[Event "Melbourne (Australia)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Black "Barrer, Haydn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 (5. g3 $13) 5... c6 6. g4 $5 fxg4
7. hxg4 Bb4 (7... Nxg4 8. Ng5 $44) 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 dxc4 $2 (9... Nf8 $16)
10. Rxh7 $1 O-O (10... Rxh7 11. Qg6+ Ke7 12. Qf7+ Kd6 13. Nxc4+ Kc7 14. Bf4+
$18) 11. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 12. Qg6+ Kh8 13. Bh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/2b4p/2p1pn2/2p2ppq/8/P1N1PP1P/3BQ1P1/1RR3K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26. Be1 g4 27. hxg4 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Nxg4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18 26th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Kantor, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
a5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Ne1 Na6 12. f3 Qe8 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. Nc2 Rae8 15.
Rab1 d6 16. b4 axb4 17. Nxb4 Bd8 18. Nxa6 Bxa6 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21.
Rfc1 c6 22. Nc3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bc7 24. h3 Rd8 25. Qe2 g5 26. Be1 g4 27. hxg4
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Nxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Johannesburg (South Africa)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolpert, Julien"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 (
8. b3 $11) (8. Qc2 $11) 8... Ne4 9. Ne5 $2 (9. c5 $132) (9. Qc2 $132) (9. Rb1
$132) 9... Nxd2 $1 10. Qxd2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 dxc4 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 {The Stonewall system must
have come as a surprise for Vishy. Magnus prefers to deviate from the main
theoretical lines as soon as possible.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 {Avoiding the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 {White goes for a
classical plan of occupying the central square with both of his knights.} a5 {
A typical useful move for such a structure - Black is getting some space for
his q-side pieces and preventing White from advancing the b-pawn.} (9... c5 10.
e3 Nc6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 $14) (9... Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 $14) (9... b6
10. cxd5 exd5 (10... cxd5 11. Ndc4 $1 $14) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 $14) 10. Bb2 {
This natural developing move seems most promising.} ({Black doesn't experience
any problems after} 10. Ndf3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Nd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e3 $14) 11. Qc2 a4
12. Ndf3 {Vishy decides not to react to the aggressive advance of Black's
a-pawn.} ({The previously played} 12. bxa4 $5 {also comes to consideration:}
Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 $6 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Nc4 $15 {
0-1 (29) Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)/Moscow RUS 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4
exf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. e3 $146 {This innovation doesn't really
change the evaluation - White is slightly better due to a space advantage, but
Black's position is very solid.} ({Also worth considering is} 13. Rab1 $5 {
freeing the a1-square for the bishop is more promising. For instance,} a3 (
13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb4 15. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (24) Cifuentes Parada,R (2508)
-Salamero Pelay,F (2130)/Spain 2011/EXT 2013}) 14. Ba1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. f3
Nf6 17. Nd3 {with a long strategic battle, where White's chances are
preferable due to a space advantage.}) 13... a3 14. Bc3 ({After} 14. Bc1 g5 (
14... c5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd3 Rad8 $11 {
is another solid way to equalise}) 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Be8 $132 {
White lacks harmony, so Black has no reasons for complaint.}) 14... Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bd7 ({The following simplification hardly promises Black equality:} 15...
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. c5 Be8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. f3 $14) 16. Nxd7 {
The exchange of the passive bishop definitely makes Black's play easier.} ({
It looks like} 16. Be1 $142 $1 Be8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nd3 e5 19. c5 (19. dxe5 Bxe5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc1 Qe7 $11) 19... Bc7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc3
Qe7 23. Qd4 {would allow White to keep a small, but risk-free edge.}) 16...
Qxd7 17. c5 {This ambitious advance is double-edged: White seizes a lot of
space on the queenside, but releasing the pressure in the centre offer Black
decent counterplay on the opposite side.} (17. Be1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5 Bc7 20.
Bc3 h5 $11) 17... Bc7 ({Magnus deviates from a boring equalising line:} 17...
Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be7 19. b4 b5 20. Rab1 Ra4 21. Rb3 Rfa8 $11) 18. b4 h5 {Black
has no real threats yet, but White's king is under pressure now.} 19. Be1 e5
20. dxe5 (20. f3 $5 {also deserved some attention:} Nf6 21. Rb1 exd4 22. exd4
h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 $11) 20... Bxe5
21. Rd1 Qe6 {Keeping an eye on the vulnerable Pa2. The position is still equal,
but White has to play precisely.} 22. f3 ({After} 22. Rd3 h4 (22... Bb2 23. f3
Nf6 24. Bc3 $11) 23. gxh4 $1 f4 24. f3 Nf6 {White's position doesn't look good,
though} 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg6 28. Kh1 {enables him to keep the
balance.}) 22... Nf6 23. Bh3 $1 {White correctly opens up the position - the
bishops need more space! However, the king is getting exposed now.} (23. Qb3 {
was too passive:} Rfe8 24. Bf2 Bb2 $15) 23... g6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bb2 $1 {
This brave attempt to play for a win was fully justified.} ({After} 25... Ng4
26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bf2 Bb2 29. Re1 $11 {Black wouldn't be able to
win the Pa2, so White should be OK.}) 26. exf5 Qxa2 27. Bf2 {Anand's move is
natural - White is connecting the rooks, so the pieces are located more
harmoniously. However, this loss of tempi allows Magnus to stabilise the
situation on the kingside.} (27. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c3] was safer:} Rad8 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Bc3 {and White neutralises the dangerous passer:} Nd5 30. f6 Kf7 31.
Bxb2 axb2 32. Qxb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 {with a drawish endgame.}) 27... g5 $1 28.
Rfe1 $2 {White doesn't have time for a slow improvement - the Pa2 is simply
too strong!} ({The correct approach would be} 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Bd4 $1 Bxd4+ 30.
Rxd4 {Now, when the dark-squared bishop is gone, White is able to stop the
pawn:} Ng4 31. Qd2 a2 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Rd2 Rfa8 36.
b5 Rb4 (36... Ne5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. f6+ $1 Kxf6 39. Rf2+ Ke6 40. Re2 {and
Black cannot make any progress.}) 37. Rdxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 cxb5 (
39... Ne3 40. Rf2 cxb5 41. Rf3 $11) 40. Re2 Kf6 41. h3 Ne5 42. Kf2 {White
should be able to achieve a draw quite easily.}) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Re6 $1 {
Vishy manages to find the best way to develop his counterplay.} (29. Rd6 {
was much worse:} Rfe8 30. Rde6 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qb3 Rxe6 33. fxe6 Qf3 34.
Qc4 Qd5 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. e7 Re8 37. Re3 Bd4 38. Rxa3 Rxe7 $19) 29... Ng4 $2 {
This natural move is not the best from an objective point of view, though
White's task is becoming extremely tough.} ({After the correct} 29... Rfe8 $1
30. b5 cxb5 31. Bg2 b4 32. Bf1 Kh8 33. Bc4 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qe7 $17 {White still
would have some counter-chances, but Black's advantage is indisputable there.})
30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rd7 $4 {That desperate move leads to a quick
loss.} ({At the same time, Vishy could have escaped by means of} 32. Re6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6e7]} Rfe8 (32... Qxf5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ $11) 33. Be3
$1 {It turns out, that White has enormous attacking resources everywhere:} Be5
$1 (33... Rxe6 34. fxe6+ Qg6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 (35... Bg7 36. Qa2 {leads nowhere})
36. Bxg5+ $1 Kxg5 37. h4+ gxh3 38. Qd2+ Kh5 39. Qe2+ Qg4 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Qe3+
Kf5 42. Rf7+ Bf6 43. Qf2+ Ke4 44. Rxf6 h2+ 45. Kxh2 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Qf1
Qxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Kd5 49. Ra1 $11) 34. h4 $3 gxh3 35. Rg6 {[%cal Gc2e2]} Bg7 36.
Rd7 $3 Qxd7 37. f6 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kxg6 39. Qd3+ Kxf6 40. Bd4+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8
42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxg5+ {with perpetual.}) 32... Qxd7 $19 {Unfortunately,
there are not many pieces left. Black easily wins now.} 33. f6 Qd1+ (33... Rxf6
{was also good enough:} 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ Bg7 36. Qa2+ Qf7 $19) 34. Qxd1
Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I watched this game live on ICC (Internet Chess Club) and was impressed, how
easy Anand beat Nicolic in this game, but after some analyses I understood
that everything wasn't such clear in this game.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6
4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Be8 (9... Ne4 10.
Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 {The opening plan of white is typical
for this variation.} Qe7 14. c5 Bb8 15. Qc3 h6 16. Qb4 e5 {Getting into the
troubles, black tries to complicate the game.} 17. Qxb7 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19.
Nhxf4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf7 21. Qxc6 g5 22. Qd6 $1 $18 Kg7 23. Bh3 Qxd4 24. Bxf5
Nxc5 25. e3 Qxe3 26. Ng2 {1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 97 (26)})
10. Bf4 $146 {It is new move, but looks as the most logical in this position.}
(10. Nf4 Qe7 (10... Bf7 $6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 g5 15.
Nfe5 Nef6 16. b4 Nh5 17. cxd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peng,Z-Zaitseva,L/Tivat 1995/EXT 97
(58)}) 11. Nd3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 e5 15. dxe5 Ne4
16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hudecek,J-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (31)}) 12.
Nfe5 (12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qe7 15. exf3 $5 $14 {0-1 Zilberstein,
V-Ruban,V/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 (47)}) 12... Nbd7 13. b3 Rac8 14. b4 Ng4 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Bf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c5 $16 {1-0 Shtyrenkov,
V-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 10... h6 (10... Bh5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 11. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7] White uses the defect of monouevre
of blacks bishop-blacks queenside is less protected.} (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4
Nbd7 $14) 11... b6 (11... b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gf4d3]}) 12. Rfc1 Be7 (12... Bh5 $5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 ({
Probably was better to capture with the pawn, but also in that case black
doesn't solve the problem of the development of his queenside knight.} 13...
exd5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bd2 a5 $1 $14 (15... Ne4 16. Bb4 $16) (15... Qd6 16. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd2b4]})) 14. Bd2 {[%cal Gh3f4]} g5 15. Ne5 a5 16. e4 $1 {White has some
advantage in space and in development and he should create some active play to
use these advantages.} fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 (17... Bf6 18. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Yf2f4]}) 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 (19... a4 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Nxf4 Qd6 21. Nfg6
$6 (21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Nxb6 (22. Ne5 {like in the game.}) 22... Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rb7
24. Qxa5 Qxd4 $132) (21. Re1 $142 $16) 21... Bxg6 22. Nxg6 Rff7 23. Bf4 {
continuing initiative play.} (23. Bxd5 $5 {was forcing better ending.} Qxd5+ (
23... exd5 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qd3 {[%cal Gf4b8] I don't see a way for black to
save c6-pawn.} (25. Bxb8 $5 Qxb8 26. Rxc6)) 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Bf4 Rab7 26. Ne5
$16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc6,Rh6]}) 23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 $2 (24... Bxd4 25. Qh3 Bxb2
26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Rd3 $44 {[%cal Ga1d1,Yd3g3]}) (24... a4 $142 25. Qh3 a3 26. b3
(26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Qg2 Rg7 {and still nothing clear.}) 26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 $36)
25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rc3 Qxd4 27. Qg2 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Rd7 28. Rg1 (28. Rd3 $6 Qc5)
28... b5 29. Rg3 Qa7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Qd2 $6 ({In my opinion, much better was:} 
31. Bxc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7] and it is not clear how to prevent Bd7.}) 31... Qc7
32. Rd3 $18 {Nothing can't stop whites attack. Black N is still stalled on-b8!}
Re8 33. Rd6 (33. Bxc6 Ref8 34. Qg2 $18 {[%cal Rd3d7]}) 33... c5 34. Ng4 Rff8
35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36. Ng4 Rd8 37. Qg2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Tough!} Rxd6 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39.
Qh7+ Kf7 40. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2004.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Arnold, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 {Tarraschian approach! I am usually for the idea that
the pieces should be posted on natural squares. That is why I have shown a
preference for the text over Nh3 lines.} (3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nh3
Bd6 7. O-O O-O $14 {is believed by many people to be better for white.}) 3...
Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 {We have a Stonewall over the board. Since
Shaba likes it one should never underestimate this line.} 7. Bf4 {The modern
approach.} (7. b3 Qe7 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 O-O 10. e3 $13) ({GM Chekov's} 7. Nc3
$5 O-O 8. Qc2 $13 {is a very interesting line as well.}) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O
{c4 is untouchable for the moment.} (8... dxc4 $6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. e3 b5 11. Qh5+
g6 12. Nxg6 Nf6 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Nc3 c5 17. Bf3 $16) 9.
e3 Ne4 $1 (9... Bd7 $6 {The very old idea to bring the bishop on h5 does no
good for black. The bishop should be fianchettoed and black should go for c5
after that.} 10. Qb3 {That is why I wanted to have b3 square open.} Qb6 11. Nc3
$16) 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe1 $6 {It is too early for this move.} (12.
Kh1 $6 b6 13. Qa4 (13. cxd5 cxd5) 13... Bb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 $5 $36)
15. Ne2 (15. Rc2 $6 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc4 17. Qb3 Rac8 $36) 15... a5 $1 16. Rc7 Ba6
17. Rxd7 Qe8 $132) (12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 $14) (12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Ne2 $14) 12... b6 {Now white has problems on a6-f1 diagonal.} 13. cxd5 {
I have decided to clear the diagonal.} (13. Ne2 Ba6 14. cxd5 cxd5 $17) (13. b4
Qxb4 14. Nxe4 Qxe1 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rfxe1 Ba6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 Rf7 19.
Rec1 Kf8 20. Ne1 Rg7 $17) (13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 c5 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Bb7
$15 {is to black's advantage.}) 13... exd5 $6 {This was a relief!} (13... cxd5
$1 14. Kh1 (14. Qe2 a5 15. Rfd1 (15. Nb5 $2 Ba6 16. Rc6 Qb4 $19) 15... Ba6 16.
Qe1 $15 {is not the end of the world either.}) 14... Ba6 15. Rg1 Rac8 16. Ng5
Ndf6 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Nh3 Qc7 22. Bf1 Bxf1
23. Rxf1 Qc2 24. Rd1 $11 (24. Qxc2 $2 Rxc2 25. Rf2 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 $1 (26...
Re1 27. Rd2 {and black's rook does not have a point of entry on the 3rd rank
makes e3 untouchable.}) 27. a3 Re1 $19)) 14. Kh1 Rf6 $5 (14... Ba6 15. Rg1 Bd3
16. Bf1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be4 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. Ng5 Bxg2+ 20. Rxg2 Nf6 (20... c5 21.
Rcg1) 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Nf3 $13) 15. Rg1 (15. Bh3 Ba6 16. Rg1 Bd3 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
18. Rg3 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 g6 $13) (15. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rh6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
f3 Ba6 $17) 15... Rh6 16. Ng5 {White has to be careful about the possibilty of
an attack on h2.} (16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 $19) (16. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 17. Ne5
Nxe5 $19) 16... Ndf6 17. Ncxe4 ({I have calculated correctly that} 17. f3 Nd6
18. e4 $2 fxe4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Rxc6 Rxe4 23.
Bxe4 Nxe4 $19 {loses.}) 17... Nxe4 18. Bf1 (18. Nxe4 fxe4 (18... Qh4 $6 19.
Nf6+)) (18. Nf3 c5 $40) 18... a5 $6 {An empty move.} (18... Bd7 19. Nxe4 (19.
Nf3 c5 20. Rg2 $13 (20. Ne5 Rc8 (20... cxd4 21. exd4 (21. f3 $2 Nc5 22. exd4
Ne6 $17) 21... Qh4 22. Rg2))) 19... fxe4 20. Rg5 Rf8 $11) 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rg5
Bd7 21. Be2 Rf8 22. Qc3 (22. Qg1 Rff6) 22... Rf5 $11 {Another critical point
in the game. Even if I would have pulled the rook back the assesment of the
position would not have changed.} 23. Rcg1 (23. Rg2 Rff6 24. Rcg1 Rfg6 $11)
23... Rxg5 24. Rxg5 (24. fxg5 $6 Rh3 (24... Rd6 25. Qb3 b5 $132) 25. Qb3 Qd6
26. Rg2 Qc7 $15) 24... Rg6 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Qe1 Bg4 (26... Bf5 27. Qg1 c5 28.
Rxg6 Bxg6 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. fxg3 c4 31. Kg1 $11) 27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Qe2 Rxg3 29.
fxg3 Qh3 {This has given me a slight surprise.} (29... Qe7 30. a3 $1 $14 {
would have kept the game going on.} (30. Qa6 Qb4 $11) (30. Qg4 Qb4 $11)) 30.
Kg1 h5 31. a3 (31. Qa6 $2 h4 (31... Qg4 $2 $11) 32. Qf1 Qg4 $17) 31... Kf7 (
31... h4 $2 32. Qh5) 32. b4 {Around this moment I have lost my objectivity.} (
32. Qa6 Qg4 $11 {should end up in a perpetual check.}) 32... axb4 33. axb4 b5
34. Qd1 g6 35. Qe2 Kg7 36. Kh1 (36. Qc2 h4 (36... Qg4 37. Qxc6 Qd1+ $11) 37.
Qc5 $11) 36... Kf7 37. Kg1 Kg7 (37... Ke6 38. Qc2 Kd7 39. Qc5 $11) 38. Qe1 $2 {
This is a typical psychological mistake. With 200 points difference in the
rating scale the player with the white pieces thinks that he can play any move
and timid play by black so far encourages him.} Qg4 39. h4 Qf3 $6 {Unambitious.
} (39... Kf6 40. Kh2 (40. f5 Kxf5 41. Qf2+ Qf3 $19) (40. Qf2 Kf5 41. Kg2 Qd1
42. Qg1 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Kf6 44. Qa1 Qxb4 45. Qa8 Qe7 $17) 40... Qf3 41. Kh3 (41.
Qc1 Kf5 42. Kh3 Qf2 43. Qxc6 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Kg4) 41... Kf5 42. Qg1 $132) 40. Kh2
{White could have equalized immediately with a pawn sac.} (40. Qf2 Qd1+ 41. Kg2
Kf6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Qf4 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kg2 $11) 40... Kf7
(40... Kf6 41. Kh3 Kf5 42. Qc1 Qe2 43. Qa1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qf3 45. Kh3 Qe2 46. Qc1
Qc4 47. Qg1 $1 $11 {would have transposed to the game.}) 41. Qd2 {Finally I
have decided to offer a draw which was accepted instantly.} (41. Qd2 Kf6 42.
Qc1 Kf5 43. Kh3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qc4 46. Qg1 Qxb4 47. g4+ hxg4+ 48.
Qxg4+ Kf6 49. f5 (49. h5 gxh5 50. Qg5+ Ke6 51. f5+ Kd7 52. Qg7+ $11) 49... gxf5
50. Qg5+ Ke6 51. Qg6+ Kd7 52. h5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. b3 $5 {A surprisingly rare move.} f5 {After
some time he decided to transpose the game into a Stonewall Dutch.} 5. g3 Nf6
6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 {Once again I play against this annoying Stonewall. I
have started to think and came up with a plan involving Bf4.} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4
Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nbd7 11. e3 Ne4 (11... b6 12. Ne5 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qe2 a5 14.
Rfc1 Ba6 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. Rc2 $11 {is similar to the game.}) 12... Bb7 13. Qc2
$11) 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rfc1 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Ne2) 14. cxd5 {I had to be fast
with my plan of playing on the c line.} (14. Qb2 $6 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 (15...
Nxc3 $2 16. dxe6 cxd4 17. exd7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. exd4 $14) 16. Ne2 Rac8
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. Ng3 $13) 14... cxd5 $1 (14... exd5 15. Qb2 $14)
15. Bf1 $1 {I thought that keeping his bishop boxed would have helped me to
build up an advantage albeit things are not as simple as they look.} Rac8 16.
Qb2 Ndf6 17. Nd1 $1 {A nice prophylactic move.} Ng4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 (18... Bxc8
19. Rc1 (19. h3 $6 Nh6 20. h4 Ng4 21. Rc1 Bb7 $15) 19... g5 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nxg5
Nxg5 22. fxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Kh1 $14) 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 g5 $1 21. fxg5 Nxg5 22.
Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Bg2 Qe7 $11 24. f3 $6 {This could have ended the game as a draw
at once.} (24. h3 $142 Nf6 25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Qc6 Bb7 27. Qc2 Ba6 $11) 24... Nh6
$2 (24... Qh4 $1 25. Qc7 $8 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Nxe3 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Qh6+ $11) 25. Nf2 $16 {Now white has
considerably improved his position.} Ba6 (25... f4 26. e4 e5 27. Nd3 $1 dxe4
28. fxe4 exd4 29. Qxf4 Nf7 30. Qb8+ $16) 26. Nh3 $1 {White improve his pieces.}
(26. Qc6 Bb7) 26... Nf7 27. Nf4 Nd8 28. Bf1 $1 {Another correct decision} Bxf1
29. Kxf1 Kf8 30. Qc8 Ke8 31. Qb8 $1 Kf7 32. Nd3 Ke8 33. Qe5 $1 (33. Ne5 Qb7)
33... Kd7 $6 {He goes to the wrong side of the board.} (33... Nf7 34. Qg3 $1 (
34. Qg7 $2 Qg5 $1 $11) 34... Kf8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Nf4 Nd6 37. a4 $16) 34. Qh8
Kc7 35. Ne5 Kb7 36. a4 Kc7 $2 (36... Nc6 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Qa8+ Kd6 39. b4 Qc7
40. Qf8+ Kc6 (40... Kd7 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42. Qxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Kg3 e5 45.
f4 $18) 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. b5 $16) 37. b4 $1 {After this white's pieces
dominates the entire board.} Kb7 38. Ke2 Kc7 (38... Nc6 $2 {too late for.} 39.
Nxc6 Kxc6 40. Qc8+ Kd6 41. b5 Qc7 42. Qxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Kg3 Ke7 45.
Kf4 Kf6 46. e4 h6 47. h3 $1 $18) 39. b5 $1 $18 {Finally white seals the knight.
