Game Analisis

Packet 1

(1) Faerman,Igor (2230) - Afek,Yochanan (2390) [B31]

ISR Israel (1), 1996
[Tyomkin,D]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0–0 Bg7 6.Re1 [6.d3 d6 7.Re1 e5 8.c3!?
instead of 8.a3 like in the game 8...Ne7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Nxd4 0–0 12.Nc3 Qb6
13.Nb3 c5 (13...Rd8 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Rc1±) 14.Bg5 Bxc3?! (¹14...Re8 15.Bxe7 Bxc3)
15.bxc3 f6 16.Bh6 Rd8 17.Qf3± Kf7 18.Bg5 Ng8 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Rd2 Kg7 21.Bh4 g5
22.Bg3 Rd7 23.e5 1–0 Petsetidi,M-Nikolaidis,I/8th Open, Ano Liosia GRE 1997] 6...e5
7.d3 d6 8.a3! Be6 [8...a5 9.a4 Nf6 10.Na3 0–0 (10...Be6!?) 11.Nc4² (11.Bd2?! Ne8 12.Bc3
f6 13.Nd2 Be6 ½–½ Gavrikov,V-Bhend,E/Brocco op 1991) ] 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.b4 cxb4
[10...h6 11.Nf3 cxb4 12.axb4 Ne7 13.Be3 a5 14.Qd2 (14.bxa5!? Rxa5 15.Rxa5 Qxa5
16.Nbd2 0–0 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Qa1!?²) 14...axb4 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Qxb4²] 11.axb4 a5
12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Rxa5 Qxa5 14.Na3 Bg4?! [14...Ne7 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Bd2²] 15.f3 [15.Bd2!?
Qxa3 16.Qxg4 Ne7 (16...Qa8 17.Bc3!) 17.Rb1 0–0 18.Qd7 Bf6 19.h4!± …g3,¢g2] 15...Bd7
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.f4! ‰[white has advantage in development,and should play active]
[17.Ba3?! c5; 17.d4 exd4 (17...h6) ; 17.Ba3] 17...f6 [17...Ne7 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Ba3 c5
20.Qb1 0–0 21.Qb6±] 18.fxe5! fxe5 19.d4! h6 [19...exd4 20.Bf4 (20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxd4+-)
20...Be5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Nf3! (22.Qxd4 exd4 23.Bxc7±) 22...Bg4 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Nxe5
Bxd1 25.Rxd1 c5 26.Ra1+-] 20.dxe5! hxg5 [20...Bxe5 21.Nf3+-] 21.Nxd6+ Kd8 22.Bxg5+
Ne7 23.Nf7+ Ke8 24.Nd6+ Kd8 25.Nf7+ [¹25.e6 won faster 25...Bxe6 26.Nf5+ Ke8
27.Nxg7+ Kf7 28.Qf3+ Kxg7 29.Bf6++-] 25...Ke8 26.Nxh8 Bxh8 27.Bf6 Bxf6 28.exf6 Nc8
29.Qd2! Now everything is easy job 29...Qd6 30.Qxd6 Nxd6 31.e5 Nb5 32.e6 Bc8 33.e7
Nc7 34.Rb1 [34.Rb1 Nb5 35.Rd1] 1–0

(2) Gershon,Alik (2255) - Solak,Dragan (2435) [B66]

Wch U16 Menorca (8), 1996
[Tsesarsky]
1.e4 HarZvi 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0
h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.h3 Na5 [13...Nxd4 Har Zvi 14.Bxd4 b4
15.Ne2 Bc6 16.Ng3 a5 17.Rhf1 0–0 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Qe3 Bg5 21.Qe2 Rae8?
the phearpes of this move is not clear to me,black should play something on the queen
side not this strange move,21...¥d5 seems very logical with chances for both sides 22.Nh5!
g6?! black misses white's next move,22...¦c8 was essential 23.g3!!

