[Event "Moscow-ch 17th"]
[Site "Moscow "]
[Date "1937.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1937.11.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 11... dxc3 $1 {
Une nouveaute importante car dc3 est devenu ensuite la ligne principale} (11...
Bd7 {Lilienthal,A-Levenfish,G/Moscow 1936/1-0}) 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rb1 {
Anticipant le OOO} 13... Nf5 (13... O-O-O) 14. h4 $1 14... a6 $6 {Une perte de
temps et un affaiblissement qui sera ensuite exploite par les blancs} 15. h5
O-O-O 16. Rh3 (16. Qxc3 $5 {Les blancs avaient le temps de prendre le P}) 16...
d4 $132 17. Ng3 17... Nce7 $1 18. Ne4 18... Nd5 $36 19. Qxa6 $1 {
Un theme tactique classique} 19... Bc6 $8 20. Qd3 Nde3 21. Bxe3 (21. Nd6+ $5
$143 21... Nxd6 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. Qxe3 24... e5 $1 25. fxe5 25...
Rd5 $36) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 dxe3 23. Rb4 (23. h6 $5 23... Rd4 24. h7 Rh8 25.
Qf3 Rd2 26. Ba6 $3 {Bis repetae!} 26... Nd4 27. Qxb7+ Qxb7 28. Bxb7+ Kc7 29.
Be4 Nxc2+ 30. Bxc2 Rxc2 31. Rb3 Rxg2 32. Rxc3+ Kb6 33. Rcxe3 Rg7) 23... Qd7 24.
Bd3 Rg4 25. h6 $1 25... Rh8 26. a4 Rg6 27. h7 Rg7 28. a5 Rhxh7 29. Rxh7 Rxh7
30. g4 $4 (30. g3 $1 {empechant Qe7 et Qh4} 30... Qe7 31. Qc4+ Kd8 32. Bxf5 $1
32... exf5 33. Qxc3) 30... Qe7 31. g5 Rh1+ 32. Qxh1 Qxb4 33. Qh8+ Kc7 34. Qe8
Ng3 35. Qxf7+ Kb8 36. Qe8+ Ka7 37. Qb5 Qxf4 38. Qb6+ Ka8 39. Qd8+ Ka7 40. Qb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 9798"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Nc6 {
A rare move, which, however, often leads to a sharp play.} 7. Qg4 g6 8. a4 $5 (
{Fogarasi had shown a convincing treatment of this position in the recent game:
} 8. Nf3 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 h6 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14.
cxd3 cxd4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 a5 18. Qf3 Rh7 19. Rac2 Rd8 20.
Rc7 Qa6 21. a4 Rd7 22. Qd1 f5 23. R7c6 Rhe7 24. Qb3 Rb7 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Rcc6
Qa8 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qc8 29. Rb5 Ra7 30. Rb8 Qd7 31. Qa3 Ne7 32. Bxh6 Rb7
33. Rf8# {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Totsky,L/Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) 8... Qc7 (8... f5 9.
Qd1 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. Nf3 (11. h4 Bd7 12. Nf3 c4 13. Qc1 h6 14. Rb1 Nc8 15.
Bxh6 Nb6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Qb2 Rdg8 18. Be2 Nd8 19. Ng5 $14 {
1-0 Vukovic,Z-Maksimovic,B/JUG-chT Cetinje 1990 (35)}) 11... c4 12. h4 h6 13.
Qc1 Nd8 14. Qa3 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. Qb4 $14 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Maksimovic,B/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991 (41)}) (8... cxd4 {is met by}
9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Bb5+ (10. Qd1 {fails to} 10... Qc7) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2 $16) 9.
Bd2 {
Setting control over the b4-square. Black was threatening 9...cd4 10.cd4 Nb4.}
9... f6 10. Nf3 $1 ({After} 10. exf6 10... Nxf6 {Black has a dangerous
initative. Using tactical features of the position, White retains a positional
advantage.}) 10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 (11... Nxe5 {
leads to a better ending for White after} 12. Qf4 $1 (12. Qg3 $6 12... Nf6 $132
) 12... Ne7 13. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 {, with the idea Bg5-f6.}) 12. Qf4 O-O 13.
Nxc6 (13. Nxg6 {proves a dubious undertaling after} 13... Qxf4 14. Nxf4 cxd4)
13... Qxc6 14. Bb5 {The key move in this line. White wins an important tempo
for developing his pieces.} 14... Qb6 15. dxc5 (15. O-O $2 {
would be a big mistake, since after} 15... c4 {
the white b5-bishop is imprisoned.}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 ({If} 16... Qe7 {
then} 17. O-O a6 (17... e5 $2 {falls short after} 18. Rae1 $1) 18. Bd3 e5 19.
Rae1 Re8 20. Qh4 { Bg5 / .}) 17. cxd4 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 ({The most stubborn. After
} 18... Nxd2 19. Kxd2 {
White has all the chances to convert his ending advantage.}) 19. Bd3 (19. Bb4 {
is dubious in view of} 19... Nxb5 20. Bxf8 Nxd4 21. O-O-O Nxf3) 19... Nf5 $2 {
An imprecise move. Stronger was 19...Nc4.} 20. c3 Bd7 21. O-O Rac8 22. Rfb1 Nd6
23. h4 {Not missing the opportunity to push the h-pawn. White prepares an
attack on the kingside.} 23... Bc6 24. Be1 $1 {
From e1 the bishop can access the diagonal b8-h2.} 24... Rfe8 25. Bg3 25... Nc4
$6 {Another imprecision. This time knight had to go to f5.} (25... Nf5 26. Bf2
e5 27. g4 Nd6 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxa7 $16) 26. Kf2 26... Na5 $2 ({
The final mistake. Black does not feel the danger. Correct was} 26... Re7) 27.
h5 $1 {The decisive blow! Now White develops irresistible attack.} 27... gxh5
28. Rh1 Bd7 29. Rxh5 Rxc3 (29... Re7 {allows an elegant combination:} 30. Rah1
Rxc3 31. Bxh7+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ $1 32... Kxg6 33. Rh6+ Kf7 (33... Kf5 34. R1h5#)
34. Rh7+ Ke8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. R1h7+) 30. Bxh7+ Kf7 (30... Kf8 {loses after} 31.
Bd6+ Kf7 32. Bb4) 31. Rg5 $1 31... Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd8 33. Bg6 $1 33... Rh8 34.
Be5 $1 {Threatening Rd7+. Hunting the h8-rook, the white darsk-squared bishop
aims at the rook on c3!} 34... Rf8 (34... Nb3 35. Ra3 Rh6 36. Bd6 $1 36... Rxg6
37. Rxg6 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 $18) 35. Bd6 Nb3 (35... Rh8 {loses after}
36. Bb4) 36. Rh1 $1 {Mobilizing the last resource.} 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atlas, Valeri"]
[Black "Rueetschi, Urs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 9... b6 $5 ({The standard move here is} 9... Bd7 {In Kamsky's
practice we find some convincing victories with White in this system.} 10. Nf3
Ba4 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Ra2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 Nb6 16.
Qc1 Ng8 17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Rb4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bd7 20. c4 Ne7 21. O-O b6 22. Qb2 Qd8
23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Nf3 Kf7 25. c5 $36 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 (38)}) 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Bd3) (11.
Bd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Be2 h6 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Qc1 Nb6 16. Rh3 Be8 17. Rb1 Na4
18. Kf1 Qg7 19. Ng1 a5 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Rg3 Rdg8 23. Kg1 b5 24. Nf4
$14 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Hansen,C/Groningen 1995})) 10. Bb5+ ({After} 10. Nf3 10...
Ba6 {the light square bishops will be exchanged, which reduces White's
attacking perspectives.}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Be3 (12. Nf3 {was also poss
ible here. Yet, it is unclear whether White has a full compensation for two
pawns after} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. O-O Qxe5
17. Re1 $140 17... Qg7 18. Bf4 Nf6) 12... cxd4 $5 ({
The important alternatives are} 12... c4 {and 12...Nge7.}) 13. cxd4 13... O-O-O
$6 ({After this move White obtains an advantage. Principal was} 13... f4 $5 14.
Bxf4 14... Nxd4 $14) 14. Nf3 14... Nge7 $6 {Another imprecision. Better was} (
14... Na5 {, although White is clearly better after} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Bd2 Nec6
17. Bb4) 15. Bd2 $1 {A subtle move, preventing ...Na5 and yielding White
excellent attacking perspectives.} 15... Kb8 16. O-O (16. Qb1 $5 {
was an option.}) 16... h6 17. Qb1 $1 ({Dubious} 17. h4 $6 {is strongly met by}
17... g5 $1 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 19... Rdg8 { Be8-h5, and Black has a
dangerous initiative on the kingside. The text move nullifies Black's
attacking prospects on the kingside and allows White to mobilize his forces
for the attacking the black king.}) 17... g5 18. Qb2 a5 (18... g4 {
does not yield anything in view of} 19. Nh4) 19. Rfc1 $1 {The best set-up.
White needs to open the c-file by means of c2-c4, and his rooks are most
efficiently placed on the c- and b-files.} 19... Bc8 20. Be1 $1 {This move free
s the d2-square for the knight, and White prepares transfer of his knight to
b5 by means of a3-a4 and Nd2-b1-a3-b5.} 20... Ka7 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Kxa6 23.
Rab1 {It is much stronger than the immediate c2-c4. White mobilizes all his
pieces before this programmatic pawn advancement.} 23... Rd7 24. c4 $1 24...
dxc4 ({After} 24... Rb8 25. Qb5+ Ka7 26. c5 {White has a dangerous attack.})
25. Nxc4 25... Rb8 {The only move. Now Black was planning to sacrifice the
exchange after 26.Nd6 Rxd6 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Qb5+ Ka7 .  An attempt 26.Qb5+ Ka7
27.Bxa5?! seems not to yield more than a draw after bxa5 28.Qc5+ Ka6 29.Nd6 .
White finds the radical solution of this position.} 26. Bb4 $3 {This move decid
es the game. Sacrificing the bishop and opening therby the a-file,White
develops an irresisitible attack.} 26... axb4 {
Black has no choice, since after Bd6 he is lost.} 27. axb4 {
NowWhite is threatening 28.b5, so Blacks' next move is forced.} 27... b5 28.
Qa2+ {It is important to set the queen on the diagonal a2-g8, so that it could
attack the key e6-pawn.} 28... Kb7 29. Na5+ (29. Ra1 $2 {fails to} 29... Kc8)
29... Kb6 (29... Kc8 {loses immediately after} 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Qxe6) 30. Ra1
{Threatening 31.Nc4+ dc4 32.Qa6#.} (30. Qxe6 $2 {fails to} 30... Rxd4) (30.
Nxc6 {was also winning:} 30... Nxc6 31. Ra1 Qb7 (31... Qc8 32. Qxe6 Rc7 33. Qd6
Qd7 34. Qc5+ Kb7 35. d5) 32. Qxe6 Rxd4 33. Rxc6+ Qxc6 34. Ra6+ Kxa6 35. Qxc6+)
30... Ra8 31. Qxe6 Rxd4 (31... f4 32. Nxc6 Rxa1 33. Nxe7+ Rd6 34. Nc8+) ({
More stubborn was} 31... Rxa5 {, although Black is lost in any case.}) 32. Nxc6
$1 32... Rxa1 33. Nxd4+ {Black resigned in view of} (33. Nxd4+ Qc6 34. Rxa1)
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kalichkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. h4 h5 (7...
h6 8. Bf4 (8. Bd2 h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. O-O Be7
14. Rfe1 Nh6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bg6 Rdf8 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Bf7 e5
20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Kb8 23. Be6 Qd6 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. Rf5 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Qxa3 27. Bg7 Re8 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rxh5 Bc8 30. Ra1 Qe7 31. Bxc8 31...
Qxg7 {0-1 Liberzon,V-Odendahl,S/Lone Pine op 1980}) (8. Be3 h5 9. Qf3 Ba6 10.
Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Nf4 g6 14. f3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. g4
Na5 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Kb1 c5 20. Bc1 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Na3+ 22. bxa3 Rc4
23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. Nb4 Qe8 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 26. Nc6+ Kc7 27. Nxd8 Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Kc8
29. Rd4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Ne7 31. Rxc4+ Kb7 32. Rd4 Kc8 33. Bg5 Nc6 34. Rc4 Kd7 35.
Ne4 Bxa3 36. Bf6 Rc8 37. Rc3 Be7 38. f4 { -  Burmeister,R-Wolf,A/OLO-B 1994})
8... h5 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. a3 Nb8 13. h5 Nc6
14. Rfd1 Rg8 15. Kh2 O-O-O 16. b4 Be7 17. Qh3 g5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g4 Ng7 20.
Bxh6 Rh8 21. b5 Na5 22. Rh1 Rh7 23. Kg2 Rdh8 24. g5 Nf5 25. a4 Nc4 26. Ne2 Bxg5
27. Nxg5 Rxh6 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. Nf3 Qh7 30. Rxh6 Qxh6 31. Neg1 Qf4 32. Kf1 g5 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Nxa5 35. Qxa5 35... Kb8 {0-1 Computer "Hiarcs"-Van Der Wiel
John T H/Tournament (computers), Hague (Netherla 1995}) 9. Qf3 Ne7 10. g3 Nf5
11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nge2 Ba6 13. Bh3 Nce7 14. Rhe1 g6 15. Bg5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6
17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nf4 Kb8 19. Bg2 Rhh8 20. Nce2 Rc8 21. Nc1 Rhd8 22. Nfe2 c6
23. Nf4 Rc7 24. Nb3 Qc8 25. Nh3 Rf8 26. c3 Bb5 27. Rd2 27... Qa6 {
-  Computer "Quest"-Van Der Wiel John T H/It "Aegon", Hague (Netherlands) 1996}
) (7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. b3 Qd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Be7 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. c4 Rdf8 19. Ng3
Qe8 20. Qg4 Rhg8 21. Qf4 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rad1 Bd4 24. Qd6 Rxf3 25. gxf3
Qxh5 26. Qf8+ Rxf8 27. Nxh5 Na6 28. Kg2 Nb4 29. a3 Nc6 30. Ng3 dxc4 31. bxc4
Ne5 32. Rfe1 Rf6 33. Rxd4 {1-0 Hazai,L-Vilela,J/Halle 1981}) 8. Qd1 (8. Qf3 $5
8... Ne7 9. Nh3 Nf5 10. O-O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nf4 g6 13. Nfxd5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Bg7 15. Nxb6 {1-0 Klovan,Y-Lputian,S/Daugavpils URS sf 1978}) 8... a6 9.
Nh3 $5 (9. Nf3 c5 10. Be2 $6 10... Nh6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bd3 Ncxd4
14. Nxd4 14... Nxd4 $17 {
Sergeeva,M-Kalichkin,I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (35)}) 9... c5 10.
Ne2 cxd4 (10... Nc6 $5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Be7 14. g3 Nh6 15. Bg2
$14) 11. Nxd4 Ne7 (11... Qc7 $5 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. Bd3 13... Bb4+ $1)
13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. O-O 15... Rc8 $13) 12. Bd3 Nec6 (12... Nbc6 13. Nf3
Qc7 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. O-O $14) 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O 14... Nxe5 {
Extremly dangerous dicision to take a pawn when queen remains only developed
piece.Much safer was to play 14...Nd7 with complicated position while white
still keeps an upperhand} 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 16... Qd6 {May be it was
better to take on b2,but it's not the most desired move to play in the game}
17. c4 $1 $36 17... Bb7 (17... dxc4 18. Qf3 $1 18... Ra7 (18... cxd3 19. Qxa8
e5 20. Rad1 f6 21. Qe4 $1 21... fxg5 22. Rxd3 $18) 19. Bxc4 Bb7 20. Qf5 $1
20... Qc6 21. Rxe6+ $1 21... fxe6 22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Rd1+ Bd6 24. Qxg7+ $18) 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 Be7 (19... Bc6 20. Bg6 $3 20... Qxd1 21. Raxd1 fxg6 22. Nxg6
$18) (19... Nc6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. b4 $1 $18) 20. Nxd5
Qxd5 (20... Bxg5 $5 21. Bg6 $5 (21. Be4 $6 21... Bxh4 (21... Ra7 22. hxg5 exd5
23. Bxd5+ Kf8 24. g6 $1 $16) 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Qxd6+ Kxd6 24. Rad1+ Ke7 25. Bxa8
25... Bxf6 $13) 21... Bd8 $1 (21... Kf8 22. Bxf7 $1 22... Kxf7 23. Qf3+ Kg8 (
23... Kg6 24. Nc7 $1 24... Qxc7 25. Qe4+ $1 25... Kh6 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 27. Qxa8
$18)) 22. Bxf7+ $1 22... Kxf7 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Nf4 $1 24... Qc6 (24... Qf8 25.
Rxe6 $1 25... Ra7 26. Rae1 $18) 25. Qb3 $1 $40) 21. Bf4 $2 {After this move
white finds himself introuble.Better was 21.Rc1! Nd7 22.Be4 Qd1 23.Red1 Rd8 24.
Be7 Ke7 25.Rc7 with very promising ending} 21... Nd7 $5 (21... O-O $5 22. Re5
Qd7 23. Qe2 g6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxh5 $1 25... Nc6 (25... gxh5 26. Qxh5 Qxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Be5 f6 29. Qe8+ $18) 26. Bc2 (26. Qg4 $2 26... e5) 26... Qc8 27.
Rxd8+ 27... Nxd8 $13) 22. Be4 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc4 25. Be3 25... a5
$2 (25... Nc5 $1 26. Rac1 (26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 28... a5 $17)
26... Rb4 (26... Rxc1 $5) 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. Bd4 28... Bf6 $17) 26. Ba6 Rb4 27.
a3 $1 $16 27... Rxb2 28. Bd4 Rc2 (28... Rb3 29. Bc4 Rxa3 30. Bb5 Rxa1 31. Bxa1
Bxh4 32. Rxd7 $18) 29. Bb5 Rc7 30. Bxg7 Rh7 31. Be5 $18 31... Ra7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7
33. Rd1 Bxa3 34. Rxd7 Kf8 35. Rd8+ {
[Inspite of  numerous mistakes extremly interesting game]} 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Be3 {Die vielfac
h gespielten Hauptfortsetzungen sind 13.Qxc3 und 13.Nxc3, wobei noch nicht
geklaert ist, welcher Zug den Vorzug verdient.  Daneben hat auch 13.Rb1 eine
gewisse Bedeutung.} 13... Rc8 {Viel haeufiger wird das relativ seltene 13.Be3
mit 13...Nf5 14.Bf2 d4 beantwortet, aber gerade diese Variante wird wohl
Almasi vorbereitet haben.} 14. g3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Qa5 16. Bh3 16... d4 $1 {
Ein typischer Zug; Schwarz wird die Diagonale h1-a8 fuer seine Aktionen nutzen.
} 17. O-O (17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. Bxc3 Qa4) 17... Rd8 18.
Rfd1 18... Nxe5 $1 {Auch das ist ein typischer Zug in diesem Stellungstyp.} 19.
fxe5 Bb5 20. Qe4 Bc6 21. Qf4 21... Qd5 $44 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ng1 (23. Bg1 Ne3+ (
23... Rg4 24. Bxg4 Ne3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 24. Kf2) 23... Qxh2 24.
Rd3 $2 (24. Bxf5 $1 {Haette zum Remis fuehren sollen.} 24... Qg2+ (24... exf5
25. Rxd4 25... Rg4 $2 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rd1+ Ke8 28. Qxf5 Qg2+ 29. Ke2 (29.
Ke1 $4 29... Re4+ 30. Ne2 30... Qh1+ $19) 29... Re4+ 30. Kd3 $18) 25. Ke1 (25.
Ke2 $6 25... exf5 26. Rxd4 $6 26... Bb5+ 27. Kd1 Qf1+ 28. Be1 28... Qxf4 $17)
25... exf5 26. e6 {Jussupow hofft auf Vorteil nach 26...fxe6 27.Rxd4, aber ...}
(26. Rxd4 Rg4 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Rd1+ Ke8 29. Qh6 Re4+ 30. Ne2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2
Bf3+ 32. Ke1 Bxd1 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ $11 {Jussupow (Schach 4/97)}) 26... Rg6
$1 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxf5+ Rf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ $11) 24... Ne3+ $1 25.
Ke2 (25. Rxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Rh8 27. Bg4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Bb5 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Qxe2
Rd2 31. Qb5+ Kd8 32. Qa5+ b6 33. Bxb6+ axb6 34. Qxb6+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Rd8 36. Qb5+
Kf8 37. Qb4+ 37... Rd6 $3 $19) (25. Bxe3 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Bb5 27. Qf2 Bxd3+ 28.
cxd3 28... Qxg3 $17) 25... Bb5 $17 26. Rb1 Ba6 27. Qf6 Ng4 (27... Nxc2 28. Bxe6
28... Rf8 {wuerde Fritz spielen.}) 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Qf3 Rg5 30. Rxb7 Rxe5+ 31.
Kf1 Rf5 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33. Nf3 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Bxd3+ 35. cxd3 c2 0-1

[Event "ENG-CHN"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Rh3
Nbc6 (8... b6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14.
Qd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne4 $16 19...
Nd5 20. Rg3 f6 21. Bxh6 Kf8 22. Bd2 fxe5 23. Rf3+ Ke8 24. Bg5 N5f6 25. Bxf6
Nxf6 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxc4 {
1-0 Tischbierek,R-Casper,T/E.Germany-ch Stralsund 1988}) 9. h5 h6 (9... cxd4 $6
10. cxd4 h6 11. c3 $1 { d4} 11... Bd7 12. a4 {  Ba3-d6, Bd3 } (12. Qg4 Nf5 13.
Bd3 $2 13... Ncxd4 $1) 12... f6 $1 13. exf6 $6 {
Rantanen,Y-Kindermann,S/Gausdal (open) 60/286 1994} (13. f4 $14)) 10. Qg4 Nf5
11. Qf4 11... f6 $1 {
The ensuing endgame promises Black a sufficient counterplay.} (11... cxd4 12.
g4 f6 (12... Nfe7 13. cxd4 $14) 13. gxf5 (13. exf6 e5 14. Qf3 dxc3 (14... Nd6)
15. gxf5 15... Nd4 $44) 13... fxe5 14. Qg4 exf5 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17.
Bb2 $14) 12. exf6 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 gxf6 14. dxc5 e5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nf3 {
A new try in this position. Theory saw} (16. Rf3 Kf7 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. g4 Nfe7
19. Bh3 Rbg8 20. Rg3 (20. Rxb7 Bc8 21. Rc7 $5) 20... Bc8 21. Nf3 Nd8 22. Nh4
Ne6 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Nxc5 25. Rg6 b6 26. a4 (26. Bxh6 Rh7) 26... Nxa4 $17
{0-1 Steinbacher,M-Short,N/BL 9091 Solingen-Heidelberg [1] 1991 (36)}) 16...
O-O-O 17. Nh4 Nce7 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rg3 Bxc2 20. Rg7 Rd7 (20... Kd7 $5) 21.
Rc1 Bf5 22. Rf7 Ng8 23. Rf8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. f3 Rh7 26. Be3 {Due to the
Bishop pair White has nothing to fear. A draw is the most likely result.} 26...
Ke8 27. Rd1 Be6 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. a4 Kf7 (29... f5 $5 30. f4 e4 31. Bd4 Bc8 32.
c4 Ne7) 30. a5 Bd7 31. a6 bxa6 32. Bxa6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Ne7 34. g4 Nc6 35. Kg3 f5
36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Rd1 d4 38. cxd4 Nxd4 39. Kf2 Nc2 (39... Rxc5 $4 40. Rxd4 $18)
40. Rd5 (40. Rd5 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 41... Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qh5+ (8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7
14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 Nd8 19. c3 Rf8 20.
Kf1 Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. h6 g6 26. Qh5 Rxa4
27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. Nxe6 Qc2 29. Qh4 f4 30. Bxf4 Nf5 31. Rxg6+ {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/It 1997}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 cxd4 (10... Ba4 11.
Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 15... Nc6 $11 {
0-1 Polgar,J-Morovic,I/Buenos Aires 1992 (56)}) 11. cxd4 Ba4 12. Bd2 (12. Ra2
Nd7 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Bd3 h6 15. h4 Nb6 16. Qc1 Ng8 17. Rb2 Nc4 18. Rb4 Nxd2 19.
Nxd2 Bd7 20. c4 $36 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 (38)})
12... Nc6 (12... Bxc2 $6 13. Rc1 Bxd1 14. Rxc7 Bxf3 15. Rxb7 $1 $16) 13. Bd3
13... h6 $1 (13... O-O-O $143) 14. h4 O-O-O 15. Kf1 Kb8 16. Rh3 Rc8 17. Qe1 (
17. Kg1 17... Na5 $15) 17... Qd7 18. Rc1 Nge7 19. Kg1 Ka8 20. Rg3 Rh7 21. Qe2
Rch8 22. Rh3 (22. c4 $2 22... g5 $1 $17) 22... Nc8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Nb6 25.
Ba2 g5 (25... Nd5 $5 26. Qc4 Nce7) 26. d5 $8 (26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 27... Rxh3
$17) 26... g4 (26... Nxd5) 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Rg3 gxf3 29. gxf3 Bd5 30. Be3 f4 (
30... Bxa2 31. Bxb6 Bd5 32. Rc7 Qe8 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Qb5 Rh8 (34... Qb8 35.
Bxa7 $1 $18) (34... Qc8 35. Qc5 Rh8 36. Bxa7 Qxc5 (36... f4 $2 37. Qa5 $1 $18)
37. Bxc5 {and White preserves winning chances in the endgame due to the poor
position of the Black's King, extra pawn and possessing the open g-file.}) 35.
Qa5 Qb8 36. Bc7 Qc8 37. Bb6 37... a6 $5 (37... Qb8 $11) 38. Bd4 Qc6) 31. Bxf4
Bxa2 32. Qxa2 Nd5 33. Qc4 Qd8 34. Qe4 Rd7 (34... Qxh4 $4 35. Qxh7 $18) 35. Bd2
Ne7 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Rg4 Rd3 38. Rb1 Qd7 39. a4 Rc8 40. a5 Nxe3 41. fxe3 a6 42.
Rg2 $1 42... Rd5 43. f4 Rxa5 44. Rgb2 Rc7 45. Kh2 $1 45... Rd5 46. Rb6 h5 47.
Kh3 $1 47... Qg7 48. Qg2 Qh7 49. R1b2 Qd3 50. Kh2 Ka7 (50... Qxe3 $2 51. Qg8+
Ka7 52. Rxa6+ Kxa6 53. Qa8+ Qa7 54. Ra2+ $18) 51. Rxe6 Qxe3 52. Qf2 $18 {
The endgame is won for White due to more advanced passed pawns.} 52... Qxf2+
53. Rxf2 Rd4 54. Rg6 Re4 55. e6 Rc6 56. f5 $1 56... Rxh4+ 57. Kg2 Re4 58. Rg8
$1 58... Rexe6 {Black is unable to prevent f6-f7-f8Q.} 59. fxe6 Rxe6 60. Rg7
Rb6 61. Rf5 h4 62. Rh5 Rb3 63. Kf2 h3 64. Rgh7 h2 65. Ke2 Kb6 66. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7
8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Be3 O-O-O (
13... d4 $6 {took place in  Spassky,B-Kortchnoi,V/Beograd (m/2) 24/236 1977.})
14. g3 (14. Bf2 d4 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bg2 Nce7 17. Be4 Bc6 18. h3 Qb6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6
20. Rg1 Kb8 21. Nc1 Ne3 22. Ke2 Nxc2 23. Rb1 23... Nxa3 $17 {
Bronstein,D-Schmidt,W/Copenhagen Unibank 1991.}) 14... Nf5 15. Bf2 Kb8 16. Bh3
Nce7 17. g4 Nh6 18. Rg1 Rc8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Qe3 $1 {threatening 21.Ne6.} 20...
b6 21. a4 21... Ka8 {The crucial moment of the game. White had in his disposal
other continuations and the text might be not the strongest move in the
position. With 22.Bf1 White prepares breakthrough a4-a5, but Black finds a
possibility to counterattack in the center.} 22. Bf1 (22. f5 exf5 (22... Nxg4
23. Rxg4 exf5 24. Rxg6 (24. Rg1 f4 25. Qf3 25... Qxe5+ $40) (24. Rg5) 24...
fxg6 25. Bg2) 23. gxf5 (23. Qxh6 Qxe5+ 24. Qe3 Qxh2 25. Qg3)) (22. a5 $5 {
Apparently, White could have played this move without preliminary 22.Bf1.}
22... b5 23. g5 Nf5 24. Nxf5 (24. Bxf5 exf5 25. h4) 24... exf5 25. Qd4 Be6 26.
Bg2 $14) 22... f6 $1 $132 23. a5 (23. exf6 23... Nxf4 $17) (23. f5 Nxe5 24.
fxe6 24... Nexg4 $19) 23... fxe5 24. axb6 Qxb6 (24... exd4 $4 25. Qxd4 Qc6 26.
b7+ $1 $18) 25. fxe5 Nf7 26. Nb5 (26. Nf3 $5 {
This move could secure a better endgame for White.} 26... Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Ngxe5
(27... Rc7 28. Bb6 Rb7 29. Bd4 Rc7 30. h4 $16) 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxa7+ Kb8 30.
Be2 Rc7 (30... Rh8 $2 31. Bd4 Nc6 32. Bxh8 Kxa7 (32... Nxa7 33. Be5+ Kb7 34. h4
$16) 33. Bxc3 $18) 31. Ra1 Ng6 (31... Nc4 32. Bd4 e5 33. Bxc3 d4 34. Bf3) 32.
h4 $1) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Nfxe5 28. Rxa7+ Kb8 29. Rg3 Rgf8 30. Nd6 30... Rc6
{Black's pieces dominate in the centre and this factor fully compensates the
weakness of his King. White has nothing better than to force a draw by
perpetual.} (30... Rc7 $5 31. Ra6 Rc6) 31. Rb7+ Ka8 32. Ra7+ Kb8 33. Rb7+ Ka8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8
8. Bd2 (8. a4 Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Rc8
14. Ba3 Qa5 15. O-O Qxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. Rfb1 Nd8 18. Bb6 Nec6 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Nd2 20... Kg7 { -  Ivanchuk,V-Nikolic,P/Reykjavik 1991 (54)}) 8... Qc7 9.
Rc1 $5 ({Interesting, although very risky move. White sacrifices material
hoping to mate the black king. Prudent retreat} 9. Qd1 {, analogous to that of
Kasparov in his game against Nikolic also deserved attention}) 9... Nbc6 10.
Bd3 Qa5 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 Qxa3 13. h5 h6 14. Rh3 b5 15. Rf3 15... Qb2 {
Planning march of a-pawn.} 16. Nh3 a5 17. Nf4 Kg8 18. Nd3 $5 {An interesting
sacrifice. White tries to get control over the diagonal b1-h7, planning to
attack the g7 pawn.} 18... cxd3 (18... Qa3 {seems weak in view of} 19. Nc5) 19.
Bxd3 Nf5 20. Qf4 {With the idea g4.} 20... Ra7 21. g4 Nfxd4 22. Rg3 {
The threat is g5.} 22... Re7 23. g5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. gxh6 Re6 26. Rxg7+
Kf8 27. Qg5 27... Nxe5 $2 {A losing mistake in a complex position.} (27...
Rexh6 $4 {also loses after} 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Qxh6+ Rg7 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Bh6+
Ke7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qxc6+ $18) (27... f6 {
seems to be the strongest continuation:} 28. Rf7+ Kxf7 (28... Ke8 $5 29. Qg7
29... Nxe5 {deserves attention}) 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh8+ Kd7 31. Qg7+ Re7 32.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. h7 Nxe5) (27... Ne7 {is also a plausible alternative:} 28. Rxf7+
(28. h7 f6 29. Qh6 Ke8 30. Rg1 { Qg7} 30... d4 $5 31. Qg7 Rxh7 32. Qxh7 32...
Rxe5+ $13) 28... Ke8 29. Qg7 Rhxh6 30. Bxh6 Qxc3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qxh5 33.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxd5+ 35... Ke8 {It seems that White cannot win:}
36. Qc6+ (36. Rd1 $2 {is is refuted by} 36... Qg6+ 37. Qg2 (37. Kf1 $2 37...
Rd7 $1 $19) 37... Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxe5) 36... Kf7 (36... Bd7 $4 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38.
Qf8+ Ke6 39. Qf6+ $18) 37. Qf6+ 37... Ke8 $11) ({Logical seems} 27... Qa3 $5 {
, returning the queen into play.} 28. h7 (28. Rxf7+ $2 {loses after} 28... Kxf7
29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxh8+ Qf8) 28... Ne7 {
At first glance, all White's threats are parried, but} 29. h6 $1 {
discloses White's resources:} 29... Rxe5+ 30. Kf1 Qd6 31. Rg8+ Nxg8 (31... Rxg8
32. hxg8=Q+ Nxg8 33. Qg7+ Ke7 34. h7 $1 $18) 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Qxh8 Nf6 34. Bg5
$18) 28. Qd8+ Re8 29. Qd6+ Re7 30. Kd1 $1 {Instead of draw by repetition,
White goes for the decisive involving his bishop into attack.} 30... Ng4 (30...
Nc4 {is refuted by} 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qc7 Be6 33. Qc5+ Re7 34. Bg5 $18) 31. Rxg4
$1 {Wins immediately.} 31... fxg4 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Baburin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 {Petursson} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 (12. Qe2 {
Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 12... Nb8 13. a5 Qc6 (13... bxa5 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Qxa5 Qxa5
16. Rxa5 O-O 17. dxc5 Nc6 18. Ra6 Ncxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Bd6 Nxd6
22. cxd6 Rfd8 23. Rfa1 {
Nilsson,N-Christensen,S/Snekkersten 1979/MCD-r7/ -  (41)}) 14. Ba3 Nd7 15. Rfb1
O-O 16. Qb5 Rfc8 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. a6 cxd4 19. cxd4 Ndb8 20. Bd6 Na5 21. Bxb8
Raxb8 22. Ra2 Ra8 23. Kf1 Rc4 24. Ke1 24... Nc6 {
0-1 Iosif,C-Radu,E/Romania-W 1994/EXT 94}) 12... Nb8 13. Nh4 Nbc6 14. f4 O-O
15. Ba3 Na5 16. Rae1 Qc6 17. g4 Qxa4 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. f5 19... Rac8 $2 ({
In this extremely sharp position the text appears to be too ambitious; perhaps
Black should haveplayed} 19... dxc3 $5 $142 {instead. For example:} 20. Rf4 Nc4
21. f6 21... Nc6 $17) 20. Bxh6 $3 {A devastating blow! Such vicious attacks
often occur in the French Defence, when Black castles kingside.} (20. f6 {
Petursson} 20... Rxc3 21. fxe7 Re8 22. Qd1 22... Rxe7 $17) 20... gxh6 ({
Black had no time for his planned action - taking on c3 with the rook, as after
} 20... Rxc3 21. Qd2 {White's attack is unstoppable, for instance:} 21... Qxc2
(21... gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxc2 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qxe7 $18) (21... exf5 {Petursson}
22. Qg5 Ng6 23. Bxg7 Rfc8 24. Qh6 Qe8 25. gxf5 $18) 22. Qg5 Ng6 23. fxg6 $18)
21. f6 Nec6 ({Black cannot survive after} 21... Rfe8 {either, because of} 22.
Qd2 $1 22... dxc3 ({or} 22... Kh7 23. fxe7 Rxe7 24. Rf6 $18) 23. Qxh6 Qxg4+ 24.
Kh1 $18) 22. Qd2 $1 {The queen is going to have a rendezvous with the enemy's
monarch! The final destination is again the desirable h6-square.} 22... Kh7 {
The king is trying to save himself, but this position won't serve as an
example illustrating Steinitz' theory of the "active king"... Here the king
cannot look after himself all alone, which White proves brilliantly:} (22... d3
{Petursson} 23. h3 $18 {This does not change anything}) 23. Rf5 $1 23... dxc3 (
23... exf5 24. Nxf5 24... Kg8 25. Qxh6 {with unstoppable mate.}) 24. Qxh6+ $1
24... Kxh6 25. Rh5# {
The whole attack was conducted by GM Hellers very energetically.} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qa5 $5 {
A rare move, gaining the popularity in the modern practice.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 $5 ({An interesting alternative to} 9. Nh3 9... Nc6 10. Be2 (10. g3
Bd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Bh3 (12. h4 $5 {Kruppa,Y} 12... f6 13. Bh3 Re8 (13...
fxe5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. dxe5 Re8 17. Bxg8 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19.
Qxb7+ Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Kxb7 21. O-O-O $16) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qd1 $16)
12... h5 13. Qd1 h4 14. g4 f6 15. O-O Nge7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. g5 Rdg8 18. Nxe6
b6 19. Kh1 fxg5 20. Bg4 Nd8 21. Nxg5 Kb7 22. Rg1 Ka6 23. Be3 Bxg4 24. Rxg4
24... Rf8 $132 { -  Kruppa,Y-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev (zt) 1995 (41)}) 10... Bd7 (
10... f6 {Golubev,M} 11. f4 $5 (11. exf6 Nxf6)) 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nf4 f6 13.
Bg4 f5 14. Be2 Nge7 15. h4 g6 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1 17... Ng8 {
Golubev,M-Koutsin,S/Nikolaev (zt) 1995} (17... Ng8 {Golubev,M} 18. g4 $1 18...
Nce7 19. Rb1 $16)) 9... Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Nge7 12. Qc1 (12. g4 {
Ng3 deserved here serious attention.}) 12... Bd7 13. g3 $6 {
13.g4 was more natural continuation in this position.} 13... O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8
15. Be3 Ka8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. g4 Nb8 18. Ng3 (18. O-O Rc6 19. Rfb1 {
Rb4 was a preferable choice in this postion.}) 18... Rc6 19. O-O Rb6 20. f4 g6
21. Kh2 a6 22. Rf2 Nbc6 23. f5 $2 {A dubious decision. It is very difficult
for White to improve his position without this thematic advancement, but in
this situation it was much better to wait with active operations on the
kingside.  After the text move White gets an unpleasant position.} 23... exf5
24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 27... Nd8 {
Planning knight transfer to e6 and opening way for the queen.} 28. Bf2 Qd7 29.
Qf4 Ne6 30. Qg4 Qa4 31. Qd1 31... Ng5 $1 32. Be3 32... Ne4 {Now the consequence
s of White's unfortunate operation on move 23 are quite evident: White's
forces are totally discoordinated, the black knight dominates over the white
bishop, White's queenside pawns are terribly weak.} 33. Rxf7 Rb2 34. Rc1 Nxc3
35. Qf3 Ka7 36. e6 Re8 37. Rf8 $2 {
A mistake in a difficult position. Better was 37.e7.} 37... Rxe6 38. Qg3 Re8
39. Bxh6 Rxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Qxc2+ (40... Qxc2+ 41. Rf2 (41. Kh3 Ne4 (41... Rxf8 42.
Bxf8 Qf5+)) 41... Re2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Black "Hoefker, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
8... Bxc5 $2 ({A dubious move. The standard} 8... f5 {leads to a complex play:}
9. Qh4 (9. exf6 Rxf6 10. O-O-O e5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg5 Rf5 13. Qg3 Bxc5 14. Bg5
Qb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxf2 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Qh3 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxf5
{1-0 Movsesian,S-Jurek,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995/EXT 95op}) 9... Ng6 10. Qh3
Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe3 Nc6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 f4 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qd4 Bxd2+
17. Qxd2 Qc7 18. Qd4 18... Bd7 $36 {
0-1 Popovych,O-Mednis,E/USA-ch New York 1972/MCD-ch (50)}) 9. Na4 $1 ({
An important improvement over} 9. Bd3 9... Ng6 10. Qh5 { -  Spiriev,P-Kastek,T/
Budapest Noviki-D 1987/TD 87\06  Exchanging the dark-squared bishop, White
obtains a large positional advantage.}) 9... Bb6 10. Nxb6 Qxb6 11. O-O-O $1 {
Intending 12.Bd3 followed by the march of the h-pawn.} 11... f6 12. exf6 Rxf6
13. Qh5 13... Rf5 $2 {Another imprecision. Better was13...Bd7.} 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Bd3 $1 15... hxg5 (15... Rf6 $4 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Bh7+ $18) 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. g4
$1 {Initiating the second wave of attack.} 17... Nd6 18. h4 $1 {
A thematic advancement, including the rook into attack.} 18... Bd7 19. hxg5 {
White is threatening 20.g6 followed by Qh8.} 19... Nc4 20. Bc3 d4 21. g6 $1 {
The final blow.} 21... Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+ ({Black resigned in view of} 
23. Qxg7+ 23... Kd8 (23... Kd6 24. Bxd4) 24. Rh8+ Kc7 25. Rxa8 {
An impressive miniature!}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O
8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 ({
In a recent game Artur opted for} 12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... c4 14. Be2 Bd7
15. h4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bf6 dxc3 20. Qf4 Qc7 21.
Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Ba2 h6 24. h5 g5 25. O-O-O Re8 26. g4 Ng7 27. Rh3
Ref8 28. Rxc3 Bc6 29. Bc4 Rxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bb5 Rf3 33. Rdd3
Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Ne8 35. Bg6+ {1-0 Komarov,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 1996})
14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 {
Timman,J-Yusupov,A/Novgorod 1995}) 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O
16... Kg7 $6 ({An interesting concept, which was, however, refuted byTopalov
in this game. The popular alternative is} 16... Nf5 17. Qc1 Raf8 18. a4 Nd6 19.
Ng5 Rf6 20. Qa3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd2 22. Qxd6 Bc8 23. Bxc4 Qxg5 24. Bd3 Qf4 25.
Qc5 25... b6 { -  Vehi Bach,V-Alvarez Ibarra,D/San Sebastian op 1994}) 17. Qc1
$1 {Forcing 17...Ng8 and preparing bishop transfer to the b8-h2 diagonal.}
17... Ng8 18. Bf4 Raf8 (18... Qxc3 $4 {loses immediately after} 19. Bd2 {
Black sacrifices the exchange hoping to get sufficient compensation. It seems
the most reasonable decision. Otherwise after 19.Ne5 (or 19.Be5) White has a
huge advantage.}) 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. a4 $1 ({The strongest reply. After} 20.
Bxf8+ $6 20... Rxf8 { d4, Black gets good counterplay. In the presence of the
dark-squared bishop the d4 pawn is indirectly protected. The text move creates
the threat of 21.a5 followed by 22.Ra3.}) 20... Nf6 {Threatening Nd4.} 21. Rd1
Ne4 ({After} 21... Rd8 {the black queen is in the trouble:} 22. a5 $1 22... Nb4
23. Ra3 $1 23... Qxc2 24. Bxb4 Qxe2 25. Re1 $18) 22. Ra3 Qa5 23. Bxf8+ Rxf8 24.
c3 {Essential move, preventing 24...c3 and fixing White's advnatage.} 24... Qb6
25. Re1 Nd6 26. Bd1 Rf6 27. Ra2 Nf7 28. Qa3 Na5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd8 31.
Re3 {Black clearly did not obtain sufficient compensation for the exchange.
Yet, White needs to finds the effiicient way to convert his advantage.} 31...
Qf8 32. Qc1 {Queen exchange would be in Black's favor.} 32... Nb3 33. Qb1 Na5
34. h3 b6 35. Bg4 Qd6 36. Qe1 {Aiming at e6 pawn.} 36... Nc6 37. h4 Nd8 38. g3
Nf7 39. Rae2 39... Nd8 {Black managed to protect his weakest e6 pawn, but
White has other resources for imporving his position.} 40. Qa1 Nc6 41. Rf3 $1 {
Rook exchange increases White's attacking chances and yields him more freedom
for aggressive actions.} 41... Rxf3 42. Bxf3 Nd8 43. Bg4 Nf7 44. Re1 Kf6 45.
Qc1 Ke7 46. h5 $1 46... Kf6 (46... g5 {fails to} 47. Qc2 h6 48. Qg6 {
, and the white queen penetrates the kingside.}) 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Kg2 Kg7 49.
Bd1 Qe7 50. Bc2 Qg5 51. Qd1 Nh6 52. Qe2 Qf6 53. Rh1 Be8 54. f4 54... g5 {
Otherwise after 55.Qf3 followed by g4 Black's position is unbearable.} 55. Rf1
$1 55... Bf7 56. fxg5 Qxg5 57. Rf4 Bg8 58. Qe3 Kh8 59. Qc1 $1 {Excellent maneuv
er, allowing White to transfer his queen to the diagonal a3-f8. The white
queen's invasion into the Black's kingside decides the game.} 59... Kg7 (59...
Qe7 $4 {loses after} 60. Rh4) 60. Qa3 Bf7 61. Qd6 Ng4 62. Kf3 $1 62... Nf6 63.
Qe7 Qh5+ 64. Ke3 Qg5 65. Ke2 a6 66. Kd1 $1 {The final subtlety. Transferring
his king to the queenside, White develops irresistible attack.} 66... Qh5+ 67.
Kc1 Ng8 68. Qc7 b5 69. axb5 axb5 70. g4 Qh1+ 71. Kb2 71... Nh6 72. Qe5+ Kg8 73.
Qg5+ Kf8 74. Qd8+ Kg7 75. Qf6+ {In view of 76.g5 Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O
8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3
14... Qc7 $5 {A good alternative to the standard 14...c4:} (14... c4 15. Be2
Bd7 16. O-O Kg7 (16... Nf5 17. Qc1 Raf8 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Qa3 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qxd2 22. Qxd6 Bc8 23. Bxc4 Qxg5 24. Bd3 Qf4 25. Qc5 25... b6 {
-  Vehi Bach,V-Alvarez Ibarra,D/San Sebastian op 1994}) 17. Qc1 Ng8 18. Bf4
Raf8 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. a4 $1 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Dortmund 1997 (74) 
 Black  aims at 15...e6-e5, keeping the tension between the d4 and c5 pawns.})
15. O-O (15. Ng5 Rf6 16. f4 {fails here to} 16... cxd4) (15. Qe2 $4 {
loses after} 15... c4) 15... e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 ({The seemingly powerful} 
17. Nxh7 {falls short after} 17... Kxh7 (17... e4 $5 18. Nxf8 exd3 19. Bh6 Nf5)
18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qxg6+ Qg7) 17... exd4 18. Re1 (18. cxd5 {
does not yield White anything in view of} 18... Ne5) 18... Bf5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 ({
Now} 19... Ne5 $4 {loses after} 20. Bf4) 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qd6 (21... Qd7 {
was worth considering.}) 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 (23... Qd7 $5 24. Bg5 $140
24... Bxe4 25. Bxd8 Na5) 24. Rxe4 Na5 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Qh3 Rd7 28.
Rbe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O
8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13...
c4 14. Be2 Bd7 15. h4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Bf6 dxc3 20.
Qf4 Qc7 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Rc8 23. Ba2 h6 24. h5 g5 25. O-O-O Re8 26. g4
Ng7 27. Rh3 Ref8 28. Rxc3 Bc6 29. Bc4 Rxf6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bb5
Rf3 33. Rdd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Ne8 35. Bg6+ {
1-0 Komarov,D-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgio 1996}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1
{Leitet das Manoever Lg5-c1-a3-d6-e5 ein} ({A popular continuation. White is
preparing the set-up Bc1+ Qd2, reserving for his bishop the diagonal f8-a3.
The most popular alternative is 16.Be3. It is important to note that the
recent game  Hachian-Rychagov, Moscow 1996, saw an important novelty:} 16. Bd2
$1 16... Nf5 17. Qc1 17... g5 $2 {(a mistake, after which White obtains a
large advantage; essential was 17...Kh7)} 18. Ne5 $1 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5
20. g4 $1 $16) (16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Nxg3 21.
fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 Raf8 23. Nxg5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 e5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5
27. Be2 Bg4 28. Re1 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Ng4 30. Re7 Rf5 31. Nf3 Rf7 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Re7 Rf7 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Re7 {
-  Timman,J-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995/CBM 48/[Dolmatov]}) 16... Qg7 (16... Bd7
17. a4 Qg7 18. Ba3 g5 19. Rb1 19... b6 $14 {
occured in the game Lukin-Berelovich}) 17. Qd2 Kh7 (17... g5 {
can be effectively met by} 18. h4) 18. a4 {
Vacating a3-f8 diagonal for the bishop.} 18... Bd7 19. Ba3 g5 ({It would be a
mistake to try to prevent bishop's invastion to d6: 19...Nc8 is just too
passive, whereas} 19... Nf5 {fails to} 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Bd6 Raf8 22. Ne5 $1 $16
{ f4}) 20. Bd6 Nf5 ({Weaker is} 20... g4 21. Ne5 {
, and White is clearly better.}) 21. Be5 21... Qg6 {Now the threat is 21... g4,
forcing the white knight to retreat to a very unfortunate position on e1. 21.
g4 is too risky: after 21...Nfe7 black doubles his rooks along f-file, and his
pressure on White's kingside becomes dangerous. White could continue now 21.
Bg3 ( Ne5), and if  21...Ng3 22.hg3 , intending Rae1 and Bd1.  Black can reply
by 21...Qg7, preventing 22.Ne5 and it is unclear. whether White has anything
better than repeating moves.  } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bf8 (5... Qd7 $6 6. Bb5 $5
6... c6 7. Ba4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 9. a3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Bb5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Nf4 $36
{Kindermann,S-Gallus,G/Munich op9192 1992 (16)}) 6. Qh5 (6. h4 $5 6... c5 7.
Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 (8. Bb5 $5 8... Bd7 9. a4 Nge7 10. Ne2 a6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. h5
12... f6 $132 {Hodgson,J-Lund,D/Preston 1989 (40)}) 8... f6 $6 9. exf6 9...
gxf6 $2 (9... Nxf6 $14) 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 $1 $16 {
Borst-Dutreeuw,M/Antwerpen op 1994 (19)}) (6. f4 Qd7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Qe2 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. a3 11... Kb7 $13 {
Azadmanesh,M-Izoria,Z/EuYouth U14 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997 (17)}) (6. Nf3 Ne7 7.
Be2 (7. h4 $5 7... h5 (7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 $36) (7... Qd7 8. h5 8...
h6 $14 { }) 8. Bg5 {  Ne2-g3  h5,  f} 8... Qd7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Ne2
11... c5 $5 (11... Nf5 12. Ng3 $1 $36) 12. dxc5 $6 (12. c3 { } 12... Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 13... c4 $5) 12... bxc5 13. Bxe7 (13. c4 $2 13... dxc4 {  Nd5}) 13... Bxe7
14. c4 14... dxc4 $1 $13 {van der Wiel,J-Portisch,L/Tilburg 1988 (43)}) (7.
Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 9... Bb5 $5 $13) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O c5 10.
Nb5 Nc6 11. c4 $1 11... dxc4 12. Qa4 $1 $16 {
Wedberg,T-Ornstein,A/Sverige 1981 (30)}) (6. a4 $5 6... a5 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nf3
Qd7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O 11... Nf5 $11 {
Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Arencibia,W/Sagua la Grande 1989 (35)}) (6. Bb5+ $5 6... Bd7
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. c4 $1 12... dxc4
13. Be4 a6 14. d5 $1 $40 {
Rechlis,G-Gofshtein,L/ISR-chT  (ASA-Bikurei) 1996 (34)}) 6... Ba6 {Solving the
problem of lightsquared bishop,but paying quiet high price:white gets a big
advantage in development and seizes the initiative.} 7. Nh3 Bxf1 8. Rxf1 Qd7 9.
f4 g6 10. Qe2 Ne7 ({Deserved attention} 10... h5 $5 {
not permitting white to transfer g4 and f5 so easily.For example:} 11. O-O-O
Nc6 12. Be1 Nge7 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. Bf2 Be7 15. g3 $14) 11. g4 $2 {
Too hasty desicion which could cause white a lot of troubles.} (11. Ng5 $5 $14)
11... Nbc6 $5 (11... h5 12. f5 $6 (12. g5 $5 $11) 12... exf5 13. gxh5 13...
Nbc6 $1 (13... Rxh5 $6 14. Nf4 Rh8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 $36) 14. Nf4 Nxd4 15.
Qd3 c5 16. Be3 g5 17. Bxd4 gxf4 18. Bg1 Rxh5 19. O-O-O 19... O-O-O $17) 12. Be3
12... h5 $1 $15 13. f5 $6 13... gxf5 $2 (13... exf5 $1 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Nf4
Rh8 16. O-O-O 16... O-O-O $17) 14. gxh5 $14 {After mutual mistakes the game
finaly enters the middlegame and we can make some conclusions.White has a
passed pawn on h file and his minor pieces are better placed and these facts
make his chances preferable.} 14... Bh6 $6 (14... O-O-O $5 15. O-O-O Ng8 16.
Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf4 $14) 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rg1 $1 {
Taking controle over the g-file} 17... Kb7 18. Rg7 Rdh8 19. Nf4 R6h7 20. Rg5 $1
{Correct desicion:black has no space for his pieces that's why there is no
reason for any changes.} 20... Nd8 (20... Na5 21. b3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nb5
Nac6 24. c4 $1 $36) 21. b3 Rf8 22. Rdg1 Nec6 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Kb2 24... Qb4 {
Trying to create some counterplay,but white easily defendes.} 25. Nce2 Na5 26.
Qd3 $16 26... Qe7 27. Rg7 Rxg7 (27... Rfh8 28. Ng6 $1 28... Nc4+ $8 29. bxc4 $1
(29. Qxc4 29... Qe8 $1 30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Qc3 fxg6 32. hxg6 Rxh2 33. Nf4 $16)
29... Qb4+ 30. Qb3 Qxb3+ 31. axb3 fxg6 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. hxg6 Rg7 34. cxd5 exd5
35. Nf4 $18) 28. Rxg7 Rh8 29. Qg3 Qb4 30. c3 Qf8 31. Qg5 $1 31... c5 32. Qf6
Ka6 33. h6 cxd4 (33... Nac6 34. a3 $5 34... Nb8 35. h7 Nd7 36. Qg5 f6 37. Qg6
$18) 34. Nxd4 Nac6 35. Nc2 Qc5 36. Nd3 Qf8 37. h7 Ne7 (37... Nb8 38. Qg5 $1 $18
) 38. Ndb4+ Kb7 39. Rg8 $1 39... Rxg8 (39... Nxg8 40. Qxh8 $18) 40. Qxe7+ Kc8 (
40... Qxe7 41. hxg8=Q $18) 41. hxg8=Q 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Karpeshov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Aseev,K"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O 10... c4 $146 11. Be2 11... Ba4 {  Kd7, Qg8-h7 (  c2)}
12. g3 (12. Nh4 12... g5 $6 (12... Nf5 $5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. g4 14... Bd7 $13) (
12... Ng6 $5) 13. Nf3 {(  Ne1, f2-f4 )}) (12. Ne1 $5 {(  f4, g4, f5)}) 12...
Kd7 13. Nh4 Qg8 14. f4 Qh7 15. f5 g5 (15... exf5 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Rxf5 Qxf5
18. Bg4 Bxc2 19. Qf3 Ke6 20. Ra2 $1 20... h5 21. Bxf5+ Bxf5 22. Rf2 Bg6 (22...
g6 23. h3 {  g4}) 23. Qg2 $5 23... Nd7 24. Qh3+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ $16) (15... Nbc6
16. Bg4 $16 (16. g4)) 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Bg4 (17. Rf6 $1 $142 17... g5 (17...
Nbc6 18. Bg4 Nd8 19. Ng2 $5 (19. Ra2 $5) (19. Be3 $4 19... g5 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6
21. Qg4 21... Qg8 $19) 19... g5 20. Ra2 (20. Ne3 $5 20... h5 21. Be2 g4 22. Ra2
{  Ng2}) 20... h5 21. Be2 $16) 18. Bg4 $1 18... gxh4 19. Bxe6+ Kd8 20. Rxh6 Qg7
(20... Qxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Qg4 $16 (22. Bxd5 $1 {(Fritz)})) 21. Qg4 $1 21...
Rh7 (21... Qxg4 $2 22. Rxh8+) (21... Qf8 22. Qxh4 Rxh6 23. Bxh6 $18) 22. Qxh4
$1 22... Bxc2 23. Bxd5 $18) 17... Nf5 (17... g5 $4 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qg4+) (
17... Nbc6 18. Rf6 $16) 18. Ng2 (18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bh5 $14) 18... Nc6 19. Nf4 (
19. Qd2 $5 $14 {(  Bb2, Rf2, Raf1)}) (19. Qe2 $5 $14 {(  Be3)}) 19... Nce7 (
19... Raf8) 20. Rf2 (20. Qe2 Raf8 21. Rf2 (21. Bb2 {(  Rae1, Bc1)} 21... h5 (
21... Ng7 22. h4 $5 (22. Nxd5 $5 22... Nxd5 23. Qxc4 Bc6 24. Qd3 {(  c4, d5)} (
24. Qa6 $2 24... g5 $1 25. Qxa7+ 25... Nc7 $19)) (22. Qg2 $5 $13) 22... h5 (
22... g5 $140 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Rf6 Rxf6 25. exf6 Nf5 26. Rf1 $40) 23. Bh3 g5
24. hxg5 24... Bxc2 $13) 22. Bf3 h4 23. g4 Nxd4 (23... Ng3 $2 24. hxg3 hxg3 25.
Bc1 Qh2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2 27. Be3 $18 (27. Ng2 $5 {(  Rfh8 28.Ne1 +-)}) 27... Rxc2
$4 28. Bd1) 24. cxd4 Rxf4 25. Bc1 Rf7 (25... Rxd4 $2 26. Be3 Nc6 27. Qf2 Re4
28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Bxb6 $5 $13 (29. Qd2+ $5 $16)) 26. Bg5 $44) 21... Ng7 $5 $13
(21... h5 22. Bf3 h4 23. g4 Ng7 (23... Ng3 24. hxg3 hxg3 25. Rf1 $18) 24. Nh3
$18) (21... Rf7 22. Bb2 h5 23. Bf3 (23. Bh3 $2 23... g5 $19) 23... h4 24. g4
24... Ng3 $2 (24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rxf4 26. Bc1 $5 (26. c3 $5 {(  Bc1)}) 26...
Rxd4 27. Be3 Nc6 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qd1 Nxf3+ (29... Nc6 30. Bxd5 $1 $40) 30.
Qxf3 $13) 25. Qe3 $1 $16 {(  Nh3-g5)})) 20... Raf8 21. Bh3 $2 21... Rf7 (21...
Ng7 $5) 22. Qd2 Rhf8 23. Bb2 Ng7 (23... h5 $142 24. Bg2 (24. Ng2 24... g5 $1
25. Qxg5 25... Nxd4 $5 $40 26. Nf4 (26. Rxf7 Qxf7 (26... Ne2+ $5) 27. cxd4 $4
27... Qf2+ 28. Kh1 28... Qf1+ $19) 26... Rxf4 $19) 24... Ng7 $1 (24... g5 $4
25. Nh3) (24... h4 $2 25. g4 Nh6 (25... Ng3 26. Nh3 $1) 26. g5 Nhf5 (26... Ng4
$2 27. Rff1 $16) 27. Bh3 $16) 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 h4 27. gxh4 (27. g4 27... Qxc2
$5 (27... Ng6 $5) 28. Qe3 28... Qb3 $17 (28... Qh7 $2 29. Raf1 $16) 29. --
29... Rxf4 $140 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxb2) 27... Qxh4 $36) 24. Raf1 $138
24... Qg8 $2 (24... g5 25. Nxd5 $8 25... Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Nf6+ (27. Qxf2
$2 27... Nxd5 28. Qf7+ Ne7 29. Bxe6+ Kd8) 27... Rxf6 28. exf6 $15) 25. Qe2 Ngf5
(25... g5 $4 26. Nxe6 $1 26... Nxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rf6+ $18) 26. Bc1 $16
26... Qh7 27. Nxe6 $2 (27. Qe1 $5) (27. Bg4 $5) 27... Kxe6 28. g4 28... Nxd4 $1
(28... Nh4 $2 29. Rf6+ Rxf6 30. exf6+ Kd7 31. Bxh6 Rf7 32. Bg5 $16 (32. Qe5 $5)
) 29. cxd4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 31... g5 $8 32. c3 $2 (32. Bd2 32... Qf7
$15) (32. Qf6+ $142 32... Kd7 33. Bd2 $1 (33. e6+ Kd6 (33... Kc6 34. Bd2 a5 35.
Qf7 $142 (35. c3 35... Bd1 $5 {(  Kb5-a4)} 36. Qf7 $5 36... Qxf7 37. exf7 Ng6
38. a4 $5 38... Kd6 (38... Bxa4 39. Bc1 -- 40. Ba3) 39. Bc1 Ke6 40. Bg2 Bxg4
41. h4 Kxf7 (41... gxh4 42. Bxh6 Kxf7 43. Bxd5+ Be6 44. Be4 $15) 42. hxg5 hxg5
43. Bxd5+ (43. Bxg5 Ke6 44. Bd8 $140 44... b5 $1 45. axb5 a4 46. b6 Nf8 47. b7
Nd7 48. Bg5 a3 49. Bc1 a2 50. Bb2 Kd6 51. Kf2 51... Be6 $17 {(  Kc7-b7)}) 43...
Be6 $15) 35... Qxf7 (35... Bxc2 36. Qe8+ Kb7 37. Bg2 $1 $13 (37. Qd7+ $2 37...
Ka6 38. a4 38... Bxa4 $1 39. Qxa4 39... Qd3 $17)) 36. exf7 Ng6 37. Bg2 Bxc2 38.
h4 Kd6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bxg5 $13) 34. Bd2 a5 35. Be1 Bxc2 36. Bg3+ Kc6 37. Qf8
(37. Qe5 $5) 37... Kb5 38. Qd8 $5 $132 (38. Qe8+ 38... Nc6 $17)) 33... Qe4 (
33... Qxc2 $6 34. e6+ $40) (33... Qg6 $2 34. Bb4 Qxf6 35. exf6 Ng6 36. f7 $18)
34. Bb4 Qe3+ (34... Qxd4+ $2 35. Kh1 Qd1+ (35... Qe4+ 36. Bg2 $18) 36. Bf1
36... Kc8 $8 37. Qf7 $40) 35. Kg2 35... Bxc2 $5 (35... Qe4+ 36. Kf1 $5 36...
Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qxh2+ 38. Bg2 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 gxf4 40. Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Bxd5 $16) (
35... Qe2+ 36. Kh1) 36. Qxe7+ Kc6 37. Qe6+ Kb5 38. Qd7+ (38. Qxd5+ $4 38... Ka4
$19) 38... Ka6 39. Qc8+ $11) 32... Qd3 $2 (32... Qf7 $15) (32... Qb1 $1 $17
$142) 33. Bf1 33... Qxc3 $6 (33... Qd1 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Be3 $8 (
36. e6 $2 36... Qxg4+ (36... Nc8 $19) 37. Bg2 Nc8 (37... Kf8 38. Qe5 $5) 38.
Qxd5 Qd1+ 39. Bf1 (39. Kf2 Qxc1 40. Qxc4 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 41... Ne7 $19) 39... Qxc1
40. Qxc4 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 41... Qe4+ $19 42. Kg1 (42. Bg2 Qe1+ 43. Bf1 43... Kd8 $5
$19) 42... Qc6 (42... Bc6)) 36... Qxg4+ 37. Bg2 $132 {(  Qh6,   e6)} (37. Kf2
37... Qh4+ $1 38. Kg1 38... Bd7 $17)) 34. Bd2 Qxa3 (34... Qb2 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36.
e6+ (36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Be3) 36... Kc6 37. Bb4 Ng8 38. Qg7 $40 38... -- 39. Qd7#
$140) 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qxh6 36... Qb2 $2 (36... Qf3 $132) 37. Be3 $16 37... Bc2
$4 38. Qd6+ Ke8 39. e6 $18 39... Ba4 40. Qb8+ Nc8 41. Qxc8+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O
8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 Nf5 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 {
is the main alternative:} 12... Nc6 (12... c4 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. Ng5 h6 15. h4
Nd7 16. g4 Rf6 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. Nd6 Nf6 19. Qg6 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. g5 hxg5
22. hxg5 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rh4 Bd7 25. Rxe4 Kf7 26. Rh4 Bc6 27. Bf4 27...
Kg6 $11 { -  Mnatsakanian,E-Zontakh,A/Budapest Spring op 1991 (35)}) 13. O-O c4
14. Be2 Nd6 15. Qh4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nf5 18. Qh3 Rf7 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20.
