ChessZone Magazine ENG, 05 (2009)

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ChessZone Magazine #05, 2009 http://www.chesszone.org

Table of contents:# 05, 2009

News............................................................................................................................4FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik ......................................................................................4

French Teams Top 16..............................................................................................5Kutin vs. Yazici: not justice, but chaos prevails ........................................................ 6

Games.......................................................................................................................10(01) Pikula,Dejan (2568) - Ivanisevic,Ivan (2625) [B72] ......................................... 10(02) Movsesian,Sergei (2747) - Ionov,Sergey (2538) [C02]...................................12(03) Belov,Vladimir (2623) - Grischuk,Alexander (2748) [E99]...............................13(04) Efimenko,Zahar (2682) - Ivanov,Sergey (2551) [C07] .................................... 15(05) Shulman,Yuri (2632) - Van Wely,Loek (2622) [D43].......................................16(06) Shirov,Alexei (2745) - Volokitin,Andrei (2671) [C67].......................................18(07) Rublevsky,Sergei (2702) - Volkov,Sergey (2594) [C06]..................................19(08) Ionov,Sergey (2538) - Moiseenko,Alexander (2690) [A31] ............................. 21(09) Leko,Peter (2751) - Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [D15]..........................................23(10) Gelfand,Boris (2733) - Bacrot,Etienne (2728) [E15]........................................24

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News

FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik

Aronian beat Leko to take clear first place

The FIDE Grand Prix Series Tournament took place in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria,Russia 14th-29th April 2009. Levon Aronian took clear first place by a point after beatinghis co-leader in the final round. Peter Leko and Vladimir Akopian finished in joint 2ndplace. Alexander Grischuk and Etienne Bacrot were a further half point behind.

4th FIDE GP Nalchik (RUS), 15-29 iv 2009 cat. XIX (2725)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 41. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2754 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 2832

2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 0 * 1 1 1 7 2780

3. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2696 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 7 2784

4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 * 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 2752

5. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2728 0 0 * 1 1 1 7 2753

6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2716 0 0 * 1 1 6 2725

7. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 6 2724

8. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 0 1 * 0 1 0 6 2696

9. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2721 1 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 6 2696

10. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2726 0 0 * 0 1 1 6 2696

11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2725 0 1 0 0 1 * 6 2696

12. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 0 1 0 * 0 5 2666

13. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2695 0 0 0 1 * 5 2670

14. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2693 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 5 2670

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French Teams Top 16

Top 16 Chalons en Champagne. . Photo Gerard Demuydt

The French Team Championship (TOP 16) took place in Mulhouse (group A) and Cha-lons-en-Champagne (group B) 30th April - 3rd May 2009. The Poule Haute and Bassetake place 28th-31st May 2009. The top 4 teams in each group take forward the threeresults against each other and play off against the teams from the other group to pro-duce a final winner.

French Team Championship Group A (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009

Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.

1 Evry Grand Roque 21 7 33 36 3

2 Clichy 19 7 20 29 9

3 Mulhouse Philidor 16 7 5 18 13

4 Noyon 15 7 -1 17 18

5 Marseille Echecs 14 7 1 14 13

6 Drancy 11 7 -10 14 24

7 Lutece Echecs 9 7 -23 11 34

8 Bois-Colombes 7 7 -25 5 30

French Team Championship Group B (FRA), 20 iii-3 v 2009

Pl. Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.

1 Montpellier 19 7 15 23 8

2 Cannes 18 7 14 22 8

3 Vandoeuvre 16 7 10 23 13

4 Chalons en Champagne 16 7 12 27 15

5 Metz Fischer 15 7 1 18 17

6 Strasbourg 11 7 -8 11 19

7 Antibes 10 7 -13 9 22

8 Grasse 7 7 -31 6 37

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Kutin vs. Yazici: not justice, but chaos prevails

We received a letter from Ali Nihat Yazici, the President of the Turkish Chess Federa-

tion, concerning a recent arbitration in the court of Lausanne about an organizing dis-pute between the European Chess Union and the Turkish Chess Federation. Yazicisletter speaks of justice, but to us, it seems only chaos prevails. A down-to-earth per-spective is badly needed.

To be honest, here at ChessVibes we had already completely forgotten about the case,which was filed back in October 2007. Reading articles with so many abbreviations alsodidnt help getting us into the case, which was basically about the rights of the TurkishFederation to hold three major tournaments in Turkey:

2009 European Individual Chess Championship 2009 European Club Cup 2009 European Youth Championship

In August 2007, The European Chess Union (ECU) decided these events would be or-ganized not by the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF) in Turkey, but in other countries.The 2009 European Individual Chess Championship was held in Montenegro (men) andRussia (wonen), the 2009 European Club Cup will be held in Struga, Lake Ochid, For-mer Republic of Yugoslavia and the 2009 European Youth Championship is scheduledto be held in Fermo, Italy. Now, the Lausanne court has apparently ruled that the resultsof these tournaments should be declared void. Its important to note that this includesnorms, rating gains and losses and qualifications for the World Cup 2009. HeresYazicis lengthy letter:

OPEN LETTER TO ALL CHESS FEDERATIONS AND MEDIA

Law is just and justice prevails

As is well known, from the open letter that was presented to the chess world on 12 October

2007, I invited Boris Kutin, the President of the European Chess Union (ECU) to resign. To-

gether with the invitation, I also explained the reasons of the unfortunate obligation that TCF had

to sue ECU in Lausanne, Switzerland.

I explained that from 24 August 2007 to 2 October 2007 we had tried to find a solution with the

ECU but starting from the dear President, the majority of the ECU Board did not take our rights

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or reasons into consideration. This was not only the first time and not the last time that the ECU

was violating our rights.

I also underlined that ECU lost objectivity in their decisions starting from 2006, since all the

tournaments were being given to a group of countries from a specific geographical region, while

ECU was behaving as if there was an unwritten convention that countries like Turkey, Greece

and Georgia were not to be given any tournaments. As a leading national federation, the TurkishChess Federation could not be silent against this double standard and therefore we opened a law

suit against ECU.

After the letter had been published, on November 3, 2007, during the ECU General Assembly

held in Crete, these issues were heavily debated during a long session and it was registered in the

assembly that the decisions of the ECU were not in line with the bidding procedures and the

rights of our Federation were not defended.

Our common friends tried to end the suit between the TCF and the ECU. FIDE Deputy President

and the President of the Greek Chess Federation worked a lot to find a peaceful solution. I

agreed with his views that these kind of problems should be resolved under the roof of FIDEthrough diplomacy, however the entirely consciously biased decisions against our Federation

were not acceptable.

Mr.Kutin, continued his explicitly biased and hostile attitude during the ECU General Assembly

in Dresden, 2008.

During the ?? Bank Atatrk FIDE Women Grand Prix held between 5-20 March in ?stanbul,

Mr.Makropoulos again tried to assist as a mediator between the two parties and showed enor-

mous effort to find a compromise. The TCF accepted to conditionally drop the case, unwillingly

I must add, but respecting the motto of Gens Una Sumus. However, ECU rejected these recon-

ciliation efforts.

Actually, the inability to administer by the ECU Board was clear after the 2007 and 2008 ECU

General Assemblies. ECU Board could not pass any of their propositions. Furthermore, during

the 2007 Assembly the authority of the ECU Board, on deciding the organizers of annual events,

was reduced by the GA and by 2008, except for the youth championships, all other events will be

decided by the GA. This shows a de facto distrust of the ECU Board.

It is sure that law is just and justice prevails eventually. This was proven true once again.

After the last trial was held on 30 March 2009 in Lausanne, the court ruled for TCF with the de-cision taken on 22 April 2009 as their decision written in French (and our translation in English)

is attached.

According to this judgement, the decisions of the ECU Board on 24 August 2007 for the three

tournaments of 2009, were cancelled and became void. So those three decision given below are

now void! Furthermore, it was decided that ECU should pay 6.593 CHF for legal costs to the

Turkish Chess Federation as compensation. And also they will pay 3.686 CHF for the court ex-

penses in total the amount will be 10.279 CHF.

I do not count the money we spent for the law suit, the money spent by ECU for travelling, ac-

commodation and for lawyers in Lausanne. All those money were spent to the detriment of thechess world due to the illegal decision of ECU and their behavior of disregarding the views of

one of their members. What were the decisions which were cancelled?

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1. 2009 European Individual Chess Championship

2. The decision to hold 2009 European Club Cup in Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Struga.

3. The decision to hold 2009 European Youth Championship in Italy, Fermo.

What are the probable consequences?

1. With the court decision regarding the European Individual Chess Championship, the EuropeanIndividual Championships held in Montenegro and Russia for men and women respectively are

both void. Any of the players that participated and qualified from those events cannot play in the

World Cup (that is the opinion after consulting lawyers). Those tournaments should be held in

2009 again! ECU is responsible for all the expenses of those events spent by players and organ-

izers. FIDE, as the body controlling the World Championship cycle, should convene quickly and

decide about it. It is an absolute mess now.

