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[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Predictable defence from Shirov. The same with
Svidler he is an expert of Grunfeld defence} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 ({It were necessary to move} 6... c5 {in the past, but now both moves are
possible}) 7. Bc4 {Classical way} ({In the end of 20th century} 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 {were popular}) 7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O {This position met
in the practice very often} Na5 {One of the magistral ways} (10... Bg4 {
Another way} 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16.
Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. h3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6
29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 Kg8 35.
Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6 37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Kh2 Nd8 40. Qd6 Ne6 41. Be3 {
1-0 Topalov,V (2783)-Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117}) ({And 3hd of
the most popular moves} 10... Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 b5
15. Rb1 a6 16. c4 e6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. d6 Bb7 {
0-1 Topalov,V (2804)-Svidler,P (2743)/Sofia 2006/CBM 113 (61)}) ({Immediately
pawn sacrifice} 10... b6 {doesn't promise equality in view of} 11. dxc5 $1 $14)
11. Bd3 b6 ({As prooved by another expert of Grunfeld, another way is possible
} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. d5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17.
Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb4 20. Qe3 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2655)
-Svidler,P (2738)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108 (52)}) 12. Rc1 {This is the most
logical. Now after exchange on d4 square, white rook will take control over
the "c" line} ({Another way} 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. cxb6 axb6
16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Bxa2 $1 $15 {0-1 Ni Hua (2703)-Navara,D
(2672)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 701 (29)}) (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc5
Qc7 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Ng3 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Rc7
(19... Qxc3 $4 20. Rd8+ $18) 20. Rac1 Rac8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A (2435)-Semeniuk,
A (2365)/Novosibirsk 1989/TD (36)}) 12... e5 {This is a gambit line. Black
hopes for the rich pieces activity on queen's flank} (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 e6
14. Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 Qe7 $6 16. h5 Rfc8 17. e5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8
20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 $1 $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2690)-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/
Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 118 (35)}) (12... Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e6
16. Rcd1 $13 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A (2575)-Yandemirov,V (2494)/Tomsk 2004/CBM
102 (41)}) 13. dxc5 {Principle decision - the sacrifice is taken} (13. dxe5
Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7 15. e5 Be6 16. c4 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Berczes,D (2450)-Flumbort,A
(2448)/Hungary 2006/EXT 2007 (50)}) (13. d5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. c4 Nb7 16. f4
e4 17. Bc2 Nd6 $15 {0-1 Benitah,Y (2425)-Borisek,J (2522)/Olbia ITA 2008/The
Week in Chess 708 (42)}) 13... Be6 {Bishop strikes on a2 pawn} 14. c4 {Block,
and white pawn is going to the dream )) But b4 and d4 fields are the good
targets for black knight} ({Another intresting way} 14. cxb6 $5 axb6 15. c4)
14... bxc5 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Bxc5 Bh6 {Very important move} (15... Re8 $6 16.
Be3 $1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nc3 Qxa3 21. Nd5 $14 {
1-0 Topalov,V (2801)-Svidler,P (2765)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (44)}) 16.
Rc3 (16. f4 Re8 17. Be3 (17. f5 Qc7 18. Bf2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nc3 Nb2 21.
Nd5 Qxc1 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 24. f6+ Kg8 25. Qxc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd3 27.
Rc3 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 $14 {1-0 Harikrishna,P (2664)-Sutovsky,E (2656)/Montreal
2007/CBM 119 (40)}) 17... Re7 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. Rcd1 Bg4 20. h3 exf4 21. Bxf4 {
1/2-1/2 Zhou Jianchao (2580)-Li Chao (2320)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess
710}) (16. Bxf8 Bxc1 17. Nxc1 Kxf8 $44) 16... Re8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rab8 19.
c5 {Another way to the dream ))} Red8 $44 {Diagram [#] All black pieces stands
on their places and a compensation for the pawn is obvious} 20. c6 $2 {Very
strange move, now the pawn will never get to her dream (( She will die
immediately} ({It was necessary to play} 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Nxc1 (21. Rxc1 $6 Nc6
$15) 21... Nc6 22. h4 $5 $13) 20... Rb6 {That's all.... R.I.P.} 21. Rb1 Rxc6 (
21... Rxb1+ 22. Qxb1 Bd2 $1 23. Rc5 $8 Nxc6 $11) 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 $15 {Black's
position is better now} 23. Bc1 (23. Bb5 Qa5 $1 24. Bxc6 Qxa3 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26.
Rd1 Qa5 27. Qd3 Qxa2 28. exd5 a5 $17) 23... Bxc1 24. Rxc1 $4 {Diagram [#]
Awful mistake} ({It was completely necessary to take with the knight} 24. Nxc1
Rc8 {and to play the worse endgame}) 24... Qd6 $1 {disharmony of white's
pieces ends game} 25. Qxc6 (25. Bb5 Nb4 26. Qa4 a6 $1 27. a3 Na2 $19) (25. Ng3
Nb4 $19) (25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd1+ $19) 25... Qxc6 $2 {strange amnesty} ({
Even easier way to win was} 25... Qxd3 $1 26. Ng3 (26. Nc3 Rc8 27. Qb7 Rxc3 28.
Qb8+ Bc8 $19) 26... Rc8 27. Qxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kg7 $19 {and the "a" pawn
makes the game}) 26. Rxc6 Rxd3 {this endgame is not so easy to win for black}
27. f4 (27. f3 Bxa2 (27... Rd2 $6 28. Nc3 Rc2 29. a3 $15) 28. Ra6 Rd1+ 29. Kf2
Bc4 $17) (27. Nc3 Bxa2 28. h3 Bb3 $17) 27... Bg4 ({another strong move was}
27... Rd2 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nc3 exf4) 28. Nc3 exf4 29. Nd5 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31.
Kf1 ({Not much better was} 31. Kg1 f3 $1 32. gxf3 Bxf3 33. Rc3 Be2 $17 (33...
Bxe4 $4 34. Nf6+)) 31... Be2+ 32. Ke1 Rxa2 33. Nxf4 Bb5 $19 {and "a" pawn
provides win to black} 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7 Ra4 36. Ne6+ (36. Re7 Kf8 37. Re5
Bc6 38. Nd5 f5 39. Nc3 (39. exf5 Ra5 $19) 39... Rc4 40. Kd2 Bxe4 $19) 36... Kf6
37. Nc5 Ra2 38. g4 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Rxh2 40. g5+ Ke5 41. Rxf7 a5 {This wasn't a
Loek's day...} 0-1
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {Step-by-step this move became the main one on this
line} 11. Re1 {Andrei playes like Gelfand in his second game with varint
creator Vishy Anand} Be4 12. Qc1 Nbd7 $6 $146 {Because the variant is young it
is normal that the novelities happens so early} ({In sole alike game was} 12...
Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e4 Be7 15. Nbd2 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Qd2 Bxg5
19. Nexg5 h6 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. fxe3 Bxe4 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Nh4 Nb6 24. Be4 Rc8 25.
Ng2 Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2737)-Anand,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The
Week in Chess 690 It is interesting to know, why Alexander have choosed
another way. Maybe he avoided the draw perpetual...}) 13. Ba5 {after leaving
knight b8-square White's bishop can go on a5 safely} Qe7 14. Nbd2 (14. Bxc7 Bb4
15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 N7b6 $44 (18... Nxc3 $4 19. Bxc3
b4 20. Qf4 $18)) 14... Bxf3 (14... Bb7 15. e4 e5 16. Bxc7 $1 {Now possible!}
Rac8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd1 exd4 $2 19. e5) 15. Nxf3 Rac8 16. e4 $14 {It's
becoming apparent that White has won the opening battle} e5 17. Nh4 $5 (17. Qc6
exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 20. Qxb5 Rfb8) (17. Bh3 $5) 17... g6 {
Diagram [#]} 18. f4 $6 {Very aggrresive move. Now the game goes to tactical
way.} ({But I think, White could dodge it for own benefit by} 18. Qg5 h6 19.
Qxh6 exd4 20. Qg5 Qe5 21. Qd2 $14) 18... exf4 {In my opinion, the best.} ({
the alternative -} 18... Ng4 $6 {is not enough because of} 19. h3 (19. fxe5
Ndxe5 20. Bh3 (20. h3 $2 Nc4) 20... Nd3 (20... Nc4 21. Bxg4 Nxa5 22. Bxc8) 21.
Qc3 Nxe1 22. Bxg4 Qxe4 23. Bxc8 Nd3 24. Bb7 $1 (24. Bh3 $2 b4 $1 $17) 24...
Qe3+) (19. Bf3 c5 (19... exf4 20. Bxg4 fxg3 21. Nf3 gxh2+ 22. Kg2 $16) 20. fxe5
Ngxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 b4 $44) 19... c5 20. dxe5 $1 (20. hxg4 cxd4 21. Qd2
exf4 $44) 20... Ngxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rd1 Rfe8 (22... Bxg3 $2 23. Nf5 $1 gxf5
24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bc3 $18) 23. Nf3 $16) 19. e5 Nxe5 (
19... fxg3 20. hxg3 (20. exd6 $2 gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Qxd6 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5
Bc5+ (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Qe3 $18) 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Nh5 $36) 22...
Nh5 23. Bf3 Nxg3+ 24. Kg2 Qxh4 25. Qxc5 Nh5 $11 {The activity of black pieces
must be enough for equal}) 20. dxe5 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 {Diagram [#]} (21. Kh1 $6 Ng4
22. Re2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 (24. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 24... Bxf2 25. Qf4 Bb6
26. Bc3 Rcd8 $13) 21... Ng4 $2 ({The strongest was} 21... Nh5 $1 22. g4 {
the best in my opinion} (22. Bf3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bb6 $1 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Qh6
Nxg3+ 26. Kg2 Nh5 27. Nf5 Rc2+ 28. Kg1 gxf5 29. Qxh5 Kh8 $132) (22. Nf3 fxg3
23. Bh3 gxh2 24. Kg2 Rcd8 25. Bd2 (25. Qh6 $2 Rd3 $40) 25... Rxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Rd8
27. Qc1 Rd3 $13) (22. Bb7 {The attempt to close the rontgen between rook and
queen} fxg3 23. Bxc8 gxh2 24. Bb7 Bg1 $3 {Diagram [#] No matter on huge
material advantage (bishop and rook vs only 4 pawns) it's too hard for White
to repulse the attack}) 22... Bb6 $1 {The main tactical idea is as follows:
the bishop goes away from queen strike. And now a5-bishop and h4-knight is on
target} (22... Ba7 $2 23. Nf3 $16) 23. gxh5 Bxa5 24. Qxf4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Qe6 26.
h6 $1 $14 {It is very hard to give the right postion evaluation but I prefer
the White side :-)} Qxa2) 22. Qxf4 $1 {The only but absolutely the strongest!}
Nxh2+ 23. Ke2 f6 {Black has only one logical idea here - to open "f" line and
penetrate rook on 2nd raw} 24. Bd5+ $1 (24. Rh1 $6 {was worse} fxe5 25. Qe4
Rf2+ 26. Ke1 Rxb2 27. Rxh2 Bf2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kd1 $4 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Qa3 $19) 28...
Bd4 $40 {Black have strong attack which is given full compensation for 2 pieces
}) 24... Kg7 25. Bc3 $16 {White pieces in finding the Harmony - that will be
fatally for Black. It is nessesary to do something......} b4 (25... Rcd8 26.
Qe4 fxe5 27. Bxe5+ Kh6 28. Rac1 $1) 26. Bd2 {Suddenly the mate in two is
threaten} Qxe5+ {with a heavy heart Black goes to endgame} (26... Rcd8 $4 27.
Qh6+ Kh8 28. Nxg6#) ({after} 26... Ng4 $5 27. Bb7 $1 Nxe5 ({in way of} 27...
Rcd8 28. Qxg4 fxe5 (28... Qxe5+ 29. Kf1 $18) 29. Nf3 {gradually White must win}
) 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nf3 {Black's compensation is obvious not enough}) 27. Qxe5
fxe5 28. Rac1 {The last reserves comes to the battle. It is easy to feel now
that white has an extra piece :-)} Bd6 $2 {Loses immediately} ({only the
active defence can rescue Black} 28... Bf2 29. Rh1 (29. Be6 Bxe1 30. Bxc8 Bxd2
31. Rxc7+ Kh6 32. Kxd2 Rf2+ 33. Kc1 Nf1 {with some drawing chances}) 29... Bxg3
30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. Bxf3 h5 32. Bxb4 $16) 29. Rh1 {and now Black loses too much
material} Ng4 (29... c6 {didn't help too} 30. Bc4) 30. Be6 $18 Nf2 31. Nf5+ {
Diagram [#] The final strike. Short but very interesting fight!} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 ({on} 5... a6 {the most
popular is} 6. Nxc6 {but this is the othe way}) 6. Be3 {The most aggressive
reaction on Taimanov System} a6 ({Liviu-Dieter has already tried other lines}
6... Nf6 7. f4 $1 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nd6+ (
12. Be2 $5 O-O 13. O-O d5 14. a3 Be7 15. Nd4 $14) 12... Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne4 14.
Qd3 Nxc3 15. Bd2 O-O 16. bxc3 e5 17. c4 Qb6 18. O-O-O d6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2
Kulaots,K (2557)-Nisipeanu,L (2695)/Turin 2006/CBM 113}) 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O
Bb4 ({thanks to GM A. Morozevich move} 8... Be7 {is considered good} 9. f3 O-O
10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 (12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Bb7 14. g6 Rc8 15. Kb1 b4 16.