} Kb7 40. Qg8 $2 {An unnecessary waste of time.My main idea is h4-h5-h6.I
looked at the position and decided to first improve my queens standing.} (40.
h4 Qxh4 41. Qe8 $1 Qg5 42. Kd3 $18 {leads to a surprising mate.}) 40... a6 (
40... Qh4 41. Qe8 $18 {is similar.}) 41. h4 axb5 42. axb5 h5 $1 {Moving the
queen gave him this counterchance.} 43. Qg6 Qc7 $1 (43... Qb4 $2 44. Qe8 $18 {
is usual.}) 44. Kf2 $2 {The worst of 3 different alternatives.} (44. Qxh5 Qc2+
45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qxe3 47. Qh7+ Kb8 48. Nc6+ Nxc6 49. bxc6 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+
51. Kf4 Qc1+ 52. Ke5 Qxc6 53. h5 $18) (44. Kd1 f4 $1 (44... Qc3 45. Qh7+ Kb8
46. Qe7 $18) (44... Qe7 45. Qxh5 $18) 45. exf4 Qc3 46. Qg7+ Kb8 (46... Qc7 47.
Qf8 $18) 47. Qd7 Qxd4+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kf1 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 $18) 44... Qc1 $2 {
He misses his chance.} (44... f4 45. exf4 Qc3 46. Qh7+ Kb8 47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kg3
Qc1 $11) 45. Qg7+ (45. Qh7+ Kb8 46. Qe7 Qc7 47. Qe8 $18) 45... Qc7 46. Qf8 $18
{Now he is totally tied up.} f4 $8 ({After} 46... Kc8 47. Kg3 $18 {whites king
just walks up the board.}) 47. Qxf4 Qc1 48. Qg5 Kc8 49. Qe7 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Qxb5
51. Kf4 $1 {All white has to do is just to walk up with the king and cash h5
pawn.} Nb7 52. Qxe6+ {Black loses all his pawns.} (52. Kg5 $5) 52... Kc7 53.
Qf7+ Kc8 54. Qxh5 Nd8 55. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 5th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 {Milko went for the
Stonewall which had been always a difficult opening for me.} 7. Nc3 $5 (7. Bf4
Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 $6 10. Ne5) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 {This was bread and
butter for the former World Junior Champion GM Valery Chekhov.} Qe7 $5 {
Before the game I also was for this flexible approach.} (8... Ne4 9. Rb1 (9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 $13)) (8... Bd7 $6 9. Bg5 (9. Rb1 $5) 9... Be8 (9... h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 $1 {is the predecessor of our game Chekhov-Tisdall, Gausdall
1990.}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 $16) (8...
b6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 dxc4 11. e3 Nd5 12. Ne5 $44 {seen in one of Tal
Baron's games recently.Possibly b6 does not go well with the minor piece
exchange on f4.}) (8... dxc4 9. e4 $44) (8... Nbd7 $2 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... exd5
10. Qxf5) 10. Nb5 $16) (8... Qe8 9. Rb1 $1) 9. Rb1 $6 (9. Bg5 $5 h6 10. Bf4 {
is too deep at first sight but} Bxf4 11. gxf4 dxc4 12. Ne5 {ends up in a
double attack.}) 9... Bd7 $6 (9... Nbd7 $142 $1 {After this there is no
entirely satisfactory follow up for White.} 10. a3 (10. cxd5 $6 exd5 11. Qxf5
$2 (11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ne4) 11... Ne4 $17 {puts the queen in an awkward
situation.}) 10... a5) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... Rxf6 12. Qb3 Bc8 (12...
Be8 $2 13. c5) 13. Ne5 $16) 12. Qb3 {I was following the foot steps of GM
Chekhov.} (12. b4 $5 Be8 $1 (12... dxc4 13. b5 $1 $40 (13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 $44)) (12... a6 $2 13. Na4 $16) 13. b5 dxc4
14. e4 $13) 12... Bc8 (12... b6 $2 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5) 13. cxd5 exd5 (13...
cxd5 14. Nb5) 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Nd7 (17... Na6 18.
f4) 18. Nxd7 $146 (18. Rbe1 {would have been a direct transposition to
Chekhov's game.} Nxe5 (18... Nf6 19. Re2 $14 {is the aforementioned game.} (19.
f4 $5)) 19. Rxe5 {is a better version of the game.}) 18... Qxd7 (18... Bxd7 $1
{is obviously the move.} 19. Rbe1 $1 $14 (19. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 20. Qa6 Qf6 21. Qxa7
(21. b4 Qxd4 22. b5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 cxb5 24. Qd6 Rf7 25. Qxd5 $11) 21... Bf5 22.
Rbd1 Rxb2 23. f4 Rfb8 $44)) 19. Rbe1 Qf7 20. Re5 (20. Qa3 Re8) 20... Bf5 (20...
Re8 21. Rfe1) 21. Qa3 Rab8 $5 {A strange move which would never cross my mind.}
(21... Rae8 22. f4 $14 (22. Qxa7 $2 Bd3 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 $19)) 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Re7
Qf6 24. R1e5 Bg6 $6 {Back and forth, there is nothing worse than waiting
policy in this game.} (24... Be4 25. Qe3 $16) (24... Rf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Re7
Qf6 27. Qe3 Kf8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. Qb3 $16) 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. h3 (26. f3 $5) 26...
Rf7 27. g4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Bg6 29. h4 $6 {A bad move with the time trouble
approaching.} (29. f4 Be4 30. Re5 $14) ({I have seen the continuation to be} 
29. Re6 $1 Qf7 30. f4 Be4 31. f5 $16 {but for some obscure reasons I have
chosen the text.}) 29... Bf7 $2 {Another waiting move but now it should be
over.} (29... Qf8 30. f4 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 (31... Qxe8 $2 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. f5
Bd7 34. Bh3 h5 35. g5 g6 36. Kf2 b6 37. b4 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Kf4 Ke6 41. a3 b5 42. g6 Kf6 43. g7 Kxg7 44. Kxf5 Kf7 45. Kg5 $18 {I was
counting on this winning kKing and pawns ending.}) 32. h5 $14 {is quite
comfortable but by far winning.}) (29... Kf8 $4 30. Re6 $1 Qf7 31. Rxg6 Qxg6
32. Qf4+ $18) (29... Be4 $1 {I have missed this rejoinder.} 30. Bxe4 dxe4 (
30... Qxe7 $2 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ $18) 31. Qxe4 (31. Rxe4 Qxh4 $11) 31...
Qxh4 $11 (31... Rf8 32. f3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Rxb7 Rg3+ 35. Kf2 Rxg4 36.
Ke3 Rxh4 37. Rb6 $13)) 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Qg6 32. Qg3 $138 (32. Qf4 $142 {
may even be better proving White in the coming complications.}) 32... Re8 33.
Rxb7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 $1 (34. Bf1 Qe4) 34... Qh5+ 35. Bh3 Re4 (35... Re6 36. Qg4
Qxg4 37. Bxg4 Re4 38. Bf5 $18) (35... Be6 36. Rb8+ $1 (36. g6 $4 Bxh3 37. Rb8+
Bc8+ $19) 36... Kf7 (36... Kh7 37. g6+ $1) 37. g6+ $1 $18) 36. Kg2 Bg6 (36...
Rxd4 37. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 38. Qe5 $18) 37. f3 $1 Rxd4 $2 ({I have calculated
correctly that I could chase his rook in case of} 37... Re2+ 38. Kf1 $1 Rc2 (
38... Rd2 39. Ke1 $1 Rc2 40. Qe5 $18) (38... Bd3 39. Rb8+ Re8+ (39... Kh7 40.
Bf5+) 40. Kf2 $18) 39. Be6+ Kh7 40. Kg1 $1 Re2 41. Bg4 Qxg5 42. f4 Re3 43. Qxe3
Qxg4+ 44. Kf2 $18) 38. Qe5 (38. Qb8+ $5 {works as well.} Be8 (38... Kh7 39. Qe5
Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Bf7 41. Bf5+ Kh8 42. Rb8+ Bg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+
Ke8 (45... Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. g6+ $18) 46. Bd7+ $18) 39. Qe5
Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Bf7 41. Rxf7 $18) 38... Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Bf7 40. Rxf7 (40. Rxf7 Kxf7
41. Qf4+ $18 (41. Be6+ $2 {is totally unnecessary!} Kf8 42. Qd6+ Ke8 43. Qxc6+
Ke7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46. Bd7+ Kf7 47. Qf4+ Ke7 48. Qxd2 Kxd7 49. Qxd5+
$18)) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 $6 {A very rare continuation,played only in two games,according to my
database.} ({The main lines for black here:} 8... Ne4) ({and} 8... b6) 9. Bf4 (
9. Nf4 Re8 (9... Qe7 $142) 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf4
14. Bxf4 Nxd5 15. Bc1 Be6 16. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luig,B-Bolduan,M/Wiesbaden 1998/
EXT 2000 (70)}) 9... Be7 $146 {This move was the original idea of my opponent,
black tries to use white misplaced knight on h3 and to get comfortable play.} (
9... Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Qe7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Nd3 Kh8 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. e3 Nf7 17. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Engels,G-Vater,H/Kiel 2001/EXT 2003 (25)})
10. Nhg5 $1 {Otherwise black could play Ne4(or h6) and g5,cuting my knight on
h3.} Nb6 11. c5 (11. Ne5 $143 $2 Nxc4 $1 12. Nxc4 dxc4 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 13. Nf3
Nd5 {and white has to prove their compensation for the pawn}) 11... h6 (11...
Nc4 12. b3 Na5 13. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) (11... Ne4 12. h4 $1 Nxg5 13. hxg5 Nd7
14. b4 $16) 12. cxb6 hxg5 13. Bc7 Qe8 (13... Qd7 14. Qa4 $16) 14. bxa7 (14.
Nxg5 $143 axb6 15. Nf3 (15. Bxb6 $2 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gd7b6]}) 15... b5 $13)
14... g4 15. Ne5 Rxa7 {After a forced play a very unbalanced position had
arised.In first sight it's looks like black is doing fine:they have a better
pawnstructure and they have no weaknesses,but in fact the most important fact,
like always in Stonewall-black light-squared bishop is very passive,this fact
gives white a clear edge.} 16. f3 $2 {[%csl Ge4] A clear unaccuracy,which
gives black opportunity to equalise the play.} (16. a4 Nd7 (16... b5 17. Bb6
Ra6 18. a5 Nd7 $11) 17. Nd3 b6 18. Bf4 Ba6 $11) (16. Nd3 $142 $1 $14 {was the
right prophilactical move}) 16... Qh5 $2 {Black is going into the wrong
direction(missing a good opportunity to equalise),kingside attack is not
dangerous for white ,on the other hand black light-squared bishop will be a
serious problem till the end of the game.} (16... b5 $142 $1 17. Bb6 Ra6 18.
Bc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 gxf3 20. exf3 Nd7 $1 21. Nd3 Qe7 {[%csl Gc5]} 22. Qc2 (22. f4
$143 $2 Nxc5 23. Nb4 Rb6 24. Rc1 Bb7 $17) 22... Qf6 (22... e5 $2 23. Nb4 Ra4
24. Nxc6 Qe6 25. b3 $16) 23. f4 e5 $11) 17. a4 g5 (17... Bd7 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bb6
Ra6 20. Nd3 $16) 18. Rf2 {[%cal Gg2f1] Easily parrying black idea of attack by
h-file.} Kg7 (18... gxf3 19. exf3 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23.
Ng6 Rf7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Be5 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Rg2] with very unpleasant
endgame for black}) 19. Bb6 (19. a5 $5) 19... Ra8 (19... Ra6 20. Bc5 Re8 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bf1 $16 {[%cal Gf1a6]}) 20. Bc5 $16 Re8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 $16
{[%cal Gd1d4]}) 21. Qd2 ({More to the point} 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qd2 Bd7 $140 $2
23. Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e7,Gb4b7]}) 21... gxf3 22. exf3 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c7]} 23. h3
$5 (23. Bd6) 23... Qh6 {[%cal Gf6h5]} (23... Bc7 24. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc5d6]}
(24. g4 $143 Qh4)) (23... b6 24. Bd6 Bb7 25. Qb4 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6]}) 24. Bd6
$1 {taking control under h2-b8 diagonal} (24. g4 Bc7) 24... Nh5 25. Nd3 Be7 (
25... Bf6 26. g4 $140 $2 (26. Qb4 $1) 26... Bxd4 27. gxh5 e5 $1 (27... Bxf2+
28. Qxf2 {[%csl Ge5]}) 28. Bc5 (28. Bxe5+ Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Qc3 Qf6 $15)
28... Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 e4 $13) 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. g4 Nf6 (27... Nf4 28. Nxf4 gxf4
29. Bf1 $16) 28. a5 f4 (28... Bd7 $2 29. Qb4 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7]}) 29. Bf1 Nd7 (
29... Qh4 30. Ne5 $1 Qg3+ $140 31. Rg2 Qxh3 $2 32. Rh2 Qg3+ 33. Bg2 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gh2h3]}) 30. h4 $5 (30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qc3 Nf8 32. Rfe2 Ng6 33. Nc5 $16)
30... Qf6 $1 (30... Qxh4 $140 31. Rh2 Qg3+ 32. Bg2 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) (30... gxh4
31. g5 Qh7 32. Nxf4 e5 33. Bd3 e4 34. fxe4 dxe4 35. Re1 $18) 31. Ra4 $1 (31.
hxg5 Qxd4 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 e5 34. Nh5+ Kg6) 31... Rf7 (31... Nb6 $143 32.
hxg5 Qxg5 33. Nxf4 Nxa4 34. Nxe6+ {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. b3 (33. Rh2
$6 {[%cal Gh2h5]} Nb6 34. Ra1 Nc4 $132 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 33... c5 $1 34. Qb2 $138
(34. Rh2 cxd4 35. Rxd4 Ne5 $13) (34. dxc5 $140 e5 $132 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6h6,
Gd7f6]}) (34. Qc3 $1 c4 35. bxc4 Nb6 36. axb6 Rxa4 37. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6]
[%cal Gd3c5]}) 34... Kg8 35. Rh2 {[%cal Gh2h5]} (35. Re2 $5) 35... Qg7 36. dxc5
(36. Rc2 cxd4 37. Qxd4 Qg5 $16) 36... e5 37. Rh5 $2 $138 (37. Re2 Rf5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gf5g5]} (37... e4 38. fxe4 f3 39. Qxg7+ Rxg7 40. Re1 dxe4 41. Raxe4 Nf6
42. Rf4 Rxg4+ 43. Rxg4+ Bxg4 44. b4 $16)) (37. Qd2 $142 $1 {[%cal Gd3b4]} Ra6 (
37... Nf8) 38. Nb4 (38. Nxf4 $5 exf4 39. Bxa6 bxa6 40. Qxd5 $16) 38... Nxc5 39.
Bxa6 Nxa4 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. Qc3 $18) 37... e4 $1 38. Qxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxd5 $1 {
The best chance} (39. Nxf4 Nxc5 40. Rd4 exf3 (40... Ne6 41. Nxe6 Bxe6 42. Re5
Kf7) 41. Nxd5 Nxb3 $11) 39... exd3 40. Bxd3 Nf8 41. Rd6 (41. Rd8 Rd7 $1) 41...
Be6 42. b4 (42. a6 bxa6 43. Bxa6 Rga7 44. b4 Kf7 45. b5 Nd7 46. c6 Nc5 $11)
42... Rd7 43. Rxd7 Bxd7 44. Ra3 (44. b5 Ne6 45. Bc4 Kg7 46. Bxe6 Bxe6 $11)
44... Kf7 45. b5 Ne6 (45... Ke7 46. a6 bxa6 47. Be4 $18) 46. c6 bxc6 47. b6 Bc8
$1 (47... Nc5 $140 $2 48. Rc3 $3 Rxa5 49. Rxc5 Ra8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Ba6 $18) 48.
a6 Nc5 $2 (48... Ke7 $142 $1 49. Kg2 (49. b7 Bxb7 50. axb7 Rb8 51. Ra4 (51. Be4
Rxb7 52. Bxc6 Rb2) 51... Rxb7 52. Bf5 Ng5 $1 $11) (49. a7 Nc5 (49... Kd6 50.
Bf5) 50. Bf5 Bb7 {and black should hold the position}) 49... Kd6 $1 (49... Nc5
$143 50. b7 Bxb7 (50... Nxb7 51. axb7 Bxb7 52. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 51. axb7 Rb8
52. Rc3 Kd6 53. Bf5 Kd5 54. g5 Rxb7 55. Kh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh3g4]}) 50. Bc4 Nc5
51. g5 Ke5 $11) 49. b7 Bxb7 (49... Nxb7 50. axb7 Bxb7 51. Rb3 Ba6 52. Bxa6 Rxa6
53. Rb4 $18) 50. axb7 Rb8 51. Bc4+ $2 {It was so complicated game and
unfortunately right here i had played my move very quickly and had missed a
very simple answer,after which black easily make a draw.} (51. Rc3 $142 $1 Nxd3
52. Rxd3 Rxb7 53. Rd4 c5 54. Rxf4+ Ke6 55. Kf2 $18) (51. Bf5 Ke7 52. Rc3 Kd6
53. Rc4 Rxb7 54. Rxf4 Rb2 $16 {with some counterplay for black}) 51... Ke7 52.
Ra5 Kd6 {Now white cannot win f4-pawn.} 53. Ra8 Rxb7 54. Rf8 Rb4 $1 55. Rf6+ (
55. Rxf4 $140 $2 Ne6 56. Re4 Ng5 $17) 55... Ke5 56. Rf5+ Kd6 (56... Kd4 57. Bf7
Nd3 58. g5 Ke3 $13) 57. Bf7 Nd3 58. g5 Rb5 59. Rxb5 cxb5 60. Be8 Ke7 61. Bxb5
Ne5 (61... Ne5 62. Kf2 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Khmelniker, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 {Nowadays this is already a
typical idea: White is waiting for move d7-d5 and then develops his knight via
the h3-square.} d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 {It goes without saying that Black
avoids the swap of dark-squared bishops .} 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 (9... h6 10.
Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 11. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Gg6] actually is the point of White's set-up.})
10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6 12. Nd3 Nd7 {This allows White to seize the
initiative on the queenside.} ({Deserve serious attention} 12... Qe7 {and now
White has to waste tempo on} 13. a3 Nd7 $14 (13... a5 $143 14. b4 $1 axb4 $140
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxb4 $2 17. c5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]})) 13. b4 a6 $6 $146 {
A new try and in my opinion not a very successfull one.} (13... Qe7 $142 14.
Rab1 (14. b5 $5) 14... b5 $1 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Bc7 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 a5 $11) 15... cxd5 {[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 16. Qc6 Rb8 17. Nfe5 Rb6 18.
Qc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 091/
[Postny] (68)}) 14. a4 Nf6 ({After} 14... Qe7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 cxb5 18. cxd5 $1 (18. c5 Bc7 19. Qb3 $5 {also clearly better for White.})
18... exd5 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Nfe5 $16 {White has a clear positional advantage.})
15. Nfe5 Qe7 16. b5 Bd7 $2 ({Apparently better was} 16... axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 (
17... Bd7 18. b6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 18. Rxa1 cxb5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Nxd5 20.
Qb3 b4 {not that clear}) (19. cxb5 {leads to White's solid advantage.}) 19...
Bc7 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5) 20. Qb3 {[%csl Gb5]} Qe8 {although after} 21. Ra7 {
Black's position is very unpleasant.}) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfb1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal
Gb1b6]} Rfb8 19. a5 Be8 20. Rb6 Rc8 (20... Rxb6 $6 21. axb6 {Strategically
winning for White.}) 21. Rab1 (21. c5 $1 {was even more in the spirit of
White's play.} Bxe5 (21... Bc7 22. Nxc6 $18) 22. Nxe5 Nd7 23. Rb7 Qd8 24. Nxd7
Bxd7 25. e3 {[%cal Gg2f1]} Rcb8 26. Rb6 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg2f1] White should
be able easily to convert his great positional advantage.}) 21... c5 $1 {
Ilya immediately uses his chance to get some activity.} 22. Qa2 $2 {Actually
this move was my idea, when I have played 21 Rab1.} ({The right decision was} 
22. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 23. Rb6 Qe7 24. Nxc5 Ne4 (24... Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxe6
$16) 25. Rxe6 Qc7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qc3 {with clear advantage.}) 22... Ne4 $1 {
[%cal Ge4c3] I simply overlooked this jump. Now Black gets a reasonable play.}
23. Qa1 Bc7 ({After} 23... cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nd2 {White has a very strong tactical
solution} 25. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 26. Rb6 Qa3 27. Rxe6 {[%cal Gg2d5] with almost
decisive attack.}) 24. Rb7 (24. dxc5 Bxb6 25. cxb6 Rab8 {White definitely has
reasonable compensation, but Black is not without chances.}) 24... dxc4 $2 {
Strangely enough but this logical capture appears to be a serious mistake,
after which Black is getting in trouble once again.} (24... Nd6 25. Nxc5 (25.
R7b2 Ne4) 25... Nxb7 26. Rxb7 dxc4 27. Nxc4 {[%cal Gc4b6]} Rcb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8
29. Nxa6 Rb5 30. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) ({The correct capture was} 24... cxd4 $1
25. Qxd4 (25. cxd5 Nc3 26. R1b6 exd5) 25... dxc4 26. Nxc4 Bc6 27. R7b2 Rd8 28.
Qe3 {[%cal Gc4b6] and White has only small adavntage.}) 25. Bxe4 $1 {The point
.} (25. Nxc4 Bc6 {no problems for Black .}) 25... cxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd6 ({During
the game I thought that Black should play} 26... cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qf6 {with good
chance to equalise .} {But after} 28. Nf3 $1 Bxa5 (28... Bc6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30.
Bc4 $1 $16) 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Re7 $40 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gb1b7] I cannot find a
reasonable defence.}) 27. e3 cxd4 28. exd4 Rab8 29. Qc3 $1 $16 Bd8 $138 (29...
Ra8 30. Bc4 Kh8 31. Bxe6 Bxa5 32. Qxa5 Qxe6 33. R7b6 $16 {[%cal Gb6a6]}) 30.
Qb3 $18 {Black loses his a6-pawn .} Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Rc7 (31... Rc3 32. Qxa6 Qxa6
33. Bxa6 Bxa5 $140 $2 34. Rb8 Kf8 35. Bb5 $18) 32. Qxa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra7 34.
Bc4 {[%cal Gb1b8,Gc4e6]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 (5. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} d5 6. Qc2
$5 {(/\Nh3,Nf3,Bf4)} Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 (8. O-O Nh5 $5 (8... b6 $5) 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Be8 15. Ne5
Ng4 16. Bf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Qe2 $13 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Winants,L/Lyon 1990
}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Bd7 9. O-O Ne4 $5 (9... Be8 $5 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bh5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/New York 1994/EXP 41 (71)}) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 95op (26)})
9. O-O b6 $5 (9... Nd7 $6 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. c5 Bc7 14. a4
Bc4 15. Nb2 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Berlin 1997/EXP 59 (24)}) 10. Bf4
Bb7 (10... Ba6 11. cxd5 $1 cxd5 $2 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15.
