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01.05.2018
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01.05.2018
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2
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23.Rxa7 h5 24.g3 e5 25.a4 Ra2 26.Ra5 g6 27.Rxe5 Rxa4=
2002; 13.Qf4 e5 14.Rfe1 Qf6 15.Qd2 e4 16.f3 Bf5 17.fxe4
1/2–1/2 (34) Rublevsky,S (2706)-Tregubov,P (2620) Loo
dxe4 18.Bb2 0–0–0 19.Bxc3 Qg6 20.Re3 exd3∓]
2014) 11...dxe4 12.Qxd8+ (12.Qg4 0–0 13.Qxe4 Qd5 14.Qd4
e5 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.c4 Qa4 19.Rfc1 f6
13...d4 14.Qf4 [1–0 (26) Nowicki,B (2275)-Kuzmicz,K (2460)
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16...a5 17.Rxc6 Rb2 18.a4 Bd7 19.Ra6 Rhb8= 1/2 (30)–1/2
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01.05.2018
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
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8+ktr-+l+r( (2538)-Ni,H (2653) Montcada 2014; 9.Nde2 Bb4! 10.0–0
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3-vL-+-+-+# 1R+-mK-vL-tR!
4+-+-+-+-$ 2zPPzP-+P+P"
3-+-+-zP-+# 12.Qg4! Qa5+ (12...Nf6 13.Qh4∞
¿
) 13.Ke2 Nc3+ 14.Kf2 Bd7!
15.Qxg7 0–0–0∞; 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2
4+Q+n+L+-$ Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6

5-+-zP-+-wq% XHGFEDCBAY
6+-+p+p+-& 1R+-mKQ+-tR!
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11.0–0 Qxe5+¿¿ ¿) 9...Qa5 10.0–0! Nxc3 11.a3 Be7 12.bxc3
f6!⇄ ; 6.f4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 (8.e5 Ne4!

XHGFEDCBAY 7pzpp+-+pzp'
1R+LmKQvL-tR! 8tr-+kwql+r(
2zPP+-+PzPP" xhgfedcbay
3-+-+-sN-+# 11.Qh5 Ne5 12.Be2 0–0+¿¿ ¿ 13.0–0 Qc7 14.Rad1 Ng6 15.Bd3
4+-zPn+-vl-$ e5∓ 0–1 (43) Schoeneberg,M (2279) -Plat,V (2419)
Germany 2011;
5-+-zP-+-+% XHGFEDCBAY
6+-+p+p+-& 1-mKR+R+-+!
7pzpp+p+-zp' 2zPPzP-vLP+P"
8tr-+kwql+r( 3-+-+LzPN+#
xhgfedcbay 4+-+-+-+-$
9.Qf3 f5+¿¿ ¿ 0–1 (41) Manic,J (2325)-Bakic,R (2440) Tivat
1995) 8...d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.0–0 Ba6!? (10...0–0 11.Qh5 f5 5Q+-zp-+-+%
12.exf6 Nxf6⇄ 0–1 (47) Crakanthorp,S-Koshnitsky,G Perth
1929) 11.Qe2 Bxd3 12.cxd3 0–0 13.d4 c5= 0–1 (64) 6+n+-vl-+-&
Berbatov,K (2096)-Rusev,K (2443) Arteixo 2007; 6.f3 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d5= 9.Bd3!? dxe4 (9...Ne5!?=) 10.fxe4 7pzpp+-wqpzp'
Nxd4 11.cxd4 Nxe4! 0–1 (51) Cao,S (2540)-Pham,M (2456)
Can Tho 2003 8+ktr-+l+r(
XHGFEDCBAY xhgfedcbay
1R+-mKQvL-tR! 6.Bd3? loses on the spot due to 6...Nxd4–+]

2zPP+-+P+-" 6...Bb4 7.Ndb5 [7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd4 (8.e5?! Qa5! 9.exf6

3-+-+L+-zP# Qxg5 10.fxg7 Qxg7 11.Qd3 d5∓; 8.a3 Ba5!? 9.e5 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Qa5!⇄ 0–1 (13) Taha,N (1876)-Silva,L (2096)
4+-+nzP-+-$ Curitiba 2015)

5-+-+-+-+% XHGFEDCBAY
6+-+p+-+-& 1R+LmKQ+-tR!
7pzpp+-+pzp' 2zPPzP-+P+-"
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xhgfedcbay 4+-+-+-+-$
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6+-snp+p+-& 5-+-+-wq-+%
7pzpp+p+-zp' 6+-zppsNn+p&
8tr-+k+l+r( 7p+pmkp+p+'
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8...c5 9.Qe3 Bb7
xhgfedcbay
XHGFEDCBAY
1R+LmK-+-tR! 8...0–0 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.0–0–0 a6∞ 11.a3 (11.f4?! Bxc3

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8+ktr-+l+r(
10.f3 (10.0–0–0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 (11.Qxc3 Nxe4–+) 11...Qa5∓)
10...h6!N 11.Bxf6 (11.Bh4 Ng4! 12.fxg4 Qxh4+–+; 11.Bf4 d5 xhgfedcbay
⇄ ) 11...Qxf6 12.0–0–0 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Bc6+¿¿ ¿;
7.Qd3 Qa5 8.Bd2 (8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Ndb5 a6 10.Nd6+ Ke7 12.bxc3 d5 13.e5 Ne4∓ 0–1 (54) Figueredo Losada,L

XHGFEDCBAY
(2420)-Aguero Jimenez,L (2400) Havana 2009) 11...Be7
12.f4 d5!⇄ (12...d6)

1R+LmK-+-tR! XHGFEDCBAY
2zPPzP-+PzPP" 1R+L+RmK-+!
3-+-+QsN-+# 2zPP+-vLPzP-"
4+-+P+-vl-$ 3-+-+QsNNzP#
5-+-+-+-wq% 4+-zPP+-+-$
6+-zppsNn+p& 5-+-+-+-+%
7p+pmkp+p+' 6+-snpzpn+p&
8tr-+-+l+r( 7pzppvl-wqp+'
xhgfedcbay 8+ktr-+l+r(
11.0–0–0 Qc5⇄ ) xhgfedcbay
XHGFEDCBAY 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Rd8 16.Qf3 Bf5!↑]

1R+L+RmK-+! 7...h6 8.Bxf6 [8.Nd6+ Ke7 9.Bf4 e5 10.Nf5+ Kf8 11.Bd2 d5! ↑
2zPPzP-+PzPP" 12.Ng3?! (12.exd5 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nxd5 14.Ne3 Nxc3
15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.bxc3 Be6+¿¿ ¿) 12...d4∓ 0–1 (48)
3-+-+QsN-+# Pimenov,S-Antoshin,V Erevan (Armenia) 1954]
8...Qxf6 9.a3 [9.Be2 0–0 10.a3 Bc5 11.0–0 a6 12.Nd6 Nd4 4+-+Psn-+-$
13.Nxc8 Raxc8+¿¿ ¿; 9.Nd6+? Ke7 10.Nxc8+ Rhxc8∓;
5-+-+-+-+%
XHGFEDCBAY 6zp-+p+-+-&
1R+LmKQ+-tR! 7-zpp+p+pzp'
2zPPzP-+PzPP" 8tr-+-mkl+N(
3-+-+-sN-+# xhgfedcbay
4+-+P+-vl-$
5-+-+-+-+% 9...Bc5 10.Nd6+ [10.Qd2 0–0 11.f4 (11.Na4 b6+¿¿ ¿) 11...d6
+¿¿ ¿]

6zp-wqp+n+-& XHGFEDCBAY
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8+ktr-+l+r(
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10...Ke7 11.Nf5+ Kf8 [11...exf5?? 12.Nd5++–]
XHGFEDCBAY
12.Ne3 [0–1 (56) Moeller,H (2160)-Michna,C (2251)
1R+LmKQ+-tR! Germany 2005]

2zPPzP-+P+P" 12...a6N 13.Qd2 b5+¿¿ ¿

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12.Ke2 Nd4+–+] 7-zpp+p+-+'
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1R+L+Q+-tR! xhgfedcbay
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3-+-+-wq-+#
(6) Four knights Sicilian - 6.a3 [B45]
01.05.2018
XHGFEDCBAY
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
1R+LmKR+-+!
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7
[6...Qc7!? 7.Be3 (7.Be2 a6 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5;
2zPPzP-+PzP-"
XHGFEDCBAY 3-+-+-sNNzP#
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2zPP+L+PzP-" 5-+-zp-+-+%
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4+-zPPwQ-+-$ 7pzpp+-+pzp'
5-+-+-vl-+% 8+ktr-+q+r(
6+-snp+-+p& xhgfedcbay
7pzpp+pwqp+' 8...Be6 9.Be3 (9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bg5∞) 9...Be7
10.Qd2
8tr-+k+l+r( XHGFEDCBAY
xhgfedcbay 1R+-mK-+-tR!
7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.Be3 a6 9.Bb6!? axb5 10.Nxb5 2zPPzPLwQPzP-"
XHGFEDCBAY 3-+-vL-sNNzP#
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3-+-+-+-zP# 6+-snlzpn+-&
4+-+P+-+-$ 7pzppvl-+pzp'
5-+-+-+N+% 8tr-+kwq-+r(
6+-snp+nvL-& xhgfedcbay
7pzpp+p+p+' +¿¿
d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.0–0–0 Nxe3 13.Qxe3¿ ;

8tr-vlk+lwqr( b) 7.Ndb5 d6

xhgfedcbay XHGFEDCBAY
Ra5! 11.Nc7+ Ke7) 7...a6 8.f4 transposes directly into the a3
1R+LmKQvL-tR!
variation of the Taimanov Sicilian; 6...e5 has an interesting
idea behind it, but does not quite work. 7.Nf3!
2zPPzP-+PzP-"
a) 7.Nb3!? d6 8.Be2 (8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Rd1 0–0
3-+-+-sN-zP#
11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd6 Qc8„) 4+-+P+-+-$
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xhgfedcbay 7pzpp+p+-zp'
Now the main line 8. Bg5 is not possible. 8.Nd5 (8.a4 -
transposition to a sideline of the Sveshnikov Sicilian. Black 8+ktr-wql+r(
usually gets a good game ater 8...a6 9.Na3 Bg4! 10.f3 Be6
11.Bc4 Nb4⇄ ) xhgfedcbay
h6 11.Bh4 1/2–1/2 (28) Bognarne,C (2080)-Bakos,B (2085)
XHGFEDCBAY Gongyos 2002 11...a5

1R+-mKQvL-tR!
XHGFEDCBAY
2zPP+-+PzP-"
1-mKR+Q+-tR!
3-+P+-sN-sN#
2zPPzP-+PzP-"
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3-+-+-sN-zP#
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7-zpp+p+-+'
xhgfedcbay
8...Nxd5 9.exd5 - also a transposition to a sideline of 8+ktr-wql+r(
Sveshnikov Sicilian with a3 included (no big difference).;
xhgfedcbay
c) 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 Bc5 12.Kh1

XHGFEDCBAY XHGFEDCBAY
1R+-mKQvL-tR! 1K+R+Q+-tR!
2zPPzP-+PzP-" 2zPPzP-+PzP-"
3-+-+-sN-zP# 3-+-+-sN-zP#
4+-+P+L+-$ 4vL-+P+L+-$
5-+-zp-vl-+% 5-+-zp-vl-zp%
6+-sn-+p+-& 6zp-sn-+p+-&
7pzpp+p+-zp' 7-zpp+p+-+'
8tr-+kwql+r( 8+ktr-wql+r(
xhgfedcbay xhgfedcbay
(8...Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qe2 d6∞) 9.0–0 0–0 10.Bg5 g5 13.Bg3 d6∞;

XHGFEDCBAY d) 7.Nf5 d5! 8.exd5 Bxf5 9.dxc6 bxc6=;

1-mKR+Q+-tR! 7...d6 8.Bc4

2zPPzP-+PzP-" XHGFEDCBAY
3-+-+-sN-zP# 1R+-mKQvL-tR!
4+-+P+L+-$ 2zPPzP-+PzP-"
5-vL-zp-vl-+% 3-+N+-sN-zP#
4+-+P+L+-$
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6+-sn-zpn+-& 4+Q+-+-+-$
7pzpp+-+pzp' 5-+-+-+-+%
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xhgfedcbay 7p+-+p+-zp'
8tr-+kwql+r(
+¿¿
Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Ba2¿ ;

