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[Event "Corus Chess A 2008"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.01.25"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O {Diagram [#] This is
a rare scheme of the Closed Sicilian Defence. Usually White plays f2-f4, after
that Ng1-f3. Now knight stays in front of pawn, Black controls d4-square(
Everest of the position).} Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qd1 Nd7 11.
f4 {Diagram [#] With his pawn on f4 already, White would play Qf3-f2 with idea
Bc1-e3, g4-g5, h4-h5!} c4 $1 {Important move for Black counterplay. Black
knight jumps on c4 to pressure on the queenside.} 12. dxc4 Na5 $1 13. Nd5 ({
Bad for White} 13. Qd3 $2 Rc8 14. b3 b5 $1 $17) 13... Nxc4 14. c3 Ndb6 15. Qe2
(15. f5 $2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Ne3 $1 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 {Too weak dark
squares!}) 15... Rc8 16. Kh2 e6 17. Nb4 $1 ({Long way to f4-square} 17. Nxb6 $2
Qxb6 18. b3 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Bd4 $1 (19... Na5 20. Be3)) 17... Na4 $1 {Diagram [#]
Black has strong initiative on the queenside. Well done , knights!} 18. f5 Re8
19. fxe6 $2 {Mistake! Black king is OK now. White loses a control on dark
squares.} (19. f6 $1 {of course!} Bf8 $1 (19... Bxf6 $2 20. Qf2 Kg7 21. b3 $18)
20. e5 $1 {with unclear position}) 19... fxe6 20. Nd3 Qb6 21. h4 $1 Qa6 22. Rf2
Ne5 23. Nf4 $1 {Strong move. Black must exchange queens because of weekness
e6-pawn} Nc5 24. Qxa6 bxa6 $1 {Diagram [#] Excellent! B-file opens for black
rooks} 25. Re2 h6 $1 {prophylactic against Bh3} 26. Kh1 (26. Bh3 $2 g5 $1)
26... a5 $1 {Black activated a-battering-ram.} 27. Be3 a4 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Bd4
$2 {Delay for White. Its time to catch d-file.} (29. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 30. Red2)
29... g5 30. Nh3 g4 31. Nf4 Rb6 32. Nh5 Bh8 33. Red2 Reb8 34. Bxc5 $5 {White
starts counterplay, but they exchange an important dark-squared bishop. Black
has a clear advantage. How to cover c4 and f3-squares together?} dxc5 35. Rd8+
Kf7 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Rd2 Nc4 $2 ({Zeitnot. Simply wins} 37... Ke7 $1 38. Bf1 {
Only move} a3 39. b3 c4 40. b4 a5 $1 41. bxa5 Nf3 $19 {Diagram [#]}) 38. Rd7+
Ke8 39. Rxa7 Be5 40. Rxa4 Ne3 {White resigns!!! An illusion of Mamedyarov.
White can save a bishop} 41. b3 Rd8 42. Kg1 $1 Rd2 43. Bh1 $3 {Diagram [#]} Nd1
(43... Kf7 44. Ra5 $1) 44. Ra7 Nxc3 45. Bg2 Bd4+ 46. Kh1 $1 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Bg1+
48. Kh1 $3 {Diagram [#]Position is unclear. Nobody has ever improved his
situation by resigning!} 0-1
[Event "Corus Chess A 2008"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.01.25"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. b3 {In Mamedyarov's style.No engine battles!Only less popular
sidelines! He dont play Naidorf with Van Wely of course.} d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+
Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 d5 8. Nd2 O-O-O 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nd4 $2 (
{Mistake.And what about Black developing?I prefer} 10... e5 $1 {Diagram [#]}
11. fxe5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Ngf3 Ne3 $1) 12... Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qxe5 {
Black stays quite good}) 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qc3 {Rook on h8, bishop on f8,
king on c8..But Van Wely takes c2-pawn.} 13. Ngf3 Qxc2 14. Ng5 {Diagram [#] We
can notice that Black is strongly underdeveloped, which leaves him a mere
spectator against such a primitive threat like Nxf7} Rd4 $1 {This strong move
saves Black from Nf7-g5-e6.} 15. O-O e6 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Nxe6 $1 {
Diagram [#] An area of Black king is weakens.Mamedyarov starts attack.} Rxe4
19. Qf3 Rxe6 20. Qh3 $1 {Fine geometry.Black cant plays on d7 with a king.} Ng4
(20... Kd7 $2 21. Nc4+) 21. Qxg4 Qg6 22. Qh3 $1 Qh6 23. Qf3 Bf6 {Do you think
that position is equal? White king is better,queen and knigth stonger than
queen and bishop and rook g8 is out of the game.} 24. Kh1 Bd4 25. b4 $3 {
Diagram [#] Black coordination is far from perfect yet,White retain dangerous
initiative.} cxb4 26. Ne4 Bb6 $2 {Black should have defended the bishop by
completing the development of the last piece with 26...Rd8.} 27. f5 Bc7 28. h3
Rc6 29. Qg4 $1 {Stupid rook g8 ruins Black.f-pawn starts of a glorious
marching.} Kb8 30. f6 a5 31. f7 $16 Rf8 32. Qf5 Qh4 33. Rd7 $1 g6 34. Qd5 {
White controls all over the board but Black has some counterplay.White king
now weakens too.} a4 $4 {Last error.} 35. Qd4 $1 $18 {Diagram [#] Simply
geometry.} b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Qg7 {Poor rook dies..} Rxf7 38. Qg8+ Ka7 39.
Qxf7 Qxe4 40. Rxc7 b2 41. Rxb7+ 1-0
[Event "Corus Chess A 2008"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.25"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {During the Elista match, Kramnik
played 4...dxc4 . In Mexico and other tournaments, he started employing the
sharper Moscow system, where he seems to feel at home with both colours} 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bh4 {Players do not shake eachother's hands before the game.Battle
started!} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7
$3 {Diagram [#] In the press conference Topalov said Cheparinov found Nxf7
three years ago, and they have been saving and developing it ever since. A
huge effort indeed, but the resulting positions cannot be analized properly
without considerable investment of time. All engines would consider that Black
is just winning in all the lines, which can be quite discouraging for the
faint-hearted.} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 {Diagram [#] Modern Kings Gambit on a
board!} Ke7 15. Nd6 Qb6 {Exchampion wants save his king on queen-side.} 16. Bg4
Raf8 17. Qc2 Qxd4 $2 (17... Rhg8 $1 {is logical, because it develops the last
piece, anticipating the infiltration of the white queen at the same time}) 18.
Qg6 $1 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 (20... Kc7 $2 21. Nc5 Rd8 22. Nxd7) 21.
a4 $1 {Diagram [#] The queen and the knight are placed on active positions,
but Black king too slow. At the same time, the g3-bishop is out of play.} b4
22. Rac1 {White wants to blow Rc4!} c3 $1 23. bxc3 b3 {Kramnik closed c-file} (
{After} 23... Nxc3 {all White pieces in attack} 24. h3 Qd4 25. Rfd1 $1 {
Diagram [#]} Nxd1 26. Nd6+ $1 Kc7 (26... Kd8 27. Rxc6) (26... Kb8 27. Qxd7 Qb6
28. Rxc6) 27. Nb5+ $18) 24. c4 Rfg8 {Only way for Black.They must chasing the
enemy queen.} 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 ({Better is} 27. h3 $1 {
Diagram [#] They says,this move was suggested by Garry Kasparov, who was
following the game informally (phoning and discussing with people in between)
on a notebook without an engine!} Rxf7 28. hxg4 Nf4 29. Nxf7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nxc1
31. Rxc1 (31. Nxh8 $2 b2 $19) 31... Rb8 32. Rb1 Nc5 33. f4 Nxa4 34. fxg5 hxg5
35. Nxg5 b2 36. Nxe6+ Kc8 (36... Kd7 37. Nc5+ Nxc5 38. e6+) 37. g5 Nc3 38. Rxb2
Rxb2 39. g6 $18 {Who can count variations better than the Great K?}) 27... Rxf7
28. Rxc6+ Kb8 29. Nxf7 Re8 $2 ({Black's only chance to save the game!} 29...
Qe2 $3 {One more idea of Kasparov!} 30. Rc3 (30. Nxh8 Qxf1+ $3 31. Kxf1 b2 $3 {
Diagram [#]}) 30... b2 31. Rb3+ Ka8 32. Nxh8 Nc5 33. Rb5 (33. Rxb2 Qxb2 34.
dxe6 Nxe6) 33... Nxa4 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 35. dxe6 Qb6 $1 36. e7 Qe6 37. f4 $1 gxf4
38. Bh4 {Diagram [#] the position remains fairly unclear}) 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Rc4
$1 Qe2 32. dxe6 Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 {White has a winning position because active
pieces , far advanced pawns and the safer position of the king.} 34. e7 $2 ({
Simply wins} 34. Rxb3) 34... Nd5 35. Rxb3 Nxe7 36. Rfb1 Nd5 {There seems to be
some hope for Black now.} 37. h3 h5 $2 {Final mistake.Black loses g5-pawn} 38.
Nf7 $1 Rc8 39. e6 {Diagram [#]} a6 40. Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. R3b2 Qd3 43. e7
Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 {Diagram [#] With the idea Nc7 and Rb7 matt} 1-0
[Event "Corus Chess A 2008"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.01.25"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 ({Black played here
} 6... Bg4 {in first games in line.But after Radzhabov's} 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
e5 9. a4 {White is better}) 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11.
