Tay, Junior - Comini, Giovanni
ICCF EM/M/A092, 2000
Junior Tay

C42. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 Nowadays, this variation is used as a drawing weapon in top flight OTB chess. 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6

[10...b6 an inspired idea by Kramnik played earlier at Linares against Kasparov. Kasparov took too much time to work out the advantage and had to concede a draw but later, he was less forgiving against Olafsson in a rapid tourney. 11.a3

(11.Ne5 Bb7 12.a3 (12.Re1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Qf3 c6 16.Bb3 Bd6 17.Bc2 Qc7 18.Qh3 g6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.c4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nb4 22.Bf5 Rxe5 23.Qc3 Rae8 24.f4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qd8 27.Qe5 f6 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qf7 Qd4+ 30.Kf1 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Kg3 Qe3+ 33.Kh4 Qf2+ 34.Kh3 1-0 Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Wattenscheid GER 2000/The Week in Chess 280 (34)) 12...Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Bf3 Na5 15.c5 c6 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Ng4 Bc8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.a4 Nc4 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Ba3 Nxa3 22.Rxa3 Be6 23.Qb3 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Linares ESP 2000 (23))

11...Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1

(14.Bf4 Bb7 15.c4 Qd8 16.d5 Na5 17.Qc2 Re8 18.Bd3 h6 19.Ne5 Rf8 20.Rfe1 Bg5 21.Bg3 Bc8 22.Rad1 Qf6 23.h4 Bf4 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Rd4 Bxg3 26.fxg3 g6 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Nxg6+ Kg7 29.Re7+ Rf7 30.Rf4 Bf5 31.Rxf5 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Rxe7 33.Nxe7 Qxa3 34.Qe4 1-0 Savanovic,A-Pavasovic,D/Bled SLO 2000/The Week in Chess 282 (34))

14...Bb7 15.Bd3 Rae8 16.c4

(16.Qc2 h6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Be4 Qd8 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.c4 Na5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 278 (21))

16...Qd8 17.d5 Nb8 18.Ne5

(18.Qc2 g6 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.Bb2 Nd7 21.f4 Bg7 22.Qf2 Nc5 23.Bc2 Qd6 24.Re3 f6 25.Ng4 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 Bc8 27.f5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nf2 Ne4 30.Nxe4 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares ESP 2000 (30))

18...Bf6 19.Bb2 g6 20.Qd2 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Bxb2 22.Nxf8 Bxa1 23.Nxg6 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 hxg6 25.Qxa1 c6 26.dxc6 Bxc6 27.Qc3 Qd6 28.Be2 Bd7 29.Qe3 Be6 30.h4 Kf8 31.g3 Ke7 32.g4 Kf8 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 Qc5 35.Qh6+ Kasparov,G-Olafsso n,H/Chess@iceland rapidplay Group A 2000/The Week in Chess 282/1-0 (64)]

[10...Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bf1 b6 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.g4 Be4 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nb3 21.Ra2 Bf3 22.Qe3 Na5 23.Rc2 f6 24.Bxc7 Rd7 25.Bg3 Bxg4 26.Bg2 Qb3 27.Rcc1 Qf7 28.d5 Qh5 29.c4 Nb7 30.a4 g5 31.Rc3 Qg6 32.Qd4 Bf5 33.Rce3 Nc5 34.a5 h5 35.axb6 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B 2000/The Week in Chess 282/ 1-0 (56)]

11.Ne5 the critical main line

[11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Bb3 Bg4 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.c4 Bd6 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Ne7 24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Be2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco MNC 2000/The Week in Chess/1/2-1/2 (49)]

11...f6 12.Nf3 For the "wasted" Ne5-f3 move, White gets to prevent Black's Bishop and Knights from accessing the f6 square. Moves like Re1 and eventually, Bd3+Qc2 are also likely to force more concessions from Black in the future. Also, the a2-g8 diagonal is weakened. All these motives were sucessfully exploited in the current game. Qd7?! #Looks logical but Black has to give up his light square Bishop. However, the other variations shows how Black gets tortured for a long time before reaching some semblance of equality. Definitely not fun for the CC player!

