[Event "USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, D."]
[Black "Shipman, WP."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. f3 h5 14. Qh4 Nc3+
15. Kf2 Bb5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qf6 Ne4+ 18. fxe4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "New York ch-US"]
[Site "New York ch-US"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qc7 13. h4 f5 14. g4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Ne7 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Ng1 Kf7 20. Nh3 Rac8 21.
Rhg1 b6 22. h5 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Nc6 24. hxg6+ Kg7 25. Rad1 Nxd4+ 26. Kf1 Rhe8 27.
Rg3 Nc6 28. Qh4 Nxe5 29. Nf4 Ng4 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. Bxf5 Qc4+ 32. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 $6 {I must make a horrible confession- I didn't know `theory' after
8...Kf8. ECO gives White a clear edge after 9.h4} (9. h4 $1) 9... c5 10. Bd3
Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 12... Qe7 $10 13. a3 (13. dxc5 $5 13... Qxc5 14. Nd4
14... Nd8 $1 {Bd7,Rc8}) (13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2 14... Qa3 $15) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1
b6 15. Qe3 15... Na5 $1 16. Ke1 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+ 17... bxc5 $15 18. Bb5
Ke7) 16... Rc8 (16... Ke8) (16... c4 17. Be2 17... Ke8 $15 {Ivanchuk co uld
have played c4 here and for the next few moves. Black keeps a slight edge
without any danger of losing. In view of the match situation he understanably
did not want to close the queenside but this backfires}) 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Kg1
Kd8 19. h3 Kc7 (19... c4 20. Be2 20... Kc7 $15) 20. Ba6 Rb8 21. dxc5 21... Qxc5
$2 {This is the real error. After this it seems that white is better} (21...
bxc5 $1 22. c4 $1 22... Rb6 (22... d4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bb5 $14) 23. cxd5 exd5
24. Bf1 24... Rhb8 $13) 22. Nd4 $14 22... Nc4 23. Qf4 Rhf8 (23... Rbf8 {Kb8}
24. a4 $14) 24. Rb4 $1 24... b5 (24... g5 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Qe3 26... Ne4 $2 27.
c4) 25. Rab1 Rb6 (25... Nxa3 26. R1b3) (25... g5 26. Qg3 26... Nd2 $2 27. Qe3
$1) 26. Nxb5+ $6 (26. Bxb5 $1 26... a5 (26... Nxa3 27. Qe3 $1 27... Qe7 28. Ra1
) 27. R4b3 (27. Bxd7 axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Bb5 $44) 27... Nxa3 28. Qe3 Qe7 29.
Bxd7 Nxb1 30. Nxe6+ $1 $18) 26... Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa3 28. Rxb6 28... Nxb6 $14
29. Qd4 Rb8 30. Bb5 $1 (30. Bd3 30... Nd7 $14) 30... Rb7 31. Rb3 Qe7 32. Ba6
Rb8 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4 $16 34... Rd8 35. Qe4 Kb8 36. Be2 $1 36... Qc7 37. Bf3
(37. Bf3 Kc8 38. g3 $16 (38. Rc3 $2 38... Rd1+ $1 39. Bxd1 39... Qxc3 $10)) (
37. c4 $1 37... Qc5 $140 (37... Rd7 38. Rb5 $16) 38. Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14.
Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 18... Qc4 $13 {
Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. f4
Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 18... Nb7 $13 {
Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4
14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 16... g6 $15 {
Hulters,J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938}) 12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15.
Nxc3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18. Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971
}) 11... c4 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Rg3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16.
Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2 $14 {Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 12.
Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Rg8 14. Qf4 (14. Rf3 14... Ne7 $5 15. Qf4 Nf5 (15... Qe8 $6 16.
Nh3 Bd7 17. h5 $36) 16. g4 16... g5 $1 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qh2 Nh4 19. Rh3 Bd7
20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 21... Ke7 $132) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. Rf3
$5 16... f5 $5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. h5 18... Qd7 $5 (18... Qg5 $6 19. Qxg5 hxg5
20. Rg3 g4 21. f3 g6 22. hxg6 (22. h6 $5 $13) 22... Rxg6 23. Ne2 Ke7 24. Nf4
Rg7 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Rh1 $14) 19. Rh3 Ne7 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Nh4 $13) 16... f5
17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 18. Rg1 $5 18... Bxh5 19. gxh5 Qe8 20. Qf3 Rc8
21. Nf4 Rc6 22. Rhg3 Ra6 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Qf1 Qe8 (24... Rxa2 $2 25. Qb1 Ra6 26.
Qxb7 Rb6 27. Qxa7 $18) 25. R1g2 Kf7 26. Rg1 Rxa2 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rb1 Qc8 (28...
b6 $2 29. Rg6 $1 29... Qe8 (29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Qxd5+
$18) 30. Rxe6 Qa4 31. Rc1 $16) 29. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.10.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Bc6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qh6
Qxc3 15. Qxf6 Rhf8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rd6 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Rd3
Rc6 21. Nf3 Nd5 22. Rd2 Rc3 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Rc4 25. Re1 b6 26. f4 Rd8 27.
Kh3 Ne7 28. c3 Rd5 29. Ree2 Rh5+ 30. Kg4 Ra5 31. Nf6 Rxc3 32. Re5 Rca3 33. d5
Nxd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Rf5 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. h4 d4 38. Rxf7 d3 39. Rf5 Ra5
40. Rf8+ Kd7 41. Kf3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nge2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Ne4 (11. a3 11... Bd6 $10) 11... Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 12... Bd6 $1 13. Qd3 f5 14. Bf3 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc4+ Kh7 17.
Rad1 Qf6 18. Nd4 (18. c3 18... Be6 $15) 18... Bd7 19. c3 Rae8 20. Qa4 a6 21.
Nb3 Bc8 22. Qb4 Re7 23. Na5 23... g5 $1 24. g3 (24. Bxc6 $2 24... bxc6 25. Nxc6
25... Rb7 $19) 24... g4 25. Bg2 f4 26. Rfe1 26... c5 $1 27. Qc4 (27. Qxc5 27...
b6 $19) 27... Kg7 28. Nb3 b6 29. Kh1 h5 30. Nd2 f3 31. Bf1 h4 32. Re4 hxg3 33.
fxg3 (33. hxg3 Rh8+ 34. Kg1 34... Qg6 $19 (34... Qh6 35. Rxg4+ Bxg4 36. Qxg4+
Kf8 37. Qxf3+ 37... Rf7 $17)) 33... Kh8 34. Bd3 34... f2 $1 35. Rxg4 (35. Re2
Bb7+ 36. Be4 Rh7 37. Bxb7 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Qh3#) 35... Bxg4 36. Qxg4
Qh6 37. Nf1 Rg7 38. Qe4 Bxg3 39. Nxg3 Rxg3 40. Qe5+ (40. Rf1 Rxd3 41. Qxd3 Qc6+
) 40... Rg7 41. Rf1 Qh4 42. Be2 Qh3 (42... Qh3 43. Qh5+ Qxh5 44. Bxh5 44...
Rfg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor V"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nxe4 b6 9. Nf4 Bb7 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Ng3 h5 12. h4 e5 13. Nfxh5 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
exd4 15. O-O Nc6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Rae1 f5 18. Ng7 d3 19. N7xf5 Bc5+ 20. Kh2 dxc2
21. Ne4 Nd4 22. Nxc5 Nxf5 23. Nxb7 Rxh4+ 24. Kg1 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd1 26. Rxc2 Rxe1+
27. Kf2 Re4 28. Be2 Nd4 29. Bf3 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk-ch"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrukhin, Denis"]
[Black "Popov, Roman2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Ne2 b6 10. Nc1 Bb7 11. Nb3 Qa3 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Qe2 f5 16. c4 Rhg8 17. f3 Rg6 18. Rfb1 Rdg8 19. g3 Qd6 20. Qf2 c5 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Kg2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Rb3 h5 25. Rab1 h4 26. Nf1 Rg5 27. Qe1
hxg3 28. hxg3 Qf4 29. Be2 Qh4 30. Kf2 Rxg3 31. Nxg3 Rxg3 32. Kf1 f4 33. Bd1 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxf2 12. Bxf2 Qxf2 13. h4 gxh4 14. g3 Qf6
15. Nb5 Ba5 16. Rxh4 Bd7 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Bb6 19. c3 Rhg8 20. Bh3 Rde8 21.
Re1 Nd8 22. Na3 Rg5 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Nc2 c6 26. Ne1 Bc7 27. Nh5 Rxf3
28. Nxf3 Qf7 29. g4 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Qg3 Qg6+ 33. Ka1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Kramatorsk"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Maiorov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.07.29"]

1. e4 {Finkel} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 {
'!?' Finkel. Finkel: 'Very interesting continuation, which seems to be quite
promising for white.'} 6... g5 7. Bg3 7... Ne4 {A very old line, perhaps,
chronologically the very first attempt of white to refute the Mac-Cutcheon
variation.} 8. Nge2 8... c5 {A modern way to treat this variation is 8...f5!?}
9. a3 Bxc3+ (9... Ba5 {Finkel} 10. b4 (10. dxc5 Nxg3 (10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nxc5 15. f4 Bd7 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. O-O $36 {
Holaszek,H-Keller,D/Bad Aibling 1968}) 11. hxg3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 a6
14. f4 Nc6 15. Qa4 $16 {Schaaf,E-Steinweg/Cologne 1911}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3
cxb4 12. Nb5 bxa3+ (12... b3+ 13. c3 b2 14. Rb1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nd6+ Ke7
17. Rxb2 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Rb3 Nd8 21. h4 Bd7 22. hxg5 Ba4 23.
Rb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 h5 25. Bh4 Kd7 26. Bd3 Rg8 27. O-O Bb3 28. f4 a5 29. f5 axb4
30. Bb5+ Nc6 31. fxe6+ {1-0 Berezjuk,S-Adamowski,J/Warsaw 1999/EXT 2003 (31)})
13. c3 Bc7 14. h4 a6 15. Rxa3 Bd7 16. Nxc7+ Qxc7 17. hxg5 Nc6 18. gxh6 $16 {
Pillsbury,H-Reggio,A/Monte Carlo 1902}) 10. Nxc3 (10. bxc3 $6 {Finkel} 10...
Qa5 (10... h5 $6 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. Qd2 f5 14. g4 fxg4 15. Ng3 h4 16.
fxg4 $36 {Balla,Z-Lowcki,M/Bad Pistyan 1912/}) 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. f4
(13. Qxd4) 13... gxf4 14. gxf4 14... Nc6 $15 {John,W-Nilsson,A/Gothenburg 1920}
) 10... Nxc3 {The theory indicates - more subtle is} (10... Qa5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12.
dxc5 Bd7 13. O-O-O Nxc5 (13... Nxc3 {Finkel} 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. f3
(16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 g4 19. fxg4 Rxg4 20. Rh3 $14 {
Landa,K-Minasian,A/Linares 1999}) 16... Ke7 17. Bd3 a6 18. Kd2 Na5 19. Bf2 Nc4+
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb1 $14 {Bernstein,O-Swiderski,R/Coburg 1904}) (13... Nxc5
14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ke7 16. Nd6 b6 17. h4 f6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. b4 Na4 20. c4
$16 {Jackova,J-Peng,Z/Varna 2002}) 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 15... Ke7 {
with a slight advantage for white.} 16. Nd6 {Finkel} 16... b6 17. h4 f6 18.
exf6+ Kxf6 19. b4 Na4 20. c4 $16 {Jackova,J-Peng,Z/Varna 2002}) (10... cxd4 {
Finkel} 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. O-O-O $16 {
Narciso Dublan,M-Garcia Garrido,E/Lillet 1999}) 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... cxd4 {
Finkel} 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. c3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Be2 Rc8 16. h4 g4 17. O-O $16 {
Steiner,L-Lichtenstein,B/Vienna 1935}) 12. Qd2 Nc6 (12... cxd4 {Finkel} 13.
cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nc6 15. c3 Bd7 16. h4 Ke7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bd3 $16 {
Pillsbury,H-Marshall,F/Monte Carlo 1902}) 13. dxc5 {
'!?' Finkel. Finkel: 'White may not hurry with this move.'} (13. h4 {Finkel}
13... Rg8 (13... g4 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. h5 Bd7 16. Bh4 d4 17. Bf6 dxc3 18. Qe3
Nd4 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qxh6 Bc6 22. Qh7 Kf8 23. h6 {
1-0 Nikolsky,D-Ayupov,D/Toljatti 2000/EXT 2001 (23)}) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. dxc5
Qxc5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Na5 18. Rh5 O-O-O 19. Rb4 $14 {
Dvorak,T-Gunnarsson,J/Olomouc 2001}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 (14. c4 {Finkel} 14...
Qxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. O-O Qe7 18. f4 $14 {
Kostic,B-Donner,J/Beverwijk 1952}) 14... Qxc5 15. O-O {Such type of position
is always considered preferable for white in the French. Especially here,
where, due to weakening of the king side formation, white has a clear plan of
his offensive.} 15... Na5 (15... O-O-O {Finkel} 16. Rab1 Na5 17. Kh1 $36) 16.
Kh1 {'!' Finkel. Finkel: 'Preparing an advance of the f-pawn.'} 16... Bb5 {
In one of the games of great Pillsbury, who won by the way, as white, all the
games, played with this line, something like 17...Rc8 18.f4 Qc3 19.Qc3 Rc3 20.
