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News

Morelia - Linares 2008

The Morelia - Linares tournament takes place 15th-23rd February (Morelia) and then 28th

February - 7th March 2008 (Linares).

Viswanathan Anand (6,5/9) leads by half a point from Magnus Carlsen (5,5/9). Complete

results and anntotated games will be in the next issue.

Aeroflot Open 2008

Ian Nepomniachtchi unexpectedly won strong Aeroflot Open 2008. Good luck in Dort-

mund 2008 Ian! Motylev & Dreev tied second place.

Aeroflot Open Moscow (RUS), 14-22 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk Name Ti NAT Elo Score TPR
1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2600 7.0 2822
2 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2644 6.5 2761
3 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2633 6.5 2767
4 Rodshtein, Maxim GM ISR 2614 6.0 2717
5 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2674 6.0 2706
6 Grachev, Boris GM RUS 2601 6.0 2736
7 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 2617 6.0 2727
8 Amonatov, Farrukh GM TJK 2649 6.0 2701
9 Mamedov, Rauf GM AZE 2583 5.5 2694
10 Bologan, Viktor GM MDA 2663 5.5 2655
11 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 2621 5.5 2677
12 Predojevic, Borki GM BIH 2641 5.5 2659
13 Sutovsky, Emil GM ISR 2642 5.5 2653
14 Azarov, Sergei GM BLR 2594 5.5 2611
15 Khismatullin, Denis GM RUS 2564 5.0 2648
16 Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 2540 5.0 2650
17 Kotanjian, Tigran GM ARM 2545 5.0 2647
18 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2637 5.0 2599
19 Volkov, Sergey GM RUS 2623 5.0 2598
20 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son GM VIE 2551 5.0 2673
21 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2551 5.0 2669
22 Minasian, Artashes GM ARM 2578 5.0 2647
23 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2664 5.0 2643
24 Grigoriants, Sergey GM RUS 2583 5.0 2638
25 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2634 5.0 2616
26 Akopian, Vladimir GM ARM 2700 5.0 2602
27 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2643 5.0 2609
28 Riazantsev, Alexander GM RUS 2628 5.0 2587
29 Dyachkov, Sergej GM RUS 2559 4.5 2613
30 Frolyanov, Dmitry GM RUS 2544 4.5 2615
31 Hou, Yifan WGM CHN 2527 4.5 2605
32 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2497 4.5 2591
33 Khalifman, Alexander GM RUS 2638 4.5 2557
34 Lysyj, Igor GM RUS 2593 4.5 2521
35 Evdokimov, Alexander A. GM RUS 2569 4.5 2630
36 Safarli, Eltaj IM AZE 2496 4.5 2576
37 Zhigalko, Andrey GM BLR 2556 4.5 2597

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38 Feller, Sebastien GM FRA 2522 4.5 2605
39 Iordachescu, Viorel GM MDA 2586 4.5 2566
40 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2585 4.5 2564
66 players

Aeroflot A2 tournament was also a strong competition won by Marat Askarov & Zhou

Weiqi (7/9). Wan Yunguo, Kacheishvili Giorgi and our contributor Kryakvin Dmitry tied third
place. Congratulations!

Aeroflot Open Moscow A2 (RUS), 14-22 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk Name Ti NAT Elo Score TPR
1 Askarov, Marat GM RUS 2521 7.0 2710
2 Zhou, Weiqi CHN 2530 7.0 2703
3 Wan, Yunguo CHN 2389 6.5 2652
4 Kryakvin, Dmitry IM RUS 2535 6.5 2652
5 Kacheishvili, Giorgi GM GEO 2544 6.5 2647
6 Dvoirys, Semen I. GM RUS 2549 6.0 2590
7 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny GM RUS 2537 6.0 2591
8 Solodovnichenko, Yuri GM UKR 2541 6.0 2579
9 Yudin, Sergei IM RUS 2519 6.0 2569
10 Kalegin, Evgenij IM RUS 2480 6.0 2619
11 Maslak, Konstantin IM RUS 2510 6.0 2620
12 Novikov, Stanislav GM RUS 2545 6.0 2618
13 Iljin, Artem GM RUS 2548 6.0 2619
14 Dobrov, Vladimir GM RUS 2501 6.0 2562
15 Nakhapetiane, Pogos FM RUS 2442 5.5 2585
16 Gorbatov, Alexej IM RUS 2384 5.5 2572
17 Petrosian, Davit G. IM ARM 2459 5.5 2551
18 Iljushin, Alexei GM RUS 2549 5.5 2550
19 Friedel, Joshua E IM USA 2487 5.5 2521
20 Bosiocic, Marin IM CRO 2498 5.5 2512
21 Gomez, John Paul IM PHI 2469 5.5 2468
22 Potapov, Pavel IM RUS 2395 5.5 2577
23 Safin, Shukhrat GM UZB 2493 5.5 2566
24 Hauchard, Arnaud GM FRA 2476 5.5 2555
25 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. GM RUS 2537 5.5 2548
26 Magomedov, Magaram GM RUS 2530 5.5 2543
27 Bachin, Vitaly IM RUS 2488 5.5 2532
28 Salem, A.R. Saleh FM UAE 2415 5.0 2533
29 Ovod, Evgenija IM RUS 2386 5.0 2532
30 Balashov, Yuri S GM RUS 2421 5.0 2522
31 Gubajdullin, Alexei FM RUS 2504 5.0 2496
32 Krapivin, Alexander GM RUS 2483 5.0 2486
33 Haznedaroglu, Kivanc IM TUR 2459 5.0 2459
34 Yagupov, Igor GM RUS 2491 5.0 2462
35 Ostrovskiy, Andrey IM UKR 2430 5.0 2555
36 Chadaev, Nikolai IM RUS 2471 5.0 2530
37 Shimanov, Aleksandr IM RUS 2441 5.0 2526
38 Kharlov, Andrei GM RUS 2538 5.0 2508
39 Iskusnyh, Sergei GM RUS 2478 5.0 2450
92 players

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24th Cappelle La Grande Open

The 24th Cappelle La Grande Open took place 16th-23rd February 2008. The
winner was GM Vugar Gashimov who scored 7/9 and had the best tie-break ahead
of 7 others on 7/9 (Arutinian, Fedorchuk, Kryvoruchko, Chernyshov,
Deviatkin, Kotronias and L'Ami).

24th Cappelle La Grande Open (FRA), 16-23 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Pl Surname First Name Ti NAT Rat PTS DEP
1 Gashimov Vugar GM AZE 2665 7.0 2741
2 Arutinian David GM GEO 2576 7.0 2736
3 Fedorchuk Sergey GM UKR 2652 7.0 2735
4 Kryvoruchko Yuriy GM UKR 2597 7.0 2735
5 Chernyshov Konstantin GM RUS 2543 7.0 2722
6 Deviatkin Andrei IM RUS 2543 7.0 2712
7 Kotronias Vasilios GM GRE 2628 7.0 2651
8 L'ami Erwin GM NED 2581 7.0 2637
9 Moiseenko Alexander GM UKR 2643 6.5 2665
10 Vitiugov Nikita GM RUS 2609 6.5 2664
11 Kazhgaleyev Murtas GM KAZ 2594 6.5 2662
12 Malakhatko Vadim GM BEL 2600 6.5 2653
13 Petrosian Tigran l GM ARM 2606 6.5 2653
14 Miroshnichenko Evgenij GM UKR 2647 6.5 2645
15 Kravtsiv Martyn IM UKR 2516 6.5 2642
16 Luther Thomas GM GER 2526 6.5 2632
17 Gulko Boris F GM USA 2550 6.5 2622
18 Kanep Meelis GM EST 2523 6.5 2614
19 Papp Gabor IM HUN 2484 6.5 2611
20 Ulibin Mikhail GM RUS 2518 6.5 2607
21 David Alberto GM LUX 2557 6.5 2606
22 Degraeve Jean-Marc GM FRA 2535 6.5 2601
23 Savchenko Stanislav GM UKR 2558 6.5 2601
24 Renet Olivier GM FRA 2513 6.5 2593
25 Rozentalis Eduardas GM LTU 2567 6.5 2568
26 Simutowe Amon IM ZAM 2457 6.5 2565
27 Sokolov Andrei GM FRA 2594 6.5 2541
28 Szelag Marcin IM POL 2484 6.5 2534
29 Maiorov Nikita GM BLR 2525 6.5 2506
30 Erdos Viktor GM HUN 2575 6.5 2503
31 Llaneza Vega Marcos IM ESP 2445 6.5 2477
32 Salgado Lopez Ivan IM ESP 2459 6.0 2637
33 Oleksienko Mikhailo GM UKR 2590 6.0 2631
34 Timoshenko Georgy GM UKR 2560 6.0 2624
35 Panarin Mikhail GM RUS 2511 6.0 2613
36 Gharamian Tigran IM FRA 2558 6.0 2585
37 Shneider Aleksandr GM UKR 2532 6.0 2567
38 Dervishi Erald GM ALB 2543 6.0 2561
39 Belov Vladimir GM RUS 2578 6.0 2553
40 Li Shilong GM CHN 2502 6.0 2552
41 Olszewski Michal IM POL 2430 6.0 2548
42 Aveskulov Valeriy GM UKR 2532 6.0 2547
43 Dzagnidze Nana IM GEO 2429 6.0 2547

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44 Tissir Mohamed IM MAR 2428 6.0 2542
45 Burmakin Vladimir GM RUS 2611 6.0 2534
46 Hess Robert L IM USA 2445 6.0 2530
47 Martinez Martin David IM ESP 2395 6.0 2527
48 Spraggett Kevin GM CAN 2588 6.0 2527
49 Khruschiov Alexey GM MDA 2504 6.0 2526
50 Cyborowski Lukasz GM POL 2543 6.0 2521
51 Banusz Tamas IM HUN 2489 6.0 2520
52 Lalic Bogdan GM CRO 2507 6.0 2519
53 Butnorius Algimantas GM LTU 2441 6.0 2510
54 Sandipan Chanda GM IND 2593 6.0 2505
55 Ghane Shojaat IM IRI 2442 6.0 2503
56 Mamedov Nidjat GM AZE 2574 6.0 2502
57 Gutman Gennadi GM UKR 2496 6.0 2501
58 Grandelius Nils FM SWE 2371 6.0 2500
59 Moroz Alexander GM UKR 2512 6.0 2496
60 Danielian Elina IM ARM 2480 6.0 2494
61 Kharitonov Alexandr GM RUS 2524 6.0 2485
62 Van Der Weide Karel GM NED 2483 6.0 2473
63 Naumkin Igor GM RUS 2475 6.0 2472
64 Rasmussen Allan stig FM DEN 2468 6.0 2465
65 Vera Gonzalez Q Reynaldo GM CUB 2495 6.0 2464
66 Mogranzini Roberto IM ITA 2401 6.0 2461
67 Llorente Zaro Alfonso IM ESP 2435 6.0 2448
68 Khurtsidze Nino IM GEO 2441 6.0 2446
69 Sulskis Sarunas GM LTU 2553 6.0 2444
70 Petkevich Jusefs GM LAT 2434 6.0 2430
71 Wang Puchen IM NZL 2383 6.0 2425
72 Smith Axel CF SWE 2458 6.0 2420
73 Durarbeyli Vasif IM AZE 2392 6.0 2419
74 Grabinsky Vladimir IM UKR 2295 6.0 2416
75 Aloma Vidal Robert FM ESP 2393 6.0 2410
76 Klovans Janis GM LAT 2447 6.0 2359
77 Sandu Mihaela IM ROU 2313 6.0 2349
78 Petrosian Suren IM ARM 2404 6.0 2368
79 Vavrak Peter IM SVK 2472 5.5 2550
80 Zubarev Alexander GM UKR 2491 5.5 2528
612 players

