[Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2509"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. c4 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nc3 Nhf6 14. Rad1 a6 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Nc2 Kf8 17. Re2 Rdc8 18. Nd4 g5 19. f3 Rab8 20. g3 Rc5 21. Kg2 b6 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Red2 Ng6 25. Nc2 Nd7 26. Ne2 Rbc8 27. Ne3 h5 28. Bd4 Rb7 29. Rf1 Ke8 30. f4 Nc5 31. Nc3 Nd7 32. Ne2 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. f5 Ne5 35. h3 Rb8 36. g4 h4 37. Nd4 Kd7 38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. Kxf3 Bf6 40. Rfd1 Be5 41. Nc2 Bf4 42. Re2 Ra5 43. Nb4 Bg3 44. a4 Rc8 45. Nd3 Ke7 46. Kg2 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. b4 Ra3 49. cxb5 Rb8 50. Rc2 Rxb5 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. fxe6 Kxe6 53. Rd2 Rb8 54. e5 Bxe5 55. Nxe5 dxe5 56. Rc6+ Ke7 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "Golod,V"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Nf3 (9. Bd3 $5 {[%CAl Gg1e2] Is the main line.}) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 { [%mdl 4]} ({Other alternatives are:} 10. Nd2 $5 {See comments to Ivanchuk, V-Adams,M/ Linares,1999/CBM 70(0-1)(Golod,V)(40)}) ({and} 10. Bd3 $5) 10... c5 (10... h6 $143 11. Bh4 $140 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd2 $14 {Hillarp Persson,T-Ochsner,T/Copenhagen, 1997(1-0)(41)}) 11. dxc5 { It's a principal decision,differently it is not possible to struglle for advantage:} (11. Qb3 Qc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. b5 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rab1 a6 17. a4 Ne4 $13 {Vasilescu,L-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest,1999 (0-1)(44)}) 11... bxc5 12. b5 (12. Bd3 $143 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 d4 $11 {Alterman,B-Har Zvi,R/Tel Aviv,1996(1/2-1/2) (25)}) 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 $5 {Besides,black has several options:} (13... d5 $5 14. O-O (14. Rd1 $5) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Hoang Than Trang-Gonzalez Garcia,J/ Budapest,1997(16)}) ({and} 13... Qb6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qc2 f5 $13) 15... Bxe4 16. Nd2 $14 Bg6 (16... Bb7 17. a4 a5 18. e4 Rfe8 19. f3 $14 { Arlandi,E-Agopov,M/Batumi,1999(1-0)(46)}) 17. a4 {See comments to Dreev, A-Zvjaginsev,V/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63(1-0)(Finkel,A)(34)}) ({and} 13... h6 $5 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {Krush,I-Levitt,J/London,1999(0-1)(33)}) 14. O-O ({Dubious:} 14. a4 {in view of:} axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qa8 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O h6 (18... Be4 $1 $15 {Finkel,A}) 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. Nd2 g5 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Kf1 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Be2 d5 26. Nb3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Leitao,R-Milos,G/Sao Paulo,1999}) 14... axb5 15. cxb5 Bxf3 $146 (15... Ra4 { (was checked in the previous game.)} 16. Bc2 Ra5 17. Rfd1 Rxb5 18. Rxd6 $13 { Mariano,E-Aagaard,J/Groningen,1998(0-1) (46)}) 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ra4 { [%csl Ya4][%CAl Ga4h4] With help of this move black blocks white pawn(a3) and also rook can join in the game on 4-th horisontally.} ({Much worse is:} 17... Ne4 18. Qxe5 (18. Bxd8 $4 Nxc3 $19 {[%csl Rd8,Re2]}) 18... Nxg5 19. Qg3 $13) ( 17... h6 $5 18. Bh4 {+/=/=} (18. f4 $143 Ned7 (18... Ne4 $6 19. Qxe5 Nxg5 20. Qb2 $14) 19. Bh4 Ne4 20. Qc4 Qxh4 21. Qxe4 d5 $13)) 18. f4 ({Possibly it would be a little better:} 18. Qc2 Qa8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 {+/=/=}) 18... Ned7 19. Bd1 { However white is drawing (a4).} Ra5 20. a4 Qa8 21. Bc2 Qf3 22. Qxa5 {Making this move Gabriel is agreed for draw,though from my opinion he could be continueing the game:} (22. Rfd1 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 $14) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2444"] [Annotator "Hecht,H"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nh2 Bc8 18. g4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Qd6 21. Nf3 a5 22. Ne5 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. Bh4 Raa8 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Bg3 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qe6 29. Rf6 Rxf6 30. exf6 Ng8 31. Re1 Qxf6 32. Rf1 Qe6 33. Qf3 g5 34. Be5 h5 35. Qf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rxc7 hxg4 38. hxg4 {[#] Schlechter Springer und König sowie etliche Bauernschwächen ergeben einen klaren Verlust für Schwarz.} b5 39. Rc5 b4 40. Rxd5 bxc3 41. Rd6+ Kh7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rc7 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Rd4d5,Rd5d6,Ge5f6,Gc7e7]} Ne7 {Schwarz wählt ein Ende mit Schrecken.} (44... Kg6 $142 45. d5 Re8 46. Bxc3 Ne7 47. d6 Nd5 48. Rg7+ Kh6 49. d7 Rb8 50. Bd4 a4 51. a3 Rd8 52. Kf2 Rf8+ 53. Kg3 Rb8 54. Kf3 Rd8 55. Ke4 Nf4 56. Bf6 Ne6 57. Kd5 Rb8 58. Kxe6 Rb6+ 59. Kf7 Rxf6+ 60. Ke7 $18) 45. Rxe7 Rc8 46. Bc7 $1 c2 47. Re6+ 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. Be3 a6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be2 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nf6 17. a4 Ne4 18. Qb4 Bf6 19. Bf3 Bd4 20. Bxe4 Bc5 21. Qd2 Re8 22. O-O-O Rxe4 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. b3 b5 25. Nb2 h6 26. Nd3 Ba3+ 27. Kb1 hxg5 28. b4 a5 29. Rhe1 Bxb4 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Rxe4 fxe4 32. Qxb4 bxa4 33. Qxd6 Qb5+ 34. Ka1 Rb8 35. Qa3 e3 36. d6 e2 37. Re1 Be6 38. Qc3 a3 39. Qxa3 Qd5 40. c4 Qd4+ 41. Ka2 Bxc4+ 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Bezold, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2508"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. g4 h6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Qb8 17. a4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qa7 19. Rb1 Qb6 20. Ba1 Bc8 21. Nc2 Rf8 22. b4 Qc7 23. Ne3 Ne8 24. b5 Bg5 25. b6 Qe7 26. Nf1 Nf6 27. Nd2 Bf4 28. Qd3 d5 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Nf3 Bb8 31. e3 Rfe8 32. Ne2 Ne4 33. Qd4 f6 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Be6 36. Qd3 Bf7 37. Nd4 Qd6 38. Nf3 Ne5 39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Bb4 Qf6 41. Qf5 Qc6 42. Rdc1 Qxa4 43. g5 Be6 44. Qg6 Bf7 45. Qf5 Be6 46. Qg6 hxg5 47. Qxg5 Qd7 48. Rd1 Bf7 49. Bc3 Qc6 50. Ba1 Rd6 51. Kh1 Rg6 52. Qh4 e4 53. Bd4 Qd6 54. Qf4 Qe7 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Bezold, Michael"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2508"] [BlackElo "2417"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Rb1 a6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nf2 h5 18. b4 Rfe8 19. a4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Nxb4 Rbc8 22. Nxa6 e5 23. Rb1 exf4 24. Rxb6 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qe7 26. Nb4 Qe5 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Nd5 Ra8 30. a5 Kh8 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. Rh1 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rd8 35. g4 f5 36. Qh4 Rad7 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. Nc5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 40. Ne4 Ra8 41. Qg3 Kh7 42. Rc1 Rxa5 43. Rc7 Qf5 44. Qh4 Ra2 45. Ng3 Qe5 46. Re7 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2444"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nf3 Bb4 17. Rc2 e5 18. Rdc1 e4 19. Ne1 Rcd8 20. Qd1 d4 21. exd4 e3 22. Bf3 Nb6 23. Re2 exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd7 25. Ne4 Nbd5 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. a3 Ba5 28. b4 Bc7 29. Ne4 Qb6 30. Rc5 Nh5 31. Kg1 Nhf4 32. Rf2 Kh8 33. Nd2 Qe6 34. Be4 f5 35. Bf3 b6 36. Rc1 b5 37. Nb3 Qd6 38. Nc5 Ne2+ 39. Rxe2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Bg3 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Gabriel, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2578"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. a4 Ngf6 7. f3 $6 {I don't think that after 6.a4 this move looks like the most reasonable option for white,because now it becomes quiet problematic to find safe shelter for the white king.} (7. h3 $5 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rad8 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bh6 b5 $132 {Santo Roman,M-McNab,C/Moscow olm 1994}) 7... O-O (7... Qa5 $5 8. g4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Nge2 Nf8 12. Qd6 Ne6 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $13 {Fluvia Poyatos,J-Rocha,S/VI Aceimar Open 1999}) 8. Nge2 (8. Nh3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nf2 Be6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. exd5 cxd5 $13 { Schmidt Schaeffer,S-Mohr,S/SUI-chT 1996}) (8. Bc4 $6 d5 9. exd5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5+ $132 {Perez-Shchekachev,A/Gran Canaria op 1993}) 8... e5 9. h4 (9. g4 d5 $5 10. g5 Nh5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 $132) 9... Nb6 $6 (9... d5 $5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf4 Nc4 $13) 10. Ng3 exd4 (10... h5 11. a5 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Bc4 Bf8 $11) 11... Nbd7 12. d5 Qc7 13. Bc4 $14) 11. Bxd4 d5 12. a5 Nbd7 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nce2 $14 {[%CAl Gd2c3,Ga1d1]}) 13. exd5 Re8+ 14. Be2 cxd5 15. h5 $6 {White doesn't believe in himself!After} (15. Nxd5 $1 Ne5 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Qc7 17. Kf2 Kxg7 18. Qxd5 Qxc2 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rac1 Qb3 21. Bc4 $1 $18) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. c3 Qc6 18. Kf2 $16 {he is just a pawn up with solid position.}) 15... Ne5 $132 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qf4 $6 {Losing precious time,because queen has nothing to do on f4.} Nc6 18. Bf2 d4 (18... Nxa5 $5) 19. Nce4 Nd5 20. Qd2 f5 (20... Ne3 $5) 21. Ng5 Ne3 $15 {It's not so hard to see that black is now in charge of situation,but the position remains extremly complicated.} 22. f4 Qd5 $6 (22... Nxg2+ 23. Kf1 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Bc4+ Kf8 $17) 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Nf1 Re7 (24... Qxg2 25. Rh2 Qg1 26. Nf3 $16 ) 25. Kf2 d3 $5 26. Bxd3 Bxb2 27. Ra4 Qc5+ 28. Ne3 Bd4 $4 {Forgetting for a moment that black king is exposed and needs protection!} (28... Bc3 29. Bc4+ ( 29. Qc1 Nxa5 $17) 29... Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Bd7 32. Ra3 $13) 29. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 30. Bc4+ 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Hecht,H"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Na4 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf2 Nd5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qxb2 16. Rd1 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rad8 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Qf3 cxd5 20. Kc1 d4 21. Nb1 Re6 22. Rd3 Rde8 23. Rhd1 c5 24. Rb3 Qa5 25. Qxb7 Re1 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kb2 c4 28. Ra3 a5 29. Qb5 c3+ 30. Nxc3 dxc3+ 31. Rxc3 h6 32. a4 Rd8 33. g3 g6 34. Rc7 Rd1 35. Qe5 Qb4+ 36. Ka2 Qxa4+ 37. Kb2 Qb4+ 38. Ka2 Qa4+ 39. Kb2 Qa1+ 40. Kb3 Rb1+ 41. Kc4 Rb4+ 42. Kd3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 44. Rd7 Qxd7 45. Qxb8+ Kh7 46. c4 a4 47. Qa8 Qe7+ 48. Kd4 a3 49. c5 Qf6+ 50. Kd3 Qf5+ 51. Kd4 Qf6+ 52. Kd3 Qb2 53. c6 a2 54. c7 a1=Q 55. Qxa1 Qxa1 56. c8=Q Qd1+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2+ 60. Kf3 Qg1 61. Qc7 Qh1+ 62. Kf2 Qd5 63. Qe7 Kg7 64. Qa7 h5 65. Qc7 Qf5 66. Kg2 Qg4 67. Qc3+ Kg8 68. Qd3 h4 69. Qd8+ Kg7 70. Qxh4 Qxh4 71. gxh4 {[#] Die Stellung ist beliebig remis; fast .....!} Kf6 72. Kg3 Kf5 73. Kf3 f6 74. Kg3 Ke4 $4 {[%mdl 12288]} (74... g5 $11) (74... Ke6 $11) 75. Kg4 $22 f5+ (75... Kd5 76. f5 $18) 76. Kg5 Ke3 77. Kxg6 Kxf4 78. h5 Kg3 79. Kxf5 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Wells, Peter K"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 Bf5 10. Ba3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 $14) 12. Rc1 h6 $6 (12... Rc8 $1) 13. Ne5 Nc7 (13... Rc8 14. g4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bxe4 17. f3 f6 18. Nc6 bxc6 19. Bxa6 $18) (13... g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. Rxf4 $14) 14. g4 Be6 (14... Bd7 15. f4 $16) 15. f4 $1 {Black has already weakened g6 pawn with 12...h6?!, so the white's plan of f5 is even stronger.