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Games ....................................................................................................................... 10
(01) Gashimov,Vugar (2665) - Tiviakov,Sergei (2649) [B01].................................. 10
(02) Almasi,Z (2691) - Navara,D (2656) [C92] ....................................................... 11
(03) Berg,Emanuel (2583) - Szabo,Krisztian (2500) [B96] ..................................... 12
(04) Shirov,Alexei (2755) - Inarkiev,Ernesto (2681) [C95]...................................... 14
(05) Savchenko,Boris (2589) - Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2720) [C44] ............................. 15
(06) Pert,N (2539) - Williams,Simon Kim (2475) [A43] ........................................... 16
(07) Akesson,Ralf (2470) - Nyysti,Sampsa (2363) [A64]........................................ 17
(08) Jones,G (2567) - Pert,N (2539) [C03] ............................................................. 19
(09) Navarra,D (2656) - Godena,M (2535) [D45] ................................................... 21
(10) Harikrishna,P (2668) - Landa,K (2678) [C54].................................................. 23
(11) Ni Hua (2641) - Marin,Mi (2551) [C54]............................................................ 26
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News
Robert James Fischer 1943-2008

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was born in Chicago, Illinois USA 9th March 1943 died in
Reykjavic, Iceland 17th January 2008 at the age of 64 of kidney problems. He achieved
international fame and notoriety at the height of cold war on the way to becoming World Chess
Champion in 1972.

Bobby Fischer learned his chess in Brooklyn New York at the age of 6. His progress at
first was not spectacular but by the age of 13 he, in his own words "got good". He became US
Junior Champion in 1956 and defended it the following year. Increasingly good results allowed
him entry to the 1958 Championships. In a shock result he won the first of his eight US
Championship titles (every time he entered) with 10.5/13, becoming in January 1958, at the age
of 14, the youngest US champion and with it he became an International Master (the youngest
at the time).

The match against Boris Spassky was at the height of the cold war and actually domi-
nated the news. Fischer it seemed got cold feet and made demands over the venue and the
prize fund. The venue was finally decided as Reykjavic and all seemed set. Then at the last
minute Fischer refused to travel unless the prize fund was increased London financier Jim Slater
added $125,000 to take the fund to a record $250,000. Fischer was still late, was defaulted
game one, the default was reversed and then Fischer lost when grabbing a pawn heshouldn't
have. Game two he did default when he claimed he could hear the cameras and that the
audience was too close. Just when people thought the match was over there was acompromise,
game three was in a table tennis room off the main venue with a close circuit camera. 2-0 down
Fischer played the Modern Benoni as black and won a smashing game.
Fischer was up and running and with wins in games 5,6, 8 and 10 had virtually secured
the title. Spassky's only win came in game 11 but a win for Fischer in game 13 restored a lead
that was never to be narrowed and the final score was 12.5 - 8.5. He had become the 11th World
Chess Champion at the age of 29 and the possibilities seemed limitless.

Fischer's greatness was the clarity, precision and beauty of his chess games, the battling
uncompromising nature he took to every tournament and match he ever played and the sheer
drama of his chess career. His personal demands and the way he raised the profile of chess led
to improved conditions for a whole generation that followed him. He took on the Soviet Chess
Machine virtually alone and won, at least over the board. It probably cost him everything else in
his life.
Leonard Barden in the Guardian
Stephen Moss in the Guardian

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008, Netherlands (12.01 - 27.01)

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 took place 11th-27th January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee.
Levon Aronian shared first place with rising star Magnus Carlsen. Levon had better tie-breaks.
The table of Corus A tournament listed below.

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Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Aronian, g ARM 2739 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 2829
Levon
2. Carlsen, g NOR 2733 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8 2830
Magnus
3. Anand, g IND 2799 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2794
Viswanathan
4. Radjabov, g AZE 2735 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2799
Teimour
5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2770
6. Ivanchuk, g UKR 2751 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 2770
Vassily
7. Adams, g ENG 2726 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2743
Michael
8. Kramnik, g RUS 2799 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2737
Vladimir
9. Topalov, g BUL 2780 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 6 2710
Veselin
10. Polgar, g HUN 2707 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2716
Judit
11. Mamedyarov, g AZE 2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 6 2711
Shakhriyar
12. Eljanov, g UKR 2692 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 0 5 2659
Pavel
13. Van Wely, g NED 2681 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 5 2660
Loek
14. Gelfand, g ISR 2737 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 5 2655
Boris

Sergei Movsesian won Corus B with impressive +6 and will join main event next year.

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XV (2618)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Movsesian, g SVK 2677 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9½ 2788
Sergei
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2645 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2726
3. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 2721
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 2671
5. Nepomniachtchi, g RUS 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2648
Ian
6. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2610
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2581 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 6 2591
8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2573 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 6 2592
9. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2596
10. Stellwagen, g NED 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 6 2588
Daniel
11. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 5½ 2561
12. Sargissian, g ARM 2676 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 5 2526
Gabriel
13. Krasenkow, g POL 2636 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 5 2529
Michal
14. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2424 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 4 2492

Corus C won by Fabiano Caruana, another rising star from Italy. He qualified for the
Corus B next year.

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Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. X (2494)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Caruana, g ITA 2598 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10.0 2696
Fabiano
2. Reinderman, g NED 2533 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8.0 2577
Dimitri
3. Negi, g IND 2526 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2578
Parimarjan
4. Carlsson, m SWE 2501 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 2549
Pontus
5. Krush, Irina m USA 2473 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 7.0 2524
6. Braun, Arik m GER 2536 0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 7.0 2519
7. Van der Wiel, g NED 2490 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7.0 2522
John
8. Nijboer, g NED 2578 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7.0 2516
Friso
9. Van der Werf, m NED 2389 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 6.5 2501
Mark
10. Li Shilong g CHN 2502 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 2463
11. Grivas, g GRE 2509 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1 6.0 2463
Efstratios
12. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2461 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 4.5 2386
13. Ushenina, m UKR 2484 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 1 4.5 2384
Anna
14. Ruijgrok, NED 2329 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 2.0 2210
Dennis

And last but not least event was the Honorary tournament. Ljubo Ljubojevic shows an
impressive form and won the competition with about 2700 perfomance!
Corus Honarary Wijk aan Zee (NED), 19-26 i 2008 cat. XIII (2560)
1 2 3 4
1. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2543 * * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2690
2. Timman, Jan H g NED 2561 1 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 0 3 2559
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2605 ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 1 3 2544
4. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2530 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 * * 2 2444

68th Armenian Championship. Yerevan, Armenia (08.01 - 21.01)

Karen Asrian edged out Artashes Minasian on tie-break after both finished on 8/11. Ashot
Anastasian withdrew after 8 rounds.

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68th ch-ARM Yerevan (ARM), 8-21 i 2008 cat. XII (2531)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. Asrian, Karen g ARM 2621 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ + ½ 8 2648
2. Minasian, g ARM 2578 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 + 1 8 2652
Artashes
3. Ter-Sahakyan, f ARM 2369 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ + ½ 7½ 2639
Samvel
4. Kotanjian, g ARM 2545 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 7½ 2625
Tigran
5. Petrosian, g ARM 2606 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2620
Tigran L
6. Andriasian, g ARM 2532 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 + 1 7 2588
Zaven
7. Minasian, Ara g ARM 2466 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 + 1 6½ 2565
8. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2616 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 0 6 2524
9. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2556 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 1 6 2529
10. Babujian, Levon m ARM 2439 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 4 2414
11. Yegiazarian, g ARM 2512 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 3½ 2374
Arsen
12. Anastasian, g ARM 2562 - - - 0 0 - - 0 1 1 1 * ½ 3½ 2370
Ashot
13. Nalbandian, g ARM 2505 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ * 3 2340

It Maalot-Tarshiha (ISR), 7-15 i 2008 cat. XV (2620)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2616 * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2745
2. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2627 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 2744
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2602 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 5 2665
4. Roiz, Michael g ISR 2659 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2658
5. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2628 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2662
6. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2605 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2621
7. Rodshtein, Maxim m ISR 2614 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4½ 2620
8. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2643 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 4 2574
9. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2617 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3 2495
10. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2591 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 2 2403

Keres Memorial. Tallin, Estonia (06.01 - 12.01)

The Keres Memorial took place in Tallinn, Estonia 6th-12th January 2008. Time control
90 min for 40 moves + 15 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played
starting from the first move. Vasily Yemelin won the GMA group with 6/9.

Paul Keres Mem GMA Tallinn (EST), 6-12 i 2008 cat. X (2490)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2562 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2607
2. Rausis, Igors g CZE 2520 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2566
3. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2553 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2563
4. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2533 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2565
5. Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2474 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 1 1 5 2535
6. Kanep, Meelis g EST 2523 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2486
7. Volodin, Aleksandr EST 2379 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ 0 3½ 2422
8. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2491 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 3½ 2410
9. Klovans, Janis g LAT 2447 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3½ 2415
10. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2420 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 2½ 2332

XXXIII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla". Sevilla, Spain (05.01 - 12.01)

Karen Movsziszian took clear first on 7.5/9.

2nd ACP World Rapid Cup. Odessa, Ukraine (03.01 - 07.01)

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The event was a 16 player knockout. Teimour Radjabov overcame Alexander Grischuk in
a blitz playoff to win the final 2.5-1.5.
Time controls. 1st pair of games 20 mins+ 5 secs per move. Tie-breaks: If a match endws
in a draw (1-1), two additional blitz games were played. Time control 3 min+2 sec per move. If a
final tie-break was needed then a single blitz game where White has 5 mins and needs to win
the game in order to win the match. Black, with draw odds only had 4 minutes. This final tie-
break game was played without time increment.
1/8 final. Savchenko - Yakovenko 0-2. Radzhabov - Drozdovskii 1,5-0,5. Eljanov - Ivan-
chuk 0,5-1,5. Shirov - Inarkiev 0,5-1,5.
Shabalov - Svidler 0-2. Najer - Gelfand 0,5-1,5. Grischuk - Karpov 2,5-1,5. Polgar - Kar-
yakin 0-2.
1/4 final. Yakovenko - Inarkiev 1,5-0,5. Radjabov - Ivanchuk 3-2. Svidler - Grischuk 0,5-
1,5. Karyakin - Gelfand 3-1.
1/2 final. Radjabov - Yakovenko 2-0. Grischuk - Karyakin 3-2.
Final. Radjabov - Grischuk 2,5-1,5.

50th "Torneo di Capodanno". Reggio Emilia, Italy (29.12 - 06.01)

Zoltan Almasi won the competition with 6/9 half a point clear of the field. Gashimov won
the brilliancy prize for his win against Tiviakov (do not miss this game with annotations by IM
Anatoly Polivanov).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2691 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2752
2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2664 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2710
3. Ni Hua g CHN 2641 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2713
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2668 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2710
5. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2678 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2628
6. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2611 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2593
7. Navara, David g CZE 2656 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4 2588
8. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2643 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 3½ 2552
9. Marin, Mihail g ROU 2551 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 3½ 2563
10. Godena, Michele g ITA 2535 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3 2519

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83rd Hastings International Congress (28.12 - 06.01)

Vadim Malahatko, Nidzhat Mamedov & Valerii Neverov tied first place with perfect 7,5
(10).

