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News

First FIDE Grand Prix in Baku

The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from April 20th

to May 6th, 2008. There are thirteen rounds and two rest days (April 26 and May 1st). The
event, organised by Global Chess, is part of a series of six tournaments to be held over two
years (2008-2009). 21 top world players are selected to compete in these tournaments, with
each player contracting to participate in exactly four of these tournaments. The winner of the
Grand Prix series at the end of 2009 will play the winner of the World Cup held in 2009 in an
eight game match to become the challenger to the World Champion in a match to be held in the
third quarter of 2010.

Standings after ten rounds: Grischuk (6,5), Wang Yue (6), Gashimov (6).

European Chess Championship 2008, Plovdiv

The IX European Individual Chess Championship took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 20th

April (day of arrival) - 4th May (day of departure) 2008. Sergei Tiviakov took the title, and
Ekaterina Lahno won women competiton. 1. S.Tivyakov – 8,5; 2-10. S.Volkov, P.Tregubov,
S.Movsesyan, E.L’Ami, M.Vash'e-Lagrav, B.Grachev, V.Baklan, Yu.Krivoruchko, T.Nyubak
(Finlyandiya) – 8 etc.

Russian Team Championship 2008

The Russian Team Championship took place in Dagomys, Sochi 1st-14th April 2008. A

very strong field competed. The winners with a round to spare were Ural - Ekaterinburg the only
team with an average rating above 2700 (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov,
Akopian, Dreev and Motylev).

Dos Hermanas Rapid

Former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov and top Spanish GM Francisco Vallejo

played the final of the XIV International Chess Tournament in Dos Hermanas. In the first game
on Sunday Vallejo blundered on move 18 and Topalov won the game. The next three games
were drawn, so that the Bulgarian was the overall winner of the knockout rapid event.

Gausdal Classic 2008

The event took place, as it does every year, in the Norwegian town of Gausdal, with

seven GMs in the A Group (average Elo 2518), one lady (IM Irina Krush) and one untitled
player. The winner with a 2727 performance was US grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov. The GM B
Open was won by Lithuanian GM Aloyzas Kveinys.

16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

The 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place 22nd - 30th April 2008 in

Malmo,Sweden. Tiger Hillarp Persson took clear first place with 7.5/9 a point clear of Daniel
Stellwagen.

Dutch Championship 2008

The Dutch Championship took place takes place 2nd - 13th April 2008 in a television

studio (Studio 2) in Hilversum Media Park. First prize was EUR 10.000. Jan Smeets took the title
with a final round win against Daniel Stellwagen. Peng Zhaoqin dominated the women's event
and won with 8/9.

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World Championship Match Anand against Kramnik in Bonn

The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand will defends his World title

against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany will now take place October 14th– 2nd November,
2008. The main reason for the slight change in dates is to fit in with the sponsors and politicians
ability to attend the opening. The main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5
Million Euro. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

Dates for the match: Gm1: Oct 14th, Gm2: Oct 15th, Gm3: Oct 17th, Gm4: Oct 18th,

Gm5: Oct 20th, Gm6: Oct 21st, Gm7: Oct 23rd, Gm8: Oct 24th, Gm9: Oct 26th, Gm10: Oct 27th,
Gm11: Oct 29th, Gm12: Oct 31st, Tiebreak Nov 2nd.

Sources:
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2) The Week In Chess

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3) ChessPro.ru

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4) CrestBook.com

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5) Chessbase.com

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Games

(01) Alekseev,Evgeny (2711) -
Radjabov,Teimour (2751) [B30]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (5), 06.04.2008

[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 [3...g6 4.Bxc6
dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.a4 Nd7 8.h3
0–0 9.a5 e5 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.0–0 Rd8
12.Bd2 Nf8 13.Rb1 f6 14.b4 Be6 15.Ne3
b6 16.axb6 axb6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb6
and in the end white won1–0 Ivanchuk,V
(2787)-Leko,P (2755)/Mukachevo 2007/
CBM 121 (55)] 4.Bxc6 [4.0–0 Nge7 5.Re1
a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qg4 e5 11.Qg3 Be6= ½–
½ Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Radjabov,T (2735)/
Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess
687 (71)] 4...bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 d5
Rare move, but this year Teimour played
it already, so I think, that Evgeny wasn't
surprised [6...Qc7 7.Ng5 Ng6

(7...e5 8.f4

exf4 9.0–0 Ng6 10.Qh5 d6 11.Bxf4 h6

12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.Bxd6 Qe6 14.Bxf8 Rxf8

15.Nd2 Bd7 16.Qxc5 Qe7 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8

18.Rf1+ Kg8 19.Qxe7 Nxe7 20.Nb3©

1–0

Grischuk,A (2710) - Shirov,A (2720)/
Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (51)

)

8.f4 c4

9.0–0 cxd3 10.cxd3 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 f6
12.Nh3 0–0 13.Nc3 d5 14.Na4 Bd6
15.Be3 Ba6 16.Bc5 Rfe8!!µ 0–1 Bolo-
gan,V (2666) - Radjabov,T (2717)/ Turin
2006/CBM 113 (31); 6...Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5
f6 9.Qe4 Kf7 10.Na3 d5 11.exd6 Qxd6
12.Nc4 Qd5 13.Ne3 Qxe4 14.dxe4 e5=
½–½ Topalov,V (2739)-Shirov,A (2715)/
Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (39)] 7.c4
[7.e5 Ng6 8.0–0 Be7 9.b3 0–0 10.Bb2 f6
11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 Rb8 13.Rae1 Rb4
14.g3 f5 15.Bc3 Rb8 16.Kg2 Bd7 17.h4
Nh8 18.h5 Nf7 19.Rh1 Be8 20.Nf1 d4
21.Bd2 c4! 22.dxc4 c5 23.Qd3 Bc6ƒ 0–1
Jakovenko,D (2720)-Radjabov,T (2735)/
Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess
687 (43)] 7...Ng6 Black continiues to en-
ter their figures to the center, saving pawn
exertion 8.g3N [8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0
10.Re1 d4 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxc3

13.bxc3 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qxd3 15.Qxc5 Ba6
16.Be3 Qxc4 17.Red1 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+
Rxd8 19.h3 Qxc5 20.Bxc5 Bc4 21.Bxa7
Ra8 22.Rb1 Bxa2 23.Rb8+ Rxb8 24.Bxb8
f6 25.f4 Kf7 26.Bd6 ½–½ Degraeve,J
(2520) - Nataf,I (2588)/ Aix-les-Bains
2007/CBM 120; 8.h4!? it is interesting to
try] 8...Bd6 9.h4?! Diagram

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9...dxc4! exact decision! Teimour's pawn
structure makes worse, but instead of it
he have time to do very important maneu-
ver ¥ on d4 [if 9...h5?! g5 field relaxes
and CASTLE is impossible now - because
of pawn on h5] 10.dxc4 e5!³ Another im-
portant line. Now white fields on king's
flank is very weak 11.Nbd2 [The attempt
to stir black's plan 11.b3 Nf8 12.Bb2
strikes with 12...Bg4 13.Qe3 Ne6µ]
11...Nf8 12.Nf1 Ne6 13.Ne3 Nd4 14.Nxd4
To tolerate this knight is impossible. And
now black's pawn structure is more then
well. And they have perspective to attack
on queen's flank 14...cxd4 15.Nf5 Bb4+
16.Bd2 [mistake 16.Kf1 d3–+] 16...Bxd2+
17.Qxd2 0–0 18.g4 this is not attack -
more likely foced step [on 18.0–0 very
unpleasent 18...Qf6!] 18...f6 19.f3 it's
hard to find good place to white's king.
Alekseev moves it to g3 - probably the
best decision 19...Be6 20.c5?! essential
inaccuracy [it was necessary try to save
pawns of queen's flank on the beginning
positions 20.Rc1 a5 21.Kf2 Qb6 22.Kg3
Rfb8 23.Rh2 with chances on the suc-

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cessful defence] 20...a5! cuts of c5 pawn
from other pawns 21.b3  white have no
time to move a2-a3 and b2-b4 21...Qb8
22.Kf2 Ra7 23.Rhc1 Qb4 24.Qd3 a4
25.bxa4 Qxa4 26.Kg3 g6 27.Nd6 Qa3
28.Qd2?!  [28.Qxa3 Rxa3µ] 28...f5!‚
29.gxf5 gxf5 on the 7th line 30.exf5 Rg7+
31.Kh2  [despairingly 31.Kf2 in view of
31...Bxf5 with irresistable threatenings]
31...Qxf3–+ 32.Rg1 Bxf5 superfluous
pawn + attack - conditions sufficient to
win 33.Nxf5 Rxf5 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Qg2+
Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 e4 this is the end 37.a4 e3
38.a5 e2 39.a6 d3 40.a7 Rf8 0–1

(02) Ponomariov,Ruslan (2719) -
Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) [D27]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (5), 06.04.2008

[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 to divine Ivanchuk's de-
but - mission impossible, he is playing all
of them. 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0–0
Nf6 this position were very popular on
centuries boundary, but now, it's not
7.Bb3 the one of many other moves, usu-
ally played by Kramnik. [Dilemma - give
to black move b7-b5 or not 7.a4 negative
7...Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7

8...cxd4 9.Rd1 Be7

10.exd4 0–0 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bb3 Re8

13.h4 ? Ncb4 14.h5 b6 15 Ne5 Bb7

16.a5µ

½–½ Kramnik,V (2770)-

Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/ CBM
080 (66)

)

