[Event "12th Najdorf Memorial"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 (
14... Red8 15. b4 $1 Qh5 (15... Nxb4 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Bb6 $16) 16.
Nd5 $14) 15. b4 (15. c5 $1 $16 {would have left Black in deep trouble based on}
dxc5 16. f4 Neg4 17. e5 {winning a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov Chapter"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2004.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bc5 $5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Qg4 $5 Nf6 $1 {This move is rejected by Hansen. However:} 9. Qxg7 (9. Qg3 $5 {
might in the long run give White a slight advantage.} Bb7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qh3 g6
12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. f5 exf5 16. Re1+ $40) 9... Rg8 10. Qh6
Nc6 $44 {is obviously compensation as can be seen by two games by Bosboom, one
against the amnesiac editor!} (10... Rxg2 $2 11. e5 $18) 11. Bd2 (11. f4 $5 d6
12. O-O $14) 11... Ne5 12. f4 (12. Be2 Bb7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bf3 b4 15. Ne2 Rg6
16. Qh3 Bxe4 $15 {Aagaard - Bosboom, Hafnarfjordur 1999.}) 12... Nxd3+ 13. cxd3
b4 14. Ne2 Rxg2 15. Qh3 Rg6 $13 {Tiviakov - Bosboom, Hoogeveen 1999.} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Acc Dragon"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 {
This variation is simply missing. I am sorry about this. The right way for
White to playis} 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 $1 $14 {
as seen in some old games Beliavsky lost with Black.} *

[Event "Calvia ol"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Ibraev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5
Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 {Thomas only considers 15...Kd8.} 16. Bxd7 Bg7 17. Nh5 Bxb2+
18. Kxb2 Kxd7 19. Re3 (19. Ka1 $5) 19... Rhc8 20. Rc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22.
Kxc3 Rc8+ 23. Kd3 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Ng3 (25. Rd2 $1 $14 {
would leave Black a pawn down as} Be4+ 26. Kd4 Bxc2 27. Nf6+ Ke7 28. Nxh7 {
is much better for White, and 26...Rxc2? loses a piece to 27.Nf6+ and 28.Nxe4.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Lie, Kjertil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 {A proof that Peter believes his preparation. This
game was played 2 months after the English edition was published, just before
the Italian edition came out.} 17. Bd4 Rc8 $2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e5 $1 {
White now wins a pawn.} Qe8 20. exd6 exd6 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22. Nb5 $18 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "John Shaw"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "John Shaw"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 $5 Qc7 7. Nd5 Bxd5
8. exd5 {I recently had a chance to test this analysis against world class
opposition. Shaw - Sasikiran, Gibraltar 2005 continued} e5 $6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10.
Qf3 Ra7 11. O-O-O g6 12. Qe3 $1 {With the idea of Nxe6!. White's advantage is
already decisive and only an only an idiotic blunder allowed Black to win.
This confirms that 8...Qe5+ is necessary, but even here Sasikiran thought
White had excellent compensation.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "missing lines"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6) (2... e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 {Bengt Svensson.}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
(5... g6) 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4
Qc5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd5 Qxc2 14. Qe3 Bh6 15. Qxh6 Qxe2 16. Qg7 (16. Nb6 {
In the first edition Peter Wells missed} Rd8 $1 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Nd5 (18. Nxd7
Kxd7 19. Qxh7 Qg4 $1 {and Black is not worse.}) 18... Bc6 {
with a less than clear game ahead.}) 16... Rf8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc6 19.
Nc7+ Kd7 20. Qxf8 Qxe4 21. Nd5 $5 Qxd5 22. f3 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe3 24. Rg1 Bxf3 $11
*

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Analysis on the pin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Ba5 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. Nf3 g6 12. h4 dxe5 13. h5 f5 14. Qg3 (14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Qc4+ Kg7 16. hxg6 f4 17. Rxh7+ Kxg6 18. Qe4+ {In the first
edition I gave a hopeless line here, which was later corrected by a reader.}
Bf5 {The improvement.} (18... Rf5 $4 19. Rh3 Kf7 (19... Kf6 20. g4 fxg3 21.
fxg3 $18) 20. g4 $1 {Phil Taylor.} fxg3 21. Qc4+ Kf6 22. Rxg3 Qe8 23. Ng5 $1
$18) 19. Qxb7 Nd7 $5 (19... Bd7 $11) 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Nxe5+ Kg7 22. O-O-O Qc7
$13) 14... Qf6 15. hxg6 Qxg6 16. Qxe5 $5 (16. Qxg6+ hxg6 17. Nxe5 Nc6 18. Nxg6
Rd8 19. Ke2 $14) 16... Nc6 17. Qh2 {
Now I think White has a persistant initiative.} (17. Qe2 Qf6 $14) 17... Rf7 18.
O-O-O Rg7 19. Bh6 Re7 20. g4 $16 *

[Event "Paks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sipos"]
[Black "Torma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 $6 7. Qg4 Qa5 8.
Qxg7 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 b6 11. Qxh8+ Ke7 12. Ba3+ $1 Qxa3 $5 13. Qxc8
Qb2 14. Nb3 (14. Ke3 $1 {
is the only winning move here, and still it is not easy.}) 14... Nc6 (14...
Qxe5 {looked to be an outright winning novelty, but after} 15. f4 Qxf4 {
White can apparently defend with the stunning} 16. Qc4 $3 {
Phil Taylor, when Black should have reasonable chances after} (16. c4 Qf2+ 17.
Kd3 Nc6 18. Qxa8 Nb4+ 19. Kxe4 f5+ 20. Ke5 d6#) 16... Nc6 17. Qd3 Qf2+ 18. Kd1
Qh4 19. g3 Nf2+ 20. Ke2 Qf6 21. Qe3 Nxh1 22. Bg2 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 $13) 15. Qxa8
Qxc2+ 16. Ke3 Qxf2+ 17. Kxe4 Nxe5 18. Qf8+ $3 Kxf8 19. Kxe5 Qe3+ 20. Kd6 Ke8
21. Kc7 {1-0. Schatzle - Filartiga, corr 1974.} 1-0

