Topalov 041

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o.
"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15.
a3
Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21.
Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. cxd6 Rxb1 27.
Rxb1
Nb5 28. d7 Nxa3 29. Rb7 h6 30. Bf4 Bg4 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxa3 Rxd7 33. Rb8+
Kh7
34. Ra8 Rd5 35. Kg2 Be2 36. f3 Rf5 37. f4 Bc4 38. Kg3 Rb5 39. Bc5 Rb3 40.
Rxa5
Rxc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Bd6 Rd2 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 46.
Ke4
Rd1 47. Rc5 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. d5 Be4+ 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Ke3 Bxd5 52. Ke2
Bf3+
53. Kxf3 Rxd6 0-1
[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {If Black doesn't fancy the
solid classical 5...Be7, he can strive for a more active development of his
Bf8. This plan is very popular nowadays and has its adherents at the highest
level.} ({Also playable is the immediate} 5... Bc5 {
but this gives White's B a choice after} 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 $142 $5 (7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 {can after} Rb8 {lead to the game position.}) 7... d6 ({
Central action leads to an unpleasant position almost by force:} 7... d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 13. Bc6+ Ke7
14. Rd5
Bb6 15. Bg5+ $1 f6 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be6 20.
Rh5
Kf7 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rh6 $1 Ng6 23. Rf1 f5 24. Bg5 $36 {
Svidler,P-Grischuk,A/Biel/2001/}) 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8
Qxa8 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Na7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Na3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rd1
Qb7 18.
b4 c5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd3 Bc7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nh4 $16 {
(),Hracek,Z-Slobodjan,R/Lippstadt/2000/}) 6. Bb3 Bc5 {
The Arkhangelsk line was once connected mainly with} (6... Bb7 {
but the B can often be effectively used on the /^ c8-h3.}) 7. a4 {The popularit
y of 6...Bc5 stems also from the fact, that White doesn't get any advantage
after the seemingly tempting} (7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 {e.g.,} 10.
f4 Nc6 (10... c5 $5 11. Qd1 Ng6 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Qh5 Bb7 15.
Nc3
b4 16. f5 bxc3 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. e5 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ $11 {
1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Riga Tal mem/1995/}) 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe3
Na5
14. Nd2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Qf2
Qxf2+
20. Rxf2 dxe5 $11 {1/2,Anand,V-Topalov,V/Linares/1997/}) 7... Rb8 {
In the spirit of the note to move 6, but the traditional} (7... Bb7 {
is playable as well:} 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12.
Rxa8
Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 $5 (14... Be7 $44) 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 b4
17.
Bxf6 bxc3 18. bxc3 gxf6 19. Nd7 Bd6 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. f3 h5 22. h4 Ke7 23. Kf2
Bb7 24. c4 Be5 25. Rd2 Bc8 26. Rd5 Be6 27. Ra5 c5 $1 $11 {
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/WCh London/2000/}) 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5
11.
Na3 {Nowadays the main continuation, which causes Black most problems.} ({
An earlier attempt was} 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 ({Food for thought is also}
12... Re8 $5 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. cxd4
Nxe4
18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. g4
Bg6
24. Ne6 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1998/} Qb8 $1 $132 {/\} 25. d5 Bf7
26.
Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke8 29. Re1 Rb1 $19) 13. Na3 exd4 14.
cxd4
Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 {when later games showed}
cxd4 $1
{is playable:} (18... b3 $6 19. Bxb3 g5 $2 20. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 cxd4 22.
Ra3 $1 $40 Nc6 23. Ba2 Ne5 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. f4 Ned7 26. e5 $18 {
Hracek,Z-Shirov,A/Bundesliga 9798/1997/}) 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Nbd2 Nc6 21. Nc4
Bc7
$5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 d5 $132) 11... O-O {
Black is practically forced to sacrifice a P.} (11... b4 $6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Ba4
$16) (11... Ba6 12. Re1 h6 (12... O-O $6 13. Bg5 $40) 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Ne3 $36)
12. Nxb5 Bg4 $5 ({The alternative is the immediate} 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 {
Black has strong pressure against White's [+] and the exposed minor pieces on
the b-file give him various tactical chances, for example:} {
The most problems are however caused by Anand's recent idea} 14. Ra3 $5
(14.
Re1 Nxd4 (14... d5 $5 $44) 15. Nbxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxd4 Bxf3 18.
gxf3
Qd7 $44) 14... Re8 (14... d5 $5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qd3 $14 (16. Be3 $2 Nxe5 $1
$15)
) 15. Re1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 Ba5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxb5
20.
Ba4 $16) 18. Na7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $1 (19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxe1 21. Nc6 Qd7
22.
Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Ra7 Bb4 24. Ba4 Qe7 25. Qe3 h6 26. Bc6 Bc5 $14 {
Galkin,A-Prokopchuk,E/Moscow Aeroflot/2002/}) 19... Bxe1 20. fxe4 Nxa7 21.
Rxa7
dxe4 22. Ba4 Bxf2+ $5 23. Bxf2 Qg5+ 24. Bg3 Red8 25. Rxc7 Qe3+ 26. Kh1
Rxd4 27.
Qb3 $1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Rdd8 29. Qxf3 exf3 30. b3 $16 {
Anand,V-Tkachiev,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} (30. Rc2 $5 $16)) 13. Bc2 ({

But the blockade deserves closer attention:} 13. d5 $5 Ne7 (13... Nxe4 14.
dxc6
Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxb5 17. Bd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $1 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 $16
{
Acs,P-Blehm,P/Budapest zt/2000/}) 14. Bc2 (14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Bd1 f5 16. exf5
Bxf5
17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd2 Qe8 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Bf3 Ng6 23.
Kh1 Bd7 24. Na3 Rf8 $44 {|^,Fressinet,L-De Vreugt,D/Zug/2001/}) 14... Bxf2+ (
14... Ng6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qd3 $1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nbd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4
Rxb2
20. Nc6 Qd7 21. f3 $16 {><Bh5,Acs,P-Estrada Nieto,J/HUN-chT/2000/}) 15.
Rxf2
Rxb5 16. b4 $14 {|^<<}) ({After} 13. Be3 {tactics work for Black:} exd4 14.
cxd4 Nxe4 $1 15. Bd5 Qe8 $132 {/\} 16. Qc2 $6 Bxf3 $1 (16... Nb4 $2 17.
Qxe4
Qxb5 18. Qxg4 {a Sh6} Nxd5 19. Bh6 $16) 17. Bxc6 (17. gxf3 Nb4 18. Nxc7
Nxc2
19. Nxe8 Nd2 $1 $17) 17... Qe6 18. gxf3 Qg6+ $17 19. Kh1 $2 Ng3+) 13... h6
$6
$146 {To waste a tempo on prophylaxis in such a sharp position seems
suspect.}
(13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 $5 {is the principled alternative.}) 14... exd4
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qd7
21.
Nd4 Qg4 22. f3 Qg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Rf3 Nh4 25. Bxh4 $11 {
1/2,Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Linares/1997/}) (13... d5 14. exd5 (14. Bg5 exd4 15. cxd4
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxe4 (16... Bxd4 $5 17. exd5 Qxd5 $11) 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 $11) (14.
h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. Bg5 Bc5 (16... dxc3 17. bxc3 $14) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Qxf6
gxf6 19. Nxc7 Rxb2 20. Ba4 dxc3 $5 21. Nxd5 (21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. Nxd5 Rxc6
$11) (
21. Na6 $5) 21... Ne5 22. Nxc3 Nd3 $44) 14... Qxd5 15. dxe5 Qxb5 16. Ba4 $1 (
16. exf6 Rbd8 $13) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $1 Nxe5 18. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf2+
20. Kxf2 Rxb5 21. Ra7 $14 {White gets a somewhat better _|_ practically by
force, even later in the game we will see such positions don't suit Morozevich
too well.}) 14. dxe5 $6 {
This isn't an ideal solution, as it activates Black's forces.} ({On the followi
ng day Morozevich dared to repeat the line, but the first to improve was his
opponent:} 14. d5 $142 $5 Ne7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Nxe4 $6 (16... Bxf2 17.
Nxd6
$16) 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Ba4 e4 20. Nxc7 Qf7 21. Ne6 exf3 22. gxf3
Qf6
23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Bb5 Qh4 25. Kg2 g5 26. Ra4 f4 27. Bd7 Ng6 28. Re4 Ne5 29.
Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qd3 Kg7 31. Qe4 Bc7 32. Bf5 $18 {
Leko,P-Morozevich,A/NAO Cannes/2002/}) (14. Be3 d5 $132 {[+]} (14... Bxd4
$2
15. cxd4 Rxb5 16. Ba4 $18)) (14. Re1 $5 {also seems better than the text
move.}
) 14... Nxe5 15. Nbd4 d5 {White is close to consolidation, so Black must act.}
({Perhaps it was here Morozevich wanted to improve with} 15... c5 $1 16. Nb3
$5
(16. h3 cxd4 17. hxg4 dxc3 18. g5 cxb2 19. Bxb2 Nfg4 $1 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
gxh6
Bxf2+ $11) (16. Nf5 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxf5 18. exf5 d5 $44 {|^[+]}) (16. Nb5
Bxf3
17. gxf3 Qd7 $1 18. f4 $8 (18. Nxd6 $2 Qh3 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 $19)
18...
Qxb5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Ra8 $5 $11) 16... Nh7 $1 $44 {
/\Ng5,Qf6 and the nagging pin gives Black compensation.}) ({Simplistic is}
15... Bxd4 $2 16. cxd4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Re1 $16 {
and White has both a positional and material advantage.}) 16. exd5 (16. h3
$142
$5 dxe4 (16... Bh5 17. g4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 (18. Nxf3 $143 Bg6 $13) 18... dxe4 (
18... Bg6 $2 19. Nc6 $16) 19. Qg2 $1 Bxd4 20. gxh5 $18 {/\Bh6->}) (16...
Nxf3+
17. Nxf3 $16 {leads nowhere.}) 17. hxg4 exf3 18. g5 $1 hxg5 (18... fxg2 19.
Re1
$1 Nfd7 (19... Nfg4 $6 20. Kxg2 {/\f3}) 20. gxh6 Qh4 21. Kxg2 $5 Ng4 22. h7+
Kh8 23. Qf3 $16) 19. Nxf3 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 $14 {|^_|_ gives
White
a slightly better version of the game position-his Pb2 is not under direct
pressure and he can preserve his strong ^^.}) 16... Qxd5 $8 (16... Bxd4 $6 17.
Qxd4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. c4 $16) 17. h3 (17. Bf4 Bxd4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 $11
(
18... Qxe5 $5 19. cxd4 Qh5 $44)) 17... Bh5 {/\c5,Bd4} 18. g4 $1 {White has to
get rid of the pin, so he initiates a tactical sequence, which transposes the
game into an _|_.} (18. Bf4 $6 Bxd4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxe5
Rxb2
$15) 18... Nfxg4 {After 16.h3!? Black didn't have this option.} 19. Nxe5 (19.
hxg4 $2 Bxg4 20. Nxe5 Bxd1 21. Ndc6 (21. Nec6 Rbe8 22. Rxd1 Qh5 $40) 21...
Qxe5
(21... Qc5 $5 22. Bxd1 Rbe8 $15) 22. Nxe5 Bxc2 23. Nd7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rxa1 25.
Rxa1 Rd8 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Bxb6 Rb8 $15 {_|_}) 19... Nxe5 (19... Ne3 $5 20.
Bxe3 Bxd1 21. Nec6 Bc5 (21... Qh5 $5) 22. Rfxd1 (22. Bxd1 Rxb2 23. Bf3 Qc4
$15)
22... Rxb2 23. Rd2 $13) 20. Qxh5 Bxd4 21. Qf5 Nf3+ (21... g6 $6 22. Qe4 $16 {
><h6}) 22. Kh1 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 $36 {/+/=} Bf6 {Pins the B to c1.} (23... Bb6
$143
24. Be4 Nh4 25. Bf4 $36) 24. Ra7 (24. Be4 Ne5 {would probably only
transpose.}
(24... Ng5 25. Bg2 $14)) 24... c5 (24... Rfd8 25. Bg4 $5 (25. Rxc7 Nh2 $1 26.
Re1 Nf3 $11 {is an attractive repetition.}) 25... Nd2 26. Rd1 Ne4 27. Kg2 $14)
25. Be4 Ne5 26. Rd1 $1 {/\Bd5} (26. Bd5 Nd3 $11) 26... Nc4 27. Bb7 Bg5 (27...
Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ (28. Bd5 $6 Kh8 $1 $132) 28... Rxd8 29. Ra8 $14 (29. Kg2 $5
$14)
) 28. Bxg5 (28. f4 {maintains the ^^, but compromises the Bc1} Bf6 $13) 28...
hxg5 29. b3 Ne5 $2 {
This costs Black a pawn and prepares the final tactical oversight.} (29... Nb6
$8 30. Bf3 (30. Kg2 Nc8 $11) 30... Rfd8 $14 {
/= is passive, but gives Black reasonable drawing chances.}) 30. Rd5 Rfe8 31.
Rxc5 Re7 {Black continues down the lethal path.} (31... Nd3 $142 32. Rc7 (32.
Rxg5 Nxf2+ 33. Kg2 Nd1 34. c4 $16) 32... Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Bg2 $5 $16)
32.
Rb5 $18 {White can get out of the pin with Ra8, or by advancing his Pc3, but
he has even a direct threat.} Nd3 $2 33. Be4 $1 (33. Be4 Rxe4 (33... Nxf2+ 34.
Kg2 Ree8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Kxf2 $18) 34. Rxb8+ Kh7 35. Rxf7 $18) 1-0

