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World Chess Championship

World Champion Viswanathan Anand successfully defended his title against Vladimir

Kramnik in a 12 game match in Bonn, Germany, October 14th - 2nd November, 2008. The main
sponsor was Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro.

World Chess Championship Bonn (GER), 14 x - 2xi 2008

Name

Ti NAT Rtng 1

11 12 Total

Perf

Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 0

= .

6,5

2837

Kramnik, Vladimir

g RUS 2772 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = 1

4,5

2718

European Club Cup

The European Club Cup 2008 (24th European Club Cup for Men, 13th European Club

Cup for Women) took place in Kallithea, Greece 16th-24th October 2008. This very strong event
had many of the best players in the world. URAL Sverdlovskaya (Radjabov, Kamsky, Shirov,
Grischuk, Malakhov, Motylev and Dreev) edged out OSG Baden Baden (Svidler, Bacrot,
Nisipeanu, Naiditsch, Vallejo, Harikrishna and Krasenkow) on board count.

Russian Championship

The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal took place 3rd-15th October 2008.
There was a three way tie on 7/9. Dmitry Jakovenko beat Nikita Vitiugov to overtake him

and catch Evgeny Alekseev. Peter Svidler started with three wins then became becalmed and
lost his lead with a loss to Timofeev. In the final round he defeated the leader Evgeny Alekseev
to catch him and set up a three way playoff.

Playoffs were on 28th October 1pm Moscow time - according to the regulations it was

supposed to after the final round, but that would have lasted until 1am - the format was 6 games
(double-round robin) of 15'+10'' Peter Svidler won with 3/4 to earn a 5th Russian title.

ch-RUS Playoff Moscow (RUS), 28-28 x 2008

cat. XIX (2718)

1. Svidler, Peter

RUS

2738

1 1 = 3

2901

2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g

RUS

2709

* 1 1 2,5 2818

3. Alekseev, Evgeny

RUS

2708

0 * * 0,5 2401

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ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 3-15 x 2008

cat. XVII (2673)

7 8 9 0 1

Jakovenko, Dmitry

g RUS

2737 *

= 1

= 1 1 = =

2769

Svidler, Peter

g RUS

2727 = *

= =

0 = = 1 1

2770

Alekseev, Evgeny

g RUS

2715 0

= =

= 1 = 1 1 1

2771

Tomashevsky, Evgeny

g RUS

2646 = =

1 0 = = 1

6,5

2740

Vitiugov, Nikita

g RUS

2638 0

= *

= 1 1 = 1 =

6,5

2741

Morozevich, Alexander

g RUS

2787 1

= = 1 = 1

6,5

2728

Timofeev, Artyom

g RUS

2670 = 1

= * = = 1 1

2709

Lastin, Alexander

g RUS

2651 0

= = * = 0 =

2639

Sakaev, Konstantin

g RUS

2640 0

= =

= = * = =

2574

10. Inarkiev, Ernesto

g RUS

2669 = 0

= 0

= 0 1 = * =

2571

11. Riazantsev, Alexander

g RUS

2656 = 0

0 = = = *

3,5

2541

12. Maslak, Konstantin

g RUS

2544 = =

= =

0 0 = = 0

2510

Mindsports

The World Mindsports games took place in Beijing, China after the Olympics 3rd-18th

October 2008. This was a huge sprauling event with blitz and rapid individual, pairs and team
events.

A summary of the medals:
1.

China: 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze;

Russia: 2 Gold, 1 Silver

Ukraine: 1 Gold, 3 Silver; 3 Bronze;

4. Bulgaria: 1 Gold, 1 Silver;
5-6. Ecuador, Hungary: 1 Gold each;
7. Vietnam: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
8. India: 1 Silver;
9. Iran: 2 Bronze;
10-11. Greece, Singapore: 1 Bronze each.

Individual women's blitz championship:
1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2525
2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2548
3 WGM Hou Yifan CHN 2578

Individual men's blitz championship:
1 IM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2549
2 GM Drozdovskij Yuri UKR 2587
3 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2572

Individual women's rapid championship:
1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2548 8
2 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2518 7
3 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2430 6
4 IM Houska Jovanka ENG 2399 6

Individual men's rapid championship:
1 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2714 6
2 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2605 6

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Trophee CCAS GpA Cap d'Agde (FRA), 26-28 x 2008

cat. XVI (2637)

6 7 8

1. Caruana, Fabiano

ITA

2640 *

= = 1 1 5,5 2866

2. Ivanchuk, Vassily

UKR

2786 =

= 0

1 1 1 5

2774

3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g

FRA 2716 0

= 1 1 = 4,5 2728

4. Bu Xiangzhi

CHN

2714 0

= 1 1 4,5 2728

5. Cheparinov, Ivan

BUL

2696 =

= 0

1 1 1 4

2678

6. Lahno, Kateryna

UKR

2488 =

* 0 1 2

2500

7. Kosteniuk, Alexandra

RUS 2525 0

1 * 1 2

2495

8. Sebag, Marie

FRA 2533 0

= 0

0 0 * 0,5 2230

Trophee CCAS GpB Cap d'Agde (FRA), 26-28 x 2008

cat. XVI (2634)

7 8

1. Carlsen, Magnus

NOR 2786

1 1 5,5 2841

2. Nakamura, Hikaru

USA

2704

1 1 5,5 2853

3. Radjabov, Teimour

AZE 2751

1 1 5

2774

4. Karpov, Anatoly

RUS 2651

= = 3,5 2631

5. Hou Yifan

wg CHN 2578

1 1 3,5 2641

6. Feller, Sebastien

FRA 2526

0 1 2

2491

7. Koneru, Humpy

IND

2618

* = 2

2477

8. Skripchenko, Almira m

FRA 2455

= * 1

2350

Trophee CCAS GpB Playoff Cap d'Agde (FRA), 28 x 2008

2 3 4

Karpov, Anatoly g

RUS 2651 1

0 1 1

3 2771

Hou Yifan

wg CHN 2578 0

1 0 0

1 2458

Trophee CCAS Knockout Cap d'Agde (FRA), 28 x 2008

Final

Ivanchuk,V

0.5

Nakamura,Hi

1.5

Semi-final

Carlsen,M

1.5

Ivanchuk,V

2.5

Karpov,Ana

Nakamura,Hi

Quarter-final

Bu Xiangzhi

0.5

Carlsen,M

1.5

Radjabov,T

Ivanchuk,V

Caruana,F

2.5

Karpov,Ana

3.5

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Nakamura,Hi

Vachier Lagrave,M

Chigorin Memorial

The Chigorin Memorial took place in St Petersburg 4th-11th October 2008. Vladimir Belov

took first place on tie-break from Farrukh Amonatov and

Valerij Popov after all finished on 7/9.

Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg (RUS), 4-11 x 2008

Final Round 9 Standings:

Belov, Vladimir

RUS 2579 7.0 54.5 41.00 39.0 2733 +1.77

Amonatov, Farrukh

TJK 2634 7.0 49.5 37.00 36.5 2674 +0.50

Popov, Valerij

RUS 2542 7.0 48.5 37.00 34.5 2633 +1.04

Sjugirov, Sanan

RUS 2549 6.5 52.5 35.75 37.0 2639 +1.19

Zontakh, Andrey

UKR 2579 6.5 52.5 38.50 32.5 2581 +0.18

Vysochin, Spartak

UKR 2520 6.5 52.0 34.50 35.5 2605 +1.10

Savchenko, Boris

RUS 2648 6.5 50.0 34.50 35.5 2649 +0.11

Demchenko, Anton

RUS 2510 6.5 48.0 33.00 34.0 2599 +1.15

Brodsky, Michail

UKR 2550 6.5 46.5 33.00 31.0 2548 +0.10

Ionov, Sergey

RUS 2543 6.5 46.0 32.50 31.0 2481 -0.52

11. Zhigalko, Sergei

BLR 2592 6.0 49.5 32.50 33.0 2568 -0.25

Rozum, Ivan

RUS 2439 6.0 49.5 30.50 33.0 2557 +1.55

Vorobiov, Evgeny E. g

RUS 2577 6.0 48.0 31.00 34.0 2579 +0.07

Levin, Evgeny A.

RUS 2487 6.0 48.0 31.25 32.5 2538 +0.67

Loginov, Valery A

RUS 2481 6.0 47.0 29.25 31.0 2514 +0.46

Yevseev, Denis

RUS 2534 6.0 46.5 29.75 32.5 2539 +0.15

Utkin, Aleksey

RUS 2359 6.0 46.5 30.75 27.0 2540 +1.90

Aleksandrov, Aleksej g

BLR 2617 6.0 46.0 29.00 32.5 2562 -0.52

Teterev, Vitaly

BLR 2513 6.0 46.0 29.75 31.0 2501 +0.04

Yakovich, Yuri

RUS 2567 6.0 45.5 28.75 29.5 2466 -0.90

Trushelyov, Victor

AZE 2340 6.0 45.0 26.75 31.0 2522 +2.28

Matlakov, Maxim

RUS 2490 6.0 44.5 28.00 30.0 2460 -0.26

Shimanov, Aleksandr m

RUS 2476 6.0 44.5 28.50 30.0 2480 +0.14

Ponfilenok, Vladimir

RUS 2440 6.0 41.0 27.25 29.5 2429 -0.05

Pakhomov, Egor

RUS 2220 6.0 40.0 23.50 25.5 2393 +1.74

26. Goganov, Aleksey

RUS 2356 5.5 46.5 27.25 29.0 2505 +1.91

Melnikov, Dmitry

RUS 2280 5.5 46.5 26.25 25.0 2428 +1.75

Lovkov, Roman

RUS 2434 5.5 45.5 25.25 30.5 2385 -0.36

Lintchevski, Daniil

RUS 2502 5.5 45.5 26.00 30.0 2454 -0.47

Malakhov, Igor

RUS 2346 5.5 45.0 25.25 29.5 2501 +1.93

Alavkin, Arseny

RUS 2476 5.5 45.0 26.50 27.0 2360 -1.22

Duzhakov, Ilya

RUS 2276 5.5 44.5 23.25 27.5 2474 +2.32

Slugin, Sergey

RUS 2431 5.5 43.0 23.75 29.5 2435 +0.28

Kurilov, Viktor

RUS 2312 5.5 42.5 22.75 29.0 2415 +1.36

Balakirev, Ilya

RUS 2243 5.5 42.5 24.50 25.5 2439 +2.32

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Demina, Julia

wg RUS 2357 5.5 41.5 21.50 27.0 2393 +0.53

Gladyszev, Oleg

RUS 2448 5.5 40.0 23.00 25.0 2337 -1.16

Kaganskiy, Gleb

RUS 2330 5.5 39.5 23.75 24.5 2382 +0.66

Solovjova, Valentina wm RUS 2303 5.5 39.0 22.25 27.0 2455 +1.65

Pankov, German

RUS 2375 5.5 38.5 21.25 25.5 2366 +0.03

Sudakova, Irina

wg RUS 2349 5.5 36.5 20.00 25.0 2346 +0.09

Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2381 5.5 34.0 21.75 20.0 2203 -1.75