XXXVII Rilton Cup. Stockholm, Sweden (27.12 - 05.01)

The event with a 9 way tie on 6.5/9. Radoslaw Wojtaszek had the best tie-break.

Sources:
1) http://www.e3e5.com
2) The Week In Chess http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
3) ChessPro.ru http://www.chesspro.ru
4) CrestBook.com http://www.crestbook.com/

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Games
(01) Gashimov,Vugar (2665) -
Tiviakov,Sergei (2649) [B01]
50th It Reggio Emilia ITA (7), 04.01.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoliy]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 Grand-
master Sergej Tiviakov is a leading expert
for this continuation in Scandinavian de-
fence. 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 [Tiviakov also
uses 5...a6 as often as 5...c6, here's a
quotation: "5... c6 is another move I play
regularly. I played it against Anand, Gris-
chuk. There is nothing wrong with it..." ]
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 On top level this
move was introduced in well-known game
Anand-Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 2006.
8.Nxd5 Nxe5!?N Novelty at 8th move - this
is rare case in our time! [Against Anand
Dutchman chose 8...Qxd5 and after the
principle objection 9.Be2!? - he took a
pawn: 9...Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qxg2 11.Bf3 Qg6
. Commenting the game, Viswanathan
recommended 12.Qe2 (in a game, Anand
overlooked trick: 12.d5 Bg4!³) , what was
checked in two recent games: 12...h5
(12...Qe6 13.d5!? cxd5 14.0–0–0 f6 ,
Ivanets-Smirnov, Ilichevsk 2007, and here
was interesting 15.Bxd5 Qxe5 16.Qc4
with attack) 13.h3! f6!? - we are looking
for duel of two hungarian grandmasters,
Almasi-Varga, HUNchT 2006. After
14.Bh2 the game soon ended with a
draw.] 9.Ne3 [Of course not 9.Nxe7?!
Qxe7 10.dxe5 Qb4+; 9.dxe5 will imply
queen's exchange, what Gashimov, per-
haps, tried to escape. ; And if 9.Bxe5 -
then we will come to Anand-Tiviakov.]
9...Nd3+ 10.Qxd3 Qxf4 11.d5!? Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY
8r+l+kvl-tr(
7zpp+-zppzpp'
6-+p+-+-+&
5+-+P+-+-%
4-+-+-wq-+$
3+-+QsN-+-#
2PzPP+-zPPzP"
1tR-+-mKL+R!
xabcdefghy
Very boldly![Most would prefer 11.g3 ,
directing a bishop to the main diagonal.
But Gashimov sowed the storm... and
succeeded in doing so!] 11...cxd5?
[There were two reasonable alternative for
Black: principle 11...Qb4+ 12.c3 Qxb2
13.Rb1 (worse 13.Rd1?! Bd7! (13...c5?
14.Nc4 Qxa2 15.Qe3±) 14.dxc6 Bxc6
15.Nd5 0–0–0!µ) 13...Qxa2 (13...Qa3!?)
14.Be2 (14.g3 is leading to approximately
the same) 14...g6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Bf3
Qa4 (dangerous 16...Qe6 because of
17.Qd4) , and a draw seems the most
reasonable outcome: 17.Rb4 Qa1+
18.Rb1=; also there is a cold-blooded
11...Bd7 12.0–0–0 e6!ч] 12.Qxd5 e6
13.Bb5+ Now, the black king loses calm
for a long time. 13...Ke7 14.Qd2 Qd6
15.Qe2 White are fine maneuvering the
queen, creating a threat constantly.
15...Kf6 16.Qf3+ Ke7 17.Qe2 Kf6 18.Qf3+
Ke7 Draw? 19.0–0 Nope! 19...Qc5 20.Ba4
Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+l+-vl-tr(
7zpp+-mkpzpp'
6-+-+p+-+&
5+-wq-+-+-%
4L+-+-+-+$
3+-+-sNQ+-#
2PzPP+-zPPzP"
1tR-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
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out reason it gained the brilliancy prize in

Perhaps this is a key moment for the this tournament! 1–0
whole game. White probably are going to
put the white rook on e1, so it's desirable (02) Almasi,Z (2691) - Navara,D
to leave king out of a possible X- (2656) [C92]
ray.20...g6?! Tiviakov elected a "slow" 50th It Reggio Emilia ITA (8), 05.01.2008
path. [More preferable was 20...f5! [Polivanov, Anatoliy]
21.Rfe1 Kf7 22.Bb3 g6 , and if will come 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
the impulsive 23.g4?! , then after 23...Rg8 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0
White's king may also be under fire.; 9.h3 Bb7 [Gambit 9...Na5 10.Bc2 d5!? is
Maybe, 20...f6 even more precisely.] very popular nowadays.] 10.d4 Re8
21.Rfe1 Bg7 22.Rad1! This is the only 11.Nbd2 [Sometimes occures "draw
continuation to support the fire of attack! checking" 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 but Al-
This impedes 22... Rd8 with further masi proceed immediately to the busi-
evacuation Ke7-f8-g8. Also, it contributes ness.] 11...Bf8 Further knight's move not
to b2-b4 - so, if Black's move is 22...f5, good because of threat to the pawn e4, so
then 23.b4 unexpectedly wins the queen. it had to close the center. 12.d5 Nb8
Therefore Tivyakov solved destroy pawn... 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 [14...h6 -
22...Bxb2 After the white's reply, black grandmaster Mihail Marin says: "Neces-
fields are undefencible. [Perhaps, it sary prophylaxis. Before starting his
should elect 22...a5!? ] 23.c3! Brilliant! counterplay, Black denies the enemy
Now, any taking on c3 is impossible be- bishop's access to g5." But 14...Nc5 even
cause of Ne3-d5. 23...f5 24.Rb1! Hunting more popular, then 14...h6.] 15.Bc2 c6
for the black bishop! 24...Ba3 25.Rb5 Qc6 Undermining the center. If Black will ac-
26.Qg3! Bd7 Diagram complish d6-d5, they will solve all prob-
lems. That's why fight for the point d5 - is
XABCDEFGHY the corner-stone of this variation. 16.b4
8r+-+-+-tr( Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 GM Marin:
7zpp+lmk-+p' "With good chances of obtaining the ab-
solute control of the critical d5-square".
6-+q+p+p+&
Will see! 18...Qc7 [More common con-
5+R+-+p+-% tinuation - 18...h6 . After 19.Bxf6 Nxf6
4L+-+-+-+$ 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Black may choose
3vl-zP-sN-wQ-# between 21...d5 (or 21...Bd7 22.Qf3 Rc8
2P+-+-zPPzP" 23.Bb3 Be6 - it seems, that are not any
1+-+-tR-mK-! problems for Black.) ] 19.Bxf6 Nxf6
xabcdefghy 20.Ng4 Be7 [In 90% of cases, Black ex-
changed the khights: 20...Nxg4 21.hxg4
[Doesn't help 26...Rf8 27.Qh4+] 27.Nxf5+ Here is a recent example, Wemmers-
The decisive blow. 27...Kd8 [Variants like Richter, Haarlem 2007: 21...Bd7 22.Qf3
27...gxf5 28.Qg7+ Kd6 29.Rd1+ Kc7 Rac8 23.Bb3 Be6 24.Rac1 Be7 25.Red1
30.Rxb7+ are very simple for calculation.] Bg5 26.Rc2 Red8 - Black face the future
28.Rb4 Qc7 It's impossible to get away for with confidence.] 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bb3N
a queen: [28...Qxa4 29.Rxa4 Bxa4 Hardly more than month back, this posi-
30.Qe5+-; 28...Bxb4 29.Bxc6 bxc6 tion was on the World Cup in Hanty-
30.Nh6+-] 29.Qh4+ Kc8 30.Bxd7+ Kxd7 Mansiysk, and white figures was managed
[30...Qxd7 31.Rc4+] 31.Qe7+ A game of by... Navara! [22.Ne3 Bg5 23.Nf5?! g6
Gashimov in an interval between 22 and 24.Ne3 Rad8 25.Qd3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 d5=
26 moves impresses very much. Not with- Navara-Ivanov, World Cup 2007. Indeed,

