Westeras, N. (NOR). - Aleshnia, Valery V.
EU/M/GT/419, 1997

Notes by Junior Tay


B04. 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 e6
[7...d5!?]
8.f4
[8.Qf3!? Qe7
(8...Qd7 9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Nf6+ Bxf6 11.Qxf6 Rg8 12.Bg5 (12.dxe5 Qd4 13.Qf4 Qxf4 14.Bxf4 g5! Konchevsky-Pushkin/URS/1989/1/2-1/2/38/) 12...exd4 13.Nd2 Nc6)
9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bf6 Bxf6 13.Qxf6 O-O 14.Qxe5 with better chanses for white in the arising ending.]
8...dxe5 9.fxe5 c5! #The purpose of the Alekhine's Defence is to entice White's pawns forward till they get overextended. Black will then undermine and destroy them! This variation illustrates this theme perfectly. 10.Qf3
[10.O-O O-O
(10...Qxd4+ 11.Qxd4 cxd4 12.Nxf7 O-O 13.Nd6 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 Bd7 15.Nxb7 Na6 16.Nd2 Rb8 17.Nd6 Bxe5 18.N6e4 Na4 19.Nf3 Bg7 20.Bf4 Rf8 21.Bd6 Rc8 22.Nfg5 Re8 23.Bc4 h6 24.Bxa6 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Nxb2 26.Rb1 d3 27.cxd3 Ba4 28.Re1 Bf6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Nxe6 Kf7 31.Nc5 Bc6 32.Nb3 Na4 33.Bb8 Nc3 34.Bxa7 Nxa2 35.Bc4+ Ke8 36.Na5 Nb4 37.Bc5 1-0 Szuk,B-Kahn,E/Gyor 1992/EXT 97 (37))
11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nf3
(13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Nc3 h6 (15...f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qd2 (17.Nf3 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qd7 20.Qd2 Bg7 21.Raf1 Rxf3 22.Rxf3 Re8 23.Kh1 Rf8 24.Qf2 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Nxd4 26.Qxd5+ Qxd5 27.Nxd5 Kf7 28.Kg1 Ke6 29.Nc3 Nc6 30.Bd2 Nb4 31.a3 Nd3 32.b3 Bxc3 33.Bxc3 Nc1 34.Kf2 Nxb3 35.Ke3 Kd5 36.Kf4 Nc5 37.Kg4 Ne6 38.Bb4 Ke4 0-1 Macekova,M-Reznicek,T/Moravka 1994/EXT 98 (38)) 17...Bf5 18.Rxf5 gxf5 19.Ne6 Qd7 20.Nxf8 Rxf8 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Rf1 Na5 23.b3 b5 24.Bg5 Bg7 25.Bh6 b4 26.Bxg7 bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qxg7 28.Qxa5 Qxd4 29.h3 f4 30.Qc7 Rf8 31.Qd7 Qe4 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Qf3 Kg7 34.Rd1 Qxf3 35.gxf3 Rd8 36.Rd4 Kf6 37.Kg2 Ke5 38.Ra4 d4 39.Kf2 d3 40.Ke1 d2+ 41.Kd1 Rd3 42.Rxa7 Rxf3 43.Rxh7 Rd3 44.h4 Ke4 45.h5 f3 46.Re7+ Kf4 47.h6 f2 48.Rf7+ Ke3 49.h7 Rd8 50.Rg7 1/2-1/2 Wacker,P-Buchkremer,F/Aachen 1993/EXT 98 (50)) (15...Bh6 16.Rf6 Be6 17.Kh1 Qb6 18.Nxe6 Bxe3 19.Nxd5 Qxb2 20.Nxf8 Bxd4 21.Rb1 Qxa2 22.Nd7 Qxd5 23.Rxg6+ 1-0 Jirovsky,P-Sikorsky,H/Mlada Boleslav 1994/EXT 97 (23)) 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Kh1 Kh7 18.Qd2 Rc8 19.Bf2 g5 20.Nb5 f5 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Bg3 g4 23.Ng1 Qg6 24.Ne2 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rf8 26.Re1 Qf6 27.Nf4 Bf7 28.Qd3+ Kh8 29.Nc7 Nxd4 30.Ncxd5 Qf5 31.Qxf5 Nxf5 32.Nc3 Rd8 33.Bf2 a6 34.g3 Kg8 35.a3 Bc4 36.Rd1 Rxd1+ 37.Nxd1 Nd4 38.Ne3 Bb3 39.Nxg4 Nc6 40.Nd3 Bc4 41.Nc5 Be2 42.h3 Bxg4 43.hxg4 Bxb2 44.Nxb7 Bxa3 45.Be3 Bf8 46.g5 h5 47.Kh2 a5 48.Nxa5 Nxa5 49.g4 Nc4 50.Bf4 hxg4 51.Kg3 Kf7 52.Kxg4 Kg6 53.Bc1 Ne5+ 54.Kh3 Kh5 55.Kg3 Bb4 56.Bb2 Be1+ 57.Kg2 Ng6 58.Bf6 Kg4 59.Bd8 Bh4 60.Kg1 Kf3 61.Kh1 Bf2 62.Bc7 Be3 63.Bd6 Bxg5 64.Bc7 Be3 65.Bd6 Bf2 66.Bc7 Ne7 67.Bd6 Nf5 68.Bc7 Nh6 69.Bd6 Ng4 70.Bc7 Bc5 71.Bg3 Bd4 72.Be1 Ke2 73.Bg3 Kf1 74.Bh4 Bg1 75.Bg3 Be3 76.Bh4 Bg1 77.Bg3 Bh2 78.Bh4 1/2-1/2 Small,G-Chow,A/Chicago 1987/EXT 99 (78))
13...f6
(13...Nd5 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Qe1 Ne7 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Rc1 b6 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.Bf6 Nf5 22.g4 Ne7 23.Qh4 Qc6 24.Rf3 Nd5 25.Rh3 h5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Nf3 Qe4 28.gxh5 Qe3+ 29.Kg2 Bxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Qxc1 31.Bxg7 g5 32.Qe4 Kxg7 33.h6+ Kh8 34.h7 Rac8 35.Qd3 Qb2+ 36.Kh3 Qc1 37.Rg3 Qf4 38.Kg2 Qf5 39.Qe3 Qxh7 40.Rh3 g4 41.Rxh7+ Kxh7 42.Kg3 Rc7 43.Kxg4 1/2-1/2 Uhlemann,A-Kuehn,N/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (43))
(13...Nb4 14.Nc3 N4d5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Bg5 Qb8 17.Qd2 Bb5 18.Rf2 a5 19.Bh6 a4 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Nd6 Bd7 22.h4 f6 23.h5 fxe5 24.dxe5 Qd8 25.Raf1 Qa5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.h6+ Kg8 28.Qxa5 Rxa5 29.Ng5 Rf5 30.g4 Ne3 31.gxf5 Nxf1 32.f6 1-0 Ulibin,M-Silva,A/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (32))
