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E14

Danner,Georg

2369

Somogyi,Istvan

2261

Oberwart op (7)

11.07.2002

[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3
Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4
8.exd4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 0-0
11.Qh5 g6 12.Qh3 Nd7 13.Bh6 Nxe5

[ 13...Re8 14.Bb5 N5f6 15.Rfe1

with the idea Nxf7 ]

14.dxe5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Bxf8
Bxf8 17.Qg3 Qxc3 18.Rac1 Qb4
19.Rc7 Bd5 20.h4 Bg7 21.h5 a5
22.Rfc1 Qf8 23.a4 Rd8 24.hxg6 hxg6
25.Qh4 Rb8 26.R1c3 Qe8 Diagram

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27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7
29.Rc7+

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A36

Miles,A

2635

Arencibia,W

2515

Capablanca mem-A (12)

1996

[Dan]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3
Nc6 5.a3 Nh6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 Nf5
8.Nge2 d6 9.b3 0-0 10.Bb2 Bd7
11.0-0 Rb8 12.Nb5 Bxb2 13.Rxb2
Ne5 14.Nec3 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 a4 16.d4
Nc6 17.b4 cxd4 18.exd4 Qb6 19.Rd2
Rfd8 20.Re1 d5 21.c5 Qa6 22.Bf1
Qa8 23.Nc7 Qa7 24.Nb5 Qa8 25.g4
Ng7 26.Nc7 Qa7 27.Nb5 Qa8 28.Rd3
Ne6 Diagram

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29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Nc7 Qa7 31.Nxe6
Re8 32.Rh3 Nd8 33.Qe1 b5 34.Qe5
Nxe6 35.Qxe6+ Kg7 36.Bd3

[ 36.Bd3 Rg8 ( 36...Rh8 37.Qe5+
Kg8 38.Rf3+- ) 37.Qe5+ Kf8
38.Rxh7+- ]

1-0

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Short,Nigel D

2660

Gelfand,Boris

2665

Brussels cqf1 (3)

1991

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6
5.Bc4 Bg7 6.0-0 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1
Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 0-0 11.Bb3
Nc6 12.Bd2 d5 13.e5 f6 14.exf6
Bxf6 15.Kh1 a5 16.a4 Qd6 17.Ng1
Bd7 18.Nf3 Nb4 19.Qf2 Qc5 20.Bc3
Nc6 21.Rae1 b6 22.Bd2 Nb4 23.Qg3
b5 24.f5 exf5 25.Ne5 Be8 26.axb5
Qxb5 27.Rxf5 Kh8 Diagram

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28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Ng4 Rf5 30.Nh6
Rh5

[ 30...Rf6 31.Qe5 ]

31.Qf4

1-0

D37

Svetushkin,Dmitry

2569

Managadze,Nikoloz

2444

Acropolis 2006 Open Section (3.5)
[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3
Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c6 7.h3 Nbd7
8.Qc2 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Rd1 a6
11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 h6
14.0-0 Qb6 15.b4 a5 16.Rb1 axb4
17.axb4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Ne5
Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Ra4 21.Qe2 Bc8 22.e4
Be6 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Qd2 Rc8
25.Rb3 Kf8 26.Rd1 Bd7 27.Bf1 Bf5
28.Rg3 f6 29.Bd3 Bxb4 30.Qf4 Bxd3
31.Qg4 Qb7 32.Bxf6 Rc7 33.Rdxd3

Diagram

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Rf7 34.Bxg7+ Rxg7 35.Rdf3+ Kg8
36.Qe6+ Kh7 37.Rf6 Bd2

[ 37...Rxg3 38.Rxh6+ Kg7 39.Qf6+
Kg8 40.Rh8# ]

38.Qf5+

1-0

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King,Daniel J

2514

Nikolic,Predrag

2659

Bundesliga 9900 (10.3)

19.02.2000

[Dan]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2
c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5 14.exd5
Nc4 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Nf1 Qc7 17.Ng3
g6 18.Bh6 Rfc8 19.h4 Qd7 20.Bf5
gxf5 21.Nxf5 Rc4 22.b3 Rg4 23.Bg5
Rxg5 24.hxg5 Nfxd5 25.c4 Nb4
26.c5 dxc5 27.Rxe5 Bf8 28.Nh6+
Kh8 29.Rd1 N4d5 30.Rdxd5 Nxd5
31.Rxd5 Qc6 32.Nxf7+ Kg8 33.Nh6+
Kh8 34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Ne5 Qe6
36.Ng4 Rc8 Diagram

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37.Nf6+ Kh8 38.Rd7 Bg7 39.Qd3

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E12

Toulzac,Pierre Yves

2260

Sokolov,Andrei

2565

Mulhouse IM (9)

2000

[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7
5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7
8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Bd3 c5
11.Qe2

[ 11.0-0 Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1
Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Nd7 is the standard

continuation. ]

11...Qc8 12.Kf1

[ 12.0-0 ]

12...Ba6 13.c4 cxd4 14.e5 Nd7 15.h4
Nc5 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Ng5+ Kg8
18.Kg1 Bb7 19.Qg4 f6 20.Qh5 Be4
21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qg6 Nc3

0-1

E12

Krasenkow,M

2635

Negi,P

2480

HZ Open Vlissingen NED (8) 11.08.2006
[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7
5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7
8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Bd3 c5
11.0-0 Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Bxd3
14.Rxd3 Nd7 15.e5 Re8

[ 15...cxd4 16.cxd4 Qc4 17.Bg5 Bd8
18.Rad1 Ftacnik: 'White is well

prepared for the potential attack on the
kingside, black is saved by control on
the d5 square.'

A) 18...Qd5 19.h4 Re8 ( 19...f6
20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Re3 h6 22.Bf4
Rae8 23.Bg3 Rf7 24.a4 Rfe7

½-½ Radjabov,T-Leko,P/Dortmund

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2003/ (28) ) 20.h5 f6 ( 20...h6

21.Bf4 Be7 22.Nd2 Rac8
23.Rg3ƒ )

A1) 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Ne5 Re7 ( 23...fxe5 24.dxe5
Qxe5 25.Qg4+ Qg7 26.Rg3
Qxg4 27.Rxg4+ Kh8 28.Rxd7± )
24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Re1² ;
A2) 21.Bf4 b5 22.h6

A2a) 22...g5?! 23.Bc1 ( 23.Bg3
f5÷ ) 23...Kh8 24.exf6 Bxf6
25.Ne5± ;
A2b) 22...g6 23.exf6 Bxf6
( 23...Nxf6 24.Qe5 Rc8
25.Bg5² ) 24.Ne5 Krasenkow

can claim some success, but
black defense is very hard to
break. Rad8 ( 24...Rac8 25.Ng4

Rf8= ) 25.Ng4 Rc8 ( 25...Rf8
26.Be5 Be7 27.Rc3² ) 26.Be5
Be7 ( 26...Rf8 27.Nxf6+ Nxf6
28.Re1² ) 27.Bg7 Bf8?

Stefansson doesn't like the
intruder on g7, but after
exchange of bishops his
vulnerability on dark squares will
dramatically increase. ( 27...a6

28.Re1 Bg5 29.Ne5 Bc1÷ )
28.Bxf8 Kxf8 ( 28...Rxf8 29.Re3
Rc6 30.Ne5² ) 29.Re3 Re7
( 29...Kg8 30.Ne5² ) 30.Qd2!

A fine manoeuvre increasing the
might of white queen, from b4,
a5 squares she is able to do
enemy a real demage. Qd6

( 30...Kg8 31.Qb4 Rf7
32.Ne5² ) 31.Qb2 Qd5
( 31...Rc5 32.dxc5 Qxd1+
33.Kh2 Kg8 34.Rf3 a6
35.Qc3+- ) 32.Qb4 Rce8
( 32...Rc4 33.Qa5 Ra4
34.Qc7± ; 32...a6 33.Rf3+ Ke8

34.Ne3 Qg5 35.Qd6± ) 33.Rf3+
Kg8 34.Rc1! Qg5 ( 34...a6
35.Qxe7 Rxe7 36.Rc8++- )
35.Rc7 a5 ( 35...e5 36.Rxd7
Rxd7 37.Nf6++- ) 36.Qd6

1-0 Krasenkow,M-Stefansson,H/
Germany 2003/CBM 99/[Ftacnik]
(36) ;

B) 18...Rc8 19.h4 h6 20.Bf4 Qd5
21.Nh2 f5 22.Bxh6 Qe4 23.Qxe4
fxe4 24.Rg3 Rf7 25.Rg4 Be7
26.a4 Rc4 27.d5 Nxe5 28.dxe6
Nxg4 29.exf7+ Kf8 30.Nxg4 gxh6
31.Ne5 Rxa4 32.Rd7 e3 33.fxe3