[Event "Vlissingen"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Lammens, Tijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[Annotator "John Shaw"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 {The Gaw-Paw.} 6. e5 $1
Bc5 7. Be3 $1 ({Interesting, but unnecessary, is} 7. Ndb5 $5 a6 $8 (7... Bxf2+
$2 8. Ke2 Ng4 9. h3 Nxe5 10. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8 13. Kxf2
$18) (7... Nd5 $2 8. Ne4 O-O 9. c4) 8. Nd6+ $5 (8. Qf3 $5)) 7... Nd5 ({Not} 
7... Ng4 $2 8. Qxg4 Qxb2 9. Kd2 $1 $18 {For example,} Qxa1 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nb3
Bxe3+ 12. fxe3 Qb2 13. Nb5) 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Nb5 $1 ({The mainline} 9. Nf5 Qxb2
{is very messy.}) 9... O-O ({The critical try must be} 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 (
{If} 10... Qxe3+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 $16 {
with a clear advantage, or maybe just winning.}) ({Or} 10... O-O 11. Qd4 $16)
11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Be2 $1 {and White has a strong initiative.}) 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11.
Qd4 $1 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. O-O-O ({Or} 13. Nb5 {with similar play.}) 13...
Nxe5 14. Nb5 Ng4 15. Rd2 $16 {Material will soon be level, but Black will
still have a weak d-pawn. White has excellent winning chances.} d6 16. f3 Ne3
17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Rd4 Rbc8 22. Rd1 Bxa2
23. Ra4 Be6 24. Rxa7 Rb8 25. Bb5 Kf8 26. Rd4 Bd7 27. Bd3 Bc6 28. b4 Ke7 29. b5
Bd7 30. Rc4 Rdc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Kd2 Kd8 33. b6 Be6 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Bb5 Rc8
36. Kd4 Rc5 37. c4 Kc8 38. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "corr."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elburg, John"]
[Black "Knebel, Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8 17. Qh5 Bf7 18. Qh3 e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Qg5 $1
$146 21. Qxf5 Nf3+ $1 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Kf1 Nxh2+ 23. Ke1 Qh6 24. Qf4 Bxd5 25.
Qxh6 Bxh6 26. Nxd5 Ng4 $36) 22... Qh4 23. Qf4 (23. gxf3 Be5 24. f4 Bxd5 25. Qg4
Rxf4 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Nxd5 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rf8 $11) (23. h3 Qxf2
24. Rf1 Qd2 25. Nc7 Qxe3 26. Rxf3 Qh6 27. Qxe4 Bg6 28. Qd5 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rf8
30. Qe2 Bh5 31. Qe1 b4 $11) 23... Bxd5 24. Qxh4 Nxh4 25. Rxd5 Rxf2 26. Rh5 Nxg2
27. Bxe4 Re8 28. Ng4 Re2 29. Bg6 R8e7 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rf1 Ne3 32. Nh6+ Bxh6
33. Rxe7 Bf4 34. Bf7+ Kh8 35. Rxe3 Bxe3 36. Rf3 Bc1 37. b4 Re3 38. Rxe3 Bxe3
39. Bd5 Bd2 40. Bb7 Bxc3 41. Bxa6 Bxb4 42. Bxb5 Ba3 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kh8 45.
Ke4 Kg7 46. Kf5 Kh8 47. Kg6 Kg8 48. h4 Kh8 49. Bc4 d5 50. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Page 250 Nimzo-line"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 a6 10. Nd5 $1 {Being less sure first time around, I am now
certain that this is the right move - but for different reasons than what I
had originally thought.} Nxd5 $1 {Only try.} 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxf7+ $3 {
Incorrectly dismissed in the first edition.} (12. Nxf7 N7f6 13. Nxh8 O-O-O 14.
Qh3 {was what I gave in the first book, but after} Kb8 $1 $44 {as pointed out
by two young French readers, Black is doing "very fine". I admit freely that
the evaluation I gave was superficial. I have done so much work on the sharper
lines, and also quite a bit here, but somehow I followed the computer more
than my own intuition. This is of course always a danger. But this time around
I have the lines some real thought.}) 12... Kd8 13. Qxe6 Nxe5 14. Qxd5+ $1 {
The move I "overlooked" in the first edition.} Nd7 (14... Bd6 {
was suggested by Kasten Müller. Now after} 15. Rxe5 Qd7 {
White should probably just follow Fritz with} 16. d3 (16. d4 $5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5
Qxd4 18. Qg5+ Kc8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Qxc5+ {is also good for White, but it
strikes me as a poorer version of the lines with 16.d3, as White should
benefit from having fewer open lines for the time being.}) 16... Bxe5 17. Qxe5
b6 18. Be3 {and a clear advantage. Materially White is doing fine, and
positionally he is doing excellently.}) 15. Re6 $1 {This move is a very nice
example of persistent initiative. White is better because his domination of
the light squares and sixth rank completely paralyses Black.} Be7 {I see no oth
er sensible moves here. If White has time for b3 and Bb2 Black will be unable
to get his kingside into play.} (15... h6 16. b3 $1 $16) (15... Ra7 16. b3 (16.
d4 $5 $16) 16... Qf4 17. Bb2 Kc7 18. Rae1 {with a lethal attack. e.g.} h6 19.
Re7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Rd8 21. Be5+ $18) 16. d3 $1 (16. d4 $6 {
would be weaker because of} cxd4 17. Bd2 Qc5 $1 {
where Black is allowed to dismiss the queen from her dominant position.} 18.
Qxb7 Ra7 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qd3 $13) 16... Bf6 (16... Ra7 17. g3 Rf8 {
with the idea of Rxf4.} (17... b6 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Rc6 $16) 18. Bd2 $1 Rf6 19.
Rae1 Rxe6 20. Qxe6 Qd6 21. Qg8+ Nf8 22. Qxg7 $16) (16... Re8 17. g3 $16) 17. g3
Qc8 18. Bf4 a5 19. Rae1 Ra6 20. Rxa6 bxa6 21. Re6 Re8 22. Rd6 $16 {and ideas su
ch as Bd2-a5 secures White a lasting and deadly initiative. I do not think
that a clear plus for White in too harsh an evaluation.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf 16...Nb6 line"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2k3r/2qnbppp/p1Pp1n2/6B1/1p3P2/3B2Q1/PPP3PP/2KRR3 b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2004.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

16... Nb6 $5 17. Bh4 Rg8 18. Qf3 $2 {18...d5 19.g4 Qxc6 lead to a victory for
Black in the internet blitz game Luther - Belov, 2004, played after the first
edition of this book was published. However White can play a lot stronger as
an afternoons analysis proves. After} (18. Rd2 $1 {
there does not seem to be an adequate defence for Black.} Nbd5 {
Here White has several promising continuations, but I quite like the direct} (
18... Ra7 {is as always met with a strong sacrifice.} 19. Bxh7 $1 (19. Rde2
Nbd5 {is less promising.}) 19... Rh8 20. Qxg7 Rxh7 21. Qxf6 Nc8 22. Rxe7 $1 {
This wins the queen, but the main point is probably that a lot of pawns follow.
} Qxe7 (22... Nxe7 $2 23. Rxd6+ Kc8 24. Rd7 $18) 23. Rxd6+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Kxd8
25. Qd4+ Ke8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. f5 $1 f6 28. Qxf6 {though this is by no means a
trivial win, White will have four to five pawns against the three black pieces
and should be able to secure the full point.}) (18... d5 19. Bxh7 Rh8 20. Rde2
Ne4 (20... Nc8 {loses out right to} 21. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rxh7 23. Rxe7 $3
Nxe7 24. Qf8+ Kc7 25. Qxa8 $18) 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxg7 Kd6 24.
Rxe4 $16 {
gives White a strong attack and eventually four to five pawns for the piece.})
19. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Bxh7 Rh8 21. Rxd5 Rxh7 22. Qd3 Rh8 23. Rxd6+
Kc8 24. Re4 {gives White a winning attack.}) 20. Rde2 d5 ({
Black has nothing better than to give up the queen. After} 20... Bf8 21. Qg5
Qxc6 22. Qa5+ Qc7 23. Re8+ $1 {it is lost under worse circumstances, and}) (
20... Re8 {is met with} 21. Qxg7 Qxc6 22. Qxf7 Qd5 23. Re6 $1 $18 {
. In the long run there is no defence against Rxf6 with a winning endgame.})
21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. f5 Rgc8 24. Qe5+ Kf8 25. Qd6+ {
with excellent winning chances.}) *

