the subsequent position is not entirely clear.} 41. d6 $5 {Probably objectively the best.} (41. Bxh7 Kxh7 {The following variations illustrate the complexity of the position.} 42. d6 (42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kf4 e3 $1 44. Nxe3 Rde8 45. Nc4 Re4+ 46. Kg5 Rg8+ 47. Kf6 Rf8+ $11) 43... Rg7 $1 {[%CAl Gg7g3] and Black obtains counterplay.} 44. Kxe4 Rg3 45. d6 Rxb3 46. Ne5 c4 $1 47. d7 ({or} 47. f6 {[%CAl Gd1g1]} Rg3 $1) 47... c3 48. f6 Rb2 49. Rg1 Re2+ 50. Kd5 Rxe5+ 51. Kxe5 Rxd7 52. Ke6 Rd3 53. h4 $1 c2 54. f7 Re3+ 55. Kf6 Rf3+ 56. Ke7 b3 57. f8=Q Rxf8 58. Kxf8 b2 59. Kf7 c1=Q 60. Rg7+ {with the perpetual.}) 42... Rf7 43. Kf3 Rxf5+ 44. Ke4 Rf4+ 45. Kxe5 Rf3 46. d7 Rxb3 47. Kd6 Rxh3 48. Kc7 Rg8 49. Kb6 $1 b3 50. d8=Q Rxd8 51. Rxd8 b2 $1 52. Nxb2 Rb3+ 53. Kxa6 Rxb2 54. Rd5 $11) 41... Nf6 $1 {A saving resource.} (41... Red7 $2 {would lead to the position I was aiming for.} 42. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 43. Kf3 $18) 42. Kf3 $5 {White has to accept a draw.} (42. Re1 Red7 43. Rxe5 Rxd6 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Rxc5 (45. Re7+ Kh6 46. h4 c4 47. bxc4 Rc6 {is not entirely clear.}) 45... Rd2+ 46. Kf1 (46. Kf3 Rf2+ $1 47. Ke3 Rh2 48. Rc7+ Kh6 $11 {is ok for Black.}) 46... Rh2 $1 {[%csl Rg6] and Black is not worse as my bishop is misplaced.}) 42... Red7 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. Rd2 Kg7 45. Rd1 Kf8 {Neither side can make progress and so a draw was agreed. An interesting game despite mutual mistakes in time-trouble.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 13th final play-off"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "1997.12.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Huzman,Alexander"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1997.12.30"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"] [BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 1. d4 {Epishin} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 a6 11. Nc2 (11. Bg5 h6 (11... Qa5 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb3 Qb4 15. a3 Qe7 16. c5 d4 $2 (16... Nc6) 17. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Jelen,I-Luzar,E/Bled op 1993 (41)}) 12. Bh4 b5 (12... Nbd7 13. Rc1 (13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Qd2 (16. Bg3 b4 17. Na4 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 d5 $132 {½-½ Kortschnoj,V-Yermolinsky,A/WchT 4th 1997 (30)}) 16... Bb7 17. Nc2 Re6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Bf2 d5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 $11 {Vladimirov,E-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent 1987/1-0 (78)}) 13... Ne5 14. Rc2 (14. Nc2 g5 15. Bf2 Be6 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {½-½ Novikov,I-Yermolinsky,A/URS-ch U20 1984 (21)}) (14. b4 g5 15. Bf2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rb8 $11 {½-½ Kochyev,A-Yermolinsky,A/White Knights 1984 (22)}) 14... Qc7 15. Bf2 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qe7 19. f4 Ned7 20. e5 Ne4 $15 {1-0 Alexandria,N-Levitina,I/Dubna csfW 1983 (35)}) 13. a3 Qb6 14. Bf2 Qb7 15. Nb3 bxc4 16. Na5 Qc7 17. Nxc4 $16 {1-0 Alexandria,N-Levitina,I/Dubna csfW 1983 (38)}) (11. Nb3 b5 12. Bf4 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. a3 Ra7 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Bf4 d5 $11 {Norri,J-Atalik,S/EU-chTM 1997/½-½ (98)}) 12... Bf8 13. c5 d5 14. Bg5 