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[Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 (3... g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. a4 Nd7 8. h3 O-O 9. a5 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rb1 f6 14. b4 Be6 15. Ne3 b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb6 {and in the end white won 1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P (2755)/Mukachevo 2007/CBM 121 (55)}) 4. Bxc6 (4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qg3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Radjabov,T (2735)/Odessa UKR 2008/ The Week in Chess 687 (71)}) 4... bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 d5 {Rare move, but this year Teimour played it already, so I think, that Evgeny wasn't surprised} (6... Qc7 7. Ng5 Ng6 (7... e5 8. f4 exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Bxd6 Qe6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qxc5 Qe7 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nb3 $44 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2710)-Shirov,A (2720)/ Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (51)}) 8. f4 c4 9. O-O cxd3 10. cxd3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nh3 O-O 13. Nc3 d5 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Be3 Ba6 16. Bc5 Rfe8 $3 $17 {0-1 Bologan,V (2666)-Radjabov,T (2717)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (31)}) (6... Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qxe4 14. dxe4 e5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2739)-Shirov,A (2715)/Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (39)}) 7. c4 (7. e5 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. a4 Rb8 13. Rae1 Rb4 14. g3 f5 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Kg2 Bd7 17. h4 Nh8 18. h5 Nf7 19. Rh1 Be8 20. Nf1 d4 21. Bd2 c4 $1 22. dxc4 c5 23. Qd3 Bc6 $36 {0-1 Jakovenko,D (2720)-Radjabov, T (2735)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 687 (43)}) 7... Ng6 {Black continiues to enter their figures to the center, saving pawn exertion} 8. g3 $146 (8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 d4 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Qxc5 Ba6 16. Be3 Qxc4 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. h3 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Bc4 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Rb1 Bxa2 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Bxb8 f6 25. f4 Kf7 26. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J (2520)-Nataf,I (2588)/Aix-les-Bains 2007/CBM 120}) (8. h4 $5 {it is interesting to try}) 8... Bd6 9. h4 $6 {Diagram [#]} dxc4 $1 {exact decision! Teimour's pawn structure makes worse, but instead of it he have time to do very important maneuver N on d4} ({if} 9... h5 $6 { g5 field relaxes and CASTLE is impossible now - because of pawn on h5}) 10. dxc4 e5 $1 $15 {Another important line. Now white fields on king's flank is very weak} 11. Nbd2 ({The attempt to stir black's plan} 11. b3 Nf8 12. Bb2 { strikes with} Bg4 13. Qe3 Ne6 $17) 11... Nf8 12. Nf1 Ne6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 { To tolerate this knight is impossible. And now black's pawn structure is more then well. And they have perspective to attack on queen's flank} cxd4 15. Nf5 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 ({mistake} 16. Kf1 d3 $19) 16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. g4 { this is not attack - more likely foced step} ({on} 18. O-O {very unpleasent} Qf6 $1) 18... f6 19. f3 {it's hard to find good place to white's king. Alekseev moves it to g3 - probably the best decision} Be6 20. c5 $6 {essential inaccuracy} ({it was necessary try to save pawns of queen's flank on the beginning positions} 20. Rc1 a5 21. Kf2 Qb6 22. Kg3 Rfb8 23. Rh2 {with chances on the successful defence}) 20... a5 $1 {cuts of c5 pawn from other pawns} 21. b3 {white have no time to move a2-a3 and b2-b4} Qb8 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. Rhc1 Qb4 24. Qd3 a4 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. Kg3 g6 27. Nd6 Qa3 28. Qd2 $6 (28. Qxa3 Rxa3 $17) 28... f5 $1 $40 29. gxf5 gxf5 {on the 7th line} 30. exf5 Rg7+ 31. Kh2 ({ despairingly} 31. Kf2 {in view of} Bxf5 {with irresistable threatenings}) 31... Qxf3 $19 32. Rg1 Bxf5 {superfluous pawn + attack - conditions sufficient to win } 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 e4 {this is the end} 37. a4 e3 38. a5 e2 39. a6 d3 40. a7 Rf8 0-1 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {to divine Ivanchuk's debut - mission impossible, he is playing all of them.} 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 {this position were very popular on centuries boundary, but now, it's not} 7. Bb3 {the one of many other moves, usually played by Kramnik.} ({Dilemma - give to black move b7-b5 or not} 7. a4 {negative} Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 (8... cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h4 $5 Ncb4 14. h5 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. a5 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/CBM 080 (66)}) 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nc3 e4 14. Ng5 Bd6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Qh5 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Bxe5 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2797)-Sadvakasov,D (2585)/Astana 2001/CBM 084}) (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. a3 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Bc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Rc1 h6 16. Qa4 f5 17. Bb1 e5 18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. Qxh4 Qf7 20. f3 Rac8 21. Rcd1 Qe6 22. Bd3 f4 23. Rfe1 Ne7 24. exf4 Ng6 25. Qg3 Nxf4 26. Bxe5 Nh5 27. Qh4 c4 28. Bf1 Qg6 29. Rd6 Qf7 30. Qg4 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2815)-Kamsky,G (2695)/New York 1994/CBM 041 ext}) (7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 c4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Bg5 N6d7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. b3 cxb3 19. Bxb3 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd2 Ree8 22. Qb4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu, L (2693)-Lopez Martinez,J (2563)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (67)}) 7... Be7 {Order of moves in this position - not important. It's all thesame - white makes position with isolated pawn} (7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. d5 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 exd5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Rxb2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxc3 20. Nd4 Rxa2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. Qxd5 Rfxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Comp Fritz X3D-Kasparov,G (2830)/New York 2003/CBM 098}) (7... b5 8. a4 b4 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. Bf4 Bd5 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Bxd5 $44 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 687 (45)}) 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 {both sides continues to mobilizate forces} 11. Rd1 {it's necessary to defend pawn, at one to take opponent's queen on target} Na5 {prepearing b7-b5} (11... Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. d5 Nxe5 14. dxe6 Qa5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. exf7+ Bxf7 19. Qxe7 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Rfd8 23. Ba5 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J (2585)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)/Enghien les Bains 1997/CBM 058}) (11... Nb4 {standart capture of d5 field} 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Rac1 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. g3 Qd6 20. h4 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2660)-Huebner,R (2615)/Dortmund 2000/CBM 078}) ({immediate} 11... b5 {strikes with} 12. d5 $1 exd5 13. