[Event "Linares"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.02.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2815"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2304397299316705"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] {[%evp 0,62,24,14,24,10,42,27,56,55,41,46,62,54,56,59,49,55,47,38,46,40,55,79,48,36,63,72,62,22,109,76,114,74,90,7,51,43,66,43,-40,-13,-69,-67,-37,-11,-19,-47,-41,-117,-53,-72,-120,-74,-110,-117,-20,-38,-8,-15,44,-197,-319,-409,-437]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 $1 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 $1 6. Nf3 Bxa6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 (8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 $44) 8... Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 Qa5 $1 $44 {[#] [#] ?} 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. O-O Qa6 $1 {[#] [#] !} 14. Qc2 (14. a4 c4 15. Qe2 Rfc8 $36) 14... Ne5 15. b3 Nfd7 16. f4 Nd3 $44 {[#] [#] ?} 17. a3 Bd4 18. Kh1 Rfc8 $1 {[#] [#] !} (18... Rfb8 19. Rad1 c4 $5 {[#] [#] !?} 20. Nxc4 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Na2 $13 {[%emt 0:00:08]}) 19. Rab1 c4 $1 {[#] [#] !} (19... Rab8 $5 20. h3 Nb4 21. Qd1 Qd3 $40) 20. b4 (20. Nxc4 Nf2+ (20... N3c5 21. Ne2 Nxb3 $1 22. Qxb3 Rxc4 23. Nxd4 (23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Ng3 Nc5 $36) 23... Rxd4 24. Qe3 Rd3 $15) 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 $13) 20... Nf6 21. Ned1 Rcb8 $17 {?} 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. b5 {-2.25*} Qb6 {-2.18*} 24. Nxc4 {-2.34*} Nf2+ {-2.14*} 25. Rxf2 {-2.16*} Rxc4 $19 {[#] [#] -?+ -2.12*} 26. Rf3 {-2.05*} Rxa3 {-1.02*} (26... Bxc3 {[%eval -205,0]} 27. Bxc3 {[%eval -213,0]} Nxe4 {[%eval -213,0]} 28. Rb3 {[%eval -213,0]} Qc5 {[%eval -213,0]}) 27. Qb2 {-2.29*} (27. h3 {[%eval -102,0]} h5 {[%eval -98,0]}) 27... Nxe4 {-0.58*} (27... Qc5 $1 {[%eval -229,0] [#] [#] !} 28. b6 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Raxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. b7 Nd7 $19 {-?+}) 28. Qxa3 {-0.67*} Nxd2 $17 {[#] [#] ? -0.65*} 29. Qa2 {-2.84*} (29. Qa8+ $8 {[%eval -65,0] ?} Kg7 {[%eval -72,0]} 30. Qa2 {[%eval -62,0]} Nxb1 31. Qxc4 Nd2 32. Qb4 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Qa7 $15 {?}) 29... Be3 $19 {[#] [#] -?+ -1.91*} 30. Rc1 {-6.25*} (30. Ne2 {[%eval -191,0]} Qc5 {[%eval -263,0]} 31. Qa8+ {[%eval -213,0]} Kg7 {[%eval -325,0]} 32. Qa1+ {[%eval -325,0]} f6 {[%eval -357,0]} 33. b6 {[%eval -238,0]}) (30. Nd1 {[%eval -375,0]} Qa7 {[%eval -375,0]} 31. Qxa7 {[%eval -375,0]} Bxa7 {[%eval -375,0]} 32. Ra1 {[%eval -450,0]}) 30... Qd4 {-6.19*} 31. b6 {-9.32*} Rxc3 {-9.29*} 32. Re1 {-10.41* [%t Shrt] N} Nxf3 {-9.62*} 33. b7 {-78.12*} Nxe1 $1 {! -72.31*} 34. b8=Q+ {-17.61*} Kg7 {-31.00*} 35. Qaa8 {-299.47*} Qxf4 $1 $19 {! -?+} 0-1 [Event "Linares 13th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1995.03.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Endgame CD"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2635"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "110"] [GameId "2305170808066235"] [EventDate "1995.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 046"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,107,25,13,26,22,36,36,45,56,36,54,77,49,63,59,76,85,73,32767,32767,70,74,66,74,72,88,75,57,56,36,30,16,26,37,11,-7,-2,14,-1,-5,-31,-36,-32,-57,-84,-17,-40,-44,-52,-12,-67,-39,-50,-43,-100,-58,-137,-46,-107,-120,-134,-124,-116,-99,-123,-135,-123,-133,-133,-125,-123,-133,-124,-129,-185,-168,-165,-131,-143,-135,-419,-97,-169,-86,-114,-129,-125,-111,-115,-89,-110,-125,-84,-96,-123,-92,-87,-113,-132,-125,-123,-103,-98,-122,-135,-132,-136,-116,-128]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 $1 {[#]} (5... Bxa6 6. g3 (6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7) 6... d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. b3 $5 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Bc3 Rfb8 13. Nf4 Ng4 14. h3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nge5 16. Qd2 c4 17. Rfb1 $14) 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 (12. h3 Qb6 13. Re1 (13. a4 Rfb8 14. Re1 Ne8 15. Ra3 Nc7 $44) 13... Rfb8) (12. a4 $5 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Ra3 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. b3 $14) 12... Qa5 13. h3 Rfb8 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Rc2 Nb6 (15... Nc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 (17. Bxe7 $6 Qa6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Bh4 Nb5 $1 (19... Nb6 20. Qd2 Nb5 $1 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 $44) 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. b3 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 $13) 17... Qa6 $44) 16. Qe2 Qa6 $1 {[#]} (16... Na4 $5 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Bf4 Rb4 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. b3 Rxb3 21. axb3 Qxa1 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rb8 $11) 17. Ng1 (17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb1 Na4 (18... Nc4 19. b3 Na3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. e5 dxe5 22. Re1 f6 $13) 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 $44) 17... Na4 $1 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 $44 {[#]} 19. Nge2 Nc7 20. a3 (20. Nd1 f5 21. exf5 Nxd5 22. fxg6 hxg6 $36 {[#]}) 20... f5 (20... Rb3 $5 21. Ra2 f5 $1 22. f3 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Ra8 24. Bd2 Rab8 $44) 21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 $44 {[#]} 25. Rc4 (25. Bf4 Rb3 $5 (25... Ra4 $5 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rf2 Rd4 29. a4 Ra5 30. b3 Rxd5 $11) 26. a4 Rb4 $11) 25... Bxb2 (25... Rb3 $1 26. a4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Bh6 Kf7 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Rf3 Bf6 32. Ra3 g5 33. a5 Kf7 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Bd2 Bf6 37. Rh3 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Kg4 $11) 26. Rb1 Rab6 27. a4 Rb3 28. a5 $2 (28. Bxb2 $8 Rxb2+ 29. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 30. Kf3 Rb3+ 31. Kf4 Kf7 32. e5 h6 33. exd6 g5+ 34. Kf5 exd6 35. h4 Rxg3 36. a5 Ra3 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kxg5 Rxa5 39. Re4 Ra1 40. Re6 Rg1+ 41. Kf4 Rf1+ 42. Kg5 Rd1 43. Rxd6 Ke7 44. Rc6 Rxd5+ 45. Kf4 Kd7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Rb2 Kc6 48. Ke3 $11) 28... Bxc1 29. Rbxc1 Rb2+ 30. R1c2 R6b5 $17 {[#]} 31. a6 Rb6 (31... Rxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Ra5 $19) 32. e5 (32. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 Ra2 $19) 32... Rxc2+ 33. Rxc2 Rxa6 34. exd6 exd6 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Re6 c4 {[#]} 37. Re4 c3 38. Rc4 Ra3 39. Kf3 c2+ 40. Ke2 Ra2 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Kxc2 Rxg3 $19 44. Re4 Rxh3 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Rxd6 Ke7 47. Re6+ Kd7 48. Ra6 Rh5 49. Kc3 Rxd5 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. Rxh7 $19 g5 {Schwarz gewinnt, weil der weiße König abgesperrt ist. Black wins because the white King is cut off.} 52. Rh1 (52. Rh2 Kf5 (52... Rd7 53. Rf2 Ke5 54. Rf8 g4 $19) 53. Rd2 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 Kg4 $19) 52... Kf5 53. Rf1+ Ke4 54. Rg1 Kf3 55. Kc4 Ra5 (55... Ra5 56. Kd3 g4 57. Rf1+ Kg2 58. Rf7 g3 59. Rg7 Kh1 60. Rh7+ (60. Rxg3 Ra3+ $19) 60... Kg1 61. Rg7 g2 62. Ke2 Rh5 63. Rg8 Kh1 $19) 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Argentina"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Servat, Roberto"] [Black "Panno, Oscar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2510"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2305185915184148"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,64,22,23,23,24,36,44,38,50,38,62,74,64,71,81,81,81,78,67,80,80,84,32767,72,59,51,52,70,49,51,23,32767,32767,32767,20,68,19,77,46,120,132,116,123,103,109,115,110,125,132,99,109,93,118,83,83,90,53,55,61,66,2,23,15,53,54,46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 $1 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 (10. h3 Bg7 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Kh2 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 $44) 10... Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 (12. Re1 Ng4 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. a4 $5) (12. a4) 12... Qa5 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. a4 $5 Ne8 15. Nb5 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. b3 c4 $1 19. bxc4 Rxc4 $44) (12... Ra6 13. a4 $5 Qa8 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Nb5 $5 $14) 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Qc2 (15. Rc2 Nc7 16. a4 Rb4 $44 17. Bg5 Bxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Qxa4 20. Bxe7 Ne8 21. Nd2 f6 22. Qg4 Qxc2 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Qxd7 Qa4 25. Qe6 Qc2 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Qxd6 Qxd2 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ $11) 15... Nc7 16. Bd2 Nb5 $44 {[#]} 17. a4 Qa6 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 d3 $1 20. Qxd3 Qa6 21. Be3 Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rc2 $11) 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc3 $14 (19. axb5 Qxa1 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bd2 $14) 19... Rb7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 (21. Re3 Rb4 22. b3 $5) 21... Kg8 22. Re3 $1 c4 $6 {[#]} (22... Rb4 23. Rc3 Rab8 24. Ra3 $16) 23. Qxc4 (23. bxc4 $1 Rb4 24. a5 Rxc4 25. Rc3 $18) 23... Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rb4 $44 {[#]} 25. a5 Rxc4 26. Ra2 Nc5 $44 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. e5 $6 (28. f3 $5) 28... Rd4 29. exd6 exd6 30. Nb3 (30. Re7 Ra6 31. Rc7 Rxd5 32. Nc4 Ne6 33. Rd7 Nc5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Nb6 Rd3 $11) 30... Rxd5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. a6 $11 Ra7 {[%EOG]} 33. Kf3 Rc6 34. Rea3 Kf8 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Ra5 Ke6 37. Kd4 d5 38. R2a4 Rd6 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1970.01.