2. ECU decision to legally hold the European Club Cup 2009 is also cancelled. A new bid pro-

cedure should immediately start for the organization of this event. Until 2007, ECU Board was

the deciding body about the incoming bids but now ECU General Assembly should convene as

soon as possible with a new bidding procedure to decide for this event.

3. The ECU Boards decision taken on 24 August 2007 to hold European Youth Championship

also cannot be hold in this country without a new decision. Since the event is being planned to be

held in August, the bidding process should restart immediately and a new organizer should be

determined.

This is only the beginning. ECU President has created a real mess in the chess world, despite our

and all other intermediaries suggestions. This issue is not about losing one or three events, but

we will resume our struggle until the decisions are taken lawfully according to the procedures,

since our rights were unlawfully violated.

We immediately invite all of the ECU Board starting with Mr.Boris Kutin to resign and believe

that is the time to convene immediately an Extraordinary General Assembly with elections.

We are proposing following:All the ECU board must resign. We know that some members of the

board did their best to persuade the President but they could not change his rigid opinion. How-

ever, considering that the decision belongs to all board, we ask them all to resign.Turkey is ready

to organize an extraordinary ECU GA in Istanbul in order temporary to elect a new President and

board members until the next ECU GA in 2010 in Khanty-MansiyskTCF is ready to do every-

thing possible to help in the negotiation between all affected parties to find right solutions to

avoid serious problems which we are facing today.

It is the time that ECU should be administered in the right hands.

It is time to stop this bad situation. European chess needs a much better leader than dear current

president.

This board, which could not manage to find any sponsor, nor achieved any corporate success so

far in great and important continent like Europe could only organize events thanks to the FIDEs

granted rights that enabled them to raise money by entrance fees, which is probably paid to the

President and to the General Secretary.

I invite my honorable friends in the ECU Board to resign. Please resign and lets convene the

General Assembly.

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Gens Una Sumus

Ali Nihat YAZICI

President

Turkish Chess Federation

Quite apart from the courts decision (in French, English translation by the Turks here),it seems to us that Yazicis letter misses the mark on several points. First of all, the fo-cus of the letter is on the proposed resignation of Kutin and the rest of the ECU board.This request is made no less than four times, which to us suggests a personal elementthat this situation can really do without for now. Secondly, the suggestion that Turkey iswilling to host the replacing tournaments is definitely nice-to-know, but no more thanthat: surely there are many more countries which would like to host such events. Third,the assertion that law is just and justice prevails is opportunistic at best, not to saytasteless.

Whats most important is not what happens to Kutin, the TCF or any other federation,but what happens to those who suffer most from all this - the players. Yazici is com-pletely silent on this fact, but so is the ECU, whose website is a blank about the wholeaffair.

Its about time that shameless examples of chess politics like this come to an end.There seem to be no winners in this case - only losers. The result: total chaos and an-archy - a long way from justice indeed.

Sources:1) http://www.e3e5.com2) The Week In Chess http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html3) ChessPro.ru http://www.chesspro.ru4) CrestBook.com http://www.crestbook.com5) Chessbase.com http://www.chessbase.com

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Games

(01) Pikula,Dejan (2568) -Ivanisevic,Ivan (2625) [B72]chSRB Kragujevac SRB (6), 07.04.2009[GM Aveskulov, V]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g65.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 d69.h3 Na5 10.Qd2 a6

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Right this move is a novelty. There is nothingspecial; Black just prepares b7b5 with subsequent capturing c4square by knight (rook willsupport it from c8 of course) 11.Bh6 White'splan is changing of main defencer of Blackking. But, actually, this idea looks a little bitstrangely in cooperation with h2h3 move.11...b5 Black continues own plan and doesn'tpay serious attention to White's idea. 12.Bxg7Kxg7 13.Bd5?! [13.0-0 was much better. Ofcourse White has no any advantage but its position is pretty solid to keep equality. 13...Bb7(13...b4 is also possible 14.Nd5 Nxe4 15.Qxb4Bb7 with equal position) 14.Rfe1 Rc8=]13...Nxd5 14.Nxd5

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[Black is obviously better after 14.exd5 Nc415.Qc1 (15.Qg5 Bd7with advantage of Black)

15...Qb6 16.Nde2 Qc5 and pawn d5 is in troubles.] 14...Bb7 [Alternative was 14...Nc415.Qb4 e6 16.Nc3 Bb7 and again Black is better thanks to better arrangement of pieces]

15.h4?! [White doesn't want to keep passivedefence after 15.0-0 Nc4 16.Qc3 e5 17.Ne2Rc8 and begins badly prepared attack. ]15...e5?! [It was better to begin from 15...Nc416.Qc3 (now after 16.Qc1 Black can play16...e6 (except of e5 that happened in thegame) 17.h5doesn't work in this moment because of17...exd5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qh6+ Kf620.Qh4+ Ke5!

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Maybe you will find something for White herebut I couldn't; Black is piece up and its kinglooks pretty safe in the very center of theboard.) 16...e5 in the game White had this position with queen on c1 that is better for it17.Nf3 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rc8 Black is better]16.h5!? Unfortunately Black has enough defencive options against of White's attack16...Nc4 First of all Black pushes White queenfor less convinient position 17.Qc1

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(18.exd5? is very badly 18...exd4 19.hxg6Qe7+ 20.Kf1 fxg6 21.Qh6+ Kg8-+) 18...hxg619.Qh6+ (19.Nf5+ Kf6 20.exd5 gxf5-+ andBlack is winning) 19...Kf6 20.Qh4+ g5 21.Qh6+Ke7 22.exd5 (22.Nf5+ Kd7 23.exd5 Rh8! thepoint of the whole variation 24.Qxh8 Qa5+25.Kf1 Rxh8 26.Rxh8 Qb4 and Black is almost

winning; White is not able to defence ownqueenside) 22...exd4 23.Qxg5+ Kd7 24.Qf5+Kc7 25.0-0-0 White has some compensationfor a piece but Black should solve all the technical problems and win] 18.hxg6 h5! [Thestrongest but not the only move. Black had anunobvious 18...Ne3!? White should find19.Qd2! (because after19.fxe3 Bxd5! 20.exd5fxg6it is in the troubles; there is no opportunityfor a castling) 19...Nxc2+ 20.Qxc2 Bxd521.Rxh7+ Kxg6 22.exd5+ f5 with a minimal

advantage of Black] 19.Rxh5 Rh8 20.Rxh8Qxh8 21.Qg5

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21...Bxd5 [21...Qd8? is not good because of22.Ne7! Bxe4 23.0-0-0 f6 24.Qh4! Bxg6(24...Qxe7?? 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Qh8#) 25.Nxg6Kxg6 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Rh1 with attack. For instance, 27...Qg8 28.Qd7+ Kf8 29.b3 Ne530.Qxd6+ e.g.That's why Black first of all captures White knight] 22.gxf7+ Kf8 23.Qxd5 Ra7

[Black also could take a rook 23...Qh1+!?24.Ke2 Qxa1 25.Qxa8+ Kxf7 and White hasjust a few checks 26.Qd5+ Ke7 27.Qb7+(27.Qg5+ Kd7 28.Qd5 Kc7) 27...Kf6 28.Qc8d3+! 29.cxd3 (29.Kxd3 Nxb2+) 29...Qxb2+30.Kf3 Ne5+ 31.Ke3 Qxa2 with excelentchances for a win] 24.0-0-0 [In a case of24.Rd1 Black can reply with 24...Qh4! nowNe3 threatens 25.Rd3 (25.Rxd4? Rxf7-+26.g3? Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qf3+) 25...Ne3!26.Qxd6+ Re7 27.g3 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qh5+29.Ke1 Nc4 and Black has an advantage but

probably this variation is still better choose forWhite] 24...d3! 25.c3 Qh6+ 26.Kb1 Rxf7

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Black has consolidated own position and nowstarts to realise an extrapiece 27.Qxd3 [Whiecan't prevent Black rook to get to the 2ndrank 27.f3? Ne3 28.Qa8+ Kg7-+] 27...Rxf228.e5 [28.b3 also doesn't save White28...Na3+ 29.Ka1 Qf6! with ideas: Rc2 andb5b4 30.Qxd6+ Qxd6 31.Rxd6 a5-+ and dueto b5b4 threat position of White is absolutelyhopeless.] 28...Qf4 [28...Rxb2+ was slightlybetter 29.Ka1 Qf4! with the same as in thegame ideas 30.exd6 Rxa2+! 31.Kxa2 Qf2+32.Rd2 Qxd2+ 33.Qxd2 Nxd2-+] 29.b3

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Now it's time for a little tactics 29...Rb2+

30.Ka1 Rxa2+! 31.Kxa2 Qf2+ 32.Rd2 Qxd2+33.Qxd2 Nxd2 34.exd6 Ke8-+ This endgameit winning for Black but it's not the end 35.Ka3