} Nce8 ( 15... Rc8 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Bd7 18. Bd3 $16) 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Bc8 (17... Bd7 18. Bd3 $16) 18. Bd3 h5 (18... Nd6 19. Qf3 $16) 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. Rg2+ Ng7 ( 20... Kh8 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Kh1 b6 $2 (22... Rb8 23. Rfg1 $16) 23. Rg6 $5 {Wells already had various ways to Rome, he choses refreshing combination of coming closer to the black king.} (23. Nc6 Qc7 24. Bb5 Re8 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Bb7 27. Qxf7 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. f6 $18) 23... fxg6 ( 23... Kh7 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nxd5 Qxc6 27. Bb5 Qb7 (27... Qc2 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Bxf8 $18) 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Bc6 $18) 24. Bxe7 Qc7 (24... Qe8 25. Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Bxf8 Qxe3 27. Bd6 $18) 25. Nb5 Qxe7 (25... Qb7 26. Nd6 Qc7 27. Ndf7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. fxg6+ Kxh6 31. Qxf6 $18) 26. Nxg6+ Kh7 27. Nxe7 Re8 (27... Ba6 28. Qg3 $18) 28. Qg3 $1 {The attack is irresistable, black king was not open without a vision.} (28. Nxd5 $18) 28... Rxe7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Qxf6 Rxe3 31. Qxh6 (31. Qxh6 Rxd3 32. Rg1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2509"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Nd4 b6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qe4 Rd7 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Ne4 Rc7 22. Nxd6 Be7 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. b3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. g3 g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 b4 29. Kh2 Rc5 30. Ne4 Ra5 31. Rc1 Rba8 32. Rc7 Ng6 33. Rdd7 Kf8 34. Nd4 Rh5 35. Ng3 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 Rg4 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Kf3 Rg5 39. Ke2 h5 40. Ne4 Rf5 41. Kf1 Rd5 42. Rxd5 exd5 43. Nxe7 Nxe7 44. Nf6 Rd8 45. Nxh5 d4 46. e4 d3 47. Rc1 Ng6 48. Rd1 Ke7 49. Ke1 Ke6 50. Kd2 Rh8 51. Ng3 Ne5 52. Rf1 Ra8 53. Ra1 Rc8 54. f4 Rc2+ 55. Ke3 Rg2 56. fxe5 Rxg3+ 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Black "Bezold, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2508"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 f6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Be4 Qf7 13. O-O Nd8 14. Bd2 c6 15. Bd3 Qg8 16. h3 Be6 17. c4 Re8 18. Rae1 Nf7 19. Nh4 Nh6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bc3 f5 22. Nf3 Nf7 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. a4 Bh6 25. Bb1 Bg7 26. Ba2 Nd8 27. b4 a6 28. Ng5 h6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 Ng5 32. d6 Qf8 33. Bd2 exd6 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. e6 Rdd8 36. Bd5 Re7 37. Kh1 Be5 38. Rc1 Rh7 39. Kg1 Bd4+ 40. Kh2 Be5+ 41. Kg1 Bd4+ 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Rc4 Be5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2417"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "Gofshtein,L"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f3 (10. f4 Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 (12. f5 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman, A-Hracek,Z/Erevan 1996/CBM 53 (25)}) 12... Qc7 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch]/1-0 (43)}) (10... O-O 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Nd6 $16 {Svidler,P-Lugovoi,A/St Petersburg-ch 1997/CBM 58/1-0 (62)}) 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Be2 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Rd8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd2 Re8 18. Bxd6 Rxe4 19. Bf3 Re8 $14 { Priehoda,V-Demeter,P/SVK-ch Bardejov 1981/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 16... Kf8 17. Rxd2 Kxe7 18. Bf3 $16) (10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Qc7 13. f4 Rd8 14. f5 e5 15. Qd3 $132 {Righi,E-Nasser/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (33)}) 10... b5 ( 10... Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Qd2 O-O (12... Bb7 13. Bf4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 $11 {Khalifman } (14... Rc8 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Kb1 d5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Rd8 19. Bh3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nc5 21. Qe2 O-O 22. b3 Qb5 $5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bg2 f5 25. Rxd8 (25. gxf6 $2 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Khalifman,A/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/(49)}) 25... Rxd8 26. Re1 $11 {Khalifman})) 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. h4 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Bg2 b4 17. Nd4 a5 18. Be3 (18. h5 a4 19. Be3 Nd7 (19... d5 20. g5 Nd7 21. g6 $36) 20. g5 Ne5 21. b3 $132 {1-0 Anand,V-Pelletier,Y/Biel 1997/CBM 60/ (37)}) 18... Nd7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nxd6 $16 {1-0 Kolev,A-Campos Moreno,J/Zaragoza 1998 (41)}) 11. Kb1 (11. h4 Bb7 (11... Qc7 12. g4 Rb8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Qd2 e5 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 g6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 $132 {0-1 Baron Rodriguez,J-Damljanovic,B/ Zaragoza 1998 (50)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bb5 20. f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Uribe,M/ Oropesa del Mar ESP 1998 (64)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bd3 (13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bf4 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. fxe4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Henriques, S-Fernando,D/Honra POR 1998 (21)}) 13... Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. h5 h6 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bh4 Bxh4 18. Rxh4 Rfd8 19. Rhh1 Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Ne2 e5 $15 {0-1 Filipenko Alexander V-Yakovich Yuri/Ch Russia (club) Azov (Russia) (6) 1996 (29)}) 11... Qa5 $6 (11... Bb7 $132) 12. e5 $6 (12. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Ra7 14. e5 $16) 13. f4 $14) 12... dxe5 13. Qxe5 Bb7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 Qa5 (15... Qc6 16. Nxb5 Rc8 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Na7 $16) 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bc4 $5 {At white there is no advantage} O-O $2 $16 {Coming across in the prepared trap...} (18... Nd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Bb3 Rd8 $132) (18... Rc8 19. Bb3 O-O 20. Rd3 (20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Bb6 Qb4 23. Rd4 Rc6 24. Qe2 Rxb6 25. Rxb4 Bxb4 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. Rhd1 (21. Bxe6 $2 Rxd3 (21... fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Bb6 Qb4 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rd1 $14) 22. Bxc8 (22. cxd3 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19) 22... Bd6 $3 23. Qf5 ( 23. Qg5 Rxc3 24. Bxb7 (24. Bd2 Bd5 25. a3 b4 $19) 24... h6 $18) 23... Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bd5 $19) 21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc7 $11) {[%tqu "En","?","","","c4e6","",10]} 19. Bxe6 $1 Bb4 (19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bb6 Qb4 22. Rd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb4]}) 20. Bb3 (20. Nd5 $144 $5 fxe6 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rae8 22. Qf4 $16) 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bc5 $16) 20... Rfe8 (20... Rae8 21. Qd4 Rd8 22. Qa7 $16) 21. Qf4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 (22... Rac8 23. Bd4 $16) 23. Bd4 Qb4 (23... Qc6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rd7 $16) 24. a3 $1 Nd5 $2 $18 ({Much better was} 24... Qf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Qe7 27. Qf4 $16) 25. Qg5 $1 (25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. axb4 $16) 25... Nc3+ 26. Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rd7 h6 (27... Bc6 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Bxe8 $18) 28. Qh5 {[%csl Rf7]} Bc6 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Bxe8 Bxd7 31. Bxd7 b4 (31... Qxa3 32. Be6 $18) 32. Qa5 Qd4 33. Be6 bxa3 34. Qxa3 a5 35. Ka2 Qe5 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 a4 38. Rb1 Qd5+ 39. Ka1 Qd4+ 40. Rb2 Re8 41. Qb4 Qd5 42. Qc4 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Rab1 Bc6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qc8+ Qd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Blatny, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2476"] [Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%mdl 160]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 {The main idea of this moves order - do not play first Nc3, so after dxc4 and Bxc4 b7-b5 black can't play b5-d4 and attack Nc3.} Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 ( 9. a4 Bb7 10. e4 b4 (10... c5 11. Bg5 c4 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. d5 Bc5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Shipov, S-Zontakh,A/St.Petersburg op2 1994 (24)}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Qg4 h5 ( 13... Qb6 $2 14. Nd2 h5 15. Qe4 (15. Qf3 Bxg5 16. Nc4 Qxd4 17. Nd6+ Kd8 $13) 15... c5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7] 1-0 Kharitonov,A-Kimpinsky,F/ Berliner Sommer 1995 (27)}) 14. Qg3 h4 15. Qg4 Nf8 16. Nf3 h3 17. Qxg7 hxg2 18. Qxh8 gxf1=Q+ 19. Bxf1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bg5 Qb6 22. Bh4 Ne3 $44) 9... c5 ( 9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ng5 Be7 (11... h6 12. Qh5 hxg5 13. Qxh8 Qb6 14. Be3 Nxe5 15. Be4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Romanishin,O-Klovan,Y/USSR (ch) 1975/Inf 21 (48)}) 12. Qh5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qb6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bandza-Cerneanu/10.Wuerzburger op (2/13) 1994/Inf 02 (43)}) ( 9... Be7 10. a4 Bb7 11. Bg5 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nb6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Ba3 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Ge4d6] 1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Lienhard,D/Baden-Baden 1993 (37)}) 11... O-O (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. e5 $1 (13. axb5 $2 cxb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Zagorskis,D-Sokolov,A/Berliner Sommer ,EXT 1994 (23)}) 13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nc3 b4 (15... c5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. bxa6 $16) 16. a5 Qc7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Qd2 c5 19. Rfc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxb4 $16) 12. Nbd2 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxb5 cxd4 18. Qa4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nenadovic,L-Raicevic,M/ Belgrade GMA 1988 (49)}) (9... h6 10. Re1 Be7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nb3 b4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Petrov,J-Radeljic,M/ CRO-chT Makarska ,EXT 1994 (23)}) 10. a4 $5 $146 (10. e5 $5 Nd5 11. Nc3 (11. Ng5 $6 Be7 12. Qh5 (12. Qg4 cxd4 13. Re1 (13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Bxh7 Nc5 (15... Qc7 $17) 16. Qg4 Bb7 (16... Kd7 17. Qxd4 $15 {0-1 Vadasz,L-Tompa,J/ Ungarn-ch 1977/Inf 24 (22)}) 17. Bh6 Rh8 18. Bg7 Kd7 $19) 13... h5 14. Qg3 Nc5 $17) (12. Nxh7 g6 13. Nf6+ N7xf6 14. exf6 Bxf6) 12... g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 cxd4 15. Bxg6 Nxe5 16. Bh5 h6 17. f4 hxg5 18. fxe5 Rh7 19. Qf3 Ra7 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Bxf4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxh5 24. Bg3 Rc7 25. a4 Bc5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra8 Rc8 28. Qb7 {1-0 Barcza,G-Bely,M/HUN ch 1954 (28)}) (11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 Nc5 16. Bb1 Nf4 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg3 Nd5 $15 {1-0 Szabo,Z-Videki,S/Balatonbereny op SZT 1995 (35)}) 11... Bb7 $132) (10. d5 Qc7 (10... Nb6 11. Re1 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rd1 Qc7 $11 { 1-0 Kurki,M-Paakkonen,T/cr SF 1993 (36)}) 11... exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bxb5+ Kf8 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Bc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kochiyev Alexander-Pakkanen,J/ Kuopio Finland 1995 (42)}) (10... e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 c4 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Bb1 Nc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Guimard,C-Najdorf,M/New York Wer mem(2) 1951 (55)}) (10... c4 11. dxe6 (11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 Bc5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rf1 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Shishkov, A-Kelly,B/ch World cadets (under 1994 (26)}) 11... fxe6 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ng5 Ke8 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxh7 Nxe5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. b3 Ncd3 $11 { 1-0 Loeffler,S-Kroeze,F/Leeuwarden NED-ch-un 1994 (35)}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nfd4 b3 19. Bb1 Kf7 20. Qe2 Ne5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gallego,V-Oms,J/Barcelona UGA 1994 (24)}) 10... c4 $6 {This move make White center stronger} (10... Bb7 $142 $5 {[%csl Re4]} 11. Nbd2 $5 (11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bxb5 Bxe4 14. Nbd2 Bd5 $11) (11. Bg5 cxd4 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 $11) 11... c4 (11... cxd4 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qa4 $14) 12. Bc2 Be7 { And if we'll compare this position with position in this game after some moves, we'll see - white Nb1 placed on d2 and Ng5 afteer e4-e5 is impossible}) 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. e5 (12. Qe2 $5) 12... Nd5 13. Ng5 $1 {If Pd4 not attacked - this move is asked.