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Benko, Pal C"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2540"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "115"] [GameId "2304391138327375"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] {[%evp 0,115,21,14,18,10,34,32,55,55,41,41,42,60,78,62,63,59,43,51,38,39,60,60,94,109,85,90,94,88,98,71,63,81,118,125,114,105,109,84,99,105,102,96,126,116,78,94,135,102,111,54,67,45,131,20,45,42,54,48,49,40,48,45,37,22,34,55,48,52,33,36,34,30,41,26,42,28,31,136,131,115,166,167,146,145,205,229,194,126,188,149,170,184,254,253,250,231,207,237,233,233,202,188,256,220,258,245,234,250,247,238,244,239,241,252,235,236]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Nxf1 O-O (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne3 Qa6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. Ke2 Rb8 $44 {[#]}) 11. Ne3 Na6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bd2 Qb7 15. Rab1 Nc7 $44 {[#]} 16. b3 e6 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 exd5 23. exd5 Rb4 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 $44 {[#]} 25. h3 Qb7 26. Kh2 Rxb3 27. Ne4 Rxf3 28. Rxb7 Ra3 29. Nxd6 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 $11 {[#]} 31. Ra7 f5 32. a5 Ra4 33. Nc8 Nb4 34. Nb6 Ra2 $11 35. Nd7 c4 {[#]} (35... Nd3 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ Kg8 38. a6 c4 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Nd5 Nxf2 41. Nf4 c3 42. Nxg6+ Ke8 43. Nf4 Ne4 $11) 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ $11 {[#]} Ke8 38. Nf6+ Kd8 $2 (38... Kf8 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 39. Rd7+ Kc8 40. Rd4 Rc2 41. Ne8 $18 Kb8 42. Nd6 Rxf2 43. Nxc4 g5 44. Ne3 Nc2 45. Nxc2 Rxc2 46. Rd5 f4 47. Rxg5 f3 48. Rg3 fxg2 49. Rxg2 Rc5 50. Ra2 Ka7 51. a6 Rc4 52. Ra3 Rh4 53. Kg3 Rh8 54. h4 Rg8+ 55. Kh3 Rh8 56. Ra4 Rh7 57. Kg4 Rg7+ 58. Kf5 1-0 [Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Bronstein, David I"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2590"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2304393856024749"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,21,14,18,10,34,36,48,38,43,48,84,86,79,81,103,92,75,72,67,60,86,71,83,108,92,85,60,79,55,46,41,64,14,27,14,10,1,-32,-15,-39,-37,-34,-21,-35,-36,-27,-50,-34,-65,-60,-45,-138,-88,-157,-112,-105,-129,-180,-166,-174,-118,-135,-91,-104,-101,-137,-154,-164,-158,32767,32767,-221,-195,-209,-163,-218,-160,-222,-215,-272,-275,-281,-270,-476,-486]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 b5 $5 {[#]} (5... Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O $14) 6. cxb5 Bg7 (6... a6) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 {[#]} (9... Nxa6) 10. O-O Qc7 (10... Nbd7) (10... Qa5) (10... Qb6) 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 {[#]} 13. Qe2 (13. a4 $1 Qb7 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. Nb5 $1 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. b3 $16) 13... Rfa8 $1 (13... Qb7) 14. h3 (14. Bg5 Qb7 15. Rab1 h6 16. Bd2 Rb6 $44 {[#]}) 14... Nb6 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Bd2 Na4 $1 {[#]} 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bc3 Bxc3 $1 (18... Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Rxa2 20. e5 (20. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 21. e5 Qb7) 20... Ra8) 19. bxc3 Qa5 $44 {[#]} 20. Qd3 Qa6 21. Qd2 (21. Qe3 Rxa2 22. Rab1 Nf6 23. Rbd1 Ra4 $1 $11) (21. Qxa6 R8xa6 22. e5 Nc7 23. Rad1 Nb5 24. Rc1 Rc4 25. Nd2 Rxc3 26. Rb1 Nc7 27. Ne4 Rca3 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Rd8 Rxa2 30. exd6 exd6 31. Nxd6 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 $11) 21... Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 $15 {[#]} 23. e5 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Kf8 $15 {[#]} 26. Nb3 (26. Ne4 Ra1+ 27. Kh2 c4 (27... Re1 $2 28. Nxc5 (28. f4 $2 f6 29. Re6 Nc7 30. Rc6 Nxd5 31. Nxc5 Nxf4))) 26... c4 27. Nc5 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Ne4 Nd7 (29... Re1 $2 30. Nxf6 Rxe5 31. Nd7+) 30. Rg5 Ra2 31. Rg4 f5 32. Rf4 Nb6 33. Ng5 Nxd5 $17 {[#]} 34. Rd4 (34. Rxc4 Rxf2 35. Nxh7+ Kg7 36. Ng5 Rxg2+ (36... Ne3 37. Rc7 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Kf6 (38... Rxg5 39. Rxe7+)) 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nxc4 $19) 34... Nb6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 $19 36. f4 h6 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. Nd4 Na4 (38... Ra3 39. Ne2 e6 40. Rd6 Nd5 $19) 39. Rc8 (39. Nf3) 39... Nxc3 40. Rxc4 Nd5 41. Nf3 (41. Nc2 Nxf4 $1 $19) 41... Rxg2+ $1 42. Kh1 Rf2 0-1 [Event "Ch URS (juniors)"] [Site "Ivano-Frankovsk (Ukraine)"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Alterman, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2400"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "129"] [GameId "2304400466021092"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] {[%evp 0,129,15,8,11,17,26,32,43,50,45,24,19,21,18,-12,38,45,46,35,51,67,47,49,54,53,25,18,24,-22,65,75,105,75,68,56,53,52,48,58,90,21,-16,-56,33,-117,-22,-58,11,-87,-16,-60,47,72,62,60,64,-37,106,113,92,-84,-108,-82,-28,1,59,24,25,5,137,31,121,175,100,77,165,416,496,234,267,151,207,182,151,153,179,147,221,214,1343,211,237,128,160,-13,43,49,50,98,76,85,104,118,71,82,85,86,82,85,73,30,116,104,120,103,92,80,84,92,69,149,358,135,98,136,173,116,690,775,851,819]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 $5 {[#]} Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. a4 a5 (7... d6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. a5 $5 Qd8 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Be2 $14) 8. e4 d6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Bb5+ $1 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bb5 Na6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Nc4 Qxb5 15. axb5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 $13) 10... Nfd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qe2 Na6 13. O-O Nb4 14. e5 $5 {[#]} (14. f5 $1 Ba6 15. Bg5 $16) 14... dxe5 (14... Qb7 {[#]} 15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. exd6 N7f6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne5 Bg4 $1 $13) 15. fxe5 Ba6 16. Bf4 Bxb5 17. axb5 $16 c4+ 18. Kh1 Nd3 19. Bg3 e6 20. d6 Qc5 21. Rad1 a4 22. Bh4 N3xe5 23. Be7 Nd3 24. Ra1 Rfe8 25. Ng5 Qe5 $13 {[#]} 26. Qf3 f6 27. Qc6 N3c5 $6 (27... fxg5 $1 28. Qxd7 Qe3 29. Nd1 Qe2 30. Nc3 Qe3 31. Nd1 $11) (27... Qe3 $1 28. Qxd7 fxg5 $11) 28. Nf3 $18 {[#]} Qe3 29. Rae1 Qd3 30. Ne4 Rec8 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Rd1 {[#]} Qe2 33. d7 $18 {[#]} Rxc6 34. bxc6 Na6 35. d8=Q+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ {[#]} Kf7 37. Rfd1 a3 38. Bxa3 $18 g5 39. Re1 Qc2 40. c7 Nxc7 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rxc7 e5 43. Rc6 Kf5 44. Rf1 Qe2 45. Re1 Qf2 46. Rg1 $1 g4 47. Ne1 $2 (47. Bc5 Qe2 (47... Qc2 48. Nh4+ Kg5 49. Rc7 Bh6 50. Be3+ Kxh4 51. Bxh6 $18) 48. Re1 Qc2 49. Nh4+ Kg5 50. g3 Kh5 51. Rf1 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 Bh6 53. Rcxf6 Bg5 54. R6f5 h6 55. Ng2 $18) 47... Qe2 $11 48. Rb6 h5 $2 (48... Qf2 $1 49. Rc6 Bh6 50. Bc5 Qe2 51. Rb6 Bg5 $13) 49. g3 $16 Bh6 (49... h4 50. gxh4 $8 (50. Rb8 $2 Qe4+ $19 51. Ng2 h3) 50... Qe3 51. Ra6 Qb3 52. Ng2 $18) 50. Ng2 Bg5 (50... Qf3 51. Bc5 Bg5 52. Ra1 Qd5 53. Bg1 $18) 51. Bc5 Qf3 (51... Qe4 52. Re1 Qd5 53. Bg1 $18) 52. Re1 h4 53. gxh4 Bxh4 54. Rc1 Bg5 55. Rc3 Qd1+ 56. Bg1 Qd5 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Re8 $2 (58. Rc8 f5 59. Rc5 (59. R3xc4 f4 60. R4c6+ Bf6 61. Ra6 Kg5 62. Rcc6 Be7 63. Re6 Bb4 64. Re8 Kf5 65. Rb6 Ba5 66. Rh6 $16) 59... Qd2 60. R3xc4 Bf6 61. Rc2 Qd7 62. Ne3 Qd4 63. R5c4 Qd8 64. Rc6 Qd3 65. Rg2 Qd7 66. Rc5 Qb7 67. Rd5 Qb8 68. Nc4 f4 69. Rxg4+ Kf5 70. Rg2 $18) 58... f5 $1 $13 59. Rc8 Qd2 $6 (59... f4 $1 60. R3xc4 f3 61. Rxg4 fxg2+ 62. Rxg2 Kf5 63. b4 Be7 64. Bc5 $11) 60. R3xc4 $16 Qxb2 (60... f4 $1 61. R4c6+ Kf5 62. Rf8+ Ke4 63. Rc4+ Kd5 64. Rc5+ Ke4 $14) 61. R8c6+ Kh5 62. Rb6 Qe2 63. Rc8 Bf4 (63... Bd2 64. Re6 Kg5 65. Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rge8 $18) (63... g3 64. h3 Bd2 65. Rh8+ Kg5 66. Rg8+ Kh5 67. Rbg6 f4 68. Rg4 $18) 64. Rh8+ Kg5 65. Rhh6 1-0 [Event "Sixth Amber Rapid"] [Site "Monte Carlo MON"] [Date "1997.04.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2725"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2304785899175992"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] {[%evp 0,92,23,14,24,12,32,27,55,40,41,42,49,39,58,71,32767,32767,88,76,90,70,60,67,69,45,79,67,65,71,60,35,32767,32767,92,40,57,79,74,56,63,41,42,69,47,26,28,16,32767,32767,34,15,20,-1,-1,-3,-1,-52,-28,-34,1,-1,-1,32767,32767,32767,-1,1,1,-1,10,-26,1,1,20,1,1,1,1,32767,32767,32767,14,1,1,1,-1,1,1,1,1,9,1,1,1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 (11... Qc8 12. a4 Na6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Re1 Qb7 15. Rb1 $16) 12. h3 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfb8 $44 {[#]} 14. Re2 (14. a4 Ne8 15. Ra3 Nc7 16. Qc2 Qb7 $44) 14... Qa6 15. Qe1 (15. a4 Ne8 16. Ra2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. a5 Qc4 19. Ra4 Rb4 20. Ra3) 15... Ne8 16. Bf4 $14 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. a4 $14 {[#]} Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rea2 $14 Qd3 21. Qe3 (21. Nd2 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qb4) 21... Qxe3 22. fxe3 $11 Nd6 23. Nd2 Ra5 24. g4 Kf7 25. Kf3 h5 (25... g5 26. Rb1 Rba8 27. Rba1 Rb8 $11) 26. Ke2 c4 27. Kf3 Rba8 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 $13 g5 (29... f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Kf3 Rh8 $44) 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. Nf1 Kd7 32. Ng3 Rb8 33. Nf5 Nxf5 34. exf5 $11 Rb3 (34... Kd6 35. Ke4 Rb3 36. Rc2 Kc5 37. Rh1 $11) 35. Ra3 Rb8 36. e4 Kd6 37. R3a2 Rb3 38. Ra3 Kc5 39. Ke3 Rb8 40. Rd1 Rba8 41. Rb1 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxa4 $11 {[#]} 43. Rb7 Ra3 44. Rc7+ Kb5 45. Rb7+ Kc5 46. Rc7+ Kb5 47. Rb7+ Kc5 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1997.05.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2725"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2304790429030676"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] {[%evp 0,52,25,15,15,15,33,37,39,32767,32767,32767,55,48,53,64,58,58,57,66,62,22,54,65,40,33,6,33,18,38,36,20,34,5,5,-50,-11,-31,32767,-25,-37,-50,-53,-80,-96,-62,32767,32767,-140,-165,-186,-231,-254,-280,-307]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 $5 g6 $5 {[#]} (5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O axb5 (11... d5 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Bd2 $16) 12. Bxb5 Rd8 $44) (5... Bb7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qb6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxd5 12. Qd3 Qb7 13. f3 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 d5 $13) 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Ra3 (8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Ra3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qd6 axb5 12. axb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rxa3 14. bxa3 Qa5 $44) 8... Bb7 9. Nf3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be2 d5 12. bxa6 (12. O-O $5 Qe7 13. Qc2 axb5 14. axb5 Nbd7 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. h3 $16) 12... Nxa6 $13 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Qb1 e5 17. h3 Kh8 18. Rc1 e4 $15 19. Nh2 d4 $1 $17 {[#]} 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Qa2 (21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Nxd4 Bb7 $17) (21. Rc4 Nd5 22. Qc1 d3 $17) 21... Rad8 22. a5 d3 $19 {[#]} 23. Bg4 Nd5 24. a6 Ncb4 25. Qb3 Nxa6 26. Nc7 (26. Qc4 h5 $19) 26... Naxc7 27. Qxb7 Rb8 28. Qa7 Qf6 29. Nf1 Nb5 30. Qc5 Nxa3 31. bxa3 Rb2 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Rxe4 Rc2 34. Qe3 Nd5 35. Qe1 Qa1 36. Qxa1 Bxa1 37. Bf3 Bb2 $19 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2815"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2308230009630747"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "CBM 142"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,94,17,12,21,16,29,42,42,48,34,43,69,58,57,83,73,75,39,38,84,75,79,55,32,33,62,71,65,47,50,22,19,28,30,38,1,-1,-30,-59,-22,-123,-67,-123,-128,-129,-113,-107,-98,-117,-115,-164,-165,-143,-155,-152,-171,-185,-199,-244,-214,-236,-190,-323,-341,-362,-320,-347,-184,-328,-392,-167,-159,-193,-238,-374,-447,-442,-321,-436,-350,-507,-396,-441,-256,-269,-382,-547,-490,-514,-286,-476,-488,-557,-557,-590,-610]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. b3 f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Rxe7 Nbxd5 21. Rd7 Nxc3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxc3+ Kf7 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. b4 Rxa4 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Be5 Nb5 28. Rb1 Rb4 29. Ra1 c4 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rb6 c3 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. Nxb5 Rc5 37. Na3 Ra5 38. Nb1 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Kd4 40. Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5 Rb2 42. Na3 Rb3 43. Nc2+ Ke4 44. Kh4 h6 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Ne1 Rb1 47. Nc2 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Marin,Mihail"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2733"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2308230009634844"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,97,15,16,21,15,38,53,39,44,46,35,62,64,54,47,73,32767,32767,22,34,15,33,32,32,-1,59,50,80,94,78,78,95,32767,32767,32767,135,132,186,170,182,148,166,215,209,266,344,272,232,210,249,32767,32767,257,262,305,290,357,343,311,319,193,255,261,361,295,398,32767,32767,384,501,356,508,456,601,587,592,389,471,108,171,-1,98,-111,32767,-229,-196,-477,-471,-468,-538,-933,-1913,-1316,-2067,-1328,-29980,-1364,-2054,-29987] Both players had suffered losses in the previous round, which usually generates a delicate psychological situation. Would they agree to a draw soon, in order to recover properly, or, on the contrary... Well, let's see.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 {Not really a peaceful opening.} 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 {This early development of the queen is aimed to prevent White from regrouping properly.} 11. Bd2 $5 ({Actually, a logical move. The enemy queen is put under indirect pressure immediately. Carlsen had obtained good counterplay after} 11. O-O Nb6 {Now, the c4-square is impossible to defend with the pawn, because the c3-knight is hanging.} 12. a3 Nc4 {in his Candidate's match against Aronian, Elista 2007. The position soon simplified and a draw was agreed.} 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Ne4 {½-½ Aronian,L (2759)-Carlsen,M (2693)/Elista 2007/CBM 119}) 11... Nb6 {It does not look like a good idea to cut off the queen's retreat so soon.} ({It is possible that Carlsen mixed up the move order. The main line goes} 11... O-O 12. O-O Rfb8 13. b3 (13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Qa3 {is just transposing. Note that in this line the queen has occupied the a3-square with the knight on b6, but after the c2-square had been occupied by the white queen.}) 13... Qa3 14. Qc2 ({Here,} 14. Ne1 {has not been tried, but it should be less efficient because the queen can retreat to c7 in case of emergency.}) 14... Nb6 {Avrukh,B (2588)-Ponomariov,R (2616)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Stohl] (0-1, 39)}) 12. b3 Qa3 {Following what must have been a "familiar path".} (12... Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qc2 Qa8 16. e4 $16 {Gladyszev,O (2443)-Kostin,A (2385)/Sochi 2004/CBM 100 ext (½-½, 36)}) (12... O-O 13. O-O Rfb8 14. a4 $14 {[%csl Ga5]}) 13. O-O ({The attempt to force a draw with} 13. Bc1 Qb4 14. Bd2 {led to active black play after} Ne4 $5 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Nh4 Qd4 $44 {Brunner,N (2435)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2595)/Paris 2007/CBM 119 ext (0-1, 45)}) 13... O-O 14. Ne1 $1 {This move must have escaped Carlsen's attention. Indeed, it had been played only once before.} ({The transfer of the bishop to the other diagonal with} 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. Bb2 {is not too effective, because, far from neutralising the g7-bishop, it just places his own bishop on vulnerable squares, in view of the permanent threat of ...c4.} Rab8 16. Re1 Nfd7 17. Rc1 Ne5 18. Ba1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 c4 $44 {[%csl Ga1] Taborov,B (2458)-Kostiuk,T (2232)/Kiev 2002/EXT 2003 (1-0, 58)}) 14... Bb7 $146 (14... Nfd7 15. Nc2 Qa5 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. a4 Qa6 18. Qd1 c4 19. Nb4 Qa5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Bxc3 22. b4 Qe5 23. cxd7 $16 {Malaniuk,V (2548)-Tirard,H (2399)/Krakow 2001/EXT 2005 (1-0, 41)}) 15. Nc2 Qa6 16. e4 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Re1 {White has completed his development in an acceptable way, while Black's counterplay has not really started yet.} Rae8 {Since 3 of Black's minor pieces are hitting on the well defended d5-pawn, it is just logical to prepare the opening of the centre with ...e6. However, the rook's departure from the queenside will allow White to get strong initiative on what is traditionally considered "Black's territory" in the Volga Gambit.} (18... e6 19. a5 (19. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19... Nd7 (19... Qxa5 $2 20. Ra1 $18) 20. b4 $5 cxb4 21. Nxb4 Qxa5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 (22... Qa6 23. Bf1 $18) 23. dxc6 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. cxd7 $36 {[%csl Rc7,Gd7]}) 19. b4 $1 {It is clear now that something has gone terribly wrong for Black.} Nd7 20. Nb5 $5 ({White had many ways to obtain a crushing advantage. Van Wely opts for a dynamic solution, which will yield him a winning position soon. A more static approach, but equally unpleasant for Black, would be} 20. b5 Qa5 21. Re3 $1 {After this rook lift, White threatens to push the enemy queen away with Ne2, for instance} Nb6 22. Ne2 $1 Qxa4 {(This loses immediately, but if the queen retreats the game would not last too long either after the gradual but unstoppable advance of the passed pawns)} 23. Ra3 Qc4 24. Ne3 $19) 20... Rc8 (20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 $2 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. c6 $18) 21. Bh3 f5 22. Bg5 Ne5 23. bxc5 Qxa4 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. c6 {White has not only preserved his extra pawn, but has pushed it on to the 6th rank as well! Black's position is hopeless. In the next phase of the game, Carlsen will desperately try to fish in muddy waters.} Bc8 26. exf5 Rxf5 $5 {Hoping to get the d5-pawn some day... which will actually happen in the game...} 27. f4 Nc4 28. Rb4 Qa7+ 29. Kg2 Qc5 30. Rb8 Nb2 31. Qf3 Qxc2+ 32. Re2 Qb1 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. g4 Qf7 35. Bxe7 h5 36. Bxd6 hxg4 37. Qe4 Kh7 {On each move, White has a choice between several completely winning moves, his main concern being to avoid any form of black counterplay. This is quite tiring, especially since the position looks a bit unusual.} 38. Bxc7 $6 ({After this (also winning) move, White will lose the d5-pawn, allowing Black to activate his play in a still completely losing position. Froma practical point of view, it would have been better to play} 38. Rexb2 {in order to make the c4-square available for the queen (for the eventuality of ...?f5). After} Bxb2 {White can play} 39. Bxc7 {already.}) 38... Bf5 {The situation has become slightly obscure. In order to retain his decisive advantage, White has to do some calculation.} 39. Qe3 $6 ({This move, probably dictated by the natural desire to keep his own king defended, throws away the biggest part of the advantage. From a practical point of view,} 39. Rh8+ $1 {would have been the simplest way to a win, because it would have led to the forced exchange of queens and the unstoppable advance of the far advanced passed pawns.}) ({In the heat of the fight and under time pressure it is not easy to spot the other winning move} 39. Qe7 {, creating the unpleasant threat of ?h4+. The point is that after} Qxd5+ 40. Kg1 ({But not} 40. Kg3 $4 {because of} Qf3+ {followed by mate. In fact, if you see this during the game, you do not feel like investigating the consequences of 39.?e7 anymore)}) 40... Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kh4 {the king escapes from checks and is ready to participate in the creation of a mating net around his counterpart!}) 39... Qxd5+ 40. Kg3 $2 ({After this new inaccuracy, the game should end in a draw. The paradoxical} 40. Kg1 $5 {would have retained some advantage for White, because the apparently winning} Bd4 {(By the way, Black has nothing better)} 41. Rh8+ $1 {followed by ?e5? would again force favourable simplifications. It is true that after the elimination of the d5-pawn things are not the same as after 39.?h8!+...}) 40... Nc4 41. Qf2 $2 ({The losing move. It must have been hard for van Wely to switch from choosing between several absolutely winning moves mode to finding the only saving move. Anyway, it was essential to keep the third rank defended with} 41. Qb3 {when after} Qh1 42. Be5 {the game should end in a draw by perpetual.}) 41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 Be4+ {Black's attack is decisive now. Unlike his opponent, Carlsen adapted himself to the new circumstances perfectly.} 43. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Qe2 Nd2+ 46. Ke1 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 Nxh2+ 48. Ke1 Bc3+ 49. Kf2 g3+ 0-1 [Event "RUS Cup final"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "2009.11.12"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2626"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "96"] [GameId "2308230009638941"] [EventDate "2009.11.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,94,22,21,22,16,33,35,44,40,58,36,71,76,75,66,32767,32767,32767,82,67,65,96,77,74,59,56,31,46,32,26,6,15,32767,32767,1,19,5,-28,0,3,-39,0,-74,-1,-3,20,-31,32767,32767,32767,-1,-3,7,-6,-10,-1,0,0,7,-16,-36,-31,-34,-1,-1,32767,1,8,11,27,1,8,-16,26,-11,1,-6,18,1,32767,32767,32767,13,16,10,16,1,5,17,56,1,35,1,104,120,225]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rfb8 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. b3 Rb4 20. Na4 Rab8 21. Rbc1 Qa8 22. Qd3 Rd4 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Re2 Qa6 25. Nb2 Qxa2 26. Nc4 Qa7 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rec2 Rb5 29. h4 h5 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Rc4 Qb6 32. R1c3 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd6 34. Qc3 Kh7 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Kh2 f6 37. Qd3 Qb6 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Qd3 Qb6 40. Qe3 Kh7 41. Rc3 Qd6 42. Qd3 Ra5 43. Qe3 Qb6 44. Rc4 Qb5 45. Qc3 Qa6 46. Rxc5 Ra1 47. Qc4 Qb6 48. d6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Argentina"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Servat, Roberto"] [Black "Panno, Oscar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2510"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2308230009643038"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 049"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,64,22,23,23,24,36,44,38,50,38,62,74,64,71,81,81,81,78,67,80,80,84,32767,72,59,51,52,70,49,51,23,32767,32767,32767,20,68,19,77,46,120,132,116,123,103,109,115,110,125,132,99,109,93,118,83,83,90,53,55,61,66,2,23,15,53,54,46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Bd2 Nb5 17. a4 Qa6 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Bc3 Rb7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 Kg8 22. Re3 c4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rb4 25. a5 Rxc4 26. Ra2 Nc5 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. e5 Rd4 29. exd6 exd6 30. Nb3 Rxd5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. a6 Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Koop Tjuchem"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2630"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2308230009643040"] [EventDate "1996.12.