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35...Kd7?A serious mistake that misses a win[Right way was 35...a5! 36.c4 36...Nxc4+!37.bxc4 bxc4 38.g4 Kd7 39.g5 Kxd6-+ king isin the square and pawns a5 and c4 can defence themselves] 36.Kb4 Kxd6 37.c4? [Whitemisses a draw. After 37.Ka5! Black is not ableto realise an extra knight 37...Ne4 (37...Kc638.Kxa6 Nxb3 39.g4 Nc5+ 40.Ka5 Ne6 41.Kb4and next c3c4) 38.c4! Kc6 39.Kxa6 b4 40.Ka5Kc5 41.g4 and even after winning of c4pawnBlack can't win: 41...Nd2 42.Ka4 Nf3 43.Ka5Nd4 44.Ka4 Nc6 45.g5 Ne5 46.Ka5 Nxc4+!47.Ka4 Ne5 48.Ka5= But now game is over]37...Kc6 38.cxb5+ [Black is able to win in acase of 38.g4 bxc4 39.bxc4 Ne4 40.Ka5 Kb741.Ka4 Kb6 42.Kb4 a5+ 43.Kb3 Nc5+ 44.Kc3

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pawn and after Kd4Black replies with a5a4 and knight is untouchable] 38...axb5 39.Kc3 [Now 39.g4doesn't help 39...Ne4 40.Ka5 Kc5 41.Ka6 b442.Ka5 the difference is that pawn is on g4 (noton g5) and Black king is in the square; knightmoves to c2 to defence b4pawn 42...Nd243.Ka4 Nf3 44.Ka5 Nd4 45.Ka4 Nc2 now kingcan move to gpawn 46.g5 Kd5 47.Kb5 Ke548.Kc4 Kf5 49.Kd3 Na3-+] 39...Ne4+ 40.Kd4Ng3 41.Ke5 Kc5 42.Kf4 Ne2+ 43.Ke5 Kb444.g4 Ng1! 45.Kd5 [45.g5 Nf3+ 46.Kf6 Nxg5-

+] 45...Nf3 46.Ke4 Nh4 White resigned 0-1

(02) Movsesian,Sergei (2747) -Ionov,Sergey (2538) [C02]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (4),07.04.2009[IM Polivanov, A]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7Entirely positional continuation. Black are intended to swap for whitesquared bishops.6.Be2 Bb5 [In light of next White's move,

6...cxd4 can appear more exact, but then thereis an opportunity 7.Nxd4!?] 7.dxc5 [7.c4 is metwith 7...Bxc4 8.Bxc4 Qb4+! (expelling 8...dxc49.d5 ) 9.Nbd2 dxc4 10.a3 Qb5 11.0-0 Ne7

Black have normal position.] 7...Bxc5

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8.0-0 [Everyone, who plays this variation,should know how to react in case of 8.b4?!Bxf2+ 9.Kf1 : 9...Bc6! , KristjanssonThorsson,ISLchT 1998, (9...Bd7 , as Shirov played,faces with 10.c4! Na6 (10...dxc4 11.Na3!)11.c5 Nxc5 12.bxc5 Bxc5 ) 10.a4 (10.c4 dxc411.Na3 Bd5!) 10...a6] 8...Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Qa6 [Ilike more preventive 9...a5!? 10.a4 (10.Nbd2a4) 10...Ne7 11.Na3 0-0 12.Nb5 Nd7= ,LobzhanidzeVolkov, Turheim 1999.] 10.Qd2![Of course, White were not satisfied with earlyendgame after 10.Qxa6 Nxa6 11.Nbd2 Ne712.Nb3 Bb6= , IvanovicBeliavsky, Jugoslavija1994. Now Movsesian is going to combine

ideas Qd2

g5 and b4, a4...] 10...Nh6N[Somewhat extravagant now Black will havesome problems with knight h6. There was noground to reject standard 10...Ne7 11.b4(11.Qg5 Ng6) 11...Bb6 12.a4 Nd7 , MuellerSadeghi, Hofbieber 1996, 13.a5?! Bc7 someproblems with point e5.] 11.b4 Be7 Obviously,for that reason Ionov has chosen 10...Nh6.12.Nd4 Nd7! [12...0-0 is poorly due 13.Qd1! ,so Black are attacking pawn e5 meanwhile.]13.Re1 Ng4 14.f4

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artificially. Was it 14...0-0 15.h3 (15.Qd1 Nh6bishop c1 is alredy locked) 15...Nh6 16.g4dangerous? I don't think so.] 15.a4 g6 16.a5Here it is while Black was raising h7h5 andg7g6, Movsesian occupied some space onqueen flank, 16...b6 [Of course, it's undesirableto open "a"line, but it seems, that's the only

way: 16...Qc4 17.Na3 Qc8 18.c4! dxc4 19.Bb2with overwhelming edge.] 17.h3 Nh6 18.Na3Nf5 [18...0-0 looks inappropriate: 19.Nab5 Qc820.axb6 axb6 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.g3 with following Qe2 and g4... Black have nothing to replyon it.] 19.Nab5 Rc8 20.Qd3 Kf8? [Heavy mistake, after which game is nearly lost. It wasnecessary to leave by longsuffering queen:20...Qb7 21.axb6 Nxd4! 22.Nxd4 (22.Rxa7?Qxb6 23.cxd4 Rb8) 22...Nxb6 of course,this is no picnic, but nevertheless.] 21.Nxf5

gxf5 22.Be3 The full fiasco on line "a" is ex

pected for Black. 22...Qb7 [Exchange's sacrifice 22...Rxc3!? 23.Qxc3 Qxb5 could be a nicetry, but after 24.Qc7 White will penetrate intoBlack's camp.] 23.axb6 a6 [It's turned out, that23...axb6 fraughts with material losses: 24.Ra7Qc6 25.Nd4+] 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rc426.Bd4 Rg8

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Movsesian finds the concrete way to achieve avictory. 27.b5! [By the way, provoking27.Qe3!? counting upon 27...Nxb6!? 28.Bxb6d4 also looks good: 29.Qe2! Rxc3 30.Bxd4Rcg3 31.Ra2+] 27...axb5 [27...a5 28.Rxa5Nxb6 29.Rea1] 28.Ra7 Qc6 29.b7 Nb8 [Incase 29...Ra4 White are winning by temporaryqueen sacrifice: 30.Qxb5! Qxb5 31.Ra8+ Rxa832.bxa8Q+ Nb8 33.Qa7! Nc6 34.d7! Ke735.d8Q+ Kxd8 36.Qxf7+] 30.Qe3 Indirectprotection of pawn d6 now on taking it will befollow Bd4e5, and there is no check on di

agonal a7g1. 30...Ra4 31.Qe5! Combiningthreats d6d7 and Qe5f6, White compel asurrender. 31...Ke8 [31...Rxa7 32.d7! Nxd7

33.b8Q+ Nxb8 34.Qxb8++; 31...Nd7 32.b8Q+Nxb8 33.Rxf7++] 32.Qf6 Qxd6 33.Ra8 Rf8Black want to run away by king, but...34.Rxb8+! Qxb8 35.Rxe6+ Very impressivegame by Movsesian. 2750, indeed.[35.Rxe6+fxe6 36.Qxe6+ Kd8 37.Bb6+ Qc7 38.b8Q#] 1-0

(03) Belov,Vladimir (2623) -Grischuk,Alexander (2748) [E99]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (4),07.04.2009[IM Polivanov, A]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-06.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3f5 11.g4!? Wellknown Benko System, themain idea of which is to block kingside, thusavoiding standard attack f4, g5, h5, g4...