Qa4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Bb7 17. h4 $16 {Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/26th Rilton Cup,
Stockholm SWE 1997 (38)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Rad1 Be7 (11... Na6 $143 12. Nfg5
Nc7 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 dxe4 15. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Nolan,G/Largs
1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 12. Qc1 Qe8 13. Nhg5 Bf6 14. Ne5 c5 $13 {Georges,S-Klinger,
J/Zuerich 1992}) (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2
$11 {Kandyba,L-Iljushin,A/Briansk 1995}) 11... Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nd3 c5 $132 {Golod,V-Ulibin,M/Vienna 1998}) 5...
d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 $5 {Black is willing to lose a tempo with a bishop
because white knight is awkwardly placed on h3.} (7... Bxf4 8. Nxf4 g5 9. Nd3
Nbd7 10. h4 g4 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. b4 Qg7 15. e3 a6 16. a4
$14 {Epishin,V-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1993}) 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Na6 9. a3 h6 10. Be5 g5
11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Nb8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. f3 $14 {
Pinter,J-Lobron,E/Ljubljana 1995}) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 Nh5 10. Be5 $6 {Wrong
decision permitting blak to get out of the opening with very promising
position.} (10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Nf6 13. Ne5 $14) 10... Nd7 11.
O-O (11. Nf4 $5 Nxe5 12. Nxh5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Bd6 $13)
11... g5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Cutting the knight on h3 off the game.} 12. f4 Nxe5 13.
fxe5 (13. dxe5 g4 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Nf2 Ng7 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Qb6 $132)
13... Bd7 14. e3 Rc8 15. Nf2 Ng7 {[%cal Gh7h4] Preparing an advance of h-pawn.}
16. Nd3 h5 17. Nf3 g4 (17... h4 $6 18. gxh4 $1 g4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxg5
21. Nf4 $14) 18. Nd2 h4 19. Rfd1 Nh5 (19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. Nf1 $5 $13 (
21. Kf2 Kf7 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Nf1 (23. Nf4 $2 Nxg3 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf2]}) 23... Qb6
$132)) 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 b5 22. cxd5 (22. c5 a5 $11) 22... cxd5 23. Qd3 h3
24. Bf1 Qb6 25. Be2 Kg7 26. Qe3 $6 {It was better to start with Nb3 keeping a
queen on d3 in order to prevent Bb5.} (26. Nb3 $5 b4 27. Qa6 $13) 26... b4 27.
Nb3 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qa5 31. Qd4 (31. a3 bxa3 32. bxa3
Rc6 33. Rc3 Rfc8 34. Rdc1 Qa4 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 31... Qxa2 32. Ra1 Qb3 33.
Rxa7+ Rf7 34. Ra5 $1 Rfc7 35. Rc1 Qf3 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. Qd2 d4 38. Rc4 Qb1+ $6 {
Missing a chance to increase an advantage with} (38... Qe3+ $1 39. Qf2 b3 40.
Qxe3 (40. Rxd4 $6 Qc1+ 41. Qf1 Rxc5 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Raa7 Qxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Rc1+
45. Ke2 R8c2+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Ke3 Rxd7 49. Rxd7 Rxh2 $19) 40...
dxe3 41. Rc3 Rd8 42. Rxe3 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Rxb3 Rxh2+ $17) 39. Rc1 Qe4 40.
Rc4 Kg6 $6 (40... Qe3+) 41. Rxd4 Qb1+ 42. Qd1 Qxb2 (42... Qxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Rxc5
44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Rd2 b3 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. Ke3 $11) 43. Rd2 $11 Qc3 44. Rd3 Qb2
45. Rd2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (
{Another main continuation is} 8. b3) 8... b6 (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 $1 cxd5 10.
Ne1 f4 11. Nd3 fxg3 12. hxg3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Ndf6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 $14 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E-Firman,N/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (49)}) (8... Bd7 9. Ne5 Ne4
10. Nd3 Be8 11. f3 Ng5 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rae1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 dxc4 16.
Qxc4 Bf7 17. Qc3 e5 $11 {0-1 Vladimirov,E-Liang Chong/Shenyang 1999/EXT 2000 
(61)}) 9. Ne5 (9. b3 Bb7 10. Ne5 {- see the game Hauchard,A-Tregubov,P/Ubeda
op 2000/CBM 75/1/2-1/2 (46) [Tyomkin]}) 9... Bxe5 $5 $146 {According to my
Database this exchange did not appear in practice in this concrete position.} (
9... Bb7 10. Ndf3 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14.
Qa4 a6 15. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Tregubov,P/Bastia 2000/EXT 2001 (56)})
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Nfe5 Rc8
17. b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Tregubov,P/France 2001/EXT
2002 (40)}) 10. dxe5 Nfd7 ({More in the spirit of StoneWall is} 10... Ne4 11.
Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 $132) 11. Nf3 a5 ({Deserves attention} 11...
Bb7 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 12. g4 {Interesting attempt to seize the initiative,
before black completes the development of his pieces.} Nc5 (12... fxg4 $4 13.
Ng5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Rh7]}) 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Bh3 (14. Nd4 $2 {does not work due
to} Rxe5 15. Bf4 Rh5 16. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 17. Nxc6 Qd6 $19 {[%cal Rd6c6,Rd6h2]})
14... Rf8 15. Ng5 g6 16. f4 (16. Be3 Nba6 17. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} Qc7 {
[%csl Re5] practically forces white to play f2-f4 anyway.}) 16... Qe7 (16...
Nba6 $5) 17. Be3 Nbd7 $6 ({Black should resist to the white's plan, connected
with a2-a3 and b2-b4 by} 17... Nba6 $14) 18. b3 Re8 19. a3 Nf8 20. Rab1 $6 (20.
b4 $1 {Bagaturov probably concerned about the variation} axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Na6 {, but after} 23. c5 {white is better.} Nxb4 $6 24. Qc3 $16 {[%cal
Gc5b6]}) 20... Bb7 $6 {This move is too passive.} (20... Ba6 $14) 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Ncd7 23. cxd5 (23. c5 $2 bxc5 24. bxc5 Ba6 $13) 23... cxd5 (23... exd5
$2 24. e6 h6 25. Nf7 {and black is collapsing.}) 24. Qc7 Ra3 (24... Ba6 25. b5
Rac8 26. Qd6 $16) 25. Bd4 $1 ({The pawn capture} 25. Bxb6 $6 {would allow
black to stir complications after} Nxb6 26. Qxb6 h6 27. Nf3 d4) 25... Ba8 (
25... Ba6 $6 {is met by} 26. b5) 26. Qd6 h6 27. Qxe7 $5 {I think, that white
could leave his Q on d6, where it dominates black's pieces.} (27. Nf3 $16)
27... Rxe7 28. Nf3 Ra2 29. Rfc1 $2 {This mistake is probably connected with
some miscalculation.} (29. Kf2 {still keeping a big advantage.}) 29... Rxe2 30.
Rc8 (30. Ra1 Re8 31. Rc7 Re4 {and now} 32. Rxd7 $2 {does not work, in view of}
Nxd7 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bxd7 Ra3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 30...
Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Bb7 33. Rc7 Ba6 {It's clear now, that black managed
(with white's help) to avoid the worst.} 34. Nd4 Bd3 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxd7 $6
{This move forces matters and leads to a draw.} (36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rxd7 {
would still give white some practical winning chances.}) 36... Rxd7 37. Bxe6+
Rf7 38. Bxd5 Kf8 ({The endgame after} 38... Kf8 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 {is completely
drawish.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nd2 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Qa4 a5 $11 {simply protecting a-pawn (white intended to
capture on c8). Then black brings out the bishop-b7 by Bc6 or Ba6} (15... Bc6
16. Qa6 Nf8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qd3 (19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Ne8 $11 {
[%cal Ye8c7]}) 19... Ne4 $2 (19... Bb5 $1 $11) 20. Qa3 $1 Qd8 $4 21. Ne5 $18
Bb5 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxf8+ {1-0 Doettling,F-Iljushin,A/Tallinn
1997/EXT 98 (24)}) 16. e3 Ne4 (16... Bc6 17. Qd1 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kinsman,
A-Olsen,H/Tjalfe 1995/EXT 99 (44)}) 17. h4 h6 18. Ng6 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qd1
Qd6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. a3 Nef6 25. Nfe5 Nf8 26. Nxf8
Kxf8 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Nxd7+ {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Klinger,J/Brocco 1991/EXT 97 (28)
}) ({Probably the most dangerous move for black is} 11. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Nbd7 {
?!-Tyomkin} (11... Ne4 $142 {and then Nf8-d7}) 12. cxd5 Bxf4 {Tyomkin} (12...
cxd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. Rxc7 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nf4 $16) (12...
Nxd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 $1 fxe4 15. Nhg5 $1 Qe7 (15... N5f6 16. Nxe4 $16) (
15... N7f6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 $16) 16. Qxe4 $16 {
1-0 Sosonko,G-Hansen,L/Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 13. Nxf4
cxd5 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Qa3 $5 (15. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3
$16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc1c7]}) 11... cxd5 {[%cal Gb8c6] Now the knight can be
developed on c6,and black gets control over the queenside.} 12. Rfc1 Nc6 (12...
Rc8 $2 13. Qxc8+ $18) 13. Qa4 $146 (13. e3 Rfc8 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Nf4 Rc7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 a5 {Very interesting fight is going on in the
following line:} 19. Ne5 $1 (19. h4 $6 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Lehmann,Z/
Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 19... Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Yf6e8]} 20. Qa3 $1 Nb4 $8
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. f3 $1 Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b1]}) 13... Rfc8 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Nf4 Ne4 {Black may double rooks on c-file, but it leads to very
unpleasant pin:} (15... Rc7 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 18. Qa3 Nb4
(18... Qxa3 19. bxa3 Re7 20. e3 $1 {[%cal Gg2f1] with an advantage.} (20. Ng5
h6 $1)) 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qe3 {getting an advantage.} (21. Nxe6
Qc1+ 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. Kg2 {black has a compensation, but this line could be
convenient for white.})) 16. Nd3 (16. e3 {-13.e3}) (16. Rc2 a5 17. Rac1 Qb4 $1
{and it looks like black gets a draw in forthcoming ending.}) 16... a5 {
This move captures the space over the queenside and black intends to develop
the bishop to a6.} (16... Rc7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 a5 {and probably black
gets an equality.}) 17. Nfe5 (17. Qb5 Ba6 $1 18. Qxb6 Bc4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ra8b8] and white can not save the queen.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf6 $1 {[%csl
Yd7,Ye8][%mdl 256] The exact evaluation of this position is: +/=/= Good
defensive move, which protects weak squares d7 and e8. On the other hand, N is
almost useless on e4.} 19. e3 {[%cal Gg2f1]} Ba6 20. a3 Rc7 (20... Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bf1 $14 {white still has better position, and it's
quite importent to keep on queens in the game.}) 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxc7 (22. Qxb4
Qxb4 (22... Qd8 $2 23. Nc6 {[%csl Rb6]}) 23. axb4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bc4 $5 {
Otherwise black gets worse,because of its knight is worse than whites.} 25.
Nxc4 Rc8 {and it's going to be a draw.}) 22... Qxc7 23. axb4 h6 24. Qc6 (24.
Qd1 $142 $1 {Only winning chance for white is not to change queens.} Bb7 25.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Bf1 {Still better for white, but should be draw, as usually
happenes.}) 24... Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Kf8 $1 {[%cal Ga6b7][%mdl 256] Another exact
move, which forces the drawn ending.} 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {Blacks
defensive play in this game was succesfull, but unfortunately I found a way to
lose this ending in hard time-trouble.} 28. Ne5 g5 {It wasn't necessary at all.
} 29. Ba6 Ke7 30. Bc8 Ne4 31. g4 fxg4 32. Nxg4 h5 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Bd7 (34. Ba6
b5 $1 {[%csl Ra6] And then black moves the king to the bishop.}) 34... Nc4 35.
Ba4 Nxe5 $2 {Black changes its main defensive piece. The forthcoming bishop's
ending is much worse for black.} 36. dxe5 Bb7 37. h4 $1 $16 {Fixing blacks
pawn on h5. This ending is already very dangerous for black because of all
pawns on the same colour of squares with the bishop.} gxh4 38. Bb5 Kf7 39. Bd3
Kg7 40. Kh2 Kh6 (40... Kh6 {Black lost on time on the last move of time
control, but the position should be losing already because of two weaknesses:
h5 and e6(or d5, after f4-f5).}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 {From the
positional point of view, this move is highly recommended, but as practice
shows, after the exchange black gets good counterplay, exploiting the weakness
of white's kingside.} ({The main line is} 7. b3) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 ({
Another way of development is} 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 {- see commented game
Tregubov,P-Iljushin,A/RUS-ch 53rd Samara 2000/CBM 78/0-1 (33) [Tyomkin]}) 9...
Ne4 ({The main alternatives are:} 9... Nbd7) (9... Bd7) 10. Nc3 ({The
alternative} 10. Nbd2 {seems to me preferable. For example see the game Astrom,
R-Ulibin,M/Excelsior Cup 1999/CBM 69/0-1 (55) [Tyomkin]}) 10... Nd7 (10... Bd7
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Be8 15. Bh3 Rf6 16. f3 exf3 17.
Rxf3 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Gleizerov,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (21)}) 11.
Qe2 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7 14. f3 exf3 15. Rxf3 Qe7 16. c5
Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Rf8 18. Qg3 Be8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ {1/2-1/2 Vokac,M-Blatny,P/Kunzak
2001/CBM 82 ext (19)}) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 $6 $146 {A typical blitz move,
without a concrete idea. More logical continuations are:} (12. Nxe4 fxe4 13.
Ng5 Nf6 $6 (13... e5) 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Bd7 16. Ne5 $14 {0-1 Kachiani
Gersinska,K-Akhmilovskaya,E/Borshomi 1990/CBM 21 ext (47)}) (12. Kh1 Kh8 13.
Rg1 Rg8 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Rac1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Terentiev,V-Bezman,V/
Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (36)}) 12... Rf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 13. cxd5 $6 {This
exchange is not recommended, as it gives black more space.} (13. Kh1 $13 {
[%cal Yf1g1]}) 13... exd5 14. Ne5 Rh6 $36 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rh6 16. f3 Qh4
$6 (16... Nxc3 {is similar to the game.}) 17. fxe4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 15.
f3 Nxc3 ({Again after} 15... Qh4 $6 16. fxe4 Qxh2+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 {
black has no more, than a perpetual check.}) 16. bxc3 {The recapture is better,
than 16.Rxc3. White strengthens his pawn centre.} Qh4 17. Bh1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 (
18. fxe5 $2 Rg6+ 19. Bg2 f4 $40 {[%csl Gc8]}) 18... Rg6+ 19. Bg2 Be6 {Black's
position is certainly better, but he must play energetically, not to lose his
temporary initiative on the kingside.} 20. Qe1 Qh5 21. Rf2 Kh8 22. Kh1 Rg8 23.
Rb2 $6 (23. Bf1 $5 Rh6 24. Be2) 23... b6 $6 {Probably this was the moment,
where black missed the opportunity to get a strong attack.} (23... Rh6 24. Qg3
(24. Qg1 g5 25. Rxb7 gxf4 26. exf4 Qh4 $40 {[%csl Rf4]}) 24... g5 $1 25. Rxb7
g4 26. Re7 $1 d4 $1 {[%cal Ge6d5,Gd5f3]} (26... gxf3 $2 27. Bxf3 {[%csl Rh5]})
27. Rxe6 $5 (27. c4 dxe3 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29. Bf3 Qh4 30. Qxh4 Rgxh4 $19) 27...
Rxe6 28. cxd4 Rh6 29. Rg1 Rgg6 30. Bf1 gxf3 31. Qf2 Rg4 {[%cal Gg4h4]} 32. Rxg4
fxg4 {[%csl Rh1] with a strong attack.}) 24. Qf2 Rh6 25. Bf1 $13 {Now white
has successfully regrouped his pieces.} c5 (25... g5 $6 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. f4)
26. Be2 Qh4 $6 {The QQ exchange is in white's favour.} ({Probably black should
switch plan, because there is already nothing, that he can improve on the
kingside.} 26... Qf7 $5 $13) 27. Qxh4 Rxh4 28. Rd2 g5 $6 (28... c4 $142) 29.
fxg5 $2 (29. c4 $1 {A very strong move, which can be easily missed in
conditions of blitz play.} d4 (29... dxc4 30. Rd6 $14) 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4
Rxf4 32. Rxf4 gxf4 33. c5 $14) 29... Rxg5 30. Rg1 (30. f4 $2 Rg3 {[%csl Re3]})
30... Rxg1+ ({Also possible} 30... Rgh5 $5 31. Bd1 f4 32. exf4 Rxf4 33. Re1 Rg5
$17 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf4f5]} (33... Rff5 $2 34. f4 Rh4 35. Bf3 d4 36. cxd4
Rhxf4 37. d5 $1)) 31. Kxg1 f4 32. exf4 Rxf4 {The black active R and white's
pawn weaknesses all around yields black a serious advantage.} 33. Rd3 Ra4 34.
Rd2 Ra3 35. Rc2 Bf5 36. Rd2 Be6 (36... Rxc3 $2 37. Rxd5 Rc2 38. Bd3 Bxd3 39.
Rxd3 Rxa2 40. f4 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}) 37. Rc2 d4 $6 (37... a6 $5 38. Kf2 b5 39. f4
c4 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gb5b4]}) 38. cxd4 cxd4 39. Rc6 Bxa2 40. Rd6 Re3 41. Kf2 Rxe5
42. Rd8+ $1 {The right check. White should capture the Pa7 in order to leave
black with the isolated pawns.} (42. Rxd4 Re7 {and two connected passed PP
yields black good winning chances.}) 42... Kg7 43. Rd7+ Bf7 44. Rxa7 b5 $2 {
This move loses the pawn on the spot, however black's winning chances in this
position are not so reliable anyway.} (44... Ra5 45. Rb7 Ra2 46. Ke1 $15) 45.
Rb7 $11 {[%csl Rb5]} Rh5 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Bxb5 Rg5+ 48. Kf2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 {A possible way to avoid the well-known
theoretical lines after 4.Nc3 dxc4 or 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4. The main drawback
of it's is a closing of Bc1-that's why 4...f5 leads to a good version of the
Stone-Wall system.} f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 {White is trying
to regroup his pieces according to a classical plan: Ne5-d3,Nd2-f3 and Bc1-f4,
getting control of the dark squares.} Qe7 {That move wasn't necessary, as
white's knight is already on d2, so the idea of b2-b3 and Bc1-a3 is irrelevant.
} ({Deserves attention:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nd3 b6 10. Nf3 (10. b3 $5) 10... dxc4 11.
Nde5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Qc2 b5 $132 {0-1 Tishin,D-Geller,J/Alushta UKR 2004/
The Week in Chess 516 (45)}) 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 {That plan of development
is more popular nowdays than an old plan with Bc8-d7-e8.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be3
{That move looks a bit harmless. It's clear, that white should try to exchange
the dark-squared bishops, so it's better to place it on f4.} ({White's play in
the following game looks more logical:} 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bxd3
15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. exd3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. h4 $14 {1-0 Bocharov,D-Ulibin,M/St
Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 468 (58)}) 12... Bb7 {A necessary move
for completing development.} ({Dubiously would be:} 12... Ba6 $6 13. Rac1 Nd7
14. Qa4 Bxe5 15. Qxa6 $14) 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Nxd7 $146 {I don't like that
exchange, as usually white shouldn't swap the knights in that type of
positions.} ({White didn't achieved anything in the following game:} 14. Bf4
Rac8 15. Qa4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vladimirov,E-Gleizerov,E/Abu Dhabi UAE 2004/The Week in Chess 511 (23)}) ({
Now after} 14. Nd3 Rfc8 15. Qb3 {black may prevent the exchange of the bishops
by:} g5 $1 {getteng a comfortable position.}) 14... Qxd7 15. Ne5 $6 {That is
not a serious mistake yet, but now black gets a very easy play.} ({Better was:
} 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Ba6 $11 {although black has no problems at all.}) 15...
Bxe5 $1 {A right decision! White's bishops have no power (especially the Bg2
is worse than Bb7!), while black can easy attack white's pawns and try to
occupy the only open file ''c''.} 16. dxe5 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. Rfe1 $2 {
And that inaccuracy leads to a worse position!} ({White could keep an equality
after:} 18. Bf3 Rc4 19. Rxc4 Bxc4 20. Qa3 $11) 18... Rxc1 19. Bxc1 {That
allows black to seize the open file.} ({But after} 19. Rxc1 Bxe2 20. f3 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 d4 23. f4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Kf2 d3 $36 {black's passed
Pd3 is very strong.}) 19... Rc8 20. f3 $2 {As it usually happens-one mistake
leads to another one.} ({More accurate would be:} 20. Be3 $142 Rc6 21. Qa4 Qc8
$15 {although black has a clear positional advantage.}) 20... Nc5 21. Qa3 (21.
Qd1 {can be also met by} Qa4 $1 $17) 21... Qa4 $1 $17 {Maybe that powerful
move was overlooked by Joel. Now white cannot prevent the penetration of
black's heavy pieces and his position becomes critical.} 22. b3 $2 {It's hard
to believe, but that natural move is already a decisive mistake!} ({White
could get some drawish chances only after the correct} 22. b4 $1 Qxa3 23. Bxa3
Nd7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 d4 26. Rd1 d3 27. Bh3 $17) 22... Qd4+ 23. Kh1 (23. e3
Qc3 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Bd2 Qc2 $19) 23... Qc3 $1 {The weakness of white's king is
the most important fact now!} 24. Rg1 ({More resistant could be:} 24. Rd1 {
after which black should play directly:} Qxe5 $1 ({worse is:} 24... Bxe2 $6 25.
Bb2 Qe3 26. Bd4 Qh6 27. Rc1 $17) 25. e3 Be2 26. Bb2 Qxe3 27. Bd4 Qh6 28. Rc1
Qd2 $19 {activating the queen.}) 24... Bxe2 $19 {Now the position is
completely winning for black!} 25. Qxa7 {That looks like a desperation, but at
least white tries something....} (25. Qb2 {fails immediately to} {[%tqu "En",
"Please,enter the strongest continuation of black.","","","c3f3","",10]} Qxf3
$3 26. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Rg2 Nd3 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1][%cal Gc8c1,Gd3b2]}) 25...
Bxf3 26. Qxb6 {White is unable to help his monarch, so at least he takes the
pawn...} Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxe5 {White's king is completely compromised. It's
hard to believe that it could avoid a quick mate,but....} 28. Rf1 Qe4+ 29. Kg1
Nd3 30. Be3 Rc2 $4 {It's just unbelievable! Why did black allowed the
perpetual check?} ({White is completely hopeless after the simple} 30... h6 {
For example:} 31. Qd4 (31. a4 Rc2 32. Bf2 Ne5 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 31... e5 32.
Qxe4 fxe4 $19 {with an easy win.}) 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. Qd7+ Kf8 (32... Kg6 33.