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bg5 {most aggressive} (13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nc5 Bd5 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Ned3 Qb6 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Ne5 Qa7 19. b3 Na3 20. Bd3 Ba8 21. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev, V (2648)-Magem Badals,J (2528)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (38)}) (13. d5 {tooks nothing} Nxd5 14. a4 b4 (14... Bb7 $5) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 $11) 13... Bb7 {this position is favourable for black. It's very hard to break through black's defence} 14. Rac1 {most natural} (14. Ne5 g6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Qe1 $14 Rfd8 $2 21. b4 $1 $16 {1-0 Kaidanov,G (2640)-Brunner,L (2475)/Luzern 1993/CBM 038 (48)}) (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Ng4 Be7 19. d5 b4 20. Na4 Qc4 $6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Ne3 Re4 23. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G (2525)-Lazarev,V (2445)/Paris 1996/EXT 1997 (42)}) 14... Rc8 {this position already meet in Ivanchuk's practice} 15. Bb1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qb3 Rc7 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. g3 Qc7 27. Qe3 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2633) -Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 076}) 15... Nc4 {moving knight to the center} 16. Ne5 Nd5 $11 {it's h ard to understand why Ruslan played this debut, may be he wanted to catch Vassily in other line?} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 { Figures changes, in front of it, d4 pawn stands more weaker} 19. Nxc4 $6 ({ stronger} 19. Nd3) 19... bxc4 $1 {white unappreciated this move. Now the have problems wth b2 pawn} 20. Be4 {he wants to change bishop with next b2-b3} Qb4 { counteraction} 21. Bxd5 exd5 $15 {now black has small advantage} 22. Re1 { struggle for "e" line} Rc6 23. Qc2 Qa5 24. Qc3 $5 {intresting tactical trick} ( {alternative} 24. Re3 $1 {idea to move b2-b3 when it's possible}) 24... Qxa2 ( 24... Qb6 25. Re5 $11 Rd8 26. Rce1 $11 {no risk to white}) 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Ra5 ({but not} 26. Qxb3 $2 cxb3 27. Ra3 Rb6 $17 {with chances to win}) 26... Re6 27. Rxe6 {Diagram [#]} Qxc3 $1 {from practical point of view - correct move} ({ if} 27... fxe6 28. Qxb3 (28. h3 $2 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxf2 30. Rxa6 Qd2 $19) 28... cxb3 29. Rxa6 Rc8 30. g4 Rc2 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 32. Rb6 {the game will end with draw }) 28. bxc3 fxe6 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Kf7 {draw position , but it's need white's accuracy} 32. Ra2 Rc1 {Diagram [#]} 33. Kd2 $4 (33. Ra3 h5 $15) 33... Rh1 $17 {now white losses the pawn} 34. g3 {smaller evil} (34. h3 Rh2 $19) 34... Rxh2 35. Ke3 Rh1 36. Rc2 Rd1 37. Kf4 Kf6 $19 38. g4 h6 39. f3 Rd3 40. Rc1 g5+ 41. Kg3 e5 42. dxe5+ Kxe5 0-1 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {The other try to crush Petroff Defence is} (3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 h6 7. b4 $5 c5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf4 {0-1 Najer,E (2634)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 687 (27)}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Shirov's attack is one of few promising ways} ({쿨昌? "診訟" -} 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Be3 Na5 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. c4 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Rc1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Rcxd1 Nb3 24. c6 Rxc6 25. Bxa7 Bc3 26. Rf1 Ra6 27. Be3 h6 28. c5 Rxa3 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Nh4 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd7 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxb7 Ra2 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Nf3 Rcc2 37. Rdd1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2751) -Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689}) 5... Nxc3 { the most principial} (5... Nf6 {lloks too passive, and saves some advantage for white} 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. d5 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Bg5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 $14 { 1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Harikrishna,P (2668)/Merida MEX 2007/The Week in Chess 685 (38)}) 6. dxc3 {price of deformation of pawn structure is space advantage, some development adavntage and safe place for king - it is hard to get him on the queen's side} Be7 {But Black haven't any weaknesses, so they shouldn't be sad} 7. Be3 {not the popularist line, but it has already tested at "top-level"} (7. Bf4 {the main move} O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 {There are a lot of games in that theme, here you can watch the latest} 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 (10. Nd4 Re8 11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 Bg5 13. f4 Nxd4 14. fxg5 Nc6 15. h4 Bg4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bb5 Re5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2726)-Kramnik,V (2799)/ Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689 (25)}) 10... Re8 (10... c6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. a3 Bf6 15. h4 c4 16. Be4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxa3+ 18. Kb1 f5 19. Ng5 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Qxc3 24. Qxf5 Qb4+ 25. Ka2 Qa4+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2753)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690 (28)}) 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2799)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690 (61)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. h3 Be6 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. b3 Rhe8 15. Be2 Kb8 16. Kb2 Bf5 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Bf1 Bh7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2763)-Adams,M (2737)/ Miskolc 2005/CBM 108 (40)}) (8. Qd5 Be6 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 Qc6 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bg5 O-O-O 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf4 f5 19. Qd4 Rhg8 20. f3 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2660)-Eljanov,P (2665) /Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (43)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 {now the difference between Bf4 and Be3 is obvious - Black can occupy impotant square in centre} 10. h4 {Other ways are} (10. Nd4 a6 (10... c5 11. Nb5 Qa5 12. a3 Be6 13. Nxd6 Qb6 14. f4 Ng4 15. f5 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe3 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM 047 ext (66)} ) 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bd3 Re8 $13) (10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3 d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2 20. Rhf1 Rf6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 $36 {1-0 Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2754)/ Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (52)}) 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2738)-Anand,V (2788)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110}) 10... Bg4 {alternative moves was successful tried versus World Champion Vishy Anand -} (10... Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Nh2 h6 13. Be2 Be6 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Bb5 17. Rhg1 Re4 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Rde1 Re8 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Re1 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2792)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120}) (10... b6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qf5 Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Re8 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2786)-Alekseev,E (2679)/Dortmund 2007/CBM 119 (43)}) 11. Be2 Qc8 {supports the effort. opening g-line looks too dangerous} 12. h5 { Jakovenko's favorite move, that he already tried in 2 games - so Volokitin wasn't surprised by it} (12. Kb1 Re8 13. h5 Bf8 14. Rh4 Be7 15. Rhh1 Bf8 16. Rde1 a6 17. h6 g6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f3 Be6 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Qe3 Bd5 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. b3 b5 $13 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2667)-Wang Hao (2610)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM 114 (60) }) (12. b3 $6 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. h5 a6 15. Rde1 b5 16. Rh4 Be7 17. Rhh1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107 (52)}) 12... h6 (12... Re8 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qd5 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 b6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Qe4 Qe6 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 Rf8 22. a4 f5 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Qd5+ Rf7 25. Qc6 h6 26. a5 bxa5 27. c5 Bf8 28. Qa6 c6 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2710)-Shirov,A (2739)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) 13. Kb1 {White can't get any amenity - so it is time to make this prolactic move} (13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 dxe5 15. Qc4 c6 16. g4 b5 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,C (2562)-Fridman,D (2621)/Eppingen GER 2007/The Week in Chess 683}) 13... Re8 $146 {a new move, but I don't think that it is too impotant for theory :)} (13... a6 14. Rdg1 Re8 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 (15... dxe5 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Qd5 $14) 16. Nxf7 Bc4 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. g4 $40 {1-0 Tukhaev,A (2524)-Polyakov,M (2305)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 697 (30)}) 14. Rde1 ({if} 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. f3 Qc4 17. g4 $6 Red8 18. Qh2 Rd5 $15) 14... Bf6 15. Nh2 $6 {looks not "natural" - knight is far from centre now} ({In my opinion, correct was} 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. Rhg1 d5 18. g4 $13) ({or} 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 (15... dxe5 16. f3 Rd8 17. Qc1 Be6 18. g4 b5 $132) 16. Qxe2 dxe5 17. g4 $11) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 $1 $11 {Diagram [#]} 17. Bc1 $6 (17. Bd4 Qd7 18. Qd1 Re6 19. b3 $11) 17... Qd7 (17... Re6 18. Ng4 $11) 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5 {previos moves are logical - black tries to attack, white defends.....} 20. Ka1 Rxe1 {the most natural way} (20... Re4 $5 {it was intersting to try more 'sophisticated"} 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qd3 Re3 24. Qd1 Re6 ({張 穽奠賊嶢} 24... Rxc3 {旬巍?} 25. Ng4 $1 Ne3 $8 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. a3 $14) 25. Re1 (25. Ng4 $2 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb6 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ f5 29. Ba3 Nxa3 30. Qxb5 Nxc2+ 31. Kb2 Rxb5+ 32. Kxc2 fxg4 $19) 25... Rxe1 (25... Rb6 26. Ng4) 26. Qxe1 Qxh5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 {I thnik that Dmitri didn't want to defend the worse positon after} (22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Ng4 Qe4 $15) 22... Re3 $1 {the best practical way is going to the endgame} (22... Re6 $5 23. Qxd5 Qa4 24. Ng4 Qxc2 (24... Rd6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qf5 Ne3 $1 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Rxd6 Nxc2+ 29. Kb1 Qe4 30. b3 Nd4+ 31. Ka1 Qc2 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Bd2 cxd6 34. cxd4 Qxd2 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ $11) 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ Qxd3 28. Rxd3 $11) ({ in way of simple} 22... c6 $6 23. Ng4 {white is out of dangerous}) 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Re2 {Black save some chances for win, but who can provide that the game win finish in 4 moves?!} 25. Ng4 Be7 {Diagram [#]} 26. Ne5 $4 { amazing blow, but it is hard to reproach Dmitry for it} Nxe5 $1 27. Rxe5 (27. fxe5 {is hopeless too} Re1 $19) 27... Rxe5 $3 {exact calculation by Volokitin! No doubt, that way was missed by white} 28. fxe5 Bg5 $3 $19 29. Kb1 Kf8 { Diagram [#] Pawn endgame is lost in all variations, for example} 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Kc1 Ke7 32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Kxe5 34. Kf3 f5 35. Ke3 f4+ 36. Ke2 Kf5 0-1 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Nepomniashchy, Yan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2634"] [Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 {the invatation for Anti-Moscow Gambit} 5. e3 {Declined! Shakhriyar prefer classical Merano} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 {One of the main ways} (8... a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bd2 Rg8 15. a5 Qb8 16. h3 f5 17. e4 c4 18. Bc2 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista 2007/CBM 119 (45)}) ({The move} 8... Bd6 {was implemented by Zvjaginzev and has been played by Anand regulary} 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 (10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. b4 Qe7 15. a3 f5 16. Bb1 e5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Bc3 Rce8 22. Qb2 Bb8 {1/2-1/2 Vul,A (2337)-Kharitonov,A (2524)/Cappelle La Grande FRA 2008/ The Week in Chess 694}) 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 ({RR} 14... Ng4 15. g3 Qf6 16. Be2 Qh6 17. h4 Qg6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Bf3 hxg5 22. Bxb7 gxh4 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. Rxg4 Rxd2 25. Rxg6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 fxg6 27. gxh4 Rd8 28. Bf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {Gerzhoy,L (2380)-Sundararajan,K (2452)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 15. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qb8+ 17. Kg1 Qxb5 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Ra6 e5 26. exf5 exd4 27. g4 d3 28. Rc6 h5 29. Rc3 d2 30. Rc2 Rfd8 31. gxh5 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke2 Re7+ 34. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Miton,K (2655)-Anand,V (2779)/ Calatrava 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kh8 18. g3 h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 f4 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 32. Rc4 Bd3 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Be3 Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2690)-Anand,V (2779)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117}) (8... b4 9. Ne4) 9. e4 {The centre is occupied by white, so black must do something immediately} b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 { Typical idea for this variation - B goes to g7 to attack e5 pawn and defend the kings side} (13... Be7 {is passive} 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bd2 $36) ( 13... Nxe5 {and this is too dangeroust} 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Qh5 (15. Re1 $5) 15... N5f6 16. Nxe6 Nxh5 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Re1+ Be7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bg5 Nhf6 21. Rad1 a6 22. Ba4 h6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd1 O-O 27. Rxd7 Rc8 28. g3 Kf8 $14 {only white can win that position, but the most expected result is draw 1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2624)-Shirov,A (2723)/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 (59)}) 14. f4 $146 {A strong novelity by Mamedyarov} ({Earlier played} 14. Qg4 {but Shakhriyar didn't want to go to that line 'cause of Saskiran's game aganst Sundararajan} Qa5 15. Bb5 Ba6 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1 Qxa4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 ({?衆?~齧} 18... Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Kxe6 {and now} 20. Bg5 $18 {with winning attack}) 19. Rxd5+ Kc7 20. Qxe6 {here the strongest is} Rc8 $1 ({instead of} 20... Re8 21. Qf7+ Kb8 22. Bf4 g5 23. b3 $18 {1-0 Sundararajan,K (2497) -Sasikiran,K (2663)/Hyderabad 2005/CBM 110 (30)}) 21. Bg5 {But the computer think that it is good for white}) 14... a6 $6 {It is easy to understand Yan's logic, but in Mamedyarov's opinion it is a mistake} (14... Be7 15. f5 O-O ( 15... exf5 $6 16. e6 N7f6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Qe2 $40) (15... Nxe5 $6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. fxg6 $18) (15... gxf5 $2 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Bxf5 $18) 16. f6 N7xf6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nac5 a5 $44) ( 14... Bh6 $1 {I think, the strongest way - black completes the development and fixes f4-f5 strike} 15. f5 Be3+ (15... Bxc1 $5) 16. Bxe3 Nxe3 17. Qe2 Nxf5 ( 17... Nxf1 $2 18. fxe6 $16) 18. Rf4 (18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rxf5 (21. Qxe6+ Qe7 $19) 21... Qh4 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 $17) 18... Qg5 19. Raf1 ( 19. Nxf5 Qxf4 (19... gxf5 20. Rxb4 Bc6 21. Bb5 $14) 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nxb7 Rhc8 $15) 19... O-O 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rxb4 Rab8 22. Rbf4 Qg7 $15) 15. f5 $5 { Diagram [#] Direct strike! Now the Great Fire is coming on board "quiet" moves promise fewer} (15. a3 Be7 16. Be4 O-O $11) 15... Qh4 $2 {is not good...... Here are a lot of variatons to count} ({at first} 15... gxf5 $2 {is bad 'cause of} 16. Nxe6 $1 $18) ({secondly} 15... exf5 {the principialist} 16. e6 (16. Bxf5 {is unclear} gxf5 17. e6 N7f6 18. Rxf5 $44) 16... fxe6 {the best, I think} (16... N7f6 17. Qe2 Qd6 (17... Nc7 18. Bc4 Bd5 (18... Qxd4+ 19. Be3 $40) 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Nb6 Qe5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Nf3 $16)) (16... Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxd3 18. exf7+ Kd7 (18... Kxf7 19. Qe6+ Kg7 20. Nxf5+ gxf5 21. Bh6#) 19. Qxd3 Bd6 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kc7 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Rac1+ Bc6 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25. Rc1 Nc3 26. bxc3 Qxa4 27. cxb4+ Kb8 28. Bf4 Qxb4 29. f8=Q+ $18) 17. Nxe6 Qf6 18. Re1 Ne5 (18... Kf7 $4 19. Bg5) 19. Qe2 Qxe6 (19... Bd6 20. Nac5 Qe7 21. Qf2 $36) 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5+ Kd7 (21... Ne7 22. Bg5 $14) 22. Bc4 Kd6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Bf4 Bh6 25. Rxd5+ Kxd5 26. Bxh6 $16 {Bad king's position and pawn weaknesses saves the advantage for White} Kc6 27. Rc1+ Kb5 $4 28. Rc5+ Kxa4 29. b3+ Ka3 30. Rc2 g5 31. Bxg5 f4 32. Bxf4 Rac8 33. Bc1#) 16. fxe6 (16. Nf3 {was worse} Qg4 17. fxe6 fxe6 {with chances for rescue}) 16... Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 O-O-O $8 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. exd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxf7+ Be7 20. Nc5+ Ke8 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bg5 $18 {White's attack is unstoppable}) 18. exd7+ Kb8 19. Bxa6 $1 {Diagram [#] the last exact move - white is wnning now} (19. Rxf7 { was weaker} Qxe5 {threat Bd6 is unpleasant} 20. Bc4 Bd6 21. Qg1 Qe4) 19... Qxe5 $2 ({but in best way} 19... Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxd7 21. Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Bg5 {the position is technical. That's why Yan tries to find something else, but he has no success}) 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Re8 $18 Qxd7 22. Bf4+ Bd6 23. Rxh8 {Diagram [#]} 1-0 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 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 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 {Leeds to Accepted Queens Gambit} (5... Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Nd2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4 15. Rad1 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2621)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)/Bastia 2007/EXT 2008 (50)}) ( 5... Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qb3 Qd5 19. Bxf6 Qxb3 20. axb3 gxf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2758) -Shirov,A (2751)/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 078 (31)}) 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 {the most popular} (7... Nc6 {It is only the transposition} 8. Qe2 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. Rfd1 Qa8 20. Bxb5 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2780)-Kasparov,G (2815)/Moscow 1998/CBM 067 ext}) 8. dxc5 {Quiet move in Malakhov's style. It often uses by Vladimir Kramnik with considerable success} (8. Bb3 {is "another kettle of fish" :) You can watch Ponimariov - Ivanchuk game in our journal for more information about this variation} cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Qh3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006/CBM 115 (60)}) 8... Bxc5 $1 {the most precise} (8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Kf1 (10. Nbd2 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Ne5 Be7 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bb2 f6 15. Nd3 Nc6 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 f5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2802)-Kasparov,G (2838)/Moscow 2001/CBM 087}) 11. Be2 b6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nfd4 Bb7 14. f3 O-O 15. e4 Rfc8 16. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/ CBM 080 (75)}) (10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Nc4 Be8 15. Nfe5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2797) -Anand,V (2794)/Mainz 2001/CBM 084 (43)}) 10... b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bf8 14. a4 b4 15. Nfd2 Bd5 16. f3 Bd6 17. g3 e5 18. e4 Be6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Be3 a5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd7 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Bf2 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2807)-Comp Deep Fritz/Manama 2002/EXT 2003 (58)}) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Be2 { Bishop goes out b7-b5 and want to move on long diagonal in future} (10. Ne5 Ke7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. Nxc6+ Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Rhb8 16. Rc1 Bd6 17. Bc3 Nd5 18. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2777)-Kasparov,G (2831)/Linares 2004/ CBM 100}) 10... Ke7 11. Nbd2 Nc6 ({after} 11... Bd7 {black can't get full equal } 12. b3 Bb5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rhd8 15. Rfc1 Kf8 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. a4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd6 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Nd4 Nce7 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. g3 g6 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Rcc1 Ned5 25. a5 Nc8 26. e4 Nb4 27. Ba3 Na2 28. Rc2 e5 29. Ne2 {1-0 Sasikiran,K (2700)-Vorobiov,E (2563)/Calatrava 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 12. b3 Bd7 $146 {Diagram [#]} (12... b6 {Bad-play by black was demostraited in next game -} 13. Ne1 Ne5 $6 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. f4 Neg4 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Bxf6+ $1 Nxf6 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Nd3 $16 Bd7 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Nd6 $18 { but though they didn't lose 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2775)-Lautier,J (2630)/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (34)}) 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bd3 $6 {A small mistake} ({ I think better was} 14. Rfc1 {with such way} Bd6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb4 17. Raa1 Bb5 18. Nc4 $14 {saves some pressure}) 14... Rac8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f6 {To get equal black must put the last axe on the helve with h7-pawn} 17. Rfd1 h6 {the easist way, but now whit can try to use the weakness of g6-square} 18. Rac1 Bb4 19. Ne1 ({maybe should try} 19. Nh4 $5 Rhd8 20. Ng6+ Kf7 21. g4 $5) 19... Bd6 20. Nd3 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 $11 {Full equal is on board} 22. a3 Bd6 23. b4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 {TIme to draw offer?