[Event "Europe"]
[Site "Europe"]
[Date "1620.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greco, Gioacchino"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Illescas,Miguel"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "76"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 $6 5. cxd4 Bb4+ $6 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ $2 7.
bxc3 Nc6 8. Bd3 $16 Nge7 9. f4 $5 Nf5 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. c4
Nb4 13. O-O Qa3 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Nxd3 16. Rxa6 $16) 10. Nf3 O-O 11. g4 Nh4
12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd7 14. Qh3 g6 (14... h6 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 $16) 15.
f5 exf5 16. gxf5 gxf5 (16... Qa5 17. e6 Qxc3 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bh6 Qxd4+ 20.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 $18) 17. Rxf5 Bxf5 (17... Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 (18... Ne7 19. Bg5
f6 20. Bxf6+ Rxf6 21. exf6 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $18) 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 20.
Rxf7+ Kh8 21. Rh7#) 18. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Leipzig m"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Schwarz, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1879.07.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 $5 $146 Bd7 7. b4 $1 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 $1 Qc7 $6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. Rxc5 O-O 15. Bd3 Nfe7 $2 (15... f6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rxd5 $16) 16. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 (17... Kg8 18. Qh5 $18) (17... Kh6 18. Rc3 $18) 18. Qg4 (18.
Qd3+ $1 f5 19. f4 Rh8 $2 20. Qg3 $18) 18... f5 (18... f6 $1 19. Nxe6+ Kf7 20.
Nxc7 Bxg4 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 $11) 19. Qg3 Qc8 (19... f4 20. Qg4 $40) 20. Rc3 (20.
Nxe6+ Kf7 21. Qxg7+ $2 Kxe6) (20. Bc1 $1 $18) 20... f4 21. Qg4 Nf5 $2 (21...
Rf5 22. Ne4+ Kh7 23. Nd6 Qd8 24. Rh3+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Kf8 26. g4 $16) 22. Rh3 Rh8
23. Nxe6+ Kf7 24. Qxf5+ Ke7 (24... Kg8 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Ng5 $18)
25. Qg5+ Kxe6 26. Qg6+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kozak, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 {I suspect, that 9.Be3!? promises better chances for White than
move in the text.} Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h5 (11... Rc8 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nbd2
f6 14. b5 Na5 15. Rfc1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qc2 Bxb5 $17 {
Christoffel-Smyslov, Groningen 1996}) (11... O-O $5 12. Qd2 f6 13. Rd1 fxe5 14.
dxe5 Nh4 $1 15. Qd3 Ng6 16. Nbd2 Nf4 17. Qb5 Qc7 $36 {
Ilijin-Gleizerov, Ticino 1993}) 12. b5 (12. Qd2 g5 $1 13. Rd1 g4 14. Ne1 Rg8
15. Nc2 Bg5 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Bc3 Nce7 18. a4 Nh4 19. Kh1 Nef5 {
0-1 Relange-Berend/Brussels zt 1993 (34)}) 12... Na5 13. Nc3 a6 {N/} (13... Rc8
14. Na4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Bxc1 b6 $11 {
0-1 Alonso,R-Giaccio,A/Buenos Aires op 1995 (33)}) 14. Na4 Qd8 15. bxa6 bxa6
16. Bc3 (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bb5 $1) 16... Bb5 $11 {
After exchange of light square bishops Black has nothing to worry.} 17. Rb1 (
17. Bb4 $5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc4 $13) 17... Bxe2 (17... Nc4 $5 18. Bb4 Nxa3 19.
Bxa3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxa3 21. Rb7 $44) 18. Qxe2 Nc4 19. Nb6 {Kozak playing
actively, but weakness of pawn on d4 will be more real with every exchange of
pieces . Deserves attention} (19. Bb4 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Bxa3 21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Rfb1
$13) 19... Nxb6 (19... Nxa3 20. Nxa8 Nxb1 21. Rxb1 Qxa8 22. Rb6 $11) 20. Ba5
Qd7 (20... Nxd4 $2 21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Bxb6 Qxc6 24. Qc2 $1 $18) 21.
Bxb6 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc6 25. Ra1 (25. Rb1 O-O 26. Qd3 (
26. Qb5 $2 Qxb5 27. Rxb5 Rb8 $19) 26... Ra8 $36) 25... O-O $15 {Weak pawn on
d4and bad coordination of White pieces guarantees clear advantage to Dolmatov}
26. Qa7 (26. Bc5 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Rc8 $1 28. Ra5 $6 Nxd4 $1) 26... Rc8 27. g3 (27.
h3 $5) 27... Qc3 28. Kg2 Qc2 (28... h4 $5) 29. Re1 $6 (29. Qd7 $2 Ne3+ 30. Kg1
Qc1+ $1 31. Ne1 Qxa1 32. Qxc8+ Kh7 33. fxe3 Qxe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Bg5 $19)
(29. Kg1 Qe2 30. Ne1 Bb4 $17) (29. Ba5 $5 $15) 29... Bb4 30. Ra1 Rc3 $1 $19 31.
Qb8+ (31. Ne1 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 (32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Ne3 34. Qa6 Rc4 $19) 32... Rc4
33. Ng2 Bc3 $19) 31... Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Nh3 Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Qe4+ 35. Ke2 Rc2#
0-1

[Event "Beersheba g/30'"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2004.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Erenburg"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 {
White's main idea is to get some space on the queenside, carrying out b2-b4.}
Nh6 {In opposite, black attacks with all the forces white's centre.} 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 {Another theoretical line is} (9. Be3) 9... a5 $5 {
The most principal continuation, but, quite a rare one. Morepopularcontinuatio
ns are:} (9... Bd7 {1-0 Timman,J-Hansen,C/Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Psakhis] (41)}) (
9... Be7 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Linares 2000/CBM 76/[Psakhis] (20)}) 10.
b5 a4 $1 {That was black's main idea behind his previous move. Now black
prevents from white to protect his a4 pawn, and prepares the a5 square for his
pieces.} 11. Ra2 $5 {defending the dark-squared bishop, thus, forcing black to
define the position of queenside knight. It is very responsible decision, as
white risks to play without queenside rook quite a long time... White tried
the following possibilities as well:} (11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nc3 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14.
O-O Ng6 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Nxa4 Qa5 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd3 $14 {
0-1 Sveshnikov,E-Bareev,E/Moscow 1995/CBM 46 ext (48)}) (11. Bc3 Nce7 12. g4
Nh6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. h4 Qd8 19.
h5 $14 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Pushkov,N/Sochi 1993/CBM 38 (55)}) 11... Nce7 ({
Of course not} 11... Na5 $2 12. Qxa4 $16 {
1-0 Sandipan,C-Wewers,R/Senden 2002/CBM 90 ext (42)}) 12. Nc3 $146 {
New move, according to my database. In the preceding game white continued} (12.
g4 Nh6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Bd3 Nc8 16. O-O Nb6 17. Ra1 Rc8 $13 {
1-0 Real de Azua,E-Della Morte,P/Esperanza 2002/EXT 2003 (46)}) 12... Qa5 {
defending the a4 pawn, and pinning white's queenside knight.} 13. Bd3 Bd7 14.