138 players

Sources:
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2) The Week In Chess

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3) ChessPro.ru

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4) CrestBook.com

http://www.crestbook.com

5) Chessbase.com

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Games

(01) Morozevich,Alexander (2787) -
Svidler,Peter (2727) [A29]

ch−RUS Moscow RUS (2), 04.10.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoly]
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5

5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 [A very boring, viscous game
turns out in this variant. Something like 6.d3
Be7 7.Nh3!? more suits to style of Morozevich:
7...0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.f4] 6...Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d3

[8.Rb1 0-0 9.b4 Nxb4 10.Nxe5 c6] 8...0-0 9.a4
[Meets rarely. It's more often possible to see

9.a3 with further b2−b4, Bb2.] 9...a5 10.Be3
Be6 Black are preparing Nb6−d5. [10...Nd5?
11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nd4±] 11.Nd2 [After 11.Rc1
Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bc5 there is an ap−
proximate equality on a board.] 11...Nd5

12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Qb3 Dia−
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14...Nb4N [A good innovation. Now the queen
will not get on b5, as in a game Voloshin−Nun,
CZE−chT 1996: 14...Qd7 15.Qb5 Qc8
16.Rfc1 ] 15.Rfc1 [The exchange of queens is

absolutely non−prospective for White: 15.Qxd5
Nxd5 16.Nc4 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 c6! , and after
b7−b5 Black will form either a passed pawn, or
a weakness on b2.] 15...Qd7 16.Ne4 b6
Svidler takes away the important square c5
from white pieces. It became clear now, that an

opening was folded for Black more than fa−
vourably. 17.Bd2 Bishop e3 already has noth−
ing to do, therefore Morozevich translates it to
c3. 17...c6! [A delicate decision! 17...Kh8

arose to protect a pawn e5 by f7−f6, or to think
of activity f7−f5... But then White could cause a

numbness of pawns: 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Qc4 c5
20.Qb5!?] 18.Bc3 [Now 18.Bxb4 is pointless −
a pawn structure keeps elasticity: 18...Bxb4
19.Qc4 Rac8] 18...Qc7 19.Qc4 [It's tempting to
unseal a game: 19.d4 , but then Black will

grasp a line "d" − 19...exd4 20.Bxd4 c5 21.Qf3
(21.Bc3 Rad8 22.Rd1? c4-+) 21...Rad8 22.Bc3

f5 23.Nd2 Bg5∓] 19...Nd5 20.Nd2 Rfe8 21.Qe4
Morozevich doesn't have any plan, he just un−

dertakes maneuvers of pieces on purpose to
cause some weaknesses anywhere. But

Svidler plays very accurately. 21...Bc5 22.Nf3
[22.Nc4 f6 ] 22...Bd6 [Black decide not to be
got involved in complications, and that's right −

they could develop not in Black's advantage:
22...Qc8!? 23.e3 f5 24.Qc4 e4 25.Ne5 ]

23.Ng5 Nf6 24.Qf5 h6 25.Nf3 [In case of
25.Ne4 it is better for Black not to touch a
white knight: 25...Nd5! (25...Nxe4 26.Qxe4 c5
(26...Qd7 27.b4) 27.b4!? axb4 28.Bxb4 Qd7
29.Bc3) 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 − after all in the closed
positions knight is more stronger than bishop.]

25...Re6 From here rook will protect pawn c6,
and drive away the white queen (if it need to).
26.Rc2 Nd5 27.Rac1 Rae8 28.Bd2 Bb4 Dia−
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29.Bxb4? [Enough heavy error. It was neces−
sary to use the first chance for activization:
29.d4! g6! (29...Bxd2 30.Rxd2 Ne7 (30...e4
31.Qxd5!±) 31.Qg4 e4 32.Ne5 f5 33.Qh5 Rf8

34.e3 ) 30.Qh3 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 e4 32.Ne5 and
here Black are having a possibility to take
game into a draw at once − 32...e3!? 33.fxe3

Nxe3 34.Qxh6 Nf5 35.Qf4 Nxd4 36.Nxg6 Qxf4
37.Nxf4 Nxe2+ 38.Nxe2 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 Rxe2
40.Rxc6 Rxb2=] 29...Nxb4 30.Rc4 c5∓ Now at
disposal of Black there is a well−known ma−

noeuvre of Botvinnik: Nc6−d4. It will be badly
to beat a knight, because the pawn e2 will be−

come vulnerable. To suffer a knight d4 also
uneasily, and e2−e3 will bring headache with
the point d3. 31.Nd2 Qd7! Another master
move! It is useful to compel b2−b3, then after

Nc6−d4 pawn b3 will get under a blow. 32.b3
[32.Ra1!?] 32...Nc6 33.Qh5 [33.e3 Rd6

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34.Qxd7 Rxd7 35.R4c3 Nb4-+] 33...Nd4
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34...e4!! Exactly like a classic − a break in the

most protected place. In many respects this
combination is possible through an unsuc−
cessful position of a white queen. 35.dxe4

[35.Nxe4 Re5! (35...f5? 36.Rxd4!) 36.Qh4
(36.Qxh6 Rxe4!-+) 36...f5-+] 35...Re5 36.Qh4
Nf5 37.exf5 [37.Qf4 g5-+] 37...Qxd2 38.Rf1
Rxe2 What has turned out as a result? Svidler
has broken through White's strengthenings,
and now pawns b3 and f5 will be difficult to

protect. 39.Qg4? [It was necessary to search
happiness in tactics: 39.f6!? g6 (39...Re1
40.Qg4) 40.Rc2! Qg5 (40...Qxc2?? 41.Qxh6+−
) 41.Qxg5 hxg5 42.Rc3 g4! (42...Rb2?! 43.Rd1

Re6 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Rf3 − White even will in−
tercept the initiative) 43.Rd1 R8e6 44.f3 Rxf6

45.fxg4 Rff2 46.h4∓ − here, of course, struggle
goes on two results, but the drawn game is
quite possible.] 39...Qd3! 40.f6 g6-+ The esti−
mation of a position does not make complexi−
ties  − soon Black will be with a superfluous
material.  41.Rcc1  [41.Qh3 h5] 41...Qxb3  Plus
one. 42.Rb1 Qe6  Now pawn's f6 turn. 43.Qf4

Re4 44.Qc7 Rb4 45.Rbd1 Qxf6 Plus two.
46.Rd6 Qe7 47.Rd7 Qe6 48.Rfd1 [48.Rd6
Qb3] 48...Re4! It is perfectly played! Before to
take away on a4, Svidler entices the king to g2

− suddenly it will be useful? [48...Rxa4
49.R7d6 − here White can win back some−

thing.]  49.Kg2 Rxa4 Plus three. 50.R7d6 Qf5
51.R1d3  [51.Rxb6 Re2 52.Rf1 Raa2-+]
51...Ra1! Black are not forgeting about a pro−
phylaxis. [51...Re2? 52.Rf3] 52.Rd8  [52.Rf3

Rg1+ 53.Kxg1 Qxf3 54.Rd8 Rxd8 55.Qxd8+
Kg7 56.Qxb6 Qc3-+] 52...Rae1? To this mo−
ment Svidler played ideally, but here he made

an error. [After 52...Rxd8 53.Rxd8+ Kh7!
(53...Kg7?? 54.Qe7+−) 54.Rf8 Qd5+ 55.Kh3

Kg7 Morozevich probably would surrender.]
53.Rf3 Qe6 54.Rxe8+ Qxe8 55.Qxb6 a4? [Er−

rors don't walk alone. It was possible to use
unsuccessful position of rook and king:
55...Re5 56.Qxa5 Qc6 57.Qc3 Rf5 58.g4 Rxf3
59.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 60.Kxf3 Kg7-+ − the pawn

endgame is easily won.] 56.Qxc5 Qa8 57.Qc3
Rb1?! Another inaccuracy after which victory
becomes enough difficult. [57...Re6 58.Kh3™
(58.Kg1 Rb6-+) 58...Rc6 59.Qe3 Rc5!-+]
58.Qc4 Rb7 59.Qd5 Ra7 60.Qxa8+ Rxa8
61.Ra3 This endgame had arisen by force.

How to estimate it? Mark Dvoretsky in the own
endgame treatise specifies, that if the last
pawn has stepped over a line of demarcation −
then the weakest side has no chances to res−

cue. But even so − it's still necessary to prove!
61...f5 [The first impression was such that it is
not necessary to hurry up with this move. After

all the pawn blocks to the king a way to king
flank. But all the same, it's hard to manage
without f7−f5 − 61...Kg7 62.Kf3 Kf6 63.Ke4
Ke6] 62.Kf3 Kf7 63.Ke3 Ke6 64.Kd4 g5?! [It

seems that direct 64...f4! leads to a victory.
White because of zugzwang should either al−

low to pass pawn a4 go forward, or to pass the
black king: 65.g4 (65.Ke4 fxg3 66.fxg3 h5-+;
65.gxf4 Kf5 66.Kd5 Kxf4 67.Kc6 Kg4-+) 65...g5
66.h3 Kd6 67.Kc4 Kc6-+] 65.Re3+ Kd6 66.Ra3

Morozevich waits, and it is not clear how Black
will break. 66...g4 67.Kc4 Ke5 68.Re3+ Kf6

69.Ra3 h5 Svidler decided to resort to a throw
of a pawn "h". 70.Kd4 Ra7 71.f4! Fine! 71...h4
[In the case of 71...gxf3 72.Ke3 black king al−
ready not able to make way on a queen flank,
because white king will head for the pawn h5. ]
72.gxh4? It was not necessary to take this
pawn. [Such feeling, that after 72.Kc4 there will

be a draw: 72...h3 (with an idea to translate a
rook to g2) (72...hxg3 73.hxg3 Ke6 74.Kc5
(74.Kb4 Kd5-+) ) 73.Ra2 a3 (73...Re7 74.Kb4
Rb7+ 75.Kxa4 Rb1 76.Re2 Rg1 77.Kb3 Rg2

78.Rc2 Ke6 79.Kc3 Kd5 80.Kd3= − White are
getting in time!) 74.Kb3 Ke6 75.Rxa3 Rxa3+

76.Kxa3 Kd5 77.Kb3 Ke4 78.Kc3 Kf3 79.Kd3
Kg2 80.Ke3 Kxh2 81.Kf2= − all comes to an
end with stalemate.] 72...Re7? [It was better to
continue idea h7−h5−h4: 72...Kg6! 73.Kc5 a)

73.Kd5 Kh5 74.Ke5 Ra5+ 75.Kf6 Kh6!-+ − the
Black are "smoking out" the king(75...Kxh4
76.Kg6!) ; b) 73.Ke5? Re7+ 74.Kd5 Re4-+;

73...Kh5 74.Kb6 Ra8 75.Kb7 Re8 76.Rxa4
Re4 77.Ra8 Rxf4 78.Rh8+ Kg6 79.Kc6 Rf2

80.Kd5 Rxh2 81.Ke5 Re2+!-+ − White have not
time to block the connected pawns. ] 73.Kd3?
[Morozevich does not use the given chance.
The key to the draw − it's king's activity!

