(1) Matlak,Marek - Korhonen,Harri [E15]

Wch U20 Kiljava (8), 11.08.1984

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.0–0 cxd4
8.Cxd4 Axg2 9.Rxg2 Ae7 10.Af4 Dc8 11.Cb5 Dc6+ 12.f3 0–0 13.Cd2 d5
14.Tfc1 a6 15.Cc3 d4 16.Dxc6 Cxc6 17.Ca4 e5 18.Ag5 Tab8 19.a3 Tfd8
20.b4 h6 21.Axf6 Axf6 22.h4 Ae7 23.Cb2 f5 24.Cd3 Af6 25.b5 axb5
26.cxb5 Ca5 27.Cb4 Td6 28.Ta2 Ta8 29.Tac2 Tdd8 30.Tc7 Rf8 31.Ca6 Te8
32.Cc4 Cxc4 33.T1xc4 e4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Td7 Tad8 36.Txd8 Txd8 37.Rf2
Ae5 38.a4 Rg8 39.Tc1 d3 40.Td1 Ad4+ 41.Re1 Tc8 42.exd3 e3 43.Tb1 Tc2
44.a5 Ac3+

0–1

(2) Diesen,Mark C (2440) - Vilela de Acuna,Jose Luis (2435)

[E15]
Alicante Alicante (3), 1978

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 c5 6.Ag2 Ab7 7.0–0 cxd4
8.Cxd4 Axg2 9.Rxg2 Dc8 10.Af4 Ae7 11.Cb5 Dc6+ 12.f3 0–0 13.C1c3 Tc8
14.Tfd1 Ce8 15.Tac1 a6 16.Cd4 Db7 17.Cc2 Cc6 18.Cd4 Cf6 19.Cb3 h6
20.Ad6 Axd6 21.Txd6 Ce5 22.Cd2 Dc7 23.Td4 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Db3
Db6 26.Tb4 De3 27.Dd1 Tab8 28.Cde4 Ce8 29.Cd2 d5 30.Cb3 Cd6 31.Dd4
Dxd4 32.Cxd4 Cc6 33.Cxc6 Txc6 34.Td1 Tc4 35.Td4 Txd4 36.Txd4 b4
37.Cd1 Cc4 38.e4 Tb5 39.exd5 exd5 40.b3 Cb6 41.Ce3

½–½

(3) Greet,Andrew (2425) - Shabalov,Alexander (2593) [E15]

Monarch Assurance 14th Port Erin (2), 25.09.2005

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 c5 6.Ag2 Ab7 7.0–0 cxd4
8.Cxd4 Axg2 9.Rxg2 Dc8 10.Td1 Ae7 11.Cc3 0–0 12.Af4 a6 13.Cc2 Db7+
14.f3 Tc8 15.Td2 b5 16.cxb5 d5 17.Cd4 Cbd7 18.Cc6 Af8 19.Ce5 Cxe5
20.Axe5 Cd7 21.Ad4 e5 22.Af2 d4 23.bxa6 Txa6 24.Dd1 Cc5 25.Ce4 Cxe4
26.fxe4 Dxe4+ 27.Rg1 g6 28.Td3 Tac6 29.Db3 Dxe2 30.Tf1 Tf6

0–1
(4) Sturua,Zurab (2410) - Chernin,Alexander [E15]
URS-ch48 sf Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk, 1980

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.0–0 cxd4
8.Cxd4 Axg2 9.Rxg2 Ae7 10.Cc3 0–0 11.Td1 Dc7 12.Af4 Db7+ 13.f3 a6
14.Td2 Tc8 15.e4 d6 16.Cc2 Ce8 17.Tad1 Cc6 18.g4 g5 19.Ag3 Af6
20.Axd6 Axc3 21.bxc3 Cxd6 22.Txd6 Ce5 23.Ce3 De7 24.Dc2 b5 25.T1d4
Df6 26.De2 Cg6 27.Dd1 Df4 28.Cf1 Rg7 29.Cg3 De3 30.Ch5+ Rh6 31.Td3
Dc5 32.Dd2 bxc4 33.T3d5 exd5 34.h4 dxe4 35.f4 gxh4 36.Rh3 f6 37.Txf6
Td8 38.g5+ Dxg5 39.fxg5+ Rxh5 40.Td6

½–½

(5) Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2731) - Navara,David (2702)

[E15]
FRA-chT Top 12 Mulhouse (10.1), 04.06.2011

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 Db6 11.Db5 Ac6 12.Dxb6 axb6 13.Tfd1 Ce4
14.Cxe4 Axe4 15.Axb8 Tfxb8 16.Ce5 Axg2 17.Rxg2 b5 18.cxb5 Txb5
19.Txd7 Af6 20.Cc4 Tb4 21.Tc1 Txa2 22.e4 Rf8 23.e5 Ae7 24.Tc7 Ta8
25.Cd6 Txb2 26.T1xc5 Tbb8 27.h4 Td8 28.T5c6 h5 29.Tc3 Axd6 30.exd6
Ta5 31.Td7 Re8 32.Te7+ Rf8 33.Tb7 g6 34.Tc6

