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The 10 Best Games &
10 Most Important Novelties of Volume 88
Sasa
Velickovic
Chess Informant Editor
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more than a month now, there was a constant air of expectation within
the Chess Informant Editorial Board about how extraordinary this volume's
voting was going to be, since there had been a unanimous feeling that
Anand's masterpiece against Bologan, from Dortmund, stood out as a huge
favorite for both the Best Game and the Most Important Novelty titles.
The subsequent flurry of jury activity did indeed prove to be history
in the making: Anand's final score of 82 + 83 points constitutes the highest
aggregate ever, thus overtaking the number one spot from Kasparov, who
achieved his accolades by amassing 75 and 78 points for his memorable
double win, against no other than Anand himself. In hindsight, the arch-rivalry
does add a certain nuance to it, but it is the shared passion for the
game, which runs so deep within us, that makes the results so exciting.
If we look at all the double winners we find that World Champions dominate
the list (four champions + two championship matches).
Timman Karpov, Montreal 1979 28/40
Psakhis Geller, Yerevan (zt) 1982 33/564
Kasparov Anand, New York (m/10) 1995 64/315
Atalik Sax, Szeged 1997 71/559
Kramnik Kasparov, London (m/2) 2000 80/477
Anand Bologan, Dortmund 2003 88/77
So Anands double win doubles the treat for ChessCafe readers: this article
features the past double award winning games, the top contenders from
Volume 88, and the accompanying Caro-Kann B 17 theoretical survey to top
it all off. Enjoy!
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 Timman
An. Karpov
Montreal 1979 28/40
1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 ed4 6. Nd4 0-0 [6... Nd4
7. Qd4 0-0 8. Be2 d6 9. 0-0 and White is slightly better] 7. Nc6 [7.
Be2] bc6 8. Be2 d5 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. b3 [10. cd5 cd5 11. b3 equal]
Qe7! 11. Bb2 [11. Qc2] dc4! [a novelty; 11... Rd8 12. cd5 Qe5!?
(12... cd5 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Nd4 and White is slightly better) 13.
g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Bb4 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Qc1 cd5 17. Bf3 and White is slightly
better] 12. bc4?! [12. Bc4 Qe5! (12... Bh2 13. Kh2 Ng4 14. Kg3
unclear; 12... Ng4 13. g3 Nh2 14. Kh2 Qh4 15. Kg1 Bg3 equal) 13. g3
Bh3 with initiative] Rb8 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. g3 [14. h3 Qe5 15. g3 Ne3!
and Black is winning; 14. Bg4 Bg4 and Black is superior, pair of bishops]
Re8 15. Nd1? [15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Be2] |
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| 15...
Nh2! 16. c5 [16. Kh2 Qh4 17. Kg1 Bg3 18. fg3 Qg3 19. Kh1 Re4! (19...
Re6 20. Bf6!) 20. Rf4 Rf4 21. ef4 Qe1 22. Kg2 Qe2 and Black is winning]
Nf1 17. cd6 Ng3!! 18. fg3 Qd6 19. Kf2 [19. Kg2 Qh6 20. g4 Qg5 with attack]
Qh6 20. Bd4 Qh2 21. Ke1 Qg3 22. Kd2 Qg2! [and Black is winning, with
the idea 23... Ba6 24. Nc3 c5 25. Bc5 Rbd8] 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 [24.
Qf1 Qh2 with the idea c5] Bd3! 25. Kd3 Rbd8 [with the idea Rd4]
26. Bf1 Qe4 27. Kc3 c5! 28. Bc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8 30. Ka3 Re5 31. Bb4 Qb6
[32. Qd2 Re3] 0 : 1 [Minic,
Sindik] |
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Psakhis
Geller
Yerevan (zt) 1982 33/564
1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Bf6
Bf6 9. cd5 ed5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rd1 Qe7!? (a novelty) 12. g3 c5! [12...
Nd7 see 33/(564)] 13. dc5 [better is 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. 0-0 equal]
Rd8 14. cb6? [14. Bg2 bc5 15. 0-0 Nc6 and Black is slightly better] |
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| 14...
d4! 15. Bg2 [15. Ne4 Bd5! 16. Nf6 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qf3 18. b7 Rd7!! 19. Qa4
Qd1! 20. Qd1 Bh1 21. f3!? Rd1 22. Ke2 Rd2! and Black is winning] Nc6
16. Nd4 Nd4 17. ed4 [17. Ba8 Ra8 18. ed4 Bd5 19. Qe2 Bh1 20. Qe7 Be7
21. ba7 and Black is superior] Bh3 18. Kf1 Rd4 19. Qe3?! [19. Qd4
Bd4 20. Rd4 Qf6! 21. Rd3 (21. Rf4 Qc6! 22. Rg1 Bg2 23. Rg2 Qb6)
Qf5! 22. Re3 ab6 23. Bh3 Qh3 24. Ke2 b5 25. a3 b4 and Black is winning]
Qb7! 20. f3 [20. Rg1 Rd1 21. Nd1 Rd8 22. Nc3 Bg2 23. Rg2 Bc3 24. bc3
Qa6 25. Ke1 Qa2 and Black is winning] Rd1 21. Nd1 Qa6! (and Black
is winning) 22. Kg1 Rd8 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. Qe1 Bf2 [25. Kf2 Qb6 26.
Kf1 Bc8! with the idea Ba6] 0 : 1
[Geller] |
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Kasparov
2795 Anand 2725
New York (m/10) 1995 64/315
1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. de5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dc3 12. Ne6 fe6 13. bc3 Qd3 14. Bc2! [a
novelty; 14. Nf3 see 26/287] Qc3 15. Nb3!! Nb3 [15... Rd8!? 16. Bd2
Rd2! (16... Qe5? 17. Qg4! with initiative) 17. Nd2 and White is slightly
better] 16. Bb3 Nd4?! [16... Rd8? 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 Qe5 19. Bb2!
Nd4 (19... Qb2 20. Qe6 Ne7 21. Qf7 and White is winning) 20. Rae1
Qf5 21. Qd4! Rd4 22. Bd4 and White is winning; 16... Qa1 17. Qh5 a)
17... Kd7? 18. Be6! Ke6 19. Qg4! Kf7 20. Qf3 Ke6 21. Qc6 Bd6 22. ed6 Qe5
23. Bd2! Qd6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Qf3 Kg6 (25... Qf6 26. Qd5 Kg6 27. Re6 and
White is winning) 26. Qg4! (26. Bf4? Rhe8!; 26. h4? h6! 27. h5 Kh7
28. Qe4 g6 29. Bb4 Rhe8 30. Bd6 Re4 31. Re4 cd6 32. Re7 unclear) Kf7
27. Bc3! and White is winning; b) 17... g6 18. Qf3 Nd8 (18...
0-0-0? 19. Qc6 Qe5 20. Qa6 Kd7 21. Bb2! and White is winning; 18... Nd4
19. Qa8 Kf7 20. Qd8! Ne2 21. Kh1 Qe5 22. Bg5! and White is superior) 19.
Qf6 b1) 19... Qd4 20. Qh8 Qd7 (20... Qh4 21. Bc2! and White is
superior) 21. Bh6 Qe7 22. Bf8 Qf8 23. Qh7 Qf7 24. Qh6 Qf5 25. Qc1 Rc8
(25... Qe5 26. Be6!) 26. Qc5 and White is superior; b2) 19...
Rg8 20. Be6 b21) 20... Rg7 21. Ba3 Qf1 22. Kf1 c5 (22... b4 23.
Bb4 Bb4 24. Bd5 and White is winning) 23. Bc5 Bc5 24. Qg7 Ne6 25. Qh7
Rd8 26. Qg6 Ke7 27. Qf6 Kd7 28. Qf3 and White is winning; b22) 20...
Bg7 21. Bf7! Kd7 22. e6 Kc8 23. Qa1 Ba1 24. Bg8 Bf6 25. Re1 Nc6 26. Bh7
Ne7 27. Ba3 and White is winning; b23) 20... Be7 21. Bd7! Kd7 22.
e6 Ne6 23. Qa1 Bd6 24. Be3 and White is superior] |
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Qg4!! [17. Qh5? g6 18. Qg4 Qa1 19. Be6 Qc3 20. Bd7 Kd8! and Black is
winning; 17. Bg5? Nb3 18. ab3 Qe5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Bd6! (20... Qd5?
