[Event "Leningrad Chigorin Memorial"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1951.01.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1951.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Be7 7. e3 ({RR} 7. e4 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxc4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qb5 b6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 {Okhotnik,V (2411)-Gal,J (2333) Hungary 2013 ½-½ (59)}) 7... h6 ({RR} 7... Nd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. a5 c5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qb1 h6 18. a6 Bc6 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Qd3 {Kaczmarek,A (2074)-Marciniak,L (1959) Krakow POL 2026 ½-½ (33)}) 8. Bh4 c5 $146 ({RR} 8... Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. a5 Rd8 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bf1 Be8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Qa3 Kf8 20. dxc5 Rdc8 21. Nb3 Ne4 22. a6 Nxc5 23. axb7 {Sinanan,J (2229)-Pupols,V (2072) Lynnwood 2014 ½-½ (105)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. O-O N7f6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Rf3 a6 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. f5 Bd7 23. Nxf7+ {Bret,J (1551)-Chan,H Hong Kong 2013 1-0}) 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. h3 Na5 19. Qb4 a6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Re7 23. Qb4 Kf8 24. Rab1 f6 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qf3 Kf7 27. Rb6 Qxc5 28. Rxb7 Qxc3 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Qb7+ Kf6 31. Qxa6 Qb3 32. Ra1 Qb2 33. Qf1 Rc2 34. Rd1 Qa3 35. Ra1 Qb2 36. Qb1 Rxf2 37. Qxb2+ Rxb2 38. a5 Rb7 39. a6 Ra7 40. Ra5 Ke7 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Kf3 g6 43. Kf4 e5+ 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. e4 f4 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Kd3 Kc7 48. Kc4 Kb8 49. Kd5 Rd7+ 50. Kxe5 Rd2 51. a7+ Ka8 52. Kxf4 Rxg2 53. e5 Rf2+ 54. Ke4 Re2+ 55. Kd5 g5 56. e6 h5 1-0 [Event "Quebec op"] [Site "Montreal"] [Date "2004.07.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bachand Fleurent, Julien"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2568"] [BlackElo "2075"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2004.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. Nd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Qf5 Neg4 20. Bxg4 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Nxg4 22. Rc2 Bf4+ 23. Kg1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Bf4+ 26. Kg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qg2+ {Rodriguez,D (2218)-Parra Cabrera,E (2244) Las Tunas 2003 0-1 (31)}) 15... Qd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rac1 Qf7 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. Ne2 e5 22. Ng3 g6 23. e4 Nb4 24. Bb1 d4 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. a3 Nc6 27. b4 Kh8 28. Bd3 b5 29. Nf1 Nh5 30. g3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Nd8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Bc1 Qc3 34. Qa2 Qc8 35. Bh6 Re8 36. Rc1 Qd7 37. Qc2 Qe7 38. Be2 Nf6 39. Nh2 Qb7 40. Ng4 Nd7 41. Bg5 h5 42. Nf6 Rf8 43. Nd5 Nb6 44. Nxb6 Qxb6 45. Qc8 a5 46. Qd7 Kg8 47. Bxb5 Qb7 48. Bc4+ Kh8 49. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 50. Kg1 Qf5 51. Rf1 Qxg5 52. Qxf8+ 1-0 [Event "Bordeaux sim"] [Site "Bordeaux"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Levieux, Pascal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Knaak,Rainer} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 ({RR} 17. dxe6 Bxg2 ({RR} 17... Qxe6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Re1 Qf5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Qd6 Bxg5 22. Re7 Ka8 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. hxg5 Qh3 25. Qg2) 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5) 17... Bxd5 ({RR} 17... b3 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd3 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rad1) ({RR} 17... exd5 18. axb4 Qe6 19. Nc3 cxb4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. Ra5 Nd3 25. Rfa1) 18. Bxd5 exd5 ({RR} 18... Ne5 19. Qe2 ({RR} 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ ({RR} 20... Qd6 21. bxc5) ({RR} 20... Qb5 21. bxc5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 a6 23. b3 Qxb3 24. Be3) 21. Rxf2 Qb6 ({RR} 21... Rxd5 22. Qc1 Qd6) 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qe2) 19... Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qd6 ({RR} 21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Ra5) 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Be3 Nd3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Qd4 27. Ra5 Rd8 28. Rfa1 Rd7 29. h4 Nxb2 30. h5 Nd3 31. h6 b3 32. h7 Rd8 33. Kg2 {Grischuk,A (2752)-Shirov,A (2705) Porto Carras 2011 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 18... Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Nd3 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Rxa7 Bxa7 26. Bxa7 Kb7 27. Bf2 Ra8 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rd6 Ra6 31. Rd1 Ra2 32. f4 Nd3 33. Bd4 {Sosa Florez,J (1671)-Arango,A (2142) Ibague 2013 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 18... Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 ({RR} 22. Qxe5 Rxa1 23. Nb5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb7) 22... Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 ({RR} 23... Bc5 24. Rc1) ({RR} 23... b3 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Ra1) 24. b3 ({RR} 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Nd2 Qxg5 ({RR} 25... Bc5 26. Qxc4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rh7) 26. Qxc4+ Nc5 27. Ne4 Qh5 28. Rc1) 24... Qe5 25. Rd1 ({RR} 25. Qf3 Qf5) ({RR} 25. Bf4 Nxf4 ({RR} 25... Qh5 26. g4 Rg8 27. f3 Nxf4 28. Qxc4+ Kb8 29. Rc1) 26. Qxc4+ Kb8 27. gxf4 Qh5 28. Rc1) ({RR} 25. Rc1 Nxc1 26. Qxc4+ Qc7 27. Qxc1 ({RR} 27. Qa6+ Kd8 28. Bf4 e5) 27... Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a5 29. g4 ({RR} 29. Ng5 Bh6 30. Nxf7 Bxc1 31. Nxh8 a4 32. f4 Bb2 33. f7 Bg7) 29... Kd7 30. Kg2 Bd6) 25... Nc5 ({RR} 25... Bc5 26. Qf3 ({RR} 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Bb6 28. Qc4+ Qc7 29. Qxb4 Rd8 30. Kg2) 26... Qd5 ({RR} 26... Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 cxb3 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Bc1 a5) ({RR} 26... Qc7 27. bxc4 Ne5) 27. bxc4 Ne5 28. cxd5 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxg5 30. Nxg5) ({RR} 25... a5 26. Bf4 Qb2 ({RR} 26... Qh5 27. g4 Rg8 28. f3) 27. Qf3) ({RR} 25... Qb2 26. Qe3 ({RR} 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Rc1 ({RR} 27. Ra1 cxb3 28. Rxa7 ({RR} 28. Nd2 Bc5) 28... Nd3 29. Nd2 ({RR} 29. Rxf7 b2 30. Nd2 Ne1) 29... b2 30. Nb1 Nxf2) 27... c3 28. Nxc3 Nd3 29. Rc2 Ne1 30. Rc1 Nd3) 26... Qxb3 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Qxa7 Bc5 29. Qa6+ ({RR} 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Ra7+ Bxa7 31. Qxa7+) 29... Kc7 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Qd6+ Kb7 32. Qa6+ Kc7) 26. Qxc4 Qxe4 27. Qb5 Kc7 28. Be3 Rh5 ({RR} 28... Qc6 29. Bf4+) ({RR} 28... a6 29. Qa5+ Kc6 30. Rc1) 29. Qe8 ({RR} 29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Rd4 Qc6 ({RR} 30... Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Nxb3 32. Rd7+ Kc6 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Qxh5 Kxc7 35. Qxf7+) 31. Qd8) 29... Rd5 30. Ra1 ({RR} 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qxf8 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+) 30... Rd8 31. Qxf7+ ({RR} 31. Rxa7+ Kc8) 31... Kc6 32. Qxa7 Qc2 33. h4 {Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Lutz,C (2580) Horgen 1994 CBM 043 [Knaak,Rainer] 1-0 (42)} {RR} Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. f7 Qxb3 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kxc5 39. f8=Q+ Kd5 40. h5) 19. Qxd5 $146 ({RR} 19. axb4 Qe6 20. h4 Bh6 21. f4 cxb4 22. Qd4 Kb7 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. Re7 Kb8 25. Rxf7 Bf8 26. f5 Nb6 27. Bf4+ Bd6 28. Nc5 Bxf4 29. Qxf4+ Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Rxd6 31. Raxa7 Rhd8 32. Na6+ {1-0 (32) Osthoff,M (1964)-Zellweger,W (1960) Bayern 2008}) 19... Qxa4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. Qxf7 Qd7 22. Rxa7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 cxb4 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Ra1 Kb8 26. Ba7+ Kc8 27. Bd4 Nc7 28. Bb6 Bd6 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Bxc7 Bxc7 32. Rxc4 Bd6 33. f4 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. b3 Kd7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kxf6 38. h4 Kf5 39. h5 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas-10"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1981.06.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2415"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1981.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. exf6 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qh5 Rg6 17. Ne4 Rxd4 18. Qh7 $146 ({RR} 18. Rad1 c5 19. Qh7 Qc7 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qh8+ Kd7 22. Rxd4+ Bxd4 23. Rd1 e5 24. Bh3+ Kc6 25. a4 a6 26. Qe8+ Kb6 27. Qe7 Qc6 28. Qd8+ Ka7 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 {0-1 (30) Kahe,R-Endt,B Germany 1995}) ({RR} 18. a4 Bh6 19. a5 Qc7 20. Qc5 Rd5 21. Qxa7 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Kxb8 23. a6 Ba8 24. Nc3 Rd2 25. Nxb5 Rxb2 26. a7+ {1-0 (26) Nemet,I (2435)-Papa,S (2132) Zuerich 1999}) 18... Qc7 19. h4 c5 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Nc3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Kh3 Re8 25. Ne4 Kb8 26. Qh5 e5 27. Qf5 1-0 [Event "Koop Tjuchem"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Lutz,Christopher"] [PlyCount "127"] [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"] 1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. b3 (6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Ne4 $5 8. Nd2 (8. Nxe4 {Dorfman,I} dxe4 9. Nd2 f5 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 Nf6 $11) 8... f5 9. Ndxe4 fxe4 10. f4 O-O 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 g5 $13 {½-½ Gurevich,M-Dorfman,I/Moskva (GMA) 1990 (41)}) 6... Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 $5 {Schwarz nutzt aus, daß Weiß nicht ?c2 gespielt hat, um in einen Stonewall überzulenken. Weniger verpflichtend sind Aufbauten mit ...b6.} 9. Qc2 f5 10. a4 Rf6 $5 {Schwarz wirft seine Figuren auf den Königsflügel. Das Problem ist jedoch, daß ?a8 und ?c8 nicht mitspielen.} (10... Qe7 11. a5 $5) (10... a5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 b6 13. Rc1 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qxc6 exf3 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8 fxe2 18. Re1 Qe7 $13) 13... Bb7 {führt zu einer normalen Stonewall-Stellung. Weiß darf sich einen leichten Vorteil ausrechnen, da er die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen konnte. Allerdings ist der Einschub von a2-a4 und ...a7-a5 eher hindelich für ihn, da er Schwierigkeiten hat, b4 durchzusetzen.}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Nb1 a5 12. Ba3 Bb4 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Ne1 f4 15. Bd3 fxe3 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. fxe3 Rxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Qh4 19. h3 e5 20. Qf2 Qe7 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Kg1 Nh5 24. Rf1 exd4 25. exd4 {Mkrtchyan,M (2353)-Mammadzada,G (2390) Doha QAT 2025 ½-½ (57)}) 11. Ba3 Bb8 $146 ({RR} 11... Bc7 12. Rac1 Rh6 13. g3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. f3 Rc8 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Be8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. c5 a6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Rce1 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 {Truskavetsky,A (2370)-Nosach,R (1410) Yalta 2022 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 11... Bc7 12. Rac1 Rh6 13. g3 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. f3 Rc8 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Be8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. c5 a6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Rce1 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 {Truskavetsky,A (2370)-Nosach,R (1410) Yalta 2022 1-0 (44)}) 12. Rad1 Rh6 13. g3 Qe8 14. Kg2 a5 15. Rc1 {Mit der Idee, zweimal auf d5 zuschlagen, da der ?c8 durchhängt.} Ndf6 16. Ne5 g5 {Plant ...g4, um das Feld e4 für den Springer zu sichern.} 17. h3 (17. f3 $2 Qh5) 17... Bc7 18. f3 Nxc3 (18... Qh5 19. Rh1) 19. Qxc3 Nd7 20. Rh1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bd7 22. Kf2 Bb6 23. Bd6 Qf7 24. Rcg1 Kh8 25. c5 $16 {Weiß hat klaren Vorteil, da er über zwei Ideen verfügt (b3-b4 und g3-g4), während Schwarz nur abwarten kann.} Bd8 26. Qd4 Be7 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Ke2 Bd8 29. g4 Rh4 30. Bxf5 $1 Qg7 (30... exf5 31. e6+ $18) 31. Bd3 Qh6 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. b4 Be8 34. b5 Bg6 35. e4 Qg7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rb1 Qh6 38. exd5 Bxd3+ 39. Qxd3 cxd5 40. c6 Rxh3 41. Rxh3 Qxh3 42. Rb8 Qh2+ 43. Kd1 Qf4 44. c7 Bxc7 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Bxc7 Qxa4+ 47. Ke2 Qa2+ 48. Ke1 Qa1+ 49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50. Qe2 Qc3 51. Bd6 Kg7 52. Qb5 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 Qf4+ 54. Kg2 Qd2+ 55. Kh3 Qf4 56. Qb7+ Qf7 57. Qxf7+ Kxf7 { Hecht wK+L vs 3 weit voneinander entfernte einzelne Freibauern. Tempofrage, Quadratregel; passiver sK!} 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Bc5 a4 60. Kf2 h6 (60... h5 {Hecht} 61. gxh5+ Kxh5 62. Kg3 Kg6 (62... Kh6 63. Kg4 Kg6 64. Bb4 d4 65. f4 d3 (65... gxf4 66. Kxf4 d3 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Bc3 $18) 66. fxg5 a3 67. Kf3 a2 68. Bc3 d2 69. Ke2 $18) 63. Kg4 Kh6 64. Be3 a3 65. Bxg5+ Kg6 66. Bc1 a2 67. Bb2) 61. Ke3 h5 62. Kd3 h4 63. Kc3 a3 (63... h3 {Hecht} 64. Bg1 a3 (64... d4+ 65. Kxd4 a3 66. Kc3 $18) 65. Kb3 d4 66. Kxa3 d3 67. Kb3 $18) 64. Kb3 1-0 [Event "Beersheba"] [Site "Beersheba"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lederman, Leon S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2375"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1988.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 009"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nce4 16. Be1 Qb6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Be1 Bf6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. h3 Bxd4 24. exd4 {McCormick,C (2059)-Alexander,J (1999) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (36)}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Ng5 b6 12. Nce4 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bc3 g6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qa4 Qc4 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qd6 Qc7 23. Qa3 Qe7 24. Qa4 Qg5 25. Rxd5 e5 {Artemiev,V (2697)-Fedoseev,V (2683) chess.com INT 2023 1-0}) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Qd1 Bb7 13. Be2 h6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qh4 Bd6 19. a3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f3 Bd5 22. f4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Ne4 24. Bd4 Qb7 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qg6 Qf7 {Comp Deep Blue Pro-Illescas Cordoba,M (2595) Internet 1995 ½-½ (47)}) 12... Bb7 13. Be1 Qb8 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Neg4 17. g3 Qe5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qa4 Qh5 20. h4 e5 21. Rd6 Qf5 22. Qd1 h5 23. Qd3 e4 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. f4 Neg4 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. Rd4 Nh6 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Nb5 Rac8 30. Nd6 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Bd5 32. Bb4 Qe6 33. Kg2 a5 34. Ba3 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rd7 36. Qxb6 Ne8 37. Qxa5 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Nf5 39. Be5 f6 40. Rxd5 Nxe3+ 41. Kf2 1-0 [Event "San Sebastian op 34th"] [Site "San Sebastian"] [Date "2011.04.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Alvarez Fernandez, Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [BlackElo "2374"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2011.04.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. g4 ({RR} 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b4 ({RR} 10... bxc4 11. bxc4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5) 11. Na4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 Rab8 16. c5 a5 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 18. a3 ({RR} 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qh4 Ba6) 18... Nf6 19. Qh4 Ba6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb6 Bb5 22. Qf4 Rb8 {Barbero,G (2495)-Larsen,B (2560) Buenos Aires 1991 CBM 024 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (34)}) 8... h6 9. Rg1 g5 $146 ({RR} 9... b5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf8 12. Nf3 g6 13. Bd3 N6d7 14. e4 dxc4 15. bxc4 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bb2 Rh3 18. Rg3 Rxg3 19. hxg3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qa5 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. a3 Qh5 23. Qe3 e5 24. Ba7 {Walbaum,K (2144)-Pieper Emden,C (2156) Germany 2014 0-1}) 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Bd3 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. c5 O-O-O 20. Be3 Kb8 21. Nb6 a5 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Ke1 Ba6 25. Bd4 Kb7 26. Rg3 Rh8 27. Rf3 Bd8 28. Re3 Qe7 29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Qe8 31. a3 Qg8 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rb3 Ba5 34. Ke2 Qh7 35. Qxh7 Rxh7 36. Be3 Rh3 37. Rb1 Ka6 38. Kd3 Kb7 39. Ke4 Rh4 40. Kf3 Rh3+ 41. Kg2 Rh8 42. Bxg5 Rg8 43. f4 Kc7 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Rb3 Rh8 46. Kg2 Rg8 47. Kg3 Rh8 48. Bh4 Kd7 49. f5 Rb8 50. Kf4 Rh8 51. Be1 exf5 52. Kxf5 Ke7 53. Rd3 Rb8 54. Rh3 Rb7 55. Rd3 Bc7 56. Bh4+ Ke8 57. Bf6 b3 58. e6 b2 59. exf7+ Kxf7 60. Bxb2 Rxb2 61. Rd7+ 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 06th final"] [Site "Rotterdam"] [Date "1988.07.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1988.07.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Rotterdam Volmac"] [BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 {Gurevich,Mikhail} c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Be2 dxc4 ({RR} 9... a6 10. O-O dxc4 ({RR} 10... e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rac1 Qf7 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. Ne2 e5) 11. bxc4 e5 12. h3 c5 ({RR} 12... h6 13. c5 Bc7 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Rae1 e4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Bb3 Nf8 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 ({RR} 19. Nxf3) 19... Be6 20. e4 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 b4 22. Nd1 N8h7 23. Bc1 a5) 13. Rad1 Qe7 ({RR} 13... exd4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 ({RR} 15. Nxd4 Qc7) 15... Qe7 16. Rfd1) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 f6 ({RR} 17... h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bh5 Qe6 20. Qxg6+ Qxg6 21. Bxg6+ Kxg6 22. Rxd6+) ({RR} 17... f5 18. Rfd1 Bc7 ({RR} 18... Qxg5 19. Rxd6 f4 20. R1d5 Qe7 21. Qc3) 19. Qc3) 18. Nxh7 Ne5 ({RR} 18... f5 19. Ng5) 19. f4 Nf7 ({RR} 19... Nd7 20. Qg6 Qxe3+ 21. Rf2) 20. Nxf6+ ({RR} 20. Qg6 Qxe3+ 21. Rf2) 20... gxf6 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Bxf6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Re6 24. Bh5 {Gurevich,M (2644)-Krivoshey,S (2499) Ajaccio 2004 CBM 104 [Gurevich,Mikhail] 1-0}) 10. Bxc4 e5 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. h3 a6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (20) Golis,W (2321)-Terkiewicz,B (2211) Poronin POL 2025}) 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rf4 Nxc4 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Nce4 Nxb2 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Qxf6+ Kd7 20. Qf5+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ {½-½ (21) Kupavyh,V (2169)-Kozirev,A (2367) Cheliabinsk 2008}) ({RR} 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rh4 g5 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Rfxf4 gxf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf5 20. Qxf5 cxd5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Ba3+ {1-0 (22) Brown,T (1525)-Stefanoni,L (1375) Bournemouth 2016}) 12... Qc7 13. h3 a6 14. Be2 Bf8 15. g4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Qa5 17. Kf1 Ne6 18. Nf5 Ng5 19. Bg2 Qc5 20. Rd4 g6 21. Rc4 Qa5 22. h4 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Bxf5 24. Rxg5 Bxc2 25. Rxa5 Rad8 26. Bf3 Rd2 27. Kg2 Bb4 28. Rg5 Bf5 29. e4 Rxb2 30. Nd1 Rxa2 31. exf5 Re5 32. Rg4 Be7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. h5 1-0 [Event "Horgen CS"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lutz, Christopher"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2580"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 043"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 (17. dxe6 $1 Bxg2 (17... Qxe6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Re1 $1 Qf5 $1 20. h4 Bh6 21. Qd6 $1 Bxg5 22. Re7 $1 {? 23.?xc5+} Ka8 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. hxg5 Qh3 25. Qg2 $16) 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/New York PCA/1994/ CBM 41 [Kasparov]}) 17... Bxd5 (17... b3 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd3 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rad1 $16 {Vaisser,A-Westerinen,H/1981/}) (17... exd5 18. axb4 Qe6 19. Nc3 cxb4 20. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24. Ra5 Nd3 25. Rfa1 $40 {Baturinski-Kuuksmaa/1971/}) 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 (19. Nxc5 $5 {Fritz} Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ (20... Qd6 21. bxc5 $16) (20... Qb5 21. bxc5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 a6 23. b3 $1 Qxb3 24. Be3 $16) 21. Rxf2 Qb6 (21... Rxd5 22. Qc1 Qd6 $44) 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qe2 $16) 19... Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 (21... Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Ra5 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod/1994/1-0/47/ ;CBM 43}) 22. Rxa5 (22. Qxe5 Rxa1 23. Nb5 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qb7 $17) 22... Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 (23... Bc5 24. Rc1) (23... b3 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Ra1 $40) 24. b3 (24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Nd2 Qxg5 (25... Bc5 26. Qxc4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rh7 $14) 26. Qxc4+ Nc5 27. Ne4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $1 $16) 24... Qe5 25. Rd1 $1 (25. Qf3 Qf5) (25. Bf4 Nxf4 (25... Qh5 26. g4 $1 Rg8 27. f3 Nxf4 $140 28. Qxc4+ Kb8 29. Rc1 $40) 26. Qxc4+ Kb8 27. gxf4 Qh5 28. Rc1 $132) (25. Rc1 $6 Nxc1 26. Qxc4+ Qc7 27. Qxc1 (27. Qa6+ Kd8 $1 28. Bf4 e5 $19) 27... Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a5 $1 29. g4 (29. Ng5 Bh6 $1 30. Nxf7 Bxc1 31. Nxh8 a4 32. f4 Bb2 33. f7 Bg7 $19) 29... Kd7 30. Kg2 Bd6 $19 {Lutz,Ch-Piket,J/WDR TV-Cup/1994/ CBM 42 Knaak}) 25... Nc5 $2 (25... Bc5 26. Qf3 (26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Bb6 28. Qc4+ Qc7 29. Qxb4 Rd8 30. Kg2 $10) 26... Qd5 (26... Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 cxb3 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Kg2 Rd5 32. Bc1 a5 $13) (26... Qc7 27. bxc4 Ne5 $44) 27. bxc4 Ne5 28. cxd5 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxg5 30. Nxg5 $16) (25... a5 26. Bf4 $1 Qb2 (26... Qh5 27. g4 Rg8 28. f3 $16) 27. Qf3 $16) (25... Qb2 $5 26. Qe3 (26. Qxb2 $8 Nxb2 27. Rc1 (27. Ra1 $6 cxb3 $1 28. Rxa7 (28. Nd2 Bc5 $15) 28... Nd3 29. Nd2 (29. Rxf7 $2 b2 30. Nd2 Ne1 $1 $19) 29... b2 30. Nb1 Nxf2 $1 $17) 27... c3 28. Nxc3 Nd3 $1 29. Rc2 Ne1 30. Rc1 Nd3 $1 $10) 26... Qxb3 27. Ra1 Qb2 $1 28. Qxa7 Bc5 $1 29. Qa6+ (29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Ra7+ Bxa7 31. Qxa7+ $10) 29... Kc7 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Qd6+ Kb7 32. Qa6+ Kc7 $10) 26. Qxc4 Qxe4 27. Qb5 Kc7 28. Be3 $146 ({RR} 28. Qe8 Nd3 29. Bf4+ e5 30. Qxf7+ Kb6 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qf7+ Kb6 33. Be3+ Bc5 34. Qe6+ Qc6 35. Qxc6+ Kxc6 36. Rxd3 Rf8 37. Bxc5 Kxc5 38. Rf3 Kd4 39. g4 e4 40. Rf5 a5 41. g5 a4 42. bxa4 b3 {Sieciechowicz,M (2366)-Kaczmarek,A (2088) Bialystok 2019 1-0 (49)}) 28... Rh5 (28... Qc6 $2 29. Bf4+) (28... a6 29. Qa5+ Kc6 30. Rc1 $18) 29. Qe8 $6 (29. Qa5+ Kb7 30. Rd4 Qc6 (30... Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Nxb3 32. Rd7+ Kc6 33. Rc7+ Kd6 34. Qxh5 Kxc7 35. Qxf7+ $18) 31. Qd8 $18) 29... Rd5 30. Ra1 $1 (30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qxf8 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ $10) 30... Rd8 31. Qxf7+ (31. Rxa7+ $4 Kc8 $19) 31... Kc6 32. Qxa7 Qc2 33. h4 Qxb3 (33... Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. f7 Qxb3 37. Bxc5 Bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kxc5 39. f8=Q+ Kd5 40. h5 $18) 34. Kh2 Bd6 $2 (34... Qd5 35. Rc1 b3 (35... Kb5 $5 36. Ra1 Kc6 $10) 36. Qa4+ $10) 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Qa4+ Kc7 37. Qxb4 Kc6 38. Qa4+ Kc7 39. Qb5 Rh8 (39... Rb8 40. Rxc5+ Bxc5 41. Qxc5+ Qxc5 42. Bxc5 $18) 40. Rxc5+ Bxc5 41. Qxc5+ Qxc5 (41... Kd7 42. f7 Qd6 43. Qxd6+ Kxd6 44. Bh6 $1 $18) 42. Bxc5 (42. Bxc5 Rh7 43. g4 $1 Kd7 (43... Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Rh7 45. g5 $18) 44. g5 Ke8 45. g6 $18) 1-0 [Event "NED-chT"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Knoppert, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. b4 Nb7 17. O-O a6 {½-½ (17) Portisch,L (2630)-Ljubojevic,L (2600) London 1982}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Nbxd7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bf3 b6 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bg3 Nfd7 25. b4 Nd3 26. Bd6 N7e5 {Simonyi,Z (2262)-Radusinovic,L (2318) Senta 2014 0-1 (53)}) 12... a6 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bf3 Na6 20. Qb3 Bb4 21. Ndb5 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bxc3 23. Rd6 Bc6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc7 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qa6 27. Qd8+ Be8 28. Nd6 Kf8 29. bxc3 e5 30. Bd5 Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Nxe8 Nxe8 33. Bxe5 Qc6 34. Qxa5 Kf7 35. Qb5 Qc8 36. h3 Nf6 37. a4 Ne4 38. Bd4 Nd6 39. Qe5 Nf5 40. Qc5 Qd7 41. a5 h5 42. Qb5 Qe7 43. c5 Kg6 44. c6 1-0 [Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"] [Site "Hoogeveen"] [Date "2001.10.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2686"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2001.10.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 Nbd7 ({RR} 10... c5 11. e5 Ba6 12. Qc2 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Nd5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Bxc5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rc1 Nxa4 21. Qxc8 Nc3+ 22. Rxc3 bxc3 23. Qf5 Qb5 24. Ng5 g6 25. Qh3 {So,W (2761)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. Qc2 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Be7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nc4 Qh5 19. Naxb6 axb6 20. Nxb6 Ra7 21. h3 Qb5 22. Na4 Bxd4 23. Qd3 e5 24. f4 Rc8 25. fxe5 {Kortschnoj,V (2620)-Gyimesi,Z (2624) Warsaw 2005 ½-½ (46)}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 N7b6 13. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. a4 Nd7 17. Qe4 Nc3 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. Bc4 c2+ 20. Ke2 Rb8 21. Rxc2 c5 22. Qe3 O-O 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Bb5 Nd5 25. Qc1 Rfc8 26. Kf1 Ba6 27. Rxc5 Nc3 {Tregubov,P (2658)-Maslak,K (2521) Novokuznetsk 2008 0-1 (43)}) 13... Nxa4 14. Qf3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qh5+ Kd7 17. Qf7+ Be7 18. Nxe6 Rae8 19. bxa4 Kc8 20. Ng7 Rhf8 21. Qh5 b3 22. Be2 b2 23. Rb1 Bb4 24. O-O Re7 25. Bh6 Ba6 26. Qg4+ f5 27. Nxf5 Rxe2 28. Ng3+ Kc7 29. Nxe2 Rf6 30. Qg7+ Be7 31. Rxb2 Re6 32. Rfb1 Kd7 33. Be3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Rg6 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. dxe5 Bc5 37. Rd1+ Ke7 38. Nd4 Rg5 39. Rc2 Bb6 40. a5 1-0 [Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"] [Site "Enghien les Bains"] [Date "1997.03.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Fontaine, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2320"] [Annotator "Lutz,Christopher"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1997.03.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 058"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Rc1 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxc4 {½-½ (15) Cardili,M (1949)-Kierzek,M (2094) Acqui Terme ITA 2026}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 $1 {Dies ist die Pointe von 12.e4} bxc6 (14... Nxc4 $2 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Rxc4 bxc6 17. Rxc6) 15. Be2 $14 {Diese Struktur ist etwas besser für Weiß.} Be6 (15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nb1 $5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2 $14 {½-½ Van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/Wijk cm3 1994 (32)}) ({RR} 15... h5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Na4 Bg4 18. Rfd1 Bh6 {½-½ (18) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Aronian,L (2741) Heraklion 2007}) 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Nd1 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rd6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Qe7 21. Be2 Qb4 22. a3 Qa5 23. h3 h5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Bh6 26. Bxe6 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 fxe6 28. Qh6 Kf7 29. b4 Qb5 30. Qg5 Ke8 31. Nxe5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 {Shipov,S (2630)-Bykov,A (2306) FIDE.com 2002 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. Ne3 Rab8 19. b3 Rbc8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qb4 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nd7 25. Bc4 Nc5 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Nxe5 Bxc4 28. N3xc4 Kg7 29. f3 f6 30. Nd3 Ne6 31. Ra8 Rd7 32. Ndb2 {Nikolov,M (2553)-Bucher,M (2215) Albena 2012 1-0 (51)}) 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Ne3 h5 20. b3 {Schwarz wird nun langsam, aber sicher vom Brett geschoben.} Rd6 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb7 Bg4 24. Ne1 Bh6 25. Bxc6 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. Bb5 Rd1 29. h3 Be6 30. Be2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Kg7 32. Nd3 Qd6 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. Nxc5 Bc8 35. b4 Kf7 36. Bb5 Ke7 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke1 Na8 39. Kd2 Nc7 40. Be2 h4 41. Kc3 Kd6 42. a4 f5 43. exf5 Nd5+ 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. b5 Nf6 46. Bd3 Nh5 47. a5 1-0 [Event "US Open-84"] [Site "Pasadena"] [Date "1983.08.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Saltzberg, Mitchell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1983.08.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. h3 ({RR} 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 Nhf6 11. Bf4 {½-½ (11) Erdos,V (2604)-Vitiugov,N (2732) Batumi 2019}) ({RR} 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 a6 9. Rc1 ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rc1 g6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. O-O Re6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Re8 17. e4 Nb6 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Ne2 Bg4) 9... Qa5 10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. O-O O-O 16. g3 b4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nf4 Kg7 20. Qb1 Bd6 21. Rfd1 Bb5 {Manafov,V (2419)-Choubey,S (2044) Lancaran 2025 1-0 (51)}) 7... O-O 8. e3 Ne8 $146 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qc2 h6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Bb1 Be4 18. Qb2 Bxb1 19. Nxb1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qc6 21. O-O Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 {Letelier Martner,R-Sanguinetti,R Mar del Plata 1946 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. c5 Ra7 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Rac1 Rc8 {½-½ (14) Franett,M-Salmon,N Seattle 1992}) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O-O b6 17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. g4 Be6 19. Qc2 g6 20. f4 Ng7 21. f5 Bc8 22. Qf2 Ba6 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. Bd6 Rae8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1963.09.12"] [Round "13"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Robatsch, Karl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1963.08.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Rfd1 Bc7 15. Bd3 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Bb1 Nf8 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. f4 Be8 20. Ng3 Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Nf3 Bf7 23. Ba2 Rd7 24. Ne4 {Sedlak,N (2590)-Lajthajm,B (2511) Herceg Novi 2007 0-1 (82)}) ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. e4 a6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 Nf8 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. c4 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Ng2 Qg5 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rd6 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Nh4 {Slipak,S (2375)-Deichmann,E (2155) Buenos Aires ARG 2025 1-0 (43)}) 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bc2 {½-½ (15) Ivkov,B-Averbakh,Y Palma de Mallorca 1972}) ({RR} 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Qb3 Bc8 16. Bxf7+ {1-0 (16) Del Prado Montoro,C-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2465) Madrid 1992}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. d5 Nxc5 16. dxc6 Rd8 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc5 Rxd1 20. cxb7 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Nxe5 Rd8 24. b4 Rd1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Ra5 a6 27. g3 Bg2 28. Nd3 Bf1+ 29. Kd2 Kh7 30. Rxa6 Rb1 31. Kc2 Ra1 32. b5 Be2 33. b6 1-0 [Event "Flamenco Women-Veterans"] [Site "Marbella"] [Date "1999.10.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2556"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1999.10.21"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir Atalik,Suat} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 ({RR} 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... a6 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be4 Ra7 13. Bf4) ({RR} 7... Ba6 8. Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. a3) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qb5) ({RR} 7... Bb7 8. e4 ({RR} 8. a3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5) 8... b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 Nbd7) ({RR} 7... Ba6 8. Qc2 b4 9. Na4 Bb5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Nd2 Bxa4 15. bxa4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd1 Rd8) 8. a3 ({RR} 8. g4 b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nc5 Bb5 12. Bd2 a5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Na6 15. Rg1 c5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qb1 c4 18. Ne5 Nc7 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. Rg3 f5 22. gxf6 gxf6 {Batsiashvili,N (2476)-Zhukova,N (2306) Monaco MNC 2025 1-0 (50)}) 8... O-O 9. e4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 9... b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Bg5 Qb6 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. Qe3 Be7) ({RR} 13. e5 Nd7) 13... Ba6 ({RR} 13... c5 14. O-O ({RR} 14. d5 Ba6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Qxa6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qb1+ 18. Bd1 Qxe4+) ({RR} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Rfd1) 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Qxa6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qb1+ 17. Bd1 Qxe4+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 c5 20. dxc5 Rfc8 21. Kd3 Rxc5 22. c4 Rd8+ 23. Kc3 Rdc8 24. Nd2 {Atalik,S (2575)-Volodin,V (2317) Cappelle la Grande 2000 CBM 074 Extra [Atalik,Suat] 1-0 (37)} {RR} Ra5 25. Bc2 Ra2 26. Rb1) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. e5) ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxb5 ({RR} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxb5 Bb7 ({RR} 12... Ng4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5) 13. Bg5) 11... Qc7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Ng4 13. Bh4 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Nc6 16. h3 Nf6) 13. Qa4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nc5 ({RR} 14... Qb6+ 15. Qd4 Qxb2+ 16. Be2) 15. Qd4 ({RR} 15. Qc4 Ba6) ({RR} 15. Qc2 Ncxe4+ 16. Ke1 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Qe5+ 18. Nge4 Bb7 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5) 15... Ng4+ ({RR} 15... Nb3 16. Bxf6 Nxd4 17. Bxd4) 16. Kg1 Nb3 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qd6 ({RR} 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Qxa1 Qb6+ 20. Nbd4 e5) 18... Nxa1 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nb3 ({RR} 20... Qxd6 21. Nxd6 h6 ({RR} 21... Nb3 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Rb8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Be7) 22. Bxf6 ({RR} 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bf2 Nb3) 22... gxf6) 21. e5 ({RR} 21. Nc7 Ne8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8) 21... Nd5 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bh4 ({RR} 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Be7 Qxb5 25. Bxf8 Be6 26. Be7 Rc8) 23... Ne3 24. Bd3 {Bareev,E (2670)-Shirov,A (2670) Linares 1993 CBM 034 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (37)}) 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Qe4 Re8 12. Bxb5 Nf8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ba4 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. Bc2 c5 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Red8 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Be4 Nd5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc3 h6 24. Bh4 Qb3 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bc2 Qb7 27. b4 Be7 28. Bg3 Rdd8 29. f4 Rac8 30. f5 Rc3 31. Bd3 d4 32. f6 gxf6 33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. Bf4 fxe5 1-0 [Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1999.08.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Gabriel, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1999.08.13"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 073"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 {The alternative is 5.g3.In the catalan set-up it would be wise to postpone development of knight b1: with a point to develop it eventually to d2.} Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 (8. Qb3 {Lutz} Nbd7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nef6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 $44 {Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26/[Hansen,Cu] (111)}) 8... Ba6 {Using an awkward location of white queen, black gains several tempi. An open question, however, how conveniently bishop a6 is located?} (8... b4 {Lutz} 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc5 Qxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rc1 e5 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Bb5 18. Nh4 g6 19. g4 $36 {½-½ Browne,W-Henley,R/Berkeley 1984/MCD (62)}) (8... O-O {Lutz} 9. Qc2 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Nd4 b3+ 15. Qd2 Qxc5 16. Nxb3 Qb6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 $11 {0-1 Portisch,L-Jussupow,A/Toluca 1982/IZT (52)}) 9. Qc2 Qa5 ({RR} 9... b4 10. Na4 O-O 11. e4 Bb5 12. Nc5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxb5 cxb5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nd3 a5 17. Qc6 Qb6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rc6 Bxd4 21. b3 Bc3 22. Nc5 Rac8 23. Nxe6 Rxc6 24. Nxd8 {Lautier,J (2680)-Sakaev,K (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005 ½-½ (43)}) 10. Bxf6 {It is a pity to give up the bishop. Another line, albeit more complicated, looks more promising for white:} (10. e3 b4 (10... Nbd7 11. Be2 b4 12. Qa4 $14) 11. Bxf6 bxc3 (11... Bxf6 12. Qa4 $14) 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Be5 {(what is,frankly,much more difficult to evaluate)}) 10... Bxf6 $146 (10... gxf6 $5 {Lutz}) ({RR} 10... gxf6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a4 Bb7 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. a5 Qd8 16. a6 Ba8 17. e4 Rg8 18. g3 h5 19. h4 f5 20. exf5 c5 21. Rh2 cxd4 22. Nxd4 e5 23. Ndxb5 Qb6 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Bg2 {Tomic,A (2347)-Kalezic,B (2449) Bar 2018 0-1 (33)}) 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bd3 c5 $1 {Certainly, not Lutz: 'Christian Gabriel wählt seinem Stil gemäß eine sehr maximalistische Fortsetzung. Allerdings bleibt sein König in der Mitte. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass der schwarze Plan zu optimistisch ist.'} (12... b4 13. Ne4 b3+ $2 14. Qd2 $16) 13. O-O c4 $2 {After} (13... cxd4 14. exd4 b4 15. Ne4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O {black would have had no problems.}) (13... Rc8 {Lutz} 14. d5 $1 (14. a4 $6 b4 15. Bxa6 (15. Nb5 cxd4) 15... Qxa6 16. Ne4 Be7) 14... Bxc3 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. Ng5 $36) 14. Be4 Rc8 15. a4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 (16... b3 {was worth a consideration:} 17. Qc1 {would enable black soon to castle} ({After} 17. Qb1 {pawn c4 would not hang}) (17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Ra5 O-O 21. Rfa1 {white wins a pawn, but black, having a strong passed pawn b3 will, for sure, have counterplay.})) (16... Bxb5 {Lutz} 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Rxa7 g6 19. Rfa1 $36 {?} O-O 20. R1a5 Qb6 21. Qa4 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 $16 {'?' Lutz.} c3 ({Or} 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Rxa7 g6 20. Bb7 $1 {winning a pawn.}) 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Nf3 Be7 (19... e5 20. Bf5 {is annoying}) (19... g6 20. Rfb1 {and black loses pawn c3}) 20. Rfb1 Nf6 21. a5 {'+-' Lutz.} Qxb5 (21... Qd8 22. Nxa7 Nxe4 23. Nxc8 $18) (21... Qb8 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Nxc3 $16) 22. Rxb5 Bxb5 23. Bb7 $1 Rc7 24. a6 O-O 25. Qb3 {In order to deprive black of counterplay white needs to win pawn c3.} Bd3 26. Rc1 Nd5 27. Ne5 Be2 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxa6 31. Qa5 {Black resigned. A bit too early. It is true, after 31...?b7 32.f4 he loses pawn a7. Still, white has had to demostrate some technic...} 1-0 [Event "Berlin Casino sim"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2001.11.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Derz, Claus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2617"] [BlackElo "1618"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2001.11.10"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. e4 h6 10. Qe2 Nb6 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qe4 Nf8 14. Qg4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Be5 Nd5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. Rfe1 Be7 25. Ne5 {Federau,J (2052)-Gehre,S (1832) Berlin 2015 ½-½ (63)}) 11. Bd3 c5 12. e5 Nfd5 13. Qe4 $146 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. Qe4 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. fxe3 Ke8 20. Nh4 Qe7 21. Ng6 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qc7 23. Bb5+ {1-0 (23) Panelo Munoz,M (2231)-Arroyo,J Barcelona 2001}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Nh5 b6 17. Nd4 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qg3 g5 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 e5 24. Bd2 Bb7 25. Bf5 Rad8 26. Bc3 Rd5 27. Qg4 Kg7 {Janko,M (2143)-Pisar,J (1655) Slovakia 2008 1-0 (31)}) 13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qg6 Qe8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qe5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf7 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Bc2 g5 23. Bb3 Ng7 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Re4 Bd7 26. Bd2 Raf8 27. Rf1 Bd6 28. f3 Kh8 29. Rfe1 Re8 30. Kh1 a6 31. h4 gxh4 32. Nce2 h3 33. Rh4 hxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rg6+ 35. Kf2 Rf8 36. Bxh6 Kg8 37. Rd1 Bc5 38. Rg1 Bd6 39. Rhh1 Nf5 40. Bxf8 1-0 [Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky5-1"] [Site "Evian"] [Date "1977.07.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qb6 ({RR} 16... Qc7 17. Be3 c5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. b3 Qb6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. h3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Rc3 27. Qb5 Rc8 28. Qd7 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Kf1 Kh7 31. Ke2 {Artemiev,V (2699)-Niemann,H (2638) Riga 2021 ½-½ (51)}) 17. Be3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 ({RR} 18... Nxc5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rc4 Na4 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nb6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nd5 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc1 Qa6 29. Bd4 Qd3 30. h3 Kh7 31. Kh2 a4 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Qxc5 {Van der Sterren,P (2510)-Piket,J (2580) Antwerp 1996 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc5 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. g3 Rd5 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Qc6 Qa5 28. Re1 g5 29. Ree2 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 R8xd5 31. h3 h5 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Rc7 {Grivas,E (2465)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2495) Athens 1997 0-1 (48)}) 19. Rad1 Bxe3 20. Rxd7 Rac8 21. Rxb7 Rxc2 22. Rxb6 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxb6 24. Kf1 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Rc8 26. Nd4 Rc1 27. Nb3 Rh1 28. h3 Kg8 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Kf8 31. a4 Ke8 32. a5 Kd7 33. Ke2 Kc7 34. Kd2 Rf1 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Kd2 Rf1 37. Kc3 Re1 38. Nc5 Ra1 39. Kb4 Re1 40. Kb5 Kb8 41. Ka6 h5 42. Bf3 h4 43. Ne4 Re3 44. Nd6 f6 45. exf6 gxf6 46. Nb5 e5 47. Nxa7 e4 48. Bg4 Kc7 49. Nb5+ Kc6 50. Nd4+ Kc5 51. Nf5 Ra3 52. Nxh4 Kb4 53. Kb6 Rxa5 54. Nf5 Re5 55. Kc6 Kc3 56. Ng3 Kd2 57. Kd6 Ke1 58. Nh5 e3 59. Nxf6 Ra5 60. Ne4 e2 61. Bf3 Ra6+ 62. Kc5 Ra5+ 63. Kb4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-35"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.11.10"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Cuba"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "CUB"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ne4 ({RR} 10. Ng5 c5 11. Nce4 Be7 12. dxc5 h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nf3 Bxc5 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Qh4 Qc2 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. Rac1 Qg6 22. Bd4 f6 23. a3 Bf5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 {Aradhya,G (2385)-Giri,A (2745) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (80)}) 10... Nxe4 11. Qxe4 c5 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bb3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 c4 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. f4 Nd3 20. Qxc4 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qd2 24. f5 Rc7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qf3 {Mamedyarov,S (2699)-Ivanchuk,V (2731) Foros 2006 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bd2 c5 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Qh4 b5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Bd4 {½-½ (19) Brito Garcia,A (2370)-Bruzon Batista,L (2595) Mondariz 2002}) 12. Rd1 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Qh4 b5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bc3 h6 19. Kf1 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ke2 Be7 23. g4 Kg7 24. Nd2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Ne4 {Miton,K (2628)-Fressinet,L (2696) Germany 2011 ½-½}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15. exd4 b5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Qh3 f5 19. a4 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bf4 Rc3 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bxb5 Nxb3 24. Ra4 Qc7 25. Qg3 Rd8 26. Rc4 Qa5 27. Qg5 {Bernasek,J (2491)-Smirnov,P (2592) Pardubice 2008 ½-½ (97)}) 13. Qh4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Qb7 21. f3 Nf6 22. Ng6 Rfd8 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qe5 Rad8 25. Nf4 Qb6 26. Kh1 Bb7 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Nh5 R6d7 29. Bb3 Qd6 30. Rc5 Qe7 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Kg1 Qf7 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Ne7 35. Rb6 Bc8 36. Be6 Rxd4 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Nxc8 39. Rxa6 Nd6 40. b3 g6 41. Nf4 Ke7 42. Ne2 Rd2 43. Kf2 h6 44. h4 g5 45. Ke3 Rd1 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. g3 Kd7 48. Nc3 Rg1 49. Kf2 Rc1 50. Nd5 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Rg2 52. g4 f4+ 53. Kd4 Rd2+ 54. Ke5 Re2+ 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Kc5 Nb7+ 57. Kb6 Nd6 58. Nf6+ Ke6 59. Nh7 Rd5 60. Kc7 Ke7 61. Kc6 Ke6 62. Ra7 Nc8 63. Rc7 Rd6+ 64. Kb7 Kd5 1-0 [Event "Antwerp"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Hansen,Lars Bo"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1993.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 037"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal Lutz,Christopher Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... Qa5 13. O-O Bxc5 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Be4 Rfd8 (16... f5 $6 17. axb4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bb1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 $16 {?;Hansen,C-Gurevich,M/TÅstrup/1992/}) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. Bd3 Qb6 $10 {Shneider,A-Maksimenko,A/Kherson/1989/}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O (15... Qc7 16. Ne4 (16. Nc4 O-O-O $5 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Na5 Qd7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxb4 {1/2;Staniszewski,P-Matlak,M/Bielsko Biala/1988/}) 16... Be7 17. Re1 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. a3 O-O $1 22. Qe4 g6 23. Bxh6 Bxb2 {1/2;Aleksandrov,A-Skudnov,S/Podolsk/1990/}) (15... Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Qe2 a6 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 e5 25. Qa4+ Rd7 26. Rc1 $16 {Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Tbilisi/1989/}) 20. Bxb4 Bxe5 (20... Bb6 $6 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd6 Nf5 24. Bc4 Rd4 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Ba3 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Mecking,H/Manila/1975/}) 21. Rc1 (21. Bc4 Nd4 $5 22. Bxd5 Nxc2 23. Bxb7 Nxb4 $10 {Taylor,G-O`Donnell,T/Windsor/1989/}) (21. Rd1 a6 22. Bxb5+ Qxb5 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nd3 Qd5 25. f3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 $16 {X ?d8;Giulian,P-Bryson,D/Edinburgh/1988/}) 21... a6 22. Qa4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 $10 {Mageramov,E-Bagirov,V/Baku/1976/ECO}) ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bd2 Kf8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Bc4 Qd4 23. Bb3 h5 24. Red1 Qb6) ({RR} 15... Qc7) ({RR} 15... Nc3) 16. Ne4 (16. Nc4 $6 Ne7 $1 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nd5 19. Be4 $15 {1/2;Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Reggio/1987/}) 16... Bd4 (16... Be7 $6 17. Qg4 $16) 17. Nd6 ({RR} 17. Bxh6 Bxe5 18. Qh5 f5 19. Nc5 gxh6 20. Qg6+ Bg7 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Nxb7 Qd7 23. Bxf5 Qxb7 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Rad1 {1-0 (25) Seres,L (2274)-Lu,M (2255) Budapest HUN 2025}) 17... Bc6 ({RR} 17... Bxe5 18. Nxb7 Qb6 19. Qh5 Bf4 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bd6 Qxd3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qe5) 18. Qe2 $5 $146 (18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 $1 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rfe1 ({RR} 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Ne4 ({RR} 24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Qxd2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 axb6) ({RR} 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc7 ({RR} 25... Nf4) 26. Rg6 Kh7 27. Rg4 Rxd6 28. Bxb4 Rfd8 29. Bxd6 Rxd6) 24... Rf5 25. Qg3 ({RR} 25. Qd4 Nf4 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Nc5 ({RR} 28. Ng3 Rd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Re4 31. Ng3 Rc4) ({RR} 28. f3 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Rd4 31. Rc1) 28... Rd2 29. f3 Rc4 30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bd5) 25... Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 28. Qc3 Rg6) ({RR} 23. b3 Rad8 24. Nc4 Rf5 25. Qe1 Bb5 26. f4 Nb6 27. Bxb4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bxc4) 23... Rad8 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxb4 Kh7 $1 28. Qc3 Rg6 {1/2;Tukmakov,V-Dreev,A/Odessa/1989/} 29. f3 Bxf3 $1 30. Qxf3 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qxb4 $10) ({RR} 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. a3 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qf6) ({RR} 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Rf5 ({RR} 24... Nb6 25. Bxb4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Rc3 Rf7 29. a3) ({RR} 24... Ba8 25. Qg3 Rf6 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Rc4 a5 28. Rg4 Qf8 29. Qh4 ({RR} 29. Rd4 Nf4 30. Rxf4 Rxd2 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rc1 Qd8 33. h4 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Qf4 Qe4) 29... Ne7 30. Bxh6 Nf5 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 ({RR} 31... Nxh4 32. Bxf6+ Ng6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rc1) 32. Ng6 Rxg6 33. Rxg6) ({RR} 24... Bb5 25. b3 a5 ({RR} 25... Rf6) 26. Rfe1 Rf6 27. Qg3 Ne7 28. Bf4 Rg6 29. Qh3 Nd5 30. Be5) 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. Bxh6 Ne4 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg6 Qe7 ({RR} 28... Rh5) 29. Bg5 ({RR} 29. Ne3 Be8 ({RR} 29... Rh5 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxc6) 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Qg5 Kf8 ({RR} 31... Kh7 32. Qe3) 32. Rfe1 gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Qg7 34. Qh4) 29... Be8 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 ({RR} 30... Rxf6 31. Qg5) 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ {Gelfand,B (2758)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2009 CBM 133 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (66)}) 18... f5 (18... Ne7 $6 19. Bxh6 $1 $16) 19. Rd1 Qe7 $146 (19... Qb6 20. Bc4 $16 {X e6}) (19... Qh4 $1 {Kortschnoj} 20. a3 ({RR} 20. a3 a5 21. Bb5) 20... a5 21. Bb5 $10) ({RR} 19... Qh4 20. Bc4 Bb6 21. Bd2 ({RR} 21. Bb5) 21... f4 22. Qf3 Ne7 ({RR} 22... Kh8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rf5 25. Nd6) 23. Ne4 Kh8 ({RR} 23... Ng6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8) 24. Bxb4 Ng6 25. Bc3 Rf5 26. Rd6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Raf8 29. Bxe6 Rg5 30. h3 f3 31. Bg4 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nf4+ 33. Kf1 Nxh3 34. Bf3 {Volzhin,A (2485)-Rasmussen,K (2435) Gistrup 1996 CBM 055 [Lutz,Christopher] 0-1 (34)}) 20. Ba6 Bc5 21. Bd2 $1 Ba4 (21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Qd7 (22... Qxd6 $2 23. Bxb4 $1 $16) 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Qe5 $16) 22. b3 Bd7 23. Bb7 Rab8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 $1 $16 Be6 $8 (25... Qxe5 $2 26. Bf4 Qe6 (26... Qc3 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Rac1 $18) 27. Re1 $18) 26. Rac1 Bb6 (26... Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bf4 $18) 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 $1 a5 29. Rd4 (29. Rd2 {Kortschnoj} Ra8 30. Rdc2 $16) 29... Kh7 30. h4 Ra8 31. Qf2 $5 (31. Qg3 {??d2-c2}) 31... Ra7 32. Qc2 g6 33. Qc5 Qg7 34. Rd3 Bg8 $6 (34... g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 $1 $16 f4 $140 37. e4) (34... Re7 35. Qxa5 Qxe5 36. Qxb4 $16) 35. Nc8 $1 Ra8 36. Nb6 Rad8 37. Qxa5 Qxe5 38. Qxb4 Rfe8 $6 (38... f4 $142 39. Qd4 $1 (39. Nd7 Rxd7 40. Qxf8 Rf7 {?f3;fe3?} (40... fxe3 {Kortschnoj} 41. Rc8 Rg7 42. Re8 $18)) 39... Qb8 (39... Qd6 40. Nc4 $1 {??e5+-}) 40. Rdc3 $18) 39. a4 $18 d4 $6 40. exd4 Qe4 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Qc3 (42. Qd2 $1 {Kortschnoj} Qxh4 43. Rh3 $18) 42... Bd5 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rc8 f4 45. Rf3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rh3+ Kg8 48. Qd3 $1 Kf7 (48... Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Rxc8 50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Ke7 52. Rh7+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Ke8 54. Qh8#) 49. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky5-1"] [Site "Evian"] [Date "1977.07.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. dxc5 Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. hxg4 Rxc5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rac1 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd7 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rc4 Bf6 25. e5 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Bg5 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bc1 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Kh8 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nd3 Bd2 33. Ne5 Bc1 34. Nd3 Bg5 35. Ne5 Bf6 36. Ng6+ {Graf,A (2475)-Novikov,I (2550) Moscow 1991 ½-½ (45)}) 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qe7 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh6 Qf6 27. Bc4 d3 28. e5 Qf5 29. Rxd3 Be4 30. Rd6 Qg4 31. Rf6 Bf5 32. b3 Bd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. e6 Qe4 38. exf7+ Rxf7 39. Qf6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qh7+ 41. Kg3 Qd3+ 42. f3 Qxc4 43. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 38,5-21,5"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1964.07.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ciric, Dragoljub M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1964.07.10"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. O-O Be7 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ng3 c5 13. e4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxe4 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nxf7 Nb5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rf7+ {Radhakrishnan,S (2224)-Aradhya,G (2422) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 11. Re1 O-O ({RR} 11... c5 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Ne4 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rc4 Nd6 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ {Bluebaum,M (2647)-Dziuba,M (2590) Warsaw 2020 ½-½ (47)}) 12. Nf4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qb6 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Nxe6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Qb3 Bh4 22. g3 Bg5 23. Rac1 Bb5 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxb4 Re8 26. Rc3 Qf7 27. a4 {Kan,I-Yudovich,M Leningrad 1947 ½-½ (40)}) 13. e4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Qb6 15. Be3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qd8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc7 23. Bh4 Rd7 24. Bg3 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc2 Nxd5 27. Qc1 Qf6 28. Bf1 Nf4 29. Rxc5 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc8 Rdd8 32. Rc7 a5 33. Rc5 Ra8 34. g3 g6 35. Rce5 Rfc8 36. Qh6 Rf8 37. h4 Qg7 38. Qf4 h5 39. b3 Rfc8 40. Re7 Rd8 41. Kg2 Rdc8 42. R1e5 Ra6 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kh7 45. Qe5 Qxe5 46. Rxe5 Kg7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. Rc5 Rf6+ 50. Ke3 Re6+ 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Kc4 Rd2 53. Rxa5 Rxf2 54. Kxb4 Rg2 55. a4 Rxg3 56. Rc5 Rg4+ 57. Rc4 f5 58. a5 f4 59. Rc7+ Kf6 60. Rc1 f3+ 61. Kc5 Re4 62. a6 Re5+ 63. Kb4 Re4+ 64. Kc3 Re8 65. Ra1 Ra8 66. b4 Ke5 67. b5 Kd5 68. Kb4 f2 69. Rf1 Rf8 70. a7 Kd6 71. Rxf2 Ra8 72. Rf7 1-0 [Event "Beersheba"] [Site "Beersheba"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Kuijf, Marinus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1987.03.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ba5 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 a5 14. Ba2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. h3 h6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 {½-½ (22) Bagirov,V (2490)-Tal,M (2645) Riga 1975}) ({RR} 11... e5 12. Ba2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Nbd5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bb1 g6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bb3 21. Rc1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd5 23. Ne5 b5 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bh6 {½-½ (25) Donaldson,J (2465)-Shipman,W (2239) Reno 2002}) 12. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 12. Rad1 e5 13. Ba2 Re8 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4 Be6 18. Qxb7 Bxa2 19. Nxa2 Qd7 20. Nb4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne4 22. Qxc7 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. h3 Ne6 26. Qxc6 Nxf4 {Miralles,G (2450)-Kuijf,M (2470) Budel 1987 1-0 (41)}) 12... Re8 13. Qb3 Re7 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21. Bb1 g6 22. Qc4 Bb7 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 25. Nxh2 Rxc4 26. Bxa6 b5 27. Rd6 Qb8 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. Nf3 Rc2 30. Ned4 Qxd6 31. Nf5+ exf5 32. Rxd6 Rc3 33. Bxb5 Rxa3 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. b5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. e4 fxe4 39. Nd2 e3 40. fxe3 Rb4 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Kd3 Rg4 45. Kc3 g5 46. Nc4+ Kc5 47. Ne5 Rh4 48. Be8 Re4 49. Nd3+ Kb6 50. Kd2 Ra4 51. Ke2 a6 52. bxa6 Rxa6 53. Ne5 Kc5 54. Bh5 Kd5 55. Ng4 e5 56. Kf3 e4+ 57. Kg3 Ra3 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 Ra3 60. Bf7+ Kd6 61. Nxh6 Ke5 62. Bg6 Ra1+ 63. Kh2 Re1 64. Bh7 Kd5 65. Ng4 Re2 66. Kg3 Re1 67. Bf5 Re2 68. Bg6 Re1 69. Nf6+ Ke6 70. Kf2 Kxf6 71. Kxe1 1-0 [Event "Berlin sim"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2005.10.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Riess, Bernhard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "1638"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Bg5 ({RR} 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bg5 g6 16. Qh3 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Qe3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5 Nf4 23. Be4 Ba4 24. Nb3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc6 26. Na5 Nd5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 {Shankar,P (2028)-Samanta,N (1698) Kingston 2025 1-0 (62)}) 13... g6 14. Nxd4 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Qxd4 {1-0 (15) Georgiev,K (2648)-Szoen,D (2450) Warsaw 2005}) 14... e5 15. Nb5 Qxd3 $146 ({RR} 15... a6 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd6 Nh5 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. b3 Be7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 22. g4 Ne6 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. b4 Ne6 26. c5 Nd4 27. Be4 Rc7 28. Kg2 Rcd7 29. f3 f5 30. Bb1 {Rouanet,L (2033)-Jose,A Sao Paulo 2011 ½-½ (57)}) 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. f3 e4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxe4 Be6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Bc6 Bf6 26. Nc7 Bf5 27. Be4 Bd7 28. Nd5 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Be6 30. Rd2 Be5 31. g3 Kf8 32. f4 Bg7 33. Ke2 f5 34. Bd3 Rd8 35. Bc2 Rc8 36. Bb3 a5 37. Kd3 Rc5 38. Re2 Bf7 39. Nb6 Rc6 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. Ne5 Rd6+ 42. Kc3 Bxe5+ 43. Rxe5 Rc6 44. c5 Kf8 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Kb3 Kf6 47. Ka4 Rc8 48. Kxa5 Ra8+ 49. Kb6 Rxa2 50. c6 Rb2+ 51. Rb5 Rxb5+ 52. Kxb5 Ke7 53. Kb6 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1966.09.27"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Grushevsky, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1966.09.