[Event "Olympiad-36"] [Site "Mallorca"] [Date "2004.10.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Agrest, Evgenij"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2629"] [Annotator "Movsesian,Sergei"] [PlyCount "74"] [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 "Sweden"] [BlackTeam "Slovakia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"] [BlackTeamCountry "SVK"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bf4 $6 {An interesting, but probably too risky try to get some advantage from the opening . Ftacnik: 'Agrest decides to accept some risk in the interest of a fight for the opening advantage. '} ({Incredibly enough, this position appeared in a tournament game after more then 100 years! Ftacnik: The exchange of bishops on e7 was good enough for equality.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 (13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qf5 Rad8 $11 {½-½ Swiderski,R-Janowski,D/Hannover 1902/ (20)}) 13... exd5 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 $11 {and white reached nothing in Hellsten-Dreev, Calvia (ol) 2004}) 12... Nxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rac1 Kh8 $1 {An important prophylactic move. Black is prepared to open the centre and to use white's corrupted pawn structure.} 16. Be2 ({After the stronger option} 16. Qc2 {Ftacnik} a6 17. Bd3 c5 $11 {the position was still equal.}) 16... c5 17. Nb5 (17. Qa4 $5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f6 $13 {and it's already white, who has to search for equality}) (17. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 18. fxe5 (18. cxb6 $2 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qc6 $19) 18... Bxc5 $15) 17... Qb8 18. Bf3 (18. Qg3 {Ftacnik} a6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxe5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 f6 $15) 18... a6 19. Bxb7 (19. Na3 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 (19... cxd4 20. Bxb7 Nxe5 21. Bxa6 Ng6 22. g3 Qa7 23. Bd3 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Ne7 25. Qb4 $11) 20. dxe5 b5 $15) 19... Qxb7 20. Na3 (20. Nc3 {Ftacnik} cxd4 21. Na4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 b5 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 b5 $15 {After some exchanges black reached a position with a slight advantage. White's knight is misplaced and 3 on 2 on the queen's side promises white a hard life. Ftacnik: 'White was probably not dreaming about such outcome of the opening. Movsesian enjoys pawn majority on the queenside and bishop against the knight with assymetry on the board.'} 22. Qe3 (22. f5 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe4 24. fxe6 c4 $1 25. Qc3 fxe6 $17) 22... Rd5 23. Nb1 Rfd8 24. Nc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 (25. Nxd1 {Ftacnik} Qd5 26. Nc3 Qd2 $15) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Qd7 {Forcing the white queen to leave the important e3 square.} 27. Qe2 c4 28. g3 h6 29. Nc3 b4 30. Ne4 Qd4 31. Qc2 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Agrest has managed to show tough resistance in an inferior position, but this move is surely of a second rate.'} ({After the correct} 31. Nd6 $1 {Ftacnik} Bxd6 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. Qxc4 g6 $15 {the winning chances for Black would have been only modest.}) 31... b3 $1 32. axb3 cxb3 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qb7 Qxb2 $19 35. h4 Qc2 36. Kh2 b2 37. Qxe7 Qxe4 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2005.12.17"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2704"] [Annotator "Babula,Vlastimil"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2005.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 {The Tartakower is one of the most solid defences against the Queen's Gambit.} 8. Bd3 Nbd7 ({It is more logical to develop the bishop at first} 8... Bb7) 9. cxd5 $5 {White immediately strives to exploit that fact.} (9. O-O Bb7 {leads to the main lines.}) 9... Nxd5 ({Possible is also} 9... exd5 10. O-O Bb7 {but Black stays with the closed ?b7. Usually in the Tartakower it is suitable for Black to capture on d5 with a piece to keep the diagonal h1-a8 open for his bishop. And when Black is forced to capture on d5 with a pawn, then he strives to develop his bishop on e6. But in the game Black can't manage things this way, it is a drawback of his move 8.}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 ({An interesting alternative is} 10... Bxh4 {White maybe wanted to continue} 11. Nc3 $5 (11. Nxh4 exd5 12. Nf5 Nf6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. O-O c6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. a3 h5 $11 {½-½ Pinter,J-Short,N/Rotterdam 1988/CBM 009 (41)})) 11. Bg3 $5 {Keeping the bishops on the board gives White more chances for an opening advantage.} (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O c5 13. Rc1 Bb7 $14 {½-½ Matras,O-Cechura,P/Plzen 1993/EXT 2004 (61)}) 11... Bb4+ {White doesn't mind this check.} 12. Ke2 {The king is here in safety.} c5 $2 {A serious oversight, which can happen in rapid game very easily.} 13. a3 Ba5 $6 ({If Black foresaw White's reply, he would surely continue} 13... c4 $142 14. axb4 cxd3+ 15. Qxd3 $16) 14. b4 $3 {[%mdl 64]} cxb4 15. Qb3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5] The point of White's idea. Black can't avoid decisive material losses.} Nc5 (15... bxa3 16. Qxd5 {[%csl Ra8]}) (15... Qe7 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qxa8 Bb7 18. Bd6 $1) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. axb4 c4 $6 ({After} 17... Bxb4 $142 18. Rhd1 a5 $18 {Black can fight yet.}) 18. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 19. Qc3 {The further resistance is futile, Black continues to play just because it is a rapid game.} Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Kxh7 21. Qd6 Bf5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Kd2 a5 25. Ra4 Ra6 26. Rha1 Rda8 27. Nb5 Rb6 28. Rxa5 c3+ 29. Nxc3 Rb2+ 30. Ke1 Rc8 31. R5a2 Rxa2 32. Nxa2 d4 33. exd4 Ra8 34. d5 Bf5 35. d6 Bd7 36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Bd2 Ra6 38. Bc3 Rxd6 39. Nb4 Bb5 40. Nc2 Rd3 41. Ra3 f6 42. Bd4 Rxa3 43. Nxa3 Bc6 44. f3 Kf7 45. Nc4 Ke6 46. Ne3 Bb7 47. Bc5 Bc6 48. Kf2 Bb7 49. f4 Be4 50. g3 h5 51. Ke2 g5 52. Kd2 h4 53. Kc3 hxg3 54. hxg3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Bb1 56. Kd4 Bg6 57. Bb6 Bb1 58. Bd8 f5 59. Kc5 Be4 60. Bg5 Bb1 61. Nd5 Be4 62. Nb4 Kd7 63. Na2 Ke6 64. Nc3 Bf3 65. Nb5 Be4 66. Nd4+ Kd7 67. Bf6 Kc7 68. Ne6+ Kd7 69. Ng7 Kc7 70. Be7 Kd7 71. Bf8 Kc7 72. Kd4 Kd7 73. Ke5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2005.12.02"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Babula,Vlastimil"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2005.11.27"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Black tries to surprise his opponent.} ({Normal} 7... exd5 {leads to the Carlsbad.}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 ({A playable alternative is} 9. Nxd5 {, but after} exd5 {Black strengthens his central position and frees the h3-c8 diagonal for his bishop} 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O $11 {½-½ Bagirov,R-Ehlvest,J/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (37)}) 9... N5f6 {Black moves his knight away and thus prepares the c7-c5 or even e6-e5 advance.} ({After the exchange of the knights} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 {White strengthens his centre. Black attacks it then} c5 ({or} 10... e5)) 10. O-O c5 {Looks more logical than} (10... e5 {, as after possible exchange e5xd4, e3xd4 White can have an active play on the open e file.} 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Amura,C/Buenos Aires 1991/CBM 024/[Ftacnik] (33)}) 11. Ne5 {A new move, White wants to transfer his queen to the active position on f3 in one move.} (11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qf3 Rab8 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Qh3 Bc6 17. Ng4 Nbd7 $4 (17... g6 $142) 18. d5 $1 $18 {1-0 Johansson,J-Ornstein,A/Sundsvall 1989/EXT 97}) 11... Rd8 $1 {Black prevents White's idea.} 12. Qe2 (12. Qf3 $143 $6 Nxe5) 12... cxd4 ({The exchange of the knights on e5} 12... Nxe5 $143 $6 13. dxe5 {[%csl Gd6] is almost never suitable for Black. It gives White a space advantage on the kingside, then he has also a dangerous idea of transfer his knight to d6.}) 13. exd4 Nf8 {Black moves the knight closer to his king to safeguard it.} ({Possible is also} 13... Nb6 {to blockade the isolated d4 pawn.}) 14. Rfd1 {White shows his intentions, he wants to put his other rook on c1 and play on the queenside.} ({More aggressive looks} 14. Rad1 $5 {with idea to play on the kingside. White can develop his other rook on e1 or even continue f2-f4.}) 14... Bd7 15. Ne4 Nd5 ({Dubious is} 15... Nxe4 $143 $6 16. Bxe4 {[%CAl Ge4b7] , as White gets his bishop for nothing to the more active position where it exerts unpleasant pressure against Black's queenside.}) 16. Qf3 Be8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nc3 Nf6 $11 {The position is equal. Black has successfully finished his deployment and he blockades the isolated d4 pawn well.} 19. a3 a6 20. h3 $6 {A useless move.} (20. Qe3 $142 $5) 20... Ng6 21. Qe3 {White covers the d4 pawn and prepares the transfer of his bishop ?d3-e2-f3.} Qd6 22. Be2 Ne7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%CAl Ye7c6,Ye7f5] And now it is White who has problems, especially with his weak d4 pawn.} 23. Bf3 Qb6 (23... Nf5 $5) 24. Qd2 Nc6 {Black plays solid as a draw is enough for him to qualify to the next round.} (24... Nf5 $5) 25. Na4 $2 {White strives to get something, but it is a mistake.} (25. Bxc6 $142 Bxc6 $15) 25... Qb5 $2 {In rapid games the errors occur more often.} (25... Qxd4 $142 $17 {gains a pawn, for example} 26. Nxc6 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxc6 $5 (27... Rxd2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Bxa4)) 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Nc5 Nd5 $6 ({More circumspect is} 27... Bd5 $11) 28. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Rb5] Now Black has troubles with his misplaced queen.} Be8 {Black strives immediately to free the queen.} 29. a4 {The further play is almost forced.} Qb4 30. Qxb4 Nxb4 31. Nxb7 Bxa4 32. Nxd8 (32. Rd2 $143 $6 Rf8 $11) 32... Bxd1 33. Nxf7 Bb3 34. Nfd6 ({After} 34. Nfe5 $2 Nd5 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%CAl Yd5b6] White can't unpin his ?c4.}) 34... Rc6 (34... Rxc4 35. Rxc4 (35. Nxc4 $2 Na2) 35... Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nc6 {is the same as in the game.}) ({Possible is also} 34... Na2 35. Nxc8 Nxc1 $14) 35. Rc3 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Nxc4 Nc6 38. f4 Nxd4 39. Kf2 $14 {In this ending White has good chance to win. White's king comes first to the centre and Black's pawn structure is worse.} Kf8 40. Ke3 Nc6 41. Ne5 Nb4 ({The pawn ending is easily lost for Black:} 41... Nxe5 $4 42. fxe5 Ke7 43. Kd4 Kd7 44. Kc5 Kc7 45. b3 $18) 42. Nd3 Nd5+ (42... Nc6 $2 43. Nc5) 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. Ke5 Nb6 45. b3 Nd7+ 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. g4 Nb6 48. h4 $6 {An inaccuracy allowing Black to equalize.} (48. Nc5 $142 $14) 48... Nd5 $1 $11 {It threatens ?d5xf4 followed by e6-e5.} 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Kf3 Nd7 {[%CAl Yd7c5]} 51. Ke4 Nf6+ ({Now of course not} 51... Nc5+ $2 52. Nxc5 Kxc5 53. Ke5 $16 {and White most probably wins.}) 52. Kf3 Nd7 53. b4 {White continues fighting, he must win the game.} Kd5 54. Ke3 Kc4 55. g5 Nb6 56. Ke4 Nd5 57. Nc5 $2 (57. h5 $142 {leads to a draw:} Nc3+ (57... Nxb4 $2 58. Nxb4 Kxb4 59. Ke5 $16) 58. Ke3 Nd5+ $11) 57... Nxb4 $2 (57... a5 $142 $1 $19) 58. Nxe6 g6 {Now follows the race of passed pawns.} 59. h5 a5 60. f5 gxf5+ 61. Kxf5 a4 62. g6 hxg6+ 63. hxg6 a3 64. g7 Nd5 (64... a2 65. g8=Q a1=Q $11) 65. Nf4 $2 ({The arising ending after} 65. Kg5 $142 Ne7 66. Kf6 Ng8+ 67. Kf7 a2 (67... Nh6+ 68. Kg6 Ng8 69. Kf7 $11) 68. Kxg8 a1=Q 69. Kf7 $11 {is drawn, according to the tablebases.}) 65... Ne7+ 66. Ke6 Ng8 67. Kf7 Nh6+ $6 ({And that after} 67... a2 $142 $1 68. Kxg8 a1=Q $19 {is lost.}) 68. Kg6 Ng8 69. Kf7 Nh6+ {Black has fulfilled his goal, there is no difference for him between a draw and a win.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Sestao"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Smeets, Jan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2010.08.23"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Bb5 b6 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Qb5 Rbd8 22. h3 e5 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qxc5 26. Qd3 Qd5 27. Qc2 g6 28. Bf3 Qd7 29. Be2 Qd5 30. Bf3 Qd7 31. Kf1 $6 {This move, declines the draw, and is only explained by reason of the team's situation. White is a bit worse if anything, due to the three pawn islands to Black's two.} Kg7 32. Ke1 Qb5 33. Qb3 Qd3 34. Be2 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. Kd2 f5 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Kc4 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40. a4 Nf6 41. Bf3 Nd7 42. Bd1 Nf6 43. Bf3 {Offering the draw back, but Black is much better now and Smeets is having none of it.} g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 {#} 45. g3 $2 {Suicide, though it is admittedly a tough position to try to hold. White's kingside pawns are now locked on dark squares and cannot be defended by the bishop. On the other hand, White's bishop has no way of effectively attacking Black's pawns. The game is lost.} e4 46. Bd1 g4 47. Kd4 (47. Kb5 {is refuted by a very nice line.} Nd7 48. Ka6 Nc5+ 49. Kxa7 Kc6 50. Bc2 Nd3 51. Bb3 Nxf2 52. Be6 {#Black to play and win.} f4 $3 53. exf4 e3 54. Bc4 Ne4 55. Be2 Nxc3 (55... Nxg3 $2 56. Bxg4 e2 57. Bf3+ Kc5 58. Bxe2 Nxe2 59. f5 Nf4 60. f6 Ne6 61. f7 $11) 56. Bxg4 Nxa4 57. Bf3+ Kc5 58. g4 b5 59. g5 b4 60. g6 Nb6 $1 61. g7 Nc8+ 62. Kb8 Ne7) 47... Nd7 48. Be2 Nc5 49. Bb5 Ne6+ 50. Kc4 Ng5 51. Ba6 Nh3 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. a5 bxa5 54. Bc8+ Kf6 55. c4 a4 56. c5 a3 57. Kc3 Nxf2 58. c6 Nd3 59. Kb3 a2 60. Kxa2 Nb4+ 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2771"] [Annotator "Besenthal,Klaus Guenter"] [PlyCount "70"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 (8. Rc1 {ist hier der übliche Zug.}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 {Die symmetrische Struktur ließe eine hohe Remistendenz erwarten, doch Schwarz ist mit der Entwicklung ein wenig in Rückstand geraten.} Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. Qe2 (16. Qf3) ({oder} 16. Qh5 {waren kraftvoller.}) 16... Bd7 17. Nb5 (17. Bd6 $1) 17... a6 $6 (17... Bxb5 $1 18. Qxb5 Rc8 $11) 18. Nd6 Bc6 {Diagramm [#]} 19. Nxb7 $6 {Danach ist der weiße Vorteil weg.} (19. Rfd1) 19... Bxb7 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Bxb6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxb6 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Rc2 Qxf3+ (25... Qb4 {hätte Weiß naturgemäß etwas mehr Probleme gemacht.}) 26. Kxf3 {Jetzt kommt es tatsächlich zu dem - erwarteten - Remisschluss.} Rfc8 27. Rfc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rb8 29. Rc6 a5 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Rb5 Ra7 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. a4 Ke7 34. b4 Bc3 35. bxa5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"] [Site "Pula"] [Date "1997.05.??"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1997.05.05"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 (3... c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rd1 a6 (8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qc2 {½-½ Lugovoi,A-Makarov,M/ch-RUS KO, Elista RUS 1997}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a4 Nb8 $1 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 $11 {½-½ Kharitonov,A-Timoshchenko,G/Volgodonsk URS sf 1981 (52)}) 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 a6 $5 $146 (7... c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 (8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 (9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. O-O-O cxd4 $132) 9... Nxe7 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Rxd4 $14) 9. Nxd4 (9. dxe6 $4 Nc5 $19) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 e5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qa3 $14 {1-0 Maksimovic,B-Vukovic,Z/JUG-ch Kladovo 1992 (22)}) (7... c6 8. Bd3 a6 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfd1 Kh8 11. Rac1 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 (13. e4 $14 {Suetin}) 13... exd5 14. Qa4 Nd6 15. Qa3 Rae8 16. Re1 f5 17. Ne5 $2 {[ ? ?c4] 0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1971 (30)} (17. b3 $142 {? ?f1-g2 Kotov}) (17. b4 $14)) (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 10. dxc5 (10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 {½-½ Khalifman,A-Oll,L/New York PCA-op 1994}) 10... Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qa5 12. O-O Ncd7 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. f4 Qxb2 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qc5 Bd7 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Bb3 Qe2 21. Ng3 {1-0 Akopian,V-San Segundo,P/It, Madrid ESP 1997}) 9. cxd5 (9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Na2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Bb7 $11 {Bareev,E-Gurevich,D/Moscow PCA prelim. 1994/½-½ (55)}) 9... cxd5 10. O-O b5 (10... Nb8 $5) 11. Rfc1 Nb6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Ubilava,E/Manila olm 1992 (35)}) 8. cxd5 (8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 (9. Qxc4 c5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. b4 a5 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. Be4 (14. Nbd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 axb4 16. Qxb4 b6 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 bxc5 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Bxd7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxd7 23. dxc5 Qd4 $15) 14... Qa6 $15) 9... b5 10. Be2 Bb7 $11) 8... Nxd5 (8... Nb6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qc2 $16) (8... exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Qe8 13. Bd3 c6 14. Qe4 $16) 9. Bxe7 (9. Nxd5 Bxg5 (9... exd5 10. Qxd5 $16) 10. Nxg5 exd5 11. Qxd5 c6 12. Qf5 Nf6 13. Qc5 Nd7 14. Qf5 Nf6 $11) 9... Nxe7 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 c5 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O (12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 $11) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 $132 (13... e5 $5 14. Nf5 Nxf5 (14... Nf6 15. Nd6 b5 16. Be4 $16) 15. Bxf5 Qc7 16. Nd5 (16. g4 Nf6 17. Rhg1 g6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 b5 $17) 16... Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Re8 18. Nc7 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Nxa8 Bxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxa8 22. Bf5 $14)) 10... b6 $6 (10... c5 $5 $11) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 $14 Nf6 13. Rac1 Ng6 14. Ne5 Qe7 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 c5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rac8 23. Rb7 $14) 21. Qc3 $14) 15. Bf3 (15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. a3 $14) 15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rfc8 17. g3 $6 (17. e4 $1 b5 (17... Rd8 18. a3 $14) 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 c5 (19... Nf4 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. g3 Nfd5 22. Neg5 (22. Nc5 $14) 22... g6 23. Ne4 $14) 20. Nd6 $1 (20. Qe3 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rd1 (23. Rc7 Ndxe5 24. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd4 $17) 23... Nf4 24. Qd6 (24. Nc3 Ng6 25. a3 h6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 a5 28. g3 (28. Kf1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Na2 Ra8 31. Nxb4 Ndxe5 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11) 28... b4 29. Ne4 Kf8 $11) 24... Qxd6 25. exd6 $11) 20... Rc7 21. Qa3 Raa7 22. Qe3 c4 23. Ng5 $14) 17... b5 $11 18. a4 (18. e4 $5 c5 (18... b4 19. e5 bxc3 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qxc3 Rab8 22. Ne5 $14) 19. d5 c4 $1 20. Qc2 (20. d6 cxb3 21. dxe7 bxa2 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxa2 Ngxe7 $17) 20... b4 21. Na4 (21. e5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rc7 24. Qe4 Rac8 $11) 21... Qb7 22. dxe6 fxe6 $132) 18... Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 c6 21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares-03"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1981.01.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Portisch, Lajos"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Kharitonov,Andrei Y"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1981.01.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 a6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. O-O c5 $10 {Kharitonov,A-Dolmatov,S/URS ch 1L/1984/0,5 (21)/}) 6. Bg5 (6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Nb6 $5) 6... O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfd1 Kh8 11. Rac1 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 $6 (14. e4 $1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nd6 16. Re1 $14) 14... Nd6 15. Qa3 Rae8 16. Re1 f5 $15 {Korchnoi,V-Petrosian,T/Moscow/1971/0:1 (30)/}) (8. Rd1 a6 9. cxd5 cxd5 $6 (9... exd5 $142) 10. a4 $1 Nb8 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Timoshchenko,G/URS ch 1L/1981/0,5 (53)/}) 8... a6 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. Rfd1 $14) 9. O-O b5 10. cxd5 (10. c5 e5 $1 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Qxc5 $13) 10... cxd5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. Qd1 (12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 $10 h6 (14... Rc8 $5)) 12... h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 (13... Nb6 $2 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bc7 $18) 14. Ne5 (14. a4 b4 15. Na2 Qb6 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Nc1 a5 18. Nb3 $10) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd7 (15... Nd7 $5 16. Bg3 Nb6) 16. f3 Bc6 $10 17. Bd3 (17. a3 a5 18. Qf1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nb5 Ra8 $10) 17... b4 (17... Qb7 $5 {??d7-b6/}) 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Nf4 Qb7 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Bg3 a5 23. b3 Qa6 24. Qd2 (24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Nxc1 $10) 24... h5 25. h3 Rfe8 (25... Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc1 Qxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Bd8 $10) 26. Bc7 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Rc2 (28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 $10) 28... Rxc2 29. Qxc2 e5 $5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Rd1 (31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Re1 d4 33. e4 Rd8 $15) 31... Ng6 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Re1 Rc8 34. Qd2 Qg5 $5 (34... Rc3 $5 $13) 35. Nf4 $5 Nh4 (35... Nxf4 36. exf4 Qd8 37. Qd4 $10) 36. Kh1 (36. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 (36... Qg3 37. Rf1 Rc2 $2 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ $18) 37. Nxd5 Rc2 38. Nf4 Rxa2 $17) 36... Rc5 37. Rd1 g6 38. Qe1 (38. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 $19) (38. Qd4 $6 Rc2 39. Rd2 Nf5 40. Qd3 (40. Qxd5 Rc1+ 41. Rd1 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Nf1+ 44. Kg1 Nxe3+ $19) 40... Rc1+ 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Nxe3 43. Qd4 Nf5 44. Qd2 Ng3+ 45. Kg1 Qxf4 $19) 38... Kh7 39. Rd2 Nf5 $5 40. Rxd5 (40. Nxd5 Ng3+ 41. Kh2 h4 $44) 40... Rxd5 41. Nxd5 Ng3+ 42. Kh2 h4 $44 43. Qd1 (43. e4 Qe5 44. f4 Qd4 $44) 43... Qe5 44. f4 Qb2 45. Qg4 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Nd2 47. Qxh4+ Kg7 48. f5 $4 (48. Qe1 $6 Qxa2 $15) (48. Qe7 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 $1 Qf1+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 (51. Kg4 Qe2+ 52. Kh4 Qh5+ $19) 51... Nf1+ 52. Kg1 Nxe3+ 53. Kh2 Nf1+ 54. Kg1 Ne3+ $10 {Ugronovic/}) 48... Qb1+ 49. Kf2 (49. Kh2 Nf1+ 50. Kg1 Nxe3+ 51. Kh2 Nxd5 $19) 49... Qxf5+ 50. Ke2 (50. Nf4 g5 51. Qh5 Ne4+ 52. Kg1 Nf6 $19) 50... Qxd5 51. Qd4+ Qxd4 52. exd4 Ne4 53. Kd3 Nd6 54. d5 f5 55. Kd4 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 6th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2018.06.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2843"] [Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2018.05.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [SourceTitle "CBM 185"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2018.07.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 {The Orthodox Defence to the Queens Gambit was more popular in the 1910's than in the 2010's, but King Magnus can play anything he wants.} 8. Be2 {There's hardly any difference between the text} ({and the other bishop move} 8. Bd3) ({while} 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {is currently considered a reliable defense, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Vladimir Kramnik. Although, Nakamura himself beat Fressinet in 2016 by going to the endgame:} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 {Hikaru goes safety first.} ({The more principled} 12. exd4 {is met by the solid defence} Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 {It's very hard for White to break through, while Carlsen would surely be looking to lay siege to the IQP.}) 12... Nb6 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 {Salem-Karjakin, World Rapid 2017, and Black eventually prevailed.}) 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 {There's nothing White can do in terms of playing on, and Hikaru forces total liquidation.} 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 21. Qb3 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. g3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Qc4 a5 28. b3 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai Grand Master Challengers 2024"] [Site "Anna Centenary Libraray, Chen"] [Date "2024.11.10"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2024.11.05"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 13... Qd6 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfc1 Qf4 18. a5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Qb3 Rab8 24. Qb6 Bh3 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Be6 27. Ne5 Rec8 28. Kf1 {Jelen,I (2305)-Orel,O (2340) Ptuj 1990 ½-½ (41)}) 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. a5 Nbd5 20. Ne4 Nc7 21. Nc5 Nb5 22. Bc4 Qc7 23. Rd3 Rfd8 24. Qe4 Nd5 25. Qe5 Qe7 26. Rg3 g6 27. Rf3 Ndc7 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rh3 h5 31. Nxh5 gxh5 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxh5+ Kf6 34. Qh4+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qg6 Qg7 43. Qh5 Qxd4 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Rd1 Nd5 47. Rxd4 Nxd4 48. Qd1 c5 49. h4 Rg8 50. Bxd5 Kxd5 51. b4 Rad8 52. bxc5 Kxc5 53. Rc7+ Kd5 54. h5 f4 55. f3 Rh8 56. Qb1 Rxh5 57. Qe4+ Kd6 58. Rc4 e5 59. Qg6+ Kd5 60. Rxd4+ exd4 61. Qxh5+ Kc4 62. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-34"] [Site "Istanbul"] [Date "2000.11.05"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2608"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2000.10.28"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 ({mainlines are:} 8. Bd3) (8. Be2) ({Popular also} 8. Rd1 a6 (8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qc2 {½-½ Lugovoi,A-Makarov,M/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (15)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 10. a4 (10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Bb5 Ba6 $11 {½-½ Namgilov,S-Hrubant,I/Ceske Budejovice 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 10... Nb8 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 $14 {½-½ Kharitonov,A-Timoshchenko,G/Volgodonsk 1981/MCD (53)}) 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Rde1 $132 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Proehl,H/Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext (65)}) 8... Re8 (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 (9. Bf4 f5 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. h3 $14 (12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nh5 $132 {½-½ Swiderski,R-Mason,J/Hannover 1902/HCL (30) This variation was played about 100 years ago!})) 9... Qxe7 10. Bd3 $14) (8... dxc4 $6 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Be2 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,Yf3][%CAl Gf3b7] 1-0 Jelling,E-Bentzen,E/DEN 1991/EXT 2000 (53)}) (8... a6 9. cxd5 $1 $14 (9. Bd3 {Unnecessary tempo loss.} dxc4 10. Qxc4 (10. Bxc4 $6 $11 b5 11. Be2 c5 $1 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. O-O b4 15. Na4 Be4 $11 {½-½ Buckley,C-Stavru,A/Mamaia 1991/CBM 25 ext (22)}) 10... c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 $14 {[%csl Gc5]})) (8... Qb6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. Bh4 $14 {1-0 Ornstein,A-Johansen,A/Gausdal 1999/CBM 68 ext (42)}) 9. a3 (9. Bd3 dxc4 (9... a6 10. cxd5 $14 (10. O-O $5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 (11... c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 $14) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 $14 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Nf6 $11 {½-½ Assmann,T-Golda,H/Bayern 1994/EXT 99 (84)}))) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 ({Black hasn't enough time to promote} 10... b5 $6 {with further ?b7, a7-a6 and c6-c5:} 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O a6 {[%CAl Gc6c5]} 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne5 $1 c5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Nd3 e5 18. a4 e4 19. Nf4 bxa4 (19... Qxc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 $16) 20. Nxa4 $16) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Petran,P-Perecz,L/HUN-ch 1975/MCD (33)}) 9... a6 10. cxd5 ({Worthy of attention also} 10. Bd3 $5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 (11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 $11 {[%CAl Gc6c5]}) 11... c5 (11... h6 12. Bh4 $14) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 10... Nxd5 (10... exd5 11. Bd3 {- like Carlsbad variation.}) (10... cxd5 11. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Gd3]}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 $6 {After this move Black neutralizes White's pressure.} ({Interesting is} 13. bxc3 $5 e5 14. O-O c5 (14... b5 15. Rfd1 c5 (15... Rb8 16. a4 e4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. c4 $14) 16. Qd5 Rb8 17. dxc5 e4 (17... Nxc5 18. Qxe5 Be6 19. Nd4 $16) 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc4 Nd7 22. Rc7 $14) 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Bf3 $14) 13... e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Ne4 ({Good also} 16... Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf5 Qe5 (18... Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd6 Re7 $11) 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. h3 f6 (20... g6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. f4 $16) 21. Nd6 Re7 22. f4 Nf7 $11) 17. Qa5 c5 18. Nc2 Rb8 ({Or} 18... Qh4 19. Qe1 b6 20. b4 Bb7 $11) (18... b5 $2 19. Bxb5) 19. f3 Nf6 20. e4 b6 21. Qc3 b5 ({After} 21... Nh5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Bc4 Qg5 24. Rc2 b5 25. Bd5 c4 26. Rcd2 Nd3 27. Nc2 Bb7 $11 {Black equalizes}) 22. Ne3 c4 23. Rd4 $1 Be6 $6 $14 {This move permits to White to promote central ??.} ({Right was} 23... Rb7 {[%CAl Gb7d7]} 24. Rcd1 Rd7 25. Nf5 Qc5 $11) 24. f4 $1 {Suddenly central ?? became strong and dangerous for Black!} Bd7 $2 $16 {Not necessary retreat.} ({It was necessary as soon as possible to change pair ?? by} 24... Rbd8 $1 25. Rcd1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 h6 $1 27. e5 Nh7 28. Bf3 (28. Qb6 c3 29. b4 g5 30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kh8 $132) 28... Nf8 $14 (28... g5 29. f5 Bc8 30. Bc6 $18)) 25. e5 Bc6 (25... h6 26. Bf3 Nh7 27. Nd5 $16) 26. Nf5 Qa7 $2 {Lost by force!} ({Much better was} 26... Qe6 27. Nd6 Red8 28. Rcd1 Nd5 (28... Nd7 29. Qg3 $16) 29. Qd2 $16) 27. exf6 $1 (27. Bxc4 $2 {[%csl Rc6][%CAl Gc4f7]} bxc4 (27... Be4 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nd6 Qg6 {[%csl Rg2]} 30. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Re4,Re8,Rf6]}) 28. exf6 Be4 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Re1 gxf6 31. Rexe4 Rxe7 32. Kf1 Rb3 33. Qd2 {[%CAl Gf4f5]} c3 34. bxc3 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Qc5 $44) 27... Rxe2 28. Ne7+ $6 ({Here White was able to win immediately:} 28. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 (28... gxh6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8#) 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kf1 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%CAl Ga7g1,Gc3g7]} Kxh6 (30... Rxg2 31. Rd6+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5#) 31. Rd6+ Re6 32. Rxe6+ fxe6 33. Qf6+ Kh5 34. Qg5#) 28... Rxe7 29. fxe7 Qxe7 30. Re1 Qa7 31. Qe3 {Of course, White has serious advantage, maybe this position already lost for Black.} Qa8 32. Qd2 h5 33. Re7 Re8 (33... Rf8 $5 $16) 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {White changed ??. If White will change ?? - his position will be winning.} 35. Rd8 Qe4 36. Kf2 Kf8 (36... Kh7 37. Qd4 $16) 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Re8]} Qxe5 39. fxe5 Kf8 40. Ra8 Ke7 41. Rxa6 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2013.08.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Marin,Mihail"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2013.07.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 156"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 {This may seem like a simplistic move, but in principle White cannot avoid losing a tempo with his bishop anyway.} ({Adams had an old game with} 8. Rc1 a6 ({Actually,} 8... Re8 $5 {is even more flexible, practically avoiding the Exchange Variation, since the rook would be badly placed on c1.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 {Georgiev,K (2643)-Adams,M (2725)/Caleta 2013/CBM 153 (1/2, 68)}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 {Aiming for an attack, maybe too obstinately.} (13. Bb3 {is more popular, controlling d5.}) 13... Nbd5 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Ne5 Nb4 $146 (14... Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa7 16. Bg3 {Jarulin,R (2095)-Makhnev,V (2267)/Kimry 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1, 35)}) 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Ra3 Bc6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20. Qc1 Kf8 {Black has regrouped well and after the exchange of the dark-squared bishop should not fear a sacrificial attack.} 21. Bh7 $6 {The whole plan initiated by this move will leave White's pieces exposed.} Nf6 22. Nf4 $6 Be8 $1 {This defensive move is known from the times of the match Steinitz-Zukertort. The first World champion gladly played against the isolani...} 23. Rf3 $6 {The decisive mistake already.} Nc6 $1 24. Rd1 $6 ({If} 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 {the rook and the bishop are hanging, so White has to give up a pawn for nothing with} 25. d5) 24... Rxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxc6 {[%csl Gf3,Gh7]}) 25... Nxd4 26. Rd3 Nc6 $1 (26... Nc6 {If} 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 {the rook is not hanging anymore, but it blocks the bishop's retreat.}) 0-1 [Event "Baku FIDE GP"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2008.04.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2008.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 124"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {A classic arrangement of pieces (?c2,?d1) after Black has played ...c7-c6.} Nbd7 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Rd1 b6 (10... Re8 {(waiting for ?f1-d3 in order to take on c4 gaining a tempo) or}) (10... b5 {are more common.