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Navara has won those game. Anyway, Al-
masi's move looks more logical, then
22.Ne3.] 22...a5 23.bxa5! [23.a3?! axb4
24.cxb4 creates unnecessary weakness.]
23...Rxa5 24.Qf3 Bd7?! Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+r+k+(
7+-wql+pzpp'
6-+-zp-vl-+&
5trp+-zp-+-%
4-+-+P+-+$
3+LzP-+Q+P#
2P+-+-zPP+"
1tR-+-tRNmK-!
xabcdefghy
Black must prevent Ne3-d5.[According
to this, 24...Bg5 suggests itself. If 25.Ne3
, then 25...Bxe3 26.Rxe3 g6 with possible
Kg7, Rf8, f7-f5. But Navara decided to go
another way...] 25.Ne3! Be6 [It turns out,
that it's impossible 25...Qxc3 through
26.Qh5! Rf8 (26...Be6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6
28.Rac1+-; 26...g6 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.Nf5++-
) 27.Nd5 Qc8 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Re3 with
winning attack.] 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5±
There is a typical situation in which Black
don't have counterplay (pawn с3 easily
defencible), and the White have prospects
of attack on a king-side. 27...Rc8?! The
lost of time - the rook has nothing to do on
"с"-file. [More interesting 27...Qd7 with
idea Bd8-b6, Kh8, Rf8 and f7-f5. In pros-
pect - pressure to pawn f2.] 28.Re3 Qd7!
[It could be tactical trick: 28...b4 29.cxb4
Rxd5 30.exd5 e4 , but 31.Qxe4 indicate
the weakness of last rank. 28...Qd7 tries
to improve that, but Almasi isn't drows-
ing!] 29.Rd1! Bd8 30.Qh5 Diagram
12
XABCDEFGHY
8-+rvl-+k+(
7+-+q+pzpp'
6-+-zp-+-+&
5trp+Lzp-+Q%
4-+-+P+-+$
3+-zP-tR-+P#
2P+-+-zPP+"
1+-+R+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
30...Bb6? Navara missed the tactics, and
unpleasant Black's position is transform-
ing to hopeless very quickly. [Cannot be
recommended 30...g6?! 31.Qh6 Bb6
32.Rf3 Rf8 33.Rdd3! Qe7 34.Rf5 Kh8
35.Rg3 , and Black is helpless; It's worth
to back in a life rook a5: 30...Ra7! 31.Rf3
Qe8 with chances to successfull de-
fence.] 31.Rf3 Rf8 [31...g6 32.Rxf7+-]
32.Bxf7+! Rxf7 [32...Kh8 loses immedi-
ately: 33.Bg6] 33.Rxd6 Qa7 34.Qxf7+
[34.Rxb6? would be a mistake: 34...Rxf3
35.gxf3 (35.Qe8+ Rf8) 35...g6!] 34...Qxf7
35.Rxf7 Kxf7 36.Rxb6 Two pawns up in a
rook ending. The rest is simple. 36...g5
37.g3 h5 38.Kf1 h4 39.Kg2 Sooner or later
pawn moves will be finished. 39...Rxa2
40.Rxb5 Kf6 41.Rb6+ Ke7 42.gxh4 gxh4
43.Rh6 White are destroying the last ob-
stacle on a way to "h" pawn. 43...Rc2
44.Rxh4 Rxc3 45.Rh5 Ke6 46.Rf5 Black
king is cut off from "f"-file, so pawn "h"
just moving forward, to queen ceremony.
46...Rc4 47.f3 Rc2+ 48.Kg3 Rc1 49.h4
Rg1+ 50.Kh2 Rg6 51.Kh3 Rg8 52.h5 Rg1
53.Kh4 Rh1+ 54.Kg5 Rg1+ 55.Kh6 Rg3
56.Kh7 Rg2 57.h6 Rg3 58.Kh8 [Let's
dream up: 58.Kh8 Rg2 59.h7 Rg1 60.Rf8
Rf1 61.Ra8 Rxf3 (61...Rg1 62.Rg8)
62.Kg7 Rg3+ 63.Kf8 Rf3+ (63...Rh3
64.Ra6+ Kd7 65.Kg7) 64.Ke8 Rh3
65.Ra6#] 1–0
(03) Berg,Emanuel (2583) -
Szabo,Krisztian (2500) [B96]
Rilton Cup 37 (2007–08) Stockholm (9),
05.01.2008
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[Polivanov, Anatoliy]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 [It's neces-
sary to take into account 7...Qb6 , but this
subject deserves a separate talk.] 8.Qf3
Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6
12.Nb3 Very interesting moment! [Almost
a year ago, playing with Negi, Berg pre-
ferred decisive 12.Nd5!? After forced
12...Qxd4 (12...exd5 is bad because of
13.Nc6! - known since the game Chibur-
danidze-Dvoirys, Tallinn 1980) 13.Bxf6
gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.Nxf6+ Kd8 16.Nxd7
Qxb5 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Qa3 Ke8! 19.Qxd6
Qc6! Berg got even a little bit worse posi-
tion. Making casual mention of 12.Nb3,
swedish grandmaster wrote: "... with a
rather equal position". '=' is better than
'=/+', isn't it?] 12...b4 13.Nb1 Occured
another jumps: 13.Na4 and 13.Ne2, but
13.Nb1 looks most appropriate. Besides,
this move was performed in semifinal of
World Cup in Hanty-Mansiysk, in a game
Shirov-Karjakin - that fact defines "open-
ing fashion", in some sense. 13...Qc7
14.N1d2 Be7 15.Qh3 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+k+-tr(
7+lwqnvlpzpp'
6p+-zppsn-+&
5+-+-+-vL-%
4-zp-+PzP-+$
3+N+L+-+Q#
2PzPPsN-+PzP"
1+-mKRtR-+-!
xabcdefghy
15...Rc8!N On my opinion, this is strong
novelty. [Of course, not 15...0–0 16.e5!;
Above-mentioned game was proceeding
by the following way: 15...e5 16.Nc4 0–0
17.Nba5 Bc8 18.Qg3 - a bishop on c8 is
very passive, so 15...Rc8 frees for it the
square а8, where it aims at the pawn e4. ;
Transforming this idea by 15...e5 16.Nc4
Rc8 isn't good through 17.Nba5 Ba8
18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 (19...Bxf6
13
20.Be2) 20.Nxe5 0–0 21.Nac4±] 16.Kb1
[If now 16.Nc4 , then is necessary to con-
sider with 16...Bxe4 - consequences are
uncertain in this case. Therefore White did
a waiting prophylactic move.] 16...e5
17.Nc4 0–0 Castle, finally. [Here
17...Bxe4 is not effective, because e6-e5
is played already: 18.Bxe4 Qxc4 19.Bf5]
18.Ne3 Rfe8 19.Nf5 Bf8 Both sides have
complete their development. Black have a
clear plan a5-a4-a3... , and what may op-
pose White to this? Ghost of attack on a
king side? 20.fxe5 Before to translate a
rook for an attack, the white want to
weaken pressure on the pawn of е4.
20...dxe5 21.Re3 Re6 22.Rf1 Not very
much vigorous continuation of attack, but
what another can be offered? [Draw like
there is still: 22.Qh4 a5 23.Rg3 a4
24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nh6+ , but
does anyone need it?] 22...a5 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-+r+-vlk+(
7+lwqn+pzpp'
6-+-+rsn-+&
5zp-+-zpNvL-%
4-zp-+P+-+$
3+N+LtR-+Q#
2PzPP+-+PzP"
1+K+-+R+-!
xabcdefghy
23.Rg3 Perhaps, Berg spent here a lot of
time - therefore he decides to to stake
one's all. It's difficult to blame such deci-
sion... [23.Nd2 Nc5] 23...Nxe4 24.Be7
[24.Nh6+ gives nothing: 24...Rxh6
25.Bxh6 Nxg3 26.Qxg3 a4 27.Nd2 a3–+]
24...Nxg3 25.Bd8!? Very creative! [Maybe
Berg was planning 25.Nxg7 , but 25...Rg6
parries all threats. ] 25...e4 [25...Qxd8??
26.Ne7++-] 26.Bxc7 Nxf1 27.Bxf1 Rxc7
Let's summarize - Black have almost won
position. 28.Qg3 Rc8 29.Bb5 Nb6 30.Nxa5
Ba8 31.Nb3 31...Rc5 was threatening.
31...Rd8 [This motion is quite good, but,
possibly, more practical there was 31...g6
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] 32.a4!? If to judge objectively, this move [Polivanov, Anatoliy]
is not the best, but in this position - is the 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
best chance! Now a situation is tangled to 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d6
the limit. 32...bxa3 33.Nbd4 Rg6 34.Qc7 [Recenlty Shirov won two games (with
Rc8 35.Ne7+ Bxe7 36.Qxe7 axb2 Jakovenko and Karjakin), fighting versus
[36...Rxg2 was simpler: 37.bxa3 (37.Qxa3 8...d5 - the Marshall attack. That's why
Rg1+ 38.Ka2 Bd5+) 37...Nd5–+] 37.Nf5 the chance to see against him 8...d6 (but
Nd5! [37...Rxg2?! 38.Qe5! Nd5 39.Bc4! not 8...d5) - is big enough in the near fu-
with some draw chances.] 38.Qd7 Rb8 ture.] 9.h3 Nb8 Breyer system still re-
39.c4 Diagram mains one of the most popular. 10.d4
Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
XABCDEFGHY Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 [Another continua-
8ltr-+-+k+( tion - 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4!? , providing a
7+-+Q+pzpp' square c5 for a black knight. Therefore,
6-+-+-+r+& White's move 15.b3 is meant for meeting
c5-c4 by b3-b4...] 15...Bg7 Diagram
5+L+n+N+-%
4-+P+p+-+$ XABCDEFGHY
3+-+-+-+-# 8r+-wqr+k+(
2-zp-+-+PzP" 7+lzpn+pvlp'
1+K+-+-+-! 6p+-zp-snp+&
xabcdefghy 5+p+-zp-+-%
39...Rgb6? Time trouble? [39...Bc6 won
4-+-zPP+-+$
quite easily: 40.Qa7 Ra8 41.Qd4 (41.Qf2 3+PzP-+NsNP#
Nc3+ 42.Kxb2 Nd1+–+) 41...Rxg2–+] 2P+L+-zPP+"
40.Nd6! Nc3+ [What about 40...Bc6!? 1tR-vLQtR-mK-!
41.Qxf7+ Kh8 42.Qe6 (42.cxd5? Bxb5–+) xabcdefghy
42...h6 43.Kxb2 Nc7 44.Qe7 Nxb5
45.cxb5 Bxb5µ] 41.Kxb2 Nxb5 42.cxb5 16.a4?! ... but now Black have a retort.
[Not 42.Qxf7+ Kh8 43.Nxb5 Bc6µ] [Probably, if White want to fight for an
42...Bd5 [42...Bc6 43.Qxf7+ Kh8 44.Qe6 opening advantage, they need to close
Bxb5?? 45.Nf7+; 42...e3 would give just a the center: 16.d5 with further c3-c4.]
draw. 43.Kc3 Rxd6 44.Qxd6 Re8 45.Qd7 16...d5! "Answer to a flank attack by blow
Kf8 46.Qd6+ Kg8 47.Qd7=] 43.Kc3 Be6 to the center" - a classics! 17.axb5 [All
44.Qe7 h6 [44...e3!? 45.Kd3 e2 46.Kxe2 this already was in a game Byrne-
Bc4+ 47.Ke3 Bxb5 48.Qxf7+ Kh8³] Spassky, match(3) 1974. American
45.Kd4 Rxd6+ Simplifying annihilation. played 17.dxe5 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 (18.Nxe4
[45...e3!? was the last chance: 46.Kxe3 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxe5=)
Bc4 47.Kd4 Bxb5 48.Qxf7+ Kh8 49.Ke5!= 18...dxe4 19.Bg5 , and here Boris Va-
(49.Nf5 R6b7 50.Ne7? Rd8+ 51.Kc5 silievich sacrificed a queen: 19...exf3!?
Rc8+! 52.Kd6 Rd7+ 53.Ke6 Rxe7+–+) ] (19...Qc8 was more reliable) 20.Bxd8
46.Qxd6 Rxb5 47.Kxe4 h5 48.g3 Rf5 Raxd8©] 17...Nxe4!N Very good! Evalua-
49.Ke3 Long-suffering game... ½–½ tion of the position is still fluctuates
around equality, but now White at the
(04) Shirov,Alexei (2755) - crossroads - and this increases the error
Inarkiev,Ernesto (2681) [C95] probability. [17...axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8
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21.Bg5!) 19.dxe5 Nxe4 (19...Nxe5 Jakovenko knows classics very well - be-
20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.f4ƒ) 20.Nxe4 dxe4 cause 4...Nf6 was played several times by
21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Qxd7 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Alexander Alekhine! [Usually happens
Rxe5=] 18.bxa6 Of course, Shirov elects 4...Bd7 5.exd5 Nd4 6.Qd1 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3
uncompromising continuation! [After Nf6©] 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.exd5 0–0 [6...Bxe5
18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 7.dxc6 0–0 8.d4 Bd6 leads to the same.]
axb5 Black has nothing to complain 7.dxc6 Bxe5 8.d4 Bd6 9.Be3 The king on
about.] 18...Nxc3 19.Qd3 Ne4 20.Bb2 e1 seems so naked, that it's without fail to
Protecting the rook. 20...Nxg3 21.axb7 put any piece on the rank "e". [Here is an
Rxa1 22.Rxa1 e4 Diagram example of 4th World Champion's creativ-
ity: 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bg5 bxc6 11.Nd2 Qe7
XABCDEFGHY 12.Qc4 a5 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qd7 15.h3
8-+-wqr+k+( Ne4 16.Be3 Nxd2 17.Kxd2 Rab8 18.b3
7+Pzpn+pvlp' c5! , and the game Rabinovich-Alekhine,
6-+-+-+p+& Moscow 1915 soon was over.] 9...Ng4
10.Nd2 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qh4+ 12.Kd1 bxc6N
5+-+p+-+-% [A battle of two german amateurs passed
4-+-zPp+-+$ so: 12...Qf2 13.Nc4? Bg4+ 14.Kc1 Qe1+
3+P+Q+NsnP# 0–1. But Savchenko, without a doubt,
2-vLL+-zPP+" would have improved White's game.]
1tR-+-+-mK-! 13.Bd3 c5 Good move. Black are deliv-
xabcdefghy ered from a weak pawn, destroyed king's
shelter and directed bishop c8 to diagonal
23.Qb5? A mistake. Anyway, we must not a8-h1. 14.Kc2 Bb7 15.g3 Qh6 16.e4 cxd4
forget that it's rapid chess - and mistakes 17.cxd4 Diagram
are their essential part. [After only move
23.Qd1 would follow: 23...exf3 24.fxg3 XABCDEFGHY
c6! 25.Qxf3 Qb6 with a more comfortable 8r+-+-trk+(
play to Black.] 23...c6! That's it! A queen 7zplzp-+pzpp'
is distracted from the diagonal a6-f1. The 6-+-vl-+-wq&
knight g3 will jump to e2, and White will
5+-+-+-+-%
remain without a minor piece. 24.Qxc6
[24.Qa6 Nb8] 24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nb8–+
4Q+-zPP+-+$
26.Qc8 exf3 27.Qxd8 fxg2+ [27...Rxd8 3+-+L+-zP-#
would more exactly: 28.Ra4 Rd7] 28.Kxg2 2PzPKsN-+-zP"
Rxd8 29.Ra8 [¹29.Ra4 - there was no 1tR-+-+-+R!
need for losing pawn d4. But position is xabcdefghy
lost in any case.] 29...Nxd4 30.Ba3 Bf8
[30...Nxc2? 31.Bd6!] 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Bd1 17...c5? Now White will get a pawn pair in
Ke7 0–1 a center, and comfortable stand on с4 for
a knight. [It's desirable to go 17...Kh8!?
(05) Savchenko,Boris (2589) - but then can appear unpleasant 18.Ba6;
Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2720) [C44] That's why we must think about prophy-
2nd ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa (1.1), laxis and play 17...a5! ] 18.d5 Be5 19.Nf3
04.01.2008 Diagram
[Polivanov, Anatoliy]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Ponziani Opening XABCDEFGHY
- a rare guest in tournaments nowadays. 8r+-+-trk+(
3...d5 4.Qa4 Nf6!? We can say safely, that 7zpl+-+pzpp'
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6-+-+-+-wq&
5+-zpPvl-+-%
4Q+-+P+-+$
3+-+L+NzP-#
2PzPK+-+-zP"
1tR-+-+-+R!
xabcdefghy
[Not bad, but 19.Nc4!? looks more
strengthening.] 19...Bxb2!? Feeling that
events begin to accept an unfavourable
turn, Jakovenko decides on a sharp
change position. 20.Rab1 [20.Kxb2 Qf6+]
20...Qe3 21.Rxb2? [21.Nd2! declared
white superiority: 21...c4™ 22.Nxc4 Qf2+
23.Nd2 Rac8+ 24.Bc4±] 21...c4! [White's
calculation, obviously, was built on
21...Qxf3? 22.Rf1 Qg2+ 23.Kb1+-]
22.Ne5? Errors don't walk alone...
[¹22.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 23.Kc1 Bxd5! 24.Qc2
Qxf3 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Rd1 with further
Kb1 - Black's victory is still far.]
22...cxd3+ 23.Kb1 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qxe5
Two extra pawns, dangerous passer... all
this clearly presages a fast win. 25.Qc4
Rab8 26.Rb3 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-+-trk+(
7zp-+-+pzpp'
6-+-+-+-+&
5+-+Pwq-+-%
4-+Q+-+-+$
3+R+p+-zP-#
2P+-+-+-zP"
1+K+-+-+R!
xabcdefghy
26...a5! Very inventive! 27.d6 [27.Qxd3 a4
28.Rxb8 Rxb8+ 29.Kc2 Qb2+ 30.Kd1
Qa1+–+; 27.Rd1 a4 28.Qxa4 Qe2–+]
27...Qxd6 [27...a4 28.Qxa4 d2 would
complete a game.] 28.Rd1 Rxb3+ 29.axb3
Rd8 30.Qb5 Qe6! The advantage of two
extra pawns consists of that it's possible
to sacrifice one of them for a winning
pawn endgame. 31.Rxd3 Qe4 32.Kc2 f5!
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Hurry nowhere ... At least one more move.
33.Kd2 Qxd3+ 34.Qxd3 Rxd3+ 35.Kxd3
Kf7 36.Kd4 Ke6 37.Kc5 g5 38.Kd4
[38.Kb5 Kd5 39.Kxa5 f4–+] 38...h6 39.h4
gxh4 40.gxh4 Here a game is
over.[40.gxh4 h5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Kf3 f4
43.Kf2 Ke4 44.Ke2 f3+ 45.Kf2 Kf4–+] 0–1
(06) Pert,N (2539) - Williams,Simon
Kim (2475) [A43]
Premier Hastings ENG (9), 05.01.2008
[Kryakvin Dmitry]
Black were playing rather lightmind-
edly.This style had often brought them
luck.But not this time. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5
3.d5 b5 A rare sistem. One of the favorite
openings of the great Paul Keres 4.Bg5
The only way to get advantage in this line.
4...Qb6 5.a4 [More principled 5.Bxf6
gives White serious initiative 5...Qxf6 6.c3
Qb6 7.e4 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.a4 b4 10.Nc4
Qb7!? Mchedlishvili-Zhang,1999.]
5...bxa4? [5...b4! 6.a5 (6.e3 g6 7.d6 Bg7
8.dxe7 Qe6 Maksimovic-Bareev,1987)
6...Qc7 7.c4 d6 8.Nbd2 g6 9.e4 Bg7
Seems more playable Vyzmanavin-
Kiselev,1985] 6.Nc3! Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8rsnl+kvl-tr(
7zp-+pzppzpp'
6-wq-+-sn-+&
5+-zpP+-vL-%
4p+-+-+-+$
3+-sN-+N+-#
2-zPP+PzPPzP"
1tR-+QmKL+R!
xabcdefghy
It is scary to part with a pawn b2, having
his queenside weekend, but in this case
Pert shows concerte approach to posi-
tion. 6...Qxb2 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.e4 d6 9.e5!
dxe5 10.Nxe5 Strong knight gives White
extrainitiative 10...e6? [More common
10...g6 but... 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bb5+ Bd7
13.Bf4 Qc8 14.d6! Bg7 15.dxe7 a6
16.Nc4! axb5 17.Nd6+ Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY
XABCDEFGHY 8rsn-mk-tr-+(
8rsnq+k+-tr( 7zplwq-+pzpp'
7+-+lzPpvlp' 6-+-vlpsn-+&
6-+-sN-snp+& 5+LzpP+-vL-%
5+pzp-+-+-% 4p+N+N+-+$
4p+-+-vL-+$ 3+-+-+Q+-#
3+-sN-+-+-# 2-+P+-zPPzP"
2-+P+-zPPzP" 1+-mKR+-+R!
1+R+QmK-+R! xabcdefghy
xabcdefghy
Terrible for Black. 16...Bxd5 17.Ncxd6
and Black collapses, Vyzmanavin- Qxd6 18.Rxd5 Qxd5 19.Rd1 Kc7 It looks
Arbakov,1986; One could recommend the like Black is more impatient to see this
following 10...a6!? 11.Qf3 Nbd7] 11.Qf3! game ending... 20.Rxd5 Nxd5 21.Qg3+
Diagram Kb7 22.Qd6 1–0