Qf3 {Aronian beats Gelfand with black pieces in this variation in round 2.} Qb6
12. Ke2 {Diagram [#] Novelty by Gelfand in 2005.} ({White moves usually} 12.
Nd1) 12... Nh6 $1 ({After} 12... O-O $2 13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $1 {Black knight out
of game.}) 13. h3 Nf5 14. g4 {White must push knight f5} Ne7 15. Rb1 $1 {
Diagram [#] Novelty by Aronian!After simply} (15. Bd2 $6 O-O 16. Rac1 f6 $1 17.
exf6 Rxf6 18. e4 Bd4 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Kd1 Rf7 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Qe2 {
Gelfand-Aronian} Ng6 $17) 15... a5 {Black saves position of the bishop} 16. e4
Bb7 {Strong developing move} ({After} 16... d4 17. Nd1 $16 {White king is OK})
17. f5 (17. Rd1 $2 d4 $1) 17... Bd4 $1 {Black must try to open files} 18. exd5
Bxe5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rbc1 b4 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne4 {Diagram [#] Critical
position after forced line.} Rd8 $2 {Hard mistake!Its time to castle king.
White begins and winning now!} 23. f6 $1 Nd5 24. Rxc6 $3 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7 ({
Simply loses} 25... Qb7 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. Bc5 $1 Be5 28. Kf1) 26. Nd6+ $3 {
Diagram [#] Exraordinary blow!Black collapsed} Qxd6 (26... Bxd6 27. Qxd5 $18
O-O 28. Qg5 g6 29. Qh6 {matt!}) 27. Bb5+ Kf8 28. Bc5 $1 {White wins the queen
and battle ends} Nf4+ 29. Ke1 gxf6 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rxh8 Kxh8
33. Qb7 $1 {Diagram [#] White keeps up pressure. Black has too must weaken
pawns} Kg7 34. Be8 Kh6 35. Qxf7 Ng6 36. Qb3 $1 Nf4 37. Qg8 Rd4 38. h4 $1 Ng2+
39. Ke2 Nxh4 40. g5+ $1 fxg5 41. Qe6+ 1-0
[Event "Corus Chess B 2008"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepomniashchy, Yan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.01.25"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 ({Armenian grandmaster often plays
Berline.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 {Agressive Yan prefer to play with queens.} 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 4... Bc5 {The most popular line.Black
trades pair of knights.Position is equal.} 5. O-O Nd4 $1 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 {
The best way for White. Knight b1 must placed on e3 to control d5,f5.} c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 $1 h5 $2
{Bishop c7 is out of the game.Black must trade bishop b3 and attack in centre
with d6-d5.Only White wants to open h-file!} 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Kg7 17. Kg2 {
White wins battle for the h-file.Black cant play Rh8 because of 18.g5!} Nh7 18.
Rh1 Ng5 19. Qg3 {Diagram [#]} Rg8 {Only move to save the king} (19... Bd7 $2
20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. gxf5 $18) (19... f6 $2 20. Nf5+ gxf5 21. gxf5 d5 22. Bxg5
fxg5 23. Rh5 $18) 20. Kf1 $1 Bd7 $4 {Hard mistake again.Black must trade
b3-bishop!} (20... Be6 $1 21. Nf5+ Kf8) 21. Nf5+ $1 {Diagram [#]} Kf8 ({
Simply wins White after} 21... gxf5 22. gxf5 f6 (22... Kf8 23. Rg1 f6 24. Bxg8
Kxg8 25. Qh4 $18) 23. Bxg8 Qxg8 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ $18) 22.
Qh4 $1 gxf5 23. Qh6+ $1 ({After} 23. gxf5 $2 Qf6 {saves Black}) 23... Ke8 24.
gxf5 d5 25. Qxg5 $3 {Diagram [#] The point of attack!Other strike on g5 only
helps Black} (25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. f6 Rg8 27. Qg7 Bh3+ $3 28. Rxh3 Rxg7 29. Rh8+
Kd7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. fxg7 Bf6 32. exd5 c5 {with draw in ending}) 25... Rxg5
26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Bxg5+ f6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Be3 {White must win with extrapawn.
By the way white rook must burst in the 7th line!} Bb6 30. Ke2 Be8 31. Rh1 Bf7
32. Rh7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Kf8 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rh8+ Bg8 36. e4 $1 {The final
stroke!Black cant save all weaknesses.} Kg7 37. Rh4 Bf7 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5
Rxd5 40. Rc4 {Rook endgame is totally winning for white.White rook threatens
Rc7 and Rg4-g6} Kh6 41. Rg4 Kh5 42. Rg7 a5 43. Ke3 $1 {Diagram [#] The hand of
Master!White activated the king} b5 44. Ke4 Rd8 45. Rg6 Rd6 46. d4 exd4 47.
cxd4 Rc6 48. Rg2 Rc1 49. Kd5 Re1 50. Kc6 b4 51. b3 1-0
[Event "Moscow Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 {A variant of Lithuanian grandmaster
Eduardas Rozentalis. Earlier Tiviakov applied 4.Nf3 with further Bc4, or even
at once 4.Bc4. But in this game he decided to turn aside.} d6 5. exd6 e6 6. Bg2
Bxd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. d4 {In the early 90th Rozentalis practiced another plan:
Na3-c4, d3, a4. Now it's gone out of fashion.} Nc6 9. dxc5 ({There are
reliable ways to equalization on} 9. O-O {:} cxd4 ({maybe,} 9... b5 $5 {
, similar to the play of Le Quang}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 {and White have
nothing in particular. So, Tiviakov avoids simplifications.}) 9... Bxc5 10. O-O
b5 {Diagram [#] Interesting idea, applied for the first time by English
grandmaster Jim Plaskett. Black bishop preparing to go out to the main
diagonal, and at the same time occupy more space.} 11. b4 $1 $146 {Logical and
good novelty! White begin a fight on a queen flank, and prevent the advance
b5-b4, which can be unpleasant in connexion with Bc8-a6.} Bd6 ({At first sight
} 11... Be7 {might seem more accurate because the square g5 is under control
now. But actually it isn't so:} 12. a4 bxa4 (12... Ba6 {allowed tactical trick}
13. c4 $1 $16) 13. b5 Na5 14. Qxa4 Nb7 15. c4 {- White have pawn b + c, strong
bishop on g2, a potential outpost at c6... The advantage of white is obvious.})
12. a4 bxa4 ({It would be interesting to check in practice} 12... Ba6 $5 13. c4
bxc4 14. b5 Qf6 $1 15. Ra3 $1 Rfb8 $13 {- there will be blood!}) 13. Rxa4 ({
Noteworthy consistent} 13. b5 $5 {, Black should reply} Ne5 $1 {- with the
bishop on d6 this move is possible.} ({Retreat} 13... Nce7 {would entail
difficulties which are illustrated by the following variant:} 14. c4 Nb6 $2 15.
Ng5 Rb8 16. c5 $1 Bxc5 17. Qc2 $18) 14. Rxa4 Bb7 {. This position is unclear,
but White's prospects, perhaps, however better.}) 13... Bb7 {Diagram [#] One
of key moments in this game.} 14. Ng5 {Tiviakov decided to switch the game to
the king flank, but this doesn't combine with his previous moves.} (14. b5 {
more preferable.}) 14... Be7 {Good move. Black disturb a knight on g5 and
withdraw own bishop from potential impact.} 15. Qh5 {White create a hook for
an attack.} h6 ({Worse} 15... Nf6 $6 {because of} 16. Qe2) 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Re1
({Immediate} 17. Nc5 {was unconvincing:} Bxc5 18. bxc5 Ne5 {. Therefore White
take the square e5 under control.}) 17... Rad8 {Standard method. Black
prepared a refuge on a8 for the bishop.} 18. Nc5 Ba8 {Diagram [#] The time has
come! To sacrifice or not? Actually, looks like that White by own 13th move
leave no choice for itself.} 19. Bxh6 Nf6 $8 (19... gxh6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 (20...
Nf6 21. Nxc7 Nxh5 22. Nxa8 $18) 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24.
Bxd5 {- White have four pawns for a piece and attack.}) 20. Qh3 $2 {Tiviakov
plays only for a victory. But does position correspond to this mood?} ({
More appropriately there was} 20. Qg5 Ne8 21. Qh5 gxh6 (21... Nf6 $11) 22. Qxh6
$44 {This is the same position as in a game, but knight stands on e8 (not on
f6). This is to the advantage for a White.}) 20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 Ng4 $1 {
Exact move, that dismissed White's queen from an attacking position.} 22. Nxe6
{Diagram [#] Probably, Tiviakov pinned all hopes on this strike.} (22. Qh5 {
reflected by} Nce5 $1 (22... Nf6 $2 {is a mistake:} 23. Qg5+ Kh8 (23... Kh7 24.
b5 $18) 24. Qh6+ (24. b5 Nh7 $1) 24... Kg8 (24... Nh7 25. Be4 $18) 25. b5 {
with a strong attack}) 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19 {- Black's win is just a matter of
time.}) 22... Qe5 $3 {Supermove! At one stroke Black lead away queen from
under a threat, protect the point g7, attack a rook on e1 - is it possible to
wish more from one move?} ({Much weaker} 22... Nxh6 $2 23. Nxc7 Bb7 24. b5) 23.
Qc1 ({If} 23. Rxe5 {then} Rd1+ 24. Bf1 Nxh6 $19 {. White attack only on f8,
black - on b1, e5, c6... Besides, they are one piece more.}) 23... Qh8 {
So, the manoeuvre Qe5-h8 decided the fate of game.} 24. h3 ({After} 24. Nxd8 {
game could end up like this:} Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Nd4 $1 26. f3 (26. Bxa8 Qxf2#) (26.
cxd4 Qxg2+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ 28. Kd2 Bg5+ $19) 26... Qxg3 27. Ra2 Nh2+ 28. Kg1
Ndxf3+ 29. Kh1 Ng4 {- mate is irresistible.}) 24... fxe6 25. Rxe6 {This loses
faster, but gives little chance for a couple of dangerous checks.} (25. hxg4
Ne5 $1 {didn't promise nothing good for White.}) 25... Rxf2 26. Rg6+ Kf7 27.