9.Rd1 Bd6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b3

0–0 12.Bb2 e5 13.Nc3 e4 14.Ng5 Bd6
15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5
18.Qh5 Bf5 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Qxf5 g6
21.Bxe5 1–0 Kramnik,V (2797)-
Sadvakasov,D (2585)/Astana 2001/CBM
084; 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qc7 9.a3 b6
10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 Bb7
13.Bc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 0–0 15.Rc1 h6
16.Qa4 f5 17.Bb1 e5 18.Nh4 Bxh4
19.Qxh4 Qf7 20.f3 Rac8 21.Rcd1 Qe6
22.Bd3 f4 23.Rfe1 Ne7 24.exf4 Ng6
25.Qg3 Nxf4 26.Bxe5 Nh5 27.Qh4 c4
28.Bf1 Qg6 29.Rd6 Qf7 30.Qg4 1–0 Kas-
parov,G (2815) - Kamsky,G (2695) /New
York 1994/CBM 041 ext; 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3

Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.a4 c4 11.Bc2 Be7
12.e4 0–0 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nf1 Qc7
15.Ng3 Nf8 16.Bg5 N6d7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7
18.b3 cxb3 19.Bxb3 Rb8 20.axb5 axb5
21.Qd2 Ree8 22.Qb4² ½–½ Nisipeanu,L
(2693)-Lopez Martinez,J (2563)/Dresden
2007/CBM 118 (67)] 7...Be7  Order of
moves in this position - not important. It's
all thesame - white makes position with
isolated pawn [7...cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bf4 Na5 12.d5
Nxb3 13.Qxb3 exd5 14.Rad1 Be6
15.Qxb7 Bd6 16.Bg5 Rb8 17.Qxa6 Rxb2
18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxd6 Qxc3 20.Nd4 Rxa2
21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Rf1 Qc5
24.Qxd5 Rfxf2 25.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 h6
½–½ Comp Fritz X3D-Kasparov,G
(2830)/New York 2003/CBM 098; 7...b5
8.a4 b4 9.e4 cxd4 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.e5
Nfd7 12.Nc4 Be7 13.Qxd4 0–0 14.Qg4
Kh8 15.Bf4 Bd5 16.Rad1 Nc6 17.Rxd5!?
exd5 18.Ne3 g6 19.Bxd5© 1–0 Gris-
chuk,A (2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/ Odessa
UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 687 (45)]
8.Qe2 cxd4 9.exd4 0–0 10.Nc3 Nc6 both
sides continues to mobilizate forces
11.Rd1  it's necessary to defend pawn, at
one to take opponent's queen on target
11...Na5  prepearing b7-b5 [11...Bd7
12.Ne5 Be8 13.d5 Nxe5 14.dxe6 Qa5
15.Nd5 Nc6 16.Nxe7+ Nxe7 17.Bd2 Qb6
18.exf7+ Bxf7 19.Qxe7 Bxb3 20.axb3
Qxb3 21.Qa3 Qxa3 22.bxa3 Rfd8 23.Ba5
Rd5 ½–½ Dorfman,J (2585)-Kortschnoj,V
(2635)/ Enghien les Bains 1997/CBM
058; 11...Nb4 standart capture of d5 field
12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Rac1 Bd5
15.Nxd5 Nbxd5 16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Qxc8
18.Rc1 Qd8 19.g3 Qd6 20.h4 h6 21.Bxf6
Bxf6 22.Qe4 Rd8 23.Rc4 Qb6 24.Ng4 Be7
25.Ne5 Bf6 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Ne5 ½–½
Akopian,V (2660)-Huebner,R (2615)/
Dortmund 2000/CBM 078; immediate
11...b5 strikes with 12.d5! exd5
13.Nxd5±]  12.Bc2 b5 13.Bg5 most ag-
gressive [13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Nc5 Bd5 15.Ne5
Nc4 16.Ned3 Qb6 17.Bg5 Rad8 18.Ne5
Qa7 19.b3 Na3 20.Bd3 Ba8 21.Qe3² ½–
½ Tkachiev,V (2648)-Magem Badals,J

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(2528)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (38);
13.d5 tooks nothing 13...Nxd5 14.a4 b4

(14...Bb7!?)

15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qd3 g6

17.Qxd5 Qxd5 18.Rxd5 Nc6=] 13...Bb7
this position is favourable for black. It's
very hard to break through black's de-
fence  14.Rac1  most natural [14.Ne5 g6
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Bg7
18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Nc5 Qd6 20.Qe1² Rfd8?
21.b4!± 1–0 Kaidanov,G (2640)-
Brunner,L (2475)/ Luzern 1993/CBM 038
(48); 14.Bxf6!? Bxf6 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Be4
Qc7 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Ng4 Be7 19.d5 b4
20.Na4 Qc4?! 21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.Ne3 Re4
23.Rac1² ½–½ Dizdar,G (2525)-
Lazarev,V (2445)/Paris 1996/EXT 1997
(42)]  14...Rc8  this position already meet
in Ivanchuk's practice 15.Bb1  [15.Bxf6
Bxf6 16.Be4 Qc7 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Qe3
Qa5 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Qb3 Rc7 21.d5 exd5
22.Qxd5 Rd8 23.Qb3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nc5
25.Nxc5 Rxc5 26.g3 Qc7 27.Qe3 ½–½
Piket,J (2633)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte
Carlo 2000/CBM 076] 15...Nc4  moving
knight to the center 16.Ne5 Nd5= it's h
ard to understand why Ruslan played this
debut, may be he wanted to catch Vassily
in other line? 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Bxd5
Figures changes, in front of it, d4 pawn
stands more weaker 19.Nxc4?!  [stronger
19.Nd3]  19...bxc4!  white unappreciated
this move. Now the have problems wth b2
pawn  20.Be4  he wants to change bishop
with next b2-b3 20...Qb4  counteraction
21.Bxd5 exd5³ now black has small ad-
vantage  22.Re1  struggle for "e" line
22...Rc6 23.Qc2 Qa5 24.Qc3!? intresting
tactical trick [alternative 24.Re3! idea to
move b2-b3 when it's possible] 24...Qxa2
[24...Qb6 25.Re5= Rd8 26.Rce1= no risk
to white] 25.Ra1 Qb3 26.Ra5 [but not
26.Qxb3? cxb3 27.Ra3 Rb6µ with
chances to win] 26...Re6 27.Rxe6 Dia-
gram

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27...Qxc3! from practical point of view -
correct move [if 27...fxe6 28.Qxb3

(28.h3? Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Rxf2 30.Rxa6 Qd2–

28...cxb3 29.Rxa6 Rc8 30.g4 Rc2

31.Rxe6 Rxb2 32.Rb6 the game will end
with draw] 28.bxc3 fxe6 29.Rxa6 Rb8
30.Kf1 Rb1+ 31.Ke2 Kf7 draw position,
but it's need white's accuracy 32.Ra2 Rc1
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33.Kd2?? [33.Ra3 h5³] 33...Rh1µ now
white losses the pawn 34.g3 smaller evil
[34.h3 Rh2–+] 34...Rxh2 35.Ke3 Rh1
36.Rc2 Rd1 37.Kf4 Kf6–+ 38.g4 h6 39.f3
Rd3 40.Rc1 g5+ 41.Kg3 e5 42.dxe5+ Kxe5
0–1

(03) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) -
Volokitin,Andrei (2684) [C42]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (7), 09.04.2008

[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 The other try to
crush Petroff Defence is [3.d4 Nxe4
4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 h6 7.b4!?

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c5 8.bxc5 Bxc5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.0–0 0–0
11.Qf4 0–1 Najer,E (2634)-Gelfand,B
(2737)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in
Chess 687 (27)] 3...d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3
Shirov's attack is one of few promising
ways [Другая  "табия" - 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3
Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0
10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6
13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.h3 Be4 17.Be3 Na5 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.c4
Qd7 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Rc1 c5 22.dxc5 Qxd1
23.Rcxd1 Nb3 24.c6 Rxc6 25.Bxa7 Bc3
26.Rf1 Ra6 27.Be3 h6 28.c5 Rxa3 29.Bc4
Rc8 30.Nh4 Be6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rd7
Nxc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 Ra2 35.Rd7
Bf6 36.Nf3 Rcc2 37.Rdd1 ½–½ Ivan-
chuk,V (2751)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan
Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 689]
5...Nxc3  the most principial [5...Nf6 lloks
too passive, and saves some advantage
for white 6.d4 Be7 7.h3 0–0 8.Bd3 b6
9.0–0 Bb7 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.d5 Re8 12.a4
Bf8 13.Rxe8 Qxe8 14.Bg5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5
Bxd5 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qxd5² 1–0 Ivan-
chuk,V (2787)-Harikrishna,P (2668)/ Me-
rida MEX 2007/The Week in Chess 685
(38)] 6.dxc3 price of deformation of pawn
structure is space advantage, some de-
velopment adavntage and safe place for
king - it is hard to get him on the queen's
side  6...Be7  But Black haven't any weak-
nesses, so they shouldn't be sad 7.Be3
not the popularist line, but it has already
tested at "top-level" [7.Bf4 the main move
7...0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 There are a lot of
games in that theme,  here you can watch
the latest 9.0–0–0 Nc5 10.Be3

(10 Nd4

Re8 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 Bg5 13.f4 Nxd4

14.fxg5 Nc6 15.h4 Bg4 16.Re1 Qd7

17.Bb5 Re5 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Bd4 Rxe1+

20.Rxe1 Re8=

½–½ Adams,M (2726)-

Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED
2008/The Week in Chess 689 (25)

)

10...Re8

(10...c6 11.Bxc5 dxc5 12.Qf4

Qa5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.a3 Bf6 15.h4 c4

16.Be4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa3+ 18.Kb1 f5

19 Ng5 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qxc4+ Kh8

22.Nf7+ Rxf7 23.Qxf7 Qxc3 24.Qxf5 Qb4+

25.Ka2 Qa4+=

½–½ Leko,P (2753)-

Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED
2008/The Week in Chess 690 (28)

)