[12...Kh8 13.Qb3 Ivanchuk tried the tentative

(13.Re1 c5 14.Be3 (14.cxd5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nxd5 16.c4 Nc3 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.Bf1 Bf7 19.Nxd4 Bb4 20.a3 Ba5 21.Nb3 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 Bb6 23.a4 Rfd8 24.Bf1 Nd1 25.c5 Bxb3 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Re4 b5 28.a5 Bc4 29.Re7 Nc3 30.Bb2 Na4 31.Ba3 b6 32.a6 Rxa6 33.Rae1 h5 34.Bb4 Nc5 35.Bxc5 bxc5 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.Rc7 Re6 38.Rf1 Rd5 39.g3 Re2 40.Rc1 Rf5 41.Rxc4 Rfxf2 42.Rh4 Rf5 43.g4 Rd5 44.Rxh5+ Rxh5 45.gxh5 Re5 46.h6 gxh6 47.Kf2 Kg8 48.Kf3 Kf8 49.h4 h5 50.Rh7 Ke8 51.Rc7 Kd8 52.Rf7 Rf5+ 53.Ke4 Re5+ 54.Kd3 Rd5+ 55.Kc4 Rf5 56.Kb5 Ke8 57.Rc7 Re5 58.Kc6 c4 59.Kd6 Re4 60.Rc5 Rxh4 61.Ke6 Kd8 62.Kxf6 Kd7 63.Kg5 Kd6 64.Rc8 Re4 65.Kxh5 Kd5 66.Kg5 Kd4 67.Kf5 Kd3 68.Rc7 Rh4 0-1 Malakhov,V-Motylev,A/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (68)) 14...f5 15.a3 (15.cxd5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxd5 17.Bd2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Bg8 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.c4 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (21)) 15...f4 16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.d5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 exf3 20.dxc6 fxe2 21.Qxe2 bxc6 22.Bxf4 Bf6 23.Be5 Qe7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Rac1 Rab8 26.Rc2 h6 27.Qe5 c4 28.h3 Rb3 29.Qxf6 Rxf6 30.Re3 a5 31.Rec3 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Rd6 33.Rxc4 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.b3 Rd3 36.a4 Rxb3 37.Rc5 Ra3 38.Rxa5 c5 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (38))

(13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5 15.Bd3 c5 16.c4 Nb4 17.d5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bd6 (18...Bf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Nh4 b5 22.cxb5 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.Rfc1 Rfd8 25.Rxc5 Bxa2 26.h3 Bf7 27.Nf5 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Ra5 g6 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.Ne6 h5 32.Nc5 Rb8 33.Nd7 Ra8 34.Nxf6 a6 35.bxa6 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6 37.h4 Kg7 38.Ne4 Kf7 39.Kh2 Bd3 40.f3 Bf1 41.Kg3 Ke6 42.Nd2 Bd3 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Ne4+ Kf7 45.Kg5 Bf1 46.g3 Be2 47.Nd2 Kg7 48.f4 Bd1 49.Nc4 1-0 Leko,P-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (49)) 19.Qb3 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.a4 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (21))

(13.Be3 f5 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qd6 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Rab1 Rab8 23.Rb5 Nd8 24.Re1 g6 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Rb3 Rc7 27.Reb1 b6 28.Ke2 Nf7 29.Kd3 Rfc8 30.Re1 Kg7 31.Bd5 Rd8 32.Rb2 Kf8 33.a4 Rdc8 34.c4 Re8 35.Rbe2 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Nd8 37.Kc3 h6 38.f4 Re7 39.Rxe7 Kxe7 40.Kb4 Kd7 41.a5 Nc6+ 42.Bxc6+ Kxc6 43.axb6 axb6 44.d5+ Kc7 45.h4 Kb8 46.Ka4 Ka8 47.Kb4 1/2-1/2 Milligan,H-Capuano,F/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (47))