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Trud"] [BlackTeam "Mekhnat"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. O-O Re8 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bc4 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rb8 17. Qd4 Ne6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Qf8 21. Nd4 Kh8 22. Nf5 Nxc5 23. Bxg7+ Kg8 24. Bxf7+ {1-0 (24) Gelfand,B (2755)-Rodshtein,M (2623) Netanya 2009}) ({RR} 10. O-O b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Bb8 18. c5 h6 19. Qc3 f6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (20) Schekachikhin,M (2352)-Orak,Y (1823) Kesan TUR 2025}) 10... Re8 11. O-O-O Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. g4 Qa5 14. g5 Ng4 15. Rdf1 Qa6 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 Be6 18. g6 Bxc4 19. gxf7+ Nxf7 20. Rfg1 Be5 21. Nf5 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nxb2 23. Nxg7 Kh8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. f4 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 {Shofman,M-Klovans,J Soviet Union 1967 0-1}) 12. Kb1 exd4 13. exd4 Ba3 14. Ka1 Nf8 15. h3 Qb4 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. g4 a6 18. Rhe1 b5 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Bf3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qb4 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Re6 24. Rb1 Qe7 25. Na5 Ra7 26. Qc5 Ba8 27. Rb8 Qxc5 28. dxc5 g6 29. f3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Nd7 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxd7 Re5 33. Nxc6 Rxc5 34. Nd8 1-0 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1986.12.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "1986.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Bulletin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ng4 16. Ng3 Qg5 17. Be2) ({RR} 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 e5 12. exd5 exd4 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 dxc3 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qxc3 Bd7 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Qe4 Rad8 22. h3 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6 24. Qd4 Nxd5 {Kim,S (2295)-Owezdurdiyeva,J (2078) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (39)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd2 Qd8 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Bb4 Qd8 14. Ng5 ({RR} 14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Bf4 Nf8) 14... g6 ({RR} 14... h6 15. Bh7+) 15. h3 Nf8 16. Bxf8 ({RR} 16. a4) 16... Rxf8 17. b4 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nd6 19. Rfb1 a6 20. a4 Bd7 21. Qc5 Ne8 22. Nd2 {½-½ (22) Timman,J (2585)-Tal,M (2625) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin]}) ({RR} 11... Bc7 12. Nb5) 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. Bc3 Nf8 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Ne5 N6d7 18. f4 f6 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ba1 Bf7 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. a4 Nc8 24. Nb3 Nd6 25. a5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Bd6 27. Bc3 Bg6 28. Bxg6 Nxg6 29. f5 Nf8 30. e4 Qc7 31. e5 fxe5 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. f6 gxf6 35. Rxf6 Kg8 36. Qf2 Rae8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qg3+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bxe5+ Kg6 41. Nc5 Re8 42. Bd4 Re2 43. Nxb7 Rd2 44. Be3 Rb2 45. Bc5 Kf5 46. Nd8 d4 47. Bxd4 Rxb4 48. Bb6 Rc4 49. Nb7 Kf4 50. Nc5 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Rc1+ 53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kd3 Rxg2 55. Nxa6 Ke5 56. Nc7 Rxh2 57. a6 Ra2 58. a7 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Be3 c5 62. a8=Q Rxa8 63. Nxa8 c4 64. Nc7 1-0 [Event "Bad Homburg"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "1998.07.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2490"] [Annotator "Lutz,Christopher"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1998.07.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 066"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 $6 (6... dxc4) 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 (10... h6 {ist populärer, kann den schwarzen Nachteil aber auch nicht vermeiden.}) 11. Bc2 e5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 Qb4 16. Rxe5 Qxb2 17. c5 {Öffnet die Diagonale b3-g8 und verschließt der schwarzen Dame den Rückweg zum Königsflügel. In zwei anderen Partien gewann Weiß ebenfalls schnell.} (17. Rb1 Qa3 18. c5 b6 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. Qf3 bxc5 21. Qxc6 Rb8 22. dxc5 Bb7 23. Qd6 Rfd8 24. Qe7 Be4 25. Rf1 Qb2 26. Re6 Qc3 27. Qxa7 Qd4 28. h3 h6 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Qf7 Rxd1 32. Qg6+ {1-0 Schlosser,P-Jirovsky,M/Mitropa Cup 1991/CBM 26}) (17. Re7 Rf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Bb3 Qa5 21. Qh5+ Kf6 22. Qe8 Qc7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. c5 Qxd4 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Qe7+ {1-0 Reeh,O-Stokstad,P/Gausdal Int 1993/TD 93\09}) 17... Kh8 18. Re3 {Mit der Drohung ?b3.} ({RR} 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Re7 Rad8 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Bc6 24. Qe5 Rf6 25. h4 Rg6 26. g3 Qd2 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Rd1 Qh6 29. Rf7 Rg8 30. Qe7 Qf4 31. Rd3 Qc1+ 32. Bd1 Qc4 {Zakhartsov,V (2537)-Babujian,L (2502) Lvov 2008 ½-½ (48)}) 18... Qb4 19. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 19. Re7 b6 20. a3 Qc3 21. Re3 Qa5 22. Qe1 Qa6 23. Re7 Qc4 24. Qe5 Rg8 25. Re8 Bd7 26. Rxa8 {½-½ (26) Giertz,N (2265)-Aerni,A (2137) Basel 2010}) 19... b6 20. a3 Qa5 21. Re7 $18 {Schwarz ist machtlos gegen die Drohung ?g3 und ?b3.} bxc5 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Bb3 Ba6 (23... Qd8 24. Qe5 $18) 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Qe5 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "1999.12.02"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Godena, Michele"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1999.11.06"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Italy"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "ITA"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 $146 ({RR} 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. b3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. f3 Re7 23. Rd8+ Re8 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd1 {½-½ (26) Van Wely,L (2681)-Ivanchuk,V (2751) Nice 2008}) 14... Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb3 Nh5 18. Rcd1 Nf4 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Rf6 21. f4 Qh5 22. e5 Rh6 23. Qc4 Rf8 24. Qe2 Qg6 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rc4 Rh4 27. f5 1-0 [Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"] [Site "Lone Pine"] [Date "1981.03.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1981.03.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Re1 e5 ({RR} 11... c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bc2 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Re5 Nd7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. dxc5 Qf6 19. Rd1 g6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Red2 Nf8 24. Ne5 h5 25. Rd4 g5 26. h4 {Conquest,S (2526)-Capo Vidal,U (2340) Hastings 2008 1-0}) 12. Bf5 ({RR} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Rxe4 17. Rad1 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Be6 19. Qf3 Rxc4 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Bxa7 Ra4 22. Bc5 Rxa2 23. Bd4 Ra4 24. Qe5 f6 25. Qd6 Bf7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {Amrany,B (2031)-Korkmaz,N (2047) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 12... exd4 13. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. b3 Bb4 16. Re3 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Re4 Rd7 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rd3 23. Be1 Rd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Kf1 Ra1 26. Re2 Bb4 27. f4 a5 {Ivashentseva,D (2007)-Vujovic,V (2099) Durres ALB 2025 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. b3 Bb4 16. Re3 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Re4 Rd7 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rd3 23. Be1 Rd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Kf1 Ra1 26. Re2 Bb4 27. f4 a5 {Ivashentseva,D (2007)-Vujovic,V (2099) Durres 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 13... Qf6 14. Bc2 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Bc3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b3 a5 21. Kf1 Bb4 22. Nxe6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 fxe6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 f5 26. Kf2 b6 27. Ke3 Kf8 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rxc6 Rd2 30. a3 Bc3 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. c5 bxc5 33. Rxc5 f4+ 34. Ke4 Bb2 35. Rxa5 Rxg2 36. a4 Rxh2 37. Rc5 e5 38. a5 Bd4 39. Rc6 h5 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. a6 Rb2 42. a7 Bxa7 43. Rc7+ Kd6 44. Rxa7 Rxb3 45. Be4 1-0 [Event "Berlin Casino sim"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2001.11.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Riess, Bernhard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2617"] [BlackElo "1706"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2001.11.10"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 g6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qh3 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rcd8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rfe8 18. Ba4 Nh5 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxe8 Bxh6 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Bxe6 Nf4 23. Qg4 Re8 24. d5 {1-0 (24) Peredy,F (2234)-Kessler,L (1931) Triesen 2009}) 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Nxf7 Rxd4 20. Ng5 Qc6 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Ba4 Qd6 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Rxe6 Bc8 25. Rxd6 Bxh3 26. Rxd4 Bf5 27. h3 Nd6 28. Nf3 Be6 29. b3 Nf5 30. Re4 Nxh6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Rc6 Nf5 33. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Horgen"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1995.10.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1995.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 050"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {King} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 Bb4 {Kortschnoj has no chance to compete with Kasparov in the sharp theoretical lines, since the level of their knowledge in the forced lines is simply too great. This is the reason why he is trying something else.} (7... g5 8. e5 (8. Bg3 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bg7 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Nxg5+ {1-0/Gruber,S-Negyesy,G/Budapest/1931/}) 8... Nd5 9. Bg3 Bb4 (9... b5 10. a4 Bb4 11. Qc1 Qb6 12. Be2 g4 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. axb5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 cxb5 17. Rxb5 Nc6 18. Bf4 Ba6 19. Rb1 Rd8 {0-1/Lundkvist,D-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal PG (01)/1991/}) 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Bb4 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2 h5 16. f3 Nd7 17. fxg4 {Verdier,P-Laclau,D/Montpellier-B/1989/0-1 (28)}) (7... Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O {0,5/Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/POL-ch (09)/1992/}) ({RR} 7... b5 8. Be2 Qb6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Qc7 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Re1 Nef6 15. Nc5 O-O 16. Bb3 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc1 Be7 20. Qxh6 Rd8 21. Re4 f5 22. Ng5 {Tabatabaei,M (2629)-Sevian,S (2660) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) ({RR} 7... g5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bg3 Bb4 10. Rc1 b5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nde4 Be7 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Bb7 18. a4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20. axb5 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 {Orzech,D (2248)-Donatti,A (2193) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 8. e5 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. exf6 Rh5 14. Qg3 Rg5 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Qxa2+ 19. Ke1 Rf5 20. g4 Rxf6 21. h4 O-O-O 22. h5 Rg8 {Laios,K-Vaisanen,P Helsinki 1994 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 8. e5 g5 9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Rc1 b5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nde4 Nd7 14. Be2 Be7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. O-O Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Qe3 O-O 22. b3 Nb6 {Garriga Cazorla,P (2459)-Deusa Ballesteros,L (1961) La Nucia ESP 2023 1-0}) 8... Bxc3+ $6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. O-O (10. Qb3 $13) 10... Nxc3 11. Qb3 $44) 9. bxc3 Qa5 {This should have had been the point, both c3 and e4 pawns are vulnerable. King: Only Kortschnoj.} (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Be5 $13) 10. O-O $1 Nxe4 (10... Qxc3 11. Rc1 $44) 11. Ne5 {Here it became clear, that White has stopped counting pawns and fully concentrates himself on the unpleasant attack.} Nd7 (11... Nxc3 12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 O-O (12... Rf8) 13. Be7) 12... Rf8 (12... Qc7 13. Bd8 $1 $16) 13. Rfe1 $40) 12. Qg4 g5 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rfc1 $16) (13... g5 14. Qxe4) 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Rad1 $18) 13. Qxe4 Nxe5 (13... gxh4 14. Nxf7 $1 $18) 14. dxe5 gxh4 15. Rab1 {White's compensation is all too obvious. Black lacks development, his ? is locked behind the pawn mass and the only piece in play is ?.} h3 (15... Qxc3 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. Qxh4 Rg5 18. Rd4 $40) 16. Rfd1 Rg8 (16... hxg2 17. Rd3 Rg8 18. Qh7 Rf8 19. Qg7 $16) 17. g3 Rg5 (17... Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. Qg7 $1 $18 (20. Qxh6 Qxe5 21. Rd8+ Kxd8 22. Qxf8+ Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Kb8 $13)) 18. f4 Rg8 (18... Rg6 19. Bf1 $16) 19. Bf1 {King: Kasparov realises he doesn't need to rush. Black's king cannot run very far.} Qxc3 20. Bxh3 f5 21. Qe2 (21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rd6 $40) 21... Kf8 (21... Rg6 22. Qh5 Kf7 23. Bxf5 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 exf5 25. Rd6 $18) 22. Qh5 Qc5+ (22... Kg7 23. Rxb7+ $1 $18) 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Rd6 Kg7 (24... Rh8 25. Rbd1 Rh7 26. Qg6 Qf7 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Bxf5 $1 $18) 25. Bxf5 $1 Qf7 (25... exf5 26. Rg6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ $18) 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ $1 (27. Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Rxe6) 1-0 [Event "Berliner Sommer 03rd"] [Site "Berlin West"] [Date "1985.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Dizdar, Goran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1985.08.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bb1 Qa5 11. O-O Re8 12. Bh4 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Qb6 15. g4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Qf4 a5 20. a3 Bc6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 {Nikolic,P (2626)-Palac,M (2582) Murska Sobota 2006 1-0 (45)}) 7... Nc6 8. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. O-O Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc2 19. R4d2 Rfc8 20. h3 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 f5 {Chen,Y (1745)-Othman,J Tornelo INT 2020 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. O-O Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc2 19. R4d2 Rfc8 20. h3 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 f5 {Chen,Y (1745)-Othman,J Tornelo INT 2020 ½-½ (39)}) 8... exd5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Bb4 13. O-O Qb6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd7 Bb8 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. g3 Be5 22. Ne2 Rc2 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 Rc7 25. Qa4 Rc4 26. Qd1 Kh8 27. f5 Rd4 28. Qh5 e5 29. Rbc1 Rg8 30. Rc2 Rdg4 31. Rfc1 d4 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. h4 Qc6 38. h5 h6 39. Kh2 a5 40. g4 d3 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qxd3 Qb6 43. Qd2 Ke7 44. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1963.09.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "De Greif, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1963.08.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [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 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Rxb2 17. Rb1 Rxa2 18. Rb7 Ra5 19. d5 Bc8 20. h4 Bxb7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. hxg5 Kxh7 23. Qb1+ Kg8 24. Qxb7 Qxd5 25. Qe7 Qc5 26. Qd7 Ra2 {Sambuev,B (2530)-Samsonkin,A (2464) Kitchener 2008 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bc2 Qd5 16. Rfe1 Qh5 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Re3 Bd7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. Qe5 Qg4 23. d5 exd5 24. Rf3 Qe6 25. Qd4 a6 26. Re3 Qf6 {Boronat Sevilla,P (1801)-Heras Sanchez,G (1490) Sueca ESP 2024 1-0 (50)}) 12... b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qb4 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. Re5 Rac8 21. Rae1 Rc7 22. a3 h6 23. h3 a5 24. Nf4 Rfc8 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Ng3 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 g5 {Bondarevsky,I-Zagoriansky,E Leningrad 1949 ½-½}) 14... Be6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Kh8 20. Qf3 Qd8 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rg8 23. Bd1 Rg6 24. Bh5 Rg5 25. Bf3 Rf5 26. Qe3 Qg8 27. h4 h5 28. Be2 1-0 [Event "Asztalos Memorial-08"] [Site "Gyula"] [Date "1965.08.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Florian, Tibor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1965.08.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. c5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nc4 Rab8 20. Nd6 b6 21. Qc2 g6 22. b4 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Qb2 Rd8 26. Be4 Kg8 27. Bf3 Nd5 {Ohanyan,E (2481)-Sattwik Swain (2004) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (49)}) 13... Rd8 14. Bb1 Qf4 15. Qc2 g6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Rcd1 Bd7 19. Qc3 Be8 20. d5 cxd5 21. g3 d4 22. Rxd4 Qc7 23. Rh4 Nh5 24. g4 Ng7 25. Qe3 h5 26. Qh6 Qa5 27. gxh5 Nf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Ng5 Rd2 30. Ne4 1-0 [Event "Sochi GM vs Young Masters"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1970.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Podgaets, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1970.10.15"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... Ng4 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 O-O 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Be7 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Rae1 Kg7 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. Qd7 Bb4 27. R1e3 Rab8 28. a3 {Keene,R (2505)-Sampouw,J (2305) Surakarta 1982 ½-½ (37)}) 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Kb8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Nc1 Rc8 19. Ka1 Bd6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. Nc3 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rcxc8 23. Nd3 h5 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Rc1 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rhd1 Rhd8 28. Ne1 Bf8 29. Rc2 Rd7 30. Nf3 g4 31. Ne1 c4 32. Rcd2 Bb4 33. Nc2 Bxc3 34. bxc3 Ne4 35. Nd4 Qa6 36. Rb2+ Ka8 37. Qc2 Qa5 38. Rdb1 Qxc3 39. Nc6 Qf6 40. Nd4 c3 41. Rb5 Nd2 42. Qxc3 Nc4 43. Qb4 Nb6 44. Qa5 Rb7 45. Qa6 Kb8 46. R5b2 Rc3 47. a3 Ka8 48. Ka2 Rc4 49. Qa5 Qd8 50. Rxb6 Rxb6 51. Rxb6 Rxd4 52. exd4 Qxb6 53. Qxd5+ Kb8 54. Qb3 Kc7 55. Qxb6+ axb6 56. Kb3 Kc6 57. Kc4 b5+ 58. Kb4 f5 59. Kc3 f4 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. gxf4 h4 62. Ke3 h3 63. gxh3 gxh3 64. Kf3 Kxd4 65. Kg3 Ke4 66. Kxh3 Kxf4 67. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Horgen CS"] [Site "Horgen"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 043"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne1 c4 ({RR} 12... Nc4 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Ne5 c4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qf4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qa4 Rac8 24. Rac1 Qxb2 25. d6 Qd4 26. d7 Rcd8 27. Red1 {Navara,D (2697)-Safarli,E (2598) Tornelo INT 2020 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 12... Nc4 13. a3 Na6 14. Nc2 Nd6 15. Re1 c4 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bd3 18. b4 Bf6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rad1 Nc7 23. Kg2 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. a4 Raa8 26. h4 h6 27. Re2 {Tabatabaei,M (2677)-Safarli,E (2608) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 12... Nc4 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nc2 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Qd3 b5 23. b3 Qf6 24. Rbc1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Rc2 g6 27. Qd2 {Kortschnoj,V-Kuzmin,G Moscow 1973 1-0 (68)}) 13. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 13. a3 Na6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Nd2 Qc5 19. Qf4 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. Re5 f6 22. Re3 Nc7 23. Nb3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Nc5 Nbxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Re6 Rfd8 {Gulko,B-Alburt,L Yerevan 1975 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Ne4 N4xd5 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Ne3 Be4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Bc7 Rd4 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c3 23. f3 Nd2 24. bxc3 Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Ne4 {Matera,S-Tukmakov,V (2490) Reykjavik 1976 0-1 (41)}) 13... Qd6 14. a3 Na6 15. Be3 Qg6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Re1 Na4 24. b3 Nb2 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rde2 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne3 Qe5 29. Qd1 Nd6 30. Qb1 Qc3 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Nf5 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxf5 35. Rc8 Kf8 36. Ra8 a4 37. Be4 Nd6 38. Bc2 b5 39. Ra7 f6 40. Bd3 Bg6 41. Bxg6 hxg6 42. Kf1 Nc4 43. Ke2 Nxa3 44. Kd3 Nc4 45. Kd4 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1991.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke3 Na5 16. Ne5 f6 17. Rc7+ Kf8 $146 ({RR} 17... Kd6 18. Rbc1 Nc6 19. R7xc6+ bxc6 20. Nf7+ Ke7 21. Nxd8 Kxd8 22. Rxc6 Rb8 23. Rc3 Bd7 24. Ra3 Rb7 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rc7 27. Kd3 Rb7 28. Rb3 Rxb3+ 29. Bxb3 Kd6 30. f4 Bc8 31. e5+ fxe5 32. fxe5+ {Braga,F (2425)-Belotti,B (2340) Chianciano Terme 1988 1-0 (54)}) 18. Nd3 Rd7 19. Rbc1 Nc6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Bb5 Nd8 23. f4 a6 24. Nd7+ Bxd7 25. Bxd7 Ke7 26. Bc8 b5 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rb8 30. d5 exd5 31. e6 Ke8 32. e7 Nf7 33. Bb7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch30 Final"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1962.11.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Zaitsev, Alexander N"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "Moiseev,Vladislav Mikhailov"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1962.11.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Notkin,Maksim} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 (7. Qc2) (7. Rc1) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 (9... a6 $5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. a5 Nbd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Re1 Qd6 $10 {Seirawan,Y-Timman,J/London/1984/}) 10. exd4 Nb6 ({RR} 10... a6) 11. Bb3 Nfd5 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Qd3 Nfd5 (12... Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (16... Nfxd5 $5 17. Bc1 $14) 17. f4 $1 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Vidmar,M/Nottingham/1936/}) ({RR} 12... Nfd5) 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba4 15. c4 Bxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Rfd1 $14 {Polugaevsky}) ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1) 12. Bxe7 (12. Qd2 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Bd7 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. Qd3 g6 $10) ({RR} 12. Be3) ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qf3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rac1 Ba4 18. Nc5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rc7 20. Ba5 Qc8 21. Ncd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 f6 25. Nc4 Kh8 26. g3 Nd7 {Cruz,C (2557)-Hammer,J (2635) chess24.com INT 2019 1-0 (35)}) 12... Qxe7 ({RR} 12... Nxe7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ned5 19. Ng4 g6 20. Ne5 Nf4 21. Qd2 N6h5 22. f3 Qg5 23. Qf2 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rfd8 26. Be4 Nf4 27. g3 {Shymanskyi,O (2284)-Acosta Villarroel,L (2168) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) 13. Re1 (13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Be6 $10) (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Rd8 14. Rc1 Nf6 $146 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 $14) ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd7 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Rc5) 16. d5 ({RR} 16. Ne5) 16... Qd6 ({RR} 16... Qf6 17. Ne5) ({RR} 16... Bc6 17. Rd3 Qd6 18. dxe6 Qxd3 19. exf7+ Kf8 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Qc1) 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Ng5 Nc5 25. b4 Na6 ({RR} 25... h6 26. bxc5 hxg5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Kf3 Kf6 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. f3 Kh6 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kxf4 Kg6 33. Ke5 Kf7 34. h4) 26. a3 Nc7 27. Ke2 h6 28. Ne4 Kf8 29. Nd6 {Timman,J (2610)-Ree,H (2480) Amsterdam 1984 MCL [Notkin,Maksim] 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 14... Qf8 15. Ne5 Rb8 16. Nd3 Kh8 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Ne2 Nb5 19. Nef4 e5 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Rxc8 {1-0 (21) Hoi,C (2394)-Smith Jensen,K Amager 1999}) 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Ne4 Nbd5 17. Nc5 $6 (17. Rc4 $5 Qb6 18. Ne5 $14) 17... Qa5 $2 (17... b6 $1 18. Nd3 (18. Rc4 Qb5 (18... Qa5 $4 19. Ra4 $18) 19. Ba4 Qa5 20. Bc6 bxc5 21. Ra4 (21. Bxa8 Ba6) 21... Qc7 22. Bxa8 Nb6 $19) 18... Qd6 $10) 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qf3 Rf8 $5 20. g4 (20. Bxd5 $5 exd5 21. Re2 Qd6 $14) 20... Qd8 21. g5 Ne8 22. h4 f6 $2 (22... Nd6 $1 23. Bxd5 (23. Bc2 $5) 23... exd5 24. Qxd5 Nf5 25. Qe4 (25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Nf3 b6 $44) 25... Qxd4 $13) 23. g6 $1 h6 (23... fxe5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf8 Qxh4 26. Bc2+ $18) (23... hxg6 24. Nxg6 Rf7 25. Qh5 $18) 24. Nf7 Rxf7 (24... Qb6 25. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 $18) 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Qe4+ Kf7 29. Bxd5+ (29. Bxd5+ Kf8 30. Qe6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Johannesburg"] [Site "Johannesburg"] [Date "1981.08.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1981.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RSA"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Be7 12. a3 Nd3 13. Qe2 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 15... a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Rb8 18. Re1 b5 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. b4 h6 21. f4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. Kh1 {½-½ (24) Schussler,H (2445)-Unzicker,W (2455) Germany 1984}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Rb8 18. Rcd1 {½-½ (18) Ehlvest,J (2650)-Ribli,Z (2595) Reggio Emilia 1991}) 16. Nb5 Qa6 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Nd6 Rab8 21. b4 Be8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Rc3 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb5 g5 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxa3 30. Rxb6 Rb3 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Re8 Bxb4 34. Nxg5 Bc3 35. Re7 Bxe5 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. Nxf3 Bc3 39. Kf1 Bb4 40. Ke2 Bc5 41. Nd2 {[#]} Kf5 {Sealed move.} 42. Kf3 h6 43. Nc4 Kf6 44. Nb2 Kf5 45. Nd3 Bb6 46. h4 Bd8 47. g4+ Kg6 48. h5+ Kf6 49. Ke4 Bb6 50. f3 Bg1 51. Ne5 Kg7 52. f4 Bc5 53. Nf3 Bd6 54. g5 Be7 55. g6 Kf6 56. Ne5 Kg7 57. Kd4 Bb4 58. Kc4 Bd2 59. Nd3 Be3 60. Kb5 Kf6 61. Kc6 Ke7 62. g7 Kf7 63. Kd7 Kxg7 64. Kxe6 {[#]} Bd2 {Sealed move.} 65. f5 Bc3 66. Nf2 Bb2 67. Ng4 Bc1 68. f6+ Kg8 69. Ke7 Ba3+ 70. Ke8 Kh7 71. Ne3 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1983.01.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1983.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Qxb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Bxg2 17. Rfb1 Be4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 cxd4 20. cxd4 g5 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Ra3 Rfc8 23. Rxa7 Rc2 24. Rf1 h5 25. h3 Nd2 {Petronic,J (2420)-Maksimovic,B (2325) Kladovo 1992 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Qc2 b4 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. a3 Qxc5 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Qd2 Ke7 21. Nxd7 Rd8 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Rab1 Qa3 25. Ra1 {½-½ (25) Unzicker,W (2450)-Blatny,P (2535) Germany 1995}) 11... Ne4 12. dxc5 h6 13. Qd4 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. c6 Nc5 18. Qxg5 Na6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Qe5 Qc7 22. Rd6 b4 23. Rad1 bxc3 24. Qf6 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj 80th sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2011.03.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Arcuti, Davide"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2557"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2011.03.26"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a5 14. h3 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nhf6 16. Nd2 Qf8 17. a3 Nb6 18. Qb3 Nbd7 19. Rbc1 Qd6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Nf3 Be6 {Grischuk,A (2732)-Skuhala,J (2325) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Bd6 12. e4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. Nxg3 dxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Bb1 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Qc3 Qd5 {Bublys,V (1858)-Circenis,K (2108) Dublin 2025 0-1 (65)}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 9... b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. b4 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Rc7 21. Ndb1 Rfc8 22. Qb2 Qe8 23. Ne2 Ba6 24. Rxc7 {Ajamhasani,A (1463)-Shiri,O (1590) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. f3 Re8 19. Bf2 Rcc8 20. e4 Bc5 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 g6 24. Qg4 {Hameau,C (2038)-Masztalir,M (2008) France 2009 1-0 (58)}) 10. O-O b6 11. Rac1 Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14. Bg3 Qd8 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qa6 Ne4 17. Qa4 Be7 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Ndf6 20. Be5 Qc8 21. Rc1 Qa6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxd5 Qxe2 24. Qxe4 Qxb2 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. g3 Rd8 27. Kg2 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Qf5 Qb2 30. Rc6 Be7 31. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "World-ch28 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-5=21"] [Site "Baguio City"] [Date "1978.09.12"] [Round "21"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1978.07.18"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "32"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 e4 ({RR} 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Nc7 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. c5 b6 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Nf5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Na6 28. Rd5 g6 29. Nd6 {Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. O-O Nxc5 20. Qb1 h6 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Re5 23. Rdf1 Qe8 24. h4 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Qxe3+ 26. R1f2 Nd3 27. Nf1 Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. R2f3 {Tabatabaei,M (2700)-Azarov,S (2557) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (36)}) 15. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bf1 Nc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 d4 19. exd4 e3 20. Qxf5 Qxb2 21. N5e4 exf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxc3+ 23. Qd2 Rxe4+ 24. Be2 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bf3 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 {½-½ (27) Comellas Blanchart,J (2045)-Ano Pla,G (2133) Barcelona 2022}) ({RR} 15. Bf1 Ng4 16. cxd5 b5 17. exd4 e3 18. Nb3 {1-0 (18) Cunningham,P-Cooper,J (2330) Wales 1982}) 15... Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rxd5 Re5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. O-O Rxc4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. g3 a6 26. Qb3 b5 27. a4 Rb4 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bf8 30. axb5 a5 31. Rd8 Rxb2 32. Ra8 f5 33. Rxa5 Bb4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Na4 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. b6 Bb8 39. Ra8 Be5 40. Nc5 Bd6 41. b7 Ke7 42. Rg8 Be5 43. f4 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf7 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. h3 h5 47. Rg8 Kf7 48. Rd8 g5 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Rg8 fxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Kf7 53. Rc8 Bd6 54. e4 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 g4 56. e5 Rf1+ 57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Nd3 Rxd3+ 60. Kc4 1-0 [Event "Christmas Congress 1975/76-51 Premier"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1975.12.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1975.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd4 Nxa2+ 14. Kd1 $146 ({RR} 14. Nd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 d4 16. Rxa2 dxe3 17. Qxe3+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Kd2 f6 20. Rha1 a6 21. Ra3 Kf7 22. Rb3 Be6 23. Rb6 Bd5 24. f3 a5 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ra6 Re2+ {½-½ (27) Uhlmann,W (2555)-Sosonko,G (2505) Hastings 1976}) 14... f6 15. Rxa2 a5 16. h4 g4 17. Ne1 Bf5 18. Nd3 Kf7 19. Ke2 Re8 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. f3 Qa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. h5 gxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bc8 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. Bf4 Qa4 28. Bxh6 Qb5 29. Re1 Re5 30. Qg4 Qd3 31. Ra1 d4 32. Qg6+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kd5 34. Qd7+ Kc4 35. Qxd4+ Qxd4 36. exd4 Rxh5 37. Rxa6 Rxh6 38. Rxc6 Kxd4 39. Kg3 Kc4 40. f4 Kb3 41. Rb6 Rh5 42. c6 Rc5 43. Kg4 Rc4 44. Kf5 Kxb2 45. Ke6 b3 46. Kd5 Rc3 47. Kd6 Kc2 48. c7 b2 49. Kd7 Rd3+ 50. Kc6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1961.02.06"] [Round "17"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Khasin, Abram Iosifovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1961.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Ba5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. e3 O-O 14. h4 g4 15. Be2 Re8 16. Qd1 h5 $146 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. h5 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxg4 f5 21. Bf3 f4 22. Qb3 fxe3 23. fxe3 Ne7 24. Ne4 Qe6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. e4 Qf4 27. Nd3 Qe3 28. Re1 Qxd4 29. exd5 Bf5 30. Ne5 Kh8 31. g4 {Brameyer,H-Starck,B Colditz 1967 0-1 (62)}) 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Rc5 Ne7 19. Bxd7 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd7 21. O-O c6 22. e4 b6 23. Rc3 Ng6 24. e5 Qf5 25. Rxc6 Re6 26. Rfc1 Nf8 27. Rc7 Ree8 28. R7c3 Ne6 29. f3 Ng7 30. Rf1 Rac8 31. fxg4 Qxg4 32. Rcf3 Rc4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Be5 Nf5 35. Ra3 Re7 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Rf3 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qc1 39. Qf2 Qh6 40. Rg3+ Kh7 41. Qf3 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 27th"] [Site "Rogaska Slatina"] [Date "2011.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2556"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2011.09.25"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 145"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"] [BlackTeam "Zuerich"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bf8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 ({RR} 15... Nh5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Nxd5 Nxh3+ 18. gxh3 b5 19. Qc3 Qa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. Nc7 Bb4 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Re3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Nf3 Bf8 27. d5 Bg7 28. d6 Bc8 29. e5 Qa6 30. Bf6 {Sodbilegt,N (2328)-Daneshvar,B (2596) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 1-0 (38)}) 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 b5 $146 ({RR} 17... Bg7 18. Be5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Nf3 Nxe5 {½-½ (20) Lacrosse,M (2242)-Dunis,A (2485) Imperia 2005}) 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Be5 Bxc3 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Qxc3 Ng4 23. Bg3 a5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be5 Nh5 26. g4 f6 27. Bh2 Ng7 28. b3 h5 29. bxc4 hxg4 30. cxd5 gxh3 31. Rfb1 Qa6 32. Qc4 Nf5 1-0 [Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"] [Site "Essen"] [Date "2002.05.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2002.05.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 090"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. Qg4 Nd5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Bd3 Be4 18. f3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Rc2 c6 22. e4 e5 23. Be3 Qe7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nc5 Ng6 26. Rd1 Rcd8 27. g3 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qe2 {Le,Q (2717)-Gundavaa,B (2467) Qinhuangdao 2011 ½-½ (55)}) 16. dxe5 Nb6 17. Bb4 h5 18. Qxh5 Nxc4 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Rd4 b5 21. b3 f6 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. bxc4 fxe5 24. Rg4 e4 25. Rc1 Red8 26. h4 Rd7 27. cxb5 Bd5 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. a3 Ra8 30. Kh2 Bb7 31. Kg3 Bd5 32. f3 exf3 33. gxf3 Bb3 34. Kf2 Ra6 35. e4 Ba4 36. Rg6 Kh7 37. h5 Rf7 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Rg5 Rb6 40. Rcg1 Rc6 41. Bc5 Ra6 42. Rb1 Ra8 43. Re5 Rf6 44. Rb7 Rh6 45. Rxc7 Bxh5 46. Rg5 Bg6 47. Bd4 Rg8 48. Rg3 Rh5 49. a4 e5 50. Bc3 Re8 51. a5 Re6 52. Rb7 Rc6 53. Bb2 1-0 [Event "URS-ch32 Final"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1965.01.09"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "1964.12.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 {½-½ (18) Gheorghiu,F (2545)-Tal,M (2620) Leningrad 1977}) 13. Qxc3 Rb8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 15. b3 f5 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba6 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 {½-½ (21) Minev,N-Dely,P Sinaia 1964}) 15... Ba6 16. b3 f5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. h4 Bb5 33. Nd4 Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. f4 Bc6 38. Ra6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bg8 40. Rd8 Rh5 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. e4 fxe4 43. Nxe4+ Kf5 44. Ng3+ Kxf4 45. Nxh5+ gxh5 46. Kh2 Be6 47. Rxh7 Kg4 48. Re7 Bf5 49. Rg7+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Rg5 Bg4 52. Re5 Kf2 53. Re8 Be2 54. Rf8+ Bf3 55. Rf7 Ke3 56. Kg1 Be4 57. Rf8 Bd3 58. Ra8 Bf5 59. Ra5 Bg4 60. Kg2 Bf3+ 61. Kf1 Be2+ 62. Ke1 Bg4 63. Ra3+ Ke4 64. Kf2 Bd1 65. Ra5 Bg4 66. Ra8 Kf5 67. Rd8 Ke4 68. Rf8 Bh3 69. Ke2 Bg4+ 70. Kd2 Bf5 71. Rf7 Bg4 72. Rf4+ Ke5 73. Ke3 Be6 74. Rf8 Bh3 75. Ra8 Kf5 76. Ra5+ Kg6 77. Kf4 h4 78. Ra6+ Kg7 79. gxh4 Bf1 80. Rb6 Be2 81. Kg5 Bd1 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. Kh6 Bf3 84. Rb3 Be4 85. Rg3+ Kf7 86. Kg5 Bc2 87. Kf4 Bg6 88. Rg5 Kf6 89. h5 Bf5 90. h6 Bg6 91. Rg3 Bb1 92. Rg7 Bg6 93. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2006.02.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.02.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Nb6 10. Qc2 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bb5 Rb8 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Ke2 Be7 17. Be3 Rb5 18. Rhc1 f6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Rb7 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Kd7 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Bxa7 Kc6 25. Ra6+ Kb5 26. Rda1 Bd8 27. Rxe6 {Lugovoi,A (2540)-Rantanen,Y (2360) Jyvaskyla 1998 1-0 (37)}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Qc2 Kb8 16. Bc4 Bc8 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qc1 Bg7 19. Rhe1 Rd7 20. Qf4+ Qc7 21. Qg4 Rg8 22. Bb3 Qd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxb4+ Ka8 27. Qe4 f5 28. Rxd5 fxe4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxe4 Rd1+ 31. Kc2 Rf1 32. Re2 h6 33. Kd3 Kb7 34. Rc2 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Ra1 36. b3 Kb6 37. Nd2 Kb5 38. Nc4 Bf8 39. Ne5 f5 40. Nc6 Bc5 41. Nd8 Bb6 42. Nxe6 Kb4 43. f4 Ka3 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Rxa2+ Kxa2 46. Kc4 Be3 47. g3 Bg1 48. h3 h5 49. Ng7 1-0 [Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1961.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1961.10.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Ng5 e5 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Rh5 22. c4 Rf8 23. Nf6 Kxf6 24. Qc3+ Ne5 25. fxe5+ Rxe5 {Kalinitschew,S (2465)-Votava,J (2435) Germany 1992 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Rxc2 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qf6 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. h4 h5 23. b4 a6 24. Rc5 Rfe8 25. Rec1 Rcd8 {Evans,L-Bisguier,A New York 1965 1-0 (41)}) 11... g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Be4 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qe2 f5 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Bc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Ba2 Rxc3 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Qd2 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qf6 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. Bg5 Qe5 27. Be3 Kg8 {Byrne,R-Bisguier,A New York 1962 ½-½}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. c4 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qb2 Rc7 20. Bd3 Qf6 21. Re4 Bc8 22. c5 Rd8 23. Bb5 Ne7 24. Ne5 h5 25. Rc1 Nf5 26. a4 Kg7 27. f4 a6 28. Be2 Bd7 29. g4 Ne7 30. d5 Nxd5 31. g5 Qf5 32. Nxd7+ Kh7 33. Re5 Qh3 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. gxf6 Rcd7 36. Bf1 Qg4+ 37. Qg2 Qxf4 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Rc4 Rd4 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. Qg3 Qxf6 42. Rf3 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxa4 44. Rh7 Rd1 45. Rhxf7 Qe4 46. Qg2 1-0 [Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"] [Site "Enghien les Bains"] [Date "1997.03.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Anic, Darko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2470"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1997.03.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 058"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Marin,Mihail Lutz Petursson} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 (9... dxc4 {Lutz} 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. e4 e5) 10. e4 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 $14) 10... dxc4 $6 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 (11... Qf4 $142 $1 $11) 12. c5 O-O 13. Re1 $14) 11. e5 {Um dies zu vermeiden, spielt Schwarz in der Regel 9...d:c4.} Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1) 13... Rd8 ({RR} 13... b5) 14. Qe2 (14. Bd3 {Lutz} b6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rab8 18. h4 Rdc8 19. g3 Ba8 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rbc8 22. Qf4 b5 23. Qe3 Nb6 24. h5 g5 25. Rc1 Bb7 {½-½ Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk 1995}) ({RR} 14. Bd3 b6 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 18. d5 Nb8 19. Qc4 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. exf6 Kf7 24. Ne5+ Kxf6 25. Re3 Nd7 26. Ng4+ Kg7 27. Rxe6 {½-½ (27) Kempinski,R (2545)-Motylev,A (2595) Viernheim GER 2026}) 14... Nb6 {Schwarz öffnet die Stellung, obwohl er unterentwickelt ist. Schwarz sollte sich ähnlich zu Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J aufbauen.} (14... a5 $5 {Lutz} 15. Rad1 b6 $14 {RR} 16. Ne4 c5 17. dxc5 ({RR} 17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qe4 Ra7) 17... bxc5 ({RR} 17... Nxe5 18. cxb6 Bb7) 18. Nd6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxf7) ({RR} 14... b6 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. d5 Nb8 18. Qc4 ({RR} 18. Qd3) 18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Rad1 Nc6) 15... a5 ({RR} 15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h4 Na6 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. a3 ({RR} 20. h5) 20... Nd5 21. Rd2 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rdc2 Ne7 26. Rc4 Rd5 27. b4) ({RR} 15... Rb8 16. a3 ({RR} 16. Ba6 c5 17. d5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6) 16... Bb7 17. Ba2 ({RR} 17. Ba6 Ba8) 17... Nf8 18. h4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 ({RR} 20. Bxd5) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 b5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. h5 g5 24. g3) 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 b5 18. h4 ({RR} 18. Nxb5 Nxe5) 18... Nb6 19. Bb1 ({RR} 19. Qc2 b4 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. h5 g5 22. Ng3 ({RR} 22. Nh2 c5)) 19... c5 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. h5 ({RR} 21. Bd3 Nd5 22. Bc4 ({RR} 22. g3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nxa2) 22... Nb6 23. b3) 21... g5 22. Nh2 ({RR} 22. Bd3 c4 ({RR} 22... Nd5 23. Qe4) 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 g4 25. Nh2 Qg5) 22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 {½-½ (23) Kramnik,V (2769)-Svidler,P (2735) Mexico City 2007 CBM 120 [Marin,Mihail]} {RR} cxd4 24. Bd3 ({RR} 24. Ng4 Qb4 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. g3 Rb8) 24... Nd5 25. Nxd4 ({RR} 25. Nd6 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd6 28. Qxd4 Qb4) 25... Bxd3 ({RR} 25... Nf4 26. Qe4) 26. Qxd3 Qb4 27. Qe4 ({RR} 27. Re2 Nf4) 27... Qxb2 28. Ng4 Qxa2 29. Nxe6 fxe6) 15. Bb3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Nd7 17. Nb5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. b4 Na6 20. a3 Bc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nb5 Rd5 26. Nxa7 Qd7 27. Qc2 Bf8 28. Nc8 Qb5 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 R8xd6 31. Qb2 {Zakhartsov,V (2544)-Drygalov,S (2111) Izhevsk 2014 1-0 (37)}) 17. Ne4 Qb4 $6 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. Nd6 a5 $2 (18... Nd7 $142 $1 19. Rac1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Rxc8 $1 $18) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxc8 Qxe1+ $1 23. Qxe1 Rxc8 24. g3 $13) 19. Rad1 a4 20. Rd4 $16 Qc5 21. Bc2 a3 22. Red1 {? ?e4} Rf8 23. b4 Qc7 24. h4 Bd7 25. b5 Nd5 26. Qd3 {? h5} h5 $2 (26... Qa5 $142 27. h5 Nb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. hxg6 $40) 27. Bb3 Nb6 {White has built up an overwhelming position, but here he does not play the very strongest move.} 28. Ng5 (28. Nxf7 $1 {Petursson} Rxf7 29. Qxg6 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Be8 31. Qxe6+ Bf7 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxf7+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Bf7 $18) 28... Bxe5 (28... Be8 $16 {Petursson}) 29. Ndxf7 $18 (29. Ngxf7 $1 {Petursson} Bxd4 (29... Rxf7 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxe5 $18) 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Bc2 Qxc2 33. Qxc2 Bxh6 34. Qc7 $18) 29... Rxf7 30. Rxd7 $6 {30.Dg6 Tg7 31.Le6 Le6 32.De6 +-} (30. Nxf7 $6 {Petursson} Kxf7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Qxd7+ Qxd7 33. Rxd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rb8 $1 $16) (30. Qxg6+ $1 {Petursson} Rg7 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Ne6 Qc2 35. Nxg7 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Qxa2 37. Qg5 $18) 30... Rxd7 31. Bxe6+ (31. Qxg6+ {Petursson Also winning easily} Rg7 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Nh7+ Rxh7 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qxh7+ Bg7 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qf7#) 33. Qh6+ Rh7 34. Nxh7 Qxh7 35. Qxb6 $18) 31... Kg7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7+ Nxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kg8 $16 35. Nf3 $1 Bg7 36. b6 Rc8 37. Rc7 Re8 (37... Rb8 38. Kf1 $16) 38. Rxb7 Re2 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. b7 Rb2 41. g3 Bf6 42. Ra8 Rxb7 43. Rxa3 Rb2 44. Ra6 Kg7 45. Kf1 Bd8 46. Ne5 $1 (46. Ne5 Bb6 (46... Bf6 47. f4 $18) 47. Nd3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Wichern op 4th"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "McDonald, Neil R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.10.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 ({RR} 14... bxc6 15. Be2 h5 ({RR} 15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nb1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2) 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Na4 Bg4 18. Rfd1 Bh6 {½-½ (18) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Aronian,L (2741) Heraklion 2007}) ({RR} 14... bxc6 15. Be2 Be6 {½-½ (15) Cardili,M (1949)-Kierzek,M (2094) Acqui Terme ITA 2026}) ({RR} 14... bxc6 15. Be2 Be6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Nd1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Ne3 h5 20. b3 Rd6 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb7 Bg4 24. Ne1 Bh6 25. Bxc6 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. Bb5 Rd1 29. h3 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Fontaine,R (2320) Enghien les Bains 1997 CBM 058 [Lutz,Christopher] 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 14... Nxc4 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Rxc4 bxc6 17. Rxc6) 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bb3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 16... Rb8 17. Ne3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bd7 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nxb6 Bxb3 21. axb3 axb6 22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Kf8 25. g3 Ke8 26. Rd6 g5 27. Rxb6 Kd7 28. Nd2 Kc7 29. Rb5 Kc6 30. Rd5 Ra8 31. Nc4 {Domogaev,S (2435)-Moiseenko,V (2327) Rilsk 2017 1-0 (45)}) 17. Rc7 {} Nxd5 18. Rxb7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Rab8 21. Bxf7+ Kh7 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bb3 h5 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. Rd1 Bf4 26. Qd7+ Kh6 27. Qxa7 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qxd8 30. Qc5 Kg5 31. Qd5 Qc8 32. Kg2 Qc1 33. Qd8+ Kh6 34. h4 g5 35. Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "WchT Seniors 1st"] [Site "Port Erin"] [Date "2004.10.07"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2004.10.05"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Australia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. c5 bxc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Be7 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. a3 b5 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Be5 Rd7 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Re3 Qd8 26. Qe4 g6 27. h5 Bxc5 28. hxg6 f5 29. Qf4 Bf8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bf6 {Budo,A-Saigin,V Moscow 1945 1-0 (50)}) 17. dxc5 Be5 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Bc2 f6 20. Qe4 g5 21. f4 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 3rd"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "2008.08.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2008.08.20"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Rad1 exd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Qe3 c4 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Qc5 Bg4 19. d6 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Rc8 21. Qa3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Qxd6 24. Qxb7 Rb8 {Livaic,L (2569)-So,W (2775) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (66)}) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 e5 13. d5 Re8 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Qe3 e4 18. c5 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 h5 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. g3 Qf6 26. Nc4 Bc3 {Golenia,J (2182)-Kistrup,N (2421) Darlowo POL 2024 1-0 (62)}) 12... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Qe3 b6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Nde4 Qe7 17. Kh1 f5 18. Nd2 exd5 19. cxd5 f4 20. Qe4 Qf6 21. Nf3 Nf7 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Nd6 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25. Nh4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf6 {De Waal,M (2240)-Fontaine,R (2365) Antwerp 1998 1-0 (60)}) 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Qe3 b6 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Qf6 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Nb5 Nf8 20. Qg3 a6 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. h4 Bb7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nh4 Nf8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Nf5 Rd7 30. g3 Ne6 31. Be2 g4 32. f3 gxf3 33. Bxf3 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. b4 f6 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Bf8 38. Bxh5 Bxd6 39. Bg4 Rg7 40. Be6+ Kf8 41. cxd6 Rxg3+ 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. Re2 Ke8 44. Bf5 Kd8 45. Kg1 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rg5 47. Bh3 Rh5 48. d7 Rb7 49. Rc2 Rxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Rxd7 51. Rcc5 Rxd5 52. Rxd5+ Kc7 53. Kg4 Kc6 54. Rd8 Kc5 55. Kf5 Kc4 56. Kxf6 e4 57. Ke5 e3 58. Rxd4+ Kc3 59. Re4 1-0 [Event "Zuerich/Bern m"] [Site "Bern"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Brunner, Lucas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1996.02.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 052"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 $5 Qxd1 $6 (10... Bxc5 $142 11. Qe2 e5 12. Rd1 Qf6 $1 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $10 {Brunner}) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Bf4 $5 (12. e5 Bb4 $1 $10 (12... Nc4 13. Na4 $16)) 12... f6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Nb5 (14. Nd5 Bd4 (14... Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 exf4 16. gxf4 Bg4 $14) (14... exf4 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rc7 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. Rxb7 Rc1+ 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Ne6 Bxb7 24. Nxd8 Ng4+ 25. Kh3 Bc8 26. Ne6 h5 27. Bf3 {1-0 Loginov,V-Magerramov,E/Pavlodar/1987/ (61)}) 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $5 Rad8 18. Nh4 (18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Rd5 {? ?b5?}) 18... Rd7 19. Nf5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfd8 21. Rcc5 Kf8 $17 {Yermolinsky,A-Alburt,L/Philadelphia/1993/}) 14... exf4 (14... Na4 15. b3 $16) (14... Bxf2+) 15. Rxc5 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Rd2 $146 (17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Nh2 $1 Bc8 $2 (18... Be2 $1 $10) 19. Nf1 $1 $14 Na4 $6 (19... a6) 20. Rc2 a6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nc7 Nb4 23. Rc4 a5 24. Nd5 Be6 (24... Nxb2 $5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 Nxa2 $132) 25. b3 $16 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Hellers,F/Philadelphia/1992/ (29)}) 17... Rad8 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 (19... Nc8 20. e5 $1 Nxe5 21. Bd5+ $36 Kf8 22. Nxb7 Rd7) 20. Bd1 Nc8 21. Rcd5 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. f4 $36) 18. Nd6 $14 Bxf3 (18... Rd7 19. Nxb7 $16) 19. Bxf3 Rf7 $6 (19... Nc8 20. e5 Nxe5 (20... fxe5 $2 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nxb7 $16) 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 (24... Rc1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. b3 $16 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Bouaziz,S/Novi Sad olm (09)/1990/ (44)}) 25. Bg2 $14) (19... Ne5 20. Bd1 Nc8 21. Rxe5 $1 Rxd6 (21... fxe5 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ $18) 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Red5 $14) 20. Bg4 Re7 (20... Rc7 $5) 21. f4 Kf8 (21... g6 22. Kf2) 22. a3 $146 ({RR} 22. Kf2 g6 23. Bh3 Nb4 24. a3 Na6 25. Rcc2 Na4 26. b4 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Rc2 Rxd6 29. Rxc7 Rd3 30. Rxb7 Nc3 31. Bg2 Rd2+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Rxh7 Nf3+ 35. Kh3 Ng1+ 36. Kg4 Rxg2 {Buhmann,R (2532)-Greenfeld,A (2555) Lippstadt 2004 ½-½ (50)}) 22... g6 23. Bh3 Rc7 (23... f5 $5 24. exf5 (24. e5 $14) 24... Red7 25. fxg6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. gxh7 Rh6 28. Bf5 $14) 24. Rcc2 $1 (24. e5 Nxe5 25. Rxc7 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. Nxb7 Re8 $14) 24... a6 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. e5 $1 $16 fxe5 27. fxe5 {Black suffers, since ?d6 supported by the bishop is much too strong.} Na8 (27... Nd7 28. Nxb7 $1 $16) (27... Na4 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf2+ Kg8 (30... Ke7 31. Rf7+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Re8#) 31. Be6+) 28. Rf2 Nxe5 (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf2+ Kg8 31. Be6+ $18) 29. Rxc7+ (29. Nc8+ $18) 29... Nxc7 30. Nc8+ $18 Rxc8 (30... Ke8 31. Re2 Rd5 32. Nb6 Rc5 33. b4 $18 (33. Nd7 $18)) 31. Bxc8 b6 32. Rd2 a5 33. b3 h5 (33... Ne6 34. Rd5 Ng4 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Rb5 $18) 34. Kf2 g5 (34... Ng4+ 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Rd4 $18) 35. Ke3 a4 36. Ke4 Nf7 (36... Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Kxe5 $18) 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rxc7 (38. Rxc7 Nd6+ 39. Kd5 axb3 40. Kxd6 b2 41. Be6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Moscow 3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.04.26"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "1973.04.24"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne1 Nc4 ({RR} 12... c4 13. Qf3 Qd6 14. a3 Na6 15. Be3 Qg6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Re1 Na4 24. b3 Nb2 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rde2 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ {Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Lautier,J (2645) Horgen 1994 1-0 (45)}) 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne4 ({RR} 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Ne5 c4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 Qf4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qa4 Rac8 24. Rac1 Qxb2 25. d6 Qd4 26. d7 Rcd8 27. Red1 Qxg4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 {Navara,D (2697)-Safarli,E (2598) Tornelo INT 2020 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 14. Nc2 Nd6 15. Re1 c4 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bd3 18. b4 Bf6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rad1 Nc7 23. Kg2 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. a4 Raa8 26. h4 h6 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 b5 {Tabatabaei,M (2677)-Safarli,E (2608) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (48)}) 14... Bf5 15. Nc2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 17. Bg2 c4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb2 23. a4 Bf6 24. Nd3 Rb8 25. Rb1 Bd8 26. h4 h5 27. Bf3 g6 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Re1 Bf6 {Kolev,A (2460)-Magerramov,E (2525) Andorra 1991 ½-½ (54)}) 15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Qd3 b5 23. b3 Qf6 24. Rbc1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Rc2 g6 27. Qd2 Rb8 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rb3 30. Nc4 Nb4 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 a5 34. Qc4 Rc8 35. Bf1 Rb8 36. Bh3 Rd8 37. Qb5 Qc7 38. Bg2 c4 39. d6 Rxd6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Rxd6 Qxd6 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qxc4 Qd1+ 44. Qf1 Qxa4 45. Qc1+ Kg7 46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. Be4 Qa1+ 49. Kg2 Qe1 50. Qc7+ Ke6 51. Bxg6 Kf6 52. Qb6+ Qe6 53. Qxa5 Qc6+ 54. f3 Kxg6 55. Qxb4 Qc2+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke3 Qxh2 59. Qd6+ Kf7 60. Ke4 Qh1 61. Kf4 Kg7 62. Qc7+ Kf8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc5+ Kd7 65. Qd5+ Ke7 66. Kg5 Qh2 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Qh4 1-0 [Event "Lugano Open-13"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Andrijevic, Milan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1988.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 {½-½ (11) Roeder,M (2478)-Zelcic,R (2544) Metz 2002}) ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 {½-½ (9) Lekic,D (2346)-Andrijevic,M (2380) Vrnjacka Banja 2006}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd5 dxc3 11. dxc6 cxb2 12. Bxb2 bxc6 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Bd4 Rb4 18. Nf3 Be2 19. Bxf6 Bxd1 20. Be7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rfb8 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc8+ {Hehir,M (2009)-Ishvi,A (1955) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (67)}) 10. dxc5 Qxd1 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Rd1 Bxc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. h3 Be6 18. Qe1 a5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rb5 Qb8 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Ra7 25. Nd5 {Galego,L (2528)-Sokolov,A (2589) Evora 2006 ½-½ (57)}) 11. Rxd1 Nd7 $146 12. Be3 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Re1 a6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rd6 Re8 18. Rd2 Rf8 19. h3 Ra7 20. Rd6 Re8 21. h4 Kf8 22. Rd2 Ke7 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Nd6 Ndb8 25. h5 Bd7 26. Nh4 b5 27. f4 Be8 28. Red1 Kf8 29. Bf3 Ne7 30. g4 Bc6 31. Kf2 Rad7 32. Rc1 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Nbc6 34. a3 Na5 35. Nd4 Nd5 36. Kf3 Nb7 37. Nc6 Ra8 38. Ne4 Rc7 39. Rdc2 Rac8 40. Nd6 Ra8 41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Na5 Rbb8 43. b4 Rd8 44. Rc6 Ke8 45. Ke4 Ne7 46. Rd6 Rd7 47. f5 Rad8 48. Rxd7 Kxd7 49. Nb7 1-0 [Event "Basel Hilton op 03rd"] [Site "Basel"] [Date "2001.01.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Sturua, Zurab"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2001.01.01"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.03.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Vitiugov,Nikita} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O ({RR} 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 h6 19. Rc5 Rb8 20. Ra5 a6 21. Rh5 Kd6) 7... Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Nc6 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1 Rd8) 12. Bd2 Be6 13. e3 ({RR} 13. a3 Bb6 14. b4 Ne5 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. e3 d4 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Bc3) 16. b5 Ne5 17. exd4 ({RR} 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Re1 Rfd8) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxd4) 15. a4 a6 ({RR} 15... Qd7 16. a5 Bc7 17. Qa4 Qf7 18. Nd4) 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a5 Ba7 18. b5 Rac8 ({RR} 18... axb5 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Qxb5 Rf7 21. Bc3) 19. Bb4 Nxf3+ ({RR} 19... Rfd8 20. Nxe5 ({RR} 20. b6 Bb8 21. Nd4 Bh3) 20... fxe5 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2 Rc4 23. Rfc1 Rdc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rc1) 20. Bxf3 Bc5 ({RR} 20... Rfd8 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2) 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Qd3 Bxb4 ({RR} 22... Bf5 23. Bxd5+ ({RR} 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. e4 Bh3 26. Rfe1 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc5) 23... Kh8 24. e4 Bh3 25. Rfe1) 23. Rxb4 Rc6 24. Rb6 Ra8 ({RR} 24... Rxb6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qd4) 25. Rfb1 Rac8 26. h4 Rc3 27. Qxa6 Bg4 {Vitiugov,N (2737)-Zhao,X (2568) Caleta 2014 CBM 159 [Vitiugov,Nikita] 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. e3 Rc8 15. Bc3 Bf7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Red8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Kf8 23. Bh3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc4 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rc7 a5 27. Be6 Re8 {Gulkov,I (2358)-Parligras,M (2591) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (49)}) 13... Qd7 ({RR} 13... d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Kf7 20. b3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Bd5+ Kg6 23. Bxb7) 14. Bc3 Rad8 15. Bd4 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bh3 17. Rc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Re4 21. Ne2 Re5 22. Qb3 Qf7 23. Rd3 d4 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rcd1 Ke7 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc5 29. Rd2 g5 30. h3 {Larsen,B (2580)-Jacobs,B (2350) Lugano 1989 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 15... Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qa4 Ne5 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb6 Ra6 22. Qb3 Nc4 23. Rfd1 Rb6 24. Qc3 Rxb2 25. Nc2 Qf5 26. Rd4 Rxa2 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4+ {1-0 (28) Ribli,Z (2583)-Popovics,A (2402) Hungary 2013}) 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc3 b6 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qd1 Bb4 21. b3 Na5 22. Bc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Bf5 24. Rd2 Be4 25. Nd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Ba1 Bb4 29. Rc2 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Rc7 Re7 32. Rfc1 Rde8 33. Bd4 Kf7 34. a4 Rxc7 35. Rxc7+ Re7 36. Rc8 Ke6 37. g4 Bd6 38. h4 Rc7 39. Rh8 g6 40. Re8+ Re7 41. Rd8 f5 42. gxf5+ gxf5 43. h5 Be5 44. Bxe5 Kxe5 45. Rg8 a5 46. Kg3 Qxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Re6 48. Kg3 Ke4 49. Rg7 h6 50. Rd7 Re8 51. Rd6 f4+ 52. exf4 d4 53. f3+ Kd3 54. f5 Kc3 55. f6 d3 56. Kf4 d2 57. Kf5 Re3 58. f7 Rxf3+ 59. Kg6 Rf1 60. Kg7 Rg1+ 61. Kxh6 Rf1 62. Kg7 Rg1+ 63. Kf8 Rh1 64. h6 Rxh6 65. Rxd2 Kxd2 66. Kg7 Rh3 67. f8=Q 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1971.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1971.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 ({RR} 15. Bb3) 15... Re8 ({RR} 15... Qc7) ({RR} 15... Qf6) ({RR} 15... Qe7) ({RR} 15... h6) 16. Qe3 $146 ({RR} 16. h4 h6 ({RR} 16... h6 17. Bb5 ({RR} 17. a4 Re7) 17... Re7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rdc7 20. Qf4 Qd6 21. Qg4 Rc2 22. Qh5 R8c7 23. Ng4 Rxa2 24. d5 Kh7 25. e5 Qb4 26. d6 Rd7) 17. d5 Nc5 18. Bb1 exd5 19. e5 d4 20. Nxd4 Qd5 21. f4 Red8 22. Qf2 Qc4 23. Nf5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qa4 25. Bc2 Qc6 26. Ne7+ {1-0 (26) Hua,L (2305)-Zeman,M (2308) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 16. h4 Nf8 17. h5 ({RR} 17. a4 Re7) 17... h6 18. a4 Nh7 19. Qf4 Rc3 ({RR} 19... Qc7 20. e5 Nf6 21. Nd2 Nd5 22. Qe4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6) ({RR} 19... Ng5) 20. Bb5 Rf8 ({RR} 20... Re7 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf6 24. d6 Rc5 ({RR} 24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rc5 26. Bc4 Rc6 27. Re7) 25. Re7 ({RR} 25. Bc4 Bd5) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd6 27. Rxa7 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6) 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 ({RR} 22... Nf6 23. d6) ({RR} 22... a6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. d6) 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Bc4 ({RR} 24. Nc6 Qa8 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qd4 Rc5 28. Re5 Nc7) 24... Qa8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd2 ({RR} 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Re3 Rc7 28. Rg3 f6 29. Ng6) 26... Rd8 27. Re4 Qb8 ({RR} 27... Qc8 28. Rd4 ({RR} 28. Ng4 Rd6 29. Qe1 ({RR} 29. Qe2 Nf4 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ f5) ({RR} 29. Rd4 Rc4) 29... Kf8 30. Red4 Rc5) 28... Rc5 ({RR} 28... Rc2 29. Qd3 Rc3 30. Qe4 Rc1) 29. Ng4 Re8 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxd5 Qg4) ({RR} 27... Rc5 28. Rd4) 28. Ng4 f5 ({RR} 28... Rd6 29. Rd4 ({RR} 29. Ne3 Nf6) 29... Rc5 30. Ne3) 29. Rd4 fxg4 ({RR} 29... Rdc8 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxd5 R3c6 32. Rd7) 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Socko,B (2635) Istanbul 2012 CBM 151 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 16. h3 Nf8 17. h4 Re7 18. h5 h6 19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Qh4 Rd7 21. Bb5 Rdd8 22. Ne5 Nh7 23. Bc4 Nf6) ({RR} 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg6 ({RR} 17... Qh6) ({RR} 17... Qe7) 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. e5 Qh5 20. Qg3 Nd7 ({RR} 20... Nd5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne4) 21. Ng5 ({RR} 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Nf1) 21... Nf8 22. Be4 Bd5 23. f3 h6 24. Nh3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Rc2) ({RR} 16. Bb1 Nf8 ({RR} 16... h6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Qc3 19. Qf4 e5 ({RR} 19... Nf8 20. Re3 Ng6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. e5) 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. d5 Qb4) 17. Re3 Re7 ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. Qb2 Red8) ({RR} 17... Ng6 18. Ra3 a6 19. Rb3 Rc6) 18. h4 Rec7 ({RR} 18... Rd7 19. h5 Qf6 20. Ra3 a6 21. Rb3 b5 22. Ne5 Rdd8 23. a4) 19. Ra3 Ba8 20. h5 h6 21. Nh2 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Kf1 Rc1 24. Ke2 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Rd8 26. Nf3 g4 27. Nd2 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 Bc6) ({RR} 16. h3 h6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. a5 Qa3 20. Ra1 Qc3 21. Qe3 bxa5 22. Rec1 Qb2 23. Rcb1 Qc3 24. Bb5 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Red8 26. Bd3 Ba8 27. Rxa5 Rc3 28. Ne1 Nf6 29. e5 Nd5 30. Kf2 Rc7 {Paravyan,D (2593)-Bukreev,S (2385) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (78)}) ({RR} 16. Bb1 h6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Re3 b5 19. Rde1 Nb6 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. Rc3 Qa5 22. Rcc1 Red8 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 d4 25. e6 Bxf3 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxf3+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Qd2 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 {Djaparov,M (1691)-Seemann,J (2288) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 16... Rc3 17. e5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7 22. Qg4 Ra3 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. d5 a4 26. dxe6 axb3 27. exf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. axb3 Qe7 30. e6 Ra6 31. f4 h6 32. f5 Nh7 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Qf4 Nf6 35. Qc7 Qb4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kd1 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1984.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Torre, Eugenio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "116"] [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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. e4 $1 Nxe4 11. Qc2 Nef6 12. Qxc6 Qc7 13. Qxa8 Nb6 14. Ba4+ $1 Nxa4 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Qc6 Qxc6 $146 ({RR} 16... Bxe5 17. Qxa4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Ng3 Bb5 22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rc5 Ba6 25. g3 Bh6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Kf2 Rxd4 28. Rd1 Qd8 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 g6 31. Rc6 {Yurtaev,L (2485)-Savchenko,S (2480) Barnaul 1988 1-0 (36)}) 17. Nxc6 Bb7 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Rg1 $16 Be4 20. f3 Bc2 21. Bh6 Bg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf4 Be7 24. O-O-O Nd5 25. Kb1 Rd8 26. Bg3 Bg5 27. Bc7 Nxc7 28. Rxg5 Nd5 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rc6 Nab6 31. Rg1 Ke7 32. Nc1 Rh8 33. Rg2 Rh4 34. Nb3 Rf4 35. Rg3 Rh4 36. h3 Kd7 37. Rc5 Ne7 38. Rg1 Rxh3 39. Rgc1 Ned5 40. Ra5 Nc8 41. Nc5+ Kd8 42. Rb5 Ncb6 43. Nd3 Rxf3 44. Nxb4 Nxb4 45. Rxb4 g5 46. Rb5 Rf5 47. Rxf5 exf5 48. Rc5 g6 49. Kc2 g4 50. Kd3 Nc8 51. a4 Nd6 52. b4 g3 53. Ke3 g5 54. Rd5 Kc7 55. Kf3 Kc6 56. Ra5 Kb6 57. Kxg3 f6 58. Kf3 f4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Geller +4-1=3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.05.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1971.05.13"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 ({RR} 15. c6 Nxc6 16. Qxc3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Rdc8 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bd3 Ne4 23. Qb2 Qf6 24. h3 a5 25. Rfe1 Nc5 26. Bf5 Ne6 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Nxe6 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 fxe6 {Stern,R (2521)-Wacker,P (2306) Bad Wiessee 2016 1-0 (37)}) 15... bxc5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 ({RR} 17. Qa3 Qf6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. h3 a5 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 g6 23. Bb5 Nb6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nd3 Rdc8 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. Ra3 Kf6 28. Ng4+ Kg7 29. Rda1 c4 30. Rxa5 cxb3 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Georgiev,K (2644) Dubai 2014 1-0 (58)}) 17... Rab8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rdc8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Rfc1 Qf6 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qd3 Rd6 {½-½ (22) Veingold,A (2430)-Tal,M (2620) Tallinn 1983}) ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Qa3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rdc8 20. Nd4 a6 21. Bg4 Kh7 22. h3 Qe5 23. Bf5+ g6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxc5 Re8 26. Qc3 Ree7 27. b4 {1-0 (27) Renet,O (2480)-Santo Roman,M (2360) Epinal 1986}) 18. b3 Qe6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Ne1 Rbc8 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Nd3 Nf6 24. Qa5 Ne8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Banja Luka 9th"] [Site "Banja Luka"] [Date "2008.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Savanovic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2417"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2008.09.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O {½-½ (12) Steedman,J (2141)-Bodach,H (2103) Dresden 2010}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 13. b4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. a5 Be7 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. Na2 Re8 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Nc1 Qf6 20. Nd3 Re7 21. Rfc1 g5 22. g3 Qg6 23. Qc3 Rce8 24. Qd2 Bb8 25. Qd1 Rf8 26. Nfe1 f5 27. Bh5 Qe6 {Vaganian,R (2565)-Giorgadze,T (2530) Yerevan 1981 ½-½ (86)}) ({RR} 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Rfd8 21. h3 Bf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc2 Bc8 24. g4 Be6 25. Kg2 Ra8 26. Kg3 Ra4 27. h4 g5 {Montano Vicente,G (1970)-Spitzl,V (2364) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 13... Re8 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. e4 Bb4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Re7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kg7 25. f4 Rc7 26. Rf1 Bc8 27. f5 Qd6 28. f6+ Kh7 29. h4 h5 30. Qg5 Bg4 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Qd7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qh6 Ne6 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. f7+ Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. g4 Rc4 39. Qh7+ Ng7 40. h5 1-0 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-08"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1972.12.10"] [Round "11"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1972.11.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qd6 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bd6 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Nb4 Rfd8 24. Red1 Qc7 25. h3 Qe7 26. Qa3 {Timman,J (2655)-Karpov,A (2720) Tilburg 1982 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfe1 Bc8 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. e4 Qd8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nd7 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne5 Qg5 23. Qd1 b5 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Qf3 {Kortschnoj,V-Cuellar Gacharna,M Leningrad 1973 1-0 (33)}) 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf4 17. g3 Qg4 18. Rxc7 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxd7 Qe6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. b3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Rb7 g6 {Yu,Y (2713)-Tabatabaei,M (2623) Berlin 2022 ½-½}) 12... Nc6 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 Be7 15. Rfc1 Qe6 16. Bd3 f5 17. b5 Bd6 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nb5 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 f4 23. Qa2 Nf6 24. e4 Qxe4 25. Nc3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Nb5 {Groszpeter,A (2435)-Lengyel,B (2370) Budapest 1981 ½-½ (63)}) 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nd8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra7 20. Nc3 c6 21. e4 Nf4 22. e5 Qe6 23. Bf1 Qg4 24. Kh1 Be7 25. Ng1 Rea8 26. g3 Ne6 27. Bh3 Qh5 28. Bg2 b5 29. f4 f5 30. Bh3 Kh8 31. Rb1 Ra3 32. Qc2 Bxb4 33. Nxb5 cxb5 34. Rxb4 Ra2 35. Qb1 Rf2 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Nf3 Raa2 38. Qxf5 Qxf5 39. Bxf5 1-0 [Event "Antwerp"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2455"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1993.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 037"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bb1 Na6 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Nf5 $146 ({RR} 17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Qc2 g6 19. a3 Rac8 20. Qd1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qa4 a6 23. Ba2 b5 24. Qd1 h5 25. h3 Rc7 26. Qe2 Rcd7 27. Rfd1 Be5 28. b4 Bc7 29. g3 Qe5 30. h4 Bb6 31. Kh2 Bxd4 {Huss,A (2329)-Klovans,J (2463) Biel 2005 ½-½ (40)}) 17... Qe6 18. Nb5 g6 19. Nbd4 Qd7 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Nhf5+ gxf5 22. Nxf5+ Kf8 23. e4 Qe6 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Qa3+ Nc5 27. b4 Nb7 28. Qh3 Nd6 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Qf4 Be5 31. Nxd6+ Qxd6 32. Re1 f6 33. Qh4 Kd7 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Bc2 Bc3 36. Qh3+ 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-09a"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.06.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1973.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [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 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bd6 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Nb4 Rfd8 24. Red1 Qc7 25. h3 Qe7 26. Qa3 {Timman,J (2655)-Karpov,A (2720) Tilburg 1982 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Qd6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf4 17. g3 Qg4 18. Rxc7 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxd7 Qe6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. b3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Rb7 {Yu,Y (2713)-Tabatabaei,M (2623) Berlin 2022 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Qd6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nd8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra7 20. Nc3 c6 21. e4 Nf4 22. e5 Qe6 23. Bf1 Qg4 24. Kh1 Be7 25. Ng1 Rea8 26. g3 {Kortschnoj,V-Medina Garcia,A Palma de Mallorca 1972 1-0 (39)}) 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfe1 Bc8 14. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 14. Qa4 a5 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Qc2 Ra7 18. Rac1 Re7 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nf3 Ree8 21. a3 Qd6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. Qc3 Be6 27. Re3 Rd6 28. Rf3 Qh4 {Furman,S-Musil,V Portoroz/Ljubljana 1975 1-0 (46)}) 14... Be6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. e4 Qd8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nd7 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne5 Qg5 23. Qd1 b5 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Qf3 Re8 27. h4 Qf6 28. Re5 Kf8 29. g3 Ne6 30. Rf5 Qg6 31. h5 Qh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-07"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1969.08.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Rodriguez, Jo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D59"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1969.08.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [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 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 Rc8 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Qa3 Nd7 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rc3 Kf8 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nxc5 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc5 27. e4 {Larchikov,M (2163)-Deepak Ambattu,R (2154) Peterborough ENG 2026 ½-½ (61)}) 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O Qb4 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. a3 Qd6 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Nb8 19. Rc3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rfc1 Nd7 22. Bb5 c4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nd4 cxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd7 27. Bf1 a4 {Nogueiras Santiago,J (2560)-Ljubojevic,L (2635) Luzern 1989 ½-½ (38)}) 13... a5 14. a3 c6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. b5 c5 16. Be2 c4 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. O-O f5 20. g3 Rac7 21. Rc3 Nd7 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Bg2 Nb8 24. Ne5 {½-½ (24) Kregelin,J (2158)-Herrmann,M (1992) Leipzig 2009}) 15. b5 c5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. O-O c4 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Rc3 Nf6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Rf2 Re8 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Rd6 24. Qc1 Re6 25. g4 Nh7 26. f4 Be4 27. Ng3 Qh4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf3 R4e6 30. Bxd5 Nf6 31. Bf3 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. a4 Qh3 34. Qf1 Qxg4+ 35. Rg2 Qf5 36. Rg3 Qd5 37. Kf2 Qh5 38. h3 Qh4 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qxc4 Qh4 41. Qd5 Qe7 42. Kh2 Qb4 43. Qb3 Qe7 44. Rc6 Rxe3 45. Rxe3 Qxe3 46. Qxe3 Rxe3 47. Rxb6 Ra3 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. b6 Rxa4 50. b7 Rb4 51. d5 1-0 [Event "Quebec op"] [Site "Montreal"] [Date "2004.07.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Garcia, Gildardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2568"] [BlackElo "2461"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2004.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O a5 15. b5 c5 16. Bf5 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Na4 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Re2 23. Qf3 Rae8 24. h3 Qb4 25. Nc3 Rb2 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxb5 {½-½ (27) Coleman,T (2282)-Amanov,Z (2421) Berkeley 2011}) 17. Qb1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Bh3 h5 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 1-0 [Event "Candidates f Kortschnoj-Spassky +7-4=7"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1977.12.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Donev,Ivo Hristov"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 {Vermeidet b4-b5} 12. Be2 Nd7 ({Mir scheint logisch zuerst die Dame auf d6 zu entwickeln, um das Feld e5 zu kontrollieren und hauptsächlich der b4 - Bauer unter Beschuss zu nehmen.} 12... Qd6 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O a5 15. a3 axb4 (15... Rfe8 $6 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra7 $15) 16. axb4 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Nd3 Bc8 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Ra1 Nc4 $15 {½-½ Titz,H-Donev,I/Zuerich op 1994/EXT 94op (49)}) 13. O-O a5 14. b5 c5 $1 15. dxc5 (15. Re1 $5 c4 16. Nd2 $14 {? ?f3 nebst ?f1,?g3,?e2,?f4}) 15... Nxc5 {Leider wegen dem schwachen d5 - Bauer ist der Nachziehende mit dem S auf c5 erzwungen zu nehmen. Jetzt haben wir am Brett dem meist verbreiteten Mittelspiel Stellung - die Isolierte d5 Damenbauer. Als Kompensation beherrscht der Nachziehende das Läuferpaar.} 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Bg4 $146 (17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Na4 Be5 (18... g6 $6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Nxc5 Qxb5 22. a4 Qb6 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc5 $16) 19. g3 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Qf6 $13 {[%CAl Ye5d4,Yf6f3]}) ({RR} 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Na4 g6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Nxc5 Qxb5 22. a4 Qb6 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc5 Qb4 25. Rb5 Qa3 26. Bxd5 Qc3 27. Qb1 Rd7 28. Qxg6+ Bg7 29. Qf5 Rfd8 30. Rxa5 Qd2 31. Be4 Qb4 {Matveeva,S (2430)-Lutz,A (2225) Internet 1995 1-0 (38)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Re1 Ne6 19. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 20. Nc6 $1 $14 Bxc6 (20... Rd7 21. Na4 {[%CAl Ya4b6]} (21. e4 Bg5 $1) 21... Rc7 22. Nxb6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Ra6 24. Nd7 Raxc6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 $13) 21. bxc6 Bxc3 (21... Qb4 $5 22. a3 $1 Qxa3 23. c7 Rdc8 24. Nb5 $44) (21... Qxc6 22. Ne4 Qd7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qf4 $1 $14 {[%CAl Yf4f6,Yf4c7,Yc1c7]}) 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Qc2 e5 (23... Qc7 $142 $5 24. Qg6 Rd6 25. Rec1 b5 $14) 24. c7 $1 Rd7 25. Rc1 d4 {[%csl Gc7,Gd4][%mdl 4096] Jeder Seite hat seinem Trumpf - der Weiße seine starke c7- Freibauer und der Schwarze - der d4 Freibauer.} 26. Rc6 Qd5 27. Qb1 $1 (27. Rxb6 $2 Rdxc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 d3 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rc1 Qxa2 $17 {Weiß muss um Remis kämpfen.}) 27... d3 (27... dxe3 28. fxe3 $18) 28. Qxb6 d2 $2 {Wahrscheinlich entscheidende Fehler die, die Partie kostet. Schwarz sollte nicht die 2 Reihe zumachen, sondern sofort auf a2 nehmen!} (28... Qxa2 $142 29. Qb7 Rf8 {[%CAl Ya2f2,Yf8f2] Jetzt sieht man warum ist es wichtig die 2 Reihe offen zu bleiben. So kann man nach dem Turm Abzug auf f8 mit Tempo starke Drohungen gegen die weißen Monarchen stellen.} 30. h3 Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 d2 32. Rd1 Qxe3 33. c8=Q Rxb7 34. Qxb7 Qf4+ {Dem Dauerschach ist unvermeintlich.} 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 29. Rd1 Qxa2 (29... Qd3 30. Qb7 Rf8 31. c8=Q $18) {[%tqu "De","Was muss der Anziehende spielen?","","","h2h3","",8,"b6b7","",0]} 30. h3 $3 $18 {Ein ausgezeichneter Zug. Es ist offensichtlich das die stärksten Drohungen beider Seiten (für Weiß ?b7 und für Schwarz ?a4) in Verbindung mit dem Freibauern c7 und d2 stehen. Weiß hat schwache erste Reihe und macht profilarktisch ein Fenster für seinen König.} (30. Qb7 {Dieser logische Zug ist zu eilig, weil der Nachziehende mit seinem nächste ausgezeichnete Zug genug Gegenspiel bekommt.} Qa4 $3 {[%CAl Ya4c6,Ya4d1]} (30... Qa1 $2 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Rxh6+ $1 Kxh6 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kh6 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Kg6 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Rxa1 $18) 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. h3 $3 (32. Qg8+ Kxg8 33. c8=Q+ Kh7 34. Rc2 Qa1 $1 $19) 32... Qxc6 (32... Qxd1+ $2 33. Kh2 $18) 33. Rxd2 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qxd2 35. Qb8 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 $11) 30... Qa4 {[%CAl Ya4c6,Ya4d1]} 31. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 32. Qb7 (32. Qb8 $5 Rxb8 33. cxb8=Q+ Kh7 34. Rc8 $40 {[%CAl Yc8h8]}) 32... Rdd8 33. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Rc7 $1 {[%CAl Yc7g7] Die weißen Figuren sind sehr aktiv auf den 7 Reihe platziert. Außerdem ist die Lage der weiße König besser, als seine schwarzen Kollegen. Der Rest ist reine Technik Sache.} Qa1+ 35. Kh2 e4 36. Qxe4 Qf6 37. f4 Qf8 38. Ra7 Qc5 39. Qb7 Qc3 40. Qe7 Rf8 41. e4 Qd4 42. f5 h5 43. Rxa5 Qd2 44. Qe5 Qg5 45. Ra6 Rf7 46. Rg6 Qd8 47. f6 h4 48. fxg7 {Eine ausgezeichnete Partie zum Thema: Freibauern!} 1-0 [Event "NED-ch32"] [Site "Leeuwarden"] [Date "1977.04.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Donner, Jan Hein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1977.04.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. a4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qf6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Ba6 Bc6 19. Bb5 c4 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Re1 Re6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rce1 g6 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. f3 b5 {Hoenlinger,B-Becker,A Vienna 1936 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Rab1 Qxb4 18. cxb4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. b5 a6 21. b6 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Rc7 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. h4 Bd5 26. f3 Be6 {Aravindh,C (2723)-Liyanage,R (2410) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. O-O c5 15. Qa3 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qf8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Qa4 Nc5 22. Qa3 Ne4 23. Qa4 Nc5 24. Qa3 {½-½ (24) Pachman,L-Donner,J Varna 1962}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qa3 b6 14. O-O a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. c4 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. d5 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd6 21. Rab1 Rb7 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Ne5 Re8 24. f4 Bc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. cxb5 Qxd5 {Najdorf,M-Cruz,W Buenos Aires 1939 1-0 (37)}) 12... Nc6 13. a5 b6 14. axb6 cxb6 15. Be2 Na5 16. Qb4 Qg6 17. g3 Qe4 18. O-O Bh3 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Ne1 Rc7 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. Ng2 g5 23. Re1 Qe7 24. Qb2 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Qe6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Qb3 28. Qe2 Rxc3 29. Rcd1 Qe6 30. d5 Qd6 31. Qh5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rd8 33. Bb1 Qf6 34. Re4 Rc4 35. Re3 Nb7 36. Qe2 Rc7 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qb8 Rd7 40. Qxa7 Qb2 41. Bf5 Re7 42. d6 Re2 43. Qxb7 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Rxf5 45. Qg2 Qf6 46. d7 Qd8 47. Qe4 Ra5 48. Qe8 Ra8 49. Re1 b5 50. Kh1 Qa5 51. Rf1 1-0 [Event "Christmas Congress 1971/72-47 Premier"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1972.01.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Kurajica, Bojan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1971.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Nbd7 ({RR} 7... Ba6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 exd5 11. O-O a5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rac1 c6 16. h3 h6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Ne1 Be7 19. Nb1 Bd6 20. Nd2 a4 21. Qc2 Nb8 22. Nd3 {Tan,Z (2517)-Sukandar,I (2384) Riadh 2017 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. a3 a5 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nd2 Ng6 15. Rac1 e5 16. d5 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qc2 f5 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. b4 f4 21. Nxe4 Qh4 22. Bf3 {Fawaz,K (1525)-Fawaz,N (1179) Saida 2021 1-0 (50)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nh2 Ng3 14. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Qxe7 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 c5 19. Ng4 c4 20. Rfe1 b5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Nh5 Qg5 {Brhel,J (2105)-Szamos,A (2207) Slovakia 2008 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. Nb5 Ne6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Bg3 c6 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Be5 f6 16. Nd2 fxe5 17. Bxh5 g6 18. Bg4 {½-½ (18) Dreiseitel,W (1543)-Thuerauf,P (1828) Nuremberg 2012}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Qe5 18. Rac1 g6 19. h3 h5 20. Rc2 Rd7 21. Rdc1 Re7 22. Bf3 Kg7 23. Rd1 Ne4 24. Bxh5 Rh8 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Bg4 Ne4 27. Rdc1 Qf6 28. Bf3 Nd6 29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qxb6 Rxa2 31. b3 Ra8 32. Qb4 Ne4 33. Nc6 Rd7 34. Qd4 Ng5 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Nd4 Ba6 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Rogers,Ian"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 {is more ambitious}) 7... Bxf6 8. Qd2 $5 a6 $2 {Kortschnoj's choice of such a quiet opening line has given Timman a false sense of security. However this careless pawn move is all the encouragement Kortschnoj needs to risk castling queenside and trust that his central control will allow him to launch a successful attack against Timman's king.} 9. O-O-O $1 ({RR} 9. Rd1 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Rad8 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Re7 23. Kf2 Rc8 {Vallejo Pons,F (2710)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017 ½-½ (60)}) 9... Nc6 $146 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. f3 Nd7 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Ka1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rc1 e5 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Nc2 Rd8 23. Qb4 Qg6 24. Qxb7 {Kutirov,R (2425)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610) Strumica 1995 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Qc8 15. h4 g6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. h5 g5 20. Nc3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 exf5 22. d5 Bf6 23. Ne2 Nb6 24. Nfd4 {Annaberdiev,M (2415)-Kolimar,K (2351) Balatonlelle HUN 2026 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 9... b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Kb1 c5 13. g4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. h4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Na5 19. f3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Rfc8 21. Rh2 Na3+ 22. Ka1 Nb5 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. Rc2 {Videki,S (2270)-Boensch,U (2530) Csopak 1987 0-1}) 10. e4 {Hansen,Cu: Showing that blacks moveorder is probably not exact. If black had played 8...?c6 then 9.0-0-0 would not have been dangerous because of 9...dxc4 10.?xc4 e5. Now he has problems with space and ?c8.} dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Qe3 Be7 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Bb1 Rad8 (15... f5 16. Nc3 {is ugly for Black but would at least have served to hold up White's attack for a while.}) 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Rhg1 $3 Bd6 {The knight is invulnerable so Timman sets a little trap, Noticing this, Kortschnoj simply begins to push his opponent off the board.} (18... fxe4 19. Qxe4 {gives White a crushing attack}) 19. Nxd6 (19. Qxh6 $2 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf4+ {and Black wins.}) 19... Qxd6 20. d5 Na5 21. Ne5 Rde8 22. f4 Re7 $2 23. Qc3 $1 {The dual threats of 24.?g6 and 24.b4 are unstoppable. An inauspicious preview for Timman for his upcoming World Championship Candidates Quarter-final against Korchnoi later in the year.} 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1984.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Van der Wiel, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "97"] [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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O b6 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. h4 h5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Bf5 17. e4 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. g3 Kg7 20. Rdf1 Rh8 21. f4 Qf6 22. Nb5 c6 23. Qc3 exf4 24. e5 {Mestel,A (2540)-Chandler,M (2515) London 1984 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 b6 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. b4 f5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. b5 Nb4+ 19. Kb3 bxc5 20. Bc4 a6 21. a4 Kh7 22. Rd6 Be7 23. Rd2 Nc6 24. Kc2 {Sierra Mejia,J (2176)-Castano,J (2048) Medellin 2021 0-1 (52)}) 10. e4 $146 (10. h4) (10. Kb1) ({RR} 10. Rg1 g6 11. g4 Bg7 12. h4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Kb1 a6 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. g5 h5 18. Be4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21. Rge1 Rad8 22. Ng1 Bc8 23. Qd2 Rd6 24. Rc1 c5 {Petursson,M (2465)-Lobron,E (2520) Thessaloniki 1984 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 10. h4 g6 11. g4 Bg7 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Rhg1 c5 17. Kb1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf4 19. Rge1 {½-½ (19) Piket,J (2380)-De Boer,G (2400) Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 10... dxc4 $1 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Qe3 $16) 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qe3 (13. Qf4 $5 Bg5 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc8 15. e5 $14) (13... Qb8 $5) 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. h4 $14 (16. d5 $5)) 13... c5 $1 14. dxc5 (14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qe5 (17. Rd2 Qe7 $17) 17... Re8 18. Rxd5 Qc8 $1 $17) (14. e5 Be7 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. cxb6 axb6 $44) 14... Qc7 15. Nb5 (15. b4 $5 Nc6 16. b5 Ne5 (16... Nb4 17. e5) 17. c6 Ng4 18. Qd2 Bxc3 (18... Bxc6 $6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd4 $1) (18... Rad8 $5) 19. Qxc3 Nxf2 $13) 15... Qxc5+ 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. e5 $6 (17. Nd6 Rab8 (17... Bc6 18. Rhe1 {? e5 =}) 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. e5 $10) 17... Bxf3 $2 (17... Bd8 $15 {? ?b6}) 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. exf6 Rxb5 20. Rd7 $1 (20. fxg7 Rfb8 $17 {?}) 20... Rfb8 $6 (20... gxf6 $6 21. Rxa7 Rfb8 22. Rd1 $16) (20... a6 21. fxg7 Rfb8 22. Bh5 Rxb2 23. Bxf7+ Kxg7 24. Bxe6+ Kg6 (24... Kf6 25. Bb3 $1 $16) 25. Rhd1 $16) 21. Rhd1 $16 Rxb2 (21... gxf6 22. Bh5) 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Be4+ g6 24. Rxb8 (24. R1d7 $2 Rxd8 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 $1 26. Kxb2 Nc4+ 27. Kc2 Nd6 $19) 24... Rxb8 25. Rd7 Kg8 26. Rxa7 Rb4 (26... Nc4 27. Ra8) 27. Rxa5 Rxe4 28. Rxc5 $18 Rf4 29. f3 Rxf6 30. Kb2 $1 e5 (30... Rf4 31. Kb3) 31. Rxe5 Rb6+ 32. Ka1 Kg7 33. a3 Kf6 34. Re2 h5 35. Ka2 h4 36. a4 Rd6 37. Kb3 h3 38. g3 Rd3+ 39. Kb4 Rxf3 40. a5 Rf1 41. Ra2 Rb1+ 42. Ka4 (42. Kc5 Rc1+ 43. Kd5 {× h3}) 42... Kg5 43. a6 Rb8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kb5 Kg4 46. Kb6 f5 47. Kb7 Re8 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Kxa8 1-0 [Event "IBM"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bohm, Hans"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1976.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Rc1 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. a3 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be2 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne4 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Bd3 {Lobron,E (2525)-Andersson,U (2590) Reggio Emilia 1985 ½-½}) ({RR} 8... Nxc3) ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 {½-½ (13) Jovanovic,S (2004)-Andrijevic,M (2112) Belgrade SRB 2025}) ({RR} 8... Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Be8 14. Rfe1 Ra7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Rd6 17. b4 b6 18. Be2 axb4 19. axb4 Rd8 20. b5 Na5 21. Ra1 Rda8 22. Rec1 Nc4 {½-½ (22) Keene,R (2490)-Westerinen,H (2420) Bochum 1981}) 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 exd5 13. Bd3 c6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. b4 f6 17. bxa5 fxe5 18. axb6 c5 19. Qa3 Qb7 20. Qxc5 e4 21. Bc2 axb6 22. Qd6 Bb5 23. Rc7 Qxc7 24. Qxc7 Bxf1 25. Bb3 Bc4 26. Qxb6 Ra6 27. Qb7 Rf7 28. Qc8+ Rf8 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Bxc4+ Rf7 31. Bxa6 Rc7 32. g4 Kf7 33. a4 g5 34. Kg2 h6 35. h3 Ke6 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke1 Kc6 38. Ke2 Kb6 39. Bb5 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc7 42. Kg3 Rf7 43. Bc4 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Kc6 45. a5 Rf8 46. a6 Kd6 47. Be2 Rb8 48. f3 Rb2 49. Kf2 exf3 50. Kxf3 Kd5 51. Bd3 Ra2 52. Be4+ Kd6 53. Bb7 Kc7 54. Ke4 Ra4 55. Kf5 Ra3 56. d5 Rxe3 57. d6+ Kb6 58. d7 Rd3 59. Ke6 Kc7 60. Bd5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-19 Final A"] [Site "Siegen"] [Date "1970.09.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Vranesic, Zvonko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1970.09.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Canada"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CAN"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g3 ({RR} 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Qe7 15. b5 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxa4 19. Qf5 Nc3 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Bc4 Qb4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. h3 Qd6 25. Bc4 g6 {Finegold,B (2400)-Tang,A (2527) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (63)}) 11... Re8 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. Ng1 Na6 14. Nge2 c5 15. O-O Nc7 16. Rfe1 c4 17. b3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Qb2 Qf8 21. Qc2 Rab8 22. h4 Qd6 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. a4 g5 26. hxg5 {Petrosian,T (2615)-Ivkov,B (2530) Vrbas 1980 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. Ng1 Nb4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bg2 Ne7 17. Nge2 c5 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Qh5 Qe8 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rfd1 a6 24. Nde2 b5 25. Rd3 a5 26. Nf4 {Kortschnoj,V-Kuzmin,G Sochi 1970 0-1 (52)}) 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Ng1 Nf8 14. Nge2 Ne6 15. O-O Ng5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb3 c6 19. a4 Qd7 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 Ba6 22. Nxe4 Bxf1 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Kxf1 Red8 25. Rc1 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. dxc5 Qd2 {Buchholz,M (2270)-Upton,T (2305) Graz 1981 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 13. Ng1 c6 14. Nge2 Be7 15. O-O Nf6 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Rd2 Bc8 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. exf4 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qd7 25. Kg2 c5 26. a4 c4 27. f3 Re7 {Borges Matos,J (2500)-Diaz Diaz,J (2410) Pinar del Rio 1990 0-1 (43)}) 13... Nf8 14. b4 Rc8 15. b5 c5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qb2 g5 18. Qb3 Ng6 19. Ne1 Ne7 20. Nd3 Qd7 21. Nb4 Red8 22. Rc1 Kg7 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 h5 26. h3 Kh6 27. Rc3 Qd6 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. g4 h4 30. Nc1 Bg7 31. Nd3 Qe6 32. Nb4 Qg6 33. Na6 Rd6 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Rxa7 Rc6 37. Rc7 Rc4 38. Bxd5 Ra4 39. Bc4 b5 40. Bxb5 Rxa2 41. Bc4 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-07"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1969.09.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1969.08.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3 c6 9. O-O-O Nd7 ({RR} 9... a5 10. Kb1 a4 11. Qc2 a3 12. b3 Na6 13. e4 Qa5 14. e5 Be7 15. h4 c5 16. Ng5 g6 17. Nf3 Kg7 18. dxc5 Rd8 19. Nb5 Nxc5 20. Nfd4 Bd7 21. h5 dxc4 22. Bxc4 g5 23. Rhe1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 {Almeida Quintana,O (2484)-Bruzon Batista,L (2569) Santa Clara 2002 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. h4 a4 11. Qc2 a3 12. b3 Na6 13. g4 Nb4 14. Qd2 g6 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Bg7 17. Bd3 c5 18. Rh4 cxd4 19. exd4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Ra5 21. Rdh1 Rf5 22. Qe3 b5 23. Be2 Bb7 24. R1h3 {Barria Zuniga,D (2341)-Shuvalova,P (2492) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (33)}) 10. e4 dxc4 ({RR} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Qe3 Be7 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. c5 b5 17. h3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bg2 b4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Kb1 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Bxe4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qa5 25. b3 {Kortschnoj,V-Filip,M Budapest 1961 ½-½ (41)}) 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Rcd1 Rab8 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b4 21. cxb4 Rxb4+ 22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd1 Rbd4 24. Ke2 c5 25. e5 Kf8 26. Rhd1 Qa5 {Kotov,A-Stolberg,M Moscow 1940 0-1 (35)}) 12... a5 13. e5 a4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. h4 b4 16. Nxa4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. b3 Qa8 19. Kb1 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. a4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rac6 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Rc4 Bxf2 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Ng5+ hxg5 29. hxg5+ Kg6 30. Qd3+ Kxg5 31. Qf3 Qd4 32. Qxc6 Bg3 33. Qf3 Bxe5 34. Qh5+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ g5 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. a5 Ke5 38. Kc2 f5 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. a6 e5 41. Rh7 1-0 [Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"] [Site "Tomsk"] [Date "2001.05.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Garagulya, Konstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2439"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2001.05.13"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"] [BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. b4 Be7 ({RR} 11... c6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. a4 Rc7 14. Rfc1 Nb8 15. a5 Qd6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qc2 Bd8 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Qe2 g6 21. Rab1 Kg7 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qe7 24. Qb2 Nf6 25. Re1 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 {Dzagnidze,N (2463)-Charkhalashvili,I (2316) Tbilisi 2007 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 11... c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qh4 19. Rb3 g6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Rh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Kg7 23. f4 Nf6 24. f5 Ne4 25. fxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 {Lloret Ramis,J (2019)-Leung,H (1618) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (32)}) 12. b5 $146 ({RR} 12. Rb1 a6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Kg7 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. a4 f5 20. Rfc1 c6 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. a5 Rxa5 23. Na4 b5 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Qc3 Rf6 26. f3 Ra2 {Smorchkov,D (2017)-Slavin,A (2366) Sochi 2016 ½-½ (46)}) 12... Bd6 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. a4 c5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb7 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. a5 Rab8 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rab1 Rc3 24. Rfd1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd2 f5 27. g4 g6 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rb5 Rf8 30. Rxb6 Rf6 31. Rb2 Rh6 32. Nf1 Kf7 33. Re1 Ke6 34. Kg2 Rg6+ 35. Ng3 h5 36. Kh3 Rc8 37. Rb6 Rc2 38. Ra1 Kd7 39. Ra7+ Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41. Rb5 f4 42. exf4 Bxf4 43. Nxe4 Re6 44. f3 Be3 45. d5 Rh6 46. Rb3 Bf4 47. Rc3+ Kd7 48. Ra3 Rb6 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra4 Kf7 51. Ng3 Be3 52. Re4 Bg1 53. Re1 Bc5 54. Ne4 Be7 55. Rd1 Rb3 56. Kg3 Rb2 57. Rd2 Rxd2 58. Nxd2 Kf6 59. f4 Kf5 60. Nc4 Ke4 61. d6 Bf6 62. Ne5 Kd5 63. Nf7 Ke6 64. Ng5+ Kxd6 65. Ne4+ Ke6 66. Nxf6 1-0 [Event "Goodricke op 11th"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "2000.02.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Suvrajit, Saha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2269"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2000.02.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Bd3 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bh4 Nce4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rc4 22. Ne2 Rc5 23. Nd4 Rec8 24. Rfc1 Ra5 {Cyborowski,L (2518)-Czarnota,P (2537) Poland 2016 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb6 18. b4 a5 19. Qb3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 21. Ne5 Rec8 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {Santos,A (2165)-Conon,C (2214) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 e5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O Qg5 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Bb5 {½-½ (20) Kigeni,G-Maeda,H Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 a6 17. a4 Qc6 18. e4 c4 19. Bb1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Qc5 24. d6 Bf6 25. h3 g6 26. Bxg6 Kf8 27. Bb1 Re8 28. Qd2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qh5 30. Kg2 b4 31. cxb4 c3 32. Qd3 Ne5 33. Qd5 Qg5 34. f4 1-0 [Event "Leningrad-ch28"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Cherepkov, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1955.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O $146 ({RR} 14. Ne4 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 g6 16. h4 Bb7 17. Neg5 Rc8 18. Qb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qe7 20. Rh1 e5 21. Ne4 Rd8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Be4 Bc8 24. Rd1 Bg4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 Bxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxh4 28. a4 Qc4 {Ruzicka,V (2119)-Jezek,A (1830) Kouty nad Desnou 2010 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 14. Ng5 h6 15. h4 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Ncxe4 Bb4+ 19. Nc3 g6 20. a3 Be7 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. h5 g5 23. O-O Bd6 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Nd4 g4 26. Nde2 Be5 27. Nf4 Rg8 28. g3 Rg5 {Nieto Farreny,F (2182)-Chavez Suarez,C (2279) Badalona ESP 2024 0-1 (42)}) 14... Bb7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 17... Be7 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Nd7 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. a3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. g3 {½-½ Euwe,M-Olland,A/Amsterdam 1922/EXT 1999}) 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Qc6 Bb8 20. Rfd1 Ra7 21. g3 Qb7 22. Kg2 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Re8 24. Ng5 Be5 25. b3 b4 26. Ne4 a5 27. Nc5 g6 28. Rd7 $36 Rea8 29. Kf3 (29. f4) 29... Bf6 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Ra6 Rxa6 32. Nxa6 Kf8 33. Nb8 Ke8 34. Ke4 Bd8 35. Kd4 Bc7 (35... Bf6+ 36. Kc4 {[%CAl Gc4b5]} h5 37. Kb5 Bc3 38. Kxa5 Be1 {[%csl Rf2]} 39. f3) 36. Nc6 Kd7 37. Kc5 f5 38. Kb5 Kd6 39. Nxa5 Kd5 40. f3 g5 41. Nc6 g4 42. Nxb4+ Kd6 43. f4 e5 44. a4 exf4 45. exf4 h5 46. a5 1-0 [Event "Moscow Central CC International"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1960.06.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hort, Vlastimil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1960.05.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [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 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 ({RR} 12... c5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qc8 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qf3 Nb8 22. Be5 f5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rf6 27. Rfc1 {Kasparov,G (2790)-Anand,V (2690) Paris 1992 1-0 (65)}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O a6 $146 ({RR} 14... a5 15. c4 b4 16. c5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qc4 Qa8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rfb1 Rc8 21. Rxa3 Bd8 22. Ra4 Ra7 23. h3 Rb7 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Qa6 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Nc4 Ra7 28. Qa2 Qb5 29. Nd6 {Hradeczky,T (2033)-Poor,S (1941) Budapest 2021 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 14... a5 15. c4 b4 16. c5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qc4 Qa8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rfb1 Rc8 21. Rxa3 Bd8 22. Ra4 Ra7 23. h3 Rb7 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Qa6 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Nc4 Ra7 28. Qa2 Qb5 29. Nd6 {Hradeczky,T (2033)-Poor,S (1941) Budapest 2021 ½-½ (36)}) 15. a4 Nb6 16. Rfb1 Bc8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. h3 Nc7 21. Bf3 Ra7 22. c4 Qe8 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. cxb5 Nxb5 25. Qa4 Nc3 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rb3 Nd5 28. Rxa6 Rfd8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Rb7 31. Be5 Rd7 32. Ra8+ Bf8 33. Rb8 Ne7 34. Kf1 h5 35. Ra8 h4 36. Bd1 Ng6 37. Bh2 Kh7 38. Bc2 Bb4 39. Bf4 Bd6 40. Ba4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch31 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1963.11.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "1963.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {ChessBase II} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 7... c6) 8. Rd1 cxd4 ({RR} 8... h6 9. cxd5 hxg5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nxg5 Nb8 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. O-O Na6 14. Qf5 Nc7 15. Nce4 Nce8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. e4) 9. Nxd4 Qa5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. g3 a5 21. Kg2 a4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg6 Rb5 24. Bg4 {Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Iordachescu,V (2584) Baku 2016 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bf3 Ba4 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rdd1 Bc6 21. c5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxc5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe4 {Manolache,M (2433)-Zygouris,H (2140) Bucharest ROU 2026 1-0 (38)}) 10. Bh4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nb3 Qb4 ({RR} 10... Qb4 11. a3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rxd5 Re8 14. Be2 a6 15. Na4 Qe6 16. Rd1 Ne4 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. O-O Ne5 20. Bh5 Qxh5 21. Qxe4 Bg4 22. Qc2 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 h6 24. Rc1 Ng4 25. h3) 11. a3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rxd5 Re8 14. Be2 a6 15. Na4 Qe6 16. Rd1 Ne4 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. O-O Ne5 20. Bh5 Qxh5 21. Qxe4 Bg4 22. Qc2 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 h6 24. Rc1 Ng4 {Nogues Acuna,A-Maderna,C Buenos Aires 1931 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. h3 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd4 Bf8 17. Ncb5 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Rd8 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. N7xd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Ba6 {Borisenko,G-Shakhov,M Voronezh 1959 EXT 2014 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (45)}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. h4 Rfc8 16. h5 Nf8 17. h6 g6 18. O-O Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. Nxb5 Rc2 22. Be5 Rc6 23. Rc1 N8d7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bd6 cxb5 26. Bxe7 Rc8 27. Rd1 Kh7 28. g4 g5 29. Nd4 Kxh6 30. Nxb5 Rc2 31. Ba3 Ne5 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. f3 Nd5 34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Rc1 Ndb6 36. Rc3 Kg6 37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Ke1 a6 39. Nc7 Rh8 40. Nxa6 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Nxa3 42. bxa3 Rh2+ 43. Ke1 Rxa2 44. Nb4 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Na4 46. Nc2 Nxc3 47. Nxa1 f5 48. Nb3 Kf6 49. Nc5 Ke7 50. Kg3 Kd6 51. Nd3 Ne2+ 52. Kg2 Nc3 53. Nf2 Nd5 54. e4 Ne3+ 55. Kg3 f4+ 56. Kh2 Nc2 57. Nh3 Nxa3 58. Nxg5 Nc4 59. Kh3 Ne5 60. Kh4 Kd7 61. Kh5 Ke7 62. Kh6 Kf6 63. Nh7+ Kf7 64. g5 Ng6 65. Nf6 Ne5 66. Nh5 Ng6 67. e5 Nxe5 68. Nxf4 Nd7 69. g6+ Kf8 70. Nxe6+ Ke7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"] [Site "Sverdlovsk"] [Date "1957.11.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lutikov, Anatoly S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D65"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1957.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Rce1 ({RR} 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ne6 {½-½ (16) Gheorghiu,F (2540)-Kavalek,L (2625) Montilla 1974}) 15... Rad8 16. f4 ({RR} 16. a3 Rd6 17. f3 Bc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rdd8 20. Re2 Be6 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Rd2 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Kf2 Bf5 25. Rfd1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 g6 28. b4 f5 29. Bb1 Kf7 30. Kg3 Kf6 {Biljanic,L (2242)-Stoinev,M (2178) Pirot SRB 2022 0-1 (48)}) 16... Bc8 17. f5 f6 $146 ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. Rf4 Nf6 19. g4 h6 20. Qf2 c5 21. Re2 cxd4 22. exd4 Qd6 23. h3 b5 24. a3 Bb7 25. Rf3 Ne4 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. Qf4 Qb6 28. Rfe3 Qxd4 29. Kh2 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Kg3 {Lapienis,D-Kimelfeld,R Riga 1968 0-1 (70)}) ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. Na4 Qd6 20. h3 Re7 21. Qf4 Ne8 22. a3 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 f6 24. Kf2 Nd6 25. Nb6 Kf7 26. h4 g5 27. Rf3 h5 28. hxg5 fxg5 29. Rh1 h4 30. g4 Bd7 31. Rfh3 Kf6 32. Rc1 {Magerramov,E (2430)-Balashov,Y (2540) Uzhgorod 1988 ½-½ (47)}) 18. g4 Kh8 19. Qf2 c5 20. Bc2 c4 21. Qg2 Qd7 22. h4 h6 23. Rf3 Nh7 24. Rg3 b5 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Ne2 Qb4 27. Nf4 Qxb2 28. g5 fxg5 29. hxg5 Rd6 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. f6+ Rxf6 33. Ne5+ 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 $146 (16... Nf6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. f3 $14) (16... Re8 17. Nf5 $14) ({RR} 16... Nf6 17. f3 Bd7 18. e4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Rd2 Bc8 22. Rcd1 Rd7 {½-½ (22) Ganesan,S (2270)-Murugan,K (2325) India 1988}) ({RR} 16... Nf6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. g4 Re5 21. Rc3 c5 22. Ne2 Rce8 23. Nf4 Bxg4 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bxb5 Rb8 26. fxg4 Rxb5 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Nd3 Nd6 {½-½ (29) Bartels,F (2236)-Kraeussling,A (2206) Sailauf 1992}) 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 "NED-chT 8182"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1982.01.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2470"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qc7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Bb7 16. Rc7 Bc8 17. Qxb8 {1-0 (17) Miljkovic,M (2422)-Zilberstein,D (2358) chess.com INT 2024}) 12. bxc3 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bd3 h6 {½-½ (13) Matos Blanco,P (1913)-Aguero Ramirez,A (1956) Guantanamo 2018}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Qc7 Bd7 17. e5 Qd8 18. exf6 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bxb5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rfc1 Bd3 22. Ne5 Bg6 23. f4 b5 24. g4 b4 25. d5 h5 26. d6 Rad8 27. d7 {Bednar,M (2257)-Zvara,D (1979) Czech Republic 2012 1-0 (38)}) 13. Qe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qh4 h6 16. e4 c5 17. d5 c4 $1 18. Be2 (18. Bxc4 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... Rac8 19. d6 Qd8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qd4 Rc5 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. Rcd1 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qe3 Qf8 26. a4 Rcf5 27. Nh4 Re5 28. Qh3 Re4 29. Qg3 g5 30. Nf3 $138 Ref4 $138 {... Het begin van een chaotische tijdnoodfase.Toen de 40 zetten gehaald waren wit beter, maar opniew verdedigde Van der Sterren zich uitstekend tot hij op sullige wijze een pion verblunderde en daarmee de partij verloren.} 1-0 [Event "Berlin Casino sim"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2001.11.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Schilling, Rene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "2617"] [BlackElo "1796"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2001.11.10"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Bf3 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. b3 Rec8 21. Qa5 Qb4 22. Qa6 Rd8 23. h3 Qb6 24. Qc4 Rd2 25. a4 h6 26. Rc3 Rb2 27. Rd3 Rb8 28. Rc1 {Groszpeter,A (2505)-Lechtynsky,J (2480) Trnava 1983 ½-½ (31)}) 14. e4 ({RR} 14. Bb3 e4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rce1 Rac8 19. Qa5 Qg6 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxa7 Nd5 23. Qxb7 Rc7 24. Bxd5 Rxb7 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Re2 Rbe7 27. Rfe1 f5 28. g3 g5 {Hamidov,A (2306)-Asadli,Y (1573) Baku AZE 2026 1-0 (60)}) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Qf6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Re3 Re7 19. a4 c5 20. Nb5 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 c4 22. a5 cxb3 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nd5 Ree8 25. Nxb6 Rad8 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxb3 g6 28. f3 Kg7 29. Rc4 Red8 30. h4 {Hausner,I (2437)-Dolezal,R (2417) Czech Republic 2011 1-0 (54)}) 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. e5 Rac8 19. e6 fxe6 20. f5 Nf8 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. h4 Qg4 28. Rf4 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Nxg7 Rxf4 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Nxf4 Qe7 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Kh3 Qf7 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Kg4 a6 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qf5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-23"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1978.10.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2390"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1978.10.25"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Chile"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHI"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bf3 ({RR} 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Bd1 Rc7 19. Bb3 Rc5 20. Rd1 a5 21. Ne2 a4 22. Bxd5 Bb5 23. b4 Rc7 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. e4 Rdc8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Rc2 28. Nf4 Bd4 29. Bxb7 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rc1 {Agasarov,B (2404)-Shamatava,N (2272) Montesilvano ITA 2026 0-1 (33)}) 16... Rac8 17. Qb1 Be6 18. Rd2 Rc4 $146 ({RR} 18... a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. Ne2 Rc5 21. Nf4 Rb5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Qe4 a3 26. Bxb7 g6 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Bd5 Qf6 30. Rd3 Rd7 31. Qc4 Qe5 32. e4 Rc7 33. Qb3 {Mochalov,E (2420)-Botvinnik,I Minsk 1988 1-0 (97)}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd5 Bxb2 21. Rd7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bh5+ Kg8 24. Qg6 Rc8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Bg4 Ba3 27. Bxe6 Rf8 28. Qg6 Rf6 29. Qd3 Qxe6 30. Qxa3 Qa6 31. Qe7 Qxa2 32. Qxb7 a5 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. Qb1 Qd2 36. Qb3+ Kh7 37. h3 Rf8 38. Qc4 Rf6 39. e4 Qb2 40. Qd5 Kh8 41. e5 Rf8 42. Qe4 Qa2 43. Kh2 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-05"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1962.03.04"] [Round "22"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Schweber, Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1962.01.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. e4) 12... e5 13. Qe4 Re8 14. a4 a5 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rb3 ({RR} 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rb6 Rc5 21. Rc1) 16... Nf6 ({RR} 16... exd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. cxd4) 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5) 12. e4 ({RR} 12. a4 O-O 13. Qb3 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Be2 Be6 16. c4) 12... O-O 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. Qd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qf4 Rfe8 18. a4 Bc4 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Qg3 Qg6 21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 Nd7 24. a5 Nf8 25. Rab1 Qe7 26. h4 Be6 27. h5 Bg4 {Christiansen,L (2555)-Kogan,B (2495) Reykjavik 1986 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. e5 g6 21. f5 Rxe5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qe7 ({RR} 24... Re7 25. Bxh7+ Rxh7 26. Qg6+ Rg7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rf5) 25. Bd3 ({RR} 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Bxh7 Kxh7 ({RR} 26... Qg7 27. Qc2 c5 28. Bg6) 27. Rf7+ Kh8 28. Rxe7) 25... c5) 13... Rd8 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Bb3 h6 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Ba4 Nd7 21. Ng4 Rf8 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne3 g6 24. a4 h5 25. a5 Rd6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rb1 f5 28. exf5 {Gontcharov,V (2421)-Rian,K (2098) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. a4) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rd7 ({RR} 18... Qb4 19. a3 Qa5) 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Na8 ({RR} 20... Nc8 21. e5) 21. f4 ({RR} 21. d5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. e5) 21... Nc7 ({RR} 21... Qh4 22. Rf1 ({RR} 22. f5 Rxd4 23. g3 Qxh3 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Qf2 Qxb3 28. Qxa7) 22... Nc7) ({RR} 21... Qf6 22. e5 Qxf4 23. e6) 22. f5 a5 ({RR} 22... Qf6 23. Bc2 ({RR} 23. e5 Qxf5) 23... Rxd4 24. e5 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh3 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Qf2) 23. Qg3 Kh8 ({RR} 23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. f6) 24. e5 Nd5 ({RR} 24... Rxd4 25. Rxd4 ({RR} 25. f6 Qf8 26. e6 Nxe6) 25... Rxd4 26. f6 Qf8 27. Qc3 ({RR} 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qb8+ Qg8 31. Qe5+ Qg7 32. Qxa5 Rf4 33. Rxe6 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Rf8) 27... Rb4 ({RR} 27... Rd7 28. Qxa5 Nd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rc1) 28. fxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5) 25. Re4 g6 ({RR} 25... Qf8 26. Rf1) 26. Rf1 ({RR} 26. f6 Nxf6) 26... gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg8 ({RR} 27... b6 28. Rh5 ({RR} 28. Rh4 f6 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. exf6) 28... f6 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Rh4 Rg8 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Qf3) 28. Qf2 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Casagrande,H (2365) Linz 1997 CBM 059 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (31)} ({RR} 28. Qf3 Rg7 29. Rf6 ({RR} 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rf8+ Rg8 32. Rf7 Qd8 ({RR} 32... Qg5 33. Rxe6) 33. Rxb7 Rf5 34. Qe3) ({RR} 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf6 Rd8 31. Ref4 Qb4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Qxd4+) ({RR} 29. Qf2))) 14. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Re3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 cxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Qb3 Rc5 21. Rd1 e4 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 exf3 24. Qd1 h6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ g6 27. gxf3 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Rg5+ {Haucke,A-Gospodinow,N Neumuenster 1993 0-1}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rad1 b6 16. h3 Bb7 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Re3 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Qf6 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Rf7+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Bc6 28. Qg4 {1-0 (28) Cawdery,D-Paulus,S Duisburg 1992}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Ne5 ({RR} 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rad8 20. d5 ({RR} 20. Qe3 Qb4 21. a3 Qa4) 20... cxd5 21. Bb5 Rd6 22. exd5 Qf8) 17... Be6 18. Qe3 ({RR} 18. Qc3) 18... f6 19. Nf3 Qb4 20. a4 Nc4 21. Qc1 Na5 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Qc3 b6 24. Re3 Rac8 25. Rbe1 Qf8 26. h3 Rd7 27. Ba6 Rcd8 28. d5 cxd5 29. exd5 Bf7 30. Bb5 Rxd5 31. Qc7 Rd1 32. Qxa7 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qc5 34. Re7 Rf8 35. Rc7 Qd6 36. Be8 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Kh1 Qxc7 39. Qxc7 Rxe8 40. Qxb6 Nc4 41. Qb5 Nd6 42. Qb4 1-0 [Event "Sao Paulo International"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "1979.02.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Segal, Alexandru Sorin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1979.02.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. a4 Bb7 14. a5 c5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rab8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rab1 Ba8 21. Rb3 b5 22. Qb2 b4 23. h3 Bc6 24. Rc1 Bxe4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxb4 Qc7 {Dzagnidze,N (2536)-Gurevich,M (2618) Chalkida 2009 ½-½ (31)}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Qf4 Rac8 17. h4 Qf6 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. e5 Qe7 20. Re3 c5 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. Nd2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rcd7 24. Ne4 Rxd4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh5 Ba6 27. Rg3 Rxd3 28. Qxh6+ {1-0 (28) Kurz,A (2280)-Glienke,M (2295) Germany 1988}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd7 Re7 19. Red1 Rae8 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. f3 b5 25. Bb3 a6 26. Kf2 c5 27. Bd5 a5 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 {Dupuis,D (2217)-Nguyen,L (2023) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (75)}) ({RR} 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Rad1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. c4 Re7 21. Bd3 Rde8 22. Qc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Kf8 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Ke7 27. f4 h6 {½-½ (27) Fransson,O-Braby,B Rodeby 1998}) 14... Rfd8 15. Re3 Nf8 16. c4 c5 17. d5 Qc7 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Bc2 Rcd8 21. Qb2 Bc8 22. Rd1 e5 23. Nh4 g6 24. g3 Re7 25. Ba4 Qd6 26. f4 f6 27. Rf1 Bd7 28. Bc2 Bh3 29. Rf2 Rde8 30. Qc3 Nd7 31. g4 Bxg4 32. Rg3 Bh5 33. Nf5 Qb8 34. Nxe7+ Rxe7 35. f5 Rg7 36. Rfg2 g5 37. h4 h6 38. Rh2 Bf7 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ba4 Nf8 41. Rgh3 Be8 42. Bxe8 Qxe8 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Qd3 a6 45. d6 Qc6 46. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "Bucharest Int 07th"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "1966.05.08"] [Round "13"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1966.04.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. e5 g6 21. f5 Rxe5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qe7 ({RR} 24... Re7 25. Bxh7+ Rxh7 26. Qg6+ Rg7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rf5) 25. Bd3 ({RR} 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Bxh7 Kxh7 ({RR} 26... Qg7 27. Qc2 c5 28. Bg6) 27. Rf7+ Kh8 28. Rxe7) 25... c5) 13... exd4 ({RR} 13... Rd8 14. Qb3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Ne5 ({RR} 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rad8 20. d5 ({RR} 20. Qe3 Qb4 21. a3 Qa4) 20... cxd5 21. Bb5 Rd6 22. exd5 Qf8) 17... Be6 18. Qe3 ({RR} 18. Qc3) 18... f6 19. Nf3 Qb4 20. a4 Nc4 21. Qc1 Na5 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Qc3 b6 24. Re3 Rac8 25. Rbe1 Qf8 26. h3 Rd7 27. Ba6 Rcd8) 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. a4) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Qc3 ({RR} 18. Rad1 Rd7 ({RR} 18... Qb4 19. a3 Qa5) 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Na8 ({RR} 20... Nc8 21. e5) 21. f4 ({RR} 21. d5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. e5) 21... Nc7 ({RR} 21... Qh4 22. Rf1 ({RR} 22. f5 Rxd4 23. g3 Qxh3 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Qf2 Qxb3 28. Qxa7) 22... Nc7) ({RR} 21... Qf6 22. e5 Qxf4 23. e6) 22. f5 a5 ({RR} 22... Qf6 23. Bc2 ({RR} 23. e5 Qxf5) 23... Rxd4 24. e5 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh3 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Qf2) 23. Qg3 Kh8 ({RR} 23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. f6) 24. e5 Nd5 ({RR} 24... Rxd4 25. Rxd4 ({RR} 25. f6 Qf8 26. e6 Nxe6) 25... Rxd4 26. f6 Qf8 27. Qc3 ({RR} 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qb8+ Qg8 31. Qe5+ Qg7 32. Qxa5 Rf4 33. Rxe6 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Rf8) 27... Rb4 ({RR} 27... Rd7 28. Qxa5 Nd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rc1) 28. fxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5) 25. Re4 g6 ({RR} 25... Qf8 26. Rf1) 26. Rf1 ({RR} 26. f6 Nxf6) 26... gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg8 ({RR} 27... b6 28. Rh5 ({RR} 28. Rh4 f6 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. exf6) 28... f6 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Rh4 Rg8 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Qf3) 28. Qf2 ({RR} 28. Qf3 Rg7 29. Rf6 ({RR} 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rf8+ Rg8 32. Rf7 Qd8 ({RR} 32... Qg5 33. Rxe6) 33. Rxb7 Rf5 34. Qe3) ({RR} 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf6 Rd8 31. Ref4 Qb4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Qxd4+) ({RR} 29. Qf2)) 28... Rg7 29. Rh4 Ne3 ({RR} 29... b6 30. Rfh5) 30. Rxf7 ({RR} 30. Rfh5 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Rg4 Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kxg2) 30... Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Qa3 {1-0 (31) Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Casagrande,H (2365) Linz 1997 CBM 059 [Tsesarsky,Ilya]} ({RR} 31... Qxf7 32. Rf4 Qe7 33. Qxe3)) 18... Rd6 $146 ({RR} 18... Rd7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Na8 21. Rd3 Nc7 22. Rf3 Qe8 23. Qb4 Ne6 24. d5 c5 25. Qc3 Nd4 26. Rd3 Nxb3 27. Qxb3 Qe5 28. g3 g5 29. Rf3 h6 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rf5 Qg7 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Qf3 {Pardo Simon,D (2468)-Cruz Estrada,F (2395) Badalona 2015 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 18... Rd7 19. Re3 Kh8 20. Bc2 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Nc8 22. Rg3 f6 23. Re3 Nb6 24. f4 Rf8 25. Qd3 g6 26. g4 Qd8 27. Qc3 Kg7 28. a4 a5 29. Red3 Nc8 30. d5 Qb6+ 31. Kg2 Rfd8 32. g5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 {Remis Diaz,A-Muniz Rubiera,D Gijon 1999 ½-½ (57)}) 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rg6 21. f4 Qh4 22. Re3 Nc8 23. Rf3 b6 24. Kh2 Ne7 25. f5 Rgd6 26. g3 Qh5 27. g4 Qg5 28. Qc4 Rf8 29. e5 Rh6 30. Kg2 Nd5 31. Qc1 Qd8 32. f6 Qd7 33. Bc2 Rg6 34. Bf5 Qb7 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Rdf1 Qd7 37. Qg5 Nc7 38. fxg7 Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd6 Qxd6 41. exd6 Ne6 42. d7 g5 43. Rc3 Rd8 44. d5 cxd5 45. Rc8 Kf8 46. Rxd8+ 1-0 [Event "Vienna op 14th"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "2003.08.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hoelzl, Franz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2354"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2003.08.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. a3 b6 ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Ng4 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ke2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. f3 {Kortschnoj,V (2605)-Milos,G (2560) Buenos Aires 1993 ½-½ (41)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. b4 c6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Qa4 Ra8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. h5 Nh4 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng3 f5 22. Qb3+ {1-0 (22) Gazizianova,V-Shabrina,T Oktjabrsky 2004}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bf5 Rc6 14. Rad1 g6 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxh6 Re8 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Ne5 Rce6 21. Bg5 Qc8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. f4 Bg7 {Florescu,C (2206)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2770) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O c5 13. Ne5 c4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. f4 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Rf3 Rg8 22. Rh3# {1-0 (22) Katinas,K (1509)-Dzemyda,D Panevezys 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c6 12. Rc1 Qc8 13. Qd3 Qb7 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Ne2 a5 20. b3 Ne4 21. Rdc1 g6 22. Nf4 b5 23. Qf1 Nd6 24. Nd3 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Nfe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 c5 28. dxc5 Ne4 29. Nd3 d4 30. f3 Ng5 31. e4 Qb3 32. Rc4 Ne6 33. Qd1 Ra8 34. Qxb3 axb3 35. a4 Reb8 36. Nb2 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. g3 Kd7 39. f4 f5 40. exf5 gxf5 41. Re1 Rf8 42. Re5 Rf6 43. Rb4 1-0 [Event "Salamanca"] [Site "Salamanca"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2415"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1991.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 (7... c5) 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. h4 $5 Re8 (10... h6 11. O-O-O $22 hxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. Rh6 Bxg5 14. Rxg6+ fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Rh1+ $18) ({RR} 10... b6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qc7 Rfa8 18. Rc1 R6a7 19. Qf4 a4 20. g4 a3 21. b3 Nf8 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. g5 Rac8 24. gxh6 Qb4 25. Rxc7 {Rasulov,V (2557)-Ibadov,D (2337) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 11. e4 Nb4 $146 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Be3 $14) ({RR} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. O-O h6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nf6 19. dxc6 Bg4 20. Ne5 Re8 21. f4 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd3 Qa3 26. Qd8+ {Boland,D (1871)-Murphy,C (1768) Curragh 2017 0-1 (44)}) 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O-O $1 cxd4 14. Rxd4 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bd7 $132) 14... Nc6 15. Rd6 $3 f6 (15... Qc7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rhd1 $16) 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Rd2 fxg5 18. Rhd1 gxh4 (18... Ncb8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Bxc8 $18) 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Qa5 21. R1d5 Bc5 22. Ng5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0 [Event "Cannes mT"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2290"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1996.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 051 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.05.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.05.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Ne5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 14. f4 c5 15. dxc5 {½-½ (15) Shneider,A (2506)-Pinchuk,S (2425) Kallithea 2002}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bb3 Bb5 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 a5 22. Rhc1 Qd6 23. Bc4 f6 24. Ng6 Bxc4 25. R1xc4 Rf7 26. Rxa5 Qxh2 27. g3 Qh3 28. Rc1 e5 {Dittmann,S-Tumurbator,P Reykjavik 1957 1-0 (65)}) 14... c5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc5 Bd5 17. Ng4 Be7 18. b4 Qc7 19. f4 a5 20. Qe2 f5 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Qxf4 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. a3 axb4 26. Rhf1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 bxc4 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. axb4 Rb8 30. Kc2 Rxb4 31. c6 Rb8 32. Rd7 Bb4 33. Ne3 Rc8 34. Nd5 Ba5 35. Ra7 Bd8 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7 1-0 [Event "Greece sim"] [Site "Greece"] [Date "2002.04.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Mavromoustakos, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2002.04.28"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 h6 ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. f4 g6 20. g3 Bg7 21. Red1 h5 22. Qg2 Qe7 23. h3 Bh6 24. Qf3 Rc7 25. Kh2 {Jedynak,R (2394)-Czakon,J (2461) Karvina 2005 1-0 (66)}) 11. Be3 ({RR} 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Bb1 b6 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rg3 Rd5 23. Ng4 Qg5 24. Ne3 Qh5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Balla,T (2303)-Rodriguez Santiago,J (2020) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (36)}) 11... a6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba3 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Bc1 Bd6 19. f4 Nd5 20. Qh5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rxc3 22. Qg4 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 {Hartung,T (1931)-Hessel,M (1857) Germany 2018 0-1 (50)}) 12. a4 b6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. a5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. axb6 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Ra4 Ke8 26. Rc4 Kd8 27. Rc7 g6 28. Rg7 Nc5 29. Rxg6 h5 30. Rg5 Na4 31. Rxh5 Nxb6 32. h4 Nc4 33. Rh8+ Kc7 34. h5 Nxb2 35. Rxc8+ 1-0 [Event "Linz"] [Site "Linz"] [Date "1997.05.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Casagrande, Harald"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2365"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1997.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 059"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Nf3 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 (12. e4 $14) 12... e5 13. Qe4 $1 Re8 14. a4 a5 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rb3 (16. Bd3 g6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rb6 Rc5 21. Rc1 $14) 16... Nf6 $2 (16... exd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. cxd4 $16) 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 $18 {½-½ Ullrich,M-Allietta,E/PF-op Bellheim 1994 (29)}) 12. e4 (12. a4 O-O 13. Qb3 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Be2 Be6 16. c4 $14 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Zisman,B/New York op 1994 (39)}) 12... O-O 13. Re1 (13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. e5 g6 21. f5 Rxe5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qe7 (24... Re7 25. Bxh7+ Rxh7 26. Qg6+ Rg7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rf5 $18) 25. Bd3 $2 (25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 (26... Qg7 27. Qc2 c5 28. Bg6 $18) 27. Rf7+ Kh8 28. Rxe7 $18) 25... c5 $1 $132 {1-0 Vaysman,A-Opravil,K/Pardubice op 1992 (50)}) 13... exd4 (13... Rd8 14. Qb3 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Ne5 (17. Rad1 Rd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rad8 20. d5 (20. Qe3 Qb4 21. a3 Qa4 $17) 20... cxd5 21. Bb5 Rd6 22. exd5 Qf8 $15) 17... Be6 18. Qe3 (18. Qc3) 18... f6 19. Nf3 Qb4 20. a4 Nc4 21. Qc1 Na5 22. Rb1 Qd6 23. Qc3 b6 24. Re3 Rac8 25. Rbe1 Qf8 26. h3 Rd7 27. Ba6 Rcd8 $132 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Schweber,S/Stockholm izt 1962 (41)}) 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 (16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. a4 $14 {½-½ Lasker,E-Mason,J/ 1899 (47)}) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 $14 Rd7 $6 (18... Qb4 19. a3 Qa5 $14) 19. Qc3 $1 $16 Rfd8 20. a4 Na8 (20... Nc8 21. e5 $16) 21. f4 $146 (21. d5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. e5 $14) ({RR} 21. Rd3 Nc7 22. Rf3 Qe8 23. Qb4 Ne6 24. d5 c5 25. Qc3 Nd4 26. Rd3 Nxb3 27. Qxb3 Qe5 28. g3 g5 29. Rf3 h6 30. Qe3 b6 31. Rf5 Qg7 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Qf3 R8d7 34. Rd1 Re7 35. Qe3 Qg6 {Pardo Simon,D (2468)-Cruz Estrada,F (2395) Badalona 2015 ½-½ (55)}) 21... Nc7 (21... Qh4 22. Rf1 (22. f5 $1 Rxd4 23. g3 Qxh3 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Qf2 Qxb3 28. Qxa7 $44) 22... Nc7 $14) (21... Qf6 22. e5 Qxf4 23. e6 $1 $18) 22. f5 a5 (22... Qf6 23. Bc2 $1 {[%CAl Ge4e5]} (23. e5 Qxf5) 23... Rxd4 24. e5 $1 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh3 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qf3+ 29. Qf2 $18) 23. Qg3 Kh8 (23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. f6 $1 $18) 24. e5 Nd5 (24... Rxd4 25. Rxd4 (25. f6 Qf8 26. e6 Nxe6 $17) 25... Rxd4 26. f6 Qf8 27. Qc3 $1 (27. e6 $2 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qb8+ Qg8 31. Qe5+ Qg7 32. Qxa5 Rf4 33. Rxe6 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Rf8 $11) 27... Rb4 (27... Rd7 28. Qxa5 Nd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rc1 $16) 28. fxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 $16) 25. Re4 g6 $6 (25... Qf8 26. Rf1 $16) 26. Rf1 (26. f6 $2 Nxf6) 26... gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg8 (27... b6 28. Rh5 (28. Rh4 f6 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. exf6 $18) 28... f6 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Rh4 Rg8 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Qf3 $18) 28. Qf2 $1 (28. Qf3 $143 Rg7 29. Rf6 $5 $16 (29. e6 $6 fxe6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rf8+ Rg8 32. Rf7 Qd8 (32... Qg5 33. Rxe6 $18) 33. Rxb7 Rf5 34. Qe3 $14) (29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rf6 Rd8 31. Ref4 Qb4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Qxd4+ $15) (29. Qf2 $16)) 28... Rg7 29. Rh4 Ne3 $6 (29... b6 30. Rfh5 $16) 30. Rxf7 $1 $18 (30. Rfh5 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Rg4 Qxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kxg2 $16) 30... Rxf7 31. Bxf7 Qa3 $2 (31... Qxf7 32. Rf4 Qe7 33. Qxe3 $18) 1-0 [Event "SUI-chT"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "2004.11.06"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lekic, Dusan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2569"] [BlackElo "2389"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2004.02.29"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Zuerich"] [BlackTeam "Sorab"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 exd5 11. Bb5 Be6 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd6 14. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qb2+ 19. Qd2 Qb5+ 20. Qd3 Qb2+ 21. Qd2 Qb5+ 22. Qd3 Qb2+ 23. Qd2 {½-½ (23) Rapport,R (2759)-Wei,Y (2732) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12. Rd1 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qd6 13. O-O Na6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. a3 Nc5 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. Qc3 Nf8 21. Rd2 Rf7 22. h3 Rc7 23. Qd3 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. Rfd1 Rdc8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 {Alterman,B-Yunusov,A Voroshilovgrad 1989 1-0 (71)}) 13. O-O a6 14. Ba4 Rd8 15. h3 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Qh4 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Rac8 23. Qxh6 Qf8 24. Qg5 Rd6 25. Rxb2 Rxc3 26. Bxg6 Qg7 27. Rxb7 Qxg6 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "Lugano Open-09"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1984.03.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Silva, Marco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1984.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 f5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rf6 12. Ne5 Rh6 13. g3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qg5 17. Kg2 Rg6 18. g4 Qxe3 19. f4 fxg4 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. b4 Rf8 22. c5 Qd8 23. Qg3 h5 24. Rh1 Rh6 25. Raf1 b6 26. Qh4 Qa8 27. Bd3 a5 28. Qg5 Be8 29. Ra1 {Euwe,M-Bogoljubow,E Netherlands 1929 ½-½ (37)}) 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Re8 19. Rf2 Qb8 20. Raf1 Rf8 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 1-0 [Event "NED-chT"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Rogers, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Nge2 c4 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... b6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Bb7 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Re8 18. Re1 a6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. d5 b4 23. Nb5 b3 24. Bb1 Qa5 25. Nd6 c3 26. Qxb3 c2 27. Rc1 {Bluebaum,M (2673)-Csonka,B (2494) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 12... b6 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Bb7 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Re8 18. Re1 a6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. d5 b4 23. Nb5 b3 24. Bb1 Qa5 25. Nd6 c3 26. Qxb3 c2 27. Rc1 {Bluebaum,M (2673)-Csonka,B (2494) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (33)}) 13. a4 Qa5 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Qb1 a6 16. Qb2 b6 17. Rab1 Bb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qb4 Qg5 20. Ng3 Rac8 21. Nce4 Be7 22. Qxb6 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxb6 24. Nxg5 Nd5 25. Nf3 Ba3 26. Rb7 Rb8 27. Rfb1 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 g6 29. Ne5 Nb4 30. Bb1 c3 31. Nxf7 c2 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Bxc2 Nxc2 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Ne5 Re6 36. h4 a5 37. Rc7 Na1 38. Nc4 Bb4 39. d5 Re7 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 41. Nxa5 Bxh4 42. Nb7 Nc2 43. d6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch30 Final"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1962.12.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Suetin, Alexey S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1962.11.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O Qa5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rc4 Be6 15. Rc5 Rac8 16. Rxe5 Nd5 17. Kc2 Rfe8 18. Bf3 Nb4+ 19. Kb1 b6 20. Rd1 Nxa2 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxd5 Nb4 24. Rd7 a6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. e4 Kf8 27. e5 {Goganov,A (2635)-Bocharov,D (2611) Novosibirsk 2016 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 12... Qxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd2 Be6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. Bf3 Nc6 19. Ne4 Rb8 20. Nd6 f5 21. Nxb7 e4 22. Nc5 exf3 23. Nxe6+ Ke7 24. Nf4 fxg2 25. Nxg2 g5 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 {Sargissian,G (2689)-Grischuk,A (2750) Reykjavik 2015 1-0 (42)}) 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. Rd4 Rb8 17. Rhd1 Qb6 18. Qa3 c5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Rb5 22. Rc4 e5 23. Nd7 Re8 24. a4 Rb7 25. Nxe5 Be6 26. Rc3 Rb4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. exd4 Bd5 29. f3 f6 30. Nd3 g5 31. Kd2 Re7 32. b4 h5 33. b5 Rd7 34. Nb4 Bf7 35. d5 Kf8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Ke3 g4 38. Kd4 gxf3 39. gxf3 h4 40. a5 Rb7 41. Nc6+ Kd7 42. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 24,5-15,5"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1959.07.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1959.07.02"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [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 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qxd4 $1 Bc5 9. Qxf6 Bxf2+ 10. Kd1 Rf8 ({RR} 10... Rg8 11. Ne5 Rf8 12. e3 Bxe3 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. dxe6 Qd6+ 15. Kc2 fxe6 16. Nc4 Qd2+ 17. Nxd2 Rxf6 18. Nc4 Rf2+ 19. Kb3 Bd4 20. Rad1 Bxc3 21. Kxc3 Ke7 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Nf6 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Bxd7 {Balcerowski,W-Karaklajic,N Bad Liebenstein 1963 ½-½}) 11. e4 Nd7 12. Qg7 e5 $146 (12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Bb5 $16) ({RR} 12... Nc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Kc2 Rac8 16. Rhd1 Nxe4 17. dxe6+ Ke7 18. Rd7+ Kxe6 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. R1d5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 {1-0 (21) MacGrillen,H (2232)-Watson,R (2160) Manchester 1970}) 13. Bb5 $1 Bd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. d6 $1 Qxd6 16. Nd5 {??c1} Kd8 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. e5 $1 Bg4+ 19. Kd2 Qxd5 20. Qxf8+ Kd7 21. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 22. exd6 Kxd6 23. Rhf1 Be6 24. Kd3 Rg8 25. g3 Rg4 26. b3 a5 27. Rae1 a4 28. bxa4 Rg5 29. Rf4 Bxa2 30. Rxd4+ Kc6 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rb4+ Ka6 33. Rc7 Rd5+ 34. Kc3 Rh5 35. h4 Rh6 36. Rbxb7 Rg6 37. Kb4 Rg4+ 38. Kc5 Rc4+ 39. Kd6 Rd4+ 40. Ke5 Rg4 41. Ra7+ Kb6 42. a5+ Kb5 43. Rab7+ Kxa5 44. Rb2 1-0 [Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"] [Site "Malmo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hector, Jonny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2520"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1996.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Atalik,Suat ChessBase Bykhovsky,Av Ftacnik Baburin} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a3 $5 ({RR} 6. Nf3 Qa5) 6... Be7 7. Qc2 (7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 $14) (7. Nf3 $14 {Bykhovsky,Av}) ({RR} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1) ({RR} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. f3 c5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 Nf8 18. Bf2 e5 19. d5 c4 20. Bg1 Nxd5 21. e4 Nxc3 {Hishigbayar,M (1869)-Soltanov,S (2203) Goa IND 2025 0-1}) 7... e5 $1 {N/} (7... h6 8. Bh4 ({RR} 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. Rac1 Rec8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb1 Bf6 21. Qc2 Bxb2 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rcd1 {1-0 Rauzer,V-Rokhlin,Y/URS-ch06 Odessa sf2/1929/ (35)}) (7... O-O {Bykhovsky,Av} 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. Rd1) 8... Re8 9. Rd1 Nf8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 $14) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 ({RR} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nf3 O-O) 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6) 9... exd5 ({RR} 9... Nxf4 10. dxc6 Nxg2+ 11. Bxg2 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nge2) 10. Nxd5 Qa5+ ({RR} 10... cxd5 11. Bc7) ({RR} 10... Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2) 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. Qc1 Bd6) 15... Bb4) 13... Nd5 14. Qd2 ({RR} 14. Nge2 Nb4 15. Qd1 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 O-O) 14... O-O 15. Nge2 Bg4 16. O-O ({RR} 16. f3 Bh4+ 17. Ng3 ({RR} 17. Kd1 Be6) 17... Be6 18. O-O Rad8) 16... Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rad8 18. Bf3 Nxc3 ({RR} 18... Nc7 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Ne4 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxd2 Ne6) 19. bxc3 Bf6 ({RR} 19... c5 20. d5 b5 ({RR} 20... Bf6 21. Rfc1 b5 22. d6) 21. Rfc1 Rfe8) 20. Qd3 c5 21. Qf5 ({RR} 21. Bxb7 cxd4 22. c4 Qc7 23. Bd5 Qxf4) 21... Qxc3 22. Be4 {Atalik,S (2603)-Stojanovic,M (2572) Vrnjacka Banja 2012 CBM 151 [Atalik,Suat] 1-0 (55)} ({RR} 22. dxc5 g6 ({RR} 22... Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. h4) 23. Qh3 Qxc5 24. Rac1 Qxa3 25. Qxh6)) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nf3) 8. dxe5 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10) (8. cxd5 exd4 9. dxc6 dxc3 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qxc3 Rc8 $44) ({RR} 8. Nf3 exd4 ({RR} 8... e4 9. Nd2) 9. Nxd4 Nb6) 8... Nxe5 9. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. f4 Neg4 12. f5 Bd7 13. h3 Ne5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Qa5+ ({RR} 17... Nd5) 18. b4 Qxa3 19. Nxf6+ Kd8 20. Qe4 ({RR} 20. Kf2) 20... Qc3+ 21. Kf2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxf6+ 23. Nf3 Kc7 {Euwe,M-Weenink,H Amsterdam 1930 EXT 2017 [ChessBase] (51)}) ({RR} 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Nge2 Rac8 15. Nd4 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 {1-0 (16) Bobowski,H-Mirski,J (1876) Katy Rybackie 2009}) 9... Bxf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 (11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nge2 $14 (13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc5 15. Ne4 $16) (13. O-O-O $6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 14. Rxd5 $2 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Rxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Nxf2 $19)) 12. Rd1 ({RR} 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be2) 12... a6 13. Ba4 (13. Rxd5 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxc3+) 13... Bg4 14. Nge2 Bxe2 (14... Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 (15... O-O 16. f3 $14 (16. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qa5+ 18. Rd2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 $16)) 16. Qxg7 $16) 15. Nxe2 O-O 16. O-O (16. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 (16... bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Rfc8 19. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxa3 $15) 17. Rxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. b3 $13) 16... Na5 (16... Rc8 $5 17. Qb1 Na5) (16... Rc8 $10 {Bykhovsky,Av}) 17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Qe2 d4 {Baburin: Here this pawn advance is not an agressive thrust, but an attempt to save the isolani, which however, failed in the game} 19. Nh5 (19. exd4 $2 b5 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Qxc2 22. Qxa5 Qxb2 $10) 19... b5 20. Bc2 Re8 (20... Be5 {Ftacnik} 21. f4 $16) 21. Bf5 Rc5 (21... Rc7 $1 22. Qf3 (22. Bb1 g6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd2 (24. Rxd4 $4 Qxd4) 24... Nc4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxb2 27. Rd6 $14) 22... Nc4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxd4 Nxb2 $10) 22. Bxh7+ (22. Qd3 g6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bd7 $16) (22. Qf3 $5 {Bykhovsky,Av} Nc4 23. b4 $16) 22... Kxh7 23. b4 Rc3 (23... Rxh5 $2 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. bxa5 $18) 24. bxa5 Rxa3 (24... d3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qb4 Qc7 29. Qd4 $16) (24... Be5 $5 {Ftacnik} 25. Qg4 g6 (25... d3 26. f4 Bf6 27. Qf5+ $16) 26. exd4 Bc7 27. Ng3 Rxa3 $132) 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxd4 Rxa5 {Baburin: This position is very difficult for Black to save, as his king is very vulnerable, while the passed pawns are not dangerous yet.} (26... Qxd4 $4 {Ftacnik} 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. exd4 $18) 27. Qd2 $14 (27. Rfd1 $5 $14) 27... Ra3 28. Qc1 (28. Rc1 $14) 28... Qe7 (28... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rfd1 $16) 29. Rfd1 Kg8 30. Rd7 (30. Qc6 $6 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qe2+ $10) (30. g3 $5) 30... Qb4 31. Qc6 Qc3 (31... Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Rc7 Rc3 34. g3 $16) 32. Qd5 (32. Qf3 Qf6 $1 (32... Rf8 $2 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rd8+ $18) 33. Qxf6 gxf6 $14) 32... Rf8 (32... Qf6 $5 33. g4 (33. Rd6 {Ftacnik} Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. R8d7 Kg6 $13) 33... Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kg2 $14) 33. g4 g6 $6 (33... b4 {Ftacnik} 34. Kg2 b3 35. Rd3 Qc2 36. Rd8 g6 37. Qe5 $1 $18) (33... Ra1 $1 $14 34. Rxa1 {Bykhovsky,Av} Qxa1+ 35. Kg2 $16) 34. Kg2 b4 $6 (34... Ra1) 35. Rd4 b3 36. Rf4 $16 Ra5 (36... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 37. Rb4 $16) 37. Qe4 Re5 (37... Qg7 38. Rb7 (38. Qc6 {Ftacnik} b2 39. Rb4 $16) (38. Qb7 Rb5 39. Qxa6 Rbb8 40. Rb7 $16) 38... Rb5 39. Rxb5 axb5 40. Qb4 b2 41. Qxb5 Rc8 42. Rb4 $16) (37... b2 38. Rfxf7 $1 Rxf7 39. Qe8+ $18) (37... Rb5 38. Rdxf7 Rxf7 39. Qe8+ $18) (37... Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rb7 $16) 38. Qf3 f5 (38... Re6 39. Rfxf7 Rfe8 40. Rh7 Qf6 41. Qb7 $18) 39. Qb7 $18 Re6 (39... Rb5 40. Qxa6 $18) 40. Rc4 (40. Rc7 Qb2 41. Qd5 Qf6 (41... Qe5 42. Qd7) 42. Qxb3 $18) 40... Qxc4 (40... Qe5 41. Rcc7 $18) (40... Qf6 41. Rcc7 $18) 41. Rg7+ (41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Qg7#) 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament-05"] [Site "Curacao"] [Date "1962.05.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Filip, Miroslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "201"] [EventDate "1962.05.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "AHO"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O c5 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. h3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rd2 19. Qb4 b5 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 h6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 {Sneha Halder (2176)-Samsonkin,A (2361) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (78)}) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $146 ({RR} 13. dxe6 Bb4 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Bxh7 Qxb3 18. Ng6+ Kxh7 19. Nxf8+ Bxf8 20. axb3 Bd7 21. Re5 Kg6 22. h3 Kxf7 23. g4 Bd6 24. f4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Kf2 a6 {Hambleton,A-Vul,A (2312) Ottawa 2007 0-1}) 13... Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. a5 Qe7 20. h3 Rc7 21. Qe3 Be8 22. Rab1 Nd7 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qe3 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd6 26. Qe3 Rxc4 27. Bb3 f4 28. Qe2 Rc7 29. Bxe6+ Bf7 30. d5 Re7 31. Rbc1 a6 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rb6 Rd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Re1 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Qd5 37. Qg4 g6 38. Qxf4 Qxa5 39. Re3 Qf5 40. Qb8+ Qf8 41. Qe5 Qf5 42. Qd4 h6 43. g4 Qf8 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Qe5 Qg7 46. Qc5 Qf6 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Qd5 g5 49. Kg2 Kh7 50. Re5 Kg7 51. Re4 Kh7 52. Qd3 Kg7 53. Re2 Qg6 54. Qd6 Qf6 55. Qd5 Kh7 56. Qd2 Kg7 57. Qd6 Qg6 58. Qd8 Qf6 59. Re5 Kh7 60. h4 gxh4 61. f4 Kg7 62. Kh3 Kh7 63. Qd3+ Kg7 64. Qd4 Kh7 65. Qe3 Kg8 66. Qe4 Kg7 67. Kh2 Kh8 68. Kg2 Kg7 69. Qd4 Kh7 70. Kh3 Kh8 71. Qe4 Kg7 72. Kh2 Kh8 73. Qe3 Kh7 74. Qd2 Kg7 75. Kh3 Kh7 76. Qd8 Kg7 77. Re4 Kh7 78. f5 h5 79. Rd4 Kh6 80. Qd6 Qg5 81. Qf4 hxg4+ 82. Qxg4 Qe3+ 83. Kxh4 Qf2+ 84. Kh3 Qf1+ 85. Kh2 Qf2+ 86. Qg2 Qxg2+ 87. Kxg2 Kg5 88. Rd5 b5 89. Kf3 b4 90. Ke4 Kf6 91. Rd8 Rh7 92. Rf8+ Ke7 93. Rg8 Rh1 94. Rg7+ Kd6 95. Rd7+ Kc6 96. f6 Re1+ 97. Kf5 Rf1+ 98. Kg6 Re1 99. Kf7 b3 100. Rd2 a5 101. e7 1-0 [Event "Rome"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Tatai, Stefano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1982.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 ({RR} 8. a4 Qa5 9. e4 b5 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Be2 b4 13. Nce4 b3 14. Qd1 Nf4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 c3 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 cxb2 19. Rab1 Qd5 20. Nd2 Ba3 21. a5 Rb8 22. Qa4 Bb4 {Tuomainen,F (2209)-Rakesh,K (2335) Stockholm SWE 2024 0-1}) 8... g5 ({RR} 8... b5 9. e5 g5 10. Bg3 Nd5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O h5 16. Nde4 Kb8 17. Ng5 Rg8 18. Nxf7 Re8 19. Ne4 Ka8 20. a4 {1-0 (20) Duda,J (2756)-Giri,A (2774) Chess.com INT 2021}) 9. Bg3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 $146 ({RR} 10... b4 11. Na4 c3 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Be5 exd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Bd4 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Qxd5 22. h4 g4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nb3 Qh5 25. Nc5 {Williams,S (2483)-Karim,I (2288) France 2007 1-0 (39)}) 11. d5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e5 Nh5 14. e6 Nxg3 15. exd7+ Qxd7 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. a3 a5 18. Be2 Kb7 19. Ndxb5 cxb5 20. Nxd5 Qc8 21. Qc3 Bc5 22. Qxa5 Nxd5 23. Bf3 Kc6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa4+ Kb6 26. Bxd5 Bxf2 27. Qb4+ Kc7 28. Rhf1 Be3+ 29. Kb1 Rd7 30. Qxc4+ Kd8 31. Bc6 1-0 [Event "US Open-84"] [Site "Pasadena"] [Date "1983.08.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Taylor, Timothy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2415"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1983.08.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bh4 c5 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. g4 b5 15. Kf1 b4 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Rh5 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. g5 O-O-O 20. gxh6 Rxh6 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rc1 {Ivanchuk,V (2709)-Rabiega,R (2477) Frankfurt 2000 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 7... Ne4 8. Nge2 f5 9. O-O Bd6 10. c5 Bb8 11. f3 Nef6 12. Nf4 Kf7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. g4 g6 16. Rae1 Kg7 17. g5 Ng8 18. Bg3 h6 19. e4 hxg5 20. Nxe6+ Qxe6 21. exd5 Qf6 22. d6 {Sarana,A (2675)-Salinas Herrera,P (2473) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (37)}) 8. Nf3 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Nc6 Rxc6 16. Qxc6 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nf8 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ng6 22. Bg5 Nd5 23. Bc1 {Miles,A (2565)-Flear,G (2495) Wijk aan Zee 1987 1-0 (61)}) 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Be8 16. Qf3 Qb4 17. Qxb7 Rxd4 18. Bg3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bf8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qb7 Qe7 23. Qa6 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Ne4 26. Bb8 Qb4 27. Bxa7 Qe1+ 28. Qf1 Qa5 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. a3 g6 32. Qd3 Nb5 33. Ne3 Bc5 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Bd3 Nd4 36. Qc3 Qe5 37. Ng4 Qg5 38. Nf6+ Qxf6 39. Qxc5 e5 40. b4 Ne6 41. Qe3 Nf4 42. Bf1 Qd6 43. b5 Ne6 44. a4 Qb4 45. Qxe5 Qxa4 46. b6 Qb4 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. b7 Nc5 49. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Val Maubuee op"] [Site "Val Maubuee"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hector, Jonny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd5 Qe7+ ({RR} 10... Ne5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Nge2 h5 13. Rd1 h4 14. f4 Ng6 15. d6 Be6 16. Qe3 h3 17. g3 a6 18. Ba4 Bg4 19. Rd2 b5 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Ne4 Re8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Qb6 Kg7 24. Qc7 Qxc7 25. dxc7 {Ovetchkin,R (2528)-Vitiugov,N (2538) St Petersburg 2005 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 10... Ne5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. b3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rc5 17. Qe3 b6 18. h3 Re8 19. Ne4 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nf4 Qb5 23. a4 Qc5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe2 {Van der Werf,M (2392)-Slagboom,L (2191) Leiden NED 2023 1-0 (32)}) 11. Nge2 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qe3 Nc5 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Kb1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5 Rab8 22. Rc1 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Rhe1 Rxd5 26. Ne2 {Ernst,T (2530)-Hamark,J (2381) Sweden 2007 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Nb4 12. a3 Bg5 13. Qd1 Na6 14. g3 Nc5 15. Bg2 Bf5 16. O-O O-O 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. Rc1 Bg5 22. Ra1 Bf6 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qd4 {Goganov,A (2358)-Zacurdajev,M (2408) St Petersburg 2008 ½-½ (35)}) 12. d6 Qd8 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Be2 Bg4 15. f4 Bxe2 16. fxe5 Bg4 17. exf6 Re8+ 18. Nge4 Qxf6 19. Qf2 Bf5 20. d7 Rxe4+ 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. O-O Bc6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rxf6 1-0 [Event "SUI-ch"] [Site "Lenzerheide"] [Date "2006.07.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2583"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2006.07.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Re1 cxd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. Nc4 a5 16. Bf4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 16... Nb6 17. Nce5 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Nfd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nf6 24. h3 Qb3 25. Ne5 Qxb2 26. Rc8 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qxd4 28. Bg3 Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Qd8 30. Nc6 Qxc8 31. Nxe7+ {Kanko,I (2260)-Klovans,J (2462) Bad Zwischenahn 2003 0-1 (36)}) 17. Bg3 N7b6 18. Nce5 Nd7 19. Bb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Bb5 Qb6 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Bd3 Bf6 26. Qg4 Rfd8 27. Rad1 b3 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qb4 31. g3 Rc2 32. Re4 Qc5 33. Rf1 Nb4 34. Bxc2 bxc2 35. Rh4 Nd5 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qg5+ Kd7 39. b3 Qc3 40. Rc1 Qxb3 41. Qd2 Rc8 42. Qxa5 Nc3 43. Rd4+ Ke8 44. Qa6 Rb8 45. Rd2 1-0 [Event "Biel GM"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2002.07.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "Lutz,Christopher"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2002.07.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 Qc7 (13... O-O 14. Rd1 a5 $1 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qc6 $1 18. b3 Qd5 19. Be1 $6 cxd4 $1 20. exd4 Rdc8 $1 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Re1 Nd6 $1 23. Qf1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qh5 25. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qh4 $1 27. f4 Bf6 28. g3 Bxe5 $1 29. dxe5 Qe7 30. Be3 Qd7 31. Be2 Qxa4 32. g4 b3 33. Kf2 Be4 34. Bd4 Rd8 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Ra1 Qb4 {0-1 Gruenfeld,E-Rubinstein,A/Meran 1924/EXT 99/[ChessBase] (36)}) 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc4 (15. a5 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Be4 17. b3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nf8 $11 21. g3 Rac8 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Be1 Qb5 24. Rdd1 Nc3 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bb4 27. Re3 Bxa5 28. Qa2 Bb4 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Qa4 Ng6 31. Nfe5 Ne7 32. Nf3 Nd5 33. Rd3 Nc3 34. Qxb5 axb5 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Ne3 f6 37. Nc2 Nd5 38. Nxb4 Nxb4 39. Rc3 Nd5 40. Rc2 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Rc5 b4 43. Rc2 Rd3 44. Rb2 g5 45. h3 h5 46. Nd2 Rxd4 47. Nc4 Rd3 48. Na5 h4 49. Re2 Kf7 50. Re1 e5 51. Re4 Kg6 52. Kh2 hxg3+ 53. fxg3 Rd2+ 54. Kg1 Kf5 55. Re1 Rd3 56. Kf2 Nc3 57. Rf1 Ke4 58. Kg2 Nd5 59. Rf2 Ne3+ 60. Kh2 f5 61. Rb2 Kf3 62. Nc6 Rd5 63. Nxb4 Rd1 64. Nc6 Nf1+ {0-1 Jakobsen,O-Khenkin,I/Senden 2001/CBM 84 ext (64)}) 15... Be4 16. Bd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6 19. Rdc1 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb7 21. Rac1 Nd5 22. b3 Bf6 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Rc5 h6 26. R1c4 Rab8 27. Qg4 Kf8 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. Qh5 Kg8 31. h4 Qb7 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. Kh1 Qb6 34. Qh5 Kg8 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Ne7 37. Be3 Ng6 38. Qg4 Kh8 39. h5 Nf8 40. Rc7 Qa5 41. R4c5 Qb6 {1-0 Pinter,J-Luther,T/Recklinghausen 1998/CBM 67 (41)}) 13... O-O 14. e4 $5 {Eine interessante Konzeption. Kortschnoj opfert seinen ?d4 und spielt danach so weiter, als wäre nicht passiert.} cxd4 15. e5 Nd5 ({RR} 15... Ng4 16. h3 Nc5 17. Ne4 Ne3 18. fxe3 Nxe4 19. exd4 Ng3 20. Kh2 Nf5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Rac8 25. Rd1 h6 26. Bg3 Qc4 27. Be1 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc2 29. b3 a5 30. Kg1 {Kortschnoj,V (2610)-Ponomariov,R (2706) Karlovy Vary 2007 0-1 (54)}) 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 17... Re8 18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qd3 h6 22. a5 Ra8 23. a6 Qb6 24. Nd2 Nc7 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 e5 28. fxg7 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. Qxc7 {Sokolov,I (2677)-Mastrovasilis,D (2462) Kallithea 2002 ½-½ (48)}) 18. a5 Qa7 {Schwarz verteidigt seinen Bauern, aber das Problem ist, dass nicht klar ist, wie sein Spiel sich weiterentwickelt, da er nun an die Verteidigung der Bauern a6, b4 und d4 gebunden ist. Dagegen hat Weiß Angriffsideen am Königsflügel.} 19. h4 Rfe8 20. h5 f5 $5 {Weiß entwickelt am Königsflügel Druck, er hat Ideen wie ?e4-g4 oder h5-h6 nebst ?g5. Daher entschließt Vallejo sich, radikal alle Gefahren für seinen König aus dem Weg zu räumen.} 21. exf6 Bxf6 {Das Problem für Schwarz ist nun, dass sein e-Bauer rückständig ist und er somit eine weitere Schwäche verteidigen muss.} 22. Qe4 Nf8 23. Qg4 e5 24. Bd2 Qb8 25. Bf5 Rc7 26. Ng5 Qd8 27. Ne4 Bc8 28. Nbc5 {Weiß verbessert schrittweise die Stellung seiner Figuren. Von d3 greift der weiße Springer die Bauern b4 und e5 an.} Rc6 29. Nd3 h6 30. Bxb4 $16 {Weiß hat nun endlich seinen Bauern zurückgewonnen, seine positionellen Vorteile bleiben.} Be7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Ng3 Nf6 33. Qf3 Qe8 34. Nb4 Rc5 35. Ne4 Bxf5 $2 (35... Nxe4 36. Bxe4 $16) 36. Nxc5 $18 Bg4 37. Qb3+ Kh8 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Qxd5 Bxh5 40. Rac1 Ng6 41. Nd3 Kh7 42. Qe4 Qd7 43. f3 Kh8 44. Rc5 Qd6 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. g4 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1987.01.30"] [Round "12"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Flear, Glenn C"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "1987.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bg5 ({RR} 14. e5 Ne4 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Re3 Bc5 18. Rxd3 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Nh4 Qe4 22. Qd2 Qc4 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rg3 Qe6 25. Bh6 g6 26. Bg5 Bf8 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. Qe3 Qxa2 {Kozul,Z (2595)-Hulak,K (2535) Portoroz 1993 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 14. Ne5 Qd4 15. Nxd3 Nxe4 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qf3 Qxd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4+ Be7 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bg5 f6 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. g4 Rc8 25. R1e2 Rc6 26. b3 g6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Bg3 h6 {Avci,K (1724)-Sadik,R (1918) Konya 2018 ½-½ (31)}) 14... Be7 15. Re1 $146 ({RR} 15. Ne5 Qd4 16. Nxd3 Rd8 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Bxf6 Qxf4 19. Bd4 Bxe4 20. Re1 Bxg2 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qe2+ Kf8 23. Bc5+ Kg8 24. Qe7 Rc8 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 {½-½ (27) Pachman,L-Sefc,J Prague 1954}) ({RR} 15. Ne5 Qd4 16. Nxd3 Rd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Nfd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd5 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Rde8 23. Rfe1 Re6 24. f4 Rc8 25. Re2 Ba3 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Kf3 Rec6 28. e5 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 {Shamkovich,L-Nei,I Moscow 1963 ½-½ (42)}) 15... O-O 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Rae8 21. Rad1 f6 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. h3 Nc4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. b3 Ne5 26. Qc3 Qh5 27. Rd2 Qf5 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Qd4 h6 30. Nxa6 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Nb4 Re2 33. Kf1 Re4 34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Nd3 Re3 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. Qd3 Qxd3+ 38. Rxd3 b4 39. Rd4 Ra5 40. Rxb4 Rxa2 41. Rf4 Rb2 42. Rf3 f5 43. h4 Kg6 44. Ke1 Kh5 45. Kd1 Kg4 46. Kc1 Re2 47. b4 Re5 48. Rb3 Kxh4 49. b5 Re7 50. b6 Rb7 51. Kd2 f4 52. Kd3 f3 53. gxf3 Kh3 54. Ke4 Kg2 55. f4 Kxf2 56. f5 Kg2 57. Kd5 g6 58. f6 h5 59. Ke6 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1987.01.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "1987.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. Ned2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Be7 13. a5 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. h3 Bd5 $146 ({RR} 15... Rad8 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Ncd2 f5 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. b3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd5 25. Bb2 Rf5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rd2 h5 28. Ne5 Bf6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Rdc2 {Najdorf,M-Lundin,E Saltsjobaden 1948 1-0 (40)}) 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Re1 Be4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Red1 Qb5 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Be1 Bf6 24. Rac1 h6 25. dxc5 Ndxc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Nb3 28. Qxe4 Rbc8 29. Qd3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 e5 31. b3 Rxd4 32. Qe2 e4 33. Rd1 Rcd8 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Kg1 f5 36. Qc2 f4 37. Qe2 Qd5 38. Bxb4 Rd3 39. Bd2 f3 40. gxf3 exf3 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe1 Rxb3 43. Ne5 Rb2 44. Bc3 Rb3 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Qd2 Qb5 47. Qd4 Qb8 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Qc5 Rb3 50. Qd4 Ra3 51. Bb4 Ra4 52. Qd5+ Kh8 53. Bd2 Ra3 54. Be3 Qc7 55. Bb6 Qc1 56. Qa8+ Kh7 57. Qe4+ Kh8 58. Nxf3 Qg1+ 59. Kf4 Qd1 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qe4+ Kh8 62. h4 Qd6+ 63. Kg4 Qd1 64. Qc6 Kh7 65. Kf4 Kg8 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. Qf5+ Kg8 68. Qc8+ Kh7 69. Qf5+ Kg8 70. Nd4 Rc3 71. Ke5 Qa4 72. Kd6 Qb4+ 73. Kd7 Qa4+ 74. Kd8 Qd1 75. Ke7 Qh1 76. h5 Qh4+ 77. Kd6 Qh2+ 78. f4 Qb2 79. Ne6 Rc8 80. Nd8 Qd2+ 81. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 82. Kxd5 Kf8 83. Ne6+ Kf7 84. Nc7 g6 85. hxg6+ Kxg6 86. Ke6 Rf8 87. Nd5 h5 88. f5+ Kg5 89. f6 h4 90. Ke7 h3 91. Bg1 Rb8 92. f7 Rb7+ 93. Ke6 Rb8 94. Bh2 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 09th Group1"] [Site "London"] [Date "1993.09.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2405"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1993.09.17"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Volmac"] [BlackTeam "Gardabjaer"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISL"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 h6 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qc2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 19... Rc8 20. Qf2 Be7 21. Bb1 Nc5 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Qb3 Bc5 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Nd2 Ng5 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. b3 Bd5 29. Rc1 Qa7 30. Rfd1 Ba8 31. Qg4 Rbc8 32. h4 Nh7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Rxc8 {Douven,R (2445)-Van der Wiel,J (2560) Wijk aan Zee 1989 ½-½ (42)}) 20. Be4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rfd8 22. Rf2 Rc5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nb3 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd2 Qa8 27. Qd1 Nb6 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Na5 Qc8 30. b3 Be7 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. h3 g5 33. Nb7 Qc6 34. Nd6 Nd5 35. Nc4 Nb6 36. Qd4 Nxc4 37. Qxc4 Qb6 38. Qd3 a5 39. Nd2 Qb4 40. Kh2 a4 41. Qd4 axb3 42. Qxb4 Bxb4 43. Nxb3 Bc3 44. a4 Bxe5+ 45. Kg1 Bc7 46. a5 f5 47. Kf2 e5 48. e4 fxe4 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Kxe4 Ke6 51. a6 Bb8 52. Na5 Kd6 53. Nc4+ Kc7 54. g4 1-0 [Event "Zuerich sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Csajka, Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Primel,Dominique ChessBase II} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. O-O ({RR} 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5)) 9. e4 ({RR} 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. O-O Bb7) ({RR} 9. Ne4 c5) 9... c5 10. e5 ({RR} 10. d5) 10... cxd4 11. Nxb5 ({RR} 11. Ne4) 11... Nxe5 ({RR} 11... axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 ({RR} 12... Qb6) 13. O-O Qb6) ({RR} 11... Ng4 12. Qa4 ({RR} 12. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 ({RR} 12... Bb4+)) 12... Rb8 ({RR} 12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Nxc8+ Rxc8 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Qb5 ({RR} 17. O-O Qd6)) 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qb6 15. h3 ({RR} 15. O-O) 15... Ngf6 16. O-O ({RR} 16. Qxd4)) 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O ({RR} 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 ({RR} 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7) 14... Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8) ({RR} 13. Qf3 Bb4+ ({RR} 13... Qa5+) ({RR} 13... Bd7)) 13... Qd5 14. Qe1 $146 ({RR} 14. Qf3 Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Qh3 ({RR} 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rc7) 17... h6 18. Bf4 ({RR} 18. Nc6 Qxg5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rc7) 18... Bb7 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re2 Rxa2 21. Rf1 Rfa8 22. f3 Bf8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qb3 25. Bb1 Rxb2 26. Ree1 d3 27. Rc1 Ra1 28. Bc2 Rxc1 {Bogoljubow,E-Vilner,Y Leningrad 1925 URS-ch [ChessBase II] 0-1}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 b4 ({RR} 14... Ba6) ({RR} 14... Rb8) ({RR} 14... Bd6 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 ({RR} 15... Nd7 16. Bc6 Ba6 17. Bxd5 ({RR} 17. Bxd7+ Ke7)) ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 ({RR} 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rd1 Rhc8) 17... Ke7 ({RR} 17... Rd8 18. a4 ({RR} 18. Be3) 18... O-O 19. Be3 Qe5 20. f4) 18. a4 ({RR} 18. b3) 18... Rhb8 ({RR} 18... Rhc8 19. Qg4 Be5 20. Bd2 Kf8 21. Bb4+ Nc5) ({RR} 18... Rhd8 {RR} 19. Bc4) 19. Bd2 ({RR} 19. Be3 Qe5) 19... Nc5 ({RR} 19... Kf8) 20. Bb4 Ne4 21. Bc4) 16. Nc6+ Kf8 17. Qc4 ({RR} 17. a4 Bb7) ({RR} 17. Rd1 e5) 17... Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. a4 Ke7) 15. Bg5 Bd6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rae1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Qf2 f5 20. exf6 Qxg5 21. Rxe6+ Kd8 22. h4 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 {½-½ (23) Comas Fabrego,L (2503)-Collas,D (2405) Andorra 2002}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bf6 20. a4 Ra7 21. b4 O-O 22. Bb2 Rb8 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 g6 26. a5 Nd5 27. Rc5 Kg7 28. Kf2 Nc7 {Cubas Pons,J (2348)-Planas Gene,J (2156) Can Picafort 2012 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Ra5 15. f4 ({RR} 15. Bd2 b4 16. f4) 15... Bd6 ({RR} 15... Be7 16. Bd2 b4 17. Rfc1 ({RR} 17. a3 O-O 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bb7) 17... Bb7) ({RR} 15... Bc5 16. Bxb5+ ({RR} 16. Bd2 b4 17. a3) 16... Bd7) 16. Bd2 b4 ({RR} 16... Ra7 17. Bxb5+ Bd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfc1) 17. a3 ({RR} 17. Nc4 Ra7 18. Rac1 O-O) 17... Bxe5 ({RR} 17... O-O 18. Nc4) 18. fxe5 ({RR} 18. Rac1 O-O 19. axb4 ({RR} 19. Bxb4 Bd6 20. Bxa5 Qxa5) 19... Ra7 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Bf4 ({RR} 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Qh5+) 21... Bb7 22. Rc7 Rc8 23. Be4) 18... Qxe5 19. Qf3 ({RR} 19. Bxb4 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Re5 21. Rac1 Kd8 22. Bf3) 19... Qd5 ({RR} 19... O-O 20. Bxb4) ({RR} 19... Rd5 20. Bxb4 Qe3+) ({RR} 19... Ra7 20. Bxb4) 20. Qg3 Ra7 ({RR} 20... Nh5 21. Qc7) ({RR} 20... Bb7 21. Bxb4) 21. Rxf6 ({RR} 21. Bxb4) 21... gxf6 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Bxb4 Re7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rc5 {1-0 (25) Botvinnik,M-Belavenets,S Moscow 1934 EXT 2016 [Primel,Dominique]}) 14... Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rg3 g6 20. h4 Qc5 21. h5 Kg7 22. Re3 Qc3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nxf7 Rxa2 25. Bh6+ 1-0 [Event "Flamenco Women-Veterans"] [Site "Marbella"] [Date "1999.10.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2503"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1999.10.21"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qe2 Qb8 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 a5 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nce5 Qd5 18. Rfc1 b3 19. Bb5 Rfc8 20. Be3 h6 21. Ne1 Qd6 22. N1d3 Nbd7 23. f3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rab8 27. Bb5 Bb6 28. Rc3 {Delchev,A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2708) Rijeka 2010 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc4 Be4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxb4 Qd7 27. Bxc5 Qxa4 28. b4 {Peralta,F (2577)-Kjartansson,G (2448) Sitges 2019 1-0 (60)}) 14. a5 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 O-O 15. a5 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e4 Rfe8 20. e5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. f4 Qc6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Rae1 Rab8 25. f5 b3 26. Qf2 Qd5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Rd1 Qe6 {Appleberry,M (2301)-Nemeth,Z (2319) Budapest 2001 1-0 (35)}) 14... O-O 15. Re1 Nd5 16. g3 Nc7 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Nfe5 Nf6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Nec4 Be7 22. Nd2 Na8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxd3 25. Nd7 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 Rd7 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Ra4 Nc5 29. Rxb4 Nd3 30. Rxb7 Nxe1 31. Nc4 g5 32. Bd2 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 g4 34. Bc3 f6 35. Ra7 e5 36. Nb6 Nxb6 37. axb6 Rb8 38. b7 1-0 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Van der Wiel, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1989.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bulletin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exf7+ ({RR} 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. e5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Re1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 ({RR} 18... Qg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. hxg4 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 Rhd8)) 12... Kxf7 13. e5 Qe7 14. Bf4 ({RR} 14. Ng5+ Ke8 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Re1 h6 17. f4 hxg5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe5 Bc5+ 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Kf1 Nh5 22. Qxd3 Rf8+ 23. Ke1 Bf2+ 24. Kf1 Be3+ 25. Ke1 Nf4 26. Qe4 Ra7 27. g3 Bb7 28. Qh7 Ne6 {Seirawan,Y (2610)-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Barcelona 1989 CBM 012 [Bulletin] 0-1 (60)}) 14... Nb6 15. Qb3+ $146 ({RR} 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. O-O Nfd5 {0-1 (16) Pullen,K-Donaldson,J (2425) Seattle 1984}) 15... Nc4 16. O-O Nh5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. a4 Qxe5 20. axb5 Bd6 21. g3 Qe6 22. bxa6 Ba8 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfe1 Kg6 25. Ra5 Bf4 26. Qd1 Qh3 27. Qxd3+ Kh6 28. Qd6+ g6 29. Rd5 Re8 30. gxf4 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Nxf4+ 33. Kd2 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Qc8 35. b3 Nxd5 36. bxc4 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Bc6 38. Qf4+ g5 39. Qf6+ Kh5 40. a7 Qd7+ 41. Qd4 Qb7 42. Nb5 Qf7 43. Kc3 Qf1 44. Kb4 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-05"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1962.02.18"] [Round "14"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Aaron, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1962.01.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [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 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 ({RR} 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Rab1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. b3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 c5 19. Ne5 Rbc8 20. Qc2 c4 21. Qe2 Rc5 22. f4 Ra5 23. bxc4 Rxa2 {Volkov,S (2409)-Puzyrevsky,S (2330) St Petersburg RUS 2026 0-1 (42)}) 9... b6 10. O-O-O Ba6 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Bc2 Rfc8 15. Nd6 Rxc5 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Rd2 a5 20. Qe4 Qc7 21. Nd4 a4 22. a3 b5 23. f4 b4 24. axb4 Rc4 25. b5 {Mamedyarov,S (2731)-Short,N (2642) Dresden 2008 0-1}) 11. Qa4 Bxf1 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Kb1 f5 17. Nc3 a6 18. Rc1 b5 19. e4 b4 20. exf5 bxc3 21. fxe6 Nb6 22. Rdxc3 Nd5 23. Rc6 Bd6 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Re4 Nxe6 {0-1 (25) Magerramov,E (2440)-Pigusov,E (2520) Pavlodar 1987}) 12. Rhxf1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Kb1 c6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Qa5 Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rc2 Be7 19. Rfc1 f6 20. g4 a6 21. Ne1 Ra7 22. Nd3 Kf7 23. f4 Rac7 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Rd7 26. Nf4 Re8 27. Rg2 Bf8 28. Ne6 Rd5 29. Ng3 Rxe6 30. fxe6+ Kxe6 31. Rf2 Bd6 32. Ne4 Rh5 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34. Rg1 Rg5 35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. Rf3 Nd7 37. Rh3 Nf8 38. Kc2 f5 39. Rh5 Ne6 40. Rh8 f4 41. Kd3 f3 42. Rh3 g4 43. Rg3 c5 44. Rxg4 c4+ 45. Kd2 b4 46. Rg3 f2 47. Ke2 c3 48. bxc3 bxc3 49. Kxf2 Kd5 50. Ke2 Kc4 51. Rg6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch23 Semifinal"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1955.12.02"] [Round "14.7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1955.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. e3 Nf6 ({RR} 8... f5 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Bb5 Nd8 15. c4 Kh8 16. Ne5 f4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bg8 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Nf3 c6 21. Rfe1 Ra8 {½-½ (21) Kristiansen,J (2419)-Kolbak,J (2251) Aalborg 2012}) ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. O-O b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 a5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bf5 Rcd8 17. c4 g6 18. Bd3 c5 19. Rab1 cxd4 20. exd4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Nd5 22. Nc6 Qg5 23. Bf1 {Ardila,O (1942)-Southcott-Moyers,I (2266) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (46)}) 9. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. a3 h6 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rc2 Na5 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 Nd5 19. Nce4 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 c4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Nf6 {Hestermann,H (1688)-Tietze,M (1745) Zirndorf 2000 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Bd3 h6 15. a3 Nd7 16. Ng3 Qf6 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Nh5 Qe7 19. b4 e5 20. Ng3 Bg4 21. Be4 Rac8 22. Bf5 Nd4 23. Qe4 Nxf3+ {Sullivan,J-Burger,R San Francisco 1961 1-0 (49)}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Ne5 Be6 15. h3 Rac8 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g4 Qd6 19. Ne5 c4 20. Bf1 b5 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxb5 Qe6 24. f5 Qe7 25. Qg2 Nb6 26. Nc3 Qd6 27. Kf2 g6 28. f6 Kf8 29. h4 a6 30. Qh3 Re6 31. Bg2 Rce8 32. Bf3 Qb4 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Bg4 Rc6 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. Qf3 Qd6 37. Rh1 Ke8 38. Qxh5 Nd7 39. Qxh7 1-0 [Event "Politiken Cup 18th"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2495"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.06.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c5 (7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Bb1 Re8 14. O-O Nf8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. b4 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Vaganian,R/Lucerne/1993/0,5/28/}) (7... b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 $14) 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Be2 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nbd5 $10 {Romanishin,O-Boensch,U/Altensteig/1993/0,5/48/}) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 (10... Nbd7 $5 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. Ke2 a6 13. a4 Rd8 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bc2 $16 {Korchnoi,V-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade/1987/1|0/29/}) 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Ke2 Nb6 $146 (12... a6 $5 13. a4 b6 14. Rhd1 Bb7 $22 15. e4 Rfd8 $132) ({RR} 12... a6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Ne4 g5 15. Bg3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. b3 a5 20. h4 g4 21. h5 b5 22. f3 f5 23. fxg4 fxg4 24. Bh4 Bd6 25. Rhd1 Be5 26. Be7 Na6 27. Be4 {Seirawan,Y (2643)-Karpov,A (2615) Saint Louis 2012 0-1 (40)}) 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rfc8 15. Nxd7 (15. Rhd1 Be8) 15... Nbxd7 16. Rhd1 Bb4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc7 (18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. a3 Bc5 21. f3 $14) 18... Rab8 19. Rc4 Ba5 20. Rdc1 Rd8 (20... Ne5 21. R4c2 Nc6 22. Nxa6 $18) 21. f4 $1 Nf8 (21... Nb6 22. R4c2 Rd7 23. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Ke7 29. e4 $16) 22. R4c2 Rd6 (22... Rd7 $5 23. f5 Rc8 (23... exf5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Rf1 $36) 24. fxe6 (24. Nxe6 $5 Rxc2+ 25. Rxc2 fxe6 26. fxe6 Re7 27. Rc8 g5 28. Bg3 Kg7 29. Bd6 Re8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Be5+ Kh7 32. e7 Nd7 33. Bf7 Ndf6 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. e8=Q Nxe8 36. Bxe8 Bc7 37. h3 a5 $14) 24... Rdxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Bxf6 Nxe6 $15) 23. f5 $1 Rbd8 (23... exf5 24. Bg3 Rdd8 25. Nd5 Ra8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rf1 $16) 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bg3 Rd2+ 26. Rxd2 (26. Kf3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Kf7 28. a3 Ke7 $132) 26... Rxd2+ 27. Kf3 Rxb2 (27... Kf7 28. Rc5 $2 (28. Be1 $18) 28... Bb6 29. Rc4 Rd3 $132 (29... Rd7 30. Na8 Bd8 31. Rc8 $16)) 28. Be5 Rxb3 (28... Rd2 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bd4 Ke7 32. Bb3 $16) 29. axb3 $18 Kf7 30. Bd6 Ng6 31. g3 Nd7 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. b4 Bb6 34. Na8 Ne4 (34... Bd8 35. Rc8 Be7 36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. Rb8 b5 38. Nc7 Nc6 39. Rb7 $18) 35. Nxb6 Nxd6 36. Rc7+ (36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rd7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Belgrade Investbanka"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1987.