} Be7 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 $14 {[%csl Yc2,Yg5]} Qb6 16. Nc3 $2 (16. axb5 Qxd4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 Bxa6 19. Ba4 {[%csl Rf7][%CAl Ga4d7]} Rf8 20. Re1 (20. Qe2 Nb4 (20... Qd3 21. Qxd3 cxd3 22. Nd2 h6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 Ke7 $11 ) 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 $11) (20. Qxh7 Qxe5 $15) 20... h6 21. Bc1 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nd3 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 N3xe5 25. Bc5 {[%csl Re5,Rf8]} Nd3 26. Bxf8 Nxe1 27. Bxg7 Nd3 28. Nd1 h5 $14) 16... Nxc3 $2 $14 (16... Qxd4 17. Rad1 (17. axb5 Nxe5 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 $15) 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Ba4+ Kf8 $17) 17... Qxe5 18. Rfe1 N5f6 $1 {Maybe this move was not evaluated properly by White} (18... Qd6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 {[%csl Rd5]} N7b6 21. Nxb5 $16) 19. Qh4 Qc5 {And white had to prove compensation for 2P}) 17. bxc3 Qc6 18. Qh3 Nb6 ( 18... h6 19. axb5 (19. Be3 $14) 19... axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Ra1 Bb7 22. Bc1 O-O 23. Qg4 (23. Qg3 Kh8 24. f3 Qb6 25. Qh4 Nxe5 26. Bxh6 Nd3 27. Be3+ Kg8 28. Qe7 Bd5 $14) 23... Kh8 $14) 19. f4 $5 {White want more than +/= !} (19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bc1 (22. f3 Nd5 23. Bd2 O-O $14) 22... O-O $14) 19... h6 20. Rf2 Rg8 $2 $16 {It was neseccary to accept pawn sacrifice} ( 20... Nxa4 $1 21. Bh4 (21. f5 Nxc3 $19) (21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. Bh4 $132 (22. f5 exf5 (22... O-O 23. Be7 (23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 (24. f6 Kh7 $19) 24... exf5 $17 {[%CAl Gc6g6]})) 23. Qxf5 Qd5 $132)) 21... Nb6 22. f5 Nd5 $44) 21. Bh4 { [%CAl Gf4f5]} (21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Bh4 {[%CAl Gf4f5]} g6 $14) 21... g6 {[%csl Yf5]} (21... Nxa4 {Too late} 22. f5 Nb6 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Bf5 ( 24. Qxe6+ fxe6 25. Bg6+ Kd7 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Re7 Nd5 28. Rxe6+ Kc7 29. Be4 a5 ( 29... g5 30. Be1 $14 {[%csl Ye6,Rh6]}) 30. Rf1 Raf8 $15 {[%csl Yd5][%CAl Gb5b4] }) 24... Qc6 (24... Qd5 25. e6 f6 26. Qg3 $18 {[%CAl Gg3c7]}) 25. e6 f6 26. Qg4 $16 {[%CAl Gf5h7,Gg4g6]}) 22. Bf6 h5 (22... Nd5 23. Be4 $16) (22... Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Qxh6 $16) 23. Qg3 Kd7 {King has gone to take a walk...} (23... Nxa4 24. Bxa4 bxa4 25. Rfa2 $16 {[%csl Re8,Yf6]} (25. f5 exf5 26. Rxf5 Qxg2+ $1 $17)) 24. Bh4 Nd5 (24... Nxa4 25. Bxa4 bxa4 26. Rfa2 $16) 25. Be4 Qc7 (25... Qb6 26. Rb2 Rgb8 (26... Nxc3 27. Bxb7 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Qxd4+ 29. Qe3 $18) 27. Qg5 $16) 26. Rb2 Bc6 27. Qg5 Nxc3 $2 $18 {After this move position of black collapses as the card house...} (27... Rgb8 $6 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 (30. Qe7+ Kc6 31. Rxa8 (31. Qc5+ Kd7 32. Rxa8 Qxc5 (32... Bxa8 33. Qe7+ Kc6 34. d5+ exd5 35. Qf6+ Kc5 (35... Kd7 36. Qxf7+ $18) 36. Bf2+ d4 37. Bxd4+ Kd5 38. Bf2 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) 33. Rxb8 Qa3 34. R8xb5 Qxc3 $19) 31... Qxe7 32. Ra6+ Kb7 33. Bxe7 Kxa6 34. Bc5 Ra8 $11) 30... Bxa8 (30... Rxa8 31. Qe7+ Kc6 ( 31... Kc8 32. Qe8+ Kb7 33. Qxb5+ Kc8 34. Qe8+ $18) 32. Qc5+ Kd7 33. Qxb5+ Qc6 34. Qb4 Kc7 35. h3 $22 (35. Qe7+ Qd7) 35... Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Be7 Be4 38. Bd6+ Kc8 39. Bb8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc8][%CAl Gb4f8]}) 31. Qe7+ Kc6 32. d5+ $1 $18) (27... bxa4 $1 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 (28... exd5 29. e6+ $1 Kc8 30. Qf6 $16) 29. Rxa4 $16) 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. axb5 Nxb5 ({little bit better was} 30... axb5 31. Rc1 Nd5 (31... Ra2 32. Rxa2 Nxa2 33. Ra1 c3 (33... Nc3 34. Qxf7 Rh8 ( 34... Re8 35. Be7 {[%CAl Ga1a8]} (35. Ra8+ Qxa8 36. Qxe8+ Kb7 37. Qd7+ Kb8 38. Be1 Qa1 39. Kf1 Qd1 $11) 35... Na4 36. Bd6 c3 (36... h4 37. h3 $18 (37. Qxg6 h3 38. gxh3 $18)) 37. Qxg6 $18)))) 31. Qxf7 Re8 (31... Rh8 32. Bf6 $18) 32. Bf2 ( 32. Qxg6 Nxd4 33. Rb6 Qxb6 34. Qxe8+ Kb7 35. Qd7+ Kb8 36. Bf2 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 $18) 32... h4 33. h3 (33. Rb4 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Re8][%CAl Gb4c4]} Nc7 34. Bxh4 $18) 33... Qd7 34. Qxg6 Kb7 35. d5 $1 c3 (35... Qxd5 36. Qf7+ $18) (35... exd5 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Rxb5 $18) 36. Rb4 Rac8 37. Rxb5+ Qxb5 (37... axb5 38. Ra7+ $18) 38. Rb1 c2 39. Rxb5+ axb5 40. Be3 c1=Q+ 41. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. dxe6 Raa1 44. Qh7+ Kb6 45. Qxh4 b4 46. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Bezold, Michael"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2508"] [BlackElo "2444"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 h6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bc1 b5 18. Nd3 a5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. Qc2 b4 22. cxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2509"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. d4 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. a5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bc7 14. Qb4 Nf6 15. f4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 17. Qa3 Ra8 18. Ne2 Rb8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Qb3 Nf6 21. Bb4 Ne4 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Qa3 c5 24. Rfd1 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Bg4 26. Re1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 cxd4 28. Rxd4 Qc7 29. Red2 Rbc8 30. Rd7 Qc4 31. h3 Qb5 32. Kh2 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2417"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Nf1 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. g3 Qc7 19. Kf1 Qb6 20. Ba4 c4 21. dxc4 dxe4 22. Nd4 Ke7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Kg2 c5 25. Nb3 Qc6 26. Na5 Qc7 27. Nb3 Qc6 28. Rad1 Rd3 29. Rxd3 exd3+ 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. g4 Re5 32. Rd1 f5 33. Rxd3 Qa6 34. Qd1 Qxc4 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. f4 Rd5 37. g5+ Nxg5 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Nd2 Qxa2 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Qe2 Kf7 43. Ng5+ Kf6 44. h4 Qa6 45. Qe8 Qb7 46. Kg3 Qc7+ 47. Kh3 Qe7 48. Qc6+ 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "Huebner,R"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 $6 { Es gibt keinen Grund, mit dem in jedem Falle nötigen} (7. Bxc4 {zu warten.}) 7... Qa5 8. Qd2 $6 (8. Qb1 {ist immerhin besser. Dafür gibt es ein Vorbild:} Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bxc4 Bc5 12. Qa2 O-O 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Qc5 15. Rhe1 Nb4 16. Qb3 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Rab8 19. Na3 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Qc3 Kf8 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Rg5 Re8 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. b3 a5 31. e5 Ne8 32. Qxc5+ Rxc5 33. Rd7 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Nxc7 35. Kc2 {1-0 Lipinsky,F-Forchert,M/Germany 1998/EXT 99 (35). Natürlich zwingt auch in dieser Partie der Aufbau, den Weiß wählte, kein ehrfürchtiges Staunen ab.}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. dxe5 $2 (10. Bxc4 Rd8 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nb4 13. O-O {bot meines Erachtens bessere Aussichten, ungeschunden davonzukommen.}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. f4 Ndc5 ({Noch überzeugender war vielleicht die Fortsetzung} 12... Nac5 13. Bxc4 Qb4 14. Be2 Nb3 15. Qb1 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 Bc5 {, aber anscheinend genügt der Textzug zum Gewinn.}) 13. Bxc4 Qb4 14. Bxa6 Nb3 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qb1 Nxa1 17. Qxa1 Qa6 { Der König des Weißen findet nun keinen Schlupfwinkel.} 18. Rg1 Bb4 19. Rxg7 Qd3 20. Bxa7 {Weiß hat keine konstruktiven Züge; er muß daher zu destruktiven greifen.} Qxe4+ 21. Kf1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 c5 23. Bb6 Rd2 24. Qe1 Qh1+ 25. Rg1 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Wells, Peter K"] [Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2476"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Wells,P"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 $6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Na4 $5 Bd6 {[%CAl Ge7g6,Gd6e5,Gd6e7]} 8. h4 $1 {I like this move. Since the advance .. .f5 involves definite risks, black's only real hope to co-ordinate his awkwardly placed minor pieces rests on playing ...Ng6 followed by ...Be5 or ... Be7. The text predicts this, and offers excellent prospects of keeping black tied up.} O-O (8... f5 $6 9. Qd4 fxe4 10. Qxg7 Ng6 11. Bg5 (11. h5 Be5 $14) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 $16 (12. h5 Bxg5 13. hxg6 Qf6 $1 14. Rxh7 Qxg7 15. Rxg7 { is tempting but offers more counterplay.})) 9. h5 {[%csl Rg7][%CAl Yh5h6]} h6 $8 {[%CAl Gf7f5]} 10. g4 $1 {[%csl Yf5]} Re8 11. Be3 {A classicist at heart, I felt it was about time to develop some pieces.} Kh8 12. Bd3 (12. g5 $1 { Every 'chessical' bone in miy body told me ( and continues to tell me ) that this is the right move. It was, also, unsurprisingly the one my opponent was most afraid of. What was more difficult was to find a good follow-up after} Ng8 13. gxh6 (13. Qd4 hxg5 14. h6 Qf6 15. hxg7+ Kxg7 {seems quite OK for black.}) ( 13. Qd2 Rxe4 14. Nc3 Rxe3+ $5 15. Qxe3 Qxg5) (13. Bd3 $5 {see note to the next move.}) 13... Nxh6 14. Bd3 {This modest approach, or perhaps} (14. Bg2 $5 Qf6 15. Qd2) 14... Qf6 15. Qd2 {looks best. I am still surprised that white does not have something more punchy, although the knight on a4, and the consequence that the e-pawn is so often en prise, is of course a drawback.}) (12. Bc4 { I also considered at some length. Eventually I couldn't feel enthusiastic for} Ng8 13. Bxf7 Rxe4 14. Nc3 Re7 (14... Bb4 15. Bg6 Re7) 15. Bg6 Be5 {when I also found the white position a bit loose.}) 12... Ng8 13. Qd2 (13. g5 {Again it is difficult to make the 'violent' things work.} hxg5 14. Qd2 Be7 (14... Nf6 15. h6 Nxe4 16. hxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Bf4 19. Rdg1 $40) 15. O-O-O (15. h6 Nxh6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Rdg1 dxe4 18. Rxg5 exd3 (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bxh6 exd3 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qh6+) 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ Kg6 {is not correct. }) 15... d5 16. h6 (16. e5) 16... Nxh6 17. Bd4 Bf6 {and black defends.}) 13... Bf8 $1 (13... Nf6 $2 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. gxh6 Rxa4 $140 17. hxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bd4+ Rxd4 (18... Kh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Bg7+ Ke8 22. Bh6 $18) 19. Qxd4+ $16 {gives white a very strong attack. Black has very sensibly built up some kind of a defence of h6 while preparing to strike in the centre, and should maintain it.