(13...h6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Ne4 Nbd5 16.Qe1 Bd7 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Qh4 Nf5 19.Qh3 Nxf6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Ne5 Bb5 22.Rf2 Rad8 23.g4 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Nxh4 25.Be3 f6 26.Nc4 Rfe8 27.a4 Bc6 28.Nd2 f5 29.g5 hxg5 30.d5 f4 31.Bxa7 Bxd5 32.Bb6 Rd6 33.Bxd5 Rxb6 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Bxb7 Bd4 37.a5 Rxb2 38.Raf1 g4 39.a6 g3 40.hxg3 fxg3 41.Ne4 gxf2+ 42.Nxf2 Rf7 0-1 Balsinek,P-Lukes,L/Znojmo 1997/EXT 98 (42))
(13...f5 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.Na3 Ne7 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rac1 Qe6 22.Bh6 Qb6 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Rc1 f4 26.Qc3 Bf5 27.Qc7+ Rf7 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Rc3 h6 30.h4 Re7 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.g3 fxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Ke8 34.Rb3 Re6 35.Rb5 Be4 36.Nd2 g5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.Rb3 Kd7 40.Re3 Kc6 41.Rxe4 Kd5 42.Rg4 Rc6 43.Rxg5 Kxd4 44.Kf4 Rc2 45.Kf5 Rxb2 46.Ke6 Rxa2 47.Kd6 b5 48.e6 b4 49.e7 Ra8 50.Rd5+ Kc4 51.Rc5+ 1/2-1/2 Hendriks,W-Timman,J/Amsterdam 2001/CBM 83 ext (51))
14.exf6
(14.Nc3!? fxe5 15.Bg5 (15.Bg5 Qd7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Qxe5 20.Be7 (20.Bf4 Qf5 1/2-1/2 Mukhametov,E-Golubovic,B/Bern 1995/EXT 2000 (20)) (20.Bh4 Bd7 21.Re1 Rf8 22.Qd3 Qd4 23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.h3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Re8 26.Bf2 Nc8 27.Bc5 Kg7 28.Bd4+ Kf7 29.Rf1+ Kg8 30.Bc5 b6 31.Ba3 Kg7 32.c4 Bc6 33.c5 b5 34.Bb2+ Kg8 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rf1+ Ke7 37.Bf6+ Kd7 38.Bg5 Bd5 39.Rf7+ Kc6 40.Be3 Re7 41.Rf8 Bxb3 42.axb3 Kc7 43.Bg5 Rd7 44.Bf4+ Kb7 45.c6+ Kxc6 46.Rxc8+ Kd5 47.Rc7 Rxc7 48.Bxc7 Kc5 49.Ba5 b4 50.g4 Kb5 51.Bd8 a5 52.Kg2 a4 53.bxa4+ Kxa4 54.Bf6 Kb3 55.Kf3 Kc2 56.Ke4 b3 57.Bd4 Kd2 58.Kf3 Kd3 59.Ba1 g5 60.Bf6 h6 61.Bg7 Kd2 62.h4 e5 63.Bxe5 gxh4 64.Kg2 Ke3 65.Kh3 Ke4 66.Bg7 Kf3 67.Kxh4 Kg2 68.Be5 Kf2 69.Kh3 Kf3 1/2-1/2 Morozov,D-Sabaev,S/Pskov 1998/EXT 2000 (69)) 20...Bd7 21.Re1 Qf5 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Bd6 Qf6 24.Ne4 Qxb2 25.Qf3 Bc6 26.Rf1 Kh8 27.Qg4 Qd4 28.Bc2 Bxe4 29.Rd1 Bf5 0-1 Pupols,V-Alburt,L/USA 1987/EXT 97 (29)) (15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 exd4 18.dxe6 Kh8 19.Ne4 Qe8 20.Nd6 Qc6 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nd8 1-0 Fiacan,R-Galvanek,L/Trencin 1995/EXT 98 (22)))
(14.Bf4 Nd5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Be5 Qf7 17.Qe2 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qf4 19.Nbd2 Ne3 20.Rfe1 Nf5 21.Qe4 Nfd4 22.Qxf4 Rxf4 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Ne4 Nxb3 25.axb3 Rf7 26.Rec1 Bd7 27.Nd6 Rff8 28.Rc7 Bc6 29.b4 Bd5 30.Re7 Rf4 31.g3 Rxb4 32.Rf1 Rxb2 33.Rff7 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rf8 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rxh7 Kg8 37.Rc7 a5 38.Ke3 a4 39.Kf4 a3 40.Kg5 Rb4 41.Kh6 Kf8 42.Kh7 1-0 Jirovsky,P-Sysala,S/Chrudim 1993/EXT 97 (42))
14...Qxf6
(14...Bxf6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.Bf2 Kh8 17.Nbd2 b6 18.Re1 Nf4 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Neg5 Qf6 21.Ne4 Nh3+ 22.gxh3 Qxf3 23.Qxf3 Rxf3 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.d5 Nd4 26.dxe6 Nxb3 27.axb3 Rf5 28.h4 Bxb2 29.e7 Bd7 30.Rad1 Be8 31.Rd8 1-0 Smistik,M-Fressinet,L/Szombathely 1993/TD (31))
15.Be3
(15.Bg5 Qf5 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Bxd5 (17.Bf2 Nf4 (17...Bd7 18.Nc3 Ncb4 19.a3 Nd3 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bc2 Nxf2 22.Bxf5 Nxd1 23.Bxd7 Ne3 24.Rf2 Rf4 25.Re2 Re4 26.Rae1 Rd8 27.Be6+ Rxe6 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Bf6 30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 b5 33.Ne1 Kf7 34.Ke2 Be7 35.Nc2 a5 36.Kf3 Bd6 37.h3 h5 38.g4 Kf6 39.Ne3 Ke6 40.Nc2 Kf6 41.Ne3 Ke6 42.Nc2 Bf8 43.Ke2 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kf6 45.Ne3 Kg5 46.Kf3 Bxa3 47.Nxd5 Bd6 48.Ne3 a4 49.Nc2 a3 50.Na1 a2 51.Nb3 Ba3 52.d5 Bb2 53.d6 Kf6 54.Ke4 a1=Q 55.Nxa1 Bxa1 56.Kd5 Bxc3 57.Kc6 Kg5 58.Kxb5 Kxg4 59.d7 Bf6 60.Kc5 Kf4 61.Kd6 g5 62.Ke6 Bd8 63.Kf7 g4 64.Ke8 Ba5 0-1 Costa,F-Santo Roman,M/Loures 1998/CBM 67 ext (64)) 18.Bc2 (18.Nc3 Nh3+ 19.gxh3 Qxf3 20.d5 Na5 21.dxe6 Qxd1 22.e7+ Qxb3 23.exf8=Q+ Bxf8 24.axb3 b6 25.Nd5 Bxh3 26.Rfe1 Nxb3 27.Rad1 Nc5 28.Re3 Bf5 29.Ne7+ Kf7 30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Rd5 Bh6 32.Rxf5+ Kg6 33.Ref3 Ne4 34.h4 Nxf2 35.h5+ Kg7 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Kxf2 Bg7 38.b3 a5 39.Rd7 Bf8 40.Rb7 Bc5+ 41.Kg2 Rd8 42.Rg3+ Kh8 43.Rgg7 Rd2+ 44.Kf1 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rf5 46.Rxh7+ Kg8 47.Rbg7+ Kf8 48.h6 Ke8 49.Rc7 Re5+ 50.Kd1 