Re1 Ba4 21. Ra2 Qb6 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Be3 Rxe5 25. f4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Kf7 28. Re2 28... Rd8 $44 {
-  Nguyen Anh Dung-Andrienko,A/Budapest FS10 GM 1994 (52)}) 12... Nd7 (12... g6
{is an important option in this position. White suffered a terrible debacle
after} 13. Qg5 $6 (13. Qh3) 13... Nd7 14. Bxf5 $6 {
A wrong decision, yielding Black dangerous initiative.} 14... Rxf5 15. Qe7 (15.
Qg3 $142) 15... Qxc5 16. Qxe6+ $2 ({The decisive mistake. Essential was} 16.
Qxc5) 16... Rf7 {Now White is lost.} 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Qe2 Re7 19. Ne5 Bg4 20. f3
Rae8 21. Bf4 Qxc3+ 22. Kf2 22... Ne4+ $1 {
0-1 Filipenko,A-Kosikov,A/Smolensk op 1991/EXT 91op}) 13. g4 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15.
Nf3 Qxc5 (15... e5 {deserves now attention. White might respond by} 16. c4
16... Qxc5 $2 $140 17. Bb4 $18 {, with sharp and unclear play.}) 16. Ng5 $1 {
An excellent resource. White incites  16...Qf2+ 17. Kd1, and Black isdefenceles
s against the threats Qh7+, since 17...Nf8 loses in view of 18. Rf1.} 16... Nf8
17. f4 $1 {Preventing the advancement e6-e5.} 17... Nc6 (17... Bd7 {
, with the idea Ne7-c8-d6 was here an interesting alternative.}) 18. Qg3 Bd7
19. Kd1 $1 {Another impressive move. Now the white king is in security and
White obtains the e-file to the h1 rook.} 19... Re8 20. Re1 Na5 21. Nf3 Ba4 22.
g5 Rf7 23. Ne5 Rg7 ({An exchange sacrifice} 23... Nc4 $5 {
deserved now serious attention.}) 24. Ng4 Rc8 25. Qe3 $1 {
Forcing a better ending.} 25... Qxe3 (25... Qc7 26. Qe5 (26. Qd4 $16 { })) 26.
Bxe3 26... Nc6 {Preventing Bd4.} (26... Rxc3 {fails to} 27. Kd2 (27. Bd4 $4 {
loses after} 27... Rxd3+) 27... Rc8 28. Bd4 {
, winning the exchange, since the g7 rook cannot move in view of Ng4-h6#.}) 27.
Rb1 27... Rgc7 $6 {This move aggravates Black's position. Better was 27...b6,
preventing the efficient bishop 's thrust, which yielded White a huge
advantage after the text move.} 28. Bc5 $1 {Threatening 29. Bd6, after which
29...Rd7 loses in view of 30. Nf6+, whilst 29...Rf7 fails to 30.Nh6+.} 28...
Kf7 29. Nh6+ Ke8 30. Bd6 Rd7 31. Bxf8 {
Winning the pawn and retaining the attacking prospects.} 31... Kxf8 32. Rxe6
Nd8 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Kd2 d4 35. c4 Rc6 36. Ng4 {Black is clearly lost.} 36...
Rxf6 37. Nxf6 Re7 38. Nd5 Re6 39. h4 Bc6 40. Rf1 Bxd5 41. cxd5 Re3 42. f5 {
The simplest. The rest needs no comment.} 42... gxf5 43. Rxf5 Rh3 44. Rf4 Rh2+
45. Kc1 Nf7 46. Rxd4 Nd6 47. Rf4 b6 48. Kb2 Rh3 49. Kc3 Nb5+ 50. Kc4 Nd6+ 51.
Kd4 Nb7 52. Ke5 Re3+ 53. Re4 Rf3 54. d6 Nc5 55. Rf4 Re3+ 56. Kd5 Re8 57. Rf6
Re3 58. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 7... f6 $6
{A rare and as it seems, not the strongest continuation.  The standard moves
here are 7...f5 and 7...Ne7.} 8. Nf3 c4 9. Qg3 (9. Be2 Qf7 (9... Nc6 10. Qg3
Qf7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 b6 13. Ba3 Nge7 14. Rfb1 Nf5 15. Qh3 h5 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 O-O-O 19. Qf4 Qg7 20. Bf1 h4 21. a5 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23.
Qe3 Nxa5 24. Bd6 {Mitkov,N-Schoonmaker,N/US-op 1997/EXP 58/1-0 (37)}) 10. Qh4
Ne7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. g4 h6 13. Rg1 Nbc6 14. Qg3 Bd7 15. Qc7 b6 16. h4 e5 17.
dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 O-O-O 20. Bf4 Kb7 21. O-O-O Ba4 22. Qc7+ Ka6
23. Be3 23... Rd7 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent 1987/EXT 87}) (9.
Bf4 Qf7 10. h4 Qg6 11. Qxg6+ hxg6 12. g4 g5 13. Bg3 gxh4 14. Rxh4 Rxh4 15. Nxh4
Nc6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Be2 fxe5 18. dxe5 Nge7 19. O-O-O Kf7 20. Rf1 $14 {
-  Gabrielsen,S-Johannessen,L/NOR-chJ 1996/EXT 97 (47)}) 9... Qf7 10. h4 h5 (
10... Qg6 $5 {was worth considering here:} 11. h5 (11. Qxg6+ 11... hxg6 $132)
11... Qxc2 (11... Qxg3 12. fxg3 { h6}) 12. Nd2 (12. Qxg7 $2 12... Qxc3+ 13. Kd1
13... Bd7 $1 { 14...Ba4+ 15.Ke2 Qd3+, followed by 16...Qd1#.}) 12... Kf7 $13)
11. a4 (11. Be2 Bd7 12. a4 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qh2 Nc6 15. Ba3 O-O-O 16. Rfb1
Rdg8 17. a5 a6 18. Bc5 Nfe7 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb6 e5 21. dxe5 Nf5 22. exf6 Be8
23. Rd1 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Vincze,I/Kobanya op 1992/TD 92\11}) 11... Nc6 12. Ba3
Bd7 13. Qf4 O-O-O 14. g3 14... Nge7 $6 ({
Allows White to obtain a durable positional advantage. Stronger was} 14... Qg6)
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Ne5 $1 16... Qh7 ({Also} 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 {
is in White's favor.}) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Bh3 f5 ({After} 18... Qxc2 {
White obtains an advantage by} 19. Rc1 Qxa4 20. Qxf6 Rhd8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22.
Bxe6+ Kb8 23. O-O) 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh2 Rg6 21. Rae1 Ng8 22. Re2 {White has a
better position. Among the most important factors, determining his advantage
one can mention: active position of all his pieces, full control over the dark
squares, chronical weakness of the e6 pawn, good chances to use the diagonal
c8-h3.} 22... Qh6 $6 (22... Nf6 {is clearly bad in view of} 23. Rxe6 Ng4+ 24.
Bxg4 Rxe6 25. Bxf5 $18) (22... Nh6 {was a better choice.}) 23. Bc1 $1 {
Stressing on White's domination over the dark squares.} 23... Qf8 24. Rfe1 Nd8
25. Qf3 $1 {Opening the way to the dark-squared bishop.} 25... Nf6 26. Bg5 Ng4+
27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Qf4 $1 28... Nf6 $2 ({This voluntary knight retreat allows a
thematic combination, which yields White a winning poisition. The motive of
the combination is the weakness of the c8-h3 diagonal.} 28... Kc7 {
was more persistent:} 29. f3 (29. Qxd6+ Kxd6 (29... Rxd6 $2 30. Bf4 $18)) (29.
Bxd8+ Kxd8 (29... Rxd8 30. Rxe6 Qxf4 31. Re7+ (31. gxf4 Ne3+) 31... Kd6 32.
gxf4 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Kxe7 34. Rxe3+ $14) 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. f3 31... Nh6 $132)
29... Qxf4 30. Bxf4+ Kc6 31. Kf1 31... Nh6 $14 {/ }) 29. Rxe6 $1 {This thematic
sacrifice, destroying the pawn bastion e6-f5, makes the h3-bishop the key
figure of the following events.} 29... Nxe6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxf5 Rxg5 32.
hxg5 32... Ne4 {The only move. All other conintuations lose immediately.} 33.
Rxe4 $1 {The decisive sacrifice.} 33... dxe4 34. d5 Kd8 35. Bxe6 Ke7 36. Kf1 a5
({Black tries to create the passed pawn on a-file, but the White king is just
in time.} 36... Ra6 {falls short after} 37. Ke2 Rxa4 38. Ke3 Ra2 39. Kxe4 Rxc2
40. f4 Rxc3 41. f5 Rxg3 42. f6+) 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5 a4 39. Kd2 a3 40. Kc1 Rb6
41. g6 Kf6 ({After} 41... Rxb5 42. g7 a2 43. g8=Q a1=Q+ 44. Kd2 {Black is entir
ely lost. But after the text move the White bishop gains access to the key
c6-square.}) 42. Bd7 Kxg6 43. Bc6 Kf5 44. d6 Kg4 45. d7 Rb8 46. Bxe4 a2 47. Kb2
Rxb5+ 48. Kxa2 Rb8 49. Ka3 Kg5 50. Bf3 $1 {
Aiming at the h5 pawn and preventing the black king march to e7.} 50... h4 51.
gxh4+ 51... Kxh4 {Now the black king is maxinally distanced from the d7 pawn,
and White undertakes the decisive operation.} 52. Bb7 $1 {
Threatening 53.Bc8 and opening the way to the center for the white king.} 52...
Rf8 53. Kb4 Kg5 54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Kd6 {
Black king does not get to d8. Black is entirely lost.} 55... Rh8 56. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 07th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1997.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.26"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 {Petursson} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {Variation quiet rarely
seen in modern chess and,as shows this game for a good reason!} 4... Bxc3+ 5.
bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 Qe7 (10... Bb7
11. Nf4 $6 11... Qe7 12. Bb5 $5 12... c6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qh4 14... h6 $1 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O 17... Rg5 $36 {
Damasco,R-Nyberg,C/Novi Sad olw  ITA-SVE 1990 (42)}) 11. Qh4 (11. a4 $5 11...
Bb7 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Be2 e5 14. O-O (14. Nf5 $2 14... Qe6 15. Ng7 Qc6) 14...
Rg6 15. Qh4 Rdg8 16. Be3 16... Qe6 $15 {
Zagorovsky,W-Kahn,M/corr PL Swinarski mem 1983 (42)}) 11... Bb7 12. Ng3 $6 ({
Deserved attention} 12. Nf4 12... h6 $5 13. Qxh6 O-O-O 14. Qh4 e3 15. f3 (15.
fxe3 $6 15... e5 $1 16. Nh5 exd4 17. cxd4 17... Rxg5 $1 18. Qxg5 18... Rg8 $40)
15... Rh8 16. Nh5 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf6 18... Rxh5 $132 {
with complicated position;Estevez,G-Vilela,J/Capablanca mem-B 1991 (31)}) 12...
h6 13. Bd2 13... Rg4 $1 $36 {This strong and logical move exposes the
disadvantages of white's position:delay in development,invalid pawns structure,
lack of coordination between white pieces.} (13... O-O-O $6 14. Be2 14... Nf8
$6 (14... Qd6 15. Qxh6 Rh8 16. Qf4 (16. Qe3 16... Rdg8 $44) 16... e3 17. Bxe3
Bxg2 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Rg1 {  Krasenkov,M-Stewart,J/Moskva 1990} (19. Rg1 Rxh2
20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 $14 {Krasenkov,M})) 15. O-O (15. Nh5 $1 $14) 15... Ng6
16. Qxh6 Rh8 17. Qg5 Rdg8 18. f3 18... e3 $1 $36 {
Fischer,R-Kovacevic,V/Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 (30)}) 14. Qxh6 (14. Qh3 $6 {
can't be serious alternative.}) 14... O-O-O 15. c4 $6 {After this move white
faces serious difficulties,while white still had the oppurtunity to keep the
balance:} (15. Bg5 $1 15... Rg8 16. Bh4 $1 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Be2 R4g6 18. Qe3
Nd5 19. Qd2 19... f5 $1 $36) 16... R8g6 17. Qh8+ Rg8 18. Qh6 $11) 15... Ng8 $5
16. Qe3 f5 17. Nh5 $1 (17. f3 $2 17... exf3 18. gxf3 18... f4 $19) 17... e5 18.
dxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O-O $4 {
Missing nice reply of black,which destroys white's position.} (19. Nf4 $5 $132)
19... Nd3+ $1 $19 20. cxd3 Qxa3+ 21. Kc2 (21. Kb1 {Petursson} 21... Qb3+ 22.
Kc1 22... exd3 $19) 21... exd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qa2+ (22... Rxd3 $4 {Petursson} 23.
Qe8+ Rd8 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bb4+ $18) 23. Kc3 (23. Kc1 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 (24. Qe8+
{Petursson} 24... Rd8 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26. Bc3 26... Rc8 $19) 24... Be4 $19) 23...
Rxd3+ $1 24. Qxd3 (24. Kxd3 Qxc4#) 24... Qa3+ 25. Kc2 Be4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

{Finkel,A} {Oratovsky,M} 1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8
6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Bb5 Nc6 (7... c6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. Nf3 $5 (9. f4 $6 9... Ne7 10. Bxa6
Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Nh4 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxe7 15... Qxe7 $11
{Moreno,J-Panno,O/Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997 (18)}) 9... Ne7 10. a4 Nf5 11.
O-O Bxe2 12. Nxe2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qh3 $1 $36 {
Cseshkovsky,V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista (09) ,CBM 50 1995 (22)}) 8. Nf3 (8.
Nce2 Bb7 (8... a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qh4 12... Ne7 $5 {
Meulders kommentiert deutsch.  Eine interessante Idee: statt sich nach etwa 12.
..Be7 mit einer etwas schlechteren Stellung zufrieden zu geben, investiert
Timman einen Bauern.} (12... Be7 $14) 13. Bxf6 Ng6 14. Qg5 gxf6 15. Qxf6 15...
Bh6 $1 {Verhindert 0-0-0 und droht Damengewinn mittels ...Rf8.} (15... Bg7 16.
Qg5 $16) 16. Qf3 Qg7 17. Qg3 $6 (17. c3 $5 17... Bb7 18. Bc2 O-O-O 19. Qg4 Qf6
20. Nf3 Rhg8 21. Qh5 $1 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Nf3 18... O-O-O $36 {
Shirov,A-Timman,J/Koop Tjuchem Groningen 1996 (39)}) 9. c3 a6 10. Bd3 (10. Ba4
$5 $14) 10... f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Kb8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Kb1
15... e5 $13 {McGettigan,A-Bronstein,D/London Lloyds 1992 (51)}) 8... h6 (8...
a6 9. Be2 (9. Ba4 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Qh3 $5 11... Nge7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Bd2
O-O-O 14. Rae1 14... Kb8 $5 $13 {Topalov,V-Hamdouchi,H/Biel izt 1993 (40)})
9... Nb4 $5 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Rfd1 Nf5 14. Bf1 h6 15.
Bd2 $36 {Milos,G-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1992/1-0 (52)}) 9. Bd2 $5 (9. Be3 $5 9...
Nge7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qh5 a6 12. Be2 Nf5 13. g4 $1 $14 {
Sax,G-Hodgson,J/Bruxelles 1985 (17)}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Nge7 12. Ne2
12... g6 {Serious alternative was} (12... O-O-O $5 13. c3 13... f5 $6 14. exf6
$1 (14. Qg3 14... g5 15. h4 f4 (15... g4 16. Ne1 16... Kb8 17. Nd3 17... a5 18.
Bb5 Qc8 19. Ndf4 Na7 20. Bd3 $14 20... Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. c4 $5 (22. Nxe6 $6
22... Qxe2 23. Nxd8 23... Qxd2 $132) (22. b3 $5 $14) 22... Qxc4 23. Qc3 Qxc3
24. bxc3 $16) 16. Qg4 Nf5 (16... Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bh6 19. Bxf4 Nf5 (
19... Rdf8 20. Bd2 $16) 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. f4 $16) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 (18.
Qxg5 $4 18... Qh7 $1 $19) 18... Rh4 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Nh3 $16) 14... gxf6 15. Nf4
e5 (15... b5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Ne6 e4 19. Nh4 $16) (15... Nf5 16.
Rae1 $1 16... Re8 17. Qg6 $1 (17. Nxe6 $6 17... Ng7 18. Nxg7 18... Qxg4 $15)
17... Bg7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Qxf5 $16) 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Bxc6
Nxc6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Ngxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 d4 22. g3 Rd8 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Bc3
$16) 13. c3 $14 13... Nf5 14. h4 h5 15. Qf4 Bh6 16. Ng5 $1 (16. Qh2 $5 16...
Bxd2 (16... Bg7 17. Bg5 $16) 17. Nxd2 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qf4 $14) 16...
O-O-O 17. Rfe1 (17. Ng3 $5) 17... Kb8 18. Ng3 $1 {
Inviting black to open f-file.} 18... Qe7 (18... Nxg3 19. fxg3 $1 $16) 19. Nxf5
$1 19... gxf5 (19... exf5 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. e6 21... f6 $8 22. Nf3 Bxd2 23. Nxd2
Rhg8 24. Re2 $16) 20. g3 Na7 21. Rad1 (21. Bc2 $5 21... a5 22. Bd3 $16) 21...
a5 22. Qf3 $1 $16 {White's play till one moment is simply perfect!} 22... Rdg8
(22... Bg7 $6 23. Nh3 $1 $16) 23. Qxh5 Rg6 (23... Bxg5 $2 24. Bxg5 Rxh5 25.
Bxe7 f4 26. Bg5 $18) 24. Qf3 c5 25. Bf4 Ka8 26. Bc2 (26. Qe2 $5) 26... Nc6 27.
a3 Rc8 28. Bb1 $6 {Losing a control for a while.Very promising possibility was}
(28. Bd3 $16 28... cxd4 29. cxd4 29... Nxd4 $6 30. Qe3 Nc2 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32.
Qxb6 $18) 28... Ba6 29. Kg2 Bc4 30. Qe3 $6 30... Bb3 31. Rd2 a4 32. Bd3 Na5 33.
Qf3 {Admitting mistake!} 33... Ka7 34. Rh1 cxd4 35. cxd4 Nc4 36. Re2 Rh8 37.
Bc2 $1 {Good positional decision.} 37... Na5 (37... Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Qd7 39. Nh3
39... Bxf4 40. Nxf4 Rg4 41. b3 $16) 38. Bxb3 Nxb3 39. Qd3 Rc8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41.
Qxc2 Kb7 42. Rd1 42... Rg8 43. Rd3 Rc8 44. Qd1 $1 (44. Rc3 $5 44... Rxc3 45.
Qxc3 $16) 44... f6 45. exf6 $1 (45. Nxe6 $6 45... Qxe6 46. Bxh6 fxe5 47. Bg5 (
47. Bg7 e4 48. Re3 f4 49. gxf4 49... Qe7 $132) 47... exd4 48. h5 $16) (45. Nf7
$5 45... Qxf7 46. Bxh6 fxe5 47. dxe5 $16) 45... Qxf6 46. Re3 $1 46... Rc6 (
46... Bxg5 47. Bxg5 Qxd4 48. Qxd4 Nxd4 49. Bf6 $16) 47. Re5 47... Qg6 48. Re2
Bxg5 (48... Bg7 49. Be5 $16) 49. Bxg5 Rc4 50. Be3 50... f4 $1 {
Hoping to find some chanses aginst white king.} 51. Bxf4 Nxd4 52. Re5 Nf5 53.
h5 Qg7 54. Rxe6 $1 $18 {Not being afraid of the ghosts.} 54... Rxf4 55. Qxd5+
Ka7 56. Rg6 $1 56... Rxf2+ $8 57. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 58. Kf3 (58. Kg1 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2+
60. Kh3 Qc8 61. Rc6 $18) 58... Qb3+ 59. Ke4 $4 {
Spoiling such a nice game in one move!After} (59. Qxb3 Nd4+ (59... axb3 60. Rg4
$18) 60. Ke4 axb3 61. Rf6 b2 62. Rf1 $18 {black can resign.}) 59... Nxg3+ 60.
Rxg3 $6 (60. Ke5 Nxh5 (60... Qxd5+ 61. Kxd5 Nxh5 62. Ke5 $18) 61. Qc6 $40 (61.
Qxb3 axb3 62. Rg2 Kb7 63. Rb2 Ng7 64. Rxb3 64... Ne8 $16)) 60... Qxg3 61. Qd7+
Kb8 62. Qe8+ Kb7 63. Qe7+ 63... Ka6 $11 64. Kf5 Qf3+ 65. Kg6 Qd3+ 66. Kg7 Qc3+
67. Kf7 Qf3+ 68. Kg6 Qd3+ 69. Kh6 Qd2+ 70. Kg7 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa4 10. c3 {The most natural and at the same
time a very rare move! In this position White has a great bunch of different
options, and it is in order to outline them here:} (10. Qg4 Nf5 11. c3 Nc6 12.
Be2 b6 13. h5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. h6 gxh6 16. Qf4 Na5 17. g4 Ne7 18. Ne2 Rc8
19. Rxh6 { -  Kuczynski,R-Summermatter,D/Geneve-B 1988 (37)}) (10. Bc3 b6 11.
h5 h6 12. g4 Ba6 13. Bg2 Nbc6 14. Rh3 Rf8 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf6 {
-  Kuczynski,R-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1988 (35)}) (10. Bb4 Nbc6 11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1
Bd7 13. h5 h6 14. Bd3 Nxb4 15. axb4 O-O 16. f4 a5 17. bxa5 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nxa5 19.
Kc2 Nc4 20. Kb3 Na5+ 21. Kb4 b6 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Rha1 24... Rac7 {
-  Gavrikov,V-Farago,I/Texta 1988}) (10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Rh4 Ba6 13. Rg4
Rg8 14. Nh4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nbc6 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. Rb1 Na5 18. Rf4 Nb7 19. Rb3 {
1-0 Wang Zili-Yu Shaoteng/Lee Cup 1995 (30)}) (10. Nf3 b6 11. Qb1 Ba6 12. Qb3
Qd7 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. a4 Rc8 15. O-O Qc6 16. Rfb1 O-O 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Bb4 Rfe8
19. a5 h5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra7 Nf5 22. c3 Rc7 23. Rba1 Rec8 24. g3 Qd7 25.
Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Qb5 Nc6 28. Ra6 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 {
-  Ernst,T-Nijboer,F/Sonnevanck 1992 (40)}) (10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. Bc3 b6 12. Nf4
O-O 13. Nd3 Nb8 14. h5 h6 15. Bb4 Qd7 16. g4 Nbc6 17. c3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19.
g5 hxg5 20. Qg4 Qc7 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rc1 e5 23. Qxg5 exd4 24. Rg1 Re6+ 25. Kd2
Nf5 26. Bh3 Nd6 27. Bxe6+ {1-0 Milos,G-Poldauf,D/Groningen op 1994 (52)  As
can be seen, Milos opts now for a less sharp continuation than in 1994. The
text move forces an intersting ending, in which White seems to have preferable
chances. Perhaps, Milos' conituation will become very popular in this line.}) (
10. Nf3 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nbc6 (11... b6 $142 {Kortschnoj}
12. a4 Ba6 13. Bb5+ 13... Nec6 $14) 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Rb1
b6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. f3 {White is planning the pawn advance g4-g5.
The text move allows White after 19.Kf2 to effectively transfer his b1-rook to
the kingside.} (18. f4 {Kortschnoj} 18... f6 $14) 18... Rf8 (18... f6 {
Kortschnoj} 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nf4 Kf7 21. Kf2 -- 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. hxg6+ $16)
19. Kf2 19... Bc6 $6 {
After this move White seizes a dangerous initiative on the kingside.} (19... f6
20. exf6 20... Rxf6 $14 {was to be preferred.}) 20. g5 $1 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5
21... Nf5 $2 (21... Kd7 {
was a better choice. After the text move Black's position is critical.}) (21...
Nxa3 {Kortschnoj} 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Rxa3 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 f6 25. -- 25... Rf7 $14)
22. Bxf5 $1 {This exchange proves very efficient here, since White is going to
explore the dark squares, and his light-squared bishop is not essential for
this operation.} 22... exf5 23. Rbg1 23... Rh8 (23... Nxa3 $2 {fails to} 24.
Bc1 Nc4 25. Rxg7 {
, and the passed h-pawn determines White's decisive advantage.}) 24. Bc1 Rh7
25. Nf4 Bb7 (25... Ke7 {Kortschnoj} 26. Rg5 $16) 26. h6 $1 {This excellent
move, vacating the h5-square for the white knight, yields White a decisive
advantage.} 26... gxh6 (26... g6 {is bad in view of} 27. e6 { Pg6} (27. Nh3 {
must also suffice})) (26... Rxh6 {Kortschnoj} 27. Nh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 g6 29. Rh7
$16) 27. Nh5 Ke7 28. Nf6 Rhh8 29. Rg7 {
White's powerful expansion on the kingside is does not leave Black any hope.}
29... Na5 30. Bxh6 Rxc3 31. Nh7 Rc2+ (31... Rxa3 32. Bg5+ Kd7 (32... Ke6 33.
Rh6+ $18) 33. Nf6+) 32. Kg3 Kd7 33. Rxf7+ Kc8 34. Bg7 $1 {
The simplest way. Black is entirely defenceless against the e-pawn march.}
34... Rd8 35. e6 35... Re2 36. e7 Re8 37. Be5 Kd7 (37... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 38.
Nf6 $18) (37... Nc6 {Kortschnoj} 38. Rf8 Kd7 39. Nf6+ $18) 38. Nf6+ Ke6 39.
Rhh7 $1 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8.
Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 (10... Kf7 11. a4 c5 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Ba3 Ne7
14. O-O) 11. Nf4 Nc6 (11... g6 $6 12. h4 $1) 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 O-O-O (
13... Qg6 14. Qxh8 Nd8 (14... Qxg2 $2 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Qxh7 $16 {
Gaprindashvili-Ranniku USSR 1968}) (14... Ke7 15. h4 Ke6 16. h5 Qxg2 17. Rh4 $1
17... f4 $5 18. Qxh7 Qg1+ 19. Ke2 f3+ 20. Kxf3 Rf8+ 21. Rf4 Rxf4+ 22. Bxf4 $1
22... Qxa1 23. Qxg8+) 15. e6 Nf7 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. O-O Re8 18. Bg5 $1 18...
Nh6 19. Qf6+ $18) 14. Qxh8 Qg6 15. O-O (15. Kf1 $5 15... Rd7 16. h4 Rg7 (16...
h5 17. Rh3) 17. g4 Nd8 (17... Qxg4 18. Bg5) 18. Rg1 fxg4 19. h5 Qf7 20. Rg3 h6
21. e6 Nxe6 22. Bd2 Kd7 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Qxh6 Nxh5 (24... Ne4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26.
d5) 25. Rge3 Nhf4 26. Rxe6 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rh7 28. Rf6 {
1-0 Callaghan,R-Blechar,M/cr 1985}) (15. Be3 15... Rd7 $1 16. O-O-O (16. h4 h5
17. Rh3 17... f4 $1 18. Bxf4 Rh7 19. Rg3 Qe4+ 20. Re3 20... Qxe3+ $17) (16. Bh6
16... Nd8 $1 $19) (16. e6 16... Rd8 $1 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Qxh7 Qxg2 19. O-O-O
19... Nge7 $17) 16... f4 (16... h5 17. g4 $1 17... Rh7 (17... fxg4 18. f4 Nce7
19. e6 Qxe6 20. Rde1 $18) (17... hxg4 18. Qh4) (17... Qxg4 $2 18. Rdg1) 18.
gxf5) (16... h6 17. h4 h5 18. g4 hxg4 (18... fxg4 19. f4 $1) 19. h5 $16) 17.
Bxf4 (17. e6 $2 17... Rd8 (17... Rg7 18. Bxf4 h6 19. h4 Rh7 20. h5 $16) 18.
Bxf4 18... Nf6 $19) 17... h6 18. h4 (18. Rd3 Rh7 19. Rg3 Qxg3 20. Qxh7 Qxf4+)
18... Rh7 19. h5 19... Qf7 $19 20. e6 $140 20... Qxf4+) 15... Re8 {N/} (15...
Rd7 16. Re1 Rg7 (16... h5 17. e6 Rh7 18. e7) 17. g3 h5 (17... Kb7 18. h4 f4 (
18... Nf6 19. exf6 Rg8 20. Qxg8 Qxg8 21. Re7 Nxe7 22. fxe7 Qe6 23. Bg5 Qe4 (
23... c5 24. Kf1 Qd7 25. Re1 Qe8 26. Re5) 24. Rf1 (24. Kf1)) 19. Bxf4 h5 20. e6
Rh7 21. e7 Ngxe7 22. Qf8 Rg7 (22... Nf5 23. Bg5 Rf7 24. Qe8 Nd6 25. Qe6 Qxc2
26. Be3) 23. Re6 (23. Bg5 Rf7 24. Qe8 Qf5 25. Re2 Qf3 26. Rae1 Rf8 27. Qd7 Nc8)
23... Qg4 24. Rae1 Rg8 25. Qf7 Rg7 26. Qf8 Nf5 27. Bg5 Rxg5 28. hxg5 h4 29.
Rxc6 hxg3 30. f3 Qxg5 31. Qe8 Qh4 32. Re2 Qf4 33. Rf6 Qc1+ 34. Re1 Qg5 35. Rxf5
Qxf5 36. Qe6 Qh5 37. Qe2 Qh4 38. Qg2 a5 39. Rf1 Qg5 40. Re1 {
1-0 Watts,D-Bowden,K/BCF-ch Southampton 1986}) 18. e6 Kd8 (18... Rh7 19. e7)
19. c4 (19. e7+ Ke8 (19... Ncxe7 20. Bf4) 20. Bf4 Rh7 21. Re6 Qf7 22. Qxh7 Qxh7
23. Rxc6) 19... Rh7 (19... Nxd4 20. e7+ Ke8 21. Bb2 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 d4) 20. e7+
Ke8 21. Re6 Qf7 22. Qxh7 Qxh7 23. Rxc6 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. cxd5
Qxd5 27. Rxc7+ Kg6 28. h4 f4 29. Re5 {1-0 Wilms,W-Dezutter,J/cr 1994}) (15...
h5 16. Rd1 16... Rd7 17. Rd3 Rh7 18. Rg3 Qxg3 19. Qxh7 Qxc3 20. Qxg8+ Kb7 21.
Bb2 Qxb2 22. Rf1 Qxd4 23. e6 $16 {1-0 Cruz,D-Vallejo,P/Spain-ch jr 1995 (46)})
16. h4 $1 16... Nd8 17. e6 $1 17... Rxe6 (17... Nf6 $1 $142 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Qe5
19... Nxe6 $1 (19... Rg8 20. Qxd5) 20. Qxd5 (20. Re1 $4 20... Neg7 $19) 20...
Nhf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qf3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Re4 25. g3 f4 26. g4 $5
$16 (26. Rfe1 fxg3 27. Rxe2 Qh6+ 28. Kg2 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 g2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 31.
Kxg2 Rxe2 32. Rc1 $14)) 18. h5 $1 (18. Bd2 Re2 19. h5 Qf7 20. Rad1 $16) 18...
Qf7 (18... Qg4 19. Qxh7 Nf6 20. Qg6) 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 (20... Kxd8 21.
Rae1 $18) 21. Qe5 Qxh5 22. Rfe1 Nh6 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Re6 (24. Re6 Nf7 25. Rae1
Nd6 26. Qe5 $18 (26. Rf6 $5)) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8
8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bd3 (9. Rc1 Qa5 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14.
Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8 16. g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6
21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Nd8 25. Qg1 Ng8 26. Bg4 {
1-0 Polgar,J-Nikolic,P/Linares14th 1997 (58)}) 9... Bd7 $6 ({
A new move, which is probably weaker than the standard} 9... b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. c4 Qc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qe6 17.
Qa4 Kg8 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rb7 Nf5 21. Qf4 21... Nb8 {
-  Timman,J-Nikolic,P/EU-chTM 1997 (38)}) 10. a4 $1 {An essential advance.
Otherwise after ...Ba4   c4 White has serious problems with his c-pawn.} 10...
c4 11. Be2 11... Qb6 $6 {
Provokes the dark-squared bishop transfer to the f8-a3 diagonal.} ({
Still, after} 11... Nbc6 12. Nf3 {White is clearly better.}) 12. Bc1 (12. Nf3
Qb2 13. Rc1 Bxa4 14. Bd1 {
yields White a good compensation, but the text move is much stronger.}) 12...
Qa5 13. Kd2 $1 {With the closed center, White has no reason to have seious
concerns about the security of his king on d2, whose centralized position
yields White good possibilities for a rapid mobilization of his forces.} 13...
Bxa4 14. Ba3 Nbc6 15. Nf3 Kg8 16. h4 b5 17. Bc5 (17. h5 {
would be a serious mistake in view of} 17... b4 18. cxb4 18... c3+ $1 (18...
Nxb4 $2 19. c3) 19. Kxc3 19... Nxb4 $1 20. Bxb4 $140 20... Rc8+ $19) 17... Rb8
({An untimely advance} 17... b4 18. cxb4 18... c3+ {
( 19.Kc3 Nb4!) is refuted by} 19. Kc1 $1 $18) ({Perhaps,} 17... h5 {
could offer have Black more defensive chances.}) 18. h5 h6 19. Ra2 $1 19... Kh7
({What happens after} 19... b4 20. Rha1 20... bxc3+ {?} {
Correct is King's fearless excelcior:} 21. Ke3 $1 (21. Kc1 {loses after} 21...
Qb5 22. Rxa4 Qb2+ 23. Kd1 Qb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rxb1#) (21. Ke1 {
admits an elegant refutation by} 21... Nb4 $1 22. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kd1
23... Nxa1 $1 24. Rxa5 Rb1#) 23... Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Rb1+ 25. Bd1 25... Ne3+ $3 26.
fxe3 c2 27. Bxe7 (27. Ne1 cxd1=Q 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Bxe7 29... c3 $17) 27...
cxd1=Q+ 28. Kf2 Qxa4 29. Bf6 29... Rh7 $19) 21... Nf5+ 22. Kf4 f6 23. Rxa4
fxe5+ 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rxa7 $1 $18) 20. Rha1 $1 {Doubling his rooks along the
a-file, White prevents a pawn advance b5-b4 and can then comfortably mobilize
his forces for attack on the kingside.} 20... Rhf8 21. Nh4 Qd8 22. f4 Qd7 23.
Rf1 {Planning 24. Qh3 followed by g2-g4 and f4-f5.} 23... f5 24. Qh3 (24. exf6
$2 24... Rxf6 { Rf8 would pass advantage to Black.}) 24... Rf7 25. g4 25...
fxg4 {Otherwise White could play 256.g5, with a very dangerous attack.} 26.
Bxg4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Bf3 {Despite the extra pawn, Black is lost. He is
entirely defenseless against the attack along the g-file.} 28... Rd8 ({Or} 
28... Nd8 29. Bd6 $18) 29. Re1 Qe6 (29... Re8 {fails to} 30. Qg2 { Pd5}) 30.
Rg1 {Threatening 31.Rg6} 30... Ne7 31. Bxa7 Re8 32. Qg2 Qd7 33. Bb6 Qe6 34. Bc5
Rd8 35. Bb4 $1 {Cutting a way back for the black bishop. Now White can
comfrtably transfer his a2-rook to the kingside.} 35... Rd7 36. Raa1 Rd8 37.
Qh3 Rd7 38. Rg3 Rd8 39. Rag1 Kh8 40. Qg2 ({Black resigned in view of} 40. Qg2
40... Rg8 41. Bxe7 Qxe7 42. Bxd5) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Ne7 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qd3 dxe4 (6... Nbc6
7. Be3 (7. Qg3 $6 7... O-O 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh6 Rf7 10. O-O-O 10... dxe4 $17 {
Smajlovic,L-Paraminski,A/32nd ol (women), Yerevan ARM 1996/1-0 (55)}) 7... dxe4
8. Qxe4 Nd5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 $5 10... Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 $14 {
Shirazi-Benjamin/Las Vegas op/SW,13,11 1986 (48)}) 7. Qxe4 Nbc6 (7... Nf5 $5 8.
Bf4 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Qe5 $6 10... c6 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 12... Ne7 $132 {
Westerinen,H-Welin,T/Copenhagen op 1985 (33)}) 8. Bd2 8... b5 $5 (8... O-O 9.
O-O-O Nd5 10. h4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bxa5 Nxa5 14. Nf4 $14 {
Rausis,I-Whiteley,A/Capelle la Grande op 1991 (61)}) 9. O-O-O (9. g3 Rb8 10.
Bg2 Bb7 (10... b4 $6 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Be3 $14) 11. O-O
O-O 12. Qd3 b4 13. Ne4 bxa3 14. Rxa3 (14. Bxa5 $2 14... axb2 15. Ra2 Nxa5 16.
Rxa5 $6 16... Bxe4 $19) 14... Bb6 $132) (9. Nxb5 $2 9... Bxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Rb8 11.
c4 11... a6 $17) 9... Rb8 10. Nf4 {Very serious attention deserved} (10. d5 $5
10... exd5 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $5 11... exd5 12. Bxg7 $1 12... dxe4 13. Rxd8+
Nxd8 14. Bxh8 $14) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxa5 Nxa5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15.
Rc5 c6 16. Nd4 $14 {with better endgame.}) 10... Bxc3 $6 (10... Qxd4 $5 $13)
11. Bxc3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bxb4 Rxb4 14. c3 Rb6 15. d5 $1 $16 15... e5 {
Deciding to give up a pawn,but also after} (15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Rd6 (16... Re6
$2 17. Nf6+ $1 $18) 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rhe1 $1 $40 {
white's advantage is nearly decisive.}) 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 fxg6
19. Rd2 Qd7 (19... Re8 20. Qd4 Bb7 21. Bc4 Rd6 22. Rhd1 $16) 20. Qd4 20... Ba6
$6 {Letting white to take controle over the e-file.Better was} (20... Re8) 21.
Re1 Rfb8 22. Rde2 $6 22... c5 $1 (22... Bxd3 $5 23. Qxd3 Qa4 24. Kb1 $1 (24.
Rd2 24... Rb3 $1 $132) 24... Ra6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxa6 Qe4+ 28.
Ka1 $1 $16) 23. Qe4 23... Qb7 $6 (23... Bxd3 $5 24. Qxd3 24... Qa4 $1 25. Kb1
$5 (25. Rd2 $6 25... Qa2 26. Qb1 (26. Ree2 $2 26... Rb3 $1 27. d6 Qa1+ 28. Qb1
28... Rxc3+ $1 $13) 26... Qc4 27. Qe4 Qa2 28. d6 Rxb2 29. Qe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+
Kf7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rxb2) (25. d6 $6 25... Qf4+) 25... Ra6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxa6 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 $14) 24. Qf4 $1 24... Rf6 25. Bxa6 $1 {
Important intermideate move forcing the exchange of queens.} 25... Rxf4 26.
Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Re7 $1 $18 {The quickest way to win the game.} 27... Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Rxf2 29. d6 29... Kf8 $8 30. Rxa7 Ke8 (30... Rxg2 $2 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. d7
$18) 31. Rxg7 Rxg2 32. Rxh7 c4 33. Rh4 Rg1+ 34. Kc2 Rg2+ 35. Kb1 Kd7 36. h3 Rh2
37. Rg4 Kxd6 38. Rxg6+ Kc5 39. Rg3 Kb5 40. Ka2 Ka4 41. Rg4 Kb5 42. h4 Rh1 43.
Rg5+ $1 43... Ka4 44. Rh5 Rf1 45. Rh8 Rf5 46. Ra8+ Kb5 47. Rb8+ Kc6 48. Rh8 Kd5
49. h5 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Levacic, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 {  Nf4-h5 
} (7. Qg4 $5 7... Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 $1 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 $36 {
Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J/EST/1994/ (23)}) 7... Ng6 (7... Ba6 $6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9.
Nf4 Ng6 10. Nh5 $1 $16 {ECO,Suetin}) 8. a4 (8. Nf4) (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6
10. O-O Nb8 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qd3 12... Qd7 {
-  Gomez Baillo,J-Soppe,G/Salta ARG ch 1987}) 8... c5 (8... Ba6 $6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6
10. O-O (10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Nb8 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Na5 15. Rh3
Kd7 16. Kf1 { -  Spassky,B-Vaganian,R/Baden 1980}) 10... Nb8 11. f4 (11. Qg4 $6
11... Nc6 12. Bg5 $2 (12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Rg8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. f4 $6 15... f5
$1 16. Qh5+ 16... g6 $15 {Karpov,A-Seirawan,Y/Mar del Plata/1982/0,5/81/ (36)})
(12. f4 h5 13. Qf3 Nge7) 12... Qd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Rg8 15. Qh5 15... h6
$15 {Vouldis,A-Nenashev,A/Karditsa 1996 (41)}) 11... Qd7 (11... Ne7 12. g4 $1
12... g6 (12... h5 13. f5 $1 13... hxg4 14. fxe6 gxh3 15. Rxf7 $1 {  Qg4, Bg5+-
}) 13. f5 $1 13... gxf5 14. Bg5 Rg8 15. Kh1 $1 15... fxg4 16. Qxg4 h6 (16...
Qd7 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf3 {  Raf1+-}) 17. Bxe7 Rxg4 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Rxf7 $16 {
Nunn,J}) 12. f5 $1 $36 12... exf5 13. Qh5 13... Nf8 $8 14. g4 g6 15. Qh6 15...
Rg8 $1 16. Ba3 Nc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. gxf5 $16 {Nunn,J-Hansen,L/Lugano 1989 (37)
}) 9. a5 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 10... Nc6 $10) 9... Ba6 10. axb6 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6
11. O-O $14) 10... Qxb6 11. Bxa6 (11. dxc5 Qc6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nxc5 14.
Be3 14... Ne4 $15) 11... Nxa6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg4 $6 (13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Ba3 Nd7
15. c4) 13... Rac8 14. Ng5 cxd4 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. cxd4 h6 17. Nf3 Rxc2 18. h4
Rd7 19. h5 Ne7 20. Rfb1 Qc6 21. Nh4 Qc4 22. Bc1 Kh7 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Kh2 24...
Nc5 $2 {Painfull blunder which turns black's position into ruins.After correct}
(24... Nb4 $1 {black's advantage is huge.}) 25. Rb8 Nd7 26. Re8 Nxe5 (26... Ng8
$2 27. Bxh6 $1 $18) (26... Nc6 $2 27. Qg6+ $3 27... fxg6 28. hxg6#) (26... Nb6
27. Bxh6 $1 27... gxh6 28. Ra3 $1 (28. Rf8 $2 28... Rxf2) 28... Rc3 29. Rf8 $1
$18) 27. Qf4 N7c6 28. Qg3 $1 $18 (28. dxe5 $6 28... Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf2 30. Nf3
30... Rb2 $1 $14) 28... Nxd4 29. Qxe5 Nc6 (29... Ne2 30. Ng6 $1 30... fxg6 31.
hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Rxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Re8#) 30. Qg3 Ne5 (30... Ne7 31. Bf4
Rb7 32. Be5 f6 33. Qg6+ $1 33... Nxg6 34. hxg6#) 31. Bf4 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 b6 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3+ $5 6. Nxc3
Ne7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nb8 10. Bg5 Nbc6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. exd5 {
-  Pedersen,J-Sorensen,J/DEN t-ch 1996}) 6. Nf4 $5 (6. Ng3 $5 6... dxe4 7.
Ncxe4 Nf6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 $14 {
Elsen,M-Peterson,E/RLPF-ch Pirmasens 1992 (30)}) (6. exd5 $5 6... exd5 7. Nf4
Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qf3 c6 11. g4 $36 {Hartmann,G-Short,N/BL 1987 (33)
}) (6. e5 $6 6... Ba6 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bxe2 10. Bxe2 c4 11. g4
11... Rb8 $40 {Mach,H-Moravcik,R/SVK-chT2 1995 (21)}) 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb7 8.
Qf3 $1 8... Bc6 $6 (8... Qxd4 $2 9. Nd6+ (9. Nf6+ $2 9... Nxf6 10. Qxb7 Qe4+
11. Qxe4 11... Nxe4 $17) 9... Bxd6 10. Qxb7 Bxf4 11. Qxa8 $18) (8... c6 $5 9.
Be3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ng5 $5 $36) 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bb5 $1 $14 {
Very important move giving white the initiative.} 11... Qd7 (11... Bxb5 $6 12.
Qxa8 Bc6 13. Qxa7 O-O 14. Rd1 Qd6 15. O-O $16) 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. d5 $1 13...
Qb7 {The consequances of other moves are even more instructive:} (13... Qxc2 $6
14. dxe6 c6 (14... Qxb2 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kf8 17. O-O $16) 15. Rc1 $6 (
15. Nh5 $1 15... Qxb2 16. Nxg7+ $1 16... Kf8 17. e7+ $1 17... Kxe7 (17... Bxe7
18. Ne6+ Ke8 19. Bd4 $18) 18. Nf5+ Kd7 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20. O-O $40) 15... Qxb2 16.
Rxc6 16... Bc3+ $13) (13... exd5 $6 14. O-O-O 14... Qb5 $6 15. Bd4 $1 15...
Bxd4 16. Rhe1+ $1 $18) 14. O-O-O e5 15. Nh5 Nd7 16. Bh6 $1 $16 (16. Qg3 O-O-O
17. Nxf6 gxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Qxg7 Nxd5 19. Qxf7 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxg2 21. Qe6+
Kb8 22. Qxe5 $14) 18. Qg7 Rdf8 19. h4 $14) 16... Rg8 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Nxf6
18... Nxf6 $6 {Losing by force;more persistant was} (18... gxf6 19. h5 Kb8 20.
g3 $16) 19. Bxg7 $1 19... Rxg7 20. Qxf6 Rxg2 21. Qxf7 Qa6 22. Qe6+ Kb7 (22...
Kb8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. Qxe5 $18) 23. Qc6+ $1 23... Kc8 24. d6 $18
24... Qb7 (24... Rg7 25. Qa8+) 25. d7+ Kb8 26. Qf6 Rgg8 27. Rhg1 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rosanov, Lev I"]
[Black "Spicha, K Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 6... c5 $6 {
This move is a novelty and as shows the following game is not a very good one.
More popular continuations are:} (6... Nc6) (6... f5) 7. d5 $5 ({
Quiet promising was also} 7. dxc5 $5 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nf6 (8... f5 $6 9. Nb5
Kd7 10. Bc4 Ne7 11. Ke2 $16) 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nxe4 $14
) 7... exd5 (7... Nf6 $5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 (8... Nbd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qd6 Qe7 11.
Bf4 $36) 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 $14) 8. Qxd5 $1 8... Nf6
(8... Qxd5 $6 9. Nxd5 Kd8 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. Nb5 Ra8 13. O-O-O+ Bd7
14. Nd6 $1 $16) 9. Bb5+ $5 9... Nbd7 10. Qxc5 Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Bg5 $1
12... h6 13. Nd5+ Kd6 14. Nxf6 Nxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Bf4+ (15. Be3 Ne5 16.
O-O-O+ Ke6 17. Rhe1 Rg8 18. g3 b6) 15... Kc5 16. Ba4 Ne5 17. O-O-O $16) 15.
O-O-O+ 15... Kc5 $6 ({Better was  brave} 15... Ke5 $5 16. Bxf6+ $5 (16. Be3 $5
$16) 16... Kxf6 $6 (16... gxf6 $1 17. Rhe1 Rg8 18. g3 f5 (18... Bg4 $2 19. f4+
$1 19... Ke6 20. Bd7+ Ke7 21. Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Rxe4+ Kf8 23. Rd7 $18) 19. Bd7 Rd8
20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 $1 $14 {with good defensive chances.}) 17.
Rd4 Bf5 18. Rhd1 Rhc8 19. Rd6+ $1 19... Ke7 20. R6d5 Kf6 21. Bd7 $1 $16) 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Kxb5 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bxh6 Rxg2 19. Be3 $16) 17. Be2 $5 17...
Be6 18. b4+ Kc6 19. Rd4 f5 20. Rhd1 a5 21. b5+ Kc7 22. f3 exf3 (22... Rhg8 23.
g3 23... f4 $6 24. gxf4 e3 25. R4d3 Rg2 26. Rxe3 Rxh2 27. Rc3+ $18) 23. Bxf3
$16 23... Rac8 24. Kb2 Kb8 25. a4 25... b6 $2 {This move is loosing on the
spot,but black's position was not very promising in any case!} 26. Rd6 $1 $18
26... Ka7 27. Rd7+ $1 {
Using the fact that the black king is exposed white forces a win.} 27... Bxd7
28. Rxd7+ Kb8 29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Rxb6+ Ka7 31. Rb7+ Ka8 32. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 $5 (7. Bb5+ $6
7... c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bxb5 (10. Bb3 10... Bc4 $1) 10... cxb5 11.
Qd3 Qd7 12. Bd2 12... Nbc6 $132 {
Mudelsee,M-Zimmerman,C/BL2-SW 8788 (1988) ;BL2 1988/0-1 (72)}) 7... h5 (7... h6
8. h5 (8. Bf4 $5 8... a5 9. Nb5 Ba6 10. h5 Nc8 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
a4 14. g4 $14 {Ernst,T-Renman,N/op, Norrkoping SWE 1996 (54)}) 8... a5 9. Bb5+
c6 10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 $6 (15. Nh2
$142 15... Be7 16. f4) 15... c4 16. Bc2 16... Nb6 $13 {
Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (31)}) (7... Qd7 8. h5 (8. Bb5 $5 8... c6 9.
Ba4 a5 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Ba6 12. c3 Qc7 13. O-O $36) 8... h6 9. Bb5 $1 9... c6
10. Ba4 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Qd3 $14 {
Krakops,M-Repkova,E/Riga op ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (55)}) (7... c5 $6 8. h5 $5 8...
h6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 Nec6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rh3 Qc7 13. Nf4 $14 {
Dolmatov,S-Gulko,B/USSR 1985 (35)}) 8. Bg5 (8. Ne2 $6 8... Ba6 9. Nf4 Bxf1 10.
Kxf1 Qc8 11. Kg1 Qa6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nbc6 14. Be3 14... Nd8 $1 $132 {
Van De Oudeweetering Arth-Vogel Jaap/Ch Netherlands selec 1994/0-1 (57)}) 8...
Qd7 (8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O $1 (10. Qd3 Nb8 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Ne2 12...
Nbc6 {  0-0-0=}) 10... Qd7 11. Qd3 $1 (11. Ne2 $5 11... Nb8 12. Nf4 (12. Ng3
Nbc6 13. Nh2 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8) 12... Nbc6 13. Nh2 Nf5 14. c3 14... Be7 $8 (14...
g6 $2 15. g4 $1 $18) 15. Nxh5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 16... O-O-O $44) 11... Nb8 12. Ne2
Nbc6 13. c4 $5 13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 $36 {
Sokolov,A-Portisch,L/Moskva (GMA) 1990 (34)}) 9. Bb5 c6 10. Ba4 (10. Bd3 $6
10... Ba6 $10) 10... Ba6 11. Ne2 11... Nf5 $6 {
This move is deprived of any logic.Nessasery was} (11... Bb5 $1 12. Bb3 $5 (12.
Bxb5 cxb5 13. Ng3 13... Qc7 $5 (13... Nbc6 $6 14. c3 $14) 14. c3 Nd7 15. Nd2 g6
16. Qf3 $14) 12... Bc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. b3 cxb3 15. c4 $1 15... b2 16. Rb1 Nf5
17. Qb3 $36 {in both cases with playable position.}) 12. c3 $1 {
Keeping the bishops on the board.} 12... Bb5 13. Bc2 13... Ne7 $6 (13... c5 $5
14. O-O Nc6 15. Re1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 16... c4 $6 17. Bxf5 $1 17... exf5 18. e6
fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 21. Rae1 $18) 14. a4 Ba6 15. b4 $16 15... Qc8
(15... c5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Re1 $16) 16. O-O Nd7 17. Re1 g6 18. Nf4 Bg7 19. Qb1
$1 19... Rg8 (19... Bb7 20. Bxg6 $1 20... fxg6 21. Bxe7 $1 (21. Nxg6 21... Nf5
$1 22. Nxh8 Bxh8 23. Nh2 Kf7 24. Qd1 24... Kg6 $14) 21... Kxe7 22. Nxg6+ (22.
Qxg6 22... Qg8 $13) 22... Kd8 23. Nxh8 Bxh8 24. Ng5 $18) 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bd3 a6
22. Qb2 Bf8 23. Nd2 $1 {Despite of the fact that there is a material balance
on the board and not a single pawn has been changed black's position is
hopeless:all his pieces occupy 7th and 8th ranks and there is no way to
improve the position.} 23... c5 $5 {
Prefering to fall in the battle and not to wait for inevitable finish!} 24.
bxa6 Bxa6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. c4 $1 26... dxc4 27. Ne4 $1 27... Nf5 28. d5 Nd4 (
28... Bg7 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxe5 31. Nf6+ $1 $18) 29. Qc3 $5 29... Be7 (
29... Qa5 30. Qh3 $1 30... Nc2 31. dxe6 $18) 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Nd6+ $18 31...
Bxd6 (31... Kd8 32. Qxd4 $1 32... Bxg5 (32... cxd4 33. Nxe6#) 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34.
Nc8+ $1 $18) (31... Kf8 32. Bh6+ $18) 32. exd6 e5 33. Nd5 Kf8 34. Nc7 Qa5 35.
Bh6+ Kf7 36. Qxc4+ Kf6 37. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (
7... Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4
Rg8 14. f4 $16) 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12.
Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5 $16) 10. Bxa6 (10. Bg5 10... f6 $2 (10... Qc8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. Ne2 c5 13. Rh3 $1 13... Nb8 14. c4 $1 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2
Nb8 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bf6 Rg8 15. g4 $16 {Zuidema-Matanovic,A/Belgrade/1964/} (15.
g4 $16 15... hxg4 16. Qxg4 Nd7 17. h5 $1 17... Nxf6 18. exf6 Nf5 19. Qg5 $1 $16
)) (10... Qd7 11. Be2 $6 (11. Ne2 $1 $16) 11... Qc6 (11... Qc6 12. Bd2 Bxe2 13.
Nxe2 Ne7 14. Ng3 14... g6 $13)) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 $18 (13.
Qd3 Kf7 14. Nh3 14... Nb8 $13 { Nd7})) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Qc6 (
12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1) (12... c5) 13. f4 $5 (13. O-O 13... Nb8 $6 (13... Kd7 14.
f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 (17. Ng3 $1) 17... f6 18. Qh3 Ke7 19.
exf6+ gxf6 20. Re1 Kd8 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rf7 23. Qf3 {
1-0 Abramovic,B-Sahovic,D/Bor 1983}) (13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Qf3
Nf5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bf6 Rh7 18. a4 Nb8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 $16 {
Timman,J-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam IBM 1971/1-0 (54) ECO}) 14... Kxe7 15. f4 $1 $16 {
Suetin}) 14. f4 Nd7 (14... Nf8 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf4 $16
{Giaccio,A-Madina,M/Clarin GP 1997 (24)}) 15. Qd3 $1 15... Ndf8 (15... Qc4 16.
Qxc4 dxc4 17. f5 17... exf5 $2 18. Rxf5 $16 18... O-O 19. Raf1 $16) 16. f5 $1
16... exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6 (17... Rh7 18. Raf1 Nh8) 18. Raf1 $16 {
Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965 (29) Pachman}) 13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f5 $1
$36 15... Rag8 (15... exf5 $2 16. Qd3 $1 16... Nb8 17. Qxf5 Qd7 18. Qg5+ Kf8
19. O-O $16) 16. Qd3 (16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Nf4 $5 18... Kd8 19. Kd2
Nd7 20. Qg6 $1 $14) 16... Nb8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6 $6 {
After this careless move black easily equalizes the position.} (18. Nf4 $5)
18... Qe8 $1 19. Nf4 19... Rh6 $5 20. Qg3 (20. Qg5+ $5 20... Kd7 21. Rf1 Nc6
22. Kd2 $1 22... Na5 $132) 20... Nc6 21. O-O Kd8 22. Nh3 $6 {The knight is
perfectly placed on f4 so there was no reason to transfer it to g5 losing two
tempi.} (22. Rf2 $5 22... Ne7 23. Raf1 {
would promise white slightly better chanses.}) 22... Ne7 23. Ng5 23... Nf5 $13
24. Qd3 24... Rf8 25. g3 Qc6 26. Rf3 $1 {
Defending the pawns on g3 and c3 by this releasing the queen.} 26... Kc8 27.
Raf1 g6 28. Qa6+ Kb8 29. a4 29... Re8 $1 30. Rb1 Rhh8 31. a5 31... Re7 $1 32.
Rb4 Rc8 33. Qd3 Ka8 34. a6 $6 {
Passing the initiative into black's hands.Better was} (34. Rf1 $5 {
with balanced position.}) 34... Qd7 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. Rxb5 36... c6 $5 37. Rb4
37... c5 $15 38. dxc5 38... Rxc5 $1 (38... bxc5 39. Rb5 $1 (39. Rb7 $6 39...
Rxb7 40. axb7+ Kxb7 41. Nxe6 a5 42. Nf4 Ne7 43. c4 dxc4 44. Ra3 44... Ra8 $17)
39... Rc6 40. Ra5 Re8 41. c4 $1 41... Nd4 42. Rf2 $132) 39. Nh3 $1 { Nf4} 39...
Ra5 40. Nf4 Rxa6 41. Nxg6 Rg7 42. Nf4 Nxh4 43. Rd3 Nf5 44. Nxe6 Ra1+ (44...
Rxg3+ $2 45. Rxg3 Nxg3 46. Nc7+ Kb7 47. Nxa6 $18) 45. Kf2 Re7 46. Nd4 $1 $11 {
White defends very accurately.} (46. Nf4 $5 46... Rxe5 47. Nxd5 47... Kb7 $15)
46... Rxe5 47. Nf3 Re7 48. Rxd5 48... Rf1+ $1 49. Kxf1 Ne3+ 50. Kf2 Nxd5 51.
Rb5 Nf6 52. Nd4 Rc7 53. Rf5 Ng4+ 54. Ke2 Rxc3 55. Rxh5 a5 (55... Rxg3 56. Rh8+
(56. Rg5 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Re4 58. Rg8+ Kb7 59. Rg7+ Ka6 60. Nc6 $11) 56... Kb7 57.
Rh7+ Ka6 58. Nc6 $11) 56. Rh7 a4 57. Kd2 Rc4 58. Nb5 Kb8 59. Rh8+ Rc8 60. Rxc8+
Kxc8 61. Kc3 Ne3 62. Nd4 Kd7 63. Kb4 63... b5 $1 64. c3 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne1 (11. h4 h6 12. h5 Nd7 13. Re1 a6 14.
Rb1 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rxb5 Ra4 18. c4 {
-  Hnydiuk,A-Matlak,M/Polanica Zdroj op 1995 (36)}) (11. Nh4 Nbc6 12. Be3 Na5
13. f4 g6 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 h5 16. h3 Nc4 17. Ra2 O-O-O 18. Qe2 18... b5 {
Logie,M-Monakhov,Y/Cappelle op 1995/0-1 (45)}) (11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bg5
Nc6 14. h4 Na5 15. h5 h6 16. Bh4 Bb5 17. Nh2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc3
20. Rc1 Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qb2 22. Qa4 {
1-0 Klovans,J-Shaked,T/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 (31)}) 11... Nd7 12. f4 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qc3 14. Rb1 Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 b5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nf3 Qa7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f5 $1
({A principal  move. After} 19. Bd4 {, but} 19... g6 {
or 19...0-0-0 yield Black a clearly superior position.} (19... O-O $2 {
is refuted by} 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 Bxc2 (22... Qxc2 23. f5 $18)
23. f5 $1 23... Bxf5 24. Rxf5)) 19... Nxf5 (19... O-O-O {fails to} 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Ng5) (19... exf5 {was more prudent:, e.g.} 20. Bg5 Nc5) 20. Bxf5 exf5
21. e6 $1 {Otherwise after 21...0-0 White's position is lost.} 21... fxe6 22.
Bf4 22... Qxf4 $2 ({
A mistake, after which White's attack becomes irresistible. Correct was} 22...
Qb6 $1 23. Bc7 Qxc7 24. Qxe6+ 24... Kd8 {, and although White has a durable
initiative, Black has good chances to consolidate his position and convert his
big material advantage.}) 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Rbd1 b4 ({If} 24... Qe4 {, then}
25. Qd6 Qe7 26. Qxd5 Kc7 (26... Ra7 27. Rfe1 {followed by 28.Ne5}) 27. Rfe1 $18
) 25. Qxd5 Kc7 26. Rd4 Qh6 27. Rc4+ Bc6 28. Nd4 Nb8 29. Qa5+ Kb7 (29... Kd7 30.
Qxf5+ {winning}) 30. Qxb4+ (30. Qxb4+ Kc7 (30... Kc8 31. Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Qb6) 31.
Qe7+ Kc8 32. Rb1 {followed by 33.Rc6+(33.Nc6) and 34.Qb7+.}) 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon G"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4
8. Qg4 g6 9. Ra2 (9. Nf3 $5 {is a popular alternative here:} 9... Qxc2 10. dxc5
Bd7 11. Nd4 Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc6 16. Rxb7
Nxe5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bf4 {1-0 Renet,O-Eustache,B/Clichy op 1991 (25)}) 9... c4
(9... Nc6 {
leaves White smaller choice, as Black threatens 10...cd4 and 10...Ne5.} 10. Nf3
Nge7 11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. g4 h6 14. Nxf7 g5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16.
gxf5 Rxf7 17. f6 17... Nxe5 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 1986 (31)}) 11...
Nf5 12. Qf4 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Nfe7 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Nh2 hxg4
18. Nxg4 Nf5 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. h5 {1-0 Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987
(24)  Now White can choose between retreating his queen to d1 and keeping it
on the kingside.}) 10. Qd1 (10. h4 $5 {seems to me more attractive option:}
10... h6 11. h5 g5 12. Qg3 Qb5 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. f4 Nf5 16. Qf3 g4
17. Qxg4 Nc6 18. Qf3 {1-0 Grabics,M-Iltchouk,E/EUchJW-U18 1994 (42)}) 10... Nc6
11. Be2 (11. h4 11... f6 $6 $140 12. h5 $1 $36 {was a better continuation.})
11... Bd7 12. g4 $6 {Again, 11.h4  h5 was to be preferred. The text move just
weakens the kingside and yields Black excellent counterplay.} 12... f6 $1 {
A strong response. Now Black seizes initiative and start effective actions in
the center and on the king side.} 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. h4 $6 {
Untimely advancenment. Essential was 14.Bf4 followed by 15.Qd2.} 14... h5 $1 {
Having his king at the secure resort on the queenside, Black has all the
reasons to maximally open the position on the opposite wing. Now White run
into serious troubles.} 15. gxh5 $6 (15. g5 {
was to be preferred, although after} 15... fxe5 {
followed by Ng8-e7-f5 Black has a superior position.}) 15... Rxh5 16. exf6
16... Rf5 $1 ({It is much stronger than} 16... Nxf6 17. Ng5 17... Rhh8 $2 $140
18. Nf7 {
, although after 17..e5 Black has excellent compensation for the exchange.})
17. Rg1 17... Nxf6 {Planning 18...Ne4} 18. Ng5 18... Rf8 {Planning 18..e5} 19.
Be3 $2 {White's position is critical, but after this move Black gets decisive
advantage. Better was 19.f4 .} 19... Qa5 $1 {Provoking 20.Qd2 and preparing
the exchange sacrifice, after which Black's attack becomes irresistible.} 20.
Qd2 20... Rxg5 $1 {This move decides the game.} 21. hxg5 Ne4 22. Qc1 Qxc3+ 23.
Bd2 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qc3+ 25. Bd2 25... Qh3 {Transferring his queen to the
kingside, Black initiates the next phase of his attack.} 26. c3 Qh2 27. Rf1
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kd1 29... Na5 {
Opening the e8-a4 diagonal to the bishop and threatening 30...Nb3.} 30. Qc2
Qg1+ ({White resigned. After} 30... Qg1+ 31. Be1 {
Black has a pleasant choice between} 31... Nf2+ 32. Kd2 $140 32... Qxg5# {
and 31...Ba4 32.Qa4 Nc3-+.}) 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 b6 8.
h5 h6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 ({
A popular alternative is} 13. Re1 {Now Black's standard reactions are:} 13...
f5 (13... f6 14. Bf4 fxe5 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Be8 16. exf6 Qxf4 17. fxe7 Rf6
18. Bb5 Nxe7 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Qd3 {
0-1 Brunner,L-Kindermann,S/Altensteig 1992 (40)}) 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 cxd4
17. cxd4 17... Nf5 {1-0 Daly,C-Clarke,T/Dublin op 1991 (35)}) 14. exf6 Rxf6 15.