XHGFEDCBAY xhgfedcbay
1-mKR+-vL-tR!
13.Bd3 Qe7 14.0–0 0–0 15.c3 d5 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Be3 e5+¿¿ ¿
1/2–1/2 (34) Jarocka,L (1970)-Koubova,A (1805) Mamaia

2zPPzP-+PzPL" 2017) 10...d6∞;

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3-+N+QsN-zP#
1R+LmK-vL-tR!
4+-+P+-+-$
2zPPzP-+PzP-"
5-+-zp-+-+%
3-wQ-+-sN-zP#
6+-snlzpn+-&
4+-+-+-+-$
7pzppvl-+pzp'
5-+-zPn+-+%
8+ktr-wq-+r(
6+p+pzpp+-&
xhgfedcbay
7p+pvl-+-zp'
6...d5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.exd5 exd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Be2 0–0 11.Bf3
+¿¿
Rc8 12.Nde2¿ 1–0 (29) Dvoirys,S (2566)-Norowitz,Y (2421)
8tr-+kwql+r(
Jerusalem 2015] xhgfedcbay
XHGFEDCBAY
7.Be2 0–0 (7...d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bf3 Qe5+
1-mKR+QvL-tR! 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qd4 Qf5 15.Qa4

2zPPzPN+PzP-"
0–0= 1–0 (50) Savickas,A (2363)-Pileckis,E (2326) Panevezys
2007) 8.0–0 d5 (8...d6!? 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 -

3-+L+-sN-zP# Scheveningen type of position) 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5

11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.Bxd4 Bd7 14.Bf3 Bc6 15.Bxc6

4+-+-+-+-$ bxc6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Kf1 f6 18.Ke2 Kf7= 1/2–1/2 (32)

Panchenko,A (2475)-Chernov,V (2400) Bucharest 1993;
5-+-+p+-+% 7.Be3 0–0 8.Be2 d5 (8...d6!? - Scheveningen) 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 (11.0–0 - 7.Be2) 11...Qa5+ 12.b4 Qc7
6+-sn-+n+-& 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.c4 1/2–1/2 (48) Nevednichy,V (2591)-
Kanmazalp,O (2416) Skopje 2014 14...e5 15.0–0 f5∞;
7pzppvll+pzp' XHGFEDCBAY
8+ktr-wqr+-( 1-mKR+Q+-tR!
xhgfedcbay 2zPPzP-+-+-"
7.f4 [7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qg4 g6 10.Qg3 (10.Ne4 f5 3-+LvL-+-zP#
4+-+-+PzP-$
11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6

XHGFEDCBAY
5-+pzp-+-+%
1R+LmK-vL-tR!
6+-+-+p+-&
2zPPzP-+PzP-"
7pzp-vl-wq-zp'
8+ktr-+l+r( 2+P+Q+P+-"
xhgfedcbay 3-+N+LzP-zP#
7.g3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5= 9.Nce2 Qa5+ 10.c3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 4zP-zP-+-+-$
12.Qd2 b5 (12...0–0 13.Bg2 Rd8+¿¿ ¿) 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.0–0 0–0
15.Nf4 Rfd8= 1–0 (36) Rodshtein,M (2682)-El Debs,F (2520)
5-+-zPp+-+%
Basel 2014] 6+-zpp+nwq-&
7...0–0! [No need for d7–d6.] 7pzp-vl-+pzp'
8.Be3 [8.e5 Nd5! 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 d6 11.Qxd5 Be6 8+ktr-+l+r(
12.Qd3 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.fxe5 Bg4↑;
xhgfedcbay
13...Qc5 14.Bd2 fxe5 15.fxe5 Bd7+¿¿ ¿]

XHGFEDCBAY
1R+LmK-vL-tR!
2zPP+-+PzP-" 8...d6
3-+N+-+-zP# XHGFEDCBAY
4+l+-+-+-$ 1R+LmKQ+-tR!
5-+-zP-+-+% 2zPP+-+PzP-"
6+-+-+n+-& 3-+-vL-sN-zP#
7pzppvl-+pzp' 4+-zPPsN-+-$
8+ktr-tr-+-( 5-+-+-+-+%
xhgfedcbay 6+-snpzpn+-&
8.Nf3 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qb6 7pzppvl-+pzp'
XHGFEDCBAY 8+ktr-wql+r(
1R+-mKQvL-tR! xhgfedcbay
2zPP+-+P+-" 9.Nb3!? [Rare, but played by Vishy Anand!]
3-+N+LzP-zP# XHGFEDCBAY
4+-zP-+-+-$ 1R+LmKQ+-tR!
5-+-zPp+-+% 2zPP+-+PzP-"
6+-+p+nwq-& 3-+-vL-sNNzP#
7pzppvl-+pzp' 4+-zPP+-+-$
8+ktr-+l+r( 5-+-+-+-+%
xhgfedcbay 6+-snpzpn+-&
12.Qe2 f6!⇄ 13.h4!? 1–0 (31) Petrov,M (2451)-Nedev,T
(2514) Leon 2001 7pzppvl-+pzp'
XHGFEDCBAY 8+ktr-wql+r(
1R+-mK-vL-tR!
xhgfedcbay 8+ktr-wql+r(
[9.Be2 e5 10.Nxc6 (10.Nb3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.0–0! d5!= xhgfedcbay
13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bf3 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bc4 10.Nf5?! Bxf5 11.exf5 d5 12.fxe5 d4 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.0–0
17.Re1 1/2–1/2 (58) Ljubojevic,L (2580)-Lautier,J (2655) dxe3+¿¿ ¿ 0–1 (36) Mitkov,N (2500)-Horvath,T (2385) Bozen
Linares 1995 17...Rad8 18.Nd2 Be6 19.Qc1 Nd4 20.c3 Nxf3 1998]
21.Nxf3 Rfe8 22.Be3 Qa5 23.Ng5 Bb3 +¿¿ ¿) 10...bxc6 11.fxe5
dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8= 13.Bc4 (13.h3 Be6 14.0–0 a5 15.b3 g6 9...a5!N
16.Bg5 Kg7=) 13...Ng4 14.Bg1 Bg5 15.Rd1 Rxd1+ 16.Nxd1
1/2–1/2 (38) Ermenkov,E (2435) -Karapchanski,D (2340)
XHGFEDCBAY
Varna 1995 16...Nf6 17.Bd3 (17.Nc3 Bc1∓) 17...Be6 18.Be3
h6 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Ne3 g6 21.Kf2 Kg7=; 9.Qf3 e5 10.Nxc6
1R+LmKQ+-tR!
bxc6 11.fxe5 (11.f5 d5 ∓) 11...dxe5 12.Bc4 Rb8⇄ 13.0–0 2zPP+-+PzP-"
Ng4! 14.Bxf7+ Kh8 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Ba6 ∓ 0–1 (27)
Moroz,A (2380)-Maksimenko,A Kherson 1989; 3-+-vL-sNNzP#
4+-zPP+-+-$
5-+-+-+-zp%
6+-snpzpn+-&
7pzppvl-+p+'
8+ktr-wql+r(
XHGFEDCBAY xhgfedcbay
1-mKR+-+-tR!
2zPP+-+PzP-" [9...Na5 10.g4 Nxb3 11.cxb3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4
14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.g5¿
+¿¿
1/2–1/2 (37) Anand,V (2783)-
3-+-wQ-sN-zP# Radjabov,T (2756) Baku 2009]

4+-+P+-+-$ 10.Bb5 [10.Be2 e5 11.0–0 a4 12.Nd2 exf4 13.Rxf4 d5

14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qxd5=; 10.a4?!
5-+-zp-+-+% XHGFEDCBAY
6+-+-+p+l& 1R+LmKQ+-tR!
7pzpLvl-+-zp' 2zPP+-+PzP-"
8mk-tr-wq-tr-( 3-+-vL-sNN+#
xhgfedcbay 4+-zPP+-+P$
9.Bd3 e5= 5-+-+-+-zp%
XHGFEDCBAY 6+-snpzpn+-&
1R+-mKQ+-tR! 7pzppvl-+p+'
2zPP+-+PzP-" 8+ktr-wql+r(
3-+-vLLsN-zP# xhgfedcbay
4+-zPPsN-+-$ e5 11.f5 Nb4↑]

5-+-zp-+-+% XHGFEDCBAY
6+-sn-zpn+-& 1R+LmKQ+-tR!
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3-+-vL-sNN+#
4+-+P+-snP$ 3-+-vL-+NzP#
5-+Pzp-+-zp% 4+-+n+-+-$
6+-sn-zp-+-& 5-+-zp-+L+%
7pzppvl-+p+' 6+l+-zpn+-&
8+ktr-wql+r( 7pzppvl-+p+'
xhgfedcbay 8+ktr-+-+q(
10...e5! xhgfedcbay
XHGFEDCBAY 14.0–0 Bg5!∞

1R+-mKQ+-tR!
2zPP+-+PzP-"
3-+-vL-sNNzP#
4+-zPP+-+-$
5-+-zp-+Lzp%
6+-sn-zpn+-&
7pzppvl-+p+'
8+ktr-wql+r(
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11.f5 a4! 12.Nxa4 [12.Bxa4 Nxe4!+¿¿ ¿]

12...Nxe4⇄ 13.Nb6 [13.0–0 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Qf3

Nf6∞]

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(7) Four knights Sicilian - Nxc6,Bd3 [B40]
01.05.2018
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
XHGFEDCBAY
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 [5.Bd3 Nc6
1-mKR+QvLNtR!
6.Nxc6 bxc6 (6...dxc6 7.0–0 e5 8.Nd2 2zPP+-+PzPP"
XHGFEDCBAY 3-+-+L+-+#
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5-+-zp-+-+% 8tr-vlkwql+r(
6+-sn-+p+-& xhgfedcbay
7pzpp+-+pzp' Ba6 (9...Qb6+ 10.Kh1 Ba6= 11.Bxa6 (¹11.Nc3 Bxd3 12.cxd3)
11...Qxa6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.Nf3 Nc5 14.Be3 0–0 15.Bxc5 Bxc5
8tr-vlkwql+r( 16.c3 Rab8 17.Qc2 g6+¿¿ ¿ 18.b3 Be7 19.c4 dxc4 20.bxc4 Rb4
∓ 21.Nd2 Rd8 22.h3 Qa4 23.Qc3 Qa5 24.Ne4 Ra4 25.Qc2
xhgfedcbay Rd4 26.Rfc1 Qa6 27.Rab1 Raxc4 28.Nf6+ Kg7–+ 0–1 (37)
Bc5 Ipatov,A (2578)-Kharlov,A (2474) Toljatti 2014) 10.Be3

XHGFEDCBAY (10.Nc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Be7 12.f5 exf5 13.Rxf5 1–0 (29)
Santiago,Y (2360)-Batista, G (2247) Osasco 2012 13...Nc5!
1-mKR+QvL-tR! ∞)

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3-+-+L+-+# 1-mK-+QvL-tR!
4+-+P+-+-$ 2zPP+-+-zPP"
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7pzpp+-+pzp' 5-+RzPpsn-+%
8tr-+kwql+r( 6+-+-+p+-&
xhgfedcbay 7pzppvl-+-zp'
9.Nc4 Qe7= but the pawn structure is a little dry and more 8tr-+kwq-+r(
xhgfedcbay
in the spirit of 1.e4 e5 than the Sicilian. 10.Be3 Bxe3
11.Nxe3 Be6 12.Qe2 0–0 13.Rfd1 a5 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Nc4 Qc5
16.Qe3 Rd4+¿¿ ¿/= ½–½ (44) Radulov,I (2450)-Psakhis,L 10...Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Bc5 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3
(2560) Berlin West 1988) 7.0–0 d5 8.Nd2 Na4 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.b3 Nc3+¿¿ ¿ 0–1 (55) Mesfin,L (2131)-
Gretarsson,H (2543) Tromsoe 2014) 9...Qc7 (9...Nc5!?
a) 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 (9.f4 10.Bf1