} 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 {I think, 9 of 10 GMs would agree on draw is such equal situation, but Malakhov is known as expert of this kind of positions} 26. f4 Kd7 27. h4 {the only logical plan for white is pawn attack on the kings side} Kc7 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. h5 {in a different way black can move Be8 nad h6-h5} e5 30. Kf3 {King goes to the centre - one of the impotant endgames rules} Be6 31. g3 {White is playing in best endgame's traditons - slow strengthening of the thir positon and waiting for partnr's mistake} Bb3 32. g4 Bd1+ 33. Kg3 Be2 34. Bf3 Bd3 $6 (34... Bxf3 {leeds to draw immidiately} 35. Kxf3 Kd7 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. g5 Ke6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Bc1 Kf7 $11) 35. fxe5 Bxe5+ 36. Bxe5+ fxe5 37. g5 {there are no another way to reinforce the positon} Bf5 {don't let go forward to white king} 38. Bg4 Be4 39. Be6 Bc6 $6 ({a little tactical trick was fixed perpetual offensive} 39... Kd6 $1 40. Bc8 Kc7 41. Be6 (41. Bxa6 $4 Bc6 $19) 41... Kd6 $11) 40. Kg4 {now black must show some precision} Kd6 $6 {one more inaccurate move} ({correct was} 40... hxg5 41. Kxg5 Be8 42. Kf5 Kd6 43. Bc8 Bxh5) 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. Kf5 $14 { Diagram [#]} Be8 43. Bc8 Bxh5 44. Bxa6 Be8 45. Bb7 Bf7 (45... Bh5 46. Bh1 Be2 47. Be4 h5 48. Kg5 Ke7 49. Bg6 Ke6 50. e4 Bf3 51. Be8 Bxe4 52. Bxb5 Kd5 53. Kxh5 Kd4 $11) 46. Bf3 Bd5 47. Bd1 Ba2 48. Bf3 Bd5 49. Bh5 Bc4 50. Kf6 Bd3 51. Bf3 {Diagram [#] h6-pawn is doomed now} Bc4 (51... Bc2 52. Be2 Ba4 53. Kg6 Kd5 54. Bd3 $16) 52. Kg6 Bd5 53. Bh5 Be6 54. Kxh6 Bd7 55. Bf3 Be8 56. Kg5 Ke6 57. Bg2 Kd6 58. Kf6 Bh5 59. Bf1 Be8 60. Be2 {Diagram [#] Cugcvang again} Bc6 61. Kf7 Kd7 62. Bg4+ Kd6 63. Bf5 {and again black is forced to make concessions} Bf3 64. Ke8 Be2 65. Be4 Bc4 66. Kd8 Bd5 67. Bf5 Bc4 68. Bg4 Be6 69. Bf3 Bd5 70. Bh5 Be6 71. Be8 Bc4 72. Kc8 Kd5 73. Kc7 Bd3 (73... Ke4 74. Kd6 $18) 74. Bc6+ Kc4 75. Kb6 e4 76. Bxb5+ Kc3 77. a4 Kxb4 78. Bc6 Bf1 79. a5 Bd3 80. Bd5 Kc3 81. Kc5 {very elaborate work!} 1-0 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Kornev, Alexei"] [Black "Galkin, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2606"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 2008"] [Source "ChessZone.org"] [SourceDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {Such order of moves allows Black to vary choice of the opening systems: Meran, Stonewall, Noteboom... Galkin is a specialist in all of them.} 4. e4 {Underscoring the only flaw of trident c6+d5+e6; sometimes Black play 3... f5 to avoid 4.e2-e4 - but that for a fancy.} dxe4 ({ In principle, if Black don't want to break into gambit game, they can play by analogy with French defence:} 4... Bb4 $5 {It's unsimple for White to show a convincing way to obtain an advantage.}) 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 ({White could turn toward too: grandmasters Miladinovic and Khismatullin sometimes practiced } 6. Nc3 $5 {, but after} c5 $1 7. a3 Ba5 {Black is OK.}) 6... Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ {Here it is - starting position of Slav gambit.} 8. Be2 (8. Ne2 {is less ambitious - Black have a clear path to equality:} Na6 9. Bf8 $5 (9. Bc3 Ne7 { leads to the same}) 9... Ne7 10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bc3 Nb4 $11) 8... Na6 9. Bd6 ({Since 2006, this move is more popular than} 9. Ba5 { . Looks like, it's stronger too.}) 9... e5 {Yeah, Black must untwist.} ({ Attempt to develop own bishop in a different way is less successfull:} 9... b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Rd8 (11... O-O-O $5) 12. Ng5 Qf5 13. f4) ({Pawn taking is not recommended also:} 9... Qxg2 10. Qd2 Nf6 (10... Qxh1 $2 11. O-O-O) 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. O-O-O $44) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O (11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nh6 $11) 11... O-O-O 12. b4 ({With} 12. Bd3 {is all almost clear:} Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ $1 (15. Raxd1 Nh6) 15... Kc7 16. Nxf7 {and here, according to Dautov, the most exactly is} Nh6 $5 17. Nxh6 Bh5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Rd2 20. Rab1 Re8 {- desirable equality is not far off.}) 12... Nf6 13. c5 ({It's very interesting, how would Galkin react, if Kornev would play} 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxc4 15. Rxe5 {? As a variant:} Rxd6 $5 (15... Nxb4 16. Re7 Nbd5 17. Rc1 {with strong attack}) 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Qe7 Re8 $11 {and alike, that it's unprofitable for White to deviate from a repetition.}) 13... Ne8 {Diagram [#] Bishop on d6 must be destroyed, it's certainly.} ({Avid} 13... Nxb4 { passed approbation in recent Sveshnikov's game (how it fall within database?!): } 14. Rc1 Nbd5 15. Rc4 Qf5 16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {and here Eugeniy Ellinovich found nothing better, except paying off exchange -} Rxd6 ({maybe, it was possible to hold a defence after} 17... a6 $5) 18. cxd6 Kb8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Rb1 $16 {, Gumula-Sveshnikov, Pardubice 2007 - game eventually was won by White.}) 14. Rc1 $146 {Finally, novelty. Actually, this move was recommended by Frolyanov and Skatchkov in notes to game Vitiugov-Frolyanov, Russia 2006.} ({It evolves so:} 14. Bd3 Qf4 ({commentators have suggested} 14... Qd5 $5 {, but after} 15. Nxe5 $1 Bxd1 16. Bf5+ Qe6 (16... Rd7 $2 17. Bxd7+ Kd8 18. Rfxd1 $18) 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Raxd1 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Rhf8 20. Rd4 $16 {Black have a difficult endgame.}) 15. Bxe5 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Qc2 $40 { - unpleasant initiative for White, though that game was made-off in a draw.}) 14... Nxd6 15. cxd6 Kb8 {King prudently escapes from the "?-file, and at once arises a critical position.} ({Pawn-eating like} 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxb4 { would be an error cause of tactical strike:} 17. Bxc6 $1 Rxd6 (17... bxc6 18. Rxc6+ Kb7 19. Qd5 $18) 18. Bxb7+ $1 Kb8 (18... Kxb7 19. Qf3+) 19. Bd5 $16) 16. Rc4 ({Kornev does not decide to a sudden change of position's type:} 16. Bxa6 bxa6 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. gxf3 Qg6+ 18. Kh1 Rxd6 $1) 17... Qxf3 18. gxf3 bxa6 19. Rxc6 $16) 17. Ng5 Qf4 (17... Bxd1 18. Nxe4 Be2 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Red1 $16) 18. f3 Bc8 19. Ne4 f5 $13 {- indeed, it's difficult to say, whose benefit a fight would be to.}) 16... Qf5 $8 17. Qc1 $1 (17. Rxg4 $6 {looks tempting, but it's deceptive:} Qxg4 18. Bxa6 e4 $1 (18... bxa6 19. Nxe5 $16) 19. Qd4 (19. Ne5 Qe6 $19) 19... Qf5 $17) 17... Bxf3 (17... Rxd6 18. Nh4 $18) 18. Bxf3 { Diagram [#]} Qe6 $1 {Galkin is very accurate. But why not to take pawn d6 immediately?} (18... Rxd6 $6 19. b5 $1 {- the thing is that square c8 sagged unexpectedly:} e4 $1 (19... cxb5 20. Bg4 $18) 20. Rxe4 Qxb5 21. Qf4 $36) 19. a4 $6 {Here Kornev goes too far.} ({Certainly, he didn't want to give so easily a white pieces after} 19. Rxc6 e4 (19... Rxd6 $5 {- Black can continue a game with mutual chances:} 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qg5 Qf6 22. Qg4 $44) 20. Rxa6 $1 exf3 21. Qc7+ Ka8 22. Rxa7+ Kxa7 23. Qa5+ $11 {, but there was a best way out from prevailing realities. And if to take into account a command situation - all the more so.}) 19... Qxd6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Nc7 {If Black will put queen on b6, and knight on e6, it will begin a phase of technical realization.} 22. b6 $1 {Kornev finds the best chance. White gave up a third pawn already, but "b"-file is opened now. Rooks love it.