Be1 happened, with a big advantage for white.} (16... b6 {Finkel} 17. f4 Nc4
18. Qe2) 17. Rab1 {Played in order to be able after Bd3 to be able to take
back with a pawn (otherwise Nb3).} 17... Nc4 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. f4 19... Nxa3 {
'?!' Finkel. Finkel: 'Risky decision, but I can fully understand black who
wants to get some material, since his position is very dangerous anyway.'} 20.
Ra1 20... Qxc3 {This greediness is a clear sign, that the black position is
incuperable. After a normal defending move 18...Qe7 19.Qh5 was highly
unpleasant.} (20... Nc4 {Finkel} 21. f5) 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qf6 $1 (
{After} 23. Bg6 {white had to reckon with black's long castle. The queen's
move is much stronger.}) 23... Kd7 (23... Nxc2 24. Bg6 $1 24... Nxa1 (24... Kd7
25. Rac1 $18) 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. e6 $18) (23... d4 $5 {Finkel} 24.
Be1 $1 (24. Bg6 $6 24... Bd5 25. Bxf7+ Kd7 26. Rad1 26... Kc6 $13) 24... Qc5
25. Bd2 Kd7 26. Bxg5 $14) 24. Be1 $1 {
Again, a nice move. Finkel: 'Very strong manouvre.'} 24... Qb2 (24... Qxa1 25.
Bb4 Qxf1+ 26. Bxf1 {- Black loses his knight and the pawn f7 as well.} 26...
Rae8 {Finkel} 27. Bxa3 $18) 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Qf2 Nc4 (26... Nxc2 27. Bxg5 Qxe5
28. Bf6) (26... d4 {Finkel} 27. Rxa3 $1 27... Qxa3 28. Qxd4+ Kc8 29. Ra1 (29.
Bb4 $6 29... Qa2 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Qc5 31... Rd8 $15) 29... Qe7 30. Rxa7 Kb8
31. Be3 $1 31... Rd8 32. Ra8+ Kc7 33. Qb6+ Kd7 34. Bb5 $1 $18) 27. Bxc4 dxc4
28. Qc5 $1 28... Qb6 {
Black's position is dead lost. Still, the most stubborn defence would be} (
28... Rd8 $5 29. Bxg5 (29. Ba5 {Finkel} 29... b6 30. Qd6+ $18) 29... Qxc2 30.
Rf2 Qg6) 29. Qd6+ Kc8 30. Ba5 Bxg2+ ({Or} 30... Rd8 31. Bxb6 Rxd6 32. exd6 axb6
33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8) 31. Kxg2 Qxd6 32. exd6 Kd7 33. Bc3 f5 (33... a6 {Finkel}
34. Bg7) 34. Rxa7 Ra8 35. Rxb7+ Kxd6 36. Rb6+ Kc7 37. Rfb1 Rfe8 38. Be5+ Kd7
39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rdd7 Red8 42. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Bled ol (Women)"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jackova, Jana"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 Ba5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nh5 Qxd4
15. Nb5 Qxb2 16. c3 Qa2 17. Rb1 a6 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 159th"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Deutsch, Eyal"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.08.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf8 12. Nb1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c3 O-O-O
15. f4 Bd6 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8 Rxh8 18. g4 e5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Borriss, Martin"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 {
Interesting continuation leading to complicated struggle Kortschnoj: '6.Bd2'}
6... Ne4 7. Qg4 7... g6 {Kortschnoj: 'An alternative is 7...Kf8.'} 8. Nge2 c5
9. a3 Ba5 (9... Bxc3+ {I think that more accurate is 9...Ba5,but this move
also has the right to exist.} 10. bxc3 $5 ({Nothing special promises} 10. Nxc3
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. O-O c4 15. Be2
Qxc2 16. Qf4 Qf5 17. Qe3 $14 {Bogdanovic,R-Meier,V/Bad Woerishofen 1988}) 12.
Bd2 Qa4 13. c4 Nc6 14. dxc5 Qxc2 15. Qf4 d4 16. Be2 16... Qf5 $13 {and black ha
s got sufficient counterchanses; Zolnierowicz,K-Vaisser,A/Nimes op 1991 (48)})
10... cxd4 ({Black can not play typical} 10... Qa5 $2 {because of} 11. f3 $1
11... Nxc3 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 $1 (13. Qxd4 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Nc6 15. Qf4 Qc7 16.
Bb5 16... Bd7 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. a4 $1 $16 {
and the knight is trapped.}) 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. f3 Nc3 13. Bd2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 Bd7
(14... Qxc2 $4 15. Rc1 $18) 15. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Hector,J-Pedersen,S/Oxford 1998/
CBM 69/[Finkel,A] (31) The opening is over and white can be pleased with what
he's got:pressure over the semy-open b-file,bishop's pair,unsafe position of
black king-all these make his chanses preferable in the forthcoming struggle.})
(9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. f3 $5 (11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qg3 Nc6 14.
Be2 Bd7 15. O-O 15... a5 $15 {
0-1 Hamann,C-Beuchler,H/Montabaur 1994/EXT 2001 (43)}) 11... cxb2 12. Bxb2 Qg5
13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. h4 Nh7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Bd3 $36 {
Klavins,J-Shagalovich,A/URS-chT 1962 (37)}) 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 cxd4 (11...
cxb4 {'?!' Finkel,A.} 12. Nb5 b3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qa5+ 15. c3 Nc6 16.
Qf4 Kf8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 Rh7 19. h4 a6 20. Nd6 Nf5 21. h5 Rg7 22. hxg6 Rxg6
23. Qxf7# {1-0 Foerster,R-Eggenberger,U/Bad Ragaz 1992/TD (23)}) 12. Nb5 Bc7
13. f4 Nc6 14. Bd3 (14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Bd3 Bb8 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nb3 a6 18. Qe2 $14
{1-0 Sheremetieva,M-Charkova,E/ROM 1993/EXT 98 (43)}) 14... a6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7
16. O-O {Kortschnoj: 'It is a well-known theoretical line. White has some
initiative for the sacrificed pawn.'} 16... Bd7 17. Qh4 $1 {
Strong move promising white much better chanses.} (17. Bd2 Ne7 (17... O-O-O {
Kortschnoj then} 18. a4 {was much stronger than the queen's maneouvre.}) 18.
Qe2 Qb6 19. a4 {- Forster,R-Quinn,M/Bratislava 1993/TD (19)}) (17. Bxg6 $2 {
Kortschnoj} 17... Rg8 $1) 17... Qd8 18. Qf2 $1 18... Qb6 $6 (18... O-O 19. Bb2
f6 20. Qg3 (20. Bxd4 fxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 $1 22... Nxd3 23. Qxg6+ 23...
Kh8 $11) 20... g5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bc1 22... Qg7 $132) 19. Bb2 {Kortschnoj:
'Presumably, 19.Qh4 Qd8 would lead to a draw. But 19.Bd2 with an idea
Rb1+a3-a4 looked rather promising for white.'} 19... O-O-O 20. Rab1 {
'?!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: '20.c3 still promised a slight edge to white.'} ({
Logical} 20. c3 $1 {
simply winning back a pawn would be correct way to play in this position:}
20... Kb8 21. a4 $1 (21. cxd4 Na7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Bc2 $14) 21...
Qc7 22. b5 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Na5 24. Bd4 $16) 20... Rdf8 {
'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Black finds counterplay in the centre.'} 21. Ba1
$6 ({Still} 21. c3 $1 {would be very strong.}) 21... f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. b5
axb5 24. Rxb5 (24. Bxb5 24... e5 $1 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qd2 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 exf4
28. Bxd4 28... Re8 $11) 24... Qa7 {Kortschnoj: 'Now black is ahead in
development of his initiative: on 25.Rfb1 e6-e5 is following with advantage
for black.'} 25. Qh4 $2 {If the previous inaccuracy deprived white an opening
advantage, this one passes the initiative into black's hands.} (25. Rfb1 e5 26.
Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Kxb7 28. c4 $1 $13) 25... g5 $1 $17 {
'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'It leads to a forced win of black.'} 26. fxg5
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 (27. Bxf1 d3+ 28. Kh1 dxc2 29. Qe1 29... Rf8 $19) 27... Qxa3 28.
Bb2 28... Qe7 $1 {The advance of e-pawn decides the game.} 29. Bc1 e5 30. Kg1
e4 31. Bf1 ({Or} 31. Be2 {Kortschnoj} 31... d3 32. cxd3 Nd4 33. Rb2 Qc5 34. Be3
Nf3+ 35. gxf3 35... Qxe3+ {winning.}) 31... e3 32. Be2 Be6 33. Rb3 (33. Bg4 Qd7
34. Bf3) 33... Bf5 34. Qf4 (34. Ra3 Kb8 35. Qf4+ Qe5 36. Qxe5+ Nxe5 37. Bb2 Nc6
38. Bd3 Bxd3 39. Rxd3 39... Rf8 $19) 34... Qxg5 35. Qd6 Rg8 36. g3 (36. Qxd5 {
Kortschnoj} 36... Bxc2 37. Qe6+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Kd6) 36... Qe7 37. Qxd5 37... Be6
$19 0-1

[Event "Walsall op"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Beaton, Kenneth S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Nge2 $5 (7. Qg4)
7... c5 8. a3 8... cxd4 $146 (8... Ba5 9. dxc5 $5) (8... Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Nc6 (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. Qb1 $16) 11. Qg4 $2 (11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2
Qa4) (11. f4 $5) 11... Kf8 12. Qd1 (12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 13... Qa4 $17 {Maric})
12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 15... b6 $17 {
Ankerst-Bajovic/Vukovar/1966}) 9. Bxd4 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Be3 f5
13. Qg6 13... Qc7 $1 (13... Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Nb5 $16) (13... f4 14. Bd3
$18) 14. f4 Bc5 (14... Nc6 $5) 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd3 Qe3+ (16... b6 $5) 17. Ne2
Nc6 18. Qg3 Qc5 19. Qf2 $1 19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 $14 20... Bd7 21. Ke3 Rac8 22.
Rhg1 h5 23. b3 Kf7 24. g3 Rg8 25. Rad1 Ke7 26. h3 g5 27. Rde1 Rg7 28. b4 a6 29.
Ra1 Rcg8 30. c3 gxf4+ 31. gxf4 Rxg1 32. Rxg1 Rxg1 33. Nxg1 Be8 34. Nf3 Nd8 35.
Nd4 Nc6 36. Nf3 Nd8 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Nd4 Bd7 40. Kh4 Kh6 41. Be2 Be8
42. Bd1 Bf7 43. a4 Be8 44. a5 Bf7 45. Ba4 Bg6 46. Bd7 Bf7 47. Nb3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Vallin, Guillaume"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 10... c5 {Transposing into the main line of the
variation. The russian GM Sergei Volkov tried on a couple of occasions 10...
Nc6, which seems to be a reasonable alternative to 10...c5.} (10... Nc6 $5) 11.
dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 ({It's funny that} 12... f5 {
is considered to be the most crucial move.}) 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Na4 $2 14. Bd2
Nc3 15. Nd4 $18 {Mokry,K-Chinchilla,E/Dubai 1986}) (13... Qa4) 14. Rfe1 $6 {
More in the spirit of the position was} (14. a4 $5 {
however Black shouldn't have too many problems after} 14... Qb4 $1 (14... Rb8
15. Ra3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qb4 17. Rd3 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Rxd7 exf3 20. Rb1 $16 {
Shamkovich,L-Tsvetkov,A/Ulan Bator 1965}) 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Ra3 Nxa4 (16... Ne4
$6 17. a5 Ke7 18. Rb1 $14) 17. Rfa1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bxb6 Kg8
21. Bc7 Kh7 22. Nd4 $14) 14... Qa4 $1 15. Qh3 (15. Qxa4 $6 15... Nxa4 16. Rab1
Na5 17. Rb4 Ke7 18. Rg4 (18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nf5+ exf5 20. Bxc5+ Kd8 (20... Ke6 $2
21. g4 $1 21... fxg4 22. Rf4 $18) 21. Rd4 21... Be6 $13) 18... Rag8 19. Rb1
19... f5 $132) 15... Kg8 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qh4 Qxc2 19. Rxe4 ({
Nothing promised} 19. Rac1 19... Qb2 20. Qxe4 Qxa3 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Be3 Qa5 23.
Red1 23... Qc7 $13) 19... Qxc5 20. Qg3 20... Ne7 $1 21. Bb4 Qc2 22. Ree1 Nf5
23. Qf4 a5 (23... Qa4 $5 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Qd3 25... Qb5 $15) 24. Bd6 24... g5 $1
(24... Bc6 $5 25. Rac1 Qd3 26. Red1 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4
29... Bc6 $15) 25. Qg4 Rc8 26. h3 $5 {Interesting defensive decision.} 26...
Rc4 27. Rac1 27... Rxg4 $2 {Q After this move black keeps better chances, but
White is no longer in danger of a defeat. More convincing was} (27... Qxc1 $1
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc3 30. Qe4 Bc6 31. Qe1 31... Rc2 $17) 28. Rxc2 Ra4 29.
g4 Nd4 (29... Nxd6 $2 30. exd6 Rxa3 31. Ne5 Bc6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rxc6
bxc6 35. Nxc6 $16) 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc7 Bc6 32. Be7 Kh7 33. Bc5 Rc4 (33... Rf4
34. Be3 Rf3 35. Kh2 (35. Rxc6 $6 35... bxc6 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Rc8 38. Re4
c5 39. Ra4 39... c4 $19) 35... Rd8 36. Rc1 36... Kg6 $15) 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35.
Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Be3 Rc3 38. Ra1 38... Kh7 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT preliminary"]
[Site "Veseli nad Moravou"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1967.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Ne2 Qa4 14. Qxa4
Nxa4 15. Bb5 Nb2 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. O-O-O Kg8 19. Ng3 b5 20. cxb6
axb6 21. Kb2 Ne7 22. Rd4 b5 23. Nh5 Kh7 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Rhd1 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bc6
27. Rc7 Rac8 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd6 Rc8 31. g4 Ng6 32. Nxg6 Kxg6 33.
f4 h5 34. f5+ Kg5 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. gxh5 Bd5 37. Rb6 Rh8 38. Be1 Rxh5 39. Bg3
Rh8 40. Rxb5 Ra8 41. Rc5 Kf5 42. Rc7 g5 43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Be1 Rh8
46. Bd2 Rxh2 47. Rxg5+ Ke4 48. Bc3 Kf4 49. Rg1 Be4 50. Rc1 Rh1 51. Rxh1 Bxh1
52. a4 Ke4 53. Ka3 Kd5 54. Kb4 Kc6 55. Kxc4 Be4 56. Kb3 Bd5+ 57. Kb2 Bc4 58.
Bd4 Ba6 59. Kb3 Bc8 60. Kb4 Bd7 61. Bc5 Bc8 62. Bd6 Bd7 63. Kc4 Bc8 64. Kd4 Bb7
65. c4 Bc8 66. Ke4 Bb7 67. Kf4 Bc8 68. Kg5 Bb7 69. Kf6 Kd7 70. Kf7 Bc8 71. a5
Bb7 72. c5 Bc8 73. c6+ Kxc6 74. Ke7 Ba6 75. Kxe6 Bc4+ 76. Ke7 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 4... Bb4 $5 {The first time
in my life I choose this complicated line, and it looks not the last!} 5. e5 h6
6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 {Sutovsky played already this rare variant (and
with success!), but I had the feeling that black hasn't too many troubles.} (8.
Bb4 $6 8... c5 9. dxc5 $2 $140 9... Nxf2 $1) 8... Nc6 {
Glek preferes this move too.} (8... c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 (9... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 10. Bd4
Qc7 11. f3 Nexc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Qd2 b6 15. O-O-O Ba6 16. Nd6 Bxf1
17. Rhxf1 $14 {Van Riemsdijk,H-Garbarino,R/GEBA 1991}) (9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Qa5
11. Qd2 Qxc5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. h4 a6 15. Kb1 15... b5 $132 {
Berzinsh,R-Achoundov,R/WchJM-U18 1992}) 10. Bd4 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nxc5 12. f4 O-O 13.
Qd2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rac8 16. g3 $14 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Comas Fabrego,
L/Pamplona 1998 (45) and why not to follow the recommendation of an expert.}) (
8... O-O {Finkel,A} 9. Qd3 (9. Bb4 $5 9... c5 10. Ba3 10... cxd4 $6 11. Bxf8
Qxf8 12. f3 d3 13. fxe4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 $16 {Galkin,A-Morozevich,A/RUS-Cup9 1997}
) 9... f6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15.
Kb1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17. g4 $36 {Kogan,A-Kaminik,A/ISR-chT 1996}) 9. Nf4 {N} (9.
Ng3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. h4 Qe7 (11... Ne7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O c4 14. h5 Nf5 15.
Bg4 15... Qg5 {' ' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: ' Krakops,M-Glek,I/EU-chTM 1997 '}) 12.
a4 Na5 13. Qb1 b6 14. h5 g5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Nf1 c5 17. Ne3 17... c4 $13 {
- Schmittdiel,E-Glek,I/Oberwart op 1993 (65)} (17... c4 {Finkel,A} 18. Be2 $14
{Schmittdiel,E-Glek,I/Oberwart op 1993})) 9... Qe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 11...
Bd7 {I didn't like to see white's knight on h5, but I was not sure, that the
position after the possible continuation} (11... g6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 (12... Qg5
13. h4 $1 13... Qxf4 14. g3) 13. Nxg6 Qg7 14. Nxh8 Qxh8 15. Qh5+ 15... Kd8 {
is to black's favour.}) 12. Nh5 12... Rg8 $1 (12... O-O-O 13. Nxg7 Rdg8 (13...
Qg5 14. Nh5 Qxg2 15. Ng3 Qh3 (15... Rdg8 16. Bf1) 16. Qh5 Qxh5 17. Nxh5 $16)
14. Nh5 Rxg2 15. Nf6) (12... Qg5 $6 {Finkel,A} 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Qh4 15. g3
Qh3 16. f5 $16) 13. Bh7 ({Big complications could be raised after} 13. Qg4
13... O-O-O 14. Bh7 Rh8 15. Qxg7 Qa3 16. Kd2 (16. O-O Qxc3 17. Nf6 17... Nxd4
$132) 16... Qa5 17. Nf6 Nxd4 18. Nxd7 Kxd7) 13... Rh8 14. Bd3 (14. Nxg7+ $2
14... Kf8 $19) 14... Rg8 15. O-O {'!?' Finkel,A.} (15. Bh7 $5 $11) (15. Bh7 $11
{Finkel,A}) 15... O-O-O 16. a4 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (16. f4 $5 {Finkel,A} 16... Qa3
$5 17. Qd2 Na5 (17... Qa5 $5 18. Be2 (18. Rf2 $5) 18... Ne7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bd3
Bxd3 21. cxd3 Nf5 22. Rf2 $14) 18. Rf3 c5 (18... Qb2 $6 19. Qe1 Nc4 20. Rg3 $14
) 19. Bf1 $5 (19. Rg3 $6 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb2 21. Rd1 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc4 23.
Bxc4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 24... dxc4 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rg3 $14) 16...
Na5 {'!' Finkel,A.} 17. f4 c5 18. Bb5 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (18. f5 $2 18... exf5
19. Nf4 (19. Bxf5 $2 19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5 20... g6 $19) 19... Be6) 18... Kb8 19.
Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qd3 20... Qc7 $1 $15 {' ' Finkel,A.} 21. Rab1 Rc8 22. f5 (22. Rb5
cxd4 23. cxd4 b6) 22... cxd4 (22... exf5 $6 {Finkel,A} 23. Rb5 $1 23... cxd4
24. cxd4 Nc6 25. Nf4 $1 $16) 23. cxd4 (23. fxe6 {Finkel,A} 23... fxe6 24. cxd4
Qxc2 25. Qa6 25... Qc3 $15) 23... Qxc2 24. Qb5 {'?!' Finkel,A.} (24. Qa6 Qc3
25. fxe6 25... Ka8 $1 26. Qb5 (26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. exf7 Rgf8 28. e6 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1
29... Qe5 $19) 26... fxe6) (24. Qxc2 {Finkel,A} 24... Rxc2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26.
Rf7 Rc7 27. Rbf1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Nc6 29. Nxg7 Nxd4 30. Kf2 30... Nc6 $15) 24...
Qc3 {'!' Finkel,A.} 25. Kh1 25... Rc6 $1 $17 {'!' Finkel,A.} 26. h3 (26. fxe6 {
Finkel,A} 26... fxe6 27. Rf3 27... Qd2 $1 $17) 26... a6 27. Qe2 27... Qxd4 {
'-+' Finkel,A.} 28. Rf4 (28. fxe6 {Finkel,A} 28... fxe6 29. Rf7 g6 30. Nf6
30... Rgc8 $19) 28... Qc3 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rf7 30... d4 $5 {'!' Finkel,A.} 31.
Rd7 (31. Nxg7 {Finkel,A} 31... d3 32. Qf3 Qc2 33. Rd1 33... Nc4 $19) 31... Rgc8
32. Qg4 $6 (32. Nxg7 Qg3) ({Just after the stubborn} 32. Nf4 $5 32... g5 33.
Nd3 {white could continue resistance.}) 32... d3 $19 33. Qxg7 (33. Rd1 Qxe5)
33... R6c7 (33... d2 $4 {Finkel,A} 34. Rdxb7+ Nxb7 35. Qxb7#) 34. Rxc7 (34. Nf6
d2 35. Rd1 Qe3) 34... Rxc7 35. Qg8+ $6 (35. Qf8+ Ka7 36. Qf2+ Rc5 37. Nf4 Qc2
38. Qg1 Kb8 (38... d2 39. Nd3 Qxb1 40. Qxb1 Rc1+ 41. Qxc1 dxc1=Q+ 42. Nxc1 Nc4)
39. Nxe6 Rxe5 40. Rc1 40... Nb3 $1 $19) 35... Ka7 36. Qxe6 Nc4 37. Nf4 d2 38.
Rg1 38... Qd4 {'!' Finkel,A.} (38... Qd4 39. Qg4 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Ne3) 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Bd7 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 O-O-O 20. Ke2 Bb5
21. Ne1 Rd5 22. a4 Ba6 23. g4 Nc6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rf1 f3+ 26. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 27.
Kg3 Rg8 28. g5 hxg5 29. Rf6 Bxd3 30. Bc3 Bf5 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxf7
Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rh3 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Nf3 Rxh5 38. Rxa7 g4 39. Ne5
Rh2+ 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. a5 Kc8 42. a6 Bd3 43. Ra8+ Kc7 44. a7 Kb7 45. Rd8 Kxa7 46.
Rxd3 Kb6 47. Nxg4 c5 48. Ne3 Rc1 49. Kf2 c4 50. Rd6+ Kc5 51. Rxe6 Kd4 52. Ke2
Rh1 53. Kd2 Rh2+ 54. Kc1 Kd3 55. Nd1 Kd4 56. Re8 Rh5 57. Rg8 Rh4 58. Rd8+ Kc5
59. Nc3 Kb4 60. Kd2 Rh2+ 61. Ne2 Kc5 62. Rb8 Rh4 63. Nc3 Rh2+ 64. Kc1 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 0304"]
[Site "Czechia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zawadzki, Stanislaw"]
[Black "Lipka, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15.
Bd2 d4 16. f4 Qd5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. O-O gxf4 19. Qh4 Qxc5 20. Qf6 Qf8 21. Bxc3
dxc3 22. Rab1 Ne7 23. Be4 Bc6 24. Bxc6+ bxc6 25. Rfd1 Nd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Nd4
Rh7 28. Rb7 f3 29. Nb5 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Kf8 31. Nd6 Kg8 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 {
Quite rare continuation,nevertheless leading to extremly complicated struggle.}
6... Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5
(11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Bb5 15... Nc3 $132 {
Hracek,Z-Vaisser,A/EU-chTM 1997}) 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Bd2 d4 15. Bxc3
dxc3 16. Bb5 16... Bd7 $13 {Klovans,J-Jahrsdoerfer,G/Wuerzburg op 1995}) 10.
Bd3 Nc6 (10... Bd7 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. h5 g5 15. Nd4 $36 {
Klovans,J-Grabuzova,T/Cappelle op 1995}) 11. h4 (11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Na4 13.
Qf4 Nf5 14. h4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. g4 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Ne7 18. Qf6 $36 {
Herbrechtsmeier,C-Koen,M/Biel op 1993}) 11... Ne7 (11... Qe7 12. Nh3 Bd7 13. h5
13... gxh5 $5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 O-O-O 17. Rxh5 Ne7 18. f3 $1
$14 {Shirov,A-Brynell,S/Rethymnon 2003}) 12. h5 (12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bd2
d4 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Qc4 Nxe5 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Ne2 $13 {
Hernandez,G-Glek,I/Linares op 1996}) 12... g5 13. f3 13... Bd7 $146 {This move 
appears to be a novelty, but I doubt whether it's any better than 13...c5
which was previously tried in this position.} (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 f5
16. exf6 e5 17. Bg6+ Kf8 18. Qf3 d4 19. Bd2 $36 {
Zawadzki,S-Vysochin,S/Polanica Zdroj 2001}) 14. Bd2 Na4 15. f4 15... c5 $5 ({
An attempt to get rid of white's lightsquared bishop is also insufficient to
reach an equality.} 15... Nb2 16. fxg5 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Bb5 18. g6 fxg6 19. hxg6
Nf5 20. Qf4 Qd7 21. g4 Ng7 22. Rh3 $14) 16. fxg5 c4 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Nf3 O-O-O (
18... Qb2 $5 19. Rc1 (19. O-O $6 19... Nc3 20. Rae1 (20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. gxh6
21... Nf5 $17) 20... Qxc2 21. gxh6 21... Nf5 $17) 19... Nc3 20. gxh6 O-O-O 21.
Ng5 $14) 19. O-O 19... Nf5 $6 (19... Qb2 $142) 20. Rab1 $14 20... Qc7 21. c3 $1
21... Rdg8 22. Qh3 Qd8 23. g4 hxg5 24. Nh2 24... Ne7 $5 {
Black prefers to give up a couple of pawns in order to get some counterplay.} (
24... Nh6 25. Kh1 (25. Rf6 Qf8 26. Rbf1 26... Qxa3 $132) 25... Qe7 26. Bc1
26... Bc6 {'with defendable position.}) 25. Rxf7 $6 (25. Qf3 $5) 25... Ng6 26.
