NIGEL SHORT

Nigel Short vs Yasser Seirawan

Rotterdam World Cup (1989), Rotterdam NED, rd 4, Jun-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Bd3 Bd3 6. Qd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-

O Qa69. Qd1 Ne7 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 Nf5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Ng3 Ng3 14. fg3 f6 15. ef6
gf616. Bf4 O-O-
O 17. Re1 Nf8 18. b4 Qb6 19. a4 Bd6 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. b5 Rh7 22. Bd6Qd6 23. bc6 Qc
6 24. Qf4 Nd7 25. Kh1 Re7 26. a5 e5 27. Qf5 Kb8 28. Qh5 Qc329. Qf5 Rde8 30. Rec1
Qe3 31. Qc2 Ka8 32. a6 Nb6 33. ab7 Rb7 34. de5 fe535. Re1 Qh6 36. Ne5 Rbe7 37. R
eb1 Rb7 38. Nc6 Qe3 39. Na7 Kb8 40. Nc6 Kc841. Ne7 Kd8 42. Nd5

Nigel Short vs Jan Timman

KRO Match (1989), Hilversum NED, rd 2, Dec-14
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. a3 c4 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. b3cb3

10. Nb3 Nh6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Rc8 13. O-
O f6 14. Bh6 gh6 15. ef6 Bf6 16. Re1Kh8 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Qe3 Rc7 19. a6 b6 20. Bb5
Ne7 21. Nbd2 Ng6 22. Rac1 Re723. Bd3 e5 24. de5 Ne5 25. Bf5 Rf5 26. Nd4 Nf3 27. N
2f3 Re3 28. Re3 Rf729. Rce1 Qd6 30. Re8 Rf8 31. g3 Kg8 32. Nh4 Bd4 33. cd4 Qf6 34.
Rf8 Kf835. Re5 Qc6 36. Nf5 b5 37. Ne7 Qa6 38. Nd5 Qa1 39. Kg2 Qd4 40. Rf5 Kg7 41
. f3

Nigel Short vs Johann Hjartarson

Manila Interzonal (1990), Manila PHI, rd 1, Jun-29
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-

O Rc8 8. a3 c4 9. Nbd2Nh6 10. b3 cb3 11. Qb3 Rc7 12. Bb2 Be7 13. c4 O-
O 14. Bc3 f6 15. cd5 ed516. Rad1 Kh8 17. Qb2 Qc8 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Bd3 fe5 20. Ne5 B
f5 21. Bb5 Ne522. de5 a6 23. Be2 Bg4 24. Bg4 Qg4 25. h3 Qg5 26. e6 Kg8 27. Bb4 Rc1
28. Rc1Bb4 29. Qb4 Qf6 30. e7 Re8 31. Qb7 Qe7 32. Qd5 Nf7 33. Qb3 g6 34. Nf3 Qe6
35. Qe6 Re6 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. Ra5 Nd6 38. Ne5 Nb5 39. f4 Kg7 40. Kf2 Rd641. Ke3 Kf6
42. Nd3 Ke7 43. Nb4 Nc7 44. g4 Kd7 45. Ke4 Ne6 46. Rd5 Nc747. Rd6 Kd6 48. a4 a5 4
9. Nd3 Nd5 50. Kd4 h6 51. h4 h5 52. gh5 gh5 53. f5 Nb654. Nc5 Ke7 55. Ke5 Kf7 56. f6
Nc4 57. Kf5 Ne3 58. Kg5 Nd5 59. Ne4 Nb660. Nc5 Nd5 61. Ne4 Nb6 62. Kf5
Nigel Short vs Yasser Seirawan
Manila Interzonal (1990), Manila PHI, rd 10, Jul-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-

O h6 8. Be3 cd4 9. cd4Nge7 10. Nc3 Nc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nc5 Bc5 14. Rc5
O-
O 15. Qb3 Nd716. Rc3 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Qb3 18. Rb3 Rfb8 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. h4 Ke8 21. g4
Bh7 22. h5Nd8 23. Rbc3 Nb6 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Rc7 Nb2 26. Nc5 b5 27. g5 Nc4 28. gh6
gh629. Nd7 Ne3 30. fe3 Bf5 31. Kf2 Rb7 32. Nf6 Kf8 33. Rg1

Nigel Short vs Yasser Seirawan

6th Euwe Memorial (1992), Amsterdam NED, rd 2, May-15
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-

O Nc6 7. c3 cd4 8. cd4 Nge7 9. b3Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. g4 Nh4 13. Ne4 d
e4 14. Nh4 Qh4 15. Qc2 h516. Qe4 hg4 17. Qg2 O-O-
O 18. Bg4 Kb8 19. Rfd1 f5 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. d5 Nd522. Bd5 Rd5 23. Rd5 ed5 24. Rd1 Q
e4 25. Qe4 de4 26. Rd7 Kc8 27. Rg7 Rd828. e6 e3 29. fe3 Rd1 30. Kg2 Rd2 31. Kf3 R
b2 32. h4 Ra2 33. h5 Rh2 34. Rh7 Rh435. h6 a5 36. Ke2 b6 37. Kd3 Kd8 38. Rh8 Ke7
39. h7 Kf6 40. e7 Be7 41. Rb8 Rh742. Rb6 Kg5 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Rb6 Bf6 45. Ra6 Re7
46. Ra5 Bg5

Nigel Short vs Carlos Garcia Palermo

Chess Olympiad (1992), Manila PHI, rd 10, Jun-18
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-

O Nc6 7. c3 cd4 8. cd4 Nge7 9. b3Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. g4 Bf3 13. Nf3 Nf
e7 14. Ne1 h5 15. gh5 Nf516. Nc2 Qg5 17. Kh1 Bd2 18. Rg1 Qf4 19. Rg2 g6 20. hg6 fg
6 21. Bg4 Nh422. Rg3 Qf2 23. Qf1 Qf4 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Rg2 Ba5 26. Rf1 Qe4 27. Qe4
de428. Bf5 gf5 29. Rg6 O-O-
O 30. Re6 Rh3 31. Rg6 Bc3 32. Bc1 Bd4 33. Nd4 Nd434. Bf4 Ne2 35. e6 Rf3 36. Re1
Nf4 37. Rc1 Kb8 38. e7 Re8 39. Rd6 Rd3 40. Rf6Rd7
Nigel Short vs Anatoly Karpov
Dos Hermanas (1997), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, Apr-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3 a6 9. Nf5Nf

5 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Bd3 cd4 12. Bf5 ef5 13. Nd4 g6 14. O-O Nc5 15. Be3 Bg716. Nf3 O-
O 17. Re1 Re8 18. Re2 Ne4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rd1 Rc4 21. Bd4 Qb822. Rd3 f4 23. Qd1 R
c6 24. Ne1 Rce6 25. Nc2 Qb7 26. f3 Nd6 27. b3 Nf5 28. Qd2h5 29. Re1 a5 30. Kf1 Qc7
31. Kg1 Kh7 32. b4 a4 33. Kf1 Qc4 34. Kg1 Be535. Be5 Re5 36. Re5 Re5 37. Nd4 Re3
38. Re3 fe3 39. Qd1 Qc3