11...Kh8 [11...f4?! justifies all White's intentions, as after 12.h4! any possible initiative willbe suppressed. By move in the game Blackwant to put own knight on g8 with furtherNgf6/Nc5 or Bh6.] 12.Nd3 Ng8 13.Kh1[13.Be3?! f4 14.Bf2 h5! , and White haven't yetbuilt a barricade.] 13...f4 [13...Bh6 is no goodin view of 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4! White are betterready for breaking the game; another way 13...a5 14.Rg1 Rf7!? (Black pretend they arenot scared by g4g5) 15.g5 f4 , VaganianUhlmann, Niksic 1978.] 14.Rg1

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14...Bf6?N [Very dubious plan, and Belovclearly brings out, why. More solid 14...g515.Bd2 h5 16.h3 Rf6 17.Rc1 Rh6 18.Kg2 Bf819.b4 Ne7 , CheparinovFedorov, KhantyMansiysk 2005.] 15.b4 Bh4 16.c5 Ndf617.Bb2! Now bishop b2 like sword of Damocles for black king. 17...Bd7 18.a4 [White wantto place knight (or bishop) to b5 "with all con

veniences", but there is such feeling, that itpossible... right now! 18.g5 Nh5 19.Nb5!! Bxb520.Nxe5 dxe5 (20...Ng7 21.Qd4!) 21.Bxe5+Ng7 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qd4+ Kf7 24.Bxb5

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Bxg5 25.d6 , but one must understand, thatteam competitions have own specificity playcalm as possible!] 18...h5 Using the moment,Grischuk makes the ventlight for king. 19.Nxf4[Nice trick, but after 19.gxh5 g5 20.Nb5 Blackare compelled to give up with whitesquaredbishop (such a strong pressure to points c7

and d6), and as we know, such loss in thisKingsIndian systems like a disaster.]19...exf4 20.g5 Kh7 [Sooner or later, piecehas to be returned: 20...Ne8 21.Nb5+ Kh7(21...Ng7 22.cxd6) 22.Qd4 Ngf6 (22...Ne723.cxd6 cxd6 24.Nxd6!) 23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Qd2Bxb2 25.Qxb2] 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Qd2 Nh623.Bb5! [Belov has solved Grischuk's trap:23.Qxf4 is parried by inventive 23...Ng4!(23...Bxc3? 24.Qg3+) 24.fxg4 Bxc3 25.Qc1Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Qh4] 23...Bh3 [As usual, such

exchange is unfavourable for Black: 23...a624.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Ne2] 24.Bf1 Bd7 25.Bb5Bh3 26.Rac1 Sure, White don't need a draw atthis moment. 26...Be5 27.Nd1! Excellent transition. Knight from d3 will support pawn advances in center. 27...a6 28.Nf2! Bc8[28...axb5 29.Nxh3 bxa4 30.Ng5+ Kg831.Ne6+] 29.Bf1 Nf7 30.Nd3 Bd7 31.cxd6[31.Nxf4? Bxb2 32.Qxb2 Ne5] 31...cxd632.Nxe5 dxe5 [32...Nxe5 33.Bxe5 dxe534.Qg2 Rg8 35.Qg5! , and White will reachpoint c7.] 33.d6

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33...Bxa4 [Seems like strange optimisim, andkind of much better was 33...Rc8 in anticipation of strike 34.Bc4 Nxd6!? , but after 35.Bb3!(35.Qxd6?! Bg4 36.Qxe5 Bxf3+ 37.Rg2 Qd7)35...Nxe4 36.Qg2! White have to win. So,Black's position insensibly became very bad.]34.Rc7 Kh6 35.Rxf7? [Needless sacrifice.Maybe, Belov simply didn't have enought timefor calculating 35.Bc4 , which should lead to

win: 35...Bd7 a) 35...Qxd6 36.Qxd6 Nxd637.Bxe5 Ne8 38.Rxb7+; b) 35...Nxd636.Rxg6+! (36.Qg2 Be8!) 36...Kxg6 37.Qg2+

Qg5 38.Rg7+ with mate; 36.Bxf7 Rxf737.Bxe5+ White are going to take onepawn more, and central armada will advance.]35...Rxf7 36.Bxe5 Bb5 37.Bxf4+ Kh7 38.Bg2Qd7As it turned out, things are not so bad forBlack they can organize blockade on whitesquares. 39.Bg5 Bc6 40.Qd4 a5?

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Unwritten rule never make jerky steps at40th move... Why? Because after time controlyour opponent will have a possibility to lookinto all complications. 41.Bc1! Belov finds thejoint in the armour square h6! 41...Qe8[41...axb4 42.Qe3 Kg8 43.Qh6 Qxd6 44.Bf1+]42.Qe3 Qf8 43.b5! Now the derivation comes.White want to push "e"pawn forward.

43...Bd7 [43...Bxb5 44.e5 Re8 45.e6 Bd746.e7] 44.e5 Re8 45.f4 Bishop's g2 turn route to e4. 45...Bxb5 46.Be4 Rf5 [46...Rg747.Rg5; more heavy problem could set46...Bc6 47.Rxg6 Rxf4 48.Bxc6! (some questions still remain after 48.Rh6+!? Kxh649.Qxf4+ Qxf4 50.Bxf4+ Kg7 51.Bxc6 bxc652.d7 Rd8 53.e6 Kf6 54.Bg5+ Kxe6 55.Bxd8a4 even now it's hard to estimate this ending)48...bxc6 49.Rg1 Rg4 50.Qd3+ Kh8 51.Rxg4hxg4 52.d7 Rb8 53.Bg5+] 47.Qb6 Bc6? [Butthat's a mistake. The only way here was

47...Bd7 48.Qxb7 Qf7 with some hopes todraw tendencies of oppositesquared bishops.]48.Bxc6 bxc6 49.d7 Rd8 50.Qxc6 Now thereis no obstacles for pawn advancement.50...Qf7 51.e6 Qe7

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[51...Rf6 52.f5! gxf5 53.exf7 Rxc6 54.Bg5+]52.Re1? [It's pity, that Belov has missed forcedand beautiful ending: 52.Ba3!! Qxa3 (52...Qf653.Bb2! Qe7 54.Be5+) 53.e7! Rf6! (53...Qxe754.Qxg6+ Kh8 55.Qxf5+) 54.exd8Q Rxc655.Qh8+!+] 52...Rf6? [Grischuk responds byfavour... 52...Rc5! 53.Ba3 a) 53.Qe4 Rxd754.exd7 (54.Ba3 Rdc7) 54...Qxe4+ 55.Rxe4Rxc1+ 56.Kg2 Rd1=; b) 53.Qa4 Rxc1 54.Rxc1Qxe6; 53...Qh4 (here it is 52.Re1 tells upon)54.Qe4 (54.Bxc5 Qxe1+ 55.Kg2 Qd2+ 56.Bf2Qxf4) 54...Rc2! 55.Re2 Qh3! 56.Qg2 Qd3!57.Rxc2 Qd1+ 58.Qg1 Qxc2 Black's activity(Rb8b1, checks on a8h1) should be enoughfor equality.] 53.Qe4 a4 54.Bb2 Rf5 55.Qxa4Rdf8 56.Qd4! [56.Qa3!+ maybe even more

powerful, but instead Belov's choice more sim

ple.] 56...Rxf4 57.Qg7+ Qxg7 58.Bxg7 Rd859.Be5! Finally! Very nervous game...[59.e7?Rxd7 60.e8Q Rxg7 , and Black might build afortress.] 1-0

(04) Efimenko,Zahar (2682) -Ivanov,Sergey (2551) [C07]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (5),08.04.2009[IM Polivanov, A]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3!? [Curiouscontinuation White want to avoid 4.exd5Qxd5] 4...cxd4 5.Nxd4

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[Yeah, they do otherwise we could see5.exd5 ] 5...Nf6 [Statistics says, that after5...Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6Black have better chances to equalize. ButIvanov expresses one's opinion.] 6.exd5 [6.e5gives nothing: 6...Nfd7 7.N2f3 Nc6 8.Nxc6bxc6 9.Bd3 Ba6!= , SvidlerDreev, Rostov1993.] 6...Qxd5 7.N2f3 [At request, it's possible to add fuel to the fire 7.Nb5 Na6 8.Be2!?Qxg2 9.Bf3 Qg5 10.a4 , but Ivanov is good informed about these lines.] 7...Nc6 8.Nxc6[8.Nb5 Bb4+ 9.c3 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Ba511.Nd6+ Ke7 12.Nxc8+ Raxc8= , YudasinIvanov, Peterburg 1997.] 8...Qxc6 9.Bd3 a6[Useless yet, to my mind. Black waste an important tempo. Worth to play 9...Bd6 10.0-0 0-0

, and if now 11.b3? , then 11...e5!] 10.0-0 Bd6White have already castled, so the opportunityNf3e5 arises. This implyies 10...Bd6. 11.b3NVery logical novelty bishop goes to a1-h8diagonal. Even strange, why it hasn't been appeared before. 11...b5?! ["If you've said A, youmust say B..." but this is not that case. Perhaps, it's too late for 11...0-0 : 12.Bb2 Nd5 ,and now White can start an attack 13.Ng5 h614.Bh7+! Kh8 15.Be4; but shy 11...b6! with thesame ideas as 11...b5, would be the optimalchoice.] 12.a4 b4?