½–½

(6) Seres,Lajos (2410) - Lakos,Nikoletta (2385) [E15]

HUN-chT 9899 Hungary, 1999

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–
0 Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 h6 13.Tad1 e5 14.Ae3 Cc6
15.Ch4 Cd4 16.Axb7 Dxb7 17.f3 Tfd8 18.Cg2 d5 19.Af2 dxc4 20.Ce3
Db4 21.Da6 Td6 22.Dxc4 Tad8 23.Rf1 Db7 24.b3 Dc8 25.Rg2 Db7 26.Cf1
Tb6 27.Ca4 Tb4 28.Cxc5 Axc5 29.Dxc5 Tb5 30.Dc3 Tc8 31.Db2 Ce6
32.e4 a5 33.Tc2 a4 34.Txc8+ Dxc8“

1–0

(7) Nikolic,Predrag (2620) - Bareev,Evgeny (2650) [E15]

Bled/Rogaska Slatina Bled (1), 1991

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 c5 6.Ag2 Ab7 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 Db6 11.Tad1 d6 12.Td2 h6 13.Tfd1 e5 14.Ae3 Cc6
15.Tb1 a5 16.Db5 Dc7 17.Db3 Tfd8 18.Ch4 Tab8 19.Cf5 Cd4 20.Cxe7+
Dxe7 21.Dd1 Axg2 22.Rxg2 De6 23.b3 d5 24.cxd5 Cxd5 25.Tc1 f5 26.Cxd5
Txd5 27.Tc4 Tbd8 28.Dc1 f4 29.Axd4 cxd4 30.Tc6 T5d6

½–½

(8) Dautov,Rustem (2617) - Schandorff,Lars (2546) [E15]

Bundesliga 0203 Germany (3.3), 16.11.2002
[Finkel,A]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5
[7...Axc5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Cc3 Ae7 10.Td1 Ca6 11.Ae3!? Karpov -
Ehlvest, SkellefteÅ 1989.]

8.Cc3 Ae7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Af4 [10.Td1 d6

a) 10...Db6 11.Af4 (11.Dc2 Cc6 12.Af4 Tac8 13.Ca4 Da5 14.b3 Tfd8
15.a3 d6 16.Ad2 Dc7 17.Ac3 Td7 18.Tac1 Cd8÷ Karpov,A-
Timman,J/Paris 1991) 11...Td8 (11...a6 12.Td2 d6 13.Tad1 Td8
14.Cg5 Axg2 15.Rxg2 h6 16.Cge4 Ce8 17.g4 Ta7 18.a3² Kantsler,B-
Podlesnik,B/Ljubljana 1992; 11...Ca6 12.Td2 Tfd8 13.Ce5! Axg2
14.Rxg2 Tac8 15.Tad1 d6 16.Cf3 h6 17.Db5!² Skembris, S-
Stefansson,H/Gausdal 1993; 11...Dxb2? 12.Tab1 Dxc3 13.Txb7 Cc6?
14.Ad2 traps the black queen.) 12.Td2 h6 13.Db3 d6 14.Tad1
Ce8 15.e4 Dxb3 16.axb3 f6 17.e5!² Seirawan,Y-
Vaganian,R/Rotterdam 1989;

b) 10...a6 11.Af4 Ta7 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Ce5 Cxe5 14.Axe5 Axg2

15.Rxg2 Cg4 16.Ad6 Axd6 17.Txd6 Db8÷ Kallai,G-
Sokolov,A/FRA 1992;

11.Af4 Db6 12.Td2 Td8

a) 12...Cc6 13.Dd1 (13.Db5!? Dc7! 14.Tad1 a6 15.Da4 Cd4 16.Ce1

Axg2 17.Cxg2 Tfb8= Salov,V-Chandler,M/Manila 1990) 13...Cd4
14.e3 Cxf3+ 15.Axf3 Tfd8 16.Axb7 Dxb7 17.Axd6 Txd6
18.Txd6 Axd6 19.Dxd6 h5 20.b3± Dlugy,M-Browne,W/ USA
1986;

b) 12...h6 13.Db3 (13.h3 Ch5 14.Ae3 a6 15.a3 Dc7 16.g4 Cf6 17.Af4
Cbd7 18.Dc2 Tab8÷ Lputian,S-Csom,I/Rimavska Sobota 1991)
13...Cbd7 14.Tad1 e5 15.Ae3 Tab8 16.Dxb6 Cxb6 17.b3 Ce4
18.Cxe4 Axe4 19.Ce1 Axg2 20.Rxg2 Cc8= Horvath,C-
Fauland,A/Austria 1991;

13.Tad1 Ca6 (13...h6 14.h3 e5 15.Ae3 Cc6 16.Ce1 Cd4 17.Axb7 Dxb7
18.Cg2 Cd7 19.b3 Cb6 20.Da5 Tdc8÷ Fominyh,A-Fish,G/Alushta
1993) 14.Db5 Ce8 15.Cg5 Axg2 16.Rxg2 Cac7 17.Da4 h6
18.Cf3² Antoshin,V-Szabo,L/Moscow 1963]

10...d6 11.Tad1 Db6 12.Td2 h6 [Preparing an advance of the e-

pawn, which wasn't good right away due to Bg5.]