Na4 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxe4 18. Nb6 Bxf3 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxh1
22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bd3+ Kg8 24. Rxe7 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez Perez,L (2695)
-Morozevich,A (2774)/Sarajevo BIH 2008/The Week in Chess 707}) 12... dxc6 13.
f4 Nd6 14. Qd4 Nb7 15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nc5 19. Rg1
Bb7 20. Be3 Rad8 $13 {0-1 Gashimov,V (2679)-Morozevich,A (2774)/Dagomys RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 700 (54)}) 9. f3 Ne7 {The favorite move of Romanians GM}
(9... Ne5 {The most popular way} 10. Nb3 {As always, fresh example from
high-level players} b5 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qf2 d6 13. g4 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Rg1
Bb7 16. Kb1 Rfc8 {With typical sicilian game 0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Ivanchuk,
V (2740)/Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 706 (33)}) (9... Na5 {Vishy Anand's
move} 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Bf4 $1 Qb6 (12... e5 13. Nf5 exf4 14. e5 $40
) 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Qd4 d5 15. Bxc4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 dxc4 17. Na5 Nd7 18. Bc7 O-O
19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. Rhe1 Bd7 22. Be5 Rfe8 23. Kb2 Rac8 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Kc3 Kf8 26. Kd4 $16 {1-0 Leko,P (2741)-Anand,V (2774)/Moscow 2004/CBM 102
(68)}) 10. Nde2 {The surplus defense} b5 ({The popular here is} 10... d5 {
but I think it is not solid enough} 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 exf3 14.
Qxb4 fxe2 15. Bxe2 f5 16. Rhe1 (16. Rd6 $5) 16... Bd7 17. Bh5 Rg8 18. g4 (18.
g3 $5) 18... Nc6 19. Qc4 O-O-O 20. gxf5 Rgf8 21. Bxf7 exf5 22. Nd5 Qxh2 23.
Nb6+ {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2675)-Ribli,Z (2591)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110}) 11.
Bf4 {One of the possible ways here} ({White also tried} 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6
13. Qc5 Bb4 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2778)
-Polgar,J (2732)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107 (68)}) (11. g4 h6 12. Qe1 (12. h4 Ba5 13.
a3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bh3 Qa5 16. Kb1 d6 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. N1a2 Ba3 19. b3 $13
{0-1 Naiditsch,A (2626)-Nisipeanu,L (2670)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (41)}) (12. Rg1
Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. f4 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. g5 Nh5 19.
gxh6 Rxh6 20. Rg5 Qc7 21. Nb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Qxb4 Nhxf4 24. Nc3 Rxh2
25. Bg1 {1-0 Leko,P (2763)-Polgar,J (2735)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110}) 12... Bc5
13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. a4 bxa4 19.
Nxa4 Nxe4 $5 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Bd3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Nd5 $44 {0-1 Bologan,V (2645)
-Nisipeanu,L (2696)/Olite 2006/CBM 115 (56)}) (11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Qb6 Qxb6 13.
Bxb6 d6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. a4 b4 19. Nb1
Bd7 20. b3 e5 21. Nd2 Be6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. c3 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z (2672)-Nisipeanu,L (2696)/Sibenik 2006/CBM 114 ext}) (11. Qe1 Ba5 12. Qf2 d5
13. Bc5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nd4 dxe4 16. Nb3 Ned5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qg3 Rb7 19.
fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxg7 Qxa4 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Bc4 Nxc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Kc6
25. Qxc8+ Kxd5 26. Rd1+ {1-0 Karjakin,S (2645)-Zhang Pengxiang (2616)/Tiayuan
2005/CBM 108}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 h5 $146 {A new move. The idea is to avert Qh6
move(after the exchange on f6). Also the pawn attack on King's side (by g2-g4)
was possible} (12... Bb7 13. Kb1 Ba5 14. Qd6 (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh6 Qb6 16. g3
Qe6 17. Bh3 f5 18. Qh4 f6 19. exf5 Qf7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 $16 {1-0 Anand,V
(2788)-Polgar,J (2735)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110 (62)}) 14... Nfd5 15. Qxc7 Nxc7
16. Ng3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2705)-Nisipeanu,L (2679)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109
}) 13. Kb1 {Typical sicilian move, but here contains another idea - to move
knight on c1} Ba5 14. Nc1 (14. a3 Bb7 (14... b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nb5 $5 axb5
17. Qxb4 Qa7 18. c3 Qa2+ 19. Kc2 Nc6 20. Qxb5 Ba6 21. Qb3 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Nd4+
23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qxa2 Rxa2 25. cxd4 $16) 15. Nc1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3
d5 $13) 14... b4 (14... Bb7 $5 15. Nb3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 d5 18. Nc5
Bc6 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Rd2) 15. Na4 b3 (15... d5 $2 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. exd5 $16) (15... Bb7 $2 16. Nb3 $16) 16. Nc3 bxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Rb8 (17... Bb7
18. Nb3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 (19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4+ 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe7 Kxe7
23. Re1 f5 24. Bd3 Nf2 25. Rxe5+ Kd6 26. Rxf5 Nxh1 27. Rf1 $16) 19... d5 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 dxe4 (22... d4 23. Rc7) 23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Nxe4
$14) 18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Rd3 $1 d6 $6 20. a3 Bxa3 $5 (20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qb6 22.
Nd2 $1 $16) 21. bxa3 Be6 (21... Qc5 22. Kb2 (22. Qb2 Qb6 23. Na2 a5 $44) (22.
Ka1 $5 Qxa3+ 23. Na2 Qa4 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Rb3 Ra8 26. Nf5 $16) 22... Be6 23. Na2
a5 24. a4 Qb6 25. Re3 O-O 26. Bb5 $16) 22. Na2 (22. Nd5 $6 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Nfxd5
24. exd5 Bf5) 22... Qa5 (22... Qa7 23. Rc3 $1 Nc6 24. Bc4 Nd4 25. Be3 $18) 23.
Bc1 (23. Ka1 Qa4 24. Nd4 $1 Qc4 25. Rd1 $1 Qxa2+ 26. Qxa2 Bxa2 27. Kxa2 exd4
28. Rxd4 $18) 23... Qa4 24. Nb4 $8 O-O (24... a5 25. Qc7 O-O 26. Qxa5 Bxb3 27.
Qxa4 Bxa4 28. Rxd6 $14) 25. Nd4 (25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Bb2 Rb6 27. Rc3 a5 28. Rc7 Qd8
29. Nd3 $16) 25... Qxc2+ (25... Bd7 26. Qxa4 Bxa4 27. Bb2 $1 a5 28. Na2 exd4
29. Rxd4 Bc6 30. Rxd6 $16) 26. Ndxc2 a5 27. Rxd6 axb4 28. Nxb4 $16 {White's
extra pawn indicates his large advantage} Nd7 29. Bb2 Ng6 30. g3 Nc5 31. Be2
Na4 32. Rc1 Nxb2 33. Kxb2 Kh7 34. Rc5 $1 h4 35. Bb5 Bh3 36. a4 Bg2 37. Rc3 f5
38. Na6 Rb7 39. Nc5 Ra7 40. Nd7 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 h6 13. Kb1 Re8
14. Rde1 Bf6 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5 20.
Ka1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rd1 Re3 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Re2 25. Ng4 Be7 26.
Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Bg5 29. Kb1 Kf8 {0-1 Jakovenko,D (2711)
-Volokitin,A (2684)/Dagomys RUS 2008/?essZone #5-2008}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 {something new...} ({
Everybody used to the move} 7... Nc6 {is the necessary one here}) 8. Nxd4 Re8 (
8... Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nh5) 9. f3 Nc6 (9... c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bh4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 Na4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S (2732)-Radjabov,T (2751)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 700 (47)}) 10.
Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 (11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6 15. Bd4 Qc8
16. Rad1 Qg4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe6 19. b3 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h3 Qe3+ 22.
Kh1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2775)-Glek,I (2670)/Biel 1996/CBM 055}) 11... Nxd4 (
11... Nf4 12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 bxc6 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 Bb7 17.
Rad1 h5 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Qa4 a5 20. Rd3 {1-0 Lputian,S (2634)-Volokitin,A (2654)
/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (44)}) 12. Bxd4 Nf4 {Tactical ideas are in the air and
White should be very accurate!} 13. Rfd1 ({for example} 13. Rfe1 $4 Qg5 $19)
13... Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ {Black needs the space and should swap as more
pieces as possible} ({including this move} 14... Qg5 {doesn't promise the
complete equality} 15. Bf1 Be6 16. g3 Nh5 17. Bg2 Qe5 18. f4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 $14
{1-0 Gavrikov,V (2575)-Dvoretzky,M (2475)/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 061 ext (40)})
15. Nxe2 b6 ({It is not quite clear to me why to ignore the natural move} 15...
Be6 {as if the variants} 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qxc5 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nf4 Rae8 {
are not dangerous}) 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 {Anyway!} (17. Rac1 Qg5 18. b3 a5 19.
Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rce1 Re5 25.
Nb5 R8e7 26. Nd4 f4 27. Nb5 Kf7 28. g3 fxg3+ 29. hxg3 Ke8 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Nc3
Kd7 32. Ke3 h5 33. Rh1 Rg7 34. Rxh5 Rxg3 35. Rh7+ Kd8 36. Rf7 Rg2 37. Rf5 Rc2
38. Kd3 Rf2 39. Ke3 Rc2 40. Kd3 Rf2 41. Ke3 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2628)-Glek,
I (2571)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext}) 17... Bxd5 {it is obvious the
knight doesn't not allowed to go to f6} 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 {
it seems to be most exact continuation} (20. Rc3 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. h3 Rf8
23. b4 Qg5 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. Rc4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qe2 27. Rdc1 Qxa2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29.
Rxc7 Qxd5 30. Rxa7 Qe5+ 31. Qg3 Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2780)-Mamedyarov,S
(2760)/Nice FRA 2008/The Week in Chess 698}) {Black shouldn't start the end
game because the weakness of pawn c7 may be the decisive factor} 20... Qh5 (
20... Qh4 21. Qf2 Qh5 22. Rc4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Re4 {1/2-1/2
Vitiugov,N (2573)-Khairullin,I (2533)/Cheboksary 2006/CBM 112}) 21. g4 $5 {
A bright and smart idea! White has blocked the undermine the f7-f5
automatically. However in this case the king becomes accessible and the fight
is getting more bloodly} (21. Qd3 Rf8 22. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Pankov,G (2367)-Lovkov,
R (2457)/St Petersburg RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 683}) ({deserves attention}
21. Rc4 {with tactical idea} f5 22. e5 $1) 21... Qh4 22. Qf2 Qg5 23. Qd2 {
may be it is just a prelude to repeating?} Qh4 24. Kh1 $1 {well done Dmitriy!
he had manned himself for continue fight. Could it be just the test of rival
though?} Rf8 (24... f5 $2 {like hara-kiri} 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Rg1+ $40) (24...
h5 $5 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 hxg4 28. Rxg4 Kg7 $14) 25. Rg1 h5 ({
this alternative} 25... f6 {is too passive}) 26. Rc3 {one more an uncommon move
} (26. g5 f5 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Rc3 $13) ({unpatient} 26. Qh6 {defended with}
Qf6 27. gxh5 (27. Rc3 hxg4 $11) 27... Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qxe4 29. Rf1 $5 Rfe8 30.
hxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ {Rg6 alas it's impossible} Qxg6 32. Rxg6+ Rg7 $11) 26...
hxg4 (26... Kh7 $5 {keeping up the strain}) 27. Rxg4 Qh3 {being very close to
king the queen doesn't give a moment's peace} 28. Rg3 Qf1+ 29. Rg1 Qh3 {
this time the repeating is to save the time, which remains in deficit at both
players} 30. Rg3 Qf1+ 31. Rg1 Qh3 32. Qg5 {as much as possible to repeat the
position White is keeping up to play for victory} Rfe8 $2 (32... Re5 33. Qg2 {
in view of blowing to c7 Black must start the unpleasant end game} Qxg2+ (33...