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[Apparently, Ivanov overlooked White's retort.There's nothing to be done except sacrifice:12...Bb7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Qe20-0 16.Bxb5 Qc7 with sight to pawns c2 andh2, but I'm not sure, that such compensationwill be sufficient.] 13.Bb5! By the way, suchblow is the standard one for C07 system with

queen c6. 13...axb5 14.axb5 Bxh2+ 15.Nxh2[Of course, not 15.Kxh2?? Qc7+-+] 15...Qb716.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Qd6 Nd5 For the time present all was forced. Now Efimenko clings tokingside pawns. 18.Qg3 g6 [This is heavyhearted move, but otherwise pawn b4 isdoomed: 18...Ne7 19.Bd2! (19.Qxg7?? Rg8-+;19.Qg4 Bb7) 19...Nf5 20.Qc7] 19.Ng4

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19...h5 [19...0-0 20.Bh6+

; 19...f6!? was thedesperate attempt to cover white squares, butit doesn't help anyway... taking into accountWhite's perfect play, of course! 20.Qf3 0-021.Bh6 Rf7 (21...f5!?) 22.Bd2 Kh8 (22...Kg723.Bxb4 Bb7 24.Bd2+) 23.Bxb4 Bb7 24.Nh6Rg7 25.c4! Nxb4 26.Qxf6 , and rook's connection to "d"line brings a victory.] 20.Bb2 0-0[20...Rh7 21.Nf6+ Nxf6 22.Bxf6 Qd5 23.Qb8Qd7 24.Ra1; 20...Rg8 21.Nh6 Rf8 22.Bg7]21.Nf6+! Nxf6 22.Qe5 At this moment Blackhave to be resigned, but again, team competi

tion has one more specifity play until the end.[22.Bxf6? Qe4] 22...Re8 23.Qxf6 e5 [23...Kf824.Bc1+] 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Bb726.Re1 Kh7 27.Qe8 1-0

(05) Shulman,Yur i (2632) - VanWely,Loek (2622) [D43]Foxwoods Open Ledyard USA (5), 10.04.2009[GM Aveskulov, V]1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h66.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7

10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4

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Very seldom move. Practics says that after itBlack is ok. This game couldn't change thisevaluation. [11.Be2 is more popular. Black hasa choose between 11...h5 (and 11...Nbd7as itwas in the game GrischukGelfand, Odess(rapid), 2007. The idea of move is that after12.Nxg4 Black by force wins a pawn e4 12...b413.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Na4 Nxe4 with complicatedgame.) 12.0-0 Nbd7 AronianAnand, Mexico,2007] 11...Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 Thanks to thischange of pawns White has an open line, butthe problem is that this achievement doesn'tgive any dividends. 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.e5! [JustBlack can get an advantage in a case of calmdevelopment 14.Be2 Nd7 15.0-0 0-0-0]14...Qf5 15.Qd4

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Of course White doesn't agree to a change ofqueens; Black has an extra pawn! 15...Be716.a4 Kf8 [16...a6? is very bad 17.Qb6 Bc818.Qc7 Nd7 and here White can just play19.Be2 with an advantage. ] 17.f3 [Shulmandidn't want to take a pawn back by means of17.axb5 cxb5 18.Nxb5 because after 18...Bb4+19.Nc3 Bd5 with consequent Nc6 Black getsan initiative. The initiative is more important

thing in positions of such kind. That's why Yurifirst of all restricts bishop b7] 17...Na6 [An inaccuracy. 17...Kg7! was stronger. Black just

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waits White to take a pawn on b5 and thanknigt will be able to go to c6 18.axb5 cxb519.Nxb5 Bb4+ 20.Kf2 Rc8 with complicatedgame] 18.axb5

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18...cxb5?! The move that allows White anextra option. [18...Nb4 is better. For instance,19.Qxc4 (now White can't play like it did in thegame: 19.Qf4 because of 19...Qc2! 20.bxc6Bxc6 21.Qd2 Qb3 with very dangerous initiative a queen is alive!) 19...cxb5 20.Nxb5 Rc821.Qf4 Nd5!? (I couldn't find even any advantage for Black after21...Nc2+ 22.Kd2the mainthing is that Black can't avoid change ofqueens; e.g. 22...Bc5 23.Bd3! Be3+ 24.Qxe3Nxe3 25.Bxf5 Nxd1 26.Nd6! Rb8 27.Rxd1 exf5

28.Bf4) 22.Qxf5 Bb4+ 23.Kf2 exf5 24.Nd4 f425.Bh2 Bc5 and compensation of Black ismore than visible.] 19.Nxb5 Nb4 20.Qf4! Thisis the move that was allowed by 18th move ofBlack. [In a case of 20.Qxc4 we can see a position from the comment to 18th move of Black]20...Qxf4 [20...Qc2?? lost immediately 21.Nd4Qxb2 22.Nxe6+ Ke8 23.Nc7+ Kf8 24.Bxc4+]21.Bxf4 Bd5 22.Nd6

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White has a little plus but it's not time to talkabout any serious advantage. The weaknesson c4 is compensated by weakness on b2.

22...Nd3+?! Deutch GM solves the problem ofweakness by very radical methods. [Moresolid was 22...Rb8!? 23.Bxc4! (23.Nxc4 doesn'thelp White to get an advantage 23...Nc2+24.Kd2 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 (25.Kxc2 Bb3+)25...Rxb2 26.Kc3 Rb4 27.Bc1 (27.Rd7 Na3!28.Rc7 Rxc4+ 29.Rxc4 Nxc4 30.Kxc4 Kg7=)

27...Kg7 28.Rh3!? Rc8 29.Rg3+ Kh7 30.Rg4a5 31.Rd7 Rbxc4+! 32.Rxc4 Bb4+ 33.Kd3Ne1+ 34.Kd4 Nc2+= with perpetual check)23...Bxd6 24.exd6 Bxc4 25.d7 Rd8 26.Bd6+Kg7 27.Bxb4 Bd5 28.h5 and White is better]23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Rxd3 Rb8 25.0-0?! [Whitealso could (and it would be better) defence apawn by move 25.Rd2!? Rb4 26.g3! a pawn f3doesn't play any role. The main thing is to develop a rook h1 as soon as possible 26...Bxf327.0-0 Bh5 28.Rdf2 with an advantage]

25...Bxh4 [Alternative was 25...Rxb2!? 26.Rc1and now 26...Bxh4 with exemplary variation27.Rc7 Bd8! (27...Bf2+? 28.Kf1 Bb6 (28...Rh729.Rxd5! exd5 30.e6+) 29.Rxf7+ Kg830.Rxd5! exd5 31.e6+) 28.Rxf7+ Kg8 29.Be3Rh7 30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Bxa7 Bg5 a pair ofBlack's bishops and weakness on e5 is enoughcompensation for a pawn] 26.Be3 [26.Rc1leads to the variation from the comment to theprevious move 26...Rxb2 27.Rc7 Bd8 etc.]26...Rxb2 27.Rc1

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(06) Shirov,Alexei (2745) -Volokitin,Andrei (2671) [C67]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (7),10.04.2009[IM Polivanov, A]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4

Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd89.Nc3 Bd7 [Black are going to evacuate ownking to the queenside. For another plan 9...Ke8 apply to NaiditschGajewski,ChessZone Magazine #3 2009.] 10.h3 h6 [Thismove it's not of necessity, as 10...Kc8 11.Ng5can be parried by 11...Be8] 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2Ne7 [Usually this move is made a little bit later:12...b6 13.Rad1 Ne7 (13...Be6?! 14.g4 Ne715.Nd4) , for example 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nde2Bc6 16.Nf4 Kb7 17.Ncd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 c4! ,GrischukAleksandrov, Poikovsky 2004.]

13.Nd4!?

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Fresh idea. White want to save one tempo(13.Rad1). 13...c5 14.Nde2 Bf5 15.Rac1 h516.Nd1!N Knight makes one's way to e3,wherefrom it wil support f4f5 and g2g4.[16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nge4 b6 18.Ng5 Kb7 19.Nce4a5 20.a4 Re8 21.Rcd1 , StefanssonSmith,Olomouc 2008, 21...Nf5!=] 16...Nd5 17.Ne3!Right keeping at strategy. Now line "f" will beopened. [17.c4? Nb4; 17.a3?! also not thestrongest in view of 17...b5! 18.c4 bxc419.bxc4 Ne7 rook a8 will enter to the game.]17...Nxe3 [17...Be6 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nf4]18.fxe3 Be6 19.Nf4 Kd7 [19...Bd7? allows asimple strike: 20.Nxh5! Rxh5 21.Rxf7 Rh822.Rcf1+; 19...Bf5? expects the same:20.Nxh5 Rxh5 21.g4+] 20.Rcd1+ Ke8 21.c4[It's correct order of moves, as 21.e4 gives anopportunity for Black to release themselves 21...c4!? 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.bxc4 Bc5+ 24.Kh2

Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rf7 Rf8!] 21...Rh622.e4 White have made moves c2c4 and e3e4 not so much for control square d5, as forthe transition Rd3f3 with pushing to point f7.

22...Be7 23.Nd5 Bd8 24.Rd3 h4 25.Rdf3[25.Nf4 is prematurely: 25...Bg5 26.Nxe6 Rxe627.Rdf3 Re7 gives nothing for White.] 25...g526.Rd3! [There is no need to make a presentin the form of "d"line: 26.Ne3 Be7 27.Nf5 Rg628.Rd3 (28.g4 Rd8) 28...g4!] 26...c6 27.Ne3Rg6 28.Nf5 Be7?