Ra7 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Bf4 Be6 $15 {½-½ Ftacnik,L-Piket,J/Groningen 1991 (37)}) (11. a4 a5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Ortiz,E-Donguines,F/Greenhills op 1997 (31)}) 11... Be6 (11... b5 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb4 Bb7 15. exd5 Nh5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. Ne4 Rxe4 18. Be1 Rxb4 19. Bxh4 Rxh4 $36 {Peralta,E-Yermolinsky,A/Erevan olm 1996/0-1 (56)}) 12... b4 13. Nxb4 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 Qc5 16. Na4 Qe3 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nd7 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rfd1 Ba6 21. Rc2 Rab8 $44 {1-0 Huzman,A-Littlewood,J/Cannes op 1992 (44)}) 12. Bf4 (12. Be3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. a3 Na6 16. Nb4 Nxb4 17. axb4 d5 $15 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Filippov,V/Kemerovo1 1995 (46)}) 12... d5 13. exd5 (13. Nd4 $5 dxe4 14. Nxe6 Qxd1 (14... fxe6 15. fxe4 $14) 15. Raxd1 Rxe6 16. Rd8+ (16. Nxe4 Nbd7 17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Rxd7 $140 Nc5 $17) 16... Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nxe4 $14) 13... cxd5 14. Nd4 dxc4 {? Epishin} (14... Nc6 {? Epishin} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 d4 17. Ne4 $16 {[%CAl Gc4c5]}) (14... Bc8 $142 $5 {Epishin} 15. Qd2 dxc4 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 16. Rad1 (16. Bxc4 Nh5 17. Be3 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6) 16... b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxd4 (19... Rxe4 $2 20. Be3 Bxd4 21. Bf3 $1 $18) 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Be6 22. Bxb8 Raxb8 $11) 15. Nxe6 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Rxe6 17. Rd8+ (17. Bxc4 $1 Re8 (17... Re7 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Rd7 $18) 18. Ne4 $1 {[%CAl Ge4d6]} Nxe4 (18... b5 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Rfe1 $16) 19. fxe4 {[%csl Rf7]} b5 20. Bd5 Ra7 21. Be3 Rd7 22. b4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17... Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Bxc4 Rd8 $14 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Kg1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Bd4+ (23... Ne6 24. Bg3 (24. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {/=}) 24... Ke7 25. Bd5 $14) 24. Ke2 Nc6 (24... Nf6 {Epishin} 25. Kd3 Nc6 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. f4 Kd7 28. Bf8 Ke8 29. Bg7 Ke7 $16) 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Kd3 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]} Ba7 28. Bd6+ Ke8 29. Kc4 Kd7 30. Be5 Ne8 (30... Ke6 $142 31. Bd4 $1 (31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Ne4+ Ke5 33. b4 {[%CAl Ge4c5]} (33. Nc5 a5 34. Nb3 Bb6) 33... Bg1 $1 34. h3 (34. Nc5 Bxh2 35. Nxa6 Kd6 36. Nc5 Bg1) 34... Kf4 35. a4 Ba7 $132 {[%CAl Yf7f5,Yf4g3]}) 31... Bb8 (31... Bxd4 32. Kxd4 Nd7 33. Ne4 $16 {[%CAl Ge4c5,Ge4g5]}) 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne4+ Ke7 34. h3 {[%CAl Gc4c5,Gc5b6]} f5 (34... Bc7 35. Kc5 f5 36. Nd2 Kd7 37. Nc4 $16) 35. Nc5 a5 36. Nb3 Bc7 37. Kc5 Kd7 38. Nd4 Bd6+ 39. Kb6 Bc7+ 40. Kb7 $16) 31. Ne4 {[%CAl Ge4c5]} a5 32. a4 Bb6 33. Nc5+ Kc8 34. Ne4 Kd7 35. b4 $1 axb4 36. Kxb4 Ke6 (36... Nc7 $142 37. Nc5+ Ke7 38. Kc4 Nd5 39. Bd4 $16 {[%CAl Gc5b3]}) 37. Bg3 Bd8 (37... Nc7 38. Bxc7 Bxc7 39. Kc5 Bxh2 (39... Kd7 40. Nf6+ Ke6 