[Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "13"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2881"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. f3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Be3 Bxh2 9. Qd2 Bg3+ 10. Bf2 b6 11. O-O-O Bxf2 12. Qxf2 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. e5 Qe6 15. f4 f6 16. f5 Qf7 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qf8 19. Rhf1 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Nc6 22. Kb1 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rhe8 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. Qf4 h6 26. g4 Kb8 27. Nc3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rd1 d6 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Re5 32. b3 Bc6 33. Kb2 Kb7 34. Rd2 Qf6 35. Rd3 Qg5 36. Rd1 Qh4 37. Qf4 h5 38. Rg1 a5 39. Qg3 Qxg3 40. Rxg3 hxg4 41. Rxg4 Re7 42. Rg6 Rf7 43. Ne2 Bd7 44. Ng3 Kc6 45. Rg5 d5 46. Rg6+ Kc5 47. c3 b5 48. a3 b4 49. axb4+ axb4 50. Rg4 bxc3+ 51. Kxc3 Kd6 52. Rg5 c6 53. b4 Ke5 54. Rg6 Re7 55. Kd3 Kf4 56. Kd4 Be8 57. Nh5+ Kxf5 58. Rxg7 Re4+ 59. Kc5 Rc4+ 0-1 [Event "Croatia GCT 2019"] [Site "Zagreb CRO"] [Date "2019.07.04"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Carlsen, M.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2875"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2019.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1287"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.07.08"] [SourceVersion "3"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.07.11"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Ba6 12. Ne3 Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c6 Rc8 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. c7 Qd7 17. Nd2 g5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4 Rxc7 20. Qd1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Bc4 22. Na5 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Kg7 24. Rfc1 Bxe2 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Re1 Bc5 27. Qxd5 Re8 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Bf8 30. Bc6 Re7 31. f3 Bc4 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Ke3 Bg8 35. Kd3 g4 36. Na5 Bc5 37. Nc4 Bg1 38. Ne3 Be6 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Ke2 h5 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. Bb3 Bxh2 43. Kf2 h4 44. gxh4 Be5 45. Nc4 g3+ 46. Kg1 Bf4 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. b3 Kh6 49. a5 Be4 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. Kf1 Ke6 53. h5 Kd5 54. a6 Kd4 55. Bg4 Kc3 56. Be6 Bc2 57. Na5 Bc7 58. Nb7 Bd3+ 59. Kg1 Bxa6 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel India Blitz"] [Site "Kolkata IND"] [Date "2019.11.25"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Harikrishna, P.."] [Black "Carlsen, M.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2870"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2019.11.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1307"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.25"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 Be7 8. Qc2 a6 9. a4 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be1 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. exd4 Qb8 21. d5 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Rd3 Bd4 24. Rcd1 h6 25. Rg3 Rcd8 26. Bd2 Kh8 27. Bc1 Qe5 28. Qd2 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ne4 30. Qd3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 c4 32. Qf3 Qe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Ba3 Re5 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd4 Kg8 37. Rxc4 f6 38. Rc6 Ra5 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. c4 Rxa4 41. d7 Kf7 42. c5 Rxa3 43. c6 Rc3 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kd2 Rc5 46. Kd3 a5 47. Kd4 Rc1 48. Kd5 a4 49. Ra7 Rd1+ 50. Kc5 R8xd7 51. cxd7 Rxd7 52. Rxa4 Rd2 53. Rf4 g5 54. Rf3 h5 55. Kc4 Ke6 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. Re3+ Kf5 58. Rf3+ Kg6 59. Kd4 f5 60. g3 Re2 61. Kd3 Re4 62. Kd2 h4 63. gxh4 gxh4 64. Ra3 Kg5 65. f3 Re8 66. Ra7 Kf4 67. Rh7 Kg3 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2013.09.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2862"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2013.09.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Kamsky seemed to have not expected Carlsen to go for this variation specifically. He thought for a few minutes before deciding that the best course of action was to go into the quiet waters of the exchange Spanish.} 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 (7. c3 {was Fischer's favorite, but neither this move nor the move in the game are considered dangerous for Black nowadays.}) 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 { A common rook lift, the idea being that if White had played instead} (9. Nbd2 O-O-O {it becomes difficult to develop his pieces.}) 9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 {White's play revolves around the weakened e5-pawn - taking it and playing with the remaining passed pawn while Black has no chance at creating one himself on the queenside. However Black's piece activity has been considered for some time to give him a perfetly good game.} O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Ng4 $1 {More accurate than the other move. At least here White has some chances of going wrong.} (14... Bc5 {is a known draw:} 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 {and although White should be minimally better becaues of the structure, no one has been able to win this position.}) 15. Re2 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 $6 {And he starts doing so almost immediately. The king is safer and better placed on h1.} Rae8 17. Nd2 $6 { It's going to become incredibly hard to develop because of the self-pin.} (17. c3 {just passing and allowing some breathing room on the second rank was much better.}) 17... Rd8 $1 {The World number one shows that he is in a class of his own. With the rook going back and forth, he has now secured a pin on the d-file that causes White's development to stall almost completely.} 18. f3 Bg3 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. b3 Ng6 $1 {Magnus moves are all precise, with the goal of not allowing White easily development.} 21. Nf1 Be5 22. c3 $2 {Panic.} (22. Rb1 Rd1 23. Rd2 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Rxf1 25. Rxd4 Nf4 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Bxf4 $1 Rxb1 28. Be5 { is unpleasant, but White's activity gives him excellent chances to draw.}) 22... Bxc3 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. Rc2 Ba5 {The Norwegian wants to keep as many pieces on the board as possible, especially with the somewhat exposed king, but there was nothing wrong with simplifying the position and exploiting the material advantage.} 25. Ng3 g6 26. Rf1 Rd3 27. Kh2 Bb4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Nc1 Rd7 30. g3 Rfd8 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. f4 h5 33. Kh3 a5 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Kf3 Nd3 36. Re2 Be7 $2 { Allowing White some hope.} (36... Nxb2 37. Rxb2 Ba3 38. Rc2 Rd2 {and it will be very hard for White to hold this position as a2 will soon fall as well.}) 37. Nxd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kg2 Bc5 $6 {The extra pawn still gives Black excellent chances to win, but the advantage is slipping move by move. The bishop is not well placed on c5 as it might be forced back to b6 in a defensive position.} 39. Rc1 $6 (39. Be5 $1 {would have at least forced Black to find an active idea to defend c7.} Bd6 40. Bb2 {and now any move by the bishop will be met with Be5 again.}) 39... Rd2 40. Rc2 Rxe2+ 41. Rxe2 {Time control has been reached. Black is still up a pawn, but will have a tough technical job ahead of him after missing many ways of finishing his opponent off.} Rd3 42. Rc2 Bd6 43. Bc1 Be7 44. Kf2 a4 45. Rd2 Rxd2+ $2 {A strange decision. The bishop endgame looks less promising than the rook endgame.} (45... Bc5+ $1 46. Kg2 Rc3 47. Bb2 Re3 48. Bd4 Bxd4 49. Rxd4 a3 $1 {gives black great winning chances.}) 46. Bxd2 axb3 47. axb3 c5 48. g4 $6 {Not necessarily losing, but why create a free passed pawn for Black? Much more tenacious was to simply wait and keep the king on e2-d3, forcing Black to figure out a plan of action.} b5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Bc3 $2 {The final blunder.} (50. Kf3 b4 51. Be3 {should still be somehow winning for Black, but it's much more difficult to figure out.}) 50... b4 51. Bb2 Bh4+ {Not the most precise but also winning.} 52. Ke2 Bg3 {The combined action between the passed pawn on h4 and the threats of breaking on c4 and exchanging bishops gives Carlsen the win. Here he is pushing the f-pawn forward so he will be able to easily trade bishops later.} 53. f5 h4 54. e5 h3 55. e6+ (55. Kf3 Bh4 56. Ba1 Be1 $19) 55... Ke7 56. Kf3 Bf4 57. Bg7 Bg5 58. Be5 c4 59. bxc4 Bf6 {White has two passed pawns, but they are worth nothing compared to the outside passed pawns of Black, which will soon promote.} 0-1 [Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2021"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2021.09.25"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Duda, J.."] [Black "Carlsen, M.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2855"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.09.25"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Ne2 c5 6. d5 h5 7. Nec3 Nbd7 8. Na3 h4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Nh7 12. g3 Ng5 13. Qg2 f5 14. Bd3 f4 15. Bd2 h3 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rg1 Rf7 18. O-O-O Qf8 19. Rdf1 Qg7 20. Nc2 Nf8 21. Kb1 Nfh7 22. Ne1 Bd7 23. Bc2 Raf8 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Bxf4 Bxc3 27. Bxd6 Bd4 28. f4 Bxg1 29. Be5 Nf6 30. fxg5 Ng4 31. Bf6 Bxh2 32. e5 Nxf6 33. exf6 Bd6 34. Nf4 Rxf6 35. gxf6 Rxf6 36. Ne6 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qh6 38. Qf6 h2 39. Be4 h1=Q+ 40. Bxh1 Qxh1+ 41. Kc2 Qe4+ 0-1 [Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2000.02.13"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2851"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2000.02.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "CBM 076"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {King} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15. Bd3 h6 16. e4 ({Wegen} 16. exd4 $5 {und vorheriger Abzweigungen siehe Zvgainsev,V-Anand,V (Tilburg Fontys 1998)}) 16... Nd7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qxh6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 {Diese Stellung wurde von Anand in NIC 8/ 1998 als klar vorteilhaft für Weiß angegeben. Aber wo andere Spieler ihre Analysen beenden, fängt Kasparov erst richtig an...} Be7 22. exf6 Bxf6 { Weiß hat einen deutlichen Entwicklungsvorsprung und der Pd4 neigt zur Schwäche. Auf der anderen Seite hat Schwarz das Läuferpaar. Letzteres kann sich in der Partie effektvoll in Szene setzen. Ungeachtet des Ergebnisses gefällt mir die weiße Stellung trotzdem etwas besser für Weiß.} 23. Be4 Rd8 24. g4 (24. Rc7 $5 Rb8 25. b3 b5 26. a5 b4 $13) (24. Ne1 $5 {/\ Nd3, f4}) 24... Rb8 25. g5 Bh8 26. Ne1 {"nebst Nd3 und f2-f4, und Weiß hat alles im Griff" wird sich Van Wely gedacht haben, aber Kasparov kontert energisch.} Bd7 27. a5 {King: 'If Black is not careful he could easily find himself in a situation similar to the last game, Svidler-De Firmian, where the blockading knight on d3 prevented any meaningful counterplay. Van Wely is just a moment away from realising his dream, but Kasparov senses the danger. He finds a way to make his bishop pair work.'} Ba4 {King: 'Forcing the rooks apart slightly disturbs White's coordination. '} 28. Rd2 d3 $1 {'!!' King. King: 'The key move. Kasparov judges that it is worth giving up a pawn to give the bishop on h8 some freedom. In fact White has several weak points in his position which can be attacked by the bishops: White's king and the queenside pawns.' Ein beachtenswertes Bauernopfer. Der Bh8 erwacht zum Leben. Würde Schwarz nur einen Zug zögern, so könnte Weiß mit 29.Nd3 "den Deckel draufhalten".} 29. Rxd3 (29. Nxd3 $5 {kommt stark in Betracht. Die Pointe ist, dass nach} b6 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Nf4 $1 Rxd2 $2 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Nh5# {Schwarz matt wird. Nach einem normalen Zug wie 31...Rdb8 hat Schwarz jedoch genügend Kompensation.}) 29... Bb5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Nf3 $2 {Nun wendet sich langsam das Blatt, da der verbleibende Pa5 ein dankbares Ziel für den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer ist.} ( 31. b3 $5 Bb2 32. Rb1 Bc3 33. Bxb7 Bxa5 34. Nf3 $11 {, und Weiß wird nicht so schnell den Pb3 verlieren.}) 31... Bxb2 32. Rc7 Ba3 33. Rxb7 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Bd6 $1 {King: 'Threat: ...Bf1+' Nimmt dem Springer das Feld e5 und stellt gleichzeitig die "kleine" Drohung ... Bf1+ auf.} 35. Kh3 Rc1 {King: 'A tricky move, threatening to move to c3 or c4 to hassle the minor pieces and king.'} 36. Nd4 Bf1+ 37. Bg2 (37. Kg4 Rc4 $19) 37... Rc3+ 38. f3 Bd3 $17 {King: 'Compare this position with the one just before Black played ...d3. The bishop pair dominates, in spite of still being a clear pawn down.' Der Bg2 ist völlig eingemauert. Der weiße Mehrbauer spielt keine Rolle.} 39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. Nxb3 Bb4 41. f4 Bc4 42. Nd4 Bxa5 43. f5 Bc3 44. Nc6 a5 {King: 'The a-pawn is unstopppable - by reasonable methods.'} 45. Nxa5 Bxa5 46. Be4 Bd5 47. Bd3 Bc7 48. f6 Bf4 49. Kg4 Bxh2 50. g6 e5 51. Kf5 Be6+ 52. Kg5 Bf4+ 53. Kh5 Bd5 54. Kg4 fxg6 55. Bxg6 Be6+ 56. Kf3 Bg5 {King: 'Brilliant judgement from Kasparov.'} 0-1 [Event "Baku FIDE GP"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2014.10.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2844"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2014.10.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 { Black can't take with the knight - that's the idea of White's move order. However, c1 is not the appropriate place for White's rook in the resulting so-called Karlsbad structure.} 8. e3 c6 9. h3 ({After} 9. Bd3 {Black can play} Nh5 {getting rid of White's dark-squared bishop.} 10. Qc2 Nxf4 11. Bxh7+ $6 { doesn't work:} Kh8 12. exf4 Bd6 (12... g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 Rf6 {is possible, too, albeit it looks more risky}) 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qxd4 16. exd6 Qe5+ 17. Be4 f5 $17 {0-1 (37) Jorgensen,B (2248)-Antonsen,M (2456) Horsens 2013}) 9... Ne4 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O {leads to a position arising from various move orders. It was examined by GM Igor Stohl in his annotations to the blitz game Kasparov-Karpov (CBM 147). Here are some more recent examples:} Ng6 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ne5 Ng6 $11 {0-1 (52) Colpe,M (2343)-Grabarczyk,M (2476) Lueneburg 2014}) 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Qe7 (14... Bd7 15. b4 $1 b6 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. e4 Qf4 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Nd3 Qf6 26. Nxc5 $16 {1/2 (40) Molner,M (2528)-Aravindh,C (2395) Reykjavik 2014}) ( 14... Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Qa4 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 $5 27. h4 Rec7 $13 {1/2 (54) Giri,A (2701)-Nakamura,H (2770) Dortmund 2011}) 15. Rfe1 (15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qc5 Qh4 20. Qd6 Rad8 21. Qg3 Qh6 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. Ne5 f4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 $132 {1/2 (37) Bischoff,K (2547)-Baramidze,D (2591) Germany 2011}) (15. Rb1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f4 h5 19. b4 Rad8 20. b5 Nh4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Kh2 Be6 $1 $132 {[%CAl Yh4f5,Yc6c5]} (22... Qe6 23. Nb3 Rb8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Nc5 $16 {0-1 (47) Dragun,K (2546)-Narayanan,S (2420) Pune IND 2014})) 15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qd2 Re6 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qf2 { 1/2 (23) Banikas,H (2609)-Rychagov,A (2544) Paleochora 2013}) {You see that Black obtains quite decent play after 9...Re8; however, the text move is even simpler.} 10. Bd3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 {[%CAl Yc8e6]} 12. Bc4 Bf5 { also looks comfortable for Black}) 10... Ndf6 (10... f5 $6 {weakens the dark squares too much:} 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. b4 Nfe4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nf3 $14 { 1-0 (30) Krajic,K (2072)-Stastny,P (2072) Czechia 2011}) 11. O-O Bf5 {[%mdl 4] An important development: Black has solved the problem of his light-squared bishop, which is his common headache in the Karlsbad structure.} 12. Ne2 { [%mdl 32] An attempt to apply the concept of "excessive piece", formulated by Mark Dvoretzky (too many black pieces control the e4-square and get in each other's way when White removes his pieces).} Nd7 {Fabiano Caruana has also read Dvoretzky's books so he removes his "excessive" knight :-). Besides, his knight now controls the e5-square.} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 {A small trick: Black's queen is a bit misplaced on b6. However, it doesn't change the evaluation: the position remains equal.} Bg6 15. Bh2 Rfe8 (15... Ng5 $5 { (M.Notkin) allows} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. b4 $5) 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 hxg6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Kg2 ({IM Maxim Notkin recommends} 20. h4 {, preventing ... g6-g5. Then White could try Kh2-g2, Rf1-h1 and h4-h5, although Black could reply ...g6-g5 at the end. The position remained equal.}) 20... g5 $1 21. Rh1 Qe7 22. b4 {This allows Black to sharpen the game.} (22. h4 g4 23. Ng5 { is harmless due to} Ndf6 {(S.Zagrebelny)}) (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rad8 $11) 22... a5 $5 {Still, this plan is a bit risky since White's position in the centre is quite strong.} (22... a6 {is more solid}) 23. b5 c5 24. h4 $5 { An unusual example: a flank action in reply to an attack in the centre! Quite a possible strategy when your centre is solid!} (24. dxc5 Ndxc5 $132) 24... g4 25. Ng5 Rac8 (25... cxd4 26. exd4 Ndf6 27. Qc7 $14 {S.Zagrebelny}) 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qb3 (27. Rhd1 {, recommended by various commentators, is more appropriate. After, say,} Qf6 (27... g6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 {threatening 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4! Rxc2 32.Rxe7}) 28. a4 g6 29. Qb3 {White keeps some initiative.}) 27... g6 {Black has noticed an idea of trapping White's g5-knight by means of ...f7-f6. However,} (27... a4 {is premature due to} 28. Qd5 c4 $2 29. Qxb7 f6 $2 30. Qd5+) (27... cxd4 28. exd4 Nb6 $11 {S.Zagrebelny} 29. Rc5 a4 $1) 28. Rc4 (28. Rhd1 a4 $1 29. Qxa4 $140 ({or} 29. Qd5 c4 $1 { [%CAl Rd7b6]} 30. Qxb7 f6 31. Qd5+ Kg7) 29... f6 {winning the g5-knight}) (28. a4 $5 Kg7 {[%CAl Rf7f6]} 29. Qc3 f6 30. d5 Nf8 31. Rhd1 Rcd8 32. b6 $1 Qe5 $1 33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. dxe6 $11 {K}) 28... b6 (28... a4 $5 {(S. Zagrebelny)} 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Ra7 c4 31. Qc2 f6 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxb7 Re6 $15) 29. Rhc1 Rcd8 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 {White must sacrifice the exchange to save his knight. His active position and passed pawn give him decent compensation, though.} bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Re5 Qf6 34. Rd5 (34. Rxe8+ $142 Rxe8 35. Qd1 Qf5 36. a4 $44 {[%csl Gb5]}) 34... Red8 35. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} ({However, after} 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qc2 a4 $5 { it is Black who can play for a win.}) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rc2 37. Kh1 (37. Nxe4 Qf3+ $19 {was what White had overlooked}) 37... Rxf2 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2840"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. c5 Bb8 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf8 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. b4 Ng6 21. a4 Ne7 22. b5 Nd5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa6 g5 25. Nh2 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Kg7 27. Kg1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. a5 h6 31. Bc1 Ra2 32. Bd2 Qb7 33. Re8 Qb2 34. Be1 Nf4 35. Qa6 Qxd4 36. Qc8 Ng6 37. Qxc6 Ra1 38. Qe4 Qxc5 39. Kh2 h5 40. Qe3 Qc6 41. Bc3 Ra4 42. f3 Ra2 43. Kh1 Rc2 44. Be1 Qb5 45. Bg3 h4 46. Bh2 Qb1+ 47. Bg1 Qf1 0-1 [Event "Patras m"] [Site "Patras"] [Date "2001.07.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Banikas, Hristos"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2531"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2001.07.23"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.09.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Kxd7 10. b3 Bf5 11. f3 e6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bb2 h5 14. Kf2 Ke7 15. a3 g5 16. b4 g4 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bc7 19. a4 h4 20. Ke1 Rhg8 21. Kf1 gxf3 22. gxf3 Bh3+ 23. Ke1 Bg2 24. Rg1 Bxh2 0-1 [Event "Munich ZMD m 5'"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "2002.11.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2349"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2002.11.13"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O b5 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 Qc7 14. Bd2 a5 15. c3 b3 16. Nc1 Bxh2 17. f4 Bg3 18. Qf3 Bh4 19. Qh3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxh4 Qc4 22. Qf2 h5 23. Re1 Bb7 24. Qe2 Qd5 25. c4 Qf5 26. Ra3 Rh6 27. Rxb3 Bc6 28. Qf2 h4 29. Kh2 Rg6 30. Rg1 Qc2 31. Be3 Qxc4 32. Rc3 Qe4 33. Ne2 Rb8 34. Nd4 Bd5 35. Nb5 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. b3 Bc6 38. Re3 Qd5 39. Be7 Rg4 40. Bxh4 Bxb5 41. axb5 Rxb5 42. Be7 Qd4 43. Qf3 Rh5+ 44. Qh3 Qxf4+ 0-1 [Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2017.10.04"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2017.05.03"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Rfd1 Bg4 11. Kf1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rd7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Re1 Kf8 18. Ke2 Rad8 19. Kd3 Rd6 20. c4 dxc3 21. bxc3 c5 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 c4+ 25. Kc2 Rb8 26. Rb2 Rdb6 27. Reb1 Be5 28. Be2 Bc7 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. Bxb5 Be5 32. Rb3 Rf6 33. f3 Bxh2 34. Rh1 Bf4 35. Rxh7 Rc5 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Re8 Be5 38. Bd3 Rd6 39. c4 Ra5 40. Rb5 Ra2+ 41. Kb1 Rxg2 42. Rexe5 Rxd3 43. Re1 Rxf3 44. Rc1 Rf6 45. c5 Rc6 46. Rb6 Rc8 47. c6 Re2 48. c7 Re7 49. Rbc6 g5 50. Kb2 g4 51. Kb3 g3 52. R1c3 Kf8 53. Rxg3 Rexc7 54. Rb6 Rc6 55. Rb4 Rg6 56. Rf3 Rc7 57. Kb2 Kg7 58. Kb3 Rg5 59. Rc4 Rgc5 60. Rg4+ Kf8 61. Rb4 f5 62. Rbf4 Rb5+ 63. Ka4 Rcc5 64. Rh3 Kg7 65. Rfh4 Rb1 66. Rh7+ Kf6 67. R7h6+ Ke5 68. Re3+ Kf4 69. Rhh3 Rc8 70. Ref3+ Ke5 71. Re3+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "Crete m g/5"] [Site "Crete"] [Date "2003.09.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2830"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2003.09.23"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.10.22"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. Nc3 e5 6. e4 d4 7. Ne2 g5 8. d3 h6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. c3 c5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. f3 Be6 16. Rc1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qe7 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Kb8 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Bd6 23. Bc3 Rhg8 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Rce1 Qh4 26. Qe4 Nf6 27. Qf3 exf4 28. Bd2 Nh5 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. Bxh3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nf6 32. Bg2 Ng4 33. Rf1 Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Bf3 f5 36. Rg1 Re8 37. Kg2 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Kc7 40. Kg2 Kb6 41. Bd1 Ka5 42. Kf3 Bxh2 43. Kxe3 Kb4 44. Bc2 Be5 45. b3 h5 46. Kf3 Kc3 47. d4 cxd4 48. Bxf5 d3 49. Bg6 h4 50. Bh5 h3 51. Kf2 h2 52. Kg2 Kd4 0-1 [Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2019.03.29"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Akobian, V.."] [Black "Caruana, F.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2828"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2019.03.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1273"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.04.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. g4 cxd4 8. exd4 Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 fxg4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxg4 Nd7 13. Ne3 h5 14. Bd3 f5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qe2 Kf7 18. Kd1 Nf6 19. Nb2 Bd7 20. c4 Rc8 21. Rc2 Qf4 22. cxd5 Bxb4 23. Bc4 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kf6 26. Qe3 Bd6 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Nd3 Bb8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Rc1 Bxh2 33. Bf3 Be6 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Rc1 Rxd4 36. Ke3 Rd8 37. Bxh5 Bxa2 38. f4 Bd5 39. Ne5 Rh8 40. Bf3 Rh4 41. Nd3 Rh3 42. Ne5 Be4 43. Rc8 Rh4 44. Nd3 Bg1+ 45. Ke2 Bxd3+ 46. Kxd3 Rxf4 47. Bb7 a5 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rg8 Bc5 0-1 [Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"] [Site "Batumi GEO"] [Date "2018.09.28"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Aronian, L.."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2820"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2018.09.24"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1247"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.10.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe1 f6 12. Re3 c5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. b3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd6 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rd3 Qe8 19. Bb2 Be5 20. Nxa4 Rb5 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg6+ 25. Kf1 Bxh2 26. Re1 Rg5 27. Ke2 Re8 28. Kd1 Rg1 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rde2 h5 31. Qd3 Qg2 32. Nb6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxf2 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. c4 Qxa2 36. Qf3 g6 37. Re3 Kg7 38. Qh3 Qf2 39. Rd3 Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qxh2 Bxh2 42. Rh3 Be5 43. Kd3 a5 44. Ke4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Rh8 46. Kg2 g5 47. Ne3 Ke6 48. Kf1 f5 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2819"] [Annotator "Mokal,P"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 174"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 { Instead 8.Rb1 and 8.Ne1 are more common. The text move has been seen in a couple of top level blitz games.} d5 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 e4 10. Ng5 f5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Qb3 h6 13. d4 $5 exd3 14. Nf3 dxe2 15. Re1 d6 16. Rxe2 Be6 $6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxb7 $16 {1-0 Carlsen-Nakamura, Norway Blitz 2013 (62)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 $2 {This is the result of a computer crash, according to Aronian. He had prepared a similar sort of idea a few years ago and had it in mind but before the game his laptop crashed and he just played without proper preparation.} ({White has earlier tried} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Here Gelfand played} 11. Rb1 $2 ({Aronian was probably intending} 11. Ng5 $142 {in this position. It has been played twice before.} Qd4 (11... Qd8 12. Ne4 cxb4 13. axb4 f5 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Ra3 $6 Qd7 $15 17. Qa4 e4 18. Bb2 $2 Nxe2+ $19 {0-1 Gutman,L (2441)-Danin,A (2589)/Bad Wiessee GER 2013}) 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 Bf5 (13... Nxb4 $5) 14. d3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. e3 Ne6 $13 {1-0 Savchenko,S (2498)-Vuilleumier,A (2321)/Budapest HUN 2013}) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 e4 $17 {1-0 Gelfand-Karjakin, Moscow blitz 2009 (47)}) ({A couple of games saw} 10. e4 {but not with much success} Nc7 (10... Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 $11) 11. bxc5 Ne6 12. a4 (12. Nd5 Nxc5 13. d3 b6 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. Be3 Ne6 15. h4 Bb7 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. h5 h6 19. Nf3 g5 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 $132 {1-0 Ghasi,A (2466)-Palliser,R (2456)/Leeds ENG 2013}) 12... Nxc5 13. Ba3 b6 $15 {0-1 Czebe,A (2463)-Mihok,O (2493)/Budapest HUN 2015}) 10... Nc7 (10... Ndxb4 $5 11. d3 (11. axb4 cxb4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]} 12. Nce4 h6 13. Nf3 (13. Nh3 $2 Qd4 $17 {[%csl Re4][%CAl Gc8h3]}) 13... f5 14. Nh4 (14. Nc5 e4 $17) 14... g5 $17) 11... Na6 $15) 11. Nge4 (11. d3 $142 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 $44 {was comparatively better than the game continuation.}) 11... c4 $1 (11... cxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Nc5 $44) 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bg5 $6 {Aronian decides to give up a pawn instead of accepting a positional disadvantage. But it makes matters worse. Later he admitted to having missed that Black can put his Q on d7 and then take on e2.} ({After} 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. exd3 Ne6 $15) ({or} 13. exd3 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd3] the weakness of the isolated d3-pawn gives Black an edge.}) 13... f6 14. Be3 f5 $1 {Giving no respite.} (14... dxe2 $6 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 {with some play.}) 15. Bg5 ( 15. Nc5 f4 $17 16. gxf4 $2 exf4 {[%csl Rc3]} 17. Bd2 dxe2 18. Qxe2 f3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 $19) 15... Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc5 dxe2 19. Nxe2 (19. Nxd7 exd1=Q 20. Rfxd1 Rf7 21. Nc5 e4 22. Rac1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 {is a comfortable pawn up position for Black. White cannot achieve much with either} 24. Nb5 ({or } 24. Rd6 Bb3 $19) 24... Bb2 25. Rb1 Be5 26. Nd6 Rd7 $17) 19... Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 f4 {[%csl Rg5][%CAl Gh7h6] MVL goes for the g5-B} ({The other way, to shut out the g2-B with} 20... e4 {also seemed good enough. After} 21. Ra2 (21. Rac1 Bb2 $17) 21... b6 22. Nxe4 (22. Nd7 Rf7 23. Rad2 Ba6 $19 {[%csl Ge4]}) 22... fxe4 { White cannot recover the piece. For example} 23. Bxe4 Bb7 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rc2 Rc8 $1 {A nice point shown by the machine.} 27. Bxc6 $2 Ne6 $19) 21. gxf4 h6 $17 {Black is already winning. White can now rely only on desperate attempts to sacrifice material, whether it is a piece or pawns. it is just a matter of accuracy before Black takes home the point.} 22. b5 (22. Nxb7 Bxb7 23. Rac1 hxg5 24. Bxc6 Rab8 $17) (22. Bh4 exf4 $19 {[%CAl Gg6g5, Gg7a1]}) 22... Nxb5 23. Rab1 Nxa3 24. Rb3 hxg5 $6 ({A more accurate move was} 24... Nc2 $142 {with not so difficult variations. For example} 25. Nxb7 (25. Bh4 exf4 $19) (25. Rc1 N2d4 $19) (25. Rc3 N2d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 $19 {[%csl Rg5] [%CAl Gd4e2]}) 25... N6d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Nc5 Nxb3 28. Bxa8 Nxc5 $19) 27... exd4 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Bh4 a5 $19) 25. Rxa3 ({White could have provided more resistance with} 25. Nxb7 Ne7 ({Aronian's calculation went} 25... Bxb7 26. Rxb7 {[%csl Rc6]} Rad8 {and so on and he considered his position lost. One cannot blame him for it is only with the machine that we can see White's ideas in these complications.} (26... Nd4 $6 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Rd3 {[%CAl Gd3h3]}) (26... Na5 27. Rbd7 N5c4 (27... Rab8 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Rd3 g4 30. Rxa3 $11) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. fxg5 $15) (26... Rab8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxc6 exf4 $17) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 (27... Rxd8 28. Bxc6 exf4 29. Rxa7 $15) 28. Bd5+ Kh8 (28... Nf7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Nc2 31. Nxf5 Nd4 32. Nd6 $11) (28... Kh7 29. Rb3 exf4 (29... Nc2 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. fxg5) 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. Rxa3 $15 {[%csl Ra7]}) 29. Rb3 exf4 30. Rxa3 Re8 31. Rh3+ Bh6 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Rxh6+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Re5 $15) 26. Rxa3 (26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Bxa8 Bxe2 28. Rd7 Rxa8 29. Rxa3 Nf5 30. fxe5 (30. Raxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 gxf4 $17) 30... Rb8 $19 31. Raxa7 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 g4 $1 $19) 26... Bg4 27. Re1 gxf4 {[%csl Ra7][%CAl Gg2a8] although Black is still better, he will not have it easy. For example} 28. h3 Bh5 29. Be4 $17 {keeping a hold on things for now.}) 25... exf4 26. Bd5+ (26. Nd7 Rd8 $1 (26... f3 $5 {Aronian} 27. Bxf3 (27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxf3 Kf7 $19) 27... Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Ne5 $19) 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. Rh3+ Bh6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 $19) 26... Kh7 $19 27. Ne4 (27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rh3+ Bh6 $19) 27... Kh6 28. Nd6 Bf6 (28... Bg4 $19) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc8 Raxc8 31. Rd7 {[%CAl Ga3h3]} ( 31. Rxa7 Rfd8 $19) 31... g4 32. Nxf4 Rcd8 33. Raxa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 {[%CAl Gf8c8] MVL has given up two of his three extra pawns but simplified to an easily winning endgame in which his strong bishop dominates the white knight and his doubled pawns actually make the White pawn on h2 a sitting duck.} 35. Ne6 (35. Rc7 Be5 $19) 35... Rc8 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 c4 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Nd5 Be5 {[%csl Rh2]} 40. Ke2 (40. Kg2 c3 41. Ne3 Kf4 42. Nc2 Ke4 43. Ne1 Bf4 $19 { [%CAl Gf4d2,Gf4h2] White is helpless.}) 40... Bxh2 41. Ke3 Be5 42. Nb4 Bd6 43. Nd5 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc3 Ke5 46. Nb5 Bb4 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c3 (49... c3 50. Kd3 Bxf2 $19 {[%CAl Gg4g3,Gg3g2,Gg2g1]}) 0-1 [Event "PRO League Group Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2019.01.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Dreev, A.."] [Black "Mamedyarov, S.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2019.01.08"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1265"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.02.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.02.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"] [BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rc8 16. b4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qe7 18. Rc1 d4 19. Qxd4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxe5 21. Qe4 Rfe8 22. O-O Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kxh2 Re5 26. c6 Re6 27. c7 Re7 28. Rfd1 Rcxc7 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd6 Kf8 31. Ra6 h5 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. f3 g5 34. f4 Rc3+ 35. Kh2 gxf4 36. Rxa7 f3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 38. a4 Ra3 39. a5 Kg6 40. a6 f5 41. Ra8 Kg5 42. a7 Kf4 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Kf3 45. Kg1 f4 46. Kh1 h4 47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kh2 h3 49. Rb8 Rxa7 50. Rb3+ Kg4 51. Rb8 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 Ra3 53. Kh2 Ra5 54. Rb2 Re5 55. Rb8 Kf3 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. f3 Nh5 16. g4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Ne6 19. Bh2 Qf6 20. Rac1 Be5 21. Ne2 Bxh2 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Kh1 h5 24. Rcd1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rad8 26. Qd2 Bc8 27. Qh6 g5 28. Kg1 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. Rc2 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 34. Kg3 Qe5+ 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Qh5 Kf8 37. Qh7 Rf6 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Kg1 Rf4 40. Qh2 Rh8 41. Qg3 Rxe4 42. Qf2 Re3 43. Qd2 c5 44. Qa5 Kf6 45. Qc7 Re1+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2010.03.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2010.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Re8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf2 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rf1 Bxe3 27. Re1 Qf4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. d5 Re5 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg2 Rh5 34. Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 hxg6 39. Qc3+ Kf8 40. Qb3 b5 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg1 Qg5+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 g5 48. Qg6 a5 49. Qa6 Qd4+ 50. Kf1 Qb6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Ke2 Qd6 53. Qa8 a4 54. b3 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Qxa2 56. d6+ Kd7 57. dxc7 Qxb3+ 58. Ke4 Qe6+ 59. Kf3 Qf5+ 60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Ke4 Kxc7 62. Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Kf5 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "Staunton Memorial consultation"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.09.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Short/Vujatovic, Nigel"] [Black "Kasparov/Crumiller"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2010.09.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Qc7 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. a5 b5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Bc8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c4 b4 19. e5 Rb8 20. Bd4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. c5 O-O 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Rfc1 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Rxc8 Qxd4 27. Rc4 Qd6 28. Rd1 Kh8 29. g3 Qd5+ 30. Kxh2 Qxa5 31. Qxe6 Qh5+ 32. Rh4 Qxd1 33. Bxg6 Ng4+ 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bc1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rfc8 14. Nd4 b5 15. Ndxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. f3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qb5 {1-0 Titova Boric,E-Gocheva,R/Cetinje 1991/ (104)}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6+ 15. Qb4 Qxf2 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf5 20. Rxe6 Rxf3 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rde1 {1-0 Stoian,V-Huberty,M/Duisburg/1992/ (44)}) 12... Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Qc4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Kh7 17. Qxe6 Rf6 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 f4 20. f3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Pichler, M-Mescheder,W/DDR-Cup4 corr7677 1976/ (29)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rab8 15. f3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxe7 19. f4 d5 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Qf2 Rc4 22. h4 Rdc8 23. g5 h5 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Groszpeter,A/Plovdiv/1982/ (34)}) 13. Bg3 d5 $5 {Kasparov solves the problem of the d6 pawn with a small sacrifice. As a compensation he will play with bishop's pair.} 14. e5 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 Nf6 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 (16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nd4 Red8 $13) 16... Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 (18. b3 Bc5 $1) 18... h5 19. Bf4 $13) 18. c3 (18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Kc2 (19. Rxe4 Bc6 20. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 19... b5 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 (21. Rd3 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Kd2 Bg6 24. Rxe6 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 $11) 21... a5 22. Ne2 $2 {Svidler's ambition to exchange the pieces is quite understandable, but this unfortunate move will open space for black's bishops.} (22. Red3 $1 $13) 22... Bc6 $1 23. f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 (25. Nd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rc4 29. Bf2 Ra4 $15) 25... Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 (27. Rc2 $2 Bd3 $19) 27... bxc3 28. Nxc3 (28. bxc3 Bc4 $15) 28... Bf1 29. Bh4 (29. h4 Kf8 $15) 29... g5 30. Be1 (30. Bg3 Kg7 $15) 30... Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 (33. Nd1 h5 $17) (33. Rb6 h5 $17) 33... h5 $1 {Black has all the advantage he could have been dreaming about. Two bishops, pawn assymetry and lot's of potential objects of an attack (e5,h2).} 34. Rd1 (34. Be1 Bf4 35. Bg3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Re2 $17) (34. h4 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Rc4 36. Bf6 Rxa4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rxg2 Rxa2 $19) 34... h4 35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 (36. Bxa5 Bxe5 37. Bd2 Ra8 $1 38. b3 f6 39. Bb4 Bxh2 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 (38. Bxa5 Bxh2 39. Nc4 h3 40. Ne3 Bxe5 $17) 38... h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 {The h pawn will decide the game.} 40. Nd7 (40. Bxg5 Bxe5 41. Nc4 Bc7 $19) 40... Kg6 41. Be3 g4 $1 42. fxg4 (42. f4 g3+ 43. Ke2 Kf5 $19) 42... Bc6 (42... Bc6 43. Nc5 (43. b3 Rd8 $19) 43... Bxe5 44. Nd3 f6 45. Bf4 Bxf4 46. Nxf4+ Kf7 $19) 0-1 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2014.12.13"] [Round "16"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D75"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.12.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. e3 Be6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Bb4 Nc6 16. Bc3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb5 Qd7 20. Qb3 Red8 21. Ra1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nc4 e4 25. Nxb6 Qh3 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rc6 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. Qc8 Qh5 31. g4 Qh4 32. a5 Rf6 33. Nd5 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Rd6 37. Ne7+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Nf5+ gxf5 40. gxf5 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qxf5 42. Rf1 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qe2 44. Rg1+ Kh6 45. Re1 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Rd3 47. Qc8 Bd6 48. a6 Bxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Rd2+ 0-1 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2014.12.15"] [Round "21"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2014.12.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Be7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 f6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bd4 Kf7 27. a4 e5 28. Be3 Ke6 29. Rd1 f5 30. Ke2 Bc7 31. Rd5 h5 32. f4 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. fxe5 Kxe5 35. Kd3 g5 36. Bd4+ Ke6 37. b4 Bc7 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 f4 40. gxf4 Bxf4 41. Bxb6 Bxh2 42. Ke4 g4 43. c5 h4 44. c6 h3 45. Ba7 Bd6 46. Bg1 h2 47. Bxh2 Bxh2 48. b6 Kd6 49. c7 Kd7 50. Ke3 0-1 [Event "Medias Kings m rapid 10th"] [Site "Medias"] [Date "2016.11.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2016.11.28"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.12.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a5 bxa5 14. Nfd4 Nc5 15. Nxa5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Nb5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qb8 21. Bg5 Be5 22. Ra4 a6 23. Na3 Bxb2 24. Bxf6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxf6 26. Qe4 Qc7 27. Nc6 Rfc8 28. Rc4 Qd6 29. Re3 Qd5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Ne7+ Bxe7 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxe7 g6 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Rd3 Rc5 36. c3 a5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ke3 h4 39. Kf4 f6 40. Kg4 g5 41. f4 Kg6 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Re3 a4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Rf3+ Kg6 46. Rd3 Kh6 47. Re3 Rc6 48. Rd3 Rf6 49. Rd4 Rf1 50. Nc2 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rg3+ 52. Kh2 Rxc3 53. Rd2 a3 54. Nd4 Kg6 55. Ra2 g4 56. Nb5 Rc5 57. Nxa3 Ra5 58. Ra1 d4 59. Rg1 g3+ 60. Kh3 Rxa3 61. Kxh4 Kf5 62. Kh3 Ke4 63. Re1+ Re3 0-1 [Event "Paris GCT Blitz"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.06.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 179"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rh7 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Qe3 h5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxf5 Rh6 26. Be4 Rc7 27. Be5 Rc5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Be3 Rf6 30. Bd4 Rh6 31. b3 b5 32. Be5 Rc8 33. f3 h4 34. Re2 Rh5 35. Bd4 b4 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Bxa6 Rhd5 38. Red2 Bg5 39. Bc5+ Rxc5 40. Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Bd3 Rxa2 44. Re2 Kd6 45. Re4 Kc5 46. Rxh4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. Be4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 5th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2010.11.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2010.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. exd4 d5 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. c5 a5 20. Be1 bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne4 22. Qb5 Ra8 23. c6 Rfb8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Nh5 Rb6 26. f3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qc2 Raa6 29. Qe2 Rxc6 30. Bd2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qd3 a4 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. g4 axb3 36. Qxb3 Qa6 37. Kf2 d4 38. a4 Bxh2 39. Qb5 Qd6 40. Ke2 Qg3 41. Qc6 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Bg1 43. a5 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qe2 45. Qe4 Qc4+ 46. Kd1 Qb3+ 47. Ke2 Be3 48. Bxe3 dxe3 49. Qxe3 Qb5+ 50. Kf2 Qxa5 51. Qd3 Qe5 52. Kg2 f5 53. gxf5 Qxf5 54. Qd4+ Qf6 55. Qc4 h5 56. Qe2 Qf4 57. Qb2+ Kg6 58. Qc2+ Qf5 59. Qe2 0-1 [Event "NED-ch"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Ernst, Sipke"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb8 18. Nce2 Ne4 19. Ng3 f6 20. Rc1 Qf7 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb5 Nc5 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Ba3 Be5 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nc6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 g5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 a6 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Be2 Be5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Kg1 Rad8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rad1 Qf4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bd4 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Qa4 a5 29. Qc4 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 6th"] [Site "Astana"] [Date "2012.07.10"] [Round "23"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2012.07.09"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "KAZ"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.08.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. 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. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Be3 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. a4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 Bh3 20. Rfe1 dxe4 21. Nd6 Nc6 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. f4 Qe6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Ne7 26. Rb5 b6 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Rb3 Nf5 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Bf8 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Bc1 Bc5 33. Bd2 Nd4 34. Rc3 Nxb5 35. Rc4 Nd6 36. Rcc1 Nf5 37. b4 Bd6 38. Rc4 e3 39. Bc3 b5 40. Rc6 Bxf4 41. Bf6 Nh4+ 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Re2 Nxg5 44. Bxg5 Bxg5 45. Rc5 Bf4 46. Rxb5 Kg7 47. Rb7 a6 48. Rc2 Re6 49. Ke2 Bxh2 50. Rc4 Bg3 51. Rd4 h4 52. Rdd7 Rf6 53. Kxe3 h3 54. Rd1 h2 55. Rh1 Bf2+ 56. Ke2 Bg1 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. O-O-O N8d7 13. Qh3 b4 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Ned4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 g6 18. Bh3 Qb6 19. Rhf1 O-O-O 20. c3 Kb8 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Rfd1 Be7 24. e5 Nxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. b4 Rhd8 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Bd6 31. Qe3 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bc7 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Qxb6+ Bxb6 35. Rxc6 Be3 36. Rc4 Rd5 37. Re4 Bd2 38. Be8 Rf5 39. Rd4 Bxf4 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rxf7 Kd8 43. Rxf5 exf5 44. Bf7 Ke7 45. Bg8 Kf8 46. Bd5 Bxh2 47. Kc2 Bf4 48. Kd3 Bxg5 49. b4 Bd8 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. b5 h5 53. Kg3 g5 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Kg2 h4 56. Kf2 Bb6+ 57. Kg2 h3+ 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Kh2 Bc7+ 60. Kg1 g3 0-1 [Event "Paris GCT Blitz"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [Round "14"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2017.06.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 179"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Bxe4 Ne5 14. Qf4 Re8 15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qc7 18. Nc3 Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Be5 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Qd3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Rh1 a6 24. Nd4 g6 25. Rh3 b5 26. cxb5 Nxd5 27. bxa6 Qf6 28. Nb5 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Bf4 30. Qd3 Rxa6 31. a3 Rae6 32. Nc3 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Rd6 34. Qb5 Qxb5+ 35. Rxb5 Kg7 36. Rh4 g5 37. Rh1 Rd3 38. Ne4 d5 39. Nc5 Rxf3 40. a4 Ra3 41. Kg2 Re2 42. Rf1 h6 43. a5 Bd6 44. Nb3 Rb2 45. Nd4 Be5 46. Rxb2 Bxd4 47. Rb5 Bc3 48. Rxd5 Rxa5 49. Rxa5 Bxa5 50. Kg3 Bc7+ 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8 h5 54. Ke4 f6 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rh8 h4 57. Kf5 Kg7 58. Ra8 h3 59. Ra7+ Kh6 60. Rb7 h2 61. Rb1 Kh5 62. Rb8 Bxb8 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2008.08.29"] [Round "17"] [White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2008.08.