11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7
14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Kb1 g6
17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4
20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4µ ½–½ An-
and,V (2799)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan
Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690
(61)] 7...Nc6 8.Qd2 [8.h3 Be6 9.Qd2 Qd7
10.0–0–0 a6 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 f6
13.Be3 0–0–0 14.b3 Rhe8 15.Be2 Kb8
16.Kb2 Bf5 17.Rhe1 h6 18.Bf1 Bh7µ ½–½
Leko,P (2763)-Adams,M (2737)/Miskolc
2005/CBM 108 (40); 8.Qd5 Be6 9.Qb5
Qc8 10.0–0–0 a6 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.h4 Ne5
13.Qf4 Nxf3 14.Qxf3 Qc6 15.Qg3 Bf6
16.Bg5 0–0–0 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qf4 f5
19.Qd4 Rhg8 20.f3 Qc5= ½–½ Volokitin,A
(2660)-Eljanov,P (2665)/Sochi 2006/
CBM 111 ext (43)] 8...0–0 9.0–0–0 Ne5
now the difference between ¤f4 and ¤e3
is obvious - Black can occupy impotant
square in centre 10.h4 Other ways are
[10.Nd4 a6

(10...c5 11.Nb5 Qa5 12.a3

Be6 13.Nxd6 Qb6 14.f4 Ng4 15.f5 Qxd6

16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Nxe3 18.fxe6 fxe6

19.Bd3²

½–½ Kramnik,V (2715)-

Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM
047 ext (66)

)

11.f4 Ng4 12.Bd3 Re8µ;

10.Kb1 Re8

10...a6 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4

Nc4 13.Qd3 Nxe3 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qxe3

e5 16 Bd3 c6 17.h4 R 6 18.g3 d5 19.Qxe5

Rxf2 20.Rhf1 R 6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qe2ƒ

1–0

Anand,V (2786)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte
Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (52)

)

11.Nd4 a6

12.f4 Ng4 13.Bd3 d5 14.Rhe1 Bh4 15.g3
Nxe3 16.Rxe3 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6 18.Nf3
Qe7 19.Qxe7 ½–½ Svidler,P (2738)-
Anand,V (2788)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110]
10...Bg4 alternative moves was success-
ful tried versus World Champion Vishy An-
and - [10...Re8 11.h5 Bf6 12.Nh2 h6
13.Be2 Be6 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.b3 Bb5 17.Rhg1 Re4 18.Ng4 Qe7
19.Rde1 Re8 20.Bf2 Qd8 21.Rxe4 Rxe4
22.Re1 Rxe1+ ½–½ Anand,V (2792)-
Gelfand,B (2733)/ Mexico City 2007/CBM
120; 10...b6 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Bf6
13.Qf4 Ng6 14.Qf5 Bxg5+ 15.hxg5 Re8

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16.Qg4 Nf8 17.Bb5² ½–½ Anand,V
(2786)-Alekseev,E

(2679)/Dortmund

2007/CBM 119 (43)] 11.Be2 Qc8 sup-
ports the effort. opening g-line looks too
dangerous 12.h5 Jakovenko's favorite
move, that he already tried in 2 games -
so Volokitin wasn't surprised by it [12.Kb1
Re8 13.h5 Bf8 14.Rh4 Be7 15.Rhh1 Bf8
16.Rde1 a6 17.h6 g6 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.f3
Be6 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.Qe3 Bd5 22.Rd1 Qe6
23.b3 b5µ 1–0 Jakovenko,D (2667)-Wang
Hao (2610)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM 114 (60);
12.b3?! Re8 13.Kb1 Bf8 14.h5 a6
15.Rde1 b5 16.Rh4 Be7 17.Rhh1 Bf8
18.Bf4 Nd7 19.Ng5 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Nf6
21.Rxe8 Qxe8= ½–½ Topalov,V (2778)-
Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107
(52)] 12...h6 [12...Re8 13.Nxe5 dxe5
14.Bxg4 Qxg4 15.Qd5 Qa4 16.Kb1 Bd6
17.c4 b6 18.g4 Qd7 19.Qe4 Qe6 20.Rd3
Rac8 21.Rhd1 Rf8 22.a4 f5 23.gxf5 Qxf5
24.Qd5+ Rf7 25.Qc6 h6 26.a5 bxa5 27.c5
Bf8 28.Qa6 c6 ½–½ Jakovenko,D (2710)-
Shirov,A (2739)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008]
13.Kb1 White can't get any amenity - so it
is time to make this prolactic move
[13.Nxe5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 dxe5 15.Qc4 c6
16.g4 b5 17.Qe4 Qe6 18.Kb1 Rfd8
19.Rd3 Rxd3 20.cxd3 ½–½ Balogh,C
(2562)-Fridman,D (2621)/Eppingen GER
2007/The Week in Chess 683] 13...Re8N
a new move, but I don't think that it is too
impotant for theory :) [13...a6 14.Rdg1
Re8 15.Nxe5 Bxe2

(15 ..dxe5 16 Bxg4

Qxg4 17.Qd5²)

16.Nxf7 Bc4 17.Nxh6+

gxh6 18.g4‚ 1–0 Tukhaev,A (2524)-
Polyakov,M (2305)/Odessa UKR 2008/
The Week in Chess 697 (30)] 14.Rde1 [if
14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bxg4 Qxg4 16.f3 Qc4
17.g4?! Red8 18.Qh2 Rd5³] 14...Bf6
15.Nh2?! looks not "natural" - knight is far
from centre now [In my opinion, correct
was 15.Nd4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qd7 17.Rhg1
d5 18.g4µ; or 15.Nxe5 Bxe2

(15 ..dxe5

16.f3 Rd8 17.Qc1 Be6 18.g4 b5„)

16.Qxe2 dxe5 17.g4=] 15...Bxe2 16.Qxe2
d5!= Diagram

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17.Bc1?!  [17.Bd4 Qd7 18.Qd1 Re6
19.b3=]  17...Qd7  [17...Re6 18.Ng4=]
18.f4 Nc4 19.Qd3 Qb5 previos moves are
logical - black tries to attack, white de-
fends.....  20.Ka1 Rxe1 the most natural
way [20...Re4!? it was intersting to try
more 'sophisticated" 21.Rxe4 dxe4
22.Qxe4 Re8 23.Qd3 Re3 24.Qd1 Re6

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не

проходит

24...Rxc3

ввиду

25 Ng4! Ne3™

26.Bxe3 Rxe3 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.a3²

25.Re1

(25 Ng4? Bxc3 26 bxc3 Rb6

27.Qd8+ Kh7 28.Qd3+ f5 29.Ba3 Nxa3

30.Qxb5 Nxc2+ 31.Kb2 Rxb5+ 32.Kxc2

fxg4–+)

25...Rxe1

(25...Rb6 26.Ng4)

26.Qxe1 Qxh5 27.Qe8+ Kh7 28.Qe4+
Kg8=] 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rd1 I thnik that
Dmitri didn't want to defend the worse
positon after [22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Ng4
Qe4³] 22...Re3! the best practical way is
going to the endgame [22...Re6!?
23.Qxd5 Qa4 24.Ng4 Qxc2

(24...Rd6

25 Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Qf5 Ne3 27.Qc8+ Kg7

28 Rxd6 Nxc2+ 29 Kb1 Qe4 30 b3 Nd4+

31.Ka1 Qc2 32.Qg4+ Kh7 33.Bd2 cxd6

34.cxd4 Qxd2 35.Q 5+ Kg7 36.Qg4+=)

25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Qd8+ Kh7 27.Qd3+
Qxd3 28.Rxd3=; in way of simple 22...c6?!
23.Ng4 white is out of dangerous]
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Re2 Black save
some chances for win, but who can pro-
vide that the game win finish in 4 moves?!
25.Ng4 Be7 Diagram

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26.Ne5?? amazing blow, but it is hard to
reproach Dmitry for it 26...Nxe5! 27.Rxe5
[27.fxe5 is hopeless too 27...Re1–+]
27...Rxe5!! exact calculation by Volokitin!
No doubt, that way was missed by white
28.fxe5 Bg5!!–+ 29.Kb1 Kf8 Diagram

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Pawn endgame is lost in all variations, for
example 30.Bxg5 hxg5 31.Kc1 Ke7
32.Kd2 Ke6 33.Ke3 Kxe5 34.Kf3 f5 35.Ke3
f4+ 36.Ke2 Kf5 0–1

(04) Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2752) -
Nepomniashchy,Yan (2634) [D47]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (7), 09.04.2008

[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 the
invatation for Anti-Moscow Gambit 5.e3
Declined! Shakhriyar prefer classical
Merano 5...Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5
8.Bd3 Bb7 One of the main ways [8...a6
9.a4 Bb7 10.0–0 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+
gxf6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bd2 Rg8 15.a5 Qb8
16.h3 f5 17.e4 c4 18.Bc2 fxe4 19.Bxe4

Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7µ ½–½ Gelfand,B
(2733)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista
2007/CBM 119 (45); The move 8...Bd6
was implemented by Zvjaginzev and has
been played by Anand regulary 9.0–0 0–0
10.b3 (10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4
Nf6

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12...a6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.b4 Qe7

15 a3 f5 16 Bb1 e5 17.e4 fxe4 18 Bxe4 h6

19.Qb3+ Kh8 20 R e1 Q 6 21.Bc3 Rce8

22.Qb2 Bb8

½–½ Vul,A (2337)-

Kharitonov,A (2524)/Cappelle La Grande
FRA 2008/The Week in Chess 694

)

13.Bd3 c5 14.Bxb5 Bxf3

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14...Ng4

15.g3 Q 6 16 Be2 Qh6 17.h4 Qg6 18.dxc5

Bxc5 19.Ng5 h6 20.Rc1 Bb6 21.Bf3 hxg5

22.Bxb7 gxh4 23.Rc4 Rad8 24.Rxg4 Rxd2

25.Rxg6 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 fxg6 27.gxh4 Rd8

28.Bf3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1

Gerzhoy,L (2380)-

Sundararajan,K (2452)/Moscow 2004/
EXT 2005/½–½ (60)