21. Qf6) 21. Rfe1 Qh2 22. Kf1 Qh1 23. Ke2 Qh5 24. g4 Qg5 25. Qa8 Qd8
unclear] Qa1 18. Be6! [18. Be3? Ne2 19. Qe2 Qe5 20. Qf3 Bd6! and
Black is winning] Rd8 [18... Be7 19. Bg5 Qc3 (19... h5 20. Qe4
and White is winning) 20. Bd7 Kf7 21. e6 (21. Be7? Ne2! 22. Kh1
Qe5 23. Ba3 Rhd8 unclear) Kf8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6! Kg8 24. Be7 Nf5 25.
Qf4 and White is winning; 18... Qc3!?] 19. Bh6!! [19. Bg5? Qc3 20.
Bd8 a) 20... Kd8? 21. Rd1 Ke7 (21... c5 22. Bc8 Kc7 23. Qd7 Kb6
24. Qd8 with initiative) 22. Bc8 Kf7! 23. h4 Bc5 24. Qd7 Kg6 25. Rd4
Qe1 26. Kh2 Qe5 27. f4 Qf6 28. Qg4! Kf7 (28... Kh6 29. Rd5 g6 30. Rd7
and White is winning) 29. Rd7 Be7 30. Rc7 and White is slightly better;
b) 20... h5!! 21. Qg6 Kd8 22. Rd1 c5 and Black is winning] Qc3
[19... Qb2 20. Bg7 Qe2 21. Bh8 Qg4 22. Bg4 and White is winning; 19...
Qf1 20. Kf1 g6 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bb3! (22. Bc8? 0-0!) Nb3 (22...
Rf8 23. Bd4 and White is winning) 23. Qe6 Be7 24. ab3 and White is winning]
20. Bg7 Qd3 21. Bh8! Qg6 [21... Ne2 22. Kh1 Ng3 23. hg3 Qf1 24. Kh2
Qd3 (24... Qf2 25. Bf6 and White is winning; 24... Rd1 25. Qh5 and White
is winning) 25. Bf5 Qc4 26. f4 and White is winning] 22. Bf6 Be7
23. Be7 Qg4 [23... Ke7 24. Qh4 Ke8 25. Bg4 and White is winning]
24. Bg4 Ke7 25. Rc1! (and White is winning) c6 26. f4 a5 27. Kf2
a4 28. Ke3 b4 29. Bd1! [29. Rc4? a3! with counterplay, with the idea
30. Rd4?? Rd4 31. Kd4 b3 and Black is winning] a3 30. g4 Rd5 31. Rc4
c5 [31... Ne6 32. Bb3 Nc5 33. Bc2! (33. Rb4?? Rd3 34. Ke2 Rb3 and
Black is winning) b3 34. Bb3 Rd3 35. Ke2 Rb3 36. Rc5] 32. Ke4 Rd8
33. Rc5 Ne6 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5 Rc1 38. Rd6 [38...
b3 39. f6 Kf8 40. Bh5 Re1 41. Kf3 Nb7 42. Ra6] 1 :
0 [Kasparov] |
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Atalik
2590 Sax 2570
Szeged 1997 71/559
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bc3 6. Qc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5?! 9. cd5 Qd5 10. Bc4! Qa5 11. b4 Nb4 12. Qe4 Nc2 13. Ke2 Qe1 14. Kf3
Na1 15. Bb2 0-0 16. Kg3 Kh8 17. de5! [a novelty; 17. Nf3? see 70/502]
Be6 (only move) 18. Nf3 Qh1 19. Ng5 g6 |
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| 20.
Nf7!! Rf7 21. Be6 Rg7 [21... Rf2!? 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg3 Qe1 24. Kh3 Kg7
25. Bd7 Kh6 26. e6 Rf5 27. Bf6!! Rh5 (27... Rf6 28. e7 and White is winning)
28. Kg4 Rf5 29. e7 Qd1 30. Kh3! a) 30... Rh5 31. Kg3 Qe1 32.
Kf4 Qf1 (32... Qf2 33. Qf3 Rh4 34. Bg4!; 32... g5 33. Ke5 Qc3 34. Qd4
g4 35. Kf4 and White is winning; 32... Rh4 33. Bh4 Qh4 34. Kf3 and White
is winning) 33. Qf3 and White is winning; b) 30... Qd7 31. e8Q
Rf3 (31... Rh5 32. Kg3 and White is winning) 32. Kh4 and White is
winning] 22. Bf7!! [22. Bg4?! a) 22... h5 23. e6! h4 (23...
Kh7 24. Bh5 Kg8 25. Bg7 gh5 26. Qg6 and White is winning; 23... Re8 24.
Qg6 Ree7 25. Qg7 Rg7 26. e7 Kh7 27. Bg7 and White is winning) 24. Kh3
Kh7 25. Qd4 Rag8 26. Qf6 and White is winning; b) 22... Rf8!! 23.
e6 Qf1 b1) 24. Bf3?! Qb5 25. Ba1 Qg5 and Black is winning; b2)
24. e7?! Qf2 25. Kh3 Re8 26. Qe5 (26. Qd4 Qf7) Ree7! 27. Qe7 Qb2
and Black is winning; b3) 24. Qe5 Qf2 25. Kh3 Rfg8 26. Ba1 h5 27.
Bh5 (27. Bf3 Kh7 28. e7 Rf7 with the idea Rf3) Kh7 28. Qg5
(28. Bf3 Re7 29. Qf6 Rgg7) Qf8 (28... Qf5? 29. Qf5 gf5 30. Bg7 Rg7
31. Bf7 Rf7 32. ef7 Kg7 33. Kg3 c5 34. a4 b6 35. Kf3 a6 36. e4 fe4 37. Ke4
b5 38. ab5 ab5 39. g4 b4 40. h4 b3 41. Kd3 c4 42. Kc3 Kf7 43. h5 Kf6 44.
h6 Kg6 45. g5 equal) 29. Bf6 Re7 30. Be7 (30. Bg4 Re8) gh5
31. Qh5 Qh6 32. Qh6 Kh6 33. Bh4 c5 and Black is winning] Rf7? [22...
Qd1 23. e6 Qd6 24. f4 (24. Kh3!?; 24. Be5 Qe7 25. h4) a) 24... Qe7
a1) 25. Qb7!? Rd8 (25... Rf8 26. Ba1 Rff7 27. ef7 Qe3 28. Qf3
Qe1 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Qa7 Qe1 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Kf3 Qf7 33. Qb2 Qd5 34. Kf2
Qc5 35. Kf1 Qc4 36. Kg1 Qc5 37. Kh1 and White is winning) 26. Ba1 Qa3
27. Bd4 Qe7 28. Qa7 Rd4 29. Qd4 and White is winning; a2) 25. Ba1
c5 26. Qe5 Rag8 27. Qf6 and White is winning; b) 24... g5 25. Kg4!!
b1) 25... Qd1 26. Kf5 Qc2 27. Ba1 Qc5 28. Qe5 Qe5 29. Be5 and White
is winning; b2) 25... gf4 26. Kh5 Qc5 (26... fe3 27. Kh6 Qh2 28.
Bh5 and White is winning) 27. Qe5 Qe5 28. Be5 and White is winning;
b3) 25... h5 26. Kh5 and White is winning] 23. e6 Kg8 [23...
Rg7 24. e7 h5 25. Qg6 and White is winning] 24. Qd4! Kf8 25. ef7 Kf7
26. Qd7 1 : 0 [Atalik] |
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Kramnik
2770 Kasparov 2849
London (m/2) 2000 80/477
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rb1 a6 |
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Rb7! [a novelty; 11. Rb3 see 54/465] Bf3 [11... Nc6!? 12. Bc4!
and White is slightly better] 12. gf3 Nc6 13. Bc4 0-0 14. 0-0 cd4 [14...
Rad8 15. d5 and White is superior, with the idea 15... Bc3 16. Qe2 Nd4 17.
Bd4 cd4 18. Re7] 15. cd4 Bd4 [15... Qd2 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Kg2 e6 18.