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3

cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Qa4+ (11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. a4
(13.
Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bg3 Rfe8 $14 {
1-0 Vokac,M-Tibensky,R/CZE 1998/EXT 99 (48)}) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bg3
Qc6 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. a5 Ng6 $14 {
0-1 Pinter,J-Ambroz,J/Baile Herculane 1982/MCD (54)}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Qd7 12.
Qc2 (12. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 $15) 12... g5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. O-O
$14)
12. Qb4 $6 (12. O-O $14) (12. Nd2 O-O (12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 $16) 13. O-O $14)
12... Qc7 $132 13. Bg3 (13. O-O $142) 13... e5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16.
Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 O-O (17... Rc8 $5) 18. Nd5 $11 Qd8 19. O-O Re8 20. Rad1 (20.
Rfe1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 $11) 20... exd4 21. Bxd6 (21. cxd4 Ndf6 $11) 21...
Nxc3
(21... Ndf6 $5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd4 $11) 22. Nxc3 $132 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6
24.
Qh3 Ne5 25. c5 1/2-1/2

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3

O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4
Na5
15. Bc2 c5 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 cxd4 18. g5 Be5 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Nf3 Bg7
21.
Rb1 Rc8 22. b3 d5 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 {
This move was mostly made in order to prevent a well-known theoretical line} (
9... O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3) 10. c5 a5 (10... Nc6
11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Re1 O-O 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc3 $36 {
1-0 Tredinnick,A-Evans,R/ENG-ch corr8990 1989/CR97-89 (38)}) (10... O-O 11.
Qb3
a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qxb7 Naxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc6 d4 16. Bf4 Ra7 $13 {
1-0 Pane,A-Venni,A/4 CIM 1988 (39)}) 11. Ne5 $1 $146 (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 g5
13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ne1 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nc2 Rc8 19.
Re1
Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Motylev,A/2 IECC, Ohrid 2001 (19)}) (11. a3 Nc6 12. Bb5
O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rf2 Ne6
19. Bg3 Re8 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Kh1 Rb7 23. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Ye Rongguang/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61 (23)}) 11... f6 (11... O-O
12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 $16) 12. Nd3 O-O (12... Nc6 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Bg4 $16) 13.
Nf4
$1 (13. f3 Ng5 14. f4 Ne4 15. f5 Bf7 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Bg4 b6 $132)
13... Bf7 14. Bg4 $1 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3 (17. f3 Ra6 $1)
17...
Nc6 18. Nc3 Re8 (18... f5 19. Nxd5 Bg5 20. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Qxd4 22.
Qxd4+
Nxd4 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Bd5 $16) 19. Nxd5 (19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. d5 Bxc5 21.
dxc6
Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxe6 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. b4 Be7 25. bxa5 Rxb7 26. Be3 $11) 19...
Bxc5 (19... Bf8 20. Bf4 $1 Rxe6 21. Nxc7 Re7 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. d5 $16) 20.
dxc5
Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Rc1 $16 c6 23. Nb6 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rae8 25. Bxe5 $6
(25. f3
Ng5 26. Bxe5 $1 (26. Bd2 Nexf3+ $1 27. gxf3 Nxf3+ 28. Kf2 Nxh2 29. Kg3 Re2
30.
Nc4 h5 $44 (30... g5 31. Rh1 h5 32. Rxh2 h4+ 33. Kh3 g4+ 34. Kxh4 Rxh2+
35.
Kxg4 $14)) 26... fxe5 (26... Rxe5 27. f4 Re2 28. fxg5 Rxb2 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30.
Nc4
Ra2 31. gxf6 Ree2 32. Ne3 $1 Rxe3 33. f7+ Kf8 34. Rf1 $18) 27. Nc4 e4 (27...
a4
28. Nd6 R8e7 (28... Rb8 29. Rc4 $18) 29. Rc4 $18) 28. Nd6 R8e7 29. h4 $16)
25... Rxe5 26. Nc4 (26. f3 Nxc5 27. f4 Rf5 (27... Re2 28. Rxc5 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Ra2
30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rea1 32. Ke2 a4 33. g4 $16) 28. g4 Rxf4 29. Rxc5 Rxg4+
$44
) 26... Rxc5 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 (28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Rxb7 Ne6 $11) 28... Ne6 29.
Rd7+ Kf8 (29... Kh6 30. Rxb7 Nd4 (30... Nf4 31. Rc2 $11) 31. Kf2 $11) 30. b4 (
30. Rxh7 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 $15) (30. Rxb7 Nf4 31. Kf1 Re2 $11) 30... axb4 31.
axb4 Rd5 32. Rxb7 Nf4 33. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
f4
cxd4 15. O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qg5 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 (4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {-B38}) 4...

d6 5. e4 e6 $5 {A rare, but clever move order, often used by Topalov (albeit
mostly in rapid games). Black leaves the deployment of his Ng8 still undefined.
} 6. h3 (6. Nc3 exd5 ({
An interesting alternative is also to keep the tension with} 6... Ne7 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O e5 $5 9. a3 f5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. f3 $6 f4 12. Nd3 h5 13. b4 b6 14. a4
$6 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Nb5 Nb8 $1 17. Kh1 g5 18. Ba3 Na6 $17 {
Pelletier,Y-Minasian,A/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 7. cxd5 (7. exd5 Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Bf5 $5 $11) 7... a6 {
transposes into the Benoni (A70), an integral part of Black's repertoire.} 8.