a move which one can miss although it is not very good since now black's position
becames very difficult,maybe even losing 23...f5 24.h4 Bd8 25.Nf4 Kh7 (25...g5 Har Zvi
Ftacnik 26.Qh5 Nb8 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.Bc4 Rfe8 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Bxe6+-) 26.Bc4 (26.g4
Har Zvi 26...Bxh4 (26...Rg8 Har Zvi Ftacnik 27.h5!) 27.Nxg6! 1–0 Illescas Cordoba,M-
Kortschnoj,V/Madrid (02) ;CBM 53 1996(27.Nxg6 Har Zvi 27...Kxg6 28.gxf5+ Kg7 a)
28...exf5 29.Qg4+ (29.Rxf5+- Rxf5 30.Qg4+ Kf7 31.Bxf5+-) ; b) 28...Rxf5 29.Qg4+;
29.Rg1+ Bg5 30.f6+ Nxf6 (30...Kg8 31.Qh5) 31.exf6+ Rxf6 32.Rxg5+ hxg5 33.Qh5) )
26...Bd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qa6 Nb6 29.Qxa5] 14.g4 Nc4 [14...b4 15.Nce2 Nc4 16.Bxc4
Qxc4 17.Ng3 a5 18.Rhf1 Qa6 19.g5 hxg5 20.fxg5 Nh5 21.Nxh5 Rxh5 22.e5 g6 23.exd6
Bxd6 24.Bf4 e5 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Qe3 Bxh3 27.Qxe5+ Kf8 28.Rf6 Qb7 29.Nc6 Bg2
30.Nd8 1–0 Hodgson,J-Csom,I/Tel Aviv ;CBM 07 1988] 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.g5 [16.e5! b4!
(16...dxe5? 17.fxe5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 (18...Qxd5 19.Rhf1± (19.Nf5 Qxd2 20.Nxg7+ Kf8
21.Rxd2 Bc6–+) ) 19.Nf5±) 17.exf6 bxc3 18.fxg7 (18.Qg2 Rb8 19.b3 (19.fxe7 Rxb2+
20.Kc1 Qxa2–+) 19...Bxf6µ) 18...Rg8 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Rxg7 21.Kc1²; 16.Qd3 Rc8
17.a3 b4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.e5! dxe5 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.Nb3 Bc6 23.Rh2 Ng5
(23...0–0 24.Na5!? (24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.Nxc5 a5 26.Rd6 Rc8²) ) 24.Bc5 Rxb3! a) 24...Bxc5
25.Nxc5 a5 26.Rd6±; b) 24...Rb8 25.Bxe7 (25.Bd6 Rd8) 25...Kxe7 26.Rd6 Rhc8 27.Nd4!
Ba8 28.Kc1 a5 29.Ra6 Rc5 30.h4 Nh7 (30...Nf3? 31.Rxa8+-; 30...Ne4? 31.Rxa8+-)
31.Re2±; 25.Bxe7 Rb8 (25...Rxc3? 26.Bxg5+-) 26.Ba3! (26.Bd6 Rd8 … f6; 26.Bc5 Ne4
27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.Rd6 Rc8! 29.Ba3 a5 30.Rhd2 Bd5 31.b3 f6 32.c4 Be4+ 33.Kb2 Kf7
34.Ra6 Rhd8„ …35.Re2 Ra8) 26...Ne4? (26...Rd8 27.Rd6 (27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Rd2+
Kc8 … ¦d8; 27.Rhd2 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Nf3„) 27...Rxd6 28.Bxd6² Niemela,A) 27.Nxe4 Bxe4
28.Rd6 a5 29.Rhd2 Bd5 ² Nouro,M-Niemela,A/Suomi 62/(222) 1994(29...Bd5 30.c4! Bxc4
31.Rd7 Bd5 32.Re7+ Kd8 33.Rxf7±) ] 16...hxg5 17.fxg5 b4? [17...Nh5 18.g6 f6 19.Nce2 b4
20.b3 Qc7 21.Qd3=] 18.gxf6 bxc3 19.fxg7 Rg8 20.Qg2 cxb2 21.h4! e5 22.h5! exd4
23.Rxd4 Qc3 24.h6 Be6 25.h7 Kd7 26.hxg8Q [26.h8Q Bxa2+ 27.Kxa2 b1Q+ 28.Kxb1