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10.Bf4 (10.Qe2 Be7 (10...Nc5!?) 11.Nd2 0–0 12.Nf3 Nc5= 1–
0 (99) Beznosikov,V (2283)-Kuratov,V (2208) Syktyvkar
2012) 10...Rb8 11.b3 g6! 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Nf3 0–0 14.Qd2 c5„
15.Bh6 (¹15.h4 c4÷) 15...Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Qxe5
18.Re1 Qd6 19.Bxf8 Kxf8µ 1/2–1/2 (31) Guliev, L (2380)-
Korneev,O (2621) Baku 2013;
b) 8.Nc3 transposes into 5.Nc3 etc.;
8...Be7 9.b3
a) 9.Qe2 0–0 10.c4 (10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 (11.a4 Qb6 12.Bb2
Ba6= 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Kh1 Raa8 15.f4 Rfe8 16.Rf3
c5„ 17.Raf1 Qc6 18.e5 Nd7 19.f5 exf5 20.Rxf5 Rf8 21.Rh5
Qe6 22.Nf3 f5³ 0–1 (32) Fernandes,A (2453) -Movsesian,S
(2658) playchess.com INT 2006) 11...a4 12.Nf3 Bb7
(12...Nxe4!? 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd5) 13.Rfe1 Nd7
14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf6 17.Rad1= 1/2–1/2
(42) Pridorozhni,A (2523)-Najer,E (2647) Moscow 2013)
10...a5 11.Rd1 Ba6 (11...Qb6!? 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nf3 Ba6
14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Rfd8 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bf4 Bxc4! 18.Bxc4
dxc4 19.Rd2 Nf8µ 0–1 (31) Santiago,Y (2397)-Shankland,S
(2633) Praia da Pipa 2014) 12.b3 a4 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Nf3
Qb6÷ 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.e5 Be7 18.Rab1 axb3
19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Qxa6 Rxa6 22.axb3 Rd8³ 0–1
(80) Galego,L (2528)-Korneev,O (2638) Evora 2006;
b) 9.Re1 0–0 10.Qf3
b1) 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qh5 f5! 12.Nf3 (12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Qe2 e5!
14.Qxe5 Bc5‚ 15.Rf1 Ng4 16.Qh5 g6–+) 12...Nc5 13.Ng5 h6
14.Nh3 Qe8! 15.Qf3 Ne4 16.Bxe4 fxe4µ 0–1 (51) Hymes,E-
Janowski, D New York,NY 1899;
b2) 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 a4 12.Re3 a3 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e5 Bg5
15.Rh3 f5! 16.Nf3 (16.exf6 g6!µ) 16...Be7³ 0–1 (47)
Belyakov,B (2301)-Movsesian,S (2716) Olginka 2011;
10...Nd7 11.exd5 (¹11.Qg3) 11...cxd5 12.c4 Nc5 13.Bc2 Bf6
14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bb7 16.Qe3 Qb8 17.Ra2 Rc8³ 0–1 (29)
Lein,A-Spassky,B Sochi (Russia) 1964;
9...0–0 10.Bb2 a5 11.c4 (11.a4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qe2
Ra8= 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.e5 Nd7 17.f4 c5 18.f5
exf5 19.Rxf5 c4„ 20.Rdf1 Rc8 21.Qf3 Qe6 22.bxc4 dxc4
23.Ne4 g6! 24.Rf4 (24.Rf6 Nxf6 25.exf6 Bb4–+) 24...Nxe5
25.Qc3 f5!³ 0–1 (35) Malakhov,V (2732)-Wang,H (2724)
Ningbo 2010) 11...Bb7 12.Qc2 (12.e5 Nd7 13.Qh5 g6
14.Qg4 a4„ 15.h4 Bxh4 16.f4 Qb6+ 17.Kh2 Bf2 18.Nf3 Nc5µ
0–1 (28) Mafra,K (2202)-Leitao,R (2628) Belem 2015)
12...h6 13.Rad1 a4 14.Rfe1 axb3 15.axb3 Qb6 16.exd5 cxd5
17.h3 Rfd8³ 1/2–1/2 (43) Michel Yunis,C (2341)-Leitao,R
(2580) Santiago de Chile 2005]
5...Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0–0 Be7 9.b3 [9.Re1 0–0
10.Qf3
a) 10.Qe2 d4 (10...Nd7? 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Nxd5+–) 11.Nb1
e5 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Nc4 Nd7÷ 0–1 (43)
Valguarnera, G (2060)-Petrov,M (2497) Sliema 2014;
b) 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qh5 f5!³ 12.Bf4 (12.exf6 Nxf6µ) 12...Rb8
13.Nd1 Nc5 14.Bf1 Ne4ƒ 1/2–1/2 (67) Primbetov,K (2267)-
Sertbay,H (1912) Istanbul 2014;
10...d4! 11.e5 (11.Nb1 e5 12.Qg3 Nd7 13.Nd2 Bh4 14.Qf3
1–0 (30) Giaccio,A (2467)-Di Berardino,D (2358) Sao Jose do
Rio Preto 2005 14...Nc5÷; 11.Ne2 e5 12.h3 Be6 13.Qg3 c5³
0–1 (55) Llavanes,R (2224)-Bitoon,R (2413) Quezon City
2014) 11...dxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.bxc3 Qa5„ 14.Qxc6 Bd7!
15.Qxd7 Bxc3 16.Bd2 Bxd2³ 1/2–1/2 (31) Gholami,A (2434)-
Braun,A (2577) Riga 2017; 9.Qf3 0–0 10.Qg3!?
a) 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Na4 Qd4 13.b3 Nxe5 14.Bxh7+
Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Qxe5 (16.Bxe5 Qh4³) 16...Qxe5
17.Bxe5 c5µ 0–1 (44) Stojcevski,Z (2338)-Perunovic,M
(2624) Skopje 2015;
b) 10.Re1 -9.Re1;
10...Kh8 11.b3 a5 (11...Bb7!?N 12.Bb2 d4 13.Ne2 c5„) 12.e5
(¹12.Bb2 Ba6 13.Na4) 12...Nd7 13.Qh3 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6
15.Qg3 Bd6 16.Qh4 e5³ 0–1 (97) Gledura,B (2588)-
Sharafiev,A (2433) chess.com INT 2017; 9.Qe2 0–0 10.Bg5
(10.b3 -9.b3) 10...h6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.e5 Nc5 13.Qg4 1/2–1/2
(45) Shaposhnikov,E (2523) -Kashtanov,R (2392) St
Petersburg 2002 13...f5³ …14.Qg6 Qe8!]
9...0–0 10.Qe2 [10.Bb2 e5 11.Qe2 Re8! 12.Rad1 Bc5 13.h3
Bd4 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Nxb2 Qa5= 1–0 (46) Havlikova,K
(2161)-Pavlidou,E (2179) Kallithea 2009]
10...Nd7! 11.Na4 [11.Bb2 Nc5= 12.Rad1 a5 13.Rfe1 d4!
14.Bc4 e5 15.Qh5 Qc7 16.Ne2 g6 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Bxe6 Nxe6³
1/2–1/2 (60) Aveskulov,V (2532) -Hoolt,S (2220) Cappelle-
la-Grande 2008; 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Nd1 Nxd3
14.Qxd3 a5 15.Qg3 f6 16.Ne3 Bc5 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Ng4 d4µ
0–1 (32) Schmidt-Lasker,E USA 1901]
11...Nb6 12.Nxb6 [12.Nb2 a5 13.Be3 c5 14.c3 Qc7 15.Rad1
Bb7 16.f3 Bd6³ 1/2–1/2 (41) Hector,J (2505)-Lautier,J (2645)
Malmo 1998]

12...axb6 13.Bb2 Ba3! 14.c3 Bb7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Ba1 Rfd8³

[0–1 (53) Rochev,Y-Nunn,J (2601) Bunratty 2000]