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[Heretofore Volokitin played very well, butthat's a mistake. 28...Bc7 is much better, as itholds white bishop by attack to the pawn e5 29.g4 hxg3 30.Rxg3 Rd8=] 29.g4! hxg3 This isalso disputable choice, but from the other side pawn structure g5+h4 vs g4+h3 will be disastrous for Black in case of oppositesquaredbishops' ending (what is most probably after

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d6). 30.Rxg3 b5 The only reasonablecounterplay here. [30...Rd8 31.Bc1!] 31.h4!Excellent! Using a tactical motives, Shirov creates passed pawn. 31...bxc4 [31...gxh4 remains Black one piece less: 32.Rxg6 fxg633.Ng7+ Kd7 34.Rd1++] 32.h5 Rg8[32...Bxf5!? 33.exf5! (it should to refuse "greekgift": 33.hxg6 Bxg6 34.bxc4 Rb8) 33...Rh634.f6 Bf8 35.Rxg5] 33.h6 cxb3 [Maybe, thelast chance to change anything was 33...Rh834.Nxe7 Kxe7 35.Bc1 g4 , but surely, White'sadvantage is huge.] 34.Ng7+ Rxg7 [Otherwise

rook will rush into 7th rank with all sad consequences: 34...Kd7 35.Rd3+ Kc8 (35...Kc736.Nxe6+ fxe6 37.Rf7 Rae8 38.axb3 Rgf839.Rdf3+) 36.Nxe6 fxe6 37.Rf7 bxa2!? justfor this possibility Black have gone 35...Kc8 (37...c4 38.Rd6!) 38.Rxe7 Rb8 39.Bc3 Rb1+40.Kg2 a1Q 41.Bxa1 Rxa1 42.h7 Rh843.Red7! , and after check Rd7d8 White willpromote a queen.] 35.hxg7 Kd7 36.axb3 Kc7

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37.Rf6! Perhaps, this move was underestimated by Volokitin. 37...g4 [In another cases,rook's connection to "h"file will decide all:37...Bxf6 38.exf6 g4 39.Rg2+; 37...Rg838.Rxg5 Bxb3 39.Rg2+] 38.Rh6! [38.Rxe6!?fxe6 39.Rxg4 Rg8 40.Bc1 is funny idea, butBlack are able to create passer "a" by the dintof pawn's " " sacrifice so, who does need it?]38...Rg8 39.Rh7 [39.Rxe6? fxe6 40.Rxg4 hereis untimely at all: 40...Kd7 41.Bc1 Ke8 42.Bh6Kf7 43.Rf4+ Kg6 44.Rf8 Kh7!] 39...Bg540.Kg2! White's plan of winning can be described like that: rook goes to d6, king to g3and after sacrife Rd6xe6 white king takespawn g4 and goes towards own passer.40...Bf4 But if Black don't let king to reach g3,

then point d8 is not controlled anymore, soWhite can invade there after sacrifice Rh7h8with further doubling. 41.Rd3 Kb6?!Allows theforce ending, but game is already lost. 42.Bc3At first black king's restricting. 42...c4[42...Bxb3 43.Rh8 Rxg7 44.Rb8++] 43.Rh8!Rxg7 44.Rb8+ Kc7 [44...Ka6 45.Rd1] 45.Rdd8Mate net is complete. 45...Be3 46.Bb4 Onemore Shirov's sacrifice![46.Bb4 c5 47.Ba5+Kc6 48.Rd6#] 1-0

(07) Rublevsky,Sergei (2702) -

Volkov,Sergey (2594) [C06]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (7),10.04.2009[GM Aveskulov, V]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.Nf4[Everything is ok with black after 9.exf6 Nxf610.Nf3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bh4Nh5 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bg6 Rxf3! 16.gxf3 Bxh2+17.Kh1 Nf4

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at least practics says so...] 9...Nxd4 10.Qh5+Ke7 11.exf6+ [11.Ng6+ hxg6 12.Qxh8? doesn't make any sens (but it's no too late to comeback to main line 12.exf6+ ) 12...Nxe5 andBlack is much better] 11...Nxf6 12.Ng6+ hxg613.Qxh8

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This is the first main position in this variation13...Kf7 [13...e5 is also possible 14.Nf3(probably White can even take a pawn on g614.Bxg6!? e4 (in a case of 14...Qa5?! Whitehas strong 15.0-0! Ne2+ 16.Kh1 Nxc1 17.Nf3!the point of the idea 17...Ne2 18.Rae1 andBlack king is in big troubles) 15.0-0 Ne2+

16.Kh1 Nf4 17.Bh7 White's pieces are on uncomfortable positions but there is no so clearhow Black can make use of this. Practics hasno any games in this position but I guess this isjust matter of time. ) 14...Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bf516.Bxf5 gxf5 17.Bg5 if we compare this position with the position from the game we cansee the diference in the Black king on e7 it'sno so good as on f7 is] 14.Qh4 e5 15.Nf3Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Bg5 Qa5+19.Kf1

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There is the second key position. 19...g6 [Inmy opinion it's very unlogical move. Blackmakes weak own 7th rank in time when it canplay something like 19...Be7 But in some reasons most of players do make this move]20.Qh8 [Rublevsky doesn't want to change thebishop; he will need it later. 2 games wereplayed with this variation by Chinese player;one of them was with Black pieces: 20.Bxf6Qa6+ 21.Kg2 Qxf6 22.Qa4 Qc6 23.Qb3 Bh624.Rad1 Rd8 25.Rd3 Kf6 26.Rc3 Qd7 27.Qc2d4 28.Rc7 Qd5 29.Rd1 Bf4 with unclear position, Ni Hua Wang Hao, Singapur, 2006]20...Qa6+ [...and one with White: 20...Qd8?!21.Rc1 Bd6 22.Qh4 Qh8 23.Bxf6 Qxf624.Qh7+ Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rd1 d4 27.f4!

and White is better, Wang Hao

Ganguli,Moscow, 2007] 21.Kg2 Re8 22.Rac1 Obviously that white pieces are more active thanblack one. But position is still very complicated.Black pieces are able to defence own king.22...Be7 23.Qh6 Qd6

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[23...Qxa2?! looks very dangerous for Black:24.Bxf6!? Kxf6 (24...Bxf6? 25.Qh7+) 25.Qh4+Kf7 26.Qh7+ Kf6 27.h4! d4 with idea to transfer

black's queen to f7 28.Rc7 White is better]24.Rc2 White just wants to double rooks alongcline 24...Bf8 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Rhc1 Re7

[White also has an initiative in a case of 26...d427.Bxf6 Bxf6 (27...Qxf6? 28.Rc7+ Re729.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Rc7+ Kd6 31.Qxf6+ Bxf632.Rxb7 d3 33.Kf1+) 28.Qh7+ Bg7 29.Rc8!it's necessary to change a pair of rooks in order to make Black king more vulnerable29...Rxc8 (after 29...Re7 computer advices

30.Kh1! with idea Rc1-g1-g6 and then Rf8!Also Rg8 and than Rg1 threats. After30...e4there is another danger coming 31.h4! d332.h5 d2 33.Rg1 d1Q 34.Qxg6+ Qxg635.hxg6+ Kf6 36.Rxd1+) 30.Rxc8 Kf6 31.Qg8with idea to change queens; after this Whitehas all chances to win the game.] 27.Bxf6!?[White had opportunity to transfer a queen tob3: 27.Qa4 a6 28.Qb3 Rd7 29.Rc8 White isbetter but Black's position is very solid.Rublevsky decided to start the attack immedi

ately] 27...Bxf6 28.Qh7+ Bg7 29.Rc8 e4! Ofcourse Black wants to get some counterplayagainst of White's king. 30.Rg8

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30...Qf6? [Black makes a serious mistake.30...Kf6! was the right move: 31.fxe4 Qf4!32.e5+ Qxe5 the only move 33.Qh4+ Kf734.Rgc8 Bf6 35.Qh7+ Bg7 and White can't getan advantage because of weakness of ownking] 31.Rcc8 Threat from f8 threats 31...exf3+

32.Kxf3!+ Black is not able to disturb whiteking too much. White is winning 32...Qd4[32...Qxb2? would make win of White morefast 33.Rgf8+ Ke6 34.Qxg6+ Bf6 35.Rcd8+with inevitable threat of capture on f6 and thencheck from d6] 33.Rcf8+ Ke6 34.Qxg6+ Bf6[34...Kd7?? 35.Rd8+ Kc7 36.Qd6#] 35.h3!+

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The only but enough move for a win. The pointof idea is that now White's king can hide fromchecks on h2 35...Qe4+ 36.Kg3 Qe5+ 37.Kg2Qe4+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.Qg3 Checks and gameis over. Black king is too weak 39...Qxb240.Rg6 Rf7

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41.Re8+? [White misses easy win 41.Qe3++ But move that was played is alsowinning. Rest doesn't need special comments]41...Kd7 [41...Re7 42.Qe3+ Qe5+ 43.Qxe5+Kxe5 44.Rxe7+ Bxe7 45.Kg3+] 42.Qe3 Be7[42...Re7 43.Rxe7+ Bxe7 44.Qe6++] 43.Ra8Bd6+ [43...Rf6 44.Rxf6 Qxf6 45.Rxa7 Kc7

46.Ra5+] 44.Kg2 Re7 45.Qd3

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45...Qe5? [45...Re5 was just slightly better46.Rg7+ Be7 47.Rxa7+ in any way withhopeless position] 46.Qb5+ Kc7 47.Qa5+ b648.Qxa7+ Kc6 49.Rc8+ Kb5 50.a4+ Kb451.Qxb6+ Black resigned 1-0

(08) Ionov,Sergey (2538) -Moiseenko,Alexander (2690) [A31]16th TChRUS Premier Dagomys RUS (7),10.04.2009[IM Polivanov, A]1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3Qb6 6.Nc2 h5!?