Rab8+ 29.Kc1 Qxe3+ 30.Rd2 Qa3+ 31.Kd1 Rxh8 32.Qg4+ Kc7 33.gxh8R Rxh8 34.Rxh8
Qa1+ 35.Ke2 Qxh8 36.Qf5±] 26...Rxg8 27.Rd3?! [27.Qd2! Qxd2 a) 27...Bxa2+ 28.Kxa2
b1Q+ 29.Rxb1+-; b) 27...Qa3 28.c4 Bf6 29.Rd3 Qa4 30.Rxd6+ Kc7 31.Bb6+ Kb7 (31...Kc8
32.Rh8+-) 32.Bd4+-; 28.Rxd2 Rxg7 29.Bf4 (29.Kxb2 Rg4 30.e5 Rb4+ 31.Ka1 Re4 32.Bd4
Bg5 33.Rd3 Bc4 34.Rdd1 Be2 35.Rdg1 Bf4 36.Bc3 dxe5 37.Kb2 Ke6=; 29.e5 Rg4
30.exd6 Bf6 31.Rf2 Be5 32.Bc5 Ra4 33.a3 Kc6 34.Re1 Bg3=) 29...Rg4 30.Bxd6 Bxd6
(30...Bxa2+? 31.Kxa2 Bxd6 (31...b1Q+ 32.Kxb1 Rxe4+-) 32.Rhd1+-) 31.Rhd1±; 27.e5!
Rxg7 28.Qb7+ Qc7 29.Qxb2+-] 27...Rxg7! 28.Rxc3 Rxg2 29.Bd4 [29.Rd3 Re2 30.Kxb2
(30.Bd4 Rxe4 31.Kxb2 Bc4©) 30...Bc4=] 29...Rg4?! [29...Re2 30.Re3 (30.Kxb2 Rxe4²)
30...Rxe3 (30...Rg2) 31.Bxe3 Bf6 32.Bd2 d5 33.exd5 Bxd5 34.Rh6±] 30.Bb6!± [30.Re3 f5
31.exf5 Bxf5 32.Bxb2 Rg2 33.Rc3 Bf6 34.Rc4 Bd3!? (34...d5 35.Rd1±) 35.cxd3 Rxb2+
36.Kc1 Rxa2 37.Rh7+ Ke6 38.Rc2 Ra1+ 39.Kd2 a5 40.Rc8²] 30...Bf6 [30...Rxe4? 31.Rc7+
Ke8 32.Rh8+ Bf8 33.a3 Rc4 34.Ra7 Bf5 35.Ra8+ Bc8 (35...Rc8 36.Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.Be3+-)
36.Be3+-] 31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Rg1 [32.c3? Rxe4=] 32...Be5 [32...Rxg1+ 33.Bxg1 Be5 34.c3
d5 35.Rc5 Bd6 36.Rc6+-] 33.Rxg4 Bxg4 34.c3 Bf3™ 35.Bd4 [35.Kxb2 Bxe4 36.Ra7 Bd3
37.Kb3 d5 38.Bc5 Bc4+ 39.Kc2 Bf6 40.a4 Bg5 41.Bd6 f5 42.Rg7 Bd8 43.Be5±] 35...Bf4
36.Kxb2 Bxe4 37.Bf6 Be5 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.c4 f6 40.Kc3 Kd8 41.Ra7+- f5 42.Kb4?! [42.a4
f4 43.a5 Bc6 (43...f3 44.Kd2 Bc6 45.Ke3 (45.Rxa6 Kd7 46.Rb6 (46.Ra7+) 46...Kd6 47.Ke3
e4 48.Kd4 f2 (48...Kc7 49.Rb1 (49.c5 f2 50.Rb1 Bb5=) 49...Bb7 50.Rb2 Kc8 (50...Bc6
51.a6 Kd7 52.a7 Kc7 53.Ke3 Bb7 54.c5 Kc8 55.c6+-) ) 49.Rb1+-) 45...e4 46.Rxa6+-)
44.Rxa6 Kd7 45.Ra7+ Ke6 46.Rh7 Bg2 47.Rh6+ Kf5; 42.Rxa6 f4 43.Kd2 (43.Re6 f3
44.Kd2 f2 45.Rf6+- (45.Ke2? Bd3+ 46.Kxf2 Bxc4 47.Rd6+ Kc7 48.Rd2 Kb6 49.Rb2+ Ka5
50.a3 Bd3 51.Rb4 e4 52.Ke3 Bc2 53.Kd4 Bd3 54.Rb8 Bc2 55.Kc5 Ka4 56.Ra8+ Kb3
57.a4 e3 58.a5 e2 59.Re8 Bd3 60.Kb6 Kc2=) ) 43...Bb1 44.a4 e4 45.Rf6 f3 46.a5 Ke7
47.Rf4 Kd6 48.a6 Kc7 49.Rf7+ Kb8 50.Rb7++-] 42...f4 43.Kc5? [43.Kc3 f3 44.Kd2+-]
43...f3 [43...Ke8 44.Kd6 f3 45.Ke6 Bc6=] 44.Kd6 [44.Kb4? Ke8 45.Rxa6 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Kf6
47.Ra6+ Kg5 48.Rd6 f2 49.Rd1 Bd3 50.a4 e4 51.Kc3 Kf4 52.a5 Be2 53.Ra1 e3 54.a6
Bf3–+] 44...Ke8 45.Ke6 Bc6 46.Rh7 [46.Rxa6?? f2 47.Rxc6 Kd8 48.Rd6+ Kc8 49.Rd1 e4
50.Kd6 e3 51.Rh1 e2 52.Kc6 Kd8–+] 46...Kf8 47.Rf7+? [47.Kf6! Kg8 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Rc7
Be8 50.Rh7 Kg8 51.Rh1 e4 52.Ke5 Bc6 53.Kd4 Kf7 54.Ke3 Ke6 55.Rh7+-] 47...Kg8
48.Rxf3 ½–½