Nigel Short vs Boris Spassky

Korchnoi Birthday KO (2001), Zurich SUI, rd 1, Apr-29
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h3 O-

O 7. Nf3 f6 8. Be2 Nf7 9. ef6ef6 10. O-
O Be6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Re1 Nd6 13. c5 Nf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bh2 h516. Bd3 g4 17. hg4 h
g4 18. Bf5 Bf5 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Bd6 Rf7 21. Re2 Na622. Rae1 Bf8 23. Bf8 Raf8 24. g3
b6 25. cb6 Qb7 26. Qd1 ab6 27. Re6 Rg7 28. a3Qd7 29. R6e3 Nc7 30. Qb3 b5 31. Qb4
Re8 32. a4 Re3 33. Re3 Ne6 34. ab5 c535. dc5 d4 36. c6 Qc8 37. Re6 Qe6 38. Qd4 R
e7 39. c7 Kf7 40. b6 Rd7 41. Qe3 Qc642. Qh6 Kg8 43. Ng6 Rf7 44. Nd5

Nigel Short vs Alexey Dreev

Reykjavik Rapid (2004), Reykjavik ISL, rd 3, Mar-20
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bd3 7. Qd3 c5 8. c3 a5 9. O-

Oc4 10. Qe2 b5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 h5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. f4 g6 15. Nd2 Nh6 16. Bh6Rh6
17. Qe3 Rh8 18. Nf3 Nb8 19. Nhg5 Nc6 20. h3 h4 21. Qf2 Ra7 22. Nh4 Bg523. fg5 Qg
5 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. g3 Qf5 26. h4 Ne7 27. Qg2 Qg4 28. Nh2 Qh5 29. Rf4 g530. Ng4 Ng8
31. hg5 Qg5 32. Raf1 Qg6 33. Qf3 Qh5 34. Qg2 Qg6 35. Ne3 Nh636. Rf6 Qg5 37. Qf3
Rg8 38. Kg2 Ng4 39. Ng4 Qg4 40. Qg4 Rg4 41. Rh1 b442. Rh8 Ke7 43. Rh7 Kf8 44. R
e6 Kg8 45. Reh6 ba3 46. ba3 Re4 47. Kh3 Rb748. Rh8 Kg7 49. g4 Rb1 50. Kh4 Rg1 51
. R6h7 Kg6 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Kh5 Rh154. Kg5 Rh6 55. Rh6 Re3 56. Rd6 Rc3 57. Rd5 R
a3 58. Rc5 Kf8 59. Rc4 Ke760. d5 Rd3 61. Rc7 Ke8 62. d6 a4 63. Re7 Kf8 64. Ra7 a3
65. Kf5 Ke8 66. g5 Rf367. Ke4 Rg3 68. Kf4 Rd3 69. g6 fg6 70. Kg5 a2 71. Kg6 Rf3 72.
e6 Rg3 73. Kf5
Nigel Short vs Viktor Laznicka
European Team Championship (2011), Porto Carras GRE, rd 6, Nov-08
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. a3 Nd7 7. O-

O Bg6 8. c3 c59. Re1 Rc8 10. Bd3 Bd3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nh4
Bh415. Nf3 Be7 16. Kg2 cd4 17. cd4 O-
O 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bb4 Bb4 20. Ng5 f5 21. ef6Nf6 22. Re6 Qc7 23. ab4 Qc2 24. Qc2 R
c2 25. Re3 h6
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PETER SVIDLER

Peter Svidler vs Alexey Shirov

EU-chT (Men) (2003), Plovdiv, rd 2, Oct-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nh6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Nb3 Nd79. dc5
Nc5 10. Nfd4 Ng4 11. Bb5 Kd8 12. O-
O Ne3 13. Qe3 Bg6 14. Rfd1 Kc715. c4 dc4 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Nd2 Kb8 18. Bb5 a6 19. B
e2 Na4 20. Nc4 Rc4 21. Bc4Nb2 22. Ne6 Qe3 23. Rd8 Ka7 24. fe3 fe6 25. Be6

Peter Svidler vs Ruslan Ponomariov

Tal Memorial (Blitz) (2008), Moscow RUS, rd 21, Aug-30
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-

O fe59. Ne5 Ne5 10. de5 Qc7 11. c4 O-O-
O 12. Qe1 d4 13. f4 c5 14. Bd2 h5 15. Bf3 Nc616. Na5 Na5 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bd2 Be7 19.
Qe2 h4 20. a3 Rdg8 21. b4 g5 22. bc5 Bc523. Kh1 g4 24. Be4 h3 25. Qd3 hg2 26. Kg2
Rh3 27. Bf5 Rd3 28. Bd3 Qc6 29. Kg1g3 30. h3 g2 31. Rfe1 Qf3

Peter Svidler vs Veselin Topalov

Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2008), Nanjing CHN, rd 9, Dec-20
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 c4 8. a4 h6 9. b3cb3

10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Ra2 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd3 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. O-
O Qc4 15. Rb1 b616. Qf1 Nc6 17. c3 Qc3 18. a5 Be7 19. ab6 ab6 20. Qd1 Qc4 21. Nc1
Nb4 22. Ra7Qc2 23. Qc2 Nc2 24. Bd2 Na3 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Rb7 Nb8 27. Ra8 O-
O 28. Rab8Nd2 29. Rc8 Nf3 30. gf3 Rc8 31. Ne2 Bd8 32. f4 g6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ra8
35. Ke3 Ra3 36. Kd2 Bh4
Peter Svidler vs Viktor Laznicka
FIDE World Blitz Championship (2014), Dubai UAE, rd 10, Jun-19
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. O-

O Bg6 8. Nb3Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-
O 11. Bf4 a6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 c5 14. dc5 Nc5 15. Nbd4 Nd416. Nd4 Ne4 17. f3 Nc5 18
. b4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. c4 Bb4 21. cd5 Qa5 22. de6Ne5 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Qd4 Qd4 2
5. Nd4 Nd3 26. Bd3 Bd3 27. Rfd1 Rc1 28. Rc1fe6 29. Be5 Ba5 30. Kf2 b5 31. Rc6 Ra8
32. Ne6 b4 33. Ng7 b3 34. Nh5 Bg635. Nf4 Re8 36. Ng6 hg6 37. f4 Bb4 38. Rg6 Kh7 3
9. Rg7 Kh6 40. Rb7 a5 41. Bg7Kg6 42. g4 Re7 43. Re7 Be7 44. Bc3 Bf6

Peter Svidler vs Viktor Laznicka

Chess Olympiad (2014), Tromso NOR, rd 7, Aug-09
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Nd79. O-