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. Ke2 a6 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Re8 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Nd3 b6 16. f3 Bb7 17. Bb3 Rec8 18. Rhd1 Rc6 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf2 Ne8 23. Kd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 Bg5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Ke7 {Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Kravtsiv,M (2657) Kocaeli 2017 ½-½ (35)}) 13... Rd8 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Nc4 e5 20. Rhd1 f6 21. f3 Rb8 22. Nd6 Nc5 23. Nxc8 Rbxc8 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bb3 Kf7 27. Rc7 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. f4 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 37,5-22,5"] [Site "Sukhumi"] [Date "1966.06.12"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ciric, Dragoljub M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1966.06.10"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Bulletin} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. b4 Rc8 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa3 Ra5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Ke1 Nd6 23. a4 Nc4 24. Nb3 Ra6 {Petrosian,T (2605)-Karpov,A (2710) Moscow 1983 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. dxc5 Na6 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Nbd4 Bb7 18. O-O Nc5 19. Rfc1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h3 Rc4 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Qd1 Bc8 {Korobov,A (2634)-Kuznetsova,O (2142) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 10... Bb7 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 Nd7) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Rb1 a5 13. b5 Nd7 14. O-O Bd6 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Re8 17. f3 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ng2 Rc8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. Ng3 Bb4 22. Qb2 c6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. a3 Bf8 25. h3 {Kortschnoj,V-Krogius,N Sochi 1966 ½-½ (59)}) 11. Rb1 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 a5 ({RR} 14... Be7) 15. bxa5 ({RR} 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 b5) 15... Rxa5 16. Bf5 Ra6 ({RR} 16... b5 17. Nxd5 ({RR} 17. Bxd7) 17... cxd5 18. Bxd7) 17. Rb3 g6 18. Bd3 ({RR} 18. Bh3) 18... Ra7 19. Rcb1 ({RR} 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bg7 21. Nd6 Re6) 19... Bg7 ({RR} 19... Kg7) ({RR} 19... Be7) 20. a4 ({RR} 20. Bf1) 20... Qe7 21. Bf1 Ba6 ({RR} 21... Qe6) 22. h4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 h5 ({RR} 23... Qe6 24. g3 Qh3 25. Rfb1 Re6) 24. Re1 Raa8 25. g3 Qd6 26. Kg2 {Petrosian,T-Spassky,B Moscow 1969 MainBase [Bulletin] 1-0 (50)}) 12. b5 Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. g3 Ne6 15. Bg2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Nc7 18. Qa2 Qd7 19. Ne1 Bb7 20. Nc2 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Be7 22. Ne2 Red8 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. axb5 Qf5 26. Nb4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rdc8 28. Rf1 Ra8 29. Ra4 Qd7 30. Rxa7 Qxb5 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rxa7 33. Qxa7 Qa6 34. Ra1 Qxa7 35. Rxa7 Rb8 36. Bd7 Kf8 37. Kf1 g6 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. f3 Ba8 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. fxe4 Rb7 43. Rxa8 Rxd7 44. Rb8 Ra7 45. Rxb6+ Ke7 46. Rb2 Ra3+ 47. Kc4 Ra4+ 48. Kd5 Ra5+ 49. Kc6 Ra6+ 50. Rb6 Ra4 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. e5+ Ke6 53. d5+ Kxe5 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. Re2 Rc4+ 56. Kb5 Rc1 57. d6 Rd1 58. Kc6 h5 59. d7 Kf5 60. Kc7 Kg4 61. d8=Q Rxd8 62. Kxd8 f5 63. Ke7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch24 Quarterfinal"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Valiev, Neron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 c5 9. O-O-O ({RR} 9. dxc5 Na6 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Be2 exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. h3 Be5 19. a4 Qg5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg4 Rc6 22. f4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 {Salem,A (2672)-Caruana,F (2828) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0 (32)}) 9... cxd4 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qxb5 Qxa2 14. Bc4 a6 15. Qb4 Nc6 16. Bxa2 Nxb4 17. Bc4 Ra7 18. Kb1 Rc7 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Be4+ 22. Ka1 Rc5 23. b3 Rd8 24. Rhd1 {Zubizarreta Riego,M (2030)-Fataliyeva,U (2369) Ubeda ESP 2024 0-1 (74)}) 10. exd4 Nc6 11. h4 Be7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd6 12. Kb1 Qf4 13. a3 Rd8 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe6 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Be2 b6 20. g4 a6 21. Nd6 Qxc5 22. Nxc8 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Raxc8+ 24. Kb1 b5 25. g5 Be7 26. Rhg1 {Nikolaevsky,Y-Bondarevsky,I Kharkov 1963 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. c5 b6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nd6 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. g4 Rb8 19. Nb5 g6 20. g5 hxg5 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Rxb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5+ Kf8 26. f4 {Ivkov,B-Guimard,C Buenos Aires 1955 1-0 (31)}) 12. g4 f5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. a3 Qd6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Rf6 21. Rdg1 Be8 22. Rh5 b6 23. c6 a6 24. f4 b5 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Qd6 27. b4 Rc7 28. Nc1 Kf8 29. Nb3 Rxc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Qg2 Be8 32. Nc5 Qb6 33. Qd2 Qd6 34. Qe3 Bf7 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. dxe5 Rg6 37. Rxg6 Bxg6 38. Nxe6+ Ke7 39. Nc7 Bf7 40. Kc2 1-0 [Event "Moscow Zonal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Edouard,Romain} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. h4 c5 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. g4 g6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Bf5 Re8 15. Kf1 Nb6 16. Nd2 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Nc8 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. Kg2 Bd6 20. Nf1 Qf6 21. Qd3 Bc7 22. f3 Nd6 23. Neg3 Rad8 24. b3) 10. dxc5 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxc5 12. Bc4 ({RR} 12. Qd2 Bxc3 ({RR} 12... a6) 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qb4 Qxd5 15. Rd1 ({RR} 15. Bc4 Qd6) 15... a5) 12... exd5 13. Nxd5 ({RR} 13. Bxd5 Bf5 14. O-O Bd3 15. Re1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qxd5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Rxd3 Qxa2) 13... Bxb2 14. Rc2 b5 15. Be2 Na4 16. Rc7 ({RR} 16. O-O a6) 16... Be6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qc2 Bc3+ 19. Rxc3 Qa5 ({RR} 19... Nxc3 20. Ng5) 20. Ng5 Qxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ng6+ Kg8 {Aronian,L (2807)-Carlsen,M (2823) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011 CBM 145 [Edouard,Romain] ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 9. h3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Be2 Nb6 12. b3 e5 {½-½ (12) Bronstein,D (2435)-Geller,E (2515) Pancevo 1987}) 9... Nd7 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. h3 Bh5 18. d5 Rad8 19. d6 Qb8 20. g4 Qc8 21. Nh2 Be5 22. gxh5 Rxd6 23. Qf3 Rf6 24. Qg4 {Alimpic,A (2282)-Koellner,R (2482) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (57)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. g3 Re8 15. Nh4 a6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Bf5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. b4 Rad8 21. Qe2 g6 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rec1 h5 24. a4 Kg7 25. Qe1 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2605)-Estremera Panos,S (2405) Linares 1998 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 10... exd5 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O {½-½ (12) Erdelyi,T (2127)-To,N (2354) Kecskemet 2014}) 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 Rc8 14. e5 Be7 15. Qe2 Nc4 16. g3 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nb1 a6 20. h4 Qa5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Kh2 Na5 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qd1 Nc4 26. Qb3 Bb5 27. Nc3 Nd2 28. Nxd2 Bxd3 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Qxd3 Qc1 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. f4 Bb4 35. Nb3 h5 36. f5 g6 37. f6 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke8 39. Kf3 Bc3 40. g4 Be1 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Nc5 Bxa5 43. Nxb7 Bb4 44. Nd6+ Kf8 45. Nf5 Be1 46. Ng7 Bxh4 47. Nxh5 Ke8 48. Nf4 Kd7 49. Nxd5 Be1 50. Ke4 Bd2 51. Ne3 Bc1 52. Nf5 Ba3 53. d5 Bb4 54. Ng7 1-0 [Event "ZSK International-07 Erevan"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1965.10.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Filip, Miroslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1965.09.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Nc6 ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 Bxf1 12. Rdxf1 g6 13. g4 Bg7 14. g5 h5 15. Ne5 c5 16. f4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qxd5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxe5 21. Kb1 Kg7 22. e4 Rac8 23. Rf2 Rc4 24. Re2 {Smail,B (2078)-Sukandar,I (2330) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (57)}) 10. h4 g6 11. g4 Bg7 12. Rg1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Ng1 Na5 16. Nge2 c6 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qc7 19. h5 Nc4 20. Qc2 g5 21. Nf5 Bc8 22. Bf1 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 {½-½ (23) Planinc,A-Musil,V Cateske Toplice 1968}) ({RR} 12. g5 h5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. d5 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. f4 Re8 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Rdf1 Nd6 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Kb1 Bxf6 25. gxf6 Qg4 26. Qd2 Red8 {Rapport,R (2674)-Sokolov,A (2563) Haguenau 2013 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 12. g5 h5 13. Bg2 Qd6 14. Ne1 Ne7 15. Nc2 c6 {½-½ (15) Sahovic,D (2425)-Ilic,Z Bor 1984}) 12... dxc4 13. h5 g5 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Rgd1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bd3 c5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rd5 25. f4 Rad8 26. Bc2 b5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Rd1 Bc4 29. Qf3 Bd5 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. fxg5 Qe5 34. gxh6 Be4 35. h7+ Kh8 36. Qxf7 Bxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Qd5+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 Qd5+ 41. Ke1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qxe3+ 47. Kh4 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 06th final"] [Site "Rotterdam"] [Date "1988.07.16"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Stefansson, Hannes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1988.07.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Rotterdam Volmac"] [BlackTeam "Solingen SG"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Bb7 ({RR} 11... Rd8 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Rc2 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Qb5 Ne4 19. Nc3 Ng5 20. Na4 Qe6 ({RR} 20... Qe4) 21. dxc5 d4 22. Qd3 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Qg6 24. h4 ({RR} 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Qg3 Ne4 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Re3 Nxc5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Kf1) 24... Rd3 25. h5 Qf5 26. Qe2 {Kortschnoj,V (2655)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2560) Luzern 1989 CBM 016 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 11... c5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qa4 Nf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Rfc8) ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxc5 Rb8 22. b3 d4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Re1 Rbd8 25. Rce5 Rd2 26. Rf5 {Castro Lombana,J (2053)-Da Silva,E (2059) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (43)}) 12. Ne2 c5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c6 15. b4 Nd7 16. b5 c5 17. Bf5 Bc8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bb1 Bd7 20. dxc5 Bxb5 21. Nd4 Bc4 22. c6 Rac8 23. a4 a6 24. g4 Rfe8 25. h4 Re5 26. Bf5 Rc7 27. g5 {Gurevich,D (2480)-Egerton,J Chicago 1989 1-0 (34)}) 13. O-O c4 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Qd6 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. h4 f5 19. h5 Nxd4 20. Qa4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf4 Kg8 25. Bxf5 Qf6 26. Qc7 Ba6 27. Rd1 Bc4 28. Rd4 Re8 29. Bb1 Qe7 30. Qg3 Qe6 31. Rf4 b5 32. Bg6 Rf8 33. Bh7+ Kxh7 34. Rxf8 Be2 35. Qg6+ Qxg6 36. hxg6+ Kxg6 37. Ra8 Kf5 38. Rxa7 g5 39. a3 h5 40. f3 h4 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Ra8 Bd3 43. Rf8+ Ke6 44. f4 Ke7 45. Rh8 Kf6 46. Rh5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-21 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "1974.06.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Fernan, Charles A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1974.06.07"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands Antilles"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "AHO"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Bb3 Nbd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qd8 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. c4 Bd7 18. Qe4 a5 19. Rd3 a4 20. Bc2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne5 {1-0 (22) Campos Moreno,J (2450)-Dalmau Comas,E Barcelona 1993}) 9... Nfd5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6 15. Ng4 Bg5 16. f4 Be7 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bc2 c5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Ne5 b5 21. Ng6 Re8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb3 {Sternik,P (1875)-Kwiecinski,R (1759) Warsaw POL 2024 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 9... Nbd5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bd7 12. Rc1 g5 13. Bg3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 Rg8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qd8 21. Rc3 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rb3 b6 24. Rc1 {Grimaldi,R-Fernan,C Caracas 1973 1-0 (40)}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nd2 e5 16. f4 exd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Ne5 c5 21. f5 Bc8 22. Qa2 a6 23. Ng6 {1-0 (23) Grofig,P (1753)-Sharma,R (1424) Muelheim 2003}) ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Ng6 Qe8 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. Nxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qh8+ Ng8 22. Nc5 Nd5 23. Rfd1 Qe8 24. Qh7 b6 25. Nd3 Bb7 {Precour,J-Zipfel,M Germany 1992 ½-½ (59)}) 11... Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nb4 14. Be2 Ke7 15. g4 f6 16. g5 f5 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. a3 Nd5 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. h4 Rf8 23. h5 f4 24. Bf3 fxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nb6 26. Ke2 Nd7 27. Nd3 Rf5 28. Rcg1 Rb5 29. b4 a5 30. a4 Rb6 31. bxa5 Ra6 32. Be4 Nf8 33. Nc5 Rxa5 34. Nxb7 Rxa4 35. Nxd8 Kxd8 36. h6 g6 37. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-20 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1972.09.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1972.09.18"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Dominican Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "DOM"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 c6 8. O-O-O dxc4 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. e5 Be7 13. Bb1 Na6 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 Nb4 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qg3 Kg7 19. Ng5 c5 20. dxc5 Bxg5+ 21. Qxg5 Qxc5 22. Rd7 Nxa2+ 23. Bxa2 {Norri,J (2341)-Torkkola,H (2122) Helsinki 2013 1-0}) 9. Qxc4 O-O $146 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Qb3 a5 11. e4 a4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 a3 15. dxe6 axb2+ 16. Kb1 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bxc3 18. Qxa8 O-O 19. Qc6 b4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bb5 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg6 Be6 24. Ng5 {Thipsay,P (2375)-Barua,D (2400) Dhaka 1986 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 9... b5 10. Qb3 a5 11. e4 a4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 a3 15. dxe6 axb2+ 16. Kb1 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bxc3 18. Qxa8 O-O 19. Qc6 b4 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Qe4 Qc7 22. Nh4 Ne5 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Ng6+ {Timman,J (2645)-Jussupow,A (2645) Tilburg 1986 0-1 (38)}) 10. e4 b5 11. Qd3 Qa5 12. e5 Be7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne4 Ba6 15. Qc2 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Qb5 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Rc2 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Ra7 22. Rfc1 Rd5 23. Na4 Rb5 24. Kc2 Rd7 25. Kd3 Rdd5 26. g4 f6 27. Ke4 Kf7 28. h3 Ke8 29. b3 Kd7 30. Nb2 Ke8 31. Nd3 Kf7 32. h4 Rd8 33. h5 Rbd5 34. R4c2 Rc8 35. Nf4 Rd7 36. Ng6 Bd8 37. Ng1 Bb6 38. Ne2 Rcd8 39. Rc4 Ba7 40. f4 Kg8 41. Nh4 c5 42. f5 exf5+ 43. gxf5 fxe5 44. dxe5 Rd2 45. R1c2 Nc6 46. Nf3 Rd1 47. Rc1 a4 48. bxa4 R1d3 49. Rxc5 Bxc5 50. Rxc5 Ne7 51. f6 gxf6 52. exf6 Nc8 53. Ne5 Rd2 54. Ke3 R2d6 55. f7+ Kg7 56. Nf4 Ne7 57. a5 Nd5+ 58. Rxd5 Rxd5 59. Ne6+ Kf6 60. Nxd8 Rxd8 61. f8=Q+ Rxf8 62. Nd7+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1960.01.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1960.01.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Qb1 Qc3 ({RR} 12... Qxb1+ 13. Rxb1 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. f3 O-O 16. Nb3 b6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Kd2 Ba6 19. Kc3 f5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bc2 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 g6 25. Re1 Bb7 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 {Richterova,N (2172)-Cramling Bellon,A (2085) Budva MNE 2023 1-0 (39)}) 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 e5 15. Ne4 exd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. c5 Nf6 19. Nd6 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8+ 21. Kd2 Be6 22. Rc2 Rad8 23. Kc3 Rd7 24. Rd2 b6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. a4 Red8 27. Be4 Ra7 {Lopez Martinez,J (2434)-Moskalenko,V (2510) Badalona 2003 0-1 (31)}) 13... c5 $146 ({RR} 13... e5 14. Ke2 exd4 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. exd4 Qh5+ 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. Kg1 Re8 20. Qb2 Rb8 21. Re1 Bg4 22. Ne5 {½-½ (22) Ader Hausman,W-Michel,P Mar del Plata 1952}) 14. Ke2 Qa5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. a4 O-O 18. Qb5 Qd8 19. a5 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Bd7 21. Qg5 Bc6 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Qe3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qc7 25. Kf1 Rbd8 26. a6 Nd7 27. Rc3 b6 28. Nf3 Nf6 29. h3 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rfd8 31. Ne5 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rc7 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Rdc8 35. Rd1 b5 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nh7 38. Qh1 Nxg5 39. f4 f6 40. fxg5 fxe5 41. g6 Qf8+ 42. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Zuerich sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Hafner, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bf4 ({RR} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Na5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Qa4 b6 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. h3 f6 18. Nd3 Nc4 19. Qa6 g5 20. g4 h5 21. dxc5 hxg4 22. hxg4 bxc5 {Mosesov,D (2391)-Rozen,E (2387) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 c6 12. a3 Na6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5 Nb8 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Nd7 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Rf1 Be8 20. Qg4 g6 21. h4 Nd7 22. Nf3 Nf6 {Furman,E-Jumaeva,M (1873) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (43)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Bd3 Na5 12. c5 Be7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Kh8 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. O-O Re8 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxc7 {McNabb,M (2000)-Scarf,R (1572) Hanmer Springs 2019 1-0}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. O-O d4 21. e4 Bd7 22. f4 f5 23. Rce1 Rae8 24. exf5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxf5 26. Re5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qd6 28. g3 Rf5 29. Re4 Rf8 30. Rxd4 Qc5 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Rxa7 1-0 [Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"] [Site "Hoogeveen"] [Date "2001.10.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2573"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2001.10.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 086"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 4128]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Nd7 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc3 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. h3 a5 20. Nf4 {½-½ (20) Lalic,B (2350)-Rokos,F (2167) Pardubice CZE 2024}) 13. O-O Nf6 (13... c4 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57[Tsesarsky,I] (41)}) 14. b3 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb2 h5 20. h3 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $14 {½-½ Kortschnoj,V-Gabriel,C/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66 (46)}) ({RR} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb2 h5 20. h3 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Re8 25. Qe2 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Rd8 27. g3 Qf6 28. Qe3 Rd5 {Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Gabriel,C (2555) Bad Homburg 1998 ½-½ (46)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Bb5 $14 (20. Ba6 $14)) 15. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Qc1 a5 17. a4 g6 18. h3 Rc7 19. Qa3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. d5 Be8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Nxe4 Qe6 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Nc4 Rcd7 28. Qb2 Rd3 29. Rc3 R3d5 {Van Wely,L (2617)-Timman,J (2578) Almelo 2004 1-0 (69)}) 15... g6 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 h5 (17... a5 $132 {[%CAl Ga5a4]}) 18. Ne2 Ne4 $6 $14 {Inaccuracy! Position is equal} ({Possible was} 18... Rd8 $132 {[%CAl Ga8c8]}) 19. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 20. dxc5 $1 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 {[%csl Gd4,Re4][%CAl Gb7e4] White ? now has strong d4 square and is much better than black ?c8.} 22. Nf4 $5 {[%CAl Gh2h4] Interesting, nonstandard idea in Kortschnoj's style.} ({Most of chessplayers would play "automatically"} 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 22... Rc8 ({or} 22... h4 23. Qd7 Rb8 24. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23. Rd1 Qc2 (23... h4 $5 24. Qd7 Qc2 25. h3 $14) 24. h4 $5 {[%csl Gf4][%CAl Gg1h2,Gh2g3]} Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bc6 $6 $16 (25... Rc7 $142 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. Kg3 Ke7 28. Ne2 f6 29. Kf4 $14 {[%CAl Ge2d4]}) 26. Kh2 $6 $14 {[%CAl Gh2g3] White ? starts his long way to the black camp.} (26. Rc2 $142 $1 $16) 26... Kf8 $6 $16 (26... Be8 $142 $14) 27. Rc2 $1 {[%CAl Gc2c8] The ?? pair exchange is in White's favour!} Ke7 28. Ne2 Kd6 29. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] The ? goes back to the strong square d4.} Bd7 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Kg3 a5 (31... Ke5 32. Nc6+ Kd6 33. Nxa7 Bd7 34. Kf4 $1 $16) 32. Kf4 {[%csl Re4]} Bb7 {White has clear advantage, but how to increase it?} ({Badly is} 32... f6 33. Nb5+ Ke6 34. Nc3 {[%csl Re4]} f5 35. Kg5 Kf7 36. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rb6][%CAl Gd5f4]}) 33. a3 Bd5 34. Kg5 Ke5 35. Kh6 $1 Kf6 36. Kh7 Bb7 37. Kg8 Ke7 38. Kg7 Bd5 {How can White increase pressure?} 39. f4 $1 exf3 $8 ({Badly is} 39... Be6 40. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 41. a4 Ke7 42. f5 gxf5 43. g3 Ke6 44. Kh6 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) ({or} 39... Bb7 40. f5 gxf5 (40... Bd5 41. fxg6 $18) 41. Nxf5+ Ke6 42. Ng3 Bd5 43. Nxh5 $18) 40. gxf3 Ba8 41. e4 Bb7 42. e5 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Bd5 43. Kh6 $1 Bb7 44. Kg5 {White ? returns.} Bd5 45. f4 Be4 46. f5 $1 gxf5 (46... Bxf5 47. Nxf5+ gxf5 48. Kxf5 b5 49. b4 a4 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Ke4 f6 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Kd5 $18) 47. Kf4 $1 {?f5 will not run away.} Kd7 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Bd3 (49... Ke7 50. Nxf5+ Bxf5 51. Kxf5 b5 52. Kg5 $18) 50. Nxf5 Ke6 51. Ng7+ Kd5 52. Nxh5 Kc4 53. Kg5 $1 {[%CAl Gh5f4]} Kxb4 54. Nf4 Be4 55. h5 (55. Kf6 Kc5 56. Kxf7 Kd4 57. e6 Ke5 58. e7 Bc6 59. h5 Kxf4 60. h6 $18) 55... b5 56. e6 $1 fxe6 57. Ng6 Ka3 58. h6 b4 59. h7 b3 60. h8=Q b2 61. Qc3+ Ka2 62. Qc4+ {Excellent endgame strategy!} 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1968.01.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ciric, Dragoljub M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1968.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Be7 ({RR} 10... c6 11. Bh3 Bb7 12. Nge2 Re8 13. O-O Na6 14. Nf4 Qd6 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bb1 Bg7 19. h4 Qf6 20. Kg2 c5 21. Nce2 Qe7 22. b3 Ba8 23. Kg1 c4 24. Kg2 b5 25. Rh1 {Jobava,B (2703)-Kramnik,V (2789) Leuven 2017 0-1 (44)}) 11. Bg2 c6 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. O-O a5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Nf4 b5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Nd3 {½-½ (20) Adorjan,A (2570)-Van der Sterren,P (2475) Wijk aan Zee 1984}) 13... Nf6 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Bb7 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21. a3 Qd7 22. Qb3 Bc7 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 b5 25. f4 Qg4 26. Rd2 h5 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 h4 29. Bf3 Qg6 30. g4 Rcd8 31. Qd1 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qe6 33. Rd3 Qc4 34. Kg2 g5 35. Rd8 Qe6 36. f5 Qxe5 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qxh4+ Kf8 40. f6 Qxb2+ 41. Kh3 1-0 [Event "URS Burevestnik CC-ch"] [Site "Poltava"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Veltmander, Iogannes G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "16"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Na4 Qe8 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf6 Qd7 19. Kg2 Rae8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Re6 22. Qf4 Kg7 {Demidov,M (2523)-Lugovskoy,M (2415) Sochi 2021 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qd6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxc6+ Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Qxc6 15. Rxc6 Bd8 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. d5 a5 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Nd4 Ra7 21. Nb5 Rb7 22. d6 Re5 {Garvin Mejia,R (1714)-Briceno Suarez,E (1535) Medellin COL 2024 1-0 (43)}) 8... a6 9. h4 $146 ({RR} 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Nxb5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qe4 c6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qc6+ Ke7 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. Rd4 Rg8 {Dukaczewski,P (2296)-Cebula,J (1866) Mielno 2013 1-0}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Rh3 Qe7 16. Qg4 Qf8 17. h5 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rg3 b4 20. Ba4 Rd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Qd1 Qe7 23. Ne4 Bb6 24. Qxd7+ Qxd7 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxg7 Ke7 27. Nf6 c6 28. Rg8 Rxg8 29. Nxg8+ Kf8 30. Nxh6 Bc7 31. Ng4 1-0 [Event "Clermont Ferrand"] [Site "Clermont Ferrand"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1989.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 c4 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Rab8 18. Rc2 Rb6 19. Nd4 g6 20. Qf3 Ne4 21. b3 Rc8 22. Rfc1 Rb7 23. Qh3 Rbc7 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Qxh6 Qf6 26. Qh3 c3 {Shankland,S (2683)-Dubov,D (2701) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (62)}) 12... Nd7 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc3 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. h3 a5 20. Nf4 {½-½ (20) Lalic,B (2350)-Rokos,F (2167) Pardubice CZE 2024}) 13. O-O Bb7 ({RR} 13... Nf6 14. b3 ({RR} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb2 h5 20. h3 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4) 14... Bb7 ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Bb5 ({RR} 20. Ba6)) 15. Ng3 g6 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 h5 ({RR} 17... a5) 18. Ne2 Ne4 ({RR} 18... Rd8) 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Nf4 ({RR} 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Nd4) 22... Rc8 ({RR} 22... h4 23. Qd7 Rb8 24. Rd1) 23. Rd1 Qc2 ({RR} 23... h4 24. Qd7 Qc2 25. h3) 24. h4 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bc6 ({RR} 25... Rc7 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. Kg3 Ke7 28. Ne2 f6 29. Kf4) 26. Kh2 ({RR} 26. Rc2) 26... Kf8 ({RR} 26... Be8) 27. Rc2 Ke7 28. Ne2 {Kortschnoj,V (2639)-Bruzon Batista,L (2573) Hoogeveen 2001 CBM 086 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 13... c4) 14. Qa4 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Bf5 Nf6 16. Qa3 g6 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb4 Qd6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Rad8 23. g3 Rd6 24. Nd3 Ne4 25. Rc7 Ba6 26. Ne5 Be2 27. Re1 Bb5 28. Bg2 Nc5 29. Bf1 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Beliavsky,A (2585) Tilburg 1986 ½-½ (61)}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Ng3 Qe5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Nf5 Ba6 23. Qc6 Bb7 24. Qd6 Kh7 25. h4 a5 26. Qd7 Rf8 27. Rd1 Ba8 28. Rd4 Qxa2 29. h5 Bc6 30. Qe7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf5 32. Qxf8 Qxh5+ 33. Kg1 a4 34. Qc5 Qg6 35. f3 Qe6 36. Kf2 Qf6 37. Qa7 Qe6 38. Qa6 Be8 39. Qd3+ Qg6 40. Rxd5 Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Bb5 42. Rd5 Bc4 43. Ra5 Bb3 44. e4 g6 45. f4 h5 46. Kg3 Bc2 47. e5 Kg7 48. Kh4 Be4 49. g3 Kh6 50. Rxa4 Bf5 51. Ra7 Be6 52. Rc7 Bb3 53. f5 gxf5 54. Rc8 Be6 55. Rd8 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Rg5 Kh6 58. Rxh5+ Kg6 59. Rh8 Kg7 60. Re8 Kg6 61. Kh3 Bd5 62. Rg8+ 1-0 [Event "Lugano op"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1989.03.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Wedberg, Tom"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1989.03.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 {½-½ (15) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2674)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Moscow 2001}) ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O g6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e4 d4 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Qa3 Rfe8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Qa5 Qd6 22. e5 Qd5 23. Qxb4 {Iniyan,P (2573)-Srihari,L (2386) Mumbai IND 2026 1-0 (74)}) 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. O-O Nxg3 13. Nxg3 g6 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Be2 h5 16. Bf3 Kg7 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Nf1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nc4 Rf6 22. Ne5 a6 23. d5 Qd6 24. Nc6 Rf7 25. Ne2 {Kortschnoj,V (2605)-Ljubojevic,L (2605) Monte Carlo 1993 ½-½ (34)}) 11. Bf5 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf5 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. e4 d4 21. Nce2 h5 22. f3 Rfd8 23. b3 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Qh6 Rc6 {Szabo,L-Pachman,L Saltsjobaden 1952 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 11. O-O a6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. Bf5 Ra8 15. Rfd1 g6 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. a3 Kg7 18. Bg3 c6 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxb6 {1-0 (22) Jovanic,O (2432)-Tarakcija,H (2203) Bizovac 2003}) 11... g6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Bg3 c6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. h3 Rc8 16. O-O a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 Nb6 19. Bh2 Nc4 20. b3 Nd6 21. Be5 Nde4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. f3 Nf6 24. e4 Nd7 25. Bf4 c5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Qd2 Bb7 28. Ng3 Kh7 29. Be4 Qb6 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. dxc5 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Rfd1 Ne6 36. Be3 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Ng7 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Bd2 Nd4 40. Be3 Nf5 41. Bb6 Re6 42. Bc5 Rc6 43. Ba3 Nd4 44. Rxc6 Nxc6 45. Ke3 f5 46. g4 Kg7 47. Bb2+ Kf7 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Bc3 Ke6 50. h4 Ne7 51. Bg7 Nd5+ 52. Kd4 h5 53. Kc5 Nf4 54. Bh6 Ng2 55. Bg5 Ne1 56. f4 Nd3+ 57. Kb6 Kd5 58. a4 bxa4 59. bxa4 Nc5 60. a5 Ne6 61. Kxa6 Kc6 62. Ka7 Kb5 63. Kb7 Nc5+ 64. Kc7 Ne4 65. Kd7 Kxa5 66. Ke6 Ng3 67. Bf6 Kb4 68. Bd4 Kc4 69. Bf2 Ne4 70. Be1 Kd4 71. Kxf5 Ke3 72. Ke5 Nc5 73. f5 1-0 [Event "Bad Woerishofen op 20th"] [Site "Bad Woerishofen"] [Date "2004.03.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Skembris, Spyridon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2569"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2004.03.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. Ke2) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Qf6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. Nb3 Bf6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rc2 Ne5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 g6) ({RR} 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3 ({RR} 14. Rc1 g6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. b6 Nb2 22. Qb3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nc4) ({RR} 14. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 14... h6 15. Nb3 Re8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Qc5 Ne5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfc1 Be6) 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nxe6) 14... Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rcd2 Qxd3) 13... Bf6 14. Nf3 ({RR} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qe4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qxb2 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxc2 Be6 22. Rfc1) 14... Qe7 ({RR} 14... Bxb2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxb2) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. h3 Qb6) ({RR} 14... Be6 {RR} 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 a5 19. Qb1 axb4 20. axb4 h6) 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 Bd7 ({RR} 16... Bxb2 17. Bxc6 Bxc1 ({RR} 17... bxc6 18. Rxc6) 18. Bxd5 Ba3 19. Bh6 Be6 20. Qd4 f6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd1) 17. Qxd5 Be6 ({RR} 17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be6 19. Qd2 Ba3 20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Ng5) 18. Qe4 ({RR} 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxa2 ({RR} 19... Bxb2 20. Ng5) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6) 18... Bxb2 ({RR} 18... Bxa2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Nd4) 19. Bxc6 f5 ({RR} 19... Bxc1 20. Bxb7) ({RR} 19... bxc6 20. Rxc6) 20. Bg5 ({RR} 20. Qb1 Bxc1 21. Qxb7 ({RR} 21. Bxb7 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rab8) 21... Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rac8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe7 Bxc1 22. Bxb7 ({RR} 22. Bxf8 bxc6 23. Nd4 Bxa2 24. Rxc1 Kxf8 25. Nxc6 Bd5 26. Nb4 Be6 27. Na6 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc5 a5) 22... Bxe3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Rb8 26. a4 Rb4 27. Bc6 {Carlsen,M (2822)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017 CBM 180 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (94)}) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 a4 16. h3 Be6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Qc5 21. Rbc1 Qb6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Be5 Be7 24. e4 Bf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qd2 dxe4 27. Rxe4 {Makarian,R (2551)-Movahed,S (2575) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nxe6 {½-½ (20) Kortschnoj,V (2634)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2653) Bled 2002}) 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Rfd8 17. f3 h6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc5 Ne7 20. Bc7 b6 21. Rcc1 Rf8 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Bb3 Rfe8 24. Rc3 Be6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Nf5 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Ba5 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Rc7 {Livaic,L (2493)-Sertic,R (2371) Mali Losinj 2019 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 15. Bb5 d4 16. Rac1 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. Rxc6 Qa5 22. Bc7 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. f3 Rfe8 25. Rd1 a6 26. Kf2 Be6 27. Rc5 h6 28. a4 Ra7 29. a5 Rc8 {Yilmaz,M (2595)-Keinanen,T (2428) Batumi 2019 ½-½ (43)}) 15... Qxf5 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. b4 h6 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rc5 Rfd8 20. h3 a6 21. b5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Qe6 23. Qd3 d4 24. e4 Ra8 25. Bc1 Ra5 26. Rb6 Re5 27. f3 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Bd2 Re5 30. Rbb1 Qf7 31. f4 Re8 32. Re1 Rde7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Kf1 g6 35. Rb5 Kh7 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. h4 Qe6 38. h5 Qg4 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6 40. hxg6 Re2 41. f5 Rxd2 42. Rxb7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. Kh4 Rc3 47. Rh7 Ke8 48. f7+ 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"] [Site "Velden"] [Date "1980.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1980.03.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Bb4 ({RR} 11... Ne6 12. Be5 h6 13. g4 b5 14. Rhg1 b4 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qxc6 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Ng5 18. Qxa8 Qa5 19. Qc6 Rd8 20. Qb5 Qc7+ 21. Kb1 Nxh3 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rg3 Nxf2 24. Rc6 a6 25. Qb6 {1-0 (25) Nilssen,E (2160)-Bansal,S (1979) London ENG 2025}) 12. Kb1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... Ng6 13. Bh2 Qa5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf5 18. Nc4 Qb5+ 19. Qb3 Qg5 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Qa3 Re7 22. g4 b5 23. Ka1 Bd5 24. Qc5 Qf6 25. Bg3 Qe6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 {Vishnu,P (2518)-Ni,H (2697) Caleta 2016 0-1 (63)}) 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Bh2 Nf8 20. Qb3 Ba5 21. Nc4 Bb6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Red8 26. Rhd1 Qe6 27. Nxb7 Rdb8 28. Rb5 Qf6 29. Rd2 Qg6 30. g3 h6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Rbd5 Rab8 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Qe5 Rd7 35. Nf5 Rdb7 36. h4 Ne6 37. Nd6 Rb4 38. h5 Qg4 39. a3 Ra4 40. Ka2 Nc7 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Rxf5 f6 43. b3 Ra6 44. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Titograd"] [Site "Titograd"] [Date "1984.12.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Csom, Istvan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "173"] [EventDate "1984.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 g6 ({RR} 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rab1 Be6 16. Ng5 Kg7 17. Nxe6+ Rxe6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bc4 Re7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qe7 23. Qxe7 {Bu,X (2719)-Mamedyarov,S (2750) China 2016 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O 16. Bf5+ Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19. Kc2 h6 20. Rhe1 Rhd8 21. a3 h5 22. Kc3 Kc7 23. Rd3 {Gibala,A (2304)-Sarana,A (2683) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (75)}) 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qd2 O-O 12. b4 Re8 13. O-O Nf8 14. b5 Bg4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nh2 h5 17. Na4 Qg5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rb8 {½-½ (22) Mascarinas,R (2410)-Cvetkovic,S (2470) Schellenberg 1991}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Kb1 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be6 16. Neg5 Bd5 17. Bc4 h6 18. Nh3 Be4 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne6 21. Bc4 Qf6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd3 Rd6 24. Nf4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 {Gurevich,D (2470)-Csom,I (2505) Hastings 1983 0-1}) 11... a6 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Na4 Qe7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nc5 Rad8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nb3 Rfe8 21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Qf3 Re7 23. Rfc1 Ne8 24. g4 h6 25. Qd1 Nd6 26. Rc2 Ne4 27. Rbc1 Qb8 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Na4 Bf8 30. Nb6 Ree8 31. Rc4 Qd6 32. Qe2 Qf6 33. g3 Qg5 34. Kg2 Re6 35. Na4 Rd7 36. Nc3 Re8 37. Rh1 Qf6 38. Rh4 g5 39. Rh1 Qe6 40. Na4 Rd5 41. Nc5 Qe7 42. Rcc1 Bg7 43. Rhf1 Rd6 44. Qc2 Bh8 45. Rcd1 Bg7 46. Rd2 Bh8 47. f3 exf3+ 48. Rxf3 Rf6 49. Rdf2 Rxf3 50. Rxf3 Bg7 51. Qf5 Rd8 52. Kf2 Bh8 53. Qe4 Qc7 54. Rf5 Bg7 55. Kg2 Bf8 56. Nd3 Bd6 57. Rf6 Kg7 58. Rf3 Kg8 59. Qf5 Qe7 60. Qf6 Qxf6 61. Rxf6 Kg7 62. Rf1 Kg6 63. Kf3 f6 64. Nc5 Bxc5 65. bxc5 h5 66. gxh5+ Kxh5 67. g4+ Kg6 68. Ke4 Rh8 69. Kd3 Rh7 70. Rf2 Rh4 71. Rb2 Rh7 72. e4 Rd7 73. Rh2 Rd8 74. Rh1 Rc8 75. Rf1 Rd8 76. Rf5 Rh8 77. e5 fxe5 78. dxe5 Rd8+ 79. Ke4 Rd5 80. Rf6+ Kg7 81. Rd6 Rxc5 82. Kf5 Rxa5 83. Rd7+ Kh6 84. Rxb7 Ra4 85. e6 Rf4+ 86. Ke5 Kg6 87. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-16"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "1993.07.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 037"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 (7... Nbd7) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. O-O Nd7 (12... c5) 13. e4 $146 ({RR} 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ba6 N7f6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. b3 Nc3 20. Qb2 Nfe4 21. Nfd2 Rd8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. h3 Qd5 25. Qc2 Nd6 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Ne5 Qc7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Bayo Milagro,A (2292) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ba6 N7f6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. b3 Nc3 20. Qb2 Nfe4 21. Nfd2 Rd8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. h3 Qd5 25. Qc2 Nd6 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Ne5 Qc7 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Bayo Milagro,A (2292) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (46)}) 13... Nf4 14. Re1 Rd8 15. h4 c5 16. g3 Ng6 17. d5 Nge5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Be2 Nxf3+ (20... Rf8 $15 {Pigusov,E}) 21. Nxf3 Rf8 22. Bb5 Rad8 23. Re3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rce1 Rd4 26. Bf1 Qd6 27. Rd3 e5 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Re3 Kh8 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. b3 Qf6 33. Bd5 Bb5 34. Qe1 Rd8 35. Qc3 Rf8 36. Qb2 a5 37. Kg2 Bd7 38. f3 Rd8 39. Re2 Be6 40. Rd2 Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. exd5 Qd6 43. Qd2 Kg8 44. Qd3 Kf7 45. a4 Ke7 46. h5 Kd7 47. Qf5+ Ke7 48. Qe4 Qf6 49. f4 Kd6 50. Kf3 exf4 51. gxf4 Qc3+ 52. Kg4 Qf6 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Qd4 55. Qe6+ Kc7 56. Qc6+ Kd8 57. Qxb6+ Ke7 58. Qe6+ Kd8 59. Qe5 Qg1 60. Qd6+ Kc8 61. Qe6+ Kd8 62. Qe4 Kd7 63. Qe6+ Kd8 64. Qd6+ Kc8 65. Qf8+ Kd7 66. Qf7+ Kd8 67. Kh3 c4 68. d6 Qf1+ 69. Kg4 Qd1+ 70. Kf5 Qxd6 71. bxc4 Qd3+ 72. Ke5 Qe3+ 73. Kd6 Qd2+ 74. Kc6 1-0 [Event "Biel-17 GM"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1984.08.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Eslon, Jaan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2430"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1984.07.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bulletin} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 ({RR} 11... a5 12. g4 a4 13. Kb1 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Ne2) 12. Kb1 ({RR} 12. g4 Rc8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Rhg1 a6 16. g5 N6d7) 12... a5 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ng5 ({RR} 13. e4) 13... b5 ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Be5 h6 15. Nf3 c5) 14. Be5 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 Nd7 17. h4 ({RR} 17. Bg3 Bh4) 17... b4 ({RR} 17... Bxh4 18. f4 Be7 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bf5) 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. f4 c5 ({RR} 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. g5) 20. Ba6 Be7 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 f6 ({RR} 22... cxd4) 23. Rxh6 Nef8 ({RR} 23... gxh6 24. Qg6+) 24. Rh3 c4 25. Nf5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qc6 27. Rdh1 {Timman,J (2585)-Karpov,A (2725) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin] 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 12... b5) ({RR} 12... a6) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bd7 21. Qb3 f5 22. Qxb7 f4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. exf4 Rb8 25. Qxa6 Qf6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Qc3 {Abdyjapar,A (2349)-Turksoi,Z (2067) Korumdu KGZ 2025 1-0 (36)}) 13. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 13. g4) ({RR} 13. g4 a4 14. Ne5 Qa5 15. g5 N6d7 16. h4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18. Ne2 Rec8 19. Nf4 c5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qe2 a3 23. b3 Bb4 24. g6 h6 25. Qf3 Ra7 26. Rc1 Bc3 27. Rc2 b4 {Straeter,T (2316)-Zumsande,M (2315) Dortmund 1999 1-0 (41)}) 13... b5 14. Be5 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 a4 17. Bf5 Nd7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Bxe6 $6 (19. Nf4 Bf6 20. Bd6 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 19... fxe6 20. Ng3 Bf6 21. f4 c5 22. Nh5 cxd4 23. Qg6 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. exd4 Nb6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 Rf8 29. Rdh1 Nc4 30. R4h2 Rf3 31. g5 Rcf8 32. g6 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kc2 b4 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rf3 37. Rh1 Nxa3+ 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Nf6+ gxf6 41. exf6 Rb8 42. Rh7 Nd6 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rd7 Ra8 45. Rxd6 Kg8 46. Rd7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch24 Quarterfinal"] [Site "Frunze"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. e3 ({RR} 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5 Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 cxd5 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Rc1 b5 20. h3 Qb7 {Ibrahimli,M (2421)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2597) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 6... Qa5+ ({RR} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bxe4 gxf4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. O-O Nf8 14. e4 Ng6 15. e5 Be7 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. a4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 {Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Vaisser,A (2575) New York 1994 ½-½ (53)}) 7. Nbd2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 7... Nh5 8. cxd5 Nxf4 9. exf4 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. f5 Nb6 12. O-O exf5 13. Qb3 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Qb4 15. Rfe1+ Be6 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 {0-1 (18) Kummer,H (2240)-Krpelan,W Austria 1992}) ({RR} 7... Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 h6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg6+ Kd8 16. Qxe6 Qb4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Kc7 19. a3 Qc5+ 20. Kb1 Bc8 21. Qb3 Qxe5 22. e4 {Sinanovic,M (2376)-Muratovic,E (2345) Bosna 2017 0-1 (31)}) 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Rfc8 13. axb5 Qd8 14. bxc6 Rxc6 15. Qb1 Nh5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nb6 19. Ba6 Qc8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Nb3 Nd5 22. Na5 Rb6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nc4 Rb4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Nce5 fxe5 28. Nxe5 Qe8 29. Qh7 Rxb2 30. Qh8# 1-0 [Event "EU-chT Seniors"] [Site "Rogaska Slatina"] [Date "2012.04.02"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Faibisovich, Vadim Z"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2012.03.27"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland (Seniors)"] [BlackTeam "St Petersburg (Seniors)"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 Qb4+ ({RR} 8... c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Qg4 fxe5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qe4 Rf5 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Fridman,D (2655) Caleta 2011 1-0 (40)}) 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ $146 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rfc1 c6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. h3 Be8 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Nc4 Rab8 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 {½-½ (23) Przybela,J (1621)-Hoffmann,E (1407) Ruhrgebiet 2018}) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 dxc4 13. Rxc4 Bd7 14. Rhc1 Rc8 15. b4 Kd8 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Re8 20. Nxc6+ Kd7 21. Rc5 Ra8 22. Kc3 a6 23. a4 Rec8 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Rc6 {Alber,H (2321)-Nagel,B (2233) Kaufungen 2003 ½-½ (31)}) 11. Kxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Rac1 Ke7 14. Bb3 c6 15. e4 Rd8 16. Ke3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. h4 Be8 19. g4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 g6 23. Rh7 Nf8 24. Rg7 b6 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. f4 Rcd8 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 exf5 29. Nxf7 Ne6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 31. Ne5+ Kd6 32. Rxa7 c5 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Kf4 cxd4 35. Rxd4+ Kc5 36. Rd2 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik Memorial Senior"] [Site "Suzdal"] [Date "2011.08.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Chernikov, Oleg L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2553"] [BlackElo "2402"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2011.08.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg5 ({RR} 7. g3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nb4 9. Qd2 Be4 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. Bg2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b3 Nf5 19. e4 Nd6 20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Nc6 Qg6 {Castro Lombana,J (2183)-Gallegos Quispe,D (2016) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 7... Qc8 $146 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. e4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Nb3 c5 17. f3 c4 18. Na5 Nxe5 19. Qc3 f6 20. h4 Kf7 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Nxc6 {Bozic,M (2312)-Yao,Y (1958) Novi Sad 2019 ½-½ (98)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 Ng6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 Rf6 18. Qg4 c4 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe7 21. O-O Nf8 22. a3 {Jermy,J (1968)-Dishman,S (2273) Cambridge ENG 2024 ½-½ (53)}) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qb1 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Rxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bxc5 Ne7 16. e3 h6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Bd5 21. Qb2 Nc6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. h3 Rd7 24. Bd4 f6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nd4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch38 Final"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1970.12.16"] [Round "14"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1970.11.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O b4 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nf6 22. Bh4 c5 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxb5 g5 26. Rxd8+ {Babula,V (2552)-David,A (2571) Zillertal 2015 ½-½ (32)}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Ne5 h6 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. a3 bxa3 20. bxa3 Nbd7 21. Nc4 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Red8 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Qc3 Nd5 25. Qb2 Ba8 26. Rb1 Rb7 27. Nxa8 {Cancedda-Dupuis,L (2250)-Deepak Ambattu,R (2154) Peterborough ENG 2026 1-0}) 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb6 Nd5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Ne5 Nxf4 23. exf4 Ra5 24. Rac1 Bd6 25. Bb1 Ra6 26. f3 Bb8 27. Kf1 Rad6 28. Be4 Bd5 {Van der Stricht,G (2412)-Burnay,G (1836) Ghent 2012 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qe2 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Qa4 20. b3 Qc6 21. Qf1 Ba8 22. Na5 Qb6 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Na5 Qb6 {½-½ (24) Florian,T-Deze,A Milan 1974}) 14... Rc8 15. Bg5 g6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Na5 Ba6 22. Nxc6 Qe8 23. Qc5 Bb7 24. Nxd8 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxd8 26. e4 Qd7 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bxd5 Bc8 29. c6 Qc7 30. h3 h5 31. Rc4 a5 32. Rcd4 Kg7 33. Bf3 Qe5 34. b3 Be6 35. Bd5 Bf5 36. Bf3 Be6 37. Rd6 Qc5 38. R6d4 a4 39. R4d3 axb3 40. axb3 Qc2 41. R1d2 Qc1+ 42. Rd1 Qc2 43. Re3 Bxb3 44. Ree1 Qc5 45. Rc1 Bc2 46. Bd5 Qa5 47. Rxc2 b3 48. Rcc1 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Semifinal"] [Site "Cheliabinsk"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Luik, Helmuth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. cxd4 ({RR} 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nf3 f6 12. Nd4 Kc7 13. Nb3 e5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Rhe1 Bc4 18. Rab1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rab8 {0-1 (20) Topalov,V (2754)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger 2016}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Kf1 O-O 10. Rb1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. h5 h6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. e3 b6 16. Ne5 Ba6+ 17. Kg1 Nxe5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxe5 Bb7 20. f3 Qd5 21. Rc1 Bg5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Qd5 25. Rh3 {Keymer,V (2755)-Csonka,B (2472) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Rxb7 Bxb7 12. Bxb7 Nd7 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Nf3 Qd5 15. Qa4 g5 16. h3 h5 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rh2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Ne1 Nf6 21. Nd3 Qxd4 22. Bb2 Qd5 23. Nf4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Ng6 {Keymer,V (2776)-Erigaisi,A (2775) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. e3 Nb8 15. Ke2 Nc6 16. Rhc1 Rb8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Qb5 Qd6 23. Rb3 Rfc8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 {Atalik,S (2456)-Bukreev,S (2195) Belgrade SRB 2024 ½-½ (93)}) 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. h4 Rb8 14. Kg1 Bd6 15. Ng5 f6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bb6 19. Kh2 Be8 20. Rhd1 Kh8 21. Na4 Bc7 22. Rbc1 Bd6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. c6 b6 27. Bc5 Qc7 28. Ba3 e5 29. Qb4 Qf7 30. c7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1960.02.21"] [Round "17"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1960.01.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 a6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bb2 ({RR} 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc5 b6 14. Ba3 b5 15. Rc1 bxa4 16. Rxc6 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. bxa4 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Ne4 20. Bb2 Qa5 21. Qa1 f6 22. Bd4 Bb8 23. Rb1 Re7 24. Rb6 Ba7 25. Rb3 Nc5 26. Rb2 Bc6 {Tkachiev,V (2649)-Marcelin,C (2494) France 2007 1-0 (42)}) 12... Ne4 13. Rc1 Bg4 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Nc3 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxe3 16. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Be6 18. Nf4 Qb6+ 19. Kg3 Rad8 20. Qg1 Qc7 21. Qc5 Rd5 22. Qc3 f6 23. h4 Rf5 24. Qe3 g5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Qc3 Qxf4+ 27. Kf2 Ne5 28. Kg1 {Prohorov,O (2086)-Rietze,C (2372) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (42)}) 14. Nc3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nf6 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qe7 19. Bf1 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Qa1 f6 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Rc2 Qd6 27. Qd1 Ng5 28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ {Averbakh,Y-Weinstein,N Portimao 1975 0-1 (36)}) 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Ng5 d4 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nfg4 23. Nfxe6 fxe6 24. Bg8 g6 25. Nf7+ Nxf7 26. Bxf7 Qh4 27. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Qxg4+ Kxf7 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Qh5+ Kf6 33. Qh6+ Kf5 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. Qf4+ Kh5 36. Rxe7 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Kh3 1-0 [Event "OHRA-A"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 $1 {N} (12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa4 14. Bd3 b6 15. f3 Ba6 $10) 12... d4 13. O-O Bxc3 (13... dxc3 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. bxc3 $16) 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. bxc3 dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. e4 Nd4 17. Qxc3 Ne2+ 18. Bxe2 Qxe2 19. f3 Be6 20. Nd6 $16) ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Nxb7 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rd7 22. Nd6 Nb6 23. Rf4 Qc5 24. Rh4 h6 25. Rd4 Qxa3 26. Rf1 Qc5 27. Ra1 a5 28. h3 a4 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Ne4 {Kortschnoj,V (2676)-Lutz,C (2591) Zuerich 1999 ½-½ (32)}) 16. Nxe3 Be6 17. Rab1 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Rxb7 Nd4 19. Qb2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd4 Qg4 22. Bg3 Bxb7 23. Qxb7 Qxd4 24. Qb1 h6 25. Rd1 Qa4 26. Bb5 Qa5 27. Bd7 Rc4 28. Bd6 Ra8 29. h3 Qh5 30. Bg4 Qg5 31. f4 Qf6 32. Be5 {Smirnov,A (2452)-Rustemov,A (2547) Novokuznetsk 2008 1-0 (41)}) 18. Rb5 $1 Rfd8 (18... Nxe3 19. Rxh5 Nxc2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bxc2+ Kg8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Be3 $18) 19. c4 Nd4 (19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qh4 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Qb2 Nxb5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxb5 (22. Qxb5 a6 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qxb6 Bxg2 $132) 22... Be4 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Rc1 Qg6 25. Bd7 Rf8 26. h4 $1 Kh8 27. Bf4 Rad8 28. Rc7 f6 29. Qb4 Rf7 30. h5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"] [Site "Caleta"] [Date "2012.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Zygouris, Hristos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2205"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2012.01.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GGB"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. b4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bxc5 18. g4 Be6 19. f3 Qb6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Nc3 {Malakhov,V (2676)-Krasenkow,M (2660) Copenhagen 2007 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 8. Ne5 c5 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. b4 Ba7 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 {Shengelia,D (2557)-Dziuba,M (2584) Czech Republic 2018 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. b3 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rc1 Re6 18. Be2 h5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bf3 Bb5 21. Re1 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Kortschnoj,V-Spassky,B Kiev 1968 ½-½ (39)}) 8... c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qb2 cxd4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne1 d3 16. Bg4 f5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qa2 Ne5 19. Bd2 Rh5 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rc2 23. Qb1 Bxf3 {0-1 (23) Breitenfeldt,U (1672)-Nauschuetz,E (1968) Binz 2017}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Na4 Qd6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Qg6 17. Rac1 f5 18. Ne5 Qh6 19. Bxe4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 fxe4 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. b4 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rf5 24. Bf4 Rxf4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Bg5 27. Re2 Bf5 28. Qb3 Qe5 29. Kh1 Bf4 30. Nd3 Qb8 31. Nxf4 Qxf4 32. Qe3 Qe5 33. f3 Rd6 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Kg1 h6 36. a4 Re6 37. Qc5 Rg6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Qe6 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Qc8 Qb6+ 42. Kh1 Re6 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. h3 d4 45. Re8 1-0 [Event "EU-chT Seniors 08th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2006.02.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Baumbach, Friedrich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2262"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2006.02.17"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Berlin"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Be5 Na4 14. Rc1 Rfc8 15. O-O Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qb6 {1-0 (16) Moiseenko,A (2643)-Kharitonov,A (2569) Moscow 2008}) ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ba2 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxc5 19. b4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21. Nd3 g5 22. a4 Rb6 23. a5 Rd6 24. Nc5 Be7 {Egesa emmanuel (2102)-Nyola Wasswa Mark (2122) Nairobi KEN 2026 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 Bf6 21. Rc2 Ra5 22. Rd3 Rfa8 23. Bc7 Rc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 {Hetey,L (2322)-Baumbach,F (2279) Germany 2006 ½-½ (63)}) 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 12. Qa4 Qd8 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. O-O Re8 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nd4 Bd8 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Be7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bh4 Nd5 25. e4 Nf4 26. Rd7 Rf8 {Landa,K (2584)-Dek,L (2191) Vlissingen 2006 1-0 (45)}) 12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 h6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Rb5 Qc3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Qb1 Nd8 26. e4 a6 27. Rb3 Qe5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Bxa6 Bc5 31. Rf3 1-0 [Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1961.10.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1961.10.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rb1 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 g6 13. Rc1 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. a3 Qf7 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. b4 Rad8 21. Bg5 Kg7 22. Rc2 d4 23. exd4 Bb3 24. Be3 Bxc2 {Rustemov,A (2604)-Evelev,V (2433) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 1-0 (76)}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 c5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Bb5 N6d7 15. Qa4 Bc8 16. Nc6 a6 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Nxd5 Bf6 20. Bc7 Re8 21. Bb8 Nxb8 22. Bxe8 Ne6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. d5 Nc7 {Sanchir,M (2037)-Passafiume Alfieri,F (1478) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (41)}) 10... Bb7 11. b4 Re8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nb5 cxb5 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Bxc7 a6 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rfc1 Kg7 20. Be2 h5 21. Ne1 Ne8 22. Bf3 Kf6 23. Nd3 Ke7 24. Ne5 Nef6 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Bxb6 {Richterova,J (1736)-Nekarda,J (1642) Czech Republic 2017 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. a4 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 f5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Rfc1 Qf7 19. Nc4 Qg6 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Nf4 Rae8 22. g3 g5 23. Ne2 h5 24. Kf1 h4 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 {Svane,F (1608)-Tummasarson,F (1237) Helsingor 2018 ½-½ (37)}) 12. Qb3 b5 13. a4 a5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. bxa5 b4 16. Na2 Rb8 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Nc1 Ne4 20. Ne5 Rbc8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qc4 Qd8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nb3 Bd6 25. Nc4 Rc7 1-0 [Event "Rome"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1981.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 8. e3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Qc2 g5 ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Kb8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Qf5 Ka8 18. O-O Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Be1 g6 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qxh6 Rh8 23. Qg5 Rxh2 24. Kxh2 Nfg4+ 25. Qxg4 Nxg4+ 26. fxg4 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 {Pavlidou,E (2141)-Garbuz,V (2199) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (40)}) 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Kb8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O Rc8 20. Rac1 h5 21. Rfd1 g3 22. f3 h4 23. h3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ba4 25. Qxa4 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 {Braun,A (2564)-Nisipeanu,L (2674) Germany 2014 0-1 (40)}) 13... g4 14. bxc5 $146 ({RR} 14. Nb5 Bxb4+ 15. axb4 gxf3 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Bxc6 18. g3 Ne4 19. Rb1 Ba4 20. Rb3 Rc8 21. Bc4 b5 22. Qb2 Bxb3 23. Bxb3 Rxc1+ {0-1 (23) Nickl,K (2220)-Meszaros,A (2390) Eger 1993}) 14... gxf3 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nd6+ Kb8 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. g3 Nd5 19. O-O-O f6 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Be6 Ba4 22. Qxa4 Rxd6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qc4 Rxe6 25. Rxd5 h5 26. Kb2 h4 27. g4 h3 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Rb1 a6 30. Ka2 Qf7 31. Rb3 Ka7 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Rd8 34. Qc3 Qd5 35. g5 Rc8 36. e4 Qxg5 1-0 [Event "London Phillips&Drew"] [Site "London"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1980.04.