Line
(8) Four knights Sicilian - 6.Nxc6
bxc6 7.e5 [B45]
05.10.2008
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4
[8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bb4+! 11.Kf1
(11.c3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc3+–+) 11...Rb8
12.Bf4 (12.h4? Bc3!µ Rigo-Horvath,T/
Hungary/1980) 12...Bc5 13.b3 (13.c3 a5 14.h4
0–0 15.Rh3÷) 13...0–0 14.h4 f6! 15.Qh5?! f5
16.Qe2 Rb4! 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Ba6 19.Rc1
Qb6 20.g3 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Rxc4 22.bxc4 Qc6
23.Kg1 Rb8µ 0–1 (38) Shabanov,Y (2405)-
Filippov,V (2565) Elista 1996 CBM 056
[Horvath,Ta]]
8...Qc7 [8...Bb7 9.Be2 c5 10.0–0 Qc7 used to
be popular some time ago as well. 11.Nd6+
Bxd6 12.exd6 Qc6 13.f3 c4 14.Qd4 0–0 15.Bxc4
Rfc8 16.b3 Qxd6 17.Rd1 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6
19.a4!?N Nb4 (19...Bc6 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Bf1 d5
22.Be3 Nd7 23.c4 Nc5 24.Rab1 Nxb3 25.cxd5
Bxd5 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Rxb3 Rxa4 28.Bxb6²
Shirov,A (2715)-Westerberg,J (2478) Skopje
2015; 19...f6!?) 20.Rxd7 Bc6?! (20...Nxc2
21.Rb1 Bc6²) 21.Rd2 b5 22.Ba3! bxc4 23.Bxb4
cxb3 24.cxb3 Bd5 25.a5 Bxb3 26.a6± Geller,J
(2474)-Lintchevski,D (2554) Kazan 2015]
9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 [10.Bd3 Ba6 (10...f5!? is a
sharper and less explored alternative: 11.exf6
(11.Nf2 Bc5 12.0–0 0–0 13.c4 Ne3 14.Bxe3
Bxe3µ) 11...gxf6!?N 12.f5
a) 12.Qh5+ Kd8 13.a3 (13.f5 Bb4+ 14.c3 Re8!!
15.cxb4 exf5 16.Qxf5 Qd4³ 17.Bb1 Ba6‚; 13.Qe2
h6! 14.c4 f5„) 13...Ba6 14.Qe2 (14.c4 Qd4
15.Qe2 Rg8ƒ) 14...Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rg8 16.c4
(16.g3 f5„) 16...Rxg2! 17.cxd5 cxd5„;
b) 12.Qe2 f5„; 12...Ba6! 13.Qh5+ (13.fxe6 0–0–
0ƒ) 13...Kd8 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.fxe6 Bb4+!
16.Bd2! (16.c3 Re8!! 17.Qe2 (17.cxb4 Rxe6µ)
17...Qb6! 18.cxb4 Rxe6 19.Bd2 Qd4=)
16...Bxd2+ 17.Nxd2 (17.Kxd2 Re8„)
17...Ne3„ 18.e7+ (18.Qc5! Qb6 19.Qd6 Nxc2+
20.Kd1 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.exd7 Kxd7² /=)
18...Kc7!µ) 11.Bxa6 (11.c4? Qd4! 12.Qe2 Nb4µ)
11...Qxa6 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 f5 14.Nf2 Rb8
15.c4 Nb4 16.Bd2 (16.b3 Bc5 17.Rd1 Rb7
18.Rd2 a5 19.Bb2 Ke7 20.Bc3 0–1 (67) Lima,D
(2420)-Nunn,J (2605) Leon 1997 20...Bxf2N
21.Kxf2 c5=) 16...Bc5 17.Bxb4 Rxb4 18.b3 Bxf2
19.Kxf2 a5 20.Ke3 Ke7= 1/2–1/2 (20)
Campora,D (2555)-Nunn,J (2605) Leon 1997;
10.a3 a5!? a rare, but useful move.
a) 10...Ne3 11.Qd3 Nxf1 12.Rxf1 Ba6 13.c4 f5
14.exf6 d5 15.f7+!N Kxf7 16.f5÷;
b) 10...f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qh5+
Kd8 14.Bd3 Bc5 15.Bd2! f5 1/2–1/2 (62)
Adams,M (2715)-Zhou,Y (2444) Sheffield 2011
(15...Qxb2 16.Qxc5 Qxa1+ 17.Kf2 Qb2 18.Ba5+
Ke8 19.Bb4+–) 16.0–0–0 Rb8 17.Bc3²;
11.c4 (11.Qf3 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nxf6+ gxf6÷
14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.Bd3 Bc5 16.Bd2 now does not
work: 16...Qxb2 17.Qxc5 Qxa1+ 18.Kf2 Qxh1–
+) 11...Ne3 12.Qd3 Nxf1 13.Rxf1 Ba6 14.b3
(14.f5!? exf5 15.Rxf5 Be7 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nd6+
Ke7 18.Rxf7+ Kd8÷) 14...Rb8 15.Rb1 Be7÷
16.Be3 Bxc4!!–+]
10...Bb4+!? [10...Ne3 11.Qd3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 is
the alternative.]
11.Ke2 [11.Bd2? Qe3+ 12.Qe2 (12.Be2 Qxe4
13.cxd5 Qxg2 14.Rf1 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Qxd5µ)
12...Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Qxe2+ 14.Bxe2 Nxf4µ]
11...f5 [‹11...Ba6?! 12.Kf3 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6
14.c5!± Bxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxf1 16.Na4!+– is the
difference.]
12.exf6 [12.Nf2 Ba6 13.Kf3 Ne7 14.Be3
a) 14.Qa4 Bc5 15.Nd3 Bd4 16.c5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5
Bxf1 18.Qd4 (18.Be3 Nd5„) 18...Qb5! 19.Qxd7+
Kf7 20.Qxe6+ Kf8= 21.Nd7+ Ke8 22.Nf6+ Kf8
23.Nd7+ Ke8 24.Nf6+ Kf8 25.Nd7+ 1/2–1/2 (25)
Hector,J (2539)-Banusz,T (2580) Germany 2013;
b) 14.b3 Bc5 15.Nd3 Bd4 16.Ba3 g5! 17.fxg5 c5
18.Rc1 Ng6‚ 19.Kg3 f4+ 20.Kg4 h5+ 21.Kh3
Qd8 22.g3 Qxg5 23.Nxc5 Qf5+ 24.Kg2 f3+
25.Qxf3 Nh4+ 26.gxh4 Rg8+ 27.Qg3 Rxg3+
28.hxg3 Qf2+ 0–1 (28) Rodriguez,A (2315)-
Kharlov,A (2450) Sao Paulo 1991;
c) 14.a3 Bc5 15.Nd3 Bxc4µ;
14...Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qd6
a) 16.b3 g5! 17.Qd6 (17.g3 Bb7) 17...g4+
18.Ke2 Bxc4+! 19.bxc4 Qxc4+ 20.Qd3 (¹20.Kd1
Qxf4 21.Nd3 Qa4+ 22.Kd2 Kf7 23.Be2 Rhb8°)
20...Qxf4 21.Qe3 Qa4³ 1–0 (51) Pancevski,F
(2499) -Kutzner,J (2117) Bad Homburg 2013;
b) 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.b4?? Qd4 18.Re1 c5+ 19.Kg3
g5–+ 0–1 (28) Fernandez,D (2401)-Velcheva,M
(2281) Athens 2008;
16...Qa5 (16...Qb6!? 17.b3
a) 17.b4 c5! 18.b5 (18.bxc5 Qb2„) 18...Bb7+
19.Ke3 g5 20.Nd3 gxf4+ 1/2–1/2 (20) Cozianu,C
(2295)-Rogozenco,D (2415) Romania 1994;
b) 17.c5 Qa5 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Rhd1 Qb7
20.Rac1 Rd8 21.b3 h6 22.h4 Kf7 23.Qd3 Rhg8
24.Nh3 Nd5³ 0–1 (43) Luukkonen,T (2288)-
Agopov,M (2452) Helsinki 2012;
c) 17.Rd1 Qxb2!?N 18.Qxd7+ Kf7„; 17...c5
18.Rd1
a) 18.Be2 Bb7+ 19.Ke3 (19.Kg3 Qxd6 20.exd6
Ng8 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Kxf3 1–0 (42) Howell,J
(2505)-Rogozenco,D (2405) Pardubice 1994
22...Nf6=) 19...g5!N 20.Bh5+ Ng6 21.fxg5 Bxg2
22.Rhg1 f4+ 23.Kd2 f3„;
b) 18.Kg3 Bb7 19.Be2 –18.Be2;
c) 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.Qxb6 axb6= 20.h4?! Nc6
21.Be2 Nd4+ 22.Kf2 Bb7 23.Bd1 Ra8 24.a4 Be4
25.Rh3 Ke7³ 0–1 (48) Mazi,L (2345)-Podlesnik,B
(2395) Ljubljana 1995; 18...Bb7+ 19.Ke3
(19.Kg3 Qxd6 20.exd6 Ng8! 21.Be2 Nf6 22.Bf3
Bxf3 23.Kxf3 0–0= 24.Nd3 Ne4 25.Ne5 Rfd8
26.g4 a5 27.gxf5 exf5 28.Rd5 a4 29.Nd3 axb3
30.axb3 Nd2+ 31.Ke3 Nxb3 32.Nxc5 Re8+
33.Kd3 Nxc5+ 34.Rxc5 Ra3+ 35.Kd2 Re4
36.Rxf5 Rd4+ 37.Ke2 Rxc4µ 1/2–1/2 (98)
Gorelov,S (2415)-Sveshnikov,E (2535)
Volgodonsk 1981) 19...Qxd6 20.Rxd6 (20.exd6
Ng6 21.Nd3 Rc8 22.h4 h5 23.Be2 1/2–1/2 (44)
Murdzia,P (2446) -Mikhaletz,L (2471) Lubniewice
2003 23...Be4!N 24.Nb2 Kf7 25.Bf3 e5! 26.fxe5
Rce8=) 20...g5! 21.fxg5 (21.Nh3 1/2–1/2 (59)
Bartel,M (2413) -Kuljasevic,D (2286)
Balatonlelle 2002 21...gxf4+!N 22.Nxf4 Ng6³
23.Nd3 Rc8) 21...f4+ 22.Kd2 Ng6 23.Nd3 Rc8°
24.h4 Ke7 25.h5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Kxd6 27.Nf7+
Ke7 28.Nxh8 Rxh8 29.Rh4 e5 30.Rg4 1–0 (60)
Kovchan,A (2507)-Shtyrenkov,V (2474) Alushta
2002 30...d5³) 17.Be2
a) 17.h4 c5 18.Kg3 (18.Ke3 Rd8 19.Be2 Nc8„
1/2–1/2 (19) Sulskis,S (2559)-Khenkin,I (2634)
Tromsoe 2009) 18...Rd8 19.b3 (19.Nd3 Rc8
20.Rc1 Kf7! 21.Qxd7 Rhd8 22.Qxa7 Rc7 23.b4
cxb4 24.Qf2 Rxc4–+ 0–1 (26) Sanchez Almeyra,J
(2415)-Rosito,J (2330) Buenos Aires 1991)
19...Bb7 20.Be2 Nc8 21.Qd3 d5„;
b) 17.Rd1? Qxa2 18.Qxd7+ Kf7 19.Nh3 h6
20.Be2 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4–+;
17...g5! 18.Rhd1 (18.g3 g4+ 19.Kg2 c5 20.Rhd1
Rd8 –18.Rhd1; 18.fxg5 Ng6 19.Rhd1 Nxe5+
20.Kg3 1–0 (37) Philippe,G (2240)-Ginovart,A
(2093) Pau 2015 20...0–0–0!µ) 18...Rd8 19.g3
(19.b3!? 0–1 (81) Kosintseva,N (2486)
-Cmilyte,V (2497) Konya 2009 19...g4+ 20.Kg3
Qb6 21.Qd4 c5 22.Qe3 Bb7 23.h4 a5 24.Nd3
Rc8=) 19...g4+ (19...Ng6 20.Ke3 gxf4+ 21.gxf4
Rg8 22.b3 Qb6+ 23.Rd4 c5 24.Qxb6 axb6
25.Rd6 Rb8 26.Rad1± Leon Hoyos,M (2376)-
Otero Acosta,D (2400) Santa Clara 2005)
20.Kg2 c5 21.Kg1 Nc8 (21...h5!? deserves
attention) 22.Qd2 Qb6 23.Rab1 1–0 (31)
Areshchenko,A (2656)-Terrieux,K (2440)
Grosseto Prugna 2015 23...Bb7„; 12.Ng3 Nc7
13.Be3 (13.a3 Be7 14.b4 a5 15.Be3 Qa6µ)
13...Bc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.b3 0–0 (15...a5!?)
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.exd6 Na6 18.Kd2 c5 19.Be2
Bb7 20.Rhg1 Rae8„ 1/2–1/2 (32) Blatov,I (2324)-
Shkliar,S (2211) Samara 2002; 12.Nd6+? Bxd6
13.cxd5 (13.exd6 Nf6µ) 13...Bc5ƒ; 12.cxd5? fxe4
13.Be3 Ba6+ 14.Kf2 Bc5–+]
12...Nxf6 13.Be3 [13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.a3
(14.Be3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Rc1 (16.Kf3?! e5
17.Qd2 d5µ 1/2–1/2 (30) Perunovic,M (2478)
-Kuljasevic,D (2297) Balatonlelle 2002) 16...e5
17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Kd1÷) 14...Be7 15.b4 c5 16.Be3
0–1 (43) Lysova, O-Mitbreit,D (2320) Moscow
1995 16...0–0N 17.Kf2 Qc7÷ 18.Bd3 Bb7
19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Bxh7 Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg7
22.Qg4+ Kf7 23.Qh5+=; 13.Nd6+?! Bxd6
14.Qxd6 Bb7µ 15.Qe5 c5 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Ke1 0–
0 18.Bd3 d6! 19.Qc3 d5‚ 1/2–1/2 (40)
Tokhirjonova,G (2287)-Sriram,J (2435) Tashkent
2016]
13...Qd8 [13...Qa5 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Kf2 0–0
16.Bd3² Rf7 17.a3 Bc5 18.Re1 Rg7 19.Qc1 Bb7
20.b4 Bxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Qc7 22.Rg3 c5 (22...a5!?)
23.Qe3 f5 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Rg1 h5
26.h3‚ Inarkiev,E (2679) -Galkin,A (2598) Konya
2011]
14.Nd6+ [14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qd4 Be7 16.Rd1
Qf7 17.c5 0–0÷ 18.b3 Qh5+ 19.Kd2 Rf5 20.g4
Qxg4 21.Rg1 Qxg1 22.Bxg1 Rd5³ 0–1 (47)
Matinian,N (2472)-Kokarev,D (2611) St
Petersburg 2013; 14.a3?! Nxe4 15.axb4 d5
16.Qd4 0–0³]
14...Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Bb7 16.Rd1 [16.Kd1 c5!
(16...Qe7 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Kc2²) 17.Bd3
[%mdl 8] 5.11.2011
a) 17.Qxc5 Be4 18.Be2
a1) 18.Rg1 d6 19.Qb5+ Kf7 20.b3 Re8° 21.Bd2
a5 22.Be2 a4 23.b4 h6 24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Bxe4
Nxe4 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qe2 d5 28.g3 Nxd2
29.Kxd2 e5 30.f5 e4 31.Rgf1 Qe5 32.Rac1 Rad8
33.Kd1 d4 34.Rf4 d3 35.Qe3 d2 36.Rb1 Rd3–+
0–1 (48) Andscacs 0.90 64–bit 4CPU (3215)-
Komodo 10.4 64–bit 4CPU (3383) CCRL 2017;
a2) 18.b3 Rc8 19.Qxa7 0–0„;
a3) 18.Qd6 Rc8 Stohl,I: 'The sensible choice is'
Stohl,I: 'The sensible choice is' 19.Bxa7 Stohl,I:
'>==' '>==' 19...Rc6 20.Qb8 Rc8 21.Qd6 Rc6
22.Qb8 Rc8 23.Qe5 (The sensible choice is
¹23.Qd6=) 23...0–0 24.Bd4 (24.Be2 Qe7 25.Bd4
d6 26.Qg5 e5 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Bc3 Qa7 29.Rf1
Bg6 30.Rf3 Qg1+ 31.Rf1 Qb6 32.Rf3 Ne4‚ Rivas
Romero,G (2285)-Troia,E (2294) email 2012)
24...Kh8 (24...Qe7°; or 24...Bf5!? are possible
alternatives; in both cases Black has
compensation. Stohl,I: 'are possible
alternatives; in both cases Black has
compensation.') 25.Be2 d5 26.c5 Qa5 27.a3
Rxc5 28.Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Rc1 Qb6÷ Najer,E
(2627)-Khairullin,I (2554) Plovdiv 2008 Even an
exchange down Black is not without play, but he
didn't make most of his chances in the further
course of the game. Stohl,I: 'Even an exchange
down Black is not without play, but he didn't
make most of his chances in the further course
of the game.'; 18...d6 19.Qd4 (19.Qb5+ Kf7
20.Ke1 Rb8 21.Qa6 Rxb2 22.Qxa7+ Rb7 23.Qd4
Qb8 24.Kf2 Rb2°) 19...0–0°;
b) 17.Bxc5 Ne4 18.Qe5 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Qf6‰ (or
Stohl, I: 'or' 19...Rc8!? can be dangerous only
for White with his uncoordinated rooks. Stohl,I:
'can be dangerous only for White with his
uncoordinated rooks.') ;
17...Rc8 18.Bxc5 (18.Re1 Qb6! 19.Qxb6 axb6=)
18...Be4! (18...Rc6 19.Qd4ƒ) 19.b4 [%mdl 8]
16.10.2013 (19.Ba3 Rc6 20.Qd4 Bxd3 21.Qxd3
Qc7° 22.Rc1 d5 23.Qd4 dxc4 24.Kc2 Kf7
25.Rhd1 1/2–1/2 (29) Cornette,M (2594)-
Navrotescu,C (2358) Cappelle la Grande FRA
2016 25...c3 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.fxe5 Nd5³)