½-½ Krasenkow,M-Cvitan,O/Plovdiv
2003/CBM 98 (33) ]

[ 15...Qc6 16.Bg5

A) 16...Rae8 17.Rad1 f6 18.exf6
Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 Qc7
21.c4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Rd8 23.Qe3
Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Rc8 25.g4 h6 26.h4
Qc5 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Qxd4
29.Rxd4 Nh5 30.Kg2 Kh7 31.f4
Rf8 32.Kf3 Rf5 33.Nd3 g6
( 33...e5 34.Nxe5 Nxf4 35.Ke4 Rf8
36.Rd7± ) 34.Rd7+ Kg8 35.Kg4
Ra5 36.Ne5 Rxa3 37.Nxg6 Ng7
38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Ne5+ Ke7
40.Nc6+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.g6
Ne8 43.Rf7+ 1-0 Krasenkow,M-

Sakaev,K/Copenhagen 2003/CBM
95 ext (43) ;

B) 16...Bxg5 17.Nxg5 cxd4
18.cxd4 Rac8 ( 18...f6 19.exf6
Rxf6 20.Re1 Nf8 21.Qd2 Rd8
22.Rc3 Qd5 23.Nf3 Ng6 24.Qc2
Rdf8 25.Qe4 Rd8 26.Rc7 a6
27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.h4 Nf8 29.Rec1
Rf7 30.Rc8 Ra5 31.R1c3 g6
32.Rb8 Rb5 33.Rcc8 Kg7 34.Ng5
Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Nd7 36.Rb7

1-0 Zagorskis,D-Wiedenkeller,M/

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Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110 (36) )

19.Rad1 h6 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Rg3
f5 22.Nd6 Rc6 23.f4 Rxd6 24.exd6
Qxd6 25.Re3 Kf7 26.d5 exd5
27.Qd3 Nf6 28.Qxf5 Qc5 29.Qe6+
Kg6 30.Qe7 Rf7 31.Qe6 Kh7
32.Kh1 Rc7 33.h3 Ne4 34.Rxe4
dxe4 35.Qxe4+ g6 36.a4

½-½ Agrest,E-Akesson,R/Goeteborg
2005/CBM 107 ext (36) ]

16.h4

[ 16.Bg5 Nf8 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Ng5
cxd4 19.cxd4 Qa6 20.Ne4 Rc8
21.Qf3 Rc2 22.Rc3 Rxc3 23.Qxc3
Qb7 24.Nd6 Rc7 25.Qg3 Qc6
26.Rd1 Qc2 27.Qf3 Qc6 28.Qg3
Qc2 29.Qf3 Qc6 30.Qg3

½-½ Johannessen,L-Dorfman,J/
Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (30) ]

16...Nf8 17.h5 h6 18.Nh2 Nh7
19.Ng4

[ 19.Qg4 is too blunt: Kh8 20.Rg3
Rg8 21.Nf3 Qc7 ]

19...cxd4 20.cxd4 Qb7 21.Bf4

[ 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7
23.Rg3+ Kxh6-+ ]
[ 21.Nxh6+ gxh6 22.Bxh6 Kh8
23.Rg3 Rg8 ]

21...Red8 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Ne3 Qe4
24.g3 Nf8 25.f3 Qb7 26.g4 Qa6
27.Qd2 Nd7 28.Kh2 b5 29.Qg2 f6
30.exf6 Nxf6 31.Be5 Nd7

[ 31...Nd5 32.Nxd5 Rxd5 33.f4 ]

32.Bg3 b4 33.axb4 Bxb4 34.d5 Rc1
35.Qb2 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Bc5 37.dxe6
Qxe6 38.Nf5 Bf8 39.Qd2 Bb4 40.Qd5
Qxd5 41.Rxd5 Kf7 42.Bh4 Ke6
43.Rd4

1-0

B06

Wolff,P

2565

Ashley,M

2460

New York CITS (10)

1996

[King]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2
Nc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.c3 e5 7.Qb3 Bxf3
8.Bxf3 exd4 9.Qxb7 Nge7 10.e5 0-0
11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa4
Nxc6 14.cxd4 Qh4 15.Nc3 Nxd4
16.exd6 Diagram

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g5!! DIAGRAM

After this, Black's position just clicks.
The main point of the move is seen in
the following variation: 17 dxc7 Ne2+ 18
Kh1 Qxh2+ 19 Kxh2 Rh6+. A pleasing
echo of the variation above. The
advance of the g-pawn allows the rook to
swing over to h6, and at the same time
blocks the path of the bishop from c1;
moreover, it can be used to force open
lines if White plays h3.
Incidentally, I showed this position to
Bob Wade (without revealing 16...g5)
and he came up with another idea: 16...

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Rb5!?, threatening Ne2+ and Qxh2+; the
same mating pattern again, but with the
rook on h5 this time! However, 17 h3 is
problematic for Black.
Anyhow, the game continued:

[ 16...Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Qxa4 18.Nxa4
Ra6 19.Nc5 Rxd6 ]
[ 16...Rxd6 17.Qxa7

A) 17...Nf3+ 18.gxf3 Be5 19.f4
( 19.Rd1 Qxh2+ 20.Kf1 Bxc3
21.Rxd6 Re8 22.Be3 cxd6 23.Qd7
Rb8 24.Rc1 Bxb2 25.Rc7 Rf8 ;
19.Re1 Qxh2+ 20.Kf1 Bd4 )
19...Qg4+ 20.Kh1 Qf3+ 21.Kg1
Qg4+= ;
B) 17...g5 18.Be3 Nf3+ 19.gxf3
Be5 20.Rfd1 ]

17.Re1

[ 17.dxc7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Qxh2+
19.Kxh2 Rh6+ 20.Qh4 Rxh4# ]

17...Rxd6 18.Be3 Be5! The most

effective move, though

[ 18...Rh6!? is also quite good.
19.Bxd4 ( 19.h3 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 Qxh3 )
19...Bxd4 ]

19.f4

[ 19.h3 g4 20.Rad1 ( 20.Bd2 gxh3
21.Rxe5 Rg6 ; 20.Bc1 gxh3 21.Rxe5
Rg6 22.g3 Rxg3+ 23.Kh1 Rg1+!
24.Kxg1 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 h2! )
20...gxh3 ]

19...gxf4 The advance of the g-pawn

proves its worth ... 20.Bf2 Nf3+!

21.gxf3 Rg6+? Sadly, this move throws

away the win. I imagine time pressure
must have been the cause, for the
winning move is not difficult.

[ 21...Qh3! and the rook swings to g6

with decisive effect. ]

22.Kf1 Qh3+ 23.Ke2 Bxc3 24.bxc3
Re6+ 25.Kd2 Rd8+ 26.Kc2 Qxf3
27.Bd4 Qg2+ 28.Kb3 Rb8+ 29.Kc4

Rc6+ 30.Kd3

[ 30.Bc5!? Qf3 ]

30...Qf3+ 31.Kc2 Qg2+ 32.Kd1 Qf3+
33.Kd2 Qg2+

½-½

E12

Korotylev,A

2603

Spoelman,W

2381

Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (13) 30.01.05
[Danny]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3
Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 Diagram

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7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 0-0
10.Qc2 h6 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5
13.0-0 Qc8 14.Qe2

[ 14.Qa2 Rd8 15.Rd1 Ba6 16.Bf4
Bxd3 17.Rxd3 Nc6 18.Rad1 Qa6
( 18...cxd4 19.cxd4 Qa6 20.Qc2
Rac8 21.Rc3 Nb8 22.Bc7 Re8
23.Ne5 ) 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Bf6
21.Qc2 c4 22.R3d2 Nb8 23.Ne5
Qxa3 24.Qf5 Qa4 25.Bxh6 Nd7
26.Bf4 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Qd7 28.Qf4

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Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qd6 30.Qd4 Rac8
31.Re2 a5 32.Re5 a4 33.Rf5 f6
34.Rh5 Kf7 35.h3 a3 36.Ra1 Rc7
37.Qg4 b5 38.Rxa3 Qxa3 39.Qe6+
Kg6 ½-½ Eljanov,P-Sax,G/Ljubljana

2002/CBM 88 ext (39) ]

14...Ba6 15.Rd1

[ 15.a4 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 cxd4 17.cxd4
Nc6 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Rac1 Qb7
20.Rc4 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Nb4 22.Bxb4
Bxb4 23.Ne5 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Bc5
25.h3 a6 26.Qc3 Bd6 27.Nc6 Rc8
28.e5 Bf8 29.Qd3 b5 30.axb5 axb5
31.Rc2 b4 32.Na5 Qd5 33.Nb3 Ra8
34.f3 Ra3 35.Rb2 Qc6 36.Rc2 Qd5
37.Rb2 Be7 38.Qe4 Qc4 39.Qb1
Qc3 40.Kf1 Qe3 41.Qc2 Bh4
42.Qe4 Rxb3 0-1 Eriksson,A-Akesson,

R/Stockholm 1987/TD (42) ]

[ 15.d5 premature Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c4
17.Qd4 ( 17.Qc2 exd5 18.exd5 Bd6
19.Be3 Nd7 ) 17...Rd8 18.Bf4 Bf6
19.Qd2 exd5 20.exd5 Qf5 ]

15...Bxd3

[ 15...Rd8 16.Ne5 Bf8 17.Bf4 Bxd3
18.Rxd3 Nc6 19.Rad1 Nxe5 20.Bxe5
cxd4 21.cxd4 Bd6 22.Bxd6

½-½ Vescovi,G-Stefansson,H/Paget
Parish 2001/CBM 81 (22) ]

16.Rxd3 Nd7 17.Bf4

[ 17.Ne1!?