Kh1 26... Nf4 $1 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rxf4 28... Qe7 $44 29. Ra1 Qg5 30. Raf1 Qe7
31. R1f3 (31. Qe3 Qxa3 32. R1f3 Qa1+ 33. Bf1 b5 34. Rf7 34... a5 $132) 31...
Qxa3 32. h6 Qb2 (32... Qc1+ $1 33. Bf1 Nxc3 34. h7 Re8 35. g5 Ne2 36. Rg4 Nxd4
37. Rxd4 Qxg5 38. Ng4 Re7 39. Nf6 Qxe5 40. Rg4 40... Kc7 $132) 33. Bf1 Qc2 34.
g5 $16 34... Kc7 35. Rf7 Rg6 36. h7 Qe4 37. R7f4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
O-O 9. Bb4 (9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. dxc5 11... Qh4+ $5 12. g3 Qb4 13. Qd3
Nc6 14. Qb5 14... Qd4 $15 {Koch,J-Murrey,J/Paris-ch 1989}) (9. Qd3 $5 9... f6
10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb1 $14 {
Kogan,A-Kaminik,A/ISR-chT 1996}) 9... c5 10. Ba3 10... Nc6 $1 {
Very strong move promising black good chanses in forthcoming struggle.} (10...
Qa5+ 11. c3 b6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. f4 $14 {
Goldberg,A-Neuberger,G/BL2-SW 1991}) (10... cxd4 $6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. f3 d3 13.
fxe4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 $16 {Galkin,A-Morozevich,A/RUS-Cup9 1997}) 11. f3 ({
Nothing changes} 11. c3 11... b5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc4 15. b3
Ne3 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 17... a5 $1 $36 {and black seizes the initiative.})
11... b5 $1 12. fxe4 b4 13. Bxb4 (13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. c3 f6 16.
exf6 Rxf6 17. Qb3 17... Qg5 $36) 13... Nxb4 14. c3 Nc6 15. exd5 $6 ({
Probably better was} 15. Qa4 $5 15... Qb6 (15... Bd7 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Qd4 Nc6
18. Qd3 $14) 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. exd5 exd5 18. cxd4 f6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 20...
Bf5 $44 {,but black keeps very good chanses.}) 15... Qxd5 16. dxc5 16... Qxc5
$32 17. Nc1 (17. Qd6 17... Qb6 $1 (17... Nxe5 18. Qxc5 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc5 20.
Re1 20... e5 $11) 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nxe5 20. Nd4 20... Bb7 $32) 17... Qxe5+
18. Qe2 18... Qc7 {The material balance is restored and black's advantage in
development starts to play a significient role.} 19. Nd3 Ba6 (19... e5 $6 20.
Nc5 $1 (20. O-O-O Be6 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Nc1 22... Rad8 $15) 20... Ne7 (20... Qe7
21. b4 a5 22. Qe4 Bd7 23. Nxd7 (23. Rd1 Be8 24. Bd3 f5 25. Qd5+ 25... Kh8 $13)
23... Qxd7 24. Bb5 Rfc8 25. O-O $11) 21. Qf2 Rd8 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24.
O-O $11) 20. O-O-O Rfd8 21. Qf2 (21. Qe4 $5) 21... Bc4 22. Qf4 $6 ({Better was
} 22. b3 $5 {with good chanses to equalize.} 22... Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Ne5 (23... Nb4
24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Qf3 $11) 24. Qc2 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Rc8 27. Kb2 $11)
22... Qxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bxa2 25. Kc2 25... Rb8 $2 {Serious inaccura
cy after which it's very difficult to convert the advantage into win.} (25...
e5 $1 26. Bb5 26... Rc8 $17) 26. b4 $15 26... g5 (26... e5 27. Kb2 g5 28. Kxa2
gxf4 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bf3 $44) 27. Nh5 ({Deserved attention} 27. Kb2 $5 27...
gxf4 28. Kxa2 Rd8 29. Bb5 Rd2+ 30. Kb3 Ne5 31. Re1 $1 $132 {
with counterchanses.}) 27... Kf8 (27... Bd5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Be2
Rc8 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. c4 $132) 28. Kb2 Bd5 29. Nf6 Ke7 30. Nxd5+ exd5
31. Be2 a5 32. Bf3 axb4 ({More chanses to fight for the win would leave} 32...
Kd6 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. Kb3 axb4 35. c4 $1 35... f5 36. g3 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38.
Bxd5 Kc5 39. Bf3 $15) 33. Bxd5 Ne5 34. cxb4 Rxb4+ 35. Kc3 Ra4 36. Rf1 $15 36...
h5 37. Bb3 Re4 38. Bd5 Re2 39. Kd4 f6 40. Be4 h4 41. h3 Nf7 42. Ra1 Nd6 43. Bf3
Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. Kd3 f5 46. Ra5 Ke6 47. Bd5+ Kf6 48. Bf3 Rb2 49. Kd4 Rd2+
50. Kc3 Rf2 51. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto San Giorgio op 10th"]
[Site "Porto San Giorgio"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sebastianelli, Dario"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Rxd2
Bd7 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Rdd1 Rc8 17. Kf1 Ke7 18. Ke2 Rc3 19. Rb2 Rhc8 20. Nd2 b6
21. Nb1 R3c7 22. Na3 f6 23. f4 Rf8 24. Rf1 g5 25. exf6+ Rxf6 26. fxg5 Rxf1 27.
Kxf1 hxg5 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc3 30. Nb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Ra3 32. Rb2 Nc6 33. Ke3
Kd6 34. h3 e5 35. dxe5+ Nxe5 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Rb5+ Kc6 38. Rb2 a6 39. Rb1 Nxd3
40. cxd3 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "De Gleria, Francesco"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. h4 Qxc5 13. h5 Bd7 14. Rh4 O-O-O
15. Kf1 f5 16. Rb1 Kb8 17. Kg1 Ka8 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. c4 d4 20. c3 d3 21. Qxd3
Rhd8 22. Qe2 Be8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Qb2 Rd7 26. g3 b6 27. Bg2+ Kb8
28. Qe2 Rdd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qxe5 31. Rd4 Bc6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd8+ Kb7
34. Rd7+ Rc7 35. Qf3+ Qe4 36. Qxe4+ fxe4 37. Rd4 Kc6 38. Rxe4 Kd6 39. Kg2 Rc5
40. Rd4+ Ke7 41. Rg4 Kf6 42. Rf4+ Rf5 43. Rf3 Kg5 44. Ra3 Rf7 45. Re3 Re7 46.
c5 e5 47. cxb6 axb6 48. f4+ Kxh5 49. fxe5 Kg4 50. Rb3 Re6 51. Rb5 Rc6 52. Rb4+
Kf5 53. a4 g5 54. Rb5 Rc2+ 55. Kg1 Kg4 56. e6 Re2 57. Rxb6 Kxg3 58. Rb3+ Kh4
59. a5 Rxe6 60. Rb6 Re5 61. Rb4+ Kg3 62. Rb3+ Kf4 63. Ra3 Re7 64. a6 Ra7 65.
Kf2 Ke4 66. Kg3 Kd4 67. Kg4 Kc5 68. Kh5 Kb5 69. Kxh6 Rxa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Holguin Cap-mem"]
[Site "Holguin Cap-mem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sariego, Wilfredo"]
[Black "Borges Mateos, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 b6 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Ba6 12. Rh3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nc6 14. Rf3 Qd7
15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Qh5 Nc6 20. Ne2 Ke8 21. Nf4
Nd8 22. g4 Qe7 23. Rg1 Kd7 24. g5 g6 25. Qxh6 Nc6 26. h5 Rh8 27. Qg7 Rag8 28.
Qf6 gxh5 29. g6 fxg6 30. Nxg6 Qe8 31. Rg5 Qd8 32. Qf7+ Kc8 33. Qxe6+ Kb7 34.
Rf6 Na5 35. Nxh8 Rxg5 36. Nf7 Qg8 37. Qxd5+ Kb8 38. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qf4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. h4 Nd7 14. a4 Qa5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. O-O Qd8 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. a5 Rc8 19. Nd4 g5 20. Qg4 Nxd3 21. cxd3
gxh4 22. Rab1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxb7 O-O 26. Rxa7 Rxc3 27.
Ra1 Rb8 28. a6 Rbb3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. a7 Ra3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. f3 Ra1+ 33. Kf2
Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Ra2+ 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Kc2
Ra2+ 40. Kb3 Ra1 41. Kb2 Ra6 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb4 Ra1 44. Kb3 Ra6 45. Kc2 Ra2+
46. Kd1 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Ra2+
52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53. Kh2 g4 54. fxg4 Kh7 55. g5 Kg7 56. Kh3 Ra4 57. d4 Kh7 58. g3
hxg3 59. Kxg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Balcerak, Jakob"]
[Black "Richter, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.10.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. h4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd7
15. Ne2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. c3 O-O-O 18. Ng3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc6 20. f3 Rxd4 21.
cxd4 Rd8 22. Be3 Rd5 23. Ne4 Kb8 24. Rfc1 Qb5 25. Nc3 Qd3 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Kf2
g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rd1 Qf5 30. Kg3 g4 31. fxg4 Qe4 32. Bf4 Qxg2+ 33. Kh4 Bf3
34. Rg1 Qf2+ 35. Kg5 Qxd4 36. Raf1 Kb7 37. Rg3 Qd8+ 38. Kh5 Be4 39. Rf2 Bg6+
40. Kh6 Qg8 41. Kg5 Qd8+ 42. Kh6 Qh8+ 43. Kg5 Be4 44. Re3 Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vooremaa, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Gagarin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1981.03.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 $5 (9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 11... Nc6 $14) 9... c5 10. Bd3
Nxc3 (10... cxd4 11. Ne2 $1 11... Nc6 (11... Nc5 12. cxd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 b6 14.
h4 h5 15. Qf3 $16 {Bronstein,D-Goldenov,B/URS/1944/}) (11... Qa5 12. O-O dxc3
13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 $1 14... Nc6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Qg3 $16 {
Boleslavsky,I-Lisitsyn,G/URS-ch/1944/}) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. cxd4 (13. Qxe4 dxc3
14. f4 Qa5 15. a4 15... O-O $10 {Evans}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxe4 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd7
(15... Kf8 $5) 16. O-O Qc7 17. Ba3 O-O-O 18. Bd6 Qc6 19. Rab1 $16 {
Liberzon,V-Faibisovich,V/URS/1967/1:0/29/}) 11. dxc5 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5
13. O-O $16) (11... Qc7 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Re1 $14) (11... Nd7 $5 12.
Nf3 12... Nxc5 $14) 12. Bd2 12... Qa4 $1 13. h3 (13. Qf3 13... Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Qc3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Qb3 18... Nd4 $10) 13... Ne4 (
13... Qxg4 $6 14. hxg4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Ng3 Nxc5 18. g5 h5 19.
Bb4 Na6 20. Bd6 $16 {Gligoric,S-Pachman,L/Amsterdam izt/1964/}) (13... h5 $5
14. Qxa4+ 14... Nxa4 $10 {Keres}) 14. Ne2 (14. Nf3 14... Nxc5 $10) (14. Bxe4
14... Qd4 $5 (14... Qxe4+ 15. Ne2 $13) 15. Rd1 (15. Rb1 Qxe5 16. Rb4 (16. Ne2
$5) 16... dxe4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Rxe4 Qxc5 19. Qf4 {
Klovans,J-Gusev,V/URS/1977/1:0/42/} 19... e5 20. Qf6 Rh7 21. O-O 21... Bf5 $17
{Qe7 Tukmakov}) 15... Qxe4+ 16. Ne2 Qxe5 17. f3 $13 {
Rantanen,Y-Vooremaa,A/Tallinn/1979/}) 14... Nxc5 15. Qf3 15... Qh4 $5 (15...
Qd7 16. O-O b6 17. a4 Ba6 18. a5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nb3 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. axb6 (21.
Bxh6 $5 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 $44) 21... Nxd2 22. Rfc1 $1 22... Nb3 23. Rcb1 Nc5
24. d4 $1 24... Ne4 25. b7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Nxf6 27. exf6 27... Nd7 $10 {
Arbakov,V-Gurevich,D/URS/1978/0:1/49/}) 16. O-O Nc6 17. g3 Qe7 (17... Qxh3 $4
18. Nf4 $18) (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Qe3 Qf6 (18... Qh5 19. Nf4 $18) 19. Bc3 $1 (19.
Qxc5 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nxd2 21. Bb5+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qb5+ 23... Kc8 $44)
19... Nf3+ 20. Kg2 d4 21. Nxd4 $18) 18. Qe3 Bd7 (18... Nxd3 $6 19. cxd3 Kf8 20.
a4 Kg7 21. Bc1 $36 {Ba3}) 19. Rab1 $44 19... Rc8 20. Bb5 Kf8 (20... a6 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Bb4 $44) 21. c4 $1 21... dxc4 22. Rfc1 b6 (22... Nd3 23. Rxc4 Ndxe5
24. Rcc1 (24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 {Qd4} 26... Qd6 $1 $13) 24... Kg7
(24... b6 25. f4 $18) (24... a6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bxc6 (25. Bc3
$6 25... f6 $13) (25. f4 a6 26. Ba4 b5 27. Bb3 Nc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 $44)
25... Nxc6 26. Rxb7 $44) 23. Rxc4 Nb8 (23... Kg7 $5 $44) 24. Nd4 24... a6 $2 {
b6} (24... Kg7 $44) 25. Bxd7 Nbxd7 26. a4 $1 $16 26... Kg7 $6 (26... a5 $5 27.