XABCDEFGHY (07) Akesson,Ralf (2470) -

8rsnl+kvl-tr( Nyysti,Sampsa (2363) [A64]
7zp-+-+pzpp' Rilton Cup 37 (2007–08) Stockholm (9),
6-wq-+psn-+& 05.01.2008
5+-zpPsN-+-% [Kryakvin Dmitry]
Of cource, it is not easy to play in such un-
4p+-+-+-+$ trammeled manner. Moreover, such un-
3+-sN-+Q+-# trammeled manner may not differ from
2-+PvL-zPPzP" the requirements of the position. To be
1tR-+-mKL+R! sure, a challenge to fortune is always a big
xabcdefghy risk. But that is a real man's approach!
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 For over 5 years
11...Qc7 Black continued to resist only now this has been a standart position in
because it was incovenient to resing so the games of Nyysti 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6
early! [11...a6 12.dxe6 Qxe6 13.0–0–0+-; 6.Nc3 g6 Sharp Benoni Indian. Now the
11...Nbd7 12.dxe6 Qxe6 13.Qxa8 Qxe5+ line is intensively developed 7.Bg2 Bg7
14.Be2+-] 12.Bb5+ Kd8 [12...Nbd7 is also 8.Nf3 0–0 9.0–0 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Nbd7
replied by 13.d6+-] 13.Nc4 Pert arranges 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Nc4 Nb6 [Do you remem-
his pieces for decisive battle with predict- ber one of the best games in the line?
able outcome. 13...Bd6 14.Bg5 Rf8 15.0– 13...Ne5 14.Na3 Nh5 15.e4 Rf8 16.Kh2 f5
0–0 Bb7 16.Ne4+- Diagram 17.f4 b5!! Diagram

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XABCDEFGHY is principal move for black in Benoni!