}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 (12... c5 $5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 b5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. f4 b4 20. Nb1 c4 21. Bxc4 bxa3 22. bxa3 Qc6 $44 {0-1 Borisenko,G-Lutikov,A/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (64)}) 13. Bg3 (13. Rfe1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf5 c4 18. e4 dxe4 19. d5 Qd6 20. Qxe4 Rce8 21. Qxc4 {½-½ Averkin,O-Lutikov,A/Moscow 1969/URS-ch}) (13. e4 $5) 13... dxc4 (13... c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bf5 $36) (13... Nh5 $5) 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Ba2 c5 (15... Qb6 $5 {not fearing} 16. b4 a5) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxd5 $5 Qb6 $140 (17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 {and Black hardly has anything better than} Bxd5) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nh4) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 (18... Qb6 $5 19. Nh4 (19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxd7 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rxf3 $11) 19... Bxd5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rd6 Rc6 24. Rfd1 Re8 $11) 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Bd6 c4 21. Rfd1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 $11 {Black's active knight compensates White's control of the d-file.} 23. Nd4 g6 (23... Qe5 $5 24. Nc6 (24. Nf5 $6 Nd3) 24... Qe8 25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd5 Nd3 $13) 24. h4 $1 h5 (24... Qe5 {doesn't work now:} 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nd5) 25. Nf3 (25. Ne2 $5 {[%CAl Ye2f4,Yf4d5]}) 25... Qe7 26. Ng5 Rcd8 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice; however, Black quickly goes astray.} 27. Nxf7 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Kh7 (28... Nd3 $2 29. Nxc4 $1) (28... Qe6 $5 {[%CAl Rc5d3]} 29. Rd4 Nb3 30. Rd5 Qxd5 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 {and White must give a perpetual.}) 29. Rd4 Nd3 $2 {Black's first serious mistake.} (29... Rd8 {was still enough for equality:} 30. Nf7 (30. Qd1 Nd3) 30... Rxd4 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. exd4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Nh3 Qe4 {and White has hardly anything better than} 35. Qd2+ Kg7 36. Qg5 Qxd4 37. Qe7+ $11) 30. Ne4 Kh6 31. Qd2 $2 {Returning the favour.} (31. Qc3 $1 $16 {as Black can't recapture the pawn:} Qxh4 $140 $2 32. Rd7 Rg8 33. Qd4 $18) 31... Qxh4 32. f4 $14 {Still, White keeps pressure.} Rd8 $6 {A dubious rook exchange but other options were not comfortable either:} (32... Rf7 33. Rd6 $1 Qe7 34. Ng5 $36 {or}) (32... Re8 33. Nd6 Re7 34. f5 $36) 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qc3 {[%CAl Ye4g5,Yg5e6,Rg5f7]} Qe7 $4 {This move loses. The only defence was} (34... Qf8 {[%CAl Yf8g7] but Black's position remained difficult after} 35. Qd4 Qg7 36. Nf6) 35. Qh8+ Qh7 36. Qd8 {[%CAl Re4g5]} Qa7 (36... Qf7 37. Ng5 Qg7 38. Ne6 $18) (36... Qg7 37. g4 $1 $18) 37. Kh2 (37. Qg5+ Kg7 38. f5 $18 {was simpler.}) 37... h4 38. Qxh4+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Nd6 Kh7 1-0 [Event "Sharjah Master 2024"] [Site "Shsrjah - Abu Dhabi"] [Date "2024.05.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2631"] [Annotator "Stockfish 16.1"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2024.05.14"] [EventCountry "UAE"] {[%evp 15,102,24,27,0,0,0,25,-30,33,32,35,40,33,26,69,64,51,50,50,51,50,-56,-67,-78,-65,-88,-86,-99,-95,-80,-81,-102,-98,-106,-83,-94,-95,-86,-89,-97,-76,-76,-53,-61,-60,-44,-54,-60,-2,-5,0,0,0,-5,-7,-10,-12,-13,0,0,0,-16,0,0,7,8,7,18,21,24,11,7,24,23,56,57,122,55,30,36,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Rg1 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Bb5 Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... a6 $1 $11 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7) 16. Ne5 a6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 $1 {[%CAl Rd5e7]} Nxe5 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qc3 Ng6 22. Qb4 Bd5 23. f3 b5 {Sarana,A (2695)-Lewicki,M (2321) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 9. Nd2 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bc8 20. b4 h5 21. f3 Qf6 22. a4 b5 23. Ne2 Rd6 {Eilenberg,J (2303)-Nogly,C (2228) Berlin GER 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Rg1 c5 12. O-O-O ({Only move:} 12. g5 $1 $11) 12... dxc4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 $1 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxc4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ (18. f4 $17) 18... Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qh4 21. Qd2 g6 (21... Be4 $17 22. Bf1 h5 23. gxh5 Bd5) 22. Ke1 (22. Qd7 $11) 22... Qxh3 ({Black should try} 22... Bf3 $15 23. Qd7 Kf8) 23. Qd8+ Kh7 {Wagner,D (2613)-Iskusnyh,S (2440) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½}) 9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O {White has an edge.} f5 $6 {Inaccuracy. Nxc3 was best.} (11... Nxc3 $1 12. Qxc3) (11... Nxc3 $1 $11 12. Qxc3 Nf6) 12. Kb1 $14 a6 13. g3 b5 14. Nh4 {Hoping for Ng6.} Qb4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. g4 Rf6 18. Nf5 $2 {Mistake. Be2 was best.} (18. Be2 Nb6 19. g5 $1 {[%CAl Rg5f6]} hxg5 20. Rxg5 Ra7 21. Ng6 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rdg1 Bf5) (18. Rg3 $14) 18... Nb6 $15 19. Ng3 Qf8 20. Rd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nh5 Rf3 23. g5 {With the idea gxh6.} Qf7 24. g6 Qf8 25. Ka1 a5 26. b3 Ba6 27. Rb1 Qd6 28. bxc4 Qxg6 $6 {Inaccuracy. Qxh2 was best.} (28... Qxh2 29. Nf4 $1 Bxc4 30. Qb2 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 31. f3 Qg3 32. exf4 Qxf4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Rf2) 29. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 30. exf4 Bxc4 {Strongly threatening ...Bd3.} 31. Qc3 $1 Qf6 (31... Rf8 $15) 32. f3 $11 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 33. Re1 Qf7 34. fxe4 dxe4 35. Rg2 Bd5 36. Qe3 Kh7 37. Reg1 Rg8 $1 38. h4 Qf6 39. h5 c5 40. Rg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxd4+ ({Much worse is} 40... cxd4 $6 41. Qd2 $16) 41. Qxd4 cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 42. Rd6 $1 {[%CAl Rd6d5]} Bf7 43. Rxd4 Re8 44. Ra4 Bxh5 45. Rxa5 Bf7 {[#]} (45... Bf3 $14) 46. a4 $6 {Inaccuracy. a3 was best.} (46. a3) ({White should play} 46. a3 $1 $16) 46... e3 $14 47. Re5 {a5 is the strong threat.} g5 48. Re1 ({Better is} 48. Rxe8 $14 Bxe8 49. fxg5 Bxa4 50. Kb2) 48... gxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Rf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Rf8 {And now Rg1+ would win.} Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel GM 50th"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2017.07.31"] [Round "7"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2699"] [Annotator "Quintiliano,Renato"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.07.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 180"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 {A solid approach by Ponomariov, which sounds reasonable against an aggressive player like Morozevich.} (6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {is the complicated Anti-Moscow Variation, in total accordance with Moro's style.}) 7. e3 Be7 (7... g5 $5 8. Bg3 Nh5 {is a different and interesting variation which has gained some popularity recently, played by Carlsen, Grischuk and others.}) 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O $1 {Although he is not playing many tournaments like some years ago, Morozevich's trademark always was his creative and aggressive play. The last move reveals White's intentions to avoid the more calm positions in QGD and his desires to play for the initiative in kingside.} dxc4 {to seek for counterplay on the queenside seems a natural reaction} 10. g4 $5 $146 {Morozevich just ignores the c4-pawn in order to start as quickly as possible active operations on the kingside, which ensures a complicated and double-edged battle.} (10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 {and Black's position is also active.}) 10... b5 {Like his opponent, Ponomariov also avoids opening lines in front of his king.} (10... Nxg4 {uses to be dangerous, because in such positions White has nice compensation in the use of the open g-file. Besides, he can choose between more than one path with interesting prospects, as the following variations show:} 11. Bxe7 (11. Rg1 $5 Bxh4 (11... Ngf6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rg3 {[%CAl Yd1g1]} Kh8 15. Rdg1 Rg8 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 $13 {Black is defending solidly, but White retains unpleasant pressure on the kingside}) 12. Rxg4 Be7 13. Bxc4 Kh8 14. Rdg1 Rg8 15. Bd3 {and ?h7 is an annoying threat, for example} Nf6 $2 (15... f5 $142) 16. Ne5 $1 Qe8 17. R4g3 {and Black's position is already difficult} Bd6 (17... Bd7 18. Bg6 $1 Rf8 19. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Qg6 Kg8 21. Qxh6 $18) 18. Bg6 $1 Rf8 (18... fxg6 19. Nxg6+ Kh7 20. Ne4 $1 $18) 19. Ne4 $1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rg8 22. Bh7 $18) 11... Qxe7 12. Rg1 Ngf6 (12... f5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bxc4 (14. Nh4 $5 {[%csl Gg6]}) 14... b5 (14... Nd5 15. Kb1 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rg6 $36) 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Kb1 {White keeps the easier position here, now in the form of better pieces and Black's dark-squared weaknesses} Qd6 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Qc7 $44) 13. Ne5 $1 {[%CAl Yf2f4,Gc2g2] the safer path for Black is to look for simplification} Nd5 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Bb7 19. Rd6 $1 {[%CAl Yg1d1,Yc3d3] and although Black has avoided a direct attack, White still has the advantage.}) 11. Rg1 Nd5 (11... g5 $6 {could have been considered, but in general it is not a good idea to advance pawns on the side on which you are being attacked} 12. Bg3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rh1 $40 {[%CAl Yh2h4]}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g5 h5 $1 {Again playing to keep the kingside closed.} 14. g6 {Now Black has a difficult choice, which is to allow the opening of the g-file, or live with a annoying g6-pawn in the heart of his position.} f5 $6 {And Ponomariov chooses the second one, but the inconvenient factors are the weak squares on the kingside. Black had another two interesting alternatives.} (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 fxg6 $1 16. Be2 e5 $1 {and Black is even taking the initiative} 17. dxe5 Nc5) (15. gxf7+ $2 Rxf7 16. Ng5 Rf5 $19) 15... f6 (15... fxg6 $2 16. Be2 e5 17. Qxg6 $13) 16. Kb2 {necessary in order to transfer the queen to the kingside} (16. Kb1 Nb6) 16... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%CAl Yb6a4,Gb5b4] and White's attack don't comes because he also has a weak king}) (14... f6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 {[%CAl Ye2h5] looks dangerous, but Black's pieces arrive just in time to defend agaist the threats} Rd8 17. Ne1 ({better than} 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. Qxh5 Qb4 $1 $132 {[%CAl Gc4c3]}) 17... Nf8 18. Qxh5 {[%CAl Yg1g3,Yg3h3]} Bd7 19. Rg3 Be8 $1 {[%csl Yg6] and because of the g6-pawn, White needs to improve the position first to continue the attack} 20. Be2 Rac8 21. Nc2 b4 $1 {and now comes the counter-attack on the queenside} 22. Kb1 (22. Rdg1 Bxg6 $1 23. Rxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxg6 b3 25. Na1 bxa2 26. Bd1 {[%CAl Yd1c2]} Rb8 27. Bc2 f5 $19) 22... Rc7 {[%CAl Yd8b8,Yd8c8] White's attack is stopped for now, and Black has time to improve his own position before breaking through with b3} 23. Rdg1 b3 $1 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Na3 Qb4 26. Bd3 Rdc8 $17 27. Rh3 $2 Nxg6 $1 28. Bxg6 Bxg6+ 29. Qxg6 Rc1+ $1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Qe1#) (14... fxg6 15. Be2 {looks dangerous for Black.}) 15. Ne5 {White immediately takes advantage of the new weak square.} Nxc3 $2 {Now Black went wrong, and soon will face unexpected difficulties.} (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 f4 $1 {was the right way, but the game remains complicated} 17. e4 (17. Qe2 Qh4 $1) 17... Nb6 18. Qd2 (18. Qe2 Qh4) (18. Rd6 Nd7 19. Qd1 f3 20. Qd4 $13) 18... b4 $1 19. Nb1 c3 $1 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rb8 $13 {the position is very sharp and unclear, with chances for both sides.}) 16. Qxc3 Nf6 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb7 {now White has} 18. e4 $1 {and Black should be very careful} Rad8 $1 (18... fxe4 19. Qh3 h4 20. Rd6) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 (19... Qxd8 20. Qh3 h4 21. exf5 exf5 22. Qf3 Qd4 $1 23. Qh5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qh6 25. Qd1 Qf4 26. Qh5 $11) 20. exf5 exf5 21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Be2 h4 23. f4 Be6 {and Black's position is well defended.}) 17. e4 $3 {[%CAl Gc3h3] Such moves are a piece of cake for Morozevich, who has a great feeling for attacking ideas. The queen seemed misplaced on c3, but now there's the real threat of ?h3, which puts a lot of pressure on Black's position.} (17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Bg2 Bb7 {allows Black to finish development and solve his problems.}) 17... Ng4 $6 {Black still tries to keep the kingside closed, but after this move his position is very difficult.} ({But} 17... fxe4 {looks to offer the better chances} 18. Qh3 c3 $1 {a good way to seek counterplay, White needs to find the very difficult move} 19. Rg3 $3 {and now the complications are very difficult to either calculate or evaluate} (19. Qxc3 $2 Nd5 20. Qh3 Rf5 $15) (19. bxc3 $2 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Nd5 $19 {[%CAl Rd5c3,Rf8f2]}) (19. Rg5 Qb4 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Nd5 {[%csl Yc3,Yf2]} 22. Nf7 Nf4 $1 23. Bg2 Nxg2 24. Rxg2 Bd7 $11 {[%CAl Yd7e8]}) 19... cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Rd8 $1 21. Nxc6 Qe8 22. Nxd8 (22. Ne5 $5 Bb7 23. Bxb5 $1 Qe7 24. Rg5 Rac8 25. Rxh5 Nxh5 26. Qxh5 Qf6 $13) 22... e5 $1 23. Qh4 Qxd8 24. Bxb5 Be6 $13) (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Qh3 c3 19. Qxh5 Nf6 (19... cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Nf6 21. Qh4 {[%CAl Rg1g3,Rg3h3]} Re8 22. Nf7 Kf8 23. Ng5 Qc7 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Rg3 $18) 20. Qh3 {[%CAl Yg1g5,Yg5h5] Black is pratically defenceless against White's attack} Qb4 (20... cxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qb4+ 22. Ka1 Re8 23. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Gc3] guarding the c3-square first} Qa4 24. Rb3 Rb8 25. Nf7 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rg8 28. Qh6 $18) 21. bxc3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nf7 Rxf7 $8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qg3 Ne8 26. c4 $18) 18. Qh3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qh6 20. Qh4 {Preventing ?xf2 and keeping an eye on ?e7 ideas.} Nf6 {Black cracks under the pressure, in an already difficult situation.} (20... c5 21. Qe7 $1 Rb8 (21... Nxf2 22. Nf7 Qe3 23. Rg5 $1 $18 {the threats of ?xh5-h8 and ?h6+ force huge material losses for Black.}) 22. dxc5 Rb7 (22... Nxe5 23. Rd8 Nxg6 24. Rxg6 $18) 23. Qd6 {and Black is basically lost, for example} Nxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe4 25. c6 Re7 26. Qxb5 $18) (20... fxe4 21. Be2 {it is almost impossible to find any reasonable move for Black here} e3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Nf7 $18) 21. Rg5 $18 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. e5 {Black's position is just defenceless.} c5 24. Be2 cxd4 25. Rxh5 Qxg6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bh5 Rxh8 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qe7 {An interesting game with many critical moments; no doubt that was a nice one for Morozevich's fans!} 1-0 [Event "EU-ch 1st"] [Site "Saint Vincent"] [Date "2000.07.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2000.07.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 078"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 (7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Ned5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nbc5 $1 $16 (17. Nxf6+ $2 $11 Nxf6 18. Qc5 Qb6 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 {½-½ Capablanca,J-Lasker,E/Havana 1921/ (23)})) 7... c5 8. Rd1 Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 ({More popular is} 11. Bd3 Nf6 (11... h6 $5 12. O-O cxd4 $1 (12... b6 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nb3 Qe5 (14... Qh5 15. Nxd4 e5 (15... Nc5 16. Be2 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. b4 Na6 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Qb1 Bb7 21. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Ra6,Rf5][%CAl Gd3f5] 1-0 Hahn-Reinhardt/Bad Elster 1936/ (40)}) 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Nxg6 18. Ndb5 $14) 15. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nac5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bg4 $11) (11... Ng6 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 $132 (15... Nf4 $2 16. Be4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%CAl Ge5c6,Ga8b8]} (16. Bb5 $14 {1-0 P.Kutscheid,H-Meister,G/cr BdF/M 1979/(21)}))) (11... g6 $6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nfd5 15. Nb3 (15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Nc4 Qc7 $11) (15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nf4 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Kogan,B/Reykjavik 1982/ (45)}) 15... Qb6 16. Bc4 Bd7 (16... Rd8 17. Rd2 $14) 17. Nec5 Bc6 $14) 12. O-O (12. dxc5 Qxc5 (12... Ned5 $2 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. c6 bxc6 17. Be4 Nc5 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Twardon,M-Krainski,A/POL-chT Jachranka 1987/EXT 87ch2/(44)}) 13. O-O b6 14. e4 Bb7 $11) 12... cxd4 (12... b6 $2 13. Ne4 $1 (13. e4 $2 cxd4 14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Ng6 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 (17. bxc3 Bb7 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfc8 $132 {1-0 Szczesniak,K-Drazkowski,K/cr ch-POL 1993/ (38)}) 13... Nd7 14. dxc5 $16) 13. Nxd4 (13. exd4 {- See comments to the game 0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Andersson,U/Malmoe SWE 2000/ CBM 77 [Tsesarsky] (87)}) 13... e5 $1 (13... Bd7 $2 {This variation is very old:} 14. Ne4 $1 (14. Nb3 $2 Qc7 (14... Qh5 15. Ne4 Ned5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rd4 Qg5 19. f4 Qh6 20. Rf3 Rac8 $11 {[%CAl Gd7c6]} (20... g6 21. Na5 (21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Rf1 $11) 21... Rfc8 22. Qd2 Rc7 $11 {1-0 Blecken,V-Hummel,D/OLNW SV Osnabrueck-B 1992/(42)})) 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Nd4 Rfd8 $11 {½-½ Bogoljubow,E-Stahlberg,G/Bad Nauheim (6) 1936/ (31)}) 14... Ned5 15. Nb3 Qa4 (15... Qd8 16. Nbc5 $1 (16. Nxf6+ $2 $11 {-like in the game ½-½ Capablanca,J-Lasker,E/Havana 1921/ (23) on 17 move.