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Qa5 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O a6 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qa1 Bxc5 18. a3 a5 19. Rfd1 Nbd5 20. Nfd2 Bh7 21. Bf3 {Gurevich,M (2641)-Malakhov,V (2647) Saint Vincent 2002 1-0}) 7. Bxf6 ({RR} 7. a3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Ndf6 9. h3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qd8 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Be2 b6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qb1 Nd6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Bf3 Ne4 {Cramling,P (2458)-Can,I (2007) Tornelo INT 2023 1-0 (57)}) 7... Nxf6 8. g3 Ne4 9. Bg2 $146 ({RR} 9. a3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 a5 14. Bg2 f5 15. e3 Bd7 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra8 20. Ra1 Kf7 21. Rhb1 Ke7 22. c5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 g5 {Doettling,F (2527)-Junker,R (2181) Fuerth 2002 ½-½ (65)}) 9... Bb4 10. a3 e5 11. cxd5 Bf5 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nh4 Nxg3 14. Nxf5 Nxf1 15. dxc6 O-O 16. cxb7 Rab8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Rxf1 Bh6 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Nc8 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rfxc8 22. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 23. Rd1 Bg5 24. b4 Rd8 25. Bd5 e4 26. e3 Bf6 27. Kf1 Be5 28. Ke2 f5 29. h3 g6 30. Bc4 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kf6 33. Kb3 h5 34. Ka4 Ke7 35. Kb5 Bb2 36. Ka6 Bxa3 37. c6 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires Konex International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1979.07.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Emma, Jaime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1979.07.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Nxc6 $146 ({RR} 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rac8 17. e4 Bc5 18. Rd2 d4 19. Nd1 Qa4 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd6 Rcc8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qd3 h6 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc1 26. f3 Ke7 {Burak,I (1787)-Kabachienko,A (2068) Myrhorod 2011 ½-½ (72)}) 12... bxc6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. b4 Qd8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Qd4 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Bd6 f6 23. f4 Ra7 24. Rb1 Bf7 25. e4 f5 26. e5 g6 27. g3 Be6 28. Rb4 Qd8 29. Rdb1 Qa5 30. Bc2 Rc8 31. Kf2 h5 32. Bd3 Kf7 33. Be2 h4 34. Kg2 Rh8 35. Ra4 Qd8 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 Qa5 38. Bb7 Qxa3 39. Bxc6 hxg3 40. hxg3 g5 41. Bxd5 1-0 [Event "Candidates f Spassky-Kortschnoj +4-1=5"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1968.09.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1968.09.06"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. O-O-O ({RR} 7. e4 Be6 8. e5 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Na6 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. h4 h5 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Kf1 a5 16. Rh3 Bf8 17. Ng5 Ne7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5 Nf5 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. Rf3 Rc8 {Torch 20260128-7136070b (3716)-PlentyChess 7.0.55 (3693) tcec-chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (84)}) 7... Nf6 8. f3 Na6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nh5 9. Bh6 Bg5+ 10. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 11. Kb1 O-O 12. e4 Be6 13. g4 Ng7 14. h4 Qe3 15. h5 Nd7 16. Bd3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Nh3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Rd3 Qh6 21. Nf6+ Rxf6 22. g5 Qxh5 23. gxf6 {Genocchio,D (2455)-Bianchi,A (2152) Venice 2009 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Be6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. h5 Qa5 12. e3 Nb6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bd3 Kd7 16. Nge2 Rhg8 17. Bg5 Rg7 18. Bh6 Rgg8 19. Bg5 Rg7 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. e4 Rb8 23. e5 {Jiang,H (2454)-Adarsh,T (2262) Senta SRB 2026 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bd2 Na6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Bh6 Bg5+ 14. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Kb1 h5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qf2 hxg4 18. hxg4 f5 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. g5 f4 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. Qh4 Nh5 23. Nf2 {Lajthajm,B (2469)-Geler,A (2229) Ulcinj 2014 ½-½ (64)}) 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 Be6 11. e5 Nd7 12. a3 a5 $1 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nb1 ({After} 14. Nce2 c5 15. Nh3 c4 16. Qe3 Nb6 {black has a powerful attack.}) 14... c5 15. g4 c4 16. Qe3 Ra2 17. h4 Qa5 18. Rh2 Ra1 19. Bd3 b3 20. Ne2 {Black gets back the piece a should win.} Bb4 ({Mikhail Tal recommended} 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 h5) ({Other good moves are:} 20... Nb6) (20... O-O) 21. h5 O-O 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rdh1 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc7+ 25. Nec3 Nb6 $2 (25... Bxc3 $1 26. bxc3 (26. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 27. bxc3 Rxf4 28. Rxh7 Nf8 $19) 26... Rxf4 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19) 26. Qxg6+ $1 hxg6 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. R1h7+ Ke8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxc7 Nc4 31. Rxb7 Bxc3 32. bxc3 b2+ 33. Kc2 Ke8 34. Bg5 Ra6 35. Nd2 Bc8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Kxb2 Rb6+ 39. Kc2 Bb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. f4 Rh7 42. Kb2 1-0 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8788 30th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Pinter, Jozsef"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1987.12.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Nf4 {½-½ (15) Miles,A (2560)-Ribli,Z (2605) Germany 1985}) ({RR} 6... Bd7 7. Qf3 Qa5 8. Rc1 a6 9. Qg3 Qd8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bf3 Nd5 12. Be5 Nb4 13. Be4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Nf3 a5 16. Ne4 Rg8 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Ne5 f5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nc5 {Foisor,M (2195)-O'Gorman,A (2037) Daventry ENG 2023 1-0}) 7. Ne4 Qd5 8. f3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nd2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Ndf3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Ne2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. O-O Ne4 16. Be5 Nd2 17. Ng5 g6 18. e4 Qd8 19. Nxh7 Nd7 20. Qh3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Kg7 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 {Groszpeter,A (2470)-Hofmann,M (2220) Lugano 1986 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 8. Nd2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3 10. Nc4 Bb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bxd6 Bf5 15. Rc1 c2 16. Kd2 Nf6 17. f3 Na6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Kd7 20. Bc5 Rhb8 21. Kxc2 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rb4 {Poeira,C (1515)-Soares,D (1685) Armacao de Pera 2001 0-1 (35)}) 8... Ba6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. e4 Qa5 11. Bxd6 Nd7 12. Qd2 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Qc2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nb6 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Bc5 Nf6 18. Ne2 Nfd7 19. Ba3 e5 20. Rhd1 Nc4 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxa3 23. Rxa3 exd4 24. Rxd4 Ke7 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. Rc3 g6 27. Rb4 Rc7 28. Nf4 Rhc8 29. a5 Kd6 30. Rb1 Ne5 31. h3 Nd7 32. h4 h5 33. Ke3 Ne5 34. Rc2 Ke7 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Rd2 Rd7 37. Kc3+ Kc7 38. Rdb2 Kd6 39. a6 Rdc7 40. Rb3 Nd7 41. Rd1+ Ke7 42. Nd3 Rd8 43. Rdb1 Rdc8 44. Rb7 Kd6 45. f4 Nb6 46. Ne5 Ke6 47. Nc4 Rxb7 48. axb7 Rb8 49. Na5 Kd6 50. Kb4 Kc7 51. Rc1 Kd7 52. Ka3 f5 53. e5 Nd5 54. e6+ 1-0 [Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"] [Site "Malmo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bator, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2435"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1996.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 054"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Lautier,Joel} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Ne7 7. Nf3 ({RR} 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 ({RR} 12. f3) 12... Ne7 13. c4 dxc4 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. cxd5 dxe3 15. d6) 14. d5 Ng6 15. Nh5 Qe5 ({RR} 15... Nd7 16. Bb2 f6 ({RR} 16... Nde5 17. f4) 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qf3 b5 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. e4 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Bd4 c3) 19... b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Bd4 Nc5) 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qg4 ({RR} 17. Rxb7 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. g4 c3 ({RR} 19... Nc6 20. Bb2 Nce5 21. h3) 20. Rb3 Nd7 ({RR} 20... Rd3 21. Bb2) 21. Rxc3 Nde5 22. e4 ({RR} 22. h3 Rad8 23. f4 Nd3) 22... Rd4 23. Rxc5 Rxe4 24. h3) 17... Nd7 ({RR} 17... Qxd5 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. Qxc4) 18. e4 b6 19. Bb2 c3 20. Ba1 c4 21. Qf3 ({RR} 21. Rbc1 Nc5 22. Rfe1 Na4 ({RR} 22... Nd3 23. Bxc3 Qe7 24. Nxg7 Nxe1 ({RR} 24... Nxc1 25. Nf5 Qxa3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Bb4) 25. Rxe1 ({RR} 25. Nf5 Qxa3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qf5 Nf3+) 25... Qxa3 26. Qg3 b5 27. Nf5 b4 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qc7) 23. Re3 Re8 ({RR} 23... Qd4 24. Rexc3 ({RR} 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rexc3 ({RR} 25. Rcxc3 Rxd5) 25... b5 ({RR} 25... Rxd5 26. Rxc4 Rc5 27. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 28. Rd1)) 24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qc5 26. Nxg7 Qxa3 27. Qg5) 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rcxc3 b5) 21... f6 {Shirov,A (2715)-Lautier,J (2625) Linares 1994 CBM 040 [Lautier,Joel] 0-1 (61)} ({RR} 21... Nc5 22. Bxc3 Qxe4 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6 Kf8 25. Rfe1)) ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. f3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 Re8 14. e5 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Rab1 Nb6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 Nxg6 19. f4 h6 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 {Grebennikov,N (2199)-Kraus,T (2420) Teplice CZE 2025 0-1 (35)}) 7... Qc7 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Qa4 Ng6 16. Be2 Nh4 17. Rdc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qf6 {Lerner,K-Serper,G/Moscow Alekhine op/1992/0-1 (73)}) (7... Nbc6 8. Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Qd2 c4 13. Ba4 Rb8 14. Bd1 b5 15. Ne1 a5 16. Nc2 Qd6 17. f3 Qg6 {If black manages to prevent e3-e4 white will be in trouble, as his bishops need breathing space.} 18. Re1 Bd3 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Rb2 f5 {Nadenau,O-Kahn,M/Baden Baden sen (06)/1993/0-1 (45)}) 8. cxd5 (8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Ba2 e5 12. d5 Rd8 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nxf7 Qxf7 16. dxc6 c4 17. e4 Nd6 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. f3 Bc6 20. Be3 {1-0 Milos,G-Campos,J/Oviedo 25' (11)/1993/ (30)}) (8. Bb2 O-O 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. d5 Nf6 17. Bf1 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. c4 exf3 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Qc3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qxf3 {Kortschnoj,V-Winants,L/Antwerpen op (03)/1994/1-0 (52)}) 8... exd5 9. a4 Bf5 $146 (9... O-O $5 10. Be2 Bf5) ({RR} 9... c4 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Ng6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Rad1 {Komarov,D (2550)-Horvath,P (2445) Porto San Giorgio 2007 0-1 (40)}) 10. Bb5+ Nd7 (10... Nbc6 11. dxc5 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Nd4 $14) 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O a6 (12... Qxc3 13. Ba3 Bc2 14. Qe2 $14) 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Nd4 {Black is under great danger of a quick loss. His king is still in the center and white pieces are becoming very active.} axb5 (14... Bg6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qg4+ $16) 15. Nxb5 $1 (15. Bxe7 Qd3 16. Bd6 $16) 15... Bc2 (15... Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Nxf7+ Ke8 18. Nxh8 $18) 17. Nxf5 $18) 16. Nxc3 Bxd1 17. Rfxd1 f6 {The defender would be still alive if only bishop a3 could disappear from the board.} (17... Nb6 18. Rab1 Nxa4 (18... Nec8 19. Bc5 $18) 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. Rxb7 Nc6 21. Bd6 $16) 18. Rdb1 Rc8 (18... b6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Nxd5+ $18) 19. Nb5 (19. Nb5 Kf8 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Nf5 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxb7 Nxf5 24. Rb8+ Kf7 25. Rxh8 $18) 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 10th final A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.07.29"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Suetin, Alexey S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1967.07.29"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Leningrad"] [BlackTeam "Belarus"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BLR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 12... Rac8 13. Na4 Bg6 14. Rfe1 Bh5 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 Qg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nf3 Rf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Rh6 21. Rf1 Qh4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. a3 Rg6 25. Kh1 Bg4 26. Ra2 b6 27. Nc3 {Lautier,J (2465)-Khalifman,A (2545) Sochi 1989 ½-½ (42)}) 13. Rfe1 Bg6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 c5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Qe1 Nd5 23. Rc1 Qa3 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. h4 Qb4 28. b6 Nd5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Qf8 31. Qb5 Qd6 32. Qxa5 Nxb6 33. Qb5 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 f6 36. Kg2 Qc7 37. Nd4 Nc4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Ne6 Qc6+ 40. Qxc6 bxc6 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Ke4 Na5 43. Nc5 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke7 45. g4 Kd6 46. f4 f5 47. gxf5 gxf5 48. h5 Kc7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kb4 Kd5 51. Ne6 Nb7 52. Nxg7 c5+ 53. Kc3 Nd6 54. h6 Ne4+ 55. Kc2 Nf6 56. Nxf5 Kc4 57. Ne3+ Kd4 58. a5 1-0 [Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "1999.12.07"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1999.11.06"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 $5 {In my opinion it is the only way to refute (at least to try it!) a premature move of the bishop.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 (9. Rb1 $5) (9. dxc5 $5) 9... c4 (9... Bf5 $2 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. dxc5 $16) 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. a4 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rb1 $6 (14. Ng3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Na5 16. Rae1 Nb3 17. e4 $13) 14... Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Ng6 $146 (15... Na5 $1 16. Rb5 b6 $2 (16... a6 $1 17. Rxa5 $6 (17. Rb4 $13) 17... b6 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. e4 Qe6 $15) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf4 $18) ({RR} 15... Na5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rb5 a6 18. Rb4 Rc8 19. Ng3 Nb3 20. Re1 b5 21. axb5 a5 22. Ra4 Qxb5 23. Ra2 Rce8 24. Qd1 g6 25. Qf3 a4 26. h4 Qa5 27. Ne2 h5 28. g3 a3 29. Kg2 Rb7 30. g4 {Gurevich,M (2688)-Godena,M (2494) Ohrid 2001 1-0 (37)}) 16. Ng3 b6 (16... Na5 17. Rb5 b6 (17... a6 18. Rxa5 b6 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. e4 Qa5 21. f4 {- white has good attacking chances.}) 18. Qf5 $14) 17. Rbe1 $1 $14 Na5 18. f4 Nb3 $2 {Black had to play 18...f6. Now white has a devastating attack.} 19. f5 Nf8 20. f6 g6 21. Bxf8 $6 (21. e4 Ne6 22. Qf2 Qxa4 23. Be7 {was strong enough...}) 21... Kxf8 22. Qf2 $6 (22. e4 $1 {was much stronger.}) 22... Qg4 23. e4 Qg5 $8 (23... dxe4 24. Qe3 Qh4 25. Rf4 Qh6 26. Nxe4 Re6 27. Qf2 g5 28. Rg4 Rae8 29. Qg3 Qxf6 30. Rxg5 Qh8 31. Rf1 {or 31.d5 - white is winning.}) 24. Re3 a6 25. e5 b5 26. Rfe1 $2 (26. Rd1 {was necessary.}) 26... b4 $1 27. cxb4 Qh4 $4 (27... Nxd4 28. Qd2 Qf4 $1 (28... Qh4 29. Ne2 Nxe2+ 30. R1xe2 $1 {? ?h3}) 29. Rf1 Nb3 30. Rxf4 Nxd2 31. Rd4 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Rxe5 $11) 28. Ne2 $1 $16 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rab8 30. Rh3 Kg8 31. Nf4 Nxd4 32. Nxd5 Nc6 33. Nc7 Rxe5 34. Nxa6 Rb6 $2 {More stubborn was 34...?be8.} 35. b5 $18 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 Na5 37. Kd2 Rxf6 38. Kc3 Rf2 39. Nc5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1956.11.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Yukhtman, Jacob"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1956.11.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. h3 Bd6 ({RR} 13... Ne6 14. Rab1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6 18. Be5 Be6 19. Bd4 Qd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qb6 23. b3 Qa6 24. a4 Rad8 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. Qf5 Rc3 27. Rd7 Qc6 28. Nd4 {Anuj,S (2478)-Plotnikov,B (2330) Baku AZE 2026 1-0 (35)}) 14. Ne5 Qe7 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Nf6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Rae1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. f3 f6 21. Ng4 Bxh2 22. Nexf6+ gxf6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf5 Qc7 25. f4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Ng6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. d5 Nf8 29. dxc6 {Bu,X (2684)-Zhang,P (2567) Shenzhen 2025 1-0 (40)}) 15. f4 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 15... N6d7 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bc7 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 Rd8 20. Kh1 c5 21. Rc1 b6 22. b4 Nd7 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. fxe5 Rxd4 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bf2 Rd8 28. Bxc5 Qg5 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 {Rohacek,I-May,D Sliac 1932 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Bh4 Bb4 17. Na4 Qc7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nc3 N6h7 20. Rae1 f6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. g4 h5 23. f5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qc7 25. Qg2 Nxg6 26. fxg6 Nf8 27. Qh3 Be6 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Bf5 Nxg6 30. Bxg6 {Haraldsson,H (1979)-Thorsteinsdottir,G (2004) Reykjavik 2017 1-0 (32)}) 16. Bh4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Rae1 N6d7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Rxe5 21. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Women-Veterans"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ioseliani, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1995.07.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 048"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 6. e3 O-O ({RR} 6... c5 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qxa4 17. Ra1 Qe8 18. Bb1 f6 19. Qd3 Qh5 20. Nd7 c4 21. Qc2 {Caruana,F (2764)-Carlsen,M (2853) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (77)}) 7. Nf3 c5 8. a4 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 Ba6 12. Ra2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rc2 Nd7 16. Rxc4 Nd5 17. Ke2 N7b6 18. Rc2 Na4 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. Ba5 Rd6 21. Rd1 Rb2 22. Rxb2 Ndc3+ {Hertneck,G (2530)-Godena,M (2425) Debrecen 1992 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. Rc1 Nbc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bb1 Bf5 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Nd2 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf5 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. a4 Nh4 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Qf3 b6 21. Ba1 Nh4 22. Qh5 Ng6 {Habans Aguerrea,J (2457)-Marin Ferragut,P (2330) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2026 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. e4 Rae8 15. e5 Bd5 16. Nh4 c4 17. Bc2 f5 18. g3 b5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Qh5 Rf7 21. f3 a5 22. Be3 Nf8 {Johannessen,L (2496)-Bu,X (2675) Helsingor 2011 1-0 (51)}) 8... Qc7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ba3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. O-O Nb8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxa5 Rd8 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Rc5 Rab8 21. Qc2 Rbc8 22. e4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxc5 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. dxc5 dxe4 26. c6 Re8 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Qf4+ Kg8 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. Qe3 Qxc6 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Re7 Qf6 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qxc4 Rd8 35. Re1 h6 36. h4 Rf8 37. Qc5 Kg8 38. Re4 a6 39. f3 Rd8 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qxa6 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Re2 Qd7 44. Qc4+ Kh8 45. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 46. Kg3 Qd6+ 47. Qf4 Qc5 48. Qd4 Qc7+ 49. Kf2 Qe7 50. c4 1-0 [Event "World-ch28 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-5=21"] [Site "Baguio City"] [Date "1978.10.12"] [Round "31"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1978.07.18"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "32"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Rab1 a6 17. a4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Nc5 Rc7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rfc1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 cxb5 27. g3 d4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Rxb5 Re7 30. Rcb3 {Manukyan,S (2706)-Badacsonyi,F (2541) Chess.com 2024 ½-½ (97)}) ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Rab1 Ng6 17. b5 Rcd8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb3 Nh4 20. Qg4 Ng6 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Be7 25. Na4 Rd8 26. Rb7 a5 27. Kf1 Bb4 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Nxb8 Ne7 30. Ke2 {Fominykh,M (2161)-Kriti,M (1782) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (56)}) 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. a4 Be7 18. Rfb1 $146 ({RR} 18. Rab1 Nf6 19. Rfc1 a6 20. a5 Bd6 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Nc5 Re7 24. f3 f5 25. Re1 Rce8 26. g3 g6 27. Kf2 Rf7 28. Re2 Bf8 29. Ke1 Bd6 30. Kd2 Rfe7 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. g4 fxg4 {Doeve,M-Rosemann,U (2030) Germany 1989 ½-½ (38)}) 18... Nf6 19. a5 a6 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ke2 Nd6 24. Kd3 Rce8 25. Re1 g6 26. Re2 f6 27. Rae1 Bh6 28. Ndb3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Bh6 30. h3 Kf7 31. g4 Bf8 32. f3 Rd8 33. Ndb3 Nb5 34. Rf1 Bh6 35. f4 Bf8 36. Nd2 Nd6 37. Rfe1 h6 38. Rf1 Rb8 39. Ra1 Rbe8 40. Rae1 Rb8 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Ndxe4 Nb5 43. Nc3 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 Bxc5 45. bxc5 Rd8 46. Nxb5 axb5 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 Rg8 49. Kc3 Re8 50. Rd2 Re4 51. Kb4 Ke8 52. a6 bxa6 53. Ka5 Kd7 54. Kb6 b4 55. d5 cxd5 56. Rxd5+ Kc8 57. Rd3 a5 58. Rg3 b3 59. Kc6 Kb8 60. Rxb3+ Ka7 61. Rb7+ Ka6 62. Rb6+ Ka7 63. Kb5 a4 64. Rxf6 Rf4 65. Rxh6 a3 66. Ra6+ Kb8 67. Rxa3 Rxf5 68. Rg3 Rf6 69. Rg8+ Kc7 70. Rg7+ Kc8 71. Rh7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Semifinal"] [Site "Cheliabinsk"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Rubel, Igor G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. Bxf6 ({RR} 12. Rbe1 Be6 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Na4 b6 17. Rc1 Re6 18. Bf5 Rh6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qf5 Rf6 21. Qg4 Rg6 22. Qf5 Qe7 23. Rc2 Rf6 24. Qg4 Rg6 25. Qf5 Rf6 26. Ra1 {½-½ (26) Pinter,J (2548)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2664) Mainz 2003}) 12... Bxf6 13. a3 ({RR} 13. b4 axb4 14. Rxb4 g6 15. Rbb1 Ra3 16. Rfc1 Qa5 17. Rb3 Ne6 18. Rxa3 Qxa3 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Qb3 Bd8 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 c5 23. Rb1 c4 24. Bc2 Nc7 25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. Rxb5 Be6 27. Rxb7 Bf6 {Hofer,M (2100)-Hoewel,K (1911) Mittelfranken 2015 ½-½ (51)}) 13... Qd6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Qd6 15. Na4 Bd8 16. Rfe1 Qh6 17. Nf1 Re7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Nc3 Rea7 21. b5 Bd7 22. Bf5 Qd6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rec1 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. e4 d4 27. Nd5 Ne6 28. Rb3 {Muter,D (2212)-Van Gool,H (2149) Vlissingen 2007 1-0 (40)}) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Bg4 16. Na4 Bd8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. b5 Bc7 21. g3 cxb5 22. Nc3 Bd8 23. Nxb5 Qh6 24. Nc3 Qh5 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Be2 Qg5 27. Bf3 Bf5 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Nxd5 Nxd4 31. Qa4 Bf6 32. Rxb6 Nc2 33. Rc1 Be5 34. Nc4 Nd4 35. Bd1 Qd8 36. exd4 Bxd4 37. Rd6 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Qg5 39. Nce3 Be4+ 40. f3 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 32-34"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "1967.07.01"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1967.06.22"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 h5 9. gxh5 Nd7 ({RR} 9... Nf6 10. h6 g6 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Bh2 Rxh6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. e4 Rh8 15. exd5 cxd5 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Bd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ng7 21. Ka1 Kf8 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Rhe1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 {Caruana,F (2828)-Harikrishna,P (2726) Saint Louis 2019 1-0 (36)}) 10. Rh2 ({RR} 10. Be2 Ndf6 11. h4 Nh6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Rg1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf5 16. h6 Rxh6 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. O-O-O g6 19. Bg5 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Rh1 Ka8 22. Qc2 Re8 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Ne2 Rh7 {Collin,M (2246)-Rohith,K (2410) Basel SUI 2024 ½-½ (51)}) 10... Ndf6 11. Be2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. a3 Nh6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rg2 Nf5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nxh5 20. Ne5 g6 21. Bxh5 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Rg8+ Qf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Ncd3 f6 26. Ng6+ {Flear,C (2184)-Lutz,A (2279) Battle Abbey 2001 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Ngf6 15. Kf1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rg2 g6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qe5 20. hxg6 Bxh3 21. Nxh3 Rxh3 22. Bd3 fxg6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Qc2 Rg8 25. Rd1 Rh2 26. Rxh2 {Flear,G (2424)-Vlachos,A (2409) Marseille 2021 0-1 (48)}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rg2 Kf8 14. Bg4 Nh6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nge2 Qf5 18. Nf4 Qc2 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Nf5 21. Rg5 Nd6 22. Rag1 Nde8 23. f3 Rd8 24. Kd3 Rh6 25. Nce2 Rd7 26. b3 Re7 27. Ng3 Nd6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Rxf5 Kg8 30. Rfg5 Rh7 31. b4 a6 32. a4 Kf8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Ne8 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rc1 Nc4 38. e4 Nb2+ 39. Kc3 Na4+ 40. Kb4 dxe4 41. Kxa4 exf3 42. Rf5 Re4 43. Kb3 Rh6 44. Kc3 Rd6 45. Ra1 Re3+ 46. Kc4 Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. Rxf7 Rf6 49. Rff8 Rxf8 50. Rxf8 Re8 51. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Pulvermuehle 6th"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2006.03.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Baramidze, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2608"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Dautov,Rustem"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2006.02.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 (6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 O-O $1 $44) 6... exd5 (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2 Ba6 $6 (14... Bb7) 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Ndb5 $14 {Bacrot,E (2725)-Lautier,J (2680)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005}) 7. Bg5 cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5 O-O (8... Be6 $2 9. e3 Qa5 10. Bb5 $1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Rac1 $16 {Ponomariov,R (2743)-San Segundo Carrillo,P (2523)/Benidorm 2002}) (8... Qa5 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Rc1 (10. Bb5 O-O) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 $14) 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfd8 {½-½ Eingorn,V (2570)-Geller,E (2490)/Sochi 1986}) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 Qa5 $146 (12... Be6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rd2 $6 (15. a3 $1 {?b4} c5 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Bg3 $1 Bd6 (17... Rbc8 18. Be5 $14) 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. b4 $1 Qc7 20. Qd3 Rdd8 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne2 $14) 15... Rd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bf3 $2 c5 $1 $15 {Dautov,R (2636)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2674)/Essen 2002}) ({RR} 12... Re8 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rac1 Rb8 15. Bg3 Ra8 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. a3 g6 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bf3 Bg7 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. b4 Qd8 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. a4 Qg5 26. b5 cxb5 27. axb5 {Chen,Y (1457)-Vlasova,O (1639) Santiago de Compostela 2018 1-0 (42)}) 13. O-O Ba6 $2 {Der Abtausch der Läufer ist für Schwarz ungünstig, denn er verliert die Möglichkeit, sein zentralstes Bauernduo mit c6-c5 aufzurichten. Für die richtige Behandlung dieser Stellung möchte ich auf die Partie Dautov-Kasimdzhanov verweisen.} (13... Be6 $1) 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. a3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 {Auch mit 16.b4 könnte Weiß eine angenehme Stellung erreichen.} (16. b4 Nxc3 (16... Qb6 17. Na4 $14) 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Bxe7 Bxe2 19. Bc5 Qd8 20. Rd4 $14) 16... Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxh4 18. Nd6 Re6 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 $14 {Weiß steht minimal besser, da er nur einen anfälligen Bauern hat. Es ist interessant zu sehen, wie unermüdlich Kortschnoj im weiteren Partieverlauf an der Verbesserung seiner Stellung arbeitet.} Qb6 22. Qc2 a5 23. b3 Rb8 24. Rd3 Qa6 25. h3 Rb6 26. Rc3 Rb5 27. Rd1 Rg6 28. Rd4 Qb7 29. h4 h5 30. Qd1 Re6 31. Qc2 g6 32. g3 Rb6 $2 {Schwarz darf das Feld c5 nicht aus den Augen verlieren. Seine beste Aufstellung ist ?b6,?b5,?e6. In dieser verharrend, sollte er lediglich Wartezüge mit dem König ausführen.} (32... Qb6 33. Rd1 Kh7 34. Rdd3 (34. Rc1 d4 $11) 34... Kg8 $14) 33. Rdd3 Kh7 (33... Rb5 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. Qxc5 $14) 34. Rc5 Ra6 (34... Rb5 35. Rdc3 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 $16) 35. Qc3 $16 {Der weiße Vorteil hat sich deutlich vergrößert.} Qb6 36. Rd4 Re7 {Auch der zweite Turm verläßt seine aktive Stellung, um den wunden Bauern a5 ausreichend zu verteidigen.} (36... Ra7 37. Rf4 Kg8 $2 38. Ra4 $1 Rb7 39. Raxa5 $18) 37. Rf4 $1 {Es ist immer gut, den gegnerischen König zu schwächen.} f5 (37... Qb7 38. Rf6 $16) 38. Rd4 (38. Ra4 Rea7 $16) 38... Rb7 39. Rd3 Re7 40. Rd1 $1 {Der Turm wandert auf die 1. Reihe, wo er effektiv eingesetzt werden kann, entweder auf c1 (×c6) oder auf b1 (Vorstoß b3-b4).} Rb7 41. Rb1 Rb8 42. Kh2 Rb7 43. b4 $1 axb4 44. axb4 {Der Vorstoß b4-b5 ist nicht zu stoppen, wonach der Bauer d5 bald fallen wird.} Rg7 ({Zäher war} 44... Rd7 45. b5 cxb5 46. Rbxb5 Qd8 47. Rc6 Rxc6 48. Qxc6 $16) 45. b5 cxb5 46. Rbxb5 Qa7 $2 (46... Qf6 47. Qd2 $16) 47. Rc8 $18 d4 48. exd4 Ra3 49. Qb4 Qe7 50. Rbb8 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 28th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1998.05.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Donev,Ivo Hristov"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "1998.05.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 066"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qb3 Nf6 (4... f5 $5) 5. Bg5 {Die Idee des Anziehenden ist klar, er will im günstigsten Moment auf f6 nehmen und dann im weiteren Partieverlauf das Zentrum durch e2-e4 beherrschen.} dxc4 $6 (5... Be7 $142 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O $14) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Bxf6 $1 {Wichtiger Zwischenzug. Jetzt ist Schwarz gezwungen seine Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel abzuschwaechen. Falls der Nachziehende 7...?f6 spielt, so wird der ?c8 ungedeckt, dies würde dann eine kleine taktische Abwicklung erlauben: 8.?b5!+ -} gxf6 8. Qd3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Ra7 11. e3 c4 12. Qe2 b4 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bf3 f5 15. Nd2 c3 16. Nb3 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd5 19. Qe2 Be7 20. O-O Nd7 21. Rac1 O-O 22. Nc5 Bf6 23. Nxd7 {Stocek,J (2554)-Bartel,M (2662) Czech Republic 2015 ½-½ (77)}) 9. Nf3 a6 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 {Auf dem Brett entsteht eine Typische Mittelspielstellung mit weißem isolierten d4 Damenbauer. Aber hier hat die Stellung einige eigene Nuancen: a) Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung b) Der schwarze König ist noch immer im Zentrum, außerdem sind die schwarzen Bauernformationen an beiden Flügeln geschwächt. c) Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar und hat einen ausgezeichneten Vorposten (d5) vor dem weißen Isolani der gut für eine schwarze Leichtfigur geeignet ist. d) Man kann sagen, daß die Stellung dynamisch Ausgeglichen ist.} Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%CAl Yb4d5,Yb7d5]} 14. Qd2 h5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Ne1 $1 h4 19. Bf3 $1 {Schwarz hat das Mittelspiel nicht besonders gut gespielt und allmählich, nach dem Tausch des weißfeldrigen Läufers, bekommt Weiß Vorteil.} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 $14 h3 21. g3 {Selbstverständlich nicht die h - Linie öffnen.} Rh5 22. Nc3 Be7 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Ne1 Rh8 25. Rac1 f5 $6 {Schwächt die wichtige Diagonale a1-h8.} (25... Kf8 $142) {[%tqu "De","Es ist höchste Zeit die schlechte Lage der schwarze König auszunützen. Wie soll Weiß fortsetzten?","","","d4d5","",5]} 26. d5 $1 {Nach diese typische Durchbruch im Zentrum übernimmt der Anziehende die Initiative.} exd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Qe5 {[%CAl Ye5d5,Ye5h8,Ye5f5] Jetzt sieht man, warum 25...f5?! eine verdächtige Lösung war.Dei weiße Dame greift mehrere schwarze ungedeckte Figuren an.} f6 29. Qxf5 $1 {[%CAl Yc1c8,Yf5c8] Der Springer auf d5 hängt immer noch und droht auch 30.?c8 mit Gewinn.Schwarz hat praktisch keine wahl.} Qd7 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Rxd5+ Bd6 {Das entstandene Endspiel mit mehr Bauer ist für viele Schachspieler nicht leicht zu realisieren. Aber für mehrfache Vize Weltmeister, das ist kein Problem. Er zeigt Musterhaft wie man solche Endspiele gewinnen kann.} 32. Nd3 Ke6 33. Rd4 Be5 34. Re1 Kf5 35. Rd5 Rb5 36. Rxb5 ({Mir scheint das in folgende Variante könnte Weiß noch leichter gewinnen können.} 36. Nxe5 $1 Rxd5 37. g4+ {Jeder Königszug führt zum Turmverlust.} Kg5 (37... Kf4 38. Ng6+ $18) (37... Ke6 38. Ng6+ Kf7 39. Nxh8+ $18) 38. Nf7+ Kg6 39. Nxh8+ Kg7 40. Kf1 Kxh8 41. Re3 $18) 36... axb5 37. Kf1 Bd6 38. Ke2 Rc8 ({Selbstverständlich darf Schwarz die Türme nicht tauschen} 38... Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rxe1 40. Nxe1 $18 {weil das Endspiel Läufer gegen Springer ist ganz leicht für Weiß gewonnen. Plan: Der Springer geht nach g1und falls ?g4 folgt f3 mit Gewinn des h3 Bauer.}) 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Rd1 Be5 41. Ke2 Rc8 42. Ke3 Rc4 43. Ra1 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4 45. f4 Bc7 46. Ke2 Bb6 47. Ra6 Re4+ 48. Kf1 Re3 49. Nf2 (49. Rxb6 $6 Rxd3 50. Rxb5+ Kg4 {??f3} 51. Ke2 Rxg3 $3 {und 52.hg3 geht nicht wegen 52...h2}) 49... Bc5 50. Rc6 Ba7 51. Rc7 Bb6 52. Rb7 Re6 53. Nxh3 $18 Rc6 54. Nf2 b4 55. Nd3 b3 56. Nb4 Rd6 57. Ke2 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Bg1 59. Rh7 Re1 60. Rh5+ Kg4 61. Rh4+ Kf3 62. f5 Be3 63. Kc4 Re2 64. Kxb3 Bc1 65. Nc2 Rf2 66. Rc4 Bd2 (66... Rxh2 67. Ne1+ $18 {nebst ?c1}) 67. Nd4+ Ke4 68. h4 Kd5 69. Nb5 Ke5 70. g4 Be3 71. Nc3 Bd4 72. h5 Rg2 73. h6 Rh2 74. Rc8 Be3 75. Re8+ Kd4 76. Rh8 Kd3 (76... Bxh6 77. g5 $1 fxg5 78. f6 $18) 77. g5 fxg5 (77... Bxg5 78. h7 $18 {nebt Turmschach auf der achten Reihe.}) 78. f6 1-0 [Event "World-ch29 Karpov-Kortschnoj +6-2=10"] [Site "Merano"] [Date "1981.11.05"] [Round "13"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Unzicker,Wolfgang"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1981.10.01"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 (6... Nf6 {Ist auch möglich, auch wenn Schwarz jetzt nicht das gute Entwicklungsfeld f5 für seinen Damenläufer hat.} 7. Qc2 (7. Bd3)) 7. g4 {Weiß vertreibt zwar nun den Läufer, doch muß er seinen g-Bauern sichern, was ein Tempo kostet; Botwinnik-Petrosian, Moskau 1963.} Be6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 {Mit diesem und dem folgenden Zug vollzieht Weiß eine künstliche Rochade. Im Falle von 11.0-0 h5 12.g5 müßte Weiß nach Wegzug des Königsspringers seinen h-Bauern sichern. Was nun nicht nötig ist.} Nc6 12. Kg2 Rc8 {Bis zu diesem Zug verlief die Partie identisch mit der 14.Partie der WM 1963 Botvinnik-Petrosian. Petrosian zog 12...cd4:. Riskant wäre 12...c4 gewesen.} 13. Rc1 Re8 {In Betracht kam auch 13...a6.} 14. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Nd7 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Nb5 Rc4 20. a3 b6 21. Rcd1 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rd3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Nd1 Rec8 26. Ne3 Bf6 27. Qd1 R4c6 28. Qe2 Rb6 {Brglez,R (2235)-Miranovic,R (2380) Pula 1990 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nc3 c4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Nc3 Rc5 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rcd1 Qa8+ 23. Kg3 Bg7 24. Ne4 Rd5 25. Ng5 Nxe5 26. Nxe6 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rxe6 28. Bxe5 Bxe5+ {Gisbert Mir,A (1984)-Lopez Agustench,E (2317) Barcelona 2014 0-1}) 14... Bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 {Nach diesem offenbar nicht genau durchdachtem Zug gerät Karpov in eine unbequeme Lage. Es hätte 16...Db6 geschehen sollen.} (16... Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 (17... fxe6 18. g5 Ne4) 18. g5 Ne4) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 {Auch nach 17...Lc8: 18.ed4: hätte Schwarz gewisse Schwierigkeiten, z.B.:s.Var.} (17... Bxc8 18. exd4 a6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Qc2) 18. exd4 Qd7 (18... Re7 19. Nxa7 Qa8 20. Qa4 b5 $1) 19. Nc7 Rc8 (19... Rd8 20. Qb3) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 {Da 20...De6: an 21.Lf5 scheitert, muß Schwarz die Verschlechterung der Bauern- stellung in Kauf nehmen.} 21. Re1 a6 {Mit dem Textzug wollte sich Schwarz vielleicht den Deckungszug Tc8-c6 vorbe- halten und deshalb das Feld b5 vorsorglich sichern.} (21... Bd6 22. Be5) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 (23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 {Wäre nicht so gut.}) 23... Bb4 {Der mit diesem Zug eingeleitete Gegenangriff auf der f-Linie mißlingt und führt zum Verlust der Partie. Nur mit 23...Tc8-e8 hätte es noch Verteidigungs- chancen gegeben.} 24. Re2 Rf8 (24... Re8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 (28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 (29... Kg8 30. Be5 {Weiß gewinnt.}) 30. Qf6#) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a3 $1 {Mit Rückgewinn der Figur.}) 25. f3 Qf7 (25... Nd6 26. a3 Ba5 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qh5 $1 g6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 {Nun gewinnt auf einen Damenzug sofort 33.Tg6+ und 34.Tg7+.} Qd7 33. Rg6+ Kf7 34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Qxf8) 26. Be5 Nd2 27. a3 Nxf3 28. g6 {Noch einfacher als der Textzug wäre sofort 28.Lg3. Falsch wäre 28.ab4:} (28. axb4 Ne1+ 29. Rxe1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxe1+ 31. Qg1 Qd2 {Mit Gegenchancen für Schwarz.} (31... Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Rf3 {Mit Gegenchancen für Schwarz.})) 28... hxg6 29. Bg3 {Schlecht wäre 29.Lg6: wegen 29...Sh4+ oder auch 29...Dg6:, gefolgt von 30... Sh4+.} Be7 (29... Ne1+ {Jetzt folgt nicht 30.Le1: wegen 30...Df1+ nebst 31...Le1:, sondern:} 30. Rxe1 Bxe1 31. Bxe1 {Weiß muß nun wohl mit den beiden Läufern gegen den Turm gewinnen.}) 30. Rf2 {Nicht gut wäre wieder 30.Lg6: wegen 30...Sh4+!} (30. Bxg6 Nh4+ 31. Bxh4 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Bxh4 {Jetzt kann Weiß Materialverlust nicht vermeiden.}) 30... Ne1+ 31. Kh1 Qxf2 32. Bxf2 Nxd3 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 {Etwas längeren Widerstand leistet 33...Kh7.} 34. Bg3 Nxb2 35. Qxd5 Bf6 36. Bd6 g5 37. Qb3 (37. Qe4 {Zum Beispiel:} g6 {Sonst folgt 38.De8+.} 38. Qxg6+ Bg7 39. Be5 {Schwarz hat kaum mehr einen Zug, z.B.:} Nc4 (39... Nd1 40. Bxg7 Rxg7 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qh5+) 40. Bxg7 Rxg7 41. Qe6+) 37... Bxd4 38. Qe6 g6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Be5+ Bxe5 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch23 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1956.01.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1956.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. h4 ({RR} 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Na4 Nf5 15. Nc5 Nd6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Qb3 a5 18. g3 g5 19. Kg2 g6 20. Rh1 Kg7 21. Bd3 Rh8) ({RR} 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Na4 Nf5 15. Nc5 Nd6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Qb3 a5 18. g3 g5 19. Kg2 g6 20. Rh1 Kg7 21. Bd3 Rh8 {Caruana,F (2796)-Ratkovic,M (2489) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (55)}) 7... Nf6 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Be5 Bxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. e3 Ne7 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. h5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. f3 Nf5 17. O-O-O Nd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 O-O-O 20. Rhf1 f6 21. Na4 Kb8 22. Nc5) 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Be6 13. O-O-O Bxg5+ 14. hxg5 Nf4 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rh3 Qc4 22. Qe1 Kd8 {Babula,V (2489)-Burdalev,K (2311) Pardubice CZE 2026 1-0}) 8... O-O $146 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 Bxh4 14. f5 Bd7 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. e4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. exd5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Ng6 21. e6 O-O 22. Ne4 Qg4 23. Rg3 {Sanchez Castellanos,G (2007)-Tureshbayev,A (2285) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne5 c4 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Ke2 Be6 15. h5 Be7 16. Rag1 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g4 Qg5 19. Rh2 f6 20. Ng6 hxg6 21. hxg6 f5 22. Qb1 Nd6 23. Rh5 Qxg6 24. gxf5 Qf6 25. Rg6 Bxf5 26. Rxf6 Bd3+ 27. Ke1 Rxf6 28. Qd1 Raf8 29. Nxd5 R6f7 30. Nf4 Bh7 31. Bg4 Rf6 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Qg4 Rxf4 34. Rxh7+ 1-0 [Event "London sim1"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Webb, David J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2010.12.09"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ ({RR} 5... Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ndc4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. a3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bxb2 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Nxb2 Re8 20. Qh3 {Sargissian,G (2658)-Bocharov,D (2602) Moscow 2007 1-0 (46)}) 6. Bd2 Qa5 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. h3 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Ba2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 Nxg4 17. Ngxe4 Nd5 18. h5 Bf5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Qb1 {Mekhitarian,K (2537)-Korchmar,V (2438) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 7. O-O Bxd2 $146 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. e4 O-O 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nf3 b6 18. e5 Bb7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 c5 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. Ba4 {Kuhn,A (1426)-Adam,R (1597) Ludwigshafen 2005 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 O-O 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rac1 a6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. a4 b5 16. a5 Bb7 17. Bb1 g6 18. Ne1 Re7 19. Nd3 Rae8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qe5 22. Rfe1 {Ionov,Y (2034)-Kasharin,N Zelenograd 2015 ½-½}) 8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qh5 1-0 [Event "SUI-chT"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Preissmann, Emmanuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2280"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Ne5 ({RR} 5. Bg5 Qa5 6. e4 b5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qb1 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Qb5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qc1 c3 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 {Cramling,P (2516)-Stefanova,A (2546) Doha 2011 1-0 (95)}) ({RR} 5. Bf4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. e3 Bb7 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. h4 Nbd7 13. h5 Nd5 14. Ne4 N7f6 15. h6 Nxe4 16. hxg7 Rd8 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Be7 19. Bg5 c5 {Yanchenko,R (2466)-Shevchuk,O (2093) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 5... c5 $146 ({RR} 5... b5 6. g3 f6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bg2 a6 9. O-O c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Kf7 12. Bh3 Bc8 13. e5 Bc5 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Rc7 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Re1 h6 20. Bf4 {Fedechkin,V (1995)-Usatov,V (2157) Kemerovo 2009 1-0}) ({RR} 5... b5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Be7 12. Qe4 b4 13. Nd1 Qd5 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bxc4 Qd8 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd4 18. Bd3 Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 f5 20. c6 {Vincent,D (2239)-Nessi,T Buenos Aires 2001 1-0 (35)}) 6. d5 exd5 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8. Nxd5 Na6 9. e4 Bd6 10. Nxc4 Bb8 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O-O b6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Nc7 16. Be2 Be6 17. Rhd1 Rfc8 18. g4 Ne8 19. R6d2 Nc6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxa2 23. Ba6 Bb3 24. Bxc8 Bxd1 25. Rd8 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1959.01.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1959.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nb6 ({RR} 8... g6 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f3 Be6 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. b3 Ng7 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Bb1 Ne6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Qf2 b6 21. Rd1 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 {Mozetic,D (2550)-Skembris,S (2525) Belgrade 1994 1-0 (49)}) 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O g6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 Ng7 14. a4 Bf5 15. Rae1 f6 16. a5 Nc8 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 O-O 19. g4 Nfd6 20. b3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Re2 a6 24. Qc5 Rfe8 25. Rg2 Rad8 {Cajzler,H (2093)-Spinu,E (2182) Ohrid 2017 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Rhe1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g6 14. Rg1 O-O-O 15. f4 Kb8 16. f5 Qh4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rg2 Qe7 19. Rdg1 Nf6 20. Kb1 Rh3 21. Ne2 Rdh8 22. Rh1 R8h4 23. Ng1 Rg4 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf3 Qf6 {Meza,A (2040)-Limp,E (2272) Rio de Janeiro BRA 2024 0-1}) 11... Nf4 12. Bf1 Ng6 13. h4 Be6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h5 Nf4 16. Ne5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Ne2 f6 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Nf4 Nd6 21. Qa3 a5 22. Nh4 Bf7 23. g4 Qd7 24. O-O-O h6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Rdg1 Rg8 28. Rg3 c5 29. dxc5 O-O-O 30. c6 bxc6 31. Qxa5 d4 32. Qxf5+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-14 Final A"] [Site "Leipzig"] [Date "1960.10.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1960.10.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "DDR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Bulgaria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Ndf6 ({RR} 12... Rf6 13. Nd2 Rh6 14. g3 Qg5 15. Re2 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nh5 18. Rg2 Qxe3+ 19. Rff2 f4 20. Nf1 Qxd4 21. Ne2 Qe5 22. g4 Ng3 23. Nexg3 fxg3 24. Rxg3 Bd7 25. Re2 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 c5 27. Qc3 {Gunawan,R (2440)-Raicevic,V (2475) Vrnjacka Banja 1988 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 12... Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. f4 Qg6 15. Rf3 Rf7 16. Rg3 Qe6 17. Nb1 Nf6 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Rf3 Bd7 20. Qd1 Re8 21. Rf2 Nf6 22. Nf3 h6 23. Ne5 Rfe7 24. h3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. b3 Rc8 27. Rc2 {Bakhshizada,A (1786)-Abdallah,Y (1528) Almaty 2025 1-0 (43)}) 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Na4 $146 ({RR} 14. f3 Nd6 15. Ne2 g6 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. b3 Nd7 18. Rf2 Nf7 19. f4 Nh6 20. Rf3 Qh4 21. Ref1 Ng4 22. h3 Ndf6 23. Nh1 Ne4 24. hxg4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. g3 Qf6 27. R3f2 Bf5 28. Rh2 Kg7 {Hruza,M (2017)-Liska,K (2040) Czech Republic 2004 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f4 Rae8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qe7 20. Qc5 Bc8 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Kf2 Rfe8 23. Re2 Bd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ra8 26. Rb1 g6 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Bb5 Ra3 {Morris,H-Burdge,H Ventnor 1940 0-1 (58)}) 14... Rae8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 Qc7 18. Re2 g6 19. a4 a6 20. Rc1 b5 21. Nxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxc6 Qe7 23. Qxa6 Ra8 24. Qb6 Rxa4 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Nc6 Qg7 27. Qxb5 Ra3 28. Qc5 Re8 29. b5 Raxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Ne5 Rb3 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd6+ Kh6 37. Rf7 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 1-0 [Event "Antwerp op"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Winants, Luc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich Lautier,Joel} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Ne7 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. Rb1) ({RR} 9. dxc5) 9... c4 ({RR} 9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. dxc5) 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. a4 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rb1 ({RR} 14. Ng3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Na5 16. Rae1 Nb3 17. e4) 14... Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Ng6 ({RR} 15... Na5 16. Rb5 b6 ({RR} 16... a6 17. Rxa5 ({RR} 17. Rb4) 17... b6 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. e4 Qe6) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf4) 16. Ng3 b6 ({RR} 16... Na5 17. Rb5 b6 ({RR} 17... a6 18. Rxa5 b6 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. e4 Qa5 21. f4) 18. Qf5) 17. Rbe1 Na5 18. f4 Nb3 19. f5 Nf8 20. f6 g6 21. Bxf8 {Kortschnoj,V (2676)-Giorgadze,G Batumi 1999 CBM 074 [Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich] 1-0 (39)} ({RR} 21. e4 Ne6 22. Qf2 Qxa4 23. Be7)) 7. Nf3 ({RR} 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 ({RR} 12. f3) 12... Ne7 13. c4 dxc4 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. cxd5 dxe3 15. d6) 14. d5 Ng6 15. Nh5 Qe5 ({RR} 15... Nd7 16. Bb2 f6 ({RR} 16... Nde5 17. f4) 17. f4 Rae8 18. Qf3 b5 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. e4 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Bd4 c3) 19... b4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Bd4 Nc5) 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qg4 ({RR} 17. Rxb7 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. g4 c3 ({RR} 19... Nc6 20. Bb2 Nce5 21. h3) 20. Rb3 Nd7 ({RR} 20... Rd3 21. Bb2) 21. Rxc3 Nde5 22. e4 ({RR} 22. h3 Rad8 23. f4 Nd3) 22... Rd4 23. Rxc5 Rxe4 24. h3) 17... Nd7 ({RR} 17... Qxd5 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. Qxc4) 18. e4 b6 19. Bb2 c3 20. Ba1 c4 21. Qf3 ({RR} 21. Rbc1 Nc5 22. Rfe1 Na4 ({RR} 22... Nd3 23. Bxc3 Qe7 24. Nxg7 Nxe1 ({RR} 24... Nxc1 25. Nf5 Qxa3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Bb4) 25. Rxe1 ({RR} 25. Nf5 Qxa3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qf5 Nf3+) 25... Qxa3 26. Qg3 b5 27. Nf5 b4 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qc7) 23. Re3 Re8 ({RR} 23... Qd4 24. Rexc3 ({RR} 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rexc3 ({RR} 25. Rcxc3 Rxd5) 25... b5 ({RR} 25... Rxd5 26. Rxc4 Rc5 27. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 28. Rd1)) 24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qc5 26. Nxg7 Qxa3 27. Qg5) 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rcxc3 b5) 21... f6 {Shirov,A (2715)-Lautier,J (2625) Linares 1994 CBM 040 [Lautier,Joel] 0-1 (61)} ({RR} 21... Nc5 22. Bxc3 Qxe4 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf6 Kf8 25. Rfe1)) ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. f3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 Re8 14. e5 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Rab1 Nb6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6 Nxg6 19. f4 h6 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 {Grebennikov,N (2199)-Kraus,T (2420) Teplice CZE 2025 0-1 (35)}) 7... Qc7 8. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nbc6 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qa5 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. a4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be2 b6 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Qc6 19. f3 Nd5 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. c4 Nc6 22. Qd2 Nf6 {Glek,I (2405)-Korzubov,P (2460) Lvov 1985 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Ba2 e5 12. d5 Rd8 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nxf7 Qxf7 16. dxc6 c4 17. e4 Nd6 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. f3 Bc6 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Qe2 Kh8 22. Rab1 Nb5 {Milos,G (2560)-Campos,J (2230) Oviedo 1993 1-0}) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. d5 Nf6 17. Bf1 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. c4 exf3 20. g3 Rfe8 21. Qc3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qxf3 Qe7 25. h4 Nf8 26. Bc3 Nd7 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Qf4 f6 29. h5 h6 30. Bf5 Nxf5 31. Qxf5 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke8 33. Kf3 Kd8 34. g4 Ke8 35. Qe4 Qxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Kf7 37. Kf5 Nb8 38. Bd2 Nd7 39. Bf4 Ke7 40. Kg6 Kf8 41. Bd6+ Kg8 42. a4 a6 43. Bc7 Kf8 44. Bf4 Kg8 45. Bd6 b5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. axb5 c4 48. Bb4 Nb6 49. d6 Nd7 50. f4 Kf8 51. b6 c3 52. b7 1-0 [Event "Nijmegen m"] [Site "Nijmegen"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1993.05.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 036"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 (11... Be7 12. Nd4 $14) 12. b3 $1 d4 $6 (12... Re8 13. e3 $1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qb2 $14) ({RR} 12... Re8 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qc4 Qb2 18. Qa4 Re6 19. Rb1 Qc2 20. Rfc1 Qe2 21. Re1 Qc2 22. Qa3 Red6 23. Rbc1 Qf5 24. Qa4 Qf6 25. b4 g5 26. b5 Ne5 27. Nxe5 {Safin,S (2481)-Khamrakulov,D (2548) Tashkent 2008 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb2 16. Qd2 Qa3 17. Rc4 Rad8 18. Qc3 Qxa2 19. Rg4 f6 20. Re4 Qa5 21. b4 Qb5 22. Bh3 f5 23. Rc4 Kh7 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rxg4 Rf6 26. Qc2+ Kh8 27. Bg2 {Hackner,O (2106)-Przybylski,J (2042) Polanica Zdroj POL 2025 0-1 (54)}) 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nh4 $146 ({RR} 14. Nfd2 Nb4 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Nc4 h6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Nxb6 Rxb7 21. Nc4 Rd8 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Rfd1 Qg6 25. Qf4 Rxe2 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Bh3 28. Ne3 Kh7 {Pisulinski,J (2385)-Stripunsky,A Miedzybrodzie 1991 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Qf4 Qe4 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Qg5+ Ke6 21. Qh6+ Kd7 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. Nxf5 Qxh6 24. Nxh6 f5 25. Bh3 Ke6 26. g4 fxg4 {½-½ (26) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2490)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2420) Cienfuegos 1983}) 14... Kh8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Ne5 (16... f5 $2 17. Qh6 $1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Ng6+ $18) 17. Qh6 Ng6 18. Qh5 Rad8 $1 (18... Nxh4 19. Qxh4 Kg7 20. g4 $1 {? ?g3-h5+-}) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Kg7 21. a4 Qe5 22. Qf3 Rfe8 23. b4 f5 24. Ng5 Rd7 $5 (24... h6 25. Nh3 (25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qxb7+ (26. a5 Bc7 27. Qxb7 $36) 26... Re7 $13)) (24... Qxe2 $2 25. Qxe2 Rxe2 26. a5 $18) 25. Qh5 h6 (25... Qxe2 $1 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Qh6 d3 (27... Rh8 28. Nh7+ Rxh7 29. Qxh7 d3 $132) 28. Nh7+ Ke7 $132) 26. Nf3 Qe6 27. a5 Bd8 28. Rc2 (28. Rfd1 Qxe2 $140 29. Bf1 Qb2 30. Bb5 $18) 28... Bf6 $6 (28... d3 $1 29. exd3 Rxd3 $14) 29. Ne1 Rde7 30. Nd3 b6 31. Bh3 Qb3 32. Rfc1 Qd5 33. Rc7 $6 (33. Bxf5 $4 Re5 $1 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. g4 Nf4 $19) (33. Bg2 $1 Qe6 34. Bf3 $1 $16) 33... Bg5 $2 (33... Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Re7 $14) 34. f4 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Bd8 36. Rxa7 bxa5 37. Bxf5 Ne7 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Bd7 Rg8 40. Qh3 Kh7 41. bxa5 Qe4 (41... Bxa5 42. Be6 Qxe6 43. Qxe6 fxe6 44. Rxe7+ Rg7 45. Rxe6 $18) 42. Qh5 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"] [Site "Essen"] [Date "2002.05.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2618"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2002.05.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 090"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 $6 {Old-fashioned (presumably) views of the first half of the 20-th century say: giving up a stronghold in the centre would facilitate white to seize the initiative. Whether the revision of those views will help to the further development of the chess art is a question.} 5. Qxc4 b5 $2 {Fianchetto accellerated?} 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e4 Nd7 ({Better looks} 7... Nf6 {Tsesarsky} 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 {Tsesarsky} Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 {Tsesarsky} a6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a4 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 e5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf4 18. e5 c5 $11 {½-½ Ovetchkin,R-Geller,J/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (28)}) 9... a6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. e5 h6 (12... Bxf3 {Tsesarsky} 13. gxf3 $16) 13. exf6 gxf6 (13... hxg5 {Tsesarsky} 14. Qxe6+ $3 {1-0 Tunik,G-Geller,J/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (14)}) 14. Bf4 $16) 8... Qb6 (8... Nbd7 {Tsesarsky} 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc3 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Be7 15. h4 $14 {1-0 Timoscenko,G-Delabaca,R/Valle d'Aosta ITA 2002/The Week in Chess 379 (34)}) 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 b4 13. Na4 b3 14. axb3 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Bc4 N5f6 20. O-O Bd6 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Qd3 Qb8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 $18 {1-0 Timoscenko,G-Lanzani,M/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (31)}) (7... a6 {Tsesarsky} 8. Nc3 (8. Be2 {Tsesarsky} Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qb6 12. Rd1 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. a4 $44 {½-½ Jakobsen,L-Leer Salvesen,B/Gausdal NOR 2002/The Week in Chess 388 (31)}) 8... Nd7 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Ngf6 12. O-O Nxd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 $14 {0-1 Fyllingen,R-Lahlum,H/Bergen 2000/CBM 77 ext (68)}) 8. Bg5 {'!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'This move's idea isn't new: ?c1 is developed with tempo.'} (8. a4 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 9. Bg5 $1 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nbd2 (11. b4 {Tsesarsky} a5 12. Qb2 axb4 13. Qxb4 (13. axb5 {Tsesarsky} cxb5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Qxb4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Nc6 $11) 13... c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Bxb5 Nxc5 16. Nbd2 Qd6 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Nc5 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 (14. Qd2 {Tsesarsky} Qc7 15. Qc3 (15. Qc2 {Tsesarsky} Rfd8 $132 {[%CAl Ge6e5]}) 15... Rfd8 {[%csl Rf1][%CAl Ge6e5]} 16. g3 a5 17. Be2 b4 18. Qe3 e5 $132 {½-½ Popov,R-Popov,V/Krasnodar 1997/EXT 2000 (30)}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qxc5 Rfd8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) ({RR} 8. Be2 Ngf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. a4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfd1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Nd7 17. axb5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 d4 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. e6 Nf6 22. exf7+ Kxf7 {Cheparinov,I (2709)-Zhigalko,S (2604) St Petersburg 2018 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 8. a4 b4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ngf6 14. e5 Nh5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qc4 Qxa4 18. Qh4 Ba6 19. Qxh5 Rxc5 20. Nb3 Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Qc2 22. Nd2 Qxc1+ {Casiguran,P (2282)-Zhao,C (2514) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1}) 8... Qb6 {After 8...?e7 white was going to exchange the bishops, thus getting full control over the square c5, but 8...?gf6 was a worth trying.} ({In case of} 8... Be7 {Tsesarsky} 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Rc5] It isn't easy for Black to organize c6-c5 promotion.}) (8... Ngf6 {Tsesarsky} 9. e5 (9. Nbd2 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bh4 {Tsesarsky} g5 11. exf6 gxh4 12. Nbd2 Rg8 $15) 10... Nd5 11. Nc3 $14) 9. a4 {Tsesarsky: 'The struggle in this variation goes surround c6-c5 break, and the last move prevents c6-c5. '} (9. Nc3 {Tsesarsky} Ngf6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Be7 13. e5 (13. Rfc1 $5 {Tsesarsky} a6 14. a4 Nd7 $14 {[%CAl Gc6c5]}) 13... Nd7 14. Ne4 c5 $1 $11 {0-1 Timon Piote,S-Wang Lei/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 9... Bb4+ $146 {Or} (9... bxa4 10. Nc3) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bd3 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Ne7 15. Na3 f6 16. Bd2 b4 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. e5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. f4 g5 22. Qc4 Nd5 23. Bxf5 Ke7 24. Bxe6 {Stocek,J (2561)-Rombaldoni,A (2169) Trieste 2006 1-0}) 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd3 {was also strong.