Ne5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rf7 18. a4 Raf8 19. Ba3 Be8 20. Qg4 20... Qd7 {
1-0 Kovalev,A-Priehoda,V/Katowice op 1990 (39)}) 13... cxd4 $6 {
A rare and rather dubious move. The standard continuation is} (13... c4 14. Be2
f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g3 (16. Nh4 Nd8 17. g3 Nb7 18. Ng2 Nd6 19. Bf4 Ba4 20. Bg4
Qd7 21. Be5 21... Rf7 { -  Leyva,R-Pecorelli Garcia,H/CUB-ch 1993 (40)}) 16...
Raf8 17. Nh4 Be8 18. Qd2 Nc8 19. Ng2 19... Nd6 {
-  Dolmatov,S-Hertneck,G/Tilburg 1992 (80)}) 14. cxd4 Nf5 15. c4 $1 ({
An efficient pawn advancent, casting doubts on Black's concept. It  is
stronger than} 15. Bxf5 $6 15... exf5 16. c4 Be6) 15... dxc4 $6 (15... Nce7 16.
Rc1 16... Qb7 {
was to be preferred. After the text move White obtains very dangerous attack.})
16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qc1 $1 (17. d5 $2 {fails to} 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 (18. d6 Nxf3+
) 18... Nxf3+ {
The short queen move creates two very unpleasant threats:
18.Qc4 and 18.Bh6.})
17... Na5 ({Provoking the bishop sacrifice. After} 17... Kh7 18. Qxc4 {
d5 Black's position is unbearable,}) (17... Be6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 {
is also very dangerous for Black.}) 18. Bxh6 $1 18... gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qc6 20. Qf4
Be6 (20... Kh7 { Rg8 is strongly met by} 21. Ng5+) (20... Kh8 {
falls short after} 21. Rad1 { d5} 21... Be6 {loses in view of} 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23.
Ng5 Rfd8 24. Nh7 { Nf6#.}) 21. Rae1 $1 ({
Preparing rook transfer to the kingside through e3.} 21. Qg5+ $2 {
would be a serious mistake, since after} 21... Kh7 {
Rg8, Black fully consolidates his forces.}) 21... Kh7 (21... Kh8 {loses after}
22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5) 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Re3 Rg8 (23... Qd7 $5 24. Rg3 Nc6 25.
Nxe6 fxe6 26. d5 exd5 27. Rg6 $18) 24. Rg3 {
Threatening 25.Ne4 and 25.d5 followed by 26.e6} 24... Bd5 (24... Rg7 {
loses after} 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Nf6 $18) (24... c3 {is easily refuted by} 25. Ne4
Bc4 (25... Rxg3 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6#) 26. Nf6 $18) 25. e6 $1 {This elegant
pawn advance immediately decides the game. The threats 26.Nf7+ Kh7 28.Qh6# and
26.Qe5 are irresistible.} 25... Bxe6 26. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]

1. e4 {Gurevich,M} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7.
Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bb3 c5 (10... a5 $6 11. c3 a4 12. Bc2 c5 13.
O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 $16 {
Gallagher,J-Peric,S/Geneve op 1994 (37)}) 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Nge7 13. Re1 (13.
Bc2 13... a5 $6 14. Re1 a4 15. Nf4 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Be3 c4 18. Ng5 $36 {
Polgar,S-Molnar,V/Rimavska Sobota 1991 (23)}) 13... Bxe2 {TN} (13... Rc8 14.
Ng3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 $5 (15. cxd4 $14) 15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Nh5 Na5 18. Ba2
18... Qc6 $6 19. Qg4 $16 {Nolan,G-Buchanan,W/ch-SCO, Aviemore 1997 (35)}) (
13... h5 $6 14. Bg5 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nf5 16. dxc5 $1 16... Bxc5 17. Ba4 a6 18. c4
$1 $16 {Oll,L-Epishin,V/URS-YM Tbilisi 1989 (38)}) (13... Nf5 14. g4 $6 14...
Nfe7 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Nh5 h6 18. Bf4 18... O-O-O $132 {
Miljanic,B-Nikolic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1987/0-1 (57)}) (13... O-O-O $5 14. Bc2 Ng6
15. Ng3 Kb7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nge7 18. Be3 (18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Be3 19... Nc8 $13)
18... c4 19. Nh4 $6 (19. a4 Ba6 20. Nh2 $14) 19... Rg8 $13 {
Chandler,M-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1987/1-0 (53)} 20. Qg4 {Gurevich,M} 20... Na5 21.
f4 21... f5 $132 {0-1 Nattkamper,S-Van Wedel,B/corr 1991 (34)}) 14. Rxe2 (14.
Qxe2 {Gurevich,M} 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. Be3 16... a6 $13) 14... c4 15.
Bc2 b5 (15... h6 $5 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf1 g6 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. g3 19... O-O-O $13 {
Lampen,T-Tolonen,L/Espoo 1996 (50)}) 16. Re3 (16. b3 $5 {Gurevich,M} 16... cxb3
17. Bxb3 Na5 18. a4 $36) 16... h6 $1 {Necessarily profilactics against Ng5.} (
16... Nf5 $6 {Gurevich,M} 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. a4 $1 18... b4 19. b3 Na5 20. e6 $1
$40) 17. Nd2 Nc8 (17... Nf5 {Gurevich,M} 18. Rh3 Be7 19. Nf3 Bd8 20. g4 $36)
18. Qg4 $36 {The plans of both sides are clear:white will try to create play
on the kingside,while black will search for the counterplay on the queenside,
but white pieces are better placed for forthcoming actions so his prospects
are better.} 18... Nb6 19. Rf3 19... Qe7 $6 (19... a5 $5) (19... O-O-O {
Gurevich,M} 20. Qf4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Be7 23. Qf7 $16) 20. a4 $1 {
Using inaccuracy of black on previous move white opens a-file for his pieces.}
20... h5 (20... b4 21. a5 Nd7 22. Ba4 Rc8 23. Nf1 $14) (20... bxa4 {Gurevich,M}
21. Rxa4 Nxa4 (21... g6 $2 22. Rxf7 $1 22... Qxf7 (22... Kxf7 23. Qxg6#) 23.
Bxg6 $18) 22. Bxa4 Qd7 (22... Rc8 23. b3 $36) 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. b3 $40) 21. Qg3
21... bxa4 $5 22. h4 $1 22... Qd7 23. Rf4 {With idea Nd2-f3-g5} 23... Ne7 24.
Qf3 (24. Nf3 $5 24... Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. e6 $1 (26. Bd2 26... O-O-O $15)
26... Qxe6 27. Bd2 $44) 24... Nc6 25. Qg3 Ne7 26. Qf3 Nc6 (26... Ng6 $6 27.
Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qg3 Rh6 29. Nf1 $1 $16) 27. Rxa4 $5 {
Avoiding the repeation of the moves after 27.Qg3} 27... g6 {
Deciding to take the other rook.Too dangerous was} (27... Nxa4 $6 28. Bxa4 Rc8
(28... Be7 $2 29. Nxc4 $1 $18) 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 (30. c4 $5) 30... Qc7 (
30... g6 {Gurevich,M} 31. Na5 31... Bh6 $13) 31. c4 $1 31... dxc4 32. Na5 $1
32... Qxa5 33. Bxc6+ Kd8 34. Rxf7 $18) 28. Ra1 Bh6 29. Rf6 Bg7 30. b3 $1 $44 (
30. Rf4 {Gurevich,M} 30... Bh6 $11) 30... cxb3 $1 (30... Bxf6 $6 31. Qxf6 Rg8
32. bxc4 dxc4 (32... Nxc4 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Ba4 Rc8 35. Ba3 $16) 33. Ne4 Nd5
34. Qf3 $16) 31. Nxb3 Bxf6 32. Nc5 $5 (32. Qxf6 $5 $44 {Gurevich,M} 32... Rg8
33. Bg5 $44 (33. Ba3 Qd8 34. Qf4 34... g5 $132)) 32... Qd8 33. exf6 33... Nd7 {
} (33... Qd6 $5 34. Bf4 (34. Ba3 $6 34... Nc4) 34... e5 35. Re1 $1 35... O-O-O
$1 (35... O-O 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rae8 38. Bxg6 $1 $16) 36. Qh3+ 36... Nd7
$8 37. Bxe5 Ncxe5 38. Rxe5 Kb8 39. Nxd7+ Rxd7 40. Bb3 $14) 34. Nxe6 $1 (34. Ba4
{Gurevich,M} 34... Rc8 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rxa7 Nxc5 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Ba3 $1
38... Ra6 39. Bxc5 39... Kg8 $13) 34... fxe6 35. Bxg6+ Kf8 36. Ba3+ Kg8 37. Qg3
Qxf6 38. Re1 {Increasing the pressure.Deserved attention} (38. Be8+ $5 38...
Qg7 (38... Kh7 $5 39. Bxd7 Nd8 40. Bd6 Rg8 41. Qd3+ Qg6 42. Qf3 Qg4 43. Qd3+
Qg6 44. Qf1 $14) 39. Bxd7 Qxg3 (39... Nd8 {Gurevich,M} 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bd6
41... Rh7 $13) 40. Bxe6+ Kg7 41. fxg3 Rad8 42. Bc5 $14) 38... Qg7 $2 (38... Nf8
$1 39. Be8+ Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bxc6 Rc8 42. Bxf8+ (42. Bb5 {Gurevich,M}
42... Rxc3 43. Bc5 a5 44. Ra1 Ng6 45. Rxa5 45... Nxh4 $15) 42... Rhxf8 43. Rxe6
$11 (43. Rxe6 Rf6 44. Bxd5 (44. Re7+ 44... Kf8 $17) 44... Rxe6 45. Bxe6 45...
Rxc3 $17)) 39. Rxe6 Rc8 40. Qd6 $1 $18 40... Rh6 $8 (40... Nb6 $2 41. Bd3 $1
$18 (41. Qxc6 {Gurevich,M} 41... Rxc6 42. Re8+ Qf8 43. Rxf8+ 43... Kg7 $13)) (
40... Nf8 {Gurevich,M} 41. Qxd5 Nxg6 (41... Nxe6 42. Qxe6+ $18) (41... Qd7 42.
Rd6+ $18) 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Qxh5+ $18) 41. Bc1 Kh8 (41... Nf8 {Gurevich,M} 42.
Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Bf7+ $18) 42. Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Be8 $2 ({Step in the wrong direction
after fantasticaly played previous part of the game.Simple} 43. Bf5 $1 43...
Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Nce5 45. Rh6+ Kg8 (45... Kg7 46. Qe7+ $1 46... Kxh6 47. Qh7#) 46.
Qe6+ 46... Nf7 $8 (46... Kf8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qg7#)
47. Rg6+ (47. Rh7 $2 47... Qf4+ 48. Kh3 Rxc3+ 49. g3 Rxg3+ 50. fxg3 50... Qf1+
$11) 47... Kf8 48. Qxd7 Qf4+ 49. Rg3 Rxc3 50. Qxd5 Qxh4+ 51. Bh3 $18 {
would give white exellent wining chanses.}) (43. Qxd7 {Gurevich,M} 43... Qc1+
44. Kh2 44... Qf4+ $11) (43. Bd3 {Gurevich,M} 43... Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Nf8 (44...
Nce5 45. dxe5 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Bf1 $18) 45. Rh6+ Kg8 46. Qf6 $18) 43...
Qc1+ 44. Kh2 44... Nce5 $3 $11 45. Rh6+ (45. dxe5 Qf4+ 46. g3 (46. Kh3 $2 46...
Rxc3+ 47. g3 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 48... Qf3+ $19) 46... Qxf2+ 47. Kh3 47... Qf1+ $11)
45... Kg8 (45... Kg7) 46. Rg6+ (46. Qxd5+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Nxg6 48. Qxd7+ Kh6 49.
Qxc8 49... Qf4+ $11) 46... Kh8 $1 47. dxe5 (47. Rg5 {Gurevich,M} 47... Ng4+ (
47... Qf4+ 48. Kh3 Rxc3+ 49. g3 Qf6 50. dxe5 $18) (47... Rxe8 48. Qh6#) 48.
Rxg4 hxg4 49. Bxd7 $18) 47... Qf4+ 48. Rg3 (48. Kh3 {Gurevich,M} 48... Qf5+ (
48... Rxc3+ 49. f3 Qf5+ 50. Kg3) 49. Kg3 Rxe8 50. Rg5 Rg8 51. Qh6+ 51... Qh7
$13) 48... Nxe5 49. Kh3 (49. Bxh5 {Gurevich,M} 49... Nf3+ $19) 49... Qf5+ (
49... Rxe8 $6 50. Rg5 $1 50... Kh7 51. Rxh5+ Kg7 52. Rg5+ Kf7 53. Qh6 $18) (
49... Rc4 $2 {Gurevich,M} 50. Qd8 $1 50... Qf5+ 51. Kh2 $16) (49... Nd3 {
Gurevich,M} 50. Qg6 Nxf2+ 51. Kh2 Ng4+ 52. Kh3 52... Nf2+ $11) 50. Kh2 50...
Qf4 $1 (50... Ng4+ {Gurevich,M} 51. Rxg4 $18) 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alonso, Salvador"]
[Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 5... Ba6 $5 (5... Qd7 6. h5 (
6. Qg4 $5 6... f5 7. Qh5+ Qf7 8. Qxf7+ Kxf7 9. Bd2 c6 10. Nce2 Bf8 11. Nh3 $14
{Ninov,N-Pacheco,E/WchJM-U26 1990 (27)}) 6... h6 (6... Nc6 7. a3 Bf8 8. f4 $6
8... Bb7 9. g4 O-O-O 10. Nce2 Kb8 11. Bh3 11... f6 $132 {
Rantanen,Y-Dizdar,G/Belgrade GMA 1988 (39)}) 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Bb5 (8. Nf3 Bb7 9.
Nh4 Nc6 10. a3 O-O-O 11. b4 Nge7 12. Bd3 Kb8 13. Ne2 $14 {
Stefansson,H-Sjodell,U/Peer Gynt 1990 (35)}) 8... c6 9. Ba4 Ba6 10. Nce2 Bb5
11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Nge7 14. Qf4 g5 15. hxg6 $14 {
Jonsson,H-Cobb,J/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (35)}) 6. Qg4 (6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Qd3 Qc8 8.
h5 Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 h6 11. Ne2 $14) 6... Bf8 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nh3 8...
Nb4 $5 9. Bg5 Qd7 (9... f6 $2 10. Qxe6+ Be7 11. O-O-O fxg5 12. Nxg5 Nh6 13. a3
$18) 10. O-O-O $14 10... h6 $5 {Divorcing the bishop from g5 where it disturbs
the normal development of black pieces.} 11. Be3 11... h5 {
Otherwise white would play h5 himself.} 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. a3 Nbc6 15.
g4 {Serious attention deserved} (15. f3 $5 15... Nf5 16. Bf2 Bh6 17. Qd2 Na5
18. Nce2 Nc4 19. Qc3 $14) 15... Bh6 (15... hxg4 16. Qxg4 Bh6 (16... Nf5 17. h5
gxh5 18. Nxh5 O-O-O 19. Nf6 $18) 17. h5 O-O-O 18. hxg6 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxg6 20.
Bg5 $14) 16. gxh5 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxh5 18. Qg4 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Kb7 (19... Nf5 20.
Bg5 Rdh8 21. Ng3 R5h7 22. Bf6 Re8 23. h5 $14) 20. Ng3 Rhh8 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. h5
gxh5 23. Nxh5 Nf5 24. Nf6 Qd8 25. c3 $5 {Nothing special promises} (25. Rxh8
Qxh8 26. Nxd5 Nfxd4 27. Ne7 Nxe7 28. Bxe7 Nc6 29. Bf6 $14) 25... Nce7 26. Qf3
$5 {Preparing to take on h8 and then to take control over the  h-file by Rh1.}
26... c5 $132 27. dxc5 $5 (27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28. Rh1 28... Qg7 $1 $17) 27... Rxh1
$1 (27... Rxc5 $2 28. Ne4 $1 28... Rc8 29. Nd6+ $1 29... Nxd6 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31.
exd6 Nf5 32. d7 $18) 28. Qxh1 Rxc5 29. Qh7 29... Qc8 $1 $11 {
Black is just on time to create a counterplay on the queenside.} 30. Qxf7 Rxc3+
31. Kb1 $5 (31. bxc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 33... Qc3+ $11) 31... Qc4 $8
32. Nxd5 $6 {White overestimates his chanses and doesn't feel the danger.} (32.
Qxe6 $5 $142 32... Rxa3 $1 33. Qd7+ Ka6 34. bxa3 Qb3+ 35. Kc1 35... Qc3+ $11)
32... exd5 33. Bxe7 $4 {It still wasn't too late to take on c3.} (33. bxc3 Qb3+
34. Kc1 Qxc3+ 35. Kb1 Qb3+ 36. Kc1 Qxa3+ (36... Qc3+ $11) 37. Kb1 Qb3+ 38. Kc1
Qc3+ 39. Kb1 39... Qxe5 $15) 33... Qe4+ $1 {Important intermediate check.} 34.
Ka1 34... Rc7 $19 35. Qxd5+ {White has no other choice,but to enter the
endgame,which doesn't promise any chanses of survival.} 35... Qxd5 36. Rxd5
Rxe7 37. f4 Kc6 38. Rd8 Kc5 39. Kb1 Nd4 40. Rf8 Kd5 41. f5 Kxe5 42. f6 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6... Qa5 $5) (
6... Qc7) 7. Qg4 Qc7 ({
In der modernen Grossmeisterpraxis ist gegenwaertig (2004) die Fortsetzung} 
7... O-O {populaerer.} 8. Bd3 $5 8... f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 10...
Qc7 $13) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7) 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4
Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Rg4 (
17... Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3 Qa7 23. a5 $13
{Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/ Biel 1988/  -  (43)}) 18. Nd1 $5 $146 ({Sehr stark ist} 
18. Qf3 $1 18... Rdg8 19. h6 $16) 18... Ba4 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3+ Nc4 21. Nb2
Bc6 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 23... Kd7 $1 $44 24. Rb3 Bxg2 25. Rd3+ Ke8 26. Rc7 (
26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Be2 27... Rh4 $44) 26... Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rh4 28. Kg2 Rxd3 29.
cxd3 Rxh5 30. Rxb7 Nh4+ 31. Kf2 (31. Kg1 $5 31... Nf5 $44 {  R h3}) 31... Nf5
32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Ke2 34... Rh1 $6 (34... Rh2+ $5 $142 35. Kd1 (35.
Kf3 {Comp Fritz8} 35... Rh3+ 36. Ke4 Rh1 37. Bd2 37... Rh2 $14) 35... Nd4 $44 (
35... Rh1+ {Comp Fritz8} 36. Kd2 36... Nd4 $14)) 35. Be3 {  Bc5} 35... Nxe3 36.
Kxe3 $16 36... Ra1 37. Rb8+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rb3 a5 40. Kd4 a4 41. Rc3 Rf1
({Auf} 41... Kd7 $2 {folgt entscheidend} 42. Kc5 $18) 42. Ke3 (42. Rc4 Rxf4+
43. Kc3 Rf5 44. d4 44... f6 $14) 42... Ra1 43. Kd2 Kd7 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kc1 (
45. Kb1 Rd2) 45... Ra1+ $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler.} ({Mit} 45... Kd8 $142 {
haette Schwarz Remis halten koennen:} 46. Kb1 Rd2 47. Rc4 Rxd3 48. Rxa4 Rf3 49.
Kb2 49... Kc8 $11) 46. Kb2 Rd1 47. Rc4 Rxd3 48. Rxa4 Rf3 (48... Kc6 49. Ra7 $18
) 49. Rc4 f6 (49... Ke7 50. a4 $18) 50. exf6 Ke8 51. a4 $18 51... Kf7 52. a5
Rd3 53. a6 Rd7 54. Ra4 Ra7 55. Kc3 {und Schwarz gab auf.} (55. Kc3 Kxf6 56. Kd4
$18 {  Kc5-b6}) 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nge2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 dxe4 7. d5
exd5 (7... Nce7 $6 8. Qg4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4
O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Bf5 12. Bd3 12... Nf6 $11 {
Oll,L-Vaganian,R/Keres mem 1983/ -  (44)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Kf8 $6 9. dxe6 f5
10. Qg3 Bxe6 11. Nb5 $1 11... Qd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Be2 $16 {
Nataf,I-Kinsman,A/Paris-London 1994 (57)}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Bh6 $3
11... Qxh6 12. Qxh8 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/WchJM-U20 1994 (38)}) 8. Qxd5
Be6 (8... Nge7 $5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13.
O-O-O Bg6 14. Rhe1 14... Nd5 { -  Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980}) (8... Nf6
$6 9. Qxd8+ 9... Kxd8 $5 (9... Nxd8 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Nd5 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Dochev,D/WchJ-U16 1990 (29)}
) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxe4 Kg7 (12... Re8 13. O-O-O) 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 $16 {
Shirazi,K-Akhsharumova,A/Saint John op-1 1988 (33)}) 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7
12. Bb5 Kc8 13. Rhe1 $44 {Suhail,A-Contin,D/Velden op 1994 (15)}) 9. Qxe4 (9.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bf4 Nf6 (10... f5 $6 11. Nb5 $5 11... Nf6 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Nxe6
Kxe6 14. Bc4+ $14 {Tu Hoang Thong-Johansen,D/Jakarta zt 1993/ -  (45)}) 11.
Bxc7 Rd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 14... Ne8 $5 $132 {
Bronstein,D-Vaganian,R/Tilburg 1993/ -  (45)}) 9... Nf6 10. Qh4 (10. Qa4 $5
10... Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bg5 $14 {
Al Modiahki,M-Claesen,J/WchJM-U18 1992 (24)}) 10... Qd4 $5 11. Bg5 (11. Qg3 $6
11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 Qxc2 14. Qxg7 14... O-O-O $36) 11... O-O-O 12.
Qxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O $14 {Thanks to the pair of bishops white has minimal
advantge in the endgame,but it's very difficult to transform this advantage
into something more significient.} 13... h6 14. Be3 (14. Bxf6 $5 14... gxf6 15.
Bd3 (15. g3 $6 15... Bg4 $5 16. Rd2 Rhe8 17. Bc4 Bf3 18. Rf1 18... Re7 $15)
15... Rhg8 16. g3 Bg4 17. Rde1 Nf3 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Be2 $14) 14... Nc6 15. Bb5
Bd7 16. h3 {Preventing Ng4.} 16... a6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6+ fxe6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Re1 {Now black has a weakness on e6,but the number of pieces on the board
is limited and it's quiet complicated to take advantage of this fact.} 20...
Re8 21. Bd2 Kd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 23... Ke7 $1 {
Bringing the king to f7 to defend the pawns on the kingside.} 24. Rg4 Kf7 25.
Bc3 Rg8 26. Rg3 $6 {One of the most basic things in the endgame is
centraliztion of the king;so better was} (26. Kd2 e5 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. f4 $5 {
with better chanses.}) 26... e5 27. Re3 $6 27... Re8 28. Re4 28... g5 $5 $132 {
Now white can't transfer f4 andblack gets sufficient counterchanses.} 29. h4
Kf6 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. Re3 (31. Kd2 $5 31... Rh8 32. Ke2 Kf5 (32... Rh2 33. Rg4
Kf5 34. f3 Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. b4 $1 $16) 33. f3 Rh1 34. Kd3 Rd1+ 35. Kc4
35... Ke6 $11) 31... g4 32. Re1 $6 32... Rf8 33. Re2 Kf5 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Ke3
35... Ne7 $15 {The pointless play of white changed the situation on the board
and now white is the one who tries to keep the balance.} 36. Re1 Nd5+ 37. Ke2
Nxc3+ 38. bxc3 Rd5 39. Rh1 $1 {
White's defensive resourses are more than sufficient to make a draw.} 39... Rc5
(39... Ra5 40. Rh7 Rxa3 41. Rxc7 b5 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Rf7+ Ke6 44. Rg7 Kf5 45.
Rf7+ $11) 40. Kd3 b5 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rh8 Rc4 43. Ra8 Ra4 44. Rc8 Rc4 45. Ra8
45... Ra4 {Black opts for immideate draw.} 46. Rc8 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3
Nc6 7. d5 exd5 (7... Nce7 $6 {Finkel,A} 8. Qg4 $1 (8. dxe6 $6 8... Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 Bxe6 10. Nxe4 O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Bf5 12. Bd3 12... Nf6 $11 {
Oll,L-Vaganian,R/Keres mem 1983/ -  (44)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Kf8 $6 9. dxe6 f5
10. Qg3 Bxe6 11. Nb5 $1 11... Qd7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Be2 $16 {
Nataf,I-Kinsman,A/Paris-London 1994 (57)}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Bh6 $3
11... Qxh6 12. Qxh8 $16 {Al Modiahki,M-Relange,E/WchJM-U20 1994 (38)}) 8. Qxd5
8... Nge7 $5 {Another continuation promising black good chanses to equalize is}
(8... Be6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxe4 (9. Qxd8+ {Finkel,A} 9... Rxd8 10. Bf4 Nf6 (10...
f5 $6 11. Nb5 $5 11... Nf6 12. Nxc7+ Kf7 13. Nxe6 Kxe6 14. Bc4+ $14 {
Tu Hoang Thong-Johansen,D/Jakarta zt 1993/ -  (45)}) 11. Bxc7 Rd7 12. Bf4 O-O
13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Bg5 14... Ne8 $5 $132 {
Bronstein,D-Vaganian,R/Tilburg 1993/ -  (45)}) 9... Nf6 10. Qh4 (10. Qa4 $5 {
Finkel,A} 10... Qe7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bg5 $14 {
Al Modiahki,M-Claesen,J/WchJM-U18 1992 (24)}) 10... Qd4 $5 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12.
Qxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O-O $14 {Zelcic,R-Jacimovic,D/Zonal 1.1 1998 (46)}) (8... Nf6
$6 {Finkel,A} 9. Qxd8+ 9... Kxd8 $5 (9... Nxd8 10. Bg5 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. O-O-O $14 {
Al Modiahki,M-Dochev,D/WchJ-U16 1990 (29)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxe4 Kg7 (12...
Re8 13. O-O-O) 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bb5 $16 {
Shirazi,K-Akhsharumova,A/Saint John op-1 1988 (33)}) 10. Bg5 Re8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7
12. Bb5 Kc8 13. Rhe1 $44 {Suhail,A-Contin,D/Velden op 1994 (15)}) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8
10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bb5+ ({More in the spirit of position was} 11. Bd3 $5 11...
Ne6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Bg6 14. Rhe1 14... Nd5 {
-  Zaitsev,I-Vaganian,R/Sochi 1980}) 11... Ndc6 12. f3 O-O-O 13. O-O 13... Nd4
$11 14. Bd3 (14. Ba4 14... b5 $5 (14... Ne2+ 15. Kf2 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Bxe4 17.
fxe4 17... Ng6 $11) 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Rhe8 17. Nc5 Rd5 18. b4 18... Re5 $13
) 14... Nb3 $1 {Depriving white the advantage of two bishops.} 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16.
Rbxc1 16... Bg6 {
The position is compleatly balanced and a draw seems not far away.} 17. Rfe1
Nc6 18. f4 $6 (18. Nf2 $5 18... Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rhe8 20. Kf2 $11) 18... Rhe8 19.
Kf2 19... Nd4 $15 {The position is still about balanced,but white has to play
accuratly not to change the status-quo in black's favour.} 20. Rcd1 $6 (20. g3
$5) 20... Nxc2 $5 {Wining a pawn,but the arising rook ending is only slightly
better for black and white holds it without any difficulties.} 21. Bxc2 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Bxe4 23. Re1 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ke3 25... c5 (25... Re6 $5 26. Re2
$5 26... Kd7 27. f5 Re5 28. Kf4 $11) 26. Rc1 b6 27. b4 $5 (27. Rc4 $11) 27...
Kc7 28. bxc5 28... b5 {Starting the race which ends up a draw.} 29. g4 Kc6 30.
f5 a5 31. g5 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. h4 b3 34. f6 gxf6 35. gxf6 Kd5 36. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Nc6 8.
c3 e5 9. Nxf6+ (9. dxe5 $6 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bg4+
13. f3 Nxe5 14. fxg4 14... O-O-O $11 {Mariotti,S-Tatai,S/Rome m 1972/1-0 (78)})
9... Bxf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 (11. Bc4 O-O (11... Nf5 $6 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Bb5+
Bd7 (13... Kf8 $5) 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bc4 cxd5 16. Bxd5 $14 {
Gheorghiu,F-Hug,W/Palma de Mallorca 1972 (51)}) 12. O-O Nf5 (12... Ng6 $5 13.
Ne4 Be7 14. Qh5 Kh8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 16... Qd6 {
-  Gheorghiu,F-Uhlmann,W/Skopje olm 1972}) 13. Nxf5 (13. Ne4 $5 13... Be7 14.
f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd6 16. Bd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 $14 {
Seifried,W-Roemer,U/Oberschwaben ch 1993/ -  (53)}) 13... Bxf5 14. Be3 Bg5 15.
Qh5 Bxe3 16. Qxf5 Bc5 17. Qxe5 17... Qh4 { -  Hort,V-Uhlmann,W/Skopje olm 1972}
) (11. Qa4+ $5 11... c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nh5 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bd3 15...
Bf5 $11 {Rajna,G-Mednis,E/Szolnok 1975/ -  (47)}) 11... Ng6 $6 (11... Nf5 $5
12. Bd3 (12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd3 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3 $6 14... e4 $1 15. Be2 (
15. Bxe4 Re8 16. f3 Qh4+ 17. Ke2 17... Nd6 $40) 15... Nh4 16. O-O Qg6 17. g3
Bh3 18. Re1 18... e3 $1 19. Qd4 19... Qf5 $40) 13... Be7 $15) 12... Nd4 (12...
Nxg3 $5 13. hxg3 b6 (13... h6 14. Qh5 b5 15. Be3 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qd7 17. Qe2 $14
{Grzesik,T-Gscheidlen,W/BL8687 1987/ -  (49)}) 14. Be3 14... e4 $6 15. Bxe4
Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 $36 {Tseitlin,M-Vilela,J/Tirnavia-A 1979 (27)}) 13.
O-O O-O 14. Re1 14... c6 $11) 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qc2 $5 (13. O-O 13... Nf4 $5 14.
Be4 14... g6 $13) 13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O 15... a5 $6 (15... Qc7 $5) 16.
Be4 Qc7 17. Be3 a4 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rfd1 $14 {All white pieces take very
comfortable positions,black pawn on a4 is serious weakness and black is
deprived of active counteplay.} 19... Bd7 20. Ne2 (20. Nf5 $5 20... Red8 (20...
Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Red8 22. g3 $16 (22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Rd7 $2 24... Qa5
25. Bb4 $8 25... Bxb4 26. axb4 26... Qxb4 $17)) 21. g3 $14) 20... Be7 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. Nc3 $16 22... Qa7 23. Rd6 Nf8 24. Rad1 $1 {
Black's position is hopeless.} (24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 25... Ne6 26. Nb5 Qb7
27. Rd6 Nf4 28. f3 28... e4 $132) 24... Ne6 $6 25. Nb5 Qb7 (25... cxb5 26. Bxa8
Nd4 27. Qe4 $18) 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 ({Nothing changes} 26... Kh8 27. Bf5 $18) 27.
Bf5 cxb5 28. Be4 $18 28... Qc7 29. Bxa8 Nd4 30. Qh7 $1 30... Re8 31. c5 $1
31... Be6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 Qxc5 (33... Rxa8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qxe5 $18) 34.
Ra6 Rd8 35. Qg5+ Ke8 36. Kh1 Qc2 37. Bf3 Qc5 38. Bh5 Kd7 39. Rc1 Bc4 (39... Rg8
40. Qd2 Qd5 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. Bxf7+ $18) 40. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Premier 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3
Bf8 9. Nce2 b5 (9... Ba6 10. c3 Bb5 (10... Ne7 11. Nf3 11... Bd3 $5 (11... Nf5
12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Na6 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. a4 $14 {
Nunn,J-Huebner,R/OHRA-A 1986 (31)}) 12. Nf4 Bg6 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Ba2
Nc8 16. Ne1 $14 {Holzhaeuer,M-Rentschler,J/OLWuert 1990/1-0 (51)}) 11. Bc2 a4 (
11... c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nge7 14. Re1 Nc8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Be3 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Sahovic,D/Biel op 1990 (33)}) 12. Nf3 c5 13. dxc5 $5 (13. O-O Nc6
14. Re1 Na5 15. Nf4 $5 (15. Be3 $5 15... Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 (16... Nxe3 $5) 17.
Qxd2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 19. g4 $14 {Jonsson,B-Bergsson,S/Reykjavik op 1993 (34)})
15... O-O-O 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 g6 19. Qf3 Kb8 20. Ree1 $36 {
Iruzubieta,J-Topalov,V/Elgoibar 1991 (47)}) 13... bxc5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Re1 Na5
16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Ng5 $36 {Reyes,J-Sahovic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (35)}) (9... Na6
$5 10. c3 Nc7 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. O-O a4 14. Re1 $14 {
Mifsud,T-Temirbaev,S/Moscow olm 1994/0-1 (61)}) 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 {
More ambitious is} (11. c3 $5 11... Nc6 12. f4 f5 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ned4 Ba6 16. Be3 $14 {
with better chanses;Rodriguez,A-Gonzales,J/Capablanca mem-A 1992 (41)}) 11...
Nc6 12. Nf3 Bxc5 13. O-O Nge7 14. Nf4 (14. Bc3 $6 14... O-O 15. Ned4 Ba6 16.
Re1 Qa7 17. Kh1 $6 17... Qb6 $17 {Happel,H-Monte,P/Guernsey op 1988 (53)}) (14.
c3 $5 14... Ng6 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Re1 Nxf4 (16... Ba6 17. Bg3 17... Ngxe5 $6 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Nxe6 $1 20... fxe6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qh5+ $16) 17.
Nxf4 g6 18. Qd2 O-O 19. Nd3 $14) 14... O-O 15. Re1 15... Qa7 (15... Ba6 $5) 16.
Nd3 Bb6 17. Ba2 $6 ({Deserved attention} 17. c3 $5 {
transfering the bishop to c2}) 17... b4 $5 (17... Ba6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4) 18.
axb4 axb4 19. Bb3 Ba6 (19... Qxa1 $6 20. Qxa1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ba5 22. Ra4 $16)
20. Be3 $5 {White understands that he does'nt stand better and tries to
simplify the position.} 20... Bxe3 (20... Nf5 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Nf4) 21. Rxe3
Nf5 22. Re1 22... Qb6 $15 23. Nf4 23... Bc4 $6 {After this move black loses
the advantage.It was better to keep the pressure with} (23... Rfc8 $5 24. Qd2
Ncd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Nd3 26... Bc4 $15) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Qe2
Qc5 27. Qe4 27... Ra5 $5 (27... Ra2 $5 28. g4 Nfe7 29. Ng5 29... Ng6 $5 (29...
g6 $6 30. Nfxe6 $1 30... fxe6 31. Qf4 Nd8 32. Qf6 Qc7 (32... Ra6 $6 33. Rd1
Nec6 34. Nxh7 $1 $18) 33. Rd1 $1 (33. Nxe6 Nxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Qf6+ $36)
33... Nd5 (33... Ra6 34. Rxd8+ $1 34... Qxd8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qxh7#) 34. Nxe6
$1 34... Nxf6 35. Nxc7 Nxg4 36. Rxd8+ $16) 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. Nxf7
Nd4 33. Qe4 Nxc2 34. Qxc2 Qxf7 35. Qxc4 Rxb2 36. Qd4 $11) 28. g4 Nfe7 29. h4 (
29. Ng5 $5) 29... h6 {Preventing Ng5.} 30. g5 $36 30... hxg5 31. Nxg5 g6 32.
Nf3 b3 33. h5 $5 33... gxh5 (33... bxc2 $2 34. hxg6 34... Nxe5 $8 35. gxf7+
Nxf7 36. Nxe6 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Rc1 $16) 34. Nxh5 34... Ng6 $1 35. cxb3 (
35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. Nf6 $13) 35... Ncxe5 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Nxe5
38. Re3 $1 {Accurate move securing a draw.} 38... Nd3 (38... Kf8 $5 39. Nf6 Ke7
(39... cxb3 $2 40. Rxe5) 40. Ne4 f5 41. Nd2 cxb3 42. Rxb3 $11) 39. bxc4 Nxb2
40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Ke7 43. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian Club Cup"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
(8. Qb1 {This move issues more serious challenge for Black .} 8... c4 9. Nh3 (
9. Nf3) (9. g3) 9... Nc6 10. Be2 (10. g3 Bd7 11. Nf4 $5 11... O-O-O 12. Bh3 {
Kruppa,Y-Krivoshey,S/Nikolaev (zt) 64/280 1995} (12. h4 $5)) 10... Bd7 (10...
f6 11. f4 $5 (11. exf6 Nxf6)) 11. O-O (11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Nh5 12... f6 $13)
11... O-O-O 12. Nf4 12... f6 $6 (12... g6 $5) 13. Bg4 13... f5 $8 14. Be2 Nge7
15. h4 g6 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qc1 17... Ng8 {
Golubev,M-Koutsin,S/Nikolaev (zt) 64/(280) 1995} (17... Ng8 18. g4 $1 18...
Nce7 19. Rb1 $16)) 8... b6 {Portish's recommendation. After 9...Ne7 White can
choose between 10.Qb1 and 10.dxc5.} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. dxc5 $6 {Other continuations
: 10.0-0, 10.Ng5, and 10.Ba6 don't promise White an advantage either. With the
text White stakes on the attack, but the game shows that Black has sufficient
resources to neutralize White's initiative.} 10... bxc5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rb1 $6
{Instead White probably had to launch play at the K-side.} (12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3
(13. Qh5 $6 13... g6 14. Qh3 c4 15. Qh4 (15. Be2 Qxc2) 15... Nd7 16. Nf3 16...
Bb5 $1)) 12... Nd7 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 $4 13... c4) 13... h6 (13... O-O {
can't be refuted by means of} 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Re4 16... Qxe4 $1
{but 13...h6 is more flexible.}) (13... O-O 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3) 14. Bxa6 Qxa6
15. Nh4 15... Qa4 $1 {
Black nips any attempt of White to organize a play on the K-side.} (15... Qxa3
16. Qg4 $44) 16. g3 Nb6 17. Ng2 Nc4 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Bc1 Rab8 20. Ra1 Qa5 21.
Bd2 (21. Qd3 21... Nc6 $19) 21... d4 $1 $19 22. Re4 Rfd8 23. Nd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2
Nf5 25. Rd1 dxc3 26. Qc1 Rd4 27. Rde1 Rbd8 28. Kg2 Qb6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qb1
Qc6+ 31. f3 c4 32. Nf2 Rd2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Rxc2 35. Re4 Rd2 36. Kh3 c2
37. Ng4 Qxe4 (37... c1=Q 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Qxf7+ 39... Ng7 $19) 38. fxe4 c1=Q
39. exf5 Qf1+ 40. Kh4 Qxf5 41. Nf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Petursson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. h4
Bd7 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 f6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Qc1 f5 14. Ng5 Rdf8 15.
h5 h6 16. Nh3 Nd8 17. a4 Be8 18. Qd1 Qa5 19. Qe1 g5 20. Bc1 Bxa4 21. Ba3 Rf7
22. f4 g4 23. Nf2 Qb5 24. Ra2 Qe8 25. Qa1 Nec6 26. Nd1 Rg7 27. Bd6 b5 28. Nb2
Qxh5 29. Nxa4 bxa4 30. Rb1 Qh4 31. Rab2 g3 32. Bf3 Rhh7 33. Rb8+ $1 (33. Qxa4
Rb7 34. Qa6 34... Qxf4 $13) 33... Kd7 (33... Nxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kd7 35. Qxa4+ Nc6
36. Qb5 $18) 34. Qxa4 (34. Qxa4 {BLACK RESIGNED because of} 34... Qxf4 35. Qb5
Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qg5 37. Qb7+ $1 37... Ke8 (37... Nxb7 38. R1xb7#) 38. Qxc6+ Kf7
39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]

1. e4 {Baburin} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 9... Nbc6 {Baburin: 'GM Sergey Ivanov employs this
line from time to time, but in this game this variation does not pass the test
against one of the main experts in the French with 3 Nc3 - GM Dolmatov.'} 10.
Qh5 (10. Nf3 f5 11. Qh3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. c3 Na5 14. g4 Nb3 15. Bc2 Qc4 16.
Rb1 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 b6 18. Rhg1 Bd7 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Rb4 Qa2 21. Rgb1 Rc8 22.
R1b2 Qxa3 23. R4b3 Qa1 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. R1b2 Qa1 26. Rb1 {
-  Gdanski,J-Ivanov,S/Lubniewice 1994/EXP 45 (26)}) 10... Nf5 11. Nf3 f6 12.
O-O (12. g4 $2 12... g6 13. Qh3 13... Nfxd4 $17) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qh3
$1 {A very strong new move. After 15. g2-g4 which Black cannot prevent his
most advanced piece -knight on f5 - will be flung back and it will be
difficult for Black to regroup his forces. The course of the game proved
White's plan sound.  '!?' Baburin.  Baburin: 'A new attempt - White  wants to
force his opponent to weaken the kingside somehow, in view of the threat of 15
g4.'} (14. Re1 14... fxe5 $6 15. Nxe5 $1 15... Nxe5 (15... Ncxd4 $2 16. c3 Nc6
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxe6 $18) 16. Rxe5 Rc8 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. c3 Be8 19. Qe2 Bg6 20.
f3 $1 (20. Re1 $6 20... Nxd4 $1 21. cxd4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 23... Rc2
$3 $17) (20. Rxe6 20... Nxd4 $1 21. cxd4 21... Bxd3 $11) 20... Nh4 $2 21. Re1
$16 {Morosevic,A-Ivanov,S/Russia (ch) 1992/Inf 57 (21)} (21. Re1 {Baburin}
21... Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rfe8 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kh1 Kf7 25. g4 h6 26. f4 Kg8 27. f5
Qf6 28. Rf1 Rc6 29. fxe6 Qd8 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxh6 Qxf7 33. exf7
Rf8 34. Bd2 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Ivanov,S/Orel 1992/EXT 92ch (34)})) 14... h6 (
14... g6 $5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Bg5 Qg7) 15. Bb2 fxe5 16. dxe5 16... Be8 {
Trying to gain some space by preparing d5-d4. Yet, an offensive at the K-side
which White start now turns out to be more  significant.} 17. g4 {'!' Baburin.}
17... Nfe7 18. Nh4 d4 (18... Rf4 19. Ng2 {and 20.f4}) 19. f4 Nd5 20. Ng2 {
White's knight will remain here till the end. His vis-a-vis on d5 which
transfered in the center from f5 is again neutralized.} 20... Nc3 (20... Qe7
21. g5 h5 22. g6 $16) 21. Rbe1 Qd5 22. Qg3 {
Finalizing preparations for an advancement f4-f5.} 22... Na4 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. f5
$1 $40 {Baburin: 'All White's pieces are supporting his kingside attack,
giving him a great advantage in force. Note that at least one of Black's
pieces (the a8-rook) is not taking any part in the action, while the others
are less active than their White counterparts.'} 24... Nxd3 25. cxd3 Nd8 26. f6
g5 27. h4 {'!' Baburin.  Baburin: 'Black is not given any rest.'} 27... Bc6 28.
Re2 $1 {White rooks control all avenues of approach to the K-side.} 28... Nf7
29. hxg5 {'+-' Baburin.} 29... Nxg5 (29... hxg5 30. Qh3 Bb5 31. Ne1 Rfc8 32.
Rh2 Kf8 33. Qh7 $18) 30. Qh4 $1 30... Nf3+ (30... Qf3 31. Qh5 Nh3+ (31... Qxd3
32. Bxg5) 32. Kh2 Qxd3 33. Rf5 $18) 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Bxh6 (32. Qxh6 $2 32...
Qxg4) 32... Rf7 (32... Qxe2 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qe7#) 33. Qg5+ Kh8 (
33... Kh7 {is met by} 34. Qh5 Rc7 35. Bg5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. f7 Rxf7 38.
Bf6+ Rxf6 39. exf6 $18) 34. Bg7+ Kg8 35. Qh6 35... Rd7 36. Rf2 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 {
An impressive victory!} 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 $5 {
White opts for an immediate assault on the K-side.} (12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 13...
a6 {- 60/290} (13... Qc6) 14. Nh4 $1 {
0-1 Kuczynski,R-Hertneck,G/Deutschland 1994/Inf 62/ (38)} (14. Rb1 $5 14... Qc6
15. Nh4 $1)) 12... Nd7 13. dxc5 $6 13... b5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rg4 Kf8 (15... Qxc5
16. Bd2) 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Rbb4 Nc6 18. Bf4 18... Nxc5 $15 (18... Nxb4 $6 19.
axb4 $40) 19. Rb1 Na5 20. Kf1 Nxd3 (20... Ne4 $5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 (22.
Nd4 Qxc3) 22... Qc4+ 23. Qxc4 23... Nxc4 $15) 21. cxd3 Nb3 22. Bd2 Kg8 (22...
Nxd2+ 23. Qxd2 23... Qxc3 $2 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8)
23. Be1 Qc5 24. Rb4 Na5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 (26... Rxc6 $5 27. c4 $140
27... dxc4 28. dxc4 Rc8) 27. Rg4 a5 28. Qe3 Kh7 (28... Qc5 $5 29. Qxc5 (29. Qg3
Rh7 30. Bd2 Qxa3 31. Bxh6 Qf8) 29... Rxc5 30. Ke2 $11) 29. Rc1 Rhg8 30. Rf4 Rc7
31. Qf3 31... Qd7 {with the idea 32...d4.} 32. Bd2 Qe7 33. Rg4 Rd8 (33... Qxa3
$5) 34. Qf4 Qf8 (34... Qxa3 $5 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38.
Qxd8 Qe7 39. Bg5 Qxd8 40. Bxd8 Ra7 41. Ke2 (41. Ra1 Bc2) 41... Bb3 42. Ra1
42... a4 $44) 35. Re1 35... d4 {Otherwise Re1-e3-g3, xg7.} 36. cxd4 Rcd7 37.
Re4 {This is not the best continuation.} (37. Bxa5 $1 {was much stronger:}
37... Rxd4 38. Re4 $1 (38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 39... Qxa3 $13) 38... Rxd3 39.
Bxd8 Rd1+ 40. Re1 (40. Ke2 40... Rxd8 $40) 40... Qxd8 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Kg1 $16)
37... Bc2 38. Qe3 b4 39. axb4 a4 40. Rg3 a3 41. Reg4 41... a2 {
This is the best move for Black, which should have led to a draw.} (41... f6 $2
42. exf6 Qxf6 43. Rg6 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 (44. Qxh6+ $2 44... Kg8) 44... Rxd4 45.
Rxg7+ Kh8 46. Bc3 Bxd3+ 47. Kg1 (47. Ke1 Re4+ 48. Re3 Rxe3+ 49. fxe3 Rd5 50. g4
$16) 47... e5 48. Bxd4 exd4 49. Ra7 49... Be4 $1 (49... Be2 50. Rgxa3 d3 51.
Ra8) 50. Rgxa3 d3 51. Ra1 d2 52. Rd1 Bc2 53. Raa1 Kg7 54. f3 $18) 42. Rxg7+
Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Bc3 Bxd3+ 46. Kg1 Rc8 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48.
Qd2 Bf5 49. Ba1 Rc2 50. Qg5 (50. Qf4 Rdc7) 50... Rc8 (50... Rdc7 $2 {loses to}
51. Qf6 $1 51... Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Rxa1 (52... Rc8 53. Qxf7+) 53. h6 Rh1+ 54. Kxh1
a1=Q+ 55. Kh2 $18) 51. Qd2 Rc2 52. Qg5 Rc8 53. Qd2 53... Rg8 $2 (53... Rc2 $11)
54. Qxa2 $18 54... Be4 55. g3 Rc7 56. Qd2 Rc2 57. Qf4 Bf5 58. d5 Rg4 59. Qe3
Re4 60. Qa7 Re1+ 61. Kh2 Kh6 62. Bd4 Be4 63. Be3+ Kg7 64. g4 Bxd5 65. Qe7 Rh1+
66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kh4 Rc4 68. f3 Bxf3 69. Qf6+ Kg8 70. Qxf3 Rxb4 71. h6 Rbb1 72.
Bxg1 Rxg1 73. Qf6 1-0

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 2nd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. Qh3 {Rare, double-edged move. Usual continuation is
something like} (9.
exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 c4 15. Be2
15... Nf5 {with complicated game.}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 10... Nbc6 {
deserves attention} (10... Qa4 11. dxc5 11... Nd7 {for example} 12. Nf3 Nxc5
13. O-O b6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
Qe3 19... Ne7 {0-1 Bragin,A-Rychagov,A/RUS t-ch Orel 1997 (24)}) 11. Nf3 11...
Qa4 12. Rg1 ({White could play also} 12. Kd1 12... Bd7 13. g4 cxd4 14. Rg1 {
1-0 Ginzburg,M-Robledo,N/Buenos Aires FMDA tt 1992 (24) with big complications,
but Judit never worried  too much about pawns.}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14. Rc1
Qb2 15. g4 15... Na5 $1 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 17... Qxa3 {Judit sucrificed (
lost?) two pawns and only her  chance for survival is just to give checkmate
to  oppenent. With real astonishment I found, that  this crazy position came
to life  not in the first time , ant instead of Polgars,} 18. Bh6 ({
Velimirovic played} 18. Ng5 18... h6 19. Nf3 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 fxg4 21. Rxg4 Nf5
22. Nh4 Bd7 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Qg2 Qe7 26. Qxd5 26... b5 $132 {
-  Velimirovic,D-Drasko,M/YUG t-ch 1996 (71) just one thing is interesting
for me: did Judit know  about thisgame?}) 18... Ng6 ({
White has dangerous attack after} 18... Na1 $6 19. Rd2 $1 (19. gxf5 $2 $143
19... Nxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Qxc3+ 21. Kd1 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Rxh7+
Ke8 25. Be3 $13) 19... Qxc3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. gxf5+ Kh8 (21... Ng6) 22. Qh6 Rf7
23. Ng5 $18) ({everithing is more complicated in the case of} 18... f4 19. Ng5
$1 19... Rf7 $8 (19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Rf7 21. Qh5 $1 (21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+
Ke8 23. g5 23... Na1 $5) 21... Ng6 22. Nxf7 $18) (19... Nxd4 20. Bxg7 $1 20...
Nxc2+ 21. Kd2 $18) 20. Qh5 (20. Nxf7 20... Nxd4 $1 21. Rd2 Nb3) 20... Ng6 (
20... g6 21. Qh4) 21. Nxf7 Na1 (21... Kxf7 22. Bxf4 $16) 22. Rd2 Kxf7 23. Bxf4
23... Kg8 $1 $132) 19. gxf5 Rxf5 (19... exf5 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Bf4 Na1 22. Rc1
(22. Ng5 Nxc2+ 23. Bxc2 Re8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8) 22... Kf7
23. Qh7 $40) 20. Be3 20... Bd7 21. Ng5 21... Nf8 {Black organized tough
defence, but Judit found way to increase preasure on the black king} 22. f4 $1
22... Na1 $6 {Knight moves too far.} ({It,s funny what white will do after} 
22... Qa1 $1) 23. Rcg2 Qxc3+ 24. Kf2 24... g6 $2 {
Decisive mistake, it was obligatory to sucrifice exchange} (24... Rxg5 $142 25.
Rxg5 (25. fxg5 25... Nc2 $19) 25... g6 {with unclearconsequences.}) 25. Nxh7 $1
$18 25... Rxf4+ (25... Nxh7 26. Rxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Rf7 (27... Rxf4+ 28. Bxf4
Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qxe5 30. Qxh7+ $1 $18) 28. Rg7 Rxf4+ 29. Qxf4 $18) 26. Bf3 Qc2+ (
26... Nxh7 27. Rxg6+ Kh8 28. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qb2+ 30. Be2 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 $1
31... Qxe2+ 32. Kh1 32... Qxe3 $8 33. Qxe3 d4 34. Qxd4 Bc6+ 35. R6g2) 27. Kg3
Rxf3+ (27... Rf5 28. Rxc2 (28. Nf6+) 28... Nxc2 29. Qh6 $18) 28. Kxf3 Qe4+ 29.
Kf2 (29. Kf2 Qc2+ (29... Qf5+ 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Rxg6 $18) 30. Kg3
Nxh7 31. Rxc2 Nxc2) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch sf"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.11.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3
(8. dxc5 $5) 8... Ba4 9. O-O (9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5
13. Qh5 Qe7 14. Nh3 (14. Bf4 Bxc2 15. Ra2 Bd3 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. c6 bxc6 18. Ra1
Rb8 19. Be3 19... Rb3 $17 {0-1 Junior3-M_Chess 6 P90/Testspiel 1997 (31)})
14... Nd7 15. Bg5 Qf8 16. Bh4 cxd4 17. cxd4 17... Qg7 $15 {
0-1 Ghinda,M-Uhlmann,W/Rumania/DDR 1983 (60)}) 9... Qc7 10. Re1 (10. h4 Nd7 11.
h5 h6 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Nh4 Kb8 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Ra2 Nc6 16. Qg4 Qa5 17. Nf3 c4
18. Bf1 18... Rcg8 $13 {0-1 Zeller,F-Uhlmann,W/BL 1996 (55)}) 10... h6 11. dxc5
(11. Nh4 Nd7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Kb8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rab1 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Nc5 18. Rb4 Rhd8 19. Reb1 19... Rd7 $11 {
1-0 Gaprindashvili,N-Uhlmann,W/Leipzig i 1978 (51)}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd4 $13
12... Qxc5 {N/} (12... Nxc5 13. Bb5+ (13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nd7 15. Qg4 Qxc3
16. Bf4 $13) 13... Kf8 14. Qf3 Kg8 15. Bxa4 Nxa4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Rb1 Ng6 18. c4
a6 19. Nd4 19... Nc5 {Curtacci.  -  Weiner,M-Larsen,F/corr 1987 (49)}) 13. Rb1
Nb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. Qf4 15... Nf5 (15... Qxc3 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qf6 Rh7 18. Bb5+
Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxc2 20. Bb4 $40) 16. Nxf5 (16. Rb4 $142 16... Qxc3 $6 $140 17.
Bd2 Qxa3 18. Rxa4 $1 18... Nxa4 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Bxa4 $16) 16... gxf5 (16...
exf5 $4 17. e6) 17. Be3 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bb4 Nc4 20. Bd6 Qd7 (20... Qc6 21.
Qh4 $5) 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rg8 (22... Rc8 23. Qd4 Bxc2 24. Rbc1 $16) 23.
Rxb7 $5 23... Qxb7 24. Qxa4+ Qd7 25. Qa6 Rg4 26. Rb1 Ra4 (26... Rc8 $5 27. Rb7
$6 $140 27... Ra4 28. Rxd7 Rxa6 29. Re7+ 29... Kd8 $13) 27. Qd3 27... Qc6 28.
h3 $16 (28. Qg3 $2 28... Rg4) 28... f6 29. Qe2 $1 29... Rh4 30. Rb4 Rxb4 31.
Qh5+ Kd8 32. axb4 fxe5 33. Qxh6 Kd7 34. Bxe5 34... Re8 $16 {White has a clear
and big advantage, but 1/2 point was enough for De Firmian to become US
champion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 b6 7. g3 ({
Slightly more agressive and dangerous for black is} 7. N2c3 7... Nf6 (7... Bb7
8. Bb5+ (8. Qf3 $5 8... Kf8 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. Be3 10... Bh4 $6 11. Qf4 g5 12. Nxg5
Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxd4 15. O-O-O $16 {
Kharlov,A-Beliavsky,A/Novosibirsk 1995 (20)}) 8... c6 (8... Nd7 9. Qg4 Kf8 10.
Qe2 Ndf6 11. Ng5 $13 { -  Mokry,K-Jurek,J/CSR-ch 1984}) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nf8
11. h4 Ng6 12. Bg3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Hort,V/Athens zt 1969 (41)}) 8. Qf3 c6 9.
Bf4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxf4+ 12. Qxf4 Qf6 13. Qd6 Qe7 14. Qg3 $14 {
Dominguez,C-Scanavino,E/Mar del Plata KIM 1962}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. O-O Nf6
({Another possibility is} 9... Nd7 $5 10. c4 Ngf6 11. N2c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nxe4 13.
Nxe4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 16... Bxe4 $11 {
with balanced position;Ristic,N-Ljubisavljevic,Z/Smederevska Palanka 1984 (43)}
) 10. N2c3 O-O 11. Nxf6+ ({After} 11. Re1 11... Rd8 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxg5
14. Nxg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 15... Qb7+ $11 {all minor pieces disappear.}) 11... Bxf6
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qh5 Nd7 (13... Rd8 $6 14. c3 Nd7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rad1
$14) 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h6 ({Not enough for equality is} 15... f5 $6 16. Nc3
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Rae1 $1 18... Qb7+ 19. f3 Rae8 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxe5
22. Qe7 $14 {and white has some pressure.}) 16. Qe3 16... a5 {With this move
black starts an intersting planbut deserved attention straightforward} (16...
e5 $5 17. Rad1 f5 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. f3 20... Rae8 $132 {
with sufficient counterchanses.}) 17. Rfe1 (17. a4) 17... a4 $5 18. c4 Ra5 19.
Rac1 Qa8 20. Bh3 ({Serious attention deserved} 20. d5 $5 20... e5 (20... exd5
21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc7 Re8 23. Rxd7 $1 23... Rxd7 (23... Rxe4 $6 24. Bxe4 Rxd7
25. Bf5 Rd8 26. Qxb6 Bh1 27. Bh3 $16) 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+
Kg7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Re4 $14) 21. Nc3 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. f4 e4 24. d6 $14)
20... Rd8 21. Rcd1 (21. d5 $5) 21... Bxe4 $5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 23... b5 $1
{Using the fact that white can't meet this move with 24.c5 black solves the
problem of his queenside.} (23... Ne5 $6 24. Bf1 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 f5 26. Rxe6 Nxd4
27. Re7 $14) 24. d5 Nf6 25. Red4 25... e5 ({More accurate was} 25... exd5 $5
26. cxd5 Ra6 27. Bf1 (27. Rc1 $6 27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc5 29... c6 $15)
27... Rb6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Kg2 29... Ke7 $132 {with mutual chanses.}) 26. d6 $1 {
That's the reason why 25...e:d5 was more accurate!} 26... cxd6 (26... exd4 27.
dxc7 Re8 28. Rxd4 $1 28... Raa8 29. cxb5 g5 30. Bf5 $1 $18) 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28.
Rxd6 bxc4 29. Rc6 29... Rb5 $1 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rxa4 g6 32. Bf1 h5 33. h3 Kg7
34. Ra7 Ne4 35. Bc4 Nd6 36. Bf1 $6 {
All the previous moves after 26.d6! were logical and correct,but now simple} (
36. Bd5 $5 36... Rd2 37. Bc6 Rc2 38. Ra6 $1 $14 {
would still promise some winning chanses.}) 36... Ne4 37. Bc4 Nd6 38. Bf1 Ne4
39. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 $5 {Very solid
ntinuation hardly promising white any serious advantage after the opening.}
6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. Nf3 ({More ambitious is} 8. h4 8... c5 9. h5 $5 9...
h6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Nexd4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Qd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g4
$14 {with better chanses;Macieja,B-Matlak,M/Pardubice op 1994 (33)}) (8. f4 c5
9. c3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. O-O-O (11. Ng3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14.
Kf2 14... h5 $11 {Hort,V-Karlsson,L/Favorite 1980 (41)}) 11... Bxe2 12. Bxe2
cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Kb1 $13 {
Al Modiahki,M-Vaisser,A/Benasque op 1997}) 8... c5 9. g3 (9. c3 Nbc6 (9... O-O
10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nbc6 12. h4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c4 14. h5 Nh8 15. Nf4 $14 {
Wahls,M-Jussupow,A/BL9192 1992}) 10. Nf4 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Ng6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4
Qe7 14. g3 cxd4 15. cxd4 $11 {Leko,P-Farago,I/HUN-ch 1993 (17)}) 9... Nbc6 10.
c3 O-O (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Bh3 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nfe7 14. Rhc1 Qd7 15. Kf1
O-O 16. Kg1 $14 {Damjanovic,M-Huss,A/Bohemians 1988}) 11. Bh3 11... Kh8 $5 (
11... Rc8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Rfe1 Nec6 15. b3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe7 17.
Rac1 Qa3 18. Rc2 18... h6 $11 { -  Fogarasi,T-Apicella,M/Paris op 1995}) 12.
O-O 12... f5 {Responsible decision:now the position is opened up and white
seems to be prepared for it slightly better.} 13. exf6 (13. Rfd1 $5 13... Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 (15... f4 $6 16. Ng5 $16) 16. Bg2 cxd4 (16... Rc7
17. c4 $5 $14) 17. cxd4 Rc7 18. Rc3 $14) 13... Rxf6 14. Ng5 (14. Kg2 14... Qf8
$5 (14... Qd6 15. Rfe1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf4 $14) 15. Ne5 Nxe5
16. dxe5 Rh6 17. f4 17... Rd8 $132) 14... e5 $8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 Nf7 (16...
Nd3 $6) 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rf2 $6 {
Inaccuracy permitting black to equalize too easily.After correct} (18. Rf3 $1
18... Qd6 19. Re3 Raf8 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Re5 21... d4 $5 (21... Bb7 22. Bg2 Re7
23. Nc1 $1 $14) 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Be6 $14 {white keeps an edge.})
18... Qd6 {Black's plan is very simple and efficient:to double the rooks over
the f-file and to play g5.White can't do nothing to prevent it and all the
major pieces disappear from the board very quickly.} 19. Re1 Raf8 20. Nc1 20...
g5 $1 $132 21. f5 $1 {Keeping the balance.} 21... Nxf5 (21... h6 $5 22. Nd3 $1
(22. Re6 $2 22... Qxe6 23. fxe6 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 (24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Qe5+ Kg8) 24...
Rxf2 25. Kxf2 25... Kg7 $17) 22... Nxf5 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. Ng4 R6f7 25. Ne5 $11)
22. Qxg5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 23... hxg6 $11 24. Bf1 {Another step to a draw.} 24...
Bxf1 25. Rfxf1 d4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Kg2 c4 29. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 41th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia "]
[Date "1999.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Ng6 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Qh5 10... Nb4 $1 11. Ng5 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 h6 13.
Nf3 Bd7 14. g4 14... f6 $1 15. d4 (15. Qxg6 $2 15... Be8 $19) 15... Be8 16. Qh3
(16. dxc5 Nf4 17. Qxe8 Qxe8 18. Bxf4 18... fxe5 $19) 16... Bb6 17. g5 fxg5 18.
Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qh3 19... Nf4 $36 {0-1 Minasian,A-Drasko,M/Panormo zt 1998 (28)})
9... Bxc5 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. Kb1 (11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bxc5 Rxc5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nxf7 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rxf7 17. Qxg6 Rxf2 18. Rf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 19... Qf8 $15
{ -  Meister-Vaiser/Barnaul 1984 (40)}) 11... Qe8 12. Be3 $5 {
N/ Interesting novelty in well known position} (12. h4 Rc8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3
f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Qg4 Bxf2 17. h5 Nf4 18. g3 18... e5 $19 {
1-0 Movsesian,S-Bukal,V/CRO t-ch 1997 (40)}) 12... Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. Bd3
14... Nb4 $2 (14... Be8 $1) 15. Ne2 $2 ({
I can,t understand, why White didn,t play} 15. Ng5 $1 {
it looks, that white,s attack in unresistable after this move, for example}
15... h6 (15... Rfc8 16. Bxg6) 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 (16... Nxd3 17. Nxh6+ $1 17...
gxh6 18. Qxg6+ Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. cxd3 $18) (16... Rxf7 17. Bxg6 $16) 17.
Bxg6 Qf2 18. Qg4 (18. Qh3 $16) 18... Nc6 19. Nxd5 Nxe5 (19... Rad8 20. Nf6+ $1
20... gxf6 21. Bd3+ Kh8 22. Qg6 f5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Rhf1 $18) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
Qd4 Qf6 22. Be4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxe5 $1 24... Qxe7 25. Rd6 $18) 15...