73.Kd5! Re4 74.Rc3 Rxf4 75.Rc6+ Kg7 76.Ke5
Rf2 (76...Rf3 77.Ra6 a3 78.h5 − who are play−

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ing for a win?) 77.Ra6 a3 78.Rxa3 Kg6 79.Ra8
Re2+ 80.Kf4 Rxh2 81.h5+! (dumping a ballast
− this position is drawish) 81...Rxh5 82.Ra6+ ]
73...Re4 74.Rc3 Kg6! Black are protected

from the check on the sixth line. Now Svidler
will not give a quarter to Morozevich.

[74...Rxf4 75.Rc6+ Kf7 76.Ra6] 75.Rc8 Rxf4
[75...Kh5 76.Rh8+] 76.Rg8+ Kf7 77.Ra8 Rf2
78.Ke3 Rxh2 79.Rxa4 [79.Kf4 Rf2+ 80.Kg3
Rf3+ 81.Kg2 a3-+] 79...Kg6 80.Ra8 Rxh4

81.Kf4 Rh3 Here what is the matter − at a
check on a sixth line king will hide on h5.
[Therefore 81...Rh5? resulted only in a draw:
82.Ra6+ Kf7 83.Ke5! g3 84.Kf4 g2 85.Ra7+

Ke6 86.Rg7=] 82.Ra6+ [82.Rg8+ Kf7-+]
82...Kh5 83.Kxf5 Rf3+ Further does not re−
quire any comments. [83...g3?? 84.Ra8+−]

84.Ke4 Kh4 85.Ra1 Kh3 86.Rg1 Ra3 87.Kf4
g3 Yeah... dramatic game. 0-1

(02) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2737) -
Morozevich,Alexander (2787) [B54]

ch−RUS Moscow RUS (5), 08.10.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoly]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3
d6 6.g4!? Interesting continuation in a spirit of

Keres' attack. However, the knight did not get−
ting yet (and will not get) on f6, therefore ad−
vancement g4−g5 loses in force a little. But
White hardly will worry about it. 6...b5 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.0-0 Ne7 9.f4 [If suddenly it will want to
use the pawn of b5: 9.a4!? b4 10.Nce2 , then it

is necessary to consider 10...h5] 9...Nbc6
[Probably 9...Nec6 is more exact, as in case of
10.Nf3 the knight b8 will have a square d7.]
10.Be3 [10.Nf3!?] 10...Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6

12.Qd2 [Exchange of queens does not prom−
ise an edge: 12.Qb6 Qxb6 13.Bxb6 Be7

14.Rad1 Bd8!= , Sisniega−Vera, Linares
1992.] 12...Be7 13.Rad1N [An attempt to apply
mate immediately does not pass: 13.g5 0-0
14.Bf2 Re8 15.h4 Rc8 16.h5 Na5 17.b3 d5!„ ,
Van der Weide−Wersma, Triesen 2006.]
13...Rc8 Morozevich decides to do without
castling for a while, and to think about a coun−

terplay Na5−c4. 14.Qf2 Diagram

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14...Bh4!? Interestingly, but risky − the bishop
possibly can not get out of an imprisonment.
[But however − was there another choice for
Black? 14...0-0 15.Bb6 Qd7 16.e5 d5 17.Ne4 ]

15.Qe2 Na5 16.g5 [16.Bd4 0-0 17.g5 Nc4 −
would lead with transposition to one of further
variants; 16.e5!? Bxg2 17.Rxd6 (17.Qxg2 Nc4)

17...Qc7 18.Kxg2 Nc4 ] 16...Nc4 17.Bd4 e5?
[Morozevich plays in the own style. More bor−
ing, but at the same time more correct was
next: 17...0-0 18.b3! (18.Qg4 e5!„) 18...e5

19.bxc4 exd4 20.Nd5 h6! (20...f6 21.gxf6 Bxf6
22.e5!+−; 20...Bxd5 21.cxd5 f6 22.Bh3!±)

21.cxb5 Bxd5 22.exd5 axb5 23.gxh6 gxh6
24.Be4 Kh8 − position is sharp, but still is more
perspective for White.] 18.Bxe5 [18.fxe5? dxe5
19.Bxe5 Qxg5∓] 18...Bxg5 Diagram

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[18...0-0 19.Bd4 Nxb2 20.Rd2! Nc4 21.Rd3±;
18...Nxe5? 19.fxe5 Bxg5 20.exd6 0-0 21.e5+−]
19.Bxg7? [Jakovenko was greedy. The pawn
is a pawn, but it was necessary to consider

that the line "g" will be open now, and Black
will receive a counterplay through it. 19.Bd4!
puts Black on the verge of defeat: 19...Bh6
(19...Be7 20.Qg4+−; 19...Nxb2 20.fxg5 Nxd1
21.Qxd1+−) 20.Rd3! (20.e5!?) 20...Nxb2
21.Rh3] 19...Rg8 20.Bd4 [In the case of
20.fxg5 Rxg7 21.Rf6 Black are holding out by

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tactics: 21...Rxg5 22.Qf2 Rxg2+! 23.Kxg2
Ne3+ 24.Qxe3 Qxf6 − they have nothing to
worry about.] 20...Bf6 21.Bxf6?! [The king on
e8 provokes White by seeming defenceless−

ness, and Jakovenko decides to rush in at−
tack... More quiet 21.Nd5 abandoned proof

preponderance for White: 21...Bxd4+
(21...Bxd5 22.exd5+ Kf8 23.c3±) 22.Rxd4
Nxb2 23.Kh1] 21...Qxf6 22.Nd5 Qxb2 23.e5
Kf8! Black king leaves even not saying good−

bye. 24.Rf2! [White have solved a puzzle of
the contender − direct 24.e6 lost in view of
shocking 24...Ne3!! 25.Qxe3 (25.Nxe3 Rxg2+
26.Nxg2 Rxc2-+) 25...Rxc2 26.Rf2 Bxd5

27.Rxd5 Qa1+-+; 24.exd6 also badly: 24...Re8
25.Qf2 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Ne3-+] 24...Bxd5 [Black
are getting rid of a knight because it could

bring many troubles: 24...dxe5 25.Nf6 Rg7
26.fxe5 Nxe5!? 27.Qxe5! Qxe5 28.Nd7+ Ke7

29.Nxe5 Rxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Rxc2+
32.Kg3 Rxa2 − a curious endgame, but most
likely a drawn. ] 25.Rxd5 Re8 26.Kh1 dxe5
27.fxe5 Nxe5 [27...Rxe5?? 28.Qf3+−] 28.Qf1!

In not the most simple situation, Jakovenko
inventively tries to discover threats. 28...Qc3
29.Rd7 Diagram

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Consecutive continuation of the previous

move. 29...Re7 The most interesting moment.
Besides a move in a game, there are two pos−

sibilities more. [Exchange of queens:
29...Qc4!? 30.Bd5 Qxf1+ 31.Rxf1© − here
White are having quite good activity; 29...Rg7!
(the strongest) 30.Bd5 (30.Ra7? Qc5 31.Rxa6

Ng4-+) 30...Nf3!! (30...Kg8? 31.Rdxf7 Nxf7
32.Rxf7 Kh8™ 33.Rf8+ Rg8 34.Bxg8 Re1

35.Bd5+ Kg7 36.Rf7+=) 31.Rb7! (31.Rxf3 Re1-
+) 31...Re1 32.Rb8+ Ke7 33.Re2+ Kd6
34.Rxe1 Qxe1 35.Qxe1 Nxe1 − very good
chances for a Black's victory.] 30.Rxe7 Kxe7
31.Bd5?! [White are seduced with one−pass

threat, it was necessary to think more globally:
31.a4! bxa4 (31...Qc5! ) 32.Qxa6 Qd4 (32...a3

33.Qf6+ Kd7 34.Rf1‚) 33.Qf6+ Kf8 34.Rf4
Qd1+ 35.Rf1 Qe2 (35...Qd4?? 36.Rb1+−)

36.Qd8+ ] 31...Rg6! Remarkable move − Black
are liquidating threat Rxf7, and at the same

time protecting pawn a6. 32.Be4 [32.Bxf7?
Qc6+-+] 32...Rg7 33.Re2 f6?! [Creates a su−
perfluous catch for an attack. It was needed to
hastily evacuating the king: 33...Kf8 ] 34.Qf2

Qc7 35.Re1 h5 It is difficult to explain sense of
such continuation... To fix a square g4 for a

knight? Or just useful moves for Black have
ended? 36.Bg2 [36.a4!? still remains worthy
idea, but here it does not pass: 36...bxa4
37.Rb1 Ng4! 38.Qg2 Qe5∓] 36...Rg5 [King can

not go away for a while, that's why Morozevich
prepares a loop−hole for him. 36...Kf7?
37.Bd5+ Kg6? 38.Rg1+ Ng4 39.h3] 37.h3? [An

error − it is impossible to miss the king:
37.Bd5! Qd6 (what else? 37...Rg6? 38.Qf5±)

38.Qa7+ Qd7 39.Qc5+ Qd6 40.Qa7+=]
37...Kf7! 38.Rf1 Qd6 [Morozevich preferred to
take the square b6 under control, but not a7, it
is although possible vice versa. 38...Qe7

39.Qb6?! Nc4! 40.Qxa6 Ne3 41.Re1 Rxg2
42.Rxe3 Rg1+!-+] 39.Qa7+ Kg6 Diagram

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40.Qa8? Error of the name of fortieth move.
[The idea of checking the king on the eighth
line − is correct, but at first it was necessary to
make one more thing: 40.Be4+! f5 41.Qa8!