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "34"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nf3 N7f6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. c4 Rad8 21. g3 Rd7 22. Kg1 Rfd8 23. Be3 Be7 24. Rac1 h6 25. Bb1 Qb7 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Bc2 Ba3 28. Rb1 Bf8 29. Bb3 Qe4 30. Bc2 Qg4 31. Qf1 Qf3 32. Rb3 Ng4 33. Bf4 Qc6 34. d5 exd5 35. Bf5 dxc4 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 cxb3 38. Rd8 b2 39. Qb1 Qc3 40. Kg2 Ne5 41. Qe4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Rd1 Na5 44. Be5 Nc4 45. Bc3 b5 46. Rb1 Ba3 47. Kf3 f5 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Bd4 a5 50. Kd3 g5 51. Kc3 h5 52. Kb3 a4+ 53. Kc3 h4 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Kd3 h3 56. Rh1 Kg6 57. Kc2 Kg5 58. Rxh3 Kf4 59. Rh6 Ke4 60. Bg7 Bc5 61. Bxb2 Bxf2 62. Bc1 f4 63. Rh5 b4 64. Rb5 Be1 65. Rc5 Ne3+ 66. Bxe3 fxe3 67. Kd1 Bc3 68. Ke2 a3 69. Rb5 Kd4 70. Rb8 Bd2 71. Rb7 Kc3 72. Kd1 Kb2 73. Rb5 Kxa2 74. Kc2 Bc3 75. Kd3 Kb3 0-1 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 028"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 exd4 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O (12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nd2 b5 14. Rc1 $14 {Hansen,LB-Wahls Tastrup 1992}) 12... b5 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a4 $14 {Kasparov-Ivanchuk Reggio Emilia 1991-92}) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O {"normal" moveorder: 7.Le3 exd4 8.Sxd4 Te8 9.f3 c6 10.Dd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12.0-0 (Karpov-Kasparov VM 1990 New York/Lyon (11))} Nc6 13. c5 Rxe3 14. Qxe3 Qf8 15. Ncb5 (15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 Rb8 $44 {Karpov-Kasparov VM(11) 1990}) 15... Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 (18. Nb3 Bh6 $1 (18... Ne8 $6 19. Nc3 d4 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nac5 $16 {Finegold-Rechel Gronningen(open) 1990}) 19. Rc3 Re8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kf2 d4 22. N3xd4 Nd5 $40 {Finegold-Schandorff Kerteminde 1991}) 18... Re8 19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Rc3 Nb4 21. Nc2 $17 (21. a3 Na2 22. Rb3 a6 23. Nc3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nxc3 $17 25. bxc3 Be3) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Be3+ 24. Ke1 Bf4+ 25. Kf2 Be3+ 26. Ke1 Bg1+ 27. Kd2 Bxh2 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Nd4 a6 31. Bd3 h5 32. Rc3 h4 {>.} ({and certainly not} 14... Nxa4 $6 {in view of} 15. Bxf7+)) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 ({White has to play carefully. In case of} 14. Ng3 $2 Bg4 {Black has a good game.}) 14... h6 $1 {This is a nice temporary P sacrifice in order to activate the pieces and get the ^^.} 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 {In an opened position the ^^ is very dangerous.} 18. Re1 (18. Re2 $4 {loses to} Bg4) 18... Qb6 $1 $44 {Kudrin-I.Sokolov, Las Vegas 1999 CBM 72} (18... Qf4 19. Ne3) (18... Rad8 19. Qe2)) 8. Nc3 (8. Nbd2 Qc7 { - 7...Qc7}) 8... Nc5 (8... a5 9. d4 Qc7 {leads to the Philidor with an extra tempo for Black.} 10. Ba2 $13) 9. d4 (9. a5 {avoiding ...a7-a5} d5 (9... Ne6) 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ba2 {and Black has problems with holding his P [+].} d4 12. Nb1 $14) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 {Now we reach a Philidor type of position with an extra tempo for Black.} a5 {Black wants to secure his c5 N's position and gain some control over the dark squares.} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 $14 (11. Bf4 Bf8 12. e5 {White's pieces are not active enough for this opening of the position.} (12. f3 d5 $1 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 cxd5 15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nce2 Qb6 $132 ) 12... dxe5 13. Rxe5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rxe8 Nxe8 16. a5 Bg6 17. Be3 Nc7 18. Qe2 a6 19. Qf2 Qe7 20. Nce2 Re8 21. Bd2 N5e6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. c3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Be1 h6 27. b4 Be7 28. Bf2 Bf6 $11 {Heinemann-Enders, Germany 2000 CBM 74 ext})) 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. Be2 (12. Nf5 $5 {deserves attention. } Ne5 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne5 (13... Nf6 $2 {The "natural" retreat loses to} 14. Rxe7 $1 $18) 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 (15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rxe5 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Kf8) 15... Bd6 16. Re3 Bf4 (16... Bxh2+ $2 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Rh3 Qxc4 19. Qh5 $16) 17. Rf3 $14 {with an extra P and the ^- helps also for White.}) 13. Nxe7+ (13. Bf1 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bf6) 13... Qxe7 14. Bf1 $14 {White has the ^^ and >< d6 may become weak.}) 12... Nf6 13. Bf3 (13. Bc4 Ng4 $11 {is only a repetition of moves.}) 13... Re8 14. Qd2 g6 (14... Ng4 $5 15. Bxg4 (15. Rad1 Bh4 16. Rf1 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bf6 $132) 15... Bxg4 16. f3 {If Black cannot play the freeing move d6-d5, the position remains a bit better due to the >< d6.} (16. h3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. b3 Qb4 $132) 16... Bd7 17. Rad1 {+/=/=}) 15. h3 { This allows the following regrouping of pieces.} (15. Rad1 $142 Ng4 16. Qe2 $14 ) 15... Nfd7 16. Rad1 Bf8 (16... Qc7 17. g4 $5 {/\ Bg2, Bg3, f4 but needs a lot of time.} Ne5 (17... Bf8 18. b3 $14) 18. Bg2 Nc4 19. Qc1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Be3 $14) 17. g4 $5 Qb6 {Now White has the natural retreat to g2, because >< c4 can be defended in time.} (17... Ne5 $142 18. Be2 {White has to keep an eye on >< c4.} (18. Bg2 Bg7 $13 19. b3 $140 Ned3 $1 $15) 18... Bg7 19. Be3 Ned7 20. f3 Qh4 $132) 18. Bg2 (18. b3 Ne5 19. Bg2 {- 18.Bg2}) 18... Ne5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nde2 $14 {White has consolidated his position and the weakness of d6 begins to tell.} (20. Be3 Bg7 21. Nde2 $14) 20... f6 {This is another small concession closing the /^ for the fianchettoed B.} (20... f5 $6 {founders on the energetic} 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Qg5+ Bg7 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qxd6 $16) 21. Be3 h5 $2 {Black wants to fish in troubled waters.} (21... Nf7 22. f4 $14 {and White has the ideal set-up of his pieces.}) 22. f4 Nxg4 (22... hxg4 23. fxe5 gxh3 24. Bf3 dxe5 25. Kh2 $16 {was not correct either.}) 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc1 $16 {Black has no adequate compensation, but from practical point of view the idea may work well...} f5 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bf2 Re6 28. Rc4 (28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Kh7) 28... Rae8 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rc3 d5 {Black has already sacrificed a R for three pawns in order to keep the position complicated.} 33. Rg3 Bd6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rf1 b6 37. Rf2 c5 38. Nb5 Bb8 39. Rfg2 (39. Kf1 $1 g5 40. Rg1 $18 {would have won easily.} ) 39... g5 $1 {Now (probably in time trouble) Black gets real counterchances.} 40. Rf2 (40. Rxg4 hxg4 41. fxg5 Rf3 $44) 40... Kg7 41. Qc1 (41. Rgg2 Rf5 42. fxg5 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Bf3 44. Qh4 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Kg6 $44) 41... Kg6 42. Qf1 Rf5 43. Rgg2 Qf7 44. fxg5 Bf3 45. Rh2 Bxh2+ 46. Rxh2 {[#]} Rf4 $1 {Black is not greedy at all in this game, he has sacrificed a piece a rook and an exchange...} 47. Bxf4 Qxf4 48. Rg2 $2 {This is the final mistake.} (48. Qe1 {was still enough for a draw, for example:} Qxg5+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kf2 Qf4) 49... Qf4 50. Qh4 Qc1+ 51. Qe1 Qf4 $11) 48... h4 $1 $19 {Now White is a R up, but he is completely helpless against the advance of the pawns.} 49. Qe1 e3 (49... Bxg2 50. Kxg2 Kxg5 $19) 50. Rh2 Qxg5+ 51. Kf1 h3 $1 52. Qb1+ (52. Nd6 Bg2+ 53. Ke2 Qg4+ 54. Kxe3 Qe6+ 55. Kf2 Qxd6 $19) 52... Be4 53. Qb2 Bd3+ 0-1 [Event "Douglas PokerStars op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2015.10.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "Fischer,J"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2015.10.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Kb1 Qd6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. Nf4 c6 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. f4 Qb6 19. Be2 h5 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Be7 22. Rb3 Nf6 23. Rd1 a5 24. a4 Ne4 25. Qe1 Bf6 26. c3 Qc7 27. cxb4 Qc2+ 28. Ka2 axb4 {[#]} 29. Bd3 {Mit diesem Zug forciert Weiß eine für ihn günstige Abwicklung.} Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. Rxb4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, zwei verbundene Freibauern am Damenflügel, die eventuell von dem weißen König unterstützt werden können und der schwarze Turm auf h8 ist immer noch außer Spiel. Weiß scheint klar auf Gewinn zu stehen. Tatsächlich bescheinigen die Engines Weiß klaren Vorteil - aber Pentala Harikrishna gelingt es, Gegenspiel zu inszenieren.} O-O $1 {Besser spät als nie! Schwarz rochiert erst im 32. Zug. Damit bringt er seinen Turm h8 ins Spiel und schließt - wenn man so will - seine Entwicklung ab. Aber kann Weiß jetzt nicht mit der Springergabel auf d7 gewinnen?} 33. Nd7 Be7 {Dieser Zwischenzug rettet Schwarz. Schlecht steht er allerdings immer noch.} 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. Nb6 $6 {Danach harmonieren die weißen Figuren nicht mehr wirklich gut.} ({Hier empfiehlt die Engine} 35. Kb3 {und schlägt folgende Beispielvariante vor:} Rxg2 36. Rb8+ Rxb8+ 37. Nxb8 Kf8 38. a5 Bd6 39. Nc6 Rg8 40. a6 Ke8 41. a7 Kd7 42. Nb8+ Rxb8+ 43. axb8=Q Bxb8 44. Rf1 {mit Gewinnstellung für Weiß.}) 35... Ra6 36. Rd3 Bd6 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Kb3 ({Danach kommt Weiß in Nachteil. Die Engines empfehlen} 38. Rc3 {und bewerten die Stellung als ausgeglichen.}) 38... Rc7 39. Rb8+ Kh7 {Die weißen Türme wirken bedrohlich, aber sind es nicht. Der Springer b6 schwebt allerdings tatsächlich in Gefahr.} 40. Rgg8 Bxf4 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rhg8+ Kf6 43. Rgd8 Rca7 {Die unharmonische Stellung seiner Figuren kostet Weiß jetzt Material.} 44. Re8 Bxh2 45. Ka3 Bg1 {Schwarz verzichtet auf den Qualitätsgewinn und erobert stattdessen den Bauern d4. Danach sind seine Zentrumsbauern stark und der Läufer kann die Bauern am Damenflügel aufhalten.} 46. Ra8 Bxd4 47. Nd7+ Kg5 48. Rxa7 Rxa7 49. Nb8 Ra8 50. b4 Ba7 51. a5 Rxb8 52. Rxb8 Bxb8 53. b5 Bc7 54. b6 Bd8 55. Kb4 d4 56. Kc4 e5 0-1 [Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"] [Site "Hengshui CHN"] [Date "2019.05.14"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Jones, G.."] [Black "Rapport, R.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2019.05.14"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1280"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.05.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.05.20"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh3 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nh4 g6 15. f4 Nb6 16. b3 Be7 17. Nf3 c5 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxc4 O-O 22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Qe2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd3 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd3 Qg1+ 28. Kb2 Bb6 29. a3 Qd4+ 30. c3 Qf2+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Be3 33. Nec4 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxf4 35. h4 h5 36. Kd4 g5 37. hxg5 h4 38. Nf3 h3 39. a4 Bc8 40. Ne3 h2 41. Nxh2 Bxh2 42. Nd1 Bg1+ 43. Ke5 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kxg5 45. b4 Be6 46. a5 Bc4 47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kd6 Bd3 49. e5 Bg3 50. Ke7 Bxe5 51. Kxf7 Bc4 52. Ke6 Bg3 53. b5 Kg4 54. b6 a6 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 30th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Petenyi, Tamas"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dunajska Streda"] [BlackTeam "Novy Bor"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qe2 d4 4. Nd1 e5 5. g3 c5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. f4 exf4 9. gxf4 Qc7 10. e5 Be7 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Nf2 Nf5 13. Ne4 Be6 14. a3 h6 15. Bd2 a5 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Rg1 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nxc5 Bd5 21. Ne4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Nfg5 Bxb2 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Rab1 Bd4 27. Qh5 Re7 28. Ne4 Rxf4 29. Rg6 Qe5 30. Rg5 Rxe4 31. Rxe5 R4xe5 32. Qf3 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 e2 34. Re1 Bc3 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qb3 Be5 37. c3 Ne7 38. d4 Bxh2 39. Qxb7 Kh7 40. Qf3 Rb2 41. c4 Ng6 42. c5 Bf4 43. Qe4 h5 44. d5 h4 45. d6 Rh2+ 46. Kg1 Rd2 47. Qe6 Bg3 48. Qf5 Kh6 49. Qe6 Bf2+ 50. Kf1 Bxc5 51. d7 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Rf8 53. Qd5 Be7 54. Qd3 Rd8 55. a4 Bb4+ 56. Kd1 Be7 57. Ke1 Bf6 58. Qd2+ Bg5 59. Qd3 Ne5 60. Qa6+ Bf6 61. Qxa5 Rxd7 62. Qa8 Nd3+ 63. Ke2 Nf4+ 64. Kf3 Kg5 65. Qa5+ Rd5 66. Qe1 Rd3+ 67. Ke4 Rd4+ 68. Kf3 Rxa4 69. Qg1+ Kh6 70. Qc1 Rd4 71. Kg4 Kh7 72. Qb1+ Ng6+ 73. Kh3 Kh6 74. Qc1+ Bg5 75. Qc8 Rd3+ 76. Kh2 Bf4+ 77. Kh1 h3 78. Qg4 Rc3 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2019"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2019.12.28"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Smirin, I.."] [Black "Nakamura, Hi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C71"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2019.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1312"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nd5 Re8 14. f3 Be5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Ne3 b5 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxd8 25. g4 Be5 26. Be3 Qh4 27. Rd1 h5 28. gxh5 f5 29. Bg1 Qxh5 30. exf5 Bf6 31. Qg2 Qxf5 32. Qg4 Qc2 33. f4 Qe4 34. Bf2 Qh1+ 35. Bg1 Qc6 36. Bf2 Re6 37. Qh3 Re4 38. Qf5 a5 39. Kg1 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 Qc4 43. a3 Be7 44. Bb4 Bxb4 45. axb4 a3 46. Qe5 Qc1+ 0-1 [Event "SWIFT-Chess World Championship"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sosonko, Gennadi"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1987.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. O-O Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. Be3 Be6 17. f4 Rad8 18. fxe5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Bf3 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Bxc5 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Rc1 Bxh2 27. Rc6 Bd6 28. Rxa6 b4 29. a4 bxa3 30. bxa3 Rb8 31. a4 Rb2 32. a5 Ra2 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. a6 h5 35. Bd5 Ra5 36. Bc6 h4 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kf3 f5 39. Bd7 g4+ 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Kg6 42. Bxf5+ Kg7 43. Rc8 h3 44. gxh3 g3 45. Be4 Rxa6 46. Bd5 Ra5 47. Bc6 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Rc2 50. Bd7 Bc5+ 51. Rxc5 Rxc5 52. Kg2 Rc3 53. Bg4 Kf6 54. Bf3 e5 55. h4 Kf5 56. Bh5 Kf4 57. Bf7 Rc2+ 58. Kf1 e4 59. Bh5 e3 60. Be2 g2+ 61. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 62. Kf1 Rc2 63. Ke1 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.02.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. e4 Bh7 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. f3 b6 24. Nc4 c5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. a4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb2 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kf1 Bb4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 f5 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Bh3 Bg8 38. Kc2 Bc5 39. Bd2 Bg1 40. Bb4+ Kf6 41. Bd7 Bxh2 42. g4 Be6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Ke2 Bg1 46. Bd6 Bc5 47. Bb8 a6 48. Ba7 a5 49. Bb8 Ke6 50. Bc7 Bd4 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Bb8 g6 53. Ke2 Ke6 54. Bc7 Kd7 55. Bb8 h5 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Kg3 Kc5 59. Kh4 Kb4 60. Kxh5 Kxb3 61. Kg6 Kxa4 62. Kf5 Kb3 63. Bxe5 Bxe5 64. Kxe5 a4 65. Kd4 0-1 [Event "EuroTel Trophy"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1999.07.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2734"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1999.07.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Bb5 {Harmless continuation.} (9. c3 e5 10. d5 Na5 (10... Nb8 $5 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 Nd7 $11 {Ivanchuk, V-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia8990}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 g6 (12... Kh8 13. O-O Nb7 14. Rfe1 Qxd5 $6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $36 {Garcia Martinez,S-Braga,F/Havana-B 1983}) 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd2 Nb7 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. Qa4 Bf5 $11 { Levenfish,G-Bondarevsky,I/Leningrad/Moscow 1939}) (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9... Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O (11. Be2 $5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bc6 (12... Be8 13. O-O Nd5 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Bf3 $14) 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. c3 e5 15. d5 Nb8 $13) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 ({May be better was} 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Qe3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 c6 $11 {with balance.}) 12... Bxb5 13. c4 Ba6 (13... Be8 $5 14. Rad1 f6 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Nf3 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Qe2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bh5 19. Ng3 Bf7 $13) 14. Rac1 c5 $1 $36 {Shirov plays this game at his best:now he sacrifices a pawn and in the endgame doesn't take it back till the right moment.} 15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Rfd8 (16... Bxc5 $6 17. Nd7 Rfd8 18. Nxc5 Rxd2 19. b4 Rc8 20. a3 $14) 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. f4 b6 $1 ({Of course not} 18... f6 19. Nf3 Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. b3 b6 22. Rfd1 $11 {with equality.}) 19. Rfd1 (19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 f6 $1 (20... Rxd1+ $6 21. Rxd1 f6 22. Rd7 Bf8 23. Ra7 $1 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra6 Rc2 26. Rxb6 Rxb2 27. Rxe6 $11) 21. Nd7 Bxc4 22. Rd4 (22. Nxb6 $2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Bc5+ $19) 22... Bxb3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. axb3 Rc2 $17) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Gd7] Covering square d7.} 21. Rd6 ({Deserved attention} 21. cxb6 $5 axb6 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Nxd7 Bxc4 24. Kf2 Bxb3 25. axb3 h5 26. Ke3 b5 $15 {[%CAl Gg8h7,Gh7f5]}) 21... Kf8 (21... Bxd6 $6 22. cxd6 Rc8 23. c5 $1 f6 (23... bxc5 24. d7 Rd8 25. Nxc5 Bb5 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Nxa4 f6 28. Nd3 Rxd7 29. Nac5 $14) 24. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 25. d7 Rc8 26. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 $11) 22. cxb6 Bxd6 23. bxc7 Bxc7 $36 24. c5 $5 ({Much better was} 24. Nd4 $1 g5 25. g3 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Bxc4 27. b3 Bd5 $15 {and white has good chanses to hold the endgame.}) 24... g5 25. Nc6 gxf4 26. a4 (26. Nxa7 $1 Be5 27. Kf2 Bxb2 28. c6 Ke7 29. Kf3 Kd6 $15) 26... Bc4 $1 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nxa7 Ba5 $15 {This ending is a classic example of "what the pair of bishops is capable to do".} 29. Nb1 Bb4 30. Nb5 Bxc5+ 31. Kf1 f3 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Nd2 Bd5 34. Ke2 Ke7 $17 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nc3 Bb7 37. Kc4 Be3 38. Kd3 Bg1 39. b4 Bxh2 40. b5 h5 41. a5 h4 42. Ke2 (42. a6 Bg2 43. Nc4 h3 44. b6 Bb8 $19) 42... h3 43. a6 Bg2 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. Nf3 (45. Na4 Ba8 46. Nf3 h2 47. Nxh2 Bxh2 48. b6 Bc6 $19) 45... Bc5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Bg1 48. b6 Bxf3+ 49. Kxf3 h2 50. Kg2 f3+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 7th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2013.06.10"] [Round "23"] [White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"] [Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2734"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.06.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. f5 Qc7 17. g3 exf5 18. Bxf5 Rce8 19. Qf3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. Kg2 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c4 f5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc4 Nf6 28. Re1 b5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5 30. Rc1 f4 31. Rc6 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 fxg3+ 33. Kxe3 gxh2 34. Nxh2 Bxh2 35. d5 h5 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Rg2 Bd6 38. Rg6 Bf4+ 39. Ke4 h4 40. Be5 h3 41. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 42. Kxf4 h2 43. d6 h1=Q 44. d7 Qd5 0-1 [Event "ARM-ROW m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2004.06.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Lputian, Smbat G"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2733"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2004.06.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "ROW"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxe5 15. Rab1 Nc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Svidler is the strongest player, who consequently defends and enrichesthe Gruenfeld defence these days. The logical retreat of the knight preventing Nd4 is new.} (15... O-O 16. Nd4 h6 (16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rhc1 Be6 (18... Bf5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 21. Rb7 a5 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Beliavsky,A/Le Havre 1977/ (70)}) (18... h6 19. Rxc6 g5 20. Bg3 Rd8+ (20... Bf5 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Rd6 Bf8 23. Rd4 Be6 24. a4 Bc5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Bxb8 {1-0 Lukov,V-Dausch,R/Cappelle la Grande 1995/ (59)}) 21. Rd6 Be6 22. a4 a5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Bxa5 Bxa4 27. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Beliavsky,A/Munich 1990/ (61)}) 19. Bc4 Rfe8 20. Rb7 Bf8 21. f4 c5 22. e4 Reb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Kd3 Ra4 27. Bxc5 Rxa2 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Kd4 {1-0 Gheorghiu,F-Jansa,V/Sochi 1976/ (41)}) 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Ng6 19. Bg3 hxg5 20. Bc7 Nh4 21. Rb5 Bf6 22. Rg1 Kg7 23. g3 Ng6 24. Bf3 a6 25. Rb6 {1-0 Benko, P-Pinter,J/Szolnok 1975/ (40)}) 16. Rhc1 O-O 17. Bc4 (17. Ba6 Na5 18. Be2 Be6 $11) 17... h6 18. Ke2 (18. h3 g5 19. Bg3 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 $14) 18... Bf5 $5 (18... g5 19. Bg3 g4 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Bd3 $14) 19. Rxb7 Na5 20. Rc7 (20. Rxf7 $5 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rc5 Rb8 23. e4 (23. Rxa5 Rb2+ 24. Nd2 (24. Kd1 Rb1+ 25. Kd2 Rb2+ $11) 24... Bc3 25. Rd5 Rxa2 $11) 23... Bxe4 24. Rxa5 Rb7 $11) 20... Nxc4 21. R1xc4 Rfb8 {This was the position black had in mind when he sacrificed the pawn. Two bishops and active pieces promise good chances for a draw.} 22. Nd4 $6 (22. a4 Rb2+ 23. Ke1 Rb1+ 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. Be7 $14) 22... Be4 $1 23. Nb5 ( 23. f3 Rb2+ 24. Kd1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Rxa2 26. Bf2 $11) 23... Bxg2 (23... Rxb5 $2 24. Rxe4 Rb2+ 25. Kf3 Rxa2 26. Ree7 a5 27. Bg3 a4 28. Rxf7 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. e4 $16) 24. Rxa7 (24. Nxa7 Rb2+ 25. Ke1 Rxa2 $17) (24. Nd6 $5 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Rab8 26. Bg3 Bd5 27. a4 $11) 24... Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Rb2+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kd3 $2 Bf1+ $19) 26... Bf3 {Peter is not happy with nominal advantage after 26...Rxa2 and tries something more ambitious instead.} (26... Rxa2 27. Nb5 g5 28. Bg3 h5 29. h4 $15 ) 27. a4 Re2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kd1 $2 Rxf2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 $19) 28... g5 29. Bg3 Bb2 $5 (29... Rd2 30. Rc1 Ra2 31. Nb5 Rxa4 32. Nd4 $15) 30. Bd6 (30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Rc2 $19) 30... Rd2 31. Bb4 Rd1+ 32. Be1 Be5 33. Nb5 $2 {Lputian sacrifices "h" pawn for some mysterious reason, but now black has fair chances to try for win.} (33. h3 Ra1 34. Nc6 (34. Nb5 f6 35. a5 Kf7 $13) 34... Bd6 35. e4 Bf4 36. Rd4 Kg7 $13) 33... Bxh2 34. Nd4 (34. a5 Ra1 $17) 34... Bb7 35. Rb4 (35. Ke2 Ra1 36. Bc3 Ra2+ $17) 35... Ba6+ 36. Kg2 Bc7 (36... Rxe1 $2 37. Kxh2 $11) 37. Bc3 h5 38. Nb5 (38. f3 Rd3 39. Be1 Rxe3 $17) 38... Bb6 39. Nd4 (39. Bf6 Ba5 40. Rc4 Bb7+ 41. e4 g4 $15) 39... Bf1+ 40. Kf3 (40. Kg1 Bc7 41. Nf3 Ba6+ 42. Kg2 g4 $17 ) 40... Bc7 41. a5 $2 {White have missed the beautiful shot by black, suddenly white king is in the mating net.} (41. Rb7 g4+ 42. Ke4 Bg2+ 43. f3 Bd6 44. Rb5 $15) 41... f5 $1 (41... f5 $1 42. Nxf5 g4+ 43. Rxg4+ (43. Ke4 Bg2+ 44. f3 Bxf3# ) 43... hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Be2+ $19) 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2013.11.17"] [Round "9.33"] [White "Rusev, Krasimir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "136"] [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 "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. h3 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Be6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g4 Na6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Bxh3 21. Kf2 Nb4 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Nde4 Be6 24. Nd6 Nxa2 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Nge4 Nb4 27. Rxa7 Nc2 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. b3 Nd4+ 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Kg6 36. Nbc5 Bf7 37. Nd3 h5 38. Ke2 h4 39. Kf2 Be8 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf4+ Kf7 42. Nd3 Ke7 43. Nf4 Bf5 44. Nd3 Kd7 45. Ndc5+ Kc7 46. Nd3 Bf8 47. Kh2 Bd6+ 48. Kg2 Kd7 49. Ndf2 Bc7 50. Nd3 Ke7 51. Nb4 Kf7 52. Nd3 Kg6 53. Kg1 Kh5 54. Kg2 h3+ 55. Kh1 Kh4 56. Kg1 Bg6 57. Kf2 Bh5 58. Nd2 Bg3+ 59. Kg1 Bd6 60. Kf2 c5 61. f4 Bd1 62. f5 Bc2 63. Ke2 Bxd3+ 64. Kxd3 h2 65. Nf3+ Kh5 66. Nxh2 Bxh2 67. b4 cxb4 68. Kxd4 Bg1+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2001.12.02"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2001.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 h6 5. Rg1 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Be7 8. g5 hxg5 9. Nxg5 Bf8 10. d4 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. e3 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. e5 exd5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O-O 19. Be3 Re8 20. Qd3 Nf5 21. O-O-O Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rxh2 23. Rd2 Bd6 24. Nh3 Kb8 25. Rxh2 Bxh2 26. Rh1 Be5 27. Bg2 Bxb2+ 28. Kc2 c4 29. Qd2 Bxa3 30. Rf1 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb3+ 32. Ke2 c3 33. Qd3 Qb2+ 34. Kf3 c2 0-1 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Kramnik,V"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Dolmatov} Ke7 $5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Dortmund/1993/}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O ( 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rae1 Kg8 20. Qg4 {with attack, Kamsky,G-Anand,V/It, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996}) 13... Bb7 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black equalized, Kamsky, G-Karpov,A/w-ch (8) Elista RUS 1996}) (14. Rhe1 O-O (14... O-O-O {Dolmatov} 15. Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Kb1 Ka8 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Nb3 Nd5 $10 {Chandler,M-Adams,M/Blackpool/1990/}) 15. g4 $5 c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bf4 18. h4 {with initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (12) Elista RUS 1996}) 14... Rd8 (14... O-O-O $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Ba6 (15. Ne5 $6 c5) (15. c4 c5 16. Bc3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. g3 Ka8 19. Bc2 a6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 $14 {Sokolov, A-Spraggett,K/St.John/1988/}) 15... b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Rc1) (14... Rc8 { Ftacnik} 15. Rhg1 (15. c4 $5) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. g4 Nd5 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxf3 Be5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd4 23. Rxg7+ $1 $18) 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $2 Nf4 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 21... Nf4 22. Qe3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 (23... Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 25. g6 $13) 24. Bxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Bd5 26. b3 {1/2-1/2 Wolff,P-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto (09)/1995/ (30)}) 15. Rhg1 ( 15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Ne5 (16. g4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Rxd4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2 (19. Qd2 $5) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3 (21. g5 $2 Ne4) 21... Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 ( 22. g5) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 (25. Re2 Bf3) 25... Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bd5 $19 {0-1 Adams,M-Speelman,J/New York PCA-qual (08)/1995/ (39)}) 16... c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 f5 21. Ng6 Nf6 22. Qxg5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Rdg1 $2 Bxd3 27. Rh3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nf8 $1 $17) 26... Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Epishin,V/ Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (36)}) (15. c4 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Bc3 (16. g4 Bf4 $1 17. Rhg1 c5 18. h4 $13) 16... Rfe8 (16... Qe7 17. g4 (17. Rhe1 Bb4 $1 18. Qd2 $5) 17... c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb4 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Bxc3 22. Rdg1 $1 g6 23. bxc3 $16) 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 (21. g5 Ne5 22. gxh6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rh7+ $10) 21... f5 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exf5 { Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Groningen (04)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 17. Ne5 (17. g4 c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 g6 $1) 17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. f3 a5 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bc2 {Almasi,Z-Karpov, An/Groningen (08)/1995/0-1 (74)}) (15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik}) 15... c5 (15... Nd5 { Ftacnik} 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. c5 $16 {Leko}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc5 $5 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne5 Bd4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bb4+ Bc5) 17. a3 {/\ 18.Bb4} O-O ( 17... a5 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Bxh2 (20... g6) 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Bd4 e5 (24... exf5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd7 Qe5 27. Rxb7 (27. Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 29. Rxb7) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 $16) 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:57] 1-0 Timman,J-Leko,P/Groningen (01)/ 1996/ (34); CBM}) 18. g4 {The methodical advance /\ 19.g5+-} Qd5 $2 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd5 $11) (18... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 19. g5 (19. Qe4 $2 Nc3+ 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $17) 19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. g6 $14 Qh5 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bg6 $16 ) 19. g5 $1 (19. Nh4 {Ftacnik} Bxh2 20. Rge1 Bd6 $15) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf6 g6 { It is understandable why Ivanchuk didn't take on f6: White's attack looked very strong, yet Black could hold} (20... Qxf6 $142 21. Bc3 e5 22. f4 Qxf4 ( 22... Rfe8 23. Rdf1) 23. Rdf1 Qh4 (23... Qa4 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ $18) 24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 $18) 24. Rg4 (24. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 25. Qxe5 g6 ( 25... f6 26. Qe7 $18) (25... g5 26. Qf5 $18 (26. Rf4 $5 {/\ h4->})) 26. Bxg6 $18) (24. Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ f6 26. Bxd6) 24... Qe7 (24... Qh3 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Rfg1 g5 27. Rg4 Qh3 28. Rxg5+ {wins}) 25. Qe3 g5 (25... f5 26. Qxh6 Bd5 27. Bxf5 Rf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Bg8 30. Rfg1 {wins}) 26. Rf5 f6 27. h4 Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rfxg5+ fxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf4 33. Qxf4+ exf4 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Bc4+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ $11) (20... Qxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. Rg1+ $18) 21. Bxh6 $6 {There was an interesting 'Tal's style' Rook sacrifice 21. Rxg6+ which lead to wild complications. We spent a lot of time analyzing this continuation and still cannot be sure that it is 100% sound; the sacrifice can be a theme for a special analytical article. We invite the interested readers to follow our steps!} ({Meanwhile} 21. Bxg6 { is not dangerous in view of} fxg6 (21... Qxe2 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Bxe2 Bxh2 24. Rg4 {is in White's favor}) 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Kxf6 24. Bc3+ Kf5 $1 { and White's attack vaporises} ({Of course not} 24... e5 $4 25. Rxd6+ Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ {wins})) (21. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ {White sacrifice the Rook for dangerous attack. There are three replies: 22... Kh7, 22... Rf7 and 22...Kh8} Kh8 (22... Kh7 $1 {As we will see later, this is the best reply. Now 23.Bxg6+ is unclear} 23. Bxg6+ ({White has a forced draw at this point:} 23. Rg1 Bc8 24. Rxg6 Bxe6 25. Rg7+ {draw by perpetual check}) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxg6 $2 24. f7+ Qf6 25. Rg1+ {winning}) 24. f7 $1 Bc8 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Bc3+ Qxc3 26. Rxd5 Qg7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Rc8 29. f4 Qf8 30. Qe5+ Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. f5 Rd8 33. f6 h5 34. h4 Rc8 35. b4 Rd8 36. c4 {and White's pawns decide the matter}) ( 24... Qxd1+ 25. Ka2 {and Black has no defense against double threat 26.Bc3+ and 26.Qf6+}) 25. Qe1 Kg7 (25... Be7 26. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 27. Ka2 {wins}) 26. Be4 Qf6 $1 (26... Qh5 $2 27. Bc3+ Kxf7 (27... Be5 28. Bf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {wins}) 28. Bd5+ Kg6 29. Qe4+ Bf5 (29... Kg5 30. Rg1+ Bg4 31. f3 {and Black has no defense} ) 30. Rg1+ {winning}) 27. Qg1+ Kxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Bc3 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd5 $1 {threatening 31.Qg8+} Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Bxe5+ Kxf7 34. f4 {and White stays better}) 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bc3 Rg8 30. Bxf6 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Kxf6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. Rxh6 Bc5 35. Rh7 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Rxa7 Rxc2 {White is fighting for a draw}) (22... Rf7 23. Rg1 g5 (23... Rdf8 24. Rxg6+ {easy winning}) 24. Bc4 Qh5 (24... Rdf8 25. Qxd6 Qxf2 26. Rg3 {White is on top} Qc5 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 28. Qg4 Bd5 29. Bd3) 25. f4 Qg6 26. f5 Qh7 (26... Qh5 27. h4 g4 28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bg5 $1 {and mate follows}) 27. Re1 (27. h4 Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5 (28... Bxe6 29. fxe6 hxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 31. exf7 {winning}) 29. Rxg5+ ({if} 29. Bxg5 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Rdf8 {and White has only draw after} 31. Bh6+ Kh8 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. Bg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7) 29... Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Qd5 (30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 Rg8 33. Rh5 Rg2 $10) 30... Rdd7 31. Rg6 Ke8 32. Bb5 $14) 30. Qxf7 {and the game is over}) 27... Bf8 28. Bb4 Bc8 29. Qe8 $1 {Unbelievable position of zugzwang! White is winning}) 23. Rg1 Rc8 (23... Rxf6 24. Bc3) 24. Qxd6 Rxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Rxg6 $1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc6 27. Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 {with advantage}) 25. Qe7 $1 Qxf2 26. Be3 Rf7 27. Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bd4 {winning}) 21... Bxh2 ( 21... Rfe8 $2 {Ftacnik} 22. h4 $16) 22. Rh1 (22. Bxf8 {Dolmatov} Bxg1 23. Be7 ( 23. Qxf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 24. Rxg1 Kxf8 25. Rg3 Bh5 $15) 23... Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxf2 $17) (22. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 fxg6 $13) 22... Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxd1+ (23... Bxh1 {Dolmatov} 24. Rxh1 Be5 25. Bg7 $18) 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f3 (25. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Be4 $15) (25. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Kh7 (25... g5 26. Rd7 Be4 (26... Bc6 27. Rxa7 Rd8 28. Bh5 (28. Bd3)) (26... Rc7 $2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+) 27. Bd3 $1 (27. Bh5 Kh7 28. Rxf7 Rxc2 29. Rf8 Rxf2+ (29... Rc8+) 30. Kc1 Bf4+ 31. Kd1 Bf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3) 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 {/\ Rh3} g4 (28... Rc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31. Rxh2) 29. Rd1 $18 {/\ Rh1}) (25... Be4 26. Ka2 $1 g5 (26... Bd5+ 27. c4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. b3 Bd5 30. Rd3 $1 $18 {/\ Rh3}) 27. f3 Bh7 28. Rh1 Bg3 (28... Bf4 29. Bd3) 29. Rh5 $1 $18 (29. Bd3 Bh4)) 26. f3 Rc5 27. c4 $18 {/\ b4, Rd8; Rh1} (27. Rd7 Rc7)) (25. Ba6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa6 26. Rh1 Rc5 27. Rxh2 Rh5) 25... Bg3 26. Bg7 {threatening 27.Rh1} (26. Rh1 {Dolmatov } Rc5 27. Bg7 Rh5 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rh1 Rh5 $10) (26. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bg7 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc5 $8 (29... g5 30. Rd7 Rc7 31. Bd3+ Kg8 32. Rd8#) 30. c4 $1 {/\ b4, Rd8; Rh1} a5 (30... Re5 31. Rd8) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 $18) 26... g5 27. Rd7 $6 {This natural move withdraws the Rook from the K-side. Correct was} (27. Bh6 $1 {and now} Bf4 $2 {fails. Correct is} (27... Kh7 28. Bxg5 Kg6 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Bf2 32. Rd7 {White has some winning chances}) (27... Bh4 {Dolmatov} 28. Rg1 Rc5 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Kh7 $15) 28. Rh1 Bg3 29. Rh5 {and White is winning}) (27. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Bh4) 27... Bc6 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29. a4 ({Perhaps better was} 29. Bh6 Bf4 30. Ra6 Be3 31. a4) (29. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bc7 (29... Bf2 30. Ra7 Rd2 $5 (30... Bg3 $10) 31. Rc7 Rxe2 32. Rxc6 Kh7 $13) 30. Bh6 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rg2 $15) (29. Ka2 $5 {Ftacnik} Rd2 $140 (29... Bd5+ 30. b3) 30. Bd3 Bxf3 $2 31. Rd7 $18) 29... Be5 (29... Rd2 $2 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. b3 (31. c4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 (31... Rxd3 32. cxd5 exd5 $17) 32. Rd7 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Be4 34. Kc2 g4 $17) 31... Be5 (31... Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Be5+ $19) 32. Kc1 Bf4 33. Kb2 Be5+ 34. Ka3) 30. a5 (30. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Rd2 31. Rxb6 (31. Bd3 Bd5) 31... Bd5 32. c4 Ba8 $13) 30... Rd2 $1 {Black's counterplay is quite sufficient; moreover, White must give up his f-pawn, and Black g-pawn begins to run...} 31. Bc4 (31. Bd3 {Dolmatov} Bd5 (31... bxa5 $6 32. Be4 $1 Bxe4 33. fxe4 g4 34. Rxa5 g3 (34... Bf4 35. Rh5) 35. Rxe5 g2 36. Rg5 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39. b4 $16) 32. c4 Bxf3 (32... Rxb2+ $1 {Ftacnik} 33. Kc1 Bc6 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 g4 $17) (32... Rxd3 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. a6 Ra5 35. b3 $13) 33. Bc2 (33. Rd7 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Be4 35. Kc2 bxa5 36. Kd2 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 Bxb2 38. c5 Be5 $19) 33... bxa5 34. Rxa5 Re2 35. Rc5 (35. b4 $13) 35... Bb7) (31. axb6 { Ftacnik} Rxe2 32. b7 Re1+ 33. Ka2 Bd5+ $19 (33... Bd5+ 34. Ka3 Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Rxa7)) 31... b5 32. Bb3 (32. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 33. Bxb5 Be4 34. Ba4 g4 $17) ( 32. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1) 32... Bxf3 33. Re7 (33. a6 {Ftacnik} g4 34. Bh6 Rd6) 33... Rd6 (33... g4 $2 {Dolmatov} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Rd1+ {Ftacnik} 35. Ka2 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37. Bf5+ Kg8 38. Be6+ $10) (34... Bxf6 35. Rxf6) 35. Bxe6+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ $10 (36. Bf5+ Kg8 37. Be6+ $10)) 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 (35. Rc8 { Ftacnik} Kg6 36. Rc5 Bxf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxb5 g4 $17) 35... Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxf6 37. a6 (37. c4 {Dolmatov} Rd2 38. cxb5 Bxb2 $17) 37... g4 {Suddenly, White realized that he must stop the Black passed pawn. But how?!} 38. c4 (38. a7 {Ftacnik} g3 39. c4 (39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 g2 41. Bc5 Bd4) 39... Rc1 40. a8=Q Bxa8 41. Rxa8 g2 42. Bc5 bxc4 43. Ba4 g1=Q 44. Bxg1 Rxg1 $19) 38... Rd2 39. cxb5 (39. a7 {Ftacnik} bxc4 40. Bxc4 g3 41. a8=Q Bxa8 42. Rxa8 g2 43. Bc5 Bd4 $19) 39... g3 40. b6 (40. Bc5 Bxb2 41. Rc8 Bd4+ (41... g2 42. Bg1 Bd4+ 43. Rc2 Bxg1 44. Rxd2 Bc5 45. Rxg2 Bxg2 $19) 42. Ka3 g2 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Rh4 ( 44... Rd3 {Ftacnik} 45. Kb4 Bd1 $19) 45. Rg1 Rh1 46. Rxg2 Bxg2 {and Black is winning}) 40... g2 41. Bc5 Bxb2 {and there is no defense against deadly discovered check! White resigns. This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament.} (41... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 42. Be3 Bd4+ 43. Bxd2 g1=Q 44. Ka3 Qa1+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Nb3 e4 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Qe1 Bf5 17. g3 Bxe4+ 18. Kxh2 Nc6 19. f3 Bd3 20. e4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nd4 22. Qf2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rd3 24. Rfd1 Qd6 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Re1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Re2 h5 31. Kh3 g5 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Rc5 f6 34. Rf5 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ke6 37. Kh5 Rd8 38. Kg6 Rg8+ 39. Kh7 Rf8 40. Kg7 Rf7+ 41. Kg6 Rf8 42. Kg7 Rf7+ 43. Kh6 Rf8 44. Rc5 g4 45. fxg4 Rh8+ 46. Kg7 Rh4 47. g5 fxg5 48. Rxg5 Rxe4 49. Rg6+ Kd7 50. Rb6 Kc7 51. Rb3 Rf4 52. Rc3+ Kb6 53. Kg6 a5 54. Rc2 Kb5 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. Kg4 Kb4 57. Rc3 b6 58. Kg3 b5 59. Rf3 Rb1 60. Rf4+ Kc5 61. Rf5+ Kc4 62. b3+ Kb4 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kh3 Ra1 65. Rf4+ Kc3 66. Rf5 a4 67. Rxb5 a3 68. Kg3 Rxa2 69. Kf3 Rb2 70. Ra5 Rxb3 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"] [Site "Heraklio"] [Date "2007.11.05"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2007.10.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 121"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Georgia"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. a4 Qd7 14. Rg1 Ng6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Na3 Ra5 18. Qf1 Qe8 19. Rg5 c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qd1 Ra6 22. c4 b4 23. Nc2 Bd8 24. Rg1 Be7 25. Ne1 Qc8 26. Nd3 Nh5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. f4 Qc6 29. Bc2 Nxc4 30. Qxh5 Nxe3 31. fxe3 g6 32. b3 c4 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. exd5 Ra2 35. Rg2 Ra1+ 36. Rg1 Ra2 37. Rg2 Bc5 38. bxc4 Bxe3 39. Bb1 Rxg2 40. Kxg2 Bxf4 41. Kf3 Bxh2 42. Ke4 h5 43. Kd4 Bg1+ 44. Ke5 Bh2+ 45. Kd4 Bg1+ 46. Ke5 Kf8 47. Kd6 b3 48. Kc7 h4 49. d6 Bc5 50. d7 Be7 51. c5 h3 52. c6 h2 53. Kb6 Bd8+ 54. c7 Ke7 55. Be4 Kxd7 0-1 [Event "Titled Tuesday 21st Sept"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.09.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Arjun, Kalyan"] [Black "Andreikin, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "2532"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2021.09.21"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. b4 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. a5 Ba7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Be3 Nhf4 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. N1h2 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 Ngf4+ 22. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 23. Kh1 Nh3 24. Re2 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Bxf2 26. Rf1 Bg3 27. Qc2 Rad8 28. Qg2 Bxh2 29. Nxh2 Qh4 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Nxg4 Rde8 32. Rf5 g6 33. Rxe5 Kg7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nf2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Kg2 Re3 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. c4 Ke5 40. b5 Kd4 41. Bxf5 Kxc4 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Ng4 Ra3 44. Nxh6 Rxa5 45. Kf3 Re5 46. Kf4 Re1 47. Ng4 Kd4 48. Nh2 Kc3 49. Nf3 Re7 50. Ne5 c5 51. Ke4 a5 52. Kd5 a4 53. Nc6 a3 54. Nxe7 a2 55. Kxc5 a1=Q 56. Nd5+ Kd2 57. Be6 Qe5 58. Bd7 Kd3 59. Bc6 Ke4 60. Kb6 Kd4 61. Ka7 Kc5 62. Bb7 Qd6 63. Ka8 Qd8+ 64. Ka7 Qa5+ 65. Kb8 Kd6 66. Kc8 Qa7 67. Nf6 Qc5+ 68. Kb8 Qc7+ 69. Ka7 Qa5+ 70. Ba6 Kc6 71. Ne8 Qb6+ 72. Ka8 Qxa6+ 73. Kb8 Qb7# 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2017.07.29"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Wang, Tongsen"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2401"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.04.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Qingdao"] [BlackTeam "Jiangsu"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nf3 a6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be3 b5 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxe7 a5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Bd1 Ng4 19. Nxb5 Nxe3 20. Re1 Nxd1 21. Rexd1 Bxd5 22. d4 Rab8 23. Nc3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb2 25. a3 Rc2 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. Rac1 Rb2 28. Rb1 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Be5 31. Rb4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Bxh2 34. Rxa4 Bg3 35. Rg4 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Nd4 Rd3 0-1 [Event "SVK-chT2B 9394"] [Site "Slovakia"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Trunner, Stefan"] [Black "Hrusovsky, Jan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SVK"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. h3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Ne4 6. Bh2 Qf6 7. Nf3 Bxh2 8. Rxh2 c5 9. e3 c4 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Kf1 b5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. c3 Qc7 14. Kg1 Nd7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 O-O 17. a4 a6 18. Qc2 f5 19. b3 Bd5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qa2 Rfc8 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rb1 Rxc3 28. Kf2 Nh5 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30. Kd1 exf3 31. Rh1 f2 0-1 [Event "Champions Challenge 159th"] [Site "playchess.com INT"] [Date "2006.08.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Hindermann, Felix"] [Black "Nyback, Tomi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2244"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.08.12"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Be5 8. Nf5 d5 9. exd5 Bxf5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qe2 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qd6+ 14. Kg1 Ng4 15. g3 Qxc6 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qg2 Ne5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bf4 Rxb2 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 23. Rf2 Rc5 24. Nd1 Be4+ 25. Kg3 f5 26. Rb1 R2c3+ 27. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 28. Rf3 Rxf3+ 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 e5 14. cxd5 e4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. dxc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 Qe5+ 20. f4 Qh5 21. Rxd8 Qh2+ 22. Kxg4 h5+ 23. Kg5 Qg3+ 24. Kxh5 g6+ 25. Kh6 Qh4# 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 e5 14. cxd5 e4 15. Nh4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kh3 Ndf6 18. g3 g5 19. f3 gxh4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. fxg4 Qd6 22. Qg2 hxg3 23. Qg1 g2 0-1 [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Smirnov, Pavel"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2579"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2009.02.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 129"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. a5 dxe5 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. fxe5 Nc4 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Bc4 Rxb2 24. Bb3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Bd4 26. Rad1 Bxc3 27. Rxd7 Bxe5 28. Rfd1 Bf6 29. g3 Rc8 30. Ra7 h5 31. Rdd7 h4 32. gxh4 Rc3 33. h5 Re3 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Rd1 Be5 36. Ra7 Rf3 37. Rad7 Kh6 38. Re1 Bxh2 39. Rd8 Rh3 40. Rh8+ Kg5 41. h6 Be5+ 42. Kg2 Rhxb3 43. Rxe5+ Kg6 44. Rc5 gxh6 45. Rcc8 Rd3 46. Rhg8+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "RUS GP rap final"] [Site "Kirov"] [Date "2012.12.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Dordzhieva, Dinara"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2028"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2012.12.23"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4 Qd8 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Bf3 Rac8 15. Kb1 e5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Bxe5 Rxc4 18. Rd4 Rc6 19. Re1 Bf5+ 20. Ka1 Re6 21. f3 Re8 22. Rdd1 Bd6 23. Bg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bxh2 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Bf2 Bd6 28. a3 h5 29. b4 Be5 30. Kb2 Nd5 31. Be1 Ne3 32. Nd3 Nxg2 33. Bf2 Bf6 34. Kc2 Bf5 35. Kd2 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Nf4+ 37. Kc4 Bxc3 38. Kxc3 g5 39. Kd4 h4 40. Ke4 f6 41. Kf5 Kf7 0-1 [Event "Biel GM 48th"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2015.07.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "56"] [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"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 {The Shabalov-Shirov attack in the Meran fell out of fashion years ago, but it is hard to imagine a player who is more suited to play it than Rapport.} Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Nf8 11. Rg2 Bd6 12. e4 {Even though this has been played many times, it hasn't been seen in top tournament play. The idea has been known for some time, though: Black is greedy, captures the pawn, but his development is not as good as White's and Rapport's Central expansion gives him good chances for compensation.} Ng6 13. Bg5 {It's interesting how often this simple attack of the queen in the Meran forces an awkward reaction. Black doesn't want to give up the f6 square (if he moves the queen), doesn't want to weaken with f6, and he doesn't want to retreat his developed bishop - but he has to choose!} Be7 14. Be3 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O $13) 14... dxe4 15. O-O-O $5 (15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc3 f4 {is not good for White.}) 15... f5 16. d5 { White is down two pawns, but things are about to get crazy! The center is exploding and Black's lack of development is dangerous.} Qa5 17. Kb1 (17. d6 Bf6 18. Na4 $1 {was perhaps a better version of what happened in the game.}) 17... Bd7 18. d6 $1 {Going for some positional compensation. Instead of blasting the position open, Rapport closes it, but with the idea of curring Eljanov's army in half. It will be difficult for him to make his king safe, as well.} Bf6 19. Bd2 Qe5 20. Nb5 $6 {A nice tactical detail, but it is not necessarily such a strong move. Black avoids the trap and asks the knight what it is doing on b5.} (20. Qb3 $5 {counter pressuring b7, ocmes to mind.}) 20... Kf7 (20... cxb5 21. Bc3 Qc5 22. b4 $1 Qc6 23. Bxf6 Rf8 {and White retains a lot of compensation.}) 21. Bc3 Qf4 22. Nc7 $6 {White commits a lot of pieces to the queenside, but Black simply migrates his remaining pieces to the kingside, makes sure nothing happens in the center, and he uses his overwhelming pawn majority to finish the game.} Rag8 23. c5 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne5 { Taking a look at the position, it is clear that Black has an excellent set of pieces and he is up two pawns. It's true that the bishop on d7 is just a big pawn, but if that piece on d7 was actually a real pawn, Black would be better anyway.} 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Be2 Qxf2 {Third pawn, why not?} 27. Qxe5 Qxe2 28. Rh1 Qd3+ (28... Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Qh3 $1 30. Rb1 Qg3 {is just embarassing for White's pieces.}) 0-1 [Event "World Blitz 2019"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2019.12.29"] [Round "9.13"] [White "Tari, A.."] [Black "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2019.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1312"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. a4 Ne5 15. Qe1 Qb8 16. b3 Bd8 17. Kh1 Bc7 18. Bg1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Re1 Rcd8 21. Rad1 h5 22. Bf1 h4 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Qf2 h3 25. g3 d5 26. Bxh3 dxe4 27. fxe4 Kh7 28. Bg2 Rh8 29. Qe2 Kg8 30. Nf3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 Bxg3 33. Qg2 Be5 34. Ne2 Rh6 35. h3 Rg6 36. Qf1 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Rd3 Qb7 39. Qf3 f5 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd3 Rg5 42. Re3 Kg6 43. Rd3 Qc6 44. Re3 Kh7 45. Rd3 b5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. a5 Qc7 48. a6 Qa5 49. a7 Bc7 50. Rd1 Be5 51. Qe3 Rg6 52. Qf3 Rh6 53. Bh2 Bxh2 54. Kxh2 Qxa7 55. Nf4 Qc7 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kg1 Ng5 58. Qd3 Qb2 59. Kh1 Qe5 60. Rf1 Ne4 61. Qe3 g5 62. Ne2 Kg6 63. Rg1 Rxh3+ 0-1 [Event "CHN Team"] [Site "Wuxi"] [Date "2016.07.30"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Wang, Yiye"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.07.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Heilongjiang Qipai"] [BlackTeam "Shandong"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nd5 O-O 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Be2 Re8 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. O-O b6 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. Nxf3 Re2 16. Rfe1 Rxc2 17. Re8+ Bf8 18. Bc1 Bb7 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ne1 Re2 21. Be3 Bd6 22. Kf1 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Bxh2 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Kf2 f5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Kf6 28. d4 Ke7 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ne5 Be4 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Nf4 g5 33. Nd5+ Ke6 34. Nc3 Bb7 35. Nb5 Bc5 36. Nxa7 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Nb5 fxe3+ 39. Ke2 f5 40. b4 Bxb4 41. Kxe3 Ke5 42. Rd8 f4+ 43. Kf2 Bc5+ 44. Kf1 f3 45. Re8+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Pardubice op rap 22nd"] [Site "Pardubice"] [Date "2011.07.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Totsky, Leonid"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2722"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2011.07.20"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Bxh2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qc2 Be5 13. Nc3 d4 14. f4 dxc3 15. fxe5 cxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxe5 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. e4 O-O-O+ 19. Ke2 Rhe8 20. Rac1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Mar del Plata Clarin Masters"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1982.02.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Braga, Fernando Alberto"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1982.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Bb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qc8 20. Qb5 Rd8 21. Ng3 Qb7 22. Qe2 Bh4 23. Be4 Qe7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf1 Bg5 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rac8 28. Bd3 Rc7 29. Bb5 e5 30. dxe5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc5 32. e4 Rxe5 33. Bd3 h5 34. Qf3 h4 35. Rf1 Bf6 36. b3 b5 37. Kh1 Rc5 38. Qe2 Re5 39. Qf3 a5 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Rc5 42. Bb5 Rc3 43. Qf4 h3 44. Rf3 hxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Be5 46. Qg4 Rc2+ 47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Bxh2 49. Kg2 Be5 50. Bc6 Qc5 51. Bb5 Bd4 52. Qf4 Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Bf6 54. Kg3 Qb2 55. Kf3 Bd4 56. Qg3 Qd2 57. Kg4 Qd1+ 58. Qf3 Qg1+ 59. Qg3 Qh1 60. Qf3 Qh2 61. Bc4 Bf6 62. Qd3 Qg2+ 63. Kf4 Qf2+ 64. Kg4 Be5 65. Qf3 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "Pamplona-A 16th"] [Site "Pamplona"] [Date "2006.12.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Korneev, Oleg"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2006.12.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 116"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bb5 {The Smyslov variation is out of fashion these days. Black has found clear ways to achieve a good play.} Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bh3 {Adorjan's idea to protect Ra8 with tempo was implemented for the first time in practice by Leko in 2001. It represents one of the continuations which offers Black sufficient counterplay.} (16... Bd7 $11) 17. Nxe7+ ({As indicated by Leko, in case of} 17. gxh3 axb4 18. Nxb4 {Black achieves wonderful compensation for the pawn with} Rxa4 19. Bxa4 f5 $44) 17... Qxe7 18. Bc6 {The present game shows that ambitious play brings White only troubles.} (18. Nd5 $142 Qb7 19. Bc4 (19. c4 Be6 $11) 19... Bd7 (19... Be6 20. b3 $14) 20. Ra2 $11) (18. gxh3 axb4 19. Rxb4 Bf4 $44 (19... Qe6 $44)) 18... Rac8 (18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Rac8 20. Rxa5 Bh3 { is the same as 18...Rac8.}) 19. Rxa5 ({Perhaps White should consider} 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. gxh3 Rxc6 21. Qg4 $13 {when the strong knight on d5 compensates for the poor pawn structure on the kingside. The king will go to g2. Comparing to the game it is more important for White here to exchange the light-squared bishops than to take the pawn on a5.}) 19... Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Qh5 (21. Ra6 Qf6 $1 $36 {[%CAl Gf6h6]} 22. Qh5 $140 Bh4 $17) (21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Ra6 g6 (22... Bh4 $5 {[%CAl Gf7f5]}) 23. b4 f5 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. c4 Bg4 26. b5 Bh4 27. Ra2 Qg5 28. Qc3 Qh5 29. h3 Bf3 (29... Bxh3 $2 30. Nf4 $18 {1-0 Zinchenko,Y (2352) -Viliavin,R/Alushta 2004 (40)}) 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Qxf3 (31. Ne6 $2 fxe4 $1 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 $44 33. Ra8 $140 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Bd8 $19 {[%CAl Gd8a5,Gh6c1]}) 31... fxe4 32. Qe3 Rxf4 33. Rg4 $13 {/=}) 21... Bh4 22. Qh6 (22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qh6 g6 24. Ra6 Be6 $15) 22... g6 23. Qe3 {Although played several times before, this is a rather strange retreat. On h6 the queen was at least exerting some pressure on Black's position. The maneuver Qd1-h5-h6-e3 turns out to be a waste of time now.} (23. Ra6 $142 Be6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Ke2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Moeller, R-Gross,K/DESC email 2001 (40)}) 23... Be6 24. Ra7 Qf6 $1 $146 {After this novelty it becomes clear that White is worse due to the difficulty to find a safe place for his king.} ({Previously Black played} 24... Rc7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxd5 {which is about equal.}) 25. Bd5 ({After} 25. Nd5 Qd8 { White's pieces lack coordination, while Black can choose the right moment for active play with ...f5.}) 25... Rb8 26. Ra6 (26. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 26... Rfc8 27. Rc6 (27. Bxe6 fxe6 $17 28. Rxd6 $140 Rxb4 29. cxb4 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rc1+ $19) 27... Rxc6 28. Bxc6 h5 $17 {Gaining more space on the kingside (square g4). White's position is difficult: with the bishop pair, active pieces and plenty of targets for attack in opponent's weak pawn structure secures Black a very easy play.} 29. Bd5 (29. h3 {runs into} Bxh3 ({it is also not clear what to do after a move like} 29... Kh7 $17) 30. Nd5 (30. Qxh3 Qxf2+ $19) 30... Qe6) 29... Bg4 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke1 {The rest is a massacre.} Bg5 $19 32. Qg3 (32. Qd3 Qf4 $19) 32... Bf4 33. Qd3 Bxh2 34. Rh1 Qg5 ({The direct} 34... Bf4 {is of course completely winning too.}) 35. Kf1 Bf4 36. f3 Bd7 37. Qc2 Rxb4 {Ending White's nightmare.} 38. cxb4 Qg3 39. Qe2 Be3 {Threatening 40...Bb5 followed by the mate on f2.} 40. b3 Bh3+ (40... Bh3+ 41. Rxh3 Qg1#) 0-1 [Event "Pamplona-A 16th"] [Site "Pamplona"] [Date "2006.12.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Laznicka, Viktor"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2006.12.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 116"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. c4 Rfe8 17. c5 Bf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. d6 Qxc5 21. Bd5 Bg7 22. Ba3 Qd4 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rad1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf1 27. d7 Rd8 28. Re1 Qa4 29. Qf7 Be2 30. Rxe2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe2 32. Be7 Qh5+ 33. Kg3 Qe5+ 34. f4 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. d8=Q+ Kf7 38. Bd6 Bd4 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Qxh7 Qg1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Bg1+ 43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44. g4 Qxd6 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 Kh8 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. b5 Ne8 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nxd8 Nxh5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 e4 21. Bd2 Be5 22. Rae1 c6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxe4 Nf4 25. Nc5 cxb5 26. cxb5 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf5 28. Nd7 Re8 29. Re4 Ng6 30. Rxg4 Rxe6 31. Rc1 Bxh2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7 Ke8 34. Ra4 Re7 35. Rxb7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Rxa7+ Kc8 38. a4 Bf4 39. Ba5 h5 40. Rc7+ Kb8 41. Rg7 Nf8 42. Re7 Bg5 43. Re8+ Kb7 44. Bb4 Bf4 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Bc3 Be5 47. Bd2 Bd4 48. f4 Ng6 49. Re6 Rf6 50. Re4 Bc5 51. Kg3 d5 52. Re8 Nf8 53. Re5 Rg6+ 54. Kh3 d4 55. Rxh5 d3 56. Rd5 Rd6 57. Rxd6+ Bxd6 58. Kg4 Kc5 59. Kf5 Kc4 60. Ke4 Nd7 61. f5 Nc5+ 62. Ke3 Nxa4 63. f6 Nc5 64. b6 Nd7 65. f7 Nxb6 66. Ke4 Bf8 67. Kf5 Nd7 68. Ke6 Nc5+ 69. Ke5 Kb3 70. Be3 Kc2 71. Kd5 Nb7 72. Ke6 Nd8+ 73. Kd7 Nxf7 74. Ke8 Bc5 0-1 [Event "Pan American Intercollegiate-chT"] [Site "Lubbock"] [Date "2013.12.29"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Holt, Conrad"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2013.12.27"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dallas Univ"] [BlackTeam "Webster Univ"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Re1 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Re3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe5 21. Rc2 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Bxb5 Rab8 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Ke1 Qh4 27. Re4 Qh1+ 28. Qf1 Qh5 29. g4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Qh4 31. Bd3 Rbd8 32. g5 Bf4 33. Qf3 Rxd3 34. Rxf4 Qh2 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "14"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bb3 Nxe4 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nc6 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Nc3 e4 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. c3 Be5 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. f4 exf3 24. Qxf3 Ng6 25. Bc2 Qg5 26. Nc7 Rab8 27. Ne6 Qh6 28. Nxf8 Qxh2+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. g3 Qh2+ 31. Qg2 Bxg3+ 32. Kf1 Rxf8 33. Qxh2 Bxh2 34. Rd5 Be5 35. c4 b6 36. b4 Nf4 37. Rdd1 Bc3 38. Re7 Bxb4 39. Kf2 Bc5+ 40. Kg3 Ng6 41. Ra7 f4+ 42. Kh2 Ne5 43. Be4 Ng4+ 0-1 [Event "TCh-CHN 2019"] [Site "China CHN"] [Date "2019.04.11"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Yu Ruiyuan"] [Black "Jakovenko, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.04.09"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1275"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.04.15"] [SourceVersion "3"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.04.16"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Jiangsu team"] [BlackTeam "Hangzhou Bank Team"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Qf2 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. g3 h5 20. b3 Bc7 21. Bg2 Ba8 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qd2 Bb7 25. Nde2 Bc6 26. Nd4 Bb7 27. Nde2 Nf8 28. Bf4 Rcd8 29. Bg5 N8h7 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Qg5 d5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Nd4 Be5 34. exd5 Nxd5 35. Ne4 Ne7 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. Qxf5 Bxe4 38. fxe4 g6 39. Qf1 h4 40. gxh4 Bxh2 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Rd1 Bg3 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. exd5 Qd8 45. Kg1 Qxh4 46. Qxa6 Bf2+ 47. Kf1 Bc5 48. Qe2 Qf4+ 49. Bf3 Bxa3 50. Qd3 Bc5 51. Ke2 Qe5+ 52. Kd2 Kf8 53. Kc2 Ke7 54. Qc4 Qf5+ 55. Be4 Qf2+ 56. Kc3 Qe3+ 57. Kc2 b5 58. d6+ Bxd6 59. Qd5 b4 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Bd5 Qe7 62. Qa8 Qe2+ 63. Kb1 Qd3+ 64. Kc1 Bf4+ 65. Kb2 Qd2+ 66. Kb1 Qd1+ 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 08th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2004.11.02"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Balogh, Csaba"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2004.10.31"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Ne3 g6 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. g4 Rd7 23. Bg3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bd7 25. Kf2 Be6 26. a4 c4 27. c3 Bd7 28. a5 b5 29. Nd5 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Nb4 Kb7 33. Rd5 Bc8 34. Rc5 Bd7 35. Rd5 Bc8 36. Rc5 Re6 37. Rd5 Be7 38. Nc2 c6 39. Rd2 Rf6 40. Kg2 Rf8 41. Re2 Bd8 42. Bd6 Rf7 43. Bb4 Rf5 44. Re8 Rd5 45. Ne3 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Bc7 47. Re7 Kb8 48. Ng4 Bxg4 49. fxg4 Bxh2+ 50. Kf1 Bf4 51. Bc5 Rxb2 52. Ra7 Bd6 53. Bb6 b4 54. Rd7 Bf4 55. Rd8+ Kb7 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57. Rd8+ Kb7 58. Rd7+ Ka8 59. Rd8+ Bb8 60. cxb4 c3 61. Be3 c2 62. Rg8 Rb1+ 63. Ke2 c1=Q 64. Bxc1 Rxc1 65. Rxg5 Rc4 66. Rg8 Rxb4 67. g5 Rg4 68. g6 Kb7 69. g7 Be5 70. Ke1 0-1 [Event "Hustopece op"] [Site "Hustopece"] [Date "2010.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Cvek, Robert"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2010.06.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.02"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. b3 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bxh2+ 11. Nxh2 Qe5 12. Nc3 Qxc3 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bb2 Bh3 17. Ng4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h5 19. f3 Nd2 20. Rh1 hxg4 21. fxg4 d4 22. exd4 Qd5+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Ke1 Qa5+ 25. Kf1 Ng3+ 26. Kg2 Nxh1 27. d5 O-O-O 28. Bf3 Qc5 29. Qd2 Qb4 30. Qxb4 Nxb4 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Rxh1 Nxd5 33. Be5+ Ka8 34. Kf2 Nb4 35. Bf6 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rh7 Rd7 39. Kf4 b6 0-1 [Event "Villarrobledo op 23rd"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Lafuente, Pablo"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2008.08.02"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. e3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Ra4 Nd5 14. Kd2 c5 15. Ne5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb7 19. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Ke7 21. Rhc1 Bxg2 22. Bxa6 g5 23. Ke2 Rhd8 24. Nb5 Kf6 25. f3 Bd6 26. Nc3 Bf4 27. Rd1 Rab8 28. Rab1 Kg7 29. b4 Bxh2 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Bc7 34. b5 Bb6 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Rb4 Bc7+ 37. Kg2 Rdxb5 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc3 Bb6 40. Rc2 Rd5 41. Rd2 e5 42. Ng3 exd4 43. Kh3 Bc7 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Nxd4 h5 47. Ne2 Be5 48. Nc1 Kf5 49. Nd3 Ke6 50. Nc5+ Kd5 51. Ne4 f6 52. Kg2 Kd4 53. Nf2 f5 54. Nh3 Bf6 55. Nf2 Ke3 56. Nd1+ Ke2 57. Nf2 Be5 58. Nh3 Bf4 59. Ng1+ Ke1 60. Nh3 Be3 61. f4 g4 62. Ng5 Bxf4 63. Ne6 Be5 64. Nc5 Ke2 0-1 [Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 50th"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "2015.06.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 167"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re3 17. a4 Nd5 18. Rhf1 Nb4 19. Bf5 Bd6 20. Kd2 Rhe8 21. Bxh7 Bxh2 22. Bg6 R8e7 23. Rf8+ Kb7 24. Rh1 Bg3 25. Ba3 c5 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. Nd5 Re2+ 28. Kd3 R7e5 29. Rhh8 Be1 30. Rb8+ Kc6 31. Kd4 Rxd5+ 32. cxd5+ Kd6 33. Rb5 Bc3+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. Be4 Bxb5+ 36. axb5 Rg3+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Bf3 g5 39. Rh6+ Ke5 40. d6 cxd6 41. Rh8 Bc5 42. Re8+ Kd4 43. Re3 Rh3 44. Rd3+ Ke5 45. Bg4 Rh2+ 46. Ke1 Kf4 47. Bxd7 g4 48. Bc6 g3 49. Rd2 Ke3 50. Bg2 Bd4 51. Re2+ Kd3 52. Kf1 Rxg2 0-1 [Event "World Cup ACP"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2013.09.15"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2013.09.13"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 e5 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Ne4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na5 Bd7 20. f3 Nc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be1 f5 25. Bc2 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. b3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Kf2 Rxb3 32. Re8 Rb2+ 33. Kf1 Rb1 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Rxe4 a5 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Ra7 a4 39. Bb4 Be5 40. e4 Bxh2 41. Ra6+ Kh5 42. Bf8 Bg3 43. Bxh6 Rf2+ 0-1 [Event "Tromsoe ol (Men) 41st"] [Site "Tromsoe"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ali, Sebbar"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Morocco"] [BlackTeam "Czech Republic"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MAR"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Nc6 10. O-O d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. d4 Bf6 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Ba1 O-O 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Bf3 Be5 17. Nd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. c5 bxc5 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxc5 Ne5 22. Bxb7 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Ng4 24. Re1 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 d3 27. Be5 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 d2 0-1 [Event "Kiev rapid"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "2013.06.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2013.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 e5 9. Nf5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g3 d5 12. O-O-O d4 13. Nb1 exf4 14. Bg2 fxg3 15. e5 Bxf5 16. exf6+ Be6 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Rxg3 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Qxf6 21. Rf1 Qe7 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. c3 Be5 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Bxh2 26. Kb1 Bf4 27. Rd3 Rad8 28. Be4 Bxd2 0-1 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2014.12.13"] [Round "29"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2014.12.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Bf5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Nf1 Be4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Na4 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Red1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. e3 e5 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Rd2 Nd3 28. Rc2 a4 29. e4 Bh6 30. Ne3 Ke6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34. Nh4 fxe4 35. Ne3 Bf4 36. Nhg2 Bxh2 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 40. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Nd1 Bf4 43. Ke4 Bc1 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Nc5+ 0-1 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 34th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2004.05.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Kozul, Zdenko"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "162"] [EventDate "2004.05.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 {Mit diesem Zug strebt Weiß eine ruhige Stellung an, jedoch kann er bestenfalls nur auf einen mikroskopischen Vorteil hoffen.} b4 10. axb4 { Nach den Resultaten zu urteilen ist dieser Zug noch etwas harmloser als 10.Ne4. } ({Die Hauptalternative ist} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 (12. O-O $5 { wurde zuletzt probiert, um anschließend b2-b3 nebst Bxa3 zu spielen.}) 12... Bd6 $11 {mit Ausgleich}) 10... Bxb4 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 (12. Na2 $5 a5 13. Nxb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Be2 (16. Bd2 Nxc5 17. Bxb4 Nxd3 18. Bxf8 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Kg2 Qxf8 $15 {0-1 Karpeshov,O-Galkin,A/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (40)}) 16... Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nb3 $5 (17... Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Qc4 Ne4 21. Bxb4 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Shirov,A/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (24)}) 18. Qxb4 Bd5 19. e4 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe4 $11 {0-1 Pinter,J-Gurevich,M/Gonfreville 1999/CBM 70/[Gurevich,M] (62)}) 12... O-O 13. Rd1 a5 $146 {Shirov weicht als erster von einer Partie ab, die seinem Gegner Kozul einen Sieg beschert hatte. Mit dem Texzug wird verhindert, dass Weiß mit La6 die Läufer abtauscht und den schwarzen a-Bauern auf a7 festlegt..} (13... Qe7 14. Ba6 Nb6 15. Na2 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. Rxd4 Qb3 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. Bc3 $13 Nfd5 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. e4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd1 Qb7 $4 (25... Qxd1+ 26. Raxd1 f6) 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Rb1 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Miroshnichenko,E/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (27)}) 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 {Offensichtlich hat Schwarz keinerlei Probleme mehr.} 16. Qh5 $6 {Kozul wird überoptimistisch. Zwar wird so der Pe6 rückständig, aber Schwarz kann sich schnell entwickeln.} f5 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Rc8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Bd3 Be4 25. Bf1 { Ich muss ehrlich sagen, dass ich nicht verstehe, was in den nächsten Zügen vor sich geht.} Ng4 26. Be2 (26. g3 Rc2 $5) 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bc2 28. Re1 Bb8 (28... Bd6 $5 29. Nc3 Bb4 $17) 29. Nc3 Ba7 30. Nb5 Bb6 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. Rec1 h6 33. Bd2 Rdd8 34. Bxa5 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Bb3 36. Rc3 Nf6 37. f3 Bd5 38. Nc7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f4 40. Ke1 Kf7 41. Bd3 g5 42. Rcc5 Ke7 43. b4 Rxb5 44. Bxb5 Bb7 45. Bc4 $2 {Es ist mir nicht klar, was Kozul hier übersehen hat.} (45. Bc6 $5 Bxc6 46. Rxc6 $11) 45... Rxd4 46. Nxe6 Rxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxe6 $17 48. Rc7 Bd5 49. Rg7 g4 50. b5 gxf3 51. gxf3 Bxf3 52. b6 Nd7 53. Rh7 Be4 54. Rxh6+ Ke5 55. Kd2 Bd5 56. Ke2 Ke4 57. Rd6 Nc5 58. Rd8 f3+ 59. Kf1 Bb7 60. Kf2 Nd3+ 61. Kg3 f2 $1 {Hat Shirov hier schon den Gewinn im Endspiel Dame+Springer gegen Dame vorausgesehen?} 62. Re8+ (62. Rf8 Ke3) 62... Kd4 63. Rd8+ Bd5 64. Rxd5+ Kxd5 65. b7 f1=Q 66. b8=Q { Normalerweise wäre diese Materialkonstellation ein Remis, aber Schwarz kann hier durch eine forcierte Folge den weißen König mattsetzen bzw. die Dame gewinnen.} Qf2+ 67. Kh3 Nf4+ 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kf5 Qh3+ 70. Kf6 Qh4+ 71. Kf5 Qh5+ 72. Kf6 Qg6+ 73. Ke7 Qg7+ 74. Kd8 Ne6+ 75. Kc8 Qc3+ 76. Kb7 Qc6+ 77. Ka7 Qa4+ 78. Kb6 Qb4+ 79. Ka7 Qa5+ 80. Kb7 Nc5+ 81. Kc8 Qa6+ 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2004.04.20"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Lastin, Alexander"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [BlackElo "2711"] [Annotator "Psakhis,L"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2004.04.20"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "05"] [BlackTeam "04"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 (11. Re1 $5) (11. c3 $5) 11... Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 $5 {Sergei Rublevsky successfully used this idea instead of "normal"} (13. h3 {with possible continuation:} O-O (13... Bd7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Rad8 18. c3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc2 Rd5 21. Qe3 Bf4 22. Qe2 g5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Werle,J/Groningen Harmonie 2002/ (26)}) 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 (15... b5 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc5 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Re3 Bd5 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. b4 Na4 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rac8 25. Bf6 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Savchenko,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (36)}) 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Nf3 h6 $1 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Ionov,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/ (28)}) 13... Be5 {The future of this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} ({The main move is} 13... Bd7 {but lately Black has experienced problems in this line -} 14. Bg5 Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee-A 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (25) }) (13... O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Bd2 Bf4 19. Rad1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf4 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky, S-Gouliev,N/FRA t-ch 2004 (46)}) 14. Be3 $146 (14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bg5 h5 $5 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. h3 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc4+ Qc7 20. Re1 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Kc7 22. Rad1 Rhe8 $11 {Timofeev,A-Ionov,S RUS t-ch Sochi 2004}) 14... Bd7 (14... O-O 15. Rad1 Rb8 {[%CAl Gb7b5]}) 15. Rad1 h5 $5 {[%CAl Gf6g4] Sharp and interesting move!} (15... O-O $5) 16. Qe2 (16. Qh3 Ng4 17. f4 Bf6 18. Bg1 O-O-O $132 {[%CAl Gg7g5]}) 16... Bxh2 {Beginning of big complications.} 17. g3 (17. Nf5 Kf8 $1) (17. f4 Ng4) 17... e5 ({Worse considering} 17... Ng4 18. Bf4 e5) 18. Kxh2 (18. Bg5 h4 19. Kxh2 hxg3+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O $36) 18... h4 19. Kg1 (19. Kg2 O-O-O 20. Qc4 (20. Nf3 Bg4 {[%CAl Ge5e4]}) 20... Qxc4 21. Bxc4 h3+ 22. Kh1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6+ 24. f3 Ng4 $5 $15) 19... O-O-O 20. Nf3 (20. Qc4 $5) 20... hxg3 21. fxg3 $6 {White either underestimated the danger, or didn't see a decent alternative.} ({I think that Lstin could get nice game after} 21. Qc4 $5 {for example} Bc6 (21... gxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Bc6 23. Rxd8+) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. fxg3 (23. Kg2 $5) 23... e4 24. Nh4 Qxg3+ 25. Ng2 Nd5 26. Qc5 $1) 21... e4 22. Bf4 ( 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 exf3 $36) 22... exf3 23. Qf2 (23. Qxf3 Qc5+ 24. Be3 Qe7 $36) 23... Qc6 $1 {[%CAl Gf6g4]} 24. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 2112] White slips up in a difficult position.} (24. Qxf3 $142 Ng4 $5) 24... Ng4 $1 25. Rxc6+ Bxc6 26. Bxf7 (26. Qb6 f2+ $1 27. Rxf2 Rh1#) ({There wasn't a rescue in} 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rd1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kd7 $19) 26... Nxf2 {After the storm Black had decisive material advantage.} 27. Be6+ Bd7 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. Kxf2 ( 29. Rxf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rh1+ $1) 29... Rh2+ 30. Kxf3 Rxc2 31. Re1 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Men) 39th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.10.01"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Sedlak, Nikola"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2711"] [Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Serbia"] [BlackTeam "Poland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] {It was very important for my team to win this match with Serbia in order to keep some medal chances, so we all were in fighting mood.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 {My opponent's opening choice surprised me a bit, but I assume he just wanted to avoid an opening battle in more popluar lines. The only thing I remembered, was that I'd already played one game in this line with Black, but it was long before. After the game I checked this line and realised, it has been played by some good players, including even Carlsen, Morozevich and Navara.} Nc6 5. d4 e6 $5 (5... Nf6 {was the move I had chosen in my previous game, but I didn't like the position after} 6. Bb5 Bd7 (6... Qb6 $2 7. c4 $1 $36) 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 e6 {It's not that Black is worse, but the position is quite simple to play and during the game I decided to complicate things a bit.}) 6. c3 Bd6 (6... Nxe5 $5 {was played in Carlsen-Dreev in blitz and Black had a decent position after} 7. dxe5 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Be7 $13) 7. f4 Nge7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. Qh5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 {and c5 will be the next move with a comfortable position for Black.}) 10... Nf5 11. Nxc6 (11. g4 fxe5 12. fxe5 (12. gxf5 $4 {doesn't work simply because of} e4 $1 $19) 12... Nxe5 $1 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g6 15. Qh3 Nh4 {and Black is much better.}) 11... bxc6 12. Nd2 (12. Bxf5 $2 exf5 {would be strategically wrong for White, because his white squares are too weak.}) 12... g6 13. Qe2 (13. Qh3 e5 $1 14. fxe5 fxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 $15) 13... Qc7 14. g4 $5 Ng7 15. Nb3 ({ Ideally White would like to play} 15. Nf3 {but this doesn't work because of} Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. Nxc6 Bd7 $15) 15... Bd7 {I decided I should prepare e5 as fast as possible. In general Black should open the position and then White's king can be in danger.} 16. Bd2 (16. c4 $6 {I spent a lot of time calculating this move, as I was afraid that White would play c5 and Black might have some problems, but finally realised that I have the strong reply} e5 $1 17. c5 Be7 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ (19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxg4 $17) 19... Rxf8 20. dxe5 a5 $1 21. a4 Ne6 $17) 16... Rae8 17. Rae1 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $15 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22. Rf1 $2 {White tries to solve all his problems using tactics, but this doesn't work.} ({ During the game I calculated that White could play something like} 22. h3 Ne6 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Qe2 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 {and Black is only slightly better.}) 22... Bxh2+ $1 23. Kg2 Bc8 $1 24. Nd4 ({We both missed} 24. c4 $5 {and now Black has to find some really difficult moves:} Ne6 $1 (24... Bd6 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Nd4 $1 $44 {and apparently White has good compensation, for example} Qb7 27. Ba6 $1 Qxa6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bh6 Rg8 30. Re1 Bf8 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7 (31... Bxg7 $4 32. Re8 $18) 32. Qxf8+ Rg8 33. Qf4 $14) 25. Ba5 (25. Bh6 Bd6 26. cxd5 cxd5 $17) 25... Qf4 $1 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qh3 Bb7 $3 28. Rxf4 (28. Nc5 Qe5 $1 29. Nxb7 Nf4+ 30. Rxf4 Bxf4 $17) (28. Qxh2 d4+ 29. Kg1 Qxg4+ 30. Kf2 Nf4 $19) 28... Nxf4+ 29. Kxh2 Nxh3 30. Kxh3 Re3+ 31. Kh4 Rxd3 32. Nc5 Rd4 33. Nxb7 h5 {and Black has great winning chances.}) 24... Bd6 25. Nxc6 $4 {I'm not sure, what my opponent missed here. We were already in time-trouble, so maybe that's why he wanted to complicate matters.} (25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4 c5 $17) 25... Qxc6 26. Qf7+ (26. Bxg6 Rf8 $1 (26... hxg6 $4 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Rh1+ Nh5 29. Rxh5+ gxh5 30. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 31. Qg6+ $11) 27. Bf7+ Kh8 $19) 26... Kh8 27. Bh6 Rg8 $1 $19 28. Re1 Bf8 29. Rf1 d4+ 30. Kh3 Bxg4+ $1 31. Kxg4 Qg2+ 32. Kh4 Nf5+ (32... Nf5+ 33. Rxf5 (33. Bxf5 g5+ 34. Kh5 Qe2+ $1 35. Bg4 Qh2+ 36. Bh3 Qxh3#) 33... Qh2+ 34. Kg4 gxf5+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2005.02.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2005.02.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Nh4 h5 15. b4 Qxb4 16. Bd2 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. f4 Bg3 19. Nf5 Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd3+ 23. Be3 Nxf4 24. Qf3 Qxd5 25. Qxg3 Nxf5 26. Bxf4+ Kf8 27. Qa3+ d6 28. Rad1 Qc6 29. Re2 Be6 30. Bxd6+ Kg8 31. Be5 Rh6 32. Red2 Rg6 33. g3 Kh7 34. Rd8 Qb6+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E99"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. Rc1 Ng8 13. Qd2 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. Nb5 g4 16. fxg4 Ndf6 17. Bf3 a6 18. Nc3 Nxg4 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. Kh1 N8f6 21. Bg1 Nh5 22. Ne2 Rf6 23. c5 Rh6 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc7 Ng3+ 26. Nxg3 Nxh2 27. Bxh2 Qxg3 28. Kg1 Qxh2+ 29. Kf2 Bg4 30. Ne1 Qg3+ 31. Ke2 Rh2 32. Kd3 Bf6 33. Kc2 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Qg6 35. Qe2 Bh4 36. Rh3 f3 0-1 [Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "2014.10.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.10.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Be2 Kg7 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Bxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. f3 Kg7 22. a4 e4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. b3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxd5 28. Bc4 Rd2 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Bxh2 33. Re7 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Bg1 35. Re1 Bd4 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Re7 Kf6 38. Rb7 Re1 39. Bc4 Re3+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kh4 Re4+ 42. Kh3 Kg5 43. Rxf7 Be5 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.28"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Moiseenko, Alexander"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Rad1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Bg5 17. Ba6 Bf4 18. Bxc8 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Nf4 20. Bxd7 Qh4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2012.06.29"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2012.04.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Beijing AIGO"] [BlackTeam "Wuxi"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Na4 h5 7. g5 g6 8. Bd3 b6 9. c3 e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qb3 Nc8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nc8 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Ne2 Bc8 16. Nf4 Bg7 17. Rg1 Ra7 18. Rg3 Qc7 19. O-O-O a5 20. b3 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Kb1 Na6 23. Qe2 Be6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxc4 Kf7 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. d5 c5 29. f4 exd5 30. Rxd5 Qe6 31. Bd2 Bf8 32. Bxa5 Be7 33. Rgd3 Nb4 34. Bxb4 cxb4 35. Qb5 Qa6 36. Qxa6 Rxa6 37. Rd7 Rc8 38. Rb7 Rac6 39. Rd2 R8c7 40. Rb8 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Rc8 42. Rb7 R8c7 43. Rb6 R1c6 44. Rb8 Bc5 45. Rbd8 Be3 46. R2d7+ Rxd7 47. Rxd7+ Ke8 48. Rd5 Bc1+ 49. Kb1 Bxf4 50. Rd4 Bxh2 51. Rxb4 f4 0-1 [Event "EU-ch rapid"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2012.12.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Tazbir, Marcin"] [Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2012.12.15"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. f5 h5 15. Nd5 Bh6 16. Qd3 h4 17. Be2 Bg5 18. Rhf1 a5 19. Qc3 b5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. c3 Rc8 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd5 Kc6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa5 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Kc2 Be3 30. Ra1 Rg8 31. Bf1 Rg4 32. Kd3 Bf4 33. Rxa4 Bxh2 34. Ra7 Rf4 35. Be2 Rf2 36. Rxe7 Be5 37. Rxf7 Rxg2 38. Rh7 Rg3+ 39. Kc4 Re3 40. Bf1 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 d5 42. Bg2 Rg4 43. Bf3 Rg3 44. Ke2 h3 45. c4 Bxb2 46. Bxd5+ Kd6 47. Rh8 Be5 48. Rh7 Ra3 49. Kf2 h2 50. Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rg5 52. Be6 Kc5 53. Ke2 Kd4 54. Rh4+ Kc3 55. c5 Rg4 56. Rxg4 h1=Q 57. Rc4+ Kb2 58. c6 Qg2+ 59. Ke3 Bc7 60. Rb4+ Ka3 61. Rc4 Bb6+ 62. Kd3 Qf3+ 63. Kd2 Ba5+ 64. Kc2 Qe2+ 0-1 [Event "Tromsoe ol (Men) 41st"] [Site "Tromsoe"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Khatanbaatar, Bazar"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2708"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mongolia"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. f3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Be3 Bxh2 9. Ne2 Bg3+ 10. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 11. Bf2 Qe5 12. c3 d5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. fxe4 O-O 15. O-O-O Qf4+ 16. Be3 Qxe4 17. Qf2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Bf4 Rfe8 21. Rhe1 Nd6 22. g3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 h6 24. Nc5 Qg6 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. b3 Qf6 27. Kb2 Kh7 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxb7 Re6 31. Qf1 Qxf1 32. Rxf1 Re2+ 33. Ka3 Ne5 34. Nd8 Kg6 35. Rf4 Re3 36. Ra4 Rxg3 37. Rxa7 Rxc3 38. Kb2 Rd3 39. Nb7 h5 40. Nc5 Rd5 41. b4 h4 42. Rxc7 h3 43. Rc8 h2 44. Rh8 Nc4+ 0-1 [Event "Thailand op 11th"] [Site "Pattaya"] [Date "2011.04.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Hopman, Pieter"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2011.04.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "THA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. f4 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd2 Be6 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Ba5 b6 12. Be1 d5 13. b3 O-O 14. Nf2 Bf7 15. Kh1 c5 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. g4 cxd4 18. gxf5 Nxf4 19. exd4 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Bh5 21. Qc2 Bf3+ 22. Kg1 Bd6 23. Bd2 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Ng4+ 25. Kh3 Rxf5 26. Nxg4 Rh5+ 0-1 [Event "American Continental 9th"] [Site "Cochabamba"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Principe, Alexander"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BOL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Bf2 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. Rf1 f6 17. O-O-O h5 18. Rd3 h4 19. Nd1 Bb6 20. Ne3 h3 21. g3 g6 22. Kd2 Rb8 23. b3 Rf8 24. Ke2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Re1 Bd7 27. c3 Rbd8 28. Kd1 Bc8 29. Kc2 Kf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bf1 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Nc4 Bf5+ 34. Kc1 Bf2 35. Re2 Bg1 36. a4 f3 37. Re5 Bxh2 0-1 [Event "ch-RUS Blitz 2018"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2018.10.07"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Artemiev, V.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2018.10.07"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1248"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.10.08"] [SourceVersion "4"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rb1 Nc6 7. h3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne2 Qb5 13. Qd1 Qa4 14. a3 O-O 15. c3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd7 17. Nc1 b5 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. Re1 a5 20. Rbc1 Nb6 21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Bf4 Nd6 24. Nc5 Nf5 25. Nd3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nh4 28. Kf1 g5 29. Bg3 Nf3 30. Red1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Bxh4 gxh4 33. f4 Rc4 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Kh3 Rac8 36. Nd3 Rc4 37. Ne5 Ra4 38. g5 Bd6 39. Kxh4 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kg4 bxc3 42. Rxc3 Rb8 43. Rc2 Rab4 44. Rdd2 Ra8 45. Nf3 Rb6 46. Rh2 Rab8 47. f5 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Bxh2 49. Rxh2 Rxb2 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 51. Ke5 Rf2 52. Nh4 Rh2 53. Nf3 Rh3 54. Kf4 Kf8 55. Ne5 Rh4+ 56. Ng4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kd6 58. Nh6 Ke7 59. Ng4 Kd7 60. Nf6+ Kd6 61. Ng4 Rh1 62. Ne5 Rf1+ 63. Kg4 Ke6 0-1 [Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"] [Site "Hoogeveen"] [Date "2013.10.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2706"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 ({Zur Botwininnikvariante führt} 5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5) 6. Bh4 ({Die Moskauer Variante entsteht nach} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Schwarz hat dort wenig Sorgen.}) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Im Unterschied zur Botwinnikvariante hat Schwarz einen Bauern mehr.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({Die Alternative ist} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 O-O 16. bxc4 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Qxh4 {1-0 (59) Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 $5 ({Häufiger geschieht} 14... e5 { und nun:} 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2788)-Leko,P (2752) Moscow 2009}) 15. Nb1 ({Der Hauptfortsetzung ist hier} 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 {und nun spielte So kürzlich selbst mit Weiß:} 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe5 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Be2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rdc3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 a5 33. Re3 Bc6 34. f3 Kf8 35. Nf1 Rb8 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Re6 Bd5 39. Rxh6 Bxb3 40. Ng3 f4 41. Ne4 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Rd4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44. Rxc5 a4 45. Rxg5 Rbd8 46. Rf5+ Kg8 47. Rh4 R8d7 48. Rg4+ Rg7 49. Rgxf4 Rxf4 50. Rxf4 Rb7 51. Bc4+ Kg7 52. Rd4 Bc2 53. Rd2 Bb1 54. Bd3 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kd1 {1-0 (56) So,W (2684)-Andersen,M (2462) Reykjavik 2013}) 15... Nf6 (15... c5 $5 {kam auch in Betracht.}) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 ({In der einzigen Vorgängerpartie mit 15.Sb1 geschah} 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 (19... Rc8 $11) 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo 2011} ) 18... Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 (20. h3 a5 21. Be1 c3 {ist gut für Schwarz.} ) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Qb3 $2 ({Nach} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qd4 O-O 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. Bc3 {muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen.}) ({Richtig war} 22. Qe1 Rd4 23. Ba5 Qb8 24. Ra3 {mit komplizierter Stellung und gleichen Chancen.}) 22... Qf4 $15 {Der drohende Schwenk der schwarzen Dame auf die h-Linie ist sehr unangenehm. Zudem muss sich Weiß um den f2 kümmern.} 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. c6 $2 ({Richtig war sofort} 26. Rf1 {und nun:} Qg3 27. Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. cxd6 $15 {mit Remischancen.}) 26... Bxc6 27. Rf1 Qg3 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Bh5 (29. Bc3 O-O 30. Nb6 Bb7 $19) 29... Rd4 30. Bxf7+ Kd7 31. Bc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Rf4+ (33... Rf4+ 34. Ke2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8 $19) 0-1 [Event "Wch Candidates sf"] [Site "Elista"] [Date "2007.05.31"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2705"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.05.27"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 {Just as in the previous game, it might look like if Kamsky is going to embark in the continuation of a relatively topical theoretical dispute.} Ne4 $5 $146 {Instead, he produces a novelty! The idea of transposing from the closed Catalan to the Stonewall Dutch is not new, of course, but it never was carried out in this concrete position.} (10... Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 {is Topalov's recent experiment.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 Nxe5 $5 $146 ({ An improvement over} 19... Nf6 {as played in Kramnik - Topalov, WCh (m/9) Elista 2006 (1-0, 24).}) 20. dxe5 d4 21. Be3 dxe3 22. Qxe3 ({In the notes to the aforementioned game I gave} 22. Rxd8 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Bxd8 {as the main line after the sacrifice. Black's pair of bishops looks impressive, but White can obtain a centralized position with some hypothetical chances of retaining an advantage.}) 22... Bg5 $1 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Nd5) 23. Qc5 (23. f4 Bxf4 $1) 23... Be7 $1 {and after} 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc5 Be7 26. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2729) -Topalov,V (2783)/Wijk aan Zee 2007.}) 11. Nc3 $6 {This move has the significant drawback that it places the knight too far from the critical e5-square.} ({I would prefer} 11. Nbd2 {and if} f5 {then} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Nf3 $14 {followed by Ne1-d3. This would allow White keep a firm grip on the position.}) 11... f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 $1 {Immediately forcing White to clarify matters in the centre. If the white queen's knight had been placed on virtually any other reasonable square than c3, White could have maintained the tension with b3.} 14. Bxd6 $6 {The least appropriate reaction to Black's last move. After this new exchange of minor pieces, Black will enjoy high mobility between the opposite wings, despite his relative lack of space. Bacrot probably wanted to refrain from releasing the tension, but he will soon block the queenside position anyway.} ({The immediate} 14. c5 { is playable, but should not offer White an advantage.} Nf7 15. Na4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe8 ({Black should not prevent White from consolidating his centre by playing} 16... f4 $6 {himself, because he is not sufficiently well developed:} 17. Rd4 g5 18. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Ye5,Gg8]}) 17. f4 (17. Nb6 Ra6 {[%CAl Ye7d8]}) 17... Bd8 {followed by powerful kingside counterplay involving the advance of the g- and h-pawns (after thorough concentration of pieces on that wing).}) ( 14. cxd5 {looks to me like the most consistent continuation.} exd5 (14... cxd5 $6 {is hardly advisable because White's better development would offer him chances to take over the control of the only open file.}) 15. Na4 {Once again, the knight should be heading for d3.} Ne4 {. White has a choice between} 16. b3 {followed by Nb2-d3 and the immediate 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 with chances for both sides.}) 14... Bxd6 15. e3 Rb8 {With the white knight far away from the c6-square, Black feels like threatening to win space with ...b5, but I am not sure of the viability of such a plan.} ({I believe that} 15... Bd7 {would have been more constructive.}) 16. c5 $6 {This looks like a strategic surrender.} ({ It was still not too late to improve the position of the knight with} 16. Ne2 { . In case of} b5 $6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 {the weakness of the c5-square might have some relevance.}) 16... Bc7 17. f4 {White has blocked the position, but this does not necessarily mean that the knight is stronger than any of the enemy bishops. In fact, his own bishop is not too well placed, while Black has at his disposal the standard attacking plan on the kingside. Black is not worse.} Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 b5 $5 {This reaction to the queenside attack is known from the third game of the match Zukertort-Steinitz.} 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Na4 axb4 22. axb4 Rf7 23. Qc3 Rfb7 {Having concentrated big part of his forces on the queenside, Black intends to maintain things under control for a while on that side of the board.} 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ba6 Rg7 {This is a clear manifestation of the high mobility of pieces, mentioned in a previous comment.} 26. Rd2 h5 27. Rg2 Bc7 28. Nc5 Qf6 29. Bf1 Bd6 {Black's position looks promising, but White's next positional concession only makes things worse.