Qe8+ Kf6 34. Qf8+ Ke5 35. Qb8+ $11) 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Ne5 (9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 $6 {Not necessary at all.} Bb7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nd3
Nbd7 13. Nf3 c5 $15 {0-1 Gonzalez,G-Vaisser,A/Las Palmas 1995/EXT 98 (35)})
9... Bb7 10. Ndf3 (10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Rc2 Qe7 14. Qc1
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ubilava,E-Arkhipov,S/Tbilisi 1986/EXT 98 (39)}) 10... Ne4 $146 (
10... Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qd3 $6 Nb8 $1
16. Qe3 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Miralles,G-Agdestein,S/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (41)}) 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nfe5 Ndf6 $6 {As I know from my experience, black should trade
pair of knights in this structure, otherwise, while white play f2-f3, black
hasn't good places for both knights.} (13... Nxe5 $142 14. Nxe5 dxc4 (14... c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 $11) 15. Nxc4 (15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxc4 $11) 15... c5 $11)
(13... g5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be5 $14) 14. Rc1 Rc8 $6 (14... c5 15. cxd5 (15. f3
$6 dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) (15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... bxc5 $2 16. f3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 {and black probably gets equality.}) 15... Nxd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4
$5 {but white still doesn't get anything serious.}) 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 {Finally,
after two unaccurate moves of black, white got an advantage-white has more
space and full control over the center.} Nf7 17. b4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Re1
Nh5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. e3 $16 {[%cal Rg3g4]} (21. Qa4 Bb5 22. Qxa7 Bxe5 23. dxe5
Ra8 24. Qxb6 Qc8 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga8a6]} ({or} 24... Qe7 {[%csl Rb6]})) 21...
g5 22. cxb6 (22. f4 $5 Qe8 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Yh5]}) 22... Bxe5 23. b7 $1 Bxb7 24.
dxe5 Ng7 (24... f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. g4 $16) 25. Bc3 h5 26. h3 Ba6 27. Bd4 Rf7
28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Rec1 Bb5 31. Rc5 {I believe that white was in
time-trouble-this is how can I explaine that white didn't make any pawn
advance on the kingside, beeing warried to create some weakness.} (31. f4 gxf4
32. exf4 Rg8 33. Kh2 Ne8 34. Bf3 {and on h5-h4 white replies by g3-g4}) 31...
Rg8 32. R5c2 (32. a4 $142 Bxa4 33. Ra5 Bb5 34. Rxa7 Qe8 35. Rca1 $16) 32... g4
33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 (34. f4 Nh5 35. Kf2 Rh7 36. Rh1 $16) 34... fxg4 35. e4
Nh5 36. exd5 (36. Rc3 $16) (36. Qe3 $16) 36... Nxg3 (36... cxd5 37. Rc7 {
Looks as a best way to the win.Other moves also lead to the winning position.}
Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Qh6+ Rh7 40. Qxe6 Bc4 41. Qf5 Ng7 42. e6 {[%cal Ge6e7,
Yf5f8] and black can not prevent e6-e7 and then Qf8. In that case, if black
covers the e8-square with Bb5, Bxd5 will decide.}) 37. Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Rgg7
39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ (40. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} Nf5 (40... Nh5 41. dxc6 Qc7 42.
Be4 $18) 41. Qxf5 $3 exf5 42. e6+ Qg7 43. Bxg7+ Rhxg7 44. d6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd6,
Ge6]}) 40... Rgg7 41. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Probably Bezgodov was in time-trouble
and didn't count moves.I guess in the normal situation with the time he could
easily find the way t win.} (41. Qf8+ Rg8 42. Qf2 $18 {-see 40.Qf2}) 41... Bxa4
42. Qf8+ Rg8 43. Qf6+ Rgg7 44. Ra2 cxd5 45. Bxd5 $1 Bb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This
tactical blunder of Grischuk I can explain just that he could not calculate
consiquences of this move correctly.It leads to the queen sacrifice of black,
and black gets some attack,but the whites king easily escapes from checks of
black pieces.} (45... Rh3 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Bxe6 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rxc1 49. Kxg3 $11
) (45... Rh5 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Bxe6 Rh1+ {-45...Rh3}) (45... exd5 $4 46. Qf8+
Rg8 47. e6+ $18 {mating.}) 46. Qf8+ Rg8 47. Qf6+ Rgg7 48. Rxa7 $18 Bxd5 49.
Rxd7 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 51. Ke2 Rh2+ 52. Kd3 Rh3+ (52... Nxf6 53. exf6 Bc4+ $1
54. Kc3 $1 Rh3+ 55. Kb2 $1 $18) 53. Kc2 Rh2+ 54. Kb1 Nd2+ 55. Kb2 Ne4+ 56. Rc2
{Not the best game of young and talanted GM Grischuk.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
(8... b6 {in my opinion, this is better way for black in this position; The
idea is to delay the castle for a while, and, in case of white's Qc1 and Ba3,
to keep the king in the center in arising ending;}) 9. Qc1 Bd7 {9...b6
following by Bb7 gives black at least an equal play;} (9... b6 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5
Bb7 11. Ba3 Nbd7 (11... c5 $5) 12. Nd3 Ne4 (12... c5 13. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6
$13) 13. Qb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. e3 Rac8 (15... e5 $1 $15) 16. Rc1 Rfd8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Miralles,G-Dolmatov,S/Marseille 1988/CBM 09 (50)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bxd6
Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 (12... Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. e3 Kf7
17. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 05 (17)}) 13. Ne5 Ne4
14. Rd1 Na6 (14... Nc6 $5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e3 $11 {[%cal Gb1d2]}
) 15. f3 cxd4 (15... Nf6 16. f4 Ne4 $11) 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18. Na3 Nf7
19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Marin,M/Dresden 1988/
CBM 10 (59)}) 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qb2 $146 {In the endgame after 12.
Qa3 black is quite safe as it was proved in few grandmasters' games:} (12. Qa3
Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bh5 14. Rfe1 (14. Ng5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Na6 16. Nh3 Nb4 17. Nf4 dxc4
$5 18. Nxh5 Nxh5 19. bxc4 Rad8 20. Red1 e5 $11 {0-1 Ftacnik,L-Rechlis,G/Manila
1990/CBM 19/[Schussler] (79)}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nc2 Rae8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Reyes,R/New York 1988/CBM 08 (41)}
) (12. Ne5 Bh5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. c5 Qe7 15. Nxd7 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nxd7 16. f4 g5
(16... Be2 $5 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3e4]}) 17. Nc3 gxf4 18. exf4 Nf6 19. Qe3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Danner,G-Lutz,C/Budapest 1989/CBM 14 (41)}) 12... Bh5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14.
e3 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 (17... dxe4 18. b4 $14 {[%cal
Gb1c3]}) 18. g4 Be8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 (19... Qb8 20. Nc3 $14 {all black pieces are
very passive, and white controls all over the board;}) (19... c5 20. Nc3 b6 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3e4]}) 20. Nxa3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bg6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $2 {[%mdl 20480] Black gonna
trade last pair of rooks, but the right way was to keep them on and to move
the king to the centre;} (22... Kxf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. b5 (24. c5 b5 $1) 24... Be8
{and black successfully holds its queenside;}) 23. Rf1 Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 20480]
After this move rooks will be traded and the ending knight against bishop will
be lost for black;} (23... Rc8 $14 {Black has good chances to save this ending;
}) 24. Nc2 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh5 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. c5 a5 {I tried to save this
ending for black different ways, but all of them didn't bring success;} (27...
g5 28. Ne1 Bd1 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. h4 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 Kf5 33. Ng2 b6 34.
b4 bxc5 35. bxc5 a5 36. Nf4 a4 37. a3 Bf3 38. Kg3 {[%cal Gg3f2,Gf2e1,Ge1d2,
Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4a5,Ga5b6]} (38. Nh3 Bh5 $3 39. Ng5 Bg6 {and white can not get
in with the knight;}) 38... Bd1 39. Kf2 Bg4 40. Ke1 Kg5 41. Kd2 Kh4 42. Ng6+ {
[%cal Gg6e7]}) 28. Ne1 Bd1 29. Ng2 Kf7 (29... g5 30. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2g3,Yh2h4]} (
30. h4 {[%csl Re6,Yf4]}) 30... Kg7 31. Kg3 Kg6 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4 Kf5 34.
Nf4 Bf3 35. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5]}) 30. h4 Kg6 31. Nf4+ Kf5 32. Kf2 g6 (32... Bg4
33. Kg3 Bd1 34. h5 {[%cal Gg3h4,Yf4g6]}) 33. Kg3 Bh5 (33... Bg4 34. Nxg6 $18)
34. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5,Gg5f7,Yf7d6,Yf7d8] Finally white knight has a way in, and
the game is actually finished for black;} g5 35. hxg5 Bg4 36. Nf2 Bh5 37. Kh4
Bf7 38. Nh3 Bg6 39. Nf4 Be8 40. Nh5 Bf7 41. Nf6 Kg6 42. Nd7 Kg7 43. Nb6 Bg6 44.
Nc8 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4124]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2
O-O 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Be8 11. e3 Ne4 (11... Bh5 12. Ne5 (12. b4
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nbd7 14. c5 Ne8 15. a4 h6 16. b5 g5 $132 {Lukov,V-Knaak,R/Halle
1987/0-1(55)}) 12... Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. Bf1 Kh8 17.
Rg2 Rg8 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. c5 $132 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gh7h6,Yg7g5] Iljushin,
A-Moroz,A/Pardubice op 1995/0-1(35)}) (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... Nxd5 $6
13. Nc4 Bh5 14. Kh1 Rf6 15. Rg1 $14 {Gasthofer,V-Moroz,A/Pardubice op 1994/1/
2-1/2(55)}) 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Bh5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne5 $14 {Gausel,
E-Dizdar,G/Reykjavik op 1988/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5
$1 $146 (14. Ng5 Rf6 15. f3 h6 16. Nh3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bg6 18. Nf2 Nd7 19. Kh1
Raf8 20. Ng4 R6f7 21. Rg1 $14 {Tisdall,J-Dittmar,P/Gausdal Int 1991/1/2-1/2(44)
}) 14... Bh5 15. f3 {typical pawn's break in this structure.} ({Deserved
attention} 15. Bh3 $5 Rf6 16. cxd5 exd5 (16... cxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfc1 {
[%cal Gc1c8]} Na6 19. a3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 17. Bc8 Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 $8 19.
Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bc8 $18 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 15... exf3 16. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Rb8]} (16.
Nxf3 $143 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Gf8f6]}) 16... Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 {
[%cal Gb8d7] If black succsessfully solves problem of development knight b8,
the position will be equal.White tries to prevent it.} 19. f5 $5 exf5 20. Rxf5
{[%cal Gf5f7]} Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Ga5d5,Ga5a7]}
Re8 24. Kf2 (24. Rxa7 $143 g6 25. Rf3 Re6 $11 {[%cal Ge6b6]}) 24... Rc7 (24...
b5 25. Rxb5 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7e6]} 27. Kf3 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]})
25. Raxd5 Rc2+ 26. Kf3 Rxb2 27. Rb5 b6 (27... Rxh2 $5 28. e4 $1 (28. Rxb7 Rh3+
29. Kg2 Rhxe3 30. Rff7 $11) 28... Rh3+ 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. Rxb7 $14 {[%cal Gf5f7]})
28. h3 Rh2 29. Rbe5 Rxh3+ 30. Ke4 Rh4+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5c6,Gd4d8]}
) 31... Rf8 (31... Rxe5 $6 32. dxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5e8]}) 32. d5 Rd8
33. e4 $16 {Very active position of white's pieces and pair of passed pawn
gives to white a clear advantage.} Rh3+ 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. Kxa5 Rxb3
37. Re7 $138 {[%cal Gf5f7]} (37. Re7 Rf8 38. Rg5 g6 39. d6 Rd3 40. Rd5 $1 $18)
1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Butov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Rasovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 (7. b3 Qe7 8.
Bb2 $13) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 Bd7 (8... Ne4 $11) 9. Bg5 (9. c5 $14) 9... Be8 10. Ne5
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 $132) 12. cxd5 cxd5 $2 (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5
$14) 13. Nxd5 $1 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Bxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nd2 Nh5 {Besides black tried another moves, for instanse:} (9... h6 10.
Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Qe8 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nfd3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. b4
Bd7 17. a4 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A-Radjabov,T/Torshavn 2000/CBM 78 ext (47)}) (9...
Na6 10. Rfd1 h6 11. f3 g5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. a3 Be8 14. Kh1 Bg6 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bg1
Kg7 17. e4 $13 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Gleizerov,E/Oberwart 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) 10. Nf3
{[%cal Gf4g5]} (10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e3 g5 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Rad1 Ng7 16. Nc1 Ne8 17. Nd3 Nd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Dolmatov,S/Moscow 2002/
CBM 88 (58)}) 10... Nxf4 $5 {A relatively new approach in this position.} ({
A few years ago Radjabov played} 10... Nd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 {
[%cal Yh3f4]} g5 14. Ne1 b6 {and black's counterplay should be sufficient for
the equality - see Lukacs,P-Radjabov,T/Budapest 1999/CBM 69 [Lukacs]}) 11. Nxf4
Bd6 $146 (11... g5 $6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. b4 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rab1 g4 16. Nfe5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qg7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qc3 Nb6 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Nxd5 Nxe5 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Rbc1 $16 {1-0 Genov,P-Todorovic,J/Subotica 2002 (45)}) 12. Nd3 Nd7 13.
b4 Qe7 14. Rab1 b5 $1 {The only move to prevent a classical squeeze by white,
had he been able to make the b4-b5 break himself.} 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Bc7 16.
Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a5 $11) 15... cxd5 {[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 16.
Qc6 Rb8 17. Nfe5 Rb6 18. Qc3 Nxe5 (18... Ra6 $5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4]})
19. dxe5 Bb8 20. Rfc1 {White's position looks quite strong, but black controls
all squares on the "c" file in his camp, as well as the Bg2 is unemployed, so
white's advantage is temporary.} Bb7 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rc1 Bd7 24.
Rc5 ({An attempt to organize the e2-e4 breakthrow can only hurt white, for
instanse:} 24. f3 $6 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Rc6 25. Nc5 a5 {[%cal Gb8a7,Ga7g1]} 26. a3
(26. e4 $6 axb4 27. exd5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxc5 $15) 26... Be8 $11 27. e4 $2 fxe4
28. fxe4 Qg5 {[%csl Rc1,Re5]}) 24... Kf8 25. h4 Rb7 26. Qc3 Qd8 27. Qa3 Rc7 28.
Qa6 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ (29. Rxc7 Qxa6 30. Rxd7 Qc8 31. Nc5 Bxe5 32. Nxe6+ Ke8 33.
Rd8+ Qxd8 34. Nxd8 Kxd8 $11) 29... Rxc8 30. f4 a6 31. e3 Ba7 32. Rxc8+ {
Black has forced white to exchange RR and thus the position became completely
equal.} Bxc8 33. Kf2 h5 $11 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Nc1 Kd7 36. Nb3 Kc6 37. Kd3 Bd7 38.
Bf3 Be8 39. Bd1 {In this sort of position there is not much sense to analyse
concrete variations. The position is "desert like" and there is "no water to
be drawn from the stone".} Bb6 40. a3 Ba7 41. Nd2 Kc7 42. Nf3 Bb6 43. Ng5 Kd7
44. Bb3 Ba7 45. Nf3 Bb6 46. Bd1 Ba7 47. Nd2 Bb6 48. Nb1 {In the last dozens of
moves white has been "draging his feet" in this objectively dead drawn
position. Probably this can be explained by team considerations. This game was
played in the penultimate round, with Russia still trailing several points
behind.} Kc7 49. Nc3 Ba7 50. Bf3 Kd8 51. Ne2 Kc7 52. Nc1 Bb6 53. Nb3 Kc6 54.
Be2 Ba7 55. Kd2 Kc7 56. Bf3 Bb6 57. Kd3 Kc6 58. Nd4+ Bxd4 {Black can go for
this exchange without hesitation. There is no entry square for the white K, so
the position is just a dead draw.} 59. Kxd4 Bf7 60. Bd1 Be8 61. a4 Kb6 62. a5+
Kc6 63. Bb3 g6 64. Bd1 Bf7 65. Be2 Be8 66. Bd1 Bf7 67. Bb3 Be8 68. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 {For a must-win
game, it is interesting that the Magnus chooses the Dutch Stonewall which is
also part of the repertoire of other World Champions such as Steinitz,
Alekhine, Botvinnik, Petrosian etc!} 7. Bf4 ({The most common way to continue
here is} 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 (8. Qc2) 8... Bxf4 9. gxf4 Nbd7 {leading to similar
paths as in the game.}) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 Bd7 {This is one of the
typical ways to develop the famous or infamous, depending on your perspective
and experience, Stonewall bishop.} ({Another way to bring it out is} 9... b6
10. O-O Bb7 (10... Ba6 $6 11. Ne5 {now Black cannot develop the b8-knight.}
Nfd7 12. b3 $1 $14 Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. b4 $1 {shutting out
the black bishop followed by exploiting the development advantage and weak
a8-h1 diagonal is the idea behind b2-b3.}) 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qe7 {with a
solid position.} (12... Ne4 $5 {is also playable.})) 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O Be8
12. Rfc1 {White now starts to make threats before Black finishes development
which can bring him closer to equality.} Qe7 (12... Bh5 $4 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 $18) 13. Qa3 $1 {One of the well-known ideas in the Stonewall for White
is to trade off Black's good dark-squares bishop in order to weaken the dark
squares and sometimes even leave Black with the "worse minor piece." Eljanov
rightfully extends this idea by trading off Black's queen which was serving
the same function of the aforementioned bishop.} ({Another good way to
increase the advantage is to simply keep improving his pieces and prepare the
Qa3 idea or a queenside expansion.} 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Rab1 Na6 (14... Kh8 15. Qa3
$1) 15. cxd5 $5 (15. Qa3 Nb4) 15... exd5 (15... cxd5 16. Qa3 Nb4 17. Nb5 $16 {
with a clear plan of invasion.}) 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. b4 $36 {with an easy plan of
using the minority attack.}) (13. Rab1 $5 $14) 13... Qxa3 14. bxa3 Nbd7 15.
Rab1 {White has successfully transformed a slightly better middlegame into
superior endgame position.} Rb8 16. a4 $1 {a nice prophylactic move - it both
prepares to meet ...Nb6 and plans to further weaken the queenside pawns in the
future.} a5 (16... Nb6 17. c5 (17. Bf1 $5) 17... Nc4 {now the a-pawn is not
under attack!} 18. Bf1 $1 (18. Ne5 Na5 19. Rb4 Nd7) 18... Na5 19. Rb4 $14 {
and Black will have to be very careful and alert in this complex ending as
White has a dangerous plan of doubling on the b-file and then bringing his
knight to b3!}) 17. Rb2 Ne4 $6 ({It was objectively better to do "trench
warfare" with} 17... Bh5 18. Ne5 (18. Rcb1 $2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b6 {and there's no
way to break through Black's fortress.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Rcb1 b6 20. Bf1 Be8 {
but it's probably too deressing for Carlsen's taste.}) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 $1
{The right square and plan.} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. fxe5 c5 $1 $132 {
and things start to look complicated for White. Just look at Black's famous/
infamous bishop!} 21. d5 Bxa4 22. Rcb1 $2 b5 $1 $15) 20... c5) 19... Rf6 20. f3
$1 {this pawn break is all part of the plan. Because if not, then what is the
future of his knight after h7-h6??} h6 21. Nh3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Rf7 23. Nf2 c5 24.
Nd3 $1 {Eljanov has been playing excellently, exercising good control on the
board and on his clock. He has 30 min left to Magnus's 39 min in a great
position that he knows he's fully capable of winning.} cxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26.
Nc5 ({Another way to step up the pressure is to prepare the march of the
future passed c-pawn:} 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. c5 $1 (27. Rcb1 Rd8 {gives Black some
counterplay}) 27... Bxa4 (27... Rd8 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxd4 30. c6 $18) 28.
Rcb1 $16) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe6 Bxa4 28. d5 Bd7 29. Bxe4 $6 {A misjudged exchange.
It's not disastrous, but it already allows Black counterplay in the form of
piece activity.} fxe4 30. Nc5 Bg4 31. Re1 {All part of Eljanov's plan
connected to his decision to trade on move 29, at least according to the quick
pace at which he played the moves.} Rc8 $1 {This is most probably what he
missed in his analysis as he now stopped for 10 minutes before making his next
move.} 32. Nxe4 Rxf4 {Just look at Black's pieces now compared to when they
were living under the Stonewall bridge, say around move 22.} 33. Nd6 Rcf8 $1 {
Magnus now starts playing quickly and more confidently.} 34. Rb3 {Eljanov now
starts to switch to more solid play.} (34. Rxb7 $4 Bh3 35. Rbb1 Rg4+ 36. Kh1
Bg2+ 37. Kg1 Be4# {is one line that shows the dynamic power of Black's pieces,
thus the game move.}) 34... R8f6 35. Ne4 Rg6 36. Rg3 b6 $1 {a nice little move
that makes a big impact as it makes it difficult for White to push his passed
pawn in the future.} 37. d6 $6 {a risky decision.} ({I think it's best to go
for waiting tactics especially as the time control is approaching:} 37. Nd2 Bf5
{and White at least has a sure way to keep the balance.} (37... Rgf6 38. Ne4) (
37... Kh7 38. Re4 $1) 38. Rxg6 Bxg6 39. Re6 $11) 37... Kh7 38. Nf2 $2 {Panic
sets in as Eljanov tries to make the time control with 2 minutes left.} (38.
Ree3 $142) ({or} 38. h4 $5 Bf5 39. h5 $1 Rxg3+ 40. Nxg3 $13) 38... Rxc4 39.