13.Tfd1 e5 14.Ae3 Cc6 15.Ce1 [This move is novelty, but it

doesn't change evaluation of the position. It's quite clear
that black has good counterchances no matter what move
white plays.]

[15.Tb1 a5 16.Db5 Dc7 17.Db3 Tfd8 18.Ch4 Tab8 19.Cf5

Cd4÷ Nikolic,P-Bareev,E/Bled 1991]

15...Tfd8 16.Cd5 [16.g4!? Cd4 (16...Cxg4? 17.Cd5 Da6 18.Dxa6 Axa6

19.Cxe7+ Cxe7 20.Txd6) 17.g5 hxg5 18.Axg5 Axg2 19.Cxg2 Db7„
…20.Axf6 Axf6 21.Cd5 Ag5³]

16...Cxd5 17.Axd5 Tab8 18.Cd3?! [Knight has nothing to do on d3

so this move is just a waste of time.]

[18.f3 Cd4 19.Axb7 Dxb7 20.Cg2 f5 21.Af2 Af6÷]

18...a5 19.b3 Dc7 20.f3 Cd4³ [After this move it becomes clear
that white lost a strategical battle since he has no active
plan while black may just advance his a-pawn disturbing
white on the queenside.]
21.Axb7 Txb7 22.Af2 [22.Rg2 f5 23.Ag1 Ag5 24.e3 Cxf3 25.Rxf3
e4+ 26.Rg2 exd3 27.Txd3 Tb4³]

22...Ag5! 23.Tb2 f5 24.Ce1 e4 25.f4?! [25.Rg2 Tb4 26.Da3 Tdb8]

25...Af6 26.Tbd2 Cc6 [Black is finally ready for Rb4 followed by

a4.]

27.Tc1?! [27.Da3]

27...Tb4 28.Da3 a4 29.Cc2 Ta8! 30.Tcd1 Tbb8! 31.Dc1 [31.bxa4 Ab2

32.De3 Ca5 33.Txd6 Cxc4 34.Dxc5 Dxc5 35.Axc5 Cxd6
36.Axd6 Td8µ]

31...axb3 32.axb3 Ca5! 33.Txd6 Cxb3 34.De3 Ad4!–+ [Winning an

exchange.]

35.T6xd4 cxd4 36.Cxd4 Cxd4 37.Txd4 [37.Dxd4 Td8]

37...Tb2 38.Dc3 Taa2 39.Td5 Txe2 40.Ad4 Tg2+

0–1

(9) Vidarte Morales,Arturo (2413) - Urday Caceres,Henry

(2486) [E15]
Lima op g25 Lima (8), 1999

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 c5 6.Ag2 Ab7 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Ag5 d6 11.Tfd1 Cbd7 12.Dc2 a6 13.Td2 Dc7 14.Tad1
Tfd8 15.b3 h6 16.Axf6 Cxf6 17.Ce1 Tab8 18.Axb7 Dxb7 19.Cg2 d5
20.cxd5 exd5 21.Df5 d4 22.Ca4 Tbc8 23.Cf4 Af8 24.Tc2 Ce4 25.Cd3 Te8
26.Df3 Db5 27.Cdb2 Cg5 28.Dg4 Tcd8 29.Cc4 Te4 30.f4 Tde8 31.h4 Ch7
32.Df3 Cf6 33.h5 Dd7 34.Rg2 Df5 35.Td3 Cxh5 36.Ce5 Cxf4+ 37.gxf4
Txf4 38.Dxf4 Dxf4 39.Cf3 Ad6 40.Cb2 Te3 41.Txe3 dxe3 42.Cd1 g5 43.Tc4
Dg3+ 44.Rf1 Dh3+

0–1
(10) Karpov,Anatoly (2730) - Timman,Jan H (2630) [E15]
Paris Immopar rapid Paris (2), 1991

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Dc2 Cc6 12.Af4 Tac8 13.Ca4 Da5 14.b3
Tfd8 15.a3 d6 16.Ad2 Dc7 17.Ac3 Td7 18.Tac1 Cd8 19.Cg5 Axg2 20.Rxg2
Dc6+ 21.Rg1 e5 22.Aa1 h6 23.Cf3 Ce6 24.b4 Cd4 25.Axd4 cxd4 26.Db3
Tdc7 27.Cb2 Ce4 28.Ca4 Db7 29.Tc2 Af6 30.Tdc1 Cc5 31.Cxc5 dxc5
32.Tb1 e4 33.Ce1 cxb4 34.axb4 Dc6 35.c5 Db5 36.Dd5 Te8 37.Ta2 Td7
38.Db3 d3 39.exd3 exd3 40.Td2 Ag5 41.f4 Af6 42.Cxd3 Te3 43.Tbd1 Ad4
44.Rf1 Axc5 45.Rg2 Ab6 46.h4 Dc6+ 47.Rh3 Df3 48.Tg2 Texd3