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,120,24,21,25,8,32,39,38,46,65,57,68,49,54,60,77,79,76,78,81,71,32767,67,69,67,78,60,71,22,68,54,68,23,30,15,21,19,49,68,47,67,65,63,50,54,44,52,68,48,62,39,78,41,57,54,40,1,12,-18,-14,1,-17,-61,-57,-24,-15,-19,-13,-36,-40,-18,-20,-62,-57,-57,-52,-78,-104,-122,-143,-163,-137,-123,-115,-111,-112,-106,-108,-153,-119,-154,-155,-134,-210,-179,-141,-202,-201,-158,-232,-162,32767,-197,-197,-183,-161,-145,-230,-200,-192,-234,-236,-264,-230,-253,-212,-288,-304,-344,-379,-399,-370]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 13. h3 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Nd1 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa4 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Nd2 Nb5 20. b3 Ra6 21. Bb2 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. a4 Nd4 25. Reb1 Nd3 26. a5 Rb5 27. Nec4 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Nf3 Nb4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rd1 Rxd5 32. Ra4 Nc2 33. Na3 Nxa3 34. Rxa3 e5 35. b4 e4 36. b5 Rxb5 37. Rxd4 Kf6 38. Rda4 d5 39. Ra2 h5 40. f4 Ke6 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Kg3 Rb3+ 45. Kxg4 Ra8 46. Rh2 Rg8+ 47. Kf5 Rf8+ 48. Kg4 Rf3 49. a6 R3xf4+ 50. Kg5 Ke5 51. a7 Rg8+ 52. Kh6 Rh8+ 53. Kg5 Rg8+ 54. Kh6 Rf6+ 55. Kh7 Ra8 56. Kg7 Rd6 57. Rh5+ Kf4 58. Ra1 e3 59. Kf7 e2 60. Ke7 Ra6 0-1 [Event "Cacak"] [Site "Cacak"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Alterman,Boris"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2630"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "149"] [GameId "2308230009647137"] [EventDate "1996.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 057"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,147,17,21,17,11,29,46,47,49,38,61,55,57,61,63,91,83,58,75,70,84,76,78,53,32767,32767,79,81,42,59,77,63,67,58,59,43,53,52,43,54,62,52,61,37,31,42,23,45,60,32767,32767,9,-19,-56,-27,-33,-65,-77,-64,-80,-59,-69,-75,-53,-55,-49,-46,-49,-47,-46,-52,-52,-50,-45,32767,32767,-49,-45,-46,-45,-43,-44,-38,-17,-28,-29,-22,-21,-28,-15,-29,-18,-28,-20,-24,-15,-19,-19,-14,-13,32767,-22,-18,-18,-17,-11,-26,-24,-11,-1,-12,-15,-20,-1,-1,-1,-6,-1,-9,-1,-16,-16,-31,-25,32767,32767,-14,-19,-21,-11,-19,-10,-10,-11,-11,-29,-17,-1,0,-1,-1,-1,-19,-1,-1,-1,0,-1,0]} 1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 (12. Re1 Ra6 13. h3 Qa8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 $13 {Ljubojevic-Topalov Linares 1995}) 12... Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5 (14... Ne8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Rxe6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qd3 19. Rxe7 Ndf6 20. Bg5 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxa2 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Parzival/Internet 1995 (35)}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 (16... Ra7 17. Qe2 (17. Qf3 Rb4 18. Re2 Rab7 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Bc1 Qc8 25. Rc2 Rc7 {½-½ Epelbaum,M-Phominyh,A/Alushta3 (04) ,CBM 41 1994 (33)}) 17... Rbb7 (17... Qd8 {- 39/105}) 18. g4 $2 (18. Bf4 $1 Nh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Re1 $1 Qa6 21. Qxh5 Rxb2 22. Be5 $1 Qg6 23. Qf3 $44) 18... Ne8 $6 (18... h5 $1 19. f3 $8 hxg4 20. fxg4 Ne8 21. Re3 Nd6 $17) 19. Re3 {½-½ Spassky,B-Ivanchuk,V/Linares 1990 (26)}) (16... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Re1 Qxb2 20. Qe3 Ra3 21. Rxe7 Rxc3 22. Rxf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Kh8 24. Rxf6 {Kiss,B-Molnar,E/HUN-chT 9293/1993/1-0 (27)}) (16... Ra7 $5 {Chekhov}) 17. Qf3 (17. d6 $5) (17. Qe2 Qd8 (17... Kf8 $5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Re4 Nxf4+ 20. Rxf4 Bxc3 {Murzin,L-Darchia,D/Bratislava op/1993/ (27)}) (17... Raa7 $5 {Chekhov}) 18. a4 (18. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Nh5) 18... Ne8 (18... Rd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Qf3 Ra6 $13) 19. Re3 Nd6 $1 $44 (19... Bd4 20. Rd3 Nf6 {×d5} 21. Be3 Rb4 (21... Nxd5 $2 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 e6 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. b4 $16) (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 c4 23. Rd2 Nxd5 24. Bd4 $40 {?g8}) 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Qf3 Rd8 (23... Rxb2 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 $14) 24. R1d2 Kg7 (24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3 $16 {×c5}) (24... Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc8 28. Rd3 $14) 25. Re2 Rd7 26. Bf4 $5 (26. g4 Qb7 $10) 26... Rxb2 (26... Qb7 $142 $5) (26... Qb7 $5 {Ftacnik}) 27. a5 Qb4 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Na4 Qb5 30. Nb6 Ra7 31. Bd2 Qa6 32. g4 {??a8-h8,×h7 1-0 Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Linares (11) ,CBM 46 1995 (47)})) (17. d6 {Chekhov} exd6 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa6 21. Re4 c4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1 Qb5 $10 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Amsterdam/1995/0,5/30/}) 17... Ne8 $5 (17... Rd8 {Chekhov} 18. Re2 Rbd7 19. Bf4 c4 20. Rd1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 e6 22. Bg5 $16 {Legky,N-Riemersma,L/Paris/1996/1|0/26/}) 18. Re2 Nd6 19. Ne4 (19. g4 $5 {Chekhov} Rab8 20. Bf4 Rxb2 21. Rxe7 Qxc3 22. Bxd6 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rd8 24. Bc7 Rxd5 25. Re8+ $14 {Naumkin,I-Johansen,O/Capelle la Grande/1995/1|0/37/}) 19... Nxe4 (19... Nf5 20. Bd2 Qb6 (20... Qb5 21. Bc3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rc1 Bh6 24. Rc5 Qa6 25. Rc6 Qxa2 26. d6 $36 {Naumkin,I-Manca,F/Cappelle op/1993/}) 21. Bc3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. d6 d3 24. Qxd3 exd6 25. Qd5 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 $14) 20. Qxe4 Qa6 $1 21. a4 Bf6 22. Qf3 Rd8 (22... Rb4 $6 {Chekhov} 23. d6 $1 $16) 23. Rc2 (23. Be3 {Chekhov} c4 $36) 23... Bd4 $1 24. a5 (24. Be3 {Chekhov} Bxe3 (24... Rxb2 $5 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qe4 Qxa4 29. Qxe7 Re8 $10) 25. Qxe3 (25. fxe3 Qd3 26. Rac1 Rxd5 $15) 25... c4 26. Qd4 $14) 24... Rbd7 25. Be3 Rxd5 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. b4 d3 28. Rc5 $15 (28. Rd2 e5 $17 (28... e5 {Chekhov} 29. Rad1 f5 $17)) 28... Rxc5 29. bxc5 d2 30. Rd1 (30. c6 $2 Rd3 (30... Qc4 {Chekhov} 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Kh2 $22 Qc1 33. Qe2) 31. Qd1 Qxc6+ $19) 30... Qxa5 31. Qe3 Qa4 $15 {This endgame should be draw. Black has only some practical chances.} (31... e6 {Chekhov} 32. c6 Qa4 33. Qf3 (33. Rxd2 Qxc6+ 34. Kh2 Ra8) 33... Qc2 34. Kh2 h5 35. h4 Rd5 36. Qe2 Qxc6 37. Rxd2) 32. Rxd2 (32. Qxe7 $4 {This pawn is poisoned.} Re8 (32... Qxd1 {is far weaker} 33. Qxd8+ Kg7 $10) 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxd2 Qc6+ 35. f3 Qxc5 $19) 32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Qxc5 35. Qb2 Qf5 36. Qb8+ Kg7 {Important point. White does't play 37.h4 because it would create a weakness at the kingside. Better is to safe the pawn structure.} 37. Qb2+ Qf6 38. Qb7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. Kg1 (40. h4 $5 {Chekhov}) 40... g5 41. Qb4 h6 42. h4 Kg6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Qb1+ Kg7 (44... Kh5 $2 {Chekhov} 45. Qh7+ Kg4 46. Qxf7) 45. Qb4 Qe6 (45... f5 $5 {Chekhov}) 46. Qd4+ f6 47. Qb4 f5 48. Qb5 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Kf7 (50... Kg6 {Chekhov} 51. Qe8+) 51. Kh2 Qe6 52. Kg1 Kf6 53. Qb8 Kg7 54. Qb5 Qf6 55. Kg2 (55. Qd5 $5 {Chekhov}) 55... Kh6 56. Qd5 Kg7 57. Kg1 e6 58. Qd7+ Qf7 59. Qc6 Kf6 60. Qc3+ e5 61. Qc5 (61. Qc6+ $5 {Chekhov} Qe6 62. Qc7 $10) 61... Qe6 62. Qc2 e4 63. Qd2 Kg6 64. Kh2 (64. Qd8 $22 {Chekhov} Kh5 65. Qd1+) 64... Qb6 65. Qa2 Kf6 66. Qd2 Qe6 67. Kg2 Kg6 68. Kg1 f4 69. gxf4 Qg4+ 70. Kf1 Qxf4 (70... gxf4 71. Qd6+ Kg5 72. Qd8+ (72. Qe7+ $10 {Chekhov}) 72... Kh6 73. Qh8+ Kg6 74. Qg8+ Kf5 75. Qd5+ $10) 71. Qd7 Kh5 (71... Kf6 $10) 72. Qh3+ Qh4 73. Qf5 Qf4 74. Qh3+ Kg6 75. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hastings 9596"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Atalik, Suat"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Gershon,Alik"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2655"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "336051186250"] [EventDate "1995.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "Opening Encyclopaedia 25"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2025.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,88,5,16,21,20,33,36,39,41,32,36,56,72,58,46,70,80,88,64,83,66,82,80,78,54,106,91,93,72,77,81,51,92,99,94,112,77,81,74,66,90,118,100,131,119,121,127,181,197,202,188,235,210,208,210,197,179,199,130,126,126,86,105,113,59,7,27,1,0,-7,-1,22,30,-1,69,32767,6,-95,-39,19,-53,-101,-112,-119,-75,-51,-209,-134,-308,-363] Stohl} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Ra6 13. h3 Qa8 14. Bg5 h6 $1 {Forcing the bishop away, before starting the game in the center.} 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a4 g5 {Prophylaxis! even in such positions it can be very useful. Black is preparing d5, not allowing the bishop to f4} ({in his game vs. Beliavsky Khalifman tried} 17... d5 $6 {but it seems to be a premature break. After} 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nb5 Qb7 20. Bf4 $1 g5 21. Bd6 Rf7 22. Nd2 $1 d4+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Nd5 25. Nd2 d3 26. Ra3 Bxb2 27. Rxd3 N5b6 28. Bc7 $1 $36 {white got the better position}) 18. Ra3 (18. Qc2 d5 $44) 18... d5 19. Qc2 Rf7 (19... Rb6 $5 20. Bc1 Rf7 21. Nd2 Rb4 22. Rb3 $6 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 c4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne5 26. Qxe6 Nd3 27. Rf1 Nc5 28. Qc4 Ncxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. f3 Nd6 $15 {Ljubojevic,L-Topalov,V/Linares/1995/}) 20. exd5 (20. Kg1 Qf8 $5) 20... exd5 21. Nb5 Qb7 22. Bxg5 $5 {With both kings being so exposed, the game can become very tactical at times. This capture leads to a very unbalanced position (R+3P for two pieces), but Black will have his main two pawns left - the central ones.} (22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 $13) 22... hxg5 23. Nxg5 Nf8 ({the dangers of black's position can be seen in} 23... Rf8 $2 24. Qg6 $1 {?Re7} Nb8 25. Rf3 d4 26. Kg1 {?Rf6!+-}) 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Rf3 (25. Rae3 d4 (25... Ne4 26. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 27. Rxe4 $14) 26. Re7 Qd5+ $132 {?c4}) 25... Ne6 26. Qf5 {white's threat is g4-h5, and therefore,} Qh5 {is the only move} 27. Qxh5 (27. g4 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 c4 $1 $13 {?}) 27... Nxh5 28. Rfe3 Kf7 29. Nc7 {a dubious move} (29. b3 c4 $132) 29... Nxc7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rxc7 c4 32. f4 Bxb2 33. f5+ Kg5 34. g4 Nf6 35. Rg7+ Kf4 36. Rf1+ Ke3 37. g5 Ne4 38. Re7 Rxa4 39. f6 Ra2 40. Rf2 Bxf6 41. Rxe4+ dxe4 42. Rxa2 Bxg5 43. Kg3 Kd3 44. h4 Bd2 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-42"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2016.09.12"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Volodin, Aleksandr"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Papp,Petra"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2473"] [BlackElo "2720"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "336051185176"] [EventDate "2016.09.02"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [SourceTitle "Opening Encyclopaedia 25"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2025.