}) 16... Rc8 17. Qb3 (17. Qb1 Nxe4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Bxd5 (20. Rd4 Qb5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 $16 {½-½ Suta,M-Grevlund,P/cr ch we 1989/(35)}) 20... exd5 21. Rd4 {1-0 Rejfir,J-Stupan,B/Maribor 1934/(49)}) 17... Nxe4 (17... Bc6 18. Nxb7 $16) 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxe4 Rc5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Nielsen-Schenk/cr ch Eu 1936/ (42)}) 16. Nec5 Qh4 17. Nxb7 Rac8 (17... Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. N7c5 $16 {1-0 Baikov,V-Kuzmina,C/Moscow Russian Winter 1991/ (41)}) 18. N7c5 (18. Qe2 Bc6 19. N7a5 $16 {1-0 Miles,A-Olafsson,H/Dubai olm 1986/ (43)}) 18... Bc6 19. Qe2 {1-0 Spielmann,R-Asztalos,L/Maribor 1934/ (56)}) (13... h6 $5 14. Ne4 Ned5 (14... Nfd5 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bc4 e5 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Be8 $11 {1-0 Kolev,A-Radulski,J/BUL-ch 1994/ (41)}) 15. a3 (15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Rd4 Rac8 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 e5 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {½-½ Ivanov,S-Tregubov,P/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (30)}) 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Ne4 Bf5 $1 $11 (15... Ned5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Nbc5 Nb4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qh4 Bxc4 21. Nd7 $1 $18 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Morovic,I/New 1987/ (35)})) 11... Nf6 (11... Ng6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd2 Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rfd1 (15. Nd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 $11 {Doubled ?? f are not weaknesses.}) 15... Bc6 16. Nd4 Nh4 (16... Rac8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Rd6 b6 20. R1d2 $14) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e4 $14 (18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Rd4 Nf5 20. Rc4 Qb6 $11 {½-½ Kahn,V-Kiprov,A/Buenos Aires olm prel-B ,HCL 1939/(30)})) (11... Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. d5 (14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Ba6 $11) 14... exd5 15. Rxd5 Nf6 16. Rd6 Be6 17. c4 $11 {0-1 Salov,V-Hansen,C/Reykjavik ,EXT 1986/ (60)}) 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rd2 Rfc8 15. Rc1 (15. Rfd1 Rc7 $11) 15... Be8 16. h3 a6 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Bf3 Rc7 $11 {½-½ Nei,I-Mancini,M/Cappelle ,EXT 1995 (19)}) 13... Rfd8 $11 {Black equalized.} (13... Rad8 $5 $11) 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nc6 $2 $16 ({Good and more flexible was} 18... Qc7 $1 19. Qb3 (19. Qd2 Nc6 (19... Rc8 $2 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxa7 $1 $18) 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 b6 $11) 19... Rb8 $1 {[%csl Gb7] One more prophylactic measure!} (19... Nc6 $2 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nd6 Qxb3 (21... Rd8 22. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 $16) 22. axb3 Rb8 23. Nxb7 Ne5 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Ba6 $16) 20. Nb5 (20. a3 a6 $11) 20... Qb6 21. Nd6 Qxb3 22. axb3 b6 $11) 19. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%CAl Gf3b7,Gb3b7]} (19. a3 $2 Rc8 $11) 19... Rb8 {Too late} ({Also wasn't bring nothing} 19... Na5 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Rc1 (23. b4 Nc6 24. a3 Ne5 $1 $11) 23... Kf8 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Bxb7 $16 {and weakness b7 failed}) 20. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Kf8 22. b3 $1 {White remove ?b2 to defended square preparing the threat ?xc6 and ?xa7.} a6 23. Nd6 ({Clear advantage after} 23. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 24. Na7 $1 (24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rc1 c5 26. Kf1 Ne4 $132) 24... c5 (24... Rb6 25. Rd8+ Ne8 26. Rc8 $16) 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Rd8+ $1 (26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Nd3 Kd6 29. Kf1 $14) 26... Rxd8 27. Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 28. Nb7 Nd7 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 $16) 23... Nb4 24. Rc1 $2 $132 ({Was keep an advantage} 24. a3 $1 Nbd5 (24... Nc2 25. Nxb7 (25. Rc1 $2 Nxa3 26. Rc7 Kg8 27. Nxb7 (27. Nxf7 Nb5 $17) 27... Ne8 28. Rc1 Nb5 $11) 25... Nxa3 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. h3 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%CAl Ga1a6]}) 25. e4 Ke7 ({Or} 25... Nc3 26. Rd3 Ke7 27. e5 Nfd5 28. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 29. Rxc3 $16) 26. e5 $1 Ne8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Ke6 30. Rd3 $1 (30. Rc5 $2 Rd8 31. f4 Rd3 $44) 30... g5 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rh3 Kf5 33. Rxh4 Rxe5 34. Rxh7 $16) 24... Ne8 $1 (24... Nxa2 $143 25. Rc7 Kg8 26. Bxb7 Nb4 27. Kf1 h5 (27... Nbd5 28. Bxd5 (28. Rc6 Nb4) 28... Nxd5 29. Rxf7 Rxb3 30. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rg8][%CAl Ga7a8]}) 28. e4 Ne8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Ke2 $14) 25. Nxb7 Nxa2 26. Rc4 Nf6 (26... Ke7 27. Kf1) 27. g4 (27. Kf1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rc7 Nc1 $132) 27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rc7 Nc1 30. Nd6 (30. Nc5 Rb4 31. h3 Nxb3 32. Nxa6 Rb6 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd6 $11) 30... Nxb3 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rd7 (32. Ra7 a5 $132) 32... d4 (32... Nc5 33. Ra7 $132) 33. Nf5 (33. exd4 Nxd4 34. Ra7 $11) 33... d3 34. Rxg7+ (34. Rxd3 g6 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 a5 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. Kg2 $16) 34... Kf8 35. Rd7 d2 36. Kf1 a5 37. e4 $2 $17 ({Equal position was keep} 37. Ke2 $1 a4 $1 (37... Rc8 38. Nd4 Ke8 39. Rd5 a4 40. Nxb3 axb3 41. Rxd2 Rb8 42. Rb2 $18) 38. Rxh7 Rb6 {[%CAl Gb6c6]} (38... Rb5 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Nd6+ $18) 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Kf8 41. Rh8+ $11) 37... Rb4 $1 38. f3 $2 $19 {White put mistake after mistake, probably in time pressure.} (38. Ke2 Rxe4+ 39. Ne3 h6 40. h4 a4 $17) 38... Nd4 $1 {[%csl Gd2][%CAl Gd2d1]} 39. Ne3 a4 $5 ({Good enough was to take material:} 39... Rb1+ 40. Kf2 d1=Q 41. Nxd1 Rxd1 42. Rxh7 (42. f4 h6 43. h4 a4 44. Ra7 Ra1 45. Ke3 Nb5 46. Rb7 a3 $19) 42... a4 (42... Rd3 43. Ra7 Rxf3+ 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. h4 Nc6 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. g5 Kg6 48. Rh8 Ne5 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. h5 a4 51. Ra6 $11) 43. Ra7 Ra1 44. h4 a3 45. h5 a2 46. h6 Rh1 (46... Kg8 47. g5 Rh1 48. Rxa2 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Nf5+ 50. exf5 Rxa2 51. g6 Rh2 52. h7+ Kg7 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kg4 $11) 47. Rxa2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Rxa2 49. Kxd4 Kf7 50. g5 Kg6 51. f4 Rf2 52. Ke3 Rf1 53. h7 (53. e5 Kf5 $19) 53... Kxh7 54. f5 Kg7 $19) 40. e5 $6 (40. Kf2 a3 41. Ra7 Rb3 $19) 40... a3 41. Ra7 Nc2 $5 (41... Rb3 $1 42. Nd1 Rb1 43. Kf2 Rxd1 44. Ke3 Nxf3 45. Kxf3 Rf1+ $19) 42. Nd1 Rb1 $4 $11 {One more terrible move} ({Why not} 42... Nd4 43. Rxa3 Rb1 44. Kf2 Rxd1 45. Ke3 Nxf3 $19) 43. Kf2 $4 $19 {Comedy of mistakes is over} ({Right was} 43. Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Kxd2 Nxf3+ $11) 43... Rxd1 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Kxd2 Nb4 46. Kc3 a2 47. Kxb4 Rb1+ 48. Kc5 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1 {Hecht: '? Turm gegen Bauern. Üblicherweise, so auch hier, wird der Turm gegen zwei verbundene Freibauern infolge Zugzwang leicht fertig.'} 50. Kd5 Rh1 51. f4 Ke7 52. Ke4 Rxh2 53. Kf5 (53. f5 {Hecht} h6 54. Kf4 (54. Kf3 Rh3+ 55. Kf4 Ra3 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Kf3 Kf7 58. Kg3 Re4 59. e6+ Kf6 60. Kh4 Re3 $19) 54... Re2 55. e6 Kf6 $19) 53... Rg2 54. Kg5 (54. g5 {Hecht} Rf2 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Ke3 Ra2 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Kf5 $19) 54... Ke6 55. Kh5 Rh2+ 56. Kg5 Rh1 0-1 [Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "2005.05.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "Finkel,Alexander"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2005.05.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 107"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 (7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 $14 {Capablanca,J-Lasker,E/Havana 1921}) 7... c5 8. Rd1 Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 ({More popular is} 11. Bd3 {even though it doesn't seem to be sufficient to get an opening advantage.} Nf6 (11... h6 $5 12. O-O cxd4 $1 (12... b6 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nb3 Qe5 15. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Nac5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bg4 $11) (11... Ng6 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 $132) 12. O-O cxd4 (12... b6 $2 13. Ne4 $1 Nd7 14. dxc5 $16) 13. Nxd4 e5 $1 (13... h6 $5 14. Ne4 Nfd5 (14... Ned5 15. a3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 e5 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {Ivanov,S-Tregubov,P/Samara RUS 2000}) 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bc4 e5 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Be8 $11 {Kolev,A-Radulski,J/BUL-ch 1994}) 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Ne4 Bf5 $1 $11 (15... Ned5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Nbc5 Nb4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qh4 Bxc4 21. Nd7 $1 $18 {Benjamin,J-Morovic,I/New 1987})) 11... Nf6 (11... Ng6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd2 Bd7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rfd1 (15. Nd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 $11 {Doubled ?? f are not weaknesses.}) 15... Bc6 16. Nd4 Nh4 (16... Rac8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Rd6 b6 20. R1d2 $14) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e4 $14 (18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Rd4 Nf5 20. Rc4 Qb6 $11 {Kahn,V-Kiprov,A/Buenos Aires olm prel-B ,HCL 1939})) (11... Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. d5 (14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Nh7 Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Ba6 $11) 14... exd5 15. Rxd5 Nf6 16. Rd6 Be6 17. c4 $11 {Salov,V-Hansen,C/Reykjavik ,EXT 1986}) 12. O-O Bd7 (12... a6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 13. Qa4 $1 Qc7 (13... Qxa4 14. Nxa4 cxd4 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Rxd4 $14) 14. Qc4 b6 15. dxc5 b5 (15... Qxc5 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Rb8 18. b3 $16) 16. Qd4 Nf5 17. Qe5 $18 {Utemov,V-Stewart,N/Moscow 1991}) 13. Ne5 {Attacking the bishop.} (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rd2 Rfc8 15. Rc1 (15. Rfd1 Rc7 $11) 15... Be8 16. h3 a6 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Bf3 Rc7 19. Qb3 Rac8 {½-½ Nei,I-Mancini,M/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (19)}) 13... cxd4 (13... Rfd8 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bf3 Nc6 $2 $16 (18... Qc7 $1 19. Qb3 Rb8 $1 $11) 19. Qb3 $1 $14 {[%CAl Ob3b7] Azmaiparashvili,Z-Tregubov,P/Saint Vincent 2000}) (13... Rad8 $5 $11) 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Qa4 {Without the queens White is not able to cause Black any problems and Black's position is perfectly solid in any case.} (17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. R4d2 h6 $11) 17... Qxa4 18. Rxa4 a6 19. Rd1 (19. Rc4 Rfd8 20. Rc7 Ned5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rfc1 Kf8 $11) 19... Rfc8 20. g4 h6 21. Rd6 ({It was interesting to try} 21. h4 $5 Ng6 (21... Rc5 $5) 22. g5 b5 23. Rb4 (23. Rxa6 $6 Nxh4 24. gxf6 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. fxg7 Nc4 $15) 23... a5 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Nxb5 Nxh4 26. Bb7 Rb8 27. gxf6 Rxb7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. a4 gxf6 30. Ra8 $13) 21... Rc7 $1 22. Rb4 Nd7 23. Rbd4 (23. h3 Ne5 24. Bg2 N7c6 25. Ra4 Na5 $1 $13 {[%CAl Ga5c4]}) 23... Ne5 24. Be2 N5c6 25. Rd1 Nc8 26. R6d2 (26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Nb6 28. Rd1 (28. Rc7 Na8 29. Rd7 Nb6 $11) 28... Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rc8 $11) 26... Nb6 27. Ne4 $6 (27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Nc6 33. Ne4 $14) 27... Kf8 28. Nc5 Ke7 29. a3 Ne5 {[%CAl Gb6c4]} 30. b4 Rbc8 $5 {[%CAl Ge5c4]} ({Not quite enough for eqaulity is} 30... Nec4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Rd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7+ Ke8 34. Rxb7 (34. Rc7 $6 Nxa3 35. Nxb7 $2 Nb5 $19) 34... Rxb7 35. Nxb7 Nxa3 36. Nc5 Nc2 37. Nxa6 Kd7 38. b5 Na3 39. b6 Kc6 40. Nc7 Kxb6 41. Ne8 g6 42. Nd6 f5 43. Nf7 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kg2 $14 {and White gets an edge.}) 31. a4 $2 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5]} Nd5 $17 (31... a5 $5 32. bxa5 $140 Nbc4 33. Bxc4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxc5 $17) 32. f4 (32. Nxb7 $2 Rxb7 33. Bxa6 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxd2 35. Bxb7 Rc2 $17) 32... Nc6 {[%csl Rb4,Re3]} 33. b5 axb5 $5 (33... Na5 $5 34. Ne4 Nc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Nxe3 $17) 34. axb5 Nb8 35. Ne4 Nxe3 36. Re1 Nd5 37. f5 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Ra2 N7f6 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. Ra7 b6 44. h4 Rc2 45. Ke1 Rc7 (45... Nf4 $5 46. Bf3 (46. Bf1 $2 g5 47. h5 Ke5 48. Rh7 Kd4 49. Rxh6 Ra2 50. Rh8 Ke3 51. Rd8 Nd5 $19) 46... Rb2 47. Bc6 g5 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Ra6 Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Ne5 51. Rxb6 Nxc6 52. Rxc6 Rxb5 53. Kf2 $15) 46. Ra6 Ke5 47. Kd2 Rc5 48. Ra7 Rc7 49. Ra6 Kd4 50. Ra4+ Kc5 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Nb4 53. Kc3 Nd5+ 54. Kd2 e5 55. Ra8 e4 56. Ra4 Re7 (56... e3+ $1 57. Kc2 (57. Kd3 Kxb5 58. Rd4 Rd7 $19) 57... Kd6+ 58. Kd3 Rc5 59. Bf3 Rxb5 60. Ra7 Rb2 $1 61. Rxg7 Rd2+ 62. Kc4 e2 $19) 57. Rc4+ Kd6 58. Rc6+ Ke5 59. Bc4 Rd7 60. Ke2 Rd6 $2 (60... Nf4+ 61. Ke1 Kd4 $17) 61. Bxd5 $1 Kxd5 62. Rc1 Kd4 63. Rc6 Kd5 64. Rc1 Ke5 65. Rc7 g6 66. Rf7 Rd5 (66... Kd4) 67. Rf6 Rxb5 68. Rxg6 $11 Kf4 69. Re6 Rb2+ 70. Kf1 Kf5 71. Re8 Rb4 72. Rg8 b5 73. g6 Kf6 74. Ke2 Rb3 75. g7 Kf7 76. Re8 Kxg7 77. Rxe4 Kf6 78. Kd2 Kf5 79. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-ch 12th"] [Site "Aix les Bains"] [Date "2011.03.28"] [Round "7"] [White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2663"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2011.03.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bf4 a6 10. a3 b6 ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Be5 Nhf6 {½-½ Gozzoli,Y (2498)-Roiz,M (2658)/Zuerich 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e4 d4 17. Rfe1 a5 18. a4 Nb6 19. Bb5 Bd6 20. Bc1 f5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. exf5 c4 23. Be4 d3 24. Qb1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxf5 {Tal,M-Lutikov,A/Soviet Union 1967/MCD/½-½ (40)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Ne5 (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 $5 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rb1 a5 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Bf5 $44) 17... Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "SRB-chT Premier"] [Site "Bajina Basta"] [Date "2025.09.18"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Indjic, Aleksandar"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2025.09.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 48"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.10.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.10.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dech"] [BlackTeam "Belgrade Zmaj"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. a3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 9.Rd1. wohl besser als 9.Td1.} b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc7 Re8 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Ne5 $146 (15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Ba6 Ne4 17. O-O Nd6 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxb5 Nxb5 21. Rc6 f6 22. Ng6 Rd7 23. h4 Nd6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rxd6 {1-0 Berdayes Ason,D (2488)-Alcala Gonzalez,C (2268) Barcelona Sant Marti op-A 25th 2025 (3)}) 15... Bb7 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. f3 Ne8 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Rc2 Rcc7 20. Rxc7 Bc8 21. Kd2 Rxc7 22. h4 Nd6 23. b3 f6 24. Ng6 Kf7 25. g4 Nb7 26. g5 Na5 27. Rb1 hxg5 28. hxg5 Bd7 29. f4 Rc8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. f5 exf5 32. Nf4 Rh8 33. Kc3 Rc8+ 34. Kd2 Rh8 35. Kc3 Rc8+ 36. Kb2 Rh8 37. Rg1 Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Nb7 39. Nxd5 Nd6 40. a4 Rh3 41. Re1 Ne4+ 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Nf4 Rh2 44. Rg1 Rh8 45. d5 Bf5 46. Kd4 Rh2 47. a5 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. axb6 axb6 50. Kb4 Ra5 51. Kc4 Rc5+ 52. Kd4 Rb5 53. Rb1 Rc5 54. Ra1 Bd7 55. Ra7 Ke7 56. Ne6 Rc1 57. Nf8 Kxf8 58. Rxd7 f5 59. Rb7 Re1 60. Rxb6 Ke7 61. b4 Kd7 62. Rf6 Rd1+ 63. Ke5 Re1 64. Rf7+ Kc8 65. Kd4 Rd1+ 66. Kc5 Rd3 67. Kc6 Rc3+ 68. Kd6 Rxe3 69. Rxf5 Rd3 70. Re5 e3 71. Ke7 Kc7 72. Ke6 Rd4 73. Rxe3 Rxb4 74. Ke7 Rd4 75. Rc3+ Kb7 76. Kd6 Rd1 77. Rb3+ Kc8 78. Rf3 Rd2 79. Rf5 Rd1 80. Re5 Rd2 81. Re1 Rd3 82. Rc1+ Kd8 83. Kc6 Ra3 84. Kd6 Rh3 85. Re1 Ra3 86. Ke6 Ra6+ 87. d6 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Baburin,Alexander"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {In this position White has a small but clear and almost constant advantage, as Black cannot exploit advantages of having an isolated pawn (attack) - too many pieces have been swapped. This line was popular at the turn of the century.} 13. O-O (13. Rc1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Qd4 Be4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qf5 19. Kg2 Qg5+ $10 {Alekhine-Capablanca, 1927.