} (22. Qb2 Ne6 $17) 22... Qxb6 23. Qg5 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd5 {Galkin blocks white piece - bishop f3.} ({It can happened another way:} 24... Nb5 25. Rb1 a6 {, but here can be found tricks like} 26. Bc6 $1) 25. Qe4 Qe7 ({Black queen would behave better a floor higher:} 25... Qe6 $142) 26. Rfc1 g6 $2 {Diagram [#] But this is a mistake.} ({It was possible yet to reform:} 26... Qe6 27. Rc7 f5 28. Qb1 Qb6 $1 $19 {, and the simplification is inevitable - it's to advantage of Black, who have material superiority.}) 27. Qc2 $2 {Kornev runs past its chance.} (27. Rc7 $1 f5 (27... Qe6 28. Qc4 $36 {- not easy to find a good move for Black}) 28. Rxb7+ $1 (28. Qb1 $2 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 $19) 28... Qxb7 29. Qxe5+ Ka8 30. Rd1 $1 {- bishop f3 saves White's destiny -} a6 (30... Rhe8 31. Rxd5 $1 $18) 31. Bxd5 Ka7 32. Qe3+ Kb8 33. Qe5+ Ka7 $11) 27... Nb6 28. Rc7 Rd7 $19 {Now there is no chance for a White.} 29. Rc5 Re8 30. h3 f5 {Galkin acted calmly.} ({It was good time for activity:} 30... e4 31. Be2 e3 $19) 31. Be2 Red8 32. Qc3 e4 33. g4 $5 { Good attempt. But a bluff fails.} f4 $1 34. Qb4 (34. Re5 {undangerously:} Nd5 $1 35. Qa1 (35. Rxe7 Nxc3 36. Rxd7 Nxe2+ $19) 35... Qg7 36. Rxe4 Qxa1 37. Rxa1 Nc3 38. Re6 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rd1+ $19) 34... f3 35. Bf1 Rd5 36. Qb5 (36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxe7 Rxc1 38. Qf8+ Rc8 39. Qf4+ Ka8 40. Qxe4 Rd1 $19) 36... e3 { Black break through. The game is over. Summary: 1) it should be treated with a great carefulness to the "Informant" notes (14.Rc1) 2) sometimes it's better to acknowledge own errors (26...Qe6) 3) the strike at the very protected square is often the most painful (27.Rc7)} 0-1 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2638"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 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. Bc4 {The Sozin-Fischer Attack - is a fearsome weapon in Rublevsky's hands.} e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 (7... b5 { widely spreads also. It's difficult to resist from a re-viewing of genius' sacrifice:} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+ $3 {, Ivanchuk-Karjakin, Amber (rapid) 2008.}) 8. Bg5 ({ Earlier,} 8. f4 Nc5 {was almost obligatory. Now, grandmaster majority prefers 8.Bg5.}) 8... Qa5 ({Hunting for a bishop - I have in mind} 8... Nc5 {- is premature meanwhile:} 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O {, and now Black need to take into accout such pawn digs, like f4-f5 or even e4-e5.}) 9. Qd2 ({ Rublevsky tried once} 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O {- but Svidler replies} Nd7 $1 { , and quite successfully:} 11. f4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 O-O-O $11) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 $6 {I think, after this game we can boldly hang a label "doubtful" to the move 11...h6.} ({A correct way was showed once by Reinaldo Vera:} 11... O-O $1 12. Kb1 Qc7 (12... h6 $6 13. Nd5 $1) 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bh4 Nfxe4 $17) 14... Bxf6 15. Nf3 (15. g4 $5) 15... Be7 16. f5 $1 Rb8 $1 (16... b5 $6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nd5 $5 $36 {, Mekhitarian-Vera, Buenos Aires 2005}) 17. g4 b5 $132 {- perhaps, future games will be follow this direction.}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diagram [#] This position relates to a curious story. One year ago it met in the 2nd game of Rublevsky-Ponomariov match...} (12... gxf6 $6 {is untimely here - cause bishop already stands on e7; this means, that maneuver h5+Bh6 is rather difficult.}) 13. Nf5 $1 {Commenting that game for "Sahovski Informator", Rublevsky wrote:} ( 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nf5 $2 ({after} 14. f4 O-O-O {Ruslan Ponomariov didn't meet with any problems}) 14... exf5 15. exf5+ Kd8 16. Qxd6 Qc7 {, and White's attack will be beaten-off very soon. For sure, Zahar Efimenko was oriented to a game Rublevsky-Ponomariov... but who knew, that there is no need in 13.Kb1?!} ) 13... O-O $146 {Rublevsky is not a pioneer. 13.Nf5 was discovered in a game Adla-Remiro Juste, 2005.} ({Black replied in a best possible way:} 13... exf5 14. exf5+ Be6 $8 (14... Kd8 15. Qxd6+ Bd7 16. Nd5 $1 $18) (14... Kf8 15. Qxd6+ Kg8 16. Re8+ Kh7 17. Rxh8+ Kxh8 18. Qf8+ Kh7 19. Bxf7 $18) 15. fxe6 Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 O-O 17. exf7+ ({after} 17. e7 Rfe8 18. b4 Qf5 $1 (18... Qxb4 $2 19. Nd5 $18) 19. g4 Qg6 20. Ne4 Bxe7 21. Kb1 d5 {draw was fixed}) 17... Rxf7 18. Kb1 $16 {- maybe, just like this was planned by Rublevsky to continue. White have pawn up, but whether it will be succeeded to realize it - that's a question.}) 14. Nxd6 Rd8 15. f4 {White want to support outpost on d6.} (15. e5 $2 Bxe5 $19) 15... Nxb3+ 16. cxb3 Be7 $6 ({It was good to prevent White's plans:} 16... e5 $5 {. Possibly, Efimenko was disliked} 17. Na4 $1 {, but after} Qc7+ 18. Qc3 ( 18. Kb1 $2 Bg4 $17) 18... Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Bg4 (19... exf4 20. Nb6 $16) 20. Rd3 exf4 21. e5 Bg5 {position is quite uncertain, although white knights look threateningly.}) 17. e5 $16 Bxd6 18. exd6 b5 19. Qd4 $1 {Excellent centralization! Black queen feels a little bit narrow.} Rb8 $8 (19... b4 20. Re5 $18) 20. b4 Qb6 21. Qc5 {As a result, move 13.Nf5 lead for a winning position. But Rublevsky still must be on a look-out.} Bd7 22. Re5 $1 {Diagram [#] Good prophylactic move.} (22. g4 $2 Qxc5 $1 (22... Qb7 23. g5 h5 24. g6 $1 $36) 23. bxc5 b4 24. Ne4 Rb5 $132) 22... Bc6 ({Worth a try} 22... Qb7 {, and White have to find an exact move} 23. Qd4 $1 ({careless} 23. g3 $6 {could be punished:} Rdc8 24. Qe3 a5 $1 $36) 23... Qxg2 $2 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Re2 $18) 23. g3 Bf3 24. Rd2 Bg4 {Now, black bishop will be active, but he lost control on the d7-square. So...} 25. d7 Qb7 (25... Bf5 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Rc5 $18) 26. Qd6 Bf5 27. b3 $1 {Rublevsky quietly strengthens his position.} Kh7 {It's hard to understand, what is the meaning of this move. Maybe, to avoid some checks on 8th line.} 28. Kb2 Ra8 29. Qe7 f6 {Creates new hooks. But was there a choice?} ({By the way, how to win in a case} 29... Kg8 {? Indeed, Black here in some type of zugzwang:} 30. Rc5 Rab8 31. a3 Qa8 (31... Ra8 32. Rc8 $1) 32. Rc7 a5 { (what else?)} 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qc5 $18) 30. Rc5 Qh1 {Diagram [#] Allows a showy outcome.} 31. Rxf5 $1 exf5 32. Nd5 Kg6 33. Nc7 Rac8 34. Rc2 $18 (34. dxc8=Q $4 Rxd2+ 35. Kc3 Qc1#) 34... Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Qg2+ 36. Rc2 Qa8 37. Re2 { That's all.} a5 38. bxa5 Qxa5 {How to achieve the goal by the fastest way?} 39. g4 $1 fxg4 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. f5 {Flawless play by Rublevsky. Summary: 1) sometimes chessplayers with ELO like 2450 (I mean Adla) find a very strong moves (13.Nf5) 2) in very bad positions you must intently search a chance (22.. .Qb7) 3) before a decisive assault, it's useful to think about prophylactic (27.b3)} 1-0 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 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. Be3 e5 ({This move has one undoubted advantage as compared to} 6... e6 {- it reduces the White's possibilities.}) 7. Nb3 ({For players of positional style we can advice} 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O) 7... Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O ({It's better not to remember about} 9... d5 {now:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Nc5 $14 {- Black play Najdorf not for the getting a hard endgame! }) 10. O-O-O ({It's strange, but continuation} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 {almost not used. It's very strange.}) 10... a5 (10... b5 {already doesn't use any success - Topalov got a better position vs Van Wely, even choose non-principle} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. g4) ({after} 10... Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 {both players must be very well informed about last opening researches - so, let's sum up: 10...a5 is a good alternative, as soon as White need to decide protective tasks.}) 11. Bb5 ({It's a not good idea to assume a5-a4:} 11. Kb1 a4 12. Nc1 Ra5) ({tightly hinder it - too:} 11. a4 Nc6 12. g4 Nb4 {, therefore White find a compromiss.}) 11... Na6 12. Qe2 (12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 $1) 12... a4 $1 {Pawn a5 sacrificed itself to improve rook's a8 vision. This pawn should be taken.} 13. Bxa4 (13. Nxa4 Nc7 14. Nc3 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Qc7 16. Qb6 Qc6 $44) 13... Qb8 ({Cuban chessplayer Yuniesky Quezada practices} 13... Qc8 { - here's one example of his creativity:} 14. Bb5 Nc7 15. Bc4 b5 $5 16. Bxb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Bc4 18. Qb4 Re8 $1 $44 {, Pozo Vera-Quezada, Villa Clara 2006.}) 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nh5 (15... Bc4 $6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bd7 Rc7 18. Bg4 $16) 16. Bb5 {Diagram [#]} Nc7 $146 ({In the first round of unofficial match Ukraine-China, Black tried} 16... Nb4 {, and then:} 17. a3 Bxb3 18. axb4 Be6 19. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Ra2 22. Rb1 $13 {, Kryvoruchko-Wang Yue, WCh U20, Yerevan 2006. White won after a long fight. Bu Xiangzhi making an attempt to improve play of fellow countryman.}) 17. Kb1 {At this point, the game for some time develops by force.} ({White bishop could sell by more expensive price:} 17. Bc4 $5 b5 $5 (17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Qb5 $13) 18. Bxb5 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 18... Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Qc7 (19... Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxa2 21. Nc3) 20. Kb1 {- it's hard to say, what will outweigh in the end: Black's attacking position or White's extra pawns.}) 17... Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bc4 19. Qd7 ( 19. Qb4 Qc7 $1) 19... Rc7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Be6 22. Qg1 $1 Rxc3 $1 (22... exf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $16) 23. bxc3 exf4 {Now we can catch one's to breath and evaluate the situation. White's king shelter it's not a subject of reconstruction. What to do?} 24. h4 $1 b5 ({Queen's transfer to "a"-file could have been a little bit faster:} 24... b6 $5 {; but if Bu Xiangzhi preferred 24. ..b5, he certainly has a good reason.}) 25. h5 Qb7 26. h6 Qa6 {Diagram [#]} 27. Nc1 $1 ({It could happen a variation of fantastic beauty:} 27. hxg7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Bxb3 29. Qh2 $1 h6 $1 30. gxh6 Kh7 31. Rdg1 (31. cxb3 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxh2 $19) 31... Bf6 $1 32. g8=Q+ Rxg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 $19 { , and Black must win, because their bishop on f6 is much stronger than a rook.} ) 27... Bf8 {Good idea. Now, in a case of pawn change, black bishop will be push on point c3.} 28. Qd4 Qa3 29. Qb4 {This move has a positive feature, as well as a negative. "-" - queen falls under a tempo after d6-d5; "+" - it compels Black to be determined.} Bxa2+ 30. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 d5 32. Qd4 $1 { Smart move by Karjakin. The rest (of options) is much worse.} (32. Qxb5 dxe4 33. fxe4 Ba3+ 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Ke1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Qa1+ $19) (32. Qb3 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qa7 $1) 32... Ra4 33. Qe5 $2 {Diagram [#] Finally, Bu Xiangzhi waits till error.} ({With correct} 33. Qxd5 Rc4 {, White could choose: continue to fight:} 34. Kd2 $1 (34. Qe5 {or coming to a draw:} Rc5 35. Qd4 Rc4 36. Qe5 $11) 34... Qa7 35. Qd3 Qf2+ 36. Qe2 Qc5 $13) 33... d4 $1 {Black find a mathematical winning.} 34. Kd2 (34. cxd4 Qa3+ $19) 34... Qb2 $1 $19 35. Ke2 $6 {Blunder.} ({ After} 35. Qxf4 {Black have to make a couple of exact moves:} Ra2 (35... Qxc3+ $2 36. Ke2 Qxc2+ 37. Rd2) 36. Ke1 (36. Rc1 Qxc3+ 37. Kd1 d3 $19) 36... Qxc2 $1 (36... Qxc3+ $6 37. Kf2 Qxc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg2+ 39. Kh4 $13) 37. Qd2 Qxc3 38. Qxc3 dxc3 $19) 35... Qxc2+ 36. Rd2 (36. Ke1 Ra2 $19) 36... d3+ {Summary: 1) one pawn - it's a quite small price for a keeping the opponent under a voltage (12. ..a4) 2) the best defence is a counterattack (24.h4) 3) one, who protects, risking much more than one, who attacks - only mistake, and all is ended... (33.Qe5)} 0-1 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2638"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 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 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 {Playing so is very rarely.} ( {Usually moves} 5... e6 6. Nh4 {made by automatic way, and only tnen the game begins.}) 6. Bd2 e6 7. Nh4 ({Unfading Kortschnoi once elected} 7. c5 Nbd7 8. b4 {, but Ponomariov aspires to a more open game.}) 7... Bg4 8. Qb3 Ra7 $6 { Played in Morozevich-style, but such style can be good only for Morozevich (maybe, for Nepomniatchi too). 8...Ra7 has one concrete feature...} ({... but despite it,} 8... b5 {is more simple and reliable:} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Nc6 $11) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nfd7 $146 (10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 $14 {- White have excellent opportunities in centre and king flank.}) 11. Ng2 {Whole focus that if rook stands on a8, pawn "b" on b5, and "?-pawns are absent - then on 10...Nfd7, 11.Nd5!? is very good (Dautov's idea) . 8...Ra7 makes 10...Nfd7 possible, but that doesn't make Black's life easier. Just look to black knights b8 and d7...} Bg6 12. Nf4 {But their colleague breathes full breast - knight f4 pushes to the center, and doesn't hampered to pawn "h".} Be7 (12... b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. h4 $1) 13. O-O-O dxc4 $6 {Dubious decision.} ({There is a dread for castle:} 13... O-O 14. h4 $5 Bxh4 15. Nxg6 fxg6 (15... hxg6 16. e4 $1 $40) 16. f4 $16) ({but still it was worth trying to make the long-suffering} 13... b5 {- anyway, after} 14. c5 $5 {chances of White's side are better.}) 14. Bxc4 b5 {[#]} ({Allows evident objection, but what else?} 14... Nf8 {?}) 15. Bxe6 {This sacrifice is so invites to, that's why an exclamation mark is inappropriate.} fxe6 16. Nxe6 Bf7 (16... Qb6 17. Nxg7+ Kd8 18. f4 $40 {- pawn avalance will wipe everything on own way.}) 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Kg8 {Here is an interesting moment. On the one hand, queens' presence - to the advantage of attacking side (White). On the other hand - ending with such central pawns looks so sad for Black...} ({... therefore, it may be worthwhile to keep queen for hypothetical counterattack - } 18... Bxe6 $5 19. Qxe6 Rg8) 19. Nxd8 Bxb3 20. axb3 Bxd8 21. e4 {White should win the endgame - espesially, as they are managed by Ponomariov, well-known technician.} Nf6 22. f3 ({Ruslan strengthens pawn e4, although it was possible to jerk at once:} 22. g5 $5 Nh5 (22... b4 $6 23. gxf6 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxf6 25. f4 $18) 23. f4 $16) 22... Nbd7 23. Kc2 ({I do not see any obstacles to the immediate} 23. Be3 {, but Ponomariov as a skillful endgame-player, practises the "don't hurry" principle.}) 23... Kf7 24. Be3 Bb6 25. h4 $1 {Cleverly!} ({ Obviously, that "g"-pawn should go on by first, but then phalanxes will be blocked:} 25. g5 Nh5 {; that's why Ukrainian takes square h5 under control.}) 25... Rd8 26. h5 Nf8 27. g5 Ne8 28. Rd3 $1 {White reinforce its central point.} ({And this is correct - because after} 28. f4 $6 Rad7 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. g6+ $1 hxg6 31. hxg6+ Kf6 $1 $13 {Black could receive some chances.