(3) Ehlvest,Jaan (2660) - De la Villa Garcia,Jesus Maria (2525) [D85]

San Roque San Roque (3), 1996
[Ftacnik,L]
1.d4 Avrukh,B 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5
8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 0–0 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Nc6 13.d5 [13.Nb3 Avrukh,B
13...Rd8 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bd2 Na6 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Ba5 Re8 18.0–0 f5 19.f3 fxe4 20.fxe4
Bd7² Vyzmanavin-Krasenkov 1992] 13...Nb4 [13...Ne5 Avrukh,B ] 14.Bc4 [14.Bc5!? Nxa2
15.Rc2 Nc3 16.Bb4 Na4 17.Bb5 a5 18.Bxe7 Nc3 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Nc4 Nxb5 21.Nb6 Rb8
22.Nxc8 Nd4 23.Rc7 b5 24.0–0 a4 25.d6 1–0 Oehr,R-Bachmann,A/RLNS 8788/1988 (37)]
14...Bb2 15.Rb1 Nc2+ 16.Ke2 Nxe3 17.Rxb2 Nxg2 [17...Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rd8 19.Rc1²]
18.Kf3! [18.Rc1 g5 19.Bb3 Nf4+ 20.Ke3 Bh3 21.Rbc2 Rac8 22.Nc4 e6 23.Nd6 Rxc2
24.Rxc2 exd5 25.exd5 Rd8 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Rc7 Kg7 28.d6 Bxe4 29.Kxe4 Rxd6 30.Rxf7+
Kg6 31.Rxb7 Rd2 ½–½ Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/HUN/1981 (41)] 18...Nh4+ 19.Kg3 g5 20.f4
h6 [20...Ng6 21.fxg5 Ne5 22.Kf4! Ng6+ 23.Ke3±] 21.Nf3! Nxf3 22.Kxf3 White believes to
have plenty of compensation, since on top of his strong pawn center all of his pieces are
more active. 22...b6 [22...Kh8 23.Rc1 b6 24.Bb3 xc7; 22...Kg7 Avrukh,B 23.Rc1] 23.Rg1
Bb7 [23...f6 24.d6+ e6 (24...Kg7! Avrukh,B 25.Bd5 Rb8 26.dxe7 Re8³) 25.h4‚ (25.f5 Kf7
26.Rc1 Rd8 27.Rd2 Bd7 28.Bb3 Rdc8 29.Rdc2±) ] 24.fxg5 Rac8 25.Bb3 Rc3+ [25...h5
Avrukh,B 26.d6 (26.Ke3 Kg7 27.Kd4 Rc5!?=) 26...exd6 27.g6 d5!=] 26.Kf4 Kh7
[26...hxg5+ 27.Rxg5+ Kh7 28.Rh5+ Kg6 29.Rh4!±; 26...h5 Avrukh,B ] 27.gxh6 Kxh6
28.Rbg2 Ba6™ [28...Rh3 Avrukh,B ] 29.Rg3 [29.Rg4 Rh3„] 29...Rxg3? [29...Rfc8±;
29...Rfc8 Avrukh,B 30.Rg7 Be2] 30.Rxg3 f6 31.Bd1! Bc4 32.Kf5! Rc8 [32...Bxa2 Avrukh,B
33.Ke6! Re8 34.Kf7 Rc8 35.Kxe7 f5 36.d6±] 33.Bb3?! [33.Ke6! Rc7 34.Kf7!? (34.Bg4
Bxa2 (34...Kg5 35.Be2+ Kf4 36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.Kxe7 Rxe4+ 38.Kxf6+-) 35.Bf5 Kh5!÷)
34...Bxa2 35.Rg6+ Kh7 36.Bg4! e6+ 37.Kxf6 exd5 38.e5 d4÷ (38...d4 Avrukh,B 39.e6 Bb1
40.Rg5+-) ] 33...b5 34.Bxc4 [34.Ke6 Rc7 35.Rg8 Bd3 36.Kf5 a5„] 34...bxc4 [34...Rxc4
Avrukh,B 35.Rh3+ Kg7 36.Ra3 Rc7 37.Ra6±] 35.Rc3 Rc7 36.a4 [36.e5 Avrukh,B
36...fxe5 37.Kxe5 Rc8 38.Kd4 Kg5 39.Rxc4 Rh8] 36...Kg7 37.e5 [37.Ke6 Kg6 38.d6 exd6
39.Kxd6 Rh7„] 37...fxe5 38.Kxe5 Rc8 39.Ke6 Rc7 40.a5“ [40.h4²; 40.a5? Avrukh,B 40...a6
1–0 Ehlvest,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/San Roque 1996/57/[Avrukh,B](40...a6! Avrukh,B 41.d6
(41.h4 Rc5=) 41...exd6 42.Kxd6 Rc8 43.Kd5 (43.h4 Kf6 44.Kd5 Rh8 45.Rxc4 Rh5+=)
43...Rh8 44.Kxc4 Rxh2 45.Kc5 Kf7 46.Kb6 Rh6+ 47.Kb7 Ke7 48.Rb3 Kd7 49.Rb6 Rh5
50.Kxa6 Kc7=) ; 40.d6 Avrukh,B 40...exd6 41.Kxd6 Rc8 42.Kd5 Rh8 43.Rxc4 Rxh2
44.Rc7+ Kf6 45.Rxa7 Rd2+=; ¹40.h4 Avrukh,B 40...Kg6 41.d6 exd6 42.Kxd6 Rc8 43.Kd5
With good wining chances.] 1–0

(4) Yemelin,Vasily (2460) - Nepomniashchy,Mikhail I (2480) [B87]

St Petersburg-ch St Petersburg (5), 1996
[Boensch,U]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6
10.0–0–0 0–0 [10...Nbd7 11.Be3 (11.Rhe1 0–0 12.Qg3 Nc5 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Nf5 exf5
15.exf5 Qd8 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.f6 Ne6 19.fxg7 (19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Bxe6 gxh6
21.Bxc8 Rxc8 (21...Nxf6 22.Qf3 Qxe7 23.Qxa8÷) 22.Qf4÷) 19...N8xg7 20.Re1 Kh8 21.Nb6?
(21.Ne7!÷) 21...Ra7 22.Nxc8 Qxc8 23.Rxe6 fxe6 0–1 Balzar,A-Moiseev,V/BL2-W 1994)
11...Qb7 12.Qg3 0–0 13.Nd5 Nc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nc6 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Qc7 17.Qxd6
Qxd6 18.Rxd6 ½–½ Trapl,J-Stohl,I/CSR-ch 1986] 11.Be3 [11.Rhe1 Nc6 12.Be3 Qb7
13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd4 Bb7 15.Qg3 e5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qc7 18.Qc3² ½–½ Oll,L-
Zagrebelny,S/Tashkent Agzamov mem 1986 (29)] 11...Qb7 12.g4 Nc6 [12...b4!?] 13.g5
Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Nd7 15.Qh5 Nc5 [15...b4? 16.Nd5 exd5 (16...Bd8 17.Rhg1+-) 17.Bxd5 Qb8
18.g6! hxg6 19.Qxg6 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Rhg1+-] 16.Rhg1 Re8 [16...b4 17.Bf6 Re8
(17...bxc3 18.Qh6!+-) 18.Rg4 bxc3 19.Rh4 h6 20.Rg1 Qb5 21.Qxh6!!+-] 17.Rg3 Nxb3+
18.axb3 e5 19.Nd5 g6 Missing a very clever defence: [19...exd4 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.gxf6 Kh8
(21...Kf8 22.Qg5! (22.Qh6 Rd8 (22...Rxe4 23.fxg7+ Kg8 24.Qxh7++-) 23.Qxg7+ Ke8
24.Qg8+ Kd7 25.Qxf7+ Kc6 26.Qd5+±) 22...gxf6 23.Qxf6 Re6 24.Qd8+ Re8 25.Qxd6+
Re7 26.Rdg1+-) 22.Rdd3 (22.Rxd4 Rg8 23.e5 dxe5 24.Qxh7+ Kxh7 25.Rh4#) 22...Bf5™
(22...Qxe4 23.Qxf7+-) 23.Qxf5 g6 (23...Qxe4 24.Qg5 Qg6 25.fxg7+ Kg8 26.Qd2+-) 24.Qg5
Re6 25.Rh3+-; 19...Kh8™ 20.Bc3 a) 20.Qxf7?? Bxg5+ 21.Rxg5 Qxf7–+; b) 20.g6 fxg6
21.Rxg6 Bf8! (21...exd4? 22.Rxg7 Kxg7 23.Rg1+ and mates) 22.Bc3 (22.Rdg1 Be6
23.Bc3 Bf7) 22...Qf7÷; 20...Be6 21.f4 b4!÷] 20.Qh6 Kh8 [20...f5 21.gxf6 Bf8 22.Rxg6+ Kh8
23.Qh5 Be6 24.Rdg1 exd4 25.Rg7 Bxg7 26.Rxg7 Qxg7 27.fxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qg5++-]
21.Bxe5+!! [21.Nf6 Bxf6 22.gxf6 Rg8 23.Rdd3 (23.Bxe5 Qxe4) 23...g5 is not as strong]
21...dxe5 22.Nf6 [22.Nf6 This is mate in three so Black resigned. The finish would be:
22...Bxf6 23.gxf6 Rg8 24.Rd8 Be6 25.Qg7#] 1–0