}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Rc3 a6 19. Rdc1 Ne6 {Black should try to eliminate the dominating Knight on d4. Although his Bishop is worse than White's, Black can hold the position as apart from the potential weakness on d5 White does not have real targets to attack.} 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bxe6 23. Rb4 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. f3 Qa5 26. a3 Rc5 27. h3 Qc7 28. f4 a5 29. Rd4 b6 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Qf2 Rc1 32. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-ch 6th"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2005.06.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Moiseenko, Alexander"] [Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2609"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "77"] [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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 ({Another theoretical line} 8... Nxd5 {usually yield white a slight advantage after} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3) 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {The position is very close to equal, since the pawn structure is symmetrical and white's advantage in development is temporary.} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bc4 Be8 18. Bb3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxd8+ {½-½ Scalcione,M-Iordachescu,V/Saint Vincent 2003}) 11... Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Na4 $146 {White should try to play actively, otherwise his slight advantage will quickly evaporate.} (14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 {--> 1-0 Nikolic,P-Tregubov,P/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 [Tsesarsky,I] (56)}) 14... Qa5 (14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Rfd8 {is rather equal as well.}) 15. Qc5 Qxa4 16. b3 {Black's queen trapped?} b6 {Not at all...} 17. Qxe7 Qa5 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Qa3 Qe5 20. h3 (20. a5 Rac8 (20... Qxa5 $6 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 $14 {[%CAl Ge2f3]}) 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qa7 Qc5 $11) 20... Rad8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Nf3 Qb8 23. Qd6 Qa8 $1 (23... b5 $2 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Ne5 $16) 24. Qxb6 Rb8 25. Qc7 Rec8 26. Qd6 Rxb3 $2 {Wrong order of moves. It was necessary to take on c1 at the first place, and only then capture the ?b3.} (26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxb3 28. Ne5 Be8 29. Bf3 Qb8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 $11) 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for White.","","","e2b5","Taking advantage of black's temporary weakness of 8th rank.",5]} 28. Bb5 $1 {Taking advantage of black's temporary weakness of 8th rank.} Bxb5 29. axb5 {Now, white's passed pawn becomes very dangerous.} h6 $6 ({More stubborn would have been} 29... Qf8 30. Qc7 (30. Qa6 h6 31. Nd4 Rb2 32. Qxa5 $16) 30... Nd5 31. Qxa5 Ra3 32. Qe1 Nc3 33. Rd7 Qb8 34. Qf1 h6 35. Nd4 $16) 30. Nd4 Rc3 31. Nc6 Qb7 (31... Kh7 32. Qe7 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 32. Qd4 Nd5 (32... Rc2 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ $18 {[%CAl Gd3c2,Gd3h7]}) 33. e4 Nf4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Ne7 {The mating threat can not be parried in a satisfactory way.} Rc8 (35... h5 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Qxg7+ Ng6 39. f4+ Kxf4 40. Qf6+ Kxe4 41. Qd4#) 36. Nxc8 Qxe4 37. f3 Qe3+ (37... Qc2 38. Qd2 $18) 38. Kh2 f5 39. Ne7 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2633"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O $14 {White has a little advantage bacause of isolated pawn, "bad" black bishop and bacause of 2 par pieces were changed. But Piket was sure - it is not a big problem to draw this game, he is quite experienced in playing of this variation.} (13. Rc1 $6 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Qd4 (15. Qxd5 Rfd8 16. Qa5 b6 $44 {[%CAl Gf5d3]}) 15... Be4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qf5 19. Kg2 Qg5+ $11 {Alekhine-Capablanca, 1927.}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd4 Rfc8 (14... Ne6 15. Qa4 (15. Nxe6 $6 Bxe6 16. Qa4 $5 (16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Kf1 Rfc8 $11 {Flohr,Salo-Foltys,Jan/Podebrady ;EXT 98 1936/½-½ (75)})) (15. h3 Nxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rfc8 18. Qd2 $11 {Leveille,Francois-Desforges,J/Quebec (2) ;EXT 97 1990/½-½ (93)}) 15... Qf6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Ba6 Rc5 20. Rd4 Re8 21. a3 $14 {½-½ Chernin,Alexander-Huebner,Robert/Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee ;TD 1986}) 15. Rfc1 (15. Rac1 Bd7 {? ?e6=} 16. Qd2 Ne6 (16... Qf6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Rc3 a6 19. Rdc1 Ne6 {[%CAl Ge6d4]} 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bxe6 23. Rb4 $14 {½-½ Shirov,Alexei-Piket,Jeroen/Dos Hermanas (8) ;CBM 47 1995 (32)}) 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Nf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $14 {Ivanov,Igor V-Morovic Fernandez,Ivan/New York op ;CBM 08 1988/0-1 (52)}) (15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qe1 (16. Qa5 Rc5 17. Qa3 Qg5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. b4 Bh3 20. g3 Qf6 21. f3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Be2 Qd7 25. b5 $14) 16... Bd7 (16... Qg5 17. f4 Qf6 $11) 17. Qe2 $14 {Salov,Valery-Piket,Jeroen/Torneo Magistral 6th (5) ;CBM 59 1997/½-½ (54)}) 15... Bd7 16. Qd2 (16. Qd1 $6 Qf6 17. Rc2 Ne6 18. Nf3 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 22. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ Ribli,Zoltan-Andersson,Ulf/Dortmund-A ;CBM 02 1987}) 16... Qf6 $5 (16... Nxd3 {?-? change was not better for Black.} 17. Qxd3 $14) 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Rc3 Rd8 $146 {Better than d4} (19... d4 20. Nxd4 $1 {much better than 20.exd4} (20. exd4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Bc4 Rad8 23. Qc1 (23. Bxe6 Qxe6 $44) 23... Nxd4 $11 {½-½ Piket,Jeroen-Morovic Fernandez,Ivan/Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (9) ;CBM 40 1994 (28)}) 20... Rd8 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Rc4 $6 (22. Ra3 $1 a6 23. Qb4 Rad8 24. Rad3 Nxd4 (24... Be4 25. Nxe6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 $3 Bxd3 (26... Rxd3 27. Qf8#) 27. Nxd8 Bxe2 28. Nxb7 $18) 25. Rxd4 $16) 22... Rad8 23. Qb4 $14 {[%csl Rd1][%CAl Gd8d1]}) 20. Rd1 d4 $1 {Piket decided to play wihtout pawn.} (20... Rd7 $2 21. Nd4 Ng5 22. Qe1 (22. f3 Re8 23. Rdc1 Rd6 24. b4 $16) 22... Ne4 23. Rc2 Re8 24. Rdc1 $16) 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Rd6 23. Bf3 $1 Bd5 (23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 $14) 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 {It is not easy to realize pawn.} 25. Rc5 (25. Rf3 $14) 25... Rad8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 {Now White must promote his pawns on both sides, espeshially on the King side.} 27. Qb4 (27. Qe3 $14 {[%CAl Gg2g3,Gh2h4]}) 27... b6 28. h3 Kg7 29. a3 h5 30. Rd3 Qc6 31. Qd2 Qf6 32. Qc3 Qf4 33. Qe1 Qf6 (33... Rxd4 $2 34. Qc3 $18) (33... a5 34. Qe3 $14) 34. Qe4 Qd6 35. h4 Qd7 36. g3 Qd6 37. Qe1 Qf6 38. Qc3 Kg8 39. Qc4 Qd6 40. Rf3 $5 {[%csl Rf7][%CAl Gc4f7,Gf3f7]} Kg7 41. Qc3 Kf8 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Rf4 f5 (43... a5 44. Qe8 Qc7 45. Kg2 Qb7 46. Kh2 (46. Re4 $6 Rb5 47. b4 (47. f3 Rxb2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 $17) 47... axb4 48. f3 Rf5 49. axb4 Qc7 $44) 46... Qc7 {and how to continue realization for White is not clear.}) 44. Rf3 $5 (44. Qb7+ $1 Qd7 45. Qxd7+ Rxd7 46. Kf1 (46. Kg2 Rc7 47. d5 Kf6 48. Rd4 Ke5 49. Rd2 Rd7 50. f4+ Kd6 51. b4 (51. Kf3 Rc7 $11) 51... Rc7 52. Rd3 Rc4 53. Kf3 a5 $11) 46... Rc7 47. d5 (47. Rf3 Rc1+ 48. Kg2 Rc2 (48... Rd1 49. Rc3 Rxd4 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Rxa7 $16) 49. Rb3 Rd2 50. Rc3 Rxb2 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rxa7 Rb3 53. a4 Rb4 54. Ra6 Kf7 55. d5 f4 56. Kf3 fxg3 57. fxg3 Ke7 58. a5 bxa5 59. Rxg6 a4 $44) 47... Rc1+ 48. Ke2 Rc2+ 49. Ke3 Rxb2 50. Rd4 Kf7 51. d6 Ke8 52. d7+ Kd8 53. Rd6 Ra2 (53... Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rxa3 55. Kg5 Rf3 56. Rd2 a5 57. Kxg6 f4 58. gxf4 Rxf4 59. Kxh5 a4 60. Kg5 Rf7 61. h5 $16) 54. Rxg6 Rxa3+ 55. Kf4 Kxd7 56. Rh6 b5 57. Rxh5 b4 58. Rxf5 a5 59. h5 $16) 44... Rxd4 45. Rc3 {[%csl Rg7]} Re4 (45... Qd8 46. Rc7+ Kh6 47. Qb7 Qg8 48. Rf7 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%CAl Gb7e7,Ge7g5]} (48. Qxa7 f4 49. Rd7 Rxd7 50. Qxd7 fxg3 51. fxg3 Qb3 52. Qd2+ Kh7 53. Qc3 $16) 48... Re4) 46. Qc7+ Qe7 (46... Qxc7 47. Rxc7+ $16) 47. b4 Qf7 (47... Re6 48. Kg2 $16) 48. Qd8 Re8 49. Qd4+ Kh7 50. Rc6 Re7 (50... Re1+ 51. Kg2 Qe7 52. b5 Re5 53. a4 $16) 51. b5 (51. Rd6 Re4 52. Rd7 Re7 53. Rd8 Re1+ 54. Kg2 Re8 $11) 51... Qg7 (51... Re1+ 52. Kh2 Re4 $14) (51... Rd7 52. Rd6 (52. Qc3 f4 53. Rf6 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 fxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Qd5 56. f3 $11) 52... Rxd6 53. Qxd6 Qb3 $11) 52. Qb4 Qe5 53. a4 Rf7 $5 {[%CAl Gf5f4]} (53... Rd7 $11 {White can't improve his position}) 54. Qc4 Kg7 $2 $16 {Piket was tired after previous hard defence and put mistake} (54... Re7 $11) 55. Re6 Qc7 (55... Rc7 56. Rxe5 Rxc4 57. Re7+ Kf6 58. Rxa7 $16) 56. Qd4+ Kh7 57. Re8 Rg7 58. Qd5 $2 $14 {White also put mistake and drop his advantage} (58. Qf6 $142 $1 $16 Qf7 (58... Qc1+ 59. Kg2 Qd2 (59... Qc7 60. Qf8 Kh6 61. Qh8+ Rh7 62. Qf6 {[%CAl Gf6g5,Ge8e7]} Rg7 63. Rh8+ Rh7 64. Rg8 Rg7 65. Qf8 $18) 60. Rd8 (60. Re7 Qd5+ 61. Kh2 Rxe7 62. Qxe7+ Kh6 63. Qxa7 Qd4 $44) 60... Qa2 61. Qf8 Qg8 62. Qd6 Qf7 63. Qb8 Qb7+ 64. Qxb7 Rxb7 65. Kf3 Re7 66. Kf4 Kh6 (66... Re4+ 67. Kg5 Rg4+ 68. Kf6 Rxa4 69. Rd7+ Kh6 70. Rg7 Rg4 71. Rxa7 f4 72. Ra8 $18) 67. f3 $22 Rc7 68. Ke5 Kg7 (68... Rc3 69. Kf6 Kh7 70. Rd7+ Kh6 71. Rxa7 Rxf3 72. Rb7 Ra3 73. Rxb6 Rxa4 74. Rb8 Kh7 75. Rb7+ Kh6 76. Rg7 (76. b6 f4 77. Rb8 Kh7 78. b7 Rb4 79. gxf4 Rxf4+ 80. Ke6 Rb4 $11) 76... Rb4 (76... Rg4 77. b6 $18) 77. Rxg6+ Kh7 78. Rg5 $18) 69. Kd6 Rc3 70. Rd7+ Kf6 71. Rxa7 Rxf3 72. Kc7 Rxg3 73. Kxb6 f4 74. Rc7 f3 75. Rc1 Rg4 76. a5 $18) 59. Qd8 Rg8 60. Re7 Rxd8 61. Rxf7+ Kh6 62. Rxa7 $16) 58... Qb7 $4 $18 (58... Qc1+ 59. Kh2 (59. Kg2 Qc7 $14) 59... Qb2 (59... Qf1 60. Qd4 Qc1 61. Qd8 $18) 60. Kg2 Qf6 $14) 59. Qd8 Rf7 60. Rh8+ Kg7 61. Qd4+ (61. Qd4+ Rf6 62. Rd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 6th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.05.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Salov, Valery"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1997.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 059"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 Rfc8 (14... Ne6 15. Qa4 Qf6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Ba6 Rc5 20. Rd4 Re8 21. a3 $14 {½-½ Chernin,A-Hubner,R/Wijk aan Zee 1986}) 15. Qd2 (15. Rac1 Bd7 {? ?e6=} 16. Qd2 Qf6 (16... Ne6 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Nf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rd1 $14 {Ivanov,I-Morovic Fernandez,I/New York (open) 1988/0-1 (52)} (20. Rxc8+ $10)) 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Rc3 a6 19. Rdc1 Ne6 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bxe6 23. Rb4 (23. Qc7 $1 Rc8 (23... b5 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Ra3 Bd7 26. Rc3 $16) 24. Qxb7 $2 (24. Qe7 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 d4 26. Rxb7 Bc4 (26... Qa8 27. Qb4 $18) 27. Qe8+ (27. h4 Rxf1+ 28. Kh2 Qa8 29. Qc7 Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qxd4+ Kh6 (32... Kg8 33. Rd7 Qb8+ 34. f4 $18) 33. Qxc4 Qxb7 (33... Rxf2 34. Qe4 $16) 34. Qxf1 Qxb2 35. a4 $16) 27... Kg7 28. Qe5+ (28. Qxf7+ $2 Bxf7 29. Rxa7 d3 30. Rd7 d2 31. Rxd2 Bc4 $17) 28... Kh6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ $11) 24... Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 d4 27. Rb4 d3 28. Rd4 d2 29. Rxd2 Bc4 $19) 23... Rc8 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. f3 Qa5 26. a3 Rc5 $11 27. h3 Qc7 28. f4 b6 29. Rd4 Kg7 30. Kh2 a5 31. Qf2 Rc1 32. Qd2 {½-½ Shirov,A-Piket,J/It cat.18, IV-V 1995}) (15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qd1 (16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Rc3 d4 20. exd4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Bc4 Rad8 23. Qc1 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 {½-½ Piket,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Wijk 1994 (28)}) 16... Qf6 17. Rc2 Ne6 18. Nf3 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 22. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ Ribli,Z-Andersson,U/Dortmund-A 1987}) 15... Ne4 16. Qe1 (16. Qa5 Rc5 17. Qa3 Qg5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. b4 Bh3 20. g3 Qf6 21. f3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qg5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Be2 Qd7 25. b5 $14 (25. Bb5 Qg4)) 16... Bd7 (16... Qg5 17. f4 Qf6 $11) 17. Qe2 $14 Rc5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qe1 (19. Rxc5 Rxc5 (19... Nxc5 20. Rc1 Ne6 (20... Nxd3 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qxd3 $16) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Nxe6 $14) 20. Rd1 Rc8 $14) 19... Qf6 20. Rxc5 (20. f3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc5 22. Bb1 b6 $14 (22... Qb6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Nxe6 $14)) 20... Nxc5 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. b3 a5 23. Rc1 Rc7 (23... Qb4 $5 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Bb1 $14 (25. Be2 Ne4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nc2 Nc3 28. Bf3 Nxa2 29. Bxd5 Be6 30. Bxe6 (30. e4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Kf8 $15) 30... fxe6 31. f4 Nc1 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 (33... e5 34. fxe5 Nd3+ 35. Kf3 Nxe5+ 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. h3 $16) 34. g4 g5 35. Kf3 e5 36. Nc2 (36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. Ne6+ Kh4 38. Nc5 Kh3 39. Ke4 Kxg4 40. Kxe5 Kh3 $11) 36... Nxb3 37. Nxb4 $11)) 24. h3 h5 25. Be2 Ne4 (25... a4 $5 26. Qb2 (26. b4 Ne4 $15) 26... axb3 27. axb3 Na4 28. Qa1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qc5 $5 $14 {(=)}) 26. Qb2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Qb4 (27... a4 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. Bf3 $14) 28. a3 Qd6 29. Qb2 (29. f3 Nc5 30. Qc3 b6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ne6 33. Nxe6 $14) 29... b6 30. Bf3 h4 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 f5 (32... g5 $5) 33. Qa2 Kg7 (33... g5 $2 34. Qa8+ Kf7 35. Qd8 Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Bh5 $18) 34. Qa7 Nf6 (34... Kf7 35. b5 Nc3 $14) 35. b5 Kh6 36. Qa8 g5 $2 (36... Be8 $1 37. Qc8 f4 38. Qc3 (38. exf4 Qxf4 (38... Qb4 39. Ne6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxf2 41. Qc3 Bd7 42. Qxf6 Qg3+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 39. Qc3 Bd7 $11) 38... Bd7 $11) 37. Qd8 $16 Kg6 $8 38. Nc6 (38. Be2 Qc5 39. Nf3 Be6 (39... Qc1+ 40. Bf1 Qb2 41. Qxb6 $18) 40. Bd3 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc5 42. Ne5+ Kg7 43. Nc6 Bd7 44. Ne7 Qc3 45. Ng8 $5 (45. Bxf5 Qe5+ 46. f4 gxf4 47. Bxd7 fxe3+ 48. Kh1 e2 $19) 45... Qe5+ (45... Qxd3 46. Qxf6+ Kxg8 47. Qd8+ $18) 46. f4 gxf4 47. Qxf6+ Qxf6 48. Nxf6 Kxf6 49. exf4 d4 50. g3 hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 $14) 38... g4 $4 (38... f4 39. Qxb6 fxe3 40. fxe3 $16) 39. hxg4 $2 (39. Ne7+ Kg5 (39... Kf7 40. Nxf5 $18) {[%tqu "En","?","","","g2g3","",10]} 40. g3 $3 $18 hxg3 (40... gxf3 41. gxh4+ Kh5 42. Qh8+ Nh7 43. Qxh7+ Qh6 44. Qf7+ Kxh4 45. Ng6+ Kxh3 (45... Kg5 46. Ne5 $18) 46. Qf6 (46. Nf4+ Kg4 47. Qg8+ Qg5 48. Qh7 $18) 46... Kg4 47. Ne5+ $18) 41. h4+ Kxh4 (41... Kh5 42. Qh8+ Nh7 43. Qxh7+) (41... Kh6 42. Nxf5+) 42. Nxf5+) 39... fxg4 40. Be2 $18 (40. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 41. Qxd7 Qxd7 42. Ne5+ Kf5 43. Nxd7 Ke6 44. Nf8+ (44. e4 $2 Kxd7 45. exd5 Kd6 $19) 44... Kf7 45. Nh7 Kg6 $11) 40... Kg5 (40... h3 41. gxh3 gxh3 42. f4 $18) 41. Qxb6 Bxc6 42. Qxc6 (42. bxc6 g3 43. f4+ Kh6 44. Bd3 Qa3 45. c7 Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Kg6 $22 $11) 42... Qb4 (42... Qxc6 43. bxc6 Ne8 44. Kh2 $18) 43. Qc7 $1 g3 (43... Qe1+ 44. Bf1 g3 45. Qf4+ Kg6 46. fxg3 hxg3 47. b6 $18) 44. Qe5+ Kg6 45. Bd3+ Kf7 46. Qf5 $6 (46. Qc7+ Ke6 47. Qc1 gxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Ne4+ (48... Ng4+ 49. Ke2 $18) 49. Ke2 Nc3+ 50. Kf3 Qf8+ 51. Kg4 Nxb5 52. Bxb5 Qb4+ 53. e4 $1 Qxe4+ (53... Qxb5 54. Qh6+ Kd7 55. Qd2 $18) 54. Kh3 $18) 46... Ke7 47. Qe5+ Kf7 48. Qf5 (48. Qc7+ $16) 48... Ke7 49. Bf1 $4 $11 (49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qc7+ $16) 49... Qb2 50. Qf4 (50. Bd3 Ne4 51. Qh7+ Kd6 (51... Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kf7 53. Qh5+ Kf8 $11) 52. Qh6+ Kc5 53. Qf8+ Nd6 54. fxg3 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qxe3 56. Qf3 hxg3+ $11) 50... Ne4 51. Qxh4+ (51. fxg3 hxg3 $11) 51... Ke6 52. Qg4+ Ke7 53. Qh4+ Ke6 54. Qg4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "45th Olympiad 2024"] [Site "Budapest HUN"] [Date "2024.09.19"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.09.11"] [WhiteTeam "Vietnam"] [BlackTeam "Norway"] [WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"] [BlackTeamCountry "NOR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. a3 a6 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. c5 Ng4 11. Bg3 f5 12. Be2 g5 13. Qd2 Ngf6 14. h4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 gxh4 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. f3 Rg7 21. fxe4 Rxg2 22. Qd3 Qe8 23. e5 Bg5 24. Rf1 Bd7 {1-0 Barp,A (2470)-Kobalia,M (2542) Titled Tue 30th Apr Late 2024 (10)}) 10... exd5 ({RR} 10... cxd5 11. Bd3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxb2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxb2 Qd6 21. Nc5 Rxc5 22. Qxb4 Rc6 23. Qxb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Qb1 {1-0 Rapport,R (2735)-Shankland,S (2731) Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid 2019 (3.5)}) 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bg3 f5 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be5 g4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe4 20. h3 gxh3 21. g4 Qd5 22. Rxh3 Bf6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. Rh5 Bxg4 25. Rxe5 Qf7 {0-1 Yates,F-Maroczy,G Karlsbad-04 International Masters 1929 (15)}) ({RR} 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Re8 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rd5 19. Rc5 b5 20. Nc3 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. Ne2 c5 24. Nf4 Qe5 25. h3 g5 {0-1 Bogoljubow,E-Tartakower,S Bled International 1931 (26)}) ({RR} 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Re8 14. Bb1 {½-½ Hardicsay,P (2307)-Lengyel,B (2333) Balatonlelle IM 2004 (1)}) 11... Ne8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. f3 Re8 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rh5 f6 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Kf2 f5 21. Re1 Rxe3 22. Kxe3 Qe8+ 23. Kf2 Qxh5 24. Qc5 Qg6 25. Qb6 Qf6 26. Qc7 Be8 27. Nf4 Rc8 28. Qxc8 Nxc8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rxc8 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 g5 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Ng6+ Kd6 34. Bxf5 Qxb2 35. f4 Qxa3 36. Kf2 a5 37. Ne5 a4 38. Rf7 Qb2+ 39. Kf1 Qb5+ 40. Bd3 Qb3 41. Bf5 a3 42. Nd3 Qxd3+ 43. Bxd3 a2 44. Rxb7 a1=Q+ 45. Ke2 Qg1 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2868"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. Qc2 {This move is hardly dangerous for Black, as well as} (8. cxd5) (8. c5 {is crucial.