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Moscow Open 2008

Artyom Timofeev took first alone place after winning a
marathon game against the leader Ernesto Inarkiev (who had just won 7 in a
row).
4th Open A Moscow (RUS), 2-10 ii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank Ti Name Rtg FED Pts T/B
1 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2664 7,5 38,0
2 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2628 7,0 37,5
3 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2623 7,0 37,5
4 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2638 7,0 37,0
5 GM Lastin Alexander RUS 2604 7,0 37,0
6 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2643 7,0 36,5
7 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681 7,0 35,0
8 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2594 7,0 34,5
9 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2643 7,0 34,5
10 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2577 7,0 32,5
11 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2644 6,5 34,5
12 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2638 6,5 34,0
13 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2623 6,5 33,5
14 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2573 6,5 33,5
15 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2609 6,5 33,5
16 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2544 6,5 32,0
17 FM Zabotin Alexander RUS 2495 6,5 32,0
18 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2689 6,5 31,5
19 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2645 6,5 31,0
20 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 6,5 30,5
21 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2614 6,5 27,5
22 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2595 6,0 34,5
23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2606 6,0 34,5
24 GM Glek Igor V GER 2546 6,0 34,0
25 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2599 6,0 34,0
26 GM Novikov Stanislav RUS 2545 6,0 33,0
27 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2593 6,0 33,0
28 GM Naumkin Igor RUS 2475 6,0 32,5
29 GM Tregubov Pavel V RUS 2636 6,0 32,5
30 GM Asrian Karen ARM 2621 6,0 32,5
31 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2677 6,0 32,0
32 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2564 6,0 31,0
33 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2573 6,0 31,0
34 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2562 6,0 30,5
35 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2586 6,0 30,0
36 GM Evdokimov Alexander A RUS 2569 6,0 30,0
37 GM Yandemirov Valeri RUS 2461 6,0 30,0
38 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2611 6,0 30,0
39 IM Demchenko Anton RUS 2491 6,0 29,5
40 IM Vovk Yuri UKR 2561 6,0 29,0
41 GM Korotylev Alexey RUS 2607 6,0 29,0
42 IM Deviatkin Andrei RUS 2543 6,0 28,5
43 Pileckis Emilis LTU 2364 6,0 27,0
44 GM Zakhartsov Viacheslav V RUS 2585 6,0 26,5
303 players

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Anna Muzychuk won women open with impressive 8.0/9.

4th Open C (Women's) Moscow (RUS), 2-10 ii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1
1 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2460 8,0 41,0
2 IM Ushenina Anna UKR 2484 7,5 39,5
3 WGM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2443 7,0 36,0
4 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2455 7,0 35,5
5 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2475 7,0 34,5
6 IM Tairova Elena RUS 2386 6,5 37,5
7 WFM Girya Olga RUS 2342 6,5 35,5
8 WGM Melia Salome GEO 2362 6,5 33,5
9 IM Turova Irina RUS 2377 6,5 33,5
10 IM Danielian Elina ARM 2480 6,5 33,0
11 WFM Ambartsumova Karina RUS 2228 6,5 27,5
12 WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia RUS 2317 6,0 36,0
13 IM Krush Irina USA 2473 6,0 34,0
14 WFM Severiukhina Zoja RUS 2199 6,0 33,0
15 IM Gvetadze Sopio GEO 2352 6,0 33,0
16 WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag MGL 2389 6,0 32,0
17 WFM Fominykh Maria RUS 2305 6,0 31,5
18 IM Matveeva Svetlana RUS 2433 6,0 31,5
19 IM Vasilevich Irina RUS 2378 6,0 31,0
20 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2476 6,0 31,0
21 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2470 6,0 29,5
22 WFM Paikidze Nazi GEO 2311 6,0 29,0
23 WGM Shaidullina Sandugach RUS 2306 6,0 29,0
24 WIM Burtasova Anna RUS 2345 6,0 27,5
25 WIM Dolgova Olga RUS 2217 6,0 27,0
136 players

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2) The Week In Chess

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Games

(01) Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2760) -
Carlsen,Magnus (2733) [B50]

Corus Chess A 2008 Wijk aan Zee (1),
12.01.2008

[Kryakvin, Dmitry]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7
5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 Diagram

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This is a rare scheme of the Closed Sicil-
ian Defence. Usually White plays f2-f4, af-
ter that Ng1-f3. Now knight stays in front
of pawn, Black controls d4-square( Ever-
est of the position).6...Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 0–0 10.Qd1 Nd7 11.f4
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With his pawn on f4 already, White would
play Qf3-f2 with idea Bc1–e3, g4-g5, h4-
h5! 11...c4! Important move for Black
counterplay. Black knight jumps on c4 to
pressure on the queenside. 12.dxc4 Na5!
13.Nd5 [Bad for White 13.Qd3? Rc8 14.b3
b5!µ] 13...Nxc4 14.c3 Ndb6 15.Qe2

[15.f5? Nxd5 16.exd5 Qb6+ 17.Kh2 Ne3!
18.Bxe3 Qxe3 Too weak dark squares!]
15...Rc8 16.Kh2 e6 17.Nb4! [Long way to
f4-square 17.Nxb6? Qxb6 18.b3 Bxc3
19.Rb1 Bd4!

(19...Na5 20.Be3)]

17...Na4!

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Black has strong initiative on the queen-
side. Well done, knights! 18.f5 Re8
19.fxe6? Mistake! Black king is OK now.
White loses a control on dark squares.
[19.f6! of course! 19...Bf8!

19...Bxf6?

20.Qf2 Kg7 21.b3+-)

20.e5! with unclear

position] 19...fxe6 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.h4! Qa6
22.Rf2 Ne5 23.Nf4! Strong move. Black
must exchange queens because of week-
ness e6-pawn 23...Nc5 24.Qxa6 bxa6!
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Excellent! B-file opens for black rooks
25.Re2 h6! prophylactic against Bh3
26.Kh1 [26.Bh3? g5!] 26...a5! Black acti-
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Rc6 29.Bd4? Delay for White. Its time to
catch d-file. [29.Bxc5! dxc5 30.Red2]
29...g5 30.Nh3 g4 31.Nf4 Rb6 32.Nh5 Bh8
33.Red2 Reb8 34.Bxc5!? White starts
counterplay, but they exchange an impor-
tant dark-squared bishop. Black has a
clear advantage. How to cover c4 and f3-
squares together? 34...dxc5 35.Rd8+ Kf7
36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Rd2 Nc4? [Zeitnot. Sim-
ply wins 37...Ke7! 38.Bf1 Only move
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White resigns!!! An illusion of Ma-
medyarov. White can save a bishop 41.b3
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proved his situation by resigning! 0–1

(02) Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2760) -
Van Wely,Loek (2681) [B20]

Corus Chess A 2008 Wijk aan Zee (5),
17.01.2008

[Kryakvin, Dmitry]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 In Mamedyarov's style.No
engine battles!Only less popular sidelines!
He dont play Naidorf with Van Wely of
course. 2...d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7
5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 Nc6 7.f4 d5 8.Nd2 0–
0–0 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Nd4? [Mis-
take.And what about Black developing?I
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11.fxe5 Nd4 12.Bxd4

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12...Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qxe5

Black stays quite good] 11.Bxd4 Qxd4
12.Rd1 Qc3 Rook on h8, bishop on f8,
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spectator against such a primitive threat
like Nxf7 14...Rd4! This strong move
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ens.Mamedyarov starts attack. 18...Rxe4
19.Qf3 Rxe6 20.Qh3! Fine geometry.Black
cant plays on d7 with a king. 20...Ng4
[20...Kd7? 21.Nc4+] 21.Qxg4 Qg6
22.Qh3! Qh6 23.Qf3 Bf6 Do you think that
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and bishop and rook g8 is out of the
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yet,White retain dangerous initiative.
25...cxb4 26.Ne4 Bb6? Black should have
defended the bishop by completing the
development of the last piece with
26...Rd8. 27.f5 Bc7 28.h3 Rc6 29.Qg4!
Stupid rook g8 ruins Black.f-pawn starts
of a glorious marching. 29...Kb8 30.f6 a5
31.f7± Rf8 32.Qf5 Qh4 33.Rd7! g6 34.Qd5
White controls all over the board but Black
has some counterplay.White king now
weakens too. 34...a4?? Last error.

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Simply geometry. 35...b3 36.axb3 axb3
37.Qg7 Poor rook dies.. 37...Rxf7
38.Qg8+ Ka7 39.Qxf7 Qxe4 40.Rxc7 b2
41.Rxb7+ 1–0

(03) Topalov,V (2780) - Kramnik,V
(2799) [D43]

Corus Chess A 2008 Wijk aan Zee,
22.01.2008

[Kryakvin, Dmitry]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 During

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the Elista match, Kramnik played 4...dxc4.
In Mexico and other tournaments, he
started employing the sharper Moscow
system, where he seems to feel at home
with both colours 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Players
do not shake eachother's hands before
the game.Battle started! 6...dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5
Bg7 12.Nxf7!! Diagram

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In the press conference Topalov said
Cheparinov found Nxf7 three years ago,
and they have been saving and develop-
ing it ever since. A huge effort indeed, but
the resulting positions cannot be analized
properly without considerable investment
of time. All engines would consider that
Black is just winning in all the lines, which
can be quite discouraging for the faint-
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14...Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 Exchampion wants
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cause it develops the last piece, anticipat-
ing the infiltration of the white queen at
the same time] 18.Qg6! Qxg4 19.Qxg7+
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active positions, but Black king too slow.
At the same time, the g3-bishop is out of
play. 21...b4 22.Rac1 White wants to blow
Rc4! 22...c3! 23.bxc3 b3 Kramnik closed
c-file [After 23...Nxc3 all White pieces in
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25...Nxd1 26.Nd6+! Kc7

(26...Kd8

27.Rxc6 26...Kb8 27.Qxd7 Qb6 28 Rxc6)

27.Nb5++-] 24.c4 Rfg8 Only way for
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[Better is 27.h3! Diagram

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They says,this move was suggested by
Garry Kasparov, who was following the
game informally (phoning and discussing
with people in between) on a notebook
without an engine! 27...Rxf7 28.hxg4 Nf4
29.Nxf7 Ne2+ 30.Kh2 Nxc1 31.Rxc1

(31.Nxh8? b2–+)

31...Rb8 32.Rb1 Nc5

33.f4 Nxa4 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.Nxg5 b2
36.Nxe6+ Kc8

(36...Kd7 37.Nc5+ Nxc5

38.e6+)

37.g5 Nc3 38.Rxb2 Rxb2 39.g6+-

Who can count variations better than the
Great K?] 27...Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7
Re8? [Black's only chance to save the
game! 29...Qe2!! One more idea of Kas-
parov! 30.Rc3

(30 Nxh8 Qxf1+!! 31.Kxf1

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30...b2 31.Rb3+ Ka8 32.Nxh8 Nc5

33.Rb5

33.Rxb2 Qxb2 34.dxe6 Nxe6)

33...Nxa4 34.Rxb2 Qxb2 35.dxe6 Qb6!
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the position remains fairly unclear]

30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4! Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6
33.Rb4 Ka8 White has a winning position
because active pieces, far advanced
pawns and the safer position of the king.
34.e7? [Simply wins 34.Rxb3] 34...Nd5
35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 There seems
to be some hope for Black now. 37.h3 h5?
Final mistake.Black loses g5-pawn
38.Nf7! Rc8 39.e6 Diagram

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With the idea Nc7 and Rb7 matt 1–0

(04) Aronian,Levon (2739) - Van
Wely,Loek (2681) [D15]

Corus Chess A 2008 Wijk aan Zee (11),
25.01.2008

[Kryakvin, Dmitry]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3
b5 6.c5 Nbd7 [Black played here 6...Bg4
in first games in line.But after Radz-
habov's 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.a4 White
is better] 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5
Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Aronian beats Gel-
fand with black pieces in this variation in
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13.h3 Nh6 14.g4! Black knight out of
game.] 13.h3 Nf5 14.g4 White must push
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Novelty by Aronian!After simply

[15.Bd2?! 0–0 16.Rac1 f6! 17.exf6 Rxf6
18.e4 Bd4 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Kd1 Rf7

21.Re1 Bb7 22.Qe2 Gelfand-Aronian
22...Ng6µ] 15...a5 Black saves position of
the bishop 16.e4 Bb7 Strong developing
move [After 16...d4 17.Nd1± White king is
OK] 17.f5 [17.Rd1? d4!] 17...Bd4! Black
must try to open files 18.exd5 Bxe5
19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rbc1 b4 21.dxc6 Bxc6
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22...Rd8? Hard mistake!Its time to castle
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Nd5 24.Rxc6!! Qxc6 25.Rc1 Qd7 [Simply
loses 25...Qb7 26.fxg7 Bxg7 27.Bc5! Be5
28.Kf1] 26.Nd6+!! Diagram

