[Event "URS-ch FL45"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Rad1 Qd7
15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb3 Na4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc4 Nba6 20. e5 Qc7 21.
Rd4 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Re1 Nb8 24. Qe3 h5 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Bf3 b5 27. Nc6
Nxc6 28. dxc6 Qf6 29. Rf4 Qd6 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Phillips&Drew"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1982.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
Bb2 b5 16. Ne3 a5 17. Rac1 Red8 18. c4 cxb4 19. cxb5 Qa7 20. a4 Bc5 21. Bf3 Be8
22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rc4 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qb8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d4 Kf8 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Be2 Nd7 29. Qd1 Nc5 30. Qd4 f6 31. e5 f5 32. Bd1 Qb7+ 33. Bf3 Qe7 34. b6
Bxa4 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Bc1 Nb3 38. Qe3 Nxc1 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 40. Qxc1
Qb7+ 41. f3 Qxb6 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qg8 b3 44. Qxg7+ Ke8 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46. Qf7+
Kc6 47. Qxe6+ Kc5 48. Qxf5 Qg6 49. Qc8+ Qc6 50. Qf5 a4 51. Qd3 Kb6 52. Qe3+ Qc5
53. Qh6+ Kb5 54. e6 Qe5 55. Qxh7 Qxe6 56. Qb7+ Kc4 57. Qa8 Kb4 58. Qf8+ Kc3 59.
Qa3 Qe2+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh4 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1982.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. a4 a6 11. Nf1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 b4 14. Ne3 Ra8 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qa4 Ne5 20. Qxd7 Nfxd7 21.
Rd1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nb6 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nec4 25. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1985.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1985.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf1 Ne5 11. d4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. a3 Ne7 19. Nd2 e5 20. d5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc3 Ng6 23. a4 Qd8 24. a5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Nc4 Nc8 27. axb6
Nxb6 28. Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 8586"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1985.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. b3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. c4 Kh8 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Nc4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 Nb8
9. Nfd2 e5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Na3 Ne8 12. Nac4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Rxf4 Ne5 16. Rf1 b6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Bd3 f4 19. Qc2 Nc7 20. Be4 Qf6 21. Bd2 Bb7
22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Rae1 Kh8 24. Rf2 Ne7 25. Rfe2 Rd8 26. Bxh7 Nexd5 27. Be4 Bh6
28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Rxc7 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc7 32. Re6 Qg7 33. Nh4 Rf7
34. Rxh6+ Qxh6 35. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. d3 O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15.
Bg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nb3 b5 21. Bg3 Qc4
22. Qxd6 Re6 23. Qf4 Nh5 24. Qg4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxg3 26. Qxg3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4
28. Kh2 Rxc3 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. f3 Qe7 31. Rd6 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rxa2 33. Rb6 Bd5 34.
Rd6 Bc4 35. Nc6 Qg5 36. Ne5 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Be6 38. Rb6 g5 39. Nd3 Bc4 40. Nb4
Rb2 41. Nxa6 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nb3 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2 Nd3
21. Na5 e5 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Rae8 24. Nc4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Be3 Nxb2 27.
Nxb2 Bxc3 28. Rc1 Bxb2 29. Rxc5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h3 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Qe2 b4 13. d5 Na7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Nb5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. a4 e6 19. cxb4 axb4 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. b3
Rfd8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. e5 Ne4 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Red1 Nd4 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rc4 d3 29. Qe3 Ra5 30. Re4 Bc3 31. Nd2 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Rc5 33. Qxb4 d2
34. Rc4 Re5 35. Qc3 Re2 36. g3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. a3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qd1 Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Qc7 14. d3 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Be3 e5 20. b4 Ra8 21. Qd2
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nf6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Nxe4 25. Bxb6 Nxd2 26. Rd1 Nxf1 27.
Kxf1 Rb8 28. Ba5 Bf8 29. Rd5 f5 30. b5 Kf7 31. Bc7 Ke6 32. Bxb8 Kxd5 33. Ba7
Bg7 34. Be3 f4 35. Bxf4 Kc5 36. b6 Kxb6 37. Bxd6 Kc6 38. Bb4 Kd5 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. Kd3 Be5 41. g4 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. Na3
e5 9. d3 h6 10. g3 Re8 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nd5
Bg4 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nf1 Bg7 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
Qxg4 22. Nxg4 h5 23. Ne3 Red8 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 Kf8 27. Nc2 Ra8
28. Rb7 Rab8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bg5 f6 31. Be3 Ra8 32. Na3 Rb8 33. Ra1 Ke8 34.
Nc2 Nc6 35. Ra6 Kd7 36. d4 cxd4 37. cxd4 exd4 38. Nxd4 Nxd4 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40.
Rxg7 {Zeitüberschreitung} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburgo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
a6 9. a4 b6 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Bb7 12. d5 e5 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 Rae8 15. g3 Kh8
16. h4 Nb8 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Qd2 Kg7 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. Rh1 Be7 25. h5 g5 26. Nc3 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Nh2 Rcf8
29. Ne4 Na6 30. Qe2 Nc7 31. Ra3 Ne8 32. Ng4 Bd8 33. Qd1 R5f7 34. Re3 Nf6 35.
Nexf6 Bxf6 36. b3 Bd8 37. Qe2 Rf5 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Kg1 Qg8 40. Qe4 Qh7 41. Kg2
Qg8 42. Kf1 Qf7 43. Rh2 Be7 44. Ke2 Bd8 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Kc2 Bd8 47. Kb2 Be7 48.
Ka2 Bd8 49. Ka3 Be7 50. Rh1 Bd8 51. Rd1 Be7 52. Rde1 Bd8 53. Rg1 Be7 54. Rf1
Bd8 55. Rd3 Be7 56. Rh1 Bd8 57. Rc3 Be7 58. Re3 Bd8 59. Rh2 Be7 60. Kb2 Bd8 61.
Rd3 Be7 62. Kc2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2 blitz"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. f3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfe8
15. Bf1 Qb8 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Rc2 Bc7 18. g3 Bd8 19. b3 h6 20. g4 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6
22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Bg2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Ndxb5 d5 26. Be3 Bh4 27. Qf1 Ba6 28.
a4 Nf6 29. Rdc1 Nf4 30. Ba7 Qe5 31. Bd4 Qg5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Kh1 Rc6 34. Rd1
Rce6 35. Rcc1 Bg3 36. Bf2 Qh4 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kg1 hxg4 39. fxg4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Keres mem"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 (4... Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7.
d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O a6 13. Rb1
g6 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 15. Bb5 $1 Qf5 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rxb7+ $16 {
Hjorth,Gu -Inf.56/201}) 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 (8. a4 b6 9. Nc4
Bb7 10. Ne3 Qc7 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5
$15 {Kengis,E-West,G Sydney Cepacol (05) 1991 1/2 21}) (8. d4 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10.
Bf1 e6 11. a4 Bb7 12. a5 Rac8 13. h3 {1/2 Kengis,E-Gulko,B Viena op (07) 1991})
8... b6 9. d4 cxd4 (9... Qc7 10. Bf1 e6 $10) 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 (11... e5
$5) 12. Nb3 e5 13. d5 Nh5 14. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (14... f6 $2 15. Bd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Nbd4 Nc5 18. b4 $16) 15. Bh6 Ng7 (15... Bg7 16. Qd2 (16. Bg5 $10) 16... Nf4
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bc3 $15) 16. Qe2 Be7 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Bxb7
Rxb7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Nbd2 a5 21. b3 f5 22. Rc3 Rf7 23. a3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Nf5
25. Qd2 $2 (25. Bd2 $142) 25... Rc7 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Ng5 (27. Be3 $5 e4 $2 28.
Ng5 $14) 27... Bxg5 (27... Nxh6 $2 28. Ne6 $16) 28. Bxg5 Qa8 $17 {xd5} 29. Qd3
Nd4 30. Qe4 Rf5 31. Be3 Rb7 32. f4 $2 (32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Rc6 Qf8 $1 $17) 32...
Qa6 $1 $19 33. Rd3 (33. Bxd4 Rxf4 $19) (33. fxe5 Ne2+ $19) 33... Rbf7 34. b4 (
34. fxe5 $2 Ne2+ (34... Rxe5 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qxd4 Rfe7 $19) 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36.
Bg1 Rxe1 $19) 34... Rxf4 $1 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Qe3 Nc2 37. b5 Qb6 (37... Qxb5 $2
38. Rb3 $13) 38. Qh3 (38. Qd2 c4+ 39. Rde3 Nxe1 40. Qxe1 Re4 $19) 38... Nxe1
39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qh3 (40. Qd7+ Rf7 $19) 40... c4+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. d3 Nd7 11. Qd1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15.
a4 Rfc8 16. Ra3 Nc5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rc7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. cxd4 Nxe4 21. Nc3
Nf6 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Rc3 Qb7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qc2 d5 26. Ree3 Kg7 27. Rc6 Ra6
28. Rc8 Ra8 29. Rc5 e6 30. Rec3 Re8 31. Rc6 Qb8 32. Rf3 Rb7 33. Nd6 Rxb2 34.
Qxb2 Qxb2 35. Nxe8+ Kf8 36. Nxf6 Qxd4 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Kd6 39. Ne8+ Ke5
40. Re3+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Bochum"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Bf1 e5 12. g3 Bf8 13. a3 Qc7 14. c4 g6 15. Bh3
Bh6 16. Nh4 Qd8 17. Ng2 Nh5 18. Rf1 Nf8 19. Nb1 Ne6 20. Nc3 Ng5 21. Bg4 Nf6 22.
f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Ne6 25. f5 Nd4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qg5 28. Qh3
Bg7 29. Kh1 Qh6 30. Qg4 Be5 31. Nh4 Qd2 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 g5 34. Bxd4 Bxd4
35. Nf3 Bxa1 36. Rxa1 h6 37. a4 a6 38. h4 f6 39. h5 b5 40. a5 c4 41. Nd4 cxb3
42. Rb1 Rec8 43. Nc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Rc8 45. Rxb3 Rxc6 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Rb2 Ke7
48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd4 Rc1 50. Kd5 Ra1 51. d4 Rxa5 52. Rc2 b4+ 53. Kc4 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Bxf3 22. gxf3 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wahls"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {Wie im Sizilianer mit 2.c3 beabsichtigt Weiß
mit dem späteren Vorstoß d2 (d3)-d4 das sogenannte Vollzentrum aufzubauen.} Nf6
{Durch Druckspiel gegen e4 versucht Schwarz diesen Plan zu vereiteln (4.e4?
Se4).} 4. Be2 $5 {Einer der sich mit dieser Stellung sehr ausführlich
beschäftigt hat ist der englische Großmeister Joe Gallagher. Viele der
folgenden Kommentare entnehme ich seinem hervorragenden Buch "Beating the
Anti-Sicilians", erschienen 1994 bei Batsford. Zum Partiezug gibt es übrigens
noch zwei ungefähr gleichwertige Alternativen: 4.h3 und 4.Bd3.} g6 {Die Gefährl
ichkeit von 4.Be2!? zeigt sich vor allen Dingen in der Variante 4...Nc6:} (4...
Nc6 5. d4 $1 cxd4 (5... Nxe4 $4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qa4+ $18) 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+
8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O Qxd5 13.
Rb1 e6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. Rb5 Qc6 18. Rc1 Qa6 19. Ra5
Qd3 20. Be3 d5 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Ba3 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ f6 25. Qxb7+
Kd6 26. Qc7# {Basman-Stean, Hastings 1973/74}) 10. O-O e5 (10... Qxc3 $2 11.
Bb5+) 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4 Be7 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc5 14. Re1 $1 Qxd4 15.
Bb5+ Kd8 16. Re8+ Kc7 17. cxd4 $16) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17. Re1 e5 18. Qf3+ Bf6 $2 (18... Ke8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 $40) 19.
Ba3 $3 exd4 (19... Kg8 20. Nc2) 20. Qd5 Be7 21. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf6 23.
Bxd6 Qd7 24. Re5 $1 Re8 (24... h6 25. h4) 25. Qf3+ Kg6 26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. Qf3+
Kg6 28. Qh5+ Kf6 29. Rxe8 $1 Qxd6 30. cxd4 $18 h6 (30... Bg4 31. Qe5+) 31. h4
a5 32. Qf3+ Kg6 33. h5+ Kg5 (33... Kh7 34. Qf7) 34. Re5+ Qxe5 35. dxe5 Be6 36.
Qxb7 Rg8 37. Qe7+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kxe5 39. f4+ Kxf4 40. Qxe6 Rd8 41. Qf7+ {
1-0 Hodgeson-Suba, Blackpool 1990    Interessant und weniger gefährlich als 4..
.Nc6 ist dagegen dieMöglichkeit}) (4... Nbd7 $5 {
um 5...NSe4 zu drohen, und Weiß dadurch zu dem passivem Zug 5.d3 zu nötigen.})
5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $5 {Tarrasch würde wohl im Grabe rotieren (Ziehe in der
Eröffnung nie eine Figur zweimal!), aber vermutlich hätte er in dieser Partie
schon beim ersten schwarzen Zug die Nase gerümpft. Torres Idee zielt darauf ab,
den d-Bauernvorstoß möglichst zielstrebig anzugehen. Nach 6.Re1 hätte Weiß
diesbezüglich mit Problemen zu kämpfen: 6...0-0 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.h3 (8.d4?! cd4 9.
cd4 Bg4) e5.} Nbd7 {Eine brauchbare Alternative ist} (6... Bd7 {z.B.} 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 (9... e5) 10. cxd4 e5 11. Nc3 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3
$6 d5 $1 14. exd5 e4 15. Nd2 Nb6 {
mit gutem schwarzen Spiel in Preismann-Gallagher, Genf 1989}) 7. Re1 a6 (7...
O-O) 8. Bf1 Ne5 $5 {Diese Neuerung Van Welys zeugt von tiefem strategischen
Verständnis. Mittels Springertausch minimiert der Schwarze die nachteiligen
Folgen des Raumnachteils. Er schafft seinen Figuren mehr Luft und mindert den
weißen Einfluß auf das Feld d4. Im Übrigen bestand kein unmittelbarer
"Handlungsbedarf", da auch die bisherige Fortsetzung 8...0-0 durchaus
befriedigte:} (8... O-O 9. d4 e5 (9... cxd4 $5 10. cxd4 b5) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 $1
11. Bg5 Qb6 $1 (11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 g5 15. Bg3 d5 16.
exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd6 Rfc8 19. Ne5 $14) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 14.
Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Qc6 $1 (15... Rfd8 16. a4 Rd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qa4 g5
20. Bg3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rd2 22. Rab1 Nh5 23. Bd5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Red1 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Be5 27. f3 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Lukin,A/Groningen op (03) ;EXP 26 1991})
16. Nc4 Nh5 17. Rad1 b5 $10 {Lukin,A}) 9. d4 {Die Verdoppelung des schwarzen
e-Bauern durch 9.Ne5?! kommt in solchen Stellungen nur selten in Frage.
Schwarz erhält unangenehmes Druckspiel in der d-Linie.} Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 $1 {
Nach} (10... O-O $6 11. dxc5 {verliert die schwarze Bauernstruktur an
Flexibilität. Der Bg7 beißt nun auf Granit.} dxc5 12. a4 (12. e5 $5 Nd7 13. Bf4
)) 11. Rd1 (11. Be3 $6 Qb6) 11... O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 $6 13. Rd2 {
Idee a4-a5,Sa3-c4} (13. Na3 $5 Qxb2 14. Nc4)) 13. Nd2 b6 $1 (13... e5 $6 14.
dxc5 (14. dxe5 $2 Nxe5) 14... dxc5 15. a4) (13... b5 $6 14. a4) 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Qh3 $1 {
Die Dame entzieht sich dem Einfluß des Läufers und bereitet Bh6 vor.} Rac8 $1 {
Die Drohung 16...cd4 zwingt Weiß vermutlich zur Aufhebung der Zentrumsspannung.
Zu Prüfen ist allerdings das abenteuerliche 16.Nf3!?.} 16. d5 Rce8 17. Bh6 {
Wenn Weiß c4 folgen lassen möchte, muß er diesen Läufer tauschen.} e6 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. c4 e5 $6 {Danach entsteht eine königsindische Bauernstruktur.
Wahrscheinlich hätte Schwarz besser daran getan, im Benonistile fortzufahren:}
(19... exd5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5 $6 f5 21. exf5 (21. Bd3 $6 f4) 21... Rxf5 {
und es ist fraglich, ob Weiß genügend Kompensation für den kranken Bauern d5
besitzt.}) 20... f5 21. a3 $10 (21. Nf3 $2 Nf6 22. Ng5 Bc8)) 20. Qc3 f5 21.
exf5 $1 {Bei Abwesenheit des Bg7 ist diese Art der Zentrumsbehandlung meist
angebracht. Es ist beeindruckend mit welcher Gradlinigkeit nun Adams dem
unsicher stehenden gegnerischen König zu Leibe rückt.} Rxf5 (21... gxf5 22. f4)
22. g3 $1 {Auf diese Weise wird nicht nur der Bf1 wiederbelebt, sondern auch
der Hebel f4 vorbereitet.} (22. a3) 22... Rff8 (22... Kg8 $2 23. Bh3 Rff8 24.