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Estonia"] [BlackTeam "Cuba"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EST"] [BlackTeamCountry "CUB"] {[%evp 0,76,15,16,17,27,39,34,27,5,8,19,19,22,25,27,27,30,38,36,31,45,55,32,30,28,26,7,-1,-10,-8,-18,-22,-26,-13,2,-8,-29,-5,1,0,-3,-8,-4,-3,-13,7,-123,-130,-113,-71,-92,-97,-101,-111,-117,-112,-90,-90,-103,-114,-119,-121,-121,-142,-134,-147,-197,-196,-207,-191,-213,-245,-196,-225,-174,-178,-476,-442]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 {This is a very popular line since Avrukh advocated a complete g3-repertoire in his books.} c5 $5 {Black aims for complicated play against the solid g3-system.} 5. d5 {The most challenging move and the best way to fight for an advantage.} (5. Bg2 {This usually transposes to the Symmetrical English which will not be covered in this article.}) 5... b5 $5 {Transposes to a Benko Gambit where White has lost some flexibility, having already committed to the g3-approach.} (5... d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 {Transposes to a g3-Benoni and is also popular.}) 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 $5 {The most accurate response with idea of a quick ...?b6, avoiding the strong ?b1-variation.} (9... Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 $1 {is a big theoretical line which Black prefers to avoid.}) 10. O-O Nb6 {This position is the subject of the article and can arise from various move orders. White has many alternatives 11.?b1, 11.?h4, 11.e4, 11.?d2, 11.?e1 and 11.?e1.} 11. Nh4 {White frees the g2-bishop to defend the d-pawn and controls the f5-square in this side line.} (11. Rb1 Bf5 $1 {is analysed in Wang,R-Ivanchuk.}) 11... Bxa6 12. Qc2 Nfd7 {A typical move to open the long diagonal for the bishop.} 13. Rb1 (13. Rd1 Nc4 14. a3 (14. b3 $2 {A typical mistake that cost the game.} Qa5 $1 $19) 14... Qa5 15. Ra2 Rfb8 {Black has an ideal position with every piece in play.} 16. Ne4 Qb5 17. b4 (17. Nc3 Qb3 $1 18. Qxb3 Rxb3 $17 {Black dominates completely, despite the absence of queens.}) 17... cxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 $17 {0-1 (57) Sargissian,G (2671)-Dominguez Perez,L (2712) Melilla ESP 2011}) 13... Nc4 $1 14. b3 Qa5 $1 {A thematic idea, worth remembering.} 15. Na4 Rfb8 $1 16. Nf3 $1 {Bringing the offside ?h4 back into play helps neutralise Black's activity.} (16. bxc4 $2 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Qxa4 $19 {The queenside pawns will fall, starting with the c-pawn.}) 16... Qb4 (16... Ndb6 $1 {is more precise:} 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Bd2 Qb5 $15) 17. Bh3 Ndb6 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Bd2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bf1 $2 (23. Rdc1 Bf6 24. Rc2 Bb5 $44) 23... Bc8 $1 $17 {Black gets a good position after transferring the bishop to the h1-b1 diagonal. Now the a2-pawn is weak.} 24. Rbc1 Bb4 25. a4 Ba5 26. e3 Rxb3 27. Bb5 Bf5 28. Nd2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Be4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kh2 h5 32. Bc6 Rab8 33. Bb5 Ra3 34. Kg1 g5 35. Kf1 g4 36. h4 Kf6 37. Ke1 Ke5 38. f4+ gxf3 39. Kf2 Bxd5 0-1 [Event "Candidats FIDE f1"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2700"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2308230009659428"] [EventDate "1995.02.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,92,5,14,7,11,29,29,58,40,38,40,54,59,81,72,32767,32767,32767,47,90,56,52,59,70,46,102,77,81,49,49,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,82,67,68,64,114,45,43,33,49,37,48,37,32767,32767,32767,32767,75,53,72,36,51,24,47,32,50,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,44,38,44,32,27,0,88,75,74,94,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,105,125,198,200,176,152,152,42,212,279,199]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. h3 Ra6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Qa8 15. Re1 Rb8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Re2 Nc7 18. Rc1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Na6 20. Na4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 Rxb4 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. Rec2 h5 24. Rc4 Rb8 25. Qd2 Rab5 26. R1c2 R5b7 27. Qe2 Ra7 28. Rd2 Ra5 29. Rd1 Qa6 30. Rd2 Bh6 31. Rdc2 Bg7 32. Qe3 Qa8 33. Rd2 Ra7 34. Rd1 Rb5 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. Nd2 Nb6 37. Nxb6 Rxb6 38. a4 Bh6 39. f4 h4 40. Qg4 hxg3 41. h4 Kh7 42. h5 Qg8 43. Rc3 f5 44. hxg6+ Qxg6 45. Qh4 Qf6 46. Rh1 fxe4 47. Rxg3 Rb4 48. Qg4 Ra8 49. Rgh3 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1993.06.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2630"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2304812578080224"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] {[%evp 0,111,12,18,24,17,29,52,49,40,35,62,62,75,47,65,93,80,83,32767,32767,76,88,89,70,50,93,74,87,86,58,37,90,37,36,24,34,21,32767,32767,27,40,37,23,67,49,16,55,76,50,4,53,64,1,123,117,54,32767,32767,147,132,119,129,4,-51,-1,-8,-24,-19,-9,-1,6,21,-1,86,79,71,85,1,-1,-40,50,-1,-22,-10,-36,-45,-28,-68,-66,-62,-52,-74,-162,32767,32767,32767,-284,-271,-259,-122,-424,-504,-454,-362,-419,-544,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Ra6 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. b3 Nfd7 15. Bb2 Qa8 16. Re1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxa2 18. Re2 Ra3 19. Qc1 f6 20. h4 Qa6 21. Re1 Ra2 22. h5 g5 23. Nh2 Qd3 24. Bb2 Ne5 25. Re3 Qb5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Ng4 Nc8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf5 Nd6 30. Nxe7 Qd7 31. Nc6 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Qxd5 33. Qc4 Qxc6 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. b4 Ra4 36. Ree1 Kh6 37. Qc2 Rfa8 38. bxc5 Ra2 39. Qf5 R8a3 40. Re4 Ra1 41. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 42. Kh2 Rc1 43. Kh3 Rxc5 44. f3 Rc3 45. Kg4 Rb3 46. f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Qb6 48. Qc8 Qg1+ 49. Kf5 Kxh5 50. Kxf6 Qg6+ 51. Kxe5 Rb5+ 52. Kd4 Qd6+ 53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Re2 Qxf4+ 56. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1 [Event "Lost Boys 5th"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Stohl,Igor"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2745"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2308230016888870"] [EventDate "1997.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,93,16,19,15,20,45,54,54,37,64,68,65,5,28,-7,12,94,103,86,82,86,104,94,78,110,118,129,105,115,110,91,112,104,88,106,80,92,106,89,115,104,103,105,118,110,98,101,81,77,64,63,89,81,84,73,104,76,71,68,86,79,87,87,78,87,74,65,116,64,83,57,72,-21,-22,-41,-49,1,-39,-98,12,-86,-72,-64,-125,-134,-166,-162,-151,-145,-159,-216,-238,-241,-254,-303] This game was crucial for the outcome of the short tournament as both players started well and the winner would get a clear lead.} 1. d4 {Epishin} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 $5 {A rather rare move, occasionally used by Korchnoi and I.Sokolov.} Bg7 ({Interesting is} 6... Nxd5 $5 7. Qxc5 Bb7 8. e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Bd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. Bc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nc5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. O-O Rxa2 19. c4 $11 {½,Schmidt,W-Plachetka,J/Trnava A/1986/}) (6... d6 $143 7. e4 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Na3 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bd3 axb5 12. axb5 Nbd7 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ e5 18. Nc4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nf4 20. Nxd6 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Qf8 23. Rf1 Qf4 24. Qc1 {1-0,Gutman,L-Hertneck,G/Kirchheim act/1990/}) (6... axb5 7. Qxc5 Bg7 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Qxb5 Rb8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qa7 Rb6 13. Be3 d6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Bc4 Rxb2 16. O-O Bg4 (16... Ne8 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qb8 20. d6 Nxd6 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qc7 e6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 $16 {Najer,E-Lempert,I/Moscow Alekhine mem op/1996/}) 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nxb2 Bxc3 20. Rab1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Be5 22. g3 Qxe4 23. Qe3 Qf5 24. Nd3 Bd4 25. Qf4 $14 {Anapolsky,S-Moraru,M/ROM-chT/1994/}) (6... Qb6 7. e4 axb5 8. Nc3 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. Qxc5 Bb7 11. Qb6 $1 b3+ 12. Qxa5 Rxa5 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Bc4 Nb4 15. Bxb3 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Ba6 17. Kg1 Bg7 18. Be3 Bc8 19. Bb6 Ra8 20. Bd4 O-O 21. Ne1 $16 {Bagirov,V-Alburt,L/URS-ch45 Leningrad/1977/}) 7. e4 ({Taking the second pawn gives Black a large lead in development and is quite risky.} 7. Qxc5 O-O (7... d6 $5 8. Qd4 O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qb4 axb5 12. Bxb5 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Ra4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. O-O Qa5 16. Bc6 Bf5 17. Ng3 Bd3 18. Re1 Nxb2 19. Bg5 Nc4 20. Rad1 $44 {Sadler,M-Mestrovic,Z/Cannes op/1995/}) 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qc4 axb5 10. Nxb5 Nbd7 11. e3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Be2 Rfc8 15. Qb1 Nc5 16. O-O Ba6 17. a4 Nxa4 18. Qd3 Nc7 19. Rxa4 Bxb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qb3 Qa6 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qc2 $11 {½,Sokolov,I-Khalifman,A/Wijk op/1995/}) 7... axb5 ({More consistent is} 7... O-O $5 8. Nc3 Bb7 (8... e6 $6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 $1 $16 (11. Qe4 $6 Ra7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 axb5 15. Qxc5 Rc7 16. Qxb5 Nc6 17. Bb6 Nxe5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 $40 {Kortschnoj,V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba m/1995/})) (8... d6 9. a4 e6 $132) (8... axb5 9. Bxb5 $14) 9. a4 (9. Bf4 d6 10. Bc4 axb5 11. Nxb5 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be2 Nxe4 $1 14. Qxe4 Ra4 15. Nfd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Qf3 Nxd5 18. Bh6 Qa8 19. Qg3 Re8 20. b3 Ba6 $17 {Psakhis,L-Arbakov,V/Irkutsk URS-ch qf/1983/}) 9... e6 10. d6 axb5 11. Bxb5 Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O Qb8 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Ne5 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxd7 Rfd8 18. Nxc5 Nxd6 19. Nd3 Qe4 20. Rfd1 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxa4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Kf1 Red4 $15 {Bagirov,V-Glek,I/Tashkent 1L/1984/}) 8. Bxb5 Qa5+ $6 {Black stubbornly avoids the logical d6 advance and gets into trouble.} (8... O-O $142 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 $14 {½,Bagirov,V-Grigorian,K/Erevan/1982/}) 9. Nc3 Ba6 (9... Nxe4 $2 {Epishin} 10. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 (11... Qxc3+ 12. Kd1 Qxa1 13. d6 $18) 12. c4 $16) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 (10... Qxa6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] ??}) 11. O-O (11. e5 $2 Nb4 {[%CAl Rf6d5] ??fd5}) 11... Nb4 12. Qe2 O-O (12... d6 13. e5 $1 $40 {[%csl Re8] ?,?e8}) 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 $142 $5 d6 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 $16) 14. a3 Na6 15. e5 $36) (13. Rd1 $5 {Epishin} d6 (13... Qa6 14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. Bg5 $16) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Qb7 18. Qc4 Nd7 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. Qb3 $14) 13... Ng4 14. Bg5 f6 $5 {This ugly move is necessary to prevent the e5 advance. With his ?g7 hemmed in Black's compensation is nebulous.} 15. Bd2 Qa6 {Otherwise White has attacking chances.} 16. Qxa6 Rxa6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rfd1 Nf7 19. Ne1 Raa8 20. Be3 Rfc8 {Black keeps the d6-square free for his ?.} (20... d6 21. a3 Na6 22. Nd3 $16) 21. a3 Na6 22. Na4 $6 {[%csl Ra4] A step in the wrong direction. The ? is misplaced here and Black will gradually gain full compensation.} (22. f4 $5 {[%CAl Rf4f5] ?f5,?g7} Nd6 23. Nd3 $16) 22... Rab8 23. Rac1 d6 24. Nd3 Rb3 (24... f5 $5 $14) 25. Rc3 Rbb8 26. Rc4 Rb3 27. Nc1 (27. Rc3 Rbb8 $11) (27. g4 $5 $14) 27... Rbb8 28. f4 f5 $1 $132 29. exf5 gxf5 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2,Rd5] Now Black has good compensation for his pawn, as White's pawns are weakened and his pieces lack coordination.} 30. Rd2 h5 $1 {Stops g4.} 31. Bf2 Nh6 (31... Bf6 $142 $5 $44) (31... Bf6 {Epishin} 32. Ne2 Kg7 $11) 32. Ne2 (32. Bh4 Kf7 33. Ne2 {-32.?e2}) 32... Kf7 33. Bh4 (33. Ng3 Kg6 34. Re2 Bf6 $13) 33... Bf6 (33... Ng8 {Epishin} 34. Bg5 Nf6 35. Ng3 Kg6 36. Nc3 Nc7 $13) 34. Bg5 $1 (34. Bxf6 {Epishin} Kxf6 35. Kh2 h4 36. Ng1 Kg6 37. Nf3 Kh5 $16) 34... Ng8 (34... Bxg5 $2 35. fxg5 Ng8 36. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Rg8] ?g8}) 35. Kh2 (35. Ng3 Kg6 36. h4 Rb3 $44) (35. Nac3 $142 $5 $14 {White should try to get his unlucky ? into play.}) 35... Nc7 36. Ng1 Rb3 37. Nf3 Rcb8 38. Nh4 $2 (38. Rcc2 $142 $8 Na8 $5 (38... Ra8 39. Bxf6 (39. Rc4 Rab8 $11) 39... Nxf6 40. Nc3 $14) 39. Nh4 Nb6 40. Nxb6 R8xb6 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Re2 Rd3 $44) (38. Rcc2 $11 {Epishin}) 38... Bxb2 39. Nxf5 (39. Nxb2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxb2 41. Nxf5 Nxd5 $17 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Ge7] ?,?c,d}) 39... Bf6 $17 {Now the ?a4 is trapped.} 40. Ng3 (40. Bxf6 $142 Nxf6 41. Nc3 Rxa3 $17) 40... Nb5 41. Nxh5 Bd4 (41... Nxa3 42. Re4 Bd4 {[%CAl Rb8b4] ??8b4-+}) 42. Ng3 Nxa3 43. Rcxd4 (43. Rc1 Be3 $19 (43... R8b4 $19)) 43... cxd4 44. Rxd4 Nc2 45. Rd2 Ne3 $19 {[%CAl Rb3a3] ??a3-+} 46. f5 Nf6 {[%csl Rd5] ×d5} 47. Bxf6 Kxf6 (47... Kxf6 48. Re2 (48. Nc3 Rxc3 $1 49. Ne4+ Kxf5 50. Nxc3 Nf1+ $19) 48... Nxd5 49. Re6+ Kf7 $19) 0-1 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Gelfand,Boris"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2740"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "185"] [GameId "2308230016897063"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 051"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,183,15,18,10,14,51,50,61,33,60,79,64,19,17,16,26,34,13,37,55,27,24,18,15,35,38,26,40,46,61,21,55,41,50,21,27,23,29,26,-4,-6,10,-33,-34,-41,13,27,6,-13,56,67,234,152,320,163,154,110,149,121,149,32767,32767,32767,138,131,188,188,175,180,224,110,140,129,137,117,141,151,162,148,123,138,138,141,145,169,153,140,157,139,177,131,32767,32767,32767,134,136,109,170,175,189,123,197,192,188,190,199,207,202,186,225,219,186,196,181,198,187,195,200,207,202,202,186,205,198,32767,188,195,198,183,195,206,199,194,203,205,200,212,213,223,232,224,220,222,228,216,208,228,237,238,222,227,219,32767,32767,32767,32767,217,208,196,213,147,196,170,199,197,218,208,215,235,216,221,377,383,296,369,419,383,1012,525,515,515,525,525,545,545]} 1. d4 {Endspiel-CD} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qd8 $146 (11... Qc7 {Alterman,B - Adams,M, Cap d'Agde - 62/66}) 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Ne8 $5 14. O-O Nc7 {??b5} (14... e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. a4 $1 a5 17. Qb3 $16) 15. a4 (15. Qd2 Nb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ba6) 15... a5 16. Qd2 $2 (16. Rc1 $1 Ba6 17. b3 (17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. b3) 17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 (18. Qxe2 e5 $5) 18... Qc8 19. Nc3 Qa6 20. Nb1 $5 $14 {??c2,?a3-b1} (20. Nc4)) 16... Ba6 17. Rfd1 (17. Rac1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 e5 $5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bg3 Nd4) (17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. b3 c4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rc8) (17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rfb8) 17... Rb8 $5 (17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 (18. Qxe2 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bg3 (20. Bxd6 Nd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8) 20... Nd4) 18... Na6 19. Rdc1 Qd7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rfb8) 18. h4 $5 (18. Rac1 {?b3} Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6) (18. Nb5 Nxa4 $1 19. Nxc7 Bxe2 (19... Rxb2 $5) 20. Qxe2 Nxb2) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e5 $1 20. dxe6 (20. Bg3 f5) 20... Nxe6 21. Bg5 $1 (21. Bg3 Nd4 $17) 21... Qd7 (21... f6 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Bf4 $13) (21... Nxg5 $1 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxd6 c4 (23... Rfe8 24. Qb5 $5) 24. Rad1 Qc5 $15) 22. Qg4 (22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 $15) 22... f5 (22... f6 23. Bf4) (22... h5 23. Qg3 Be5 24. f4 Bd4 25. Kh1 $13) (22... h6 23. Bf4 h5 24. Qg3 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Be5 26. Qg5 c4 27. Rd2 Rfe8 $13 {/=}) (22... Nd4 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bxd6 Rxb2 26. Rab1 $14) 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 f4 $4 (24... Nd4 25. Bh6 (25. Ned5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qf7 $1 $17) 25... Qe6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nb5 $1 $132) 25. Ng4 Rbe8 $2 (25... Nd4 26. Re1 $140 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Re4 $13) 26. Ne4 $18 Nxg5 27. Rxd6 $2 (27. Nxg5 Bd4 (27... Qf5 28. Rxd6 Nc4 29. Rf6 $1) 28. Re1 $1 $18) 27... Nxe4 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd5+ Rf7 30. Re1 Nd6 $1 (30... Nef6 31. Nxf6+ Nxf6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qd8 $16) 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Qa8 Re7 33. Qxa5 Bxb2 $138 (33... h5 34. Nh2 Bxb2 35. Nf3 $14) (33... Bd4 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Nf5) 34. Qd2 Bd4 35. Qxf4 $2 $138 (35. Nh6+ Kf8 36. Nf5 Rf7 (36... Re4 37. a5) 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Qxd4 $18) 35... Nef6 36. a5 (36. Nh6+ $2 Kf8 37. Nf5 $4 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Be5 $18) 36... Nxg4 37. Qxg4+ Kf7 38. a6 Nf6 39. Qc8 (39. Qf5 $5 c4 (39... Re2 40. Kf1 (40. a7 Ra2)) (39... h5 40. Kf1 c4 41. Qc8 Ba7) 40. Qc8 $5 Ba7 41. Qxc4+ Kg7 42. g4 $140 Ne4) 39... Ne4 $2 (39... h5 $10) 40. Qf5+ Kg7 (40... Nf6 41. g4 $36) 41. a7 Bxf2+ (41... Rxa7 42. Qxe4 Rf7 $10) 42. Kh2 (42. Qxf2 Nxf2 43. a8=Q Ng4 44. Qa1+ Re5 $10) 42... Rxa7 43. Qxe4 Bd4 44. Kh3 (44. g4 Rf7 45. g5 (45. h5 Bf6 $10) 45... h6 46. g6 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 h5 $10) 44... Kf6 $2 (44... Rf7 $10) 45. g4 Ra3+ (45... Kg7 46. h5 $1 Bf6 (46... Ra3+ 47. Kh4 Bf2+ 48. Kg5 h6+ 49. Kf5 Be3 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qb7 $18) 47. Qf5) 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Kg7 51. g5 Rf7 (51... h6 $2 52. Qe7+ Rf7 53. gxh6+ Kg8 54. Qe8+ Rf8 55. h7+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Rf7 57. h8=Q+ $18) 52. h5 Kf8 53. Qa8+ Ke7 54. Qb7+ Ke6 55. Qc6+ Ke7 56. h6 Rf5 (56... Kf8) 57. Qc7+ (57. g6 hxg6 58. Qxg6 Rf8 59. h7 Bh8 $1 $10) 57... Ke6 58. Qc8+ Ke5 59. g6 hxg6 60. h7 Kf4 61. h8=Q Bxh8 62. Qxh8 Kg5 (62... g5 63. Kf2 (63. Ke2 Kg3 $10) 63... Ke4+ 64. Ke2 (64. Kg2 Re5 $10) 64... Re5) 63. Ke2 Rf7 64. Kd3 Rf3+ 65. Kc4 Rf5 66. Qg7 Kh5 67. Qh7+ Kg5 68. Qh8 {CD3 Dies ist noch kein fünfsteiniges Endspiel, aber man kann trotzdem die Endspiel CD einsetzen, indem man in ChessBase für Windows mit Strg-Sh + S die Stellungseingabe aufruft und dann den Bauern c5 vom Brett nimmt. Das Resultat: Mit 68...?f4 oder 68...?g4 hält Schwarz ohne den Bauern c5 remis (theoretisch!).} Kg4 69. Qh6 g5 {Dieser Zug macht einen schlechten Eindruck, weil er die folgende Fesselung ermöglicht. Ohne den Bauern c5 (wie oben beschrieben) würde das Manöver 69...?f4 und dann 70...g5 zum remis genügen. "...zum remis genügen..", das ist so leicht daher gesagt. In Wirklichkeit ist der Weg nicht leicht nachvollziebar. Offenbar ist aber die schwarze Aufstellung günstig, da der Turm den weißen König links abwehrt und die Dame rechts keinen Platz zum manövrieren hat.} 70. Qe6 Kf4 {Erzwungen.} 71. Kd3 {droht ?e4 mit Turmgewinn.} Re5 (71... g4 72. Qe3#) 72. Qf6+ Rf5 73. Qd6+ Re5 {Hier würde sich das Fehlen des Bauern c5 sofort negativ auswirken, weil ?d4 mit Turmgewinn möglich wäre. Das bedeutet, daß Schwarz durch den Bauern c5 zusätzlich Verteidigungsresourcen hat.} (73... Kf3 74. Qe6 (74. Qc6+ Kg3 75. Qg6 Rf3+ 76. Kc4 g4 $10) 74... Rf4 75. Qh3+ Kf2 76. Qh5 c4+ $1 (76... g4 $4 {Gelfand} 77. Qh2+ Kf3 78. Qe2+ Kg3 79. Qe5 $18) 77. Kc3 g4 $10) 74. Qf6+ Rf5 75. Qh6 {In der Stellung ohne Bauern c5 würde jetzt 75...Kg3 zum remis führen.} Re5 {Schwarz braucht der Dame nicht zu erlauben nach h2 zu gelangen.} (75... Rd5+ 76. Ke2 $5) (75... Kf3 $2 {Gelfand} 76. Qh3+ Kf4 77. Qe3+ Kg4 78. Qe6 $18) (75... Kg3 $5 76. Qd6+ (76. Qh5 Rf3+ 77. Ke2 g4 78. Qxc5 Kh3 $10) 76... Rf4 77. Qxc5 Rf3+ 78. Ke4 g4 $10) 76. Qh2+ Kf5 77. Qf2+ Ke6 $2 (77... Kg4 $5 78. Qf6 Rd5+ 79. Ke3 Rd4 $10) 78. Qf3 Kd6 {Mit dem König auf g4 oder g3 hatte die Dame keine Möglichkeit raumgreifend zu manövrieren. Aber jetzt, wo der schwarze König im freien Feld steht, kann sie Ihre ganze Kraft entfalten.} 79. Kc4 Ke6 80. Kb5 Rf5 (80... Kd6 {Endspiel-CD} 81. Qf7 Rd5 $2 82. Qf6+ Kd7 83. Qc6+ $18) 81. Qh3 Kf6 (81... Ke5 82. Kxc5 Kf4+ 83. Kd4 $18) 82. Qh6+ Kf7 {Damit sind Turm und König voneinander gertrennt.} (82... Ke5 {RR: Gelfand unterlaufen in seiner Analyse einige lehrreiche Fehler, die von der CD sehr schön aufgedeckt werden.} 83. Kxc5 $18 g4 $5 (83... Kf4+ 84. Kd6 $1 $18 {CD} (84. Kd4 {Gelfand:!, CD: ?} Kg3 85. Ke3 Rf3+ 86. Ke2 g4 $10 {CD3}) 84... Kg4 85. Qe6 $8 Kf4 86. Qd7 Kg4 87. Ke7 Kf4 88. Ke6 Kg4 89. Qd1+ Rf3 90. Ke5 Kg3 91. Qg1+ Kh4 92. Qh2+ Kg4 93. Qg2+ Rg3 94. Qe4+ Kh3 95. Qe2 g4 96. Kf4 Rf3+ 97. Kg5 $8 Rg3 98. Qf2 Rf3 99. Qh4+ $18 {CD3}) (83... Ke4+ 84. Kd6 g4 85. Qg6 Kf4 86. Ke6 Re5+ 87. Kf6 Ra5 (87... Re3 88. Qf5+ Kg3 89. Kg5 $18) 88. Qd3 $18) 84. Qg6 $18 {CD3 Nur so!} (84. Qe3+ Kf6+ 85. Kd6 (85. Kd4 Rf3 (85... Kg6 $10 {CD3}) 86. Qe5+ (86. Qh6+ Kf5 87. Qh5+ Kf4 (87... Kf6 88. Qxg4 $18) 88. Qe5#) 86... Kg6 87. Ke4 Kh6) 85... Rf3 $140 (85... Kg6 $1 $10 {CD3}) 86. Qh6+ Kf5 87. Qe6+)) 83. Kc4 Re5 84. Kd3 Ke7 85. Qg6 Rd5+ 86. Ke4 Rd4+ 87. Ke5 Kd7 88. Qb6 Rf4 89. Qe6+ Kc7 90. Qd6+ Kc8 91. Qxc5+ {Das Endspiel ist nicht mehr spannend. Mit dem abseits stehenden König ist Schwarz chancenlos.