(13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nd2 (15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Bd3 f5 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Bf4 Rae8 19.Bb5 Bd6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Ne5 1/2-1/2 Aarthie,R-Goodger,M/York ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (22)) 15...f5 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Nb3 b6 18.Bf3 Bg8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bf4 Rc8 (20...Re8 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nc1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd3 Re8 26.h3 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (26)) (20...Ne7 21.Be5 c6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nc1 Ng6 24.Nd3 h6 25.Ne5 Nh4 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.f3 c5 28.dxc5 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (28)) 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nc1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd3 Re8 26.h3 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (26))

(13.h3 which Ponomariov skilfully liquidated into a drawn ending after f5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bf6 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Be3 f4 20.Bxf4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Be3 c5 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.f3 d3 25.Qxe4 Qxe4 26.fxe4 dxe2 27.Rd5 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Ponomariov,R/Moscow RUS 2002 (27))

13...Nxc3

(13...a5 14.c5 Qd7 15.Rd1 Bf5 16.a3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Rad8 18.Ne1 Be6 19.Ne2 Bf7 20.f3 Ng5 21.Nd3 Ne6 22.Ndf4 Rfe8 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Bd3 Qc8 26.Qc3 f5 27.Bb5 Bf6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Re1 Re7 30.Be5 Rde8 31.f4 Qa6 32.Ng3 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.fxe5 f4 35.Rf1 g5 36.Rf2 Bg6 37.Nf1 Qd3 38.Qxd3 Bxd3 39.g3 Rf8 40.Ne3 f3 41.Rd2 Be2 42.Ng4 Kg7 43.Nf6 Kg6 44.g4 f2+ 45.Kxf2 Bxg4 46.b4 a4 47.Rb2 Be6 48.b5 cxb5 49.Rxb5 h5 50.Rb7 Ra8 51.c6 Ra6 52.Rxc7 Rb6 53.Nd7 Rb2+ 54.Ke3 Bf5 55.Nc5 Ra2 56.Rb7 Rxa3+ 57.Kd2 Ra2+ 58.Kc3 Rc2+ 59.Kb4 Rc4+ 60.Kb5 a3 61.c7 a2 62.Ra7 1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Wan g Wenhao/Suzhou, Jiangsu CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (62))

14.bxc3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Qd5 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nd5 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Bd2 Slight edge to White - according to Janjgava in "The Petroff" (Gambit) c6 21.c4 Nb6 22.Nh4 Kg8 23.Nf5 Kf7 24.Kf1 Bf8 25.Rxe8 Kxe8 26.Ne3 g6 27.Ke2 Adams,M-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 273/1-0 (41)]

[12...Rc8 13.Qb3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4+ Nd5 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.a4 c6 19.Qd3 b5 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Rxb5 Rxb5 22.Qxb5 Nxc3 23.Qa6 Qd7 24.Bd2 Nd5 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.g3 Rb7 27.Kg2 Bd8 28.h3 1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Sulypa,A/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (28)]

13.cxd5! Also good is

[13.Re1 Rfe8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bd3 Na5 18.Nh4 g6 19.c4 Bxc4 20.Bxc4+ Nxc4 21.Qe2 Qxd4 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Nxg6+ hxg6 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Qh3+ Kg8 27.Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 Baldauf,M-Kavakdere,A/Halkidiki GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (27)]

[13.Be3 Kh8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.c4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 1-0 Bologan,V-Zulfugarli,M/Minsk BLR 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (79)]

13...Bxd5

[13...Nxd5?? 14.Nxe4]

[13...Bf5?? 14.Nh4! overloading Black's minor pieces. Black has to shed material to keep them alive Nd6 15.a3 Na6 16.Nxf5 Nxf5 17.Bb5]

14.Nxd5 Nxd5?! Better is

[14...Qxd5 15.Be3 this is akin to obtaining a good version of the Goring Gambit declined. eg 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5

(15.a3 Nc6 16.Qc2 with the threat of Bc4and Bd3 Nd6 17.Bf4 White has an initiative which is likely to increase due to his two bishops and Black's weakened Kingside.)

