[Event "Goteborg m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sliwa, B"]
[Black "Stahlberg, G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 Qg5 7. Kf1 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qg6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bxd7+ Nexd7 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Ndxe4 O-O 14. f3
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. g3 h5 19. Kg2 h4 20. Ne2 f5 21.
Qc2 Nf6 22. Qc4 f4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 b5 25. Qxb5 Qc2+ 26. Kh3 hxg3 27. Qb3
Qf5+ 28. Kxg3 Re2 29. Be3 Qg6+ 30. Kh4 Qh6+ 31. Kg3 Nh5+ 0-1 

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Udovcic, Mijo"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Qb3 Nh6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Qg5 8. g3
Bb4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ncxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Bh3 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Rf1 Bh3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Siegen ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vizantiadis, L"]
[Black "Spassky, B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e4 h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Qg5
15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Nb3 h5 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kh1 g6 19. Rg1 f5 20. Ne2 fxe4 21. Nxf4
Rxf4 22. fxe4 Raf8 23. Qc1 Kg7 24. Be2 Qe7 25. Nd2 c6 26. Bc4 Rf2 27. Nf3 R8xf3
0-1 

[Event "Duitsland tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Behrhorst, F"]
[Black "Mohr, S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2325"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 dxc4 4. Bxc4 e5 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Ng6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bg5
Qd6 15. Rac1 c6 16. Qc2 Bd4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Bxb2 20. Rc2
Be6 21. Be3 a6 22. Ba7 Rbc8 23. Rxb2 Rxc6 24. Ng5 Bc4 25. Rc1 Nf4 26. Rbc2 Rfc8
27. Rd1 f6 28. Nf3 Be2 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Ra1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rc2 33.
Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 g5 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Be3 h5+ 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kg4 Kg6 39. Rd1
Rxa2 40. Rd6 Nh5 41. Rb6 a5 42. Ra6 Ra1 43. Ra8 a4 44. Rg8+ Ng7 45. Bc5 Rg1+
46. Kh3 Kh7 47. Ra8 Ne6 48. Be3 Ra1 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Ra8 Ng7 52.
Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra6 a3 54. Bd2 Nh5 55. Ra7 a2 56. Kh3 Rf1 57. Rxa2 Rxf2 0-1 

[Event "Londen m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Labourdonnais, L"]
[Black "McDonnell, A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bc5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bg5
Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Bb6 10. Qe2 f4 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. d6 cxd6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Ne3+
15. Ke1 Kxe7 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. b3 Ba5 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rg1 b5 21. Bxb5
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd4 23. Bc4 Nxf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxd2 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Rb7
Ndxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qb1 Bb6 30. Kf3 Rc3 31. Qa2 Nc4+ 32. Kg4 Rg8 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Kh4 Kf6 35. Qe2 Rg6 36. Qh5 Ne3 0-1 

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pleci, Isaias"]
[Black "Bazan, Osvaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Ndb5 Na6
8. Bf4 Be6 9. Bxc7 Nf6 10. Bd6 Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Ndb5 Rhd8 13. Rc1 Nb4 14.
Nc7 Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e4 a6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. O-O
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rd2 22. Rfe1 Kf6 23. Rb1 Rxc3 24. f4 Ng6 25. Rxb7 Nxf4 26. Bf1
Rxa3 27. Rb6 Raa2 28. g3 Ne2+ 29. Bxe2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxa6 h5 32. Ra7
g6 33. Ra8 Kg5 34. Rf8 e5 35. h3 h4 36. g4 e4 37. Rf7 e3 38. Rf3 Re1+ 39. Kg2
Re2+ 40. Kg1 Rd2 41. Rxe3 Kf4 42. Ra3 Re2 43. Ra4+ Re4 44. Ra6 g5 45. Kf2 Rb4
46. Ra2 Rd4 47. Rb2 Rd3 48. Rb4+ Ke5 49. Rb5+ Rd5 50. Rb3 Ke4 51. Re3+ Kd4 52.
Kf3 Rc5 53. Re4+ Kd5 54. Re3 Ra5 55. Rb3 Kc4 56. Re3 Kd4 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Re8
Ra3+ 59. Kg2 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 Rc3 61. Rg8 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 Ke4 63. Rxg5 Kf3 64. Re5 Rc3
65. Kh2 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L"]
[Black "Anand, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2765"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Nef6 13. Nc3 c5 14. d5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh4 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Qa4 Bd4 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Qd1 Bf6
21. Rxb7 Qc6 22. Rb3 c4 23. Ra3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qe4 25. f3 Qd5 26. Kf2 Qb5 27. Rb1
Rd3 28. Qc2 Rad8 29. Ra4 Qf5 30. Rxc4 Qh3 31. Ke1 Rd1+ 0-1 