Nxg4 Rgxg4 40. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 41. Kf2 Rd4 42. Re6 Kg8 {Suddenly, it is White that
must play for a draw.} 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. d7 {The best chance to obtain drawing
chances as holding on to the pawn only makes things worse for White.} ({E.g.} 
44. Ke4 Kf7 ({Not} 44... Re1+ $4 45. Kd5 Rxe6 46. Kxe6 Kf8 47. d7 $4) 45. Re7+
Kf6 46. Rd7 h5 47. Rd8 (47. h4 g6 $1 48. Rd8 Ke6 49. Rg8 (49. Re8+ Kd7 $19)
49... Rg1 50. Rd8 Rg4+ {netting another pawn.}) 47... Ke6 48. Rg8 (48. Re8+ Kd7
49. Re7+ Kxd6 50. Rxg7 Rd2 {similar to the mainline}) 48... Rd2 $1 {the enemy
passed pawn isn't going anywhere!} (48... Rxd6 49. Rxg7 Rd2 50. Rg6+ {is a big
difference}) 49. Rxg7 Kxd6 $19) 44... Rxd7 45. Rxb6 Rd5 {At this point of the
game, one can't help but stop and wonder at how Magnus was able to turn the
game around against a strong strategic player!} 46. Rb2 Kh7 47. Ke4 Rh5 48. Kf4
Rh4+ 49. Kg3 g5 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kh5 52. h3 Ra4 53. Rc6 ({Defending the
a-pawn doesn't help either.} 53. Rb2 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Kh4 $19) 53... Ra3+ 54. Kg2
Rxa2+ 55. Kg3 a4 56. Ra6 a3 57. Kf3 Rb2 58. Kg3 (58. Rxa3 Kh4 $19 {and the
h-pawn falls.}) 58... a2 59. Kf3 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Kh4 {And because there's
nothing White can do to hold on to his h-pawn, Black resigns. An very
important win for the current World Champion, setting up a tense and dramatic
finale in the last round!} 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. e3 $146 (9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Ndxe4 fxe4 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 exf3 13.
Bxf3 Bd7 14. Bf2 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qe8 18. e4 $14 {
Ardiansyah,H-Portisch,L/Thessaloniki olm 1988/0-1(42)}) (9. Ne1 Qf6 (9... Nd7
10. e3 {-9.e3}) 10. e3 Nd7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nd3 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
f3 Nef6 16. Nf2 c5 $11 {Lukacs,P-Tseshkovsky,V/Wijk-B 1988/0-1(32)}) (9. Rb1
$142 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qe7 (9... Nd7 $6 10. b4 a6 11. c5 (11. a4 $5) 11... Bc7 12.
a4 $6 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 f4 $132 {Kastanieda Georgiy-Gorjatschkin Wjatscheslaw/Ch Russia 
(club), Briansk (Russia) 1995/0-1(39)}) (9... a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 axb4 12.
axb4 Bxb4 $2 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rxb4 exf3 16. exf3 Qxd4 17. Rbb1 Nd7
18. Be7 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qa7 20. Bd6 Qa5 21. f4 $44 {|^^^ Novikov,I-Moskalenko,V/
Cap d'Agde op 1994/1-0(57)}) 10. b4 $1 (10. Bf4 $5 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. b4 b6
13. b5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. bxc6 $16 {Schandorff,L-Nielsen,P/
Gistrup 1996/1-0(40)}) 10... a6 (10... Bxb4 $2 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 $16) (
10... Bd7 11. b5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. cxb5 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16.
Qxb7 Rxa2 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Ra7 20. Qb2 Rb8 21. Qc3 Rxb1 22.
Rxb1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Qb2 Ra4 25. Qb8+ Qxb8 26. Rxb8+ Kf7 27. f4 Ra7 28.
Bf3 Rc7 29. Kf2 Ba4 30. Rh8 Kg6 31. h4 Bc2 32. h5+ Kh6 33. Re8 Rc6 34. Rd8 g6
35. Rd6 {Novikov,I-Gleizerov,E/EUCup Gr Portoroz 1993/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11. a4 Nd7
$5 (11... Bd7 $5) 12. b5 (12. Bf4 $2 Bxb4 $17) (12. c5 $6 Bc7 {/\ e5<=>[+]})
12... axb5 13. axb5 Kh8 $6 {עh8} 14. Bf4 $1 (14. Na4 $6 Rxa4 $1 15. Qxa4 Nc3
$10) 14... Ra3 $5 {+/= Gleizerov,E-Moroz,A/Lubniewice 1994} (14... Bxf4 $6 15.
gxf4 $16 {><e5, Bc8}) (14... Ra3 $5 15. Na4 $1 $14)) (9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nd7
(10... Bd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 $14 {Karpeshov
O-Gleizerov Evgeny/Ch Russia (club), Briansk (Russia) 1995/1/2-1/2(33)}) 11. e3
(11. b4 $5) 11... Qe7 12. Ne2 a5 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. Rfc1 Rfb8 $11 {
Eslon,J-Moskalenko,V/Andorra op 1991/1/2-1/2(22)}) 9... Nd7 10. Ne1 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 b5 $5 12. cxd5 (12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. Nd3 a5 $13) (12. b3 $2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Ba6
) 12... cxd5 13. Qc6 Qb6 (13... Nb6 $5 14. Qxb5 a5 15. Qe2 Ba6 $44) 14. Qxa8
Ba6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {The material is 2R:Q,but black pieces are better developed.
Black intends to play b5-b4 and to transfer hisN to-e4,but in my opinion white
isn't worse in this position,and maybe even better.} 16. Nf3 $6 (16. Nd3 $142
b4 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bf1 g5 (18... Ne4 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bd2) 19. Bd2) 16... b4 17.
Re1 Nf6 18. b3 $6 {[%csl Rc3]} (18. Bd2 $142 {[%cal Ge1c1]} Ne4 19. Rec1 g5 20.
Be1) 18... Ne4 19. Bb2 Nc3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $2 (21. Rxf1 Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e2]
} (21... Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Qc6 23. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Rac1 Qe2
24. Ne1 (24. Ng5 Qb2 $1) (24. Kg2 Qb2 $1)) 21... Qa6+ 22. Kg2 Qd3 23. Rec1 (23.
Kg1 $6 Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Qc2 $1 25. Rad1 $1 (25. Rab1 Qe4 $1) 25... Nc3) 23... Qe4 {
[%cal Re4g2,Gg7g5,Gg5g4]} 24. Bxc3 $4 (24. h4 {I don't see how black can win
after this move.} g6 (24... Nb5 25. Rc8+ Kf7 26. Rac1 g6 27. Rh8 h6 $5 (27...
Kg7 28. Rd8 h6 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rh7 $1) 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rb7) 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26.
Rxc3 h6 27. Rh1 $1 Kg7 (27... g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rch8) (27...
Ke7 28. Rc8 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh7+ Kf6 31. Rh6+ Kg7 32. Rch8) 28. Rc6 Bf8
29. Rc7+ Kg8 (29... Kf6 30. Rxa7 g5 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Rhh7) 30. Rxa7 g5 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh5 g4 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rh5+ $11) 24... bxc3 $19 {[#] Hecht: 
Black wins by the advance of his g-pawn, due to the pin on the knight at f3
which cannot be broken. The entrance of White's rooks comes too late. The
finale comes with a surprising mating attack. [#] Hecht:  Wegen der nicht
aufhebbaren Fesselung des Sf3 gewinnt Schwarz durch das Vorrücken seines
g-Bauern den Springer. Der Einsatz der weißen Türme kommt zu spät. Das Finale
bildet ein überraschender Mattangriff.} 25. h4 c2 26. a3 g6 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gg6g5]
} (26... h6 $2 27. h5) 27. Ra2 h6 28. Raxc2 g5 29. Rc8+ Ke7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
Rh1 g4 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. Kg1 (33. Rch8 Qxf3+ (33... gxf3+ 34. Kh3 $8 (34. Kh2
Bxg3+ $3)) 34. Kg1 Bxg3 $1 35. Rh6+ Ke7 36. R6h7+ Kd6 37. Rd8+ Kc6 38. Rc8+ Kb6
$19) 33... gxf3 34. Rch8 {Hecht: There threatens a perpetual check by means of
Rh6 and R6h7. Black counters with an inventive mating attack! To me, this is
worth a Medal. Hecht: droht Dauerschach mittels Th6 und T6h7. Schwarz kontert
mit einem erfindungsreichen Mattangriff! Das ist mir eine Medaille wert.} Qb1+
35. Kh2 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6g3","",10]} Bxg3+ $1 (35... Bxg3+ {Hecht} 36.
Kxg3 (36. fxg3 Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qh2#) 36... Qg1+ 37. Kxf3 (37. Kh3
Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qg4#) 37... Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 {That way of development is the most common in that type of
positions.} ({However,the classical plan of} 9... Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 {is also
very solid and the practice shows, that black's results here are not bad at
all.} 11. h3) ({Another possibility is:} 9... b5 {in order to meet 10.Ba3 with
b4.}) 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gc6c5] So, white has realized his
idea. On the other hand, black is ready for a freeing continuation c6-c5.} 12.
Qb2 {That continuation looks like the most principal way to fight for the
opening advantage. White takes control of ''e5'' spot and connects the rooks.}
({The endgame doesn't promise white any advantage:} 12. Qa3 Qxa3 ({interesting
is also} 12... c5 $5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 f4 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bh3
Rae8 $132 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1987/CBM 02 (25)}) 13. Nxa3
Nbd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. e3 Kf7 17. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Tal,M/
Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 05 (17)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nbd2 c5 $146 {A thematical
freeing continuation. Black should make it before white could seize a space on
the qside by b3-b4 and c4-c5.} (13... Ne4 14. e3 (14. b4 $14) 14... Rae8 15.
Rfd1 Re7 16. Rac1 g6 17. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kryschilovskij,A-Fazulyanov,S/St
Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. cxd5 {White could hardly
profit from keeping the pressure for a long time anyway.} (15. Rac1 Qe7 $11)
15... exd5 $6 {Now white gets a stable classical advantage, as his pawn
structure is better.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 15... Bxd5 16. Nc4 ({
after} 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {black has nothing to worry about}) 16...
Bxc4 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 $11 {and the power of Bg2 compensates some
weakness of Pc4,but not more than that.}) 16. Ne5 Rc7 ({White's chances are
also preferable after} 16... Rfe8 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rac1 $14 {
due to control of the dark-squares.}) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e3 $14 {So, white has
a pleasant edge and may just put pressure on black's central pawns.} g5 $6 {
Black doesn't want to stay passively and tries to get some counterplay on the
k-side. But the position is not closed, so such a weakening moves usually only
add troubles.} ({Better was:} 18... Rc8 19. Rac1 Qe7 $14 {and black has a bit
passive,but solid position.}) 19. dxc5 {Ofcourse, now it's the right time to
open the long diagonal.} bxc5 20. Nc4 {White should play energetically in
order to prove, that black's previous move was dubious.} (20. Rac1 $143 f4 21.
exf4 gxf4 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Ne5 Rc7 $14) 20... Qc7 ({Maybe,better was:} 20... Qe7
$5 {although after} 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Rac1 {g7-g5 is an obvious drawback of
black's position.}) 21. Ne5 Rg7 ({Badly was also:} 21... Re7 22. Nd3 Ne4 23.
Rac1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5,Rg8] and i don't see how black can hold on.}) 22. Rac1
f4 {Black is trying to make the position more complicated.} 23. Nd3 {That
leads to an endgame.} ({The reasonable alternative was:} 23. exf4 $5 gxf4 24.
Nd3 fxg3 25. fxg3 Ne4 (25... c4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29.
Rxc4 $16) 26. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 27. Nxc5 e3 (27... Qb6 28. Qe5 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6]})
28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe5 $16 {with a heavy extra pawn for white, while the Kg8 is
weak. It looks like white has an excellent winning chances here.}) 23... fxe3
24. Nxc5 $1 {A good practical decision-white gets a serious advantage in the
endgame.} ({Less clear was:} 24. fxe3 Qe7 25. Re1 c4 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nxc5 $16) 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Rgf7 $16) 24... exf2+ 25.
Qxf2 Qb6 ({The attempt to centralize the queen fails to} 25... Qe5 26. Rf1 $1
Rgf7 (26... Bc8 27. Nd3 Qe6 28. Rce1 $16) 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Rce1 $16 {with a
huge advantage of white.}) 26. Nxb7 {White has to simplify the position, since
he cannot make progress with such a compromised king.} Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxb7 28.
Kg1 $2 {A strange move-it's clear, that white couldn't win the game without
help of his monarch.} ({The right way was:} 28. Ke3 $1 Re7+ 29. Kd3 Rfe8 30.
Rd2 Kf7 31. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] and black's position is very hard.}) 28...
Rd7 {A necessary passivity.} 29. Rd4 {The rook is placed ideally on d4-it
blocks the pawn and can be easily delivered to the q-side, attacking the Pa7.}
Re8 {That open file has no special importance, as white can easily prevent a
penetration of Re8.} 30. Bf3 Re6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rc2 $6 {Mistakes are rarely
come alone! White chooses a wrong plan of swapping the rooks, as the Rc2 is
more active that Re6.} ({White should try to advance his qside pawns:} 32. Rc5
$142 h5 33. h3 Kg6 34. b4 $14) 32... Kg6 33. Re2 $6 ({As i mentioned before,} 
33. Rc5 {was better.}) 33... Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Kf5 {That is the point! The
exchange allowed black to activate the king, so the Pd5 becomes powerful!} 35.
Rd2 {White has to play accurately!} ({Optimistic woould be:} 35. b4 Ke5 36. Rd3
Rc7 $15 {and black is already better.}) 35... g4 36. Bg2 Ne4 37. Rd4 Ke5 38.
Ke3 Nf6 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Kd2 Rg7 {Intending to attack white's pawns by
Rg7-g6-h6. White should prevent that-otherwise black's activity may become
very dangerous.} 41. Ke3 Rc7 42. Kd2 h5 {So,black is playing for a win! Anyway,
white's position is solid enough.} 43. Kd3 Rh7 44. Ke3 Rc7 ({The draw is also
unavoidable after} 44... h4 45. gxh4 Rxh4 46. h3 Ne4 47. hxg4 Rxg4 48. Bxe4
Rxe4+ 49. Rxe4+ dxe4 50. b4 Kd5 51. b5 $11) 45. Kd3 Rh7 46. Ke3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 $6 {In my opinion N is better on-d2} (9. Qc2 $142 Bb7 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. cxd5 (11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Nd3 Nb4
16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Relange,E/Hastings Premier 9798 1997}) 11... cxd5
12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Nxg4 fxg4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Qxg4 $16 {
Van Wely,L-Kveinys,A/Erevan olm 1996/1-0(44)}) 9... Nbd7 $146 (9... O-O 10. Ne5
(10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 16.
Qd3 b5 17. c5 {1/2-1/2 Gruenberg,H-Haba,P/CSR-ch int 1989}) 10... Bb7 11. a4 (
11. e3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 $2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qc1 Ngxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Rd1 Nf6
17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne2 Rad8 $17 {Roobol,M-Reinderman,D/NLD-ch stud
Leeuwarden 1996/0-1(28)}) (11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. e3 Ba6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Nef4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qd2 h5 $15 {Costa,
J-Klinger,J/Bern 1991/0-1(39)}) 11... a5 12. e3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Nb4
15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {Gruen,P-King,D/BL2-W
1988/0-1(35)}) 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 (11... dxc4 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7
14. Nb5 $1 $16) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxb5
17. axb5 f4 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] with initiative on >>} 18. e3 $2 (18. g4 $142 h5
$1 (18... g5 19. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ge1d3]}) 19. gxh5 Ndf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 20. Nd2 (
20. Nh4 $140 $2 Nxh5 21. Ng6 Qg5 22. Nxf8 f3 $19) (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4
22. Bd4 Qg5 (22... Qh4 23. h3 Ngxf2 24. Qf1 $18) 23. f3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25.
Qc2 Nf2 {[%cal Gf2h3]} 26. Qg6 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Qxg6 28. hxg6 Nf4 29. Rc6 Re8 30.
h4 d4 $132) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxh5 22. Bf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Rc6 Rd8 25.
Qc2 $132 (25. Qc1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rc8 (27. Qc4 Qd5 $17) 27... Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 $17)) 18... fxe3 $17 19. fxe3 Qf6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf6h6]} 20. Qe2
Qh6 21. Rc2 (21. Rf1 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Nxg3 $17) 21... Ndf6 {[%csl Re3,Rh2][%cal
Gf6g4]} 22. Bc1 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Bxe4 Rf2 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Rc8+
Kf7 27. Rc7+ Ke8 $17) 22... Ng4 23. h3 (23. Qd3 Ng5 24. Qd1 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Nxe3
26. Qe2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3c2","",10]} Nxc2 $1 27. Bxh6 Nxd4 28. Qe3 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f8f3","",10]} Rxf3 $1 29. Qg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f3g3",
"",10]} Rxg3+ $1) 23... Ngf2 24. Qf1 Bxg3 25. Ba3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Vienna op 13th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} d5 6. Qc2 $5 {
(/\Nh3,Nf3,Bf4)} Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 ({Worse is:} 8. O-O {because of:} Nh5
$5 (8... b6 $5) 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. e3 Bd7
14. Kh1 Be8 15. Ne5 Ng4 16. Bf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2
Brenninkmeijer,J-Winants,L/Lyon 1990/CBM 18 (18)}) 8... Ne4 $5 ({Dubious:} 8...
Bd7 9. O-O Ne4 $5 (9... Be8 $5 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bh5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,
P/New York 1994/EXP 41 (71)}) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 $14 {
1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 95op (26)}) 9. O-O b6 $5 (9... Nd7 $6
10. Nf4 {/\Nd3,Bf4(><e5)} Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. c5 Bc7 14. a4 Bc4 15.
Nb2 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Berlin 1997/EXP 59 (24)}) 10. Bf4 ({
Slightly worse is:} 10. Nf4 Na6 $6 (10... Qe7 $5) 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Na6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. f3 Nec5 18. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Relange,E/London 1991/TD 91\08 (53)}) 10... Bb7 ({This move:} 
10... Ba6 {is refuted by:} 11. cxd5 $1 cxd5 $2 (11... exd5 $142 $14) 12. Rfc1
Qe7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Bb7 17. h4 $16 {1-0
Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1997 (38)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 $146
({Besides,white has three options:} 11. Rac1 $5 {(is the best option)} Nd7 $5 (
11... Na6 $143 $6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Nd3 c5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. e3 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Soffer,R/Bern 1991/EXP 21 (38)}) 12. Bxd6 (12.
Nfg5 $5 $13) 12... Nxd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Nd3 $11 {0-1 Madebrink,
L-Wiedenkeller,M/Norrkoeping 1988/EXT 97 (55)}) (11. Rad1 Be7 (11... Na6 $143
12. Nfg5 Nc7 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 dxe4 15. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Nolan,G/
Largs 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 12. Qc1 Qe8 13. Nhg5 Bf6 14. Ne5 c5 $13 {0-1 Georges,
S-Klinger,J/Zuerich 1992/TD (33)}) (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14.
b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2 $11 {1-0 Kandyba,L-Iljushin,A/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (32)}) 11...
Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. cxd5 ({Dubious:} 14. b3 {because of:} Rac8 {
with the idea c5 or dxc4}) 14... exd5 15. Rac1 ({Slightly better is:} 15. e3 $5
) 15... Ne4 16. Nd3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Re4]} ({Aside from
white has several alternatives:} 18. Nf4 $5 Nb6 (18... Ndf6 $6 19. Nh4 $5 $36)
19. a4 a5 20. Qb3 Qf6 $11) (18. b4 $2 c4 19. Nf4 Ndf6 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4][%cal
Gg7g5,Ge7b4]}) (18. e3 $5) 18... c4 19. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (19... cxd3 $2 20. Qc7 (
20. Qb3 $5) 20... dxe2 21. Re1 $14) 20. Nf4 Nf6 $5 {/\g5} (20... Nb6 $143 21.
e3 g5 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. b3 $1 $14 {and white has a strong pressure on the pawn
chain of black.}) 21. b3 (21. Bh3 $2 g5 $1 22. Ne6 $140 g4 $1 23. Nxf8 gxh3 $17
) 21... g5 {is the best move.} (21... Rac8 $6 22. Bh3 $36) 22. Nh3 {[%csl Rc4,
Rg5]} ({Loses:} 22. Nxd5 $4 {in view of:} Bxd5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rad8 25. Rxc4 $11 (25. bxc4 $2 Nc3)) 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4
Rad8 $19) 22... cxb3 23. Qxb3 {with the idea f3,Qe3} h6 24. f3 $1 Ba6 $5 ({
Badly:} 24... e3 $2 25. Rc3 Rfe8 26. Rdd3 {[%csl Re3]} Rac8 27. Rxe3 Rxc3 28.
Rxe7 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Rxe7 30. Qb2 Rc6 $14) 25. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh3f2]}
Rab8 26. fxe4 Rb2 $5 {[%csl Re2]} (26... dxe4 $143 27. Nf2 $14) 27. Rd2 $5 ({
After:} 27. Qd4 Rb4 {black gets an equality.} (27... Rxe2 $2 28. Bf3 $1 $36 (
28. exd5 $2 Rxg2+ $1 29. Kxg2 Qe2+ $40))) 27... Rxd2 28. Qxd2 dxe4 29. Qe3 Rb8
$6 (29... Ng4 $5 30. Qxe4 (30. Qb3+ Kh8) 30... Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe2 $11) (29...
Rc8 $6 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nf2 Bf5 32. h4 {=/+/=}) 30. Nf2 Rb2 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
31... Rxe2 $2 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Bd5+ $16 {[%cal Ge3a7]}) 32. Qxe4 ({Can be
recommended:} 32. Bxe4 $5 Rxe2 33. Qb3+ (33. Bd5+ $6 Kh7 34. Qxe7+ Rxe7 $11)
33... Kh8 {and I have a slight advantage in the endgame,in view of the weak
king of black.}) 32... Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe2 $1 {After this move black has a
forcing draw.} (33... Rxe2 $2 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Rc6 {[%csl Rh6]} Bd3 (35... Bb7
$4 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ $18) 36. Rxh6 $16) 34. Rc8+ (34. Rc7 a6 $11) 34... Kf7
35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Ke5 $1 37. Re7+ (37. Ba8 Bc4 $11) 37... Kd6 38. Ra7 Ke5
39. Re7+ Kd6 40. Rh7 Ke5 41. Bg2 Bc4 $1 $11 42. Rxh6 (42. h4 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rb2 {
[%cal Gc4d5]} 44. Kg1 $11) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grunfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Torre, Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 (6... c5 $13) 7. Qc2
O-O 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 (9. Ba3 $14) 9... Nd7 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. f3 (11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. f3 Ng5 13. e4 $5 $132) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 $2 (12. c5 Ng4 13. fxg4 Bc7 14.
gxf5 exf5 15. Nd2 $11) 12... Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 (13... Nxg3+ 14. hxg3 Qh6+
$19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 9th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O b6
{This is the most logical way of development. Other possible continuations are:
} (8... Bd7 {- see the game Anand,V-Nikolic,P/Corus Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75/
1-0 (40) [Tyomkin]}) (8... Qe7 {- see the game Banikas,H-Tyomkin,D/Dos
Hermanas op 2000/CBM 75 ext/1-0 (40) [Tyomkin]}) 9. Nf3 Ne4 $1 ({After} 9...
