[Event "Keres mem 30th"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pitre, Hanniegn"]
[Black "Meng, Fanhao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Scoones"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.05.20"]

{One of the most interesting games of this year's Keres Memorial was the
first-round encounter between Hanneign Pitre and Bobby Meng. Although he was
significantly outrated, Pitre chose this moment to unleash a powerful
attacking display straight out of the nineteenth century. Return with us now
to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when the King's Gambit was the scourge
of defenders everywhere!} 1. e4 1... e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 3... g5 {This, the sh
arpest defence at Black's disposal, is a critical test of the King's Gambit.
If Black can keep the f-file closed or force White to spend a lot of time
regaining the pawn, he will have good chances of equalising and can even think
of gaining the advantage.} 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 {
This is known as the Kieseritzky Gambit.} ({The alternative} 5. Ng5 5... h6 {
leads to the Allgaier Gambit.} ({
As a young player, I wondered why Black did not play} 5... f6 {here. Why White
to capture on f7? Isn't it better to keep an extra pawn? Well, it's not that
simple. White has a very strong reply in} 6. Qxg4 $1 6... fxg5 {
(otherwise White simply retreats the knight)} 7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Qxg5+ Nf6 ({If} 
8... Ke8 {then} 9. Qe5+ {picks up the rook.}) 9. e5 {
recovering the piece. Black can toss in the towel then.}) 6. Nxf7 $5 {
The idea behind the Allgaier Gambit. White sacrifices a piece in order to
expose Black's king to attack.} 6... Kxf7 7. Bc4+ 7... d5 $5 {
Black returns a pawn in order to open lines for his pieces.} 8. Bxd5+ 8... Kg7
{According to the books, White does not have enough compensation for the piece,
but the position must still be played out...}) 5... h5 {This defensive method
is known (somewhat mysteriously) as "The Long Whip." It is a reasonable one in
that Black protects both his g-pawn and his pawn on f7. The warning lights
should come on when your first developed piece is a rook, and in fact the line
does not enjoy a good reputation. Nevertheless, I am firmly convinced that
this was deliberate provocation by Bobby Meng. I have seen him apply with
success the strategy of sacrificing his opponent's pieces, defending, and then
winning in the ending. His bad luck here is that his opponent appears to have
a good understanding of this specific opening variation.} 6. Bc4 Rh7 ({
The alternative} 6... Nh6 {
has the drawback of forcing White to find the correct idea} 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 $1
{avoiding the sacrifice of what would be a whole piece on f7.}) 7. d4 d6 8.
Bxf7+ $5 ({As I hinted in the previous note, White does not have to make this
sacrifice. He can retreat his knight with} 8. Nd3 {and play to recover the
pawn on f4. This has a certain logic because, compared with the main lines of
the Kieseritzky Gambit, Black has played the rather odd moves 5...h5 and 6...
Rh7 instead of developing his minor pieces. On the other hand, White's own
h-pawn is now an immobile target, something Black can exploit with} 8... f3 9.
gxf3 9... Be7 {
This position is known from 19th-century games. White should continue with} 10.
Be3 Bxh4+ 11. Kd2 {Although his king can no longer castle, his strong pawn
centre is huge compensation and the general consensus is that White has some
advantage here.}) 8... Rxf7 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bxf4 Bh6 11. O-O {This has all
been played before, in a match game between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel
Kieseritzky in 1851. Black's next move is new -- at least to master chess.}
11... Kg7 12. g3 {The benefits of White's sacrifice are now clear. He has
weakened Black's kingside defences and now plans to double rooks on the f-file.
Unless Black can bring his queenside pieces into play quickly, he will have a
tough time trying to meet White's threats.} 12... Nc6 13. Nc3 Nce7 14. Qd2 Ng6
15. Nd5 ({A matter of taste perhaps, but I think I would have preferred} 15.
Bxh6+ {After} 15... Nxh6 16. Nd5 16... Ng8 {(White was threatening Nf6xh5+)}
17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 {White appears to get a favourable version of what
happened in the game but without allowing any counterplay.}) 15... Nxf4 16.
Nxf4 Qe8 (16... Nf6 {was a more economical defence of the h-pawn. The only
problem is that the knight is vulnerable to attack from White's rooks, not to
mention his e-pawn.}) 17. Rae1 Ne7 18. Qc3 ({
White rejects the unusual double attack} 18. Qa5 $5 {, probably due to the line
} 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Ng6 20. Qxc7+ Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Bxd7 22. Rf2 22... Re8 {
and Black's pieces have come into play at the cost of a mere pawn.}) 18... Bxf4
19. Rxf4 Ng6 20. d5+ ({White could transpose to the previous note with} 20.
Qxc7+ {but the move played in the game is stronger.}) 20... Ne5 ({At first I
t this was a mistake, since it releases the attack on White's rook and
self-pins Black's knight. But after the main alternative} 20... Kg8 $5 21. Rf6
Ne5 22. Qxc7 {the complications favour White, for example,} 22... Nf3+ 23. Kf2
23... a5 $5 ({if} 23... Qd7 24. Qxd6 $1 24... Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe1 26. Kxe1 {
and Black is helpless against White's armada of pawns}) ({while after} 23...
Nxe1 24. Qxd6 {is immediately decisive}) 24. Rxd6 Bf5 25. Re2 Qe5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxd8+ 27... Kf7 {Here Black has avoided immediate disaster, but his
long-term outlook is bleak on account of White's extra pawns and his own
weaklings on b7 and a5. Nevertheless, this is a stronger line of resistance
than what occurred in the game.}) ({The other king retreat} 20... Kh6 {
is no improvement since after} 21. Rf6 Qe5 (21... Qe7 22. Ref1) 22. Qxe5 $1 {
(Black's development is so backward that exchanging queens does not help him
one bit)} 22... dxe5 23. Rf7 c6 24. d6 Be6 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rc7
Rxc7 28. dxc7 {White's c-pawn will cost Black a piece.}) 21. Ref1 c5 22. Rf6 $1
{White's attack has reached maximum strength and, unless I'm missing a miracle
defence, Black can no longer save the game.} 22... Qe7 ({Not} 22... Nf3+ 23.
R6xf3+ {winning immediately.}) 23. Qe3 23... Qxf6 {The threat of a mating
attack with 24.Qg5+ forces Black to give up his queen. On paper, he ends up
with more than enough for it, but his queenside pieces are so badly jammed out
of play that the game effectively turns into queen and pawn versus knight.} 24.
Rxf6 Kxf6 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qxh5+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Ke8 28. Qf6 Nf7 29. h5 Bd7 30. h6
Rc8 31. h7 b5 32. e5 $1 {Much more accurate than queening the pawn.} 32... dxe5
33. d6 {Black cannot avoid immediate mate. A very beautiful attacking game by
Pitre, one that must rank among the very best he has played.} 1-0

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best he has played.} 1-0

[Event "Keres mem 30th"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Tegzes, Laszlo"]
[Black "McLaren, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Scoones"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.05.20"]

{Another interesting game from this year's Keres Memorial was the second-round
encounter between Laszlo Tegzes and Brian McLaren, which featured the very
sharp Chase Variation of Alekhine's Defence.} 1. e4 1... Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4
Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 {With this move White sacrifices his c-pawn,
but will gain compensation through a lead in development and a counterattack
on the square g7.} 6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 7... Nc6 {Before capturing the c-pawn
Black forces White to defend his e-pawn.  In this way he hopes to minimise the
effect of White's superior mobility.} 8. Bf4 Bxc5 9. Qg4 9... g5 $5 {This surpr
ising move has been seen in many games and is considered to be thematic play
for Black in the Chase Variation.} 10. Bxg5 Rg8 11. Nh3 (11. Bxd8 Rxg4 12. Be2
Rxg2 13. Bxc7 13... Rxf2 $5 {
is complicated but seems to offer approximately equal chances.}) 11... Be7 12.
f4 ({By analogy with the previous note White can try} 12. Bxe7 {but after}
12... Rxg4 13. Bxd8 13... Kxd8 $5 ({Black can equalise in simple fashion with} 
13... Rxc4 14. Bxc7 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Re4+ 16. Kd2 16... Rxe5 {
but the text plays for more}) 14. Be2 Rxg2 15. Bf3 Rg6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O-O
{Black has an extra pawn, although converting it into a clear advantage will
not be a simple task in view of White's more active pieces.}) 12... Bxg5 $5 ({
With this interesting novelty Brian McLaren reveals his expertise on the Black
side of Alekhine's Defence.  More commonis} 12... Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxg5 14. Qh5
Rg7 15. O-O 15... Qe7 {This is no doubt what Tegzes was expecting, since he
now goes immediately wrong.}) 13. O-O $2 ({White had to try} 13. fxg5 13...
Nxe5 14. Qe4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 {Although he is a pawn down, he has a counterattack
against h7 and Black still must complete his development.}) 13... Nxe5 $1 {
Winning a piece in broad daylight, since White loses his queen if he captures
the knight.} 14. Qh5 Nxc4 15. Qxh7 Rf8 16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Rf6 Qe7 18. Raf1 18...
d6 $2 ({By means of sharp and accurate play Black has emerged from the
complications a piece the good.  Unfortunately, just when he is on the verge
of consolidating his advantage, he goes wrong and allows White an amazing
drawing combination.  After the correct} 18... Ng4 $1 {
White has nothing better than} 19. R6f3 {
but this allows Black to relieve the pressure with} 19... f5 $1 {
I don't see White saving the game after that.}) 19. g6 $1 {Great credit to
White for spotting this combination, but there really was nothing else to do!}
19... Nxg6 ({The attempt to avoid White's idea with} 19... Bd7 {
can only backfire after} 20. g7 O-O-O 21. gxf8=Q Rxf8 22. Ng5) 20. Rxf7 $1
20... Rxf7 21. Qxg6 Kf8 ({Not} 21... Bd7 $2 22. Ng5 O-O-O 23. Rxf7 Qe8 24. Qg7
{and White is playing for only one result, as the Russians say.}) 22. Ng5 Rxf1+
23. Kxf1 Qe8 ({Black is a whole rook ahead, yet he cannot avoid a draw by
repetition.  The great power of queen and knight working together is seen in
the variation} 23... Qg7 $2 24. Nh7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Qe8#) 26.
Qh5+ {and mates.}) 24. Nh7+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ $1 ({It was not too late to go wrong:
} 25. Qf6+ $2 {loses to} 25... Kd7 $1) 25... Kf7 26. Qh5+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28.
Qh5+ {Great credit to both players for this exciting game.  Black deserved to
win, but White deserved to draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yip, Michael"]
[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "Yip"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2005.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 ({The following games show the ideal version of what black could have
been aiming for.[Yip]} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6.
Qc2 (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12.
Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2
Nd6 19. Na4 Nbc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Qd1 h5 24. Kh1 Re7
25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nf3 29... Rg7 {This is the
kind of counterplay that I thought black should have been aiming for however,
it is clear that white had a better version in Yip-Jiang.[Yip]} 30. Nh2 Re8 31.
Kg1 Ne4 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rfd1 g5 34. Qxh5 f5 35. Re1 g4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. f3
gxf3 38. Nxf3 Rh7 39. Qe5 Qc8 40. Qf4 Rf8 41. Qe5 41... Rf5 {
0-1 Bobotsov,M-Petrosian,T/Lugano 1968/MCD}) 6... Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. Bg5 g6 9. e3
Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd6
16. Bxd6 16... Nb5 $1 $15 17. Qb3 Nxd6 18. a4 a6 19. Ne5 Re8 20. Rfe1 20... Qg5
$132 21. h3 Kg7 22. Qc2 Re6 23. Rac1 Rae8 24. Qb1 Qh5 25. Qb3 f6 26. Nd3 26...
g5 $132 {
Again in Yip-Jiang white is fully prepared against this type of plan.[Yip]} 27.
Qd1 Qg6 28. Qc2 R6e7 29. Red1 29... h5 $1 30. Qb1 h4 31. Qc2 31... g4 $132 32.
Nf4 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 g3 34. Rd3 Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ne2 Nc4 37. Rcc3 Nb2 38. Rd2
Nxa4 39. Rb3 Nb6 40. Ng1 Nc4 41. Nf3+ Kh5 42. Rdd3 a5 43. bxa5 Ra8 44. Rd1 Rxa5
45. Re1 b5 46. Re2 Ra1+ 47. Re1 Rea7 48. fxg3 Rxe1+ 49. Kxe1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 hxg3
51. Ne1 Ra2+ 52. Kd1 Rd2+ 53. Kc1 Re2 54. Kd1 Rxe3 55. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 56. Ke2 Nf5
57. Nc2 Nh4 58. Nb4 Nxg2 59. Kf3 Nh4+ 60. Kxg3 Nf5+ 61. Kf4 Nxd4 62. Ke3 62...
Nf5+ {0-1 Portisch,L-Kasparov,G/Skelleftea 1989/CBM 014}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 (4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10.
Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 11... dxc4 $1 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 {
is Lasker's line.[Yip]}) 4... Nbd7 5. e3 5... c6 {
This is good only when followed up with ..dc4 etc.[Yip]} 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Rc1 O-O
8. Bd3 8... h6 $6 {Not normal. Black mixes systems up.[Yip]} 9. Bh4 $6 {
The result of superficial understanding.[Yip]} (9. Bf4 $142 $1 {..c6 is not as
good against Bf4 systems.This is the earliest point that white can seriously
upgrade his handling of this type of position.[Yip]} 9... dxc4 {
This is the logical followup.[Yip]} (9... Nh5 $6 {Black self-destructs.I
considered Bf4 briefly but I could not resolve what would happen here and as a
result, I made a superficial decsion to keep the postion normal.[Yip]} 10. Be5
Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f4 Qc8 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. h3 c5
17. g4 c4 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Qg2 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Bb4 22. g5 hxg5 23.
fxg5 Ne4 (23... Nd7 24. Bg4 Qd6 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Nxd5 Bxh3 27. Qxh3 Qxd5 28.
Rf5 Qe4 29. Rf4 $16) (23... Nh7 24. h4 $14) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rf6 Qc8 26. Nxc6
bxc6 27. Nxe4 c5 28. Rc6 Qf5 29. Rf1 Qh7 30. Rh6 gxh6 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nxh7
Kxh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. gxh6 Rd6 35. h7+ {
1-0 Sorin,A-Auciello,S/Buenos Aires 1994/EXT 97}) 10. Bxc4 b5 (10... Nh5 11.
Be5 {Again, white is completely OK.[Yip]} 11... Nxe5 $6 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
13... g6 14. g4 $16 14... Ng7 15. Ne4 a6 16. h4 b5 17. Be2 c5 18. O-O Bb7 19.
Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Ne8 21. g5 Bd5 22. Ne5 Nd6 23. f3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4
bxc4 26. Rc1 Rab8 27. Rf2 Rb4 28. a3 Ra4 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Rfc2 Rd5 31. f4 e5 32.
Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 exf4 34. exf4 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rd2 36. Rxc5 Rxb2 37. Rc8+ Kh7
38. Rf8 38... Rb7 {1-0 Fine,R-Maroczy,G/Zandvoort 1936/HCL}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
O-O a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 $16 16... Qd5 17. Rc7
Bd8 18. Rc5 Qxa2 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Ne5 Nb4 22. Qe4 Bb6 23. Qb7 Bxc5
24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Bxc5 Qxb2 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Bd6 Qc2 29. e4 Nd3 30.
h4 b4 31. h5 Qd2 32. f4 b3 33. Nf6 gxf6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+
Kg8 37. h6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Ra7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Qb8 Rf7 42. Qxb3
Qxe4 43. Rf3 Nxf4 44. Qb8 Qf5 45. Bxf4 Qh5+ 46. Rh3 Qg4 47. Be5 Rf2 48. Qh8+
Kg6 49. Rg3 Qxg3+ 50. Kxg3 {
1-0 Sergeev,V-Ozdogan,B/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 9... Re8 $6 {
Wrong plan completely. [Yip]} (9... dxc4 $142 10. Bxc4 b5 (10... Nb6 11. Bd3
Nbd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg3 Re8 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. c4 Bb7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18.
Qd3 Nf8 19. Rfd1 Ng6 20. h3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. e5 Qe7 23. c5 Red8 24. Qe3
Rd7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nd2 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rf8 28. Ne4 Rd5 29. Nd6 Rxc5 30. dxc5
Ba6 31. Rd4 Rb8 32. h4 h5 33. Qe4 Rb2 34. Qxg6 Be2 35. Ne8 Bg4 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37.
Rd7 Bf5 38. Qxh5 gxf6 39. Qh8+ {
1-0 Kuzmin,A-Parramon Guillaumet,J/Balaguer 1997/EXT 2003}) (10... Nd5 11. Bg3
(11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 N5f6 13. Ng3 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16.
Re1 Qd6 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nbd5 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2 Nf4 22. Re4
Ng6 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Rce1 Kh7 25. h4 Nb6 26. h5 Nh8 27. Bc2 Nd5 28. Rh4 Kg8 29.
Rg4 g5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kh7 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Qh6 Rf7 35.
Re5 Rh7 36. Qd2 Rf8 37. Be4 Nc7 38. Qc2 Ne6 39. Qc4 Re8 40. Nd6 Ree7 41. Bf5
Rhf7 42. Qxe6 {1-0 Alekhine,A-Monsky,J/New York 1924/EXT 2001}) 12... N7f6 13.
O-O Nxc3 14. Qxc3 b5 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Qa5 a6 19. Rc5 f6
20. Ng6 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bxd5 Kf7 23. Be4 Rd6 24. h4 f5 25. Ne5+ Kf6 26.
Bf3 g5 27. Rfc1 g4 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rdxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 {
1-0 Cruz,F-Loayza,L/Lima 2002/EXT 2003}) 11... Nxc3 (11... b5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13.
Nxb5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Rac8 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3+ 19.
bxc3 Rc6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bg3 Rb6 23. Kd2 e5 24. Rb1 Rfb8 25. Rb4
Bc4 26. Rhb1 Rxb4 27. cxb4 Re8 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. b5 Kf7 30. a4 Ke6 31. a5 Rb8
32. b6 Rb7 33. Kc3 axb6 34. axb6 g6 35. f4 e4 36. Kd4 Ba6 37. f5+ gxf5 38. Bc7
Bc4 39. Ra1 Bb5 40. Kc5 Bd7 41. Ra7 Bc8 42. Kc6 {
1-0 Sorin,A-Fernandez Diaz Mascort,M/Barcelona 1992/EXT 2003}) (11... f5 12.
O-O N7b6 13. Bb3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Kh7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bc2 Kg8 17. Nxe4 Nbd5 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qd3 Bxe5 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Bxe5 Rg8 23. Bxg7 Rxg7
24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. Qe5+ Ke7 26. Rce1 Qg8 27. Be4 Bd7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Re3 Qg5
30. Qc7 b6 31. Rfe1 Qf6 32. Rxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qe5+ {
1-0 Sulava,N-Stolfa,R/Nova Gorica 1997/CBM 056 ext}) (11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. a4 $1 16... Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Nf6
19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Rdc1 Rc7 21. Qc2 $14 21... Nd5 $2 22. Bxd5 Bxh4 23. Bxc6 23...
b4 $16 24. Rc5 Be7 25. a5 Qa7 26. Rc4 Bd6 27. Bxb7 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Bxe5 29. Qxa6
Bb8 30. Qxa7 Bxa7 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Kf8 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Ke2 Kd8 35. Bb7 Kc7
36. Bf3 Bb8 37. Kd3 Kc8 38. g3 Bc7 39. a6 Kb8 40. Kc4 Ka7 41. Kb5 Bd8 42. b3 f5
43. Bb7 g5 44. Kc6 f4 45. Kd7 fxe3 46. fxe3 Bb6 47. Kxe6 Kb8 48. Kf5 {
1-0 Euwe,M-Larsson,A/Gothenburg 1920/EXT 99}) 12. bxc3 Bf6 (12... c5 13. O-O
Qa5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f5 18. c4 b4 19. d5 Qb6 20. e4
Ra7 21. f4 exd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Rf3 g6 25. Qxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rh3+ {
1-0 Lebredo,G-Maya Cortez,H/Havana 1981/EXT 2003}) 13. O-O Qa5 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
f4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Qf3 Be7 18. e4 Nf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 b6 21. c4 Nc7 22.
Nd6 Rd8 23. Qxc6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Bd7 25. Qxc7 Rac8 26. Qb7 Bc6 27. Qe7 {
1-0 Jelen,I-Portelli,S/Nova Gorica 1998/EXT 99}) 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 a6 12. a4 Bb7
13. O-O Rc8 14. Nd2 b4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nce4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bf3 Bd5 19.
Ng3 Ne5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nde4 Be7 22. Nf5 Qb7 23. Rxc8 {
1-0 Jasnikowski,Z-Borges Mateos,J/Polanica Zdroj 1988/EXT 97}) 11... a6 (11...
Bb7 12. O-O a6 (12... a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 c5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17.
Nd4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxc5 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qf4 Kg7 23.
Rfd1 Qc7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Nf5 {1-0 Adorjan,A-Horvath,G/Zalaegerszeg 1991/EXT 97
}) 13. a4 b4 (13... Rc8 14. Qe2 b4 (14... Re8 15. Rfd1 b4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Qh5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd8 22. Rc4 Qe7 23. Rdc1
Rc7 24. Bf3 Rec8 25. Qc5 Kf8 26. Rxb4 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Ke7 28. Rb6 g6 29. h3 h5
30. b4 Kd7 31. h4 Kd6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Kd7 34. Rxb7 {
1-0 Corral Blanco,J-Ruiz,J/Spain 1990/EXT 97}) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 a5 17.
Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Ne5 Ba8 21. Qe2 g6 22. Ba2 f5 23. Nc5 Bd6
24. f4 Kg7 25. Qa6 Re7 26. e4 Qc7 27. Qd3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Kf7 29. exf5 {
1-0 Amura,C-Sanchez Perona,A/Valencia 2004/CBM 098 ext}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 (15... Nd7 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Nfd2 Rac8 19. Qh5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6
21. Nb3 Ra8 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. h3 Qa7 24. Rdc2 Qa6 25. Qf3 Ra7 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27.
Rxc6 Qd3 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. Ned2 g6 30. Rc6 Kg7 31. e4 Qxf3 32. Nxf3 Nd7 33. Nfd2
Bd8 34. Nc4 Bc7 35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Kf8 37. Rc6 Ke7 38. Kf1 h5 39. Ke2 f6 40.
Kd3 f5 41. e5 Rb7 42. Ra6 Nb8 43. Rxa5 Nc6 44. Rc5 Rb6 45. Rb5 Ra6 46. Rb7+ Kd8
47. Nc5 47... Ra5 {1-0 Baikov,V-Burlak,S/Moscow 1995/EXT 97}) 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17.
Ne5 Bd6 18. f4 f5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qb6 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Rc4 Rc7 23. Rfc1
Rfc8 24. b3 Bf8 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6
Bd6 30. Nd8 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Borm,F/Amsterdam 1978/MCD}) 12. a4 (12. Bb1 Bb7
13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 b4 15. Rd1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 bxc3 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19.
Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qxc3 a5 21. O-O Rac8 22. Qxa5 Rxc5 23. Qa7 Rd7 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25.
Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. e4 Bd6 28. Qf3 Be5 29. b4 Rc4 30. a3 Rc3 31. Qe2 Rxa3
32. Qb5 Ba6 33. Qxe5 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rxb1 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 Rxb4
38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. g3 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra5 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44.
Kg2 Raa4 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. e5 Re4 48. h4 Ra5 49. f4 Re3 50. Qf6 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E-Ubilava,E/Volgodonsk 1981/MCD}) (12. O-O c5 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1
(14. Ne4 Bb7 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc7 Bc8
19. Be4 Qe5 20. Qc2 b3 21. f4 Qxd4 22. exd4 bxc2 23. Bxa8 a5 24. Rc1 Nb6 25.
Bb7 Bd7 26. b3 g5 27. fxg5 e5 28. R1xc2 exd4 29. Rd2 Be6 30. Rc6 Nd5 31. Rxd4
Rb8 32. Bc8 Ne7 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 Ng6 36. Ra7 Ne5 37. Rxa5
Nc6 38. Rc5 Nd4 39. Rc8+ {1-0 Borik,O-Lengyel,B/Oberhausen 1980/EXT 2003}) 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. c6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd4 Ne5 21.
Bb1 Qd5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. f4 Ng6 24. Qd4 f5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxa4 27. Qf6
Qe8 28. f5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qg5 31. Qxa6 Nf4 32. Be4 Re8 33. g3 Ng6
34. Qc4 Ne5 35. Qxb4 Ng4 36. Rf4 Nf6 37. Bc6 Re6 38. Qb5 Kg7 39. b3 Qxb5 40.
Bxb5 Nd5 41. Rg4+ Kf6 42. Bc4 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf2 Nxg4+ 45. Kxe1 Nxh2 46.
Be2 Ke5 47. b4 f5 48. b5 Kd6 49. Kf2 Kc5 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Bxg4 fxg4 52. Kf4 h5
53. Kg5 Kxb5 54. Kxh5 Kc6 55. Kxg4 Kd7 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Kg6 Kf8 58. g4 {
1-0 Debarnot,R-Incutto,C/Zarate 1973/EXT 2001}) 14... Bb7 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16.
Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. e4 Bc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Nb3
Qc7 23. Bb1 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Qa7 25. Bg3 Ned7 26. Bd3 R4c6 27. e5 Nd5 28. Nd4 Nc5
29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bb1 Nxa4 31. Qe4 g6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxd5 Qc5 34. Qb3 Nb6
35. Ba2 Re6 36. Qf3 Qc6 37. Bxe6 Qxf3 38. gxf3 fxe6 39. Ra1 Nc4 40. Rxa6 Kf7
41. Ra2 g5 42. b3 Na3 43. f4 g4 44. f3 gxf3 45. Kf2 Nb5 46. Rb2 Kg6 47. Kxf3
Kf5 48. Bf2 Nc3 49. Rd2 Nd5 50. Rd4 h5 51. Rc4 Bf8 52. h3 Be7 53. Be3 Bf8 54.
Bd2 Be7 55. Rc8 Nb6 56. Rh8 Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. Rb8 Nd5 59. Ke4 Nc7 60. Rb7 {
1-0 Anikaev,Y-Ubilava,E/Volgodonsk 1981/MCD}) 12... bxa4 (12... b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Bxe7 Nxf2 15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16. Kxd1 Rxd8 17. Rxc6 Bb7 18. Rc7 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3
Nb6 20. Rc6 Nxa4 21. Kc2 Rdb8 22. Ra1 b3+ 23. Kc1 Rb4 24. Bxa6 Nb6 25. Kd2 e5
26. dxe5 Nc4+ 27. Kc3 Nxe5 28. Rc5 Rb6 29. Bd3 {
1-0 Capablanca,J-Rossolimo,N/Paris 1938/EXT 2001}) 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bb4
15. Nc3 c5 16. Nc4 (16. Nb3 Qd8 17. O-O (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O
Be7 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Rfd1 Qa5 22. f3 Qb4 23. Be1 Kh8 24. Nb5 Qa4 25. Ra1 axb5
26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. e4 Rfc8 28. Ra1 a3 29. Bc3 axb2 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Qxb2 Rd8
32. Be2 Ne8 33. Ba5 Rc8 34. Ba6 Rc6 35. Bb5 Rc5 36. Bxe8 Rxa5 37. Bxf7 Bc5+ 38.
Kf1 Ba7 39. Bxe6 Bc6 40. Bc4 Ra4 41. Bd3 {
1-0 Rubinetti,J-Toth,C/Rio de Janeiro 1985/EXT 99}) 17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb7 19.
Be4 (19. Be2 Rc8 20. Na2 Be7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nc3 Ne5 23. Qa4 Qa8 24. f3 Ng6
25. Bg3 Bc5 26. Ra1 e5 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Qa5 Qc8 29. Be1 Rd6 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Rxd6
Qxd6 32. Na4 Ba7 33. Bb4 Qc6 34. Bc5 Qd5 35. Qc3 Qa2 36. Bxa7 Qxa4 37. Bc4 Bd5
38. Bf1 Bb3 39. Nb4 Qd7 40. Qxb3 40... Qxa7 {
1-0 Karsa,L-Lengyel,B/Budapest 1982/EXT 98}) 19... Bxe4 (19... Rb8 20. Bxb7
Rxb7 21. Ne4 Qa8 (21... Be7 22. Nc6 Qe8 23. Qf3 Rb5 24. Rfd1 Rf5 25. Qe2 g5 26.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bg3 Kg7 28. Bd6 Rh8 29. Qxa6 Bxb2 30. Rc2 Qc8 31. Qa2 Rb5 32.
Nd4 Bxd4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qa6 {1-0 Jukic,M-Vuin,R/Split 1992/EXT 2004}) 22.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rc4 Kh7 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Rfc1 Rg8 27. g3 Rd8 28.
Qe2 Bf8 29. Rc6 a5 30. b3 Bg7 31. Qc4 f5 32. Ra6 Qb8 33. Nc6 Qc8 34. Nxd8 Qxd8
35. Rxa5 Rxb3 36. Rxf5 Rb7 37. Rb5 {
1-0 Christiansen,L-Cifuentes Parada,R/Dubai 1986/TD}) 20. Nxe4 Qb6 21. Nxf6+
Nxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc6 Qb8 24. Qh5 Kh7 25. Nf5 {
1-0 Panno,O-Rossetto,H/Buenos Aires 1989/EXT 97}) 16... Qc7 17. O-O Bb7 18. Na2
a5 19. Nxb4 19... axb4 {1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Djuric,S/Cap d'Agde 1994/EXT 97}) (
9... b6 {Somewhere in the following games is the right approach.[Yip]} 10. O-O
$5 {
Surprisingly, white chooses to keep the tension. I don't agree with this.[Yip]}
(10. cxd5 {This plan seems most logical to me.[Yip]} 10... exd5 11. O-O Bb7 12.
Bg3 (12. Ne5 $5 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 $1 14... Bh4 15. Bxh4 Qxh4 16.
f4 Qe7 17. Qh5 Rfe8 18. Rf3 Nf8 19. g4 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. g5 Qf7 22. Qxf7+
Kxf7 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Kf2 Ne6 25. Rh3 Rh8 26. Ne2 Rag8 27. Ng3 Nc5 28. Bf5 Bc8
29. Rh5 a5 30. Kf3 Bxf5 31. Rxf5+ Ke6 32. Re5+ Kd7 33. Rd1 Re8 34. Rh5 Kc7 35.
Nf5 Re6 36. Rg1 b5 37. Rg7+ Kb6 38. Nd4 Rd6 39. Re5 Nd3 40. Ree7 Rb8 41. b3 c5
42. Nf5 Rf6 43. Rd7 Kc6 44. Ra7 Kb6 45. Rad7 Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kb6 47. Ne7 Rxf4+ 48.
exf4 Kxc7 49. Nxd5+ Kd6 50. Ne3 Rf8 51. f5 Ke5 52. Rd7 52... Nb4 {
1-0 Jasnikowski,Z-Matlak,M/Polanica Zdroj 1992/EXT 98}) (12. Bb1 Ne4 13. Bg3 f5
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf3 Qe7 19. Ne2 g5 20.
Ng3 Qe6 21. Qe2 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rf7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Rf6
26... Rf8 {1-0 Tunik,G-Gentilleau,J/Cappelle la Grande 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 12...
Re8 13. Bb1 Bf8 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. e4 $5 16... dxe4 17. Ndxe4 c5 18.
d5 $14 18... g6 19. Rfd1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Bh4 Bg7 22. f3 Re5 23. a3 $15
23... Rh5 24. Bg3 Nxd5 25. Nd6 Qd7 26. Ba2 Be5 27. Nxb7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qxb7 29.
Qe4 {1-0 Gaprindashvili,V-Gogochuri,L/Izmir 2003/EXT 2004}) 10... Bb7 11. Qe2
11... c5 {Black has managed to play a slow Tartakower.[Yip]} (11... Ne8 12. Bg3
f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nd6 16. Ne2 Qc8 17. Qa3 c5 18. Nf4 Qc6
19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. Ng6 Nc4 22. Nxe7+ Kf7 23. Ndxf5 {
1-0 Portisch,L-Szily,J/Vrsac 1971/EXT 99}) (11... Rc8 12. Rfd1 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ba6 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 cxd4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nc6 Qc7
20. Nb4 Nxa6 21. Nxa6 21... Bb7 {
1-0 Ostrowski,L-Levin,A/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005}) 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Bg3 $5 (
13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ba6 $5 16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 {
It is not clear what white has achieved here.[Yip]} 17... c4 $6 18. Re1 Nf6 19.
Ne5 Rfe8 20. f3 $1 20... Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 $14 23... Qc6
24. e5 24... f6 $2 25. exf6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 26... gxf6 $16 27. Re7 Re8 28. Rxe8+
Qxe8 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Qd3 Qg4 32. h3 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qc1+ 34. Kh2
Qf4+ 35. Qg3 Qf5 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38. Qc7 h5 39. Qg3+ Kf7 40. Qc7+
Kg6 41. c4 h4 42. c5 bxc5 43. dxc5 Qe4 44. Qd6 Qb4 45. Qd3+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kh6
47. Qc7 Qc4 48. a3 Qa4 49. Qd6 Kg6 50. c6 Qc4 51. c7 51... Qc3 {
1-0 Sambuev,B-Hnykin,N/Saratov 1999/CBM 073 ext}) 13... Nxg3 {
This needs a deep look.[Yip]} (13... f5 {is immediately suspicious.[Yip]} 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Ba6 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c4 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 g5 20.
Qb7 Nf6 21. Rc7 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Ne5 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Feller,J/Praia da Rocha 1969/EXT 2001}) 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. cxd5
exd5 (15... Nxd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 $14) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16...
bxc5 17. Bc4 $5 $14) 17. a3 Qe7 18. Ba6 Rad8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rd3 Rfe8 21.
Rcd1 Rd7 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Be7 28. Kf1 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Bf6 30. Nd3 Rb1 31. e4 Bg5 32. f4 Be7 33. Rd7 Bc5
34. Rxa7 Rg1 35. b4 Bd4 36. Rd7 Bc3 37. Rc7 Ba1 38. Ne1 b5 39. Rc5 Bb2 40. Rxb5
Bc3 41. Nd3 Rxg2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Rd5 Ra2 44. b5 Rxa3 45. e5 g6 46. Ke4 Ra4+
47. Ke3 Ra3 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Rd7 Rb3 50. e6 Bb4 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Ke4 Bc3 53.
Rb7 {1-0 Ruck,R-Grabarczyk,M/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084}) 10. O-O 10... b6 $6 {
Completely wrong plan...dc must be played if ..c6 is chosen.[Yip]} (10... a6
11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Nd2 b5 16. Be2 e5 17.
Bf3 Bb7 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Rfb1 exd4 21. cxd4 Rac8 22. Nc4 Qa7 23. Bg4
Ba8 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 Be4 26. Qe2 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 axb5 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.
Rxa7 Re7 30. Rxd7 b4 31. Rxe7+ Bxe7 32. Bd1 Ke6 33. f3 Bd5 34. Bc2 Ba2 35. Bd3
Bf6 36. Be1 Be7 37. Bg3 Kd5 38. Be5 Bf8 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. e4 Kb6 41. d5 Kc5 42.
Ke3 Kb6 43. Kd2 Bb3 44. h4 Kb7 45. h5 Kb6 46. Bd4+ Kc7 47. g4 Ba4 48. Bc4 Kd8
49. e5 {1-0 Bischoff,K-Proehl,H/Binz 1994/EXT 97}) (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12.
Bg3 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 b6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. e4 N5f6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nf8
18. Nd6 Red8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rc3 b5 22. Qc2 b4 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rc5
f6 25. Rc1 fxe5 26. dxe5 Qd8 27. Qd3 Ba6 28. Qd4 Raa7 29. Qf4 Rac7 30. Nd4 Rxc5
31. Rxc5 Qb6 32. Rc6 Qa7 33. h4 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qxf8+ {
1-0 Gonzalez Zamora,J-Navarro,R/Merida 2002/CBM 091 ext}) 12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3
Bf6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Rc2 Be5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nb3 f5
20. Bf3 Qe7 21. Nd4 Rb8 22. Bh5 Rd8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Rf8 25. Qb3 Rf6 26. Rc2
Nf8 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. Nxb8 Qxb8 29. Qb6 Bd7 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rxb7 Qc8 32. Rc7 Qa8
33. Bf3 Qe8 34. Bc6 Bxc6 35. Rxc6 Qd7 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Qc6 Qb8 38. b3 a5 39.
Rfd1 Qb4 40. R6d4 Qa3 41. Ra4 Qb2 42. Qc1 Qe2 43. Qd2 {
1-0 Volzhin,A-Kasperek,W/Wisla 1998/EXT 2000}) (10... Nf8 $6 {
Very passive.[Yip]} 11. Qe2 N8d7 12. Rfd1 12... dxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bg3
N7f6 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. e4 Rd8 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Nc4 Qh5 20. f3 Be8
21. Bc7 Rdc8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rc7 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qe4 Nf8 26. c4 Qg5 27. f4
Qe7 28. Rf1 f5 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. c5 g6 31. Rb1 Kh8 32. Rf2 Rdd7 33. g4 Kh7 34.
Rg2 Qd8 35. Rgb2 Re7 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. h3 Rg7 38. Kh2 Kh8 39. Rxb7 Qd8 40. Rb8
Qh4 41. Nxe8 {1-0 Panno,O-Perez,F/Bogota 1958/EXT 2003}) 11. cxd5 $1 11... exd5
{Now we must refer back to the games given in move 1 alternatives to show what
black could be up to.[Yip]} (11... Nxd5 12. Bg3 Bb7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e4 $5 {
I don't find this plan too convincing.[Yip]} 14... c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7
17. Ne5 Qe6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd7 Bxa2 22. Nxc5
bxc5 23. Rxc5 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Ra1 Bb3 26. Be5 Rad8 27. Bc3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxd1
29. f3 Re6 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kg3 Re6 35.
h5 Re7 36. Kf4 Bb3 37. Ra8 Rd7 38. Ra5 Re7 39. g4 g6 40. Ra8 gxh5 41. gxh5 {
1-0 Alekhine,A-Vuletich,F/Santiago de Chile 1927/EXT 99}) 12. Qe2 $6 {
Too wimpy. White needs to play more incisively.White needs to seriously
upgrade his understanding of this type of position.[Yip]} (12. Bg3 $5 {
Obviously, white has to look harder at plans which do not involve trading Bs.