)

15.Qxf3 Bxh2+

16.Kxh2 Qb8+ 17.Kg1 Qxb5 18.Bc3 Nd5
19.e4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rad8
22.Rfd1 f5 23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.axb3 Rd7
25.Ra6 e5 26.exf5 exd4 27.g4 d3 28.Rc6
h5 29.Rc3 d2 30.Rc2 Rfd8 31.gxh5 Kf7
32.Kf1 Kf6 33.Ke2 Re7+ 34.Kf1 ½–½ Mi-
ton,K (2655)-Anand,V (2779)/Calatrava
2007/CBM 117 ext) 10...Bb7 11.Bb2 a6
12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bc2 c5
15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Ng5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Kh8
18.g3 h6 19.Bxf6 hxg5 20.Bb2 Rac8
21.Rc1 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Bf3 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8
24.a3 b4 25.a4 f5 26.Kf1 f4 27.Be4 Bxe4
28.Rxc5 Rd1+ 29.Ke2 Rb1 30.Bc1 f3+
31.Kd1 Rxb3 32.Rc4 Bd3 33.Rc8+ Kh7
34.e4 Rb1 35.Kd2 Bxe4 36.Ke3 Bd5
37.Bd2 Rb3+ 38.Kd4 Rb2 39.Be3 Re2
40.Rc1 Ba2 0–1 Carlsen,M (2690)-
Anand,V (2779)/ Morelia/Linares 2007/
CBM 117; 8...b4 9.Ne4] 9.e4 The centre
is occupied by white, so black must do
something immediately 9...b4 10.Na4 c5
11.e5 Nd5 12.0–0 cxd4 13.Nxd4 g6 Typi-
cal idea for this variation - ¤ goes to g7 to
attack e5 pawn and defend the kings side
[13...Be7 is passive 14.Re1 0–0 15.Qg4
Kh8 16.Bd2ƒ; 13...Nxe5 and this is too
dangeroust 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Qh5

(15 Re1!?)

15...N5f6 16.Nxe6 Nxh5

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17.Nxd8 Rxd8 18.Re1+ Be7 19.Nc5 Bc8
20.Bg5 Nhf6 21.Rad1 a6 22.Ba4 h6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Rxd7 Rxd7
26.Rd1 0–0 27.Rxd7 Rc8 28.g3 Kf8² only
white can win that position, but the most
expected result is draw ½–½ Radjabov,T
(2624)-Shirov,A (2723)/Wijk aan Zee
2003/CBM 093 (59)] 14.f4N A strong
novelity by Mamedyarov [Earlier played
14.Qg4 but Shakhriyar didn't want to go to
that line 'cause of Saskiran's game aganst
Sundararajan 14...Qa5 15.Bb5 Ba6
16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.Rd1 Qxa4 18.Nxe6
fxe6

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в слуµае

18...Qxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Kxe6

and now

20.Bg5+-

with winning attack

)

19.Rxd5+ Kc7 20.Qxe6 here the strongest
is 20...Rc8!

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instead of

20 Re8 21.Qf7+

Kb8 22.Bf4 g5 23 b3+-

1–0 Sundarara-

jan,K (2497)-Sasikiran,K (2663)/ Hydera-
bad 2005/CBM 110 (30)

)

21.Bg5 But the

computer think that it is good for white]
14...a6?! It is easy to understand Yan's
logic, but in Mamedyarov's opinion it is a
mistake [14...Be7 15.f5 0–0

(15...exf5?!

16.e6 N7f6 17.Bb5+ Kf8 18.Bh6+ Kg8

19.Qe2‚ 15...Nxe5?! 16.Bb5+ Kf8

17.fxg6+-; 15...gxf5? 16.Nxe6 fxe6

17.Qh5+ Kf8 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Bx 5+-)

16.f6 N7xf6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nb3 Bc6
19.Nac5 a5©; 14...Bh6! I think, the
strongest way - black completes the de-
velopment and fixes f4-f5 strike 15.f5
Be3+

(15...Bxc1!?)

16.Bxe3 Nxe3 17.Qe2

Nxf5

(17...Nxf1? 18.fxe6±)

18.Rf4

(18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Nxf5 exf5 20.e6 fxe6
21.Rxf5

(21.Qxe6+ Qe7–+)

21...Qh4

22.Qxe6+ Qe7µ) 18...Qg5 19.Raf1
(19.Nxf5 Qxf4

19.. gx 5 20 Rxb4 Bc6

21.Bb5²)

20.Nd6+ Ke7 21.Nxb7 Rhc8³)

19...0–0 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Rxb4 Rab8
22.Rbf4 Qg7³] 15.f5!? Diagram

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Direct strike! Now the Great Fire is com-
ing on board"quiet" moves promise fewer
[15.a3 Be7 16.Be4 0–0=] 15...Qh4? is not
good......Here are a lot of variatons to
count [at first 15...gxf5? is bad 'cause of
16.Nxe6!+-; secondly 15...exf5 the prin-
cipialist 16.e6

16.Bx 5

is unclear

16...gxf5 17.e6 N7f6 18.Rxf5©)

16...fxe6

the best, I think a) 16...N7f6 17.Qe2 Qd6
(17...Nc7 18.Bc4 Bd5

(18...Qxd4+

19.Be3‚)

19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Be3 Bd6

21.Nb6 Qe5 22.exf7+ Kxf7 23.Nf3±); b)
16...Ne5 17.Qe2 Nxd3 18.exf7+ Kd7

(18...Kxf7 19.Qe6+ Kg7 20.Nxf5+ gxf5

21.Bh6#)

19.Qxd3 Bd6 20.Nxf5 gxf5

21.Qxf5+ Kc7 22.Bg5 Qd7 23.Rac1+ Bc6
24.Rxc6+ Qxc6 25.Rc1 Nc3 26.bxc3 Qxa4
27.cxb4+ Kb8 28.Bf4 Qxb4 29.f8Q++-;
17.Nxe6 Qf6 18.Re1 Ne5

(18...Kf7??

19.Bg5)

19.Qe2 Qxe6

19.. Bd6 20.Nac5

Qe7 21.Qf2ƒ)

20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5+

Kd7

(21...Ne7 22.Bg5²)

22.Bc4 Kd6

23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Bf4 Bh6 25.Rxd5+ Kxd5
26.Bxh6± Bad king's position and pawn
weaknesses saves the advantage for
White 26...Kc6 27.Rc1+ Kb5?? 28.Rc5+
Kxa4 29.b3+ Ka3 30.Rc2 g5 31.Bxg5 f4
32.Bxf4 Rac8 33.Bc1#] 16.fxe6 [16.Nf3
was worse 16...Qg4 17.fxe6 fxe6 with
chances for rescue] 16...Qxd4+ 17.Kh1
0–0–0™ [17...Qxe5? 18.exd7+ Kxd7
19.Rxf7+ Be7 20.Nc5+ Ke8 21.Rxe7+
Qxe7 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Bg5+- White's at-
tack is unstoppable] 18.exd7+ Kb8
19.Bxa6! Diagram

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The last exact move - white is wnning now
[19.Rxf7 was weaker 19...Qxe5 threat
¤d6 is unpleasant 20.Bc4 Bd6 21.Qg1
Qe4] 19...Qxe5? [but in best way
19...Qxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxd7 21.Bxb7 Kxb7
22.Bg5 the position is technical.That's
why Yan tries to find something else, but
he has no success] 20.Re1 Qd6 21.Re8+-
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(05) Malakhov,Vladimir (2689) -
Bareev,Evgeny (2677) [D27]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (6), 07.04.2008

[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3
dxc4 Leeds to Accepted Queens Gambit
[5...Bd6 6.0–0 0–0 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Ne5 c5 10.Nd2 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.f4
Bb7 13.Qf3 cxd4 14.exd4 Bb4 15.Rad1
Bxd2 16.Rxd2 Ne4= ½–½ Fridman,D
(2621)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)/Bastia
2007/EXT 2008 (50); 5...Nbd7 6.0–0 Bd6

7.Nc3 0–0 8.Qc2 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4
dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3
exd4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bxd4 Nf6 16.Bf5
Qa5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.Qb3 Qd5 19.Bxf6
Qxb3 20.axb3 gxf6= ½–½ Kramnik,V
(2758)-Shirov,A (2751)/Frankfurt 2000/
CBM 078 (31)] 6.Bxc4 c5 7.0–0 a6 the
most popular [7...Nc6 It is only the trans-
position 8.Qe2 a6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 b5
11.Bd3 Bb7 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 0–0
14.Nbd2 Qb6 15.Nb3 a5 16.bxa5 Nxa5
17.Bd4 Qd8 18.Nxa5 Rxa5 19.Rfd1 Qa8
20.Bxb5 Rxa3 21.Rxa3 ½–½ Kramnik,V
(2780)-Kasparov,G (2815)/Moscow 1998
/CBM 067 ext] 8.dxc5 Quiet move in
Malakhov's style. It often uses by Vladimir
Kramnik with considerable success
[8.Bb3 is "another kettle of fish" :)You can
watch Ponimariov - Ivanchuk game in our
journal for more information about this
variation 8...cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7
11.Re1 0–0 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8
14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb4 16.Qf3 Bc6
17.Qh3µ ½–½ Topalov,V (2813)-
Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006/CBM 115
(60)] 8...Bxc5! the most precise [8...Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.Kf1 a) 10.Nbd2 Nbd7