A) 17...Qc6

A1) 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Nd3
( 19.e5!? );
A2) 18.d5 ;

B) 17...cxd4 18.cxd4 Qc4?
19.Bxh6! ]

17...cxd4

[ 17...Rd8 18.Re3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qc6
20.Rd1 Rac8 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5
Qc4 23.Rxe7 Qxf4 24.d6 Rc1 25.g3
Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qf6 27.Qd5 Nf8=

28.Rxa7 Rxd6 29.Qe5 Qd8 30.Kg2
Rd1 31.Qf5 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5
33.Ra8 g5 34.Rb8 b5 35.a4 bxa4
36.Ra8 g4 37.Nh4 h5 38.Rxa4 Ne6
39.h3 Nd4 40.hxg4 hxg4

½-½ Epishin,V-Beliavsky,A/Leningrad
1990/URS-ch (40) ]

18.cxd4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Qb7 20.Re1

[ 20.f3 ]

20...Rac8

[ 20...Rad8 21.Qe3 ( 21.Rg3 Rxd4
22.Bxh6 Ne8 23.Bxg7 Nxg7 24.Qg4
Bf6 25.Qf4 Bd8 26.Nc6 f6 27.Nxd4
e5 28.Qh6 exd4 29.Rd1± ) 21...Kh7
22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Rc1
Qb7 25.Nc6 Rc8 26.Nxe7 Rxc1+
27.Qxc1 Qxe7 28.f3 Qd7 29.Qc4
Kg8 30.h3 Nh5 31.Be5 Qe7
32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Bxc7
Nf6 35.Kf2 Kg8 36.Bd6 Ne8 37.Bb8
a6 38.Ke2 Kf8 39.Ba7 b5 40.Bc5+
Kg8 41.Kd3 f5 42.Kc3 Nf6 43.Kb4
fxe4 44.fxe4 Nxe4 45.Ka5 g5
46.Kxa6 Nc3 47.Ka5 h5 48.Kb4
Nd5+ 49.Kxb5 Nf4 50.a4 1-0 Hultin,J-

Lundin,A/SWE 1996/EXT 98 (50) ]

21.Rg3

[ 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rh3 Qxe4! ]
[ 21.Rh3 Rfd8 ]
[ 21.Ng4!? Rfd8 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.e5
Be7 24.Qg4 ]

21...Kh8

[ 21...Kh7 22.Rh3 ( 22.Ng4?! Nh5 )
22...Bd6 23.Qe3 Ng8 24.Bxh6 gxh6
25.Ng4 ]

22.Rh3 Bd8 23.Bxh6!

[ 23.Qe3 is also strong Ng8 24.Ng4 f5
25.exf5 exf5 26.Nxh6 Nxh6 27.Bxh6 ]

23...gxh6 24.Qe3!

[ 24.Rxh6+ Kg7 25.Rh3 Rg8! ]

24...Ng8

[ 24...Nh7 25.Qxh6+- ]

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25.Ng4 Kg7

[ 25...f5 26.Nxh6 Nf6 ( 26...Kg7
27.Qg3+ Kf6 28.Nxg8+ ) 27.Nxf5+
Nh7 28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Nxc8 Qxc8
30.Qh6 Rf7 31.Qg6 Qd7 32.d5‚ ]

26.Nxh6 Kf6

[ 26...Qc7 27.Nxg8 Kxg8 28.Qh6+- ]

27.Rg3!

[ 27.Qg3 Qxe4 ( 27...Nxh6 28.Qh4+
Kg7 29.Qxh6+ )]

27...Ke7

[ 27...Nxh6 28.Qg5# ]

28.Nxg8++- Kd7 29.Qh6!

[ 29.d5!

A) 29...exd5 30.Qh6 Bc7 ( 30...Re8
31.Qf4 ) 31.Nf6+ ;
B) 29...Bh4 30.dxe6+ Kxe6
31.Qh6+ ]

29...Be7 30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.d5! exd5
32.exd5+ Kd7 33.Rge3 Rce8 34.Rxe8
Rxe8 35.Qc6+

1-0

B93

Nunn,John DM

2590

Ljubojevic,Ljubomir

2645

Phillips&Drew

1982

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3
cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 g6
8.0-0 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Qc7
11.a4 Nc5 12.Bf3 Bg4 13.Nd5 Nxd5
14.exd5 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Rac8 16.f5?

[ 16.c4= ]

16...Ne4³ 17.Qe1?!

[ 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Re1³ ]

17...Nf6µ 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Qh4 Qc4
20.Raf1 Qxd5 21.Rh3 Rfe8 22.c3
Qe4 23.Rf4 Qb1+ 24.Rf1 Qxb2µ

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25.Nf5 gxf5 26.Bh6 Qb6+ 27.Kh1
Ng4 28.Bxg7 Nf2+ 29.Qxf2 Qxf2
30.Rxf2 Kxg7 31.Rxf5 Rc4 32.a5
Rec8 33.Rff3 R8c5 34.Rfg3+ Kf6
35.Rh6+ Ke5 36.h4 Rxc3 37.Rg7
Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Rf1 39.Rh5+ Ke6
40.Rxc5 dxc5 41.h5 c4 42.Rg8 Rf5
43.g4 Rc5 44.h6 c3 45.h7 c2 46.h8Q
c1Q

0-1

D42

Keene,Raymond

2505

Miles,Anthony

2435

Hastings

12.01.1976

[Dan]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3
e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 cxd4
8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Nf6
11.Bg5 Diagram

(Diagram)

Nb4 12.Bb1 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Re3

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g6 15.Rg3 Rc8 16.Bh6 Re8 17.a3
Nc6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bxg6 fxg6
20.Qb1 Ne5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.Nxe4
Kh7 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Qxg6+ Kh8
25.Bg7+ Bxg7 26.Qxg7#

1-0

C02

Grischuk,Alexander

2712

Gurevich,Mikhail

2634

FRA-chT France (5.2)

04.04.2003

[Dan]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7
5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bb5

[This is what happens if White does

not attack: 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb5

8.Bxb5+ Qxb5 9.Nc3 Qa6 10.Ne2
Nd7 11.0-0 Ne7 12.Ng3 Nc6 13.h4
Rc8 14.h5 h6 15.Be3 Qb5 16.b3
Na5 17.Nd2 ( 17.b4 Nc4 ) 17...Nb6
18.Qe2 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Be7 20.f4
Kd7 21.f5 Rc2 22.f6 gxf6 23.exf6
Bd6 24.Rfe1 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Nxb3
26.Bb4 ( 26.Ra2 Nxd2 27.Rxd2 Nc4

28.Rd3 Nxa3 29.Ra1 Nb5µ )
26...Nxa1 27.Rxa1 Rg8 28.Bxd6
Kxd6 29.Nf4 Nd7 30.Rb1 b6 31.Nd3
Rg4 0-1 Van der Hoeven,G-De Jong,M/

Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (31) ]

7.b4 cxd4 8.Bxb5+ Qxb5 9.cxd4 Nd7
10.Nc3 Qc6 11.Na4 Ne7 12.Be3 Nb6
13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.0-0 Nc6 15.Ne1
Be7 16.Qg4 g6

[ 16...0-0 17.Bh6 g6 18.Bxf8 ]

17.Nd3 0-0 18.Nc5 Qc7

[ 18...Bxc5 19.bxc5 Qc7 20.Bg5 ]

19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.h4 b6 21.Nd3 Qd7
22.h5 Bf8 23.Nf4 Bg7 24.h6 Bxh6

[ 24...Bh8 ]

25.Nh5 Bg7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qh4
Kg8 28.Bg5 f5 29.exf6 Nd8 30.Qh6
Rc4

[ 30...Nf7 31.Qg7# ]

31.Rxc4 dxc4 32.d5 a5

[ 32...exd5 33.Re1 ]