19...Rc6 20.Qd4 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qc7 22.Re1
(22.Rf1 d6 23.Bd4 Rxc4 24.Bc5 d5³) 22...Kf7
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Qe3 a5 25.a3 Re8 26.Re2 Kg8
27.Rc3 d6 28.Bd4 axb4 29.axb4 Rxc4 30.Bxf6
gxf6 31.Rec2 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 1/2–1/2 (40)
Shredder 13 64–bit (3197)-Komodo 10.3 64–bit
(3270) CCRL 2017 32...Qxc3 33.Rxc3 Rb8=;
16.Kd3 c5 Stohl,I: '!?' 17.Kc2 1–0 (44) Petenyi,T
(2469)-Jasny,S (2320) Litomysl CZE 2013
(17.Qxc5 Be4+ 18.Ke2 (18.Kc3 Rc8 19.Qxa7 0–
0 20.b3 Nd5+ 21.Kd2 Qf6 22.Rc1 Qb2+–+)
18...Rc8 19.Qd4 0–0 20.b3 d5ƒ) 17...Ne4 [%mdl
8] 4.10.2017 followed by 0–0 looks even better
for Black. Stohl,I: '!' Stohl,I: ' ' Stohl,I: ', followed
by 0–0 looks even better for Black.' 18.Qd1 0–0
19.Bd3 Bc6 Clearing the b-file for the rook.
20.Qf3 (20.Rf1 Rb8µ) 20...Nf6 21.Qe2 Qb6³;
16.Bc5? Ne4 17.Qe5 Nxc5 18.Qxc5 d6 19.Qh5+
g6 20.Qg4 0–0! 21.Qxe6+ Kh8µ; 16.c5?! only
helps Black by securing the d5–outpost for the
knight. 16...Ba6+ 17.Kf3 Bxf1 18.Rhxf1 Nd5
19.Bd4 Qh4 20.g3 Qxh2 21.Rh1 Qc2ƒ; 16.g3?!
c5 17.Rg1 Ne4 18.Qd3 Qb6! [%mdl 8] 30.9.2017
19.Rc1 (19.Rb1 d5 20.b3 d4 21.Bd2 e5 22.fxe5
0–0–+) 19...Nf6! [%mdl 8] 4.1.2017 (19...d5
20.Bg2 holds the position. (20.b4 0–0 21.bxc5
Qa5 22.Bg2 e5 23.fxe5 Rad8 24.Rgf1 dxc4
25.Qc2 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Bxg2 27.Qxc4+ Kh8
28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.c6 Bf3+ 30.Kd3 Qa3+ 31.Rc3
Qb2 32.Rc2 Qa3+=) ) 20.Qb3 Kf7= 21.Bg2
Bxg2 22.Rxg2 Rhb8 23.Qxb6 axb6µ; 16.Rg1
Ne4!?N 17.Qe5 c5! 18.Qxg7 Qh4!! 19.Kd3
(19.Qxh8+ Kf7 20.Qe5 d6!–+) 19...0–0–0ƒ]
16...Rc8 [Here the sacrifice is already less
attractive and White was on top after 16...c5
17.Qxc5 Be4 18.Ke1 Rc8 19.Qa3± Rf8 20.Be2
Kf7 21.Rg1 Kg8 22.Qxa7 d5 23.c5 Bc2 24.Rc1
d4 25.Rxc2 dxe3 26.Qa4 Qe7 27.Qc4 Nd5 28.g3
Kh8 29.Bf3 Qf6 30.c6± Daubenfeld,G (2233)-
Anderson,J (2358) email 2009 Although
improvements for both sides are quite likely, in
general it doesn't seem that Black has enough
here.]
17.g4! [17.Qc5 0–1 (31) Majdan,J (2378)
-Ushenina,A (2438) Reykjavik ISL 2015
17...Qb6! 18.Qxb6! (18.b4 Kf7 19.Qxb6 (19.a3;
19.a4 Qc7 20.a5 Ne4 21.Qd4 d5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Kf3 c5„) 19...axb6 20.Bxb6 Ra8 21.Rd2 Ra4
22.Bc5 d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Kf3 Ne4 25.Rb2
Ra3+ 26.Be3 h5 27.Be2 Bc8 28.h3 Bg4+–+)
18...axb6 19.Bxb6 c5° 20.a4 (20.a3 d5„)
20...Ke7 (20...d5 21.a5 Nd7 22.Kf2 Rf8 23.Kg3
Nxb6 24.axb6 Rc6 25.cxd5 Rxb6„ Dicker,F
(2301)-Murlasits,M (2166) email 2010) 21.a5 d6
22.Rb1 (22.Ra1 Nd7 23.a6 Ra8 24.Bc7 Rxa6³)
22...Nd7 23.b4 Nxb6 24.axb6 cxb4 25.Rxb4
(25.Ke3 Ra8 26.Bd3 g6 27.Rxb4 Bxg2 28.Rhb1
Bb7 29.h4 Rhf8 30.h5 e5 31.fxe5 Rf3+ 32.Ke2
dxe5 33.c5 Rh3= 34.hxg6 (34.Bc4 Rxh5=
35.c6? Rh2+ 36.Ke3 Bxc6 37.b7 Rb8µ)
34...Ra2+ 35.R1b2 Rxb2+ 36.Rxb2 Rh2+–+)
25...Ra8 26.Rg1 (26.Ke3 Ra1³) 26...Ra2+ 27.Ke3
Ra1 28.Kf2 g5 29.g3 Rf8 30.Bd3 Ra2+ 31.Ke3
e5 32.Rf1 gxf4+ 33.gxf4 Rxh2 34.Rg1 Rh3+
35.Kd2 Rh2+=; 17.c5 Stohl,I: 'led to a sterile
endgame after' Stohl,I: 'led to a sterile endgame
after' 17...Ba6+ 18.Kf3 Bxf1 19.Rhxf1
Nd5„ 20.g3 Rf8 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Rxc7
23.h4 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Rb7 25.b3 Rf5 26.Re5 Rxe5
27.fxe5 Rb4 28.Rd3 h5 29.a3= ½, Simmelink,J
(2263)-Bancevich,S (2223) email 2009; 17.Bd4
c5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Kf2 Rc6=]
17...c5 [17...Nxg4?! 18.Bc5 Stohl,I: 'the Bb7
stays offside and Black will soon have problems
with his king.' 18...Nf6 19.Rg1±]
18.Rg1 Rc6!?N [18...Rf8 After the official
theory ends, the game quickly reaches its
critical point. 19.f5 (19.Bxc5?! Rf7ƒ prematurely
opens the position.; 19.g5!?) 19...Qb6?!
Probably the first step in the wrong direction.
(19...exf5?! already allows 20.Bxc5±; ¹19...Ne4!
20.Qe5 Qf6 21.Qxf6 Rxf6„) 20.fxe6 dxe6 21.g5
Nd5 A difficult decision. (21...Qxd6!? 22.Rxd6
Ke7 was maybe better, as it forces White to
choose: 23.Rxe6+!? (23.Rd3 Ng4! 24.Bg2 Bxg2
25.Rxg2 Nxe3 26.Kxe3 Rf5„; 23.gxf6+ Kxd6
24.fxg7 Rg8 25.Bh6°) 23...Kxe6 24.Bh3+ Kf7
25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.gxf6 gxf6² All Black's pawns
are isolated, but the ^- give him drawing
chances.) 22.Qxb6 Nxb6 23.Ke1² [%mdl 4128] /
+/-: 1–0 (40) Karjakin,S (2762)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku
2015 CBM 169 [Stohl,I] In the endgame White
has the bishop pair and a better pawn structure;
these strategic pluses give him a long-lasting
pull.]
19.Qe5 0–0 20.g5 [20.Bg2 Nxg4 21.Qc3 d5!
„ 22.cxd5 Ba6+ 23.Kd2 Nxe3 24.Kxe3 Rd6
(24...Rb6 25.Bh3ƒ) 25.Bh3 Rf6 26.Bxe6+ Rfxe6+
27.dxe6 Rxe6+ 28.Kf3 Be2+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+
30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.hxg3 Bxd1 32.Rxd1 Ra6=;
20.Bh3 d6! 21.Qxe6+ (21.g5!? dxe5 22.Rxd8
Rxd8 23.gxf6 g6 24.fxe5°) 21...Kh8 22.g5 Nh5
-20.g5]
20...Nh5 21.Bh3 d6! 22.Qxe6+ [22.Bxe6+
Kh8 23.Qc3 Nxf4+ 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Rdf1 Re4+
26.Kd1 Rxe6 27.Rf7 Re5 28.Qf3 Re8 29.Rxb7
Rc7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Rg2=]
22...Kh8° 23.Rgf1 [23.Qd7 Qa8 24.Rxd6 Rcc8!
25.Qg4 (25.Rf1 Rce8µ) 25...g6 26.Kf2 Rce8°]
23...Rb6 24.b3 Ra6! 25.Qd7 [25.Rd2 d5„]
25...Rxa2+ 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Qa5+
28.Kd3 Ba6 29.Be6 Qa2=
Line
(9) Four knights Sicilian - 6.Ndb5
Bc5 [B45]
06.11.2012
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bc5 7.Bf4 [7.Nd6+!? Ke7
8.Bf4 (8.Nxc8+ Rxc8 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.0–0 (10.Bg5
h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bd6³) 10...h5! 11.Bg5
(11.Na4 Ng4 12.g3 Bd4 13.c3 Bxf2+! 14.Rxf2
Nxf2 15.Kxf2 h4‚ 16.Bg5+ f6 17.Bf4 hxg3+
18.Bxg3 Rxh2+! 19.Bxh2 Qxh2+ 20.Ke1 Ne5–+
0–1 (25) Lazarevic,G (2051)-Galiot,G (2318)
Belgrade 2014) 11...Kf8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Kh1
1/2–1/2 (20) Houska,J (2286)-Hollan,M (2180)
Prague 2015 13...h4N 14.f4 a6÷) 8...e5 9.Nf5+
(9.Nxc8+ Rxc8 10.Bg5 Bb4!= 11.Bd3 Bxc3+
12.bxc3 h6 13.Bxf6+ gxf6 14.0–0 Qa5„ 15.c4
Rhg8 16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 Ne5³ 1–0 (60) Vergara
Jofre,F (2167)-Perpinya Rofes,L (2384) Sabadell
2017) 9...Kf8 10.Bg5 (10.Be3 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+
12.bxc3 d5=) 10...d6 11.Bc4
a) 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.c3 1–0 (42)
Hovhannisyan,R (2612)-Kabanov,N (2501) St
Petersburg 2012 13...g6N 14.Nfe3 Be6 15.Bc4
Rc8 16.0–0 Kg7 17.Qe2 a6 18.a4 Ba7÷;
b) 11.Ne3 Be6 12.Bd3 (12.Ncd5? Qa5+ 13.c3
Nxe4 14.b4 Bxe3!! 15.bxa5 Bxf2+ 16.Ke2 Bg4+
17.Kd3 Nc5+ 18.Kc2 Bxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Ne6–+ 0–1
(51) Atakisi,U (2373)-Heberla,B (2577) Kocaeli
2017; 12.Ned5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Bxf6 gxf6
15.Qh5 Bb4„ 16.Bd3 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Kg7÷)
12...h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.0–0 1–0 (38) Kovchan,A
(2583)-Baghdasaryan,V (2432) Al-Ain UAE 2015
14...g6N 15.Ncd5 Qd8 16.c3 a6 17.b4 Ba7
18.Qf3 Kg7÷;
c) 11.Bd3 Be6N 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb4„;
d) 11.Qd2 Bxf5 12.exf5 h6 13.Bxf6 (13.Bh4 Bb4
14.0–0–0 Qa5„) 13...Qxf6 14.Bd3 Bb4=;
e) 11.Nd5?? Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bxf2+! 13.Ke2
(13.Kxf2 Nxe4+) 13...Qb5+ 14.Kf3 Qc5 15.Nxf6
Bxf5–+;
11...Be6 (11...h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8
14.0–0 g6 15.Nfe3 Be6 16.c3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Kg7
18.b4 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Qc7 21.Ne3
Ne7 22.Rac1 Qc6 23.Qd3 Rhd8 24.Rfd1² 1–0
(37) Abdumalik,Z (2344)-El Debs,F (2520)
Caleta 2014) 12.Bb3 (12.Bd5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.0–0 1–0 (40) Kovacevic,A (2430) -Bakic,R
(2445) Budva 1996 14...Bxf5N 15.exf5 Qxf5
16.Ne4 g6 17.c3 Qd7! 18.Qf3 f5 19.Rfe1°)
12...h6 13.Bxf6 (13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Bxf5 15.exf5
Qd7„) 13...Qxf6 14.Nd5 (14.0–0 Bxf5 15.Nd5
Qg5 16.exf5 Qxf5 17.c3°) 14...Qd8 15.0–0 g6
16.Nfe3 Kg7 17.c3 b5 (17...Na5!? 18.Bc2 Rc8÷)
18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Rad1 Rf8 20.Kh1 1–0 (35)
Jansa,V (2458) -Jasny,S (2371) Czech Republic
CZE 2016 20...b4„ 21.cxb4 Nxb4 22.f4 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 exf4 24.Rxf4 Qg5÷; 7.Be3 Bxe3
8.Nd6+ Ke7 9.fxe3 Qc7 10.Nc4 (10.Ndb5 Qe5³)
10...a6 11.a4 1–0 (66) Manakova,M (2338)-
Raetsky,A (2427) Al Ain 2012 11...Rd8!N 12.a5
d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nb6 Qe5!!ƒ 15.Nxa8 d4!
16.Ne2 dxe3 17.Qc1 Nb4–+]
7...0–0 8.Bc7 [8.Bd6 Qb6! 9.Bxc5 (9.Qd2 Bxd6
10.Nxd6 Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qa3 12.Be2° b6 13.0–0
Ba6 14.Rb3 Qa5 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 16.Ncb5 Qa4
17.c4 1–0 (47) Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2388)-
Camacho Collados,J (2308) Calvia 2007
17...Ne8=) 9...Qxc5 10.Qd6 Qb6 11.a4 (11.Qc7
Qc5 12.Qd6=; 11.0–0–0 Qxf2³; 11.Rb1 a6
12.Na3 1/2–1/2 (57) Bologan,V (2672)-Safarli,E
(2660) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 12...Ne8N 13.Nc4
Qa7 14.Qd2 b5 15.Ne3 Bb7!³) 11...Ne8 12.a5 1–
0 (98) Kosteniuk,A (2448)-Muzychuk,M (2490)
Batumi 2012 (12.Qa3 a6 13.a5 Qd8 14.Nd6
Nxd6 15.Qxd6 Nxa5³) 12...Qxa5!N 13.Rxa5
Nxd6³; 8.e5 a6! 9.Nd6 (9.exf6 Qxf6! 10.Bg3
axb5 11.Bxb5 d5³) 9...Ne8 10.Nce4 Bd4
11.Nxe8 Rxe8³ 0–1 (38) Warszawski,B (2286)-
Heberla,B (2515) Warsaw 2009]
8...Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 [10.Nxd6 Ne8
11.Ncb5 a6 12.Nxe8 axb5 13.Nd6 b4 14.Bc4 b6
15.0–0 Ba6= 0–1 (42) Lindberg,H (2268)-
Moiseenko,V (2473) Jyvaskyla 2013]
10...Qd8 [10...Ne8 11.Qxe7 Nxe7 12.0–0–0 f5²]
11.Nc7 [11.0–0–0!? a6 12.Nd4 (12.Nc7?? Ra7–
+) 12...Na5!?N (12...Qb6 13.Nxc6 bxc6) 13.Nb3
a) 13.h4 b5 14.f3 Bb7 15.g4 Qb8 (15...Ne8!?;
15...Rc8!?) 16.Qxb8 Raxb8÷;
b) 13.e5 Ng4 14.Ne4 b5„;
c) 13.Be2 b5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Qb4 Bb7„;
d) 13.f3 b5 14.g4 Ne8 15.Qg3 b4ƒ;
e) 13.g4 b5 14.g5 Ne8 15.Qg3 b4 16.Nce2 Bb7ƒ;
13...b5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Qd2 (15.Qd4 Nc6 16.Qe3
f6 17.exf6 Nxf6„) 15...Qb6 16.f4 d6!! 17.exd6
Nxb3+ 18.axb3 Bb7° 19.Qd4 (19.d7 Nf6)
19...Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Rd8 21.d7 Nf6 22.Bd3 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Nxd7=; 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 exd5
(12...Nxd5=) 13.0–0–0 Be6 14.Be2 Qa5 15.Nd4
Nxd4 16.Qxd4 1–0 (39) Balogh,C (2621)-Cvek,R
(2525) Slovakia SVK 2016 16...b5!N [%mdl 8]
30.9.2017 17.Bxb5 Rab8ƒ; 11.Qc7 d5 12.exd5
exd5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.0–0–0 d4ƒ 15.Nb1
(15.Ne2 Ne4µ) 15...Ne4 16.Re1 Nxf2 17.Rg1 0–1
(76) Pavlidis,A (2539) -Heberla,B (2555)
Katowice POL 2017 17...a6 18.N5a3 b5 19.h3 d3
20.cxd3 Bf5–+; 11.Be2 a6 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Nb3
Rd8 14.0–0 Ne8 15.Qf4 d6 16.Rad1 Qc7÷ 0–1
(49) Forgues,V (2012)-Pavlidou,E (2139) Vung
Tau 2008]
11...Rb8 12.Be2 [12.e5? Ng4; 12.0–0–0 b5
(12...a6!? 13.f3 b5÷) 13.Bxb5 1/2–1/2 (24)
Aghayev,M (2309)-Muzychuk,A (2585) Baku
2013 13...Rb6N 14.Bxc6 Bb7! 15.e5 Rxc6
16.Qd4 Rxc7 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6=
19.Nb5 Rc5 20.Nxa7 Ra8–+]
12...b5 13.e5 [13.Bxb5? Rb7–+; 13.N7xb5 a6
14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Rxb2 16.0–0 d6÷]