[Yip]} 12... Bb7 13. Ne5 $1 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 $1 14... Nd7 15. Bb1 15... Bh4
16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. f4 Nf8 18. Rf3 Rad8 19. Qa4 Ra8 20. Rd1 Red8 21. Qc2 Qe7 22.
Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 g6 24. Rf2 Rd7 25. Qe2 d4 (25... Qe6 $14) 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
cxd4 28. Be4 Rd8 29. Bxb7 d3 30. Qf3 d2 31. Bd5 Qc5 32. Ne4 Qd4 33. Nf6+ Kg7
34. Qd1 $18 34... Rxd5 35. Nxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd2 Qxa2 37. f5 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Ng6 39.
Qd6 Nf8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. h3 Nh7 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4 Qe6 44. Rf4 Nf8 45. Rf6
Qe7 46. Qd6 Qb7 47. Rxh6 Ng6 48. Rxg6+ fxg6 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. e6 Qg7 51. Qh4+ {
1-0 Arsovic,G-Rosic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1996/EXT 2000}) 12... Bb7 $14 13. Rfd1 Ne4
14. Bxe7 $6 (14. Bg3 $5 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf6 (15... c5 $6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd5 $14) 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 17... Bd6 $11)
14... Nxc3 $6 15. Rxc3 $5 (15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxc3 Qxe7 17. Bd3 17... Kg8 $14) (
15. bxc3 Qxe7 16. Qc2 (16. c4 $14 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 17... c5 $1 18. Ba6 Bxa6
19. Qxa6 cxd4 20. Nxd4 20... Nc5 21. Qe2 21... Qf6 $11 (21... Rad8 $2 22. Nc6
$18) (21... Rac8 $2 22. Nf5 $18)) 16... c5 17. c4 $2 17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3
19. gxf3 $15) 15... Qxe7 16. Ba6 {Perhaps dissipates the tension too soon.[Yip]
} (16. a3 $14) 16... Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rdc1 $11 18... Rac8 19. b4 $5 19...
Ne4 20. R3c2 20... f6 $5 {
Denying white e5 and possibly preparing some kingside counterplay.[Yip]} 21.
Qd3 $6 {Too lame.[Yip]} (21. Nd2 $5 {
White should be trading minors to focus on xc6.[Yip]} 21... Nxd2 (21... Nd6 22.
Qh5 $16) 22. Qxd2 $16) 21... Qd7 {
Black continues passively so I thought I would be OK.[Yip]} (21... g5 $5 {
Black needs to be more creative.[Yip]}) 22. a4 Qd6 23. Qb3 {
Keeps more tension.[Yip]} (23. b5 $5 23... c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nd4) 23... Kh8
24. h3 $6 {
Quickly played and lame. White is not really calculating at all.[Yip]} (24. a5)
(24. Nh4 $5 24... Red8 (24... Rc7 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nf4 Rd8 27. f3 Ng5 28. b5 c5
29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Rd2 $16) 25. f3 Ng5 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Qb1 Kg8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6
29. Rxc6 $18) 24... Red8 $6 25. a5 Qd7 26. Ne1 26... Nd6 $5 27. Nd3 Nc4 28.
axb6 $5 {Should be nothing more than =.[Yip]} (28. Qc3 {
White needs to show more patience.[Yip]} 28... Qd6 (28... b5 $6 29. Nc5 29...
Qf7 $14) 29. Ra2 Re8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rca1 $14) 28... axb6 29. Ra1 Ra8 30.
Rca2 Qe8 31. Ra7 $5 31... Na5 $6 {
I missed this completely, but its just not good.[Yip]} (31... Rxa7 $142 {
kills white's idea immediately.[Yip]} 32. Rxa7 Ra8 33. Ra2 (33. Qa2 $6 33...
Rxa7 34. Qxa7 34... Nxe3 $1 $17) (33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qb1 34... Qa4 $11) 33...
Rxa2 34. Qxa2 $11) 32. bxa5 Rxa7 33. Qxb6 Rda8 34. a6 Qc8 35. Nc5 Qc7 36. Qb1
Qc8 37. Qd3 $14 37... Kg8 38. Ra3 $5 {Just waiting.[Yip]} (38. Qg6 Rb8 39. h4
39... Rb2 $132 40. h5 Qb8) 38... Kh8 39. Kh2 Qc7+ 40. g3 Qc8 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. h4
Kh8 43. Rb3 $5 {I could not come up with anything better.I saw until 48.Qg6
and thought the game would be over soon because of the passive Rg8.[Yip]} 43...
Rxa6 44. Nxa6 Rxa6 (44... Qxa6 $2 45. Rb8+ Rxb8 46. Qxa6 $18) 45. Qb1 $14 45...
Ra8 46. Rb7 c5 47. dxc5 Qxc5 48. Qg6 $2 {
Played much too quickly.White is basically brain dead.[Yip]} (48. Rxg7 $1 $18 {
wins immediately.[Yip]}) 48... Rg8 49. Qf7 $6 $11 (49. Qf5 $142 $14 49... Rd8
50. Qg4 $14) 49... d4 50. Rc7 $2 (50. exd4 50... Qxd4 $11) 50... Qb6 51. e4 $14
(51. exd4 51... Qxd4 $11) 51... d3 52. Rd7 Qb4 53. Kf3 $2 {
Complete loss of brain power.[Yip]} (53. Qd5 $142 53... d2 54. f3 $1 $16 {
I missed this.[Yip]}) 53... d2 54. Qd5 54... Re8 $11 55. Kg2 Qxe4+ 56. Qxe4
Rxe4 57. Rxd2 $11 57... Kh7 58. Rd5 Kg6 59. Kf3 Re5 60. Rxe5 60... fxe5 $11 61.
Ke4 Kf6 62. g4 62... Ke6 $11 63. h5 Kf6 64. Kd5 $4 $19 (64. f3 $11) 64... Kg5
65. Kxe5 Kxg4 66. f4 Kxh5 67. Kf5 g5 68. Ke4 $8 68... g4 69. f5 Kg5 70. Ke5 g3
71. f6 g2 72. f7 g1=Q 73. f8=Q $11 73... Qe1+ (73... Qe3+ 74. Kd5 74... h5 $11
75. Qg7+ Kh4 (75... Kf4 76. Qh6+ $11)) 74. Kd5 {
Correctly heading to a8-the opposite corner the h1.[Yip]} 74... Qd2+ 75. Kc6
Qc3+ 76. Kb7 Qb2+ 77. Ka8 Qa2+ 78. Kb8 Qb3+ 79. Ka8 Qa4+ 80. Kb7 {
Correctly avoiding b8 because of the queen trade.[Yip]} 80... Qb5+ 81. Ka8 Qa4+
82. Kb8 $4 {(1.20 left) Rather criminal non-use of time.Here white had just
stopped thinking in a drawn position.[Yip]} (82. Kb7 Qe4+ 83. Ka7 $11) 82...
Qf4+ {(3 mins left)} 0-1

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2005.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daswani, Ben"]
[Black "Yip, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Yip"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.05.27"]

1. g3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 (2... e5 {is the most classical response.[Yip]} 3. Bg2 Nf6 (
3... g6 4. Nc3 $5 {This is characteristic of the Daswami system.[Yip]} (4. Nf3
Bg7 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 7... c5 $5 {[+]} (7... Nbc6 8. c3 a5 9. Qc2 h6
10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. a3 b6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16.
Rxa1 Rd8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nf5 19. Qd1 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Bxb2 22.
Ra7 Qc6 23. b5 23... Qxe4+ {0-1 Vidarte Morales,A-Korneev,O/Spain 1997/EXT 2002
}) (7... h6 8. c3 Nbc6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 g5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Nc4 Nxc3 15. Ncxe5 Nb5 16. Bb2 Nb4 17. Qd2 g4 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re1 Be6 22. Ne5 c6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. h3 Bf5
26. g4 Bg6 27. f4 f6 28. f5 Bf7 29. h4 Nd4 30. g5 Nd5 31. Qf2 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 hxg5
33. hxg5 33... Rh8+ {0-1 Gufeld,E-Hodgson,J/Calcutta 1993/EXT 98}) 8. c3 Nbc6
9. exd5 9... Nxd5 $132 10. Re1 Be6 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 12... f6 {
Black now has a thematic bind.} 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nfd2 f5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Qc2 Bf7
17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Re2 Re7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. h4 Nc7 21. b3 Nd5 22. Bh3 a6 23. Bg2
b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Nf1 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. N3h2 b4 29. Be3 bxc3
30. Qxc3 Nd4 31. Rd2 Bd5 32. Qxc5 32... Nxb3 {
0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Kortschnoj,V/Montreux 1977/EXT 2001}) 4... c6 $5 5. e4 dxe4
6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 {Is very similar to the game.[Yip]} 7... Na6 $1 {
Black delays commiting to ..Bg7.[Yip]} 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Ne2 Nc5 11.
Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nf1 12... Be7 $1 {No Bg7 after all.[Yip]} 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nb6
15. Nd2 Nca4 16. Nd1 Rd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Bf1 Rhd8 19. Nf2 19... f6 $1 20. a4 a5
21. Nd3 Nxd3+ 22. Bxd3 Kc7 23. Ke2 Bb4 24. Rad1 Bc3 25. Nb1 Bd4 26. Bd2 Ra8 27.
Na3 Bc5 28. Bc1 Rad8 29. Bb2 Bh3 30. Nb1 h5 31. Bc3 Ra8 32. Bd2 g5 33. Be3 Bb4
34. Nd2 Rad8 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 g4 37. Rxd7+ Rxd7 38. Bd3 Bg2 39. Rg1 Bxf3+
40. Kf2 Rh7 41. h4 Rd7 42. Rb1 b6 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Rb1 Bc3 45. Rc1 Rb8 46. Rf1
Kd6 47. Bc1 Bb4 48. Ke3 Ke7 49. Kf2 b5 50. Be3 Kd6 51. Ba7 Rb7 52. Be3 Bc3 53.
Bc1 bxa4 54. bxa4 Bd4+ 55. Ke1 f5 56. exf5 Bg2 57. Rf2 Bxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Bd5 59.
c4 Rb3 60. Ke2 Bf3+ 61. Kd2 e4 62. Bf1 Ke5 63. Kc2 Rb4 64. Bd2 Rxa4 65. Kb3
65... Rb4+ {0-1 Emma,J-Miles,A/Buenos Aires 1979/MCL}) (3... c5 $5 4. e4 (4.
Nc3 Be6 (4... Ne7 5. f4 d4 6. Ne4 f5 7. Ng5 exf4 8. Bxf4 h6 9. N5f3 Nbc6 10. h4
Nd5 11. Nh3 Bd6 12. Qd2 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne3 14. c3 Qd6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. h5 Be6 17.
Nh4 Rae8 18. Bxc6 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qxc6 20. c4 b6 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Kg2 Bb7 23. Rhe1
Qd6 24. Kh3 Re3 25. Rf1 Rfe8 26. Nh4 Qf6 27. Rae1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxg3+ 29. Kxg3
Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qxh4+ 31. Nh3 31... Re3 {
0-1 Navinsek,T-Solak,D/Ljubljana 2003/EXT 2004}) 5. e4 d4 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. f4 f6
8. Bh3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Qd7 10. f5 g6 11. O-O gxf5 12. exf5 O-O-O 13. g4 h5 14. Ng3
hxg4 15. Qxg4 Qh7 16. Kg2 Nge7 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Rf3 Ncb4 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3
Nc2 21. Bd2 Bh6 22. Kh1 Bxd2 23. Rb1 Rdg8 24. Nd6+ Kb8 25. Qe4 Nb6 26. a4 Bxc3
27. a5 Bxa5 28. Rb2 Nd4 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 Bb4 32. Rf2 Qc6 33.
Qxc6 bxc6 34. Rf1 a5 35. Rd3 a4 36. Nf2 Rh4 37. Nd1 Kc7 38. Ne3 e4 39. Rdd1
39... Rh3 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Portisch,L/Madrid 1988/EXT 97}) (4. Nf3 Nc6 5.
O-O Be7 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxg5 f6
12. Be3 b6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. e4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd4 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18.
Nxc5 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nd2 20. Ne6 Qd7 21. Qb4 Qd5+ 22. f3 Nxf1 23. Nxf8 Ne3+ 24.
Kf2 24... Nc2 {0-1 Dobos,J-Gleizerov,E/Balatonbereny 1994/EXT 97}) 4... Nf6 5.