33.Re1 Ra7 34.f7+ Qxf7

[ 34...Nxf7 35.dxe6 Nxh6 36.exd7
Rxd7 37.Bxh6 ]

35.Bxd8

1-0

Zubarev
Lechtynsky

Pardubice

2006

[Dan]

(Diagram)

1.Qh5 gxh5

[ 1...Kg8 2.Rxg6+ hxg6 3.Qxg6+ Kh8
4.Ng4 Nb6 5.Nxf6+- ]

2.Bd1 Bxd5 3.exd5

[ 3.exd5 Bg7 4.Rxg7+ Kf8 5.Bh6
Re7 6.Bxh5 Rxg7 7.Bxg7+ Kg8

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C18

Winawer
[Dan]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7

[ 7...0-0 8.Bd3 ]
[ 7...g6 ]
[ 7...Nf5 8.Bd3 ]

8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4

C06

Kortschnoj,Viktor
Udovcic,Mijo

October Revolution 50

1967

[Dan]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5
Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6
8.0-0 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4
Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qb4

13.Qc2 h6 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Rac1 Be7
16.Qa4 Qd8 17.Rc2 Kf8

[ 17...0-0 18.Qg4 f5 ( 18...Kh8
19.Qh3 ) 19.Qg6 Kh8 20.Bxh6 gxh6
21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Nd4 Nxe5 23.Nxe6
Bxe6 24.Qxe6+ Nf7 25.Qg6+ Kh8
26.Bxf5 Ng5 27.f4 Rxf5 28.Qxf5 Ne4
29.Kh1 ]

18.Rfc1 Nb6 19.Qg4 Bd7 20.Ba5
Rc8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 22.Bb4 g6
23.Qh4 g5 24.Nxg5 Ke8 25.Bb5+
Bd7 26.Nxe6 fxe6

[ 26...Bxh4 27.Ng7# ]

27.Qh5+ Kf8 28.Rc3 Rh7 29.Qg6
Rg7 30.Qxh6 Bxb4 31.Rg3

1-0

C06

Degraeve,Jean Marc

2537

Roos,Jean Luc

2302

FRA-chT France (7.6)

01.04.2002

[Dan]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5
Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3
cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.0-0 Nxd4
10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4
Qb4 13.Qc2 Qc5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Be3
Qa5 16.a3 Be7 17.Rac1 Qd8 18.Rc3
h6 19.Rfc1 0-0 20.Bb1 f5 21.exf6
Nxf6 22.Bxh6 d4

[ 22...gxh6 23.Ne5 Ne4 24.Qh5 Bf6
25.Rg3+ Bg7 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7
27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qxh6+ Kg8
29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Qg6+ Kh8

A) 31.Nf7+!? Rxf7 32.Qxf7 Bd7
( 32...b6 33.h3 ) 33.Rc3 ;
B) 31.Qf7!! Rxf7 32.Nxf7+ Kg7
33.Nxd8 Kf6 34.Rc7 b5 35.Nf7 e5
36.Nd6 ]

23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Qh3

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Rc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Bd2+ Kg8
28.Ng5 d3

1-0

B40

King,Daniel J

2530

Votava,Jan

2515

Bundesliga 9798

1998

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.g3 d5
5.d3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Bg2 dxe4
8.dxe4 Ne7 9.0-0 Nc6 Diagram

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10.e5 Bd7 11.Nd2 Rc8? 12.Nf3

[ 12.Nb3! ]

12...Bc5 13.a3 a5 14.Qe4

[ 14.b3 0-0 15.Bb2 followed by a rook

to the middle is possible ]

14...Qb6?! 15.Qg4 Bf8?

[ 15...Kf8 16.Rd1 d3 17.Rxd3 Bxf2+
18.Kh1 Be8 19.Rb3 Qc7 20.Bd2± ]

16.b3²

[ 16.Rd1± ]

16...g6? 17.Bg5

[ 17.Qh4! Be7 ( 17...Bg7 18.Bh6 )

18.Bg5 Qc5 19.Rad1+- ]

17...Bg7 18.Bf6 0-0 19.Qh4 h6
20.Rae1

[ 20.Rfd1! ]

20...Qc5 21.Re4 Qxc2 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Qf6+

[ 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Bc6
25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.b4= ]

23...Kg8 24.Nh4 Be8 25.Rf4 Rc7
26.Nf3 Rd7 27.Rh4 Qf5 28.Rxh6
Qxf6 29.exf6 Rd5 30.Nd2 Rf5 31.Ne4
Ne5 32.Rd1 Bc6 33.Rxd4 Bxe4
34.Rxe4 Nd7 35.Rd4

[ 35.Reh4 Nxf6 36.Rh8+ Kg7 37.Rxf8
Kxf8= ]

35...Nxf6 36.Bxb7 Rb5 37.Ba6 Rxb3
38.a4 Nh5 39.g4 time

0-1

D66

Euwe,Max
Bogoljubow,Efim

NED m2 2829 (6)

1928

[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5
Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rc1 c6
8.Bd3 a6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.0-0 b5

Diagram

(Diagram)

11.Ne5 Nxe5

[ 11...Bb7 12.Qf3 ]

12.dxe5 The e5 pawn drives the knight

away from the defence of the kingside
and provides a spearhead for the attack.
White gains space and that allows him to
build the attack. Nd7 13.Bf4
Keeping the bishops on the board keeps
Black bottled up.

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[ 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.f4 f6 ]

13...Bb7 14.Ne2 A key manoeuvre.

From d4 the knight controls and attacks
key squares; e.g. e6, and that makes
Black's defence difficult. Qb8

[ 14...f6 15.Nd4 ]
[ 14...f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bd6 Rf7
17.Nd4ƒ ]

15.Nd4 g6 16.Bh6 Rc8

[ 16...Nxe5!? 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.f4
Nc4 ]
[ 16...Qxe5 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qe2
Nc5 ]

17.Rxc8+ Qxc8 18.f4 Nc5 19.g4
Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qc4 21.Qd2 Bb4
22.Qf2 Qd3 23.f5 Qe4 24.Qg3

By the simplest and most direct of
methods, White builds up a winning
attack. exf5

[ 24...Re8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.h3

White threatens Qf2 and conquest on
the f-file. ]

25.gxf5 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.f6 h5
28.Qg5 Qg4+ 29.Qxg4 hxg4 30.e6
Kh7 31.e7 Re8 32.Rc1 Kh6 33.Ne6

1-0

E52

Bogoljubow,Efim
Euwe,Max

NED m2 2829 (7)

1928

[Dan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3
b6 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Bb7
8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Nbd7
11.Rb1 a6 12.Ne5 If Black does

nothing about the knight, White had two
possible ways of building the attack:
either f4, supporting the knight and
allowing the rook on f1 to contribute to
the attack; or Qf3 and transferring the
queen to the kingside. Nxe5 13.dxe5

Nd7 14.f4 Re8 15.Ne2 Exactly the

same manoeuvre as in the last game!
Transferring the knight to the kingside
strengthens the attack. Rb8 16.Nd4 c5
Black is able to drive the knight away,
but only towards the kingside. 17.Nf3

[ 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Bb2

is also dangerous ]

17...Nf8 Black defends h7 but allows the

e and f pawns to advance.

[ 17...Bf8? 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Ng5+
Kg8 ( 19...Kg6 20.f5+ Kxg5 21.e4+ )
20.Qh5 ]
[ 17...Qc7 18.Bb2 ]

18.f5 The pawn duo are bound to

puncture Black's king position. d4

19.exd4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxd4+ 21.Kh1
c4 22.Bc2 Rbc8 23.Bf4 b5 24.Rbd1
Qb6 25.Qg3 Rcd8 26.Rc1

[It is extraordinary that White did not

play: 26.f6 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qxf6
with a winning material advantage.
Perhaps Bogo wanted to win more
quickly - and he managed it - but only
because Euwe made an error. ]

26...Kh8 27.Rf3 f6 28.Rcf1 Nd7

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[ 28...Qc6 keeps Black in the game.