[Event "Paris ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shevelev, S"]
[Black "Rublevsky, S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. Bxc4 Nxe5 7. Be2 Bc5
8. Bf4 f6 9. Bg3 Be6 10. Nf3 O-O-O+ 11. Kc2 Nxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne7 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Nd2 Nd4+ 15. Kc1 Rd7 16. Bd1 Rhd8 17. Re1 g5 18. h3 h6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Re3 Nc6
21. Re2 Ba2 22. b4 Bxb1 23. bxc5 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxd2 25. Bg4+ Kb8 26. Re6 f5 27.
Bxf5 Rd1+ 28. Kb2 Nd4 29. Rf6 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 R1d5 31. Rf6 h5 32. c6 Rb5+ 33. Ka2
Rd1 34. Rf7 Rd2+ 35. Ka1 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2+ 37. Ka1 0-1 

[Event "AKN"]
[Site "Haarlem"]
[Date "1996.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erwich, F"]
[Black "Jonkman, H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2294"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
Qb3 Qe7 9. Nde2 b5 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Qxb5
Na7 15. Qc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Kb8 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rfd1
Rb6 21. Na4 Rb4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. a3 Rd4 25. Qb3+ Qb7 26. Qg3+ Ka8
27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Qxd5 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxb4 0-1 

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, A."]
[Black "Gulko, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Nd5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Na6 11. Bxc4 c6 12. Bxa6 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.
exd5 Bxd4 15. exd4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dautov, R"]
[Black "Korsunsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 Nxe4 6. Nxe5 Nd6 (6... Bb4+ $5)
7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nf5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13.
Bf4 c6 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rad1 Ba5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Rad8 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. f4 Rd4 21. Kf2 h6 22. a3 Rc4 23. g3 a5 24. Re2 a4 25. g4 Ne7 26.
Kf3 Nd5 27. f5 b5 28. fxe6 Kf8 29. Nd6 Rf4+ 30. Kg3 g6 31. Rd2 Rf1 32. Rc2 Rg1+
33. Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Nc8 Ke8 36. Kd3 b4 37. Rf2 b3 38. Rf7 1-0 

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olesen, Martin"]
[Black "Karklins, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 Nxe4 6. O-O Nd6 7. Bb3 e4 8.
Ne5 Be7 9. f3 e3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na6 $6 (11... Nd7) 12. g4 Bd7 13. a3 Kh8
14. Qd3 Bf6 15. Ne4 Bb5 16. Nxd6 Bxe5 17. Nxb5 c6 18. Bc2 1-0 

[Event "ICCF World Cup8-9 prel-191"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glasewald, Stefan"]
[Black "Gross, Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. f4 Be6 7. Bd2 Nb4 8.
Bxb4 Bxb4 9. Nc3 O-O-O+ 10. Ke2 Rd3 11. Rc1 Nh6 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Nd1 Rhd8 14.
Nd4 Bd5 15. Rc2 Be4 0-1 

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a3 Ng4 14. b3 Nce5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 {$146} (15... Bxe5 16. g3 Qf7 17. f4 Ne3 18. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 19.
Qxc4 (19. bxc4 $5 Bd6 20. Qxd4 Rbd8 21. e5 Bxa3 22. Qxa7 $16) 19... Bd6 20. e5
Be7 21. b4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/President's Cup 1998 (29)}) 16.
Qxd4 Ng4 17. e5 (17. g3 Qe7 $1 (17... Nxh2 18. e5 Nxf1 (18... Qb5 $1 19. exd6
(19. Kxh2 Bxe5 $19) 19... Qxf1+ 20. Nxf1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxd4 22. dxc7 Rxb3 (22...
Rb7 23. Bf4) 23. Bf4) 19. Nxf1 Rxb3 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Bf4 $14) 18. Qd3 Nxf2
$17) 17... Nxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $1 19. Nc4 (19. Bc3 Rd5 20. Qxa7 Qc6 21. Ne4 Rd3
22. Bxe5 Ra8 23. Nxd6 Rxa7 24. Nc8 Qc5 $17; 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Qxa7 Ng4 $19)
19... Rd5 20. Qe4 (20. Qh4 Nd3 21. Bc3 Rf4 22. Qh3 Bc5 $17; 20. Qc3 Nd3 21.
Nxd6 cxd6 $15) 20... Nd3 21. Nxd6 (21. Qe2 $2 Bc5 22. Ne3 Nxf2 $1 23. Rxf2 (23.
Nxd5 Qxd5 $17) 23... Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd1+ $19) 21... Qxd6 (21... cxd6 $5 22. Bc3
Rc8 $17) 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Qh4 $2 (23. Qe2 $15; 23. Ra2 Rf4 $1 24. Qe3 Rxf2 25.
Qxb6 Rxf1+ $19) 23... Nf4 $1 24. Qg4 (24. Rae1 Qxb3 25. Qg3 Rf7 $17) 24... Rf7
25. Rad1 $2 (25. Rae1 Qb5 $1 (25... Qxb3 26. Rb1 Qxc3 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. Qxf4+ $15) 26. a4 Qc5 $17) 25... h5 $1 $19 26. Qf3 Nh3+ 0-1 {26...
Nh3+ 27. Qxh3 Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxd1+ $19 0-1} 