1-0 Serafino,D-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Buenos Aires 1994/TD (50)) 18...Qb5 19.Bb3 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Nexd4 21.Nc3 Qb4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qxd4 1/2-1/2 Podkriznik,G-Hechl,G/Finkenstein 1994/EXT 97 (24)) 17...exd5 18.Nc3 Bd7 (18...Be6 19.Qd2 Qf7 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Bh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Bf5 24.Rf4 Bd3 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.h3 Be4 28.Re1 Qf5 29.Qe3 Re8 30.Re2 Kg7 31.Rf2 Qe6 32.Qf4 Qe7 33.Re2 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Kf2 Re6 36.Nxe4 dxe4 37.Ke3 g5 38.b3 Kf6 39.Rf2+ Kg6 40.Rd2 h5 41.d5 Rd6 42.Kxe4 Kf6 43.Rf2+ Ke7 44.Ke5 Rg6 45.g4 h4 46.d6+ Rxd6 47.Rf7+ Kxf7 48.Kxd6 Kf6 49.b4 1-0 Anka,E-Reinemer,F/Budapest 1994/EXT 97 (49)) (18...Qh5 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.Nxd5 Bg4 22.Ng5 Bxd4 23.Bxd4+ Nxd4 24.Nf6 Be2 25.Rf4 Bb5 26.Rxd4 Rxf6 27.a4 Bc6 1/2-1/2 Villar Nieves,A-Hensbergen,W/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (27)) 19.Qd2 (19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qxd5+ Qxd5 21.Nxd5 Rae8 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Bh6 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Bf5 26.Ne3 Re8 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Rxf5 Nc6 29.Rg5+ Kh8 30.Bg7+ Kg8 31.Bc3+ Kf8 32.Kf2 Re7 33.Kf3 Rc7 34.Ke4 Ne7 35.g3 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc7 37.h4 a6 38.h5 Nc8 39.g4 Ne7 40.Re5 Kf7 41.g5 b5 42.a3 Rc4 43.Re4 Rxe4 44.Kxe4 Ke6 45.Kd4 Kf5 46.Bd2 Nc6+ 47.Kd5 Ne5 48.g6 hxg6 49.h6 Ng4 50.Kc6 Nf6 51.Kb6 g5 52.Kxa6 1-0 Szalanczy,E-Blees,A/Budapest 1990/EXT 97 (52)) 19...Qh5 20.Rae1 Bg4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.h3 Rad8 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Bd4 1-0 Lloyd,O-Zuccotti,E/Buenos Aires 1985/EXT 2002 (26))
15...Nd5 16.Bf2
(16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nc3 Bg4 (17...Qd6 18.h3 (18.Nb5 Qd8 19.h3 Bf5 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Nc3 Rae8 22.Rae1 Be4 23.Ng5 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Bf5 25.Nf3 Qe6 26.Bh6 Bh8 27.Re1 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Be5 29.Nxe5 Nxe5 30.Bf4 Be4 31.Nxe4 Nc4 32.Nf6+ 1-0 Unzicker,W-Jaeckle,M/Dortmund 1992/TD (32)) (18.Qd2 Be6 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Rf2 Bg4 21.Ref1 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxd4 25.Kh1 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 d4 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Ne4 Qd5 29.a3 d3 30.Nd2 b5 31.Qe3 a5 32.b3 a4 33.bxa4 bxa4 34.h3 g5 35.Ne4 h6 36.Nd2 Qd4 37.Qe6 Ne5 38.Qe7+ Nf7 39.Qc7 Qb2 40.Qa5 Qxa3 41.Kh2 Qd6+ 42.Kh1 Qe5 43.Qb4 a3 44.Nb3 a2 0-1 Muutnik,V-Olde,H/EST 1999/EXT 2002 (44)) 18...Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qg3+ 20.Kh1 Qxh3+ 21.Kg1 Qg3+ 22.Kh1 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Rae8 24.Nxd5 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Rf5 26.Nh2 Rxd5 27.Qb3 Qd6 28.Rf3 Na5 29.Qa4 Qc6 30.Qd1 Rf5 31.Rc1 Qe4 32.Bf2 Ref8 33.Rcc3 Kh8 34.Kg1 Rxf3 35.Nxf3 Nc6 36.a3 Qg4+ 37.Kh1 Ne7 38.Qg1 Qe4 39.Re3 Qc6 40.Qg2 Nd5 41.Rb3 Nf4 42.Qf1 a6 43.Rc3 Qd5 44.Bg1 Ne6 45.Qg2 Qh5+ 46.Nh2 Nxd4 47.Qxb7 Ne2 48.Rc8 Nxg1 49.Rxf8+ Bxf8 50.Kxg1 Qd1+ 51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kh3 Qh5+ 53.Kg2 Qg5+ 54.Kf1 Qc1+ 55.Kg2 Qc2+ 56.Kh3 Qf5+ 57.Kg2 Qe6 58.Qf3 Kg8 59.Ng4 h5 60.Nf6+ Kg7 61.Ne4 Be7 62.b4 Qd5 63.Kf2 Bh4+ 64.Kf1 Be7 65.Qc3+ Kf7 66.Nf2 Qb5+ 67.Kg2 Qe2 68.Qd4 Qe6 69.Qf4+ Qf6 70.Qc4+ Qe6 71.Qf4+ Kg7 72.Qc7 Kh6 73.Qc3 Bf6 74.Qf3 Qe5 75.Qd3 Qg5+ 76.Kf1 Qb5 77.Kg2 Qxd3 78.Nxd3 Be7 79.a4 Kg5 80.b5 axb5 81.axb5 Bd8 82.Ne5 Bb6 83.Nxg6 1/2-1/2 Vatter,H-Timmer,R/Baden-Baden 1991/GER (83)) 18.Qd3 Qd6 19.Kh1 Rae8 20.Bg1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rf5 22.Ne2 Qb4 23.b3 Bh6 24.Rad1 Qa5 25.Ng3 Rf7 26.a4 Bf4 27.Bf2 Rfe7 28.Qb1 Be3 29.Bxe3 Rxe3 30.f4 Qc3 31.f5 Rxg3 32.hxg3 Qxg3 33.Rde1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Qg3+ 35.Kh1 Qh4+ 36.Kg2 Qg4+ 37.Kh1 Qh3+ 38.Kg1 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 Qh4+ 40.Kg2 Qg5+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+ 42.Kg2 1/2-1/2 Thipsay,P-Sahu,S/Coimbatore 1987/EXT 97 (42))
16...Nf4
(16...Kh8 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 e5! 19.d5 (19.dxe5) 19...e4)