}) 8... dxc4 {I don't like this move allowing White's bishop to come to c4 at once. Other popular options:} (8... h6) (8... c6) (8... Re8) 9. Bxc4 c5 {The most accurate move order.} (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne4 $1 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2 (24) Lisanti,A (2330)-Zude,A (2465) Bruchkoebel 1993} 15. dxc5 $14) 11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. dxc5 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxa2 17. O-O a5 {0-1 (25) Boudiba,M (2373)-Triger,F (2196) Noisy le Grand 2003} 18. Ra1 $1 Qc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. bxa5 Bxc5 22. Ra1 c3 23. Kf1 $14 {?}) 10. Be2 (10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 $36 {0-1 (44) Tartakower,S-Kmoch,H Vienna 1928}) (10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 cxd4 $1 12. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 11... cxd4 (11... c4 $5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Nhf6 $11 {1/2 (57) Schmidt,W (2505)-Ardiansyah,H (2330) Dubai 1986}) 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rc8 18. Qxc8 {1/2 (18) Parmentier,X (2348)-Roos,J (2307) Germany 2003}) (10. dxc5 {is the most principled continuation:} Nxc5 11. O-O b5 12. Rfd1 (12. Be2 Bb7 (12... b4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Qd2 a5 18. Qd4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (43) Piket,J (2540)-Hjartarson,J (2555) Tilburg 1989}) 13. Rfd1 Qa5 $1 (13... Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b4 $16 {1-0 (23) Piket,J (2500)-Ioseliani,N (2480) Spijkenisse 1989}) 14. a3 Rac8 $1 15. Nd2 (15. b4 Qxa3 16. bxc5 Rxc5 {[%CAl Rb7f3,Rb5b4]}) 15... Na4 $15 {1/2 (30) Yanvarjov,I (2425)-Ubilava,E (2525) Villalba 1995}) 12... Qe8 $1 (12... Qb6 13. Be2 Bb7 $140 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b4) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qxc5 Rxa2 17. Bxb5 Qa8 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 {1/2 (19) Panelo Munoz,M (2418)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2503) Barcelona 2006}) 10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 cxd4 $1 $146 {A minor improvement on the previous game. Pay attention to the fact that in this structure it is generally better for Black to trade the central pawns himself (...c5xd4) than to wait for White's d4xc5. Of course, Black should make sure that the invasion of White's knight (?d4-c6) will not be dangerous:} (12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Rxc5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rc4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg8 {1/2 (24) Tallaksen,G (2402)-Kveinys,A (2540) Oslo 2006 , and now, had White wished, he could have continued fighting for an edge by means of} 22. Rc1) 13. Nxf6+ (13. Nxd4 $144 Bb7) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Nc6 {White decided to simplify the game.} (15. Bf3 $6 Rc8 16. Qb1 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd3 {K.Landa}) (15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nc4 Bc3 $1 {K.Landa}) 20... Rc5 $36) 15... Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Rc8 (16... Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b3 Bc3+ 19. Kf1 $11 {[%CAl Yg2g3,Yf1g2]}) 17. Qxc8 Qxc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O a5 (19... Rc2 20. Bxa6 Rxb2 21. Bc4 Rc2 22. Bb3 $11 {K.Landa}) 20. b3 Kf8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd1 Rc3 23. Bc4 h5 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Be5 26. h3 h4 27. Rd3 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Khanty-Mansiysk Karpov 22nd"] [Site "Khanty Mansiysk"] [Date "2025.07.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2025.07.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 39"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.07.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.07.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 {7.Qc2 is more advanced technology. 7.Dc2 ist hochmodern.} Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Be2 Nc6 $146 (16... Rac8 17. Bf3 b6 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Ba6 Nc6 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. a3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2627)-Vitiugov,N (2711) FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 (7)}) 17. Ndb5 Kf8 18. Nd6 Rab8 19. Rd2 Be8 20. Rcd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd6 22. Nc7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Nxe8 Kxe8 25. f4 Nb8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.16"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 063"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 (5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 (10... c5 11. Be2 (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6 13. Qxd8 (13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 Ne4 $11 {½-½ Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (27)}) 13... Bxd8 14. O-O Nb3 15. Rcd1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxh4 $11 {½-½ Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (29)}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bg3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Qb3 Bxd4 17. exd4 b6 18. Bf3 Bb7 $11 {½-½ Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (21)}) 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (32)}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 a6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 c5 11. O-O b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Rfd1 Ra7 $11 {1-0 Sae Heg,B-Campos,E/Moscow olm THA-ANG 1994 (28)}) 9. b3 (9. c5 c6 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. O-O Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 Qa7 16. Nd4 (16. c6 $16) 16... Re8 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. c6 $16 {1-0 Calderin,R-Otero,E/CUB-ch 1988 (39)}) 11. b4 (11. O-O e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 $17 {0-1 Timman,J-Larsen,B/Niksic 1983 (42)}) 11... a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 b6 $132 {½-½ Gavrikov,V-Hort,V/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1987 (24)}) (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ke2 Bd7 15. Rhd1 {½-½ Nogueiras,J-Garcia Gonzales,G/CUB-ch 1989}) (9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. O-O c5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. Re1 Rc7 $6 (16... Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 (19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 $18) 20. Rd7 Bc6 21. Ra7 Ra8 $11) 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. f3 Qc8 $2 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bc5+ (20... Ne3 21. Nxb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Qxe3 $16) 21. Kh1 Ne3 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. Red1 $14) 19. Nxf7 $1 $16 {1-0 Viner,P-Heyne,M/WchS Wildbad 1993 (22)}) (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 (10... Re8 11. O-O c6 12. Bg3 Bf8 (12... Nf8 $132) 13. Bb1 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. a3 a5 16. Na4 $14 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Hort,V/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970 (37)}) 11. Bg3 (11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 f5 14. b4 b5 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Kh7 17. h4 Rg8 $4 18. h5 $4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5+ $18) 18... Rac8 19. Ng6 $16 {1-0 Sander,D-Schwark,M/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (43)}) 11... Nh5 (11... Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Bb1 (14. a3 $14) 14... Ng5 15. Qb3 $6 Nh5 $15 {½-½ Tal,M-Hennings,A/Sochi 1973 (41)}) 12. Be5 (12. Bb1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. O-O Bd6 16. a3 g6 17. Qb3 Rb8 $15 {½-½ Novikov,I-Schmittdiel,E/Budapest BORSODTAVHO 1991 (25)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14. Bc2 Ne8 15. Qd3 f5 16. O-O Bd6 17. f3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Shvidler,E/Tel Aviv-A 1989 (40)}) 9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 (13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bg3 Rc8 (14... c5 $5) 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Nh4 f5 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nxf5+ {½-½ Zvjaginsev,V-Seirawan,Y/FIDE WCh KO 1997} Rxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qe7 $15) 13... Re8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Ne5 N6h7 (15... c5 16. Qf3 g5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nd7 N8xd7 19. Bxd6 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21. Bf5 $14) 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. g3 (17. Na4 Ng5 18. Bg4 Qd6 $11) 17... Qd6 18. Bg2 $14 Rd8 (18... Nf6 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Ne5 $14) 19. Qc2 (19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne5 c5 $132) 19... Ne6 20. Rfd1 (20. b4 $2 Qxb4 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Ng7 23. Qxh6 Qd6 $17) 20... Kg7 21. Qb2 (21. Nc4 Qd7 22. a3 f6 23. Nd2 $14) 21... f6 22. Nd3 (22. Nc4 Qd7 23. a3 Rb8 24. Nd2 $14) 22... Nhf8 (22... Nhg5 23. b4 (23. Qc2 $14) 23... c6 24. a4 $14) 23. b4 g5 $2 (23... c6 24. a4 $14) 24. Nc5 $3 (24. a4 $14) (24. b5 a5 25. Rd2 Ng6 26. Rdc2 f5 $14) 24... bxc5 $8 25. bxc5 Qc6 26. e4 $1 Red7 (26... Ba8 27. exd5 Qb7 28. Qa3 Qa7 29. c6 $1 (29. dxe6 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxe6 31. c6 $16) 29... Ree8 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. d5 $18) 27. exd5 Rxd5 $8 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rb1 (29. Re1 $2 Ba8 30. Rcd1 $14) 29... Nd8 (29... Ba8 30. Qb8 (30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Qxa6 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxa8 $14) 30... Ng6 31. Qa7 Ne7 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Qb8 (33. Rxe6 Nxa7 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 $17) 33... Ne7 34. Kf1 $22 (34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxa8 Rxd4 $15) 34... Nf5 35. Qc8 (35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxe6 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Ke1 Qc3+ 39. Kf1 Qc4+ 40. Kg1 Qxe6 (40... Qd5 41. Qxc7+ Kg6 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rb6+ $18) 41. Qxa8 $18) 35... Nfxd4 36. Rb8 Rd8 37. Bxc6 Rxc8 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 $18) 30. Qe2 Qd7 $2 (30... Nfe6 31. h3 $1 (31. Rxb7 $2 {Seirawan} Qxb7 32. Qc4 c6 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Qc2 $17) (31. Qc4 $2 Ba8 32. Rb8 Rxd4 $1 $19) 31... f5 (31... Qd7 32. Qc4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Bxb7 Nxb7 35. c6 $1 (35. Rxb7 $2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ (36... Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Ke2 $16) 37. gxh4 Qc6+ $11) 35... Nxc6 36. Rxb7 $16) 32. a4 a5 33. Rb5 (33. Qe1 Qd7 34. Bxd5 (34. Qxa5 Bc6 $15) 34... Qxd5 35. Qe5+ Kg6 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Rb5 Nc6 $15) 33... Kh7 34. Qc2 Rxc5 $5 35. Bxc6 Rxc2 36. Bxb7 $16) 31. Rxb7 $1 $18 Nxb7 32. c6 $1 Qxc6 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe4 1-0 [Event "George Marx Memorial 3rd"] [Site "Paks"] [Date "2005.06.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2617"] [Annotator "Postny,Evgeny"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2005.06.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 {Gaining space on the queenside.} b6 {A very rare move, but already played by Ferenc Berkes before.} ({The main line is} 8... c6 {where black is trying to carry out the e6-e5 advance in the near future.}) 9. cxb6 $6 $146 {This is rather unusual, and looks to me like a concession. It is more logical to try to keep the space advantage.} (9. b4 a5 10. a3 (10. c6 axb4 11. cxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nb1 Rxa2 14. Bd3 Ba4 15. Bc2 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 17. Qc1 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 c4 19. Nbd2 b5 $17 {0-1 Sebenik,M-Berkes,F/Balatonlelle 2001 (52)}) 10... axb4 11. axb4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ra5 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. O-O Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bb5 18. Re1 Rfa8 19. h3 c6 $11 {½-½ Sulava,N-Berkes,F/Pula 2001 (33)}) (9. c6 Nb8 10. Qa4 Ne8 11. h4 Nd6 12. Nb5 axb5 13. Qxa8 Na6 14. a4 Ne4 15. axb5 Nb4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qa3 $18 {1-0 Popov,E-Chubakov,A/Tomsk 2003 (20)}) 9... c5 $1 10. Be2 Qxb6 11. O-O $6 {Sasikiran does not to make a passive move like 11.b3, but objectively speaking, white has not enough ground for a sacrifice.} (11. b3 $11) 11... Qxb2 12. Na4 Qa3 (12... Qxa2 $4 13. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 13. Rc3 Qb4 14. Qc2 c4 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Ne5 Bd6 ({The follwoing variation is quite risky, but seems to work fine for black:} 16... Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Bd7 $1 18. exf6 (18. Nb6 Ne4 19. Rxc4 (19. Bxe7 Qxc3 $19) 19... Nxg5 20. Rc7 Rab8 21. Rxd7 Ba3 $19 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18... Bxa4 (18... Bxf6 $2 19. Bxf6 Bxa4 20. Qd2 gxf6 21. e4 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 19. fxe7 Bxc2 20. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 21. Rxc2 d4 $17 {[%csl Rg5][%CAl Gd4d3]}) 17. Nc6 {Going for all or nothing.} Qc7 18. Bxc4 $1 Ne4 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Rxc4 Kh8 20. e4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Bf4 22. Ne5 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxg5 24. Qc6 Ra7 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxc8+ Rf8 27. Qc6 {and white's queen is stronger than black's discoordinated pieces.}) 19. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White's sacrifices are as forced as imaginative.} Nxc3 20. Nxc3 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. e4 {Calmly developing the initiative with a full rook down... White's great activity gives him a certain compensation, but objectively should not be sufficient.} Kh8 $1 24. Rb3 (24. g3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3 $17) 24... Nf6 $2 {This natural move spoiles black's advantage.} (24... Qg6 $1 25. f4 f6 26. Nce7 Qf7 27. Kxh2 fxg5 28. fxg5 g6 {and black's extra rook should tell.}) 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. e5 Bxe5 $1 (26... fxe5 27. Qc5 $1 (27. Be7 $2 Qh6 28. Bxf8 Qh5) 27... Qxc5 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Kxh2 $1 Re8 (29... h5 30. dxc5 $36) 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Bxe5+ Kf8 33. dxc5 $14) 27. dxe5 fxe5 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for White.","","","c2c5","A nice tactical touch which forces black to give a perpetual check.",10]} 28. Qc5 $1 {[%mdl 2112] A nice tactical touch which forces black to give a perpetual check.} Qd1+ (28... Qxc5 $4 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rg3+ Bg4 31. Rxg4#) 29. Kh2 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 ({The only way to avoid a perpetual check was} 30. Rh3 $5 {, but after} Qxg5 31. Qxf8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Nxe5 Be6 {the endgame is equal.}) 30... Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 {One can rarely see such an exciting game in the classic Queens gambit.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1984.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1984.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 (8. c5 $6 e5 $15) (8. cxd5 Nxd5 $10) 8... Ne4 9. Bf4 $5 (9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 e5 13. Qc2 $14) 9... Bd6 10. Bg3 (10. Bxd6 {? c5!?}) 10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 h6 13. Bh4 (13. O-O $6 Bxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Rxc4 e5 $10) 13... Qe8 14. Bb1 (14. O-O $5) 14... Be7 15. Qc2 $14 g6 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Kh7 18. Qd1 b6 19. h4 Ne4 20. Rc1 Kg7 21. Ne5 Bb7 22. cxd5 exd5 (22... cxd5 $2 23. Rc7 {? f3 +-}) 23. f3 (23. Qc2 $5) (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Nf6 24. Qc2 (24. Qd3) 24... Nh5 $1 (24... Rc8 $2 25. h5 g5 26. Ng4 gxf4 27. Nxf6 $18) 25. g4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Bd6 27. Kf2 c5 28. Rce1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qc6 30. h5 Rae8 31. hxg6 fxg6 (31... Rxe5 $2 32. gxf7 $18) 32. g5 Rxe5 (32... h5 $2 33. Rxh5) (32... hxg5 33. Rxg5 Rf6 34. Rhg1 $16) 33. gxh6+ Kh7 34. fxe5 Bc8 $44 35. Kg3 Bf5 36. Qd2 Bxb1 37. Rxb1 Qe6 38. f4 Rf5 39. Rh1 cxd4 40. Qc2 (40. Qxd4 $2 g5 $17) 40... Kh8 (40... g5 $2 41. Kg4 $18) 41. Rc1 Rf8 42. Qc7 Rg8 (42... Rf7 $2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rc8 $18) 43. Qc6 Qf5 44. Qf6+ $10 Qxf6 45. exf6 Rf8 46. Rc6 Kh7 47. Rd6 Kxh6 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. b4 Rf8 50. a4 Rf7 51. b5 d3 52. Ke3 g5 53. fxg5+ Kxg5 54. Kxd3 Rxf6 55. Rxd5+ Kg6 56. Ke4 Re6+ 57. Kd4 Re1 58. Rd6+ Kf5 59. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Aix en Provence Dole op 3rd"] [Site "Aix en Provence"] [Date "2025.07.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2025.07.19"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 39"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.07.31"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.07.31"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 {7.Qc2 gains popularity. 7.Dc2 wird beliebter.} Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. c6 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Nb4 15. Be2 c5 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qb3 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Ne5 $146 (19. Qb5 Rd8 20. Ne4 c4 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Rd5 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Nc3 Rd3 25. Rfd1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rad8 {½-½ Maiorov,N (2510)-Harutyunian,T (2528) Rome City op 3rd 2018 (6)}) 19... Rd2 20. Rcd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. e4 Rb8 23. h3 Qc7 24. Ng4 Bc6 25. Qa2 Qf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. Ne3 h5 28. h4 Qe5 29. Qb1 Qf6 30. Qc2 Qf3 31. b3 Nd7 32. Nc4 Nf6 33. Nd2 Qg4 34. Kg2 e5 35. f3 Qe6 36. Nc4 Bd7 37. Kg1 Qh3 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Qc3 Nd7 40. Rd6 Nf8 41. Nd2 Nd7 42. Qa5 Kh7 43. Qxa7 Rg8 44. Kf2 g5 45. hxg5 Rxg5 46. Nf1 Nf8 47. f4 Rg7 48. Qxc5 Nd7 49. Rxd7 Bxd7 50. Qxe5 Bg4 51. Nc3 Qh1 52. Qf6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch Gr-A"] [Site "Denver"] [Date "1998.11.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1998.10.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 068"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 8272]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ba2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Rfc8 $11) 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {½-½ Zilberman,Y-Psakhis,L/Ramat Aviv ISR 1998 (60)}) 2... e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 (4... b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 cxd4 (13... c4 $6 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. e4 $14 {1-0 Lasker,E-Voigt,H/12.27 off USA Philadelphia PA Franklin 1892 (46)}) 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $132) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 (7... c6 8. Bd3 a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. exd4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxe7 18. Bb1 g6 $132 (18... Rac8 $4 19. Bxh7+ {1-0 Frias Apablaza,V-Frey,K/Havana B(3) 1983 (19)})) 14... Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {½-½ Bogoljubov,E-Gilg,C/Bad Elster 1938 (30)}) 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 $15 {½-½ Kirilov,V-Sorokin,N/Moscow URS ch 1931 (39)}) 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 (12... b4 13. Nb1 (13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. Bxf6 (15. Bb3 Bxf3 $19) 15... Nxf6 16. Bc4 Rfc8 17. Nbd2 $11) 13... Rb8 14. Bc4 bxa3 15. Nxa3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Pasero,P-Puiggros,G/ARG-ch t Mayor Buenos Aires 1938 (43)}) (12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Rc8 15. Rfc1 c4 16. Bb1 Nb6 17. e4 Bd6 (17... Na4 18. Re3 c3 19. bxc3 (19. b3 Bxa3 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Rexc3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. e5 Qb4 25. Qd3 g6 $17) (19. b4 Bf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Ba2 (21. Bc2 Nb2 $17) 21... Nb2 (21... Qb6) 22. Qc2 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxe4 $19) 19... Bxa3 20. Rc2 Bxe4 $1 21. Rxe4 (21. c4 Bxf3 (21... Bxc2 22. Qxc2 g6 23. Rxa3 Rxc4 $132) 22. Qxf3 Bd6 23. cxb5 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 axb5 $15) 21... Nxc3 22. Qe1 Nxe4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxe4 g6 25. Qe3 $15) 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bd2 Na4 20. R3c2 g6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qe3 $14 {½-½ Leskiewicz,M-Shishkov,A/ch World cadets (under 1994 (72)}) 13... Qxe7 14. Rfd1 (14. Bb1 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 cxd4 (15... Rac8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. h3 e5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Nd2 Rc8 {½-½ Ostenstad,B-Hoi,C/Gausdal zt 1987 (22)}) 16. Nxd4 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Nc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Ne5 21. Rc3 Rd8 $11 {½-½ Timman,J-San Segundo,P/Madrid 1995 (43)}) 14... c4 15. Bb1 Ndf6 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfd8 18. f4 Rac8 $132 {0-1 Kashdan-Horowitz/New York ch-USA 1938 (51)}) (12... h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ Uhlmann,W-Csom,I/Berlin Lasker 1968 (16)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Qb8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nb3 $1 (16... Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Bc2 $14 (18. Nd4 $6 {½-½ Schmidt,W-Perdek,M/Polanica Zdroj ,EXT 1993 (18)})) 17. Rc2 Na1 18. Rcc1 Nb3 $11) (12... Qb6 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Rfd8 $11 (16... b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rd4 Qb6 19. Rcd1 (19. Ng4 Qc6 20. Qf1 (20. Nd5 $2 exd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rdc4 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%CAl Gc1c8]}) 21. b4 Nxg4 22. Bxe7 Qc7 23. Qxg4 (23. Rxg4 Qxe7 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 $17) 23... Qxe7 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd1 Rc8 27. h3 Qa3 28. Qd2 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc5 $17) (20. f3 Ncd7 21. Rcd1 Rfe8 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $11) 20... Ncd7 21. Nd5 Qxc1 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rxc8 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rc4 $11) 19... a5 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. b3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd8 $11 {½-½ Sulava,N-Slogar,D/CRO-chT Makarska ,EXT 1994 (35)})) 13. exd4 Rc8 (13... Nb6 14. Ne5 Nbd5 15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. a4 Bb3 $17 {½-½ Levitt,J-Straeter,T/Dortmund op 1988 (29)}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Ne5 $11) 14... Re8 15. h4 $6 $15 (15. Ne5 $11) 15... h6 (15... Nf8 16. Red1 (16. Ne5 Qxd4 $17) (16. Rcd1 Bxa3 17. Nxb5 Bb4 18. Nc3 Bxc3 (18... h6 19. d5 $1 $13) 19. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 16... h6 17. Be3 $15 (17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Ne5 Qxd4 19. Bxh6 Qxh4 $17)) 16. Bf4 b4 $6 $132 (16... Nf8 $15) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 (19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxh6 Qxh4 (20... gxh6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qg4+ Kh7 23. Qxb4 $16) 21. Bd2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 19... Nd7 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. d5 $5 Bxc3 (21... exd5 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nf8 (23... Bf8 24. Bd6 (24. Rd1 $1 Nf6 (24... Qb4 25. Nxd5 Qa4 (25... Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb2 27. Bd6 g5 28. Rd8 Qb5 29. Bf3 gxh4 30. Be7 Ne5 31. Bh5 $18) 26. Ne7+ Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Bb1+ $18) 27. Bb1+ g6 28. Bc2 Qxc2 29. Rxd7 $18) 25. Rb8 Bc6 26. b4 Qa3 27. Nxd5 Qxa2 (27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qa4 29. Rd3 Bb5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf3+ Kg6 32. Rb6+ Kh5 33. Rf5+ g5 34. Rxf8 Qxb4 35. Rh8 Kg4 36. Rhxh6 $18) 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Rdd8 Kh7 30. Rxf8 $16) 24... d4 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Re7 Bxg2 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Kxg2 dxc3 29. Rxc3 Qb4 30. Re8 h5 31. Bb3 g6 32. Rce3 Kh6 33. R8e4 $14) 24. Bb3 (24. Rb8 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxa2 26. Rxb7 Ne6 27. Ra3 $11) 24... Bxc3 25. Bd6 Kh7 26. Rxf8 Bxb2 27. Bc2+ g6 28. Rb1 $18) 22. dxe6 Rxe6 (22... Qxa2 23. exd7 Rxe2 24. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 25. Rxe2 Bxb2 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Kh2 Qa3 28. Re3 $11) 23. Bxe6 Bxe1 24. Rd1 $1 (24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bh3 Bxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qd8 $17) 24... fxe6 (24... Rd8 25. Rxd7 (25. Bxd7 Bb4 26. Qg4 Bc5 $11) 25... Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Qd5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Bh3 $11) 25. Qxe6+ (25. Rxd7 $5 Ba8 $2 (25... Bc6 $1 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxg7 (27. Be5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 Bg3+ 29. Kxg3 (29. Bxg3 Bxd7 $19) 29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Bxd7 $19) (27. Re7 Bxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Qd8 29. Qg4 Qxe7 30. Qxc8+ Qe8 31. Qxa6 Qe4 $44) 27... Kxg7 28. Be5+ Kf8 29. Bd6+ (29. Qxc8+ Ke7 30. Qxc6 Qxe5 31. Qxh6 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Be5+ $11) 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Be5 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kh1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg1 Qe1+ 32. Kxg2 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Rxd7 Qb5 $4 $18 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Qg4 Qe5+ 30. Bg3 Qb2 31. Bf2 Qe5+ $11 (31... Ba8 32. Bd4 Qb8+ 33. Kh3 $18)) 27. Be5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 Bg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rh1+ 31. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf1"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "1991.08.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Hansen,Cu} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 c5 10. Ba6 (10. Bb5 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qa3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 $14 {Hertneck,H-Chiburdanidze,M/Bad Worishofen op/1986/}) (10. Qc6 {Hansen,Cu} Rb8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 (11... Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qa4 $14 {Capablanca,J-Lasker,E 1921}) 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8+ 17. Kd1 Red8 $17 {Levitina,E-Chiburdanidze,M 1984}) 10... h6 (10... cxd4 {Hansen,Cu} 11. exd4 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Qc8 13. Qa4 $14 {Makarichev,S-Sturua,Z 1985}) 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxa4 15. Bxc8 Rxd8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. b3 Nb2 18. Kd2 $18) 13. Bg3 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bg5 15. Rd1 $6 (15. Rc2 Re8+ 16. Re2 $14) (15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 $10) 15... Re8+ 16. Kf1 Ndf6 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. f3 b5 $1 19. Qxb5 (19. Kf2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Re6 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 Rxb2+ 23. Rd2 $2 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qf6+ $19) (19. Nxb5 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. b3 Rb6 22. Qa5 Qe7 23. Nc3 Qe3 {? ?g4}) 19... Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Rxb2 22. Rd2 Qb6 (22... Qe7 23. Re2 (23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qf6+ $19)) 23. g4 Qb8 $6 (23... Nxg4 $1 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ (25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. fxg4 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Re1#) 25... Ke7 26. Nxd5+ Kd6 27. Qxe8 (27. Nxb6 Rb1+) (27. Rxb2 Qa6+) 27... Qa6+ 28. Ke1 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Qa5+ 30. Ke2 Qxa2+ 31. Rd2 Qa6+ 32. Rd3 Rb2+ 33. Ke1 Qxd3 34. Qd8+ Ke6 35. Nc7+ Kf5 36. fxg4+ Kxg4 37. Qd7+ f5 $19) 24. Nd1 (24. Ne2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 Qxa2 $19) (24. Kf2 {Hansen,Cu} Nxg4+) 24... Qg3 25. Nf2 Rb6 26. Rh3 Rbe6 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qd2 Re3 29. Rc1 Qf4 30. Rd1 g6 31. Kg1 Kg7 (31... Nd7) 32. Qc1 Re2 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34. Nd3 (34. g5 Nh5 $19) 34... g5 35. a4 Ra2 36. g3 (36. Nc5 Ree2 37. Rh2 Ne8 38. Rb1 Nd6 $19) 36... fxg3 37. Nc5 g2 38. Rg3 Ree2 39. Nb3 Reb2 40. Nc1 Rxa4 41. Nd3 (41. Rxg2 {Hansen,Cu} Rb1 {??aa1}) 41... Rba2 42. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rxd4 44. Kf2 Nd7 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rc1 Nb6 47. Rc7 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 a5 52. f4 gxf4 53. Nxf4 Ne3 54. Ra7 a4 55. g5 a3 56. g6 Ng2+ 57. Nxg2 Rxg2 58. Rxa3 (58. gxf7 a2 $19) 58... fxg6 59. Ra6 Kh6 60. Rd6 Rg5 61. Kf2 Kh5 {Sealed move} 62. Kf3 Kh4 63. Ra6 Kh3 64. Kf2 Rg4 65. Ra3+ Kh2 66. Ra6 Rf4+ 0-1 [Event "Qatar Masters op"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2015.12.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2796"] [Annotator "Sagar,Shah/CB Website"] [PlyCount "146"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Na4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Qe4 Nd5 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qe5 Nc3 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. a4 Qg5 28. f3 Rd6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 {First of all if you want to learn how to create something from nothing, to squeeze water from a stone, you must study this game carefully from this point onwards. The position is very drawish and it is not clear why any side should be better but Kramnik makes use of his trumps excellently.} f4 $5 {A very counter-intuitive move. This spoils the structure and isolates the e6 pawn. But there are some upsides to it too. It White replies e4, all his pawns are fixed on light squares and if he takes on f4 as in the game then the d5 square is a fixed outpost for the light squared bishop. Of course it is not much but there is some progress!} 32. exf4 Qxf4 33. Qd3 Qe5 34. h3 (34. Kf2 Qxh2 $17) (34. g3 {It might be positionally desirable, to place your pawns on the opposite colour from your bishop but after} Qb2 {there will always be some problems with the f3 or the b3 pawns although} 35. Bc2 {might hold out here.}) 34... Ke7 {A micro edge that Black has in this position is that his king is much more active than White's king. It is a joy to see how Kramnik makes use of that imbalance. And also the a4- and b3-pawns are currently on light squares, and so are f3-g2-h3. Vladimir fixes them so that they will remain targets for his bishop.} 35. Bc2 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 a5 {The b3-pawn is fixed forever. Something to nibble at!} 37. Qd2 (37. Qg6 Qc3 $15) 37... Qe5 38. Bd3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 {Not allowing ?c4 at least for the time being.} 40. Qc2 Kd6 41. Bc4 {White has been able to activate his bishop and it stands wonderfully on c4. The position should be equal now.} Be8 42. Kh1 h5 $1 {The h-pawn threatens to go to h4 to fix more pawns.} 43. Qc1 Bd7 44. Qa3+ Kc7 45. Qc1 Kd6 46. Qa3+ Kc7 47. Qc1 Kb6 $1 {No draw!} 48. Qc2 h4 49. Bd3 Bc6 50. Be4 Bd5 $1 {A curious situation: if the bishop is taken it gives Black a passed pawn and if it is not then there is constant pressure on the b3 pawn. It's quite a confusing situation for Matlakov. Besides that his king is caged in on h1.} 51. Kh2 (51. Qc8 $5 Bxe4 52. fxe4 Qxe4 53. Qd8+ {leads to a draw by perpetual.} Kc5 54. Qxa5+ Kd4 {This is similar to the game, but the pawn is on e6 and not on d5 and this increases the drawing chances for White.}) 51... Qe3 52. Bxd5 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 exd5 54. Qc8 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qd6 57. Qe8 Kc5 $1 {A bold decision, playing for a win. You can see how this position is a picture of complete victory for Black's play, how he made use of all the imbalances to his favour while White did not. The king is active on c5 and the white pawns have been fixed by a5 and h4. The margin of error is very small here. Only one move gives equality and Matlakov wasn't able to find it.} (57... d4 58. Qb5+ Ka7 59. Qxa5+ Kb8 60. Qd2 $11) 58. Qb5+ $6 (58. Qe1 $1 {Stopping the march of the black king was the only way to draw.}) 58... Kd4 59. Qxa5 Kd3 $17 {The d-pawn shepherded by the king and the queen will spell White's doom.} 60. Qb5+ Kc3 61. Qa5+ Kc2 62. Qe1 d4 (62... Qf4 {might have been more accurate as after} 63. Qf2+ Qd2 64. Qc5+ Kb2 $19 {There are no more checks and the d-pawn starts running down.}) 63. Qe2+ Kxb3 64. Qd1+ Kb4 65. Qb1+ Kxa4 66. Qxb7 d3 67. Qb2 d2 68. Qa2+ Kb5 69. Qb2+ Qb4 70. Qc2 (70. Qe5+ Kc4 71. Qe4+ Kc3 72. Qe3+ Kc2 $19) 70... Qd4 71. Qb3+ Kc5 72. Qc2+ Kb4 73. Qd1 Qb2 {A beautiful technical grind by the ex-World Champion.} 0-1 [Event "RUS-chT 22nd"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2015.05.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Schulz,Andre"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2015.05.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 167"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"] [BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c5 (8... c6 {führt zum alten Orthodoxen Damengambit.}) 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Nb5 Kf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rc6 Ke7 25. a3 Rd7 26. Rc8 a6 27. Nc3 b5 28. Ra8 Rd6 29. Rh8 g5 30. Ra8 Kf6 31. Ra7 Kg6 32. Na2 Nd8 33. Ke1 Kh5 34. Nc1 Kh4 35. Nb3 Kh3 36. Nd4 f4 37. Ra8 Kxh2 38. Nf5 Rf6 39. e4 Nc6 40. Rxa6 Rg6 41. Kf1 Ne5 42. Ra5 Nxf3 43. Rxb5 g4 44. Rd5 h5 45. Ng3 h4 46. Ne2 g3 47. fxg3 fxg3 48. b5 Rf6 49. Rf5 Rxf5 50. exf5 g2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ng1 Nxb5 53. a4 Nc3 54. Nf3+ Kh1 55. a5 h3 {0-1 (55) Salem,A (2586)-Kramnik,V (2760) Doha 2014}) 9... Nxc5 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Ba4 18. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Sargissian,G (2668) -Sethuraman,S (2623) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be5 (14. Be2 Ne4 15. Nd4 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Re8 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. f3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. a3 Ba5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. g4 Bb6 23. Bd3 Re8 24. Kd2 Re7 25. Rce1 Rae8 26. b3 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 b6 {1/2-1/2 (31) Metelmann,K (2294)-Ginzborsky,L (2275) ICCF email 2008}) 14... Bf5 15. Be2 Rac8 {Schwarz hat bequemen Ausgleich erlangt.