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[Event "50th It"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2008.01.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2649"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {Grandmaster Sergej Tiviakov is a leading expert for this continuation in Scandinavian defence.} 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 ({ Tiviakov also uses} 5... a6 {as often as 5...c6, here's a quotation: "5... c6 is another move I play regularly. I played it against Anand, Grischuk. There is nothing wrong with it..."}) 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 {On top level this move was introduced in well-known game Anand-Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 2006.} 8. Nxd5 Nxe5 $5 $146 {Novelty at 8th move - this is rare case in our time!} ({Against Anand Dutchman chose} 8... Qxd5 {and after the principle objection} 9. Be2 $5 { - he took a pawn:} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qg6 {.} {Commenting the game, Viswanathan recommended} 12. Qe2 ({in a game, Anand overlooked trick:} 12. d5 Bg4 $1 $15) {, what was checked in two recent games:} 12... h5 (12... Qe6 13. d5 $5 cxd5 14. O-O-O f6 {, Ivanets-Smirnov, Ilichevsk 2007, and here was interesting} 15. Bxd5 Qxe5 16. Qc4 {with attack}) 13. h3 $1 f6 $5 {- we are looking for duel of two hungarian grandmasters, Almasi-Varga, HUNchT 2006.} { After} 14. Bh2 {the game soon ended with a draw.}) 9. Ne3 ({Of course not} 9. Nxe7 $6 Qxe7 10. dxe5 Qb4+) (9. dxe5 {will imply queen's exchange, what Gashimov, perhaps, tried to escape.}) ({And if} 9. Bxe5 {- then we will come to Anand-Tiviakov.}) 9... Nd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qxf4 11. d5 $5 {Diagram [#] Very boldly!} ({Most would prefer} 11. g3 {, directing a bishop to the main diagonal. But Gashimov sowed the storm... and succeeded in doing so!}) 11... cxd5 $2 ({There were two reasonable alternative for Black: principle} 11... Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 ({worse} 13. Rd1 $6 Bd7 $1 (13... c5 $2 14. Nc4 Qxa2 15. Qe3 $16) 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 O-O-O $1 $17) 13... Qxa2 (13... Qa3 $5) 14. Be2 (14. g3 {is leading to approximately the same}) 14... g6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bf3 Qa4 ({dangerous} 16... Qe6 {because of} 17. Qd4) {, and a draw seems the most reasonable outcome:} 17. Rb4 Qa1+ 18. Rb1 $11) ({also there is a cold-blooded} 11... Bd7 12. O-O-O e6 $1 $13) 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Bb5+ {Now, the black king loses calm for a long time.} Ke7 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Qe2 {White are fine maneuvering the queen, creating a threat constantly.} Kf6 16. Qf3+ Ke7 17. Qe2 Kf6 18. Qf3+ Ke7 {Draw?} 19. O-O {Nope!} Qc5 20. Ba4 {Diagram [#] Perhaps this is a key moment for the whole game. White probably are going to put the white rook on e1, so it's desirable to leave king out of a possible X-ray.} g6 $6 {Tiviakov elected a "slow" path.} ({More preferable was} 20... f5 $1 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22. Bb3 g6 {, and if will come the impulsive} 23. g4 $6 {, then after} Rg8 {White's king may also be under fire.}) ({Maybe,} 20... f6 {even more precisely.}) 21. Rfe1 Bg7 22. Rad1 $1 {This is the only continuation to support the fire of attack! This impedes 22... Rd8 with further evacuation Ke7-f8-g8. Also, it contributes to b2-b4 - so, if Black's move is 22...f5, then 23.b4 unexpectedly wins the queen. Therefore Tivyakov solved destroy pawn. ..} Bxb2 {After the white's reply, black fields are undefencible.} ({Perhaps, it should elect} 22... a5 $5) 23. c3 $1 {Brilliant! Now, any taking on c3 is impossible because of Ne3-d5.} f5 24. Rb1 $1 {Hunting for the black bishop!} Ba3 25. Rb5 Qc6 26. Qg3 $1 Bd7 {Diagram [#]} ({Doesn't help} 26... Rf8 27. Qh4+ ) 27. Nxf5+ {The decisive blow.} Kd8 ({Variants like} 27... gxf5 28. Qg7+ Kd6 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Rxb7+ {are very simple for calculation.}) 28. Rb4 Qc7 { It's impossible to get away for a queen:} (28... Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Qe5 $18 ) (28... Bxb4 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nh6 $18) 29. Qh4+ Kc8 30. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (30... Qxd7 31. Rc4+) 31. Qe7+ {A game of Gashimov in an interval between 22 and 26 moves impresses very much. Not without reason it gained the brilliancy prize in this tournament!} 1-0 [Event "50th It"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2008.01.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Almasi, Z."] [Black "Navara, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 ({Gambit} 9... Na5 10. Bc2 d5 $5 {is very popular nowadays.}) 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 ({Sometimes occures "draw checking"} 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 { but Almasi proceed immediately to the business.}) 11... Bf8 {Further knight's move not good because of threat to the pawn e4, so it had to close the center.} 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 (14... h6 {- grandmaster Mihail Marin says: "Necessary prophylaxis. Before starting his counterplay, Black denies the enemy bishop's access to g5." But 14...Nc5 even more popular, then 14...h6. }) 15. Bc2 c6 {Undermining the center. If Black will accomplish d6-d5, they will solve all problems. That's why fight for the point d5 - is the corner-stone of this variation.} 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 {GM Marin: "With good chances of obtaining the absolute control of the critical d5-square". Will see!} Qc7 ({More common continuation -} 18... h6 {. After} 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 {Black may choose between} d5 ({or} 21... Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 {- it seems, that are not any problems for Black.})) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Be7 ({In 90% of cases, Black exchanged the khights:} 20... Nxg4 21. hxg4 {Here is a recent example, Wemmers-Richter, Haarlem 2007:} Bd7 22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rac1 Be7 25. Red1 Bg5 26. Rc2 Red8 {- Black face the future with confidence.}) 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bb3 $146 {Hardly more than month back, this position was on the World Cup in Hanty-Mansiysk, and white figures was managed by... Navara!} (22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Nf5 $6 g6 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Qd3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 d5 $11 {Navara-Ivanov, World Cup 2007. Indeed, Navara has won those game. Anyway, Almasi's move looks more logical, then 22. Ne3.}) 22... a5 23. bxa5 $1 (23. a3 $6 axb4 24. cxb4 {creates unnecessary weakness.}) 23... Rxa5 24. Qf3 Bd7 $6 {Diagram [#] Black must prevent Ne3-d5.} ({According to this,} 24... Bg5 {suggests itself. If} 25. Ne3 {, then} Bxe3 26. Rxe3 g6 {with possible Kg7, Rf8, f7-f5. But Navara decided to go another way... }) 25. Ne3 $1 Be6 ({It turns out, that it's impossible} 25... Qxc3 {through} 26. Qh5 $1 Rf8 (26... Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rac1 $18) (26... g6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Nf5+ $18) 27. Nd5 Qc8 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Re3 {with winning attack.