} 30. fxg5 $6 Rxg5 31. Ra7 e5 32. dxe5 $6 {Another unnecessary release of the tension.} Bxe5 33. Qb3 h4 {White's position will soon fall apart.} 34. gxh4 Rxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qxh4 36. Nd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Qa3 Bg6 39. Bf3 f4 {For Bacrot - a sad way to end a match in which he had been far from his best form.} 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT 17th"] [Site "Dagomys"] [Date "2010.04.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2010.04.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 136"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Qe7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b5 Ng4 16. Rfd1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 f5 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Rd2 Kh8 22. Rad1 e5 23. Bd5 exf4 24. Bxb7 fxe3 25. Rd5 Nf4 26. Ne2 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Rff6 35. Rd3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qf2+ 37. Kh2 f4 38. Qe5 Kf8 39. Be6 Rh6+ 40. Bh3 Rxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Rh6+ 42. Kg4 Qxe2+ 0-1 [Event "ch-RUS Blitz 2018"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2018.10.07"] [Round "20.17"] [White "Linker, M.."] [Black "Tomashevsky, E.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2018.10.07"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1248"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.10.08"] [SourceVersion "4"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c5 15. Be3 Ke7 16. a3 Rhc8 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxd4 21. Be2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bf3 Ra4 25. Kg2 Rxc4 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bxb7 Rxf4 28. Bc8 Ne5 29. Rb1 Rf3 30. Ra1 Rc3 31. Ba6 Nc6 32. Be2 Nd4 33. Bd1 Nc2 34. Ra2 Nxa3 0-1 [Event "EU-ch rapid"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2011.12.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Olszewski, Michal"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2011.12.17"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 d4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. O-O Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qc7+ 17. g3 Rxe2 18. Qc1 Qa5 19. d5 Re5 20. Qf4 Rf5 21. Qd4 Bf3 22. g4 Nxg4+ 23. Kg3 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Mainz Ordix op"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2004.08.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Rotstein, Jefim"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2004.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 c5 10. d4 Be7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rd2 Bf8 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Na4 Qe6 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Bf5 Rc7 21. Rdc2 Ne5 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 d4 24. Qh3 h5 25. Re2 g6 26. Bd3 Ng4 27. exd4 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Rf1 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf2 31. Re1 Re7 32. Rd1 Rxg2 33. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35. Kxh2 Nxd1 36. dxc5 Nxb2 37. Nxb2 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"] [Site "Cap d'Agde"] [Date "2008.10.31"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2704"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.10.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2009"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Rd7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nh3 Ba6 15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 f6 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 fxe5 19. Kc2 Rc8 20. Kb3 Nf6 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng4 23. Be2 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Ne3 25. Be2 Nxg2 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bg4 Bxc4+ 28. Kxc4 Ne3+ 29. Kb5 Nxg4 30. Ka6 Ne3 31. Kxa7 Nc4 32. Ng5 Bxh2 33. Nxe6 h5 34. Bb4 h4 35. b3 h3 36. Ng5 Bb8+ 37. Kxb8 h2 38. bxc4 h1=Q 0-1 [Event "IND-ISR m"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "2012.04.04"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Baron, Tal"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2012.04.03"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Israel"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Ne5 g5 17. Qg4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Rg8 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nxc6 g4 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qd2 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Qd4 Qxc6 28. c4 e5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 e4 31. Rad1 Ke7 32. Re2 Kd7 33. Rd4 Bd6 34. a3 Rc7 35. Rd1 g3 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 g2+ 0-1 [Event "European Blitz 2018"] [Site "Skopje MKD"] [Date "2018.12.07"] [Round "20.4"] [White "Lagarde, Max"] [Black "Mamedov, Rau"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2616"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2018.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1257"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.12.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.12.10"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 O-O 14. a4 f5 15. O-O Rxa5 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. a5 Bd7 19. Bb4 b6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. a6 e4 22. Ra3 f4 23. Bg4 f3 24. gxf3 Bxg4 25. fxg4 Bf6 26. Qe2 Be5 27. Qxe4 Rf4 28. Qe2 h5 29. Rg3 Rxa6 30. gxh5 Rh4 31. Rg2 Ra4 32. f4 Bxf4 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qf7 Be5 35. Nc7 Ra7 36. Qf8+ Qxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Ne6 Ra1+ 39. Rf1 Bxh2+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Be5 43. Ng5+ Kg8 44. Rb1 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Rf4+ 46. Ke3 Rxg2 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0001"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2001.03.31"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Hall, Jesper"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2000.10.14"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"] [BlackTeam "Luebeck"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Rac1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc6 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Rcd1 Rad8 17. Bc1 c4 18. Bxc4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 21. N3xh2 Rxd1 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Qc2 Rfd8 24. Bd4 R1xd4 25. cxd4 Qc7 26. Qc3 Qf4 27. Nf3 Nh4 28. N1d2 Nf5 29. Nb3 Rc8 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nbxd2 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Kg3 g5 35. Nb3 Rh1 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nc6 a5 38. Kf3 h5 39. g3 Rg1 40. Nd2 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Bf1 Nf7 43. Bd3 h3 44. Nf1 Rg2 45. b4 axb4 46. Nxb4 Ng5+ 47. Ke3 h2 48. Nxh2 Rxh2 49. d5 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Rh4 51. a3 e5 52. Nc6 Ne4 0-1 [Event "RUS-ch 66th"] [Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"] [Date "2013.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Shomoev, Anton"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2579"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2013.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Rb8 15. Rc1 dxc5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 17. Rc2 d3 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Nc1 Bxb2 20. Rxd3 Bd4 21. Qe2 c5 22. e5 Qc7 23. e6 c4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd2 c3 26. Rc2 Be5 27. Be4 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Be5 29. Nd3 Bf6 30. Rfc1 Kg8 31. g3 Qd6 32. Nf4 Rbc8 33. Kg2 Be5 34. Nd3 Bg7 35. Nf4 Qe5 36. Qf3 Qd6 37. Re1 Be5 38. Nd3 Rf8 39. Qe2 Bg7 40. Nf4 Nf5 41. Qg4 Rc5 42. Nd3 Ra5 43. Nf4 Rc5 44. Nd3 Nh6 45. Qe2 Rg5 46. Rd1 Nf5 47. Bxf5 Rgxf5 48. Nf4 Qc6+ 49. Kg1 Re8 50. Qd3 Rfe5 51. Kh2 Rb5 52. Rdc1 Rc5 53. Rb1 Bh6 54. Ng2 Bd2 55. Rb4 Rf8 56. f4 Rh5+ 57. Nh4 Qc5 58. Rd4 Bxf4 59. Rxc3 Rxh4+ 60. Kg2 Qg5 61. Qc4+ Kh8 62. Rf3 Rg4 63. Kf1 Rxg3 64. Rfxf4 Rg1+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+ 0-1 [Event "Titled Tuesday 7th Sept"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.09.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Savchenko, B.."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2021.09.07"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a4 h6 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Nfd2 b6 13. Ne4 Re6 14. c3 Bb7 15. a5 f5 16. Ned2 Nce7 17. Qb3 Kh7 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nfxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 Bxg3 21. Rxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Bf4 23. a6 Bc6 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bxc6 Qe2+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Ne3 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh2 Ng5 32. c4 Re6 33. Bg2 Qxf2 34. Nd5 Re2 35. Qg3 Nf3+ 36. Kh3 Ng5+ 37. Kh2 Qxd4 38. Qc7+ Kh8 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxa7+ Nf7 41. Qc7 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Brussels SWIFT"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zapata, Alonso"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1986.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxe8 Be6 18. Bh5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd5 20. Bf3 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 c6 22. a3 Kf7 23. Kg3 Rg8+ 24. Kf4 Rg5 25. Rh1 Rf5+ 26. Kg3 Kg7 27. Be4 Rg5+ 28. Kf4 h5 29. Re1 Kf7 30. g3 h4 31. gxh4 Rg4+ 32. Ke3 Rxh4 33. Rd1 Rh3+ 34. Kd4 Rb3 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Bd3 a5 37. Bb1 Bd5 38. Ba2 Rb5 39. Bb1 Kd6 40. Kc3 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rf3 42. Kd1 Ke5 43. Bd3 b5 44. Bf1 Rf4 45. Re2+ Kd6 46. Rd2 Kc5 47. Bd3 Rh4 48. Rc2+ Kd6 49. Rd2 Ke5 50. Re2+ Kd4 51. Rd2 Rh1+ 52. Kc2 Kc5 53. b3 Rh4 54. Kc3 Rd4 55. Rc2 b4+ 56. axb4+ axb4+ 57. Kd2+ Kd6 58. Ke3 Rh4 59. Rb2 Rh3+ 60. Kd2 Ke5 61. Bc2 f5 62. Bd1 f4 63. Kc1 Rh1 64. Kd2 Kd4 65. Ke2 f3+ 66. Kd2 Rf1 67. Kc1 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Lindores Abbey Tal Mem"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2021.11.08"] [Round "9.9"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Navara, D.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.11.08"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Nd5 Kf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Nb6 Qe8 14. Nxa8 Bxa8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Qb3+ d5 17. Nf3 Qxe4 18. O-O-O Qc4 19. Rhe1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nc6 21. Nd4 Kf7 22. f3 Bd6 23. Nf5 Bc7 24. Bc5 Rd8 25. Ne7 Bxh2 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Re6 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Rc8 30. b4 a5 31. Rde1 axb4 32. Bxb4 Bd7 33. Rb6 Bf5 34. Re2 d4 35. g4 Bd7 36. Bd6 Be3 37. Be5 Bc6 38. f4 Bf3 39. Re1 Be4 40. Re2 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 0-1 [Event "FIN-chT 1516"] [Site "Finland"] [Date "2015.11.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Novik, Maxim"] [Black "Kovalenko, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2015.09.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Jyvaskyla JyS"] [BlackTeam "Tampere Tammer"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"] [BlackTeamCountry "FIN"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. Nc4 Ne4 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qc6 17. b4 d5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Qc8 20. Na3 e5 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. f3 e4 23. Ra7 exf3 24. gxf3 Nh5 25. Re2 Bf8 26. Ne1 Bd6 27. Nd3 Bxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Qb8 29. Ra2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qg3+ 31. Rg2 Qxf3 32. Ne5 Rxe5 33. dxe5 d4 34. exd4 Nf4 35. Ra7 Bd5 36. Rh2 Qg3+ 37. Bg2 Rc8 38. Ra3 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1 Qxa3 40. Bxd5 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "ESP-ch final"] [Site "Ayamonte"] [Date "2002.10.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2002.10.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 092"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qg4 Qd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. N5a3 b5 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 Kf7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qf3 d5 16. Rd1 Kg7 17. Nc2 Bd6 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Ned5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Nd5 24. Ba5 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. b4 Rhf8 27. a3 Bb8 28. Rd2 Ba7 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rd7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. fxe3 Rc1 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Bxe3 36. Kd1 Ke7 37. Kc2 Kd6 38. Kb3 Bf4 39. Bb6 Bxh2 40. a4 bxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Bf4 42. Kb3 Kc6 43. Bc5 e3 44. Kc3 e4 45. Kc2 e2 46. Bf2 Kb5 47. Be1 Bd6 0-1 [Event "Pardubice op rap 24th"] [Site "Pardubice"] [Date "2013.07.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Westerberg, Jonathan"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2013.07.17"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. fxe5 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Qg3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Re1 Qc4 24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Bg1 Bxh2 26. b3 Qf4 27. g3 0-1 [Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "2014.08.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"] [Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2441"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.08.30"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qh4 h6 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. f4 Bc6 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Bb2 f6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qxh5 Bd7 27. Qf3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd2 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rc7 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1 Rf7 32. Ke1 Bxf4 33. Rxb7 Bxh2 34. Ra7 Bg3+ 35. Kd2 Bf4+ 36. Ke1 Bb5 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ne6 Bg3+ 39. Kd2 Bf2 40. Bd4 e3+ 41. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 0-1 [Event "Calvia ol (Men)"] [Site "Mallorca"] [Date "2004.10.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2004.10.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 (10... Ne5 {1-0 Shirov,A-Fressinet,L/Mallorca 2004/ CBM 104/[Lutz] (28)}) 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Nf5 {geschah in der Stammpartie von 9.Bd2. Weiß sollte dank des Läuferpaares leichten Vorteil haben:} Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Raxc8 15. e4 (15. g5 $5 $14) 15... Rfe8 16. f3 Rcd8 17. O-O-O Nfd7 18. h4 Nc5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Kc2 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rd2 Rxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Kf7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. f4 h6 28. f5 $6 ( 28. h5 $14) 28... Nf8 29. Nd1 Nbd7 30. Nf2 Ne5 31. Nh3 g5 32. fxg6+ Nfxg6 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Boudre,J/France 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 12... Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. f3 Bd7 15. Kb1 $14) 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Qh4 16. Qc4 Qf6 (16... Qxf2 17. Rdf1 Qg2 18. Rfg1 Qh3 19. e4 Nf4 $13) 17. Rhg1 Rad8 18. Kb1 Bxh2 19. Rg4 Rfe8 (19... Qe7 $5) 20. Qc2 $6 (20. e4 Nb6 21. Qc2 $36 Qe7 22. Bh6 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be5 24. f4 $40) 20... Qe7 21. e4 Nf6 22. Rh4 Nxe4 23. f6 (23. Rxh2 Rxd2) 23... Nxf6 24. Bd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26. Qc2 Qd6 $2 (26... Be5 $15) 27. f4 $2 (27. Rxh2 Qxh2 28. Bf4 $18) 27... Bg1 28. Rh1 Bd4 29. Rh3 c5 30. Be3 Qe6 31. f5 Qe5 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Rdh1 h6 34. Bc1 Qe4 $17 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. a4 Nd5 37. a5 Kf8 38. Rb3 b6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Ra3 Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Ne3 43. Rd6+ Kxf5 44. Rxb6 f6 45. Rb7 Kg6 46. Rh3 Ng4 47. b4 cxb4 48. Rxb4 f5 49. Ra3 Be5 50. Ra6+ Nf6 51. Rb7 h5 52. Raa7 Ng4 53. Ra6+ Bf6 54. Ba3 Re8 55. Be7 h4 56. Bxf6 Nxf6 57. Raa7 Nh5 58. Kc2 h3 59. Rb3 Re2+ 60. Kd1 h2 61. Rh3 Rg2 0-1 [Event "Balagna rapid op 14th"] [Site "Balagna"] [Date "2017.05.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Battaglini, Gabriel"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2696"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2017.05.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 Qf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qf5 Qxf5 18. Bxf5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. g3 Be7 21. b3 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Ne2 Bf3 24. Bd3 Bb4 25. Rc7 a5 26. Bc4 d3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Rd8 29. Nf4 g5 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Nxe2 Rd2 32. Kf1 Rxa2 33. Nd4 Rb2 34. g4 Bd6 35. Rc6 Bxh2 36. Rxh6 Be5 37. Nf3 Bc3 38. Nxg5 Rxb3 39. Ra6 Rb4 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Nxf7 a4 43. Nd6 Rxg4 44. Ke2 Bb2 45. Kd3 a3 46. Kc2 Rf4 47. Nc4 Rxc4+ 48. Kb3 Rc3+ 49. Ka2 Rf3 50. Ra6+ Rf6 51. Ra8 Rxf2 52. Ra6+ Rf6 53. Ra8 Kg7 54. Ra7+ Rf7 55. Ra6 Rb7 56. Rc6 Ra7 57. Rc4 Bf6 58. Rc6 Kf7 59. Rc4 Be7 60. Rg4 Rd7 61. Rg2 Rd3 62. Re2 Rf3 63. Rc2 Bd6 64. Re2 Kf6 65. Rd2 Be7 66. Re2 Bf8 67. Rd2 Kf5 68. Re2 Kf4 69. Rd2 Kg3 70. Rd7 Rf2+ 71. Ka1 Kg2 72. Kb1 Bc5 73. Rd5 Bb4 74. Rd3 Rf3 75. Rd2+ Bxd2 0-1 [Event "Elista FIDE GP"] [Site "Elista"] [Date "2008.12.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2008.12.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 128"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. f5 {It is not easy to punish Black for the provocative set up, since the natural move 9.Bf3 does not promise any advantage.} (9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. Nxf3 Ng4 12. Bd4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O-O Qe3+ 17. Rd2 {1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2592)-Georgiev,K (2661)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 11... dxe5 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O Qc6 16. Qxc6+ Rxc6 17. f5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rae1 Ke7 {1/2 Adams,M (2731) -Rowson,J (2547)/West Bromwich 2004 (28)}) 9... Ne5 10. fxe6 (10. a3 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Qg3 Rc8 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd4 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2505)-Shneider,A (2420)/ Lvov 1985 (72)}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O Bd7 $146 {[%mdl 4] Cheparinov is splendidly prepared in opening theory thanks to his cooperation with Topalov. No wonder he is the first to come up with a novelty.} (11... Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Qd7 14. Nxb4 Qb7 15. c3 Qxe4 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Ndc6 Nxc6 18. Bd3 Nxb4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. cxb4 Bb7 21. Qg4 Rf6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxe6+ Nf7 25. Qd7 Be4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Rxe4 {1-0 Makarichev,S (2495)-Anikaev,Y (2435)/ Rostov on Don 1976}) 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 {Both top players have understood, that it cannot be sound to take the e4-pawn. Black is lagging in development and the punishment would be severe.} (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Bf3 $1 d5 ( 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6+ Kf7 19. Rxa6 $16) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nc3 $16) 14. Nb3 (14. Nf3 Neg4 (14... Rb8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nc5 Rxb2 17. Qc1 Rb8 18. Rxa6 $16) 15. Bd4 e5 16. h3 exd4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxa4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxa4 Bxb2 22. Rxa6 $14) 14... Rb8 ( 14... Nxe4 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxa6 $16) (14... O-O 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxa6 Qb7 18. Rf4 Ng6 19. Ra7 $16) 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rxa6 Qc8 (16... Ra8 17. Rxd6 $5 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Nfg4 19. Bf4 $16) 17. Ra7 { The critical moment in the development of the game as White has won the pawn and would be delighted to improve the position even further. Probably the best was to courageously sacrifice the exchange for the second pawn with 17.Rxd6!? with splendid piece play and an unpleasant initiative.} (17. Rxd6 $5 Nfg4 18. Bf4 Rxb3 19. cxb3 Qc5+ 20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Bxg4 $16) 17... Rb4 $1 18. Rf4 (18. Bd3 $6 Nfg4 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qe2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd8 $17) (18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ra6 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Rb8 $11) 18... Qb8 (18... g5 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Bd4 Qf4 $11) 19. Ra1 {If White feels obliged to retreat the rook then his 17th move was obviously false. The better move should be the completion of his development with 19.Qd2!?} (19. Qd2 $5 g5 20. Rf1 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Nd4 d5 24. Bd3 Rh4 25. Bxg5 Rxd4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxd4 Qf6 29. Qe3 $14) 19... Ng6 (19... g5 20. Rf2 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $11) 20. Rf3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc5 $2 {Inarkiev was not ready to live with the fact that his opponent had managed to equalize. The move by the knight is risky, as the white pieces are lacking harmony.} (22. Ba7 Qd8 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Bf3 Ra4 $11) 22... dxc5 23. Qxd7 Nh4 $6 (23... Qxb2 $5 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Ra8 Qf6 $17) 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bc4 $2 {The small comedy of errors is finishing with the move representing unrealistic ambition from White. The best move 25.Ra3! was still able to hold the game level.} (25. Ra3 $1 Qxb2 26. Ra7 Qf6 27. Qd3 Rb4 28. Ra8 Rb1+ 29. Bf1 $11) 25... Rxe3 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Bd6 {This is a perfect picture of a broken dream; in return for the piece White "gained" only the enemy attack on his own position.} 28. Bd5 (28. Ra7 Nf5 $1 29. Bxf5 (29. Qxf5 Qxa7 $19) 29... Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 Qf4#) 28... Bxh2+ 29. Kf2 Re8 0-1 [Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.09.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Popov, Valerij"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2696"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2013.08.31"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qc4 exd4 16. Be4 Rd6 17. exd4 Qd7 18. Be3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc7 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Red1 Bxh2+ 24. Kg2 Be5 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Qc7 Bxb2 27. Rc2 g6 28. Qxb7 Bd4 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Qd7 Qg5+ 0-1 [Event "Skopje Solidarnost-06"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1976.03.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Jancev, Lazo"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E38"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1976.02.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Ne2 g6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. b4 d5 15. c5 e5 16. b5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. c6 Nh5 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Rg1 Qf6 21. Kg2 Rfe8 22. Kf1 Bxh2 23. Rg2 Bd6 24. a4 Rc7 25. Rd1 Rce7 26. Nxd4 Nf4 27. Nf5 Nxg2 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Kxg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qh4 31. Be4 dxe4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 7th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2013.06.10"] [Round "17"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.06.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Bd6 10. Qh3 c5 11. b3 Be5 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Rae1 O-O 16. Ne2 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd6 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Nd5 25. Ra4 g6 26. Kg1 Re8 27. a3 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Nc3 29. Rb4 Nxe2+ 30. Kh2 Rc5 31. g4 Bd5 32. f3 Rxc2 33. Rf2 Bxf3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "20"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5 Bh5 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nexc4 b5 11. Ne3 c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxc5 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Rc8 16. f3 Bd6 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxh2 19. Bd2 O-O 20. a4 Nh5 21. Rhc1 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bb4 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. g4 Nf4+ 27. Kf2 Ng6 28. Qd3 h6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Ne5 31. Rd1 Bf4 32. Ng2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 Bg3 34. Ne1 Rxb2 35. Bc3 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Nxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Rxf3 38. Bb2 Re3 39. Kg2 Bh4 0-1 [Event "WMSG Blitz Pair KO 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Aveskulov, Valeriy"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2008.10.08"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Nfd7 11. g5 Re8 12. f5 Ne5 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh4 Nb4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. a3 Nbc6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Rf2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc6 21. Rdf1 exf5 22. exf5 Bg7 23. f6 Bf8 24. Qf4 d5 25. Qh4 Nc4 26. Nd1 Nd6 27. Bd3 Ne4 28. Rf4 Bb5 29. R4f3 h5 30. gxh6 Kh7 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rac8 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Bxa3 36. Rd1 Bd6 37. Rf3 b4 38. Bd4 Rxc2 39. Rdf1 Bxh2+ 40. Kh1 Bd6 41. Rd3 Re4 0-1 [Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Lutz, Christopher"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. a4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Ra3 g5 14. Bg3 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bh2 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nc3 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Qxd4 23. Qb3+ Kh7 24. Qe3 c4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxe4 Bxb2 27. Rg3 Bd4 28. Nf6+ Kg6 29. h4 Rab8 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rg2 Bh3 32. Rg3 Bxe5 33. Rxh3 Bxh2+ 34. Rxh2 Rxf6 35. Re7 Rc6 36. Rhh7 c3 37. Rhg7+ Kf5 38. Rgf7+ Kg4 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Rxc7 Rbb6 41. f3+ Kh5 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Rhg7+ Kf6 44. Rgf7+ Ke5 45. Rfe7+ Kd4 46. Rcd7+ Rd6 47. Rc7 Rbc6 48. Re4+ Kd3 49. Rce7 c2 50. Re3+ Kc4 0-1 [Event "London Classic rapid op 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Kilpatrick, Callum"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2352"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.12.12"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qd4 Re8 15. Nc3 c6 16. Be3 Bb8 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. c6 Re4 22. Qb5 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qc7+ 24. Kg1 Bxc6 25. Qc5 Ra6 26. Rxd5 Nf4 27. Rg5 Ne6 28. Qf5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 h6 30. Qf5 Ra8 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qh5 Rg4 33. g3 Rg6 34. Nd4 Bb7 35. Nf5 Re8 36. Nh4 Rc6 37. Rd1 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Nf5 Qd5 40. Kf1 Re5 41. g4 Qd1# 0-1 [Event "World Blitz 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.29"] [Round "7.22"] [White "Nihal, Sarin"] [Black "Inarkiev, E.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2018.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1260"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.12.31"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nd3 Rc8 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Be5 Qc4 15. Na5 Qa6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rb3 Nd7 18. Qb1 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxb7 Bb6 21. Re7 Rfd8 22. Bd4 Bc7 23. Qa1 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. Rxa7 Qxc2 26. Kg1 Qg6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 h5 29. a4 Rb8 30. Bb2 h4 31. Kf1 h3 32. gxh3 Qe4 33. Qc3 Qb1+ 34. Bc1 Bb4 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Rb7 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Be1 38. Qf4 Bc3 39. Ba3 Qg6+ 40. Qg4 Qxg4+ 41. hxg4 Ra8 42. Rc7 Be5 43. Rb7 Rxa4 44. Bc5 Rxg4+ 45. Kf3 Rc4 46. Ba7 g5 47. Rd7 Kg7 48. Rd8 Kf6 49. Rg8 Kf5 50. Rf8 f6 51. Bb6 g4+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kd1 Ra2 54. Rg8 Rb2 55. Ba7 Ra2 56. Bb6 Bc3 57. Bc5 Rb2 58. Ba7 e5 59. Kc1 d4 60. exd4 exd4 61. Rd8 Rxf2 62. Kd1 g3 63. Rg8 g2 0-1 [Event "FIDE GP+"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2002.04.07"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2002.04.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 089"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 e4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Karpov continues the theoretical dispute in his pet-line.} (16... Ne6 {- Topalov-Karpov, Cannes NAO Masters 2002 CBM 88}) 17. Nd4 $5 {This idea is connected with a nice positional exchange sacrifice.} (17. Bxc8 exf3 18. Bf5 (18. b4 $6 Qxc8) 18... g6 19. Bb2 fxg2 20. Rfe1 (20. Rfd1 Be5 $1 $17) 20... Rh7 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Bf6 Qc6 $13 {and Black is OK.}) 17... Bxf5 (17... Be5 18. Bb2 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Kg8 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. g3 $16 {and although Black can get a lot of pawns for the B, White's active pieces will outweight them.}) 20. Kh1 $14) 18. Nxf5 Be5 19. Ba3 g6 ({accepting the exchange sacrifice} 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe5 {is answered by} 21. Rd1 $44 {and it is hard to make a connection between the rooks.}) 20. Ne3 ( 20. Rad1 $5 {is a very exciting positional piece sacrifice:} gxf5 21. Qxf5 Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 (22... Kf8 23. Rd5 {with double ->}) 23. Rd5 $1 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne6 25. Qh4 $1 (25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rg5+ Nxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh7 $11) 25... Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Rf5 $14) 26. Qxh2 $14 {and the K is better because of White's << P majority, and the better B and R.}) 20... Kg7 (20... Bxa1 21. Rxa1 $44) 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $14 {was still possible}) 21... Ne6 22. Nc4 Ng5 (22... Nf4 23. Qh4 $14) 23. Qe3 $2 {This is a serious blunder.} ({ There was nothing wrong with the simple} 23. Qh4 Bf6 24. Bd6 $14) 23... Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 $17 {and Black is a healthy P up with a better position.} 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Bb2 Qc6 27. Rd1 Rhd8 28. Qa5 b6 29. Rxd8 bxa5 0-1 [Event "Bangkok op 14th"] [Site "Bangkok"] [Date "2014.04.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2693"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2014.04.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "THA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.04.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 e4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Qe2 d5 9. c4 Ngf6 10. cxd5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nc3 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. O-O Re8 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nc4 Qd7 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Qc5 Rad8 23. Kh1 Nd3 24. Qxa7 Bxh2 25. Kxh2 Ra8 26. Qb6 Ra6 27. Qxa6 bxa6 28. d5 f5 29. f4 Rc8 30. Nc4 Qxd5 31. Nb6 Qb7 32. Nxc8 Qxc8 33. Be3 h6 34. Rc1 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Qd8 36. Kg3 Qa5 37. Rc2 Qe1+ 38. Bf2 Qd1 39. Rc3 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxf4+ 41. Bg3 Qg4 42. Be5 f4 0-1 [Event "Aeroflot Open A 2019"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2019.02.25"] [Round "7.11"] [White "Donchenko, Alexa"] [Black "Inarkiev, E.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2692"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.02.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1268"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.02.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.02.25"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Qxc5 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Qa3 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 d5 14. Nb5 Qc5 15. Nc7 Ne4 16. O-O Nxd2 17. Qxd2 dxc4 18. Qe1 Qh5 19. Nxa8 Qxh3 20. Nc7 Rd7 21. Ne8 Bd4 22. e3 Ne5 23. f3 Nd3 24. Qd2 Bb6 25. Qc3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rd4 27. Rb1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Qb2 Bxg3 30. bxc4 Bxh2 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rd2+ 33. Kh1 b6 0-1 [Event "Puhajarve rap op 13th"] [Site "Puhajarve"] [Date "2012.11.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Volodin, Aleksandr"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2692"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2012.11.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "31"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.12.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 c5 10. Bg5 Nbc6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Nd6 Qd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Re1 Nxe5 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 N7c6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. fxe5 gxh4 22. Bg4 Qe7 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qe4 Rd2 25. b4 Rfd8 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Bxc8 a5 28. bxa5 Qc5+ 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 bxa5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. e6 Bf6 33. Ba6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Kg7 35. Re4 Ra2 36. a4 Rb2 37. Bb5 Bg5 38. Rc4 Kf6 39. Bc6 Ke5 40. Bf3 Bf4 41. Rc5+ Kd4 42. Rxa5 Bxh2 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Rb4+ Ke3 45. Rb3+ Kd4 46. Rb4+ Kd3 47. Rb3+ Kd2 48. Bd5 Rxa4 49. Kf2 Bg3+ 50. Kf3 Rf4# 0-1 [Event "Catalunya-chT"] [Site "Catalunya"] [Date "2012.02.25"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2012.01.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2013"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Barcelona Uga"] [BlackTeam "Barbera"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Be3 h5 12. Na4 Nf6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Bd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nb4 18. f5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rc2 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qd1 Rc8 22. d4 Rf8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Rc2 27. Rc1 Rxb2 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7 Ke8 30. Rxb7 Rb1+ 31. Nc1 Nf6 32. Bg5 Nd5 33. Bh6 Nc3 34. Kf2 Nxe4+ 35. Kf3 d5 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Rg7 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 g5 39. Rg6 Kf7 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rb7 Bxh2 42. Bg7+ Kg6 43. Be5 Bg1+ 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Nb4 h4 46. Rg7+ Kf5 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48. Re7 Bf2 49. Rxe6 Re1+ 50. Kd3 Re3+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Kb3 Nd2+ 53. Kc2 Nc4+ 54. Kd3 Rd2+ 55. Kc3 Be1 56. Nc2 Re2+ 57. Kd3 Re4 58. Nxe1 Re3+ 59. Kc2 Rxe1 60. Kc3 Re2 61. Kb4 Rxa2 62. Kxb5 Rxg2 63. Kc5 Ne3 64. Bb8 Rc2+ 65. Kd6 Kf3 66. Rf6+ Ke4 67. Re6+ Kd3 68. Re8 g4 69. Ke5 g3 70. Rg8 g2 0-1 [Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2019.10.01"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"] [Black "Grandelius, N.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2415"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.09.25"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1301"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.10.14"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.21"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Bb5 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h3 h4 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 Kf7 14. Nf1 Bxh2+ 15. N1xh2 Ng6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf4 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Ng4 Neg6 20. Re3 Qd6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc2 a6 23. a4 Re7 24. a5 Qc7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Nd2 Qd6 27. Qb1 f5 28. Ne5+ Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxc3 30. Nf3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Nxh3+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Kg1 Rc7 34. Kh2 Rc4 35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. Qxf5+ Qf6 37. Qd7+ Kg6 0-1 [Event "Titled Tuesday 12th Oct"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Ozen, Bahadir"] [Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2369"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. d4 a6 2. e4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 cxd4 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Bxa4 Rc8 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Bb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 d6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Ra2 Nd7 24. Ne1 h6 25. Nd3 Rc4 26. f3 Nf6 27. Ra7 Nd5 28. Rxb7 Nxe3 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. g4 Nxd4 31. Rd7 Bxh2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7 f5 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Ne4 Rc2+ 36. Ke1 h5 37. b4 h4 38. b5 h3 39. Ng5+ Kg6 40. Nxh3 Bg3+ 41. Kf1 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Rxh3 45. b6 Rh2 46. b7 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Ra2 48. Nf2 Ra1+ 49. Nd1 Rxd1+ 0-1 [Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"] [Site "Hoogeveen"] [Date "2002.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Acs, Peter"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2002.10.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 092"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c5 (10... dxe5 {-another mainline.}) (10... f5 { -see commented game 1-0 Alavkin,A-Diu,V/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91_01 [Tsesarsky,I] (29)}) 11. c3 Nf5 12. exd6 (12. Bc2 Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nf4 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. e4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Nikolenko,O-Pinkas,K/Katowice 1995/EXT 2000 (59)}) (12. O-O Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nb4 dxe5 15. Qh5 f5 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Rxd8 Nxh5 18. Rd5 e4 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc4 Be6 21. Be2 $1 $16 (21. b3 a5 22. Rxa5 Bxa5 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1995/ CBM 46 ext (28)})) ({In couple of games played with} 12. Bb3 {so far White got an advantage:} dxe5 $5 {probably the best.} (12... Qh4 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. dxe3 Bc7 15. e4 dxe5 16. Nxc5 $16 {0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Norri,J/Helsinki 1996/EXT 98 (33) }) (12... Nxe3 13. dxe3 Qg5 (13... dxe5 14. e4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Nd6 16. Bd5 Be6 $132 {0-1 Koch,J-Stefansson,H/Bischwiller 1999/EXT 2001 (50)}) 14. O-O dxe5 15. e4 Qe7 16. Qh5 Nf6 (16... Bc7 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. f4 Nxh5 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 23. fxe5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7]} Be6 24. exd6 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. Rde1 $16) 17. Qxe5 (17. Bg5 $14) 17... Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Nc4 Be4 22. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rb6] 1/2-1/2 Kulish,I-Nikolin,Z/ Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (55)}) 13. Nxe5 Ned6 14. O-O Re8 15. N5c4 Bc7 16. d3 b5 17. Nd2 Bb7 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qf3 Rd7 23. a4 b4 24. Nc4 Red8 25. Rd1 $14) 18. Nd5 Bb8 19. Nf4 $44) 12... Qxd6 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. O-O Bc7 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2][%CAl Gc7h2] Black sacrificed P but got full compensation: How White will develop his queenside?} 15. g3 b5 {[%CAl Gc8b7] Strong novelty!} (15... Qc6 $143 $6 16. Nb4 $5 (16. Nxf5 $143 $6 Bxf5 17. Nb4 Qd7 $1 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Nc2 Rad8 20. d4 Rfe8 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nxb4 Ne4 23. Bd2 h5 24. f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 h4 26. g4 Bf4 27. Qb2 Qg6 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 a5 $17 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Nielsen,P/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 50 (41)}) 16... Nxe3 $5 (16... cxb4 17. Nxf5 Re8 18. cxb4 b5 19. d4 Bb7 20. f3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Bb3 Nd5 23. Ng4 $14) 17. Nxc6 Nxd1 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8 (19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. Re1 Rae8 $15 {[%csl Re7][%CAl Ge8e1]}) 19... Nxb2 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxb2 $14) 16. Nf4 ({ Interesting was} 16. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5]} Nxe3 $8 17. fxe3 Bh3 (17... Bg4 18. Qg2 Rad8 19. a4 a6 $44) 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Qf1 Rfe8 $44) 16... Nh4 $1 17. d4 (17. Nh5 Bb7 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1][%CAl Gh4f3]} 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Qc6 20. gxh4 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qxh2+ 22. Ke1 Qxh4+ 23. Rf2 Rfe8 (23... Bxf4 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Bg3 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rfe8+ 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Rad8 $13) 24. Bf5 { [%CAl Gd1g4]} h5 {preventing Qd1-g4} 25. Qe2 ({Wrong is} 25. Bd7 Re7 26. Bxb5 Bxf4 27. Qa4 Bf3 $19 {[%csl Re1][%CAl Gh4h1,Gf4g3]}) 25... Bxf4 $17 {[%CAl Gf4g3]}) 17... Bb7 18. d5 (18. f3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfe8 20. Nfg2 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 $44 ) 18... Rad8 19. a4 Qd7 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%CAl Gc7f4,Gd7h3]} 20. gxh4 $1 (20. Nh5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7][%CAl Gc2h7]} (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. f4 Qh3 $19) 21... Nf3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kg2 Ne1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf4+ $19 {[%csl Rd3,Rg2][%CAl Gf4d3]}) 22... Ng5 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%CAl Gb7h1]}) (20. axb5 Bxf4 21. c4 Qh3 $19) 20... Bxf4 21. Qf3 ({Approximately equal game after} 21. Nf5 Qc7 (21... Bxc1 22. Qxc1 Nxd5 23. axb5 g6 $132) 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd3 Bxd5 (23... b4 24. c4 g6 25. Qg3 Qxc4 26. Bd3 Qb3 27. Nh6+ Kg7 (27... Kh8 28. Qe5 $18) 28. Nf5+ $11) 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. axb5 Rd2 $132) 21... Qc7 22. Rd1 $2 $17 { [%csl Gd5][%CAl Gd1d5] White wishes to protect Pd5, but this plan is wrong.} ({ Much better was} 22. axb5 $1 {and White keeps equal game:} Bxh2+ (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Rxa7 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 $18) (22... Rxd5 $5 23. Ng4 Rg5 $5 (23... Bxc1 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Be4 Bxb2 26. Bxd5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Kh8 $132) 24. Bxf4 Qb6 25. hxg5 Bxf3 26. gxf6 Bxg4 27. fxg7 $132) 23. Kh1 c4 (23... Rxd5 24. Rxa7 Be5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxc7 $18) 24. Rxa7 Be5 25. Rd1 $132) 22... Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 a6 $1 {Simple and atrong.} 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng4 ({Or} 25. h5 Be5 26. h6 g6 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rf1] It is difficult for White to develop his queenside because the Pd5 is weak.}) 25... Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Bxd5 27. Bxh7+ $2 $19 {Decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to sacrifice exchange:} 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 (28... Kxh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qg5 $15) 29. Be4 Re5 30. Bg5 $17) 27... Kxh7 28. Rxd5 ({Or} 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rxd5 Qb7 $19) 28... Qc6 $1 {Stronger} ({than} 28... Rxd5 29. Qe4+ $17 {-see above.}) 29. Qh5+ (29. Rh5+ Kg8 30. f3 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 g6 $19) 29... Kg8 30. Rxd8 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxd8 0-1 [Event "Jakarta Indonesia op 2nd"] [Site "Jakarta"] [Date "2012.10.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Chatalbashev, Boris"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2012.10.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "INA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2013"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. b4 d3 12. e3 Nxb4 13. Nd4 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Rb1 Nxa2 16. Qxd3 Ng5 17. Ba3 a5 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nc6 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Ra2 23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. Kg2 bxc6 25. Nd7 Nd2 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxb4 Ke7 28. Rd4 Ba5 29. g4 g6 30. g5 Bc3 31. Rh4 Ke6 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Rb4 Kf5 34. Rb7 Ne4 35. Rxf7+ Ke6 36. Rf3 Nxg5 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rc8 Ne4 39. Kf3 Nxf2 40. Rf1 Nh3 41. Ke4 Bxh2 42. Rxc6 Rd2 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Kg4 Rg2+ 45. Kh4 h5 0-1 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2007.05.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Sasikiran,K"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2007.05.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Be7 $1 {In my opinion the text is the most accurate defence against the threat of Na4. Meines Erachtens ist der Text die genaueste Verteidigung gegen die Drohung Na4.} (12... Ke7 $6 13. Na4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Bf1 $14) (12... O-O 13. Na4 $14) 13. Ne2 $5 $146 {Opening the diagonal for the b2-bishop and relocating the knight to f4. In some variations White can sacrifice on e6 for good compensation. Öffnet die Diagonale für den b2-Läufer und überführt den Springer nach f4. In manchen Varianten kann Weiß für gute Kompensation auf e6 opfern.} (13. Nd4 $5 Rc8 ( 13... O-O $2 14. Nxe6 $16) 14. Be2 (14. f3 b5 15. Be2 Bc5 $1 16. Kf1 Ke7 17. e4 g5 $5 (17... Rhd8 18. Nb1 Bd6 {was safer.}) 18. Nb1 $5 $13 {1-0 Spassky,B (2560)-Fischer,R/S.Stefan/Beograd (m4) 1992}) 14... O-O 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rfd8 (16... Rc7 $6 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Nc6 Nd5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Rxd7 Ng6 22. Rb7 $14) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nc5 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke8 $11) 13... Rc8 (13... b5 $5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bb1 O-O 16. Ne5 {was interesting. However, I did not want to weaken my queenside without a specific reason. war interessant. Doch ich wollte meinen Damenflügel nicht ohne besonderen Grund schwächen.} (16. Ba3 $5 Rfd8 17. Ned4 Rac8 $13)) 14. Nf4 b5 (14... O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxc8 Bxc8 19. Ne5 {and Black is not able to avoid the exchange of rooks after which the two passed pawns in the centre might become dangerous. und Schwarz kann den Turmtausch nicht vermeiden, wonach die zwei Freibauern im Zentrum gefährlich werden könnten.} Bc5 20. Nc6 a5 21. Rd8 Rxd8 22. Nxd8 $14) 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nd4 Nc5 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5 $11 {followed by the transfer of the king to e8 and Black should equalise comfortably. nebst Überführung des Königs nach e8, und Schwarz sollte bequem ausgleichen.}) 17. Bf3 Nce4 18. Nd3 (18. g4 h6 $5 $13) 18... Bd6 $5 {Stopping Ne5. Otherwise the weakness on c6 might be a concern. Stoppt Ne5. Andernfalls könnte die Schwäche auf c6 eine Sorge werden.} (18... Rfd8 $5 19. Ne5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd6 21. Ndc6 Rc8 $5 $13) (18... Rxc1 $5 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nc6 Bd6 22. g3 $14) 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bb8 21. Rxc8 $6 {Exchanging the wrong rook. It was better to exchange on d8 because White can try to exploit the weakness of the c6-square. Tauscht den falschen Turm. Besser war das Schlagen auf d8, weil Weiß dann versuchen kann, die Schwäche des c6-Feldes auszunutzen.} (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Nf4 Rc8 (23... Kf8 $5 24. Nfd3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. g3 $14 {/=}) 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxe4 $14 {and White has a minimal edge due to the better placement of his pieces. und Weiß hat ein minimales Plus aufgrund der besseren Platzierung seiner Figuren.}) 21... Rxc8 22. Ng3 Bd5 $5 23. Nd3 (23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Nd7 Ba7 $1 $13) 23... a5 24. b4 $6 {The weakening of the c4 square was not necessary. Das Schwächen des Feldes c4 war nicht nötig.} (24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Nxg3 26. hxg3 $11) 24... a4 $5 25. a3 Nc3 $2 {Squandering the slight initiative and .... equalising easily! Verspielt die leichte Initiative und ....gleicht leicht aus!} ({Black failed to find Schwarz versäumte es,} 25... Nd6 {after which White will have to struggle for the draw. zu finden, wonach Weiß ums Remis kämpfen muss.} 26. Bxf6 (26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc1 Ne7 $1 $15) 26... Bxf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf6 28. Ne4 Nc4 29. Rc1 (29. Nxf6+ $6 Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Nf6 Nxa3 $17) 29... Kg7 $15) 26. Rc1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Bxg3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 $5 30. Bd4 (30. fxg3 Nxc3 31. Ne1 f5 32. Nc2 Kf7 $11) 30... Bd6 31. f4 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 h6 $5 34. e4 Nxf4 $5 (34... Ne7 $11) 35. Nxf4 e5 36. Ne2 $4 {An horrible blunder in time trouble. The knight will be no match for the bishop in the forthcoming ending because of the weakness on a3 and the outside passed h-pawn. Ein schrecklicher Bock in Zeitnot. In dem entstehenden Endspiel wird der Springer aufgrund der Schwäche auf a3 und des entfernten h-Freibauern dem Läufer nicht gewachsen sein.} (36. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 37. Nd5 Bd4 38. Nc7 Bb2 39. Nxb5 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Kc4 g6 43. Nc3 Bxa3 44. b5+ Kd6 45. Nxa4 f5 $11) (36. Be3 exf4 37. Bxf4 Be7 $1 {with a pleasant position to play on. mit angenehmer Stellung zum Weiterspielen.} (37... Bxf4 38. Kxf4 Ke6 39. Ke3 g5 40. f4 h5 41. h3 Kd6 42. e5+ Ke6 43. exf6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. f7 Kxf7 46. f5 Kf6 47. Kf4 g3 48. Kxg3 Kxf5 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke5 $11)) 36... exd4 37. Nxd4 Bxh2 38. Nxb5 Be5 39. Ke3 (39. Kg4 g5 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. Na7 Kd7 42. b5 Kc7 $19) 39... g5 40. Nd4 h5 $1 41. Nf5 h4 42. Ke2 Ke6 $5 43. Ne3 h3 44. Kf1 Bd4 $1 45. Kg1 (45. Nc4 g4 46. b5 Kd7 47. Na5 Kd6 $19 ) 45... Bxe3 46. fxe3 g4 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2017.08.19"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Peng, Xiongjian"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2423"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.04.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hebei"] [BlackTeam "Shenzhen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rb8 17. a5 Bf6 18. Bb6 Rxb6 19. axb6 Qxb6+ 20. Kh1 exf4 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Be5 23. Be2 a5 24. Ra3 Bd7 25. Qa2 a4 26. Bd1 Qa6 27. Re1 g6 28. Bxa4 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 Qd3 30. c4 f3 31. gxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Qg2 Qc3 33. Rf1 f5 34. Qa2 Qd3 35. Re1 Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Qc3 37. Qe2 f4 38. Rf1 f3 39. Qa2 Qd3 40. Qb1 Qe2 41. Ra2 Qxc4 42. Rd2 Qh4 43. Qc2 g5 44. Rdf2 g4 45. Qe4 Kh8 46. Ra2 Qh3 47. Rff2 g3 48. Rxf3 g2+ 49. Rxg2 Rxf3 50. Qb1 Rf8 51. Qd1 Bxh2 0-1 [Event "TCh-ESP Rapid 2021"] [Site "Ciudad Real ESP"] [Date "2021.10.09"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"] [Black "Korobov, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2439"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2021.10.09"] [EventType "rapid"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] [WhiteTeam "Solvay"] [BlackTeam "Silla - Bosch SerInsys"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. f5 exf5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. d3 Nge7 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Bb5 N7c6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Nge4 Qd8 15. Qg3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bf4 Rb8 19. b3 Rb4 20. a3 Rd4 21. Rae1 f5 22. Nxc5 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 g5 24. Ne6 Qf6 25. Qa4 Qxe6 26. d4 Rf7 27. Qa6 g4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rd1 e4 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 c5 32. g3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rfe1 Kf6 35. Rb1 h5 36. Rb8 h4 37. Reb1 e3 38. Re8 h3+ 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 f4 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Rf1 Rxf1 43. Kxf1 Kf6 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Rf8+ Bf6 46. Rc8 g3 47. Rxc5+ Kg4 48. Rb5 g2 49. Rb1 Be5 50. c5 Bxh2 51. c6 Bc7 52. Kxe3 h2 53. Rb4+ Kg3 54. Kd4 0-1 [Event "Porzellan Cup"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "25"] [White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qh4 c5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. Nd2 f6 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe2 Nf7 22. Be3 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Be5 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Rac1 e5 26. c5 b5 27. g3 Qc6 28. Kg1 e4 29. Ne1 Ne5 30. b4 a5 31. a4 Nd3 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Nxd3 exd3 35. Qf3 d2 36. Rc2 Rac8 37. Rd1 Qa3 38. Rcxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 Qxf3 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 9596"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Van der Sterren, Paul"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Shirov,A"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1995.10.14"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "GER-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Castrop Rauxel"] [BlackTeam "Empor Berlin"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 {Normally Paul doesn't mind playing 5.Bg5 but perhaps he didn't wish to enter the Botvinnik variation playing at nine A.M.} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {Switching from my usual 8...Bb7} 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Be4 {Nowadays} (14. Qe2 {is considered to be more critical.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 17. f3 Bc5 $5 {In some way this move is a novelty although it finally leads to the known thing. The other move order would be} ( 17... Ne5 18. Qe2 (18. Nb3 {doesn't seem promising in view of} Rd8 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. Be3 $6 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Bc1 f5 $15 {Levin,F-Yasinsky,V/Novgorod op (06) 1995 (31)}) 18... Bc5 19. Be3 {(Kamsky-Kramnik, Linares 1994)}) 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qb6 $5 {But now really a new and agressive try. The above-mentioned game went} (19... Rd8 {Shirov Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/Linares (13) 1994}) 20. Rfd1 {This allows Black to keep on risking.} (20. Nc2 Ke7 {would be just equal}) 20... Ra4 $5 {'Normal'} (20... Rd8 21. Nc2 Bxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Nc4 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $10 {looked too boring to me.}) 21. Nc2 {During the game I was slightly afraid of the pawn sacrifice-} (21. Rac1 $5 Nc4 (21... Rc4 $5 22. Rxc4 bxc4 {with equality may be a safer way}) 22. Bf2 Rxa2 23. Rc2 {but now it seems to me that after} Rg5 (23... e5 24. Kh1 {offers White an excellent compensation for the pawn}) 24. b4 $5 {( the idea I was afraid of)} Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxb4 26. Qxh7 Rd5 {Black has a good game.}) 21... Rh4 $5 {[#] Continuing with the same strategy.} 22. Qf2 $1 {I almost disregarded this move in my calculations thinking that it would lose the way it actually happened in the game. But in reality it is even stronger than} (22. Kh1 {which I thought was what White should do. But then Black has a nice rook sacrifice i.e.} Qb8 $1 ( 22... Nc4 {Shirov} 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. b3 Nd6 (24... Qc7 25. g3 Rxg3 (25... Qxg3 26. Rg1 Rxh2+ 27. Qxh2 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2 29. Qxg2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Qc5+ 31. Qf2 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 $18) 26. bxc4 Rxf3 (26... Rgh3 27. Rd2) 27. Rd4 $18) (24... Rg3 25. Qe1 Qg5 26. Qf2 Ne5 27. Nd4 $16) (24... Ne5 25. Rac1 Qc7 26. h3 $16) (24... Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd4 $16) 25. Qd2 Qe5 26. h3 $16 Qg3 $140 27. Ne3) 23. h3 (23. g3 $2 {loses to} Rxg3 24. Bxc5 Nxf3 25. Bd6 Nxh2 $1 $19 {and}) (23. Bxc5 Rxh2+ 24. Kg1 Rhxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Nxf3+ 26. Kf2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nh4+ {also seems in Black's favour}) 23... Bxe3 {(but not} (23... Qb7 24. Bxc5 Nxf3 25. Ne3 Rxh3+ 26. gxh3 Ng1+ 27. Qg2 Rxg2 28. Nxg2 Nxh3 29. Rd2 $18) 24. Nxe3 Rg3 $1 25. Nf1 ( 25. Qf2 Nxf3 26. Nf1 {is the same}) 25... Nxf3 26. Qf2 (26. Nxg3 $2 Qxg3 $17) 26... Rhxh3+ 27. gxh3 Rxh3+ (27... Rg1+ $2 28. Qxg1 Nxg1 29. Kxg1 Qb6+ 30. Kg2 Qb7+ 31. Kf2 Qb6+ 32. Ke1 $16) 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. Qd4 Qb7+ 30. Kf2 Qf3+ 31. Ke1 Kf8 $1 {maintaining very good attacking chances despite material losses}) 22... Qc7 $5 {Straight for the White king!} (22... Rc4 23. Kh1 $14 {would be a kind of resignation of the previous play.}) 23. Bxc5 $1 {This should yield White a little more than} (23. f4 {that would lead to a forced draw after} Rxh2 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxc5 Qh5 26. g3 Rh1+ 27. Kg2 Qh3+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ (28... Qg4+ 29. Ke3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxd1 31. Qg2 $10) 29. Ke2 (29. Ke3 $2 Qxc5+ 30. Nd4 Qe5+ 31. Kd2 Rg4 $1 $19) 29... Qxc2+ 30. Kf3 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 $10) 23... Nxf3+ 24. Kf1 $4 { Now Black succeeds in everything. Both players missed that after} (24. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Rf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Bf2 {Black can not take the knight with 27...Qc4+ 28.Kg1 Qxc2? because of 29.Rac1+-, so he should continue} Rg5 { with the idea} (27... Qc4+ $2 28. Kg1 Qxc2 $4 29. Rac1 Rxg2+ $8 30. Kxg2 Qxb2 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. Kf1 e5 33. Rc6 Kf8 34. Bh4 $18) 28. Ne3 Rh5 {and it is him who has to fight for a draw.}) 24... Nxh2+ 25. Ke1 (25. Kg1 {would be even worse in view of} Rf4 26. Rd8+ Kxd8 27. Bb6 Rxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Qxb6+ $19) 25... Rf4 26. Bd6 $6 {White was obliged to go for} (26. Rd8+ Kxd8 27. Bb6 Rxf2 28. Bxc7+ Kxc7 29. Kxf2 {although the endgame after} Ng4+ {is, of course, also lost.}) 26... Rxf2 27. Bxc7 Rgxg2 $1 28. Bxh2 (28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Bxh2 Kxd8 {would make no difference}) 28... Rxc2 {White resigned as he loses the house.} (28... Rxc2 29. Rac1 Rxh2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Rb1 Rh2 $19) 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2007.11.29"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Volkov, Sergey"] [Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2007.11.24"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bf3 Nd5 16. O-O c5 17. Ne4 Ba6 18. Re1 c4 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. e4 Qa5 22. bxc4 Qxa2 23. Qc2 b3 24. Qxb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxc4 26. Nc5 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 e5 28. Ree1 Bg5 29. Rcd1 Rfd8 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Nc5 Rdc7 32. Nd3 exd4 33. f4 Be7 34. Bxd4 Rd7 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Ne5 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 f6 38. Nd7 b5 39. Kf1 Rc4 40. Re1 b4 41. Re3 Rc7 42. Nb8 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. Na6 Bxf4 45. Rb3 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Rc3+ 47. Rxc3 bxc3 48. Nb4 Bxh2 49. g3 Bg1 50. Ke2 Bd4 51. Nc6 Be5 52. Nxe5 fxe5 53. Kd3 h5 54. Kxc3 Kf7 55. Kc4 Ke6 56. Kd3 g5 57. Ke3 Kd6 0-1 [Event "European Blitz 2019"] [Site "Tallinn EST"] [Date "2019.12.07"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Hjartarson, J.."] [Black "Sargissian, G.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.12.07"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.12.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. a4 Bf8 21. Ne4 a5 22. f3 b4 23. Kf2 h6 24. Bc4 Rab8 25. Re2 Be6 26. Ba6 Nc7 27. Bd3 c5 28. Be5 Rxd3 29. Bxc7 Ra8 30. Bf4 Bd5 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Nxd2 c4 33. Be3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rb8 35. Ra2 f5 36. Bd4 Kf7 37. f4 g5 38. Nf3 Bxf3 39. Kxf3 g4+ 40. Ke3 Bd6 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Ra1 Re8 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc2 Rb3 46. Re1 Ra3 47. Kb2 Rb3+ 48. Kc2 Rb8 49. Re2 h5 50. Re1 Rb7 51. Re8 Re7 52. Rxe7 Bxe7 53. Kd2 Bd8 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Bc5 Bf6 56. Kd2 Bd8 57. Ke2 h4 58. Bd4 h3 59. Bg7 Bb6 60. Bf6 Bg1 61. Kf1 Bxh2 62. Kf2 Kd3 63. Bd8 Kxc3 64. Bxa5+ Kb3 65. Be1 Kxa4 66. Ke2 Bg1 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Ne4 10. Nfxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. O-O Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Kg1 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Qe1 Nd6 20. Qa5 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Qc7 Rb7 23. Qg3 Bc4 24. c3 Re2 25. Rd4 h6 26. Kh2 Rbe7 27. b3 Ba6 28. Bd2 R7e5 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Rg4 Rh5+ 31. Kg1 Qb6+ 32. Rd4 Rf5 33. Qg4 Rf6 34. Qh5 Rg6 35. g4 Qc7 36. Qh4 Rf6 37. f4 Rfe6 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Re2 40. Bd2 Qb6 41. Kh1 Qe6 42. Qg3 Qe7 43. f5 f6 44. b4 Bc4 45. a4 Qe5 46. Qf4 Qe8 47. b5 Kh7 48. Kg1 Qe7 49. Qf3 Rxd2 0-1 [Event "Puhajarve rap op 16th"] [Site "Puhajarve"] [Date "2015.11.28"] [Round "26"] [White "Simson, Urmas"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2015.11.27"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "33"] [EventCountry "EST"] [EventCategory "1"] [SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Bg5 Bxh2 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd3 Qe5 21. Rh3 Qxd4 22. Qh5 h6 23. Rxf4 Nxf4 24. Qg4+ Ng6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Ne2 Qe5 27. Rh5 Qxh5+ 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1112"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2012.03.18"] [Round "13.7"] [White "Janssen, Ruud"] [Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2498"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2011.10.14"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 148"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.05.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nce4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 hxg5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7+ 17. Kg1 Rcd8 18. Rad1 g4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Rd5 21. Be1 Rfd8 22. Bg3 e5 23. Rff1 Qe7 24. Bh4 e4 25. Be2 Qe5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. b4 Bc8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rf4 f5 30. Qc1 Be6 31. a3 Kf8 32. Rf1 Qg3 33. Qc3 Ke7 34. Rf2 Rd8 35. Bf1 Rd1 36. Qc2 Re1 37. Re2 Bc4 38. Rxe1 Qxe1 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Vienna Clock sim U20"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "2011.06.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Nolz, Tom"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2188"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2011.06.04"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. f4 Nf6 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. Ne3 exf4 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5+ Ne5 17. Bxf4 Bg7 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. c3 Rab8 21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Kg2 Rc4 26. Be2 Rc7 27. Bf3 h5 28. Re2 h4 29. Rce1 Qf6 30. Bg4 Rc4 31. Rf2 Qe7 32. Be2 Rc7 33. Bf3 Rh8 34. g4 h3+ 35. Kh1 Re8 36. Rfe2 Qf6 37. Qd3 Rce7 38. Be4 Qh4 39. Qf3 Bf6 40. Rf1 Qg5 41. Rfe1 Be5 42. Rf1 Qh4 43. Ref2 Rf8 44. Bc2 Rc7 45. Re2 Qg5 46. Re4 Rcc8 47. Re2 Rc4 48. Re4 Rcc8 49. Re2 Rb8 50. Ref2 Rb7 51. Bd1 a5 52. Qd3 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. c4 Ra7 55. b3 Ra1 56. Be2 Ra2 57. Qxh3 Ra7 58. Bd1 Rh8 59. Qf3 f6 60. Re1 Ra1 61. Ref1 Ra5 62. Re1 Rh4 63. Rg2 Ra1 64. Rf1 Qh6 65. Qe2 Qc1 66. Qd2 Bxh2 67. Qxc1 Be5+ 68. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1 [Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"] [Site "Foros"] [Date "2008.06.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2008.06.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 125"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 e5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3 a6 17. Nh4 Rfb8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 e4 20. Qc2 Re8 21. fxe4 Qc8 22. Nf3 Qh3 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Rd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ng4 26. Bg1 g6 27. e5 Nxe5 28. Ne4 Ng4 29. Nh4 Rab8 30. Ng2 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 32. Bxh2 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxe4 34. b3 h5 35. Rc1 Bg7 36. Rc2 g5 37. Ne1 Re8 38. Kf1 Nc3 39. Rd2 g4 40. Ng2 Bh6 0-1 [Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2019"] [Site "Helsingor DEN"] [Date "2019.07.20"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Rolvaag, B.."] [Black "Korobov, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.07.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1289"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.07.22"] [SourceVersion "3"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.10"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. Bg2 h5 7. h3 h4 8. g4 e5 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nge7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. O-O Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 Qg5 15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. a3 Rd8 18. Nf3 Ke7 19. c3 dxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd7 21. Kf2 Rhd8 22. Rd1 Nce5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf4 c4 25. Bf1 g5 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Ke3 cxd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3+ 29. Rdxd3 Rxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Kxd3 Ke5 32. Ke3 b5 33. b3 a5 34. b4 a4 35. Kd3 Kf4 36. Kd4 Kg3 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT 19th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2012.04.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Skatchkov, Pavel"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2012.04.09"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 148"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.05.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Samara Region Zhiguli"] [BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxc3 9. Rb1 Qxc5 10. Rb3 Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nxa7 Nxa7 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Ra3 Qb5 18. Qb1 Qxe2 19. Re1 Qg4 20. Bxa7 Qd7 21. Qb6 d5 22. Bf1 e5 23. Qc5 Qe6 24. Qc7 e4 25. Bc5 Be5 26. Qe7 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 Rxa3 28. Bxa3 Rd8 29. Be7 Re8 30. Bc5 Be6 31. c4 Rc8 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Bb6 Ra8 34. Bg2 f5 35. g4 Rxa2 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rd1 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Bxa1 39. Bh3 Be6 40. f3 exf3 41. Kf2 Be5 42. Kxf3 Bxh2 43. Kf2 Bd7 0-1 [Event "Baku op"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2010.08.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Aleskerov, Faik"] [Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2289"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2010.08.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Qd4 Qxd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Bc3 e5 10. Bd3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. c3 Rhe8 17. Kf2 Nf4 18. a4 Nd3+ 19. Kf3 Rac8 20. Ra2 Rc6 21. Nh3 Rf6+ 22. Ke3 Rd6 23. Kf3 Rf6+ 24. Ke3 Ne1 25. Ke2 Bf4+ 26. Kf2 Bxh2+ 0-1 [Event "22nd European Teams"] [Site "Batumi GEO"] [Date "2019.10.31"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Navara, D.."] [Black "Ivanchuk, V.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2019.10.24"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1304"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"] [BlackTeam "Ukraine"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "UKR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 b6 16. b4 Ra7 17. Nf3 Rae7 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe4 Ng6 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. a3 g6 24. Bd3 Ne6 25. h4 Ng7 26. g3 Nh5 27. Be2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Kg2 Bc8 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qc2 Bb5 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rg1 Rc7 34. Nc3 Qc8 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Rh1 Rec8 38. Na2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 Ba4 41. Qe2 Qf6 42. Rf1 Bb5 43. Qg4 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 h5 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. d5 Be2 48. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "Llucmajor op 5th"] [Site "Llucmajor"] [Date "2016.05.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Pap, Misa"] [Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2016.05.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nbc6 8. Qc2 g6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 f6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nf1 Nd8 15. Bd2 Nf7 16. h4 Kg7 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. N1h2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Qc2 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 N5d6 22. Bf4 Ne4 23. Kg1 c6 24. Nd2 Ned6 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Qd3 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Nf3 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Nd2 f5 31. Re1 Re8 32. g3 Kf6 33. f3 exf3 34. Rxe8 Nxe8 35. Nxf3 f4 36. gxf4 Kf5 37. Kg2 Kxf4 38. Ng5 h5 39. Ne6+ Kg4 40. Nf8 Kf5 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. c4 Ne4 43. b3 g5 44. hxg5 Nxg5+ 45. Kg3 Ke4 46. Kh4 Nf3+ 47. Kxh5 Nxd4 48. Kg4 c5 49. Kg3 b6 50. Kf2 Kd3 51. Ng6 Kc3 52. Ke3 Kb2 53. Kd3 Nc6 54. Nf4 Nb4+ 55. Kd2 Nxa2 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0910"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2010.02.06"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2482"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2009.10.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Rd8 18. Bd5 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Kf8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. f3 Bd6 25. Kf2 g5 26. Kg3 Bf5 27. Be4 Bg6 28. Kg2 gxf4 29. Nf2 Bb8 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ra1 Kh6 32. Ra8 Bd6 33. Nd3 Bxe4 34. fxe4 f3 35. Kf2 Bxh2 36. Ra1 Rg7 37. Rh1 Rg2+ 38. Kxf3 Rg3+ 39. Ke2 Re3+ 40. Kd2 Rh3 41. Kc2 Rh5 42. Ra1 Rg5 43. Ra7 Rg7 44. b4 Kg6 45. c5 b5 46. Kd2 h5 47. Ke2 h4 48. Nf2 Bg3 49. Nh3 Be5 50. Ra8 Kh7 51. Rd8 Rg3 52. Nf2 h3 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 29th"] [Site "Rhodes"] [Date "2013.10.23"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2013.10.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"] [BlackTeam "Malachite"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Bxh2 18. g3 g5 19. Qc1 gxh4 20. Qxh6 Re5 21. Qf4 hxg3 22. Nf5 g2+ 23. Kxh2 gxf1=Q 24. Rxf1 Nf8 25. Nh6+ Kh7 26. Nf5 Ng4+ 27. Kg2 Ng6 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Qxg4 c5 30. Rh6 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Rd2 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qd6 34. Kf1 Rxd5 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rd2 37. Qc3+ Qd4 38. Qxd4+ cxd4 39. Be4 Nf4 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. f3 Rxb2 42. Rh4 Ne6 43. Bd5 d3 44. Ke1 Nc5 45. Rd4 a5 46. Kd1 b4 47. axb4 Rb1+ 48. Kd2 Rxb4 49. Rg4+ Rxg4 50. fxg4 a4 51. g5 Kg7 52. Bc4 Kg6 53. Ke3 Kg7 54. Kd2 Kf8 55. Ke3 Ke8 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Kc3 Kf8 58. Kd2 Kg7 59. Ke3 a3 60. Kd2 Na6 61. Kc3 Nb4 62. Bb3 a2 63. Kb2 d2 0-1 [Event "Rilton Cup 40th"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2010.12.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Tikkanen, Hans"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E52"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2010.12.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. f4 c5 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. a4 Nf8 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Bf2 Bb4 18. f5 Ng5 19. Qf4 h6 20. Bh4 Nfe4 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qg4 Qe6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qf3 f5 26. Qh3 Kg7 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rc7+ Re7 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Rc6 Bd6 31. Rxb6 Rh8 32. Qc3 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 34. Kf2 Qd5 35. Ne3 Qf7 36. Ke2 Rc7 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 Rb8 39. Nc4 Qb7 40. Qc5 Rc8 41. Rxf5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Qb3 0-1 [Event "World Rapid 2019"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2019.12.28"] [Round "12.40"] [White "Bluebaum, M.."] [Black "Shirov, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2019.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1312"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.30"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. a5 Qe7 11. Qc2 e4 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. Qxe4 Qh4 16. Qf4 Ndf6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Be6 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. a6 b5 21. Bd2 Nh5 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Bc2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Bg4 25. Re1 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxg3 27. Re1 f5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Ba3 Rf7 30. Rac1 Nd5 31. Bd3 b4 32. Bb2 Rd6 33. Rc4 Rh6 34. Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Kg1 Nd2 36. Rc2 Nxb3 37. e4 fxe4 38. Bxe4 Rd7 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 41. Bd3 Nd5 42. Bc4 Na5 43. Bxd5+ cxd5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rxa7 Kf5 47. Bc1 Rb6 48. Bd2 b3 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. a7 Ra6 51. Rf8 Rxa7 52. Bxa5 Rxa5 53. Rb8 Ra4 54. Rxb3 Rxd4 55. Rb6+ Kf5 56. Rb7 Rg4 57. Kf2 h5 58. Re7 g6 59. Kf3 Re4 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Rg7 Kf6 62. Rd7 Re5 63. Rd6+ Kf5 64. Rd8 h4 65. Rf8+ Kg5 66. Rd8 Rf5+ 0-1 [Event "CHN-chTB"] [Site "Harbin"] [Date "2016.07.11"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Gang, Taoga"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "2004"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2016.07.11"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Nemenggu Degejin"] [BlackTeam "Sichuan Airlines"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 d6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13. e5 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Ne4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 e5 19. Nd6 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 f6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Rd6 Bf5 23. Rad1 h5 24. b4 h4 25. a4 Rf7 26. a5 Be4 27. f3 Bc6 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Kh3 e4 30. Re1 g5 31. Kg4 Kg7 32. f4 e3 33. Rd4 Bxg2 34. Nc4 Kg6 35. f5+ Kh6 36. Rxe3 Rfe7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Nd6 Re3 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Nd6 Rg3+ 0-1 [Event "Karlsruhe Grenke op"] [Site "Karlsruhe"] [Date "2017.04.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Rietze, Clemens"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2313"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Ng3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. O-O Qh4 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. f3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Ne2 a5 26. Be1 Bf5 27. Rd1 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Nc4 29. Rb3 b5 30. Kf2 g5 31. Nc1 Bf4 32. Ne2 Bd6 33. Nc1 h5 34. Na2 a4 35. Rc3 Bxh2 36. g3 Re8 37. Rc1 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Kf1 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nc4 41. Kf1 h3 42. Nc3 Bf4 43. Ra1 h2 44. Kg2 Rg8+ 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT 16th"] [Site "Dagomys"] [Date "2009.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Rychagov, Andrey"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2009.04.04"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 130"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 $1 {The sign of modern times! White has invested three moves playing with the bishop, only to return with it to c1. Black sacrifices a pawn in order to grab the initiative since he is the party with more advanced development.} 11. Nxd4 (11. h3 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh6 13. g4 Nf7 14. Rg1 c6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. O-O-O a6 17. Kb1 b5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 {0-1 Kruppa,Y (2547)-Spasov,V (2589)/Eforie Nord 2008 (39)} Qd7 $11) 11... exd4 12. Nb5 { The first great crossroads for White. The relocation of the knight costs even more precious time.} (12. Qxd4 f5 13. Qd1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxg4 Qh4 15. Be2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxf2+ 17. Kd2 Bg4 18. c5 Rf5 19. Qe1 Rxd5+ 20. Kc2 Qxg2 21. Rg1 Qxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23. cxd6 Bd3+ {0-1 L'Ami,E (2603)-Nisipeanu,L (2675)/Budva 2009}) 14... Qe7 15. f3 Bf5 (15... Qe5 $1 16. Qb3 Re8 $11) 16. h3 Bxe4 17. hxg4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rxf3 19. Qc2 Re8 20. a4 Bd4 21. Kd1 Rf2 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Qd3 Qe5 24. Ra2 a5 25. b3 $16 {1-0 Luukkonen,T (2287)-Virtanen,A (2337)/Finland 2009 (38)}) 12... f5 13. O-O Ne5 {[%mdl 4] Any other ideas by Black are too forcing or nervous. The knight on e5 sits on a very good and active spot.} (13... Nxh2 14. Kxh2 fxe4 15. Nxd4 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Be5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Ke3 Bg4 23. Kd2 $16 {1-0 Ulko,J (2464)-Sokolov,D (2407)/Moscow 2005 (36)}) (13... Bd7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Nxd4 Rg8 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 19. Bxe5+ dxe5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qc3 Re8 22. Rae1 Re4 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Yevseev,D (2554)-Drugov,P (2277)/St Petersburg 2005 (41)}) (13... d3 14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. Qxd3 Be5 16. f4 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 a6 19. Nc3 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Bf4 Bd4+ {0-1 Tarasova,V (2257)-Balaian,A (2037)/ St Petersburg 2009 (27)} 22. Be3 Bg4 23. Qf2 $11) 14. Nxd4 {The main theme in the position was the struggle between Black's bishop pair and White's unharmonious pieces in spite which try to hold on to his extra pawn.} (14. exf5 d3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxf5 17. Qd1 (17. Qg3 Be5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qb3 a6 20. Na3 Qg7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Nc2 Bxb2 23. Ne3 Bc8 24. Bh6 Qxh6 25. Qxb2 Re4 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D (2538)-Khruschiov,A (2498)/Peterhof 2009 (47)}) (17. Qe2 a6 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Rac1 Rf7 21. b3 Rfe7 22. Qd2 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bd4 25. Nd1 Bxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Qd4 27. Rce1 $11 {1-0 Vidoniak,R (2414) -Stets,D (2422)/Lvov 2009 (44)}) 17... Qf6 (17... Qh4 18. Nxc7 Bg4 19. Qe1 Rac8 20. Ne6 Bf3 21. Bf4 Rxf4 22. Nxf4 Be5 23. g3 Qg4 24. h3 Qg5 25. Qe3 Rxc4 26. Qxf3 $18 {1-0 Kanter,E (2272)-Savina,A (2209)/Dimitrov 2007 (48)}) 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Be3 b6 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxc4 24. Qd3 Re4 25. b3 $11 {1-0 Andonovski,L (2300)-Jazadzievski,M (2246)/Struga 2008 (67)} ) 14... fxe4 15. Be3 (15. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 16. dxe6 c6 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. Be3 Rxe6 20. Qc2 $11) 15... Qh4 $1 16. Rc1 $2 {Rychagov does not suspect how critical his position has become. The only was to limit Black's attacking potential was the knight move to e6.} (16. h3 $2 Bxh3 $1 17. gxh3 Qxh3 $19) ( 16. Qd2 $2 Nf3+ $1 17. Bxf3 (17. gxf3 Be5 18. f4 (18. h3 Rf4 19. Rfd1 Bxh3 $19) 18... Rxf4 $19) 17... exf3 18. Nxf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Rfd1 (20. f4 $2 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 20... Bd7 (20... Bh3 21. Bg5 Qh5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. f4 Bd7 $13) 21. a4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Ke2 Bf6 $17) (16. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Rf5 18. h3 Re8 $11) 16... Ng4 (16... Bg4 $5 17. c5 (17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bxd4 21. exd4 e3 $17) 17... Bxe2 (17... Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 exf3 21. Rg1 fxe2 22. Rxg4 exd1=Q+ 23. Rxd1 $15) 18. Qxe2 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Rxf3 $15) 17. Bxg4 (17. h3 $2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxh3 $19) 17... Bxg4 18. Qd2 (18. f3 $2 Be5 19. g3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 exf3 22. Qd2 Bh3 $19) 18... Be5 {Black's attack is rolling naturally and White has his hands full avoiding the lines that are nearly losing.} 19. f4 (19. h3 Rf3 $1 (19... Bxh3 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Bg4 23. Rf4 g5 24. Bf2 Qh5 25. Rxg4 Qxg4 $17) 20. Nxf3 (20. gxf3 Bh2+ $1 21. Kh1 Qxh3 $19) 20... exf3 21. Bg5 Qh5 22. Rfe1 Bxh3 23. Re4 Bg4 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. d6 c6 26. d7 Bxd7 $17) 19... exf3 20. Nxf3 (20. gxf3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Rae8 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rae8 {The outcome of the early middlegame is very pleasing for Vachier Lagrave. White's position is full of weaknesses, material loss can not be averted.} 22. Rc2 (22. Qf2 Qxh2+ 23. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 24. Kf2 Be5 $17) (22. Rce1 Qxc4 $17) 22... Bxh2+ $1 23. Qxh2 (23. Kg2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf3 $19) 23... Qxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Rxe3 {In the rook endgame Black has all the chances with better pieces and a healthy extra pawn.} 25. Kg2 Rf5 26. Rff2 (26. c5 Rxd5 27. cxd6 c6 $19) 26... g5 27. Rcd2 Kg7 28. b4 Kf6 29. c5 Ke5 30. Rd1 (30. Rde2 Rfxf3 $1 31. Rxe3+ Rxe3 32. Rf7 Ra3 33. Rxc7 Rxa2+ 34. Kg3 dxc5 35. bxc5 Kxd5 36. Rxb7 h5 $19) (30. cxd6 Kxd6 31. Rd4 h5 32. a4 Rxd5 $19) 30... h5 31. Rdd2 (31. Rh1 h4 $19) 31... h4 32. Rd1 g4 $1 {The simplification of the position minimizes White's chances for complicating the technical part.} 33. fxg4 Rg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxg4 36. a3 Rg3 (36... Rg3 37. cxd6 cxd6 38. Rh1 Rxa3 39. Rxh4 Kxd5 $19) 0-1 [Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2017.03.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2017.03.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Re8 11. g4 Nf8 12. Rg1 Bxh2 13. Rg2 Bd6 14. g5 Bh3 15. Rg1 N6d7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rde1 b5 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 Bf5 20. f3 exf3 21. Qxf5 fxe2 22. e4 dxe4 23. Ndxe4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ne6 26. Nxe2 Ndf8 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. N4c3 Nxc5 29. Qc2 Na6 30. Qb3 Bd6 31. Rgf1 Nxb4 32. Rf3 Nd5 33. Rdf1 Re7 34. Kb1 Qe6 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Nc1 Nd7 37. Nd3 Nb6 38. Bc1 Nc4 39. Qa2 Qe4 40. Qf2 Rce8 41. Re1 Qg6 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Rf5 Ne3 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Qxe3 Qxf5 46. Qe8+ Bf8 47. Qxb5 Qxg5 48. Kc2 Qf5 49. Kc3 h5 50. Ne5 Qe6 51. Qb8 h4 52. Qd8 h3 53. Qh4 Be7 54. Qh5 Bd6 55. Ng4 h2 0-1 [Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2017.03.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Karthikeyan, Pandian"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.03.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c4 d4 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qg4 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 h5 13. Qxg7 Be5 14. Qg5 Bf6 15. Qc5 Nh6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Qa3 Be7 19. Qa4 f6 20. Rb1 c5 21. Qc2 Bc6 22. Nh4 Rg8 23. f5 Qc7 24. Bf4 Bd6 25. Qd2 e5 26. Bg3 Ne3 27. Rf3 Rg4 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Qxe3 O-O-O 30. Bc2 Bf8 31. Bf2 Qa5 32. Be1 Qxa2 33. Ng6 Qxc4 34. Bc3 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Ba5 Re8 38. Rc1 Bd6 39. Ra1 0-1 [Event "ch-GBR KO 2018"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2018.12.13"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Howell, D.."] [Black "Jones, G.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "207"] [EventDate "2018.12.11"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1258"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.12.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.12.17"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. g4 exd4 11. gxh5 dxe3 12. fxe3 Rxe3+ 13. Kf2 Bh6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Kg2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Bf5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bd3 21. Rg2 Re8 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Qc2 Qe3 24. Nf1 Qf3 25. Qf2 Qe4 26. Bxc7 Rh3+ 27. Kg1 Bg5 28. Rh2 Rxh2 29. Bxh2 Qxg4+ 30. Qg2 Qf5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Ng3 Qg4 33. Qe2 Qa4 34. b3 Qa5 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Rd3 d4 37. c4 Be3+ 38. Kg2 b5 39. Qe2 bxc4 40. bxc4 Qa4 41. Ne4 Rxc4 42. Rb3 Qc6 43. Qf3 f5 44. Nf2 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Rc2 46. Bg1 Rxa2 47. Nh3 g5 48. Bxe3 g4+ 49. Kg3 gxh3 50. Bxd4 h2 51. Rb1 a5 52. Rf1 Rd2 53. Bf2 a4 54. Kxh2 a3 55. Kg3 a2 56. Rc1 Rc2 57. Rd1 Rd2 58. Re1 Kf7 59. Kf3 Rb2 60. Ra1 Ke6 61. Bd4 Rd2 62. Ke3 Rh2 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Bg7 f4 65. Kc3 Ke4 66. Kb3 f3 67. Bb2 Re2 68. Rh1 f2 69. Rf1 Kf3 70. Kxa2 Kg2 71. Rxf2+ Kxf2 72. Kb3 Kf3 73. Bd4 Ke4 74. Kc4 Rc2+ 75. Bc3 Rc1 76. Kb4 Kd3 77. Be5 Ke4 78. Bg7 Kd5 79. Bf6 Rc4+ 80. Kb5 Rc5+ 81. Kb4 Rc6 82. Bg7 Rb6+ 83. Kc3 Rg6 84. Bh8 Ke4 85. Kc4 Rc6+ 86. Kb4 Kd5 87. Bg7 Rc4+ 88. Kb3 Rc7 89. Bf6 Kc5 90. Kc3 Rf7 91. Bh8 Rf3+ 92. Kd2 Kd5 93. Bg7 Rg3 94. Bf6 Ke4 95. Bh8 Rd3+ 96. Kc2 Ke3 97. Bf6 Ke2 98. Bg7 Rd7 99. Be5 Rd5 100. Bc3 Rc5 101. Kb3 Kd3 102. Bb4 Rb5 103. Ka4 Kc4 104. Ba3 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 22nd"] [Site "Fuegen"] [Date "2006.10.10"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Minasian, Artashes"] [Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B37"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2006.10.08"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 115"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Yerevan"] [BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Rf3 Ncb8 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nbd7 18. Ne3 a6 19. g4 h6 20. Bd2 e6 21. Qe1 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nc2 Nxg4 24. e5 Bxe5 25. Rh5 Bxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Nxh2 27. Kxh2 Ne5 28. Be2 Rxc4 29. Kg3 Qf6 30. Qg1 Rxc3+ 0-1 [Event "Dresden ol (Men) 38th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2008.11.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Palac, Mladen"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2583"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "106"] [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 "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Moldova"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "MDA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. a3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd5 17. Rc1 b5 18. Nf3 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Be6 20. Bd4 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxd4 22. Bxa8 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bxa3 24. Bb7 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd7 b4 27. Kf1 a5 28. Ra7 Rc5 29. Rb7 h5 30. Rd1 Bb2 31. Rdd7 Rf5 32. Ra7 Bc3 33. Rdb7 Kg7 34. f3 h4 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. Ra6 Bg1 37. g4 Re5+ 38. Kf1 Bxh2 39. Raa7 Kh6 40. Rxf7 Kg5 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Rab7 h3 44. Rh7 Bg3 45. Rxh3 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rxf3 47. Rb5+ Kxg4 48. Rh6 Ra3 49. Rxg6+ Kf3 50. Rf5+ Bf4 51. Kh1 Ra1+ 52. Rg1 Rxg1+ 53. Kxg1 a4 0-1 [Event "Edmonton 11th"] [Site "Edmonton"] [Date "2016.06.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Sambuev, Bator"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2016.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Nh2 Bxh2 14. Rxh2 Qxg5 15. h4 Qh6 16. Rg1 Ndf6 17. c5 e5 18. Qf5 Rfe8 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. hxg5 Nd7 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. b4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Nf8 25. Ne2 Bc8 26. f4 Bg4 27. fxe5 Ng6 28. d4 Ra4 29. Kc2 Rxb4 30. Ra1 Bf5+ 31. Kc1 h4 32. Ng1 Rc4+ 33. Kd1 b4 34. Ra6 b3 35. Ke1 h3 36. Rb6 Rc2 37. Rxc2 bxc2 38. Nxh3 Bxh3 39. Rxc6 Bf5 40. Rf6 Ne7 41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Ba3 Be4 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6 Nc6 45. Kc3 Kf7 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Bc1 Nd8 48. Ra6 Nc6 49. Bb2 Kf7 50. Ra1 Kg6 51. Rg1 Rb8 52. Rg4 Nb4 53. Ba3 Na2+ 54. Kd2 Rb3 55. Rxe4 dxe4 56. Kxc2 Rxa3 0-1 [Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2017.03.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Svane, Rasmus"] [Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "2017.03.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. dxe5 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd5+ Rf7 16. f4 c6 17. Qd4 g5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qe3 gxh4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Rf1+ Kg6 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Qxd6+ Rf6 25. Qd3 Bf8 26. Rxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 h3 29. Ne2 Kg5 30. Kg1 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Be3 32. Ke1 a5 33. a4 h4 34. b3 Kf6 35. Kd1 Bf2 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Kd3 Kb4 40. Kc2 Bg3 41. Ng1 Bxh2 42. Nxh3 Bg3 43. Ng5 Bf4 44. Nh3 Be3 45. Kb2 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kc3 Kc5 49. Kd3 Bh6 50. Kc3 Kb5 51. Nf2 Bf4 52. Nh3 Bg3 53. Ng5 Be1+ 54. Kc2 Kb4 55. Nh3 Bg3 56. Kb2 Bf4 57. Nf2 Be3 58. Nh3 Bh6 59. Nf2 Bf4 60. Nd3+ Kb5 61. Nf2 Be3 62. Nh3 Kb4 63. Kc2 Ka3 64. Kc3 Ka2 65. Kc2 Bh6 66. Nf2 Bf4 67. Nh3 Be3 68. Kc3 Bc1 69. Kc2 Be3 70. Kc3 Kb1 71. Kd3 Bh6 72. f4 exf4 73. e5 f3 74. e6 Bf8 75. Ke3 Kb2 76. Nf4 Kxb3 77. Ng6 Bc5+ 78. Kxf3 a4 79. Ne5 a3 80. Nd3 Be7 81. Ke2 Kc2 82. Ne1+ Kc3 0-1 [Event "Danzhou 1st"] [Site "Danzhou"] [Date "2010.06.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2547"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2010.06.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 137"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Be6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa7 Nxe5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Be3 Bb3 17. Nb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. axb5 e5 20. O-O exf4 21. Bf2 Bd6 22. b6 O-O 23. Qxa5 f3 24. b7 Qb8 25. Qb5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 fxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Be6 28. Ra8 Qf4 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Rh1 Bh3+ 31. Kxh3 Qxf2 32. b8=Q Bxb8 33. Qxb8 h5 34. Qg3 Qxb2 35. Qg2 Qe5 36. Rf1 Ne6 37. Qg3 Qxe4 38. Kh2 g5 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe8 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "Bled ol (Men)"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.10.29"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Macedonia"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bc2 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Bb3 a5 21. a3 Qe8 22. Ne3 exf4 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qf3 Be5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 Rg4 27. Rff2 Rcg8 28. Bd1 Rh4 29. Qd3 f3 30. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 31. Kf1 Bg3 32. Qxb5 Bd7 33. Qb6 Qe8 0-1 [Event "WchT 10th"] [Site "Tsaghkadzor"] [Date "2015.04.22"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2015.04.19"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "China"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qc1 $5 {A tricky move introduced by Anand in 2005.} (16. Bd3) ({and} 16. h3 {are the main moves.}) 16... Bf6 {This was the recommendation as an improvement from the Anand-Kramnik game. The B belongs here, controlling the e5-square and putting pressure on the d4-pawn in the event of c4.} (16... Na5 $2 {seems to be Black's main idea, but here White has} 17. c4 Qe4 $2 { Kramnik continued playing logically. He still threatens with ...Nb3 and also wants to play ...Qc2.} (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 $14 {is also better for White.}) 18. Bd1 $1 {A very strong move! Controlling the c2- and b3-squares.} Qd3 { Attacking the c4-pawn, but here comes the tactical point of Anand:} 19. Re3 $3 Qxc4 20. Re5 $3 {and Kramnik resigned as he loses a piece, 1-0 Anand-Kramnik, Sofia 2005.}) 17. Qb2 {This is the point! White lures the c6-knight to a5 in order to be able to occupy the e5-square.} Na5 (17... b6 $2 {drops the c7-P after} 18. Ba6 $1 $16) 18. Qb4 $146 {Novelty by Movsesian.} (18. Ne5 $5 { was played by Robson} Bxe5 (18... c5 $5) 19. Bxe5 Qb3 20. Qd2 Nc4 (20... Qe6 $5 ) 21. Qg5 $1 Nxe5 22. Qxf5 Nc4 23. Qc5 $1 Nd6 24. Bg4 $1 $14 {Robson-Volokitin, Tromso 2013, and White has a comfortable position.}) 18... Be7 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qd1 {Finally White's Q has gone back to the initial square, but Black's Bs are not so active. These are small nuances.} Bc6 21. Bf1 Qf5 22. Bg3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 ({The endgame with} 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bd6 {is equalising for Black without any problem.}) 23... Qd7 (23... Bd6 {was the alternative,} 24. Qa4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 {with some pressure on Black's position.}) 24. Re5 {Otherwise ...Bd6.} c5 ({The solid} 24... b6 $5 {was also possible, followed by ...Bd6.}) 25. dxc5 (25. Rb1 $1 {was more accurate} Nc6 (25... a6 26. c4 $1 $36) 26. Re4 (26. Rh5 $5) 26... cxd4 27. cxd4 Red8 28. d5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. a4 $44 {with compensation for the P.}) 25... Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {White has the bishop pair, but his pawn structure is really bad, so the evaluation is approximately equal.} 28. Bb5 Ra8 $5 {The R looks passive in the corner, but it will come back soon.} (28... Rc8 {could have been met by} 29. Bd7 {.}) 29. a4 Bb6 30. Rd7 a6 31. Be2 Rd8 32. Re7 {White is ambitious, but he should already exchange the Rs and play for a draw.} (32. Rxd8+ $142 Bxd8 33. Bd3 $11 {and it should be a drawish endgame.}) 32... Kf8 33. Re4 Rd7 34. Bf4 f6 35. Kf1 Bc5 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Bf1 {White regroups his pieces, but he can't activate his Bs.} g6 (37... Bd6 38. Bh3) 38. Re2 $6 (38. Be3 Rc7 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Kd2 { and obviously Black is slightly better, but White is solid, he can try to hold his position.}) 38... Bd6 39. Be3 $6 (39. Bxd6 Rxd6 {is similar to the 38.Be3 line.}) 39... Bxh2 $1 {Bu simply accepts the P, because White can't trap his B. } 40. f4 Nc4 41. Bc1 (41. Bh3 Rd3) 41... f5 42. Ra2 Rc7 43. Bd3 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({White should have played} 43. Ke2 $1 {and now he is threatening with Kf3-g2.} Nd6 44. Rc2 Ne4 45. c4 {and still this is not easy to save Black's B.}) 43... Nb6 $1 {The N is ready to go to d5 to save his h2-B, moreover the c3-P is also hanging.} 44. c4 Nd5 $1 {This is the point!} 45. Ba3 Nxf4 $19 {Black is 2 Ps up, his position is completely winning.} 46. Bf1 Ne6 47. Rd2 Be5 48. Bb4 Bd4 49. Kd1 h5 50. Kc2 h4 51. Bg2 Be5 52. Kb3 Kf6 53. Ba5 Rh7 54. Bb6 h3 55. Bh1 h2 56. a5 Rh3+ 57. Ka2 Rc3 58. Rd1 Rxc4 59. Bxb7 Nc5 60. Bd8+ Kg7 61. Bc6 Rc2+ 62. Ka3 Rc3+ 63. Ka2 Nd3 0-1 [Event "Staunton Memorial 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2007.08.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Houska, Jovanka"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2401"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2007.08.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 120"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 Nfd5 18. Bd4 Nxd3 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qb4 21. Qxd3 c5 22. c3 Qxb2 23. Rfb1 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 25. Kf3 Nxd3 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxe8 cxd4 28. Nc7 Ra7 29. Rb8 Kg8 30. Ne8 Ne5+ 31. Ke4 Nd7 32. Rc8 dxc3 33. Kd3 f5 34. Nd6 Nf6 35. Kxc3 g5 36. Rb1 Nd5+ 37. Kc4 Ne7 38. Rd8 Rc7+ 39. Kd3 Nc6 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Nxa5 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Kc3 Bc5 44. Rxa6 Nb7 45. Rc6 Kf6 46. Rc7 Nd6 47. Nxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxh7 Kg6 49. Rh3 Bf4 50. Kd4 Kg7 51. Kd3 g4 52. Rh5 Kg6 53. Rh8 Be5 54. Ra8 Bxh2 55. Ra6 Kf6 56. Ke3 Bb8 57. Ra8 Bc7 58. Ra6 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Sharjah Masters 1st"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2017.03.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Raahul, VS.."] [Black "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2306"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.03.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Bxd5 Qd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rc4 Re6 21. Rd1 Rh6 22. Rxd6 Rxh5 23. Rdxc6 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Bd7 25. R6c5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Bb5+ 27. Ke1 Bd6 28. Rg5 Bb4+ 29. Kd1 Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Rc8+ 31. Kd1 Be2+ 32. Kxe2 Rc2+ 0-1 [Event "EU-ch rapid"] [Site "Wroclaw"] [Date "2014.12.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Ziaziulkina, Nastassia"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2427"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.12.20"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 d6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Qf3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qg3 O-O 16. f5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Kh8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Qh3 Bc8 21. Re2 Qe8 22. Qg3 Bd7 23. Ref2 Qh5 24. Nce2 e5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ng4 27. Rf3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Nd4 Qg5 31. Nc6 Qxg3 32. Rxg3 Bf6 33. Rg4 e4 34. Rxe4 Bxb2 35. Re6 Ba3 36. Kf2 h6 37. Kf3 a5 38. Re2 a4 39. Rc2 d5 40. Ke3 Bd6 41. Kd4 a3 42. Ra2 Bxh2 43. Kxd5 Bf4 44. d4 Kg8 45. Ke6 Re8+ 46. Kd7 Re3 47. Ne7+ Kf7 48. Nd5 Rd3 49. Kc6 Bc1 50. Rf2+ Kg8 51. Kc5 Bb2 52. Nb4 Rxd4 53. Re2 Rxb4 54. Kxb4 a2 0-1 [Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2010.12.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"] [Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2010.12.17"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Nbc3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a4 Bb4 12. Nb5 a6 13. Na3 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nc2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. a5 Nd5 18. Ba4 h5 19. b4 Nc3 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qd2 h4 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Nd4 Qc3 24. Qa2 hxg3 25. Rac1 gxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Bxh2+ 0-1 [Event "Calvia ol (Men)"] [Site "Mallorca"] [Date "2004.10.29"] [Round "14"] [White "Karttunen, Mika"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2413"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2004.10.