Rxg4 Rxg2+ {The last defender of white king is now destroyed.} 28. Kf1 (28.
Kxg2 Ne5+ {with a monstrous defeat.}) 28... Ke8 $1 {"Human" move, that
underlines hopelessness of White's position. Blameless game by Le Quang Liem!}
0-1
[Event "Moscow Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game, both chessplayers had 5.5/7. In order to fight for the
first place, they needed only a victory...} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3
{Favourite variant of Arkadij Naiditsch. Being very aggressive, it leaves wide
counterplay opportunities for Black. I doubt whether Lastin objected to this.}
e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 {Here is the opening surprise.} ({Earlier
Naiditsch selected} 7. h4 {, but after that:} h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 {
Black in perfect order, as recent games have shown. Perhaps, for this reason
white have performed 7.Be3.}) 7... Nc6 8. dxc5 h5 {Was thinking a little,
Lastin chose a rare continuation - maybe, he was afraid a home preparation?} ({
More spreaded} 8... Nxe5 9. Nd4 {- there are kilometers of opening variations.}
) 9. Nf4 {The opening theory concerns to this move with mistrust. The fact is
that now d5-d4 will always threaten.} ({From this point of view} 9. Nd4 {
much more solid.}) 9... Bh7 $1 $146 {A reasonable decision.} ({Really, there
is no need to check in a conclusive game: what's new in a sharp variant} 9...
d4 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Qd3 Kf7 12. O-O-O dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 {?}) (9... Bh7 {
was recommended by Hungarian grandmaster Peter Lukacs, when he commented game
De Vreugt-Maksimenko, Lviv 2001. Let me quote him: "... keeping the strong
bishop looked better. The pawn h5 is not so important..."}) 10. Nb5 {Looks
quite logical.} ({Alternatively, it's possible to try} 10. Qe2 $5 {with
queen's side castling. Here is approximate variant:} hxg4 11. O-O-O Nh6 12. Bg2
{with a possible sacrifice on d5. But that requires verification.}) 10... hxg4
11. Qxg4 (11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Nf6 $15 {Lukacs}) 11... Nh6 $1 12. Qh5 Bf5 {
The best defence is an attack - now threatens 13... Bg4 with a capture of a
queen.} ({Black bishop on h7 would not forgive} 12... g6 $6) 13. Rg1 g6 {
Now it's possible.} 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 {When you look through
this game, you are asked by a question - where White were mistaken? Probably,
here - cause then Black's game is developed by itself.} (16. cxd6 {was more
interesting:} Qa5+ (16... Nxe5 17. Bd4 $1) 17. c3 (17. Bd2 Qb6) 17... O-O-O ({
endgame after} 17... d4 18. Bd2 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 {is better for White
}) 18. Bd2 {- the position is complicated. White is pawn more, but it's king
located in a center - well, it's a usual thing in Caro-Kann with 4.Nc3!}) 16...
Qa5+ 17. c3 (17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Bxc2 {- Black is better. Therefore there
is nothing surprising that Naiditsch has preferred bad, but a complex position
to the unpromising ending.}) 17... d4 18. b4 {The only chance to save pawn
chain.} (18. Bd2 Qxc5 $17) 18... Qa3 19. Bd2 (19. cxd4 Qc3+ $19) 19... dxc3 20.
Bc1 Qa4 $1 {There is no need, absolutely, to give any countergame chances for
White.} (20... Qxb4 21. Nd5 Qxc5 22. Nc7+ Kd7 {- though, I suspect, Black will
win there anyway.}) 21. Bg2 (21. Nd5 Nd4 $19) 21... Nxb4 22. Nd5 {Despair, but
position is bad in any case.} (22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. c6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $19)
22... Nc2+ ({It seems, that Black missed nice force win:} 22... Bd3 $1 23. Nxc3
Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Qf4+ $1 25. Kxd3 Nb4# {However, Lastin's move spoils nothing. In
somewhat it even better - all Black's pieces now in game!}) 23. Kf1 Ng4 $1 {
Alarm - mate in 1.} 24. Rh1 Nxa1 25. Nc7+ Kd7 {Basically, that's all. Now it's
necessary nothing to overlook.} 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. c6+ Kxd6 {King in center is
invulnerable, cause black figures are located so successfully, that cover all
the "vital" squares.} 28. Nxa6 Ne5 $1 {The end is near.} 29. Nc5 Qc2 30. Bf4 f6
31. Qe1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Kxc5 33. Bxe5 Qd2 {So, Lastin has won, and in case of
success in last round - he could expect for the first place. But the destiny
needed to dispose in another way...} 0-1
[Event "Moscow Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 {Specialization of Valery Yandemirov. It appears, that this
continuation no less popular, than traditional 8...c5.} 9. O-O {Diagram [#]}
Na5 ({Another plan:} 9... e5 {. After} 10. Ba3 ({calm} 10. d5 {also possible})
10... Re8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ {- there are unpredictable complications!})
10. Bd3 b6 11. Be3 Qd7 ({Yandemirov tried} 11... c5 12. Rc1 ({The greed is
punishable:} 12. dxc5 $6 bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Nc4 $44) 12...
Bb7 {but position after} 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e6 16. Rcd1 exd5 17.
exd5 {usually folded for him fail. Therefore he decides to interpret this
variant in a different way.}) 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qd2 {An idea is obvious - to
change black-square bishops for Black's king weakening.} Rfe8 $146 (13... Rfd8
{hardly changes anything.}) 14. Bh6 Bh8 {Pay attention to the bishop h6.
Grandmaster Igor Zaitsev calls these "tusker".} 15. e5 {Diagram [#] Method of
White's play in similar positions well known from classic game
Filip-Kortschnoj, Bucharest 1954. It is: open a bishop (e4-e5), translate
queen on g5, and now press on the pawn g6 - h4-h5, Nf4 and etc.} c5 16. Qg5
cxd4 17. cxd4 e6 {A necessary move. After Ne2-f4 White will threat e5-e6
themselves.} 18. h4 Nc6 {Black switches for a passive defence. A knight is
need on e7 square.} 19. Rfd1 Ne7 (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxg6 $18) 20.
h5 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 $6 {Diagram [#] Bishop should not detract from the
diagonal a8-h1 - moreover, black rook on e8 unexpectedly falls under the blow.}
({After} 21... Rxc8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nf4 {White could combine the plan of
Nh5-f6 with the translation of rook on the file "a3-h3". They have initiative.}
) 22. Nf4 $1 Qxd4 {What else?} ({Forced variation:} 22... Bb7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Nxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 27. Bxg7 Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {- perhaps,
this endgame is lost.}) ({Maybe,} 22... Qd8 $5 {could help?}) 23. Bc2 Qc5 {
Diagram [#]} (23... Qxe5 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. hxg6 {"If you can't perform an
attack without some sacrifice, then the attacker's side somewhere made a
mistake". Who did say it, Tarrasch? Possibly, he exaggerated a little, but...}
({Such feeling that after} 24. Rd6 $5 {White put insoluble problems for an
opponent.}) 24... Qxc2 (24... hxg6 25. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Nxg6 $18) 25. Rd8 $3 {
Very beautiful. White sacrificed a minor piece, and now they decide to add a
rook. The idea - lure black rook on d8.} Rxd8 26. g7 Rd1+ $2 {The crucial
error.} (26... Qd1+ $8 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 29. Nh5 f6 $1 30. Bg7+ Kg8
31. Bxf6+ Kf7 32. Bxd8 {- White have an tangible advantage, but Black still
can resist.}) 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 29. Nh5 {30.Bg7 with Nf6 threatens
now. Black decided to get a mate in another way.} f6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qf8# {
One of the best games in Moscow Open 2008.} 1-0
[Event "Moscow Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Some chessplayers believe that sixth round - key in nine-round swisses. Whole
performance depends on the game result of sixth round...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 8. Re1 ({
More fundamentally} 8. d5 {. After} Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 {
position transformed to Kings Indian type. Absence of white-square bishops
implyies White's superiority.}) 8... b5 {Now Black deny the possibility of an
immediate exchange of bishops.} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 {"In this system White has
some problems with developing the bishop c1" - Roiz (c). Well, it seems that
White has shut one's eyes to this.} O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. a3 h6 $146 (12... a5 $6
13. d5 Nb8 14. a4 $1 Na6 15. axb5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bxb5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Bxb3 Qc8
19. c4 Bd7 20. Bd2 $16 {, Bologan-Moreno Carnero, France 2002.}) 13. Bc2 Nh5 {
Kazhgaleyev switched to a kingside, cause center play is impossible now:} (
13... d5 $2 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 $18
{. Such traps are often found in the Scandinavian defence.}) 14. Nf1 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 {White radically decide the problem of bishop on ?.} (15. Ne3 $5 {
looks good, with the idea to remove its colleague.}) 15... exf4 16. Qd2 g5 {
There is no other way to protect a pawn.} (16... Qf6 {was prematurely:} 17. e5
dxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Qxf4 $16) 17. Rad1 Qe7 (17... Qf6 18. e5 $1 {- even
worse than in previous variant.}) 18. Qd3 Kf8 {Cold-blooded prophylactic. The
battery c2+d3 not so dangerous.} 19. Bb3 Rad8 {Both sides have been
strengthened well in the center. A battle is coming...} 20. Ba2 Qf6 {Time for
pawn movements hasn't come yet:} (20... h5 $2 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qh7 $16) 21. N3h2
{Diagram [#]} h5 $1 {At the right time! Black use that white knight rode away
from a center, and now there is nothing to answer on flanking actions.} 22. Qf3
Qh6 {Smartly.} (22... Qg6 {suggests itself, but then there was an opportunity
to undermine pawn rows:} 23. h4 $5) 23. g4 {Good attempt to stop an avalanche.}
(23. Ne3 {was showy, but not effective:} Ne7 $1) 23... hxg4 24. Nxg4 Qg6 25.