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzoline"]
[Black "Boleslavsky analysis"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. c4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14.
Be3 Qb5 15. Nd4 Qxb2 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qd6 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Qc5
Qc7 (20... Bxa1 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Nb8 $1 $18) 21. Rac1
Rc8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 {
and White is of course absolutely winning. Analysis by Phil Taylor.} *

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rauser lines p 138"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxh4 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. b3 Qb4 18. Rhf1 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Rf3 axb3 21.
cxb3 Qa3 22. Rg3 Kh8 (22... Rd8 {from Wapner - Pavasovic, Bled 1996 was maybe
treated a bit too harshly by Peter, though his recommendations were correct.
Here after} 23. Rf1 $1 (23. Rd2 Ba6 24. Bc2 Rxd2 25. Qxh6 {
looks very fancy, but Black has} Rxb3+ $3 26. Rxb3 (26. axb3 Rd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bd3+
28. Bc2 Qxb3+ 29. Ka1 Qa3+ 30. Kb1 Bxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Qxg3 32. Nxg3 gxh6 $17) 26...
Rd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 gxh6 29. Rxa3 Bxa3 {with a better endgame. White
can play 25.Qxd2, but then there is no advantage to speak of.}) 23... Kh8 {
The only move. And now White should play} 24. Bc2 $1 {with an attack.} (24.
Qxf7 {leads nowhere, as after} Rxb3+ 25. axb3 Qxb3+ 26. Kc1 Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Bb4+ {
White should probably hope for a draw.} 28. Ke2 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Qxe5 {
forces him to find} 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. Qg6 {with a probable draw.}) (24. Qg4))
23. Rh3 $1 {Suggested by Phil Taylor.} (23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Rf1 $16 {as suggested
by Wells is also very strong, but the forcing line should be more attractive
on principle.}) 23... Rd8 ({Fritz claims that} 23... Ra8 {gives Black equal
play, but a little bit of human help makes the machine understand that} 24.
Rxh6+ $1 Kg8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 {
is facing a faith worse than death, whatever that is supposed to mean...}) (
23... Kg8 24. Nf6+ $1 {just wins.}) 24. Qxf7 {Now White can just cash in.} Ba6
25. Qxe6 Bxd3+ 26. Rhxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 {and White has a great advantage.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov"]
[Black "Dominguez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qa5 9. O-O-O Bd7 {This variation was one of the knightmares left over from the
first edition of this book. Thomas Luther gave a recommendation that was
contradicted by Dominguez in Informant accompanied by sound analysis. Only at
the end of 2005 did I realise what Radjabov has planned to play against the
best possible Black defence. As far as I can see this line leads therefore by
force to an advantage for White.} 10. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bg5+ (
12... Bc6 13. Nxc6 Bg5+ 14. Kb1 Nxc6 15. Ne4 {gives White an advantage. Black
will have to accept a White pawn on d6/d7, clearly not what he was intending
only a few minutes ago. The critical line goes:} Be7 (15... Nxe5 16. Nd6+ Kf8
17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. Bxa6 $16 Be7 19. b4 Qa3 20. Nc8 $1 $18) 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6
Rd8 18. d7+ Kf8 (18... Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Ne5 20. Re7+ Kxe7 21. Qxb7+ Nd7 22. Bd3
Rb8 23. Qxa6 $14) (18... Ke7 19. Be2 $36) 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Qf4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 h5
22. Rhf1 Rh6 23. Qf4 f5 24. h3 $40) 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Ne4 $1 (14. Qg4 {
can be disregarded alone on account of the following line given by Dominguez.}
Bh6 15. Ne4 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qf4 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Qh5 Be8 $1 19. Qc5 Qb4 20. Nxb7+
Qxc5 21. Nxc5 {and Black is at least not worse.}) 14... Nxe5 $1 {Contrary to
Dominguez I think this is clearly the best move in the position, as the
alternative} (14... Qxe5 {, as given by Dominguez in Informant 91 (as leading
to a slight edge for Black after the nonsense move 15.Nb5) is less promising
than it appears at first sight. It is clearly a Fritz evaluation. Reality is
somewhat different, as I am sure Radjabov knew very well...} 15. Nf5 exf5 16.
Nxg5 Qe7 ({The alternative is} 16... Qf6 {when White again should reply} 17.
Bc4 $3 {Nr. 6 on Fritz 8's list of recommendations. Black now should transpose
by taking the knight. Alternatives such as} Ne5 {are met very violently indeed.
} 18. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 (18... Nxf7 19. Rhe1+ Ne5 20. Rxd7 $1 $16) 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20.
Nxf7 $16 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}) 17. Bc4 $3 {This is the
surprise Dominguez does not include in his analysis in the Informant. Now a
forced line leads to a slight White plus.} Qxg5 (17... Ne5 18. Bxf7+ $1 {
and Black is in trouble.}) (17... O-O 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nxf7 $1 {is even worse.})
18. Rhe1+ (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Ne7 $1 {gives White even chances at best.})
18... Be6 (18... Kd8 19. Qd5 Nb8 20. Qxb7 {and White wins.}) 19. Bxe6 O-O $1 {
Forced.} ({
There is no choice. Black would face a lot of suffering in the endgame after} 
19... fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf8 (20... Ne7 21. Rde1 $16) 21. Rd7 Ne7 (21... Re8 22. h4
$1 $18) 22. Rexe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qxb7+ Kf6 25. c4 $16) {
Now White can choose freely between} 20. Bxf5 $14 {and} (20. Qxf5 $14 {
when Black cannot avoid the unpleasant endgame.})) ({After the passive} 14...
Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 $14 {White is a tiny bit better.
Black will have to defend for the rest of the game. It is impossible for him
to round up the d-pawn, and at the same time White can carefully advance on
the kingside and try to create weaknesses. It does not seem likely that Black
can create serious counterplay without creating additional weaknesses for
White to play on.}) 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Qb3 $1 {Again not on the initial list of