41. Nxh7 $18) 40. Kxc6 $18 {[%CAl Ga4a8]}) (37... f5 38. Ng5+ Kd5 39. Nxh7 $16) 38. a5 Kd7 39. a6 $18 Be7+ 40. Nc5+ Kc8 41. Kc4 $1 {[%CAl Ga6a7]} (41. Kc4 $1 Bxc5 (41... Nc7 42. Bxc7 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 $18 Kxc7 44. f4 h5 45. g3 f6 46. h3 g5 47. f5) 42. Kxc5 Nc7 43. a7 Na8 44. Kxc6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Filippo Vetro Memorial"] [Site "Agrigento"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Sardo, Gabriele"] [Black "Atalik, Suat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2253"] [BlackElo "2547"] [Annotator "Atalik,Suat"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2014.08.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 $6 ({There is a good reason why} 10. Kh1 {is the move here and this game emphasizes it.}) (10. Nb3 {is the best retreat!} a6 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 $1 13. Qxd6 $140 $2 Nxe4 $1) 11... d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 b5 $44) 10... Na6 11. Be3 d5 $1 (11... Nc7 $6 12. Qd2 d5 13. Rad1 Be6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e5 $16) 12. cxd5 $6 {To my surprise my young opponent played this capture a tempo. In principal Black should always be careful about the other one.} (12. exd5 cxd5 13. c5 Nb4 14. Bf2 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bf5 $132) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 $6 (13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxa6 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. exd5 Rad8 $11) 14... bxa6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ba4 $11) 13... Nb4 $1 $40 {All of a sudden White is caught in a passive position.} 14. Bg5 $2 {Another bad move} (14. Nxb4 Rxe3 15. Nc2 Re5 $44) (14. Bf2 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bb5 Bd7) 15... Qxd5 $15) 14... Qb6+ $1 ({Aiming for a slightly worse position with} 14... Nbxd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rad1 $15) 15. Be3 $5 {This did not seem possible and thus I have outcalculated him!} (15. Rf2 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Be3 Rxe3 19. Nxe3 Bd4 $19) (15. Kh1 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 h6 $1 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qb5 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rac8 $19) 15... Rxe3 $1 {Taking the gauntlet.} 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nxe3 Bd7 18. a3 $5 (18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Re8 $19) (18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nfxd5 $19) 18... Bxa4 19. b3 $2 {With a relatively small amount of time in his clock my opponent collapsed.} (19. axb4 Bxd1 20. Rxa5 (20. bxa5 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 Bb5 $17) 20... Bxe2 21. Re1 b6 $17) (19. Qd2 $142 Nc6 $1 (19... Nfxd5 $6 20. axb4 Qb6 21. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 (22. Kh1 Qxe2 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Qxa7 Bb5 $17) 22... Bd4 23. Raf1 Bc6 24. Qc4 $15) 20. b4 Qd8 $1 $19 {should be the main line.}) 19... Qb6 $1 $19 20. bxa4 Nbxd5 21. Rf2 Qxe3 (21... Nxe3 22. Qb1 Nfd5 $19) 22. Bc4 Rc8 $1 23. Qb3 (23. Bxd5 Nxd5 $19) 23... Ng4 $5 {Not the only way to finish the game off.} (23... Qd4 24. Rc1 Bh6 $19) (23... Ne4 $5 $19) (23... Ng4 24. fxg4 Qxb3 (24... Bxa1 $19) 25. Bxb3 Bxa1 26. Bxd5 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 Bd4+ $19) 0-1 [Event "North Sea Cup 17th"] [Site "Esbjerg"] [Date "2002.07.