Nxd3 16. cxd3 16... f6 $1 {Now Black is Ok!} 17. Nf4 $6 (17. exf6 $5 17... Rxf6
18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 $13) 17... Be8 18. Nxg6 (18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qg4 19... Qb4
$1) 18... Bxg6 19. Qh4 19... Rac8 {Black got nice and very pleasand position}
20. Qd4 20... Qc5 $5 (20... Rc4 21. Qxa7 21... Rfc8 $44) 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. h3
Rfc8 23. Rhf1 (23. Rd2 $15) 23... Rc2 24. Ne1 $2 {
Last mistake, White still could hope for positive result after} (24. exf6 gxf6
(24... Rxg2 25. Nh4) 25. Nh4 $13) 24... Re2 25. exf6 Rxe3 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Rd2
27... e5 $17 28. a3 $6 (28. Rd1 $142) 28... e4 $1 29. Ka2 (29. dxe4 Bxe4+ 30.
Ka2 30... Rc1 $19) 29... exd3 $19 30. Nf3 Rc2 31. Rff2 Re2 32. Rfxe2 dxe2 33.
Rxd5 (33. Rxc2 Bxc2 34. Ne1 34... d4 $1) (33. Rd4 Be4 34. Ne1 Rc1) 33... Bf7
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 {Hecht} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nbc6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nf3 10... Qc7 {
could be valuable alternative to the move in the game}) 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5
Rf7 11. Qh4 11... h6 12. Bxe7 {Most popular move in famous theoretical
position. Black has no any troubles in the case of} (12. Bd2 $6 12... Nbc6 13.
Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qf8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 18... Rxf4
$15 {Luethgens,E-Komarov,D/Cattolica op 1993/0-1 (47)}) ({
Interesting complications could be raised after} 12. Nf3 $5 {for example} 12...
hxg5 13. Qh7+ (13. Nxg5 $6 13... c4 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qh8+ Ng8 16. Bh7 Qxg5 17.
Bxg8 $1 17... Qh6 $1 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Bxf7 19... Kxf7 $17) 13... Kf8 14. Ne5 (
14. Qh8+ Ng8 15. Bh7 15... Ke7 $1 16. Bxg8 16... Kd6 $1 17. Nxg5 Rf5 18. h4
18... Qf8 $1) 14... Rf5 15. Bxf5 (15. Qh8+ Ng8 16. g4 $1 16... Nc6 17. Ng6+ $1
17... Kf7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Qh5 19... Nh6 $16) 15... exf5 16. Qh8+ (16. h4 $6
16... Nbc6 17. h5 Qa5 18. O-O Nxe5 19. h6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ 20... Kg8 $1 {
20...Kf7 21.Qh7   Qh8, Qe5 } 21. dxe5 21... Qa6 $1 $17 {
1-0 Vogt,L-Hertneck,G/DDR/FRG Potsdam 1988 (40)}) 16... Ng8 17. Ng6+ Kf7 18.
Ne5+ $11 {and Black must repeat moves, because} 18... Kf6 $2 $140 19. h4 g4 20.
Qh5 Ke6 21. O-O {leads to terrible attack}) 12... Rxe7 ({Also possible} 12...
Qxe7 $5 {and it is not easy for White to prove advantage, for instance} 13.
Qxe7 Rxe7 14. f4 $5 14... cxd4 (14... c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. h4 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5
18. hxg5 e5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Kd2 $16 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Uhlmann,W/Dresden 1997 (29)}) 15. cxd4 b6 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Bg6 Nc6
18. Kd2 Rf8 19. g3 Rc7 20. Rhe1 Rf6 21. Bh5 Kf8 22. Bg4 Ke7 23. Re3 23... Kd6
$11 { -  Wach,M-Kindermann,S/AUS-BL 1994 (34)}) 13. Nf3 (13. Ne2 Nc6 14. O-O c4
15. Bg6 Bd7 16. f4 Be8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. Ng3 Qg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Rxe6+ Rxe6 23. f5+ Kf7 24. fxe6+ Kxe6 25. Nh5 25... Rg8 $11 {
-  Almasi,Z-Farago,I/ch-HUN 1993 (32)}) (13. Qg3 13... Qa5 $5 14. Ne2 c4 15.
Bg6 Nc6 16. f4 Bd7 17. O-O Be8 (17... Rf8 $5 18. Qe3 $1 18... Be8 19. Bxe8
Rexe8 20. g4 $1 {  g3}) 18. Bxe8 (18. f5 $6 18... exf5 19. Nf4 19... Bxg6 $1
$15) 18... Raxe8 19. a4 $5 (19. Qg6 $1) 19... Qd8 $5 $11 {
1-0 Gdanski,J-Farago,I/Haifa 48/407 1989 (41)}) 13... Nc6 ({
Deserves attention and} 13... e5 $5 14. dxe5 Rxe5+ 15. Kd2 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Nc6
17. Rae1 Bd7 18. f4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ 20... Bxe8 $11 {
1-0 Kwiatkowski.F-McDonald.N/British Ch. 1988 (42)}) 14. O-O c4 15. Bg6 (15.
Be2 $6 15... Bd7 16. Qg3 16... Qb8 $1 17. Qxb8+ (17. Ne5 $5 $11) 17... Rxb8 18.
Rad1 Be8 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Rd2 20... Be4 $15 {
0-1 Rivera,D-Farago,I/Orebro tt 1966 (40)}) 15... Qd6 {I would prefer} (15...
Bd7 $142 16. Rfe1 16... Be8 {with good chances foe equalization, for example}
17. Bxe8 Qxe8 (17... Rxe8 18. Qg3 $5) 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rf7 20. Qg4 Qa4 21.
Qxe6 Qxc2 22. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 23... Rc8 $11 { -  Hjartarson,J-Yusupov,A/
Linares 1988 (36),  but move in the text is also not bad}) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16...
Bd7 17. f4 Rf8 18. g4 Be8 19. g5 $36 19... Qd8 20. Qh5 Rf5 21. Ng4 e5 22. Rae1
exf4 23. h4 { -  Atlas,V-Bareev,E/USSR 1988/Inf 46 (23)}) 17. dxe5 Qc5 (17...
Qd8 18. f4 Bd7 19. Rae1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. h3 Rf8 22. g4 Be8 23. Bxe8 Rexe8
24. f5 $36 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Temirbaev/Kuibyshev 1986 (35)}) 18. Rfb1 {
N/ New interesting move} (18. Qd4 18... b6 $5 (18... Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. c3
Rf8 21. f4 Be8 22. Bc2 h5 23. f5 $14 { -  Koppe-Van Nevele/corr 1988 (53)}) (
18... Rc7 $5)) 18... b6 19. Rb5 $5 {Interesting chance} (19. a4 Bd7 20. a5
20... Be8 $5 {is not dangerous for black}) 19... Qxb5 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 {
Queens exchanged is the best chance for white} (21. Bf7+ Kh7) (21. Qh4 Bb7 22.
f4 22... Rf8 $13) 21... Bxd7 {From the first look Black has nothing to worry
in ending, but Landa found nice way to keep initiative.} 22. h4 $1 22... Be8 (
22... Kf8 23. h5 Ke7 24. f4 Rf8 25. Rf1) 23. h5 Bxg6 24. hxg6 {Hecht: '  
klemmter schwarzer Koenig;  weisse Strategie: Durchsetzen von f5 unter
Zentralisierung des Koenigs'} 24... Rf8 (24... Kf8 $142 {Hecht} 25. f4 (25. g4
$5 25... Ke7 26. Kg2 Rf8 27. Kg3) 25... Ke7 26. g4 (26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Ke3 h5 28.
Rh1 Rf5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rh7 30... g3 $132) 26... Rf8 27. Rf1 h5 28. f5 hxg4 29.
f6+ gxf6 30. g7 Rd8 31. exf6+ Kf7 32. Kg2 32... e5 $13) 25. Rf1 {Landa wants
to push pawns on the king,s side and it is very difficult to prevent this
simple and strong plan.} 25... h5 (25... Rf4 26. f3 $1 26... Kf8 27. g3 Rf5 28.
f4 Ke7 29. g4 Rf8 30. Kg2) 26. f4 26... h4 (26... Rf5 {Hecht} 27. g3 Kf8 28.
Kg2 Ke7 29. Kf3) 27. Kh2 Rf5 28. Kh3 Rh5 29. Kg4 Rh6 30. f5 $1 ({
White doesn,t need unclear comlications , possible 
after} 30. Kg5 30... h3
31. g4 $5 31... h2 32. Rh1 Rh3 33. f5 $132) 30... exf5+ (30... Kf8 31. fxe6+
Ke7 32. Rf7+ Kxe6 33. Rxg7 $18) 31. Kxf5 31... Kf8 $1 {
Only chance in difficult position} (31... Rh5+ 32. Ke6 Rg5 33. Kd6 Rxg6+ 34. e6
$18) 32. Ke6+ {This natural move maybe is not the strongest one.} ({
Valuable alternative could be} 32. Kg5+ $5 32... Ke7 (32... Ke8 33. Rf7 h3 34.
gxh3 Rxh3 35. Rxg7 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Rxc2 37. g7 Rg2+ 38. Kf6 $18) (32... Kg8 33.
e6) 33. Rf7+ Ke6 34. Rxg7 34... h3 $1 35. gxh3 Rxh3 36. Rxa7 $16) (32. Rd1 $2
32... Ke7 33. Rxd5 33... h3 $1) 32... Ke8 33. Kd6 {'!' Hecht.} 33... Rxg6+ 34.
e6 34... Rf6 $8 (34... Rxg2 35. Rf7 g5 36. Rxa7 $18 (36. Rh7 {Hecht} 36... Kf8
37. e7+ $18)) 35. Rb1 {
Hecht: 'auf der Suche nach einer offenen Linie, zu schaffen mit a4-a5'} 35...
Rf2 $6 {Lost by force, last and only chance for defence was} (35... Rf4 $1 {
with dream to play d5-d4. Game could continue} 36. Rh1 (36. a4 36... d4 $1 37.
a5 dxc3 38. axb6 axb6 39. Rxb6 Rd4+ 40. Ke5 40... Rd2 $11) (36. Rd1 36... g5 $1
(36... Rf2 $2 37. Rh1 $1) 37. Rxd5 Rg4) 36... d4 (36... g5 37. g3) 37. Ke5 (37.
g3 Rg4 38. gxh4 dxc3) 37... Rf2 38. cxd4 (38. Rxh4 dxc3 39. Rxc4 39... Rxc2 $11
) 38... Ke7 {and black is ok.}) 36. Rh1 $1 $18 {Hecht: 'nun also mit g3, und
wenn diese Linie nicht aufgeht, dann gibt es einen zweiten Freibauern  '} 36...
g5 (36... Rf4 37. g3 $1) 37. g3 Rd2 ({Lost unfortunately for black} 37... hxg3
38. Rh8+ Rf8 39. Rh7 $1 39... Rf6 (39... Rf3 40. Rxa7 Kf8 41. e7+ Kf7 42. Ra8
Re3 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. e8=Q+ $18) 40. Rxa7 Kf8 41. Kd7 Rxe6 42. Kxe6 g2 43. Kf6
$1 43... Ke8 (43... Kg8 44. Rg7+) 44. Re7+ $18) 38. gxh4 d4 (38... g4 39. h5 g3
40. h6 Rh2 41. Rg1 g2 42. h7 Rxh7 43. Rxg2 Kf8 (43... Rh8 44. Rg7 $18) 44. a4
$1 44... a6 45. Rf2+ Ke8 46. Rf1 Rh3 47. Rf7 $18) 39. h5 $1 $18 39... dxc3+ (
39... d3 40. cxd3 Rxd3+ 41. Ke5 Kf8 42. h6 Kg8 43. h7+ Kh8 44. e7 Re3+ 45. Kf6
g4 46. Rh5 g3 47. Re5 $18) 40. Ke5 Ke7 (40... Kf8 41. h6 Kg8 42. h7+ Kh8 43.
Re1 Rd8 44. e7 Re8 45. Kf6 $18) 41. h6 Rd8 42. h7 Rh8 43. Rd1 (43. Rd1 g4 44.
Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Swidnica"]
[Site "Swidnica"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

1. e4 {King} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qa5 (8... f5 $5) (8... Nbc6 $5 9. Qh5 Ng6) 9. Bd2 9... Nbc6 $5 (
{Black played here generally} 9... f5 {but after} 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Qh5 Nf5 12.
dxc5 $1 {white chances are better, for example:} 12... Nd7 (12... g6 13. Qg5
Nd7 14. g4 Ng7 15. h4 Qxc5 16. Nh3 d4 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. cxd4 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 $36
{1-0 Kruppa,Y-Baklan,N/Alushta ch-UKR 1994 (43)}) 13. g4 g6 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Nf3
Qxc5 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qg3 $14 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 62 (58)}) 10. Qh5 10... h6 11.
Nf3 {N/} ({Black is OK and after} 11. dxc5 11... b6 $1 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. Qe2
Bxd3 14. cxd3 axb6 15. Nf3 Qc5 16. O-O Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Qxa3 18. Rb1 18... Rb8 $11
{0-1 Shaposhnikov,E-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1998 (36)}) 11... c4 12.
Be2 f6 13. exf6 13... Rxf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Nc6 (15... Qa4 $5) 16. Qe3
16... Qa4 {Queen is the best blocker, of course, but not in this case.} 17. Ra2
Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 (18... Re8 $5) 19. g3 Be8 20. Bg4 Nd8 ({Deserves attention} 
20... Bg6 $5 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd7 $8 (22. Bxd5 22... Re8 $19) 22... Bxc2 $15 {
with great position.}) 21. Qe2 21... Bg6 22. Bf4 22... Rxf4 $5 {Interesting,
but not obligatory exchange sacrifice, black has nothing to worry and after
the simple   King: 'A more traditional French exchange sacrifice: the f-pawns
are doubled so White's king finds itself a little exposed.'} (22... Bf5 $5 23.
Be5 R6f7) 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ 25... Kh7 {King: 'Again, the
reason the sacrifice works is that Black's position, particularly that of his
king, is so secure. From g6, the bishop controls a crucial diagonal.'} 26. f3
Bxc2 27. Rb2 ({Maybe Pedzich had to play now} 27. Qxd5 $5 27... Qb3 28. Rxc2 (
28. Raa1 Qxc3 29. Qxb7 29... Qe3+ $1 30. Rf2 (30. Kh1 30... Rxf3 $1 31. Rxf3
Be4) 30... Rf6 31. Raf1 31... Bd3 $19) 28... Qxc2 29. Qxc4 {
but any case black keeps initiative after for example} 29... Rf5 $5 30. f4 $8 (
30. Kh1 Rh5 31. Qc7 31... Qe2 $19) 30... Qe4 $36) 27... Rf6 28. Qxd5 Bd3 29.
Re1 (29. Ra1 $5 {was better}) 29... Qxa3 30. Rxb7 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 31... Qxc3 $17
32. Qe5 (32. Rbe7 Rg5 33. Qe6 Qd2 34. Qh3 (34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1
36... Qxf3 $19) 34... c3 $17) 32... Qd2 33. Rg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qd1+ 35. Kf2
Qf1+ 36. Ke3 (36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh4 37... c3 {'-+' King.} 38. Rc7 38... c2 $19)
36... Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Qxh2+ 38. Ke3 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 c3 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 (8. Bd3 $6 8... c5 9. h5 h6 10. a4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Nf3
Qc7 14. O-O Na5 15. Rfe1 15... Nc4 $15 {
Levchenkov,V-Moskalenko,V/EUCup Gr3 1994 (33)}) 8... Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 (10.
Qd3 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nbc6 (11... Qd7 12. Nh4 Qc6 13. Rh3 Qc4 14. Qg3 Rg8 15. Qf4
Nbc6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rf3 17... Kd7 $13 {Wildi,M-Sher,M/Geneve op 1993 (36)}) 12.
Nh4 Qd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. f4 Rhg8 15. f5 15... f6 $5 $132 {
Arnason,J-Rohde,M/Beersheba 1987 (33)}) (10. Rh4 $5 10... c5 11. Nh3 Qc7 12.
Bd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc4 14. Rf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. c3 Nb8 17. Qf3 17... Rf8 $13
{Micic,C-Timoshenko,G/Cheliabinsk 1989 (31)}) 10... Rg8 (10... Nf5 11. a4 (11.
Nf3 Qd7 12. Nh4 Rg8 13. a4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb7 15. Nxf5 15... exf5 $13 {
Zavoronkov,V-Remmel,A/EST-tt, Tallinn EST 1998 (37)}) 11... Qd7 12. Qe2 $6
12... Qc6 13. Qd2 Qc4 14. Ne2 14... c5 $15 {
Kostro,J-Podolsky,H/Warsaw 1961 (35)}) 11. a4 $5 {White decides to get rid of
a weak a-pawn and to open another file for the rooks.This game is very good
example of an agressive style of Viorel Bologan.} (11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13.
g4 Qd7 14. Nh4 $13 { -  Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Tilburg 1981}) 11... Qd7 $6 ({
Deserved attention} 11... c5 $5 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 13... Nbc6 $132 {
keeping the diagonal a3-f8 closed.}) 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5 Nbc6 (13... Qc6 $5) 14.
axb6 cxb6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. Nd2 Qc6 (16... O-O-O $5 17. Ba3 Nec6 18. Rh4 $1 18...
Nb7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Kb8 21. Nb3 $14) 17. Rh3 Kd7 (17... Nc4 18. Ba3) 18.
Rf3 Rgf8 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Qd3 $1 20... a5 ({Too dangerous for black is} 20...
Nxa3 $6 21. Rxa3 21... b5 (21... Kc7 $2 22. c4 Kb7 (22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 Nf5 24.
Nd6 $1 24... Nxd6 25. Rc3 $18) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Qh7 $1 $16) 22. Nb3 Kc7 23.
Nc5 a6 24. g4 g6 25. hxg6 $16 {and white's initiative is extremly dangerous.})
21. Nxc4 21... dxc4 $2 ({It was nesssary to take with the queen:} 21... Qxc4 $1
22. Qh7 Rg8 23. g4 $1 (23. Rb1) 23... Rac8 24. Kd2 $5 (24. Rb1 $5 24... Qa2 $5
(24... Qc6) 25. Rb3 a4 26. Rxf7 axb3 27. Rxe7+ Kc6 28. Rxe6+ Kb7 29. Qg6 $1
29... Qxa3 30. Rxb6+ Ka7 31. Rxb3 Qa6 32. Qf7+ Ka8 33. Qxd5+ Ka7 34. f4 $5 $40)
24... Ke8 25. Bd6 $1 25... a4 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Qd3 $36 {and white definitly has
very unpleasent pressure,but black's position is defendable.}) 22. Qh7 $16
22... Nf5 23. d5 $1 {Forcing the endgame with much better chanse for white.} (
23. Bxf8 $6 23... Qe4+ $1 24. Kd2 (24. Kf1 $2 24... Ne3+ $17) 24... Rxf8 25.
Re1 25... Qg4 $132) (23. Rxf5 $2 23... Qe4+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Bxf8
26... Rxf8 $17) 23... Qxd5 $8 (23... Qa4 24. dxe6+ fxe6 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Bxf8
Rxf8 27. Qg6 $18) 24. Rd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rh8 26. Qxh8 Rxh8 27. g4 Nh4 28. Rxf7+
Kc6 29. Rxg7 29... Kd5 $6 ({More chanses of survival would leave} 29... Nf3 $5
30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. f4 Nd7 32. Re7 Nc5 33. Bxc5 (33. Kf3 $5) 33... Kxc5 34. Rxe6
a4 35. Kf3 a3 36. Re1 b5 37. Ra1 $16) 30. Rf7 Rg8 (30... Kxe5 31. Be7 $1 $18)
31. f3 $18 31... Nxf3 $5 {Disperation!} (31... Kxe5 32. Bc1 a4 33. Ke2 Rh8 34.
Bf4+ $18) 32. Rxf3 Rxg4 33. Rf6 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Kc1 Kxe5 36. Rxh6 Rh2 37.
Be7 $1 37... b5 38. Kb2 Kd5 39. Rh8 e5 40. h6 Ke6 41. h7 Kf7 42. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ady, Jonathan James"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6
8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 (10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. a4 (11. Ne2 $5 11... Nxh4 12.
Qd3 Nb8 13. c4 Ng6 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. O-O-O $44 {
Loskutov,O-Nenashev,A/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996 (43)}) 11... Nb8 12. a5 $6
12... Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 a5 18. Kf1
18... a4 $15 {Van der Vorm,T-Rogers,I/Biel op 1992 (42)}) 10... Qc8 (10... Qd7
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc6 13. O-O Kd7 (13... Nb8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Qd3 Ndf8 16. f5
exf5 17. Rxf5 $14 {Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965 (29)}) 14. f4 Raf8 15. f5
exf5 16. Qd3 $14 { -  Abramovic,B-Vaganian,R/Moscow 1982} (16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5
f6 18. Qh3 Ke8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {
Abramovic,B-Lputian,S/Erevan 1982 (37)})) 11. Be2 $1 (11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Ne2 Qc4
13. Rh3 c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. f4 Nge7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 18...
Kd7 $11 {Ortega,R-Fuchs,R/Rubinstein mem 1965}) 11... c5 12. Rh3 $1 12... Nc6
$5 ({Also after} 12... Bxe2 $6 13. Nxe2 Nc6 14. Ng3 14... Rh7 15. Nxh5 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxg7+ Rxg7 18. Qxd4 Qxc2 19. h5 $16 {
black has extremly dangerous position,but at least the material is balnced!})
13. Bxh5 13... Rxh5 $5 {The only chanse to get counterplay.} 14. Qxh5 cxd4 15.
Ne2 ({Serious attention deserved} 15. Qh7 $5 15... Ncxe5 16. cxd4 16... Nd3+ $1
17. Kd2 $1 (17. Rxd3 Bxd3 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. Bd2 Qxc2 20. Nf3 Qb2 21. Rc1 $13)
17... Nxf2 18. Qg8+ Nf8 19. Rf3 Ne4+ 20. Kc1 Qc7 21. Qxg7 Rc8 22. Ra2 $16 {
with huge advantage.}) 15... Ncxe5 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. O-O-O $5 (17. Rd1 $1 $16)
17... Qc7 18. Re3 (18. Nf4 $2 18... Nxf4 19. Qh8+ Kd7 20. Qxa8 Nxh3 21. gxh3
21... Nb8 $1 $19) 18... Rc8 19. Rd2 (19. Rxe6+ $6 19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Qf7 21.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf4 $14) 19... Nf8 20. Nf4 $6 {After this move white still
keeps very significient advantage,but he had even better opportunity:} (20. Qh8
$1 20... Bxe2 (20... f6 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Re3 Qf5 24. g4 $1 $18) (
20... Ne7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxg7 Qxh4 23. Ng3 $18) 21. Rexe2 Na5 22. Rd3 $1
22... Qc4 23. Kd1 g6 24. h5 $18 {with winning position.}) 20... Qd6 21. Rd1 (
21. Qh8 $1) 21... Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxf4 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qf3 $6 {The turning
point in the game:in the begining white wastes his advantage and then manages
to lose drawn position.} (24. Rd2 $5 $16) (24. Qh8+ $6 24... Ke7 25. Qxg7 25...
Rxc2+ $1 26. Kxc2 Qxf2+ 27. Kb1 Qxe3 28. Qg5+ Qxg5 29. hxg5 $14) 24... Qxf3 {
If the previous move of white was inaccuracy this one is mistake after which
white finds himself on defensive and influensed by this blunder plays an
endgame very poorly.} 25. Rxf3 $2 (25. gxf3 Ke7 26. Rg1 g6 27. Kd2 Rc4 28. c3
Bb5 29. Rg5 29... Kf6 $14) 25... Be2 $15 26. Rdd3 (26. Re3 $5 26... Bxd1 27.
Kxd1 Rc4 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. g4 29... Kf6 $15) 26... Rc4 27. c3 $6 (27. Rfe3) 27...
g6 28. Kb2 b5 29. Rde3 $2 (29. g4 Kg7 (29... a5 30. h5 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 gxh5 32.
gxh5 b4 (32... Kg7 33. h6+ Kxh6 34. Rxf7 34... b4 $11) 33. h6 Kg8 34. h7+ $11)
30. Rfe3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 a5 32. Kb3 32... f6 $15) 29... Bxf3 30. Rxf3 a5 31. Re3
$2 (31. Rd3) 31... b4 $17 32. cxb4 axb4 33. a4 Rxd4 34. a5 (34. g3 $5 $17)
34... Ke7 35. a6 Rxh4 36. Rh3 Rc4 37. Rh8 37... Rc7 $19 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sergienko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
8... Nbc6 $5 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 ({
Good alternative to the move in the game could be} 11... Nce7 $5 {
with possible continuation} 12. dxc5 b6 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 f5 16.
exf6 16... Rxf6 $11 {0-1 Gutov,A-Ivanov,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999 (34)})
12. Bxg6 12... fxg6 13. Qg4 13... Bd7 $5 {Black tryed also} (13... Qf7 {
but after} 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 16... b5 17. h5 $5 17... gxh5 18. Qe2
a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4 $40 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59 (33) White got strong attack}) 14. h4
Rf5 15. h5 (15. Ng5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Raf8 17. O-O Nd8 18. Qe2 Ba4 19. Rac1 Re8 20.
g4 Rff8 21. Kg2 21... Nf7 $11 { -  Kovacevic,A-Sparic,N/YUG t-ch 1994 (29)})
15... gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 ({Deserves attention} 16... Raf8 {and after careless}
17. Rh6 $2 (17. Kd2 Be8 18. Rh4 Bg6) 17... Be8 $1 18. Rxe6 $2 {
Black won immediately} 18... Bh5 19. Qh4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qf7 21. Rd6 21... Rh5
$19 {0-1 Kekelidze,M-Hertneck,G/BL2 1997 (29)}) 17. Qxh5 Rf8 18. Qh3 $5 {N/} ({
In the case of} 18. Kd2 18... Be8 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Rh1 20... Bg6 {
-  Heer,B-Kipper,J/Crailsheimer op 1998 (67) I would prefer black position.})
18... Rxf3 $1 {Very interesting positional exchange sacrifice! Black will
transfere bishop on g6, white pawns on the queen side are week, and it is not
clearly how White can use rook for active plan.} 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 $6 19...
Qc8 20. Kd2 Be8 21. Rh1 21... Bg6) 19... Be8 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. a4 Bg6 22. Kd1 Na5
23. Bc1 23... Bf5 24. Qh4 (24. g4 $5 24... Be4 25. f3 Bg6 26. Qh4) 24... h6 25.
f3 Kh7 26. Ra2 Qe8 27. Ba3 $5 (27. g4 Bg6) 27... Qg6 ({After} 27... Qxa4 28.
Qe7 {is very strong}) 28. Qf2 $6 ({It is not easy to believe, but after} 28. g4
$6 28... Bxc2+ $1 29. Rxc2 Qd3+ 30. Rd2 (30. Kc1 $2 30... Qf1+ $1 (30... Nb3+
31. Kb1 Qd1+ 32. Bc1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 33... Qb3+ $11) 31. Kd2 (31. Kb2 31... Nb3)
31... Nb3+ 32. Ke3 32... Qd3+ $19) 30... Qxc3 {
Black has more then enough compensation for the rook!}) ({Deserves attention} 
28. Bb4 {with big and unclear complications after} 28... Qxg2 (28... Nc6 29. g4
) 29. Bxa5 Qxf3+ 30. Kc1 (30. Ke1 $2 30... Bg4 $19) 30... Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qe2 32.
Qh1 (32. Kc1 $11) (32. Ka3 b6 33. Bb4 33... Qd1 $44) 32... b6 $1 33. Bb4 a5 34.
Ba3 (34. Bf8 Qxc2+ 35. Ka1 Qxc3+ 36. Rb2 36... Qxd4 $19) 34... Qxc2+ 35. Ka1
Qxc3+ 36. Bb2 {but, maybe, white chances are better now.}) 28... Qh5 $1 29. Bb4
Nc6 30. Qe1 Qh2 31. Qf1 (31. g4 31... Bd3 $5) 31... h5 $1 32. Ba3 h4 33. Kc1 $6
(33. Rb2 b6) (33. Bc1 $5 33... h3 $140 34. gxh3 Bxh3 35. Bf4 $1) 33... Qf4+ 34.
Kb1 $2 (34. Kd1 $8) (34. Kb2 Qd2) 34... Qd2 35. Qh1 35... h3 $1 36. gxh3 (36.
g4 36... Qg2 $19) 36... Qxc3 37. Bc5 b6 38. Bd6 38... Nxd4 $19 39. Qd1 39...
Qb3+ $1 40. Rb2 Bxc2+ 41. Qxc2+ Nxc2 42. Rxb3 cxb3 43. Kb2 Nd4 44. Kc3 Kg6 45.
Bb8 Nc6 46. Bd6 46... Kf5 {Good positional game} (46... Kf5 47. Kxb3 Kf4) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Master"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 (7. Qg4 {
Another strong move}) 7... b6 8. a4 Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Nbc6 11. dxc5 ({
Black has nothing to worry about after} 11. Ba3 11... Na5 12. Bxd7+ 12... Qxd7
$1 (12... Kxd7 13. Ng5 Raf8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne4 c4 16. Bd6 Qc6 17. Nc5+ Ke8
18. Rb1 Nc8 19. Rb5 Nxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Rxa5 a6 22. Qb1 Ke7 23. Qb7+ Kf6 24.
Nd7+ {1-0 Bronstein,L-Palmisano,J/Pico Sity op 1996 (24)}) 13. dxc5 13... Nc4 {
for example} 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Qb5+ Nd7
19. c4 O-O 20. cxd5 Ra5 21. Nc4 Rxb5 22. Nxd6 Rxd5 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nc5
25. Nc4 25... Nxa4 {Cseshkovsky,V-Gulko,B/USSR-ch Moscow 1976/0-1 (38)}) 11...
bxc5 12. Ba3 $146 {New move} (12. c4 a6 13. cxd5 axb5 14. d6 Qc8 15. dxe7 Nxe7
16. Ng5 Bc6 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. f4 Qd7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rd6 Bd5 21. f5 Nxe5 22. Bf4
g6 23. Qe2 Nc4 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 O-O 26. Rdd1 26... Qf6 {
Mokry,K-Mohr,S/Gausdal op 1989/ -  (48)}) 12... Na5 13. Qd3 13... Rc8 $6 {
Possible move, but easy  was castle} (13... O-O $1 {and in case of} 14. Bxd7 (
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxd7 15... Ng6 $44) 14... Qxd7 15. Bxc5 15... Rfc8 $44 {
Black have great compensation for the pawn}) 14. Rfb1 O-O (14... c4 15. Qd2)
15. Bxc5 $1 15... Qxc5 ({After} 15... Bxb5 $6 16. Rxb5 16... Rfe8 17. Bd6 {
white,s advantage is obvious, for example} 17... Qd8 $140 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Ng5
f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Nxe6 $1 21... Rxe6 22. Rxd5 Qe8 (22... Qb6 23. Rd7 $18) (
22... Qc7 23. Rd7) 23. Rxa5 $18) 16. Bxd7 Rb8 (16... Rc7 17. Rb5) 17. Rb5 Rxb5
(17... Qc7 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Bxe6 $1 19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 $18) 18. axb5 {
It looks that white has huge advantage, but in everything is not so simple}
18... Qb6 19. Qd4 Rd8 20. Qb4 (20. Qxb6 $2 $143 20... axb6) 20... Rxd7 21. Rxa5
Qb8 ({Feigin missed great opportunity to get level game. Instead of boring
move in the text he could continue} 21... d4 $1 {
and black compleately out of danger, for example} 22. Ra1 (22. Nxd4 $2 22...
Nc6 $3 $19) (22. cxd4 $2 22... Nc6) (22. c4 Nc6 23. bxc6 Qxb4 24. Rb5 Qxb5 25.
cxb5 25... Rd5 $19) (22. Ra6 22... dxc3 $1 $13) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3 23... Qxb5
$11) 22. g3 h6 23. Qa3 Ng6 24. Qa4 Rb7 (24... Nxe5 $143 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. b6 $1
26... Rd8 27. bxa7 Ra8 28. Qc6 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Qxc4 dxc4 32.
Ke2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Kd4 $18) 25. b6 $1 25... Rxb6 26. Rxa7 26... Qd8 {
Feigin decided to continue game with queens on the board,} (26... Nxe5 27. Ra8
(27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 29... Qxc3 $11) 27... Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne5
29. Qa7 $18) ({I would prefer} 26... Rb1+ $5 27. Kg2 Qb5 28. Qxb5 28... Rxb5 {
and after} 29. Ra8+ (29. h4 Rc5 30. h5 Nf8 31. Ra3 Nd7) 29... Kh7 (29... Nf8
30. Rc8 (30. c4 $5 30... dxc4 31. Rc8) 30... Rb2 31. Nd4 $16) 30. h4 Rc5 31. h5
Ne7 32. Nd4 $14 {I think Black have good chances to level game.}) 27. h4 $1 $36
27... Rb8 28. h5 Nf8 (28... Ne7 29. Nd4 Nc8 30. Nc6 $40) 29. Qf4 Qe8 30. c4 Ra8
(30... Rb4 31. Nd2) 31. Rc7 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. cxd5 exd5 34. Nd4 34... Qc3 (
34... Ne6 $5) 35. Nf5 35... Ne6 $1 (35... Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Ne6 37. Qf3) 36. Qa4 (
36. Qg4 $5 {was interesting alternative.}) 36... Kh7 37. Ne7 37... Qxe5 $2 {
Final mistake.I even can,t imagine, what Feigin missed in his calculations.
Instead move in th text he couldcontinue} (37... Nd4 $1 38. Qe8 Qe1+ 39. Kg2
39... Qe4+ $11 {with draw.}) 38. Qe8 $18 38... Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. gxf4 Qe4+
41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Socko, Monika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 7... Kf8
$5 {Risky, but interesting move, became very popular  in the end of 80 ties.It
is still not clear how White can get real advantage, and Black could be
satisfied with results in practical games.  } 8. h4 {
Most direct and dangerous for black move.} 8... Qa5 (8... Qc7 $5 9. Qd1 b6 10.
h5 h6 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. a4 Nbc6 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Ne2
16... Nc4 $13 {1-0 Saulin,D-Mkrtchian,L/Moscow-3A 1996 (37)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 10.
Rh3 (10. h5 h6 11. Kd1 b6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qf4 Rc8 15. g4 Ke8 16.
g5 cxd4 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qf6 19... Rg8 $132 {
0-1 Drei,A-Lputian,S/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 69 (34)}) 10... Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12.
Qf4 12... Bd7 $5 ({White keeps some initiative after} 12... b6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14.
dxc5 Qxf4 15. Rxf4 bxc5 16. Be3 c4 17. Rb1 Ndc6 18. Nf3 18... g5 $1 19. hxg6
Nxg6 20. Rg4 Kg7 21. Nh4 $14 { -  Atlas,V-Psakhis,L/Geneve 1992 (24)}) 13. Rf3
Be8 14. Rb1 $146 (14. g4 cxd4 15. Bd3 b5 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rg3 17... a5 $5 18.
Ne2 Nxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Qxc2 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Nf4 $2 (22. Rc1 $1 22...
Qe7) 22... Nd4 23. Qd1 23... Nc2+ $19 {
0-1 Bobarykin,D-Nikitin,A/RUS-sf Novosibirsk 1998 (28)}) 14... b6 15. g4 {
Hracek believes in whites attacking chances and
want to exchange queens-} (15.
dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 16... bxc5 $13 {with unclear position.}) 15... Qxc2 16. Bd3
Qa4 17. g5 (17. Bg6 $2 17... Nxg6 18. hxg6 18... Qc2 $19) 17... c4 18. Be2 Qc2
({Black could take and second pawn, deserves attention and} 18... Qxa3 $5) (
18... Nf5 $5) 19. Rc1 hxg5 20. Qxg5 (20. Qxf7+ Bxf7 21. Rxc2 21... g4 $1 22.
Rf4 Kg8 23. Bxg4 Nd8 24. h6 24... Bg6 $1 {leeds to clear advantage of black})
20... Qh7 21. Rh3 21... Ng8 (21... Nf5 22. Bd1 $1) 22. Nf3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24.
Qf4 Ke7 25. Qc7+ Kf8 (25... Bd7 26. Nh4 $40) 26. Qf4 Ke7 27. Nh4 (27. h6 $5) ({
It looks that repetion of the moves} 27. Qc7+ {was the best solution.}) 27...
Kd7 28. Bg4 Nge7 (28... Nh6 $5 29. Ng6 $2 $140 29... Bxg6 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31.
Rxh6 Rxh6 32. Qxh6 32... Qxg4 $17) 29. Qxf6 $2 ({After} 29. h6 $5 {or}) (29.
Ng2 $5 {
result of the game was compleatly unclear, but Hracek makes terrible blunder})
29... Qe4+ 30. Re3 ({What else-} 30. Be2 30... Bxh5 31. Re3 (31. f3 31... Bxf3
$1 32. Qxf3 32... Rxh4 $19) 31... Raf8 $5 (31... Qh1+ 32. Bf1 Bg4) 32. Qg5
32... Qh7 $1 $19 {lose as well.}) 30... Qxg4 $19 31. f3 (31. Qxh8 31... Bxh5
$19) 31... Qg8 $5 32. Kf2 32... Rxh5 $19 33. Qf4 Ng6 34. Nxg6 Bxg6 35. Rg1 Qf7
36. Ree1 Qxf4 37. Bxf4 Rg8 38. Rg4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 10... Qc7 11. Be3 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6
Qxg6 14. Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nc6 17. f4 b6 18. Bd3 18... Nb8 $5 19.
a4 Ba6 20. a5 bxa5 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. O-O 22... Nb4 $13 {
0-1 Gritsaenko,V-Khlusevich,S/corr 1997 (52)}) (11. h4 $5 {
leads to wild complications-} 11... c4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Qe8+ {
-  Skorchenko,D-Potkin,V/RUS-ch B20 Ufa 2000 (17)}) 11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13.
Qg4 13... Bd7 ({Also possible} 13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17.
Nf4 Ne7 18. Qe2 b5 19. g4 a5 20. h5 g5 21. Nh3 21... b4 {
-  Balogh,C-Almasi,I/Budapest-4 GM 2000/ (42) with interesting possibilities.})
14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 ({I am doubt if White can get real advantage after} 15. h5
$5 15... gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 (16... Raf8 17. Ng5 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rf4 19. Qh3 Rxf2
20. Nf3 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 $16 {
Ivanchuk,V-Lutz,C/Muenchen 1994/Inf 60/[Ivanchuk,V]/1-0 (41)}) 17. Qxh5 Rf8 18.
Qh3 18... Rxf3 $5 19. Qxf3 19... Be8 {for example} 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. a4 Bg6 22.
Kd1 Na5 23. Bc1 Bf5 24. Qh4 h6 25. f3 Kh7 26. Ra2 26... Qe8 $44 {
Ionov,S-Sergienko,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999 /0-1 (46)}) 15... Raf8 16. Qe2
$146 (16. h5 Qa5 17. Bd2 h6 18. Nh3 gxh5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Rb1 b5 21. Kd1 Qxa3
22. Nf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxc3 25. Rh3 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 26... Nxd4 $132
{ -  Lingnau,C-Kipper,J/BL2-W 1998 (31)}) 16... h6 17. Nh3 17... Qd8 $1 18. g3
18... b5 {Black prepares counterattack on the queen's side} 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2
(20. Nf4 $5 20... Qf7 $13 (20... Kh7 21. g4 $1)) 20... a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 (
22. Nf4 Be8) 22... Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh3 25... b4 26. f4 $6 ({
Even after correct} 26. axb4 26... axb4 27. cxb4 27... Nxb4 $15 {
black's chances are better}) 26... gxf4 27. Nxf4 Qg5 28. Kf3 $8 {What else?} (
28. Rg1 bxc3 29. Nxe6 (29. Qxc3 29... Rxf4 $19) (29. Qc1 29... Nxd4+ $1 30.
Bxd4 Rxf4 31. Bxc3 31... d4 $19) 29... Qe7 30. Qxc3 30... Qxe6 $19 {
lose immediately}) 28... bxc3 29. Qxc3 29... Ne7 $1 {
Nice and very cunning move!} 30. Rg1 (30. Qxa5 $142 {Was better try but after}
30... Bg6 $3 {White needs good advice, for example} 31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Qd2 32...
c3 $1 33. Qc1 33... Rxf4+ $1 34. Bxf4 Rf8 35. Kg3 Rxf4 36. Qd1 36... Re4 $17)
30... Bg6 $3 {Great move! Black bishop comes into the game and White just
can't protect king from numerous dangers.} 31. Ke2 (31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Rh5 Rxf4+
33. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 34. Ke2 Qe4+ 35. Kd2 Rf8 36. Rh3 (36. Qe3 36... c3+ $1 37. Qxc3
Rf3 38. Qc8+ 38... Nf8 $19) (36. Kc1 36... Nf4) 36... Rf2+ 37. Kd1 37... Nf4
$19) 31... Rxf4 32. hxg6 Re4 33. Kd2 33... Qxg6 34. Qxa5 $6 34... Rxe3 $1 (
34... Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+) 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 {This move 
was a surprise for me-Nigel never used this active and dangerous continuation
in his practice} 7... Nbc6 ({Just one round ago I played} 7... Qc7 $5) 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 10... Qa4 {
Could be reasonable alternative for black, for example} 11. Nf3 Nxd4 12. Bd3
Nec6 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. Kg1 Qg4 15. Qe2 f6 16. h6 fxe5 17. hxg7 Rg8 18. Rxh7 18...
e4 $132 {Fedorov,A-Gulko,B, Wch Las Vegas 1999}) 10. h6 gxh6 (10... g6 $2) 11.
Nf3 11... O-O-O {Interesting position.White got some achivements on the king,s
side, but Black keeps good chances for counterplay} 12. Bd3 (12. a4 12... Rdg8
$5 (12... Ng8 13. Bb5 Nce7 14. dxc5 a6 15. c4 Qc7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. c4 Nde7 18.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Qb6 Nge7 21. Bxh6 Qc6 22. Qxc6+ Nxc6 23. Rd1 $14 {
Drimer-Uhlmann,W/Raach 1969 (23)}) 13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Nh2 Rgg8 16. Nf3
16... Rg4 $132 {0-1 Mainka,R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992 (29)}) 12... c4 $5 ({
Black could play also} 12... Rhg8 13. Kf1 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Rxh6 Rg4 16.
Nh2 Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Re4 18. Rb1 Qc4 19. Bg5 Rg8 20. Qh5 Qa2 21. Rf1 Rg6 22. Rxh7
Be6 23. Nf3 23... Rg4 { -  Hall,J-Karlsson,L/Malmoe 1999 (51) but I prefe
rmove, which was made in the game}) 13. Be2 Ng8 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16.
Nxe5 $6 $146 {New and not the best move.} (16. dxe5 $5 {
was better alternative, but black is OK after} 16... Rf8 17. g3 17... Qc7 $1 {
improvment compare to} (17... Be8 $2 18. Nd4 Nd8 19. Bg4 Bd7 20. Kg2 Nc6 21.
Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Nd4 Qa4 24. Bf4 24... Nge7 {
1-0 Tischbierek,R-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992/ (35)}) 18. Bf4 Nce7 19. Nd4
19... Ng6 $13) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 17... Ne7 (17... Ba4 18. Bg4 (18. Ra2) 18...
Bxc2 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 20. Be3 $13) 18. Bxh6 (18. Rxh6 18... Rdg8 $36) 18... Rhg8
$1 19. Bf3 (19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bg5 Rxg5 21. Qxg5 21... Qxc3 $44) 19... Be8 $1 20.
a4 20... Bg6 $17 {It is easy to see, that Black seize initiative} 21. Ra2 Rd7 (
{Deserves attention} 21... Be4 $5 {Black could use this idea and in future.})
22. Bc1 Nc6 (22... Be4 $5 23. Bxe4 dxe4) 23. Ba3 23... Qxa4 {To be honest, I
was sure in this moment, that game is over-Black have material and positional
advantage, and Short had big problems with clock already.} (23... Be4) 24. Rh6
$1 $138 {Best try, I waited} (24. Qb1 24... Qb3 $1 $19 (24... Nxe5 $5)) ({or} 
24. Bg4 24... Re8 (24... Nd8 $5)) 24... Qa5 (24... Rf7 25. Bg4 Nd8) (24... Bxc2
$5 {was good alternative, for example} 25. Rxe6 25... Be4 $1 26. Bxe4 (26. Qe3
Qb3 (26... Bxf3 $5 27. Qxf3 d4) 27. Ra1 Bd3+ 28. Kg1 28... Qxc3 $19) 26... dxe4
27. Ra1 (27. Qxe4 Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qd5 29. Rxc6+ 29... Qxc6 $19) 27... Qc2 28. Kg1
(28. Bd6 Qd3+ 29. Qe2 (29. Kg1 29... Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32.
Kg1 Rg7+ 33. Kf1 33... Qh3+ $19) 29... Qxc3 $19) 28... e3 $5 29. Qxe3 Rd1+ 30.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Qg3 33... Qxe6 $17) 25. Bg4 Re8 26.
Ra1 Qa4 (26... d4 $5 $19 27. Bf3 $140 27... Nxe5) 27. Qc1 Qa5 (27... Nxe5 28.
Bd6 Qxa1 29. Qxa1 Nxg4 (29... Rxd6 30. Bh5 $1) 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Qa3) 28. Qe1
28... Rf7 $138 29. Be7 29... Rfxe7 $4 {Terrible mistake, I had to play} (29...
Rxf2+ $1 {but after} 30. Kg1 $1 {I didn,t found} (30. Kxf2 Qb6+ 31. Qe3 Qxe3+
32. Kxe3 Rxe7 33. Kf4 33... Kd7 $19) 30... Re2 $3 31. Bxe2 (31. Bxe6+ Kb8 32.
Bd6+ Ka8 33. Qd1 33... Qxc3 $19) 31... Qb6+ 32. Kh1 32... Rxe7 $17) 30. Rxa5
Nxa5 31. Qd2 31... Nc6 $4 {Final zeitnot mistake.} (31... Kc7 $1 $13 {
leads to unclear position.}) 32. Qxd5 $18 {Now Black is lost} 32... Kb8 33.
Qxc4 Rc7 34. Qf4 Ne7 35. Bxe6 Nc6 36. Bd5 Nxe5 37. c4 a6 38. Rh3 Bxc2 39. Re3
Rce7 40. Kg1 Ka8 41. c5 Bg6 42. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. h4 {Hansen,Cu: 'If one does not know the opening theory of this line this
move may at first sight be a surprise. However it is in fact quite logical.
White has a   on the K-side and furthermore black has exchanged his main
defender of g7 - the blacksquared B. Whites intention is now to weaken the
black squares further with h4-h5-h6 or put g7 under pressure with h4-h5 and
Rh3-g3'} 7... Nbc6 (7... Qc7 $5) 8. h5 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 9... Bd7 $5 {Hansen,Cu:
'With this move black questions not so much the white setup on the K-side but
whether the use of three tempi is worth the weakening of the dark squares when
black will place his K on the Q-side anyway.'} (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 10... Qa4 {
could be reasonable alternative to the move in the text.}) 10. h6 10... gxh6 {
Black's pawn structure on the king's side is compleatly ruined, but he can
dream about organizing counter-play on the g-line  Hansen,Cu: 'more or less
forced now, but still a big decision for a french player. Normally black has
the sounder P-stucture in compensation for whites   on the K-side, and my
guess is there would be some supporters of the french defence that would see
the textmove as destroying the black position. However it is worth mentioning
that the textmove was played by the french-specialist Wolfgang Uhlmann as
early as 1969, and has been played by the german grandmaster several times
since then.'} 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Bd3 c4 (12... Rdg8 13. Kf1 c4 14. Be2 Nf5 15.
Nh4 Nxh4 16. Rxh4 Qd8 17. Rxh6 Rg6 18. Rh2 f6 19. Bh5 Rgg8 20. exf6 Qxf6 21.
Qf3 Qe7 22. Qf7 Qd6 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Qf7 Qd6 25. Qf4 {
-  Luther,T-Uhlmann,W/Dresden op 1992 (25)}) 13. Be2 13... Ng8 $1 14. a4 $146 {
New , but absolutely typical move in those kind of positions, but , to be
honest, I think that Black has no even shadow of troubles in whole line.} (14.
Kf1 14... f6 $5 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 $6 (16. dxe5 $5) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7
18. Bxh6 Rhg8 19. Bf3 19... Be8 $1 $17 {
1-0 Short,N-Psakhis,L/Isle of Man op 1999  (42)}) 14... Rf8 $1 15. Qc1 f6 16.
Qa3 Rf7 17. Bf4 {Hansen,Cu: 'Black has managed to play f7-f6 but white will
still be in firm kontrol of the important square e5 if black continues with
the thematic f6xe5'} 17... Nge7 (17... f5 $5 {
Hansen,Cu: I think black could consider to change plans at this juncture} 18.
Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Rxh6 19... Rg8 $132) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxh6 Rg8 ({
Black could sacrifice an exchange} 19... Rxh6 20. Rxh6 Nf5 21. Rh1 Nfxd4 22.
Nxd4 22... Nxd4 {with reasonable compensation, but why he must do it?}) 20. Kf1
{Hansen,Cu: 'Whites K is relatively safe, and black has serious weaknesses on
the black squares and i the h- '} (20. g3 $1 {Hansen,Cu} 20... Nf5 21. Bd2
21... h6 $13) 20... Nf5 21. Bd2 Rfg6 22. g3 {Hansen,Cu: '  Bd2-f4 '} 22... e5
$3 {'!' Hansen,Cu.  Perfect move in correct time! White already in Dire Straits
} 23. Rxh7 {Hansen,Cu: 'When I looked at this game for the first time I
thought this was a serious mistake. I failed to see a good continuation for
black after:'} ({In case of} 23. Nxe5 $5 23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 24... Rxg3 $1 25.
Qb4 (25. fxg3 Nxg3+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kg2 Ne4+ 27. Kf3 Nxd2+ 28. Ke3 28... Nb3 $1
$19) (26. Kf2 26... Qb6+ $1 27. Kf3 Nxh1 28. Rxh1 28... Bg4+ $19) 26... Nxh1
$17) 25... Qxb4 26. cxb4 26... R3g7 $17 {black's advantage is obvious}) (23.
dxe5 Rxg3 24. fxg3 Nxg3+ 25. Kf2 Qb6+ 26. Nd4 (26. Be3 Ne4+) 26... Nxd4 27.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Be3 (28. Qe3 28... Ne4+) 28... Qxe5 {Hansen,Cu: 'with a strong
attack. Blacks seems to have the better chances dispite being a whole R down
at the moment. The whole idea with 22..e5 is quite well worked out. But then
again black had to change the structure of the position since white would have
a nice positional edge if he was allowed to play 23.Bd2-f4'} 29. Qc5+ 29... Bc6
$17) 23... e4 {Hansen,Cu: 'Now whites K-position is serioously weakened in
connection with e4-e3. '} 24. Ne5 {'?' Hansen,Cu.} (24. Nh4 Nxh4 (24... Nxg3+ {
Hansen,Cu} 25. fxg3 Rxg3 26. Kf2 Qd8 27. Qd6 27... Rh3 $15 {Still I think this
complicated line with material advantage for white would have posed black
greater problems}) 25. Rxh4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd2 27. Qc5+ Bc6 28. Qxa7 28... R6g7
$1 $36 {doesn't bring relief to Black}) 24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 25... e3 $1 26.
Bxe3 (26. Bh5 $1 26... exf2 $5 27. Bxg6 Nxg3+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kxf2 Qb6+ 29. Be3
Qxg6 30. Qc5+ 30... Bc6 $19) 28... Ne4 $17) 26... Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rxg3 28. Kf2 (
28. Qe7 28... Bc6 $19 (28... Qd8 $5 29. Qxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rh1 30... Rxe3 $19))
28... Qb6 $19 {Game is over} 29. Rf1 29... Rxe3 $1 (29... Qxe3+ $6 30. Ke1
30... Rg2 $2 (30... Rg1 31. Rhf7 31... Be8 $19) 31. Rf8+ Be8 32. Rc7+ $1 32...
Kxc7 (32... Kb8 33. Rxb7+ $1 33... Kxb7 (33... Ka8 34. Rb8+ $1) 34. Qe7+ Ka6
35. Rf6+) 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qe6+ Kc7 35. Qd6+ $11) 30. a5 (30. Ke1 Qb1+ 31. Kd2
Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 32... Qxc2+ $19) (30. Qd6 Rxc3+ 31. Qxb6 31... axb6 $19) 30...
Rg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Qg6+ (31... Qg6+ 32. Bg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kh1 33... Qe4+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Karatorossian, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Qd7 6. Bb5 {An interesting
idea, developed recently by Short and Chandler. The aim is to cross Black's
plan of exchanging white-squared bishops by hiding the bishop on a4.  Although
White loses time, this plan is not easy to meet.} 6... c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 8...
Bf8 {Some other games have continued 8...Bxc3 9 Bxc3 Ba6 10 Bd2 with the idea
of c3, Ne2 and Bc2 retrieving the white-squared bishop from its offside
position.} 9. Nce2 {After c3,Bc2,Nf3 and 0-0 White's development proceeds
smoothly, he has  avoided the exchange of bishops and his centre is intact. 
Although Bb5-a4-c2 may appear to lose time Black has played ...Bb4-f8 which is
just as bad.} 9... Ba6 (9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bc2 a4
14. Re1 Bb5 15. Ng3 (15. Nf4 g6 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bf4 17... c5 $13 {
Mifsud,T-Temirbaev,S/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 15... h6 16. Nh5 Kd8 17. Nh4 Kc8
18. f4 Kb7 19. g4 $36 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Temirbaev,S/RUS-Cup10 1997}) 10. c3 Ne7
(10... Bb5 11. Bc2 c5 (11... a4 12. Nf3 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Na5 15. Be3 Nc4
16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 $14 {Jonsson,B-Bergsson,S/Reykjavik op 1993}) 12. Nf3 Nc6
13. O-O Nge7 14. Re1 Nc8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Be3 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Sahovic,D/Biel op 1990}) 11. Nf3 (11. Bc2 c5 12. f4 h5 13. Nf3
Nbc6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qd2 g6 16. g3 16... Rc8 $13 {
Grund,H-Doettling,F/Bodensee Cup 1995}) 11... h6 (11... Qb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1
c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 Nc6 16. Be3 16... Bb5 $13 {
Smikovski,I-Danielian,O/Moscow-A 1996}) (11... Nf5 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Na6 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. a4 $14 {Nunn,J-Huebner,R/OHRA-A 1986 (31)}) (11... Bb5
12. Bc2 a4 13. O-O c5 14. Be3 Nec6 15. Re1 Na5 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Rb1 $14 {
Roth,P-Topakian,R/AUT-chT9697}) 12. Bc2 c5 13. O-O Nbc6 14. Re1 g6 15. b4 $5
$14 {White has some advantage in space so his chanses are slightly better.} (
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 Bg7 17. Ba4 Rb8 18. bxc5 18... Bb5 $13) 15... Bg7 16. Ng3
(16. Nf4 $5) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Bc4 18. b5 $6 ({Better was} 18. Rb1 $5 18...
axb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Be3 h5 21. h4 O-O 22. Ng5 $36 {with dangerous initiative.}
) 18... Bxb5 19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Rxb6 O-O 21. Qc1 $6 {
Preparing the sacrifice of the rook!} 21... Qa7 22. Bxh6 $2 {
And now commiting the suicide!Black easily defends and remains with a rook up.}
(22. Qb2 Nb4 23. Rd6 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 24... Rfc8 $15) 22... Qxb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Nh5+ gxh5 25. Qg5+ Ng6 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bxg6 27... Qd8 $1 $19 (27... fxg6 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ $11) 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qh6 30... Bd3 $1 31. Re3
31... Qb6 $1 32. h3 h4 33. Qxh4 Bg6 34. Qh6 Nxd4 35. Nh7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "Petroff Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qa5 $5 {
Risky but interesting variant.} 7. Bd2 7... Qa4 8. Qb1 $5 {
Interesting idea, but} (8. Qg4 $5 {surely the most dangerous move for Black}
8... g6 (8... Kf8 $5) 9. Qd1 {typical and strong manoeuvre} 9... cxd4 $6 10.
Rb1 $1 10... d3 11. Bxd3 Qxa3 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. h4 h6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 a6 16.
c4 $1 $40 {1-0 Anand,V-Nikolic,P/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (35)}) 8... c4 {
It is not to black favour to close position in the centre, but unfortunately
this move is obligatory.} 9. h4 (9. Nf3 Ne7 10. g3 Nbc6 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O
O-O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. f3 gxf3 18. Nxf3 18... Nf5
$132 {Milev,Z-Uhlmann,W, DDR 1954}) 9... f6 ({I would prefer in this position} 
9... Nc6 $5 10. h5 10... h6 {with unclear game for example} 11. Ne2 Nge7 12.
Qc1 Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Be3 Ka8 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. g4 17... Nb8 $6
18. Ng3 Rc6 19. O-O 19... Rb6 $13 {
Nijboer,F-Nikolic,P/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60/ 0-1 (40)}) 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h5 11...
fxe5 $146 (11... Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Rf8 14. Qd1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Ne7 17. h6 gxh6 18. Bxh6 Rf7 19. O-O Qa5 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Bg5 Qc5 22. Kh2
22... h5 $11 {1-0 Pyhala,A-Kekki,J/FIN t-ch 1987 (35)}) 12. h6 Nxh6 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. Nxe5 Qa5 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. Qb4 $5 $36) 15. Rh3 (15. Qb2
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. Rxh6 17... O-O-O) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 16... d4 $6 {
Too optimistic!} (16... Qc7 $5 17. f4 Rf8 18. Qc1 18... Qg7 $13 {
leads to balance game.}) 17. Bxc4 (17. f4 17... Rf8 $5 18. Bxc4 $140 18... Rxf4
19. Qb5+ Qxb5 20. Bxb5+ Bd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxh6 22... Rg8 $11) 17... Qxe5+
18. Kf1 18... O-O $5 {Looks not very nice but Black position is dangerous any
case.Unfortunately for Black, the residence of her monarch isn't safe, which
White proves energetically} (18... dxc3 19. Bb5+) 19. Qb4 (19. Qe1 Qxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 dxc3 21. Rxc3 Rd8 22. Re4 $44) 19... Bd7 20. Qxb7 (20. Re1 Qf4 21. Rf3
21... Qh4 $132) 20... Rad8 (20... Rac8 21. Qxd7 Rxc4 22. Re1 $16) 21. Rd1 Kh8
22. Rxd4 (22. cxd4 Qf5 23. Rf3 Qxc2 24. Bb3 $36 {
doesn't look bad either, but move in the text even stronger}) 22... Rb8 23.
Qxd7 $2 {First, but unfortunately for White, not last big mistake} (23. Qe4
Rb1+ 24. Ke2 $18 {wins easily.}) 23... Rf7 $3 {Brilliant idea!} (23... Rb1+ $2
24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Kg1 $1 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qxc4 27. Qd4+ $18) 24. Bb3 Rxd7 25.
Rxd7 Rf8 26. Rhd3 $6 ({After} 26. Rxh6 $1 26... Qb5+ (26... Qf5 27. Rhxh7+ Qxh7
28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Bxe6 $18) 27. Rd3 Qc5 28. f3 Qxa3 29. Rxe6 $16 {
white's advantage is obvious}) 26... Qh2 (26... Qc5 $5) 27. f3 $2 {
One mistake follows another!} (27. Bxe6 $1 {was the only chance for resistance}
27... Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Bf5 $1 29... Re8+ (29... Rxf5 $2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31.
Rg3+ Qxg3 32. fxg3 $16) 30. Re3 Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Qg5+ 32. Ke4 $13) 27... Qh1+ 28.
Kf2 Rg8 29. g4 29... h5 $1 30. Bxe6 30... Re8 $1 (30... Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32.
Ke2 32... Qh2+ $132) 31. Rf7 (31. Re3 $8 31... hxg4 32. fxg4 Qh6 33. g5 33...
Qxg5 $19) 31... Qh4+ $19 32. Kf1 Rxe6 33. Rdd7 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2000.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 10... Qc7 $5 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 12... fxg6 13. Qg4
13... Qf7 {
It is a good question if Black need make this move, deserves attention} (13...
Bd7 $5 {for example} 14. h4 Rf5 15. Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 Qd8 18. g3 b5
19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2 a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh3
25... b4 $36 {0-1 David,A-Enders,P/BL9900 2000 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16.
Nh3 Ne7 (16... Qf7 $5 17. h5 Ne7 18. Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {
-  Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17. Nf4
17... Qf7 {Quite important theorethical position.} 18. Qe2 $146 (18. Rh3 $5
18... Qf5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23. g5 b4 24. gxh6 Qf5
25. hxg7 Rfb8 26. hxg6 Ba4 27. Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {
1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996 (31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19.
Rh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8
26. Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5 29. Rg1 $16 {
1-0 Milu,R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994 (33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 20... a5
$132 {Apicella starts counterattack on the queen's side.} 21. h5 g5 22. Ng2
22... b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 24... b4 25. Kd2 $2 {Strange move!} (25. axb4
axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {was more natural and stronger}) 25... bxc3+ 26.
Kxc3 26... Rab8 27. Rf3 27... Nc6 $40 {prepares queen lift to b7} 28. Rff1
28... Qb7 $1 (28... Nb4 $2 {will be premature decision -} 29. axb4 axb4+ 30.
Kd2 $1 (30. Kb2 c3+ 31. Kc1 Bb5 32. Qf3 32... b3 $5 33. cxb3 Bxf1 34. Qxf1
34... Rxb3 $36) 30... c3+ 31. Ke1 Bb5 32. Qd1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 $16 {
and king escapes from danger}) 29. Rab1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1 31. Nxe6 Rff1 ({
could be good alternative to the move in the text-} 31... Nb4 $5 32. Bf4 (32.
Kd2 Bb5 33. Qg2 33... Rff1 $19) (32. Nxf8 $2 32... Na2+ 33. Kd2 c3+ 34. Kd3
Bb5#) 32... Na2+ 33. Kd2 Rfb8 34. Nc5 34... Bxc2 $1 $19) 32. Nc5 Rbe1 33. Qd2
33... Na7 $1 {Final blow!} (33... Na7 34. Qxe1 Rxe1 35. Kd2 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Bxc2)
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 {Quite rare move, White continue as usual in this position} (9. Qh5
Ng6 10. Nf3 {with big complications}) 9... Qa5 10. Ne2 10... Ng6 $1 ({
White's initiative is very strong in case of} 10... cxd4 11. f4 $1 11... dxc3 (
11... b6 12. Bf6 Ng6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. h5 gxf6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17.
Qxe6+ Kg7 18. Qd7+ Rf7 19. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7+ Kh6 21. Kf2 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Vysochin,S/Cappelle le Grande 1997 (21)}) 12. O-O Ng6 13. Qh5
Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nce7 15. Rf3 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Rg3
$40 {1-0 Shaposhnikov,E-Riazantsev,A/Moscow Geller mem 2000 (40)}) 11. O-O
11... Qa4 12. f4 (12. f3 Ngxe5 13. dxe5 Qxg4 14. fxg4 c4 15. Bf4 cxd3 16. cxd3
b6 17. Rf3 Ba6 18. Kf2 Rac8 19. Ke3 {
-  Paehtz,E-Schnur,G/Bad Woerishofen op 2000 (19)}) 12... c4 13. Bxg6 13...
fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 (14... b5 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Qg3 Qa6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Qe1 Rb6 19.
Raa1 Rfb8 20. Qd2 Qc8 21. g4 21... Qf8 $11 {0-1 Libeau,R-Uhlmann,W/BL 1995 (45)
}) 15. h4 Rf5 16. Ng3 $146 (16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 h6 18. g4 Rf7 19. Kg2 Be8 20.
Qh3 hxg5 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Ne7 23. Rh1 Rxf5 24. Ng3 $132 {
-  Koch,J-Apicella,M/France 1994/Inf 62/[Apicella,M] (41)}) 16... Be8 {
Risky move, deserves attention} (16... Qa5 $5 {and just after} 17. Nxf5 gxf5
18. Qg3 (18. Qf3 h6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Kg7 21. Rf3 21... Be8 $1) 18... Be8
$44 {with good compensation for exchange}) 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qf3 (18. Qg3 Bh5
19. Bf6 19... Bg4 $1 $17) 18... h6 19. g4 $6 {
Much more dangerous for Black will be} (19. Bf6 $1 $142 19... Kf7 $5 (19...
gxf6 20. exf6 Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kxf6 22. Qxh6+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. h5 $16) (19...