O Bg4 10. Nfd4 Be2 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Be3 O-
O 14. f4 Qc715. Rac1 Rac8 16. b3 a6 17. c3 Rfe8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Kh1 g6 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Nf3 Nc522. Bd4 Ne4 23. Kh2 Qa5 24. c4 bc4 25. bc4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qa4 27. Qd3 Rc728.
Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qb3 30. ab3 dc4 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. bc4 Rc4 33. Rc4 Rc434. Ra6 Nd2
35. Ra8 Kg7 36. Bf2 Rf4 37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Be3 Nf3 39. gf3 Be140. Kg2 Bh4 41. Bc5 h5

Peter Svidler vs Baadur Jobava

FIDE Grand Prix Tbilisi (2015), Tbilisi GEO, rd 8, Feb-23
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-

O f6 7. c4 fe5 8. de5 Bc5 9. Nc3a6 10. cd5 cd5 11. Be3 Be3 12. fe3 Ne7 13. Qb3 Qb8 1
4. Qa3 Ne5 15. Nd4 N5c616. Nf5 ef5 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Qc5 O-O-
O 19. Rfd1 Kb8 20. b4 Rd6 21. b5 Rc822. Rac1 Na7 23. Qa3 ab5 24. Ne2 Rc1 25. Rc1
Nac6 26. Qc5 g5 27. h3 b4 28. a3Re6 29. Kf2 d4 30. ed4 Qc5 31. dc5 Ne5
ALEXEY SHIROV

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

8th Amber (1999), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 9, Mar-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8. g5 c5 9. dc5Nd

7 10. b4 Ne5 11. Nd4 a5 12. Bf4 N5c6 13. Ndb5 ab4 14. Bc7 bc3 15. Nd6 Kd716. Bd8
Nd8 17. Qd4 Nec6 18. Qc3 b6 19. Bh3 bc5 20. Nb5 Nd4 21. Nd4 cd422. Qd4 Kc7 23. R
b1

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

"Gently Down the Board" (game of the day Apr-08-2015)
07, Amber Rapid Monte Carlo (1996), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 7, Apr-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. O-

O Ne59. Ne5 Bb5 10. c4 Bc6 11. Nc3 dc4 12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Rad1 Qh4 14. Qh4 Nh415.
Nc6 bc6 16. Rd4 Be7 17. Rc4 O-
O 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ng6 20. b5 ab5 21. ab5 cb522. Nb5 Ne5 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rd1 Ra5
25. Nd6 Bd6 26. Rd6 Kf8 27. h3 Nc628. Kh2 Ke7 29. Rb2 Ra7 30. Bg5 f6 31. Rb6 Rac7
32. Be3 e5 33. f4 Kf7 34. fe5Ne5 35. Rb4 h5 36. Rh4 Kg6 37. Re4 Nd7 38. Re7 Nc5 39
. Rc7 Rc7 40. Bc5 Rc541. Rd7 Rc4 42. Kg3 h4 43. Kf3 f5 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Ra6 Kg5 46.
Rb6 g6 47. Ra6Rb4 48. Rc6 Rb7 49. Ra6 Rf7 50. Rb6 Rf6 51. Rb8 Ra6 52. Rh8 Ra3 5
3. Kf2 Ra454. Kf3 Rf4 55. Ke3 Re4 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rf8 Kg7 58. Ra8 g5 59. Ra6 Kf7 60.
Rb6Re6 61. Rb5 Kf6 62. Ra5 Rc6 63. Rb5 Ke6 64. Ra5 Rd6 65. Rb5 Rd3 66. Kf2Rd5
67. Rb4 Ke5 68. Ke3 Ra5 69. Kf2 Ra2 70. Kf3 Ra3 71. Kf2 Rd3 72. Ra4Rd4 73. Ra3 g4
74. hg4 fg4 75. Ra5 Ke4 76. Ra2 g3 77. Ke2 Rb4 78. Kf1 Rb179. Ke2 h3 80. Ra4 Kf5 8
1. Ra5 Kf6 82. Ra6 Ke7 83. Ra7 Kd6 84. Ra6 Kc7

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

It (cat.18), Vienna (Austria) (1996), Vienna AUT, rd 9, Aug-17
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3 dc49. dc5 Nd5 10. Nd4 Nc3 11. bc3 Bc5 12. Nf5 ef5 13. Bc4 Bf
2 14. Kh1 Qd1 15. Rd1Ne5 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ba3 f6 18. Rab1 Kf7 19. Rd7 Kg6 20. Rf1
Be3 21. Bd3 Ne522. Bf5 Kh6 23. Rb7 Rab8 24. Rc7 g6 25. Bc2 f5 26. Bd6 Rbe8 27. Re
1 f4 28. c4 g529. h3 Ng6 30. c5 Bf2 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Bg6 Kg6 33. Ra7 Rhe8 34. Re7 R8
e735. Be7 Ra2 36. c6 Rc2 37. Rd1 h6 38. Ba3 Be3 39. Rd7 h5 40. Rd1 g4
Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov
Amber-blind 6th (1997), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 7, Apr-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O c5 7. dc5 Nec6 8. Be3 Nd79. c4 dc4 10. Na3 c3 11. Qb3 cb2 12. Rad1 b1Q 13. Nb1
Qc8 14. Qc3 Bb1 15. Rb1Be7 16. Nd4 Nd4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Qa5 O-
O 20. Qa7 Ra8 21. Qb6Ra6 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Rfc1 Ra5 24. Qb7 Qb7 25. Bb7 Rd8 26. B
e3 h6 27. Bf3 Nd328. Bb6 Re5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. a4 Bb4 31. Bc6 Rd6 32. Bc7 Rc6 33. B
e5 Ne534. Rb4 Rc2 35. Rbb1 Ng4 36. Rf1 Rc6 37. a5 Ra6 38. Rb5 Nf6 39. Rc1 Nd540.
Kf1 g5 41. g3 Kg7 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kf5 44. f3 h5 45. Rc8 h4 46. Kd4 hg347. hg3 g4
48. f4 Kf6 49. Rg8 Ne7 50. Rg4 Nc6 51. Kc5 Na5 52. Rg8 Nc6 53. Rb7Ne7 54. Rf8 Ra
3 55. g4 Ra4 56. g5 Kg7 57. Re8 Ng6 58. Re6 Rf4 59. Rd6 Nf8

Alexey Shirov vs Viswanathan Anand

Linares (1998), Linares ESP, rd 1, Feb-22
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cd4 7. Nd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc69. Nc3