Rc1 and White is slightly better; 15... Qh5? 16. Bd5 with the idea 16...
Qf3 17. Qd1 Qd1 18. Rd1 and White is winning] 16. Bd5 Bc3 [16...
Be3? 17. Qe3 Rac8 (17... Nb4 18. Qc3 e6 19. Be6! Qg5 20. Kh1 and White
is winning) 18. Rc1 Nb4 (18... Ne5 19. Rc8 Rc8 20. Re7 and White
is winning) 19. Rc8 Rc8 20. Qd2 e6 21. Be6 fe6 22. Qh6 and White is
winning, with the idea 22... Rc7 23. Rb8; 16... Qd2 17. Bd2 Ne5 and White
is slightly better, with the idea 18. Bh6!? e6! (18... Nf3 19. Kg2 Nh4
20. Kh3) 19. Bf8 ed5 20. Bh6 Nf3 21. Kg2 de4 22. Rfb1 Be5] 17. Qc1!
[17. Qd1 Rac8 (17... Nb4? 18. Bb6 Qa3 19. Bc5 e6 20. Be6 and White
is winning) 18. Qb3 (18. Bh6 Rfd8 19. Bf7 Kf7 20. Qb3 Kf6 21. f4
Qh5! 22. Bg5 Kg7 23. Qc3 Nd4; 18. Bb6 Qa3) Nd4 (18... e6 19. Be6
fe6 20. Qe6 Kh8 unclear, with the idea 21. Bh6 Qh5 22. Bf8 Rf8) 19.
Bd4 Bd4 20. Re7 Rc3 21. Bf7 (21. Qd1 Qc5 22. Rd7 Bf2) Kh8 22. Qd5
Qd5 23. ed5 Rf3 with counterplay] Nd4 [17... Rac8 18. Bb6 Qb4 (18...
Nd4 19. Qd1 Qb4 20. a3 Qd6 21. Bd4 Bd4 22. Qd4 e6 23. Qf6 and White is winning)
19. a3 Qb2 20. Qb2 Bb2 21. a4 e6 22. Bc6 Rc6 23. Rd1 and White is superior]
18. Bd4 [18. Qd1? e6 19. Bd4 ed5 20. Bc3 Qc3 21. Rb3 Qa5] Bd4 19.
Re7 [19. Qc4? Qd2] Ra7 [19... Qd8 20. Qc7 and White is superior]
20. Ra7 [20. Qg5?? Qd8] Ba7 |
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| 21.
f4! [21. Qg5 Qc5 22. f4 Kg7 23. Qe5 f6 24. Qe6 Bb6 weak point f2; 21.
Qf4 Bb8 22. Qf6 Qc7] Qd8 [21... Bb8 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. e5] 22. Qc3
[22. Qd2 Qh4] Bb8 [22... Qh4 23. Qg3 Qg3 24. hg3 Rb8 25. Bb3
Rd8 26. e5 (26. Rc1!? Rd2 27. Bf7 Kg7 28. Bb3 Bf2 29. Kg2) Rd2
27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Rc1 Rf2 29. Kh3 and White is superior] 23. Qf3! [23.
Qg3 Qf6!? (23... Qd6 24. f5 Qd5 25. ed5 Bg3 26. fg3 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kg7)
24. e5 Qf5 25. Bc4 Rd8 with counterplay] Qh4 [23... g5?! 24.
fg5 (24. f5) Qg5 25. Kh1; 23... Qf6 24. e5 Qf5 25. h4!? Rc8 26.
Be4 Qe6 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Rb7 and White is superior] 24. e5 g5 25. Re1!
[25. e6? fe6 26. Be6 Kg7 27. Qc3 Kh6] Qf4 [25... gf4 26. e6 fe6
27. Re6 Qg5 28. Qg2 (28. Kh1!? Kh8 29. Qc3 Qg7 30. Qg7 Kg7 31. Ra6)
Qg2 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Ra6] 26. Qf4 gf4 27. e6 fe6 [27... Rd8? 28.
e7 Re8 29. Bc6; 27... Bd6? 28. ef7 Kg7 29. Re8] 28. Re6 Kg7 [28...
a5 29. Re7!? (29. Ra6 Kg7 30. Ra5 Rf5 31. Rb5 and White is superior)
Kh8 30. Kf1 (30. Kg2 f3! 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. Kh3 Rg7 and White is slightly
better) f3 31. h3 and White is superior] 29. Ra6 Rf5 [29...
Rf6 30. Ra8 (30. Ra5!?) Rb6 31. Kg2 (31. a4 Rb2 32. a5 Bd6
33. Rc8 and White is superior, with the idea 33... Rb5 34. a6 Rd5 35. a7
f3 36. Rg8! Kf6 37. Kh1!) Rb2 32. Kh3! (32. a4 Be5) f3 (32...
Be5 33. f3) 33. Kg4 Bh2 (33... Be5 34. Kf3 Bd4 35. Rg8 Kf6 36. Rg2
Ke5 37. Bb3 h6 38. Kg3 and White is winning) 34. Kf3 and White is superior]
30. Be4 Re5 [30... Rb5!? 31. Kg2 (31. a4 Rb2 32. a5 Be5) Rb2
32. a4 (32. Kf3 Be5) Be5 33. Rc6!? Bd4 (33... Rb4 34. Bc2) 34.
Bc2 Ra2 35. Rc4 and White is superior] 31. f3 Re7 [31... Rb5 32.
Kg2 (32. a4 Rb2 33. h4!?) Rg5 (32... Rb2 33. Kh3) 33. Kf1
Rb5 (33... Rh5 34. Rb6 Be5 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Rb5) 34. a4 Rb2 35. h4
Be5 36. h5] 32. a4! [32. Ra8 Ba7 33. Kg2 Be3 34. Rc8 Ra7 35. Rc2
and White is slightly better] Ra7 [32... Ba7!? 33. Kg2 (33. Kf1
Be3) Be3 a) 34. a5 a1) 34... Ra7? 35. Ra7 Ba7 36. Kh3
h5 only move 37. Kg2 Kf6 (37... h4 38. Kh3 Bg1 39. a6 and White is winning)
38. h4! and White is winning, with the idea 38... Kg7 39. a6 Kf6 40.
Kf1 Kg7 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Bc4 Ke7 (43... Bg1 44. Kd3 Ke5 45.
Bf7) 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Ke4 Bf2 46. Kf4 Kc7 47. Kg5; a2) 34... Re5!
35. h4! (35. Ra8 Rg5 36. Kh3 Rh5 37. Kg4 Rh2 38. a6 Ra2) Rh5 (35...
Rb5 36. Kh3) 36. Ra8 Rh4 37. Rc8 Rh5 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. a6 Rg5 40. Kf1
Ra5; b) 34. Rc6!? Ra7 35. Bc2 and White is superior; c) 34.
Kh3! Re5! (34... Ra7? 35. Ra7 Ba7 36. Kg4 Be3 37. a5 h6 38. Kf5 and White
is winning) 35. a5!? (35. Kg4 h5 36. Kh4 Bf2 37. Kh3 and White is
superior) Rh5 36. Kg4 (36. Kg2 Rg5) Rh2 37. Rd6 with initiative
Rg2 38. Kf5 and White is superior, with the idea 38... Rg6? 39. Rg6 hg6
40. Ke6 g5 41. Bf5 and White is winning] 33. Rb6 [33. Ra7? Ba7 34.
Kg2 Bb6 35. h4 (35. Kh3 h5 36. Kh4 Kh6 equal) Bd8 36. Kh3 h5 equal]
Be5 [33... Bc7 34. Rb4 (34. Rc6 Bd8 35. Rc4 Bb6) Bd6! 35. Rc4
Rc7?! 36. Bc6 Kf6 37. Kg2 Be5 38. a5 Ke7 39. Kh3 (39. Re4) Kd6
40. Bb5 and White is winning; 35... Ra5! and White is superior ] 34.
Rb4 Rd7? [34... Bd6! and White is superior see 33... Bc7] 35. Kg2
Rd2 36. Kh3 (and White is winning) h5 37. Rb5 [37. Rb7 Kh6!?
38. Rb6 Rd6] Kf6 38. a5 Ra2 [38... Bd4 39. Rd5 Be3 40. Rd2 Bd2 41.
a6 Be3 42. Kh4] 39. Rb6 Ke7? [39... Kg7 only move 40. a6 (40.