Ba6 $6 10. cxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Bf4 {black faces problems, for example see Dautov,
R-Schmittdiel,E/Geneve op 1997/CBM 57 [Dautov]}) 10. Bf4 Bb7 (10... Ba6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 $142) 12. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/Stockholm
1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 11. Rac1 ({Less accurate is} 11. Rfd1 {- see commented game
Golod,V-Ulibin,M/Vienna op 1998/CBM 68/1/2-1/2 (44) [Golod,V]}) 11... Nd7 (
11... Na6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Soffer,R/
Bern 1991/CBM 21 ext (38)}) 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. cxd5 (14. b3 $2 dxc4
15. bxc4 c5 $15) 14... exd5 15. Nd3 Ne4 (15... Nf7 16. h4 $6 (16. b4 $5) 16...
Rfe8 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qb3 Kg7 21. a3 Ba6 $132 {0-1
Prokopchuk,E-Ulibin,M/Krasnoiarsk 1998/EXT 2000 (43)}) 16. b4 $1 $14 {
Preventing the c6-c5 strike.} (16. e3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qa4
Rf6 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Qc2 g5 22. Ne2 Rd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Gleizerov,E/
Stockholm 2001/CBM 79 ext (25)}) 16... a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rfc8 ({Black
can not really make use of the "a" file, for instanse:} 18... Ra3 19. Ra1 Rfa8
20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. Qb2 $14) 19. Qb2 Ba6 20. Nde5 Bb5 {An ideal place for the B,
where it protects the Pc6 and puts a pressure along the a6-f1 diagonal as well.
} 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Ra1 Nd6 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd6c4] The N is
already useless on e4 and should be transfered to c4 in order to harass the
white strong Ne5.} 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Qc8 26. Bf3 Nc4 27. Qc1 $1 Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 g5 $6 {The advantages of this move are not completely clear, on the other
hand this move weakens the defence around the black K.} (28... Nxe5 29. dxe5
Qa6 30. Qb2 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 29. Bh5 $6 (29. Nxc4 $5 Bxc4 (29... dxc4 $6 30.
d5 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. Qe3 $36) 29... Nxe5 30. dxe5 g4 $2 {
Probably the decisive mistake.} (30... f4 $1 {[%csl Yf5]} 31. Qa7 Qf5 {That's
the main idea of 31...f4. The black Q is very active here. I doubt, if white
has more, than a perpetual check in this position.}) 31. Qa7 Qe6 32. Qb8+ Kg7
33. Qc7+ Kg8 (33... Kh6 $4 34. Bf7 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 34. Kf1 Bc4 35. h3 gxh3
36. Kg1 c5 $6 ({An interesting practical chance was:} 36... d4 $1 37. Bf3 $1 {
The strongest reply.} (37. Qd8+ $2 Kg7 38. Qxd4 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Gc6c5] and black is O.K.}) (37. f4 $6 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move
for black.","","","h3h2","",10]} h2+ $1 38. Kh1 (38. Kxh2 Qh6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kg8 {and white should give the perpetual, since bad is} 41. Qxf5 $2 {
in view of} Be6 $1 42. Qg5+ Qxg5 43. fxg5 c5 $17) 38... Bd5+ 39. Bf3 Bxf3+ 40.
exf3 Qd5 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) (37. Qxb6 $6 Qxe5 38. Qxc6 Bxe2 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kh6 41. Bxe2 Qxe2 42. Qxd4 $14) 37... Bd5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40.
f4 {and white should win this endgame.}) 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kh2 $18 d4 (38... h6
39. f4 $18) 39. Qxc5 d3 40. exd3 Bxd3 41. Qd4 {The weakness of the K and the
PP leaves black with no chances.} Be4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Kxh3 f4+
45. g4 h6 46. Kh4 {All white's forces are superbly coordinated.} Qa2 47. Qb6
Kh7 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Qg8+ 50. Kxf4 {The last black pawn is out of the
board. The rest is an easy job for white.} Qc4 51. Qe3 Bc2+ (51... Bg6+ 52. Kg5
$18) 52. Kg3 Bf5 53. f3 Qb4 54. Bg4 Kg6 55. f4 Qc4 56. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nd2 Nh5 10. Rad1 $146 {This move is completely useless for white right
now. The idea of the setup is to transfer the knight from h3 to f4, and the
second knight to f3 and e5. Rad1 is not the part of the plan.} (10. Nf3 {Lukacs
} Nd7 ({On} 10... h6 $6 11. Bxb8 {comes with a greater effect} Rxb8 12. Ne5 $16
) 11. Bg5 {White is chasing his opponent's good B.} (11. Bd2 {is less
consistant.} Bd6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 (12... Qe8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nxh5 Qxh5 15. Bb4 Bxb4
16. Qxb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfe1 $14 {Jacimovic-Djurhuus, Yerevan olm 1996})
13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6) 11... h6 (11... Bxg5 12. Nhxg5 Qe7 13. e3 h6 14.
Nh3 g5 15. Ne1 {- 11...h6}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 (13. Ne5 $6 {leads to a worse
P structure for White.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 $132) 13... g5 14. Ne1 b6 $1 {Black
wants to activate his passive B via a6.} 15. f4 g4 16. Nf2 Ba6 17. b3 c5 $1 {
Lukacs} ({There is no time for preparatory moves:} 17... Rac8 $6 18. Ned3 c5
19. cxd5 $1 cxd4 20. Qd2 $16) (17... Nhf6 $2 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Radjabov,T/
Budapest 1999/CBM 69/[Lukacs] (43)}) 18. Ned3 cxd4 19. exd4 (19. cxd5 dxe3)
19... Rac8 20. Nb2 (20. Qe2 $6 dxc4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Ng7) 20... dxc4 21.
bxc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Qe2 bxc4 24. Bd5 Ng7 25. Bxc4 Nb6 $13) (10. Be3 $5 {
Shipov-Moskalenko, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996 CBM 56.}) (10. Bxb8 {doesn't look very
healthy, because it is not advisable to exchange a well-developed piece for an
undeveloped one.} Rxb8 11. e3 g5 {Black's chances in the Stonewall usually lie
on the >>.} 12. f4 (12. Rab1 Bd7 13. b4 {There is not much on the << this time.
} Rc8 14. Qd3 b5 15. c5 a5 16. a3 Ra8 17. Ra1 Qc7 $15 {Sieglen-Glek, Bonn 1994}
) (12. f3 Bd7 13. Nf2 f4 {otherwise e3-e4 comes with a great effect.} 14. exf4
gxf4 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be8 {activating the bad B on
the /^ b1-h7.} 19. Nb3 d4 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Qf2 d3 22. Rfe1 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24.
hxg4 Qg5 $13 {P.Cramling-Vaisser, EU-ch rapid 1996}) 12... h6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14.
c5 Nf6 15. Nf2 g4 16. Nd3 h5 17. Ne5 h4 18. b4 h3 19. Bh1 b6 $5 $132 {
Dzevlan-Gleizerov, Stockholm 1997}) 10... Nxf4 $6 {Immediatly I'd replied
wrong. This is shame that this way the StoneWall is played by ChessBase'
expert of this opening!  Black gets comfortable position after:} (10... Nd7 11.
Nf3 h6 $5 (11... Qe8 $5) (11... Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Rf6 $14 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) 12. Bc1
g5 13. Ne1 Nhf6 {[%cal Gd8e8]} (13... Bf6 14. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Ng7 15. e4 $14)
14. f3 Qe8 {and black looks not much worse.}) 11. Nxf4 Na6 $6 (11... Bd6 12.
Nf3 (12. Nd3 Qf6 13. e3 b6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Nfe5 Rc8 16. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Yc5]
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 12... Qf6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qc3 $14) 12. Nf3 g5 (12... Nb4 13. Qb3
dxc4 (13... g5 $2 14. Nxg5) 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gf3e5]})
13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Nfe5 $16 Be8 15. a3 ({nothing gives:} 15. Qb3 Qb6) 15... Nc7
16. Qb3 Rb8 17. f4 Kh8 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Qc3 $6 {After the
forthcoming move of black, 20.Qc3 turns the loss of tempo.} (20. Qe3 $142 {
still keeping some edge.}) 20... Bf6 21. Qe3 dxc4 $1 {The time to activate
some of black pieces.} 22. Nxc4 Rd8 23. Ne5 Qg7 {[%cal Gf8g8,Yd8d4] In this
position I was thinking that finally I have some chances even for a win, but...
} 24. Qb3 $1 b6 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe5 27. Qxb7 Qe3+ 28. Kh1
Nd5 {and black is holding position quite succesfully.}) 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6
Bxd4+ {White could go on for a while, but black probably has a way to get the
balance.} (26... Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 Bxb2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Qxe6 Qg6 $1
(30... Bxa3 31. Rxf5 $14)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korniushin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 {The Stonewall is
a good opening for playing for a win with Black. It combines strategic and
tactical play.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 (7. Bf4 {Hansen,LB}) 7... Qe7 8. Bb2 (8. Ne5 {
Hansen,LB}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Nd3 Ne4
(13... Nb4 {Tyomkin,D} 14. c5 $1 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bc7 16. a3 Na6 (16... Nxd3 17.
exd3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e6]}) 17. Nfe5 Nb8 18. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Nbd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7
20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Ba6 23. Qd1 Rb8 24. exd5 cxd5 (24... exd5
$5 25. Bd4 $13) 25. c6 $36 {Chiburdanidze,M-Agdestein,S/Haninge 1988/CBM 08/
0-1 (56)} (25. c6 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Nd3 {
Chiburdanidze,M-Agdestein,S/Haninge 1988/CBM 08/0-1 (56)})) 14. Nfe5 c5 $146 {
Hansen: A thematic push in the Stonewall. Black increases his central grip.} (
14... Rac8 {Tyomkin,D} 15. e3 (15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. f3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Gostisa,
L-Tibensky,R/Mitropa Cup 1995/EXP 46}) 15... c5 (15... c5 {1/2-1/2 Temirbaev,
S-Gleizerov,E/Prague Mladi op 1990/EXT 90op}) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nf4 Nb4 (17...
dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bc7 19. f3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5]}) 18. a3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Gleizerov,E/St.Petersburg op 1994/CBM 41} 20. Ba1 dxc4 21.
bxc4 Rfd8 22. Qa4 $14) 15. e3 Nb4 {>< a2} 16. a4 (16. dxc5 $5 bxc5 17. a3 Nxd3
(17... Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rfd8 $13) 18. Nxd3 a4 19. f3 Nf6
$132) 16... Rac8 17. Nxb4 $6 (17. f3 Nxd3 (17... Nf6 {Hansen,LB} 18. Qe2 $13)
18. Nxd3 (18. Qxd3 $2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 dxc4 $17) 18... dxc4 (18... Nf6) 19. bxc4 (
19. fxe4 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Rcd8 $15) 19... Nf6 20. Qb3 $13) 17... axb4 {[%csl Rb3,
Gb4] another black pawn approached to the center} 18. dxc5 $2 (18. f3 $142 Nf6
19. Qe2) 18... bxc5 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2] Hansen: During the past two moves Black
has greatly improved his position. Two pawns have moved towards the centre!
This gives Black increased control of the centre and the better chances.} 19.
Re1 $2 (19. f3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. f4 Bxe5 (21... d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. exd4
cxd4 24. Nd3 $132) 22. fxe5 dxc4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxc3 Rfd8 25. Qc2 cxb3 26.
Rxb3 Qd5 $17) (19. Qc2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxc4 21. bxc4 Rfd8 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal
Gb7g2,Ye4g5,Gd8d2]}) 19... Rfd8 20. Qc2 $2 (20. Qh5 Nd2 (20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5
dxc4 (21... Nd2 {-20...Nd2}) 22. Bxe4 (22. bxc4 Nd2 $17) 22... Bxe4 23. bxc4
Qb7 $17 {[%csl Ra4,Gb4,Rc4][%cal Ge4h1,Ge4f3]}) 21. Rcd1 Nxb3 (21... dxc4 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxd2 c3 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bc1 Rcd8 26. e4 $1 $13) 22. cxd5 Bxe5
23. Bxe5 Bxd5 (23... g6 $2 24. d6) 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxf5 g6 (25... c4 $2 26.
Rxd5) (25... Rf8 26. Qd3 Qxe5 27. Qxb3 {[%csl Rd5]}) 26. Qf6 (26. Qf4 Rc6 (
26... Rf8 $6 27. Bd6) 27. Bb2 c4 $19) 26... Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Rd6 28. Be5 Rd7 $19 {
[%csl Ra4][%cal Yg8f7,Yf7e6,Gc8a8,Rc5c4,Rc4c3]}) (20. Nd3 dxc4 21. bxc4 Bc7 $17
{[%csl Ra4,Rc4][%cal Gd8d3]} (21... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Gb7c6]} 22. Ra1 Bc7 $17)) {
[%tqu "En","How can black get decisive advantage in this position","","",
"d6e5","",10]} 20... Bxe5 $19 21. Bxe5 dxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. Bxe4 cxb3 23. Qxb3
Bxe4 $19 {[%cal Ge4h1,Ge4d5]}) (22. bxc4 {Hansen,LB} Rd2 $19) {[%tqu "En","and
what did you intend to play in this position?","","","e4d2","",10,"e4d2","",0]}
22... Nd2 (22... Nd2 23. Qc2 (23. Qb5 {Hansen,LB} Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxb3 $19) 23...
Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ $19 {[%cal Gb7g2]}) 0-1

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Qe7 {From all these moves I like 9...Bd7 more. Black queen can be
developed to b6, while white plays Qb3.} (9... Nbd7) (9... Bd7) (9... Ne4) 10.
Qc2 (10. Nbd2 b6 $5 {Rare way of development in this line with 7.Bf4 Bxf4, but
black has proved that this plan is possible in this position too.} 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Ne5 Kh8 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qa4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Ulibin,M/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in
Chess 295 (19)}) 10... Kh8 $146 (10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc5
Nc6 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Williams,S/
St. Helier JER 1999 (31)}) (10... Ne4 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $1 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 $14 {0-1 Botsari,A-Gleizerov,E/Stockholm SWE 1999 (52)}) 11. Nbd2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Now black trades knights by Nd7, and
then moves the bishop to e8. Black doesn't have any problems this way.} (13.
Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f3] was the logical way to play in this position.}) 13... Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Rf6 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 c5 $1 {Typical break. It
brings black an equality.} 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. exd4 (20. Qc7 exd5 21. Qxb7 Re8 {
-like in the game.}) 20... exd5 21. Qc7 Re8 22. Qxb7 $2 {After 22.Bxd5, the
game should be drawn.} (22. Bxd5 Bc6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bb3 Rxf4 25. d5 Bd7 $11
{[%cal Gg7g5]}) 22... Rxf4 23. Rf1 $2 (23. Bxd5 Rxd4 24. Bg2 Qc5 25. Kh1 Rd2
$15 {Despite of few material on the board, black is better, because the black
king is safer.}) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rf8 {White doesn't have a way to protect
all his weaknesses.} 25. Qa6 {[%cal Ga6e2]} (25. Qxd5 Qf6 $19 {[%cal Rf6f2,
Rf6f1]}) 25... Qb4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 26. Qd3 Qxb2 27. Rg2 Qa1 28. a3 $2 {
loses at once.} (28. Rd2 Qe1 {[%cal Rd7h3] Of course, black is winning, but
nothing forced after accurate 29.Rc2 or 29.Rb2.}) 28... Bh3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nd2 $5 {A tricky move. White is
waiting with a development of the Ng1, as after d7-d5 it could be comfortably
placed on h3. At the same time, black is ready to meet an immediate 5.Nh3 with
5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 or 5...d6.} ({Another ''waiting'' move is:} 5.
Qc2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 (7. Nc3 $5 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11.
O-O Be7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 $44 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Almeida,M/
Fuerteventura 1992/TD (63)}) 7... dxe5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3
O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Agdestein,S/Port Erin 2003/
CBM 96 ext (32)}) 5... d5 6. Nh3 ({The World Champion has got a classical
advantage after:} 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bd7 (8... b6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nf4
Qe7 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. b4 Ba6 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Sedlak,N/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (99)}) 9. O-O Be8 10. Bf4 h6
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Re5,Gf3] 1-0 Kasparov,
G-Nikolic,P/New York 1994/CBM 41 ext (71)}) 6... Bd6 7. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gf4d3,
Gd2f3] A standard transfer of the knight-it goes to d3 in order to take
control on important central square.} ({The alternative is:} 7. Nf3 {leaving
the ''f4'' square for the dark-squared bishop} O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10.
Qc2 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Nd3 Qg7 15. e3 f4 16. Qe2 Nhf6
17. gxf4 g4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Radjabov,T/Tallinn EST 2004/The Week in
Chess 487 (54)}) (7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O {-->leads to a well known theoretical
position.}) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nf3 Qe7 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye7e6,Gc8b7,Gc8a6]
That move is more or less necessary-otherwise black couldn't complete the
development of his qside.} 10. O-O (10. Nd3 Ba6 11. b3 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2
Zilberstein,V-Gleizerov,E/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 46 ext (11)}) 10... Ba6 (10...
Ne4 11. Nd3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Nfe5 $14) 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14.
Nxf4 Rac8 15. Qa4 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,O-Slavina,
I/Istanbul 2003/CBM 94 ext (45)}) 12... Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Qa4
a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e3 Ba6 18. h4 $14 {1-0 Lalic,B-Peralta,F/Saint Vincent
2001/CBM 80 ext (41)}) 11. b3 Nbd7 12. a4 $146 {The plan of advancing ''a''
pawn is typical in that type of positions, but it's quite slowly and allows
black to reach a counterplay by c6-c5.} (12. Ng5 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Rac8 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Supatashvili,K-Graf,A/Batumi 2002/
CBM 90 (29)}) 12... Bb7 {Black prepares a standard freeing move 13...c5.} ({
Deserved attention also:} 12... Ne4 $5 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Rd1 Bxf4 $1 15. Bxf4 c5
$132 {with a heavy piece play.}) 13. a5 c5 14. a6 {That pawn may be very
powerful in the endgame,but it looks far away from the endgame...} Bc6 15. dxc5
{White is trying to exploit some vulnerablity of Bc6.} Bxf4 $6 {A strange
decision. There was no reason to exchange an important bishop, as now the dark
squares in black's enemy become vulnerable.} ({Better was the most natural:} 
15... bxc5 $142 16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5 $2 17. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 17.
Nxd5 (17. Nd4 cxd4 18. Qxc6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 $132) (17. Nd3 e5
$1 $132) 17... Bxd5 $11 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga8b8]}) 16. Bxf4 bxc5 17. Ne5 {
It's important to get control on e5, not allowing black to seize the space by
e6-e5 and d5-d4.} ({Nothing promises} 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11) 17...
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 {Now 18...d5-d4 is a serious strategical threat, so the
exchange on d5 is forced.} ({Black could keep the knight on the board:} 18...
Nd7 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 (20... exd5 21. e3 $14) 21. Rfd1 $14 {but
white's position is preferable,as his Bb2 is very powerful.}) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxf6 {Transforming the advantage.} ({After} 20. Rfd1 Ng4 $1 21. Bb2 {black
could get create some counterplay after:} f4 22. Ra4 Qg5 $132) 20... Rxf6 ({
I would prefer:} 20... Qxf6 $5 21. Ra5 (21. Rfd1 $6 f4 $1 $132) (21. e4 $5 fxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 $14) 21... Rfd8 22. Rd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 $14
{and white has only a minimal advantage.}) 21. Rfd1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14 {Now
white is controlling the only open file.} f4 $6 {Black is looking for some
counterplay, but that's only creates an additional weaknesses.} (22... Kh8 23.
Rd2 e5 24. Rad1 $36) (22... e5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rd5 $36) ({A passive strategy
was preferable:} 22... Qc7 $142 23. Qc4 Qb6 $14) 23. Qe4 $1 {An ideal square
for the queen. Here it attacks black's weak pawns and protects the monarch.}
fxg3 (23... Rcf8 24. f3 Rb8 25. Rd3 $14) 24. hxg3 Rb8 25. Rd3 {Little by
little black's position become quite unpleasant,as he is totally passive.} Rf5
(25... Rb4 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Rad1 $36) 26. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd3d7] Now the
penetration of white's rook is practically unavoidable.} h5 ({Badly was also:} 
26... Rf7 27. Rd6 Re8 (27... e5 28. R1d5 $16) 28. Qc6 $16 {and white has a
full domination.}) 27. Re3 ({The immediate penetration was also possible:} 27.
Rd7 $5 Qf6 28. f3 Re5 29. Qc4 $16 Re3 $140 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxa7
Qd2 33. Kf2 $18) 27... Qf7 (27... Re8 28. f3 $16 {[%cal Ge4c6,Ge3d3]}) 28. f3
Rd5 ({Black had no time for taking the Pa6:} 28... Rb6 29. Red3 Rxa6 30. Rd8+
Kh7 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qa8 $18) 29. Red3 Rb4 ({The weakness of black's monarch is
obvious in the following variation:} 29... Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Qf5 31. Qe3 Rb6 (31...
Kh7 32. Rd7) 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 $1 $16) 30. Qe3 Rxb3 ({An attempt to swap
the pawns fails to:} 30... c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb1 $1 Rc7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34.
Qe4+ g6 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qe5 Qg7 37. Qxd5 $18 {[%cal Gb8b7]}) (30... Rxd3 31.
Rxd3 Qe7 32. Qe5 $16) 31. Rxb3 Rxd1 32. Rb7 Rd7 $2 {This loses immediately.} ({
More resistant was:} 32... Qf5 33. Rxa7 Rd6 $1 (33... h4 34. gxh4 Qg6+ 35. Qg5
Qxg5+ 36. hxg5 Kh7 (36... Ra1 37. g6 $18) 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Rxe6+ Kxg5 39. Re5+
$18) 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. a7 Ra6 36. Rf8 $1 Qd5 (36... Qxf8 37. Qd3+ Kh6 38. Qxa6
$18) 37. Rc8 Ra5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Rxc5 Qa2 40. Rxh5+ Kg8 $16 {although
black's position is very hard, as he is a pawn down and his king is weak.}) 33.
Qxc5 $18 {Finally white's Pa6 decides the game!} Kh7 (33... Rxb7 34. Qc8+ Kh7
35. axb7 $18) 34. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 {
A strategically ambitious setup, aiming to exchange the dark-squared bishops
without making any structural concession (gxf4). However, the knight may
remain badly placed on h3 in certain cases.} Bxf4 {This move seems illogical.