Qe6  (41...fxe4 42.Qg8+ Kh6 43.Qh8+=;
41...a5? 42.h4!+−)  42.Bd5 Qf6 43.Qg8+ Kh6
(43...Qg7 44.Qe6+ Kh7 45.Kh2!=) 44.Qe6
Qxe6  (44...Kg6 45.Qg8+) 45.Bxe6 Kg6 46.h4
Rg3 47.Bxf5+ Kg7 − White have an excellent
chances for salvation.] 40...Kg7 41.Qa7+

[41.Bd5 Nf7 42.Bxf7 Kxf7 43.Qb7+ Qe7!-+]
41...Nf7 Now Black are not giving such possi−
bility. 42.Qb7 a5 43.Qf3 [As a White's situation

is very bad already, it was possible to try last
chance: 43.a4!? bxa4 44.c4 , but 44...Qe6!-+

(44...a3? 45.Bd5) ] 43...b4 44.Rd1?! Qe6
45.Rf1 Nd6 Morozevich starts to strengthen a

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position. 46.Rd1 [46.Qc6 allowed somehow to
resist − now it's over.] 46...Nf5 47.Qb7+ Kh6
48.Rd8 [48.Qa8 Rg8 49.Qf3 Qe5-+] 48...Qe1+
49.Kh2 Qe5+ 50.Kg1 Rg7! The comfortable

route Kh6−g5−h4 is prepared now for a king,
from where nobody will disturb him. 51.Rh8+

Kg5 52.Qc6 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Qe5+ 54.Kg1 Nd4
Winning slightly time − and now to attack.
55.Qc4 Kh4 56.Qd3 [56.Kh1 Qe1+ 57.Qf1
(57.Kh2 Qg3+) 57...Nxc2-+] 56...Ne2+ 57.Kf1

Nf4 0-1

(03) Timofeev,Artyom (2670) -
Maslak,Konstantin (2544) [A38]

ch−RUS Moscow RUS (7), 10.10.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoly]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3

Nc6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 [Now
grandmasters mainly prefer to get counterplay
after 8...Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6] 9.Nc2
[White did not begin to be got involved in dis−

pute, whether Black have compensation after
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 (10...Bh3 11.Bxa8

Qxa8 12.f3 Bxf1 13.Kxf1±) 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Nb5
Bb7 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Bd2 (14.Qd3 d5)
14...Qa6 15.Bc3 Rc8© − perhaps, some com−
pensation really exists here.] 9...a6 This
tempo can be spent with a greater benefit. At

disposal of Black there were two perspective
ways. [9...h5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.b3 h4!? 12.Bxh4?

Nh7 − Luther's way; 9...Be6 10.b3 Qd7 −
Kramnik's way.] 10.b3 Timofeev proceeds to
the standard plan connected with Bb2 and
Nd5. Thus White will weaken black king and

win a bit space yet. 10...Qa5 Diagram

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[Next game demonstrates, how all that stuff

can develop in similar case: 10...Bd7 11.Bb2
Qa5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Nc3 (13...Ne3!?)

14.Bxc3 Qxc3 15.Ne3 Qa5 16.Nd5 Ra7?!
17.b4 Qd8 18.c5± , Dorfman−Chekhov, USSR
1976.] 11.Nd5 [Here it is better to start imme−
diately with 10.Nd5, as after 11.Bb2 it can ap−

pear unpleasant 11...Qh5] 11...Be6?!N Judg−
ing by this move, black are intending to "suffer"

a knight d5... But as practice shows, it is better
to get rid of the centralized knight as soon as

possible. [11...Nxd5 12.cxd5 Na7 (12...Bxa1?
13.dxc6+−) 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Ne3 ,
Panno−Szmetan, San Fernando 1993.] 12.Bd2
Qd8 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nce3 Re8 [14...b5??

15.cxb5 axb5 16.Rxc6+−] 15.Bc3 Ng4 [Maslak
persistently ignores the piece on d5. After
15...Bxd5 16.Nxd5 (it's possible to make at−
tempt like 16.cxd5 Ne5 17.Qd4 Nfd7 18.Kh1!

Qb6 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 − the endgame is not the
most pleasant for Black, but quite playable)

16...Nxd5 17.Qxd5 (17.Bxg7?! Ne3 18.fxe3
Kxg7 ) 17...Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Qc7 − Black are
standing worse for sure − but in structures a−la
Maroczy this is an usual order of
things.(18...Qa5?!)

]

16.Nxg4 Bxg4

[16...Bxc3? 17.Nh6+ Kg7 18.Nxf7+−] 17.Bxg7
Kxg7 18.Qd2± White have a large advantage

− they can play on both flanks. And what to do
for Black − not clearly very much. 18...Bd7
[18...b5? 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rxc6 Rxc6
21.Qd4++−] 19.Rfd1 b6?! [I think that in a

half−open game Black would have more
chances to a favourable result: 19...b5 20.cxb5

axb5 21.Qe3! Ne5™ 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.Rc1±]
20.b4 e5 Aha, here that Maslak bethought to −
to put a knight on d4! Something like "our an−
swer to Chamberlain". 21.Qe3! Diagram

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[The majority for certain would not began to
take itself for a ride, and would go on the vari−
ant 21.e3 Bg4!? ; but Timofeev has ap−
proached to a position concretely.] 21...Rb8

[Perhaps, last chance to change something
radically was immediate 21...Nd4 22.Rxd4
exd4 23.Qxd4+ f6 24.Qxb6 (24.Nxb6 Rb8

25.c5 Be6±) 24...Rxe2  (24...Qxb6 25.Nxb6
Rc7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Bc6+−)  25.Qxa6!
(25.Qxd6? Rxc4!! 26.Rd1 (26.Rxc4 Re1+
27.Bf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Bh3+-+) 26...Re6-+  −

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suddenly Timofeev would get in this trap!?)
25...Qe8!? − a position is lost objectively, but
it's possible to pull some nerves a bit.] 22.b5
axb5 23.cxb5 Nd4 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Qxd4+

f6 Diagram

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26.e3! [And again White are setting the exem−

plary pattern of prudence. Obvious 26.Rc7
could turn around problems: 26...Rxe2 27.Bh3

(27.Nxf6? Qxc7 28.Nd5+ Kg8 29.Nxc7 Re1+
30.Bf1 Bh3 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Qd4+=) 27...Qxc7
28.Qxf6+ Kg8 29.Nxc7 Bxh3 30.Qc3 d5!!
(strongest counterblow!) 31.Nxd5 (31.g4 Rc8)

31...Rd8 32.Ne3 Rdd2„ − Black's activity at
least will suffice for a draw.] 26...Rf8 [26...Rc8

27.Rxc8 Bxc8 (27...Qxc8 28.Nxf6 Re5 29.Nxd7
Qxd7 30.f4+−) 28.Nxb6+−] 27.a4 Be8 Maslak
wants to translate a bishop to f7 and neverthe−
less to get rid from the knight d5. [27...Be6

28.Nf4 Bf7 29.Rc6+−]  28.h4  White are joining
reserves of king side to attack. [28.Rc7+ Rf7
29.Re7 Kf8! 30.Re6 Kg7 − Black are sticking
for a time.] 28...Rf7  [28...Bf7 29.Rc7 Re8
30.Rd7!+−]  29.Bh3!  White bishop also con−
nects to attack with decisive effect. 29...Bd7
30.Bxd7 Rxd7 [30...Qxd7 31.Nxb6 Qa7

32.Rc6+−] 31.Rc6 Rc8 [In the case of
31...Rdb7 White will stretch Black's defence

something like that: 32.g4! Kf7 33.Qf4 Rd7
34.g5 f5 35.e4+−] 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Nxf6
Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Rf7 35.Ng4+ Maslak has not
admitted any blunder, and nevertheless has

lost. What does it speaks about? Surely, about
the excellent game of Timofeev.[35.Ng4+ Kf8
36.Qxd6+ Kg7 37.Qd4+ Kf8 38.Nh6+−] 1-0

(04) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2737) -
Sakaev,Konstantin (2640) [D17]

ch−RUS Moscow RUS (9), 13.10.2008

[Polivanov, Anatoly]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4

Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 [The Morozevich
line is well developed here: 7...Qc7 8.g3 e5

9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7] 8.Ne5 a5 [Attempt to
repeat a position does not pass: 8...Nbd7?!
9.Qb3!± , Kasparov−Timman, Riga 1995 −
pawn c4 is not existing anymore!] 9.g3 [An−

other ways to fight for the square e4: 9.f3 ; and
9.Bg5 ] 9...e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.0-0 0-0 12.e3
[Performing e4 in one step does not turn out:
12.e4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bxe4 14.f3 Bd5∓] 12...h6
Black are preparing bishop's departure in be−
forehand. 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nd3!?