recommendations from Fritz, but as Black cannot take the knight on d6 he is in
desperate need of an alternative.} (16. Qf2 Bf6) 16... Rhb8 $1 {
This must be the critical move. Now I cannot find anything better than} (16...
Kxd6 $2 17. Qxb7 Ke7 18. Nc6+ Nxc6 19. Rxd7+ Kf6 20. Rxf7+ Kg6 (20... Ke5 21.
Bc4 Nd8 22. Qxa8 Nxf7 23. Qb7 Rf8 24. b4 $18) 21. Bd3+ Kh6 22. Qxc6 $18) (16...
Qa4 $2 17. Qb6 $1 {The threat of 18.Qc5 is impossible to meet satisfactory.}
Rhc8 18. Nxc8+ Rxc8 19. Qxb7 Qa5 20. Bxa6 Rc7 21. Qb8 Qc5 22. Rhe1 Bf6 23. c3
Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rb7 27. a4) 17. Nxb7 (17. Qg3 Bf6 {
does not seem to lead anywhere.}) (17. Be2 Bc6 (17... Kf8 18. Rhf1 Bf6 19. Ne4)
18. Nf3 (18. Rhf1 Bf6 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Nb7 Qc7 21. Qa3+ Ke8) (18. Nxc6+ bxc6
19. Nb7 Qc7 20. Qa3+ Ke8 21. Nc5 Qb6) 18... Nxf3 19. Bxf3 Bf4 20. Nc4 Qc5 21.
Nb6 Ra7 22. Rhf1 Bb5 23. Be2 Bxe2) (17. Nf3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Nc4 Qc5 $15)
17... Qa4 $1 (17... Qc7 18. Qa3+ Kf6 19. Nd6 {with a decisive attack.}) 18. Qg3
$1 (18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Nc5 Be8 $1 (19... Be3 $6 {
initiates a long forced line that Black cannot be happy with. After} 20. Nxa4
Rb4 21. Nf5+ exf5 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. Nd5 Re4 24. g3 {it is already clear that
things have gone less well than could have been anticipated. Now after} Bc5 25.
Bg2 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. b4 Rb8 29. a3 $16 {
White has serious winning chances in the endgame.}) 20. Nxa6 (20. Bxa6 Ng4 21.
Bb7 Ra7 22. Bc6 Nf2 23. Bxe8 Kxe8 24. Nc6 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rc7 26. Rd6 Nxh1 27.
Ne4) (20. Re1 Rd8 21. c3 Nc6 $44) 20... Rb6 21. Nc5 (21. Nc7 Rab8 22. b3 Ng4 $1
{gives Black good counterplay.}) 21... Ng4 (21... Be3 22. Be2 $14) 22. Re1 (22.
Ne4 Bh6 23. Re1) 22... Rd8 23. Ncb3 {Fritz likes to think that the position
here is equal, which I am somewhat sceptical about.} Be3 24. c3 Nf2 25. Rxe3
Nxh1 26. Re2 f6 27. g3 Bg6+ 28. Kc1 Bd3 29. Re1 Nf2 30. Nc5 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Ng4
32. a4 $44) (18. Qb6 Kf8 19. b3 (19. Qc5+ Be7 20. Qxe5 Rxb7 21. b3) (19. Qc7
Bf6 20. Nc5 Qb4 21. Ndb3 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Qd6+ Kg8 25. Ne4
Rab8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qd4 $13) 19... Qa3 20. Qc5+ Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bc8 $11)
18... Bf6 $1 (18... f6 19. Nc5 Qb4 20. Ndb3 Bc6 21. Rd4 Qb6 22. Bd3 $14 (22.
Qh3 f5 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Rd6 Re8 26. g4 Kg8 27. gxf5 Nxd3 28. Qxd3
exf5 29. Rf1 $14)) 19. Nc5 Qb4 20. Ndb3 Bc6 $13 21. Nxa6 $2 Qa4 22. Nxb8 Qxa2+
23. Kc1 Rxb8 $17 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dworakowska"]
[Black "Areshchenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4
Qe7+ 15. Be2 Be5 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. Bg3 $1 {Gives by Thomas Luther in the first
edition with a few lines. In 2005 the Polish WGM playing White here got the
chance to prove that White is really in the driving seat, not once, but twice.}
Bd7 (17... O-O $5 {
is an interesting attempt for an improvement. White should probably play} 18.
gxh6 (18. O-O-O Rb8 {does not seem appealing.}) 18... Bxg3+ 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20.
Kf1 Bf5 21. Qd4 {Now Black played} Rae8 $2 {which should have lost in one move
to 22.Bg4!! in Dworakowska, Calotescu, Gothenburg 2005. Better is} (21... Kh7 {
when White is better after for example} 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3+ Qxd3+ 24. cxd3
$14)) 18. Qh4 Rb8 19. O-O Bxg3 (19... Rxb2 20. g6 fxg6 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxa6
$16) 20. hxg3 Qe5 (20... Qc5+ {
is the only move according to Fritz, but White has a sensational attack after}
21. Kh2 $1 Qxc2 (21... Qe3 22. Rae1 Qxg5 {
is objectively better, but the endgame after} 23. Bg4+ Kd8 24. Bxd7 Qxh4+ 25.
gxh4 Kxd7 26. Rxf7+ Kd6 $16 {
is still a pawn up for White - not a bad result of the opening!}) 22. Rae1 {
and Black has no defence:} Be6 23. gxh6 Kd7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Qf6 $18) 21. g6 $1
fxg6 ({Black has various chances to go into endgames as this one:} 21... Qe3+
22. Kh2 O-O 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Rf6 Qg5 27. b3 {
Objectively Black is just lost, but in practice he might score between 10 and
20%.}) 22. Rae1 $16 {The outcome of the opening is clearly in White's favour.
Without having sacrificed anything she has a strong attack against the
completely naked black king, and many weak black pawns to attack.} g5 23. Qa4
Kd8 24. Bg4 $1 {Eliminating an important defender.} Qxb2 {
What else? My electronic companion is silent.} 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Rf7+ Kd6 {
The only move, though not a nice move to play.} (26... Kd8 {is killed off with}
27. Qg4 $1 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe6 $1 {and there is no defence against the
various White threats, such as Qd6+ and Qf6+ to start with.} Qb4 {
loses elegantly to} 30. c3 $1) 27. Rfe7 $1 {
Young Dworakowska is a very determined attacker.} Kc5 28. Kh2 ({White has many
ways to keep the pressure. One is to ruthlessly target the c6-pawn:} 28. R1e3
$5 {Here Fritz suggest the somewhat meaningless at first sight} h5 {which is ac
tually a deep move. The idea is that the White king should not be allowed to
hide on h2, as it can in many lines. Here White has various strong ideas. One
being} 29. R7e6 {and I cannot see a defence.} Rhc8 30. Qa5+ Qb5 31. Rc3+ Kd4
32. Rd3+ Kc5 33. Qd2 $1 {and the game could finish something like} Qb1+ 34. Kh2
Qxa2 35. Rc3+ Kb6 36. Qd4+ Kb7 37. Rb3+ Ka8 38. Re7 {
and mate can only be postponed, not prevented.}) 28... Qb4 29. Qxa6 Ra8 30. Qe2
Rhf8 31. Qe6 (31. Qe5 $5) 31... Rad8 32. a3 (32. c4 $5) 32... Qd4 $2 (32... Qc3
{was necessary, to keep an eye with c6. Still the position is dreadfull.} 33.
Rc7 $16) 33. Rb1 $4 {
And with one move White loses all the fruit of her hard work. After} (33. Rd7
$1 {with the threat of Qe7+, Black has to play} Rxd7 34. Qxd7 {and there is no
defence against Re6 or/and Qb7, both with murder in mind, as well as the
trivial Qe7+.}) 33... Qe4 $1 {Now the exchange of queens cannot be prevented,
and Black is at least fine in the endgame, where the activity of his king
suddenly becomes a plus.} 34. Qxe4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd2 36. Re6 Rff2 37. Rg1 Rd6