}) 11... c5 $1 {Tsesarsky: 'This move is definitely mistake.' Kortschnoj: The best chance. Otherwise after} (11... bxa4 12. O-O {white has a big advantage.}) 12. dxc5 ({Not} 12. Bxf6 $6 {Tsesarsky} Nxf6 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 ({Badly is} 13... Ke7 $2 {Tsesarsky} {in view of} 14. e5 $1 {and Black can't capture on f3 because of intermediate check: e5xf6+.} Nd5 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Re7]}) 14. dxc5 Qxc5 $44 {[%csl Re4]}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. axb5 $16) 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 {'?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'We've seen this position with small difference: without ?c5 and ?g5. These pieces presence on the board gives to White an advantage.'} 14. O-O Ncxe4 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nfxe4 16. Qa3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nf3 $16) (14... a6 $6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc4 Qb7 $13) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 $14) 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 (15... Bxe4 16. Qc4 Qc5 (16... Bc5 17. b4 Bd6 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19. Bd4 Bd5 20. Qc3 $18) 17. Rac1 Qxc4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxc5+ $16) 18. Rxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. Rxb4 $14) 19... Bd6 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 $16 Kg8 $8 (16... Qd6 17. Bf4 $18) 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bc6 $16 (18. Nc6 a6 (18... Nf6 19. Rfd1 Qf8 $1 (19... Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 (20... exd5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Qc7 $18) 21. Rd1 $18) 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Rd4 $14) 19. Qxe4 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bc5 22. Qc2 Bxe3 23. Rd1 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 $18) 18... Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Bxa7 h5 22. Rac1 (22. a5 $5 {? ?a4}) 22... Rh6 23. Rd4 {A threat is - to simplify the position by ?b4.} Bc3 24. Qxc3 $18 (24. Rxd5 Qxc6 (24... exd5 25. Qxc3 $18) 25. Rc5 Qb7 26. Rxc3 Rg6 27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. hxg3 Qxa7 $16) 24... Nxc3 25. Rxd6 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. b4 e5 (27... g5 28. b5 f5 29. b6 Rh7 30. Rxe6 Rd7 31. Re7 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Nd3+ 34. Kd2 Nc5 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Nb7 37. Kd5 Ke8 38. a5 $18) 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. b5 Nb3 30. Ke2 Na5 (30... Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. Kc4 Nd2+ 33. Kd5 Kd7 34. a5 $18) 31. Nxa5 Rxa7 32. b6 Ra6 33. b7 Rb6 34. Kd3 f5 35. h4 (35. Kc4 $18) 35... Kf7 $2 (35... Kg7 36. Kc4 Kf6 37. Kc5 Rb2 38. Kc6 {(threatening ?c4-b6)} Rb4 39. Kc7 e4 40. g3 f4 41. gxf4 Kf5 42. Nc6 $18) 36. Nc6 1-0 [Event "St Petersburg-Paris NAO"] [Site "Internet"] [Date "2003.05.28"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2595"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,Ilya"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2003.05.28"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 096"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.09.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"] [BlackTeam "Paris NAO"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] {[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxd6 {Other continuations make black defence easier:} (12. Bg5 Nbxd5 (12... Bg4 $6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Kelleher,W/Philadelphia 1994/EXT 97 (30)}) 13. Nxd4 Bf4 (13... Bc5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Ne3 {½-½ Knezevic,M-Nikolic,P/Borovo 1981/EXT 99 (15)}) 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Rad1 Bg4 $1 $15 {0-1 Payen,A-Fressinet,L/Paris 2002/CBM 89 ext (41)}) (12. Nxd4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxh2+ $1 (13... Qc7 $6 14. b3 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. f4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Re4 20. Qf2 Qd8 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qh4 h5 23. Qg5 Re3 24. Bc4 $16 {½-½ Ftacnik,L-Nikolic,P/Vrsac 1981/MCD (50)}) 14. Kxh2 Qc7+ 15. d6 Qxc4 16. Re1 $11) 12... Qxd6 13. Bc2 {Interesting novelty.} (13. Nxd4 Nbxd5 (13... Qxd5 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Nb5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Nbd5 18. Nd6 b6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bd2 h6 21. f3 $14 {[%csl Gd1,Gd2] 1-0 Daly,C-Galligan,B/IRL 1998/EXT 2003 (47)}) 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Be6 $11 {[%csl Gd5] ½-½ Bianchi,G-Veron,C/Paris 2002/EXT 2003 (55)}) (13. Be2 Nbxd5 14. Qxd4 Be6 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qe5 h6 18. Bh4 $14 {0-1 Sprotte,N-Teich,U/Bad Wiessee 1998/EXT 2001 (45)}) 13... Bg4 14. Qxd4 Qxd5 ({After} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rac8 16. Bb3 Nfxd5 17. Kh1 $132 {White obtains strong pair of ??, but doubled ??f and no weaknesses promise to Black sufficient counterplay.}) 15. Qxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bd2 Rfe8 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 $11 {[%csl Gc2,Gd2,Gd5,Rf2,Rf3,Rh2]}) 17. Rfe1 h6 $146 {Missing eventually the opportunity to create doubled ?? in white's ?? chain.} (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $11) ({RR} 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. f3 Nec7 22. Kf2 g6 23. g4 Kf8 24. h4 Ke7 25. Kg3 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. b3 h5 28. Bd1 Kd7 29. Be2 Kc6 30. Be1 a6 31. a3 Kd6 32. b4 {Abramovic,B (2466)-Lazic,M (2471) Budva 2004 ½-½ (62)}) 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f3 {Restricting ?f6} Nb6 20. b3 {[%csl Gb3,Rb6,Gf3,Rf6] White left with steady advantage of pair of ?? in the open position.} Rac8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Bd3 Nbd5 25. Nf5 Bc6 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 a6 28. Bc4 Bb5 $2 $16 {Nervious move. Black doubled ??b will be an object of attack.} (28... b5 $142 29. Bd3 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rd8 $14) 29. Bxb5 axb5 {[%csl Rb5,Rb7]} 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Bd4 Rc6 (31... Ne8 $144 32. g4 $16) 32. Bxf6 $1 {Right decision. ?? endgame isn't simple. White ? is much more active than the black one.} Rxf6 33. Rd7 Rb6 {[%csl Rb6] The black ? is ugly.} 34. g4 b4 $2 $18 {Unbelievable - this is probably decisive mistake...} ({Interesting was} 34... g5 $142 $1 35. Kg3 (35. b4 $6 Kg7 36. Kg3 (36. Ke3 Kg6 37. Kd4 Ra6 38. Rxb7 Rxa2 39. Rxb5 Rxh2 $11 {[%CAl Gh6h5]}) (36. f4 Rf6 37. f5 Ra6 38. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 39. Ke3 (39. Kg3 Ra3+) 39... Rxh2 40. Rxb5 h5 41. gxh5 Rxh5 $13) 36... Kg6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 f5 (38... Kf6 39. Rd5 Kg6 $14) 39. Rd5 fxg4 40. Kxg4 $14) (35. f4 $1 b4 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. h3 Kf6 38. Rd4 $16 {[%CAl Gf3e3,Ge3d3,Gd3c4] White can increase his advantage by his ? trip to the queenside.}) 35... b4 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 Kg7 38. f4 Kg6 39. Rd5 (39. f5+ Kf6 $14) 39... Kf6 40. Kg3 Kg6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Kg6 (42... Re6+ 43. Kd3 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rxa2 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. Ke4 Re2+ 47. Kf5 Re7 48. Rxb4 Rd7 49. Rb5 $14)) 35. h4 g5 36. h5 $1 Kg7 37. f4 $1 gxf4 ({Or} 37... Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke6 (38... gxf4 39. Kxf4 {-like in this game.}) 39. Rd4 Kf6 40. Re4 Rb5 41. f5 Rb6 42. Ke3 Rb5 43. Kd4 Ra5 44. Re2 Rb5 45. Rc2 ({Premature is} 45. Kc4 $4 {in view of} Re5 46. Rg2 Re4+ 47. Kb5 Ke5 $17) 45... Ra5 46. Kc4 Re5 47. Kxb4 Re4+ 48. Rc4 $18) 38. Kf3 Rb5 39. Kxf4 Kf6 40. Rc7 Ke6 41. Rc8 Kf6 42. Re8 Ra5 43. Re4 {On 4-th horizontal the ? can attack ?b4 and protect ?g4 simultaneously. Meantime white ? will go to the queenside.} Rb5 44. Rd4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. Rd8 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. Ke3 Rg5 50. Rd4 Rb5 51. Rf4 {[%csl Rg7]} Kg8 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. Kc4 Ra5 54. Kxb4 Rxa2 55. Kc5 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Rg7]} Ra6 56. Rb4 Rc6+ 57. Kd5 Rc3 ({Interesting was} 57... Rc7 $5 58. Kd6 Rc6+ {in order to repel white ? from the centre.} 59. Kd7 Re6 60. Rxb7 Re4 61. b4 Rxg4 {[%csl Rd7] Compare this position with position that created after 59-th move in this game! However, White still wins:} 62. b5 Kf6 63. b6 Rb4 64. Kc6 Rc4+ (64... Kg5 65. Rxf7 Kxh5 (65... Rc4+ 66. Kb5 Rc8 67. b7 Rb8 68. Kc6 Kxh5 69. Kc7 Rh8 70. b8=Q Rxb8 71. Kxb8 Kg4 72. Rg7+ Kf4 73. Rh7 Kg5 74. Kc7 h5 75. Kd6 h4 76. Ke5 Kg4 77. Ke4 $18) 66. Rf5+ $1 ({Not} 66. Rg7 $2 Kh4 67. b7 h5 68. Kc7 Rc4+ $1 ({Loses} 68... Kh3 $4 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Kxb8 h4 71. Kc7 Kh2 72. Kd6 h3 73. Ke5 Kh1 74. Kf4 h2 75. Kg3 $18) 69. Kd8 Rb4 70. Kc8 Rc4+ 71. Rc7 Rb4 72. b8=Q Rxb8+ 73. Kxb8 Kg3 74. Rg7+ Kf3 75. Rh7 Kg4 76. Kc7 h4 77. Kd6 h3 78. Ke5 Kg3 $11) 66... Kg4 67. Rb5 Rf4 68. b7 Rf8 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Rxb8 h5 71. Kd5 h4 72. Ke4 $18) 65. Kb5 Rh4 66. Rc7 Rxh5+ 67. Rc5 Rh1 68. b7 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rxb7 70. Kxb7 Kg6 71. Kc6 f5 72. Kd5 $18) 58. Rxb7 Rg3 59. b4 Rxg4 {[%csl Gd5]} 60. b5 Kf6 61. b6 Rb4 62. Kc5 Rb1 63. Rd7 Kg5 64. Rd5+ ({Wins also} 64. Rxf7 Kxh5 65. Rf4 Rxb6 (65... Kg5 66. Rb4 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rc8 68. b7 Rb8 69. Kc7 Rxb7+ 70. Rxb7 h5 71. Kd6 h4 72. Ke5 Kg4 73. Ke4 $18) 66. Kxb6 Kg5 67. Rf8 h5 68. Kc5 h4 69. Kd4 $18) 64... f5 65. Kc6 Kxh5 66. Rb5 Re1 67. b7 Re8 68. b8=Q Rxb8 69. Rxb8 Kg4 70. Kd5 h5 71. Kd4 {Instructive endgame!} 1-0 [Event "Wichern op 4th"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bach, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2320"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1997.10.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Na5 11. Qd3 Nc4 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rab1 Nd6 16. Rbc1 Bf5 17. Qd1 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 17... Be6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Rc5 Qa6 20. Nc3 b6 21. Rc6 Rac8 22. Nxd5 Rxc6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc4 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Nd4 Qxd4 28. Bxc6 Rc8 29. e3 Qe5 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qd7 Qc5 32. Ba4 {Homa,S (2343)-Hughes,J (2200) Philadelphia 2014 0-1 (52)}) 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxf7 Qxa2 21. Nd6 Bg4 22. Rc2 Qb3 23. Nxe4 Bxd4 24. Nc5 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qe3 26. Nd3 Rad8 27. Qc1 Qd4 28. Rc4 Qd7 29. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 10th Group3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.07.26"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Grigorian, Levon Ashotovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1967.07.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Leningrad"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 5... Qb6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Bb4 Qd7 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. e3 Nc6 16. Bb5 Ne8 17. Qxd5 Nxb4 18. Qg5+ Qe7 19. Nxf7+ Kc7 20. Qxe7+ {Lai,D (2131)-Pribelszky,B (2375) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6. Be3 ({RR} 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb8 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Ba7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Nc5 Qf7 19. Qd3 Nh4 20. Bd1 f5 {Giri,A (2762)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (44)}) 6... c4 7. g3 Bb4+ $146 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Nge7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Rb8 14. a4 Be6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Nb5 Rbc8 20. Qb2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ne1 {Granovskiy,A (2340)-Vorobev,K (2084) Obninsk 2009 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bg2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 Rc8 14. a3 Nbc6 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. e4 Bf7 21. d5 Ne5 22. Nd4 {Istratescu,A (2598)-Halkias,S (2505) Patras 2001 ½-½}) 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc3 Nbc6 14. Nxa4 Na5 15. Nc5 Nb7 16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Ra5 Bc6 18. Rfa1 Qd7 19. Qc3 Bb5 20. Nd2 a6 21. e3 Rac8 22. R5a3 Rc7 23. Nb1 g5 24. Qd2 f5 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Ra5 Rb7 29. Qh5 Qg6 30. Qe2 Nc6 31. R5a3 Qe6 32. Qd2 Rf7 33. Re1 h6 34. b3 Qd6 35. Bxd5 Qxa3 36. Bxf7 Ne5 37. Bh5 g4 38. Nxb5 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 axb5 40. Qc3 Qxb3 41. Qa5 Rf8 42. Qa6 c3 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Bg6 Qf7 45. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"] [Site "Drammen"] [Date "2004.12.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2004.12.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 105"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.04.11"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bf6 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 15. a4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Ra6 Nb4 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bf3 c3 24. Rd7 Qe6 25. Qa4 Nc6 26. Rb7 Ne5 27. Be4 Nc4 28. Qc2 {Taimanov,M (2600)-Spassky,B (2690) Rostov on Don 1971 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Bxc4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxb7 Rac8 20. Bd3 a5 21. Ra7 Rc5 22. Rb1 g6 23. Kg2 Re8 24. e3 Rc3 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Be2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 {Kushko,D (2444)-Olhovik,A (2275) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 13... Nb4 14. Nf4 ({RR} 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Qa5 17. Bf4 Rbd8 18. Qc2 Bd2 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Rd2 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rfe1) 14... Bf5 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Qb1 Bf6 16. Be4 h6 17. a3 Nc6) 15. Rc1 ({RR} 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bf3 Nc2) 15... Qc7 ({RR} 15... Rc8 16. a3 Nc2 17. Bxa7) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 16... Qd8 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Rxc4) 17. Bxd5 Rad8 ({RR} 17... Qa5 18. Bxc4 ({RR} 18. Rxc4) 18... Bh3 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Re1 Rfd8) 18. Rxc4 Qa5 19. Rd4 Bh3 ({RR} 19... Bf6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Rd2 Bc3 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Bxb7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxb7 25. Qxc3 Bh3 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. exf3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1) 20. Bg2 ({RR} 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bxe6 ({RR} 21. Bxb7 Bc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 f6 25. b4 Qxa2) 21... fxe6 22. Qb1 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Qd1 Bxc3 26. Qb3+) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxa2 22. Qa1 Qb3 23. Rfd1 ({RR} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Qxb2 25. Bb6 Re8) 23... a6 24. R1d3 Qb5 25. Qa2 Qc6+ ({RR} 25... Bf6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 26. Kg1 Rxd4 {½-½ (26) Portisch,L (2573)-Kortschnoj,V (2579) Paks 2004 CBM 102 [Ftacnik,Lubomir]}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qg6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bf4 b5 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Qc5 Bg4 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qxb5 Bxe2 24. Qe8+) 14. Qd2 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Bd4 ({RR} 14... Bxb2 15. Rxc4 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Qb1 Qe5 21. Rxb2 Rxc5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bd3) 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Rxc4 Ne6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2) ({RR} 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxc6 ({RR} 15. Qc1 Rac8 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a3 Rd7 19. Kf1 Rcd8 20. Ke1 f6 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Qc2 Bd5 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5) 15... bxc6 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Bb4 Rd7 20. f3 f6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 Kf7) 14... Bd4 ({RR} 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxb2 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxb2 Qa5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Rd6) 15. Nf4 Bxe3 $146 ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. e3 Nf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. b3 Nd6 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rb4 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rd3 Nf7 26. Rc3 a6 27. Rc7 Rxb3 28. Bxb7 Rb6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 {Krogius,N-Balashov,Y Sochi 1973 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. e3 Nf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. b3 Nd6 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb3) 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Bd5 21. Rad1 c3 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rxd5 g6 25. R5d2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc8 27. Rc2 Rc4 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Ra4 31. Rd2 Ke6 32. c4 Ra3+ 33. Ke4 h5 34. f4 f6 35. Re2 Ra4 36. Kd4+ Kd6 37. Rf2 Ra5 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. Kb3 Ra6 40. Rd2 1-0 [Event "Rilton Cup 33rd"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2004.01.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Lukin, Andrei M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2431"] [PlyCount "173"] [EventDate "2003.12.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be3 Na6 ({RR} 8... c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Ne5 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Nb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Be3+ 19. Kg2 Bd5 20. Rf3 f5 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Qc5 Rae8 23. Qxd5+ {Epishin,V (2675)-Vladimirov,Y (2580) Tashkent 1987 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 8... c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Bd2 Nc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Nc3 h6 17. Rab1 Be6 18. f4 g6 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Qc8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 {Acosta,P (2484)-Curi,G (2074) Montevideo URU 2026 1-0 (59)}) 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. a3 Qa6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bh3 Kf7 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Nb1 Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc4 23. Bf1 a5 {Blagojevic,D (2488)-Makolli,P (2333) Heraklion 2017 ½-½ (32)}) 9... Nxc5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd4 Nfe4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qd7 15. Nf3 a6 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Rb3 Rc4 19. Nf4 b5 20. Rd3 Qc6 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Qa5 h5 29. a4 Rd5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Qd2 Bf6 32. b4 Rd5 33. Rc8+ Qxc8 34. Qxd5 Qg4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxa6 Qxb4 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Kg2 Qc3 39. Qd7 Kg7 40. Qb7 Qc4 41. Qf3 Qe6 42. h3 Qf5 43. Qa8 Qb5 44. Qe4 Qe5 45. Qb7 Qe6 46. Qa8 Qf5 47. Qa4 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Qe5 51. h4 Qb2 52. Qa6 Qa1 53. Qb7 Qe5 54. Qf3 Qc3 55. Kg2 Qe5 56. Bf4 Qd4 57. e3 Qd8 58. Qc6 Qe7 59. Qf3 Qe6 60. Bg5 Be5 61. Qb7 Qd6 62. Qe4 Qc7 63. Bf4 Bxf4 64. Qxf4 Qc6+ 65. e4 Kg8 66. Qe5 Qc4 67. Qd5 Qe2 68. Qd4 Kh7 69. Qe5 Kg8 70. Qf4 Kg7 71. Qf3 Qc4 72. Qe3 Kg8 73. Kf3 Kg7 74. Qd2 Kg8 75. Ke3 Qb3+ 76. Qd3 Qb6+ 77. Qd4 Qc7 78. Kd3 Qc1 79. e5 Qc6 80. Ke3 Qe6 81. Qd8+ Kg7 82. Qf6+ Qxf6 83. exf6+ Kxf6 84. Kf4 Ke6 85. Kg5 Ke5 86. f3 Ke6 87. f4 1-0 [Event "Corus Honarary"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Portisch, Lajos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2008.01.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 ({RR} 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qc2 c6 13. Be5 h6 14. h3 Be6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. b5 b6 21. Qb4 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Qb2 Ne8 {Giri,A (2764)-Liang,A (2690) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 10... Nf6 11. Qc2 c6 12. h3 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. g4 c5 15. f3 g6 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qb6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Kg2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. f4 Be6 23. Rhf1 Bxa2 24. f5 Bd5+ 25. Kg1 gxf5 26. gxf5 Kh8 27. Kh2 {Sherwin,J (2320)-Salvetti,A (2315) Switzerland 1998 ½-½ (56)}) 13. Be5 g6 14. Ke2 Re8 15. Rhd1 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. b4 Rc8 18. Kf1 Nh5 19. Rac1 Ng7 20. Qb1 Bf5 21. Qb2 f6 22. Nf3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Re7 24. Rdc3 a6 25. a4 Rec7 26. Qb3 Ne6 27. e4 Kg7 28. Re3 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Nf8 30. Rce1 Qd6 31. Nd2 Rf7 32. Nc4 Qd5 33. Qc3 Rd8 34. Nb6 Qd6 35. Kg1 g5 36. Nc4 Qd7 37. h4 gxh4 38. Rxh4 Ng6 39. Rhe4 Re7 40. Rxe7+ Nxe7 41. Qg3+ Ng6 42. Ne3 f5 43. Qg5 Rf8 44. Rd1 f4 45. Ng4 Qe7 46. Qh6+ Kh8 47. Ne5 Nh4 48. d5 Rg8 49. Qe6 Qxe6 50. dxe6 Re8 51. Rd8 Rxd8 52. Nf7+ Kg7 53. Nxd8 Kf6 54. Nxb7 Kxe6 55. Nc5+ Kd5 56. Nxa6 Nf5 57. Kh2 Kc4 58. Kh3 h5 59. f3 Ne7 60. a5 Nc8 61. Kh4 Kb5 62. Nc7+ Kxb4 63. a6 c5 64. Nd5+ Kb5 65. Nxf4 Kxa6 66. Kxh5 1-0 [Event "London sim1"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Goh, Cameron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.12.09"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 9. Rc1 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ng3 Rac8 18. Qe2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rc7 20. Qg4 f6 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qe6 {Bobrov-Lasker,E Moscow 1899 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 9. h3 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 c4 12. Bc2 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Re8 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. f3 a5 18. Kh1 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Ra1 N6d7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. e4 Nf8 23. Bg1 Bc6 {Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Petrosian,T (2615) Velden 1980 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qb1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Nfe4 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Be2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Bf6 18. Rd1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne6 20. Rd2 Qf6 21. Bg3 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4+ 23. Kf1 Rfe8 {Cacco,C (2319)-Korchynskyi,M (2297) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 9. Rc1 c5 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Qf3 Re8 14. g4 Nbd7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. g5 Kg8 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Kh1 b4 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Qg2 Qd7 22. f3 Nd2 23. Bc2 b3 {Sydor,A (2425)-Ciric,D (2435) Dortmund 1976 1-0 (31)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc3 21. bxc3 Qb7 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. h4 b5 24. Qb3 Nc5 25. Qd5 Rb6 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. f3 b4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Rd2 Be7 30. Bf2 Rbb8 31. Rc1 Ne6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bf2 g5 35. h5 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. a4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Rd7 Kf8 40. Ra7 h6 41. a5 Bd6+ 42. Bg3 Bc5 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. a6 Bg1+ 45. Kh3 Bc5 46. Bh2 Rh1 47. g3 e5 48. Rc8 g4+ 49. Kxg4 Rxh2 50. a7 Bxa7 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rxa7 Rf2 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Re6 1-0 [Event "NED-ch op 5'"] [Site "Dordrecht"] [Date "2002.02.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2002.02.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "34"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. O-O b5 13. Ba2 Be7 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Bb1 g6 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. h4 Qa5 19. Qe2 Red8 20. h5 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Qg4 25. Bg5 {Asllani,M (2232)-Karaca,Y (1879) Plovdiv BUL 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Bxc6 {1-0 (15) Manninen,M (2428)-Parkkinen,J (2143) Helsinki 2000}) ({RR} 13. Ba2 Nh5 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. e4 Red8 19. e5 Be8 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Re1 h6 26. h4 Qe6 27. h5 Rc4 {Mamedyarov,S (2759)-Tari,A (2654) Stavanger 2022 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13. e4 Qa5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bc1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 g6 17. b4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nbd4 Rd5 22. Be3 Qa4 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd7 25. Qb2 Bc5 26. g3 Ng7 27. Rb1 b6 {Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2510)-Borges Matos,J (2500) Matanzas 1997 1-0 (35)}) 13... h6 14. e4 Qa5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Bb1 Rfd8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bxh6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxe5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. f4 Nc4 24. f5 Be5 25. Qg4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Rc6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Rde1 Qd4 29. Qg5 Rdd6 30. Rf7 Re6 31. Qh4 Re7 32. Qxe7 Rc5 33. Qd7 Rb5 1-0 [Event "Dresden zt 1.2"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1998.04.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "1998.04.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 065"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 c5 14. Qb1 Nd5 15. Bg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. e4 N5f6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 {Pegno,M (2243)-Kalosha,Z (2306) Palmanova ITA 2024 ½-½ (84)}) 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 b4 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15. Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21. Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Rc1 {Izoria,Z (2593)-Ivanchuk,V (2715) Yerevan 2004 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 Be7 14. Nbd2 g5 15. Bg3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Rc6 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Bd3 h5 21. Bf5 Reh6 22. Rfe1 O-O 23. h4 g4 {Cebalo,M (2482)-Pavasovic,D (2591) Rabac 2004 1-0}) 9... g5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxb5 cxd4 16. Qe4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Qb4 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Nc4 Ne3 20. Qf4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Qb6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. b3 {Bets,A (2249)-Kowalski,I (2332) Lvov 2020 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. a4 Bb4 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nd4 Ke7 19. Nxb5 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Rd8 22. Nc3 e5 23. Qxh6 Nd2 24. Ra1 {Grachev,B (2640)-Galkin,A (2615) Novokuznetsk 2008 0-1 (36)}) 10. Bg3 g4 11. Nfd2 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 a6 15. O-O Nh5 16. Bc7 Qg7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bxb5 O-O 21. Bxd7 Qd4 22. Bb5 Bg5 23. Rd1 Qb4 24. Ba6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Be5 Qb5 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Nc4 Rc8 29. b3 Nf6 30. f4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Nh5 32. Kh1 Kh7 33. Ra1 Qb7 34. Rf1 Bf4 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qd2 Ng6 37. Qc2 Rb8 38. Rb1 Qb4 39. Qd2 Qe7 40. Ne3 Rd8 41. Qc3 h5 42. Rg1 Qh4 43. b4 Ra8 44. Nf5 exf5 45. exf5 Qf4 46. fxg6+ fxg6 47. Re1 Rd8 48. Kg1 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Rf8 50. Re4 Rf7 51. Re8 Rg7 52. Re4 Ra7 53. Qd4 Rc7 54. h4 Qc1 55. Re8 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 Rg7 57. Qd8 Qc7+ 58. Qxc7 Rxc7 59. b5 Rc5 60. b6 Rb5 61. Re7+ Kh6 62. Re6 Rb3 63. Rc6 Kg7 64. Kf4 Rb4+ 65. Ke5 Rxh4 66. Kd6 Rb4 67. Kc7 Kh6 68. b7 Rxb7+ 69. Kxb7 h4 70. Kb6 Kg5 71. Rc4 Kh5 72. Rc5+ Kh6 1-0 [Event "Bratto op 18th"] [Site "Bratto"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Drazic, Sinisa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. e3 O-O 14. Be2 Qb6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 {½-½ (21) Olzem,L (2186)-Brodhuhn,R (2237) Germany 2003}) 10... gxf6 11. e3 b5 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 a5 17. Qe3 h5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. d5 Qa6 21. Nd4 Bh6 22. Qg3 h4 23. Qh3 f5 24. Nb5 Bf4 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qe2 O-O-O 27. O-O Rxd5 28. Nf6 Rd2 29. Qe1 Nd3 30. Qb1 Qb6 31. Qa2 Qc5 32. Qb3 Rh6 33. Rad1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Nxf2 35. Qf3 Ne4+ 36. Kh1 Nxf6 37. Qxf4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"] [Site "Velden"] [Date "1980.03.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1980.03.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. h3 ({RR} 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc3 21. bxc3 Qb7 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. h4 b5 {Kortschnoj,V (2548)-Goh,C London 2010 1-0 (54)}) 9... c5 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qb3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Bh2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ne4 18. Rc2 b5 19. Kg1 Qd6 20. Rfc1 bxa4 21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. R1c2 {Grigore,G (2479)-Epishin,V (2600) Badalona 2005 ½-½}) 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Rc1 c4 11. Bb1 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ne2 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. h4 f5 17. h5 Ne4 18. f3 Nxg3 19. Bxg3 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nc8 21. g4 Nd6 22. Rc2 fxg4 23. Rg2 g3 24. h6 g5 {Kosakowski,J (2549)-Chylewski,P (2305) Chotowa POL 2026 1-0}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Bh2 Ne4 15. f3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qf4 f6 19. Ng4 d4 20. Rd3 Ba6 21. exd4 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxb2 25. Bf4 Be5 {Demeter,D (2039)-Provaznik,M (2127) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nxc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe2 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd3 Ra8 24. a3 a5 25. Bb5 Qc7 {Janzelj,L (2254)-Lubuuto,B (1607) Batumi 2018 1-0 (46)}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Re8 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. f3 a5 18. Kh1 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Ra1 N6d7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. e4 Nf8 23. Bg1 Bc6 24. Rfe1 Rab8 25. axb4 axb4 26. b3 c3 27. Bd3 Qb7 28. Ba6 Qd7 29. Bh2 dxe4 30. fxe4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 Qa7 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Bc4 Be8 34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. Nc5 g6 37. Qf2 Bh6 38. e5 Bg7 39. Ne4 Bxe5 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Rd1 Bf6 44. Rf1 Nd7 45. g4 Rc8 46. Bb5 1-0 [Event "Leningrad training m"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1970.07.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [Annotator "Primel,Dominique"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1970.07.15"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 (6... Nf6 {La grande ligne}) 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. e4 O-O (9... dxe4 {la saisie erronée dans les bases} 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Nc3 Bd3 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 a6 14. d5 Na5 15. Nd4 h6 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf6 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. d6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6 22. Qd5 Nc6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. d7 g6 25. Ne3 Nb8 26. Ng4 Qf5 27. Qd2 h5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf4 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 hxg4 31. Qf4 Nxd7 32. Qxc4 Nf6 33. Qf4 Kg7 34. Re7 Rfe8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. c4 b6 37. Qd4 Re6 38. a4 Rc6 39. f3 gxf3 40. g4 Kf8 41. h4 a5 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Qe3+ Re6 44. Qa3+ Ke8 45. Kxf3 Re5 46. Qb2 Nd7 47. Qh2 Kf8 48. h5 Kg7 49. Qd2 Nf8 50. h6+ Kh7 51. Qf4) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 {Bronstein: Strong and surprising} (11. Bg5 {Plus courant} Be7 {½-½ Krogius,N-Shamkovich,L URS-ch27 Leningrad 1960 (14)}) (11. Nxd5) ({RR} 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qd4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd5 17. Qxc4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Qb5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Rc1 Ne7 {Magerramov,E (2560)-Lputian,S (2570) Azov 1991 ½-½ (53)}) 11... Nde7 $146 {Bronstein: Here, I thought for a long time but even so I was unable to find a good reply.} ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Nd5 g6 14. Qxc4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qe7 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. d5 {1-0 (22) Keres,P-Mikenas,V Parnu 1955}) ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. Ng5 g6 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rab1 b6 20. Qa4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd5 22. Qxc4 Nce7 23. Qa4 Nxc3 24. Qxa7 Nf5 25. d5 Nd4 26. Bg2 {Tleukhanov,Y (2311)-Essing,A (2206) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxc4 Qh5 17. Qd3 Rcd8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Qe4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne5 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Nc6 Rc4 24. Rac1 Bc5 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Rc1 {Figueroa Viart,M (2220)-Medina,M (2245) Havana 1992 1-0 (46)}) 12. d5 Bf5 13. Qd1 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gd5]} Na5 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd4 Bd3 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 $1 Bxe7 18. Be4 $1 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Ge4]} Bf6 20. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%CAl Gf5g7,Gf5h6,Ge4g4,Gd5d6,Gf5e7]} Kh7 21. d6 $40 {[%csl Gd6][%CAl Gf5e7,Gd1c2,Gc2h7,Ga1d1]} Bxc3 $6 {Libère une case de développement pour la ? mais le ?f6 était un bon défenseur de l'aile-roi et la position noire devient assez douteuse avec un ? hors-jeu.} 22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd5 (23. Qh5 $5) 23... Nc6 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. d7 $5 g6 $2 $138 (25... Nb8 {[%CAl Gd8d7]}) (25... Qxc3 $13) 26. Ne3 Nb8 {Trop tard!} 27. Ng4 Qf5 28. Qd2 (28. Qxc4 Rxd7 29. Rf4 $40) 28... h5 $2 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rf4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 (31. Rxf7 $3 Rxf7 32. Re8+) 31... hxg4 32. Qf4 Nxd7 33. Qxc4 Nf6 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Re7 Rfe8 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. c4 b6 38. Qd4 Re6 39. a4 Rc6 40. f3 gxf3 41. g4 Kf8 42. h4 a5 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Qe3+ Re6 45. Qa3+ Ke8 46. Kxf3 Re5 47. Qb2 Nd7 48. Qh2 $1 {[%CAl Gh4h5,Gh4h8]} Kf8 49. h5 Kg7 50. Qd2 Nf8 51. h6+ Kh7 52. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Schuhplattler Veterans-Ladies"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "2000.07.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ioseliani, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2476"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2000.07.04"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 078"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. Qa4 h6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Qb5 a6 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Ne5 19. Rac1 Ned7 20. Nd3 Kf8 21. Nd4 Ke7 22. f3 Ne8 23. Kf2 Nd6 24. g4 g5 25. h4 Nc4 {Giri,A (2753)-Esipenko,A (2698) Pegeia CYP 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 11... Be7 12. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nb5 h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Nbd4 Ne4 15. Bb5 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. f3 Nd6 20. g4 c5 21. Nb3 Nc4 22. Ng2 a5 23. Qc2 Rab8 24. Rb1 Qa4 25. Rf2 Rb6 26. Nc1 Qxc2 {Krubnik,M (1600)-Sanguinetti,G (2008) San Francisco 2000 0-1}) ({RR} 12. Nd4 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. a3 Bd6 19. f3 a6 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Bf2 Bc5 22. Na4 Ba7 23. b4 Nfd7 24. f4 Nc6 25. Bg4 Rce8 26. g3 g6 {Shamkovich,L-Yudovich,M Moscow 1964 1-0 (43)}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxe7 19. Rd4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Bd3 Rdc7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Rf1 Rc5 24. a3 b6 25. g4 Qh4 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Rh1 h5 28. Bb1 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. f3 Qf6 31. Rf1 Rc5 32. Rf2 Bc6 33. Bd3 Bb7 34. Rf1 Qe5 35. Qf2 Qe7 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Re2 h4 38. Re1 Rc7 39. Kg1 g6 40. f4 Rc5 41. g5 Qg7 42. Kh2 Bc8 43. Re2 Qh7 44. Rd2 Be6 45. Bf1 f6 46. gxf6 Qh8 47. e4 Qxf6 48. e5 Qe7 49. Bd3 Bf7 50. Qd4 Rc1 51. Rg2 Qc5 52. Qxc5 bxc5 53. Bxg6 Bxg6 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rf6+ Ke7 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 Rxb2 58. Rc6 c4 59. f5 Rb1 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Kg5 Rg1+ 62. Kh6 Re1 63. f6+ Kf7 64. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas-10"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1981.06.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1981.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bg3 Bb6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Be5 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nc6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Bb5 Qxb2 22. Bxc6 Nc3 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 bxc6 25. Be5 Nb5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nd4 {Fischer,R (2785)-Spassky,B Reykjavik 1972 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Qd4 Bc5 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Rcd1 Rb6 20. Na4 Rc6 21. Nc3 Rb6 22. Qe2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rd4 f5 25. Rfd1 Bb3 26. R1d2 Rh6 27. h3 {Potkin,V (2646)-Zvjaginsev,V (2676) Moscow 2010 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Ncb5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 a6 16. Nc7 Qd7 17. Ncxe6 fxe6 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Nc4 20. Nxe6 Rc8 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Be5 b5 23. f3 a5 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. e4 Nb6 26. Nxg7 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 {Brizuela Abreu,R (2304)-Hernandez Jimenez,J (2243) Bogota 2025 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 12... Bb6 13. Qa4 h6 14. Ne5 d4 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Be3 Bxd4 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Bxa7 Bxa3 27. Kf1 {Spraggett,K (2585)-Kortschnoj,V (2655) Clermont Ferrand 1989 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 12... Bb6 13. Qa4 Qe7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nh5 18. Nb5 Qf6 19. Nfd4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 a6 21. Nc3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Ra8 23. Rd2 {½-½ (23) Quinteros,M-Spassky,B Amsterdam 1973}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 h6 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne4 20. Rdc2 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Qd7 22. Bf3 Rc4 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Rd3 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qf6 26. Rd4 Rd7 27. Qd2 Bxh3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Bc8 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. Qc4 b5 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Qd5 Qf6 34. Bh5 Be6 35. Qd6+ Kg8 36. Qxa6 Qf5 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Bf3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Bf5 40. Qd5 Qc2 41. e4 Bg6 42. Qd4 1-0 [Event "Lugano op"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1989.03.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Bouton, Christophe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1989.03.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. e3 Be6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bb6 $146 ({RR} 15... Ba3 16. Bb2 Rac8 {½-½ (16) Matthaei,J (2055)-Solberg,J (2167) Nordhausen GER 2024}) ({RR} 15... Ba3 16. Bb2 Rac8 {½-½ (16) Matthaei,J (2055)-Solberg,J (2167) Nordhausen GER 2024}) 16. Qb2 f6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc7 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Ba3 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rd7 23. Rd4 Rad8 24. Qd2 Qf7 25. Qa5 b6 26. Qd2 Rd6 27. a4 Qe7 28. b4 R6d7 29. b5 Rd6 30. Qb4 Kf8 31. Qb1 Kg8 32. Rh4 h6 33. Rd4 R8d7 34. Qd3 Rd8 35. h4 R6d7 36. Rc6 Bf7 37. Qd2 Qe8 38. Bh3 Rd6 39. Rc7 Be6 40. Bxe6+ Qxe6 41. Rxa7 Qc8 42. a5 Qb8 43. Ra6 Kh8 44. Rxb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Qxb6 46. Rxd5 Rb8 47. Qd3 Qa5 48. Rd7 Qa1+ 49. Kg2 Qe5 50. b6 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 02nd Final"] [Site "Oberhausen"] [Date "1961.06.25"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Schuster, Theodor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1961.06.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. g3 Ne5 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rdc1 b5 21. Nb2 Qf8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Nf4 Bxd4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. exd4 Ng6 27. Nh5 Qf8 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kg8 {Horvath,G (2370)-Sipos,J (2220) Zalakaros 2009 1-0 (31)}) 15... Rad8 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 f5 19. Na4 Kh8 20. Nc5 Rg8 21. f4 Bc8 22. Bf3 Bb8 23. g3 Qd6 24. Kh1 Qh6 25. Qf2 Rg7 26. Rce1 Rdg8 27. Rg1 b6 28. Nd3 Bb7 29. Re7 Ba8 30. Qe3 Bd6 31. Re8 Qf6 32. Re1 Bb7 33. Bh5 Bc8 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Rc1 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Qd8 38. Qd4 b5 39. Bxf7 Bxf7 40. e6+ Rg7 41. exf7 Qf8 42. Qe5 1-0 [Event "Rovinj/Zagreb"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "1970.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1970.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bb4 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxf5 ({RR} 20... Nc4 21. Qxa7 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. e3 Re5 26. f6 gxf6 27. Rd4 Rxc3 28. Rb1 Re6 29. Rdb4 Rcc6 30. a4 Rcd6 31. Rd4 f5 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. h4 Rd7 35. h5 {Schmidt,W (2450)-Chandler,M (2500) Nis 1983 ½-½ (41)}) 21. gxf5 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Re5 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Bf3 Re8 28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Qa4 Re7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Be4 Nc4 32. Bd3 b5 33. f6+ g6 34. fxe7 Qe5 35. Qd1 Qxe7 36. Bxc4 {Schmidt,W-Pinkas,K Gdynia 1973 1-0 (42)}) 22. Qb5 d4 23. Qa4 Qh4 24. Bxd4 Ng5 25. Rd3 Rxe2 26. Qd1 Rce8 27. Bc3 Qf4 28. f6 R2e6 29. fxg7 Rg6 30. Rg3 Ne5 31. Kh1 Qf5 32. Qh5 Nd3 33. h4 Nf4 34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 Nge6 36. Rxg6 fxg6 37. Rd1 Nxg7 38. Rd7 Nge6 39. Bxb7 Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Nxd8 41. Be4 Kf7 42. Kh2 Nde6 43. Bd2 Kf6 44. Be3 Ke5 45. Bb1 Nd4 46. Kg3 Nh5+ 47. Kg4 Nf6+ 48. Kh3 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 04th Final"] [Site "Kapfenberg"] [Date "1970.05.14"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Pomar Salamanca, Arturo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1970.05.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Spain"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. b3 ({RR} 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Rfe8 15. Re1 Bh3 16. Bh1 h6 17. Nd4 Ne5 {½-½ (17) Dizdarevic,E (2465)-Lalic,B (2450) Budva 1986}) ({RR} 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 h5 17. f3 b5 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Kg2 Nce5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. fxg4 g5 24. b3 Rad8 25. Qe4 gxf4 {Tammert,I (2229)-Lukas,O (1716) Germany GER 2026 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 11. Be3 Ne4 {½-½ (11) Cafferty,B (2370)-Pomar Salamanca,A (2510) Montilla 1972}) 11... b5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. Be5 b6 18. Na6 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne4 21. Nc7 Bc5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. e3 Rd5 26. Bd4 {Hromadka,K-Mikulka,R Ceske Budejovice 1927 ½-½ (43)}) 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. e4 d4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Ned4 Nxe4 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Qxd3 Nc5 23. Bxd5 Nxd3 24. Bxe6 Nxb2 25. Bxc8 Nxd1 26. Nc6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch38 Final"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1970.11.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1970.11.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 c4 7. O-O Bb4 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 Nge7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 ({RR} 10... a5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Bf5 13. e3 h6 14. Ne1 Kh8 15. Nc2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bc5 b4 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Ne1 Re8 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nf2 Rb8 23. e4 Be6 24. e5 b3 25. Rab1 {Hanley,C (2419)-Kosten,A (2530) Montpellier 2006 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Bf5 13. e3 h6 14. Ne1 Kh8 15. Nc2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Bc5 b4 18. Qd2 Be4 19. Ne1 Re8 20. Nd3 Ng6 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nf2 Rb8 23. e4 Be6 24. e5 b3 25. Rab1) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Bf5 13. e3 a4 14. Qb2 Qa5 15. Ne1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Nb4 18. Bb5 Rdc8 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Ra5 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Nc3 Ra3 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Bf1 Nxa2 25. Nxa2 {Petrosian,T (2620)-Mikenas,V Vilnius 1978 ½-½ (75)}) 11. Qxa3 ({RR} 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Rac1 ({RR} 12. e3 b6 ({RR} 12... Rb8 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. Ne5 Na5 15. Qd1 f6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Bg4 19. Qe1 Be6 20. Nf4 Rbc8 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Qe2 b5 25. h4 Rc7 26. a4 a6) 13. Rfc1 f6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qa3 Rfd8 18. Nb3 a5 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Nec6 22. h4 Qe7 23. Rc3 Kf8 24. Qb3 Rd8 25. Qb1 g6 26. Qb3 Kg7) 12... Rb8 13. e3 Be6 14. Rc3 h6 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Qa4 f6 17. Nc2 Rfd8 18. Nce1 b5 19. Qd1 Qd6 20. Nd3 Rdc8 21. Nc5 Na5 22. Ra3 Nec6 23. Qd3 Nc4 24. Rb3 Ne7 25. Rbb1 {½-½ (25) Moss,J (1886)-Roberts,P (2098) Coventry ENG 2025}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Nh4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfd1 f6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Ne1 b6 16. Nd3 g5 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Rfd8 19. a4 Rac8 20. a5 Nc6 21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxb4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxf5 bxa5 25. Ra1 Rc2 26. Rxa5 Rd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 {Jaracz,P (2531)-Meinhardt,M (2313) Germany 2005 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. g4 Be6 18. h3 g5 19. e3 Kg7 20. Nd3 b6 21. Bf1 Nc4 22. Re1 {½-½ (22) Antoshin,V-Mikenas,V Riga 1970}) 13... Be6 14. Rab1 b6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Rbc1 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Nc4 21. Qb4 a5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qb3 Nd2 24. Qxd5 Qxe7 25. Rxd2 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qxd2 28. Qxf7 Rg8 29. Re3 h6 30. Re4 Qc2 31. Re6 b5 32. d5 Qxa2 33. d6 Qd5+ 34. Kh3 Qc4 35. d7 Qf1+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Qxh5+ 1-0 [Event "London Phillips&Drew"] [Site "London"] [Date "1984.05.08"] [Round "11"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Chandler, Murray G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1984.04.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. Nd4 Bxe2 13. Ncxe2 Rfd8 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. h3 h6 17. Rab1 a6 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rd3 Ng6 22. Rdd1 Ne7 23. Nde2 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qe5 25. Rbc1 d4 26. exd4 {Tang,Z (2332)-Paragua,M (2243) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 12. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Nbd4 Nd6 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Rdc1 Rc8 25. Rc5 f6 26. Nf3 Bd7 {Zlochevskij,A (2440)-Dankert,P (2230) Augsburg 1991 1-0 (75)}) ({RR} 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. Rfd1 Qh6 18. Nbd4 Rd6 19. b4 Qh5 20. b5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rfd8 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Rc6 Qg5 25. Nd4 Nh4 26. f4 Qg6 {Tal,M (2620)-Ivanovic,B (2525) Bugojno 1984 1-0 (39)}) 12... Qb6 13. Qa3 Nf5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ng5 d4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 Nh4 19. Nc5 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Rf6 21. Rac1 Rcf8 22. Nd3 e5 23. Rb1 b6 24. Rdc1 Rg6 25. Kh1 Rff6 26. Bf1 Rd6 27. Rb5 Rge6 28. g3 Ng6 29. Bh3 Re8 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Nd8 32. Re1 Nf7 33. Be6 Kf8 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Nxe5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Re7 37. Rh5 d3 38. Rh4 Nb5 39. Kf3 Nc7 40. Rxh7 Nxe6 41. dxe6 Rxe6 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Rh4 Rd6 44. Re4+ Kd7 45. Re1 Kc6 46. Rb1 g5 47. h3 Kc5 48. Ke3 a5 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 d2 51. Rd1 Rh6 52. Rxd2 Rxh4 53. f4 Rh3+ 54. Ke4 Rxa3 55. f5 Rh3 56. f6 Rh8 57. Rf2 b5 58. f7 Rf8 59. Ke5 a4 60. Rf4 b4 61. Kf6 Rb8 62. a3 1-0 [Event "Curacao 40th anniv op"] [Site "Curacao"] [Date "2002.11.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2270"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2002.11.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AHO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... Bf6 13. Qe2 g6 14. Rab1 b5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. a4 b4 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. cxb4 Rfd8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rb6 24. Be5 Rd5 25. g3 Qd8 26. Rdc1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 {Lien,K (2214)-Gamback,B (2157) Drammen 2019 ½-½}) 13. Qb1 f5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. c5 Bd5 21. Bc4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qc7 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qd6 Rfe8 26. a5 b3 27. Rab1 Rac8 28. h3 Qc4 29. Rdc1 Qe4 30. Rxb3 Qxe5 31. Rb6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Re5 33. c6 Re7 34. Kh2 Rec7 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Kf4 g6 37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rcd4 Rbc8 39. Rd7+ Rxd7 40. cxd7 Rd8 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. h4 1-0 [Event "EU-chT Seniors 08th"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2006.02.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Baumgartner, Heinz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2245"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2006.02.17"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Oberoesterreich"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. O-O-O ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 Qb6 15. Rc1 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 Rec8 20. Rcd1 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rd3 f6 23. Rhd1 Kf7 {Gelfand,B (2615)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610) Moscow 1990 ½-½ (50)}) 9... Qa5 ({RR} 9... Nf8 10. g4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Kb1 a5 15. Bc7 Qd7 16. Ne5 Ra7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bb6 Ra6 19. Bc5 Bf6 20. f4 Ng6 21. g5 Be7 22. h4 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Rc8 24. h5 {juego_mierda_rapido (2290)-P3rsa (1989) lichess.org 2024 1-0 (39)}) 10. Kb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 h6 15. g4 Ne4 16. f3 Ng5 17. h4 Ne6 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Qf5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Qc7 21. g5 Nxf4 22. exf4 Rxe5 23. fxe5 g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6 Bh8 26. Qxh6+ {Baltzopoulos,G (1957)-Zinnai,G (2040) Napoli 2013 1-0 (59)}) 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qb4 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. f3 Be6 19. a3 Qe7 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Red8 22. Qc3 f6 23. Bc2 Bf7 24. Qf3 c5 25. d5 Ng6 26. g3 Ne5 27. Qc3 Bg6 28. g4 b5 29. g5 b4 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Qg3 Rd6 35. Rc1 Rf6 36. h4 Rf4 37. Qh3 Re8 38. h5 Rh4 39. Qd3 Rxh5 40. d6 Qd7 41. Qa6 Rd8 42. Red1 Rh6 43. Qa5 b3 44. Bxb3 Bxe4+ 45. Ka1 Bf3 46. Ba4 1-0 [Event "Schuhplattler Veterans-Ladies"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "2000.07.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2000.07.04"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 078"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Yermolinsky,Alex} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 ({RR} 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6) 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 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 {Nakamura,H (2769)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018 CBM 185 [Yermolinsky,Alex ] ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 12. Qxd4 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Ne4 Nf8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Bxh4 17. Qxh4 Bd7 18. h3 Be8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe7 Rc8 21. Bf1 Bc6 22. Nd4 Be4 23. b3 Ng6 24. Qd6 Qc3 25. Qa3 e5 26. Ne2 Qd2 {Nurakyn,S (2021)-Kurmangaliyeva,L (2362) Aktobe KAZ 2026 0-1 (59)}) 12... Qa5 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6) 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxe6 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 b5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Re7 Raf8 22. Rxb7 Kg7 23. Rxf7+ Rxf7 24. c4 Re7 25. h3 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kh2 b4 {Estremera Panos,S (2365)-Zude,A (2461) Bad Woerishofen 2013 ½-½ (36)}) 13... Bb4 14. Rfc1 b6 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ne5 Nh7 18. Qg4 Bd5 19. Bd3 Bd6 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb4 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Qe4 Nf8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxa6 Rc7 26. Qe2 Qxd4 27. Bg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Rc5 29. Bb5 Re5 30. Qc2 Rd5 31. Rb1 Ng6 32. b4 Ne5 33. Be2 g5 34. Qb2 Qe4 35. Bf1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc4 Qg6 40. Rxh4 Qf6 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1989.03.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1989.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 ({RR} 11... fxe6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Bc5 14. h3 O-O 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qf4 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rad8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26. Be2 {Leonov,M (2411)-Castaneda,G (2457) Donskoj 2007 0-1 (43)}) 12. exf7+ {'!?' Bulletin.} (12. exd7+ $6 Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. e5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 $1 $15 17. Re1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 $6 {Danner,G-Pekarek,A/Prague Bohemians A/1989/0-1/51/ ? CBM 12} (18... Qg4 $5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. hxg4 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 Rhd8 {Gavrikov,V-Chernin,A/URS-ch/1987/ ? CBM 2})) 12... Kxf7 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ng5+ $146 {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: '? 14.?f4!?'} ({RR} 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. O-O Nfd5 {0-1 (16) Pullen,K-Donaldson,J (2425) Seattle 1984}) ({RR} 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Qb3+ Nc4 16. O-O Nh5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. a4 Qxe5 20. axb5 Bd6 21. g3 Qe6 22. bxa6 Ba8 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfe1 Kg6 25. Ra5 Bf4 26. Qd1 Qh3 27. Qxd3+ Kh6 28. Qd6+ g6 {Kortschnoj,V (2655)-Van der Wiel,J (2545) Amsterdam 1989 1-0 (44)}) 14... Ke8 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Re1 h6 17. f4 hxg5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe5 Bc5+ 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Kf1 Nh5 {'-+!' Bulletin.} 22. Qxd3 Rf8+ 23. Ke1 Bf2+ 24. Kf1 Be3+ 25. Ke1 Nf4 26. Qe4 Ra7 27. g3 Bb7 28. Qh7 Ne6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Bf2+ 31. Kf1 Bxg3+ 32. Kg2 Bf4 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Rd6 Rd8 35. Qd5 Rxd6 36. Qxd6+ Kf7 37. b4 Rc7 38. Qxa6 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Bxe5 40. h3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Rc4+ 42. Ke3 Rxb4 43. Qc6 Bf4+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Rxa2 46. Qxb5 Be3 47. Qc6 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Ke5 49. Qb5+ Nc5 50. Qe8+ Kf4 51. Qb8+ Kf3 52. Qa8+ Kg3 53. Qa3 Rf3 54. Ke2 Ne6 55. Qe7 Nf4+ 56. Kd1 Nxh3 57. Qxg7 g4 58. Kc2 Nf4 59. Qg8 Rf1 60. Kc3 Re1 0-1 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8788 30th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1987.12.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. e4 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. a3 a6 13. e4 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qc5 19. exf6 Bxf3 20. fxg7 Rfd8 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rd2 23. Qe4 Rxf2 24. Rg1 Qh5 25. Rg2 Rf1+ {Akobian,V (2615)-Robson,R (2663) Saint Louis 2016 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3 e5 13. e4 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Nh4 exd4 16. Ng6 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxd4 Be5 19. Rdd1 c5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rfd8 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Rad1 c4 25. Ne4 Qg6 {Girones Barrios,Y (2392)-Bobkov,V (2237) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (49)}) 11... c5 12. Nxb5 $146 ({RR} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Bxf3 14. exd6 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bd5 16. Qxb5 Qxd6 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. Bc3 Bg6 23. Rfd1 Qb5 24. a4 Qxa4 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxe6+ Bf7 {Li Bo (2240)-Gong,C (2209) Hangzhou CHN 2023 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Bxf3 14. exd6 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Bd5 16. Qxb5 Qxd6 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Qd5 22. Bc3 Bg6 23. Rfd1 Qb5 24. a4 Qxa4 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxe6+ Bf7 {Li Bo (2240)-Gong,C (2209) Hangzhou CHN 2023 ½-½ (59)}) 12... Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bb8 15. f4 a6 16. Qf3 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 axb5 18. Bd6 cxd4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Rc7 Nc5 22. Rc1 Nfe4 23. Re1 Nd2 24. Qc6 Nd3 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Qc5 Ndf3+ 27. Kg2 d3 28. h3 g5 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rb7 Nd4 31. Rc1 Nxb3 32. axb3 d2 0-1 [Event "Titograd"] [Site "Titograd"] [Date "1984.12.23"] [Round "11"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1984.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. a3 a5 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Qb5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Ba7 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qc4 h6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Be6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Bh3 {Anton Guijarro,D (2690)-Firouzja,A (2785) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qf4 Qxe2 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Rd2 Qa3 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rcd1 Rae8 24. Bxb7 g6 25. Qf3 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qe2 Qd4 {Le,Q (2731)-Hamidov,A (2239) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (97)}) 16... Bh5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8 21. e3 h5 22. Qc3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg5 24. Bxg7 Qxg4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be5 Re8 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Qf6 Bd8 29. Qh6 Re6 30. Qh2 Rg6 31. Bg3 Qe2 32. Bf1 {Sipila,V (2439)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 17... h6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qd7 20. g4 Bg6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb3 26. Rc7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxe2 28. Bxb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Bc6 Rbb2 31. Rf4 Rec2 32. Re7 {Schoorl,R (2273)-Golubovic,E (2183) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (38)}) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxc8 23. Bf3 h6 24. Qd7 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qc3 27. Qf4 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Qa5 29. Qd5 Qxa2 30. Qxb7 Qc2 31. Qb5 Re6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qc4 Rb6 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rd5 Qb2 36. Rb5 Rxb5 37. Qxb5 Qc3 38. Qd5 Qb4 39. Qb7 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 f6 41. Qb5 Qe5 42. Qxe5 fxe5 43. Bd5 Be8 44. Be4+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. h4 Kd6 48. Bg8 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bc4 Bb7 52. Bf7 Bc8 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. e3 Bb7+ 55. Ke2 Ba6+ 56. Kd2 Bc8 57. Bh5 Kb4 58. Kd3 Be6 59. Ke4 Bxb3 60. Be8 Ba4 61. Bf7 Bc2+ 62. Kxe5 a4 0-1 [Event "October Revolution 50years"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hort, Vlastimil"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1967.05.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 ({RR} 11. Bb2 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h5 Re8 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Ng4 Red8 21. Bb1 Na5 22. d5 e5 23. c4 Bd6 24. f4 f6 25. fxe5 fxe5 {Kovalenko,I (2674)-Shimanov,A (2566) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (75)}) 11... Bd7 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Ba2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Bb1 Qh5 18. Qd3 Na5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. g4 Qxh4 22. Kg2 Nc6 23. f3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bc6 25. e4 Rd8 26. Qe2 {Kim,T (1863)-Patel,Z (2099) Hastings ENG 2025 0-1}) 12. d5 Na5 $146 ({RR} 12... exd5 13. Bxd5 Bf6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. c4 Rab8 16. e4 Bg4 17. Qe3 b6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Be5 21. Qh5 Rbe8 22. Rb3 Bd4 23. Qf3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qd7 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 {Petrosian,T-Hort,V Zagreb 1970 ½-½ (58)}) 13. Ba2 exd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. e4 Qe6 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Na5 21. h3 Nc4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ra1 h6 24. a4 g5 25. Bg3 h5 26. Re1 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh4 Rd2 29. Qc1 Qd7 30. Nf5 Bg5 31. Qa1 a6 32. Kh2 Qd3 33. Qc1 Kh7 34. Kg1 Qc2 35. Qa1 Bf6 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Qxf5 38. Bg3 Qc2 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Rg1 Kg5 41. Qf1 Qh7+ 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Klompendans"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "2001.11.