a4 (8. Bf4 b5 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14.
Qd2
Qb6 15. b4 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bh2 c4 18. Bc2 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20.
Qe3 $6
(20. Kh1 {/\Bg1,f3+/=}) 20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22. a4 Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Ra1 Ne8 25. Ra5 Reb7 26. Bg3 f6 27. Rb1 Bf8 28. Be1 Be7 29. Nd1 Bd8 $15 {
Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo blind/2001/}) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3
Nf6
(10... Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 $5 12. a5 O-O 13. g3 h6 14. Bg2 Kh7 15. Bd2 f5 16. f3
b6
17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qc2 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. h3 Ng8 $15 {
Danilov,N-Kiik,K/Tallinn/2001/}) 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. a5 (13. Bf4 $142
$1 $36) 13... Nbd7 14. Bf4 Rab8 15. Qc2 Ne8 (15... h5 $5 {/\Ng4,Nh7-g5<=>})
16.
Rfe1 Nc7 17. Be2 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Nd1 Qf6 22.
Kh1
$14 {Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo blind/2000/}) (6. Bd3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8.
a4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 $5 Nd7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 (11... Ngf6 $142 $13) 12. Ne1
Ne5
13. h3 Nxd3 14. Nxd3 Be2 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nc4 b5
19.
axb6 Nxb6 20. Na5 f5 21. Nc6 $14 {Krivoshey,S-Priehoda,V/Komarno
op/1997/})
6... exd5 7. exd5 ({
More ambitious, but allowing transposition into playable Benoni lines is} 7.
cxd5 Ne7 {This is risky, but also interesting and unclear} (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Bd3 b5 $1 {-A70}) 8. Nc3 O-O (8... f5 9. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 10. Qb3 $14) 9. Bf4
(9.
Bd3 $142) 9... h6 10. g4 $5 g5 $1 11. Be3 Ng6 12. h4 Bxg4 13. hxg5 hxg5 14.
Be2
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Nde5 17. Bf5 Re8 18. Qh5 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Ngf4 20.
Qg4
Qf6 $13 {Vallejo Pons,F-Topalov,V/ESP-chT Barcelona/2000/}) 7... Nh6 $5 (7...
Ne7 8. g4 $5 h5 (8... O-O $142 $13) 9. Rg1 hxg4 10. hxg4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12.
Ng5 Rh4 13. f3 Kf8 14. Kf2 a6 15. a4 b6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. Rh1 Rxh1 18. Qxh1
Bd7
19. Bf4 Be8 20. Bd3 $16 {->,Mikhalevski,A-Malisov,B/ISR-ch/1996/}) 8. Qe2+
(8.
g4 O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. g5 Nf7 $132) 8... Kf8 (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 Qxe2+ (9... Nf5 10.
g4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 $16) 10. Bxe2 $14 {_|
_><d6}
) (8... Kd7 $5 9. Qd3 (9. Qc2 Re8+ 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nf5 $132) 9... Re8+ (
9... Kc7 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb3 $14) 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bg5 Bxc3+ 13.
bxc3 f6 $13) 9. Bg5 (9. Bf4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 (11. Ne6+ Bxe6 12. dxe6
Ne5
(12... Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 g5 15. Bh2 Nd8 16. O-O-O f4 17. h4 $40)
13.
Nc3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Qh4 $132) 11... Qe7+ 12. Be2
Ne5 13.
O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nbc6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8
19.
Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4 21. f4 Nd7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25.
Bd5
Qc7 26. Bxc5 $11 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco/2002/}) 9... f6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11.
Nc3 g5 $5 (11... f5 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Bd3 $14) 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 f5 $13) 12... h6
13. g3 (13. O-O-O $5 Na6 14. Re1 $14) 13... Na6 14. Bg2 Bf5 $1 {Black first
finishes the development of his << pieces. Although his position seems
weakened, there is no straightforward way for White to exploit this.} (14... f5
15. O-O Bf6 16. Ne1 $5 $14 {/\Nd3,f4}) 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 (16. Rfe1 Nb4 17.
g4
Bd3 18. Qe6 Qxe6 19. dxe6 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 $132) 16... Re8 17. Qd1 (17.
Be3
$142 Kg8 (17... Nb4 18. Ne1 $14) 18. a3 Kh7 19. Nb5 $14) 17... Bd3 18. Re1
Bxc4
19. b3 Bd3 (19... Bb5 20. Nxb5 $5 (20. a4 Bd3 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxg5 fxg5
23.
Qxd3 Nb4 $36) 20... Qxb5 21. Qc2 $44 {></^b1-h7}) 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Bxg5 Be2
$1 (21... fxg5 22. Qxd3 Nb4 23. Qd2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe2 25. Re1 (25. Nd4 Qe5
26.
Ne6+ Ke7 $11) 25... Qd3 26. Qf6 Nxd5 27. Qe6 $40) (21... hxg5 22. Qxd3 $36
{
><f5}) 22. Nxe2 (22. Qxe2 $6 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 fxg5 $15) 22... hxg5 (22... fxg5
23.
Rc1 Bf6 24. Nd2 $13 {/+/=}) 23. Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 (25... Bf6 26.
h4 $1 gxh4 27. Nf4 Kg8 28. Ne6 $40) 26. h4 Bh6 27. hxg5 (27. Qc2 g4 28. Nh2
Qf6
$11) 27... Nxg5 28. Qd3 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qf6 30. g4 (30. Bh3 $2 Bd2 $15) (30.
Nf4
$5 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 $14 {><Kf8}) 30... Bd2 31. Rd1 Bg5 32. Ng3 (32. gxf5 Ke7
$44)
(32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. gxf5 Rh4 $11) 32... fxg4 (32... f4 33. Ne4 (33. Nf5 Ne8 34.
Re1 Ng7 $11) 33... Qh6 34. b4 $5 {/\} cxb4 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Rd4 $16) 33.
Qxg4
Bf4 34. Re1 Be5 35. Re3 Rh4 36. Qc8+ Ne8 37. Ne4 (37. Qxb7 Bxg3 38. Rxg3
Qa1+
39. Bf1 Qd1 40. Kg2 (40. Qxa7 Qh5 41. Bg2 Qd1+ $11) 40... Rf4 $44 41. Rh3
Qd4
42. Rf3 Qe4 43. Be2 Rf6 $1 44. Qb5 Qxd5 $11) 37... Qg6 38. Kf1 (38. Qxb7 $5
Rg4
(38... Bh2+ 39. Kf1 Bf4 40. Re1 Rh2 41. Bf3 $16) 39. Ng3 Nf6 (39... Qb1+ 40.
Bf1 {/\} Qxa2 41. Rf3+ Rf4 (41... Nf6 42. Rxf6+ Bxf6 43. Qc8+ $18) 42. Nf5 $1
$18) 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxa7+ Kh6 $132) 38... Bf4 $11 39. Rh3 Rxh3 40. Qxh3
Be5
41. Bf3 (41. Bf3 b5 42. Qc8 Qh7 43. Ke2 (43. Ng5 Qb1+ 44. Kg2 Qg6 45. Qg4
Nf6
$11) 43... Qc7 44. Qf5+ Qf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]

[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Lukacs"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6

8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 (13... cxd4
14. Qxd4 Ne5 $5 {- Leko-Karpov, Linares Super GM 2001 CBM 82}) 14. dxc5
(14. c3
$5 {- Leko-Timman, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2002 CBM 87}) 14... Nxc5 15. Bf5 {
White's only advantage is the inferior position of the black K, and if Black
accomplishes his development the game is completely even.} h5 (15... Ne6 16.
Bb2 h5 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. c4 Bg4 20. h3 Bf5 $13 {
Stellwagen-Nep, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2002}) (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 e4 17. Nh4
Kg8)
(15... e4 16. Bb2 Rg8 17. Nd4) 16. Qh3 Ne6 17. Rd1 $5 $146 {
This is the first new move, and now Black is at the crossroad.} (17. Qh4 Be7
18. Qg3 {The Q has also problems in this line.} Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 {
White wants to get exactly this position by playing 17.Rfd1, but with an extra
Rfd1!} g6 (20... Bf6 $5) 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. c4 {
The P structure is better for White, he has to improve his Q's position.} Kg7
23. Nd4 Rhd8 $11 (23... Bf6 24. Nb5 (24. Rad1 Rcd8) 24... Qc5 $11 {
Gelfand-Speelman, Munich 1992})) 17... Be7 (17... g6 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Qh4
Be7
(19... Kg7 20. Bg5 $16 {/\ Bf6 is annoying}) 20. Qe4 Bg4 21. Bb2 $14 {
and >< e5 is severly attacked.}) (17... Kg8 18. Qh4 $5 {
may again lead to similar consequences after} (18. Ng5 $143 Nd4 $142 {
is the strong centralizing reply.} (18... Nf8 19. Bxc8 (19. Qf3 e4 $5) 19...
Rxc8 20. Qf5 $14) 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. c4 Qxh3 21. Nxh3 Rd8 $11) 18... Be7 19.
Qg3
Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qh3) 18. Qg3 $1 ({The hyper-aggressive} 18. Rd5 $6 g6
19.
Nxe5 $5 {founders on} Bf6 $1 (19... gxf5 $2 20. Qxf5) 20. Nxg6+ (20. Bb2 $2
Nf4
$1) 20... fxg6 21. Bxe6 Bxa1 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Rd7 Qc6 $1 $19 {Speelman})
18...
Nf4 $1 (18... Bd6 {
seems to be a loss of a tempo, White has improved his Q's position.} 19. c4
Bd7
20. Bxe6 (20. Bb2 {allows} Nf4 $1) 20... Bxe6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Qg6 $14 {
with some pressure on the weakened light squares.}) (18... Bf6 19. Ba3+ $1 {
penetrating on >< d6} Kg8 20. Bd6 (20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd6 Qxc2 22. Bxe5)
20...
Nf4 21. Kh1 $5 (21. Bxc7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bxf5 24. Bxe5 $14)
21...
h4 (21... Bxf5 $2 22. Bxc7 Ne2 23. Qxe5 $1 $18) 22. Qg4 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc8 24.
Qe4 $1 {and Black hasn't finished his development yet, Speelman.}) 19. Bxf4
exf4 20. Qh3 Bf6 (20... g6 21. Bxc8 (21. Bd7 $5 Bf6 22. Rac1 Kg7) 21... Rxc8 {
is almost the same position as in Gelfand-Speelman, but with an extra Rfd1,
which helps for White.} 22. Rd7 $1 {This is the big difference!} (22. c4 Rd8 $1
(22... Bf6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. Rd7) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11) 22... Qxc2 23. Re1 {
Now White's heavy artillery is in action.} Bb4 (23... Bf6 24. Rxb7 $16) 24.
Red1 Kg7 25. Ng5 (25. Ne5 Be7 $1) 25... Be7 26. Ne6+ $1 Kh7 27. Qf3 $16) 21.
Rac1 g6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 $6 (22... Rxc8 {is more natural, of course.} 23. Rd7 Qc6
24. c4 Kg7 25. Nd4 $14 {was the lesser evil.}) 23. Qxc8+ {The _|_ is certainly
better for White because of the virtual P majority on the << and the
possession of the d <->.} (23. Rd7 $5 {
looks also tempting penetrating on the 7-th rank.} Kg7 (23... Qc6 24. c4) 24.
Qe6 Rf8 (24... Qe8 25. Qd5) 25. c4 $16) 23... Rxc8 24. Rd7 Rb8 $14 {Black can
s
till hold his weaknesses on the 7-th rank, more penetrations cannot be seen
yet.} (24... Bb2 25. Rcd1 Rxc2 26. Rxb7 $16 {
and soon both rooks will penetrate on the 7-th rank.}) 25. c4 Kg7 26. Kf1 g5
27. Rcd1 (27. Nd4 Kg6) (27. c5 Rhd8) 27... Rhe8 28. R1d5 Kg6 (28... g4 29. Ng5
Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Ne4 Kg6 $14) 29. h3 a6 (29... g4 $14) 30. R5d6 (30. c5
$5
$14) 30... Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 {Now Black's P structure has been improved a
bit.}
32. Nd2 (32. Ke2 $5 {
/\ Nd2 avoiding the exchange of his active R was worthy of consideration.})
32... g4 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Ne4 Be7 35. Ke2 $14 {
looks a bit better for White, but it is far from clear.}) 33. Ne4 {
Now White's pieces dominate the board, the N is much better than the passive
B.
} b6 34. f3 $1 {
clarifying the situation on the >> fixing the P on the colour of the B.} gxf3
35. gxf3 Bb2 36. Re7 Kf5 37. Ra7 a5 {another weakness has been created.}
38. c5
$1 {Now White is simply winning a P.} bxc5 39. Rxa5 Bd4 40. Nxc5 $18 Rc8 41.
b4
(41. Ne4+ Kg6 42. Ke2 $18) 41... e5 (41... Bxc5 $2 42. Rxc5+ Rxc5 43. bxc5)
42.
Ne4 Ke6 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Ra6+ Kd7 {
Black's last hopes are based on a remote o^ on the h <->.} 46. Ng5 Rg2 47.
h4
Rh2 48. Ne6 Bf2 49. Nf8+ Kc7 50. Ng6 Be1 (50... Bxh4 51. Nxh4 Rxh4 52. Ke4
$18)
51. b5 {White connected passed pawns look decisive.} Rb2 52. a4 Rb3+ {
Now the target is >< f3.} 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf5 Rxf3 55. Nxe5 Rb3 56. Kxf4 $6
{
It was absolutely not necessary giving away the h P.} (56. Rc6+ Kd8 57. Kg5 $1
f3 58. Rf6 f2 59. Kxh5 $18 {was the winning plan.}) 56... Bxh4 57. Ke4 {
Now White has some technical difficulties.} Bg3 58. Rc6+ Kd8 59. Nd3 h4 60.
Rh6
(60. Nc5 Rb4+ 61. Kd5 Rb1) 60... Ra3 61. Nc5 Bf2 62. Kd5 Bxc5 63. Kxc5 Rxa4
64.
Kc6 {The R _|_ is winning, because the black K cannot reach b8.} Rc4+ 65. Kb7
Kd7 66. b6 Rb4 67. Ka7 Ra4+ 68. Kb8 Rb4 69. b7 Ra4 70. Rh7+ Kd8 (70... Kd6
71.
Kc8 Rc4+ 72. Kd8 Rb4 73. Rh6+ Ke5 74. Kc7 $18) (70... Ke6 71. Kc7 Rc4+ 72.
Kb6
Kf6 73. Kb5 $18) 71. Rh8+ Kd7 72. Rh6 $22 {
White has deliberately lost a tempo in order to create zugzwang.} Kd8 73. Rh7
$22 {This already the last zugzwang.} Rb4 74. Ka7 Ra4+ 75. Kb6 1-0