Nc3 $5 5... d4 {[+].This gives a key hint as to how I should have played.[Yip]}
6. Nce2 Nc6 7. f4 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. c3 (11. f5 {
Why not?[Yip]} 11... h6 12. g4 Nh7 13. h4 13... f6 $1 $11) 11... dxc3 12. bxc3
Bg4 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 15. fxe5 Be7 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Bg1 Qd7 18. Nf4 Nc3
19. Qd2 Ncd5 20. Ne1 Bg5 21. a3 Nc6 22. Ned3 b6 23. Qa2 Nc3 24. Qf2 Bxf4 25.
Nxf4 Ne7 26. h3 Be6 27. g4 Ncd5 28. Nh5 Rc3 29. Qd2 Rfc8 30. Rf3 Rc2 31. Qg5
Ng6 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Raf1 Qe7 34. Rf6 h6 35. Qh5 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qb7 37. Kg3
Rc3+ 38. R1f3 Ndf4 39. Rxc3 {
0-1 Rivas Pastor,M-Illescas Cordoba,M/Spain 1993/TD}) (3... c6 $5 {
Positionally logical.[Yip]} 4. Nf3 (4. e4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. O-O
dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxb2 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nb3 Qa3 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Qc3 Nd7
14. Kh1 Qb4 15. Qb2 Qa3 16. Qc3 Bb4 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Qc3 Qb4 19. Qb2 Bc4 20.
Rfd1 O-O-O 21. c3 Qb5 22. Ng1 Nf6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rb1 Bb6 25. Re1 Ng4 26.
Bh3 f5 27. Kg2 Kb8 28. f3 Ne3+ 29. Kh1 Nd1 30. Qc2 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 fxe4 32. fxe4
Bd3 33. c4 33... Qb4 {0-1 Everet,A-Sax,G/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078}) 4... Bd6
5. O-O (5. e4 Ne7 (5... Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Qc7 10. b3
a5 11. a3 dxe4 12. dxe4 b5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Qe2 a4 16. b4 Be6 17.
Nf5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. Red1 c5 22. c3 Bb3 23. Rd2
Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bf1 Qc6 26. Qe2 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. Qf3 Bxf1 29. Rxf1
c4 30. Qe2 Rd3 31. Kg2 g6 32. f3 Qd7 33. Rf2 Bh6 34. Qc2 Rd1 35. h4 Be3 36. Re2
Rg1+ 37. Kh2 37... Rh1+ {0-1 Petran,P-Yakovich,Y/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD})
6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5
Bc7 13. a4 Bg6 14. g4 Nc5 15. b3 Ne6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rd1 Nd4 18. c3 Nc2 19.
Bxe7 Qd3 20. Nb1 Nxe1 21. Rfxe1 Qc2 22. Bc5 Bb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. axb5 cxb5 25.
b4 Bxf5 26. exf5 e4 27. Rd4 Ra2 28. Nd2 Qxc3 29. Rexe4 Raa8 30. Nf1 Rxe4 31.
Rxe4 Rd8 32. Ne3 Kf8 33. Bf1 Rd4 34. Re5 Rf4 35. Rd5 Qe1 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Nd5+
Kxd8 38. Nxf4 Qxb4 39. Nd5 39... Qe1 {
0-1 Damljanovic,B-Komarov,D/Belgrade 1995/CBM 047 ext}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 $5 6...
d4 $5 7. Nb1 O-O 8. c3 c5 9. e3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13.
Qe2 Be7 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. gxh4 b5 18. f4 f6 19. Rf2 Rfd8
20. Qf3 b4 21. Be1 exf4 22. exf4 Rd3 23. Qh5 Qb6 24. e5 Bf7 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qf5
Nd4 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 a5 30. Rc1 Re3 31. exf6 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2
Rxe2 33. Ba6 33... Rxb2 {0-1 Motwani,P-Hodgson,J/Blackpool 1990/CBM 018}) 4.
Nf3 Bd6 (4... Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 (6. Bg5 Be6 (6... O-O 7. Nc3 Be6 8. e4 d4 9.
Ne2 Nd7 10. Bd2 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Qe1 Ra6 14. f4 f6 15.
fxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Nd5 Qc5 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Rae1 Rb6 21.
Qc1 Nxd5 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Re4 Ne7 24. Rh4 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxf5 27.
Rf4 Ne3 28. Rxd4 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxb2+ 30. Kf3 c6 31. Rxa4 Rd8 32. Rc3 Rxh2 33.
Rb4 Rd7 34. Rxc6 h5 35. Rc3 Kh7 36. Rcb3 {
0-1 Reyhan,D-Chatalbashev,B/Kocaeli 2002/CBM 089 ext}) 10... a5 11. c3 dxc3 12.
Bxc3 Bb4 13. d4 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 c6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18.
Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Kf8 22. f4 f6 23. h4 Ke7 24. Kf2
h6 25. h5 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. b3 Nd7 29. Ke3 b5 30. Be2 Kd6 31.
Kd4 c5+ 32. Ke3 b4 33. Na4 Kc6 34. Kd2 Nb6 35. Nxb6 Kxb6 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. bxc4
Kc6 38. a4 Kd7 39. Kd3 {0-1 Gufeld,E-Yermolinsky,A/London 1994/EXT 2000}) 7.
Nc3 Qd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O-O 10. Qc1 Kb8 11. Rb1 h6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bxf6
Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Rd8 16. Nd2 Be7 17. c3 Bf8 18. b4 Ne7 19. c4 c6 20.
Ne3 g6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Rxb5 Nc6 23. h4 h5 24. Nd5 Nd4 25. Rb1 Bc5 26. Kh2 Rd6
27. Nf1 Ra6 28. Qd2 Qd8 29. f4 Bd6 30. Nfe3 Bc8 31. c5 Bxc5 32. fxe5 Qa5 33.
Qf2 Nc6 34. Qxf7 Nxe5 35. Qg7 Bd6 36. Rc1 Rc6 37. Rxc6 bxc6 38. Qf6 Qc5 39. Nf4
Bc7 40. Nxg6 Nxg6 41. Qxg6 {
0-1 Movsziszian,K-Illescas Cordoba,M/Cala Galdana 1999/EXT 2000}) (6. c3 O-O (
6... a5 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 h6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Re1 Nb8 12. h3 Be6 13.
e4 c6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Na3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nd7 18. Nc4 Re8 19. Ra1
Qc7 20. Ne3 Re6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Be3 f5 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Qxf5 Rg6 25. Qh5 Rf8
26. d4 e4 27. c4 dxc4 28. Qxa5 Qe6 29. Kg2 Rf5 30. Qc7 Rh5 31. Rh1 Nb6 32. Rac1
Kh7 33. a5 Nd5 34. Qxc4 Rf5 35. Rhe1 Rgf6 36. Qc2 Rh5 37. Rh1 Rhf5 38. Rhe1 Rf3
39. Re2 Qf5 40. Qc8 Nxe3+ 41. fxe3 41... Rxg3+ {
0-1 Wirthensohn,H-Quinteros,M/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000}) 7. Nbd2 (7. b4 e4 8. dxe4
dxe4 9. Ng5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bf5 11. Na3 h6 12. Nh3 a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nc2 g5 15.
Nd4 Bg6 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Be1 Bc5 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Ng1 Ng4 20. h3 Nge5 21. a4 f5
22. f4 Nf7 23. Bf2 Nfd6 24. Ra2 e3 25. Be1 g4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. f5 Bxf5 28.
Bd5+ Kh7 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Raa1 Kg7 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Rd7+ Re7 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7
34. Rd1 Bc5 35. Kg2 b6 36. Rd7+ Rf7 37. Rd8 h5 38. Re8 Re7 39. Rd8 Bd6 40. Ra8
40... Re5 {0-1 Movsziszian,K-Campora,D/Andorra 1999/EXT 2000}) 7... a5 (7... e4
8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 exd3 10. exd3 c6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Re8 14.
Bd2 Nd7 15. b4 Bf6 16. Bc3 Nf8 17. Qb2 Ne6 18. a4 Qb6 19. a5 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Nc7
21. Bd2 Nb5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Be3 a6 24. Bd1 g6 25. Ba4 Nc7 26. Bf4 Qe7 27.
Kg2 Ne6 28. Be3 Qf8 29. Re1 Qg7 30. Bd1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33.
Re7 Rb8 34. Bg4 h5 35. Bh3 g5 36. f3 Kf8 37. Re5 f6 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rh8 40.
Rb1 Re8 41. Rb2 f5 42. f4 g4 43. Bg2 Kf6 44. h4 Re7 45. Bf1 Nb5 46. Rc2 d4 47.
Rc4 Re3 48. Be2 Ke6 49. Bf1 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Nc3 51. Rxd4 Nd1 52. Kg1 Rxg3+ 53. Kh2
Rf3 54. Bg2 Re3 55. Bh1 Re2+ 56. Kg1 56... Ne3 {
0-1 Bosman,M-Van der Sterren,P/Haarlem 1992/EXT 2002}) 8. Qc2 (8. a4 h6 9. e4
Be6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Be3 f5 15. Ned2 Qf6
16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nhf3 Qf7 18. Re2 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bd4 Bg4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22.
Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Re2 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Re1 Rf8 27. h3 Bh5 28. Nbd2
Kh7 29. Ne4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Bb4 31. Rc1 c6 32. h4 Rd8 33. b3 Bf7 34. Rb1 Bh5 35.
Kg1 Kg8 36. Kf1 Nf8 37. Ned2 Ne6 38. Nc4 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Be4 Bf7 41. f3
Be6 42. Kg2 Rd8 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ne5+ Kf6 45. Ng4+ Ke7 46. Ke2 Bc3 47. Bg6 Rd4
48. Kd1 Rb4 49. Kc2 Bd4 50. Nh2 b5 51. axb5 cxb5 52. Nf1 Be3 53. Kc3 Kd6 54.
Nxe3 fxe3 55. d4 55... Rxb3+ {0-1 Martinovic,S-Beliavsky,A/Baku 1980/EXT 2000})
8... a4 9. e4 d4 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Bh3 f6 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Be6+ Kh8
15. Bd5 bxc4 16. Bxc6 cxd3 17. Qd1 Ra6 18. Bxa4 Nc5 19. Bb5 Rb6 20. a4 Bb7 21.
Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Ba6 23. Qxd4 Rd6 24. Qe3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 f5 27.
exf5 Qd5 28. h4 Rb8 29. b4 29... Rxb4 {
0-1 Novgorodskij,V-Filippov,V/Omsk/Perm 1998/EXT 2000}) (6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4
Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. c3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. b4 f6 14.
Nd2 Bg8 15. Ngf3 Nb6 16. a4 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. Bf1 N8d7 19. c4 Bb4 20. Ba3 Bxa3
21. Rxa3 Nc5 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Nd7 25. Rb2 Nc5 26. Nd2 Rd4 27.
Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxe4 29. b6 c6 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rd1+ Rd4 33.
Rxd4+ exd4 34. f4 c5 35. Bd3 h6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Be4 Bxc4 38. Bxb7 d3 39. Kf2 d2
40. Bf3 40... Bb3 {0-1 Khamdamov,S-Carlsen,M/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext}) 6...
O-O (6... dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Qd1 f5 12. Be3
Kh8 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. b4 Nd7 16. b5 Nxc5 17. bxc6 b6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19.
Qxa4 a5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Nc4 exd3 22. Nxb6 d2 23. Rc4 cxb6 24. c7 Qc8 25. Bxa8
Bxc4 26. Bb7 b5 27. Bxc8 bxa4 28. Bd7 Ba6 29. Rb1 g6 30. Bxa4 Rxc7 31. Rb6
31... Bxe2 {0-1 Flores,D-Felgaer,R/Asuncion 2003/CBM 096 ext}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qc1 Bf8 11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Rd2 c6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 a5
15. Nc5 g6 16. Rc2 Bg7 17. Qg5 Bf6 18. Qd2 Ra7 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Qf4 f5 21. Nc5
h6 22. Qd2 g5 23. h4 g4 24. Nh2 Nd5 25. Nf1 b6 26. Na4 Nb4 27. Rcc1 Rae7 28.
Re1 c5 29. a3 Na6 30. Rac1 Qd6 31. Qc2 Be6 32. b3 h5 33. e4 Bf7 34. Nb2 Bh6 35.
Rb1 f4 36. Nc4 Qc7 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. e5 Bxe5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 Qxe5 41.
Qd2 Nc7 42. Ng3 Nb5 43. Qh6 Re6 44. Qd2 Nc3 45. Rf1 Bg6 46. a4 Kg7 47. Ne4 Bxe4
48. dxe4 Rf6 49. Qd3 Qf4 50. Qa6 Qc7 51. Qd3 Rf7 52. Re1 Qf4 53. Qc2 g3 54.
fxg3 Qxg3 55. Qd2 Rf4 56. Rf1 Rxh4 57. Rf3 Qh2+ 58. Kf1 58... Nxe4 {
0-1 Simov,S-Damljanovic,B/Struga 2002/CBM 089 ext}) (4... Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3
c6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4 d4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 h6 13. e3 c5
14. exd4 exd4 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 b6 18. b5 Nf8 19. Nf1 Bf5 20.
Bc1 Bd6 21. Ra6 N6d7 22. Ra3 Ng6 23. Qa2 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bxd3 26.
Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rb3 27... Bxc4 {
0-1 Hickl,J-Bischoff,K/playchess.com 2003/CBM 092 ext}) 5. Nc3 $5 (5. O-O O-O
6. Nc3 $5 6... c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Qe2 (10. Be3 Qe7 11.
Nd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Nb3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Bf1 Nb4 17. Qc3
c5 18. Bb5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Kg2 Qd1 22. Qxe5 h6 23. Bd3
Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qxd3 25. h4 a5 26. Qf4 a4 27. Nc1 Qc2 28. b3 a3 29. Qe3 b5 30.
Qf4 b4 31. Qe3 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. g4 Bxa2 34. Nxa2 Qxa2 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5
Qe6 37. Qa7 Qxe4+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+ 39. f3 Qd6+ 40. Kg4 Qe6+ 41. Kg3 a2 42. f4 Qe1+
43. Kg4 {0-1 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kindermann,S/Frankfurt 1999/EXT 2000}) (10. a4
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rfb1 Ne6 16. b4 axb4 17.
cxb4 Qf6 18. Nd2 Bb8 19. b5 cxb5 20. Rxb5 Ba7 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Nb3 Bg6 23. a5
h5 24. h4 Nd8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Bh3 Nc6 27. Rd7 Qa3 28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Nxa5
30. Nd2 Nc6 31. Qc4 Rf8 32. Kg2 Ra4 33. Qe2 Nd4 34. Qxe5 Nxb5 35. Qxb5 Rb4 36.
Qd5 Qa6 37. Nf3 Rb5 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. f6 {
0-1 Ardaman,M-Akopian,V/Philadelphia 1999/EXT 2000}) 10... Nc5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12.
Nh4 g6 13. Qd2 Bc7 14. Qh6 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Ba3 b6 17. Bb2 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1
Rd8 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. f4 Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. fxe5 Rd2 23. Rc1 Bg4 24. Nf3 Bxf3
25. Bxf3 Ke8 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Rf1 Nd7 28. Rd1 Bxe5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxe5 Rd2
31. Bb8 Kd8 32. e5 Rxc2 33. Bd6 Kd7 34. a4 Rb2 35. b4 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Bg4+
f5 38. Bf3 Ra2 39. g4 Rxa4 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Bh5 Ke6 42. Be2 Rh4 43. Ba6 a4 44.
Bc8+ Kd5 45. Bxf5 c5 46. Bc2 a3 47. Bb3+ Kc6 48. Be7 Rb4 49. Bf7 Rb1+ 50. Kf2
a2 51. Bxa2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Rxa2 53. h4 Kd5 54. Bf6 h5 55. Kf4 Rg2 56. Kf5 c4 57.
Bg5 c3 58. e6 Rf2+ 59. Kg6 Kxe6 60. Kxh5 60... Rf5 {
0-1 Kontic,D-Drasko,M/Becici 1993/EXT 2000}) 5... c6 6. e4 dxe4 (6... h6 7. O-O
O-O 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qe1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Na6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. f3 Be6 13. g4 Qc7 14.
Kh1 Bc5 15. Nd1 Qb6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne3 Rd7 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Bf1
Nc7 21. Rg2 Nh7 22. Bd3 Ng5 23. Rg3 a5 24. Nhf5 Nh7 25. Qf2 Qa3 26. Rgg1 a4 27.
Qg3 Qc5 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rab1 axb3 30. axb3 Na6 31. Bxa6 bxa6 32. Rg2 Ng6 33. Rf2
Nf4 34. Rbf1 Qb5 35. h5 f6 36. Qh2 Bf7 37. Qh4 Qc5 38. Ng2 Ne6 39. Nge3 Kh7 40.
Qh2 Qc3 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Be6 43. Ng2 Rd2 44. Nxf4 exf4+ 45. Kh3 Qxc2 46.
Rxd2 Rxd2 47. Qxf4 Rd3 48. Kg3 Qe2 49. Rf2 Qe1 50. b4 {
0-1 Jurkovic,A-Movsesian,S/Nova Gorica 2000/CBM 074 ext}) 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 (8... Na6 9. h3 (9. Qe2 h6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nh4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Nd5 cxd5
14. Bxb4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Qxe5 Rfc8 19. Nf5 Qg5 20.
Bxc5 Bxf5 21. f4 Qh5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Qe2 Bg4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Qf2 Bh3 27. Bxb7 27... Rd1+ {0-1 Hickl,J-Boensch,U/Potsdam 1988/CBM 009}) (9.
a3 Nc5 10. Nh4 g6 11. b4 Ne6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. f4 c5 16.
f5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rae1 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Bh3 Be7 22. Rf2
b4 23. a4 Qa6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bh6 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Qc4 27. Bf1 Qc3 28. Qxc3 bxc3
29. Bb5 Ng4 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Nf3 Nxh6 32. Nxe5 Bg5 33. Nc4 Ng4 34. Rfe2 Ba6
35. Nd6 Bxe2 36. Nxe8 36... d3 {
0-1 Tischbierek,R-Baramidze,D/Rostock 2002/CBM 091}) 9... Nc7 10. Nh4 Ne6 11.
Nf5 Bc7 12. Be3 g6 13. Nh4 Bb6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4
Bxd4 18. Na4 a5 19. c3 Ba7 20. b3 b5 21. Nb2 Be6 22. Rd6 Rec8 23. Rfd1 a4 24.
bxa4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Ne8 26. R6d2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxa4 28. Bf1 Rca8 29. Be2 f6 30.
Rb1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Ke3 Ra7 33. Rb6 Rc7 34. g4 Kf7 35. Rb8 Ke7 36. h4
Rc8 37. Rb6 Nd6 38. g5 f5 39. Bg7 Nxe4 40. Bxe5 Bd7 41. Ra6 Nd6 42. c4 Rb8 43.
Kd4 Rb3 44. c5 Nb5+ 45. Bxb5 Rxb5 46. Bd6+ Ke6 47. Kc4 Rb2 48. Ra1 Re2 49. Rd1
Kf7 50. Kc3 Ra2 51. Re1 Be6 52. Rb1 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 Bb3 54. Re1 Ra7 55. Rb1 Ra3
56. Re1 Ra7 57. Kc3 Bd5 58. Rb1 Ke6 59. Rb8 Ra3+ 60. Kb2 Ra2+ 61. Kb1 Rf2 62.
Rb4 Be4+ 63. Kc1 Kd5 64. Kd1 Rg2 65. Rb7 Kd4 66. Kc1 Ke3 67. Rf7 Rc2+ 68. Kb1
Rh2+ 69. Ka1 Ra2+ 70. Kxa2 Bd5+ 71. Kb2 Bxf7 72. Kc2 f4 73. Kd1 73... f3 {
0-1 Rohde,M-Browne,W/USA 1989/CBM 019}) 9. Qe2 Bf8 10. h3 Qc7 11. b3 b5 12. Rd1
Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. a3 a5 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19.
a4 b4 20. Na2 Ba6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Qc8 23. Kg2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Ncxe4 25. Qe2
Ng5 26. Rh1 c5 27. f3 Qa8 28. Rhf1 Qc8 29. Rh1 Qa8 30. Rhf1 h5 31. h4 Ne6 32.
Rae1 Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Kh2 Bd6 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Re2 Rc5 37. Qd2 e4 38. fxe4
Nxe4 39. Qxd4 Nxg3 40. Qxd6 Nxf1+ 41. Kg1 41... Rc6 {
0-1 Spraggett,K-Lobron,E/Paris 1990/EXT 97}) (2... c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5.
dxc4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 e5 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2 Bxf2 9. Bxe5 f6 10. Bc3 Na6 11. Nd2 Ne7
12. Bf3 h5 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Kc2 Ng6 15. a3 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Rf1 Be3 18. Re1
Bxg1 19. Rhxg1 Nxc3 20. Kxc3 Ne5 21. Re3 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 22... Nxf3+ {
0-1 Jansen,C-Deviatkin,A/Pardubice 2003/CBM 095 ext}) (2... e5 3. Bg2) 3. Bg2
3... g6 $5 {Is logical.[Yip]} (3... c5 $5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4
d4 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Ne1 9... b5 $132 10. c4 (10. e5 10... Nd5 $11) 10... dxc3 11.
bxc3 Ba6 12. Rb1 e6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. f4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Kh1 b4
18. Bb2 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd4 20. e5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Nb6 22. Be4 Nd5 23. Qd2 c4 24.
d4 Bb7 25. Kg1 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 Nxe4 27. Qb2 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qc2 Qc6 30. Rf3
f5 31. g4 c3 32. Nd3 Qc4 33. Kh1 {
0-1 Arquint,A-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/Martigny 1988/EXT 97}) (3... e5 4. Nc3 4...
c6 $1 $11) 4. Nc3 $5 {Unusual.[Yip]} (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3
e5 8. e4 8... a5 {Now we have a completely normal position.[Yip]} 9. a4 dxe4
10. dxe4 b6 11. Re1 11... Ba6 $5 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Kg2
15... Rad8 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. Nfd2 Nh7 18. Ne3 18... Ng5 $5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nb3
Ne7 21. Qc4 Nc8 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qd3 23... f5 $36 24. Nc4 Qf7 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26.
Qc2 26... Red8 27. Re2 27... f4 $40 28. gxf4 Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rh1 30...
c5 31. Qc1 Qf7 32. Na1 32... Rd3 $19 33. Rf2 h5 34. Nc2 Kh7 35. Qf1 Bh6 36. Nd4
c4 37. Nc6 Re8 38. b4 Qf6 39. b5 39... g5 $17 40. Qe2 gxh4 41. Rd1 Rg8+ 42. Kh1
Qe6 43. Rxd3 cxd3 44. Qxd3 44... Be3 $1 $19 {
0-1 Martens,M-Piket,J/Eindhoven 1993/EXT 97}) 4... Bg7 5. e4 $6 {
A lame winning try.[Yip]} (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Nd7 9. e4
dxe4 10. dxe4 10... h5 $5 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd1 14...
Bg4 $17 15. f3 Be6 16. c3 16... h4 $40 17. f4 Bc7 18. b4 Qa3 19. f5 Bb6+ 20.
Kf1 Bd7 21. g4 h3 22. Bf3 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. Rxb4 Bc5 25. Rb2 Qa5 26. e5 gxf5
27. Rxb7 fxg4 28. e6 gxf3 29. exd7+ Kd8 30. Qc4 Rg8 31. Ne3 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 32...
Qg5 {0-1 Tischbierek,R-Kempinski,R/Germany 1999/GER-chT}) 5... dxe4 6. dxe4
Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 $11 7... Nc6 (7... e5 8. Nc3 8... c6 $11) 8. Ne2 $2 {
Does not meet the needs of the position.[Yip]} (8. Ne3 $142 8... e5 9. c3 Be6
10. Ne2 $5 10... O-O-O 11. O-O Nd7 (11... Ne8 12. f4 Nd6 13. f5 Bd7 14. g4
14... h6 $13) 12. f4 12... exf4 $5 (12... f6 {is too passive.[Yip]} 13. f5
13... Bf7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Ng3 15... a5 $11) 13. gxf4 Nb6 (13... f5 $6 {
is too ambitious.[Yip]} 14. e5 Ndb8 (14... Ne7 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. b3 c5 17. Nb5
Kb8 18. Nd6 $14) 15. b4 Ne7 16. Nd4 16... Bg8 $14) 14. b3 (14. f5 {
is double edged.[Yip]} 14... Bd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. f6 Bf8 17. Nd4 (17. Be3 $6
17... Nbc4 $15) (17. b3 $2 17... Nxd5 (17... c6 $2 18. Ne7+ Bxe7 19. fxe7 Rde8
20. Bg5 $14) 18. exd5 Bc5+ 19. Nd4 Rhe8 20. a4 Ng4 21. Ba3 b6 22. a5 Re3 23.
axb6 Bxb6 24. Bb4 Rde8 (24... a5 $2 25. Bxa5 Bxa5 26. Rxa5 $16 26... Rxc3 $2
27. Ra8+ $18) 25. h3 Ne5 26. Kh2 26... h5 $11 (26... Nd3 27. Be7 $16) 27. Rfe1
$2 27... Ng4+ $1)) 14... Rhe8 $11 15. f5 {is double edged.[Yip]} 15... Bd7 16.
a4 (16. Bb2 Ne5 17. c4 17... Bh6 $5) (16. f6 16... Bh6 $15) 16... a5 17. Ra2 (
17. Bb2 $6 17... gxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 19... Rd2 $17) (17. Kf2 $6 17...
Ne5) 17... Ne5 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Rxd8+ 19... Rxd8 $11) 8... e5 $6 {Superficial
and ordinary. Black plays without calculating out the ending at all and makes
only a superficial move.[Yip]} (8... Nb4 $142 $1 {
This move needs deep calculation.[Yip]} 9. Nd4 $8 {
This sharp move had escaped my attention.[Yip]} (9. Ne3 $2 9... Ng4 $17 {
I got to here and mistakenly assessed the position as equal.[Yip]}) 9... c5 $5
{In a deeper analysis, black has a very promising position.[Yip]} (9... Nxe4
10. Bxe4 10... f5 $5 {Black must press xc2 by hitting defenders.[Yip]} 11. Nxf5
gxf5 12. Bd2 fxe4 (12... c5 13. a3 fxe4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Bg4 16. c3 Bf3
17. O-O Rd8 18. Ne3 18... a6 19. Rfe1 Kf7 (19... Rd2 $6 {Premature.[Yip]} 20.
Nc4 Rc2 21. Rec1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 $15) 20. Ra5 Rd3 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Nd4 22... Rd8
$17 {Again black can be very happy.[Yip]}) 13. Bxb4 Bg4 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Ne3 Bf3 17. O-O 17... Rad8 $15) 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 e5 12. f4 Ke7 13.