Qa5 $5) 20. g4 $1 20... Qa5 (20... gxf6 21. gxf5 $40) (20... fxg4 21. Qxg4 gxf6
22. f5 $18) 21. g5 $1 $16) 19... Bg6 $1 (19... hxg5 20. gxf5 Qa5 21. f6 $16 {
looks terrible for Black}) 20. Bxh6 (20. Bf6 $5 20... gxf6 21. exf6) 20... gxh6
21. h5 Bf7 (21... Bh7 22. g5 Kh8 23. g6) 22. gxf5 (22. g5 Kg7 23. Qg3 23... Rh8
$15) 22... exf5 23. Kh1 23... Kh7 {
It looks that Black can be happy with results of complications.} 24. Qh3 Be6
25. Qh4 Rf8 26. Rg1 Qa5 27. Rb2 (27. Rg6 27... Qd8 $1 28. Qh3 28... Qd7 $17)
27... Qxc3 ({Also was possible to play} 27... b6 {but after} 28. Rg6 {
White have enough resources for a draw, for example} (28. Rg3 Qxa3 29. Rb1 Qe7)
28... Qxc3 29. Rxh6+ $1 (29. Rxe6 29... Rg8 $5 30. Rxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32.
Qxf5+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ $11) 29... Kxh6 30.
Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ $11) 28. Rg6 (28. Rxb7+ Rf7 29. Rg7+ $1 (29.
Rxf7+ Bxf7 30. Rg2 Nxd4 31. Qf6 $11) 29... Kxg7 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32.
Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ $11) 28... Rf7 29. Rb1 (29. Rxe6 $2 29... Qxb2 $19) 29...
Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Nxd4 31. Rbg1 Qe2+ (31... Qg4 $6 32. R1xg4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Nxh4 34.
Rxh4 Re7 35. c3 $16) 32. Kh3 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 08th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.05.23"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 {
This rare move got some popularity between Hungarinan chessplayers} (10. Nf3
Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17.
Nf4 Ne7 18. Qe2 b5 19. g4 19... a5 $13 {
-  Balogh,C-Almasi,I/Budapest-4 GM 2000/ (42)}) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 $146 (11. O-O
cxd4 (11... c4 12. Be2 f6 13. f4 Qf7 14. a4 Nge7 15. Ba3 Qxh5 16. Bxh5 f5 17.
a5 a6 18. Rfb1 g6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Kf2 Na7 21. Bc1 Nb5 22. Bd2 22... Bd7 {
Almasi,Z-Holzke,F/Elekes Memorial 1993/1-0 (39)}) 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Nxf7 Qxf7 15. Bxg6 Qc7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. g4 Nd4 19. f4 Bd7 20. g5 Be8
21. Bxe8 Raxe8 22. gxh6 Re7 23. Bxa5 Qxa5 24. Rxd4 Qc5 25. Qd1 gxh6 26. Qd3 {
Almasi,Z-Portisch,F/Zalakaros 1992/ -  (63)}) 11... Nce7 12. f4 Qa5 13. Bd2
13... Qa4 {A typical move in these positions.} 14. g4 $6 {
Maybe too agressive, White could take on c5-} (14. dxc5 14... b6 $5 15. cxb6
15... axb6 {with unclear position}) 14... c4 15. Be2 ({Deserves attention} 15.
Bxg6 $5) 15... Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Ng5 {Provoces h6} 17... h6 18. Nh3 18... f6
$1 {Strong defensive move} 19. g5 hxg5 20. exf6 (20. fxg5 $2 20... fxe5 21.
dxe5 21... Bd7 $17) 20... Rxf6 21. Nxg5 (21. fxg5 $2 21... Rf7 $17) 21... Nf8
22. Qe8 Nf5 (22... Qxa3 $5 23. Bh5 $140 23... Nf5 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe6 25...
Qe7 $17 {leads to black's advantage}) 23. Bg4 Qxa3 24. Bxf5 24... Rxf5 {
White hasn't sufficient compensation for two pawns.} 25. O-O Qd6 26. Rce1 Rb8
27. Rf3 27... Bd7 (27... g6 $5 28. Qa4 28... a6 $17) 28. Qh5 g6 (28... Be8 $2
29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Rh3 Nh7 31. Nxh7 Rh5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qxf6 Rxh3 34. Qxg6+ Kh8
35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Kh1 $18) 29. Qh4 29... Qe7 $8 30. Ra1 $1 {
Judit tries to find chances in very bad position.} 30... e5 $5 (30... a6 $5 31.
Bc1 Nh7) 31. dxe5 (31. fxe5 $5 31... Rxf3 32. Nxf3 Qxh4 33. Nxh4 33... a6 $15)
31... Ne6 32. Rh3 Nxg5 33. fxg5 Qg7 34. e6 (34. Re1 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Bxh3 36. Bf4
36... Rf8 $1 $17) 34... Bxe6 35. Re1 35... Re8 $2 ({Why not} 35... Bd7 {and}
36. Re7 $140 {fails} (36. Be3 Re8 37. Bd4 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxg5+) {because of}
36... Rf1+ $1 37. Kxf1 Bxh3+ 38. Qxh3 38... Qxe7 $19) 36. Rhe3 36... Qf7 $2 ({
After} 36... Qd7 37. Rh3 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 38... Bxh3 $17 {
Black still could get better game}) 37. Rh3 Qg7 38. Rhe3 Qf7 39. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 (13... Qc7 14.
O-O c4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. g4 Nd6 18. Qe3 Ne4 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxg5
21. Bxg5 21... e5 $132 { -  Mrdja,M-Farago,I/Bolzano op 2000/ (36)}) 14. O-O c4
15. Be2 h6 16. Bd2 (16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Bg3 g5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. hxg5 Nxg3
21. fxg3 hxg5 22. Qe3 22... Raf8 $13 {
-  Timman,J-Jussupow,A/Novgorod 1995/[Dolmatov] (35)}) (16. Bc1 $5 16... Qg7
17. a4 Bd7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5 20. Rab1 b6 21. Bd6 Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3
Rg8 24. g4 $36 {1-0 Macieja,B-Schmidt,W/POL t-ch Lubniewice 1998 (58)}) 16...
Nf5 {This system is a difficult nut to crack. Black got from opening a solid
position, elastic pawn structure and it is not easy for white to make real
progress.} 17. g3 $146 (17. Qc1 g5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 20. g4 Ne7 21. Be3
Qa5 22. f4 Qxc3 23. fxg5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Ng6 25. gxh6 Bd7 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Nxe5 29. Bg2 d4 30. Re1 Bxg2 31. Rxe5 Bh3 32. Rh5 {
1-0 Hachian,M-Rychagov,A/Moscow op (Chekhov) 1996 (32)}) 17... Bd7 18. h4 18...
Nd6 19. Ne5 $5 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nf5 ({Much weaker was to play} 20... Ne4 21.
Be1) 21. Qe1 ({White could try to play} 21. a4 {
with the idea not to allow activisation of the black's bishop, but after} 21...
Qc5 (21... Qg7 $5) 22. Kg2 22... Bc6 $36 {black position is very active}) 21...
Ba4 22. Rc1 Qg7 23. h5 (23. f4 h5) 23... Raf8 24. Kh2 g5 ({
It was little bit premature to take pawn on e5 -} 24... Qxe5 25. hxg6 Rg7 26.
Bf4 Qf6 27. Bh5 {but now it is a real threat}) 25. Bg4 25... Bc6 26. Qe2 26...
b5 {Now White can't stop d5-d4} 27. f3 27... d4 $1 28. Rf2 28... d3 $5 29. cxd3
cxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe5 31. Rg1 (31. f4 Qc5 32. Rcf1 32... Bd5) 31... Qc5 32. Qe2
Bd5 33. f4 33... gxf4 {It is not so bad move, but was much stronger to play} (
33... e5 $1 $142 34. Bxf5 $140 34... Rxf5 35. g4 $1 35... Bc4 36. Qe1 36...
Rxf4 $5 37. Bxf4 37... exf4 $17) 34. Rxf4 (34. gxf4 Kh7) 34... Kh7 (34... Bc4
$5 $142 35. Qf3 35... Rd8 $132) 35. Qe5 $1 {
Slowly but surely Baklan took initiative into his hands.} 35... Qxa3 36. Rgf1
Qa2 37. R4f2 Qc4 38. Be2 Qc5 39. g4 $2 {Serious mistake, after} (39. Bd3 $1 $16
{it is impossible to find satisfactory defence for black}) 39... Nd6 $2 {
A proved old rule - loses who makes the last mistake!} ({After} 39... Qe7 $1
40. Kg1 40... Rg7 $17 {already white's king is in danger.}) 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 (
40... Nxf7 41. Qf6 Qd6+ 42. Bf4 e5 43. Bxe5 $1 $18) 41. Be3 (41. Bd3+ Kg8 42.
Bxh6 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 $1 $18) (41. Be3 Rxf1 42. Bxc5 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Ne4+ 44. Kf4 Nxc5
45. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nh3 Qc7 11. Be3 (11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 13. f4 Qf7 14. a4
Nge7 15. Ba3 Qxh5 16. Bxh5 f5 17. a5 a6 18. Rfb1 g6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Kf2 20...
Na7 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Holzke,F/Elekes Memorial 1993 (39)}) 11... c4 (11... Nce7 12.
f4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. g4 c4 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 f6 19.
g5 hxg5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nxg5 21... Nf8 {
-  Polgar,J-Hillarp Persson,T/Malmoe 2000/The Week in Chess 290 (39)}) 12. Bxg6
fxg6 13. Qh4 $6 $146 (13. Qg4 Rf5 14. Nf4 Qf7 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 gxh5 17. Nxh5
Qg6 18. Qxg6 { -  Joachim,S-Libeau,R/Gladenbach tt 1996/ (18)}) 13... b5 14.
O-O Bd7 15. f3 a5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Kh1 b4 18. Rfb1 b3 19. a4 Rfb8 (19... Rab8 $5
20. cxb3 cxb3 21. Ra3 b2 22. Ra2 Qb3 23. Raxb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Be3 25...
Ra2 $36) 20. cxb3 cxb3 21. Rb2 Qa6 22. Ng5 $5 22... h6 23. Nh3 g5 24. Qg4 Rb7
25. f4 $1 25... Rf8 $5 26. Kg1 (26. fxg5 $5 26... Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 28. Ng1
hxg5 29. Bxg5 $132) 26... Qc4 $1 27. fxg5 Nxe5 28. Qg3 Nd3 29. gxh6 Bxa4 30.
Rbb1 (30. Rxa4 Nxb2 (30... Nc1 31. Nf4) 31. Rxc4 Nxc4 32. Bc1 32... Rf6 $17)
30... Bb5 $4 $138 (30... Nc1 $5 31. Rxc1 b2 32. Nf4 Bb5) (30... b2 $1 31. Rxa4
31... Nc1 $1 (31... Qxa4 32. hxg7 (32. Qxd3 Qb5 33. Qe3 (33. Nf4 Qxd3 (33...
Rxf4 34. Qxb5 Rxb5 35. Bxf4 a4 36. Bd6) 34. Nxd3 34... a4 $19) 33... Rbf7 34.
Nf4 (34. Qxe6 34... Qd3 $19) 34... Rxf4 35. Qxe6+ 35... R4f7 $19) 32... Rf6 $5
(32... Rf1+ $6 33. Rxf1 (33. Kxf1 33... Qc2 $19) 33... b1=Q 34. Qf3 34... Qxf1+
$8 35. Qxf1 Rxg7 (35... Rf7 36. Qb1 Rb7 (36... Qc4 37. Bh6) 37. Qxd3 Qd1+ 38.
Kf2 Rf7+ 39. Ke3 Qg4) 36. Qxd3 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 37... Rf7+ $13) 33. Qxd3 Qc4 34.
Qg3 Qe2 35. Qe5 Qd3 36. Qe1 a4 37. Bg5 37... Rff7 $17) 32. Qe1 (32. Qxg7+ Rxg7
33. Rxc4 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 34... Rgf7 $19) (32. Nf4 Qxa4) (32. Kh1 Rf1+ 33. Ng1 Qxa4
34. Rxb2 $140 34... Ne2 $19) (32. Rxc4 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 34... dxc4
$19) 32... Qxa4 (32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Qxa4 34. Qxe2) 33. Bxc1 bxc1=Q 34. Rxc1
34... Qe8 $17) 31. Qd6 31... Qc6 $4 $138 (31... Re8 32. Rxa5 32... b2 $14) 32.
h7+ 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 34th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 (
7... Nf5 $6 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 g5 10. g4 Nh4 11. gxh5 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qg4
Rg8 14. f4 $16) 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 (9... Nxh4 10. g3 Ng6 11. Rxh5 Rxh5 12.
Qxh5 Ba6 13. Bg5 $16) 10. Bxa6 (10. Bg5 10... f6 $2 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6
13. Qd3 $18) 10... Nxa6 11. Bg5 (11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ne2
Na5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Ra3 Nc4 17. Rb3 17... a5 $17 {
Van der Worm,T-Rogers,I/Biel op/1992/}) (11. Nf3 Qd7 12. a4 Nb8 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Bg5 Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 17... g6 $15 {
Pietzsch,W-Byrne,R/Sarajevo/1967/}) 11... Qd7 (11... Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O
cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. Ng3 Nb8 16. f4 Ne7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. f5 {
Renet,O-Apicella/Clichy/1993/}) 12. Ne2 Qc6 (12... Qa4 13. Rh3 $1 (13. Rh3 Ne7
14. Nf4 g6 15. Qd2 Kd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Rf3 Raf8 18. Nh3 c5 19. Ng5 $16 {
Ivkov,B-Byrne,R/Varna ol/1962/})) (12... c5) (12... Nb8 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Qf3 $6
14... Nd7 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Nxh5 16... Rh7 $1 17. Rc1 (17. Kd1 17... c5 $40)
17... c5 $15 {Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J/Keres mem 1993}) (12... Ne7 13. Nf4 O-O-O (
13... g6 14. Bf6 (14. a4 Nb8 15. a5 Qc6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. f3 Nf8 18. Bf6 $14 {
Skripchenko,A-Mainka,G/GM 2000}) 14... Rg8 15. Nh3 Qc6 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ng5 Nb8
18. O-O $14 {Nunn,J-Gdanski,J/Bundesliga 1999-2000}) 14. Nxh5 $16 {
Dolmatov,S-Panno,O/Palma de Mallorca/1989/}) (12... Nf8 13. Nf4 Qc6 14. Kd2 g6
15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Kd7 17. Qxg4 Qc4 18. Rh3 Re8 19. Rah1 19... Kc8 $10 {
Rodriguez,A-Ivkov,B/Cambados/1990/}) 13. O-O (13. f4 $5 13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7
15. f5 $1 $36 {Ginzburg,M-Rodriguez,A/Clarin GP f 1998}) 13... Nf8 {In this gam
e black's manouvres with his knights are not very impressive and white manages
with accurate and strong play to get the decisive advantage very quickly.} (
13... Ne7 14. Bxe7 (14. Qd2) 14... Kxe7 15. a4 Nb8 16. Qd2 Kf8 17. a5 Kg8 18.
Rfe1 $14 {Groszpeter,A-Kelecevic,N/12th Open 2000}) (13... Nb8 14. f4 Nf8 (
14... Nd7 15. Qd3 $1 15... Ndf8 16. f5 $1 16... exf5 17. Rxf5 Ne6 18. Raf1 $16
{Portisch,L-Ivkov,B/Zagreb 1965 (29) Pachman}) 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. fxg6
Nxg6 18. Nf4 $16 {Giaccio,A-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors 1997}) (13... Kd7
14. f4 Raf8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qd3 Nb8 17. Rxf5 $16 {
Abramovic-Lputian,S/Erevan/1982/}) 14. Qd3 14... Nb8 $6 (14... Qa4) 15. Qf3 $1
15... Nbd7 $6 16. a4 a5 17. Rfe1 Qc4 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nf1 Nh7 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. Ne3
$16 {Black can't prevent c4 and his position becomes hopeless in a few moves.}
21... Nhf8 (21... c5 22. Nxd5 $1 (22. Rab1 $5) 22... exd5 23. Qxd5 Nhf8 (23...
O-O-O 24. Qxf7 $18) 24. Qd6 $16) 22. c4 $1 22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 O-O-O 24. Na3
Nb8 25. Nb5 $1 25... Rd7 26. c4 Qb7 27. Qb3 27... Nh7 28. Rac1 Nc6 (28... Rhd8
29. Be3 (29. d5 Na6) 29... Nc6 30. d5 Nb4 31. c5 $16) 29. d5 Nd8 30. Be3 Kb8
31. Qc3 Re8 (31... exd5 32. e6 $18) 32. c5 $1 32... exd5 33. cxb6 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 34th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. h4 Ne7 8. h5
h6 9. Qg4 Qc6 10. Rh3 Rg8 11. a4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. a5 Qc4 14. Qf4 b5 15.
Ne2 Kd7 16. Rf3 Raf8 17. Ba3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxf4 19. c6+ $6 {
This zwischenzug appears to be based upon a false assumption. After} (19. Rxf4
Nc6 20. Nd4 {it is not so difficult for black to organise his forces. White's
pawns are potentially weak, but the actual weakness of f7 complicates the task
of accessing them.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Rxf4 20... Nxe5 $1 ({
Perhaps white was banking on} 20... Ne7 21. Nd4 {when again white would have a
level of activity which would compensate for the various question-mark hanging
over his structure.}) 21. Bxf8 21... Rxf8 {Following the material investment,
black's pieces are active, no longer tied down to defensive duties, while
white's weaknesses are exposed.} 22. Nd4 Nc7 23. a6 f5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3
Rf7 26. Rb1 Kc6 27. Rb4 Nxa6 28. Rg4 Nc7 29. Rg6 Kd6 30. Re3 a5 31. Kd2 Re7 32.
Rf3 Rf7 33. Re3 a4 34. Kc1 Re7 35. Rf3 Kd7 36. Kb2 Ne8 37. Ka3 Nf6 38. Kb4 Kd6
39. Rh3 Rb7 40. Re3 d4 41. Re1 Nd5+ 42. Ka3 dxc3 43. Rexe6+ Kc5 44. Rc6+ Kd4
45. Rg3 Ra7 46. Rd3+ Ke5 47. Rc5 b4+ 48. Ka2 Rd7 49. Ra5 b3+ 50. Kb1 Ke6 51.
Rxa4 b2 52. g3 Rd6 53. Ra7 Kf6 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. f3 Rd7 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra5 Ke6
58. f4 Rd6 59. Raxd5 Rxd5 60. Rxc3 Rd2 61. Re3+ Kf6 62. Rd3 Rh2 63. c4 Ke7 64.
c5 Re2 65. Rd5 Ke6 66. Rd6+ Ke7 67. Rg6 Kd7 68. Rxg7+ Kc6 69. Rg6+ Kxc5 70.
Rxh6 Rh2 71. Rh8 Kd4 72. h6 Ke4 73. h7 Kf3 74. Ka2 Kf2 75. Kb1 Kf3 76. Ka2 Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 (13. Bxg6
fxg6 14. Qg4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nh4 Ba4 17. Ra2 Qf7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Bf4 Kh7 21. g3 21... Qg6 $15 {
-  Perunovic,M-Drasko,M/YUG-ch Subotica 2000/ (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh3 Qa5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Rfe1 a6 18. g4 Bc6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Rfc8 21. Qh7+
Kf8 22. h4 $36 {1-0 Maliangkay,R-Van de Lagemaat,J/corr 1995 (40)}) (12. dxc5
12... b6 $1 13. O-O bxc5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18.
Qxh4 e5 19. f3 19... Bf5 $15 {
0-1 Gutov,A-Ivanov,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71 (34)}) 12... Bd7 13. a4
({Maybe} 13. Qg5 $5 {produces more problems for Black -} 13... f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Qg3 (15. Qh6 $5) 15... Qxg3 16. fxg3 c4 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Kd2
$14 {1-0 Rowson,J-Hillarp Persson,T/York Viking GM-A 2000/ (33)}) 13... f5 14.
exf6 ({Surely not} 14. g4 $2 14... Be8 $5 {and white's queen is in danger} (
14... Nf4 15. Qg5 (15. Bxf4 Be8 16. Qg5 16... h6 $19) 15... Nxd3+ 16. cxd3
16... cxd4 $36) 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 16... Qa5) 14... Rxf6 15. O-O (15. dxc5
15... e5 $36) 15... c4 16. Bxg6 (16. Be2 $2 16... Rf5 17. Qg4 (17. Ng5 h6)
17... e5) 16... Nxg6 17. Qg5 17... e5 $5 (17... h6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 19...
h5 {Doesn't look too bad for Black, but Lputian prefers more complicated line.}
) (17... Raf8 18. h5 h6 (18... Rf5 19. Qg3 19... Nf4 $5 (19... Qxg3 20. fxg3
Ne7 21. g4) 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Ne5 Be8 23. g3 Re4) 19. Qg3 Qxg3
20. fxg3 Ne7 21. a5 $36) 18. dxe5 (18. h5 $1 18... Rf5) 18... Rxf3 $1 {
Typical exchange sacrifice.} 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 (20. f4 Rf5 21. Qg3 21... Qa5
$44 (21... Rh5 22. Qf3)) 20... Qxe5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bd4 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Qxg3+
23. fxg3 Nxd4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. cxd4 $16) 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1
Rf5 (23... Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Bg4 25. Rxd5 Nxh4+ 26. Kd2 $14) 24. Bxa7 Rh5 (24... Re5
$5 25. Kg2 $5 25... Nxh4+ 26. Kg3 Nf5+ 27. Kh2 $14) 25. Ke2 25... Bg4 26. Rdb1
$1 26... Nxh4+ 27. Kd2 $6 (27. Ke3 $142 {Anand} 27... Re5+ $140 28. Kd4 Nf3+
29. Kc5 $16) 27... Nf3+ 28. Kc1 (28. Ke3 $5 28... Re5+ 29. Kf4 {and it is not
easy to find how Black can explore too active position of White monarch.})
28... d4 $5 (28... Rh1+ 29. Kb2 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 $14) 29. Rb5 (29. Rxb7 $5 29...
dxc3 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2 dxc3+ 31. Ka2 $18) 30. Kb1) (29. cxd4 $4 29... c3 $19)
(29. Bxd4 $4 29... Nxd4 30. cxd4 30... c3 $19) 29... Rxb5 (29... Rh1+ 30. Kb2
dxc3+ 31. Ka2 Rxa1+ 32. Kxa1 32... Bd7 $5 33. Rb4 h5 34. a5 $16) 30. axb5 dxc3
31. Bc5 31... Bf5 32. Ra4 32... Nd2 $6 (32... g5 $1 {Anand} 33. Rxc4 33... g4
$16) 33. Bd4 $1 33... Be6 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Rh8 Nf3 (35... Bf5 36. Rb8 Be4 37.
Bxc3 $18) 36. Bxc3 Ng5 37. f4 {
} 37... Ne4 38. Be5 h6 (38... Kg6 39. Re8 (39.
Rb8 Bd5) 39... Bd5 (39... Kf7 40. Rb8 Bd5 41. f5) 40. Re7) 39. Rb8 Bd5 40. f5
$1 $18 40... Nf6 (40... g6 41. Rh8) 41. Rc8 h5 42. Rc5 Be4 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44.
Bxf6 gxf6 45. Kd2 (45. Kd2 h4 46. Rxc4) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 11... c4 {
The most popular answer, but in recent tournaments} (11... Nce7 $5 {
also happend few times}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 ({Worth considering} 13...
Bd7 $5) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2
Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4
24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 $18 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6
18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {
-  Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 Ne7 16. Qe2 16... Nf5
17. g4 $146 {A quite natural and strong move} ({After} 17. Bd2 17... h6 18. g4
Ne7 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qg8 23. Be3 Qh7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25.
Ke2 Raf8 26. Rh1 26... Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 27... Ba4 {Dominguez,L-Harikrishna,P/
Istanbul olm 2000/  -  (67) Black managed to build a strong defensive position.
Nijboer doesn't care about his bishop and, maybe, he is right.}) 17... Nxe3 18.
Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his
position and Black can't organise any counterplay.} 21... Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5
$1 {A nice breakthrough!} 23... gxf5 (23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {
An excellent move, securing an outpost for the knight.
} 24... h5 25. g6 (25.
Nf4 $2 25... g6 $11) 25... f4 $8 (25... a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. Qf3 $1 $18) 26. Nxf4
Rf5 27. Rhf1 27... Bc6 $6 ({After} 27... Bd7 $5 $142 28. Rf3 Raf8 29. Raf1 Qxa3
30. Nxh5 30... b4 {Black still could fight}) 28. Rf3 a5 29. Raf1 29... b4 $4 (
29... Raf8 $8 {Was the last chance.}) 30. Nxe6 $1 $18 30... bxc3+ (30... Rxf3
31. Qxf3 Qxe6 32. Qxh5 bxc3+ 33. Kc1 $18) 31. Ke2 Bd7 32. Rxf5 Bxe6 33. Qf3 $1
33... Bxf5 (33... Bxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf8 35. Qxh5) 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Konikowski"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 e5 14. f3 14...
b6 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Ne2 (15. Qf2 Be6 16. Ne2 e4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Qf4 Ned5
19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Rb1 exd3 21. cxd3 Bd5 22. O-O Na6 23. d4 Nc7 24. Ng3 Rd8 25.
Nf5 Be4 26. Rbe1 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nb5 28. c6 bxc6 29. Rc5 29... Rd6 $13 {
Gallagher,J-McDonald,N/Hastings 1993/}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Rb1 b6 18.
O-O Be6 19. Rbe1 a5 20. Qh4 Nf5 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Ng3 Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Qxc3 24. Rxe5
Qxa3 25. Bg6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 a4 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Re7 a3 29. Bd3 $36 {
Pupo,E-Alonso,R/CUB 1989/}) (14... e4 15. fxe4 Qa5 (15... dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17.
Ne2 Nf5 18. Qf4 $16 {Namyslo,H-Laengl,J/Willsbach 1997/}) 16. Ne2 dxe4 17. Bc4+
Kh8 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. h3 e3 20. Qf4 Qxc5 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. O-O Nh5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24.
Rxf5 {1-0 Enders,P-De Francesco,K/Passau 1998/}) 15. c6 (15. cxb6 $5 15... Qxb6
16. Ne2 $16) 15... Qd6 16. Ne2 Qxc6 (16... Nxc6 17. O-O $14) 17. O-O (17. c4 $5
) 17... Nf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. h3 Bg6 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Qxe5 Re8 23.
Nd4 Qxc3 24. Qf4 Nh5 25. Qh4 Re5 (25... Ng3 26. Qxg3 Qxd4+ 27. Qf2 $16) 26. Rd1
Qc5 (26... Bxc2 27. Rdc1 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 $16) 27. Rd2 (27. Kh2 $16) 27... Rg5 (
27... Qc3 28. Re1 Qxd2 29. Rxe5 $16) 28. a4 (28. Re1 $5) 28... Qd6 29. Qe1 Qf6
30. Rad1 Nf4 31. Kh1 Bh5 32. h4 (32. Kh2 $18) 32... Rg6 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. g3 Ne6
35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. g4 Be8 38. Kg3 Bxa4 39. Rxd5 Bc6 40. R5d3 Bb5 41.
Rc3 h5 42. g5 Be2 (42... a6 43. Rd2 $16) 43. Rd2 Bb5 44. Qd4 Re1 45. g6+ (45.
Qf4 $5 $142) 45... Kxg6 46. Qd6+ Kh7 47. Qxe7 Rxe7 48. Kf2 Ba6 49. Rd5 g6 50.
Rd6 Bb7 51. Re3 Rc7 (51... Rf7 $5 $142) 52. Rde6 $1 $18 52... Rxc2+ 53. Re2 (
53. Kg3 $5) 53... Rxe2+ 54. Rxe2 Kh6 55. Re7 Bd5 56. Rd7 Bc4 57. Rxa7 b5 58.
Rb7 Bd3 59. Ke3 Bc4 60. f4 Bf1 61. Kd4 Be2 62. Ke5 Bd3 63. Kf6 Bc4 64. Rd7 Bb3
65. Rd2 Bc4 66. Rd8 Kh7 67. Kg5 Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Kxg6 b4 70. Rd4 (70. Rd4
Ba2 71. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 11... Nce7 $5 ({More common is} 11... c4
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 $14) 12. h4 Bd7 13. a4 (13. Qg5 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. h5
h6 16. Qg3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 Be8 20. g3 20... Rf8 $11 {
Senff,M-Drasko,M/Metz op 2001/  -  (50)}) 13... b6 $5 $146 {
New and maybe not so bad move.} (13... f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1
Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Bxa7 $14 {
Anand,V-Lputian,S/FIDE-Wch New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/ 1-0 (45)}) 14. Qg4 f5
15. Qh3 $5 ({Natural} 15. exf6 15... Rxf6 16. h5 {
is not dangerous for Black because of cool and strong} 16... cxd4 $1 17. hxg6 (
17. Bxd4 $2 17... e5 18. Qg3 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 19... Rf8 $19) 17... dxe3 18. gxh7+
(18. Rxh7 $2 18... Qxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qxa1 20. Qh5 Kf8 21. Rh8+ Ng8 22. Qh7 22...
Ke7 $19) 18... Kh8 19. fxe3 19... e5 $36) 15... f4 (15... cxd4 $5 16. cxd4 Qc3+
17. Ke2 17... Nc6 $132) 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. O-O Qd8 18. h5 Ngh4 19. Nh2 {
Interesting idea.Smirnov avoids knights exchange.} (19. Nxh4 Nxh4 (19... Qxh4
$4 20. Bxf5 $18) 20. Qg4 {
looked very good for White, but Black has strong reply} 20... c4 21. Be2 21...
f3 $1 22. gxf3 (22. Bg5 fxe2 23. Bxd8 exf1=Q+ 24. Rxf1 24... Nf3+ $1 25. gxf3
25... Raxd8 {with reasonable compensation for a queen.}) 22... Nf5 $44) 19...
cxd4 {It is difficult to find another move.} (19... Qg5 $6 $143 20. g3 20...
Nxg3 $8 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Qxg3 22... fxg3 {just look cool- after} 23. Ng4 Nf3+
24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. h6 $1 $16 {white's advantage is obvious.}) 20. cxd4 $6 ({
Worth considering} 20. Bxf4 $5 {
and Black can get problem with knights in nearest future.}) 20... Nxd4 21. h6 (
21. Qg4 $5 $13) 21... Qg5 (21... gxh6 $5) 22. hxg7 Kxg7 (22... Rf7 $5 {
with the idea to capture on g7 with the rook looked better.} 23. Ng4 Rxg7 24.
Nf6+ 24... Kh8 $36) 23. Kh1 23... Ng6 (23... Be8 24. g3 Nhf5 25. Bxf4 $16) 24.
Ng4 Nf5 25. Nf6 25... Rxf6 $1 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. c4 $1 {
Trying to open second front in the center of the board.} 27... e5 ({
Worth consideration} 27... dxc4 28. Bxc4 e5 29. Qh2 29... Rd8 $132 {
with full compensation for exchange.}) 28. Qh2 Bc6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rfe1 30...
Nh6 {'?!'} ({After natural} 30... Rd8 $1 $132 {
Dolmatov could ger great counterplay.}) 31. f3 31... Nh4 ({Still} 31... Rd8 $1
{was a good idea.}) 32. Rxe5 $1 {
A terrific blow, which completely refutes Black's strategy.} 32... Qxe5 (32...
Kxe5 33. Bxf4+ $1 33... Qxf4 34. Re1+ $18) 33. Qxh4+ Qg5 (33... Kf7 34. Rc1 $18
) 34. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qc7 {
Avoiding dangerous} (6... Ne7 7. Qg4) 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+ (8. Qg3 8... Ne7 $5 {
Leads to big complication.Text is more solid}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Ba4
11. Rb1 ({Weaker is} 11. Bd3 $6 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 {
and Black can use nice tactical idea -} 12... Qc3+ 13. Bd2 13... Qxd3 $1 14.
cxd3 Bxd1 15. Kxd1 Nc6 16. Rb1 b6 17. h4 h6 18. Ke2 Nge7 19. Rhc1 19... Kd7 $11
{1-0 Kovacevic,A-Zlotnik,B/Mallorca op 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (45)}) (11.
Bd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. h4 Nge7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Rh3 Rh7 16. Kf1 Rdh8 17. Kg1
c4 18. Be2 Nd8 19. g3 Nec6 20. Nh2 g5 21. g4 $6 21... h5 $1 $36 {
0-1 Zhao Zong Yuan-Berg,E/Wch B20 Athens 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (79)})
11... Nc6 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Be2 (12. dxc5 $5 12... Nxc5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Qd4
Nxc3 15. Bd2 $1 $40 {
1-0 Groszpeter,A-Atanu,L/Paks GM 2000/The Week in Chess 304 (21)}) 12... h6 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rb4 Bd7 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Nd4 Nxc3 18. Qe1 Na2 19. Rb3
Nxc1 20. Qxc1 b6 21. Bb5 Kf7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Re1 a6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qb2 Rb8
26. Rh3 Ng8 27. Rc3 27... Qb7 {
Timman,J-Shaked,T/Merrillville 71/303 1997/Inf 71/[Timman,J]/1-0 (41)}) (11...
c4 12. g4 $5 12... fxg4 13. Ng5 Qc6 14. h3 g3 15. fxg3 h6 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Bg2
O-O-O 18. O-O 18... Rf8 {Pedzich,D-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1996/[Hecht]/ -  (61)}) 12.
dxc5 $5 {Interesting move. Having two bishops, White are trining to open game.}
12... h6 13. h4 Rh7 14. Rh3 $5 (14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Qd2 Qxc5) 14... Nxe5 (14...
O-O-O 15. Nd4) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Re3 16... Qf6 17. Qxd5 {Finally White got
initiative, but black's defensive chances could't be understimated.} 17... Re7
(17... Qxc3+ 18. Rxc3 exd5 19. Bf4 $36) 18. Qd4 Bxc2 19. Rb2 Qxd4 ({
Worth considering} 19... Be4 $5 20. Bb5+ 20... Kf7 $13 {with unclear game.})
20. cxd4 20... Be4 21. Bc4 O-O-O (21... Rd8 $5) 22. Rb4 Nf6 23. Rg3 (23. f3 Bd5
) 23... a5 (23... Rxd4 $2 24. Bxe6+) 24. Rb6 Rxd4 25. Bxe6+ Nd7 26. Bb2 $2 ({
After correct} 26. Rxg6 $142 26... Bd5 27. Be3 Bxe6 28. Rgxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6
Rxh4 30. c6 $16 {
white's advantage is obvious and it will be not so easy for Black to save game.
}) 26... Ra4 $6 ({I don,t think that White could get something real after} 
26... Bc6 $1 $142 27. Rxc6+ (27. Bxd4 Rxe6+ 28. Re3 Rxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Nxb6 30.
cxb6 30... Bxg2 $11) 27... bxc6 28. Bxd4 28... Rxe6+ {for example:} 29. Re3
Rxe3+ 30. Bxe3 h5 31. Kd2 Nf8 32. Kc3 Ne6 33. g3 Kb7 34. a4 34... Ka6 $11) 27.
Rxg6 Kc7 28. Bxd7 Bc6+ 29. Re6 $6 {Missing last real chance for advantage.} (
29. Kf1 $1 $142 29... Kxd7 (29... Rae4 30. Kg1) 30. Rxh6 $16) 29... Kxd7 30.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. g3 31... Rc4 $11 32. Rb3 32... Rxc5 {Chances are equal now.} 33.
Re3+ Kd6 34. Kd2 Be4 35. Bc3 Rd5+ 36. Ke2 b6 37. f3 Bc2 38. Bg7 Bd1+ 39. Ke1 h5
40. Rc3 b5 41. Bh6 Kd7 (41... b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Bf8+) 42. Bd2 Ba4 (42... b4
43. axb4 axb4 44. Re3) 43. Re3 43... Rd6 $1 44. Bxa5 Re6 45. Kf2 Rxe3 46. Kxe3
Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 c5 6. dxc5 $5 {
This move became recently quite popular, thank's to efforts od Emil Sutovsky.}
6... Nbc6 ({Worth considering} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 7... Ng6 $13) 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O (8. Nf3 Ng6 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. Kb1 Qe8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3
Qe7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Ne2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 f6 17. Nf4 17... Be8 $15 {
0-1 Borgo,G-Komarov,D/Reggio Emilia 1999/CBM 69 (33)}) 8... f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10.
Bd3 10... b6 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty. Barsov hopes to get active game on
the   as a compensation for the pawn.} (10... Qf8 11. Nf3 e5 12. Qh4 h6 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Rhe1 Bf7 18. Qa3 $14 {
Sutovsky,E-Hansen,C/Essen-A 2000/The Week in Chess 287/ -  (114)}) (10... Bxc5
11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Nf3 Qf8 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Rhe1 $36 {
Richardson,K-Hyldkrog,L/cr 1981/1-0 (54)}) 11. a3 ({
Black doing well in the case of} 11. cxb6 11... Qxb6 12. Be3 12... d4 $1 13.
Ne4 13... Rg6 $132) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. Qg3 (13. Qh4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. Qh5 d4 16. Bd2 16... Qd5) 13... Bf5 {
Exhanging bishop d3 - one of the dangerous white piece.} (13... d4 14. Bd2) 14.
f4 $6 {Black gets great game after this move. Al Modiahki should play} (14.
Bxe5 Rg6 15. Bxf5 $5 15... Rxg3 16. Be6+ Kh8 17. Bxg3 bxc5 18. Nf3 {
with more than sufficient compensation for the queen.}) 14... Rg6 15. Qf2 Bxd3
16. Rxd3 d4 17. fxe5 17... bxc5 {
Black's pieces are too active and White needs already good advice.} 18. Nf3
18... Qd5 $44 19. b3 (19. Kb1 Rb8) 19... a5 20. a4 Nf5 (20... c4 21. bxc4 21...
Qxc4 $36 {was good enough}) 21. Rf1 h5 22. Bb2 $2 {Final mistake.} (22. Rdd1 $5
$17) 22... Nb4 23. Rd2 ({After stubborn} 23. Ne1 23... Nxd3+ 24. Nxd3 Ne3 25.
Nf4 Qf7 26. e6 (26. Nxg6 Nxf1 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Nf4 28... g5 $19) 26... Rxe6
27. Nxe6 Nxf1 28. Qxf7+ 28... Kxf7 {
Black will need , at least , good technique.} 29. Nxc5 29... Rd8 $17) 23... Ne3
24. Rg1 (24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. g3 26... Rf8 $17) (24. Nh4 Rg5) 24...
Nexc2 $1 $19 {Rest is simple.} 25. Rxc2 $2 (25. Nh4 25... Re6 $19) 25... Nd3+
26. Kb1 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 (7...
Qc7 $5) (7... b6) 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Nf3 (10. a4 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. g3
f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. a5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nf5 16. a6 b6 17. c4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4
19. Rc1 Qe5+ 20. Be3 20... Nf5 $17 {0-1 Darius-Uhlmann,W/DDR 1974 (31)}) 10...
O-O-O 11. Rb1 $5 {
Interesting move- Rb5 is quite strong threat and black's task is not easy.} (
11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 Rdf8 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxh6 Rfg8 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bd2 16... h5
$132 {Negro Peres,J-Reinaldo Castineira,R/POR t-ch Barreiro 2001/The Week in
Chess 348/0-1 (53)}) (11. h6 gxh6 12. Rxh6 Rdg8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4
f6 16. exf6 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 18... Qxe5+ $36 {
0-1 Kotter,R-Kindermann,S/BL 0001 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (32)}) 11... h6
$146 {New, but not very strong move.} ({Possibly, Black has to play} 11... c4
$5 {with possible continuation.} 12. h6 gxh6 13. Qc1 Rdg8 14. Qb2 b6 15. g3 Nf5
16. Bh3 16... Rg6 $13 {
Normantas,V-Koltsov,V/corr 1994/ICCF tele 5/2001/1-0 (65)}) (11... Qxa3 $6 12.
Ra1 Qb2 13. dxc5 $1 13... f6 14. Rh4 $1 14... d4 15. Nxd4 Nxe5 16. Rxa7 Nd5 17.
Rh3 $18 {Wang Zili-Shulman,Y/Yerevan olm 1996/1-0 (49)}) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4
Qxa3 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bd3 $44) 12. Rb5 Qxa3 13. Qb1 $1 {
White gets big advantage after this strong move.} (13. Rxc5 13... a6 $5) 13...
c4 $8 (13... b6 14. dxc5 $1) (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 a6)
14... cxd4 15. Rxb7 Bc6 16. Rb3 $16) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 b6 15. Rb3 $1 $18)
14. Rxb7 14... Qa6 15. Rb2 15... Kc7 {
Hoping to find counterplay on the  , but after..} 16. Ra2 16... Rb8 $1 17. Qa1
Qb5 18. Bc1 $1 $16 {became clear that this hope is fae avay from reality.}
18... Qb1 19. Nd2 (19. Be2) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Nc8 (20... f6 21. f4) 21. Be2
21... a5 $5 22. Rh3 $5 22... N8a7 23. Rf3 Nb5 (23... Be8 24. Rg3 Nb5 25. Nb1 $5
25... Rg8 $2 $140 26. Bxh6) 24. Nb1 $5 {
Fanny move, almost all white piecec coming back to srat position.} 24... Rhf8
25. Na3 $16 25... Nba7 (25... Ne7 26. Nxb5+ Rxb5 27. Ba3 Kd8 28. Kd2) 26. Nxc4
$1 {Final blow.} 26... dxc4 27. Ba3 27... Rbe8 {What else?} (27... Nb5 28. Bxf8
Rxf8 29. Bxc4 $18 {looks desperate.}) 28. Bd6+ Kd8 29. Bxf8 (29. Bxc4 $5 29...
Rg8 30. Rxf7 Nc8 31. Bc5) 29... Rxf8 30. Rg3 Ke7 (30... f6 $5 $16) 31. Rxg7 Ra8
32. Bxc4 $18 {Rest is simple- Black just can;t stop all white's pawns.} 32...
Nc8 33. Rb1 a4 34. Rg8 34... a3 35. g4 35... Nb6 $8 36. Rxa8 Nxa8 37. Ra1 Nb6
38. Bb3 Nd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. f3 Nd8 41. Rxa3 Ne6 42. Ra7 {
Good positional achievment of Wang Zili.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 (7...
Qc7 $5 8. Nf3 b6) 8. h5 h6 9. Qg4 Rg8 (9... Kf8 10. Qf4 Qa5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rh3
Ba6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Ne2 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Ke8 18. g4 Kd7
19. Qg3 Rc4 20. Rd3 20... Ndc6 {
-  Vacek,M-Taborsky,R/CZE t-ch2 9900 2000/EXT 2001 (51)}) (9... Qa5 $5 10. Bd2
Bd7 11. Qxg7 O-O-O 12. Ne2 $5 (12. Bd3 Qa4 13. dxc5 Rhg8 14. Qxh6 Nxe5 15. Qf4
{ -  Dominguez,L-Berkes,F/Aviles op 1999/Ajelibre (15)}) 12... Qa4 13. Qf6 Qxc2
14. Bxh6 Nf5 15. Rc1 Qa4 16. Bd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nfxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bg5 Kb8
20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 $14 {1-0 Krause,T-Scheidt,J/corr 1993 (34)}) 10. Bd3 Nf5
11. Nf3 (11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Qg3 Qa5 13. dxc5 Ne7 14. Ne2 Qxc5 15. a4 Qa5 16. Rh4
Be6 17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Bb4 Qa6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Kd7 22. Qe2
Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rc8 24. c3 Rc4 25. a5 25... f6 {
Hedman,E-Wahlbom,M/SWE-ch Ronneby 1998/ -  (42)}) 11... Qa5 $5 $146 {
Important improvment compare to} (11... Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bd2 d4 14. cxd4
Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. O-O {
1-0 Barthel,A-Anton,J/Westpfalz op 1998/ (18) with great position for White})
12. Bd2 Qa4 13. Qf4 c4 14. Bxf5 14... exf5 {Black got nice game, his queen
stops white's activiti on the Q side and it is very difficult for White toi
make any progress on other side of the board.} 15. Ra2 Be6 16. Ke2 {Horvath dec
ides to keep king in the centre and, possibly, this decision is wrong.} (16.
Nh4 Ne7) (16. O-O $5 {Worth considering}) 16... O-O-O 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Rb1 18...
Rh8 $5 {Preparing counterplay on the king's side} 19. Qh2 (19. Rb4 Qa6 20. Rab2
Rd7) 19... g5 20. hxg6 20... fxg6 21. f4 21... Rdg8 22. Nf3 ({Maybe} 22. Qg3 $5
$142 {with possible continuation} 22... g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rh5 25. Nf3
25... Nc6 $44 {was stronger than text.}) 22... g5 $1 23. g3 Qe8 24. Rab2 b6 25.
Rh1 gxf4 26. Bxf4 ({It is difficult to recommend} 26. gxf4 26... Rg4 27. Ng5
Ng6 28. Nxe6 28... Qxe6 {with big advantage of Black}) 26... Ng6 27. Bxh6 $2 {
Final mistake} ({Good or bad, but White had to play now} 27. Ke3 $142 27...
Nxf4 28. gxf4 28... Qa4 $36 {with some chances for defence.}) 27... f4 $1 28.
gxf4 $2 (28. Qg2 fxg3 29. Qxg3 Ne7 30. Qf4 30... Qg6 {
could just postpone for few moves end of the game}) 28... Ne7 (28... Ne7 29.
Qh5 Qd7 30. Kf2 30... Nf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
8... h6 $5 {Waiting move.} ({After} 8... b6 {white could choose between} 9. a5
$5 (9. Bb5+)) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5
bxa5 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Qxa5 Qxa5 16. Rxa5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Ba3
Nc4 20. Rfb1 Nxa3 21. Rxa3 O-O 22. Kf1 22... Rfb8 {
-  Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Seattle 2000/ (22)}) (9. h4 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bd3 Nbc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Re1 Raf8 16. Be3 16...
Rxf3 $1 17. gxf3 c4 18. Bf1 18... Nf5 $44 {
-  Cseshkovsky,V-Komarov,D/YUG t-ch 1996 (31)}) 9... b6 10. a5 $5 (10. O-O {
leads to equality after} 10... Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 Nd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rfe1 15... Ng6 $11 {
Isonzo,D-Ljubisavljevic,Z/Genova op 2001/Ajelibre/1-0 (59)}) 10... Ba6 $1 {
Much stronger than} (10... bxa5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ba3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rc1 $1 $36 {1-0 McDonald,N-Shaked,T/London GM 1997 (47)})
11. axb6 $146 (11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qe2 c4 14. O-O O-O 15. Ba3 Qd7
16. Rfb1 Nc7 17. Qe1 Rfb8 18. Bd6 Nc8 19. Bxc7 {
-  Schoeneberg,M-Casper,T/BL 1995 (19)}) 11... axb6 12. Bb5+ 12... Bxb5 $5 {
Nice move, but} (12... Nec6 13. Be3 13... Ra7 {
also doesn't look too bad for Black}) 13. Rxa8 Ba6 14. Rxa6 {
Rook is trapped any case.} ({After , for example} 14. Be3 14... Qb7 15. Rxb8+
Qxb8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxc5 17... Nc6 {White must work hard to keep balance})
14... Nxa6 15. Qd3 15... Nb8 $11 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nh4 (17. Ba3 O-O 18. c4 dxc4
19. Qxc4 19... Ra8 $15) (17. c4) 17... O-O 18. f4 18... f5 {
Simpliest way to stop white's initiative on the king;s side} 19. exf6 Nxf6 20.
f5 20... Qd7 $6 {Second hand move!} (20... e5 $6 {was even weaker} 21. Qg3 cxd4
22. cxd4 $36 (22. Bxh6 Nc6)) ({but simple} 20... Nxf5 21. Nxf5 21... exf5 $15 {
promiced to Black good and easy game}) 21. dxc5 (21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23.
Qxg6 23... Qe4 $1 $15) 21... bxc5 22. c4 $1 22... Ne4 (22... Nxf5 23. Nxf5 exf5
24. Rxf5 $14) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. c4 $1 {
This part of the game Gashimov played very strongly,} 24... Nxf5 $2 ({
still after} 24... Rf7 $5 $142) ({or} 24... Nf6 $11 {
Black has nothing to worry about}) 25. Ng6 $6 ({After} 25. Qf3 $1 25... Nxh4 {
What esle possible to suggest?} (25... Kh7 26. Nxf5 g6 27. Qe3 gxf5 28. Qxh6+
Kg8 29. cxd5 $18 {looks desperately for Black}) 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Qf4 (27. Bxh6
Kxh6 28. Rf7 Qg4 29. Qh8+ Kg5 30. Qxg7+ 30... Ng6 $13) 27... Ng6 28. Qe3 $16 {
Black would have not too many chances to save game.}) 25... Rf6 26. Nf4 (26.
Ne5 $5) 26... Nd4 27. cxd5 (27. Be3 Qf5) 27... Nc3 28. Qc4 $2 {Gashimov still
fighting for advantage and missed  simple and strong black's answer.} (28. Qxc3
Rxf4 29. Re1 {' '} 29... Rf5 $1 (29... Rf6 $1 30. Qxc5 Qg4 31. Kh1 $8 31... Rg6
) 30. Qxc5 30... Qxd5 $11) 28... Qxd5 $1 29. Qxc3 (29. Qxd5+ $142 29... Nxd5
30. g3 $17) 29... Rxf4 30. Qe3 (30. Re1 Rg4 31. Qh3 31... Qf3 $1 $19) 30...
Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qc4+ 32. Kf2 $8 32... Qc2+ 33. Kf1 (33. Qd2 $5) 33... Kh7 {
Black pieces are active, king  well protected and white's chances to safe game
are minimal.} (33... Nb3 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Be3) 34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Qc3 (35. Qe5
$142) (35. Qe5 $1) 35... Qxc3 36. Bxc3 36... Ne3+ 37. Ke2 $6 (37. Kg1 37... g5)
37... Nxg2 38. Kd3 g5 39. Kc4 $6 (39. Be5 $5 39... Kg6 40. Kc4 {
Was the last chance}) 39... Ne3+ 40. Kxc5 40... Ng4 $19 41. h4 gxh4 42. Be1 h3
43. Bg3 h2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 7... Kf8 {
Risky but interesting move} 8. Bd2 8... b6 ({Worth considering} 8... Qc7 $5 {
for example} 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bb4 12... Bxd3 13. cxd3
Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qd7 15. O-O Kg8 16. a4 h6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. h4 Rhc8 20.
h5 20... Nge7 $13 {
0-1 Szelag,M-Socko,B/POL t-ch Glogow 2001/ (83) with mutial chances}) 9. dxc5
$5 $146 {
Interesting novelty.Stefansson is trying to open position for his bishops.} (9.
Nf3 h6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfb1 Qd7 14. Ra2 Kg8 15. Ne1
Qc6 16. a5 b5 17. Rab2 Rb8 18. Qe2 c4 19. g4 Kf8 20. Ng2 Ke8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Qf3
Kd7 23. Ne2 23... Nc7 {Timoshenko,G-Kononenko,T/UKR t-ch Alushta 2000/ -  (44)}
) (9. h4 Ba6 10. h5 h6 11. Bxa6 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3
Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O g4 17. Rh1 17... Rc8 $36 {
0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk Governor's Cup-2 2001/ (43)}) 11... Nxa6
12. Ne2 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8 15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17.
Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Nb8 20. Rc1 $16 {
1-0 Chandler,M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (39)}) 13.
Qf3 Kg8 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4 Rf8 16. Rg4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc4 18. c3 Kh7 19. Ng3
Nxg3 20. Qxg3 20... Rhg8 $14 {Mitkov,N-Ostenstad,B/Bergen op 2001/ /1-0 (80)})
(9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nbc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Be3 Qh4
15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc2 Ke8 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Ng5 19... Nf5 $15 {
0-1 Betschart,O-Dittmar,P/Pizol op 1996 (45)}) 9... bxc5 (9... Ba6 10. cxb6
Qxb6 11. Bd3 $36) 10. Nf3 ({I am sure that} 10. c4 $5 {
will be checked quite soon.}) 10... c4 $5 {Stops 11.c4 and activization of
white bishop, but this move has and scarcity- it will be very difficult for
Black to include Bc8 to the game.} 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Qg3 Qb6) 12...
Nxc6 13. Qg3 (13. f4 Qb6) 13... Qb6 14. Bc1 (14. Be3 Qa5) ({
White could play and} 14. Be2 $5 {and in the case of} 14... Qb2 15. O-O Qxc2
16. Qe3 $44 {he will have enough compensation for the pawn, for example} 16...
Nxe5 $2 $140 17. Qxe5 Qxd2 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ $16) 14... Bd7 15. a4 15... h6
16. Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 17... Qc7 $5 18. f4 ({Worth considering} 18. Bf4 {
with some chances for initiative}) 18... Ne7 19. Ba3 Nf5 20. Qf2 g6 (20... Bxa4
21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxa4 g6 24. Bxg6 (24. Rg1 gxh5 25. g5 $5 25... Rh7
26. gxh6+ 26... Kh8 $13) 24... fxg6 25. O-O {
and White keep small advantage- his king is better protected.}) 21. Bg4 (21.
Bf3 Bxa4) 21... Bxa4 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. Bc5 Qc6 (24... Qb2 25. O-O
Qxc2 26. Qg3+ Kh7 27. Rfc1 (27. Rf2 Qe4 28. Rxa4 Rhg8 29. Qf3 Qb1+ 30. Rf1
30... Qb5 $19) 27... Qb3 28. Rcb1 $11) 25. Bxa7 {
Short ,but important for theory game} (25. Bxa7 Kh7 26. O-O $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 7... Kf8 {
Risky move} 8. a4 Qc7 9. Qd1 (9. Kd1 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bd6 Qb6
13. Nf3 Nbc6 14. Nxd4 Kg8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. h4 d4 18. h5 dxc3 19.
Rh4 g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Rah1 Nb4 22. hxg6 {
1-0 Blatny,P-Jurek,J/Osterreich 1992/Inf 56/[Blatny,P] (22)}) (9. Nf3 cxd4 (
9... b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ba3 Kg8 14. Nh4 Ng6 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. Rfb1 16... Nb8 $13 {
-  D'Innocente,S-Bukal,V/Porto San Giorgio op 2001/Ajelibre (51)}) 10. Qxd4
Nbc6 11. Qc5 b6 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. exd6 Ng6 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Ba3 f6 16. c4 16...
Nce5 $132 { -  Nijboer,F-Atlas,D/Cappelle la Grande 1996/Inf 66 (39)}) 9...
Nbc6 ({Worth considering typical} 9... b6 $5) 10. Ra3 $146 {
Interesting novelty. Once white got good game after} (10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb4
12. Kd2 $8 12... Bd7 13. Ba3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qa5+ 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Aveskulov,V-Yeremenko,V/UKR-ch B14 Simferopol 2000/UKR (31) but surely not
everyone wants to get king on d2 already on 12thmove!}) 10... b6 11. Nf3 11...
a5 $6 {I do not like this move. Kaidanov prepares bishop exchange, but ,
unfortunately , makes too many weaknesses on the queen's side.} 12. Rb3 12...
h6 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ba3 $36) 13. Ba3 c4 14. Rb1 Kg8 15. h4 Bd7 16.
h5 16... f6 $6 (16... Kh7 $5 $14 {looks more safely and solidly than text}) 17.
Bd6 Qd8 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 $1 {
Black has troubles and with king and with pawns on boths flangs} 19... Kh7 20.
Qf3 Nc8 21. Be5 (21. Bf4 $5) 21... Rf8 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 f5 23. Ng6 Re8 24.
Bxc4 Bxa4 25. Bd3) 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Bf4 $16 23... Qg8 (23... N8e7 24. Bc1 $5)
24. Bd2 Nd6 ({Stubborn} 24... Rb8 $5 {
was better choice, but maybe Kaidanov just overlooked next white's move}) 25.
Bxh6 $1 {Nice tactik, but} (25. Qf4 Nf5 26. Rxb6 26... Re8 $16 {
was not bad too.}) 25... Kxh6 (25... Ne4 26. Bc1) 26. Qf4+ Kh7 27. Qxd6 Qb8 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 {Black managed to exchange queens , but in endgame he hasn't
real chances for survival.} 29... Rb8 30. g3 30... Na7 {
Attacking only weakness in white's camp - pawn a4} (30... Ne7 31. Bh3) 31. Bh3
f5 32. Ra1 b5 33. axb5 Nxb5 (33... Rxb5 34. Kd2 $18) 34. Kd2 Ra8 (34... a4 $5
35. Rxa4 $6 $140 35... Nxc3) 35. Bg2 (35. f3 $5 {looks good too.}) 35... Ra6
36. Ng6 Be8 37. Rhe1 Nc7 38. Rab1 (38. Nf4 $5) 38... a4 39. Rb8 a3 40. Nf4 Bd7
41. Bf3 a2 42. Ra1 42... Nb5 43. Ng6 (43. Nxd5 $5 43... exd5 44. Bxd5 Rg7 45.
Bxc4 $18 {wins easy, but text is good enough.}) 43... Na3 44. Kc1 $1 (44. Rxa2
$4 44... Nb1+) 44... Nb1 45. Kb2 Bc6 46. Rxa2 $18 {Rest is simple} 46... Rxa2+
47. Kxa2 Nxc3+ 48. Kb2 Nb5 49. c3 Nd6 50. Nf8+ $1 50... Rxf8 51. Rxf8 Be8 52.
h6 (52. Rf6 Bf7 53. h6) 52... Bg6 (52... Kxh6 53. Rf6+) 53. Rf6 Bf7 54. Bxd5
1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Bd2 9... Nbc6 {This good old line went out of the fashion.To be honest
I even can't remember who stop to play it first: White or Black!} 10. Bb5 (10.
Be2 f6 11. c4 11... Qc7 $13) 10... f6 (10... c4 11. O-O f6 12. Re1 O-O-O 13.
Qc1 Rde8 14. Qa3 Ng6 15. Qc5 Kb8 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. a5 17... Nd8 {
-  Schmittdiel,E-Uhlmann,W/AUT t-ch 9900 2000}) (10... Qc7 $5) 11. exf6 gxf6
12. O-O (12. c4 Qc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 Qe4+ 17. Qe2
Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Rhd1 {
-  Baches Garcia,G-Hernando Rodrigo,J/Catalunia-ch Barcelona 2002 (20)}) 12...
c4 (12... O-O-O 13. c4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. c3 Rhg8 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4
18. Bd3 Rg7 19. Re4 Qd6 20. Rh4 $14 { -  Suetin,A-Ulibin,M/Berlin 1996/}) 13.
Nh4 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty. White wants to attack quickly   pawn f6 -
main weakness in the black's camp.} (13. Re1 {is more common here, though
White can't be too happy with his results, for example} 13... O-O-O 14. Qc1
Rdg8 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bxc6 17... Nxc6 {
-  Suetin,A-Schuetz,T/Dortmund op 1990 (17)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qf3 14... Rdf8 $6
{Too passive.} ({It looks that Balck had to play} 14... e5 $5 $13 {
with quite complicated position}) ({Much weaker is} 14... Nxd4 $6 15. Bxd7+
Kxd7 16. Qxf6 Ndc6 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Nf3 {and black monarch in danger.}) 15. Bh6
Rf7 16. Rfe1 Nd8 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Nf5 $16) (16... Rg8
$5) 17. g3 Ng6 18. Ng2 $1 {Correctly avoiding knights exchange.} 18... Re8 ({
Maybe} 18... a6 19. Bxd7+ 19... Rxd7 {was less evil}) 19. h4 a6 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7
(20... Rxd7 {with possible continuation} 21. h5 (21. Qxf6 Qxc3 22. h5 22... Ne7
$15) 21... Ne7 22. Bg7 $5 22... Ng8 23. h6 23... e5 $5 {was better chance}) 21.
Bc1 $1 {Sulskis brings bishop to important diagonal a3-f8 - black's position
is very tough and White needs all hands to the pumps to crack this nut.} 21...
Qc7 (21... e5 22. Ba3 $36) 22. Ba3 Kc8 23. h5 Ne7 (23... Nf8 24. Ne3) 24. Nf4
Qd7 25. Bc5 Nec6 26. Re3 {
White slowly but surely improves position of all his pieces.} 26... Rg7 27.
Rae1 Rgg8 (27... Rg5 $5) 28. h6 28... f5 (28... Nf7 29. Nh5 Ng5 30. Qg2) 29.
Bb6 Qf7 (29... Nf7 30. Nxe6 Nce5 31. Rxe5 $1 (31. dxe5 $2 31... Qxe6 32. a5
32... Ng5 $17) 31... Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe6 33. Rxd5 $16) 30. a5 {
White's advantage is obvious now and Black must fight against heavy odds.}
30... Qd7 31. Kf1 (31. Bxd8 Nxd8 32. Re5 $16) 31... Qf7 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. Qh5 (
33. Bxd8 $5 33... Nxd8 34. Qe2) 33... Qd7 (33... Qxh5 34. Nxh5) 34. Bxd8 Nxd8
35. Re5 $18 {White's pieces are too active and it is a losing cause to defend
black's position.} 35... Ref8 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 f4 (37... Qa4 38. R6e5
Qxa5 39. Rxf5) 38. Re7 Qd8 (38... Qd6 39. R1e6 Qd8 40. Qe5) 39. Qe5 fxg3 (39...
Qxa5 40. Rb1 $1 $18) 40. fxg3 Qxa5 41. Qe6+ Kb8 42. Rb1 {
Sulskis won nice and instructive game.} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qa5 {I don't bel
ieve my eyes, but this, almost forgotten in recent past move,suddenly became
one of most  popular black's answer.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1 (8. Qg4 {
is most dangerous move for black.}) 8... c4 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 10... f6 $146 (
10... b6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Bh5 Be8 15. f4 Nge7 16. Bg4
Bd7 17. Qb2 h6 18. Nf3 18... Kb7 {Krajnc,L-Bohak,I/corr 1995/ -  (109)}) ({
Nick De Firmian already had negative expierence in this line. He lost to
Rustemov after} 10... Nge7 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
Re2 Nf5 16. h4 Rdg8 17. Ra1 Kb7 18. Bf4 Ka8 19. Qd2 19... Nfe7 {De Firmian,
N-Rustemov,A/Copenhagen PC 2001/ but at this moment white's position is quite
nice.}) 11. g3 ({Good question : where to put bishop.} 11. Be2 11... fxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nf6 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14. Bh5+ $5 14... g6 15. Bg4 $14) 13. Bf4
13... O-O $13 {leads to unclear position.}) 11... fxe5 12. dxe5 ({
Black position is not bad after} 12. Nxe5 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne7 14. Bg2 O-O
15. O-O 15... b6) 12... Nge7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Ng6 ({Worth considering and} 
14... b6 $5 {hope to bring on g6 bishop, but Ward has another idea in mind.})
15. Re1 Rf5 16. g4 (16. Nd4 Rxe5 17. Be3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rf5) 16... Rxf3 $5 {
Typical for french exchange sacrifice.} (16... Rf8 17. h4) 17. Bxf3 Ncxe5 18.
Bg2 (18. Be2 Nh4) ({Some greedy players would play, maybe} 18. Bd1 $5 {
but Nick doesn't like so passive moves.}) 18... Nxg4 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qc6 ({
I would prefer ( I am very greedy player!)} 20... Qxa3 {
with possible continuation} 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 22... Ne4 {
but Ward doesn't like so active moves. ( Joke!)}) 21. Qd4 (21. Qd4 {
Maybe black still could play for win after} 21... e5 22. Qd2 Be6 23. Rbd1 23...
Ne4 $5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8
14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 16... Bd7 {Black did quite successfully in this
complicated line in modern practice Ftacnik: 'Black players have finally found
a way to cope with the challenges of this sharp opening line. Ponomariov is
challenged to look for an advantage for his bishop's pair.'} 17. Ne1 $146 {
A new plan, White wants to play f4 in the future. Usually White continued here}
(17. a4 {with possible continuation} 17... Qg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5 20. Rab1
b6 21. Bd6 21... Ng6 $5 $13 { e5} (21... Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3 $1 23... Rg8
24. g4 $16 {Macieja-Schmidt (Polen 1998)})) 17... g5 18. g3 Nf5 (18... Qg7 19.
f4 (19. Ng2 $2 19... e5 $1 20. dxe5 20... Qxe5 $36 { c3})) (18... e5 {Ftacnik}
19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Ng2 22... N5g6 $13) 19. Ng2 (19. f4
$5 {Ftacnik} 19... Nd6 (19... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxf4 $14) 20. Bh5 (20. fxg5 {
Ftacnik} 20... Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Ne4 22. Be3 hxg5 23. Bg2 $14) 20... Rf5 21. Nf3
Ne4 22. Bg4 $14) 19... Qg7 20. f4 20... Nd6 21. Qe1 (21. a4 $2 21... Ne4 22.