0–1

(11) Dautov,Rustem (2615) - Palac,Mladen (2540) [E15]

Vienna op Vienna (7), 1996

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Cc3
Ae7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Axd6 Axd6 14.Txd6
Dxb2 15.Tb1 Dxc3 16.Txb7 Cd4 17.Cxd4 De1+ 18.Af1 Ce4

0–1

(12) Hoffmann,Michael (2455) - Horvath,Csaba (2485) [E15]

Budapest GM Budapest, 1992

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Axd6 Axd6 14.Txd6
Dxb2 15.Tb1 Dxc3 16.Txb7 Cd4 17.Dd1 Tad8 18.Txd8 Txd8 19.Cxd4 cxd4
20.Txa7 Dxc4 21.Da4 Dc1+ 22.Af1 g6 23.Da5 Tb8 24.Ta8 Txa8 25.Dxa8+
Rg7 26.a4 e5 27.a5 e4 28.Dd8 d3 29.exd3 e3 30.fxe3 Dxe3+ 31.Rg2 Cg4
32.Db6 Dd2+ 33.Rh3 h5 34.Ag2 Cf2+ 35.Rh4 g5+

1–0

(13) Borges Mateos,Juan (2441) - Dias,Paulo (2326) [E15]

Albacete op 11th Albacete (5), 04.09.2003

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Db3 Ca5 14.Db5 Tfd8
15.Tad1 Dxb5 16.cxb5 Cc4 17.Tc2 d5 18.b3 Ca3 19.Tcc1 d4 20.Ca4 Cxb5
21.Cxc5 Axc5 22.Txc5 Cc3 23.Cxd4 Cxe2+ 24.Rf1 Axg2+ 25.Rxe2 Ce4
26.Tcc1 e5 27.Axe5 Te8 28.f3 Txe5 29.fxe4 Axe4 30.Rf2 h5 31.h4 Tae8
32.Te1 a5 33.Te2 f6 34.Tce1 Rf7 35.Cf3 T5e6 36.Cd4 Te5 37.Cf3 T5e6
38.Cd4 Te5 39.Cf3 T5e6 40.Cd2 Ad5 41.Txe6 Txe6 42.Tc1 a4 43.Tc5 Td6
44.bxa4 Axa2 45.Re3 Ad5 46.Ce4 Axe4 47.Rxe4 Ta6 48.a5 Rg6 49.Rd4 Te6
50.Tc4 Rf5 51.Rc5 g5 52.Ta4 Te3 53.a6 Te8 54.a7 Ta8 55.Rb6 gxh4
56.Txh4

1–0

(14) Ikonnikov,Vyacheslav (2550) - Dorfman,Josif D (2600)

[E15]
FRA-chT France (6), 04.04.1998

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Ce1 Tfd8 14.Tad1
Cd4 15.Axb7 Dxb7 16.e3 Cf5 17.Ag5 h6 18.Axf6 Axf6 19.Dc2 h5 20.Ce4
Ae7 21.h4 Dc6 22.Cf3 g6 23.Ceg5 Af6 24.e4 Cd4 25.Cxd4 Axd4 26.b4 a6
27.a4 Db6 28.b5 axb5 29.cxb5 Da5 30.Cf3 e5 31.Cxd4 cxd4 32.Ta1 Tdc8
33.Da2 Rg7 34.Tb2 Tab8 35.Db3 Da8

½–½

(15) Djurkovic,Maks (2220) - Kragelj,Igor (2285) [E15]

Bled op 14th Bled, 1993

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.Cc3
Ae7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Af4 d6 11.Tfd1 Db6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Db5 Dc7 14.Tad1 a6
15.Da4 Cd4 16.Cxd4 cxd4 17.c5 e5 18.cxd6 Axd6 19.Axb7 Dxb7 20.Ag5
Ce8 21.Cb1 h6 22.Ae3 dxe3 23.Txd6 Cxd6 24.Txd6 exf2+ 25.Rxf2 Dh1
26.Cd2 Dxh2+ 27.Rf3 Dh1+ 28.Re3 Dg1+ 29.Rf3 f5 30.Dc4+ Rh8 31.Dc3
Tae8 32.Dc6 e4+ 33.Rf4 g5#

0–1

(16) Salov,Valery (2655) - Chandler,Murray G (2560) [E15]

Manila Interzonal Manila (4), 1990
[Salov,V]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–
0 Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Td2 Cc6!= 13.Db5!?
[13.Dd1; 13.Axd6? Axd6 14.Txd6 Dxb2 15.Tb1 Dxc3 16.Txb7
Cd4! /\ 17.Cxd4? De1+ 18.Af1 Cg4–+]

13...Dc7! 14.Tad1 a6 15.Da4 [15.Dxc5?? e5–+]

15...Cd4 16.Ce1 Axg2 17.Cxg2 Tfb8 18.b3 h6 19.f3 Cd7 20.Da3 Dc6
21.Rf2?! [21.Da4=]