[Event "CL3-2000.56.08"]
[Site "IECC Email"]
[Date "2000.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sakai, Kiyotaka (JPN)"]
[Black "Bandiera, Aurelio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a3 Ng4 14. b3 Nce5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 19. Qa4 Nd3 20. Bd4 Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Rf4 22. Nf3 Rxf3 23. Rfd1 Nf4 24. Bc5 Rd3 25. Qxf4 Rxc5 26. Rxd3 Qxd3
27. Qa4 Rb5 28. Qxa7 Qd6+ 29. Kg1 Rxb3 30. Rc1 Rxa3 31. Qxc7 Rd3 32. Qxd6 Rxd6
33. Rc7 e5 34. g3 h6 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Re7 Rd5 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Ke4 Rd2 39. f4
exf4 40. Kxf4 Rf2+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh3 Kh6 43. Re6+ g6 44. Ra6 Rf5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. b3 Nce5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Kh1 Rb5 19. Nc4 Rd5 20. Qh4 Qb5 21.
Qh3 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be3 Bxh2 25. Rad1 Bd6 26. Kg1 Qh4 27.
Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ra5 29. Rd3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Bxa3 31. Ra1 Bd6 32. Rxa7 Kg8 33.
Kg2 Kf7 34. Bb6 Rc8 35. Bd4 Ke6 36. h4 g6 37. Ra5 c5 38. Be3 Rc7 39. h5 Kd5 40.
hxg6 hxg6 41. Kf3 Be5 42. Ra6 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Rf6 44. Ra8 Bd4 45. Rd8+ Rd6 46. Rc8
Bxe3 47. fxe3 c4 48. Kd2 Rc6 49. Re8 Ra6 50. Rd8+ Ke5 51. Re8+ Kf5 52. Rf8+ Ke4
53. Rf4+ Kd5 54. Rg4 Rc6 55. Kc3 Ke5 56. e4 Kf6 57. Rf4+ Ke6 58. Rh4 Rc8 59.
Rf4 Ke5 60. Rg4 Rc6 61. Rh4 g5 62. Rg4 Kf6 63. Rg1 Kg6 64. Rg2 Kh5 65. e5 Kg6
66. Kd4 Rc8 67. e6 c3 68. Kd3 Kf6 69. Kc2 Re8 70. Rf2+ Kxe6 71. Re2+ Kf7 72.
Rxe8 Kxe8 73. Kxc3 Kf7 74. Kd2 Kg6 75. Ke2 Kh5 76. Kf1 Kh4 77. Kf2 Kh3 0-1 

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 $1 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17. Kh1 $2 (17. Qc4 $5 Ne5 (17... Bh2+ 18. Kh1
Ne5 19. Qc3 Bf4 20. Nb3 $16) 18. Qc3 Qb5 (18... Rb5 $5 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Be3 $16)
19. b4 Ng4 $1 {$44}; 17. Qxa7 Ra8 (17... Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ra8 19. Qc5 (19. Qxa8
Rxa8 20. hxg4 Bd6 $15) 19... Bd6 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qc3 (21. Qd3 Nxf2+ 22. Rxf2
Rxf2 23. e5 Rd8 (23... Qb7 24. Ne4 $18) 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. a4
Rfxd2 (26... Re2 27. Kg1 Rdxd2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. a5 Rxb2 30. a6 Rb8 31. Kf2 Kf7
32. Ke3 Ke7 33. a7 Ra8 34. Ra6 $16) 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. a5 Rxb2 29. a6 Rb8 30.
Kg1 Kf7 31. Kf2 Kf6 $11) 21... Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Nd3 23. Nf3 (23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.
Nf3 c4 25. Be3 Qc6) 23... c4 24. Be3 Qc6) 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. hxg4 Qa4 20. Re1
Qc2; 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Qxa7 Nd3) 17... c5 18. Qd3 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxf2 20. e5 Rd8
21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 (22. Qe3 Rdf8 23. Kg1 R2f5 24. Rb1 (24. Nf3 Rxf3 25.
gxf3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rxf3 $19) 24... Re5 25. Qg3 Qd4+ 26. Kh2 Re2
$17) 22... Rxd6 $15 23. Kg1 Rdxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. Rxc5 Rb7 27.
Ra5 $1 Kf7 (27... Rf7 28. Ra6 Re7 29. Kf2 $14) 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Kf3 h5 (29...
Rb3+ 30. Kf2) 30. Ke4 {It is not clear how Black can improve their position as
their Rook is stuck to a7 pawn and they cannot advance e-pawn} 30... h4 31. Kf4
Rc7 32. Kg4 Rc4+ 33. Kf3 Rc3+ 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Kf3 g5 36. Ke3 Rc3+ 37. Kf2 Rc7
38. Ke3 Rb7 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Ke3 Rc7 42. Kf3 Rb7 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44.
Kf2 e5 45. Rxa7 Kf5 46. Rf7+ Ke4 47. Rg7 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Kf4 49. Rf7+ Ke3 50. Rf3+
Kd4 51. Rf2 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Amber-blind 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Qb5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qe5 19. g3 Qxa1 20. Qxc6 Qd4 21.
Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Calcutta"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magai, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. Rc1
a6 15. Ba4 (15. g3 Qh6 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. f4 d3 18. Nxd3 Nd4 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Rf2
Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd3 22. Kg2 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Sakalauskas,V/Istanbul TUR
2000/ (42)}) 15... b6 16. Nd3 (16. Nxa6 Rxa6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6 Qxe4 19.
Rxc7 Rxa2 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 $17) 16... Qxe4 17. Re1 Qd5 18. Bb3 $2 (18.
Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qc2 Qf5 (19... Qb5 $5 20. a4 (20. Red1 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. a3
Qb5 23. Rxd4 c5 $17) 20... Qf5 21. Red1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24.
Rxc7 Rfc8 25. Rb7 Rc4 26. Rxb6 Rxa4 27. Rd6 $11) 20. Red1 (20. Qxc6 Qxd3 21.
Qxc7 Qb5 $17) 20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+
Rxc8 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke2 $11) 18... Qf5 19. Qd2 Rad8 $17 20. Bd1 $1 Rd6 21. Bf3
Qf6 22. Qc2 (22. Rc4 $5) 22... a5 23. a3 Rc8 24. Qa4 (24. Bg4 Nf5 25. Nc5 d3
26. Nxd3 Rcd8 $17) 24... Kf8 25. b4 (25. Bg4 $1 Rcd8 (25... Nf5 $2 26. Rxc6
Rxc6 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxc6 Qxd3 29. Qd7 $18) 26. Bf3 $17) 25... axb4 26. axb4
g6 $1 27. Qa6 Qf5 28. h3 h5 29. Qc4 Nd8 30. Re5 Qf6 31. Rce1 Ne6 $19 32. Qa6
Rcd8 33. Qc4 Kg7 34. Kf1 R8d7 35. Kg1 Ng5 36. Ba8 Ne6 37. Bf3 c6 38. Qa6 c5 39.
Qc4 cxb4 40. Qxb4 Nc6 41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Rb5 Nc7 43. Rbe5 Rc3 44. Qb1 Ne6 45.
Rb5 Rd6 46. Qb4 $4 Nc7 0-1 