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Exraordinary blow!Black collapsed

26...Qxd6 [26...Bxd6 27.Qxd5+- 0–0
28.Qg5 g6 29.Qh6 matt!] 27.Bb5+ Kf8
28.Bc5! White wins the queen and battle
ends 28...Nf4+ 29.Ke1 gxf6 30.Bxd6+
Rxd6 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Qb7!
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White keeps up pressure. Black has too
must weaken pawns 33...Kg7 34.Be8 Kh6
35.Qxf7 Ng6 36.Qb3! Nf4 37.Qg8 Rd4
38.h4! Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Nxh4 40.g5+! fxg5
41.Qe6+ 1–0

(05) Nepomniashchy,Yan (2600) -
Sargissian,Gabriel (2676) [C65]

Corus Chess B 2008 Wijk aan Zee (3),
14.01.2008

[Kryakvin, Dmitry]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 [Arme-
nian grandmaster often plays Berline.
4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 Agressive Yan pre-
fer to play with queens. 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8] 4...Bc5 The
most popular line.Black trades pair of
knights.Position is equal. 5.0–0 Nd4!
6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Nd2 The best way for
White. Knight b1 must placed on e3 to
control d5,f5. 7...c6 8.Ba4 d6 9.c3 Bb6
10.Bb3 h6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ne3 0–0 13.Qf3
g6 14.g4! h5? Bishop c7 is out of the
game.Black must trade bishop b3 and at-
tack in centre with d6-d5.Only White
wants to open h-file! 15.h3 hxg4 16.hxg4
Kg7 17.Kg2 White wins battle for the h-
file.Black cant play Rh8 because of 18.g5!
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19...Rg8 Only move to save the king
[19...Bd7? 20.Nf5+ gxf5 21.gxf5+-;
19...f6? 20.Nf5+ gxf5 21.gxf5 d5 22.Bxg5
fxg5 23.Rh5+-] 20.Kf1! Bd7?? Hard mis-
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21...Kf8 [Simply wins White after 21...gxf5
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23.Bxg8 Qxg8 24.Bxg5

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The point of attack!Other strike on g5
only helps Black [25.Bxg5 Rxg5 26.f6 Rg8
27.Qg7 Bh3+!! 28.Rxh3 Rxg7 29.Rh8+
Kd7 30.Rxd8+ Bxd8 31.fxg7 Bf6 32.exd5
c5 with draw in ending] 25...Rxg5 26.Rh8+
Ke7 27.Bxg5+ f6 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Be3
White must win with extrapawn.By the way
white rook must burst in the 7th line!
29...Bb6 30.Ke2 Be8 31.Rh1 Bf7 32.Rh7
Bxe3 33.fxe3 Kf8 34.exd5 cxd5 35.Rh8+
Bg8 36.e4! The final stroke!Black cant
save all weaknesses. 36...Kg7 37.Rh4 Bf7
38.exd5 Bxd5 39.Bxd5 Rxd5 40.Rc4 Rook
endgame is totally winning for white.White
rook threatens Rc7 and Rg4-g6 40...Kh6
41.Rg4 Kh5 42.Rg7 a5 43.Ke3! Diagram

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The hand of Master!White activated the
king 43...b5 44.Ke4 Rd8 45.Rg6 Rd6
46.d4 exd4 47.cxd4 Rc6 48.Rg2 Rc1
49.Kd5 Re1 50.Kc6 b4 51.b3 1–0

(06) Tiviakov,Sergei (2649) - Le
Quang,Liem (2540) [B22]

Moscow Open 2008 Moscow (6), 2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 A variant
of Lithuanian grandmaster Eduardas
Rozentalis. Earlier Tiviakov applied 4.Nf3
with further Bc4, or even at once 4.Bc4.
But in this game he decided to turn aside.
4...d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3 0–0
8.d4 In the early 90th Rozentalis practiced
another plan: Na3-c4, d3, a4. Now it's
gone out of fashion. 8...Nc6 9.dxc5 [There
are reliable ways to equalization on 9.0–0
: 9...cxd4

(

maybe,

9...b5!?,

similar to the

play of Le Quang

)

10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4

Qc7 and White have nothing in particular.
So, Tiviakov avoids simplifications.]
9...Bxc5 10.0–0 b5 Diagram

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Interesting idea, applied for the first time
by English grandmaster Jim Plaskett.
Black bishop preparing to go out to the
main diagonal, and at the same time oc-
cupy more space. 11.b4!N Logical and
good novelty! White begin a fight on a
queen flank, and prevent the advance b5-
b4, which can be unpleasant in connexion
with Bc8-a6. 11...Bd6 [At first sight
11...Be7 might seem more accurate be-
cause the square g5 is under control now.
But actually it isn't so: 12.a4 bxa4

12...Ba6

allowed tactical trick

13.c4!±)

13.b5 Na5 14.Qxa4 Nb7 15.c4 - White
have pawn b + c, strong bishop on g2, a
potential outpost at c6... The advantage
of white is obvious.] 12.a4 bxa4 [It would
be interesting to check in practice
12...Ba6!? 13.c4 bxc4 14.b5 Qf6! 15.Ra3!
Rfb8∞ - there will be blood!] 13.Rxa4
[Noteworthy consistent 13.b5!?, Black
should reply 13...Ne5! - with the bishop
on d6 this move is possible.

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13...Nce7

would entail difficulties which

are illustrated by the following variant:

14.c4 Nb6? 15.Ng5 Rb8 16.c5 Bxc5

17.Qc2+-)

14.Rxa4 Bb7. This position is

unclear, but White's prospects, perhaps,
however better.] 13...Bb7 Diagram

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One of key moments in this game.14.Ng5
Tiviakov decided to switch the game to
the king flank, but this doesn't combine
with his previous moves. [14.b5 more
preferable.] 14...Be7 Good move. Black
disturb a knight on g5 and withdraw own
bishop from potential impact. 15.Qh5
White create a hook for an attack. 15...h6
[Worse 15...Nf6?! because of 16.Qe2]
16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Re1 [Immediate 17.Nc5
was unconvincing: 17...Bxc5 18.bxc5
Ne5. Therefore White take the square e5
under control.] 17...Rad8 Standard
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The time has come! To sacrifice or not?
Actually, looks like that White by own 13th
move leave no choice for itself.19.Bxh6
Nf6™ [19...gxh6 20.Nxe6 fxe6

(20...Nf6

21.Nxc7 Nxh5 22.Nxa8+-)

21.Qg6+ Kh8

22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Qxe6+ Kg7 24.Bxd5 -
White have four pawns for a piece and at-
tack.] 20.Qh3? Tiviakov plays only for a
victory. But does position correspond to

this mood? [More appropriately there was
20.Qg5 Ne8 21.Qh5 gxh6

(21...Nf6=)

22.Qxh6© This is the same position as in
a game, but knight stands on e8 (not on
f6). This is to the advantage for a White.]
20...gxh6 21.Qxh6 Ng4! Exact move, that
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Probably, Tiviakov pinned all hopes on
this strike.[22.Qh5 reflected by 22...Nce5!
(22...Nf6? is a mistake: 23.Qg5+ Kh8

(23...Kh7 24.b5+-)

24.Qh6+

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24...Kg8

(24...Nh7 25.Be4+-)

25.b5 with

a strong attack) 23.Bxa8 Rxa8–+ - Black's
win is just a matter of time.] 22...Qe5!!
Supermove! At one stroke Black lead
away queen from under a threat, protect
the point g7, attack a rook on e1 - is it
possible to wish more from one move?
[Much weaker 22...Nxh6? 23.Nxc7 Bb7
24.b5] 23.Qc1 [If 23.Rxe5 then 23...Rd1+
24.Bf1 Nxh6–+. White attack only on f8,
black - on b1, e5, c6... Besides, they are
one piece more.] 23...Qh8 So, the ma-
noeuvre Qe5-h8 decided the fate of
game. 24.h3 [After 24.Nxd8 game could
end up like this: 24...Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Nd4!
26.f3

(26 Bxa8 Qxf2# 26 cxd4 Qxg2+

27.Ke2 Qf3+ 28.Kd2 Bg5+–+)

26...Qxg3

27.Ra2 Nh2+ 28.Kg1 Ndxf3+ 29.Kh1 Ng4
- mate is irresistible.] 24...fxe6 25.Rxe6
This loses faster, but gives little chance
for a couple of dangerous checks.

[25.hxg4 Ne5! didn't promise nothing
good for White.] 25...Rxf2 26.Rg6+ Kf7
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king is now destroyed. 28.Kf1 [28.Kxg2
Ne5+ with a monstrous defeat.] 28...Ke8!
"Human" move, that underlines hopeless-
ness of White's position. Blameless game
by Le Quang Liem! 0–1

(07) Naiditsch,Arkadij (2638) -
Lastin,Alexander (2604) [B12]

Moscow Open 2008 Moscow, 2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

Before this game, both chessplayers had
5.5/7. In order to fight for the first place,
they needed only a victory... 1.e4 c6 2.d4
d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Favourite variant of
Arkadij Naiditsch. Being very aggressive,
it leaves wide counterplay opportunities
for Black. I doubt whether Lastin objected
to this. 4...e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3
Here is the opening surprise. [Earlier
Naiditsch selected 7.h4, but after that:
7...h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 cxd4 Black in
perfect order, as recent games have
shown. Perhaps, for this reason white
have performed 7.Be3.] 7...Nc6 8.dxc5 h5
Was thinking a little, Lastin chose a rare
continuation - maybe, he was afraid a
home preparation? [More spreaded
8...Nxe5 9.Nd4 - there are kilometers of
opening variations.] 9.Nf4 The opening
theory concerns to this move with mis-
trust. The fact is that now d5-d4 will al-
ways threaten. [From this point of view
9.Nd4 much more solid.] 9...Bh7!N A rea-
sonable decision. [Really, there is no
need to check in a conclusive game:
what's new in a sharp variant 9...d4
10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Qd3 Kf7 12.0–0–0 dxc3
13.Qxc3 Qc7 ?; 9...Bh7 was recom-
mended by Hungarian grandmaster Peter
Lukacs, when he commented game De
Vreugt-Maksimenko, Lviv 2001. Let me
quote him: "... keeping the strong bishop
looked better. The pawn h5 is not so im-
portant..."] 10.Nb5 Looks quite logical.
[Alternatively, it's possible to try 10.Qe2!?
with queen's side castling. Here is ap-
proximate variant: 10...hxg4 11.0–0–0
Nh6 12.Bg2 with a possible sacrifice on
d5. But that requires verification.]

10...hxg4 11.Qxg4 [11.Nd6+ Bxd6
12.exd6 Nf6³ Lukacs] 11...Nh6! 12.Qh5
Bf5 The best defence is an attack - now
threatens 13... Bg4 with a capture of a
queen. [Black bishop on h7 would not
forgive 12...g6?!] 13.Rg1 g6 Now it's pos-
sible. 14.Qe2 a6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.exd6
When you look through this game, you are
asked by a question - where White were
mistaken? Probably, here - cause then
Black's game is developed by itself.
[16.cxd6 was more interesting: 16...Qa5+

16...Nxe5 17.Bd4!)