Nd4 10. Bd4 dc4 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-
O 14. Bc6 bc615. Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7
21. f4 c422. Kh2 Bb4 23. f5 ef5 24. Nf5 Bf5 25. Rf5 Bc3 26. bc3 Qe6 27. Raf1 Rfe8 28.
R1f4Rd5 29. Re4 Re7 30. Qf4 Rc7 31. Rc4 Qf5 32. Qf5 Rc4 33. Qb1 Rd8 34. Qb7 Rc3
35. Qa7 Rcc8 36. a4 Ra8 37. Qc7 Rdc8 38. Qb7 Re8 39. Qc6 Rac8 40. Qd7 Rcd841. Q
c7 Rd5 42. a5 Rde5 43. a6 R5e7 44. Qc6 Rf8 45. Kh3 Ra7 46. g4 Rfa847. Kh4 Ra6 48.
Qb7 Ra5 49. Qc6 Rf8 50. Qb6 Rg5 51. Qb3 Kh8 52. Qb4 Re853. Qa4 Rd8 54. Qe4 f5
55. gf5 Rf8

Alexey Shirov vs Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu

"What Happens in Vegas" (game of the day Oct-17-2012)
Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA) (1999), Las Vegas, NV USA, rd 5
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack Bishop Hunt (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. f4 Be7 9. Bg2Bh

4 10. Kf1 Be7 11. f5 Bh7 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Nh5 Bf8 14. dc5 Nc6 15. Nb5 Bc516. c4 Ne5
17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Bd5 Qb5 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. fe6 O-O-
O 21. ef7 Ne722. Qe6 Kb8 23. Bf4 Ka8 24. Qb6 ab6 25. Be5 Rhf8 26. Ke2 Nd5 27. Rhf
1 Ne328. Bb5 Nf1 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rf4 Bd6 31. Bd6 Rd6 32. Bc4 b5 33. Bb3 Bd334. Ke
3 g5 35. Rf2 Bc4 36. Bc4 bc4 37. Ke4 Rd7 38. Rf6 Rff7 39. Rh6 Rfe740. Kf5 Rd5 41. K
g6 Re2
Alexey Shirov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Corus (2001), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-27
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dc5 e6 5. Bf4 Bc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nbd2 fe59. Be5

Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-
O a5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Kb1 Be5 14. Ne5 a415. Nc1 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 dc4 18. Nc4 Q
c7 19. Rhe1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Ncb4 21. Ne2Rf2 22. Be4 b5 23. Qd4 Re2 24. Re2 bc4 25. B
d5 Nd5 26. bc4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Nf428. Rd2 e5 29. Qe3 Bc4 30. Ka1 Qf7 31. g3 Nd3 32. R
d3 Bd3 33. Qd3 h6 34. Qb3Qb3 35. ab3 Kf7 36. Rc6 a2 37. h4 Ra3 38. b4 e4 39. Rc4 e
3 40. Re4 Kf6 41. g4 h542. gh5 Kf5 43. Re7 Kf4 44. b5 Rb3 45. Rf7 Ke4 46. Re7 Kd3 4
7. Rd7 Kc248. Rc7 Kd2 49. Ka2 Rb5 50. Rg7 e2 51. Rd7 Kc2 52. Rc7 Kd3 53. Re7 Rh5

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

Amber Blindfold (2001), Monaco MNC, rd 7, Mar-24
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack Dreyev Defense (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-

O Bg4 8. Na4 Qc79. b3 b5 10. Nb2 Nd7 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nd3 Ng6 13. a4 a5 14. ab5 cb5
15. b4 ab416. cb4 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bc5 18. Bb5 Nd7 19. Bd7 Qd7 20. bc5 Nh4 21. c6 Qc62
2. Ba3 Bf3 23. gf3 f6 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Ra7 Nf5 26. Qe2 h5 27. Ba3 Rh6 28. h3Rc7 29.
Rc7 Qc7 30. Qa6 Kf7 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qb6 Kg6 33. Rc7 Qa4 34. Bc1Qd1 35. Kh2 Nh4
36. Qb1 Nf5 37. Rg7

Alexey Shirov vs Viswanathan Anand

Advanced Chess (2001), Leon ESP, rd 2, Jun-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nce2 e6 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. N1e2 Ne79. Nf

4 c5 10. Ng6 Ng6 11. Bd3 cd4 12. Bg6 fg6 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Qg6 Qf7 15. Qf7Kf7 16. Bd
2 Nc6 17. f4 h5 18. O-O-
O Bc5 19. f5 ef5 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Bg5 Nc6 22. c3Kg6 23. cd4 Rhf8 24. Ne3 Bd4 25. Nd5
Rae8 26. Rhf1 Be5 27. Nf4 Bf4 28. Rf4Rf4 29. Bf4 Re4 30. g3 Rc4 31. Kb1 Rd4 32. Rc
1 Rd5 33. a3 Kf5 34. Ka2 g635. Rc4 Kg4 36. Re4 Rd7 37. Rc4 Kh3 38. Re4 Re7 39. Rc
4 Re6 40. Rc5 Nd441. a4 Ne2 42. Bb8 Re4 43. Ka3 Re3 44. Kb4 Ng3 45. Rc7 Kh4 46.
Rb7 g547. Ka5 Re6 48. Rb6 Rb6 49. Kb6 Kg4 50. b4 h4 51. b5 ab5
Alexey Shirov vs Alexander Grischuk
FIDE GP (2002), Dubai UAE, rd 4, Apr-07
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 cd4 8. Nd4 Bb49. Qd

2 Nd7 10. a3 Qa5 11. Bb5 Bc3 12. Bd7 Kd7 13. bc3 Rc8 14. O-
O Qc315. Rfb1 b6 16. Qc3 Rc3 17. a4 Ne7 18. a5 Nc8 19. ab6 ab6 20. Ra8 f6 21. Rb8
Re822. Nb5 Rc2 23. Rb7 Kd8 24. Ra1 Re7 25. Rb8 Kd7 26. Rb7 Ke8 27. Rb8 fe528. B
g5 Rf7 29. Raa8 Kd7 30. Rb7 Kc6 31. Rf7 Kb5 32. Rg7 Nd6 33. h4 Ne434. Bd8 Nf2 35.
Rg6 hg6 36. h5 Nh3 37. Kh1 Nf2 38. Kg1 Nh3 39. Kh1 gh5 40. gh5Nf4 41. h6 Rc3 42. R
a2 Rc1 43. Kh2 Rc3 44. Kh1 d4 45. h7 Ng6 46. Bf6 Rh347. Rh2 Rh2 48. Kh2 d3 49. Bg
5 Kc4 50. Kg3 b5 51. Kg4 b4 52. Kh5 Nh8 53. Kh6b3 54. Kg7 b2 55. Kh8 b1Q 56. Kg7
Qb7 57. Kg6 Qh7 58. Kh7 Kc3