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {GM Topalov spielt gerne die Benoni-Verteidigung

- die knnte hier nach 4.d5 entstehen.} 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (5... Bb4) 6.
a3 {Die Hauptidee des Zugs besteht darin, die Fesselung des Nc3 durch Bb4 zu
umgehen. Der Alternativen gibt es viele: 6.g3, 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4, 6.Nbd5.} Nxd4 (
6... Be7) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7) (6... d5) 7. Qxd4 b6 {Schwarz beabsichtigt Bc5
zu spielen und den weifeldrigen Lufer nach b7 zu entwickeln.} 8. Qf4 (8. e4
Bc5) (8. Bf4) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bd2 Nf6
13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Hansen,C/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001
(14)})
9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 {Jetzt haben wir eine Igelstellung auf dem Brett. Wei
kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist solide.} (10. Be2 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17.
Rab1
a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. h4 {
1-0 Gorbatow,A-Lengyel,L/Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (30)}) (10. Be3 Be7 11.
Bd3
O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 $11) 10... Nd7 $5 $146 {Der Springer strebt
nach
e5 oder c5. Der natrliche Entwicklungszug 10...Be7 erffnet Wei hingegen
Angriffschancen.} (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. O-O
Bf6
15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 a6 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Rfd1 $142 Bg7 18. Bg5) 17... Bg7 {
2.23/2.19. 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates/[Kortschnoj]
(45)
}) (10... Rc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Be2 Nd7 16.
Na4 {1-0 Speelman,J-Kinsman,A/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (28)}) 11. Qg3 {

Mit diesem Zug unterbindet Wei die Entwicklung des Bf8 nach e7.} (11. O-O
Be7
(11... Rc8) 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Bf6) 11... a6 {Wer "den Igel" spielt, kommt um
diesen Zug nicht herum. Anschlieend kann Schwarz Qc7 spielen.} (11... Be7
12.
Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 (13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc5 $44) 13... Bh4 14. Qh3 $6 (14.
Qe3
e5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Nxd6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4
fxe4 21. Rd5 $14) 14... Ne5 $13) 12. O-O g6 {
Schwarz muss so spielen, wenn er den Bf8 entwickeln mchte.} (12... Rc8 13.
f4
$14) 13. Bf4 {Wei greift den Pd6 an, aber hier wie in hnlichen Stellungen
kann Schwarz diese Schwche leicht verteidigen.} (13. Rd1) 13... Qc7 {
Wei hat groen Entwicklungsvorsprung, aber die schwarze Stellung
istelastisch.
} (13... h5 $5 14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14. Bc2 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 {Ein originel
ler Spielplan - Schwarz beabsichtigt, die Qg3 mit 15...h4 zu verjagen. Danach
wre Ne5 oder Be7 mglich} (14... Qxc4 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 $14) (14... e5
15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Rfd1 $36) 15. Ba4 (15. Rfd1 h4 16. Bxd6 hxg3
17.
Bxc7 gxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 15... Bc6 (15... h4 $6) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {
Der Pd6 ist verteidigt, und die Dame steht aktiv auf c6. Wie soll Wei seinen
Entwicklungsvorsprung nun auszunutzenversuchen?} 17. h4 $6 {Damit legt
Wei
die Bauern am Knigsflgel fest, aber in der Folge wird der Ph4 schwach.} (17.
b3) (17. Rad1 h4 $11) (17. Rfd1 $5) 17... Be7 (17... Qxc4 $6 18. Rfd1 $1 (18.
Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qc5 20. Qg3 O-O 21. Rfe1 $14) 18... Bg7 19. Rxd6 Bxc3
20.
bxc3 Qxe4 21. Rad1 $18) 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 $1) 18... Ne5 (18... Qxc4 $2 19.
Bxd6 $16) 19. Bxe5 $6 {
Wei ist optimistisch und erobert vorbergehend einen Bauern.} (19. b3 O-O
20.
a4 Bf6 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 $11) 19... dxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O $44 {Schwarz hat
einen Bauern weniger, konnte aber endlich die Entwicklung beenden.
Momentan
hngen sowohl der Pc4 als auch der Ph4.} 21. Qf4 $6 (21. g3 $142 Qxc4 (21...
Rad8 $6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd5 Bxh4 (23... exd5 $2 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. gxh4
(24.
Nb4 Qc5 (24... Qxc4 25. gxh4 a5 26. b3 $18) 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Nxa6 Be7 27.
b4
$16) 24... exd5 25. cxd5 $16) 22. Rd7 Rfe8 $11) (21. Rd4 Bxh4 $15) 21... Qxc4
$15 22. Rd7 (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Bxa3 $1 {Damit gewinnt Schwarz einen
Bauern.}
23. bxa3 Qxc3 24. Qd6 (24. Rb1 b5 25. Qd6 Qf6 $15) 24... b5 25. Rd1 {Wei
hat s
tarke Kontrolle ber die d-Linie, die Realisierung des Materialvorteils ist
daher keine leichte Sache fr Schwarz.} Qf6 26. g3 (26. Qg3 $142 Rac8 27. e5
Qf5 $15) 26... Rfc8 27. Kg2 (27. e5 Qf5 $15) 27... Rc2 28. Qb6 $6 (28. Qd4 $1
Qxd4 29. R1xd4 $15 {
In diesem Turmendspiel hat Wei bessere Remischancen als in der Partie.})
28...
Rac8 {Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie.} 29. R1d3 (29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc3
$1 31. Qxa6 Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 29... R8c3 $17 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qe5
{
Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Mehrbauern, sondern auch die aktiveren Figuren.}
32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Re3 $6 (33. Rd7 Qxe4 34. Rxf7 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Ra4 $17) 33...
Kg7
$1 {Schwarz muss sich nicht beeilen - sein Gegenber ist machtlos und zum
Abwarten verurteilt.} 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. e5 (35. Qe1 e5 36. Qb1 Rc3 37. Rxc3
Qxc3
$19) 35... Rc3 $1 36. Qb2 (36. Rxc3 Qxc3 $19) 36... Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rxe3 38.
fxe3
{Wei hat einen Bauern weniger und eine sehr schlechte Bauernstruktur.} Qc5
$19
{Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz einen weiteren Bauern und die Partie.} 39.
e4
Qe3 40. Qb4 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qg1 (41... Qg1 42. Qb2 Qh1+ 43. Qh2 Qxh2+ 44.
Kxh2 a5
$19) 0-1

[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.

f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2
c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Rac8
21. Kd2 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Rdc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd1
Kf8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.

Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qe3 Nb4 13. O-O Nc2 14.
Qg5
Bxg2 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Kxg2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 bxc5 19. Rc1 d6 20.
Nd2
O-O-O 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. f3 f5 23. Nf6 Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nxh7 Rg8 26. h4
Rb8
27. b3 a5 28. Ng5 Kd7 29. Rc3 a4 30. f4 axb3 31. axb3 Rb6 32. Re3 Re8 33. Kf2
e5 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Ne4 Rc6 37. g4 f4 38. h5 Ke6 39. Rd3 Rg8 40.
Kf3 Rb8 41. e3 Rf8 42. Rd5 Rb8 43. Rxc5 Rcb6 44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. exf4 Rxb3+
46.
Ke4 exf4 47. Kxf4 R3b6 48. Rc7 R8b7 49. Ne4+ 1-0

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.

c4
c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 14. g3
Qxd4
15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Na6 18. Nc3 Bc5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bxc5
Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Nxc5 22. b4 Nd3 23. Re7 Rb8 24. b3 Nxb4 25. Ne2 Na6 26. Nd4 Kf8
27.
Rd7 Nc5 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Nxf5 g6 30. Ne3 a5 31. Rxh7 Rd3 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33.
Ra8
Nxb3 34. h4 b5 35. g4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 bxc4 37. Rc8 c5 38. Kf2 c3 39. Ke2 c2 40.
Rxc5 Nxc5 41. Kd2 Nd3 42. Kxc2 Ne5 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.

Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14.
Rac1
Kf8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1
a6
21. Nd5 Rd8 22. Nb4 Rcc8 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Nd5 Rc6 25. Be3 h5 26. c5 Nf5 27.
Bf2
Bh6 28. g3 e5 29. b4 exf4 30. gxf4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Rc3 Re2 33. a4 Rb2
34.
Rf3 Nh4 35. Rh3 Nf5 36. Rxh5 Rg6 37. Kf1 Ne7 38. Rh8+ Ng8 39. c6 Rxc6 40.
Bc5+
Rxc5 41. bxc5 Rb3 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kh1 Kg7 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Rg1 f6 46.
h4 Kf7
47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rxg5 Rc2 49. Nb6 Ke6 50. Kg1 Re2 51. Rg7 Rc2 52. Rc7 Kf5
53.
Nc8 1-0

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.

bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Be2 Qe8 13. g4 Nh7 14. O-O-O
a6
15. Nf1 b5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Ne3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bc6 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Qb2 d5
21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bg3 Qe6 23. e5 Bb5 24. f4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Rfc8 26. Kb2 Rc4 27.
Qf3
Rac8 28. f5 Qe8 29. Qxd5 Ng5 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxg4 32. Rd4 Re4 33.
Rhd1
Re2+ 34. R1d2 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Ne4 36. Rd4 Nxc3 37. Be1 Nb5 38. Re4 Re8 39.
Bf2
g6 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Kc2 Re6 42. a4 Nc7 43. Kd3 Rc6 44. Rd4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.

Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4
a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bf7 21.
Be4 Bg8 22. Ra3 Na7 23. Qd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nb5 25. Ra4 Nc7 26. Nxc7 Qxc7
27. c4
Rb6 28. Bc2 d5 29. Rxa5 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rc6 31. Qxe5 Rxc4 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33.
Be4
h6 34. f3 Bh7 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Rc8 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Be4
Bxe4
40. fxe4 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. h4 Kf7 43. h5 Rb2 44. Ra6 Rb1 45. g4 Rf1+ 46.
Ke3
Rg1 47. Kf4 Rb1 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. e5 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rc6 51. Rd7 Ra6 52. g5 hxg5
53.
e6 g4 54. h6 gxh6 55. Kf6 Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Rxg4 Kh7 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59.
Rd7
Kg8 60. Rd8+ Kh7 61. Kf7 Ra7+ 62. e7 h5 63. Kf6 Rxe7 64. Kxe7 1-0

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5

f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qxe4 14. dxe4 e5
15.
g3 Be6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. b3 Nc8 18. Bb2 Nd6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 g6 21. O-O-O
Bh6
22. Rhf1 Rhe8 23. e5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Rad8 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxd8
Rxd8
28. Re1 Bg4 29. Ng5+ Bxg5 30. fxg5 Bf5 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. c4 Kd7
34.
Kb2 a6 35. Bg7 Kc7 36. Bf8 Kb6 37. Be7 Be4 38. Bd8+ Kb7 39. a4 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 Bf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.