17.c3

(17.Bd2 Qb6)

17...0–0–0

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endgame after

17...d4

18 Bd2 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20 Bg2

better for White

)

18.Bd2 - the position is

complicated. White is pawn more, but it's
king located in a center - well, it's a usual
thing in Caro-Kann with 4.Nc3!] 16...Qa5+
17.c3 [17.Qd2 Qxd2+ 18.Bxd2 Bxc2 -
Black is better. Therefore there is nothing
surprising that Naiditsch has preferred
bad, but a complex position to the un-
promising ending.] 17...d4 18.b4 The only
chance to save pawn chain. [18.Bd2
Qxc5µ] 18...Qa3 19.Bd2 [19.cxd4 Qc3+–
+] 19...dxc3 20.Bc1 Qa4! There is no
need, absolutely, to give any counter-
game chances for White. [20...Qxb4
21.Nd5 Qxc5 22.Nc7+ Kd7 - though, I
suspect, Black will win there anyway.]
21.Bg2

[21.Nd5 Nd4–+] 21...Nxb4

22.Nd5 Despair, but position is bad in any
case. [22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.c6 Nxc6 24.Bxc6+
Qxc6–+] 22...Nc2+ [It seems, that Black
missed nice force win: 22...Bd3! 23.Nxc3
Nc2+ 24.Kd2 Qf4+! 25.Kxd3 Nb4# How-
ever, Lastin's move spoils nothing. In
somewhat it even better - all Black's
pieces now in game!] 23.Kf1 Ng4! Alarm -
mate in 1. 24.Rh1 Nxa1 25.Nc7+ Kd7 Ba-
sically, that's all. Now it's necessary noth-
ing to overlook. 26.Bxb7 Rab8 27.c6+
Kxd6 King in center is invulnerable, cause
black figures are located so successfully,
that cover all the "vital" squares. 28.Nxa6
Ne5! The end is near. 29.Nc5 Qc2 30.Bf4
f6 31.Qe1 Bh3+ 32.Kg1 Kxc5 33.Bxe5 Qd2
So, Lastin has won, and in case of suc-

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cess in last round - he could expect for
the first place. But the destiny needed to
dispose in another way... 0–1

(08) Riazantsev,Alexander (2628) -
Yandemirov,Valeri (2461) [D86]

Moscow Open 2008 Moscow (2), 2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Ne2
Nc6 Specialization of Valery Yandemirov.
It appears, that this continuation no less
popular, than traditional 8...c5. 9.0–0
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9...Na5 [Another plan: 9...e5. After
10.Ba3

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calm

10.d5

also possible

)

10...Re8 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qb3+ - there
are unpredictable complications!] 10.Bd3
b6 11.Be3 Qd7 [Yandemirov tried 11...c5
12.Rc1

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The greed is punishable:

12.dxc5? bxc5 13 Bxc5 Qc7 14.Bd4 e5

15 Be3 Nc4©)

12...Bb7 but position after

13.Qd2 Rc8 14.d5 c4 15.Bc2 e6 16.Rcd1
exd5 17.exd5 usually folded for him fail.
Therefore he decides to interpret this
variant in a different way.] 12.Rc1 Bb7
13.Qd2 An idea is obvious - to change
black-square bishops for Black's king
weakening. 13...Rfe8N [13...Rfd8 hardly
changes anything.] 14.Bh6 Bh8 Pay at-
tention to the bishop h6. Grandmaster
Igor Zaitsev calls these "tusker". 15.e5
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Method of White's play in similar positions
well known from classic game Filip-
Kortschnoj, Bucharest 1954. It is: open a
bishop (e4-e5), translate queen on g5,
and now press on the pawn g6 - h4-h5,
Nf4 and etc. 15...c5 16.Qg5 cxd4 17.cxd4
e6 A necessary move. After Ne2-f4 White
will threat e5-e6 themselves. 18.h4 Nc6
Black switches for a passive defence. A
knight is need on e7 square. 19.Rfd1 Ne7
[19...Nxd4? 20.Nxd4 Qxd4 21.Bxg6+-]
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Bishop should not detract from the di-
agonal a8-h1 - moreover, black rook on
e8 unexpectedly falls under the
blow.[After 21...Rxc8 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Nf4 White could combine the plan of
Nh5-f6 with the translation of rook on the
file "a3-h3". They have initiative.] 22.Nf4!
Qxd4 What else? [Forced variation:
22...Bb7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Nxg6 Nxg6
25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Bg7 27.Bxg7 Qf7
28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 - perhaps, this endgame is
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[23...Qxe5 24.Qxe7+-] 24.hxg6 "If you
can't perform an attack without some sac-
rifice, then the attacker's side somewhere
made a mistake". Who did say it, Tar-
rasch? Possibly, he exaggerated a little,
but... [Such feeling that after 24.Rd6!?
White put insoluble problems for an oppo-
nent.] 24...Qxc2 [24...hxg6 25.Bxg6! fxg6
26.Nxg6+-] 25.Rd8!! Very beautiful. White
sacrificed a minor piece, and now they
decide to add a rook. The idea - lure black
rook on d8. 25...Rxd8 26.g7 Rd1+? The
crucial error. [26...Qd1+™ 27.Kh2 Nf5
28.gxh8Q+ Kxh8 29.Nh5 f6! 30.Bg7+ Kg8
31.Bxf6+ Kf7 32.Bxd8 - White have an
tangible advantage, but Black still can re-
sist.] 27.Kh2 Nf5 28.gxh8Q+ Kxh8 29.Nh5
30.Bg7 with Nf6 threatens now. Black de-
cided to get a mate in another way. 29...f6
30.Qxf6+ Kg8 31.Qf8# One of the best
games in Moscow Open 2008. 1–0

(09) Inarkiev,Ernesto (2680) -
Kazhgaleyev,Murtas (2594) [C79]

Moscow Open 2008 Moscow (6), 2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

Some chessplayers believe that sixth
round - key in nine-round swisses. Whole
performance depends on the game result
of sixth round... 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0–0 Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7
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8.Re1 [More fundamentally 8.d5. After
8...Nce7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3
f5 position transformed to Kings Indian
type. Absence of white-square bishops
implyies White's superiority.] 8...b5 Now
Black deny the possibility of an immediate
exchange of bishops. 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Nbd2
"In this system White has some problems
with developing the bishop c1" - Roiz (c).
Well, it seems that White has shut one's
eyes to this. 10...0–0 11.h3 Re8 12.a3
h6N [12...a5?! 13.d5 Nb8 14.a4! Na6
15.axb5 Nc5 16.Bc2 Bxb5 17.Nb3 Nxb3
18.Bxb3 Qc8 19.c4 Bd7 20.Bd2±, Bolo-
gan-Moreno Carnero, France 2002.]
13.Bc2 Nh5 Kazhgaleyev switched to a
kingside, cause center play is impossible
now: [13...d5? 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.dxe5
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Rxe5 Bxe5
18.Nf3+-. Such traps are often found in
the Scandinavian defence.] 14.Nf1 Nf4
15.Bxf4 White radically decide the prob-
lem of bishop on с1. [15.Ne3!? looks
good, with the idea to remove its col-
league.] 15...exf4 16.Qd2 g5 There is no
other way to protect a pawn. [16...Qf6
was prematurely: 17.e5 dxe5 18.dxe5
Qe7 19.Qxf4±] 17.Rad1 Qe7 [17...Qf6
18.e5! - even worse than in previous vari-
ant.] 18.Qd3 Kf8 Cold-blooded prophy-
lactic. The battery c2+d3 not so danger-
ous. 19.Bb3 Rad8 Both sides have been
strengthened well in the center. A battle is
coming... 20.Ba2 Qf6 Time for pawn
movements hasn't come yet: [20...h5?
21.e5 dxe5 22.Qh7±] 21.N3h2 Diagram

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21...h5! At the right time! Black use that
white knight rode away from a center, and
now there is nothing to answer on flanking
actions. 22.Qf3 Qh6 Smartly. [22...Qg6
suggests itself, but then there was an op-
portunity to undermine pawn rows:
23.h4!?] 23.g4 Good attempt to stop an
avalanche. [23.Ne3 was showy, but not
effective: 23...Ne7!] 23...hxg4 24.Nxg4
Qg6 25.Nfh2 Ne7 26.Qg2 Bc6!? Provoca-
tive move. 27.d5 Provocation is success-
ful! [Actually, 27.Nf3!? isn't bad, because
27...Bxe4 was striking back by 28.Bxf7!
Bxf3 29.Bxe8 Bxg2 30.Bxg6 Bf3 31.Be4
Bxd1 32.Rxd1². After this total annihila-
tion White stands better.] 27...Bd7 28.Nf3
Qh5 29.e5! Of course. Otherwise Black
will transfer own knight to e5. 29...dxe5
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30.Ngxe5? But this is a mistake. [Why
Inarkiev renounced 30.Nfxe5 Bxe5
31.Rxe5 ? Probably, because of 31...f5.
But then 32.d6! cxd6 33.Rxd6 fxg4
34.Qe4! with a dangerous attack. Anyway,

it's easy to decide on such variants at
home... but not in the real conditions!]
30...Bxe5 31.Nxe5 Bxh3 32.Qh1 [A try to
escape in ending for a draw would not be
set off: 32.Qf3 Qxf3 33.Nxf3 Bg4 34.Rd3
Bxf3 35.Rxf3 Nxd5–+] 32...Nf5 33.Rd3 g4
34.Qe4 f6 35.d6!? White go straight
ahead. By this move, Inarkiev sacrificed a
piece, but awakened the bishop on а2.
35...Rxe5 The knight can be taken in a dif-
ferent way: [35...fxe5 36.d7 Re7 37.Qc6
Nd6–+] 36.dxc7 Rde8 37.Qb4+ Ne7
38.Red1 Inarkiev looking for a "lucky
punch"... 38...Bg2! [38...g3!? - more
practical, but move in a game - the short-
est path to a goal.] 39.Kxg2 f3+ 40.Kg3
[40.Kg1 Qh3–+] 40...Rf5 Diagram

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forced:[40...Qh3+ 41.Kf4 Qh2+ 42.Kxg4
Qg2+ 43.Kf4

(43.Kh4 Rh5+–+)

43...Rf5+

44.Ke4 Qg4+ 45.Ke3 Qg5+ 46.Kd4 Qf4#]
This position resembles some tasks from
a book "Combination motives", written by
Maxim Blokh. There was a feature -
whose turn move, those wins. At Black's
turn, it isn't difficult to find a victory:
41...Qh3#. What about a White's turn?
41.Qxe7+!! Knocking out blow! 41...Kxe7
[41...Rxe7 42.c8Q+ Kg7 43.Rh1!

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not

43.Qg8+ Kh6=)

43...Qxh1 44.Qxf5+-]

42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rh1! The point of a whole
White's idea. It would be nothing without
this move. 43...Qxh1 44.Rf7+ Kg8
45.Re7+ Kh8 [45...Kf8!? was harder:
46.Rxe8+ Kxe8 47.c8Q+ Ke7 48.Qxf5
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demonstrate some accuracy.] 46.Rxe8+
Kg7 47.Rg8+ Kh7 48.Rh8+! Kxh8 49.c8Q+
Kg7 50.Qg8+ Here it's worth quoting cult
phrase: "If you see an opportunity to win a
queen or declare a mate, take a queen -
cause a mate may not be!" [50.Qg8+ Kh6
51.Qf8+ with a quick mate

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"only" a queen. Interestingly, how did
Inarkiev act?We will never know - because
Kazhgaleev surrendered.Inarkiev's com-
bination, undoubtedly, will enter to the
annals. This game was very dramatic, we
need to thanks its coauthors - Ernesto
and Murtas. By the way, in a final stand-
ings they are located near each other!)