Be6+ Kg7 25. f4) 23. f4 Nf6 {Hier kam auch der Sicherungszug} (23... Kg8 {
in Betracht. Im Falle eines voreiligen Tausches könnte Schwarz jetzt auf e5
mit dem Springer zurücknehmen.} 24. Re1 $1 (24. fxe5 $2 Nxe5) (24. Bh3 $2 exf4
25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. dxe6 Qc6) 24... exf4 (24... Bc8 25. Bh3) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
gxf4 {Es ist nun für Schwarz ziemlich schwierig seine Königsstellung zu
sichern und den Lb7 wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.} Qd8 (26... Nf8 27. Bg2 Qg7
28. Ne4 Qxc3 29. bxc3) (26... Bc8 27. Bg2) 27. Bh3 Nf8 28. Bg2 Bc8 29. Ne4) 24.
fxe5 Rxe5 25. Re1 Rfe8 $6 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf3 Re8 28. Bh3 {
Jetzt wird`s richtig ungemütlich für Schwarz.} h6 29. Rf1 Bc8 30. Nh4 $1 Qf7
31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Ng2 $1 $18 Re8 33. Nf4 b5 34. Ne6+ Rxe6 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Re1
Qd7 37. Qe3 Kf7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qxh6 d5 40. Rf1 Qg4 41. Qe3 Qc8 42. Qe5 Qe6
43. Qc7+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {
T-S: offene Linien, ungleiche B-Verteilung, Freibauernbildung, Technik} 45. Kf2
Ng4+ (45... d4 {Hecht} 46. Kf3 c4 47. h4 Ke6 48. g4 Kd5 49. Kf4 $18) 46. Ke2 c4
(46... Nxh2 47. Rf4 g5 48. Rf5 $18) 47. h4 b4 48. Rf4 Ne5 49. g4 Nd3 50. Rf1
Nxb2 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. d3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 e6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. a4 a6 14. b4 d5 15. e5 Ne4
16. a5 Bh6 17. Nb3 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rfe8 19. Bc1 Bf8 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Nc5 Qxb4
22. Ba3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Bxc5 24. Rxb6 Bxb6 25. h4 Bc6 26. Qc1 Bb5 27. Qh6 Nxe5 28.
Nxe5 Bxd4 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qf4 f5 31. Re2 Ra8 32. Bb2 Ra4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34.
Qc1 Rc4 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36. f3 Nc5 37. Qc3 Nd3 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5
16. Qc2 Nb6 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Ra8 21. e5 f6 22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. Bb2 Re8 24. Nf1 e5 25. Bc1 e4 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. N3d2 Na4 28. Nb1
Rd8 29. Qc1 Nxc3 30. Nxc3 Nxb4 31. Bh6 Qd7 32. Rd1 Nd3 33. Qe3 b4 34. Ne2 c3
35. Ra1 Qc6 36. Nc1 Nxc1 37. Rxc1 Qb6 38. Bh3 Bc8 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. Nd2 Bxd4
41. Qg5 Qe6 42. Nb3 Bf6 43. Qe3 d4 44. Nxd4 Qc4 45. Ne2 b3 46. Qb6 Rc6 47. Qb8+
Rc8 48. Qb6 Rc6 49. Qb8+ Rc8 50. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Nc2 b5 10. Re1 b4 11. cxb4 Nxb4 12. Nxb4 Rxb4 13. a3 Rb6 14. Rb1 Bg4 15.
Bd2 Qb8 16. b4 Nd7 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Bf1 Ba6
22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qb1 Bb2 24. Qa2 Qb7 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 Rc3 28.
Na5 Rxa3 29. Nc6 Kf8 30. Nb4 Bb5 31. Bxa7 Rb3 32. Nd5 Bxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34.
Be3 e6 35. Nb6 Nxb6 36. Rxb2 Nc4 37. Bh6+ Ke7 38. Bg5+ Ke8 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40.
Rb7+ Kc6 41. Ra7 Ra3 42. Re7 Rb3 43. Kg2 Rb7 44. Re8 Kc5 45. Be3+ Kb4 46. g4
Kc3 47. Rd8 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. h4 Rb5 50. Bf4 d5 51. exd5 Rxd5 52. Rf8 Rf5
53. Bg5 Nb6 54. Rb8 Nd5 55. Ra8 f6 56. Bh6 Kd4 57. Ra4+ Ke5 58. Ra5 Kd6 59.
Ra6+ Ke7 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Bd2 Ne7 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7 Rb5 64. Bc1 Ke8 65. Ra8+
Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kd8 67. Ra6 Rb1 68. Be3 Kd7 69. Ra7+ Ke8 70. Ra8+ Kd7 71. Ra7+ Kd6
72. Bc5+ Kxc5 73. Rxe7 Kd6 74. Rf7 Rb4 75. Rxf6 Rxh4 76. Rg6 Ke5 77. Kg3 Kf5
78. Rg8 Ra4 79. Rf8+ Ke5 80. Rh8 Rg4+ 81. Kf3 Rg5 82. Ke3 Kf5 83. Rh6 Kg4 84.
Rxe6 h4 85. Re4+ Kh3 86. f4 Rg8 87. Kf3 Rg1 88. Re2 Rg3+ 89. Ke4 Rg2 90. Rxg2
Kxg2 91. f5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 $2 {Ernst} 5. Qa4+
$18) (4... Nc6 $5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5
10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $36) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (
7... Nbxd7 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. e5 $14 {
Torre,E-Kudrin,S/Lugano/1988/}) 8. Re1 O-O (8... Nc6 {Ernst} 9. d4 cxd4 10.
cxd4 d5 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rb1 Qc7
16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nf1 Qc4 21. Ne3 Qd3 22. Bxe5
Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 dxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 {
Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 (
12. Re2 Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21. g3 Nd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Qc2
Ne5 25. Qc7 Qf6 26. f4 Nd3 {
Hebden,M-Conquest,S/Dhaka (03) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (44)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O
14. Be3 (14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1 Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19.
Ra3 Qc2 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3
Rb8 26. Kf1 Nc6 27. Ra1 e6 28. Ke2 Bf8 {
Vajda,S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP 52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (14. Rc1
e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op (11) ;EXP 19 1990}) 14... f6 15. exf6 exf6 16.
Rc1 Rac8 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6
23. Ng4 {Kuijf,M-Fedorowicz,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (01) ;CBM 20 1990/1/2-1/2 (42)})
9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6
$14 {Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/} (14... Ne6 {Ernst} 15. Rad1
Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d4
22. h5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 {
Kindermann,S-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki olm (12) ;TD 88\06 1988/1-0 (41)})) 10. d5 c4
11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11.
Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5 $17) (11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5
$2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4 $16) 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14.
b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17.
Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7 Nb6 $17) 14... Qd8 15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16...
Ne4 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Bd2 $14) 16... Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5
20. Bb2 $6 (20. c5 $5 e4 21. f3 $5 $40 f4 22. Nc4 e3 23. Rd3) 20... b6 21. Qa1
Rc8 22. Qa2 (22. f4 $5 exf4 (22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 Qb6 $14) 23. Bxg7 Rf7 24. Bh6
fxe3 25. Qd4) 22... Rf7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rd1 (26. c5
bxc5 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Qe6 exd6 29. Qxd6) (26. Nc2 $1 $16 {Ernst  /\ Nd4-e6})
26... Rf7 27. h3 $2 (27. c5 bxc5 28. d6) (27. d6 $5 e6 (27... exd6 28. Rxd6 $14
) 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxe6 $40) 27... Ne5 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Qa6 Rcf8 30. Rb7 f4 31.
Rxb6 Qd7 (31... fxe3 32. Rxd6 exf2+ 33. Kf1 exd6 34. c5 $16) 32. Nf1 Qf5 33.
Re6 Qg5 (33... f3 34. Ng3) (33... e3 $6 34. f3 (34. fxe3 $2 f3 $40 (34... fxe3
$17)) 34... Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qxh3 36. Nh2 $16) 34. Kh1 f3 35. g3 Qh5 (35... Qf5
36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Ne3) 36. h4 Qf5 37. Kh2 (37. Ne3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 37...
Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 (38... e3 39. Rxe3 (39. Nxe3 $4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Qh3 $19) 39...
Nxe3 40. Nxe3 $44) 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 e3 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43.
Qxe7+ Rf7 44. Qxe3 Qh3 45. Qe5+ Kh6 46. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5
Na5 9. Re1 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 Rd5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe4 a6 19. Ng3 b5 20. Bd1 Bd3 21.
Bg4 Kh8 22. Bxe6 Re5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Bf7 Re7 26. Rd1 c4 27. Bd5
Bf6 28. f3 Rd7 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Re6 Bh4 31. Rxa6 Rxd5 32. Rxa5 Kg8 33. a4 Bd8
34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Kf7 37. Ne4 Ke6 38. Bg7 Kd5 39. Bd4 Bd8 40.
Kg1 Bc2 41. b6 Kc6 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 O-O 8. e5
Nd5 9. dxc5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Na3 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. h3 Rd7 15.
Nc4 f6 16. b4 Rad8 17. Ba4 Bf7 18. b5 Nb8 19. b6 Qxc5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. bxa7
Qxa7 22. Ne3 e6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qb5 Nc5 25. Be3 Bf8 26. Rab1 Be8 27. Qb4 b5
28. Ne1 Qc7 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qb3 Qc4 31. Nc2 Qxb3 32. axb3 b4 33. Nxb4 Bxb4
34. cxb4 d4 35. Rbc1 Kf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Rb7 e4 38. b5 d3 39. b6 Bc6 40. Rc7
Bd5 41. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. a3 a6 13. Nf1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Ng3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Na5 17. g4 Qd7 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bxa6 Rc7 20. Bd3 Ba4 21. Qe2 Nb3
22. Rb1 Rfc8 23. Be3 Na5 24. Kg2 Bc2 25. Rbc1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1
28. Bxc1 Qc6 29. Bd2 Nc4 30. Bc3 h6 31. Nd2 Nxe5 32. dxe5 d4+ 33. Qe4 Qxe4+ 34.
Nxe4 dxc3 35. Nxc3 f6 36. exf6 Bxf6 37. f4 e5 38. Nd5 Bd8 39. fxe5 Kf7 40. Nf4
g5 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Nb4+ Kc4 44. e6 Bf6 45. Nc6 Kb3 46. e7 Bxe7 47.
Nxe7 Kxb2 48. Nd5 b5 49. Nc7 Kxa3 50. Nxb5+ Kb4 51. Nd6 Kc5 52. Nf5 Kd5 53.
Nxh6 Ke6 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 {
the other moves for black are 4...Nc6 and 4...g6} 5. h3 (5. Bc2 g6 (5... d5 6.
h3 $6 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nc6 8. d3 e6 9. f4 g6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. a4 Bh6
13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ne5 $1 16. fxe5 Bxc1 17. O-O Bg5 $15 {
Kosashvili,Y-Shmuter,L  Rishom le Zion 1994}) 6. d3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. O-O Bg7
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Rad1 b5 12. a3 a5 $36 {
Georgiev,Kr-Kindermann,S  Thessaloniki (ol) 1988}) 5... Bh5 (5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3
Nc6 7. O-O (7. Bc2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rd1 b4
$36 {Joksic,S-Har-Zvi,R  Biel op 1992}) 7... g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. a4 a6
11. Na3 Rb8 12. Qd1 Nd7 13. Nc2 Na5 $1 $11 {
Anand,V-Van Wely,L  Tilburg 1992 56/201 [Van Wely,L]}) 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf1 c4 (10... b5 11. Ng3 Bxf3 (11... Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13.
Nh4 d4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Ne2 dxc3 17. bxc3 b4 $15 {
Boric,M-Ermenkov,E  Jug-Cup f Pula 1991}) 12. Qxf3 d4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 dxc3
15. bxc3 b4 $13 {Dobrovolsky,L-Stohl,I  Trnava 1984}) (10... Qc7 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. Bg5 Rd8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 O-O 15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxh5 17. g4 Bg6 18.
Bg3 $13 {Addison,W-Geller,E  Palma de Mallorca izt 1970}) 11. Ng3 $146 (11.
dxc4 $5 {I have only one game in my database with this move Yudasin,L-Uritzky,
M Isr-ch Jerusalem 1996,where it seems white got a good position,this is maybe
the critical way to test 10...c4 by black} dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg6 14.
Qe3 Bd3 15. N1d2 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxc4 17. Qc5 $36) 11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qe3
Nxd3+ 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qxd3 dxe4 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bg5 h6 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 {all the moves after 11...BxN seems normal and most of them
are also forced,so what is the position we havre before us?probably equal as
was in the game,material is equal,both king are in the center,and there is no
reason why one side whould win,this means that white's most critical reply to
10...c4 by black is 11.dxc4 as was played in Yudasin,L-Uritzky,M} Be7 21. Ke2
Rhd8 22. Rhd1+ Kc6 23. g3 f5 24. Nd2 Bf6 25. Nc4 Kc5 26. Na5 Kb6 27. Nc4+ Kb5
28. Nd6+ Kc6 29. Nc4 Rac8 (29... Kc5 $11) 30. a4 Kc5 31. Ne3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburgo"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.10.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. Rc1
Rfc8 15. h3 Nd8 16. Qb3 Ne6 17. Be3 a6 18. a4 Rab8 19. Red1 h5 20. Ne1 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr7"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.09.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4
Rac8 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8
21. Rae1 Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Svidler"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]

{When I was preparing for the tournament at home, the only things I looked at
were two possible black games- vs. Kasparov and Kramnik. None happened, which
is one of the reasons of my success. When thinking about the white game vs
Kasparov at home, I simply told myself that Najdorf 6.Be3 Ng4 cannot be all
that bad for White. But two rounds before me Alexei Shirov ran into 6...e5 and
didn't really pass the opening stage, so I shelved the idea and decided to go
for something not so optimistic.} 1. e4 {Winants Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3
Nf6 4. Be2 {Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat
théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne,
choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux.   L'intérêt
du dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la
formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au
développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1,
Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec
l'échec sur b5.} Nbd7 {La réponse habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}
({I.} 4... Nxe4 $4 {Winants  Une bourde} 5. Qa4+ {Gagnant le Cavalier}) ({II.} 
4... Nc6 {Winants  naturel mais maladroit!} 5. d4 $1 {
Un gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+
8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O {avec d'excellentes
compensations pour les pions sacrifiés,  Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) ({
III.} 4... g6 {Winants  également très courant} 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $1 {
Une idée du grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les
parties de Michael Adams.} ({moins bien serait} 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. h3 e5
{Gentilleau-Shirov Oviedo 1992}) 6... Bd7 ({Si} 6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 {
suivi de d4, Adams,M-Van Wely,L Wijk aan zee 1996}) ({ou} 6... Nc6 7. d4 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk aan zee 1996 et aussi Adams,M-Lalic,B Erevan (ol) 1996}
) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13.
a4 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund (9) 1996}) 5. d3 {As Kasparov's second Yuri
Dokhoian said in the press-centre around this moment, 'If we start analysing
c3&d3 Sicilians we won't get anything serious done'. My point exactly.} b6 6.
O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 {Il est possible que Kasparov se soit laissé influencer par
l'aspect tranquille du développement adverse et qu'il n'ait pas pris
l'ouverture des Blancs suffisamment au sérieux, pour l'étudier avec toute
l'attention requise. Cela expliquerait sans doute la mobilisation optimiste
des Fous en fianchetto, mais aussi et surtout, "l'oubli" du Roi au centre de
l'échiquier.  Peu importe la raison pourtant, car elle plaide pour cette
remarquable intuition de Svidler, qui est parvenu à déceler un point faible
dans l'incroyable arsenal théorique du champion du monde, jusqu'à le faire
vaciller, dès la première tentative. Bien d'autres champions s'y étaient
essayés avant lui, mais s'y étaient plus d'une fois cassés les dents.} ({
Plus prudent était donc} 7... e6 {Winants} 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 Ne5 {
, comme dans la partie Spragett,K-Petursson,M disputée aux olympiades d'Erevan.
}) 8. d4 $5 {Voilà! Les Blancs passent à la vitesse supérieure.   La menace
est double: soit, le coup stratégique d5, gagnant du terrain et enfermant le
Fb7 pour de bon, soit le coup de bélier, e5-e6, dispersant les pions ennemis
et ouvrant la voie au Nf3 (Ng5-e6).   Autrement dit, les Noirs éprouvent déjà
certaines difficultés et ceci nous laisse supposer que Kasparov rejouera à
l'avenir les parties du championnat intercercles français, où Jean-Luc Seret
et  Jean-Marc Degraeve avaient déjà essayé ce gambit bien avant son
adversaire!} (8. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 (9... O-O 10. d4 e5 (10... e6 11.
a4 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa2 Qb8 16. Rad1 Qa8 17. Qb1 Bf8
18. Ba1 Bg7 19. Bb2 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Ftacnik,L/Praha (zt) 39/224 1985 (41)}) 11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. a4 Bh6 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17.
Qxc1 Ba6 18. Qg5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Kg7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Rd6 {
1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ginting,N/Asia zt 1990 (53)}) 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3
Nd7 13. Nb3 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2 Nd3 21. Na5 e5 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Rae8 {
1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ftacnik,L/Biel/1988/ (29)}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qc7 {
was Black's reaction to 8.d4 in the stem game, and it is not a good one. After}
9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Nf3 Qd5
14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 16. Rd1 $18) 11. e6 ({The game continued} 11.
Qa4 h5 12. h3 Bc6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qa4 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc6
Rd8 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Qb7 Nb8 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Rxd7 {
1/2-1/2 Seret,JL-Pinter, France 1992}) 11... fxe6 12. Bc4 Bd5 (12... e5 13. Ng5
) 13. Qa4 {White is better in all the lines:} Ngf6 (13... h5 14. h3 Ngf6 (14...
Bg7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. hxg4 b5 17. Qa6 $1 $18) 15. Ng5) 14. Ng5 Qf4 15. Nde4 Qf5
(15... Qe5 16. f4 Qf5 17. Ng3 Qg4 18. Be2 Qh4 19. c4 h6 20. cxd5 hxg5 21. dxe6
Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 $18) 16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxc4 (17... Bxe4 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Qxc4
Bg7 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Qa4 e5 21. Rd1 $16) 9. cxd4 Nxe4 $6 {
The most principal answer, but White seems to be doing OK after it.} (9... Bxe4
{is another way to capture the pawn, and White must play very aggressively to
prove the compensation.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. d5 $5 Bg7 12. Nd4 O-O (12... Bxd4
13. Qxd4 Nef6 14. Bh6 $44) 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Re1 {Although the position does not
look clear, the variations show that White has the upper hand.} Ne5 (14... f5
15. f3 Nec5 16. Bb5 Bf6 17. b4 $1 Bxa1 (17... a6 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. bxc5 bxc5
20. Bc6 Ra7 21. Qe2) 18. bxc5 Be5 19. cxd6 exd6 (19... Bxd6 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21.
d6) 20. f4 a6 21. Bf1 $16) 15. Bb5 (15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Bg5 Nxc6 17. dxc6 Ne6 $15)
15... a6 (15... f5 16. Nxa7 Qf7 17. Nc6 $14) 16. Nxe5 (16. Ba4 b5 (16... Nc5
17. f4 $1 Nxa4 18. fxe5 Nc5 19. Bg5 $5 (19. exd6 e5 20. b4 Nb7 21. Be3 Nxd6 22.