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Very ambitious continuation, like Morozevichstyle. By the way, Morozevich played thushimself. 7.Bg2 [7.h3 Ne4 (to meet 7...h4 with8.g4) 8.e3 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Qf5 10.Nf3 (10.Qf3?Nxg3!) 10...Qa5+ deprives any chances forWhite to obtain any opening advantage.] 7...h48.0-0 hxg3 9.hxg3 Qc5 Black are heading upfor open line "h". White in response takesquare h5 under control. 10.e4 d6 [It's ratherearly for pawn taking: 10...Qxc4 11.Nba3 Qa612.b4 b5 13.e5!] 11.Be3 Pawn c4 should begiven anyway, but that is something commonin A31 system. [11.b3? Bg4-+] 11...Qxc412.Nba3

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12...Qa6N [12...Qa4 13.Qe2 Bh3 14.f3 0-0-015.Nb5 a6 16.Nc3 Qa5 17.Bxh3+ Rxh3 18.Kg2Qh5 19.Rh1 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Qg6 21.Nd4! ,TomashevskyAndreev, Pardubice 2006.]13.b4!? Nxb4 [Indeed, why not to take somepawns more? Nevertheless, I like more reasonable 13...b5 14.Qe2 Rb8 at first sight it'shard to see a serious compensation here.]14.Nxb4 Qxa3 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 At theprice of pawn b4 White have got free of knightc2, so line " " is opened now rooks shouldtake a note of that. And Qd5b5 threats also.16...Qa4 17.Rfc1 e6? [It's not worth to cling toextra material should think about castle:17...g6 18.Rc7 Bg7 19.Rac1 Be6 20.Qxb7 0-021.Rxe7 Qxa2 22.Bxa7=] 18.Qg5 Bd7 19.Rc7

g6 [19...Bc6 exposes point f7, and White cantake an advantage of it by means Bf3h5.]20.Qf6 Rh5 [Threat of pin Bf8g7 after20...Rh7 is parried by 21.Bg5 , and Black arein something like zugzwang: 21...Qb4(21...Rb8 22.Rxb7) 22.Rac1 Qb6 (should remember about point d8) 23.Bf3!+ with following transition to a4.] 21.Rxb7 [Now 21.Bg5poorly in view of 21...Qb5 ...; ... but 21.Bf3!? isnoteworthy: 21...Qa5! (21...Rh7 22.Bg5)22.Bxh5 (22.Rxb7 Qe5!) 22...Qxc7 23.Bxg6!]21...Be7 22.Qg7 Bf8 23.Qf6 Be7 24.Qg7 Bf8

25.Qg8 Did anyone have some doubts?25...Rc8 26.Rab1 [26.Rxa7 Qb5] 26...Ke7

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Moiseenko feels, that situation is becomingworse and worse so he sets a trap to Ionov.27.Rxa7? And Ionov falls into it! [27.Bf3 leadsto the winning position: 27...Ra5 28.e5! Rxe5(28...dxe5 29.Bg5+ Ke8 30.R1b4 Qxa231.Rxd7+) 29.R1b4 Qa5 (now we can see,why prior 27.Bf3 was indispensable Qa4d1is impossible!) 30.Rxd7+ Kxd7 31.Rb7+ Rc732.Qxf8+] 27...Qxa7! 28.Bxa7 Bh6 The material parity will be established now. 29.Qxc8[29.Qh7 Bg5 30.Qxh5 gxh5=] 29...Bxc8=30.Rb8 Kd7 It seems, that the only chance forWhite is passed pawn "a". But it should beeasy blocked (thanks to rook h5). 31.Bf1 Kc732.Rb4

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37.Rd1 Bb6 38.a4 [Very good was and 38.e5Rg5 39.a4! (in order not to allow king to b5)39...Rxg3+ 40.Bg2+ Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2+]

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Took a deep breath, Ionov finds a concretesolution. 41.a5! Bxa5 42.Ra2 [Reverse 42.Rb2Bb6 43.Ra2+ also winning.] 42...Kb6 43.Rb2+Kc6 [43...Ka7 44.Bb8+ Ka8 45.Bg2++]44.Rb8 Bb6 45.Rxc8+ Kd7 46.Rc2 1-0

(09) Leko,Peter (2751) -Karjakin,Sergey (2721) [D15]4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (4), 18.04.2009[GM Aveskulov, V]1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 Of course,noone wants to make a draw with White just byrepetition at the highest level. 8...g6 9.g3

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9...e5!? The main adherent of this line isBacrot 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e6 Nxc5 [In some reasons noone yet played 11...fxe6 as for me,this move is also possible For instance,12.Bh3 Ndf6 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.h3 Nf6 15.Na4Ne4 and then Bg7, 0-0 with normal position]12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.e4 White immediately destroys the center in a hope to get opponent'sking, but Black has enough resourses to defence it 13...Bg7

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14.Nxd5A novelty that was not a big surprisefor Sergey. He had analysed this move athome also. This is a modern chess you haveto analyse even possible novelties from opponent to be a succesful chess player [There are2 games that were played before: 14.h3 Nf615.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Be3 Ncxe4 (16...Qa5!?)17.Ncxe4 Nxe4? (17...dxe4!) 18.Nxe4 Bf519.Bd3 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Qe7?? (20...dxe4!)21.Bg2 Qb4+ 22.Qd2 Black resigned. AronianBacrot, Mainz, 2007; 14.Bg2 Bxc3! 15.Bxc3dxe4! 16.Bxh8 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 exf3 18.Bxf3Ngxf2 19.Qb3+ Ke7 20.Bg7 Bh3+ 21.Bg2 Qd722.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23.Kg1 Qf5! 24.Qxb7+??(24.Re1+!?) 24...Kd6-+ 25.Qb6 Qf3 26.Qd4+Kc7 27.Be5+ Kc8 White resigned. Ivanchuk

Bacrot, ECC, 2007] 14...Nxe4 The only move15.Nf4 Nxd2 16.0-0-0 [16.Nxd2? is not good16...Re8+ 17.Be2 Bf5 18.Qb3+ Kf8] 16...Bf517.Bc4+ White develops a bishop with a tempo17...Kf8 18.Bd3 [Probably White can try to getsome advantage in the endgame that is coming after 18.Rxd2!? Bxc2 19.Ne6+ Ke720.Nxd8 Rhxd8 21.Re2+ Kd6 22.Kxc2 Kc523.Be6] 18...Bxd3 19.Qxd2 Bh6! The mostdifficult move in the game. Bishop is transferred to more active position and g7square isfree from now for a rook. But the hardest part

of this move is allowing the check on e620.Rhe1 [Actually Black even better after suchcheck 20.Ne6+? Kg8 21.Qxh6 (21.Nxd8?Bxd2+ 22.Rxd2 Rxd8 23.Rhd1 Rf8 24.Rxd3Nxf2-+) 21...Qe7 22.Qg5 Qxe6 23.Rxd3 Nxf224.Re3 Qc4+ 25.Rc3 Qe2 and then Nd3]20...Qd6 21.Qxd3 Qxd3 22.Rxd3 Rg8

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The game is coming to a draw. 23.Rd7 Rg7Black is sacrificing a pawn for a moment24.Rxg7 Kxg7 25.Re7+ Kg8 26.Rxb7 Rf8 andimmediately taking it back 27.h4

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27...Bxf4+ 28.gxf4 Rxf4 29.Ng5 Rxf230.Rxh7= There is the total draw but opponents continue the game. 30...Ne5 Nd3threatens 31.Rb7 Rh2 32.a3

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Black has an extrapawn but it doesn't playany role here. It's still a draw 36...Nf7 37.Rb8+Kg7 38.Rb7 Rh1+ [38...Rf4?? 39.Ne6++]

39.Kd2 Rf1 40.Ke2 Draw. Both opponents hasplayed this game at the home. Well, sometimes it happens in the modern chess. [40.Ke2Rf5 41.Rxf7+ Rxf7 42.Nxf7 Kxf7 43.Kf3 Kf644.Kg4=] 1/2-1/2