Nf2 Be6 14. Nd3 Rhc8 15. Kd1 Nd7 16. Rf1 f6 (16... a6 17. f5 Bc4 18. g4 Rc6 19.
g5 $132) 17. Bd2 Bg4+ 18. Bf3 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 19... f5 $5 20. Nf2 20... Nf6 $17
21. exf5 e4 22. Rfa3 gxf5 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 24... Rc7 {
Black can be very happy.[Yip]}) 9. O-O (9. c3 9... Be6 $15 {
The problem with white's position is the awkward placement of Nd1.[Yip]}) (9.
Ndc3 $2 9... Nb4 $17) (9. a3 9... Be6 10. Ndc3 O-O-O 11. h3 Rd7 12. Be3 12...
Rhd8 $15 13. O-O 13... Nd4 {And black can be quite happy.[Yip]}) 9... O-O $11 (
9... Be6) 10. Ne3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 13... Bf5 $15 {
I saw until here and thought that I must have something with the extra move in
a symmetrical position.[Yip]} 14. Bf4 Bxc2 15. Bxc7 d3 16. d6 Bxb2 17. Bxb7 $2
17... Bxa1 $2 $11 {
I looked for a while and could not find anything better.[Yip]} (17... Rab8 $142
$1 {White cannot maintain the symmetry.[Yip]} 18. Be4 {Relatively best.[Yip]} (
18. Rab1 $2 {Copying just loses a piece.[Yip]} 18... Rxb7 $19) (18. Bxb8 $2 {
Losing immediately.[Yip]} 18... Rxb8 (18... Bxa1 $2 19. Bxa7 (19. Rxa1 $2 19...
Rxb8 20. Bc6 20... d2 $19) 19... Be5 20. d7 Ba4 21. Bb6 $1 (21. Bc8 $2 21... d2
$17) 21... Bxd7 22. Be4 (22. Rd1 $2 22... Rb8 $19) 22... Rb8 23. Be3 Bf5 24.
Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. a4 Bc3 27. Kg2 $14) 19. Bc6 (19. Bf3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1
Rd8 21. Kf1 21... Rxd6 $17) 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8 21. d7 21... d2 {The key is
the white has the wrong bishop to support his pawn and does not control the
queening square.[Yip]} 22. Bf3 Rxd7 23. Bd1 Rc7 24. Kf1 Bd3+ 25. Kg2 25... Rc1
$19) (18. Bc6 Bxa1 19. Bxb8 (19. Rxa1 d2 20. Bxb8 20... Rxb8 $19) 19... Rxb8
20. Rxa1 {
Chain capture continuations always leave white with the wrong bishop.[Yip]}
20... d2 $19) (18. Bf3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb4 20. Kf1 20... Rd4 $1 $19) 18... Bxa1
19. Rxa1 Rbe8 20. f3 f5 21. Bd5+ Kg7 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Bb3 Rxd7 25.
Kf2 Kf6 26. Bxc2 26... dxc2 $17 {Rather sad that I did not see this.However it
is a 10-move calculation and the first move is quite tricky to see.[Yip]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring op"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2005.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ingram, Richard"]
[Black "Yip, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Yip"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.05.27"]

{Throughout this game, both players make massive calculation errors and
constantly missed moves that would have changed the result of the game.[Yip]} 
1. e4 1... c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 3... d6 {A bit casual.[Yip]} (3... e5 4. Bc4
Be7 5. d3 d6 (5... Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 d6 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 Be6
11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Qd2 $14 {[NCO]}) 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5
14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 Rae8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rae1 18... Bg5 $11) 4.
Bb5 $6 {Makes less sense.[Rogozenko]} 4... e5 $5 {
Cutting out any d4 ideas right away.[Yip]} (4... Bd7 $5 {
is the main alternative.[Yip]} 5. Bxc6 {Consistent but harmless.[Yip]} (5. O-O
Nf6 6. d4 (6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qc7 9. Qe2 e6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nxc6
Qxc6 12. Qb5 Rc8 13. d3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd2 Qc7
18. a5 Rfd8 19. Ra4 Rd5 20. Rc4 Rcd8 21. b4 Bd6 22. bxc5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rh5 24.
g3 Bxg3+ 25. Kg2 Rh2+ 26. Kf3 Bh4 27. Ke2 Qe5+ 28. Re4 Qg3 29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30.
Nf3 Qh5 31. Rg1 Rh3 32. Qxb7 Qxc5 33. Qb2 g6 34. Rg5 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Ne5
Rh4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. c4 Qxa5 39. Nd7 Qh5+ 40. Kd2 Qg5+ 41. Kc2 Qe7 42. Qxa7 e5
43. c5 e4 44. Qa1+ f6 45. Qd4 e3 46. Qxh4 e2 47. Nxf6 47... e1=Q {
0-1 Chernyshov,K-Balogh,C/Budapest 2002/EXT 2003}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8. a4
Be7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Be2 {White shows Bb5 to be a waste of time.[Yip]} 10... a6 {
Now we have a normal position.[Yip]} 11. f4 O-O 12. Bf3 Rac8 13. Nb3 Nb4 14.
Be3 b6 15. Qd2 e5 16. a5 b5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. h3 Qb7 19. Rac1 Be6 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Bb6 h6 22. Red1 Bc4 23. Qf2 Qc6 24. Nd2 Be6 25. Nf1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Rd6 b4 30. Ncd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nxa5 32. Rxa6 e4 33.
Rxf6 gxf6 34. Be2 Nb7 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Ne3 Ke7 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Ne3
Nd6 40. Rxf6 Ke7 41. Rxh6 Ra8 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. Rh8 Rxb2 44. Rb8 Rbxc2 45. Nxc2
Rxc2 46. Kf2 Rb2 47. g4 f5 48. Ke3 f4+ 49. Kxf4 Rxe2 50. Rxb4 Rf2+ 51. Kg3 {
0-1 Stein,B-Lobron,E/Germany 1987/GER-chT}) 5... Bxc6 (5... bxc6 6. h3 (6. e5
Nh6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Re1 d5 9. d3 e6 10. b3 Be7 11. Na4 g5 12. c4 g4 13. Nd2 h5
14. Ba3 Qa5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nf1 Nd4 17. Bb2 Nf5 18. Qe2 Rg8 19. Ne3 Nh4 20. Kh1
d4 21. Nf1 Rg5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Ng6 24. Ne4 Rxe5 25. Ba3 Nf4 26. Naxc5 f5
27. g3 Nh3 28. Nxd7 Kxd7 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Rxe5 Bxa3 31. Rf1 Bb4 32. f4 gxf3
33. Rxf3 Ng5 34. Rf1 Kd6 35. Re2 Rh8 36. Kg2 h4 37. Rf4 hxg3 38. hxg3 c5 39.
Rh4 Nf7 40. Rxh8 Nxh8 41. Kf3 Ng6 42. Rh2 a5 43. Rh7 Ne5+ 44. Ke2 Ng4 45. Ra7
Ke5 46. a3 Bxa3 47. Rxa5 Bb4 48. Ra6 Kf6 49. Kf3 Be1 50. Ke2 Bxg3 51. Rc6 Nh2
52. Rxc5 52... f4 {
0-1 Movsesian,S-Becerra Rivero,J/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 6... e5 7. d3
Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Nh2 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Bxf5 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Ng5
Bd5 21. Ne4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qe6 24. Qd3 Rde8 25. Rbd1 h6 26. c3 Be5
27. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qxe5 29. Qc4+ Kh7 30. Kg1 Re6 31. Qd3 a5 32. Rd2 Kh8
33. Rd1 Kg8 34. Qf3 c4 35. bxc4 Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxd6 Rxc4 38. Rd3 Kf7
39. Kf2 Ra4 40. Rd6 Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 c5 42. Rc6 a4 43. Rxc5 Rc2 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45.
c4 a3 46. c5 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Rxg7 Kd5 49. Rg6 a2 50. Ra6 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Kxc5
52. g4 Kb4 53. Kf4 53... Kb5 {
0-1 Gonzalez,R-Becerra Rivero,J/Las Tunas 1996/EXT 97}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 (7.
Nxd4 Nf6 8. Qd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rfe8 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 14... Bd7 $11 15. c3 a5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nd4 Ra5 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19.
Bxe7 Rxd5 20. Bg5 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Bf6 Rf4 24. Bc3 Kf8 25.
Rd1 Ke7 26. Rd4 Rf5 27. Bb4 Rf6 28. Re4+ Kd8 29. f3 Bc6 30. Rd4 Kd7 31. Kf2 Re6
32. h4 f5 33. Rd1 Bb5 34. Re1 Rf6 35. Bd2 Bc4 36. a3 Rf8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Bb4
Rc6 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Rd3 h6 41. Bc3 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g3 Rc8 44. Rd2 Bc4 45.
Bb4 d5 46. Bc3 Re8 47. Bf6 Rg8 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Rg6 50. Be5 Rh6 51. Kg2 Kc6
52. Bc3 Kd6 53. Be5+ Kd7 54. Bc3 Re6 55. Kf3 Re1 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Kg2 Rc1 58.
Be5 Kc6 59. Bf6 Kb5 60. Kf2 Rf1+ 61. Ke3 Re1+ 62. Kf2 Re4 63. Rd4 Re2+ 64. Kg3
Kc5 65. Bg7 Re4 66. Rd2 d4 67. Bf8+ Kd5 68. Bg7 Re3+ 69. Kf2 Bd3 70. Bf6 Ke4
71. Be5 Rf3+ 72. Kg2 Bf1+ 73. Kg1 d3 74. Rh2 Be2 75. Bc3 Rf1+ 76. Kg2 Ke3 77.
Rh3+ Rf3 78. Rh8 Rxf4 79. Rd8 Rg4+ 80. Kh2 80... Bf3 {
0-1 Suran,J-Postny,E/Pardubice 2004/CBM 101 ext}) 7... e6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O
Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 Rfc8 13. Nd4 b5 14. f3 b4 15. Nce2 h6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bb7 18. f4 Qa6 19. g5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bd8 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. f5
e5 23. Nc2 d5 24. d4 dxe4 25. dxe5 Rc5 26. Nxb4 Rxe5 27. Rd7 Rb5 28. a3 Bf6 29.
Rg1+ Kf8 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rd6 Rxf5 33. Ng3 Rf2 34. Nd5 Bxh4 35.
Rxh6 Bxg3 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rxc8 Be5 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Kxc2 f5 40. b4 f4 41. b5
Kf7 42. Kd2 Ke6 43. Nb4 f3 44. Nc2 Bf4+ 45. Kd1 Kf5 46. Nd4+ Kg4 47. a4 e3 48.
a5 48... Be5 {0-1 Movsesian,S-Hracek,Z/Czechia 1996/EXT 98}) (4... a6 $5 5.
Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 6... e5 $1 {The permanent structural and minor piece
imbalances allow black to play for the win.[Yip]} 7. Nd2 7... Ne7 8. Nc4 Ng6 9.
Qe2 Be7 10. g3 Rb8 11. a4 Nf8 12. Nd1 12... Ne6 $17 13. c3 a5 14. Nde3 g6 15.
Ng2 15... f6 $1 16. h4 Ba6 17. f4 d5 18. exd5 18... cxd5 $17 19. fxe5 dxc4 20.
exf6 Qd5 21. fxe7 cxd3 22. Qf2 Kxe7 23. O-O Bb7 24. Qf7+ Kd6 25. Bf4+ Nxf4 26.
Qxf4+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ Ke6 29. Rf2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rhf8 31. Rd2 c4 32.