O-O Nc8 $1 {Very strong move. Black improves the position of his knight,
transfering it to b6.} 15. Qe2 (15. Qb1 {Psakhis} Nb6 16. Rc1 Rc8 $13) 15...
Nb6 {Psakhis: 'White got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are
well-developed and co-ordinated.'} 16. Rc1 Be7 ({Interesting alternative was} 
16... Rc8 17. g4 (17. Ba1 $6 Be7 18. g4 Nh6 19. Ne1 Bg5 20. Rcc2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 (
21. Ne4 Be7 $1 $17) 21... Rxc4 22. Ne4 Be7 $1 $17) 17... Nh6 18. Nd2 $13) 17.
g4 {driving away the black's kingside knight from an excelent position.} (17.
Raa1 $5 {Psakhis} Rc8 18. Rc2 O-O 19. Rac1 Rc7 $13) 17... Nh6 18. Ne1 {
intending to transfer the knight to g2.} Bg5 (18... Rc8 {
comes to consideration.}) 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Ng2 {preparing to carry out f2-f4.} (
20. Bc1 $5 {Psakhis} Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxg4 $5 22. Qxg4 Rxc3 23. Qxg7 Rf8 $13)
20... O-O ({Deserved attention} 20... Nc4 21. Ne4 (21. Bc1 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Nxe5
$15) 21... Be7 (21... dxe4 22. Bxc4 O-O 23. Bc3 $14) 22. Bc1 (22. Bxc4 dxc4 23.
Rxc4 O-O) 22... Bxb5 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Nd2 $44) 21. f4 Be7 22. Ne3 $13 {
White has succeeded to consolidate his pieces, and now he is ready to play
aggressively with g4-g5. The position is very complicated, but my feeling is
that the chances of the opponents are approximately equal.} Kh8 $1 {Good prophy
lactic move. Also, black liberates the g8 square for his knight. Other
continuations are worse:} (22... Nc4 23. Ncxd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 $16) (22... f6 23.
exf6 Bxf6 (23... gxf6 24. Nexd5 $16) 24. g5 Bxd4 25. gxh6 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3
27. Qd2 Rfc8 (27... d4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxd4 $18) 28. Nd1 $18) 23. Ba1 {
connecting the rooks through the second rank.} ({Now} 23. g5 {
doesn't promise white anything good:} Nf5 $1 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nexd5 Nxd5 26.
Nxd5 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Bxb5 $17) 23... Nc4 (23... Rc7 $5 {
deserves attention.}) 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Be4 $1 ({Worse is} 25. Bxc4 Nxg4 $132)
25... f5 $6 {sacrificing the pawn.} ({
Maybe black shouldn't allow white to capture the material.} 25... b6 $5) 26.
Bxb7 Rb8 27. Ba6 {seems ugly, but the bishop on a6 protects an important pawn
b5 and covers c8 square.} ({But probably stronger was simple} 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28.
bxc6 fxg4 (28... Qa6 29. g5 Nf7 30. d5 $36) 29. Qxc4 Nf5 (29... Rxf4 30. c7 Rc8
31. Qxa4 Qb6 32. Rab2 $18) 30. Rc1 $1 Nxd4 31. Nxa4 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Bc3 $1
Nxc4 34. Bxa5 Rxf4 (34... Nxa5 35. c7 Rbc8 36. Nb6 $18) 35. Bb4 $16 {/+-})
27... fxg4 28. Qxc4 Rxf4 29. Rf2 {Finally, white's rooks are in the game!} Rf5
30. d5 $1 {White had to "relive" his dark-squared bishop.} Qb6 {
Now black is going to counterattack.} (30... Rxe5 31. Rae2 $36) 31. Nxa4 Qe3
32. Rae2 $1 ({Worse is} 32. Bd4 Qe1+ 33. Qf1 Qa5 34. Nc3 Bh4 $132) 32... exd5
$1 {Black finds tactical resource!} (32... Qxa3 33. Bb2 $16) 33. Qc7 $1 {
winning a rook, but the game isn't over...} ({White gets nothing after} 33.
Rxe3 dxc4 34. Rxf5 Nxf5 35. Re4 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 Rxb5 37. Rxc4 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Kg8
$11) 33... Qxa3 34. Qxb8+ $16 {Here I was sure, that I'm going to win quite
easily... But I was in serious time trouble, as well as the position isn't as
simple as it looks. Almost all the white pieces are misplaced on the "a" file.}
Ng8 35. Rxf5 $4 {Terrible move, which adds to the attack black's light-squared
bishop. The only reason for such a bad move is time trouble.} ({
White doesn't achieve an advantage after} 35. Bb2 Qxa4 36. e6 Bxe6 37. Rxf5
Qd1+ 38. Rf1 Bc5+ 39. Ref2 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Qd2+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Rf2 Qe1+ 43.
Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Bc1 Qxc1+ 46. Kg2 Bf5 $1 47. Rxf5 Qc2+ 48. Rf2 Qe4+
$11) ({Right was} 35. Bc3 $1 Qxa4 36. e6 $1 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Bxe6 38. Qe5 Qd1+ (
38... Bf6 39. Rxf6 $1 $18) 39. Kg2 d4 40. Bxd4 (40. Qxd4 $4 Bd5+ $19) 40... Bf6
41. Qxe6 Bxd4 42. Qe2 $16) 35... Bxf5 $40 {Now, objectively, black's attack is
very dangerous and white's position is very vulnerable, due to very passive
pieces.} 36. Bb2 $2 {It is already the decisive mistake.} (36. Re1 Bc5+ $1 (
36... g3 $1 37. e6 Bd6 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qa7+ Kh6 40. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 41. Rxe3
gxh2+ 42. Kh1 Nf6 43. e7 Be4+ 44. Rxe4 dxe4 $15) 37. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Kf1 Bd3+
39. Kg2 Qb4 $3 $19) ({More resistant was} 36. Bc3 $1 Qxa4 37. Qc7 $1 {
covering the c5 square.} d4 $1 $40 {and, probably, black will win.}) 36... Qxa4
$19 {Funny position - white is an exchange up, but his position is absolutely
hopeless... He cannot neutralize black's activity.} 37. b6 Bc5+ 38. Kg2 Qxa6
39. Rf2 Be4+ 40. Kg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Grischuk won many games recently in Advance variation,
but in this game he meets with one of the greatest expert of French defence.}
c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Be7 $146 {
Quite rare move.Much more popular than text} (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 h6 10. Ng2 Bd7
11. Ne3 O-O-O 12. Qf3 Nf5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qg2 g5 17.
Qf1 Qc7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 h5 $132 {
1-0 Malaniuk,V-Kuzmin,G/Nikolaev zt 1995 (46) or}) (8... Bd7) 9. h4 Bd7 10. Bh3
f5 $146 {Black as usual made this typical move after} (10... O-O-O 11. O-O f5 {
for example} 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Re1 e5 14. Bxd7+ Rxd7 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Qe2 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Rg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sprinkhuizen,A-Hyldkrog,L/cr 1989 (41)}) (10... h6
11. O-O g5 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Re1 Kb8 14. Rb1 Rh7 15. Bg4 Rg7 16. Qe2 Ba4 17. Nf1
Re8 18. Ne3 Bd8 19. b4 f5 {0-1 Pirisi,G-Hausner,I/Tatabanya 1984 (22)}) 11.