White still has to work to win. ]

29.e6 Ne5 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.f6 Bxf6
32.Qh3 Rd3 33.Rxd3

1-0

B85

Tal,Mihail

2615

Andersson,Ulf

2585

Stockholm playoff (5)

1976

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0
8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.Qe1 Nxd4
11.Bxd4 b5 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Bf3 Qc7
14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Bxb7
Qxb7 17.Ne4 The third rank has cleared

for a rook lift, and the knight arrives at thi
s tremendous square. Rad8 18.Rd3

Qc6 19.Rg3 Qxc2 20.Qe3 Qc4 21.b3
Qd5 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 g6 24.Rg4
Kh8 25.Bb6

[ 25.Qh6 Rg8 26.Qxh7+ ( 26.Rh4
Nf8 ) 26...Kxh7 27.Rh4+ Qh5 ]

25...Rc8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Rd4 Nxb6
28.Rxd5 Nxd5 29.Rf3 Rc3 30.Rxc3
Nxc3 31.Qe3 b4 32.Qa7 Rf8 33.Qc5
Rb8 34.Qd6

1-0

B22

Sveshnikov,Evgeny

2510

Rashkovsky,Nukhim N

2485

Sochi (11)

1976

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6

[ 2...d5 ]

3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6

6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6

[Because of White's success in these

lines, 7...Nb6 quickly became the
standard way for Black to play: 8.Bb5

( Likewise 8.Bb3 dxe5 9.d5 Na5
10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 e6 is fine for

Black. ) 8...dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7
Pieces are chopped and White is
unable to build such a potent initiative
as in the lines after 7...e6. ]

8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Nc3

[The immediate transfer of the queen

to the kingside is also possible:

10.Qe4 b6 11.h4 Bb7 12.Qg4 Kh8
13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nc3 dxe5 15.dxe5
f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bg5 Bc8 18.Qg3
Bf5 19.Rad1 d4 20.Rfe1 Bc2 21.Rd2
d3 22.Re4 Qd7 23.Ne1 Bxc3
24.bxc3 Qd5 25.Re3 Qxa2 26.Nxd3
Qa1+ 27.Ne1 Bg6 28.Rd7 Rae8
29.h5 Rxe3 30.fxe3 Be8 31.Bh6
Qxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Bxd7 33.Qd1 Be8
34.Bf4 h6 35.g4 a5 36.Qb3 Bd7
37.Qxb6 a4 38.Bd6 Ra8 39.Ba3
Ne5 40.Qb7 Re8 41.c4 Bxg4 42.Bb2
Bxh5 43.c5 a3 44.Bxa3 Nc4 45.Qd5
Be2 46.Bb4 Nxe3 47.Qd4 Bb5
48.Bc3 Nf5 49.Qd5 Re3 50.c6 Rxc3
51.Qxb5 Ne7 52.Qb8+ Kh7 53.c7
Kg6 54.Qb4 Rc1+ 55.Kf2 Rc2+
56.Ke1 Kf6 57.Qb6+ Ke5 58.Qe3+
Kf6 59.Qd3 Ra2 60.Qc3+ Kg6
61.Qe5 Kf7 62.c8Q Re2+ 63.Kxe2

1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Gufeld,E/Sochi 1979/
EXT 99 (63) ]

10...Nxc3

[ 10...dxe5 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6
13.Qe4 Bb7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Qf4 Rad8 18.h4
Na5 19.Ng5 f5 20.Bb5 Rxd1
21.Bxe8 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Qxc3
23.Bf7+ Kh8 24.Kg1 Bd5 25.h5 Qc4

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26.Qg3 Qg4 27.Qxg4 fxg4 28.Nxe6
Bxe6 29.Bxe6 Nc6 30.hxg6 hxg6
31.Bf4 g5 32.Bh2 Bc5 33.Bxg4 Kg7
34.Bd7 Nb4 35.a4 Nd3 36.Kf1 Bd4
37.e6 Bc5 38.Bb8 a6 39.Bc7 Kf8
40.Bd8 Nxf2 41.Bc8 Ne4 42.Bxa6
Ke8 43.e7 Bxe7 44.Bxb6 Bd8
45.Bb5+ Ke7 46.Bxd8+ Kxd8 47.Ke2
Kc7 48.Kf3 Nf6 49.a5 Kb7 50.a6+
Kb6 51.Bc4 Ka7 52.Ke3 Kb6 53.Kd4
Nh5 54.Ke4 Nf4 55.g3 Ng2 56.Kf3

1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Rodriguez
Cespedes,A/Cienfuegos 1979/MCL
(56) ]

11.bxc3 d5 12.Bd3 Na5 13.h4 Bxh4
14.g3 Be7 15.Kg2 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Rh1 g6

[ 17...h6 ]

18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rf7 20.Qg4
Nc6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Qxg6+ Rg7
23.Qh5 Qf8 24.Rh4 Ne7 25.Ba3

1-0

C42

Stojanovic,Dalibor

2450

Vujacic,Igor

2172

Bar Sozina op (1)

04.03.2005

[Dan]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3
Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nc6 7.Bf4
Bg4 8.Be2

[ 8.Qd2 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.gxf3
0-0-0 11.0-0-0 Qe6 12.Kb1 d5=

Jennings,C-Guest304282/Casual 25
minute game ]

8...Be7 9.Qd2 0-0

[Black tried to be sneaky in another

game: 9...Qd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Rhe1

0-0-0 It looks as though Black is safe,

but... ( 11...0-0 12.h3 Bf5 13.g4 Bg6

14.Rg1 with the idea h4, etc. ) 12.h3
Be6 13.c4 White has greater control

over the centre, and is now able to use
his greater mobility to transfer the
queen to the danger zone. Kb8

14.Qc3! ( 14.b4 Na7 ) 14...Bf6
15.Qa3!ƒ White starts to develop his

initiative on the queen's side using the
better position of his pieces. Qe7

16.Be3 h5

A) 17.b4! Na7 ( 17...d5 18.Bc5
Qe8 19.b5± ) 18.b5 g5 19.bxa6 b6
20.Nd4± ;
B) 17.Kb1 I think that White lost an

important tempo with this move.

g5!„ 18.b4 g4 19.Nd2 Nd4

1-0 Kramnik,V-Nielsen,P/Dortmund
2005 with chances for both sides ]

10.0-0-0 h6

[ 10...Qd7 11.h3 Be6 12.Kb1 Rfe8
13.g4 White has greater control over

the centre and therefore greater
freedom for his pieces. Paradoxically,
it is the doubled pawn c-pawn that
grants White this freedom: the semi-
open d-file is useful for operations, and
the light-squared bishop has more
freedom than its counterpart on e7. ]

11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3!

[If 12.Bxf3 Bg5 The light-squared

bishop is strong, but at least Black has
managed to exchange bishops and so
ease the congestion in his position. ]

12...Bg5 13.Rhg1 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Ne5

[ 14...Kh8? 15.Rxg7! Kxg7 16.Rg1+
Kh7 17.Qf5+ Kh8 18.Bd3+- ]

15.Qxh6 Ng6 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.Rg4
Ne5 18.Rg3 Rfe8 19.Rdg1 Kf8

[ 19...g6 20.f4 Nc6 21.Bd3 Ne7
22.Rg5 Kf8 23.h4 followed by h5 ]

20.Rxg7 Qxg7 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.f4
Nc6 23.f5 Kf6 24.Qh6+ Ke7 25.f6+

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Kd8 26.Bh5 Ne5 27.b3 c6 28.f4 Nd7
29.Bxf7 Rf8 30.Qg7 Kc7 31.Be6
Rfd8 32.f7 Rf8 33.Qg5 Nc5 34.f5
Rad8 35.h4 Ne4 36.Qe7+

1-0

C42

Morozevich,Alexander

2679

Motylev,Alexander

2634

RUS-ch 56th Krasnoyarsk (5) 08.09.2003
[Dan]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3
Nxe4 Diagram

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Here is an interesting idea: White uses
his greater freedom to bring the queen to
an active square. Black chooses to
chase for an exchange, but loses time.
The ending is better for White as he has
more active pieces. 0-0

[Alternatively... 7...Bf6 8.Qf4 Nc6
9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0-0 Bd7 11.g4 Ne5
12.g5

A) 12...Nxf3 13.gxf6 ( 13.Qxf3

Bc6 ) 13...Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6
15.Bg2 Bc6 16.Bxf3 Bxf3
17.Rhg1+ Kh8 18.Bd4 h5 19.Bxf6+
Kh7 20.Rg7+ Kh6 21.Rdg1ƒ ;
B) 12...Ng6 13.Qg3 Be7 14.h4
Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bg2 Bd6
17.Bxb7 Rb8 18.Qg2 Bc8 19.Bd5
Qe7 20.g6 Be6 21.gxh7+ Kxh7
22.Rdg1 Rg8 23.Bxe6 Qxe6
24.Qg5 Qg6 25.Qxg6+ fxg6 26.h5
g5 27.Rxg5 Rbf8 28.Rg4 a6
29.Kd2 Rf5 30.Ke2 1-0 Sanduleac,

V-Chirila,I/Bucharest 2006/CBM 110
ext (30) Great game! The g-file
hammer again. ]