Nb5 Kg7 28. Nd6 28... Rcd8 $16) 27. a5 $1 27... bxa5 $2 (27... b5 28. Rc2 {
Rbc1,Bb4} 28... Na4 29. Nc6 Qe8 30. Rbc1 $16) 28. Rbc1 $1 $18 28... g5 (28...
Nb6 29. Rxc5 $1 $18) (28... Qd8 29. Nb3 $18) (28... a4 29. Bb4 $18) (28... Ra8
$5 29. Nc6 $1 (29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 30... g5 $16) 29... Qg5 (29... Qe8 30.
Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Qf3 a4 (32... g5 33. h4 Qd7 34. hxg5 $18) 33. Qf6+
Kh7 34. Bxh6 $1 34... Rg8 35. Qh4 $18) 30. Rf4 $1 {Qg5} (30. f4 $2 30... Qf5 $1
$16) 30... Rhc8 (30... Rac8 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 {Rf7} 32... Qh5 33. Rxf7+ $1
33... Kxf7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ $18) 31. Rxc5 Nxc5
32. Qxc5 Qh5 33. Qe7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Rd4 $18) 29. Bxa5 {Bb4} (29. Bxa5 Nb7
30. Bb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 07th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Qd4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Qe3 Rc8 15.
h4 Na5 16. Rab1 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. h5 g5 19. Nh2 b6 20. Ng4 Nc6 21. a4 d4
22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Rb4 Nf5 24. Ra1 Ke7 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Bc6 27. f3 Nh4 28. Bf1
Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Nf5 30. Ra3 Ng3 31. Bd3 Nxh5 32. Rab3 Nf4 33. Bxb5 Bd5 34. Ba4
Bxb3 35. Rb7+ Kf8 36. Bxb3 Kg7 37. Rxa7 h5 38. Nf6 Rxe5 39. Nd7 Ra5 40. Nb6 Rd6
0-1

[Event "Podolsk tt"]
[Site "Podolsk tt"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Qf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7
15. Rhc1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nc3 Qa3 19. Ke2 b5 20. Kf1 a6 21.
Ne4 g5 22. Qd2 Nb6 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Rc3 Qa5 25. Nxf7 Nd5 26. Rac1 Ke7 27. Nxh6
Nxc3 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxg5+ Kd7 30. Nf5 Rae8 31. Qg7+ Kc6 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33. Qf7+
Kb8 34. Nd6 Qc7 35. Rxc3 Qxf7 36. Nxf7 d4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. h5 gxh5 14.
Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf6 17... Rf8 $13 {
Fercec,N-Glek,I/Open 1998}) 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 14... Qxg5+ $5 {
Deciding to fight for equality in the arising endgame,which seems however on
the first-hand look better for white.} (14... Qa5 15. dxc5 (15. Nf3 O-O-O 16.
g6 cxd4 17. Ke2 dxc3 (17... Qxc3 18. gxf7 Rdf8 19. Qf4 Nd8 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21.
Nxd4 $14 {Gaponenko,I-Grabuzova,T/Timisoara-W 1994}) 18. Qf4 d4 19. g7 Rhe8 20.
Kf2 Rg8 21. Qf6 Qc5 22. Rae1 22... Nb4 $17 {
Koch,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Martinez 1995}) 15... d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ke2 Qxc3
18. Qf4 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 f5 21. Rh4 21... Rhg8 $132 {
Olivier,J-Goldgewicht,L/Cannes Masters 1995}) 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 (16. g4 $6
16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ke7 20. Rae1 20... Rh6 $1 (20...
Rag8 21. h6 f6 22. h7 Rg7 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Rh6+ $44) 21. Nxg5 21... Rg8 $17)
16... g4 $5 {Restricting white knight and desturbing fluent development of
white pieces,but the pawn on g4 becomes the turget for white pieces.} 17. Rf1 (
{Of course not} 17. Ne2 $2 17... c4 $19 {,but serious attention deserved}) (17.
Be2 $5 {immideatly attacking the pawn on g4.} 17... Rc8 $6 (17... cxd4+ 18.
cxd4 Nb4 19. Rb1 Nxc2+ 20. Kd3 Rc8 (20... Na3 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Rc7 Bb5+ 23. Ke3
$16) 21. Bxg4 a5 22. Rxb7 Nb4+ 23. Ke3 Nc2+ 24. Kf4 Nxd4 25. Nf3 $14) 18. Rb1
cxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. Bd3 Na5 21. Ne2 $16) 17... Ke7 18. Rh4 ({
Very interesting option was} 18. h6 $5 18... Rac8 $5 (18... Rag8 19. Rf6 Rg5 (
19... Be8 20. Bf1 $5 20... Kd7 21. Ne2 $16) 20. Kf4 Rgg8 21. h7 (21. Ke3 Rg5)
21... Rg7 22. dxc5 Nxe5 23. Kxe5 Rg5+ 24. Bf5 exf5 25. Rfh6 f6+ 26. Kf4 26...
Bb5 $5 27. Ne2 $5 $14) 19. Rf4 cxd4+ 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rxg4 21... Ba4 $5 22. Nf3
Bxc2 23. Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Rg7 $14 {in both cases with complicated struugle with
slightly better prospects for white.}) (18. Rf4 $5 18... Rag8 19. Be2 $14)
18... Rag8 19. Rb1 $6 (19. Be2) 19... b6 20. Be2 cxd4+ 21. cxd4 21... f5 $1 $11
{After this strong move the draw seems to be inevitable result.} 22. exf6+ (22.
Bd3 $2 22... Rg5 23. h6 Rg6 24. h7 24... Rg7 $17) 22... Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24.
Rxg4 (24. Bxg4 Nxd4 25. Kxd4 e5+ 26. Kxe5 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 27... Bxg4 $11) 24...
Rxg4 25. Bxg4 25... Nxd4 $1 $11 26. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas M"]
[Black "Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qxg5+ 15.
Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 Ke7 17. Rf1 Rh6 18. g4 c4 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Nh3 Nb8 21. Rf2 Ba4
22. Rhf1 Rh7 23. Bd1 Be8 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Ng1 Rh6 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rbf1 a5 28. Rb1
Kd8 29. Rbf1 Rg7 30. Bf3 Kc7 31. Bg2 Kc6 32. Nf3 b5 33. a3 Nb6 34. Ne1 Kd7 35.
Kd2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Bc6 37. Nf3 Nd7 38. Nd2 Rhh7 39. Bh1 Rg8 40. Rb1 Nb6 41. Nf3
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Polanica Zdroj op-A"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Nf3 O-O 16. Rhe1 b6 17. Ke3 Qxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Qf4 (11. Nf3 Nc6 (11... Bd7 12. Rab1
Bc6 13. Rhe1 Qe7 14. h4 Nd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Qf4 $15
{Klovans-Glek (2. Bundesliga 1998, ... 0-1)}) (11... Qc7 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Rhc1 16... Qa5+ $13 {
Ivanchuk-Gurevich,M (Reggio Emilia 1989/90)})) 11... Bd7 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4
Qa5+ 13. Ke3 b6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Rhe1 15... Ba6 $11 {
Petruchin-Piskov (Russland 1992)}) (11... Nc6 $6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. h5
g5 15. Qf6 $1 $16 {Kovalev-Vaisser (Paris 1991)}) 12. h4 Bc6 (12... Nc6 13. Qf6
$2 13... Qxf6 14. exf6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bb5 17. Rb1 a6 18. c3 Nc6 19.
Nf3 Bxd3 20. Kxd3 20... O-O-O $17 {Carbonnel,P-Benitah,Y/Enghien les Bains 1995
}) 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nh2 (14. Rh3 Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 16... O-O-O $5 17.
Rf3 (17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qf6 $6 18... Rhf8 19. f4 19... Ne4+ $1 20. Bxe4 20... dxe4
$36 {Spraggett,K-Glek,I/Cappelle la Grande 1998}) 17... Rd7 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19.
Rxf6 h5 20. f3 20... Re7 $132 {Lindberg,B-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 1998}) (14. dxc5
$5) (14. h5 g5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Nh2 c4 17. Be2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bf3 19...
O-O-O $13 {Sauvadet,H-Hoareau,N/Montpellier 1998}) 14... Qa5 $5 {Only this move
appears to be a novelty, however it's a typical idea for this variation.} (
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb5 16. a4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Kf8 18. Ke2 Kg7 19. Rhc1 Rc8 20.
Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. h5 $14 {
Areshchenko,A-Stellwagen,D/Oropesa del Mar 2000}) 15. Ng4 O-O-O 16. Nxh6 {
White doesn't have much choice, but to take the pawn on h6 otherwise black is
just doing fine.} (16. dxc5 $6 16... d4 $1 17. Qxd4 17... Bxg2 $15) 16... Rxh6
(16... cxd4 17. Nxf7 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rdf8 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. Bxg6 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 $16
) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. Ke2 dxc3 19. h5 {Other possibility was} (19. Qf4 $5 19...
d4 20. h5 Nxe5 21. h6 Bxg2 22. Rh2 Bf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5
26. Rh3 Bg4 27. Rg3 $13 {with extremly complicated position.}) 19... Nxe5 20.
hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg7 {
The queen is well placed on g7 taking part both in attack and defense.} (21.
Qg5 Nxd3 22. cxd3 22... Qa3 $1 $36) 21... d4 (21... Nxd3 22. cxd3 d4 23. Rh7
Rd7 24. Qxg6 Rxh7 25. Qxh7 Qa3 26. Qh8+ Kc7 27. Qg7+ 27... Kc8 $11) 22. Rh8
Bxg2 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. f4 Bf3+ (24... Nxd3 25. Qxd4+ $14) 25. Kf2 {
This move is more accurate than 25.Kf1} (25. Kf1 $5 25... Nxd3 26. Qxd4+ Bd5 (
26... Qd5 27. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 28. cxd3 b5 29. Rb1 a6 30. Rb3 $13) 27. Qxd3 27... Qa4
$15) 25... Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Bd5 27. Qxd4 Qa3 28. Re1 Qxa2+ 29. Re2 c2 30. Qh8+
Kd7 31. Qg7+ Kd8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stare Mesto"]
[Site "Stare Mesto"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lanc, Alois"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qa5+ 16. Ke3 b6 17. h4 Ba6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Ra3 Qb4 20. Rha1 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Rc2 22. Kf3 Qb2 23. Kg3 g5 24. Qe3 Re2 25. Qc1 Qxd4 26. Qc8+ Ke7 27. Qc7+
Kf8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. hxg5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "EM/M/GT/A010"]
[Site "ICCF Email"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peschardt, Soren (DEN)"]
[Black "Koch, Michael (GER)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rab1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Ke3 b6
15. Qf4 Ba6 16. Rhc1 Qa3 17. Qf6 O-O 18. c3 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rhb1 c4 13. Be2 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15.
Qf4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. h4 Qe7 18. h5 g5 19. Qf6 Qxf6 20. exf6 Kd7 21. Ne5+
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Kc6 23. Ra7 Bb7 24. Ra5 Bc8 25. Ke3 Kc5 26. f4 gxf4+ 27. Kxf4 Rg8
28. g4 Rg5 29. Rba1 Bb7 30. Rb1 Bc8 31. Rba1 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCOL12 prel3-04"]
[Site "corr ICCF"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koltsov_V/Lensky_I, (RUS)."]
[Black "Harding, Timothy David (IRL)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. c3 b6 15.
a4 Ba6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Rhb1 Qc4 19. Rxb6 Rc8 20. Rb7 Nd8 21.
Rbxa7 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Kf1 f5 25. h4 g5 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. g3
f4 28. gxf4 g4 29. Ng1 O-O 30. f5 Qxh4 31. f6 Nf7 32. Qd3 Qh5 33. Ra7 Kh8 34.
Kg2 Ng5 35. Ne2 0-1

[Event "Erfurter Schachtage"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1989.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1989.06.22"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qa5 13. Rab1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. h4 Bd7 17. f4 h5 18. Rhg1 b6 19. Rb4 Qd8 20. g3 Rc8 21. a4 Rc5
22. a5 Rxa5 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe7 25. Bd3 Qc5 26. Rf1 Qxd4 27. cxd4 Ke7 28.