(5) Movsesian,Sergei (2635) - Polgar,Sofia (2480) [C54]

Bad Homburg Bad Homburg (6), 1996
[Alterman,B]
1.e4 Petursson 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 Bb6 7.Bb3 Be6 8.Bc2
0–0 [8...h6!? 9.Nbd2 a6] 9.h3 d5 10.Qe2 h6 11.Rd1 Qe7?! [11...Re8! 12.Nbd2 a6=] 12.b4!
a6 13.Ba3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Na7 15.c4!ƒ [15.Nxe5? Bxh3 16.Nf3 Bg4³] 15...c5 16.b5 Ba5?!
[16...axb5 17.cxb5 Rfd8 18.Nc3 Nc8 19.Bb2 c4 (19...Rxd1+! 20.Rxd1 Bc7²) 20.Nxe5 Bxh3
21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Nd5±] 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.Nbd2? [18.Nc3! axb5 19.cxb5 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 f6
21.a4±] 18...f6 19.Nf1 Qf7 20.Ne3 Nb6 21.Nd5 axb5 22.cxb5 Rfd8 [22...Nxd5 23.exd5
Bxd5?? 24.Rxd5+-] 23.Nh4 [23.Bb3] 23...c4 [23...Nxd5 24.exd5 Bxd5 (24...Rxd5 25.Qe4
Kf8 26.Ng6+ Ke8 27.Nf4! Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1±) 25.Rxd5! Rxd5 26.Qe4 Rad8 27.Qh7+ Kf8
28.Ng6+ Ke8 29.Nxe5‚] 24.a4 g5! 25.Nxb6 Bxb6 26.Nf3?!= [26.Nf5! Bxf5 27.exf5 Bd4
28.Rab1 Nc8 (28...Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Rd4 30.Rb4 Rc8 31.a5²) 29.Ba3²] 26...Qc7 27.Rac1 Qc5
28.Bc3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Nc8 30.Qe1 [30.Nh2?! Nd6 31.Bc2 Ba5„] 30...Qc7 31.Nd2 Bd4
[31...Nd6! 32.Nb1 Bc5=] 32.Nb1 Ne7 33.Qf1 Qc5 34.g3 Nc8 35.Qe1 Kg7 [35...Bxh3!?
36.Bb4 Qc7 37.Nc3 (37.Qe2 Be6) 37...Be6 (37...Ne7) 38.Nd5 Bxd5 39.exd5©] 36.Kg2
Nb6?“ 37.Bb4 Qc8 38.a5 Nd7 39.Bg4 Bf7 40.Nd2± c3 41.Nf3 h5 42.Bf5 Qc4 43.Bxc3 Bxc3
44.Rxc3 [44.Qxc3 Qxb5 45.Qc7 Nf8 46.Rc5±] 44...Qxb5 45.Qd2 Nf8 46.Nxg5!+- fxg5
[46...Qxa5 Petursson 47.Nxf7 Kxf7 48.Qc1 Black does not have a sufficient defence to the
threat Rc7+ and a following invasion on the seventh rank; 46...Bc4 47.Qc1+-] 47.Qxg5+
Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kg8 49.Rc7 Qb3 50.Qg5+ Kh8 51.Qe7! Kg8 [51...Kg7 52.Rxb7 Qa2 53.Qg5+
Kh8 54.Rb6+-] 52.Rxb7 Qc4 53.Rc7 Qa2 54.Qg5+ Kh8 55.Rc6 1–0

(6) Schlosser,Philipp (2560) - Petrosian,Arshak B (2480) [D55]