Bxb6 $13) 19... e6 (19... f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxe7 Qc8 23. b4
$16) 20. Be7 $16) 17. Rxe4 bxa4 (17... Nxc6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Qxa4 d5 20. Re2
Rc8 21. Rc2 $14) 18. Qxa4 e6 $1 $15) 16... Qxb5 17. Nc6 Nf6 18. a4 Qc4 19. b3
Qh4 (19... Qc3 20. Ba3 $16) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Rc1 $14) (9... Bg7 {
was also played before. After the dubious} 10. e5 $5 {
deserves serious attention.} (10. d5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rad8 17. Qa4 {
White was able to equalize in Degraeve-Nepomnishay, St.Petersburg 1996}) (10.
Bd3 {is too modest:} O-O 11. b4 e5 (11... a5 $5) 12. Bb2 d5 $11) 10... dxe5 11.
dxe5 Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne4 $1 (13. Ng5 Nc7 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Re1 Nc5 $15) 13...
Nc7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Nfg5 Nc7 15. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 16. Qb3 $14) 14. Qa4 b5 (14...
O-O 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. Nc3 $44) 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qe2 $44)
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 {L'assaut est lancé selon les principes de l'ère
romantique. Le pion f7, extrêmement vulnérable, puisqu'il n'est protégé que
par le Roi, se trouve déjà en point de mire.} d5 $8 {This is actually the only
move, which proves that Black probably shouldn't have accepted the pawn sac.
Erigeant des barricades sur les cases blanches.} (11... Bb7 $2 {loses to} 12.
Bc4 e6 (12... d5 13. Qf3 $18) 13. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qh4 {
is the most stubborn, but it doesn not save the game:} (14... Qe7 15. Re1 $18)
(14... Qc8 15. Re1 (15. Bg5) 15... Kf7 (15... Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kf8
18. Rc1 (18. Qb3 $18) 18... Qb8 19. Qg4 $18) 16. Qb3 d5 17. Qf3+ Nf6 (17... Kg8
18. Ng5 $18) 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rac1 Bc6 {
and now White wins by a very peculiar-looking move} 20. Ng7 $1 Rf8 (20... Qd7
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Re6 $18) 21. Re6 Qd8 22. Rcxc6 Kxg7 23. Qe3 $1 $18 (23. Qe3 {
Winants} Rf7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxf6+ Kf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc7+))
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 $6 Qe4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qb3+ d5 18. Rae1 Qf5 19. Nxa8 Qxg5 20.
Nc7 Bd6 $15) 15... Be7 (15... Kf7 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Qb3 d5 18. h3 $3 {
(there's no defense against 19.g4)} h6 19. g4 Qxg5 20. Nxg5+ hxg5 21. Qe3 $18)
{but} 16. Bg5 $1 {wins very beautifully:} ({and now} 16. Qb3 Qg4 (16... h6 $5)
17. f3 Bxf3 (17... Qh4 18. Bg5 $18) 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 $11) 16... Bxg5
17. g3 $3 Qh6 $8 18. Nxg5+ Kf8 19. Qd2 $1 Kg8 20. Re7 Bc6 21. Ne6 $1 $18) (
11... Bd5 {was played in Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996. After} 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Nf6 14. Qc6+ Nd7 {The game went on} 15. Qd5 (15. Re1 {gives nothing:} Bg7
(15... Rc8 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Qxd6 Rc8 17. Qa3 (17. Bd2 Ne5 $1 $15) 17... Bxd4
18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Qxa7 Nc5 20. Qa3 O-O $13) 15... e6 {
, and here Degraeve missed a very difficult but beautiful victory:} 16. Nxe6 $1
(16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Qc6+ Nd7 20. Qf3 {
1/2-1/2 Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996}) (16. Re1 $1 Nf6 (16... Be7 17. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 {et maintenant:} 18. Rxe6 $2 Nf6 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $1 (19... Kxe7 $2 20. Bg5
Re8 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc7 23. Rc1+ Kb7 (23... Kb8 24. Bxf6) 24. Qc6+ Ka6
25. b4 $1 {Degraeve} Rc8 26. b5+ Ka5 27. Bd2+ Ka4 28. Rc4+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ Kxa2
30. Ra4+ Kb2 31. Rb4+ Kc2 32. Rb3 $1 $18) 20. Qxa8+ Kf7 {
et les Noirs gagnent (Degraeve).}) 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Rxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxa8 $16) 16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 {
is better. Two of three possible continuations lead nowhere.} (17... Qe7 18.
Qd5 Rb8 $1 (18... O-O-O 19. Bg5 $18) (18... Rc8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21.
Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb7+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20.
Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 $18) 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qb3 $1 (20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Rac1
Bg7 $17) 20... Qf7 (20... Qg7 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $16) 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6
$1 O-O (22... Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Bg5 Rb7 26. Qd5 $18) 23. Rxe7
Qxb3 24. axb3 $16) 18. Bg5 $1 {wins by some very difficult tactics:} (18. Re1
$2 {/\19.Bg5} Rf8 {forcé:} (18... Nf8 19. Qf6 $18) 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Re3 (20.
Qxd6 {/\ 21.Re6 et 22.Rae1} Rc8 (20... Kf8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1) ({ou} 20...
Nf6 21. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qc6+) 21. Re2 (21. Kf1 $3 {Winants  La clé!} Rc2 (
21... Nf8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Re1) 22. f3 $1 (22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23.
Bxe7 Rfxf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Kxe7) 22... Nf6
23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Re2 {
avec deux pions de plus.}) (21. Re6 Nf6 $1 $13) 21... Nf6 22. Qe6 Kf8 23. Rae1
Bb4 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qd5 Qd8 23. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) (18. Bh6 $6
Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rf8 (19... Nf8 20. Qd5 $16) 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 $15) 18... Kf8 $8 (18...
Rf8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd5 $18) (18... Nf8 19. Qe4 Rc8 (19... d5 20. Qe5 Qd6 21.
Rfe1 $18) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 {may be objectively better, but the
position after 21...Rd7 is very interesting in itself.}) 20... Rc7 21. Rac1 Rd7
$1 {Now all the normal moves do not succeed:} (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf7 (22...
Rg8 23. Rc8 $18) (22... d5 23. Qe5 Qd6 24. Re1 $18) 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Qd5+ Kg7
25. Qb7 Nd7 26. Rc7 $18) 22. Qf3 $1 {
is winning, although I admit I could not find it without Fritz.} (22. Rc8 Qxc8
23. Qxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 $11) (22. Bf6 Kf7 $3 (22... d5 23. Qf4 Rg8 24.
Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Qxd5+ $18)
23. Bxh8 Kg8 $13) (22. Rc3 h6 23. Qc2 (23. Qh4 Rh7) (23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Qc2 Kf7
25. Rc8 Bxf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8) 23... hxg5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 $13) 22... h6
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 (24... Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qb7+ Qc7 27. Re7+)
25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Qc6+ Ke6 27. Re8 $18) 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Rfe1 (20. Bg5 $11)
20... Rf8 $8 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Rae1 $16) 12. Bb5 {
Vers e8!} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 e3 (13... exf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. Bb7 Rc4 17. Bd5 $18) 15. Bb7 Rc7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Bc6 $40) 14. Bxe3 Bg7
15. Qd2 O-O 16. d5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Rac1 (18. Bb5 Nd6 19. Bc6 Nc4 20. Qe2
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc8 $11) 18... Nd6 $13) 12... Bg7 (12... a6 {is bad:} 13. Bc6 (
13. f3 Bf5) 13... Ra7 (13... Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. Bb7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 15. Bxa6 $14)
14... Bf5 15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb7 Rc7 (16... Rxc1 17. Raxc1 Qxg5 18. Rc8+ Ke7 19.
Bc6 b5 20. Qxa6 $18) 17. Bxa6 Rxc1 18. Raxc1 Qxg5 19. Rc7 e5 20. f4 $18) 14. f3
Bf5 15. g4 (15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb3 Be7) 15... h6 (15... Qc7 16. Bxd5 e6 17. Bb3 h6
18. Nh3 $18) (15... Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 $18)
16. gxf5 (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3 Nf6 $13) 16... hxg5
17. fxg6 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 $16) 13. f3 ({
I had seen that after} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc6 {
Black is forced to give up the exchange, but the position arising after} O-O (
14... Rc8 15. Qa4 $16) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
didn't look all that clear to me, thou White is, of coure, a bit better.} 16.
Bg5 Nf6 (16... Qd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Ba3 Bxd4 19. Qe2 $1 Ne5 (19... e3 20. Kh1
$16) 20. Rad1 $14) 17. Qe2 Qd5 $14) (13. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Bf5 14. Bc6 Rc8 15. Bxd5
O-O 16. Qxa7 e6 17. Bf3 Bxd4 $15) {Then I realized that 13.f3 leads to some
very interesting and promising positions and decided that I should try and
have some fun. I know that it doesn't sound the way serious and professional
chessplayers are supposed to think during the game, especially if it's a game
against the World Champion, but that's exactly what I thought. And, after all,
it worked.} 13... Bf5 {#} 14. g4 {La pointe des coups précédents. Les Blancs
ont pour but d'exploiter le clouage du Cd7.} (14. Bc6 $6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 15. Bxd5
O-O 16. Be4 (16. g4 $6 Bc2) 16... h6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 $15) 14... h6 $8 {
Le moindre mal.} (14... Be6 $2 15. f4 $1 (15. Re1 O-O 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6
Qc8 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Be3 $14) (15. Qe2 $1 {Winants} Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 {
L'arrivée de la Dame en e6 provoquerait une débâcle.} {Un exemple,} Bf6 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6 d4 19. Re1 {menaçant 20.Qxf6} Bh4 (19... Bg7 20. Bg5) ({ou} 
19... Rf8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Bc4) 20. Re4 $18) 15... h6 (15... a6 16. f5 Bxf5 17.
gxf5 axb5 18. fxg6 $18 (18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxf7 Qc7 20. Nxh8 $18)) 16. f5 (16.
Nxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Be3 $14) 16... Bxf5 17. gxf5 hxg5 18. fxg6
fxg6 (18... O-O 19. Bc6 Nf6 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxg5 $16) 19. Bxg5
(19. Qd3 $2 Qc7 $1 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 19... Rh5 20. h4 Qc7 21. Qg4 Bxd4+ 22.
Kh1 $16) 15. gxf5 (15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bc6 Rc8 18. Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3
Nf6 $13 (19... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11)) 15... hxg5 16. fxg6 a6 $1 {
A very important finesse, which allows Black to unpin the knight on d7 at will.
} (16... fxg6 17. Bxg5 $16 (17. Qd3 Qc7 $1 18. Rf2 (18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. f4 Bxd4+
$15) 18... Kf7 19. Bxg5 Qd6 $14) (17. Bxg5 a6 18. Bc6 Qc7)) {As I've heard
later, Kasparov said that it was obvious to him that I blundered both 14...h6
and 16...a6. That's not exactly true. I've seen 14...h6 and had no doubt he
will go for it, and as for 16...a6, I was just waiting for him to make his
mind, since it is a well-known fact that a lot of precious time is wasted
during the game on the moves which aren't played. So in some sense I did
blunder 16...a6, but the same applies to the manouevere 22..Rh3 and 23...R8h4,
which I didn't foresee either.} 17. gxf7+ (17. Ba4 $5 {was also possible. The
idea of this move is to prevent Black from activating the second rook.} fxg6 (
17... Qc7 18. Rf2 Rh4 {is not good enough in view of} 19. Be3 $1 fxg6 20. Rc1)
18. Bxg5 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rf2 Qd6) 18... b5 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rf2 $14)
19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Bxd5 (20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rf2 Rc8) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 $13) (
17. Ba4 $5 {Winants}) 17... Kxf7 18. Ba4 {Les Blancs ont rétabli l'équilibre
matériel et ont même obtenu la paire de Fous. Ils pourraient, par conséquent,
chercher à ouvrir le jeu, via f4, ou à dresser une batterie Dame-Fou sur la
diagonale b1-h7 (Fc2, Dd3), pour infiltrer les lignes ennemies en g6. 
Pourtant leurs pions sont dispersés (d4, f3 et h2) et l'impression est donc
que les Noirs devraient encore disposer de ressources diverses.  L'une des
difficultés consiste ici à définir le rôle du Cd7. On pourrait certainement le
poster en f6, mais il n'y ferait pas grand-chose et gênerait même l'action du
Fg7.} (18. Bc6 Qc7 $17 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc2 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 e6 21. Bxg5
Bxb2 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Rab1 Bd4 $17)) 18... Rh5 $6 {Appearance does not deceive
in this case- this strange-looking move is in fact quite bad. Une décision
naturelle, mais probablement erronée. Kasparov désirait manifestement protéger
le pion g5 et préparer en même temps le doublement des Tours sur la colonne
-h-, mais ce plan s'est heurté à la solidité du fantassin h2.} (18... Nf6 {
was possible, gaining a tempo compared to the game after} 19. Be3 (19. Bxg5 $2
Qd6 (19... Bh6 {Winants} 20. Bxh6 (20. f4 $6 {cédant le contrôle du point e4}
Qd6 {vers h2} 21. Rf2 (21. Qe2 Qb4) 21... Rag8 22. Rg2 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rxg5 $1
24. Rxg5 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qf4+) 20... Rxh6 21. Qd2 Rh4 {
avec de bonnes contre-chances.}) 20. Qe2 Rag8 $40) 19... Qd6 20. Qd2 Rh3 (20...
Rag8 21. Rf2 Nh5 {suivi de ...Nf4, résolvant le problème du Cavalier.}) 21. Rf2
Rah8 22. Raf1 {, though I still prefer White.}) (18... Qc7 $1 {
is another very natural move, and it is in fact the best. After} 19. Rf2 Rh4
20. Be3 (20. f4 g4) 20... Rah8 {
White can go on in a very unclear position after} {
or agree on a draw by playing} 21. Rc1 (21. Qd2 b5 22. Bc2 $5 (22. Bb3 Nb6) {
with the idea to meet} 22... Nb6 {with} 23. b3) 21... Rxh2 22. Rxc7 Rh1+ 23.
Kg2 R8h2+ 24. Kg3 Rh3+ 25. Kg4 Rh4+ $11 26. Kxg5 $4 Bf6+ 27. Kf5 e6#) (18...
Bf6 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 (19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rf2 b5 21. Bb3 $14) 19... gxf4 (19... Qc7
$2 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. fxg5 Rag8 22. Kh1 $18) 20. Bxf4 Rc8 21. Bb3 e6 22. Qd3
Qg8+ $11) 19. Be3 {
A good solid move, but White could also call Black's bluff and play} (19. Bc6
Qh8 20. Qe2 $1 {a move I underestimated during the game} Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 (
21... Nf6 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14) 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Be6 $1 $16 {
, and White is better due to the threats of 24.Bg4 and 24.f4}) (19. f4 $6 {
Ftacnik} g4 $1 (19... Qh8 20. fxg5+ Ke8 21. Be3 Rxh2 22. Qf3 $16) 20. Be3 (20.
Bc6 $6 Qh8 21. Be3 Rd8 $15) 20... Nf6 $11) ({Pas encore} 19. Bc2 $2 {
Winants  à cause de} Qh8 $1) 19... Nf6 20. Qd2 {Un regroupement remarquable.
Svidler projette de disposer ses Tours en g2 et f1 pour mener ensuite une
attaque concentrique vers le Roi noir.} Qd6 21. Rf2 (21. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rah8
(21... Rg8 22. Kh1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Bc2 $16) 22. Bf4 Bh6 23.
Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Be5 b5 $14) 21... Rah8 22. Rg2 $1 {It was a this moment that I
realized that my position must be better- Black has no serious play on the
K-side, while White has a wide range of targets- from g5 to a6.} (22. Bxg5 {
Ftacnik} Bh6 $1 23. Bxh6 (23. f4 $2 Ne4 $19) 23... R5xh6 24. Re1 Rg8+ $132)
22... Rh3 $6 {The beginning of a suicide. After the normal} (22... Bh6 23. Bc2
Rg8 24. Bd3 $1 {White is clearly better, but he's not at all winning.}) (22...
Nh7 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. f4 (23. Bc2 e5) 23... g4 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rg2 Ne4 26. Qe2
b5 27. Bb3 e6 $14) 23. Rf1 R8h4 $2 {#} (23... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 24. Bc2 e5 25. dxe5
Bxe5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4+ $16) 24. Bc2 $18 {And suddenly it's
all over. There is no defense against 25.Bf5 or 25.Bxg5 Décisif. Les Blancs
menacent de gagner la qualité via 25.Ff5, alors que toutes leurs pièces sont
prêtes pour entamer les hostilités.} (24. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 (24... Nh5 25.