(16...Bh6 17.Re1 Na5 18.Nc3 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 Nf4 20.Ne4 Qf5 21.Bg3 Qd5 22.Nc5 Bg7 23.Qe3 e5 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 a6 27.Rad1 Bg4 28.Ne6 Bxe6 29.Rxe6 Rad8 30.Kf2 Rd5 31.h4 Rfd8 32.Re4 Rf5 33.Rc1 Rf7 34.Ke2 h6 35.Kd3 Rd5 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.dxe5 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Ke4 f3 42.gxf3 Rf4+ 43.Kd5 Rxf3 44.e6 Re3 45.Kd6 Rd3+ 46.Ke5 Re3+ 47.Kf6 Rf3+ 48.Kxg5 Re3 49.Kf6 Rf3+ 50.Ke7 Re3 51.Rc3 Re2 52.Kf7 Rf2+ 53.Ke8 Kg6 54.e7 Rh2 55.Rd3 Kf6 56.Kd8 1-0 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Diaz,J/CUB 1988/TD (56))
(16...Qf4 17.Re1 (17.Nc3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.d5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Qh6 22.Nc7 Rb8 23.Qd5 Bg4 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6 Bxb2 26.Rae1 Bf6 27.Re4 Qg7 28.Rd1 Rbd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.h3 Bf6 31.Qd6 Ne7 32.Rc4 Nf5 33.Qe6 Qe7 34.Qxe7 Nxe7 35.Rc7 Rb8 36.g4 Nc6 37.Rf7 Be7 38.Ne5 Rf8 39.Rxf8+ Bxf8 40.Nxc6 bxc6 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.g5 Ba3 43.Kf3 Bc1 44.Kg4 Kf8 45.h4 1/2-1/2 Biolek,R-Payen,A/Imperia 2000/EXT 2001 (45)) 17...Na5 18.Nc3 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 Qf5 20.Bg3 Qh5 21.Re4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Qd5 23.Rae1 b5 24.Be5 Qxb3 25.axb3 Bh6 26.Rh4 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Bd2 28.Re2 Bxc3 29.d5 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 exd5 31.Re7 h5 32.Rd4 Kf8 33.Re5 Bb7 34.Rf4+ Kg8 35.Rf6 Kg7 36.Rd6 Kh6 37.Re7 Rb8 38.f4 Ba8 39.h4 a5 40.Ree6 a4 41.Rxg6+ Kh7 42.Rh6+ Kg7 43.Rdg6+ Kf7 44.bxa4 bxa4 45.Ra6 Rd8 46.Rxa4 d4 47.Ra7+ Kg8 48.Rah7 Rd5 49.Rxh5 Rxh5 50.Rxh5 d3 51.Kf2 d2 52.Rg5+ 1-0 Marin Corresa,A-Benavent,E/Ateneo 1992/EXT 98 (52))
17.Nbd2
(17.Kh1!? b6 (17...Kh8 18.Nc3 Qf5 (18...b6 19.Be3 Ba6 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Re4 Qb8 23.Qg1 Bb7 24.Bxe6 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Nxd4 26.Qg4 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Nxe6 28.Qxe6 Rd2 29.Qh3 Be5 0-1 Alonso Blasco,J-Janev,E/Zaragoza 2001/EXT 2002 (29)) 19.Bg3 g5 20.Bc2 Qg4 21.Qd2 Zila,L-Maurer,C/Balatonbereny op 1995 (36) (21.Qd2 h6 22.Nd1 Ne7 23.Nf2 Qh5 24.Bxf4 gxf4 25.Nd3 Nf5 26.Nxf4 Ng3+ 27.Kg1 Rxf4 28.hxg3 Rf7 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.Qxh6+ Kg8 32.dxe5 Bd7 33.Rf1 Qg7 34.Qh4 Rc8 35.Rf4 Rxc2 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Rh4+ 1-0 Zila,L-Maeurer,C/Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 49 ext (37))) 18.Nc3 (18.Be3 Ba6 19.Rf2 Rad8 20.Nc3 Kh8 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Qc1 Nd3!? Kudrin,S-Alburt,L/New York op 1985 (32) (22...Nd3 23.Qxc6 Bb7 24.Qxe6 Qxe6 25.Bxe6 Bxe4 26.Rd2 h6 27.Bb3 Rde8 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Rxe5 30.Bd4 Re7 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kg1 Bf5 1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Alburt,L/New York 1985/EXT 2000 (32))) 18...Bb7 19.d5 1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Marinkovic,I/Belgrade-A 1991 (19.Ne4!? Qe7 20.Re1 Na5 21.Bc2 Qb4 (21...Rac8!?) (21...Rad8?? 22.Bh4) 22.Rb1 Rad8 (22...Rac8!?) 23.Bh4 Arnason,J-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984 '!' Chekhov. Finkel,A: ' Arnason,J-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984' (23.Bh4! Rc8 (23...Rd5 24.a3 Qb5 25.Nc3) (23...Rd7 24.a3 Qb5 25.Ba4) 24.a3 Qb5 (24...Qc4 25.Rc1) 25.Be7 (25.Nd6?! Nxg2! 26.Nxb5 (26.Kxg2 Rxc2+ 27.Qxc2 Bxf3+) 26...Nxe1 27.Qxe1 Bxf3+ 28.Kg1 Rxc2 29.Qxe6+ Kh8) 25...Rf7 26.Bd6 (26.Nd6 Nxg2! 27.Nxb5 Nxe1) 26...Nxg2?! (26...Qh5!?) 27.Kxg2 Qf5 28.Bd3! Qg4+ 29.Bg3 Rcf8 30.Nh4?! (30.Ne5!? Rf2+ 31.Kg1 Qh3 32.Bxf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 34.Kf1 Qh1+ 35.Ke2 Qg2+ 36.Nf2) 30...Qg5! 31.Kh1 (31.Bc2!? Rf2+ 32.Kg1 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Rd2 34.Qc1 Rff2 35.Kh1!) 31...Bxd4 32.Ng2 Qd5 33.Qe2 Bf2 (33...Nb3 34.Bc4 Qxe4 35.Qxe4 (35.Bxb3?? Qxe2 36.Rxe2 Rf1+) 35...Bxe4 36.Rxe4 Nd2 37.Rxd4 Nxc4 (37...Nxb1 38.Bxe6) 38.h3) 34.Rf1 Bxg3 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.hxg3 Nb3 37.Rf1 (37.Rd1 Nd4 38.Qg4 Rf2 (38...Kg7!?) 39.Kg1 Rxb2? 40.Nf6+) 37...Nd4 38.Qd1 Nf5 39.Kh2 Qe5 40.Qg4?! (40.Qe2? Nd4 /\Rf1,Be4/) (40.Qe1!? Qxb2 41.Bc4) 40...Rd7?! (40...Qxb2! /\Ne3/ 41.Rf2 Qxa3 42.Bc4 Bd5) 41.Bb1 Bxe4 (41...Qxb2 42.Rf2 Qe5 (42...Qxb1 43.Nf6+) 43.Qf4) 42.Bxe4 Rd2 43.Qf3 Rxb2 (43...Qxb2!? 44.Bxf5 exf5 45.Qa8+ Kg7 46.Qxa7+ Kh6) 44.Bxf5 exf5 45.Qa8+ Kg7 46.Qxa7+ Kh6 47.Qa8 Qc5 48.Qf3 Kg7 (48...Ra2 49.Qf4+? (49.Rd1! Rxa3 50.Qf4+ Kg7 51.Rd7+ Kf6 52.Qh4+ Ke6 53.Qxh7) 49...Kg7 50.a4 Qc6) 49.Rd1 Kf6 50.Rd5 Qc1 51.Rd6+ Ke7 52.Rd1 (52.Qd5 Qh6+ 53.Kg1 Qc1+) 52...Qc2 (52...Qh6+ 53.Kg1 /\Qb7/) 53.Qb7+ Kf6 54.Rd6+ Kg5 55.Qe7+ Kg4 (55...Kh6 56.Qh4+) 56.Rd4+ 1-0 Arnason,J-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984/MCL/[Chekhov] (56))))