GER-ARM Baden-Baden (1), 1996
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 0–0 8.Qb3 c6 9.Rd1 Nd7
10.Bd3 a5 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.b3 g6 13.0–0 Bg7 14.e4 dxc4 [14...dxe4 15.Nxe4²] 15.Bxc4
[¹15.bxc4!? c5 (15...Bxd4 16.Be2 e5 (16...c5 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.c5 Nd7 (18...Qc7?? 19.Nb5
Qc6 20.Nxd4 Qc7 21.cxb6+-) 19.Rxd4 Qc7 (19...Qf6 20.Rd6! Nxc5?? 21.Nd5!) 20.Na4±)
17.Nxe5) 16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Bg4 18.Be2± ×b5] 15...Qe7 16.e5 c5 [16...Nd7!? 17.Ne4 c5]
17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 [19.Rxd5?! Be6 20.Rd6 Bg4 21.Qxg6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 b5„]
19...Bg4 20.Rfe1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 … £e4,f4± 22...Bxe5? 23.Rxe5! Qxe5
24.Qxg6+ Qg7 25.Qf5 Kh8 [25...Ra6 26.Rg1 Rg6? 27.Rxg6 ’ a2-g8] 26.Rg1 Rg8 [26...Qd4
27.Be4+-] 27.Rxg7 Rxg7 28.Qf4 Rd8 29.Qxh6+ Kg8 30.Qh5 Rd6 31.Qe5 Rgg6 1–0

(7) Seul,Georg (2445) - Miezis,Normunds (2530) [E12]