Nfh2 Ne7 26. Qg2 Bc6 $5 {Provocative move.} 27. d5 {Provocation is successful!}
({Actually,} 27. Nf3 $5 {isn't bad, because} Bxe4 {was striking back by} 28.
Bxf7 $1 Bxf3 29. Bxe8 Bxg2 30. Bxg6 Bf3 31. Be4 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 $14 {. After
this total annihilation White stands better.}) 27... Bd7 28. Nf3 Qh5 29. e5 $1
{Of course. Otherwise Black will transfer own knight to e5.} dxe5 {Diagram [#]}
30. Ngxe5 $2 {But this is a mistake.} ({Why Inarkiev renounced} 30. Nfxe5 Bxe5
31. Rxe5 {? Probably, because of} f5 {. But then} 32. d6 $1 cxd6 33. Rxd6 fxg4
34. Qe4 $1 {with a dangerous attack. Anyway, it's easy to decide on such
variants at home... but not in the real conditions!}) 30... Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxh3
32. Qh1 ({A try to escape in ending for a draw would not be set off:} 32. Qf3
Qxf3 33. Nxf3 Bg4 34. Rd3 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Nxd5 $19) 32... Nf5 33. Rd3 g4 34. Qe4
f6 35. d6 $5 {White go straight ahead. By this move, Inarkiev sacrificed a
piece, but awakened the bishop on ?.} Rxe5 {The knight can be taken in a
different way:} (35... fxe5 36. d7 Re7 37. Qc6 Nd6 $19) 36. dxc7 Rde8 37. Qb4+
Ne7 38. Red1 {Inarkiev looking for a "lucky punch"...} Bg2 $1 (38... g3 $5 {
- more practical, but move in a game - the shortest path to a goal.}) 39. Kxg2
f3+ 40. Kg3 (40. Kg1 Qh3 $19) 40... Rf5 {Diagram [#] I think, Black had no
time for calculating forced:} (40... Qh3+ 41. Kf4 Qh2+ 42. Kxg4 Qg2+ 43. Kf4 (
43. Kh4 Rh5+ $19) 43... Rf5+ 44. Ke4 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 Qg5+ 46. Kd4 Qf4#) {This
position resembles some tasks from a book "Combination motives", written by
Maxim Blokh. There was a feature - whose turn move, those wins. At Black's
turn, it isn't difficult to find a victory: 41...Qh3#. What about a White's
turn?} 41. Qxe7+ $3 {Knocking out blow!} Kxe7 (41... Rxe7 42. c8=Q+ Kg7 43. Rh1
$1 ({not} 43. Qg8+ Kh6 $11) 43... Qxh1 44. Qxf5 $18) 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rh1 $1 {
The point of a whole White's idea. It would be nothing without this move.} Qxh1
44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Re7+ Kh8 (45... Kf8 $5 {was harder:} 46. Rxe8+ Kxe8 47. c8=Q+
Ke7 48. Qxf5 Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Qxf2 {, and White still have to demonstrate some
accuracy.}) 46. Rxe8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 49. c8=Q+ Kg7 50. Qg8+
{Here it's worth quoting cult phrase: "If you see an opportunity to win a
queen or declare a mate, take a queen - cause a mate may not be!"} (50. Qg8+
Kh6 51. Qf8+ {with a quick mate} (51. Qh8+ {- "only" a queen. Interestingly,
how did Inarkiev act? We will never know - because Kazhgaleev surrendered.
Inarkiev's combination, undoubtedly, will enter to the annals. This game was
very dramatic, we need to thanks its coauthors - Ernesto and Murtas. By the
way, in a final standings they are located near each other!})) 1-0
[Event "Moscow Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 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. g3 {At first sight,
this variant with fianchetto is very solid. In fact, sometimes the battles
here are more hot, than in main lines.} Nc6 {Black decided to transpose a game
into river-bed of Scheveningen.} (6... e5 {is more characterically for
"Najdorf".}) 7. Bg2 Bd7 {Nobody need in Nxc6 + e5 surprise.} 8. O-O e6 9. Nb3 {
Rare move. Its idea - to deprive Black's possibility for off-load (Nxd4 and
Bc6).} b5 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 $146 {Diagram [#]} (11. h3 O-O 12. f4 Bc8 $5 13. e5
$6 Qb6+ 14. Kh2 Ne8 15. exd6 Nxd6 $15 {, Beshukov-Pavlovic, Biel 2003.}) 11...
h5 $6 {Dubious idea. Yes, a black knight gets the square g4, an undermining
h5-h4 can be dangerous in some moments... but Black's king will not be able
now to castle naturally.} 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. h3 ({In a case of} 13. e5 $2 {
Najer's conception would fully justify oneself:} dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bf4 Qb6+
16. Kh1 g5 $1 $19) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 Kf8 15. Be3 {Gabrielian decides not to
accelerate the party. Is he right?} ({It was already possible to declare war:}
15. e5 $5 dxe5 (15... Ne8 16. Bd2 h4 17. g4 $16 {- now knight e8 will not go
out through g7-f5}) 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxh3 19. Qf3 $36) 15...
Kg8 16. Bf2 Be8 {Diagram [#]} 17. a4 $1 {White decided to shift the focus of
its actions.} (17. Nd5 {was too early:} exd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf6 20. c3
Ne7 $132 {- future exchange of white-square bishops will weaken white king.})
17... bxa4 ({After} 17... b4 18. Nd5 $1 {wins in force a lot - because of
weakness on a6.}) 18. Rxa4 Nb8 19. Raa1 {Let's summarize: White have an
advantage. The pawn ? is weak, a knight on b8 is drawn aside on pawn defence
- because of that , e4-? threatens again. Najer prevents it.} e5 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Nd5 $1 {Gabrielian creates the pawn pair c+d, which can bring to opponent
a lot of headache.} Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd6 (22... Qxc2 $2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxe5 $18
) 23. Rac1 Ba4 ({Najer walks around an insidious trap:} 23... Bb5 $2 24. c4 $1
Bxc4 25. Qe4 $18) 24. Nd2 f5 25. c4 e4 26. c5 Bb5 $1 {Najer again "on a
altitude".} ({Why not to beat a pawn:} 26... Bxg3 {, but after} 27. d6 Bxf2+
28. Qxf2 Qf7 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qd4 $16 {there is a terrible compensation.}) 27.
Qe3 (27. cxd6 $2 Qxc1 $17) 27... Be5 28. Nc4 {Never refuse for bishop's
eliminating!} Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rh6 30. Qg5 ({Adventurous} 30. g4 $6 {just pours
water on a Black's mill:} hxg4 31. hxg4 Nd7 32. gxf5 Nf6 $44) 30... Rf8 31. b3
{Now, since a rook c4 is protected, the pawn d is ready to go forward.} Qf7 {
Diagram [#]} 32. Bd4 $6 {Disputable decision.} ({It was an interesting force
variant:} 32. c6 Qxd5 33. c7 Nc6 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Qxf5 Rf8 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37.
Bxe4 Ne7 {- now it's possible to take a breath. White have a stable
superiority.}) 32... Rg6 ({In a case of} 32... Qxd5 {Gabrielian's project
proved to be correct:} 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rexe4 Qa1+ 35. Rc1 $16) ({but} 32...
Nd7 $1 {could deliver him a few unpleasant minutes.}) 33. Qxh5 Bxg3 34. Rf1 Be5
$1 {Likeable tactics.} 35. Kh1 (35. Bxe5 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 35... Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Nd7
37. c6 Ne5 {Diagram [#] The key position. White pawns advanced far enough, but
what's next? Gabrielian decides to determine the situation.} 38. Rxe4 Rxg2 39.
Qxf5 (39. Qxf7+ Nxf7) 39... Rg5 $1 {Excellent. This move makes draw as a most
credible result.} ({It's difficult to define, how a game will run after mad}
39... Rg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qa7+ 41. Kg2 Rxf5 42. Rxf5 Nf7 {Maybe, this is a draw?} 43.
Ref4 (43. Re6 Qc7) 43... Nd6 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Rh4+ Kg6 46. Rg4+ $11) 40. Rxe5
Rxf5 41. Rexf5 Qxd5+ (41... Qxf5 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. d6 $18 {- two pawns on a
6th horizontal usually stronger than a rook.}) 42. Rxd5 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44.
Rd6 Rc3 $1 {There's no need to give a freedom for a white king.} 45. b4 g5 46.
Kf2 {Another attempts promise a bit:} (46. c7 Rxc7 47. Rxa6 Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+
49. Kg4 Rc4+ $11) (46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Ke6 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Rh6 Kg7 ({
Perhaps, more precisely is} 47... Ke7 48. Ke2 (48. c7 Kd7) 48... Kd8 $11) 48.
Rd6 Kf7 {Hunt for the rook!} 49. Ke2 {The only chance - to shift the rook from
"c" file.} Rxh3 50. Kd2 Ke7 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Ra7 Kd8 $1 {Diagram [#] Black's
king independently will be able to deal with a passer.} 53. Kc2 ({After} 53.
Rxa6 $5 {Najer must do some exact moves:} Rb3 $1 (53... Kc7 $2 54. b5 Rb3 55.