[Looks at oneself logically − so that strange,
that the exchange 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.e4 Qe7
17.Be3 is more widespread. ] 15...Qe7 16.e4
[Advancement e4 is usually met by e6−e5 −

therefore, preliminary 16.f4!? deserves for
some attention: 16...f6 (16...Bxd3! 17.Qxd3 f5)
17.e4 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.f5±] 16...Rfd8 [For

some reason Sakaev refuses from 16...e5
17.d5 Rfd8 , Kramnik−Short, Novgorod 1994.]
17.f4N [A logical novelty. Another registration
of this idea − 17.Bf4 ] 17...Nf6 18.h3 Diagram

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Using that the pawn d4 is inviolable,

Jakovenko is preparing a shelter on h2 for a
king.18...Qc7? A hardly noticeable error which,
nevertheless, makes essential impact on the

further flow of a game. [The only possible play
for Black − c6−c5, but with a queen on c7 it's
not so good in view of Nc3−b5. That's why it
was necessary to go at once 18...c5! 19.Nxc5
(19.dxc5 Nbd7! 20.Bd2 Nxc5=) 19...Bxc5
20.dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Qxc5+ 22.Be3 Qb4„

− vulnerability of white pawns provides a nice
counterplay for Black; 18...Rxd4? 19.Be3]
19.Nf2 c5 20.Be3 cxd4 [There is no sense to
heave up with taking cxd4: 20...Rac8 21.Nb5

Qe7 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 (23...Rxd1+
24.Rxd1 Rxc5 25.b3!±) 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.e5
Nfd5 26.Nd6±] 21.Bxd4 Bc5 22.Bxf6 [There

was a choice: to go to the previous variant −
22.Nb5 , or to destroy shelter of the black king.
Jakovenko chosen a right way!] 22...gxf6
23.Kh2 Nd7?! [Doubtfully. Obviously, that next

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White's move − 24.Ng4. Therefore it's made
sense to send a black−square bishop for de−
fence of king side: 23...Bf8 24.Ng4 Bg7 25.e5
fxe5 26.fxe5 Bf5 27.Nf6+ Kh8 − Black have

fully playable position.] 24.Ng4 Kg7 25.e5!
Diagram

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Jakovenko puts a stubborn problem before
Sakaev.25...f5 [Objectively speaking, a move
that Black have made − the strongest one, but
now the bishop h7 grows into a "big pawn",

and the end of game becomes clear. It was
necessary to think over 25...fxe5!? , which
loses faster, but demands from White some
resolute actions: 26.Nb5 Qb8 (26...Qb6
27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Qxe5++−)

27.Nxe5!

(27.fxe5?! h5! 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Nf6 Rd3!

30.Nxh7 Re3) 27...Nf6  (27...Nxe5 28.Rxd8
Qxd8 29.Qxe5++−)  28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Bxb7
Rb8 30.Nc6 Qb6 31.Nxb8 Qxb7 32.Rc1 Ne4
33.Nc3+−]  26.Ne3 Nb6 27.Nb5 Qe7 28.Nd6!

Rd7 [In a make−weight to all misfortunes, it
appears, that taking a piece d6 is impossible:
28...Bxd6 29.exd6 Rxd6 30.Nxf5+ Bxf5

31.Qe5++−] 29.Rac1 Rc7 [29...Bxd6 30.exd6
Qd8 31.Qb5!; 29...Nxa4 30.b3+−] 30.b3 Rb8
[Attempt to be liberated by 30...f6 is ineffectual:
31.exf6+ Kxf6 32.Ng4+! fxg4 33.Qe5+ Kg6
34.Be4#] 31.Rd3 Bg6 32.Rcd1 h5 Businesses
are quite bad for Black, if it is necessary to do

such moves. 33.h4 Bb4 Diagram

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34.Nc2! Practically all white pieces stand ide−
ally... all, except for the knightf e3. And
Jakovenko translates it to b5. 34...Bc5 35.Nd4
Bb4 [35...Rd7 36.N4b5 f6 37.Qc2! Bb4

(37...Bxd6 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.exf6+ Qxf6
40.Rxd6+− (40.Qc7+? Rd7) ) 38.Qf2+−]
36.N4b5 Rc5 [36...Rd7 37.Qe3+−] 37.Nc4!

Now White are winning a square d7 where a
rook will be directed. 37...Nxc4 [37...Nd5
38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Rxd5 exd5 40.Rxd5 f6
41.Qd3+−] 38.Rd7 Qf8 39.bxc4 b6 [39...Qc8

40.Nd6!+−] 40.Nc7 Kh6 41.Na6+− Here it
would be possible to lower a curtain, but Sa−

kaev has decided still to play a little bit.
41...Rbc8 42.Nxc5 Qxc5 Diagram

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43.R1d6! White are taking pawn b6 under a
fire, and in concert prepare encroachment on
the line "d". 43...Bc3 44.Qd3 [Hardly more
precisely it was 44.Rd8 at once: 44...Rxd8

(44...Rc7 45.Rh8+ Bh7 (45...Kg7 46.Rdd8)
46.Rxh7+ Kxh7 47.Qxh5++−) 45.Rxd8]
44...Be1 [44...Qxc4 45.Rxb6 Be1 is the most
persistently, but it would not affect to result. ]
45.Rd8 Rxd8 46.Rxd8 Kh7 47.Rb8 Qf2
48.Kh1! Last chord. Now from Qd8 rescues an

exchange only, but it is however hopeless. If
you paid attention, that almost all comments
behave to moves of Black; it means that White

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(Jakovenko) played practically ideally. And it is
actual so![48.Kh1 Qxg3 49.Qxg3 Bxg3
50.Rxb6 Bxf4 51.Rb5+−] 1-0

(05) Alekseev,Evgeny (2715) -
Svidler,Peter (2727) [B12]

ch−RUS Moscow RUS (11), 15.10.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]

1.e4 c6 Only victory was convenient for Svidler
− and he elects Caro−Kann. Interesting choice,
it is need to say! 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3

[Somewhere from the beginning of this decade
the variant 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 which hampers

program advancement c6−c5, was become the
enough fashionable.] 4...e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0
Bg6 7.b3 Nh6 [Just like this − as after 7...Ne7
8.Ba3 Black can be deprived rights for cas−

tling.] 8.c4 [Taking on h6 − 8.Bxh6 gxh6 −
senselessly. Black easily will conduct f7−f6 and

will take initiative.] 8...Nf5 9.Nc3 Bb4 [It is im−
portant to leave a square e7 for a horse, differ−
ently − 9...Be7 10.g4!] 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Bd3
[White want to go away a knight from c3 to e2,

and thus to leave the bishop b4 in fools. This
idea is good, but approved by theory 11.a3 is
nothing worse: 11...Be7 (11...Bxc3 12.Bxc3 )

12.cxd5 cxd5 13.g4 Nh6 14.Ne1 f6 15.exf6
gxf6  (perhaps,  15...Bxf6 16.f4 Be7 is more
ideological)  16.h4! , Wahls−Rogers, Deutsch−
land 1996.] 11...f6!?N  [A good, fighting nov−

elty. Before there was 11...Nh4 12.Nxh4 Qxh4
13.Ne2 Rad8 , which resulted in the hardly

best endgame for White − 14.a3 Ba5 15.g3
Qh5 16.c5 Qf3 17.Nf4 , Iordachescu−Dreev,
ACP Blitz 2004.] 12.Ne2 [12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Ne2
Bh5 ] 12...fxe5 13.dxe5 [13.Nxe5 Nxe5

14.dxe5 Qb6!? 15.Nf4 Ne3!∓] 13...Nc5 Dia−
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Alike, already here appeared determining po−
sition for us.14.Nf4 [14.Bc2 is deserving a
careful study: 14...Bh5 (14...dxc4 15.a3! (un−
successful position of a bishop b4 and a knight

c5 affects here) 15...Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Ng3
17.hxg3 Bxc2 18.axb4 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Nxb3

20.Ng5±) 15.a3! Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh4 (16...Qg5+
17.Ng3±) 17.Kh1! (the necessary preventive
move) (17.axb4 Nxf3+ 18.Kg2 Qh4 19.h3
(19.Rh1 Ng5!-+) 19...Nxb3!! 20.Ra3 dxc4∓)

17...Bd2! − beautiful game goes! − (17...Nxf3
18.Nd4+−) 18.Nd4 Bf4 19.b4 Bxe5 20.bxc5

Qf6© − a piece as though as superfluous, but
compensation is undoubted. In general, that,
who plays better, will win!] 14...Nxd3 15.Nxd3
[15.Qxd3?! Nh4 16.Nxg6? Rxf3-+] 15...Bh5

16.Nf4 Bxf3 [16...Qe8!? looked at oneself very
not bad.] 17.Qxf3 Qe7 [17...Qh4 is more ag−

gressively, but maybe Svidler was not pleased
by variant 18.Nxe6 (18.Rad1  is more bal−
anced)  18...Nd4 19.Nxd4 Rxf3 20.Nxf3 Qg4
21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rfd1 , and try to win here!]
18.cxd5  [An exchange is optional, but desir−

able − 18.Nd3 dxc4 19.bxc4 Ba3 ] 18...cxd5
[Black demonstrate again, that they don't want

to intensify a game for the time − differently
they would prefer more double−edged
18...exd5 ] 19.Qg4?! First inaccuracy. It was
needed to think about occupying the line "c".

19...Bd2! 20.Nd3 [20.Rad1 Qb4 21.Bc1 Qxf4
22.Qxf4 Bxf4 23.Bxf4 Rac8∓] 20...Rac8 [More

naturally 20...Rfc8 leaving from under possible
Bb2−a3.] 21.Qd1?! [Second inaccuracy. Better
21.a4 Rfd8 22.Ba3 Qc7] 21...Qg5 22.g3 Dia−
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[22.f4 Be3+ 23.Kh1 Ng3+-+] 22...Be3! Very
unexpected and beautiful move! [22...Bc3
23.Bxc3 Rxc3 24.Rc1!?] 23.Kh1?! [Third inac−
curacy after which White it's needed to be in

earnest troubled for the fate of game. Alexeev
"has believed" to the contender and did not
take on e3, though it was better: 23.fxe3 Nxg3

24.Rf4 (24.hxg3 Qxg3+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1+ 26.Qxf1
Rc2; 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.hxg3 Qxg3+ 26.Kh1
Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Qxe3+ 28.Kg2 Rf5-+) 24...Ne2+
25.Kh1 Qh5!?‚ (25...Nxf4 26.Nxf4 Rc6 ) ]

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23...Qh6 24.Bc1 [Dangers catch at every step
− 24.Qe2 Bxf2! 25.Qxf2 Ne3 26.Rac1!? Nxf1
27.Nf4 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 g5-+] 24...d4! 25.Kg2?
[Now it will be absolutely heavy. Idea to go

away by king − faithful, only it was not neces−
sary to leave it to g2, from where it can get un−

der shots: 25.Kg1! Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc3 27.Rxc3
dxc3∓] 25...Rc3! 26.Qe2 [26.fxe3 Rxc1-+]
26...Qg6? Right here already Svidler begins to
"invent". [Simple 26...Rfc8 conduced to the

won position...; ... although there was a combi−
national way: 26...Nh4+ 27.gxh4 Qg6+ 28.Kh1
Qe4+ 29.Kg1 Rxd3 30.fxe3 (30.Bxe3 Rf4-+)
30...Qg6+ 31.Kh1 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qe4+ 33.Kg1

Qg4+ 34.Kf2 Rd1-+] 27.fxe3 Rxd3 28.Kg1™
Nxe3?!