15...c6? 16.a3 Na6 17.Qa4]

15.Bd3 Nd6 16.Qc2 White is gaining tempi on his way to development in the QGD fashion f5

[16...h6?! My chess pal Tony Dempsey would call this the Swiss Cheese Defence]

[16...g6?? 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Qh5+ and picks off the Knight]

17.Bd2 c6 18.Ne5 Qc7 #I had a long think here wondering which side of the board I should aim at. I had three general plans. 1) Central pressure leading to a kingside attack starting with 19.Rae1. 2) Burn bridges with Kh1 and g2-g4. 3) In the end, I decided to continue QGD style with the trusty Queenside minority attack since Black cannot undertake anything active. 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.b4! #Commencing the minority attack. I have a tendency to compare positions which I have obtained with tabiyas (standard opening setups). Here, I liken this to a great Queen's Gambit Exchange variation which White has achieved the e4 break, forced the f5 weakness and is rolling on with his b4-b5 minority attack. Qc8

[20...a6 21.a4 The attack rolls on!]

21.Rab1

[21.b5?! too early... Nxb5 22.Bxb5 cxb5 23.Qb3 Rd8 24.Rac1 Qa8 25.Qxb5]

21...a6

[21...Bf6 22.a4]

22.a4 Kh8 anticipating the terrible Qb3 pin 23.b5! #crash!...A pseudo pawn sacrifice which nets the exchange if accepted. cxb5

[23...axb5 24.axb5 Nxb5 25.Bxb5 cxb5 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxb5 and Rxb7 to follow Rc2 28.Rxd5 Rxd2 29.Nf3]

24.Qb3 the whole point of b4-b5 Nc7

[24...Nf6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bb4 intending Bxd6 and Nf7+ netting the exchange to follow Nc4 is another way to drop the exchange 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Ng6+ hxg6 30.Qh3+ Kg8 31.Rxe7]

25.axb5 Ncxb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Bb4 the same motive again Rd8

[27...Ne4 28.Nf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7 Bxb4 30.Rxb4 Rd8]

28.Rbc1 and Black threw in the towel. After 28...Qa8 29.Qe6 is curtains for Black.

1-0

C42. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 Nowadays, this variation is used as a drawing weapon in top flight OTB chess. 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6
	[10...b6 an inspired idea by Kramnik played earlier at Linares against Kasparov. Kasparov took too much time to work out the advantage and had to concede a draw but later, he was less forgiving against Olafsson in a rapid tourney. 11.a3
		(11.Ne5 Bb7 12.a3 (12.Re1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Qf3 c6 16.Bb3 Bd6 17.Bc2 Qc7 18.Qh3 g6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.c4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nb4 22.Bf5 Rxe5 23.Qc3 Rae8 24.f4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qd8 27.Qe5 f6 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qf7 Qd4+ 30.Kf1 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Kg3 Qe3+ 33.Kh4 Qf2+ 34.Kh3 1-0 Hracek,Z-Jussupow,A/Wattenscheid GER 2000/The Week in Chess 280 (34)) 12...Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Bf3 Na5 15.c5 c6 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Ng4 Bc8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.a4 Nc4 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Ba3 Nxa3 22.Rxa3 Be6 23.Qb3 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/Linares ESP 2000 (23))
	11...Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1
		(14.Bf4 Bb7 15.c4 Qd8 16.d5 Na5 17.Qc2 Re8 18.Bd3 h6 19.Ne5 Rf8 20.Rfe1 Bg5 21.Bg3 Bc8 22.Rad1 Qf6 23.h4 Bf4 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Rd4 Bxg3 26.fxg3 g6 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Nxg6+ Kg7 29.Re7+ Rf7 30.Rf4 Bf5 31.Rxf5 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Rxe7 33.Nxe7 Qxa3 34.Qe4 1-0 Savanovic,A-Pavasovic,D/Bled SLO 2000/The Week in Chess 282 (34))
	14...Bb7 15.Bd3 Rae8 16.c4
		(16.Qc2 h6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Be4 Qd8 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.c4 Na5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 278 (21))
	16...Qd8 17.d5 Nb8 18.Ne5
		(18.Qc2 g6 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.Bb2 Nd7 21.f4 Bg7 22.Qf2 Nc5 23.Bc2 Qd6 24.Re3 f6 25.Ng4 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 Bc8 27.f5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nf2 Ne4 30.Nxe4 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares ESP 2000 (30))
	18...Bf6 19.Bb2 g6 20.Qd2 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Bxb2 22.Nxf8 Bxa1 23.Nxg6 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 hxg6 25.Qxa1 c6 26.dxc6 Bxc6 27.Qc3 Qd6 28.Be2 Bd7 29.Qe3 Be6 30.h4 Kf8 31.g3 Ke7 32.g4 Kf8 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 Qc5 35.Qh6+ Kasparov,G-Olafsso n,H/Chess@iceland rapidplay Group A 2000/The Week in Chess 282/1-0 (64)]