}) 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 $16 {There is a typical situation in which Black don't have counterplay (pawn ? easily defencible), and the White have prospects of attack on a king-side.} Rc8 $6 {The lost of time - the rook has nothing to do on "?-file.} ({More interesting} 27... Qd7 {with idea Bd8-b6, Kh8, Rf8 and f7-f5. In prospect - pressure to pawn f2.}) 28. Re3 Qd7 $1 ({It could be tactical trick:} 28... b4 29. cxb4 Rxd5 30. exd5 e4 {, but} 31. Qxe4 {indicate the weakness of last rank. 28...Qd7 tries to improve that, but Almasi isn't drowsing!}) 29. Rd1 $1 Bd8 30. Qh5 {Diagram [#]} Bb6 $2 {Navara missed the tactics, and unpleasant Black's position is transforming to hopeless very quickly.} ({Cannot be recommended} 30... g6 $6 31. Qh6 Bb6 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. Rdd3 $1 Qe7 34. Rf5 Kh8 35. Rg3 {, and Black is helpless}) ({It's worth to back in a life rook a5:} 30... Ra7 $1 31. Rf3 Qe8 {with chances to successfull defence. }) 31. Rf3 Rf8 (31... g6 32. Rxf7 $18) 32. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 (32... Kh8 {loses immediately:} 33. Bg6) 33. Rxd6 Qa7 34. Qxf7+ (34. Rxb6 $2 {would be a mistake: } Rxf3 35. gxf3 (35. Qe8+ Rf8) 35... g6 $1) 34... Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxb6 { Two pawns up in a rook ending. The rest is simple.} g5 37. g3 h5 38. Kf1 h4 39. Kg2 {Sooner or later pawn moves will be finished.} Rxa2 40. Rxb5 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Rh6 {White are destroying the last obstacle on a way to "h" pawn.} Rc2 44. Rxh4 Rxc3 45. Rh5 Ke6 46. Rf5 {Black king is cut off from "f"-file, so pawn "h" just moving forward, to queen ceremony.} Rc4 47. f3 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 49. h4 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rg6 51. Kh3 Rg8 52. h5 Rg1 53. Kh4 Rh1+ 54. Kg5 Rg1+ 55. Kh6 Rg3 56. Kh7 Rg2 57. h6 Rg3 58. Kh8 ({Let's dream up:} 58. Kh8 Rg2 59. h7 Rg1 60. Rf8 Rf1 61. Ra8 Rxf3 (61... Rg1 62. Rg8) 62. Kg7 Rg3+ 63. Kf8 Rf3+ (63... Rh3 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Kg7) 64. Ke8 Rh3 65. Ra6#) 1-0 [Event "Rilton Cup 37 (2007-08)"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2008.01.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Berg, Emanuel"] [Black "Szabo, Krisztian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2583"] [BlackElo "2500"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 ({ It's necessary to take into account} 7... Qb6 {, but this subject deserves a separate talk.}) 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 { Very interesting moment!} ({Almost a year ago, playing with Negi, Berg preferred decisive} 12. Nd5 $5 {After forced} Qxd4 (12... exd5 {is bad because of} 13. Nc6 $1 {- known since the game Chiburdanidze-Dvoirys, Tallinn 1980}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Ke8 $1 19. Qxd6 Qc6 $1 {Berg got even a little bit worse position. Making casual mention of 12.Nb3, swedish grandmaster wrote: "... with a rather equal position". '=' is better than '=/+', isn't it?}) 12... b4 13. Nb1 {Occured another jumps: 13.Na4 and 13.Ne2, but 13.Nb1 looks most appropriate. Besides, this move was performed in semifinal of World Cup in Hanty-Mansiysk, in a game Shirov-Karjakin - that fact defines "opening fashion", in some sense.} Qc7 14. N1d2 Be7 15. Qh3 {Diagram [#]} Rc8 $1 $146 {On my opinion, this is strong novelty.} ({Of course, not} 15... O-O 16. e5 $1) ({Above-mentioned game was proceeding by the following way:} 15... e5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nba5 Bc8 18. Qg3 { - a bishop on c8 is very passive, so 15...Rc8 frees for it the square ?, where it aims at the pawn e4.}) ({Transforming this idea by} 15... e5 16. Nc4 Rc8 {isn't good through} 17. Nba5 Ba8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Be2) 20. Nxe5 O-O 21. Nac4 $16) 16. Kb1 ({If now} 16. Nc4 {, then is necessary to consider with} Bxe4 {- consequences are uncertain in this case. Therefore White did a waiting prophylactic move.}) 16... e5 17. Nc4 O-O { Castle, finally.} ({Here} 17... Bxe4 {is not effective, because e6-e5 is played already:} 18. Bxe4 Qxc4 19. Bf5) 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Bf8 {Both sides have complete their development. Black have a clear plan a5-a4-a3... , and what may oppose White to this? Ghost of attack on a king side?} 20. fxe5 { Before to translate a rook for an attack, the white want to weaken pressure on the pawn of ?.} dxe5 21. Re3 Re6 22. Rf1 {Not very much vigorous continuation of attack, but what another can be offered?} ({Draw like there is still:} 22. Qh4 a5 23. Rg3 a4 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ {, but does anyone need it?}) 22... a5 {Diagram [#]} 23. Rg3 {Perhaps, Berg spent here a lot of time - therefore he decides to to stake one's all. It's difficult to blame such decision...} (23. Nd2 Nc5) 23... Nxe4 24. Be7 (24. Nh6+ {gives nothing:} Rxh6 25. Bxh6 Nxg3 26. Qxg3 a4 27. Nd2 a3 $19) 24... Nxg3 25. Bd8 $5 {Very creative! } ({Maybe Berg was planning} 25. Nxg7 {, but} Rg6 {parries all threats.}) 25... e4 (25... Qxd8 $4 26. Ne7+ $18) 26. Bxc7 Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Rxc7 {Let's summarize - Black have almost won position.} 28. Qg3 Rc8 29. Bb5 Nb6 30. Nxa5 Ba8 31. Nb3 { 31...Rc5 was threatening.} Rd8 ({This motion is quite good, but, possibly, more practical there was} 31... g6 32. Nfd4 Bd6 $1 {, driving back white figures.}) 32. a4 $5 {If to judge objectively, this move is not the best, but in this position - is the best chance! Now a situation is tangled to the limit. } bxa3 33. Nbd4 Rg6 34. Qc7 Rc8 35. Ne7+ Bxe7 36. Qxe7 axb2 (36... Rxg2 { was simpler:} 37. bxa3 (37. Qxa3 Rg1+ 38. Ka2 Bd5+) 37... Nd5 $19) 37. Nf5 Nd5 $1 (37... Rxg2 $6 38. Qe5 $1 Nd5 39. Bc4 $1 {with some draw chances.}) 38. Qd7 Rb8 39. c4 {Diagram [#]} Rgb6 $2 {Time trouble?} (39... Bc6 {won quite easily:} 40. Qa7 Ra8 41. Qd4 (41. Qf2 Nc3+ 42. Kxb2 Nd1+ $19) 41... Rxg2 $19) 40. Nd6 $1 Nc3+ ({What about} 40... Bc6 $5 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qe6 (42. cxd5 $2 Bxb5 $19) 42... h6 43. Kxb2 Nc7 44. Qe7 Nxb5 45. cxb5 Bxb5 $17) 41. Kxb2 Nxb5 42. cxb5 ({ Not} 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Nxb5 Bc6 $17) 42... Bd5 (42... Bc6 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Qe6 Bxb5 $4 45. Nf7+) (42... e3 {would give just a draw.} 43. Kc3 Rxd6 44. Qxd6 Re8 45. Qd7 Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kg8 47. Qd7 $11) 43. Kc3 Be6 44. Qe7 h6 (44... e3 $5 45. Kd3 e2 46. Kxe2 Bc4+ 47. Ke3 Bxb5 48. Qxf7+ Kh8 $15) 45. Kd4 Rxd6+ { Simplifying annihilation.} (45... e3 $5 {was the last chance:} 46. Kxe3 Bc4 47. Kd4 Bxb5 48. Qxf7+ Kh8 49. Ke5 $1 $11 (49. Nf5 R6b7 50. Ne7 $2 Rd8+ 51. Kc5 Rc8+ $1 52. Kd6 Rd7+ 53. Ke6 Rxe7+ $19)) 46. Qxd6 Rxb5 47. Kxe4 h5 48. g3 Rf5 49. Ke3 {Long-suffering game...} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "2008.01.04"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2681"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 ({Recenlty Shirov won two games (with Jakovenko and Karjakin), fighting versus} 8... d5 {- the Marshall attack. That's why the chance to see against him 8...d6 (but not 8...d5) - is big enough in the near future.