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2547"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2001.10.23"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dautov,Rustem} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Bb6 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nh5 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Ba2 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. O-O e5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Ng5 g6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bh2) 12... b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bb1 Rac8 ({RR} 15... Rfd8) 16. Rd7 Ba8 17. Bg5) 12. Rd1 Qa5 ({RR} 12... Qb6 13. Bg5) 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Rd8 ({RR} 14... Nf6 15. Rd2 ({RR} 15. O-O Qc5 16. Qd3 Ne8) 15... Rd8 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Ne4)) 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. O-O Bd7 ({RR} 16... Nf6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Ne4) 17. Rd1 Nf6 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. b4 Nf6 ({RR} 19... Be8 20. b5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Na5 22. Bf1 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd6) 20. Nxf6+ ({RR} 20. Nc5 Be8) 20... Qxf6 21. b5 Na5 22. Bd3 h6) 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe7 ({RR} 19... h6 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qf4) 20. Ng5 Qxg5 ({RR} 20... g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. Qf4 ({RR} 22. Be2 e5 23. g4) 22... Rd8) 21. Rxd7 Rd8 ({RR} 21... Qe5 22. Qf3) 22. h4 Qf6 ({RR} 22... Qc5 23. Qxc6) 23. Rxb7 {Lautier,J (2665)-Karpov,A (2688) Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 092 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0 (43)} {RR} Rd1+ ({RR} 23... Rd2 24. Qf4) 24. Bf1 Rd2 25. f3) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O h6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Bd6 Qxc4 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rc1 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 {Prohorov,O (2086)-Vesga Izeta,M (2320) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (67)}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. Rxd8+ Bxd8 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 a6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bc7 19. Na4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bd7 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. Bf3 e5 {Moradiabadi,E (2499)-Maisuradze,N (2267) Paris 2008 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Qc5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfd1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Kg7 20. Rd4 h5 21. a4 Qc6 22. Rc4 Qd6 23. Rf4 Qe7 {Vovk,Y (2564)-Hakiki,K (2274) Shenzhen 2011 1-0 (46)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. O-O Qf6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Nc6 19. Qf5 Bxf4 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. exf4 Re8 22. Rfe1 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Re3 Re5 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Bf1 Rf5 27. b4 Ree5 28. f3 Nd8 29. Rh3 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Rc1 Ne6 32. Rh6 Re1 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Rxe6+ fxe6 35. Qg7+ Rf7 36. Qxg5+ Kd7 37. Rxe1 Qxe1 38. Kg1 a6 39. h4 d4 40. b5 d3 41. Qg6 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Rf4 43. Qh7+ Kd8 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Qh8+ Kc7 46. Qc3+ Kb6 47. g3 Rd4 48. f4 Rd5 49. Bg2 Qd4 50. Qb3+ Ka5 51. Bf3 Rb5 52. Qxe6 Qf2 53. Bg2 d2 54. Qd6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 d1=Q 56. Qc7+ Ka4 57. Qc6 Kb3 58. Qxa6 Qg1+ 59. Kh3 Qd7+ 0-1 [Event "Bratto op 18th"] [Site "Bratto"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 ({RR} 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. Qb4 Qe7 14. e4 a5 15. Qa3 b5 16. h3 b4 17. Qd3 Bxb2 18. hxg4 Bxa1 19. exd5 Rfd8 20. d6 Bf6 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxa8 Qe8 {Andreikin,D (2688)-Robson,R (2596) Moscow 2012 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 8. e3 c4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. bxc4 Bd3 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nxd5 16. Na4 Qxa4 {1-0 (16) Kalmachevskikh,L (1347)-Emelyanova,V (1686) St Petersburg RUS 2023}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc5 11. Rd1 d4 12. Nb5 Ne6 13. e3 Bf6 14. Nbxd4 Nexd4 15. exd4 Bg4 16. Be3 Qa5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Rfd8 22. d6 Ng6 {Galliamova,A-Belakovskaia,A Kramatorsk 1989 1-0 (62)}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 {½-½ (13) Fornahl,G-Lamb,H (2181) Leipzig 1999}) 10... h6 11. g4 h5 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qd2 f5 16. gxh5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Bg5 20. f4 Bf6 21. e3 Nb4 22. Kh2 Bf7 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. Re2 Kh8 25. Bg1 Qe8 26. b3 b5 27. Rg2 Bxh5 28. Bxh5 Qxh5 29. Nxb5 g5 30. fxg5 Bxg5 31. Qe2 Qh6 32. Nc3 f4 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. e4 f3 35. Qxf3 Rdf8 36. Rxd3 cxd3 37. Qxd3 Bf4+ 38. Kh1 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Rg8+ 40. Kf1 Rg3 0-1 [Event "Clermont Ferrand"] [Site "Clermont Ferrand"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lautier, Joel"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1989.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Be7 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Qc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ndxe4 g5 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Be5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Kf8 21. Re3 Nd5 22. Rf3 Be6 23. Be4 Ke7 24. Rf6 Rh8 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bxh8 {Gukesh,D (2758)-Erigaisi,A (2712) Kolkata IND 2023 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 Qa6 14. a4 Qc6 15. Qb1 g6 16. Bxg6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Nh7 20. Qh5 Re6 21. Bg3 Rh6 22. Qe2 Ndf6 23. Be5 Bf5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxf3 {Hrbek,S (2454)-Tudor,H (2434) Wijk aan Zee NED 2026 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 12... g6 13. Bh3 Bf8 14. Rae1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 b5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Be5 Bxc3 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Qxc3 Ng4 23. Bg3 a5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be5 Nh5 26. g4 f6 27. Bh2 {Rodshtein,M (2641)-Kortschnoj,V (2556) Rogaska Slatina 2011 1-0 (32)}) 13. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Bxc8 Raxc8 15. f3 Rcd8 16. Kh1 g6 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. g4 Ng7 19. Rad1 f5 20. h3 Bf6 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. Nf1 Nc8 23. Bg3 Ne7 24. Be1 Ng8 25. Qh2 Rd7 26. Bg3 Qd8 27. Bf4 g5 {Sarno,S (2390)-Tatai,S (2410) Chianciano Terme 1991 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Bxc8 Raxc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qf5 Red8 17. Nf3 Rc6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. h3 b5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Ne5 Rcc8 23. f4 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Qb2 Ne6 {Hebert,J (2400)-La Rota,F (2295) Saint John 1988 ½-½ (32)}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. e4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nh5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. g4 a6 22. g3 Qd6 23. Qd2 Na8 24. Kg2 Nc7 25. Rh1 Nb5 26. Rh2 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Kf8 28. g5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Qf6 31. Qf4 g5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rh6 Qe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf3 Rd7 36. Rdh1 Ke7 37. Rb6 Kd8 38. Rh5 Re1 39. Rh8+ Kc7 40. Rf6 Rc1 41. Rh7 Rxc3+ 42. Kf4 Rc2 43. f3 Rxa2 44. Rfxf7 Rxf7+ 45. Rxf7+ Kc6 46. Rf6+ Kb5 47. Rf7 b6 48. Ke5 a5 49. Kxd5 a4 50. f4 a3 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kf3 Re1 53. Ra7 c3 0-1 [Event "SUI-chT"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "2004.09.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Adler, Joel Arturo Manuel"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2339"] [BlackElo "2569"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2004.02.29"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bern"] [BlackTeam "Zuerich"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] 1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Rd8 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. Re1 ({RR} 15. Bb1 exd4 16. Re1 Qxc5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Ne4 {RR} Qf5 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Qc7 Bf5 24. h3 Qg6 25. Nd6 d3 26. Rcd1 Qf6 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Re3 Rad8 29. Rf3 Rd7) 15... Qd8 16. Bb1 exd4 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba2 Kh7 ({RR} 18... Bf4 19. Ne4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6) 19. Qxd4 Ne5 20. Qxd8 ({RR} 20. Qe3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxd8 22. Ne4 Bh3 23. Nd6 Bg5 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. f4 {Rapport,R (2708)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2755) Karlsruhe, Germany 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 b6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Qa4 a5 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. h3 Ba6 18. Qc2 b5 19. Ra3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rbc8 21. Rc3 b4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Bf3 e5 25. Nb3) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 Qd8 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qa4 Bxc3 15. Qxc6 Bxb2 16. Qxa8 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qc7 18. Rc2 Qb7 19. Qxb7 Bxb7 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nd2 Nb8 23. Ne4 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. f4 {Nikitenko,M (2487)-Narayanan,S (2608) Tashkent UZB 2026 ½-½ (35)}) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. e4 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. b4 Bc7 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. h3 Ne8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Bb8 20. f4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Nd1 Qe7 26. Nf2 Bxb4 {Topalov,V (2745)-Moreira Romero,J (2180) Tenerife 1997 0-1}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Rcd1 b5 15. Be2 e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qc2 b4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 cxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Qb3 Rac8 22. Nd2 e4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Qg3 Bb5 25. b3 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rd6 27. Rde1 f5 28. Re2 Kh7 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Qh3 Rg6 31. f3 Rgf6 32. g3 e3 33. f4 Kh8 34. Qh5 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 a5 36. h4 a4 37. Qf3 Qd4 38. Kh2 Bb6 39. Ree1 Rc8 40. Rd1 Qb2+ 0-1 [Event "Bad Homburg"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "1998.07.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Lobron, Eric"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1998.07.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 066"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 ({RR} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 {½-½ (20) Jurek,J (2362)-Cioara,A (2441) Aschach 2001}) 1... d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 d4 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Be3 $146 ({RR} 21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rd6 Re7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Bd4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rd7 28. Ra6 Rd2 29. Kf1 Rh2 30. h4 Kf7 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 32. Ra5 e5 33. e4 Rd2 34. Ra6+ Kf7 35. a4 Rd4 {Panin,A-Bataev,R (2254) Murom 2000 ½-½ (42)}) 21... b6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Be4 Rf7 24. Bg6 Rb7 25. Bf4 Nf7 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Ra8 Kf8 29. Bc2 g5 30. Bb8 a5 31. Ba4 Rd2 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. Bc4 Kf6 34. Ra6 Rc2 35. Bb3 Rc8 36. Ba7 Ra8 37. Ba4 Ne5 38. Bb5 Kf5 39. Kg2 Ke4 40. Be2 Kd5 41. a4 Nc6 42. Bb5 Nb4 0-1 [Event "Interpolis 11th"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1987.10.04"] [Round "13"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1987.09.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. Na4 Ng4 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Rfc8 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3 Rxc4 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4 28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 {Ivanchuk,V (2625)-Beliavsky,A (2655) Moscow 1988 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O Qc7 18. c5 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 dxe3 21. Nb6 a4 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. fxe3 Bg5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 26. Na1 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. Nc2 Rd2 30. Qe4 {Miton,K (2589)-Glud,J (2313) Aarhus 2005 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. c5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. e4 Be7 22. Qb5 Bf8 23. Rd3 Re6 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. h3 Rg6 26. Rf3 Qa8 27. a4 Qa6 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Nc1 Qxb5 30. axb5 {Jussupow,A (2600)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Montpellier 1985 ½-½ (57)}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exd4 Qh4 18. Bxg4 $146 ({RR} 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bf1 Qh5 20. Bg2 exd4 21. Nxd4 Re8+ 22. Kf1 Nxh2+ 23. Rxh2 Qxh2 24. Nxc6 Bh3 {0-1 (24) Puth,D (2185)-Doettling,F (2509) Bad Woerishofen 2001}) ({RR} 18. g3 Qf6 19. O-O exd4 20. Nb6 Bf5 21. Qd2 d3 22. Nd5 Qg6 23. Bxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qh5 25. h4 Nge5 26. Qc3 Qg4 27. Kg2 Qxc4 28. Nc5 Qg4 29. f3 Qc4 30. Rfe1 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 Rfd8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Rustemov,A (2604)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2492) Almeria 2003 ½-½ (38)}) 18... Bxg4 19. Rd2 exd4 20. O-O Rad8 21. Nac5 d3 22. Qc3 Be2 23. Re1 a4 24. Nxa4 Rfe8 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rdxe2 dxe2 27. Nc1 b5 28. Nb6 Rd1 29. Nxe2 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxe2 0-1 [Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"] [Site "Port Erin"] [Date "2004.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Williams, Simon Kim"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2427"] [BlackElo "2568"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2004.09.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. f3 Bb5 19. e4 Qh5 20. Bf2 Nc6 21. Qd2 Rfd8 {Ding,L (2805)-Karjakin,S (2750) Saint Louis 2019 ½-½}) ({RR} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. h4 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nf8 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. b3 Bc5 21. Rg4 Bxd6 {Grzesik,G (2175)-Bluebaum,M (2660) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (66)}) 7... b5 8. a4 c6 9. e4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. b3 g5 13. Bg3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qc2 Nxg3 17. fxg3 O-O 18. Kh1 c5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. d5 Bxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Nf6 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Qf2 {Zaichik,G-Lerner,K (2475) Tbilisi 1979 0-1 (40)}) 10. e5 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nbd7 13. exf6 Qa5 14. Be2 c5 15. d5 Bxd5 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. f4 b4 19. a5 b3 20. Qd2 O-O-O 21. h4 Qc6 22. Rf2 Kb7 23. Qe3 Ka8 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Rd2 Rhe8 26. Qf2 Rb7 27. h5 Reb8 28. Rb2 Rb5 29. h6 Rh8 30. Bh5 e5 31. Rd1 Rxa5 32. Rbd2 Ra2 33. Rxd5 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nxf6 35. Bf3 e4 36. Rd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 exf3 38. Bxf6 Rxh6 39. Rd8+ Kb7 40. Be7 fxg2 41. Kxg2 Rb6 42. Rd1 Kc6 43. Ra1 a5 44. Bd8 Rb5 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1988.10.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Petursson, Margeir"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1988.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Bb1 Nbd5 16. Re1 Nb4 17. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 17. Re3 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rg3 Rfc8 21. Rcc3 Ba2 22. Qc1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxb1 24. Qxb1 Nc6 25. Ng4 Kh8 26. Qc1 Qg5 27. f4 Qf5 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qe4 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 {Paduano,C (2114)-Woelk,T (2348) Cattolica 2022 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 17. Re3 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rg3 Rfc8 21. Rcc3 Ba2 22. Qc1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Bxb1 24. Qxb1 Nc6 25. Ng4 Kh8 26. Qc1 Qg5 27. f4 Qf5 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qe4 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 {Paduano,C (2114)-Woelk,T (2348) Cattolica 2022 1-0 (43)}) 17... a5 18. Re3 Rc8 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Re1 Be8 21. Rh3 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Rg3 Nc6 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Qe4 g6 27. Rd1 Nge7 28. Qe3 Qg7 29. h4 h5 30. Qf4 f6 31. Ne1 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 e5 33. Qf3 exd4 34. Nb5 Bf7 35. Nd3 Bd5 36. Qf4 Nf5 37. Rh3 Re8 38. Nc7 Re4 39. Nxd5 Rxf4 40. N3xf4 Ne5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Rb3 Qd7 43. Rb5 d3 44. Nc3 Qd4 45. Ne6 Qxh4 46. g3 Nf3+ 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Skelleftea"] [Date "1989.08.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1989.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "16"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 {'!' Bulletin.} ({RR} 10. a3 Bd6 11. e4 dxc4 12. e5 Qf4 13. Ne2 Qg4 14. h3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Be7 17. f4 Nb6 18. Kh2 f5 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Rg1 Rad8 21. Rg6 Rf7 22. Rag1 Bh4 23. Qf3 Kf8 24. Qg2 Ke7 {Radjabov,T (2748)-Balogh,C (2608) Bastia 2010 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 10. c5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. e4 Re8 13. Re1 exd4 14. exd5 Ne5 15. cxd4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bd7 18. dxc6 Qxf3 19. gxf3 bxc6 20. Re7 Rd8 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxd4 24. Rxc6 Ra4 {Khoa,G (1876)-Cogan,N (2099) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (45)}) 10... dxc4 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bxc4 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Qb3 cxd4 14. Qxb4 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Be4 Bb5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rd6 Rfc8 20. Qa5 Bc4 21. h4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Re1 Rc4 24. Qb5 Rc7 25. g3 Rac8 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Nf5 {Boersma,P (2375)-Kuijf,N Enschede 1990 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. a3 Be7 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Rd3 Ng6 19. Qe1 a5 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. g3 a4 22. Rd3 Qb8 23. Ned2 b5 24. Ba2 Qb6 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bb7 27. Ne1 {Vigh,B (2359)-Baum,B (2255) Harkany 2001 ½-½ (55)}) 13. Ne4 {'!' Bulletin.} Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. a3 Be7 17. h4 {'!' Bulletin.} Rc8 18. Nh2 Rc7 19. Ng4 Rd7 (19... Bxh4 $2 20. Nd6 Ree7 21. g3 Bg5 22. f4 $18) 20. Nef6+ {'!?' Bulletin.} gxf6 21. Nxh6+ {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Thomas Ernst in 'Sonntagszeitung Zürich'.'} (21. Rd3 $1 {Thomas Ernst publizierte in der Sonntagszeitung Zürich die folgende Analyse.} fxe5 (21... Ng6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qg4+ Kd5 26. Qxg6 Bf8 27. Re1 $18) (21... Kg7 22. Qd2 Nh7 23. Nxh6 $1 Rf8 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Rg8+ Rxg8 26. Nxf7+ Kg7 27. Bxe6 $18) (21... Rxd4 22. Rad1 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxg4 (23... c5 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Nxh6+ Kh7 26. Nxf7 $18) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Be2 Rg6 27. Qb8 $18) (21... f5 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ng6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bxe6 $18) 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ng6 25. Qh7+ Kf6 (25... Kf8 26. Bxe6 Bf6 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd6 29. dxe5+ $18) 26. Rf3+ Nf4 27. Qh6+ Kf5 28. Bd3+ e4 29. Rxf4#) 21... Kg7 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nxf7 Nf4 {'!' Bulletin.} (23... Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bxe6 $18) 24. Qh6+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rd3 fxe5 27. Qh6+ Kf7 28. Bxe6+ {Bulletin: '28.?h7+= Dauerschach'} Nxe6 29. Rf3+ Bf6 30. dxe5 Rh8 31. Rxf6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qf5 Nd4 34. Rd1 Ne2+ 0-1 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1963.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1963.08.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [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 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Ba6 Rac8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qa6 $146 ({RR} 18. Rd3 Nd6 19. e5 Nb5 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Qb4 22. h3 Nc3 23. Re1 h6 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Qg3 Rc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Nf3 Rc8 28. Qh4 Qd3 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rg4 Ne7 31. Qh5 Nf5 32. Nh4 Nxd4 {Ilic,D (2395)-Costa,J (2405) Leibnitz 1990 0-1 (54)}) 18... Nd6 19. Qd3 h6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. h3 Qb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Nxa7 Ra8 28. Nc6 Rxa2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Rb4 b5 33. Nd4 Ra4 34. Nc6 Rxb4 35. Nxb4 Ne4 36. Kg1 Ke7 37. Kf1 Kd6 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Ke3 Kxb4 40. Kxe4 Kc5 0-1 [Event "Beersheba"] [Site "Beersheba"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Shrentzel, Israel"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1988.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 009"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Rc2 Be6 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Bb8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Rxd6 Nxd1 19. Rdxd1 Rde8 20. Nd4 Bxe2 {½-½ (20) Nagy,G (2465)-Baskin,R (2442) Germany GER 2025}) 14. Qa1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Qe7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qc7 b6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Kg2 g6 27. Qe5 {½-½ (27) Biebinger,G (2330)-Goetz,R (2350) Germany 1991}) ({RR} 14. Rd2 Rad8 15. Qa1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 d4 22. Ne2 Bd5 23. Nfxd4 Ne5 24. Qd1 Qc8 25. Kh2 b6 26. Ng3 Bb7 27. Ndf5 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 f6 {Fridman,D (2639)-Rombaldoni,A (2507) Riga 2014 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 14. Rd2 Qe7 15. Qb1 Rad8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Qa1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Qf8 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. h3 Qc7 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Rc2 Bb8 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Qb2 Nb4 26. Rcc1 Rbc8 27. Nf4 Rcd8 28. Nh5 f6 {Todorovic,G (2490)-Nikcevic,N (2440) Niksic 1991 1-0 (42)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfc1 d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Na4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Bxg4 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qc3 Qe4 24. Rd2 h6 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Rcd1 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Ke2 Rc1 33. Rd2 Ra1 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ke4 a4 36. f4 axb3 37. axb3 Bxb3 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Rd6+ Be6 40. Nd4 Re1+ 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Rb6 Bd7 43. Nc6+ Bxc6+ 44. Rxc6 b4 45. Rb6 Rb1 46. Kg4 b3 47. h4 Kd7 48. h5 Kc7 49. Rb4 g6 50. hxg6 fxg6 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Kc6 53. g4 Kc5 54. Rb8 Kc4 55. Kg6 Rh1 56. Rb7 Kc3 57. Rb8 b2 58. Rc8+ Kd4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch32 Final"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1964.12.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Lein, Anatoly"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1964.12.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Bd6 19. g3 Bc8 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Qc3 f6 22. Qa5 Bh3 23. Rd4 Rb8 24. Qa4 Be5 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. Rxe4 {Souza Mendes,J-Farias,S Vitoria 1961 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bc7 14. Ba3 Bf5 15. Na4 Qd7 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bb2 Rab8 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Bd3 h6 23. Qf3 Ne4 24. a3 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Qe6 26. Qe2 {Wei Yi (2722)-Vidit,S (2712) Dubai UAE 2023 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Na4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Qg6 19. Qf3 Re4 20. h3 a5 21. Bd4 h5 22. Rfc1 a4 23. b4 Rae8 24. a3 Rh4 25. Kh1 Ree4 26. b5 {Ambartsumova,K (2385)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. g3 Re8 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bf3 Be5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bg2 Qf6 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxb2 26. Rxc6 {Hort,V-Lein,A Tbilisi 1969 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Na4 c5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qd1 Bxa4 19. bxa4 c4 20. g3 c3 21. Rc2 Red8 22. Qe2 Ba3 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 {Huang,Q (2399)-Tan,Z (2438) Xinghua 2012 ½-½ (36)}) 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Be5 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 c5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Na4 Ng7 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nb2 Qf6 25. Rd2 d4 26. Nc4 Rd5 27. Rcd1 Rg5 28. Qh3 Bf3 29. Re1 Rg4 30. Ne5 Ng5 31. Qxg4 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Qd6 33. exd4 Qf4 34. Ne3 cxd4 35. Rc2 Re8 36. Rc5 Ne4 37. f3 Nd2 38. Nd5 Rxe1 39. Nxf4 Rxf1# 0-1 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-04"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1968.12.10"] [Round "14"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D42"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1968.11.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Bei diesem Klasseturnier besiegte Kortschnoj seine unmittelbaren Konkurrenten Spassky und Larsen.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O {Meistens hat hier Schwarz schon auf d4 zwischengetauscht, aber so geht es auch.} 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf6 {Mit dieser Stellung bietet die Datenbank kaum noch Partien und die neueste ist von 1969.} ({RR} 10... b6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. d5 Ne5 16. Be2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qd6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bg2 Rfe8 21. e4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 f5 23. Re1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Re7 25. Bg2 {So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) Chess.com INT 2017 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 10... b6 11. Ra2 Bb7 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. e4 Na5 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Rd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 f6 19. Bf5 Nb3 20. Qh4 g5 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Rae8 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Qg4 {Hampel,F (2326)-Poltorak,S (2332) Germany GER 2023 0-1 (33)}) 11. Rb1 g6 12. Be4 Qc7 13. a4 $146 {Der Vormarsch des a-Bauern bringt nichts.} (13. Nd2 $5) (13. Ne1 $5) ({RR} 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. Nb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 b6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Nxd4 21. Qxd7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Qxc8 Ba6+ 24. Ke1 Rxc8 25. Rxc1 Bc3+ 26. Nd2 f5 27. Bf3 Kf7 {Furman,S-Nezhmetdinov,R Kiev 1954 1-0 (38)}) 13... b6 14. a5 $2 (14. Qe2 Bd7 $1 15. Ba3 Be7 $14 {(Kortschnoj), aber so doll wird der weiße Vorteil nicht sein.}) 14... Ba6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Re1 Ra7 {Dieser Zug wurde erst durch den Zwischentausch auf b6 ermöglicht.} 17. h4 $2 {Der zweite Vorstoß eines Randbauern ist völlig überflüssig, denn von einer Schwächung der schwarzen Königsbastion kann Weiß nur träumen. Kortschnoj sieht nach 17.?d3 immer noch eine ausgeglichene Stellung.} Na5 18. h5 Rd8 19. Nd2 Bg7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qf3 Nc4 $6 {Damit wird Weiß ein wenig entlastet; ohne den Tausch der Springer wüssten die weißen Figuren noch weniger wohin.} (21... Nb7 $1 {?} 22. Z0 Nd6 {(Kortschnoj)}) 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rd1 b5 24. Bd2 Ra2 {Weiß ist hilflos, aber Schwarz muss erst noch etwas Konkretes erarbeiten.} 25. Bc6 Qa5 26. Qg4 Bd3 27. Rbc1 Bc2 28. Re1 cxd4 29. exd4 Bxd4 30. Qg5 $2 {Erst dieser Zug verliert endgültig.} ({Nach} 30. cxd4 Qxd2 31. Bxb5 Rxd4 32. Qg3 {hätte Weiß doch immerhin ein paar praktische Chancen wegen des reduzierten Bauernmaterials.}) 30... Bxf2+ $1 $19 31. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Qxd2 Be4 $1) 32... Qxc3 33. Qxb5 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Be4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Bxe4 Rxg2+ 38. Bxg2 Qf2+ 39. Kh2 Qxg2# {Quelle: i6/614} 0-1 [Event "Bucharest Int 07th"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "1966.05.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Neamtu, Serban"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1966.04.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 {ChessBase II} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bb1 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qe5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. Rd7 Bd5 21. Rxa7 Qg5 22. Be4 Bc4 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bb1 Bd5 25. Qg3 Qf6 26. b4 Rc3 27. Qf4 Rfc8 {Herrada Blanco,M (1976)-Balabayeva,K (2383) Lima 2025 0-1}) 13... Rc8 ({RR} 13... Qd6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Ba2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a6 17. Qe2 Re8 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qe6 Bc8 24. Qc4 {1-0 (24) Mirzoev,A (2563)-Mammadov,Z (2443) Baku 2011}) 14. Qd3 g6 15. Ba2 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 15... Rc7 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. h4 Re8 18. Qe3 Rf8 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qf4 {½-½ (23) Stean,M-Kiffmeyer,C Ostend 1975}) ({RR} 15... Re8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bh6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bf6 19. c4 Ne7 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Nf5 22. Rxe8+ ({RR} 22. Bd2 Nd6) 22... Qxe8 23. d6 Qd7 ({RR} 23... Nxh6 24. d7) 24. Bf4 Rc3 25. Qe2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd4 27. Qe4 Nxf3+ 28. Kh1 Rxa3 29. Rc1 Rxa2 30. Qxf3 {Stean,M-Bohm,H Vlissingen 1975 EXT 2015 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (57)}) 16. Bf4 e5 17. Nxe5 Ngxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Ree1 Bxd4 21. Rad1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qg5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rxc3 25. Rd7 Rxa3 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Ree7 h5 28. f3 Kg7 29. Kh2 Kf6 30. Kg1 a5 31. Rec7 Rb2 0-1 [Event "Luhacovice International"] [Site "Luhacovice"] [Date "1969.05.31"] [Round "11"] [White "Kupka, Slavoj"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1969.05.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Qb1 b6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd2 g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf5 17. c4 Nc7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Rae1 Qf8 20. Qh3 Bb7 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Re4 {LCZero 0.30-dag-bord-lf_78496 (3589)-Stoofvlees II b1 (3511) tcec-chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 7... a6 8. Be2 b5 9. O-O c4 10. a4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rb1 Ra5 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 bxc4 16. Bf4 Rd5 17. Ne5 Qh4 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Rb7+ Ke8 20. Rb8+ Kd7 21. Rfb1 Bd6 22. R1b7+ {Lampos,C (1851)-Albu,R (1559) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0}) 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bf4 g6 16. Qd4 {1-0 (16) Gomez Esteban,J (2498)-Kortschnoj,V (2584) Leon 2008}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. Rf3 Be8 15. Rh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qf3 Qc3 19. Rd1 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxe5 22. Qg3 Qb2 23. Qf4 Qg7 24. e5 Rc5 {Taus,M (2165)-Vavra,P (2340) Czech Republic 1998 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Qb1 Nd7 12. e5 Nf8 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 h6 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qf4 Be8 18. Rfb1 a6 19. a4 Rd7 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Be4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc4 23. Nd2 Rcxd4 24. cxd4 Bg5 {Fraguela Gil,J-Fernandez Gonzalez,J Cienfuegos 1975 1-0 (51)}) 10... Rd8 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nf8 13. e5 Bd7 14. Be3 Ba4 15. Rdc1 Qa5 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Nh2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Ba4 22. h6 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Na4 24. Rd3 g6 25. Rad1 Qb5 26. Qb1 Qxb1 27. Rxb1 b6 28. Re3 Rc4 29. Ng4 Nxc3 30. Rxc3 Rdxd4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. f3 Kf8 33. Rd1 Ke8 34. Rd2 b5 35. Kf2 Bg5 36. Rb2 a6 37. g3 Kd7 38. f4 Be7 39. Rd2+ Kc7 40. Ke2 g5 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. gxf4 a5 0-1 [Event "NED-chT"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Krudde, Fitzgerald"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2235"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Michel,Paul} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 ({RR} 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bc4 a5 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Qf3 Ba8 20. Qg3 Bh4 21. Qh3 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Qg3 Nc3 26. Re1 Ne4 {Mamedyarov,S (2791)-Kezin,R (2455) Sochi 2017 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. e4 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Bh4 Rfc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. h4 Kg7 26. e5 Nh7 {Gontcharov,V (2421)-Nguyen,L (2073) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (48)}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. e5 Nd7 ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh3 cxd4) 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Be3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Ke2 Rd5 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Bb6 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Kd7 26. g3 h5 27. Rc5 {½-½ (27) Makogonov,V-Freiman,S Leningrad 1934}) ({RR} 13. e5 Nd5 14. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5) 15. Nxd4 Be7 ({RR} 15... g6) 16. Qg4 Kf8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qg3 Rd8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qg3 g5 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Re1 Ke7 24. Be4 Rc8 25. Rcd1 Rhd8 26. Qf3 ({RR} 26. h4 Rg8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nf5+ exf5 29. Rxd5) 26... Qxe5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Andersen,E-Bogoljubow,E Bad Nauheim 1935 HCL [Michel,Paul] ½-½ (46)}) 13... cxd4 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 O-O 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Be4 Ra7 19. Rxd4 Qa5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bh6 Nxe5 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qd6 Bg5 27. Qxd7 Bxh6 28. Bb7 b3 29. g3 Qe5 30. Bxa6 Qxb2 31. Bd3 Bd2 32. Qb5 Be1 33. Be2 Qd4 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Bd2 37. Bd1 b2 38. Bc2 Kf6 39. Kg2 Bxf4 40. a5 Bb8 41. a6 Kg5 42. Kf3 Kh4 43. Kg2 Kg4 44. Bb1 Ba7 45. Bc2 f5 46. Bb1 e5 0-1 [Event "Interzonal-14c"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Barlov, Dragan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1987.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "CBM 004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Be2 a6 (12... c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Qc2 (15. Rfe1 Ne6 $13) 15... Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7 $13) 13. O-O Qd6 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. Bf3 c6 16. e4 $146 (16. Bg4 Bd8 $8 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 $13) ({RR} 16. Nd3 a5 17. Rc1 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Bc4 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. b3 Ba6 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Nd3 g6 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh4+ 28. Qh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bxd3 {0-1 (29) Liszka,Z (2320)-Okrucinski,T (2285) Poraj 1997}) ({RR} 16. Nc2 Bd8 17. e4 Bc7 18. g3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bg2 g6 21. Ne3 b5 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Ng4 Kg7 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qc1 g5 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Ne3 f5 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5 30. Qxc6 Ra7 {Djokic,N (2215)-Ivanovic,M (2240) Belgrade SRB 2024 ½-½ (44)}) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 $8 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qxb6 $18) 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Ne3 (19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 $14) 19... Nf6 20. Ng3 Rab8 21. Nc4 (21. Ngf5 c5 (21... Bf8 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 c5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qg3 g6 $13) 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Nf5 Ree8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Qc2 Qe5 $13) 21... b5 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nd3 Rbd8 24. Qc3 Nd5 25. Qc2 (25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Rfe1 $14) 25... Bc8 26. Nc5 g6 27. Nce4 Be7 28. a3 Nf4 29. Rfe1 h5 $2 (29... Nd5 $5) 30. d5 $1 $18 Qb6 (30... Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Bxd5 $18) (30... Rxd5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 $18) 31. dxc6 Bg4 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. c7 Rc8 34. Rd7 (34. Nd6 $142 $1 Rxc7 (34... Bxd6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. c8=Q $18) 35. Qe4 Bxd6 (35... Rd8 36. Nxf7 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Kxf7 38. Qxf4+ $18) 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qd8 Bc5 38. Ne4 Be7 39. Qd2 Ne6 40. b4 $18) 34... Ne6 35. Rc1 $2 (35. Qd1 $142 Rxc7 (35... f5 36. Nd6 $18) 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qxg4 $16) 35... f5 $1 36. Nd2 $2 (36. Rxe7 $142 Rxe7 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Nd5 Rexc7 39. Nxc7 Rxc7 40. Qd1 Rxc1 41. Qxc1 Nd4 42. Qd2 $10) 36... Nc5 37. Rd5 Rxc7 38. Re1 $4 (38. Qd1 $8 Bf6 39. b4 Ne6 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Nb3 Nf4 42. Rc5 Qb7 43. f3 gxf3 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 Re3 46. Rc6 Rxb3 47. Rxf6 Rxa3 $17) 38... Ne4 $19 39. Qd1 Nxf2 40. Qe2 Nd3+ 0-1 [Event "Antwerp"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Winants, Luc"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1993.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "CBM 037"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rad1 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Ng3 c4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 c3 23. Bxc3 Ba3 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Qxc4 {Rozum,I (2602)-Bocharov,D (2581) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 ½-½ (44)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qb1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxd7 Bd8 20. Rxa7 Bb6 21. Ra6 Bc7 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Ra7 c4 24. h3 c3 25. Bc1 Bb8 26. Rb7 Rfe8 27. a4 Be4 {Miton,K (2622)-Beikert,G (2436) Belfort 2012 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Ne2 Rc7 17. Nf4 h6 18. h4 Nb6 19. Be5 Bd6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Bh3 a5 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf4 Bc6 26. g3 a4 27. Bg2 axb3 {Larchikov,M (2216)-Nguyen,L (2073) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (72)}) 13... Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e4 d4 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Na3 Ng4 18. Nc4 f5 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Nfd2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nb6 23. Bd3 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Bd6 25. Qc2 Rce8 26. Bc1 Bf4 27. Ba3 Qc7 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. Bc1 Bxc1 30. Rfxc1 Re7 31. Rf1 Rfe8 32. Rb5 Qc7 33. Qd2 a6 34. Rbb1 Ne4 35. Qc2 g6 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Qb3 Re2 38. h4 Qf7 39. Qa4 d3 40. Rbd1 d2 41. Qa5 Qxc4 42. g3 Qd4 43. Rb1 Rf8 0-1 [Event "Albert m"] [Site "Albert"] [Date "1997.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1997.09.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 061"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Postny,Evgeny Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 (7. g3 {Tsesarsky} O-O 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bg2 exd5 12. Nxd5 c6 13. Rd1 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Bc5 $17 {Yarovik,Y-Krivko,Y/RUS-Cup3 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky]/½-½ (52)}) (7. Qd3 {Tsesarsky} Nc6 8. O-O-O Nb4 9. Qb1 c5 10. e3 O-O 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bg5+ 13. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. h4 Qf4 16. g3 Qf6 $15 {1-0 Veingold,A-Petrosian,A/Lvov URS sf 1984 (30)}) (7. Qb3 {Tsesarsky} c6 8. O-O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 a5 11. e4 a4 12. Qc2 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Tilburg cqf 1986 (38)}) ({RR} 7. e3) 7... dxc4 (7... Nc6 {Tsesarsky} 8. Rd1 O-O 9. e4 (9. e3 $5) 9... dxe4 (9... dxc4 10. e5 Nb4 11. Qe4 Be7 12. Bxc4 Bd7 $1 13. a3 $1 (13. Qxb7 Bc6 $19) (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bb3 Qa5+ $17) 13... Bc6 14. d5 exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe8 18. O-O c6 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 $11 (21. Qxd3 Qc8 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rd8 $15)) 10. Qxe4 g6 11. Ne5 (11. h4 Bg7 12. g3 Qd6 $11 (12... f5 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. Rd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. a3 Na6 17. Nb5 f4 18. gxf4 Bxb2 19. Rg1 Rf6 (19... Bc1 20. Rxg6+ Kf7 21. Bd3 $16) 20. Ke2 $16)) 11... Ne7 12. f4 c5 (12... Qd6 $11) 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qe3 Nf5 15. Qf2 b6 $1 $132 {½-½ Quinteros,M-Hjartarson,J/New York op 1984/MCD-op (29)}) (7... c6 {Tsesarsky} 8. e4 dxe4 (8... O-O $5 9. e5 Be7 10. Rd1 b6 11. Be2 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Ba6 $15) (11. b3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Na6 $1 $132) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe4 Nb4 15. O-O $14) 9. Qxe4 c5 10. O-O-O Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nd7 12. Be2 (12. h4 $5) 12... O-O 13. h4 $132) 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 (12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Ne4 Rb8 15. Qa6 Qe7 $44) 12... cxd4 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Bd3 g6 $15 {0-1 Pisulinski,J-Gizynski,T/POL-chT Lubniewice 1994 (25)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. dxc5) 8. e3 (8. O-O-O {Tsesarsky} a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. h4 Be7 13. Rh3 O-O $6 (13... Nc6 $17) 14. Ne4 Nc6 (14... Qd5 15. Neg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qe4 $19) 15. a3 (15. Neg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. Bxc4 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Rg8 $19) 15... b4 16. Bxc4 bxa3 17. Neg5 $1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Re8 $8 20. Rdh1 Kf8 $8 21. Bxa6 $3 (21. Qb3 $4 Ke7 22. Rd1 $4 (22. Qxb7 $132) 22... a5 $2 {0-1 Bradbury,N-Wells,P/London Lloyds 1985/MCL 05 (39)} (22... Rb8 $19)) 21... Qxd4 22. Bxb7 Reb8 23. Rb3 $1 $18 (23. Rxa3 $2 Rxa3 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Rxb8 Qb4 26. Ra8 Qe1+ 27. Qc1 Qe4+ 28. Qc2 Qe1+ $11)) ({RR} 8. O-O-O a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. h4 Be7) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bxc4 (10. Nd2 {Tsesarsky} Nd7 $11) 10... Qxc5 11. Ne4 Qa5+ ({RR} 11... Qb4+ 12. Nfd2 Nd7 13. Bb3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc7 Bd8 16. Qf4) 12. Ke2 $5 (12. Nfd2 Be7 (12... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. O-O O-O $11) 13. Bb5+ Nd7 $11 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bxd7 $2 (15. Qa4 $142) 15... Bxd7 16. Qc7 Bb4 $1 $17) 12... Be7 13. g4 $146 (13. Rhd1 $5) (13. Rhd1 {Tsesarsky} O-O 14. Rac1 Nd7 $11) ({RR} 13. Rhd1 O-O 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Ba4 16. Bb3 Qb5+ 17. Ke1 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 a5 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. b5 a4 21. Qc4 Bf6 22. Rac1 Be7 23. Ke2 Bxa3 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Be7 {Zhao,X (2549)-Mkrtchian,L (2449) Batumi 2012 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 13. Rhc1 Bd7 14. Qc3 Qxc3 15. Rxc3 Nc6 16. a3 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 18. Rc2 Ke7 19. Nb3 Rhd8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rac1 Na5 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bd3 b6 24. b4 bxc5 25. bxa5 e5 26. Nd2 e4 27. Bc4 Bd7 {Wang,Y (2739)-Carlsen,M (2776) Linares 2009 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3 a6 15. Rhd1 Nd7 16. Ne4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rad1 ({RR} 20. Rdd1) 20... Rhd8 21. R6d4 ({RR} 21. R6d2 Rac8 22. Ne1) 21... Rac8 22. Ne1 a5 23. f3 ({RR} 23. R4d2 b4) 23... Rc7 24. e4 Rdc8 25. a3 g5 26. Ke3 Ne5 27. R4d2 Ba6 {Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Topalov,V (2757) Linares 2005 CBM 106 [Postny,Evgeny] 0-1 (38)} {RR} 28. Nd3 Nc4+ 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Ne5 c3 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Ng4+ Kg7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. b4 c2 35. Rc1) 13... Nd7 $6 (13... Bd7 $142 $1 14. Rad1 (14. g5 $5 hxg5 15. Rhg1 Bb5 16. Nexg5 Bxc4+ 17. Qxc4 Nc6 18. Rad1 Rd8 $11) (14. a3 {Tsesarsky} Bc6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Ne5 (16. Rhd1 a5 $15) 16... Nd7 (16... O-O 17. h4 a5 18. g5 axb4 19. gxh6 b3 20. Qb2 Bxe4 21. Nd7 $18) 17. Nxc6 (17. Nxf7 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Kxf7 $19) 17... Qxc6 $11) 14... Bc6 $11) 14. a3 $1 Nf6 (14... O-O $1 {Tsesarsky} 15. b4 (15. g5 $2 hxg5 16. Rag1 Qf5 17. Nfxg5 Ne5 $17) (15. h4 b5 16. Ba2 (16. Nd4 Ne5 $1 17. Bxb5 Ba6 $1 $17) 16... b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 $17) 15... Qc7 16. Qb3 (16. h4 b5 17. Bd3 Qxc2+ 18. Bxc2 a5 $15) (16. Rac1 a5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 Nf6 $17) 16... a5 17. Rac1 axb4 18. axb4 (18. Bxe6 Qd8 $1 $17) 18... Qb6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nexg5 Qxb4 (20... Nf6 21. b5 Ra3 22. Qb1 Bd7 $15) 21. Bxe6 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 b6 23. Rhd1 (23. Rc7 Bd8 $15) 23... Ba6+ 24. Bc4 Nc5 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. h4 $15) 15. Ned2 $2 (15. b4 $142 Qb6 16. Ne5 Bd7 (16... Nd7 17. Qc3 Qc7 $2 18. Nxf7 $18) 17. Qd3 Bc6 (17... Ba4 $6 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Qg6+ $40) 18. Nxc6 bxc6 $14) (15. Nxf6+ {Tsesarsky} Bxf6 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Rhd1 (18. h4 Rc8 19. Nd2 (19. g5 Rxc4 $19) 19... Bb5 $15) 18... Rc8 $15) 15... Bd7 (15... O-O $5 {Tsesarsky} 16. Nb3 (16. Rhg1 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 $17) 16... Qc7 $15) (15... Nxg4 {Tsesarsky} 16. Rag1 (16. Rhg1 Qh5 $15) 16... Qh5 17. h3 Ne5 18. Rxg7 Bd7 19. Qc3 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bc6 21. Rg3 O-O-O 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Ncxe5 Bb5+ 24. Ke1 Rh7 $15) 16. Rhg1 (16. h3 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 17. b4 $15) 16... Rc8 (16... Nd5 $2) 17. Qb3 $6 (17. Qd3 $11) (17. g5 {Tsesarsky} hxg5 18. Rxg5 b5 $1 19. Qd3 Nd5 (19... bxc4 20. Qxd7+ $8 Nxd7 21. Rxa5 Rc7 $11) 20. Rxd5 $8 exd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qxb5+ (22. Bxb5+ Kf8 23. Qb7 Bd6 24. Ng5 Rb8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Qf3+ Ke7 $17) 22... Qxb5 23. Bxb5+ Kf8 $17) 17... Qb6 (17... Ne4 $1 18. Rac1 (18. Nxe4 Rxc4 $17) 18... Nd6 19. Bd3 O-O $15) (17... Qa4 {Tsesarsky} 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Rac1 $11) 18. Qxb6 $11 (18. Qd3 $5 $13) 18... axb6 19. Ne5 Ba4 (19... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 20. Rac1 (20. b3 {Tsesarsky} Bd6 21. Ndf3 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. bxa4 Bxh2 23. Rg2 Bd6 $11) 21... b5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. bxa4 bxa4 24. Rab1 O-O (24... Bxa3 25. Rxb7 $14) 25. g5 hxg5 (25... Ne4 26. gxh6 Nc3+ 27. Ke1 Rc7 28. Rc1 $16) 26. Rxb7 $132) 20... Bd6 21. Ndf3 (21. Bxe6 $2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 (22. Bxf7+ Kd8 23. Rxc1 Bxe5 $17) 22... Bxe5 23. Rc8+ Ke7 24. Rxh8 Kxe6 $17) 21... Ke7 22. h4 (22. h3 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 22... Rhd8 (22... h5 $5 23. g5 Ng4) 23. g5 (23. b3 {Tsesarsky} Bc6 24. a4 $11) 23... Nd7 (23... hxg5 $1 {Tsesarsky} 24. Nxf7 (24. hxg5 Ne4 25. b3 (25. g6 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rd2+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kf3 f5 $19) 27... Rd5 $1 28. Nxf7 b5 $19) 25... Be8 26. a4 Ba3 27. Rc2 b5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rg4 Nd6 $15) (24. Rxg5 g6 $15) 24... Kxf7 25. Nxg5+ Ke7 26. Nxe6 Rxc4 $1 27. Rxc4 Bb5 28. Nxd8 Bxc4+ 29. Kd1 Kxd8 30. Rxg7 Bd5 $19) 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Bd3 (25. gxh6 {Tsesarsky} gxh6 26. Bd3 $11) 25... Rdc7 26. Rxc7+ Rxc7 27. Nd4 (27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Rg7 Rc1 29. Rh7 Rh1 30. Bg6 Bb5+ 31. Kd2 Be8 $11) 27... Be5 (27... hxg5 $1 {Tsesarsky} 28. hxg5 Be5 29. Rg4 (29. Rh1 $11) 29... Bc6 $11) (27... Bc6 {Tsesarsky} 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Rg7 $14) 28. Rg4 Bd7 29. Re4 (29. gxh6 {Tsesarsky} gxh6 30. Rg8 $132) 29... f6 $6 (29... Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc5 $11) 30. gxh6 (30. f4 {Tsesarsky} Bxd4 31. Rxd4 hxg5 32. hxg5 Rc5 $11) 30... gxh6 31. f4 (31. Rg4 $1 $14) 31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc5 $11 (32... Be8 {Tsesarsky} 33. Rb4 $14) 33. Rb4 b5 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Rd4+ Kc7 36. Be4 Bc6 37. Bxc6 (37. Bd3 $142) (37. Bg6 $11 {Tsesarsky}) 37... Rc2+ (37... bxc6 {Tsesarsky} 38. Rd2 Rc1 $15) 38. Kf3 bxc6 39. b4 Rc3 $15 40. f5 $1 (40. Rd2 $6 $17 {Tsesarsky} Rxa3 41. Rg2 f5 $1 (41... Rb3 42. Rg6 Rxb4 43. Rxf6 Rc4 (43... Kd7 44. Rxh6 Rb1 $132) 44. Rxe6 b4 45. Re4 Rxe4 46. Kxe4 c5 47. Kd3 b3 48. e4 c4+ 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. h5 Kc5 51. f5 Kd6 52. f6 Ke6 53. e5 $11) (41... Kd6 42. Rd2+ $1 (42. Rg6 $2 f5 43. Rxh6 Rb3 44. Rh8 Rxb4 45. h5 Rb1 (45... Ke7 46. h6 Kf7 47. Re8 $16) 46. Kg2 Ke7 (46... Rb2+ 47. Kg3 Ra2 (47... Rb1 48. Kg2 $11 (48. h6 Rh1 49. h7 Kc5 50. Kg2 Rh6 51. Kf3 b4 $17)) 48. h6 Ra7 49. Kh4 $16) (46... Ra1 47. h6 Ra7 48. Kg3 Kc5 49. Kh4 b4 50. Rb8 Kc4 51. Kh5 c5 52. Kg6 b3 53. h7 Rxh7 54. Kxh7 Kc3 55. Kg6 c4 56. Kf6 Kb2 $19) 47. h6 Kf7 48. Re8 Kg6 49. Rxe6+ Kh7 50. Rxc6 $16) 42... Ke7 43. Rc2) 42. h5 $1 (42. Rg6 Kd6 43. Rxh6 Rb3 44. Rh8 Rxb4 45. h5 Rb1 $19) 42... Kd6 43. Rd2+ Ke7 44. Rc2 Rb3 45. Rxc6 Rxb4 46. Rb6 Rb1 47. Ke2 (47. Rb7+ Kd6 48. Rh7 b4 $19) 47... b4 48. Kd3 Kf6 $17) 40... exf5 (40... e5 $2 {Tsesarsky} 41. Rg4 $13) 41. Kf4 (41. Rf4 $5) 41... Rxa3 42. Kxf5 $4 (42. h5 $142 $1 c5 $1 (42... Rc3 43. Kxf5 Rxe3 44. Kg6 $1 f5 45. Kxh6 Re4 46. Rd1 Rxb4 47. Kg5 $11) 43. Rd5 (43. bxc5 $2 Ra4 $19) 43... Rc3 44. Rxf5 $8 {!} cxb4 45. Rxb5 b3 46. e4 $1 Kc6 47. Rb8 Kc5 48. Kf5 Rf3+ 49. Kg6 $11) 42... Rxe3 43. Kxf6 (43. Kg6 Rc3 44. h5 Rc4 45. Rd1 Rxb4 46. Kxh6 Rg4 $17) 43... Rc3 44. Ke5 (44. Kg6 {Tsesarsky} Rc4 $19) 44... h5 45. Re4 (45. Rf4 Kb6 46. Rd4 (46. Rf5 {Tsesarsky} Rc4 47. Rxh5 Rxb4 $19) 46... c5 47. Rd6+ Kc7 48. Rd5 cxb4 49. Rxb5 Rc4 $17) 45... c5 46. Kd5 (46. bxc5 {Tsesarsky} Rxc5+ 47. Kf6 (47. Kd4 Rc4+ $19) 47... Kb6 $19) 46... cxb4 47. Rxb4 Kb6 48. Kd4 Rc5 49. Rb1 Rc4+ 50. Kd3 Rxh4 51. Kc3 Rc4+ 52. Kb3 h4 53. Rg1 Rc6 54. Rg5 Rh6 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Winants, Luc"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 {Shipov,Sergei} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. e3) 7... Nd7 ({RR} 7... a5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Qf4) 8. g3 Qe7 ({RR} 8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 a5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qc4 Re8 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Rb8 22. Ncb3 Ra8 23. Nc5 {Bu Xiangzhi (2694)-Wei Yi (2722) Shaoxing CHN 2023 ½-½ (68)}) ({RR} 8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qe7 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qa2 a6 16. b4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qb3 Ba8 20. Qa4 cxd4 21. exd4 Qd6 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Qxd7 {Barria Zuniga,D (2341)-Weetik,V (2423) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Bg2 Qb4 ({RR} 10... g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. e3 e5 14. Ne4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Qc5) 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Rc1) 11... Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Ne5 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 O-O) 10. O-O-O ({RR} 10. d5 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+) ({RR} 10. Bg2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Qxd4 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Nf6 ({RR} 13... Qxb2) 14. O-O-O Be6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. Kc2 Bd6 19. Nd3 O-O) 10... Be7 ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8) 11. Ne4 ({RR} 11. Bh3 Nb6) ({RR} 11. Bg2 exd4 12. Ne4 Qg6) 11... Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kb1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bh3 ({RR} 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3) 15... Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nf5 Rcd8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ ({RR} 21. e4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qb4 23. Qe2) 21... Bxd8 22. a3 ({RR} 22. e4 Qe1+) 22... Qd5 23. e4 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Dreev,A (2650) Yalta 1995 CBM 047 Extra [Shipov,Sergei] ½-½ (33)}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qb4+ 11. Ke2 Qxb3 12. axb3 f5 13. Nc3 g5 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. Rad1 Kf7 16. Rhe1 Rd8 17. h3 b6 18. Ne5+ Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb7 20. f4 Bf8 21. Rf1 Kg6 22. Nb5 cxb5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 {Shulman,Y (2616)-Leitao,R (2601) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 ½-½}) 9... exd5 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Be6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. b4 Bd6 16. a4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. b5 Qa5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qd1 Rfc8 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nc3 25. Nf4 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. e3 Be4 28. Ne5 Bd6 29. Nf3 Rb2 30. Nd4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 a5 32. f3 Bd3 33. Rec1 Rc4 34. Ra3 Ne2+ 35. Nxe2 Bxe2 36. Rcc3 Kf8 37. e4 Ke7 38. exd5 Kd6 39. Re3 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Bf1+ 0-1 [Event "Antwerp op"] [Site "Antwerp"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Claesen, Pieter"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1995.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 ({RR} 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. Nh4 Be6 9. e3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. a3 g6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bh4 f6 15. O-O Rae8 16. b4 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. Ne5 f4 19. Qd1 Ng7 20. exf4 gxf4 {0-1 (20) Har Zvi,R (2513)-Sarana,A (2649) Lichess.org INT 2021}) 7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. b4 $146 ({RR} 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bb4 Bxb4+ 14. Qxb4 Rae8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Nc5 Re7 18. Qa3 a6 19. Nb3 Rfe8 20. Nbd2 Ng4 21. Bf1 Re6 22. h3 Nf6 23. b4 Qe7 {Podgaets,M-Nikolaevsky,Y Kiev 1968 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. f4 Nf8 16. g4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. b3 h5 19. gxh5 Bxh3 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. Ng2 Nh7 22. Be1 Nf6 23. Re2 Bg4 {Shaidullin,A (2047)-Kezin,R (2486) Ufa RUS 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Qb3 Be7 11. Bb4 O-O 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Rab8 15. O-O Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Ne1 Qh4 18. g3 Qg5 19. Ng2 Re6 20. f4 Qh6 21. g4 Qh3 22. g5 h6 23. Nc3 hxg5 {Abolianin,A (2280)-Van der Vorm,T (2405) Antwerp 1995 0-1}) 9... Nf6 10. e3 Ne4 11. b5 Ba3 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. O-O Bg4 18. Bc1 Bd6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Qxc6 Qe6 21. Bb5 Ndf6 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. f4 Bh5 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Rb3 Qe6 26. Nc4 a4 27. Rb2 a3 28. Rb3 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 dxc4 30. Re5 Qd7 31. Qxc4+ Bf7 32. Qd3 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Ne4 34. Bxa3 Rc8 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 18th"] [Site "Kallithea"] [Date "2002.09.23"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2626"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2002.09.22"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 092"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"] [BlackTeam "St Petersburg"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ng5 $5 {This move is more or less a novelty. Up to now white played here 11.?g5, ?d2 or ?e2.} h6 12. Ne4 Qa5 13. b3 N5b6 {The well-known maneouvre - white knights controlling the square c5 must be eliminated.} 14. Nac5 $146 ({RR} 14. Bd2 Nxa4 15. bxa4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Rfc8 21. f3 a6 22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bd3 Rc5 25. O-O Rd5 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rf2 Bc4 28. h3 Rb5 {Vishnu,P (2416)-Sasikiran,K (2585) Tsaghkadzor ARM 2023 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 14. Bd2 Nxa4 15. bxa4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Rfc8 21. f3 a6 22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bd3 Rc5 25. O-O Rd5 26. Bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rf2 Bc4 28. h3 Rb5 {Vishnu,P (2416)-Sasikiran,K (2585) Tsaghkadzor ARM 2023 ½-½ (32)}) 14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 {An alternative was} (15... Bxc5 $5 16. Qg3 Bd4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qd5) 16. Qg3 Nxc5 17. Nd2 $6 {Too optimistic. After} (17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Rg8 19. Bb2 {or ?e3 white would have had full compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 17... Qd8 $1 {The move hinders normal development of white pieces - in case of a natural 18.?b2 black would simplify the position by} (17... Qd8 18. Bb2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Ne4+ {[%CAl Re4d2,Re4g3]}) 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qe4+ 20. Qe3 {Or 20.?e2 0-0-0 21.f3 ?d3 22.?f1 ?f5?} (20. Be2 O-O-O 21. f3 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 Qd5 $17) 20... Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 a5 {In an opening|s skirmish black won a pawn. But the position is still unclear - black pawns on the queen side are blockaded, some pieces, like ?b7 and ?c5, are misplaced. Obviously, black is going to play a5-a4. In order to prevent it white had to continue now 22.?d4 or 22.?b6 with a position, still difficult for an evaluation...} 22. Rc1 $2 (22. Bd4) (22. Nb6) 22... a4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. bxa4 {24.?d4? ab-+} (24. Bd4 $2 axb3 $19) 24... Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Rxa4 26. Bc4 Ra5 27. Kf2 Ba6 28. Bb3 Bb5 {Certainly c6-c5 had to be considered. But I disliked the following line:} (28... c5 29. a3 $1 Be7 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Rc7 Bd8 32. Ra7 O-O 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Bd3 35. Bd4 {- the white pieces look extremely active!}) 29. Bd4 Be7 30. Rhd1 O-O 31. Bc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rfa8 33. Rd4 {White forces his opponent to sacrifice an exchange, what turns out to be very strong. It is true, after some indifferent move like 33.Kg3 black would continue ?a4,still with good winning chances.} Rxa2+ 34. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 Rb2 $17 36. Rc1 b3 37. Rb4 Rc2 38. Ra1 Bc4 39. h4 {Immediate 39.e4, in order to prevent a set-up ?d5+c6-c5-c4-c3, was more stubborn.} c5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. e4 Kg6 42. Ra7 Rc3+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bc2+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kf4 Kh5 46. Rg8 b2 $19) 45... Rg3 $19) 43... Bd3 44. h5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf7 Bxe4 46. Rxg7 c4 47. Rb4 Rc2 48. Kh3 Bg6 $19 49. Rgb7 Kg5 50. Kg3 Be4 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1983.01.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1983.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O c5 ({RR} 6... O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 {Azevedo,E (1860)-Da Costa,C (1520) Florianopolis BRA 2024 1-0 (40)}) 7. c4 ({RR} 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. a4 d5 11. a5 Nd7 12. Na3 Bc6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Nxa6 Rfa8 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. f3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 c4 21. e4 Rxa6 {Rodriguez Vargas,O (2485)-Rechlis,G (2515) Thessaloniki 1988 ½-½ (32)}) 7... h6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. h3 g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Be4 Qc8 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 g4 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Rae1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4+ {Dvinskikh,L (2008)-Popyvanov,D Kirov 2013 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bb1 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. d5 g6 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Ng5 b5 17. b3 h6 18. Nge4 N6h7 19. cxb5 Bxd5 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 {Majul Martinez,I (2099)-Gutierrez Olivares,D (2167) Vecindario 2010 ½-½}) 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Be4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Rcd1 Bd4 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Nf4 Red8 21. h4 g6 22. h5 g5 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bf5 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. e4 Nc7 30. Nh2 Ne8 31. Ng4 Nf6 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxh6+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Bxg7 35. exd5 exd5 36. Nf5 d4 37. Rfe1 c4 38. h6 Bf6 39. h7 c3 40. Re6 Kf7 41. Rc6 d3 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. h8=Q+ Rxh8 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Ne7+ Kf7 46. Rxf6+ Kxe7 47. Rf3 Rh6 48. Rfxd3 c2 49. Re1+ Re6 50. Rf1 Rb1 51. Rc3 Ree1 0-1 [Event "Ostrava"] [Site "Ostrava"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Danner, Georg"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 042"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. e5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Bxd3 $146 ({RR} 20. Nd1 O-O-O 21. b3 Qf7 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qe1 Kb8 24. Bd2 {½-½ (24) Bratchenko,A (2342)-Galkin,A (2507) Novgorod 1999}) ({RR} 20. Nd1 O-O-O 21. Ne1 Nxe1 22. Qxe1 Qc6 23. Qe2 h5 24. Nc3 Rd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Qd1 b4 28. Nb1 Qd5 29. Qf3 Qd4 {0-1 (29) Kachar,V (2363)-Yagupov,I (2466) St Petersburg 2002}) 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 O-O 25. Nd4 Rad8 26. h4 Qe7 27. Kg1 b4 28. Nce2 Qxh4 29. Rf1 Qg4 30. Rf2 Rf7 31. f5 Rfd7 32. fxe6 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. e7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxe7 37. Qb3+ Rd5 38. Re2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Kh7 0-1