8-trlwq-trk+( 18.g4!? A risky decision! [18.Qb1 b5
7+-+-+-vlp' 19.axb5 axb5 20.b4!] 18...Nf4?! [Simply
6p+-zp-+p+& and strong is 18...Nf6µ with idea h7-h5]
19.Bxf4 Bxc3 20.Rc1!! Great! Exchanging
5+pzpPsnp+n% bishop is deadly for Black! 20...Bb2
4P+-+PzP-+$ 21.Rc2! Diagram
3sN-sN-+-zPP#
2-zP-+-+LmK" XABCDEFGHY
1tR-vLQ+R+-! 8-trn+r+k+(
xabcdefghy 7+pwql+p+p'
6p+-zp-+p+&
A bolt from the blue! 18.axb5 axb5
5+-zpP+-+-%
19.Naxb5 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bd7 21.Qe2 Qb6
22.Na3 Rbe8 23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.fxe5 Bxe5
4P+-+-vLP+$
25.Nc4 Nxg3 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Qe1 3sNP+-+-+P#
Nxe4+ 28.Kg2 Qc2 29.Nxe5 Rf2+–+ 2-vlR+PzPL+"
Korchnoi-Kasparov,1982] 14.Na3 Why 1+-+Q+RmK-!
should white lose a tempo here and ride xabcdefghy
his knight to the board border? The fact of
the matter is that black has less space 21...Bg7 [21...Bxa3? 22.Qa1!± Bb4!
and need some exchanges to breathe and 23.Bh6 f6 (23...Re5 24.f4+-) 24.Qxf6
white should keep as many pieces as he Bxa4 25.bxa4 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Ra1
can to prevent this. Another idea of 14. b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bf4±] 22.Qd2 The
Na3 move is a4-a5 advance and black will critical position. It is not easy for White to
be forced to resign a battle about c4 coordinate the actions of his pieces;Black
point. 14...Bd7 15.Bf4 Qc7 [Another op- in other hand, has a definite plan of op-
tion is 15...Nh5!? 16.Bxd6 Bxc3 17.Bxb8 erations on the Q-side. 22...b5 23.b4 c4 A
(17.bxc3? Bxa4) 17...Bxb2 18.Ba7!! Dia- shortcoming of the Ekesson system is the
gram fact that it's difficult to bring the knight a3
into the play and opponent has a superi-
XABCDEFGHY ority in the centre. 24.a5 f5 25.g5 Re4!! A
8-+-wqr+k+( risky decision, to be sure, but the strong
7vLp+l+p+p' position of the pieces prevents Black from
6psn-+-+p+& troubles! 26.Nb1! [White cannot play
26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Qe3 Ne7 28.Qxe4
5+-zpP+-+n% (28.Kh2 Nxd5) 28...Bxh3 29.Rd1 Bf5]
4P+-+-+-+$ 26...Ne7 27.e3! Catching a rook! 27...Re8
3sN-+-+-zPP# 28.Nc3 Nc8 29.Bxe4 [Important moment.
2-vl-+PzPL+" Bad for White is 29.Nxe4 fxe4 30.f3 exf3
1tR-+Q+RmK-! 31.Rxf3 Bf5] 29...fxe4 30.Kh2 Re5?! Dia-
xabcdefghy gram

18...Bxa1 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Qxa1 with

unclear position] 16.b3?! An innacu-
racy.To fight for supremacy,White should
have played [16.a5 Nc8 17.Nc4 Bb5
18.Qb3!] 16...Nh5 Natural move.White
pieces in danger! 17.Bd2 Nc8 Only b7-b5

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XABCDEFGHY
8-+n+-+k+(
7+-wql+-vlp'
6p+-zp-+p+&
5zPp+Ptr-zP-%
4-zPp+pvL-+$
3+-sN-zP-+P#
2-+RwQ-zP-mK"
1+-+-+R+-!
xabcdefghy
New sacrifice!! [Simply 30...Bf5 After
31.Kg2 Qd7 32.Rh1 Ne7©] 31.Kg2?!
[31.Bxe5! Bxe5+ 32.f4! very unpleasant
suprise! 32...exf3+ 33.Kg1 Bxh3 (33...Bf5
34.Rxf3) 34.Rxf3 Qd7 35.Qf2! White stays
better] 31...Bf5 32.Ne2 Qd7 33.Rh1 Qf7
34.Bxe5 Bxe5 Leaves Black with an ad-
vantage in all continuations. A defence is
not easy, but it's not so easy to crush
White with a direct attack. 35.Rcc1 Ne7
36.Rcd1 Bc8! Excelent! Pair of bishops
with pawn falange gains good chance for
winning 37.Ng1? Mistake.Only move
[37.Nf4! Bb7 38.Qe2! Bxf4 39.exf4 Nxd5
40.Rxd5!] 37...c3 38.Qc2 Qf5! 39.h4 Bb7
Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+k+(
7+l+-sn-+p'
6p+-zp-+p+&
5zPp+PvlqzP-%
4-zP-+p+-zP$
3+-zp-zP-+-#
2-+Q+-zPK+"
1+-+R+-sNR!
xabcdefghy
By maneuvering in his own camp,Nyysti 14.Nh7!! Diagram
has archieved positional advanteges and
now activate his quuen.It is difficult for
Ekesson to protect all the points that are
weak.... 40.Kf1 Bxd5 41.f4? White turns to
tactical play,which only hastens the inevi-
table 41...exf3! 42.Qxf5 Nxf5 43.Rxd5
Nxe3+ [Other way 43...c2!! Diagram
19
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+k+(
7+-+-+-+p'
6p+-zp-+p+&
5zPp+RvlnzP-%
4-zP-+-+-zP$
3+-+-zPp+-#
2-+p+-+-+"
1+-+-+KsNR!
xabcdefghy
44.Ne2 Ng3+ 45.Kf2 fxe2 46.Rc1 Bc3
47.Kxg3 e1Q+ 48.Rxe1 Bxe1+] 44.Kf2
Nxd5 45.Nxf3 Bf4 The concluding moves
of the game deserve the traditional chess
annotators cliche" there still followed"...
46.Nd4 Be3+ 47.Kf3 Bxd4 48.Ke4 Be3 0–1
(08) Jones,G (2567) - Pert,N (2539)
[C03]
Premier Hastings ENG (10), 06.01.2008
[Kryakvin Dmitry]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6
5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0–0 Seldom move
[Chess fashions are fickle even at the GM
level.A mere couple of years ago White
played 7.c3 Nc6 8.0–0 g5!? Such line is
not to Jones's taste] 7...cxd4 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Re1 Nc5 Novelty. [Alternative line is
9...Qb6 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Nbxd4 Nxd4
12.Nxd4 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bd7 14.c3=]
10.Nxc5 A novel atack idea.A move on re-
cord in this position is [10.Nbxd4 Qb6
11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4] 10...Bxc5 11.Ng5
Bb4!? [11...h6? 12.Qh5 Qd7 13.Nxf7! 0–0
14.Ng5!; 11...g6?! 12.Qg4 Be7 13.h4‚]
12.Qf3?! This move Black can followed
[Interesting 12.Bd2 Bxd2 13.Qxd2©]
12...Qe7?! [This time Pert overlooks
12...f5! 13.exf6 Qxf6µ] 13.Re2 h6
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XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8r+l+k+-tr( 8r+-+kvl-tr(
7zpp+-wqpzpN' 7zpp+lwqp+-'
6-+n+p+-zp& 6-+-+pzP-+&
5+-+pzP-+-% 5+L+p+-+p%
4-vl-zp-+-+$ 4-sn-zp-+Q+$
3+-+L+Q+-# 3+-+-+-vL-#
2PzPP+RzPPzP" 2PzPP+RzPPzP"
1tR-vL-+-mK-! 1tR-+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
Only forward!! 14...Qh4 15.Bf4 Bf8! Prin- 21.fxe7 (21.Qh3 Qxf6 22.Be5 Qh6µ)
cipal move.Only draw in variation 21...hxg4 22.exf8Q+ Rxf8µ; the inferior
[15...Bd7 16.Bg3 Qe7 17.Qg4 Rxh7 line was 20...Qc5?? 21.Rxe6+! Kd8
18.Bxh7 g6 Diagram 22.Bxd7] 21.Be5 This leads to forced play
21...Qg5 22.Bxd7+ Kxd7 23.Qxg5 hxg5
XABCDEFGHY 24.Bxh8 The rook is not stronger then
8r+-+k+-+( knight in such position. There is no
7zpp+lwqp+L' opened files on board! 24...Rc8 25.c3
6-+n+p+pzp& dxc3 26.Bxc3 Diagram
5+-+pzP-+-%
4-vl-zp-+Q+$ XABCDEFGHY
3+-+-+-vL-# 8-+r+-vl-+(
2PzPP+RzPPzP" 7zpp+k+p+-'
1tR-+-+-mK-! 6-+-+p+-+&
xabcdefghy 5+-+p+-zp-%
4-sn-+-+-+$
19.a3! Ba5 20.Bh4 Qf8 21.Bf6 Bd8 22.Qf4 3+-vL-+-+-#
Bxf6 23.Qxf6 Qe7 24.Qh8+ Qf8 25.Qf6=] 2PzP-+RzPPzP"
16.Bg3 Qe7 17.Qg4 Nb4? [Black should 1tR-+-+-mK-!
have played 17...Bd7! 18.Bh4 g5 19.Nf6+ xabcdefghy
Kd8 20.Bg3 Bg7 21.Nh5 Rg8 with the idea
Rc8,Kd8-c7-b8!] 18.Bb5+? [It would have 26...Nc6 [26...Rc4! with view to "c" file or
been better po play simply 18.Nxf8! Kxf8 the fourth rank] 27.Rd1 Bc5 28.g3! Black
19.Qxd4±] 18...Bd7 19.Nf6+? New over- pawn is centre advance like a steamrol-
look [19.Bxd7+! Qxd7 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 ler!White must blocked them 28...b5
21.Qxd4 Qb5 22.Qd1 Rc8 23.c3 Nc6 29.Kg2 d4 30.f4! The situation becomes
24.f3=] 19...gxf6 20.exf6 Qxf6? [A "must" unclear.Black is only slightly worse off
20...h5!! Diagram 30...gxf4 31.gxf4 f6 32.Be1! Kd6 33.Bh4
Rf8 34.Rde1 Nd8 The last critical position
[34...Kd5 Diagram

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XABCDEFGHY mous position of a Queen Gambit, that