Bxh4 Rxh4 26. Qg5 $1 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Ng3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rh7+
$18) 25. Bxh6 (25. f4 Ne4 26. Qe2 Bxg5 27. fxg5+ Kg7 $14) 25... Rxh6 26. Re1 e6
27. Bc2 $16) 24... Nh5 {Deux variantes pour illustrer le potentiel du Bc2:} (
24... e6 25. Bxg5 Bh6 26. Bxh6 (26. f4 {Winants} Rh5 27. Bd1 $18) 26... Rxh6
27. Qg5 Rxh2 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Bg6+ Kd8 30. Qxf6+ Kc8 31. f4 $18) (24... g4 {
Ftacnik} 25. fxg4 Qe6 26. Bg5 Rxg4 27. Bf5 $18) (24... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bf5
$16) 25. Bf5 Nf4 (25... e5 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxh3 exd4 27. Bxg5 Rxh3 28. Qd3 $18)
26. Bxh3 (26. Bxf4 {was also good:} Qxf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Rd2 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4
Rxh2 $16 {, but I did not want to trade queens.}) 26... Nxh3+ (26... Nxg2 {
Ftacnik} 27. Kxg2 $18) (26... Rxh3 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxg5 $18) 27. Kh1 {
Les dés sont jetés. Il suivit encore:} Qf6 (27... Bf6 28. Rg4 Rh5 29. f4 $18) (
27... e5 {Ftacnik} 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxg5 $18) 28. Rg3 $1 (28. Bxg5 {Ftacnik}
Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Bxd4 $16) 28... Qf5 (28... Nf4 29. Rg4 $18) 29.
Bxg5 Nxg5 (29... Rxd4 30. Qg2 Nxg5 31. Rxg5 Qf6 (31... Qh7 {Winants} 32. Rg1
Bf6 33. Rh5 $1 Qg7 (33... Qxh5 34. Qg8#) 34. Qc2 $1 Qf8 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Qc6+
Kf5 37. Rh5+ Kf4 38. Qc1+ Kxf3 39. Rg3+ Ke2 40. Re3+ Kf2 41. Qe1#) 32. Rg1 $18)
30. Rxg5 Qh3 {Black would be able to hope for a serious counterplay, if not
for the weakness of his own king. Schwarz konnte hofen um ein riesiges
Gegenspiel, aber sein eigener Koenig ist zu schwach.} (30... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 31.
Rxd5 $18) 31. Rg2 $18 {There's no hope left for Black.} Bf6 (31... Rxd4 $2 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Qg2 $18) (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Qd3 e6 33. Qxa6
$18) 32. Qd3 Rxd4 (32... e6 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxa6 Bxd4 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Rc1 $18)
33. Qg6+ (33. Qxa6 {Ftacnik} Rb4 34. Qa8 $18) 33... Ke6 34. Qe8 Rc4 (34... Kd6
{Ftacnik} 35. Qb8+ Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kb5 37. a4+ $1 Ka5 38. b4+ Rxb4 39. Qxd5+ $18)
35. Qd8 $1 {Cutting off the King.  Le plus précis. La menace est 36.Te1} Qf5 (
35... Rc6 {Ftacnik} 36. Re1+ Be5 37. f4 $18) 36. Re1+ Be5 (36... Kf7 {Ftacnik}
37. Qg8#) 37. Qb8 {
And in view of inevitable 38.Rxe5 Qxe5 39.Rg6 Kf5 40.Rg5 Black resigned.} (37.
Qb8 $1 {Ftacnik} b5 ({Si} 37... Kf6 {Winants} 38. Qh8+ Ke6 39. Rxe5+ Qxe5 40.
Rg6+) 38. Rxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Rg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. e4 {HarZvi} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ (6. d3 {
HarZvi} O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7
12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 {
/~~ Georgiev,Kr-Petursson,M  Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1
Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1
16. Qxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {
Hickel,J-Hubner,R  Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {RR} 7. Re1 a6 8.
Bf1 O-O (8... Ne5 {HarZvi} 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (
12... Qb6 13. Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10.
dxe5 (10. d5 Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) 10...
Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $10 {
Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6... Bd7 {HarZvi} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4
13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V  Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 O-O
(7... cxd4 {RR} 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 {HarZvi} 9. Be2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6
12. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FIDE-Wch k.o.1997/CBM63/ [Har-Zvi,R] (52)})
(8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3
$16 {/+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4
10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1
Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)})
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15.
cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06})
(7... a6 {HarZvi} 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6
$2 11. Qa4)) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12. Nc3
c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (58)})
(7... Bd7 {HarZvi} 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 $11 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V  Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/(193)}) 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9.
Re1 e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {
/+/- 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11.
Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) (12... Bf5 {HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5 Ne8
21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}) 9.
Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4} (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2
Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {
1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12.
Na3 (12. c4 $1 $14 {>< Na5}) (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi this is certainly a move one
must consider seriously,since now the knight on a5 seems out of the game and
white's knight on "b1" is going to have a very good place on "c3"} Re8 13.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 {when white has slight advantage}) 12... b6 (
12... a6 $5 {HarZvi} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8
$5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {/\ Nb5} (13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {>< f5 /\ c4}) (13. Bd3 {HarZvi} Qd7 14. c4 Rfe8)
13... a6 $1 $13 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h"
pawn there is nothing more to seewe can say very easily that white got nothing
out of the opening,I guess that because this was the second game in the match
Anand did not want to risk a lot and played a solid line not the usual
Sicilian which we could expect  against Gelfand} 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13) 15... Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16...
Nb7 17. b5 $5 (17. Nd2 $1 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ndc4 Bxc4 21.
Nxc4 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {/~/=}) (17. bxc5 {HarZvi} dxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. c4 Qd7 $140
19. Nd4 Ng4 $36) 18. c4 Nd6 {when black's position seems very nice}) 17... axb5
18. Nxb5 h6 $4 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h"
pawn there is nothing more to seeunbelieveable mistake from a player such as
Gelfand at this stage of the tournament,a world championchip one!! this was a
normal game not rapid and this is move 18 so I have really no explanation at
all why this happened} (18... Qd7 19. Bxf6 (19. c4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 $13)
19... Bxf6 20. a4 {^^, ><Nb7}) (18... Rxa2 19. Qb3 (19. Nd2 Bxd5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Nc7 Qe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rb2 $19) 19... Ra5 (19... Ra8
20. Nd2 Na5 (20... Bxd5 $4 21. Bxf6 $18) (20... c4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc4 Bf5
23. Qc6 $36) 21. Qb2 (21. Qd1 $2 Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc7 Qc6
25. Nxa8 Qxa8 $15 {/-/+}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc7 $14 (
24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Qxb6 $16)) (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 $1) 20. Nd2 $44 (
20. Nd2 {HarZvi} Bf5 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxf6) 21. Rxe8+ (21. Nc4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ra8
) 21... Qxe8 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxb6 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxa5 Nxg5 26. Qxc5
$14)) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 (19... Qxf6 {HarZvi} 20. Nc7 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxe8
$18) 20. Nd2 $18 Bxg2 (20... Bf5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc8 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24.
a4 {/\ Bb5+-}) (20... Bxd5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Nxa8 Na5 24. c4 Be6
25. Qf3 $18) 21. Bxg2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Rxa2 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Rb1 Ra2 25. Nf3 Qd7
26. Qe4 $1 {>< f5, g4, a4} Kg7 27. c4 h5 {/\ Qg4} 28. h3 $1 Na5 29. Bf1 Ra4 30.
Re1 Rb4 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Qe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Nxd6 Rc1+)
31... Rb3 32. Re3 (32. Qe8 Qf5) 32... Rb4 (32... Rxe3 $8 33. Qxe3 {
/\ Bd3, Nd2-e4}) 33. Qe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rc1 37. Rc8
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rad8 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Na3
Nac7 15. Nc4 b6 16. a4 h6 17. h4 Ne6 18. g3 Rd7 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. Ke2 a6 21. Rd1
Kf8 22. Ne3 Rbd8 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Be3 Rd8 26. c4 Rb8 27. Bd2 Ke8
28. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Rd1 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bg7 14. Bb5 Qc7 15.
Qa4 Bd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Rfe8 13. g3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bg2
Be6 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Bc1 Bf7 20. Nfd2 b6 21. h4 Ndb4
22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Qb1 Nxd3 24. Re2 e4 25. b3 Bd4 26. Nf1 a6 27. Be3 b5 28. axb5
axb5 29. Ncd2 Bf6 30. Qc2 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Nb1 Rb8 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. Qxb2
Nxb2 35. Rxb2 Bxc3 36. Rc2 Bg7 37. Bd4 Rd8 38. Rcd2 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4
c3 41. Rd1 Bb3 42. Rc1 c2 43. Ne3 Qc3 44. Nxc2 Bxc2 45. Bf1 e3 46. h5 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Breda m"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Van Wely"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 {Har Zvi,R} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 Nc6 (8... O-O {Har Zvi,R} 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5
11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/}) 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2
dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11. Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5
$17) (11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5 $2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5
Qxb5 14. Nd4 $16) 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14...
Nce4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7
Nb6 $17) 14... Qd8 15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 $14)
17. Bd2 $14) 16... Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Anand,V/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54/[Dolmatov] (45)}) 9. d4 cxd4 10.
cxd4 d5 (10... O-O {Har Zvi,R} 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6
15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 $36 {
Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 $5
(12. Nbd2 $6 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 {Har Zvi,R} O-O 14. Rc1 (14. Be3 f6 15.
exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2
Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 Bf8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Kuijf,M-Fedorowicz,J/OHRA-B 1990/CBM 20 (42)}) (14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1
Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19. Ra3 Qc2 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7
$11 {Vajda,S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP 52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 14...
e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op 1990/EXP 19
}) 13... O-O 14. b3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Timman-van Wely Wijk aan Zee 1998}) (12. Re2
{Har Zvi,R} Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21. g3 $16 {
1-0 Hebden,M-Conquest,S/Dhaka 1995/CBM 48 (43)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4
$1 {und Weiss fängt schon an am Königsflügel.} (14. Bf4 {Har Zvi,R} Rac8 15.
Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1
Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14... Rac8 $6 (14... Nd8
{und Se6 war besser}) (14... f6 $5 {Har Zvi,R}) 15. h5 Na5 16. Ng5 Rc6 (16...
Rxc3 $2 {Har Zvi,R} 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Nc4 (19... Rf7 20. Bb4)
20. Bb4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 17. e6 fxe6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Rf6 (19... Nc4 {
Har Zvi,R} 20. Qh4 Rf5 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nf3 $1 $36) (19... Rf5 {Har Zvi,R} 20.
Qh4 Kf8 21. Bf4 $36 (21. g4 Rf6 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Nxf6+ exf6 $44 24. g5 Qf7))
20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nh3 (22. Nf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 e5 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25.
Qxh6+ Kf7 $44) (22. Nf3 $5 {Har Zvi,R: To me this seems as a more natural move,
the knight controls the "e5" square with stroong initiative foor white here,
but the moove in the game is moore sharp with immediate ideas of Nf4 and Bg5...
}) 22... Qd6 $1 {
Ein fantastische Verteidigungszug, wonach Schwarz in der Partie bleibt.} 23.
Bg5 Rf5 24. f4 (24. Qxg6 Rf7 {und jetz kann Weiss e5 nicht mehr stoppen.} (
24... Rf7 {Har Zvi,R} 25. Bh4 e5)) (24. g4 Rf3 (24... Rxg5 $2 25. Nxg5 Qf4 26.
Qxg6 (26. Nxe6+ $4 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxg4+ $19) 26... Qxg4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 25. Kg2
Rxc3 26. Bh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Nf4 Kd7 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 $44 {
und mit Tc2 wird Schwarz sehr aktiv}) (24. Bh6 $5 {Har Zvi,R this move
certainly leads into a pleasent position foor white,but it seems Timman wanted
more than that,not clear if this was a right decision} Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26.
Qxg6+ (26. Ng5 $2 e5) 26... Kd7 27. Rab1 b6 28. Re2 $36) 24... Nd2 25. Re3 (25.
Bh6 {Har Zvi,R} Bxh6 26. Qxh6+ Ke8 27. Qxg6+ Kd7 $13 {
now this is a much worse version foor white than immediately Bh6 without f4})
25... Rxc3 {Schwarz muss sich beeilen mit seinem Gegenspiel the begining of a
serious forced mooves} (25... Ne4 $5 {Har Zvi,R}) 26. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3
28. Qxg6 $1 ({verlockend war} 28. Rc1 {aber nach} Qa3 29. Rc2 Qb4 30. Qxg6 Qb1+
31. Ng1 Rxg5 32. fxg5 Ne4 $3 $19 {hat Weiss keine Verteidigung mehr!}) 28...
Bg7 29. Rc1 Nc4 (29... Qd7 {Har Zvi,R} 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Ke8 32. Ng5 Rxg5
33. fxg5 $18) 30. Re1 Rf7 31. Rxe6 Qa3 ({auch mit der schwarzen Dame in der
Verteidigung hätte es wahrscheinlich keine Rettung gegeben:} 31... Qc7 32. Bh4
(32. Qh7 $5 {Har Zvi,R} Ke8 $8 33. Bxe7 $5 (33. f5 $5 {
this seems as a very dangerous move for black}) 33... Rxe7 34. Qxg7 Ne3 35.
Qh8+ Kd7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {/+/=}) (32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33. Ng5 Ne3 34. Nh7+ Kg8
35. Nf6+ $11) 32... Nd6 33. Bxe7+ (33. Ng5 Rxf4 34. Bg3 Qc4 35. Re3 $16) 33...
Rxe7 34. Rxd6 $16) (31... Qd7 {Har Zvi,R} 32. Bh6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qg6 $1
Qc7 $1 (34... Qc8 35. Ng5 Nd6 36. Kh2 $1 Qc4 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39.
Qxd6+ $36) 35. Ng5 Qxf4) (31... Qb4 $5 {Har Zvi,R}) 32. Bh4 Ne3 (32... Kg8 {
Har Zvi,R} 33. Ng5 $1 Rxf4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Re1 $1 Rf6 (35... Ke8 36. g3 (36.
Ne6)) 36. Ne6+ Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 $1 $18 Ne3 40. Bxe7+ Kf7
41. Rf6+) (32... Qb2 {Har Zvi,R} 33. Ng5 Rxf4 34. Nh7+ Kg8 35. Bf6 $3 Qc1+ (
35... Rxf6 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 exf6 38. Qe8+ $18) 36. Kh2 Rg4 37. Qxg4 exf6
38. Nxf6+ Kf7 39. Nxd5 $18) 33. Ng5 Qc1+ $2 {Har Zvi: it is very difficult to
believe but this move is a decisive mistake! after 33...Rxf4 the game would
have probably ended with a draw but now black is lost} ({
Hartneckiger wäre gewesen} 33... Rxf4 34. Nh7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ exf6 $1 (35... Rxf6
$2 36. Bxf6 $18 (36. Bxf6 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh3 $18)) 36. Re8+ Qf8 37.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bg3 Rf1+ (38... Re4 {
Har Zvi: when the position is about equal,and draw is probably the result here}
) 39. Kh2 Nf5 40. Bb8 $1 $16 {und Schwarz steht immer noch schlecht wegen
seiner schlechten Figurenkoordination.}) 34. Kh2 Ng4+ (34... Nf1+ {Har Zvi,R}
35. Kh3 Rxf4 (35... Qc3+ 36. Kg4 Nh2+ 37. Kh5 $18) 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Rxf6
38. Bxf6 $18) (34... Rxf4 {Har Zvi,R} 35. Nh7+ (35. Rf6+ Rxf6 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37.
Nxf6+ exf6 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ $11) 35... Kg8 36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Bxf6 Ng4+ (
37... Nf5 38. Rxe7 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 $18) 38. Qxg4 exf6 39. Re8+ Kh7 (39... Kf7 $4
40. Qh5#) 40. Qh5+ Qh6 (40... Bh6 41. Re7+) 41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 42. Re7 $18) 35. Kh3
Rxf4 36. Re1 Qc3+ 37. g3 Rf6 (37... Qxe1 {Har Zvi,R} 38. gxf4 Qf1+ 39. Kxg4 $18
) (37... Nf2+ {Har Zvi,R} 38. Kg2 Nd3 (38... Qxe1 39. Ne6+ Qxe6 40. Qxe6 $18)
39. Re2 $18) (37... Nh6 {Har Zvi,R} 38. Rc1 $1 Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Qd4+ 40. Kh3 Qg4+
41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kh1 $18) 38. Nh7+ Kg8 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxe7 Qc8+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Breda m playoff"]
[Site "Breda"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Re1 Na6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
Rac8 15. h4 Rc2 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. Qd3 Rc6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Nh4 f6 20. Qf5 Qxf5
21. Nxf5 Kf7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. exf6+ exf6 24. Re7+ Rf7 25. Rbe1 Rxe7 26. Rxe7+
Kg6 27. a4 a6 28. a5 Rc2 29. Be3 Nb5 30. Rxb7 Rxb2 31. Rb6 Ra2 32. Rxa6 Nc3 33.
Ra8 Nd1 34. a6 Nxe3 35. fxe3 h4 36. a7 Kh5 37. e4 dxe4 38. d5 e3 39. Kf1 h3 40.
gxh3 f5 41. d6 f4 42. Rf8 Rxa7 43. Rxf4 Rd7 44. Rd4 Kg5 45. Ke2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 Rac8 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bh6
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f6 16. Qd2 Nab4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rac1 Rc4 20. Re4
Rfc8 21. Rce1 Rxc3 22. Qh6 R8c6 23. h3 Rc2 24. Nh4 f5 25. Re5 e6 26. Nxg6 Qg7
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nh4 Kf6 29. Nxf5 Rxa2 30. Nh6 Rca6 31. R1e4 b5 32. Ng4+ Kf7
33. Rh5 b4 34. Ne5+ Ke8 35. Rh6 Kd8 36. Rg4 Kc7 37. Rg7+ Kb6 38. Rxe6+ Kb5 39.
Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Rb7+ Nb6 41. Rc7 Na4 42. Nd3 b3 43. Kf1 b2 44. Nxb2 Nxb2 45. Rb7+
Rb6 46. Rxa7 h6 47. Rc7 Kb4 48. d5 Nd3 49. Rc6 Kb5 50. Rxb6+ Kxb6 51. Ke2 Nb4
52. Kf3 Kc5 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Kf5 Nxd5 55. g3 Ke7 56. Kg6 Nc3 57. f3 Ne2 58. g4
Nf4+ 59. Kxh6 Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bf1 a5 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Ra3 Nxa4 16. Nb3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nfd4 Ra8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nc2 Rfc8 21. Ne3
Bb5 22. Nd4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nc5 24. f3 Ncd3 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Dordrecht FPO"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 Rac8
15. h5 Na5 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Rac1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qe6 21.