}) 28... Rad7 29. Rhd1 Kg8 ({It is difficult to say for sure, but probably worth a try} 29... Ne6 $5 30. d5 Nc5 31. Bxc5 (31. R3d2 b4 $1) 31... Bxc5 32. dxc6 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rd6 $1 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 {- and Black will block.}) 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. f4 Ng7 {After that, black knight will resemble an empty beer bank, a white pawns - the flow of oncoming cars.} ({But in case of} 31... Nd6 32. Ng3 {blockade will fail anyway: } Re8 33. e5 Nf5 34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Rc3 $1 $18) 32. h6 Ne8 (32... Nge6 33. f5 Nc7 34. Rc3 $18) 33. Rc3 Rc8 34. Kd3 $1 {King freed the "c"-file for a rook. Now Bb6-a5 becoming undangerously.} Ng6 35. f5 Ne7 36. f6 Ng6 37. e5 $18 { A faith of game is practically decided.} Rd7 38. e6 Rd5 ({As soon a rook will come back, there was a sense to put it there right now:} 38... Rd6) 39. f7+ Kf8 40. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 41. Rf1 Rd6 42. Nf4 ({Why White didn't seize teeth in pawn:} 42. Rf6 {? Perhaps, because of} Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Ng4 {; but we can fall in such trap:} 44. Kf5 $1 Nxf6 45. gxf6 $18 {, and white passers are unstoppable.}) 42... Nxf4+ 43. Rxf4 Rxe6 44. Re4 $1 {Exchanges will bring a victory.} Rxe4 ( 44... Kd7 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. d5+ $18) 45. Kxe4 Kd7 $6 (45... Kf7 {was harder.}) 46. Bf4 ({This move spoils nothing, but White could win immediately:} 46. g6 $1 hxg6 47. Bf4 Re8+ 48. Be5 Bc7 49. h7 Bxe5 (49... b4 50. Rh3 $1) 50. dxe5 Rh8 51. Rh3 Ke6 52. Kf4 $18 {. Perhaps, Ruslan dominated over responsibility for the team, so he wanted to win as can be "cleaner".}) 46... Rg8 47. d5 $2 { But this is a mistake that could cost a half-point.} ({It was needed to stick pawn a6:} 47. b4 $1 Bd8 (47... Rg6 48. Ra3 $18) 48. Kf5 Be7 (48... Rf8+ 49. Kg4 Be7 50. g6 $1 hxg6 51. Be5 Rf7 52. Bg7 $18) 49. Rg3 $1 Rg6 (49... Bxb4 50. g6 $18) 50. Ra3 Kc8 (50... Bxb4 51. Rxa6 $18) 51. Rxa6 Kb7 52. Ra3 Bxb4 53. Re3 $18 {- "two weaknesses" method in action!}) 47... cxd5+ 48. Kxd5 Bd8 $2 { Ryazantsev underestimates the White's reply.} ({What about covering a c6-square?} 48... Rg6 49. Ke4 Bd8 {(main feature is that after the exchange of pawns "? and "d", rook g6 protects a pawn on a6)} 50. Kf5 Bb6 51. Rd3+ Ke8 52. Be5 (52. Rd6 Rxd6 53. Bxd6 Kf7 $11) 52... Bd8 53. Bf6 Bxf6 54. gxf6 Rg2 $11 { ; there is no clear winning visible - actually, no winning visible at all! I hope, "ChessZone" readers will be more fortunate here than I am.}) 49. Rc6 $1 { Now Ruslan will not miss out it.} Rf8 (49... Bxg5 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rg7 $18) 50. Be5 Bxg5 51. Rc7+ Kd8 52. Rxh7 Rf3 53. Ke6 {Summary: 1) sometimes it's necessary to play as possible surely in an opening, especially for Black (8... b5) 2) blockade - is the only way to fight vs pawn phalanx (29...Ne6) 3) you need to win out when it's possible (46.g6)} 1-0 [Event "Russian Team Championship"] [Site "Dagomys-Sochi"] [Date "2008.04.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Amonatov, Farrukh"] [Black "Timofeev, Artyom"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2664"] [Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoliy"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [SourceTitle "CZM, #5, 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 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 {Article in ChessBase Magazine #121 by Moldavian grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko considerably warm up interest to this variation - or interest to this variation provoked writing of the article? In general, I don't know exactly. I know only, that the article is very good.} b4 12. Nc2 O-O {Diagram [#] Black pretend that pawn b4 is not under attack.} ({ In my opinion, the best way to get rid of the knight d5 - as Pavel Eljanov (specialist of Pelikan-Sveshnikov variant) did:} 12... a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 Bb7 {, Berg-Eljanov, Kemer 2007.}) 13. g3 ({Pawn is poisoned:} 13. Ncxb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rb8 {, Torres-Nunez, Benidorm 2003 -} 16. Nd3 $6 Qd4 $1 $17) 13... Be6 14. Bg2 $146 ({Rogozenko mainly discussed a plan} 14. h4 a5 15. Bh3 {- but Amonatov's choice, certainly, is also playable.}) 14... Rb8 15. O-O {Usually, Ra8-b8 met with b2-b3.But here it while unnecessarily, cause bishop already stands on e6.} a5 (15... b3 $2 16. axb3 Rxb3 17. Rxa6 $18) 16. b3 {Now is the time.} Bxd5 ({Unfortunately, knight's change doesn't turn out:} 16... Bg5 17. f4 $1 Bh6 18. Qh5 $16 {- therefore, bishop had to change to a knight , but that is a different story.}) 17. Qxd5 {Only so - the pawn d6 must remain a weakness.} (17. cxd5 Nd4 $1) 17... Qb6 (17... Nd4 {may seem unpleasant, but only from the standpoint that without knights game will be quite boring:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qh5 {- queen gets off scot-free, but what to do next?}) 18. Rad1 (18. Qxd6 $4 Rfd8 $19) 18... Rfd8 19. Qd3 a4 $1 {Advancing a5-a4 - the only reasonable plan for Black.} 20. Qe2 $1 {Diagram [#] Farrukh instantly captures disadvantages associated with the Timofeev's last move.} Ra8 $6 {I don't think that was possible to admit white rook in own camp. } (20... Nd4 $1 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rd3 Ra8 23. f4 (23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 ) 23... Ra5 {- mutual game! Black will pressure by "a"-file, White will advance in a king flank.}) 21. Rd5 Ra5 22. Rb5 $1 Qa7 ({After} 22... Rxb5 { it would be a position-type, which very suits to Amonatov's style - no counterplay for opponent:} 23. cxb5 axb3 (23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. bxa4 $18) 24. bxc6 (24. axb3 $6 Nd4) 24... bxc2 25. Qxc2 $16 {; Amonatov will play such position to the end... to the winning end!}) 23. Qd3 $1 ({Pawn could be taken: } 23. Nxb4 $5 {, but after} Nd4 (23... Rxb5 24. Nxc6 $18) 24. Qg4 Nxb5 25. Nd5 $1 {boundless complications arose. Who does them need, when White get a clear advantage?}) 23... axb3 24. axb3 $16 Ra2 {It is necessary to give away the material, but Timofeev wants to get the chances through 2nd line instead.} 25. Nxb4 Nxb4 26. Rxb4 Bg5 27. Qd5 {Forces passing Black to a passive defence.} Rf8 (27... Rd2 28. Rb7 $1 Rxd5 29. Rxa7 $18) 28. Rb7 Qa3 29. Bh3 $1 {Do you see a threat?} h5 {Timofeev does.} (29... Rd2 30. Qxf7+ $1) 30. Qd1 {Using 29...h5, Farrukh undertakes a regrouping.} g6 31. Qf3 {The queen takes on f3 an ideal position.} Rb2 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Rd5 {It's need to uproot queen from an active place.} (33. Bd7 $2 Rxf2) 33... Qa3 34. Kg2 {King stands now under the rook b2. Is this a provocation?} Bd2 $1 {Diagram [#] Timofeev probably saw, what White will reply to this move - however, this is a best chance!} 35. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 36. Qf6 Qb2 $2 {Eh...} (36... Qa8 $1 {would be more unpleasant for White:} 37. Be6 $1 Qxb7 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Bf5 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rb8 {- white king quite naked too, this fact could give some counterchances.}) 37. Be6 $1 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 fxe6+ 40. Ke2 $18 { Pawn "b" plus black king cut off the 7th line... The endgame is lost clearly.} Ra8 (40... Rc8 41. Kd3) 41. b4 Kf8 (41... Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Rxh2 43. c5 $18) 42. b5 Ke8 43. Rg7 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 Kd8 (44... Rxh2 45. b6 Rb2 46. b7 Kd8 47. c5 $1 dxc5 48. Kc4 $18) 45. b6 Kc8 46. Rc7+ Kd8 47. Kc3 {King will burst into enemy's camp.} Ra1 48. Kb4 {Summary: 1) Pelikan and Sveshnikov variant is being in some crisis - not easily to get counterplay for Black (11.c4) 2) there is no need to undertake a fire on the board, if you can make a move, which promises a stable advantage (23.Qd3) 3) sometimes it makes sense not to choose the strongest, but the most unpleasant for the opponent moves (36...Qa8)} 1-0