}) 14. O-O-O (14. g5 d5 15. f3 $5 $14) 14... d5 15. exd5 $6 {Such a moment in the game, when the initiative is clearly slipping presents very severe psychological problems. Simply,} (15. f3 $5 dxe4 $140 16. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {retains a strong initiative.}) 15... Bxg4 16. Rdg1 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 $15 18. Rh4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Qc8 20. Rf4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe6 22. Re4 { This was one of those games where each player played their best chess in the difficult moments. White's harrying of the black queen has just about secured sufficient compensation.} Qh3 23. Qc4 $1 Qxh5 ({In the event of} 23... Rxe4 { I had the geometrically rather attractive} 24. Nxe4 Qxh5 25. Ng5 $1 hxg5 26. Qxc6 $18 {[%CAl Yc6a8,Yc6h1,Yg1h1] in mind. After the text move, the play should be about equal.}) 24. Qxc6 Nf6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxc7 a5 27. a4 { The position is about equal, but tricky to play in mutual time-trouble. This move is perhaps intrinsically desirable, but it is also a luxury. White should occupy the key diagonal with} (27. Bd4 $1 $138 Qh4 {concerned me, but simply} 28. Rd1 Be7 {is fine.}) 27... Kh7 28. Kb1 (28. Bd4 $1 $13) 28... Ne4 $6 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc8 $1 {Already with the following tactical shot in mind. Unfortunately I failed to realise that it prepares a tactical blow in two parts, and without the follow-up black will recompose himself and white's king is suddenly the more vulnerable.} Be7 31. Bxh6 $1 $138 {[%csl Re4,Rh7] I was ( and in a rather limited sense still am ) pleased with this given that my flag was hanging.} Bf6 $8 (31... Qxh6 $4 32. Qf5+ $18) 32. Be3 $2 {'(+)?' Wells.} ( 32. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re4][%CAl Gc8f5]} Bxg5 33. Qf5+ Qg6 34. Rxg5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Rxa4 36. Rxf7 $16 {should give white excellent chances to convert.}) 32... Rxa4 33. Qc6 Rh4 34. Qa6 a4 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Qd7 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rb4 $17 38. Bd4 $2 Qxd1+ {I am making a habit of losing good positions against Ildar, who is above all a strong and highly practical player.} 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Black "Bezold, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2508"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. O-O d6 9. a4 Bd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. f4 e5 13. Kh1 exf4 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Ba3 Qc8 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Qh5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Qh6 Ne5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Ra3 Bf6 24. Rxf6 Qg4 25. Raf3 Qe4 26. R6f4 Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe2 28. Rg1 f5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxg6+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qxd6 Kh7 33. Rh4+ Kg8 34. Qh6 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. a5 Rae8 37. Rf4 Re4 38. Rgf1 Rfe8 39. h3 Kg6 40. d6 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Black "Blatny, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2512"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 Qb6 10. a3 Bf5 11. Na4 Qd8 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Na5 14. Rac1 Qe8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Na6 Rc8 17. Nc7 Qd8 18. Qa6 g5 19. Nxg5 Nc4 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. b3 e5 23. dxe5 Ra8 24. Nbd4 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Nxb3 27. Rcd1 Nc5 28. Rxd5 a6 29. Nd6 Nxa3 30. Ra1 Nc2 31. Rb1 Rfb8 32. Nc4 Ne4 33. Rb2 b5 34. Rxc2 bxc4 35. Rd4 Nc5 36. Rdxc4 Ne6 37. Nd4 a5 38. Ra4 Rb4 39. Rca2 Rxa4 40. Rxa4 Nc5 41. Ra3 a4 42. Nb5 Bf8 43. e4 Ne6 44. Rg3+ Kh8 45. Bc1 Rb8 46. Nd6 h6 47. Ba3 Kh7 48. Nxf7 Bg7 49. Rd3 Kg6 50. Nd6 Nf4 51. Rf3 Ne2+ 52. Kf1 Nd4 53. Rg3+ Kh7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Rd3 Ra2+ 57. Kg3 Nc2 58. Nc4 h5 59. Rd2 Bh6 60. Bc5 h4+ 61. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Gabriel, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2564"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9. Qe2 c4 10. b3 Ng6 11. bxc4 Nf4 12. Qe3 bxc4 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nce1 Ba4 16. Rdb1 Bb5 17. g3 Ng6 18. d3 cxd3 19. c4 Ba4 20. Rb2 Rd8 21. Rab1 Be7 22. Rb6 Qd7 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Nxd3 Bc2 25. Rb8 Bxb1 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 O-O 29. Nd7 Rfd8 30. Nb6 Rc6 31. Nd5 Rxc4 32. Nd2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Bxa2 34. Qa3 Rc2 35. Qa5 Rb8 36. Ne3 Rcb2 37. Nd1 Rc2 38. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2483"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne5 {Not the most promising variation for white, and yet he wants to get some space advantage and create some play on the K side while black will have a superiority in the center.} Bxe5 ({Another interesting possibility is:} 9... Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 (12. O-O e5 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. e4 Qg5 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ng6 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qe4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Zaitsev,I/ Podolsk 1991/CBM 26 ext (58)}) 12... f5 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Qe2 a4 16. a3 cxd4 17. exd4 (17. cxd4 $142 c5 $11) 17... Bxf4 18. O-O Bc7 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Rf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qd7 $17 {0-1 Vega Holm,F-Vallejo Pons,F/ Ponferrada 1997/CBM 60 ext (37)}) 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 (11... f5 12. Nf3 (12. O-O b6 13. Nf3 a5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Bc2 Rfb8 16. Bxf5 Ncxe5 17. fxe5 exf5 18. e6 Qxe6 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Rd2 { 1/2-1/2 Jannsen,N-Strijbos,M/Hamburg 1993/TD (24)}) (12. exf6 {-see 11...f6}) 12... c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. g4 $6 (15. Nd4 $142) 15... fxg4 16. Nd4 Qh5 17. Bg3 Qh3 18. Qe2 Nxd4 19. exd4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. O-O-O Be8 23. Qxd3 Bg6 $17 {[%csl Rg3,Gg6] 0-1 Dupsky,L-Lipinsky,F/Szeged 1998/CBM 63 ext (43)}) 12. Nf3 $6 (12. exf6 $142 $5 {I think white should seek for an opening of lines as much as possible (after evacuating the king from the center, of course) and exploit the stregnth of the bishops in open positions.} Qxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. Nf3 e5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Qe2 g6 (15... Ngxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxe5 $16) 16. O-O Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Bc2 $16 {[%CAl Ge3e4] ^^ 0-1 Hesse,P-Majer,D/Germany 1994/ GER-chT2 (56)}) 13. O-O Qf7 14. e4 Nf6 15. e5 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Hardicsay,P-Vigh,B/ HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (15)}) 12... fxe5 13. fxe5 {[%csl Ge3,Ge5,Gg3] White has weakenned her structure quite a bit, but has weakenned the position of black king instead.Black hadles this position in a very original way, sacrifising a pawn, thus transposing to an opposite colored bishops position where an active bishop means much more than a pawn.} c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qb1 Nd3+ $5 (15... g6 $2 16. h4 $40) 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Bd7 {[%CAl Gd7e8,Ge8h5,Ge8g6]} 18. e4 $6 {White is not ready yet to open the game like that} (18. O-O Be8 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Qe2 Rae8 {[%CAl Ge7g5]} 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 $14) 18... dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc5 {[%csl Ge1]} 20. Ng5 {[%csl Re1]} (20. Bf2 Qb5 21. O-O-O (21. Ng5 Rf5 $17) 21... Be8 $44 {[%CAl Ge8g6,Gg6b1] <<}) 20... Rf5 21. O-O-O Qe7 (21... Rxg5 22. Rxd7 Nxe5 23. Rxb7 $16) 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Rd6 Bg6 $6 (23... Bh5 24. Rhd1 Raf8 25. Rd7 Qe8 $44) 24. Qc4 Re8 $44 25. Rhd1 (25. Nh4 $5 Qg5+ 26. Rd2 Nxe5 (26... Rxe5 $2 27. Nxg6 (27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 Nd3+ $17) 27... Rc5 28. Qe4 $16) 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxg6 (28. Nf3 $2 Qf5 $19) 28... Qxg6 29. Rhd1 $13) 25... Bh5 (25... Rf7 26. Bh4 $18 {[%csl Ge6]}) 26. Rd7 Qf8 27. Qh4 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf3 {[%csl Gg3]} 29. Rxb7 Ne7 (29... Rf1 30. Rbd7 Qf5 {[%CAl Gf1d1,Gc6e5]} 31. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rd1 Qe2 {Black has some compensation, but probably not enough.}) 30. Rdd7 Rf1+ 31. Kc2 Nf5 (31... Qf5+ 32. Kb3 $18) 32. Qg5 Rc8 33. Rxa7 {White is two pawns up, but his king is weak, and she should be very careful} Kh8 $1 34. Rab7 $4 {Letting black free his pieces out.} (34. a4 $142 h6 35. Qg6 Qc5 {[%CAl Gf5g3,Gf1f2]} (35... Nxg3 36. hxg3 Rf2+ 37. Kb3 Rb8+ 38. Rab7 $18) 36. Rac7 $1 (36. Qh5 $4 Nxg3 37. hxg3 Qf2+ 38. Kb3 Rb1 $19) 36... Qxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. b4 $18) 34... Qe8 35. Kd2 (35. a4 h6) (35. Rxg7 $4 Qa4+ 36. Kd2 (36. b3 Qxa2+ 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Qd1#) (36. Rb3 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qd5+ 38. Ke2 Qd1#) 36... Qd1#) ( 35. Ra7 {[%csl Ga4]} h6 36. Qg4 Rd8 $44) 35... h6 36. Qg4 Rd8 37. Qa4 Rxd7+ 38. Qxd7 Qh5 {[%csl Gd2]} 39. Kc2 Rd1 $4 (39... Qe2+ 40. Kb3 (40. Qd2 Ne3+) 40... Rb1 41. Ka3 Qa6+ 42. Kb3 Qe2 43. Ka3 $11) 40. Qxe6 $4 (40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Qxe6 Qe2+ 42. Kb3 $18) 40... Qe2+ 41. Kb3 Nd4+ $1 42. cxd4 Qf3+ 43. Ka4 Qxb7 { White has 3 pawns for an exchange but his king is way too weak} 44. Qd6 Qe4 45. b4 (45. Bf2 Qc2+ {[%csl Ga4,Gf2]}) 45... Rxd4 46. Qc5 Qd3 (46... Qa8+ 47. Qa5 ( 47. Kb3 Qf3+ 48. Ka4 Qd1+ 49. Ka3 Rd3+ $19) 47... Qc6+ 48. Qb5 Qc2+ 49. Ka5 Qxa2+ $19) 47. Qc6 (47. Qf8+ Kh7) 47... Rd5 48. b5 Qd2 $1 49. Bf2 Rd3 50. Qc4 Rf3 51. Bg3 Rc3 (51... Rc3 52. Qe6 (52. Qe4 Qxa2+ 53. Kb4 Qa3#) 52... Qd4+ 53. Ka5 Ra3#) 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 {Can Black do without this typical move?} ({An interesting idea is} 8... Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 Qb8 $5 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. Bf2 O-O 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 g6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Bh3 Rcd8 19. b4 a6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Kg7 22. Ne3 Rh8 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. Nc4 Qb8 25. Rec1 {1/2,Rogozenko,D-Wahls,M/ Bundesliga 9900/2000/} Bg5 $132) 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 Rfc8 $6 {Deserting the >> before the coming storm is not a good idea, as White forcefully shows. Now with the Be7 unprotected after e5 White always has Nf5.} ({As Black's best is considered} 13... Rac8 14. g4 ({Quiet play hardly poses a threat for Black:} 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Rc2 Qb8 17. Bg1 g6 18. Nf3 Red8 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 d5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bxd5 25. Ng5 Qb7 $11 {Lautier,J-Rogers,I/ESP-chT Salamanca/ 1998/}) 14... Nc5 $5 (14... g6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f5 (16. Bf3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 e5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nf5 gxf5 21. exf5 $13) 16... exf5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qxh5 Bxe4 21. Bd4 Qe6 22. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 23. Bh3 Rxc4 $8 24. Rd1 $2 (24. Bxe6 Rxc1+ 25. Kg2 fxe6 26. g6 Rc2+ $11) 24... Qd5 25. Be3 Qb5 $1 $17 {Marin,M-Gamundi,A/Andorra op/1996/}) 15. Bf2 g6 16. f5 (16. b4 Ncd7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Be3 Nxf4 $5 (18... Qd8 19. Bh3 Ng7 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Red1 Qa8 22. f5 e5 23. f6 exd4 24. fxe7 Re8 25. Bxd4 Rxe7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Voitsekhovsky,S/Kstovo/1998/}) 19. Bxf4 e5 20. Nd5 Qd8 $13) 16... gxf5 17. gxf5 e5 18. Nc2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Bf3 b5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 $13 {1/2,Epishin,V-Marin,M/Koszalin op/1999/}) (13... h5 $5 14. h3 Rfe8 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nc5 17. Bf2 d5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Be3 dxc4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Qxc4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Nf3 Red8 $132 {Gurevich,M-Hoffmann,M/NED-chT Hengelo/2000/}) ({The former main move is under a cloud:} 13... Rfe8 14. g4 Nc5 (14... h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh7 17. g6 $40) 15. Bf2 g6 16. b4 Rad8 (16... Ncd7 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nf8 21. Qf3 $1 d5 22. exd5 Bxb4 23. Re5 Bd6 24. Bh4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qxd5 26. Bxf6 Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Rac8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rd7 $1 $18 {Lobron,E-Greenfeld,A/Ljubljana-Rogaska Slatina/1989/ }) 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Qe2 Ncd7 18. Bf3 e5 (18... h6 $142) 19. Nd5 (19. Nb3 $1 exf4 20. g5 $16) 19... Qb8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. g5 Ne8 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bg2 Ng7 24. Rc3 Rde8 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Ne2 Ng4 27. Ng3 Nxf2 28. Nxh5 gxh5 29. Qxf2 Qc7 30. Qd4 Re5 31. h4 Qe7 $132 {Sarno,S-Shipov,S/Cappelle la Grande/1995/}) 17... Ncxe4 (17... Ncd7 18. Nd5 $1 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb8 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. g5 $44 {()[+]|^} ) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21. Qe1 $1 (21. Nxe6 $2 Qc8 22. Qe1 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb6 Rb8 25. c5 Bd8 $1 $17 {Krivoshey,S-Shipov,S/Yalta op/1996/}) 21... Qxf4 22. Nc6 Bg5 23. Rc2 Rd6 24. cxd5 $16 {Shipov}) 14. g4 $1 $40 {The most testing move.} (14. b3 $143 Bf8 15. f5 e5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nc2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ncb4 Qa5 20. Qd2 h6 21. h3 Nxd5 22. exd5 Be7 23. Nc6 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Kf8 25. Rc2 Bd8 26. Bb4 Bb6+ 27. Kf1 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Ke2 { Kalinitschew,S-Bischoff,K/Dresden op/1995/} Ra3 $132) 14... Nf8 {Passive.} ( 14... Nc5 $142 15. Bf2 g6 16. b4 Ncd7 {was a better chance, although compared to 13...Rac8 Black's R are misplaced.} (16... Rd8 $2 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ne8 (18... Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Nd3 20. Nxe6 $1 $18) 19. bxc5 Bxg2 20. cxb6 Qb7 21. Qe2 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bb4 23. c5 Bf3 24. Qc4 a5 (24... Bh1 25. Re4 $1) 25. Re3 Rac8 26. a3 Bxc3 27. Rexc3 Bh1 28. Rg3 $18 {Beck,H-Csom,I/Budapest/1994/})) 15. g5 N6d7 16. Nd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 128] With Black's major pieces on the << White's attack will be very dangerous .This is even more forceful than} (16. h4 Qd8 17. b3 Ng6 $6 18. f5 Nxh4 19. fxe6 Ne5 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Bh3 Ne5 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Bf4 Neg6 25. Bg3 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 b5 27. Nd5 $36 {Stajcic,N-Moiseev, V/Kecskemet/1991/}) 16... exd5 17. Nf5 (17. cxd5 $143 $6 Qd8 18. Nc6 Qe8 $17 { leads nowhere.}) 17... Re8 (17... Qd8 18. exd5 $1 Ng6 19. h4 $40) 18. cxd5 Qb8 $2 ({The last chance was} 18... Qd8 $142 $5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Qg4 (20. h4 $5 $44) 20... fxg5 21. Nxg7 Bf6 $1 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Rc7 $36) 19. Bd4 f6 $8 20. Qg4 $40 {[%CAl Rg5f6,Rf5g7] /\gf6,Ng7!+-} Ne5 {Desperation, but the attack is too strong.} (20... fxg5 21. Nxg7 Qd8 22. Ne6 $40) (20... g6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. gxf6 Re8 (22... Rf7 23. e5 $18) 23. Qg5 {[%CAl Re4e5] /\e5+-}) ( 20... h5 21. Qxh5 $1 (21. Qg3 fxg5 22. Nxg7 h4 23. Qg4 $40) 21... g6 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rc3 $18) 21. fxe5 fxe5 (21... dxe5 22. Nxg7 $1 exd4 (22... Kxg7 23. gxf6+ Kxf6 24. Rf1#) 23. gxf6 $18) 22. Be3 Bd8 (22... Qd8 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Rf2 $16 {+-}) 23. Rf1 Bc8 24. Qh5 (24. Qh5 Bxf5 (24... g6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 $18 {[%CAl Rf3f7,Rf7f8] /\Qf7,Qf8!}) (24... Ng6 25. Nxg7 $1 (25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nxd6 $18) 25... Kxg7 26. Rf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ Nf4 29. g6 $18) (24... Bd7 25. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. gxh6 $18) 25. exf5 $5 $18 {->} (25. Qxe8 Bxg5 $1 26. Qxf8+ Qxf8 27. Bxg5 g6 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rc7 $18)) 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Black "Bezold, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2508"] [Annotator "Alterman,B"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qc7 (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 ({RR} 16... Rxf5 17. Bd1 Ne6 18. Bc2 Rf7 19. Nd5 Qf8 20. Be3 Bh8 21. Rbe1 Qg7 22. Kh1 Qb2 23. Re2 Qxa2 24. Qd1 a4 25. bxa4 Bxd5 26. cxd5 {1-0 Van Blitterswijk,S-Afek,Y/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 273 (39)}) 17. a3 Kh8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nxa4 {1/2-1/2 Bagirov, V-Yudasin,L/Moscow 1991/URS-ch (20)}) ({RR} 15... b6 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Bf1 Be5 18. Ne2 Qb8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. f4 Bg7 24. Rbd1 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K-Serper,G/Krumbach 1991/TD (24)}) 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Be3 $146 (18. Qe1 Qf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rdd1 Qe7 22. Kh1 Be5 23. g3 Qc7 24. Bg2 Bf6 25. Qe3 Rab8 26. Bf1 Be7 27. Be1 {Agrest,E-Karlsson,L/ Malmoe 1999/CBM 72/1-0 (76)}) 18... Qf8 19. Rbc1 Rd8 20. Ne2 Rdc8 21. Nd4 Qd8 22. Rb1 {[%mdl 2064]} (22. g3 Qd7 23. Bg2 $14 {[%CAl Yh2h4]}) 22... Bd7 23. Qf2 Qe8 24. Rbc1 Qf8 25. Qd2 {White doesn't like to improve their space advantage and game is finished after} Qe8 26. Qf2 Qf8 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2512"] [BlackElo "2495"] [Annotator "Hecht,H"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rf6 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Nf1 Rg6 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Qc2 f4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. f3 Bxf3 21. Nf5 Qg5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Kh1 Be4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 d5 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Bd2 Rf8 28. Rf1 h6 29. a4 Qh5 30. Kg1 Rf6 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. h3 Qe2 33. Rf2 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. g3 Rf7 36. Qg4 Re7 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Qxf3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 { [#] Technik. Der Springer auf der beständigen Suche nach den besten Feldern.} Re2+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Rf5 Ne7 42. Rf2 Re3 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. g4 Kg7 45. a5 Ng6 46. Kh2 a6 47. Kg2 Nh4+ 48. Kh2 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Ng5 50. h4 Ne4 51. Rf5 Re2+ 52. Kh3 Rxb2 53. Rxd5 Rb3 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Nxc3 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Kg4 Ne4 58. Kf4 Nxg5 59. Rd6+ Kh5 60. Rd5 Rf3+ ({Turmtausch erfordert sehr genaue Berechnung und kann leicht ins Auge gehen, weil der Springer nicht der ideale Verteidiger ist.} 60... Rb5 61. Rxb5 axb5 62. d5 (62. Ke3 Kg4 63. Kd2 Kf5 64. Kc3 Ne4+ 65. Kb4 Nd6 66. Kc5 Ke6 $19) 62... b4 63. Ke3 b3 64. Kd2 Ne4+ 65. Kd3 Nc5+ 66. Kc3 Kg5 $19) 61. Ke5 Kg4 62. Kd6 Rc3 63. Ke7 Kf4 64. Rd7 Rb3 65. Kd8 Rb5 66. Kc8 Ne4 67. Kb8 Ke3 68. Ka7 (68. Rxb7 Rxa5 69. Rd7 Ra1 70. Kb7 a5 71. Kb6 a4 72. Kb5 a3 73. Kb4 a2 74. Kb3 Nc3 $19) 68... Rxa5 69. Kxb7 Ra1 70. Kb6 a5 71. Kb5 Kd3 72. d5 a4 73. d6 Rb1+ 74. Kc6 Rc1+ 75. Kb5 a3 76. Ra7 Nxd6+ 77. Kb4 Rb1+ 78. Kc5 Ne4+ 79. Kc6 Rb3 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 e6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Nc2 Rac8 14. Bg5 d6 15. Kh1 Rd7 16. f4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qh4 19. Bf3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qg2 Be5 24. Ne3 h5 25. Rd2 Rbc7 26. Rdf2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Qd8 29. Qf2 f5 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. R4f2 Rd7 32. Rd2 Qe7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Rgd1 Rgd8 35. h4 Qf6 36. Ng2 e5 37. Ne3 f4 38. Nd5 Qe6 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Rg2 e4 41. Qf2 Rdf7 42. Kh2 f3 43. Rg5 Rf5 44. Rdg1 Qe5+ 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. R5xg3 Rxd5 47. cxd5 e3 48. Rxg6 f2 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Re7 fxg1=Q+ 51. Kxg1 Rf3 52. Kg2 Rf2+ 53. Kg3 Rxa2 54. Rxe3 Rd2 55. c4 Rd4 56. Re6 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Rxh4 58. Rxd6 Rxc4 59. Rd7 a5 60. d6 Rd4 61. Ke3 Rd1 62. Kf4 h4 63. Kg5 h3 64. Kg6 Rg1+ 65. Kf6 h2 66. Rd8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Wells, Peter K"] [Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2513"] [Annotator "Wells,P"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {I like to throw this move in now and again for a break from heavy theory and hopefully for an element of surprise. The latter motivation was rather misplaced here. Hichem looked far from phased by this choice - " The English are always playing this against me" he explained afterwards!} Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 (4. d5 {Might be an attempt to avoid the line in the game and reach the variation I was after if black replies simply} Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 (5... g6 $5 {is however, for example a notable alternative.} 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 $5 (8... O-O $132 {[%CAl Gf7f5]}) 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. g4 $5 Nh6 11. d6 { [%CAl Yc3d5]} e6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Be3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Nunn,J/Oxford 1998/ CBM 69 (13) An immense quantity of confusion and interest to pack into such a 'gamelet'.}) 6. f3 Nf6 7. c4) 4... Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 $5 ({I don't think that black has fully managed to solve his problems after} 6... Qb6 7. Bc1 $5 e6 8. c4 $14) 7. e4 d6 $6 (7... exd5 $1 {is better, and indeed looking at it in a little more detail after the game, it begins to look like one of black's more interesting choices against the Trompovsky. The key point is not to fear the check on e2, eg.}) (7... exd5 8. exd5 d6 9. Na3 (9. Qe2+ $6 Be7 10. Bxd6 Nxd5 11. Qe5 (11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qe5 Qb6 $1 13. Qxd5 Qxb2 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Qxe7 Bf5 16. Qg5 Bg6 17. Nd2 Qxa1+ 18. Kf2 Rfe8 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf1,Rf2,Rg1,Rh1] 0-1 Popov,V-Novik,M/St.Petersburg 1992/CBM 28 ext (53)}) 11... Nc6 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Re3] White pays a heavy price for the early f3 move in such cases.} 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Be3 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Rd2 20. b4 Ne5 21. Bb5 Re7 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rf1 a6 25. Rf3 Rb2 { 0-1 Neihs,H-Cvitan,O/Oberwart 1993/EXT 98 (25)}) (9. Ne2 $5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. b4 $1 cxb4 (11... Qa3 $5 {Byrne/Mednis.}) 12. c4 Be7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 Qa4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Rc1 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. g4 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Bxb4 $16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Browne,W/USA-ch 1992/TD (60)}) 9... Be7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Be2 Bh4 18. Qd2 Nde5 19. Kg2 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bd7 21. Rhe1 a6 22. Bf1 { 1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Ivanov,A/World Open, Philadelphia USA 1999 (22) A typical unclear Trompovsky mess, which at the least offers scope for experimentation.}) 8. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 9. Na3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Ya3b5,Ya3c4] Of course. Depending upon black's reply, the knight has a pleasant choice of places to hop to.} Nc6 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 $14 Be7 {Definitely practically best, even if can be shown that white can capture on b7 without fear. If black takes a further time out to deal with the problem of Qb3 then white has time to develop comfortably, head for f5 with his knight and enjoys an extremely pleasant game.