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1–0

(10) Gabrielian,Artur (2479) -
Najer,Evgeniy (2634) [B80]

Moscow Open 2008 Moscow (2), 2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 At first sight, this variant
with fianchetto is very solid. In fact, some-
times the battles here are more hot, than
in main lines. 6...Nc6 Black decided to
transpose a game into river-bed of
Scheveningen. [6...e5 is more characteri-
cally for "Najdorf".] 7.Bg2 Bd7 Nobody
need in Nxc6 + e5 surprise. 8.0–0 e6
9.Nb3 Rare move. Its idea - to deprive
Black's possibility for off-load (Nxd4 and
Bc6). 9...b5 10.a3 Be7 11.f4N Diagram

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[11.h3 0–0 12.f4 Bc8!? 13.e5?! Qb6+
14.Kh2 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6³, Beshukov-
Pavlovic, Biel 2003.] 11...h5?! Dubious

idea. Yes, a black knight gets the square
g4, an undermining h5-h4 can be dan-
gerous in some moments... but Black's
king will not be able now to castle natu-
rally. 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.h3 [In a case of
13.e5? Najer's conception would fully jus-
tify oneself: 13...dxe5 14.fxe5 Ng4 15.Bf4
Qb6+ 16.Kh1 g5!–+] 13...Qc7 14.Re1 Kf8
15.Be3 Gabrielian decides not to acceler-
ate the party. Is he right? [It was already
possible to declare war: 15.e5!? dxe5

(15 ..Ne8 16.Bd2 h4 17.g4±

- now knight

e8 will not go out through g7-f5

)

16.fxe5

Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Bxh3
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17.a4! White decided to shift the focus of
its actions. [17.Nd5 was too early:
17...exd5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bf6
20.c3 Ne7„ - future exchange of white-
square bishops will weaken white king.]
17...bxa4 [After 17...b4 18.Nd5! wins in
force a lot - because of weakness on a6.]
18.Rxa4 Nb8 19.Raa1 Let's summarize:
White have an advantage. The pawn а6 is
weak, a knight on b8 is drawn aside on
pawn defence - because of that, e4-е5
threatens again. Najer prevents it. 19...e5
20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Nd5! Gabrielian creates
the pawn pair c+d, which can bring to op-
ponent a lot of headache. 21...Nxd5
22.exd5 Bd6 [22...Qxc2? 23.Qxc2 Rxc2
24.Rxe5+-] 23.Rac1 Ba4 [Najer walks
around an insidious trap: 23...Bb5? 24.c4!
Bxc4 25.Qe4+-] 24.Nd2 f5 25.c4 e4 26.c5
Bb5! Najer again "on a altitude". [Why not
to beat a pawn: 26...Bxg3, but after 27.d6

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Bxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Qf7 29.Rf1 Rf8 30.Qd4±
there is a terrible compensation.] 27.Qe3
[27.cxd6? Qxc1µ] 27...Be5 28.Nc4 Never
refuse for bishop's eliminating! 28...Bxc4
29.Rxc4 Rh6 30.Qg5 [Adventurous
30.g4?! just pours water on a Black's mill:
30...hxg4 31.hxg4 Nd7 32.gxf5 Nf6©]
30...Rf8 31.b3 Now, since a rook c4 is
protected, the pawn d is ready to go for-
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32.Bd4?! Disputable decision. [It was an
interesting force variant: 32.c6 Qxd5
33.c7 Nc6 34.c8Q Rxc8 35.Qxf5 Rf8
36.Qxe4 Qxe4 37.Bxe4 Ne7 - now it's
possible to take a breath. White have a
stable superiority.] 32...Rg6 [In a case of
32...Qxd5 Gabrielian's project proved to
be correct: 33.Bxe5 Qxe5 34.Rexe4 Qa1+
35.Rc1±; but 32...Nd7! could deliver him
a few unpleasant minutes.] 33.Qxh5 Bxg3
34.Rf1 Be5! Likeable tactics. 35.Kh1
[35.Bxe5? Rxg2+–+] 35...Bxd4 36.Rxd4
Nd7 37.c6 Ne5 Diagram

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The key position. White pawns advanced

far enough, but what's next? Gabrielian
decides to determine the situation.
38.Rxe4 Rxg2 39.Qxf5 [39.Qxf7+ Nxf7]
39...Rg5! Excellent. This move makes
draw as a most credible result. [It's diffi-
cult to define, how a game will run after
mad 39...Rg1+ 40.Kxg1 Qa7+ 41.Kg2
Rxf5 42.Rxf5 Nf7 Maybe, this is a draw?
43.Ref4

(43.Re6 Qc7)

43...Nd6 44.Rf8+

Kh7 45.Rh4+ Kg6 46.Rg4+=] 40.Rxe5
Rxf5 41.Rexf5 Qxd5+ [41...Qxf5 42.Rxf5
Rxf5 43.d6+- - two pawns on a 6th hori-
zontal usually stronger than a rook.]
42.Rxd5 Rxf1+ 43.Kg2 Rc1 44.Rd6 Rc3!
There's no need to give a freedom for a
white king. 45.b4 g5 46.Kf2 Another at-
tempts promise a bit: [46.c7 Rxc7
47.Rxa6 Rc2+ 48.Kf3 Rc3+ 49.Kg4
Rc4+=; 46.Rd8+ Kf7 47.Rd7+ Ke6=]
46...Kf7 47.Rh6 Kg7 [Perhaps, more pre-
cisely is 47...Ke7 48.Ke2

(48.c7 Kd7)

48...Kd8=] 48.Rd6 Kf7 Hunt for the rook!
49.Ke2 The only chance - to shift the rook
from "c" file. 49...Rxh3 50.Kd2 Ke7
51.Rd7+ Ke8 52.Ra7 Kd8! Diagram

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Black's king independently will be able to
deal with a passer. 53.Kc2 [After
53.Rxa6!? Najer must do some exact
moves: 53...Rb3!

(53...Kc7? 54.b5 Rb3

55.Ra7+ Kc8 56.Ra5 g4 57.Kc2 Rb4

58.Kc3 Rb1 59.Ra8+ Kc7 60.Ra7+ Kd6

61.Rd7+ Ke6 62.Kc4+-)

54.Ra4 Kc7!

54...g4? 55.Kc2 Rf3 56.b5 Rf2+ 57.Kd3

Rb2 58.Ra8+ Kc7 59.Ra7+ Kc8 60.Kc4+-)

55.Kc2 Rf3 56.b5 Kb6 57.Ra8 g4=]
53...g4 Now, a draw is inevitable. 54.Rxa6

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g3 55.Ra8+ Kc7 56.b5 g2 57.Ra7+ Kb6
58.Rg7 [58.Rg7 Kxb5 59.c7 Rh8 60.Rxg2
Rc8 61.Rg7 Kb6 62.Kc3 Rxc7+ 63.Rxc7
Kxc7 - there is nothing to militate.Both
chessplayers passed this game at very
high level.] ½–½

(11) Caruana,Fabiano (2598) -
Motylev,Alexander (2644) [B12]

Aeroflot Open 2008 Moscow (3.3), 2008

[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 [3.exd5; 3.Nc3]
3...Bf5 4.Nf3 other poplar lines [4.Nc3 e6
5.g4 the most active and dangerous for
both sides move 5...Bg6 here is some
fresh games from Moscow-Open 2008
6.Nge2 c5

(6...f6 7.Nf4 fxe5 8.Nxe6 Qe7

9.Nxf8 exd4+ 10.Be2 dxc3 11.Nxg6 hxg6

12.Qd3 Nf6 13.Qxc3 Nbd7 14.Be3 Ne4

15.Qb3 b5 16.0–0–0 Ndc5 17.Qa3 a5

18.Bxb5 cxb5 19.Rxd5 b4 20.Bxc5 Nxc5

21.Qf3 Rf8µ

0–1 Macieja,B (2617)-

Postny,E (2627)/Maalot-Tarshiha ISR
2008/The Week in Chess 688 (86)

)

7.Be3

Nc6 8.dxc5 h5 9.Nf4 Bh7 10.Nb5 hxg4
11.Qxg4 Nh6 12.Qh5 Bf5 13.Rg1 g6
14.Qe2 a6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.exd6 Qa5+
17.c3 d4 18.b4 Qa3 19.Bd2 dxc3 20.Bc1
Qa4 21.Bg2 Nxb4 22.Nd5 Nc2+ 23.Kf1
Ng4 24.Rh1 Nxa1 25.Nc7+ Kd7 26.Bxb7
Rab8 27.c6+ Kxd6 28.Nxa6 Ne5 29.Nc5
Qc2 30.Bf4 f6 31.Qe1 Bh3+ 32.Kg1 Kxc5
33.Bxe5 Qd2 0–1 Naiditsch,A (2638)-
Lastin,A (2604)/Moscow RUS 2008/The
Week in Chess 692; other lines 4.Be3 ;
4.Nd2; 4.h4] 4...e6 5.Be2 positional plan
5...c5 rare move [the main line is 5...Nd7
6.0–0 here is some ways 6...Ne7 that
move was used by world champions
A.Karpov and V.Anand, and top-GM's
M.Adams and V. Bologan

(6...h6 7.c3 Ne7

8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Ncd4

Be4 12.Be3 Ng6 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.Nxe4

Nxe4 15.f4 Nd7 16.Bh5 Qb6 17.Qg4 Ndf6

18.Qh3 Nxh5 19.Qxh5 Nf6 20.Qh3 Qc7

21.g4 Bc5 22.g5 Ne4 23 Kh1 Qd7 24.b4

Ba7 25 c4 dxc4 26.Qg2 Qd5 27.Nc2 hxg5

28.Rfd1 Ng3+ 29.Kg1 Qxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Nf5

31.Bxa7 Rxa7 32.fxg5 Rh5 33.Rd2 Rxg5+

34.Kf3 b5 35.a4 Rd7 36.Rxd7 Kxd7

37.axb5 axb5 38.Ra7+ Ke8

0–1

Sutovsky,E (2654)-Morozevich,A
(2707)/Beersheba 2005/CBM 110

;

6...Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.c3 Be7 9.Nb3 0–0

10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Qd2 Kg7 12.Nc1 c5

13.Nd3 Qb6 14.a3 cxd4 15.cxd4 a5

16.Nf4 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Rc6 18.a4 Rac8

19 Bb5 Bb4 20.Qe3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+

22.Qxc1 Qd8 23.h4 Nb8 24.Nh2 Qxh4

25.g3 Qd8 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Nxg6 hxg6

28.Qxh6+ Kg8 29.Q 4 Kg7 30.Qc1 Bg5

31.Qc5 Be7 32.Qc3 Bb4 33.Qc1 Be7

34.Kg2 Bg5 35.Qc5 Be7 36.Qc3 Bb4

37.Qc1 Be7 38.Bd3 Kg8 39.Nh6+ Kg7

40.Ng4 Kg8 41.Nh6+

½–½ Svidler,P

(2765)-Sakaev,K (2649)/Paris 2006/EXT
2007

)]

6.Be3 [other way with same idea

was 6.0–0 Nc6 7.c3 for exaample 7...cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6
11.Be3 Be7 12.a3 0–0 13.b4 f6 14.exf6
Bxf6= and black's position is not worse0–
1 Socko,B (2621)-Gelashvili,T
(2575)/Ermioni 2006/CBM 113 ext (34)]
6...cxd4 [6...Qb6 7.Nc3 Qxb2 8.Nb5

(8.Qb1!?

Бологан

)]

7.Nxd4 Ne7

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8.c3N [8.0–0 Nbc6 9.c4

(9.f4 Nxd4

10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.c3 a6 12.Bf2 g5 13.fxg5

Qxg5 14.Nd2 Rg8 15.Bg3 Qe3+ 16 Kh1

Rxg3 17.hxg3 Qh6+ 18.Bh5 Bg6 19.g4

Nxe5 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Nh4 Qe3 22.Q 3

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Ke7 26.b4 Bb6 27.Rae1 Rg8 28.Re2 Bxh5

29 Ree1

0–1 Van Blitterswijk,S (2360)-

Olafsson,H (2505)/Antwerp 1998/EXT
1999

)

9...Nxd4 10.Bxd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4

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Nc6 12.Bc3 Bc5 13.Nd2 0–0 14.Nb3
Bb6= 1–0 Baklan,V (2595)-Izoria,Z
(2590)/Solsones 2004/EXT 2007 (48);
8.c4 Nbc6 9.Qa4 a6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.0–0–
0 Bd3 12.Bxd3 cxd3 13.Rxd3 Qa5
14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.f4 Rd8 16.Rhd1 h5
17.h4 Nec6 18.Nxc6 Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Nxc6
20.a3 Rh6 ½–½ Inarkiev,E (2597)-
Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM
111 ext] 8...Nbc6 9.f4 g5!? Very interest-
ing move! Black tries to defeat white's
centre 10.fxg5 [much worse was 10.g3
because of 10...gxf4 white can't capture
by pawn 11.gxf4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 and
queen goes to h4] 10...Bg7 ccontinues
the delelopment 11.Nd2 Nxe5 [interesting
to try 11...0–0!? and white can't win
bishop 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Nxe5] 12.Bb5+
This compels knight to leave beautiful
square in center 12...N5c6 13.0–0 0–0 [if
13...a6 then white have tactical idea
14.Bxc6+

(

хуже

14.Be2

worse

14...0–0

15 Nxf5 Nxf5 16 Bc5 Qxg5

and on e2

bishop situated worse than b5

)

14...bxc6

15.Nxf5 Nxf5 16.Qh5!? d4!