Re1+ Kd5 33. Re7 Rbe8 34. Rxe8 34... Rxe8 $19 35. Kf3 h6 36. Rh2 Re1 37. h5 g5
38. Rd2 g4+ 39. Kf2 Re5 40. Rd1 40... Re2+ {
0-1 Smerdon,D-Harikrishna,P/Goa 2002/CBM 091 ext. A model game by black.[Yip]})
5. d3 (5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 (6. Re1 Be7 7. Nd5 O-O 8. Nxe7+ Qxe7 9. h3 Bd7 10. a3
Nd8 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. d3 Ne6 13. Bb3 $11 13... Rfe8 14. Nh4 14... g6 $1 15. g3
15... Rad8 $11 {The loss of the B-pair is inconsequential.[Yip]} 16. Ng2 Nh5
17. Kh2 Nf6 18. f4 Kh8 19. Rf1 exf4 20. gxf4 Ng7 21. Be3 Nfh5 22. Bf2 d5 23. e5
Nf5 24. d4 c4 25. Ba2 25... Nhg7 $15 26. b3 Bb5 27. b4 Bd7 28. Qf3 Be6 29. Rg1
Rc8 30. Qe2 Rg8 31. Qe1 Qd7 32. Nh4 {
0-1 Movsesian,S-Babula,V/Pribram 1996/EXT 99}) 6... Be7 7. h3 (7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nc4 d5 13. Nb2 f5 14. f3 Rf7 15.
Nca4 Qf8 16. Be3 g5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. h4 Rh7 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qg7 23. Nd1 Rf8 24. f4 Qg6 25. Rf3 Qh5 26. Nf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 exf4
28. Nb2 Rg7 29. Nh3 Bg4 30. Bh6 Bxf3 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Re6 Bg4 33. Rxd6 Bxh3
34. Qf2 34... f3 {0-1 Westerinen,H-Hansen,L/Stavanger 1991/EXT 97}) 7... O-O 8.
Bc4 {This is the game position in a different move order.[Yip]} (8. Bg5 8...
Be6 $11) (8. a3 8... h6 $5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 10... Qd7 $5 11. Bd2 11... Rfb8
$5 12. Nd5 12... Bd8 $1 13. c3 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 16... b5
$132 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Reb1 a5 20. cxb5 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1
Qxb5 23. Qe4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Qxd5 25. Be3 Ba7 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27. Rxa5 Bxe3 28. fxe3
Kf8 29. Ra7 Rb3 30. Ne1 $19 30... e4 31. Rd7 Ne5 32. Rxd6 exd3 33. Rd5 f6 34.
Kf1 Ke7 35. Nf3 35... Nc4 {0-1 Duncan,C-McShane,L/Birmingham 2002/CBM 084 ext})
8... h6 $5 9. a3 {Preparing to save Bc4.[Yip]} 9... Re8 $1 {
Preparing to save Be7.[Yip]} 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. Nxf6+ 12... Qxf6 $11
13. Ng4 Qg6 14. Bxe6 14... fxe6 $5 15. c3 15... Rad8 $1 16. Qe2 Be7 17. b4
17... b6 $1 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Be3 20... h5 $132 21. Nh2 Rb6 22. Nf3
22... Reb8 $132 23. Qa4 Qe8 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. d4 $6 25... Nxd4 26. Qd1 Nxf3+ 27.
Qxf3 27... Rb3 $17 28. Qg3 Rxa3 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Be7 31. Rf3 Kh7 32. Bg5
Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qg6 34. Qh4 Rab3 35. Rg3 Qf7 36. Rf3 Qe8 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rxb1
Rxb1 39. e5 d5 40. Qf2 Qg6 41. Qxc5 Qe4 42. Qd6 Rb2 43. Rg3 Qf4 44. Qxe6 Rb6
45. Qe7 45... Rg6 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 078}) 5... Be7
{In the first 5 moves, black shows complete ignorance of theory and improvises
his way through.[Yip]} (5... g6 $5 {
I rejected this move in favor of a more simple plan.[Yip]} 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nd5 a6
8. Ba4 h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Qd2 Nxd5 11. exd5 b5 12. Bb3 12... Ne7 $11 13. c4 f5
14. Qe2 O-O 15. cxb5 Kh7 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Ne1 $15 17... Qd7 18. Bc4 Bb7 19.
Qf3 19... g5 $132 20. h3 Ng6 21. Nc2 e4 22. dxe4 $2 (22. Qh5 22... Ne5 $15)
22... Ne5 23. Qe2 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 24... Ba6 $19 25. Qb3 25... Rfb8 {
0-1 Farkas,G-Wells,P/Hungary 1999/EXT 2000}) 6. h3 $5 {
But this seems slow.[Yip]} (6. Nd2 6... Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10.
O-O Rb8 11. a3 Nd4 12. Bc4 12... b5 $132) 6... Nf6 7. O-O 7... a6 {There is no
rush for this natural looking advance in Lopez style. Black was unfamiliar
with the typical plans in this formation and plays an unnecessary move.[Yip]} (
7... h6 $5 {Black should be fighting more actively for d5 by stopping Bg5.[Yip]
} 8. Nd5 Be6) 8. Bc4 {White likely would have retreated anyways so there was
no need to spend a tempo yet.[Yip]} 8... b5 9. Bb3 9... O-O {
Superficially played.[Yip]} (9... h6 $142 {
A review of games shows this to be a key idea.[Yip]} 10. Nd5 Be6 11. c3 $11)
10. Bg5 $5 10... Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 $11 12... Nd4 {(1.20) Insufficiently
thought out. Black sees no danger after looking only 1-move ahead.} 13. Nxd4
cxd4 14. a4 {Here is suspected no danger.[Yip]} 14... Bg5 $2 $16 {
(1.18) Showing an inability to calculate far enough.[Yip]} (14... bxa4 $142 15.
Rxa4 Bg5 16. Bc4 16... a5 $11 {I rejected this line because creating an
isolated a-pawn seemed like a bad idea.[Yip]}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17.
Nc7 {I missed this.[Yip]} 17... Qc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 $1 {
I missed this.[Yip]} 19... Qd8 20. Qxe6+ {
Black has managed to miss a 5-move sequence of checks-attacks-captures.[Yip]}
20... Kh8 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Qd5 22... g6 $5 23. Ra8 23... Bd8 $5 24. f4 exf4 25.
e5 25... Qc5 $1 {Forces white to make a big decision.[Yip]} (25... Kg7 26. exd6
$16 {looks hopeless.[Yip]}) 26. exd6 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 27... Kg7 $1 {
Black is willing to part with another pawn to activate his king.[Yip]} 28. Ra7+
Kf6 29. Rxh7 $6 (29. Bc6 $5 29... Ke6 30. d7 b4 31. Kf2 $16) 29... Ke5 $1 30.
Bc6 Kxd6 31. Bxb5 Bf6 32. Ba6 $6 $14 {(1.00) White starts to go astry.[Yip]} (
32. Rb7 $142 $16 {This position is still quite disgusting to defend.[Yip]})
32... Ra8 $132 {For the price of another pawn, finally black can show some
activity of his own.[Yip]} 33. Rf7 Ke5 34. Bb7 34... Ra1+ $6 (34... Ra2 $142
$132 {I was fixated on the check and thought I was winning a pawn back.
However, this move had not occured to me.[Yip]}) 35. Kf2 35... Rc1 $2 {
Again I missed a simple way to hold.[Yip]} (35... Ra2 $142 $132) 36. Rc7 {
Overlooked.[Yip]} 36... Rb1 37. Be4 $5 37... g5 $1 {Killing the h4 break. Now
black can feel  comfortable after a long passive defence.[Yip]} 38. Kf3 38...
Rxb2 $14 {Some tough defense and poor decisions by my opponent have enabled me
to mimise the damage and now black should expect to hold.[Yip]} 39. Rc5+ Kd6
40. Rc6+ Ke5 41. Kg4 $5 {Correctly activating the king.[Yip]} 41... Rb8 $6 {
Black misses a critical 5-move sequence to hold easily.[Yip]} (41... Be7 $142
42. Bf5 Kd5 43. Rc7 Bf6 44. Be4+ Ke5 45. Rc5+ 45... Ke6 $14 {
and white can make no more progress.[Yip]}) 42. Bf5 $6 $14 ({
White misses this key idea.[Yip]} 42. Bd5 $1 $16 42... Re8 43. Bf7 Re7 44. Bb3
Re8 45. c3 $1 45... dxc3 46. d4+ $18) 42... Re8 43. Bg6 $2 (43. c4 $142 {
Both players miss this easy win.[Yip]} 43... dxc3 44. d4+ $1 $18) 43... Re7 $6
(43... Re6 $142 $11 {This easy 1-over falls outside of black's horizon.[Yip]})
44. Be4 Re8 45. c4 {
Too late to decide the game but now it is the only try left.[Yip]} 45... dxc3
46. Rxc3 Rd8 47. Rc5+ 47... Kd4 $132 {
Active and a bit risky. However,I had no wish for more passive defence.[Yip]} (
47... Ke6 $14 {is safer.[Yip]}) 48. Rf5 Rd6 (48... Be7 $14) 49. Ra5 $2 (49.
Rxf6 $142 $1 49... Rxf6 50. Kxg5 Rf8 51. h4 Ke3 52. h5 Rg8+ 53. Bg6 $18 {
Black is helpless.[Yip]}) 49... Ke3 {
Trying to be consistent. Black frees d4 to be guarded by the bishop.[Yip]} 50.
Rxg5 $5 {I considered this briefly but did not take it seriously.[Yip]} 50...
Bxg5 51. Kxg5 {Now white has good practical chances to play for a win while
taking no real risk.[Yip]} 51... Rd8 $1 $11 {
Black must play exactly to hold.[Yip]} 52. h4 52... Rg8+ {(1.19)} 53. Bg6 53...
Kd4 $2 $18 {After bailing on the ..Kf2 calculation, black deems it too
dangerous and retreats.[Yip]} (53... Kf2 $142 $1 {
Black needs to calculate far to find a path to equality.[Yip]} 54. h5 Kg3 55.
h6 Kxg2 56. h7 Rf8 57. Be4+ Kg3 58. Kg6 f3 59. Kg7 59... Rc8 $11 {Black needs
to see 7 moves to secure equality. This was unfortunately beyond his grasp in
the game.[Yip]}) 54. h5 Ke5 55. d4+ $5 {The pawn is sacrificed to slow black
down. This intermediate check was missed.[Yip]} 55... Kxd4 56. Kxf4 {
Now black is busted. [Yip]} 56... Kc5 {
I touched the king intending ..Kd5?? but noticed the problem.[Yip]} (56... Kd5
$4 57. Bf7+ $18) 57. Kg5 Kd6 58. Kf6 Rf8+ 59. Kg7 59... Rf2 {Too late.[Yip]}
60. g4 Rg2 61. Bf5 Ke5 62. h6 Ra2 63. Bg6 Kf4 64. h7 Ra8 65. Bf7 $2 $11 {
Zeit.[Yip]} (65. Bf5 $142 $18 65... Kg5 66. h8=Q $18 {
is the last chance to win the game.[Yip]}) 65... Kg5 $11 {
Hemming in the white king for a series of checks.[Yip]} (65... Kxg4 66. Bg8
Ra7+ 67. Bf7 (67. Kg6 67... Rxh7 $11 {
I missed this simple move in my calculations.[Yip]}) 67... Ra8 $11 {
Also draws.[Yip]}) 66. Bg8 Ra7+ 67. Bf7 {
(3) Too bad for white, he missed at least 4 wins in the ending.[Yip]} 67... Ra8
$11 {(1.10) Throughout the game, even with a massive time advantage,black is
unable to cope with the required calcuation needs of this complex ending.[Yip]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort 2005 Fundraiser"]
[Site "Burnaby"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Gaciu, Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gaciu"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O 7... Qc7
{This move is intended to stop 8.e5} 8. g4 8... h6 {Used as a battering ram
against g5 and opens a space for the knight to go to h7.} 9. Nge2 9... b5 {
I tried to launch the assault as soon as possible before white.
} 10. Ng3 a5
11. Kb1 11... a4 {Not b4 because i didn't want to waste moves defending it to
be able to push a4 and a hope to win a tempo this way to attack knight.} 12.
Nce2 Rb8 13. Nc1 13... c5 {To open up my bishop's diagonal along h8-a1. Also
to bring in more of my pawns into the attack at the king.} 14. h4 b4 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 16... Nh7 {I did not want to exchange the rooks, I wanted to
have pieces protecting my king, and I wanted to open up my bishop.  } 17. Rh4
17... Nhf8 {I was forced to move this or I would lose the knight after 18.Qh2}
18. Rxh8 Bxh8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. f4 c4 21. Qh2 Bg7 22. e5 22... b3 $1 (22... c3
23. b3 axb3 24. cxb3) 23. cxb3 axb3 24. axb3 cxb3 (24... Nxe5 $5 {
Valer's suggestion} 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qd2 (26. Nce2 Rxb3) (26. Bf2 c3) 26...
Bxg3 27. Bxc4) 25. Rd3 Qa5 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Nxb3 Qe1+ 28. Bc1 28... Nxe5 {
(Valer) This sacrifice comes a bit too late now} 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bb5+ Bd7 31.
Qc2 Kd8 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Ne4 Bf4 34. Qc6 Bxc1 35. Nxc1 Qb4 36. Nd3 Qb6 37.
Qa8+ Kc7 38. Nc3 Qg1+ 39. Ka2 1-0