Ra7+ Kc8 56. Ra5 g4 57. Kc2 Rb4 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Ra8+ Kc7 60. Ra7+ Kd6 61. Rd7+
Ke6 62. Kc4 $18) 54. Ra4 Kc7 $1 (54... g4 $2 55. Kc2 Rf3 56. b5 Rf2+ 57. Kd3
Rb2 58. Ra8+ Kc7 59. Ra7+ Kc8 60. Kc4 $18) 55. Kc2 Rf3 56. b5 Kb6 57. Ra8 g4
$11) 53... g4 {Now, a draw is inevitable.} 54. Rxa6 g3 55. Ra8+ Kc7 56. b5 g2
57. Ra7+ Kb6 58. Rg7 (58. Rg7 Kxb5 59. c7 Rh8 60. Rxg2 Rc8 61. Rg7 Kb6 62. Kc3
Rxc7+ 63. Rxc7 Kxc7 {- there is nothing to militate. Both chessplayers passed
this game at very high level.}) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 (3. exd5) (3. Nc3) 3... Bf5 4. Nf3 {other poplar lines}
(4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 {the most active and dangerous for both sides move} Bg6 {
here is some fresh games from Moscow-Open 2008} 6. Nge2 c5 (6... f6 7. Nf4 fxe5
8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. Nxf8 exd4+ 10. Be2 dxc3 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Qxc3 Nbd7
14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qb3 b5 16. O-O-O Ndc5 17. Qa3 a5 18. Bxb5 cxb5 19. Rxd5 b4 20.
Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qf3 Rf8 $17 {0-1 Macieja,B (2617)-Postny,E (2627)/
Maalot-Tarshiha ISR 2008/The Week in Chess 688 (86)}) 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 h5 9.
Nf4 Bh7 10. Nb5 hxg4 11. Qxg4 Nh6 12. Qh5 Bf5 13. Rg1 g6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Nd6+
Bxd6 16. exd6 Qa5+ 17. c3 d4 18. b4 Qa3 19. Bd2 dxc3 20. Bc1 Qa4 21. Bg2 Nxb4
22. Nd5 Nc2+ 23. Kf1 Ng4 24. Rh1 Nxa1 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. c6+ Kxd6
28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Nc5 Qc2 30. Bf4 f6 31. Qe1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Kxc5 33. Bxe5 Qd2 {
0-1 Naiditsch,A (2638)-Lastin,A (2604)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 692})
({other lines} 4. Be3) (4. Nd2) (4. h4) 4... e6 5. Be2 {positional plan} c5 {
rare move} ({the main line is} 5... Nd7 6. O-O {here is some ways} Ne7 {
that move was used by world champions A.Karpov and V.Anand, and top-GM's M.
Adams and V. Bologan} (6... h6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11.
Ncd4 Be4 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bh5 Qb6 17. Qg4
Ndf6 18. Qh3 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Nf6 20. Qh3 Qc7 21. g4 Bc5 22. g5 Ne4 23. Kh1 Qd7
24. b4 Ba7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Qg2 Qd5 27. Nc2 hxg5 28. Rfd1 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Qxg2+ 30.
Kxg2 Nf5 31. Bxa7 Rxa7 32. fxg5 Rh5 33. Rd2 Rxg5+ 34. Kf3 b5 35. a4 Rd7 36.
Rxd7 Kxd7 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra7+ Ke8 {0-1 Sutovsky,E (2654)-Morozevich,A (2707)
/Beersheba 2005/CBM 110}) (6... Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bxh6
gxh6 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nd3 Qb6 14. a3 cxd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. Nf4 Rfc8
17. Rac1 Rc6 18. a4 Rac8 19. Bb5 Bb4 20. Qe3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qd8
23. h4 Nb8 24. Nh2 Qxh4 25. g3 Qd8 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29.
Qf4 Kg7 30. Qc1 Bg5 31. Qc5 Be7 32. Qc3 Bb4 33. Qc1 Be7 34. Kg2 Bg5 35. Qc5 Be7
36. Qc3 Bb4 37. Qc1 Be7 38. Bd3 Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Ng4 Kg8 41. Nh6+ {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P (2765)-Sakaev,K (2649)/Paris 2006/EXT 2007})) 6. Be3 ({other way
with same idea was} 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 {for exaample} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4
Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {and
black's position is not worse 0-1 Socko,B (2621)-Gelashvili,T (2575)/Ermioni
2006/CBM 113 ext (34)}) 6... cxd4 (6... Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nb5 (8. Qb1 $5 {
즈依侁?})) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 {[#]} 8. c3 $146 (8. O-O Nbc6 9. c4 (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4
Nc6 11. c3 a6 12. Bf2 g5 13. fxg5 Qxg5 14. Nd2 Rg8 15. Bg3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Rxg3
17. hxg3 Qh6+ 18. Bh5 Bg6 19. g4 Nxe5 20. Nf3 Nd3 21. Nh4 Qe3 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23.
Nxf3 Bc5 24. Ng5 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Ke7 26. b4 Bb6 27. Rae1 Rg8 28. Re2 Bxh5 29. Ree1
{0-1 Van Blitterswijk,S (2360)-Olafsson,H (2505)/Antwerp 1998/EXT 1999}) 9...
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bc3 Bc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Bb6 $11 {
1-0 Baklan,V (2595)-Izoria,Z (2590)/Solsones 2004/EXT 2007 (48)}) (8. c4 Nbc6
9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. f4 Rd8 16. Rhd1 h5 17. h4 Nec6 18. Nxc6 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxc6 20. a3 Rh6 {
1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E (2597)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext}) 8...
Nbc6 9. f4 g5 $5 {Very interesting move! Black tries to defeat white's centre}
10. fxg5 ({much worse was} 10. g3 {because of} gxf4 {white can't capture by
pawn} 11. gxf4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 {and queen goes to h4}) 10... Bg7 {ccontinues
the delelopment} 11. Nd2 Nxe5 ({interesting to try} 11... O-O $5 {and white
can't win bishop} 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 Nxe5) 12. Bb5+ {This compels knight to
leave beautiful square in center} N5c6 13. O-O O-O ({if} 13... a6 {then white
have tactical idea} 14. Bxc6+ ({出蓮} 14. Be2 {worse} O-O 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Bc5
Qxg5 {and on e2 bishop situated worse than b5}) 14... bxc6 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16.
Qh5 $5 d4 $1 (16... O-O $2 17. Bc5) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rf2 $14)
{The opening is over. Black have advantage in center, white will try to attack
on King side} 14. Nxf5 ({if} 14. N2f3 {then bishop can run over} Bg6 (14... Be4
$5)) 14... Nxf5 15. Bc5 ({direct attack is not possible} 15. Bd3 Nxe3 16. Qh5
Nf5 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rfe8 $19) ({but it is interesting to
check positional sartifise} 15. Rxf5 $5 exf5 16. Nf3 {and black have many
weaknesses}) 15... Qxg5 $8 (15... Re8 $2 16. Qh5) 16. Nf3 {it was too early to
capture the rook} (16. Bxf8 $2 {beacuse of} Ne3 17. Qe2 Nxf1 {with extra pawn})
16... Qh6 {[#]} ({壯} 16... Qg6 {張穽?帙?} 17. Bd3) 17. g4 $1 {"to add fuel
to the fire" - opens g-line for attack} (17. Bxf8 Bxf8 $132 {black have enough
compensation}) 17... Qg6 {again the only move} (17... Ne3 {was impossible
'cause of} 18. g5) ({after} 17... Nh4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qe1 $14 {
white is better}) 18. Kh1 Qxg4 19. Rg1 Qh5 {There were some alternatives} (
19... Qf4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe2 $13) (19... Qh3 $5 20. Ng5 Qh4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. Qe2 $13 (22. Qf3 $6 Ne5)) 20. Bxf8 (20. Rg5 $5 Qh3 21. Bf1 Qh6 22. Bd3 Rfe8
23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qxd5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rag1 Rg6 27. Nh4 Rd8 28. Nxg6 hxg6
29. R5g2 $14) 20... Rxf8 21. Bd3 Ne3 ({Deserves attention} 21... h6 $5 {
to take control over g5-square}) ({in variantion} 21... Nce7 22. Rg5 Qh3 23.
Qe2 h6 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Rag1 {black pieces are constrained}) ({And a bit dubious
} 21... f6 $6 22. Qe2 Ne5 $2 {in view of} (22... Kh8 23. Raf1 $14) 23. Bxf5 $1
exf5 (23... Qxf5 24. Nd4) 24. Raf1 $16) 22. Qe2 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg1+ Ng4
24. Qg3 f5 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. h3 Qh6) 22... Ng4 23. Rg3 (23. Ng5 $2 Nce5 24. Bxh7+
Kh8 {and white lost a piece}) 23... Kh8 {[#]} 24. Qg2 $2 {A mistake!} ({
The right way was} 24. Rag1 $1 f5 25. h3 $13 {with unclear game} (25. Qxe6 $4
Nf2+)) 24... f5 $15 25. Be2 $2 {Second mistake in a row! Now black's advantage
is undoubful. Bishop should stay on the d3 square to prevent canter pawns
march.} ({Only one piece is out of the battle here and the natural move} 25.