}) 9. h3 Nb8 { Breyer system still remains one of the most popular.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 ({Another continuation -} 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 $5 {, providing a square c5 for a black knight. Therefore, White's move 15.b3 is meant for meeting c5-c4 by b3-b4...}) 15... Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 16. a4 $6 {... but now Black have a retort.} ({Probably, if White want to fight for an opening advantage, they need to close the center:} 16. d5 {with further c3-c4.}) 16... d5 $1 {"Answer to a flank attack by blow to the center" - a classics!} 17. axb5 ({All this already was in a game Byrne-Spassky, match(3) 1974. American played} 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxe5 $11) 18... dxe4 19. Bg5 {, and here Boris Vasilievich sacrificed a queen:} exf3 $5 (19... Qc8 {was more reliable}) 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 $44) 17... Nxe4 $1 $146 {Very good! Evaluation of the position is still fluctuates around equality, but now White at the crossroads - and this increases the error probability.} (17... axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 (18... Bxa8 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bg5 $1) 19. dxe5 Nxe4 (19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 $36) 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxe5 $11) 18. bxa6 {Of course, Shirov elects uncompromising continuation!} ({After} 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 axb5 {Black has nothing to complain about.}) 18... Nxc3 19. Qd3 Ne4 20. Bb2 {Protecting the rook.} Nxg3 21. axb7 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 e4 {Diagram [#]} 23. Qb5 $2 {A mistake. Anyway, we must not forget that it's rapid chess - and mistakes are their essential part.} ({After only move} 23. Qd1 {would follow:} exf3 24. fxg3 c6 $1 25. Qxf3 Qb6 {with a more comfortable play to Black.}) 23... c6 $1 { That's it! A queen is distracted from the diagonal a6-f1. The knight g3 will jump to e2, and White will remain without a minor piece.} 24. Qxc6 (24. Qa6 Nb8 ) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nb8 $19 26. Qc8 exf3 27. Qxd8 fxg2+ (27... Rxd8 {would more exactly:} 28. Ra4 Rd7) 28. Kxg2 Rxd8 29. Ra8 (29. Ra4 $142 {- there was no need for losing pawn d4. But position is lost in any case.}) 29... Nxd4 30. Ba3 Bf8 (30... Nxc2 $2 31. Bd6 $1) 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bd1 Ke7 0-1 [Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "2008.01.04"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Savchenko, Boris"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2589"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Ponziani Opening - a rare guest in tournaments nowadays.} d5 4. Qa4 Nf6 $5 {We can say safely, that Jakovenko knows classics very well - because 4...Nf6 was played several times by Alexander Alekhine!} ({ Usually happens} 4... Bd7 5. exd5 Nd4 6. Qd1 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nf6 $44) 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. exd5 O-O (6... Bxe5 7. dxc6 O-O 8. d4 Bd6 {leads to the same.}) 7. dxc6 Bxe5 8. d4 Bd6 9. Be3 {The king on e1 seems so naked, that it's without fail to put any piece on the rank "e".} ({Here is an example of 4th World Champion's creativity:} 9. Be2 Re8 10. Bg5 bxc6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qc4 a5 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. h3 Ne4 16. Be3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Rab8 18. b3 c5 $1 {, and the game Rabinovich-Alekhine, Moscow 1915 soon was over.}) 9... Ng4 10. Nd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qh4+ 12. Kd1 bxc6 $146 ({A battle of two german amateurs passed so:} 12... Qf2 13. Nc4 $2 Bg4+ 14. Kc1 Qe1+ {0-1. But Savchenko, without a doubt, would have improved White's game.}) 13. Bd3 c5 {Good move. Black are delivered from a weak pawn, destroyed king's shelter and directed bishop c8 to diagonal a8-h1. } 14. Kc2 Bb7 15. g3 Qh6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 {Diagram [#]} c5 $2 {Now White will get a pawn pair in a center, and comfortable stand on ? for a knight.} ({ It's desirable to go} 17... Kh8 $5 {but then can appear unpleasant} 18. Ba6) ({ That's why we must think about prophylaxis and play} 17... a5 $1) 18. d5 Be5 19. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} ({Not bad, but} 19. Nc4 $5 {looks more strengthening.}) 19... Bxb2 $5 {Feeling that events begin to accept an unfavourable turn, Jakovenko decides on a sharp change position.} 20. Rab1 (20. Kxb2 Qf6+) 20... Qe3 21. Rxb2 $2 (21. Nd2 $1 {declared white superiority:} c4 $8 22. Nxc4 Qf2+ 23. Nd2 Rac8+ 24. Bc4 $16) 21... c4 $1 ({White's calculation, obviously, was built on} 21... Qxf3 $2 22. Rf1 Qg2+ 23. Kb1 $18) 22. Ne5 $2 {Errors don't walk alone...} (22. Bxc4 $142 Qxe4+ 23. Kc1 Bxd5 $1 24. Qc2 Qxf3 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rd1 {with further Kb1 - Black's victory is still far.}) 22... cxd3+ 23. Kb1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxe5 {Two extra pawns, dangerous passer... all this clearly presages a fast win.} 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. Rb3 {Diagram [#]} a5 $1 {Very inventive! } 27. d6 (27. Qxd3 a4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8+ 29. Kc2 Qb2+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+ $19) (27. Rd1 a4 28. Qxa4 Qe2 $19) 27... Qxd6 (27... a4 28. Qxa4 d2 {would complete a game.}) 28. Rd1 Rxb3+ 29. axb3 Rd8 30. Qb5 Qe6 $1 {The advantage of two extra pawns consists of that it's possible to sacrifice one of them for a winning pawn endgame.} 31. Rxd3 Qe4 32. Kc2 f5 $1 {Hurry nowhere ... At least one more move. } 33. Kd2 Qxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Kc5 g5 38. Kd4 (38. Kb5 Kd5 39. Kxa5 f4 $19) 38... h6 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 {Here a game is over.} ( 40. gxh4 h5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Kf3 f4 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. Ke2 f3+ 45. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Premier"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "2008.01.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Pert, N."] [Black "Williams, Simon Kim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2475"] [Annotator "Kryakvin Dmitry"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2007.12.28"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Black were playing rather lightmindedly.This style had often brought them luck.But not this time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 {A rare sistem. One of the favorite openings of the great Paul Keres} 4. Bg5 {The only way to get advantage in this line.} Qb6 5. a4 ({More principled} 5. Bxf6 {gives White serious initiative} Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. e4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. a4 b4 10. Nc4 Qb7 $5 {Mchedlishvili-Zhang,1999.}) 5... bxa4 $2 (5... b4 $1 6. a5 (6. e3 g6 7. d6 Bg7 8. dxe7 Qe6 {Maksimovic-Bareev,1987}) 6... Qc7 7. c4 d6 8. Nbd2 g6 9. e4 Bg7 { Seems more playable Vyzmanavin-Kiselev,1985}) 6. Nc3 $1 {Diagram [#] It is scary to part with a pawn b2, having his queenside weekend, but in this case Pert shows concerte approach to position.