Qe1 22... Nxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nxd4 24. Kf2 $8 24... gxf4 25. Nxf4 (25. gxf4 Nxe2
26. Qxg7+ Rxg7) 25... e5 $17) (21. Bh5 {Ftacnik} 21... Rff8 22. Bf3 Nb5 23. Bd2
gxf4 24. a4 24... Nbxd4 $1 25. cxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 26... fxg3 $13) 21... b5 {
Starting counterplay on the Qside} ({Worth considering} 21... g4 $1 {and after}
22. a4 (22. Ne3 {Ftacnik} 22... h5 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh5 24... Re7 $13) 22...
Ne7 $5 (22... Ne4 23. Ba3 b6 24. Ne3 h5) 23. Ba3 Nef5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne3
25... h5 $13) (21... Ne4 $2 22. Bxc4 $1 22... dxc4 23. Qxe4) 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23.
Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 (24. h4 {Ftacnik} 24... e5 $1 25. Bxg5 exd4 26. Nf4 26... Re8
$15) 24... Rf8 25. Bg2 a5 (25... Be8 {Ftacnik} 26. Ng4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28.
Be3 Qxg4 29. Bc5 $1 29... Nf7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qb4+ $16) 26. Bd2 26... Qg6 $6
{'?' Ftacnik.} ({At this moment Ivanchuk lost great chance.He could play} 26...
b4 $1 $132 {attacking white's pawn chain and starting big and unclear
complications, for example.} 27. cxb4 $142 {'!' Ftacnik.} (27. axb4 axb4 28.
Ra6 bxc3 29. Bxc3 Nb5 30. Nxd5 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 (31. Qxc3 Nxd4 32. Ne7+ 32... Kf7
$1 $19) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb4 33. Ra5 33... Nxc2 $132) 27... axb4 (27... Nxd4
28. bxa5 $14 28... Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 29...
Qxd4 $13 {After text Ponomariov easily got an advantage and with hard hand won
game - opportunity seldom  knocks twice!} 30. c3 $14) 27. Ng4 {'!' Ftacnik. 
Ftacnik: 'Fine manouvering of white pieces has presented Ivanchuk with
distinct positional problems due to the weakness of the e5 square.'} 27... Rf5
(27... Ne4 28. Bxe4 (28. Qe3 $5 $36) (28. Rb1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 28... dxe4 29. Qe3
e5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rf5 32. Qa7 Qe6 33. Be3 Rxe5 34. Rd1 $16) (27... Qxc2
28. Qe3 Qg6 29. Qxg5 $16) 28. Qe3 $16 28... Kg7 (28... a4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1
Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $14) 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30. h3 $5 $16) 30...
bxa4 (30... b4 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 $18) 31. Bc1 {
'!' Ftacnik.} 31... Rf7 32. Ba3 32... Qxc2 $2 (32... Nf5 33. Qe2 Qg7 (33...
Ncxd4 34. cxd4 Nxd4 35. Qe5) 34. Bc5 $16) (32... Ne4 $13 $142 {Ftacnik}) 33.
Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 {'!' Ftacnik.  Ftacnik: 'This part of game is dominated by the
tactics, black has to part with some material. '} (34. h3 $16) 34... Ne4 (34...
Nb5 35. Ne5 $1 35... Qxh3 (35... Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxd7 Rf3 38. Bb2 a3 39.
Ba1 $16) 36. Nxf7 Kg6 37. Rf1 37... Qxf1+ $8 38. Kxf1 Kxf7 39. Bc1 $18) 35. Ne5
Qf2+ (35... Qxh3 {Ftacnik} 36. Nxf7 Qg4 37. Nd6 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4
Nxd4 40. Kf2 $14) 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 (36... Nxf2 $5 37. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39.
Nd6 $16 (39. Rb1 {Ftacnik} 39... Kg6 40. Rb7 $16)) 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39.
Bg2 (39. Bg4 $1 39... a3 (39... Kg7 $5) 40. Nf8+ Kh6 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 $18)
{Ivanchuk play his last trump - aP} 39... a3 40. Nf8+ (40. Re1 Nb3) 40... Kh6
$2 {Ftacnik: 'The last inaccuracy will prevent black's counterplay from
exploiting it's whole potential.'} (40... Kh8 $1 41. Re1 (41. Nxe6 $5 41... Nb3
42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5) 41... Nb3 42.
Bxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxe6 Nd2 44. Rc1 $16) (40... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1
Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5 Nb3 47. Nb6 $16) 41. Re1
$18 {'!' Ftacnik.  It seems that Black's position can no longer be saved -
there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king, who is all alone}
41... e5 (41... Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Nxe6 $18) (41... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 42. Nxe6
Nxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kg7 44. Re7+ (44. Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 44... Ra1+ 45. Kg2 45... a2 $11
) 44... Kg6 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Bxa3 Rxc3 47. Bc5 $18) 42. dxe5 42... g4 43. e6
Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 $1 {Avoiding last trap} ({
It is still open question if White can win after} 45. e7 $2 {for example} 45...
Nxe7 46. Rxe7 (46. Re6+ Kh5 47. h3 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Nf5 49. g4+ Kh4 50. gxf5 a2 51.
Re1 Rb2 52. Ng6+ Kxh3 53. Nf4+ Kg3 54. f6 Rb1 55. Bf2+ Kxf4 56. f7 Rxe1+ 57.
Bxe1 a1=Q 58. f8=Q+ Ke4 59. Qe7+ $16) 46... Rg2+ 47. Kf1 a2 48. Re1 $1 (48.
Be3+ Kh5 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Rh5+ Kg4 52. Rg5+ $11) 48... Re2 $1 (
48... Rb2 49. Be3+ Kh5 50. h3 $1 50... Re2 (50... Rb1 51. Bc1) 51. Ra1 Rxe3 (
51... Rb2 52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 54. Kf2 Rxc3 55. Ne6 $18) 52. Rxa2 Rxc3
53. Rxa5 $18) 49. Ra1 (49. Rc1 Rb2) 49... Rb2 50. Be3+ Kg7 51. Bc1 Rb1 52. Rxa2
Rxc1+ 53. Kf2 Kxf8 54. Ra3 Rc2+ 55. Kxf3 Rxh2 56. Rxa5 56... Rd2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 11... Nce7 $5 12. O-O {
It looks for me that Black can't have to big troubles after this move.} (12. h4
$5 {leads to more complicated game, for example.} 12... Bd7 13. a4 f5 14. exf6
Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3
Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Bxa7 Rh5 25. Ke2 Bg4 26. Rdb1
26... Nxh4+ {Anand,V-Lputian,S/FIDE-Wch New Delhi/Theran 2000 1-0 (45)}) 12...
c4 13. Be2 13... Bd7 {Black is ready to play now f6 and Be8} 14. a4 14... f6
15. Rfe1 fxe5 ({Worth considering} 15... Be8 16. exf6 (16. Qh3 Nf5) 16... gxf6
$13) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 {With two bishops White has some
chances for advantage, but , I think, Black must defend without too many
troubles.} 18... Rfc8 $6 (18... Nc6 $5 19. f4 19... g5 $13) 19. a5 Nf5 20. Bd2
20... Be8 21. Reb1 Rc7 22. f4 Bg6 23. Kf2 23... Ne7 (23... h5 24. Ra2) 24. Ra2
Be4 25. g4 Nc6 (25... g5 $5 26. f5 26... h6 $13) 26. h4 $1 26... Rf8 27. Kg3 h5
28. Be3 hxg4 29. Bxg4 29... Kf7 $2 {Black puts finger into fire, after} (29...
Bf5 30. Bf3 30... g6 $11 31. Rab2 $140 31... Rff7 {
he could keep more or less equal chances.}) 30. Rab2 $1 30... Rb8 (30... Nxa5
31. Bxa7 $16) 31. Bc5 Rbc8 (31... Rd7 32. Bd6 Rbd8 33. Rxb7 Bxc2 34. R1b2 Be4
35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. a6 $1) 32. Rxb7 Nxa5 33. Rxa7 33... Bxc2 {Mistake!} (33...
Rxa7 $8 34. Bxa7 34... Rc7 $1 $14 {was the last and not bad chance for Black!})
34. Rb8 $1 34... Rxb8 (34... Rxa7 35. Rxc8 {doesn't help}) 35. Rxc7+ Kg6 36.
Bxe6 {Now the game is over. White keeps both material and positional advantage.
} 36... Nb3 37. Bxd5 Rb5 38. Bf7+ Kf5 39. Be3 Na5 40. e6 Ba4 41. e7 Rb3 42. Bd4
1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5)
14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 $6 15. Qe2) 15. h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16. Qe2 16... Nf5 $6
17. g4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 $14 {
1-0 Nijboer,F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee B  2001 (33)}) 16. Nh3 16... Ne7 {
Fashionable line. Black's position looks dangerous (it is!), but he also has
chances for counterplay.} (16... b5 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20. g4
Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 hxg4 24. Ke2 24... g5 $132 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler] (33)}) 17. Qe2 $146 {
New move in a well known position.} (17. h5 $5 17... gxh5 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. Nf4
Qg4 20. Nxh5 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $14 {
1-0 Dutreeuw,M-Hochgraefe,M/BL2 0102 2002/ (29)}) ({After the most popular move
} 17. Nf4 {Black did quite well in modern practice, for example:} 17... Qf7 18.
Qe2 (18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rah1 a5 21. Rg3 Kh7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng6 Nxg6 24.
hxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. Rxg5 26... Be8 $15 {
0-1 Resika,N-Galyas,M/Budapest-10 IM-A 2001/ (40)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20.
Rh3 a5 21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 24... b4 $1 $132 {
0-1 Szabo,G-Apicella,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77 (33)}) 17... Bd7 18.
g4 b5 19. h5 a5 (19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 $36) 20. g5 20... Rf5 ({After} 20... hxg5
21. Nxg5 $40 {white's attack is irresistible}) 21. gxh6 (21. hxg6 $1 $142 21...
hxg5 (21... h5 22. Nf4 Nxg6 23. Nxh5) 22. Nxg5 Qxg6 23. Qg4 Kf8 (23... Rxg5 24.
Bxg5 Nf5 25. f3) 24. Rh8+ Ng8 25. Qh4 $16) 21... Rxh5 22. Kd2 $6 (22. hxg7 Qf7
23. Bg5 Qf5 24. Qe3 24... Nc6 $14) 22... gxh6 23. Rag1 Kh7 24. Ng5+ $2 (24.
Rxg6 $6 24... Qxg6 25. Nf4 Rxh1 26. Nxg6 26... Nf5 $1 $17) (24. Bg5 $6 24...
hxg5 25. Nxg5+ 25... Kh8 $8 26. Rxh5+ gxh5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. Rxh5 28... Qg6 $17)
(24. Nf4 $5 24... Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Nf5 26. Rg1 $13 26... g5 27. Nh5) (24. Qg4 $5
24... Nf5 25. Nf4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1) 24... hxg5 25. Rxh5+ gxh5 26. Rxg5 Qf7 27.
Rxh5+ Kg8 28. Bg5 (28. Qg4+ Ng6 29. Rh6 29... Be8 $19) 28... Be8 29. Rh1 Nf5
30. Bf6 Qg6 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Qf3 32... Bc6 $19 33. Rh3 Rg8 (33... Rf8) (33...
b4 $5) 34. Qh1 Qg2 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Qh5 Qxf2+ (36... Qg6 37. Qh2 37... b4 $19)
37. Kc1 37... Qf4+ $4 (37... Qg1+ 38. Kb2 Qg6 39. Qh2 39... b4 $19) (37... Be8
$4 38. Qh6+ $1 38... Nxh6 39. Be7#) 38. Kb2 Be8 39. Qxf5 $1 {
Unpleasant surprise!} 39... Rg4 $2 (39... Qc1+ $1 $142 40. Kxc1 Rg1+ 41. Kd2
exf5 42. e6 Rg6 43. Rh8+ Rg8 44. Be7+ Kg7 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Ke3 f4+ 47. Kxf4
Bg6 48. Ke5 Be4 49. Bc5 Kg7 50. Kd6 $18) (39... Qxf5 40. Be7#) 40. Rh8+ (40.
Qxe6 $18) (40. Bg7+ Ke7 41. Qf8+ $1 41... Qxf8 $140 42. Bf6#) 40... Kf7 41.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 (12... Bd7 {
is most popular move in this position}) 13. Rb1 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bd7 15.
Rg1 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qc6 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. g3 Nd4 19. Rf1 19... Bc6 $13 {
0-1 Semina,S-Ludwig,K/BLw 0001 2000/ (59)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15. Be2
15... Nf5 16. Kf2 $5 $146 {New and interesting move} (16. Nxf5 {
After "normal" continuation} 16... exf5 17. Bf3 17... f6 $5 (17... Be6 18. a4
Qa5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Na5 21. Ra1 b6 22. Kf2 $16 {
1-0 Zhuravlev,V-Kuzmichev,A/Rostov 1975 (39)}) 18. exf6 Rgf8 19. O-O 19... Rxf6
{Black is getting sufficient counterplay}) ({Just bad} 16. Ne4 $2 {
- after typical sacrifice} 16... Nxe5 $1 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Bc6 19. Bf3 19...
Nh4 $1 20. gxh4 20... f5 $17 {advantage of Black is obvious}) 16... Nce7 (16...
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rh8 18. Rh3 $1) ({Worth considering} 16... f6 $5 17. exf6 Rdf8
18. Ne4 18... Nd6 $13) 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. g4 $1 18... Nh4 ({After} 18... Nh6 19.
Rg1 {Black will have troubles with a knight}) 19. Rd1 (19. Nd6+ 19... Rxd6 $1
20. exd6 20... Qxd6 $44) 19... Kb8 ({It looks that} 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc6 21.
a4 21... Ng6 {leads to nice position for Black}) 20. Rb4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc6 22.
Rb1 Ka8 ({Again} 22... Ng6 {was not a bad idea, for example} 23. Ba6 b6 24. Be2
Rh8 25. Bf3 25... Nge7 $13) 23. a4 a6 (23... Ng6 $1) 24. Ba3 24... Rd5 $4 {
It was a last chance to play} (24... Ng6 $5 $142 {with the idea to organize
couterplay on the h line and i am not sure, that White can get any advantage,
for example} 25. Bc5 (25. Rb3 Rh8 26. Kg1 26... f5 $1 $132) 25... Rd5 26. Bd6
Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rb6 $140 28... Nxf4 29. Bxa6 29... Nd5 $1 30. Bxb7+
30... Ka7 $17) 25. Qh7 $1 $18 {Now game is over, Judit doesn't lose her chance
to win key pawn and , soon , game.} 25... Qd8 $8 26. Qxf7 Rd7 27. Qf6 Qa5 28.
Qxe6 Rgg7 29. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
$5 {This move became quite popular just in the last 2-3 years. Before white
tried other moves like} (8. h4 $5) (8. a4 {or}) (8. Nf3) 8... b6 9. Nh3 $5 (9.
dxc5 bxc5 10. Nf3 c4 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. a4
h6 16. Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 Qc7 18. f4 18... Ne7 {
-  Stefansson,H-Ivanchuk,V/EU t-ch m Leon 2001/CBM 86/[Psakhis] (25)}) ({
Worth considering} 9. h4 {with possible continuation} 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. h5
h6 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 15... hxg5 $17 {
0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk Governor's Cup-2 2001/ (43)}) 10... Nxa6
11. h5 h6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8 15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17.
Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 $16 {
1-0 Chandler,M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (39)}) 9...
Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. Bd3 h6 11. Nf4 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6 13. Nh5 Nf5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15.
Qf3 Nfe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. O-O Ngxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. f5 20... e5 {
0-1 Zufic,M-Filipovic,M/CRO t-ch jr 1st league Pula 2002 (53)}) 10... Nxa6 11.
O-O $146 (11. Qe2 Nb8 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Nf4 Rc8 16.
Nh5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Be1 g6 19. Nf6 19... Ng8 {
Wernert,W-Nothnagel,M/BL2-Ost 0102 2002/CBM 88 ext/1-0 (59)}) 11... Rc8 12. Nf4
$6 {I think, that White keeps better chances and after this move, but} (12. Bg5
{was even stronger, for example} 12... h6 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rxc2 14. f4 $5)
13. Bxe7+ Qxe7 14. c4 $5 $36) 12... cxd4 ({In the case of} 12... Nf5 {
White could play} 13. c4 $5 13... dxc4 $140 14. d5 $1 {
with complicated and interesting game.}) 13. cxd4 Nf5 (13... Rxc2 14. Be3 $44 (
14. Bb4 $5)) 14. c3 Rc4 15. Qf3 ({Worth considering} 15. a4 $5 {
with very pleasant position for white.}) 15... h5 $5 16. h3 (16. a4 $5) 16...
g6 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 18... Qh4 $1 19. Qg2 ({White could try} 19. Rfb1 {
with possible line} 19... Qh2+ (19... g5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. gxf5 g4 22. Qg2)
20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 22. Ke2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ne7 24. Nd3 $14 {
and chances for small advantage.}) 19... Nc5 $3 {I'm almost sure that White
missed in his calculations this brilliant move, which , maybe, doesn't change
the evaluation of the position as preferable for white, but completely changes
the character of the game.} (19... Ne7 20. Nd3 Nc7 21. a4 $36) 20. dxc5 (20.
gxf5 $143 20... gxf5 21. dxc5 (21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bg5 22... Qh7 $17) 21... Rxf4
$1 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. cxb6 23... axb6 $17) 20... g5 $1 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qh3 $4
{Terrible move! Hracek missed a very good oportunity to keep the balance (at
least!) on the board.} (22. Nxe6+ $1 $142 22... fxe6 23. f3 Ne7 (23... Ng3 24.
Rfe1) 24. Rab1 $14) 22... Qxh3 23. Nxh3 Rxg4+ 24. Kh2 24... Nh4 $1 25. f3 Rg2+
26. Kh1 26... Rxd2 (26... Rxd2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 29... Nxe5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Bled ol (Men)"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 16... b5 17. Qe2 $146 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Kd2 (18. Rh3 Rf5 19.
Qe2 a5 20. g4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8
26. cxb4 Qa1+ 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28. Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 30... Qa1+ {
-  Davila,M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)}) 18... a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7
21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 Nc6 23. Rb2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ 26. Nxc3 Na5 27.
Ke2 Nc4 28. Rb3 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Qf4+ 30. Kd3 Rfc8 31. Qg4 Rxc3+ 32. Kxc3 32...
Rc8+ {Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Bastia Corsica Masters 2002/  -  (53)}) (17. h5 gxh5
18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24.
Qe2 Qf5 25. O-O-O Bg6 26. Rdg1 26... Ne7 {
-  L'Ami,E-Dgebuadze,A/Dieren op 2002 (49)}) 17... Bd7 (17... a5 18. g4 Rb8 19.
h5 gxh5) 18. g4 (18. h5 gxh5 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 21... Be8 $44)
18... a5 (18... Qd8 19. h5 g5) 19. h5 $5 (19. Nf4 $5) 19... gxh5 (19... g5 20.
f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 $36) 20. g5 (20. gxh5 20... Rf5 $13) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 (
21... Qg6 22. Rxh5) 22. Kd2 (22. O-O-O b4) (22. Rg1 $5 22... Ne7 (22... Rf5 23.
Nf3 $1) 23. Nh3 Rf5 24. Bg5 $36) 22... b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 24... Rf5 $1 (
24... Qb8 $6 25. Nxe6 Qb1+ 26. Bc1 Kf7 27. Rxg6 $1 27... Bxe6 28. Qxh5 Ke7 29.
Rxe6+ $18) (24... Rb8 $6 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Rxh5 $2 25... Rb1+ 26. Bc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Kxc1 Qb8 28. Qe3 Qb2+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxc2+ 31. Ke1 Qd2+ 32. Qxd2 cxd2+
33. Kxd2 gxh5 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Kc3 36... Na7 $19) 25... Kh7 26.
Qg4 Rb1+ 27. Bc1 dxe4 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rgh1 $18) 25. Rxh5 (25. Ne4 $6 25...
dxe4 26. Rxh5 Rb8 27. Rh6 Rb1+ 28. Bc1 Ne7 29. Rgh1 Kf8 30. Rh8+ Ng8 31. Qe3
31... g5 $19) 25... gxh5 26. Ne4+ 26... Kh8 $1 $138 (26... Kh7 $2 27. Nd6 Nxd4
28. Bxd4 Qb8 29. Be3 29... Rxe5 $140 30. Qf3 Qf8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Bd4 Rb8 33.
Bxe5 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rxg1 35. Bxf6 Rxg3 36. fxg3 $18) 27. Nd6 27... Qg8 $2 $138 (
27... Nxd4 $5 28. Bxd4 Qb8 29. Be3 Qb1+ 30. Bc1 Rg8 31. Rh1 31... Rgg5 $8) (
27... Rb8 $1 28. Nxe8 (28. Kc1 28... Nxd4 $1 29. Bxd4 29... Rb1+ $19) (28. Nxf5
exf5 29. Qf3 29... Nxd4 $5 30. Qf4 Rb1+ 31. Bc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 32... Kh7 $19)
28... Nxd4 29. Qe1 Nf3 30. Qf1 30... Bxe8 $19) 28. Bg5 $2 $138 (28. Rxg8+ Rxg8
29. Qf1 Rff8 (29... Ne7 30. Qh1 Be8 31. Ke2) 30. Qh1 Rg6 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Bg5
$36) 28... Rb8 $1 $18 29. Qxh5+ (29. Kc1 29... Rxg5 $5 (29... Rb1+ 30. Kxb1
Qb8+ 31. Kc1 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 Qb1+ 33. Bc1 Nxd4 34. Nf7+ 34... Kh7 $19) 30. Nf7+
Qxf7 31. Rxg5 31... Qf4+ $19) (29. Bf6+ Kh7) 29... Qh7 30. Qg4 Rxg5 (30... Rb1+
31. Bc1 31... Rxf2 $19) 31. Nf7+ (31. Qxg5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Nxd4+ 34.
Kg2 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Nf3+) 31... Qxf7 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Groningen Harmonie+"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2002.12.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 11... c4 ({Sometimes Black tried also} 
11... Nce7 {with possible continuation} 12. h4 $5 12... Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3
f4 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. O-O c4 17. Be2 Ba4 18. Ra2 {
1-0 Nataf,I-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde Gp B 2002/ (85)}) 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7
14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7 ({Very similiar direction took also game Van
den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/CBM 92 (33) -} 16... b5 17. Qe2 $5 (17. Nf4
Ne7 18. Kd2 a5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 21... Rab8 $13 {
-  Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92 (53)}) 17... Bd7 18. g4 a5
19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ 26... Kh8 $132 {
0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 17. Qe2 17... a5 $146 (
{Improvment compare to} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 20... Rf5 21.
gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {
with strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A 
2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)})
18. g4 b5 19. h5 gxh5 ({Too dangerous for Black continue} 19... g5 20. f4 $1
20... gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1) 20. g5 $5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {
also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21. Nxg5 21... g6 22. Kd2 $6 ({
I would prefer} 22. Nh3 $1 22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {
with great compensation for the pawn}) 22... Rf5 (22... Nf5 $5) 23. Rag1 b4 24.
Rxh5 $5 {Looks great for White, but his opponent has good defense.} (24. axb4
axb4 25. cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 26... Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 25... gxh5 $8 {
Only move} 26. Ne4+ $1 {Just look already mentioned game Van den Doel,
E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002 and you will agree that I have all rights to suspect
guys in plagiarizm!} (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 29... Qc6
$19 {lose without big fight}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18)
27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In the case of} 28. Rh1 28... Rb8 $1 29. Nxf5 Rb1+ 30.
Bc1 30... Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ 32... Nh6 $17 {
Black is very close tp victory}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 29... Qf7 $8 30. Rxh5+
30... Kg8 {Black managed to keep material advantage, bur white's attack is
still strong and helps them to mantain balance.} 31. Qg4+ Ng6 (31... Qg6 32.
Rg5) 32. Rh6 Kg7 33. Qh5 $1 33... Nf8 (33... Qf5 $2 34. Bg5 $1 $18) 34. Qg4+ {
Instead of instant draw White could try} (34. Qh2 $5 {for example} 34... Qf3+
35. Kc1 Qe2 36. Qg1+ Kf7 37. Rf6+ Ke8 38. Bh6 Rb8 39. Rxf8+ 39... Kd7 $132)
34... Ng6 35. Qh5 Nf8 36. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
8... Ne7 $5 {Old? but not so bad move , nowadays cautious} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4
9... Ne7 {is more popular, but move in the game has also some advantages.}) 9.
Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 10... cxd4 11. Kd1 $5 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Qh5+ 12... Kd8 $5 {
aldo leads to very complicated game.}) 11... Bd7 12. Qh5+ 12... Kd8 13. Nf3 ({
White could try to avoid complexities of this line  and steer the game into
more placid channels with  } 13. Ne2 13... dxc3 14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 18... e5 $132 {0-1 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SVE-ch
Haninge 1997 (27) but, Black has nothing to worry about in this endgame.}) (13.
h4 Qxc3 14. Ra2 Nbc6 15. Rh3 Qc5 16. Nf3 d3 17. Bxd3 Qxf2 18. Ne1 18... Qd4 $36
{0-1 Gongora,M-Arencibia,W/CUB-ch Holguin 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (59)})
13... Qxc3 14. Ra2 (14. Rb1 14... Ba4 $40) 14... Nbc6 15. Rb2 Kc7 16. Rb5 $5 {
White's main threat now is to catch black's queen} 16... a6 $5 $146 {
Interesting new idea. Instead of} (16... Rh8 17. Qg5 $1 (17. Qxh8 $5 17... Rxh8
18. Bb2 Qxf3+ 19. gxf3 {1-0 Tal,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow mg#12 1961/ (41)} 19...
Rh4 $1 $44) 17... Rag8 18. Qxg8 $1 18... Rxg8 19. Bb2 $14 {Berg prepared queen
sacrifice.In return for the queen, Black is getting R+N+P and attacking
chances against white's exposed king}) 17. Bb2 17... axb5 $1 18. Bxc3 18...
dxc3 $44 {
The future of this  variation depends  upon the evaluation of this position.}
19. Bxb5 (19. Qh6 Rxa3 20. Qe3 Ra1+ 21. Ke2 21... b4 $36) 19... Rxa3 20. Ke2
Rxg2 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxb5+ 22. Kf3 $13) 21. Rb1 21... Ra2 22. Kf1 Rg4 23.
Bd3 23... Rb2 $6 (23... Ng6 $36 $142 {and I would prefer black's position.})
24. Rc1 24... Nb4 $6 {
This rather mechanical move is not the most accurate. After} ({
It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 24... Ng6 $5 $132) 25. Qh6 $1
25... Nxd3 $2 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 25... Nec6 $5 26. h3 26... Rg8
$13) 26. cxd3 d4 27. h3 {
I just can't beleive, that Black missed this simple move.} 27... Ng8 (27... Rg6
28. Qf8) (27... Rg8 28. Nxd4) 28. Qf8 $18 28... Rf4 29. Qd6+ (29. Nxd4 $5 29...
Rxd4 (29... Rbxf2+ 30. Kg1 $18) (29... Rfxf2+ 30. Ke1 $18) 30. Qc5+ $18) 29...
Kd8 30. Kg2 $1 (30. Qf8+ Be8 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Ra8+ Nc8) 30... Ne7 31. Ra1 $6 {
Strange move, after simple} (31. Kg3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $18 {
Black could just resign.}) 31... Nc8 32. Qf8+ $2 {
Quite bad move, this position requires more active decisions. After} (32. Ra8
32... c2 $140 33. Qf8+ Be8 (33... Kc7 34. Rxc8+ $1) 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Qxe8+
Kc7 36. Qe7+ $18 {White still could win game without big fight.}) 32... Kc7 33.
Kg3 33... Rxf3+ $8 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35. Ra8 {
White missed a very good oportunity to get a big advantage} (35. Qc5+ $1 $142
35... Bc6+ 36. Kf4 Rxd3 37. Ra8) 35... Rxd3+ 36. Kf4 36... Rxh3 $2 {
Berg forgot about white's  main threat.} ({In the case of correct} 36... b6 $1
37. Qb4 37... Kb7 $132 {black's position will be not bad at all.}) 37. Rxc8+
Bxc8 38. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
8... Qa5 {
Quite fashionable line, could be good alternative to still more popular} (8...
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 10... Qc7 $132) 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 11...
Rxf6 12. c4 ({White could play and differently -} 12. Qh5 $5 12... Nf5 $1 13.
g4 13... c4 {leads to big complications, for example} 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7
16. c4 Qc7 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. f6 21...
Bg6 $1 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 Rd8 24. Rg4 Bf5 25. Rf4 25... Ne7 $13 {
-  Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/The Week in Chess 438 (44)}) 12...
Qa4 13. Qh5 Nf5 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 ({Weaker is} 14... exd5 15. dxc5 $1) 15. Ng5 h6
16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O 17... b6 18. Rae1 $5 $146 {
Interesting novelty from Emil Sutovsky. He avoids popular line} (18. Nc3 Qe8
19. Qxe8 19... Rxe8 {with possible continuation} 20. a4 Bd7 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22.
Nb5 Re7 23. Bc3 Nxb5 24. axb5 Nd6 25. Be5 Nc4 26. Rfe1 26... Rae8 $14 {
-  Sokolov,A-Rustemov,A/BL 0203 2003/The  (34) and sacrifice pawn.In return
for the pawn, White has attacking chances against black's exposed king.}) 18...
exd5 {Goloshchapov has chosen the course of principle!
Othercase he could play
} (18... Nxc2 19. Qd1 19... Nfd4 $132) 19. Ng3 (19. Nc3 19... Qd7 $5 (19... Qc6
20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Be4 21... Qf7 $5 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxa8 23... Nxc2 $132) 20.
Nxd5 20... Bb7 $13) 19... c4 $5 (19... Qd7 20. c3 (20. Re5 c4 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22.
Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qe8+ Kh7) 20... c4 21. Bb1 Nxg3 22. fxg3 $1 $13) (
19... Bd7 20. c3) 20. Bxf5 $8 20... Nxf5 21. Re5 Qxc2 ({Real value of
Sutovsky's idea could be established just after serrious checking of this line
-} 21... Nxg3 $5 22. hxg3 (22. fxg3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 23... c3 $1 $17) 22... Qxc2
23. Bb4 Bf5 24. Re2 Qd3 25. Re3 25... Qd4 $15 {
1-0 Cheparinov,I-Barria,D/Malaga op 2003/The  (31)}) 22. Bb4 Rf6 ({Being fully
aware of what is going to happen, I would recommend the following to Black
next line} 22... Nxg3 $5 23. hxg3 23... Bf5 {
which leads with transposition of the moves to previous comments.}) 23. Qe8+ $1
23... Kh7 24. Re2 24... Qb3 {This position requires better solutions.} ({
Goloshchapov could try} 24... Qd3 $5 {for example} 25. Nh5 (25. Nxf5 25... Bxf5
$1) (25. Rd2 25... Nd6 $1 26. Qe5 26... Qg6 $1) 25... Qd4 $1 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.
Rfe1 27... a5 $132 {with not so bad game.}) 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Re3 $5 (26. Qc6
Rb8 27. Bd6 (27. Qc7 27... Ra8 $11) 27... Rf6 28. Re7 28... Bf5 $132) 26... Qc2
$8 (26... Qa2 27. Rg3 Rg5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qxg5 $18) 27. Rg3
27... Rf6 $6 {Saving himself from one threat, Black is under a new one! Risky}
({could be better option, for exmaple.} 27... Rg5 $5 $142 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qc6
(29. Re1 Qg6) 29... Rb8) 28. Bc3 28... Rg6 (28... Qf5 29. Qe7 Rg6 30. Qxg7+ $1
30... Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Re1 $18) 29. Bxg7 $1 {Sutovsky removes the only
longstop standing between White's army and Black's king.} 29... Rxg7 ({
There wasn't a rescue in} 29... Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qxd5) 30. Re1 $1 30...
Bg4 (30... Be6 $5) 31. Qxa8 31... Qd2 $8 32. Qe8 {Further casualties are
unavoidable because of unstable position of Black's king.} 32... c3 (32... Rg8
$8 33. Qe5 33... Rg5 $16) 33. Rxg4 $1 $18 33... Rxg4 34. Qf7+ Rg7 35. Qf5+ Rg6
36. Re7+ Kh8 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
8... Qa5 {
Thanks to efforts of Rustemov, this line become very popular in modern practice
} 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 $5 (11. Qh3 Qa4 12. Rg1 c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14.
Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 18. Bh6 18... Ng6 $132 {
-  Langheinrich,F-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002/}) 11... Rxf6 12. Qh5 12... Nf5 13.
g4 (13. c4 $5 13... Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18.
Ng3 Ba6 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Bxa6 20... Qxa6 $13 {
-  Seres,L-Erdos,V/Budapest-4 GM 2003/The Week in Chess 441 (28)}) (13. Ne5 $5)
13... c4 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. c4 16... Qc7 $1 {
It is necessary for Black to show big care -} (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ng5
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxg7 $1 21... Rxg7 22. f6 {
1-0 Timman,J-Van Haastert,E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op 2002}) 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4
Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 20. cxd3 20... cxd3 21. f6 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty.} ({
White failed to get any advantage after} 21. Rd1 21... Bg6 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxg6 Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxd3 Rd8 27. d5 27... Rd6 {
-  Sax,G-Goloshchapov,A/Montecatini Terme op 1999 (35)}) 21... Bg6 $8 22. Qxg7+
Qxg7 23. fxg7 23... Rd8 {It is not so easy correctly estimate this position,
but it looks that Black can keep equal chances.} 24. Rg4 (24. Rd1 Nxd4 25. Ne5
25... Bf5 $44) 24... Bf5 ({In the case of} 24... Bh5 25. Rg3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3
26... Nxd4 27. Rf8+ $8 27... Rxf8 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Rb1 $14 {
white's chances are better}) 25. Rf4 25... Ne7 (25... Kxg7 $5) 26. Kd2 Ng6 27.
Rxf5 $8 27... exf5 28. Rb1 (28. Kxd3 Kxg7 29. Rb1 29... Nf4+ $11) 28... b6 29.
Rb5 $5 29... Ne7 $1 {Good defense.} ({
I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 29... f4 $2 30. Kxd3 Kxg7 31. h4
$16) 30. Re5 Rd7 31. Kxd3 {Maybe White still has a slight positional advantage,
but Khalifman manages to defend this position with confidence.} 31... Kxg7 32.
h4 (32. Re6 $5) 32... Kf6 33. Ng5 Ng6 34. Re6+ Kg7 35. Kc4 Rc7+ (35... Nxh4 $5
36. d5 $44) 36. Kb5 Nxh4 37. Rxb6 $1 {
Shirov hurries to restore material balance.} (37. d5 $4 37... Rc5+) 37... axb6
38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxc7 39... Nf3 {Strong pawn h allows to Black to keep balance.
} 40. Nd5+ (40. Kxb6 Nxd4 41. a4 Nb3 42. a5 $6 $140 42... Nxa5 43. Kxa5 43...
Ke5 $17) (40. d5 40... h5) 40... Kg5 41. Kxb6 Nxd4 42. Kc5 (42. a4 Nb3) 42...
Ne6+ 43. Kd6 43... Nd4 $1 44. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Middelfart SIS-MH Masters"]
[Site "Middelfart"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.04.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qc7 {
The idea of this move is quite simple: Black want to meet move 7.Qg3 with f5}
7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 8... Ne7 {Interesting, but very risky move.} ({
As usual black continue} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 9... Ne7 $13) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7
10... cxd4 11. Ne2 {Quite rare move} ({Much more popular is move} 11. Kd1 {
with possible continuation} 11... Bd7 12. Qh5+ (12. Nf3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Ba4 14.
Ne1 Qc7 15. h4 Nbc6 16. Bg5 O-O-O 17. Bf6 Rd7 18. f4 Rg3 19. Rh3 Rxh3 20. gxh3
d3 21. Bxd3 d4 22. Ke2 22... Nd5 $132 {
1-0 Ernst,T-Akesson,J/Sverige (ch) 74/312 1998 (39)}) 12... Kd8 13. Ne2 dxc3
14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 e5 19. Nb5+ Bxb5
20. Bxb5 f4 21. g3 fxg3 22. hxg3 22... Rh8 $13 {
0-1 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SVE-ch Haninge 1997 (27)}) 11... Nbc6 12. Qh5+ 12... Ng6
$146 ({Worth considering} 12... Kd8 $5 {for example} 13. f4 (13. Bg5 $5 $142
13... dxc3 14. f4) 13... dxc3 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qh4 b6 16. Qf2 Ba6 17. h4 Kd7 18.
Rh3 { -  Baklan,V-Borovikov,V/UKR t-ch Alushta 2002 (18)}) 13. Bg5 $1 {
Anand taking advantage of the fact that Black's king temporarily ( at least! )
stuck in the   centre.} (13. f4 dxc3 14. Nxc3 14... Nd4 $5 15. Kd2 15... Bd7
$132) 13... Qxe5 (13... dxc3 14. f4 $1) 14. f4 Qg7 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. h4 $5 {
Important move, Anand wants to use this pawn for active operation on the king
side} (15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rb1 $14) 15... dxc3 16. Rd1 16... d4 (
16... Rh8 $5 $142 17. Qf3 d4 18. h5 $140 18... Nge5 19. fxe5 Qxg5 20. Nxd4
20... Nxe5 $132) 17. Qf3 (17. Qh6 Qxh6 18. Bxh6 $14) 17... e5 ({
Possibly, Black should have preferred} 17... a6 $5 18. g3 (18. h5 Nge5)) 18.
Qd5 $1 18... Nge7 (18... Qf7 $5 19. Qxf7+ (19. Qd6 Qe6 20. fxe5 Ngxe5 21. Qxe6+
Bxe6 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 $14) 19... Kxf7 20. fxe5 Ngxe5 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22.
Rxd4 $36) 19. Qd6 $1 {In return for the pawn, White get great attacking
chances against black's exposed king.} 19... Bd7 ({
Probably, the lesser evil for Black was} 19... Qf7 $5 20. fxe5 Rg6 21. Bf6 (21.
Qc7 $5) 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxd4 $16) 20. Nxc3 $1 (20.
fxe5 $5) 20... Nc8 (20... Rd8 21. Nb5 Bc8 22. Nc7+ Kf8 23. Qh6 $16) 21. Qc7
21... dxc3 22. Be2 $1 {The smoke has cleared, and White has decisive attack.}
22... Rh8 $8 23. fxe5 23... Qf7 $8 (23... Nxe5 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Rxd7+ Nxd7 26.
Qxd7+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Bc4+ Kh7 28. Qxf5+ Qg6 29. Qd7+ $18) 27. Qxf5+ Qf7 28.
Qc5+ $18) 24. Bc4 $1 $18 {Removing the only defender standing between White's
army and Black's king. Rest is simple} 24... Qxc4 25. Qxd7+ Kf8 26. Qxf5+ Ke8 (
26... Qf7 $142 27. Qd3 27... Nxe5 28. Qxc3 Qe6 29. O-O+ Kg7 30. Rde1 $18) 27.
Qd7+ (27. Qg6+ $1) (27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Rf1+) 1-0

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 16... b5 {Increibly popular variation in modern practice.}
17. Qe2 $1 ({In the case of} 17. h5 $5 17... gxh5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 {
Black sacrifice exchange -} 19... Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4
23. Qxg4 23... Qg6 $13 {
-  L'Ami,E-Dgebuadze,A/Dieren op 2002 (49) with good game}) 17... a5 18. g4
18... Bd7 {Preparing counter-play on the queen side.} 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rg1 $146
({I have strong feeling that Leko could get strong attack after} 20. g5 $5
20... hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Rg1 $1 $40 {with numerous threats.} (22. Kd2 b4 23.
Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 24... Rf5 $132 {
0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (33)})) 20... Ne7 (
20... h4 21. g5 $40) 21. gxh5 ({Worth considering} 21. g5 $5 21... hxg5 (21...
g6 $5 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kh8) 22. Bxg5 Nf5 23. Nf4 $44) 21... Kh7 22. Qg4
22... Nf5 {Black has good chances for successful defense, thanks to strong
position of his knight.} 23. Kd2 (23. Nf4 $5) 23... Qe7 24. Qg6+ (24. Nf4 Be8)
24... Kh8 $1 ({Stronger than} 24... Kg8 25. Bxh6 Be8 26. Qg5 Qxg5+ 27. Bxg5
Bxh5 28. Nf4 $36 {with unpleasant pressure.}) 25. Nf4 Nh4 (25... Kg8 $5 26. Qg4
Be8) 26. Qg4 26... Rxf4 $1 {
Black sacrificed exchange in every second game in this line.} 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28.
Rh1 28... Nf5 {It is very difficult for White to make any progress.} 29. Be3 (
29. Kc1 b4 (29... a4 $5)) 29... Be8 30. f4 Bf7 31. Bf2 Rb8 32. Qh3 32... Kh7
$11 33. Ra2 Be8 34. Rb1 Rb7 35. Qf3 ({Or} 35. a4 35... bxa4) 35... Qf8 36. Raa1
Bf7 37. Rb2 (37. a4 b4) 37... Be8 ({Another promising possibility was} 37...
Qe8 $5) 38. Rbb1 Rf7 39. Be3 Qe7 40. Bf2 Qf8 41. Be3 41... Kg8 {
Good question: who is pretending for advantage?} 42. Qg4 Rb7 43. Bf2 Bf7 44.
Rb2 Kh8 45. Qh3 Kh7 46. Qf3 Qe8 47. Rh1 Qe7 48. Ra1 b4 (48... Qe8 $11) 49. axb4
axb4 50. cxb4 Rxb4 51. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 52. Qc3 52... Qe7 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 38th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.05.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Qh5 h6 11. g4 11... Nbc6 (11... c4 12. g5 g6 13. Qd1 Rf7
14. Bxg6 Nxg6 15. Qh5 Nf8 16. Nh3 e5 17. gxh6 17... Qf6 $132 {
Spiriev,P-Kishnev,S/Budapest 1992}) 12. Ne2 $5 $146 {White employed a
different plan in the game  David,A-Kindermann,S/Frankfurt op 1998} (12. g5 g6
13. Qxh6 (13. Qh3 Rf7 14. Qg3 h5 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bd2 c4 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Qg2 Bd7
19. O-O Raf8 20. a4 20... Nd6 $36 {0-1 Haist,W-Jurek,J/Baden op 1998 (41)})
13... Rf7 14. Bxg6 Rg7 15. Bd3 15... e5 $1 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh4 (17. Be2 N7g6
18. f4 Rh7 19. fxe5 Rxh6 20. gxh6 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 Qe4 22. h7+ Kh8 23. Nf3 23...
Bg4 {0-1 Lugo,B-Alonso,R/Cardenas 1990 (23)}) 17... Nf5 18. Qf4 Qe8 19. Be2 Ng6
20. Qf3 20... Qe5 $132 {with big complications.}) 12... Qf8 {
This move requires courage and accurate calculation.} (12... c4 $5 13. g5 Rf8
14. gxh6 cxd3 15. hxg7 (15. Rg1 Rf5 16. Rxg7+ Kh8 17. Qg4 17... Qf8 $17) 15...
Rf5 16. Qh8+ Kf7 17. cxd3 Bd7) 13. g5 13... g6 14. gxf6 $6 {
Entering complications which favor mostly Black} (14. Qh4 $5 14... Rf7 15. Nf4
e5 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Bxg6 17... Rg7 $132 {should have been preferred}) 14...
gxh5 15. fxe7 Nxe7 16. Rg1+ Kf7 17. Nf4 17... e5 (17... Ke8 $5 18. Be2 (18. Ng6
Nxg6 19. Rxg6 Qf3) 18... Qf5 $15) 18. dxe5 18... Qh8 $5 19. Ng6 $8 19... Nxg6
20. Bxg6+ Ke7 21. f4 (21. Bf4 21... Bg4) 21... Bg4 22. Be3 b6 23. Kd2 (23. Bd3)
23... Rg8 (23... Qc8 $5) 24. Bd3 24... Ke6 $5 ({
Another promising possibility was} 24... c4 $5 25. Bf1 25... Bf5) 25. a4 $5
25... Bf5 26. a5 Rxg1 27. Rxg1 27... Qh7 $1 28. Be2 $6 {
It is likely that this move makes life even harder for White.} ({Stronger was} 
28. axb6 $142 28... axb6 (28... Bxd3 29. bxa7 (29. cxd3 29... c4 $5 30. dxc4
dxc4 31. Bd4 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 32... axb6 $17) 29... Qxa7 30. Kxd3 (30. cxd3 d4 31.
cxd4 cxd4 32. Rg6+ Kf7 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Bf2 Qa2+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+ 36. Kd2 Qb2+ 37.
Ke1 Qc3+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 39... Qxd3 $19) 30... Qh7+ 31. Kd2 31... Qe4 $15)
29. Rb1 29... Qa7 $15 {
and the assessment of the position is not completely clear}) 28... Bxc2 29.
axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 30... Bb1 $1 $19 {
Black has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.}
31. Ke1 Qe4 32. Kf2 d4 33. cxd4 (33. Bd2 dxc3) 33... cxd4 34. Bc4+ Kf5 35. Bc1
(35. Bd2 d3 36. Rxb1 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 37... Qxd2 $19) 35... Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne7 (7...
Qa4 $5) 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. a4 $1 9... Nbc6 (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Nf3 h6 12. h4
Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nbc6 15. h5 15... Na5 $13 {
-  Czakon,J-Szoen,D/POL t-ch2J Krynica 2001 (20)}) 10. h4 ({
White employed a different plan in the game Short,N-Nikolic,P/London PCA 1994} 
10. Nf3 $5 10... Qb6 11. dxc5 $5 11... Qxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfe1 Bd7
15. c4 Qc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qf4 $16) 10... Qb6 11. Nf3 (11. dxc5 11... Qb2)
11... cxd4 (11... Qb2 $5 $142 12. Rc1 12... c4 13. Qh5 $140 13... Qa3 14. Ng5
Nd8 15. Rh3 h6 16. Nf3 16... Qxa4 $132) 12. cxd4 12... Qb2 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bd3
$5 14... Na2 ({I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 14... Qa3 15. O-O
Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qxa4 (16... Nc6 17. Qg5 $5 17... Bd7 18. Qe3 18... Qxa4 $2 $140
19. Ra1 Qc2 20. Rfc1 Qb2 21. Rcb1 Qc2 22. Ne1 $18) 17. Rc7 $1) 15. Rd1 Nc3 16.
Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2 $5) 17... Bd7 18. Rh3 h6 (18... Bxa4 19. Ng5 $1
19... Bxc2 $2 $140 20. Qf4 $18) 19. Rg3 Rg8 (19... g6 20. h5 $1 20... g5 (20...
Rg8 21. hxg6 $40) 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Ke8 (22... Rg8 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Rxg8+
Nxg8 25. Qg7 Ne7 26. Qh8+ $18)) 20. Qf4 ({Another promising possibility was} 
20. Nd2 $5 20... Qc7 21. Ra1 $14 (21. Bh7 21... Nf5 $1)) 20... Nf5 $6 ({
It is not easy to assess positions arising after} 20... Bxa4 $5 $132 $142) 21.
Bxf5 21... exf5 22. e6 $5 {Entering complications which favor white} 22... Bxe6
23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Ne5 (24. Re1 $5 24... Qc4+ 25. Kg1 Qc6 26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Ne5
$1) 24... Qxc2 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qb4 (26. Qa3 $5 26... Qc7 27. Rc3 Qe7 28. Qxe7+
Kxe7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 30... Ra8 $11) 26... Qc7 27. Rb3 (27. Rc3 Qe7) 27...
f6 (27... Rb8 $5 28. a5 $44) 28. Ng6 (28. Nd3 $5 28... Kf7 29. Qxb7 Rd7 (29...
Qxb7 30. Rxb7+ Rd7 31. Reb1 $36) 30. Qa6 $36) 28... Kf7 29. h5 29... Rd7 30.
Kg1 $44 30... f4 31. Rbb1 ({The following does not give anything to White} 31.
Rc3 31... Qb8 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Nxf4 33... Bf5 $15) 31... Rc8 32. Qd2 Qc2 ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 32... Qd6 $5 33. Nxf4 $140 33... Bf5 34.
Rb5 Be4 35. f3 a6 36. Ra5 Rc2 37. Qe3 37... Re7 $1 $132) 33. Qxf4 $5 {
Gashimov could force a peaceful end by playing} (33. Nh8+ Kg8 34. Rec1 Qxd2 35.
Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Ng6 Bg8 37. Nf8+ Kh8 38. Ng6+ $11 {but he decided to continue
game. And I also think that although the position is more or less balanced,
White seems to have the easier play.}) 33... Qf5 34. Qe3 Qe4 (34... Re8) 35.
Qa3 35... Qxd4 $2 {Black finally cracks under pressure!} ({
He should have preferred} 35... Qg4 $1 $13) 36. Rxe6 $1 36... Kxe6 37. Re1+ Kf7
(37... Kf5 38. Qh3+ Kg5 39. Qxd7) 38. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 {Hecht} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 12... Nf5 13.
Ne5 $5 $146 (13. O-O {White failed to get any advantage after} 13... c4 14.
Bxf5 (14. Be2 Nd6 15. Qg5 Ne4 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Bd1 Qb6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ng5 Nxg5
20. Qxg5 Bd7 21. Qg3 Ne7 22. Qe5 22... Ng6 {
-  Bucher,D-Romon Poves,R/EU-ch B20 Aviles 2000/ (22)}) 14... Rxf5 15. Qg4 Bd7
16. Qg3 Raf8 17. Bh6 R8f7 18. Nh4 Rh5 19. Bf4 Rxh4 20. Qxh4 Qxc3 21. Be3 Qxc2
22. a4 b6 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rad1 h6 25. Rfe1 Qh7 26. Bf4 Kh8 27. Be5 27... Qc2 {
Sibarevic-Sevo/YUG t-ch2 2000/0-1 (38)}) ({or} 13. dxc5 13... Qxc5 (13... e5 $6
14. Nxe5 $1 14... Qxc5 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxe5 $16) 14. g4 Nh6 15.
g5 g6 16. Qh3 e5 17. Qg2 17... Rxf3 $5 (17... Rd6 $5) 18. Qxf3 e4 19. Qe3 Qxe3+
20. Bxe3 exd3 21. gxh6 dxc2 22. Kd2 22... Bf5 $15 {
1-0 Korneev,O-Rodriguez Gerrero,E/Sevilla op 2002 (34)}) (13. c4 $5) (13. g4 $5
13... c4 $132) 13... c4 ({Worth considering} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rf7 (14... Rf8
15. g4 c4 (15... g6) 16. gxf5 cxd3 17. f6 $18) 15. c4 (15. g4 g6 16. Qg5 Ne7
17. h4 $5 17... c4 18. Be2 18... Qa4 $132) (15. O-O $5) 15... Qc7 16. f4 16...
d4 $13) (13... Qa4 $5) 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 ({Weaker was} 14... exf5 $6 {after} 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 (15... Rxc6 $4 16. Qe8#) 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. O-O {
white's advantage is obvious}) 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 {
'las blancas han ganado un peon'} 17... Rb8 {'pero las negras parecen tener
compensacion   ?sera suficiente?  Fritz considera que el blanco esta un poco
mejor.  '} 18. O-O {Thanks to the new interesting opening idea White has won a
pawn. Of course Black has some compensation, but is is clear that he can fight
just for draw.} 18... Rb2 {'a pesar de haberse enfrentado a una novedad
Ponomariov tiene mas tiempo que su rival casi 18 mn. contra 13'} 19. Bf4 $5 {
'el blanco devuelve el peon para tomar la iniciativa por las casillas negras
con Bd6 o e5 en caso de ataque al rey los alfiles de distinto color son un
arma terrible.'} ({I am quite sure, that moves like} 19. Rfc1 {
Topalov even didn't start to consider.}) 19... Qxc3 {
Only move, otherwise Black lose without struggle, for example:} ({No es posible
} 19... Rxc2 $4 {por} 20. Bd6 $18 {or}) (19... Rxf4 $2 20. Qxc8+ Rf8 21. Qxe6+)
20. Bd6 20... Rb6 {'esta intermedia es la clave del juego negro'} ({
Black could try also} 20... Rd8 {with possible continuation} 21. Qc7 Re8 22.
Be5 Rb7 23. Qc6 23... Rf8 {just with small advantage of white}) 21. Qc7 Rb7 (
21... Rxd6 $143 22. Qxd6 Qxc2 23. Rab1 $16) 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Qc6 {
'Topalov tiene 8 minutos; Ponomariov 14'} 23... Rd8 24. Rab1 $5 {Topalov would
like to exploite more active positions of his pieces, especially clear
difference in bishops activity, and he is ready to sacrifice pawn for exchange
rook b7 - main defender of Black king.} 24... Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxc2 26. Rf1 {
'Fritz que es un gran comedor de peones considera la posicion igualada, lo que
hace pensar que la actividad del blanco es lo bastante fuerte para, por lo
menos, compensar el peonsacrificado'} 26... Qg6 {Black is a pawn up but his
bishop c8 is so weak, that, I think, any case he can just dream about
equalization of chances.} 27. Qc7 Qe8 (27... Re8 28. Qxa7 $16) 28. Be5 Qd7 29.
Qc5 Qb7 30. h3 {White don't need to be in hurry/} 30... Re8 ({
Unfortunately, Black bishop still can't move -} 30... Bd7 $4 31. Qe7 $18) 31.
Re1 {'la torre estaria estupendamente colocada en la tercera fila'} 31... Bd7
32. Qa5 $1 {Avoiding simple trap} ({Tras} 32. Re3 $2 32... Qb6 $15 {
y las negras fuerzan el cambio de damas}) 32... Rc8 33. Re3 Be8 34. Rg3 34...
Bg6 {Too dangerous was to play} (34... g6) 35. h4 {Simple and strong move}
35... Qb6 {'segun Illescas "una cagada"'} (35... h5 $5 36. Rxg6 $2 $140 36...
Qb1+ $19) 36. Qa4 $1 {' 
amenaza entrar en d7'} ({
Obviously White has to keep the queens on the board} 36. Qxb6 $2 36... axb6 37.
h5 Bf5 38. Rxg7+ 38... Kf8 $15 {y el peon c es muy fuerte}) 36... Qb7 ({
o bien la mas sutil pero no necesariamente mejor} 36... Qb1+ $5 37. Kh2 Qb7 38.
h5 38... Be8 $1 39. Qb4 $142 39... Qxb4 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. axb4 41... Bxh5 $1
42. Rxh7 42... Bf7 $15) 37. h5 Be8 (37... c3 $5 38. hxg6 c2 39. Bf4 c1=Q+ 40.
Bxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kh2 41... Rc6 $13) 38. Qd1 {White protect important h5 pawn} ({
But he could play} 38. Qc2 38... Bxh5 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Bxg7 40... Kxg7 {
y el peon c debe dar contrajuego para tablas.} 41. Qb2 $1 {with some chances.})
38... g6 {'Topalov tiene poco mas de un minuto'} 39. Qg4 Qb1+ (39... Qe7 40.
Qf4 $5) 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qh4 41... c3 $5 {Passed pawn has to go forward!} 42.
Rg5 (42. Qe7 Qf7 43. Qh4 43... Qf5 $11) 42... Qe4 $4 {Terrible mistake!} ({
Good or bad, Ponomariov had to play} 42... Qf8 {
and White has just draw, for example:} 43. hxg6 43... Bxg6 {
y no se ve remate para las blancas} 44. Rxg6+ hxg6 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Qf6+ Ke8
47. Qxe6+ Kd8 48. Qxd5+ Ke8 49. Qe6+ 49... Kd8 $11) (42... Qf7 $4 43. hxg6 hxg6
44. Qh8#) { } 43. Rg4 $4 {Missing ( first but not lat time! ) easy victory} ({
Gana} 43. Rxg6+ 43... Bxg6 (43... hxg6 44. Qf6 $18) 44. Qf6 Qxe5+ 45. dxe5 $18
{wins immediately}) 43... Qf5 44. Rg5 44... Qe4 $4 45. Qh3 $4 ({
de nuevo deja pasar} 45. Rxg6+) 45... Rc6 46. hxg6 Bxg6 47. Qh6 Kf7 48. f3 (48.
Qg7+ $5 48... Ke8 49. Qb7 Qh4+ ({After} 49... Rc4 $2 {white wins immediately}
50. Qb8+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52. Qxe6+ Kb7 53. a4 $1 53... a5 (53... c2 54. Qd7+
Ka8 55. Qd8+ Kb7 56. Qb8+ Ka6 57. Qb5#) 54. Qd7+ Ka8 55. Qb5 $18) 50. Kg1 Qxg5
51. Qxc6+ Kf7 52. Qxc3 {with some advantage in ending}) 48... Qe1 {
I afraid that both players we in severe time trouble.} ({
Era imprescindible dejar defendido el alfil} 48... Qb1 $1 {
leads to force draw -} 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Bc7 $1 (50. Bf6 Qb8+ 51. Re5 51... Qc7
$17) 50... Rxc7 (50... c2 51. Qg8+ Ke7 52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf8 54. Bd6+ Rxd6
55. Qxd6+ 55... Kf7 $11) 51. Qxc7 c2 52. Qc8+ $11) 49. Rxg6 $1 {Finally removin
g the only defender standing between White's attacking pieces and Black's king
'por fin, con segundos en el reloj Topalov encuentra  el remate'} 49... Qxe5+
$8 ({Contra} 49... hxg6 {Fritz anuncia mate} 50. Qg7+ Ke8 51. Bf6 {
with mate in few moves.}) 50. dxe5 hxg6 51. Qh7+ Kf8 (51... Ke8 {Hecht} 52.
Qxg6+ Kd7 53. Qc2 Kc7 54. Kg3 $1 54... d4 55. Kf2 d3 56. Qc1 $1 56... d2 57.
Qc2 Rc5 58. f4 Rd5 59. Ke2 Rc5 60. g4 Kd8 61. Kd1 Rc7 62. Qd3+ Ke8 63. f5 exf5
64. gxf5 $18) 52. Qd7 52... Rc4 {' '} 53. Qd8+ $2 {Difficult to believe, but
this natural move is mistake.Topalov could win by force atter   Hecht: 'D.
Barlov schreibt in der ROCHADE8: "Es ist unglaublich, was Topalov hier in
Zeitnot macht! Ganz einfach und schnell gewinnt 53.Dxe6 .....". Da der Bulgare
aber nur wenige Zuege spaeter auf Zeit verliert, hat er hier angesichts
horrender Zeitnot  den Versuch unternommen, mittels Dauerschach wenigstens
einen halben Punkt zu retten. Die wenig komplizierte Gewinnfuehrung in der
Variante haette Topalov zeitlich ohnehin nicht ueberlebt. Das ist meine
Meinung aus der Ferne. '} ({Hecht: Es gewinnt} 53. Qxe6 $1 53... c2 54. Qf6+
Ke8 (54... Kg8 55. Qxg6+ Kh8 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qc1 d4 58. Qg5+ {
Hecht: 'mit Turmgewinn; z.B.'} 58... Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kh8 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qf7+ {
'+-' Hecht.  winning rook c4}) 55. e6 $1 55... Rc7 $8 56. e7 Rxe7 (56... c1=Q {
Hecht} 57. Qf8+ Kd7 58. e8=Q#) 57. Qxg6+ {'+-' Hecht.  y gana el peon de c2}
57... Kd7 58. Qxc2 $18) 53... Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57.
Qe7+ 57... Kh8 $11 58. Qf6+ $138 {And in this moment White lost on time. Sad
end of very interesting game.     Hecht: 'ZUe' 'Y Topalov pierde por tiempo
una partida que ha tenido ganada varias veces. un desenlace increible que
recuerda como Ponomariov gano el match contra Ivanchuk que le proclamo campeon
del mundo.'} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 (12... Nbc6 13. Nf3 13...
Qf8 $5 {much more popular, than move in the game.}) 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 14...
Qc7 ({It is easy to recommend, knowing what happened in the game ,move

} 
14... c4 {but and in this case after} 15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Re1 Bd7 (
17... Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Rxe4 $1 19... dxe4 20. Ng5 $44) 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Bg4
Rae8 20. h4 $36 {1-0 Huebner,R-Hammes,M/GER-ch Altenkirchen 2001/CBM 87 (35)
White get better chances.}) 15. dxc5 $1 15... e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 $1 {
A very annoying move in such a position!} 17... e4 (17... d4 18. O-O Bf5 19.
Re1 $16) 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 21... Bf5 $146 (21...
h6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. h4 Bf5 24. cxd3 Rad8 25. O-O Bxd3 26. Re1 Be4 27. Bd2 Rfe8
28. Qb3 $16 {Gutsche,D-Terreaux,G/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 95/[Morgado]/1-0 (46)
}) 22. cxd3 Rad8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qc3+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. O-O (
27. Ne4 Rxd3 (27... Ne5 28. Nd6) 28. Rxb7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nd6+ Ke6 31.
a4 Ra3) 27... Re8 (27... Bxd3 $2 28. Ne6+) 28. Ne4 (28. Rfd1 28... Ree7 $5 29.
Ne4 $140 29... Rxd3) 28... Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ ({
Perhaps Black should have considered} 30... Rf7 $5 {keeping rooks on the board.
}) 31. Rxd1 {Everything become more or less clear:White keep big advantage in
endgame and black's chances for survival are very small.} 31... Kf6 32. h3 h5
33. Rd6+ Kf5 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rd3 (35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. f3 $6 36... h4) 35... Ne5
36. Rd4 Rd7 37. Rf4+ (37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. c6 bxc6 39. Bxa7 39... c5 $1) 37... Ke6
38. Ra4 Nc6 39. Re4+ Kd5 40. Rf4 Ke6 41. f3 Rd3 42. Re4+ Kd5 43. a4 Rb3 (43...
Rc3 $142 44. Kf2 $140 44... Rc4 45. Rxc4 Kxc4) 44. Kf2 Rb4 45. Rxb4 Nxb4 46.
Kg3 46... Ke6 (46... Nd3 47. c6 $1) 47. Kh4 (47. Kf4 Nd5+) 47... Kf5 48. g4+
hxg4 49. fxg4+ Kf6 (49... Ke4 50. Bd2 Na6 51. Kg5 $18) 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Kg5 Nc6
52. Bc3 $18 52... Nd8 53. Kh6 Ne6 54. Bb4 Kf6 (54... a5 $5 55. Ba3 g5 56. Kh5
Kf6 57. Bb2+ Kf7 58. Bc3 Nxc5 59. Bxa5 Nxa4 60. Kxg5 $18) 55. h4 Kf7 56. a5 $5
56... a6 57. g5 Nd4 (57... Ng7 58. Be1) 58. Be1 $5 58... Nf5+ (58... Ne6 59.
Bf2 Ng7 60. Kh7) 59. Kh7 Ng7 60. Bg3 $22 60... Nf5 (60... Nh5 61. Be5) 61. h5
$1 61... gxh5 62. g6+ Ke6 (62... Kf6 63. Bh4+ Ke6 64. g7 Nxg7 65. Kxg7 Kd5 66.
Be7 Kc6 67. Kg6 Kb5 68. Bd8 h4 69. Bxh4 Kxa5 70. Kf5) 63. g7 Nxg7 64. Kxg7 Kd5
65. Bd6 {White's bishop had a splendid career in this game.} 65... Kc6 (65...
h4 66. Kf6 h3 67. Ke7 Kc6 (67... h2 68. Bxh2 Kxc5 69. Bg1+ Kb5 70. Bb6 $18) 68.
Kd8 h2 69. Bxh2 Kxc5 70. Bg1+ $18) 66. Kf6 Kd7 (66... Kb5 67. Ke7 Kxa5 68. Kd7)
67. Ke5 Kc6 68. Ke6 h4 69. Ke7 (69. Ke7 h3 70. Kd8) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 5... Nh6 $5 {
This move has become quite popular in the last couple of years.} (5... Ne7) (
5... Nc6) 6. Nb5 (6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nf5
11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. O-O-O O-O 15. f4 15... b5 $11 {
-  Fogarasi,T-Berkes,F/Budapest-4 GM 2001/ (20)}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
(8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5 b6 10. Qc3 Bd7 11. Bd3 bxc5 12. Qxc5 Ng4 13. Nbd4 Ncxe5 14.
h3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nh6 16. O-O 16... f6 $11 {
1-0 Al Sayed,M-Wubben,M/Andorra op 2003/ (55)}) 8... Nc6 9. f4 9... cxd4 (9...
f6 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. fxe5 (11. dxe5 $5) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 cxd4 13. cxd4 13...
Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qf4 16. Qd2 16... Qh4+ $132 {
1-0 Fontaine,P-Meessen,R/Belgian Interteams 2000-1 2000/ (31)}) 10. cxd4 10...
f6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Nd6 Qb6 (12... fxe5 13. dxe5 $1) 13. Rd1 $146 {
Despite its obviousness, Bakre's last move looks like a novelty} ({
White failed to get any advantage after} 13. O-O-O 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Be8 15.
Nxe8 Raxe8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Be2 17... Nf5 $13 {
-  Leko,P-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1994/ (31)}) 13... Kh8 (13... Nf7 $5 14.
Nxf7 14... Rxf7 {with good chances for equalization}) 14. Be2 fxe5 15. dxe5 $5
({Black doing well in the case of} 15. fxe5 15... Nf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. O-O
$140 17... Nxe5 $1) 15... Ng4 16. Nd4 (16. Bb5 16... Rxf4 $1) 16... Nf2 (16...
Nxd4 $5 17. Bxg4 (17. Qxd4 $2 17... Ne3 $1 $17) 17... Nb5 18. Nxb5 18... Bxb5
$13) 17. Kxf2 $1 17... Nxd4 18. Kg3 (18. Qxd4 $4 18... Rxf4+ $19) (18. Ke1
18... Nf5 $5) 18... Nc6 (18... Nf5+ $5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 20... Rf7 $132)
19. h4 $1 19... a5 (19... Ne7 $5) 20. Bd3 a4 21. Bb1 $5 {White's threats on
the king's side are quite dangerouse,nevertheless, the assessment of the
position is not quite clear.} 21... a3 $5 {Having no desire for passive
defence, Black tries to find counter play on the queenside.} ({
He could play also} 21... Be8 22. h5 22... Bf7 {
with some chances for successful defense.}) 22. Qd3 g6 23. h5 23... Rxf4 $3 24.
Kxf4 $8 24... Qf2+ (24... Ra4+ $5 25. Kg3 25... Nxe5 $132) 25. Kg5 ({
Good or Bad, but Bakre had to play} 25. Qf3 $1 {with almost force continuation}
25... Rf8+ 26. Bf5 Qxb2 27. hxg6 Qxe5+ 28. Kg5 Qf6+ 29. Kf4 $8 29... Qxg6 $40)
25... Rg8 $4 {I just can't explain this move!} (25... h6+ 26. Kg4 (26. Kxg6
Nxe5+ 27. Kxh6 Qf4#) 26... Qxg2+ 27. Kf4 (27. Qg3 27... Ra4+ $1) 27... Rf8+ {
with mate in few moves}) 26. Qf3 $1 26... gxh5+ 27. Kxh5 (27. Kxh5 Rxg2 28.
Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 $1 {
Black has many problems in recent practice after this active and strong move.}
7... O-O (7... Qc7) (7... Kf8 $5) 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 (10...
Nce7 $5 {can be only substitute o the move in the game.}) 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6
fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5 15. Qe2 $1) 15. h4 h6
16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 19... gxh5 {The future of this
variation depends  upon the   correct evaluation of this position.} 20. g5 $1 (
{White failed to get any advantage after} 20. Rg1 20... Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22.
Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 26... Rxf4 $5 27. Bxf4 Rf8
28. Rh1 Nf5 29. Be3 29... Be8 $44 {
Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/ -  (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5
g6 22. O-O-O $5 $146 {
This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to fear here} ({
Black is doing well after} 22. Kd2 22... b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1 Rf5 25. Rxh5
gxh5 26. Ne4+ Kh8 27. Nd6 27... Qg8 $2 (27... Rb8 $1 $19) 28. Bg5 $2 (28. Rxg8+
Rxg8 29. f4 $36) 28... Rb8 $1 $19 29. Qxh5+ Qh7 30. Qg4 Rxg5 31. Nf7+ Qxf7 32.
Rh1+ Kg7 33. Qxg5+ 33... Qg6 {
0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (33)}) ({
Worth considering quite} 22. Qf1 22... Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7
26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $16 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) 22... Qe7 ({Looks natural but
probably after this game Black will explore the approved idea of} 22... b4 {
In this case however after} 23. Rdg1 {
Black captures on c3 without check and White wins a tempo for attack.} 23...
bxa3 (23... Rf5 24. Nf3 $1 24... bxa3 25. Nh4 a2 26. Kb2 $18) (23... Kh8 24.
Nf3 $1)) (22... Rf5 {is worth considering as well}) 23. Rdg1 $1 23... Qxa3+ {
Now the queen is little bit too far from the kingside.} (23... Rf5 $5) 24. Kd2
24... b4 $2 {It looks like Black has managed to cause serious threats, but it
is just an illusory thing. This attempt meets an immediate tactical refutation.
} ({Black should have preferred} 24... Rf5 $1 $142 25. Nf3 (25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26.
Rxg6+ Kf7 27. Rxh5 b4 28. Rxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rf6+ Ke7 30. Rxf5 Qxc3+ 31. Kd1 Qa1+
32. Kd2 32... Nxd4 $19) 25... b4 $132 {with compleatly unclear game.}) 25. Ne4
$1 25... dxe4 {Black hasn't a big choice.} (25... bxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Kf7 27. Rxg6
$1 27... Ke8 28. Qxh5 Kd8 29. Rg7 $18) (25... Rf5 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 (26... Kf8 27.
Rxh5 $1 27... dxe4 28. Rxf5+ exf5 29. Qh5 {mating}) 27. Nd6+ (27. Rf6+ Ke8 28.
Rxf5 exf5 29. Qxh5+ 29... Kd8 $132) 27... Kxg6 28. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qa1+ 30.
Bc1 30... Rh8 $1 31. Qe3 $40) 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ ({Nothing change and} 26... Qxc3+
27. Kd1 Qa1+ 28. Ke2 $18) 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+
Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ ({Winning one more rook or mating -} 32. Rh7+ 32...
Kd8 33. Rf8+ Be8 (33... Kc7 34. Rxa8) 34. Bh4+ {Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7.
Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Morozevich is making his mark of originality
already in the opening, white used to have met problems with the weak pawn on
c2.'} 8... f6 $6 (8... b6 $142 9. h5 Ba6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Rc1 h6
13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Rh3 Nc7 15. Rf3 15... Kg8 $13 {
-  Iordachescu,V-Agdestein,S/Port Erin Monarch Assurance 2003/}) 9. Qg4 $1 9...
Kf7 (9... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Nf3 $14) (9... g6 $6 {Ftacnik} 10. h5
$1 $16) 10. Rh3 10... h5 {This move only weakens the kingside. Also bad was} (
10... Qxc2 11. Bd3 Qb2 12. Rb1 Qxa3 13. Rg3 $40) ({or} 10... fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8
(11... Ke7 12. Qg5+ Kf8 (12... Kf7 13. Rg3 g6 14. Rf3+ Ke8 15. Qxe5 $18) 13.
Rf3+ Nf6 14. dxe5 $18) 12. Rf3+ Nf6 13. dxe5 $18) ({Possibly} 10... f5 $5 {
was lesser evel, but after for example} 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qd1 cxd4 13. h5 g5 14.
Bxg5 h6 15. Bc1 {white chances are better}) 11. Qf4 Nc6 (11... Qxc2 12. Bd3 Qb2
13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Nf3 $40 (14. Rg3 $5)) 12. Rg3 (12. Nf3 $5 12... c4 $140 13.
exf6 gxf6 14. Ne5+ $1 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxc2 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 $1 17...
Qb2 $8 (17... cxd3 18. Rf3 $18) 18. Qc7+ Bd7 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Rf3 $40) 12...
Nce7 ({the g8-knight has to defend the f6-pawn, as the following line shows:} 
12... Nge7 $6 13. Rxg7+ (13. Bd3 $5 13... f5 14. Nh3 $40) 13... Kxg7 14. exf6+
Kf7 15. fxe7+ Kxe7 16. Qg5+ 16... Kf7 $8 17. Be2 $16) (12... cxd4 13. Nf3 Qxc2
14. Bd3 $1 14... Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. cxd4 $40) 13. Nf3 13... c4 {An optional
alternatives demonstrates that White's threats are very serious: Ftacnik:
'Shipov is radically preventing activity of the opponent's white squared
bishop. Despite that white's attack is gaining strength by each move. '} (13...
Qxc2 14. Bd3 (14. exf6 $5 14... gxf6 15. Ne5+) 14... Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. exf6
gxf6 17. Ne5+ Ke8 (17... Kf8 18. Rxg8+ $1 18... Nxg8 19. Ng6+ Ke8 (19... Kg7
20. Qc7+ $18) 20. Qd6 $18)) (13... Nf5 14. Rxg7+ $5 {A fabulous idea!} (14. Bd3
{Morozevich} 14... Nxg3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qxg3 $44) 14... Kxg7 15. exf6+ Kf8
16. Ne5 Nxf6 (16... Rh7 17. Qg5 $40) 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Nxh8 Ne4 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20.
Bd3 $16) (13... Ng6 14. Rxg6 Kxg6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3+ Kf7 17. Qc7+ Kg8 18.
Ne5 $40) 14. exf6 gxf6 (14... Nxf6 {Ftacnik} 15. Ne5+ Kf8 16. Rxg7 Kxg7 17.
Qg5+ Kh7 18. Qxf6 $18) 15. Ne5+ Ke8 (15... Kf8 $5 16. Rxg8+ $140 (16. Kd1 $5 {
Ftacnik}) 16... Nxg8 (16... Kxg8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxf6 Rh7 18. Bh6 Bd7 19. Be2 $16
) 17. Ng6+ Kg7 18. Nxh8 18... Qxc2 $14 19. Qf3 {Ftacnik} 19... Qh7 20. Be2 $14)
16. Ng6 $1 {A very annoying move! Black's king is in great danger and the very
next move would be fatal for him.} 16... Nxg6 17. Rxg6 Qxc2 18. Qg3 Kf8 (18...
Ne7 19. Rxf6 Qb2 20. Rd1 Qxa3 21. Be2 $18) 19. Be2 Qf5 (19... e5 20. Rc1 $1 (
20. dxe5 20... Bg4 $1) 20... Qe4 21. f3 (21. dxe5 Bg4 (21... Qxe5 22. Bf4 $40)
22. Rxf6+ $1 22... Nxf6 23. f3 Qh7 24. exf6 $16) 21... Qf5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23.
Bf4 $18) 20. Bf4 $18 {White's positional advantage is decisive and Morozevich
chooses the most vigorous way of realisation. Ftacnik: 'Bringing dark squared
bishop into play decides immediatelly, the defender is grossly underdeveloped.
'} (20. Rg7 e5 21. dxe5 $18) 20... e5 (20... Ne7 21. Bd6 Rh7 22. Rg8+ Kf7 23.
Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Qc7+ $18) 21. dxe5 Bd7 22. exf6 Re8 (22... Nxf6 23. Bd6+ Ke8 24.
Rg5 Qe6 25. Re5 $18) 23. Be3 (23. Bh6+ $5 23... Kf7 24. Rg7+ Kxf6 25. Be3 $1
25... Rxe3 26. fxe3 $18) 23... Nxf6 (23... Rxe3 $8 24. fxe3 Nxf6 25. O-O-O $5
$18) 24. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymnon"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... Qa5 {
This move has become very popular in the last couple of years.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8.
Nf3 (8. Qg4 $5) (8. Qb1 $5) 8... c4 9. h4 (9. g3 Ne7 10. Bh3 Nbc6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. f4 Nf5 14. Ng2 h5 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bg2 Kb8 17. Bf3 17... Bc8
$11 {Gunnarsson,J-Psakhis,L/Torshavn op 2000//0-1 (51)}) 9... Nc6 10. h5 10...
h6 11. g3 $146 {
This is a novelty in this position, although the idea is not new at all.} (11.
Nh4 Nge7 12. g4 (12. Rh3 $5 12... Bd7 13. Rf3) 12... Bd7 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O
g5 15. Nf3 15... Rdf8 $132 {
Roiz Baztan,D-Fernandez Diaz,I/Asturias t-ch 2003/1-0 (42)}) 11... Bd7 12. Bh3
O-O-O 13. Bf4 Nge7 (13... g5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bg2 $14 (15. Bg4 Rf8 16. Qd2))
14. Qd2 Rdf8 15. Nh4 {A space advantage gives White better chances,
nevertheless Black's position is still fairly solid.} 15... Rh7 (15... Qa5 $5
$142) 16. Ng2 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g4) (16... g5 $5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bxh6 $4
$140 18... Rfh8 $19) 17. Ne3 Ka8 18. Bg2 18... Nc8 19. g4 $36 19... Qa5 (19...
Nb6 20. Bg3 20... Qa5 {leads just to moves transpozition.}) 20. Bg3 20... Nb6
21. a4 $1 {The players have completed their development and now White is
rushing to the attack.} 21... Nxa4 22. Ra3 22... b5 (22... Qb5 23. O-O $16) 23.
O-O Qd8 24. Rb1 {In return for the pawn, White has attacking chances against
black's exposed king.} 24... a6 25. Nxd5 $1 {This is typical sacrifice for
such positions. Bologan open all possible lines and diagonals and black king
never will get now safe place on the board.} 25... exd5 26. Bxd5 26... Rhh8 (
26... Qe7 27. Rxa4 $5 27... bxa4 28. Qe2 Rc8 (28... Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Kxb8 30. Be4
$5 30... Rh8 31. e6+ Ka7 32. d5 $40) 29. Qxc4 Ka7 30. e6 $1 30... fxe6 (30...
Bxe6 31. Qxc6 $1 31... Rxc6 32. Bb8+ Ka8 33. Bxc6+) 31. Be4 Rhh8 32. f3) 27.
Bg2 Qc8 28. f4 {
White's position is still formidable despite the fact he is a piece down.}
28... Ka7 (28... Bxg4 $142 29. d5 (29. Rxa4 $5 29... bxa4 30. d5 Rd8 31. Qf2)
29... Rd8 (29... Nxe5 30. fxe5 Qc5+ 31. Bf2 Qxa3 32. d6+ Kb8 33. Qd5 $18) 30.
Qf2 {with terrible attack}) 29. Bf2 {It seems that Black's position can no
longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces pointed at the black king,
who is all alone} 29... Na5 (29... Ka8 30. d5) (29... Nb6 30. Rxb5 $18) 30.
Rxa4 bxa4 31. d5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 (4... c5 {
is the more usual move, but after} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {Black anyway plays}
6... Ne7 {transposing into the main lines. But Atalik has something different
on his mind.}) 5. a3 {The main move. Another often played alternative, which
has already occurred in Atalik's practice, is} (5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 (6. Qg4 $142)
6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. O-O-O Bxe2 11. Bxe2 c4 12. g4
12... b5 $36 13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 Nxf5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rhg1 f6 17. Rg4 fxe5 18.
dxe5 d4 19. Rdg1 Qe7 20. Qf4 20... Rae8 $17 {
Bartel,M-Atalik,S/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (5. Qg4 c5 (5... Nf5 6. Bd3 h5 7. Qf4
Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. a3 a6 (9... g5 $5 $142 10. Nxg5 10... Ncxd4 $14 {/ }) 10. h4
b6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rg8 15. h5 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Kb8
17. Rdg1 Ka7 18. Rh2 a5 19. Qf4 Ba6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Ng3 Bc8 22. Rhg2 $16 {
Jansa,V-Uhlmann,W/Bad Liebenstein/1963/}) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {-C18}) 5...
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 6... b6 $5 { Ba6, c4 A very demanding line. Black sets himself
positional goals (exchanging the bad Bc8, play on light squares) before
finishing his development. A single inaccuracy may cost him dearly and White's
attack will be too strong.} (6... c5 {-C18}) 7. Qg4 {Black's setup is not easy
to crack, so an energetic reaction is in demand. This active sortie is played
more often, than all the other alternatives together.} (7. Nh3 $5 { Nf4-h5 }
7... Ng6 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. f4 $1 11... Ne7 12. g4 Qd7 13.
f5 $5 13... exf5 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bg5 $44 { }) (7. a4 7... Ba6 $132) (7. Nf3 7...
Ba6 $13) 7... Ng6 {Black has postponed any    for the time being, so he can't
ignore the direct attack on g7 as in some C18 lines, or even castle short
immediately, as this gives White's   a direct target.} (7... O-O $2 8. Bg5 {
Bf6} 8... Qd7 9. Bd3 (9. h4 Nf5 10. Nf3 c5 11. Bf6 Kh8 12. Ng5 $1 12... gxf6
13. exf6 h6 14. Qh5 cxd4 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. O-O Qd8 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Qg8
19. Qh5 Nd7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. f7 Qg7 22. Rfe1 Nf8 23. Re8 Bb7 24. Rae1 d3 25.
R1e6 Kh7 26. Qxf5+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Bc8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qf6+ {
1-0,Klovsky,R-Nei,I/Riga/1968/}) (9. h4 {alebo}) 9... Ng6 10. h4 f5 11. exf6 e5
12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. fxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne2 h6 15. Bd2 $16 {
Taimanov,M-Katetov,M/Leningrad/1946/}) (7... Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 $36 {
is not ideal either, White has forced a serious weakening of the   and
compared with the game, Ba6 is still impossible and his attacking chances are
more real.}) ({Playable is} 7... Kf8 8. a4 $14 (8. Nh3 $5 8... Ng6 9. a4 $36 {
Cutting off the Rh8 is a usual thing in this line (see Black's move 10),
nevertheless it requires strong nerves. After all, Black will pay for his
offside R in the end.})) 8. h4 {The most consistent continuation.} (8. Bd3 8...
Ba6 {is too meek}) ({Yudasin's idea} 8. g3 8... Ba6 9. Bg2 {
seems rather artificial, Black gets sufficient   after the natural} 9... c5 (
9... Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. Qd1 Nge7 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Nd3 Nf5 15. O-O Nce7
16. a4 Rc8 17. Bg5 17... Bxd3 {Yudasin,L-Bykhovsky,A/Beersheba/1996/} 18. cxd3
$16) 10. h4 h5 (10... Qc7 $2 11. h5 $1 11... cxd4 12. hxg6 $1 12... Qxc3+ 13.
Kd1 Qxa1 14. Rxh7 $40) 11. Qd1 11... Qc7 $13) 8... h5 9. Qg3 {
White has 2 other moves:} (9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 11... f6 $1 $142 (
11... Qd7 12. Ne2 Ne7 (12... Qc6 13. f4 $1 {
f5,Qd3 is dangerous for Black, he has no good way to stop this break:} 13...
Nb8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qd3 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 O-O 19. Raf1
Rae8 20. Ng3 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 $16 {
Macieja,B-Grabarczyk,B/POL-ch Polanica Zdroj/1999/}) 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qd3 (14. a4
$5 $36 { }) 14... Nb8 (14... Qa4 $5 $14) 15. Bf6 (15. c4 $36) 15... Rg8 16. f3
$14 {  Dolmatov}) 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Rh3 Nb8 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Rf3 Nd7 16. Nh3 Qe7
17. Nf4 (17. Kf1 17... e5 $1 18. Qf5 {
Smikovski,I-Potkin,V/RUS-chT Togliatti/2003/} 18... Kg7 $1 $15) 17... Nxf4 (
17... Rag8 $132) 18. Bxf4 c5 19. Kf1 c4 20. Qd1 Rag8 21. a4 Rg4 22. g3 a6 23.
Rb1 Rc8 24. Re3 Rc6 25. f3 25... Rg8 $13 {
Naiditsch,A-Potkin,V/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (9. Qf3 9... Nxh4 $5 10. Qh3 Nf5
11. g4 Ne7 12. gxh5 (12. Bg5 12... Ba6 $13) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qg4
14... Nf5 $13) 9... Ba6 10. Ne2 ({The other move is} 10. Bxa6 10... Nxa6 11.
Ne2 $142 (11. Bg5 11... Qd7 $13 {is similar to the above note with 9.Qd1. The
difference in the position of White's Q seems in Black's favour-the Ph5 is not
under pressure, Rh3-f3 is stopped for a long time, while Black's   with Qa4 is
more effective.} (11... f6 $2 12. Bxf6 $18)) 11... Qd7 (11... c5 12. Nf4 Nxf4
13. Bxf4 Kf8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O Rc8 (15... Qa4 $5 $142) 16. f4 Nb8 17. Rad1
cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. c4 $1 $40 {Fischer,R-Hoppe,R/Davis sim/1964/}) (11... Nb8
12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Ng3 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. Nxh5 Kf8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18.
Rd1 c5 19. Nxg7 $1 19... Kxg7 20. h5 $16 {Bogdanovic,R-Matulovic,M/YUG-ch/1957/
}) 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 13... Kf8 $5 14. a4 14... Nb8 $14 {Although White is
probably somewhat better due to Black's problems with connecting his R, it's
not easy to break through with only one pair of minor pieces on the board.})
10... Rh7 $5 (10... Nc6 $2 11. Nf4 Bxf1 12. Nxg6 $16) ({
Black was successful with} 10... Kf8 11. a4 11... Nc6 {
but it seems suspicious after the more natural} 12. Bg5 $142 (12. Nf4 $6 12...
Bxf1 13. Nxg6+ fxg6 14. Kxf1 Qe8 15. Qd3 Kg8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rd8 18. c3
Kh7 19. Rh3 Rf8 20. Bg5 Rd5 21. Kg1 Na5 22. Qa6 {
,Leko,P-Moskalenko,V/Copenhagen/1995/} 22... Qd7 $15) 12... Qd7 13. Qf3 {
Ng3-h5 }) (10... Qc8 {and the somewhat better}) (10... Qd7 $5 {
in comparison with the 10.Ba6 lines give White the extra option} 11. Nf4 (11.
a4 $5) 11... Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Kf8 13. Bd3 $1 $14 {Black will achieve the desired
exchange of B only by improving White's P-structure, he must prepare for a
long siege of his passive position.}) (10... Rg8 $6 {
has similar ideas as the text-move, but it runs into} 11. Qf3 $1 {
and Black either gives a pawn, or will suffer horribly after} 11... Nxh4 12.
Qxh5 $16) ({In this line due to his lacking development Black tries to keep
the position closed as long as possible. In spite of this interesting is the
yet untested, but otherwise typical French move} 10... c5 $5 {
c Critical is probably} 11. Nf4 (11. dxc5 $6 11... Qc7 $1 $15) 11... Nxf4 12.
Bxf4 {and once again Black must decide, whiat to do with the vulnerable Pg7.
The committal text prophylactically protects the P, on the other hand it
misplaces the R.}) (10... Kd7 { Kc8-b7} 11. Qf3 $1 { Ng3,Bg5 }) 11. Bg5 {
White plays a natural developing move with tempo.} ({
However, interesting was also the more refined} 11. a4 {
the Bc1 may find it's place also on the other  } 11... Qc8 $5 (11... Nc6 $6
$143 12. Nf4 Bxf1 13. Nxg6 Ba6 14. Ba3 $1 { Nf8} 14... Rh6 15. Nf4 g6 16. Nh3
Na5 17. Bc1 Rh8 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Qf4 Rg8 20. Qf6 Qd7 21. f3 Rc8 22. g4 c5 23.
gxh5 gxh5 24. Nf4 $16 {Wu Wenjin-Graf,A/Shenyang/1999/}) 12. a5 (12. Ba3 c5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. f4 Qc6 16. Qd2 Rh8 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bh3 Nb6 19. Kf2 g6
20. Qe3 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Nc4 22. Qc1 22... Nf5 $17 {
Olivera,A-Byrne,R/Buenos Aires/1964/}) 12... Nc6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Ba3 $13) (
11. Nf4 {is not too effective anymore now:} 11... Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1
Nc6 14. Qd3 Rh8 15. c4 $6 15... dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. c3 Na5 19.
Rh3 Kd7 20. Rg3 Rh7 21. Rd1 Ke6 22. Rg5 Rc8 23. Ke2 23... c5 $36 {
Pecnik,L-Potkin,V/EU-chJ U18/2000/}) 11... Qd7 {The previous note shows Black
should probably have tried to undermine White's   with} (11... Qc8 $1 $142 {
The position is not clear at all, in any case the plan from the game is not
effective anymore:} 12. Qf3 (12. a4 c5 13. a5 Nc6 14. axb6 14... axb6 $36)
12... c5 13. Ng3 $6 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 (14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 15... Qc4+ $17)
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 15... Qc4 $15) 12. Qf3 $146 {
Shirov plays the most direct move. The prophylactic} (12. a4 {would enable
Black to return to the idea from the previous note even with a tempo less:}
12... Qc8 $5 (12... c5 13. a5 $36) (12... Nc6 13. Qf3 $14) 13. a5 13... Nc6 $13
) 12... Qa4 $2 {A typical and very natural move, who could suppose the Q will
soon be direly missed in the defence.} ({Necessary was} 12... c5 $1 $142 13.
Ng3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qb5+ (14... Nc6 $6 15. Rd1 { h5}) 15. Kg1 15... Nc6 $132 {
with a really messy position.} (15... Qb2 $2 16. Nf5 $3 $18)) 13. Ng3 $1 {
White must be consistent.} 13... Bxf1 (13... Qxc2 14. Bxa6 {is also dangerous
for Black, his N is misplaced on a6 and he will have serious problems with his
Ke8 and his passive R.  } (14. c4 $2 14... Nc6 $36 { d4}) 14... Nxa6 15. Rc1
Qb3 16. Nxh5 Qxa3 17. O-O $44 { , Na6}) 14. Kxf1 14... c5 $2 {
Now Shirov uncorks a brilliant tactical blow.} ({
Now matter how unpleasant, Black should have gone for} 14... Qxc2 15. Nxh5 {
Ng7!,Qf6 Black's greatest problem are his uncoordinated major pieces, as
mentioned already above.} 15... Qb2 $5 $142 (15... Nd7 16. g4 $1 $16 { Kg2} (
16. Ng3 $2 16... f6 $1 17. Rc1 (17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bxf6 Rf7 19. Nh5 Nxf6 20.
Nxf6+ 20... Ke7 $19) 17... Qb2 18. Qd3 Ngf8 19. exf6 19... gxf6 $15)) (15...
Nc6 16. g4 $1 $36 (16. Ng3 Qb2 17. Re1 Qxa3 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 $44)) (15... Qf5
16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Ng3 f4 18. Nf5 $16 { h5,Ke2, f4}) 16. Re1 16... Nc6 {
is possibly the most testing, but even here White has a pleasant choice, he
can either protect his P, or play for the attack:} 17. Ng3 (17. Bc1 $14) 17...
Qxa3 18. h5 $44) 15. Nf5 $3 {A beautiful sacrifice, Shirov hardly could have
calculated all to the end and had to rely at least partly on his intuition and
fantasy. It didn't let him down-White gets a very strong, possibly even
decisive attack. At least even after analysis I can't find any plausible
defence, in the game the defender's task is much more difficult.} (15. Nxh5 $2
$143 15... Nc6 $1 {and White's   crumbles, while} (15... cxd4 $2 16. Nxg7+ $1
16... Rxg7 17. Qf6 $18) 16. Bh6 {leads nowhere after} 16... Rxh6 17. Nxg7+
17... Kd7 $1 18. Qxf7+ 18... Nge7 $17) 15... Qc4+ (15... exf5 16. Qxd5 {
Qd8#,Qa8} 16... Nc6 $8 17. e6 Kf8 (17... fxe6 $2 18. Qxe6+ $18 { Re1}) (17...
Qa6+ 18. Kg1 18... Qc8 {only transposes}) 18. exf7 18... Qa6+ ({
The Pf7 is a thorn in Black's flesh:} 18... Nh8 $2 19. Qd6+ Kxf7 20. d5 {
Qe6#,dc6}) 19. Kg1 Qc8 (19... Qb7 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Qd6+ Nce7 (21... Kxf7 22.
Qe6+ $18) 22. d5 $1 { Qe6,d6+-}) 20. Re1 Nce7 (20... Nge7 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qe6
$18 { d5-d6}) 21. Qd6 Qd8 22. Qe6 { d5} 22... Qc7 23. Rh3 Rd8 (23... f4 24. Rf3
$5 (24. Rd3 Rd8 (24... c4 25. d5 $1 25... cxd3 26. d6 $18) 25. dxc5 Rxd3 26.
cxd3 (26. cxb6 Qd7 27. bxa7 Qxe6 28. a8=Q+ 28... Qc8 $14) 26... bxc5 27. Qe4
27... Rh6 $1 $14) (24. dxc5 Rd8 (24... bxc5 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3
$18) 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 { d4-d5+-}) 24... Rd8 25. Rxf4 Qd7 (
25... Rd6 26. Qxe7+ $18) 26. Qe4 { Rf3-e3+-}) 24. Rhe3 Rd7 25. d5 $16 {
/+- Black is completely tied up and White can regain the sacrificed material
at his leasure after first improving his position with c4,a4,Kf1 etc.}) ({
Black must accept the gift, letting the N enter via d6 is hopeless:} 15... Kd7
16. Nd6 f6 17. c4 $1 (17. Qd3 17... Nf8 $16) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf8
$40 {+-}) 16. Kg1 exf5 17. Qxf5 17... Nd7 $8 (17... Nc6 $2 18. e6 $18) 18. e6
Nf6 19. Re1 $1 {White has time for this quiet move.} (19. Bxf6 $2 19... gxf6
20. Qxf6 20... Qxc3 $1 {prevents Re1} (20... Ne7 $6 $143 21. Re1 $36) 21. exf7+
(21. Kh2 Qxd4 22. exf7+ 22... Rxf7 {only transposes}) 21... Rxf7 22. Qc6+ Ke7
23. Kh2 23... Qxd4 $1 24. Rhe1+ Ne5 25. Qxa8 25... Qxh4+ $11) 19... Qxc3 ({
Somewhat better, although probably insufficient was} 19... Nf8 $5 $142 20. Rh3
$1 $142 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. e7 (21. Qxf6 $2 21... fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23. Rd6+
23... Kc7 $17) 21... Ng6 22. Qxf6 $6 (22. Rh3 $1 $142 {
still leads to the main line}) 22... cxd4 (22... Kd7 $5 {is similar, as} 23.
Qf5+ Ke8 24. Rh3 24... cxd4 {transposes}) 23. Rh3 23... Kd7 $1 { Re8} (23...
Rc8 24. Rg3 Qc6 25. Rxg6 Qxf6 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27. Rxc8 Qxe7 28. Rxe7+ $16) (23...
dxc3 24. Rg3 $18 { Rg6}) 24. Qf5+ Ke8 25. Qf6 (25. Rg3 25... Qc6 $13 {/ })
25... Kd7 $11) 20... cxd4 { Qc8,Qc6} (20... fxe6 21. Rxe6+ $1 21... Nxe6 (21...
Kf7 22. Bxf6 Nxe6 23. Bxg7+ $1 23... Kxg7 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 $18) 22. Qxe6+
Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. Qg8+ $18) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6+ $18) 21. Bxf6 (21. Rf3 $2
21... Qc6 $1 $17) 21... gxf6 22. e7 Ng6 23. Rg3 Rh8 (23... Rh6 $2 24. Qxf6 {
Qg7+-}) 24. Qxf6 Rg8 25. Rf3 $1 $142 (25. f4 Rc8 26. f5 26... Qc6 $1 (26... Rc6
27. Re6 $1 $18) 27. Qg5 $5 (27. Qxd4 27... Qc5 $132) (27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Re6
Qxc3 29. fxg6 Kd7 30. e8=Q+ Rcxe8 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Qf6+ $11) (27. Re6 $2 27...
fxe6 28. fxg6 28... Kd7 $19) 27... dxc3 (27... Qc5 28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxh5 Rxg3
30. Qh8+ $18) 28. fxg6 Rxg6 29. Qxh5 Re6 30. Re5 $5 $40) 25... Nh8 {
First the Rh7, now the Nh8 are tragic pieces...} 26. Rf5 $1 26... Rc8 (26...
Qxc3 27. Rd1 Qxc2 28. Rxd5 $1 28... Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 27. Re6 $3 27... Kd7 (
27... fxe6 28. Qxe6 dxc3 29. Qxg8+ Kxe7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Rxh5 Qf4 32. Rh6+ $18)
28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. cxd4 $40 (29. Qe5 $5)) (19... Kf8 $2 20. exf7 Kxf7 21. Qe6+
Kf8 22. Qc6 $1 $18) 20. exf7+ Kxf7 (20... Kf8 {loses a piece after} 21. Re8+ $1
21... Rxe8 (21... Nxe8 22. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 23. Qxg6+ $18) 22. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 23.
Qxg6+ { Bf6+-}) 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Rh3 $18 {
The last passive piece joins the attack and decides the game.} 22... Qxd4 (
22... Qxc2 23. Rf3 cxd4 (23... Nh8 24. Qxd5 Re8 25. Qd6+ $18) 24. Qd6+ $1 $142
(24. Bxf6 $2 24... gxf6 25. Rxf6+ Kg7 26. Qf7+ (26. Rf7+ $2 26... Kh6 $19 {
and there is no mate from e3.}) 26... Kh8 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qf7+
Kh6 30. Qf8+ $11) 24... Kg8 25. Bxf6 { Qd5} {Aj po najlepsom} 25... gxf6 (25...
Rf8 26. Bxd4 Rxf3 27. Qxd5+ $1 27... Rf7 28. Re8+ Nf8 29. Rxf8+ $1 29... Kxf8
30. Qd8#) 26. Qxd5+ Rf7 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28. Qe4 $18 {
All these lines show how helpless Black's R are.}) 23. Rf3 Nxh4 ({
Insufficient is even the somewhat better} 23... Qg4 24. Qxd5 $1 {Qa8,Re4!}
24... Re8 25. Qd6+ Re7 (25... Kg8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qf7 $18 {
mates}) 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxe7 $18) 24. Rf4 Qc3 25.
Bxh4 $138 (25. Bxf6 $142 25... gxf6 26. Rxf6+ Kg7 27. Rf7+ (27. Qf7+ Kh8 28.
Re8+ $18) 27... Kh8 (27... Kg8 28. Rxa7+ $18) 28. Qe8+ $1 28... Rxe8 29. Rxe8#)
25... Rh6 26. Re5 (26. Rf3 Qd4 27. Bg3 Rd8 (27... g5 28. Be5 $18) 28. Bd6+ Rxd6
29. Qe8#) 26... Qd2 (26... Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qc1 28. Rff5 $18 { f6}) 27. Bxf6 (27.
Bxf6 Rxf6 (27... Qxf4 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qxg7#) 28. Rxf6+ gxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30.
Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
8... Qa5 {This move has become quite  popular in the last couple of years.} 9.
Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. g4 c4 14. gxf5 cxd3 15. Rg1
15... Bd7 16. Qg5 (16. c4 Qc7 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 20. cxd3
cxd3 21. f6 Bg6 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 Rd8 24. Rg4 24... Bf5 $11 {
Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/ -  (44)}) 16... Rf7
17. f6 (17. cxd3 exf5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. f4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qa6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Qg3
22... Qa4 $13 {
0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Martinez,S/Barbera del Valles op 2003/ (49)}) 17... Qd8
18. Ne5 $146 {Interesting novelty.} (18. Qh6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rf5 22. cxd3 Rxe5+ 23. Be3 Rh5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bf4 25... e5 $17 {
0-1 Sumets,A-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa-ch 2000 (40)}) (18. cxd3 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6
20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 21... Rf5 $11) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 19... dxc2 {Black has 
a small material advantage, but White retains many interesting tactical
opportunities on the kingside.} 20. Be3 {A critical position of the variation,
since it is the end of series of more or less forced moves.} (20. Qh6 Qf8 21.
Rc1 Kh8) 20... Rc8 (20... Ba4 21. Qh6 Qc7 22. Bd4) 21. Kd2 Ba4 22. Bd4 22...
Rc4 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rg4 (24. fxg7+ 24... Kg8 $1 $13 (24... Rxg7 $2 $143 25.
Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Qf6+ $1 28... Qxf6 29. exf6 $18)) 24...
Qf8 25. h4 $5 25... b6 (25... Rfc7 $5 26. h5 $36 (26. Rag1 26... Qxa3 $132))
26. h5 {Black should have stuck to a passive defense.} 26... Bb3 27. f4 (27.
Rag1 27... Rcc7) 27... Ra4 {Black creates some threats on the queen side,
trying to prevent White's activity on the opposite flank.} (27... Rc6 $5) 28.
f5 $1 {Further casualties are unavoidable for Black because of the unstable
position of his king.} 28... exf5 (28... Rxa3 29. Rc1 Qe8 30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Qg3
$18) 29. Rxg7 Rxg7 (29... Rxa3 30. Qh6 $18) 30. fxg7+ Qxg7 31. e6 {
White has played vigorously and has obtained an practically winning position.}
31... Rxd4+ 32. cxd4 $1 (32. Qxd4 $143 32... Qxd4+ 33. cxd4 Kg7 34. Rg1+ Kf6
35. h6 $16) 32... Ba4 33. e7 Qg2+ 34. Kc3 Qe4 (34... Be8 35. Rg1) 35. Qxe4 dxe4
(35... fxe4 36. h6) 36. Rg1 h6 (36... e3 37. Kd3 $1 37... f4 38. Ke4 $18) 37.
d5 f4 38. Kd4 f3 39. Ke3 (39. Kxe4 $6 39... f2 40. Rc1 Kg7) (39. Ke3 Be8 40. d6
Kh7 41. Rc1 Kg7 42. Rxc2 Kf7 43. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 (7. Qg4 $1)
7... Qc7 8. Nf3 8... h6 $5 {
This is a good way for Black to avoid complexities of the} (8... b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. Bd3 $13) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qe2 Nb8 13. a5
bxa5 14. Qb5+ (14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. f4 Nxc5 17. Qb5 Ne4 18. Qxa5 Qxa5
19. Rxa5 Nxc3 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Ra1 Rac8 22. Rxa7 22... Nc6 $17 {
Tan,K-L'Ami,E/NED-ch B20 Schagen 2003/EXT 2004/0-1 (49)}) 14... Nd7 15. Qxa5
Qxa5 16. Rxa5 cxd4 (16... a6 $5) 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Ra1 Nb6 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Rfb1
Nxa3 21. Rxa3 21... O-O $11 {
-  Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/USA-ch Seattle 2000/ (22)}) 9... b6 10. a5 (10. O-O
Ba6 11. Nh4 (11. Re1 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nd7 13. Ba3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nh4 Rfe8
16. f4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. c4 Qc6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 d4 21. Qb5 21... Qc7
$11 { -  De Vreugt,D-L'Ami,E/Dieren op 2003 (24)}) 11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13.
Qg4 Kh7 14. dxc5 Qxe5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Nf3 17... Qf5 $15 {
-  Borriss-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002 (40)}) 10... bxa5 11. O-O 11... c4 $5 $146
({Black experiences much more difficulties after} 11... Ba6 12. Ba3 Bxd3 13.
cxd3 Nd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. c4 $1 15... dxc4 16. Rc1 Nb7 17. Rxc4 Qd7 18. Qc2
$36 {1-0 McDonald,N-Shaked,T/London GM 1997 (47)}) 12. Be2 12... O-O $13 13.
Re1 Nbc6 14. Bf1 (14. Ba3 f6 15. Bd6 15... Qd7 $132) 14... f6 $1 {
In my opinion Black has solved his openings problems.} 15. Ba3 (15. exf6 Rxf6
16. Ba3 16... Bd7) 15... fxe5 16. Bxe7 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 17... Rf7 $11)
16... Qxe7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 18... Qc7 19. g3 (19. Be2 $5) 19... Bd7 20.
Bh3 20... Rf6 $15 21. Qc1 (21. Qe1 Qb6 22. Rb1 22... Qc6) 21... a4 {
Thanks to this small weak pawn Bareev keeps a clear advantage.} 22. Qa3 22...
Rb8 $1 23. f4 Rb6 24. Kf2 Qb8 25. Rae1 25... Qf8 $1 (25... g5) 26. Qxf8+ (26.
Qc1 a3 (26... g5 $5)) 26... Kxf8 {The arisen endgame is not safe for White.}
27. Ke3 27... g5 $1 (27... Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. Bg4 29... g5 $5) 28. Bg4 (28.
fxg5 $5 28... hxg5 29. Bg4 Rb2) 28... gxf4+ 29. gxf4 Rb2 30. f5 $5 (30. Kd2
Rxf4 31. Bxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rf2+ 33. R1e2 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 a3 35. Re6 35... a5 $1
$19) 30... exf5 31. Bf3 (31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rf1 Rxc2 33. Rfxf5 33... Rxc3+ $19)
31... Rxc2 32. Kf4 Rxc3 33. Bh5 $6 ({Possibly White should have preferred} 33.
Bxd5 $5 33... Rd3 34. R5e3 34... Rb6 $5 (34... Rxd4+ 35. Ke5 f4 36. Rc3)) 33...
Rh3 $1 34. Rxd5 (34. Be8 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Bxe8 37. Rxe8+ 37... Kg7 $19
) 34... Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Rxh5 36. Rxd7 36... f4+ $19 37. Kg4 (37. Kf3 Rxh2) 37...
Rg5+ (37... Rxh2 $5) 38. Kf3 Rf7 (38... Rb5 39. Rxa7 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 40... Re3 $19
) 39. Rd8+ (39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kxf4 40... a3 $19) 39... Kg7 40. Rc8 Rb5 41.
Rxc4 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 42... a3 43. Ra4 f3 44. Ra1 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kf1 Rxh2) 45...
Rg2+ 46. Kh1 a2 47. Rg1 Kf8 48. Rxg2 48... f2 $1 (48... fxg2+ $2 49. Kxg2 $11)
49. Rg1 (49. Rxf2 49... Rxf2) 49... f1=Q 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
({Black experiences much more difficulties after} 8. Bd3 $5 $142) 8... Nbc6 9.
Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 11... e5 12. Qg3 {This move allows a typical
exchange sacrifice after which Black receives very good compensation and very
easy play.} (12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe5 15... Qf8 $1
16. O-O Bf5 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. Qh6 Rf8 19. Qe3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 21...
Ng6 $13 { -  Schmaltz,R-Jussupow,A/Philadelphia World op 2002/ (25)}) (12. Qh4
e4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 exd3 15. cxd3 Bf5 16. O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4
Nc6 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Qf3 20... Qf7 $11 {
0-1 Trepat,J-Matamoros,C/Lorca Yepes mem 2004 (42)}) 12... Rxf3 $1 13. gxf3 c4
14. Be2 Qa5 (14... exd4 $5 15. Bf6 Qf8 16. Bxd4 Nf5 17. Qg5 (17. Qf4 $6 17...
Nfxd4 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bd1 c3 21. O-O Bf5 22. Ra2 22... Re8 $19
{0-1 Campello,L-Teixeira,R/BRA-ch Rio de Janeiro 2004/ (32)}) 17... Nfxd4 18.
cxd4 Bf5 19. c3 Re8 20. Ra2 20... Re6 $44 {
-  Thoma,O-Do Prado,L/corr World Cup 2000/(30)}) 15. Bd2 Nf5 (15... exd4 16.
cxd4 c3 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. O-O Rf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd6
Rd8 23. Qf6 23... Rf8 { -  Erlacher,M-Fuerlinger,H/AUT t-ch2 0102 2002/PG (23)}
) 16. Qg5 Bd7 17. dxe5 $146 (17. Rg1 Rf8 18. h4 Qa4 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nf7
21. Qg2 21... Bc6 {
'(Szalanczy - Hertneck, Vienna 1996) doesn't change much in essense '} 22. Kd1
d4 23. Bf3 d3 24. Rc1 N7d6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Be3 Nb5 27. Ke1 Nxa3 28. cxd3 cxd3
29. Bd4 Re8+ 30. Be3 Nc2+ 31. Kd2 Qa2 32. Qxc6 32... Nb4+ {
0-1 Szalanczi,E-Hertneck,G/Wien op-1 1996 (32)}) 17... Nxe5 {White must have
mixed up something. All this happened before and it was known as bad for White.
As a compensation for the exchange Black have two strong knights in the center
of the board and white's pawn structure is really terrible.} 18. f4 Nf7 19. Qg2
N7d6 20. Rg1 Re8 21. Kd1 21... Ne4 {Black's play is easier as White's bishops
are passive and his heavy pieces act discordantly.} 22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 $5) 22...
Nxc3+ ({A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by} 22... Re7
$5 $142 23. Kc1 (23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qf3 d4) 23... Nxd2 24. Kxd2 24... d4 $40)
23. Kc1 (23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Ra2 Qd4+ 25. Kc1 c3 26. Kb1 26... Qd2 $17) 23... Nd4
$1 24. Be6+ $5 (24. Bxd7 $4 24... Nde2+ 25. Kb2 25... Qb6+ {mating}) (24. Bd1
24... g6 $1) 24... Nxe6 25. f5 Ne2+ 26. Kd1 Nc3+ 27. Kc1 (27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28.
fxe6 (28. Rb1 28... Nc5 $19) 28... Qxa1+ 29. Kd2 29... Qd4+ $19) 27... Ne2+ 28.
Kd1 28... Qc7 {Surely Black is playing for win.} 29. fxe6 Bxe6 30. Re1 ({
Very sad is} 30. Qxg7+ 30... Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kxe2 Bg4+ 33. Kf1 Bh3+ 34.
Kg1 34... Kf7) 30... Nd4 31. Qg3 (31. Bc3 31... Nc6) 31... Qf7 (31... Qxg3 32.
fxg3 Bg4+ 33. Kc1 Ne2+ 34. Kb2 34... d4 $17) 32. Bc3 32... Nc6 {
An optimal place for the knight} 33. Be5 d4 (33... Bf5 $5 34. f4 Be4) 34. f4
34... Bf5 {White's advantage can be seen with the naked eye} 35. Kd2 $5 (35.
Rb1 Qh5+ 36. Kc1 Nxe5 37. fxe5 (37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. fxe5 38... Qe2 $19) 37...
Qh6+ 38. Kd1 (38. Kb2 c3+ 39. Ka1 39... Qa6 $19) 38... Rd8 39. Rxb7 39... d3
$19) 35... c3+ (35... Nxe5 36. fxe5 (36. Rxe5 c3+ 37. Kc1 Rxe5 38. fxe5 38...
Be4 $19) 36... Qd5 $19) 36. Kc1 Rd8 37. Rb1 Rd7 (37... Nxe5 $142 38. Rxe5 Qa2
39. Rxf5 39... d3 $19) 38. Ra1 h6 39. Rg1 39... Kh7 $5 40. Qf2 40... Qd5 $5 {
Further casualties are unavoidable because of unstable position of White'sking.
} 41. Qg2 41... Nxe5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. fxe5 43... Rxe5 $19 44. Rb1 (44. Kd1 $5)
44... Re2 45. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 46. Kd1 Rd2+ 47. Ke1 Bg6 48. Rd7 d3 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 (7...
Qc7 $5 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 9... b6 $13) 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. h5 Bd7 ({In case of} 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 10... Qa4 {White could sacrifice a pawn -} 11. Nf3 Nxd4 12. Bd3
Nec6 13. Kf1 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 15. h6 {
Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares 1992. with good compensation}) ({Worth considering} 
9... h6 $5 {
to stop White weakening the dark squares on the kingsize, for example:} 10. Nf3
Bd7 11. a4 O-O-O 12. Qc1 12... f6 $13) 10. h6 10... gxh6 11. Nf3 11... Ng8 $5
$146 {It looks like a novelty - Black doesn't hurry to return an extra pawn.
Apparently nobody has had the courage to play the text  before!} (11... Qa4 12.
Rb1 O-O-O 13. Bb5 (13. Qc1 $5) 13... Qxa3 14. Ra1 Qb2 15. Rb1 15... Qa3 {
-  Krug,G-Plewe,T/BL 1989 (15)}) (11... O-O-O $5 12. Bd3 (12. a4 12... Rdg8 $5
13. Rxh6 (13. g3 Rg4 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Kf1 Rhg8 16. Nh2 R4g7 17. Nf3 Rg4 18. Nh2
R4g7 19. Nf3 Rg4 20. Nh2 {
-  Perunovic,M-Firman,N/EU t-ch B18 Balatonlelle 2001/Week in Chess 347 (20)})
13... Nf5 14. Rf6 Qd8 15. Be3 Rg6 16. Rxf7 Be8 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qd2
19... Rhg8 $132 {1-0 Bologan,V-Uhlmann,W/Dresden 1997 (45)}) (12. Rxh6 Ng8 13.
Rh4 f6 14. c4 Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Be2 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Nge7 19. Bd2
Qc7 20. exf6 20... Nf5 $13 {0-1 Sbarra,M-Contin,D/Milan Trophy 2003/ (61)})
12... Rdg8 (12... c4 13. Be2 Ng8 14. Kf1 f6 15. Qe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Ne7 18. Bxh6 Rhg8 19. Bf3 $14 {Short,N-Psakhis,L/Port Erin 1999}) 13. Kf1 Nf5
14. a4 c4 15. Be2 f6 16. exf6 Qd8 17. Bf4 Qxf6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. g3 Rf8 20. Ke1
20... Rhg8 $13 {
-  Spraggett,K-Rodriguez Guerrero,E/Sevilla op 2004/The Week in Chess 480 (37)}
) 12. c4 {White plays very aggressively, hoping, that this is the precisest
way to punish black for his opening strategy.} 12... Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5
$5 (14. c3 $5) 14... O-O-O ({Of course the e5 pawn is poisoned:} 14... Nxe5 15.
Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f6 17. Qh5+ $16) 15. Be2 Bg4 (15... Nxe5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17.
Bxf3 Re8+ (17... f6 18. Qxd5 $16) 18. Kf1 f6 19. Qxd5 $16) 16. Kf1 16... h5 {
This pawn is not so important by itself but it limits the activity of the h1
rook.} (16... Nge7 17. Rxh6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxe5 19. Rb1 d4 20. c3 $5 20... dxc3
21. Qb3 21... Rxd2 $140 22. Qxb7+ Kd8 23. Qa8+ Nc8 24. Rxc6 $18) 17. Rb1 ({
Black doing well after} 17. Bg5 17... f6 $5 18. exf6 Qf7 19. Rb1 19... Nxf6
$132) 17... f6 $5 {Interesting idea: Black doesn't try to win the e5 pawn, but
would like to exchange it!} 18. e6 $1 {Best move, in the case of} (18. exf6
Nxf6 19. Bg5 19... Qg7 $132 {black pieces are very active.}) 18... Nge7 19. Ne1
Ne5 (19... Bxe6 20. Nd3 (20. Rxh5 20... d4 $13) 20... Ng6 21. Rxh5 21... Rhe8
$13) 20. Nd3 N7g6 21. a4 21... Rhe8 (21... Qc6 $5 22. a5 22... Nc4 {
with nice game for Black}) 22. a5 22... Rxe6 {
Lputian could make and another interesting moves:} (22... a6 $5) (22... Nc4 $5)
23. f3 Bf5 24. a6 24... Nxd3 $2 {Serious mistake!} ({Lputian had to play} 24...
bxa6 $5 {surely that this move requires courage and accurate calculation.
Continuation could be next} 25. Rxh5 25... Nc4 $3 (25... Ne7 26. Nf4 $5 $36)
26. Rxf5 Qh2 27. Ne1 (27. Kf2 Nh4 28. Nf4 28... Rg8 $19) 27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2
Qh4+ 29. Kf1 (29. g3 29... Qd4+ $19) (29. Kg1 $2 29... Qd4+ $19) 29... Qh1+ $11
) 25. axb7+ Kb8 26. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 27. cxd3 h4 ({Or} 27... Qxc5 28. Rxh5 $16) 28.
d4 $16 28... Rde8 29. Rb2 $2 {Now it's time for white's mistakes.} (29. Qa4 $5
$142 29... Qc6 (29... Nf4 30. Ra1 a6 31. c6 $1 $18) 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Be1 $16)
29... R8e7 $2 {I dare say this is the major cause of Black's defeat.} ({
I think Black should have taken his chances with} 29... Nf4 $1 30. Bxf4 (30.
Qb1 30... Nxg2 $1 $132) 30... Qxf4 $132) 30. Qc1 30... a6 {All White's pieces
stand very well except for his h1 rook. Short finds a way to include it into
game.} 31. Rh3 $1 31... Re8 (31... Nf4 32. Bxf4 Re1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Qxe1 Rxe1+
34. Kxe1 Qxf4) 33... Rxc1 34. Bxc7+ Rxc7 35. Rxh4 $18) 32. f4 32... Ne7 33. Qb1
$5 $18 33... Nc6 (33... f5 $5) 34. f5 $1 34... Re4 35. Rb6 35... Qd7 $2 {
Black slips up in a difficult position.} (35... a5 $5 $142 36. Ra6 $1 (36. Qb5
$2 36... Re1+ $1 37. Bxe1 Qf4+ 38. Rf3 38... Qc1 $19) 36... Nb4 37. Ra8+ Kxb7
38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Bxb4 axb4 40. Qxb4+ Kc8 41. Rxh4 41... Re4 $16) 36. Rxa6 (36.
Kg1 $5) 36... Qxf5+ 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Qd7 40. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Calvia ol (Men)"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 (11. Qh3 Qa4 12. Rg1 c4 13. Be2 Qxc2 14.
Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Rc2 Qxa3 18. Bh6 18... Ng6 $132 {
-  Langheinrich,F-Kindermann,S/BL 0102 2002/}) 11... Rxf6 12. Qh5 12... Nf5 13.
g4 (13. c4 $5 13... Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18.
Ng3 Ba6 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Bxa6 20... Qxa6 $13 {
-  Seres,L-Erdos,V/Budapest-4 GM 2003/The Week in Chess 441 (28)}) (13. Ne5 $5)
13... c4 14. gxf5 (14. Be2 Nd6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2
c5 19. Qe5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Ke3 Bb7 22. f4 Re8 23. Qe5 Qb6+ 24. Kd2 Qf2
25. Raf1 25... Qc5 {0-1 Videki,S-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 2000/ChessBase (36)}) 14...
cxd3 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. Qg5 $5 (16. c4 16... Qc7 $1 {
It is necessary for Black to show big care -} (16... Qd8 $2 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ng5
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Raf8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxg7 $1 21... Rxg7 22. f6 {
1-0 Timman,J-Van Haastert,E/Amsterdam Lost Boys op 2002}) 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qh4
Rxh6 19. Qxh6 dxc4 (19... dxc2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. f6 Bf7 22. fxg7+ Kg8 23. Qf6
Qa5+ 24. Kf1 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qxa3 26. Kg2 dxc4 27. Rxc2 Bd5 28. Rd2 28... Re8 {
0-1 Golod,V-Terreaux,G/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (71)}) 20. cxd3 20... cxd3
21. f6 $5 $146 21... Bg6 $8 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. fxg7 23... Rd8 { -  Shirov,
A-Khalifman,A/Dos Hermanas-A 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis] (43) It is not so easy to
estimate correctly this position, but it looks that Black can keep equal
chances.}) 16... Rf7 17. f6 (17. cxd3 $143 17... exf5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. f4 Nxe5
20. dxe5 Qa6 21. Ke2 Bb5 22. Qg3 Qa4 23. Kf2 Qc2 24. Ke2 Qa4 25. Kf2 d4 26. c4
Bc6 27. Ke2 27... Re6 {
0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Garcia Martinez,S/Barbera del Valles op 2003/(48)}) 17... Qd8
18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 19... dxc2 {The game scenario is clear now: White is
attacking on the right, Black is doing the same on the left. Who has an edge?}
20. Be3 20... Rc8 ({Worth considering move} 20... Kh8 $5 {
with possible continuation} 21. Kd2 (21. fxg7+ Kg8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kd2 23...
Ba4 $13) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kxc2 a6 26.
Kd3 Rxf2 27. Raf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Kxg7 29. Rf6 Re8 30. Kc4 Bd5+ 31. Kc5 Rf8 32.
Kd6 Rxf6 33. exf6+ 33... Kf7 {
-  Zhigalko,A-Llobel Cortell,E/ECC t-ch Izmir 2004/ (33)}) (20... Qf8 21. Bd4
Be8 22. Kd2 Rc7 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. h4 Kh8 25. Qh3 gxf6 26. exf6 Bb5 27. Rg7 Qh5
28. Qxe6 Rc4 29. Rag1 {1-0 Bobras,P-Vysochin,S/Bad Wiessee op 2004/}) 21. Kd2
21... Qa5 $146 (21... Ba4 22. Bd4 Rc4 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. h4 b6 26. h5
Bb3 27. f4 Ra4 28. f5 exf5 29. Rxg7 Rxg7 30. fxg7+ Qxg7 31. e6 $40 {
Timoshenko,G-Farago,I/Nagykanizsa 2003/ (Psakhis)/1-0 (39)}) 22. Bd4 Rc4 23.
Qe3 $1 23... Be8 $6 (23... Qb5 $5 24. f4 Qb2 25. Rac1 Qxa3 26. f5 $140 26...
exf5 27. e6 27... Rxd4+ $1 28. Qxd4 Bxe6) 24. f4 $1 {Dominguez plays very
aggressively, hoping, that this is the precisest way to punish Black for his
opening strategy.} 24... Kf8 25. Kc1 $1 (25. f5 $6 $143 25... exf5 (25... Bd7
26. Kc1 $1 $18) 26. Kc1 Qa6 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Qh6 28... Rcc7 $8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7
30. e6 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 31... Qb5+ $11) 25... b6 $2 ({
Possibly Black should have preferred} 25... Qa6 $142 {for example:} 26. Qh3 (
26. f5 exf5 27. e6 27... Rxd4 $8 28. exf7 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 30. Kxd1 Ba4+
31. Kd2 31... Qxf6 $13) 26... Kg8 27. f5 exf5 28. Qxf5 Bd7) 26. f5 {
White brings more pawns into attack, making Black's survival impossible.} (26.
Qh3 $5) 26... Ra4 (26... exf5 27. Rxg7 $1 27... Rxd4 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh6 Rcc7
29. fxg7+ Kg8 30. Qd6 $1 30... Rxg7 31. Qe6+ $18) 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd4 $18)
27. fxg7+ Kg8 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh6) 28. Qh6 (28. Qh6) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 (
14... Qf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19.
f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25.
Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)})
16. g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1
$14 { -  Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16.
Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 $146 {A quite natural and strong move} 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6
19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his position
and Black can't organise any counterplay.} 21... Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {
A nice breakthrough!} 23... gxf5 (23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,
F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33) An excellent move,
securing an outpost for the knight.  }) 16. Nh3 Ne7 (16... Bd7 $5 17. Qe2 b5
18. g4 18... a5 19. Nf4 $6 $146 {This is a novelty in this position, although
the idea is not new at all. To be honest I don't like this move: a more
interesting game raised after} (19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 {for example:} (20. Rg1
Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 26...
Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 28... Nf5 $44 {
Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/ -  (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5
g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5 22... Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4
Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ 26... Kh8 $132 {
0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 22... Qe7 23.
Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 24... Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 25... dxe4 26. Qxh5
Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32.
Rh7+ {1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)})
25. Nf3 25... b4 $132) 19... Ne7 (19... b4 $5 20. h5 (20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. O-O bxc3 23. Nxg6 23... Rb8 $132) 20... g5 21. Ng6 Rf7 22. f4 $5 $13)
20. h5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 21... b4 $1 {
Black has a more obvious way of developing the initiative on the queenside.}
22. f4 (22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. cxb4 24... Nc6 $44) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4
bxc3 (23... b3 $5) 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 25... Rb8 {
0-1 Lahno,K-Smeets,J/Wijk aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (36)}) (16... Qf7 17.
Nf4 Ne7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21. Kf1 Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Kg1 b5
24. h5 Be8 25. Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 Qg6 29. f3 $36 {
1-0 Tischbierek,R-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgo op 2003 (53)}) 17. Qe2 17... b5 ({
Improvment compare to} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 20... Rf5 21.
gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {
with strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A 
2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)})
18. g4 a5 19. h5 19... g5 (19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {
also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21. Nxg5 21... g6 22. Nh3 $1 ({Weaker} 
22. Kd2 $6 22... Rf5 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5 $5 {
Looks great for White, but his opponent has good defense.} (24. axb4 axb4 25.
cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 26... Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 25... gxh5 $8 {Only move}
26. Ne4+ $1 (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5 29... Qc6 $19 {
lose without big fight}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Bg5 $18) 27.
Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In the case of} 28. Rh1 28... Rb8 $1 29. Nxf5 Rb1+ 30. Bc1
30... Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ 32... Nh6 $17 {
Black is very close tp victory}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 29... Qf7 $8 30. Rxh5+
30... Kg8 { -  Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/
[Psakhis] (35) Black managed to keep material advantage, bur white's attack is
still strong and helps them to mantain balance.}) 22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {
with great compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Qg2 $146 (
22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 c3+ 25. Kxc3 Bb5 26. Qd2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc8
28. Kb2 Nb6 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Ra3 Qxb4+ 33. Rb3 Qa5 34.
Kc1 Bc4 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 36... Qa6 $132 {
Luther,T-Rychagov,A/GRE t-ch 2001 0-1 (57)}) (22. Rg1) 22... b4 23. Ke2 $6 (23.
g5 $5 23... Kh7 $5 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6 25... Rg8 $132) 23... bxc3 24. g5 {
White completely ignores his Q-side and continues King-side actions!} 24... Kh7
$1 25. Ng6 (25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Rag1 Nf5 (26... Rf7 $2 27. Qg6+ $3 27... Nxg6 28.
hxg6+ Kg8 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxh6 $18) 27. Qg6+ 27... Kh8 $15) 25... Rg8 (25...
Nxg6 26. gxh6 $1 26... Nf4+ $8 (26... gxh6 27. hxg6+ Qxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 29.
Rxh6+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ $18) 27. Bxf4 gxh6 28. Qg6+ Qxg6 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bxh6 $40
) 26. Nxe7 (26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qh3 $5) 26... Qxe7 27. Rag1 27... Ba4 $1 28. Rc1
$2 {Passive and absolutely unnecessary move. White could continue} (28. Kd1 $1
$142 {and after, for example} 28... Qxa3 $140 29. g6+ Kh8 30. Bxh6 $1 30...
Rgb8 $1 31. Bxg7+ $1 31... Kg8 (31... Kxg7 32. h6+ Kf8 (32... Kg8 33. h7+ Kg7
34. Qg5 $18) 33. Qf3+ Ke7 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. g7 $18) 32. h6 32... Qa2 $132 {
it is not easy to evaluate position.}) 28... Rab8 29. Rhg1 29... Qe8 (29...
Qxa3 $5 $142) 30. Qh2 (30. Qh3 $5 30... Rb2 31. Kd1 hxg5 32. Rxg5 32... Rf8 $40
) 30... Rb2 31. Kd1 Qf8 ({Black should have preferred} 31... hxg5 $1 32. Bxg5
32... Qf7 33. Ke1 33... Qf5 $19) 32. Qg3 $6 ({
White could have offered a tough resistance after} 32. Qh3 $1 {
keeping light squares under the control.}) 32... hxg5 ({
Another promising possibility was} 32... Qf5 $1 33. Ke1 Bxc2 34. Rf1 Qe4 35.
Qf4 Qd3 36. Rf2 hxg5 37. Qxg5 37... Ba4 $19) 33. Bxg5 33... Qf5 {
Black can comfortably place his pieces on light squares.} (33... Qxa3 $5) 34.
Qxc3 Rgb8 35. h6 (35. Bd2 Qxh5+ 36. Ke1 Rb1 37. Qg3 37... R8b7 $19) 35... R8b3
$1 36. cxb3 Rxb3 (36... Bxb3+ $1 $142 37. Qxb3 37... Rxb3 $19) 37. Ke2 $8 37...
Rxc3 38. Rxc3 38... gxh6 $5 39. Bf6 (39. Be3 $143) 39... h5 $19 40. Rg5 (40.
Rcg3 Qc2+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 43... Bc2 $19) 40... Qe4+ 41. Kf2 (
41. Re3 41... Bd1+ $1 42. Kf2 Qf4+) 41... Qxd4+ 42. Re3 42... Bd1 $1 43. Rg7+
Kh6 44. Rgg3 44... Bg4 45. Bd8 c3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 15. h4 (15. h4) 15... Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Bd2 (17. h5 Nc4 (17... Rg4 $5
18. Qf3 $1 18... Rdg8 19. h6 R4g6 (19... Nxh6 20. Rxh6 Rg3 21. Rh8 $1 21...
Rxf3 22. Rxg8+ Be8 23. gxf3 Qxc3+ 24. Bd2) 20. h7 Rh8 21. g4 Ne7 22. a4 Nc4 23.