8-+-+-tr-+(
7zp-+-+-+-'
6-+n+pzp-+&
5+pvlk+-+-%
4-+-zp-zP-vL$
3+-+-+-+-#
2PzP-+R+KzP"
1+-+-tR-+-!
xabcdefghy
The last chance 35.Rxe6! Bb4! 36.Rxc6!
(36.R1e2 d3–+) 36...Bxe1 37.Rxf6 Rxf6
38.Bxf6 Ke4 39.Bg5! d3 40.Kf1= Bd2
41.Kf2 Be3+ 42.Ke1 Kf3 43.h4 Kg4
44.Kd1 Kh5 45.Ke1 Kg4 draw] 35.Bg3
The game ended as follows 35...Kd5
36.h4 Bd6 37.h5 Rh8 38.Bh4 Be7 39.Rh1
Rxh5 After 40.Bf6! Rh1 41.Be7 Rh8 Jones
almost suffered a death blow in bishop
vs.knight ending 42.Re5! Kc4 43.b3 Kc3
44.Kf3! d3 45.Rc5! Kd2 46.Rc7 Kd1
47.Rd7 d2 48.Bd8 Rc2 49.Rc7= ½–½
(09) Navarra,D (2656) - Godena,M
(2535) [D45]
50th It Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 06.01.2008
[Khusnutdinov,Rustam]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Qd3 This is
rare enough move on Top GM level. But in
this game it is just an transposition.
4...Nf6 5.Nf3 And we came to the famous
position, that were on the board many
times befor. In our days this is not the
most popular line, but in different times
that position were played by R.Vaganian,
O. Romanishin, Bu Xiangzhi, A.Grischuk.
In Navarra's games this variation happens
not for the first time, so we can say that hetary move. [Other way is 6.g3 this move is
is the one of the main expert nowa-
days.The idea of such early development
of the Queen is to defend c4-pawn and
take control over important square
"e4".But it has also some defects - Queen
often goes by strikes of black pieces
5...Nbd7 One of the main lines. [Also was 6...Bd6 7.Bg2 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Qxc4 e5
5...dxc4 6.Qxc4 and again, with transpo- 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6
sition of the moves we came to the fa- 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd4²)
can be happened from many diffident
variants 6...b5 7.Qd3 (7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5)
7...Bb7 (7...Nbd7 8.e4 (8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2
a6 10.Bg5 c5=) 8...a6 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxd5
cxd5 11.Be2 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Bf4 a5
14.Bd1 Ba6 15.Bc2 g6 16.Rfc1 b4 17.Qe3
Re8 18.Bg5 f6 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.h4 Qe7
21.Ba4 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Red8 23.Bxd7 Rxd7
24.Ne5 Rd6 25.Rc5 a4 26.Rac1 Qf8
27.Rc7 Re8 28.Ng4 Re7 29.Qe5 1–0
Grischuk,A (2726)-Papin,V
(2415)/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 668) 8.a3 a6 9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5
11.Qxd8+ Kxd8= Karpov,A (2775) - Kas-
parov,G (2785)/Las-Palmas 1996; 5...Be7
6.e4N (6.g3 dxc4 (6...b6 7.b3 Ba6 8.a4
Nbd7 9.Bg2 0–0 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Rd1 Bb4
12.Bb2 Qe7= 0–1 Romanishin,O (2570)-
Qi Jingxuan (2440)/Taxco 1985/IZT (35))
7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qb3 Bb7 9.Bg2 a6 10.0–0 c5
11.dxc5 Nbd7 12.Be3 Nxc5 13.Bxc5 Bxc5
14.Nxb5 Bd5 15.Qc2 Bxf2+ 16.Rxf2 axb5
17.Qc5 1–0 Vaganian,R (2570)-
Lechtynsky,J (2415)/Tallinn 1979/MCD
(35)) 6...dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qd3 b4 9.Na4
0–0 10.Qc2 Qa5 11.b3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6
13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5
16.exd5 Bxg5 17.h4 Bh6 18.g4 Qb5 19.g5
Qxd5 20.0–0 Qf3 21.Qc4 f5 22.Rae1 f4
23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Kh2 Qh5 25.gxh6 Rf5
26.hxg7+ Kxg7 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Qe7 Rf7
29.Qg5 Qf3 30.e6 Qxf2+ 31.Rg2 1–0
Navara,D (2720)-Korneev,O (2565)/
Montpellier FRA 2007/The Week in Chess
656; 5...b6 6.e4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Ba6 8.Qb3
Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Be7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Kg2 0–0
12.Re1 Re8= Alburt,L-Sveshnikov,E/URS/
1977/ Inf 25/606/] 6.e4 David's proprie-
proprietary for other classic of this varia-
tion, Ukrainian GM Oleg Romanishin.
6...dxc4 (6...b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0–0 Be7
9.Rd1 0–0 10.Bf4² 1–0 Grischuk,A
(2726)-Malakhov,V (2676)/Moscow RUS
2007/The Week in Chess 668 (34);

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7.Qxc4 Bd6 8.Bg2 0–0 9.0–0 e5 10.Rd1]
6...dxe4 [Worse looks 6...Bb4 because of
catching of space advantage 7.e5 Ne4
8.Be2 Nb6?! (8...f5!?) 9.Qc2 (9.cxd5!?
exd5 (9...Nxd5? 10.Qxe4 Nxc3 11.bxc3
Bxc3+ 12.Bd2 Bxa1 13.0–0 Bb2 14.Bb4±;
9...cxd5? 10.Qb5++-; 9...Qxd5 10.0–0
Nxc3 11.bxc3±) 10.0–0 Bf5 11.Qe3²)
9...Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.c5 (11.cxd5!?
exd5 (11...cxd5?! 12.0–0²; 11...Nxd5
12.0–0 c5 13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Qe4 Bc6
15.Qg4²) 12.h3 Be6 13.0–0 Qd7²)
11...Nd7 12.c4² spaces defect take dis-
comfort to Black, and the only way to get
rid from it is to make weaknesses.] 7.Nxe4
Nxe4 [7...c5 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.Bd2 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nb3 Qxd3 12.Bxd3 Be7²
1–0 Meister,Y (2415)-Belikov,V
(2375)/Kuibyshev 1990/CBM 021 (59)]
8.Qxe4 Bb4+ To smooth over some
Whites' space advantage(4 lines for ma-
neuvers versus 3) black tries to exchange
some piece to escape crush 9.Bd2 Bxd2+
10.Nxd2
XABCDEFGHY
8r+lwqk+-tr(
7zpp+n+pzpp'
6-+p+p+-+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+PzPQ+-+$
3+-+-+-+-#
2PzP-sN-zPPzP"
1tR-+-mKL+R!
xabcdefghy
10...c5 That move is used to avoid varia-
tion with 0–0–0, especially as this position
already happended in David's game with
Akopian in Ordix-open [10...0–0 11.0–0–
0 c5 12.Nf3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qe7 14.Bd3
Nc5 15.Bc2 b6 16.b4 Nb7 17.Qh4 Qxh4
18.Nxh4 1–0 Navara,D (2656)-Akopian,V
(2708)/Mainz GER 2007/The Week in
Chess 667 (54)] 11.dxc5 [Now Black can't
play 11.0–0–0 because of 11...Nf6]
11...Qa5 12.a3 Qxc5 [Worse was
12...Nxc5 because of 13.Qe3 Qc7 14.b4
22
Nd7 15.Ne4! and White takes control over
important squares d6 and f6, at the same
time blocks the best way of Black piece
development 15...b6 16.Rd1 0–0 17.Qg3
Qe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Nd6 Bd7 20.Be2
Ba4 21.Rd2 Rfd8 22.f4 Ng6 23.Bf3 Rab8
24.g3² ½–½ Benjamin,J (2576)-
Christiansen,L (2575)/ICC INT 2007/The
Week in Chess 676 (47)] 13.Bd3 [It was
too early for 13.b4 because White's pawn
can be attacked immidiately 13...Qe7
14.Bd3 a5 15.Rb1 axb4 16.axb4 Nf6
17.Qe3 0–0= 0–1 Kasimdzhanov,R
(2690)-Nakamura,H (2648)/Bastia FRA
2007/The Week in Chess 678 (41)]
13...Nf6 14.Qe2 0–0 The strongest, I think
[14...b6 Makes an object, which White
can attack by c-pawn in future 15.b4 Qc7
16.0–0 Bb7 17.Rac1 0–0 18.c5 bxc5
19.Rxc5² ½–½ Sokolov,I (2620)-
Thorhallsson,T (2495)/Elista 1998/CBM
066 ext (46)] 15.0–0 The opening is over.
White have a good position, but Black
have no weaknesses, so they can rely on
equal 15...Rd8 16.b4 Qc7 [16...Qd4 is bad
17.Nf3 Qxd3?? 18.Rad1+-; If Black will try
to change Queens 16...Qh5 White will
have strong move 17.Ne4! Qxe2 18.Nxf6+
gxf6 19.Bxe2² because of potential
weakness on h7 white have some advan-
tage] 17.Rac1
XABCDEFGHY
8r+ltr-+k+(
7zppwq-+pzpp'
6-+-+psn-+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4-zPP+-+-+$
3zP-+L+-+-#
2-+-sNQzPPzP"
1+-tR-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
17...Bd7! keeps b-pawn on a basic place
18.c5 Bc6= 19.Nf3 [deserved of attention
19.Nc4!? with the view of catching d6-
square 19...Rd5 (19...Nd5 20.Qe4 Nf6
21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Nxe5 Ba4=) 20.Nd6 Rd8
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(20...Ne8 21.b5 Bd7 22.Ne4²; 20...b6 transposition of the moves we come to

21.Ne4 bxc5 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Be4 Re5 well-known variation, that was introduced
24.Rxc5²) ] 19...Rd5?! Maneuver in Lask- into practice by GM Sergey Makarichev.
ers style is not good. Black should take on
this square their knight [¹19...Nd5!?
20.Bc4 (20.Qe5? Qxe5 21.Nxe5 Nf4µ)
20...Nf4 21.Qe3 Rac8=] 20.Bc4 Rh5 It
was not late to return.... 21.g3 a5 Sud-
denly black has problems with good
moves. Computer says, that position is
equal, but black have more problem with
finding a good plan 22.Nd4 Bd5 [Better
was 22...Re5!? 23.Qb2 axb4 24.axb4
h5„ trying to make a counterplay]
23.Nb5² Qc6 24.Nd6 axb4?! [Black
should trade bishops here 24...Bxc4
25.Qxc4 and bring a rook back to life
25...Rd5 26.Rfd1 axb4 27.axb4 h6 , and
white will work hard to prove his small ad-
vantage] 25.Bb5! Qc7™ [25...Bf3??
26.Bxc6 Bxe2 27.Bxb7+-] 26.axb4 b6?? A
mistake. Black misses white's neat tacti-
cal idea!
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+-+k+(
7+-wq-+pzpp'
6-zp-sNpsn-+&
5+LzPl+-+r%
4-zP-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-zP-#
2-+-+QzP-zP"
1+-tR-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
[26...g6 27.Ra1²] 27.Ne8! Qe5 [27...Rxe8
28.Bxe8 g6 29.Ba4 White must win]
28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Nc7 Rb8 30.Na6 Ra8
31.cxb6+- Bg2?? Experienced Grandmas-
ter has being losing his own piece, but his
position already was hopeless 32.Kxg2
1–0
(10) Harikrishna,P (2668) - Landa,K
(2678) [C54]
50th It Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 06.01.2008
[Khusnutdinov,Rustam] Dizdar,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Zenica (01)
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 With 1989 (42)) 20...b6 21.Rc1 Rd6 22.Kf1=
White prefer to increase center, develop
pieces at first, and then in comfortable
moment make d3-d4 promotion. 4...Bc5
Goes to Italian. Other popular lines are
[4...Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Re1 (8.h3!? a5 9.a3 a4 10.Ba2 Kh8
11.Re1 f6 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ndb4
14.axb4 Qxd4 15.c3 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bf5
17.Na3 Ne5 18.Nb5 c5 19.bxc5 Bxc5
20.Nd4= ½–½ Kramnik,V (2715)-
Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM
047 ext (41)) 8...Bg4 (8...Bf6 Hansen,Cu
9.Nbd2 (9.h3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Nc4
Nxc4 12.dxc4 e4 13.Qxd5 exf3= Groene-
gress,W-Seegers,H/BL 8384 Muenster-
Enger [7] 1983/0–1 (58)) 9...Bg4 10.h3
Bh5 11.Ne4 Nf4 12.Ng3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Rb8
(13...Ng6 14.Ba4 Qd7 15.Bd2 Be7
16.Bc3 f6 17.Nf5 Rfd8 18.Qg4 Bf8 19.Re4
Rab8 20.Bb3+ Kh8 21.Qxg6 1–0 De-
graeve,J.M-Slobodjan,R/Montpellier
1993) 14.Qe4 Ng6 15.c3 Bg5 16.Nf5±
Beliavsky,A-Agzamov,G/URS 31/(376)
1981) 9.h3 (9.Nbd2 Hansen,Cu 9...f6
10.h3 Bh5 11.c3 Kh8 12.Ne4 Qd7= Pi-
kula,D-Petronijevic,Z/YUG-chT (Cetinje)
1993 (42)) 9...Bh5 (9...Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd4
(10...Nb6 11.Nc3 Bg5 12.Be3 Bxe3
13.Rxe3 Kh8= Armas,I-Garcia Pal-
ermo,C/BL 8990 Koblenz-Delmenhorst
[1] 1990 (36)) 11.Qxd5 (11.Qd1 Bc5
(11...Nxb3 12.axb3 f6 (12...Bf6) 13.Nc3
Nb4 14.Be3 f5 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Nb5 Bf6
17.Be3 Qd7 18.Na3= Kosten,A-
Dreev,A/Reykjavik Summit 1990/½–½
(48)) 12.Nc3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Bd4 14.Bd2
c6 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.bxc3
Qc7 18.c4 ½–½ Gipslis,A-Van Riems-
dijk,H/Groningen op (08) 1990) 11...Qxd5
12.Bxd5 Nxc2 13.Bd2 Nxa1 14.Rc1 Han-
sen,Cu 14...Rad8 15.Nc3 c6 16.Bf3 Rxd3
17.Be3 Bb4 18.Be2 Rd7 19.Rxa1 Ba5
20.Na4 (20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 Rd8
22.Bc2 Bb6 23.Nb1 Bxe3 24.fxe3 g6³