exf6 ({In the case of} 11. Ng5 {Black has good reply} Nh6 $5 {
and doesn't work now} 12. Qh5+ $140 g6 $1 13. Qxh6 $2 Bf8) 11... gxf6 12. O-O
h5 {Preparing knight manoevre.} 13. Re1 Nh6 14. Nh2 O-O-O $1 {Kortschoj doesn;
t care too much about h5 pawn- as a compensation Black will get open lines
against white king.} 15. Qxh5 Rdg8 16. Qe2 (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxh6 f5 18. Qf7
Bxh4 $40) 16... f5 $1 (16... e5 {leads to white's favour after possible} 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nhf1 (18. dxe5 Rxg3+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 $1) 18... e4 $6 19. Ne3) 17.
Ndf3 Nb3 18. Bxh6 {Gives pawn back, but after} (18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 f4 $44 {
black's initative is too strong, for example} 20. g4 $140 Nf5 $1) 18... Rxh6
19. Rad1 Bxh4 20. Nxh4 Rxh4 21. Bg2 Rh7 22. Nf3 Na5 $1 23. Qd2 ({After} 23. Ne5
Be8 {Black doing well}) 23... Qd6 24. Ne5 Ba4 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. Qf4 Kc7 ({
Worth considering} 26... Bc2 $5 {with some chances for initiative.}) 27. Re2 $1
Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kd6 (29... f4 30. Rxe6 fxg3 31. f4 $5) 30. Rbe1 Rh6
31. R5e2 f4 (31... f4 32. gxf4 Rf8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Yusupov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. g3 Nge7
$2 (8... Na5 9. Bh3 Ne7 10. O-O g6 11. Rb1 h6 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Ng2 Kb8 14. Ne3
Rc8 15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Bg2 {
1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I (2495)-Petrosian,T (2645)/Sochi 1977/EXT 1999}) 9. Bxc4 $1
$16 Na5 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Qa6 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxf7+ Kc7 13. Nxh8 Be8 14. Ng5
Qc4 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Kd7 17. Nxh7 Nd5 18. Nxf8+ {
1-0 Dorovenkov,A-Bodrogi,L (2130)/Budapest 1997/EXT 1998}) 10. Be2 Bb5 11. b4
Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. O-O
Nb6 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bc1 Be7 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Qe2 h6 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Qf3 Rhf8 24.
Kg2 Nb6 25. a4 Kc7 26. Nc5 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Nd5 28. Bd2 b6 29. Nd3 Kb7 30. Rec1
Rc4 31. Nb2 Rc7 32. b5 f6 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Kg2 Rfc8 35. Nd1 h5 36. h4 g6 37.
Kf3 e5 38. dxe5 Bxe5 39. Ra3 Bd6 40. Rb3 Rf7+ 41. Kg2 Rc4 42. Nb2 Rg4 43. c4
Ne7 44. Bg5 Nf5 45. Rd1 Be5 46. Nd3 Bc7 47. Nb2 Re4 48. Rd2 Re1 49. c5 bxc5 50.
Nd3 c4 51. Nxe1 cxb3 52. Rb2 Rd7 53. Rxb3 Rd1 54. Nc2 Bb6 55. Rb4 Kc7 56. Rc4+
Kd7 57. Rc6 Rb1 58. Rxg6 Rb2 59. Rc6 Ra2 60. Bf4 Rxa4 61. Rf6 Ne7 62. Rd6+ Ke8
63. Be3 Nc8 64. Rc6 Kd7 65. Bxb6 axb6 66. Ne3 Ra5 67. Nc4 Rxb5 68. Rxc8 Rb4 69.
Nxb6+ Rxb6 70. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 $6 7. dxc5 $5 Bxc5
8. O-O f6 $2 $146 {Black hopes, that after the exchange of the e5-pawn he can
free his pieces (cf. Bd7) by playing e6-e5. White tries to hold the e5 point,
he occupies the center.} (8... a5 $142) (8... Nge7 $4 9. b4 $18) 9. b4 $1 {
Good strategy! 1.The b-pawn is protected. 2.He is winning the control over the
dark squares (c5,d4,e5).} Be7 10. Bf4 {
Überdeckung des Punktes e5 Overprotection of e5} fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {
Nimzowitsch: ,,...der neue Blockeur Be5 erweist sich als ein äußerst zäher
Geselle.'' The Be5 is a good blocker of the e6 pawn.} Nf6 (12... Bf6 $2 {
Tries to exchange the blocker.} 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Ke7 16.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg7+ $18) 13. Nd2 {Nimzowitsch:,,Die Blockadetruppen sollen
durch den Springer verstärkt werden.' Coming to support the blocking Be5.} (13.
Qc2 $2 O-O $1 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 e5 $1 $19 {Nimzowitsch
Sacrificing a pawn Black succeded to free his centerpawn e6-e5. Black has a
pawn center and very active pieces now.}) 13... O-O 14. Nf3 Bd6 (14... Bb5 $2
15. Bd4 Qa6 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Ng5 $1 {mit Bauerngewinn winning a pawn}) 15. Qe2
(15. Bd4 $2 {Tactical mistake, now Black can win the fight for the e5-square.}
Qc7 16. Qe2 Ng4 $1 17. h3 e5 $1 {done!}) 15... Rac8 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Ne5 {
Nimzowitsch:,,Nun ist die Unbeweglichkeit der blockierten Bauern größer denn
je....'' Now White occupies both central squares.} Be8 {
QUESTION: What can you do, if you have won the control in the center?} 18. Rae1
{What is he doing?} Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. Qc2 {Beginn einer
Umgruppierung, die wie die Merkregel besagt, den Zentrumsvorteil zum
Flankenangriff, hier zum Königsangriff (gegen h7 und g7), ausnutzt. ANSWER:
START AN ATTACK ON THE WING!} Rf7 22. Re3 $1 {
He is going the kingside in order to attack the black king.} b6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24.
Bxh7 $1 $16 e5 $5 (24... Nxh7 25. Qg6 $1 $18 (25. Rh3 $2 Rf5 26. g4 e5 $1 27.
Bxe5 (27. gxf5 exd4 28. f6 $2 Bxh3 {plong}) 27... Qg6 $1)) 25. Bg6 Re7 26. Re1
Qd6 27. Be3 d4 28. Bg5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Kg8 31. a3 Kf8 32. Bh4 Be8
33. Bf5 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Bd3 Kd6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Kf1 Bc6
39. h4 1-0

[Event "Huesca CEJ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Acebal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Illescas,Miguel"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 {Illescas Cordoba, Miguel} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6.