Be2 Rh6 29. Rb3 Ra4 30. Ke3 Rg6 31. Rg1 f5 32. Bxh5 f4+ 33. Kf2 fxg3+ 34. Rgxg3
Rh6 35. Rg7+ Kd8 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Be2 Rh7 38. Bd3 Rf7+ 39. Ke3 Ra1 40. Bg6 Rff1
41. h5 Rae1+ 42. Kd2 Rd1+ 43. Kc3 Rh1 44. Rh8 a5 45. h6 b5 46. h7 b4+ 47. Rxb4
axb4+ 48. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 49. Kc3 Rc4+ 50. Kd2 Rg4 51. Bd3 d4 52. Rg8 Rgh4 53. Rg7
0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem-A 10th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firman, Nazar"]
[Black "Pliasunov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.10.25"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qc7 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15.
g4 Bd7 16. Rhg1 O-O-O 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Ke2 Be8 19. Rg3 Bh5 20. Kf1 Kb8 21. Rb1
Rhg8 22. Nd2 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qg7 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nc5 Qg6 26. Bb5 Kc7 27. Na6+ Kb7
28. Qe3 Na5 29. Qa3 Kc8 30. Rb4 Qf7 31. Ra4 Rd7 32. Rxa5 bxa5 33. Bxd7+ Qxd7
34. Qf8+ Qe8 35. Qc5+ Kb7 36. Qxa5 Qc6 37. Nc5+ Kc8 38. Kf2 Bd1 39. c3 Bg4 40.
a4 f4 41. gxf4 Qb6 42. Qb4 Kc7 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kd2 Bf5 45. Kc1 Kc6 46. Kb2 Bg4
47. Ka3 Bf5 48. Nb3 Qxb4+ 49. cxb4 a6 50. Nc5 Kb6 51. Kb2 Bg4 52. Kc3 Bf5 53.
Kd2 Bg4 54. Nd7+ Kc6 55. Nf6 Bf3 56. Ne8 Bg4 57. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Rhc1 Bb5 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 O-O 22. Ke3 Rfd8 23. Rb3 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3 Kg7 26. f4 Kg6 27. Bd3+
Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 29. Kxd3 a5 30. b5 Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rh8 32. Rc6 Rh2 33. Rxb6
Rxa2 34. fxg5 Rb2 35. Rb7 a4 36. b6 a3 37. Ra7 a2 38. b7 Rb3+ 39. Ke4 Rb4+ 40.
Ke3 Rxb7 41. Rxa2 Kxg5 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Ra7 Kg6 45. Ra5 Re1 46. Kf2
Rh1 47. Ra4 Rh5 48. Re4 Rf5+ 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. g4 Rg5 51. Kf3 Rg6 52. Ra4 Rh6 53.
Ra8 Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rh1 55. Rb8 Rf1+ 56. Kg3 Ra1 57. Kf4 Ra4+ 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heart of Finland op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nyysti, Sampsa"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.09.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rhb1 Qc7 17. a4 Bc6 18. Rb4 Qe7 19. Rab1 a5 20. Rb6 Rc8 21.
Ba6 O-O 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rxb7 Qd8 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Ra7 Rc4 26. Qf6+ Qxf6 27.
exf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxa5 Rxh4 29. g3 Rc4 30. Ra1 Rfc8 31. Ra3 h5 32. Rb5 g5 33. a5
h4 34. a6 h3 35. a7 h2 36. Rb1 Ra8 37. Rh1 Rc7 38. Rxh2 Raxa7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40.
Rh1 Kf5 41. f3 Rc7 42. Kd3 e5 43. Re1 f6 44. Re2 g4 45. Rf2 Rc6 46. Kd2 gxf3
47. Rxf3+ Kg4 48. Rd3 Rc5 49. Re3 e4 50. Re1 Kxg3 51. Rf1 Rc6 52. Rf5 Kg4 53.
Rxd5 f5 54. Re5 Kf4 55. Ra5 Rd6+ 56. Ke2 Rh6 57. c4 Rh2+ 58. Kd1 e3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 Bd7 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Qe7 15.
Nh2 O-O-O 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nf6 Qa3 18. Rhb1 b6 19. Qh2 Kb7 20. f3 a6 21. Qg1 Ka7
22. Qc1 Qa5 23. Qg1 Qa3 24. Qc1 Qa5 25. Qg1 Qa3 26. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Catalunya-chT"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Rhb1 Bc6 13. a4 c4 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15.
Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qc8+ Qd8 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "West of England op"]
[Site "Exmouth"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "George, Ian M"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.04.18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Bxg6 Rf8 14. Rf3 Nxd4 15.
Rxf7 Rxf7 16. Qf4 Nf5 17. g4 d4 18. Ne2 dxc3+ 19. Ke1 Qc7 20. gxf5 Kd8 21. Bxf7
Qxf7 22. f6 Bd7 23. Nxc3 Bc6 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Qd2 b6 26. a4 Rg8 27. Nb5+ Bxb5
28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. axb5 Qh5 30. Qe7+ Kb8 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kb7 33. Qd7+ Kb8
34. Qd8+ Kb7 35. Qe7+ Kb8 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Trnava"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Black "Ruckschloss, Karol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. a3 h5
9. Qf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qg3 g4 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5 15.
Ne2 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxc5 18. h3 Rg8 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Rh4 Bd7 21.
Rxg4 Rxg4 22. Qxg4 O-O-O 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Ba4 25. O-O-O b6 26. Be2 Ne4 27.
Rf1 Nc3 28. Bd3 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Kb2 Nc3 31. Kb3 b5 32. Re1 Kb7 33. Bd2
Na4 34. Bb4 Kb6 35. Rh1 a5 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Rh3 Rc3+ 38. Rxc3 Nxc3 39. f3 Kc6
40. g4 a4+ 41. Kb2 Ne2 42. Bb8 Kd5 43. Bc7 Ng1 44. f4 Nh3 45. f5 Nf2 46. fxe6
Kxe6 47. Bb6 Nxg4 48. Bxd4 Nxe5 49. Kc3 Nc6 50. Bb6 Kd5 51. Kd3 f5 52. Be3 Ne5+
53. Kc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Nc6 55. Kd2 f4 56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Bg1 Ne5 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Bh2
f3 60. Bg1 Nc4 61. Bf2 Nb6 62. Bg1 Nd5+ 63. Ka5 Nc7 64. Kb4 Na6+ 65. Ka5 Nc7
66. Kb4 Nd5+ 67. Ka5 Nf4 68. Be3 Nh3 69. c4 bxc4 70. Kxa4 f2 71. Bxf2 Nxf2 72.
Kb4 Kd5 73. a4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Trnava op"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Black "Ruckschloss, Karol"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. a3 h5
9. Qf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qg3 g4 13. dxc5 d4 14. Bd2 Qd5 15.
Ne2 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxc5 18. h3 Rg8 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Rh4 Bd7 21.
Rxg4 Rxg4 22. Qxg4 O-O-O 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Ba4 25. O-O-O b6 26. Be2 Ne4 27.
Rf1 Nc3 28. Bd3 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Kb2 Nc3 31. Kb3 b5 32. Re1 Kb7 33. Bd2
Na4 34. Bb4 Kb6 35. Rh1 a5 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Rh3 Rc3+ 38. Rxc3 Nxc3 39. f3 Kc6
40. g4 a4+ 41. Kb2 Ne2 42. Bb8 Kd5 43. Bc7 Ng1 44. f4 Nh3 45. f5 Nf2 46. fxe6
Kxe6 47. Bb6 Nxg4 48. Bxd4 Nxe5 49. Kc3 Nc6 50. Bb6 Kd5 51. Kd3 f5 52. Be3 Ne5+
53. Kc3 Ke4 54. Bc5 Nc6 55. Kd2 f4 56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Bg1 Ne5 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Bh2
f3 60. Bg1 Nc4 61. Bf2 Nb6 62. Bg1 Nd5+ 63. Ka5 Nc7 64. Kb4 Na6+ 65. Ka5 Nc7
66. Kb4 Nd5+ 67. Ka5 Nf4 68. Be3 Nh3 69. c4 bxc4 70. Kxa4 f2 71. Bxf2 Nxf2 72.
Kb4 Kd5 73. a4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "BL2-O 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vogler, Tilmann"]
[Black "Hess, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. Bg5 d5 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qf3 Nxc3 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. h4 g4 15.
Nf3 Na4 16. O-O Naxc5 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Bd4 Nf8 19. f3 Rg7 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qe3
b6 22. h5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Ba6 24. h6 Rxg5 25. Qxg5 Bxd3 26. Rac1 Qd7 27. Rf4 Bg6
28. Qxg4 Rc8 29. Rff1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Bc3 a5 32. Kh2 Qd3 33. Rf3 Qe2 34.
Qh4 Nh7 35. Rf4 Bd3 36. Bd4 f6 37. exf6 Bf5 38. Qg3 Nf8 39. Rh4 39... Ng6 {Zeit
} 1-0

[Event "Calvia ol (Men)"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. a3 h5
9. Qf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. dxc5 d4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qg3 Qd5 15.
f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bd7 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 16th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2007.09.22"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. a3 h5
9. Qf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. dxc5 d4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Qf6 Qxf6 15.
exf6 Na4 16. Bxg5 Nxc5 17. Nf3 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 b6 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Kd2 Rd8 21.
Rc2 Rd5 22. Rhc1 Kd7 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Bg3 Ra5 25. h4 e5 26. Ng5 Nd8 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. Re1 Kd6 29. f4 Be6 30. fxe5+ Kd5 31. Ra1 Nb7 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Bf2 Nc5
34. Kc2 Kxe5 35. Re1+ Kd5 36. Re8 Rxa3 37. Rd8+ Ke6 38. Bxd4 Nxd3 39. Re8+ Kd5
40. Bc3 Nc5 41. Re7 Kc4 42. Bd2 Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Kd3 44. Re3+ Kd4 45. Re7 Kd3 46.
Re3+ Kd4 47. Re7 Ne4 48. Bg5 Nf2+ 49. Ke1 Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52.
Kf1 Ne5 53. Bf4 Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Ng4 56. Bg5 Ra1+ 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1
a5 59. Rxf7 Rf2+ 60. Ke1 Rf5 61. Rf8 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torbay Open"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yeo, Michael J"]
[Black "Regis, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bd7 14. b5 Kf8
15. Ba3+ Kg7 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Qxa7 Qc8 19. Kd2 Rd8 20. Bd3 Be8 21.
Ra1 Nd7 22. Be7 Nxe5 23. Qd4 f6 24. f4 Ng4 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. h3 e5 27. Qa7 e4
28. Qxb7+ Bf7 29. Ra7 Qe8 30. hxg4 exd3 31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Torbay Open"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yeo, Michael J"]
[Black "Cannon, Richard James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bd7 13. f3 Bb5 14. fxe4 Bxe2
15. Qg3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 dxe4 17. Rb1 Qd5 18. a4 b6 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Rf4 Rc8 21.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Ne7 23. Rb3 Nd5 24. Kd2 Rc4 25. Kd3 Rxa4 26. Bd2 Ra2 27. c4
Ne7 28. Rc3 Nc6 29. Rc1 Ra3+ 30. Ke2 Ra4 31. Kd3 Ra3+ 32. Ke2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oceania zt"]
[Site "Warwick Fiji"]
[Date "2002.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, Robert W"]
[Black "Goundar, Sanmogam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Rb1 Bc6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Rhe1 Qxc5
15. Bxg6 Rg8 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qxf7 Rf8 18. Qg7 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf2+ 20. Re2
Qxf3 21. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU/M/GT/360"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schmidt, Hans"]
[Black "Harding, Timothy David (IRL)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Bxg6 Nxd4 14. Bh7 Bd7 15.
Ne2 O-O-O 16. Qg7 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Bb5+ 18. Ke1 Kb8 19. Rf3 d4 20. Rd1 Ba6 21.
Qxf7 d3 22. cxd3 Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Qc2 24. Re1 c4 25. Qf6 cxd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "EU/MSM/V/2-01"]
[Site "corr ICCF"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Granski, Miki (ISR)"]
[Black "Harding, Timothy David (IRL)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Bxg6 Nxd4 14. Kd1 Rg8 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. cxd4 Rxg2 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Rf3 Rag8 20. c3 Qa3 21.
Rb1 R8g6 22. Rg3 R6xg3 23. fxg3 cxd4 24. Qf3 dxc3 25. Nxc3 Ba4+ 26. Ke1 Ke8 27.
Kf1 Rh2 28. Kg1 Rc2 29. Rxb7 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Kd8 31. Qf6+ Kc8 32. Rb1 Kc7 33. Qf7+
Bd7 34. Nb5+ Kc6 35. Qf4 Qc4+ 36. Qxc4+ Rxc4 37. Nxa7+ Kc5 38. Rb7 Ba4 39. Nc8
Kd4 40. Nd6 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Rb1 Bc2 44. Re1 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Re3
46. Rc1 Bd3 47. Kh5 Rxg3 48. Kxh6 Rg6+ 49. Kh5 Kxe5 50. Nf7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "MN/001"]
[Site "corr ICCF"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pordzik, Detlef (GER)"]
[Black "Hall, Richard VM (ENG)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.03.25"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Bxg6 Nxd4 14. Bh7 Bd7 15.
Qg7 O-O-O 16. f4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Rhg8 18. Qxh6 Rxg2+ 19. Ne2 exf5 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21.
Nxg3 d4 22. Ne2 Qa4 23. cxd4 Bb5 24. Qg5 Rxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kc1 Qxa1+ 27.
Kd2 Bd7 28. h5 Qd4+ 29. Ke1 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Bc6 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. Qxf7+ Kb6 33.
Qb3+ Qxb3 34. cxb3 Bf3+ 35. Kd2 Bxh5 36. Kd3 Bf7 37. Kc3 Kc6 38. Kc2 Kd5 39.
Kd3 b5 40. Ke3 c4 41. b4 Be6 42. a3 a6 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe op-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Cichocki, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. c3 b6 15.
h5 g5 16. Nh2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qe2 Qa3 19. Qb5 O-O 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Rh3 Na5
22. Ke1 Nc4 23. Qb3 Rac8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. Rf6 Qb2 26. Rd1 Rh8 27. Rd3 Qc1+ 28.
Rd1 Qb2 29. Rd3 Qc1+ 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonnevanck 8th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4
8... Nc6 {A new approuch in well known position.Although theoretical 8...g:h4
also gives black very good counterchanses the move in the game simply promises
black a chanse to get a clear advantage at the early stage of the game.} (8...
gxh4 9. Qg4 (9. Qh5 $5 9... Rxg7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Rxh4 Nf6 12. Qh6 12... Bf8 $13
{Tartakower,S-Vidmar,M/Wien 1907 (22)}) (9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rxh4 Qf6 11. Qd2 Bd7
12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 13... Qxg7 $13 {
Hodgson,J-Garbarino,R/Benidorm op 1991 (38)}) 9... Qf6 (9... Be7 10. g3 c5 11.