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2545"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2002.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 {Until this game this continuation was the best...} 14. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 4] White tries to improve his game against d6-d5.} (14. exd5 $6 {leads to equal position by force: see commented game ½-½ Piket,J-Nedev,T/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84_01 [Tsesarsky,I](18)}) 14... Qd7 $5 {Probably better} ({than} 14... Bf6 $143 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. c6 (18. Rae1 $16) 18... Be6 19. Ne2 (19. Qd4 $16) 19... Qd6 20. Nd4 Bf7 $14 {½-½ Weetik,V-Khruschiov,A/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 364 (46)}) 15. exf5 $1 {Except of this move should be considered the next one too:} (15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Bf1 $14) (15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Rfe1 $14) 15... gxf5 16. Rfe1 Qf7 $6 $16 (16... f4 $142 17. Bd3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bxc5 (18... Be3 19. Qc2 Qg7 20. Bh4 Be6 $14) 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Rf8 $14) 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Ne2 $1 Qg6 19. Be3 {[%csl Gd4,Rd7,Gf4]} (19. Bh4 $143 f4 20. Nd4 $14) 19... Rxe3 $6 {Dubious exchange sacrifice. But it is interesting try to complicate the game.} ({By the way, normal} 19... Qf6 20. Bf2 f4 21. Nd4 $16 {leads to clear White's advantage.}) 20. Qxe3 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Qg7 22. Kh1 $6 {Unnecessary move.} ({Why not} 22. f4 $142 $18) 22... Re8 23. Qd2 Be5 24. f4 Qh6 25. Rb3 $2 $16 ({Right was} 25. g3 Bg7 (25... Nf6 26. Qa5 {[%csl Re5]} Ng4 27. h3 Bf6 28. Qxc7 Re7 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. Qxa7 $18) 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rxc7 $18) 25... Bg7 (25... Nf6 $2 26. Qa5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7,Re5]} Ng4 27. h3 Bg7 28. Qxc7 $18) 26. Ng3 $2 $132 {Except of this bad move White has a lot alternatives:} (26. Rh3 $1 {Looks the best.} Qg6 27. Qa5 Nf6 28. Qxc7 Ne4 29. Ra3 Bc8 $16 {[%CAl Gg7f8]}) (26. Re3 Nf6 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Nd4 Ne4 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Nf3 Qc3 $44) (26. g3 Nf6 27. Rb7 Ne4 28. Qa5 d4 29. Rxc7 d3 30. Rxd7 dxe2 {[%CAl Ge4g3]} 31. Rxg7+ (31. Bg2 Bc3 $19) 31... Kxg7 32. Bg2 Nxg3+ 33. Kg1 Ne4 34. Qxa7+ Kg8 $11) (26. Rf3 {[%csl Gf4]} Nf6 $14 {[%CAl Gf6e4]}) 26... Rxe1 $2 $16 ({Much better was} 26... Qxf4 $1 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Nxf5 Bf8 30. Rb7 Bxc5 31. Rxc7 Ne6 32. Rc8 Kf7 $44 {[%CAl Ge8d7]}) 27. Qxe1 {[%CAl Ge1e8]} Nf6 28. Qe7 Bf8 29. Rb8 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ $2 $132 ({White must avoid ?? exchange:} 30. Qe5 Ne4 31. Qxc7 Nxc5 32. Qxa7 $16) 30... Kxg7 31. Bd3 (31. Ba6 Bxc5 32. Bc8 {[%csl Rf5]} Kg6 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Rg8+ Kf7 35. Rg5 Nf6 36. Nxf5 Ne4 37. Nh6+ $13) 31... Ne4 32. Bxe4 $6 {Gives to Black very strong centre.} (32. Kg1 $142 Bxc5+ 33. Kf1 Bb6 {[%CAl Gc6c4]} 34. Rd8 Be6 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Rh8 Kg6 (36... Kg7 37. Re8 $11) 37. Re8 Kf7 $11 (37... Bf7 38. Re5 c5 39. Nxf5 $16)) 32... fxe4 33. Rb7 Kf7 34. Rxc7 Ke8 35. Rxa7 $2 $17 ({Perhaps, better is} 35. Nh5 {Position is very complicated, but in this case White can equalize.