} Qxb2 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. e4 d6 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. Nxe5 {Strong knight gives White extrainitiative} e6 $2 ({More common} 10... g6 {but...} 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. d6 $1 Bg7 15. dxe7 a6 16. Nc4 $1 axb5 17. Nd6+ {Diagram [#] and Black collapses, Vyzmanavin-Arbakov,1986}) ({One could recommend the following} 10... a6 $5 11. Qf3 Nbd7) 11. Qf3 $1 {Diagram [#]} Qc7 {Black continued to resist only because it was incovenient to resing so early!} (11... a6 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. O-O-O $18) (11... Nbd7 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxa8 Qxe5+ 14. Be2 $18) 12. Bb5+ Kd8 (12... Nbd7 {is also replied by} 13. d6 $18) 13. Nc4 {Pert arranges his pieces for decisive battle with predictable outcome.} Bd6 14. Bg5 Rf8 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Ne4 $18 {Diagram [#] Terrible for Black.} Bxd5 17. Ncxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Kc7 {It looks like Black is more impatient to see this game ending...} 20. Rxd5 Nxd5 21. Qg3+ Kb7 22. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Rilton Cup 37 (2007-08)"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2008.01.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Akesson, Ralf"] [Black "Nyysti, Sampsa"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A64"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2363"] [Annotator "Kryakvin Dmitry"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {Of cource, it is not easy to play in such untrammeled manner. Moreover, such untrammeled manner may not differ from the requirements of the position. To be sure, a challenge to fortune is always a big risk. But that is a real man's approach!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 {For over 5 years now this has been a standart position in the games of Nyysti} 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 { Sharp Benoni Indian. Now the line is intensively developed} 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 ({Do you remember one of the best games in the line?} 13... Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Rf8 16. Kh2 f5 17. f4 b5 $3 {Diagram [#] A bolt from the blue!} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Naxb5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Na3 Rbe8 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Nxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 Nxe4+ 28. Kg2 Qc2 29. Nxe5 Rf2+ $19 {Korchnoi-Kasparov, 1982}) 14. Na3 {Why should white lose a tempo here and ride his knight to the board border? The fact of the matter is that black has less space and need some exchanges to breathe and white should keep as many pieces as he can to prevent this. Another idea of 14. Na3 move is a4-a5 advance and black will be forced to resign a battle about c4 point.} Bd7 15. Bf4 Qc7 ({Another option is } 15... Nh5 $5 16. Bxd6 Bxc3 17. Bxb8 (17. bxc3 $2 Bxa4) 17... Bxb2 18. Ba7 $3 {Diagram [#]} Bxa1 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qxa1 {with unclear position}) 16. b3 $6 { An innacuracy.To fight for supremacy,White should have played} (16. a5 Nc8 17. Nc4 Bb5 18. Qb3 $1) 16... Nh5 {Natural move.White pieces in danger!} 17. Bd2 Nc8 {Only b7-b5 is principal move for black in Benoni!} 18. g4 $5 {A risky decision!} (18. Qb1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 $1) 18... Nf4 $6 ({Simply and strong is} 18... Nf6 $17 {with idea h7-h5}) 19. Bxf4 Bxc3 20. Rc1 $3 {Great! Exchanging bishop is deadly for Black!} Bb2 21. Rc2 $1 {Diagram [#]} Bg7 (21... Bxa3 $2 22. Qa1 $1 $16 Bb4 $1 23. Bh6 f6 (23... Re5 24. f4 $18) 24. Qxf6 Bxa4 25. bxa4 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Ra1 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bf4 $16) 22. Qd2 { The critical position. It is not easy for White to coordinate the actions of his pieces;Black in other hand, has a definite plan of operations on the Q-side.} b5 23. b4 c4 {A shortcoming of the Ekesson system is the fact that it's difficult to bring the knight a3 into the play and opponent has a superiority in the centre.} 24. a5 f5 25. g5 Re4 $3 {A risky decision, to be sure, but the strong position of the pieces prevents Black from troubles!} 26. Nb1 $1 ({White cannot play} 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qe3 Ne7 28. Qxe4 (28. Kh2 Nxd5) 28... Bxh3 29. Rd1 Bf5) 26... Ne7 27. e3 $1 {Catching a rook!} Re8 28. Nc3 Nc8 29. Bxe4 ({Important moment. Bad for White is} 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. f3 exf3 31. Rxf3 Bf5) 29... fxe4 30. Kh2 Re5 $6 {Diagram [#] New sacrifice!!} ({Simply} 30... Bf5 {After} 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Rh1 Ne7 $44) 31. Kg2 $6 (31. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5+ 32. f4 $1 {very unpleasant suprise!} exf3+ 33. Kg1 Bxh3 (33... Bf5 34. Rxf3) 34. Rxf3 Qd7 35. Qf2 $1 {White stays better}) 31... Bf5 32. Ne2 Qd7 33. Rh1 Qf7 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 {Leaves Black with an advantage in all continuations. A defence is not easy, but it's not so easy to crush White with a direct attack.} 35. Rcc1 Ne7 36. Rcd1 Bc8 $1 {Excelent! Pair of bishops with pawn falange gains good chance for winning} 37. Ng1 $2 {Mistake.Only move} (37. Nf4 $1 Bb7 38. Qe2 $1 Bxf4 39. exf4 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 $1) 37... c3 38. Qc2 Qf5 $1 39. h4 Bb7 {Diagram [#]By maneuvering in his own camp,Nyysti has archieved positional advanteges and now activate his quuen.It is difficult for Ekesson to protect all the points that are weak....} 40. Kf1 Bxd5 41. f4 $2 {White turns to tactical play, which only hastens the inevitable} exf3 $1 42. Qxf5 Nxf5 43. Rxd5 Nxe3+ ({ Other way} 43... c2 $3 {Diagram [#]} 44. Ne2 Ng3+ 45. Kf2 fxe2 46. Rc1 Bc3 47. Kxg3 e1=Q+ 48. Rxe1 Bxe1+) 44. Kf2 Nxd5 45. Nxf3 Bf4 {The concluding moves of the game deserve the traditional chess annotators cliche" there still followed"...} 46. Nd4 Be3+ 47. Kf3 Bxd4 48. Ke4 Be3 0-1 [Event "Premier"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "2008.01.06"] [Round "10"] [White "Jones, G."] [Black "Pert, N."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C03"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2539"] [Annotator "Kryakvin Dmitry"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.12.28"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O {Seldom move} ({Chess fashions are fickle even at the GM level.A mere couple of years ago White played} 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 $5 {Such line is not to Jones's taste}) 7... cxd4 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 Nc5 {Novelty.} ({Alternative line is} 9... Qb6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd7 14. c3 $11) 10. Nxc5 { A novel atack idea.A move on record in this position is} (10. Nbxd4 Qb6 11. Bf4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4) 10... Bxc5 11. Ng5 Bb4 $5 (11... h6 $2 12. Qh5 Qd7 13. Nxf7 $1 O-O 14. Ng5 $1) (11... g6 $6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. h4 $40) 12. Qf3 $6 {This move Black can followed} ({Interesting} 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 $44) 12... Qe7 $6 ({ This time Pert overlooks} 12... f5 $1 13. exf6 Qxf6 $17) 13. Re2 h6 14. Nh7 $3 {Diagram [#]Only forward!!