21...Cb6 22.Ae3 Cf5 23.Td3 Td8 24.Ac1 d5! 25.e4 Cd4 26.exd5 exd5
27.Ce3?! [27.cxd5³ >=]

27...dxc4! [27...Df6 28.Cexd5 Cxd5 29.Cxd5 Txd5 30.cxd5 c4

31.Dxe7! Dxe7 32.Txd4°]

28.Cxc4 Cxc4 29.bxc4 De6! 30.Ae3 Dh3? [30...Dxc4 31.Da4 De6µ]

31.Axd4= Dxh2+ 32.Rf1 Txd4 [32...cxd4 33.Dxe7 Te8 34.Dh4!=]

33.Txd4 cxd4 34.Dxe7 Dh1+ 35.Rf2 Dh2+ 36.Rf1 dxc3 37.Td8+ Txd8
[37...Rh7 38.De4+! g6 39.Dxa8 c2 40.Th8+ Rg7 41.Df8+
Rf6=]

38.Dxd8+ Rh7 39.Dd3+ g6 40.Dxc3 Dxa2 41.c5 Db1+ 42.Rg2 Da2+

43.Rf1 Db1+ 44.Rg2 Da2+

½–½

(17) Dlugy,Maxim (2500) - Browne,Walter S (2485) [E15]

USA-ch Estes Park, 1986

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 d6 11.Tfd1 Db6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Dd1 Cd4 14.e3
Cxf3+ 15.Axf3 Tfd8 16.Axb7 Dxb7 17.Axd6 Txd6 18.Txd6 Axd6 19.Dxd6
h5 20.b3 h4 21.gxh4 Ce4 22.Cxe4 Dxe4 23.Df4 Dxf4 24.exf4 a5 25.Te1 a4
26.Rg2 axb3 27.axb3 Ta3 28.Te3 Rf8 29.f3 Re7 30.f5 Rf6 31.fxe6 fxe6
32.Rg3 Ta2 33.h3 Td2 34.Te1 Td3 35.Ta1 Txb3 36.Ta5 e5 37.Rg4 Tb1
38.Ta6+ Rf7 39.Tc6 Tg1+ 40.Rf5 Tg3 41.Tc7+ Rg8 42.Re4 Txh3 43.Txc5
Txh4+ 44.Rxe5 Th5+ 45.Rd6 Th4 46.Re5 Th5+ 47.Rd4 Th4+ 48.Rd3 Rf7
49.Te5 Rf6 50.Te3 g5 51.Rc3 Rf5 52.Rb4 Rf4 53.Td3 Th1 54.c5 Tb1+
55.Rc4 Re5 56.c6 Tb2 57.c7

1–0

(18) Sriram,Jha (2444) - Koneru,Humpy (2537) [E15]

IND-ch 43rd Visakhapatnam (11), 10.04.2006

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 c5 6.Ag2 Ab7 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 d6 11.Tfd1 Db6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Tad1 Cd4 14.Ce1
Axg2 15.Rxg2 h6 16.f3 Tfd8 17.g4 Db7 18.h3 Cd7 19.b3 Cb6 20.Da3 d5
21.cxd5 exd5 22.Ag3 Ce6 23.Cc2 c4 24.Da5 Ag5 25.e3 d4 26.Ce4 d3
27.Cxg5 dxc2 28.Txd8+ Cxd8 29.Tc1 hxg5 30.Txc2 cxb3 31.axb3 Ce6

0–1

(19) Skatchkov,Pavel (2454) - Ionov,Sergey (2527) [E15]

Cappelle op 22nd Cappelle la Grande (6), 22.02.2006

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 d6 11.Af4 Db6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Tad1 Cd4 14.Ce1
Axg2 15.Rxg2 Db7+ 16.Rg1 h6 17.Cc2 Tad8 18.b3 a6 19.Da5 Cc6 20.Da4
Cd4 21.Ae3 Cf5 22.f3 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Cxd5 Cxd5 25.De4 Cd4 26.Cxd4
cxd4 27.Axd4 Ab4 28.Td3 Tfe8 29.Dg4 Af8 30.e4 Cb4 31.T3d2 Txd4
32.Txd4 Ac5 33.Rg2 Axd4 34.Txd4 Cxa2 35.Td6 g6 36.Df4 h5 37.h4 Cc3
38.Df6 Dxb3 39.Txa6 Dc2+ 40.Rh3 Dd1

0–1

(20) Kallai,Gabor (2501) - Chuchelov,Vladimir (2591) [E15]

FRA-chT2O 0203 France (8.1), 15.03.2003

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 Db6 11.Db3 Td8 12.Tfd1 d6 13.Cb5 Ce8 14.Td2 Cc6
15.Cc3 Ca5 16.Dc2 Cxc4 17.Ca4 Db5 18.Cc3 Da6 19.Tdd1 Tab8 20.e4 Da5
21.Af1 Aa6 22.Tab1 h6 23.Da4 Dxa4 24.Cxa4 Tb4 25.b3 g5 26.Ac1 Rf8
27.Ad3 Cd2 28.Axd2 Axd3 29.Axb4 Axb1 30.Axc5 Axe4 31.Cd2 Ac6
32.Axa7 Ta8 33.Ae3 Axa4 34.bxa4 Txa4 35.Tb1 Cf6 36.Tb7 Cd5 37.Ta7
Txa7 38.Axa7 Cc3