8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qf4 Qd7 10.h3 Qf5
11.Qa4 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nd4
a6 14.g4 Re8 15.0-0-0 Bd7 16.Bg2
Rab8 17.Rhe1 Bh4 18.Nf3 Be7
19.Ne5 Bb5 20.Nd3 Bc6 21.Bxc6
Nxc6 22.c4 Kf8 23.c3 Rbd8 24.Kc2
b6 25.b4 h6 26.Bf4 Bg5 27.Bg3
Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Re8 29.c5 Rxe1
30.Nxe1 dxc5 31.bxc5 Bd8 32.Kd3
Ke7 33.Ke4 Ke6 34.f4 b5 35.Nc2
Bf6 36.Be1 g6 37.Ne3 Ne7 38.c4
Bb2 39.f5+ gxf5+ 40.gxf5+ Kd7
41.cxb5 axb5 42.Bh4 Ng8 43.Nc2
Bc3 44.Kd3 Bb2 45.Bf2 Ne7 46.Ke4
c6 47.Bd4 Bc1 48.Nb4 Bg5 49.Be5
Ng8 50.Nd3 Bd2 51.Bd4 f6 52.Nf2
Ke7 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Ne4 Bc1 55.Nd6+
Kg7 56.Ke4 Bd2 57.Nc8 Kf7 58.Bf2
Ne7 59.Nd6+ Kf8 60.Bd4 Kg7
61.Ne8+ Kf7 62.Nxf6 Be3 63.Bxe3
Kxf6 64.Bd4+ Kf7 65.Ke5 b4 66.Bb2
Nd5 67.Kd6 Nc3 68.Kxc6 Ke8
69.Kb7

1-0

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C89

Arizmendi Martinez,Julen
Nemet,Ivan

MTO Open Biel SUI (3)

26.07.2006

[Dan]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0
8.c3 d5 9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4
11.cxd4 Bg4

[ 11...Bf5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na5
14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Bg5 Ba3 16.Bc1
Be7 17.Bg5 Ba3 18.Bc1 Be7

½-½ Arizmendi Martinez,J-Fressinet,L/
Sanxenxo 2004/CBM 105 (18) ]

12.Nc3 Bxf3

[ 12...Nxc3 13.bxc3 ]

13.gxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd7

[ 14...f5! 15.Kh1 ( 15.exf6!? Rxf6
16.Kh1 ) 15...Na5 16.Rg1

A) 16...Kh8 17.Bc2 c5 ( 17...Nc4
18.Qf1 Bh4 19.Qh3 Bxf2 20.Rg5
g6 21.Rxg6 Qh4 22.Qxh4 Bxh4
23.Rc6 Rg8 24.Bxf5 Raf8 25.Be6

1-0 Luther,T-Vajda,L/Tusnad 2005/
CBM 106 ext (25) ) 18.Qf1 cxd4

19.Qg2 g6 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.cxd4
Rc8 22.Bd3 ½-½ McShane,L-Almasi,

Z/Germany 2004/CBM 100 (22) ;

B) 16...Qd7 17.Qe2 Qe6 18.Bg5
c6 19.Bc2 Ra7 20.f4 Kh8 21.Qh5
Ba3 22.Rg3 Nc4 23.Rag1 Qf7
24.Qh4 Nd2 25.Rh3 Qg8 26.f3
Nc4 27.Bd3 Nb2 28.Bb1 Nc4
29.Bf6 Nd6 30.Be7 Rxe7 31.Qxe7

1-0 Shirov,A-Bacrot,E/Germany
2003/CBM 99 (31) ]

15.Kh1 Nd8 16.f4 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6
18.Qh5 c6 19.Bc2 g6 20.Rg1 Bg7
21.Rxg6

[Black must have only considered
21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Rxg6 - which is

obviously insufficient: Qf5 23.Rg5

Qh7 Black is prepared for an attack on

the g-file, but has problems on the
diagonals. ]

21...hxg6 22.Bxg6 Rf6

[ 22...Bf6 23.Ba3 Ne6 24.Rg1 Ng5
25.fxg5 Bh8 26.Rg4 and Rh4 ]
[ 22...Bxd4 23.cxd4 Qg7 24.f5 ]

23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.Ba3+ Rd6 25.Qf5+
Ke7 26.Re1+ Ne6 27.Qg6 Re8
28.Qxg7+ Kd8 29.Qg4

[ 29.Qf6+ ]

29...Kc8 30.Bf5 c5 31.Bxc5 Nxc5

1-0

C10

Morozevich,A

2731

Pelletier,Y

2583

GM Biel SUI (9)

02.08.2006

[Dan]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5
c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bh4 0-0
11.Qd2 b6 12.0-0-0 Bb7 13.Rhe1
Be7 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.a3
Rad8 17.f4 Nf6 18.c4 Qc7 19.b4!?

Provocative! Nd7

[ 19...a5! ]

20.Kb2 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Kh8 22.Qe3
Rd7 Diagram

(Diagram)

23.g4! Rfd8 24.g5 hxg5

[ 24...h5 25.g6! fxg6 26.Qg3 g5
27.Re3 Qc6 28.Rd2 Rd4 29.Qxg5
Qe8 30.Bg6 Rxd2+ 31.Kc3 Rxh2
32.Bxe8 Rxe8 33.Qf4+- ]

25.Qh3+ Kg8 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Re3
g4 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxg7 Bf3 30.Bg6

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1-0

C24

Rodriguez,Andres

2493

Szmetan,Jorge

2394

Najdorf final KO (2.1)

11.09.2000

[Erudito]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3
d6 5.c3 0-0 6.Nbd2 a6 7.h3 Ba7
8.Nf1 h6 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.g4 d5 11.g5
hxg5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxg5 f6
14.Qf3 Nce7 15.Ne4 Be6 16.Rg1 Rf7
17.Nfg3 Qd7 18.Nh5 Kh8 19.Bd2 g6
20.Nhxf6 Nxf6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Ng5
Nh7 23.Nxf7+ Kg7 24.Bh6+ Kg8
25.Qxb7 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Qxf7+ 27.Qf3
Qxf3+ 28.Kxf3

1-0

C41

Shirov,Alexei

2709

Klinova,Masha

2353

Gibraltar Masters (7)

30.01.2006

[Dan]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3
Nbd7 5.g4 Nxg4

[ 5...h6?! 6.g5 hxg5 7.Nxg5 Be7
8.Bc4 0-0 9.Rg1 '‚' Huzman.

Huzman: '1-0 Filipovic,B-Jurkovic,A/
Zadar CRO 2003/(23)' c6 10.d5 b5

11.Bb3 b4 12.dxc6 bxc3 13.cxd7
cxb2 14.dxc8Q bxc1Q 15.Qh3 Qa5+
16.Kf1 Qa6+ 17.Kg2 Qxg5+ 18.Kh1
Qf4 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qg1+ Ng4
21.Qhxg4+ Qxg4 22.Qxg4+ Kh6
23.Rg1 1-0 Filipovic,B-Jurkovic,A/

Zadar 2003/CBM 97 ext (23) ]

[ 5...g6 Black checks a new plan of

defence. He secures the square h5 for
the ¤f6 and creates counterplay by the
move f5 later.

A) 6.Bc4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7
8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Ke7
( 9...Ke8!? 10.Ne6 Ne5µ ) 10.Nd5+
Ke8 11.Ne6 Ne5 12.Nxg7+
( 12.Ndxc7+ Ke7 13.Qxe5 dxe5
14.Nxd8 Bxg4µ ) 12...Kf7 13.Qc3
Nxd5 14.exd5 Kxg7-+ 0-1 Roth,P-

Weiss,C/Hartberg AUT 2004/(17) ;

B) 6.g5 Nh5 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 0-0
9.0-0-0 f5! 10.exf5 Rxf5

B1) 11.Be2!? Nf4 12.Bxf4 Rxf4
13.dxe5 dxe5 ( 13...Qf8 14.Nd5
Rxf3 15.Nxc7+- ) 14.Qe3± ;
B2) 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5
13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Kb1 Bd7
( 14...Nf4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5
c6 17.Be4 Rf7 18.Bd4ƒ ) 15.Rhe1

…16.¥d4 Bc6 ( 15...Nf4 16.Bd4!

…Qxg5 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Ng3± )

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16.Be6 Rf3! 17.Bg4 Rxe3!