ANATOLY KARPOV

Xie Jun vs Anatoly Karpov

10, Amber Blindfold, Monte Carlo (1996), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 10, Apr-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Na3 cd4 6. cd4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bd3 8. Qd3 e69. Ne2
Bb4 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. O-O O-
O 12. Nc2 Bd2 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Ne3 Qa515. Nc3 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Rac1 Rc6 18.
Ne4 Qd2 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Rc6 Nac621. Nb1 Na5 22. Na3 a6 23. Kf1 b5 24. Nac2 Nc4
25. b3 Ne3 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Ke2Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Nc2 f5 30. Nb4 Ra8 31. Ke3 g5 32
. Nd3 Nc6 33. Nc5 Ke734. g3 a5 35. a3 Rg8 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Rc1 Na7 38. Nc5 Rc6 39.
Rh1 Rc8 40. h4 g441. Rc1 h6 42. Rc2 Rc7 43. Rc1 Nc8 44. Kd2 Nb6 45. Nb7 Rc1 46.
Kc1 a447. Kc2 ab3 48. Kb3 Nc4 49. Kb4 Kd7 50. Nc5 Ke7 51. Nb3 Kd7 52. Nc1 Kc653.
Ne2 Kd7 54. Nc3 Kc6 55. Nb5 Nb2 56. Nc3 Nd3 57. Kb3 f4 58. gf4 Nf4 59. Kc2h5 60.
Kd2 Ng2 61. Ne2 Nh4 62. Ke3 Ng2 63. Kd3 h4 64. Ng1 Nf4 65. Ke3 h3

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

It (cat.18), Vienna (Austria) (1996), Vienna AUT, rd 9, Aug-17
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3 dc49. dc5 Nd5 10. Nd4 Nc3 11. bc3 Bc5 12. Nf5 ef5 13. Bc4 Bf
2 14. Kh1 Qd1 15. Rd1Ne5 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Ba3 f6 18. Rab1 Kf7 19. Rd7 Kg6 20. Rf1
Be3 21. Bd3 Ne522. Bf5 Kh6 23. Rb7 Rab8 24. Rc7 g6 25. Bc2 f5 26. Bd6 Rbe8 27. Re
1 f4 28. c4 g529. h3 Ng6 30. c5 Bf2 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Bg6 Kg6 33. Ra7 Rhe8 34. Re7 R8
e735. Be7 Ra2 36. c6 Rc2 37. Rd1 h6 38. Ba3 Be3 39. Rd7 h5 40. Rd1 g4
Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov
"Gently Down the Board" (game of the day Apr-08-2015)
07, Amber Rapid Monte Carlo (1996), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 7, Apr-??
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. O-

O Ne59. Ne5 Bb5 10. c4 Bc6 11. Nc3 dc4 12. Qg4 Nf5 13. Rad1 Qh4 14. Qh4 Nh415.
Nc6 bc6 16. Rd4 Be7 17. Rc4 O-
O 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ng6 20. b5 ab5 21. ab5 cb522. Nb5 Ne5 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rd1 Ra5
25. Nd6 Bd6 26. Rd6 Kf8 27. h3 Nc628. Kh2 Ke7 29. Rb2 Ra7 30. Bg5 f6 31. Rb6 Rac7
32. Be3 e5 33. f4 Kf7 34. fe5Ne5 35. Rb4 h5 36. Rh4 Kg6 37. Re4 Nd7 38. Re7 Nc5 39
. Rc7 Rc7 40. Bc5 Rc541. Rd7 Rc4 42. Kg3 h4 43. Kf3 f5 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Ra6 Kg5 46.
Rb6 g6 47. Ra6Rb4 48. Rc6 Rb7 49. Ra6 Rf7 50. Rb6 Rf6 51. Rb8 Ra6 52. Rh8 Ra3 5
3. Kf2 Ra454. Kf3 Rf4 55. Ke3 Re4 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Rf8 Kg7 58. Ra8 g5 59. Ra6 Kf7 60.
Rb6Re6 61. Rb5 Kf6 62. Ra5 Rc6 63. Rb5 Ke6 64. Ra5 Rd6 65. Rb5 Rd3 66. Kf2Rd5
67. Rb4 Ke5 68. Ke3 Ra5 69. Kf2 Ra2 70. Kf3 Ra3 71. Kf2 Rd3 72. Ra4Rd4 73. Ra3 g4
74. hg4 fg4 75. Ra5 Ke4 76. Ra2 g3 77. Ke2 Rb4 78. Kf1 Rb179. Ke2 h3 80. Ra4 Kf5 8
1. Ra5 Kf6 82. Ra6 Ke7 83. Ra7 Kd6 84. Ra6 Kc7

Vasilios Kotronias vs Anatoly Karpov

01, Hellas Rapid m, Athens GRE (1997)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. h4 cd49. Nb5

Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bf3 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 Nd315. Bd3 e5 16. O-
O Bc5 17. Rf5 O-
O 18. h6 g6 19. Re5 a6 20. Na3 Qc7 21. Bf4 Ne522. Be5 Qb6 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. g5 Re6
25. Qf4 f5 26. gf6 Kf7 27. b4 Bd6 28. Nc4 dc429. Bc4 d3 30. Kh2 Rfe8 31. Bd6 dc2 32.
Bc5 Qc6 33. Bd5 Qd7

Nigel Short vs Anatoly Karpov

Dos Hermanas (1997), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, Apr-10
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3 a6 9. Nf5Nf

5 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Bd3 cd4 12. Bf5 ef5 13. Nd4 g6 14. O-O Nc5 15. Be3 Bg716. Nf3 O-
O 17. Re1 Re8 18. Re2 Ne4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rd1 Rc4 21. Bd4 Qb822. Rd3 f4 23. Qd1 R
c6 24. Ne1 Rce6 25. Nc2 Qb7 26. f3 Nd6 27. b3 Nf5 28. Qd2h5 29. Re1 a5 30. Kf1 Qc7
31. Kg1 Kh7 32. b4 a4 33. Kf1 Qc4 34. Kg1 Be535. Be5 Re5 36. Re5 Re5 37. Nd4 Re3
38. Re3 fe3 39. Qd1 Qc3
Joel Lautier vs Anatoly Karpov
Amber-rapid 6th (1997), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 6, Apr-24
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. h4 cd49. Nb5

Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bf3 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 Nd315. Bd3 e5 16. O-
O Bc5 17. h6 g6 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Kh1 a6 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Na4 Ba722. b3 Qg4 23. Ba3
Qh5 24. Kg1 Qg5 25. Qg2 Qg2 26. Kg2 e4 27. Bf8 Kf8 28. Be2f5 29. Rad1 b5 30. Nb2
Nb4 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Bd1 Na2 33. Bg4 Ke7 34. Bf5 gf535. Rf5 e3 36. Re2 Nc1 37. Re1
Rc2 38. Kh3 Ke6 39. Rg5 e2 40. Rg7 d3 41. Nd3Nd3 42. Re2 Re2 43. Ra7 Kf5 44. Rh7
Re3 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Ra7 Kh6 47. Ra6Kg5 48. Ra5 Nf4

Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov

Amber-blind 6th (1997), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 7, Apr-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O c5 7. dc5 Nec6 8. Be3 Nd79. c4 dc4 10. Na3 c3 11. Qb3 cb2 12. Rad1 b1Q 13. Nb1
Qc8 14. Qc3 Bb1 15. Rb1Be7 16. Nd4 Nd4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Qa5 O-
O 20. Qa7 Ra8 21. Qb6Ra6 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Rfc1 Ra5 24. Qb7 Qb7 25. Bb7 Rd8 26. B
e3 h6 27. Bf3 Nd328. Bb6 Re5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. a4 Bb4 31. Bc6 Rd6 32. Bc7 Rc6 33. B
e5 Ne534. Rb4 Rc2 35. Rbb1 Ng4 36. Rf1 Rc6 37. a5 Ra6 38. Rb5 Nf6 39. Rc1 Nd540.
Kf1 g5 41. g3 Kg7 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kf5 44. f3 h5 45. Rc8 h4 46. Kd4 hg347. hg3 g4
48. f4 Kf6 49. Rg8 Ne7 50. Rg4 Nc6 51. Kc5 Na5 52. Rg8 Nc6 53. Rb7Ne7 54. Rf8 Ra
3 55. g4 Ra4 56. g5 Kg7 57. Re8 Ng6 58. Re6 Rf4 59. Rd6 Nf8

ALEXEY DREEV

Gata Kamsky vs Alexey Dreev

Borzhomi (Georgia) (1988), rd 30
Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nge2 Ba6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2 c59. a3 B

c3 10. Bc3 O-O 11. O-
O de4 12. Re1 ef3 13. Bf3 Nbc6 14. dc5 bc5 15. Nf4Qc7 16. Be4 e5 17. Nd3 Rad8 18.
Qf3 Qb6 19. Qf2 Bd3 20. Bd3 f6 21. Bc4 Kh822. Rad1 Nd4 23. Qg2 Rd7 24. Re4 Qc6 2
5. Rf1 Nef5 26. Bd4 Rd4 27. Bd3 g628. Rd4 Qg2 29. Kg2 Ne3 30. Kf2 cd4 31. Rc1 f5 3
2. Be2 Rb8 33. b4 Nd5 34. Rb1Nc3 35. Rb3 Rc8 36. Bd3 Rc7 37. Ke1 e4 38. Ba6 Nd5
39. Kd2 g5 40. a4 f4 41. a5f3 42. Rb1 Nc3 43. Ra1 Rc6 44. Bb7 e3 45. Kd3 e2 46. b5 f2
Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov vs Alexey Dreev
Alushta Cat.14 (1994), rd 7
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 hg49. Ng6 Ng

6 10. h5 c5 11. Qg4 cd4 12. hg6 Rh1 13. Qf3 f5 14. Qh1 dc3 15. bc3 Qc716. Rb1 Nd7 1
7. f4 Qc3 18. Bd2 Qg3 19. Kd1 O-O-
O 20. Qg2 Qa3 21. Qe2 Nc522. Qb5 Qf3 23. Qe2 Qg3 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. Bb4 b6 26. Kc1
Qh6 27. Kb2 Na428. Kb3 Bb4 29. Ba6 Kc7 30. Ka4 Bc5 31. Qg3 Qh8 32. Kb3 Kb8 33. a
4 Qh634. Rf1 Rh8 35. Qd3 Qh3 36. Rf3 Qh1 37. Qf1 Qh2 38. Qb5 Kc7 39. Rc3 Qg140.
Ka2 Rh1 41. Qb2 Qd4 42. Bb5 a6 43. a5 ab5 44. Qb5 Qc3 45. ab6 Kd8

Aleksei Holmsten vs Alexey Dreev

Ubeda Open (1999), Ubeda ESP, rd 1, Jan-20
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack Dreyev Defense (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bd3 6. Qd3 e6 7. Nge2 Qa6 8. Qh3Ne7 9

. Be3 Nd7 10. f4 g6 11. g4 h5 12. Ng3 c5 13. f5 cd4 14. Bd4 Bh6 15. fg6 fg616. gh5 O-
O-
O 17. Qf1 Nc6 18. Qa6 ba6 19. Nce2 gh5 20. Nh5 Nde5 21. Bc5 d422. Nhf4 Nf3 23. Kf2
Ng5 24. Ng3 Rdf8 25. Bf8 Rf8 26. Kg2 Rf4 27. Rhf1 Rh428. Rae1 Nb4 29. Re5 Kd7 30.
c3 Nd3 31. Ra5 Nf4 32. Rf4 Rf4 33. Ra4 Bg734. Nh5 Rg4 35. Kf1 Be5 36. cd4 Rd4 37.
Ra6 Bb8 38. Ke2 Rh4

Ilya Smirin vs Alexey Dreev

Russia - The Rest of the World (2002), Moscow RUS, rd 10, Sep-11
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qb3 g5 9. Ngf3gf

4 10. Bf4 Bh6 11. Bh6 Nh6 12. ef6 Nf6 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Ndf3 Nhg4 15. Ng4 Ng416. h3
Nf6 17. Qb6 ab6 18. Ne5 h5 19. a3 Ke7 20. O-O-
O Rg3 21. Bd3 Ne4 22. Be4de4 23. h4 Rg2 24. Nc4 Rag8 25. Rde1 R8g3 26. Rhf1 Rh2
27. Ne3 Bg6 28. Rg1Rg1 29. Rg1 Kf6 30. Rf1 Bf5 31. Rf4 b5 32. Nf1 Rh3 33. Kd2 e5 3
4. Rf2 ed435. cd4 Rb3 36. Ne3 Rb2 37. Ke1 Rf2 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Ke2 b6 40. Kd2 c5 41.
Kc3Bf7 42. Nc2 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kf4
Evgeny Alekseev vs Alexey Dreev
3rd Aeroflot Festival (2004), Moscow RUS, rd 7, Feb-23
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7 7. Nd2 f6 8. f4 g5 9. Ngf3gf

4 10. Bf4 Bh6 11. Bh6 Nh6 12. ef6 Nf6 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Ne4 Be4 15. O-
O Rg816. g3 Nf7 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Qb6 ab6 19. Bh5 Bg6 20. Bg4 Ke7 21. Rfe1 e5 22. de
5h5 23. Bh3 h4 24. Re3 hg3 25. hg3 Nh6 26. a3 Bf5 27. Bg2 Bg4 28. Rae1 Nf529. Rd3
Bh5 30. Nf1 Raf8 31. Kh2 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rhg8 33. Kh2 b5 34. Bh3 Nh635. Rd2 Rg5 36.
Ne3 Bf3 37. Rf2 Rh5 38. Rf3 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Nc2 Nf7 41. e6Ne5 42. Nd4 Nd3 43.
Re3 Nf2 44. g4 Rh3 45. Rh3 Nh3 46. Kh3 c5 47. Nb5 Ke648. b4 b6 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. bc
5 bc5 51. g5 d4 52. cd4 cd4

Anatoly Karpov vs Alexey Dreev

Reykjavik Rapid (2004), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-19
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7 7. Nd2 f6 8. f4 g5 9. ef6 g41