Kg2 Rf8 22. Rh1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Be3 e6 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Rxh6 Rg5+ 27. Kf1
Kg7 28. Rh1 Rf5 29. Ke2 b6 30. Rh3 Rf7 31. Rch1 Kg8 32. Rb1 Na3 33. Rb3 Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14. Qf3 Rd8
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. g3 Qf5 20. Qg2 Nb6 21.
Bb3 g5 22. Kb1 g6 23. Bc2 Kg7 24. f3 Nd5 25. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA ChessWise op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bc2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Rb1 Re7 18. Bf4 Rce8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Qd1 Rce8
22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8.
O-O e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 b5 11. f4 g6 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bf3 Bg7 15.
f5 g5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Be2 O-O 20. Ra6 Ng6 21. g3 d5
22. Qa2 Kh8 23. Ra7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nb3 dxe4 26. Qa5 Qd6 27. dxe4 Ra8 28.
Rd1 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. d4 Be7 10. Bd3 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Re1 g5 13. Nf1 c4 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3
Ng7 16. g4 b5 17. Ng3 a5 18. Nd2 b4 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 a4 21. Rf1 a3 22. b3
cxb3 23. Nxb3 Ba4 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Bd3 bxc3 26. Qf2 Bxb3 27. Rb1 Nc5 28. Bc2
Qa6 29. Bxb3 Nd3 30. Qe3 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 O-O 32. Qxh6 Qd3 33. Rbd1 Qg6 34. Qxg6
fxg6 35. Ne2 Rac8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Bc2 Bg5 38. Rb1 Be3+ 39. Kg2 g5 40. Rb3
Bd2 41. Rxa3 Ne8 42. Rb3 Ra8 43. a3 Ke7 44. Ng1 Nc7 45. Nf3 Ra5 46. Kf1 Bf4 47.
Ke2 Ra8 48. Bd3 Kd7 49. Rxc3 Rb8 50. h4 gxh4 51. Nxh4 Rh8 52. Ng6 Rh2+ 53. Kf3
Bh6 54. Kg3 Rh1 55. Bc2 Re1 56. Ba4+ Kd8 57. Rf3 Rc1 58. g5 Rg1+ 59. Kf2 Rxg5
60. Nh8 Kc8 61. Nf7 Rg4 62. Nxh6 Rxd4 63. Bc6 Na6 64. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. c4 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd3 a6 17. Nc3 Be6 18. a4 b6 19. Kh1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Nxb5 Ra2 23. Kg1 Rb2 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. h3 Qa5 26. Rd1 Qa2 27. Qf1 Qa7
28. Qe1 f6 29. Qe3 Qa2 30. Qe1 Qa7 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Rd2 Qa2 33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34.
Qd1 h5 35. f3 g5 36. Ne2 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Qd3 Bd7 40. f4 Bc6
41. Kg3 Qa1 42. Nc3 f5 43. Qe3 fxe4 44. Nxe4 Qf1 45. Ng5+ Ke8 46. Qd2 Qb1 47.
Kxg4 Qxb3 48. Qe2 Qb1 49. Kg3 Qf5 50. Nf3 Qg6+ 51. Kf2 Qf7 52. Kg3 Qg6+ 53. Ng5
Qf5 54. Qd2 e5 55. Nf3 Qxf4+ 56. Qxf4 exf4+ 57. Kxf4 Bb7 58. g3 Ba6 59. Nd2 Ke7
60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. h4 h5
15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Ng5 Rc6 18. Bd2 b6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. a5
Rfc8 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Qb5 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5
Kh7 28. Qxb6 Bh6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Be1 Kg7 31. Rb5 e6 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. Kf2 Ra6
34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb7+ Kf8 36. Rb2 Kg7 37. Ke2 g5 38. hxg5 Bxg5 39. Bd2 Kg6 40.
Bxg5 Kxg5 41. Kd3 h4 42. Rf2 Kg4 43. Rf6 Rc6 44. Kc2 Rb6 45. Rf8 Kg3 46. Rg8+
Kf4 47. Rg7 Rb8 48. Rg6 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 b4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Ba4 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb2 18. Qa6 Ncb8 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Bd1 Nc6 21.
Rcb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 cxd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Nc4 25. Bg5 e6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Bb3
N6a5 28. h5 Nxb3 29. axb3 Nb6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bd2 Nd7 32. b4 Nf8 33. b5 Qd7
34. Ne1 h6 35. Qb3 Qf7 36. Ra1 g5 37. Nd3 Ng6 38. Nc5 Nh4 39. Ra6 Rb6 40. Ba5
Rxa6 41. bxa6 Qf5 42. Qh3 Qxh3 43. gxh3 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxd4 45. Nd7 Kf7 46. Bb6
Nb5 47. Bc5 Ke8 48. Nb8 Bxe5 49. Nc6 Bf4 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT 52nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Milicionar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 e5 8. Re1
Re8 9. d3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bb3 b5 15. Ba2
Nf8 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Nc2 Nh7 19. Na3 Qd7 20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Qc2 Qb7 22.
Rad1 Rab8 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 Ra8 25. Bc1 cxb4 26. cxb4 d5 27. Bb3 dxe4 28.
dxe4 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. f3 Nf8 31. Qf2 Bd7 32. Bd5 Bc6 33. Bb3 Bd7 34. Bd5
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 d5 13. Ndb5 dxe4 14. Bf4 e3
15. Bxe3 Nb6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxa7 Nfd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxc8 fxg5 20. Nxb6 Nxb6
21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. Rd6 Nc4 24. Bxc4+ Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8
27. Rd3 b5 28. Kf1 b4 29. Nd1 g4 30. Ke2 h5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Ne3
Rc6 34. Rb7 Bxb2 35. Rxb4 Be5 36. g3 Rc3 37. Rb3 Rc6 38. a4 Bd4 39. Rd3 Ba7 40.
a5 Rc1 41. Rd7 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Ra1 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Kd3 Ke8 45. a6 Kd8 46. Ra8+
Kc7 47. a7 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kxa7 49. Rxg6 Ra2 50. Rf6 Kb7 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Rf5 h4 53.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj KO"]
[Site "Zürich"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nf1
d5 9. Qe2 c4 10. exd5 cxd3 11. Bxd3 Nxd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. Be4 O-O
15. Nd2 f5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. O-O d4 20. c4 d3 21. Rb1
Rad8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Re4 24. Nd2 Re7 25. Nb3 g5 26. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b3 Ne8 15. Nc4
b5 16. Na3 b4 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Rc1 Nc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3
22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Ng5 c2 24. Qd2 a4 25. Ne6 Rf6 26. Nxg7 Nxg7 27. f4 axb3 28.
axb3 Qf8 29. Qxc2 Bxd5 30. Qd2 Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Qb2 d5 33. Bxd5 Rxb6 34.
Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Rxe5 Qf8 36. Qc3 h6 37. h3 Qb4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc4 Qxb3 40. Qe2
Qg3 41. Qf1 Rb4 42. Re7 Qxf4 43. Qe1 Re4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qc3 Nf5 46. Qf6 Qe3+
47. Kh2 Qg5 48. Qe6 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Ng7 50. Qc4 h5 51. Qd4 h4 52. Qc4 Kg6 53. Qc6+
Kg5 54. Qd7 Qe5 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qxh4+ Ke6 57. Qg4+ Kd6 58. Qd1+ Ke7 59. Qe1
Qd4+ 60. Kh2 e3 61. Qb1 Ne6 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. Qf3+ Qf4+ 64. Qxf4+ Nxf4 65. Kg3
Ke5 66. Kf3 e2 67. Kf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb3 a5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Be3 b5 15. Nd2
Qb8 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qf1 Nf4 20. Nd1 Qb7 21. Bc2 a4 22.
Kh2 Rc7 23. Nf2 Rac8 24. Bd1 Nh5 25. Rc3 f5 26. Rac1 f4 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nd3
c4 29. Nb4 Bf8 30. Qe1 Qb6 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Nxc4 Qf6 33. d6 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4
35. Rxc4 Qxd6 36. Nd5 Nf6 37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 38. Qa5 Qe6 39. Rc7 Bd6 40. Rb7 Be8
41. Qd8 Bf8 42. Rb8 Kf7 43. Rb6 Qd7 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qxe5 Bf7 46. Rb8 Qc6 47.
Qe7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. Re1 b5 12. d4 b4 13. Ba4 Rc8 14. Bg5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bb5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb3
d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Nd2 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rf1 Nd5 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Rc2 Qa5
28. Qb7 e6 29. h4 Nb4 30. Rc8 Nd5 31. Rfc1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.
a4 Kg7 35. Ne5 Bd6 36. Nd7 Bb4 37. Rb1 Ba5 38. g3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 g4
41. Rc1 Nf6 42. Ne5 Bb4 43. Rc4 Bc5 44. a5 Nd5 45. a6 Nc7 46. a7 Kf6 47. Nd7+
Ke7 48. Nxc5 b5 49. Na6 Na8 50. Rc8 Nb6 51. Rb8 b4 52. Rxb6 b3 53. a8=Q Kf6 54.
Rxb3 Kg7 55. Rb8 Kf6 56. Qe4 Ke7 57. Qe5 f6 58. Rb7+ Kd8 59. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {According to all accounts this modest move gives
nothing for white, but Akopian has another opinion- he won 5(!) games in
Moscow in this line.} Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 ({
Another popular line is connected with} 6... e6 {with possible contination} 7.
Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O d5 $13) 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b5 (
{Later in same day Emil choose} 10... Nh5 {but, unfortunately with same result}
11. Nf1 e5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bd5 h6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. cxb4
Nc6 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. d4 $14 {
1-0 Akopian,V-Sutovsky,E/FIDE GP Moscow 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (29)}) 11.
d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 {White managed to build strong pawn center  and at least it's
possible to say that it's easy to play with white pieces.} Nh5 $146 (12... Qb6
13. Nf1 Nb4 14. Bb3 Rac8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qd3 Na5 17. Ba2 e6 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Ng4
Rc7 $14 {
0-1 Shariatpanahi,H-Aghamohammadi,M/IRI-ch Smithtown 2000/Iranbase (23)}) (
12... Rc8 $5) 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 (14... Rc8 15. Nb3 $14) 15. a3 (15. Nb3 $5)
15... Na6 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nbd4 Nf6 (17... Nc5 $5 18. Ba2 (18. e5 $5 Qc7 $13)
18... Nf6 $140 19. e5) 18. Ba2 b4 19. Bc4 Qc8 (19... Qc7 20. Qe2) 20. Qe2 ({
Akopian could win pawn already, but he pretend for more!} 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21.
axb4 $14) 20... Qb7 21. e5 {White has all the trumbs in one's hand now!} dxe5 (
21... Nxd5 22. e6 Be8 23. exf7+ Bxf7 24. Ne6 $1) 22. Nxe5 Nxd5 $6 {
Lose almost by force, but and after best} (22... Nc7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Nc6 {
white's advantage is clear}) 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 (23... Qxa6 24. Nxd7 Bxd4 25. Nxf8
Qxe2 (25... Kxf8 26. Bh6+ Bg7 27. Qe5 $18) 26. Rxe2 Kxf8 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. axb4
$16) 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 (24... Bxd4 25. Nxf8 Rf6 (25... Kxf8 26. Rd1 $1 $18) 26. Rf1
Kxf8 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Rad1 Nf4 29. Qg4 $18) 25. Qxa6 Bxd4 26. axb4 Nxb4 (26...
Qf5 27. Re2 Nxb4 28. Qc4 Bc5 29. Bh6 $16) 27. Qxa4 Qd6 ({
maybe it was already correct time for moves like} 27... Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ {
nevertheless that White wins quite easy -} 29. Ke2 Qd5 30. Rg1 $18) 28. Be3 $1
$18 Bxb2 $6 29. Rad1 Qb8 (29... Qf6 30. Qxb4 Bc3 31. Qc5 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 $18) 30.
Bd4 (30. Bc5 $5) 30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 {Knight is trapped and game is over.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 e5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bd5 h6 15. b4
cxb4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. d4 Qb6 21. Rad1
Qxb4 22. Qxf4 Kh7 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Rxb7 Nxd4 25. Rxd7 Qxe1 26. Nxd4 Rab8 27. Nf3
Qe2 28. Rxf7 Rb2 29. Nd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Be3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1+ 14. Nxh1 Qb6
15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Ng3 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. O-O-O Na5 20. f3 c4
21. dxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Kb2 a6 26. a4 Bh4 27.
Nf1 f5 28. Qh2 Bd8 29. Nd2 f4 30. Bf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qh8 Qd7 33. Kc2 Be8
34. b4 Bc7 35. Nb3 Bd6 36. Bc5 Bc7 37. Bf8 g6 38. Bg7 Bb6 39. Bxe5 Be3 40. Bd4
1-0

[Event "New York Masters 24th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.09.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O e5 8. a4
Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 Bf8 12. Ne3 h6 13. Re1 cxb4 14. cxb4 a5 15.
Bd2 axb4 16. Bxb4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Reb1 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled ol (Men)"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Qd1 d5 14. e5 Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re1 Rd4 20. Bg3 Re8
21. Nc3 Rd2 22. b3 f6 23. exf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxf6 25. Be5 Bd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 a5 28. f3 a4 29. bxa4 Bxa4 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Kf2 b5 32. Bd6 Kf7 33. Ke3
Bf6 34. Ne4 Bd5 35. a3 h5 36. Bb4 Ke6 37. Nc5+ Kf7 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bg5+
40. f4 Bf6 41. Ne4 Ke6 42. Nd6 Bc6 43. f5+ gxf5 44. Nxf5 Bg5+ 45. Kd3 Bg2 46.
Ke2 Bd5 47. Nd4+ Kf6 48. Kd3 Bg2 49. Bd2 Bxd2 50. Kxd2 Bh3 51. Nxb5 Bxg4 52. a4
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 57th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. Na3
e5 9. d3 h6 10. Nc4 Re8 11. a4 Rb8 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. a5 b5 15. axb6
axb6 16. g3 b5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Nd2 Red8 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. dxe4 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 c4 25. Bh3 b4 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. cxd4 exd4
28. Bf4 Rc8 29. b3 c3 30. g4 Ra8 31. e5 g5 32. Bg3 Ra3 33. Rxd4 Rxb3 34. Rd8+
Bf8 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bd6 Rb1 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bb3 Nf6 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. d4 c4 21. Bc2
Rae8 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qc2 Kf7 24. b3 Qc7 25. Nf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rc8 27. Re3
cxb3 28. axb3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. c4 a6 32. Qe2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 d5 (7...
Be7 8. Nf1 d5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nf5 exf5 14.
exf5+ Kd7 15. fxg6 Rae8 16. Qd1 hxg6 $11 {
0-1 Blatny,P-Jirovsky,M/CZE-ch Ostrava 2002/The Week in Chess 394 (37)}) 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. g4 $146 (10. Ba4 $5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. Nxf3
Qxc6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rad1 a6 19. h4 $14
{Sinkevich,P-Buckley,S/Millfield School S&WYM 2003/}) (10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Qa4 (16. Qg3 f4 17. Qg4
Ne5 18. Qe6+ Bf7 $17) 16... Be8 17. Nhf3 $4 (17. Qb3) 17... Na5 {
0-1 Petrosian,T-Kotov,A/USSR 1952/}) 10... Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Ng2 {
Knight takes over control an important f4-square.} O-O-O 13. O-O Rhe8 (13... h5
$5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nh4 $5 {
leads to unclear position}) 14. Re1 Bd6 {Gelfand finished pieces development
and with full rights can pretend for initiative.} 15. Qf1 c4 {Having clear
advantage in space and development, Gelfand decides to began complications.}
16. dxc4 Nxe4 (16... dxe4 17. g5) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne5 {It is clear ,
that black gained an initiative. Akopian finds the best chance return a pawn.}
19. c5 $5 {White's position is so difficult that it is worth contemplating a
pawn sacrifice.} Bxc5 $6 {Most natural, but, surely, not the best move!} ({
Boris could ( and had! ) to play} 19... Qxc5 $5 {with possible continuation}
20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bd4 $5 Bxe4 22. Bxe5 ({lose immediately} 22. Rxe4 {because of}
Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2 $19) 22... Qc6 $1 $17 {
and, thanks to strong bishop on e4, black's advantage is obvious.}) (19... Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Bxc5 22. Bf4 {
leads with transposition of the moves to the main game.}) 20. Bf4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Qe2 {Last moves were more or less forced} Nd2 $2 {
Nice tactical blow, but I suspect that Boris Gelfand just missed next move of
his opponent.} ({He could play} 23... f5 24. Rc4 $1 (24. gxf5 exf5 25. Rxe8
Rxe8 26. Qd3 (26. Qc4 Ne1 $1) 26... Nh4 $17) 24... b6 25. b4 e5 {
with complications, but I have feeling that white's chances will be higher.}) (
{It is very posssible, that the best option for Black was to play} 23... Nh4 $1
{and after almost forced} 24. f3 (24. Nxh4 $2 f5 $19) 24... f5 25. Rc4 Nxg2 26.
Kxg2 (26. Qxg2 b5) 26... b5 $8 27. Qe5 bxc4 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. Bg5+ Kf7 32. Qxd8 Qb7 $11 {he could get at least equal endgame.}) 24.
Rd4 $1 {Great defence!} ({Weaker} 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxe4 26. Rd1 Qc6 {
with nice position for Black,}) 24... Bxd4 {Only move!} ({In the case of} 24...