Nxd4 Ne7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Re8 14.
Qd2
Qd6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Red8 19. Rfd1 Nce7 20.
Rac1 Nf5
21. Qc7 a6 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Bc5 Ne6 26. Bb6 Rd7
27. g3
Nd6 28. Bg2 Nb5 29. Na4 Nbc7 30. Nb2 a5 31. Nd3 f6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Bh3 Re7
34.
Nc5 Nxc5 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Bxc5+ Kf7 37. Re1 Na6 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Bf1
Nxc5 40.
dxc5 f5 41. f4 Kf6 42. Re5 b6 43. cxb6 Rb8 44. Bg2 Rxb6 45. Bxd5 Bxd5 46.
Rxd5
a4 47. Rd3 axb3 48. axb3 h6 49. Kf2 g5 50. Ke3 Rb4 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Kd2 f4
53. Kc3 Rb8 54. b4 Kf5 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kd4 Rd8+ 58. Kc3 Rh8
59.
Kd2 Rxh2+ 60. Ke1 Rb2 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5

Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. e3
c5
15. d5 e5 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Nb5 c4 18. Qc2 e4 19. Ng5 Be7 20. Rxd7 Bxg5 21.
fxg5
Bc6 22. Rd4 Bxb5 23. Bxe4 g6 24. a4 Ba6 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Qe4 Bb7 27. Qf4
Bd5
28. Rcd1 Be6 29. e4 Qc8 30. Qf6 Bh3 31. f3 Qc5 32. Kh1 c3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34.
Rd8
Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 1-0

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3

b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15.
Nd2
Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc2 bxc5 21.
bxc5 e5 22. Rb4 exd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24. Rcb1 Ne6 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. Ne2 Qe4 27.
Qxe4
Nxe4 28. Ng3 Nc3 29. R1b3 Nb5 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Rd7 33.
Rb8+
Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Kf7 38. Nc5 Ke8 39.
f4 g6
40. Kf2 Nf7 41. d7+ Ke7 42. g4 g5 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. f5 Nc4+ 45. Kd3 Nb6 46.
Kc3
Nxd7 47. Ne6 Nf8 48. Nc5 Nd7 49. Ne6 Kd6 50. Kb4 Nb6 51. Nd8 Nc4 52. Nf7+
Ke7
53. Nxh6 Kf8 54. Kc5 Kg7 55. Kxc6 Ne3 56. Kd6 Kxh6 57. Ke7 Kg7 58. Ke6 Nc2
59.
Kxd5 Kf7 60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Kd5 Kd7 62. Ke4 Kd6 63. Kd3 Ne1+ 64. Ke2 Ng2 65.
Kf3
Nh4+ 66. Ke4 Kc6 67. Kd3 Kd5 68. Ke3 Ng2+ 69. Kf3 Ne1+ 70. Kg3 Kxd4 71.
h4
gxh4+ 72. Kxh4 Nf3+ 73. Kh5 Ke5 74. Kg6 Ng5 75. Kg7 Ne4 76. Kg6 Kf4 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 a5 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O

Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Kf8 10. a3 h5 11. Rb1 Bh6 12. b4 Nf6 13. Bxh6+ Rxh6 14. Na4
axb4
15. axb4 Kg7 16. c5 Rh8 17. c6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Qe7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5
21.
Qc2 Rhd8 22. Rfc1 Rd6 23. h4 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Rd4 26. b6 Rb4 27.
bxc7
Qxc7 28. Qc3 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxc5 Rxh4 31. Rd1 Ra4 32. g3 Ra5 33.
Qc4
Ra7 34. Rd7 Qxd7 35. cxd7 Rxd7 36. Qc5 f6 37. Qc6 Ra7 38. Qe6 Rf7 39. f4
exf4
40. gxf4 Ra7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qxf5 Re7 43. Qxh5 Re5 44. Qh4 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Re5
46.
Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Re5+ 48. Kf4 Rg5 49. Qh3 Re5 50. Qc8 Rg5 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52.
Qe8+
Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qf8 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Re5+ 56. Kd4 Rg5 57. Qg8+ Kh6 58.
Qf7 Rf5
59. Ke4 Re5+ 60. Kd4 Rf5 61. Qf8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qf7 Rf4+ 64. Kd5
Rf5+
65. Kd6 Rg5 66. Qg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. d3 Rad8 12. Ne4 f6 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. a3 a5
15.
Rfd1 Qe6 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Nfd2 Nd7 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qb5 f5 20. Qxb7 fxe4 21.
Qxc6
Bd5 22. Qxc7 Bg5 23. Nxe4 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Nc5
27.
Bxe5 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Rfe8 29. Rf1 Qxe2 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+

Kf8 9. Bf4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6
15.
dxe6 Nbc6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4
21. f4
Nd7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27.
Qxb7
Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rhe8 29. Bd5 Bc3 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rb1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1
1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.

O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
bxc3 Nc4 15. Rb1 e5 16. Re1 b6 17. Re4 Nd6 18. Ra4 Nxb5 19. Rxb5 Rd8 20.
Bd2 e6
21. Kf1 Bc5 22. Ke2 Rf8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ke7 25. Rg4 g6 26. Rh4 h5 27.
Re4
Rc8 28. c4 Kd6 29. h3 Rf6 30. c5+ bxc5 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Rbxc5 Rb2+ 33. Nd2
Nb4
34. a3 Rf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nd3+ 36. Kf3 Nxc5 37. Ne4+ Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Kd5 39. Ra4
e4+
40. Kg3 e5 41. Rxa7 Re2 42. a4 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. a5 e3+ 45. Kf3 e4+ 46.
Ke2
Kd4 47. Rd7+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf4 49. Rf7+ Kg5 50. Ra7 Kh4 51. Rg7 g5 52. g3+
Kxg3
53. Rxg5+ Kf4 54. Rxh5 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Ra1+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/21/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.

c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14.
Rb1
Qe7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rb5 Qd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20.
Qc2+ f5
21. Qxc4 Nc6 22. g4 Nxd4 23. gxh5+ Kxh5 24. Rd5 Rc8 25. Qxd4 Rxc1+ 26.
Kg2 Kxg5
27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Rd7 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rxg7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 Rc2 32.
Rxa7 e3
33. Ra3 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. Rxe3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.

O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Ra7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14.
Kb1
h5 15. Qh4 Rh6 16. f5 Qc5 17. Rhe1 e5 18. Be2 Rc7 19. Rd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21.
exd5 a5 22. Bf1 Rh7 23. Qe4 Bh6 24. Rd4 Rg7 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
Be2
Qc5 28. Bxh5 a4 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Qd3 Rg8 31. Qa6 a3 32. Qb7+ Kf8 33. Bh5
Rg7 34.
Rd1 axb2 35. g3 Be3 36. Rd3 Rh7 37. g4 Bf4 38. Rd1 Qe3 39. Kxb2 e4 40.
Qxb4
Be5+ 41. Kb1 Kg7 42. Re1 Qa7 43. Rxe4 Rh8 44. Kc1 Rb8 45. Qc4 Rb1+ 46.
Kd2 Qg1
47. Qe2 Qc1+ 48. Kd3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be6 8. OO

dxc4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7
14.
Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bd4 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Bh3 17. Bf3 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rg5 19. Rfe1
Bc5 20.
Ne4 Rf5 21. Rxc4 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Nxh3 Kb8 25. Rh4 Nd3
26.
Re2 h5 27. b3 Rg8 28. Rd4 Rf3 29. Rh4 Rf5 30. Rhe4 a5 31. R4e3 Rd5 32. Rg3
Rc8
33. Kg2 f6 34. Ree3 Nb4 35. a4 Rd4 36. Ref3 h4 37. Rg7 Nd5 38. Rh7 Rc1 39.
Rg7
Rb1 40. Rg8+ Ka7 41. Rg7 Ka6 42. Rg8 Kb6 43. Rg7 Kc6 44. Rg8 Kc5 45. Rf5
Kb4
46. Rb8 b6 47. Rxd5 Rxd5 48. Rxb6+ Ka3 49. Rxf6 Rxb3 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3

d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bg5
Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 Qd7 19. Ra3 Nh5 20.
Rfa1 h6
21. Bd2 Kh7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc3 Rb5 25. h4 Nf4 26. Ra5 Ne2+
27.
Kg2 Rdd5 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Re1 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Rc5 31. h5 Kg8 32. Re4 Kf7 33.
c4
g6 34. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8.

Bb3
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5
15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21.
Qf3
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nhxf6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. g4 Red8 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. f3
Rdd8 28. Kg3 Kg7 29. h4 Rac8 30. Rad1 Rc7 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5

8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Bc5 11. h4 Ke7 12. Rh3 Nb4 13. Rb1 Rd8 14.
Bc4
a6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 b5 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxc6
Bxc6
21. Rd1 a5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nb1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Rb3 Rd4
27.
Re3 e5 28. h5 Be8 29. g4 Ba4 30. Rg3 Bc2 31. Re3 Kd6 32. Ke2 Ba4 33. Rg3 h6
34.
Re3 Kc5 35. Ke1 Rd8 36. Rg3 Bc2 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Nb3+ Bxb3 39. Rxb3 Ra2 40.
Kd2
Kc4 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Re3 Rg1 43. f3 b3+ 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Rc3+ Kb4 46. Rc7
Rxb2+
47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Rb7+ Kc3 49. Rc7+ Kd3 50. Rxg7 Rxf3 51. Kb2 Kxe4 52. Rg6 f5
53.
gxf5 Rxf5 54. Rxh6 Kf3 55. Kxb3 e4 56. Kc4 e3 57. Re6 Rxh5 58. Kd4 e2 59.
Rf6+
Kg2 60. Rg6+ Kf2 61. Rf6+ Ke1 62. Kc3 Rc5+ 63. Kd4 Rc8 64. Ra6 Kd2 65.
Ra2+ Rc2
0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4

8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfd8 14. f4 a6
15. a4 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. b3 Rac8 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qg3 Nd4 21.
Nxd4
Bxd4 22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Qf3 b5 24. Be1 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nc3 bxc4 27. Nb5
Qb6
28. bxc4 Qa6 29. Bb4 Bf8 30. Rfc1 Rc6 31. h3 Rec8 32. Rd1 Rxc4 33. Bxd6 Nf6
34.
Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Nd6 Rc2 36. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.

Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 Ba7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bc6 14.
Rfc1
Nbd7 15. a4 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bc5 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Bf3
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rb8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Bd1 Nec5 25. Ke2 e5 26. Nf3
e4
27. Ne1 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Bd4 f5 30. Ra1 a5 31. f4 Nf6 32. h3 Nd5 33. g4
Ne6
34. Bb2 Bb4 35. Ng2 Nc3+ 36. Bxc3 Bxc3 37. Rc1 Rc5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Kf1 Bf6
40. Rb1 Rb5 41. Be2 Rb4 42. Ne1 a4 43. Bc4 a3 44. Nc2 a2 45. Ra1 Rxc4 46.
bxc4
Bxa1 47. Nxa1 Kd6 0-1

[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be4 Kb8
14.
Ne5 cxd4 15. Bxb7 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Kxb7 17. g3 Qf5 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rf4 Qg5
20. h4
1-0
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6

8.
Bg5 (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Qg4 $14
{
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Jobava,B/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (42)}) 8...
Qc7 9. d5 $5 {A good positional move. White closes the game in the center and
black's pair of bishops can't find good jobs up to the end of the game.} e5 10.
a4 h6 ({Karjakin had already negative expierence in this line before -} 10...
b6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bd6
17. Qh5 O-O 18. Rf3 Rb8 19. Raf1 $36 {
1-0 Vescovi,G-Karjakin,S/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002/ (53)}) (10... g6 11. Nd2 Bg7
12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 (13. Na3 $5) 13... Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Na4
$14
{1-0 Glek,I-Belichev,N/Cappelle la Grande 1998 (37)}) 11. Bh4 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7
13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 $146 ({Black had many troubles also after} 14. Na3 O-O
15.
a5 Nd7 16. Be7 Qxa5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nxd6 Rd8 19. Ncb5 {
1-0 Kornev,A-Vorobiov,E/Tula Suetin mem 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (19)})
14...
O-O 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. g4 $1 {Nice move. Topalov stops
a
possible black counterplay, who should have stuck to a passive defense.} a5
19.
Nb5 Qd7 20. c4 a4 21. b3 axb3 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. Ra1 Bb7 (23... Nc7 24. Ra7)
24.
Qxb3 Rb8 25. Nc3 (25. Na7 $5 Nc7 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qb5 $16)
25...
Nc7 26. Qb6 Ra8 (26... Ne8 27. Nb5) 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qd8+ $1 Qxd8 29.
Bxd8 {
Black knight come out of action up to the end of the game.} Bf8 30. h4 Kg7 31.
Nb5 Bc8 32. f3 f6 33. h5 $1 g5 $2 {Topalos has now all the trumbs in his hand.
All black pieces are passive, square f5 is very weak, and white just need to
bring king into action.} ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 33... Kf7 $5)
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Ba5 $1 Ke8 37. Na7 $1 {
Topalov shoes technique without rebuke.} Bd7 38. Nc6 Bc8 (38... Bxc6 39. dxc6
Bd8 40. Bxd8 Kxd8 41. Nf5 $18) 39. Kd3 Bf8 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Nb8+ (41. Nf5 $5)
41... Ke8 42. Kb3 Be7 43. Nc6 Bf8 44. Ka4 Ba6 $8 45. Nb8 Bb7 46. Kb5 $18 Ke7
47. Nc6+ Ke8 48. Nd8 $1 Bc8 49. Nf5 Be7 (49... Bxf5 50. exf5 Be7 51. Nc6) 50.
Ne6 Bd7+ 51. Ka6 Bxe6 52. Ng7+ (52. dxe6 Bd8 53. Nxd6+ Ke7 54. Nf5+ Ke8
55.
Nxh6 $18) 52... Kd7 53. Nxe6 Kc8 54. Ka7 {
Hunt for the knight is over and Black correctly resign. great positional game}
1-0
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6
8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Kb1
b5
15. Qe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Ka1 Qa5
21. f4
Qxd5 22. Nf1 Be6 23. Qa6 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bf6 25. Red1 Qe4 26. Bxd6 Rxc2 27.
Rb1
Qxg2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxa7 g5 32. a3 Kg7 33.
Qa5
Ba2 0-1
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Dautov"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5

a6 9. Na3 (9. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qa5+ $19) 9... O-O $146 {Eine
interessante
Neuerung, die zu einem komlizierten Spiel fhrt. Schwarz gewinnt einen Bauern
zurck und bekommt Kompensation fr den zweiten. Die Heimanalyse zahlt

sich
bald aus, Wei verliert bald den Faden.} (9... Bxc5 10. Nd3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O
12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd3
Qe1+
$2 18. Qf1 Qc3 19. Rb1 $16 {Dreev,A-Vaganian,R/Budapest 1996}) 10. g3 (10.
Nd3
$5 Bf5 $44 {/\Nbd7}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Nd3 {Der Verzicht auf das
Rochaderecht ist hier besonders riskant, da die lange Rochade sehr gefhrlich
erscheint.} ({Sicherer war} 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ne4 15. O-O Rac8
$44 {, wonach Schwarz "nur" ber eine ausreichende Kompensation verfgt.})
12... Qc6 13. Rg1 (13. f3 $6 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Re8 $36) 13... Bf5 14. Bg2 Qc8 15.
c5 $2 {Dieser Zug gefllt mir nicht, der Pc5 wird gleich zum Angriffsobjekt.} (
15. Qb3 Nc6 $44 {/\} 16. O-O-O $6 b5 $1) 15... Nbd7 16. c6 (16. b4 a5 $36)
16... Bxa3 17. bxa3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxc2 19. cxb7 Qe6 20. bxa8=Q Rxa8 21.
Bxa8
Qxe5 {Materialmig kann Wei nicht klagen, aber sein Knig ist gefhrdet.}
22.
Bf4 $2 (22. Rc1 d3 23. e3 Ne4 $40) ({Notwendig war} 22. f4 $1 {/\Bf3,Kf2})
22... Qa5+ 23. Kf1 $2 (23. Bd2 Qxa3 $17) 23... g5 $19 24. Bc1 (24. Bb8 Qd8
$19)
(24. Rc1 d3 $19) 24... Qc3 25. Kg2 Qc8 (25... Qxa1 26. Bxg5 $17) 26. Bxg5 (26.
Bf3 g4 $19) 26... Qxa8+ 27. f3 Qe8 28. Rge1 Nd5 29. Rac1 Qa4 30. Kg1 f6 31.
Bd2
Kf7 32. Kg2 Nb6 0-1
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Meulders"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Qc2

O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 (10... b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Rac1 Re8 13. a4 b4 14.
Nd5 Qxc2 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Rxc2 $14 {
Poluljahov,A-Shuraev,A URS-sf Voronez 1991 EXP/22} Bb7 17. Rc7 $14 {
Polujahov-Shuraev/USSR ch1/2/1991}) (10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... b5 12. cxb5 (
12. a3 Bb7 (12... Re8 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b4 Rad8 16. Qb3 Qb8 17.
Bg3 Nh5 18. a4 $14 {Khalifman-Ubilava/USSR ch1l/1986}) 13. Rac1 Rac8 14.
Qb1 (
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b4 $5) 14... Qb8 $10 {Balashov-Chekhov/USSR ch/1984})
12...
cxb5 13. Rac1 $14) 12. h3 (12. b4 Nf8 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxg3 15. hxg3
dxe5
16. c5 $10 {Litvinov-Malaniuk/Minsk/1985}) 12... b6 $6 (12... Nf8 13. Bg3) 13.
Bg3 Bb7 14. c5 $1 $16 {Yusupov-Vaganian/Montpellier ct/1985}) 11. Rac1 {
Die Aufstellung der Trme drfte das schwierigste Thema im Mittelspiel sein.
Ich kenne keine einzige Monografie darber. Eine Idee vielleicht? Der Textzug
ist 'logisch', weil er die Dame deckt und den Druck entlang der c-Linie
verstrkt,} (11. Rd2 $5 {
mit der Idee Rad1 und Druck auf der d-Linie drfte strker sein.} h6 12. Bh4
Nf8 13. c5 exd4 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Bxf6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Bf4 (16... Ng6 $5) 17.
Rdd1 Bg4 18. g3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rd2 $14 {
Kozul,Z-Lobron,E Vidmar-mem 1989 CBM/14}) (11. h3 $5 {ist auch eine gute
Mglichkeit die in indischen Stellungen oft auftaucht. Der Zug hat mehrere
Zwecke: Luft fr den weien Knig, aber noch wichtiger: das Feld g4 wird
Schwarz genommen.} b5 (11... Nf8 12. c5 $13 dxc5 13. dxe5 N6d7 14. Bf4 Ng6
{
Polujahov-Emoldi/Kobanya/1992}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. a4
$1 $14 {Misuckov-Kuksov URS 1988 46/(94)}) 11... Nf8 (11... h6) 12. h3 $1
Ng6
13. a3 $6 {Ich glaube dies ist zu langsam} (13. b4 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 $1 (14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. c5 Nhf4 $11) 14... Nhf4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. c5 Be6 17.
Na4
Rad8 18. Nb6 $14) 13... Nh5 14. Be3 $1 {Der schwarze Be7 ist schlecht und
Wei
mchte selbstverstndlich die Kontrolle ber die schwarzen Feldern um seinen
Knig nicht aufgeben, ergo ist es normal den Lufer zu behalten.} Nhf4 15. Bf1
h6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Na4 Be6 {
Rechtzeitig macht der B Platz fr Ra-d8 nach z.B. Nb6.} 18. Kh2 Rac8 (18...
Rad8 $4 19. Bb6 $18) 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rcd8 $1 {
Jetzt muss Schwarz natrlich die d-Linie besetzen.} 22. Qb3 {/\Bb6+-} b5 23.
Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qe3 (25. Qc2 $5) (25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Qc2) 25... bxc4 (
25... Rd8) 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Rc1 Qb8 {So behlt Schwarz den Mehrbauern, aber
im
Endspiel wiegt das weie Luferpaar diesen Nachteil auf.} 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29.
Bxc4 Qxb2 30. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 (30... Qb7 $5 31. Qa5 Ra8 32. Rd1 Nf6 $15) 31.
Rxc3
$44 Nf6 32. Bd3 $1 (32. f3 $17) 32... Rb8 33. Bb4 Rd8 34. Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.

Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {It's main line.}) 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({
After:} 11. f4 $6 {black has two equal options: 11...c4 or 11... f5}) 11...
Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 {/\Rc8 and Qxd6.} 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 ({
Also were checked in the preceding games:} 15... Rfc8 16. b3 $5 {
See comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Cannes,2001/CBM 82(1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V)(48)}
(16. Bxd5 $5 {
See comments to Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)
(45)}))
16. Rf2 $5 $146 {Veselin Topalov don't want to exchange the queens and to
receive only minimal advantage in the middlegame.} ({After:} 16. Bb3 Qb6 {
Black has a little worse middlegame: Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM
70(1/
2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) ({Also deserves attention:} 16. Rd1 $5 {You can see
comments to games: Svidler,P-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas,1999/CBM

71(1/2-1/
2)(Golod,V)(26) and Anand,V-Leko,P/Dortmund,1999/CBM 72(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)
(29)})
16... Qb6 $5 ({From my point of view,a little dubiously:} 16... e5 17. Qh4 Rac8
18. Bd2 $14 Qb6 $140 19. Bd3 f5 20. c4 $1 e4 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxf2+
23.
Qxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Rxc4 25. Re1 $14 {_|_}) 17. Qh4 Rac8 18. b3 Ne3 $6 {
The rather unsuccessful decision.} ({Can be recommended:} 18... Nb4 $5) 19.
Bd3
Nf5 {It is necessary to come back by the knight.} ({Badly:} 19... f5 {
in view of:} 20. Bb2 Nxc2 $140 $2 21. Bxc2 $1 Rxc2 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Rxc2
Qxc2
24. Qe7 Rf7 25. Qd8+ Rf8 26. Qxd7 e5 (26... Rf7 $143 27. Qe8+ Rf8 28. Qxe6+
Rf7
(28... Kh8 $2 29. Qe7) 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. Qe5 $1 Rf7 31. Bc5 $18) 27. Qe6+ Kh8
(
27... Rf7 $143 28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Bc5) 28. Qxe5 Rg8 29. Bxa7 $18)
20. Qf4 {This move is much better,than:} (20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Bb2 Rxc2 (21...
Rfe8 $5) 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qxf5 Rxf2 25. Bxf2 Re8 $14) 20... Qd4 21.
Qxd4 $1 {Now Veselin Topalov exchange the queens in more favourable
situation.}
Nxd4 22. Be3 Nc6 ({Senselessly:} 22... e5 {in view of:} 23. Rd1) 23. Bc5 $1 {
><d6} Rfe8 24. Bd6 {+/=/+/-} Ne7 25. Rd2 Nf5 {
Hardly it is possible to offer something another.} 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. c4 a6 28.
Kf2 g5 29. h4 $1 {
White want to weaken pawns structure of the contender on the king side.} f6
30.
Bb4 Bc6 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rxe6 $1 {
Now it will be easier to move PP of the queen side.} dxe6 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Be7
h6 (34... g4 $143 35. fxg4 fxg4 36. Rd1 {<->d} (36. b4)) 35. Rd1 {<->d} Kf7
36.
Bd8 $1 Ke8 $140 (36... e5 $6 37. Rd6 Ke8 38. Bf6 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 (39... Bxe4
$2 40. Rxa6) 40. Ke3 $16) 37. Ba5 Ke7 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. Bb4+ Kf6 40. Rd1 Rc8
41.
Ba5 f4 42. Bc3+ Kf7 43. Rh1 Kg6 44. Re1 Bd7 45. Re5 h5 46. Ra5 Rc6 47. Bb4
Kf6
48. Bc3+ Kg6 49. Be5 $16 {At last, white pieces have occupied ideal
positions.}
Bc8 50. c5 {The progress of the pawns should decide outcome of game.} Kf5
51.
Bd6 Bb7 52. b4 e5 53. a4 Rc8 54. Bxe5 $1 (54. b5 $143 Ke6 $1) 54... Bd5 $6 ({
Leads to hopeless RR endgame:} 54... Kxe5 55. c6+ Kd6 56. cxb7 Rc2+ 57.
Kg1 Kc7
58. Rxg5 Kxb7 59. Re5 $1 $18 (59. Rxh5 $2 Rc4 60. Re5 $140 Rxb4 61. Re4
a5)) ({
More stubborn resistance after:} 54... Bxf3 $1) 55. Bd6 g4 56. c6 Ke6 57. Bxf4
gxf3 $2 (57... Rxc6 $142 58. Kg3 gxf3 59. gxf3 h4+ 60. Kg4 h3 61. Bg3 {+/-/
+-})
58. c7 $1 fxg2 59. Rxa6+ Kf5 60. Bh2 $18 {The rest is a matter of technics.}
Kg4 61. Rf6 Kh3 62. Bd6 Rg8 63. Rg6 $1 Re8 (63... Rxg6 $2 64. c8=Q+ Be6 65.
Qc3+ {and mate in 4 moves.}) 64. Rg3+ {
Black resigns after this move,because of next variants:} (64. Rg3+ Kh4 (64...
Kh2 $2 65. Rc3+ Kh1 66. Rh3#) 65. Rxg2 ({Much worse is:} 65. c8=Q
{because of:}
g1=Q+ (65... Rxc8 $4 66. Be7#) 66. Rxg1 Rxc8 67. Be7+ Kh3 68. Rg3+ Kh2
69. Bd6
Rc2+ 70. Ke1 {+/-/+-}) 65... Bxg2 66. Kxg2) 1-0
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6
15.
f3 $146 Bd6 (15... f6 $5 16. Ng4 f5 17. Nf2 Bd6 $132) 16. f4 f6 17. Ng4 f5 18.
Ne5 $1 (18. Nf2 Nc7 (18... Nb8 19. Be3 Nd7) 19. Be3 Ne8) 18... Nb8 (18... Qe7
19. Be3 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 $44) 19. b4 $1 Nd7 (19... cxb4 20. Qd4 $1
(
20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Be3 b6 (21... Na6 22. Rxa6 bxa6 23. c5 $18) 22. Qb3 (22. d6
Be6) (22. c5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. d6 Be6 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27.
Qd5+
Kh8 28. Ne5 $44) 22... Qd6 $13) 20... Na6 (20... Qb6 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 b6
23. axb4 $16) 21. axb4 Nxb4 (21... Bxb4 22. Rxa6 (22. Ba3 Bxa3 (22... b6 23.
Nc6 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qd6 25. Rfa1 Nc5 26. Rxa7 $16) 23. Rxa3 Qd6 24. Rfa1 $44
{
/\25.Ra6}) 22... bxa6 23. c5 $44)) 20. bxc5 Bxc5+ (20... Nxc5 21. Bb2 (21. Be3
Qc7 $13 22. Qd4) 21... Bd7 22. Rb1 Qe7 $14) 21. Kh1 Bd6 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Rb1
$1
Qe7 (23... Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. c5 $1 $44 (25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qd4 $44)) 24.
Qb3 b6 (24... Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. c5 $44) 25. Bh5 $1 Rf8 26.
Qg3 $36 Bb7 27. a4 $1 Rac8 28. a5 Nf6 29. Be2 (29. Bd1 $5) 29... Bc5 30. Qg5
$1
Rce8 31. Bd1 $1 e3 (31... b5 32. cxb5 Nxd5 (32... Bxd5 33. Qxf5 e3 34. Qd3
$16)
33. Bb3 Qxg5 34. fxg5 $16) 32. Bf3 Ne4 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. g3
$16
b5 $2 (35... Bb4 36. axb6 axb6 37. Rfc1 e2 38. Kg2 (38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. Rxc3
Rxe5
$19) 38... Rc8 39. Kf2 e1=Q+ 40. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 41. Kxe1 $44 {/+/-}) (35... g5
$2
36. Ng4 $18) 36. cxb5 Bxd5 37. Rfc1 Bd6 (37... Rc7 $142 38. Nc6 $1 (38. Bd4
Rfc8 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. b6 axb6 43. axb6 Bb7 $132)
38... Bd6 39. Bd4 a6 40. Bb6 Rcc8 41. Bxe3 axb5 42. Rxb5 Bxc6 43. Rb6 $16)
38.
Rd1 $1 Bxe5 39. Rxd5 $18 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Rc8 41. Kg2 Rec7 42. Kf1 Rc2 43.
Rxc2
Rxc2 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rxa7 Kf5 47. h3 $1 e2+ 48. Ke1 1-0
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2

Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5
15. Rg1 g6 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. h5 g5 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nd4 O-O 21.
Rgf1
1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE GP"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5

Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1
O-O
15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5
21.
gxf5 Rxf5 22. Rg6 Ne5 23. Qg3 Rxh5 24. Rxe6 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Qh4 26. Qe3 Qg4
27.
f3 Qxe6 0-1
[Event "FIDE GP+"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2

Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O
Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20.
Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Nd4 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rc2 25. a3 Ra2 26.
Ne7+
Kh7 27. Nxd5 Rxa3 28. h4 Ra5 29. e4 f5 30. exf5 Nd4 31. Ne3 Nxf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE GP+"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Gershon"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 ({other moves are:} 5... Bb7

6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qc2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxh1 9. f3 c5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-OO
O-O {1/2-1/2 Shtyrenkov,V-Shipov,S/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (12)}) ({and:} 5... c5) 6.
Bf4 (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O
12.
O-O Nc6 13. Qd1 Be7 14. a3 Na5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qd3 {
1/2-1/2 Halkias,S-Nikolaidis,I/Poros 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 6... d5 (6... Be7 7.
Nc3 d5 (7... O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5
exd5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rxc8+ Bxc8 15. Bg2 Be6 16. Ne5 $14 {
1-0 Goldin,A-Yudasin,L/Chicago USA 2002/The Week in Chess 397 (39)}) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. e3
c5
15. d5 $1 e5 16. d6 $1 $16 {

1-0 Topalov,V-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 385 (35).
(34)})
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg5 {Here, as opposed to Topalov-Ljuboevich, white is adle to
avoid the capture on f4.} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 ({
after the "natural"} 11. Bg2 {white would have trouble castling due to the
weakness on e2. Thus he agrees to an artificial castle.}) 11... Nf6 ({worse is:
} 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nf6 13. Kg2 {
and white is able to finish the development much faster than in the game.})
12.
Rc1 Rc8 {black is in no hurry to take on f1.} 13. e5 {With this white is
gaining space but compromises his pawn structure. Now, after black's thematic
c2-c5, e5 pawn will be weak.} (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O c5 {with an equality})
13... Nd5 14. Ne4 Bxf1 $1 {Only now, when there are no more useful moves!}
15.
Kxf1 Nd7 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. Kg2 c5 {Step one completed. Black was able to play
c5,
now, white's knight on d6 becomes vulnerable.} 18. Qa4 a6 ({bad is:} 18...
cxd4
$2 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Qc6 Nc5 21. Nxd4 {with a very strong pressure}) 19.
dxc5 (
19. Nb5 Rcc8 20. Nd6 $11) 19... Nxc5 20. Qd4 Nb7 $1 {
exchanging the only piece that stands between black and equality} 21. Nf5 {
only move to keep trying} (21. Nxb7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxb7 $11) (21. Rxc7 Qxc7
22.
Nxb7 Qxb7 $11) 21... exf5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb3 (23. Rxc7 $6 Qxc7 24. Qb3
Nc5
25. Qc2 Qd7 $15) 23... b5 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 g6 {
Now, the only thing left is to transfer the knight to e6.} 26. Qd5 Kg7 (26...
Nc5 $2 27. Qa8+ Kg7 28. Rd8 $16) 27. h4 Nc5 28. Rc1 (28. Qa8 Rd7 29. Rxd7
Qxd7
$11) 28... Ne6 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Nd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE GP+"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. b3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. cxb5 Be7 8. e3

Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6 12. a4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. Nxe4
Bxb2
15. Neg5 Rxf3 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. h4 Rf5 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. e4 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Nc7
21.
exf5 Nxb5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. axb5 Ra2+ 24. Kf3 Qf6 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Re1 Be5
27.
b6 Rb2 28. b7 Rxb3+ 29. Kg4 Rxb7 30. f4 Rb4 31. g3 1-0
[Event "FIDE GP+"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]

[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Lukacs"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6