38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. Kh3 h5 $6 ({We are getting into time trouble territory,
where mistakes are common wildlife. Better was} 39... Rxc2 {when after} 40. Kg4
Ra2 41. Rh1 Rxa3 42. Rxh6+ Kd5 {the game should be a draw, but White is the
one who has to prove it. In the game White should be able to make a draw as
she pleases.}) 40. Rd1+ Ke5 41. a4 Rxc2 42. Ra1 Kd6 43. a5 Kc7 44. a6 Kb8 45.
a7+ Ka8 46. Ra6 (46. Ra5 c5 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. Ra6 Re4 50. Rc6 c4 51.
Rc7 Rd4 52. Kh2 {and it is not possible for Black to make progress.}) 46... Rc1
47. Kh2 g4 {
This dominates the White king, but unfortunately it does also stalemate it.}
48. Ra4 ({The easiest way to force a draw was} 48. Ra1 Rc5 49. Rc1 Rf5 50. Rxc6
$11) 48... Re1 49. Ra6 c5 50. Rc6 (50. Ra5 Rc1 51. Ra1 Rc4 52. Rc1 $11) 50...
Rc1 51. Rc7 c4 52. Rh7 Re1 53. Rc7 (53. Rh8+ Kxa7 54. Ra8+ Kb7 55. Rb8+ Kc6 56.
Rc8+ Kd5 57. Rd8+ Kc5 58. Rc8+ $11) 53... Rc1 54. Rh7 c3 (54... Rc2 $1 {
was already strong here, but Areshchenko was probably not concerned about his
opponent finding the stalemate, when she had failed so many times.}) 55. Rc7 $6
({This was the last chance for} 55. Rh8+ $1 Kxa7 56. Ra8+ Kb6 57. Ra1 $1 Rc2
58. Rc1 $11) 55... Rc2 $1 {Really great endgame play. Black is changing the
scene and making progress. The endgame is still drawn with the best defence,
but this was not so easy to find anymore.} 56. Kg1 h4 $1 57. gxh4 $2 {
After this it is just bye bye.} (57. Kh2 $1 {
would have kept the balance. The great plan is that after} h3 58. Kh1 $1 Rxg2 (
58... hxg2+ 59. Kg1 {with a mutual zugzwang, where it is Black's turn to move.}
) 59. Rxc3 {The endgame is still a draw, as either Black removes his rook from
g2 and White attacks the g4-pawn, or Black lets the rook stay there, and White
draws with} Kxa7 60. Rc7+ Kb6 61. Rc6+ Kb5 62. Rc5+ Kb4 63. Rc4+ Kb3 64. Rxg4
$11) 57... g3 58. Kf1 Rf2+ 59. Kg1 ({White could also try to give his king a
chance by sacrificing the g-pawn to get the square. But Black still wins by a
tempo.} 59. Ke1 c2 60. h5 Rxg2 61. Kf1 Rd2 62. Kg1 Rd1+ 63. Kg2 c1=Q 64. Rxc1
Rxc1 65. Kxg3 Rc4 $1 {
The only winning move. The king has to be cut off at the 4th rank, not later.})
59... c2 60. h5 Rd2 61. Kf1 Rd1+ 62. Ke2 c1=Q 63. Rxc1 Rxc1 64. Kf3 Kxa7 65.
Kxg3 Kb6 66. Kf4 Kc7 67. Kf5 Kd7 68. g4 Rc6 69. g5 Ke7 70. h6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Arco 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Schacher, Gerd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qa5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bg5+ 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Ne4
Qxe5 $5 {Dominguez.} 15. Nf5 $1 exf5 16. Nxg5 Qe7 ({The alternative is} 16...
Qf6 {when White again should reply} 17. Bc4 $3 {Nr. 6 on Fritz 8's list of
recommendations. Black now should transpose by taking the knight. Alternatives
such as} Ne5 {are met very violently indeed.} 18. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 (18... Nxf7 19.
Rhe1+ Ne5 20. Rxd7 $1 $16) 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20. Nxf7 $16 {
White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}) 17. Bc4 $3 {Thomas Luther. This is
the surprise Dominguez does not include in his analysis in the Informant. Now
a forced line leads to a slight White plus.} Qxg5 $1 (17... Ne5 18. Bxf7+ $1 {
and Black is in trouble.}) (17... O-O 18. Qh5 h6 19. Nxf7 $1 {is even worse.})
18. Rhe1+ (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Ne7 $1 {and Black defends.}) 18... Be6 (
18... Kd8 19. Qd5 Nb8 20. Qxb7 {and White wins.}) 19. Bxe6 O-O $1 ({
There is no choice. Black would face a lot of suffering in the endgame after} 
19... fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf8 (20... Ne7 21. Rde1 $16) 21. Rd7 Re8 (21... Ne7 22.
Rexe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qxb7+ Kf6 25. c4 $16) 22. h4 Rxe6 23. hxg5 Re1+
24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 $18) 20. Qxf5 (20. Bxf5 $5 $14) 20... Qxf5 21. Bxf5 $14
{This was the end of my preparation. White is a little better in the endgame,
as he is better developed and has bishop against knight. This is maybe not
enough to win objectively, but as far as the opening goes, it has been a
disaster for Black. This position holds no chances for a win, and the draw is
not as close as it would have been if he had played a passive variation of the
Petroff.} Rfe8 (21... Rad8 22. Bd7 $1 Nb8 23. Bg4 {
with the idea of Bf3-d5 with a slight plus.}) 22. c4 $6 {With the idea to put
a bishop on d5. Maybe it is too comittal to give away the d4 and b4-squares.
Now I prefer} (22. Be4 $1 $14) 22... Rxe1 $1 (22... Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Be4
$14) 23. Rxe1 g6 $6 {This does not really help the Black position, but no easy
route to equality does not exist. I think the best chance was} (23... Kf8 {
with the idea to play} 24. Bd7 h5 $3 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kc2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8
28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Kb4 g5 30. Kc5 f5 {
and the endgame should be a draw. The main point comes after} 31. b4 h4 32. b5
$4 cxb5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Kxb5 g4 35. Kc4 f4 36. Kd3 {
when Black wins with the classic pawn break-through} f3 $1 37. gxf3 g3 38. hxg3
h3 $19) 24. Bd7 $1 Kf8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kc2 $14 {The rook endgame is clearly
better for White, but not necessarily clear better, if that makes any sense.
Black needs to defend passively and hope that the white passed pawn on the
queenside does not queen. Instead my opponent tried his luck in the pawn
endgame, where no luck was to be found.} Re8 $2 (26... c5 27. Re5 Rc8 28. Kc3
Rc6 29. a3 f6 30. Rd5 Ke7 31. b4 $14) 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Kc3 Ke7 {
This made things easier for me, but White is winning anyway after} (28... Kd7
29. Kb4 f5 30. Kc5 $1 (30. Ka5 $2 g5) {
I do not see any alternatives for Black to} 30... g5 31. b4 f4 32. b5 $1 cxb5
33. cxb5 axb5 34. Kxb5 $18 {This is a classic example of the distant passed
pawn ensuring victory. Black is exactly one tempo short of queening his passed
pawn.}) 29. Kb4 Kd6 30. Ka5 f5 (30... Kc5 31. Kxa6 f5 32. a4 f4 33. a5 g5 34.
h3 h5 35. Kb7 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. a6 f3 38. gxf3 gxf3 39. a7 f2 40. a8=Q f1=Q
41. Qa7+ Kd6 42. Qd4+ $18) 31. Kxa6 g5 32. b4 f4 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 g4 35. b6
1-0