Nf3 25. Rc4 b6 26. b4 $16 {Black can't avoid material losses.}) 25. cxd4 Rxd4 {
Knight d2 could escape from his destiny! For example:} (25... Nc4 26. Rc1 Rxd4
27. Be3 Qe4 28. f3 Qd3 29. Qf2 Rd7 30. Nf4 $16) ({Worth considering} 25... e5
$5 {and after} 26. Bxd2 (26. Qxd2 Rxd4 27. Rc1 Rxd2 28. Rxc6+ Kd7 $1 29. Bxd2
Kxc6 $13) 26... exd4 27. Qd3 Kb8 28. Rc1 Qe4 {
Black could keep some chances for survival.}) 26. Bxd2 Qe4 27. Qb5 (27. Rc1+ $5
Kb8 28. Be3 $16) 27... Red8 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Kh2 {Akopian has
material advantage - bishop and knight for rook - and black king can't find
secure place on the board.} R4d5 31. Qb3 g5 {
Desperately trying to raise some complications} (31... Rd3 32. Qc2 b6 33. Bg3
$16) 32. Qc3 a6 (32... gxf4 $4 33. Qc8+) 33. Bg3 ({I would prefer} 33. Be3 $5
Qe5+ 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc7 $18 {but move in the game good enough.}) 33... f5 $5
(33... Rd2 $5 34. Ne3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 R2xd4 36. Be5 $16) 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Bc7 Rc8
36. Qg7 g4 37. Bf4 (37. Bb6 $5) 37... Rcd8 ({Maybe} 37... Rxc1 {
with possible continuation} 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39. Bxc1 Rd7 $5 40. Qc8 Rg7 {
was slightly better, than move in the game}) 38. h4 {As usual bishop and
knight don't much stronger than rook and a pawn, but here  black king is much
weaker than his opponent.} R5d7 (38... Qf3 $5 39. Bg3 R5d7 40. Qe5 Rd2) 39. Qf6
(39. Rc8+ $140 $5 Rxc8 40. Qxd7 Rh8 41. Qg7 Re8 42. Qxh7 $18) 39... Rd3 (39...
Qf3 40. Bg3 Rd2 41. b4 $1) 40. Bg3 Qd4 $2 {Last mistake. Much more stubborn was
} (40... Rd2 {or}) (40... Ka7) 41. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 74th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 Rc8 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Bf1 e6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc2 12. Qxc2 Rxc2 13. Bd3 Rc7 14. a3 Be7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bb5+ Bc6 19. Nd4 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rd7 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bd2 a6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {
Grischuk unexpectedly deviates from the main Sicilian lines.} Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5.
O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Qa4 Qe6 15. Qb4 Nb6 16. a4 Rfc8
17. a5 Nc4 18. Bg5 $14 {
1-0 Khachian,M-Fritchle,G/Los Angeles Southern California op 2002/ (49)}) (7...
Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf6 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 exf6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. c4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Rd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya,
E-Cmilyte,V/FIDE World CupW Gp A Hyderabad 2002/The Week in Chess 414 (60)}) 8.
d4 {White has built the pawn centre. His immediate task is to complete
development and to create a favourable situation for further advance of the
central pawns.} O-O 9. Be3 Qb6 (9... Nc6 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12.
Qe2 b4 13. d5 Na7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Nb5 $11 {
Romanishin - Tukmakov, Simferopol 1988}) 10... b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. d5 Na5 13.
cxb4 cxb4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. b3 Qb7 17. f3 f5 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rfe1
Rf7 20. Nc4 $36 {
Erenburg,S-Murariu,A/Wch B20 Nakhchivan 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg]/1/2-1/2 (41)})
10. Qd2 Nf6 (10... Nc6 11. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 (11... dxc5 $2 12. Qxd7) 12. b4 Nxb4 $8
(12... Nxe4 13. Qc2 $18) 13. cxb4 Bxa1 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3) 11.
dxc5 $146 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4
13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qc1 c4 (15... Ngxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5
18. Rxe5 Qxb2 19. Na3 $1) 16. Re2 Qc5 $15 {
Shahade,G-Ashley,M/New York 1999/CBM 70/[Hecht]/1-0 (47)}) 11... dxc5 12. Qc2
Qc6 13. Nbd2 h6 (13... Nbd7 $5 14. Bg5 Qe6) 14. Rfe1 Na6 (14... Nbd7 15. e5 Nd5
16. e6 $1 N7b6 (16... fxe6 $2 17. Qxg6) (16... Qxe6 17. Bxh6 $36) 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Qe4 $14) (14... Ng4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. e5 $14) 15. Ne5 $1 Qe6 16. f4 $14
Ng4 17. Nxg4 Qxg4 18. f5 e6 19. h3 (19. Qb3 $5 exf5 (19... b6 $2 20. h3 Qg3 21.
fxe6) 20. h3 $1 (20. Qxb7 f4 $1 21. Qxa6 fxe3 22. Rxe3 $14) 20... Qh4 (20...
Qh5 21. Qxb7 $18) 21. exf5 $16) 19... Qg3 $2 {
Serious mistake, much stronger was move} (19... Qh4 $142 {
and White must still work hard to convert his initiative into victory.}) 20.
Nf3 ({Again} 20. Qb3 {worth considering} exf5 21. exf5 (21. Qxb7 f4 22. Nf1 Qh4
23. Bf2 Qf6 $13) 21... Rae8 22. Nf3 $36) 20... Rad8 (20... exf5 21. exf5 Qd6
22. Rad1 $14) (20... Qc7 21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. Bxh6 Rfd8 23. e5 {
with clear advantage}) 21. f6 $5 {White's advantage can be seen with the naked
eye but it is difficult to believe that Black will fight just for another 5
moves!} (21. Qb3 $5) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 $1 Bg5 $6 {
Emil slips up in a difficult position.} (22... Bxe5 $2 23. Bf2 $18) (22... Bh4
23. Bxh6 Rfe8 24. Re4) ({the most stubborn was} 22... Bg7 $8 23. Qe4 $1 g5 24.
Qxb7 Nb8 25. Bxc5 {with winning position for White}) 23. Bf2 Qf4 24. Re4 Qf5 (
24... Rd2 25. Qa4 $5 Qf5 26. Nxd2 Bxd2 27. Rf1 {
couldn't give any hopes for Black eigher}) 25. Qe2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Na3 Nc6 8. d3
e6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Qd1 Rd8 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bh2
h6 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Re1 e5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. a4 Bh6 15.
Nb3 Bxc1 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rxc1 Ba6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rb8 20. b3 Rb4 21.
Rc4 Qb6 22. Nd2 Rb8 23. Re3 Nd7 24. h3 Qc7 25. Qc2 R4b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 82th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2003.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Re1 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 Rc8 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14. Bb1 Ba6 15.
Nf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 b5 17. Kg1 Qc7 18. b3 Bd8 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Bc2 Bb6 21. h3 a5
22. Nh4 Kh8 23. Qf3 Ng8 24. Nf5 f6 25. Rac1 g6 26. Ng3 Rc7 27. Bb1 Rfc8 28. Kh2
Kg7 29. Qe2 Nh6 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nf7 32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Be3 b4 34. Rf4 Rf8 35.
Rcf1 Qe8 36. Rh4 Kg8 37. Bh6 Rff7 38. Rhf4 Ncd7 39. Qd2 Rc3 40. Ne2 Be3 41. Qe1
Rc8 42. Rh4 Bxh6 43. Rxh6 Qd8 44. Rh4 Qb6 45. Qd2 Nf8 46. Rhf4 Kg7 47. Nd4 Re8
48. Bc2 Qc5 49. Qf2 Ned7 50. Bd3 Kg8 51. Bb5 Re5 52. Qd2 Qc3 53. Qd1 Qc8 54.
Nc6 Re8 55. Nxa5 Qc5 56. Bxd7 Nxd7 57. Nc6 g5 58. R4f2 Rxe4 59. Rc2 Qb6 60. Qd3
Qe3 61. Qxe3 Rxe3 62. Nxb4 f5 63. Rc6 Rf6 64. Rc7 Ne5 65. Nc6 Ng6 66. b4 Re2
67. b5 Rb2 68. Nd4 Nf4 69. Rc2 Rb4 70. Rd2 Rf7 71. a3 Ra4 72. Rf3 Kg7 73. Rb3
Kf6 74. Nc6 Rb7 75. g3 Ng6 76. Re2 Ne5 77. Rf2 f4 78. gxf4 gxf4 79. b6 Kf5 80.
Nd8 Rb8 81. b7 Rxd8 82. b8=Q Rxb8 83. Rxb8 f3 84. Rb3 Ke4 85. Kg3 Kxd5 86. Rd2+
Ke6 87. Kf2 Rh4 88. Kg3 Ra4 89. Ra2 d5 90. Rb4 Ra7 91. a4 Rg7+ 92. Kh2 Nd3 93.
Rb1 Ke5 94. a5 f2 95. a6 Ra7 96. Kg2 Ke4 97. Ra3 d4 98. Rb7 Ra8 99. Re7+ Ne5
100. Kxf2 Kf4 101. Ra4 Nd3+ 102. Ke2 Nc5 103. Rxd4+ Kf5 104. a7 Kf6 105. Rxh7
Ne6 106. Rd6 Ke5 107. Rxe6+ Kxe6 108. Rb7 Kd6 109. h4 Kc6 110. Rg7 Kb6 111. h5
Rh8 112. h6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "McShane"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 $5 {Bologan was very pleased with this move after the game.
On the grounds that White has wasted some tempi in the opening, he thought
Black does well to spend two tempi putting the knight on the better square c7.}
10. Bg5 (10. Be3) 10... Nc7 11. d5 {Perhaps ?! in view of what follows.} (11.
Qd2 $14) 11... h6 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 f5) 12... f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14.
Nh4 (14. Qc1 Kh7 15. c4 b5 $17) 14... Rxd5 15. Qc2 g5 16. Nf5 (16. Ng6 e6 $8
17. g4 (17. Nd2) 17... Qf6 {was not going to work out.}) 16... Qf8 17. Ng3 $6 {
Still hoping to cause inconvenience to the rook, but it would have been better
to cut my losses and exchange his useful bishop.} (17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. c4 Re5 19.
Nd2 $15 {/-/+ but at least White has some compensation.}) 17... Qf7 18. Nd2 Ne5
{There is no realistic way to get compensation.} 19. Rf1 Rf8 20. Nde4 Ng6 21.
Qa4 Re5 (21... a6 22. Qd7 Ne6 (22... e6 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. c4 Rd3 25. Rad1 $132
) 23. Qxb7 Nef4) 22. c4 Qe6 23. Nc3 a6 24. Rae1 Nf4 25. Qa5 Qd7 26. Nge4 Qc6
27. f3 b5 28. b3 Nd3 29. Re2 Ref5 (29... b4 $5) 30. Ng3 R5f7 31. Nce4 Ne5 32.
Nh5 $6 Bh8 $6 (32... Qxe4 $1 {I completely overlooked.} 33. Qxc7 bxc4 34. Nxg7
Kxg7 $17 {with a second pawn in the bag, this must be progress.}) 33. Qe1 {
Teeing up for my kingside hackery, and luckily sidestepping Qxe4, which 33.Qd2,
another candidate move, wouldn't have done.} bxc4 34. bxc4 Nxc4 35. Bxg5 $5 {
A reasonable attempt to cause trouble.} hxg5 36. Nxg5 Qd5 37. Qg3 (37. Nxf7
Bd4+ $1 38. Kh1 Qxh5 $19) 37... Bg7 38. Nxf7 Rxf7 39. Qh3 e6 40. Nxg7 Rxg7 41.
Re4 (41. Rb1 Qd3 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Qh5+ Ke7 44. Qh4+ Kd7 45. Qd8+ Kc6 {
Black's king is completely safe on c6, and in the meantime I'm getting mated
on the kingside.}) 41... Ne5 42. Rb1 Nd7 43. Qh4 Ne8 $1 {
Now there is no way to get at Black's king.} (43... Qxa2 44. Rb8+ $1 Nxb8 (
44... Nf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qh8+ $16) 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Rh4+ Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kh7
$11) 44. Qe1 (44. Rg4 Nef6 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {
was also possible, but I decided to keep those rooks on.}) 44... e5 (44... Ne5)
45. Qe2 Qc6 46. Rh4 Nef6 47. f4 {Rather desperate, but I had to try something.
Nf6-d5-f4 was also a dangerous idea.} Qa4 (47... Qe4 48. Qxe4 Nxe4 49. fxe5 (
49. Rd1 exf4 50. Rxf4 Ndf6 $17) 49... Nd2 $1 {picks up an exchange.}) 48. Kh1
Qd4 49. Qxa6 Qf2 (49... Ne4 50. Qc8+ Nf8 51. Rh8+ Kxh8 52. Qxf8+ Kh7 (52... Rg8
53. Qh6#) 53. Qf5+ Kh6 54. Qe6+ (54. Qh3+ Kg6 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Ke6 57.
Qh6+ Kd5 $19) 54... Rg6 55. Qh3+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kf6 57. fxe5+ Qxe5 58. Rf1+ Kg5
$17) 50. g3 $6 (50. Qa8+ $1 Kf7) 50... Qf3+ 51. Kg1 exf4 (51... Rxg3+ 52. hxg3
Qxg3+ 53. Kf1 Qxh4 $19) 52. Qc4+ Nd5 53. Rb3 (53. Rxf4 Qxf4 54. Qxd5+ Qf7 55.
Qxd6 Qxa2 56. Re1 {might have posed more practical problems.}) 53... Qd1+ 54.
Kf2 (54. Kg2 f3+) 54... Qd2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Re7 $1 {decisive.} 57. Rxf4
Ne5 $1 58. Rb8+ Kg7 59. Qa4 Nd3+ 60. Kg2 N5xf4+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "McShane"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4
$1 a6 9. Nc3 e5 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 b6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Bg4 Nc7 15.
Nd5 Ne6 16. Rab1 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f4 Qh4 21. Bg5
Qh5 22. Rf3 exf4 23. Bxf4 e5 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Rbf1 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 h6 27. b5 Bb7
28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Qd2 g5 (29... Kh7 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Rf7+ $16) (29... Kg7 30.
Qf2 g5 31. h4 g4 32. Ng5 hxg5 33. Qf5 Bc6 (33... Bc8 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8
$8 36. Bxg5 $18) 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Bxg5 (36. h5 Qxh5 37. Rf7 Ra8 38.
Bxg5 Qg6 39. Bf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxf6 Qg7 41. Qxd6 Be8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kf8 $11)
36... Ra8 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh7 39. h5 Qg8 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Rf5
$18) 39. Qxg4+ Kh7 40. Bg5) 30. h4 (30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rf5) 30... gxh4 (30... g4
31. Ne1 $1 Qxh4 (31... g3 32. Rf5 Qxh4 33. Nf3 Qe7 34. Bxh6 $18) 32. g3 $1
Qxg3+ (32... Qh5 33. Bxh6 Kh7 34. Rf5 Qxh6 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Qf2 Qe3 $8 37. Qxe3
Kxf7 38. Nc2 $16) 33. Ng2 Nf8 $8 34. Bxc5 $1 Kg7 35. Bxd6 Nd7 36. Qb4 $18) 31.
Bxh6 Rxa3 32. Bg5 $2 (32. Qg5+ $1 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd3 34. Rf7 Bc8 35. Kf2 Rd2+
36. Ke1) 32... h3 33. Nh4 Nf8 (33... hxg2 34. Qxg2 Kh7 35. Rf3 $16) 34. Qf2 Ne6
(34... Nh7 35. Qf5 Qe8 36. Ng6 $18) 35. Qf6 (35. Qf5 $5) 35... Bc8 36. Ng6 Ra7
37. g3 (37. Bh6 $1 $18 Qxh6 (37... h2+ 38. Kh1) (37... Ng7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39.
Nf8+ Kh8 40. Nd7+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ $18) 38. Ne7+ Kh7 (38... Rxe7 39. Qxh6 $18) 39.
Qf7+ Qg7 (39... Ng7 40. Qg8#) 40. Qf5+ Kh8 (40... Kh6 41. Qxh3+ Kg5 42. Rf5#)
41. Qh5+ Qh7 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qg8#) (
37. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 hxg2 39. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 40. Qxg5+ Nxg5 41. Rb1 $17) 37...
h2+ 38. Kh1 Qh3 39. Bh4 (39. Bh6 Nf4 $1 $11) (39. g4 $2 Nf4 $1) (39. Qf3 Qh7
40. Qf6 Qh3 $11) 39... Nf4 $1 $11 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ (41. Rxf4+ exf4 42.
Qh7+ Ke8 (42... Ke6 43. Nxf4+ $18) 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ (44. Qd8+ $4 Kc6 $19)
44... Kc6 45. Qxa7 Qf1+ 46. Kxh2 Qf2+ $11) 41... Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Bc6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nc4 Rc8
15. a4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Be3 Bxb2 21.
Ra2 Bc3 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Rxb6 Rxa4 24. Rc2 Bd4 25. Rxb7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rd8 27.
Rcc7 Be8 28. Rxe7 Raa8 29. Kf2 Rdb8 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Kg7 32. Bc4 Kf6 33. Kf3
Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Ra1 35. Kf4 Rc1 36. Rb4 Rc2 37. e5+ dxe5+ 38. Ke4 Bd7 39. Rb6+
Ke7 40. Bb3 Rc3 41. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 42. Kf4 Rd3 43. d6+ Kf6 44. Bc2 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Ke5
46. Ra6 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Kxd6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Bb3+ Kf6 50. Bc2 Be6 51. Bd3 Kg7 52.
Kg5 f6+ 53. Kf4 Kh6 54. Bc2 g5+ 55. Ke3 f5 56. Bd1 Bd5 57. Kf2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim2"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, E."]
[Black "Kharlov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2004.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2004.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Bc2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Bb3 Nb6 16. a5 c4 17. Bc2 cxd3 18. Bxd3 Nc4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 N6xa5 21. Bc2
Nc6 22. Qd3 g6 23. b3 Nb6 24. Bf4 Bf6 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Rd2 Kg8 29. Rde2 Qf6 30. Qe3 Nd7 31. Rd1 Ncb8 32. Rd4 Qc6 33. c4 dxc4 34.
Be4 Qb6 35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Qh6 cxb3 37. Rb2 Nf6 38. Qe3 Nc6 39. Rd6 Rfe8 40.