} 12. Qb3 $5 {Those who like to read history retrospectively and were impressed by the attacking resources which black was able to produce in the game, tended to question this, and claim a very big plus from the alternative Ne2. Two considerations: 1) In spite of all the practical difficulties, and nervous moments to come, the text might be just about 'winning' with best play. 2) The alternative} (12. Ne2 $5 {[%csl Rg7,Rh6][%CAl Ye2g3,Yg3f5,Gg7g6] indeed looks tempting since if black has to avoid the knight's intended landing on f5 by playing g6 then he does really have a lot of weaknesses to consider. However, while I think white retains an edge, I am not convinced that} O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Ng3 Qc7 $14 {is so tragic for black despite white's superior bishop.}) 12... O-O 13. Qxb7 Rab8 {[%mdl 512] Although come the run-up to move 40 the game was to de-generate into a mad time scramble that was distinctly mutual, here it was Hichem who was consuming vast amounts of time. Of course, no one likes to give a piece lightly, but having seen even a part of black's coming resources, I was surprised that he seriously considered} (13... Rfc8 14. O-O-O Rab8 15. Qa6 Qc7 $16 {and believed that black has some play. I think white is close to be simply a pawn up - I have big positional trumps too.}) 14. Qxc6 Rxb2 15. Rc1 $8 (15. Ne2 $2 Rb6 16. Qc7 Rb1+ $17) 15... Rb6 16. Qc7 Bd8 17. Qc8 {This is about as far as I had calculated when entering this mass of complications. I had a square for my queen, and places to run in the event of 17...Nxe4.} d5 $1 {There is no going back, and line-opening essential even at extra material cost.} ({I had prepared} 17... Nxe4 18. Qf5 $1 {and was rightly content with that.} (18. fxe4 $4 Bh4+)) 18. exd5 {In fact, I am rather lucky. If the c-pawn would not be en prise I would be in some trouble here, and that I had not foreseen.} (18. Bd3 {is quite dangerous for white after either} Qxa2 ({or} 18... c4 19. Bc2 Nxe4 20. Qh3 Nf6) 19. Ne2 c4 20. Bc2 Rb2 $132) 18... Qa4 19. Qxc5 Re8+ {Again the best try. White's advantage is preserved only by a nice trick in the event of the plausible} (19... Nd7 $2 20. Qd4 Bf6 21. Bb3 $1 $18) 20. Kf1 ({I didn't like} 20. Ne2 Rb2 (20... Nd7 21. Qd4 Bf6 22. Bb3 { still seems to work.}) 21. Bg3 Bb6 22. Qc6 Qa3 {although it merited consideration.}) 20... Nd7 21. Qd4 Rb2 22. Bb3 Qa3 23. Nh3 Bb6 24. Qb4 $6 ({ The strong feeling after was that here was my clearest missed chance, and that returning the queen to the fray with} 24. Qd1 $1 {is simply strong. The problem is that my most confident feeling in the whole defence came after this mistake, while my enormously optimistic opponent seemed to be enjoying himself through-out.}) 24... Qa6+ 25. c4 Nc5 {[%CAl Gc5d3,Gc5b3]} 26. Re1 $2 $138 { I do not remember at what stage time-trouble became a serious problem for me ( probably about my 7th birthday, if I were to take the broader view! ) but here it was certainly a major issue. Hichem had still less time, but the attack involves fewer decisions. In any case, I missed the obvious reply to this.} ( 26. Rd1 $2 Nxb3 27. axb3 Qa2 $132) (26. Qc3 $5 Rbe2 (26... Ree2 27. Bc2) 27. Bg3 Ba5 28. Qd4 Bb6 29. Qd1) 26... Qc8 $1 {Suddenly it is no longer clear whether white can win.} 27. Bg3 $8 {Actually a good adjustment to an unpleasant shock.} (27. Rd1 Ree2) (27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%CAl Re8e2]}) 27... Nd3 28. Qc3 Nxe1 29. Qxb2 Nxf3 30. d6 $6 {A typical time-trouble reflex, played not with the belief that the pawn will queen, but rather that it will be useful in deflecting black's pieces.} (30. Nf4 Qg4 {[%CAl Gg4f4]}) (30. gxf3 $1 Qxh3+ 31. Qg2 Qf5 32. Bc2 Qf6 33. Bd1 Qf5 34. Be1 $1 {This move I think is quite hard to find in time-trouble. Even in the post-mortem the positions were hard enough to defend.} Qd3+ 35. Be2 Qa3 {Even now black will amass some pawns for his trouble. White's problem is how to develop and make progress.}) 30... Qf5 $1 { [%CAl Yf3h2,Yf3d2]} 31. gxf3 $8 {Best, but now the draw is more or less forced. } Qxf3+ 32. Nf2 Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxh1+ 34. Qg1 Qf3+ 35. Qf2 Qh1+ 36. Qg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nc2 Nd7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Ne3 c6 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Qa4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa3 Rad8 21. R3d2 a6 22. Qb4 Qf8 23. Qc3 Qf7 24. b4 Qh5 25. Bf3 Qg6 26. a4 Qf7 27. b5 cxb5 28. axb5 e4 29. Bg2 axb5 30. cxb5 d5 31. Qe5 Re8 32. Qd4 Rf8 33. f3 exf3 34. exf3 Qh5 35. Qc5 Rfd8 36. Rd4 Qe5 37. Qa3 Qc7 38. Rc1 Qb6 39. Qc5 Rd6 40. Qxb6 Rxb6 41. Bf1 Kf8 42. h4 h5 43. Kf2 Ra8 44. Rc2 Rd6 45. Bd3 Rd7 46. Ng2 Ke7 47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Rf7 49. Bg6 Rff8 50. Kg5 Nd7 51. f4 Ra3 52. Rd3 Rxd3 53. Bxd3 Nc5 54. Bg6 Bg4 55. f5 d4 56. Ne1 Kd5 57. b6 Rf6 58. Bxh5 Bxf5 59. Bf3+ Kd6 60. Rxc5 Kxc5 61. Bxb7 Kxb6 62. Ba8 d3 63. Nf3 Bc8 64. h5 Bb7 65. Bxb7 Kxb7 66. Nd2 Rc6 67. h6 Rxh6 68. Kf4 Re6 0-1 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Bezold, Michael"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2508"] [BlackElo "2483"] [Annotator "Wells,P"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 $5 {I have played this basically with a view to reaching the game position at move nine, while perhaps avoiding a few possibilities which the immediate closing of the diagonal with 6...e5 or 6...Nf6 might allow. Recently, however, as we shall see, the text has been related to another idea, also involving the move ...h6 which has been tested at the very highest level. I have to admit to having been ignorant of this at the time! It is worth here looking at another similar implementation of the ...h6 idea} (6... Nf6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 $5 { for a discussion of black's idea here, see the note to black's 9th move in the main line.} (9... Qe7 10. Bh6 f6 (10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f4 $14 ) (10... O-O $5) 11. Bxg7 Qxg7 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f4 Ne6 $6 (14... exf4 15. Qxf4 Ne6 16. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Rc8] I think this is slightly better for white. There is no obvious role for the c8 bishop, and black's dark squares are potentially a bit suspect. Here, in contrast with the case where black is able to keep the bishop pair, I think that the knights are really preferable. This is what I have in mind by "dull drudgery" for black in my note to move 9 in the main game.}) 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. Rhg1 Bd7 18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Yb1d2,Yd2c4]} g5 20. Nbd2 h6 21. Nc4 Ng6 22. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%CAl Ge3a7] 1-0 Psakhis,L-Roeder,F/Wien (open) 1991/Inf 54 (30)}) ( 9... h6 10. O-O $1 {Both here and in the main line ( see notes to white's 10th later ), I believe that black's retention of the bishop pair is an excellent preparation for the positions with castling on opposite wings. The situation os less clear where white castles short, and heads for a quick f4. Here the weakness of the h pawn can be more of a trouble.} (10. O-O-O Qe7 11. h4 Nf8 12. h5 g5 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. g3 Bd7 (14... b6 $5 $132) 15. Ne2 b6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Ng5 (18... O-O-O $5) 19. Qg2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 c4 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Ne2 cxd3 23. cxd3 g4 $13 {0-1 Kruszynski,W-Pigusov,E/Berliner Sommer 1994/EXT 94op (43)}) (10. g4 $6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. c3 b6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Ba6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nc3 h5 (18... Ke7 $5 {[%CAl Ga8d8]}) 19. f4 $1 hxg4 20. f5 $1 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 Bh6 23. Qxh6 Rxh6 24. hxg4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shaw,J-Golod,V/16th open, Cappelle La Grande FRA 2000 (30)}) 10... Qe7 11. Nh2 $5 (11. a3 Nf8 12. Na4 Ne6 13. b4 Nd4 14. Nh2 b6 15. Rab1 (15. bxc5 b5 16. Nb2 Qxc5 17. c3 $140 $6 Qxc3) 15... Ba6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne6 18. Be3 c4 $132 {0-1 Ulibin,M-Degerman,L/Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1997 (51)}) 11... Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 ({Of course it looks more natural to first optimise this piece, and then attend to the problem of f7. The problem is specific and tactical in that} 13... Ne6 14. Rf2 Nd4 15. Raf1 Be6 16. Ng4 $1 {attacks h6 and re-emphasises the f7pawns predicament.} f5 (16... h5 17. Bg5 $40) 17. Nxh6 Qh4 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 $14 {1-0 Vokarev,S-Khasin,A/MK Cafe Cup Open B, Koszalin POL 1999 (28)}) 14. Raf1 Nd7 15. R4f2 h5 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Bh6 $14 { 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Vokarev,S/Azov 1996/CBM 56 ext (25)})) 7. Nc3 ({My first game with 6...b6, saw my opponent try another idea, designed to exploit it which was interesting, although probably not too critical.} 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. e5 $5 (12. Bd2 Bxc4 $5 13. dxc4 Nd7 $11 { [%CAl Gg7b2,Gd7e5] Velicka.}) 12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rae1 Bc8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Qb8 17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 Be6 (18... Nc7 $5 $13 {[%csl Ge6][%CAl Gc7e6, Ge6f4,Ge6d4]}) 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. g3 Rd7 21. b3 Nb4 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Velicka,P-Wells,P/Berlin GM 1999 (31)}) 7... e5 (7... Nf6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 {see 6...Nf6 above.}) (7... Nh6 {I am not too keen on this approach. Black erects a cosy structure on the king-side but seems to me vulnerable on the queen-side. Rublevsky's play is a model.} 8. Be3 f6 9. O-O ( 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf3 Nf7 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 O-O 15. a5 b5 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nb3 Ne6 {1-0 Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/Wijk 1999 (42) should be OK for black.}) 9... e5 10. a3 $5 a5 11. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 b5 {[%csl Rc5]} (13... axb4 14. Qd2 {[%CAl Gd2b4,Ge3h6]} Nf7 15. Qxb4 $16) 14. Nc5 a4 15. d4 Nf7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. c4 $1 Nd6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rd3 Nf7 24. Rd5 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Yc5,Re5] 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Iskusnyh,S/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (71)}) 8. Be3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 $5 {At first glance it would appear as if the knight might be missed to defend f6 in the event of a future opening of the f-file by white. Also unclear is where the piece is headed. On the other hand black avoids the traffic jam that often emerges when he plays ...Nf6, and the best square for this piece - d7 - blocks in the c8 bishop.} 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nh2 Be6 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O { This is of course a big bonus of the c8 bishop's easy development.} 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qd2 Qb7 $5 {[%CAl Gb7a6]} 17. fxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (17) This interesting idea will no doubt be explored further.}) 9. Qd2 {[%CAl Gg8f6,Ye3h6]} h6 $5 {This is a highly ambitious attempt to avoid the slightly dull drudgery of defending the main lines where black permits the exchange of dark-squared bishops ( see Psakhis - Roeder in the notes to 6...Nf6 above ). If successful, black can boast the achievement of consolidating his possession of the bishop pair, far from insignificant here I believe, despite the relatively closed nature of the position. This game has done nothing to damage my opinion of the move's validity, although if time shows it not to be quite water-tight this will not come as a shock either! The drawback is clear. Black will have trouble castling since any such luxury must be prefaced by a solution to the h-pawn's vulnerability. Simple as that!} (9... Nf6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. O-O-O $14) 10. O-O $1 {Best, and to a player of Michael's understanding, this realisation took but a very short time. Many of the variations where the bishops are exchanged involve white castling long, but although, superficially black's ...h6 move might look like a weakening to be attacked directly, it is more of a drawback in the lines where white castles short and black is unable to follow suit.