[28...Rf7!∓ 29.Qxd3? Nxe3-+]

29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Bxe3 dxe3 [30...Rxe3

meant a tacit agreement on a drawn: 31.Rf1+
Kg8 32.Qc4 Rxg3+=] 31.Rc1? [Alexeev has

not sustained a pressure. After 31.Qc2! Rd8
(otherwise will be worse) 32.Qc5+ Kg8
33.Qxe3= the position is equal.] 31...h6
32.Rc8+ Kf7 [32...Ke7?? 33.Qf3+−] 33.g4

[Last chance to change something was
33.Qf1+ , but it is badly anyway: 33...Qf5 34.g4
Qxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Rd2 36.Rc7+ Kg6 37.Rxb7
Rxa2] 33...Qe4 34.Rc4 Qd5 This game was

very difficult, with plenty of errors. But decisive
battles can not be different! 0-1

(06) Kramnik,Vladimir (2772) -
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [D49]

WCh Bonn GER (3), 17.10.2008
[Aveskulov, Valery]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 Meran variation

is named after the city where game between
Grunfeld and Rubinshtein was played in 1924
8.Bd3 a6 Black prepares c6−c5 9.e4 [White
doesn't waste own time for a castling and tries
to capture initiative right now. Here above−
mentioned game is: 9.0-0 c5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4
Bb7 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Rd1 a5

15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Qc6 18.b3
Qd5 19.Be1 cxd4 20.exd4 Rdc8 21.Bd2 Ne4

22.Re1 Nd6 23.Qf1 Nxc4 24.bxc4 Qh5 25.Ne5
Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Qh4 27.f4 Bf6 28.g3 Bxe5!
29.dxe5 Qe7 and White has resigned soon]
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10.e5 [10.d5 came up in the game between
Karpov and Anand (Monaco,1994): 10...Qc7
11.0-0 Bb7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Qc6 14.Qe2
c4 15.Bc2 Bc5 16.Be3 0-0 17.Rad1 with com−

plicated game] 10...cxd4 [Black is worst after
simple move 10...Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5
Nxc5 13.Bc2] 11.Nxb5 axb5 [According to a

practice White is better after 11...Nxe5
12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qa5+
15.Bd2 Qxb5 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.a4 Kramnik−
Kasparov, Wijk aan Zee, 1999] 12.exf6 gxf6

13.0-0 [13.Bxb5? Qa5+-+] 13...Qb6 14.Qe2
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[14.Be4 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Nxd4 Rg8=
Kamskiy−Kramnik, Linares, 1994] 14...Bb7!N
A powerful idea that prepared by the team of
Anand. Before Black was trying to defence a

pawn on b5 by different ways (14...b4; 14...Ba6
and even 14...Ra5) but all these moves were
not able to solve opening problems that Black
encounter to. 15.Bxb5 [2 days later Moiseenko
played against Colovic at the European club
championship and has chosen 15.Bf4 Bc6

16.Rfc1 Nc5 17.Bg3 (White is sacrifacing a
pawn since after simple 17.Nxd4 Black has no
problems: 17...Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Rd8 19.Qc3
Bxg2

(19...Rxd4?? 20.Be3+−)

20.Nxe6

(20.Bc7 Qxd4 21.Bxd8 Rg8! 22.Qxd4 Bh3+

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23.Kh1 Bg2+=) 20...fxe6 21.Kxg2 Rg8+ 22.Bg3
Be7=) 17...Rd8 18.Rc2 Qb7 19.Re1 Rg8 and
White has doubtful compensation for a pawn]
15...Bd6 [In the 5th game of this match Anand

will play 15...Rg8 ] 16.Rd1 [This position came
up (with transposition of moves) in the game

Doeppner−Voigt, Oberliga Nord, 1992:
16.Nxd4 Rg8 17.Nf3 Ke7 18.Bxd7 Rxg2+!
19.Kxg2 Rg8+ 20.Kh3 Ba6 21.Qd1 Bxf1+
22.Qxf1 Qb4 23.Ng5 fxg5 24.Qb5 Qe4 with a

strong attack for a sacrificed piece] 16...Rg8
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[17.Rxd4? Rxg2+! 18.Kxg2 Qxd4 with a big
advantage of Black] 17...Rg4!N [Just this move
is a novelty. 17...Bc5?? 18.b4! Bxb4
19.Nxd4+− D'Israel−Gerbelli Neto, Paulisto−

ch, 2000] 18.Bf4! [A first key moment in the
game. After 40-minutes thoughts Kramnik has
found very interesting reply for a novelty of his
opponent. The main idea of previous move of
Black here is: 18.Nd2 (the most natural move:
White pushes a rook g4) 18...Ke7! 19.Bxd7
(very risky to take a rook: 19.Qxg4? since after

19...Qxb5 noone defences white squares near
White's king) 19...Rag8! the point of idea!

20.Bb5 (20.Qb5 Qc7 21.Nc4 Qxd7 22.Nxd6
Kxd6 23.Qb4+ Kc7 and Black is ok) 20...Rxg3+
(20...d3 also is deserving attention 21.Qxd3
Rxg3+ 22.hxg3 Rxg3+ 23.Kf1 Rxd3 24.Bxd3

Qd4 with unclear position) 21.hxg3 Rxg3+
22.fxg3 d3+ 23.Qf2 Bc5 24.Rf1 Qxb5 and it's
no easy to consolidate White pieces; Another
interesting opportunities that White had are
18.b4!? ; and 18.a4!? ] 18...Bxf4 So far Anand
had one−hour more at the clock! 19.Nxd4

[First time during this game Anand became
thoughtful. Probably, the main line of home
preparation was 19.Rxd4 Kf8! 20.Bxd7 Rd8

21.Rad1 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Rxg3+
24.Kh2 Bxf3 25.Qe3 Qxe3 26.fxe3 Rg2+
27.Kh3 Rxb2 with an equal endgame. ]
19...h5! [Alternative was 19...Rg6 20.Nxe6

fxe6 21.Rxd7 Kf8 22.Bd3! Rg7 (22...Rg5
23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Be4 Qb8 25.Bxa8 Qxa8
26.Qxe6 and White is ok) 23.Rxg7 Kxg7
24.gxf4 Kh8 with dangerous compensation]

20.Nxe6 [20.Bxd7+? Kxd7 21.Nxe6+ Bd6-+]
20...fxe6 21.Rxd7 Kf8 22.Qd3! With a threat

of incursion to h7 22...Rg7! [Equal endgame
could happen after 22...Bxg3 23.hxg3 h4

24.Qd6+ Qxd6 25.Rxd6=; 22...Bc8? looks
strange 23.Rh7 Kg8 24.Re7!±] 23.Rxg7 [After

the game Kramnik has pointed at 23.Rd1!?
Exemplary variation: 23...Rxd7 24.Qxd7 Be5

25.Qh7 Bd5 26.Qh8+ Kf7 (26...Ke7 is risky be−
cause of 27.Qg7+ Kd6 28.Qd7+ Kc5 29.Rc1+

Kb4 30.Bc6 with a strong attack) 27.Qh7+
(perhaps, White shouldn't decline a repetition
of moves: 27.Qxh5+ Kg7 28.Qg4+ Kf8 and two

excellent bishops give Black a clear advan−
tage) 27...Kf8=] 23...Kxg7 24.gxf4 Rd8! Anand

pushes a queen of White before he starts at−
tack at the king 25.Qe2 [Probably better was

25.Qb3 leaving an e2−square for own king
25...Kh8 26.Rc1 Qd4 27.Kf1 Qxf4 28.Qe3
Qxe3 29.fxe3 Rd2=] 25...Kh6! Diagram

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This is an ideal place for a king of Black.

26.Kf1 Rg8 27.a4 [Initially Kramnik wanted to
play 27.f5?! but than he has realized that after

27...Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Bc6! White is in troubles:
29.Qd2+ Kh7 30.Bxc6 Qxc6 31.Ke2 Qb5+
32.Kf3 Rg4 with winning attack. With the move
in the game White has protected a bishop on

b5 and prevented a Bc6−threat. But unfortu−
nately for White it wasn't only threat ]

27...Bg2+ 28.Ke1 Bh3! Diagram

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[Anand doesn't want to get a draw after
28...Bd5 29.Kf1 Bg2+=] 29.Ra3? [White had to
play 29.Rd1! for example, 29...Rg1+ (29...Bg4
30.Qe3! Qxe3+ 31.fxe3 Bxd1 32.Kxd1 Rg2

33.Kc1! Rxh2 34.Bc6! with very unclear end−
game) 30.Kd2 Rg2 31.Qe3 Rxf2+ 32.Be2
Rxe2+! 33.Qxe2 Bg4 34.Qd3 Qxb2+ 35.Qc2

Qb4+ 36.Kc1= But now Black is capturing an
advantage] 29...Rg1+ 30.Kd2 Qd4+ 31.Kc2
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[31.Rd3 is lost because of 31...Qxb2+ 32.Ke3

Qa1!-+] 31...Bg4? [31...Bf5+! is winning:
32.Bd3 (32.Kb3 Rc1 33.a5 Qd5+ 34.Bc4 a)

34.Kb4 Qc5+ 35.Kb3 Bc2+ 36.Ka2 Qd5+
37.Bc4 Qh1-+; b) 34.Ka4 Bc2+ 35.b3 (35.Kb4
Qd6+-+) 35...Bxb3+ 36.Rxb3 (36.Kb4 Qc5+
37.Kxb3 Rc3+-+) 36...Qd4+ 37.Rb4 Qa1+

38.Kb3 Rc3#; 34...Qb7+ 35.Ka4 (35.Bb5 Bc2+
36.Ka2 Qd5+) 35...Rc2 36.Ba6 Qc6+ 37.Qb5

Rc4+ 38.Kb3 Bc2+ 39.Ka2 Qh1-+) 32...Bg4
33.f3 (33.Qe3 Bd1+ with checkmate) 33...Bh3
with following Rg2] 32.f3? [Kramnik misses
last chance to get an almost equal endgame

after 32.Rd3! Bf5 33.Kb3 Bxd3 34.Bxd3]
32...Bf5+ 33.Bd3?? [The only move was
33.Kb3 and Black has a serious attack after
33...Rc1 34.a5 Qd5+ 35.Bc4 Qb7+] 33...Bh3?
[Anand hasn't found checkmating 33...Bxd3+