0–1

(21) Kallai,Gabor (2489) - Genov,Petar (2413) [E15]

EU-ch Railways USIC Dresden (4.1), 22.06.2000

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 Db6 11.Tfd1 Td8 12.Cb5 d6 13.Db3 Ce8 14.Td2 Cc6
15.Tad1 Ca5 16.Dc2 a6 17.Ca3 Cf6 18.Ag5 Ae4 19.Dc1 h6 20.Axf6 Axf6
21.b3 Ta7 22.Cb1 Aa8 23.Cc3 Tad7 24.Dc2

½–½

(22) Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2686) - Anand,Viswanathan (2786)

[E15]
Linares 22nd Linares (5), 27.02.2005

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 d6 11.Af4 Db6 12.Db3 Td8 13.Dxb6 axb6 14.Cb5
Ce8 15.a3 h6 16.Tac1 Cc6 17.Ce1 Ca5 18.Ad2 Axg2 19.Rxg2 Cc6 20.e4
Ca7 21.Cc3 Cc7 22.a4 Cc6 23.b3 Af6 24.Cc2 Rf8 25.h4 h5 26.Tb1 Re7
27.Te1 Cd4 28.Cxd4 Axd4 29.Ce2 e5 30.f4 f6 31.Th1 g6 32.Tbf1 Ce6 33.g4
exf4 34.Cxf4 Cxf4+ 35.Axf4 hxg4 36.Rg3 Th8 37.Rxg4 Th5 38.Th3 Tah8
39.Tfh1 Re6 40.Ad2 Ae5 41.Ae3 T8h7

½–½

(23) Nezar,Mustapha (2375) - Istratescu,Andrei (2617) [E15]

Nancy Nancy (7), 18.02.2005

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 d6 11.Af4 Db6 12.Td2 Cc6 13.Db5 Dc7 14.Da4 a6
15.Ce1 h6 16.Tdd1 Tab8 17.Cd3 Cd4 18.Axb7 Dxb7 19.Ae3 Cd7 20.Axd4
cxd4 21.Cb1 Cc5 22.Cxc5 dxc5 23.Cd2 e5 24.Tab1 h5 25.Dc2 f5 26.Db3
Dxb3 27.Cxb3 Tb4 28.Cd2 Tfb8 29.b3 e4 30.e3 a5 31.Rf1 Af6 32.Re2 d3+
33.Re1 a4 34.bxa4 Ac3 35.Txb4 Txb4 36.Tc1 Axd2+ 37.Rxd2 Txa4 38.Ta1
Txc4 39.a4 Tc2+ 40.Rd1 Txf2 41.Ta3 Txh2 42.a5 c4 43.a6 c3 44.Txc3 Ta2
45.Tc5 h4 46.Txf5 hxg3 47.Tg5 g2 48.Rc1 d2+

0–1

(24) Dias,Paulo (2326) - Chandler,Murray G (2529) [E15]

Santo Antonio 4th Santo Antonio (2), 20.05.2001
[Rabinovich,Al]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5
[7...Axc5!? 8.0–0 (8.Cc3 0–0 9.0–0 Ae7 10.Td1 Ca6 11.Ae3 Dc8 12.Tac1
Cc5 13.Dc2 Cce4 14.Ad4 Cxc3 15.Dxc3 Ae4 16.Cg5 Axg2 17.Dd3!² 1–0
Sturua, Z-Gershon,A/Anibal Open ESP 2001/The Week in
Chess 323 (64)) 8...0–0 9.b4 Ae7 10.Ab2 a5 11.b5 d6³ 0–1
Len,I-Lakos,N/ Tel Aviv ISR 2001/The Week in Chess 330 (40)]

8.Cc3 Ae7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Td1 d6 [10...a6 11.Af4 d6 12.Tab1 h6

13.b4 Ac6 14.Db3 cxb4 15.Dxb4 e5 16.c5ƒ 1–0 Piket,J-
Sokolov,A/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (43)]

11.Af4 Db6 12.Tab1 [12.Td2!?; 12.Db5!? Td8 13.Td2 Dc7

14.Tad1 a6 15.Da4 h6= 1/2–1/2 Van de Mortel,J-
Adams,M/Leeuwarden NED 2000/ The Week in Chess 283
(30)]

12...Cbd7 [12...Ca6 13.a3 (13.Cb5 d5 14.Ce5 d4 15.Axb7 Dxb7 16.e3

dxe3 17.Axe3 h6 18.a3 Tfc8 19.Af4 g5 20.Ad2 Cc7 21.Cxc7 Txc7 22.Aa5²
1/2–1/2 Pelletier,Y-Alterman,B/ Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (58))
13...Tac8 14.Dc2 Tfd8 15.e4 h6 16.De2 Ac6 (16...Cb8 17.e5 dxe5
18.Cxe5 Axg2 19.Rxg2 Cc6 20.Cxc6 Dxc6+ 21.Df3 Td4 22.b3² 1–0
Nikolic,P-Volke,K/Germany 1999/GER-chT (58)) 17.e5 dxe5
18.Cxe5 Axg2 19.Rxg2 Cb8 20.h4 Cc6 21.Cxc6 Dxc6+
22.Df3² 0–1 Piket,J-Gelfand,B/ Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext
(39)]