13...b4 [13...Ne8!? 14.Nxe8 Rxe8 15.0–0 b4

16.Ne4 Rb6 17.b3 (17.f4 Ne7 18.Qd2 Qc7
19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Nd6 Nf5 21.Nxf5 exf5 22.Bd3
d6=) 17...Bb7 18.Qc5 d5!! 19.exd6 (19.Nd6 Re7
20.f4 Rc7„) 19...Nb8 20.Qd4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4
Qxd6 22.Rfd1 Qe7 23.a3 bxa3 24.Qa4 Rc8
25.Rd2 Rbc6 26.Bd3 g6 27.Qxa3 Qxa3 28.Rxa3
R8c7= 1/2 (37)–1/2 (37) Antunes,A (2345)-
Leonard,A (2326) ICCF email 2016]

14.exf6 bxc3 15.fxg7 Kxg7 16.Qg3+ [16.b3

[%mdl 8] 16...Qf6 17.Rd1 Nb4 18.0–0 Rb6
(18...Nxc2?? 19.Rd3+–) 19.Qc5 (19.Qg3+ Kh8
20.Nb5 Rg8 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Rc6„)
19...Nxc2 20.Rd3 (20.Qh5 Rg8 21.Rd3 Kh8
22.Rh3 Qg6 23.Qxg6 Rxg6 24.Rxc3 Bb7³)
20...d6 21.Qh5 (21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 Nd4„)
21...Kh8 22.Rh3 h6!÷]

16...Kh8 17.Qxc3+ e5 18.Nb5 [18.Nd5 Nd4„]

18...Qf6 19.Qa3!N [[%mdl 8]]

[19.Rd1 Ba6 20.a4 Nd4! 21.Qd2 (21.Nxd4 exd4

22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Rfe8 24.Rd2 Rxb2–+)
21...Ne6!„; 19.0–0 a6 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Nd6 Nd4„;
19.Qc5 1–0 (28) Filev,G (2375)-Karakehajov,K
(2486) Borovetz 2008 19...Ba6N 20.a4 Bxb5
21.axb5 Nd4 22.Bd1 Rg8÷]

19...Bb7 20.0–0–0² [20.Rd1 d5! 21.0–0

(21.Rxd5 Nd4µ) 21...a6 22.Nd6 Ba8°; 20.c3 d5
21.0–0 Rfd8°; 20.0–0 Rg8 21.Bf3 Ba6!°]