O-O f6 7. Qe2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. f4 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bd7
13. Rae1 Rae8 14. a3 Bc8 15. Kh1 a6 16. Ng5 g6 (16... h6 17. Ngf3) 17. Rf3 Nh5
18. Rh3 (18. Nxh7) 18... Nxe5 (18... Nf6 19. Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Bxg6 Nf6 (20... Re7
21. Qg4 $18) 21. Bxe8 (21. Rg3 Re7 22. Bf7+ Kh8 23. Qd3 $5 (23. Ng6+ Kg7 24.
Nxe7+ Kxf7) 23... Ne4 24. Rxe4) 21... Rxe8 22. Ng4 Be7 $16) (18... Re7 19. Nxh7
Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Rxh7 21. Rxh7 Qxh7 22. Nxg6) (18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 Re7 20. Nxh7
Rxh7 21. Bxg6 Nf6 22. exf6 Rxh3 23. f7+ Kg7 24. gxh3 Kxg6 25. Qf3) 19. fxe5 Bc5
20. b4 Bb6 (20... Be7 21. Nxh7 $18) 21. Rxh5 {
'+-!' '+-!' Illescas Cordoba, Miguel.} gxh5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qxh5 Re7 24. Bf5+
Kg8 25. Qg6+ Rg7 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Ne6 Qxe5 30.
Nxf8 Rf7 31. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 $5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
Be2 $6 $146 (8. O-O $5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4) (8. Bc2 Qa6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Bd3 Qb6
11. Bb1 Qa6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc4 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. O-O f5 17. exf6
Nxf6 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Bg5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qd8 21. c4 Nf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxb7
Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qxd5 Be8 29. Rb1
Bf7 30. Rb7 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Rf8 32. Rxa7 Kg8 33. Qc5 Qd1 34. h3 Re8 35. Qc7 Qh5
36. Bc4 {1-0 Maroczy,G-Tartakower,S/Vienna 1908}) 8... Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2
Bb4+ 11. Kf1 h5 12. g3 Rc8 13. Kg2 g6 14. h3 Be7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Qd1
Bh6 18. Rc3 O-O 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Na3 Nb4 21. Nc2 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Rc8
24. Qb2 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Rc1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rc6 29. Qa3 Rxc1
30. Qxc1 Nc6 $11 31. Bh6 Be7 32. Bg5 Qe2 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Qf4 Qe4 35. Qxe4
dxe4 36. Nd2 Nc6 37. Nxe4 Nxd4 38. f4 b5 39. Kf2 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. Nc3 g5
42. Ke3 Nc2+ 43. Kd3 Nb4+ 44. Kc4 Nxa2 45. Nxa2 gxf4 46. Nc3 Kg7 47. Ne4 Kg6
48. Kb4 f3 49. Kxa4 f2 50. Nxf2 Kg5 51. Nd3 f6 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Nf2 Kg5 54.
Kb4 e5 55. Kc4 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "op"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruiz, A."]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Qb6 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 $5 (10... Be7) 11. h4 (11. a3 Be7 12. b4) 11... Bd7
12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Bb2 $2 $146 (14. g3 f6 15. Bd3 fxe5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17.
dxe5 d4 18. Ncxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a5 20. Be3 axb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Kg2 Qc5 23.
Qb3 Qb4 24. Rhb1 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 Rc7 26. Ra8+ Rc8 27. Ra5 b6 28. Ra7 Rd8 29. e6
Bc8 30. Nc6 Bf6 31. Nxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxb6 Bf6 33. Bc5 {
1-0 Topalov,V (2725)-Nikolic,P (2655)/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 057 ext}) 14... Na5
$1 15. Ne3 Nxe3+ 16. fxe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $17 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20.
Ng5 axb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Bc1 Qb1 23. Kg1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nh3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 h6 11. h4 g6 $1 {Best, according to modern theory ,
move. Lputian tryed 11....Qa5, but without big success} (11... Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Be7
13. Kg1 Rc8 14. Nf4 g6 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Na7 19. b5
Rc4 20. Rh3 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Rg3 Kd7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Bd2 Qxb5 25. h5
Bxd2 26. Nxd2 {Adams,M-Lputian,S/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 571-0 (41)}) 12. Bd2 {
N/ Adams ( as and Vaganian) big expert in that line and he is trying to avoid
main line (12.Nf4) where White hadn,t big achievements last year.Forexample} (
12. Nf4 Qb6 13. g3 (13. a3 a5 14. O-O Be7 15. Be3 g5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. hxg5
hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 $11 {
Chuprov,A-Mesropov,K/RUS-chT 1993/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (13. Kf1 O-O-O 14. Kg1
Kb8 15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Rg3 Rg8 17. a3 Na5 18. b4 Nc4 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Bezman,O-Ovchinikova,J/RUS-sf Perm 1997 (35)}) 13... Be7 14. Kf1 O-O-O
(14... Kd7 15. Kg2 Rag8 16. Nd3 Kc8 17. Be3 f4 18. Nxf4 Qxb2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
a4 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1995 (50)}) 15. Kg2 Rdg8 16. Qd3
Qd8 17. Bd2 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Kb8 21. Bc3 g4 $15 {
0-1 Vatter,H-Poldauf,D/BL9394 1994/BL 90 (35)}) 12... Qb6 13. Rb1 a5 $1 14. Kf1
(14. a3 a4) 14... Be7 15. Kg1 Kd7 $1 {Natural and strong move. King will fill
very comfortable in the centre of the board.} 16. a3 Qa6 (16... a4) 17. Be3 (
17. b4 $5 axb4 18. axb4) 17... a4 18. Nf4 g5 $5 {Interesting pawn sacrifice}
19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxg5 {
I think last chance to fight for advantage was to play} (22. Nxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5
Qa7 24. Be3) 22... Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rh4 $1 24. Nf3 Rg4 $44 25. b3 axb3 26. Rxb3
Kc8 27. Qc1 (27. Qd3 Qa4 $5 (27... Qc4 28. Rc3 $1 (28. Qxc4 $2 dxc4 29. Rc3 b5
30. a4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. axb5 Kc7))) 27... Qe2 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qc2 Qb6 30.
Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Eslon, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. h4 Be7 $6 (10... h6) 11. Bg5 $1 $14 O-O 12. Bxe7 Nxe7
13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O $1 Qd7 15. Ne2 $1 Rc6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1
h6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf4 $14 b6 21. g3 a5 22. Kg2 Bc8 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. Nxg6 Qxg6
25. Ng1 $1 Qc6 26. Ne2 Be6 27. b3 g6 28. Qc3 Qd7 29. Nf4 $16 Kg7 30. Kf3 g5 31.
Nh5+ Kg6 32. Nf6 Qb5 33. Kg2 Qe2 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 gxh4 $6 (35... Kg7) 36.
gxh4 b5 37. a3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Nh5+ Kf8 41. Ng3 Bd7 42. Nf1
Kg7 43. Ne3 Kg6 44. Nxd5 Be6 45. Ne7+ Kh5 46. d5 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Short, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Illescas,Miguel"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 (5... Nh6 {- 63/(230)})
6. Be2 f5 {'N' '+/=?!' Knaak. Knaak: 'Schwarz legt sich zu früh fest und kann
nun nicht mehr mit f6 die Kette e5-d4-c3 angreifen.'} (6... Nge7 {- 62/(305)})
7. O-O (7. c4 $5) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. b3 Nc8 (9... Ng6 10. g3 $14) 10.
Ba3 {
Knaak: 'In Französisch sieht man dieses Abtauschmanöver sonst nur von Schwarz.'