(16...0–0?

17.Bc5

17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.cxd4 Qxd4+

19.Rf2²] The opening is over. Black have
advantage in center, white will try to at-
tack on King side 14.Nxf5 [if 14.N2f3 then
bishop can run over 14...Bg6

(14...Be4!?)]

14...Nxf5 15.Bc5 [direct at-

tack is not possible 15.Bd3 Nxe3 16.Qh5
Nf5 17.Rxf5 exf5 18.Bxf5 Qb6+ 19.Kh1
Rfe8–+; but it is interesting to check posi-
tional sartifise 15.Rxf5!? exf5 16.Nf3 and
black have many weaknesses]
15...Qxg5™ [15...Re8? 16.Qh5] 16.Nf3 it
was too early to capture the rook
[16.Bxf8? beacuse of 16...Ne3 17.Qe2
Nxf1 with extra pawn] 16...Qh6

)

...

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[на 16...Qg6 неприятно 17.Bd3] 17.g4!
"to add fuel to the fire" - opens g-line for
attack [17.Bxf8 Bxf8„ black have enough
compensation] 17...Qg6 again the only
move [17...Ne3 was impossible 'cause of
18.g5; after 17...Nh4 18.Bxf8 Rxf8
19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Qe1² white is better]
18.Kh1 Qxg4 19.Rg1 Qh5 There were
some alternatives [19...Qf4 20.Bxf8 Rxf8
21.Qe2∞; 19...Qh3!? 20.Ng5 Qh4 21.Bxf8
Rxf8 22.Qe2∞

(22.Qf3? Ne5 ]

20.Bxf8

[20.Rg5!? Qh3 21.Bf1 Qh6 22.Bd3 Rfe8
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Qxd5 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Rxe6
26.Rag1 Rg6 27.Nh4 Rd8 28.Nxg6 hxg6
29.R5g2²] 20...Rxf8 21.Bd3 Ne3 [De-
serves attention 21...h6!? to take control
over g5-square; in variantion 21...Nce7
22.Rg5 Qh3 23.Qe2 h6 24.Rg2 Kh8
25.Rag1 black pieces are constrained;
And a bit dubious 21...f6?! 22.Qe2 Ne5?
in view of

(22...Kh8 23.Raf1²)

23.Bxf5!

exf5

(23 Qxf5 24.Nd4)

24.Raf1±]

22.Qe2 [22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qg1+ Ng4
24.Qg3 f5 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.h3 Qh6]
22...Ng4 23.Rg3 [23.Ng5? Nce5
24.Bxh7+ Kh8 and white lost a piece]
23...Kh8

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24.Qg2? A mistake! [The right way was
24.Rag1! f5 25.h3∞ with unclear
game

(25 Qxe6?? Nf2+)]

24...f5³ 25.Be2?

Second mistake in a row! Now black's ad-
vantage is undoubful. Bishop should stay
on the d3 square to prevent canter pawns
march. [Only one piece is out of the battle
here and the natural move 25.Re1 was the
best here. 25...Qh6

25...e5? 26.Bxf5

25...Nce5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Rh3 Qg5

28 Be2

∞

)

26.Re2 Nce5³ and black have

only a small adventage.] 25...Qh6 26.Re1
e5µ 27.Bd1 Bf6 28.Rg1 Ne7 [28...e4
leeds to unnecessary complications
29.Nd4 Nxd4 30.Bxg4 Bh4! 31.cxd4 Bxg3
32.Qxg3 fxg4 33.Qxg4 Qf6 34.Rd1 and
white save some chances for resque]
29.Nd2 Ne3 30.Qf3 Nxd1 31.Qxd1?!
[more stubborn was 31.Rxd1 with idea on
31...e4 move 32.Rh3] 31...e4 32.Nb3 f4
33.Rg4 f3–+ pawn goes to promote, in
same time impede white to defend their
own king 34.Nc5 Be5 35.h4 f2 36.Rf1 Qe3
0–1

(

;

(12) Le Quang,Liem (2540) -
Smirnov,Pavel (2599) [E20]

Aeroflot Open 2008 Moscow (5.19), 2008

[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5
[4...b6 goes to Queen's Indian defense]
5.g3 one of the popular lines in Nimzo de-
fense, at first "on the high level" it was
used by Kasparov in the first game on
second match against Anatoly Karpov
(Mosccow, 1985) 5...cxd4 the most popu-
lar way [5...0–0 Usually have no inde-

pendent way, it is the transposition of
5...cd variation 6.Bg2 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6
8.0–0 Qe7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 h6
11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Rfd1 Bd7 13.dxc5 dxc5
14.Ne5 Ba4 15.Qd6 Rfe8 16.Rd2 Rac8
17.Rb1 b6 18.Rbb2 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Red8
20.Rd3 Kf8 21.Rbd2 ½–½ Georgiev,K
(2677)-Anand,V (2803)/Turin 2006/CBM
113; 5...Nc6!? 6.Bg2

(6.d5 Na5 7.Nd2

b5!?)

6...Ne4 avoids some dangerous

variations; in champion's game was
5...Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2
Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qxb2 11.Rb1
Qc3 12.Qd3 Qxd3 13.exd3 Na6 14.d4 and
white's have some space advantage in
endgame1–0 Kasparov,G (2700)-
Karpov,A (2720)/Moscow
1985/MainBase (42)] 6.Nxd4 Ne4 [6...0–
0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5

(8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3

Nc6 10.cxd5 Na5 11.Qc2 Nxd5 12.Qd3

Bd7 13.c4 Ne7 14.0–0 Rc8 15.Nb3 Nxc4

16.Bxb7 Rc7 17.Ba6 Ne5 18.Qe3²

1–0

Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A
(2705)/London/Leningrad
1986/MainBase (40)

)

8...Nxd5 9.Qb3

(9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nb3 Nc6

12.0–0 Nb6 13 Be3 Qc7 14.Qc2 Be6

15.Rfd1 Nc4 16.Bc5 Rfd8=

0–1 Onis-

chuk,A (2650)-Carlsen,M (2710)/Biel
2007/CBM 120 (42)

)

9...Nc6 and the

game from Mexico... 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.0–
0 Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1
Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5
18.Bf4 Be2 19.Re1 c5 20.Qb3 e5 21.Bc1
Rac8 22.a4 Bc4 23.Qb2 Qg6 24.a5 Nd7
25.Rd1² 1–0 Grischuk,A (2726)-
Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM
120 (61)] 7.Qd3 [7.Qc2 is too passive
7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7] 7...Bxc3+ [7...Qa5
8.Nb3 Nxc3 9.Bd2

(9.Nxa5 Ne4+ 10.Bd2

Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nxd2 12.Kxd2 Nc6=

1–0

Wang Yue (2698)-Berg,E (2583)/Gibraltar
ENG 2008/The Week in Chess 691 (69)

)

9...Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2²;
7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bg2 0–0 10.0–0
Na6 11.Rd1 Nc5 12.Qe3 d6 13.Ba3 Bd7
14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Nb5 a6
17.Nd6 Qc7 18.Qf4 Ba4 19.Rd2 Bxd6
20.Rxd6 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.h4 b6

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23.Rb2 h6 24.Rd2 Qc8 25.g4 b5 26.cxb5
Bxb5 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Be8 29.Be4
Rb6 30.Rd3 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Qb8 32.Qxb8
Rxb8 33.Rd6 a5 34.Ra6 a4 35.e3 Kf8
36.Kg3 Rb2 37.Bc6 Bxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxa2
39.Rxc5 Rc2 40.Ra5 Rxc3 41.Rxa4 ½–½
Nielsen,P (2626)-Hracek,Z
(2598)/Werder Bremen GER 2007/The
Week in Chess 683] 8.bxc3 Nc5 [8...Nf6?
was bad, because of 9.Ba3± blocks the
castle] 9.Qf3 the most popular line, di-
rected against b7-b6 move [9.Qe3 b6
10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Nxb7 12.Ba3 Nc6
13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Qg5 f6
16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh4 Kf7 18.c5 Nxc5
19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qh6 Rad8 21.0–0 e5
22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Rb1ƒ 1–0 Nepomnia-
chtchi,I (2602)-Negi,P (2515)/Kirishi
2007/CBM 118 ext (45); 9.Qd2!? b6
10.Nb5 0–0 11.Nd6 Bb7 12.f3 That posi-
tion has happended only for 4 times, but
all of this games was played by GM's

(12.Nxb7 Nxb7 13.Bg2 Nc6 14.Ba3 Re8

15.Rd1 Q 6 16.0–0 Red8 17.f4 Rac8=

½–

½ Parker,J (2545)-Adams,M (2734)/West
Bromwich 2003/EXT 2004 (42)

)

12...Bc6

13.Ba3 Nba6 14.Bg2 f5

(14...Nc7 15.0–0

Ne8 16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.cxb5 Rc8 18.c4±

1–

0 Sargissian,G (2667)-Medvegy,Z
(2518)/Mainz 2006/CBM 113 ext (31)

)

15.0–0 Qf6 16.e4?! fxe4 17.fxe4 Qg6³ 0–
1 Wojtaszek,R (2620)-Akopian,V
(2698)/Lugo 2007/CBM 119 (48)] 9...d6
10.Bg2 [10.Ba3 0–0 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Nb5
Bd7 13.Bb4 Qxa2 14.Bxc5? dxc5 15.Nc7
Ba4µ 0–1 Nielsen,P (2649)-Ivanchuk,V
(2729)/Havana 2007/CBM 118 ext (31)]
10...Nbd7 [the latest example from More-
lia 10...e5 11.Qe3 0–0 12.Nb3 Qc7
13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.0–0 Nd7 15.f4 exf4
16.Rxf4 a5 17.Qe7 Qe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5
19.Be3 Nd7 20.Re4 Ra6 21.Rb1 Rg6
22.Re7 b6 23.Bf4 h5 24.Be4 Re6 25.Rxe6
fxe6 26.Bd6 Rf6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Bf4 Kg8
29.Bc7 Rf7 30.Bg6 a4 31.Bxh5 Nf6
32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Bxb6 Ba6 34.Bxc5 e5
35.a3 Bxc4 36.Bb4 e4 37.Kf1 1–0 TOPA-
LOV,V (2780)-ARONIAN,L (2739)/XXV
Torneo de Ciudad Morelia y Linares 2008;

10...Bd7!? Kramnik] 11.Qg4 the latest
fashion. This variantion was very popular
in the end of last year in European Team
champion on Crete.