Bd3 Rg7 24. Qf2 {1-0 Khasin,A-De Carbonnel,H/cr 1975/ChessBase (43)}) (17...
Bc6 18. Rb4 f6 19. exf6 Qf7 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Qf3 d4 22. h6 $36 {
1-0 Cheparinov,I-Szymanski,M/Linares Anibal op 2005/(42)}) 18. Rb4 (18. h6 Rg6
19. h7 Rh8 20. Qf3 Nce3 21. Bxe3 Qxc3+ 22. Bd2 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxh7 24. Bxa6 Bc6
25. Bf1 25... d4 $44 { -  Skripchenko,A-Nepeina Leconte,M/FRA t-ch 2003/ (37)})
18... Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 20... Qc5 $5 21. Ba3 Bc6 22. Qc3 Qa7 23. a5 $14 {
-  Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/Biel 1988/(43)}) 17... Nc4 18. Ne2 $146 {
Klimov is looking for new paths in a well-known position.} (18. a4 Bc6 19. Bc1
Qa5 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Ke1 Rg4 22. h5 Rdg8 23. h6 Rh8 24. Qe2 Rg6 25. h7 25...
Ng3 $132 {Belaska,P-Matlak,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1993/ChessBase/ -  (77)}) (18.
Rb3 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Qc3 d4 21. Qb4 Qc6 22. h5 Ba4 23. Rbf3 23... Bxc2 {
0-1 Huergo,J-Paneque,P/CUB-ch S.Spiritus 1989}) (18. h5 Bc6 (18... Nxa3 19. Rb3
Nc4 20. h6 Rg6 21. h7 Rh8 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Nd4 Nxe5 24. Qc3 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxf1
26. fxe5 26... Bc4 $17 {Robson,R-Song,R/Wch B10 Heraklio 2004/ 0-1 (60)}) 19.
h6 Rg6 20. h7 Rh8 21. Ne2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rg7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 24... Rgxh7
$11 {Volokitin,A-Tillmann,M/Biel op 2000/ /1-0 (43)}) 18... Bb5 $5 19. a4 ({
I think that White correctly avoided the line} 19. Nd4 19... Nxe5 20. Qc3 Nc4 (
20... Nxd4 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. fxe5 22... Rg4 $5 $13) 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Rxb5
22... Nfd6 23. Bxc4 $8 23... dxc4 24. Ra5 24... Qb6 $5) 19... Bxa4 20. Nd4 (20.
h5 Bb5) 20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 (22... Bf5 $5 23. Rb3 b5) 23. h5
$5 (23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 (24... Bc6 $5) 25. Rxc4+ 25... Bc6 {
with good chances for initiative}) 23... Bc6 24. h6 24... Rg6 $1 {
A typical manoeuvre for this kind of positions.} 25. h7 Rh8 26. Bc3 (26. Qa7
Rg7 27. Bd3 Rxg2 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 29... Rxd2 $5 30. Kxd2 $140 30... Qa5+
31. Rcc3 Qa2+ 32. Ke3 (32. Rc2 Rd8+ 33. Rd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Qb3+ 35. Kd2 35...
Qb4+ $11) 32... Kc7 $1 33. Qc5 33... Qg2 $132) 26... Rg7 27. Qd3 (27. Bd3 Rxg2)
27... Qe7 (27... b5 $5) 28. Bd4 Qb4+ 29. Kf2 (29. Bc3 $142 29... Qc5 30. Bd4
30... Qb4+ $11) 29... Nd2 {
Apart from this move, Ivanov had a very strong and interesting continuation:} (
29... Rhxh7 $5 30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Qxh7 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qxc1 33. Bxc4 (33. Qg8+ Kc7
34. Qxf7+ Bd7 35. Bxc4 35... Qa3+ $5 36. Kh4 dxc4 37. Bb6+ Kc6 (37... Kxb6 38.
Qxd7 38... c3 $13) 38. f5 38... Qc1 $19) 33... Qxc4 34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Ba7 $1
35... Qb4 $8 36. Qxf7+ 36... Bd7 $15) 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 31... Kd7 $5 ({
Black could also play} 31... Kb8 {but Ivanov thinks that his king will get
safe position in the centre of the board.}) 32. Kg1 Bb5 (32... Rhxh7 $5 33.
Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Rb1 (34. Qxh7 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 35... Qxf4 $19) 34... Qa4 35. Qc3 $5)
33. Qe3 Rhxh7 34. Rxh7 34... Rxh7 {It looks that White simply lost his pawns
without getting anything for them, but his pieces are very active and the way
to victory for Black is not so simple.} 35. Bc3 35... Qe7 $2 (35... Qa3 $5 36.
Ra1 36... Qe7 $17) 36. Bb4 $2 (36. Ba5 $1 36... Qh4 (36... Bc6 $2 37. Rxc6 $1
37... bxc6 38. Qa7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qc7+ $18) 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rc8+ Kd7
39. Rc7+ $11) 36... Qd8 $2 (36... Qxb4 37. Qb6 37... Ke7 $1 38. f5 $1 38... Kf8
39. Rc8+ (39. f6 Qa4 40. Rc8+ Be8 41. Qc5+ 41... Kg8 $19) 39... Kg7 40. f6+ Kg6
41. Rg8+ Kf5 42. Qf2+ Qf4 43. Qc2+ Kxe5 44. Qxh7 44... Qxf6 $19) 37. Qc5 Bc6
38. f5 Qc7 (38... Kc8 $5) 39. Qe7+ $6 (39. f6 $142) 39... Kc8 40. Qf8+ Qd8 41.
Qc5 41... d4 $6 ({Ivanov had a much better option -} 41... Qh8 $1 {and White's
position is very unpleasant, due to the exposed position of his king, for
example:} 42. Kf2 Rh2 43. Qe7 Qh4+ 44. Qxh4 44... Rxh4 $19) 42. Qa7 42... Qd5
$1 43. Qa8+ 43... Kc7 $2 {
An absolutely unnecessary move, which is spoiling Black's victory.} (43... Kd7
$1 44. Qg8 44... Qe4 $1 $19) 44. Qg8 $1 44... d3 $4 (44... Qxe5 $8 45. Rxc6+
Kxc6 46. Qxh7 46... d3 $17) 45. Bd6+ $1 $18 {
A very simple and strong answer, which was for sure overlooked by Black.} 45...
Kd7 (45... Kb6 46. Rb1+ Bb5 (46... Ka5 47. Qd8+ Ka4 48. Rb4+ Ka3 49. Rb5+) 47.
Qd8+ Ka7 48. Qb8+ Kb6 49. Qc7+ Ka7 50. Bc5+ $18) 46. fxe6+ Qxe6 (46... Kxe6 47.
Qg4+ f5 48. Qg6+) 47. Qxh7 d2 48. Rf1 Bd5 49. Qc2 {
White's queen has made a good job!} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 7... Kf8 {
This rare move could be interesting substitute to popular} (7... O-O) 8. h4 Qa5
(8... Qc7 $5 9. Qd1 b6 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. a4
Nbc6 15. Ba3 Na5 16. Ne2 16... Nc4 $13 {
1-0 Saulin,D-Mkrtchian,L/Moscow-3A 1996 (37)}) 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 $5 (10. Rc1 $6
{I don't like this passive move - if white wants pretend for advantage he has
to choose between} 10... Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12. Nf3 12... b6 $1 {Typical move -
white light coloured bishop much stronger than his black colleague and
Kristjansson prepares his exchange.} 13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nh4 15...
Qc4 $5 (15... cxd4 $146 {Inaccuracy!} 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Rg3 $6 {Mistake} (17.
Nf3 Nf5) ({White had to play} 17. Bc3 $1 17... Nxe5 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Ng6+ Nxg6
20. hxg6 $132 {with unclear consequences.}) 17... Rg8 $6 ({
White will need good advice after brave} 17... Nxd4 $1 18. Qxg7+ Ke8 19. Re3 (
19. Qg4 Nxc2+) (19. Qxh8+ $2 19... Kd7 $19) 19... Rg8 $17) 18. c3 Rc8 19. f4 (
19. Qf4 19... Ke8 $1) 19... f5 20. exf6 ({Black doing well after} 20. Qd1 $5
$142 20... Kf7 $15 {but, maybe , it was less evil.}) 20... gxf6 21. Ng6+ (21.
Qh3 Kf7 (21... f5 $5)) 21... Kf7 22. Qh3 (22. Nh8+ 22... Ke8 $1) 22... Nf5 23.
Rd3 Nce7 24. g4 24... Nd6 $17 {0-1 Smirnov,P-Kristjansson,S/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84/[Psakhis] (38) Black's advantage is obvious now, his knight is going to
e4, white king is weak.}) 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Qf4 17... Ke8 $1 18. Rf3 Kd7 19. Qe3
cxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxf7 Ke8 22. Rf4 Nxc2+ 23. Rxc2 23... Qxc2 $19 {
0-1 Malinin,V-Legky,N/Paris-ch 2000/ (44)}) ({or} 10. Kd1 $5 10... Nbc6 11. Nf3
h6 12. h5 b6 13. Qf4 cxd4 (13... Ba6 14. dxc5 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 bxc5
17. Rb1 Nb8 18. Rb7 Ke8 19. Ke2 {Bouton,C-Nogueiras,J/Linares 1997/Inf 69 (19)}
) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 $5) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bb4 Ke8 18.
Kd2 18... Rc8 $132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Dolmatov,S/Sochi 1988/Inf 46 (40) with
interesting and complicated posistions in both   cases.}) 10... h6 11. Rh3 ({
White failed to get any advantage after} 11. Kd1 11... b6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6
Nxa6 14. Qf4 Rc8 15. g4 Ke8 16. g5 cxd4 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qf6
19... Rg8 $132 {0-1 Drei,A-Lputian,S/Reggio Emilia 1998/CBM 69 (34)}) 11...
Nbc6 12. Qf4 (12. Rf3 $4 12... Nxe5 13. Qf4 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 14... c4 $19 {
Kveinis,A-Tatabadze,T/Belgorod 1989/0-1 (43)}) 12... Bd7 ({
White keeps some initiative after} 12... b6 13. Rf3 Nd8 14. dxc5 $5 14... Qxf4
15. Rxf4 bxc5 16. c4 (16. Be3 c4 17. Rb1 Ndc6 18. Nf3 18... g5 $1 19. hxg6 Nxg6
20. Rg4 Kg7 21. Nh4 $14 { -  Atlas,V-Psakhis,L/Geneve 1992 (24)}) 16... Ndc6
17. Nf3 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Rg4 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rh4 $14 {
1-0 Dominguez,L-Pogorelov,R/Ubeda op 2001/(54)}) 13. dxc5 $146 {
According to my database, this position appeared for the first time} (13. Rf3
Be8 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bd3 b5 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Rg3 Rc8 (17... a5 18. Ne2 Nxc2+
19. Bxc2 Qxc2 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Qf3 Qc5 22. Nf4 (22. Rc1 $1 22... Qe7) 22... Nd4
23. Qd1 23... Nc2+ $19 {
0-1 Bobarykin,D-Nikitin,A/RUS-sf Novosibirsk 1998/ChessBase (28)}) 18. Rc1 Ndc6
19. Qxa4 bxa4 20. f4 Rb8 21. Ne2 d4 22. Be4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. c3 f5 25. gxf5
exf5 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. cxd4 27... Rb5 {
Voekler,B-Tabatadse,T/Morava D 1991/ChessBase/ -  (43)}) (13. Rb1 b6 14. Rf3
Be8 15. dxc5 (15. g4 {
Hracek believes in whites attacking chances and
want to exchange queens-}
15... Qxc2 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. g5 (17. Bg6 $2 17... Nxg6 18. hxg6 18... Qc2 $19)
17... c4 18. Be2 Qc2 ({Black could take and second pawn, deserves attention and
} 18... Qxa3 $5) (18... Nf5 $5) 19. Rc1 hxg5 20. Qxg5 (20. Qxf7+ Bxf7 21. Rxc2
21... g4 $1 22. Rf4 Kg8 23. Bxg4 Nd8 24. h6 24... Bg6 $1 {
leeds to clear advantage of black}) 20... Qh7 21. Rh3 21... Ng8 (21... Nf5 22.
Bd1 $1) 22. Nf3 f6 23. exf6 23... gxf6 {
0-1 Hracek,Z-Bobrowska,M/Koszalin-A 1999/CBM 73/[Psakhis,L] (38)}) 15... Qxf4
16. Rxf4 (16. Bxf4 16... bxc5 $13 {with unclear position.}) 16... bxc5 17. Nf3
g5 18. Rg4 Nf5 19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Bxh5 21. Nh2 Rb8 22. Rb5 22... Kf7 {
0-1 Zezulkin,J-Socko,B/Warsaw Amplico AIG Life Q/F 2003/The Week in Chess 491
(35)}) (13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. cxd4 a5 16. Rf3 Be8 17. g4 Nd8 18. g5 Rxc2
19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Bxc2 Qxc2 21. Qh4 Rh7 22. Rc1 22... Qe4 {
1-0 Volokitin,A-Bartel,M/ACP preliminary-A 2004/ChessBase (34)}) 13... Qxf4 (
13... Qxc2 $5 14. Bd3 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. Rf3 Be8 17. Ne2 $44) 14. Bxf4 14...
Rc8 {
The future of this variation depends  upon the evaluation of this position.} (
14... Na5 $5) 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Be3 {
That natural move allows black to consolidate his position.} (16. Bd3 $5 $142
16... Rxc5 $140 17. Be3 (17. Ne2 17... b6 $13) 17... Rxc3 18. Bxa7 Rxa3 19. Bc5
$36) 16... Bc6 17. f4 (17. Nf3 $5 17... Nc4 $140 18. Nd4 Nxa3 19. Ra1 Nc4 20.
Rxa7 Nxe5 21. Bf4 f6 (21... Nd7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Rxb7 $16) 22. Re3 {
with clear advantage}) 17... Nc4 18. Bc1 (18. Bxc4 18... dxc4 $44) 18... f6 $1
19. Nf3 Kf7 20. exf6 (20. g4 $36) 20... gxf6 21. Nd4 (21. Bd3 $143 21... Rcg8
22. Kf2 Rg4) 21... Rc7 22. Nxc6 (22. g4 $5 $142 22... Bd7 23. Rg3 $14) 22...
Nxc6 {The advantage of two bishops does not give anything serious to White -
Black is very well developed and takes control over the centre.} 23. g4 (23.
Bxc4 $5 23... dxc4 24. g4 Rg8 25. Rg3) 23... N6a5 {
White's pawn formation is seriously compromised on the queenside} 24. g5 (24.
Bd3 Rxc5) 24... Rxc5 25. g6+ (25. Bd3 $5 $13) 25... Kg7 {It is not so easy to
estimate correctly this position, but it looks that Black can keep equal
chances.} 26. f5 (26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Re3 Re8 (27... Rc6 28. c4 $1 28... dxc4 $2
$140 29. Bd2) 28. Rb5 $1 28... b6 29. Rxd5 $140 (29. f5 29... Rh4 $1 30. Rxe6
Rxe6+ 31. fxe6 Rxh5) 29... exd5 30. Rxe8 30... Re4+ $1 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. f5
32... Nc4 33. Kf2 Nd6 34. Ke3 Nxf5+ 35. Kxe4 35... Ng3+ $36) 26... Re8 (26...
b6 $5 27. fxe6 Re8) 27. fxe6 Rxe6+ 28. Kd1 (28. Kf2 28... Nd6 $5) 28... b6 29.
a4 Rc7 30. Rh2 (30. Bg2 Rce7 31. Rh1 31... Nb7 $1) 30... Nb7 (30... Ne3+ $5 31.
Bxe3 31... Rxe3 $17) 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 32... Nc5 33. Bxc4 (33. Rb4 a5)
33... dxc4 (33... Nxa4 $5) 34. Be3 ({Doesn't help and} 34. a5 34... Ne4 35. Ra1
(35. axb6 $2 35... Nxc3+ 36. Ke1 36... Re7+ $19) 35... Nxc3+ 36. Ke1 (36. Kd2
Nb5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ke3 38... Rc5 $1) 36... b5 $19) 34... Rd7+ 35. Kc1 (35.
Ke1 $5 $142 35... Rd5 (35... Nxa4 36. Rb4 Nxc3 37. Rxc4 Nd5) 36. a5 (36. Bxc5
Rxc5 37. Rb5 37... Rg5 $1 38. Ke2 f5 39. a5 Rxh5 40. axb6 axb6 41. Rxb6 41...
Rh4 $19) 36... Rxh5 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rxb6 Ne4 39. Bd4 Kxg6 40. Rc6 $17) 35...
Nxa4 {An extra pawn should be sufficient for a win, but Black still has to
show a good technique.} 36. Bd4 (36. Rb4 Nxc3 37. Rxc4 Ne2+ 38. Kb2 38... Ng3
$1 $19) 36... Rd5 $1 37. Kd2 (37. Ra1 b5) 37... Rxh5 38. Rf1 (38. Ra1 $5 38...
Ra5 $140 39. Rf1) 38... Rh2+ (38... Nc5 $5 39. Bxf6+ (39. Rxf6 $2 39... Ne4+)
39... Kxg6 40. Bd4 40... Nd7 $19) 39. Ke3 (39. Kc1 Kxg6 40. Rxf6+ 40... Kg5)
39... Rh3+ (39... Kxg6) 40. Ke4 Nxc3+ 41. Kf5 {
Macieja strives to safe game, but Black has too many pawns!} 41... Rh5+ 42. Ke6
42... Ne4 $19 (42... Nd5 $5) 43. Rf4 Nc5+ 44. Kd6 (44. Ke7 Rd5 45. Bxf6+ Kxg6)
44... Rh2 45. c3 Rd2 (45... Nb3 $5 46. Bxf6+ 46... Kxg6) 46. Kd5 Nb3 47. Kxc4
47... Nxd4 {A glorious finish of the knight march!

} 48. cxd4 h5 49. Kd5 ({
There wasn't a rescue in} 49. d5 49... Kxg6 50. Rd4 Rxd4+ 51. Kxd4 Kf7) 49...
Kxg6 50. Ke6 Re2+ 51. Kd6 Kg5 52. Rf1 h4 53. Rd1 (53. d5 $5) 53... h3 54. d5 h2
55. Kc6 Rc2+ 56. Kb7 56... Rd2 $1 {
This rook had a splendid career in this game!} 57. Rxd2 h1=Q 58. Kb8 Qc1 59.
Rd3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Leon m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2005.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.06.24"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 (11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 14.
Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Nc6 17. f4 b6 18. Bd3 18... Nb8 $5 19. a4 Ba6
20. a5 bxa5 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. O-O 22... Nb4 $13 {
0-1 Gritsaenko,V-Khlusevich,S/corr 1997 (52)}) (11. h4 $5 {
leads to wild complications:} 11... c4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Qe8+ {
-  Skorchenko,D-Potkin,V/RUS-ch B20 Ufa 2000 (17)}) 11... c4 (11... Nce7 $5)
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 (15. Ng5 Raf8 16. Qe2 $146 (16. h5
Qa5 17. Bd2 h6 18. Nh3 gxh5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Rb1 b5 21. Kd1 Qxa3 22. Nf4 Rxf4
23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxc3 25. Rh3 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 26... Nxd4 $132 {
-  Lingnau,C-Kipper,J/BL2-W 1998 (31)}) 16... h6 17. Nh3 17... Qd8 $1 18. g3
18... b5 {Black prepares counter-play on the queen's side} 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Ke2
(20. Nf4 $5 20... Qf7 $13 (20... Kh7 21. g4 $1)) 20... a5 21. Rh2 Rb8 22. g4 (
22. Nf4 Be8) 22... Rff8 23. Nf4 Be8 24. h5 24... g5 $36 {
0-1 David,A-Enders,P/BL 2000/CBM 75/[Psakhis,L] (34)}) (15. Ng1 Ne7 16. Ne2
16... h6 $1 $11) 15... gxh5 16. Rxh5 16... Raf8 (16... Rxh5 17. Qxh5 Be8 (17...
Rf8 18. Qh3 18... Rxf3 $5 19. Qxf3 Be8 20. Qh3 Qd7 21. a4 Bg6 22. Kd1 Na5 23.
Bc1 Bf5 24. Qh4 h6 25. f3 Kh7 26. Ra2 26... Qe8 $44 {
Ionov,S-Sergienko,S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999 /0-1 (46)}) 18. Qh3 Nd8 19. Bg5
(19. Kd2 Bg6 20. Nh4 Qf7 21. g4 Nc6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Qg3 Qe8 24. f3 24... Ne7 {
-  Papa,S-Kniest,O/Zurich op-A 2004 (52)}) 19... Bf7 20. Kd2 Qd7 21. Rh1 Bg6
22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. g4 24... Bg6 {
-  Ernst,T-Berg,E/SWE-ch Goeteborg 2005/ (46)}) 17. Kd2 ({
Worth considering was also} 17. Rh3 {. This position was tested many times on
the highest level. And Black can play now:} 17... Be8 (17... Qa5 18. Kd2 Be8
19. Rg3 $146 (19. Ng5) 19... Bg6 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. f3 R8f7 22. Rh1 $1 22... Rh5 (
22... Qxa3 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6 Qe7 27. Qxd5 $16)
23. Qxe6 Qxa3 24. Rb1 $1 $16 24... Qa6 (24... Rxh4 25. Rxb7 h6 (25... Kh8 26.
Rb8+ Ng8 27. Qc8 $18) 26. Rxg6 Rh1 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Rxh6+ Rxh6 29. Bxh6 $18)
25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Nxg6 $5 (26. Bg5 $1 26... Nf5 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Rg4 $18)
26... Nxg6 27. Rg5 Rxg5 28. Bxg5 28... h6 {
1-0 Amonatov,F-Kosyrev,V/Russia 2004/ (54)}) {Black's defence is not easy after
} 18. Ng5 $5 (18. Kd2 $6 $146 {Too slowly!} 18... h5 19. Qh4 (19. Qg3 19...
Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 20... Ne7 $44) 19... Rxf3 {A typical and strong sacrifice.
Now Black manages to build a tough defensive position.} 20. gxf3 Ne7 21. a4 Nf5
22. Qg5 Qe7 23. Qg2 (23. Qxe7 23... Nxe7 $44) 23... Kh7 24. Ke2 Rh8 25. Rhh1 {
-  Rowson,J-Barsov,A/York Vikings GM 2000/CBM 81/[Psakhis] It is not clear
how White can improve the position, and the opponents decided to finish the
game now.}) 18... Qa5 19. Kd2 {
and I think that Black already must sacrifice the exchange.} (19. Bd2 Rxg5 20.
Bxg5 Rf5 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. Qd1 Bg6 23. Ra2 Rf8 24. g4 b6 25. f3 b5 26. Qb1 Rf7
27. Ke2 Rf8 28. Kf2 Rf7 29. Kg3 29... Rf8 {
1-0 Sammalvuo,T-Smeets,J/Gausdal Classic 2004/CBM 104/[Atlas,V] (60)}) 19...
Rxg5 $1 (19... Bg6 20. Nxh7 (20. Nxe6 $5 20... Rxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 22. Ke1
22... Rxc2 $2 23. Rf3 $18) 20... Bxh7 21. Rah1 Rxf2+ 22. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 23. Ke1 Rf7
24. Kd1 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Kf8 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Qxf3 Nxd4+ 29. cxd4 {
1-0 Nimtz,M-De Mauro,J/corr 1996/77 telechess (29)}) (19... Rxf2+ 20. Bxf2
Rxf2+ 21. Ke1) 20. Qxg5 20... Bg6 $44 {with some compensation.} 21. Rhh1 $1 { }
21... Qa4 22. Ra2 (22. Rhc1 $145 22... b5 23. Qg4 $1 23... Bf5 24. Qd1 $14 {
Kobalia,M}) 22... b5 23. Rha1 23... Bf5 $146 (23... a5) 24. g4 $6 (24. Qg3 $5
24... a6 25. Qg5 Qa5 26. Rb1 $16) 24... Be4 25. f4 $14 {
-  Ernst,T-Rylander,D/Sverige (ch)  2003/ (37)} (25. f4 $14)) (17. Ng5 Qa5 18.
Bd2 (18. Kd2 $2 18... Rxf2+) 18... Rf4 19. Qh3 19... h6 $1 (19... Rxf2 $2 20.
Nf3 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Rh3 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Lutz,C/Muenchen 1994[Ivanchuk,V] (40)}) 20. Rxh6 {
'!' Ivanchuk,V.} (20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Kf1 Rf5 22. Nxe6 Rf7 23. Qg3 Bxe6 24. Rxh6
Bf5 25. Rh5 Ne7 26. Kg1 Qb6 27. Re1 Qe6 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Qd8+ Rf8 30. Qd6 Bg4
31. Qxe6+ Bxe6 32. Kf1 Bf5 33. Rc1 Nf4 34. Rh2 g5 35. f3 {
Crafty 18.12-Deep Fritz 7/Computers-ch 2002/0-1 (80)}) (20. f3 hxg5 21. Rh8+
Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxg5+ Ke8 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxg6+ 25... Kd8 $15) 20... gxh6
21. Qxh6 21... R4f7 $132 (21... R8f7 22. f3 Rg7 23. Kf2) 22. f3 (22. O-O-O
Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 23... Nb4 $1 24. cxb4 c3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rh1 Qxb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+
28. Kb1 $11) 22... Ne7 $1 (22... Rg7 23. Kf2 Nd8 24. Rh1 Nf7 25. Qh5 Nxg5 26.
Bxg5 Be8 27. Qh8+ Kf7) 23. Kf2 23... Rg7 $1 $132 (23... Nf5 $2 24. Qh5 $18))
17... Be8 18. Rxf5 (18. Rg5 Bg6 19. Rxg6 hxg6 20. Ng5 Rxg5 21. Qxg5 Kf7 22. Rh1
Qe7) (18. Rh2 Qb6 (18... h5 19. Qh3) 19. Kc1 Qa5 20. Kd2 Qb6 21. Kc1 Qa5 22.
Kd2 Bg6 23. Rb1 Qa4 24. Rc1 24... Qxa3 $17 {
0-1 Ernst,T-Hillarp Persson,T/SWE-ch Orebro 2000/ (29)}) 18... exf5 19. Qg3 Nd8
20. Ng5 h6 (20... Bg6 21. Rh1 (21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Rh1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 23... Qxe6 {
-  Fogarasi,T-Farago,I/HUN t-ch 0304 2003/EXT 2005}) 21... Qc6 22. Qh4 f4 23.
Nxh7 Qa4 (23... fxe3+ $5 24. Kxe3 Re8 (24... Bxh7 25. Qxh7+ 25... Kf7 $13) 25.
Ng5 $140 25... Nf7) 24. Nxf8 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qb1+ (25... fxe3 26. fxe3 Bd3 27.
Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rf1+ Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qxc3 30. e6+ Nxe6 31. Nxe6 $11) 26. Ke2 Qd3+
27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28. Ke2 28... Qd3+ {
-  Carlsen,M-Ostenstad,B/NOR-ch playoff Oslo 2004/}) 21. Nh3 21... g5 $4 $146 {
Only this move turns out to be a novelty., but it is a serious error that
ruins the game} (21... Qc6 22. Rh1 Bf7 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Qh3 Bg6 25. Qh4 Bf7 26.
Rh3 Ne6 27. Qe7 Kg8 28. Rg3 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Re8 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. exf6 g5 32. Be5
Kh7 33. f4 g4 34. Re3 Kg6 35. Re1 Re6 36. Rb1 {
Papa,S-Hochstrasser,M/SUI Masters 2004/ChessBase/ -  (50)}) (21... Kh7 $5 22.
Nf4 (22. Rh1 22... Ne6) 22... Qc6 23. Rh1 23... Ne6 $13) 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23.
Qxg5+ $18 {Q It would be Interesting to learn what Timman missed in his
calculations. Black's position is just lost.} 23... Kf7 (23... Qg7 24. Qxd8 Bd7
25. Qh4 $18) 24. Nf4 24... Qc6 (24... Ne6 25. Qg6+) (24... Bc6 25. e6+ $5 25...
Nxe6 26. Qg6+ $18) 25. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Benasque champions 25 ann"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2005.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 10... Qc7 {'!?' Psakhis,L.} 11. Be3 (11. O-O c4 12.
Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 (13. Qh3 Bd7 14. a4 Qa5 15. Nh4 Rf7 16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 Rxf1+
18. Kxf1 Rf8+ 19. Ke2 Ne7 20. g6 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bd2 b5 23. Qg4 bxa4 24.
Qxg6 Qd8 25. Bg5 25... Qe8 {
-  Papp,G-Farago,I/Budapest-05 GM 2004/The Week in Chess 495}) 13... Qa5 14.
Bd2 Bd7 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Rf5 18. Qg4 Raf8 19. Ra2 Rxf3 20. gxf3
Rf5 21. Kg2 Be8 22. Rh1 Bg6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Qd1 Rf8 25. a4 25... Bf5 {
0-1 Gao Rui-Wang Hao/Torch Real Estate Cup 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (63)})
11... c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 13... Qe7 $5 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 (14... Qf5
15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20.
Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26.
Nxg6 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)}) 16. g4 Qf8
17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1 $14 {
-  Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994 (37)}) 15. h4 h6 (15... Ne7 16. Qe2
Nf5 17. g4 $146 {A quite natural and strong move} 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 h6 19.
Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {White slowly but surely improves his position and
Black can't organise any counterplay.} 21... Be8 22. Kd2 b5 23. f5 $1 {
A nice breakthrough!} 23... gxf5 (23... exf5 24. g5 $1) 24. g5 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,
F-Harikrishna,P/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33) An excellent move,
securing an outpost for the knight.  }) 16. Nh3 Ne7 (16... Bd7 $5 17. Qe2 b5
18. g4 18... a5 19. Nf4 $6 $146 (19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 $1 {for example:} (20. Rg1
Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 26...
Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 28... Nf5 $44 {
Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/ -  (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5
g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5 22... Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4
Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ 26... Kh8 $132 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled
Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)  Psakhis: '0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002/
CBM 92 (33)' Psakhis: '0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92
(33)'} 27. Nd6 27... Qg8 {0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/ (33)
}) 22... Qe7 23. Rdg1 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 24... Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 25...
dxe4 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1 Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31.
Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25.
Nf3 25... b4 $132) 19... Ne7 (19... b4 $5 20. h5 (20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. O-O bxc3 23. Nxg6 23... Rb8 $132) 20... g5 21. Ng6 Rf7 22. f4 $5 $13) 20.
h5 (20. Kd2 $5) 20... g5 21. Nh3 21... b4 $1 {
Black has a more obvious way of developing the initiative on the queenside.}
22. f4 (22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. cxb4 24... Nc6 $44) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4
bxc3 (23... b3 $5) 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. Qxc3 25... Rb8 {
0-1 Lahno,K-Smeets,J/Wijk aan Zee-C 2004/CBM 99/[Psakhis] (36) 0-1}) (16... Qf7
17. Nf4 (17. h5 Ne7 18. Kd2 gxh5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nf4 h4 21. Qg4 {
-  Goloshchapov,A-Harikrishna,P/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/ (21)}) 17... Ne7
18. Qe2 (18. Rh3 $5 18... Qf5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. Kd2 a5 22. h5 b5 23.
g5 b4 24. gxh6 Qf5 25. hxg7 Rfb8 26. hxg6 Ba4 27. Rh8+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ $18 {
1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Apicella,M/St.Petersburg-Paris 1996 (31)}) (18. Rb1 b6 19.
Rh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Kh7 21. g4 Qe8 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 Rf7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf8
26. Qh2 Ng8 27. Ra1 Ne7 28. Kd2 b5 29. Rg1 $16 {
1-0 Milu,R-Popescu,C/ROM t-ch 1994 (33)}) 18... Bd7 19. g4 Ba4 20. Rh3 a5 21.
Kf1 (21. h5 g5 22. Ng2 22... b5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 24... b4 25. Kd2 $2 {
A strange move!} (25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. c3 $13 {
was more natural and stronger}) 25... bxc3+ 26. Kxc3 26... Rab8 27. Rf3 27...
Nc6 $40 {0-1 Szabo,G-Apicella,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea mem 2000/CBM 77/[Psakhis,
L] (33) prepares the queen lift to b7}) 21... Ra6 22. Rb1 Bc6 23. Kg1 b5 24. h5
Be8 25. Rf1 Rb6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Nh5 Ne7 28. Qd2 {
1-0 Tischbierek,R-Naumkin,I/Porto San Giorgo op 2003/ (52)}) (16... b5 17. h5 (
17. Nf4 17... Ne7 18. Kd2 $146 (18. O-O Bd7 19. Rab1 Qf7 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nxh5
Kh7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Bc1 Be8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qd7 26. Be3 26... Bg6 {
-  Firnhaber,I-Kitson,K/corr 2001/IXM (37)}) (18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Qe2 a5 20. g4 Rf7
21. Qd2 Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. cxb4 26...
Qa1+ {Psakhis: ' -  Davila,M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)'} 27. Qc1 Qc3+ 28.
Qd2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qc3+ 30. Qd2 30... Qa1+ {
-  Davila,M-Halldorsson,J/corr 1998 (30)}) 18... a5 {Black has to find some
counterplay on the queenside -  on the other flank he has many problems.} 19.
Qh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qf7 21. f3 Rab8 22. Ne2 22... Nc6 {
It looks to me that Black solved all opening problems.} 23. Rb2 b4 24. axb4
24... axb4 { -  Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Corsica Masters 2002/CBM 92/[Psakhis] (52)})
17... gxh5 (17... Kh8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 21... Be8 {
-  Maze,S-Dgebuadze,A/FRA t-ch 0405 2005}) 18. Qe2 Bd7 (18... a5 19. Nf4 g6 20.
g4 Ne7 21. Ng2 Kh7 22. Qd2 22... Ng8 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Svidler] (33)}) 19. Nf4 19... Rxf4
$1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. f3 (22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25.
Kd2 25... Qf5 $44 { -  Michiels,B-L'Ami,E/Groningen Harmonie 2003 (60)}) 22...
Qc7 23. g4 Ne7 24. Kd2 Qa5 25. Qg2 Kf8 26. Rag1 Bf7 27. Bf2 Qa4 28. gxh5 Nf5
29. Rh4 Ke7 30. Rf4 Rg8 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. e6 Bxe6 33. Re1 33... Qa6 {
1-0 Kurnosov,I-Nilsson,A/Copenhagen PC 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (48)}) 17.
Qe2 17... b5 ({This is an improvement, compare} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. h5 a5
20. g5 $1 20... Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {
with a strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A 
2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)})
18. g4 a5 19. h5 {Worth a consideration is} 19... g5 (19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 {
A typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {is also worth considering}) 20... hxg5 $8 21.
Nxg5 21... g6 {I would prefer} 22. Nh3 $1 ({Weaker is} 22. Kd2 $6 22... Rf5 (
22... Nf5 $5) 23. Rag1 b4 24. Rxh5 $5 {
Looks great for White, but his opponent has a good defence.} (24. axb4 axb4 25.
cxb4 c3+ 26. Kxc3 26... Ra2 $40) 24... bxc3+ 25. Kd1 25... gxh5 $8 {
The only move} 26. Ne4+ $1 {Psakhis: 'Just look the already mentioned game Van
den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled ol 2002 and you will agree that I have all rights to
suspect guys in plagiarizm!'} (26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Bg5
29... Qc6 $19 {loses without big fight}) 26... Kh7 $8 (26... Kh8 27. Nd6 Qf8
28. Bg5 $18) 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf5 ({In case of} 28. Rh1 28... Rb8 $1 29. Nxf5
Rb1+ 30. Bc1 30... Rxc1+ $1 31. Kxc1 Nxf5 32. Rxh5+ 32... Nh6 $17 {
Black is very close to victory.}) 28... Qxf5 29. Rg5 29... Qf7 $8 {
-  Stellwagen,D-Dgebuadze,A/Groningen Harmonie 2002/CBM 93/[Psakhis] (35)})
22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {with great compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4
Bd7 22. Qg2 $146 (22. Kd2 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 c3+ 25. Kxc3 Bb5 26. Qd2
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc8 28. Kb2 Nb6 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qe1 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qe7 32. Ra3
Qxb4+ 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. Kc1 Bc4 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Rb1 36... Qa6 $132 {
Luther,T-Rychagov,A/GRE t-ch 2001 0-1 (57)}) (22. Rg1) 22... b4 {
0-1 Adamson,R-Abrahamyan,T/USA-ch San Diego 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (45)}) 14.
h4 Rf5 15. Qh3 $146 (15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Rxh5 17. Qxh5 Bd7 (17... Qf7 18. Qh2
Bd7 19. Kd2 Rf8 20. Rh1 h6 21. Ne1 b5 22. g4 a5 23. g5 h5 24. g6 Qxg6 25. Ng2
b4 26. Nf4 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 b3 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Qg3 Qf5 30. Be3 Bg6 31. Qg5 31...
b2 {0-1, Pelletier-Jussupow (Basel 2005)}) 18. Kd2 (18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 (19. Nf3
Rf8) 19... Qf7 20. Qg4 20... Qf5 $5 $13) 18... Be8 19. Qh4 Bg6 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. Rb1 b6 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Nh4 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Be3 25... h6 {
-  Froeyman,H-Hammes,M/BEL t-ch2 0405 2005/T (25)}) (15. Ng1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Be8
17. Ng3 Rf8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Nxh5 Bg6 20. Kd2 b5 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Qh5 22... Qf7 {
-  Kritz,L-Jussupow,A/GER-ch 2005/ (22)}) 15... h6 16. g4 Rf7 (16... Rf8 17. h5
g5 18. Ng1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rf7 20. f4 Raf8 21. O-O $36) 17. Ng5 $1 {Having a better
development, White is entitled to open the position of the black king by
tactical means.} (17. h5 g5 18. Ng1 Bd7 19. Ne2 19... Raf8 $17) 17... Rf8 (
17... hxg5 18. h5 $3 (18. Bxg5 Qf8 19. f4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 20... Qxf4 $132) 18...
gxh5 $8 19. Qxh5 Rf3 (19... Rf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. g5 $18) (19... Rf8 20. Bxg5
Qd7 21. Bf6 $18) 20. Ke2 $18) 18. h5 18... gxh5 (18... Qe8 $5 19. O-O-O (19.
Nf3 g5 20. Nxg5 (20. Bxg5 $2 20... Qf7 $1 21. Ke2 hxg5 22. h6 gxh6 23. Raf1
Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 25... Kg7 $17) 20... hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qf7 22. f4
22... Kh7 $13) 19... gxh5 (19... hxg5 20. h6 Qe7 21. hxg7 Qxg7 22. Bxg5 Rf7 23.
Rh2 $3 23... Qh7 24. Rdh1 Qxh3 25. Rxh3 Rf8 26. Rh7 $18) 20. Nf3) (18... Bd7 $5
19. hxg6 Be8 20. Nh7 Bxg6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8) 19. Qxh5 Qe8 (19... Bd7 20. Qg6 hxg5
21. Bxg5 Qe8 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rh6 $18) 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Nf3 (21. Nh3 $5) 21...
Rf8 22. Ke2 Bd7 23. g5 {Black has great problems to defend his king even
without the queens on the board.} 23... h5 (23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 $16) 24. g6 Ne7
25. Rag1 Ba4 (25... Be8 26. Rxh5 (26. Nh4 $5) 26... Bxg6 27. Rhg5 Kf7 28. Nh4
Bxc2 29. Rxg7+ Ke8 30. Bg5 $16) 26. Ng5 Bxc2 27. Nxe6 27... Rf5 $2 $138 {
A Serious mistake in big time-trouble.} ({I had to play} 27... Be4 $5 $140 {
forcing an additional exchange-usually that's good for the defending side.} 28.
Nxf8 (28. Rh2 Rf5 29. Nf4 Rc8 30. f3 Bd3+ 31. Kd2 Rc6) 28... Bxh1 29. Rxh1 Rxf8
30. Rxh5 30... Nxg6 $13) 28. Nf4 28... Raf8 29. Nxh5 $6 $138 {
This natural move allows Black to consolidate his position.} (29. Rh4 $5 29...
b5 30. f3 $36) 29... Be4 $2 {A fatal mistake, after which White easilys gets a
decisive advantage. Essential was} (29... Nxg6 $1 30. Rxg6 Rxh5 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7
32. Rxh5 Rh8 33. Rg5+ (33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. e6 Kg7 35. Bg5 Bf5 36. e7 Kf7) 33...
Kf7 $14 34. f4 $140 34... Ke6 35. Rg7 35... Rh7 {
and Black can make draw without any troubles.}) 30. Nxg7 $1 $18 30... Bf3+ 31.
Kd2 Bxh1 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxh1 Nxg6 34. Rb1 Rf7 (34... b6 $142 35. Rb5 Ne7 36.
a4) 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. e6 Re7 37. f4 Kg7 (37... Rxe6 38. f5 Rb6 39. Rxb6 axb6 40.
fxg6 Kg7 41. a4 Kxg6 42. Bf4 Kf5 43. Bc7 Ke4 44. Ke2 $18) 38. Rxd5 Kf6 (38...
Rxe6 39. f5 Ne7 40. Rd7 Re4 41. Bg5 Kf8 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Bxe7+ Kxe7 44. d5 $18
) 39. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-B"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lahno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Galstian, Beniamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 12... fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5
Qe8 (14... Qf5 $6 15. Qe2 Rd8 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. O-O h6
19. f4 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Nh4 R5f6 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4
25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxg6 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munich Intel Express 1994 (35)})
16. g4 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. O-O b5 21. axb5 Rxb5 22. Bc1
$14 {Arakhamia,K-Peng/Tilgurg ct w(7) 1994}) 15. h4 15... Bd7 $146 {This simple
move has not occurred before but it possibly  can strengthen this line, where
black had so many problems in modern practice.} ({Harikrishna tried few times} 
15... Ne7 {but without big success.} 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. g4 (17. Bd2 h6 18. g4 Ne7
19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qg8 23. Be3 Qh7 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Ke2
Raf8 26. Rh1 {
-  Dominguez,L (2534)-Harikrishna,P (2500)/Istanbul olm 2000/ (67)}) 17... Nxe3
18. Qxe3 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. f4 {'White slowly but surely improves
his position and Black can't organise any counterplay.} 21... Be8 22. Kd2 b5
23. f5 $1 23... gxf5 24. g5 h5 25. g6 $1 {1-0 Nijboer,F (2578)-Harikrishna,P
(2514)/Wijk aan Zee-B 2001/CBM 81/[Psakhis] (33)}) ({
White keeps initiative and in the case of popular line} 15... h6 16. Nh3 {
Possibly} 16... Bd7 $5 {
is the best move, but any case it is much easy to play with white pieces} ({
After} 16... Ne7 17. Qe2 17... b5 ({Improvment compare to} 17... Bd7 18. g4 b5
19. h5 a5 20. g5 $1 20... Rf5 21. gxh6 Rxh5 22. Kd2 gxh6 23. Rag1 $36 {
with strong attack Lutz,C-Jussupow,A /Essen-A 
2002 /CBM 90/[Psakhis] (41)})
18. g4 a5 19. h5 {white's initiative is very dangerous, for example:} 19... g5
(19... gxh5 20. g5 $5 {Typical move} (20. gxh5 $13 {also worth considering})
20... hxg5 $8 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Nh3 $1 22... Nf5 23. Bg5 {
with great compensation for the pawn}) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Bd7 22. Rg1 $5 (22.
Qg2 b4 23. Ke2 $6 (23. g5 $5 23... Kh7 $5 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6 25... Rg8 $132)
23... bxc3 24. g5 {
White completely ignores his Q-side and continues King-side actions!} 24... Kh7
$1 25. Ng6 Rg8 26. Nxe7 (26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Qh3 $5) 26... Qxe7 27. Rag1 27...
Ba4 $1 {0-1 Adamson,R (2373)-Abrahamyan,T (2238)/USA-ch San Diego 2004/CBM 105/
[Psakhis] (45)}) 22... Kh7 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Ke2 Rb8 25. Rab1 Rf7 26. g5 Rxf4 27.
Bxf4 Nf5 28. Rg4 Be8 29. Rh1 29... Qe7 {
1-0 Fogarasi,T (2442)-Pap,G (2371)/Budapest-04 GM 2005/}) (16... b5 17. h5 gxh5
18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Nf4 19... Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Be8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4
Qg6 24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Kd2 25... Qf5 $44 { -  Sokolov,A (2580)-Apicella,M (2530)/
Saint Chely d'Aubrac op 2004/ChessBase (38)}) 17. Qe2 b5 18. g4 a5 19. h5 gxh5
20. g5 $1 (20. Rg1 Ne7 21. gxh5 Kh7 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Kd2 Qe7 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25.
Nf4 Nh4 26. Qg4 26... Rxf4 $1 27. Bxf4 Rf8 28. Rh1 28... Nf5 $44 {
Leko,P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis]/ -  (52)}) 20... hxg5 21. Nxg5
g6 22. O-O-O (22. Qf1 $5 22... Rf5 (22... Ra7 23. Qg2 Rf5 24. Nf3 Qf7 25. Nh4
Kh7 26. Ke2 Be8 27. Rh3 Qf8 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Kd2 Ne7 31. Bg5 Qf7
32. Bf6 Rg8 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Rf3 34... Rf8 {
1-0 Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch KO Rivne 2005/(47)}) 23. Qg2
Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28. Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 $36 {
1-0 Karjakin,S-Papa,S/Biel MTO 2003 (45)}) (22. Kd2 b4 23. Rag1 bxc3+ 24. Kd1
Rf5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Ne4+ 26... Kh8 $132 {
0-1 Van den Doel,E-Psakhis,L/Bled Olympiad 2002/CBM 92 (33)}) 22... Qe7 23.
Rdg1 Qxa3+ (23... Rf5 24. Nf3 Be8 25. Nh4 Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 b4 27. Nxf5 Qxc3+ 28.
Kd1 Qa1+ 29. Bc1 exf5 30. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 31. Bd2 Qa1+ 32. Bc1 Qd4+ 33. Bd2 33...
Qa1+ { -  Philippe,C (2411)-Apicella,M (2553)/Paris-ch 2005/}) 24. Kd2 24...
Rf5 $1 (24... b4 $2 25. Ne4 $1 25... dxe4 26. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qxc3+ 28. Kd1
Qf3+ 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rf6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Vaisser,A/FRA-ch Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Psakhis] (32)}) 25.
Nf3 25... b4 $132) 16. Qe2 (16. h5 h6 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 gxh5 18. Qe2 18... Qg6
$5 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 20... Be8 $44) 17... g5 $13) 16... b5 17. g4 {
Step to wrong direction-} ({Worth consideration straight} 17. h5 $5 {
with possible continuations} 17... gxh5 (17... h6 18. Nh3 (18. hxg6 Qxg6 19.
Nh3 19... Qxg2) 18... g5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 a5 21. Ng6 $36) 18. Rxh5 h6 19.
Nh3 Ne7 20. g4 $5 $14) 17... Qd8 18. h5 ({It will be interesting to check} 18.
f4 $5 {keeping tension.}) 18... gxh5 19. Rxh5 (19. gxh5 19... Ne7 $5) 19... h6
20. Nf3 (20. Nh3 $2 20... Be8) 20... Qa5 21. Bd2 21... Rf4 $1 {
Seemingly, this move escaped Lahno's attention. Black has the upper hand.} 22.
Kf1 (22. Kd1 22... Raf8 $1 23. Bxf4 $140 23... Qxc3 24. Rb1 24... Rxf4) 22...
Rxg4 (22... Raf8 $5 $17) 23. Nh2 Rg6 (23... Re4 $1) 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Nh2 25...
Re4 $1 26. Qf3 (26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Kg1 27... Be8 $1 (27... Qd8 $143 28. Ng4 Be8
29. Rh2 $1) 28. Rh3 Qd8 29. Ng4 29... h5 $17) 26... Nxd4 (26... Be8 $1 27. Rh3
Nxd4) 27. Qg2 $8 27... Kh7 (27... Be8 $5 $142 28. Rxh6 (28. Bxh6 Qc7 29. Rh3
29... Nf5 $17) 28... Nf5 $17) 28. Ng4 (28. Bxh6 28... gxh6 $8 29. cxd4 29...
Qd2) 28... Rxg4 $1 29. Qxg4 29... Nf5 30. Ke2 Qc7 31. Bf4 31... Rf8 $17 {
White's pawn formation is seriously compromised and Black controles sitiation
all around the board.} 32. Rg1 {
An attempt to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed by black.} 32... Be8
33. Rh3 d4 (33... a5 $5) 34. cxd4 Nxd4+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kd1 Nf5) 35... Nf5 36. Kg2
Rg8 37. Kh2 Bf7 38. Qf3 38... Qc5 39. Rd1 39... Be8 $1 40. Bg3 Bc6 41. Qg4
41... Rf8 $19 42. Rg1 42... a5 $5 (42... Nxg3 $1 43. Rhxg3 (43. fxg3 Qf2+)
43... Rxf2+ (43... Qxf2+ $2 44. R1g2 $1) 44. Kh3 44... g5 $1 $19 45. Qxe6 $140
45... Qd4 $1) 43. f4 Qd5 44. Be1 Qe4 45. Rh5 ({There wasn't a rescue in} 45.
Rf1 45... Qxc2+ 46. Kg1 Nd4) 45... Rg8 (45... Qxc2+ $5 46. Kh3 Qb3+ 47. Kh2 (
47. Bg3 Bf3) 47... Qa2+ 48. Kh3 Qxa3+ 49. Kh2 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qb3+ 51. Kh2 Qc2+
52. Kh3 b4 53. Qg6+ $140 53... Kh8 54. Qxe6 Qd3+ 55. Bg3 55... Bd7 $1 $19) 46.
Bxa5 $2 (46. Rxf5 exf5 47. Qg6+ Kh8) ({The lesser evil for White was} 46. c3 $8
) 46... Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Qb3+ 48. Kh2 Qa2+ 49. Kh3 Qxa3+ 50. Kh2 Qxa5 51. Qg6+ Kh8
52. Rxf5 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 53... Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Bd7 13. Be3 Rf8 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Rxg4 Rg8 19. Rg1 Bf5 20. Ra2 Qa5 21. Qf3
Be6 22. Bh3 Rdf8 23. Raa1 Qc7 24. Rg3 Ne7 25. Rag1 Qd7 26. Bf1 Bf5 27. Qf4 g5
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qxh6 Qa4 30. Ke1 Qxc2 31. Bc1 Bd3 32. Qd2 Qxd2+ 33. Bxd2 Bxf1
34. Kxf1 Kd7 35. Ke2 Rf7 36. Bg5 Nf5 37. Rg4 Rgf8 38. Bf6 Ne7 39. R1g2 Rg8 40.
Bxe7 Kxe7 41. Rxg6 Rgf8 42. Rd6 Rf3 43. Rxd5 Rxc3 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46.
f3 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Rxb7 c3 50. Rc7 Kg5 51. Rg7+ Kh5 52. Rf6
Rxf6 53. exf6 Rxd4 54. Ke3 Rd6 55. Rxa7 55... Rc6 $2 (55... c2 56. Rc7 Ra6 57.
f7 Rxa3+ 58. Ke4 Ra8 59. Rxc2 Kg6 60. Rc7 60... Kf6 $11) 56. f7 $4 (56. Rh7+ {
haette gewonnen:} 56... Kg5 (56... Kg6 57. f7 c2 (57... Re6+ 58. Kf2 Rf6 59.
f8=Q Rxf8 60. Rc7 $18) 58. Rh6+ $3 58... Kxh6 59. f8=Q+ {
und Turm oder c-Bauern geht verloren:} 59... Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62.
Qd4+ Kh6 63. Qh8+ Kg6 64. Qe8+ $18) 57. f7 c2 58. Rh1 Rc3+ 59. Ke4 Rc8 60. Rc1
$18) 56... c2 $19 57. Ra5+ Kg6 58. f8=Q 58... c1=Q+ {Schwarz zieht mit Schwarz
ein und kann nun forciert Matt setzen. Vermutlich waren beide Seiten in
hochgradiger Zeitnot.} 59. Kf2 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 61... Qd4+ $6 (61...
Rc4+ 62. Ke5 Qd4+ 63. Ke6 Rc6+ 64. Ke7 Qd6+ 65. Ke8 Rc8#) 62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf4
Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]

1. e4 1... e6 {Une petite surprise car le lorrain joue rarement la defense
francaise et il prefere le dragon accelere.} (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 {
Berthelot,Y-Wirig,A/FRA-chT Top 16 GpB 2005 (1)/ - }) 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 (6... Ne7 {Plus courant mais les blancs ont
actuellement des bons resultats sur le sacrifice de P} 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8
9. Qxh7) 7. Bd2 7... Qa4 {
Le theme de la variante pour occuper la case forte "a4"} 8. Qb1 $1 {
Yannick est tres a l'aise contre la winawer} 8... a6 (8... c4 {Empeche Qb3
mais la fermeture du centre laisse les mains libres aux blancs a l'aile-roi
pour y prendre de l'espace} 9. Nh3 (9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 $14)) 9. Qb3 $1 (9. Nf3)
9... Qxb3 10. cxb3 $14 {La paire de B et l'avantage d'espace donnent
l'initiative aux blancs et Yannick est dangereux lorsqu'il a l'initiative}
10... Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 $14) 11. Nf3 (11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. f4
Nd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. Bd3) 11... Na5 12. Rb1 c4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Ng5 Ne7 15.
Ne4 15... O-O 16. Be2 {
Une nouveaute mais en fait, c'est une simple interversion de coups.} (16. Nd6)
16... Bd7 17. O-O Bc6 18. Nd6 b5 19. Bd1 19... Nc8 $146 ({RR} 19... Nb7 20.
Nxb7 Bxb7 21. Bc2 h5 22. f4 g6 23. g3 Bc6 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. h4 Rfb8 26. Rb2 Rb7
27. Ra1 Rab8 28. Be3 Kf8 29. Bc1 a5 30. Bd2 30... Rb6 {
0-1 Demakov,P (2196)-Lysyj,I (2490)/Tomsk 2003/CBM 095 ext}) 20. Nxc8 Rfxc8 21.
Bc2 Bd5 22. f4 22... Nb3 23. Be3 a5 24. g4 (24. f5) 24... b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26.
axb4 Rcb8 27. Rf2 27... Ra2 $4 {Pour l'anecdote, j'ai joue contre le MI WIRIG
la semaine derniere. Il est tres sympathique et on a beaucoup discute lors de
l'analyse.  C'est l'un des derniers meilleurs joueurs sur le serveur playchess
(2800) mais il a reconnu qu'il jouait beaucoup moins sur Internet depuis
quelques mois. En effet, il s'est apercu qu'il avait des problemes pour se
readapter au jeu "physique" en 3 d et qu'il devenait coutumier des gaffes.  Le
MI de Sautron PHAM MINH Hoang m'a egalement confirme que le jeu intensif en
ligne nuisait a la comprehension du jeu.} 28. Bxh7+ 28... Kxh7 29. Rxa2 {
la partie est finie et l'entraineur de l'equipe jeune de Sautron marque un
point important.} 29... Rxb4 30. Bd2 Rb7 31. Bc3 Bf3 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kf2 Be4 34.
Re1 Bc6 35. Ra6 Bd5 36. Ke3 Kg8 37. h4 Rb7 38. h5 Kh7 39. f5 Rd7 40. Rf1 Rb7
41. Kf4 Rd7 42. g5 Rc7 43. Rd6 Rc8 44. Rd7 44... Kg8 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hendersonville"]
[Date "2007.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horwitz, Matthew"]
[Black "Warnk, Torsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1829"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.03.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]

{C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nb5 6... Be7 {last book move} 7. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xd4} 7... Nc6 8. Nbxd4 Nxd4 (8... Qb6 9.
Nb3 $14) 9. Nxd4 $16 9... Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f4 f6 (11... Nh6 $5 $14) 12. Bd3
$16 12... Bd7 (12... Nh6 $5 $142 13. Qh5+ 13... Nf7 $16) 13. Qh5+ $18 13... Kf8
14. O-O-O (14. Bxh7 Be8 15. Qh3 15... fxe5 $17) 14... Be8 (14... Rc8 15. Kb1
$18 (15. Bxh7 {is the less attractive alternative} 15... Be8 16. Qh3 16... Bg6
$17)) 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Nd4 (16. Ba5 16... Qd7 $18) 16... Bf7 17. Rde1 Qb6 18.
Be3 Bc5 19. Qf2 f5 (19... h5 20. f5 fxe5 21. Nxe6+ (21. fxe6 $6 21... Nf6 $14)
21... Bxe6 22. fxe6+ Nf6 23. Bf5 $16) 20. Rhf1 (20. g4 20... g6 $18) 20... Ne7
(20... Nh6 21. h3 $18) 21. Nb5 (21. g4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 22... Qc6 $18) 21... Bxe3+
$16 22. Qxe3 (22. Rxe3 Rc5 23. Nd6 Nc8 24. Nxf7 24... Kxf7 $18) 22... Qxe3+ 23.
Rxe3 Nc6 (23... a6 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Be2 $16) 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. b3 (25. Bb5 25...
Rg8 $16) 25... Nb4 26. Kb2 Ke7 (26... d4 27. Rh3 $16) 27. Rg3 g6 28. a3 Nc6 (
28... Nxd3+ 29. cxd3 Be8 30. d4 $16) 29. c4 $18 29... a6 30. cxd5 (30. Rc1 $5
30... a5 $18) 30... exd5 $16 31. Rc1 Rb8 (31... d4 32. b4 $16) 32. a4 Be6 33.
Be2 Kd7 34. Ka3 Nd4 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rc3+ Kd7 37. Bf3 (37. Bf1 37... Nc6 $16)
37... b5 38. axb5 axb5 (38... Rxb5 39. Nxb5 Nxb5+ 40. Kb2 Nxc3 41. Kxc3 d4+ 42.
Kxd4 Bxb3 43. Bd5 $16) 39. Kb2 (39. Kb4 $5 $16) 39... b4 {
Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 40. Rc5 {
The isolani on d5 becomes a target} 40... Nxf3 41. gxf3 Rb6 (41... Bg8 42. Ra5
$14) 42. Ra5 $16 42... Kc6 43. Ra7 43... Bd7 $2 (43... d4 44. Kc2 $16) 44. Nf7
(44. Kc2 44... Be6 $18) 44... Be6 (44... Rb8 $5 $16 $142) 45. Nd8+ $18 45...
Kc5 $4 {the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (45...
Kb5 $142 46. Re7 46... Bc8 $18) 46. Nxe6+ (46. Re7 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} 46... Bg8 47. Re8 $18) 46... Rxe6 $11
47. Rxh7 {A rook endgame occured} (47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kd2 48... Rb6 $11) 47... Kd4
$15 48. Rb7 {White threatens to win material: Rb7xb4} 48... Ke3 {
Black threatens to win material: Ke3xf3} 49. Rxb4 d4 50. Kc2 (50. Kc1 d3 51.
Kd1 51... Re7 $15) 50... Rc6+ (50... Ra6 $5 51. Ra4 51... Rb6 $17) 51. Rc4 $11
51... Ra6 52. Ra4 (52. Kd1 d3 53. Ra4 53... Rc6 $11) 52... d3+ (52... Rb6 53.
Ra2 d3+ (53... Kxf4 $6 54. Ra5 $15) 54. Kd1 54... Rxb3 $19 (54... Kxf4 $6 55.
Kd2 $15)) 53. Kd1 $11 53... Rb6 54. b4 Kxf3 55. Kd2 {
White threatens to win material: Kd2xd3} 55... Kxf4 56. Kxd3 56... Kxe5 {
Black has a new protected passed pawn: f5.} 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Kf3 Kg5 59. Kg3 Rd6
60. Ra3 Rb6 61. Rb3 Rb5 62. Rb2 Kf6 63. Kf3 g5 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Kf3 Kd4 66. Rg2
66... g4+ {This push gains space} 67. Kg3 67... Kc3 {
Black threatens to win material: Kc3xb4} 68. Rf2 Kd4 ({Not} 68... Rxb4 69. Rxf5
Kd3 70. Rf4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hendersonville"]
[Date "2007.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Francisco, Richard"]
[Black "Ho, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.03.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]

{C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. f4 6... Ba6 {last book move} 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Qd7 9. a4 9... O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 10. Nf3 10... c6 {
Black threatens to win material: c6xb5} 11. Nd6 {The knight dominates} 11...
Bxf1 12. Rxf1 c5 13. Ra3 {White loses the right to castle} (13. Kf2 $5 $11 {
should be considered}) 13... Nbc6 14. Qf2 (14. Kf2 $5 $15 {
might be a viable alternative}) 14... f6 15. dxc5 fxe5 (15... Ng6 16. Nh4 Nxh4
17. Qxh4 fxe5 18. Rh3 $19) 16. fxe5 16... Ng6 {
Black threatens to win material: Ng6xe5} 17. Qe3 (17. cxb6 $5 $142 {
has some apparent merit} 17... axb6 18. Qxb6 $17) 17... bxc5 $19 18. Qxc5 Ncxe5
19. Nb5 (19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Re3 $19) 19... Nc4 20. Rb3 e5 21. Nc7
Rad8 22. Nd2 (22. Qxa7 e4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Qxb8 $19
) 22... Nf4 23. Rg3 (23. Rxf4 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 23...
exf4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4+ Rf7 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kf3 $19) 23... Qxa4 24. Rxf4
exf4 (24... Rxf4 $4 25. Qe7 Qd7 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 $18) 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qe7+ (26. Nxc4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 26... Qxc4
(26... dxc4 $6 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8
32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ $11) 27. Qe7+ 27... Kg6 $19) 26... Kh8 27. Ne6 Qd7 (27...
Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Nxf8 Re7+ 30. Kd1 Nxb2+ 31. Kc1 31... Nc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dresden ol (Men) 38th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
Ng1 {In the classical variation of the French Defence White does not have a
viable alternative to the attempt at a kingside attack. The knight retreats to
g1 in order to start the manoeuvre to a more promising spot. Due to the closed
character of the position the loss of time does not play an important role.}
15... Raf8 16. Ne2 Ne7 (16... b5 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. Kd2 Be8 19. f3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Nc6
21. Be3 Ne7 22. Bg5 22... Nc6 {
1/2 Landa,K (2600)-Timman,J (2630)/Netherlands 2005}) 17. Ng3 Qa5 18. Kd2 h5
19. Qh3 R5f7 (19... Nc6 20. Ne2 Qc7 21. g4 Rxe5 22. Qg3 hxg4 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24.
Bf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Nf3+ 26. Kc1 e5 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Ng3 {
1-0 Landa,K (2550)-Apicella,M (2532)/Paris 2004 (40)}) 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Bg5
21... Ne7 $6 {Socko has not mastered his defensive tasks well. It seems that
the original knight move to h6 would solve all the problems.} (21... Nh6 $1 22.
Bxh6 (22. f4 22... Ng4 $17) 22... gxh6 23. f4 Kg7 24. Rhg1 Rg8 25. g4 hxg4 26.
Qxg4 Kh7 27. h5 27... g5 $11) 22. f4 Nf5 (22... Nc6 23. g4 b6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25.
Rhg1) 23. g4 23... hxg4 $2 {The second mistake will be painful for Black.
Opening the files in front of one's own king does not make for a clever plan.}
(23... Ne7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Rhg1 $13) 24. Qxg4 Be8 (24... Ba4
25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 Rd7 27. Qg6 Qb6 28. Rh2 Bxc2 29. Kxc2 Qb3+ 30. Kc1 Ne3 31.
Kd2 $18) 25. h5 25... gxh5 $6 {The last inaccuracy probably does not really
spoil things, since White has already managed to gain a lot in the attack.} (
25... Rd7 26. hxg6 Bxg6 27. Rag1 $1 (27. Bd8 Qxd8 28. Qxg6 28... Qe8 $11) 27...
Bh7 (27... Qb6 28. Bf6 Bh7 29. Qh5 g6 30. Rxg6+ Bxg6 31. Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Bxg7
Nxg7 33. Rh7 Qc7 34. Qh6 $18) 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bf6 Rg7 30. Qg5 $18) 26. Qxh5 Rd7
(26... Nh6 27. Qh4 $1 27... Rf5 28. Bxh6 $18) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rh6 $1 {
The exchange sacrifice decides matters on the spot; the white pieces are
approaching with the speed of light.} 28... Nxh6 (28... b5 29. Rf6+ Ke7 30.
Rxf5+ $18) 29. Bxh6 Rg8 (29... Ke7 30. Bg5+ Kf7 31. f5 $1 31... exf5 32. Rf1
$18) 30. f5 $1 {Black defenders on light squares are unable to help at all.}
30... Kf8 (30... Qb6 31. Rf1 $18) 31. fxe6 1-0