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Petursson"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Ng5 Qd6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. g3
Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Rxc7 N7g6 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Qd5
Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Rd7 Nh4+ 23. Kh1 Nf3 24. h4 Nxh4 $1 25. Be2 $4 {This clums
y move closes an escape route for the White king and loses immediatly.} (25.
gxh4 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 {Here it seems that Black must take a draw})
25... Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nf4+ 27. Kxf3 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Qh5+ 0-1 

[Event "Wch Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. a4 {This line was examined in CBM 74, annotations to
Ivanishevic-Sakalauskas.} 9... a6 {Black should get rid of White's strong
bishop.} (9... a5 $6 {is less appropriate, e.g.} 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Ng5 (11.
Nbd2 Ne7 (11... Ra8 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Ndf3 O-O 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Bxc6
Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. a5 Ba7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd3 c5 22. Rfc1
Re8 23. Rab1 $18 {1-0 Schrancz,I-Cottegnie,F/IECG 2004/Telechess 117 (36)}) 12.
Ng5 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Ba7 18. Ra3
d3 19. Nd2 Rf7 20. Rxd3 Qf8 21. Rg3+ Rg7 22. Bc4 Nd4 23. Bxe6+ Nxe6 24. Qxe6+
Qf7 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qe5+ Qf6 27. Qxc7 $16 {1-0 Lafarga,D-Kulvietis,M/IECG
2002/Telechess CBM 99 (35)}) 11... Qd7 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Nxe6 $1 (13. f4 Bg4 14.
Qb3 O-O 15. Nc4 d3+ 16. Kh1 Be2 17. Bb2 h6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Qc3 Qd4 20. Qd2
Qd6 21. f5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I-Sakalauskas,V/Batumi 1999/CBM
074 (73)}) 13... Qxe6 14. Nc4 $14 O-O $5 (14... Ra8 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Qxd4) 15.
Nxa5 Nxa5 16. Ba3 c6 17. Bd3 c5 18. Rb1 Re8 19. Bb5 Rd8 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Rfc1 c4
22. Qa2 Bd8 23. Bb4 Nec6 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxe4 26. Re1 {1-0
Ushenina,A-Korbut,E/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 101 ext}) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 (11.
Bb2 $5 Nf6 (11... Qd6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Na3 Ne7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16.
Rxc4 f5 17. e5 Qe6 18. Qd3 Rd5 19. a5 Ba7 20. Bxd4 c5 21. bxc5 Nc6 22. Re1 Rb8
23. Qc3 $14 {1-0 Kordts,W-Sakai,K/Chessfriend.com 2004/Telechess CBM 107 (41)})
12. a5 $1 (12. Re1 d3 13. Ra3 Qe7 14. Rxd3 O-O 15. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Schenk,A-Wichmann,C/Germany 2005/EXT 2007}) 12... Ba7 {-game}) 11... Ba7 12.
Bb2 (12. Qd3 Nf6 (12... c5 $5 {A.Huzman}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 O-O 16.
Ne5 Bd7 $6 (16... c5 $5 17. bxc5 Nd7) 17. f4 c5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. fxg5 hxg5 20.
Rf5 Qe7 21. Nd2 cxb4 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qc4 Ne6 24. Raf1 {1-0
Ushenina,A-Kalinina,L/Alushta 2005/CBM 106 ext (37) ->}) 12... Nf6 $1 {$146}
(12... Ne7 $6 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc4 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Na3 Qxb4
18. Qg5 (18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Nf5 $1 $16) 18... O-O 19. Ndc2 f6 20. Qg3 Qa4 21.
Qxc7 Ng6 22. Ne3 Bf7 23. Nac4 Qb4 24. Nd6 $16 {1-0
Melkumyan,H-Shanmugam,R/Batumi GEO 2006/The Week in Chess 625 (39)}) 13. Nxd4
Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe4 (14... Rb8 $5) 15. Bxg7 (15. Re1 Qd5 $6 (15... Nf6 $11) 16.
Qd3 c5 17. Rxe4 cxd4 18. Nc3 Qb3 19. Rxd4 O-O 20. Qd2 c5 21. bxc5 Rab8 22. h3
Qb7 23. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Nisipeanu,L/Foros UKR 2007/CBM119 (57)}) 15...
Rg8 16. Be5 (16. Qc2 Rxg7 (16... Qd5 $5 17. Rd1 Qc4) 17. Qxe4 Kf8 18. g3 Rg4
19. f4 Qf6) 16... Bh3 $6 {Black liquidates to an endgame in which he must be
careful to equalize. He had other options like} (16... Bd5 17. Bg3 Qf6 {or};
16... Rb8) 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Be6 20. Nc3 (20. Ra3 Rb8 (20...
Rg4 21. f4 Rb8 22. Re3 $1) 21. Rc3 Rg4 22. Rxc6 (22. f4 Rxb4 23. Rxc6 Rxg3 24.
Rxa6 Rb2) 22... Rgxb4 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. f3 $11) 20... Rg4 21. Rab1
Rb8 22. f4 Bf5 23. Rb2 Rxg3 24. Na4 Kf8 25. Nc5 Ra8 {White's strong knight
compensates for Black's extra pawn but not much more. The position is quite
open and the black bishop is strong.} 26. Kf2 Rc3 27. Rbd2 Rc4 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29.
Rxd4 Ke7 30. Rd1 Be6 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Re5 h6 33. g3 Bc4 34. Nd7+ Kg7 35. Re7 Rd8
$2 (35... Rc8 $1 {was a solid and accurate defense.} 36. f5 (36. Ke3 Be6 37.
Kd4 $4 Rd8) 36... h5 37. Ke3 Rg8 {-game}) 36. Ke3 $2 {Here and later White
misses} (36. Ne5 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rd1 38. Rxc7 $16) 36... h5 $2 (36... Rc8) 37. f5
$2 (37. Ne5) 37... Rg8 $1 {This counterplay is now necessary.} 38. Re4 (38. Kd4
Ba2 39. Ke5 (39. Nc5 Kf6 40. Rxc7 Rg4+) 39... Kh6 $1 40. Kf6 (40. Nc5 Rxg3 41.
Rxc7 Bd5 42. Nxa6 h4 43. Rc8 $1 h3 (43... Kh7 $2 44. Nc7) 44. Nc7 $1 Bc4 $1 45.
Rh8+ Kg5 46. a6 Ra3 $11) 40... Rd8 $1 (40... Rxg3 41. Re8 Rg7 42. Rh8+ Rh7 43.
Rg8 $18) 41. Nc5 Rd6+ 42. Ke5 f6+ 43. Ke4 Rd1 44. Rxc7 Bd5+ 45. Ke3 Rg1) 38...
Bb5 (38... Bd5 $5) 39. Rh4 Rd8 40. Nc5 Kh6 41. Kf4 Be2 42. Rh2 Bb5 43. Ke5 Kg5
44. Ne4+ Kg4 45. Kf6 Kf3 46. Rh4 Bd3 (46... Rd7 $5) 47. Nc5 Kxg3 48. Rxh5 Bc4
49. Rh1 Rb8 $2 {Succumbing to pressure.} (49... Kg4 $1 50. Rc1 Rd4 51. Ke5 Rf4
52. Rg1+ Kf3 {and White can't improve his position.}) 50. Rd1 $1 Rxb4 51. Rd4
{An extremely dangerous pin.} 51... Kf3 52. Nxa6 $6 {Obvious but not the best!
White misses a nice winning manoeuvre:} (52. Re4 Ra4 53. Rh4 Kg3 (53... Rb4 54.
Nxa6) 54. Rd4 $1 Rb4 55. Ne4+ (55. Nxa6 c5 56. Nxc5 $18) 55... Kf3 56. Nd2+
$18) 52... c5 $1 {This now gives Black drawing chances.} 53. Nxc5 Ke3 54. Rh4
Kd2 55. Na6 (55. Ke5 $5 {was very dangerous but Black apparently held on after}
55... Kc3 56. Rh3+ Kc2 (56... Kb2 $2 57. a6 f6+ 58. Kxf6 Rb5 59. Na4+ $18) 57.
a6 f6+ $1 58. Kxf6 Rb5 $1 59. a7 (59. Ne6 Rb6 60. a7 Ra6 61. Ke5 Rxa7 62. Kd4
Ba2 63. Nc5 Ra8 64. Rh2+ Kd1 65. Nd3 Rd8+ 66. Kc3 Rxd3+) 59... Ra5 60. Ne4 $1
Bd3 $1 (60... Bd5 61. Rc3+ Kb2 62. Rc5 $1 Ra6+ 63. Nd6 $3 $18) 61. Rh2+ Kb3
(61... Kc1 62. Nc5 $1 $18) 62. Nc5+ Kc4 63. Nxd3 Kxd3 64. Kg6 Rxa7 65. Rh7 (65.
f6 c5) 65... Ra6+ 66. f6 c5 $11) 55... Ra4 56. Nxc7 Kd3 $1 57. a6 Ra5 $1
{Black's pieces are very active.} 58. Rf4 Kc3 59. Ke7 Rc5 $2 {After} (59... Kd3
60. f6 Ra1 {White can hardly improve his position, e.g.} 61. Rh4 (61. Rxc4 Kxc4
62. Kxf7 Kc5) 61... Kc3 62. Rh8 Kd4 63. Ra8 Ke5 64. Rb8 Kf5 $1 65. Rb6 Kg6 66.
Rc6 Bd3) 60. Kd6 Ra5 61. f6 $2 {Missing a lucky chance:} (61. Kc6 $1 Bxa6 62.
Kb6 Re5 63. Nxa6 Kd3 64. Nb4+ Ke3 65. Rf1 $18 Ke2 66. Re1+ $1) 61... Bxa6 62.
Nxa6 Rxa6+ {In the rook endgame Black finds the only but sufficiend way to a
draw.} 63. Ke7 Ra7+ 64. Kf8 Kd3 65. Rh4 Ke3 66. Rh7 Kf4 $1 67. Rxf7 Ra6 68. Kg7
1/2-1/2 {68. Kg7 Kg5 $11} 