Re1 {was the best here.} Qh6 (25... e5 $2 26. Bxf5) (25... Nce5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5
27. Rh3 Qg5 28. Be2 $13) 26. Re2 Nce5 $15 {and black have only a small
adventage.}) 25... Qh6 26. Re1 e5 $17 27. Bd1 Bf6 28. Rg1 Ne7 (28... e4 {
leeds to unnecessary complications} 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxg4 Bh4 $1 31. cxd4 Bxg3
32. Qxg3 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Qf6 34. Rd1 {and white save some chances for resque})
29. Nd2 Ne3 30. Qf3 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 $6 ({more stubborn was} 31. Rxd1 {with idea}
{on} e4 {move} 32. Rh3) 31... e4 32. Nb3 f4 33. Rg4 f3 $19 {pawn goes to
promote, in same time impede white to defend their own king} 34. Nc5 Be5 35. h4
f2 36. Rf1 Qe3 0-1
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 (4... b6 {goes to Queen's Indian
defense}) 5. g3 {one of the popular lines in Nimzo defense, at first "on the
high level" it was used by Kasparov in the first game on second match against
Anatoly Karpov (Mosccow, 1985)} cxd4 {the most popular way} (5... O-O {Usually
have no independent way, it is the transposition of 5...cd variation} 6. Bg2
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7
13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rbd2 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2677)-Anand,V (2803)/
Turin 2006/CBM 113}) (5... Nc6 $5 6. Bg2 (6. d5 Na5 7. Nd2 b5 $5) 6... Ne4 {
avoids some dangerous variations}) ({in champion's game was} 5... Ne4 6. Qd3
Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qc3 12. Qd3
Qxd3 13. exd3 Na6 14. d4 {and white's have some space advantage in endgame 1-0
Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720)/Moscow 1985/MainBase (42)}) 6. Nxd4 Ne4 (6...
O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 (8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12.
Qd3 Bd7 13. c4 Ne7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nb3 Nxc4 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Ba6 Ne5 18. Qe3
$14 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2705)/London/Leningrad 1986/MainBase (40)}
) 8... Nxd5 9. Qb3 (9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be3 Qc7
14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Bc5 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Onischuk,A (2650)-Carlsen,M
(2710)/Biel 2007/CBM 120 (42)}) 9... Nc6 {穽外抑?檉倧?^ ?禎衆抑張莘
><諺炡佺城?經調} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1
Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 Be2 19. Re1 c5 20. Qb3 e5 21.
Bc1 Rac8 22. a4 Bc4 23. Qb2 Qg6 24. a5 Nd7 25. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2726)
-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120 (61)}) 7. Qd3 (7. Qc2 {is too
passive} Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7) 7... Bxc3+ (7... Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 (9. Nxa5
Ne4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Nc6 $11 {1-0 Wang Yue (2698)-Berg,E
(2583)/Gibraltar ENG 2008/The Week in Chess 691 (69)}) 9... Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+
11. Nxd2 $14) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rd1 Nc5 12. Qe3
d6 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qf4 Ba4
19. Rd2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. h4 b6 23. Rb2 h6 24. Rd2 Qc8 25.
g4 b5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Be8 29. Be4 Rb6 30. Rd3 Rb1+ 31. Kh2
Qb8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd6 a5 34. Ra6 a4 35. e3 Kf8 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38.
Rxc6 Rxa2 39. Rxc5 Rc2 40. Ra5 Rxc3 41. Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2626)-Hracek,
Z (2598)/Werder Bremen GER 2007/The Week in Chess 683}) 8. bxc3 Nc5 (8... Nf6
$2 {was bad, because of} 9. Ba3 $16 {blocks the castle}) 9. Qf3 {the most
popular line, directed against b7-b6 move} (9. Qe3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Nxb7
12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh4 Kf7 18. c5
Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qh6 Rad8 21. O-O e5 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rb1 $36 {1-0
Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)-Negi,P (2515)/Kirishi 2007/CBM 118 ext (45)}) (9. Qd2
$5 b6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nd6 Bb7 12. f3 {That position has happended only for 4
times, but all of this games was played by GM's} (12. Nxb7 Nxb7 13. Bg2 Nc6 14.
Ba3 Re8 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. O-O Red8 17. f4 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Parker,J (2545)
-Adams,M (2734)/West Bromwich 2003/EXT 2004 (42)}) 12... Bc6 13. Ba3 Nba6 14.
Bg2 f5 (14... Nc7 15. O-O Ne8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Rc8 18. c4 $16 {1-0
Sargissian,G (2667)-Medvegy,Z (2518)/Mainz 2006/CBM 113 ext (31)}) 15. O-O Qf6
16. e4 $6 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qg6 $15 {0-1 Wojtaszek,R (2620)-Akopian,V (2698)/Lugo
2007/CBM 119 (48)}) 9... d6 10. Bg2 (10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Nb5 Bd7 13.
Bb4 Qxa2 14. Bxc5 $2 dxc5 15. Nc7 Ba4 $17 {0-1 Nielsen,P (2649)-Ivanchuk,V
(2729)/Havana 2007/CBM 118 ext (31)}) 10... Nbd7 ({the latest example from
Morelia} 10... e5 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f4 exf4
16. Rxf4 a5 17. Qe7 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Re4 Ra6 21. Rb1 Rg6 22.
Re7 b6 23. Bf4 h5 24. Be4 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bd6 Rf6 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Bf4 Kg8
29. Bc7 Rf7 30. Bg6 a4 31. Bxh5 Nf6 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bxb6 Ba6 34. Bxc5 e5 35.
a3 Bxc4 36. Bb4 e4 37. Kf1 {1-0 TOPALOV,V (2780)-ARONIAN,L (2739)/XXV Torneo
de Ciudad Morelia y Linares 2008}) (10... Bd7 $5 {Kramnik}) 11. Qg4 {the
latest fashion. This variantion was very popular in the end of last year in
European Team champion on Crete. [#]} (11. O-O {is rather popular} Ne5 12. Qf4
Bd7 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 {white have some advantage}) 11... Qf6 $2 $146 {
New, but bad move, gives important extra tempo for white. I guess that Pavel
didn't wait that variant from his young partner} (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Qf6 13. Bg5
{Comparing with our game black already castled!} Qg6 14. Qh4 Nf6 15. O-O Bd7
16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 {and black have good chanses for equal
1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2626)-Gyimesi,Z (2610)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (40)}) 12. Nb5 $1
O-O 13. Bg5 {The most concrete decision!} (13. O-O {was also good}) 13... Qg6 (
{if} 13... Qe5 {then very strong is} 14. Be3 $1) 14. Qh4 f6 15. Be3 {It's hard
for black to defend d6-pawn} Qc2 16. O-O $16 Qxe2 17. Rfe1 Qc2 18. Qd4 $1 {
White's pieces are dominating} d5 19. cxd5 e5 {Pavel tries to close the
position} 20. Qc4 Qd3 {This lose by force but it is hard to give good advice
in such bad position} ({for example, if} 20... a6 {then} 21. d6+ {is enough
for win} Kh8 22. Bxc5 axb5 23. Qxb5 $18) 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Nc7 $1 $18 Nxe1 (
22... Rb8 23. Bxa7 Nxe1 24. Rxe1) 23. Rxe1 Rb8 24. Bxa7 Rd8 25. Rb1 {Funny
enough but all black pices has no moves!} 1-0
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {This is Dreev's main
weapon against e4} 6. f4 ({In third round the future wiiner of the tournament
got success with} 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 Qg5 10. g3 f5 11.
e5 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bg7 15. Qa4+ Kf7 16. exd6 Bxc3+ 17.
bxc3 exd6 18. O-O $36 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2600)-Dreev,A (2633)/Moscow RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 693 (41)}) 6... g6 {the most popular move according to
the MegaBase Timofeev has already played this positon twice with black.} ({
In first game he tried} 6... Bd7 {not the best way, that bishop must be
developed on g4} 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Qe1 Nb4 12.
Qh4 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2558)-Timofeev,A (2653)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112 (39)}) 7. Nb3
{Rare move} ({white's main idea is} 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $1 10. Qe1
Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd7 {0-1 Popov,I (2524)-Timofeev,A (2650)/Krasnoyarsk
2007/CBM 120 (31)}) 7... Bg7 8. Be2 Qb6 (8... O-O {looks dangerous, but was
played for many times} 9. Be3 (9. Bf3 e5 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 12. Kh1 Be6
13. Be2 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. Nd4 g5 17. Be1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxe4 19. Ne3 Qb6
20. Ndf5 Ng6 21. Bf3 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rae8 23. a4 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qxb2 25. Rxa6 Qb5
26. Be2 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2717)-Gelfand,B (2713)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107})
9... a6 10. g4 e5 11. f5 d5 $13 {with hard complication 1-0 Smirin,I (2615)
-Anand,V (2715)/Moscow 1994/CBM 040 ext (68)}) 9. a4 (9. Bf3 a5 10. a4 O-O 11.
Qe2 Nb4 $1 {block bishop's delevopment on e3}) 9... a5 {[#]} 10. g4 $6 {
Too agressive} ({GM Kupreichik have played} 10. Nd5 {but had no success} Nxd5
11. exd5 Nd4 (11... Nb4 $6 12. c3 Na6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 $14 {
1-0 Kosten,A (2535)-Glek,I (2620)/France 1997/EXT 1999 (39)}) 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 ({
after} 12... Bxd4 {white have no any advantege}) 13. Bb5+ Bd7 $11) 10... h5 $1
11. gxh5 ({if} 11. g5 {black have strong move} Ng4) 11... Nxh5 $6 ({much
stronger was} 11... Nb4 $1 {with idea to take control over d5-square. Tactical
basis -} 12. hxg6 $2 {is impossible in view of} Rxh2 $1) 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Be3 e6
14. Bb6 Qh4+ 15. Bf2 Qd8 16. Nb6 $2 {Ungrounded draw refusal!} (16. Bb6 $11)
16... Ng3 $1 {I guess Artem missed this blow} 17. Bxg3 (17. Rg1 $2 Nxe4 $19)
17... Qxb6 $15 {And now black gains the initiative} 18. c3 ({after} 18. Qxd6
Bxb2 $36 {White's king feels bad}) 18... e5 $1 {the most active move} ({if}
18... O-O {then} 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Qd3 {and white is successful consolidate
their position}) 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. f5 ({maybe beter was} 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2 {
but it was too passive} (21. Qd3 Rh3 $1)) 20... gxf5 21. Nd2 Ne7 {black has
cleaned 6-line to defend their weaknesses} ({other way was} 21... Be6 22. exf5
(22. Nc4 Nd4 $1) 22... Bxf5 23. Nc4 Rh6 24. Rg1 $44) 22. Nc4 (22. Bb5+ Bd7 23.