Qd7 $2 34. f4 $40) 34. Rxg2 $14) 33. f4 $1 {is the courage character. Of
course the move is not bad objectively - if Black want to keep balance it
needs to play more accurately} ({the alternative is} 33. Qf6 {go on "great
maneuvers"}) 33... Qh8 $1 (33... Qd7 $4 34. Qh6 $18) (33... Qh7 $2 34. f5 Kf8
35. Qg2 $36) 34. f5 (34. e5 dxe5 35. f5 e4 36. fxg6 (36. f6 $2 Re5 37. Qf4 Rxd5
) 36... f6 37. Qg4 e3) 34... Qd4 $1 {any natural human wishes to put queen in
the thick of the events} ({Rybka recommends to play} 34... Rxe4 35. fxg6 f6 36.
Qf5 R4e5 {but to play this dangerous position with queen on h8 is dangerous,
though Black keeps up the balance in variants}) 35. Re3 $1 {is maintaining the
effort} ({it would be weaker} 35. fxg6 $2 {in view of} Qxe4+ 36. Rg2 f5 $1 $17
{with taking over}) 35... Rxe4 $4 {in such acute position the price is too
high, no wonder that just one mistake leads to defeat immediately} ({it was as
few as one true move} 35... Re5 $8 36. Qh6 Rxf5 $1 {it was just one true again
because other moves lead to defeat at once} 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39.
Qxf5+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ Kd7 {running away by king to queen flank... White have too
little pieces to attack and open king impedes to realize an another pawn
because of perpetual check is always near}) ({exactly} 35... Qe5 36. Qg4 $36)
36. fxg6 $1 {it's exact calculation} f5 {is the most stubborn} (36... Rxe3 37.
gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rf1+ {with mate}) (36... f6 37. Qh5 $1 (37. Qh6 $4 R8e7 38. g7
Rh4 $1 39. Qxh4 Qxh4 40. Rxe7 Qh5 $1 $11) 37... R8e7 38. g7 Rh4 39. Qe8+ {
is finish}) 37. Qxf5 R4e7 38. Rf3 $2 {is a miscalculation evidently} (38. Rge1
$1 {finishs off immediately with approximate variants} Rf8 39. Qh5 Rg7 40. Rf3
(40. Rh3 Re7) 40... Rxf3 (40... Rd8 41. Rh3) 41. Qxf3 Qa4 42. Qf5 $18) 38...
Qe4 $1 {After the fatal error made at 35 move Andrey is trying to improve the
situation with all might but it is too late} 39. Qxe4 (39. h4 $5 {SUCH a thing
could occur just to Fish}) ({may be a miscalculation was in variant} 39. Qf7+
Rxf7 40. gxf7+ Kh7 $1 41. fxe8=Q Qxf3+ 42. Rg2 Qf1+) 39... Rxe4 40. Rf7 {
after mistakes of White Black have a dilusive hope what reqjures the accurace
from White} R8e7 ({Another try was} 40... Rh4 $5 41. Rg3 Re1+ (41... Re2 42. h3
) 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kf1 $1 (43. Kf3 Rhxh2 44. g7 $4 Rhf2+ 45. Kg4 Rxf7) 43...
Rexh2 44. g7 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 R4h2+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Re8 48. Rxc7 $16 {with
stand to win}) ({this didn't help also} 40... R4e7 41. Rgf1 a5 42. h4 Re4 43.
R1f4 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 Re5 $1 45. Rf7 Rxd5 (45... Rh5 46. Rh7) 46. Rxc7 $16) 41.
Rgf1 Rxf7 $2 {why was the 7 raw given to White?} ({should have played} 41... a5
{keeping up the resistence}) 42. Rxf7 Re2 43. h4 $18 {related passed pawns
determine the end} Rxb2 44. h5 Rb4 45. Kg2 {now the king maintains the pawns}
Rh4 46. Rh7 Rd4 47. Kg3 {Black pawns are being late} Rxd5 48. Kg4 Ra5 49. Rxc7
Rxa2 50. Kg5 {additional Black pawn doesn't to help} Ra5+ 51. Kf6 Rc5 52. Rxc5
{It was a good game. Deserves attention the intense game by Yakovenko who
during the game created the hardships one of which couldn't decided by rival.
It was enough for victory} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Anti-Grunfeld} 5. Qa4+ {This sly
check is needed to throw disorder in Black's game} Bd7 (5... c6 {is not so
popular in 認砦 咸} 6. Qd4 ({it's possible also} 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. e4) 6... f6 7.
e4 Nb6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. d4 $14 {with the better endgame}) 6. Qb3 {is the main
move nowadays} (6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. g3 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Bxg5+ 11.
Nxg5 Qe7 12. Ne4 Qxh4 13. gxh4 O-O-O 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Nf6 Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,
P (2692)-Svidler,P (2763)/Solingen GER 2008/The Week in Chess 692}) 6... Nb6 7.
d4 {it's time to occupy the center} Bg7 {few months ago Alexey lost his game
in another branch of this variation} (7... Be6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Ne5
Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. O-O O-O
17. f4 {Although, it is doubtful to be connected with his opening choice 1-0
Gelfand,B (2723)-Shirov,A (2740)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 700 (34)})
8. Bf4 ({The game illustrates the Black's counterplay here} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4
Be6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxd5
Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Na6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2705)-Ivanchuk,V
(2787)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (31)}) 8... O-O 9. e3 (9. Rd1 a5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 a4
12. Qc2 f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M (2655)-Nijboer,F (2525)/Koszalin 1998/CBM
065 ext (41)}) 9... Be6 10. Qa3 N8d7 11. Rd1 Nd5 $146 ({Peter Svidler played
differently against Pavel in the first round} 11... c6 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. e4 e5
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. h4 (16. f4 $5 {deserves attention}) 16... Qe8
17. h5 f6 18. Nf3 Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 Nd2 21. Qxb7 Rf7 22. Qb4 Rb8 23.
Qd4 Bxe4 24. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 25. Kf1 Bxh5 26. Ne4 Qe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rh4 Rf4 29.
Rxf4 exf4 30. f3 Kf8 31. Rd7 Rxb2 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35.
Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg1 {1/2-1/2
Eljanov,P (2687)-Svidler,P (2746)/Foros UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 709}) 12.
Nxd5 {Eljanov plays as solidly as possible facing opening's surprise.} ({
It deserved consideration} 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bd3 $14) 12... Bxd5 13.
Be2 Re8 14. O-O c6 {with all forces Black is preparing the e7-e5 push, which
must lead to simplifications} 15. Bg3 {It's the prevention because the bishop
has escaped the blow beforehand} Qb6 {it's always useful to take away the
queen from a Rook x-ray} 16. b3 e5 ({it was possible to prepare the push a bit
more by} 16... Rad8 $5) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc4 {This is one of
the few active ideas for White in this position. Now the White's tactics is
clear to me - to get minimum advantage without risk to lose and to torment
oppopent for a long time taking into account that he is not fond of defence.
Getting ahead let me to notice that this tactics was found to be successful}
Bxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 {now Black have to choose the way to reach equality
} Re4 $6 {Fire on the board! It's Shirov. He always prefers active counterplay,
but it wasn't the best way here.} ({More accurate was} 21... Red8 22. c5 Qb5
23. Rb1 (23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qd5) 23... Qe2 $1 24. Rxb7 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+
26. Kh2 Qh5+ $11 {with perpetual check}) ({And} 21... Qc7 $6 {wasn't enough to
equalizethe game} 22. Rd6 b6 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. c5 $14) 22. Rd7 ({Gives nothing
} 22. Rb1 {in view of} Qc7 23. c5 Rc4 $11) 22... Rae8 {one more unexpected
decision} (22... Rxc4 23. Qe7 Rf8 24. Rxb7 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxa7 Rd8 {
and Black must survive}) 23. c5 Qb5 ({it isn't better} 23... Qb4 24. Qxa7 R8e7
25. a3 Qb3 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Qb8 $36 {with strong attack against weak Black's
king}) 24. Qxa7 Ra4 $6 (24... Rb4 25. Re1 $5 (25. Rfd1 Rb2 $132) (25. a3 Rb2
26. a4 Qb4 27. a5 Rxf2 $3 28. Kxf2 Qe4 $11) (25. a4 Rxa4 26. Qxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7
Rc4 28. Rd1 Rxc5 29. Rdd7 Rf8 $14)) 25. Qb6 ({Another way was} 25. Qxb7 Qxb7
26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Rc1 {with some winning chances}) 25... Qxb6 26. cxb6 Rb8 (
26... Rxa2 $2 27. Rxb7 Rb2 28. Rd1 $18) 27. Rb1 $1 {Diagram [#] What a perfect
idea! Pavel demostrates the deep penetration in mystery of position} ({
straight-line} 27. Re7 {leads to big technical difficulties after} Rb4 28. Rd1
Rxb6 29. Rdd7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 c5 33. Rb2 c4 $1 {
just active game can help Black. If White haven't time to bring the king to
the game, it could be lose} 34. Kg1 c3 35. Rc2 Rb8 36. Rxc3 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2
38. a4 Rxf2 {and it's likely Black will be saved}) 27... Rxa2 28. Rb4 {with
devious ways (for the purpose to save the pawn b6) the Rook goes to 7-th row}
c5 (28... Ra6 29. Rf4 $1 f5 30. Rh4 h5 (30... Rxb6 31. Rhxh7 {leads to the
same postion players got in the game}) 31. Rhd4 $1 {the castle movement
reminds the pendulum} Rxb6 32. R4d6 $16) 29. Re4 Rb2 30. Ree7 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb6
32. Rxf7 {the last moves seems to be forced. White is keeping up the
initiative thanks to super-active Rooks. To play such game for Black is
pleasure below the average} Rc6 $2 {the decisive blunder and Black gives the
important h7 pawn wihout any compensation} ({The only way was} 32... h5 {
and White had to take the troubles for winning} 33. g4 $5 ({nothing come out
of moving king to his colleague} 33. Kh3 c4 34. Kh4 Rc8 35. Kg5 c3 36. Kh6 g5+
37. Kxg5 c2 38. Rg7+ $11) 33... hxg4 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rh7 Kg8 36. Kg3 $16) 33.
Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 $18 {White wins} Ke8 35. Rd5 ({more exactly} 35. e4) 35...
Rcc8 36. Re5+ Kf8 37. Rxc5 {The simplest} Rxc5 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rxb8 {it's not
known that Alexey gave up or exceeded the time limit but his position was lost
anyway. Nice job by Eljanov!} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {is the most intensional move} ({
there will be quite a different alternatives in case of move} 5. e3) 5... h6 6.
Bxf6 {The Magnus style is favourable for this extensive continuation than for
maze of antimoscow gambit} Qxf6 7. e3 (7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5
cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nd2 (16.
Na4 Rab8 17. Qd1 e5 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 exd4 22.
exd4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2772)-Leko,P (2738)/Miskolc
2007/CBM 118 (30)}) 16... Nb6 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h3 Rc7 20. Qd1 {
1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2739)-Anand,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in
Chess 689}) (7. Qb3 {Mamedyarov} Nd7 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 10. O-O-O
Be7 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 $11 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Svidler,P (2732)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (35)}) 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Rae1+ Kf8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3 $36 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Topalov,V (2772)/
Sofia 2007/CBM 118 (30)}) 7... Nd7 8. Qc2 {White is trying to get extra temp -
move bishop on c4 in one step} ({The main line is the straight-line} 8. Bd3 {
which was not so far played van Wely against Sarkhan Guliev} dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6
10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. h3 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be4
Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. b4 Na4 21. Nxa4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
bxa4 23. Qc4 $14 {1-0 Guliev,S (2487)-Van Wely,L (2677)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week
in Chess 707 (59)}) (8. Qd2 g5 $5 $146 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 c5 13. Rfd1 g4 14. Ne1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Be2 h5 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc3
Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Bd7 20. Rd2 Bh6 21. Ne3 f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Re1 Bc6
25. Bb5 Bf3 26. Be2 Bc6 27. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Shirov,A (2755)/
Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 694}) ({some rounds later
Magnus had played} 8. Rc1 {but get nothing} Bd6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11.
O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 a5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd7
18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. g3 Nf6 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxc5 Ra8 $11 {1-0
Carlsen,M (2765)-Shirov,A (2740)/Foros UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 710 (63)})
8... Qd8 (8... g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O (11. h4 O-O 12. h5 g5 13.
Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nfd2 Rae8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2690)-Karjakin,S (2686)/Foros 2007/CBM 119 (93)}) 11...
O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 $13 {1/2-1/2
Roiz,M (2605)-Karjakin,S (2686)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (31)}) 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Rad1 $6 {There seems to be not most accurate continuation - the Rook
should be on c1 in this position} (11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14.
Ne4 {as compared with Carlsen's game White has an extra pace} Qa5 15. a3 b4 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista 2007/CBM 119 (47)}) 11...
dxc4 (11... a6 $5 12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a3 c5 16. d5 c4 17.
e5 Bb7 18. dxe6 $6 Qxe6 19. Nd4 Qxe5 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. g3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Qf6 23.