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Fossan,E-Emms,J/Gausdal Troll (05) 19.Rf2 a5 20.bxa5 Nxa5 21.Nh4 g6

1992/½–½ (63)) 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Raf1 Nb3 23.Qc2 Ra1 24.Nf3 Rxf1+
12.Rxe5 c6© It looks like Marshall attack 25.Nxf1 Nc5 26.N3d2 b5 27.Kh2 ½–½
in Rui Lopez . Black has enough compen- Movsesian,S (2647)-Topalov,V (2737)/
sation for a pawn; 4...h6 with idea to de- Tripoli 2004/CBM 102] 7...0–0 8.Bg5
velop bishop on g7 5.0–0 d6 (5...g6 is [8.Nbd2 Ba7 9.h3 (9.Nc4) ; 8.h3 h6 9.Re1
also possible. There are no enough Ba7 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 Nf4
games with this variation, so there is a lot 13.Kh2 Be6 14.d4 Bxb3 15.axb3 Ng6
of space for "creative" 6.c3 Bg7 7.d4 Qe7 16.Ng3 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Nf5 Qf6
8.Re1 0–0 9.Bb5! d6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 19.dxe5 Qxe5+ 20.f4 Qf6 21.Bxa7 Rxa7
11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qa4 Qe6 13.Be3 a5 22.Qg4 Raa8 23.Ne3 Ne7 24.Qf3 Qg6
14.Nbd2 Nd7 15.Qb3 Re8 16.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Ra5 f6 26.b4 Rae8 27.b5 axb5
17.a4² white has stable advantage in 28.Rxb5 b6 29.c4 Kh7 30.Nd5 Nxd5
endgame½–½ Tiviakov,S (2520)- 31.cxd5 Re7 32.Rb3 Ra8 33.Rbe3 Ra4
Sorokin,M (2500)/Kherson 1991/CBM 34.Qe2 Rd4 35.b3 ½–½ Kramnik,V
021 ext (56)) ] 5.c3 White ensures bish- (2777)-Radjabov,T (2656)/Linares 2004/
ops maneuver c4-b3-c2 in same time CBM 100/; 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Ne7
takes control over d4 and b4 squares for (9...Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 b5 12.a4
pawn promotion 5...a6 helpful move, simi- Na5 13.Qa2 c5 14.h3 b4 15.Rf2 Rb8 ½–½
lar white's c2-c3 move 6.Bb3 d6 7.0–0 Yu Shaoteng (2516)-Harikrishna,P
The main line (2673)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111)
10.Nbd2 Ng6 11.Qe1 c6 12.Nh4 a5
XABCDEFGHY 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.a4 d5 15.exd5 cxd5
8r+lwqk+-tr( 16.Nf3 Qb6 17.Ba2 Re8= ½–½ Tiviakov,S
7+pzp-+pzpp' (2631)-Morozevich,A (2707)/Bled 2002/
6p+nzp-sn-+& EXT 2003 (55)] 8...h6 [8...Ba7 9.Nbd2
Ne7 (9...Kh8 10.Nc4 Ne7 11.Ne3 Ng4
5+-vl-zp-+-% 12.h3 Nxe3 13.Bxe3 Ng6 14.d4 Qe7
4-+-+P+-+$ 15.Re1 f6 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Nf1 Qf7
3+LzPP+N+-# 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Ng3 Ne7 20.Qc2 Kg8=
2PzP-+-zPPzP" ½–½ Tiviakov,S (2700) - Korneev, O
1tRNvLQ+RmK-! (2601)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111
xabcdefghy (43); 9...h6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Nh4 Bg4
12.Qe1 g5 13.Nhf3 Ng6 14.d4 Qe7
[Other way was knight's maneuver 7.Nbd2 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.Qe3 Raa8
0–0 8.h3 Ba7 9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 (10.exd5 18.Nc4 a5 19.a4 Ra6 20.Ne1 Nf4 21.f3
Nxd5 11.Ng3 f6 12.0–0 Be6 13.Re1 Qd7 Be6 22.g3 Ng6 23.Nd3 Rd8 24.Rad1 ½–½
14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 Bf7= ½–½ Movse- Efimenko,Z (2643)-Pavlovic,M
sian,S (2667)-Akopian,V (2708)/Carlsbad (2471)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT 2006)
CZE 2007/The Week in Chess 670 (60)) 10.Nc4 Ng6 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
10...Be6! 11.Bg5 (11.Ng3 dxe4 12.dxe4 13.Qxg4 Qxh4 14.Qxh4 Nxh4= ½–½
Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne8 14.Nf5 Nd6 15.0–0 Nunn,J (2565)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hamburg
Qf6 16.Bg5 Qe6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qc4 1982/MCD (41)] 9.Be3 The novelty on the
Rfe8 19.Rfd1 Qe6 20.Qxe6 Rxe6 21.Rd7 high level. Earlier white developed bishop
f6 22.Bd2 Re7 23.Rxe7 ½–½ Tiviakov,S on e3 without Bg5. [the main move is
(2669)-Leko,P (2740)/Wijk aan Zee 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 (10.Nxg5!? hxg5
2006/CBM 111) 11...dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxb3 11.Bxg5 Kh7 12.Qf3 Kg6 13.Bh4 Rg8ч)
13.axb3 Qd6 14.Ng3 Qe6 15.b4 Ne8 10...Bg4 (10...Ba7 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Kh1
16.0–0 f6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Nd6 Bh5 13.Qe1 Kg7 14.Bd1 Bg6 15.Nc4 Re8

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16.Bc2 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.a4 Nh5 18.Rf2² White saves some advantage,
19.b4 d5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.b5 e4 22.Ne3 'cause bishop on a7 is off as be-
Bxe3 23.fxe3 Nxg3+ 24.hxg3 exf3 fore.(18.Ng5+ hxg5 19.hxg5 d5 20.Qh3+
25.bxc6 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 fxg2+ 27.Kh2 Kg8 21.Qe6+=) ] 14.exd4 c5 Landa con-
gxf1N+ 28.Rxf1 Qxc6 29.Qe5+ Kg8 tinues to "clear the road" for bishop
30.Rf2 Re8 0–1 Chandler,M (2485)- [14...d5 15.Kh1 c5] 15.Kh1 cxd4?!
Karpov,A (2710)/Bath 1983/MCD) [15...d5! is more perspective - blocks
11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Kh1 Ng7 13.h3 Bh5 bishop on b3 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.exd5 Nf5
14.Bh2 Kh8 15.Nc4 Qf6 16.g4 Bg6 (17...Nxd5? 18.Ne4) 18.Ne4 Ne3 19.Qd3
17.Ne3 Ne6 18.Nf5 Ba7 19.Qe2 Rae8 (19.Qe1 Ba7) 19...Nxf1 20.Rxf1©]
20.Rae1 Bh7 21.Nd2 Ne7 22.Qf3 h5 16.Nxd4! 2 white pieces have already at-
23.Nc4 Nf4 24.Bc2 Neg6 25.Nce3 h4 tacked f7-square... [16.cxd4 d5=] 16...d5
26.Ng2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qd8 28.Bb3 f6 17.N2f3 dxe4? Black obvious underesti-
29.Kh1 Ne7 30.Nh6 Kg7 31.Nf5+ Nxf5 mate white's pressure on f7. It was neces-
32.gxf5 Bg8 33.Qh5 Bf7 34.Bxf7 Rxf7 sary to take control over e5-square
35.Rd1 c5 36.c4 Kf8 ½–½ Shanava,K [17...Qd6 18.Qe2 Be6 19.Rae1²;
(2532)-Sargissian,G (2651)/Dresden GER 17...Bb8!? 18.Qd3 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Qd6
2007] 9...Ng4!? Very interesting move. 20.Rad1²] 18.Ne5± Be6 [18...Kh7
Black exchange advantage for strength- 19.Nxf7 Qa5 20.Qe2+-] 19.Nxe6 Qxd1
ening white's center and giving half-open
line "f" [other way was 9...Bxe3 - see XABCDEFGHY
8.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nbd2 Ng6 8r+-+-trk+(
12.Qe1 c6] 10.d4 [10.Bxc5 with pawn on 7vlp+-snpzp-'
c3 this exchange is not good, because 6p+-+N+-zp&
d3-pawn became week. 10...dxc5]
10...Ba7 11.Nbd2
5+-+-sN-+-%
4-+-+p+-+$
XABCDEFGHY 3+LzP-+-+P#
8r+lwq-trk+( 2PzP-+-+P+"
7vlpzp-+pzp-' 1tR-+q+R+K!
6p+nzp-+-zp& xabcdefghy
5+-+-zp-+-%
20.Nxf8!! Nice and strong shot! [worse
4-+-zPP+n+$ was 20.Raxd1 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh7 22.Nf7ƒ
3+LzP-vLN+-# but white saving the iniciative too (22.Rxf8
2PzP-sN-zPPzP" Rxf8 23.Rd7?? Rf1+ 24.Kh2 Bb8!) ]
1tR-+Q+RmK-! 20...Qxb3 [20...Qxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf8
xabcdefghy (21...Kxf8 22.Rxf7+ Ke8 23.Rxg7+-)
22.Nxf7 Rb8 23.Nd6+ Kh8 24.Nxe4 White
11...Ne7 One's again standard maneuver
has extra pawn+initiaciative] 21.axb3 Rxf8
for this variation [But It is interesting to try
22.g4 Harikrishna tries to prevent conec-
11...Na5!? with idea to take away pres-
tion of black pawns. [The other way was
sure from f7-pawn 12.Bc2 c5= Black's 22.Rad1!? e3 23.Rd7 e2 24.Re1 Nf5
position is not worse] 12.h3 Forces ex-
25.g4™ Bf2 26.Rxe2 Ng3+ 27.Kg2 Nxe2
change 12...Nxe3 13.fxe3 exd4 Black tries
28.Kxf2 b5 29.Kxe2 Re8 30.Rd5 f6
to open position to show the power [В
31.Ke3 fxe5 32.Rd6 and because of their
случае 13...Ng6 14.Qe1 Kh7 15.Qg3 f5 very active pieces, white must win]
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.h4!? Bd3 (17...e4? 22...Nd5 23.Rae1 Re8 24.Rf5 g6?
18.Ng5+! hxg5 19.Rxf5! Rxf5 20.Qg4±) [24...Ne3?? 25.Rxf7 Rxe5 26.Rxb7+-; the