} Bxa3 11. Nxa3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nc2 Be8 {'?!' '#'} (13... a5 $11) 14. b4 {
'+/=!'} a5 {'?'} (14... a6 $14) 15. b5 Nd8 {'><Nd8' Knaak: 'Hier steht der N
schlecht, aber die anderen Felder sind nicht besser.'} (15... Nb8 $142 16. Rfc1
{Knaak} Nd7 {aber nur ein N kann auf das gute Feld b6.}) (15... N6a7 $2 {Knaak}
16. Qxa5 $18) (15... Nb4 $2 {Knaak} 16. Nce1 $18 {/\ 17.a3}) 16. Rfc1 Bh5 17.
Nce1 {'!'} g5 {'?' Knaak. Knaak: 'Ohne Chance auf Initiative oder gar Angriff
am Königsflügel schwächt Schwarz nur seine Position.'} (17... Nf7 $142 18. Rc3
Nb6 19. Rac1 Rfc8 (19... Rfd8 {(Knaak) und Schwarz kann sich zunächst
verteidigen. Nach dem unumgänglichen Tausch des Bh5 gegen den Nf3 wird Weiß
vielleicht sogar - nach entsprechender Vorbereitung - mit g2-g4 die schwarze
Festung angreifen müssen, um den weißfeldrigen Läufer zum Leben zu erwecken.})
20. Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Qc3 $16) 18. h3 {'+/-' Knaak.} (18. Rc3 $5 g4 19. Ng5 $16)
18... Qg7 {'#'} 19. Rc3 {'+/-' '<->c ><Nd8'} Bxf3 (19... Nb6 $2 20. Nxg5 $18) (
19... h6 20. Rac1 $16) 20. Nxf3 h6 21. Rac1 Nb6 {'#'} 22. Nh2 {
'!' '/\ Nf1_g3_h5_f6' '!' Knaak. Knaak: '/\ Nf1-g3-h5-f6'} Kh8 23. Nf1 a4 (
23... f4 24. Nh2 {/\ Ng4_f6}) 24. a3 (24. Ng3 a3 {/\ Ra4<=>}) 24... Rf7 (24...
f4 {Knaak} 25. Nh2 {/\ Ng4-f6}) 25. Ng3 Qf8 26. Nh5 Re7 27. Nf6 Nd7 28. Nh5 Nb6
29. Rc7 {'!'} Nc4 (29... Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Qa5 (32. Qc2 {
Knaak} Nb6 33. Qc7 $18) 32... Nf7 33. Qxa4 $18) 30. Rxe7 {'!' '!' Knaak.} (30.
Qb4 Nc6 $1 31. Rxc6 (31. bxc6 {Knaak} Rxc7 32. cxb7 Rb8 $13) 31... bxc6 32.
Bxc4 dxc4 33. bxc6 Rc7 $13) 30... Qxe7 (30... Nxd2 31. Rcc7 Ne4 32. f3 $18) 31.
Bxc4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 {'+-'} Qxa3 33. Rc7 Qf8 (33... Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qd1 $18)
34. Qa2 {Knaak: '>< h7, e6'} (34. Qb4 $4 Qxb4 35. Nf6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 f4 $19)
34... a3 35. Nf6 Nf7 36. Qxe6 a2 37. Qxf7 a1=Q+ 38. Kh2 Qxf7 39. Rxf7 b6 40.
Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Nesis,G/Sveshnikov,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 $5 cxd4 (6... Qb6 $6 {
Sveshnikov} 7. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 8. O-O (8. b4 $5 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 $44) 8... a5 9. a4 {
/\ Na3}) 7. cxd4 Qb6 (7... Nb4 8. Be2 $16 {Sveshnikov}) 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4
Qxd4 10. O-O (10. Qe2 $5 {Sveshnikov}) 10... a6 ({Gefährlich ist} 10... Qxe5 $5
11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 $13 {mit dauerhafter weisser
Initiative, doch bei präzisem Spiel müsste Schwarz sich verteidigen können})
11. Qe2 Ne7 (11... g6 $5 {Sveshnikov}) (11... Qa7 {Sveshnikov}) (11... Rc8 {
Keres}) 12. Kh1 $1 ({Schwächer ist} 12. Rd1 $143 Nc6 13. Bxa6 Qxe5 14. Qxe5
Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Re1 f6 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 $19 {
mit schwarzer Überlegenheit.}) 12... Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 ({Interessant ist auch} 
13... Bc5 14. a3 Na5) 14. Rd1 $1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc4 $6 ({
Bessere Chancen, das Spiel auszugleichen würde} 15... Qb6 $142 {bieten:} 16.
Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. f5 d4 $1 19. b4 Qc7 (19... Qxb4 20. Qg4 O-O 21. f6 g6
22. Qg5 Rfd8 23. Rxd4 Qf8 (23... Qxc3 24. Rad1 Qc5 25. Rd6 Kh8 26. Qh6 Rg8 27.
Rxd7 Raf8 28. Qf4)) 20. Rad1) 16. b3 $1 ({Nach} 16. Be3 {wäre} Bb4 $1 $17 {
am stärksten.(Sveshnikov)} (16... Bc5 $15)) 16... Qc7 17. Bb2 Bc6 $146 (17...
Rc8 18. f5 $1 $40 {Sveshnikov}) 18. Rc1 Rd8 ({Nach} 18... Be7 {setzt Weiss mit}
19. f5 $1 $40 {ohne weiteres seinen Angriff fort.}) 19. Qf2 $1 Be7 (19... d4
20. Ne2 $1 $14 {Sveshnikov}) 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. f5 {Nach günstiger
Mobilmachung seiner Kräfte im Zentrum geht Weiss zum Angriff auf den
gegnerischen Königsflügel über.} exf5 (22... Bg5 23. f6 $16 {Sveshnikov}) 23.