} Kd7 92. Qd6+ Kc8 93. Qg6 1-0 [Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1948.07.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Szabo, Laszlo M."] [Black "Lundin, Erik"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "E91"] [BlackElo "2530"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2304953312392393"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] {[%evp 0,87,7,14,13,20,43,35,48,47,44,38,62,62,68,78,32767,73,83,68,87,94,86,87,60,52,93,82,85,93,125,46,110,-22,123,64,109,141,98,92,95,81,74,71,90,40,32767,73,136,123,81,129,183,105,3,-282,-289,-277,-278,-375,-301,32767,-309,-337,-300,-282,-249,-271,-257,-260,-220,-245,-182,-235,-242,32767,-215,-213,-241,-229,-242,-214,-244,-124,-219,-294,-240,-277,-270,-463]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 $1 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 d6 $5 (7... Bxf1 $1 8. Kxf1 d6) 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nd7 (10... O-O 11. a4 $5 Qb6 12. Ra3 Nc7 (12... Nb4 13. Nd2 Qa6 14. Nb5 $1 $16) 13. Re1 $14) 11. Bf4 (11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb8 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. Rfd1 Nc7 15. b3 $16 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Nd2 Rb4 20. Rc4) 11... O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Rfb8 14. Rab1 Bxc3 $2 (14... Qb7 15. e5 $1 $16) 15. Rxc3 $6 (15. bxc3 $1 f6 16. h4 $40) 15... Qa5 $44 16. Nd2 Nc7 $2 (16... Rxb2 $1 17. Rxb2 Qxc3 18. Rb7 Qc1+ 19. Qf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nab8 $11) 17. Ra3 Qb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. a3 $16 Nb5 20. Be3 Ra4 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nf3 $2 (23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Qc2 $16) (23. Rb1 Ra8 24. h3 Rc8 25. Nf3 Ne5 26. Qd1 Rc4 27. Nd2 Rc5 28. Kh2 $16) 23... Nf6 $2 (23... d3 $1 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Qc3+ Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxe4 $15) 24. Qc2 Ra5 25. Nd2 d3 26. Qc7 $2 (26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Qc3 Rc5 28. Nc4 Qa6 29. Qxd3 $18) (26. Qc3 Rc5 27. Nc4 d2 28. Qxd2 Qb3 29. Qe2 Nd7 30. Rc2 Qa4 31. h3 $18) 26... Qxb2 $15 27. e5 $2 (27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qc3 Qxa3 29. f3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Nd7 31. Rxd3 Ne5 $15) 27... Qxd2 28. exf6 exf6 $19 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxd5 32. Rc1 g5 33. Kf1 gxh4 34. Ra1 f5 35. a4 Kf6 36. Ke1 Re5+ 37. Kd2 Re2+ 38. Kxd3 Rxf2 39. a5 Rxg2 40. a6 Rg8 41. Kc4 f4 42. Kd5 Kf5 43. Kc6 f3 44. Kb7 0-1 [Event "Nice olm fin-A"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Szmetan, Jorge"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2405"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "51"] [GameId "2304955538581304"] [EventDate "1974.??.??"] {[%evp 0,51,19,19,18,10,34,36,45,47,52,46,43,62,57,57,49,50,36,24,18,28,15,24,25,3,48,46,48,49,47,45,56,48,60,39,69,68,73,47,75,128,59,7,65,58,41,42,120,54,66,68,72,92]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 Qa5 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Rb1 Nef6 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. b3 Rfb8 17. a3 Ne8 18. Bb2 Nc7 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Nce4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Rxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Acasusso"] [Site "Ch Argentina, Acasusso (Argent"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Quiroga, Facundo"] [Black "Malbran, Guillermo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2275"] [BlackElo "2315"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2304956282357769"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,21,14,18,10,34,36,55,47,52,38,61,68,82,71,32767,82,88,76,88,70,95,71,88,60,65,56,88,49,32767,32767,31,26,28,8,8,20,15,11,24,13,44,1,32767,32767,32767,12,-1,12,32,11,40,-1,84,59,52,37,76,80,32767,80,94,63,72,-3,-1,-15,21,41,40,13,-1,1,32767,8,1,1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Qb6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Re2 Qa6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rc1 Rfb8 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rb4 21. Ra3 Qb7 22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. a3 Rd4 24. Qb3 Kf8 25. Qb5 Ra4 26. Kh2 Qa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Kg2 e6 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rc2 Rb6 31. h4 h5 32. b4 cxb4 33. Rb2 b3 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke3 d5 36. exd5 exd5 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Rxb3 d4+ 40. Kc2 Re6 41. Kd2 Ra6 42. Rf3 Kc4 43. Kc2 Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villa Ballester open"] [Site "Villa Ballester open"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"] [Black "Rebottaro, Hector Javier"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [BlackElo "2295"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "126"] [GameId "2304956852770965"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] {[%evp 0,124,7,13,11,11,47,44,50,29,53,38,55,62,71,24,25,48,54,57,45,48,63,32767,60,21,48,0,4,6,-28,-44,-59,-62,-51,-100,-57,-98,-104,-87,-107,-78,-144,-122,-136,-107,-100,-154,20,-50,-62,-71,-46,-59,-26,-187,-138,-153,-154,-173,-160,-199,-164,-227,-226,-266,-183,-161,-144,-231,-265,-208,-196,-243,-203,-183,-289,-239,-325,-344,-295,-324,-349,-316,-403,32767,32767,-377,-297,-378,-325,-348,-285,-311,-251,-236,-289,-246,-289,-291,-304,-312,-304,-321,-317,-311,32767,32767,-297,-335,-302,-304,-329,-332,-328,-331,-314,-342,-312,-357,-364,-320,-344,-418,-452,-418,-441]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 Nfd7 13. e4 Nc4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd2 Na3 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Kg2 c4 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rd1 f5 23. Kf3 fxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Bg7 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Bc4 27. Nd2 Bxd5+ 28. Ke3 Rxa3 29. Rc1 Rfa8 30. Rc7 Kf7 31. g4 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Rxa2 33. Kxd3 Ra1 34. Kd4 Rd1 35. Rc2 Bb3 36. Rb2 Be6 37. g5 Bg4 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kd3 Bf5+ 40. Kd4 Re2 41. Nc4 Re4+ 42. Kd5 Rxf4 43. Nxd6+ exd6 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rxh7 Kg8 46. Ra7 Rf2 47. Kxd6 Rd2+ 48. Ke5 Rxh2 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Kf6 Rd2 52. Re7+ Kd8 53. Re1 Rd6+ 54. Kg7 Kd7 55. Kf7 Kc6 56. Kg7 Kd5 57. Kh6 Be4 58. Rf1 Ke5 59. Kg7 Rd7+ 60. Kh6 Rd2 61. Kg7 Rg2 62. Kh6 Rh2+ 63. Kg7 Rh5 0-1 [Event "Women-Veterans"] [Site "London"] [Date "1996.08.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Portisch, Lajos"] [Black "Cramling, Pia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2545"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2304959998589343"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] {[%evp 0,55,21,10,11,13,42,38,41,36,53,38,69,76,76,11,34,10,30,2,2,5,29,0,25,3,21,4,49,35,44,37,59,64,103,5,92,47,63,50,78,102,100,62,71,0,-3,0,5,-17,-1,6,-4,-5,-28,-51,-25,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rab1 Ne8 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. b3 Bc8 16. a4 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Qa7 18. Nd3 c4 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Be1 Nb6 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Nb4 Nxa4 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Qc5 27. Rb3 d5 28. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alma-Ata m3"] [Site "It (blitz), Alma-Ata (Kazakhst"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "GR"] [ECO "A59"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2630"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2304960585730571"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,21,17,11,16,26,35,40,35,46,41,59,63,62,53,78,87,108,77,82,77,56,91,103,81,91,62,56,85,84,84,98,96,94,111,112,121,117,116,130,107,145,105,101,102,166,91,149,81,61,54,12,31,17,32,30,10,26,21,2,1,12,1,8,16,15,1,1,-39,-39,32767,48,46,36,43,54,5,14,7,44,35,41,-1,59]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Nf3 d6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 12. Re1 Na6 13. Re2 Qb6 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bf4 Nb4 17. a3 Na6 18. h4 h5 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Ne4 Kf8 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Ra2 28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Re3 Rbb2 30. Rf3 Rd2 31. Rf4 Kg7 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Ra5 f6 34. Ra7 Rxd5 35. Re4 Re5 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. a4 e6 40. f3 Rg2 41. a5 Rxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2015.11.15"] [Round "3.2"] [White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Perunovic, Milos"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ValhalaWarrior"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2624"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2305393175815264"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Netherlands"] [BlackTeam "Serbia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRB"] [WhiteClock "0:34:16"] [BlackClock "0:36:46"] 1. d4 {[%eval 15,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 15,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 16,0]} c5 {[%eval 56,0]} 3. d5 {[%eval 46,0]} b5 {[%eval 47,0]} 4. cxb5 {[%eval 47,0]} a6 {[%eval 6,0]} 5. bxa6 {[%eval 52,0]} g6 {[%eval 64,0]} 6. Nc3 {[%eval 5,0]} Bg7 {[%eval 6,0]} 7. e4 {[%eval 56,0]} O-O {[%eval 62,0]} 8. a7 {[%eval 93,0]} Rxa7 {[%eval 54,0]} 9. Nf3 {[%eval 65,0]} (9. a4 e6 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Nf3 Na6 12. O-O exd5 13. exd5 d6 14. Re1 $14 (14. h3 $10) (14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Bc4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 $14)) 9... e6 {[%eval 64,0]} 10. Be2 {[%eval 73,0]} exd5 {[%eval 77,0]} 11. exd5 {[%eval 67,0]} d6 {[%eval 68,0]} 12. O-O {[%eval 89,0]} Na6 {[%eval 88,0]} 13. Bb5 {[%eval 58,0]} Qb6 {[%eval 67,0]} 14. a4 {[%eval 8,0]} Bb7 {[%eval 99,0]} 15. Nd2 {[%eval 72,0]} (15. Bf4 Nc7 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Nc4 Qb7 19. Bxd6 Rd8) 15... Nxd5 {[%eval 84,0]} 16. Nc4 {[%eval 83,0]} Nxc3 {[%eval 93,0]} 17. bxc3 {[%eval 100,0]} Qd8 {[%eval 91,0]} 18. Nxd6 {[%eval 85,0]} Ba8 {[%eval 7,0]} 19. Be3 {[%eval 39,0]} Bxc3 $6 {[%eval 133,0] Inaccuracy. Be5 was best.} (19... Be5 20. Nc4 Bxc3 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc1 Nc7 24. Ne3 Ne6 25. f4) 20. Ra3 {[%eval 138,0]} Be5 {[%eval 194,0]} 21. Nc4 $4 {[%eval 17,0] Blunder. Nxf7 was best.} (21. Nxf7 Qxd1 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Rxd1 Bf4 24. Ng4 h5 25. g3 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 Be4) 21... Bd4 {[%eval 2,0]} 22. Rd3 {[%eval 0,0]} Qd5 {[%eval 7,0]} 23. f3 {[%eval 6,0]} Nc7 {[%eval 0,0]} 24. Bxd4 {[%eval 2,0]} cxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} 25. Rxd4 {[%eval 1,0]} Qc5 {[%eval 8,0]} 26. Kh1 {[%eval 5,0]} Nxb5 {[%eval 13,0]} 27. axb5 {[%eval 2,0]} Qxb5 {[%eval 6,0]} 28. Nd6 {[%eval 0,0]} Qb2 {[%eval 4,0]} 29. Rd2 {[%eval 1,0]} Qb4 {[%eval 9,0]} 30. Re1 {[%eval 0,0]} Bc6 {[%eval 0,0]} 31. Rd4 {[%eval 4,0]} Qb2 {[%eval 2,0]} 32. Nc4 {[%eval 5,0]} Qc3 {[%eval 6,0]} 33. Ne5 {[%eval 0,0]} Ra2 {[%eval 0,0]} 34. Nxc6 {[%eval 0,0]} Qxc6 {[%eval 0,0]} 35. Rd2 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxd2 {[%eval 0,0]} 36. Qxd2 {[%eval 0,0]} Re8 {[%eval 0,0]} 37. Rxe8+ {[%eval 0,0]} Qxe8 {[%eval 0,0]} 38. h3 {[%eval 0,0]} h5 {[%eval 0,0]} 39. Qd4 {[%eval 0,0]} Qe1+ {[%eval 0,0]} 40. Kh2 {[%eval 0,0]} Qe6 {[%eval 0,0] 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Qatar Masters op"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2014.12.