Nd2 Be5 24. Nxc4 Rac8 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Qe4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. h4
$4 (29. Rfe1 $11) 29... Rc4 {0-1 Plachetka,J (2445)-Sveshnikov,E (2545)/Dubna
1979/EXT 1999}) 12. Bxc4 b5 {this move is related to the previous move
logically} 13. Be2 $146 (13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be4 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 g6 21. b4 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,A
(2485)-Farago,I (2485)/Yerevan 1982/MCD (53)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Qb6 (14... Qa5
$5) 15. Rc1 {admitting of making the mistake} Rfd8 16. Rfd1 ({the hold-down of
Petrosyan wasn't get} 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 $1 {taking control over the
square b4}) 16... Rac8 {Black is ready to break c6-c5} 17. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 18. dxc5
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 ({it's too late to make a turn} 19. Bxd1 Qa5) 19... Qxc5 {
is the most powerful and based on principles} ({it's bad} 19... Bxc5 $2 20. Ne5
Bf8 21. Bh5 $1 Rc7 22. Rd8 $16) (19... Qc7 20. b4 $14) 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Rd7
Ba8 {I think van Wely finds the most powerful moves as yet} (21... Rb8 {
was weaker} 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nd3 Bb6 24. Nf4 Ba8 (24... Bc8 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Ng6+
Kg8 27. Bh5 $1 Ba6 28. Nf4 $36) 25. Nxe6 Rb7 26. Rd6 $14) 22. Ne5 {there is
just one reasonable move} Bb6 $6 ({greedy} 22... f6 {was hopes Black possible
to keep balance by series of accurate moves} 23. Nd3 Bb6 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. Re7
Kf8 (25... Rd2 $4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Bh5 $1 g5 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 $18) 26.
Ng6+ Kg8 27. Nf4 (27. Kf1 e5) 27... Kf8 $11) 23. Nxf7 Rc7 24. Ne5 $1 (24. Nxh6+
{promises few} gxh6 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rxa8 Rd7 $132 {and the struggle is
fighting on 3 results}) 24... Rxd7 {It is necessary to reduce attacking
potential of white pieces by an exchanging the main "forward" castle} (24...
Rc8 $2 25. Re7 $16) 25. Nxd7 Bc7 $6 {Why was the knight allowed to go to c5?} (
{after} 25... Kf7 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. b4 (27. f4 b4) 27... Bb7 28. a3 Ba6 29. f4
c5 30. Bf3 Ke7 {Black will be bound to stand their ground}) 26. Nc5 Kf7 27. Bg4
e5 {by force} 28. Bf3 {the very passive bishop at a8 determines the
preponderance of White} Ke7 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. b4 a5 31. a3 Bxc5 $2 {Why did
Black go to bishop end game in the worst edition} ({to my mind} 31... Kd6 {
fixes draw immediately} 32. Ne4+ (32. Nb3 axb4 33. axb4 Bb7) 32... Kd5 33. Nc5+
Kd6 (33... Kc4 $5) 34. Ne4+ Kd5 $11) 32. bxc5 Bb7 33. Ke2 Ba6 {little tactics}
34. Kd2 ({of course} 34. Bxc6 $2 {was a blow} b4+) 34... Kd7 35. Be4 g5 ({Alas
} 35... b4 $2 {was not allowed} 36. axb4 axb4 37. Bd3 $1 {and b4-pawn will be
lost soon}) 36. Kc3 Bc8 37. g3 Kc7 $2 (37... g4 38. f4 gxf3 39. Bxf3 Kc7 40. g4
Be6 41. h4 Kd7 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Bf5) 38. f4 g4 $2 {the last mistake} (38...
gxf4 {was logical (because the exchanges are advantageous for defend side} 39.
exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Be6 41. f5 Bf7 42. f6 Kd7 43. h4 Kc7 44. Kd4 b4 45. axb4
axb4 46. Ke5 b3 47. Bf5 b2 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Bb1 Kd7 50. Kc3 Bd5 51. Bf5+ Ke8 52.
Bg6+ Bf7 53. Be4 Bd5) 39. f5 $16 {now Magnus doesn't let the chance to slip}
Bd7 40. f6 Kd8 41. Kd3 a4 42. Bg6 Be6 43. Kc3 (43. Ke4 $1 b4 44. Kxe5 bxa3 45.
Kxe6 a2 46. f7 Kc7 47. f8=Q a1=Q 48. Qd6+ $18) 43... Kd7 44. Be4 Bf7 45. Bf5+
Ke8 46. Bxg4 $18 {Here is the continuous of van Weliy's mistake - and the pawn
is lost and with one the game is lost too.} Bd5 47. Bh5+ Kd7 48. Bg6 e4 49. g4
({there would be win with} 49. Kd4 {also}) 49... Ke6 50. f7 {as usual Magnus
is extremely accurate in the end game} Ke7 51. h4 Kf8 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. h5 Bxf7
54. Bxe4 Be8 55. Bf5 Kf6 56. e4 Kg5 57. Bc8 Kf4 58. e5 b4 59. axb4 a3 60. Kc3
Kxe5 61. Kb3 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Noteboom variation - the frequent
guest on the tourenys of all categories} 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 {That
all was known long time ago - the theoretical dispute begins far late} ({
But sometimes Black wants to have some experiments} 7... Bb7 8. b3 a5 9. Ne4 f5
10. Nc5 c3 11. Nxb7 Qe7 12. Nc5 e5 13. Be2 e4 14. O-O exf3 15. Bxf3 cxd2 16.
axb5 Nf6 17. bxc6 Ra7 18. Nd3 O-O 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Qc2 Na6 21. Qxf5 Nc7 22.
Qc2 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Nfd5 24. e4 Nc3 25. Rxd2 N7b5 26. Rc1 a4 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Bg4
Qe7 29. Qb3+ Kf8 30. Rxc3 Ra3 31. Rf3+ {1-0 Morozevich,A (2762)-Miton,K (2653)/
Sochi 2007/CBM 118}) (7... Bxc3 $6 {is not good} 8. Bxc3 Bb7 (8... Nf6 9. axb5
cxb5 10. b3 $16) 9. b3 $14 {weakness of dark squares is sensible}) 8. axb5 Bxc3
9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 (10... b4 $2 11. Bxb4) 11. bxc4 (11. d5 Nf6 12. bxc4 b4
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb3 Ke7 17. Be2 Rhc8 18. Rd1 Nc5 19.
Nxc5 Rxc5 20. O-O Ra6 21. Qc2 a4 22. f4 b3 23. Qe4 Kd6 24. Qxh7 e4 25. Qxe4 a3
26. Qd3 b2 27. Qb3 Bc8 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Bg4+ Kd8 30. d6 a2 31. d7 {1-0 Gelfand,
B (2700)-Piket,J (2570)/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 052}) 11... b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3
Nbd7 (13... O-O {is the transposition only} 14. O-O Nbd7) 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 {
considered to be the main move. White prepares center's capture by e3-e4} ({
Another way for this strategical idea was} 15. Nd2 e5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ba4 Rfd8
18. d5 Nb6 19. Rc1 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Nd7 21. f4 Qb6 22. Rce1 Nc5 23. Qd1 Nd3 24.
Bxe5 Nxe1 25. Bd4 Qa6 26. Qxe1 a4 27. Ne4 f5 28. Qxb4 Bxd5 29. cxd5 fxe4 30. f5
Qd6 31. Qe1 Rd7 32. f6 Rf7 33. Rf4 Qxd5 34. Qg3 Rc8 35. h4 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K
(2656)-Timofeev,A (2578)/Moscow 2004/CBM 100}) (15. Qc2 Qc7 16. e4 e5 17. c5
exd4 18. Bxd4 h6 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Qf5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3
Kxh7 24. Qxh5 Ra6 25. Rfe1 Re6 26. f4 f5 27. exf6 Qxf4 28. Qd5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
Nxf6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Kf2 b3 35. Ke3 a4
36. Kd4 b2 {0-1 Baburin,A (2559)-Zilberstein,D (2410)/San Fransisco 2007/CBM
119 ext}) 15... Ne4 {Of course, Black tries to prevent White's plan} (15... Re8
16. c5 Bc6 17. Bc2 Ne4 18. Ba4 Qc7 19. Bxc6 (19. Nd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Ndxc5 21.
dxc5 Rad8 22. Bd4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 e5 24. h3 h6 25. Rc1 exd4 26. exd4 Rd5 27. Raa1
Ra8 28. Rc4 Qc6 29. Qc2 Re8 30. Qa2 Rg5 31. g3 Qf3 32. c6 b3 33. Qd2 Re2 34.
Qxe2 Qxe2 35. Rac1 b2 36. c7 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 bxc1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 Qe3+ {0-1 Piket,J
(2619)-Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 069 ext}) 19... Qxc6 20. Qa4 Rec8
21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Ra4 Rca6 23. Rea1 f5 24. Ne1 Nb8 25. Nd3 Nc6 26. f3 Nf6 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Nc1 g5 30. Nb3 h5 31. Nd2 Nd5 32. Nc4 R6a7 33. h3 Rd8
34. Nxa5 Nxa5 35. Rxa5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 f4 37. e4 Ne3 38. Rb5 {1-0 Sakaev,K (2648)
-Popov,V (2523)/St Petersburg 1999/EXT 2000}) (15... Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2
f5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Rec1 Qc6 20. Qa4 Rfc8 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne1 Nb8 23. Nd3 Rca6
24. f3 Nf6 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. Ra4 Rd8 27. Rca1 Raa8 28. Ke2 Nd5 29. h3 Rab8 30.
Rd1 Rb5 31. e4 Nc3+ 32. Bxc3 bxc3 33. Ke3 c2 34. Rc1 Rb3 35. exf5 e5 36. Ke4
exd4 37. Rxc2 Nb4 38. Nxb4 axb4 39. c6 Re8+ {0-1 Sakaev,K (2637)-Kharlov,A
(2639)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 082 ext}) 16. Qc2 (16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qc7 18. c5 f5
19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. h3 Qc6 25.
Qd3 a4 26. d5 exd5 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. c6 b3 30. c7 Rfc8 31. Rac1
b2 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. c8=Q+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Qf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rb1 a3 37. Kf2
Ke7 38. Ke3 a2 39. Rxb2 a1=Q {0-1 Sadler,M (2650)-Krasenkow,M (2660)/Germany
1998/GER-chT}) (16. c5 Qc7 17. Qc2 Qc6 18. Ra4 Ra7 19. Rea1 Rfa8 20. Ne1 Nef6
21. f3 Nb8 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Bb5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Nc2 Nd5 26. e4 Nde7 27.
Qe3 Rd8 28. Qb3 Qc8 29. Qc4 Qb8 30. Rd1 Rad7 31. Raa1 h6 32. g3 Ne5 33. Qe2
N5c6 34. Qc4 Ne5 35. Qe2 N5c6 {1/2-1/2 Gupta,A (2380)-Galkin,A (2598)/Port
Erin 2005/CBM 108 ext}) 16... f5 (16... Ndf6 17. Ne5 $16) 17. c5 (17. Rec1 Qe7
18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. Ne1 Qh4 20. Qc2 Qh6 21. Rcb1 Bc6 22. Bc1 Qg6 23. f3 Nc3 24.
Rb2 Nb6 $15 {1-0 Dao Thien Hai (2590)-Irwanto,S (2413)/Ho Chi Minh City 2003/
CBM 097 ext (69)}) 17... Bc6 {The multipurpose move - to blocade opponent's
pawns and to support the own ones.} (17... Qc7 18. Bc4 Rfe8 19. Ra2 Kh8 20.
Rea1 Ra7 21. h3 Nef6 22. Ne1 Bc6 23. Bb3 Nd5 24. Nf3 Rea8 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. Nf3
Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf8 28. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Popov,V (2582)-Galkin,A (2507)/St Petersburg
1999/CBM 071}) 18. Bc4 $1 {Diagram [#] The typical maneuver} (18. Nd2 $6 {
was bad because knight exchange is good for Black} Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qg5 20. g3 Nf6
$11) 18... Re8 $2 $146 {Novelty with questionable quality. In opinion expert
of this variation GM A. Galkin - a mistake - on e8 rook is placed badly.} ({
The best plan was} 18... Qe7 19. Bb3 Ra7 20. Ba4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rfa8 22. Rea1
Qe8 23. Qc4 Ndf6 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Qb3 Nec3 26. Bxc3 Nxc3 $17 {0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673)-Galkin,A (2587)/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078 (55)}) 19.