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Finland"] [BlackTeam "Spain"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bh2 Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qxd7 18. Rab1 a6 19. Kg1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Na4 Nd6 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Nd3 Nf5 24. Qd1 Kg7 25. a4 h5 26. Qf3 Rd6 27. Qf4 Rf6 28. Qg5 Nd6 29. Nf4 Kh7 0-1 [Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Modler, Andreas"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2007.08.18"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Qc2 g5 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Bf5 Rc6 24. Kb1 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bxh2 26. Qb3 Be5 0-1 [Event "9th HD Bank Cup 2019"] [Site "Ho Chi Minh City VIE"] [Date "2019.03.11"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Pham Chuong"] [Black "Demchenko, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2383"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2019.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "VIE"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1270"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.11"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 e6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc2 Nfd7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 c6 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bh6 21. Rdd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. Kg2 Qd8 25. Be2 a5 26. f3 Be3 27. Na4 Ne6 28. Nb2 h5 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Nd1 Qc5 31. Qd3 Bd4 32. Qd2 b6 33. Bd3 Qe7 34. Bb1 Kg7 35. Bd3 Qf6 36. Be2 h4 37. a3 Ng5 38. Qd3 Qe6 39. g4 Qe7 40. Qd2 Ne6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Qa7 44. b5 c5 45. Nf2 Qa1+ 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Nd3 Nxe2 48. Qxe2 Qxc4 49. Ne1 Qc1 50. Kg2 c4 51. Nc2 c3 52. Ne1 Qd2 53. Kf1 h3 54. Nd3 Bg1 55. Qxd2 cxd2 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kxd2 Bxh2 58. Ke2 Bg1 59. Kf1 Bd4 60. Nc1 Kg5 61. Ne2 Be3 62. Nc3 Kf4 0-1 [Event "AUT-chT 1314"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2014.03.20"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2013.12.06"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hohenems"] [BlackTeam "Jenbach"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Ng4 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Rac8 15. Rac1 g6 16. Be4 Qh5 17. b4 Bd6 18. Qf2 f5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Nc4 Bb8 21. Nce5 Qh6 22. Nd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxh2+ 25. Kg2 Nd5 26. f4 Bxf4 27. Nxf8 Bxe3 28. Qf3 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Nf4 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "Ningbo"] [Date "2011.08.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Lou, Yiping"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2011.04.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Shanghai"] [BlackTeam "Chongqing"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Kh8 10. Bd2 d5 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. dxc5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. e4 Qe8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Qh5 21. Be1 Na5 22. Qb4 Nxc4 23. c6 Be6 24. cxb7 Rab8 25. Nd5 Nge5 26. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 fxe4 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Ndf4 Qf7 0-1 [Event "Politiken Cup 34th"] [Site "Helsingor"] [Date "2012.07.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Popovic, Dusan"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2579"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2012.07.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.08.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bc2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 16. Qxc4 Qa7 17. Qe2 a5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Rb1 Rfd8 21. Be3 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Bxb1 Qxc3 25. Qc2 Qa1 26. Bc1 Bd7 27. Bb2 Qxa4 28. Qxa4 Bxa4 29. Bc3 Bd8 30. Nxe5 Bb5 31. g3 a4 32. Bd4 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Bxd7 34. Kf1 Bg4 35. Bc5 Bf6 36. Bc2 Bd7 37. Ba3 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Bc3+ 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. f3 h5 41. Kd2 g5 42. Bd3 Bd7 43. Ke2 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. f4 Bg1 46. Kf3 Bxh2 47. f5 f6 48. Kg4 Bg3 49. Bb2 Kg7 50. Ba3 Bc6 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Kg4 Ke8 53. Bc4 Kd7 54. e5 Bxe5 55. Kxh4 Bd6 56. Bb2 Ke7 57. Kh5 a3 58. Bc3 Be8+ 59. Kh6 Bf7 60. Kg7 Bxc4 61. Bxf6+ Kd7 62. Bc3 Kc6 0-1 [Event "Merida Ruy Lopez GM"] [Site "Merida"] [Date "2008.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2008.04.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 124"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nb3 a4 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. Ke2 f6 28. Kd2 g5 29. b3 a3 30. b4 Kf7 31. Nd3 Kg6 32. Rb1 h5 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Ne1 h4 35. Nc2 Bxc2 36. Kxc2 Kf5 37. Rb1 Kg4 38. gxh4 Kxh4 39. Re1 Bxh2 40. Bd2 Kg4 41. Re6 f5 42. f3+ Kxf3 43. Bxg5 Rg8 44. Bh6 f4 45. Rb6 Rg2+ 46. Kb3 Ke4 47. Re6+ Kd3 48. Rf6 Rf2 49. Rf5 f3 50. Kxa3 Ke4 51. Rf8 Re2 52. Kb3 f2 53. Bg5 Bg3 0-1 [Event "Dresden ol (Men) 38th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2008.11.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Jaquez, Juan Manuel"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2223"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "125"] [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 "Dominican Rep"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "DOM"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne4 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Na3 Re8 15. Re1 f6 16. Bg3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nef5 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qd5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. g4 g5 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. gxf5 Kf6 24. Nc2 Nxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kf1 Re4 27. Nb4 c6 28. Nd3 g4 29. Nd2 Re7 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bc7 32. f3 Bxh2 33. fxg4 Ne3 34. Ne4+ Kg6 35. Ndf2 Bg1 36. Ke2 Bxf2 37. Nxf2 Nc4 38. Nd3 Kg5 39. b3 Nd6 40. Kf3 Nb5 41. c4 Nd4+ 42. Kg3 b6 43. Ne5 Kf6 44. Nd3 Kg5 45. Ne5 c5 46. Nd3 Ne2+ 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. Nc1 a5 49. a4 Nb1 50. Kg3 Nd2 51. Kh3 h6 52. Kg3 Nf1+ 53. Kf2 Nh2 54. Kg3 Nxg4 55. Ne2 Nf6 56. Nc3 Kf5 57. Kf3 Ke5 58. Ne2 Ne4 59. Ke3 Nd6 60. Nc3 Nf5+ 61. Kf2 Nd4 62. Nd5 Nxb3 63. Nxb6 0-1 [Event "AUT-chT 1011"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2010.11.21"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kurnosov, Igor"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2010.11.19"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Fuerstenfeld"] [BlackTeam "Jenbach"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nb4 a5 12. Nd3 c5 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Be5 Qg5 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Re1 c4 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 f5 20. Na3 Bc7 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Rf1 Kg8 24. Qe3 Qg5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Rf1 Qg8 29. Rf5 Ra6 30. Qe3 Qg4 31. Rf2 Qh5 32. d5 Bxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Qe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Bg3 36. Ke2 Rb6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O c6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. c3 Na6 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Bf2 Qa4 20. Nb4 h6 21. Rfe1 Bg6 22. b3 Qb5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 Bf6 25. d4 Qa5 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Red1 b5 28. Bf1 a6 29. Be1 Qb6 30. Bf2 Rdc8 31. Be3 Qa5 32. b4 Qa3 33. Qe1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Bc1 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Qxb4 37. Bd2 Qc5 38. Bxc3 Qxc3 39. Qxc3 Bxc3 40. Bd3 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 b4 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. Kf1 Ke7 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Rd1 Kc5 46. Kd3 f5 47. f4 g5 48. Rc1 a5 49. Rc2 g4 50. Re2 Kd6 51. Rc2 h5 52. Re2 e5 53. fxe5+ Bxe5 54. Rf2 Ke6 55. Rc2 f4 56. Rc6+ Kf5 57. Rh6 Kg5 58. Re6 Bb8 59. gxf4+ Bxf4 60. Ra6 Bxh2 61. Ke2 Bc7 62. Ra7 Bb6 63. Ra6 Bc7 64. Ra7 Bd8 65. Rd7 Bb6 66. Rxd5+ Kh4 67. Kf1 g3 68. Kg2 Kg4 69. Rd6 Be3 70. Rg6+ Bg5 71. Rg8 h4 72. Rh8 a4 73. Rb8 h3+ 0-1 [Event "Ho Chi Minh City zt 3.3"] [Site "Ho Chi Minh City"] [Date "2015.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Zhang, Zhong"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2015.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "VIE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bf2 Nb6 15. Kb1 Kf8 16. Qe3 Nfd7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Kg7 20. g4 Qd8 21. f5 Re8 22. Be1 Qc7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. h4 Rh8 25. h5 Bg5 26. Qe2 Rcf8 27. Rh1 Nf6 28. hxg6 Bc8 29. Rg1 Be6 30. Bf2 Nc4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Qe1 Nde3 34. Bxe3 Nxe3 35. Rd2 d5 36. Re2 Nc4 37. Bf5 Bf6 38. Qf2 e4 39. c3 Re8 40. Qc5 Re7 41. Rd1 Nb6 42. Qxc7 Rxc7 43. Nd2 h5 44. gxh5 Rxh5 45. Rf1 Na4 46. Bxe4 dxe4 47. Nxe4 Be5 48. Ref2 Rh2 49. Rxh2 Bxh2 50. Kc2 Rc6 51. b3 Nb6 52. Rf7+ Kxg6 53. Ra7 Nd5 54. Rd7 Nc7 55. Rd3 Kf5 56. Nd2 Be5 57. b4 Na8 58. Rf3+ Kg4 59. Rd3 Nb6 60. Kb3 Kf5 61. Nf3 Ke4 62. Nxe5 Kxe5 63. Re3+ Kd6 64. Re4 Rc4 65. Re3 Rh4 66. Re2 Rh3 67. Rg2 Na4 68. Rg6+ Kd5 69. Rxa6 Rxc3+ 70. Ka2 Rc2+ 71. Kb1 Rh2 72. Rg6 Ke5 0-1 [Event "BUL-ch 79th"] [Site "Pleven"] [Date "2015.04.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Arnaudov, Petar G"] [Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2461"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2015.04.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O c5 11. d5 Nc7 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qd2 Be5 16. g3 e6 17. g4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Be4+ 20. Kh3 Bxd5 21. Qc1 Bf4 22. Qxc5 Qe5 23. Qc3 Qe4 24. Rg1 Be5 25. Qe1 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "176"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nb3 g6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. a4 N7c6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. a5 g5 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Na4 h5 15. Rad1 Nce5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. b4 Bd7 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Rfe1 g4 23. Nb3 Ne5 24. c5 Bc6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc5 Qd4 27. Qf4 Bd6 28. Qg5 Be7 29. Qf4 Ng6 30. Qe3 Qxb4 31. Bxa6 Qxa5 32. Nxb7 Bxb7 33. Bxb7 O-O 34. Nc4 Qb5 35. Qb6 Qxb6 36. Nxb6 Rb8 37. Nd7 Rxb7 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. Ra1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Kg7 42. f3 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 gxf3 44. gxf3 Nf4 45. Ra5 Bd4 46. Ra4 e5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Ra8 h4 49. Rb8 h3 50. Rc8 Ne6 51. Rb8 Ng5 52. Rb3 Kg6 53. Rd3 Bb2 54. Kf2 Bc1 55. Rb3 Bf4 56. Kg1 Ne6 57. Rb8 Nd4 58. Kf2 Ne6 59. Kg1 Ng5 60. Rb3 Kf7 61. Ra3 Ke6 62. Rd3 Ke7 63. Ra3 Kd6 64. Ra6+ Kc5 65. Kf2 Bxh2 66. Rxf6 Bf4 67. Rf8 h2 68. Rh8 Ne6 69. Rh5 Kd4 70. Rh7 Kc3 71. Rh8 Nc5 72. Ke2 Nb3 73. Rc8+ Kb2 74. Rh8 Nc1+ 75. Kf1 Kc2 76. Kg2 Kd2 77. Ra8 Ke2 78. Ra3 Nd3 79. Ra2+ Kd1 80. Ra1+ Kc2 81. Ra2+ Kb1 82. Re2 Kc1 83. Kh1 Bg3 84. Rxh2 Bxh2 85. Kxh2 Kd2 86. Kg3 Ke3 87. Kg4 Kf2 88. f4 Nxf4 0-1 [Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "2015.03.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Chigaev, Maksim"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Qe2 h6 8. N5f3 e6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Nh4 e4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. f3 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Nf5 Ndf6 17. g4 Bxf5 18. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Bxe4 20. gxh5 Bxc2 21. Nf4 Nxh5 22. Rf2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bf5 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Rfg2 g5 26. Be5 Kg6 27. f4 f6 28. fxg5 fxe5 29. gxh6+ Kh7 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. dxe5 Re6 32. R1g5 Rxh6+ 33. Kg3 Rh7 34. Rxh7+ Bxh7 35. Kf4 Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Rf5 0-1 [Event "CHN-chT"] [Site "China"] [Date "2017.07.29"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Ni, Hua"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2674"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2017.04.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Shenzhen"] [BlackTeam "Shanghai"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Rb2 Bd6 14. Rbe2 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. g4 Qc8 17. h3 f6 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Nh4 g6 21. Ng2 f5 22. Bh6 fxg4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ne3 gxh3 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Kg7 27. Ne3 b5 28. Ng4 b4 29. d5 h5 30. Nh2 Na5 31. c4 Bc5 32. Rd2 Rf4 33. Re4 Rf5 34. Rh4 b3 35. axb3 Nxb3 36. Rb2 a5 37. d4 Bxd4 38. Rc2 a4 39. Rxh3 Bc5 40. Ra2 Rf4 41. Rc3 Nd4 42. Kg2 Nf5 43. Nf3 a3 44. Re2 g5 45. Ne5 g4 46. Nd7 Rf3 47. Rcc2 Bd4 48. Red2 h4 49. Ra2 h3+ 50. Kh2 Bxf2 51. Re2 Bg3+ 52. Kg1 h2+ 53. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 54. Kxh2 Rf2+ 55. Rxf2 g3+ 56. Kg2 gxf2 57. Nc5 Nd4 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 16th"] [Site "Jerusalem"] [Date "2015.03.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Belytsky, Alexandr"] [Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2227"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.02.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. a4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Qb3 Nxa4 16. Qxb7 Nc5 17. Qb4 Nd5 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qh5 Rf6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Nb3 22. Rxa6 Rc8 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Nxd2 Nb4 25. Raa1 Bxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Qxd2 27. Ba6 Nxa6 28. Rxa6 Qxb2 29. Qd6 Rg6 30. g3 Kh7 31. Rb6 Qe2 32. Qe5 Rc4 33. Qb5 Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh2 Rc2+ 36. Kh3 Qe4 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 10th"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "2009.03.08"] [Round "3"] [White "D'Costa, Lorin AR"] [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2009.03.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 130"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Ne2 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxb5 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bc4 Nxe4 17. Bxa6 Rb4 18. Qa3 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qd6+ 20. Bf4 Qxa6 21. Ng3 Qf6 22. Bc7 Nd2 23. b3 Rh4+ 24. Kg1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. Rfc1 Bh3 0-1 [Event "Gurgon op 1st"] [Site "Gurgon"] [Date "2009.01.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Lalith, Babu MR"] [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2009.01.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.05"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 c5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nb5 Bg7 16. Nxa7 Bb7 17. Nb5 Bxe4 18. Qf4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Be5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Bf1 Bf4 22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Bd3 Be5 24. Qd2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 c6 26. f4 Bxf4 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nxd6 Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kf1 f5 31. Re1 Bf4 32. Re6 Bxh2 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. a4 Rb8 35. a5 Rxb3 0-1 [Event "FIN-chT 1617"] [Site "Finland"] [Date "2017.03.11"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2016.09.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Turku TuTS"] [BlackTeam "Tampere Tammer"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"] [BlackTeamCountry "FIN"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 g6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Qe2 a6 14. h3 O-O 15. Ne5 Be6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Nf3 Ndb6 19. Na2 Qd7 20. b3 Na5 21. Qd2 Nb7 22. Qb4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nc3 f6 25. Rc1 Rfe8 26. Nb1 a5 27. Qd2 a4 28. Qb2 Na5 29. b4 Nbc4 30. Qe2 Nb3 31. Rcd1 Rc6 32. Bh2 Rec8 33. Ne1 e5 34. Nd3 exd4 35. exd4 Nxd4 36. Qh5 Qe8 37. Qxe8+ Rxe8 38. Nf4 Nc2 39. Rxd5 N4xa3 40. Nxa3 Nxa3 41. Rxf5 Re5 42. g4 Rxf5 43. gxf5 Bf8 44. Rd1 Bd6 45. Nh5 Bxh2+ 46. Kxh2 Nc2 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Nf4 Nxb4 50. Ne6+ Ke8 51. Ra7 Rb6 52. h4 Na6 53. Rxh7 a3 54. Nd4 a2 55. Nb3 Nc5 56. Na1 b4 57. h5 b3 58. h6 b2 59. Ra7 bxa1=Q 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 21st"] [Site "Saint Vincent"] [Date "2005.09.23"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Fish, Gennadij"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E56"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2005.09.18"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Paris NAO"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bg4 10. Be2 Qe7 11. b3 {This cannot be the original move order, since here White drops a piece and Black does not take it.} Bxc5 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 Be5 15. Bh3 Ne4 16. Rc1 d4 17. exd4 Rxd4 18. Nd5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qh4 22. Re2 Bg3 23. Rd3 Qg5 24. Re4 h5 25. Ree3 Be5 26. Ba3 Kh8 27. Rf3 Nd4 28. Rxf7 Qg6 0-1 [Event "TUR-chT"] [Site "Kocaeli"] [Date "2014.08.23"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Grachev, Boris V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.08.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Istanbul Teknik Universitesi"] [BlackTeam "Akdeniz Belediyesi"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nce5 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Re3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rcf8 21. Be2 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be4 Rxf2 24. c4 Ng6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qd4 Rxb2 27. Rf1 Be5 28. Qe4 Qb8 29. Qxg6 Bf4 30. Qe4 Bh6 31. Rf3 Rd2 32. Kg1 Qe8 33. Rh3 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Qf8+ 35. Rf3 Qd8 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Rd5 38. Qb4 Qg5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qb1+ Qg6 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2005.04.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"] [Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2005.04.19"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 107"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 d5 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bh4 Bf5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Rd1 h5 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Ng5 Qe5 17. Nc5 Qf5 18. f3 Bc2 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Qxc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxc5 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bxe7 Rfc8 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Re2 Nc6 26. Rd1 b5 27. a3 Rc4 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke1 a5 30. Rd3 Ke7 31. Kd1 Ne5 32. Rdd2 Nd7 33. e4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 Nc5 36. Re2 Be5 37. g3 a4 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. Rd2+ Ke7 40. Rc2 Kd6 41. Rd2+ Kc6 42. Re2 g5 43. Kd2 Bc7 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Rc2 Ne5 46. Re2 Bd6 47. Kd2 Bc5 48. Kc2 Nc4 49. Re1 Kd6 50. Rd1+ Ke7 51. Rh1 g4 52. Re1 Kf6 53. Re2 Kg5 54. b3 axb3+ 55. Kxb3 Bxa3 56. Ra2 Bc5 57. Ra8 Nd2+ 58. Kc2 Nxe4 59. Kd3 Kf5 60. Rh8 Nf6 61. Rb8 Bg1 62. Rxb5+ e5 63. Rb2 Ne4 64. Rg2 Bf2 65. Ke2 Ba7 66. Kd3 Nf2+ 67. Ke2 Ne4 68. Kd3 Ng5 69. Ra2 Bg1 70. c4 Ne6 71. Ra1 Nc5+ 72. Ke2 Bxh2 73. Rh1 Bxg3 74. Rxh5+ Ke4 75. Rg5 Kf4 76. Rg7 Bh4 77. Rf7+ Ke4 78. Rg7 Kf5 79. Rc7 Ne6 0-1 [Event "World op 43rd"] [Site "Arlington"] [Date "2015.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Vibbert, Sean"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2015.07.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd1 O-O 14. c3 Re8 15. Qd2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nc4 Re6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Re1 b5 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Na3 a6 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Ne5 27. c4 b4 28. Nc2 Nxd3 29. b3 f5 30. Kf1 Bf8 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. h3 Kf7 33. Bf4 Nd7 34. Ne3 Nf6 35. Nd5 Ne4 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Ke3 Nc3 40. Nxc3 bxc3 41. a3 Ke6 42. Kd3 h4 43. Kxc3 h3 44. Bh2 Bd6 45. Bg1 a5 46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Ke3 h2 48. Bxh2 Bxh2 49. Kd3 Bd6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "15"] [White "Atabayev, Maksat"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qe7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne2 f5 14. Rac1 c6 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Nd2 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxf2+ 19. Kh2 Rf6 20. Nf4 Rh6+ 21. Nh3 Rxh3+ 0-1 [Event "chess.com Junior Speed"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2019.07.11"] [Round "2.22"] [White "Sarana, A.."] [Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A88"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.05.16"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1288"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.07.15"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.07.21"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. b4 e5 10. d5 a5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 e4 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nc2 Nbd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qb7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f3 Bxd5 21. cxd5 exf3 22. exf3 f4 23. Bh3 fxg3 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. hxg3 Bxg3 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Qd2 Rf4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Rh3 c4 30. Qc2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 c3 32. b6 Rb8 33. Qh2 Rb7 34. Bc8 Rb4 35. Rxb4 Bxh2 36. Rc4 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "Republic of Adygea Rapid"] [Site "Maikop RUS"] [Date "2019.05.03"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Udovichenko, N.."] [Black "Demchenko, A.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2174"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.05.02"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1278"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.05.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.05.06"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. O-O a6 11. Nd4 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. b3 b5 15. c3 Rac8 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Be8 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Be3 d5 20. Qe2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. f4 Ndxf4 23. Qf3 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 Qe5 25. Rce1 Nh4 26. Qh1 Qd5 27. Bf2 Ng6 28. Be3 a5 29. Re2 a4 30. Rd2 Qa8 31. Rfd1 Rd5 32. Rd3 Rcd8 33. Nf2 Qb8 34. Ne2 Bc6 35. Qh2 Bd6 36. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.04.01"] [Round "14.3"] [White "Acs, Peter"] [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2518"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Areshchenko/Meyer,CD"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Eppingen"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 (10. Ng5 $5 {(/\f4 und/oder Ng5-e4)} a6 (10... Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $11 {, dennoch 1:0/41, Muhammad - Kleiman, San Diego 2004}) 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b4 { 1:0/66, Bruzon Bautista - Dominguez, Santa Clara 2005}) 10... Bb7 11. a3 (11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne2 b4 13. e4 Be7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ng3 c5 $13 {~~ lt. ECO (D4), remis/26, Jussupow - Zvaginsev, Essen 2002 und 0:1/69, Gustafsson - Graf, Dresden 2003}) 11... Re8 $6 ({I} 11... e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ng5 $1 $14) ({II} 11... Qe7 $1 12. Qc2 (12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 c5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 { remis/39, Gelfand - Shirov, Dortmund 2002}) (12. Rc1 a6 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 {remis, Nogueiras - Kramnik, Moskau 1994}) 12... h6 (12... Rfc8 $5)) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne2 $6 ({I} 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 $13) ({II} 14. Rac1 a6 15. b4 a5 (15... e5 16. Nh4 Bc7 (16... g6 $4 17. Bxg6) 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. f3 exd4 19. exd4 $13)) 14... Rac8 $1 {Läßt die Qc2 und den Ne2 etwas ungeschickt dastehen, während die thematischen Hebel e5/c5 noch nicht überzeugen können:} ({I} 14... e5 $6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 { /\Bc3}) ({II} 14... c5 $6 15. Bxb5 Reb8 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd4 18. exd4 Rd8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Rg2 $14) 15. b4 $6 ({I} 15. Ng3 $6 c5) ({II} 15. Bc3 $142 $13) 15... e5 $1 $36 {Gut getimt, da Weiß wegen der Drohung e5-e4 auf unattraktive Weise reagieren muß.} 16. e4 {Auch die Alternativen zeigen, daß Schwarz die Initiative ergriffen hat und die Stellung außerordentlich kompliziert geworden ist.} ({I} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. f4 Qe7 19. Ng3 Bc7 20. Nf5 Qe6 $13) 18. Rac1 $5 (18. Bc3 c5 $1 (18... Bxc3 $6 19. Qxc3 $14) 19. Bxe5 (19. Bxb5 $2 Bxh2+ $3 20. Kf1 (20. Kxh2 $2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Kg3 Qg5 $19) 21... Qh4 22. Qf5 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Bf3 $19) 20... Ne4 $1 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 $19 {mit durchschlagendem Angriff}) 19... Qxe5 $15 20. Qc3 (20. Bxb5 $2 cxb4 21. Qa4 Ng4 22. Nf4 (22. Ng3 Nxf2 $1 23. Bxe8 Qxe3 24. Kf1 Ng4 $19) (22. Bxe8 $2 Qxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:04] nebst Matt in}) 22... Nxf2 $1 23. Rf1 (23. Re1 Re7 24. Kxf2 g5 25. Kg1 gxf4 $19) 23... Re7 24. Rae1 Ne4 $17) (20. bxc5 $6 Rxc5) 20... c4 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Bc2 $15) 18... c5 $1 19. Bxb5 cxb4 $36 ) ({II} 16. Bf5 $6 {mit der Idee eines Bauernopfers nach} e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 ( 17... Nxe5 $2 18. dxe5 Bxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Ng3 Rcd8 20. Bc3) 19. Bxc8 Bxc8 20. Bc3 $14 {(20...Bxh2+?)}) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bh3 {ist vermutlich unzureichend:} ( 19. Ng3 c5) 19... Rc7 $1 (19... Rcd8 $6 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. Ng3 g6 22. Bd4) 20. Bc3 Qg5 21. Bd4 c5) 16... exd4 $6 ({Kein guter Moment für diese Zentrumsaktion, die ja auch eine Aktivierung des Ne2 nach d4 (und f5) in Kauf nimmt. Das prophylaktische} 16... Bb8 $1 {(Plan 17...exd4 18.Nexd4 c5 19.Nf5? De6!) wäre stärker gewesen:} 17. Ng3 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 c5 $1 $15) ( 17. Bc3 exd4 18. Nfxd4 c5 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qb2 (20. bxc5 $2 Nxc5 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Nxg7 (22. Neg3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Qg4 24. bxc5 Rxc5 $15) 22... Kxg7 23. Rxd7 Qxe2 24. Bxf6+ Kg6 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 $15) (17. Be3 Ng4 18. Ng3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g6 $15) 17... exd4 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. N3xd4 c5 $40 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rxe4 $15) 17. Nexd4 {Hier wähnte sich der junge Ukrainer in Nachteil und meinte, die Stellung mittels zweischneidiger Bauernopfer weiter verschärfen und komplizieren zu müssen. Dabei wäre die konsequente Fortsetzung, nämlich der befreiende Hebel c5, im Ausgleichssinne spielbar gewesen.} g6 $2 {Verliert eine klare Linie und sucht sein Heil in Verwicklungen. Alternativen:} ({I} 17... Bb8 $2 18. Nf5 Qf8 (18... Qe6 $2 19. N3d4 Qe5 20. f4 Qc7 21. e5) 19. Qc1 c5 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Bxb5 Bxe4 22. Ng5 gxh6 (22... Bg6 23. Qb2 $1 Be5 24. Bc3 gxh6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Nf3 $1 $16) 23. Bxd7 hxg5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxg5 Ng4 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Bxb8 Nxf2 28. Bg3 $16) ({II} 17... Ne5 $2 18. Nf5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Be3 (21. f4 $4 c5 $1) 21... Nd7 (21... Qe6 22. Qc5 $16) 22. Qb2 $16) ({III} 17... c5 $1 {war jedoch okay für Schwarz:} 18. Nf5 (18. Nxb5 Bb8 $1 $36 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb4 Nfxe4 $15) 18... Qf8 19. Nxd6 (19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. e5 Qb6 22. exf6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 $17) 19... Qxd6 20. Bxb5 Bxe4 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Qe2 cxb4 23. axb4 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxb5 27. Nxe4 Qe5 $11) 18. Bxh6 c5 19. Nxb5 Bb8 $1 {Noch die beste Chance, allerdings sind die dunklen Felder am Königsflügel nun dummerweise empfindlich geschwächt.} (19... cxb4 $2 {scheitert an} 20. Nxd6 $1 Rxc2 (20... Qxd6 21. Qb2) 21. Bxc2 $18) 20. bxc5 $2 ({Jetzt stolpert Weiß, seinen Vorteil solide festgehalten hätte} 20. Bg5 $1 {, z.B.} a6 (20... cxb4 21. Qb2 (21. Qb1 ) 21... bxa3 22. Nxa3 $1 (22. Rxa3 Bxe4) 22... Ne5 (22... Ba8 $2 23. Ba6 $18) 23. Nc4 $5 $16 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxf6 Qb4 26. Rdb1 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Ba8 28. Nd2 Rcc8 29. f3) 21. Nc3 cxb4 (21... c4 22. Bf1 $16) 22. axb4 Qxb4 (22... Ne5 $2 23. Bxa6) 23. Rab1 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 $16) 20... Rxc5 ({Nun ist die Position schon eher nach dem Geschmack von Areshchenko, der gerne aktiv und dynamisch auftritt. Weniger gut war} 20... Nxc5 $6 21. Qb2 a6 22. Bg5 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qxe4 24. Nd6 Qxd3 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxb7 (26. Qxf6 $2 Qd6) 26... Ne4 27. Re1 (27. Be3 Bd6 28. Qc6 Rb8 29. g3 $14) 27... Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Be3 Bd6 $14) 21. Qd2 $5 {Keine leichte Wahl, da etwa gleichwertige Alternativen zur Verfügung standen:} ({I} 21. Qb2 Ne5 (21... Rh5 $2 22. Bg5 Ne5 23. h4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Be5 25. Nd4 $16) 22. Be3 (22. Nbd4 Nxe4 $44) 22... Nxe4 $5 (22... Nxf3+ $6 23. gxf3 Rh5 24. Rab1 a6 25. Nd4 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 $14 { und der König findet ein relativ sicheres Refugium auf e2}) (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 Rh5 24. Rb3 Bxe4 25. Nc3 $1 Be5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. f4 $16) 23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Rxb5 $13 {/=}) ({II} 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nbd4 Rh5 $13) 21... Ne5 (21... Nxe4 $6 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxb5 ( 24... Bxf3 $2 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 $16) 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 27. Be3 Bf5 $14) 22. Nbd4 $2 ({Nun beginnt die Partie zugunsten von Schwarz umzukippen, während} 22. Be3 $1 {mindestens gleiches Spiel gegeben hätte:} Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxb5 (23... Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxb5 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 a6 28. Rad1 $14) 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rac1 (26. Ra2 Bf4 $1 $11) 26... Qxa3 27. Qd5 Rbb8 $11) 22... Bxe4 $1 23. Bxe4 (23. Be2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rd5 $17) 23... Nxe4 24. Qb2 $2 ({Der letzte und vorentscheidende Fehler, wonach der feindliche Druck übermächtig wird. Allein} 24. Qb4 $5 {hätte zähen Widerstand geleistet, z.B.} Bd6 $40 25. Be3 (25. Qb3 $2 Rb8) (25. Qb2 $2 Qf6 $1 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Be3 Rb8 {siehe Anmerkung zu 25.Qb4, Variante I 25.Nxe5}) 25... Nc3 {(Kardinaldrohung Rb8!)} 26. Nxe5 Nxd1 27. Ndc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Qc7 29. Qa5 Bxh2+ 30. Kh1 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Qxa5 (31... Qd6 32. Qb4) (31... Rxe3 32. Qxa7) 32. Nxa5 Bg3 33. Nc6 a6 34. Nb4 a5 35. Nd5 Re5 36. Rd1 Bf2 {xe3 -/+}) 24... Qf6 $1 {Wirft die vernichtende Mehrfachdrohung 25...Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Qh4 bzw. 25... Qh8 und 25...g5 auf, welche vom Verteidiger nicht umfassend pariert werden kann.} 25. Qb4 ({I} 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Qe2 Nc3 (27... Bxh2+ $6 28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Rh5 30. Qxh5 Qxh5 31. Nc6 Re8 32. Bd4 $17) 28. Qc2 Rd8 $1 29. Ne6 Nxd1 30. Bxc5 Qxe6 31. Rxd1 Rc8 $19 {mit tödlicher Fesselung}) ({II} 25. Be3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Nc3 27. Rd3 Bxh2+ $40 {-+} 28. Kf1 (28. Kg2 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. f4 Qh8+ 32. Qh2 Rh5) (28. Kxh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 Rh5) 28... Be5 29. Qd2 Nd5 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Ke2 Nf4+) ({III} 25. Rab1 Nc3 26. Qb4 Bd6 $19) 25... Ng4 $5 ({Auch nicht von Pappe, indes erscheint die Ausführung der erwähnten Drohung} 25... Nxf3+ {naheliegender und zwingender:} 26. Nxf3 (26. gxf3 Qh4 27. fxe4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. Be3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rg5 $19) 26... Rh5 27. Be3 Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Nxh2 Qh4 $19) 28... Qa6+ 29. Ke1 Be5 $19) 26. Qa4 ({ Auf} 26. Be3 {wäre} Bxh2+ $1 {die Pointe:} 27. Nxh2 (27. Kh1 Qh8 $19) (27. Kf1 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qa6+ 29. Ke1 Bg3#) 27... Nxe3 28. Ndf3 (28. fxe3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Ng3#) (28. Nhf3 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Rh5 30. g3 (30. Ne2 Rh1+ 31. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 32. Kg1 Nxd1 $19) 30... Rd5 31. Rd3 Red8 32. Kg2 g5 33. g4 Qf4 $19) 28... Nxd1 29. Rxd1 a5 30. Qa4 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 $19 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung}) 26... Rec8 ( {Oder} 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kf1 Rcc8 $19) 27. Re1 Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nc3 29. Re8+ (29. Qxa7 Nxh6) 29... Kh7 {Ein letztlich verdienter Sieg des ukrainischen Meisters, der ziemlich verwegen und kaltblütig aufgetreten ist.} 0-1 [Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 40th"] [Site "Istanbul"] [Date "2012.09.09"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Firat, Burak"] [Black "Ragger, Markus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2423"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2012.08.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 151"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Turkey 2016"] [BlackTeam "Austria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nc4 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 bxc4 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20. Rf1 Rfe8 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Qg2 Bh3 23. Qh2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nf6 26. Bd2 Rab8 27. b3 c3 28. Bf4 Rb4 29. Bd6 Rb6 30. Bc7 Rb7 0-1 [Event "World Blitz 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.29"] [Round "12.23"] [White "Kazhgaleyev, M.."] [Black "Melkumyan, H.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2587"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2018.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1260"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.12.31"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.08.03"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 exd5 8. exd5 c6 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bg5 c5 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Bf1 a6 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Qf5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rad1 h6 22. Bc1 Rad8 23. g3 Bd4 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. Qf4 Qc8 26. Nd5 Neg4 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Bf3 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Nh5 30. Bxh5 Qxh5 31. Kg2 Qg6 32. Be3 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bxb2 35. Rb1 Bxa3 36. Rxb6 a5 37. Rb7 Bb4 38. Rb1 Ra8 39. Rb5 Rec8 40. Ra1 a4 41. Ra2 a3 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. Kd3 h5 44. Ke4 Rd8 45. Bc1 Re6+ 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Be3 Rxc4 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Rb7 Kg6 51. Kf3 Rc3 52. Kg2 Rexe3 53. fxe3 Rxe3 54. Rf2 f6 55. Ra7 Rb3 56. Kh3 Rb2 57. Rf1 c4 58. Rd1 c3 59. Rdd7 c2 60. Rxg7+ Kf5 61. Rgc7 a2 62. Rc4 Rb1 63. Rxa2 c1=Q 64. Rf2+ Kg6 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT rapid"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2015.05.09"] [Round "8.13"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.05.08"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"] [BlackTeam "Samara Lada"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. e4 Bd6 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc4 Re8+ 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. O-O Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qd6+ 19. g3 Bf5 20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Rb7 Nd7 22. d6 Re4 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. d5 Qf5 26. f3 Rc4 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nf6 29. Qc7 Rf8 30. d7 Qxd5 31. Qd6 Qa2+ 32. Kh3 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Qb1 34. Rd8 Qh1+ 35. Kg4 f5+ 0-1 [Event "Madrid"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1996.05.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Baburin,A"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1996.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 053"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 b6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. N4c3 Bf6 19. Ba2 Nce7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Bh2 Be7 22. Bb1 a5 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Ng1 Nd6 28. Nf3 Bb5 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Re4 Bxh2 31. Kxh2 Kg7 32. Ne5 f5 $1 33. Ree1 Qg5 34. Ba2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Rfd8 36. Nd3 $6 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Kf6 38. Rd2 Rc6 39. g3 Nc7 40. Kg2 Nb5 {This game proves once again that in an endgame the isolated d-pawn is pretty vulnerable - White should have avoided such massive exchanges of pieces.} 41. d5 Rcd6 42. Rde2 exd5 43. Re7 R8d7 44. Rxd7 Rxd7 45. f4 Rd6 46. Rc1 g5 47. fxg5+ hxg5 48. Kf2 d4 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Na7 51. h5 Kg5 52. Bf7 Nc6 53. Rg1+ Kh6 54. Rg6+ Rxg6 55. Bxg6 Kg5 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Be8 f4 58. b4 axb4 59. axb4 f3+ 60. Kd2 Kh6 61. Ke1 d3 0-1 [Event "RUS GP GpA rapid"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2016.05.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Rodchenkov, Vitaly"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2312"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2016.05.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "6"] [SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 b5 13. f4 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. f5 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Kf7 17. Rhf1 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rhe8 20. fxg6+ hxg6 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 f5 24. Qg3 Qe2 25. Be5 Qh5 26. Nd4 Bb6 27. Nf3 Kg8 28. Nh4 Kh7 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. h4 Kg8 31. Rde1 Qg4 32. Qh2 Rc2 33. Bd4 Bc7 34. Ne5 Rxg2 35. Nxg4 Bxh2 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Nxe8 Kxe8 38. exf5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Bg3 40. Rg5 Bxe1 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1995.03.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Qf6 11. Rxh7 a6 12. Rxh8+ Qxh8 13. e4 e5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Qe4+ Ne5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. dxc6 f5 18. cxb7 Rd8 19. Qd5 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Rxd5 21. cxd5 Nxf2 0-1 [Event "Match Kortschnoj-Timman +4-1=3"] [Site "Leeuwarden"] [Date "1976.11.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1976.11.15"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. a4 Kf7 14. a5 c4 15. Nd4 b5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ne7 18. g4 h5 19. Bf2 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bxh2+ 21. Kg2 Be5 22. Bg3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rac8 24. Kf3 Rhd8 25. Ke4 c6 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Rd8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Ke3 Rh8 30. Re1 Kd6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rd2 c5 33. Rf2 Kc6 34. g5 b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36. g6 Re8+ 37. Kd4 Kb5 38. Kd5 Re5+ 39. Kd4 c3 40. Rh2 Rxf5 41. Rh7 Rg5 42. Rxg7 Kxa5 43. Kc4 Ka4 44. Ra7 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 051"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 c5 17. d5 b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. Bb1 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe5 26. Kf1 Qf6 27. a4 Kg7 28. f3 bxa4 29. Ba2 a3 30. bxa3 c3 31. Bb3 Rb8 32. Re3 Bxh2 33. Qc4 Be5 34. g3 Bxg3 35. Qxc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Bd6 37. Bc4 Rc8 38. a4 a5 39. Rc2 Kf6 40. Bd3 Rd8 41. Rc6 Kg5 42. Bc4 f6 43. Ra6 Bb4 44. f4+ Kxf4 45. Rxf6+ Kg5 46. Ra6 h5 47. Ke2 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Re7 49. Kd4 h4 50. Bd3 Rd7+ 51. Ke3 Rxd3+ 52. Kxd3 h3 53. Ra8 Kg4 54. Ke2 h2 55. Rh8 Kg3 56. Kf1 Be7 0-1 [Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "2009.10.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Duzhakov, Ilya"] [Black "Kurnosov, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2321"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2009.10.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Bxb7 Bh3 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Bf3 Ng4 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. e3 dxe3 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxb2 19. Rxe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Bxa1 21. Qd7 a5 22. Ne4 Rbe8 23. Qc6 Re6 24. Qd5 Bg7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Ng5 Rf6+ 27. Nf3 Bh6 28. e4 Rfe6 29. g4 Bf4 30. Nd2 Bxh2 31. Kf3 h6 32. Nf1 Be5 33. Qd2 Rf6+ 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. Qe1 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. Qb1 Rb2 38. Qd3 Rb8 39. Nd2 Rxd2 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 14th"] [Site "Legnica"] [Date "2013.05.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"] [Black "Motylev, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2013.05.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rg1 Bxh2 15. Rg5 Bc7 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. a4 g6 19. a5 Nbd7 20. f4 Nf8 21. f5 Be5 22. Ne2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bf6 25. Rg3 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bxa7 Rb4 29. b3 Rb5 30. Bb6 Nd7 31. Bc7 Be5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. f4 Nd7 34. Rd3 Nf6 35. Rd6 Rxa5 0-1 [Event "CHN-ch Prelim rap 1st"] [Site "Hefei"] [Date "2011.07.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Fang, Yan"] [Black "Li, Chao B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B57"] [WhiteElo "2265"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2011.07.03"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Bxe5 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxc3 19. Rhe1 Rc7 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. Be3 Bxh2 23. Bd4+ Nf6 24. Bxa7 Bg3 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Re2 h5 27. Bd4 h4 28. c3 b5 29. Rf1 g5 30. Bc2 b4 31. cxb4 Bb5 32. Rfe1 Rc7 33. a3 d5 34. Re7 Rc4 35. Rd1 Bd6 36. Re3 Bf4 37. Rc3 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Bf1 39. Rxf4 gxf4 40. Bf5 d4 41. Rc2 Nd5 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Rxd4 Nc3+ 44. Kb2 Na4+ 45. Kb3 Kxf5 46. Rd5+ Ke6 47. Rh5 Nb6 48. Rxh4 Nd5 49. Rg4 f5 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rg5 Kf6 52. Rg8 Ne3 53. a4 Bc4+ 0-1 [Event "Qatar Masters op"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2015.12.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Ma, Zhonghan"] [Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2463"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2015.12.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 170"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. Rd1 e5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 e4 13. Ng5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Qxg5 16. Qxe4 Ndf6 17. Qf4 Qh4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 Re8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Bd2 Re7 22. Rf1 Bd3 23. Rf3 Rae8 24. Rd1 h5 25. Re1 b6 26. Bc1 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rf5 R8e5 33. Ref1 f6 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Bd2 Rxa4 36. Bc3 e4 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Re1 Ra2 39. Kf1 a4 40. Ke2 a3 41. Rb1 axb2 42. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 43. Bxb2 Ke6 44. Bg7 Kd5 45. Bf8 Ne5 46. Be7 g4 47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Bg7 Ne7 49. Bh6 Kc4 50. Kd2 Nf5 51. Bf4 Kb3 52. Bc7 c4 53. Be5 Ne7 0-1 [Event "London Classic op 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Peters, Stephen G"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2128"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ne1 c6 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. f3 Ne6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxd4 Ng4 19. Qd2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Bh6 21. Bg1 Bxd2 22. Bxh2 Nxh2+ 23. Kg1 Bf4 0-1 [Event "Boskovic Memorial"] [Site "Bijelo Polje"] [Date "2005.10.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Rabrenovic, Milinko"] [Black "Delchev, Aleksander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2302"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2005.10.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 110"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Qd4 Ned7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nab1 Rcd8 19. Bf1 h5 20. Qf2 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. Bxb6 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Bg3 26. Qd4 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Rd6 28. Qb4 Qd8 29. Nc3 f5 30. Rd4 Qg5 0-1 [Event "GRE-chT 42nd"] [Site "Porto Rio"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Jovic, Stanoje"] [Black "Istratescu, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.06.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ptolemaidas SO"] [BlackTeam "Kalamatas Poseidon"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GRE"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Qe7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bc7 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd1 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Nf8 14. Ne3 g6 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bb2 Nf4 17. c5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. g3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Kf7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 g5 29. Kg2 Bd5+ 30. Kf1 f5 31. Bd4 Ke6 32. Ke2 f4 33. Nc3 h5 34. Kd3 Bg2 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Bg7 h4 37. gxh4 f3+ 38. Ke3 Bxh2 39. Ne4 gxh4 40. Nd6+ Kg4 41. Nxb7 h3 0-1 [Event "Sarajevo Bosna op 40th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2010.05.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Kleijn, Christov"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2431"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2010.05.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.02"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 d6 8. f4 Nc6 9. c3 f6 10. e6 Bxe6 11. f5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. g4 Qe8 15. Qxe8+ Raxe8 16. gxf5 e5 17. fxe6+ Rxe6+ 18. Kf2 Rhe8 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rh2 f5 21. Kf1 Na5 22. Re1 Re4 23. Ree2 Nc4 24. Bc1 b4 25. Nf3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. Nd2 Nxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Rb2 31. Kd3 Bh6 32. Bf4 Rxh2 33. Bxh2 Kc6 34. a4 f4 35. Bg1 Kb6 36. Kc2 f3 37. Bf2 Bf4 38. h4 h5 39. Kb3 Kc6 40. Kc2 Kd7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. c4 dxc4+ 43. Kxc4 Kf5 0-1 [Event "Xtracon Chess Open 2018"] [Site "Helsingor DEN"] [Date "2018.07.29"] [Round "10.5"] [White "Korley, K.."] [Black "Grandelius, N.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2443"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2018.07.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1238"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.07.30"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.07.31"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nb1 Rfb8 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Bxb5 axb4 15. a4 e5 16. Nc4 e4 17. Nfd2 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 c6 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Kg1 cxb5 21. axb5 Bd5 22. Ne5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. Kf2 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. e4 Bb7 30. Ra7 Nb8 31. Nb3 Nc6 32. Ra4 g5 33. Ke3 h5 34. Nd4 Ra5 35. Rxa5 Nxa5 36. Kf2 Bc8 37. Bc1 b3 38. Ne2 Nc4 39. Bxg5 b2 40. Nc3 Na3 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Bf6 Kh7 43. Kh4 Nb5 44. Nb1 Nd4 45. f4 Ba2 46. e6 Nxe6 47. Bxb2 Bxb1 48. f5 Nc5 49. Kxh5 Nxe4 50. f6 Bc2 0-1 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Rudolf, Anna"] [Black "Jones, Gawain CB"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "2286"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Na5 7. f5 a6 8. a3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 b5 10. b4 Bb6 11. c5 Ba7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. O-O-O dxc5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 cxb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. Nc6 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Rxe4 22. Rhe1 Ree8 23. Rd7 Bf4 24. Ree7 Rxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nd5 Bxh2 27. Nxc7 Bxc7 28. Rxc7 h5 29. g3 Re8 30. Rc6 Re4 31. c3 Rc4 32. Rxa6 Rxc3 33. f6 gxf6 34. Rxf6 Rxg3 35. Rf5 Rb3+ 36. Kc2 Rxb4 37. Rxh5 Kg7 38. Kc3 Kg6 39. Rd5 Rb1 40. Kc2 Rb4 41. Kc3 Rb1 42. Kc2 Re1 43. Rxb5 f5 44. Kd2 Re8 45. Rb1 Kg5 46. Rg1+ Kh4 47. Rf1 Kg4 48. Rg1+ Kh3 49. Rf1 Re5 50. Kd3 Kg2 51. Rf4 Kg3 0-1 [Event "PAL/CSS Freestyle fin 7th"] [Site "playchess.com INT"] [Date "2007.09.