This is a strong positional
exchange sacrifice. Black receives
full control over the black squares
and his knight appears in a good
position. 18.Qxe3 Nf4 19.Bf3

Qxg5© 20.Nd5 Bxd5! 21.Bxd5 c6
22.Bh1 Qf6 23.Qb3 Qg7 24.Re3
a5 25.a4 h5?! 26.c3 Rf8 27.Qc2
Rf6 28.h3 Qf7 29.Be4 Kg7
30.Rg1 Kh6 31.Qd2 Kg7 32.Rf3
Qc4 33.Bc2 b5! Black starts

attacking the ¢b1. 34.axb5 cxb5

35.Re1 b4 36.cxb4 axb4 37.Bb3
Qc6 38.Rfe3 Qc8 39.Rc1 Qf5+
40.Bc2 Qe6 41.Bb3 Qf5+ 42.Ka2
Ne6 43.Rc8 Qf4 ( 43...Bf4
44.Bxe6 Bxe3 45.Rc7+ Kh8
46.Rc8+= ) 44.Qc2 Nc5 45.Bd5
Qd4 46.Rc7+ Kh6 47.Bg8 b3+!
( 47...Rf8 48.Rh7+ Kg5 49.Bc4
Kh4!?÷ ) 48.Bxb3 Na6 49.Rc4
Nb4+ 50.Rxb4 Qxb4µ ¢a2 is less

defended than ¢h6. That's why
chances of Black are much higher,
especially taking in consideration
the factor of opposite coloured
bishops. 51.Re4 Qa5+ 52.Kb1

Qb6 53.Re2 Rf8 ( 53...Rf4!? )
54.Re3 Qb7 55.Re1 Rb8 56.Re3
Qh1+ 57.Ka2

B2a) 57...Qf1! 58.Rf3 ( 58.Re4
Qxh3-+ ) 58...Qa6+ 59.Kb1 Ra8
60.Qd2+ g5µ /-+ ;
B2b) 57...Ra8+ 58.Ba4 Qb7
59.Ra3³ Qb6 60.Qd2+ Kg7
61.f4 Bf6 62.Qg2 ( ¹62.Bb3
Rb8 63.Qd5³ ) 62...Ra5
( 62...Qd4 63.Bb3 Rxa3+
64.Kxa3 Qxf4µ ) 63.Kb1?
( 63.Be8= ) 63...Qd4 ( 63...Qb4!
64.Qc2 Rc5 65.Qg2 Qe1+

66.Ka2 Rc1‚ ) 64.Be8 Qd1+
65.Ka2

B2b1) 65...Rxa3+ 66.Kxa3
( 66.bxa3 Qa1+ 67.Kb3 Qc3+
68.Ka2 Qc4+ 69.Kb1 Qb3+
70.Kc1 Qxa3+-+ ) 66...Qd3+
67.Ka2 d5³ ;
B2b2) 65...Qd5+ 66.Qxd5
Rxd5 67.Rg3 g5 68.fxg5
( 68.Bxh5 Kh6 69.Be8 Rd2² )
68...Rxg5 ½-½ Lastin,A-

Azmaiparashvili,Z/Tripoli 2004/
CBM 102/[Huzman] (68) ]

[ 5...exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc5 7.Qe2 ( 7.f3
Nxg4!? 8.fxg4 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 Qg5+
10.Ke2 Bxg4+ 11.Nf3÷ ) 7...Bxg4 8.f3
Bd7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.0-0-0
0-0 12.Rg1 Kh8 13.Qg2 Ne8 14.Bg3
Bg5+ 15.f4 Bh4 16.Bc4 Bxg3
17.Qxg3© 0-1 Tidman,S-Hansen,R/

Copenhagen DEN 2004/(56) ]

6.Rg1

[ 6.Bc4 exd4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qxd4
Nge5 9.Bxf7+ Nxf7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11.Nd5 Qd8 12.Qxg7 c6-+

0-1 Sanchez Dolado,J-Galzagorri Uli,Y/
Erandio 2003/CBM 97 ext (34) ]

6...Ngf6

[ 6...exd4!? 7.Nxd4 Nde5 ( 7...Nge5
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nd5± )
8.h3 Nf6 9.f4 ( 9.Be3© ) 9...Nc6
10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qf3 g6 12.0-0-0
Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Bb5 Bg7
15.e5 Nd7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.e6+-

1-0 Pitl,G-Kunin,V/Bad Woerishofen
2004/CBM 99 ext (25) ]

7.Bc4 h6 8.Be3 c6 9.dxe5

[ 9.Qd3 Qc7 ( 9...b5!? 10.Bb3 Qc7 )
10.0-0-0 b5 11.Bxb5! cxb5 12.dxe5
dxe5 13.Nxb5 Qa5 14.Qc4 Rb8
15.a4 Qb4 16.Nxe5 Qxc4 17.Nxc4©

½-½ Shirov,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/

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9...dxe5 10.Qd3 Qc7 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7
12.Qc4+ Ke7 13.Nh4 Nb6 14.Ng6+
Ke8 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Nxh8 g5
17.Ng6 Bc5 18.0-0-0

1-0

B48

Short,N

2702

Pogorelov,R

2451

Gibraltar Masters (4)

30.01.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5
8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Ne7 10.Kb1 Nc6
11.Be3 Ne5 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4
14.Bd4 f6 15.g4 Be7 16.g5 0-0 17.b3
Qc6 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Rhg1 b4 20.Nd5
exd5 21.e5 Be7 22.e6 Rf6 23.f5 dxe6
24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qg5+ Kf7 26.Rg1
Bf8 27.Qxf6+ Ke8 28.Rg8 Qd6
29.fxe6 Qe7 30.Qh6 Rb8 31.Bf6 Qxe6
32.Rxf8+ Kd7 33.Qg7+ Kc6 34.Be5
Rb7 35.Qh8

1-0

B66

Guliev,Logman

2350

Samoliuk,Igor

2285

Moscow GM1

1996

[Erudito]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6
8.0-0-0 Diagram

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h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 Qc7
12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Bd3

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d5 15.Bf4 Qb7 16.Rhe1 dxe4
17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Be7 19.g5
Bxe4 20.Rxe4 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Bxg5
22.Qxg5 0-0 23.Rg1 f6 24.Qh6 Rc4
25.Rxe6 Rd8 26.Qg6 Qd7 27.Rd6

1-0

A07

Hofmann,Michael
Utasi,Tamas

2275

EU-ch U20 Groningen (2)

1982

[Dan]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.0-0
e6 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 c6 7.e3 Be7
8.Qe2 a5 9.e4 Bh7 10.Kh1 0-0
11.Rg1 This idea probably isn't very

good, but I find it very original, and it's a
great demonstration of the potency of
opening a file in front of the enemy king.

Kh8 12.Bh3 a4 13.a3 c5 14.e5 Nfd7
15.g4 Nc6 16.g5

[ 16.Nf1 Nd4 ]

16...hxg5

[ 16...h5!? 17.g6 Bxg6 18.Bxe6 fxe6

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Nd4 ( 19...Ndxe5 20.f4 Nd7 21.Nxe6
fxe6 22.Rxg6ƒ ) 20.Qg4! Nxe5
21.Qh4+ Kg8 22.Rg3 Nxc2 23.Bf5
Bxf5 ( 23...Qxg5 24.Qxg5 Nxa1
25.Bxg6 Nxg6 26.h4‚ ; 23...Re8
24.Bxg6 Nxg6 25.Qh7+ Kf8
26.Rc1ƒ ) 24.Rh3 ]

18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nd2 f5 20.exf6
gxf6 21.Bxe6 Ne5 22.f4 Qd6 23.f5
Kg7 24.Nf3 Nxf3 25.Qxf3 Rh8 26.Bf4
Qd8 27.Qh5 Bg8 28.Rxg5+

The g-file comes good. I imagine that
each time Black failed to predict one of
White's moves (and that must have
happened quite a few times), he must
have become more and more shell
shocked.
1-0

B52

Iordachescu,Viorel

2539

Conquest,Stuart

2488

Victor Ciocaltea Memorial (3) 06.03.1999
[Erudito]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 g6 6.0-0 Bg7
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ngf6 9.Nc3 a6
10.b3 0-0 11.a4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfe8
13.Re1 Rac8 14.Rb1 Qh5 15.Nf3 e6

Diagram

(Diagram)

16.h3 Red8 17.Qe2 h6 18.Red1 g5
19.Rbc1 Nc5 20.Rb1 g4 21.hxg4
Nxg4 22.Be1 Nd7 23.Rxd6 Be5
24.Rd3 Bh2+ 25.Kf1 Bc7 26.Kg1

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29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.g3
Qh3 32.Nb1 Bb6 33.Nbd2 Qxg3+
34.Kf1 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Kh7

0-1

D02

Gostisa,L

2420

Mohr,G

2430

Ptuj zt (10)

1995

[Dan]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bg4 4.Qd3
Bxf3 5.gxf3 e6 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.Bg3 Nf6
8.e3 a6 9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5
11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bd6 13.Bf3 c6
14.0-0-0 Diagram

(Diagram)

What should Black play here? 0-0?!

[ 14...Qe7 15.Rhg1 g6 16.c4 0-0-0
17.cxd5 Nxd5 ( 17...cxd5 ) 18.Bxd5
cxd5 19.Kb1 ( 19.Qxd5 Bxf4
20.Qc4+ Bc7 ) 19...Kb8 20.Nf3 Bc7

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15.Rhg1 Re8 16.Kb1 b5 ^ Here White

holds the advantage, or at least he
would if he came up with the correct
plan. 17.c4? This is a cardinal sin -
opening up the side of the board where
his king stands.