} Kd8 36. Rxa7 Bxc5 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Rh8 d4 $1 (38... Bf5 $2 39. Ng3 Kf6 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. g3 d4 42. Kg2 d3 43. Rxh7 e3 44. Kf3 e2 45. Rh5+ Kf6 46. Re5 Bd4 47. Rxe2 dxe2 48. Kxe2 $16) 39. Rxh7+ Kd8 40. Rxd7+ $1 (40. Nf6 Bf5 41. Rh5 d3) 40... Kxd7 41. Nf6+ Ke6 42. Nxe4 Be7 43. g4 Kd5 44. Nf2 c5 45. Kg2 c4 46. Kf3 d3 47. Nxd3 $1 cxd3 48. Ke3 Kc4 49. Kd2 Bd6 50. f5 Bf4+ 51. Kd1 Bg5 52. a4 $11) 35... Bxc5 36. Rb7 Bf2 {Black centre ?? are ready to start to run forward. White ? is offside. Pair of ?? is powerful. According to these factors we can estimat this position like difficult for White.} 37. Nh5 Kd8 38. Nf6 Bc8 39. Rb2 $6 {Blunder. But anyway Black wins:} (39. Rxh7 e3 40. Rh8+ Kc7 ({Loses} 40... Ke7 $4 41. Rxc8 Kxf6 42. Rxc6+ Kf5 43. g4+ Kxg4 44. Kg2 Kxf4 45. Rf6+ Ke4 46. Rxf2 exf2 47. Kxf2 Kd3 48. a4 d4 49. a5 Kc2 (49... Kc3 50. a6 d3 51. a7 d2 52. a8=Q d1=Q 53. Qf3+) 50. a6 d3 51. a7 d2 52. a8=Q d1=Q 53. Qa4+ $18) 41. Re8 d4 42. Ne4 d3 43. Nc3 Bg4 44. h3 Bh5 45. Re7+ Kd8 46. Re5 e2 $19) (39. Rb1 e3 40. Rb2 Ba6 41. Ng4 e2 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Nxf2 c5 44. g4 c4 $19) 39... Bd4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf6]} 40. Rc2 Bxf6 41. Rxc6 e3 42. Kg1 Bd4 43. Kf1 Bf5 44. Ke2 Kd7 45. Rc1 Bb6 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2013.11.16"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"] [Black "Saric, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2628"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2013.11.08"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rf2 (12. Rfd1 {is the main line.}) 12... Ne6 (12... Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Be6 (13... Ne5 14. b3 a6 (14... c6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Rd1 b6 17. h3 f6 18. f4 Nf7 19. f5 Qb7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Qg3 $16 {1-0 (32) Lalic,B (2522)-Bilic,M (2352) Zagreb 2007}) 15. Bg5 $1 f6 16. Bh4 c6 17. Rf1 (17. Rd1 $142 $14 {Y.Pelletier}) 17... Bd7 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf2 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {1-0 (63) Pelletier,Y (2568)-Glek,I (2590) Zuerich 2001 CBM 088 [Pelletier]}) 14. b3 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rd1 b6 16. Rf2 Ne5 17. b3 a6 18. h3 Qf6 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (68) Jovanic,O (2543)-Plenkovic,Z (2370) Sibenik 2009}) 14... Qf6 (14... Qd7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Rde1 Qf7 19. Nd1 c5 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Bc3 Rbd8 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. Qb2 a6 24. Nd3 $14 {1/2 (38) Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2494)-Hernandez,G (2544) Cullera 2003}) 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Re7 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. b4 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rb2 b6 24. h4 Be6 25. a4 Bc8 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc3 Bb7 28. c5 $14 {1/2 (46) Rodshtein,M (2622)-Kantsler,B (2468) Israel 2010}) (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 (13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qg5 {1-0 (49) Pelletier,Y (2604)-Weindl,A (2295) Zuerich SUI 2012} 15. Nd5 $1 $14) 14. Bf1 Qg5 (14... c6 15. Kh1 a6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Bh6 $14 Qf6 $2 22. g4 $1 Ng7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rg2 $16 {1-0 (31) Krivoshey,S (2450)-Salai,L (2435) Prievidza 1997}) 15. g3 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd1 $14 {1/2 (37) Huzman,A (2610)-Stanec,N (2485) Dresden 1998 CBM 065 [Huzman]}) 13. Nc2 (13. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 (13... Bxe6 14. Nd5) 14. f4 {looks like a simpler way to a stable plus.}) 13... f5 {Logical but White is well-prepared for the opening of the position - he has the better development.} (13... b6 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Nd5 Nc5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nd4 c6 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. b3 Rad8 22. a3 Kh8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ncd7 25. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (50) Skoberne,J (2492)-Srebrnic,M (2333) Otocec 2009}) 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Rf3 $146 {Not a bad move but hardly an improvement on the previous game, in which White obtained a comfortable davantage:} (16. Bf3 Be6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rd1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne6 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Bd5 Kh8 24. b5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qf7 26. Rf3 Rad8 27. Re3 c5 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rde1 $1 Ng7 30. Ne7 $16 {1/2 (71) Huzman,A (2576)-Bachmann Schiavo,A (2414) Turin 2006}) 16... Be6 17. Rg3 Bf7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nd5 Bg6 20. Rd1 a5 21. a3 $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({White didn't want to play} 21. b5 {, giving up the c5-square, but that was better than allowing an invasion by Black's rook. Black should probably sacrifice a pawn:} Nb4 $1 22. Ncxb4 axb4 23. Nxb4 Ra3 {but after} 24. Bf2 {his compensation is hardly sufficient although the position remains tense.}) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Qd3 Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512] White underestimated this exchange sacrifice. Black gains the f4-pawn and obtains an active position.} 24. Qxc2 Ncd4 25. Qd2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 c6 27. Bb6 (27. Nb6 Nxf4 28. Qd2 Ne6 $44 {[%CAl Yg7e5]} (28... Ne2+ $5 29. Qxe2 f4)) 27... Qd7 28. Ne3 Nxf4 29. Qf3 $2 {Not the best place for the queen.} (29. Qd2 {was more accurate.}) 29... Re4 $1 {?} 30. Rf1 $2 {White has lost the thread of the game.} (30. Qf2 $142) 30... d5 $1 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Kh1 d4 33. Nd1 Nh5 34. Rh3 Nf4 35. Rg3 Nd5 36. Ba7 {[%csl Ra7]} Be5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge5] It is now Black who enjoys perfect centralisation.} 37. Rh3 b6 {[%csl Ra7] White's bishop is now completely out of play.} 38. Qa3 {All White's pieces are on various edges of the board!} f4 39. Nf2 Re3 40. Qa2 Qb5 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. Ng4 (42. Bxb6 Nxb6 43. Qa7+ Kg8 {is equally hopeless.}) 42... Nc3 43. Qa1 Rxh3 44. gxh3 d3 {[%csl Gd3]} 45. Nxe5 Qxe5 46. Bxb6 d2 47. Qa7+ Kh6 48. Qd7 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Ne2+ 51. Kg2 Be4+ 52. Rf3 Bxf3+ 53. Kxf3 Nd4+ $1 54. Ke4 (54. Qxd4 d1=Q+ 55. Qxd1 Qh5+) 54... f3+ 55. Ke3 Qg5+ 0-1 [Event "Subasic Memorial 4th"] [Site "Zenica"] [Date "2005.11.