Rg6 Kf8) Bd4 41. Rg6 Kf8 42. Bb7! (with the idea Rg5) Ra5 (42...
Be3 43. Rg5 h4 44. Rg4 Ke7 45. Rh4 Bg1 46. Kg4) 43. Rd6 Bg1 44. Rd1!
Be3 (44... Rg5 45. Rg1 Rg1 46. a7) 45. Rd5 Rd5 (45... Ra2 46.
Rh5 Bg1 47. Kg4) 46. Bd5 Kg7 (46... Ke7 47. Kh4; 46... Bf2 47. Kg2
Ba7 48. h4) 47. Kg2 Kf6 (47... h4 48. Kh3 Bf2 49. Kg4) 48. h4]
40. Bd5 [40... Ra5 41. Re6 Kd7 42. Re5 Kd6 43. Rh5 Rd5 44. Rd5 Kd5 45.
Kg4] 1 : 0 [Kramnik]
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Anand
2774 Bologan 2650
Dortmund 2003 88/77
1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Ne4 10. Qe4 Qc7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 |
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| 14.
Re1! [a novelty; 14. Nd2 see 85/87] Bf8! [14... g4 15. Qh6 gf3
16. Re6 fe6 (16... Be7 17. Re7 Ke7 18. Bf4 and White is winning) 17.
Qe6 Be7 18. Qg8 Nf8 19. Bg6! Kd7 20. Bf5 Ke8 21. Bh6! Qd6 (21... Bf5?
22. Re1) 22. Bf8 Bf8 23. Re1 Kd8 24. Qf7 Be7 25. Bc8 Rc8 26. Qf3 and
White is superior] 15. Qf5 [15. Re6 Kd8 only move a) 16. Bh7
a1) 16... Rh8 17. Rh6 Nf6 18. Bg5! Bh3 19. Bf6 Kc8 20. Rh3 and White
is winning; a2) 16... Nf6 17. Rf6 Bh3 18. Bg8 Be6 19. Bf7 Qe7! (19...
Bf7 20. Ne5) 20. Re6 Qf7 21. Rc6 Rc8 22. Rc8 Kc8 23. Be3 Qc4 24. c3
Qe2 25. Nd2 Qd3 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. g3 and White is superior; a3) 16...
Rg7 a31) 17. Rh6!? Nf6 18. Bf5 g4 19. Qg3 gf3 (19... Qg3) 20.
Qc7 Kc7 21. Rf6 Rg2 22. Kf1 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bd3 24. cd3 Kd7 25. h3 Be7 26. Rf3
Rag8 27. Ke2 Rg1!; a32) 17. Qh6 fe6 18. Bg5 Rg5 19. Ng5! (19.
Qg5 Be7 20. Qg8 Nf8 21. Ne5 Bd7 22. Be4 unclear) Bh6 20. Ne6 Ke7 21.
Nc7 Rb8 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Ne6 c5 24. Nd8 Kg7 25. Bf5 and White is superior;
a4) 16... Nc5 17. Bg8 Be6 a41) 18. Qh5 Ne4 19. Ne5 Nf6 20.
Qf3 Bg7! (20... Ng8 21. Nc6 Ke8 22. d5 with compensation) 21. Nc6
Ke8 22. Nb4 Rd8; a42) 18. Qg3 Bd6 (18... Qg3 19. hg3 Nd7 20. Bh7
Nf6 21. Bd3 Bd6) 19. Ne5 Kc8!; b) 16. Re1 Ne5! (16... Nf6
17. Qg3! and White is superior) 17. Bf5 (17. Qg3? Nd3 18. cd3 Qg3
19. hg3 Be6) g4 18. Qh5 Nf3 19. gf3 Bf5 20. Qf5 Qd7! 21. Qd7 Kd7 22.
Kg2 Bd6 and White is slightly better; c) 16. Rh6 c1) 16...
Nf6 c11) 17. Qc8 Kc8 18. Rf6 Bg7! (18... Kb7 19. Ne5 and White
is superior; 18... Bd6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Ba6 Kb8 21. Rd6!! Qd6 22. g3 Kc7
23. Bf4 Rg5 24. Bd6 Kd6 and White is superior) 19. Ba6 Kd8! (19...
Kb8 20. Bg5! Bf6 21. Bf6 Re8 22. Re1 Re1 23. Ne1 and White is winning) 20.
Rf5 f6 21. d5 Re8! (21... c5 22. Ng5! Re8 23. Ne6 and White is winning)
22. Be3 c5 unclear; c12) 17. Bf5 g4 (17... Bh6 18. Qh6) 18.
Qh4 c121) 18... gf3 c1211) 19. Qf6 Qe7! (19... Be7 20.
Qf7 Rg2 21. Kh1 and White is winning) ; c1212) 19. Rf6! Rg2 20.
Kh1 Bf5 21. Rf5 Kc8 22. Rf3 and White is winning; c122) 18... Bh6
c1221) 19. Ne5 Bg7; c1222) 19. Qf6 Qe7 20. Qc6 gf3 (20...
Bb7 21. Qh6 gf3 22. Bf4 Rg2 23. Kh1 and White is winning) c12221) 21.
Qd5 Kc7! (21... Ke8 22. Bh6 Rg2 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. Qb5 Kd8 25. Bf4! f6 26.
Bg3 and White is winning) 22. Bh6 Rg2 23. Kh1 Rh2 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Kg1
Bf5!; c12222) 21. Bh6 see 19. Bh6; c1223) 19. Bh6 gf3 20.
Qf6 Qe7 21. Qc6 Bb7 (21... Rg2 22. Kh1 Rh2 23. Kh2 Qh4 24. Kg1 Bf5 25.
Qa8 and White is winning) 22. Qb5 Rg2 23. Kh1 and White is superior;
c2) 16... Ne5! 17. Qg3! (17. Bf5? Nf3 18. gf3 Bh6 and Black is
superior) Nf3 (17... Nd3 18. Bg5 and White is winning) 18. Qf3
Bh6 19. Qf6 Qe7 20. Qh6 Kc7! (20... Be6 21. f4! and White is superior)
21. Bd2 Be6 and White is slightly better] Bg7 16. h4 [16. Re6?
fe6 17. Qe6 Kf8 and Black is superior; 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nd5
19. Bd5 cd5] Kf8 [16... gh4? 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Re6 and White is winning]
17. Qh3 [17. Re6? a) 17... Nf6? 18. Qe5! (18. Qf6 Bf6 19.
Rf6; 18... Be6!) Qe5 19. Re5; b) 17... Ne5 18. Ne5 Be6; c)
17... Nc5! and Black is superior ] Rh8! 18. hg5 hg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bg5!
[20. Qg5 Bb7 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. Ne5! Ne5 (22... cd4 23. Nf7!) 23.
de5 Bh6! 24. Qg4 Bf4 25. Qf4 Qh4 26. Qh4 Rh4 27. f3 Ke7 28. Kf2 and White
is slightly better] cd4 21. Rad1!! [21. Re6 Nc5 22. Be7 Kg8 and Black
is superior; 21. Be7 Kg8 22. Re4 f5! 23. Qg6 Rh6 24. Qe8 Nf8] Bb7 [weak
point e6; 21... Nc5 22. Bf4 Qd8 (22... e5 23. Qg7) 23. Qg3 and White
is winning; 21... a5 22. Bb5 e5 (22... Qc2 23. Nd4 Qh7 24. Ne6 fe6 25.
Be7! and White is winning; 22... Ne5 23. Ne5 Be5 24. Qe4 Bh2 25. Kf1 Bb7
26. Qd4 and White is winning) 23. Qg3! and White is superior; 21...
a6 22. Be7 Kg8 23. Bh4! with the idea Bg3 and White is superior] |
|
| 22.
Re6! fe6 [22... Bf3 23. Qf3 Qh2 24. Kf1 and White is winning] 23.