Black spends a tempo carrying out the exchange that in principle does not
favour him, helping White improve the position of his king's knight at the
same time.} ({There has been some discussion in the line starting with} 8... b6
{, after which both sides try to "convince" the opponent to release the
tension, in order to win the race in development.} 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Rac1 Na6 {
If White had exchanged on d6 at an earlier stage, Black could have developed
this knight to d7, taking the critical e5-square under control.} 11. cxd5 $1 {
This exchange is justified by White's previous play. The f5 pawn is
insufficiently defended, which forces Black to open the c-file and refrain
from any form of counterplay based on ...c5..} cxd5 12. Qa4 {Taking the queen
out of the range of the enemy knight and preparing Nc4.} ({After the slightly
premature} 12. Nc4 {Black managed to get out of trouble with} Nb4 13. Qd2 dxc4
14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxc4 Rxb7 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Kf7
20. h4 Rc2 $44 {Ninov,K (2405)-Padevsky,N (2425)/Sofia 1991/EXT 97 (1-0, 50)})
12... Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 $1 Qe7 15. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d3] White
achieved everything he could dream of, except for the final result in Ruban,V 
(2320)-Gleizerov,E (2405)/Kursk 1987/EXT 97 (0-1, 48)}) ({With the knight on
h3, it makes sense to "lose a tempo" with} 8... Be7 {[%csl Gh3] , avoiding the
undesirable exchange and leaving White with some problems of coordination.} 9.
Nd2 h6 {Practically forcing White's answer, in view of the threat of isolating
the knight with a further ...g5.} ({An even more ambitious continuation is} 
9... Na6 {, taking the knight out of the range of the enemy bishop in order to
add force to ...h6 and ...g5. Playing ...Nbd7 would be less effective, because
White can play Ng5, winning a tempo by attacking the e6-pawn.} 10. Rfd1 h6 $1
11. a3 g5 12. Be5 Ng4 $1 $10 {Aleksandrov,A (2530)-Gleizerov,E (2525)/
Voskresensk 1993/CBM 038/[Glatman] (1-0, 75)}) 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 {From a dynamic
point of view, this exchange obviously favours Black. White has spent two
tempi with his bishop in order to exchange it for an undeveloped knight.} 11.
Nf4 Qe8 12. Nf3 g5 13. Nd3 {White has regrouped his knights in an optimal way,
keeping the e5-square under firm control. However, a further intrusion on that
square will lead to simplifications, because Black still has his dark-squared
bishop.} Bd6 14. Nfe5 Nd7 15. f4 (15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Rfc1 b6 18. b4
Bb7 19. a4 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. b5 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Bd8 24. Rc2 Rc8
25. Rac1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rf7 27. f4 {None of the players can make any serious
attempt to play for a win in this blocked position, 1/2 Gaprindashvili,V (2414)
-Moskalenko,V (2469)/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1
Qd7 24. Qc2 Kg7 $11 {Black has little to fear. His "bad bishop" is in fact
more active than its rival, while White's control over the c-file is
compensated by Black's possibility of opening the position on the other wing,
Komljenovic,D (2495)-Moskalenko,V (2505)/San Sebastian 1992/EXT 2002 (1/2, 47)}
) 9. Nxf4 g5 {Apparently, it is for the sake of this move that Black has
captured on f4. We can call the move a novelty, since it had been seen only in
games between players of a lower level.} (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... Ne4 11.
Rac1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Be8 {Cmilyte,V (2466)-Medic,M (2260)/Dresden 2007/CBM 117 ext
(1-0, 54)} 13. Nf3 $14) 11. b4 {This looks a bit hurried, but eventually
worked out well.} ({Personally, I would prefer} 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd3 $14) 11...
Ne4 12. b5 Ndf6 13. Nb3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd6 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1
$14 {Tunik,G (2450)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2300)/Budapest 1992/CBM 030 ext (1-0,
51)}) (9... Qe8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 dxc4 $6 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. e3 Qe7 14. Rfe1
Kh8 15. Nd3 N5f6 16. b4 $16 {Ovsejevitsch,S (2568)-Marcussen,C (1988)/Esbjerg
2007/CBM 119 ext (1-0, 62)}) 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. e3 {This move does not seem
really necessary.} ({Black is too poorly developed to allow himself open the
centre after} 11. Nd2 dxc4 (11... g4 $6 12. f3 $16) (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4
$6 13. Ne5 $16) (11... Nd7 12. Nf3 $14) 12. Nxc4 Qxd4 13. Rad1 $16) 11... Nd7
12. f3 {A move White generally prefers to do without at this stage of the game,
but after the overcautious previous move, there was nothing better.} ({Now,
things are less clear after} 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12... Nd6
13. Nd2 Qf6 14. f4 $14 {White should not define the position so soon, as this
will give Black the control over the e4-square.} (14. Rae1 $5 {[%cal Gg1h1,
Gc2c3,Ye3e4]} b6 (14... a5 15. Qc3) (14... Rb8 $5 15. Kh1 b6) 15. cxd5 $1 (15.
Qc3 Ba6 16. b3 c5 $132) 15... cxd5 16. Qc6 Nb7 17. f4 $16) 14... g4 (14... h6
$5) 15. b4 Qe7 16. a4 a6 17. Ne5 Nf6 {Black unnecessarily refrains from moving
to e4, tolerating the enemy knight on e5 at the same time.} (17... Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Ne4 $14) 18. c5 Nde8 (18... Nde4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19... dxe4 20. Ndc4 $16)
20. b5 $14) 19. h3 (19. b5 $14) 19... gxh3 $2 {An obvious strategic concession,
exchanging the important g-pawn for a rook pawn.} ({Both players probably
thought that} 19... h5 $5 {was impossible because of the fork on g6, but
things are not that simple.} 20. hxg4 (20. Ng6 $2 Qg7 21. Nxf8 gxh3 22. Bxh3
Qxg3+ 23. Bg2 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Kxf8 $44) 20... Nxg4 $8 21. Rae1 Qg7 $14 {/<=>})
20. Bxh3 $16 Kh8 21. Kf2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nef6 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. dxe5
Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nb3 {White has obtained a dream position, with a
fantastic d4-square for his knight and a mass of mobile pawns on the kingside.
He also has the queenside attack based on b5 in reserve. Black is practically
lost.} Bd7 28. Rh3 Rg4 29. Rah1 Rag8 30. Nd4 R8g6 31. Qd1 Qg7 32. Qg1 h6 33.
Qh2 Kh7 34. Ne2 Qf8 35. Rh5 {I do not know whether Black lost on time or
whether the scoresheets were illegible starting from this moment.} ({White
should aim to unblock his pawns by exchanging rooks:} 35. Rh5 Be8 (35... Qg7
36. Rh4) 36. Nd4 Bd7 (36... Bf7 37. Rh4 Qg7 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Qh3 Qg6 40. b5
$16) 37. Rh4 Qg7 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. Rh3 Be8 41. Qh2 Bf7 42. Rh4 $16)
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 9th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 {Black
avoides the exchange of the dark-squared BB, which is usually unfavourable for
him. The visible loss of tempo is not really important here.} 8. Nd2 (8. Qc2 {
- see the game Hebert,J-Tyomkin,D/Montreal2 2000/CBM 79 [Tyomkin]}) 8... O-O 9.
Nf3 {In my Database I found only one game where this move appeared. The main
alternatives are:} (9. a3 h6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. b4 Be8
14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nf3 Bh5 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nfe5 $14 {1-0 Korobov,A-Moiseenko,A/
Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (38)}) (9. Qc2 Na6 $1 10. Rfd1 h6 11. f3 (11. a3 g5 12. Be5
Ng4 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5 Nc5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3 Ne4 $15 {1-0 Aleksandrov,
A-Gleizerov,E/Voskresensk 1993/CBM 38 (75)}) 11... g5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. a3 Be8
14. Kh1 Bg6 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bg1 Kg7 17. e4 $13 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Gleizerov,E/
Oberwart 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) 9... Nh5 $6 $146 {A standart idea for this setup,
but in this concrete context not really sound.} (9... Ne4 10. Ne5 g5 11. Be3
Nd7 12. Qc1 h6 13. f3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf7 15. Ng6 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nf2 e5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Chandler,M/Hastings 1989/TD (28)}) 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qc2 {White achieved the favourable exchange of the dark-squared BB and has
already clear advantage.} Ndf6 {Black is keeping the knight on h5, in order to
prevent the transfer of the white Nh3 via f4 to d3, but not for long...} 13. e3
$1 Ne4 14. Ne5 (14. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 15. exf4 dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 14... Bd7 (14... g5
15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. f4 $16) 15. Nf4 Be8 (15... Nxf4 16.
exf4 $16) 16. Nfd3 {A dream position for white in the Stonewall setup.} g5 {
The logical attempt to create any counterplay, since black's position is
strategically irreparable.} 17. b4 Nhf6 18. c5 $6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3]} ({
I think, that white first should drive away the black Ne4 and then to close
the position.} 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf7 20. Rfb1 $16 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yb4b5]}) 18...
g4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} 19. Nf4 Nd7 ({Comes into cosideration} 19... Kg7 {[%cal
Yf8h8,Yh7h5,Yh5h4]}) 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 {The past
exchanges did make black's life a bit easier, however his position is still
very unpleasant, mainly because of bad Be8.} 23. Rad1 Rd8 (23... a5 24. b5 $16)
24. Rd4 {The white pieces occupied strong blockading squares. However it's not
easy to break opponent's defense, since black has enough space for regrouping
his pieces.} a6 25. Kg2 {Preparing the plan, which follows on the next moves.}
Rd7 26. Rh1 Re7 $1 {The best place for the R.} 27. h3 gxh3+ $6 {A dubious
exchange. I think, black should keep the pawn on g4.} (27... Bd7 $5) 28. Rxh3
Qg7 29. Qd2 Rf6 30. Ne2 {[%cal Yd4h4,Ye2d4]} Re4 $1 31. Rh4 (31. Nc3 Rg4 $1)
31... Rh6 32. Rxh6 Qxh6 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. f3 Re7 {Black rightly avoides the RR
exchange, which is favourable for white.} 35. Kf2 Qh6 36. Ng2 Rg7 37. Rh4 Qg5
38. Rh3 {Very nice regrouping.} Qf6 39. Qd4 Qxd4 $6 {It's hard to give a good
advice for black, but he should avoid the exchange of QQ.} (39... Qe7 $16) 40.
exd4 {[%mdl 16]} b6 {Probably Dolmatov relied on this move, which opens the
"b" file for his R, but as the continuation of the game shows, this is
insufficient.} 41. Rh1 (41. cxb6 $2 Rb7 42. Nf4 Rxb6 43. Nd3 f4 $1 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Ge8g6,Gg6d3]}) 41... bxc5 42. Re1 Bg6 43. bxc5 ({After} 43. dxc5 $2 Rb7
44. a3 a5 {black reaches the draw easily.}) 43... Rb7 44. Nf4 Rb4 {The only
practical chance.} ({If black prevents the penetration of opponent's R by} 
44... Bf7 {, white can do the same} 45. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Gf2e3,Ge3f4]}) 45. Re6
Rxd4 46. Rxc6 Bf7 (46... Ra4 47. Nxd5 Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 $18) 47. Ke3 ({Not so
clear is} 47. Rxa6 $6 Rc4 48. c6 d4) 47... Ra4 48. Ne2 $1 {A superb
coordination of white's pieces.} f4+ (48... Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Rxa2 50. Nd4 Ra4 51.
Ke5 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd4,Ge5]}) 49. gxf4 ({Probably simplier is} 49. Nxf4
Ra3+ 50. Kd4 Rxf3 51. Rxa6 Rxg3 52. c6 Rg4 53. Ke5 $18) 49... Bg6 50. f5 $5 {
Gaining more space for the K.} ({Also strong enough is} 50. Rb6 Rxa2 51. c6)
50... Bxf5 51. Nd4 Bh3 52. Rh6 Bc8 53. Rc6 Bh3 54. Rh6 Bc8 55. Rd6 {In spite
of the material equality white's position is winning, thanks to a superb
coordination of all his pieces.} Kf7 ({More stubborn is} 55... Kg7) 56. Rc6 Bh3
57. Rh6 {White wins the Ph7 and eventually the game.} Bc8 58. Rxh7+ Kf6 59. Rh8
Ra3+ 60. Kf4 Ra4 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Nb3 Be6 (62... Bd7 63. c6 Bxc6 64. Rh6+ $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 63. c6 Ke5 64. f4+ $6 ({Simply winning was} 64. c7 Rxa2 65. f4+ $1
Kd6 66. c8=Q Bxc8 67. Rxc8 $18) 64... Kd6 65. Rh6 Ke7 66. c7 $6 {Another
inaccuracy.} (66. Kd4 Ra4+ (66... Rxa2 67. Nc5 $18) 67. Kc5 Rxf4 68. Nd4 $18)
66... Bc8 67. Kd4 Kd7 68. Kxd5 (68. Rh7+ $2 Kd6) 68... Kxc7 69. Rh7+ Kb6 70.
Rh2 Ra4 $6 {After this wrong manoeuvre white wins easily.} ({Black could
produce a tougher resistance after} 70... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] White still has
to work hard to win this endgame. For example:} 71. Rf2 (71. Ke5 a4 72. Nd4
Re3+ {[%csl Ge3]}) 71... a4 72. Nd4 Bb7+ 73. Kc4 Ba6+) 71. Ke5 Rb4 72. Nd4 Rb1
73. f5 Bxf5 {Resigning to the inevitable. However there was no defence anyway.}
(73... Re1+ 74. Re2 Rxe2+ 75. Nxe2 Kc7 76. Nf4 Kd8 77. Kf6 $18) 74. Nxf5 Kc5 {
It looks like black has serious chances to capture white's last pawn, but with
precise play Sakaev convincingly refutes black's last counterplay.} 75. Rc2+
Kb4 76. Ne3 Ka4 77. Kd4 a5 78. Kc3 Ka3 79. Nc4+ Ka4 80. Nd2 Rb4 81. Nb3 {
The white pawn is completely safe now, and the rest is an easy technic.} Kb5
82. Rd2 Rc4+ 83. Kb2 a4 84. Nd4+ Kc5 85. Nc2 Rh4 86. Rd3 Kc4 87. Rc3+ Kb5 88.
Ka3 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 {It is a very popular order of moves
nowdays:the stone wall system is much more comfortable for black with the Nd2.}
5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 c5 $5 {An original reaction for this
type of positions!} ({Another possible method of play may be:} 8... Nbd7 9.
Ndf3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg4e5]} (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 (11...
Bxd7 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rae8 16. Nd3
Nd6 17. c5 Nf7 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Piskov,Y/GMA-Open Belgrade 1988})
10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. b4 Bb7
16. Rc1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Nikolic,P/Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991}) (8... Qe7 9.
Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qa4
Bc6 16. Qb3 Be8 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Nfe5 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Labunskiy,
D-Galkin,A/RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 9. Ndf3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4
$146 {White is not in a hurry to simplify the position.} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 (13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be3 Bb6 $11) 13... Qc7 14. Nd3 (14. Bf4 g5
15. Nd3 gxf4 16. Nxc5 fxg3 17. hxg3 f4 $132) 14... Bb6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. a4 Ne4
17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Tregubov,P/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002})
11... cxd4 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5,
Gf6e4,Ga8e8]}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4][%cal
Gb6d4,Gb6b2] Black must defend on his extra pawn-otherwise his position will
be hard.} 15. Qb3 Re8 16. f4 $8 d3+ ({possible was also:} 16... Qxb3 17. axb3
a5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6]} (17... Be6 $6 18. Nf3 $1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rxd4
Rac8 20. Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. exd3 (18. a3 dxe2 19.
Rfe1 Be6 20. Kf2 Rec8 $15) 18... Rxa2 19. Rc7 {That move leads to a force draw.
} ({Another way was to keep the pawn,trying to improve the position.But after:
} 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Rc7 Ra7 (20... Rc8 21. Re7 Rc1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1) 21.
Rfc2 Kf8 22. Kf2 Re7 {[%cal Gf6e8] black is out of danger.}) 19... Rxb2 20.
Rfc1 Be6 21. Rxb7 d4 $1 {[%cal Gb2g2,Ge6d5] That is the point! White cannot
avoid exchanges.} 22. Rcc7 (22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Rcc7 Ng4 $1 24. Rxg7 (24. Bxg4 fxg4
25. Rxg7 Ra8 26. Ra7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb1+ $11) 24... Ra8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7
Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2+ $11) 22... Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd5+ 24. Kh3 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Ng4 $1 {
The most accurate way to a draw-the Ne5 is too strong.} (25... Re6 $6 26. Rb8+
Ne8 27. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf3d4]}) (25... Nd5 $6 26. Rd7 Nc3 27. Rxd4 b5
28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nd4 $14) 26. Nxg4 fxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 {It is a very popular order of moves
nowdays:the stone wall system is much more comfortable for black with the Nd2.}
5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 c5 $5 {An original reaction for this
type of positions!} ({Another possible method of play may be:} 8... Nbd7 9.
Ndf3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg4e5]} (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 (11...
Bxd7 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rae8 16. Nd3
Nd6 17. c5 Nf7 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Piskov,Y/GMA-Open Belgrade 1988})
10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. b4 Bb7
16. Rc1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Nikolic,P/Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991}) (8... Qe7 9.
Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qa4
Bc6 16. Qb3 Be8 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Nfe5 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Labunskiy,
D-Galkin,A/RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 9. Ndf3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4
$146 {White is not in a hurry to simplify the position.} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 (13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be3 Bb6 $11) 13... Qc7 14. Nd3 (14. Bf4 g5
15. Nd3 gxf4 16. Nxc5 fxg3 17. hxg3 f4 $132) 14... Bb6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. a4 Ne4
17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Tregubov,P/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002})
11... cxd4 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5,
Gf6e4,Ga8e8]}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4][%cal
Gb6d4,Gb6b2] Black must defend on his extra pawn-otherwise his position will
be hard.} 15. Qb3 Re8 16. f4 $8 d3+ ({possible was also:} 16... Qxb3 17. axb3
a5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6]} (17... Be6 $6 18. Nf3 $1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rxd4
Rac8 20. Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. exd3 (18. a3 dxe2 19.
Rfe1 Be6 20. Kf2 Rec8 $15) 18... Rxa2 19. Rc7 {That move leads to a force draw.
} ({Another way was to keep the pawn,trying to improve the position.But after:
} 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Rc7 Ra7 (20... Rc8 21. Re7 Rc1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1) 21.
Rfc2 Kf8 22. Kf2 Re7 {[%cal Gf6e8] black is out of danger.}) 19... Rxb2 20.
Rfc1 Be6 21. Rxb7 d4 $1 {[%cal Gb2g2,Ge6d5] That is the point! White cannot
avoid exchanges.} 22. Rcc7 (22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Rcc7 Ng4 $1 24. Rxg7 (24. Bxg4 fxg4
25. Rxg7 Ra8 26. Ra7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb1+ $11) 24... Ra8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7
Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2+ $11) 22... Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd5+ 24. Kh3 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Ng4 $1 {
The most accurate way to a draw-the Ne5 is too strong.} (25... Re6 $6 26. Rb8+
Ne8 27. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf3d4]}) (25... Nd5 $6 26. Rd7 Nc3 27. Rxd4 b5
28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nd4 $14) 26. Nxg4 fxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Sandner, Gunter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 {Black is waiting with development of
Ng8 in order to meet 5.g3 with f5.} ({The most common continuations are:} 4...
dxc4) (4... Nf6) 5. g3 ({good chanses of getting advantage promises:} 5. Bg5 $5
Ne7 (5... f6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bg3 Na6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e3
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nh6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 Ikonnikov,
V-Beikert,G/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (68)}) 6. Nbd2 f6 (6... f5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bf4
b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5 $14 {1-0 Gavrilov,A-Moroz,A/
Pardubice 2001/CBM 83 ext (39)}) 7. Bh4 Nf5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 f5 10. e3 Nd7
11. Be2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Qa5 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Apicella,M/Avoine 2003/
CBM 95 ext (44)}) 5... f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gc4c5,
Gb2b4] An interesting attempt to reach an advantage in a well known
theoretical position.He puts the knight on the most active position and
intending to seize a lot of space on the qside by c4-c5,b2-b4 e.t.c.Later,he
may exchange the dark-squared bishops by Bc1-f4.} ({another popular line is:} 
8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5] with a complicated strategical
struggle.See comments to 1-0 Borges Mateos,J-Agdestein,S/Capablanca mem Elite
33rd 1998 [Tyomkin,D]}) 8... Ne4 (8... a5 9. b3 Na6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12.
e3 h6 13. Na4 g5 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Pelletier,
Y-Kelecevic,N/Switzerland 1996/CBM 55 ext (55)}) (8... Qe8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5
cxb5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Bd7 13. b4 a6 14. e3 Nc6 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Nd3 $14 {
1-0 Schandorff,L-Hansen,L/Denmark 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) (8... Qe7 9. Rb1 (9. a3
Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Nbd7 $142 12. f4 Bh5) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3
Na6 14. c5 Bc7 15. e3 Rd8 16. b4 Rf7 17. Nh4 Rg7 18. Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Chekhov,
V-Chigvintsev,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (70)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. b4 {-8...Ne4.
}) 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 dxc4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. e3 Bd7
16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rc2 Nfd7 18. Nd3 $44 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Kurnosov,I/Rybinsk 2001/EXT
2002 (33)}) 9. Rb1 Qe7 $6 {In my opinion,it was better to do without that move,
since black cannot prevent b2-b4 anyway.} (9... Nd7 10. b4 Ndf6 11. b5 (11. c5
$5 Bc7 12. a4) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Rxb5 b6 16.
cxb6 Bd7 17. Rb2 axb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Radjabov,T/Torshavn 2000/CBM
78 ext (40)}) 10. b4 Nd7 ({It's obviously,that white has at least a sufficient
compensation for a pawn after:} 10... Bxb4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Rxb4
exf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Rb3 $44 {due to his development advantage and pair of
the bishops.His dark-squared bishop is especially strong.}) (10... Bd7 11. b5
Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. cxb5 $6 (13. cxd5 $142 $1 exd5 14. Ne5 $36 Bc6 $140 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxb5 $1 cxb5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxa8 Qxe2 19. Bb2 $16) 13... Rc8
14. Qd3 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rfc1 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mattick,
L-Gleizerov,E/Berlin 1996/CBM 54 ext (32)}) 11. b5 Ndf6 (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3
cxb5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rxb5 Nb6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. Qd3 $14 {1-0
Matveeva,S-Thipsay,B/Jakarta 1993/EXT 97 (45)}) 12. c5 {The most logical-white
has already started to advance his pawns on the qside,so black has no time for
counterplay by g7-g5.} ({less promised} 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Soppe,G/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (31)} 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Qa5
Qd8 {and black is close to equality in the endgame.}) 12... Bc7 13. Bf4 $1 {
Exchanging the main defender of the dark squares.} Bxf4 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Ne4 $6 15. Qe3 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 g5 19. f3 gxf4 20. Qxf4
Nc3 21. Rb2 $16 {1-0 Gual Pascual,A-Moncayo Romero,E/Barcelona 2001/CBM 84 ext
(46)}) 14. gxf4 Nxc3 (14... Qc7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Nxe5 18. fxe5
Bd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bh3 Rf7 21. Rb3 Raf8 22. f4 exf3 23. Rbxf3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3
Rxf3 25. exf3 $14 {1-0 Borne,N-Peyrat,O/Bagneux 1999/EXT 2000 (76)}) 15. Qxc3
Bd7 16. a4 {Keeping the pressure.} ({after} 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Rb4
Qc7 19. Rfb1 Nd7 $14 {black has a defensible position.}) 16... Ne4 {An
inaccuracy-there was no reason for letting white to exchange his knight in
future.} (16... Rfc8 $142 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rb3 Rc7 19. Rfb1 Kh8 $14 {[%cal
Gh7h6,Gg7g5] In this position black is solid enough and may try to reach some
counterplay on the kside.}) 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bxe4 {Opening a
second front and exchanging black's most active piece.} dxe4 ({after} 19...
fxe4 20. f3 b6 {The only attempt of getting counterplay-otherwise black's
position is lost} 21. bxc6 bxc5 22. Rb7 Qf8 {white can force an endgame,in
which he has an excellent chanses of a win:} 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc6 25.