	[10...Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bf1 b6 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.g4 Be4 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nb3 21.Ra2 Bf3 22.Qe3 Na5 23.Rc2 f6 24.Bxc7 Rd7 25.Bg3 Bxg4 26.Bg2 Qb3 27.Rcc1 Qf7 28.d5 Qh5 29.c4 Nb7 30.a4 g5 31.Rc3 Qg6 32.Qd4 Bf5 33.Rce3 Nc5 34.a5 h5 35.axb6 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Chess@iceland rapidplay Group B 2000/The Week in Chess 282/ 1-0 (56)]
11.Ne5 the critical main line
	[11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Bb3 Bg4 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.c4 Bd6 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Ne7 24.Bf4 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Be2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco MNC 2000/The Week in Chess/1/2-1/2 (49)]
11...f6 12.Nf3 For the "wasted" Ne5-f3 move, White gets to prevent Black's Bishop and Knights from accessing the f6 square. Moves like Re1 and eventually, Bd3+Qc2 are also likely to force more concessions from Black in the future. Also, the a2-g8 diagonal is weakened. All these motives were sucessfully exploited in the current game. Qd7?! #Looks logical but Black has to give up his light square Bishop. However, the other variations shows how Black gets tortured for a long time before reaching some semblance of equality. Definitely not fun for the CC player!
	[12...Kh8 13.Qb3 Ivanchuk tried the tentative
		(13.Re1 c5 14.Be3 (14.cxd5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nxd5 16.c4 Nc3 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.Bf1 Bf7 19.Nxd4 Bb4 20.a3 Ba5 21.Nb3 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 Bb6 23.a4 Rfd8 24.Bf1 Nd1 25.c5 Bxb3 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Re4 b5 28.a5 Bc4 29.Re7 Nc3 30.Bb2 Na4 31.Ba3 b6 32.a6 Rxa6 33.Rae1 h5 34.Bb4 Nc5 35.Bxc5 bxc5 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.Rc7 Re6 38.Rf1 Rd5 39.g3 Re2 40.Rc1 Rf5 41.Rxc4 Rfxf2 42.Rh4 Rf5 43.g4 Rd5 44.Rxh5+ Rxh5 45.gxh5 Re5 46.h6 gxh6 47.Kf2 Kg8 48.Kf3 Kf8 49.h4 h5 50.Rh7 Ke8 51.Rc7 Kd8 52.Rf7 Rf5+ 53.Ke4 Re5+ 54.Kd3 Rd5+ 55.Kc4 Rf5 56.Kb5 Ke8 57.Rc7 Re5 58.Kc6 c4 59.Kd6 Re4 60.Rc5 Rxh4 61.Ke6 Kd8 62.Kxf6 Kd7 63.Kg5 Kd6 64.Rc8 Re4 65.Kxh5 Kd5 66.Kg5 Kd4 67.Kf5 Kd3 68.Rc7 Rh4 0-1 Malakhov,V-Motylev,A/Elista RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (68)) 14...f5 15.a3 (15.cxd5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxd5 17.Bd2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Bg8 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.c4 1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (21)) 15...f4 16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.d5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 exf3 20.dxc6 fxe2 21.Qxe2 bxc6 22.Bxf4 Bf6 23.Be5 Qe7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Rac1 Rab8 26.Rc2 h6 27.Qe5 c4 28.h3 Rb3 29.Qxf6 Rxf6 30.Re3 a5 31.Rec3 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Rd6 33.Rxc4 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.b3 Rd3 36.a4 Rxb3 37.Rc5 Ra3 38.Rxa5 c5 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 (38))