Be7 Ke7 [23... Kf7 24. Qg6 Ke7 25. Qg7] 24. Qg7 Kd6 25. Nd4! Qc5
26. Bf5 [26. Bb5?? Rh1 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Kg1 Qd1 and Black is winning;
26. Nb5 Kc6 27. Be2 (27. Bf1 Rh1!) Rad8 28. c4! Qe5 29. Na7 Kc5
30. Qe7] Qe5 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. Qg3 Ke7 29. Rd5 Bd5 30. Qg5 Kd6 31. Qf4
Ke7 32. Be4 (and White is winning) Rh5 33. Nh4 Rg8 34. Ng6 Kd8 35.
Qf7 [35. g4?? Rg6] Re8 36. Bd3 [36... Rg5 37. f3 Bc6 38. c4 and
White is winning] 1 : 0 [Anand] |
The ten best games
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SELECTION |
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01 |
ANAND, V. - BOLOGAN, V. |
77 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
83 |
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02 |
SAKAEV, K. - BELOV, VL. |
397 |
9 |
- |
9 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
60 |
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03 |
RUBLEVSKY, S. - LPUTIAN, S. |
243 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
- |
10 |
47 |
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04 |
KASPAROV, G. - GRISCHUK, A. |
442 |
8 |
6 |
- |
- |
10 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
- |
41 |
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05 |
KASPAROV, G. - CHUCHELOV, V. |
449 |
- |
- |
6 |
8 |
- |
3 |
- |
5 |
9 |
31 |
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06 |
SVIDLER, P. - VOLKOV, S. |
234 |
4 |
9 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
7 |
6 |
30 |
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07 |
SUTOVSKY, E. - SERMEK, D. |
49 |
7 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
2 |
22 |
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08 |
FRESSINET, L. - GELFAND, B. |
126 |
- |
- |
5 |
3 |
8 |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
21 |
|
09 |
SUTOVSKY, E. - GALLAGHER, J. |
220 |
- |
7 |
7 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
19 |
| 10 |
VAN WELY, L. - SUTOVSKY, E. |
399 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
8 |
7 |
- |
- |
17 |
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| 11 |
MOTYLEV, A. - DREEV, A. |
85 |
6 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
16 |
| 12 |
GOLOSHCHAPOV, A. - VOLKOV, S. |
264 |
5 |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
| 13 |
SVIDLER, P. - MOROZEVICH, A. |
285 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
9 |
- |
11 |
| 14 |
GAGUNASHVILI, M. - ARLANDI, E. |
202 |
1 |
- |
4 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
11 |
| 15 |
IVANISEVIC, I. - NISIPEANU, L.-D. |
435 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
6 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
11 |
| 16 |
BOLOGAN, V. - ANAND, V. |
83 |
- |
8 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
| 17 |
ADAMS, MI. - LAUTIER, J. |
149 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
1 |
- |
9 |
| 18 |
KASPAROV, G. - JOBAVA, BA. |
66 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
8 |
| 19 |
KARJAKIN, SERGEY - TKACHIEV, V. |
309 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
| 20 |
ADAMS, MI. - RADJABOV, T. |
144 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
| 21 |
IZORIA, Z. - KUPREICHIK, V. |
326 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
6 |
| 22 |
GAGUNASHVILI, M. - SOKOLOV, I. |
337 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
| 23 |
GERARD, N. - GLEK, I. |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
| 24 |
RUBLEVSKY, S. - MOROZEVICH, A. |
242 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| 25 |
SMIRIN, I. - SAKAEV, K. |
225 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
| 26 |
BORISEK, J. - SUTOVSKY, E. |
227 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
| 27 |
MASCARENHAS, A. - BROOKS, I. |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 28 |
DA COSTA JUNIOR, L. - BUEKTAS, B. |
50 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 29 |
LAUTIER, J. - MARKOWSKI, T. |
345 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 30 |
RADIC, T. - KRECAK, Z. |
485 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
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The ten most important theoretical novelties
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01 |
ANAND, V. - BOLOGAN, V. |
77 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
82 |
|
02 |
NIELSEN, PET. - DREEV, A. |
(85) |
- |
7 |
- |
8 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
- |
44 |
|
03 |
MACIEJA, B. - VAISSER, A. |
272 |
- |
10 |
- |
9 |
- |
8 |
- |
7 |
- |
34 |
|
04 |
VAN WELY, L. - SUTOVSKY, E. |
399 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
33 |
|
05 |
GAGUNASHVILI, M. - MACIEJA, B. |
450 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
4 |
- |
9 |
8 |
6 |
30 |
|
06 |
FILIP, L. - MADAN, A. |
118 |
9 |
5 |
- |
- |
6 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
26 |
|
07 |
KARJAKIN, SERGEY - TKACHIEV, V. |
309 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
7 |
9 |
- |
24 |
|
08 |
LEKO, P. - ANAND, V. |
229 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
4 |
- |
- |
9 |
23 |
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09 |
MACIEJA, B. - ADAMS, MI. |
308 |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
7 |
22 |
| 10 |
KHALIFMAN, A. - SHIPOV, S. |
401 |
- |
- |
3 |
7 |
- |
- |
8 |
4 |
- |
22 |
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| 11 |
UNGUREANU, V. - MADAN, A. |
204 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
7 |
3 |
6 |
- |
- |
22 |
| 12 |
MOTYLEV, A. - POTKIN, V. |
236 |
5 |
2 |
- |
6 |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
19 |
| 13 |
KASPAROV, G. - CHUCHELOV, V. |
449 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
10 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
15 |
| 14 |
TIVIAKOV, S. - SOLAK, D. |
187 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
8 |
13 |
| 15 |
LUTZ, CH. - JUSSUPOW, A. |
(274) |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
3 |
- |
12 |
| 16 |
SMIRNOV, P. - GELLER, J. |
158 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
12 |
| 17 |
ATALIK, S. - HUGUENIN, O. |
447 |
- |
- |
8 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
11 |
| 18 |
KARJAKIN, SERGEY - PAPA, S. |
273 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
10 |
| 19 |
SHIPOV, S. - GRISCHUK, A. |
437 |
- |
6 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
9 |
| 20 |
PERALTA, FE. - MAGEM BADALS, J. |
343 |
4 |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
| 21 |
EMILIANOV, E. - TOLSTOV, M. |
(120) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
| 22 |
ATALIK, S. - PAVASOVIC, D. |
359 |
- |
- |
2 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
| 23 |
SUTOVSKY, E. - ARONIAN, L. |
221 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| 24 |
MIROSHNICHENKO, E. - ROMERO, A. |
(239) |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| 25 |
KRAMNIK, V. - DEGRAEVE, J.-M. |
(100) |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
| 26 |
SOKOLOV, I. - VOLOKITIN, AND. |
471 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| 27 |
BOLOGAN, V. - ANAND, V. |
83 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 28 |
GEINAERT, S. - RIFF, V. |
(120) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 29 |
LAUTIER, J. - FONTAINE, R. |
291 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| 30 |
GEORGIEV, KI. - GALKIN, A. |
384 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
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Sakaev
2655 Vl. Belov 2553
Russia
(ch) 2003 88/397
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dc5 Qc7 13. Nd4! e6 [a novelty;
13... Na5; 13... Rac8] 14. f4 Na5 15. Bd3 e5 [15... Rfd8 16. Qe1!] |
|
| 16.
f5!! [16. fe5 Be5 17. Bh6 (17. Nf3 Bg4) Bh2 18. Kh1 Be5! 19.
Bf8 Rf8 with compensation; 16. Ne2 a) 16... Be6 17. fe5! (17.
f5 Ba2 18. f6 Bh8 19. Rb4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Bb3 21. Qb1 Ba2 equal) a1) 17...
Be5?! 18. Nf4 Ba2 19. Nd5 Bd5 20. ed5 Bh2 21. Kh1; a2) 17... Ba2
18. Ra1 Bc4 (18... Be6 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nd5) 19. Nf4 Rad8 (19...
Bd3 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. Qd3 Nc6 22. Bf4) 20. Bd4 Be5 21. Bc4 Bf4 22. Rf4
(22. Ra5!? Be3 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. cd4 Qa5 25. Qf3 Qc7) Nc4 23. Qg4
with initiative; a3) 17... Nc4 18. Bd4 (18. Bc4 Bc4 19. Rb4 Bb5
20. a4 Bc6 equal) Be5 19. Kh1!? (19. h3 Bd4 20. cd4 Ne3 21. Qd2
Nf1 22. Kf1! f5 23. e5) Bh2 (19... Bd4 20. cd4 Ne3 21. Qd2 Nf1 22.