(17.Nc3 Nh3+ '#' (17...Na5?! 18.Ne5 (18.Bc2? Nh3+) (18.Ne4? Nh3+ (18...Qf5 19.Bc2 b6 20.Bg3 Ba6 21.Nh4 # Ne2+ 22.Qxe2 Bxe2 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rfe1 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 Bc4 26.Ng5 Rae8 27.Rad1 Bxb2 28.Rd7 h6 29.Nf3 Rf7 30.Red1 Bd5 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.a4 Rc8 33.Ne1 Nc4 34.Bf2 Bc3 35.Nd3 Be4 36.Bb1 Nd2 37.Bc2 Rg8 38.Ne1 Rc8 39.Nd3 Rd8 40.Ne1 Rd5 41.Be3 Nc4 42.Rxd5 exd5 0-1 Schorn,C-Schroll,G/Aschach 1992/TD (42))) (18.Bh4 Qf5 19.Bg3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 b6 21.Ne5 g5 22.Rae1 Bb7 23.Bxf4 gxf4 24.g4 Qf6 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.g5 Rad8 27.Nf3 Kh8 28.g6 Bxd4+ 29.Nxd4 Rxd4 30.Qc3 e5 31.Ng3 Qg7 32.Qa3 0-1 Cela,I-Marinkovic,I/Athens 1993/TD (32)) 18...Nxb3 19.Qxb3 b6 20.Bg3 g5 21.Bxf4 gxf4 Pavlov-Pushkin/RUS/1992/1/2-1/2/39/) (17...Kh8 18.Be3 Qe7 19.Qd2 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bxd5 Nb4 22.Bb3 Bf5 23.a3 Nd3 24.Bh6 Rac8 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Kh1 Qd6 27.Ne1 Qxd4 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Nxd3 Rd8 30.Bc2 Rf7 31.Re1 Qxb2 32.Qg5 Rc8 33.Nxb2 1-0 Voormans,J-Blees,A/Dieren 1988/TD (33)) 18.gxh3 Qxf3 19.Qxf3 (19.d5 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 exd5 21.Bxd5+ Kh8 22.Kg2 Bf5 23.Rfe1 Bxh3+ 24.Kxh3 Rxf2 25.Ne4 Rxb2 26.Nd6 Ne5 27.Nxb7 Rc8 28.Rc1 Rf8 29.Rf1 Rxf1 30.Rxf1 h5 31.Rg1 Nd3 32.Kg3 Rf2 33.Rg2 Be5+ 34.Kh4 Rf4+ 35.Kh3 Rd4 36.Bc6 0-1 Zapata,A-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1987/CBM 03 (36)) 19...Rxf3 20.Kg2 (20.d5 Na5 21.Nb5! (21.Ba4 exd5 22.Rad1 Bxh3 23.Rfe1 Raf8 24.Bc5 Bxc3 25.bxc3 R8f4 26.Re8+ Kg7 27.Bd4+ Kf7 28.Ree1 Nc6 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Bxa7 Rg4+ 31.Kh1 Bg2+ 32.Kg1 Rf5 33.h3 Bxh3+ 34.Kh2 Rh5 35.Re5 Rhh4 36.Bf2 Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Rxf2 38.Re7+ Kxe7 39.Re1+ Kd6 40.Re6+ Kxe6 41.c4 dxc4 42.a4 Rg2 43.a5 c3 44.a6 c2 0-1 Huber-Hauchard,A/Pau 1989/EXT 97 (44)) (21.Bd1 Rd3 22.Nb5 Bd7 23.Nc7 Rc8 24.Nxe6 Bxb2 25.Rb1 Rxd5 26.Nf4 Rg5+ 27.Bg3 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Nc4 29.Rxb7 Bc6+ 30.Bf3 Bxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Nd2 32.h4 Nxf3 33.hxg5 Nxg5 34.Ne2 Bb6 35.h4 Nf7 36.Nf4 Nd6 37.Rd7 Nf5 38.Be1 Rc1 39.Nd3 Rd1 40.Kh2 Nd4 0-1 Cechalova,E-Iashvili,A/Stockerau 1993/EXT 97 (40)) 21...Nxb3 22.axb3 exd5 23.Nc7 Rxf2 24.Rxf2 Rb8 25.Rd1 Kuzanov-Pushkin/corr/1987/1/2-1/2/67/) (20.Nb5 Kh8 (20...Bd7 21.Nc7 (21.Kg2 Raf8 22.Nc7 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Bc6+ 25.Kg3 Rxf1 26.Nxe6 Bxd4 27.Nxd4+ Kg7 28.Nxc6 bxc6 29.Bc2 Ra1 0-1 Pilgaard,K-Brautsch,S/Lyngby 1988/TD (29)) 21...Nxd4 22.Nxa8 Ne2+ 23.Kg2 Rxb3 24.Rac1 (24.Bxa7 Rxb2 25.a4 Bc6+ 26.Kf2 Nd4+ 27.Kg3 Be5+ 0-1 Schwaegli,B-Hirt,M/Wohlen 1993/TD (27)) 24...Nf4+ 25.Kh1 Rxb2 26.Rc7 Bc6+ 27.Rxc6 bxc6 28.Nc7 Be5 29.Na6 Nxh3 30.Bg3 Bxg3 31.hxg3 Rxa2 32.Nb4 Rf2 33.Rd1 c5 0-1 Jensen,V-Brautsch,S/Aarhus 1988/EXT 99 (33)) 21.Kg2 Rd3 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Bd7 24.Nc7 Rc8 25.Nxe6 Na5 26.Nc5 Bf5 27.Bd5 b6 28.Be6 Rc6 29.d5 Rxc5 30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.b4 Rc7 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.d6 Rd7 34.Rd5 Bc3 35.Rc5 Bf6 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc7 Rf7 38.d7 Bd8 39.Rxa7 f4 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.a4 Kg7 42.Rb7 h6 43.Bd4+ Kf8 44.Bc5+ Kg7 45.Bf2 h5 46.Bd4+ Kf8 47.Bc5+ Kg7 48.Bf2 h4 49.Bd4+ Kh7 50.Bb6 Bxb6 51.d8=Q Rxb7 52.Qd3+ Kh8 53.Qb5 Kg7 54.Qc6 Rb8 55.Qd6 Rb7 56.Qe5+ Kg8 57.Qe8+ Kg7 58.Qb5 Kg8 59.Qc6 Rb8 60.Qg6+ Kh8 61.Qh6+ Kg8 62.Qg5+ Kh7 63.Qxh4+ Kg8 64.Qg5+ Kh7 65.Qh5+ Kg8 66.Qd5+ Kh7 67.Qd6 Rb7 68.Qd3+ Kh8 69.Qb5 Kh7 70.h4 1-0 Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Tilburg 1987/CBM 04 (70)) (20.Rad1 Kh8 21.Ne4 Na5 22.Ng5 Rf5 23.Nxe6 Nxb3 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.axb3 Be6 26.Bg3 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 1/2-1/2 Lukin,A-Romanovich,L/St Petersburg 1995/EXT 97 (27)) 20...Nxd4 21.Rad1 Rf4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Nb5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Kf7 (24...Bf6 25.Nc7 1/2-1/2 Spangenberg,H-Soppe,G/Villa Martelli 1998/EXT 99 (25)) 25.Nc7 Rb8 26.Nxe6 Bxb2 27.Ng5+ Ke7 28.Re1+ Kd6 29.Re2 Bg7 30.Rd2+ Kc6 31.Be6 Bxe6 32.Nxe6 Bf6 33.Rf2 Be5 34.Rf7 h6 35.h4 Re8 36.Nf8 Bd6 37.Nxg6 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Rxa2 39.Rh7 b5 40.Rxh6 b4 41.Ne5+ Kd5 42.Nd3 a5 43.Rh5+ Kc4 44.Ke3 Ra3 0-1 Wittmann,R-Hartmann,G/Germany 1984/GER-chT (44))