(10) Gelfand,Boris (2733) -Bacrot,Etienne (2728) [E15]4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (4), 18.04.2009[GM Aveskulov, V]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nc30-0 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rfd1 Rd8 12.Rd2 d613.Rad1 a6

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The following part of the game is so interest

ing that there is no sense to analyse the opening. I just say that this position once happenedin the game between Alekseev and Carlsen(Biel, 2008) 14.g4!N When I was watching thisgame online I couldn't realise for a long timethe idea of this sacrifice. First thought was thatthere is any broadcoast mistake. But in factthis is the very well prepared by Gelfand novelty. [14.Qc2 was played in the above mentioned game] 14...Nxg4 French GM was thinking for an hour to make this move. [Probablynext games will be continued by the move14...h6 White can reply 15.h3 with complicated game. ] 15.Bxd6! [White could getenough compensation by means of 15.Qb3Qc7 (15...Nd7 16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Qc718.R1d2 with idea of Qd1; White is better;15...Qxb3? 16.axb3 and Black can't defence ad6pawn) 16.Na4 with idea Nc5 16...Nd717.Bxd6 Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Ngf6= But Gelfandcouldn't choose this line in the first game withsuch strong novelty. After 15.Bd6 there aremore difficult problems before Black] 15...Rxd6

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[Bacrot made the best move. Worse was15...Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Nc6 17.Qa3!? with idea totake a pawn on c5 after Nc4 or Ne4] 16.Qe8+[A fantastic resourse was found by Bacrot inthe next variation 16.Rxd6? Bxd6 17.Qe8+ Bf818.Rd8 Nd7!! (the only move that had to beforeseen) 19.Rxa8 Ngf6 20.Qd8 Bxa8 21.Qxa8Qxb2-+ with a winning position] 16...Bf817.Ng5 [Another problem that was succesfullyresolved by Etienne is to realise that the natural 17.Rxd6?! is not good for White because of17...Nc6 18.Qd7 Nf6! and queen is in trap;that's why White has to give an extra materialback 19.Rxc6 Bxc6 20.Qd2 but after this justBlack can dream about an advantage] 17...Ne5Again the only move [Black can't defence a

pawn by means of 17...Qc7? because of18.Rxd6 Bxg2 (18...Nc6?? 19.Qxf7+ Qxf720.Nxf7+) 19.Kxg2 (Vasiliy Lebedev in hiscomments has indicated a very nice variationthat should be demonstrated here: 19.Nce4Bxe4 20.Nxe4 h6 21.h3 Ne5 22.Rd8 Ng623.Nd6 Qe7 (the move that allows White to winwith nice tactics) 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.Nc8! Nec6

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26.Ne7+!! Nxe7 27.Rxf8+! Kh7 28.Rd6! Kg6

29.Rfd8! taking under control a d7square(29.Rb6 Nd7! and there are some problems)29...Nf5 30.Rb6+) 19...Nf6 20.Qxf7+! Qxf7

21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Rd8 White is obviously better] 18.Bxb7 [Now we are not impressed thatthe natural capturing of the rook is loosing18.Rxd6?? Nbc6-+] 18...Rxd2 [Now Blackcan't use the same trick: 18...Qxb7?! becauseof 19.Rxd6 Nbd7 (19...Nbc6? 20.Rd7! Nxd721.Qxf7+ Kh8 22.Qxd7 Qxd7 23.Rxd7+)

20.Rxd7! Qc6 21.Qxa8 Qxa8 22.Rd8 Qb723.b3 with an advantage of White] 19.Rxd2Qxb7 20.Rd8 Ng6 21.Na4

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[21.h4?! is too slowly 21...Qe7! (21...h6? 22.h5Qe7 23.Nxe6!! Qxe6 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.hxg6+

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with totally winning position) 22.Qxe7 Nxe723.Nxh7 Kxh7 24.Rxf8 and in addition withgame White made an useless move h2h4]21...Qe7 [First comp advices 21...Ra7! immediately giving the knight back 22.Rxb8 Qc7with very complicated position; but then Rybkais showing absolutely unbelievable stuff21...h6! 22.Nxe6! there is nothing else andhere ... 22...Nd7!! (Black is worse in a case ofnatural 22...fxe6 23.Qxg6 Qe7 24.Rc8 Nb6threatens 24...Ra7 25.Rxb8 Qd6 26.Rb6! Qd1+27.Kg2 Qxa4 28.Qxe6+ Kh7 29.Rb8 Bishop

is trapped 29...Be7?? 30.Qf5+ with checkmate)23.Rxa8 the only 23...Nf6!! there is a point ofthe combination. White should find the best

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continuation 24.Qc8! a) other options lead toworse position 24.Qd8? Qe4 25.Nc3(25.Nxf8?? Qb1+ 26.Kg2 Nh4+ with a checkmate) 25...Qxe6 and Black is better: king ofWhite is weak and the queen in cooperationwith a pair of knights are able to organise avery strong attack against of it; b) 24.Nexc5?!

Qb4 25.Nd3 (25.Qc8?? Qe1+ 26.Kg2 Nf4+27.Kg3 N6h5+ and the king will be checkmated) 25...Qxc4 and Black is winning theknight on a4 that leads to more perspectiveposition for Black; 24...Qb4 25.Nc3 Qxb226.Nxf8 Qc1+ 27.Kg2 Nh4+ 28.Kh3 Qf1+29.Kxh4 Qxf2+ 30.Kh3 Qf1+ 31.Kg3 Nh5+32.Kh4 Qf4+ 33.Kh3 (33.Qg4?? Qxh2+ 34.Qh3g5+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+) 33...Qf1+ 34.Kg4 Qf4+= Ithink that this is almost unreal for an human tofind such trick.But move made by Bacrot is

also good] 22.Qxe7 Nxe7 23.Nxh7! Kxh724.Rxf8 Nec6 [Here Black misses the best option 24...a5! 25.Nxc5 (the idea of such strangefor a first view move of Black is getting to beclear after demonstrating following variation25.Nb6 Ra6 26.Rxb8 Nc6 27.Rb7 Nd8=)25...Kg6 26.Nd7 Nec6 27.c5 e5!= with ideaKf5; Black is ok] 25.Rxf7 Kg8 26.Rc7 Ra727.Rxa7?! [After change of rooks White is going to be too far from a win 27.Rc8+!? Kf728.Nxc5 and White is saving an advantage]27...Nxa7 28.Nxc5

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This endgame is practically drawish but Blackstill should to resolve some problems 28...Kf729.b4 Ke7 30.a4 Kd6 31.Kg2 Nac6 [Bacrotmisses the shortest way to a draw 31...a5!32.Nb7+ Kc7 33.Nxa5 Na6 34.Nb3 (34.b5?Nc5 and knight of White is trapped; alreadyWhite has to look for an equality) 34...Nxb435.h4= with totally drawish position] 32.Nd3Nd7= 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 Na5 35.Kf3 Nb6

36.Nb2 Ke5 37.Ke3

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37...Nb3 [37...Nac4+ also was possible38.Nxc4+ Nxc4+ 39.Kd3 Kd5! (39...Nb2+?40.Kc3 Nxa4+ 41.Kb4 Nb6 42.Kc5 Na4+43.Kc6 Kd4 44.b6 Nc5 45.e3+! an importantmove 45...Kc4 46.b7 Na6 47.Kd6 Kd3 48.h4with winning position; Black is not able to keepall of the passed pawns ) 40.Kc3 Kc5=] 38.h4White passes by the last opportunity to put theopponent in troubles [38.Kd3 Nc5+ 39.Kc3Nd5+ (as we know 39...Nbxa4+? is not good40.Nxa4 Nxa4+ 41.Kb4 Nb6 42.Kc5 Na4+43.Kc6 Kd4 44.b6+ look at the comment tothe 37th move of Black) 40.Kc4 Nb7 41.h4 andWhite still has some chances for a win]38...Kf5! Black goes to a pawn 39.Kd3 Nc5+40.Kc3 Ncxa4+ 41.Nxa4 Nxa4+ 42.Kb4 Nb6

43.Kc5 Na4+ 44.Kb4 Nb6 45.Kc5 Na4+46.Kc6

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White checks the last option 46...Kg4 47.Kd6Kxh4 48.Kxe6 Nc3! Black destroys the lasthope of White pawn "b" 49.b6 Na4 50.b7Nc5+ 51.Kf7 Nxb7 Opponents have agreed fora draw. A superb game where we can see astrong novelty of Gelfand and fantastic defenceof Bacrot that could find a lot of really nice

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Editorial staff:

GM Valery Aveskulov (ELO 2541)IMAnatoliy Polivanov (ELO 2382)IM Konstantin Tarlev (ELO 2483)

Dmitry Posokhov (ELO 2294)

Chief editorRoman Viliavin (ELO 2248)email: [email protected]
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