10...0–0 11.Be2 Rd8 12.Ne5 Be7 13.b3

Nd5 14.Bb2 f6 15.Nd3 Nc6 16.e4 Nb6

17.e5 f5 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Nf3

½–½ Kram-

nik,V (2802)-Kasparov,G (2838)/ Moscow
2001/CBM 087

)

11.Be2 b6 12.Nb3 Be7

13.Nfd4 Bb7 14.f3 0–0 15.e4 Rfc8
16.Be3² ½–½ Kramnik,V (2770)-
Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/CBM
080 (75); b) 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nbd2 0–0
12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Nc4 Be8
15.Nfe5 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8
Nxd8 18.Bf3² ½–½ Kramnik,V (2797)-
Anand,V (2794)/Mainz 2001/CBM 084
(43); 10...b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nbd7
13.Nb3 Bf8 14.a4 b4 15.Nfd2 Bd5 16.f3
Bd6 17.g3 e5 18.e4 Be6 19.Nc4 Bc7
20.Be3 a5 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 Nd7
23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Bf2± 1–0 Kramnik,V
(2807)-Comp Deep Fritz/Manama 2002/
EXT 2003 (58)] 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Be2
Bishop goes out b7-b5 and want to move
on long diagonal in future [10.Ne5 Ke7

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11.Be2 Bd7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.Nxc6+ Bxc6
14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bd2 Rhb8 16.Rc1 Bd6
17.Bc3 Nd5 18.Rc2 ½–½ Kramnik,V
(2777)-Kasparov,G (2831)/Linares 2004/
CBM 100] 10...Ke7 11.Nbd2 Nc6 [after
11...Bd7 black can't get full equal 12.b3
Bb5 13.Nc4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Rhd8 15.Rfc1
Kf8 16.Kf1 Rac8 17.a4 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Bd6
19.Rac1 Nd5 20.Nd4 Nce7 21.Bf3 Rb8
22.g3 g6 23.Rd1 Nb6 24.Rcc1 Ned5
25.a5 Nc8 26.e4 Nb4 27.Ba3 Na2 28.Rc2
e5 29.Ne2 1–0 Sasikiran,K (2700)-
Vorobiov,E (2563)/Calatrava 2007/CBM
117 ext] 12.b3 Bd7N Diagram

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[12...b6 Bad-play by black was
demostraited in next game - 13.Ne1
Ne5?! 14.Bb2 Rd8 15.Rd1 Bd6 16.f4
Neg4 17.Nc4 Bc5 18.Bxf6+! Nxf6
19.Rxd8 Kxd8 20.Nd3± Bd7 21.Nxc5
bxc5 22.Rc1 Bb5 23.Bf3 Rc8 24.Nd6+-
but though they didn't lose½–½ Kram-
nik,V (2775)-Lautier,J (2630)/Monte
Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (34)] 13.Bb2 b5
14.Bd3?! A small mistake [I think better
was 14.Rfc1 with such way 14...Bd6 15.a4
bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nb4 17.Raa1 Bb5 18.Nc4²
saves some pressure] 14...Rac8 15.Ne4
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f6 To get equal black must
put the last axe on the helve with h7-pawn
17.Rfd1 h6 the easist way, but now whit
can try to use the weakness of g6-square
18.Rac1 Bb4 19.Ne1 [maybe should try
19.Nh4!? Rhd8 20.Ng6+ Kf7 21.g4!?]
19...Bd6 20.Nd3 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Bxb4= Full
equal is on board 22.a3 Bd6 23.b4 Rxc1
24.Rxc1 Rc8 TIme to draw offer? 25.Rxc8

Bxc8 I think, 9 of 10 GMs would agree on
draw is such equal situation, but Malakhov
is known as expert of this kind of positions
26.f4 Kd7 27.h4 the only logical plan for
white is pawn attack on the kings side
27...Kc7 28.Kf2 Bd7 29.h5 in a different
way black can move ¤e8 nad h6-h5
29...e5 30.Kf3 King goes to the centre -
one of the impotant endgames rules
30...Be6 31.g3 White is playing in best
endgame's traditons - slow strengthening
of the thir positon and waiting for partnr's
mistake 31...Bb3 32.g4 Bd1+ 33.Kg3 Be2
34.Bf3 Bd3?! [34...Bxf3 leeds to draw
immidiately 35.Kxf3 Kd7 36.fxe5 fxe5
37.g5 Ke6 38.gxh6 gxh6 39.Bc1 Kf7=]
35.fxe5 Bxe5+ 36.Bxe5+ fxe5 37.g5 there
are no another way to reinforce the posi-
ton 37...Bf5 don't let go forward to white
king 38.Bg4 Be4 39.Be6 Bc6?! [a little tac-
tical trick was fixed perpetual offensive
39...Kd6! 40.Bc8 Kc7 41.Be6

(41.Bxa6??

Bc6–+)

41...Kd6=] 40.Kg4 now black

must show some precision 40...Kd6?! one
more inaccurate move [correct was
40...hxg5 41.Kxg5 Be8 42.Kf5 Kd6
43.Bc8 Bxh5] 41.gxh6 gxh6 42.Kf5² Dia-
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42...Be8 43.Bc8 Bxh5 44.Bxa6 Be8
45.Bb7 Bf7 [45...Bh5 46.Bh1 Be2 47.Be4
h5 48.Kg5 Ke7 49.Bg6 Ke6 50.e4 Bf3
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h6-pawn is doomed now 51...Bc4
[51...Bc2 52.Be2 Ba4 53.Kg6 Kd5
54.Bd3±] 52.Kg6 Bd5 53.Bh5 Be6
54.Kxh6 Bd7 55.Bf3 Be8 56.Kg5 Ke6
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Cugcvang again 60...Bc6 61.Kf7 Kd7
62.Bg4+ Kd6 63.Bf5 and again black is
forced to make concessions 63...Bf3
64.Ke8 Be2 65.Be4 Bc4 66.Kd8 Bd5
67.Bf5 Bc4 68.Bg4 Be6 69.Bf3 Bd5
70.Bh5 Be6 71.Be8 Bc4 72.Kc8 Kd5
73.Kc7 Bd3 [73...Ke4 74.Kd6+-] 74.Bc6+
Kc4 75.Kb6 e4 76.Bxb5+ Kc3 77.a4 Kxb4
78.Bc6 Bf1 79.a5 Bd3 80.Bd5 Kc3 81.Kc5
very elaborate work! 1–0

(06) Kornev,Alexei (2544) -
Galkin,Alexander (2606) [D31]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (1), 02.04.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4
[4...Bb4!?] 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 [6.Nc3!?

c5! 7.a3 Ba5] 6...Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+
8.Be2 [8.Ne2 Na6 9.Bf8!?

(9.Bc3 Ne7)

9...Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Qd4 Qxd4
12.Bxd4 c5 13.Bc3 Nb4=] 8...Na6 9.Bd6
[9.Ba5] 9...e5 [9...b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.0–0
Rd8

11...0–0–0!?)

12.Ng5 Qf5 13.f4;

9...Qxg2 10.Qd2 Nf6

(10. Qxh1? 11 0–0–

11.Bf3 Qg6 12.0–0–0©] 10.Nf3 Bg4

11.0–0 [11.Nxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qxe2+
13.Kxe2 Nh6=] 11...0–0–0 12.b4 [12.Bd3
Qf4 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxd1 15.Bf5+!

(15 Raxd1 Nh6)

15...Kc7 16.Nxf7 Nh6!?

17.Nxh6 Bh5 18.Bg4 Bxg4 19.Nxg4 Rd2
20.Rab1 Re8] 12...Nf6 13.c5 [13.Re1
Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qxc4 15.Rxe5 Rxd6!?

(15 ..Nxb4 16.Re7 Nbd5 17.Rc1)

16.Qxd6

Rd8 17.Qe7 Re8=] 13...Ne8 Diagram

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Bishop on d6 must be destroyed, it's cer-
tainly. [Avid 13...Nxb4 passed approba-
tion in recent Sveshnikov's game (how it
fall within database?!): 14.Rc1 Nbd5
15.Rc4 Qf5 16.Qa4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 and here
Eugeniy Ellinovich found nothing better,
except paying off exchange - 17...Rxd6

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maybe, it was possible to hold a defence

after

17...a6!?)

18.cxd6 Kb8 19.Bxd5

Nxd5 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Rb1±, Gumula-
Sveshnikov, Pardubice 2007 - game
eventually was won by White.] 14.Rc1N
Finally, novelty. Actually, this move was
recommended by Frolyanov and Skatch-
kov in notes to game Vitiugov-Frolyanov,
Russia 2006. [It evolves so: 14.Bd3 Qf4
(commentators have suggested
14...Qd5!?, but after 15.Nxe5! Bxd1
16.Bf5+ Qe6

(16...Rd7? 17.Bxd7+ Kd8

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18.Rfxd1+-)

17.Bxe6+ fxe6 18.Raxd1

Nxd6 19.cxd6 Rhf8 20.Rd4± Black have a
difficult endgame.) 15.Bxe5 Qxb4 16.Rb1
Qa5 17.Qc2‚ - unpleasant initiative for
White, though that game was made-off in
a draw.] 14...Nxd6 15.cxd6 Kb8 King pru-
dently escapes from the "с"-file, and at
once arises a critical position. [Pawn-
eating like 15...Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxb4 would
be an error cause of tactical strike:
17.Bxc6! Rxd6

17...bxc6 18.Rxc6+ Kb7

19.Qd5+-)

18.Bxb7+! Kb8

(18...Kxb7

19.Qf3+)

19.Bd5±] 16.Rc4 [Kornev does

not decide to a sudden change of posi-
tion's type: 16.Bxa6 bxa6 (16...Bxf3
17.Qxf3

(17.gxf3 Qg6+ 18.Kh1 Rxd6!)