Bonn GSK Bonn, 1996
[Petursson]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.0–0 Be7 7.c4 0–0 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.exd4 d5
10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Rc1 g6 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.g3 Qd6 16.Bh3 Rcd8
17.a3 Kg7 18.Bg2 Rfe8 19.Qd3 Qd7 20.h4 a6 21.b4 b5 22.Qd2 Qf5 23.Rcd1 h5 24.Re2
Re4 25.Re3 Nxd4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Ree1 Qf6 29.Qe2 Qe5 30.Kh2 f5 31.f3?
f4! 32.fxe4 fxg3+ 33.Kh1 Qf4 34.Rxd4 Qxh4+ 35.Kg1 Qh2+ 36.Kf1 Rf8+ [36...Rxd4??
37.Qb2+-] 37.Bf3 Qh1# 0–1
(8) Nikolic,Predrag (2670) - Hracek,Zbynek (2625) [E15]
Rubinstein Memorial 33rd Polanica Zdroj (2), 1996
[Dautov]
1.d4 Tsesarsky 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.0–0 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Rd1 [10.Bf4 Tsesarsky 10...a6 11.Nc3 Qb7+ 12.f3 Be7 13.Rfd1 0–0
14.Rd2 h6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.e4 d6 17.Nde2 Ne8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qb3 Ra7
21.Ne4 Nd7 22.Bc3÷ ½–½ Piket,J-Karpov,A/Amber rapid 1993 (73)] 10...Bc5?! [10...Be7 ¹
11.Nc3 0–0 (11...a6) 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rac1 Be7 15.e4 Nc6 16.Nxc6 dxc6=
Tunik-Schneider,A/Podolsk GMA-qual/1989(16...dxc6 Tsesarsky 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Rcd1
Rfd8= 1–0 Tunik,G-Shneider,A/Podolsk GMA-qual ;EXT 89 1989 (39)) ; 10...Nc6
Tsesarsky 11.Nxc6 Qxc6+ 12.Qxc6 dxc6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Nd2 0–0–0 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.Rab1
Rhe8 17.b4 f6 18.Bd6 ½–½ Kortschnoj,V-Keres,P/Luhacovice (12) ;MCL 02 1969;
10...Na6 Tsesarsky 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Qc2 a6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rac1 d6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.b4
Bxd4 17.Rxd4 Nb7 18.Ne4 Qc6 19.b5 Qc7 20.Qd2± 1–0 Inkiov,V-Ostenstad,B/Gausdal
PG ;EXT 88op 1988 (38)] 11.Nc3 Qb7+ [11...0–0 Tsesarsky 12.Nf3?! (12.Bg5²) 12...Qb7
13.Bf4 Nc6 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Ne5 16.Qb5 Nxf3 17.exf3 Rac8 18.Qa4 Rc5 19.Nb5 ½–
½ Bobotsov,M-Keres,P/Sofia 8/526 1969] 12.f3 0–0 [12...a6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Qb3 Nc6
15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Rd4 Rg8 18.Rad1 Ra7 19.Ne4± Nikolic,Pr-
Nikolac/JUG/1984] 13.Bg5 Rc8 [13...Be7 14.Ne4 (14.e4 h6 15.Be3 Nc6„) 14...Nxe4
(14...Rc8 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Bh6²) 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Ba3 (16.Qa3 Tsesarsky 16...d5 17.Bh4
Nc5 18.cxd5²) 16...Nc5 17.Qc2² (17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Nb5 Rd8÷) ] 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4
Be7 …f5 [15...Kg7 Tsesarsky 16.Nb5] 16.g4!² h5? [16...Nc6? 17.Nb5±; 16...a6 17.Rd2
Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 (18...dxc6 19.Rad1²) 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Rd4²; 16...Qc7 Tsesarsky 17.b3
(17.Rac1 Qe5„) 17...Qe5 18.Rd3²; 16...a6 Tsesarsky …¤c6] 17.Qb5! Kg7 [17...hxg4
18.Qh5 (18.Kf2? f5) 18...f5 (18...gxf3+? 19.Kf2+- …¦g1; 18...Rxc4? 19.Qxg4+ Kf8 20.Qh4±;
18...Nc6? 19.Qxg4+ Kf8 20.Qh4 Kg7 21.Nxc6 dxc6 22.Rg1+-) 19.Ng5 (19.Nd6!! Bxd6
20.Nxf5 exf5 21.Rxd6 White Queen must remain in H5! 21...gxf3+ (21...Rc6 22.Rad1 Rxd6
23.Rxd6+-) 22.Kf2 Qe4 23.Rg1+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qf6+ Kf8 26.exf3 Qc2+ 27.Kg3 f4+
28.Qxf4 Qxc4 (28...Qh7 29.Rh6 Qg7+ 30.Kh3 Qxg1 31.Rh8++-) 29.Qh6+ Ke8 30.Qh8+
Ke7 31.Qe5+ Kf8 (31...Kd8 32.Rh6!+-) 32.Re1+-) 19...Bxg5 20.Qxg5+ Kf8 (20...Kh7?
21.Nxf5! (21.Kf2 Rxc4 22.Qh5+=) 21...exf5 22.Rd6! (22.Qxf5+? Kg8 23.Rd6 gxf3+ 24.exf3
(24.Kf2 Qc7!=) 24...Rc5 25.Rg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qg6+=) 22...Rc6™
23.Qxf5+ Kh8 24.Rad1 gxf3+ 25.Kf2 Rxd6™ 26.Rxd6+-) 21.Nb5 a) 21.Qh6+ Tsesarsky
21...Ke7™ =(21...Kg8?? 22.h3! …‚ ‘ G , H 22...Rxc4 23.hxg4+-) ; b) 21.Nxf5 exf5 22.Rd6
Rc6=; 21...gxf3+ (21...Rxc4 22.Nd6 gxf3+ 23.Kf2±) 22.exf3 Rxc4 23.Qd8+ Kg7 24.Rg1
Kh7 25.Kf2 Qc8 26.Qg5 Qc5+ 27.Kf1 Rg4 28.Qh5+ Kg7 29.Rxg4+ fxg4 30.Qxc5 bxc5
31.Nc7+-] 18.Ng3! [18.Qxh5 d5! (18...Rxc4? 19.g5 fxg5 20.Nxg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5+ Kf8
22.Qd8+ Kg7 23.Kf2+-) 19.cxd5 Rh8 20.Nf5+ exf5 21.Qxf5²] 18...h4!? [18...hxg4 19.Qh5
Rc5 (19...gxf3+? 20.Kh3 (20.exf3 Tsesarsky 20...Rc5 21.Ngf5+ Rxf5 22.Nxf5+ exf5 23.Kh1
Bc5 24.Rg1+ Bxg1 25.Rxg1+ Kf8 26.Re1 Kg7 27.Re7+-) 20...Rg8 (20...Rc5 21.Ngf5+)
21.Ngf5+ Kf8 22.Rg1+-) 20.Ndf5+! (20.Qxg4+ Rg5 21.Qf4 Nc6„ …¦h8) 20...exf5 21.Nxf5+
Rxf5 22.Qxf5 gxf3+ 23.exf3 …¦d4‚ 23...Nc6 (23...Qc6 24.Rd4 Qe6 25.Rg4+ Kf8 26.Qh7‚)
24.Rxd7 Qa6 25.Rc7 Qxc4 26.Qe4! Qxe4 27.fxe4±; 18...Rc5 Tsesarsky 19.Nxh5+±]
19.Nh5+ Kg8 20.Qb3± …£e3-h6 20...Qc7 21.Qd3 [21.Qe3 Qe5 22.Qh6? Qg5=] 21...Na6
[21...Qxc4? Tsesarsky 22.Qe3 Rc5 23.Rac1+- (23.Qh6) ; 21...Nc6 Tsesarsky 22.Nb5
(22.Nxc6 dxc6 23.Qd4 Qe5 24.Qxe5 fxe5 25.Rd7 Kf8²) 22...Qe5 23.f4 Qc5 (23...Qxb2
24.Rdb1+-) 24.Nd6±] 22.Rac1 [22.Qd2 Qe5] 22...Nc5? [22...Qe5 23.f4 Qc7 24.Qf3± ×h4;
22...Nb4 ¹ 23.Qd2 Qe5 (23...f5 Tsesarsky 24.Qh6 (24.gxf5 Qe5 25.a3 Nc6 26.Kh1 Kh7
27.e4±) 24...Qe5 25.gxf5 Qh8™ 26.Qxh8+ Kxh8 27.a3 Nc6 28.f6 Bc5 29.Nxc6 dxc6
30.Rd7+-) 24.a3 Nc6] 23.Qd2 Qe5? [23...Kh7™ 24.b4 (24.Qe1 f5 25.gxf5 Rg8+ 26.Kh1
Qe5÷) 24...Na6 (24...Nb7? 25.Nb5 Qe5 26.Qc2+± …¦d7) 25.a3±] 24.b4 Na6 25.Nf5!+-
[25.Nf5 Bxb4 (25...exf5 26.Qh6 Qxe2+ 27.Kg1+-; 25...Bf8 26.Nh6+ Kh7 27.Nxf7+-) 26.Qh6
Qxe2+ 27.Kg1 Bc5+ 28.Nd4+-] 1–0

(9) Barus,Cerdas (2410) - Tkachiev,Vladislav (2620) [E94]