} 16. O-O Bd3 17. Rce1 (17. Rfe1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nd3) 17... Be4 18. Rd1 a6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Bc3 b5 (20... Nc5 $5 {mit der Idee} 21. Z0 Na4) 21. Rc1 b4 22. Be5 f6 23. Bg3 (23. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 a5 25. f3 Bf5 26. Bb5 $14) 23... a5 24. Bb5 Kf7 25. Nd4 Nc5 $2 (25... Nxd4 26. exd4 h5 27. f3 Bf5 $11) 26. f3 Bg6 {Der Läufer steht hier für den Kampf am Damenflügel etwas abseits.} 27. Rfd1 (27. Nc6 $2 Bd3 $11) 27... h5 28. Nc6 h4 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Rxd5 Rc7 31. e4 $18 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen bei anhaltender Initiative. Die schwarzen Damenflügelbauern stehen nun unter Beschuss.} Ra8 (31... Rb8 32. Be3 $18) 32. Rc4 (32. Rcd1 $5) 32... Kg8 (32... Nf4 $5 {war vielleicht zäher:} 33. Ne5+ fxe5 34. Rxc7 Nxd5 35. exd5 Kf8 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Ba7 Rd8 38. Kf2 $18) 33. Bb6 Rb7 34. Bxa5 (34. Nxe7+ $5 Rxe7 35. Bc6 Ra6 36. Bxa5 Bf7 37. Bxb4 Rea7 38. Rd6 Rxa2 (38... Nf4 39. Rc2 Bxa2 40. Bc3 $18) 39. Rc2 $18) 34... Bf8 35. Nd8 $2 {Diese Abwicklung bringt Weiß wenig ein.} (35. Ba4 $18) 35... Rxb5 ({Am einfachsten war} 35... Nxd8 36. Bxd8 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rxd8 $11) 36. Rxb5 Nxd8 37. Bxb4 Bf7 38. Rc1 Ne6 (38... Rxa2 39. Rc8 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Rd1 $16) 39. Rd1 (39. Ra5 Rd8 $16) 39... Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxa2 41. Rd7 (41. Rb7 Nc5 42. Rb5 Ne6 43. Kf2 $16) 41... Nc5 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. Rb5 $14 Ne6 (43... Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rc1 $15) 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. g3 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Rd2 (47. Rbb6 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. Rxe6 Bxe6+ 50. Rxe6 Kf7 51. Rc6 Rxf3 $14) 47... Nc5 48. Re7 hxg3 49. hxg3 Rc4 50. e5 g4 51. exf6 gxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kxf6 53. Re3 Bh5+ 54. Kg2 Ne4 55. b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 2425"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2025.01.12"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"] [Black "Moussard, Jules"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2024.09.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 14"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.02.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.02.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Viernheim"] [BlackTeam "Deizisau"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Qc2 a6 10. a3 Re8 11. Rd1 $5 {[%mdl 4] An interesting side line. Eine interessante Nebenvariante.} Nh5 $146 (11... b5 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bxc5 15. h3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 {½-½ Caruana,F (2796)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) FIDE World Cup 2013 (5.2)}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g4 Nhf6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf8 16. Rg1 e5 17. cxd5 Ng4 18. Nge4 Bf5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Be2 Rae8 24. d6 R5e6 25. d7 Rd8 26. e4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxb2 28. Kf1 Qe5 29. Ng5 Rf6 30. Qe4 Rf4 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Rg3 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Rd3 Nf8 35. Rd8 g6 36. Rc8 Rd4 37. Rb8 b5 38. Rc8 Rd5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rxc6 Rd4 41. Nc3 b4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 Nd7 44. Nd5 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. Bc4 Ne5 47. Ne3 Rb4 48. Bd5 f5 49. Ra7+ Kh6 50. Re7 Nd3 51. Bc4 Nf4+ 52. Kg3 Nh5+ 53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Re6 Ng7 55. Rc6 Rb7 56. h4+ Kh6 57. Rf6 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D65"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1980.10.15"] [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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Rce1 Ne4 (12... Nh5 $5) (12... Be6 13. Ne5 {?f4?/}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. d5 $1 (16. f3 $5 exf3 17. Nxf3 $14) 16... Bd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 cxd5 (18... Rac8 19. Qb3) 19. Nxd5 Qe4 (19... Qd6 20. Rd1 Rac8 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Ng5) 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 (20... fxe4 21. Nd4 $16) 21. Nd4 Rae8 22. Rd1 (22. Nxf5 $2 R4e5 23. e4 Bxf5 $19) 22... R4e5 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Nd4 R4e5 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Nd2 $1 Rh4 (26... R4e5 $2 27. Nc4 $18) (26... Ra4 27. a3) 27. b3 $16 b5 28. Nf3 Rh6 (28... Rhe4 29. Nd4 R4e5 30. Nc7 R8e7 31. Nxa6 Rxe3 32. Nxf5 $16) 29. Nd4 Rh5 (29... Re5 30. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 $18) 30. Rf3 f4 $5 31. Nxf4 Rhe5 32. Re1 $8 Bc8 33. Nd3 Re4 34. Nc5 R4e5 35. b4 Nd7 36. Nd3 $1 (36. Ndb3 Nxc5 37. Nxc5 a5 38. Nd3 Rd5 39. Nf4 Rd2) 36... Rg5 37. e4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Rgxe5 39. Rfe3 Bb7 40. Nb3 $1 Bd5 $1 (40... Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Nc5 Bd5 44. a3 $18) 41. Nc5 Bxa2 42. Ra3 Bd5 43. Kf2 $1 R5e7 (43... Bxe4 44. Rae3 $18) 44. Rxa6 Bxe4 45. Rb6 Bd5 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47. Rxb5 Bc4 $6 (47... h6 $5) 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Rb7 $18 Rxb7 50. Nxb7 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Nc5 h6 53. Ne4 Bf1 54. g3 Bg2 55. Nc5 Bh3 (55... Kc4 56. Ne6 g5 57. Ng7 $18) 56. Nd3 g5 57. b5 h5 58. Nf2 Bg2 (58... Bf5 59. b6 Kc6 60. Kd4 $18) 59. b6 Kc6 60. Ne4 h4 61. g4 Kxb6 62. Nxg5 Kc5 63. Nf3 (63. Nf3 h3 64. Kf4 Kd5 65. Ng5 $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Grand Swiss"] [Site "Samarkand"] [Date "2025.09.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Black "Murzin, Volodar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2025.09.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [SourceTitle "Mega2025 Update 46"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.09.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 $1 {The main line 11...Bb7 scores better than 11...a6. Die Hauptvariante 11...Lb7 punktet besser als 11...a6.} 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 f5 17. e4 b4 18. exf5 $146 (18. Na4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Ba6 20. Rf2 Bb5 21. Qb3 c5 22. Bd3 a6 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qc2 g5 25. b3 gxf4 26. Qe4 {0-1 Weseman,G (2029)-Vosselman,J (2288) NED FR-C email 2016}) 18... bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nc5 20. f6 gxf6 21. Bc2 f5 22. Rh3 Rcd8 23. Qh5 Rf7 24. b4 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qxh6 Rh7 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qh6 Rh7 29. Qg6+ Rg7 30. Qh6 Rh7 31. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates FIDE f2"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1995.02.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 045"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb7 19. Be4 $1 Qb8 20. Nc6 (20. Bg3 Qa7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Na4 Rfd8 24. Bf3 a5 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6 $14 {Fischer,R-Spassky,B/Reykjavik (m/12)/1972/0.5 (55)}) 20... Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Qd4 $5 (23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Rfd1 Bc7 25. Ne4 Neg4 26. Nxf6+ {Agzamov,G-Georgadze,T/Tashkent/1984/0.5 (42)}) (23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bd6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Bxd6 {Stempin,P-Bozek,A/Poznan/1987/0.5 (37)}) 23... Bd6 (23... Nxc6 $2 24. Bxb8 Nxd4 25. Bxa7 Bxc3 26. Bxd4 $16) 24. Ne4 Nxc6 $2 (24... Nxe4 $5 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Rad7 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 $1 $16) 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxc6 (26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rc8 $14) 26... Be5 (26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 $1 (27. fxg3 f5 28. Qf6 Qb5 $1 29. Rfc1 Kh7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxf8 Qxb2 32. Qc8 $13) 27... f5 28. Rd1 $16) 27. Qg4+ Kh7 (27... Kh8 28. Qh5 Kh7 29. Rc4 $40) 28. Qe4+ Kg7 29. f4 $1 Bc7 (29... Bxb2 30. f5 Be5 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. fxe6 $18) 30. Be1 $1 Qb5 (30... Qxb2 31. Bc3 Qb8 32. Rf3 Rd8 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Bd4 Rb7 35. Bc5+ Bd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Bxd6+ Qxd6 38. Qxb7 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Ke4 $18) 31. Rf3 $1 Rd8 (31... Qxb2 32. Bc3 Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qa3 34. Qd4 $18) 32. Rg3+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Bb4+ Ke8 34. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 33. h3 Qd5 (33... Rd1 34. Rxc7 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 $18) 34. Qc2 Bd6 $6 (34... Qd1 35. Qc3 $18) (34... Rd7 35. Bc3 Bd8 36. Bd4 Ra8 37. Rc5 Qd6 38. Rh5 Qf8 39. Qc5 Be7 40. Bxf6+ Bxf6 41. Qxf8+ Rxf8 42. Rxh6#) 35. e4 (35. e4 Qb5 36. Rxd6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"] [Site "Poikovsky"] [Date "2003.04.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2003.04.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 095"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.07.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 {Other continuations aren't promise anything to White:} (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. a3 c5 $11 {½-½ Novikov,I-Ubilava,E/Camaguey 1987/CBM 05 (18)}) (13. Bb1 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nd4 Rxc5 $11 {½-½ Hebden,M-Motwani,P/Blackpool 1988/TD (69)}) (13. Qe2 b4 {-see commented game ½-½ Khalifman,A-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn 2002/CBM 87 [Tsesarsky,I](28)}) 13... a5 14. Qe2 b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ne4 ({In case of} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 ({Black can play} 16... Nxf6 17. Ne4 c5 $1 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qe7 20. Rc4 Nd7 21. c6 {½-½ Gligoric,S-Gaprindashvili,N/Elista 2002/CBM 89 ext (21)} (21. Rxb4 Nxc5 22. Bb5 Rfd8 $44)) 17. Na4 c5 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Ra8 20. Qc6 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. b3 $14 {½-½ Huzman,A-Ubilava,E/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL (41)}) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Nd2 (19. Bd3 c5 $11) 19... e5 20. Rc5 exd4 21. exd4 Qd6 22. Bf5 Ra8 {Position is equal, but the struggle isn't finished yet.} 23. Qe5 (23. Nf3 $11) 23... Rfd8 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb3 g6 (25... Ra2 26. Rb1 g6 27. Bc2 Bc8 28. Na5 $11) 26. Bb1 Ba6 27. Ra5 (27. Re1 Bb5 28. h3 Nd7 29. Rcc1 Nf8 {[%CAl Gf8e6]} 30. Re3 Ne6 31. Bd3 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxb5 cxb5 34. Rc2 $15) 27... Rdd8 28. Rc1 Bb5 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Nxd7 $6 $15 {Inaccuracy} ({Easily equalizes} 32. Nb7 $1 $11) 32... Rxd7 33. Bc2 {White leaves weak first horisontal unprotected.} (33. h3 $142 Bc4 (33... Re7 34. Bd3 $11) 34. Bc2 Re7 35. Bd3 Bd5 36. f4 $15) 33... Re7 {[%CAl Ga1h1]} 34. h4 {White can't play ?c2-d3...} Re2 {This invasion however, doesn't guarantee win.} 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. g3 f5 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Kf3 (38. h5 Rxd4 39. b3 (39. hxg6 Rc4 $19) 39... Rd5 40. Re1 Rd2 41. Rc1 Be2 42. hxg6 Bg4 $22 43. Kf1 (43. Bb1 Rd1 44. Rxd1 Bxd1 $19) 43... Kxg6 44. Ke1 Rd5 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Re1][%CAl Gg4f3]}) 38... b3 39. Bd1 Rxb2 40. Rc3 Ba4 41. Rc4 Ra2 42. Rb4 Ra3 43. Kg2 $4 $19 {Decisive mistake.} ({Right was} 43. Ke2 $1 {And Black can't realize his extra ?:} Bb5+ (43... Kf6 44. Kd2 Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Bb5 46. d5 Rxf2 (46... Ke7 47. f3 Rg2 48. g4 Rg3 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rxb3 Rh3 51. dxc6 Bxc6 52. Rb4 Bxf3 53. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 54. Kd2 $44) 47. dxc6 Bxc6 48. Rb6 Rg2 $11) (43... g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kc3 g4 (46... Ra2 47. f4 g4 (47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Ke7 49. Bxb3 Bxb3 50. Rxb3 Rf2 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Rg3 Rxf4 53. Rg6+ Kd7 54. Kc5 $11) 48. Bxb3 Bxb3 49. Rxb3 Ke6 50. Kc4 $11) 47. Bxb3 $11) 44. Ke1 Ra1 45. Kd2 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 b2 47. Bc2 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Rf3 49. Ke1 f4 50. Be4 Ra3 51. gxf4 Bd3 52. Bxd3 Rxd3 53. Rxb2 Rxd4 54. Rc2 $44) 43... Kf6 {Eventually Black will return his extra ?, but meantime his ? and ?? catch better locations.} 44. Be2 Ke6 45. Bc4+ Kd6 46. Bg8 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Bc4 g4 $1 49. Bg8 {Everything is ready. Black returns ?b3:} Ra1 50. Bxb3 Bxb3 51. Rxb3 Ra4 {[%csl Rd4] and immediately captures another ?.} 52. f3 Rxd4 53. Kf2 c5 54. fxg4 fxg4 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Rc3 Kd5 57. Rc1 Re4+ 58. Kd2 c4 59. Ra1 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kd2 Kd4 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-32"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1996.09.25"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1996.09.15"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 055"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 Rd8 (12... b6 $6 13. O-O c5 (13... Bb7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Rfd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. Qf4 Nf8 20. Rxd4 Ng6 21. Qe4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. Re1 Rd8 {½-½ Cording,H-Budde,V/BL 8182/1982 (43)}) 14. e4 $1 Rd8 (14... cxd4 15. e5 $16) (14... Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5) 15. e5 Ng4 (15... Ne8 16. d5 $1 $16) 16. h3 Nh6 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Rb8 19. e6 Bb7 $8 20. Nf5 (20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Nf5 Qf6 $10) 20... Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Nxh6 gxh6 24. Rfe1 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Orlov,G/USA (ch) 65/442 1995 (50)}) 13. O-O c5 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Ne8 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. Qd2 b6 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nge2 Bb7 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Be4 Nd5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. a3 Qe8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. f5 Nxe5 28. Qg3 Nd7 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nc3 N7f6 31. Bf5 Nh5 (31... Nc7 32. Nxe6 Nxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Bxc8 $18) 32. Qf3 $1 (32. Bxe6+ $2 Qxe6) 32... Kh8 (32... Nhf4 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Qf2 (35. Qe4 $5 Rd8 36. Bxd5 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Re8 38. Ne6 $1 Rxe6 39. Rf1 $18)) 33. Bxe6 Nhf4 (33... Rd8 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Qf2 Bxe6 36. Nxe6 Rb8 37. Nxg7 $18) (33... Rc5 34. Nb3 Nxc3 35. Qxb7 Rb5 36. bxc3 Rxb3 37. Qf7 $18) 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 (34... Bxd5 35. Qxf4 $18) 35. Qf2 Nf6 (35... Rd8 36. Bxd5 $18) 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. h3 h6 38. Ne6 Qd7 (38... Bc6 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ $18) 39. Qd4 Nd5 40. Nxg7 Qxg7 (40... Qxg7 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Qg6 43. Rh8+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Biel"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1986.07.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1986.07.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bb3 (13. O-O e5 14. d5 e4 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Kh1 $14 {Farago,I-Campora,D/Luzern/1985/}) 13... e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 (16... Nf6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. f3 $14) (16... Re8 17. Nf5 $14) 17. Rcd1 $5 (17. Rfd1 $6 Nf8) 17... Ne5 (17... Nc5 $2 18. Nxc6 $16) (17... Nf8 $2 18. Nxc6 Rxd1 19. Ne7+ $18) 18. f4 Ng6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Kf2 Kf8 $6 (20... c5 21. Nf3 Bb5 (21... Bc6 22. Ng5 Nh8 23. f5 h6 24. Nf3 Kf8 $10) 22. Rfe1 Bd3 $10) 21. Rd2 c5 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Rfd1 Rxd2+ (23... Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ng5 Ke7 27. Nxh7 f6 28. g4 Bf7 29. Bc2 $16) 24. Rxd2 Rc8 (24... f6 $32 $10) (24... Ke7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 b6 27. Nd6 $16) 25. Ng5 (25. f5 Ne7 26. Bc2 f6 $10) 25... c4 (25... h6 26. Ne4) 26. Bc2 Ke7 $6 (26... h6 27. Ne4 $14) 27. Nxh7 f6 28. Rd4 Bf7 29. Bf5 Rc5 (29... Rh8 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Rxb7 $16) 30. g4 Rb5 31. Rd7+ Ke8 32. Rd2 Ra5 33. a4 (33. a3 c3 34. bxc3 Rxa3 35. Rd7 $16) 33... a6 34. Kg3 Rxf5 $6 (34... b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. h4 $14) 35. gxf5 Ne7 36. e4 Bg8 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rd6 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Rb6 (40. Rxf6 b4 41. Rd6 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 43. Rd3 c2 44. Rc3 Bb3 45. f6 $16) 40... Nc8 41. Rxb5 Nd6 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Rb6 1-0 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D69"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "1988.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Rc1 {½-½ (13) Matamoros Franco,C (2458)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2463) Havana 1999}) 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. a3 Rd7 18. Rd3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qc2 h6 21. h3 Qg5 22. Qa4 Qc5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Be4 Rxe3 26. Bf3 Rd3 27. Rc5 a6 28. Qa5 Qxa5 {Koshnitsky,G-Younkman,L Perth 1928 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qc1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rfd8 17. Re1 Rd7 18. e4 Be6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Qe3 a6 21. Rec1 h6 22. Be2 Qa3 23. R3c2 Qb4 24. f3 Rd2 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Bohunicky,I (1897)-Kuna,V (1956) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (38)}) 1/2-1/2