		(13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5 15.Bd3 c5 16.c4 Nb4 17.d5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bd6 (18...Bf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Nh4 b5 22.cxb5 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.Rfc1 Rfd8 25.Rxc5 Bxa2 26.h3 Bf7 27.Nf5 Rd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.Ra5 g6 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.Ne6 h5 32.Nc5 Rb8 33.Nd7 Ra8 34.Nxf6 a6 35.bxa6 Rxa6 36.Rxa6 Bxa6 37.h4 Kg7 38.Ne4 Kf7 39.Kh2 Bd3 40.f3 Bf1 41.Kg3 Ke6 42.Nd2 Bd3 43.Kf4 Kf6 44.Ne4+ Kf7 45.Kg5 Bf1 46.g3 Be2 47.Nd2 Kg7 48.f4 Bd1 49.Nc4 1-0 Leko,P-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (49)) 19.Qb3 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.a4 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Dortmund GER 2001/The Week in Chess 349 (21))

		(13.Be3 f5 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qd6 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Rab1 Rab8 23.Rb5 Nd8 24.Re1 g6 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Rb3 Rc7 27.Reb1 b6 28.Ke2 Nf7 29.Kd3 Rfc8 30.Re1 Kg7 31.Bd5 Rd8 32.Rb2 Kf8 33.a4 Rdc8 34.c4 Re8 35.Rbe2 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Nd8 37.Kc3 h6 38.f4 Re7 39.Rxe7 Kxe7 40.Kb4 Kd7 41.a5 Nc6+ 42.Bxc6+ Kxc6 43.axb6 axb6 44.d5+ Kc7 45.h4 Kb8 46.Ka4 Ka8 47.Kb4 1/2-1/2 Milligan,H-Capuano,F/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (47))

		(13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nd2 (15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Bd3 f5 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Bf4 Rae8 19.Bb5 Bd6 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Ne5 1/2-1/2 Aarthie,R-Goodger,M/York ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (22)) 15...f5 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Nb3 b6 18.Bf3 Bg8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bf4 Rc8 (20...Re8 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nc1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd3 Re8 26.h3 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (26)) (20...Ne7 21.Be5 c6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nc1 Ng6 24.Nd3 h6 25.Ne5 Nh4 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.f3 c5 28.dxc5 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000/The Week in Chess 297 (28)) 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nc1 Re6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd3 Re8 26.h3 1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Motylev,A/Dubai UAE 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (26))

		(13.h3 which Ponomariov skilfully liquidated into a drawn ending after f5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bf6 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Be3 f4 20.Bxf4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Be3 c5 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.f3 d3 25.Qxe4 Qxe4 26.fxe4 dxe2 27.Rd5 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Ponomariov,R/Moscow RUS 2002 (27))
	13...Nxc3
		(13...a5 14.c5 Qd7 15.Rd1 Bf5 16.a3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Rad8 18.Ne1 Be6 19.Ne2 Bf7 20.f3 Ng5 21.Nd3 Ne6 22.Ndf4 Rfe8 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Bd3 Qc8 26.Qc3 f5 27.Bb5 Bf6 28.Bxc6 bxc6 29.Re1 Re7 30.Be5 Rde8 31.f4 Qa6 32.Ng3 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.fxe5 f4 35.Rf1 g5 36.Rf2 Bg6 37.Nf1 Qd3 38.Qxd3 Bxd3 39.g3 Rf8 40.Ne3 f3 41.Rd2 Be2 42.Ng4 Kg7 43.Nf6 Kg6 44.g4 f2+ 45.Kxf2 Bxg4 46.b4 a4 47.Rb2 Be6 48.b5 cxb5 49.Rxb5 h5 50.Rb7 Ra8 51.c6 Ra6 52.Rxc7 Rb6 53.Nd7 Rb2+ 54.Ke3 Bf5 55.Nc5 Ra2 56.Rb7 Rxa3+ 57.Kd2 Ra2+ 58.Kc3 Rc2+ 59.Kb4 Rc4+ 60.Kb5 a3 61.c7 a2 62.Ra7 1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Wan g Wenhao/Suzhou, Jiangsu CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 352 (62))
	14.bxc3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Qd5 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nd5 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Bd2 Slight edge to White - according to Janjgava in "The Petroff" (Gambit) c6 21.c4 Nb6 22.Nh4 Kg8 23.Nf5 Kf7 24.Kf1 Bf8 25.Rxe8 Kxe8 26.Ne3 g6 27.Ke2 Adams,M-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee NED 2000/The Week in Chess 273/1-0 (41)]