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only way was 24...Ne7 25.Rf4 e3© with 10...Nxd2! 11.Kxd2™ (11.Bxd2 Nxd4;
some compensation] 25.Nxg6! Ne3?! 11.Nxd2 Nxd4; 11.Qxd2 Ba5) 11...Bg4
[¹25...Nxc3 but after 26.Nf4 Nb5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f6ƒ 0–
27.Nh5+- White has wining position] 1 Sveshnikov,E (2545)-Morovic Fernan-
26.Re5+- Russian GM probably missed dez,I (2470)/Rio de Janeiro 1985/EXT
this move 26...Rd8 27.Nf4 Nd1 28.Rd5 1999 (41); 9.h3!? Bd7 10.Bd3?! (10.a4!?;
Nf2+ 29.Kg2 1–0 10.Be2!?) 10...Nb4! 11.Be2?! (11.0–0=)
11...c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6³ 0–1
(11) Ni Hua (2641) - Marin,Mi (2551) Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)-Eljanov,P
[C54] (2675)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007/The Week
50th It Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 06.01.2008 in Chess 638 (29)] 9...0–0 10.Be3
[Khusnutdinov,Rustam] [10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf6 Qxf6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 13.Nxe4? dxe4 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Nxe4
5.d4 [5.d3 is more popular] 5...exd4 6.e5 Ba5+ 16.Nc3 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Qg6
This variant often used by Poland GM B. 18.Rb1?! Bd3 19.Rb7 Bc2 20.Qe2 Rab8
Macieja. Nowadays there are no advan- 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Rxb8 Rxb8–+ 23.Ke2
tage for white. [6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Rb2 24.Qc5 Bb3+ 25.Kf3 Bd5+ 26.Kf4
(7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0–0 Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 Qe4+ 27.Kg3 Qxg2+ 28.Kh4 Qxh1 0–1
10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 0–0 12.Qxe4 Nd6 Macieja, B (2653) - Veskovi, G (2633)/
13.Qd3 b6 14.Ba3 Qf6 15.Qd4 Qxd4 Bermuda 2004/CBM 098] 10...Bg4
16.Nxd4 Bb7³ 0–1 Comp Fritz 6-Anand,V [10...Ne7 11.0–0 (11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3
(2781)/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 072 (45)) Bf5 13.0–0 Qd7 14.Nh4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 f5
7...Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bg5 Ng6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.a4 c6 19.e6
10.Qb3 Nce7 11.0–0 0–0=] 6...d5 This Qxe6 20.Rfe1 Qc8 21.a5© ½–½ Moro-
and some next move are forced 7.Bb5 zevich,A (2595)-Malaniuk,V (2610)/ Kras-
Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 the first deviation [Much nodar 1997/EXT 2000) 11...c6 12.Bd3
more popular is 8...Bb4+ 9.Bd2 (9.Nbd2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3
0–0 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Bg4 12.Bxc6 Qd7 16.f4² ½–½ Macieja,B (2633)-
bxc6 13.Rc1 f6 14.Bb4 Re8³ 0–1 Asa- Aronian,L (2645)/ Antalya 2004/CBM 101
nov,B (2200)-Vladimirov,E (2550)/Alma- (44)] 11.Qc2!? Ni Hua's patent. White's
Ata 1989/EXT 1997 (30)) 9...Nxd2 idea is to crush knight on e4.exchange
10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nbxd2 c5 12.a3 Bxd2+ own bishop on c6 and play against off-
13.Qxd2 c4 (13...Bg4 14.dxc5 Bxf3 bishop on b6 [11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4
15.gxf3 0–0© 1–0 Macieja,B (2635)- (12.h3 Be6; 12.0–0) 12...c5 (12...Bd7
Aleksandrov,A (2664)/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 13.Qa3 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.0–0–0 Bg4
098 (61)) 14.0–0 Rb8 15.Rfe1 0–0 16.Qa6 Qd6 17.a4 Rab8 18.Rd2 Bc8
16.Qc2 g6 17.Nd2 Qg5 18.Re3 Qg4 19.Qd3 Ba5 20.Rc2 Ng4 21.Re2 Bf5
19.Qc3 c5 20.Nf3 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rb6= ½– 22.Qd2 Rb3 23.Bf4 Qb4 24.Rhe1 Qc4 0–1
½ Sveshnikov,E (2508)-Stefansson,H Mannion,S (2331)-Mikhalevski,V
(2549)/Liepaya 2004/CBM 103 (25)] (2572)/Port Erin 2005/CBM 108 ext)
9.Nc3 the struggle goes near bishop on 13.dxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.Bxc5 Bxc5
b6 - either it will be paralyse white's foces 16.0–0–0 Bxf2 17.Nxd5 Qh4 18.Qxh4
against defense of d4-pawn, or will be Bxh4= ½–½ Macieja,B (2592) - Gra-
turned off for a long time. That's why pri- barczyk, M (2484)/ Warsaw 2005/CBM
mary task for white is to strengthen that 110 ext (52)] 11...Bxf3?! In my opinion,
pawn. In that reason exchange on c3 al- the first mistake. It is not right to open
most always is bad for black. [Somewhat lines on the King's side, because many
weaker is another way to develop queen- black's pieces are sticked on the queen's
side 9.Be3 0–0 10.Nbd2?! in view of side and they can't help their own king in

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few time. [More solid is 11...Bf5 12.Qb3 Rxa4 21.Rh3 h6 22.Bxh6+-) 20.f4 f5
Ne7 13.Be2 c6 14.0–0 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 21.Qf3ƒ] 17.Qh5
16.Ne5 Ng6 17.Na4 Nxe5 18.Nxb6 axb6
19.dxe5 Rg6„ ½–½ Ni Hua (2641)-
Navara,D (2656)/Reggio Emilia ITA
2007/The Week in Chess 686 (44)]
12.gxf3 Ng5 black tries to use some expo-
sure of white's pawns. But white's argu-
ment( space advantage, open "g" line)
looks stronger.
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-wq-trk+(
7zppzp-+pzpp'
6-vln+-+-+&
5+L+pzP-sn-%
4-+-zP-+-+$
3+-sN-vLP+-#
2PzPQ+-zP-zP"
1tR-+-mK-+R!
xabcdefghy
13.Bxc6? Not clear perform of the right
idea. It was necessary to castle at first.
[the better was 13.0–0–0! Nxf3 14.Bxc6
bxc6 15.Qe2 and with transposition we
came to position on the game] 13...bxc6?
Black didn't use his chance! [13...Nxf3+!
14.Ke2 Nxd4+ 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Bxb7
(16.Bxd5 Bxc3 17.Rad1 Bxe5 18.Bxf7+
Rxf7 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8©) 16...Rb8 17.Bc6
Qh4‚ the struggle are going to all 3 re-
sults] 14.0–0–0 Nxf3 else black will suffer
for "free" 15.Qe2 Nh4 [15...Ng5 16.f4 Ne4
17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.f5‚ - Black is hard to
make a counter-play on the Queen's side,
while whtie's initiative is delevoped with-
out any obstacles] 16.Rhg1 f6! the best
chance [16...Qd7 17.Qh5 Nf5 18.Bh6
Nxh6 19.Qxh6 (19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qg5+
Kh8=) 19...f6 (19...g6 20.Rd3±) 20.e6
Qe7 21.Ne2ƒ; 16...Ng6!? 17.Rg3 (17.Qh5
Qh4) 17...Ba5 18.Na4 (18.Qh5 Bxc3
19.bxc3 Qe7„) 18...Rb8 19.Rdg1
(19.Qh5 Qh4) 19...Qh4 (19...Rb4 20.Qh5
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XABCDEFGHY
8r+-wq-trk+(
7zp-zp-+-zpp'
6-vlp+-zp-+&
5+-+pzP-+Q%
4-+-zP-+-sn$
3+-sN-vL-+-#
2PzP-+-zP-zP"
1+-mKR+-tR-!
xabcdefghy
17...Ng6? Passive defense is doomed for
misfortune [it was necessary radically
change the way of the struggle 17...fxe5!?
18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Qxh4 Bxd4 but after
20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4 I prefer white's
position] 18.Rg3± fxe5 19.Rh3 Qf6?
[19...Kf7™ 20.Rg1 Rh8 21.Qf5+ Qf6
22.Qd7+ Qe7 23.Rf3+ Kg8 24.Qxc6±]
20.Rg1!‚ White's attack is irresistible
20...exd4 21.Qxh7+ Kf7 22.Rxg6 Qxg6
23.Rf3+ Qf6 24.Rxf6+ Kxf6 25.Qh4+ Ke5
26.Qe7+ Kf5 27.Qd7+ Kg6 28.Bxd4+-
White has material and position advantage
plus attack on the black king. Is this stage
Chinese GM was exact 28...Bxd4 29.Qg4+
Kh7 30.Qxd4 Rf6 31.Nd1! Knight goes to
the King side 31...a6 32.Ne3 Re8 33.Ng4
Rfe6 34.Qd3+ Kh8 35.Qxa6 c5 36.Qd3 c4
37.Qh3+ [Other way was 37.Qxd5 ]
37...Kg8 38.Ne3 c6 39.Qg4 Rf6 40.Qd7
Re4 41.Nf5 Rf7 42.Qd8+ [42.Qd8+ Rf8
43.Qg5 Rf7 44.Nh6+] 1–0
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