[Event "Kharkov"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eljanov"]
[Black "Zubarev"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 Qa5 {with a tempo less. It is clearly worth a try, but probably White
should enjoy a slight edge with his extra tempo.}) 5... Nc6 6. Nc2 Qb6 $5 7.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 (9. Qd2 $5 Nf6 10. f3 d6 11. Ne3 Nd7 12.
Nd5 O-O 13. Rb1 $14) 9... Nf6 10. f3 d6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Rb1 $14 {
Cebalo-Bilobrk, Pula 1997.}) 9. Bd3 d6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nd5 $14 Nxd5
13. cxd5 Qa5 14. Be2 $1 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bb2 $44 *

[Event "Arco 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Ned4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 e5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Be6 19. b6 Qh4 $2 20. Bf3 $1 Rfd8
21. Rc7 Rab8 {Aagaard - Isonzo, Arco 2005. Here I should have played} 22. Qd2
$1 h6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Bg2 Kh7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Qc2 $16 1-0

[Event "Arco 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Isonzo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.10.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Ned4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 e5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Be6 19. b6 Qh4 $2 (19... f5 20. Rc7
$5 (20. f3 Ra3 21. Qd2 $13) 20... f4 (20... Rf7 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 f4 (22...
d5 23. Qxd5 f4 24. Bc5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Rd7 26. d6 Bf8 27. Re1 $14) 23. Qd5 $1 Kf8
24. Bd2 Qxb6 25. Rfc1 $44) 21. Bc1 (21. Bd2 Rf7 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rxc7 24.
bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Qxd6 f3 $11) 21... Rf7 22. Qc2 Ra2 23. Bb2 Qf6 24.
Rd1 $14) 20. Bf3 $1 (20. Qxd6 Rfd8 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Rc7 Rab8 22. g3 $2 (22.
Qd2 h6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Bg2 Kh7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Qc2 $16) 22... Qf6
23. h4 h6 24. h5 gxh5 $1 {I had completely overlooked this opportunity.} 25.
Bxh5 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 (26... Bxd5 $13) 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Be2 Be5 (
29... Bg5 $11) {I did not think that I had any advantage here, so I took the
chance to enter these complications with gratitude.} 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. Bc5 Rc6 $4
(31... Bxc4 32. Bxd6 Bxf1 33. Bxe5 Be2 34. f4 (34. Re7 {
was my plan, but Fritz comes up with} Kf8 $1 $11) 34... e3 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Rxe3
$14) 32. Rxc6 Bxc4 33. Rc1 Be6 $5 (33... bxc6 34. Rxc4 f5 35. Be3 Kf7 36. Rxc6
$18) (33... Bd5 34. Bd6 bxc6 35. Bxb8 Bxb8 36. b5 $18 {was my plan.}) 34. Rxe6
$4 ({Walking home after the game it only took me a few seconds to work out
that I win rather easily here with} 34. Bd6 $1 bxc6 35. Bxb8 Bxb8 36. Rxc6 $18
{The last move had for some reason slipped my mind. I had only seen} (36. b5
cxb5 37. b7 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bd6 39. b8=Q Bxb8 40. Rxb8 Bc4 $11 {I think the reason
is simple. Even though I knew this was the critical moment where everything
had to be calculated accurately, I was not able to concentrate. It is
positions like this that costs me points way too often.})) 34... fxe6 35. Be3
Rd8 36. Rc4 h5 37. Rxe4 $16 Rd5 38. Rc4 Rd7 39. Rh4 Rh7 40. Re4 Bc3 41. Rxe6
Bxb4 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Re4 Bd6 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Kh3 Ra8 46. Rh4 Ra5 47. Rc4 Ke6
48. Rc8 Kd7 49. Rh8 Rb5 50. Rh7+ Be7 51. Bd4 Ke6 $2 (51... Ke8 52. Rh8+ Kf7 53.
Be3 (53. Rb8 Rd5 54. Bc3 Rd7 55. Be5 Bc5 56. Bc7 Bxf2 57. Kh4 Kg6 58. Rxb7 Rd4+
59. Kh3 Rd2 60. Rb8 Bg1 61. g4 hxg4+ 62. Kxg4 Bxb6 $11) 53... Rd5 $16) 52. Rh8
$2 {I had a great idea here. The correct was actually not too difficult. After}
(52. f4 Rf5 53. Be5 Kd7 {I just had to look at} 54. Kg2 $1 $18 {for a few secon
ds, and I would have won the game. I used 8 minutes on my move, but I can only
say that they passed rather randomly.}) 52... Rd5 53. Be3 Bd6 54. Rg8 Be7 55.
Rb8 Rd7 56. Rc8 Bd8 57. Bc5 Rd5 58. Be3 Rd7 59. Kg2 Rd5 60. Rb8 Rd7 61. Kf3 Kf5
62. Ra8 Rd5 63. Rc8 (63. Ra7 Rd7 64. Ra5+ Kg6 65. Ke4 Rd6 66. Rd5 $16) 63...
Rd1 $4 (63... Rd7 64. Rc5+ Kg6 65. Ke4 Rd6 66. Rd5 Re6+ 67. Kd3 Bxb6 68. Rg5+
Kf7 69. Bxb6 Rxb6 70. Rxh5 $16) (63... Ke6 64. Rb8 Rd7 65. Ke4 Kf7 66. Rc8 Ke6
67. Rc5 Rh7 68. f4 $18) 64. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Liberty Bell Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Improvement to Delchev"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.12.25"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O {The practical problem with playing this system is that it does not well
too well with playing 6.Bg5 against the Najdorf, as there are some overlapping
variations with 6.Be3 if Black plays an early ...d6.} Bb4 9. f3 b5 10. Nb3 Ne5
11. Qf2 $1 {This is a completely new idea and should be investigated.} Bxc3 (
11... Nc4 12. Bc5 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 {
was Delchev's recommendation, but it looks simply suicidal. After} 15. Ka1 $1 {
with the idea of Bxc4 and Na5 it is impossible to see how the Black king shall
ever find safety.}) 12. bxc3 d6 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Ba5 Nc6 15. Qg3 (15. Bb4 Nxb4
16. cxb4 O-O $11) 15... O-O 16. Qxd6 Nxa5 17. Nxa5 Qa7 18. Nc6 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Bb7
20. Qd4 Qh6 $13 *