	[12...Rc8 13.Qb3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4+ Nd5 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.a4 c6 19.Qd3 b5 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Rxb5 Rxb5 22.Qxb5 Nxc3 23.Qa6 Qd7 24.Bd2 Nd5 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.g3 Rb7 27.Kg2 Bd8 28.h3 1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Sulypa,A/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (28)]
13.cxd5! Also good is
	[13.Re1 Rfe8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bd3 Na5 18.Nh4 g6 19.c4 Bxc4 20.Bxc4+ Nxc4 21.Qe2 Qxd4 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Nxg6+ hxg6 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Qh3+ Kg8 27.Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 Baldauf,M-Kavakdere,A/Halkidiki GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 357 (27)]

	[13.Be3 Kh8 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.c4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 1-0 Bologan,V-Zulfugarli,M/Minsk BLR 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (79)]
13...Bxd5
	[13...Nxd5?? 14.Nxe4]

	[13...Bf5?? 14.Nh4! overloading Black's minor pieces. Black has to shed material to keep them alive Nd6 15.a3 Na6 16.Nxf5 Nxf5 17.Bb5]
14.Nxd5 Nxd5?! Better is
	[14...Qxd5 15.Be3 this is akin to obtaining a good version of the Goring Gambit declined. eg 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5
		(15.a3 Nc6 16.Qc2 with the threat of Bc4and Bd3 Nd6 17.Bf4 White has an initiative which is likely to increase due to his two bishops and Black's weakened Kingside.)
	15...c6? 16.a3 Na6 17.Qa4]
15.Bd3 Nd6 16.Qc2 White is gaining tempi on his way to development in the QGD fashion f5
	[16...h6?! My chess pal Tony Dempsey would call this the Swiss Cheese Defence]

	[16...g6?? 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Qh5+ and picks off the Knight]
17.Bd2 c6 18.Ne5 Qc7 #I had a long think here wondering which side of the board I should aim at. I had three general plans. 1) Central pressure leading to a kingside attack starting with 19.Rae1. 2) Burn bridges with Kh1 and g2-g4. 3) In the end, I decided to continue QGD style with the trusty Queenside minority attack since Black cannot undertake anything active. 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.b4! #Commencing the minority attack. I have a tendency to compare positions which I have obtained with tabiyas (standard opening setups). Here, I liken this to a great Queen's Gambit Exchange variation which White has achieved the e4 break, forced the f5 weakness and is rolling on with his b4-b5 minority attack. Qc8
	[20...a6 21.a4 The attack rolls on!]
21.Rab1
	[21.b5?! too early... Nxb5 22.Bxb5 cxb5 23.Qb3 Rd8 24.Rac1 Qa8 25.Qxb5]
21...a6
	[21...Bf6 22.a4]
22.a4 Kh8 anticipating the terrible Qb3 pin 23.b5! #crash!...A pseudo pawn sacrifice which nets the exchange if accepted. cxb5
	[23...axb5 24.axb5 Nxb5 25.Bxb5 cxb5 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxb5 and Rxb7 to follow Rc2 28.Rxd5 Rxd2 29.Nf3]
24.Qb3 the whole point of b4-b5 Nc7
	[24...Nf6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bb4 intending Bxd6 and Nf7+ netting the exchange to follow Nc4 is another way to drop the exchange 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Ng6+ hxg6 30.Qh3+ Kg8 31.Rxe7]
25.axb5 Ncxb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Bb4 the same motive again Rd8
	[27...Ne4 28.Nf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7 Bxb4 30.Rxb4 Rd8]
28.Rbc1 and Black threw in the towel. After 28...Qa8 29.Qe6 is curtains for Black. 1-0