20...d5° 21.Rxd5? Nd4µ

Line
(10) Four knights Sicilian - 6.Ndb5
d6 [B33]
25.12.2017
[Davorin Kuljasevic]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 [7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6
(8.Nd4 Be7„; 8.Na3 b5µ) 8...gxf6 9.Nd4 Bd7
10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Nb3 h5 12.h4 Rc8 13.Be2 Ne5
14.Bxh5 Nc4 15.Qf3 Nxb2 16.g4 Qb4–+ 0–1 (30)
Camino Rubio,J-Teske,H (2526) Seville 2004;
7.a4 a6 8.Na3 (8.Nd4 Be7) 8...d5 9.exd5 exd5³
10.Bg5 Bb4 11.Qe2+ Be6 12.0–0–0 Bxc3
13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nb1 0–0–0 16.Qf3
Qxa4–+ 0–1 (42) Pilgaard,K (2440) -Horvath,P
(2456) Budapest 2003; 7.Be2 a6 8.Nd4 (8.Na3
b5µ) 8...Be7 9.Be3 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7÷ 11.a4 Re8
12.Nb3 b6 13.f4 Bf8 14.Kh1 Rb8 15.Qd2 Bb7
16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Rae1 Na5 18.Bg1 Nc4 19.Qc1
Rbc8 20.Nd1 g6 21.Nd4 Bh6 22.g3 e5µ 0–1 (33)
Cardoso,P (2119)-Bruzon Batista,L (2628) Vila
Nova de Gaia 2004; 7.Be3 a6 8.Nd4 (8.Na3 b5µ)
8...Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.0–
0–0 Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 14.h4 Qc7 15.g4 e5 16.Be3
d5µ]
7...e5 8.Bg5 [8.Be3 a6 9.Na3 Rb8 10.Nd5 Nxd5
11.exd5 (11.Qxd5?! Nd4! 12.Bxd4 Be6) 11...Ne7
12.c4
a) 12.b4 Nf5 13.Bd2 Be7 (13...g6!?) 14.Nc4 0–0
15.a4 Bg5 (15...e4!? 16.a5 Bd7 17.Ra3 Bb5)
16.a5 e4 17.Ra3 Nh4 18.Rg3 Bxd2+ 19.Qxd2 f5
20.Qf4 Bd7! 21.Nb6 (21.Nxd6 Qf6‚; 21.Qxd6 f4‚)
21...Be8 22.Be2 Ng6 23.Qg5 Rf6!µ 1–0 (42)
Szalanczy,E (2410)-Holzmann,H (2215) Linz
1997;
b) 12.c3 Nf5 13.Bd2 Be7 (13...g6!?) 14.g3 0–0
15.Bg2 Bd7 16.0–0 Bg5= 17.Re1 Rc8 18.Rc1
Re8 19.Re4 h6 20.Nc4 b5 21.Na3 a5³ 0–1 (59)
Szalanczy,E (2420)-Horvath,C (2445) Debrecen
1988;
12...Nf5 13.Bd2 (13.Qd2?! Nxe3 14.fxe3 g6!
15.g3 h5 16.Be2 Bh6 17.Nc2 Bf5µ 0–1 (65)
Davidov,S (2254)-Kuljasevic,D (2381) Heraklio
2002) 13...g6 14.Bd3 (14.Nc2 Bg7 15.Be2 0–0
16.0–0 Qh4 17.g3 Qd8 18.Bc3 h5 (18...Nh6!?)
19.a4 h4 20.Ra3 hxg3 21.hxg3 Nh6 22.Kg2 f5
23.f4 Bd7„ 0–1 (39) Kubacsny, L (2335)-Anka,E
(2435) Hungary 1998) 14...Bg7 15.0–0 0–0
16.Bc3 Nh4!? (16...Bd7 17.Nc2 b5„; 16...Nh6)
17.g3 Nf5 18.Be4 Nh6 19.Bg2 f5„ 0–1 (52)
Cesnauskas,A-Taimanov,M Leningrad (Russia)
1962; 8.Nd5?! Nxd5 9.exd5 exf4 10.dxc6 bxc6
11.Qf3 d5 12.0–0–0 Qb6! 13.Nd4 1/2–1/2 (40)
Torres Kuckel,R (2250)-Kummerow,H (2348)
Germany 2009 (13.Qe2+ Be6 14.Nd4 Rb8 15.c4
Be7 16.Nxe6 fxe6µ) 13...Be7N [%mdl 8] 14.Qxf4
0–0 15.Nb3 (15.Bd3 c5–+) 15...Be6–+]
8...a6 9.Na3 [9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 f5! 11.Bd3
a) 11.Nc4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nd4 13.c3 (13.Ne3 Be6
14.c3 d5„) 13...d5! 14.Nxe5 dxe4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4
16.cxd4 f6 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Be2 Bb4+° 1/2–1/2
(69) Bazan,O-Pelikan,J Buenos Aires 1961;
b) 11.exf5 d5! 12.Nxd5 (12.Qxd5 Bxf5°)
12...Bxf5 13.Ne3 Qa5+ 14.c3 Bxa3! 15.Nc4
Bxb2!! 16.Nxa5 Bxc3+ 17.Ke2 Nd4+ 18.Ke3
Nc2+ 19.Kf3 Nd4+=;
c) 11.Qh5 b5 12.Naxb5 axb5 13.Bxb5 Bb7
14.Bc4 Qf6! 15.Nd5 Qg6 16.Nc7+ Kd7 17.Qxg6
fxg6 (17...hxg6!?) 18.Nxa8 Bxa8 19.Bd5 Bh6
20.c3 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Rb8³ 1/2–1/2 (28) Sjoman,T-
Jokelainen,J Finland 1999;
11...Bg7 12.Qh5 (12.0–0 fxe4 13.Bxe4 0–0
14.Nc4 Nd4 15.Bd5 Be6 16.Ne3 Rc8 17.a4 Qe7
18.Kh1 f5 19.f4÷ 0–1 (34) Mukhin,M-
Timoscenko,G Cheliabinsk (Russia) 1974;
12.Nd5 fxe4 13.Bxe4 0–0„; 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 f4
14.Ned5 0–0÷; 12.exf5 d5„) 12...b5 13.Nd5
Ne7! 14.Nxe7 (14.Qg5 Rg8! 15.Nf6+ Bxf6
16.Qxf6 Bb7 17.0–0–0 1–0 (39) Doplmayr,F-
Hauschild,A (2330) Finkenstein 1992 17...Rg6N
18.Qh8+ Kd7! 19.Qxh7 fxe4µ) 14...Qxe7 15.0–0
a) 15.c3 d5 16.exf5 (16.exd5 e4 17.0–0 –15.0–
0) 16...b4! 17.Nc2 bxc3 18.bxc3 e4 19.0–0 1/2–
1/2 (43) Petr,J (2219)-Janecek,J (2118) Czechia
2003 19...Bxc3÷;
b) 15.exf5 e4 16.0–0 0–1 (50) Bukta,T-
Aniskovitch,A (2130) Harkany 1998 16...Bb7!³;
15...d5! 16.exd5 e4 17.c3! 0–0 18.Rae1 Rb8!N
19.Bc2 Rb6„]
9...Be6 [9...b5 - main line Sveshnikov]
10.Nc4 [10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5
a) 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bxe6 (12.Bd5 Rc8 13.Qh5 Qd7
14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.Nd5 Ne7 16.Nxe7 Bxe7 17.c3
d5= 18.exd5 Qxd5 19.Qg4 Qe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6
21.Nc2 a5³ 0–1 (49) Todorovic,G (2465)-
Bjelajac,M (2380) Tivat 1995) 12...fxe6 13.Qh5+
Kd7! 14.Ne2 Qe8 15.Qf3 Qg6÷ 16.0–0–0 Rc8
17.Kb1 Rg8 18.Qe3 Kc7! 19.g3 Kb7 20.f3 Rg7
21.Qb3 Qe8 22.Rc1 Rgc7ƒ 0–1 (29) Haszon,D
(2046)-Gaal,E (2130) Balatonalmadi 2007;
b) 11.Nc4 –10.Nc4 Be6 11. Bxf6;
11...f5 12.exf5 Qa5+! 13.Nc3 Bxf5 14.Nc4 Qc5
15.Ne3 (15.Nd5 Nd4 16.Nde3 Be6 17.c3 Nf5
18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Ne3 Be6÷ 0–1 (36) Zentai,G
(2120)-Kammer,R (2105) Budapest 1998)
15...Be6 16.Ncd5 0–0–0÷ 1–0 (41) Smith,M-
Hendricks,M Detroit 1992; 10.Nd5 Bxd5
(10...Qa5+!? 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Nxf6+?! (12.Bg5
repeats the same position for the second time.)
12...Qxf6 13.Bd3 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5³ 0–1 (50)
Ratkovitch,D (1575)-Wokrina,A (1887) Germany
2003) 11.exd5 (11.Bxf6 Qa5+ 12.c3 Be6!=
(12...Bxe4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Bxg7!) 13.Bg5 h6
14.Be3 b5 15.Be2 Be7 16.0–0 0–0 17.f4 exf4
18.Bxf4 b4³ 0–1 (45) Minet,S (2152)-Nataf,I
(2557) Mulhouse 2005) 11...Qa5+ 12.c3 Qxd5
13.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 14.Rxd1 gxf6 15.Nc4° (15.g3
d5!? 16.Rxd5 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Ke7=) 15...Rd8
16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Bc4 Bh6 18.Ng4 Bg7 19.Ne3 f5
20.Nd5 e4 21.Ke2 Be5 22.g3 h5 23.f3 exf3+
24.Kxf3 h4 25.Rhe1 Kf8 26.Nf4 Kg7³ 0–1 (49)
Otsmann,V-Shirov,A (2673) Puhajarve 2016;
10.Bc4 Be7 11.Bxf6 (11.Bxe6?! fxe6 12.Nc4 0–0
13.0–0 b5³ 14.Nd2 Qe8 15.f3 Qg6 16.Bh4 Rad8
17.Qe1 d5µ 0–1 (40) Jeraj,Z (2115)-Kuljasevic,D
(2408) Kranj 2004) 11...Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.0–0
0–0 14.c3 b5 15.Be2 Rb8 16.Nc2 a5÷ 17.Nce3
Bxe3 (17...b4„; 17...Ne7!?) 18.Nxe3 Qb6 19.Bg4
Ne7 20.Kh1 Rbd8 21.Bf3 Qc5 22.Qd2 d5= 1/2–
1/2 (50) Leshchenko,V (2141) -Kernazhitsky,L
(2357) Kiev 2001; 10.g3 Rc8 11.Bg2 Be7 12.0–0
1–0 (36) Ruiz Castillo,J (2350)-Echavarria,J
(2332) Palmira 2017 12...0–0 13.Bxf6 Bxf6
14.Nd5 Bg5÷]
10...Rb8!? [10...Rc8 used to be the main line
11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Ncd5²]
11.Nd5 [11.a4 Nb4 12.Nd5 (12.Be2 d5N
13.exd5 Nbxd5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxd5 Bxd5 17.Ne3 Be4=; 12.a5 1–0 (68)
Fataliyeva,U (2287)-Daulyte,D (2443) Riga LAT
2017 12...d5N 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.exd5 Nxd5
15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 Bxd5 17.Ne3 Bc6=;
12.Ne3 Be7 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Bb3 0–0 15.0–0 Nc6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ncd5 Bg5 18.c3 g6÷)
12...Nbxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Be2 (14.Bd3 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 Be7 16.Be3 Nd7 17.0–0 0–0÷) 14...Be7
15.0–0 0–0 16.Be3 ½–½ (42) Nowak,L (2307)
-Krzyzanowski,M (2464) Suwalki POL 2017
16...Qc7!?N 17.a5 (17.Bb6 Qd7 18.Ba7? b5!
19.Ne3 Qxa7 20.Nxf5 g6³; 17.c3 b5 18.axb5
axb5„) 17...Be4„; 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxd6+
a) 12.Ne3 1–0 (70) Kokarev,D (2617)-
Paravyan,D (2551) St Petersburg RUS 2017
12...Qd8÷;
b) 12.Nb6 Qg6„ 13.g3 (13.Qd2 Be7 14.h4 0–1
(49) Cech, D (2114)-Kernazhitsky,L (2270)
Tatranske Zruby SVK 2017 14...Bd8!N 15.Nbd5
Ba5 16.0–0–0 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qh6+ 18.Kb1 Bxc3
19.bxc3 0–0÷) 13...Be7 14.Bg2 h5 (14...Bd8!?
15.Nbd5 (15.Ncd5 Bh3³) 15...0–0 16.0–0 Ba5„)
15.Nbd5 Bd8! 16.Qd2 h4 17.f4 0–1 (46) Sheng,J
(2372)-Mamedov,R (2688) chess.com INT 2017
17...hxg3 18.f5 Qh5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ne3 gxh2µ;
c) 12.Bd3 Qd8 13.0–0 Be7 14.Ne3 0–0 15.Ncd5
Bg5 16.c3 Ne7= 17.Bc4 b5 (17...Nxd5!?
18.Nxd5 (18.Bxd5 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qb6) 18...b5
19.Bb3 a5÷) 18.Bb3 a5 19.a3 Nxd5 (19...Bxe3
20.Nxe3 Qd7 21.Qc2 Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Qe6
23.Qxe6 fxe6 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.Rd2² 1–0
Nestorovic,N (2495)-Miljkovic,M
(2462)/Kragujevac SRB 2016/The Week in Chess
1142 (40)) 20.Nxd5 Qd7 21.Qd3 Kh8„;
d) 12.Nd5 –11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Bxf6;
12...Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Rd8 14.Qc5 (14.Qa3 Qg5
15.Nd5 (15.Rd1 Nd4 16.Bd3 (16.Rd2 Nf3+–+)
16...Qxg2–+) 15...Bxd5 16.exd5 Rxd5 17.Qe3
Qxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nb4³) 14...Nd4° 15.Bd3 1/2–1/2
(21) Piorun,K (2648) -Heberla,B (2577) Warsaw
2017 15...Qg5 16.h4
a) 16.0–0? Bh3µ;
b) 16.Kf1 Rc8 17.Qb4 h5 18.h4 (18.Qxb7 0–0ƒ)
18...Qe7 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7°;
16...Qxg2 17.0–0–0 Qxf2 18.Qxe5 0–0=; 11.Ne3
Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 Black has a favourable version
of the Sveshnikov as he hasn't weakened his
queenside by ...b7–b5, which simply means that
White doesn't have a target to create play on
that side of the board. 13.Ncd5 (13.Bc4 0–0
14.0–0 Bg5 15.Ncd5 b5 16.Bb3 a5 17.c3
(17.a4?! Nd4 18.axb5 0–1 (71) Bernadskiy,V
(2529)-Mamedov,R (2689) Lvov 2017 (18.Ba2
bxa4µ) 18...Bxe3 19.Nxe3 (19.fxe3 Nxb3
20.cxb3 Rxb5µ) 19...Bxb3 20.cxb3 Rxb5µ White
remains under pressure.) 17...g6÷) 13...Bg5
14.g3 (14.c3 0–0 15.Be2 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 b5 17.0–
0 a5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Rxb2 20.Bb5 Ne7
21.Bc4 Qc8 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 23.Qxa5= 1/2–1/2
(24) Schroeder,J (2552)-Piorun,K (2640) Dresden
GER 2018) 14...0–0 (14...Bxe3!?N 15.Nxe3 Qb6
16.Qb1 (16.Qc1 Qb4+µ) 16...h5!? (16...0–0
17.Bg2 Ne7 18.c3 Rbd8 19.0–0 d5=) 17.Bg2
(17.h4 Nd4) 17...h4 18.0–0 hxg3 19.hxg3 Nd4
20.Re1 Qb5 21.a4 Qc6ƒ) 15.Bg2 Bxe3 16.Nxe3
Qb6 17.Qc1 Qb5 18.c3 Rbc8 19.Qd2 Rfd8
20.Qe2 Qc5 21.0–0 b5 22.a3 Bb3= 1/2–1/2
Shevchenko,K (2438)-Martinovic,S
(2570)/Trieste ITA 2016/The Week in Chess
1140 (24); 11.g3!? Nd4 12.Ne3 Be7 13.Bxf6
Bxf6 14.Ncd5 (14.h4!? Qa5!? (14...0–0 15.Ncd5
Be7 16.c3 Nc6 17.Nf5²) …15.Bh3 Qb4„ 16.Rb1?
Bxa2) 14...Bg5 15.c3 (15.f4!? exf4 16.Qxd4 fxe3
17.Qxg7 Rf8 18.Rd1 Bxd5 19.Rxd5²) 15...Nc6
16.Bg2 (16.Nf5!? g6 17.Ng7+ Kf8 18.Nxe6+
fxe6 19.h4 Bh6 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Ke7=)
16...0–0 17.0–0 Kh8 (17...Ne7!?) 18.Qe2 Ne7
19.Rfd1 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rc8 21.h4 Bh6 22.Kh2
Rc5! 23.Ne3 (23.b4 Rc6 24.c4 g6 25.a4 f5„)
23...Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Qc7= 1/2–1/2 Grischuk,A
(2747)-Gelfand,B (2734)/Almaty KAZ 2016/The
Week in Chess 1128 (46); 11.Be2 Nd4 12.Ne3
a) 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Ne3 g6 14.Ncd5 Qd8 15.c3
Nxe2 16.Qxe2 Bg7÷;
b) 12.0–0 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne3 0–0 15.Ncd5
Bg5 16.c3 Nxe2+ (16...Nc6 17.a4 Bxe3 18.Nxe3
Qd7 19.a5 Rfd8 20.Bc4 Ne7 21.Qb3 Bxc4
22.Nxc4 Qe6 23.Rfd1² 0–1 (53) Warmerdam,M
(2399)-Ris,R (2410) Netherlands 2017) 17.Qxe2
b5 18.a4 Bxe3 19.Nxe3 bxa4 20.Rxa4 a5
21.Rfa1 Qb6„;
12...Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ncd5 Bg5 15.Bd3 0–0
16.c3 Nc6 17.0–0 Ne7 18.Bc4 Nxd5 19.Nxd5
(19.Bxd5 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qb6 21.Bxe6 fxe6
22.Qe2=) 19...Kh8 20.Kh1 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.f4
b5÷ 0–1 Lorand,N (2369)-Antal,G
(2526)/Budapest 2010/CBM 138 Extra (60)';
11.Bd3 Be7 12.0–0 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bxe7
Qxe7 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Ne3 Be6= 1/2–1/2
Molner,M (2509)-Englert,F (2304)/Budapest 15...Bg7 16.g4! [16.c3 0–0 17.g3 Rc8 18.Nb6
2014/CBM 161 Extra (46)] Rc5=]