[Event "Banja Luka 8th"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxa7
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rxa7 16. Re1 Nd6 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Ne5 Rb7 19. Nxc6 Re8 20. Rac1
Kf8 21. h3 h6 22. Red1 Bb3 23. Rd2 g6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Re2 26. Kf1 Rb2 27.
Re5 h5 28. g3 Rb3 29. h4 Rb2 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Kf1 Nd6 32. Ke1 Nf5 33. Kf1
1/2-1/2 

[Event "Banja Luka 8th"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxa7
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rxa7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nxc6 Rb7 19. Na3 Kd7 20. Ne5+
Kc8 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Nc5 Rxb4 23. Nxa6 Ra4 24. Nb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Kb7 26. Nc5+
Kc6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nd4+ Kd7 29. Nb3 Kd6 30. Nd2 Kc6 31. Nf3 h6 32. h4 Nb4
33. Re1 Rd6 34. Re4 Kc5 35. Rg4 Kb5 36. Rxg7 c5 37. Ne5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
Nxe4 15. Re1 (15. Bxg7 {-see Aronian-Shirov in this issue.}) 15... Qd5 $6
{Premature. The queen will be vulnerable here.} (15... Nf6 16. Nc3 O-O $11) 16.
Qd3 c5 (16... Nf6 $6 17. Nc3 {and the black queen must probably retreat to
d8!}) 17. Rxe4 cxd4 18. Nc3 Qb3 (18... Qf5 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Rd1) 19. Rxd4 O-O
20. Qd2 $16 {Black's pawn weaknesses guarantee White a clear pull.} 20... c5 {A
desperate attempt to complicate matters. However, Black is unable to recapture
this pawn and White confidently brings home his advantage.} 21. bxc5 Rab8 22.
h3 Qb7 23. Nd5 Rbc8 24. Rc1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qd5 Rxd6 28. Qxd6
Qxa5 {Black has recaptured the pawn but White's passed pawn decides the game.}
29. Rb1 (29. c6 {was simpler, e.g.} 29... Rd8 30. Qg3 Rc8 31. c7 Qb6 32. Rd1 $1
g6 33. Rd7 $18) 29... g6 30. c6 Kg7 {The queen endgame after} (30... Rc8 31.
Rb8 Rxb8 32. Qxb8+ Kg7 {is lost for Black, e.g.} 33. Qb2+ {but not} (33. c7 $2
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qd4 $1 $11) 33... Kg8 34. Qb7 $1 Qe1+ (34... Qd5 35.
Qd7 Qc5 36. g4) 35. Kh2 Qe5+ (35... Qxf2 36. c7 Qf4+ 37. g3 $18) 36. g3 Qd5 37.
Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qb2+ f6 (38... Kg8 39. c7 Qc5 40. Qb7 $1 Qxf2+ 41. Qg2 $18) 39.
Qb6 $18 {etc.}) 31. c7 Rc8 32. Rc1 Qg5 33. Rc6 h5 (33... a5 34. Qd7 Qf5 35.
Qd4+ f6 (35... Kh6 36. g4) 36. g4 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 $18) 34. f4 Qa5 35. Kh2 h4 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxh4 Qd5 38. Qf6 Qd7 39. h4 $1 a5 40. h5 Qf5 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+
(42. h6+ $5 Kxh6 43. Rf6 Qg4 (43... Qh5+ 44. Kg3) 44. Rxf7 a4 45. Qf6 $18)
42... f6 43. g4 (43. hxg6 $5) 43... Qxg4 44. Qxf6+ Kh6 45. Qxg6+ Qxg6 46. hxg6
a4 47. f5 a3 48. Rc2 a2 49. Rxa2 Rxc7 {White has missed several good
possibilities but the endgame is still easily winning.} 50. Kh3 (50. Ra8 $5)
50... Kg5 (50... Rc3+ 51. Kg4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 $18) 51. Rg2+ Kf6 52. Kg4 Rc1 53.
Rh2 Rf1 54. Rh8 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Re1+ 57. Kd3 Re7 58. Rh7 1-0 