(17.Be3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qb3 Qd6 20.Nc3 Be6 21.Qxb7 Na5 22.Qb5 Nc4 23.Bc1 Rab8 24.Qa4 Nxb2 25.Bxb2 Rxb2 26.Qxa7 Bh3 27.Rf2 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Qxh2 29.Rg1 Bg4 30.Ke3 Bxf3 31.Rb1 Qf4+ 32.Kd3 Be4+ 33.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 0-1 Weiner,O-Birk,S/Germany 1989/GER-chT2 (33))
(17.Nc3)
(17.Bh4 Qf5 18.Nc3 Qg4 19.Bg3 Nh5 20.Bf2 Nf4 21.Bg3 b6 22.Re1 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Nf2+ 25.Kg1 Nxd1 26.Raxd1 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Nxd4 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Re4 e5 30.Bd5 Rb8 31.g4 Ne6 32.Bxe6 Bxe6 33.g5 h5 34.gxh6 Bxh6 35.Rxe5 Bf5 36.Red5 Ke7 37.Re1+ Kf8 38.Nb5 Bg7 39.Re2 a6 40.Nd4 Bxd4 41.Rxd4 a5 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.Re5 Be6 44.b3 Bf5 45.Kf4 Bb1 46.Rd7+ Kf6 47.Rd6+ Kf7 48.Kg5 Bxa2 49.Rf6+ Kg8 50.Rxg6+ Kf7 51.Rf6+ Kg8 52.Rb5 a4 53.bxa4 Ra8 54.Rb4 1-0 Markgraf,A-Rudolph,J/Schoeneck 1997/EXT 99 (54))
17...Qf5
(17...Kh8 18.Kh1 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bg3 g5 22.Rc1 Bf5 23.Nc4 Qf6 24.Qf3 Qg6 25.Bxf4 Be4 26.Qg3 gxf4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 # 28.Nd6 Bc6 29.Nf7+ Kh7 30.Rxf4 Bxb2 31.Rcf1 Kg7 32.Ng5 Rxf4 33.Rxf4 Bd7 34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.h4 Kh5 36.Rxd7 Kxh4 37.Ne4 Kg4 38.Nf2+ Kg3 39.Kg1 b6 40.Rd3+ Kf4 41.Rf3+ Kg5 42.Ne4+ Kh6 43.g4 Kg7 44.Rf7+ Kh6 45.g5+ 1-0 Havranek,M-Plesek,J/Pardubice 1993/TD (45))
18.Nc4
(18.Be3?! Qd3 '=/+' Chekhov. Chekhov: 'Shamkovich,L-Alburt,L/Reykjavik/1984/' 19.Re1 Nxd4 20.Bc4 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qf5 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Qxf4 Rxf4 Shamkovich,L-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984 (46) (23...Rxf4 24.Ne4 b5 25.Bb3 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Kg7 27.Rac1 Bxb2 28.Rc7+ Rf7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Ng5+ Kg7 31.Nxe6+ Bxe6 32.Rxe6 a5 33.Re7+ Kh8 34.Rb7 Re8 35.g3 Re5 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rb7+ Kf6 38.Rf7+ Kg5 39.Kg2 h5 40.h4+ Kh6 41.Rb7 Ba3 42.Kf3 g5 43.hxg5+ Rxg5 44.Bc2 Rc5 45.Bd3 b4 46.Rb6+ Kg7 47.Rb5 1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Alburt,L/Reykjavik 1984/MCL (47)))
(18.Bc2!? Qg4 (18...Qb5) 19.Bg3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21.Kh1 Qxd1 22.Raxd1 e5 23.Bb3+ Kg7 24.Nc4 Havranek,M-Hudecek,J/Pardubice op 1993 (41) (24.Nc4 g5 25.Rfe1 Bg4 26.Rd2 Rae8 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.h3 Bh5 29.Nb5 Rbd8 30.Nxd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Re7+ Kh6 33.Rd7 Ne2 34.Be5 Rf1+ 35.Kh2 Bg6 36.Bc4 Rf2 37.Bg7+ Kh5 38.Bd5 d3 39.Bf3+ Kh4 40.Be5 Bf5 41.Rd4+ Nf4 42.Rxf4+ 1-0 Havranek,M-Hudecek,J/Pardubice 1993/TD (42)))
(18.Kh1 Nd3 (18...Qg4 19.Bg3 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nb3 Bf5 22.Bd6 Rfe8 23.h3 Qh5 24.Bh2 Be4 25.Ne1 Qxh3 26.Rf4 Qh6 27.Rf2 Rf8 28.Nf3 g5 0-1 Balcerak,P-Schlawin,M/Ueberlingen am Bodensee 2000/EXT 2001 (28)) 19.Bg1 Nxb2 20.Qc1 Nd3 21.Qa3 Qa5 22.Qd6 Qd8 23.Qg3 Nf4 24.Rae1 h6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.Ne4 Rf5 30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.g3 Ne2 32.Rxf5 gxf5 33.Be3 b6 34.h3 Bb7+ 35.Kh2 f4 36.gxf4 Nxf4 37.Bd1 Rd8 38.Bxf4 gxf4 39.Bh5+ Ke7 40.h4 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Rxa2 42.Kg4 Rg2+ 43.Kxf4 a5 44.Bd1 b5 45.h5 Rd2 46.Bg4 Kf7 47.h6 Rd4+ 48.Ke3 Rxg4 49.Nxg4 Kg6 50.Kd4 Bf3 51.Ne3 Kxh6 52.Kc5 Be2 53.Nc2 Bc4 54.Na3 Kg5 0-1 Zila,L-Mate,L/HUN 1995/EXT 97 (54))
18...Nh3+ 19.gxh3 Qxf3 20.Qxf3 Rxf3 21.Rad1 Rxh3?! Only now black makes first 'own' move and quiet dangerous one!In the previous game black chose
(21...Rf5 22.Nd6 Rg5+ 23.Kh1 Bd7 24.Be3 Rh5 with unclear position;Jonker,M-Al Modiahki,M/WchJ-U16 1990 (31) (24...Rh5 25.d5 Na5 26.Rf7 Rd8 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.dxe6 Re7 29.Nc8 Re8 30.Nd6 Re7 31.Nc8 Re8 1/2-1/2 Jonker,M-Al Modiahki,M/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (31)))
22.Nd6 Na5 An only,but quiet sufficient defensive move. 23.Ba4 Rh5!? 24.Nxc8
(24.Be8!? Nc6 (24...Rd5 25.Bf7+ Kf8 26.Bg3! Ke7?! (26...Bxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Nxc8) 27.Nxc8+ Rxc8 28.Bxe6! Kxe6 29.Rde1+ Kd7 30.Rf7+) 25.Bf7+ Kh8 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Bxe6)
24...b5 25.Ne7+ Kf7 26.Nxg6 More dangerous for black was
(26.Bh4+! Ke8 27.Nf5! Rxf5! (27...exf5?! 28.Bxb5+ Kf7 29.Be1) 28.Rxf5 gxf5 29.Bxb5+ Kf7 30.d5!?)