Rf1 Rad8 23. Qb2) 20. Qc1 with the idea Nf4; b) 16... Rad8! 17.
fe5 Be5 18. h3 (18. Nf4 Bf4! 19. Rf4 Bb5; 18. Kh1 Bh2! 19. c6 Nc6 20.
Bb6 Qd6 21. Bd8 Nd8 with compensation) Be6 (18... Ba4?! 19. Qa4
Rd3 20. Rf3 Re3 21. Re3 Qc5 22. Nd4 and White is superior) 19. Qc2 Nc4
20. Bc4 Bc4 21. Bd4 Be2 22. Qe2 Bd4 23. cd4 Rd4 equal] ed4 17. cd4 Rfe8
[17... gf5! 18. ef5 Bf6! (18... Rae8 19. f6 Re3 20. Qh5 h6 21. fg7
Kg7 22. Rf6! Kf6 23. Qh6 Ke7 24. Qe3 Kd8 25. d5 and White is superior) 19.
Rf3! (19. Kh1 Bb5!; 19. Qh5 Rfe8 20. Rf3 Re3! 21. Re3 Bd4 22. Qg4 Bg7
23. Rc1 Nc6; 19. d5 Qe5 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Bf2 with compensation) a) 19...
Rae8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rh3 Re3 (21... Rg8? 22. Rh7! Kh7 23. Qh5 and White
is winning) 22. Re3 Bd4 23. Rh3 f6 24. Be4! Qe5 25. Rb4 Bc5 26. Rh7!
Kh7 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Qg6 Kh8 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Bd5! Qd5 31. Qg6 Kh8 32. Rh4
mate;
b) 19... Rfe8 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. Rh3 Re3 22. Re3 and White is superior]
18. f6 Bf8 [18... Bh8 19. Rb6! Bb5 20. Bf4! Qd8 (20... Qc8 21. Bd6
Re6 22. e5 Nc4 23. Bc4 Bc4 24. Qf3! Bf1 25. Kf1 Ra7 26. h3 Re8 27. Kg1 with
the idea Kh2, a4-a5, d5, c6, e6) 21. Rd6! Qc8 22. a4 Bd3 23. Qd3 Re6
24. Bg3! Rd6 25. Bd6 Qc6 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. d5 Qd7 (27... Qd6? 28. cd6 Rc2
29. d7 and White is winning) 28. e5 and White is winning] 19. Qc1!
[19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Bh6 Bc5! 21. dc5 Red8! and Black is slightly better]
Nc6 [19... Kh8 20. Bh6 Bg4 (20... Bh6 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rf4 g5 23.
e5! and White is winning) 21. Bf8 Rf8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Rf4 Qd7 24. e5
Rae8 (24... Nc6 25. Rb7! Qb7 26. Rg4 with the idea Qh7 and White is winning)
25. h3 Bh5 26. Re1 and White is winning, with the idea Rh4; 19... Bb5
20. Bb5 ab5 21. Bh6 Re4 22. Bf8 Kf8 23. Qh6 Ke8 24. Rbe1 Qc6 25. Qh7 Rd8
26. Qh4 Rdd4 (26... Re1 27. Qe1 Qe6 28. Qa5 and White is winning) 27.
Re4 Re4 (27... Qe4 28. Re1 and White is winning) 28. Qh8 Kd7 29.
Rd1 Ke6 30. Rd6 and White is winning] 20. Kh1! [20. Bh6? Nd4 21.
Bf8 Rf8 22. Qh6 Ne6 23. Bc4 Qc5] h5 (only move) 21. Bf4! [21.
Bh6 Kh7 22. Bf8 Rf8 23. Qe3 Rad8] Qd8 [21... Qa5 22. Bd6 Bd6 23.
cd6 Kh7 (23... Nd4 24. Qh6 Ne6 25. e5 and White is winning, with the
idea Bg6) 24. Rb7 Qd8 25. Qc4 Kg8 26. e5! Na5 27. Qc1 and White is winning]
22. Bd6 Kh7 23. Qe3 Bd6 [23... Bh6 24. Qf2 with the idea e5] 24.
cd6 Bc8 [24... b5 25. e5 Qb6 26. Qg5 Bg4 27. Rf4 Rh8 28. Rg4! hg4 29.
e6! and White is winning; 24... Qb8 25. e5 Qd6 26. Qf3 Ne5 27. Qh5 Kg8 28.
de5 Re5 (28... gh5 29. ed6 and White is winning) 29. Qh6 Qf8 30.
Qh4 Rh5 31. Qg3 Rh6 32. Rfe1! (32. Rb7 Rh3!) Bc6 33. Re7 and White
is winning] 25. e5 Qd6 26. Bg6! fg6 27. f7 Qe7 28. fe8Q Qe8 29. Rf6 Qe7
[29... Kg7 30. Rbf1 Be6 31. d5! Bd5 32. e6 and White is winning]
30. Rbf1 Be6 31. Qe4 Bf5 [31... Rg8 32. d5 and White is winning]
32. R1f5 gf5 33. Qf5 Kg8 34. Rg6 1 : 0 [Sakaev]
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Rublevsky
2670 Lputian 2638
Poikovsky
2003 88/243
1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
0-0 a5 9. Re1 cd4 10. cd4 Qb6 11. Nb1 Nd4 12. Nd4 Qd4 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qg4
Kf8 [14... 0-0 see 83/(246)] 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd6! [a
novelty; 17. a4] Bd6 18. ed6 Qd6 19. Qg3! Qc6 [19... Ne4? 20. Bf4!;
19... Qe7 20. Bf4 Nd3 21. Bd6 Ne1 22. Re1 and White is superior] 20.
Rac1 b6 21. Rc3 h5 [21... f6 22. Rec1 Kf7 (22... e5 23. Bc5 bc5 24.
Rc5 Qd6 25. Bb5! with attack) 23. Bc5 bc5 24. Rc5 Qb6 a) 25.
Rc7? Rhd8! (25... Rad8 26. R1c5! and White is winning) 26. Bh7
(26. R1c5? Ra7!) Qb2 unclear; b) 25. Rb5! b1) 25... Bb5
26. Rc7 Ke8 27. Bb5 Kd8 (27... Qb5 28. Qg7 and White is winning) 28.
Rc6 Qb8 29. Qg7 and White is winning; b2) 25... Qd4 26. Rb7 Rhd8
27. Bh7 Rac8 28. Bg6 Ke7 29. Re1 and White is winning, with attack; 21...
Rc8 22. Rec1 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qd8 (23... Qa7 24. Bd6 Kg8 25. Be5 g6 26. Qf4!
and White is winning) 24. Bd6 Kg8 25. Bc5 bc5 26. Rc5 Rc5 27. Rc5 Be8
28. Qe5! and White is superior] 22. h4! [22. Bd4? f6 23. Rec1 h4
24. Qf4 e5! 25. Be5 Nd3 26. Rd3 Qe6 unclear] Re8 [22... Rd8 23. Rec1
and White is superior, with attack] 23. Bd4 f6 24. Bg6 Rc8 [24...
e5 25. Be8 Be8 26. Be5! fe5 27. Qe5 Bd7 28. Qb8 Bc8 29. Rf3 Kg8 30. Re7
Nd7 31. Qg3 Qh6 32. Rff7 and White is winning] 25. Rf3! Ke7 [25...
e5 26. Be5 a) 26... Ne4 27. Re4! Qc1 (27... de4 28. Rf6! gf6 29.
Bd6 Qd6 30. Qd6 Kg7 31. Be4 and White is winning) 28. Kh2 de4 29. Rf6
gf6 30. Bd6 Kg7 31. Bf5 Qg5 32. hg5 Bf5 33. gf6 and White is winning; b)
26... Bg4 27. Bd6 Kg8 28. Rf6! (28. Bc5 Rh6!) gf6 29. Bh5 Rh7 30.