Rg3 $1 {Weiss greift energisch an.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 23. Nxf5 d4 $1 24. Rxd4
Qe6 {hätte dem schwarzen Bc6 neues Leben eingeflößt.}) 23... g6 (23... Bh4 $2
24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qxh4 $18 {Sveshnikov}) 24. Qf4 $1 {
Weiss droht mit dem Manöver Qh6 und R h3+-.} Rfe8 25. Nxf5 {/\ Nh6} Bf8 26. Bd4
$1 {Eine kaltblütige Entscheidung. Weiss lässt die Befreiung des schwarzen Bc6
nicht zu, sodass dieser bis zuletzt nicht aus seinem Verlies herauskommt, d.h.
für ihn keine aktive Teilnahme am Spiel möglich ist.} Re6 ({
Zu schweren Folgen würde der schwarze Versuch führen, sich mittels} 26... f6 {
zu entfesseln:} 27. exf6 Re4 (27... Qf7 $142 28. Nh6+ Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Re4 $16)
28. Ne7+ (28. Qf2 Rde8) 28... Kf7 29. Qg5 $5 (29. Qf2 $16) 29... Rxd4 30. Nxg6
Bd6 31. Ne5+ Bxe5 32. Qxe5 $18 {-> Sveshnikov}) 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 ({Bei} 27... Kg7
{würde} 28. Rf1 $18 {den Kampf entscheiden.}) 28. Qxh6 Rde8 29. Rf1 $18 Qc7 $6
(29... Rxe5 $2 30. Re3 f6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 $18 {Sveshnikov}) (29... Bb5
$142) 30. Rh3 f5 31. exf6 Qf7 ({Nichts hilft} 31... Re1 32. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 33.
f7+ Kf8 ({auf} 33... Qxf7 {ist ein pikantes Mattfinale möglich:} 34. Rh8#) 34.
fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 35. Rxe1+ $18) 32. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 {Belov Hecht Knaak} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 {Knaak: Es gibt
scheinbar nur wenige Spieler, auf die man sich so gut vorbereiten kann, wie
Evgeni Sveshnikov. Immer wieder spielt er Sizilianisch mit c3 und die
Vorstoßvariante im "Franzosen". Aber was nützt die leichte Vorbereitung, wenn
der Gegner die Feinheiten der Systeme besser beherrscht und zudem ständig
etwas Neues in petto hat. Schauen Sie sich den "Kampfrekord" des Russen in
Ihrer großen Datenbank an: im Spielerindex zu Sveshnikov gehen und auf den
bunten Button für Statistik klicken.} Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... Rc8 {Belov} 7. O-O
Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Qxb4
14. f4 Nc6 (14... Bb5 15. Qd2 Qa4 16. b3 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. f5 Nc6 19. Bb2
$16 {Sveshnikov,E-Gleizerov,E/RUS/1992/}) 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ng2 f6 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Ulibin,M/RUS/1992/0:1/44/}) 7. Na3 Nf5 (7... Ng6 8. h4 Be7 (8...
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxa3 (9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nc2 Be7 14.
Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng4 $14 {/~~ Levin,F-Nenashev,A Riga 1988}) 10. bxa3
h6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bd2 f5 13. g3 O-O 14. O-O Be8 15. Bb4 Nge7 $13 {
Castro,O-Ostojic,P Budapest 1977}) 9. g3 (9. h5 $5) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O $1
11. h5 Nh8 12. Nc2 f6 $1 $15 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Kortschnoj,V Pamplona 1990})
8. Nc2 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. O-O (10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 $1 (11...
Qa5 $6 12. a3 $1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 $14 {
Anand,V-Gurevich,M/Manila izt/1990}) 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 a5 $5 14. a3 Qb6 $1
15. O-O O-O $10 {Friedman,A-Dreev,A New York op 1991}) (10. Ne3 {Belov} Nxe3
11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Qb6 (13... a5 $32) 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 $14 {
Sax,Gy-Brenninkmeijer,J/Wijk aan Zee/1992/0,5/49/}) 10... Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Qb6 12.
Qd3 Rc8 13. Rd1 (13. Bd2 Bb4 $1 14. Bf4 $6 a6 $1 15. a4 Ne7 $5 (15... O-O) 16.
h4 Ba5 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Dreev,A Rostov na Donu 1993 57/(271)}) (13. a4 Bb4 14. h4
h6 15. h5 Ne7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nb3 f5 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 $14 {
Sveshnikov,E-Rublevsky,S RUS-ch Elista 1994}) 13... h6 14. h4 a6 15. a4 Bb4 $15
{Campora,D-Dreev,A Biel 1995}) 9. O-O cxd4 (9... O-O {Belov} 10. Ne3 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Qb6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qxb7 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Rab8
17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Qxa7 Bd6 19. g3 Qxb2 $13 {
Margolin,B-Epelbaum,M/Alushta 3/1995/1:0/39/}) 10. cxd4 h5 (10... Nb4 {Belov}
11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 a5 $14) 11. b4 {Knaak: Da ist die neue Idee. Weiß möchte
den lästigen Druck von d4 abschütteln - da g2-g4 verhindert ist, versucht er
den anderen Springer zu vertreiben.} (11. Ne3 $5 g5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. h4 (13.
Bb5 h4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Qe2 Kf7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. Qxe5
h3 $17 {Gomez,P-Arcija,D Buenos Aires 1993}) 13... g4 14. Ng5 Qb6 15. Be3 f4 $1
16. Bxf4 Qxd4 $15 {Dolmatov,S-Hertneck,G Tilburg1.27 (15') 1992}) 11... Rc8 $6
{now white can a space advantage on the queen's side which will in about 25
moves decides the game! after 11...Nxb4 white is probably slightly better but
probably this is not the end of the world for black Knaak: Ich meine, der mit
10...h5 begonnene Spielplan verlangt andere Maßnahmen.} (11... Nxb4 12. Nxb4
Bxb4 13. Rb1 Be7 (13... Ba5 $5 {Belov} 14. Rxb7 Bb6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Ba6 $36) (
13... Qa5 14. Qb3 Be7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Bb5 $36) 14. Rxb7 $14 {Xh5}) (11... b5
$5 {Knaak} 12. Bxb5 Nxe5 $13) (11... g5 $5 {Knaak}) 12. Rb1 a6 13. a4 $1 Qb6 ({
Knaak: Hier war die letzte Gelegenheit zu} 13... b5 $5 {Knaak} 14. axb5 axb5
15. Na3 Qb6 $13) 14. b5 axb5 15. Bxb5 (15. axb5 {Knaak} Na5 16. Ne3 (16. Bg5 {
Belov} Nc4 $10)) 15... Qc7 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Na5 (17... O-O {Xh5} 18. Ng5
$5 g6 19. Be2 $5 {with the idea Bxh5}) 18. Bg5 $1 {after changing the black
bishops black's king becomes weaker Knaak: Nach dem Tausch der vier Läufer
verbleibt Schwarz völlig ohne Spiel, insbesonder d4 ist kaum angreifbar. Auf
dem Königsflügel erweist sich der Zug h7-h5 als fatal.} Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Nc4 (
19... f6 20. Bh4 $16 (20. Bf4 $16)) 20. h4 $1 b6 (20... f6 21. Qb1 $1 fxg5 22.
Rxb7 Qc6 (22... Qd8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Nxg5 {with mate in two}) 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24.
Rxe7 $18) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... Kxe7 {Belov} 22. Ng5 g6 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Qb4+ Ke8
25. Rb1 $16) 22. Ng5 $16 Ra8 {22... g6 with castle peobablt does not work
because after 0-0 white has g4! with attack} 23. Rb3 $1 {Xf7} (23. Qb3 $2 {
Belov} Nd2) (23. Qc2 {Belov} Qa3 $5 $132) 23... Ra7 (23... Rxa4 $2 24. Rf3 (24.