26...bxa4
(26...hxg6 27.Bg3+ Kg8 28.Bc2 Kh7 29.Rf7)
27.Ne5+ Kg8 28.Rc1!?
(28.Bg3!? Nb7 (28...Rd8 29.Rc1 Rf5 30.Rxf5 exf5 31.Rc5 Nb7 32.Rc7) 29.Rc1 Nd6 30.Rc6 Rd8 31.Rfc1)
28...Nb7 29.Rc6
(29.Rc7!? Nd6 30.Re7 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Rxe5 32.Bg3 Nf5! 33.Bxe5 Nxe7 34.Rf6)
29...Bxe5 30.dxe5 Rxe5 31.Re1?!
(31.Rc7!? Rb5 32.Bd4 Rg5+ 33.Kh1 Nd6 34.Rg1 Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1)
31...Rg5+ 32.Kh1 e5 33.Bh4 Rg4 34.Bg3 Nd8 35.Ra6
(35.Rcc1!? Nf7 36.Bxe5 Nxe5 37.Rxe5 Rb8 38.Re7)
35...Nf7 36.Bf2?! After this inaccuracy white becomes the defensive side. Ng5 37.Rxa7 Rxa7 38.Bxa7 Nf3 39.Re2 Rc4 40.Kg2 Nh4+ 41.Kh3 Ng6 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.Kf3?!
(43.b3! axb3 44.axb3 Rb4 45.Re3 Rb5 46.Rc3 Nf4)
43...Ke6 44.Kf2 Nf4 45.Rd2 Nd5 46.Ke2 Nb4 47.b3 axb3 48.axb3 Rc3 49.Rb2 Rh3 50.Kf1 h5 51.Bb6 Rf3+ 52.Kg2 e4 53.Re2 Kf5 54.Rd2 Nd3 55.Kg1
(55.Bc7 Ne1+ 56.Kg1 Rxb3)
55...Nf4 56.Bc7
(56.b4 e3 57.Rd1 e2 58.Re1 Ke4 59.b5 Rb3)
56...e3?
(56...Rxb3 57.Rd7 (57.Rf2 Rb1+ 58.Rf1 Rxf1+ 59.Kxf1 e3 60.Bxf4 Kxf4 61.Ke2 h4 62.h3 Ke4 63.Ke1 Kf3) 57...Nh3+ 58.Kg2 Ng5 59.Rd5+ Kg4)
57.Bxf4! Kxf4?! Black could still try to find some chanses after
(57...exd2 58.Bxd2 Rxb3 59.Ba5 Rb2 60.Bc7 Kg4 61.Kf1 Kf3 although the position is drawn.)
58.Rc2 h4 59.Kg2 Ke5 60.Rc5+ Kd6 61.Rc3 1/2-1/2 Vokarev,S-Solozhenkin,E/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Finkel,A] (61)]
[10.c3 cxd4
(10...Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O cxd4 13.Bg5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nxd4 Qxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Bd7 20.Nc3 Rf8+ 21.Ke2 Kg7 22.Rf1 Bc6 23.Rxf8 Kxf8 24.Bxe6 Bxg2 25.Kd3 Ke7 26.d5 Bf1+ 27.Kd4 Nc4 28.b3 Nd6 29.Ke5 Bd3 30.Kd4 Bc2 31.Kc5 g5 32.Kd4 Kf6 33.b4 h5 34.a4 g4 35.Nb5 Nxb5+ 36.axb5 Bf5 37.Bxf5 Kxf5 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.d6 Kxd6 40.Kf4 b6 41.Kf5 Kd5 42.Kg5 Ke4 43.Kxh5 Kf4 44.Kg6 g3 45.hxg3+ Kxg3 46.Kf5 Kf3 47.Ke5 Ke3 48.Kd5 Kd3 0-1 Buescher,A-Wichmann,D/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (48))
11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Nf3
(12.Be3 Nd5 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Qd1 f6 16.Nf3 fxe5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 0-1 Hinzpeter,S-Schultz,H/GER 1993/EXT 2002 (18))
12...f6 13.Nc3
(13.exf6 Qxf6 (13...Bxf6 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Bf2 Nf4 16.O-O Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Ba4+ Ke7 19.Qg4 e5 20.Qg5+ Kd6 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.Bxd4 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Nxd4 24.Nc3 Bf5 25.Rad1 Ke6 26.Rfe1 a6 27.Rd2 h5 28.Rf2 Rac8 29.h3 b5 30.Bd1 b4 31.Ne2 Nc2 32.Bxc2 Rxc2 33.Nf4+ Kf6 34.Rxc2 Bxc2 35.Ne2 Rd2 36.Kg1 Ba4 37.b3 Bc6 38.Kf1 Bb5 39.Kf2 Rxa2 40.Ke3 Rxe2+ 41.Rxe2 Bxe2 42.Kxe2 e4 43.Kd2 Ke5 44.Ke3 Kf5 0-1 Ryvova,A-Lukes,L/CZE 1998/EXT 99 (44)) 14.Be3 (14.Nc3 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Bxd4 17.Nb5 Be5 18.O-O Bd7 19.Re1 # Bxb5 20.Rxe5 Bd7 21.Bh6 O-O-O 22.Ra5 a6 23.Bg7 Rhg8 24.Be5 Nd5 25.Rc1+ Bc6 26.Ba4 Nb4 27.Rc4 Nd3 28.Bxc6 Nxe5 29.Rxe5 Rd1+ 30.Kf2 bxc6 31.Rxc6+ Kd7 32.Rcxe6 Rd2+ 33.Re2 Rf8+ 34.Ke1 Rxe2+ 35.Rxe2 Kd6 36.Re4 Kd5 37.Ra4 Rf6 38.Ke2 Kc5 39.b3 h5 40.a3 Rb6 41.b4+ Kc4 42.Kf3 Rf6+ 43.Kg3 Kd3 44.Ra5 Ke4 45.h3 Rd6 46.Rg5 Rf6 47.Rc5 Rd6 48.Kh4 Kf4 49.Rc3 Kf5 50.Rf3+ Ke4 51.Rf2 Ke3 52.Rf8 Ke4 53.Kg5 a5 54.Re8+ Kd4 55.bxa5 Ra6 56.Rg8 Rxa5+ 57.Kxg6 h4 58.Rh8 Rxa3 59.Rxh4+ Ke5 60.g4 Ra6+ 61.Kg5 Ra8 62.Rh7 Rg8+ 63.Kh5 Kf6 64.h4 Rb8 65.g5+ Ke6 66.Kh6 Rb4 67.h5 Rb8 68.g6 Rf8 69.Kg7 Ra8 1-0 Kosanski,S-Detter,P/Frohnleiten 1998/CBM 64 ext (69)) 14...Nd5 15.Bxd5 (15.Bf2 Bh6 16.O-O Ne3 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Qd3 Nxf2 19.Rxf2 O-O 20.Nc3 Kh8 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.Nc5 e5 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.d5 Qd6 26.Qe2 Nd4 27.Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.Nxe5 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Rf8+ 30.Kg1 Bd2 31.Rd1 Nxb3 32.axb3 Bb4 33.g3 Bd6 34.Nc4 Rd8 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf7 37.Ke4 Ke7 38.Kd4 Kd7 39.Na5 Rf8 40.Nxb7 Rf2 41.Ra1 Rd2+ 42.Kc4 Rc2+ 43.Kb5 Rxh2 44.Rxa7 Bxg3 45.Nc5+ Ke8 46.Kc6 Rd2 47.Rxh7 Be5 48.Rh3 Kf7 49.Rf3+ Kg8 50.Rd3 1-0 Huebner,R-Seul,G/Germany 1994/GER-chT (50)) 15...exd5 16.Nc3 Be6 17.O-O Qe7 18.Qd2 h6 19.Rfe1 O-O-O 20.Rac1 g5 21.Nb5 Kd7 22.Ne5+ Bxe5 23.dxe5 a6 24.Nd4 Rc8 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Qa5 Rb8 28.Qxa6 Qb4 29.Rc1 Qb5 30.Qa3 Qb4 31.Qa7+ Qb7 32.Qc5 Qc7 33.Bd4 Ra8 34.b4 Rxa2 35.b5 Ra5 36.bxc6+ Ke8 37.Qd6 Qe7 38.Qb8+ Kf7 39.c7 Ra4 40.c8=Q Bxc8 41.Qxc8 1-0 Jacobs,B-Hauchard,A/Cappelle 1989/TD (41))