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Spain"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Spraggett"]
[Black "GM_delaVilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator ",Jacob"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Ne5 Bxb5 7. Qf3 f6 8.
Nxb5 Na6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 Qd7 12. Nc3 Qe6+ 13. Kf1 Nab4 14.
Qh4 Qa6+ 15. Kg1 Nxc2 16. Rb1 Nd4 17. h3 e6 18. d3 O-O-O 19. Qg4 Qxd3 20. Qe4
Qc4 21. Qe1 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nc2 {Black wins} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Nf6 {Page 264 Add
after sentence ending "and soon won."  Mr Limp continues to keep the faith
with 5...Nf6, with a couple more tries in Sao Paulo 2005. In Round 5 after 6.
Bg5 he tried 6...e6 against Van Riemsdijk, whose 7.Ndb5 only succeeded in
reaching a funny Sveshnikov. Repeating the line against Leitao in Round 6 was
a step too far:.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. h4
{and Black was already in deep trouble. 1-0 in 22 moves...}) 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Nd5
Bxd5 8. exd5 Qe5+ 9. Be3 Qxd5 10. Be2 {Page 265 Add after sentence ending
"excellent compensation for the pawn."  This line recently had a successful
test against super-GM opposition. Rahal-Bauer, France 2006, continued} e5 11.
Nb3 Qb7 12. O-O Nf6 13. f4 e4 14. c4 Be7 15. g4 $5 {and White had a powerful
initiative for the pawn. Later White should have won, but only drew. Perhaps
this line is strong, but unlucky.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

{Page 267. Delete the 2 sentences that begin with "Furthermore, the 2...a6"
and replace with:} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 {Instead the tricky line} d6 4. d4
Bg4 {is now under a cloud after the discovery of} 5. dxc5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 $1 Qa5+
7. Nc3 $1 Qxc5 (7... dxc5 8. Qb3 {is more than annoying.}) 8. Be3 {and White ha
s a tremendous initiative.  For example, Sedina-Korbut, Biel 2005, continued}
Qc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Ngf6 11. O-O g5 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. f4 {
followed by 14.fxg5 with a crushing position.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. a4 Qc5 ({
Page 118 note e32. Add in brackets after 11...Qc5:  The move-order} 11... a6 {
,as once played by Dreev, now seems inaccurate because of} 12. Qa7 $1 {
as in Dembo-An. Stojanovic, Turkey 2006. 12...Qc7 or 12...Qb4 are both
strongly met by 13.Nd5,while} Bc6 {allows White's positional dream-move:} 13.
Bb5 $1) 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd5 Qxc2 14. Qe3 Bh6 15. Qxh6 Qxe2 16. Nb6 Rc7 ({
Page 118 note e323 after 16...Nc7, in brackets add:  Perhaps Black should try} 
16... Rd8 $5 {with the idea that} 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Nxd7 {can now be met by} Kxd7
) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

{NOTE: In game 23, main text, the moves 8.Bxf6 gxf6 should be added} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 (11... Be7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 {
page 121, at the end of note a2, add:  The obvious problem with} e5 $2 {
was demonstrated in Calistri-Badii, Paris 2005:} 14. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. exd5 Qc7
(15... Qd6 16. Ne4 $1 {and 17.d6}) 16. f4 {
and White regains the piece with a winning position.}) 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Be5 Bxc3
14. Bxc3 Qxa2 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Qg3 exd3 17. Qxg7 {
Page 125, note to move 17, add:  Threatening mate with} Ne4 {is also hopeless:}
18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. cxd3 $1 {
was an effortless day for White in Bromberger-Hen. Hoffmann, Bundesliga 2006.}
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 (9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qc7 15. Rd2 {Page128, after 15...Qxf4?!, add ( perhaps in
square brackets)  In Izoria-Avrukh, Athens 2005, Black played the tougher}
O-O-O {After} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Avrukh suggests} 17. Qh4 {as promising.}) 11. fxg5
Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Rdf1 b4 16. Nd1 {
page 128 after 16... Rb8 add in brackets:  The recent trend has been for} hxg5
{The following sequence is almost forced.} 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qa5 19. Kb1
b3 $1 20. Qxa5 bxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Nxa5 {This position has been reached a few times,
including Senff-Baklan, Cappelle la Grande 2006. The results suggest Black has
just enough compensation to draw.}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
f5 b4 ({page 130, new paragraph at end of note to move 13.  Kozul, the main
specialist in this line, has recently favoured} 13... h5 {The idea is} 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Qf4 Qc5 16. Qxf6 Rh6 {as in Svetushkin-Kozul, Turkey 2006. Black
certainly has some dark-squared compensation but his king position is also
somewhat insecure.}) 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Qxd6 ({page 131 note
to move 16, add at end of note.  This was tested, without any clear conclusion,
in G. Guseinov-Kotronias, Moscow 2005:} 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 Qb7 19. Re1 b3 $5
{with an unclear position that was eventually drawn.}) 17... Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8
19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxh5 {page 131 in note to move 16 after 20...Bxe4 add in
brackets:  Black also had enough compensation after} Ke7 21. Bd3 Be3 {
in Bologan-Kotronias, Warsaw 2005.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 {In main text of Game 26 delete "10.f4"} 11.
Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f5 h5 {
page 136/137 in note to move 15 delete "the untried"} 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne2 h4 19. Nf4 {
and at end of same sentence add "as in Herrera-Fernando, Havana 2003."} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
Nc4 {Page 219 after "7...Be6 8.Nc4" insert in brackets  "Rabjabov's latest try,
at the Turin Olympiad 2006, was} Rb8 {
Perhaps the simplest plan now, instead of 9.a4 as in the game, was} 9. Ne3 Nf6
10. g3 {with the usual edge."} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.06.22"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. g3 {Add the following
on page 225. In the bracket after the sentence ending "Alexei Federov."  "GM
Sveshnikov recently found a clever way to strengthen Black's play:} Nd4 $5 14.
Bg2 Bb7 15. Nf5 ({Bologan claimed that} 15. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 O-O 17. Be3 {
was an edge for White, but it doesn't look like much after} f5) 15... Qxf5 $1
16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Qa4+ ({Or} 18. Qd3 Be2 {is also level.}) 18...
Bc6 19. Qd1 {Draw agreed in Klovans-Sveshnikov, Latvian Championship 2005.} *

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1972.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Black "Commons, Kim S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator ",Ari"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1972.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
a6 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nxe6 (12. h5 N8d7 13. O-O-O Rc8) 12...
fxe6 13. Qd4 Nc4 (13... Na4 14. Qxg7 Kd7 15. Nxa4 bxa4 16. Bg2 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qe5
18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. O-O-O Nc6 {and black has no problems.}) 14. Qxg7 Kd7 15. Bxc4
bxc4 16. O-O-O Qf8 17. Rxd6+ Kxd6 18. Qd4+ Kc7 19. Qb6+ Kc8 20. Qxe6+ Nd7 21.
Rd1 Qd8 22. Na4 Bc6 23. Qxc6+ Qc7 24. Qxa8+ Qb8 25. Qxa6+ 1-0

[Event "10...Sc6"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Analys i Keres"]
[Black "6...a6"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator ",Ari"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1972.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 (6... Nc6 7. g5
Nd7 8. Be3) 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h5 Be7 12. Rg1 g6 13.
Rh1 Bxg5 14. hxg6 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. hxg6 Bxe3 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qf3+ Qf6 18.
Qxe3) 14... Bxe3 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. fxe3 *