} ( 10. O-O-O $6 Nf6 11. Nh2 g5 $5 12. Nf1 Nh5 $1 {This is just one illustration of the possible argument for the move ...b6 over the ...Nd7 which we saw in analagous positions in the note to 6...Nf6. The best role for the piece is now participating directly in the fierce tussle for king-side squares.} 13. g3 Be6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 {Only now that the white positioned is weakened.} 18. Qh2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 c4 20. Bd6 Qg5+ 21. Qf4 cxd3 22. Qxg5 (22. cxd3 Qa5 $40) 22... hxg5 23. cxd3 Rxh3 $17 {Jansa,V - Sutovskij,E/}) 10... Nf6 11. a3 $5 (11. Nh2 {Also deserves strong consideration here. Of course, black has to try to justify ...b6 by finding an alternative for the d7 square for his knight ( compare the notes to 6...Nf6 above ). To this end I believe that both} g5 $5 ({and} 11... Nh5 12. Ne2 g5 $5 {merit investigation.}) ) 11... Nd7 12. Rfb1 Nf8 13. b4 Ne6 14. bxc5 f5 $5 {[%csl Re3][%CAl Gf5f4] I think the right move, although it should have been played quickly, given the respect that it deserved as my 'first thought' in the position. Of course it does immensely sharpen the play, given that...} ({...the alternative} 14... Nxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 O-O {might be OK too.}) 15. exf5 $1 {I think that this is another good decision. I am sure that many players would have given substantial consideration to the wisdom of opening both the g-file and the long-black diagonal. Michael's strength is his positional judgement, and the speed with which he made this decision a testament to his faith in it.} gxf5 { [%csl Re3,Re8][%CAl Gh8g8,Ge5e4,Gf5f4] I was perhaps right to be fairly happy here, but fell victim to a measure of over-optimism. Black's potential dynamic strengths are easy to show diagramatically. The potential 'looseness' of his position in the centre less so, although with white's rooks committed to the queen's-side it should not become too serious.} 16. Qe1 ({A sure sign that I was not firing on all cylinders is the fact that I invested some time in considering} 16. cxb6 f4 17. bxa7 fxe3 18. Qxe3 $15 {It is clear in the cold light of day that the piece must outweight the pawns.}) 16... bxc5 ({ Of course, with the centre opened} 16... Nxc5 17. d4 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5] would be a recipe for a positional massacre.}) 17. Na4 e4 18. dxe4 f4 {I did my best to fire back a few moves at a reasonable pace too. This must be right.} (18... fxe4 19. Nd2 {[%csl Rc5,Re4][%CAl Yd2c4,Yd2e4] helps white to bring all of his pieces into the fray.}) 19. Bc1 $1 {Important. When black snatches the exchange, white wants to have his queen entering the action ( via c3 ) as fast as possible.} Bxa1 {Not so much ( or not just! ) materialism. Although it enables white's queen to join the fray, it is not easy to see how to mobilise her black counterpart otherwise.} (19... Rg8 20. e5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qe4 { [%csl Rc6,Rf4] is no solution.}) 20. Rxa1 Rg8 21. Qc3 $8 Ba6 ({If} 21... Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qf3 {black has no means to dislodge the queen from her crucial defensive role.}) 22. Qe5 Be2 $4 {[%mdl 16384] The ?? and the unwelcome medal may seem a bit harsh, since black still has the chance on the next move not to be fully lost. Still in addition to the fact that black misses here the chance to be at least equal, there is the psychological mistake of being still fixated on illusions of activity and king-side threats. After all, black is (slight) material ahead, and the logical priority would have been to attend to the various ugly weaknesses lying around. For this reason} (22... Bb5 $1 {was strongly indicated. In the post-mortem we could find nothing better for white than} 23. Nc3 Ng5 $1 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nxg5 hxg5 {the point. Blacks' king-side structure returns to respectability!} 26. a4 Bc4 27. Ba3 Rgd8 $1 {[%CAl Gd8d2]} 28. Bxc5+ Ke6 {and black is certainly not worse. }) 23. Nh4 {[%csl Rd6,Re8,Yf5][%CAl Yh4f5]} Nd4 $2 (23... Ng5 {is still a better try and an indication that black has some idea what is going on!} { However,} 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. Kh2 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rf4] still clearly favours white.}) 24. Bxf4 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 $16 O-O-O $2 26. Nxc5 {Here the rest particularly requires no further comment!} Nxc2 27. Ra2 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rg5 29. f4 Ne3 30. fxg5 Nf1+ 31. Kg1 Bc4 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Black "Blatny, Pavel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2512"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bf4 Nf8 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 b6 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Nh2 Nbd7 13. f4 b5 14. O-O Nb6 15. b3 Bc8 16. g4 e6 17. Ne2 h5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bh6 20. Nf3 Ra7 21. Kf2 Bg7 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Kg1 Bh6 24. Rf2 a4 25. Bf1 Qa8 26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Ref1 Ne7 28. b4 Kd8 29. Rh2 Kc7 30. Ng5 Qe8 31. Rh3 Bg7 32. Rxh8 Bxh8 33. Qh2 Bg7 34. f5 exf5 35. e6 Kb6 36. exd7 Rxd7 37. gxf5 Ng8 38. Bf2 Re7 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Nf3 Ne6 41. Ne2 Nf6 42. Ne5 Kb7 43. Bxg6 Qg8 44. Bh4 Nxd4 45. Bxf6 Bxf6 46. Rxf6 Qg7 47. Qh4 Nxe2+ 48. Kf2 Nd4 49. c3 Ne6 50. Nd3 Kb6 51. Nc5 Nxc5 52. bxc5+ Ka7 53. Qf4 Rb7 54. a3 Qh8 55. Kg2 Qg7 56. Kg3 Qe7 57. Rxc6 Qe1+ 58. Kg4 Qxc3 59. Qb4 Qc4+ 60. Kg5 Qc1+ 61. Kf6 Kb8 62. Rd6 Qf1+ 63. Bf5 Qa1+ 64. Ke6 Qh8 65. Kxd5 Qg8+ 66. Kc6 Qe8+ 67. Kd5 Qg8+ 68. Kd4 Qg7+ 69. Kd3 Qg3+ 70. Kc2 Qf2+ 71. Kc1 Qg1+ 72. Rd1 Qg5+ 73. Kb2 Rc7 74. Bc2 Rxc5 75. Rd8+ Kb7 76. Be4+ Kb6 77. Rd6+ Kc7 78. Qd4 Qe5 79. Rc6+ Kb8 80. Qxe5+ Rxe5 81. Bd3 Kb7 82. Rf6 Rc5 83. Rf5 Rc8 84. Bxb5 Kb6 85. Bxa4 Rh8 86. Bc2 Rh3 87. a4 Rg3 88. Rb5+ Ka6 89. Rb3 Rg7 90. Bd3+ Ka5 91. Bb5 Rg4 92. Bc6 Rg6 93. Ka3 Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. a4 a6 11. Be2 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bxf6 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxf6 18. O-O Be7 19. e4 Rd8 20. exd5 O-O 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc4 Qh5 26. g3 Bd4 27. Kg2 Rd6 28. Ne4 Rxd5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxd4 Rb5 31. b4 h6 32. Rc1 Rd5 33. Qe4 Re5 34. Qf3 Qg5 35. Rfe1 Rb5 36. Rc4 Qd2 37. Re2 Qd6 38. Qf4 Qd5+ 39. Qe4 Qd6 40. Rd4 Qb8 41. h4 g6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Red2 Qb6 44. Qe7 Rf5 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. Rd5 Rf3 47. Rd6 Qb5 48. Rxg6+ Kxg6 49. Qxf8 f6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qh5 a6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O b5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Re8 {The new plan from Bishoff is rather passive, black need's quick counteraction in order not to be squeezed on the kingside.} (15... Bb7 16. Re1 (16. Rg1 b4 17. Bxg7 (17. Nd5 exd5 18. Rdg3 Qc7 19. Qh6 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Rfc8+ 21. Kd2 gxh6 22. gxh6+ Bg5 23. Rxg5+ Kf8 24. exd5 Ke7 25. Rf5 Rc4 26. Kd3 Rac8 27. Rg7 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Cvitan,O/Germany/1997/ (27)}) 17... Kxg7 18. f5 Rg8 19. g6 fxg6 20. Rdg3 Kh8 21. fxg6 Rg7 22. gxh7 Rxh7 23. Qg6 bxc3 24. Qxe6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 Qf8 {0-1 Agopov,M-Kokkila,T/Finland/1998/ (37)}) 16... b4 17. Nd1 (17. Na4 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. f5 e5 20. Bxe5 Qxb6 21. Bxg7 Qf2 22. Re2 Qf4+ 23. Rdd2 Kxg7 24. f6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 {0-1 Zoldan,M-Guido,F/Bratto/1997/ (25)}) 17... Re8 (17... Qa5 18. b3 Qxa2 19. f5 Rac8 20. Bb2 Rc5 21. Re2 a5 22. Rg3 a4 23. bxa4 Qxa4 {0-1 Degerman,L-Cvitan,O/Vienna/1991/ (33)}) 18. Nf2 Qa5 19. Ng4 (19. Kb1 $2 b3 $19) 19... b3 20. Nh6+ gxh6 21. Rg1 hxg5 22. Qh6 e5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxg5+ Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ {1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Vogt,L/Tastrup/1990/ (26)}) ( 15... b4 16. Ne2 (16. f5 bxc3 17. Bxg7 exf5 18. Bxc3 Re8 19. Rg1 Qc7 20. g6 Bg5+ 21. Rxg5 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qh8+ {1-0 Manik,M-Kraai,J/Pardubice/1997/ (23)}) (16. Nd1 Qa5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Qf3 Rfc8 19. Ng4 Qxa2 20. Rg1 Rc4 21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Ne3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxb2 {0-1 Sedina,E-Aldrovandi,C/Torino/1998/ (35)}) 16... Qa5 (16... Bb7 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Rf1 Qc7 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rg2 Qxa2 21. Rf3 Rc4 {0-1 Grafl,F-Schaffarczyk,A/Senden/1998/ (33)}) 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. b3 d5 20. Qf3 f5 (20... Rac8 21. f5 Qc7 22. Rc1 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bd7 24. f6 gxf6 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Ng3 Kh8 27. Nh5 Be7 28. Bb6 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Orsag,M/CZE/ 1996/ (28)}) 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. f5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf7 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Rg1 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Cvitan,O/Budapest/1991/ (46)}) 16. f5 Bf8 $6 (16... exf5 $5 17. Rf1 b4 (17... g6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 $16) 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Bxg7 Qxa2 20. Kd2 $40) 17. f6 g6 (17... Qc7 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. h5 $16) 18. Qf3 e5 (18... b4 19. h5 $1 e5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qg3 $18) 19. h5 $1 {The h file motives are so dangerous for black, that he has to make great concessions in order simply to continue the game.} Be6 (19... exd4 20. hxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. f7+ Kh8 22. fxe8=Q Qxe8 23. Nd5 $18) 21. Qg3 dxc3 22. Qh4 $18) 20. Bxe5 $1 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxe5 $18) 20... Qc7 (20... Bc4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bd4 $18) (20... b4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (22... dxe5 23. Qh1 $18) 23. Qh1+ Kg8 (23... Bh3 24. Rxh3+ Kg8 25. Rh7 $18) 24. f7+ $18) 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Rd2 (22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... b4 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. g6 $18) 23. f7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Bxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rf3+ $18) 25. Rxh7 Bc4 26. Rdh3 b4 27. Rd7 $18) 22... b4 23. Nd5 Qa5 (23... Bxd5 24. exd5 b3 25. Qxb3) 24. hxg6 (24. hxg6 fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Rdh2 $18) (24... Qxa2 25. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. fxe7+ $18) 25. f7+ Bxf7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Rxh7#) 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Gabriel, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2564"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 d4 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Ne8 11. Qe2 Be6 12. a4 a6 13. Bc1 b5 14. Ne1 Nd6 15. f4 f6 16. f5 Bf7 17. g4 c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ndf3 Nb4 20. Qf2 Qc7 21. g5 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc3 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Bxb2 Rab8 26. Rf2 Rfc8 27. Bc1 Nb7 28. Bf1 Nc5 29. Bg5 a5 30. Rg2 Kf8 31. Bh4 h6 32. Bg3 Nd7 33. Rb2 Rc5 34. Be2 Rbc8 35. Rbb1 Rc3 36. Kf1 Re8 37. Rc1 Rec8 38. Rd1 Bb3 39. Rdb1 Bf7 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Rdc1 Rcc8 42. Rcb1 Kg8 43. Ra3 Rc3 44. Rba1 Nc5 45. Rxc3 dxc3 46. Rc1 c2 47. Nxc2 Nb3 48. Nxb4 Nxc1 49. Nc6 Bh5 50. Nxa5 Ra8 51. Be1 Bg5 52. Kf2 Bd8 53. Nc4 Rxa4 54. Bf1 Kh7 55. Ke3 Nb3 56. Bc3 Ra2 57. Bxe5 Be7 58. d4 Rc2 59. Bd3 Rc3 60. d5 Rxd3+ 61. Kxd3 Bxf3 62. d6 Bd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2483"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. a4 c5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d3 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Qb3 b4 15. Nd1 O-O 16. Ne3 Qa6 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. Bg5 Bf8 20. Nfd2 Bc6 21. e4 Nc7 22. Be3 g6 23. Rc1 Bg7 24. Qd1 Ba4 25. Qe2 Nb5 26. Ra1 Na3 27. Nf3 Nxc4 28. dxc4 b3 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. Ne1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Bezold, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2512"] [BlackElo "2508"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Rd1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 a5 9. c4 e6 10. Nf4 Ngf6 11. f3 O-O 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. b3 Bb7 15. g3 e5 16. d5 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. O-O Ne8 20. f4 Nc5 21. fxe5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bg5 Qa7+ 24. Nf2 Bxe5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Nd4 Ba8 27. Ng4 f5 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Ne4 31. Qe3 Qc5 32. Rd3 Nc3 33. Nc6 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Re8 35. Rd3 Ra8 36. Re1 Ne4 37. g4 Bc3 38. Re2 Nc5 39. Rde3 fxg4 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Rxe8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Nxb3 43. Nxa5 Nxa5 44. Rxa5 b3 45. Rb5 b2 46. Kf2 h5 47. Ke3 h4 48. Kf4 g3 49. hxg3 g5+ 50. Kf3 hxg3 51. a5 Bxa5 52. Rxb2 Bc3 53. Rb7+ Kf6 54. Kxg3 Ke5 55. Rb3 Be1+ 56. Kg4 Kxd5 57. Rd3+ Kc5 58. Kxg5 d5 59. Kf5 Kc4 60. Rh3 Bc3 61. Kf4 Bd2+ 62. Kf3 Kd3 63. Kf2+ Kc2 64. Ke2 d4 65. Rd3 Bc3 66. Rd1 Bb2 67. Rd2+ Kc3 68. Kd1 Ba3 69. Rc2+ Kd3 70. Rh2 Kc3 71. Ra2 Bb4 72. Rc2+ Kb3 73. Rc8 d3 74. Kc1 Ba5 75. Kd1 Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2513"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 $5 {Eine weniger gebräuchliche Alternative zu 6...Bd6, die besonders durch Dreev popularisiert wurde.} 7. e4 $5 (7. Bd3) (7. Be2) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb4+ (9... Bb7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. O-O c5 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grigutavicius, D-Linauskas,D/Radviliskis 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Bb7 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Zhidkov,V-Savon,V/Ceske Budejovice 1995/EXT 97 (15)}) 12... Nf6 $6 {Mir gefällt dieser Aufbau nicht, da Schwarz mit einem Bauern auf c5 zurücknimmt.} (12... Qc7 $5 {/\ ...c5}) 13. Qe3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. O-O-O $5 $14 {Christian Gabriel spielt immer maximalistisch. Weiß erhält Vorteil auf der d-Linie, aber sein König am Damenflügel gibt Anlass zum Gegenspiel.} ({Schlichtere Gemüter hätten} 16. O-O $14 {gewählt, mit einem leichten Vorteil wegen der besseren Bauernstruktur.}) 16... Qc7 17. f3 a5 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Nb1 a4 20. Bc2 $1 {Weiß wählt eine interessante Aufstellung: Der Springer deckt von a3 aus den Pc4 und blockiert den Pa4, der Bc2 greift den Bauern an.} Ba6 21. Na3 Qc6 (21... Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxa4 Rd4 24. Bb3 $16) 22. Rd2 Rb8 ({Der Turmtausch nach} 22... Rfd8 23. Rhd1 {kommt nur dem Weißen entgegen.}) 23. Rhd1 Rb4 24. Rd6 Qc8 25. Qd3 $16 {Weiß kontrolliert die d-Linie und Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel. Allerdings ist es in solchen Stellungen nicht einfach, "den Deckel draufzuhalten".} g6 26. Qc3 Nh5 27. Be4 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Qe3 (30. g4 Ng7 31. h4) 30... Ng7 31. Qxc5 $2 {Jetzt entwischen die schwarzen Figuren.} (31. g4 Ne8 32. R6d2 (32. Rd8 Qxh2) 32... Nc7 33. Nc3 $16 {mit klarem Vorteil für Weiß. Er kann sein Spiel gegen den Pc5 oder den Kg8 richten.} (33. Nd6 Nd5 34. Rxd5 Rxb2 $5)) 31... Nf5 32. R6d2 Qf4 33. Kb1 (33. Qc6 Rbb8 34. g3 Qe3 $132) 33... Rbb8 34. Nd4 Ne3 $132 {Schwarz hat vollwertiges Gegenspiel.} 35. g3 Qh6 36. Rc1 Nxc4 37. Rdc2 Rfc8 38. Nc6 Rxc6 39. Qxc6 Na3+ 40. Ka1 Nxc2+ 41. Rxc2 $11 a3 42. Qd6 axb2+ 43. Kb1 Rf8 44. Qd3 Qg5 45. f4 Qa5 46. Qc3 Qd5 47. Qxb2 Qa8 48. Ka1 Rd8 49. a3 Rd3 50. Rc3 Rd1+ (50... Rxc3 51. Qxc3 Qh1+ 52. Kb2 Qxh2+ 53. Kb3 { , und der a-Bauer ist sehr schnell.}) 51. Rc1 Rd3 52. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 Qg4 11. f4 Qxg5 12. fxg5 b6 13. Re1 c5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Zhu, Chen"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nge2 Bg6 9. O-O e6 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bd2 Ng8 17. e4 f5 18. e5 Qh4 19. h3 Nh6 20. Qf2 Nf7 21. Qxh4 Rxh4 22. Be1 Rh6 23. h4 Bd8 24. g3 Rh8 25. Kg2 Nh6 26. Bd2 Ng4 27. Rh1 Bc7 28. Rh3 Ke7 29. Rah1 Ra8 30. a3 Bd8 31. Ng1 Bc7 32. Nf3 Nh6 33. Ne1 Kf7 34. h5 Nf8 35. Nf3 Ke7 36. Ng5 Nf7 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. g4 gxh5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Bxf5 g6 41. Bd3 Ne6 42. Be3 Ng7 43. Kf3 Rag8 44. Bf2 Bd8 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 g5 47. fxg5 Bxg5 48. Rb1 Rb8 49. Rhh1 Bd2 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Rhf1 Ke6 52. Rg1 Kf7 53. Bg6+ Ke6 54. Bc2 Rxb1 55. Bxb1 Kf7 56. Bg6+ Ke6 57. Bc2 Kf7 58. Rg3 Bb4 59. Rf3+ Ke8 60. Bg6+ Kd8 61. Bh4+ Kc8 62. Rf7 Rg8 63. Bh7 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Bezold, Michael"] [Black "Gabriel, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2508"] [BlackElo "2564"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Qh5 Qd7 11. h3 Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. Nc4 Rdf8 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. f4 f5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qe2 h5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"] [Black "Zhu, Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. d4 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Bd3 Nd6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Nf6 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Nf1 Nd6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Ng3 f5 22. c4 Bf6 23. Nh5 Rd7 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. f3 exf3 27. gxf3 Rf8 28. Re6 Qd8 29. Kh1 Nb7 30. Rg1 Qh4 31. Be5 Nd8 32. Qg2 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Ibragimov, Ildar"] [Black "Bischoff, Klaus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Be7 8. e4 d6 (8... Nxe4 $5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 (10. Qg4 Kxe7 11. bxc3 Kf8 $17) 10... Nxd1 11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ra2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 $11) 9. Bg3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 (10... c5 11. d5 $14) 11. d5 Nf8 12. b4 Ng6 13. Nb3 h5 (13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 O-O 16. O-O {Black's position is very solid, but too passive. White can hope to benefit from his space advantage on the queenside.} c5 (16... a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 $14) 17. dxc6 ( 17. bxc5 dxc5 $14) 17... Bxc6 18. Bd3 Ne8 (18... a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 $14) 19. Nd5 Nc7 20. a4 Rb8 (20... Ne6 21. a5 $1 $16) 21. Be2 Ne6 22. Bg4 Bg5 23. Ra2 Bh6 (23... Bf4 24. g3 Bh6 25. b5 $14) 24. b5 Bb7 (24... Bxd5 25. cxd5 Nc5 26. Qf3 $14) 25. a5 $1 {Despite black's best effort white has excellent grip in the center and the queenside.} Ne7 (25... Nef4 26. axb6 Nxd5 27. exd5 Qxb6 28. Na5 Bf4 $14) 26. Qd3 g6 (26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 $1 (27. exd5 Nf4 28. Qc2 a6 $14) 27... Nf4 28. Bxf4 Bxf4 29. Rfa1 $16) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Bxe6 Kxf6 (28... fxe6 29. Ng4 Qc7 (29... Bf4 30. Rd1 $16) 30. Rd1 Rbd8 31. a6 Bc8 32. Nxh6 Kxh6 33. Nd2 $16) 29. Bd5 Nxd5 (29... Bxd5 30. cxd5 Kg7 31. f4 $14) 30. cxd5 Kg7 31. f4 {Opening of a new front is very unpleasant for black suffering from the lack of space.} f6 (31... exf4 32. a6 Bc8 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 $16) 32. a6 Bc8 33. Raf2 Qe8 (33... exf4 34. Nd4 Ra8 35. Bxf4 $16) 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Nd4 $1 exd4 36. Qxd4 $6 (36. Bxb8 Be3 37. Bxa7 Bd7 38. Rb1 f5 $132 39. e5 Qxe5 40. Bxb6 $18) 36... Ra8 (36... Bd7 37. Rxf6 Kg8 (37... Kh7 38. Bxb8 Qxb8 39. Rxf8 Bxf8 40. Rf7+ $18) 38. Bxb8 Qxb8 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Rff6 Rxf6 41. Qxf6 Qf8 42. Kh1 Bxb5 43. Qxf8 Bxf8 44. Rxb6 $18) 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 $2 { This looks like a time trouble move, while stubborn would severely question the wisdom of piece sacrifice with 36.Qxd4?!} (37... Be3+ $2 38. Qxe3 Rxf6 39. Qd4 $18) (37... Kg8 $1 38. Rxf8+ (38. Bd6 Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Bg7 (39... Qxe4 $2 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Rf7+ Bg7 42. Qf6 $18) 40. Qxh4 Bd7 $15) 38... Bxf8 39. d6 Be6 40. e5 Qxb5 41. Qxh4 $15) 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 (38... Kh7 39. Be5 Be3+ (39... Bd7 40. Qf7+ $18) 40. Kh1 Bh6 41. Rc1 $18) 39. Be5 Kh7 40. Rf3 g5 41. Rc3 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O b5 6. Qd3 Rb8 7. b3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. e4 c4 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Qe3 c3 12. Qxc3 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Qc6 Rb6 15. Qa4 Nc3 16. Qc4 Nd5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. c4 Rc6 20. Qxe4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qg4 Bf8 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Re1 g6 25. Qf3 Bb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Bg5 h6 29. d5 Qd8 30. Rxe6+ fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. d6 1-0 [Event "Fraenkische GM 1st"] [Site "Pulvermuehle"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Wells, Peter K"] [Black "Blatny, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2512"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2000.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 075"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 (5... Nd5 6. O-O (6. a3 c5 7. c4 Ne7 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Ristic,N-Nikolic,Z/Smederevska Palanka 1982/MCL 03 (40)}) 6... Be7 7. a3 c5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. c4 Nc7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Valenti,G-Magrin,A/Reggio Emilia7778 1977/MCD-r7 (53)}) 6. O-O (6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 c5 9. c3 Be7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Kolago, M-Kiseleva,N/Koszalin POL 1999 (39)}) 6... Be7 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Qxd5 $2 9. Re1 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nc3 $16) 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nf8 $5 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf5 $14) 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Nf1 g6 14. f4 h5 15. f5 (15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 {gibt Weiß nicht genug Kompensation.}) 15... gxf5 16. Ng3 $14 Bh4 17. Bxf5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 19. Qa4+ c6 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. Bxa3 Ng7 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. Rf1 Be6 24. Rf6 (24. Bc1 $5) 24... O-O-O 25. Bc1 Rdg8 26. Rf4 Kd7 27. a4 Ne8 28. Kf2 Rg4 29. Be2 Rg7 30. Rh4 $6 {im Folgenden steht der Turm abseits, was Weiß Probleme verursacht.} Bg4 $1 31. Bd3 f6 32. Bf4 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Rf8+ 34. Kg1 Rg5 35. Bf4 Rgg8 36. a5 b5 37. Rf1 Nd6 38. Bh7 Rg7 39. Bd3 a6 40. Rh1 Re7 41. Kh2 Ne4 42. Bh6 Rxf1 43. Rxf1 Nxc3 44. Bg5 Ne4 ( 44... Re6 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 $132) 45. Bxe7 Kxe7 46. Bxe4 dxe4 47. Kg1 e3 48. Rc1 Kd6 49. Rc5 $6 (49. Kf1 $142) 49... b4 50. Rc4 b3 51. Rb4 Bd1 52. Kf1 c5 53. Rb6+ Kd5 54. dxc5 Kxc5 55. Ke1 (55. Rxa6 $2 Bc2 56. Ke2 (56. Rb6 Bd3+ 57. Ke1 Bb5 58. Kd1 e2+ 59. Kd2 b2 $19) 56... b2 $19) 55... Bc2 $1 (55... e2 56. Kd2 Kc4 57. Rb8 $11) 56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Rd6+ {[%mdl 4096]} Kc4 58. Rxa6 $2 ({Nach } 58. Rc6+ $1 {habe ich keinen Gewinn für Schwarz finden können, obwohl es natürlich sehr bedrohlich aussieht, z.B.} Kb5 (58... Kd4 59. Rd6+ Ke4 60. Re6+ Kd4 61. Rd6+ Kc3 62. Rc6+ Kb4 63. Rxa6 $11) (58... Kb4 59. Rxa6 b2 60. Rb6+ $11 ) 59. Rb6+ Kxa5 60. Rb8 Ka4 61. Kxe3 Ka3 62. Kd2 a5 63. Kc3 a4 64. Rb4 Bf5 65. Rb8 Ka2 66. Rb4 (66. Rb6 $2 Bc2 67. Rb4 a3 68. Rb5 Bd1 $19) 66... Bd7 67. Rb6 ( 67. Rb7 $2 Be6 68. Ra7 (68. Rb6 a3 69. Rxe6 b2 $19) 68... a3 69. Kb4 b2 70. Rxa3+ Kb1 71. Re3 Ka1 $19) 67... Bc6 (67... Ka1 68. Rb7 Bc6 69. Rb6) 68. Rb4 ( 68. Rxc6 $2 b2 69. Rb6 b1=Q 70. Rxb1 Kxb1 71. Kb4 Kc2 $19)) (58. Kxe3 b2 59. Rc6+ Kb4 60. Rb6+ (60. Rxa6 Ba4 $19) 60... Ka3 61. Rxb2 Kxb2 62. g4 hxg4 63. Kf4 Bd1 $19) 58... b2 $19 59. Rc6+ (59. Rb6 Bb3 $19 (59... b1=Q $2 60. Rxb1 Bxb1 61. Kxe3 Kb5 62. Kf4 $11)) 59... Kd4 60. Rd6+ Kc5 61. Rb6 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Bxb1 63. Kxe3 Bf5 0-1