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Terzic, Safet"] [Black "Atalik, Suat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2283"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Atalik,Suat"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2005.11.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.03"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] {After having spoiled my tournament by my previous round performance I definitely had to win this one.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 $5 {A system which was used by Alex in late 90's.} 10. Kh1 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. Qd2 $4 {Having played the most sensible moves so far Saffet blunders and falls into an elementary trick in KID.} (13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rad1 (14. a4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Re6 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bc4 Nxc5 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 $44) 14... b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. a3 Bb7 $14) 13... Nxe4 $1 {This is winning a critical and central pawn.} 14. Nxe4 $2 {Now he also loses pair of bishops.} (14. Qe1 $142 Ng5 $1 (14... Qb6 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 $44) 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Nb3 Nc5 $17) 14... Qxh4 15. Nb3 Rxe4 $1 $19 16. fxe4 Be5 17. g3 Bxg3 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Qg2 (19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 $19 (20... Bg4 $19)) 19... Bf4 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Be3 22. Rff1 Nxc4 23. Be2 Be6 24. Rad1 Bb6 (24... Re8 $142 {seems to be more accurate.}) 25. Nd4 $1 {He gets some play.} Nxb2 26. Nxe6 (26. Rd2 Nc4 $19) 26... Nxd1 27. Rxd1 fxe6 28. Rxd6 Bc5 {I have only considered the text however it is not the only move.} (28... Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Bd4 31. Bc4 (31. Rc7 c5 32. Rc6 a5 33. Bc4 Re8 $19) 31... a5 $19) 29. Rxe6 Kg7 30. e5 $1 Rd8 31. Bc4 (31. Bf3 Rd4 32. Re8 g5 33. h3 Rf4 $19) 31... Rd4 {This is interesting how people interpretes different positions.Katia criticized my move.} (31... Rd1+ {Katia} 32. Kg2 Rd2+ (32... Rd4 33. Bb3 a5 34. Re8 a4 35. Bg8 $1 {annoyed me a little.} (35. Be6 Re4 36. Bc8 b5 $19)) 33. Kg3 b5 34. Bb3 Bf2+ 35. Kf3 c5 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rf7+ Ke8 $19) 32. Bb3 Rg4 $5 (32... Rd7 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Kf3 $17 {looked more difficult to convert.}) 33. h3 Rg1+ 34. Kh2 Rg5 35. Kh1 Rf5 36. Kg2 (36. Re8 Rf8 37. Re6 (37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. Kg2 Bd4 $19) 37... h5) 36... h5 37. Kg3 $4 {Another terribly bad move but this time in a losing position.} (37. Re8 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 h4+ $1 39. Kg4 (39. Kxh4 Rg2) 39... Be3 40. Re7+ Kh6 41. Rf7 Rg2+ 42. Kf3 Rg3+ 43. Ke4 Rxh3 44. e6 Bc5 $19) 37... Rxe5 $1 $19 {3 pawns up.} 38. Kf3 Rf5+ (38... Rxe6 39. Bxe6 Bb4 40. Bc8 c5 41. Bxb7 a5 $19) 39. Ke2 (39. Ke4 Rf2 $19) 39... Rf2+ 40. Kd1 Rf3 41. Bc2 Rg3 (41... Kf7 42. Re5 Bb6 43. Bb3+ Kf6 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Bc2 Rxh3 46. Rxg6+ Kf4 $19) 42. h4 Bb4 $1 {Creating a small attack on the king.} 43. Bb3 (43. Re4 Rg4 44. Re6 Rg1+ $19) 43... Rg1+ 44. Kc2 Re1 {Exchanges the rooks and ends the comedy.} 45. a4 Rxe6 46. Bxe6 b6 {This allowe me to sahre 1-4th places in the tournament.} 0-1