Rf3 {Belov} b5 25. Rxf7 $16)) (23... Qd7 24. Rf3 (24. Rb4) 24... Rf8) 24. Qc2
g6 (24... f6 $5) (24... Qd7 $5 {Belov} 25. Rf3 Rf8 26. Ra1 Ra5 $14) 25. Rf3 Rf8
(25... O-O $2 26. Rf6 $18 {g4 and h5 to come}) 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Rb4 $1 (27. Nh7
$6 Qxa4 28. Qxa4+ Rxa4 29. Nxf8 Nd2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Kf7
33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Rb6 $10) 27... Rc7 28. Rc3 (28. Nh7 Qe7 $8 (28... Nxe5 29. Rc3
Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qc6 31. Qa3 $1 $18)) 28... Kd8 (28... Rh8 29. Rxb6 $18 (29. a5 {
Belov} bxa5 30. Rb8+ Rc8 31. Rcb3 $40)) 29. Nh7 $1 Rh8 30. Nf6 {
the penetration of the knight to f6 will decide the game} Qe7 31. Qb3 Rc6 (
31... Na5 32. Rxb6) 32. Rb5 Qc7 33. a5 $1 $18 Kc8 (33... Nxa5 34. Rxa5 $18 bxa5
(34... Rxc3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Rxh8 (36. Qb4+ $18 {Belov})) 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36.
Qb8+ Ke7 (36... Qc8 {Knaak} 37. Qd6+ (37. Qd6+ Qd7 38. Qxd7#)) 37. Qxh8 Qc1+
38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. Kg3 (40. Kg3 Qd3+ 41. f3 $18)) (33... bxa5 {Belov
} 34. Rb8+ Ke7 35. Rxh8 $18) 34. axb6 Qb7 35. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (35... Kb8 {Belov}
36. Nc5 Qe7 37. b7 $18) 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4+ {
#_|_ Hecht Mattangriff gegen exponierten schwarzen K i.V mit o^} Kd7 38. Ra5
Rc8 (38... Qxb6 {Hecht} 39. Qa4+ Ke7 40. Qa3+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ $18) 39. Qb5+ Qc6 (
39... Kd8 {Belov} 40. Ra7 Qd5 41. Qxd5+ exd5 42. Rxf7 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. b7
Rb6 45. e6 $18) 40. Ra7+ Kd8 41. Qxc6 Rxc6 (41... Rxc6 42. Ra8+ Kd7 (42... Rc8
43. b7) 43. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. b4 (7. c4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O h6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nb5
O-O-O 15. Nxa7+ Nxa7 16. Qxa7 Nxe5 17. Qa8+ Kc7 18. Qa5+ Kc8 19. Qa8+) 7...
cxd4 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. cxd4 a5 (9... Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. O-O Ne7 13.
b5 Qd7 14. Qb3 h5 15. a4 Nf5 16. a5 Nc4 17. Rfd1) (9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Qc4 11. Bb2
Nh6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf4 Rfc8) 10. Nc3 Qc6 (10... Qc4
11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bd2) 11. Bd2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa6 (13... Bxb4 14.
Qa8 Qc8 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxb8+ Kd7 16. Qf8) (14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc1+ 16. Ke2 Qc4+
17. Ke3 Qxb5 18. Qxb8+ Kd7 19. Rc1) 15. Nb5 (15. Nxd5 Bxd2+ (15... Qc1+ 16. Ke2
Qc4+ 17. Ke3 Qb3+ 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Qxb8+ Bd8 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Rc1 Bxc7 22. Qf8)
16. Kxd2 exd5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qxb7 Ne7 19. Rc7 h6) 15... Kd7 (15... Bxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Qd8 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qe8 19. Nd6 Qd8 20. Rb1) (15... Qc1+ 16. Ke2
Qc4+ 17. Ke3) 16. O-O (16. Bxb4 Qc1+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Ke3 Qxb5) 16... Be7 (
16... Bxd2 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxf7) 17. Na7 Qc7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rc1) 14. Qa4+ (14.
Qxa6 bxa6 (14... Nxa6 15. b5 Nc7 16. Ke2) 15. b5 Bb4 (15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Nc6
17. Ke2) 16. bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ke2) 14... Qxa4 (14... Nc6 15. b5 (15. Qxa6 bxa6 16.
b5 axb5 17. Nxb5) 15... Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Na7 17. Ke2) 15. Nxa4 b5 (15... Ne7 16.
b5 Nd7 17. Ke2) 16. Nc3 (16. Nc5 Ne7 17. Ke2 Nec6 18. Ra1 h6 (18... Be7 19. Ra8
Kd8 20. Bg5) 19. Ra8 Be7) 16... Bxb4 17. Nxb5 Be7 18. Ke2 Nh6 (18... Nc6 19.
Ra1) 19. Na7 (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Rc1) 19... O-O (19... Kd7 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Rb7+
Nc7 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Nb3) (19... Nf5 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Rb7) 20. Rb1
Re8 21. g4 Bf8 (21... Nxg4 22. Rg1) (21... f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. g5) 22. h3 f5 (
22... Na6 23. Rb6) (22... Nd7 23. Rb7) 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Nh2 (24. gxf5 exf5 25.
Rb5 Rd8 26. Nh4) 24... fxg4 (24... Na6 25. Rb6 Nb4 26. Nb5) 25. Nxg4 Nd7 (25...
Kf7 26. Nf6 Rd8 (26... Re7 27. Nc8) 27. Rb7+ Kg6 28. h4 h5 29. Rb6 Kf5 30. Nxh5
Ke4 31. Nb5) 26. Rb7 h5 (26... Re7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nf6+) 27. Rxd7 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Ba3 31. g5 Rb6 32. Rc7 Bb2 33. Kg4 Ra6 34. g6 Ra1
(34... hxg6 35. Kg5) 35. Ne7+ Kh8 (35... Kg7 36. Nf5+) 36. Kg5 Rc1 (36... Bc1+
37. Kh5) 37. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 {McShane} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({
According to theory just} 6. a3 {with the idea after} Bb5 {to play} 7. c4 $5 {
promised slightly better chances to white, but it looks that Nigel has another
opinion.}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qa6 {
leads to equality}) 8... Bxe2 ({Desserves attention} 8... Bb4 $5 {
with possible continuation} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 12. Qxa6
Nxa6 13. Rb1 b6 $11) 9. Nxe2 $1 {Much stronger than} (9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nge7
$11) 9... Nc6 $6 ({In the case of} 9... Bb4+ $5 {White must continue just} 10.
Kf1 $5 ({because} 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rb1 O-O
15. b4 Rfc8 16. a3 Qd8 $11 {
Thipsay,P-Johansen,D/Kuala Lumpur 1992/0-1 (45) is not dangerous for Black}))
10. O-O O-O-O $146 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'This doesn't look right to me'} ({
Brave decision, but after, for example} 10... Nge7 11. Ng3 Rc8 (11... Ng6 {
McShane} 12. Nh5 $1 {preventing Be7 is maybe what black was afraid of.}) 12.