13.Td2 Tfd8 14.Tbd1 Cf8 15.h3?! [White can't find the right plan
and makes really unnessasary moves.Much better was
15.Qb5]
[15.Db5 The typical move in this pawn structure. 15...Dc7
(15...Ce4 16.Cxe4 Axe4 17.Dxb6 (17.Axd6! Axd6 18.Dxb6 axb6
19.Txd6 Txd6 20.Txd6 Txa2 21.Txb6±) 17...axb6 18.a3 e5 (18...d5
19.Ce5 Axg2 20.Rxg2 dxc4 21.Cxc4 Txd2 22.Txd2 b5 23.Cd6²) 19.Ae3
Ce6 20.Ch4 Axg2 21.Cf5²) 16.Db3 a6 17.Dc2]

15...Cg6 16.Ae3 h6 [Suddenly white pieces find themselves

placed not very well.]

17.Dc2 Ac6³ 18.Ce1 Tac8 19.b3 Db7 20.Ca4?? [Blonder,which looses

by force.]

[20.Axc6 Dxc6 21.Cg2 a6 22.Cf4?! (22.f3 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Af2

d4 25.Ca4 De6³) 22...Cxf4 23.Axf4 g5 24.Ae3 d5 25.cxd5 exd5]

20...Axg2 21.Cxg2 Ce4 22.Cc3 [22.Td3 Ce5]

22...Cxd2 23.Dxd2 Af6 [Preparing the best way to push d5.]

24.Dd3?! Ce5 25.Dc2 d5–+ 26.cxd5 exd5 27.Ac1 [¹27.Af4]

27...c4 28.Df5?! cxb3 29.Cxd5?? [Another blonder,which finishes

immediatly the game.]

29...Txd5 [White probably missed that after 30.Rd5 black has

Rc1+.]

0–1

(25) Koneru,Humpy (2623) - Papadopoulos,Ioannis (2450)

[E15]
Kavala op Kavala (2), 01.08.2009

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 d6 11.Tfd1 Db6 12.Tab1 Cbd7 13.b4 Ac6 14.b5 Ab7
15.Dc2 Tfd8 16.e4 e5 17.Ad2 Cf8 18.Cd5 Cxd5 19.cxd5 a6 20.Af1 axb5
21.Axb5 Dc7 22.Ac3 Cd7 23.a4 Tdb8 24.De2 Dc8 25.Cd2 Aa6 26.Cc4 Cb6
27.Cxb6 Txb6 28.a5 Axb5 29.Txb5 Tba6 30.Tb6 Ad8 31.Txa6 Dxa6
32.Dxa6 Txa6 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.Re2 c4 35.Tb1 Ta7 36.Tb5 f5 37.exf5 Re8
38.Ab4 Rd7 39.Rd2 e4 40.Ac3

1–0

(26) Voinov,Alexandr (2417) - Shaposhnikov,Evgeny (2550)

[E15]
Saratov Aratovsky Memorial 6th Saratov (6), 02.12.2006

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 d6 11.Af4 Db6 12.Tab1 Cbd7 13.b4 cxb4 14.Txb4
Ac6 15.Db3 Dc5 16.Ae3 Dh5 17.h3 h6 18.g4 Da5 19.Cb5 Cc5 20.Db2 a6
21.Cbd4 Ae4 22.a3 Dc7 23.Cb3 Tad8 24.Cfd2 Axg2 25.Rxg2 d5 26.Cxc5
Axc5 27.Axc5 Dxc5 28.Cb3 Dc7 29.c5 h5 30.gxh5 Cxh5 31.e3 e5 32.De2
g6 33.Dxa6 De7 34.c6 d4 35.Db7 Dg5+ 36.Rh2 Df5 37.c7 Tc8 38.Rg2 dxe3
39.fxe3 Dg5+ 40.Rf2 Dg3+ 41.Re2 Dh2+ 42.Rd3 Txc7 43.Td2 Td8+
44.Cd4 Cf4+ 45.Re4 Txd4+ 46.Tdxd4 Txb7 47.Td8+ Rg7 48.Txb7 Dc2+
49.Rxe5 Df5+

0–1

(27) Sriram,Jha (2437) - Krupenski,Juri (2299) [E15]