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[11.0–0 is rather popular 11...Ne5 12.Qf4
Bd7 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 white have
some advantage] 11...Qf6?N New, but
bad move, gives important extra tempo
for white.I guess that Pavel didn't wait that
variant from his young partner [11...0–0
12.Bh6 Qf6 13.Bg5 Comparing with our
game black already castled! 13...Qg6
14.Qh4 Nf6 15.0–0 Bd7 16.Nb3 Rac8
17.Rfd1 Bc6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 and black have
good chanses for equal½–½ Nielsen,P
(2626)-Gyimesi,Z (2610)/Crete
2007/CBM 121 (40)] 12.Nb5! 0–0 13.Bg5
The most concrete decision! [13.0–0 was
also good] 13...Qg6 [if 13...Qe5 then very
strong is 14.Be3!] 14.Qh4 f6 15.Be3 It's
hard for black to defend d6-pawn
15...Qc2 16.0–0± Qxe2 17.Rfe1 Qc2
18.Qd4! White's pieces are dominating
18...d5 19.cxd5 e5 Pavel tries to close the
position 20.Qc4 Qd3 This lose by force
but it is hard to give good advice in such
bad position [for example, if 20...a6 then
21.d6+ is enough for win 21...Kh8
22.Bxc5 axb5 23.Qxb5+-] 21.Qxd3 Nxd3
22.Nc7!+- Nxe1 [22...Rb8 23.Bxa7 Nxe1
24.Rxe1] 23.Rxe1 Rb8 24.Bxa7 Rd8
25.Rb1 Funny enough but all black pices
has no moves! 1–0

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(13) Timofeev,Artyom (2664) -
Dreev,Alexey (2633) [B71]

Aeroflot Open 2008 Moscow (6.2), 2008

[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 This is Dreev's main weapon
against e4 6.f4 [In third round the future
wiiner of the tournament got success with
6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3
Qg5 10.g3 f5 11.e5 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6
13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bg7 15.Qa4+ Kf7
16.exd6 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 exd6 18.0–0ƒ 1–0
Nepomniachtchi,I (2600)-Dreev,A
(2633)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 693 (41)] 6...g6 the most popular
move according to the MegaBaseTi-
mofeev has already played this positon
twice with black. [In first game he tried
6...Bd7 not the best way, that bishop must
be developed on g4 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.0–0 0–0 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.Qe1 Nb4
12.Qh4 1–0 Petrosian,T (2558)-
Timofeev,A (2653)/Moscow 2006/CBM
112 (39)] 7.Nb3 Rare move [white's main
idea is 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 Bg4!
10.Qe1 Rc8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 Nd7 0–1
Popov,I (2524)-Timofeev,A
(2650)/Krasnoyarsk 2007/CBM 120 (31)]
7...Bg7 8.Be2 Qb6 [8...0–0 looks danger-
ous, but was played for many times 9.Be3

(9 Bf3 e5 10.0–0 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5

12.Kh1 Be6 13.Be2 a6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4

b5 16.Nd4 g5 17.Be1 b4 18.Nd5 Nxe4

19.Ne3 Qb6 20.Ndf5 Ng6 21.Bf3 Bxf5

22.Nxf5 Rae8 23.a4 bxa3 24.Rxa3 Qxb2

25.Rxa6 Qb5 26.Be2 Qc5

½–½ Moro-

zevich,A (2717)-Gelfand,B (2713)/Sochi
2005/CBM 107

)

9...a6 10.g4 e5 11.f5

d5∞ with hard complication1–0 Smirin,I
(2615)-Anand,V (2715)/Moscow
1994/CBM 040 ext (68)] 9.a4 [9.Bf3 a5
10.a4 0–0 11.Qe2 Nb4! block bishop's
delevopment on e3] 9...a5

)

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10.g4?! Too agressive [GM Kupreichik
have played 10.Nd5 but had no success
10...Nxd5 11.exd5 Nd4

(11...Nb4? 12.c3

Na6 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Qe2 Nc5 15 Be3²

1–0 Kosten,A (2535)-Glek,I
(2620)/France 1997/EXT 1999 (39)

)

12.Nxd4 Qxd4

(

after

12...Bxd4

white have

no any advantege

)

13.Bb5+ Bd7=]

10...h5! 11.gxh5 [if 11.g5 black have
strong move 11...Ng4] 11...Nxh5?! [much
stronger was 11...Nb4! with idea to take
control over d5-square. Tactical basis -
12.hxg6? is impossible in view of
12...Rxh2!] 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Be3 e6 14.Bb6
Qh4+ 15.Bf2 Qd8 16.Nb6? Ungrounded
draw refusal! [16.Bb6=] 16...Ng3! I guess
Artem missed this blow 17.Bxg3 [17.Rg1?
Nxe4–+] 17...Qxb6³ And now black gains
the initiative 18.c3 [after 18.Qxd6 Bxb2ƒ
White's king feels bad] 18...e5! the most
active move [if 18...0–0 then 19.Bf2 Qc7
20.Qd3 and white is successful consoli-
date their position] 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.f5
[maybe beter was 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Qd2
but it was too passive

(21.Qd3 Rh3!)]

20...gxf5 21.Nd2 Ne7 black has cleaned
6-line to defend their weaknesses [other
way was 21...Be6 22.exf5

(22.Nc4 Nd4!

22...Bxf5 23.Nc4 Rh6 24.Rg1©] 22.Nc4
[22.Bb5+ Bd7 23.Nc4 Bxb5 24.Nxd6+ Kf8
25.Nxb5 Qc6µ with iniciative] 22...Ra6
[22...Rh6!? 23.Rg1 Kf8 24.Nb6 Rb8
25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.exf5∞] 23.Nd2 offers a
draw

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23...Rc6 declined! 24.Bb5 d5 [also looks
good 24...fxe4 25.Nxe4 d5 with central
dominating] 25.Rg1 Bh6 [25...Kf8!? saves
strike on h2] 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Ne4 [alter-
native was 27.Nc4!? with idea to attack e5
pawn 27...Be6 28.Bxc6+ bxc6 29.Bc5∞]
27...Be6 [worse was 27...fxe4 28.Qxd5 e3
29.Bh4 and white's pieces become active]
28.Nc5 [28.c4?! Ne3 29.Bxc6+ bxc6
(29...Qxc6 suddenly leeds to forced draw
30.Rg8+! Rxg8 31.Nf6+ Ke7

(31...Kf8??

32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qxg8+ Kxf6 34.Bh4+)

32.Nxg8+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Nxh6
Nc2+ 35.Kd2 Nxa1 36.Qg8+ Kxh6=
37.Qh8+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Kh6=) 30.Nf6+
Ke7 31.Ng8+ Rxg8 32.Bxe3 Rxg1+
33.Bxg1 Bxc4µ] 28...Nf4 again the
strongest 29.Qc2 [maybe better was to
exchange on e6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Qb3 од-
нако ясности от этого не прибавится]
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tion [the right was 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Be3

(32.Rd3

32...Bxg3+ 33.hxg3 h-pawn

helps to stop black's central pawns but
after 33...Kf7µ] 31...Bxg3 32.Bxg3
[32.hxg3 Nxf2 33.Qxf2 Rh1+–+] 32...Ke7
33.Nxe6 fxe6 34.Qg2 makes a trap
34...Kf7 successfully avoids [the idea was
in 34...Rd6 35.Bh4+!] 35.Bxc6 bxc6
36.Rd3?! [I would prefer to evacuate King
on Queen's side 36.Kd2] 36...Nf4 37.Bxf4
exf4 white's only hope is bad 38.Kf1?
wrong way! [38.Kd1 It's better to keep
king on queenside but anyway black have
huge advantage here.] 38...c5!–+ 39.Rh3
[39.Qd2 Qc6! with incontrovertible threats
to white kin g] 39...Qd8 40.Qb7+ Kf6
41.Rxh8 Qxh8 ceitnoit is over,black's ad-
vantage is enough for win 42.Qg2 Qh5
43.Ke1 f3 44.Qf2 f4 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Kc1
Qh3 47.Qe1 Kf5 Dreev doens't gives any
chances for his partner 48.Qg1 e5
49.Qxc5 Qf1+ 50.Kc2 Qe2+ 51.Kb3 f2
game is over 52.Qc8+ Ke4 53.Qc6+ Ke3
54.Qc5+ Kd2 0–1

(14) Grigoriants,Sergey (2583) -
Melkumyan,Hrant (2485) [C91]

Aeroflot Open 2008 Moscow (1.33), 2008

[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 Hrant prefer
classical Rui Lopez, withount Marshall and
anti-Marshall variations 8.c3 0–0 9.d4 that
move was popular at the first half of XX
century. Nowadays it is highly popular too
[9.h3 was like "a horse of another colour"]
9...Bg4 the most logical and principle
move 10.Be3 One of two main ways(along
with d4-d5) [10.d5 here has some exam-
ples for that theme 10...Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8
12.h3

(12.Nbd2 c6 13.b4 Nb7 14.dxc6

Qxc6 15.Bb2 Rfc8 16.Nf1 Be6 17.Ng5

Bg4 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Ng5 Bg4 20.Nf3

½–½

Spoelman,W (2424)-Short,N (2645)/Wijk
aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess
689

)

12...Bd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6

15.Nbd2 Be6 16.Rc1 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Nf1 d5= ½–½ Grischuk,A (2720)-
Bacrot,E (2725)/Khanty Mansiysk
2005/CBM 111 (60); 10.a4!? Nigel's
Short favorite move 10...Na5 11.Ba2 c5

)

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12.dxe5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 dxe5 14.Na3 c4
15.axb5 Bxa3 16.bxa3 axb5 17.Rb1 Qb6
18.Qf5 Rfe8 19.Bg5 Nb7 20.Bxf6 Qxf6
21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Rxb5 Nd6 23.Rd5 Re6
24.Red1 Rxa3 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Rxd6
Rxa2= ½–½ Short,N (2683)-Navara,D
(2656)/Prague 2007/CBM 120 (52)]
10...Bh5

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with 2 ideas - to attack e4-pawn from g6-
square and to jump knight on g4
[10...exd4 11.cxd4 Na5

(11...d5

black

tries to block central pawns and to make a
blockade

12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3

14.bxc3 Qd7 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6

17.Nd2 a5 18. 4 a4 19 Bc2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2

f5! 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Bf2 h5

24.Qg6 Re4 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26 Nh2 Nxd4

27.cxd4 Bxd4 28.Rb1 e3 29.Bg3 h4

30.Bxh4 Rxf4 31.Qd3 Qd5 32.Nf1 Rf2

33.Nxe3 Rg2+ 34.Kh1 Q 3

0–1 Shirov,A

(2699)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Foros
2007/CBM 119

)

12.Bc2 c5

12...Nc4

13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Nfd7

16.h3 Bh5 17.Bb2 Re8 18.a4

∞

½–½

Kramnik,V (2744)-Adams,M
(2719)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108 (58)

)

13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc3 Nc4 15.e5 Qxd1
16.Raxd1 Bxf3 17.exf6 Bxd1 18.fxe7 Bxc2
19.exf8Q+ Rxf8 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.Nd5 Kh8
22.Bd4 Nd6 23.Nb4 a5 24.Nxc2 Rxc2
25.h3 h6 26.Re5 a4 27.Rc5 Rd2 28.Be5
a3 29.bxa3 Nc4 30.Rxb5 ½–½ Bruzon
Bautista,L (2652)-Adams,M (2741)/Wijk
aan Zee 2005/CBM 105; it is interesting to
check 10...d5!? 11.exd5 exd4

(11...Nxd5!? 12.dxe5 Nxe3 13.Rxe3

12.Bxd4! Na5?

12...Nxd4 13.cxd4²)

13.Bxf6 Bxf6

14.Nbd2 Nxb3 15.Qxb3± 1–0 Timofeev,A
(2578)-Sorokin,M (2574)/Sochi
2004/EXT 2005 (27)] 11.h3 insinuating
prevention [if 11.Nbd2 then possible is
11...d5 and it is hard to prove white's ad-
vantage

11...Na5

is also possible

12.Bc2

Ng4 13.b4 Nb7 14.Nf1 c5 15.Bd2 exd4

16.cxd4 cxb4 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bxb4„

1–0

Bologan,V (2673)-Sasikiran,K
(2679)/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 098 (61))

12.exd5 Nxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bd4 Nc6
15.Ne4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Nf6 17.Qxd8
Raxd8= ½–½ Nisipeanu,L (2686)-
Kasimdzhanov,R (2640)/Pune 2004/CBM
104 (66)] 11...exd4 goes to main lines
with h3 and Bh5 inclusion. I think that this
is no object [11...d5 has no effect be-
cause of 12.g4!; 11...Bg6 Morozevich's
move 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4

(13 Nxd4

Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Nh5 15.Bd5 Rc8 16.Bb7

Rb8 17.Bc6 Nf4 18.Nf3 Bh5 19.Ba7 Rc8

20.Be3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Bg5ƒ

½–½ Ti-

mofeev,A (2611)-Morozevich,A
(2758)/Moscow 2004/CBM 104 (57)

)

13...Nb4 14.Qe2 c5 15.a3 Nc6 16.Rac1
c4 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bc2 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Nd7
20.b3 Rc8 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.bxc4 Bb2
23.Rb1 Bxa3 24.Ra1 Bb4 25.Rxa6 bxc4
26.Rb1 Nc5 27.Rc6 Bxd2 28.Bxd2 Re8
29.Qxc4 Bxe4 30.Bxe4 Rxe4 31.Qb5 h6
32.Be3 Re5 33.Bxc5 Rxd5 34.Rxd6 ½–½
Dominguez,L (2645)-Morozevich,A
(2758)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104] 12.cxd4
d5 [12...Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4

(13 ..c5 14.g4

Bg6 15.Nbd2 Nc6 16.d5 Nb8 17.a4²

½–

½ Morozevich,A (2743)-Zvjaginsev,V
(2650)/Moscow 2004/CBM 102 ext (41)

)

14.Bc1 c5 15.b3 Nb6 16.Nbd2 cxd4
17.Bb2 d3 18.Bxd3 Nfd7 19.g4?!