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Ndf3 c5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21.
Ba3 c5 22. Qxd4 Bb5 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. Bb2 Nh5 25. Nc4 Rab8 26. Ne3 Qxe4 27. Ng4
Qg6 28. Nh4 Qd3 29. Qe5 Qd5 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qe7 Bc4 32. Rad1 Qxd1 33. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. N4f5 f6 36. f4 Bd5 37. Nf7+ Bxf7 38. Qxf7 c4 39. Qxh5
Bg1+ 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rf8 42. Ne7 Bf2 43. Ng6+ Kg8 44. Ne7+ Kh8 45. Ng6+
Kg8 46. Nxf8 Rg3+ 47. Kf5 g6+ 48. Nxg6 hxg6+ 49. Qxg6+ Rxg6 50. Kxg6 Be1 51.
Bxf6 1-0 

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "stockfish-211-64"]
[Black "mini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Qc2 Bb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qc4 Be6 14.
Qc6+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QGA Open"]
[Black "nutshell"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 (3. e3 {Line #1} 3... e5 4. Bxc4 (4. dxe5 {Line 2}
4... Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. f4 Be6 7. Bd2 f6 $1 (7... Nb4 8. Bxb4 Bxb4 9. Nc3
O-O-O+ 10. Ke2 Rd3 $17 {Glasewald - Gross, corr 1990}) 8. Nf3 (8. exf6 Nxf6 9.
Nf3 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. e4 (12. Kc2 Rhe8) 12... Nxe4 13. Ngxe4
Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd4 15. Bxc4 Rxe4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 $19) 8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.
fxe5 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Kc2 Nc6 13. Rd1 g6 14. Be2 Bg7 15. Rhf1 Rhe8 $19)
4... Nc6 $5 5. Qb3 (5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 Qg5 $1 7. Kf1 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qg6 $15 {Sliwa,B
- Stahlberg,G, Goteborg m (14) 1955}; 5. d5 Nce7 (5... Nb8) 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3
Ng6 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Nd7 {Behrhorst - Mohr, Duitsland tt 1987}) 5... Qd7 $1
$15 (5... Nh6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Qg5 8. Bd5 $1 $16 Qxg2 9. Bxe4 Qh3 10. Qb5 $16)
6. Nf3 Na5 7. Qc2 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. O-O c5 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qe2
Be7 13. Rd1 Qb7 $15; 3. Nc3 {Line #3} 3... e5 4. Nf3 (4. d5 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e4 h6 $11 {Vizantiadis,L - Spassky,B, Siegen ol (2) 1970}) 4... exd4 5.
Qxd4 Qxd4 $11 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Ndb5 Na6 8. Bf4 c6 (8... Be6 9. Bxc7 Nf6 10. Bd6
Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Ndb5 Rhd8 $11 {Pleci - Bazan, Buenos Aires 1970}) 9.
Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxd6 Be6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. e4 Nh6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Rd2 Rhe8 15.
Be2 g6 $15; 3. Qa4+ {Line #4} 3... c6 4. Qxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2
Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O $11 {Ljubojevic - Anand, Belgrade 1997}) 3... e5 4.
Nf3 (4. d5 {Line #5} 4... Nf6 (4... b5 5. a4 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3) 5... Nf6 6.
axb5 (6. Qc2 c6 $1 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Nf3 Nbd7
12. Be2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 Bd6 15. Nd2 Bc5 $17) 6... Nxe4 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Nbxd2 O-O 10. Bxc4 e4 11. Nd4 Qg5 12. Qe2 Qxg2 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Qf1
Qxf1 15. Rdxf1 $17; 4... f5 $5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bc5 (6... Bd6 $5) 7. Nf3 Qe7
{De Labourdonnais,L - McDonnell,A, Londen m (1) 1834}) 5. Nc3 b5 $15 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. a4 Nc5 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxa4 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 $15; 4.
Bxc4 $6 Qxd4 5. Qb3 Qxe4+ 6. Be3 Qg6 7. Nf3 Nd7 $15 {White does not have enough
compensation for the pawns.}; 4. dxe5 {Line #6} 4... Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. Bxc4
(6. f4 Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O+) 6... Nxe5 7. Be2 Nf6 $1 (7... Bc5 $11 {Shevelev -
Rublevsky, Paris 1993}) 8. Nc3 Bc5 $11) 4... exd4 {seems best.} (4... Nf6 5.
Bxc4 (5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bxc4 c5 $11 {Erwich - Jonkman, Haarlem