17...Qxf3 18.gxf3 bxa6 19.Rxc6±) 17.Ng5
Qf4

(17...Bxd1 18.Nxe4 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bb5

20.Red1±)

18.f3 Bc8 19.Ne4 f5µ - in-

deed, it's difficult to say, whose benefit a
fight would be to.] 16...Qf5™ 17.Qc1!
[17.Rxg4?! looks tempting, but it's decep-
tive: 17...Qxg4 18.Bxa6 e4!

18...bxa6

19.Nxe5±)

19.Qd4

(19.Ne5 Qe6–+)

19...Qf5µ] 17...Bxf3 [17...Rxd6 18.Nh4+-]
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18...Qe6! Galkin is very accurate. But why
not to take pawn d6 immediately?
[18...Rxd6?! 19.b5! - the thing is that
square c8 sagged unexpectedly: 19...e4!

(19...cxb5 20.Bg4+-)

20.Rxe4 Qxb5

21.Qf4ƒ] 19.a4?! Here Kornev goes too
far. [Certainly, he didn't want to give so
easily a white pieces after 19.Rxc6 e4

(19...Rxd6!?

- Black can continue a game

with mutual chances:

20.Rxd6 Qxd6

21.Qg5 Qf6 22.Qg4©)

20.Rxa6! exf3

21.Qc7+ Ka8 22.Rxa7+ Kxa7 23.Qa5+=,
but there was a best way out from prevail-
ing realities. And if to take into account a
command situation - all the more so.]
19...Qxd6 20.b5 cxb5 21.axb5 Nc7 If Black
will put queen on b6, and knight on e6, it
will begin a phase of technical realization.
22.b6! Kornev finds the best chance.
White gave up a third pawn already, but
"b"-file is opened now. Rooks love it.
[22.Qb2 Ne6µ] 22...Qxb6 23.Qg5 Qf6
24.Qe3 Nd5 Galkin blocks white piece -
bishop f3. [It can happened another way:
24...Nb5 25.Rb1 a6, but here can be
found tricks like 26.Bc6!] 25.Qe4 Qe7
[Black queen would behave better a floor
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But this is a mistake. [It was possible yet
to reform: 26...Qe6 27.Rc7 f5 28.Qb1
Qb6!–+, and the simplification is inevita-
ble - it's to advantage of Black, who have
material superiority.] 27.Qc2? Kornev
runs past its chance. [27.Rc7! f5

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- not easy to find a

good move for Black

)

28.Rxb7+!

(28.Qb1? Qxc7 29.Rxc7 Kxc7–+)

28...Qxb7 29.Qxe5+ Ka8 30.Rd1! - bishop
f3 saves White's destiny - 30...a6

30 ..Rhe8 31.Rxd5!+-)

31.Bxd5 Ka7

32.Qe3+ Kb8 33.Qe5+ Ka7=] 27...Nb6
28.Rc7 Rd7–+ Now there is no chance for
a White. 29.Rc5 Re8 30.h3 f5 Galkin acted
calmly. [It was good time for activity:
30...e4 31.Be2 e3–+] 31.Be2 Red8
32.Qc3 e4 33.g4!? Good attempt. But a

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bluff fails. 33...f4! 34.Qb4 [34.Re5 undan-
gerously: 34...Nd5! 35.Qa1

(35 Rxe7

Nxc3 36.Rxd7 Nxe2+–+)

35...Qg7

36.Rxe4 Qxa1 37.Rxa1 Nc3 38.Re6
Nxe2+ 39.Rxe2 Rd1+–+] 34...f3 35.Bf1
Rd5 36.Qb5 [36.Rc8+ Rxc8 37.Qxe7 Rxc1
38.Qf8+ Rc8 39.Qf4+ Ka8 40.Qxe4 Rd1–
+] 36...e3 Black break through. The game
is over.Summary:1) it should be treated
with a great carefulness to the "Informant"
notes (14.Rc1)2) sometimes it's better to
acknowledge own errors (26...Qe6)3) the
strike at the very protected square is often
the most painful (27.Rc7) 0–1

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(07) Rublevsky,Sergei (2695) -
Efimenko,Zahar (2638) [B86]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi, 03.04.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 The Sozin-Fischer Attack
- is a fearsome weapon in Rublevsky's
hands.  6...e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 [7...b5 widely
spreads also. It's difficult to resist from a
re-viewing of genius' sacrifice: 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6
12.Qe3 Bc5 13.0–0–0 Nc6 14.Qxe6+!!,
Ivanchuk-Karjakin, Amber (rapid) 2008.]
8.Bg5  [Earlier, 8.f4 Nc5 was almost
obligatory. Now, grandmaster majority
prefers 8.Bg5.] 8...Qa5  [Hunting for a
bishop - I have in mind 8...Nc5 - is prema-
ture meanwhile: 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7
11.0–0, and now Black need to take into
accout such pawn digs, like f4-f5 or even
e4-e5.]  9.Qd2  [Rublevsky tried once
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.0–0 - but Svidler replies
10...Nd7!, and quite successfully: 11.f4
Nc5 12.f5 Bd7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Qh5+ g6
15.Qf3 0–0–0=] 9...Be7 10.0–0–0 Nc5
11.Rhe1 h6?! I think, after this game we
can boldly hang a label "doubtful" to the
move 11...h6. [A correct way was showed
once by Reinaldo Vera: 11...0–0! 12.Kb1
Qc7

(12...h6?! 13.Nd5 )

13.f4 h6 14.Bxf6

(14.Bh4 Nfxe4µ)

14...Bxf6 15.Nf3

(15.g4!?)

15...Be7 16.f5! Rb8!

16...b5?!

17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Nd5!?ƒ,

Mekhitarian-

Vera, Buenos Aires 2005

)

17.g4 b5„ -

perhaps, future games will be follow this
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This position relates to a curious story.
One year ago it met in the 2nd game of
Rublevsky - Ponomariov match...
[12...gxf6?! is untimely here - cause
bishop already stands on e7; this means,
that maneuver h5+Bh6 is rather difficult.]
13.Nf5! Commenting that game for "Sa-
hovski Informator", Rublevsky wrote:
[13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Nf5?

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after

14.f4 0–0–0

Ruslan Ponomariov didn't meet with any
problems

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14...exf5 15.exf5+ Kd8

16.Qxd6 Qc7, and White's attack will be
beaten-off very soon. For sure, Zahar
Efimenko was oriented to a game
Rublevsky-Ponomariov... but who knew,
that there is no need in 13.Kb1?!] 13...0–
0N Rublevsky is not a pioneer. 13.Nf5 was
discovered in a game Adla-Remiro Juste,
2005. [Black replied in a best possible
way: 13...exf5 14.exf5+ Be6™

(14...Kd8

15.Qxd6+ Bd7 16.Nd5!+-; 14...Kf8

15.Qxd6+ Kg8 16.Re8+ Kh7 17.Rxh8+

Kxh8 18.Q 8+ Kh7 19.Bxf7+-)

15.fxe6

Nxb3+ 16.cxb3 0–0 17.exf7+ (after 17.e7
Rfe8 18.b4 Qf5!

18...Qxb4? 19.Nd5+-)

19.g4 Qg6 20.Ne4 Bxe7 21.Kb1 d5 draw
was fixed) 17...Rxf7 18.Kb1± - maybe,
just like this was planned by Rublevsky to
continue. White have pawn up, but
whether it will be succeeded to realize it -
that's a question.] 14.Nxd6 Rd8 15.f4
White want to support outpost on d6.
[15.e5? Bxe5–+] 15...Nxb3+ 16.cxb3

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Be7?! [It was good to prevent White's
plans: 16...e5!?. Possibly, Efimenko was
disliked 17.Na4!, but after 17...Qc7+
18.Qc3

(18.Kb1? Bg4µ)

18...Qxc3+

19.bxc3 Bg4

19...exf4 20.Nb6±)

20.Rd3

exf4 21.e5 Bg5 position is quite uncertain,
although white knights look threaten-
ingly.]  17.e5± Bxd6 18.exd6 b5 19.Qd4!
Excellent centralization! Black queen feels
a little bit narrow. 19...Rb8™  [19...b4
20.Re5+-]  20.b4 Qb6 21.Qc5 As a result,
move 13.Nf5 lead for a winning position.
But Rublevsky still must be on a look-out.
21...Bd7 22.Re5! Diagram

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Good prophylactic move. [22.g4? Qxc5!

(22...Qb7 23.g5 h5 24.g6!ƒ

23.bxc5 b4

24.Ne4 Rb5„] 22...Bc6 [Worth a try
22...Qb7, and White have to find an exact
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23.g3?

could be

punished:

23...Rdc8 24.Qe3 a5!ƒ)

23...Qxg2? 24.Rg1 Qxh2 25.Re2+-] 23.g3
Bf3 24.Rd2 Bg4 Now, black bishop will be
active, but he lost control on the d7-
square. So... 25.d7 Qb7 [25...Bf5
26.Qxb6 Rxb6 27.Rc5+-] 26.Qd6 Bf5
27.b3! Rublevsky quietly strengthens his
position. 27...Kh7 It's hard to understand,
what is the meaning of this move. Maybe,
to avoid some checks on 8th line. 28.Kb2
Ra8 29.Qe7 f6 Creates new hooks. But
was there a choice? [By the way, how to
win in a case 29...Kg8 ? Indeed, Black
here in some type of zugzwang: 30.Rc5
Rab8 31.a3 Qa8

31...Ra8 32.Rc8!)