(19.Rc1²)

19...Bg6 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Bf1

Bg5!= 0–1 Jakovenko,D (2596)-Adams,M
(2738)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT
2005 (44)] 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Bb4?! Rare
and bad move. Better was [14...Nxc3
15.bxc3 Qd7 with transposition goes to
Shirov-Ivanchuk's game] 15.Nxd5!

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An obvious sacrifice. White's compensa-
tion will be extra pawn, 2 bishops advan-
tage, strong center - I think this is enough
for a clear advantage ["vapid" 15.Qc2 also
gives better chances, 'cause black can't
immediately build a blockade - 15...Bxc3
16.bxc3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ng5 18.Kg2 Ne6
19.f4 f5? 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.f5 Nf8 22.Bg5+-
] 15...Bxe1 16.Qxe1² It's hard for black to
find a good plan. Rooks is too passive and
it is hard to open lines for them.
16...Bxf3?! [the best chance in my opinion
was 16...a5 17.a3 a4 18.Ba2 Na5 tries to
get active play on Queen's side] 17.gxf3
Ng5 18.Kg2 Ne6 19.Rd1 white have easy
play - to delevop all piece and to push
central pawns 19...Qh4?! continues the
wrong plan [19...a5 was rather better]
20.Qc3 Ncd8 sad necessity [20...Ncxd4
was bad because of 21.Rxd4!

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idea was in varination

21.Bxd4 c6!

and

knight goes to f4 with attack

)

21...Nxd4

22.Bxd4± 3 light piece is much stronger
than 2 passive rooks] 21.Qd3! good ma-
noeuvre - e4 is the best square for queen
21...c6

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22.Qe4!± no matter what! 22...Qh5 [on
22...Qxe4 white have tactical idea
23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.fxe4 saves the advan-
tage] 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Qg4! forces advan-
tageous exchange 24...Qxg4+ 25.hxg4
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30...a5 too late 31.a3 a4 32.Ba2 f6 33.Bf4
fxe5 34.dxe5 Re7 35.e6 h6 36.Ne4 Nc8
37.Be5 Nf7? 38.Bd4 [38.Bxg7+! was win
immediately 38...Kxg7 39.f6+ Kg6 40.fxe7
but 38. Bd4 is enough for victory too]
38...Rd8 39.Bc5 [39.Bxg7+!] 39...Nfd6
40.Nxd6 Rxd6 41.Bxd6 Nxd6 42.Rxc6 Ne4
43.Kf3 I think after this game nobody want
to repeat variation with 13.... Bb4 1–0

(15) Evdokimov,Alexander A (2569) -
Bologan,Viktor (2660) [E94]

Aeroflot Open 2008 Moscow (9.9), 2008

[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3
0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Rather popular line
[other main lines 7.0–0 ; 7.d5 but this is
theme of other games] 7...Nbd7 not the
most popular way [main move is 7...Ng4
which helped Teimour Radjabov to make
a draw with World Champion - 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2
f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Bd3 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Bh6
16.0–0 Kh8 17.c5 g4 18.Nxf6 Qxf6
19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qe2 Bg7 21.cxd6 cxd6
22.Qxg4 Nxg3 23.Qxg3 Bd7 24.Nc7 Rac8
25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Qxe6 27.Rad1 d5
28.Bb1 Rcd8 ½–½ Kramnik,V (2766)-

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Radjabov,T (2729)/Wijk aan Zee
2007/CBM 117; Kasparov liked to imme-
diatelly capture pawn 7...exd4 8.Nxd4
Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5
12.0–0 Nc6 13.c5 Rxe3!? 14.Qxe3 Qf8
15.Nxc6 bxc6© 16.Kh1 Rb8 17.Na4 Rb4
18.b3 Be6 19.Nb2 Nh5 20.Nd3 Rh4
21.Qf2 Qe7 22.g4 Bd4 23.Qxd4 Rxh2+
24.Kxh2 Qh4+ ½–½ Karpov,A (2730)-
Kasparov,G (2800)/Lyon/New York
1990/CBM 021/[Wahls]; 7...c6 usually
leeds to ed-variation, but have own impor-
tance, for example 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.a3 Nf7 13.f3
Bh6 14.Bf2 f5 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.b4 c5∞ ½–
½ Karpov,A (2730)-Kasparov,G
(2800)/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 021
(39); 7...Nc6 now it is a mistake 'cause of
8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2±] 8.0–0 Re8 possible
wayother lines are: [8...c6 9.d5 Ng4
10.Bd2 f5 11.Ng5 Ndf6 12.b4 cxd5
13.cxd5 fxe4 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Nh6
16.g4 d5 17.Bg5 Rc8 18.e7 Qxe7
19.Nxd5 Qe6 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6
22.Qd5+ Nf7 23.Bc4 Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Qf3
25.Qe6 Bh6 26.Rad1 e3 27.Rd7 1–0 Ivan-
chuk,V (2735)-Piket,J (2570)/Wijk aan
Zee 1996/CBM 051; 8...Qe7 9.Qc2 c6
10.Rad1 h6 11.d5 c5 12.g3 Nh7 13.Nh4
Ng5 14.Rb1 Nf6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Rxb4 Ng4
17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.f3 Bh3 19.Rfb1 b6
20.a4 f5 21.Nxg6 Nxf3+ 22.Kh1 Qf6
23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Qg2 Bxb1
26.Rxb1 e4 27.Nb5 Qe7 28.Qh3 a6
29.Na3 Nd4 30.Qg4 Nf5 31.Nc2 Qe5
32.Bf4 Qc3 33.Qe2 Re8 ½–½ Gelfand,B
(2724)-Smirin,I (2652)/Saint Vincent
2005/CBM 110] 9.Qc2 [with rook on e8 it
is interesting to try 9.d5 that move was
played 4 times against Viorel, but without
any success - white took only half-point.
Maybe that why Alexander goes another
way fresh game from top-GM 9...Nh5
10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3
Be7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Bh3
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rfc1 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4
20.Nb5 Rf8 21.Rc3 a6 22.Nc7 Rc8
23.Rac1 Qd7 24.Nf2 Bd8 25.Qc2 Rf3
26.Qb3 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Bxc7 28.Nxg4

Qxg4 29.Rxc7 Ne8 30.Re7 Qxe4
31.Rxe8+ Kf7 32.Rc8 Rxe3 33.Qxb7+ Kf6
34.Rf8+ Kg5 35.Qxh7 Re1+ 36.Rf1 Qd4+
37.Kg2 Re2+ 0–1 Gelfand,B (2737)-
Radjabov,T (2735)/Wijk aan Zee NED
2008/The Week in Chess 690] 9...exd4
[9...Ng4!? looks interesting 10.Bg5 Bf6
11.Bxf6 Ngxf6 12.d5 Nh5 13.g3 Ng7
14.Nh4 Rf8 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Ng2 f5 ½–½
Gyimesi,Z (2602)-Nevednichy,V
(2588)/Hungary 2002/EXT 2004] 10.Nxd4
c6 11.Rad1 logical move - white leeds all
pieces in center 11...a6 [11...Qe7 12.f3
d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ndb5 dxe4 15.fxe4ƒ]
12.Rfe1 continue the strategy 12...Qc7
black prepare b7-b5 move 13.a3 [in vari-
antion 13.a4 a5 black takes control over
impotant square c5] 13...b5 14.cxb5 cxb5
[of course, bad was 14...axb5?
15.Ncxb5+-] 15.Qd2 уходя ферзь из-под
связи и присматриваясь к слабости на
d6, также защищая слона е3 после
возможно в будущем f2-f3 15...Bb7
16.f3

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16...d5!? [16...Ne5 17.Rc1 Qe7] 17.exd5
Nb6 18.Rc1 [18.Ndxb5!? axb5 19.d6 Qd8
20.Bxb5] 18...Qd7 19.Nb3! Nfxd5 20.Nc5
Qe7 21.Nxd5?! better was [21.Bf2 savess
suspence 21...Nxc3 22.Bxb5! Red8

(22...Nxb5 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.a4±)

23.Qxc3 Qg5 24.Qb4±] 21...Bxd5 22.Bf2
Qf6 blacks pieces runs from strikes 23.b3
Qb2!? typical 24.Rc2 Qxa3 Forward!
25.Rd1 [25.Ra2 was too early because of
25...Bh6! thats why white defends their
quenns at first] 25...Bf8 the only move

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[26.Ra2? was forbiedden 26...Qxc5
27.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28.Kf1 Bxb3µ; on
26.Kh1!? black have 26...Rec8 27.Ra2
Qxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxc5©] 26...Rad8 [Com-
puter says that the best way was
26...Bxb3 27.Nxb3 Rad8 but I think that
black don't have enough compensation;
26...Bc4!? is not enough 27.Ne4! Rxe4™
28.fxe4 Rd8 29.Qe3 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Rxd4
31.Rxd4 Bc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Qe3± and
the draw will be good result for black]
27.Ra1 gogogo! 27...Bxf3!? Very re-
sourcefulnessly played! [27...Qxa1+ was
bad 28.Bxa1 Bxb3 29.Qc3 Bxc5+ 30.Qxc5
Na4 31.Qc7 Bxc2 32.Qxc2+-; 27...Bc4!
the strongest way in my opinion 28.Rxa3
Rxe2 29.Qg5 Be7 30.Rxe2

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30.Qc1 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Rxd4 32.b4 Nd5

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30...Bxg5 31.bxc4 Rxd4 32.cxb5

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29.Qd3? alas, people are not machnies,
and they can't always find the best way
[29.Qc1! was winning 29...Rxd4 without
strike on queen! 30.gxf3 Rxc2 31.Qxc2
Nc4 and the last stroke 32.Ra1! Rd2

(32...Bxc5 33.Kh1! Rd2 34.Qc1 Be3

35.Qe1 B 4 36.bxc4+-)

33.Qc1 Ne5!

34.Kf1 Nxf3 35.Qc3 Bg7 36.Qxf3 Bxa1
37.Qa8+ Kg7 38.Qxa6+-] 29...Rxd4!
[worse is 29...Bxc5 30.Rxe2 Bxe2

(30 ..Rxd4 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Qc3+-)

31.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1+- but white have
some tecnical problems] 30.Qxd4 Rxc2
31.b4 Bd5 white can win only if they could
repulse an attack 32.Nd3? It's hard to ex-
plain, why Alexander didn't move knight
on e4 - defends g2-pawn and strives to f6
[32.Ne4! after forced 32...Bxe4 33.Qxe4
Rc4 34.Qb7 Bxb4 35.Rxa6 and we have a
completely mad position, but it seems
that whit should take over and win here.]
32...Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Nc4! Viorel plays very
agressive - every his move have threat

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34.Ne5?! [better was 34.Nf4! Rg5!

34...Rc2? 35.Nxd5 Nxa3 36.Nf6+ Kg7

37.Nd7+ Kg8 38.Qe3±)

35.Nxd5 Rf5+

36.Kg2 Nxa3 37.Nf6+ Kh8 38.Nh5+ Kg8
39.Nf6+=] 34...Rg5!³ 35.Nxc4 Bxc4+
36.Kf2 Rd5‚ by computer's evaluation
the position is equal, but it is very hard to
play it with white, 'cause of they have
weak king and pawn on b4 37.Qb2 Bh6
38.Qb1 white can only defence their
weaknesses - there is no better way
38...Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Bd5 40.Qf1 Bg7 41.Qf4
Rg2+ 42.Kh3 h6 43.Rg3 Rc2 44.Re3 Rc6

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45...Kh7 black position become stronger,
and white can only wait 46.Qb8 Rc2
47.Rd3 Rg2+ 48.Kf4 Bc4 49.Rd6 Rb2
50.Rxa6 Rxb4 pawn exchange is good for
black. Now their plan is promote b-pawn
to queen 51.Qd6 Rb3 52.Ra3 Rb2 53.Ra8?
[it was nessesary to defend 53.Kg3 but
after 53...b4 black must win] 53...Rxh2
54.Qd8 h5 55.Kg5 Rg2+ 56.Kf4 Rg4+–+
57.Ke3 b4 Great battle! 0–1

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