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Rybusia"] [Black "Rodo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2576"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2007.09.07"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 exd4 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Be4 Bg4 15. Kb1 Re8 16. Qd3 Bh5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Nd7 24. g6 Rf8 25. Bf5 Bxh1 26. e4 Ke8 27. Rxh1 Rc6 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. gxf7+ Nxf7 30. Be6 Qh4 31. Bd5 Qh5 32. Bxc6+ bxc6 33. Rc1 Be5 34. Qg2 Nd8 35. Re1 Qxh2 36. Qxh2 Bxh2 37. Be3 a6 38. Kc2 Ne6 39. Rh1 Bd6 40. Rh5 Kd7 41. Ra5 Rf3 42. Rxa6 Bc5 43. Kd3 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Rh3 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. b4 Rh2+ 48. Kf3 Nd3 49. Kg3 Re2 50. Kf3 Rf2+ 51. Kg3 Rf8 52. a3 Nf2 53. e5+ Kxe5 54. Ra6 Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kd6 56. Ra7 Nd3 57. Kg4 Ne5+ 58. Kh5 Nc4 59. e4 Nd2 60. e5+ Kxe5 61. Kg6 Nc4 62. a4 Rb8 63. b5 c5 0-1 [Event "ROM-chT"] [Site "Predeal"] [Date "2007.11.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Vajda, Levente"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2007.10.13"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. a3 Be8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bh4 Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxd4 19. Qe1 Qb8 20. Ng4 h5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxe4 Rf7 24. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 26. Rfd1 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Be5 28. Re4 Re8 29. Rc5 b6 30. Rc6 Kg7 31. f4 Bb8 32. f5 Rc7 33. Rxc7+ Bxc7 34. fxe6 Be5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Rxg4+ Kh6 37. b5 Rxe6 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. Bf2 Kh5 40. Ra4 Rd7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Ke4 Re7 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Rh4 Rc7 45. Be1 Bd6 46. a4 Rc1 47. Bd2 Ra1 48. Rc4 Ra2 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. Rh4 f5 53. Bc1 Ra2+ 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Rh5 Ke5 56. Rh4 Kd5 57. Rh5 Rf2 58. Rh7 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Rf2+ 60. Kd3 Rf3+ 61. Ke2 Ke4 62. Bd2 Rf2+ 63. Ke1 f4 64. Rf7 f3 65. Rf4+ Kd3 66. Bc1 Re2+ 67. Kf1 Rf2+ 68. Ke1 Kc2 69. Rc4+ Kb3 70. Rf4 Kc2 71. Rc4+ Kb1 72. Bf4 Rg2 0-1 [Event "PRO League Pacific"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2017.02.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Coleman, Teddy"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.01.11"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"] [BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Rb1 Be6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Qd8 11. Qc2 g6 12. b4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Rxb5 Rc8 17. d5 Bd7 18. Rbb1 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 b5 20. Bd3 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Rxc2 22. Bxc2 Qe7 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. Bd3 a6 25. Rb3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Bb1 Qc7 28. Rbd3 Qd6 29. R3d2 b4 30. Rd4 a5 31. Ne1 Bb5 32. Nd3 Rc3 33. g3 Qb6 34. Nf4 Qd6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Ne2 0-1 [Event "14th Teplice Open 2019"] [Site "Teplice CZE"] [Date "2019.06.16"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Gungl, T.."] [Black "Nisipeanu, LD.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2313"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2019.06.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1284"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.06.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.06.17"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6 Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 Qe7 11. Bg2 e5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 e4 15. Nc1 Rfe8 16. Nb3 h5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. h4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Rfe1 Nbd5 21. Qb1 Qe6 22. Na4 b6 23. Nc3 Bb8 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Bh3 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc1 Qf5 29. Bxh3 Qxh3 30. Nf1 Qd7 31. Qc2 b5 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. Qd1 Qf5 34. Qe2 a6 35. Nd2 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Bc3 h4 38. Nf1 hxg3 39. fxg3 Ng4 40. Be1 Kg7 41. Bf2 Qf5 42. Bg1 Kg6 43. Nh2 Nxh2 44. Bxh2 Kg5 45. Bg1 Qg4 46. Qf2 f5 47. Bh2 Qd1 48. Kh3 Bc7 49. Bg1 Qf3 50. Qxf3 exf3 51. Bf2 a5 52. Be1 axb4 53. Bxb4 f2 54. Kg2 Bxg3 55. Bc5 Kg4 56. Bb4 f1=Q+ 57. Kxf1 Kf3 58. Bd2 Bf2 0-1 [Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "2014.10.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Kadric, Denis"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2473"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2014.10.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c3 a5 11. cxb4 axb4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. a5 c5 15. a6 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qb1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Bh6 20. dxc5 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf3 22. Be4 Bxf4 23. Bxf3 Ne5 24. Bb7 Ng4 25. Qe4 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Qf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxb2+ 30. Rc2 Qxa1 31. Qxb4 Rd8 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Qxd2 Bg1 34. Qc2 h5 35. Qc6 Kg7 36. Bc8 Qe5+ 37. Kd3 Qe3+ 38. Kc4 Qc1+ 39. Kb5 Qb2+ 40. Ka4 Be3 41. Qe4 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4+ Bxd4 43. Kb5 e5 44. Kc6 f5 45. Kd5 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2019.12.04"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Ordaz Valdes, L.."] [Black "Saric, Iv"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.09.25"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1309"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.12.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.12.10"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qf6 21. Qe3 Qf4+ 22. g3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Nf6 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Bc4 Rxb2 27. Kg1 a5 28. g4 h6 0-1 [Event "Werther Schloss op-A 6th"] [Site "Werther"] [Date "2000.04.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Simonenko, Sergei"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2000.04.14"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.11"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14. Qxg4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. e4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Rxe4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rc7 Nf6 24. Rxb7 Rae8 25. g3 Qg5 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Nf4 Qc5 29. Ng2 Kg7 30. Ne3 h5 31. Qf4 c3 32. bxc3 Re4 33. Qf3 h4 34. gxh4 Rxh4 35. c4 Qe5 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Rb5 Qd4 38. Qg3 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Ng4 40. Ng2 Rxf2 41. Qc3+ f6 42. Qg3 g5 43. a4 Ra2 0-1 [Event "35th ECC Open 2019"] [Site "Budva MNE"] [Date "2019.11.15"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Alekseenko, K.."] [Black "Leko, P.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2019.11.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MNE"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1306"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.11.18"] [SourceQuality "2"] [WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"] [BlackTeam "Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Kg7 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Re1 Ng8 13. Nf1 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. d4 g4 16. Bh4 f6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. N3h2 Qe8 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Be2 Nh6 24. Bc4 Nf7 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bd7 28. Bb3 Rh8 29. Rad1 Rh6 30. Rd3 Rah8 31. Qd2 Qe8 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. Rd5 b6 34. Qe2 Rxh2 35. Bxh2 0-1 [Event "IND-ch 51st"] [Site "Jalgaon"] [Date "2013.12.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Ashwin, Jayaram"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.12.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. f4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ndxc5 gxf4 15. Rxf4 Bxe5 16. Rh4 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rh5 Bxc2 19. Qf1 Bf4 20. Bd4 Bxb3 21. Bxh8 Rxh8 22. axb3 Rb8 23. Rh3 Ke7 24. Qf2 a5 25. Bh5 Bd6 26. Rc3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxa5 Ne5 29. Ra7+ Kf6 30. Bxf7 Bb8 31. Ra8 Nxf7 32. Rf3+ Ke7 33. Kf1 Ng5 34. Rc3 Bxh2 35. g3 Ne4 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rh7 Rxb3 38. Ra6+ Kc5 39. Rxh6 Rxb2 40. Rhxe6 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Bxg3 42. Ra5+ Kb4 43. Raa6 Rh2+ 44. Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1 [Event "BCF-chT 0506 (4NCL)"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "2006.04.30"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Jonkman, Harmen"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2454"] [BlackElo "2666"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2005.10.22"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Numerica 3CS"] [BlackTeam "Wood Green"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. g4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nb1 c5 11. g5 Nh5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. O-O exd4 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe3 20. Nc4 Qxg5+ 21. Kh1 exf2 22. Nxd6 Be6 23. Bc4 Rad8 24. Bb3 Be5 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Qh4 28. Qg2 Bxh2 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2005.12.11"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Wippermann, Till"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2666"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"] [BlackTeam "Katernberg"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O $5 {Volokitin is a very dangerous player, and his seemingly forbidden castling aims to exploit unprotected white king.} (9... Be6 10. d3 ( 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf1 h5 14. Qf3 Ke7 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 g5 17. Nc3 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Liiva,R-Pyhala,A/Finland 1996/ (48)}) (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. f4 Bf5 15. d3 Nd7 16. Qf2 d4 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. g3 Be6 19. Re2 Bd5 20. Ba3 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Qd7 22. Re1 g5 23. Bxc5 gxf4 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Lokasto,A-Georgiev,V/Val Thorens 1995/ (34) }) 10... O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Rfe8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qe3 d4 20. Qe1 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski, W-Hutters,T/Copenhagen 1989/ (26)}) 10. Nxc6 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Bd6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. f4 Bb7 (13... Bf5 14. d3 $13) 14. Na3 a6 $15) 10... bxc6 11. Be2 ( 11. Bxc6 $2 Ng4 $1 12. g3 Qxc6 13. Rxe7 Be6 (13... Qh6 14. h4 Qd6 15. Re1 d4 16. Qf3 $13) 14. Qf3 Qd6 15. Rb7 d4 16. Qf4 Qd5 17. Re7 Qh5 18. h4 Ne5 $19) 11... Ne4 (11... Bf5 12. d3 Bd6 $15) 12. Bf3 (12. d3 $2 Nxf2 $1 13. Kxf2 Qxh2 $19) (12. f3 Ng5 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. g3 Re8 15. Na3 Bf5 $17) 12... f5 13. d3 Bd6 $5 14. dxe4 {Wippermann was probably too brave to play a very sharp opening position, since his kingside is left exposed with minimal protection.} (14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kf1 Be5 16. c3 Ba6 $15) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 (15. Kf1 $2 fxe4 16. Be2 Rxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 e3 $19) 15... Qf4 $2 (15... fxe4 $1 16. Bxe4 (16. Bg4 Rxf2 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Qg4 Rcf8 19. Na3 Bg3 $19) (16. Be2 Rxf2 17. Rf1 Bg3 $19) 16... dxe4 17. Nd2 e3 $1 (17... Qd6 18. Qh5 Qxd2 19. Qxh2 $15) 18. Rxe3 Bf4 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Kg1 Be6 $17) 16. exd5 $2 {[%mdl 256] Till was naturally scared of all the threats to his own king, but swaping the pawn in the center is not solving the problem.} (16. g3 Qh6 17. Bc1 f4 18. Bh5 $1 Qe6 (18... g5 19. Kxh2 f3 20. Rh1 Qxh5+ 21. Kg1 $18) 19. Bg4 (19. g4 Qf6 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ $1 ( 20... Qxa1 $6 21. Ba3 g6 22. Bxc5 gxh5 23. exd5 $1 $16) 21. Kg1 f3 22. Qd3 (22. Re3 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 dxe4 $19) 22... Bxg4 23. exd5 Qh3 24. Qf1 Qxh5 25. dxc6 Bh3 26. Qc4+ Kh8 $19) 19... Qh6 (19... Qe5 20. Bxf4 Qxa1 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Kxh2 $18) 20. Kg2 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qg6 22. Bxf4 Bxg4 23. Qd3 $16) 16... Qh4 $1 17. Na3 Be5+ 18. Kg1 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Bxb2 20. Nc4 Bxa1 {Good enough, but black could already have capitalized on the exposed white king with nasty move 20...Bc3! winning material.} (20... Bc3 $1 21. Qd3 (21. dxc6 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Bxe1) 21... Bxa1 22. dxc6 Ba6 $19) 21. Qxa1 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Re8+ 23. Kd2 (23. Ne3 Qh4 24. Rh1 Qg5 $19) 23... Qh6+ 24. Re3 (24. Ne3 f4 25. Nc4 Ba6 $19) 24... Bb7 25. d6 (25. dxc6 Rad8+ 26. Kc1 Bxc6 $19) 25... Rad8 26. Qe1 (26. Qc3 Ba6 $19) 26... Ba6 27. Kc3 Qf6+ 28. Kd2 (28. Ne5 f4 29. Re4 Rxd6 $19) 28... Qd4+ (28... Qd4+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 Rxd6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Jakarta m"] [Site "Jakarta"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Adianto, Utut"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Short,N"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "INA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 051"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 {Mor macho than Kramnik's modest 9.g3} Nfd7 10. Nxd7 (10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 $13) 10... Nxd7 (10... Bxd7 11. e4 e5 $5 12. Be3 $1 $16 (12. dxe5 Bc5 $44)) 11. e4 $14 Bg6 12. Be3 e6 13. Be2 (13. Bc4 $142) 13... Bb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Bc4 (17. d5 $2 Nc5 $17) 17... Rac8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. g4 $2 (19. Kh1) (19. g3) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kg2 Bd6 $17 21. e5 Bf8 22. Ng3 Qb6 (22... Nb6 $142) 23. f4 Qxb3 24. Bxb3 f6 25. Bd2 fxe5 26. dxe5 Nc5 27. Rxc5 $5 Bxc5 28. f5 Bf7 29. Ne4 b6 $1 30. Ng5 Rcd8 31. Bc3 Rd5 {I was not exactly very proud of this move but I wanted to play safely. Now White's initiative evaporates.} 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. fxe6 (33. Nxe6 $142 $17) 33... Bg6 $1 $19 34. Rd1 h6 35. Nf3 Be4 36. Kg3 Rxe6 37. Nh4 g6 38. Nf3 Re8 39. Nd4 Rf8 40. Rd2 $138 Rf1 41. Re2 Kf7 42. Nb3 Rf3+ 43. Kh2 Be3 44. Nd2 Bf4+ 45. Kg1 Rg3+ 46. Kf2 Bd3 47. e6+ Ke8 48. Re1 Rxg4 49. Kf3 h5 50. e7 d4 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.31"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D77"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Nc6 7. e3 dxc4 8. Na3 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nxc4 Qc8 11. Kh2 Rd8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Rd1 Be4 14. b3 g5 15. Bb2 Qf5 16. Rac1 g4 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. hxg4 Nxg4+ 20. Kg1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Ne4 23. a3 e6 24. Kg2 a5 25. Rh1 Rd5 26. Rh4 f5 27. Rc2 Rad8 28. Rh1 Ng5 29. Bc3 b6 30. Ne1 Ne4 31. Bb2 b5 32. f3 bxc4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. bxc4 Rg5 35. Rh4 Ne7 36. Rxe4 Nf5 37. Rxe6 Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rf8 39. Ke2 h5 40. c5 h4 41. Kd3 h3 42. Rh2 Bh6 43. Nc2 Rf3 44. Re4 Kf7 45. Re5 Kg6 46. Bc3 Bf4 47. Rxf5 Bxh2 48. Rd5 Bg3 0-1 [Event "Gent Taminco op 33rd"] [Site "Gent"] [Date "2010.07.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Klinova, Masha"] [Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2010.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 Nd4 6. O-O Ne7 7. d3 Nec6 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb1 b5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. e5 d6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4 Qd7 16. b3 h6 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. Ng3 Bd6 20. f5 Bxg3 21. fxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 fxe6 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Bg4 Qd6+ 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bg3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Qa3 28. Rb1 Qc5 29. Bf3 Na5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Bxb7 Nxb7 33. Rf5 Qc7 34. Qh5 Nd6 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 Kh7 37. Qg4 Qe7 38. Qxd4 Nf5 39. Qe4 g6 40. d4 Nd6 41. Qe2 Nf5 42. Qg4 h5 43. Qf4 Nh6 44. c5 Qe6 45. Qe4 Ng4+ 46. Kg1 Qxa2 47. Qb7+ Kh6 48. Qg7+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kf5 50. Qf7+ Qxf7 0-1 [Event "Nakhchivan op-A"] [Site "Nakhchivan"] [Date "2013.04.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Sanal, Vahap"] [Black "Potkin, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2013.04.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 b5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Qf2 O-O 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Ne2 b4 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Bc4 a5 19. Bb5 Qc8 20. Ba4 d5 21. Qh4 g6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Qxh5 Bc5 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Kb1 Bd6 27. Be3 Qb7 28. Rhf1 Be5 29. f4 Bg7 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Qf2 Qc4 32. Bb3 Qc6 33. Bb6 a4 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 f6 38. gxf6 Bxf6 39. Rd3 Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Kc1 e5 42. fxe5 Bxe5 43. Bd4 Bxh2 44. Kd2 h5 45. Ke3 a3 46. b3 Rc8 47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rg2 f4+ 49. Kf3 Bg3 50. Be5 h4 51. Bxf4+ Bxf4 52. Kxf4 Rf8+ 53. Ke3 Kh5 54. Rg7 h3 55. Rh7+ Kg4 56. Rg7+ Kh4 57. Rh7+ Kg4 58. Rg7+ Kf5 59. Rh7 Rc8 60. Rf7+ Ke5 61. Rf2 Rc3+ 62. Kd2 Rg3 63. Rf8 Ke4 64. Re8+ Kf3 65. Re3+ Kf4 66. Re8 Rf3 67. Ke2 Rc3 68. Rf8+ Kg3 69. Rg8+ Kh2 70. Kd2 Rg3 71. Re8 Kg2 72. Re2+ Kf3 73. Re3+ Kf4 74. Re8 Rg2+ 75. Kd3 h2 76. Rh8 Kg3 77. c3 bxc3 78. Kxc3 Rxa2 0-1 [Event "Paris-ch op-FIDE 89th"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2014.07.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2014.07.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 (11. b4 a5 12. b5 d6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Rc1 g6 16. h3 d5 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Be4 Rc7 20. Qd2 Qb8 21. Bd3 Rec8 22. Bf1 Ba8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Bg7 27. Bd4 h5 28. Qe1 Bf8 29. Qc1 Bg7 30. Nb2 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Nc4 Qh8 34. Qd7 Qf8 35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Nxb6 Qc5 37. Qxa8 Qxb6 38. Bc4 Nf6 39. Be2 h4 40. Qa6 Qc5 {Bruzon Batista,L (2706)-Carlsen,M (2848) Mexico City 2012 1/2-1/2} ) 11... Nc6 $146 (11... d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. b4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (30) Carlsen,M (2815)-Karjakin,S (2776) Medias 2011}) 12. Re1 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bh2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nh5 16. Nc3 Nhf4 17. Be4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxc1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd8 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Nc6 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 a5 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. g3 h6 31. h4 Ne7 32. Qf4 Nf5 33. Rc4 Rf8 34. a4 Qd5 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} 35. b3 b5 36. axb5 Qxb5 37. Rc5 Qxb3 38. Rxa5 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Nxd4 40. Qe4 f5 41. Qb7 Qe1 42. Rc5 f4 43. Nf3 Nxf3 44. Qxf3 fxg3 45. Qxg3 Qe4+ 46. f3 Qe2+ 47. Qf2 Qd3 48. Re5 Rf6 49. Re3 Qf5 50. Kf1 Rg6 51. Qh2 Kh7 52. Kf2 Qc2+ 53. Re2 Qc5+ 54. Re3 Qd4 55. Qh3 Rf6 56. Qg3 Rf5 57. Ke2 Rd5 58. Qe1 Qxe3+ 59. Kxe3 Re5+ 60. Kf2 Rxe1 61. Kxe1 Kg6 62. Kf2 Kf5 0-1 [Event "Baku ol (Men) 42nd"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.08"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Davila Blanco, Juan Jose"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "1904"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 175"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Puerto Rico"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e4 e6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Nc4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa3 dxe5 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Ncxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Be8 17. Nd3 b6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. O-O-O c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rhe1 a5 22. Bh5 Ba4 23. Rd2 Rhd8 24. Ne5 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Be8 26. Nc4 a4 27. Kc2 Bb5 28. Na3 Bc6 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 h5 31. Re4 Rh8 32. Rxa4 h4 33. gxh4 gxh4 34. Re4 h3 35. Re1 h2 36. Rh1 Be5 37. Nc4 Bf4 38. Ne3 Rg8 39. Ng4 f5 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Nxh2 Rg1 42. f4 Rg2 43. Nf3 Rxf2+ 44. Nd2 Rxf4 45. Kd3 e5 46. Nc4 e4+ 47. Ke2 Rh4 48. a4 f4 49. a5 Rh2+ 50. Ke1 Kd8 51. a6 Rh6 52. a7 Ra6 53. Nd6 Rxa7 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1314"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2013.10.12"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Dragun, Kamil"] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D81"] [WhiteElo "2547"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2013.10.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 157"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"] [BlackTeam "Eppingen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8. d5 b5 9. e4 c4 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nd4 b4 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc6 Bf5 19. Ne4 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Nxe4 21. Qxc4 Nd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd2 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ra7 Bxe5 26. Rxe7 Bxh2+ 0-1 [Event "Smederevska Palanka Shocha Memorial"] [Site "Smederevska Palanka"] [Date "2016.01.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Nestorovic, Lazar"] [Black "Perunovic, Milos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2407"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2016.01.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.02.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Ng5 d5 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bxh7 Kf8 12. Bg6 Bxh2+ 13. Kf1 Ne5 14. d4 Nxg6 15. Rxe6 Bf4 16. Qd3 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxe6 18. Kg1 Bf7 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. g3 Qd7 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1011"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2011.02.05"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Rustemov, Alexander"] [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 Qe8 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Kg7 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Rd2 c6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Kf1 e4 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Nb3 Rde8 23. Kg1 Qe5 24. Nd4 h5 25. b4 h4 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27. Nb3 Qg5 28. Bf1 Be5 29. Nc5 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qxc5 31. Qb2 Qe5+ 32. Kh1 Rh8 33. c4 Qxb2 34. Rxb2 Rh5 35. Rd4 Ra5 36. Ra2 f5 37. Kh2 Be6 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kf6 40. Rb2 Re7 41. Rd8 Rxa4 42. Rc2 Ra1 43. Bg2 g5 44. Rh8 Rg7 45. Kh2 Rd1 46. c5 Rdd7 47. f3 Rh7+ 48. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 49. Kg3 exf3 50. Bxf3 Ke5 51. Rb2 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Qatar Masters op"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2014.11.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"] [Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2407"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "208"] [EventDate "2014.11.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 164"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteClock "1:30:30"] [BlackClock "1:30:30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nb3 d5 16. exd5 Bb4 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Rxa5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bg3 22. Qf5 Nf8 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Rc5 Qb8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qh3 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bc2 Nh5 31. Rxa6 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc3 34. bxc3 Ne6 35. Nd4 Rb2 36. Ra8+ Nf8 37. Rc8 g6 38. c5 Kg7 39. f4 Re7 40. f5 Nd7 41. c6 Nc5 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Rh8 Ra7 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kf3 gxf5 46. Bxf5 Ne6 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Ke4 e5 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Ne6+ Rxe6 51. c7 Kxf8 52. c8=Q+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Re7 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kf8 58. Qf5+ Rf7 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qg4+ Kh8 61. Kxe5 Rg7 62. Qf3 Rbxg2 63. Qf8+ Rg8 64. Qf6+ R2g7 65. c4 Re8+ 66. Kd4 Kg8 67. c5 Rg6 68. Qf5 Ree6 69. Kc4 Kg7 70. Kb5 h6 71. Qd5 Rgf6 72. Qg2+ Kf7 73. Qb7+ Re7 74. Qd5+ Kg7 75. c6 Rc7 76. Qg2+ Rg6 77. Qb2+ Kh7 78. Qd4 Rgxc6 79. Qe4+ Rg6 80. Qf5 Re7 81. Qf8 Re5+ 82. Kc4 h5 83. Kd4 Reg5 84. Qe7+ Rg7 85. Qe4+ Kh6 86. Qf4 Kg6 87. Qe4+ Rf5 88. Qe8+ Kg5 89. Ke3 Rgf7 90. Qd8+ Kg4 91. Qd4+ Rf4 92. Qd6 Rf3+ 93. Ke2 Rf2+ 94. Ke1 R2f4 95. Qd1+ Kh4 96. Qd8+ Kh3 97. Qc8+ R7f5 98. Ke2 Re4+ 99. Kd3 Ree5 100. Kd4 h4 101. Qc3+ Kg4 102. Qc6 Rd5+ 103. Ke3 Kg3 104. Qc7+ Rfe5+ 0-1 [Event "PAL/CSS Freestyle playoff 2a"] [Site "playchess.com INT"] [Date "2006.03.25"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Teutates"] [Black "Octapus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2006.03.25"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qxb4 d5 13. Qd2 dxe4 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. fxe4 Nc4 16. Qc3 Rb8 17. Rhf1 Bb4 18. Bf4 Qxf4+ 19. Rxf4 Bxc3 20. Nc6 Bb7 21. Nxb8 Be5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nc5 Nxb2 24. Re1 Bxb8 25. Kxb2 Bc8 26. Bf1 a5 27. Bb5+ Ke7 28. Nb3 Bc7 29. Re3 Bb6 30. Rd3 h5 31. Rh3 h4 32. c3 Bb7 33. Nd2 Bc7 34. Bd3 Bf4 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. Kc2 Bc8 37. Nd2 Kc5 38. Nb3+ Kb6 39. Nd4 Bd7 40. Kb3 a4+ 41. Kc2 e5 42. Nf5 Kc5 43. c4 Bxf5 44. gxf5 Kd4 45. c5 Rc8 46. Kd1 Bxh2 47. Ba6 Rc6 48. Rxh4 Bg3 49. Rh3 Rxa6 50. Rxg3 Kxe4 51. Rc3 Ra7 52. Ke2 Kxf5 53. Kd3 Re7 54. Rc4 Rd7+ 55. Ke3 Ke6 56. Rxa4 f5 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. c6 f4+ 59. Kf3 Rc7 60. Ra5+ Ke6 61. Ra6 Kd6 62. Ra3 Rxc6 63. Rb3 Rc2 64. Ra3 Ke6 65. Ke4 Re2+ 66. Kf3 Re3+ 67. Rxe3 fxe3 68. Kxe3 f5 69. Kf2 f4 70. a4 Kd5 71. a5 Kc5 72. Kf3 Kb5 73. a6 Kxa6 74. Ke4 0-1 [Event "St Louis Spring A"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2019.03.04"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Bok, B.."] [Black "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2638"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2019.03.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1270"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.11"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nc4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd5 15. Nfe5 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Nd3 a5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf4 Be7 20. Qd4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Bd5 22. Rfd1 Rc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne5 Rc3 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. Nd4 Bd6 27. Qf3 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Be5 29. Nb5 Rxb3 30. Qxd5 Qe6 31. Kg1 Rb2 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Bf6 34. Rc7 Ra2 35. Nd4 Rxa4 36. Rb7 Re8 37. e4 Ra1 0-1 [Event "ch-RUS Rapid 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.12"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Lobanov, Sergei"] [Black "Sjugirov, S.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [EventType "rapid"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Nf1 h5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Rad1 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf4 19. cxb4 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qxc2 21. Qf4 Qxa4 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Qg5 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rxd7 Bc6 26. Rc7 Rfc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rc1 Bb7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Kf1 f6 31. Nd4 e5 32. Nb3 Kf7 33. Ke2 f5 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Ke3 Be6 36. Nd2 Bd5 37. f3 g5 38. Nb1 Ke6 39. Nc3 Bc6 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kf2 g4 43. fxg4+ Kxg4 44. Ne2 Kf5 45. Ng1 Kf4 46. Nh3+ Ke4 47. Ng5+ Kd4 48. Nf7 e4 49. Nh6 Bd7 50. Nf7 e3+ 51. Ke2 Bg4+ 52. Ke1 Be6 53. Nd6 Kd3 54. Kd1 Bd5 55. Nf5 Bxg2 56. Nxh4 Be4 57. Ke1 Kc4 58. Ke2 Kd4 59. b3 Bd3+ 60. Ke1 Kc3 61. Ng2 e2 62. Nf4 Kc2 63. Kf2 Kd2 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2013.06.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2013.06.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 e3 7. fxe3 Bh6 8. e4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Bc1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Qc2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxa1 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Bf5 18. Bg2 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Qd7 20. O-O Qg4 21. Bf2 Be5 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Bg1 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bf3 Qg6 27. c5 Kh8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qc7 b6 30. Be3 Rg8 31. Qxa7 Bxh2 32. Qxb6 Be5 0-1 [Event "EU-ch Internet final"] [Site "playchess.com INT"] [Date "2004.11.07"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Rabiega, Robert"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2004.11.07"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2 Nf7 9. c4 Nd7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Bc3 b6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bb7 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Ne4 axb3 18. Nxd6 exd6 19. Qxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. axb3 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 Nf6 25. Nb4 Kf7 26. Nc6 b5 27. Bxb5 Nxd5 28. Bb2 Nc7 29. Ba4 Ne6 30. b4 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Bxd4 32. Bc1 Bc3 33. b5 Nd4 34. Bd5+ Ke7 35. Bc4 d5 36. Ba3+ Ke6 37. Bd3 Ba5 38. Bc5 Nb3 39. Ba3 Bb6 40. Kf1 Nd2+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. f3 Nc5 43. Bc2 d4 44. Bxc5 Bxc5 45. Kd3 Ke5 46. g3 g5 47. Bb3 h6 48. Bc4 Bb6 49. Bb3 Bc5 50. Bc4 Bb6 51. Bb3 h5 52. Bf7 h4 53. Be8 h3 54. Bd7 Kf6 55. g4 Bc7 56. Bxf5 Bxh2 57. Be4 Bf4 0-1 [Event "SUI-chT"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "2013.05.26"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Sedina, Elena"] [Black "Edouard, Romain"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2013.03.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Mendrisio"] [BlackTeam "Geneve"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. b3 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Rac8 19. c4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Ne3 Bc5 22. Red1 Bg6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qg3 Rc6 25. Bd4 Bd6 26. Qh4 Be7 27. Qg3 Bh5 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Bc3 Bc5 31. Nd5 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd6 33. Be5 Be7 34. Qh2 Rh6 35. Rd2 Be2 36. Rxe2 Rxh2 37. Bxh2 Qh5 38. Rd2 Bb4 39. Rc2 Bc5 40. Nd5 Qh4 41. g3 Qh5 42. Nf4 Qf3 43. b4 Bd4 0-1 [Event "Titled Tuesday 5th Oct"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Lehtosaari, Mauri"] [Black "Kamsky, G.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2199"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.10.05"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.05.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Be2 c4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. O-O h6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. h3 b5 14. a3 Kd7 15. Nd2 Bh7 16. Bf3 Bd3 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bh2 Be7 19. Rac1 h5 20. Bd1 h4 21. f3 Bd6 22. e4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Ne7 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Ng6 26. Rcc1 Nf4 27. Rc2 g6 28. e5 g5 29. Nf1 Kc6 30. Ne3 Kb6 31. Nd1 Ka5 32. Nf2 Ka4 33. Rd2 Kb3 34. Re3 Rac8 35. Re1 Rc6 36. Ra1 Ka4 37. Re1 Ra8 38. Rb1 b4 39. axb4 Kb3 40. Nd1 Rca6 41. Ne3 Ra1 42. Rdd1 Rxb1 43. Rxb1 Ka2 44. Rf1 Kxb2 45. Nd1+ Kc2 46. Rg1 Kd2 47. g3 hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ne2+ 0-1 [Event "SRB-chT"] [Site "Kragujevac"] [Date "2016.09.27"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Markovic, Miroslav"] [Black "Markus, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2459"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "208"] [EventDate "2016.09.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Jugovic"] [BlackTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. Na3 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Bg5 d4 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Nxd6 Qxd6 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qd1 Be6 14. Bd2 f6 15. b4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 d3 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Bc5 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. b5 Na5 22. Rfc1 b6 23. Bb4 Nc4 24. Ne1 Rd7 25. f3 Rad8 26. h4 Kf7 27. Kf2 h5 28. Rc2 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Ke2 Rb1 31. Nd3 Ke8 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bf8 g6 34. Bb4 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Kg3 Rd1 40. Ne1 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Bc3 f4+ 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. g3 fxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Kf5 47. a4 Rc1 48. Nc2 Bd5 49. Be1 Rb1 50. Nb4 Ke6 51. Nc2 Kf5 52. Nb4 Ke6 53. f4 Rb3+ 54. Kh2 Bf3 55. Rc2 Ne3 56. Rc3 Rxc3 57. Bxc3 exf4 58. a5 bxa5 59. Nd3 Kf5 60. Bxa5 Be2 61. Nxf4 Kxf4 62. b6 axb6 63. Bxb6 Nf5 64. Bd8 Kg4 65. Kg2 Nxh4+ 66. Kf2 Ba6 67. Kg1 Nf3+ 68. Kg2 Ng5 69. Bc7 h4 70. Bb8 h3+ 71. Kf2 Nf3 72. Bc7 h2 73. Bxh2 Nxh2 74. Ke3 Nf3 75. Ke4 Bc4 76. Ke3 Bd5 77. Ke2 Nd4+ 78. Kd3 Nb5 79. Ke3 Kg3 80. Ke2 Kf4 81. Kd3 Kf3 82. Kd2 Bc4 83. Kd1 Ke3 84. Kc2 Ke2 85. Kc1 Kd3 86. Kb2 Kd2 87. Ka1 Kc3 88. Kb1 Nd4 89. Ka1 Nc2+ 90. Kb1 Bd5 91. Kc1 Ba2 92. Kd1 Nd4 93. Kc1 Ne2+ 94. Kd1 Kd3 95. Ke1 Ke3 96. Kf1 Nf4 97. Ke1 Bb3 98. Kf1 Bc2 99. Ke1 Ng2+ 100. Kf1 Kf3 101. Kg1 Kg3 102. Kh1 Nf4 103. Kg1 Bd3 104. Kh1 Be2 0-1 [Event "RUS-ch Higher League 62nd"] [Site "Ulan Ude"] [Date "2009.09.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Popov, Valerij"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2009.09.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 132"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. a3 a5 13. e4 e5 14. Ne2 c5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. Qa4 Ng4 19. Bd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qc4 Rf6 23. f3 Ne5 24. Qc3 Qa6 25. Rd5 Re8 26. Bg5 Rg6 27. Be3 h5 28. Qxc5 Rxg2 29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Rg6 31. Nd4 h4 32. Rc1 h3 33. Rxa5 Rg2 34. b4 f5 35. Nxf5 Nxf3 36. Ra7 Be5 37. Rc5 Nh2+ 38. Ke1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Rg4 0-1 [Event "Victorian Open 2018"] [Site "Melbourne AUS"] [Date "2018.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Stewart, S.."] [Black "Melkumyan, H.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1824"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2018.06.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1231"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2018.06.11"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.06.12"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nh4 Be4 12. f4 O-O 13. Rg1 b5 14. g4 bxc4 15. g5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qd5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. f5 Qxd4 19. O-O-O Qxe5 20. Bxh6 Qxh2 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Qxh2 Bxh2 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Re7 e5 25. Rh1 Ng4 26. Ng6+ Bxg6 0-1 [Event "Paleochora op 1st"] [Site "Paleochora"] [Date "2008.07.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Delabaca, Romuald"] [Black "Postny, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2178"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.07.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb4 Qd8 18. a4 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxd5 21. axb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 e6 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Qe4 axb5 25. d4 Qg5+ 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. d5 exd5 29. Qd3 Bd6 30. Kf1 Bxh2 31. Bxd5 b4 32. Qc4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Bf4 34. Rd4 Be5 35. Re4 Rd7 36. b3 Rc7 37. Qxb4 Rc1+ 38. Re1 Bc3 0-1 [Event "Tromsoe ol (Women) 41st"] [Site "Tromsoe"] [Date "2014.08.04"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2661"] [PlyCount "182"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 162"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "US of America (W)"] [BlackTeam "China (W)"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. e3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. c6 Ne5 16. Bxc4 Qa5 17. Ke2 Rc8 18. Nd2 O-O 19. b3 Rxc6 20. f4 Nxc4 21. Rag1+ Kh8 22. Nxc4 Qh5+ 23. f3 Rcc8 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Qb1 Rcd8 26. Kf2 Rg6 27. Kg2 Rdg8 28. Qe1 Rh6 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Kf2 Rg6 31. Qf1 Kh8 32. Ke2 Rg8 33. Qf2 Qf5 34. Rc1 Rd8 35. Ke1 Bc5 36. Qe2 Rd3 37. e4 Qxf4 38. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 39. Qd1 Qg5 40. Qe2 Bd4 41. Kd1 Qg1+ 42. Kc2 Qa1 43. Qd2 Bc3 44. Qd6 Qa2+ 45. Kc1 Qg2 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qxa7 Qh1+ 48. Kc2 Qxh2+ 49. Kd3 Qh1 50. Ne3 Qb1+ 51. Kc4 Qb2 52. Qd7 h5 53. a5 Qa2 54. Kb5 h4 55. a6 h3 56. Qd1 Be5 57. Ng4 h2 58. Kb6 Qg2 59. Nxh2 Bxh2 60. a7 Qg1+ 61. Qxg1+ Bxg1+ 62. Kb7 Bxa7 63. Kxa7 Kg6 64. Kb6 Kg5 65. Kc5 Kf4 66. Kxb4 Kxf3 67. Kc5 Kxe4 68. b4 f5 69. b5 f4 70. b6 f3 71. b7 f2 72. b8=Q f1=Q 73. Qb7+ Ke3 74. Kd6 Qf6 75. Qb3+ Kf4 76. Qc4+ Kg5 77. Kd7 Qe5 78. Ke7 f5 79. Qc1+ f4 80. Qg1+ Kf5 81. Qb1+ Qe4 82. Qb5+ Kg4 83. Qf1 f3 84. Qg1+ Kf5 85. Kf7 Qb7+ 86. Kf8 e5 87. Qg3 Qc8+ 88. Kg7 Qd7+ 89. Kh6 Qd2+ 90. Kh7 Qg2 91. Qh4 Qg6+ 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1213"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2012.11.11"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Bogner, Sebastian"] [Black "Kurnosov, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D95"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2012.10.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 151"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"] [BlackTeam "Wiesbaden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. bxa3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Be4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. d5 Rd7 21. g4 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. f3 b6 24. a4 Be5 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rb5 Rc8 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc7 31. Bd4 Bf4 32. Re1 Rc2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Bxh2 35. a4 a6 36. Bc3 Kg6 37. Bxa5 Kf5 38. Bd8 Bd6 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 8th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2007.04.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Iljin, Artem"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2538"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2007.04.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 a5 12. Nc3 a4 13. f3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Ra5 16. Bd3 c5 17. O-O Bc6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Qf8 21. Ba2 c4 22. Bb1 g6 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Rh5 25. Bg3 b5 26. d5 Bb7 27. Nxb5 Qc5+ 28. Nd4 Ne5 29. Kh1 Ba6 30. Qc3 Qb6 31. Nc6 Nfg4 32. Nxe5 Rxh2+ 33. Bxh2 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nd1+ 37. Kh1 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Qf6 39. Nd7 Qf2 40. Rd1 Bb5 41. Ne5 Qe2 42. Rc1 Qd2 43. Rf1 Qxc3 44. Ng4 f5 0-1 [Event "SWE-chT 1516"] [Site "Sweden"] [Date "2016.01.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Lyrberg, Patrik"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2473"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.11.06"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Kungstornet"] [BlackTeam "Stockholm Viking"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"] [BlackTeamCountry "SWE"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Nfd2 Nd6 13. Na3 Nf5 14. Nc2 O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Qd2 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bd3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nce7 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Ng6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. d5 Be5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qd7 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Qe5 28. Nd4 Nf4 29. Nxe6 Nxe3 30. Nxf8 Qg5 31. Bf1 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "US op 107th"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Mayers, Dan E"] [Black "Izoria, Zviad"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2001"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qh4 d5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg6+ Ke7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Bg6 e5 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nbd2 e4 16. Re1 Kd7 17. Nd4 Ne7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 g5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qb6 23. Bc6+ bxc6 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6 26. Qxf6+ Kc7 27. Qg7+ Bd7 28. Ne6+ Kb7 29. Qxd7+ Kb8 30. Nd4 Qa6+ 31. Ke1 Bc7 32. b4 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Rxa1 34. Nxc6+ Kb7 35. Na5+ Qxa5 36. bxa5 Rd8 0-1 [Event "BCF-chT 0506 (4NCL)"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "2006.03.04"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Plaskett, H James"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2005.10.22"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Guildford II"] [BlackTeam "Slough Sharks"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2 Be6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rae1 h5 14. d3 h4 15. Nb1 d4 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Qf3 g5 19. fxg5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg3 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nf6 Rdf8 24. b4 Be5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qh3 Bxf6 27. Qxe6+ Kb8 28. gxf6 h3 29. gxh3 Qxc2 30. Ba3 Qxd3 31. Bxf8 Qxf1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "BCF-chT 1516 (4NCL)"] [Site "England"] [Date "2016.03.20"] [Round "8.141"] [White "Flear, Glenn C"] [Black "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2457"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2015.11.14"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Guildford II"] [BlackTeam "Guildford"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Ne5 h6 13. f4 Rc8 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb4 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. cxd5 Nxe5 18. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxc8 20. fxe4 exd5 21. e5 Bh3 22. Rf3 Qh4 23. Bxa6 Bd2 24. Kh1 Bg4 25. Qf1 Bxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bxf4 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. Bb7 Rxa2 29. Bxd5 Bxh2 0-1 [Event "EU-ch blitz"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "2015.12.18"] [Round "3.14"] [White "Kolesnik, Eduard"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2015.12.18"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 Bb7 12. Ng3 h5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Rhe1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. f5 e5 22. Nb3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 d5 24. Ned2 Kf7 25. d4 e4 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Ndb3 Bd6 28. g3 h4 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Bc7 31. Nab3 Bb7 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. g4 Bxh2 34. Rh3 Bf4 35. Ne2 Bg5 36. a3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Ke7 38. Kc2 Bd7 39. Nc1 Bb5 40. a4 Bf1 41. Rh1 Bg2 42. Rh2 h3 43. Ne2 Bf3 44. Ng1 Bxg4 45. Nxa6 Bf4 0-1 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"] [Site "Porto Carras"] [Date "2011.11.11"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Meier,G"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2011.11.03"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 146"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {[%mdl 2] When you're winning everything seems easy and to be happening naturally. In our big matches against Hungary, Ukraine and Azerbaijan we were never thinking about team victory before the matches. Every one of us was simply trying to perform at his best, and somehow that's what we managed to do most of the time. The final match against Armenia was different, now we couldn't play without thinking about the final outcome of our adventure. Rustam Kasimdzhanov, our invaluable coach during the tournament, analysed the situation with me during our traditional walk in the night. The distribution of colours was unfortunate for the German team, as with any colour we wouldn't hope for more than a draw on Arkadij's board. Daniel was in general happier to be Black, leaving the task to squeeze something out to Gustafsson and me. So our Whites might be totally useless while Gustafsson didn't forget to inform the team that Black against Sargissian has always meant suffering for him. Fortunately, as there were no other boards left, Kasim convinced me, that I had the best if not the only chance to win a game in this match. Wenn man gewinnt, scheint alles einfach und natürlich vor sich zu gehen. In unseren großen Matches gegen Ungarn, Ukraine und Aserbaidschan dachten wir vorher niemals an den Mannschaftssieg. Jeder von uns versuchte einfach, sein Bestes zu geben, und irgendwie schafften wir das die meiste Zeit über auch. Das Schlussduell gegen Armenien war anders, jetzt konnten wir nicht spielen, ohne an den letztlichen Ausgang unseres Abenteuers zu denken. Rustam Kasimdzhanov, unser unbezahlbarer Coach während des Turniers, analysierte die Situation mit mir bei unserem traditionellen Abendspaziergang. Die Farbverteilung war unglücklich für das deutsche Team, da wir an Arkadijs Brett bei jeder Farbe nicht mehr als ein Remis erhoffen konnten. Daniel fühlte sich generell wohler mit Schwarz, womit die Aufgabe, etwas herauszuholen, an Gustafsson und mir hängenblieb. Unsere Weißpartien konnten somit komplett nutzlos sein, während Gustafsson nicht vergaß, das Team zu informieren, dass Schwarz gegen Sargissian für ihn immer Leiden bedeutet hat. Zum Glück, da es ja keine anderen Bretter gab, überzeugte mich Kasim, dass ich die beste, wenn nicht gar die einzige Chance hatte, in diesem Match eine Partie zu gewinnen.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {In the night Kasim had prepared some double-edged lines after Movsesian's customary 3.e5. Should he choose anything else, I should just aim for a full game, keeping all 3 results possible. In der Nacht hatte Kasim nach Movsesians üblichem 3.e5 ein paar zweischneidige Abspiele vorbereitet. Falls er etwas anderes wählte, sollte ich einfach eine volle Partie anstreben, bei der alle 3 Ergebnisse möglich wären.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 $1 {Although 3.Nc3 was a surprise, my general battle plan was clearly suggesting my opening moves. It was not the day to find out what's wrong with my Rubinstein French! Obwohl 3. Nc3 eine Überraschung war, gab mein allgemeiner Schlachtplan meine Eröffnungszüge klar vor. Es war nicht der Tag, um herauszufinden, was an meinem Rubinstein-Franzosen faul ist!} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 { I am not impressed by the merits of this sideline (supporting the pawn chain with c2-c3) while the downside is pretty obvious. White can't develop harmoniously now. Ich bin von den Vorzügen dieses Nebenabspiels (Stützen der Bauernkette c2-c3) nicht beeindruckt, dagegen ist der Nachteil ziemlich offensichtlich. Weiß kann sich jetzt nicht harmonisch entwickeln.} Be7 $1 { I had played the main move 7...Qb6 once, while the other popular choice 7... cxd4 only justifies White's last move. I played 7...Be7 mainly to sidestep any possible preparation, but by now I also think it's the best move! I just continue developing and keep the b-pawn free. Den Hauptzug 7...Qb6 hatte ich ein Mal gespielt, während die andere beliebte Fortsetzung 7...cxd4 den letzten Zug von Weiß nur rechtfertigt. Ich spielte 7...Be7 hauptsächlich, um eine mögliche Vorbereitung zu vermeiden, mittlerweile halte ich es aber auch für den besten Zug! Ich entwickle mich einfach weiter und halte den b-Bauern mobil.} (7... Qb6 8. c3 f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Ndxe5 $1 {My novelty back then, leading to a dead drawn endgame. Meine Neuerung damals, die zu einem totremisen Endspiel führt.} 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qb2 17. Qc1 Qf2+ 18. Kd1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kd2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 b6 22. Rf1 Rb8 $1 23. Rf7 Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Robson,R-Meier,G Lubbock 2010 (34)}) 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 {While White develops without any clear purpose Black starts his demonstration on the queenside. Während sich Weiß ohne irgendein klares Ziel entwickelt, beginnt Schwarz seine Demonstration am Damenflügel.} 10. Be3 Qa5+ $5 {An original idea, forcing White to take a big decision. Eine originelle Idee, die Weiß zu einer großen Entscheidung zwingt. } (10... b4 $132) 11. Kf2 {Asking for trouble... Legt es darauf an...} (11. Qd2 {was called for, but my opponent apparently didn't sense any danger or didn't want to allow me the transition to a comfortable endgame. war erforderlich, aber mein Gegner spürte offensichtlich keinerlei Gefahr oder wollte mir nicht den Übergang in ein bequemes Endspiel erlauben.}) 11... f6 {Be my guest! Aber gerne doch!