32.Rc7 a5 (what else?) 33.bxa5 Qxa5
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Allows a showy outcome.31.Rxf5! exf5
32.Nd5 Kg6 33.Nc7 Rac8 34.Rc2+-
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34...Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Qg2+ 36.Rc2 Qa8
37.Re2 That's all. 37...a5 38.bxa5 Qxa5
How to achieve the goal by the fastest
way? 39.g4! fxg4 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.f5
Flawless play by Rublevsky.Summary:1)
sometimes chessplayers with ELO like
2450 (I mean Adla) find a very strong
moves (13.Nf5)2) in very bad positions
you must intently search a chance
(22...Qb7)3) before a decisive assault, it's
useful to think about prophylactic (27.b3)
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(08) Karjakin,Sergey (2732) -
Bu,Xiangzhi (2708) [B90]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (4), 05.04.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 [This move has one
undoubted advantage as compared to
6...e6 - it reduces the White's possibili-
ties.] 7.Nb3 [For players of positional style
we can advice 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0–0 9.0–
0] 7...Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 0–0 [It's better
not to remember about 9...d5 now:
10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5
Bxd5 13.0–0–0 Be6 14.Nc5² - Black play
Najdorf not for the getting a hard end-
game!] 10.0–0–0 [It's strange, but con-
tinuation 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5
12.Be2 almost not used. It's very
strange.] 10...a5 [10...b5 already doesn't

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use any success - Topalov got a better
position vs Van Wely, even choose non-
principle 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qc7
13.g4; after 10...Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5
both players must be very well informed
about last opening researches - so, let's
sum up: 10...a5 is a good alternative, as
soon as White need to decide protective
tasks.] 11.Bb5 [It's a not good idea to as-
sume a5-a4: 11.Kb1 a4 12.Nc1 Ra5;
tightly hinder it - too: 11.a4 Nc6 12.g4
Nb4, therefore White find a compromiss.]
11...Na6 12.Qe2 [12.Kb1 Nc7 13.Bb6
Qb8!] 12...a4! Pawn a5 sacrificed itself to
improve rook's a8 vision. This pawn
should be taken. 13.Bxa4  [13.Nxa4 Nc7
14.Nc3 Nxb5 15.Qxb5 Qc7 16.Qb6
Qc6©]  13...Qb8  [Cuban chessplayer
Yuniesky Quezada practices 13...Qc8  -
here's one example of his creativity:
14.Bb5 Nc7 15.Bc4 b5!? 16.Bxb5 Nxb5
17.Qxb5 Bc4 18.Qb4 Re8!©, Pozo Vera-
Quezada, Villa Clara 2006.] 14.g4 Rc8
15.g5 Nh5 [15...Bc4?! 16.Qd2 Nh5
17.Bd7 Rc7 18.Bg4±] 16.Bb5 Diagram

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16...Nc7N [In the first round of unofficial
match Ukraine-China, Black tried
16...Nb4, and then: 17.a3 Bxb3 18.axb4
Be6 19.Nd5!? Bxd5 20.exd5 Ra1+ 21.Kd2
Ra2 22.Rb1µ, Kryvoruchko-Wang Yue,
WCh U20, Yerevan 2006. White won after a
long fight. Bu Xiangzhi making an attempt
to improve play of fellow countryman.]
17.Kb1 At this point, the game for some
time develops by force. [White bishop
could sell by more expensive price:

17.Bc4!? b5!?

(17.. Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Ne6

19.Qb5µ)

18.Bxb5

(18 Bxe6 fxe6µ)

18...Nxb5 19.Qxb5 Qc7

(19.. Qxb5

20.Nxb5 Rxa2 21.Nc3)

20.Kb1 - it's hard

to say, what will outweigh in the end:
Black's attacking position or White's extra
pawns.] 17...Nxb5 18.Qxb5 Bc4 19.Qd7
[19.Qb4 Qc7!] 19...Rc7 20.Qg4 Nf4
21.Bxf4 Be6 22.Qg1! Rxc3! [22...exf4
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5±] 23.bxc3 exf4
Now we can catch one's to breath and
evaluate the situation. White's king shelter
it's not a subject of reconstruction. What
to do? 24.h4! b5 [Queen's transfer to "a"-
file could have been a little bit faster:
24...b6!?; but if Bu Xiangzhi preferred
24...b5, he certainly has a good reason.]
25.h5 Qb7 26.h6 Qa6 Diagram

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27.Nc1! [It could happen a variation of
fantastic beauty: 27.hxg7 Qxa2+ 28.Kc1
Bxb3 29.Qh2! h6! 30.gxh6 Kh7 31.Rdg1

(31.cxb3 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Ra2+ 33.Kd3

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31...Bf6!

32.g8Q+ Rxg8 33.Rg7+ Kh8!–+, and
Black must win, because their bishop on
f6 is much stronger than a rook.] 27...Bf8
Good idea. Now, in a case of pawn
change, black bishop will be push on
point c3. 28.Qd4 Qa3 29.Qb4 This move
has a positive feature, as well as a nega-
tive. "-" - queen falls under a tempo after
d6-d5; "+" - it compels Black to be de-
termined. 29...Bxa2+ 30.Nxa2 Qxa2+
31.Kc1 d5 32.Qd4! Smart move by Kar-
jakin. The rest (of options) is much worse.
[32.Qxb5 dxe4 33.fxe4 Ba3+ 34.Kd2

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Rd8+ 35.Ke1 Rxd1+ 36.Kxd1 Qa1+–+;
32.Qb3 Qa1+ 33.Kd2 Qa7!] 32...Ra4
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Finally, Bu Xiangzhi waits till error.[With
correct 33.Qxd5 Rc4, White could
choose: continue to fight: 34.Kd2!

(34.Qe5

or coming to a draw:

34...Rc5

35.Qd4 Rc4 36.Qe5=)

34...Qa7 35.Qd3

Qf2+ 36.Qe2 Qc5µ] 33...d4!  Black find a
mathematical winning. 34.Kd2  [34.cxd4
Qa3+–+]  34...Qb2!–+ 35.Ke2?! Blunder.
[After 35.Qxf4 Black have to make a cou-
ple of exact moves: 35...Ra2

35...Qxc3+?

36.Ke2 Qxc2+ 37 Rd2)

36.Ke1

36.Rc1

Qxc3+ 37.Kd1 d3–+)

36...Qxc2!

(36...Qxc3+?! 37.Kf2 Qxc2+ 38.Kg3 Qg2+

39.Kh4µ)

37.Qd2 Qxc3 38.Qxc3 dxc3–+]

35...Qxc2+ 36.Rd2 [36.Ke1 Ra2–+]
36...d3+ Summary:1) one pawn - it's a
quite small price for a keeping the oppo-
nent under a voltage (12...a4)2) the best
defence is a counterattack (24.h4)3) one,
who protects, risking much more than
one, who attacks - only mistake, and all is
ended... (33.Qe5) 0–1

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(09) Ponomariov,Ruslan (2719) -
Riazantsev,Alexander (2638) [D12]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (3), 04.04.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3
a6 Playing so is very rarely. [Usually
moves 5...e6 6.Nh4 made by automatic
way, and only tnen the game begins.]
6.Bd2 e6 7.Nh4 [Unfading Kortschnoi

once elected 7.c5 Nbd7 8.b4, but Po-
nomariov aspires to a more open game.]
7...Bg4 8.Qb3 Ra7?! Played in Moro-
zevich-style, but such style can be good
only for Morozevich (maybe, for Nepom-
niatchi too). 8...Ra7 has one concrete
feature... [... but despite it, 8...b5 is more
simple and reliable: 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.h3
Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bg2
Nc6=]  9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Nfd7N [10...Bg6
11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg2² - White have ex-
cellent opportunities in centre and king
flank.]  11.Ng2  Whole focus that if rook
stands on a8, pawn "b" on b5, and "с"-
pawns are absent - then on 10...Nfd7,
11.Nd5!? is very good (Dautov's idea).
8...Ra7 makes 10...Nfd7 possible, but
that doesn't make Black's life easier. Just
look to black knights b8 and d7... 11...Bg6
12.Nf4  But their colleague breathes full
breast - knight f4 pushes to the center,
and doesn't hampered to pawn "h".
12...Be7  [12...b5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.h4!]
13.0–0–0 dxc4?! Dubious decision.
[There is a dread for castle: 13...0–0
14.h4!? Bxh4 15.Nxg6 fxg6

(15...hxg6

16 e4!‚

16.f4±; but still it was worth try-

ing to make the long-suffering 13...b5 -
anyway, after 14.c5!? chances of White's
side are better.] 14.Bxc4 b5

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[Allows evident objection, but what else?
14...Nf8?] 15.Bxe6 This sacrifice is so in-
vites to, that's why an exclamation mark is
inappropriate. 15...fxe6 16.Nxe6 Bf7
[16...Qb6 17.Nxg7+ Kd8 18.f4‚ - pawn
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way.]  17.Nxg7+ Kf8 18.Ne6+ Kg8 Here is
an interesting moment. On the one hand,
queens' presence - to the advantage of
attacking side (White). On the other hand
- ending with such central pawns looks so
sad for Black... [... therefore, it may be
worthwhile to keep queen for hypothetical
counterattack -   18...Bxe6!? 19.Qxe6
Rg8]  19.Nxd8 Bxb3 20.axb3 Bxd8 21.e4
White should win the endgame - espe-
sially, as they are managed by Ponom-
ariov, well-known technician. 21...Nf6
22.f3  [Ruslan strengthens pawn e4, al-
though it was possible to jerk at once:
22.g5!? Nh5

22...b4? 23.gxf6 bxc3

24.bxc3 Bxf6 25.f4+-)

23.f4±] 22...Nbd7

23.Kc2 [I do not see any obstacles to the
immediate 23.Be3, but Ponomariov as a
skillful endgame-player, practises the
"don't hurry" principle.] 23...Kf7 24.Be3
Bb6 25.h4! Cleverly! [Obviously, that "g"-
pawn should go on by first, but then pha-
lanxes will be blocked: 25.g5 Nh5; that's
why Ukrainian takes square h5 under con-
trol.]  25...Rd8 26.h5 Nf8 27.g5 Ne8
28.Rd3!  White reinforce its central point.
[And this is correct - because after
28.f4?! Rad7 29.Ne2 Ne6 30.g6+! hxg6
31.hxg6+ Kf6!µ Black could receive some
chances.]  28...Rad7 29.Rhd1 Kg8 [ It is
difficult to say for sure, but probably worth
a try 29...Ne6!? 30.d5 Nc5 31.Bxc5

(31.R3d2 b4!)