Jakarta Jakarta, 1996
[Petursson]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.0–0 e5 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8
10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 b6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Rb1 Nac5 15.b4 Ne6 16.Re1 Bb7
17.Nd5 c6 18.Nc3 f5 19.Nb3 Rd8 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Bf3? [21.c5 f4 22.a4 Kh8 23.cxb6 axb6
24.a5 b5 25.Ra1÷] 21...f4 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Ng5 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.Bb4 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3
Qxh3 27.Bxf8 Bxf8 28.Qe2 Bxe4 White resigned. The end would be 29.fxe4 f3 30.Qf1
Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Ng4 and Black mates 0–1
(10) Hodgson,Julian M (2550) - Barus,Cerdas (2410) [D36]
Jakarta Jakarta, 1996
[Tsesarsky]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 0–0 9.Qc2
Re8 10.0–0 Nf8 11.Rab1 Be6 [11...a5!?] 12.b4 Rc8 [12...a6 13.Na4 (13.a4²) 13...N6d7
14.Bxe7 (14.Bf4) 14...Qxe7 15.Nc5 (15.Rfc1!?²) 15...Nxc5!? 16.bxc5 (16.Qxc5²) 16...Rad8
17.Rb2 (17.Bf5!?) 17...g6 18.Rfb1² Portisch,L-Yusupov,A/Bugojno 1986/0–1 (53);
12...N6d7!? 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b5²] 13.a4² a6 [13...Ng6 14.Nf4 Qd6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxg6
hxg6 17.Qxg6± 1–0 Zsinka,L-Janik,S/Balatonbereny op 1994 (36)] 14.a5 Ng4N [14...Nh5
15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.f3 g6 17.e4 Ng7 18.Qd2 Rcd8 19.e5 f6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Na4 Rf8 22.Rbc1
Rf7 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.bxc5² 0–1 Gutman,L-Hjartarson,J/Bad Woerishofen 1991 (42)]
15.Bf4 Bd6 16.h3 Nf6 [¹16...Bxf4 17.Nxf4 Nf6²] 17.Bg5!? Rc7 [17...Be7!?] 18.f3 h6 19.Bh4
Be7 20.Bf2 [20.e4?! dxe4 (20...Rd7? 21.e5 N6h7 22.Bxe7 Rdxe7 23.f4 Bc8 24.f5±)
21.fxe4 Rd7„] 20...N6h7 21.Kh1 Ng5 22.Bg3! [22.f4 Ngh7 23.f5 Bc8 24.e4 (24.Bg3 Rd7
(24...Bd6 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.e4 - The Game) 25.e4 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Ng5!³) 24...dxe4 25.Bxe4
(25.Nxe4? Bxf5) 25...Nf6 26.Bf3 Bd6„] 22...Bd6 [22...Rd7? 23.f4+-; 22...Rc8? 23.f4 Ngh7
24.f5 Bd7 25.e4 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Nf6 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.bxc5 Qxa5 29.Rxb7 Nd5 30.Rfb1±]
23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.f4 Ngh7 [24...Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Nxe4±] 25.f5 [25.e4 dxe4 26.Nxe4
Qd8 27.f5 Bd5 28.N4c3 Nf6 29.Nf4 Rd7 30.Rfe1 Rde7=] 25...Bc8 26.e4 dxe4™ 27.Nxe4
Qd8 [27...Qe7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Ng3‚] 28.f6 Rxe4 [28...Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6
30.Rf3‚] 29.fxg7 [29.Bxe4 Nxf6 30.Bf3 Ne6 31.Rbd1 Rd7 32.Qc3 Ng5„] 29...Re3
30.gxf8Q+ Nxf8 31.Nf4?! [31.Rf4 Rce7 32.Rbf1 Qd6 33.Qd2„] 31...Qxd4 32.Rbd1 Qe5
[32...Rd7 33.Bh7+ Nxh7 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qf2²] 33.Bc4 Bf5? [33...Be6! 34.Nxe6 (34.Bxe6
Nxe6 35.Nxe6 Qxe6 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rf4 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5 39.Qf2 Re3 40.Qh4 Re7
41.Qg4+ Qg5µ) 34...Nxe6 35.Rf5 Qe4 36.Qxe4 (36.Qf2 Rxh3+ 37.Kg1 Rc3 38.Bxe6 Qxe6
39.Rf6 Qe3–+) 36...Rxe4 37.Rc1µ] 34.Qf2„ Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Ne2!? [36.Ng6 Qe4
(36...Bxg6 37.Bxf7+ Bxf7 38.Qxf7+ Kh8 39.Qxd7 Qe7=) 37.Qxf5 (37.Ne7+ Qxe7 38.Qxf5
Ne5 39.Bxf7+ Nxf7 40.Qg6+ Kh8 41.Qxf7= (41.Rxf7 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.Qg3 Rh1+–+) )
37...Qxc4 38.Kh2 Qe6 39.Qxe6 Rxe6 40.Rd1 Nf6 41.Nh4 Nd5µ] 36...Be6? [36...Kh8!
37.Qxf5 Qxf5 38.Rxf5 Ne5 39.Rxe5 Rxe5=] 37.Bxe6 Qxe6 38.Nd4!± Qe8? [38...Qc4
39.Nf5 Re6 40.Rd1±] 39.Nf5+- Re6 [39...Rd3 40.Qh4+-] 40.Qg3+ Rg6™ 41.Re1!
[41.Nxh6+ Kh7 42.Ng4±] 41...Qf8 42.Ne7+ Kg7 [42...Qxe7 43.Qxg6+ fxg6 44.Rxe7+-]
43.Nxg6 fxg6 44.Qc7 1–0