Bb3 {Preventing a5-a4 and preparing the maneuver Bb3-a4 on occasion} ({there
is no meaning to play} 19. Qb3 Qe7 {because now we have Qe7 variaton with
transposition}) 19... Qc7 20. Red1 ({It was interesting to try} 20. Nh4 $5 Kh8
21. f3 Nef6 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qf4 24. g3 Qg4 25. Ba4 {but maybe Loek didn't
want to weaken the residence of his monarch}) 20... Kh8 21. Ne1 {another one
typical plan - knight goes to d3, and maybe after on f2 to support e3-e4} Nef6
22. Nd3 Bd5 23. f3 {White's plan is be realize} Nb8 $2 (23... Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Ra7
(24... Nb8 $2 25. Nxb4 Qb7 26. Qa4 $18)) 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. Nf2 $1 $16 {Diagram
[#]} e5 $2 {The despair} 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxf5 $18 {Material
advantage is enough for victory} Bf7 29. Rd6 Bg6 ({堯?} 29... Qxc5 30. Rxf6
gxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Ng4 $18) 30. Qf4 Nfd7 31. Rad1 Qxc5 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33.
Rxd7 Qxe3 {pair of passed pawns can compensate White's extra piece but Black
King is in a big trouble} 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Ng4 {The severe
beating. The game was over in the begining of middlegame. Alekseev's ignorance
of opening fine points was determinant} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Russian game is the part of opening repertoir of majority
2700+ players} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Shirov's attack} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7
7. Bf4 {is a one of the main alternatives - White takes control over the e5
square, where black knight is usually goes to} ({for example} 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2
Ne5 {here is recent miniature about this theme} 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. h5
Bg4 $6 (11... h6) 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h6 g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 $2 (14... dxe5 15. Bxg4
Qxg4 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qd5+ {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2719)
-Gelfand,B (2723)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708}) 7... O-O ({Another
plan is related with castling to the queenside} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O
Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E
(2684)-Adams,M (2729)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (64)}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 ({there are another ways} 10. h4 c6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6
Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ne4 14. Rd4 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3
Nf6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2801)-Gelfand,
B (2723)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (72)}) (10. Nd4 Re8 11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 Bg5
13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Qxg5 Nxg5 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Rhe1 Kf8 17. Nxe6+ Bxe6 18. Bxe6
Rxe6 19. Rxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2645)-Mamedyarov,S (2646)/Lausanne
2005/CBM 108 ext (28)}) 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+ 26. Kb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2753)-Kramnik,V (2799)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690}) {Further is a tabia according to
MegaBase} 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd3 ({just rearrangement}
14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5) 14... Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 (15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. a3 Qc4 18.
Kb1 b6 19. Bd4 Ra5 20. Qg4 h6 21. Rhe1 Bf8 22. Nd2 Qb5 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Ng3 Nxd4
25. cxd4 d5 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Volokitin,A (2678)-Gashimov,V
(2664)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (42)}) (15... Nf8 16. h5 Qd7 17. Qd5 Qe6 18. c4 Qxd5
19. cxd5 Nd7 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bd4 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2735)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120}) 16. Kb1 ({
Sudden attack} 16. Ng5 {gives nothing, for example} Bxg5 17. hxg5 Nf8 18. Kb1
Re5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2678)-Kramnik,V (2766)/
Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (33)}) 16... g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19.
Rxd4 Qe6 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Rb4 b6 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rc4 Rcd8 25. a4 Re7
26. Rd5 $13 {1-0 Bartel,M (2569)-Fridman,D (2604)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (58)})
18... Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 {partners recur the duel of Kramnik vs
Svidler} 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qg1 $146 {is the logical novety} ({as game
of two chess chempions has shown the sacrifice of pawn is double-edged} 23. Qf2
hxg4 ({in origin game} 23... Ng7 {has been played} 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bd4 Qc6 26.
Bc3 Bc5 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Qf2 Bc5 29. Qg3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2735)-Kramnik,
V (2769)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120}) 24. fxg4 Qxg4 25. Reg1 Qh5 26. Nf3 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2799)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in
Chess 690 (61)}) 23... Ng7 {it is neccesary to support the h5 pawn} 24. Nb3 ({
deserves attention the immediate} 24. Rd1 $5) {it's perfunctory move - why is
the queen removed from an active position?} 24... Qd7 $6 ({to my mind it
should be more strong} 24... Qb5 $5) 25. Rd1 $1 {is the best multipurpose move
- the Rook escapes the exchange and attacks the d5 pawn} hxg4 {it's crucial
decision though there is nothing better} ({for} 25... c6 {may be greedy} 26.
Bxa7 $5 {and it's not so easy to find the compensation for given material} ({
it's not so clear} 26. Bh6 hxg4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. fxg4 Re4 29. Rd4 Rae8 30. h5
$13)) 26. fxg4 Re4 {Attacks!} (26... c6 27. h5 $36) 27. Rd4 {Defends!} Rae8 {
moved up reserves} 28. Bc1 {moved away :)} Be5 $6 {is inaccuracy in a bit
unpleasant position} ({computer recommends surely} 28... Re1 {but I think the
position after} 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 c6 31. h5 Ne6 32. Rd3 {looks attractive
for White}) 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. h5 $36 {There is a dangerous initiative at
White's king flank} gxh5 $2 {It's surprising mistake for chess player like
Yakovenko - and the White's attack is developing without any obstacles} (30...
Qd5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qe3 $14 (32. Qxa7 e3 33. Re1 Bf4 $44)) (30... Ne6 31.
hxg6 fxg6 32. Qxa7 $1 $16 {There is an additional pawn and a better position
for White}) 31. gxh5 Kh8 32. Qg5 $16 {White's attack is developing by itself ..
. and now it's so difficult to find the adequate response for Black} f6 ({
it's bad} 32... Qf5 33. h6 $18) ({maybe it's better to play} 32... Qe6 {
but after} 33. Rf1 {it's obvious that there is an advantage at White's side})
33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rg1 Qf7 {it threatens Qg6 with h5-h6} 35. Nd4 f5 36. Bf4 $1 {
Technical way! When the bishop will be exchanged on the g7 square Black king
faces the problems.} Bxf4 (36... e3 37. Bxe3 f4 38. Bf2) 37. Qxf4 $40 Kh7 (
37... Kf8 38. h6 Nh5 (38... Ne6 39. Qh4 $18)) 38. Rg6 {White's threats are
irresistible} Re7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5 $18 Kh7 41. Nxf5 Nxf5 42. Rf6 {
Everyting was decided in the part from opening to middlegame in this battle.
Dmitriy couldn't find right plan for Sergey's novelty, and few inaccurate
moves led to difficulties for Black which couldn't be overcame. The game was
played by Karjakin without a pause} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {One of the main Magnus weapons(on a level with Slav
defense) against 1.d4} 3. g3 {In the way of Vladimir Kramnik} d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 {Very popular position on high-level} 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {Thanks to Vishy Anand's efforts that move is became
fashionable. Black defenses c7-pawn and prepares e6-e5} ({Earlier the main
move was somewhat mannered} 10... Ra7) 11. Ng5 $146 {is the new idea} ({
original source is} 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Nbd2 exd4 15. Nxd4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. N2b3 Ba3 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nf5 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B (2733)-Anand,V (2792)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120}) ({Catalan main
expert played vs Magnus} 11. Bg5 {but was met with powerful and profound
preparation of Norwegian prodigy} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nxc5 Be4 16. Qc3 e5 17. e3 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qd5 19. Rad1 Qa8 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21.
Nxg2 Ne4 22. Qxe5 Rxc5 23. Qd4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Ng5 25. b3 Rc5 26. h4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1
Qc8 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Qd7 Rf5 30. Rd5 Rxf4 31. exf4 f5 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qxf5 Qxf5
34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rd1 g5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. fxg5 Rxf2 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Ra2
40. Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2785)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) ({
In some days Magnus demonstrated new idea by himself} 11. Be3 {but he couldn't
demonstrate all its worths} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 e5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Ng4 19. Bd4 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 Qd3 21. h3
Nh6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nf5 24. Rae1 g6 25. Rd5 Qc4 26. Rc5 Qd3 27. Rd5 Qc4
28. Rc5 Qd3 29. Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2765)-Onischuk,A (2664)/Foros UKR 2008/
The Week in Chess 710}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 {so far Black fulfil the most
developing moves} 13. e4 e5 $1 {It's the most tough move. Judging by pace of
Magnus game as would be expected the move 11.Ng5 was learnt at home} ({The
more carefully was} 13... h6 {with an idea force the knight to stay in front
of pawn "f"} 14. Nf3 e5 {probably Magnus didn't like this simple move} 15. Nc3
{ending the development}) 14. dxe5 ({playing e5 it was necessary to analyze
the consequence} 14. f4 {however here Black is at an advantage} exd4 15. e5
Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $17 {with more than enough compensation for a piece and
with good chances for attack}) 14... Nxe5 15. f4 {is a forced activity in a
different way White run a risk to be in worst position considering the
developmental lag} Nc4 $8 {was only one but enough} 16. b3 {it seems to be the
most powerful move. White exchenge the active knight and bring into play own
reserves} ({certainly} 16. e5 {was estimated by Magnus completely} h6 $1 {
then the way it should be} 17. exf6 (17. Nf3 $2 Ng4 18. Kh1 Bc5 $36) 17... hxg5
18. b3 (18. fxg5 $4 Be5 $1 $17) 18... Nxd2 (18... Nb6 $2 19. fxg5) 19. Nxd2
Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. fxg5 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Bb4 23. Re2 Re5 $15) 16... Nxd2 (16...
Nb6 $2 17. e5) 17. Nxd2 h6 {firstly the troublesome knight should be removed
which aimed to keep up the queen in a attack at h7} 18. Ngf3 Bb4 {attacking
the bishop saved itself} 19. Rfd1 $1 {in my opinion the long-time problem of
castles placement was decided right by Pavlov. Another castle may stay on
square c1, and N can go to f1 protecting the weak point e3} (19. Rad1 Ng4 $5 {
and have to put castle in depend} 20. Rfe1) 19... Qe7 20. e5 $6 {is the first
inaccuracy} ({it seems to be more powerful} 20. Ne5 $5) 20... Nd5 {there is
"triple Van-Damm" on e3} 21. Nf1 Rad8 {The position is within equality still
but it's easier to play for Black because there is opened king at White which
may be source of problem in future} 22. a3 $1 {think over for some time past
Pavel found the most powerful move} (22. Nd4 $6 {this variant illustrates well
all Black potentialities} c5 $1 23. Nc6 $4 ({it should have been moved} 23. Nf3
) 23... Qb7 $1 $19 24. Nxd8 Nxf4+ 25. Kf2 (25. Kg1 Nh3#) 25... Qg2+ {with
crushing defeat}) 22... Bc5 {Carlson is out for fight} ({the plan of White is
to move} 22... Bxa3 {what lead to a draw immediately} 23. Nd4 Nb4 ({a program
shows the great move} 23... Kh8 {with an idea to remove the king which is in
check} 24. Nc6 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Rxd1 (25... Bxb4 26. Rxa6 $11) 26. Nc6 $1 Rxa1 27.
Nxe7 Bxe7 28. Qxc7 Ra2+ 29. Kh3 Bd8 $13) 24. Qc3 Nd5 25. Qc2 $11) (22... Ba5
23. b4 Bb6 {as few as lead to the rearrangement}) 23. b4 Bb6 24. Rd2 {it's
ligocal that White doubles on open line} Qd7 {at idea of Black is to play
c7-c6 to fortify the position on d5} 25. f5 $5 {is the quite crucial decision}
({it would be more quietly} 25. Rad1) 25... Rfe8 (25... a5 $5 {is worth the
attention}) 26. Rad1 c6 27. Rc1 Be3 $1 {under time trouble Magnus could add
fuel to the fire expertly. At least it was psychological right decision!} ({
easy} 27... Rc8 {didn't allow to expect for advantage} 28. Qe4) 28. Rxd5 cxd5
29. Nxe3 d4 {in such situation the castle is not weaker than couple knights in
view of the fact that there will be the dangerous open lines with patential
weak pawns in the near future. And one plus for Magnus because it's easier to
play for Black} 30. Nf1 ({It was more exactly} 30. Rd1 {making strain the
situation on chessboard completely} Qb7 $8 (30... Qa7 $2 31. Ng4 $1 $40) 31.
Nf1 (31. Ng4 h5) 31... Rxe5 32. Kf2 Red5 $13) 30... Rc8 {there is much to gain
from exchanges for Black} 31. Qd1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qxf5 {it's the first dividends.
It is worth to exchange the queens and position of White will be hopeless.
However the position of White is still enough firm to say that there is an
advantage at Black} 33. Qc6 $6 {is not bad move objectively, but excessive
activity in time trouble is not the best way} ({therefore it would be better
to fortify} 33. N1d2) 33... Rc8 34. Qxa6 $6 {is the continuation of risky
strategy} ({it would be more positive-acting} 34. Qd6) ({in case of} 34. Nxd4
Rxc6 35. Nxf5 Rc3 {but Black is playing for victory}) 34... Rc2+ 35. N1d2 g5 $1
{Magnus makes maximum problems to a rival} 36. Qxh6 $2 {And Pavel couldn't
stand it any longer} ({It was necessary to find the only} 36. Kg1 $1 g4 37.
Nxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Qd3 ({kept on the fight} 38... Qxe5 39. Qa8+ Kh7 $1 (39...
Kg7 $2 40. Qe4 $1 Qxe4+ 41. Nxe4 Rc4 42. Nf5+ $16) 40. Qa7 Qh5 $13) 39. Qxh6
Qxd4 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ {is certain check}) 36... g4 37. Nh4
Qxe5 $17 38. Kf2 Ra2 {vulnerability of king and bad coordination of the pieces
kill White} 39. h3 ({Black showed original idea in case of} 39. Ng2 Qf5+ 40.
Ke1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Qe5+ 42. Kf2 Ra2 {passing the turn of move to White - as
usual such thing occurs in the end game} 43. Nh4 {there is nothing better} Rxa3
$19) 39... d3 $2 {Magnus is in a hurry} ({It would be more powerful obviously}
39... Rxa3 40. Nf1 Ra2+ 41. Nd2 {getting the same position but without pawn a3}
) 40. Qe3 $8 Qxe3+ 41. Kxe3 gxh3 {and now Black have a lot of chances to win
though} 42. Nhf3 Rxa3 43. Kf2 $1 {quickly to pawn h3!} Ra4 44. Kg1 Rxb4 45. Kh2
Ra4 ({it's worse} 45... Rb2 46. Kxh3 b4 47. Kg4 b3 48. Kf4 {and castle empedes
the pawns}) 46. Kxh3 Ra8 47. Nd4 b4 48. Kg4 Re8 $1 {it's important to cut off
the white king from passed} 49. Kf5 Re2 (49... Kf8 50. N4b3 Ke7 $2 51. Ke4) 50.
N4b3 (50. Nxe2 $4 dxe2 51. Nf3 b3 $19) 50... Kf8 {and now Black king goes to
queen flank} 51. Ne4 $1 {White succeeded in going to left flank with king} Ke7
52. Ke5 Rg2 53. Kf4 $2 {complicates the task for White} ({exactly} 53. Kd4 $1
f5 54. Ned2 Rxg3 55. Kc4 Rg4+ 56. Kxd3 {allowed White to hope to succeed in
the game}) 53... Ke6 {the only one chance for Black is the king to go to the
pawn "b". There is nothing for this if the pawn is lost} 54. Kf3 Re2 55. Nec5+
Kd5 56. Nxd3 Re8 {it's very difficult for White to make draw because the king
is cut off from knights} 57. Na5 Rb8 58. Nc1 $2 ({If Pavlov had a little time
(but he had been in time trouble already - just 30 sec for move) he could
estimate a variant surely} 58. Nf4+ $1 Kd6 (58... Kc5 59. Nd3+ Kd5 60. Nf4+)
59. Nd3 b3 60. Ke4 {with high chances to make draw}) 58... Kc5 $2 59. Nd3+ Kd5
({Magnus seems to take no notice that} 59... Kb5 $2 {is allowed, because} 60.
Nxb4) 60. Nc1 $2 (60. Nf4+ $1) 60... Rc8 $1 $17 {Black don't repeate mistakes
and find true idea} ({alternative} 60... Ra8 61. Ncb3 Rc8) 61. Ncb3 Ke5 $1 {
there is one more exact move - Black don't allow the king to advance} 62. Ke2
Rc2+ 63. Kf3 Rc3+ 64. Kg4 Ke4 (64... f5+ 65. Kh4 Rc2) 65. Nb7 Kd3 66. N3a5 $2 {
lost the game immediately} ({more stubbornly was} 66. N7a5 Kc2 67. Nd4+ Kb2 68.
Kf4 {keeping on the resistence}) 66... Kd4 $1 $19 67. Kf4 Kd5 ({there would be
win also} 67... b3 68. Nxb3+ Rxb3 69. Nd6 Rb2 $1 $19) 68. Nd8 Rc8 {here are a
lot of ways lead to victory} ({for instance} 68... Kc5 69. Ndc6 Kb5 70. Nxb4
Kxb4 71. Nb7 Rd3 {依? 惟? ?遵潗}) 69. Ndb7 Rc3 70. Nd8 Ra3 71. Ndc6 b3 72.
Nxb3 Rxb3 {alas, it's hopeless for White in the end game} 73. Ne5 Rb1 74. g4
Rf1+ 75. Nf3 Ke6 76. Kg3 Ra1 77. Kf4 Ra4+ 78. Kg3 Kd5 79. Nh4 Ke4 {it's the
decisive attack} 80. g5 Ke5 {it's the mate by 25 moves in the Nalymov table}
81. Kh3 Kf4 82. g6 Kg5 {It was very intense game, gained by Magnus due to
fantastic force, which was so hard for good and great of chess world} 0-1
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game: Volokitin - Karjakin: 1-1 Karjakin - Volokitin: 2-1 Last
three rounds in Aerosvit: Volokitin: ... 1 0 0.5 Karjakin: ... 1 0.5 1} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {There is the only one variation in
Nimzo-Indian: 4.Qc2 (c) Valery Salov.} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 (
7... Nc6 {results to a very sharp game:} 8. e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11.
b4 $1 {- it seems, that nascent complications in favour of White.}) 8. dxc5 Nc6
9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxd2 ({I think,} 10... Qxc5 {will become more
popular soon:} 11. b4 Qe7 12. Bc1 $1 {(it's important to save bishop from the
exchange)} a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. Nh3 {- White have two bishops, but
they are slightly behind in development.}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 (11... Qxc5 12. b4 Qe7
13. c5 $5 {- pawn majority on a queen flank can affect in endgame.}) 12. Qxa5 (
12. Bxc4 Qxc5 $11) 12... Nxa5 13. Rc1 {Well - pawn c4 under the strike, while
the attack of pawn c5 is rather difficult ... What to do?} b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 {
By a tactical way Black leave a pawn c4 in alive, though it's necessary to
paid off a pawn a7 for it. But pawn c4 is more important, it holds down white
pieces.} 15. bxa7 Ke7 $1 {Diagram [#]} (15... Rxa7 $2 16. Bxc4 $1 Bxg2 17. Bf1
$1 $16) 16. Ne2 $1 {Idea of gm Yury Drozdovsky. The pawn b2 risks to appear
under the rook's fire, that's why knight goes to b4 to cover it.} (16. Nf3 {
does not promise a great deal:} Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxa7 {- a game usually ends to a
draw.}) 16... Rxa7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Na2 Rd7 $146 {This is an attempt of
improvement in comparison with recent Volokitin's game.} (18... Ba4 19. Nb4 Rd8
20. Be2 Rad7 21. O-O Bb3 22. Bf3 Rd2 23. Rb1 {, Volokitin-Zhigalko S.,
Aeroflot A1 2008. Further Andrey took the following plan: Rfc1, Kf1-e1 and Bd1.
All made off with convincing victory of Volokitin.}) 19. Nb4 Ba4 20. Be2 Bb3
21. Bf3 ({Due to that the pawn of c4 is already protected, castling is
impossible now:} 21. O-O $2 Rd2 $17) 21... f5 {Apparently, Karjakin's home
preparation consists in this pawn offense.} 22. e4 $5 {White's desire to open
sluices for the pieces is clear - but I don't see any special obstacles for
the leadthrough of above-aforecited plan.} (22. O-O Rd2 23. Rb1 g5 $5 24. Bd1 (
24. h3 h5 $1 {- that's why rook a7 went to "d"-file instead of a rook h8!})
24... Bxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rhd8 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Kf1) 22... f4 23. g3 Rf8 (23... g5
24. gxf4 (24. h4 g4 $1) 24... Rf8 25. Rg1 Rxf4 26. Rxg5 $16) 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25.
Ke2 Kd6 {Good move. Black intend to improve immediately the position for two
pieces - a knight a5 and rook d7.} 26. h4 {Diagram [#]} Rdf7 $2 {Karjakin
entangled the order of moves, and position at once became on verge of defeat.}
(26... Nb7 $1 27. Ke3 (27. Rh3 Nc5) 27... Rdf7 28. Rh3 Nc5) 27. Rh3 g6 {
It is necessary to do a waiting move.} ({The matter is that} 27... Nb7 {
now unsuccessful, as White here have a tactical resourse:} 28. e5+ $1 Kxe5 29.
Bxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb3 cxb3 31. Nd3+ Kf5 32. Nxf4 Kxf4 33. Rc4+ Ke5 34. Rb4 $1 $18
{- pawn endgame should be won (though by transformation to a queen endgame).})
28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Bd1 $1 Rxf2 $2 {Diagram [#] Certainly Karyakin saw White's
objection...} ({... I think, he simply did not want to hold a passive defense
after} 29... Bxd1 30. Rxd1+ Kc5 31. f3 $16) 30. e5+ $1 Kd7 (30... Kxe5 31. Bxb3
cxb3 32. Nd3+ $18) 31. Bf3 $18 Rxb2 32. Bxb7 Rf5 33. Bc6+ $1 {Now Volokitin
will materialize own advantage with a chemist's precision. All is forced, by
the way!} Kc7 34. Be4 Rxe5 35. Nd3 Rc2 (35... Rxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Rc2 37. Rhh1 cxd3
38. Kxd3 Rxc1 39. Rxc1+ $18) 36. Nxe5 Rxc1 37. Rh1 $1 {White entice a rook to
c3 for the raid of own king.} Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rg3 39. Rf1 c3 40. Rf7+ Kc8 {
Here so imperceptibly White have weaved a mate network. The end is near.} 41.
Kc5 c2 42. Kd6 Bd5 (42... c1=Q 43. Rf8#) 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Nc6 {Excellent
victory by Andrei Volokitin.} 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Khustnutdinov, Rustam"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 (7...
c6 8. Qb3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Be2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Qc2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Qb4 19. a3 Qb3 20.
Qxb3 Bxb3 21. Be3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxe4 23. Rb1 Nxc3 24. Rxb3 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Nc1
26. Bxc1 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rxc1 28. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2735)-Mamedyarov,S
(2760)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689}) (7... Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5
e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Rfe8
16. Rd2 $13 {1-0 Najer,E (2623)-Kurnosov,I (2579)/Krasnoyarsk 2007/CBM 120 (42)
}) (7... Bg4) 8. Be2 {The most solid} ({White also has a very aggressive move}
8. e5 {There are a lot of games in this variation. The most famous of this, I
think is} b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 14.
gxf3 Nxd4 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 h6 18. Rh5 $3 {1-0 Kasparov,G
(2812)-Svidler,P (2713)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069 (31)}) ({Long time before
a7-a6 was considered bad because of} 8. Bf4 {but in 70th years of XX century
the antidote was found} b5 $1 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 $44) 8... b5
9. Qb3 c5 (9... Nc6 $5 10. e5 $6 (10. d5 $5) 10... Be6 11. exf6 $6 Bxb3 12.
fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 16. Bf3 Qxb3 17. Bd5 Qb4 18.
Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2661)-Svidler,P (2765)/Asnieres sur Seine
2006/EXT 2007 (38)}) (9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd5 Nxc5
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qb4 Rac8 16. Be3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Na4 19. b3 Nc3
20. Bd4 Ne2+ {1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2609)-Sokolov,I (2610)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069
}) 10. dxc5 Be6 ({Last year, in game that was played here between same
partners, Petr played another main line} 10... Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Bh6 Bf5 17. Bxg7 Qxe3 18.
fxe3 Kxg7 19. a3 Rfd8 20. b4 Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2851)-Leko,P (2725)/
Linares 2000/CBM 076 (38)}) 13... Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17.
Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. a3 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2663)-Svidler,P (2736)/Foros
2007/CBM 119 (48)}) 11. Qc2 ({Badly is} 11. Qa3 $2 Nc6) 11... Nbd7 $146 {
The novelty on the top-level. Earlier this move was happened in one amateurs
game} ({The main line is} 11... Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 (13. a3 Ng4 14. g3 Nge5
15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Bc4 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Rac1 $14 {
1-0 Bareev,E (2719)-Van Wely,L (2695)/Germany 2001/EXT 2003 (37)}) (13. Rd1
Rfd8 14. a3 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Rd8 $44 {1-0 Bareev,E (2707)-Van Wely,L (2697)/Wijk
aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 (33)}) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 15. a3 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A
(2667)-Svidler,P (2695)/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext}) 12. Be3 {White must keep
his extra pawn. Otherwise he risks to get troubles} (12. c6 {promises a liitle}
Nb8 (12... Qc7 $6 13. Nd4 $14) 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. c7 Nc6 16. O-O Qd7
(16... Rac8 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Qc3 $14) 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bf4 Qxc7 19. Rxa4 Rfc8 $11
) (12. Nd4 $6 Nxc5 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Be3 b4 $36) 12... Rc8 13. Rd1 (13. c6 Rxc6
14. Nd4 Rd6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. O-O Qc7 $11 {White's pieces have some disharmony.
This can reason for troubles in future}) 13... b4 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O a5 $11) 14... Qa5 ({Inaccurate was} 14... Ng4 $6 15. Bd2 Qa5
16. Rc1 $14 {and black can't regain the pawn}) 15. O-O {White decides to give
extra pawn back, completing the development. In my mind, it's right choice} ({
it was interesting to try} 15. b3 Ng4 $1 (15... Nxc5 $6 {is not enough} 16.