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Perunovic, Milos"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,Milos"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2619"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2305394631995927"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 {[%eval 15,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 15,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 16,0]} c5 {[%eval 56,0]} 3. d5 {[%eval 46,0]} b5 {[%eval 47,0]} 4. cxb5 {[%eval 47,0]} a6 {[%eval 6,0]} 5. bxa6 {[%eval 52,0]} g6 $1 {[%eval 64,0]} (5... Bxa6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 g6 8. b3) 6. Nc3 {[%eval 5,0]} Bg7 $5 {[%eval 6,0] An interesting line recently discovered as an attempt to avoid the strong g3 ?g2 set up in the Benko particularly with that famous ?b1 idea.} 7. e4 {[%eval 56,0]} O-O {[%eval 62,0]} 8. Nf3 {[%eval 56,0]} (8. a7 $5 Rxa7) 8... Qa5 {[%eval 51,0]} 9. Bd2 {[%eval 53,0]} (9. a7 $2 Nxe4 $1 10. axb8=Q Rxb8 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. b3 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) (9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxd3) 9... Bxa6 {[%eval 56,0]} 10. Be2 {[%eval 56,0] An alternative is possible, for example play may continue like this: [#] An alternative is possible, for example play may continue like this:} (10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2 d6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Rfb8 14. O-O Ne8 15. Bc3 Nc7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ra3 Nxb5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qf6 23. Qe2 Ra4) 10... d6 {[%eval 53,0]} (10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 d6 12. O-O Qa6 13. Qd1 {with transposition to the text.}) (10... Qb4 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Rfb8 13. O-O Qxb2 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rab1 Qd8 16. Rxb8 Nxb8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nb5 d6 19. e6 f5 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Qc4 Rb8 22. Rb3 Nf6 23. h3 {with interesting play. This is of course just one of many possible ideas how to conduct a little explored line.}) 11. O-O {[%eval 57,0]} Bxe2 {[%eval 48,0]} 12. Qxe2 {[%eval 47,0]} Qa6 {[%eval 54,0] [#]} 13. Qd1 {[%eval 47,0] An interesting attempt which certainly deserves serious attention. with transposition to the text.} (13. Rfe1 Nbd7 (13... Qxe2 14. Rxe2 Nbd7 {also deserves consideration, in the spirit of the Benko ...?fb8 comes next}) 14. Nb5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxb5 16. Qxe7 Nb6 17. Qxd6 Nc4 18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. dxc6 Nxb2 $5 (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21. Bf4 Rxc6 22. Re4 Bd4 23. Rc1 $14 {1-0 (40) Ragger,M (2644)-Bologan,V (2654) Tromso 2014}) 20. Re7 Rfc8 21. c7 Nd3 22. Rb1 c4 {Black is perfectly ok.}) (13. Nb5 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxb5 15. Bc3 Re8 $5 (15... Nd7 16. Qxe7 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Qxd6 $14) (15... Qb7 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Ng5 $1 {now this idea may become dangereous} Rxa2 (18... Nd7) 19. Rd3 Nd7 $1 (19... Qd7 $2 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Nxh7 $1 $18 {1-0 (29) Greenfeld,A (2536)-Enkhtuul,A (2236) Paramaribo 2014}) 20. Nxf7 Bxc3 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. bxc3 Qb2 23. Qh4 Ra1 $1 $17) 16. a4 Qb7 $13) 13... Nbd7 {[%eval 61,0]} 14. Qc2 {[%eval 55,0]} Rfb8 {[%eval 49,0] [#]} 15. a4 {[%eval 54,0]} Ne8 {[%eval 8,0]} (15... Qc4 16. Ra3 (16. Rfb1 Qb3 $1) 16... Rb7 17. Bc1 $5 (17. b3 Qb4 18. Rfa1 c4 $1 19. Nb5 cxb3 20. Qc6 Qxe4 $1 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Nc3 Rxb7 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rb1 b2 25. a5 Ndc5 26. a6 Ra7 27. Be3 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Nxa6 29. Bd4 Nd2 30. Nxd2 Bxd4 31. Nc4 Nc7 32. Nxb2 Nxd5 33. Nd1 Kg7 {½-½ (42) Bremner,A (2207)-Bojkov,D (2503) Hinckley 2014}) 17... Rab8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. Nb5 Ne8 20. Nc4 $16) 16. Ra3 {[%eval 63,0]} (16. Nb5 Nb6 $132) 16... Nc7 {[%eval 86,0]} 17. Rb1 {[%eval 84,0]} Nb6 {[%eval 96,0]} 18. b3 {[%eval 94,0]} Qc8 $1 {[%eval 103,0] Black is looking for the f5-break and is also heading for ?a6-b4. [#] Black is looking for the f5-break and is also heading for ?a6-b4.} 19. a5 {[%eval 107,0]} Nd7 {[%eval 107,0]} 20. Ra4 {[%eval 99,0]} Na6 {[%eval 100,0]} 21. Nd1 $6 {[%eval 4,0] Inaccuracy. Na2 was best. Not the best move in my opinion.} (21. Na2 Rb7 (21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc1 Rb5 24. Nd3 Bd4 25. Ne1 Qb7 26. Qc4 Rb8) 22. Bc3 Qf8 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Nd2 Ne5 25. h3 $16 {Black's compensation is not obvious.}) 21... Nb4 $1 {[%eval 55,0]} 22. Qc4 {[%eval 9,0]} Qd8 {[%eval 6,0]} 23. Bxb4 {[%eval 1,0]} cxb4 {[%eval 18,0]} 24. Rxb4 {[%eval 15,0]} Rc8 $44 {[%eval 4,0] Black missed a better idea: [#] Black missed a better idea:} (24... Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. b4 Rb5 28. Ne3 Nc5 $1 29. Nd2 Na6 30. Nc2 f5 $1 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Nc4 Kf7 {and Black is fine here.}) 25. Qe2 {[%eval 41,0]} Rxa5 $44 {[%eval 49,0] Black has good practical play here, the knight will nove to c5, and the dark-squared bishop is influencing the whole of the board.} 26. Ne3 {[%eval 42,0]} (26. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Ne5 28. Ne3 Qb6 29. Qd2 Ra3 $44 {White is a pawn up still, but Black has strong play.}) 26... Rca8 {[%eval 7,0]} 27. Rc4 {[%eval 44,0]} Nc5 {[%eval 96,0]} (27... Ra1 $1 28. Rcc1 R1a2 29. Qd3 Bh6 $44) 28. b4 {[%eval 64,0]} Ra2 {[%eval 109,0]} (28... Ra1 $5 29. Rf1 R1a2 30. Nc2 Na4) 29. Qf1 {[%eval 85,0]} Na4 {[%eval 83,0]} 30. Rbc1 {[%eval 76,0] It seems that White missed a better idea:} (30. Qc1 $5 Nb6 31. Rc6 Qb8 (31... Ra1 32. Nc2 $1 R1a2 33. h3 $16) 32. h3 $16 Nd7 33. b5 Ra1 34. Kh2 {Black still has to prove his compensation.}) 30... Bb2 {[%eval 8,0]} 31. Re1 {[%eval 85,0]} Bc3 {[%eval 9,0]} 32. Rc1 {[%eval 92,0]} Bb2 {[%eval 9,0]} 33. Re1 {[%eval 8,0] None of the sides can improve and thus a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Chess Informant Rapid/Blitz"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "2014.08.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Shankland, Samuel L"] [Black "Perunovic, Milos"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ValhalaWarrior"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2624"] [BlackElo "2602"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2305395278891589"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. d4 {[%eval 15,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 15,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 16,0]} c5 {[%eval 56,0]} 3. d5 {[%eval 46,0]} b5 {[%eval 47,0]} 4. cxb5 {[%eval 47,0]} a6 {[%eval 6,0]} 5. bxa6 {[%eval 52,0]} g6 {[%eval 64,0]} 6. Nc3 {[%eval 5,0]} Bg7 {[%eval 6,0]} 7. e4 {[%eval 56,0]} O-O {[%eval 62,0]} 8. Nf3 {[%eval 49,0]} Qa5 {[%eval 53,0]} 9. Bd2 {[%eval 42,0]} Bxa6 {[%eval 49,0]} 10. Be2 {[%eval 49,0]} d6 {[%eval 55,0]} 11. O-O {[%eval 52,0]} Bxe2 {[%eval 6,0]} 12. Qxe2 {[%eval 64,0]} Qa6 {[%eval 77,0]} 13. Rfe1 $6 {[%eval 16,0] Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best.} (13. Qd1 $1 Nbd7 14. Qc2 Rfb8 $44 15. h3 (15. Rfb1 Ng4 16. a4 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. a5 Nd3 $36) 15... Ne8 16. a4 Rb4 17. a5 Qc4 18. Rfb1 Qb3) (13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qg5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. Qg4 Bxe5 $44) 13... Qxe2 {[%eval 26,0]} 14. Rxe2 {[%eval 19,0]} Nbd7 $44 {[%eval 22,0]} 15. e5 {[%eval 11,0]} Ng4 {[%eval 23,0]} 16. exd6 {[%eval 27,0]} exd6 {[%eval 26,0]} 17. Bf4 {[%eval 25,0]} Nge5 {[%eval 31,0]} (17... Rfb8 $5 18. Bxd6 Rxb2 19. Rxb2 Bxc3 20. Rb7 Bxa1 21. Rxd7 Nf6 22. Rb7 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Rxa2 $10) 18. Nxe5 {[%eval 29,0]} Nxe5 {[%eval 32,0]} 19. Nb5 {[%eval 22,0]} (19. a4 Rfb8 20. a5 Nc4 21. Nd1 Rb5 22. Ra4 (22. g3 Bd4 $44) 22... Nxb2 23. Nxb2 Bxb2 24. h4 $10) 19... Ra6 $2 {[%eval 137,0] Mistake. Rfb8 was best.} (19... Rfb8 $1 20. Nxd6 Nd3 21. g3 (21. Bg3 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Nxb2 23. Re1 c4 $44) 21... Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rxa2 25. Kg2) 20. Nxd6 $16 {[%eval 134,0]} Nd3 {[%eval 139,0]} (20... Rxd6 21. Bxe5 Rxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc2 $16 Ra8 24. b3 h5 25. g3 Ra7 26. Re1 $16) 21. Bg3 {[%eval 168,0]} f5 {[%eval 104,0]} 22. Nb5 $2 {[%eval 8,0] Mistake. Nc4 was best.} (22. Nc4 f4 23. Bh4 Ra4 24. Rd2 Rxc4 25. Rxd3 Rf7 (25... Bxb2 26. Re1 $16) 26. Re1 Rd7 27. d6 Rc2 $16) 22... f4 {[%eval 6,0]} 23. Bh4 {[%eval 1,0]} g5 {[%eval 8,0]} 24. Bxg5 {[%eval 0,0]} Rg6 {[%eval 0,0]} 25. Bh4 {[%eval 0,0]} f3 {[%eval 1,0]} 26. Rd2 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxg2+ $13 {[%eval 0,0]} 27. Kh1 {[%eval 0,0]} c4 {[%eval 0,0]} 28. d6 {[%eval 0,0]} Kf7 {[%eval 8,0]} 29. Rg1 {[%eval 0,0]} Bf6 $6 {[%eval 103,0] Inaccuracy. Bh6 was best.} (29... Bh6 30. Rdd1 Bg5 (30... Nxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Rxf2 32. Rgf1 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Ke8 34. Nd4 f2 35. Nc2 Bg7 36. b4 cxb3 37. axb3 Kd7 $10) 31. Bg3 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Ng4+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+) 30. Bxf6 {[%eval 124,0]} Rfg8 $6 {[%eval 198,0] Inaccuracy. Rxf2 was best.} (30... Rxf2 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Bh4 Rxb2 33. Nd4 f2 34. Rf1 Rfb8 35. Kg2 Rg8+ 36. Bg3 Ke8 37. Nf3 $16) 31. Rxg2 $4 {[%eval -32755,0] Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rf1 was best.} (31. Rf1 Kxf6 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. d7 R2g7 34. Nxf3 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Rc1 Rb8 $18) 31... fxg2+ {[%eval -32757,0]} 32. Kg1 {[%eval -32757,0]} Nf4 {[%eval -32759,0] 0-1 Black wins.} 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch 99th"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "2024.11.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Flores, Diego"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2433"] [BlackElo "2552"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2191628013274101"] [EventDate "2024.11.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CB50_2024"] [SourceDate "2024.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.11.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Qf5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 d6 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bc4+ d5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Ba3 Rg6 22. Qe3 Qd7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Bxc5 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Re5 28. Rae1 Qg4 29. Bd6 Nf4 0-1