34.Rxd3 (34.Qxd3 Rg2+ with mate) 34...Qc4+
35.Kd2 Qc1# But position is still winning for
Black] 34.a5 [A little bit better was 34.Qd2 Rg2
35.Be2 Bf5+ 36.Kc1 Qg1+ 37.Qd1 Qxh2-+]

34...Rg2-+ Black wins a queen and a game.
35.a6 Rxe2+ 36.Bxe2 Bf5+ 37.Kb3 Qe3+

38.Ka2 Qxe2 39.a7 Qc4+ 40.Ka1 Qf1+
41.Ka2 Bb1+ White resigned. This game
practically forejudged an outcome of the
match 0-1

(07) Najer,Evgeniy (2682) -
Naiditsch,Arkadij (2678) [C45]

24th European Club Cup 2008 Halkidiki (4.2),
20.10.2008
[Aveskulov, Valery]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5

5.Be3 [Another popular lines are: 5.Nb3 Bb6
(instructive example of capturing of black

squares was shown by experienced Ukrainian
GM: 5...Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.Bf4 Diagram

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7...Bg5!? 8.Bg3 d6 9.Bd3 h5 10.h3 h4 11.Bh2
Qf6 12.Nd4 Nge7 13.0-0 Bf4 and Black is bet−
ter, Arzumanian−Romanishin, UKR−ch, 2007)
6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 with equal posi−

tion, Ivanchuk−Morozevich, Morelia−Linares,
2007; 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 (6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 d6
8.Nb3 Bb6 9.Bd2= Nataf−Fressinet, FRA−ch,
2006) 6...dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 (also possible:

7...Qe7 ; 7...Be6; 7...Bd4) 8.Qf4 Be6 9.Qxf6
gxf6 10.Na4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 0-0-
0+ 13.Bd3 b6= Rublevskiy−Aleksandrov, Poik−

ovskiy, 2004] 5...Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 [Black
has two similar replies if White plays 7.g3 :

immediate 7...d5 (of after preliminary 7...h5
8.h3 d5 with good position ) ] 7...Ne5 8.Be2
Qg6 9.0-0 d6 Diagram

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10.f3 [My opinion is that White has no enough
compensation after 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4
12.cxd4 N5g6 13.g3 (13.Nc3 Qxf4 14.Nb5 0-0
15.Nxc7 Rb8 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.Nxa7 Qg5 Black

is better, Saks−Lukas, HUN−ch, 1991) 13...0-0
14.Nc3 Qf5 Tomczak−Aleksandrov, 7th Am−
plico AIG Life rapid, 2007; Also White has tried

another variation of the sacrifice of e4−pawn:
10.Kh1 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Nb5 (here good
chance to make a quick draw is: 12.Bh5 Qd3
13.Be2 Qg6=) 12...0-0 13.Nxc7 Rb8 14.Nc4

Bh3 15.Rg1 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Bf5
and Black is ok, Ganguly−Khalifman, World−

ch, 2001] 10...0-0 11.Kh1 [Another logical
move is 11.Nd2 but after 11...d5 White again
should play 12.Kh1 with exemplary variation:
12...dxe4 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.Bf4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2

Bd6 16.Nb5 N7c6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6= Baklan−
Delchev, Balager, 2006] 11...d5 12.f4 Qxe4
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13.b4! [A novelty. The only game that came to

this position was Movsesian−Hracek, TCh−
CZE, 2000: 13.Bg1?! Nc4 14.Bf3 Qg6 15.Qe2

c6 16.a4 Black is much better because of an
extra−pawn, but in some reasons opponents
have agreed for a draw; Effective variation
comes up after 13.Nd2 Qxe3! 14.Nc2 Ng4!
15.Nxe3 Nxe3 16.Qa4 Nxf1 17.Rxf1 Nf5

18.Nb3 Bb6 with unclear position] 13...Bb6
14.Bg1 Bh3 [Now the idea of the novelty is
getting clear; Black can't play 14...Nc4? be−
cause of undefenced position of knight e7:

15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Re1 Qxf4 17.Rxe7 with extra
piece] 15.Rf2 The only move 15...Bxd4 [White
is better after 15...N5g6 16.Bf3 Qxf4 17.gxh3
Qd6 18.Na3 with idea Nac2; The same situa−

tion is after 15...Bxg2+ 16.Rxg2 Qxf4 17.Nd2]
16.cxd4 Ng4!? 17.Rf3 Diagram

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[17.Bxg4? Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Qxd4-+]
17...Bxg2+!? A good example of psyhological
sacrifice; if White will play like computer does
Black is loosing, but during the real game it is

not easy to prove invalidation of the Black's
idea 18.Kxg2 Nf5 19.Qd2? And White imme−
diately makes a mistake [Better was 19.Kh1!
Nge3 20.Bxe3 Nxe3 21.Qd2! with following
Nc3; White is better(21.Qd3? Nc2) ] 19...Nh4+
20.Kg3 Qg6!? [An interesting endgame could

happen after 20...Nxf3 21.Bxf3 Nf6! 22.Bxe4
Nxe4+ 23.Kf3 Nxd2+ 24.Nxd2 Rfe8 25.Nb3
Black has 2 pawns and a Rook for 2 pieces,

but its Rooks have no squares for incursion;
that's why I guess that position is about equal]
21.Kxh4 Nf6 22.Re3 [White is worst after
22.Rh3 Ne4 23.Qc1 Qf6+! (23...f5 also gives

an advantage 24.Rg3 Qh6+ 25.Bh5 g6 26.Qd1
Qxf4+ 27.Kh3 Nxg3 28.hxg3 Qh6 29.Nc3 c6)
24.Kg4 Qe6+ 25.f5 (25.Kh4 f5 26.Rg3 Nxg3
27.Kxg3 Qxe2-+) 25...Nf6+! 26.Kf3 Qe4+
27.Kf2 Qxd4+ 28.Kg2 Qxa1] 22...Qxg1 23.Bf3
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Inharmonious pieces of White are not able to
offer resistance 24.Re5 Ne4! Suddenly a pawn
d5 becomes the main actor in the final scene
25.Bxe4 Rxe5 26.dxe5 dxe4 27.a4 e3 28.Qe2

Re8 White resigned. I guess that a novelty that
came up in this game has good chances to be
replayed, since Naiditsch couldn't solve all op−

pening problems (after 19.Kh1 white had an
advantage) 0-1

(08) Kramnik,Vladimir (2772) -
Anand,Viswanathan (2783) [D49]

WCh Bonn GER (5), 20.10.2008

[Aveskulov, Valery]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4

c5 Diagram

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10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.0-0
Qb6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Bxb5 All these moves
also were made in the 3rd game of this match.
Anand won that game. Now opponents have
decided to check a depth of preparation of

each other 15...Rg8 Diagram

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[The Indian grandmaster deviated from above−
mentioned game first 15...Bd6 ] 16.Bf4 Kram−
nik is capturing important diagonal and de−
fencing own king 16...Bd6! 17.Bg3 [A nice

draw is coming after 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rfd1
e5!? 19.Rxd4 Qxd4! 20.Nxd4 Bxg2 21.Bxd7+
Kxd7 22.Qd2 Bh3+ 23.Kh1 Bg2+=] 17...f5!

Black prepares f5−f4 in order to push away a
bishop g3 18.Rfc1 [Badly was 18.Rfd1? be−
cause of 18...f4 19.Bh4 (19.Nxd4? fxg3
20.hxg3 Bxg3! otherwise White has enough

compensation 21.fxg3 Rxg3 and Black is at−
tacking) 19...Ra5! 20.a4 Rxb5! 21.axb5 Ne5

22.Nxe5 (22.Kf1 Rxg2 23.Nxe5 Rxh2 with the
transposition to the main line) 22...Rxg2+
23.Kf1 Rxh2 24.Nf3 (24.Nc6 f3! 25.Qxf3
Qxb5+-+) 24...Rh1+ 25.Ng1 Rxh4 and Black is

better; Move based on principle was 18.Nxd4!?
Rxg3!? (18...f4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kf8
21.Qf5+ (21.Kh1 Ne5 22.Qh6+ Rg7 23.Qxf4+
Kg8 24.a4 Rf8 25.Qd2 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qb7+
27.Kh3 Qc8+ 28.Kg2 Qb7+=) 21...Kg7 22.Bd3
Qc6 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qf5+ Kg7=) 19.hxg3
Qxd4 20.Rfd1 Qb6 21.Rd2 Ba6 with unclear

position; Also 18.a4 was possible: 18...f4
19.Bh4 Qc5 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Rfc1 with compli−

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19...Be7! The best square for Black king is on

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e7 [19...Ra5 20.a4 Rxb5? doesn't work now:
21.axb5 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Rxh2??
24.Ra8+! Bxa8 25.Rc8+ Qd8 26.Rxd8#] 20.a4
Defencing a bishop on b5 and widening a

space for rook a1 20...Bxh4 [20...Qd6!? with
idea of transfer a queen to d5 21.Ra3 f6!? re−

stricting a bishop h4. Position is very compli−
cated for estimation. A good pawn structure of
Black is "compensated" by bad location of its
king. Some pieces of opponents are placed

harmoniously, some of them are definitely mis−
placed. In short, there is a total mess at the
board!] 21.Nxh4 Ke7! 22.Ra3 [22.b4? −
22...Rxg2+! 23.Nxg2 Rg8 24.f3 d3+ 25.Qf2

Bxf3 26.Qxb6 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 Nxb6 28.Bxd3
Nd5 with big advantage of Black; probably bet−
ter was 22.Bxd7 Kxd7 23.b4 and a pair of

white pawns are very dangerous in future]
22...Rac8 Anand makes use of good moment

to capture only open line [22...Rxg2+? doesn't
work 23.Nxg2 Rg8 24.Rf3!+−] 23.Rxc8 [White
could save rook from exchange: 23.Rd1 but
after 23...Qc5 24.Bxd7 Qd5! 25.f3 Kxd7 only

White can be in troubles because its knight will
not be able to leave the edge of the board for a
long time] 23...Rxc8 24.Ra1 Diagram

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24...Qc5 25.Qg4 Qe5 Black can't be worst

with such kind of centralization 26.Nf3 Qf6
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[White is better in the following endgame
28...Ne5 29.Nxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Qxe5
31.Qh4+ Kf8 32.Bf1] 29.Nxd4?? A great mis−
calculation from Kramnik! [Better was 29.Nd2

with complicated game ] 29...Qxd4 30.Rd1 Nf6
31.Rxd4 Nxg4 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Rc1+
34.Bf1 Ne3! This is the point of miscalculation.