Nxc6 Rxc6 26. fxe4 Rxc5 27. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 20. f3 {I am not sure that
now white has to make this move,since after bxc6 black's bishop will be active.
} ({I would prefer:} 20. Kh1 $5 cxb5 21. axb5 a6 22. b6 Bc6 23. Rg1 $14 {
[%cal Gg1g3,Gb1g1] with a serious pressure.}) 20... exf3 ({black could try} 
20... b6 {but after} 21. Rfc1 $1 ({only not} 21. bxc6 $2 Bxc6 22. cxb6 Bd5 {
[%csl Gd5] and black is O.K}) 21... cxb5 22. axb5 exf3 23. exf3 Qh4 24. Qd2 $16
{white has a large advantage,mainly due to domination of his Ne5.}) 21. Rxf3
cxb5 {That is more or less forced-otherwise white will occupy the ''b'' file
and penetrate.} 22. axb5 a6 $1 {Black has to get control on c6.} {After this
move black's defence will be easy-he has only one weakness.} 23. bxa6 $6 ({
better was:} 23. b6 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rg3 Qd7 26. Qc4 $14 {[%cal Gg1f2,
Gb1g1,Gh2h4] with a long and quite unpleasant pressure.}) 23... Rxa6 24. Qb2
Rc7 25. Rb3 Ra7 {Black's rooks are passive,but white has only to worry about
his king,since Ra7 may be useful on the ''a'' file.} 26. Rb6 Bc6 {The point is
that now it's very for white to make progress-his pieces are at the best
positions.} 27. Qb3 ({nothing gives} 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rb8+ Kf7 $11) 27... h6
28. Qg3 Be4 $1 {Now white's next move is practically forced,since the rook
shouldn't move.} 29. Qg6 (29. R1b2 $2 Rxc5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) (29. Rf1 Ra2
$132) 29... Bd5 {[%cal Ga7a8] Now black is ready to activate his rooks,since
b7 is protected well.} 30. c6 Ra8 $4 {A terrible move! After an excellent
defence black gives an important pawn without any reason!} (30... Qf6 $142 31.
cxb7 Raxb7 $11) (30... Be4 $142 31. cxb7 Raxb7 $11) 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 (31... Bxc6 {
fails to} 32. Nxc6 $18) 32. Rxb7 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Ng6 $18 {Now the game
is over-black cannot stop the ''c'' pawn.} Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Rd7 {The rest
is an agony-black has no any chanses.} Bxc6 37. Rc7 Be8 38. Rxc1 Bxg6 39. Rc7
Bf7 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Kd3 {[%mdl 20]} 1-0

[Event "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schultheis, Henrik"]
[Black "Muehl, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 (5. Nf3 $13) 5... c6 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Bf4 (7. c5 Bc7 8. Bf4 $14) 7... O-O (7... dxc4 $11) 8. Qc2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 g5 10.
Nd3 Nbd7 (10... b6 $14) 11. b3 b6 $2 (11... dxc4 $14) (11... Re8 $14) 12. cxd5
$1 cxd5 13. Qc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 {It looks like correct way of development-black bishop should
be moved to the diagonal e8-h5 as fast as it possible.} 10. Qb3 (10. Ne5 Be8
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qe3 Bh5 13. f3 Kh8 14. c5 Qd8 15. b4 Na6 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. a4
Be8 18. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gaprindashvili,N-Zatonskih,A/Batumi 2000/CBM 76 ext 
(70)}) 10... Qb6 (10... b5 {'?!' Schussler: After 10. - b6 White is only
slightly better.} 11. c5 a5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Kh1 Ra7 14. Rg1 Bh5 15. Bf3 $1 $16
{1-0 Levitt,J-Tisdall,J/London 1990/CBM 18/[Schussler] (26)}) (10... Qc8 11.
Ne5 Be8 12. Kh1 Bh5 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Kh8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5
{1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Hansen,L/Graested 1990/CBM 16 ext (17)}) 11. Rfc1 $146 {
White intends to play on the queenside.} (11. e3 Be8 12. Qxb6 (12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
Ne5 Bh5 14. Rab1 Qb4 15. c5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Be2 $11 {1-0 Plischki,
S-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (74)}) 12... axb6 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Bf3
Bxf3 15. Ndxf3 Na6 {White is slightly better in this ending, but it should be
draw. 1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Salov,V/Leningrad 1987/CBM 03 (42)}) 11... Be8 12. Qe3
Bf7 13. Rab1 Qb4 {Queen has nothing to do on the queenside, so Iljushin moves
it to e7 by this strange way.} 14. a3 Qe7 15. b4 $14 a6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. c5 Ne4
18. Nb3 (18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bh5 $11) 18... Bh5 19. Na5 $2 (19.
Ne1 $142 {[%cal Ge1d3,Yf2f3]}) 19... Ra7 {White is not able to open the
queenside now, because of the knight a5 is unprotected.} 20. Rb2 Bxf3 $1 {
Black is already better- after the last strong decision, black begins an
action over the kingside. g7-g5 is coming on.} 21. Qxf3 (21. Bxf3 g5 $1 $15)
21... g5 $1 22. e3 Kh8 23. fxg5 Nxg5 24. Qf4 e5 $1 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. h4 $2 $19
{It just creates more weaknesses.} (26. Rd1 Qf6 $17 {[%cal Re5d3,Ge5g6,Yf5f4]})
26... Ne4 {Black doesn't want (ot he just missed?) to win an exchange, but he
wins h-pawn this way.} (26... Ngf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qg7+ {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 27. Rd1 Ng6
28. Qh6 Nxh4 29. f3 $6 {White helps the opponent to finish the game faster!}
Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rf3]} 30. Kh1 Nhxf3 31. Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Qh5 Ng4 {
Very poor play has been shown by European Champion-2000 in this game.} 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Ne4 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Ne5 Rg8 13. Kh1 g5
14. fxg5 Rxg5 15. f4 Rg7 16. Qe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. c5 $16 {
Hsu Li Yang-Reinderman,D/Groningen op 1992/1-0 (55)}) 11. Nxe4 $146 (11. Qc2
Nd7 12. Nxe4 (12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Kh1 Rf6 14. Ng5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 {Namgilov
Sogto-Ulibin Mikhail/Ch Russia, Elista (Russia) 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... fxe4
13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rf3 Nd7 18. Rh3 h6 19. Ng4
$14 {Novikov,I-Kramnik,V/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991/1/2-1/2}) (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxe4
fxe4 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. Rg1 Be8 $11 {Bernard,C-Elbilia,J/Paris-ch
1992 (24)/1/2-1/2}) 11... fxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Ne5 $6 Nd7 13. f3 Nxe5 14. fxe5
exf3 15. Rxf3 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6,Ge7b4]}) 12... Bd7 13. f3 exf3 14.
Nxf3 Be8 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd7 17. Ne5 $6 {White should keep more pieces
on the board,because he has advantage in space} (17. b4 Bg6 18. Ng5 Rae8 $14) (
17. Ng5 $142 Rf6 18. b4 $14 (18. f5 Bf7 $13)) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf7 19. Rad1
Rad8 20. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3h5]} h6 21. b4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 Qh4 24. Rxd8+
Qxd8 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. Qd2 Bg6 27. a3 Kh7 28. e4 $6 (28. Bd1 $10 {[%cal Gd1c2]})
28... Bh5 29. Bg2 (29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30. Qe3 $10) 29... Qg4 30. Qe3 Qd1+ 31. Kf2
Qc2+ 32. Kg3 (32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ $10) 32... Bg6 33. Bf3 b6 34. h4 h5 (
34... c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. h5 Bf7 37. f5 a5 38. Bg4 exf5 39. exf5 c4 40. e6 (
40. f6 gxf6 (40... Bd5 $2 41. e6 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qh2+ 43. Bh3 Qb2 44. Bf5+ Kh8 45.
e7 g5+ 46. hxg6 Qxf6+ 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kxh5 $18) 41. exf6 Qb3 42. Kf4 (42. Kf2
Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qxf6 $17) (42. Kf3 Kg8 $15) 42... Kg8 43. Qc5 Qb8+ 44. Kf3 Qd8 $15
) 40... Be8 41. Qe5 Qd3+ 42. Kh4 Qd2 43. f6 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qxf6 45. Qxa5 c3 46.
Qd5 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 c2 (48... Qf1+ $10) 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. Bxf5+ Kg8
51. Bxc2 Bxh5 $10) 35. Qe2 Qb1 36. Bxh5 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Bxe4 39. Bg4
Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Bd5 43. f5 $2 (43. Bf3 $10) 43... Qc1
44. fxe6 (44. Qd3 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ (45... Be4 46. Qe2 exf5 47. Bxf5+ Bxf5 48.
Qh5+ $10) 46. Kh3 (46. Kf4 Kh6 $1 47. fxe6 Qf2+ 48. Bf3 Qxh4+ 49. Ke3 Qg3 50.
Ke2 Qxe5+ $19) 46... Be4 $19) 44... Qxa3+ 45. Kh2 Qxb4 46. Bf5+ Kg8 47. Bh7+ (
47. Qh5 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ $19) 47... Kh8 (47... Kxh7 $4 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+
$10) 48. Kg3 Bxe6 49. Bd3 Kg8 50. h5 Qd4 51. Bg6 b5 52. Bc2 a5 53. Bg6 a4 54.
Qe1 b4 55. Qe2 Bc4 56. Qe1 Qc3+ 57. Qxc3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosachinsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Stefanovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. Nc3 $13)
7... c6 8. Bb2 b6 (8... Ne4 9. Nd2 Bf6 $13) 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 $2 (10...
Qe8 $14) 11. Ng5 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates m1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Bd7 $5 8. b3
a5 $6 {Short's experiments with the Dutch defence in the past have yielded
some notable victories, but here his judgement seems rather suspect. The text
move helps White by allowing him to more easily open lines on the queenside
later in the game.} 9. Ba3 c6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Nd3 Bh5 13. Nf4 g5
14. Nxh5 Nxh5 {Black has exchanged his 'bad' bishop but at the expense of
weakening his kingside. The advanced pawns would only be of use for attacking
purposes but there are no targets for Black to attack.} 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. a3 Nhf6
17. Qc3 Nb6 18. Rab1 Rf7 ({On} 18... Qxa3 {White wins back a more valuable
pawn with} 19. c5 Nbd7 20. Qe3) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. b5
$1 {The culmination of White's play over the last six moves. Black's
'stonewall' pawns now come under heavy pressure.} Ra3 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 c5
25. Qe3 $1 Nd7 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qd4 $1 Rf5 28. Ra1 $1 Kf7 29. Ra8 Nd7 30. Ra7
Nf6 $2 {With White's rook and queen invading the Black position, mistakes are
easy to come by.} ({The text loses a pawn and the game but even after} 30...
Nc5 31. Qh8 {Black's chances for a successful defence are not great.}) 31. Qb6
$1 Kg6 32. Qxb7 Qc5 $6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. e3 Qb4 35. g4 $1 ({It's mate after} 35.
g4 $1 Nxg4 ({or} 35... Qxd2 36. Qg7#) 36. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca (Spain)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Juri"]
[Black "Hug, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 a5
(8... Qe8 $132) 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qxf5 $2 (11. Nd3 $5 $14) 11...
Nxe5 $1 12. Qxe5 Ng4 13. Qh5 g6 (13... g6 14. Qh3 Ne3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 {The opening repertoire of Richard is
basically quite aggressive, but this time he goes for a solid Stonewall.} 5.
Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 {The main idea behind this move
is getting full control over the key e5-spot.} ({Another logical way of
handling this position is:} 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. Rd1 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. b3 a5 13.
Be3 b4 14. Qc2 Ba6 15. Rbc1 $14 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Rombaldoni,A (2530)/
Warsaw 2013/CBM 158/[Meulders,R] (44)}) 9... Nd7 10. Rad1 g5 {A risky, but
principled response - Black develops some k-side activity, but the king is
getting exposed.} ({In the following recent game Black was unable to solve all
the problems and eventually lost after} 10... Bf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 (11... Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Bg5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Na4 $14) 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5 e5 15.
dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 $14 {1-0 Li Chao2 
(2728)-Ulibin,M (2502)/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2015 (37)}) 11. Be3 $146 {
This novelty doesn't change the usual evaluation of Stonewall positions -
White has a stable advantage, but Black is very solid.} ({Another natural
retreat is:} 11. Bc1 Bf6 (11... Nd6 12. b3 h5 13. Ne5 Kg7 14. Ba3 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Nf7 16. Bb2 $16 {0-1 Popov,R (2321)-Kirillov,A (2417)/Novosibirsk 2001}) 12. b3
Qe7 13. Ne1 $14 {with a long game, where White's space advantage is an
important factor.}) 11... Nd6 ({Possibly, the most logical response} 11... Bf6
{was rejected by Richard in view of:} 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe4 $14 {and Black suffers from k-side weaknesses.}) 12. b3 {GM Pavel
Eljanov reasonably prefers not to clarify the pawn structure.} ({Another
possible move was} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 f4 14. Bc1 $14 {, but then Black's
light-squared bishop gets more activity.}) 12... Bf6 ({Grabbing the pawn would
yield White clear superiority in the centre:} 12... dxc4 13. Bc1 cxb3 14. axb3
Nf7 15. e4 $36) 13. Bc1 {Pavel finds a decent way to activate the bishop and
free a way for his e-pawn.} Rf7 $6 (13... g4 {was safer:} 14. Ne1 Re8 15. Ba3
Nf8 $14 {and Black is controlling the e5-spot for a while.}) 14. Ba3 Ne4 {
Black is forced to pull the knight back, but it leads to dangerous
consequences.} 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 {The most aggressive choice.} ({However,
the quiet} 16. Ne1 {might be even stronger:} Bg7 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19.
Bxf3 $36 {[%cal Ge2e4] White would develop a powerful initiative by means of
e2-e4.}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 {A human move.} ({However, the lesser evil
would be:} 17... Bxe5 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Bg2 Rc8 $14) 18. Bd6 $1 {Black can
hardly do with such a bishop on d6 now.} Bxd6 19. exd6 Bd7 $6 {Inviting more
troubles - the Pd6 is very annoying.} (19... Qxd6 {was better:} 20. Qxe4 Bd7
21. Qe3 Qe7 $14) 20. f3 exf3 {Now White has a pleasant choice.} 21. Bxf3 {
GM Eljanov prefers to keep more attacking potetnial on the board.} ({Also good
enough was} 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Qf8 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Bg4 Qe5 25. c5 $16)
21... Qa5 22. c5 {Supporting the passed Pd6 is the most logical decision now.}
({However, it was also worth paying serious attention to} 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bh5
$1 {with a strong attack. For instance,} Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 d4 $8 (
25... Qxd6 26. Rf7 $18) 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. Bf3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Bxf3+ 29. exf3 Qxd6 30.
Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Re1 $16) 22... b6 {Breaking White's q-side pawn
chain is the only reasonable idea, but now Black's queen remains out of play
for a while...} 23. Bh5 $1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxc5+ 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Rf7 {Black
is a pawn up at the moment, but White's pieces are dominating all over the
board.} Rd8 ({Avoiding a simple threat:} 26... Be8 $2 27. Rc7 Bxh5 28. d7 $18)
27. Re7 e5 ({Possibly,} 27... c4 $5 {would offer Black more drawing chances:}
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Kf2 c5 30. Ke3 c3 31. Kd3 Bb5+ 32. Kxc3 Rxd6 33. Rxa7 Rd4 $14
) 28. g4 {The activity of Black's B is seriously reduced now.} e4 $6 {A loss
of time.} ({Once again, pushing the c-pawn was called for:} 28... c4 29. bxc4
dxc4 30. Kf2 c3 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. Rxe5 Bc8 $14) 29. Kf2 a5 30. h3 a4 $2 {An
over-optimistic move, which could lead to a quick loss - Black shouldn't allow
White to create a second passer.} (30... Kf8 $142 31. Ke3 h6 $16) 31. bxa4 $1
c4 32. a5 c3 33. Ke1 {The c-passer can be easily stopped.} c5 34. a6 e3 {
A desperate attempt to complicate matters.} 35. Rxe3 $1 ({Correctly rejecting
the tempting} 35. Bf7+ $6 Kf8 36. Kd1 Ba4+ 37. Kc1 Rxd6 38. a7 Bc6 39. Rc7 Ba8
$1 {and White has nothing special.}) 35... d4 36. Re7 Bc6 {Black manages to
liquidate the strong d-passer, but White's second passer should still decide
the game.} 37. a7 Rxd6 38. Re8+ $2 {The first step in the wrong direction.
Alas, Pavel is in a rush with winning a piece.} ({A much stronger move was:} 
38. Rc7 Bg2 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bc4 Rd8 41. Rxh7 $18) ({Or} 38. Re5 Bg2 39. Rxg5+
Kf8 40. Rf5+ Kg7 41. Rxc5 Ra6 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Bf7 $18) 38... Kg7 39. a8=Q $2 {
One more mistake, which completely spoils his advantage.} ({At the same time,
it was still possible to put Black under strong pressure by means of:} 39. Re7+
Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Rc7 Ba8 42. Bf7+ Kf6 43. Bb3 Ra6 44. Rxh7 $16) 39... Bxa8
40. Rxa8 d3 {Now Black is out of danger.} 41. Ra7+ Kh6 42. exd3 Rxd3 43. Ra6+ {
White must accept a draw by perpetual.} Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corr (Germany)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tampe, Steven"]
[Black "Misink, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "game (corr)"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.12.07"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 (
8. Bg5 $14) (8. b3 $14) 8... Ne4 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f3 $2 (10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. f3 $11
) 10... Nxe5 $1 11. dxe5 (11. fxe4 Nxc4 12. Qd3 $17) 11... Qb6+ $1 12. e3 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Shachar, Ehud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Univ"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Bd7
9. Bb2 {Actually white knight take a wrong placw on c3, and in the following
game white transfered the knight to the usual place d3, but by very unusual
monouevre:} (9. Na4 $5 Na6 10. Nb2 Nc7 11. Nd3 a5 12. Nfe5 Bc8 $6 13. Bb2 $14 {
1-0 Kovacevic,B-Steiner,D/Pula CRO 1999 (41)}) 9... Be8 10. Qc2 (10. Ne5 Nbd7
11. Nd3 Ng4 12. e3 Bd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Qg5 16. f4 {1/2-1/2
Gallego,V-Rivera,D/Barcelona 1994/EXT 98 (16)}) 10... Bh5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 (11...
dxc4 $6 12. bxc4 Qxd4 $140 13. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5c7]}) 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. a4 Qe7 (
13... a5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14) 14. a5 a6 15. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1f4]} Ne4 16.
Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ya2e2]} Nxc3 17. Qxc3 $14 {White has got a space advantage on
the queenside, and intends to change dark square bishops. Black didn't reach
any counterplay.} g5 18. e3 Rad8 (18... Nf6 19. Qa1 Ne4 20. f3 (20. Ba3 $2 Bxa3
21. Rxa3 Be2) 20... Nf6 21. Ba3 $16) 19. Re1 {[%cal Gc3a1,Yc1a3] White has to
protect e2 square for the following monouevre Qa1 and Ba3.} Nf6 20. Qa1 {
[%cal Gc1a3]} Qg7 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Bg6 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 23. f4 $1 $16 h6 24.
Qc3 Qe7 25. Ra4 Nd7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rb8 (27... b6 $2 28. axb6 (28. Ra1
$16) 28... a5 29. Ra4 Nxb6 30. Rxa5 dxc4 31. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 28. Rc1 Kf7
29. cxd5 exd5 30. Ne5+ Nxe5 31. dxe5 {[%cal Gc1c5,Yg1f2,Yf2e2,Ye2d3,Yd3d4] Now
the plan is to block pawn c6 and then to bring the king to d4, or even to c5
and b6. Black doesn' t have a counterplay and his position is very difficult.}
Ke6 32. Rc5 Rfc8 33. Kf2 Rc7 $2 {Just a blunder in a time-trouble.} {[%tqu
"En","White has a way to win some material.","","","g2d5","",5]} 34. Bxd5+ Ke7
35. Bf3 Rd8 36. Rd4 Rcd7 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Ke2 {Covering all entries on
d-file.} Bf7 39. Rc3 (39. g4 $5 $18) 39... Be6 40. b4 Rd8 41. Rc2 {[%cal Yc2d2]
} Rh8 42. Rd2 g4 43. Bg2 h5 44. e4 {[%cal Ge2e3,Ye4f5,Yg2e4]} h4 45. exf5 Bxf5
46. Ke3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Rh2 48. Bf1 Rh1 49. Bd3 Bxd3 (49... Ke6 $142 {It loses
anyway, but it could create white more problems.} 50. Bxf5+ Kxf5 51. Rd6 Re1+
52. Kd4 (52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Rd2 Rxb4 54. Re2 Rd4 {[%cal Gd4d8]}) 52... Rd1+ 53.
Kc5 Re1 54. Rf6+ Ke4 55. e6 Kf3 56. Kd6 Rd1+ 57. Kc7 Re1 58. Kd7 Rd1+ 59. Ke8
Kxg3 60. e7 $18) 50. Rxd3 Rb1 51. f5 $1 {[%csl Ye5,Yf5] Two connected passed
pawns are deciding the game.} Rxb4 52. Rd4 Rb5 {Pawn ending is easily winning
for white:} (52... Rxd4 53. Kxd4 Ke8 (53... Kd7 54. Kc5 Ke7 55. e6 $18) 54. Kc5
Kd7 55. e6+ Ke7 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. Kc4 Ke7 58. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Gc5d6]}) 53. Kf4
Rxa5 54. f6+ Ke8 (54... Ke6 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Kf5 {[%cal Gd6d7,Yf5e6]}) 55. Kf5
Rb5 56. Ke6 {[%cal Rf6f7]} 1-0