Nc4 Bxb5 24. Nxd6+ Kf8 25. Nxb5 Qc6 $17 {with iniciative}) 22... Ra6 (22... Rh6
$5 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. exf5 $13) 23. Nd2 {offers a draw
[#]} Rc6 {declined!} 24. Bb5 d5 ({also looks good} 24... fxe4 25. Nxe4 d5 {
with central dominating}) 25. Rg1 Bh6 (25... Kf8 $5 {saves strike on h2}) 26.
exd5 Nxd5 27. Ne4 ({alternative was} 27. Nc4 $5 {with idea to attack e5 pawn}
Be6 28. Bxc6+ bxc6 29. Bc5 $13) 27... Be6 ({worse was} 27... fxe4 28. Qxd5 e3
29. Bh4 {and white's pieces become active}) 28. Nc5 (28. c4 $6 Ne3 29. Bxc6+
bxc6 (29... Qxc6 {suddenly leeds to forced draw} 30. Rg8+ $1 Rxg8 31. Nf6+ Ke7
(31... Kf8 $4 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxg8+ Kxf6 34. Bh4+) 32. Nxg8+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Nxh6 Nc2+ 35. Kd2 Nxa1 36. Qg8+ Kxh6 $11 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kh6 $11) 30.
Nf6+ Ke7 31. Ng8+ Rxg8 32. Bxe3 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Bxc4 $17) 28... Nf4 {again the
strongest} 29. Qc2 ({maybe better was to exchange on e6} 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Qb3
{賊壯惟 卽前震 剪 憙謫?張 穽矮設嶢?}) 29... Nh3 30. Rg3 Bf4 {[#]} 31. Rd1 $2
{right idea in wrong implementation} ({the right was} 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Be3 (
32. Rd3) 32... Bxg3+ 33. hxg3 {h-pawn helps to stop black's central pawns} {
but after} Kf7 $17) 31... Bxg3 32. Bxg3 (32. hxg3 Nxf2 33. Qxf2 Rh1+ $19) 32...
Ke7 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qg2 {makes a trap} Kf7 {successfully avoids} ({the idea
was in} 34... Rd6 35. Bh4+ $1) 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rd3 $6 ({I would prefer to
evacuate King on Queen's side} 36. Kd2) 36... Nf4 37. Bxf4 exf4 {white's only
hope is bad} 38. Kf1 $2 {wrong way!} (38. Kd1 {It's better to keep king on
queenside but anyway black have huge advantage here.}) 38... c5 $1 $19 39. Rh3
(39. Qd2 Qc6 $1 {with incontrovertible threats to white kin g}) 39... Qd8 40.
Qb7+ Kf6 41. Rxh8 Qxh8 {ceitnoit is over,black's advantage is enough for win}
42. Qg2 Qh5 43. Ke1 f3 44. Qf2 f4 45. Kd2 Kg6 46. Kc1 Qh3 47. Qe1 Kf5 {Dreev
doens't gives any chances for his partner} 48. Qg1 e5 49. Qxc5 Qf1+ 50. Kc2
Qe2+ 51. Kb3 f2 {game is over} 52. Qc8+ Ke4 53. Qc6+ Ke3 54. Qc5+ Kd2 0-1
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.14"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 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 {
Hrant prefer classical Rui Lopez, withount Marshall and anti-Marshall
variations} 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 {that move was popular at the first half of XX
century. Nowadays it is highly popular too} (9. h3 {was like "a horse of
another colour"}) 9... Bg4 {the most logical and principle move} 10. Be3 {
One of two main ways(along with d4-d5)} (10. d5 {here has some examples for
that theme} Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 (12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bb2 Rfc8 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. Nf3 {1/2-1/2
Spoelman,W (2424)-Short,N (2645)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689})
12... Bd7 13. Bg5 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Nbd2 Be6 16. Rc1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Nf1 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2720)-Bacrot,E (2725)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM
111 (60)}) (10. a4 $5 {Nigel's Short favorite move} Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. dxe5
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. Na3 c4 15. axb5 Bxa3 16. bxa3 axb5 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. Qf5
Rfe8 19. Bg5 Nb7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxb5 Nd6 23. Rd5 Re6 24. Red1
Rxa3 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxa2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2683)-Navara,D (2656)/
Prague 2007/CBM 120 (52)}) 10... Bh5 {[#] with 2 ideas - to attack e4-pawn
from g6-square and to jump knight on g4} (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 (11... d5 {
black tries to block central pawns and to make a blockade} 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 a5 18. f4 a4 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20.
Qxc2 f5 $1 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Nf3 Rae8 23. Bf2 h5 24. Qg6 Re4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26.
Nh2 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb1 e3 29. Bg3 h4 30. Bxh4 Rxf4 31. Qd3 Qd5 32. Nf1
Rf2 33. Nxe3 Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Qf3 {0-1 Shirov,A (2699)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Foros
2007/CBM 119}) 12. Bc2 c5 (12... Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3
Bh5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. a4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2744)-Adams,M (2719)/Dortmund
2005/CBM 108 (58)}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. e5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxf3 17.
exf6 Bxd1 18. fxe7 Bxc2 19. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Bd4 Nd6
23. Nb4 a5 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. h3 h6 26. Re5 a4 27. Rc5 Rd2 28. Be5 a3 29. bxa3
Nc4 30. Rxb5 {1/2-1/2 Bruzon Bautista,L (2652)-Adams,M (2741)/Wijk aan Zee
2005/CBM 105}) ({it is interesting to check} 10... d5 $5 11. exd5 exd4 (11...
Nxd5 $5 12. dxe5 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Bc5 $44) 12. Bxd4 $1 Na5 $2 (
12... Nxd4 13. cxd4 $14) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 $16 {1-0
Timofeev,A (2578)-Sorokin,M (2574)/Sochi 2004/EXT 2005 (27)}) 11. h3 {
insinuating prevention} ({if} 11. Nbd2 {then possible is} d5 {and it is hard
to prove white's advantage} (11... Na5 {is also possible} 12. Bc2 Ng4 13. b4
Nb7 14. Nf1 c5 15. Bd2 exd4 16. cxd4 cxb4 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxb4 $132 {1-0
Bologan,V (2673)-Sasikiran,K (2679)/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 098 (61)}) 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Ne4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2686)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2640)/Pune 2004/CBM 104 (66)}) 11...
exd4 {goes to main lines with h3 and Bh5 inclusion. I think that this is no
object} (11... d5 {has no effect because of} 12. g4 $1) (11... Bg6 {
Morozevich's move} 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nh5 15. Bd5
Rc8 16. Bb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Nf4 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Ba7 Rc8 20. Be3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bg5
$36 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A (2611)-Morozevich,A (2758)/Moscow 2004/CBM 104 (57)})
13... Nb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rac1 c4 17. d5 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
Nd7 20. b3 Rc8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. bxc4 Bb2 23. Rb1 Bxa3 24. Ra1 Bb4 25. Rxa6 bxc4
26. Rb1 Nc5 27. Rc6 Bxd2 28. Bxd2 Re8 29. Qxc4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Qb5 h6
32. Be3 Re5 33. Bxc5 Rxd5 34. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L (2645)-Morozevich,A
(2758)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104}) 12. cxd4 d5 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 (13... c5 14.
g4 Bg6 15. Nbd2 Nc6 16. d5 Nb8 17. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2743)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2650)/Moscow 2004/CBM 102 ext (41)}) 14. Bc1 c5 15. b3 Nb6 16.
Nbd2 cxd4 17. Bb2 d3 18. Bxd3 Nfd7 19. g4 $6 (19. Rc1 $14) 19... Bg6 20. Nd4
Ne5 21. Bf1 Bg5 $1 $11 {0-1 Jakovenko,D (2596)-Adams,M (2738)/playchess.com
INT 2004/EXT 2005 (44)}) 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Bb4 $6 {Rare and bad move. Better
was} (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 {with transposition goes to Shirov-Ivanchuk's
game}) 15. Nxd5 $1 {[#] An obvious sacrifice. White's compensation will be
extra pawn, 2 bishops advantage, strong center - I think this is enough for a
clear advantage} ({"vapid"} 15. Qc2 {also gives better chances, 'cause black
can't immediately build a blockade -} Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Kg2
Ne6 19. f4 f5 $2 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Nf8 22. Bg5 $18) 15... Bxe1 16. Qxe1 $14
{It's hard for black to find a good plan. Rooks is too passive and it is hard
to open lines for them.} Bxf3 $6 ({the best chance in my opinion was} 16... a5
17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Na5 {tries to get active play on Queen's side}) 17. gxf3 Ng5
18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rd1 {white have easy play - to delevop all piece and to push
central pawns} Qh4 $6 {continues the wrong plan} (19... a5 {was rather better})
20. Qc3 Ncd8 {sad necessity} (20... Ncxd4 {was bad because of} 21. Rxd4 $1 ({
black's idea was in varination} 21. Bxd4 c6 $1 {and knight goes to f4 with
attack}) 21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 $16 {3 light piece is much stronger than 2
passive rooks}) 21. Qd3 $1 {good manoeuvre - e4 is the best square for queen}
c6 {[#]} 22. Qe4 $1 $16 {no matter what!} Qh5 ({on} 22... Qxe4 {white have
tactical idea} 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. fxe4 {saves the advantage}) 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Qg4 $1 {forces advantageous exchange} Qxg4+ 25. hxg4 Ra7 {black is very hard
for find any active plan as before} 26. Nc8 Rd7 27. Nd6 Nc7 28. f4 Nd5 29. Rc1
$1 Nb6 30. f5 $18 {[#]} a5 {too late} 31. a3 a4 32. Ba2 f6 33. Bf4 fxe5 34.
dxe5 Re7 35. e6 h6 36. Ne4 Nc8 37. Be5 Nf7 $2 38. Bd4 (38. Bxg7+ $1 {was win
immediately} Kxg7 39. f6+ Kg6 40. fxe7 {but 38. Bd4 is enough for victory too})
38... Rd8 39. Bc5 (39. Bxg7+ $1) 39... Nfd6 40. Nxd6 Rxd6 41. Bxd6 Nxd6 42.