1996}) 6... Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nd5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Na6 11. Bxc4 c6
12. Bxa6 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 $11 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. exd4 1/2-1/2 {Mikhalchishin -
Gulko, Riga ch-URS / zt (1) 1985}) 5... Nxe4 {Line #8} 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O Nd6 7.
Bb3 e4 8. Ne5 Be7 9. f3 (9. Nc3) 9... e3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nc3 {Olesen,Martin -
Karklins,Eric, Chicago (1) 1993} 11... Nd7 $11; 6. Nc3 Nd6 7. dxe5 Nxc4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qe2 Bb4 $13) 6... Nd6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10.
Re1 $2 (10. Qf3 $1 {or even}; 10. g4) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nf5 $11 {Dautov -
Korsunsky, USSR (1) 1988}) 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 (7. Bxe6 {Line #7}
7... fxe6 8. Qb3 (8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh3 O-O-O 11. Qxe6 h6 12. Qxd7+
Rxd7 13. Nf3 $15) 8... Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 {A key
position. Black seems to be doing okay.} 12. Qd3 (12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 e5 $11 14.
Rac1 Nb4 $1 $15 (14... Rb6 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Ne1 Nd8 $2 17. Nd3 Rb8 18. f4 Nf7
19. f5 $2 (19. Nc4 $16) 19... Rg8 $11 {Antonsen, Mikkel - Karstensen, Jakel
Danish Ch 2009}) 15. Qc4+ Qf7 16. Bxd4 (16. a3 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd3 18. Rc2 a5 19.
Rd1 Ng4 $19) 16... exd4 17. e5 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Qxc4 19. bxc4 Nc3 20. exd6 Ne2+ 21.
Kh1 cxd6 22. Rxa7 Rb2) 12... O-O 13. a3 Ng4 $15 14. h3 (14. b3 Nce5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Ng4 $17 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $1 19. Nc4 (19. Qa4 Nd3 20. Bd4
Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rf4 22. Nf3 Rxf3 $19) 19... Rd5 20. Qe4 Nd3) 14... Nge5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Nd3 $1 (16... Ng4 17. Kh1 $2 c5 18. Qd3 Nxf2+ $19 {Bacrot,Etienne
(2561) - Waitzkin,Joshua (2467), Bermuda 1999}) 17. Qc4 Rxf2 18. Qxd3 (18. Rxf2
$2 Bc5 19. Nf3 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bb6 $19) 18... Bh2+ 19. Kxh2 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qxd3
$15; 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 7... Bc5 8. Nbd2 {Line #8} (8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6
10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe4 15. Re1 (15.
Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Bd5 (16... Rb8; 16... Bh3 $6 {Aronian,Levon (2759) -
Shirov,Alexei (2699), Elista: Wch Candidates final (2) 2007}) 17. Bg3 Qf6)
15... Nf6 (15... Qd5 {Onischuk,Alexander (2663) - Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter
(2693), Foros: Foros Aerosvit (11) 2007}) 16. Nc3 O-O $11; 8. Qc2 Bb6 9. Bxc6+
bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2
{Stockfish - Stockfish}) 8... Ne7 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4
Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O $15 {A critical position.} 14. Rc1 (14. g3 Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8
16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Rxc7 N7g6 {Dreev,Alexey (2650) - Svidler,Peter
(2640), Elista: RUS 1997}) 14... a6 15. Ba4 (15. g3 Qh6 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. f4 d3
18. Nxd3 Nd4 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Rf2 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd3 22. Kg2 Rad8 $17; 15. Bxc6
Nxc6 16. g3 Qh6 17. f4 b6 18. Nd3 Rfe8 19. e5 Rad8 20. Qa4 Ne7 21. Rxc7 b5 22.
Qc2 Nd5 23. Rc6 Re6 24. Rc1 Qg6 25. Rc8 Ree8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qd2 h5 {Andrew
Martin's analysis.}) 15... b6 16. Nd3 (16. Nxa6 Rxa6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxc6
Qxe4 19. Rxc7 Rxa2 20. Qb3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 $17) 16... Qxe4 17. Re1 Qd5 18.
Bb3 (18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qc2 Qf5 20. Qxc6 $2 (20. Red1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxc7
Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Rxd4 g6 $15) 20... Qxd3 21.
Qxc7 Qb5 $19) 18... Qf5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Bd1 Rd6 21. Bf3 Qf6 $19
{Magai,Vladimir (2537) - Ganguly,Surya Shekhar (2464), Calcutta: Asia-ch 2001} 
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