[ 17.Rg5! looks right to me followed by

swinging the other rook over behind
it.
If Black blocks the g-file with ...g6, then
the f- and h-pawns can be used to
force an opening. ]

17...bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rb8 Black puts his

finger on the error. His counterplay on
the b-file and greater central control give
him the advantage.

[ 18...dxc4? 19.Qxd6 would be good

for White. ]

19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Qc3 Rb6 21.Rd2
Reb8 22.Ka1 Qe6 23.Bd1 g6 24.Qe5
c5 25.Bf3 Rb4 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.Qc3

An unfortunate error, but White was
already under considerable pressure.

Rc4

0-1

C41

Schuette,Marc
Carrasco,Paul

MTO Open Biel SUI (5)

28.07.2006

[Dan]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4
Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.a4 c6 7.g4 g6

[ 7...Nb6 8.Bb3 Bxg4 9.dxe5 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 dxe5 11.Qg3 ]

8.h3 h6 9.g5 hxg5 10.Nxg5 0-0
11.Rg1 Nb6 12.Ba2 a5 Diagram

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White has already opened the g-file. he
can quickly decide the game in his
favour. How? 13.dxe5

[ 13.Qd2! ]

13...dxe5 14.Qf3 Kg7 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Qg2

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Spielmann,Rudolf
Hoenlinger,Baldur

Vienna

1929

[Dan]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Nf6 5.Ng3 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 0-0 10.0-0 b6
11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Qc7 Diagram

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13.b5 Na5 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Ng4 Qd8

[ 15...Nd7 ]

16.Ne3 What should Black play here?
Nd5 How did White exploit this move?

[ 16...a6 17.c4 Qc7 18.Nh5 Ne8 ]

17.Qh5 g6

[ 17...f5 18.Nexf5 exf5 19.Nxf5 ]

18.Ng4 Bf6 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Qh6
Rc8 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Rfe1 Ne8
23.Nf5 Qc5 24.Re5 Bd5 25.Ne7+

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Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan

2549

Pashikian,Arman

2451

Petrosian mem (2)

10.03.2004

[Huzman]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3
Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3
Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.Bd3 Bh5

[ 9...d5 10.0-0 dxc4 11.Bxc4 0-0
12.Re1 Bd6 13.Qd3 Qf6 14.Bg5
Qf5= ½-½ Heppekausen,J-Kuehn,M/

Germany 1995/GER (41) ]

[ 9...0-0 10.0-0 Bf6 11.h3 Bh5
12.Rb1 Na5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Ng5+
Bxg5 ( 14...Kh6! 15.Nxf7+ Kg6
16.Nxd8 Bxd1 17.Ne6 Bc2 18.Rb2
Ba4 19.Nxf8+ Rxf8³ ) 15.Qxh5+ Bh6
16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxa5+- 0-1 Prats

Rodriquez,J-Leiro Giralt,D/ESP 1999/
EXT 2000 (50) ]

10.Rb1 Qc8?! This move is not good

because £c8 has to protect pawn b7
and this leads to lack of coordination of
black pieces.

[ 10...Rb8 11.0-0 0-0 12.Be4 Bg6² ]

11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Bf4 Bg6?

Diagram How can White set up an attack
on the kingside?

[ 13...Qg4 14.Bg3 Rab8 15.c5!± ]
[ 13...h6!? 14.Rb5 Bg6 15.Bxg6
fxg6² ]

14.Bg5! Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Bxd3

[ ¹15...Nd8 16.Bxg6 fxg6 ( 16...hxg6
17.Qf3 Qf5 18.Qg3 f6 19.Ne4± )
17.Rb2± ]

16.Qxd3 g6 17.Qf3± Rb8 18.Ne4 f6!

[ 18...f5 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.Qd5+ Kh8
21.c5± ]

19.h4

[ 19.Re2 Kg7 20.Rbe1 Qd7² ]

19...Kg7

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[ 19...Qd8 20.Qf4 Kg7 21.h5ƒ ]

20.c5 Qd7

[ 20...d5 21.Ng3 Qd7 22.Ne2!± ]

21.h5 Rbe8?

[ 21...d5 22.h6+ Kxh6 23.Nxf6 Qf7
24.Qh3+ Kg7 25.Re6 h6 26.Rbe1± ]

22.cxd6

[ 22.h6+!? Kxh6 23.Rxb7 d5 ( 23...f5
24.Qh3+ Kg7 25.cxd6+- ) 24.Qf4+ g5
25.Qh2+ Kg6 26.Rxc7+- ]

22...cxd6 23.Qf4! Rd8

[ 23...d5 24.h6+ Kh8 25.Nxf6 Rxe1+
26.Rxe1 Qd8 27.Re6+- ]

24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Re3! g5

[ 25...Ne7 26.Rh3 Nf5 27.g4+- ]

26.Rg3!

[ 26.Nxg5 fxg5 27.Qxg5+ Kh8
…28.Rh3+ Qxh3! 29.gxh3 Rg8µ ]

26...Kh8 27.Qf3! Qe7 28.Qh5+

[ 28.Rh3+ Kg8 ( 28...Kg7 29.Ng3+- )
29.Rxb7! Qxb7 30.Nxf6+ Rxf6
31.Qxf6 Qg7 32.Qe6+ Qf7
33.Rh8++- ]

28...Qh7 29.Rh3 Qxh5 30.Rxh5+ Kg7
31.Rxb7+ Rf7

[ 31...Kg6 32.g4 Rf7 33.Rh6+ Kxh6
34.Rxf7+- ]

32.Rh7+

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B07

Liu Wenzhe

2200

Donner,Jan Hein

2490

Buenos Aires ol (Men) (8)

1978

[Byrne/Mednis]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2
Bg7 Diagram
5.g4 White has just played 5 g4; how

should Black best react? h6 Not like
this! The g-pawn has something to bite

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[ 5...Na6 6.g5 Nd7 7.h4 c5 8.d5 c4
9.h5 Nac5 10.h6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f6
12.Qd4 Qa5 13.Bd2 0-0÷ Katalimov-

Tseitlin/URS 1978 ]

[ 5...c5! ]

6.h3 c5 7.d5 0-0? A dreadful move.

Black gains no counterplay in the centre
and just suffers on the kingside.

[ 7...Na6 … ¤c7 ]

8.h4!± e6 9.g5 hxg5 10.hxg5 Ne8?

[ 10...Nh7 … ¦e8, ¤f8± ]

11.Qd3 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Qg3
Be6 14.Qh4+- f5 15.Qh7+ Kf7
16.Qxg6+!!

[ 16.Rh6+- ]

16...Kxg6 17.Bh5+ Kh7 18.Bf7+ Bh6
19.g6+ Kg7

[ 19...Kh8 20.Rxh6+ Kg7 21.Rh7# ]

20.Bxh6+

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B93

Gligoric,Svetozar
Pirc,Vasja

Bad Pyrmont zt (3)

1951

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bg4
8.Nf3 Nc6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6
11.0-0 Be7 12.Be3 0-0 Diagram

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13.Ne2 What should Black play here?

[ 13.a3 ]

13...Nd7?

[ 13...Nb4! ]

14.c3! White has control Rad8 15.Rad1
d5 16.e5 Bc5 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4
f5

[ 18...g6 19.g4 ( 19.h4!? ) 19...f6
20.Qg3 fxe5 21.fxe5 ]

19.g4 g6 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Kh1 Kh8
22.Rg1 Rg8 23.Qh5 Rde8 24.Qh6
Nd8 25.Bf2 Nf8 26.Bh4 Rg6 27.Bf6+
Kg8 28.h4

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B22

King,Daniel J

2435

Kraut,Rainer

2240

Dortmund op (10)

1986

[Dan]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5
5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 d6
8.Bd3 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nxc3 10.bxc3
Qa5 11.0-0 g6 12.a4 Bg7 13.Ba3 Bf8
14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.Bb5 Kg7 Diagram

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16.Qd2 h6 17.Rfd1 Rd8 18.Qf4 Bd7
19.Qf6+ Kg8 20.h4 Be8 21.h5 Qxc3
22.Rdc1 Qb4 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Bc4
Kh7 25.Bxe6

[ 25.Bxe6

A) 25...Rd3 26.Rab1 ;
B) 25...Rab8 26.Rc4 Qb2
( 26...Qe7 27.Qxe7+ Nxe7 28.Rc7 )
27.Qf8 ( 27.Rh4 ; 27.Re1 )
27...Qxa1+ 28.Kh2 Bd7 29.Bg8+
Kh8 30.Qxh6+ Kxg8 31.Qxg6+ Kf8
32.Rf4++- ;
C) 25...Qe7 26.Qxe7+ Nxe7
27.Rc7+- ]

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