O-O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Kb1 13... e5 $36 {
Grigoriev,N-Alekhine,A/Moscow 1915 (25)}) 10. Rxh4 Qxg7 11. Qxg7 Rxg7 12. Rh8+
Bf8 (12... Kd7)) 9. h5 {It sounds very strange,but after this logical move
white is in serious troubles!It was nessasary toplay} (9. Nf3 $1 9... gxh4 (
9... g4 $6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 11... f5 $5 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxg7 13. Bd3
Bd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. Qh6 $36) 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ne2 Qxg7 15. Qe3 $14)
10. Rxh4 Qf6 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O 12... O-O-O {
with complicated position where black's chanses should be prefered.}) 9... Rxg7
10. h6 (10. Qd3 Qf6 11. h6 Rg8 12. h7 Rh8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nf3 14... g4 $15)
10... Rh7 11. Qd3 (11. Bd3 Rh8 12. Qh5 Qf6 ({Deserved attention} 12... Nxd4 $5
13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nf3 17... Be7 $17) 13.
Nf3 Nxd4 14. Nxg5 Nf5 15. h7 $2 {
Another mistake and this time with severe cosequences.Better was} (15. Bxf5
Qxf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Nf3 Qxh5 18. Rxh5 f6 19. Ne2 $15 {
with defendable position.}) 15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 16... Qxc3+ $17 17. Ke2 17...
Qe5+ {Landa,K-Morozevich,A/RUS-Cup final 1998/[Finkel,A]/0-1 (38)} (17... Qe5+
18. Kd2 Qf4+ 19. Ke2 19... Nd6 {Now black is a pawn up,white passed pawn on h7
is blocked,his pieces lack coordination-in other words white's position is
nearly hopeless.} 20. Rh3 e5 21. Rh4 Qf6 22. Re1 22... Bd7 $17)) 11... f5 12.
O-O-O Qf6 13. g4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rxh6 15. Rxh6 Qxh6 16. gxf5 g4+ 17. Kb1 exf5 18.
Re1+ Be6 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. Qxf5 Kd7 20. Qd3 Rf8 21. f3 g3 22. Bg2 Bf5 23. Qe2
a6 24. Kb2 Na5 25. Qe7+ Kc8 26. Bf1 g2 27. Bxg2 Nc4+ 28. Ka1 Bd7 29. Bh3 Bxh3
30. Nxh3 Kb8 31. Ng5 Rc8 32. Kb1 Qh4 33. Nf7 Qf4 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qxf3 36.
Qc5 b6 37. Qd4 c5 38. Qd2 Re8 39. e6 Qf5 40. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Germany Wch-m"]
[Site "Germany Wch-m"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd4 e5 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Qf3 Ke7 14. c6 Nc5
15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. O-O Qe4 19. Rab1 Rhd8 20. Ng3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 Rd2 22. Rf2 Rcd8 23. Rb5 Rd1+ 24. Rf1 Na4 25. Ne4 Nb6 26. Ra5 Nc8 27.
Rc5 Nb6 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29. Nxf6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kg7 31. Ng4 Rd5 32. Rxa7 h5 33. e4
Rc5 34. Ne3 Rxc3 35. Ke2 Nc4 36. Nf5+ Kh8 37. Rxf7 Rxc2+ 38. Kd3 Rc1 39. Ne3
Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 Re2 44. Rf5 Rxe4 45. Rg5
Kh7 46. Rg4 Re3+ 47. Kxh4 Ra3 48. Kg5 Rxa2 49. Kf5 Re2 50. h3 Kh6 51. g3 Re3
52. h4 Kh7 53. Rg5 Re1 54. g4 Kh6 55. Kf6 Kh7 56. Rxe5 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Rf7 58. h5
Ra7 59. Rb5 Rg7+ 60. Kf4 Ra7 61. g5 Kg7 62. Kf5 Rf7+ 63. Kg4 Ra7 64. h6+ Kg6
65. Rb6+ Kh7 66. Kh5 Ra5 67. Rb7+ Kg8 68. Re7 Rb5 69. Kg6 Rb6+ 70. Kf5 Rb5+ 71.
Kf6 Rb8 72. g6 Ra8 73. Re5 Kh8 74. Kg5 Rg8 75. Rb5 Re8 76. h7 1-0

[Event "Germany Wch-m"]
[Site "Germany Wch-m"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bf3 Bxc5 11. Nge2 Ke7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nc1 Rab8 14.
Nd3 Bd6 15. Rd2 Rhd8 16. Re1 Be8 17. Red1 b5 18. g3 b4 19. Ne2 Rbc8 20. Nd4 a5
21. Nb3 Bc7 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bg2 Bb6 24. Ne5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc8 26. Kf1 Bb5+ 27.
Ke1 a4 28. Nc1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Bf1 Ba5 31. b3 Bc6 32. Bc4 e5 33. Nd3 f6
34. Ke2 Be8 35. f3 Rd8 36. Nc5 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 axb3 38. Nxb3 Bb6 39. c3 bxc3+
40. Kxc3 Bg1 41. h3 Bf2 42. g4 Be1+ 43. Kd3 Bc6 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Bg8 h6 46. Bh7
Be8 47. Bd3 Bf7 48. Bb5 Bb4 49. Bd3 Ba3 50. Bb5 Kd5 51. Bd3 h5 52. Ke2 h4 53.
Ke3 Bg8 54. Ke2 Kd6 55. Ke3 Bd5 56. Bg6 Ke7 57. Be4 Bc4 58. Bd3 Bf7 59. Ke2 Kf8
60. Be4 g6 61. Na1 Kg7 62. Nc2 Bc5 63. a4 Kh6 64. a5 Kg5 65. Ne1 f5 66. gxf5
gxf5 67. Bb7 Bc4+ 68. Nd3 Bb4 69. a6 e4 70. fxe4 fxe4 71. Bxe4 Bxa6 72. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin m"]
[Site "Berlin m"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. f3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nge2 dxe4 8.
fxe4 e5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Bg4 12. d5 Nb8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2
Nd7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. c4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bd3 Rad8
21. Kd2 Rd6 22. Ke3 g6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Rab1 Rf6 25. Rb5 b6 26. Rbb1 Rxf1 27.
Rxf1 Rd8 28. h4 Rd6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 f6 31. Rg1 fxg5 32. Rxg5 Nd7 33. c5
bxc5 34. Bb5 Kf6 35. Rg1 Nf8 36. a4 Rb6 37. Kd3 Nh7 38. Kc4 Ng5 39. Rg4 Nf7 40.
Kxc5 Nh6 41. Rg1 g5 42. a5 Rd6 43. Be2 Kg6 44. c4 Ng8 45. Bg4 Ne7 46. Be6 Ra6
47. Kb5 Rd6 48. Rb1 a6+ 49. Kc5 Rxe6 50. dxe6 g4 51. Rf1 Kh5 52. Rf7 g3 53.
Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup 38th"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stead, Kerry"]
[Black "Kagan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxe4 8.
fxe4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 10. Kf2 gxf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. a4 a6 14. dxc5
Rd8 15. Bd3 Qxc5+ 16. Ke1 Nc6 17. Rf1 Rg8 18. Rf2 Ne5 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rxg2
21. Rf1 Bc6 22. Rb1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1939.04.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 a6 15.
Rab1 Nd8 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. g3 Rc8 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Rxh5
Bxd3 22. cxd3 d4 23. Rb3 dxc3+ 24. Nxc3 Rg6 25. Qf4 b5 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Ke2 Qa5
28. Qd2 Nc6 29. Rh4 b4 30. Nd1 Qxe5+ 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Rc4 Rd8 33. Rb2 Nd4+ 34.
Ke1 a5 35. Qe4 Nf3+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Ke1 Rg5 38. Qxd5 Rgxd5 39. Ne3 Rh5 40. Rc7
Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Nf3+ 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Kd2 Nf3+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kd2 Ra1 46. Nc2
Rf1 47. Nxd4 Rxd4 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. Ra7 Rd5 50. Rc2 Kf8 51. g4 h5 52. gxh5 Rxh5
53. Rd7 Rb5 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. d4 Rd5 56. Ra6 Kg6 57. Ra7 Rf5 58. Rd2 Rd5 59. Rc2
f6 60. Ra6 Kf5 61. Kf3 Rxd4 62. Rxa5+ e5 63. Ra6 Re1 64. Ra5 Rf4+ 65. Kg2 Rg4+
66. Kf3 Rh4 67. Rb2 Kg5 68. Rb5 f5 69. R5xb4 e4+ 70. Kg2 Rhh1 71. f3 e3 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Glek, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4
8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 12... cxd4 $5 {Glek is fam
ous expert in french defense and also in this game he comes up with quiet
unexpected,seeming dubious,but pretty efficient plan!} (12... Qa5 13. h5 (13.
Nf3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rhb1 Qc7 17. Rb3 $36 {
Sariego,W-Hergott,D/Capablanca mem-B 1996}) 13... gxh5 14. Nf3 b6 15. Rxh5 Ba6
16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rxh6 Rxh6 18. Qxh6 18... O-O-O $44 {Kovalev,A-Glek,I/BL9394})
13. cxd4 Qa5+ (13... Bd7 14. Nf3 (14. c3 Qe7 15. Qf6 O-O-O 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. h5
g5 18. Nf3 18... g4 $132 {Polgar,S-Dreev,A/New York op 1989}) 14... Qe7 15. h5
g5 16. Qf6 O-O-O 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nh2 Nc6 19. c3 19... f5 $5 $13 {
Fiedler,B-Hergott,D/North Bay op 1996}) 14. c3 $5 (14. Ke3 b6 15. Qf6 Rg8 16.
Ne2 Ba6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 18... Nb4 $1 $13 {
Ostergaard,D-Brynell,S/Sollentuna op 1995}) 14... b5 $1 {
Immedeatly starting an actions against white king.} 15. Qf6 (15. Ne2 b4 16.
Rhb1 bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nb5 19... O-O $1 $132) (15. Nf3 b4
16. Rhc1 Rb8 17. Qf6 Rf8 18. cxb4 18... Rxb4 $13) 15... Rf8 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rhc1
Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. cxb4 $6 {After this move black manages to create
counterplay on the queenside so deserved attention} (19. h5 $5 19... bxc3+ (
19... gxh5 20. Qxh6 20... Qa3 $5 21. Ke1) 20. Rxc3 gxh5 21. Rac1 $36) 19...
Nxb4 20. Qf3 (20. Rc7 $2 20... Nc6 21. Rc1 21... Qa5+ $19) (20. Rc3 Rc8 21.
Rac1 Qxa2+ 22. Ke3 22... Rc4 $13) 20... Nc6 21. Rc5 Na5 22. Rac1 Rb8 (22...
Nc4+ $4 23. R5xc4 dxc4 24. Qxa8+ $18) 23. Ke1 Nc4 24. Nf4 24... Qa4 25. Nd3 $5
25... g5 $5 26. Qf6 $5 {Starting with this move very beutiful combination,whch
proves out sufficient only for a draw.} (26. Qe2) 26... Qxa2 27. Kf1 Nd2+ (
27... Qd2 $2 28. Rc7 Qxd3+ 29. Kg1 29... Qa3 $8 30. Kh2 $1 30... Rd8 31. Ra1 $1
$18) 28. Kg1 Ne4 29. Rc7 $1 (29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kd7 31. Rc7+ Kxc7 32. Qe7+
Kb6 33. Qb4+ 33... Ka6 $19) 29... Nxf6 30. exf6 Qd2 (30... Qa3 31. Ne5 Rd8 (
31... Kd8 $2 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Rcc7 $36) 32. Rb1 $1 $44) 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rcc7
Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "(other spellings are available)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nf3 c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qf4 Qe7 15.
Qf6 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nh2 Ng8 19. Ng4 Rf8 20. Nf6 Nxf6 21. exf6
e5 22. dxe5 Re8 23. Raf1 Rhg8 24. g4 Rxe5 25. f4 Re4 26. Bf3 Rxf4 27. Bxd5 Bxg4
28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Bxf7 Rf8 30. Rg1 Rxf7 31. Rxg4 Rxf6 32. Rg6 Rc6 33. Ke2 (33.
Rxc6+ bxc6 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. a3 a6 38. a4 a5 39. Kg4 Ke5
40. Kg3) 33... Kd7 34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Rxb7 Ra6 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Kxf4 Ra5 38. Ke4
Rxh5 39. Rxa7 Rh4+ 40. Ke3 h5 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Ra5+ Kg4 43. Rc5 Rh3+ 44. Kd4
Rf3 45. Kxc4 Rf4+ 46. Kd3 h4 47. Rc8 h3 48. Rh8 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Pontevedra1"]
[Site "Pontevedra"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rivera Kuzawka, Daniel"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Qf6 O-O-O 15.