Rxc6 Ne4 43. Kf3 {I think after this game nobody want to repeat variation with
13. ... Bb4} 1-0
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2008"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Khusnutdinov,Rustam"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #3, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 {Rather
popular line} ({other main lines} 7. O-O) (7. d5 {but this is theme of other
games}) 7... Nbd7 {not the most popular way} ({main move is} 7... Ng4 {which
helped Teimour Radjabov to make a draw with World Champion -} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4
g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Bd3 Nxf5 15. Nde4 Bh6 16.
O-O Kh8 17. c5 g4 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qxg4
Nxg3 23. Qxg3 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Rad1 d5 28. Bb1
Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2766)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117}) ({
Kasparov liked to immediatelly capture pawn} 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10.
Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Rxe3 $5 14. Qxe3 Qf8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $44
16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Na4 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Nb2 Nh5 20. Nd3 Rh4 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. g4
Bd4 23. Qxd4 Rxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2730)-Kasparov,G (2800)/
Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 021/[Wahls]}) (7... c6 {usually leeds to ed-variation,
but have own importance, for example} 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2
Nh6 12. a3 Nf7 13. f3 Bh6 14. Bf2 f5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. b4 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,
A (2730)-Kasparov,G (2800)/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 021 (39)}) (7... Nc6 {
now it is a mistake 'cause of} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 $16) 8. O-O Re8 {possible way
other lines are:} (8... c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bd2 f5 11. Ng5 Ndf6 12. b4 cxd5 13.
cxd5 fxe4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nh6 16. g4 d5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. e7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5
Qe6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd5+ Nf7 23. Bc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qf3 25. Qe6
Bh6 26. Rad1 e3 27. Rd7 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Piket,J (2570)/Wijk aan Zee
1996/CBM 051}) (8... Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. d5 c5 12. g3 Nh7 13. Nh4 Ng5
14. Rb1 Nf6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rfb1 b6 20.
a4 f5 21. Nxg6 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qg2 Bxb1 26.
Rxb1 e4 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Qh3 a6 29. Na3 Nd4 30. Qg4 Nf5 31. Nc2 Qe5 32. Bf4 Qc3
33. Qe2 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2724)-Smirin,I (2652)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM
110}) 9. Qc2 ({with rook on e8 it is interesting to try} 9. d5 {that move was
played 4 times against Viorel, but without any success - white took only
half-point. Maybe that why Alexander goes another way} {fresh game from top-GM}
Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 fxe4 16.
fxe4 Bh3 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rfc1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Nb5 Rf8 21. Rc3 a6 22.
Nc7 Rc8 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Nf2 Bd8 25. Qc2 Rf3 26. Qb3 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28.
Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Rxc7 Ne8 30. Re7 Qxe4 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rc8 Rxe3 33. Qxb7+ Kf6
34. Rf8+ Kg5 35. Qxh7 Re1+ 36. Rf1 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ {0-1 Gelfand,B (2737)
-Radjabov,T (2735)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690}) 9... exd4 (
9... Ng4 $5 {looks interesting} 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Ngxf6 12. d5 Nh5 13. g3
Ng7 14. Nh4 Rf8 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Ng2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z (2602)-Nevednichy,V
(2588)/Hungary 2002/EXT 2004}) 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 {logical move - white
leeds all pieces in center} a6 (11... Qe7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ndb5 dxe4
15. fxe4 $36) 12. Rfe1 {continue the strategy} Qc7 {black prepare b7-b5 move}
13. a3 ({in variantion} 13. a4 a5 {black takes control over impotant square c5}
) 13... b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 ({of course, bad was} 14... axb5 $2 15. Ncxb5 $18) 15.
Qd2 {採賊 輒雕?了-禎?竣預 ?穽尿茵疾外?贈 ?衆褻前震 壯 d6, 診唯?裔陷咸
衆佺?? 禎衆?脣傲跡狀 ?修涯緘?f2-f3} Bb7 16. f3 {[#]} d5 $5 (16... Ne5 17.
Rc1 Qe7) 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Rc1 (18. Ndxb5 $5 axb5 19. d6 Qd8 20. Bxb5) 18... Qd7
19. Nb3 $1 Nfxd5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nxd5 $6 {better was} (21. Bf2 {savess suspence
} Nxc3 22. Bxb5 $1 Red8 (22... Nxb5 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. a4 $16) 23. Qxc3 Qg5 24.
Qb4 $16) 21... Bxd5 22. Bf2 Qf6 {blacks pieces runs from strikes} 23. b3 Qb2 $5
{typical} 24. Rc2 Qxa3 {Forward!} 25. Rd1 (25. Ra2 {was too early because of}
Bh6 $1 {thats why white defends their quenns at first}) 25... Bf8 {the only
move} ({cowardly} 25... a5 {gives after} 26. Bxb5 {advantage for white}) 26.
Bd4 $1 {[#]} (26. Ra2 $2 {was forbiedden} Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Kf1 Bxb3 $17)
({on} 26. Kh1 $5 {black have} Rec8 27. Ra2 Qxa2 28. Qxa2 Bxc5 $44) 26... Rad8 (
{Computer says that the best way was} 26... Bxb3 27. Nxb3 Rad8 {but I think
that black don't have enough compensation}) (26... Bc4 $5 {is not enough} 27.
Ne4 $1 Rxe4 $8 28. fxe4 Rd8 29. Qe3 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Rxc5
Qxc5 33. Qe3 $16 {and the draw will be good result for black}) 27. Ra1 {gogogo!
} Bxf3 $5 {Very resourcefulnessly played!} (27... Qxa1+ {was bad} 28. Bxa1 Bxb3
29. Qc3 Bxc5+ 30. Qxc5 Na4 31. Qc7 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 $18) (27... Bc4 $1 {the
strongest way in my opinion} 28. Rxa3 Rxe2 29. Qg5 Be7 30. Rxe2 ({not so clear
} 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxd4 32. b4 Nd5 33. Nxa6 Bg5 $44 {black have some
iniciative}) 30... Bxg5 31. bxc4 Rxd4 32. cxb5 axb5 $16) 28. Rxa3 Rxe2 {[#]}
29. Qd3 $2 {alas, people are not machnies, and they can't always find the best
way} (29. Qc1 $1 {was winning} Rxd4 {without strike on queen!} 30. gxf3 Rxc2
31. Qxc2 Nc4 {and the last stroke} 32. Ra1 $1 Rd2 (32... Bxc5 33. Kh1 $1 Rd2
34. Qc1 Be3 35. Qe1 Bf4 36. bxc4 $18) 33. Qc1 Ne5 $1 34. Kf1 Nxf3 35. Qc3 Bg7
36. Qxf3 Bxa1 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qxa6 $18) 29... Rxd4 $1 ({worse is} 29... Bxc5
30. Rxe2 Bxe2 (30... Rxd4 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Qc3 $18) 31. Qxe2 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 $18
{but white have some tecnical problems}) 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. b4 Bd5 {white can
win only if they could repulse an attack} 32. Nd3 $2 {It's hard to explain,
why Alexander didn't move knight on e4 - defends g2-pawn and strives to f6} (
32. Ne4 $1 {after forced} Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rc4 34. Qb7 Bxb4 35. Rxa6 {and we have
a completely mad position, but it seems that whit should take over and win
here.}) 32... Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Nc4 $1 {Viorel plays very agressive - every his
move have threat [#]} 34. Ne5 $6 ({better was} 34. Nf4 $1 Rg5 $1 (34... Rc2 $2
35. Nxd5 Nxa3 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nd7+ Kg8 38. Qe3 $16) 35. Nxd5 Rf5+ 36. Kg2 Nxa3
37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nh5+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ $11) 34... Rg5 $1 $15 35. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 36. Kf2
Rd5 $40 {by computer's evaluation the position is equal, but it is very hard
to play it with white, 'cause of they have weak king and pawn on b4} 37. Qb2
Bh6 38. Qb1 {white can only defence their weaknesses - there is no better way}
Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Qf1 Bg7 41. Qf4 Rg2+ 42. Kh3 h6 43. Rg3 Rc2 44. Re3 Rc6
45. Kg3 {[#]} Kh7 {black position become stronger, and white can only wait} 46.
Qb8 Rc2 47. Rd3 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Bc4 49. Rd6 Rb2 50. Rxa6 Rxb4 {pawn exchange is
good for black. Now their plan is promote b-pawn to queen} 51. Qd6 Rb3 52. Ra3
Rb2 53. Ra8 $2 ({it was nessesary to defend} 53. Kg3 {but after} b4 {black
must win}) 53... Rxh2 54. Qd8 h5 55. Kg5 Rg2+ 56. Kf4 Rg4+ $19 57. Ke3 b4 {
Great battle!} 0-1
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