Bxc5 $1 (16. Nxc5 Ng4 17. Nb7 Nxe3 18. Qxc8 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Qxa2 20. Qxf8+ Bxf8
21. Rd2 Ne3+ 22. fxe3 Qxb3 $17) 16... Nd7 17. Bxb4 (17. Rxd7 $4 Bxd7 $19) 17...
Qxb4+ (17... Qxa4 $2 18. Qd2 $16) 18. Qd2 Qxe4 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
O-O $14) 16. c6 (16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc5 $15) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Ne5 18.
Nd4 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Nxb4 (20. Rc1 Bc3+ 21. Nxc3 Qxc6 $15) 20... Qxc2 21.
Nxc2 Rxc2 $44 22. Rd2 Rc1+ 23. Rd1 Rc2 $11 (23... Rc6 $5)) 15... Nxe4 16. c6 ({
probably better was} 16. Qxe4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qa5 (17... Qxa2 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Qh4
Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa5 21. Ne5 $44) 18. Ng5 Nxc5 19. Qh4 h6 (19... h5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd7 $44) 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Bc4 Bf6 22. Qe4 $13 (22. Qxh6 Rxc4
23. bxc4 Qxa2 $15)) 16... Nd6 (16... Ndf6 $2 17. Bb6 $16) (16... Nef6 $5) 17.
b3 Bd5 (17... Rc7 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. a3 $1 $13) 18. Rxd5 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4
Bxc6 (19... Rxc6 20. Qd2)) 18... Qxd5 19. Rc1 $44 Nb8 $2 (19... Qa5 20. Qd2 Nf6
21. a3 Nfe4 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Nb5 $13) 20. c7 $1 Nd7 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3
$2 (22. Qc6 $1 Nf6 (22... Qf5 23. Bb7 Rae8 24. h3 $16) (22... Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Nf6
24. Bc5 $1 $16) 23. Bf4 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nd5 26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Rxd6
Nxc7 28. g3 $16) 22... Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Rfc8 24. Nd4 $2 (24. Rc2 Bc3 25. Nb6 Nxb6
26. Bxb6 e5 $17) (24. Rc6 $6 Ne8) (24. h4 $5 Bc3 (24... Ne8 $2 25. Bb5) 25. a3
$44) 24... Bxd4 {dangerous knight must be taken immediately!} 25. Bxd4 Ne8 (
25... Ra5 $5) 26. Nb6 ({alas, now} 26. Bb5 {doesn't lead to victory} Rxc7 27.
Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Bxd7 Rd8 $19) 26... Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Rxa2 28. g3 (28. Bb5 Nxc7 29.
Rxc7 (29. Bf1 Ra3 30. Bxc7 Ra7 31. Bb6 Rxc1 32. Bxa7 Rb1) 29... Rxc7 30. Bxc7
Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Rb1 $17 {I'm not sure that white can rescue - Black chances for
win is high}) 28... Nd6 $1 29. Rd1 Kf8 $6 {empty move - the King can't help
rook on c8} ({That's why Black should attack b3-pawn right now} 29... Ra3 30.
Bc4 Kg7 $17) 30. Bf1 (30. Kg2 $5) 30... Rc2 $1 31. Rd4 (31. Ba6 R8xc7 32. Bxc7
Rxc7 33. Rd4 Rc6 34. Be2 Rb6 {with good chances to win}) 31... Ra8 (31... Rc6
32. Rxb4 Ra8) 32. Rxb4 Rc6 (32... Ke8 $5) 33. Bh3 $2 f5 (33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2)
34. g4 $6 {Alexander tries to get some chances but only creates weaknesses in
his camp} Ra6 (34... Ra1+ $1 {was much stronger} 35. Kg2 Ra6) 35. Bd4 Rxc7 {
after crushing c7-pawn Black's victory is just a question of time} 36. gxf5
Nxf5 $19 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. Bb2 Rb1 {Black be careful - to not allow attack on
their King} 39. Be5 Ra5 40. Bh8 $2 {Final chord} Ng7 {f1-bishop will be lost}
0-1
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game: Nisipeanu - Van Wely: 2,5-1,5 Van Wely - Nisipeanu: 1-1
Last three rounds in Aerosvit: Nisipeanu: ... 0 0.5 0.5 Van Wely: ... 0.5 0 1
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {All flows, all changes,
and only Loek van Wely remains faithful to the Sicilian Najdorf.} 6. Be3 e5 7.
Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 {Diagram [#]} ({In a view of the future
events it is possible to make the assumption that} 9... b5 $5 {, compelling}
10. f3 {is more exact.}) 10. f4 {This move is quite interesting alternative to
the ordinary 10.f3. At least, Black must decide a row of a new problems.} Ng4
11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 {Purpose of this move - to leave from under a
pin Bg5.} ({With the same goal, Smeets once applied against van Wely} 13. h4
Qb6 14. Qf3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 O-O {- Black got a normal position.})
13... Qb6 {Dutchman trying to improve a play compared with own previous game
in this variation.} (13... Nf6 14. Be2 Qb8 $6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 (16...
O-O 17. Na5) {, Ponomariov-Van Wely, Hoogeveen 2007,} 17. Rhe1 $1 Rc8 18. c3
O-O 19. Bd3 $16 {Ftacnik}) 14. Qe1 $146 (14. Qe2 $6 O-O 15. f5 Bc4 16. Qf3 Rfc8
{, Yemelin-Voitsekhovsky, Sochi 2007.}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 {
Diagram [#]} O-O $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} ({It was necessary to strengthen
the point of e5:} 16... Bf6 17. Bh3 Nc5) 17. Bh3 Nc5 {Black must to give away
a pawn e5.} (17... f5 $5 18. Rf1 $1 (18. Nd4 $6 exd4 19. Qxe7 Nc5 $1 20. Rxd4
Rae8 21. Qh4 Ne4 $19) 18... g6 (18... e4 19. Nd4 $16) 19. g4 $1 $40 {- White
have a strong initiative there.}) 18. fxe5 Nxb3 19. axb3 ({Usually in such
situations it is accepted to beat the pawn of "c":} 19. cxb3 $5 {- for not to
open the "a" line. But probably, Nisipeanu considered it not dangerous.}) 19...
dxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qf4 {Diagram [#]} Ra7 ({Obviously, that immediate} 21...
a5 {badly because of} 22. Bd7 $1 $18) ({but it was necessary to cover the
square d7 by another method:} 21... Rfd8 $1 22. d6 a5 23. Bg2 $1 (23. d7 a4 $40
) 23... Ra7 24. Rhe1 $1 Kf8 $1 (24... a4 25. d7 g5 26. Rd6 $18) 25. Qe4 Rad7
26. Qxh7 g6 $16 {- Black will win back a pawn on d6, and they will have quite
good chances for a draw game.}) 22. d6 a5 23. d7 a4 24. Qd6 $1 $16 {Excellent
move, which at one stroke destroys all Black's hopes to attack.} Qxd6 (24...
Qa5 25. Rhe1 axb3 26. Qxf8+ $18) 25. Rxd6 axb3 (25... a3 {was interesting, and
White had to "raise" some exact moves:} 26. Rf1 $1 (26. c4 $5) 26... Be7 27.
Rc6 $1 $18) 26. cxb3 Be7 27. Rd5 Rfa8 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. Re1 {Good. White are
preparing to use the line "e" in its own behalf.} Rc7+ 30. Kd3 g6 31. Rde5 ({
First step not in that steppe.} 31. Re4 $142) 31... Bd8 32. Re8+ $6 Kg7 33.
R1e5 {Diagram [#] Hardness to suppose that the rook of e8 will appear under
threat, does not it? Nevertheless, it does.} Rc1 $2 ({Loek missed a good
opportunity. It was needed to recover oxygen for bishop h3:} 33... f5 $1 34.
Rd5 Kf7 35. Bg2 (35. g4 Rxd7 $1) 35... Rb8 36. Re2 Be7) 34. Bg2 Rb8 35. Rd5 ({
Nothing spoils, but} 35. Bf3 {was even more precisely.}) 35... h5 36. Bf3 {
Nisipeanu notices something important. At first he need to protect against
checks through "d"-file.} Rf1 37. Ke2 Rc1 {Diagram [#]} 38. Rb5 $1 {Here what
is the matter!} Rxb5 39. Rxd8 {Passed pawn "d" provides to White an easy win.}
Rc2+ 40. Kd3 Rxb2 (40... Rc7 41. Rg8+ $18) 41. Rc8 Rxb3+ 42. Kc4 1-0
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game: Onischuk - Eljanov: 0.5-0.5 Eljanov - Onischuk: 1.5-0.5
Last three rounds in Aerosvit: Onischuk: ... 0.5 0 0.5 Eljanov: ... 0 0.5 0.5
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 {Approved by Aron Nimzowitsch. Black
are trying to put one of the White's pieces in unsuccessful position (or to
weak their control over the center) due to an attack on a pawn c4.} 5. Qa4 Bb7
6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 (7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 {leads to a more simple
play.}) 7... bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 ({After} 10... Qb6 11. Bf4
d6 {the same position turns out} (11... Qxb2 $2 12. Rab1 Qxc3 13. Rxb7 {
/\ Bd2, Be5+-})) 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Rd2 {Diagram [#]} h6 $5 ({Black's plan
includes promotion} 12... e5 $2 {(to remove impact to a pawn d6 and to
strengthen the control over a point d4) but it's bad for a while because of}
13. Bg5 $16) ({nothing especially dangerous for Black in case} 12... Nc6 13.
Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc3 16. Rxb7 Nd4 $11) 13. Rad1 e5 14. Be3 Nc6
15. Qb5 (15. Ne1 $5 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. f3 $14 {(c) Bareev.}) 15... Qc7 16.
Qb3 $146 (16. Qa4 Nd4 17. Ne1 Rfb8 18. b3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rb6 20. f3 Qb7 21. Qa3
d5 $5 $36 {, Borges-Van Wely, Capablanca mem 1995.}) 16... a6 17. Nh4 Rfb8 ({
Now we can see, what's idea of Onischuk's innovation - immediate} 17... Nd4 $4
{is impossible through} 18. Qxb7 $18) ({anyway, 17...Rfb8 looks at oneself a
little bit artificially.} 17... Rab8 $142) 18. Bxc6 $5 {Nice idea! Really,
it's unpleasant to tolerate a knight on d4.} (18. Nf5 Nd4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.
Qa3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf5 $17) ({But White could react calmly:} 18. Qc2 $1 Nd4 19.
Qd3 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 $13 {- a knight d4 can be banished (f3, Bf2, Ne1, e3).})
18... Qxc6 19. f3 (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 (20. Rxd5 Bxh4 21. gxh4 Qc8 $19) 20...
Qd7 $17) 19... e4 {Diagram [#] In fact, the only move - diagonal a8-h1 need to
be clear.} 20. Qc2 $2 (20. Nf5 $1 Qd7 $1 (20... Bf8 $2 21. Rxd6 $1 {(beautiful
sacrifice of two exchanges is coming)} Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 (22... Qe8 23. Rb6 $1)
23. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qc2 $16 {- White have a full compensation,
and the black rooks are clumsy.}) 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qh3 23. Qc2 exf3 24.
exf3 Bxf3 25. Rf1 {- black bishop is powerful, but in White's position all is
protected, and Black have many weaknesses. A position of dynamic balance.})
20... Re8 21. fxe4 $2 {Diagram [#]} ({Here} 21. Nf5 {has no sense anymore:}
exf3 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. exf3 Bf6 $17) ({the best of all - to pass
to laborious defence:} 21. Rf1 $1) 21... Qc8 $3 {A remarkable move! Queen goes
to h3, where it will create threats together with a knight. At the same time,
after Bf8 pawn e4 will be liquidated without exchange of queens.} (21... Nxe4
22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Nf3 g5 $15) 22. Nf3 (22. e5 Ng4 $1 (22... dxe5
23. Nf5) 23. Nf5 Bf8 $17) 22... Qh3 23. Kh1 (23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 (24. exd5
Ng4 25. Bf2 Bg5 $1 26. Rd3 Be3 $1 $19) 24... Bf8 25. e5 Ng4 26. Bf2 Rxe5 $1 $19
) 23... Bf8 24. Rd5 {Perhaps, nothing other remains - only to propitiate
bishop b7.} Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ng4 26. Bg1 g6 $1 {Another exact move. A bishop
towards to g7, for knight's c3 pressing. Pawn e4 will feel badly...} 27. e5
Nxe5 28. Ne4 Ng4 29. Nh4 (29. Nf2 Qg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Ne3+ $19) 29... Rab8 30. Ng2
{Diagram [#] A threat is obvious - White want to catch a queen. What to
undertake for Black?} Rxe4 $1 {Simple and elegant decision - Eljanov goes to
an endgame with a pawn up and a heap of white weaknesses.} 31. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 32.