0. f7 Kf7 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Bf2 Bd6 13. hg4 Ng4 14. g3 c5 15. Be2 c4 16. Qb6 ab617. Ngf
3 b5 18. Ne5 Nde5 19. fe5 Be7 20. Bg4 Bg4 21. Be3 b4 22. O-
O Ke8 23. cb4Bb4 24. a3 Be7 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. Kh2 Kd7 27. Rf2 Bh5 28. Raf1 Bg6 29. B
g5 Bd330. Be7 Ke7 31. Rd1 Raf8 32. Rdd2 Rg4 33. Kh3 Rfg8 34. Rg2 Bf1

Viktor Bologan vs Alexey Dreev

7th Poikovsky Tournament (2006), Poikovsky RUS, rd 7, Mar-25
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-

O Bg6 7. c3 Nh6 8. Bh6 gh69. Nbd2 Be7 10. Ne1 c5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. dc5 Bc5 13. Nf3
Bf8 14. a4 a6 15. c4 Be416. a5 Qb4 17. Nbd2 Rd8 18. cd5 Bd5 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Nc4 O-
O 21. Rfd1 Rc822. b3 Ne5 23. Nfe5 Be5 24. Ra4 Qe7 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. Bf3 Bf3 27. gf3
Rfd828. Qe2 Qg5 29. Kf1 Rd1 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qg6 33. Qg6 hg634.
Rb4 Rd7 35. Nb6 Rc7 36. Na8 Bc3

Vladislav Nevednichy vs Alexey Dreev

12th European Individual Championship (2011), Aix-les-Bains FRA, rd 5, Mar-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bg49. dc

5 Bc5 10. Bc5 Qc5 11. Qd4 Qd4 12. Nd4 Nge7 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Rc815. Rhe1 O-
O 16. Bc6 Nc6 17. Ncb5 Bg6 18. Nc6 Rc6 19. c3 Rb6 20. Nd4 Rc821. Re3 Ra6 22. a3
Ra4 23. Kd2 Kf8 24. Ra1 Rac4 25. b3 R4c5 26. b4 Rc4 27. h4h5 28. g3 a6 29. Rc1 Ke7
30. Ra1 Bh7 31. a4 Rg8 32. a5 g5 33. hg5 Rg5 34. f4 Rg835. Rh1 Bg6 36. Kc1
Alexander Grischuk vs Alexey Dreev
FIDE World Rapid Championship (2013), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 7, Jun-07
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3Nd7 9. a4 Be7 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Ng8 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Be3 B
d3 14. Qd3 h5 15. g5g6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. f4 Nh6 18. Ng6 Ng6 19. gh6 Nh4 20. f5 O-O-
O 21. f6 Rdg822. Kh1 Rg3 23. h7 Rh3 24. Kg1 Bf8 25. Nd2 Bh6 26. Rae1 Qd8 27. Kf2
Nf528. Nf3 Be3 29. Re3 Rh7 30. Rg1 h4 31. Rg5 Qd7 32. Rf5 ef5 33. Ng5 Re334. Qe3
Rh8 35. e6 fe6 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. f7 Rf7 38. Qh8 Kc7 39. Qe5 Kb6 40. a5Ka5 41. Ne6 Re
7 42. Qe1 Kb5 43. c4 dc4 44. Qe5 Qd5 45. Nc7 Rc7 46. Qc7 Qd447. Ke1 b6 48. Qa7 Q
b2 49. Qh7 Qe5 50. Kf1 Qf4 51. Kg2 Qg4 52. Kh1 h3

Igor Kurnosov vs Alexey Dreev

FIDE World Rapid Championship (2013), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 14, Jun-08
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-

O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3Nd7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-
O 11. c4 dc4 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bd3 a6 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nh4 Bh416. f4 Bd3 17. Qd3 Be7 18.
Be3 f5 19. Rac1 fg4 20. Rc6 Ne5 21. fe5 Rf1 22. Qf1Qd5 23. Rc3 b4 24. Rd3 Rf8 25.
Qe2 h5 26. Bf2 Rf4 27. Nc5 h4 28. Be3 Rf329. Na6 h3 30. Nc7 Qe4 31. Ne6 g3 32. Nc5
Qf5 33. a6 gh2 34. Kh2 Bc5 35. a7Ba7 36. Rd1 Qe4 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Qd3 Re3

Dmitry Andreikin vs Alexey Dreev

World Cup (2013), Tromso NOR, rd 3, Aug-19
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Tal Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. Nb3 cd4 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. e6Be

6 10. Ne6 fe6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Bg6 Kd7 14. c3 Ng4 15. Qa4 h516. Bg5 e5
17. Bh5 Nf6 18. Bf7 e6 19. O-O-
O Kc7 20. Rhe1 Qd7 21. Bg6 Bd622. c4 e4 23. cd5 ed5 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Qc2 Kb8 26.
Bf5 Nd3 27. Kb1 Ne1 28. Qb3Qc7 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Qc3 a6 31. Be3 Bb4 32. Nb5 ab5 3
3. Qb4 Nd3 34. Qc3 Qd835. Bf4 Nf4 36. Qe5 Ka7 37. Rc7 Ne2
Martyn Kravtsiv vs Alexey Dreev
European Individual Championship (2015), Jerusalem ISR, rd 3, Feb-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-

O Nc6 7. Be3 cd4 8. Nd4 Nge79. f4 Nd4 10. Bd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Bc5
Qc5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Qb3Qe3 16. Qb7 O-
O 17. Bf3 Rfc8 18. Na3 Rab8 19. Qd7 Qb6 20. Bd5 Rc7 21. Nc4Rd7 22. Nb6 Rb6 23. B
f3 g5 24. g4 Bd3 25. Rfe1 gf4 26. Rad1 Ne7 27. b3 Bb528. c4 Rd1 29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Kg2
Ng6

Eltaj Safarli vs Alexey Dreev

World Blitz Championship (2015), Berlin GER, rd 12, Oct-14
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Tal Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 h6 7. g4 Bd7 8. f4 h5 9. gh5Nh6

10. Bh3 Bh3 11. Nh3 e6 12. Qf3 c5 13. dc5 Nf5 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Kb1 Nc516. Ng5 O-
O-
O 17. Bf2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rh3 b5 20. a3 Nb7 21. Nd5 ed522. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rc8 K
c8 24. Qf3 d4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. cd4 Kb8 28. d5Bf2 29. Nf2 Rc8 30. d6 Qc6 3
1. Qd3 Nh4 32. f5 Nf3 33. e6 fe6 34. fe6 Ne5 35. Qe4Qe4 36. Ne4 Nc6 37. d7 Rh8 38.
Ng5 Nbd8 39. Re1 Ne7 40. Rf1 Kc7 41. Nf7 Nf742. Rf7 Kd6 43. Rg7 Ke6 44. h6 Kd7 45
. h7 Ke6 46. Ka2 Kf6 47. Rg1 Rh7 48. Kb3Nd5 49. Re1 Rh3 50. Kc2 Re3 51. Rh1 Ke7
52. Rh6 Re6 53. Rh7 Kd6 54. Kd3Kc5 55. b4 Kc6 56. Kd4 Re4 57. Kd3 Rf4 58. Rh6 Rf6
59. Rh8 Nb6 60. Rh7 Nc461. a4 Nb2 62. Kd4 Na4 63. Ke5 Rg6 64. Kf5 Rd6 65. Ke5 N
b6 66. Ra7 Nc467. Ke4 Kb6