11...Bxd5 12.exd5 [12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxd5
(13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Nc8! 15.Be2 Qd8 16.0–0 g6
17.a4 Bg7 18.a5 0–0„) 13...Nb4 14.Qd2 d5!
15.exd5 (15.a3 dxc4 16.axb4 Rd8 17.Qe3 Qg6!
(17...Bxb4+ 18.c3 Bd6 19.Bxc4² /=) 18.c3 Be7
19.h4 0–0 20.h5 Qg4 21.g3 b5 22.Be2 Qe6
23.0–0 Rd6 24.Rfd1 Rfd8= 1/2 (31)–1/2 (30)
Harikrishna,P (2752)-Radjabov,T (2722) Monzon
2016) 15...Rd8 16.Ne3 (16.d6 Bxd6 17.Nxd6+
Qxd6 18.Rd1 (18.Qxd6? Rxd6µ) 18...Qxd2+
19.Rxd2 Ke7 20.a3 Nc6 21.Bc4 1/2–1/2 (35)
Leko,P (2693)-Mamedov,R (2688) Doha 2016
21...b5 22.Ba2 f5ƒ) 16...Bc5 17.c4 (17.0–0–0
Nxa2+ 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.Qc3 (¹19.g3 0–0 20.Bg2
Qg6÷) 19...Bxe3 20.Qxb4 (20.fxe3? Nxd5
21.Rxd5 (21.Qc5? Nc3+–+) 21...Rxd5 22.Bc4
Rd7 23.Rf1 Qd6 24.Bxf7+ Kd8–+ 0–1 (35)
Salamero Pelay,F (2163)-Cifuentes Parada,R
(2478) Aragon 2017) 20...Bxf2 21.Be2 (21.Qxb7
0–0³) 21...Qf4 22.Qxf4 exf4= 1/2–1/2 (27)
Duda,J (2666)-Nataf,I (2531) Drancy 2016)
17...Qg6° 18.a3 (18.Be2 Bxe3 19.Qxb4 (19.fxe3
Nc2+µ) 19...Qxg2 20.Rf1 Bg5 21.Qxb7 0–0³)
18...Bxe3 19.Qxb4 Bd4 20.0–0–0 Rd6! 21.Bd3
Qg5+ 22.Qd2 (22.Kb1 Rb6 23.Qa4+ Ke7 24.b4
Qxg2÷; 22.f4!? Qxf4+ 23.Kb1 Rb6 24.Qa4+ Ke7
25.b4 Qf2 26.Qc2 Qxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Rf6 28.Rhf1
Rxf1 29.Rxf1 b6=) 22...Qxg2 23.Rhg1 Qxh2
24.Rxg7 Rf6 ½–½ Vallejo Pons,F (2707)-
Vedmediuc,S (2422)/Aix les Bains 2011/CBM
142 Extra (44) 25.Rf1 h5µ]
12...Ne7 13.Bxf6 [13.Be2!? b5 (13...Nexd5
14.Bf3ƒ) 14.Ne3 Ne4 15.Bh4 0–1 (39)
Paravyan,D (2531)-Pavlov,S (2467) Pardubice
CZE 2017 15...Qb6÷ (15...g5!? 16.Bg3 Bg7÷) ]
16...fxg4 [16...f4?! 17.Bg2 Rc8 18.Qd3 Rc5
19.Be4 Qc7 20.b3± 1–0 (35) Kryvoruchko,Y
(2693)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650) Monzon 2016;
16...Rc8 17.gxf5 Rc5 18.Qf3 Bf6 19.Rd1² Rxa5!?
20.Nxa5 Qxa5+ 21.Qc3 Qxc3+ 22.bxc3 e4° 0–1
Codenotti,M (2262)-Antal,G (2545)/Aix les Bains
2011/CBM 142 Extra (49)]
17.Qxg4 0–0 18.Rg1 Ng6 19.Bd3 [19.0–0–0?!
f5³]
19...Rc8 20.Bf5 [20.Ne3 e4!„ 21.Bxe4 Bxb2
22.Rb1 Bd4 23.Nf5 Rc4! 24.Kf1 Bc5 25.Rxb7 Qf6
26.h4 Re8 27.h5 Rcxe4 28.Qxe4 Qa1+ 29.Kg2
Qxg1+ 30.Kxg1 Rxe4 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.Ng7
Rg4+ 33.Kh2 Bxf2 34.Ne8 Kf8 35.Nxd6 Bg3+
36.Kh3 h5=]
20...Rc5 21.Qe4 [21.Rd1!? Kh8 22.b3 Rg8
23.Rd3 Bf6 24.Rh3 Rg7 25.Qh5 Rxc4! 26.bxc4
Qxa5+ 27.c3 e4„]
21...Kh8 22.b4 Rxc4 [22...Rc7!? 23.Ra3 Qf6]
23.Qxc4 Nh4 24.Qg4 [24.Qe4? Qf6 25.Ra3?
(25.Bxh7 Nf3+ 26.Ke2 Nd4+°) 25...Nxf5 26.Rf3
Qh6! 27.Kd1 0–1 (60) Gonzalez Perez,A (2476)-
Portela Peleteiro,A (2385) Sanxenxo 2017
27...Nd4–+]
24...Qf6° 25.Ra3 Nxf5 26.Rf3 Nh6 27.Qh5
Qd8 28.Rxg7 [28.Rfg3 Rg8µ]
28...Kxg7 29.Rg3+ Kh8 30.Qxh6 Rg8 31.f4!
Rg6 32.Rxg6 fxg6 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.Qd2
Qd6 35.c4 Kg7 36.c5 Qf6 37.d6 Qf3=

13...gxf6 14.a4 [14.Qf3 b5 (14...f5 15.Qa3!) Line

15.Ne3 f5!? A thematic pawn sacrifice
(15...Qa5+ 16.c3 b4 17.Nc4 Qc5 18.Qxf6 Ng6
19.Qf3²) 16.Nxf5 Nxf5 17.Qxf5 Qa5+ 18.c3 b4
19.Bc4 (19.Qd3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb3!°) 19...bxc3
20.b3 Bh6N (20...c2+?! 21.Ke2 Bh6 22.Qxc2 0–0
23.Qf5 (23.Rhe1 f5„) 23...Qd2+ 24.Kf1 e4
25.Qxe4 Bg7 26.Re1 Bc3 27.Qg4+± 0–1 (44)
Kanarek,M (2519)-Heberla,B (2580) Katowice
2017) 21.0–0 Bd2! 22.Qf6 0–0 23.Qxd6 (23.Bd3
Qd8 24.Qf5 Qh4=) 23...Rfe8 24.Qxa6 Qxa6
25.Bxa6 c2 26.Bc4 Rec8 27.g3 Kf8 28.Kg2 Rb4
29.Kf3 Rbxc4 30.bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rac1 e4+ 32.Ke2
Bh6=; 14.c3 b5 15.Ne3 Bh6 16.Bd3 Bxe3
17.fxe3 Qb6 18.e4 f5!„ 19.Qf3 b4 20.c4 fxe4
21.Bxe4 0–1 (55) Smirnov,A (2511)-Heberla,B
(2580) Canberra 2017 21...f5! 22.Qh5+ Kd8µ
23.Bxf5 Qe3+ 24.Kd1 Rf8–+]

14...f5 15.a5 [15.g3 1/2–1/2 (63) Ponkratov,P

(2591) -Brodowski,P (2439) Fuengirola 2017
15...Rc8N 16.a5 (16.Ne3 Bh6³) 16...Bg7 17.Nb6
Rc7„ and soon Black will develop his standard
play on the kingside.; 15.Be2 Bg7 16.0–0 Ng6
17.a5 0–0 18.Re1 Qf6 19.Ra3 Rfc8 20.Nb6 Rc7
21.c4 e4 22.b4 Rd8„]