Viljandi Raud Memorial 47th Viljandi (9), 07.07.2013

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0
Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Td1 Db6 11.Af4 d6 12.Tab1 Cbd7 13.b4 cxb4 14.Txb4
Ac6 15.Db3 Dc5 16.Ca4 Dh5 17.Axd6 Axd6 18.Txd6 a5 19.Tb5 Axb5
20.cxb5 Tab8 21.Cc3 Tfc8 22.Cd2 Dc5 23.Cde4 Db4 24.Cxf6+ Cxf6 25.Tc6
Txc6 26.Axc6 Dxb3 27.axb3 Rf8 28.Ca4 Re7 29.Cc5 Rd6 30.Cb7+ Rc7
31.Cxa5 Cd5 32.Axd5 exd5 33.Cc6 Txb5 34.Cd4 Tc5 35.h4 Tc1+ 36.Rg2
Td1 37.e3 Tb1 38.h5 Tb2 39.g4 g6 40.hxg6 hxg6 41.Rg3 Rd6 42.f3 g5 43.f4
gxf4+ 44.Rxf4 Tf2+ 45.Rg3 Tf1 46.Rg2 Tf6 47.Cf3 Rc5 48.Rg3 Te6 49.Rf2
Te4 50.Cg5 Txg4 51.Cxf7 Tb4 52.Re2 Txb3 53.Rd2 Ta3 54.Ce5 Rd6
55.Cg4 Re6 56.Re2 Rf5 57.Cf2 Rg5 58.Cd3 Rg4 59.Cb4 Ta5 60.Rd3 Rf3
61.Cc2 Ta4 62.Cd4+ Rf2 63.Cb5 Rf3 64.Cc7 Ta3+ 65.Rd4 Txe3 66.Cxd5
Te4+ 67.Rc5

0–1

(28) Lautier,Joel (2666) - Gelfand,Boris (2700) [E15]

Enghien les Bains Enghien les Bains (8), 21.06.2003
[Gershon]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Aa6 5.Da4 Ab7 6.Ag2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–
0 Ae7 9.Cc3 0–0 10.Af4 Db6 11.Tfd1 d6 12.Tab1 Cbd7 [Lautier
decides to allow white the b2–b4 break, intending to quickly
coordinate his forces in the meantime. The big advantage of
the N on d7 over a6, is that it can attack white's 'c4' pawn,
which will be weakened after b2–b4, from b6.]

[12...Ca6 Preventing white's thematic b2–b4 advance, is

usually preffered in GM practice in recent years. 13.a3 Tac8
14.Dc2 (14.Db5 Tfd8 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Ce4 17.Cxe4 Axe4 18.Ta1 Cxb4
19.Ae3 Dxb5 20.cxb5 Af6 21.Txa7 Tb8 22.Cd4= 1/2–1/2
Maksimenko,A-Almasi,Z/Jahorina BIH 2003/The Week in
Chess 451 (25)) 14...h6 15.e4 Tfd8 16.De2 Cd7 17.h4 Aa8
18.Td3 (18.g4 Cf8 19.g5 h5 20.Ag3 g6 21.Td2 Cb8 22.Dd1 a6 23.Td3 e5!
24.Cd5 Da7 25.Dd2 Cc6 26.Td1 Cd4= 0–1 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Monte
Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in Chess 438 (52)) 18...Cf8 19.Ae3
Af6= 1/2–1/2 Nikolic,P-Almasi,Z/ Germany 2002/EXT 2003
(19)]

13.b4 [This move allows black to equalize, but what esle could
be suggested ?]

[13.Dc2!? removing the queen away from black's light

pieces.]

13...cxb4 [A significant improvement over Nikolic-Stefansson

game, which continued:]

[13...Ac6 14.b5 Ab7 15.Dc2 Tfd8 16.e4 e5 17.Ad2 Cf8 18.Cd5

Cxd5 19.cxd5 Ac8 20.a4 Ag4 21.Tb3± 1–0 Nikolic,P-
Stefansson,H/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 no vc (77). (76)]

14.Txb4 Ac6! [The main move of black's opening idea. After

removing the bishop away from the 'b' file, the queen can
retreat to a more active square.]
15.Da3 [15.Txb6 Axa4 16.Tbxd6 Axd1 17.Txd1 Tac8 is bad for
white]

15...Dc5 [It is clear now, that black was able to solve all his
opening problems]

16.Ae3 [16.Tb3 Trying to reach black's weakest point: the 'd6'

pawn. 16...Dxa3 17.Txa3 Cb6=]

16...Dh5 [Black was able to organize real threats on white's

king.]

17.h3 Axf3 [forcing a draw]

[17...d5 was an alternative, but after: 18.g4! Dg6 19.Ch4 Dc2

(19...Axb4? 20.Dxb4 Dc2 21.Tc1+–) 20.Tc1 Dxc1+ 21.Axc1 a5
22.cxd5 axb4 23.Db3 Cxd5 24.Cxd5 exd5 (24...Axh4 25.Cxb4²)
25.Cf5 white's position looks preferable.]

18.Axf3 Dxh3 19.Ag2 [‹19.Axa8 Txa8 20.c5 Cxc5 (20...Cg4 21.Txg4

Dxg4 22.cxd6±) 21.Th4 Df5³ black's two pawns for the
exchange, and white's weak king decide the evaluation of
the position in black's favor.]

19...Dh5 20.Af3 Dh3 21.Ag2 Dh5 22.Af3 [A very important game

from a theoretical point of view,]

½–½