} Qh4 15. Bf4 Bf8 $1 {Principal move.Only draw in variation} (15... Bd7 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Qg4 Rxh7 18. Bxh7 g6 {Diagram [#]} 19. a3 $1 Ba5 20. Bh4 Qf8 21. Bf6 Bd8 22. Qf4 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qe7 24. Qh8+ Qf8 25. Qf6 $11) 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Qg4 Nb4 $2 ({Black should have played} 17... Bd7 $1 18. Bh4 g5 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. Nh5 Rg8 {with the idea Rc8,Kd8-c7-b8!}) 18. Bb5+ $2 ({It would have been better po play simply} 18. Nxf8 $1 Kxf8 19. Qxd4 $16) 18... Bd7 19. Nf6+ $2 {New overlook} (19. Bxd7+ $1 Qxd7 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Qxd4 Qb5 22. Qd1 Rc8 23. c3 Nc6 24. f3 $11) 19... gxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 $2 ({ A "must"} 20... h5 $3 {Diagram [#]} 21. fxe7 (21. Qh3 Qxf6 22. Be5 Qh6 $17) 21... hxg4 22. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $17) ({the inferior line was} 20... Qc5 $4 21. Rxe6+ $1 Kd8 22. Bxd7) 21. Be5 {This leads to forced play} Qg5 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bxh8 {The rook is not stronger then knight in such position. There is no opened files on board!} Rc8 25. c3 dxc3 26. Bxc3 {Diagram [#]} Nc6 (26... Rc4 $1 {with view to "c" file or the fourth rank}) 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. g3 $1 {Black pawn is centre advance like a steamroller!White must blocked them} b5 29. Kg2 d4 30. f4 $1 {The situation becomes unclear.Black is only slightly worse off} gxf4 31. gxf4 f6 32. Be1 $1 Kd6 33. Bh4 Rf8 34. Rde1 Nd8 {The last critical position} (34... Kd5 {Diagram [#] The last chance} 35. Rxe6 $1 Bb4 $1 36. Rxc6 $1 (36. R1e2 d3 $19) 36... Bxe1 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Bxf6 Ke4 39. Bg5 $1 d3 40. Kf1 $11 Bd2 41. Kf2 Be3+ 42. Ke1 Kf3 43. h4 Kg4 44. Kd1 Kh5 45. Ke1 Kg4 {draw}) 35. Bg3 {The game ended as follows} Kd5 36. h4 Bd6 37. h5 Rh8 38. Bh4 Be7 39. Rh1 Rxh5 {After 40.Bf6! Rh1 41.Be7 Rh8 Jones almost suffered a death blow in bishop vs.knight ending 42.Re5! Kc4 43.b3 Kc3 44.Kf3! d3 45.Rc5! Kd2 46.Rc7 Kd1 47.Rd7 d2 48.Bd8 Rc2 49.Rc7=} 1/2-1/2 [Event "50th It"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2008.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Navarra, D."] [Black "Godena, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qd3 {This is rare enough move on Top GM level. But in this game it is just an transposition.} Nf6 5. Nf3 {And we came to the famous position, that were on the board many times befor. In our days this is not the most popular line, but in different times that position were played by R.Vaganian, O. Romanishin, Bu Xiangzhi, A.Grischuk. In Navarra's games this variation happens not for the first time, so we can say that he is the one of the main expert nowadays. The idea of such early development of the Queen is to defend c4-pawn and take control over important square "e4". But it has also some defects - Queen often goes by strikes of black pieces} Nbd7 {One of the main lines.} ({Also was} 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 {and again, with transposition of the moves we came to the famous position of a Queen Gambit, that can be happened from many diffident variants} b5 7. Qd3 (7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5) 7... Bb7 (7... Nbd7 8. e4 (8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Bg5 c5 $10) 8... a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 a5 14. Bd1 Ba6 15. Bc2 g6 16. Rfc1 b4 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. h4 Qe7 21. Ba4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Red8 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Ne5 Rd6 25. Rc5 a4 26. Rac1 Qf8 27. Rc7 Re8 28. Ng4 Re7 29. Qe5 { 1-0 Grischuk,A (2726)-Papin,V (2415)/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 668}) 8. a3 a6 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {Karpov,A (2775) - Kasparov,G (2785)/Las-Palmas 1996}) (5... Be7 6. e4 $146 (6. g3 dxc4 (6... b6 7. b3 Ba6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Bb2 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Romanishin,O (2570)-Qi Jingxuan (2440)/Taxco 1985/IZT (35)}) 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Be3 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxb5 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 axb5 17. Qc5 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2570)-Lechtynsky,J (2415)/Tallinn 1979/ MCD (35)}) 6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3 b4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. exd5 Bxg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. g4 Qb5 19. g5 Qxd5 20. O-O Qf3 21. Qc4 f5 22. Rae1 f4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Kh2 Qh5 25. gxh6 Rf5 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qe7 Rf7 29. Qg5 Qf3 30. e6 Qxf2+ 31. Rg2 {1-0 Navara,D (2720)-Korneev,O (2565)/Montpellier FRA 2007/The Week in Chess 656}) (5... b6 6. e4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Ba6 8. Qb3 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 $10 {Alburt,L-Sveshnikov,E/URS/1977/ Inf 25/606/}) 6. e4 {David's proprietary move.} ({Other way is} 6. g3 {this move is proprietary for other classic of this variation, Ukrainian GM Oleg Romanishin.} dxc4 (6... b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2726) -Malakhov,V (2676)/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 668 (34)}) (6... Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 $14) 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Rd1) 6... dxe4 ({Worse looks} 6... Bb4 {because of catching of space advantage} 7. e5 Ne4 8. Be2 Nb6 $6 (8... f5 $5) 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $2 10. Qxe4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. O-O Bb2 14. Bb4 $16) (9... cxd5 $2 10. Qb5+ $18 ) (9... Qxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 $16) 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qe3 $14) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. c5 (11. cxd5 $5 exd5 (11... cxd5 $6 12. O-O $14) (11... Nxd5 12. O-O c5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Qe4 Bc6 15. Qg4 $14) 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 $14) 11... Nd7 12. c4 $14 {spaces defect take discomfort to Black, and the only way to get rid from it is to make weaknesses.