13...fxe5
(13...O-O 14.exf6 Qxf6 (14...Bxf6 15.Be3 Na5 16.O-O Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Nd5 18.Bh6 Nxc3 19.Bxf8 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Qxf8 21.Qe3 Qg7 22.Qxe2 Bd7 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Bc6 25.Rf6 Bd5 26.b3 Rc8 27.Raf1 a6 28.Qf2 Be4 29.Rf7 Qh6 30.Qf6 Bf5 31.Rxb7 Rf8 32.Qe7 1-0 Sanz Alonso,F-Etchegaray,P/Elgoibar 1993/EXT 99 (32)) 15.Be3 1/2-1/2 Valkesalmi,K-Osterman,G/Espoo 1985/EXT 2000 (15) (15.Be3 Na5 16.O-O Qd8 (16...Bd7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Bg5 Qb4 19.Bd2 Qb5 20.Bxa5 Qxa5 21.Nc5 Rae8 22.Re1 Kh8 23.Bxe6 Bc6 24.Ne5 Qb4 25.a3 Qxb2 26.Re2 Qc3 27.Rc1 Qxa3 28.Ra1 Qc3 29.Rc1 Qa3 30.Ra1 1/2-1/2 Bigaliev,R-Koniushkov,I/Krasnodar 1997/EXT 2000 (30)) 17.Bc2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Ne5 Nc6 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Qd2 Be6 22.Nf3 Bf5 23.Bb3 Qd8 24.Bg5 Qd7 25.Ne5 Qd6 26.Bf4 Re8 27.Rc1 Qe6 1/2-1/2 Pesotsky,V-Khmelnitsky,I/Kharkov 1988/EXT 97 (27)))
14.Bg5 Qd7
(14...Bf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.dxe5 Nxe5 (16...Qf4 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Rd1 Na5 19.Rd4 Qc1+ 20.Bd1 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.O-O Be6 23.Ba4 Qc5 24.b4 Qc3 25.Rfd1 Nc4 26.Qe1 Rxf3 27.gxf3 Qxf3 28.R1d3 Qf5 29.Bd1 Nxe5 30.Re3 Qg5+ 31.Qg3 Qxg3+ 32.hxg3 Nc6 33.Rf4 Bf7 34.b5 Nd8 35.Re7 Rc8 36.Bb3 Kf8 37.Re5 Rc5 38.Rxd5 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Ke7 1-0 Chehlov,A-Ponomariov,B/Yalta 1995/EXT 97 (39)) 17.O-O Nxf3+ 18.Rxf3 Qe5 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.Re1 Qa5 21.Qd6 O-O-O 22.Rc1 Bc6 23.Bxe6+ Nd7 24.Nd5 Rhe8 25.Bxd7+ Rxd7 26.Rxc6+ bxc6 27.Qxc6+ 1-0 Mukhametov,E-Tabatadze,T/Sofia 1994/TD (27))
15.Nxe5
(15.dxe5 O-O 16.Bf6 Bxf6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.O-O Qxd1 19.Raxd1 Rf8 20.Ng5 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 h6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6 23.Bxe6+ Kg7 24.Bb3 Na5 25.Bd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Rf8+ 27.Ke2 Nc6 28.Ne4 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Nxd8 30.Ke3 Kf7 31.Nc5 Ke7 32.Ke4 Kd6 33.Nd3 Ne6 34.h4 a5 35.g4 b5 36.b3 Nf8 37.Ne5 Kc5 38.a3 h5 39.g5 Kd6 40.b4 a4 41.Nf3 Ne6 42.Nd4 Nc7 43.Ne2 Nd5 44.Nd4 Nc7 45.Ne2 Nd5 1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Polzin,R/Bern 1992/CBM 28 (45))
15...Nxe5 16.dxe5 O-O 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Bf6 Bxf6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne4 Rf8 21.Rf1 Bd7 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Nxd7 Nxd7 24.Rd1 Nc5 25.Qe3 Nxb3 26.axb3 Qxh2 27.Rd7+ Kh8 28.Rff7 Rxf7 29.Rxf7 Rd8 30.Qxe6 Qg1+ 31.Rf1 Rd1+ 32.Kxd1 Qxf1+ 0-1 Pokojowczyk,J-Pytel,K/Gdynia 1982/EXT 2001 (32)]
10...O-O 11.dxc5 N6d7 12.Qh3 h6 13.Nxf7 Rxf7 14.Bxe6 Nxe5 15.Bxc8 Kh7
[15...Qf6 16.Be3 Kh7 17.Nc3 Nc4 18.O-O-O Nc6 19.Be6 Nxe3 20.Bxf7 Nxd1 21.Bxg6+ Qxg6 22.Rxd1 Qg5+ 23.Kb1 Qxc5 24.a3 Rf8 25.Ne4 Qe5 26.Nc3 Nd4 27.Qd7 Rf2 28.Qxb7 Nxc2 29.Qxa7 Ne3 30.Rc1 Qf5+ 31.Ka2 Qe6+ 32.Ka1 Qb3 0-1 Freter,A-Schultz,H/Germany 1993/EXT 98 (32)]
16.Be6 Rf8 So White has won two pawns but he is very far behind in development. 17.Nc3 Na6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Ne4?! # It would be more prudent to complete development with 19.0-0-0.
[19.O-O-O Nxc5 20.Bd5 Rac8 With strong attacking chances.]
19...Qa5+ 20.Bd2 Qa4 21.Ng5+ Kh8 22.Bb3?
[22.O-O-O Nxc5 23.Rhe1
(23.Kb1 Rf2)
23...Ned3+
(23...Qd4 24.Kb1 Rad8)
24.cxd3 Nxe6 25.Nxe6 Rac8+ 26.Bc3 Rxc3+ 27.bxc3 Rf2 28.Rd2 Qa3+ 29.Kd1 Qa4+]
22...Qd4! 23.Ne6 Qf2+ 24.Kd1 Rad8 25.Qc3 Nxc5!

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