[Event "London International Masters"] [Site "London"] [Date "1883.05.05"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"] [Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (10s)"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1883.04.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "26"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 16,65,4,1,39,43,49,41,51,40,63,36,36,31,52,52,51,53,60,44,60,57,60,55,74,65,65,56,104,115,344,332,327,318,294,267,879,879,726,709,1192,1162,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd2 c5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Bxd5 exd5 {1-0 (48) Zukertort,J-Hruby,V Vienna 1882}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qe7 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 (13. Nb1 {with more complications.} Nd7 14. cxd5 Qg5 15. Qd3 exd5 16. a4) 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 {[%CAl Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} g6 21. Re3 f5 (21... Rc6 $14 {might be stronger.}) 22. exf6 $16 Nxf6 $2 (22... Qxf6 $16 {was called for.} 23. Qe1 Kf7) 23. f5 $18 Ne4 24. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 {[#]} 25. fxg6 $1 Rc2 $2 (25... h5) 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. d5+ $1 e5 {[#]} 28. Qb4 $3 {[%CAl Rb4e7][%mdl 512]} R8c5 {[#]} (28... Qxb4 29. Bxe5+) 29. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxh7 (29... Qxf8 30. Bxe5+) 30. Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 {[#]} 32. Bg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (32... Qxg7 33. Qe8#) 33. Qxe7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 25%.} 1-0 [Event "Barcelona Casino"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "2007.10.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2007.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 121"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2 c5 12. exd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1 b5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Qd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. Bxf6 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bc5+ 23. Kf3 Rxf6+ 24. Kg4 Ne5+ 25. Kg5 Rg6+ 26. Kh5 f6 27. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kh4 Bc8 0-1 [Event "Montreal"] [Site "Montreal"] [Date "1979.04.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1979.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. g3 Re8 15. Nd1 Nxh2 16. c5 Nxf1 17. cxd6 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxd6 19. Kf2 Qh6 20. Bd4 Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rbd8 26. Bf1 Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 28. Bxc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re5 31. Bb4 Qb6 0-1 [Event "London Classic"] [Site "London"] [Date "2009.12.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2009.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "Mega2010 Update 02"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.12.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.12.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Na5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Qh5 32. Ne2 Bf5 33. e4 Bg4 34. Ng3 Qf7 35. Bf1 Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4 Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bf4 Qd1 40. Kf2 Nb3 41. Be2 Qb1 42. Bc4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 1-0 [Event "Monte Carlo"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Portisch, Lajos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [SourceTitle "Mammoth Book"] [Source "Gambit ?"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8. d3 Be7 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Rc2 Bf8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nh4 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ 1-0 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.09"] [Round "13"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2714"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (12s)"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "Mammoth Book"] [Source "Gambit ?"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 15,50,0,0,0,0,-38,-39,-83,-81,-102,-87,-149,-143,-104,-104,-206,-243,-255,-254,-258,-253,-249,-231,-245,-240,-805,-787,-778,-703,-2272,-1555,-1925,-1747,-1956,-1720,-29988,-29982]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (5... Qb6 6. Nb5 Ne5 7. Bf4 a6 8. Bxe5 axb5 9. e4 Bc5 10. Qd2 f6 11. Bf4 b4 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 {0-1 (51) Khalifman,A (2660)-Ionov,S (2530) St Petersburg 1998}) 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Ndb5 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc3 d4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. axb4 Qxa1 12. Nb5 Nf6 13. Nc7+ {0-1 (41) Lerner,K (2550)-Huzman,A (2390) Kuibyshev 1986}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O $1 11. Qb3 (11. O-O $15 {feels stronger.}) 11... dxc4 $17 12. Qxc4 e5 {...Be6 is the strong threat.} 13. Nd6 (13. Qb3 $142) 13... Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 14. Qd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Nxe4 (15. Qc2 $17) 15... Nxe4 $19 16. Bxe4 Rad8 $1 {[%CAl Rd8d3]} 17. Qc2 ({Don't play} 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 17... Nd4 $1 {[%CAl Rd4c2]} 18. Qb2 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 18... Nxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Kxe2 {[#]} (19. Qxe2 Qxc3+) 19... Rfe8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Bc4+.} 20. Qb4 $2 (20. f3 f5 21. Bxb7 Qxc3 22. Kf2 (22. Qxc3 {gets mated.} Bc4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 23. Kf2 Re2+ 24. Kg1 Rd1+ 25. Qe1 Rdxe1#) 22... Qxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece, Deflection} 23. Bxb2 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kg1 Rxb2 25. Ba6) 20... Qh5+ 21. f3 f5 22. g4 Qh3 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 {[#]} Rxe4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 98%.} 0-1 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.02.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (12s)"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 23,77,18,25,20,31,16,53,49,65,48,82,85,60,45,164,163,163,170,170,159,166,166,166,160,166,175,255,248,247,242,265,246,1060,1059,1015,1026,1000,986,937,468,468,468,447,403,402,391,393,290,308,301,357,283,328,289,406,396]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 $146 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bf4 Be8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxd6 g5 17. Nxe8 gxf4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nc7 {½-½ (20) Speelman,J (2570)-Hulak,K (2515) Banja Luka 1983}) 11... Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Qb8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} dxc5 ({Better is} 18... Qc7 $14 19. Nxd7 (19. cxb5 dxc5 20. bxc6 Bxc6 $11) 19... Qxd7) 19. Qxd7 $18 Rc8 {[#]} 20. Rxe6 $1 ({But not} 20. Bxc6 $6 Ra7 $11) 20... Ra7 21. Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {And now ...Nd4 would win.} 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. cxb5 Bf6 {[#]} (24... Rd6 $142 25. Qe4 Bf6) 25. Ne4 $1 {[%csl LRc5,LRf6]} Bd4 26. bxa6 Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 $2 {[#]} (27... c4 28. f5 gxf5) 28. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd4 (28... cxd4 29. Qf6+) 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qe8+ (31. Qh6+ $142 Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nh5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2) 31... Kg7 32. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxa7 {[%csl Ge8][%CAl Ra7f7]} Qxf6 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 (38... Qe7 {was necessary.} 39. Qb6 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Qd5) 39. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "URS Spartakiad"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1964.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "1964.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Mammoth Book"] [Source "Gambit ?"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7 7. Na4 Bxb2 8. Nxb2 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O b6 12. Na4 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d3 Qf6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Nd6 18. Ne1 d4 19. e4 Qe7 20. Nc2 f5 21. exf5 Ne5 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Re1 Qe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Nb2 gxf5 28. Re1 Bh5 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Re8 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ne1 a6 35. a4 a5 36. Kc2 Be8 37. Kb3 Bc6 38. Ka3 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kg6 40. Ka3 Kh5 41. h3 Kg6 42. Kb3 Kg7 43. Ka3 Kf6 44. Kb3 Be8 45. Ng2 Bh5 46. Kc2 Be2 47. Ne1 Bf1 48. Nf3 Bxh3 49. Ng5 Bg2 50. Nxh7+ Kg7 51. Ng5 Kg6 52. Kd2 Bc6 53. Kc1 Bg2 54. Kd2 Kh5 55. Ne6 Kg4 56. Nc7 Bc6 57. Nd5 Kxg3 58. Ne7 Bd7 59. Nd5 Bxa4 60. Nxb6 Be8 61. Nd5 Kf3 62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Ne6 a4 64. Nxc5 a3 65. Nb3 a2 66. Kc1 Kxf4 67. Kb2 Ke3 68. Na5 Be8 69. c5 f4 70. c6 Bxc6 71. Nxc6 f3 72. Ne5 f2 0-1