}) 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 (7... c5 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Be7 $14 {1-0 Meister,Y (2415) -Belikov,V (2375)/Kuibyshev 1990/CBM 021 (59)}) 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ {To smooth over some Whites' space advantage(4 lines for maneuvers versus 3) black tries to exchange some piece to escape crush} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 {[#]} c5 {That move is used to avoid variation with 0-0-0, especially as this position already happended in David's game with Akopian in Ordix-open} (10... O-O 11. O-O-O c5 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 b6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qh4 Qxh4 18. Nxh4 {1-0 Navara,D (2656)-Akopian,V (2708)/Mainz GER 2007/The Week in Chess 667 (54)}) 11. dxc5 ({Now Black can't play} 11. O-O-O {because of} Nf6) 11... Qa5 12. a3 Qxc5 ({Worse was} 12... Nxc5 {because of} 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Ne4 $1 {and White takes control over important squares d6 and f6, at the same time blocks the best way of Black piece development} b6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Qg3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Be2 Ba4 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J (2576)-Christiansen,L (2575)/ICC INT 2007/The Week in Chess 676 (47)}) 13. Bd3 ({It was too early for} 13. b4 {because White's pawn can be attacked immidiately} Qe7 14. Bd3 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nf6 17. Qe3 O-O $11 {0-1 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Nakamura,H (2648)/Bastia FRA 2007/The Week in Chess 678 (41)}) 13... Nf6 14. Qe2 O-O {The strongest, I think} (14... b6 {Makes an object, which White can attack by c-pawn in future} 15. b4 Qc7 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. c5 bxc5 19. Rxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2620) -Thorhallsson,T (2495)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (46)}) 15. O-O {The opening is over. White have a good position, but Black have no weaknesses, so they can rely on equal} Rd8 16. b4 Qc7 (16... Qd4 {is bad} 17. Nf3 Qxd3 $4 18. Rad1 $18) ({If Black will try to change Queens} 16... Qh5 {White will have strong move} 17. Ne4 $1 Qxe2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxe2 $14 {because of potential weakness on h7 white have some advantage}) 17. Rac1 {[#]} Bd7 $1 {keeps b-pawn on a basic place} 18. c5 Bc6 $11 19. Nf3 ({deserved of attention} 19. Nc4 $5 {with the view of catching d6-square} Rd5 (19... Nd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Ba4 $11) 20. Nd6 Rd8 (20... Ne8 21. b5 Bd7 22. Ne4 $14) (20... b6 21. Ne4 bxc5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Be4 Re5 24. Rxc5 $14)) 19... Rd5 $6 {Maneuver in Laskers style is not good. Black should take on this square their knight} (19... Nd5 $142 $5 20. Bc4 (20. Qe5 $2 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Nf4 $17) 20... Nf4 21. Qe3 Rac8 $11) 20. Bc4 Rh5 {It was not late to return....} 21. g3 a5 {Suddenly black has problems with good moves. Computer says, that position is equal, but black have more problem with finding a good plan} 22. Nd4 Bd5 ({Better was} 22... Re5 $5 23. Qb2 axb4 24. axb4 h5 $132 {trying to make a counterplay}) 23. Nb5 $14 Qc6 24. Nd6 axb4 $6 ({Black should trade bishops here} 24... Bxc4 25. Qxc4 { and bring a rook back to life} Rd5 26. Rfd1 axb4 27. axb4 h6 {, and white will work hard to prove his small advantage}) 25. Bb5 $1 Qc7 $8 (25... Bf3 $4 26. Bxc6 Bxe2 27. Bxb7 $18) 26. axb4 b6 $4 {A mistake. Black misses white's neat tactical idea! [#]} (26... g6 27. Ra1 $14) 27. Ne8 $1 Qe5 (27... Rxe8 28. Bxe8 g6 29. Ba4 {White must win}) 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Nc7 Rb8 30. Na6 Ra8 31. cxb6 $18 Bg2 $4 {Experienced Grandmaster has being losing his own piece, but his position already was hopeless} 32. Kxg2 1-0 [Event "50th It"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2008.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Harikrishna, P."] [Black "Landa, K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2678"] [Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 {With transposition of the moves we come to well-known variation, that was introduced into practice by GM Sergey Makarichev. White prefer to increase center, develop pieces at first, and then in comfortable moment make d3-d4 promotion.} Bc5 {Goes to Italian. Other popular lines are} (4... Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. h3 $5 a5 9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 Kh8 11. Re1 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndb4 14. axb4 Qxd4 15. c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bf5 17. Na3 Ne5 18. Nb5 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM 047 ext (41)}) 8... Bg4 ( 8... Bf6 {Hansen,Cu} 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. dxc4 e4 13. Qxd5 exf3 $10 {Groenegress,W-Seegers,H/BL 8384 Muenster-Enger [7] 1983/0-1 (58)}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne4 Nf4 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rb8 (13... Ng6 14. Ba4 Qd7 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Nf5 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Re4 Rab8 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qxg6 {1-0 Degraeve,J.M-Slobodjan,R/Montpellier 1993}) 14. Qe4 Ng6 15. c3 Bg5 16. Nf5 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Agzamov,G/URS 31/(376) 1981}) 9. h3 (9. Nbd2 { Hansen,Cu} f6 10. h3 Bh5 11. c3 Kh8 12. Ne4 Qd7 $10 {Pikula,D-Petronijevic,Z/ YUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (42)}) 9... Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 (10... Nb6 11. Nc3 Bg5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Kh8 $10 {Armas,I-Garcia Palermo,C/BL 8990 Koblenz-Delmenhorst [1] 1990 (36)}) 11. Qxd5 (11. Qd1 Bc5 (11... Nxb3 12. axb3 f6 (12... Bf6) 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Be3 f5 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Na3 $10 {Kosten,A-Dreev,A/Reykjavik Summit 1990/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 12. Nc3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd4 14. Bd2 c6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Van Riemsdijk,H/Groningen op (08) 1990}) 11... Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Bd2 Nxa1 14. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu} Rad8 15. Nc3 c6 16. Bf3 Rxd3 17. Be3 Bb4 18. Be2 Rd7 19. Rxa1 Ba5 20. Na4 (20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rd8 22. Bc2 Bb6 23. Nb1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 g6 $15 {Dizdar,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Zenica (01) 1989 (42)}) 20... b6 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. Kf1 $10 {Fossan,E-Emms,J/Gausdal Troll (05) 1992/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 $44 {It looks like Marshall attack in Rui Lopez . Black has enough compensation for a pawn}) (4... h6 {with idea to develop bishop on g7} 5. O-O d6 (5... g6 {is also possible. There are no enough games with this variation, so there is a lot of space for "creative"} 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb5 $1 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 Qe6 13. Be3 a5 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Qxe6 Rxe6 17. a4 $14 {white has stable advantage in endgame 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2520)-Sorokin,M (2500)/Kherson 1991/CBM 021 ext (56)})) 5. c3 {White ensures bishops maneuver c4-b3-c2 in same time takes control over d4 and b4 squares for pawn promotion} a6 {helpful move, similar white's c2-c3 move} 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O {The main line [#]} ({ Other way was knight's maneuver} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bf7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2667)-Akopian,V (2708)/Carlsbad CZE 2007/The Week in Chess 670 (60)}) 10... Be6 $1 11. Bg5 (11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne8 14. Nf5 Nd6 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd7 f6 22. Bd2 Re7 23. Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2669)-Leko,P (2740)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd6 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. b4 Ne8 16. O-O f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nd6 19. Rf2 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Nh4 g6 22. Raf1 Nb3 23. Qc2 Ra1 24. Nf3 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Nc5 26. N3d2 b5 27. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2647)-Topalov,V (2737)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. h3 (9. Nc4)) (8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Kh2 Be6 14. d4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. dxe5 Qxe5+ 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Qg4 Raa8 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Qf3 Qg6 25. Ra5 f6 26. b4 Rae8 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxb5 b6 29. c4 Kh7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Re7 32. Rb3 Ra8 33. Rbe3 Ra4 34. Qe2 Rd4 35. b3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2777)-Radjabov,T (2656)/Linares 2004/CBM 100/}) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 (9... Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 b5 12. a4 Na5 13. Qa2 c5 14. h3 b4 15. Rf2 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Yu Shaoteng (2516)-Harikrishna,P (2673)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111}) 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Qe1 c6 12. Nh4 a5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a4 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Ba2 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2631)-Morozevich,A (2707)/ Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (55)}) 8... h6 (8... Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ne7 (9... Kh8 10. Nc4 Ne7 11. Ne3 Ng4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Ng6 14. d4 Qe7 15. Re1 f6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nf1 Qf7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng3 Ne7 20. Qc2 Kg8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2700) -Korneev,O (2601)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111 (43)}) (9... h6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Qe1 g5 13. Nhf3 Ng6 14. d4 Qe7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qe3 Raa8 18. Nc4 a5 19. a4 Ra6 20. Ne1 Nf4 21. f3 Be6 22. g3 Ng6 23. Nd3 Rd8 24. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2643)-Pavlovic,M (2471)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT 2006} ) 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxg4 Qxh4 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Nunn,J (2565)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hamburg 1982/MCD (41)}) 9. Be3 {The novelty on the high level. Earlier white developed bishop on e3 without Bg5.} ( {the main move is} 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 (10. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Kh7 12. Qf3 Kg6 13. Bh4 Rg8 $13) 10... Bg4 (10... Ba7 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Kh1 Bh5 13. Qe1 Kg7 14. Bd1 Bg6 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. a4 Nh5 19. b4 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. b5 e4 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 exf3 25. bxc6 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 fxg2+ 27. Kh2 gxf1=N+ 28. Rxf1 Qxc6 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Rf2 Re8 {0-1 Chandler,M (2485)-Karpov,A (2710)/Bath 1983/MCD}) 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Kh1 Ng7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bh2 Kh8 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Ba7 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Bh7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Qf3 h5 23. Nc4 Nf4 24. Bc2 Neg6 25. Nce3 h4 26. Ng2 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd8 28. Bb3 f6 29. Kh1 Ne7 30. Nh6 Kg7 31. Nf5+ Nxf5 32. gxf5 Bg8 33. Qh5 Bf7 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Rd1 c5 36. c4 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Shanava,K (2532) -Sargissian,G (2651)/Dresden GER 2007}) 9... Ng4 $5 {Very interesting move. Black exchange advantage for strengthening white's center and giving half-open line "f"} ({other way was} 9... Bxe3 {- see 8.Be3 Bxe3} 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Qe1 c6) 10. d4 (10. Bxc5 {with pawn on c3 this exchange is not good, because d3-pawn became week.} dxc5) 10... Ba7 11. Nbd2 {[#]} Ne7 {One's again standard maneuver for this variation} ({But It is interesting to try} 11... Na5 $5 {with idea to take away pressure from f7-pawn} 12. Bc2 c5 $11 {Black's position is not worse}) 12. h3 {Forces exchange} Nxe3 13. fxe3 exd4 {Black tries to open position to show the power} ({?衆?~齧} 13... Ng6 14. Qe1 Kh7 15. Qg3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. h4 $5 Bd3 (17... e4 $2 18. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 19. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 20. Qg4 $16) 18. Rf2 $14 {White saves some advantage, 'cause bishop on a7 is off as before.} (18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. hxg5 d5 20. Qh3+ Kg8 21. Qe6+ $11)) 14. exd4 c5 {Landa continues to "clear the road" for bishop} (14... d5 15. Kh1 c5) 15. Kh1 cxd4 $6 (15... d5 $1 {is more perspective - blocks bishop on b3} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. exd5 Nf5 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Ne4) 18. Ne4 Ne3 19. Qd3 (19. Qe1 Ba7) 19... Nxf1 20. Rxf1 $44) 16. Nxd4 $1 {2 white pieces have already attacked f7-square...} (16. cxd4 d5 $11) 16... d5 17. N2f3 dxe4 $2 {Black obvious underestimate white's pressure on f7. It was necessary to take control over e5-square} (17... Qd6 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rae1 $14) (17... Bb8 $5 18. Qd3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 20. Rad1 $14) 18. Ne5 $16 Be6 (18... Kh7 19. Nxf7 Qa5 20. Qe2 $18) 19. Nxe6 Qxd1 {[#]} 20. Nxf8 $3 {Nice and strong shot!} ({worse was} 20. Raxd1 fxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Nf7 $36 {but white saving the iniciative too} (22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Rd7 $4 Rf1+ 24. Kh2 Bb8 $1)) 20... Qxb3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rxf8 ( 21... Kxf8 22. Rxf7+ Ke8 23. Rxg7 $18) 22. Nxf7 Rb8 23. Nd6+ Kh8 24. Nxe4 { White has extra pawn+initiaciative}) 21. axb3 Rxf8 22. g4 {Harikrishna tries to prevent conection of black pawns.} ({The other way was} 22. Rad1 $5 e3 23. Rd7 e2 24. Re1 Nf5 25. g4 $8 Bf2 26. Rxe2 Ng3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe2 28. Kxf2 b5 29. Kxe2 Re8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Ke3 fxe5 32. Rd6 {and because of their very active pieces, white must win}) 22... Nd5 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Rf5 g6 $2 (24... Ne3 $4 25. Rxf7 Rxe5 26. Rxb7 $18) ({the only way was} 24... Ne7 25. Rf4 e3 $44 {with some compensation}) 25. Nxg6 $1 Ne3 $6 (25... Nxc3 $142 {but after} 26. Nf4 Nb5 27. Nh5 $18 {White has wining position}) 26. Re5 $18 {Russian GM probably missed this move} Rd8 27. Nf4 Nd1 28. Rd5 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 1-0 [Event "50th It"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2008.