31...Bxc5 32.dxc6 Rxd3

33.Rxd3 Rd6! 34.Rxd6 Bxd6 - and Black
will block.] 30.Ne2 Rf7 31.f4 Ng7 After
that, black knight will resemble an empty
beer bank, a white pawns - the flow of on-
coming cars. [But in case of 31...Nd6
32.Ng3 blockade will fail anyway: 32...Re8
33.e5 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5 35.Rc3!+-] 32.h6
Ne8  [32...Nge6 33.f5 Nc7 34.Rc3+-]
33.Rc3 Rc8 34.Kd3! King freed the "c"-file
for a rook. Now Bb6-a5 becoming undan-
gerously.  34...Ng6 35.f5 Ne7 36.f6 Ng6
37.e5+-  A faith of game is practically de-
cided. 37...Rd7 38.e6 Rd5 [As soon a rook
will come back, there was a sense to put it
there right now: 38...Rd6] 39.f7+ Kf8
40.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 41.Rf1 Rd6 42.Nf4 [Why

White didn't seize teeth in pawn: 42.Rf6 ?
Perhaps, because of 42...Ne5+ 43.Ke4
Ng4; but we can fall in such trap: 44.Kf5!
Nxf6 45.gxf6+-, and white passers are
unstoppable.] 42...Nxf4+ 43.Rxf4 Rxe6
44.Re4! Exchanges will bring a victory.
44...Rxe4

[44...Kd7 45.Rxe6 Kxe6

46.d5++-] 45.Kxe4 Kd7?! [45...Kf7 was
harder.] 46.Bf4 [This move spoils nothing,
but White could win immediately: 46.g6!
hxg6 47.Bf4 Re8+ 48.Be5 Bc7 49.h7
Bxe5

49...b4 50.Rh3!)

50.dxe5 Rh8

51.Rh3 Ke6 52.Kf4+- . Perhaps, Ruslan
dominated over responsibility for the
team, so he wanted to win as can be
"cleaner".] 46...Rg8 47.d5? But this is a
mistake that could cost a half-point. [It
was needed to stick pawn a6: 47.b4! Bd8

(47...Rg6 48.Ra3+-)

48.Kf5 Be7

(48...Rf8+ 49.Kg4 Be7 50.g6! hxg6

51.Be5 Rf7 52.Bg7+-)

49.Rg3! Rg6

(49...Bxb4 50.g6+-)

50.Ra3 Kc8

50...Bxb4 51.Rxa6+-)

51.Rxa6 Kb7

52.Ra3 Bxb4 53.Re3+- - "two weak-
nesses" method in action!] 47...cxd5+
48.Kxd5 Bd8? Ryazantsev underestimates
the White's reply. [What about covering a
c6-square? 48...Rg6 49.Ke4 Bd8 (main
feature is that after the exchange of
pawns "с" and "d", rook g6 protects a
pawn on a6) 50.Kf5 Bb6 51.Rd3+ Ke8
52.Be5

(52.Rd6 Rxd6 53.Bxd6 Kf7=)

52...Bd8 53.Bf6 Bxf6 54.gxf6 Rg2=; there
is no clear winning visible - actually, no
winning visible at all! I hope, "ChessZone"
readers will be more fortunate here than I
am.] 49.Rc6! Now Ruslan will not miss out
it.  49...Rf8  [49...Bxg5 50.Rc7+ Ke8
51.Rg7+-]  50.Be5 Bxg5 51.Rc7+ Kd8
52.Rxh7 Rf3 53.Ke6  Summary:1) some-
times it's necessary to play as possible
surely in an opening, especially for Black
(8...b5)2) blockade - is the only way to
fight vs pawn phalanx (29...Ne6) 3) you
need to win out when it's possible (46.g6)
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(10) Amonatov,Farrukh (2649) -
Timofeev,Artyom (2664) [B33]

Russian Team Championship Dagomys-
Sochi (4), 05.04.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoliy]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 Article in
ChessBase Magazine #121 by Moldavian
grandmaster Dorian Rogozenko consid-
erably warm up interest to this variation -
or interest to this variation provoked writ-
ing of the article? In general, I don't know
exactly. I know only, that the article is very
good. 11...b4 12.Nc2 0–0 Diagram

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Black pretend that pawn b4 is not under
attack.[In my opinion, the best way to get
rid of the knight d5 - as Pavel Eljanov
(specialist of Pelikan-Sveshnikov variant)
did: 12...a5 13.g3 Bg5 14.h4 Bh6 15.Bh3
Bb7, Berg-Eljanov, Kemer 2007.] 13.g3
[Pawn is poisoned: 13.Ncxb4 Nxb4
14.Nxb4 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rb8, Torres-Nunez,
Benidorm 2003 - 16.Nd3?! Qd4!µ]
13...Be6 14.Bg2N [Rogozenko mainly dis-
cussed a plan 14.h4 a5 15.Bh3 - but
Amonatov's choice, certainly, is also play-
able.] 14...Rb8 15.0–0 Usually, Ra8-b8
met with b2-b3.But here it while unneces-
sarily, cause bishop already stands on e6.
15...a5 [15...b3? 16.axb3 Rxb3 17.Rxa6+-
] 16.b3 Now is the time. 16...Bxd5 [Unfor-
tunately, knight's change doesn't turn out:
16...Bg5 17.f4! Bh6 18.Qh5± - therefore,
bishop had to change to a knight, but that
is a different story.] 17.Qxd5 Only so - the

pawn d6 must remain a weakness.
[17.cxd5 Nd4!] 17...Qb6  [17...Nd4 may
seem unpleasant, but only from the
standpoint that without knights game will
be quite boring: 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.f4 Rc8
20.Qh5 - queen gets off scot-free, but
what  to  do  next?]  18.Rad1  [18.Qxd6??
Rfd8–+]  18...Rfd8 19.Qd3 a4! Advancing
a5-a4 - the only reasonable plan for
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Farrukh instantly captures disadvantages
associated with the Timofeev's last
move.20...Ra8?! I don't think that was
possible to admit white rook in own camp.
[20...Nd4! 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Rd3 Ra8
23.f4

23...Ra5 - mutual game! Black will pres-
sure by "a"-file, White will advance in a
king flank.] 21.Rd5 Ra5 22.Rb5! Qa7 [Af-
ter 22...Rxb5 it would be a position-type,
which very suits to Amonatov's style - no
counterplay for opponent: 23.cxb5 axb3

(23...Nd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.bxa4+-)

24.bxc6

(24.axb3? Nd4)

24...bxc2

25.Qxc2±; Amonatov will play such posi-
tion to the end... to the winning end!]
23.Qd3!

[Pawn could be taken:

23.Nxb4!?, but after 23...Nd4

(23...Rxb5

24.Nxc6+-)

24.Qg4 Nxb5 25.Nd5! bound-

less complications arose. Who does them
need, when White get a clear advantage?]
23...axb3 24.axb3± Ra2 It is necessary to
give away the material, but Timofeev
wants to get the chances through 2nd line
instead. 25.Nxb4 Nxb4 26.Rxb4 Bg5
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defence. 27...Rf8 [27...Rd2 28.Rb7! Rxd5
29.Rxa7+-]  28.Rb7 Qa3 29.Bh3! Do you
see a threat? 29...h5  Timofeev does.
[29...Rd2 30.Qxf7+!] 30.Qd1  Using
29...h5, Farrukh undertakes a regrouping.
30...g6 31.Qf3 The queen takes on f3 an
ideal position. 31...Rb2 32.Rd1 Qc5
33.Rd5 It's need to uproot queen from an
active place. [33.Bd7? Rxf2] 33...Qa3
34.Kg2  King stands now under the rook
b2. Is this a provocation? 34...Bd2!  Dia-
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Timofeev probably saw, what White will
reply to this move - however, this is a best
chance!35.Rxd2! Rxd2 36.Qf6 Qb2? Eh...
[36...Qa8! would be more unpleasant for
White: 37.Be6! Qxb7 38.Qxg6+ Kh8
39.Qxh5+ Kg8 40.Qg6+ Kh8 41.Qh6+ Kg8
42.Bf5 Rxf2+ 43.Kxf2 Rb8 - white king
quite naked too, this fact could give some
counterchances.] 37.Be6! Rxf2+ 38.Qxf2
Qxf2+ 39.Kxf2 fxe6+ 40.Ke2+- Pawn "b"
plus black king cut off the 7th line... The
endgame is lost clearly. 40...Ra8
[40...Rc8 41.Kd3] 41.b4 Kf8 [41...Ra2+
42.Kd3 Rxh2 43.c5+-] 42.b5 Ke8 43.Rg7
Ra2+ 44.Kd3 Kd8 [44...Rxh2 45.b6 Rb2
46.b7 Kd8 47.c5! dxc5 48.Kc4+-] 45.b6
Kc8 46.Rc7+ Kd8 47.Kc3 King will burst
into enemy's camp. 47...Ra1 48.Kb4

Summary: 1) Pelikan and Sveshnikov vari-
ant is being in some crisis - not easily to
get counterplay for Black (11.c4)2) there
is no need to undertake a fire on the
board, if you can make a move, which
promises a stable advantage (23.Qd3)3)

sometimes it makes sense not to choose
the strongest, but the most unpleasant for
the opponent moves (36...Qa8) 1–0

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