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,Ari"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 (6... h6 7. h4 a6
(7... Be7 8. Qf3 Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} hxg5 (10... Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11.
gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:46:35]} (12. Bd2
Bxh4 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 14. Qf4 Bf6 15. Rxh6) 12... e5 {
[%emt 11:55:52]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxh4 14.
Qh5 Bf6 (14... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rh7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]}) 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Rg1 Be6 17. b3
Qe7 18. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:05]})) 11. hxg5 Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Qxh1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng4 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (13. Qh3 Qb6) 13... Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 14. Qh8+ {[%emt 1:26:48]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]}) (7... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} (8... h5 9. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3) 9.
Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Be3 Qxh4 (
12... Be7 13. Qd2 Bxh4 (13... O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} (
14. Be2 Bxh4 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re8 16. Nf5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5
hxg5 19. Bf3) 14... d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 15. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} (15... Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc3 17.
bxc3 Ne5 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Be3))) 13. Qd2 a6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O) 8. Bg2 (8. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nfd7
9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 (10. hxg5)) 8... Nc6 {[%emt 0:17:45]} 9. g5 hxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Bxh1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 12. f4 Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13. Nde2 g6 (
13... Nc5 14. a3) (13... Be7 14. Bf3 (14. a3 f6 (14... e5) (14... Nf8 15. Qd3
Bd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. O-O-O O-O-O) 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Kf1 Bh4 17. Kg2 Qf2+ 18. Kh3
e5) 14... Nc5 15. a3 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Kf2) 14. b3) 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 (8...
Nb6 9. h4 d5 10. Bb5 Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} (11... exd5 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}) 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Qe2 (13. Qd2) 13... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:51]} 15. f4 Re8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. c3
Re7) 9. Rg1 O-O 10. Qh5 g6 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} (11... Ne5 12. Rg3 (12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:41]} g6 13. Qh6 f6
14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Be2 Bg7 16. Qd2) 12... g6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 13. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} (13. Qh6 Bxg5 14. Rxg5 Qxg5) 13... Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:17]}) 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. O-O-O
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:34:00]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Bxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]}) (10... a6 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} Re8 12. Rg3) (10... Re8
11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf8 12. f4) 11. Qh6 Nde5 12. O-O-O f6 13. gxf6 Bxf6
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be2 Nf7 16. Rxg6+ Kh8 17. Qh5 Rg8 18. Rxg8+ Qxg8 19. f4 Qg6
20. Rg1 Qxh5 21. Bxh5 Nh6 22. f5 Bg7 23. f6 Bf8 24. Be8 Bb7 25. f7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand line"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator ",."]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.01"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 (12... exd5 13. Nc6 $3
Bxc6 14. exd5+ Be7 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bf5 $16 {
Chiburdanidze-Dvoirys, Tallinn 1980.}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Bxa8 15.
Bxb5 $13 {Hauchard-Beran, Paris 1990.}) 13... gxf6 (13... Qc5 14. Bh4 Rc8 15.
Kb1 $14 {Chumfwa-Hailu, Abuja 2003.}) 14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. b4 $5 (15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16.
Nxd7 (16. Bxd7 Be7 17. Qb3 Bxf6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxb7 Rc8 20. c3 $13) 16...
Qxb5 17. Nxf8 (17. Qc3 Kxd7 18. Qxh8 Qh5 $15) 17... Rxf8 (17... Ke7 $2 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Qg3 $16 {Hanssen - Velden, corr 2000.}) 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+ Ke8 20.
c3 (20. Re3 Qc6 (20... Rg8 $2 21. Rc3 Bc6 22. f5 $18 {
Kosten-Kr. Georgiev, Saint Affrique 2005.}) 21. Qd2 Ke7 22. Qb4+ Kf6 {
and it is dubious if there is any advantage. Maybe the perpetual is the
correct choice.}) 20... Qc6 21. Qb4 a5 $1 22. Qxa5 (22. Qd4 f6 $15) 22... Ra8
23. Qg5 f6 $13 {Nakamura-Gelfand, Biel 2005. It does not seem that the
optimism from the first edition was justified. Black is ok in all lines.})
15... Qxb5 16. Nc7+ Ke7 (16... Kd8 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qh5 $16 {
Janetschek-Wallner, Austria 1992.}) 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Ra6 19. Qxb5 Rb6 {
=/+ - Gelfand. But this seems to be more of an emotional evaluation.} 20. Qd3
Bh6 21. g3 Ra8 (21... Ba6 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Qh5 Bf8 24. a3 Ke8 25. Rd2 Rc3 26.
Kb2 Rbc6 27. a4 Nb6 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. a5 Nc8 30. Ra3 Rxa3 31. Kxa3 Rc4 32. Kb3 (
32. f5 $18) 32... d5 33. c3 Rxe4 34. Rd4 Re2 35. f5 Re5 36. Qg4 h5 37. Qd1 Rxf5
38. c4 Bxc4+ 39. Rxc4 dxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Re5 41. Qa4+ Kd8 42. Qd1+ Kc7 43. Qc2 Na7
44. Qf2 Nc8 45. Qxf6 Rf5 46. Qd4 Rd5 47. Qf2 Rf5 48. Qe3 Bd6 49. Qe4 Bxg3 50.
Kb3 Bd6 51. a6 Rf4 52. Qb7+ Kd8 53. a7 Nxa7 54. Qb6+ Ke7 55. Qxa7+ Kf8 56. Qa8+
Kg7 57. Qd8 Rxb4+ 58. Kc3 Bf8 59. Qg5+ Kh7 60. Qxh5+ Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Mnatsakanian,E-Georgiev,K/Yerevan 1982/MCD}) 22. a3 e5 (22... Kf8 $5
23. Re3 Ba6 24. Qc3 e5 25. Rf3 $14) 23. Qf3 f5 24. Qh5 Bg7 {
1/2-1/2 Nataf - Lalic, Salou 2004.} 25. Qxh7 Bf6 26. Rd3 (26. fxe5 $5 {
was Nataf's other suggestion, but it probably does not give a chance for an
advantage.}) 26... Rba6 27. Qxf5 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Kd2 $1 (29. Kb2 Rf3 30.
Ka2 Rf2 $40 {Nataf.}) 29... exf4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Qxf4 (31. gxf4 Rf3 32. Re3
Rf2+ 33. Re2 Rf3 34. c4 Kd8 $13) 31... Rf3 32. Qc4 $14 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.06.01"]
[SourceDate "2004.10.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8
15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Qxg7 Re8 $1 19. Qxf7
(19. Rxe7 Kxe7 20. Re1+ Kd7 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. Re6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kc7 24. Qxf6
Qc5 $13 {Palliser.}) 19... Ra7 20. Rxe7 Raxe7 21. Qxf6 Kc7 22. Qd4 Qb6 23.
Qxb6+ Kxb6 24. Kd2 {The question is whether or not White is better in this
endgame. The fact that he lost it has little to do with the actual evaluation.
Navara - Shirov, Prague (blitz) 2005.}) 18. Be4 Qa4 19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Rxd6
Qxb2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Kf1 Qc4+ 24. Rd3 Re8 25. Red1 Kc7 (25...
Re7 {leads to unclear play according to Richard Palliser, but maybe White is
still better all the same?} 26. Qf3 {looks strong.}) 26. Bd5 Qb5 27. Kg1 $14 {
I. Rogers and Z. Zhao.} *