Be3 g6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 $36 {
Nunn-Polgar,J/Monaco 1994/0-1 (41) white,s advantage is obvious.}) 11. Rb1 $1 {
It is funny to see how easy and quickly Short grabs initiative in his hands.
McShane: 'faster than 11.a3'} Kb8 12. b4 {
McShane: 'the pawn is immune because a3 will pin an win the capturing piece'}
Rc8 13. Bd2 (13. b5 $2 Na5) 13... h6 14. a4 {'!' McShane.} (14. Qa4 $5 Qa6 $1)
(14. Qe1 Qb5 $1) 14... g5 (14... Nxb4 $2 {(McShane) now looks plausible, but}
15. a5 $1 Qb5 (15... Qxa5 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Qb3 Rc4 18. Nd2 $18) 16. Bxb4 Bxb4
17. Qb3 Qxe2 (17... Rc4 18. Nd2) 18. Qxb4 Qa6 19. Rfc1 {
and black is in serious difficulties, for instance} Re8 20. Qd6+ Qxd6 21. exd6
{and with Rc7 and Ne5 up his sleeve white can be very confident}) (14... Bxb4 {
McShane} 15. a5 Qb5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Qd2 Rc4 18. Rfc1 $18) 15. Bc3 Be7 {
Pawn on b4 is poisoned-Black lose immediately and after} (15... Nxb4 16. a5 $1
Qb5 (16... Qxa5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qb3 $18 Rc4 $140 19. Nd2 $1) 17. Bxb4 Bxb4
18. Qb3 Qxe2 (18... g4 19. Nd2 Qxe2 20. Qxb4 Qa6 21. Nb3 $18) 19. Qxb4 Qa6 $8
20. Rfc1 $40) ({and in the case of} 15... Bxb4 16. a5 $1 Qxa5 (16... Qb5 17.
Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 (18. Qb3 $5) 18... Rc4 19. Rfc1 $18) 17. Qb3 $18) 16. Ne1 $1
$16 {'!' McShane. Strong move, knight quickly moves to c5 and Black needs now
good advice. McShane: 'A clever manoeuvre, avoiding harassment by g4 and
heading somewhere useful'} f5 (16... f6 $5) 17. Nd3 f4 18. Qd2 {
McShane: 'Threatening b5 and Ba5, trapping the queen'} Nd8 19. b5 Qc7 20. Rfc1
Qd7 21. Bb4 $1 Rc4 (21... Bxb4 22. Qxb4 Ne7 23. Nc5 Qe8 24. Na6+ $18) (21... b6
$142 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. a5 $40) 22. Nc5 $18 Rxc1+ (22... Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Ne7 24.
Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bd6+ Ka8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rc1 $18) 23. Rxc1 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 b6 (
24... Nf7 {McShane} 25. Bxa7+ $1 Kxa7 26. Qa5+ Kb8 27. b6 {and Qa7 mate}) 25.
Bd6+ Kb7 26. Qb4 Rh7 27. a5 {
McShane: 'When it comes, axb6 and Qb4-a4-a6 mate is unstoppable.'} 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Oms Pallise, Josep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. h4 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Kf1 Bb5 13. g4 Ne7 $2 $146 (13...
Bxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Qc4+ (14... Ne7 15. h5 Nc6 16. Qd3 f6 17. a3 Qb6 18. exf6 gxf6
19. b4 O-O-O 20. Be3 Kb8 21. g5 e5 22. dxe5 d4 23. Bd2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25.
f3 e4 26. fxe4 Qe6 27. Raf1 Qg4+ 28. Qf3 d3+ 29. Kf2 Qe6 30. Qf6 Bc5+ 31. bxc5
{1-0 Movsesian,S (2628)-Potkin,V (2552)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Psakhis]}) 15. Qd3
Ne7 16. h5 h6 (16... Nc6 17. Bd2 Qxd3+ 18. Kxd3 f6 19. Rae1 Kd7 20. Bf4 Nb4+
21. Ke2 Nxa2 22. h6 Nb4 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Rxh6 f5 26. gxf5 exf5
27. Reh1 a5 28. Rxh7+ Rxh7 29. Rxh7+ Kc6 30. Rf7 Kb5 31. Rxf5 Kc4 32. Rf7 b5
33. e6 Re8 34. e7 a4 35. Kd2 Rh8 36. Rf8 Rh2 37. Ke1 a3 38. Ra8 {
1-0 Movsesian,S (2654)-Barsov,A/Panormo 2002/CBM 090 ext}) 17. Bd2 Rc8 (17...
Qxd3+ 18. Kxd3 Nc6 19. a3 Kd7 20. b4 b5 21. Rhb1 Be7 22. Bc3 a5 23. bxa5 Rhb8
24. Ne1 Nxa5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc2 f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rb3 Rg8 29. f3 Rga8 30.
Ke2 Rc8 31. Kd3 Rca8 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Rab1 Kc6 34. Rc3+ Kd7 35. Rcb3 Kc6 36.
Rc3+ Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Fluvia Poyatos,J (2399)-Lopez Martinez,J (2468)/Badalona
2005/CBM 105 ext}) 18. a3 Kd7 19. Rac1 Qxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nc6 22. Ng1
g6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Ne2 g5 25. Rh1 Rg8 26. Ng3 Rg6 27. Nh5 Be7 28. Rf1 a6 29.
Rg1 Rg8 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rf3 Ke8 32. Bc3 b5 33. Bd2 a5 34. Rh3 Kd7 35. Rg3 Bd8
36. Rf3 Ke8 37. Rh3 Kd7 38. Ng3 Be7 39. Ne2 Bd8 40. Rh1 Be7 41. Ng3 Bf8 42. Be3
Be7 43. Ne2 Bd8 44. Nc3 Na7 45. Rd1 Be7 46. Ke2 Rg8 47. Rh1 Rg6 48. Kf3 Bf8 49.
Kg3 Rg8 50. Ne2 Nc6 51. f4 gxf4+ 52. Nxf4 Be7 53. Rxh6 Bg5 54. Rh7+ Ne7 55. Nh5
Bxe3 56. Nf6+ Kc6 57. Rxe7 Rd8 58. Rxe6+ Kc7 59. b3 Bxd4 60. g5 Rh8 61. Kg2 Kd8
62. g6 Rh6 63. Nxd5 Bxe5 64. Rxe5 Rxg6+ 65. Kf3 Kd7 66. Nf4 Rb6 67. Ke4 {
1-0 Movsesian,S (2659)-Ulibin,M (2562)/Pula 1999/EXT 2000}) 14. h5 Rc8 15. Kg2
Nc6 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. h6 gxh6 18. Bxh6 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ng5
b6 22. Nxh7 Rh8 23. Rc1 Kd7 24. Qf3 Kc7 25. Qxf7+ Kb8 26. Qxe6 Nxd4 27. Qd6+
Ka8 28. Nf6 Ne2 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Qc6+ Kb8 31. Nd7# 1-0