Qg4 Rg7 31. Bf7! Kh8 32. Bg6 Ne4 33. Bf4 and White is winning; 25... Ne4
26. Be4 de4 27. Bf6! gf6 28. Rf6 Ke7 29. Qg7 Kd6 30. Rf7 Kc7 31. Rd7 Qd7
32. Rc1 Kb8 33. Qd7 Rc1 34. Kh2 and White is winning; 25... Be8!? 26. Bf6!
gf6 a) 27. Rf6? Ke7 28. Qg5 Kd6! (28... Kd7? 29. Bf5! and White
is winning) 29. Qe5 Ke7 (29... Kd7? 30. Bf5!) 30. Qg5 (30.
Bf5? Bd7!) Kd6 equal; b) 27. Qg5! Nd7 only move (27... Ke7
28. Qf6 Kd6 29. Qh8 Bg6 30. Qe5 Kd7 31. Qg7 and White is winning) 28.
Rf6 Nf6 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Be8 Re8 (30... Qe8 31. Re6 Rc1 32. Kh2 Qb8 33.
g3 and White is winning) 31. Re3 Qc1 32. Kh2 Qc7 (32... Qe3 33. fe3
zugzwang Kh7 34. Qg5 and White is winning) 33. Rg3 Qg3 34. Kg3 Rh7 35.
Kh3 Rf7 (35... Rd7 36. Qg6 Kf8 37. Qh5 d4 38. Qh6 Ke7 39. Qh7 Kd8 40.
Qd3 and White is winning) 36. Qg5 Kf8 37. Qh5 Rf2 38. Qe5 and White
is winning] |
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| 26.
Rf6!! [and White is winning; 26... gf6 27. Bf6 Kf6 28. Qg5 Kg7 29. Bh5
Kf8 30. Qf6 Kg8 31. Qf7 mate; 26... Be8 27. Bc5 bc5 28. Rfe6 Qe6 29. Re6 Ke6
30. Qh3] 1 : 0 [Rublevsky]
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Kasparov
2830 Grischuk 2732
Rethymnon
2003 88/442
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bc3 6. Qc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6!? (a novelty) 11. b4!? [11. e4?!
h6 12. Bh4 d5! 13. e5 g5] c5 12. b5 [12. dc5?! bc5 13. b5 Ne5 14.
Qc3 Bb7] Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7?! [15... ab5!? 16.
Nb5 d5 unclear] 16. Be2 cd4 17. Qd4 [17. ed4 ab5 18. cb5 g5 19. Bf2
Nh5 with counterplay] e5 [17... Nc5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3
and White is slightly better, with the idea 20... Ng4? 21. Qh6!] 18.
Qd1! [18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rd1 ab5 20. Nb5 g5 21. Bg3 d5 22. cd5 Nd5 23.
e4 (23. 0-0 Rfd8 unclear) Nf4 24. Qd6 Qd6 25. Rd6 Ne2 26. Ke2 Ba6
27. Rb1 f6 28. Bf2 Kg7 equal] g5 19. Bg3 ab5 20. Nb5 d5 21. 0-0 Rac8
22. Qb3 Qe6 23. Qb4 [23. Rfd1!? dc4 24. Qb4 with initiative; 23. cd5!?
Bd5 (23... Nd5 24. Bc4 Qc6 25. Rac1 Nc5 26. Qb1 Ne3 27. Na7 Qf6 28. Rfe1
Nc4 29. Nc8 Bc8 30. Rc4 Bf5 31. Qa1 Qe6) 24. Qb2 Bc4 25. Rfd1 and White
is slightly better] Rc5 [23... dc4?! 24. e4 Ba6 25. Nd6 Rc5 26. Rfd1
c3 27. Ba6 c2 28. Bc4 cd1Q 29. Rd1 and White is superior] 24. a4 Rfc8
[24... dc4 25. e4 Nh5 26. Rfd1 and White is slightly better] 25.
Rfd1 [25. Bf2 e4 26. Nd4 Qe8 27. Nf5 (27. cd5 Nd5 28. Qd2 Nc3 29.
f4 gf4 30. ef4 Nf6 unclear) Qe6 28. Nd4 (28. Nh6? Kg7 29. Ng4 ef3
30. gf3 Ng4 31. fg4 Qe4 and Black is superior) Qe8 equal] Ba8? [25...
dc4?! 26. e4 c3 27. Bf2; 25... Ba6! 26. Bf2 Bb5 27. ab5 e4 with counterplay]
26. Ra3 [26. Bf2!? e4 27. cd5 Nd5 28. Qe4 Qe4 29. fe4 N5f6 30. Nd6 and
White is superior] g4 27. cd5 Rd5 28. e4 [28. Rd5!? Nd5 29. Qd2
(29. Qg4? Qg4 30. fg4 Rc1 31. Kf2 N5f6 32. Bf3 Ne4 33. Be4 Be4) gf3
30. gf3 Qg6 31. Rd3 and White is superior] Rd1 29. Bd1 gf3 30. gf3 Nc5
[30... Nh5 31. Nd6 Rc1 32. Qd2 Rb1 33. Nf5 Ng3 34. hg3 Nc5 35. Nh6 Kh7
36. Nf5 and White is superior] 31. Qb2! Nfd7 [31... Rd8 32. Be2 and
White is superior] 32. Qd2! Bc6 [32... Kh7 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nf5 Be4
35. fe4 Ne4 36. Qb4 Qf5 37. Rf3 Qg6 38. Qe7 Qg5 39. Rf7 Kg8 40. Rg7 Qg7
41. Qd8 Kh7 42. Bc2 Ndf6 43. Qb6 and White is winning] 33. Nd6 Ra8 34.
Be2! Qf6 [34... Nb3 35. Rb3! Qb3 36. Bc4 Qb1 (36... Qf3 37. Nf7 and
White is winning) 37. Kg2 and White is winning] 35. Nf5 [35.
Bc4!? Ne6 36. Nf5 (36. Be6? Qe6 37. Nf5 Ra4) Kh7 see 35. Nf5]
Kh7 36. Bc4 Ne6 [36... Ra4 37. Ra4 Ba4 38. Bf7! Qf7 39. Qh6 Kg8 40.
Bh4 and White is winning; 36... Ra7 37. Bf7 Be4 38. fe4 Ne4 39. Qd5 Qf5
40. Be6 Qg6 41. Rf3 Nef6 (41... Ndf6 42. Qe5 Ng3 43. Rg3 Qb1 44. Kg2
and White is winning) 42. Qd6 Qg7 43. Bf5 Kh8 44. Rc3 and White is superior]
37. Rd3! [37. Qd6 Nf4 38. Qf6 Nf6 39. Bf4 ef4 40. Bf7 Ra4] Ndc5 [37...
Nd4? 38. Nd4 ed4 39. Rd4 Ne5 40. Be2 Nf3 (40... Ra4 41. Rd6 Qg7 42. Qc3
Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Kf1 and White is winning) 41. Bf3 Qf3 42. Rd6 Be4
43. Rh6 Kg8 44. Qg5 Bg6 45. Rg6 and White is winning; 37... Ra4? 38. Be6
Ra1 39. Kg2 Qe6 40. Qc3! (40. Rd6?? Ra2) Ra2 41. Kh1! and White
is winning] 38. Rd6 Be4 [38... Ba4 39. Be5 Qg5 40. Kf2 and White
is superior] 39. Be6 [39. fe4!? Ne4 40. Re6 Qe6 (40... fe6 41.
Qd7 Kh8 42. Qc6! Rg8 43. Be6 Ng3 44. hg3 Rd8 45. Kh2 and White is superior)
41. Qc2 Qf5 42. Bd3 Qc8 43. Be4 Kg8 44. Bc6! (44. Qg2 Qc1 45. Be1
Kf8 46. Ba8 Qe1 47. Qf1 Qb4; 44. Be5 Qc2 45. Bc2 Rd8) Ra5 45. Qg2 Kh8
(45... Qg4 46. Bf2 and White is winning) 46. Bb5 and White is superior]
Bf5 40. Bf7! [40. Bf5 Qf5 41. Rh6 Kg8!? (41... Kg7 42. Rb6 Ne6 43.
Qd5 Ra4 44. Qe5 Qe5 45. Be5 Kg6 and White is slightly better) 42. Qg2
Qb1 43. Be1 Kf8 44. Rh8 Ke7 45. Ra8 Qe1 46. Qf1 Qe3 47. Kg2 Nd3 with compensation]
Qg5?! time [40... Qg7! 41. Kh1! Qg5 (41... Ra4? 42. Be5 and
White is winning) 42. Qg5 hg5 43. Be5 and White is superior] 41.