} 12. c3 ({Eyeing the soft spot on e6 now will only lead to White burning his fingers after Wenn er jetzt den Schwachpunkt auf e6 aufs Korn nimmt, wird sich Weiß am Ende nur die Finger verbrennen nach} 12. Bh3 fxe5 13. Bxe6+ Kh8) 12... b4 {Sergei and I lack experience with this structure and neither of us understood when to release tension between e5 and f6. Sergei und mir mangelt es an Erfahrung mit dieser Struktur, und wir verstanden beide nicht, wann man die Spannung zwischen e5 und f6 aufheben muss.} (12... fxe5 $142 $1 13. fxe5 b4 (13... Ndxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Nxe5 {was "TOTALLY" winning according to Arkadij, but its actually anybody's game after war laut Arkadij "TOTAL" gewonnen, tatsächlich aber ist nach} 15. h3 {alles drin.}) 14. Re1 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Kg1 Nc4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rb8 {would give Black a lasting initiative. würde Schwarz eine anhaltende Initiative geben.}) 13. Re1 bxc3 (13... fxe5 $142) 14. bxc3 Ba6 {Now I felt that by closing the kingside with ...f6-f5 next I would reach a dream-position with all my pieces ready to invade the queenside. I realised that exf6 has to be White's only choice now, when my opponent surprised me very pleasantly with his next move! Nun spürte ich, dass ich durch das Abschließen des Königsflügels mit ... f6-f5 als Nächstes eine Traumstellung erreichen würde, wo alle meine Figuren bereit stehen, am Damenflügel einzufallen. Mir wurde klar, dass exf6 jetzt für Weiß die einzige Wahl sein musste, als mein Gegner mich mit seinem nächsten Zug sehr angenehm überraschte!} 15. Bh3 $2 (15. Kg1 f5 $17) (15. exf6 $1 Nxf6 16. Bh3 $1 Ne4+ 17. Kg2 $132) 15... f5 16. Bd2 $2 {Just loses time, as taking on e2 and c3 was no threat yet. Sergei must have underestimated my next move, after which c3-c4 would be suicidal. Verliert einfach Zeit, da Nehmen auf e2 und c3 noch keine Drohung war. Sergei muss meinen nächsten Zug unterschätzt haben, nach dem c3-c4 selbstmörderisch wäre.} (16. g4 g6 (16... Bxe2 $6 17. Rxe2 Qxc3 $2 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rc1) 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Rg1+ Kh8) 16... Nb6 17. g4 Nc4 (17... Bd3 {was pretty strong too. war ebenfalls ziemlich stark.}) 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Rab8 $1 {Black just continues the queenside invasion that should lead to an overwhelming attack. Sensing the upcoming sensation I was nervous though and took more time than necessary for every move. Schwarz setzt einfach die Damenflügelinvasion fort, die zu überwältigendem Angriff führen sollte. Die bevorstehende Sensation spürend, war ich allerdings nervös und brauchte für jeden Zug länger als nötig.} 20. Rg3 {Sergei has no choice but to summon up the ghost of an attack against my king. We both had about 20 minutes left to the time control, but I couldn't decide how to win and burned one minute after another. Under these circumstances my next move was a very good practical decision, but with less pressure I might have decided the game just here. Sergei bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als das Gespenst eines Angriffs gegen meinen König heraufzubeschwören. Und beiden blieben etwa noch 20 Minuten bis zur Zeitkontrolle, aber ich konnte mich nicht für einen Gewinnweg entscheiden und verbrannte Minute um Minute. Unter diesen Umständen war mein nächster Zug eine sehr gute praktische Entscheidung, aber bei weniger Druck hätte ich die Partie wohl genau hier entscheiden können.} Nd8 $5 {On e6 my knight will totally stabilise the position, allowing a comfortable realisation of my advantage in the upcoming time trouble. So comfortable that my, by now regular glances at board 4 (where Gustafsson was suffering against Sargissian) didn't cause any harm. Auf e6 wird mein Springer die Stellung total stabilisieren, was in der bevorstehenden Zeitnot eine bequeme Verwertung meines Vorteils erlaubt. So bequem, dass meine mittlerweile regelmäßigen Blicke auf Brett 4 (wo Gustafsson gegen Sargissian zu leiden hatte) nichts ausmachten.} (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rb2 $19) (20... Rb2 21. Qg1 Nxd2 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Bxf5 Ne4+ $19 {was a line that I saw, but I don't know what it was that I didn't see. It must have been one of the ghosts who haunts so many of us when we are winning and want to finish the game without any complications. war ein Abspiel, was ich sah, ich weiß aber nicht, was mir dabei entging. Es muss eines jener Gespenster gewesen sein, welche so viele von uns heimsuchen, wenn wir auf Gewinn stehen und die Partie ohne jegliche Komplikationen beenden wollen.}) 21. Rb1 Nb2 22. Qg1 Ne6 $19 {The position is so good that for a while just about every sensible move keeps my winning advantage. Die Stellung ist so gut, dass eine Zeitlang so ungefähr jeder vernünftige Zug meinen Gewinnvorteil behauptet.} 23. Ra1 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Qa6+ ( 24... Nc4 $1 {would have made the white pawn chain collapse immediately. hätte die weiße Bauernkette sofort zum Einsturz gebracht.}) 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg2 Ndxf4+ 27. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Bf1 c4 $1 {Just "killing" the white minor pieces. 'Tötet' einfach die weißen Leichtfiguren.} 30. Qf2 Rb6 31. Qc2 {A last attempt to muddy the waters but it didn't distract me. Ein letzter Versuch, im Trüben zu fischen, aber ich ließ mich nicht ablenken.} g5 $1 32. Qa4 g4 33. Qxa7 Qe6 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Nd2 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rg8 {Remember the comfort I was talking about? :) Erinnern Sie sich an die Bequemlichtkeit, von der ich sprach? :)} 37. Bg2 Bh4 (37... Nd3 38. Rgf1 f4 {was a straightforward win. war ein geradeliniger Gewinn.}) 38. Qa5 Bf2 39. Rgf1 Be3 (39... Qh6 $1 40. Rxf2 g3 {curtains. Vorhang.}) 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Nf1 {Finally there was time to come up with a clear-cut winning plan. Endlich war Zeit, einen klar umrissenen Gewinnplan zu ersinnen.} Qh6 $1 42. Qxd5 Bxh2 43. Qc6 {I have to admit that I was thinking to myself what a miracle it is that Movsesian even reached a lost endgame from the position he had! Ich muss zugeben, dass ich bei mir dachte, welch ein Wunder es ist, dass Movsesian aus der Stellung, die er hatte, auch nur ein verlorenes Endspiel erreichte!} Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Bf4 45. Re1 g3 46. Bg2 Rgb8 $1 {That's it! After the exchange of rooks White becomes a mere spectator. Was war's! Nach dem Tausch der Türme wird Weiß zum bloßen Zuschauer.} 47. a4 Rb1 48. Re2 R8b2 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Bc6 Kg7 52. e6 Kf6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.04.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Xiong, Jeffery"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2674"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2017.03.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Na3 Bg4 9. Nc2 Nd7 10. Be2 Kh8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. b4 Qe8 15. b5 Nd8 16. a4 a5 17. c4 Ne6 18. c5 {A rather cavalier pawn sacrifice. People used to get burned playing like this against Gata Kamsky, and they still can.} (18. Nd5) 18... dxc5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Qb3 Rf4 21. Qb1 Nd4 22. Bg3 Rf8 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Qc1 Nd7 25. Bc4 b6 26. Rb1 h5 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nd5 Rac8 29. Nc4 Kh7 30. Qd1 Bh6 $5 {Gata wants it all: an attack on the king to complement his extra pawn and dominating Nd4.} (30... Nf6 31. Bxe5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 {seemed simpler.}) 31. Rb2 Rf7 32. Qd3 Bf4 33. Qc3 g5 34. h3 $2 h4 35. Bh2 Nf6 $2 ({Oh, no! We were all screaming for} 35... Nf3+ {a spectacular shot that would have left White scratching and clawing for a draw, down a queen,} 36. Qxf3 (36. gxf3 Qxh3 {is not going to end well for the white monarch.}) 36... Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Nf6 39. Rd2 Rf8 40. Kg2 Nh5 41. Red1 Nf4+ 42. Nxf4 gxf4 {and, likely, not quite making it.}) 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Ne3 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Rf4 39. Nd5 Rf7 40. f3 Rd8 41. Qe3 Qg6 42. Qc3 Rd6 43. Rf2 {Xiong has dug some trenches. In search for a way through Kamsky devises a wait-and-see strategy, while moving his king over to the queenside, in the style of Tigran Petrosian.} Kg8 44. Ne3 Kf8 45. Kh1 Ke8 46. Kh2 Kd8 47. Kh1 Kc8 48. Kh2 Kb8 49. Kh1 Qf6 50. Kg1 Rd8 51. Qc1 Rfd7 52. Nd5 Qg7 53. Qc4 Rd6 54. Ne3 Qf8 55. Qc3 Qf7 56. Nc4 $6 {Wrong. The knight should not have strayed away from its own king.} Re6 57. Rd2 Re7 58. Rb1 Qf4 $1 59. Re1 Red7 60. Rf2 Kb7 61. Qb2 Qg3 62. Ref1 Ne6 $1 { It turns out Gata has not completely lost his chops. This is one powerhouse of a pawn sac.} 63. Qxe5 Nf4 64. Qf5 Rd1 $1 {A very nice finish.} 65. Ne3 (65. Qg4 Ne2+ 66. Kh1 Qxf2) 65... R1d3 $1 66. Nd5 Rxf3 67. Qg4 Rxf2 68. Rxf2 Qxg4 69. hxg4 Nxd5 70. exd5 Rxd5 71. Kh2 Rd4 72. Kh3 Rd3+ 0-1 [Event "World University-ch 13th"] [Site "Katowice"] [Date "2014.08.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Barbosa, Evandro Amorim"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2446"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.08.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O h5 13. Nxh5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qe4 Qa5 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh4 Kf8 20. f4 Ke7 21. f5 Rh8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Kg1 Qxa2 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Bg5 Raf8 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. Bxf6 Qa6 28. Rf3 Qa1+ 29. Rf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Be7 31. Ke2 Rxf6 32. Qe4 Rh6 33. Bg6 Rg8 34. Bf7 Rf8 35. Qe3 Rfh8 36. Qd3 Rf6 37. Bg6 Rhf8 38. Be4 Rf2+ 39. Kd1 Rxb2 40. Bf3 Rh8 41. Kc1 Ba3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Handke, Florian"] [Black "Postny, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2531"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Qc1 Nh5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ne2 a4 20. Bc2 a3 21. b3 Qc7 22. Rhg1 Nhf4 23. Nd4 b4 24. Nf5 Ne2 25. Qd2 Nc3+ 26. Qxc3 bxc3 27. Bd4 Bxh2 28. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Be5 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rh1 Qd8 32. Rd1 Qg5 33. b4 Nf4 34. Bb3 Ne6 35. Kc2 Qg2 36. Bc4 Qxf2+ 37. Kb3 c2 0-1 [Event "Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Men) 39th"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2010.09.27"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Cori Tello, Jorge Moise"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2010.09.21"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 139"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Peru"] [BlackTeam "Israel"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PER"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. Rc1 e4 10. Ne1 Nb6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nc2 Qd5 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Na3 Nfd5 16. Naxc4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Ne3 Qb4 20. Ndc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rd2 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Bd5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Kg7 27. Rb1 Bd4 28. Bxb7 Be6 29. a4 Bb6 30. Bxe4 Rd4 31. Bc6 Rxf4 32. g3 Rd4 33. Rb2 Bh3 34. Bb5 h5 35. Ra2 Rb4 36. Ra1 Rb2 37. Bc6 a5 38. Bf3 Be6 39. Nd1 Rb4 40. Bc6 h4 41. gxh4 Rg4+ 42. Kh1 Rxh4 43. Ne3 Bc7 44. Nf1 Rc4 45. Bb5 Rc3 46. Kg1 Bb6 47. Rd1 Bc5 48. Ng3 Rc2 49. Ne4 Bb6 50. Rd2 Rxd2 51. Nxd2 Kf6 52. Kf1 Bc7 53. Nc4 Kg5 54. Nd2 Kf4 55. Ke2 Kg4 56. Bc4 Bxc4+ 57. Nxc4 Kh3 58. Kf3 f5 59. Ne3 Bxh2 60. Nd5 Bd6 61. Ne3 Kh4 62. Nc4 Bc7 63. Ne3 Kg5 64. Ke2 Bd6 65. Nc4 Bc7 66. Ne3 Kh6 67. Kd3 Bb6 68. Nc4 Bxf2 69. Nxa5 g5 70. Nc6 g4 71. a5 Bc5 72. Ke2 f4 73. a6 f3+ 74. Ke1 g3 75. Ne5 g2 76. Nxf3 Kh5 77. Ke2 Kg4 78. Ne5+ Kg3 79. Nf3 Ba7 0-1 [Event "Groningen op"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1999.12.20"] [Round "2"] [White "De Vreugt, Dennis"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1999.12.19"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.01.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bb1 Qb6 12. Re4 g6 13. a3 Nce7 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Re2 Bg7 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Rd1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 c5 26. dxc5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Qc7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxc5 31. a4 Bxc3 32. Qd3 Be5 33. Bb3 Bf4 34. Kf2 Bxh2 35. g3 Qe5 36. e4 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Bg1 38. Qf1 Bd4 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. Bxc4 h5 41. a5 Kf8 42. a6 Ke7 43. Kh3 Bf2 44. Bb5 Be1 45. Ba4 f5 46. exf5 exf5 47. Bd1 Kf6 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Bf3 h4 50. g4 Kf4 0-1 [Event "Dresden ol (Men) 38th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2008.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Drasko, Milan"] [Black "Avrukh, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2537"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "112"] [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 "Montenegro"] [BlackTeam "Israel"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Na3 Bd5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nce5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. a5 Qa6 16. e4 Bc4 17. Rd1 Be5 18. Be3 c5 19. Nc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Rfc8 21. Rab1 Qc7 22. b4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 cxb4 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 Rcb8 28. a6 h6 29. Rb3 g5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rb6 33. Rdxb4 Rxa6 34. Rb7 Re6 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Rf5 a6 37. Ra7 f6 38. exf6 Rexf6 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. f4 g4 41. Kg2 Rb6 42. Kf2 h5 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rb6 46. Kf2 Kf8 47. Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Ke4 Rxg3 49. Rxa6 h4 50. Kf5 h3 51. Rh6 Rg2 52. Kg6 h2 53. f5 g3 54. f6 Ke8 55. f7+ Ke7 56. Rh8 Rf2 0-1 [Event "World op 33rd"] [Site "Philadelphia"] [Date "2005.06.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Friedel, Joshua E"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2005.06.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bd6 14. dxe6 Ne5 15. Qf5 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kb8 17. Be2 Rhe8 18. Qf5 Nxc4 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Bd2 h5 21. Bg5 Rh8 22. Bf3 h4 23. Nf5 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Nxg7 Qxg7 26. Qf5 Nh7 27. Bd2 Bc7 28. Bc3 Qg5 29. Qf7 Ref8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Nf6 32. Rae1 Nfd5 0-1 [Event "Pardubice op rap 21st"] [Site "Pardubice"] [Date "2010.07.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Kalod, Radek"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2010.07.21"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Be3 e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bf1 e5 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. a3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Ndf6 20. b4 c4 21. exd5 cxd3 22. Bxd3 Nxd5 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bc4 Bc7 25. Qb3 Re7 26. a4 Ndf4 27. Rcd1 e4 28. Nf1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 exf3+ 31. Kg1 Bxh2+ 32. Nxh2 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Nf4 34. Qe7 Nxh3+ 35. Kf1 Ng5 36. Ng4 Qf4 37. Ne3 Be4 38. Ke1 h5 39. a5 h4 40. a6 h3 41. Nf1 Qc1# 0-1 [Event "Biel MTO op 46th"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2013.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Medina, Warda Aulia"] [Black "Kurnosov, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2286"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2013.07.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be3 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. Qf2 Nc5 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Ng3 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Ree1 dxc3 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd4 b4 27. f5 Rc7 28. Qh4 Rd7 29. Nh5 Nxh5 30. Qxh5 Rd2 31. Re2 Ne4 32. Rfe1 Nf6 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Bd6 35. Kg1 h5 36. Kf1 Bxh2 37. Ra1 h4 38. Rxd2 cxd2 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Bf4 41. Kg2 Kh6 0-1 [Event "Vlissingen HZ op 20th"] [Site "Vlissingen"] [Date "2016.08.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Mu, Ke"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2419"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "156"] [EventDate "2016.08.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 h6 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Be6 9. a4 Qd7 10. Re1 a5 11. Ba3 b6 12. b4 Rd8 13. b5 Ne7 14. c5 bxc5 15. Nd2 Bh3 16. e4 h5 17. Qf3 h4 18. Nf1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Qe6 21. f3 Nc8 22. Bc1 Nb6 23. Ne3 Kd7 24. Qa2 Qh3 25. Qg2 Qe6 26. Qa2 Rh3 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nf1 Rdh8 29. Kg2 Nfd7 30. Bg5 R3h7 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Bg1 Ndb6 33. Ra2 g6 34. Nh2 Nd7 35. Nf1 f6 36. Kf2 f5 37. Kg2 Nf6 38. Nd2 Nxd2 39. Rxd2 fxe4 40. fxe4 g5 41. b6 cxb6 42. Rb2 Rb7 43. c4 g4 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Bg1 Rh3 46. Re3 Nh5 47. Reb3 Kc6 48. Rb1 Ng7 49. Rf1 Ne6 50. Rf6 Nd4 51. Rd3 Rg7 52. Rd1 Rhh7 53. Rdf1 Kd7 54. Rf8 Nf3 55. Rd1 Rg6 56. Ra8 Kc6 57. Rc8+ Kb7 58. Rd8 Kc7 59. Ra8 Rh3 60. Ra7+ Kc6 61. Rf1 Rgh6 62. Kf2 Nd2 63. Re1 Rh2+ 64. Bxh2 Rxh2+ 65. Ke3 Nxc4+ 66. Kd3 Nb2+ 67. Kc3 Nxa4+ 68. Kb3 Nb2 69. Rb1 Nd3 70. Kc3 Nb4 71. Rb2 Rh1 72. Rd2 Rg1 73. Ra8 Rxg3+ 74. Kb2 Rd3 75. Rh2 g3 76. Rh7 Rd2+ 77. Kb3 Kb5 78. Rc7 a4+ 0-1 [Event "Universiad Men 27th"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2013.07.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Munkhgal, Gombosuren"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E39"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2013.07.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Nbd4 h6 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Ne2 b6 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Ng4 20. Qc3 Ndf6 21. h3 Bxe4 22. hxg4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 e5 24. Nh2 b5 25. cxb5 Qb7 26. Qe1 Qxb5 27. Rdc3 Rb8 28. e4 a5 29. Rc4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Qd3 31. Rc3 Qa6 32. Bc1 Rxb4 33. axb4 d5 34. Ra3 Qc4 35. Rc3 Qxe4 36. Re3 Qc4 37. Rxe5 Bxb4 38. Qf1 Rc8 39. g5 Bd6 40. Re1 Bxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 hxg5 43. Ba3 Ne4 44. Bb2 g4 45. Be5 Rc6 46. Bf4 Qf6 47. Rc1 Rc4 48. Be3 Qc6 49. Rd1 Nc3 50. Rd4 Nb5 51. Rd3 d4 52. Qb1 Nc3 53. Qb8+ Kh7 54. Qh2+ Kg6 55. Bd2 Qe4 56. Qd6+ f6 57. Qd7 Ne2+ 58. Kf1 Rc5 59. f3 Qxd3 60. Qxg4+ Rg5 61. Bxg5 Nf4+ 62. Kf2 fxg5 63. Kg3 Qf5 0-1 [Event "EU-ch University 1st"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2015.10.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Plaskan, Jure"] [Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2205"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2015.10.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Qd4 Ned7 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Bd8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. b3 Bc7 21. Bg5 Ned7 22. Ne3 h6 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Bg3 Kh8 25. Bf1 Rcd8 26. Qc2 Ng6 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. b4 Nh5 29. Bf2 Rge8 30. Nd4 Nf6 31. a4 h5 32. Nb3 h4 33. c5 dxc5 34. bxc5 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Bxh2 36. c6 Bf4 37. cxb7 Bxc1 38. Qxc1 Qxb7 39. Qe3 Rb8 40. Qg5 Qc6 41. Nd4 Qxa4 42. Be2 Rd8 43. e5 Rd5 44. f4 Ne4 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 47. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 48. Qxd1 Nxf2+ 0-1 [Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"] [Site "bereg.ru Int"] [Date "2003.12.14"] [Round "12"] [White "Komarov, Dimitri"] [Black "Kobalia, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2003.12.14"] [EventType "schev (blitz)"] [EventRounds "16"] [EventCountry "NET"] [SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Nc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. cxd5 Bg4 15. e4 cxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Rh1 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. fxg4 Bf4 25. Bc3 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 0-1 [Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"] [Site "France"] [Date "2007.06.02"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Rausis, Igors"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2007.05.31"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.07.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"] [BlackTeam "Paris Chess 15"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Be7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. c4 Be4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. b3 Qb7+ 21. f3 Rd7 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rcd1 Rad8 24. Nb5 h4 25. Nd6 Qc6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Qe2 f5 31. Nd2 Nf7 32. Qd3 Bf6 33. Bf2 Ne5 34. Qe2 Ng6 35. Qd3 Kf7 36. a4 Ne5 37. Qe2 g5 38. gxh4 Ng6 39. Kf1 gxh4 40. Qe3 Qd6 41. Bg1 Be5 42. Ke2 Bxh2 43. Qd4 Qc7 44. Bxh2 Qxh2+ 45. Kd1 h3 46. c5 Qc7 47. cxb6 axb6 48. Nf1 h2 49. Nxh2 Qxh2 50. Qxb6 Nf4 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Qe3 Kf6 53. Qd4+ Ke7 54. Qc5+ Ke8 55. Qe3 Kd7 56. Qa7+ Kd6 57. Qb8+ Kd5 58. Qb5+ Kd4 59. a5 Nd5 60. Qc4+ Ke3 61. Qc5+ Kxf3 62. Kc1 Qa2 63. Qb6 Qa1+ 64. Kc2 Ne3+ 0-1 [Event "Japfa Classic"] [Site "Bali"] [Date "2000.04.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Zaw, Win Lay"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2000.04.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "INA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. Rad1 (18. c3) (18. c4) 18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] White must have been shocked to realize, that he will have played the game of one move. Khalifman's opening novelty is so strong, that the whole variation 15.Nxg7 will probably be put to rest by white players.} (19... Bd7 20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 22. Rg4+ Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 {1-0 Korneev,O-Vakhidov,T/Ubeda/ 1997/ (36)}) (19... Be5 $142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) (19... Qe5 20. Be3 Qh5 21. Qxh5+ Kxh5 22. Kxh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Sadvakasov,D/ Lausanne/1999/ (54)}) 20. Kxh2 (20. c3 Ng4 21. Bf8 e4 22. Qe2 Bf5 $19) 20... Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Kxh6 (21... Nxh6 22. Qg3+ Bg4 23. f3 Rd8 $17) (21... Kxh6 22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Bf5 24. Rd6+ Kg5 $19) 0-1 [Event "US op 105th"] [Site "Fort Lauderdale"] [Date "2004.08.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Artidiello, Alberto"] [Black "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A87"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2004.08.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c5 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc7 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kg2 Rf6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe6 19. Qg4+ Ng7 20. Bd2 Qf7 21. Bd3 Rf2+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rf2+ 27. Kh3 Rxd2 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Qxb7 Rxb2 30. Qxa7 Bg1 31. g4 Ne6 32. a4 Ng5+ 33. Kg3 Bxh2+ 34. Kh4 Bf4 0-1 [Event "Sigeman & Co 17th"] [Site "Malmo"] [Date "2009.06.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Berg, Emanuel"] [Black "Nyback, Tomi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 131"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Bd3 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. Bc2 c5 19. Nb3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Qd1 Qe6 27. Bh2 Bd5 28. Nc1 Ng6 29. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 hxg6 31. Re3 Qd6+ 32. Kg1 Nh5 33. Ne2 f5 34. Bb3 Bxb3 35. Qxb3+ Kh7 36. g3 g5 37. Qf7 Nf6 38. h4 Rf8 39. Qb3 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Rh3 f3 42. Ng3 Rc1+ 43. Nf1 Nh5 44. Rd1 Nf4 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.02.19"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Bezold, Michael"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 177"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 a6 7. Rb1 b5 8. O-O Rb8 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rc1 c6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. d4 Rbd8 16. Re1 h5 17. Qc2 h4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 hxg3 20. Nxg3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qe6 22. Ba3 Rfe8 23. Red1 Rc8 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Nxf5 e4 26. Be2 Qxf5 27. Bd6 Ng4 28. Bg3 Be5 29. Rd2 Nxh2 30. Bxh2 Bxh2 31. Rh1 Be5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Rg1 Qh3+ 34. Ke1 Rcd8 35. Kd1 Bf6 36. Kc1 Qh2 0-1 [Event "Skopje op 18th"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "2002.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Miladinovic, Igor"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2002.01.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 088"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Qa7 Qc7 11. e4 e6 12. Bxa6 Bd6 13. Bb5 Bxh2 14. Ne2 b6 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Nbd4 Ke7 17. Kf2 Bb7 18. Nc1 Ne8 19. Be2 Rc8 20. a4 h5 21. Nd3 g5 22. Nb4 Ra8 23. Nb5 Bb8 24. Rhd1 h4 25. Na3 Bg3+ 26. Ke3 Nd6 27. Nc4 Nxc4+ 28. Bxc4 h3 29. Bb5 Rad8 30. gxh3 Rxh3 31. Rh1 Bh2 32. Kf2 g4 33. Kg2 Rdh8 34. Rad1 gxf3+ 0-1 [Event "Commonwealth-ch"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "2010.05.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2231"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2010.05.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.07.02"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf5 Qa5 10. Bd3 e6 11. Ne3 a6 12. f4 h5 13. Rf1 b5 14. g3 Be7 15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bd8 17. c3 b4 18. Rfc1 Ke7 19. a3 b3 20. a4 Bb6 21. Bc4 Bc5 22. Re1 h4 23. g4 h3 24. Rg1 Na5 25. Bd3 Bb6 26. Rg3 Nb7 27. Nd4 Nc5 28. a5 Bc7 29. Ra3 d5 30. exd5 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bxh2 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Nxb3 Nxd3 34. Kxd3 Bg1 35. Nf1 h2 36. Ng3 Bc6 37. Rf1 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 8th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2007.04.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Werle, Jan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2556"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2007.04.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 118"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 Nc6 13. Bh6 Nxd4 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Be4 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Bxe1 19. Bxa8 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Bxf2 21. Rf1 Bg3 22. Bf3 Bxh2 23. Bxe2 Qxe2 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Bd6 26. Kg1 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Kd3 f5 30. Kc4 a5 31. a3 g5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 g4 34. Rf1 Be7 35. Kb5 h4 36. Rb1 f4 37. Kxb6 f3 38. gxf3 g3 39. Kc6 g2 40. b5 Bd8 0-1 [Event "Pardubice Czech op-A 27th"] [Site "Pardubice"] [Date "2016.07.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Zanan, Evgeny"] [Black "Laznicka, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.07.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qc8 11. Qe2 Qb7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Rac1 h6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 Nb4 18. Nb1 Ne4 19. Be5 Rc6 20. Nc3 Re6 21. Na4 Nc6 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bh2 d4 24. Qc4 Qd7 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Ne1 Ba3 27. Ra1 Bd6 28. Nd3 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qd6+ 30. Kg1 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd3 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qh2 34. Re1 Rf6+ 35. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Rb1 Nf8 16. b5 Ng6 17. Bc3 Re6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Nh4 20. g3 Nf5 21. Rb7 Bb8 22. Rg1 h5 23. g4 Nh4 24. gxh5 Bh2 25. Rh1 Bb8 26. Kd1 a5 27. Kc2 Bc7 28. Nf1 Rb8 29. Qb3 a4 30. Qb1 Re7 31. Rxb8 Bxb8 32. Qb6 Qe8 33. Nh2 Bxh2 34. Rxh2 Nf3 35. Rg2 Nxh5 36. Ba6 Kh7 37. Bb7 Re6 38. Rg4 Rf6 39. Qc7 Qe6 40. Bc8 Qe8 41. Qd7 Qf8 42. Bb7 Qb8 43. Rg2 Nh4 44. Rg4 Rxf2+ 45. Bd2 Qh2 46. Kc3 Rxd2 47. Kb4 Rb2+ 48. Ka5 Qd2+ 49. Ka6 Ng6 50. Bxc6 Qd3+ 51. Bb5 Qxe3 52. c6 Qxd4 53. c7 Rc2 54. Rg5 Nf6 55. Qd8 Qc5 56. h4 Qxc7 57. Qxc7 Rxc7 58. h5 Nf4 59. Rf5 N4xh5 0-1 [Event "POL-ch"] [Site "Chorzow"] [Date "2013.04.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Markowski, Tomasz"] [Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2013.04.13"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. dxc5 a5 9. a4 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd4 gxh4 13. Bxh5 e5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. e4 Rad8 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bf3 Rxc5 19. Qe2 f5 20. Qe3 Bf6 21. Rfd1 e4 22. Be2 Bg5 23. Qh3 Ne5 24. Nd4 Bc8 25. f4 Bxf4 26. N2b3 Rc7 27. Nb5 Ng4 28. Rf1 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. N3d4 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Nxc7 Qxc7 33. Rf1 Qg3 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Ne6 Bxe6 36. Bxe6 e3 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1516"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2015.09.18"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Mihok, Oliver"] [Black "Postny, Evgeny"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "270"] [EventDate "2015.09.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Erfurt"] [BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ne1 Bd6 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. d4 h6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rb5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rf5 Rad8 20. Be3 Rde8 21. Bd2 c6 22. Nh2 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qd6+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Be3 Rd7 26. a4 Re8 27. a5 Nh4 28. R5f4 g5 29. R4f2 Qg3 30. Bc1 Qxd3 31. cxd3 bxa5 32. Bb2 Rb8 33. Bc3 Rb3 34. Bxa5 Rxd3 35. Rf6 Ng6 36. Rxc6 R7xd4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rd1 40. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Nxc4 42. Bc3+ Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kh7 44. Ra7 Rf1 45. g4 Rf3 46. Bd4 Rf4 47. Rd7 Nd2 48. Kg2 Nf3 49. Bf2 Ne5 50. Rc7 Ng6 51. Be1 Rf6 52. Bg3 Kg7 53. Rd7 Rc6 54. Rd2 Rc3 55. Ra2 Rb3 56. Rc2 Rb7 57. Rf2 Re7 58. Ra2 Re4 59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Kg2 Rc4 61. Rf2 f6 62. Ra2 Nh8 63. Ra7+ Nf7 64. Ra8 Rc2+ 65. Kf3 Rd2 66. Rc8 Rd4 67. Ke3 Rd5 68. Kf3 Rd3+ 69. Kg2 Nd8 70. Rc7+ Kg6 71. Re7 Rd2+ 72. Kf1 h5 73. gxh5+ Kxh5 74. Re2 Rd3 75. Kg2 Nf7 76. Re6 Kg6 77. Ra6 Rd2+ 78. Kf3 Rd3+ 79. Kg2 Rd5 80. Kf3 Nh6 81. Bf2 Rd3+ 82. Kg2 Nf5 83. Ra4 Rd2 84. Kf3 Nh6 85. Ra6 Rd5 86. Kg2 Nf5 87. Kf3 Rd3+ 88. Kg2 Nd6 89. Ra4 f5 90. Rd4 Rxd4 91. Bxd4 f4 92. Bb6 Kf5 93. Bd8 Nf7 94. Be7 Ne5 95. Kf2 Nc6 96. Bf8 Na5 97. Be7 Nc4 98. Bd8 Nd2 99. Be7 Nb3 100. Bd8 Nc1 101. Be7 Nd3+ 102. Kf3 Ne5+ 103. Kf2 Ng6 104. Bd8 Nh4 105. Be7 Kg6 106. Bd8 Nf5 107. Kf3 Kh5 108. Bf6 Ne3 109. Bd4 Kh4 110. Bf6 Nc4 111. Kg2 Nd2 112. Be7 Nb3 113. Bf6 Nc5 114. Be7 Nd7 115. Bd6 Nf6 116. Be7 Nd5 117. Bd8 Ne3+ 118. Kf3 Nc4 119. Be7 Nd2+ 120. Kg2 Kh5 121. Bb4 Nc4 122. Be7 Kg6 123. Kf3 Kf5 124. Bd8 Ne5+ 125. Kf2 Nc6 126. Bc7 Ke4 127. Bd6 f3 128. Bc7 Nd4 129. Bd8 Ne6 130. Be7 Nf4 131. Kg3 Ke3 132. Bc5+ Ke2 133. h4 Ng2 134. hxg5 Ne3 135. Bxe3 Kxe3 0-1 [Event "EU-ch 6th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2005.06.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Smirnov, Pavel"] [Black "Milov, Vadim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2653"] [Annotator "Milov,V"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2005.06.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 $5 h5 (10... Qc7 $5 11. Nc4 b6 (11... b5 12. Nca5 Nc5 13. Bd2 $36) 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 Ngf6 14. f4 (14. Bh6 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5) 14... d5 $5 (14... O-O 15. e5 Ne8 {0-1 Shomoev,A-Chuchelov,V/Warsaw POL 2005 (47)}) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 O-O $13) 11. f4 Qc7 (11... h4 $5) 12. Bd2 (12. Nc4 $5 b6 (12... Ngf6 13. e5) (12... b5 13. Nca5 $36) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rae1 $36) 12... Ngf6 13. Kh1 $6 (13. Rae1 e5 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Bb7 $13) ( 13. Nc4 $142 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Ne3 $14) 13... h4 14. Rae1 e5 (14... h3 $5 15. g3 (15. g4 e5 $132) 15... b6) 15. Nc4 h3 $6 (15... b5 16. Ne3 (16. Nca5 exf4 17. Bxf4 h3 18. g3 Ne5) 16... Bb7 17. Qf3 exf4 (17... h3 18. g3 exf4 19. gxf4) 18. Qxf4 Ne5 $132) 16. g3 b6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. fxe5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 (20. g4 Rh7 $132 {/\Nf6-d7-f8-e6}) 20... Rh5 $1 21. Bxf6 Rf5 22. exf5 $5 (22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $13) 22... Bxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxf6 24. fxg6 $13) 19. g4 Rh7 20. Ne3 $2 (20. g5 $1 {Smirnov} Nh5 21. Ne3 $1 f5 $1 (21... Bxg5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bxd2 24. d6 Qa7 25. Nxd2 $16) 22. gxf6 Nhxf6 23. c4 O-O-O 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 (25. cxd5 $5) 25... Kb8 26. Bc3 $14 {/\27.Nd2}) 20... Qc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Be4 Qxe4 $3 (23... Nf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxe5 $14) 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Rfe1 (25. Kg1 $142 Nxe4 26. Be3 Rc8 (26... f5 27. Bxb6 {/\28.Na5} (27. gxf5 gxf5 $19) 27... Rh4 28. gxf5 Rh5 29. Be3 $1 $16) 27. c3 Bc6 28. Qd1 (28. Qe2 Bb5) 28... Rh4 $40) 25... Nxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 $1 27. gxf5 Rh4 28. Kg1 Bxe4 29. Qg3 (29. Qc3 gxf5 30. Qxe5 Rg4+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Ke1 Kf7 $19) 29... Bxf5 (29... gxf5 30. Qxe5 {-29.Qc3}) 30. Qxe5 Rd8 $19 {?g1,Nb3} 31. Kf1 Re4 32. Qg7 Bh4 {/\33...Rd2} 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Ke6 35. Qh6 Rd7 { /\36...Rf7} (35... Bf6 36. Qh7 $8) 36. c3 Rf7 37. Be3 (37. Nd4+ Rxd4 38. cxd4 Bd3+) 37... Kd7 38. Nd2 Rg4 39. Ke2 Re7 $2 (39... Bc2 {/\40...Rg2}) 40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Qf8 Be5 42. Qa8 (42. Qg8 Bxh2 43. Nc4 Be6 44. Nxb6+ Kc7 $19) 42... Bxh2 43. Qd5+ Bd6 44. c4 (44. Qb7+ Ke6) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kf2 Rgxe3 46. Qb7+ Kd8 47. Qd5 Kc7 0-1 [Event "Hastings Masters 2019-20"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "2020.01.05"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Van den Doel, E.."] [Black "Edouard, R.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2589"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2019.12.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1313"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.01.06"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.01.14"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nfxd4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Qg4 g5 18. Qe2 h5 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Rf1 g4 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Nc4 Qa7 27. Kh1 Rh7 28. Rcd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Bd5 30. Nd6 Qxe3 31. Qc2 Bf4 32. Bd3 b3 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Qg1 Bxh2 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxg1+ 37. gxh3 Be3 38. Nf6 Rh8 39. hxg4 hxg4+ 40. Kg2 Ke7 41. Nxg4 Bd4 42. Rd1 Bxb2 43. Rb1 Rc8 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Ke4 Bc1 46. Kd4 Rg3 47. Nf6 b2 48. Ne4 Rg4 49. Kd3 Rxe4 50. Kxe4 f6 0-1 [Event "AUT-chT 1415"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2014.11.20"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Bromberger, Stefan"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.11.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Salzburg"] [BlackTeam "Jenbach"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 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. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bf3 Rc7 14. e5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nh5 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Ra4 Rfc8 20. Ne4 b5 21. Ra5 Rxc2 22. Rxa7 Re2 23. Bg1 Bg5 24. Nd6 Rcc2 25. Nxb5 Rxb2 26. Nc3 Rec2 27. Ne4 Bf4 28. a4 Bxh2 29. a5 Bxg1 30. Kxg1 Rg2+ 0-1 [Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 40th"] [Site "Istanbul"] [Date "2012.08.28"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Elarbi, Abobker"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2012.08.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 151"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Libya"] [BlackTeam "Philippines"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LBY"] [BlackTeamCountry "PHI"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Ne2 e6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Qc2 b5 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Qa3 Qe8 18. Rc7 a5 19. Rfc1 Nh5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Rb7 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Nf1 Nc2 24. Qb3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. g4 Rxb3 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Nf4 31. Nc2 f5 32. b4 axb4 33. Nxb4 Bg3 34. Na4 Bh4 35. Nc6 Kf7 36. Nc5 Ke8 37. Nb3 Kd7 38. Ne5+ Kd6 39. Nc5 Bf6 40. Ncd7 g5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Nxf6 gxf6 43. Nf7+ Ke7 44. Nh6 Ke6 45. Kf2 Ng6 46. Ke2 Nh4 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. f4 Kf8 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. e4 Ne7 7. Re1 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 h6 10. Na3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nac4 Kc7 14. a4 Nb6 15. Bf1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Nc8 17. f4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd6 19. Bd3 Rhe8 20. Bxa7 exf4 21. gxf4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxe4 24. a5 Bf6 25. c3 Rxf4 26. Bb6+ Kc8 27. Re1 Kd7 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Bc7 Rg4+ 30. Kf2 Ra4 31. Re1+ Kd7 32. Bg3 Rxa5 33. Rd1+ Rd5 34. Ra1 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rf1 Ke6 37. Kd3 b5 38. Re1+ Kd7 39. Rf1 Ke6 40. Re1+ Kd7 41. Rf1 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf8 43. Bd6+ Kg7 44. Re8 g5 45. Rc8 Rb1 46. Rxc6 h5 47. Ke4 h4 48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rc1 50. Bb4 Kg6 51. Be7 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rf5 54. Bb4 g4 55. Rc8 Be5 56. Rg8+ Kh5 57. Ke3 Bxh2 58. Ke4 Rf4+ 59. Ke3 Rf3+ 60. Ke4 f5+ 61. Kd5 Re3 62. Rh8+ Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rf8+ Kg6 65. Rg8+ Kf6 66. Rf8+ Kg6 67. Rg8+ Kh7 68. Rg5 Re5+ 69. Kc6 h3 70. c4 bxc4 71. Bc3 Re7 72. Rxf5 Bg3 73. Bf6 Re6+ 74. Kd5 Rxf6 75. Rxf6 h2 76. Rf1 Bf2 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Qg3 f5 15. Qh3 Nbxd3 16. cxd3 a5 17. g4 Qd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rhg1 Ba6 20. Qh6 Bd8 21. e6 Nxe6 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Nxd5 Ra7 24. Rc1 Bxd3+ 25. Ka1 Be4 26. Nxb6 Rf6 27. Qh4 Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxb6 29. Rc8 Ra8 30. Qg3 g6 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. h4 Bd5 33. Qd3 Qb5 34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. h5 Bb6 36. Rd1 gxh5 37. Nd7 Bf3 38. Rd3 Be2 39. Rd6 Bc7 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kxf6 42. Bxc7 Kg6 43. b3 h4 44. Rd6+ Kh5 45. Rd7 h6 46. Rd2 Bf3 47. Kb2 h3 48. a4 Rc5 49. Bh2 Kg4 50. b4 axb4 51. Kb3 Rd5 52. Rf2 Rd4 53. a5 Bd5+ 54. Ka4 Bc6+ 55. Kb3 Bb5 56. Rc2 Re4 57. Rc5 Bf1 58. Rc6 Re2 59. a6 Bg2 60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rd6 Be4 62. Bf4 Kg4 63. Be5 h2 64. Bxh2 Rxh2 65. a7 Rh1 66. Ka2 Rh3 0-1 [Event "Asia Cities-ch 17th"] [Site "Jakarta"] [Date "2011.04.26"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"] [Black "Yu, Yangyi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2354"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2011.04.22"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "INA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Tarakan"] [BlackTeam "Shi Jiazhuang"] [WhiteTeamCountry "INA"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Kh1 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rae1 h5 14. Qh3 O-O-O 15. a4 Kb8 16. a5 b5 17. e5 Ng4 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nf6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd1 h4 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Bb4 25. Rdf1 Rc8 26. Na2 Bd6 27. c3 Rc4 28. Nac1 b4 29. Ne2 Ne4 30. Rd1 Rh5 31. Kg1 Kc7 32. Rfd3 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Nxc3 34. bxc3 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Rxc3 37. Nd2 Bxf4 38. Ne4 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Bxh2 40. Rh5 Rc4 41. Kf3 Bd6 42. Rh7 Be5 43. Rh5 f6 44. Rh7 f5 45. Ng5 Rf4+ 46. Ke2 Rg4 47. Nf3 Bf6 48. Kf2 Kc6 49. Rh5 g6 50. Rh7 Kb5 51. Rb7+ Kxa5 52. Nd2 Ka4 53. Nb3 a5 54. Rb6 Bd4+ 55. Nxd4 Rxd4 56. Rxg6 Kb3 57. Rf6 a4 58. Rxf5 a3 59. Ke3 Rb4 60. Kd3 a2 61. Rf1 Ra4 0-1 [Event "TUR-chT"] [Site "Izmir"] [Date "2016.07.29"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2016.07.25"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Onur Koleji Genc"] [BlackTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"] [WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"] [BlackTeamCountry "TUR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Bd3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Ne2 d4 17. Ng3 h5 18. Be4 h4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Ne2 Qxg2 21. Qd3 Bc5 22. Nf4 Qb7 23. Rhe1 Kb8 24. Qh3 Rc8 25. Re2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Qd5 27. Rg1 Rh5 28. Rf2 Re8 29. a3 Rg5 30. Rgf1 Re4 31. Qf3 Qb7 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Rg2 34. Rf2 Rg1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Bxh2 37. Qh3 Bg3 38. Qg4 Qh1+ 39. Ka2 Qd5+ 40. b3 a5 41. Kb2 Kc7 42. Qh5 Kd7 43. Qg4 Ke7 44. Qe2+ Kf8 45. Qg4 Qd6 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 Qd5 48. Nc5 Be1 0-1 [Event "Mainz Ordix op"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2002.08.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Doeres, Hans Juergen"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2271"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2002.08.17"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.09.10"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Ne1 O-O 9. f4 d5 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be6 13. Be3 b6 14. Nbd2 Rad8 15. Bf1 h6 16. Bc4 Bg4 17. Kg2 exf4 18. gxf4 Na5 19. Bb5 Bc8 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Kf2 Bc6 22. Rac1 Nb7 23. Ne5 Nd6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bf3 Nd4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. b3 dxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Rfe8 29. Nc4 Nf5+ 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Ke2 Nh4 32. Rd3 Bc5 33. Rcd1 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Ne3 f5 37. Bh5 Rxe4 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Nc4 g4 40. Rd8 Rd4+ 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Kd3 Bg1 43. Ne3 Bxh2 44. Nxf5+ Nxf5 45. Bxg4 Nd6 46. Kd4 Nb5+ 47. Kc4 Nc7 48. b4 Kf6 49. a4 Ke5 50. Bd7 Bg1 51. a5 Kd6 52. axb6 Kxd7 53. bxc7 Kxc7 54. Kb5 Kb7 55. Ka5 Bb6+ 56. Kb5 a6+ 57. Ka4 Kc6 58. Ka3 Kb5 59. Kb3 Bd8 0-1 [Event "Jerusalem"] [Site "Jerusalem"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kraidman, Yair"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1986.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Qxc6 Rxb2 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Rd8 17. Ba5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Rxd5 0-1 [Event "Terrassa"] [Site "Terrassa"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Lautier, Joel"] [Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 024"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. e5 b4 7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 gxf6 11. O-O Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Rg8 $13 {[%emt 0:00:06] Frias,V-Ehlvest,J/Saint John op-2/1988/ ->CBM}) 10... exf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Ng3 c4 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Bc2 h5 16. a4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Kg8 (18... Bxh2+ $2 19. Kh1 Be5 (19... Bd6 $2 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ba3 $18) 20. d6 $18) 19. a5 Bxh2+ $1 20. Kh1 Nc8 21. f4 f5 (21... Bxf4 $2 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 (23... Qxd6 24. Qf3 (24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. Rd1 Bf5 $1) 24... Bc6 25. Ba3 Qd7 26. Rad1 $18) 24. Bf4 $18) 22. d6 Qd8 23. Ng5 Bg3 24. Re5 Bc6 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxd6 $1 27. Rd5 Rh6 28. Rxc4 Re6 $1 29. Nf3 (29. Nxe6 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxg2+ 33. Ke3 Nxc4+ 34. Kd4 Qe4+ 35. Kc5 Rc8+ $19) 29... Qf6 30. Rcd4 Rae8 31. Bd2 Ne4 32. Be1 Nf2+ 33. Bxf2 Bxf2 34. Re5 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qd8 36. Qa4 Rxe5 37. fxe5 Re7 38. Qb5 Rd7 39. a6 g6 40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Qc6 Re7 42. Qb5 Rd7 43. Qc6 h4 44. Qb5 Rxd4 45. Nxd4 Qxd4 46. Qe2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 h3 48. e6 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 hxg2 {Ftacnik,L} (49... hxg2 50. Kxg2 fxe6 51. Qxe6 Qe4+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Reykjavik op"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2010.02.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Olafsson, Thorvadur F"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2217"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2010.02.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bc4 Qc5 13. Qxc5 Rxc5 14. Bb3 e6 15. e5 Bc6 16. exd6 Rg8 17. Rhg1 Kd7 18. Rd2 h5 19. g3 h4 20. Ne2 f5 21. Nd4 Be4 22. Ba4+ Kd8 23. Nb3 Rd5 24. c4 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxd6 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. c5 Bxc5 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 h3 31. Bc6 Bg1 32. Bxe4 Bxh2 33. Rxa7 Bxg3 34. Ra3 Bxf4+ 35. Kd1 Ke5 36. Bc6 Kd6 37. Bb7 h2 38. Rh3 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2006.02.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2006.02.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu, bislang wurde fast ausschließlich 11...Bg7 gespielt.} (11... Bg7 12. Nxd7 $5 {Dies sieht wie die kritische Fortsetzung aus.} Nxd7 13. Bd6 e5 $5 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Pantsulaia,L-Karjakin,S/ Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (24)}) 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 ( 16... a6 17. b3 $40) 17. Nxa4 $1 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/ CBM 109/ [Lutz] (65)}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. f3 {Eine Runde früher hatte Radjabov hier 14.f4 gespielt. Topalovs Idee ist anders: Er will den Pe4 festigen und so die schwarzen Figuren einschränken.} (14. f4 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov, T-Vallejo Pons,F/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Lutz] (51)}) 14... Qe7 (14... h4 $5 {wird von Vallejo in seinen Analysen in NEW IN CHESS 3/2006 erwähnt. Weiß kann dann mit 15.f4!? oder 15.b3!? fortsetzen.}) 15. a4 (15. f4 $5 {(Vallejo) ist nun eine Idee, obwohl die Dame auf e7 wohl eher besser steht als auf d7.}) 15... a6 16. Qc2 (16. axb5 cxb5 (16... axb5 $2 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Qa1 $36 {Vallejo}) 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxc4 Qb4 {(Vallejo) ist gut für Schwarz.} ) 16... Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bc7 (18. f4 $5 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Bg3 e5 20. d5 { So kann Weiß das Feld d5 für seinen Springer gewinnen, aber der Bg3 kommt nicht so richtig ins Spiel.} (20. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f4 $13) 20... b4 (20... Qf6 $5 {Vallejo}) 21. dxc6 Rhxc6 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qd2 $6 {Danach kann Schwarz seinen h-Bauern in Bewegung setzen.} (23. h4 $5 $13 {wird von Vallejo als besser angegeben.}) 23... h4 24. Bf2 c3 25. bxc3 (25. Qxg5 $5 {Vallejo}) 25... bxc3 26. Qxg5 c2 27. Rc1 h3 $1 $17 {Schwarz bringt seine Bauern sehr schön zur Geltung.} 28. g3 Qh6 $1 {So kann Schwarz den c-Bauern weiter unterstützen.} 29. Qf5 Qd2 30. Rfe1 Ba3 $19 {Weiß verliert Material, daher muss er am Königsflügel im Trüben fischen.} 31. f4 Bxc1 32. Bh5 Rg6 33. Bxg6 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Be3+ 36. Kf1 c1=Q 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Bd2 Qc4+ $6 (39... Qh1 $19 {Vallejo}) 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Kg4 Kc7 $6 (41... e3 $19 {Vallejo}) 42. a5 Bd4 43. Bf5 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 Rh8+ 45. Kg5 Qb5 46. Be6 e3 47. Be1 e2 48. g4 Rf8 49. Qh7 Be3 50. Kh4 Bxf4 51. g5 Qa4 52. Kh5 Bxh2 53. Bxh3 Be5 54. Qd3 Rh8+ 55. Kg6 Nf8+ 56. Kf7 Kd8 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1995.01.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Zapata, Alonso"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1995.01.??"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7 11. Rd1 Nbc6 12. Bg5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rh8 Rb8 22. Rxh7 Bf5 23. Rh5 Kf6 24. c3 Bg4 25. Rh4 Kg5 26. g3 Bf3+ 27. Kg1 Kf5 28. Re1 g5 29. Rh7 Bf6 30. Kf1 Kg6 31. Rh2 g4 0-1 [Event "EU-ch rapid"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2012.12.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Zujev, Oleg"] [Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2270"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2012.12.15"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e3 Nd7 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 f6 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. f4 Nh6 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Re1 Nf2 13. Rg1 Nc5 14. Kb1 exf4 15. exf4 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Ncd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Rgf1 Rad8 20. Ne1 Nxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Re8 23. Nf3 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Rxg2 25. Nb2 Ba3 26. Na4 Bd3 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Nxg1 Bd6 29. Nb2 Bf5 30. Ne2 Bg4 31. Nd4 Bxf4 32. Nd3 Bxh2 33. Kb1 Be5 34. Nxe5 fxe5 0-1