Qxe7 Nxe7 16. h5 Rdg8 17. g3 c4 18. Be2 Rf8 19. Rh2 g5 20. Rf1 Nc6 21. Ne1 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. f4 Rhf8 24. Rhf2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Ke3 Ng4+ 27. Bxg4 Bxg4
28. fxg5 d4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rytshagov, M."]
[Black "Anderton, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "(other spellings are available)"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.01.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bd7 13. f3 Bb5 14. fxe4 Bxe2
15. Qh3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 dxe4 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. Kg1 Rh7 19. Qe3 Qd5 20. Re1 Rc8 21.
a4 a5 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bd2 Rc4 24. Ra1 Kd8 25. Qe2 Kc7 26. Qd1 Kb7 27. Rb1 Qc6
28. Rb5 f5 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Qe2 Rxa4 31. Reb1 Nd7 32. c4 Qxc4 33. Qxe4+ Ka7
34. Be3 Ra2 35. Qxg6 Qe2 36. Qg3 Rc2 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxa5+ Kb7 39. Rxd5 Re7 40.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 41. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino Masters"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Be3 $6 {I don't think White can fight for opening advantage wasting
another tempo to keep the bishop on the board.} 9... c5 10. Bd3 h5 (10... Bd7
11. Ne2 h5 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qc7 17.
Nb3 $14 {Levacic,P-Cebalo,M/Pula 1999}) 11. Qf4 (11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Ng5 13.
Qf4 Qe7 14. h4 Nh7 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. g4 $6 16... hxg4 17. Qxg4 Bd7 18. Rb1 18...
O-O-O $132 {De Souza Mendes,J-Rivas Costa,S/Carrasco 1921}) 11... g5 12. Qf3
Nxc3 13. Qg3 $2 {Appearently having a black-out as after this move Black gets
a winning position on the spot.} (13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16.
c3 Bd7 17. O-O Qe7 18. Qe3 $44 {Neubert-Mueller/DDR 1981}) 13... c4 14. Ne2 $2
{More persistant was} (14. Bxg5 Qb6 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Bd2 cxd3 16. Qxd3 $16)
15. Be2 Qb2 16. Rc1 Nxa2 17. Rd1 Qxc2 18. Bf6 18... Rf8 $17 {
but Black is clearly better anyway.}) (14. Bf1 Ne4 15. Qf3 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 16...
Nc3+ $19) 14... h4 15. Qg4 $6 (15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb5 17. Bf6 Rh6 18. Bg7
cxd3 19. Bxh6 19... dxe2 $17) 15... Na4 $19 16. O-O (16. Bxg5 Rg8 17. f4 cxd3
18. cxd3 Qa5+ 19. Kf2) 16... cxd3 17. cxd3 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bxg5 (19. f4
Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. fxg5 Nc6 22. Nf4 Nb6 23. a4) 19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21.
Nf4 Nc6 22. Nxd5 Kf7 23. Nc7 23... Bd7 $2 (23... Rb8 24. d5 Nb4 25. Rab1 a5 26.
a3 26... Nxd3 $19) 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. d5 Ne7 26. d6 (26. Bxh4 26... Nxd5 $17)
26... Ng6 27. Rfe1 Nc5 28. Rac1 28... Ne6 $1 (28... Nxd3 $6 29. Rc7 Nxe1 30.
Rxd7+ Ke6 31. Rg7 Ne5 32. d7 Nc6 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxd8 35. Rh7 $132) 29.
Bd2 29... Bc6 30. Ba5 $6 30... Ngf4 $19 31. Re3 Nxg2 32. Re5 Rg8 33. Kf1 Ngf4
34. Rxf5+ Kg6 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. d7 Ke7 39. Ra5 Kxd7 40.
Rxa7+ Kd6 41. Ra4 Rf8 42. d4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Kiel op 14th"]
[Site "Kiel"]
[Date "2001.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voloshin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kyeck, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.08.18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qe7 11. h4 c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Qf6 Qxf6 15.
exf6 c4 16. Be2 Rd8 17. g4 Bc8 18. g5 h5 19. Ke3 Rd6 20. Rhb1 Rh7 21. a4 Na5
22. Ne5 Bd7 23. f4 Kd8 24. Bf3 Be8 25. Kd2 Kc7 26. Bg2 Bd7 27. f5 Be8 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Rf1 Bf7 30. Bf3 Rd7 31. Rae1 Kd6 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Re7+
Kd6 35. Rb1 Bg8 36. Rxh7 Bxh7 37. Rf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]

1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8
8. h4 8... Nc6 $1 {A new approuch in well known position.Although theoretical
8...g:h4 also gives black very good counterchanses the move in the game simply
promises black a chanse to get a clear advantage at the early stage of the
game.} (8... gxh4 9. Qh5 $5 (9. Qg4 Be7 10. g3 c5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5
13. Kb1 13... e5 $36 {Grigoriev,N-Alekhine,A/Moscow 1915 (25)}) (9. Nf3 Nc6 10.
Rxh4 Qf6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 13... Qxg7 $13 {
Hodgson,J-Garbarino,R/Benidorm op 1991 (38)}) 9... Rxg7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Rxh4
Nf6 12. Qh6 12... Bf8 $13 {Tartakower,S-Vidmar,M/Wien 1907 (22)}) 9. h5 $6 {
It sounds very strange,but after this logical move white is in serious
troubles!It was nessasary toplay} (9. Nf3 $1 9... gxh4 (9... g4 $6 10. Ne5 Nxe5
11. dxe5 11... f5 $5 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxg7 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qd2 c5 15. Qh6
$36) 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ne2 Qxg7 15. Qe3 $14) 10. Rxh4 Qf6 11. Qd3
Bd7 12. O-O-O 12... O-O-O {
with complicated position where black's chanses should be prefered.}) 9... Rxg7
$15 10. h6 (10. Qd3 Qf6 11. h6 Rg8 12. h7 Rh8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nf3 14... g4
$15) 10... Rh7 11. Bd3 Rh8 12. Qh5 Qf6 ({Deserved attention} 12... Nxd4 $5 13.
O-O-O (13. Nh3 Qf6 14. Nxg5 14... Nf5 {look 12...Qf6}) 13... Qf6 14. Nb5 Nxb5
15. Bxb5+ c6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nf3 17... Be7 $17) 13. Nf3 Nxd4 14. Nxg5 Nf5 15.
h7 $2 {Another mistake and this time with severe cosequences.Better was} (15.
Bxf5 Qxf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Nf3 Qxh5 18. Rxh5 f6 19. Ne2 $15 {
with defendable position.}) 15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 16... Qxc3+ $17 17. Ke2 Qe5+
18. Kd2 Qf4+ 19. Ke2 19... Nd6 {Now black is a pawn up,white passed pawn on h7
is blocked,his pieces lack coordination-in other words white's position is
nearly hopeless.} 20. Rae1 (20. Rh3 e5 21. Rh4 Qf6 22. Re1 22... Bd7 $17) 20...
Bd7 21. Kf1 O-O-O 22. Qh6 $5 {Trying to prevent e5.} 22... Bb5 (22... e5 $6 23.
g3 (23. Rh4 $6 23... Qd2 24. Rxe5 24... f6 $1 25. Qxf6 25... Rdf8 $19) 23...
Qa4 24. Rxe5 Qxa2 25. Qf6 $44) 23. Bxb5 Nxb5 24. Rh4 Qf5 25. Qg7 (25. Rh5 $5)
25... Nd6 26. g3 (26. Re5 Qxc2 27. Nxf7 27... Nf5 $1 (27... Ne4 $2 28. Rexe4
dxe4 29. Kg1 Rdf8 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. Nxh8) 28. Qf6 Nxh4 29. Nxh8 29... Qd3+ $1
30. Kg1 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 31... Qxh7 $19) 26... Rde8 27. c3 (27. Re5 Qxc2 28. Nxf7)
27... Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Qd2 29. Re5 Qxc3 30. Rf4 Qc2 31. Kg2 b5 32. a3 a5 33. Rf6 b4
34. axb4 axb4 35. Rexe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxh7 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Qe5 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 ({
The old Mac Cutcheon variation. Nowadays, the more solid} 4... Be7) ({and} 4...
dxe4 {are by far more popular, but, as usual, Morozevich aims for a
complicated fight.}) 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 ({
Both players had some experience with the main alternative.} 8... Kf8 9. Nf3 c5
10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 c4 (11... Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Rhb1 Nd8 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rb3 $14 {Morozevich,A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2450)/
Pamplona 1999/CBM 069 (1-0, 55) Black's knight is much worse placed than it
will be in our main game.}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. a4 (13. Rhb1 Rb8 14. a4 Rg8 15. Qf4
Qe7 16. g4 b6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 18... Rh8 $13 {
Leko,P (2749)-Ivanchuk,V (2711)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext ( - , 43)}) 13...
Bd7 14. h4 a6 15. Qf4 b5 16. g4 16... b4 $13 {with sharp play on both wings,
Short,N (2660)-Morozevich,A (2590)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (1-0, 55)}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2
10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qa5 (11... Bd7 {
Leko,P (2736)-Radjabov,T (2624)/Linares 2003/CBM 094/[Finkel,A] (1-0, 32)}) 12.
Nf3 12... Nd7 $5 $146 {As always, Morozevich is playing his own way. The
knight is heading for either b6 or c5, in order to put the c3-square under
some (eventually indirect) pressure.} ({After the usual} 12... Nc6 {
theory is relatively well-settled. The main line goes} 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (
14. h5 $5 {was also tried.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $14 {
Hebden,M (2500)-Vaisser,A (2580)/Bern 1992/CBM 028/[Knaak] ( - , 62)}) 13. Rhb1
{A logical reaction. White concentrates his forces on the queenside,
preventing Black from taking over the initiative on that wing.} ({The tempting
} 13. Bxg6 {could be met by the cold-blooded} 13... Nb6 $5 (13... Rg8 $4 14.
Qxe6+ $1 $18) (13... fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Kd8 15. Qxd5 $44) {when Black would win
time for his development, while the small material disadvantage is of
temporary nature.} 14. Bd3 14... Na4 $132) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 {From structural
point of view, the opening has been quite a success for Black. However, his
considerable delay in development and the difficulties in finding a safe place
for the king make the position difficult to judge.} 14... a6 15. Rb4 15... Qc7
{This willing retreat might seem a bit mysterious.} ({
A more natural continuation would be} 15... b6 $5 { ...Bb7, ...Rc8. 
Morozevich probably feared that his quen would remain isolated on a5. Here is
a possible way for White to take any concrete advantage out of this detail:}
16. Rb3 Bb7 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 {White has all the chances to consolidate
his control on dark squares. For instance} 18... g5 19. Re1 $1 (19. hxg5 hxg5
20. g4 20... d4 $132) 19... g4 20. Nd4 $14) 16. c4 16... a5 {In order to avoid
the immediate activation of the rook along the c-file (...dxc4 Rxc4), Black
creates an additional weakness in his camp (b5).} 17. Rb3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 18...
Nc5 $1 ({A highly instructive moment. It might seem as if Black should be
interested in trading queens, in order to solve his aforementioned problems.
However, after} 18... Qxc4 $2 19. Bxc4 {
he could not reach the desired stability on dark squares with} 19... Nc5 {
because of} 20. Rb5 {. As we shall see, the black queen is needed precisely to
defend the b6- and c5-squares.}) 19. Rc3 (19. Rb5 $2 {
is inefficient now because of} 19... b6 {, threatening ...Ba6.}) 19... b6 20.
Qf4 20... Bb7 {Black has almost completed his development, without making any
major concession. He "only" needs to bring his king into safety now.} 21. Nd4
Qd8 22. f3 22... g5 $5 {Morozevich' plans start getting contour. He plans to
leave the king in the centre in order to increase his influence on dark
squares on the wings.} 23. Qe3 {Leko prevents the opening of the h-file for
the black rook, but after Black's next move the g-file will prove just as good.
} 23... gxh4 24. Nb5 Kf8 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Rb1 Qg5 27. Bf1 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rb8 29.
Bc4 29... Rg8 {Black's plan has been crowned with success. White does not have
any chances for advantage.} 30. Re2 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 h3 32. gxh3 Rg3 33. Ke3 Na4
34. Kf4 Rg5 35. Rb3 Ke7 36. h4 Rf5+ 37. Kg3 Rg8+ 38. Kf2 Rf4 39. Nxb6 Rxh4 40.
Nxa4 Rxa4 41. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "French MacCutcheon (A)"]
[Site "SEMI Email"]
[Date "2003.03.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilles, Robert P. (USA)"]
[Black "Sakai, Kiyotaka (JPN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.03.24"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 c5 10. h5 g5 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15.
exf6 15... e5 $1 {(-/+)} 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Qf3 exf4 18. c3 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Kg7 (
19... Be6) 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Kc1 b5 23. a3 a5 24. Nf3 b4 25. Bb1 bxc3
26. Qxc3 Bg4 27. Qd3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "CRG"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trussler, P."]
[Black "Regis, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 $1 11... Bd7 12. f3 $1 12... Qg5 13.
Qxg5 Nxg5 14. h4 Nh7 15. Rb1 Bc6 (15... b6) 16. f4 h5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Kd2 Ke7
19. Rb4 Rhc8 20. a4 Nhf8 21. a5 Rc7 22. Rhb1 a6 23. R1b2 Rac8 24. Rb1 Ra8 25.
R1b2 1/2-1/2