8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5
Nxc5
15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 e4 $5 {
Karpov continues the theoretical dispute in his pet-line.} (16... Ne6 {
- Topalov-Karpov, Cannes NAO Masters 2002 CBM 88}) 17. Nd4 $5 {
This idea is connected with a nice positional exchange sacrifice.} (17. Bxc8
exf3 18. Bf5 (18. b4 $6 Qxc8) 18... g6 19. Bb2 fxg2 20. Rfe1 (20. Rfd1 Be5 $1
$17) 20... Rh7 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Bf6 Qc6 $13 {and Black is OK.})
17... Bxf5 (17... Be5 18. Bb2 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Kg8 (19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. g3
$16 {and although Black can get a lot of pawns for the B, White's active
pieces will outweight them.}) 20. Kh1 $14) 18. Nxf5 Be5 19. Ba3 g6 ({
accepting the exchange sacrifice} 19... Bxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe5 {is answered by}
21.
Rd1 $44 {and it is hard to make a connection between the rooks.}) 20. Ne3
(20.
Rad1 $5 {is a very exciting positional piece sacrifice:} gxf5 21. Qxf5 Kg8 22.
Qg5+ Kh7 (22... Kf8 23. Rd5 {with double ->}) 23. Rd5 $1 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne6
25.
Qh4 $1 (25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rg5+ Nxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+
Kh7 $11)
25... Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Rf5 $14) 26. Qxh2 $14 {
and the _|_ is better because of White's << P majority, and the better B and R.
}) 20... Kg7 (20... Bxa1 21. Rxa1 $44) 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $14 {
was still possible}) 21... Ne6 22. Nc4 Ng5 (22... Nf4 23. Qh4 $14) 23. Qe3 $2 {
This is a serious blunder.} ({There was nothing wrong with the simple} 23. Qh4
Bf6 24. Bd6 $14) 23... Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 $17 {
and Black is a healthy P up with a better position.} 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Bb2 Qc6
27. Rd1 Rhd8 28. Qa5 b6 29. Rxd8 bxa5 0-1
[Event "FIDE GP+"]

[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Dieser Zug ist heutzutage wirklich

sehr beliebt, Schwarz verfgt aber auch ber eine Reihe von Alternativen: 4...
Bb4, 4...Nd4 und 4...Bc5.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3
{
Das ist die moderne Spielweise - Wei kann anschlieend mit b2-b4
fortsetzen.}
Be6 (9... Re8 10. b4 Bf8) 10. b4 f6 (10... a5 11. b5 Nd4) (10... Nd4) 11. Bb2
a5 12. b5 Nd4 (12... Na7 $5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 (14. Nb3 $1 $14) 14... Qd7
15.
a4 c6 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17. Nb5 Bb4 $1 $10 {
0-1 Lobron,E-Bareev,E/Munich 1993/CBM 36/[Ribli] (40)}) 13. Nd2 c6 $146 {
Interessanterweise wurde dieser logische Zug frher nie gespielt. Mit dem
Textzug befreit Schwarz seinen Damenflgel.} (13... a4 14. Bxb7 Ra5 15. e3
(15.
Bg2 Qd7 16. Qc1 Rxb5 17. e3 Nb3 18. Nxb3 Rxb3 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Bf1 Nd5 21.
Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Rd2 c5 {0-1 De Jager,J-Gurevich,M/NED 2000/CBM 74 ext (39)}) 15...
Nxb5 16. Qc2 c5 $6 (16... Qd7 $1 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bc6 Rxb2 19. Qc1 Qd6 20.
Ne4
Qxa3 $1 21. Rxa3 Bxa3 $132) 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bc6 Ra5 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Be4
$5
Rc8 21. Bc3 Ra7 22. Nc4 $1 $14 {
Gurevich,M-Janssen,R/Haarlem 76/26 1999/[Gurevich,M] (22)}) (13... Qd7 14.
Bxb7
Rab8 15. Bg2 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfb1 Qa6 19. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Cvitan,O/Bled 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 14. bxc6 (14. a4 cxb5 15.
Nxb5 (15. axb5 Qd7 $15) 15... Nxb5 16. axb5 Qd7 $15) 14... Nxc6 $13 {In
dieser
Stellung haben beide Seiten ihre Chancen. Wei hat seine Lufer auf den
groen
Diagonalen platziert, aber der Bb2 ist weniger aktiv als der Bg2, der das
weie Spiel am Damenflgel untersttzt. - Schwarz kontrolliert das Feld d4,
dafr steht sein Nb6 jetzt weniger gut.} (14... bxc6 $2 15. e3 $16) 15. Nb5 $6
{Dieser Springerzug ist nur scheinbar aktiv, in Wirklichkeit findet der Nb5
keine Untersttzung.} (15. Rb1 $13) (15. Na4 $5 $13) 15... a4 $1 {Ein starker
Zug - Schwarz verhindert das mgliche a3-a4 und beabsichtigt, den Nb5 mit
Ra5
zu verjagen.} 16. Rc1 (16. Rb1 Qd7 $15 (16... Ra5 $6 17. Bc3 $13)) 16... Ra5
$15 {Schwarz verjagt den Nb5, nimmt das Feld c5 in Beschlag und verhindert,
dass Wei spter Ne4 - Nc5 spielen kann.} 17. Nc3 Rf7 {Ein prophylaktischer
Zug - in der Folge mchte Schwarz 18...Bf8 ziehen und den Rf7 nach d7
platzieren.} 18. f4 {Wei sucht Aktivitt zu finden, aber der Textzug schwcht
den eigenen Knigsflgel.} (18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Qb1 Nd5 $15) 18... exf4 19. Rxf4
$6
(19. gxf4 Nd5 $15) 19... f5 $1 {Schwarz bereitet die Aktivierung des
schwarzfeldrigen Lufers (Bf6 oder Bg5) vor.} 20. Kh1 $2 {Das ist ein sehr
schlechter Zug, der Materialverlust bedeutet. Vergessen wir aber nicht, dass
dies eine Schnellpartie war...} (20. Rf1 Bg5 (20... Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 $15) 21.
Rb1 Be3+ 22. Kh1 $15) 20... Bg5 $17 21. Rf1 (21. Rf2 Be3 22. Rf3 Bxd2 23.
Qxd2
Nc4 24. Qc2 Nd4 $19) 21... Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc4 {
Mit dieser kleinen Kombination gewinnt Schwarz Material.} 23. Qc2 (23. Qe1
Nxb2
24. Rb1 Nxd3 25. exd3 Re5 26. Qd2 Bb3) 23... Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 {
Wei hat keine Kompensation fr die Qualitt.} h6 26. Rf4 Bb3 27. Qe1 Ne7 {
Schwarz verbessert die Stellung seines Springers und strebt Vereinfachungen
an.
} 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qd7 {
Nun, da die schwarze Dame verteidigt ist, kann schon 30...Nxc3 kommen.} 30.
Nxd5 Bxd5 31. e4 (31. Bxd5 Qxd5+ (31... Rxd5 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Re7
$19)
32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxa4 Re7 $19) 31... Bc6 32. Qc3 Rb5 $19 0-1
[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventRounds "5"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. e3

Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6 12. Qb3 f6 13. Bg3 b5 14. a4 bxa4
15.
Qxa4+ Qd7 16. Ra1 Qxa4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]

[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 {

Quiet rare continuation,nevertheless not without poison.More popular moves in
this position are 7.Bd3 and 7.Bg5.} c5 8. Ne5 {
On my opinion this move is the most dangerous one for black.} (8. Be3 $5 Qc7
(
8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7 10. Ne5 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rad1
Bd7
14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 g6 $11 {Sadvakasov,D-Mirzoev,A/Dubai
1999})
10... O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 $14) 9. Ne5 a6 (9... Bd6 $6 10.
Bb5+
Ke7 11. Nc4 $1 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1
$14 {
Zakharov,A-Dokuchaev,A/RUS-Cup9 Novgorod (6) 1997 (37)}) 10. Qa4+ Nd7
11. O-O-O
$36 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Novgorod 1997}) (8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 $6
10.
Qa4+ Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Kc7
$11 {Van den Berg,A-Bohm,H/NLD-chT 1995 (28)}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+
Qxd7 10.
Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O (12. Ne5 Qd5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nf3
Rfd8
16. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {Stojanovic,D-Boskovic,D/Subotica 2000}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2
Qc7
14. Rad1 Rfd8 $11 {

Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/1/2 final Russia Cup, Perm RUS 1997 (21)}) (8. Bd3 b6
$6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Be4 Rc8 12. Bb7 Rc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bf4 $16 {
Abuin Boullon,M-Perez,S/Lalin 2000}) 8... Qc7 $5 $146 (8... Qa5 9. Bf4 cxd4 10.
Qxd4 Bc5 11. Nc4 Bxd4 12. Nxa5 Nd5 $13 {Levy,D-Miyasaki,Y/Skopje 1972})
(8...
Nd7 $2 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 $1 $36 {Kasparov-Ponomariov, Linares 2002}) (8...
a6
$5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Rd8
$14 {
Kasimdzhanov-Dorfman, Luebeck, 2002}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3
O-O-O
12. O-O Nf6 (12... Bd6 $5 13. g3 h5 14. Qf3 Nf6) 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxe3 $2 17. cxd6 Qc5 18. fxe3 Qxb5 19. Qxf7
$18)
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bf1 $1 {
in this kind of positions bishops is much stronger piece than the knight.} Qc7
19. c4 Nf6 20. Bg2 h5 21. c5 $5 Nd5 (21... h4 22. b4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Nd5 24. a3
Rh6 25. Rac1 Rdh8 26. b5 $14) 22. Rac1 h4 23. a3 hxg3 24. hxg3 g5 25. Qb3
(25.
b4 $5 f5 26. b5 Qh7 27. c6 $16) 25... Ne7 26. Qc3 Nf5 (26... Nd5 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. Rxd5 $16) 27. c6 $1 bxc6 28. Qf6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 (29... Rg8 30. Rc1
$16)
30. Qxg5 Ne7 31. b4 Nd5 {
Hoping to hold on, but Topalov finds very good plan putting a pressure on f7}
32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Qe5+ Qc7 34. Qh5 Qd7 35. Qe5+ Qc7 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. Bf3
Rc7 38.
Qh8+ Rc8 39. Qe5+ Qc7 40. Qd4 Qd7 41. Kg2 $1 Rc7 42. Rh1 Rc8 43. Rh7 Re8
$2 {
The only chance to hold on would be} (43... Rf8 $8 {defending the pawn on
f7.})
44. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 45. Qf4+ Qc7 46. Qxf7 Qxf7 47. Rxf7 e5 (47... Rd8 48. Kf3 d4
49. Ke2 d3+ 50. Kd2 e5 51. Re7 Rf8 52. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 53. Kxd3 Rf3+ 54. Re3
$18)
48. Rd7 $1 {White king with some help from the rook easily stops black
pawns.}
d4 49. Kf3 e4+ 50. Ke2 d3+ 51. Ke3 a6 52. f3 Kc8 53. Rd4 exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rf8+
55. Kg2 Kc7 56. Rxd3 Rg8 57. Rd5 Kc6 58. Ra5 Kb6 59. Rf5 Rd8 60. g4 Rd3 61.
Rf3
Kb5 62. g5 1-0

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

53. Kxf3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

Anand,V-Tkachiev,V/FIDE WCh Moscow/2001/} (30. Rc2 $5 $16)) 13. Bc2 ({

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 (4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 {-B38}) 4...

transposes into the Benoni (A70), an integral part of Black's repertoire.} 8.

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {GM Topalov spielt gerne die Benoni-Verteidigung

Na4 {1-0 Speelman,J-Kinsman,A/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (28)}) 11. Qg3 {

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 Bf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 a5 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be6 8. OO

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8.

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4