Ngoc Truongson Nguyen vs Alexey Dreev

World Blitz Championship (2015), Berlin GER, rd 20, Oct-14
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-

O h59. Bd3 Bd3 10. Qd3 Be7 11. c3 h4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Ne1 O-O-
O 14. f4 c5 15. dc5Nc5 16. Nc5 Bc5 17. Nc2 Ne7 18. Bc5 Qc5 19. Qd4 b6 20. b4 Qd4 2
1. Nd4 Kd722. a4 a6 23. a5 b5 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Nc5 Rc5 26. bc5 Rc8 27. Rf3 Rc5 28.
Kf2 Rc429. g3 hg3 30. hg3 Nc6 31. Rh1 g6 32. g4 Ra4 33. Rh7 Ke7 34. f5 gf5 35. gf5 N
e536. fe6 Nf3 37. Kf3 Ke6
EVGENY BAREEV

Magnus Carlsen vs Evgeny Bareev

"Float Lke a Butterfly; Sting Like Bareev" (game of the day Jul-13-2010)
FIDE World Cup (2005), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 4, Dec-08
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack Bishop Hunt (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh79. Nh5 c

d4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nd4 Nge7 12. c3 Ne5 13. Bb5 Nd7 14. Bg5 a6 15. Bd7Qd7 16. Qe2
O-O-
O 17. Rh3 Bg6 18. Nf4 e5 19. Ng6 Ng6 20. Bd8 Kd8 21. Nf5 Nf422. Qe5 Nh3 23. O-O-
O Kc8 24. Qg3 g6 25. Ne3 Nf2 26. Nd5 Bc5 27. Nb6 Bb628. Rd7 Kd7 29. Qf3 Kc8 30.
Qf7 Rd8 31. Kc2 Kb8 32. Qg6 Be3 33. g5 Rd234. Kb3 Nd1 35. a4 b5 36. ab5 ab5 37. K
b4 Rb2 38. Ka5 Nc3 39. Qe8 Kc7 40. Qe5Kb7 41. Qg7 Kb8 42. g6 Bf4 43. Qf8 Kb7 44.
Qf7 Bc7 45. Qc7 Kc7 46. h5 Rg2

Sergey Karjakin vs Evgeny Bareev

World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 2, Nov-16
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-

O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3 cd49. Nd4 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Nf5 Bf5 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Be7
14. Nd4 Nd4 15. Bd4g6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rfd1 O-
O 18. g3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Be4 20. a4 Bc5 21. Qd1 Kg722. Kf2 a5 23. h3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rfc
8 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Qe2 Bf5 27. Kg2 Be428. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. Rff
2 Rbc8 32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Be2 Rcc834. Bf3 Bf3 35. Qf3 b5 36. ab5 Rb5 37. g4 Bd4 38. R
d4 hg4 39. hg4 Rh8 40. Rdd2Qh4 41. f5 d4 42. fe6 Rb7 43. Qb7

Dmitry Jakovenko vs Evgeny Bareev

World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 30, Nov-18
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cd4 7. Nd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc69. N

2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. Nb5 Nf5 12. Bf4 Bf3 13. Bf3 a6 14. Na3 Bg7 15. Re1O-
O 16. c4 Nfd4 17. cd5 Nf3 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qd5 ed5 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bg5 Rde822. R
d5 Be5 23. Rb1 Bb2 24. Nc4 Bg7 25. Nd6 Re2 26. g3 b5 27. a3 Ne5 28. Kg2h6 29. Be3
Rd8 30. Rbd1 Nc4 31. Bc5 Nb2 32. Rb1 Na4 33. Bb4 Nc3 34. Bc3Bc3 35. Rbd1 Bb2 3
6. R1d3 Re6 37. h4 Ba3 38. Ra3 Rdd6 39. Rc5 Rb6 40. Rc8Kg7 41. Ra8 b4 42. Rb3 R
b5 43. Ra7 a5 44. Kf1 g5 45. hg5 hg5 46. Kg2 Rc647. Rf3 Rf6 48. Rb3 Rbf5 49. Rb2 R
b5 50. Rb3 Kg6 51. Kf1 Rc6 52. Rf3 f653. Rd3 b3 54. Rd8 b2
Alexander Morozevich vs Evgeny Bareev
World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 37, Nov-18
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Tal Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Nc3 O-O-

O 8. Bc6 Qc69. Qd4 e6 10. Be3 Bc2 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. g4 Ne7 13. f3 h5 14. a4 hg4 15. N
b5 Kb816. Nd6 Qa6 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Nd4 19. ba6 Bd6 20. ed6 Nc2 21. Kd2 Ne3 22. K
e3b6 23. fg4 Be4 24. Rh2 bc5 25. Rb2 Ka8 26. Rc5 Rd6 27. Rb7 Ra6 28. Rf7 Ra429. R
g7 Rf8 30. Rcc7 e5 31. Rgf7 Rb8 32. Ne2 Ra3 33. Kf2 Ra2 34. Ke3 Bg635. Rg7 Rb3 36
. Kf2 Bd3 37. Rc8 Rb8 38. Rb8 Kb8 39. Ke3 Be2 40. h5 Bc441. h6 Rh2 42. h7 d4 43. K
e4 d3 44. Ke3 d2 45. Rg8 Kb7 46. Rd8 Rh7 47. Rd2 Rg748. Rg2 Rg5 49. Ke4 Bb5 50.
Rg3 Bc6 51. Ke3 a5

Alexander Motylev vs Evgeny Bareev

Moscow Open (2010), Moscow RUS, rd 6, Feb-04
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. Nc5 Bc5 7. dc5 Qa5 8. c3 Qc59. Nf3

Nd7 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Bf4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Qa4 O-
O 15. Nc6bc6 16. Rh3 a5 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. b3 a4 19. b4 c5 20. a3 d4 21. Bh5 dc3 22. B
g6 fg623. Be3 Qc6 24. Qd6 Qg2 25. Qe6 Rf7 26. O-O-
O Nf8 27. Rg3 Qb7 28. Qc4 cb429. Qb4 Qa6 30. Rg4 c2 31. Rdd4 Rc8 32. Rc4 Rfc7 33
. Qa4 Qc4 34. Rc4 Rc435. Qb3 Ne6 36. f4 Kh8 37. h5 Nd4 38. Qd3 Rc3 39. Qd4 Rb3 4
0. Qb6 Rb641. Bb6 gh5 42. Bf2 Kg8 43. f5 Rc4