35.fxe3 fxe3 White resigned. Kramnik spent a
lot of time after Anand's novelty and finally he
missed not difficult stuff in unclear position. 0-1

(09) Anand,Viswanathan (2783) -
Kramnik,Vladimir (2772) [E34]

WCh Bonn GER (6), 21.10.2008
[Aveskulov, Valery]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5
Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 [10 years ago these
opponents already played this position...but

with change of colours: 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Bd6
9.Nb5 Be6 10.e3 Nc6 11.Bd2 Ne4 12.Bd3 a6

13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.Ke2 Kd7 15.Rhc1 Rhc8
16.Be1 Ne7 17.Ng1 b5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bh4 Nfd5
20.Bxe7 1/2, Kramnik−Anand, Frankfurt, 1998]
7...Nc6 Black prepares e6−e5 [7...c5 8.a3 Ba5

9.Qc4 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.g4 Qxg4
12.dxc5 Nd5 13.Qc2 Qf5 14.Qc4 Ne5 15.Nxe5

Qxe5 16.Bg2 Bd7 17.Bxd5 1/2, Eljanov−
Anand, Wijk aan Zee, 2008] 8.Bd2 0-0 9.h3
Diagram

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A new novelty from the team of Anand. White
prepares g2−g4 with following development of
bishop to g2. [9.e3 Rd8 10.Be2 e5 11.Nxe5
Be6 12.g4 Qxe5 13.dxe5 Bxb3 14.exf6 Be6

15.f4 gxf6 with complicated game, Ivanchuk−
Anand, Monako, 1996] 9...b6 [In addition a
novelty is preventing planned by Black e6−e5:

9...e5? 10.g4 Qg6 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxb4 Nc6
13.Qc4±; Another possible reply to a novelty is
9...Rd8 with attack of pawn d4. Kramnik has
decided to develop a bishop first] 10.g4 Qa5

11.Rc1 Rook is observing weakened by pre−
viuos move of Black line "c". [Nothing special

can be achieved after simple finishing of de−
velopment: 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.0-0 Rad8 and Black
is ok; 11.g5 is too agressive: 11...Nh5 and
knight feels itself pretty well at the edge of

board] 11...Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd5
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White has obtained an advantage of two bish−
ops, and from now the main task for it is the
consolidating of position 15...Nf6 Attacking the
pawn d4 16.Rg1 Rac8 [Probably better was

16...Rfd8 and just after 17.e3 Rac8 with equal
position] 17.Bg2 Ne7?! The beginning of
Black's troubles. [At the press−conference
Kramnik offered 17...Ba8 arranging a bishop
on the defenced square; 17...Rfd8? 18.Ne5+−]

18.Bb4 c5 [An interesting sacrifice of a pawn.
18...Rfe8 was deserving attention: 19.Ne5
Bxg2 20.Rxg2 Ng6!? non−human move; Black
allows White to put knight on c6 21.Nc6 a5

22.Bd2 (22.Bc3 Nd5 23.e4 Nde7 24.Bd2 Nxc6
25.Rxc6 Rcd8 26.Be3 f5=) 22...e5! 23.dxe5

Nxe5 24.Rg3 Nxc6 25.Rxc6 Ne4 White is
slightly better, but Black has enough resourses

to save this game] 19.dxc5 Diagram

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19...Rfd8?! [Black could just take on c5:

19...bxc5 20.Bxc5 (probably the best move is
20.Bc3!? and White has pleasant position with

minimal advantage; after 20.Rxc5 Ne4
21.Rxc8 Rxc8 Black has enough compensa−
tion) 20...Ne4 21.b4 Nxc5 22.bxc5 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 Rc7 24.Kd2 Rfc8 and Black is close to

equality] 20.Ne5! Bxg2 21.Rxg2 bxc5 [Alter−
native is 21...a5 but after 22.Bd2 Rd5 23.Nd3

bxc5 24.Rc4 White is much better because of
weaknesses on c5 and a5 ] 22.Rxc5 Ne4
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd3 [24.Bxe7?? Rc1#]
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White has extra pawn and its main task is just
don't allow Black organize real counterplay.
26...f5!? 27.Kd1 Rc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Ke1 [A lit−
tle bit slow move. Slightly better was 29.e3!±
with an idea to play Rc2] 29...a5 Just wasting

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time [Black could return its rook on c2:
29...Rc2 30.Rf2 (White can repeat position
30.Kd1 Rc8 and play 31.e3 with transposition
to the line from the comment to 29th move of

White) 30...Ne4! 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Bg5 h6
33.Bh4 exd3 34.exd3 Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rh1 with

counterplay] 30.e3 e5!? Kramnik sacrifices a
second pawn trying to make some mess at the
board, but itsn't a big problem for Anand to
suppress such kind of counterplay 31.gxf5 e4

32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Bd2 Diagram

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33...a4? [Better was 33...Re8! and White still

has some technical problems with realization
of its extra material] 34.Nf2+− Now White is

just winning 34...Nd6 35.Rg4 Nc4 [Black could
win back one pawn: 35...Nxf5 but after
36.Rxa4 Nfxe3 37.Bxe3 Nxe3 38.Re4+− White
is still winning with its pair of passed pawns]

36.e4 [A little bit better would be 36.Nd1 but
move in the game also doesn't give Black any

chances] 36...Nf6 37.Rg3 Nxb2 [37...Nxe4
38.Nxe4 Re8 39.Bc3 Rxe4+ 40.Kf2 Ne5
41.Re3+−] 38.e5 Nd5 39.f6 Diagram

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Rest is easy stuff 39...Kf7 40.Ne4 Nc4

41.fxg7 Kg8 42.Rd3 Ndb6 43.Bh6 Nxe5
44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rc3 Rxc3 46.g8Q+ Kxf6
47.Bg7+ Black resigned. 1-0

(10) Anand,Viswanathan (2783) -
Kramnik,Vladimir (2772) [D19]

WCh Bonn GER (7), 23.10.2008
[Aveskulov, Valery]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 Considering a terrible situation
in the match for Kramnik, a lot of experts and

fans were predicting such unusual for elite
players openings as Benoni. But Russian
grandmaster didn't decide to stake everything
and Slav at the board again is 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3
dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Anand choses a quiet line,

keeping in mind that every draw brings closer
the day when he will be the World Champion

6...e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Prepar−
ing e3−e4 9...Bg6 [9...Ne4 10.Bd3 leads to an

advantage of White] 10.e4 0-0 [In a case of
10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Ba3 White has very
dangerous compensation] 11.Bd3 Diagram

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11...Bh5 With an idea of pushing pawn "e"

forward 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 This position
can be estimated as "with a minimal plus of

White" because of advantage in space 14.Qe3
Re8 [14...Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8 16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3
f5 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.g4! White has an
initiative, Topalov−Kramnik, Elista, 2006;

14...h6 15.Ne1 Bxe1 16.Rxe1 Bg6 17.Be2 Rc8
18.Bd2 Nb8 19.a5 Qe7 with equal position,

Kramnik−Bareev, Bugojno, 1999] 15.Ne1
[15.Ng5!? was deserving attention ] 15...Bg6
[15...Rc8 16.f4 Bxe1 17.Rxe1 Bg6 18.Bf1 Rc2
19.b3 Qa5 20.Bb5 Rd8 21.Re2 Rcc8 22.Bd2
Qb6 23.Rf2 a6 24.Bf1= Topalov−Kramnik,

Elista, 2006] 16.Bxg6 hxg6 [after 16...fxg6
17.Nd3 Be7 18.Qh3 Qb6 19.Be3 White has

minimal advantage ] 17.Nd3 Diagram

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17...Qb6 [Just this move is a novelty: 17...Be7
18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Nb8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8
21.Rc1 Qd7 22.b3 b6 23.Bb4 Bxb4 24.Nxb4 a5
25.Na2 Rc8 26.Rc3 Nc6 1/2, Banus−Erdos,

Budapest, 2004] 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.b3 Rac8
20.Ba3 [Another opportunity was 20.Bd2 with
an idea of following attack at the king−side. But

such kind of attack is always tied with risk that
was absolutely unnecessary for Anand in this
moment of a match] 20...Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3
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In this moment Kramnik offered a draw, but
after 10 minutes of thoughts Anand declined it.
Really White is keeping some pressure in the
endgame 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 At

the press−conference after the game Kramnik
offered don't bring a king to g6 and to play fe5
right now as he did two moves later 25.Kf2
Kg6 26.Ke2 Anand is bringing his king closer
to a center 26...fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 Diagram

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Black's knight is ready to jump to c5 [Black
also could prepare b7−b6 by the 27...a5 pre−
venting b3−b4. But Kramnik decided don't
waste his time for such preparation] 28.b4 The

only move from view of fight for an advantage
28...Rc4!? 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 [Probably
better was 30.Kd2 with an idea of blockade of

a pawn on c4: 30...Rc8 31.Kc3 a6 32.e4 and
White has good chances for a win] 30...Rc8
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Position of Black looks very dangerous (all its

pieces are worst then its opponents, pawn c4
is weak and soon will be surrounded and

taken), but Kramnik has found excellent saving
idea 31...a5! 32.b5 [In a case of 32.bxa5 bxa5
33.Rb1 Nc5 34.Bxc5 Rxc5 35.Rb5 Rd5!
36.Rb6 Rxe5 37.Rc6 it's hard to believe that

White can win this position] 32...c3 33.Rc2 Kf7
34.Kd3?! Admitting a draw. [White could con−

tinue a fight for an advantage by means of
34.e4 with an idea of bringing a king to d4
(avoiding a check on c5). With exemplary
variation: 34...Rc4 35.Kd3 Rxa4 36.Rxc3 Ra1

37.Rc7 Ke8 38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Kc2 Ra4 40.Rd8
Nc5 41.Rf8+ Kg6 42.Rb8 and there is no clear
way to an equality for Black: 42...Ra2+ 43.Kb1
Rh2 44.Rxb6 Na4 (44...Nxe4 45.Rc6 Nd2+
46.Kc2 Nf3+ 47.Kc3 Rxh3 48.Kc4 Rh1

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