Qg5 hg5 42. Be5 Nd7 [42... Na4 43. h4! Ra5 44. Bd4 gh4 45. Rd8 Kh6 46.
Rh8 Kg5 (46... Bh7 47. Bb3! and White is winning) a) 47. Rh5? Kf4
48. Rh4 Kg5 (48... Kf3? 49. Bh5 and White is winning) 49. Rh5 Kf4
50. Kf2 Nc5 51. Rh4 Kg5 52. Kg3 Ne4! 53. fe4 Ra3 54. Kf2 Kh4 55. ef5 Kg5
56. Be6 Ra5! 57. f6 Kg6 58. Ke3 Ra3 59. Ke4 Ra4 60. f7 Ra8 equal; b)
47. Kf2! Nc5 48. Bc3! Nd3 (48... Ra7 49. Rh5 Kf4 50. Rh4 Kg5 51. Rh5
Kf4 52. Bd2 Ke5 53. Bg6 Ra2 54. Rf5 Kd4 55. Rf4 Ke5 56. Ke3 and White is
winning) 49. Ke3 Nf4 50. Rg8 and White is winning; 42... Ra4 43. Rb6
and White is superior Nd7 44. Rb7! with the idea 44... Ne5? 45. Bb3 Kg6
46. Ba4 Nf3 47. Kg2 and White is winning] 43. Bc3! [43. Bd4? Ra4
44. Be8 Ra7 45. Rd5 Ra5!] Nc5 [43... Ra4? 44. Be8 Ra7 45. Rd5! Be6
46. Rg5 and White is winning] 44. h4? [44. Bd2!?; 44. a5!! ba5 45.
h4! g4 (45... gh4 see 44. h4) 46. Rd5! Na4 47. Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 and
White is winning] gh4 |
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| 45.
a5! [45. Rd4 Ra4 46. Rd8 Kh6 47. Rh8 Bh7 equal] ba5? [45... Na4?
46. Bd4 a) 46... Ra5 47. Rd8 see 42... Na4; b) 46... ba5 47.
Bb3! Nb2! 48. Rf6!! Rb8 49. Bf7! Rb5 (49... Bd3 50. Rf4 Kh6 51. Rh4 Kg5
52. Rh5 Kf4 53. Be5 and White is winning) 50. Be8 Rb4 51. Bb2 Rb2 52.
Rf5 and White is winning; c) 46... Ra7!! 47. Rf6 (47. Bb3 Ra5
48. Rd8 Kh6 only move, equal) Ra5 48. Bc4 (48. Be8 Rd5) Bc2
49. Rf4 Rf5 (49... Nc5? 50. Bf7 Kh6 51. Rh4 Kg5 52. Rg4 Kf5 53. Bg6)
50. Rh4 Kg6 51. Kg2 Ra5 52. Kg3 Rg5 53. Kf2 Nc5 54. Be3 Rf5 55. Rh6
Kg7 56. Rb6 Be4 and White is slightly better] 46. Rd5 [46. Rd4 Ra6!
(46... Kh6? 47. Rd5 Na4 48. Bd2 and White is winning) 47. Rf4 Bd7]
Na4 47. Bd4 Bg6 48. Be6 Bc2 [48... Be8 a) 49. f4 Kh6 (49...
Ra6 50. f5) 50. Rd6 Kh7 51. Kh2 Rb8 52. Kh3 Nb2 53. Ra6 Nd3 54. Ra7
Kh6 55. Bf5 Bg6 56. Bg7 and White is winning; b) 49. Rg5! Ra6 50.
Bf5 Bg6 51. Rh5 Kg8 52. Rh6 Kf7 53. Bc2! Rd6 54. Bb3 Ke7 55. Be3! and White
is winning] 49. f4 [49. Rd7! Kh6 50. Bf7! Bf5 (50... Rc8 51. Rd5
Bg6 52. Rd6 and White is winning; 50... Rb8 51. Be3! and White is winning)
51. Rd5 Kg5 52. Be6 Rf8 53. Bd7 and White is winning] Rb8 50. Rh5
[50. Kh2!?] Kg6 51. Rg5 Kh6 52. Bf7 [52. Bg7!? Kh7 53. Be5 Rd8
(53... Rb7 54. Bg8 Kh6 55. Bd6 and White is winning) 54. f5 Kh6 55.
Rg6 Kh5 56. Rg2 Be4 57. Bf7 Kh6 58. Rg6 Kh7 59. Rg5 and White is winning]
Bd1 53. Kh2 [53. Bg7!? Kh7 54. Be5 Rd8 55. Be6! and White is winning]
Rd8 54. Bf6 Rc8 [54... Rd7 55. Be6] 55. Be6 [55. Rg6! Kh7 56.
Rg7 Kh6 57. Bg6! Bc2 (57... Rc6 58. Be4 and White is winning) 58.
f5 and White is winning] Rc6 [55... Rc7 56. Be5 Re7 57. Bf5 Rf7 (57...
Re5 58. Rg6 Kh5 59. fe5 and White is winning) 58. Kh3 Nc5 59. Kh4 and
White is winning] 56. Bg7 Kh7 57. Bf5 Kg8 58. Be4 [58. Bd7!?]
Rc5 59. Bd5?! time [59. Bd4! Rg5 60. fg5 Bb3 61. g6 Kf8 62.
Bb1 zugzwang (62. Kh3? Ke7 63. g7 Kd6 64. Bh7 Nc5) Ke7 63. g7 Kd6
64. Bc2 and White is winning] Kh7 [59... Rd5! 60. Rd5 Kg7 61. Rd1
a) 61... Kf6 62. Kh3! (62. Rd6? Kf5 63. Rd5 Kg4!) Kf5 (62...
Nc3 63. Rd3) 63. Rd5 Ke4 64. Ra5 Nb6 65. f5 and White is winning; b)
61... Nc3 62. Rd7! Kf6 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Rf7 Ke6 65. Rf8 a4 66. Kh4 a3 67.
Kg5 and White is winning] 60. Bd4 Rc2 61. Kh3 Rc7 62. Be4 Kh6 63. Rg8
1 : 0 [Kasparov] |
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Kasparov
2830 Chuchelov 2608
Rethymnon
2003 88/449
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dc5 0-0 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Nh5?! 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4! Bb7 [10... Nc6!? 11. 0-0-0 (11. e4 d6)
Ba6] 11. 0-0-0! [a novelty; 11. e4 Nc6 12. Rd1 see 84/441; 12.
0-0-0! see 11. 0-0-0] Nc6 12. e4 Nf6 [12... h6 13. Be7 Qe7 a)
14. g4 Qf6 15. Be2 Nf4 16. g5 (16. Rd7 Ba6 unclear) Ne2 17. Qe2
Qf4 18. Kb1 Rad8 unclear; b) 14. Nb5! and White is slightly better
] 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bf4! [14. Bd3?! Nge5! 15. Bh7 Kh8 16. Ne5 Ne5 17.
Be4 Be4 18. Qe4 f6 unclear] Rc8 [14... f6 15. ef6 Bf6 (15... Nf6
16. Ng5 with initiative) 16. Ng5! Bg5 (16... g6 17. Ne6 de6 18. Rd8
Rad8 19. Qe2 and White is superior) 17. Bg5 Rf2 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe3
Rf5 20. Bd3 Re5 21. Qg3 with attack] 15. Kb1 f5 [15... Na5?! 16.
Ng5 g6 17. f3 and White is superior] 16. ef6 Nf6 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Nb5!?
[18. Bd3 g6 a) 19. Nh7 Kh7 20. h5 Kg7 21. Bg6 Qd8 22. Qe2 Na5
23. Bd3 with compensation; b) 19. Nb5 Ng4! (19... e5 see 18. Nb5)
20. Nd6 Bd6 21. Bd6 Nd4 22. Qa4 Rf2 23. h5 Bc6 unclear; c) 19.
h5! Nh5 20. Rh5 gh5 (20... Rf4!? 21. Rh7 Nd4 22. Qc1 Bg5 23. Rdh1 Rh4
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