Rxb3 Rxe3 41. Rxb7 Re6 42. Rd1 h6 43. Rc1 Ra8 44. Rb6 Ne7 45. Rb7 Nf5 46. g4
Nd6 47. Rb6 Nde4 48. Rb7 a5 49. Nd4 Rd6 50. Nb5 Rd7 51. Rb6 Nd5 52. Rbc6 a4 53.
Rc8+ Rd8 54. Rxd8+ Rxd8 55. Rc4 Ra8 56. Rxe4 a3 57. Nxa3 Rxa3 58. Rd4 Nf6 59.
Kg2 Kg7 60. h4 h5 61. gxh5 Nxh5 62. f3 f5 63. Rb4 Kh6 64. Rc4 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Rf2
66. Rc3 f4 67. Kg4 Rg2+ 68. Kh3 Rg3+ 69. Kh2 Nf6 70. Ra3 Nh5 71. Rb3 Ng7 72.
Ra3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Shipov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2004.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Qa4 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Qc7 15. Bf1
Bd6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qe2 d4 18. Bd2 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20. Rac1 Nh5 21. e5 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripolis"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bc2
g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nf3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Qc7 18. Bd1 Rfd8 19. b4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nd7 21. d4 Nb6
22. Qe1 Na4 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 e6 25. Bd1 Nb2 26. Be2 cxd4 27. cxd4 Qb7 28.
Qb4 Na4 29. Bf3 Qd7 30. Qa5 Bf8 31. Qxa6 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bxa3 33. Rc2 Bb4 34.
Bc6 Qe7 35. Bxb5 Nc3 36. Bf1 Nd5 37. Bh6 Qh4 38. Rc8 Be7 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Qc8
Qxh6 41. Qxd8+ Kg7 42. g3 Qd2 43. h4 Qxd4 44. Qd6 h5 45. Bg2 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Nc3
47. Qe7 Ne2 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qf3 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Qe1 51. Qe4 Ng1+ 52. Kh2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8. d4
$5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 $146 ({The main move is} 9... e6 {
but lately Black has experienced problems in this line -} 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {
Khamrakulov,I-Cheparinov,I/Malaga op 2004/ 1-0 (34)}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nxc6 $1
bxc6 (11... Rxc6 $5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rd1 $14) 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 $5) 12... O-O 13.
Be3 {In my opinion White has some advantage here - maybe small, but lasting.}
c5 (13... a5 $5 14. f4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 $36 Qc6 (15... Rb8
$5) 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Bf3 Qa6 18. b3 Ne8 (18... Nb6 19. c4 $5) 19. Nc4 (19. e5 $5
dxe5 20. f5 $1 Nd6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne4 $44) 19... Nb6 (19... Nc7 $6 20. e5 $1
Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. exd6 Nxc4 22. dxc7 Nxe3 23. cxb8=Q Rxb8 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3
Nxf1 26. Kxf1 $11) (21. Be2 $5) 21... Rxb6 22. b4 $36) 20. Be2 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 {
The bishops pair advantage promises better chances to White.} Qa5 {
A mistake after which Black will find himself in a big trouble.} ({Better was} 
21... Qc6 $5 22. Rfe1 (22. e5 $5 dxe5 23. f5)) 22. e5 $1 {
Refuting his opponent's strategy in the most energetic way.} dxe5 23. f5 Nd6 ({
If} 23... gxf5 24. Qxf5 (24. Rxf5 Nd6 25. Rh5 e4 $8 26. Rxc5 Qb6 27. Re1 $16)
24... Qxc3 (24... e6 $6 {, then} 25. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8
28. Qxe5+ {and 29.Qxb8.}) 25. Bxc5 (25. Rd3 $5) (25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Nd6 27.
Bg6 $16)) 24. fxg6 (24. Rxd6 $1 exd6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Qxc3 27. Bh6 $40)
24... hxg6 (24... Nxc4 25. gxf7+ (25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. bxc4 {is good enough})
25... Rxf7 26. bxc4 $16 (26. Rxf7 Nxe3)) 25. Rxd6 $1 {
After this move there is no doubt of White's overwhelming advantage.} exd6 26.
Qxg6 Qxc3 $8 27. Bh6 Qd4+ (27... e4 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qh5) 28.
Kh1 e4 $8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 (30... Kh7 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Kg8
33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qxd6 $18) 31. Qh5 ({Not} 31. Bxg7+ $6 Qxg7 32. Qh5+ Qh7 $1)
31... Bxh6 (31... Kg8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 {leads to the same as 30...Kh8.} 33. Qd5+ {
, winning a pawn.}) 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. h3 $1 Qg7 ({Or} 33... e3 34. Rf5) (33...
Qe5 34. Qg6+ Qg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf5) 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Sadvakasov, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Nfd4 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qb6 21.
Rb1 Ne4 22. Qd3 Be7 23. Bf3 Nd6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Bf2 Qb5 26. Qg6 Qb6 27. Re2
Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. Qg4 Rd6 31. h3 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4
Qxd4 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Rxf4 36. Qxb7 Rf2 37. a3 Re2 38. Qf3 Rf2 39. Rd1
Rxf3 40. Rxd4 Rf2 41. Rb4 a5 42. Rb5 a4 43. Kh2 Rd2 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Rb4 Rc2 46.
Kf3 h5 47. h4 Kf5 48. g3 Rd2 49. Rxa4 Rxb2 50. Rf4+ Ke5 51. Re4+ Kf5 52. Rb4
Rc2 53. Rb3 Rc4 54. Ke3 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 123rd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8. d3
Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rae1 a6 20. Nb3 Rxf4 21. Qxe6+
Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nde5 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Rxe5 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 b4 27.
Rxd5 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "256"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bb5 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bxc6 Ne5 12. Qe3 Nxc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Na3 d5 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nc2 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 Re4 22. a4 f5 23. Bb2 Qe2 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. b4 Qd3
28. b5 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Ne7 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. Be1 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. a5 Kf7 34.
Nc2 Rxc2 35. Rxd4 Ke6 36. Rd8 Rc8 37. Rd1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Rc5 39. a6 b6 40. Rb1 Nc7
41. Bf4 Rxb5 42. Rc1 Nxa6 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rf6 Ke7 45. Bg5 Kd7 46. Rf7+ Kc6 47.
Rxh7 Rd5 48. Rg7 Rd6 49. Bf4 Re6 50. Rxa7 Nc5 51. g3 Nd3 52. Be3 Ne5 53. Kf1
Nc4 54. Bf4 b5 55. Rc7+ Kb6 56. Rc8 Rc6 57. Rb8+ Ka5 58. Ke2 Ka4 59. g4 fxg4
60. hxg4 b4 61. Ra8+ Kb5 62. Bh6 b3 63. Bg7 Rb6 64. Re8 Rb7 65. Bc3 Kc5 66.
Rxe4 b2 67. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 68. Kd3 Rb3+ 69. Ke2 Rb2+ 70. Kd3 Rb3+ 71. Ke2 Kd5 72.
Rf4 Ne5 73. f3 Rb2+ 74. Ke3 Rb3+ 75. Ke2 Ke6 76. Rf8 Ke7 77. Rf4 Rb2+ 78. Ke3
Rb5 79. Ke2 Rb8 80. Re4 Kf6 81. Kf2 g5 82. Re3 Ng6 83. Kg3 Rd8 84. Ra3 Rd6 85.
Rb3 Nf4 86. Ra3 Rd5 87. Ra4 Rc5 88. Rb4 Rc1 89. Rb6+ Ne6 90. Ra6 Ke5 91. Ra4
Rc2 92. Ra5+ Kd4 93. Ra4+ Kd3 94. Ra3+ Rc3 95. Ra5 Ke2 96. Ra2+ Ke3 97. Ra5 Rc5
98. Ra3+ Kd2 99. Ra2+ Rc2 100. Ra5 Ke1 101. Ra1+ Ke2 102. Ra5 Rc3 103. Ra2+ Ke3
104. Ra5 Nc5 105. Ra8 Nd3 106. Re8+ Kd2 107. Rg8 Rc5 108. Rd8 Ke2 109. Re8+ Kd2
110. Rd8 Re5 111. Ra8 Re1 112. Rd8 Ke2 113. Re8+ Kf1 114. Rg8 Re5 115. Ra8 Re2
116. Ra1+ Ne1 117. Ra3 Rf2 118. Rb3 Kg1 119. Rc3 Rf1 120. Ra3 Ng2 121. Ra5 Ne1
122. Rxg5 Rxf3+ 123. Kh4 Kg2 124. Rf5 Rh3+ 125. Kg5 Nf3+ 126. Kf6 Rh6+ 127. Kg7
Rh4 128. g5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Areshchenko, A."]
[Black "Sutovsky, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. O-O d5 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Be7 12. a3 g5 13. e5 g4 14. exf6 gxf3 15.
Qe3 Bxf6 16. Qh6 Rhg8 17. Qxh5 Rxg2+ 18. Kf1 Bd4 19. cxd4 Qh2 20. Qxf3 Rg1+ 21.
Ke2 Nxd4+ 22. Kd1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Millennium Open, Virginia Beach USA"]
[Site "Virginia"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, I."]
[Black "Ehlvest, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. Ba4
Rc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6
15. Bd2 e6 16. bxc3 Be7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bd2 Be7 21.
Qf3 Kf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Qd3 Kd7 24. Qf3 Ke8 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. h4 h5 27. Bh6+ Ke8
28. g3 Rh8 29. Bd2 Kf8 30. Rb3 Kg7 31. Rab1 Rb8 32. Kg2 Ra6 33. g4 Rxa2 34. Be3
hxg4 35. Qxg4 Kf8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bh6+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxf7 b6 40. c4 Qxc4
41. Rg3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "WCC, Khanty Mansyisk RUS (1.4)"]
[Site "Ðîññèÿ"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamdouchi, H."]
[Black "Sutovsky, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5
Nd7 9. Re1 e5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxe5 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Na3 O-O
15. Re2 Re8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Qf3 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 b5 20. Na5 Re8 21.
Bg3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qf5 23. Qxb5 Qxd5 24. Qb3 Qe4 25. Qb7 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 h5 27. h4
Ne5 28. f3 Qe2 29. Qd5 Qxb2 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Nc6 Qf2 32. Qd8 e4 33. Ne5 exf3
34. Nxf3 Qe3 35. Qd5 Qf4+ 36. g3 Qe3 37. Qxh5 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Qc4+
40. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 {
This is an interesting way to solve the opening problems.} (4... Nbd7 {or}) (
4... g6 {are more common moves.}) 5. d3 (5. O-O e6 6. d3 (6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2
Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nbd2
f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York Masters 2004 (28)}) (6. Re1 Be7 7.
d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Rc8
14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Shahade,G/New York Masters 2002/ChessBase (31)}) 6... Nc6 (
6... Be7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qb6 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bd3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Qa7 19. Bc2
b5 {DontCry-Nos/Dos Hermanas Internet 2002/0-1 (42)}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7
15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng4 $14 {
Jeremejev,A-Shishkov,A/EST-ch Tallinn 2003/ /1/2-1/2 (74)}) 7... d5 8. h3 Bh5
9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O {
with excellent play for Black, Kasimdzhanov - Belov, playchess.com  2004.}) (5.
h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5
$11 {0-1 Houska,J-Speelman,J/London Staunton mem 2004/ (69)}) 5... e6 6. Nbd2
Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 (7... Bh5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Re1
Be7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Bd6
19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nf1 Nd4 22. Qe4 {
Vadla,Z-Feletar,D/Zagreb 1998/0-1 (34)}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 $146 ({The improvement
to the game Kasimdzhanov - Sadvakasov, Calvia (ol) 2004, which continued} 8...
exd5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Nfd4 $14 {
and White has achieved and eventually converted this typical slight edge.}) 9.
Qa4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Nb6 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qd7 $11) 11. Qd1 ({
Worth considering was} 11. Qb5 $5 {
but in this case White can't  achieve an advantage, for example:} a6 (11... Bg6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Bf3
O-O 19. Nxc6 $140 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rfd8 $44) 12. Qb3 Bg6 13. Bg5 $5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. O-O O-O 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rad1 d3 $11) 11... Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 (13.
Be3 Nd5) 13... O-O 14. a5 Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 ({In case of} 16. Nh4 $2 {
Black has a pleasant choice:} Bxh4 ({Not bad and} 16... b5 $5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18.
Qg4 Ne5 $1 19. Qh3 Bxd3 $17 {
also winning the pawn without special compensation.}) 17. Qxh4 Nxa5 $17) 16...
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 $5 {Black chooses a concrete principled fight,
trying to punish White for a pretentious opening.} ({But, perhaps the quiet} 
18... Rad8 $5 {was a more precise move.}) 19. Qa4 (19. Re1 $5 {
was more to the point. After the possible move} Rad8 (19... f4 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21.
Qc4 Rac8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bg4 e5 $13) 20. Qc4 Qd6 21. Nf1 $1 Bf6 22. Ne3 {
White has good chances to equalize.}) (19. Nh5 Bd6) 19... Rad8 20. Rd1 $6 {
This move is the main reason for the further difficulties for White!} (20. Re1
$142 {was still better - White  wants to secure the  position of the knight on
e4, if Black would use the same plan.}) 20... f4 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bf3 b5 $3 {
A very strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by White.} 23. Qc2 (23.
axb6 $2 {costs White his queen after} Nxb6 24. Rxd8 Nxa4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.
Rxa4 Qb5 27. Rd4 e5 28. Rd1 a5 $17) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qb3 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Bd3 28. Qe1 e5 $1 {White does not lose immediately, but
the pathetic fate of the c1-bishop does not allow doubts about the assessment
of the position.} 29. Be2 (29. h3 e4 $5 30. Bxe4 $140 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rd1+ 32.
Kh2 f3 33. g3 Rf1 $17) 29... Bxe2 30. Qxe2 e4 {
White's position is hopelessly passive.} 31. g3 $8 e3 $1 {
After this move there is no doubt about Black's overwhelming advantage.} (31...
f3 $143 32. Qf1 Bc5 33. Bf4 Qc6 $15) 32. fxe3 (32. Kg2 Qe6 33. fxe3 Qe4+ 34.
Qf3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Rd6 $19) 32... f3 33. Qxb5 $2 (33. Qc2 $8 {
was the only way to stay in the game although it was not a big fun after} Qe6
34. b4 $8 (34. Bd2 Qh3 35. Be1 Bc5 $19) (34. b3 Qh3 35. Bb2 Bc5) 34... Qc4 (
34... Bf6 $5 35. e4 Qh3 36. Be3 $1 (36. Bb2 Bg5 $1) 36... Bxc3 37. Ra2 Bd2 38.
Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 a6 $17) 35. Kf2 Bxb4 36. Qa2 Qxa2+ 37. Rxa2 Bxc3 38. Kxf3
Rd1 39. Rc2 Bxa5 $17) 33... f2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qd5+ ({
White couldn't rescue himself after} 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Qf4 Qc6+) 35... Kh8 36.
Kf1 Qh6 ({Black could also get it from the other side:} 36... Qa6+ 37. c4 Qc8
38. Bd2 Rd8 $19) 37. Bd2 ({Or} 37. h4 Qg6 38. Bd2 Qxg3 39. Qg2 Qd6 $19) 37...
Qh3+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 {A nice victory for Anand.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {White's main idea in this variation is to
take control over the centre with the simple plan: 0-0, Bb5+,Re1 and d4
Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter
un débat théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense
sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux.  
L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut
envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier,
ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi
éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque
Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ' Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler
qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat théorique, sur le thème des
grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu,
mais néanmoins très dangereux.   L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son
élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au
centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début
italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir
compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ''} g6 (4... Nxe4
$2 5. Qa4+) ({One of them is to capture the e4 pawn, but White gets a strong
initiative. For instance:} 4... Nc6 5. d4 {Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur
imaginé par Michael Basman.' Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur imaginé par
Michael Basman.'} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd8 (9...
Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $44 {avec d'excellentes compensations
pour les pions sacrifiés,  Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) 10. O-O e5 11. dxe6
Nxe6 12. Nd4 $44 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Suba,M/Blackpool 1990/CBM 18 (41)}) (4... Nbd7
{See 1-0 Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61[Svidler] (37) La réponse
habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}) 5. O-O Bg7 (5... Bd7 $5) 6. Bb5+
{Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que
l'on retrouve dans les parties de Michael Adams.' Svidler: 'Une idée du
grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de
Michael Adams.''} (6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3
dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 {
/~~ Georgiev,Kr-Petursson,M  Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1
Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1
16. Qxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {
Hickel,J-Hubner,R  Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O (8... Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5
Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) (10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Bb7
12. d5 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Kh7 15. b4 Ng8 16. Qb1 Rab8 17. a5 bxa5 18. b5
Ra8 19. Ra2 f5 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nb5 Qd8 {
1/2-1/2 Jones,G-Karjakin,S/Olympiad B16 Malaziya 2002/ChessBase (66)}) 10...
Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. a4 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bc6 16.
Nd2 Rfe8 17. b4 Bf8 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. f3 Reb8 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. Red1
Kg7 23. Qb2 f6 24. Ne3 Nc7 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Tiviakov,S/Schrijvers rapid 2004/Chess Today (80)}) 11.
Bg5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Na3 c4 15. f3 b6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17.
Qf2 Rab8 18. Nc2 a5 19. Na3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Rbc8 21. Red1 Bf8 {
1-0 Houska,J-Pym,T/BCF-ch Scarborough 2004/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2
Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nd8 16. h4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc7 18. h5 Rfc8 19.
Re2 Qa4 20. Ne1 f6 21. f4 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. g4 {
1-0 Georgiev,K-Daubenfeld,G/Le Touquet  op 2003/}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14.
h4 (14. Ng5 Nd8 15. h4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 Ne6 18. Nh3 Rfc8 19. h5 Nd8 20.