Bxh2 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxe4 34. b3 h5 $1 {Very technical - Onischuk now unable to
bring bishop back to life by the way g3-g4.} 35. Rc1 Bg7 36. Rc2 g5 37. Ne1 Re8
38. Kf1 Nc3 (38... Re5 {was even more exact:} 39. g4 Rxd5 40. gxh5 Rd1 $19) 39.
Rd2 g4 $1 (39... Re5 40. g4) 40. Ng2 Bh6 {White have surrendered. Eljanov
played this game very well.} (40... Bh6 41. Nf4 Bxf4 42. gxf4 h4 $19) 0-1
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game: Nisipeanu - Carlsen: 1-1 Carlsen - Nisipeanu: 0.5-0.5 Last
three rounds in Aerosvit: Nisipeanu: ... 0.5 1 0.5 Carlsen: ... 1 1 0.5} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Being in search of opening
weapon for Black, Magnus decided to choose a Sicilian Dragon. Interesting
choice!... and successful too, if judging to on that, how Carlsen already
gained a few important victories in it. From rather recent cases of using the
Dragon at the highest level, only Garry Kasparov in a match with Anand comes
to the memory...} 6. Be2 ({Perhaps the most calm continuation in this variant.
Maybe only} 6. g3 {can compete in this.}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 {8...Nxe4
was threatening.} O-O 9. Kh1 ({White's plans include promotion} 9. f4 {, but
now it's not so good in view of} b5 $5 {. Therefore White lead away its king
at first.}) 9... a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 {Diagram [#]} 12. a4 {Recommended by
Serper.} ({Using at once force of bishop f3 isn't succeeded:} 12. e5 dxe5 13.
Nc5 Qb6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. fxe5 Nd7 {- "Black is OK", Mikhail Golubev wrote.
Let's look few moves further:} 16. e6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Qe1 Nde5 {- yep,
perhaps Golubev is right}) ({summing up, it's better not to do any sharp
movement yet:} 12. Be3 $1) 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 {Of course,
Black don't allow a clamp a4-a5. I think, already here it's possible to
ascertain the fact, that Black haven't any problems.} 15. c3 $6 $146 {
Interesting, does Nisipeanu invent this novelty in "real-time", or he prepared
it at home? In any case, it does not look very dangerous.} (15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Nd4
$6 Qb6 17. Rd1 Qc5 $17 {, Boulay-Charbonneau, Montreal 1997.}) 15... bxc3 16.
bxc3 Rc8 $1 {As the saying goes, "chess - not checkers, not necessarily to
take!".} ({In case of} 16... Bxc3 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Be3 $44 {black pieces sag a
little.}) 17. Rb1 Ba8 {Diagram [#] A bishop departs to a8 - here one more plus
of 16th Black's move.} 18. Nd2 {Vast discussions are dedicate now to a theme:
"What is the sign of critical position?". One of versions, which I heard
personally, is a necessity of departure a piece...} ({Is there an alternative?
White knight can't achieve c6-square:} 18. Nd4 Rxc3 19. f5 Rc4 20. Be3 Qd7 21.
Bg4 Qxa4 $19) ({but at Nisipeanu's disposal there was very interesting move:}
18. f5 $5 Bxc3 (18... gxf5 19. Nd4) 19. Bh6 Nc4 $5 $13 (19... Re8 20. Bg4 $40))
18... Nc4 $1 {Magnus does not hurry to take a pawn - and he is right again.} (
18... Bxc3 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Nb3) 19. Nxc4 ({White are must to change, or it
will be worse otherwise:} 19. Qe2 Nb6 $1 $17) 19... Rxc4 20. Bd2 (20. Be2 Rxc3
21. Bxa6 Rc5 22. Bb7 Qd7 $17) 20... Qa5 $17 {Carlsen overplayed his opponent.
Now he is just required exactness and decisiveness.} 21. Qe1 {Diagram [#]} Bxd5
$1 {Doing this move, Norwegian goes to the exchange's sacrifice. By the way,
it one of those receptions, which he applies quite often. Do you remember a
game versus Topalov in Linares? Rd4...} 22. Be2 (22. Qxe7 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qd5 24.
Rf2 Rxa4 $19) 22... Qxa4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rf2 e6 $19 {Two pawns for an
exchange, two powerful bishops - what else is necessary for the happiness?
Pawn "a" should define an outcome of a game. Besides, all is aggravated with a
time trouble for White. It's no wonder - in fact, is very unpleasant to be in
such positions without countergame. A search for somewhat reasonable moves
takes a lot of time.} 25. Be3 Bd5 26. Rfb2 (26. Rb4 Qa3 $19 (26... Bxc3 $6 27.
Rxa4 Bxe1 28. Rf1 $17)) 26... Qe4 27. Qd2 {Here, Nisipeanu finds an acceptable
plan - a change of white-square bishops. Carlsen is preventing it.} h5 {
Ventlight and ram simultaneously.} 28. Bd4 Bh6 29. Be3 (29. Rf1 $5) 29... a5
30. Rb8 Kh7 31. h3 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 33. Bd4 (33. Rc8 a4 34. c4
Qb1+ $1 (34... Bxc4 35. Rc7 $1) 35. Kh2 Qb7 36. Re8 Bxc4 37. Qxd6 Qe4 38. Qd2
a3 $19) 33... Bxd4 34. cxd4 a4 {White's numerous weaknesses don't abandon any
chances for them. Combining threats to pawn g2 with advancement of own passed
pawn, Black will secure a victory.} 35. Kh2 a3 36. Rb4 a2 37. Ra4 Qb1 {A first
thing that comes to mind after this game, is Nimzowitsch' phrase about
Alekhine: "He massacred us, as yellow-mouthed chickens!".} (37... Qb1 38. Qc3
Qf1 $19) 0-1
[Event "Aerosvit 2008"]
[Site "Foros Ukraine"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Polivanov, Anatoly"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CZM, #7, 2008"]
[Source "ChessZone.org"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{Before this game: Jakovenko - Van Wely: 0-0 Van Wely - Jakovenko: 1,5-0,5
Last three rounds in Aerosvit: Jakovenko: ... 0 0.5 0.5 Van Wely: ... 1 0 0.5
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 ({As for me,}
6... e5 {looks more logically. But Loek knows much better than anyone else.})
7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O {Starting point of the Scheveningen on the
board!} 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 {A waiting move - White want that Black reveal
their plans.} Re8 {Diagram [#] Rook on e8 can be very useful in the case of
moving e6-e5.} 12. Bf3 ({In a match Anand-Kasparov opponents checked
continuation} 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 {- all games in this variation
have ended in a draw.}) 12... Bd7 13. Nb3 {Black are ready to accomplish an
unloading operation Nxd4 and Bc6 - Jakovenko interferes with it, by
withdrawing the knight.} b6 ({In that match with Anand, Garry Kimovich once
has tried} 13... Na5 {, but after} 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 {appeared, that
threat b2-b4 promises white an edge. Vishy won that game...}) 14. g4 Bc8 {
Barely a bishop has stepped to d7, it should come back - to pass to a diagonal
a8-h1, and at the same time to release a point d7 for a knight.} 15. Bg2 Bb7
16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 {A rook is sent to h3 for an attack.} ({Attacking was
possible othergates:} 17. Qh5 Nb4 $1 ({once Loek van Wely already has burnt
here -} 17... g6 18. Qh3 Nb4 19. f5 Nxc2 $2 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rf7 $1 $18) 18.
Rf2 Bf8 19. Raf1 g6 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Bd4 e5 $1 {, Anand-Kasparov - no, this
game not from the match!}) 17... Bf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qe1 Nb4 20. Qf2 ({Primitive
} 20. Qh4 $2 {would be met by standard} h5 $1 {- White's attack is over.})
20... Bg7 21. Rf1 Re7 {Diagram [#] Prophylaxis. Black cover the point f7 in
case of unsealing of "f"-line, also doubling of rooks can be useful on the
"e"-line.} 22. Bd4 $1 {Jakovenko follows to the idea of Anand.} ({With a
strong desire, he could follow to the Nick de Firmian's idea:} 22. Qh4 Nf8 23.
Qf2 Nd7 $11) 22... e5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 $146 {Novelty from van Wely - obviously,
Loek wants to leave only white-square bishops on the board.} ({Earlier met}
23... dxe5 24. Be3 Rd8 {, Grischuk-Rublevsky, Elista (m) 2007.}) 24. Bxe5 (24.
Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 f5 $1 {Rublevsky}) 24... dxe5 (24... Nxe5 25. Qh4) 25. Rf3
Nf8 $2 {Diagram [#] It would seem, an obvious move - protection of a pawn f7,
and a knight goes on a route f8-e6-f4. But there is one problem - being on d7,
a knight held under the control the whole complex of the important squares -
b6, c5, f6...} (25... Rf8 $142) 26. a5 $1 bxa5 ({There is no time for} 26...
Ne6 {:} 27. axb6 Qd7 28. Bh3 $18) ({but it was necessary to think harder about
} 26... b5 $5) 27. Nxa5 Rb8 $1 {Luke did not lose a courage, and found the
stronger continuation. Everything else is not suitable.} (27... Qxa5 28. Rxf7
Qd8 29. Qf6 $1 Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qxb7 Nxc2 32. Nd5 $18) (27... Ne6 28.
Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 30. exd5 Nf4 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. d6 $18) 28. Nxb7 Qxb7
29. Rf6 Qa7 (29... Ne6 {still doesn't fit:} 30. Nd5 $1 {and all will be
approximately as in the previous variant.}) 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Qxa7 ({It was
possible not to hurry with an exchange:} 31. exd5 Qxf2 32. R6xf2 e4 (32... Rxb2
$2 33. d6 Rd7 34. Bd5 $18) 33. c4 $16 {, though so well.}) 31... Rxa7 32. exd5
Rxb2 33. d6 $2 {A mistake. It's bad to let a knight f8 jump to e6 prematurely!}
({It was necessary to reminisce pawn "c":} 33. c4 Rc2 34. Rc6 Kg7 (34... a5 35.
d6 Rd7 36. Bd5 $18) 35. d6 Ne6 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rd1 $18) 33... Ne6
(33... Rxc2 34. Bd5 Ne6 35. Rxf7 $18) 34. Bd5 Kg7 ({Apparently, Loek disliked
that White can lock a black rook on b2, but not fact, that White would be able
to use this circumstance:} 34... Nf4 $5 35. Bb3 Kg7 $13 {- a rook on f6 is
locked too!} (35... Rd7 $2 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. d7 $18)) 35. Rxe6 $6 (35. Bxe6
fxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxc2 37. Rxe5 Rd2 $11 {- certainly, Jakovenko wanted more, than
simple equality, but...}) 35... fxe6 36. Bxe6 {Diagram [#]} Rb6 $4 {A terrible
error (time trouble?).} ({Both players underestimated a variation} 36... Rxc2
37. d7 Ra8 38. Rf7+ Kh8 39. Re7 Rf2 $1 40. Re8+ Rf8 {- with pawn d7 White
hardly risk to lose, but nevertheless.}) 37. d7 {Again van Wely suffers from a
pawn d7 (did you forget Nisipeanu?). And again Loek did not use all own
chances...} Ra8 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Re7+ $1 {A rare case when not the strongest
move in position receives an exclamation mark. The point is that White want to
wait till passing of control, and then, in a quiet situation, to finish
counting everything to the end. Very practical decision.} (39. Rf6+ $142) 39...
Rxe6 ({Worth to try} 39... Kf8 $5 40. Rf7+ (40. Rxh7 $2 Rxe6 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42.
Rxa8 Kxd7) 40... Kg8 41. Rf6+ $1 Kg7 42. Bd5 $1 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Rf7+ Kh8
45. Re7 $18) 40. Rxe6 Kf7 41. Rxa6 $1 Rd8 42. Rd6 Ke7 43. Rd1 $18 {Now the
situation is clear - pawn endgame is lost.} Rxd7 ({It was possible to try to
block a pawn "d" by king:} 43... e4 44. Kg2 e3 45. Kf3 Rf8+ 46. Kxe3 Kd8 {
, but it only would prolong non-perspective resistance.}) 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45.
Kg2 Ke6 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. h4 e4+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. c4 {The pawn "c" will distract
black king, and White will make the way to a king flank.} Kf5 50. c5 Ke5 51. c6
Kd6 52. Kxe4 Kxc6 53. Ke5 1-0
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