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Ni Hua"] [Black "Marin, Mi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2551"] [Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2007.12.29"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #2, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 (5. d3 {is more popular}) 5... exd4 6. e5 {This variant often used by Poland GM B. Macieja. Nowadays there are no advantage for white.} (6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 (7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qxe4 Nd6 13. Qd3 b6 14. Ba3 Qf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Comp Fritz 6-Anand,V (2781)/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 072 (45)}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O $11) 6... d5 {This and some next move are forced} 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 {the first deviation} ({Much more popular is} 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bb4 Re8 $15 {0-1 Asanov,B (2200) -Vladimirov,E (2550)/Alma-Ata 1989/EXT 1997 (30)}) 9... Nxd2 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nbxd2 c5 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 c4 (13... Bg4 14. dxc5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O $44 { 1-0 Macieja,B (2635)-Aleksandrov,A (2664)/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098 (61)}) 14. O-O Rb8 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Qc2 g6 17. Nd2 Qg5 18. Re3 Qg4 19. Qc3 c5 20. Nf3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2508)-Stefansson,H (2549)/Liepaya 2004/CBM 103 (25)}) 9. Nc3 {the struggle goes near bishop on b6 - either it will be paralyse white's foces against defense of d4-pawn, or will be turned off for a long time. That's why primary task for white is to strengthen that pawn. In that reason exchange on c3 almost always is bad for black.} ({Somewhat weaker is another way to develop queenside} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 $6 {in view of} Nxd2 $1 11. Kxd2 $8 (11. Bxd2 Nxd4) (11. Nxd2 Nxd4) (11. Qxd2 Ba5) 11... Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f6 $36 {0-1 Sveshnikov,E (2545)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2470)/Rio de Janeiro 1985/EXT 1999 (41)}) (9. h3 $5 Bd7 10. Bd3 $6 (10. a4 $5) (10. Be2 $5) 10... Nb4 $1 11. Be2 $6 (11. O-O $11) 11... c5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)-Eljanov,P (2675)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week in Chess 638 (29)}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Nxe4 Ba5+ 16. Nc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qg6 18. Rb1 $6 Bd3 19. Rb7 Bc2 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 $19 23. Ke2 Rb2 24. Qc5 Bb3+ 25. Kf3 Bd5+ 26. Kf4 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 Qxg2+ 28. Kh4 Qxh1 {0-1 Macieja,B (2653)-Veskovi,G (2633)/Bermuda 2004/CBM 098}) 10... Bg4 ( 10... Ne7 11. O-O (11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Nh4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a4 c6 19. e6 Qxe6 20. Rfe1 Qc8 21. a5 $44 { 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2595)-Malaniuk,V (2610)/Krasnodar 1997/EXT 2000}) 11... c6 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B (2633)-Aronian,L (2645)/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (44)}) 11. Qc2 $5 { Ni Hua's patent. White's idea is to crush knight on e4.exchange own bishop on c6 and play against off-bishop on b6} (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 (12. h3 Be6) (12. O-O) 12... c5 (12... Bd7 13. Qa3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Qa6 Qd6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rd2 Bc8 19. Qd3 Ba5 20. Rc2 Ng4 21. Re2 Bf5 22. Qd2 Rb3 23. Bf4 Qb4 24. Rhe1 Qc4 {0-1 Mannion,S (2331)-Mikhalevski,V (2572)/Port Erin 2005/CBM 108 ext}) 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O-O Bxf2 17. Nxd5 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Bxh4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B (2592)-Grabarczyk,M (2484)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 110 ext (52)}) 11... Bxf3 $6 {In my opinion, the first mistake. It is not right to open lines on the King's side, because many black's pieces are sticked on the queen's side and they can't help their own king in few time.} ({ More solid is} 11... Bf5 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Na4 Nxe5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. dxe5 Rg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ni Hua (2641) -Navara,D (2656)/Reggio Emilia ITA 2007/The Week in Chess 686 (44)}) 12. gxf3 Ng5 {black tries to use some exposure of white's pawns. But white's argument( space advantage, open "g" line) looks stronger. [#]} 13. Bxc6 $2 {Not clear perform of the right idea. It was necessary to castle at first.} ({the better was} 13. O-O-O $1 Nxf3 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qe2 {and with transposition we came to position on the game}) 13... bxc6 $2 {Black didn't use his chance!} (13... Nxf3+ $1 14. Ke2 Nxd4+ 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 (16. Bxd5 Bxc3 17. Rad1 Bxe5 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 16... Rb8 17. Bc6 Qh4 $40 {the struggle are going to all 3 results}) 14. O-O-O Nxf3 {else black will suffer for "free"} 15. Qe2 Nh4 (15... Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. f5 $40 {- Black is hard to make a counter-play on the Queen's side, while whtie's initiative is delevoped without any obstacles}) 16. Rhg1 f6 $1 {the best chance} (16... Qd7 17. Qh5 Nf5 18. Bh6 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 (19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 19... f6 (19... g6 20. Rd3 $16) 20. e6 Qe7 21. Ne2 $36) (16... Ng6 $5 17. Rg3 (17. Qh5 Qh4) 17... Ba5 18. Na4 (18. Qh5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe7 $132) 18... Rb8 19. Rdg1 (19. Qh5 Qh4) 19... Qh4 (19... Rb4 20. Qh5 Rxa4 21. Rh3 h6 22. Bxh6 $18) 20. f4 f5 21. Qf3 $36) 17. Qh5 {[#]} Ng6 $2 {Passive defense is doomed for misfortune} ({it was necessary radically change the way of the struggle} 17... fxe5 $5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qxh4 Bxd4 {but after} 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 {I prefer white's position}) 18. Rg3 $16 fxe5 19. Rh3 Qf6 $2 (19... Kf7 $8 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Qf5+ Qf6 22. Qd7+ Qe7 23. Rf3+ Kg8 24. Qxc6 $16) 20. Rg1 $1 $40 {White's attack is irresistible} exd4 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rxg6 Qxg6 23. Rf3+ Qf6 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh4+ Ke5 26. Qe7+ Kf5 27. Qd7+ Kg6 28. Bxd4 $18 {White has material and position advantage plus attack on the black king. Is this stage Chinese GM was exact} Bxd4 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Qxd4 Rf6 31. Nd1 $1 {Knight goes to the King side} a6 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Ng4 Rfe6 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35. Qxa6 c5 36. Qd3 c4 37. Qh3+ ({Other way was} 37. Qxd5) 37... Kg8 38. Ne3 c6 39. Qg4 Rf6 40. Qd7 Re4 41. Nf5 Rf7 42. Qd8+ (42. Qd8+ Rf8 43. Qg5 Rf7 44. Nh6+) 1-0