Qf3 Ne6 21. Qg3 Nc7 22. Rab1 b6 {
1-0 Van den Doel,E-Bitalzadeh,A/Amsterdam ACT op 2004}) (14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Ng5
Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rae1 Rcc8
22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14... Rac8 (14... h5 {
preventing h4-h5.} 15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 Rfc8
20. Qb1 Nd8 21. Ne1 {White knight is going to d3.} Kh7 22. Nd3 Bh6 23. Bxh6
Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 25. e6 $1 $16 {
1-0 Ye Jiangchuan-Wang Pin/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76/[King] (33)}) (14... Qg4 $2 15.
Qb3) (14... Nd8 $5) (14... f6 $5) 15. h5 Nd8 $146 (15... Na5) 16. Qd3 Ne6 17.
h6 $1 {After this move Black plays just without a bishop. This continuation
looks very logical, so I was surprised when I discovered that nobody played
h5-h6 in such positions before me.} Bh8 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Reb1 b5 {Black tries
to keep space on the queen's side so that White cannot play on both sides.} 20.
Ne1 {This manouevre is typical for this structure. From e3 the white knight
controls nearly the whole center.} a6 {supporting the b5 pawn.} 21. Nc2 $14 {
1-0 Erenburg,S-Kundin,A/Tel Aviv Last Autumn 2002/CBM 92/[Erenburg] (49)}) 10.
d5 (10. e5 $5) (10. a4 Rac8 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Rfd8 14. b4 Ne6
15. Be3 a6 16. Qb3 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. b5 Ng7 21. Nd2 h5
22. Qd3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Zhigalko,A/BLR-ch Minsk 2004/ (92)}) 10... c4 11.
Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {
Adams,M-Anand,V  Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 Bd7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 $146
9. Be2 $5 (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nc3 $14) 9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 $6 (11...
O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. f3 $140 Bxe5 14. fxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Kh1 dxe4 $44)
12. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 (13... O-O 14. c4 Qa5) 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 15. Qa3 Qc7
16. Bg5 (16. Nd2) 16... Bf8 $8 (16... Qd8 17. Bxe7) 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Groningen (m/1) (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4
O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {
/+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10.
Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6
17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9.
d5 (9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6
15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {
Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) 9... Ne5 (9... Nb8 10.
Nc3 $14) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. exd5 Ne8 15. Be3
Nd6 16. Bb6 Qg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Bd5 f4 21. Rac1 Bf5
22. f3 Rae8 {0-1 Airapetian,T-Akatova,E/RUS-ch G18 Dagomys 2004/EXT 2005 (29)})
(7... O-O 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11.
Na3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {
/+/- 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11.
Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5 {Anand: 'HarZvi'}) (12... Bf5 {HarZvi}) 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2
Nc7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {
Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}) (8... Ne5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. f3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bf2 g5
16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 h5 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Ra3 g4 20. Rac3 a6 21. Bd3 Qe8 22. Bh4
Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Damljanovic,B/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The Week in Chess 449 (67)
}) (8... a6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. h3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 d5 14. Nbd2
Qb6 15. Qc2 d4 16. cxd4 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. b3 Bxd4
21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Qd3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qc6 {
1-0 Kim,A-Kotsur,P/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003/ (52)}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {
/\ c3-c4} (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)})
10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Na3 (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi: This is certainly a move
one must consider seriously, since now the knight on a5 seems to be out of the
game and White's Nb1 is going to have a very good place on c3.} Re8 13. Rxe8+
Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 {and White has a slight advantage.}) 12... b6 (12... a6
$5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13.
Bf4 $6 {/\ Nb5} (13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4)
14. Bd3 {>< f5 /\ c4}) 13... a6 $1 $13 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13) 15... Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5
$5 axb5 18. Nxb5 $36 {
1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Anand] (36)}) (7... a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4)) 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13.
b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (58)})
8. Re1 (8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5
14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20.
Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 exd5 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/Wijk aan Zee 1996/}) 8... O-O $146 (8... a6 9. Bf1
cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nd5 e6
16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Kg8 21. b3 Qb5
22. Rc2 a5 23. Qf3 {
Perez Pietronave,C-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires op 1997/ChessBase/0-1 (42)}) 9. h3 $2
{This inaccuracy leads to a bad position !} (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2 a6 $11) (9.
d5 $5 Ne5 10. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nxd7 12. Na3 a6 $13) 9... Nxd4 $1 {
A typical idea, very often Black uses this motive in the Ruy Lopez.} 10. Nxd4 (
10. cxd4 Bxb5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. d5 Bd7 $17) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd7 (11. Bd3 dxc3 12.
Nxc3 $17) 11... Nxd7 12. cxd4 Qb6 $1 13. Be3 (13. d5 $5 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxb2 15.
Nd2 Rfc8 16. a4) (13. Nc3 $142 $5 Qxd4 (13... Bxd4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf6
16. Qe2 $15) 14. Nd5 e6 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Be3 $1 $15)
13... Qxb2 14. Nd2 Bxd4 15. Rb1 (15. Qe2 Bxe3 (15... Qxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Qb5
$17) 16. Qxe3 b6 $19) 15... Qc3 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxb7 Nc5 17. Rb1 Rac8 $17 18. Rc1
$140 Qd3) (16. Rb3 $5 Qc5 17. Rxb7 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc6 19. Rb1 {
with some chances for defence.}) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxb7 Nc5 $1 {
A very strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by White.} 18. Rxe7 $6 (
18. Rb1 $142 Rab8 $17) 18... Qf6 19. Rc7 $8 Qd8 20. Rxc5 (20. Rc6 Qd7) 20...
dxc5 $19 {The rest is simple. White has to sit and wait while Black
strengthens his position.} 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Re3 (23. Na5 Rd7) 23...
Qd7 (23... Qe6 $5) (23... Rd4 $5) 24. Kh2 Qd1 25. Qc3 Qd4 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. e5
Re6 28. Rf3 (28. Qb3 Kg7) 28... h5 29. Qc1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3 (5. O-O e6 6. h3 (6. Ng5 Bxe2 7.
Qxe2 Be7 8. d3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b5 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rae1 a6 20.
Nb3 Rxf4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nde5 {
1/2-1/2 Stripunsky,A (2533)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2539)/New York Masters 2004/ (29)})
(6. d4 $5 Nxe4 7. d5 $44) (6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3
Bh5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd8
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc4 20. Bxa7 Qa5 {
1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L (2699)-Shahade,G (2493)/New York Masters 2002/ChessBase (31)}
) 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 (7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Qxf3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c4 $1 11. d4 (
11. a4 $5) 11... cxd3 12. Qxd3 (12. Bxd3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5
$1 $11) 12... Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Be3 Qb7 18.
cxb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A (2595)-Macieja,B (2490)/Krynica (zt) 1998/}) 7... Nc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 (9... e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O
$14) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 (13. Qb3 $1 {
(Wojtkiewicz,A)} Nxd4 14. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 15. Rd1 $14) 13... O-O (13... Qd7 14. Qb3
Rd8 $11) 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 Qa6 19.
Rd2 Rd7 {1-0 Skripchenko,A (2453)-Lomineishvili,M (2396)/EUR-chW Chisinau
Qualification 2005/(36)}) (5. Qb3 Qb6 (5... Qc7 6. Ng5 e5 7. Bc4 Bh5 8. d3 Nc6
9. f4 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. f5 Be7 14. Qg2 Bg5 15. Bxg5
hxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. a4 Nf4 19. Qg4 Rh4 20. Qg3 Rh3 {
0-1 Kosashvili,Y (2547)-Sutovsky,E (2661)/ISR t-ch Tel Aviv 2004/ChessBase (43)
}) 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 c4
13. dxc4 Nxe4 14. Nxg6 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 Ng3 16. Re1 hxg6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qa4+
Kf8 19. Qd7 Rxh3 20. Qxb7 Rd8 {
0-1 Petrosian,T (2599)-Ibrahimov,R (2511)/IRA t-ch Teheran 2005 (36)}) 5... Bh5
6. O-O e6 7. d4 {
Otherwise Black equalizes chances without any problems, for example} (7. d3 Be7
8. Nh2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. f4 d5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nf2
O-O-O 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd2 Rde8 17. Rae1 g6 18. c4 Nb6 19. b3 Rd8 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Kg2 a6 {Predojevic,B (2558)-Brkic,A (2500)/Bosnjaci op-A 2006/ /1/2-1/2}) ({or
} 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6
13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxh5 Nf5 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Bc5 18. Re2 Rad8
19. Bf3 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 {
0-1 Houska,J (2375)-Speelman,J (2555)/London Staunton mem 2004 (69)}) 7... Nxe4
8. d5 Nd7 9. Qb3 $146 {White decides for a very ambitious but dubious plan
which leads him to an inferior position in just a couple of moves.} (9. dxe6
fxe6 10. Qb3 d5 11. Qxb7 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Qa6 Qe7 15. Bg5 Nf6
16. Nd2 Be8 17. Qd3 c4 18. Qe3 h6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bh2 Qe6 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3
a5 23. Bf3 {Loncar,R-Palac,M/Pula 1992}) (9. Re1 $5 e5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2
Nxe5 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Na3 O-O 15. Re2 Re8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf8
18. Qf3 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 b5 20. Na5 Re8 21. Bg3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Qf5 {
1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,H (2574)-Sutovsky,E (2654)/WCC Khanty Mansyisk 2005/ (40)})
9... e5 10. Qxb7 Nef6 11. Re1 Be7 12. c4 (12. Nbd2 $5 O-O 13. Nc4) 12... O-O
13. Nc3 (13. Nh4 $6 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Nxd5 15. Nf5 N5b6) 13... e4 14. Ng5 (14. Nh4
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 g6 16. Bg5 Re8) 14... Bg6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Bd2 (16. Ngxe4 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Rb8 18. Qa6 $8 (18. Qxa7 Bf8 19. f3 f5 20. Bg5 Qc8) 18... Bh4 19. g3 Rxe4
20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. gxh4 Qxh4 (21... Ne5 $5) 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Be3 (23. Bxb2 $2
Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qf3 $19) 23... Nf8 $15) 16... Bf8 17. f3 $8 Rb8 18.
Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Rad1 (19. Bc1 Rb8 20. Ngxe4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Ra8 22. Qb7 Be7 $5 $17)
19... Ne5 {White has to be very careful as Black has a lot of tricks available.
} 20. fxe4 $2 (20. Ngxe4 $142 $5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. fxe4 Qh4) 21... Qh4 22. Bg5
Qh5 23. Bc1 Bxe4 $5 24. Bxb2 (24. fxe4 Rbb8) 24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Kf2
Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 20... Nh5 $17 {For the cost of only a pawn Black has
firmly seized the initiative. Now White should play cautiously to avoid a
quick collapse.} 21. Be3 (21. Bc1 Rc2) 21... Be7 (21... Ng3 $5) 22. Qa3 Rc2 $5
23. Nf3 Nxf3+ (23... Bf6 $36) 24. gxf3 Bg5 25. Nb5 $6 {
Other moves don't bring instant relief either. For example} (25. Ne2 $8 Rxa2
26. Qxa2 Bxe3+ 27. Kh2 f5 $5 $40 (27... Bf2 $5)) 25... Bf4 $1 $19 {
This nice move yields Black a decisive advantage.} 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Qe3 (27.
Kh1 Nxh3 28. Bxh3 Qh4 29. f4 Qf2) 27... Qh4 28. Rd2 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2
Bh5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nh2 b5 14. f4 c4 15. d4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21.
fxg5 Qd7 22. Bf4 a5 23. a4 b4 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. h4 Ne7 26. Rf3 Rf5 27. g4 Rd5 28.
Raf1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qxa4 30. Be5 Rf8 31. h5 Nc6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. h6+ Kg8 34.
Qxe6 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Qd7 36. Qf6 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2 Qxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rf5 a4 40.
Ra1 c3 41. Rc5 f6 42. Ke3 Rd6 43. gxf6 Rdxf6 44. Rxa4 Rxh6 45. Rg4+ Kh8 46.
Rxc3 Rh3+ 47. Kd2 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rxc3+ 49. Kxc3 h6 50. Rd4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Predojevic, B."]
[Black "Sakaev, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5
Nd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 c4 12. Qxc4 d5 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
c4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 d4 18. Bf4 Ng5 19. Kg2 Qf6 20. Bg3 Qf5 21. Rh1
Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rublevsky, S."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nb5 Be6
15. N1c3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka, V."]
[Black "Sedlak, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Qe2
d5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf1 c4 11. exd5 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 O-O-O
15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ke2 e5 18. Rd1 f5 19. Kf1 Bf6 20. Bg5 e4 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Nd4 Nf4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Ne2 Nd3 25. Rd2 c5 26. b3 f4 27. Rad1 g5 28.
c4 f5 29. f3 Rde8 30. Nc3 Nb4 31. a3 e3 32. Rd6 Nc2 33. R1d5 e2+ 34. Nxe2 Ne3+
35. Kf2 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 Re3 37. Rxc5+ Kb7 38. Rb5+ Ka8 39. Nd4 Rd8 40. Nc6 Rc8
41. Nd4 Rd3 42. Ne6 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Re2 44. Nxg5 Rd8 45. Rd5 Rxd5 46. cxd5 Rd2 47.
Ne6 Kb7 48. Nxf4 Rd4 49. g3 Rd1+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 52. a4 Kc7 53. g4
fxg4 54. fxg4 Kd6 55. g5 Ke5 56. Nd3+ Ke4 57. d6 Ke3 58. Kf1 Rd2 59. Ne5 Rd5
60. d7 1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nxc6 Rd6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. a4 Ra8 20. Rec1 Nxc3
21. Bxc3 Be4 22. b4 Rc6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Bd2 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 b5 26. f3 Bd5 27.
Bf4 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 f6 30. Bf4 Ke7 31. h4 Kf7 32. Kf2 h6 33. h5 Kg8
34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg8 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Bd6 Kg8 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. g4 Kg8 40. Kg3
Kf7 41. f4 f5 42. g5 Kg8 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. g6+ Kg8 47.
Bd6 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nijboer, F."]
[Black "Efimenko, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 d5 10. Nf1 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. N1d2 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6
15. O-O-O Bf4 16. Kb1 d4 17. c4 h5 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Nb3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bg5 21.
Ng2 Nd7 22. Rdf1 Bf4 23. Nc1 Qe5 24. Qf3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Qg3 f5 27. f3 e5
28. Ba4 fxe4 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. fxe4 Rdg8 31. Nh4 f6 32. Qf2 Ke6 33. Rcf1 Rh7
34. Nf3 Qf4 35. Rxh7 Bxh7 36. Qh4 Bxe4 37. dxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Ka1 Qxg4 39. Qf2 Qf4
40. Qe2 Rg3 41. Nd2 Qe3 42. Qh2 Qd3 43. Qh8 Rg6 44. Qe8+ Kd6 45. a3 a6 46. Ka2
Kc7 47. Rf3 Qc2 48. Qe7+ Kc6 49. Rb3 b5 50. Qe6+ Kc7 51. Qxa6 b4 52. Qa5+ Kd7
53. Qb5+ Ke6 54. Qe8+ Kf5 55. Rf3+ Kg4 56. Qe6+ Kg5 57. Rg3+ Kf4 58. Rf3+ Kg5
59. Qh3 bxa3 60. Rg3+ Kf4 61. Rf3+ Kg5 62. Kxa3 f5 63. Rg3+ Kf4 64. Rxg6 Qxd2
65. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5
Nf6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 12. f4 e4 13. f5 Nc6 14. Ne6 Qd7 15.
Bg5 d5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Na3 Ne5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Nf4 d4 20. Qxe4 Kf7 21. Ne6
Qc6 22. Qe2 h5 23. Nc4 Bd6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Qa6 27. Qd1
Qc6 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. a4 Qb4 30. Qd5 Qc4 31. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Petr Izmailov Mem"]
[Site "Tomsk RUS"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, S."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qc2 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4 Be7
9. Be3 a6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Nb3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Nb4 14. Qc3 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Nd5 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nd2 b6 19. Nce4 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Qg4
Kh7 22. Nc4 Qd7 23. Ncd6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ba8 25. Qg3 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bd2 Rg8
28. Qh3 Rg6 29. Nc4 b5 30. Na5 f5 31. Ng3 Bd6 32. Nb3 Bf4 33. Ne2 Bd6 34. Nc5
Qg7 35. f3 a5 36. Nd3 b4 37. Kh1 Bb7 38. Bf4 Nxf4 39. Ndxf4 Qf6 40. Nxg6 Qxg6
41. Qh4 Qg7 42. Qd8 Be7 43. Qxa5 Bd6 44. Qb6 Qd7 45. a4 bxa3 46. bxa3 Bd5 47.
a4 Kg6 48. a5 Kg5 49. a6 Ba3 50. Ra1 Bd6 51. a7 Ba8 52. Qb8 Qc6 53. Qg8+ Kf6
54. Rc1 Qd5 55. Rc8 Qa2 56. Ng1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2006-7"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, L."]
[Black "Volokitin, And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qb1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Qe8 15.
Rc1 Bd8 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Bxa4 19. Nd2 b5 20. Nf1 Bb6 21. Be3
Qb8 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qb2 Ng4 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. h3 Bc2 26. hxg4 Bxd3 27. Rc1 Rxc1
28. Qxc1 g6 29. Ng3 Qd4 30. Qg5 h6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. g5 h5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qd8+
Kg7 35. Qxd6 h4 36. Nf5+ gxf5 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. g6 fxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qh6+
Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Qxh4+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ Kh8 46. Qh6+
Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. d6 fxe4 49. Qf6+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+
Kf8 53. Qf5+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ Kf7 55. Qf5+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ Kf6 57. Qh4+ Kg6 58. Qg4+
Kf6 59. Qh4+ Kg6 60. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. d5 Nce5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 Qb6
15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Rd1 Rae8 17. f5 c4 18. a4 b4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bf4 Nd3 21. Be3 e6
22. Nb5 exd5 23. Nxd6 Qc7 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. cxb4 Rxe4 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3
Bxb2 28. Rd1 Be5 29. h3 gxf5 30. Bc5 Qd7 31. a5 d4 32. a6 Bb8 33. Qf3 Qe6 34.
Rf1 Qe5 35. g3 Re3 0-1

