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[Event "PCA-op"]

[Site "New York"]


[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3


Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. Bb1
Bh6
15. h3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qa6 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Nh4 e6 20. Qxh5
Bg7 21.
e5 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. f5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Rc7 26. Nxg7 Rxg7 27.
Bh6 Rxh6 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qxg7 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 1-0

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]

[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]


[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.


Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Nd4
Bc4
15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. b3 Na5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Re1
Rfe8 21.
c4 b6 22. Qd3 Nb7 23. Nc6 e6 24. b4 a5 25. Be3 axb4 26. Rxb4 exd5 27. cxd5
Nc5
28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Rd1 Ra6 30. Qc4 Rea8 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Nxb8
Qc8 34.
Bxc5 dxc5 35. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]

[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3
Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 {Fischer,R-Petrosjan,T/Belgrade URS-World/1970/})
6...
Bg4 (6... Ne4 $6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Qxe4 f6 $14) 7. Ne2
(7.
Qb3) 7... e6 8. Qc2 Bxe2 (8... Rc8 $5 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O (10. Bxh7 $6 g6 $1 11.
g4 Rxh7 12. Qb3 Rc7 13. gxh5 Rxh5 $15)) 9. Qxe2 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Bg3 Be7
12.
O-O O-O 13. b3 Rac8 14. Nd2 a6 (14... Ba3 15. Nf3 Nh5 $13) 15. a4 $1 Qd8 16.
Rac1 Re8 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. f4 Ne7 (18... Qc7 $5 19. Nf3 $140 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4
21. Ne5 Qg5 $15) 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Ne5 Be7 21. Rc2 g6 $6 (21... Nd6 $1 {xe4})
22.
Be1 h5 23. h3 h4 $6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Bxh4 Ne4 26. Be1 (26. Bxe7 $2 Ng3+
27.
Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rxe7 $17) 26... Bh4 27. g4 $1 fxg4 28. hxg4 Kg7 29. f5
Rc7
30. Kg2 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Qg5 32. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 (32... Qh4 33. f6+ $1 Kg8 (33...
Nxf6
34. Rh1 $18) 34. Qf4 $16) 33. Rcxc1 gxf5 34. Rxf5 f6 35. Nd3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3
Nxc3
37. Nf4 Re4 38. Kf3 Kh7 (38... Kf7 $2 39. g5) 39. Rxf6 b5 40. Rxa6 Rxd4 41.

Ra7+ Kg8 (41... Kh6 $2 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Ne6+ $18) 42. a5 $1 Rb4 43. g5
Rxb3 44.
Ne6 b4 45. Kf4 $1 Ne2+ (45... Ne4 46. g6 $18) 46. Ke5 Re3+ 47. Kf6 Rf3+ 48.
Kg6
Nf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxf4 50. Ra8+ Rf8 51. Rxf8+ Kxf8 52. a6 b3 53. a7 b2 54.
a8=Q+
1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Bg3 d6 8. c3


Nd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. a4 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 c5 14. Rf2 Qc7 15.
Raf1 d5 16. g4 Rae8 17. c4 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. cxd5 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxd5 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. Rf4 Re3 24. N4f3 Rc8 25. Ne4 Bd6 26. Nxd6 Rxc2
27.

Nxf7 Re7 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. g5 Rxb2 30. Rd1 Ba2 31. Kh2 a5 32. Nd4 Nc5 33.
Rf6
Re8 34. h4 Kh8 35. Rdf1 Rb4 36. R1f4 Nxa4 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rf8+ Rxf8 39.
Rxf8+
Kg7 40. Rf6 Rxd4 41. Nf5+ Kg8 42. Nxd4 Nc5 43. Rxb6 a4 44. Kg3 Bf7 45. Rc6
Nd3
46. Ra6 Nb2 47. Kf4 Nd3+ 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3


Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Nc5
15. Bb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qa3 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5
Bd4 21.

Rd1 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rfd8 23. Rcd5 e6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Ke3
Kf8
27. f5 e5 28. f4 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kd3 Kf6 33. Kc4
Ke6 34. Kc5 b6+ 35. Kb5 Kd6 36. b4 Kc7 37. a4 Ne6 38. Ba2 Nd4+ 39. Ka6 Kb8
40.
Bf7 Nf3 41. Bxg6 Nxh4 42. Bf7 Nf3 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Bulletin Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 (4... e5 $5 {Ribli}


) 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 (6... Qb6 $5 {Ribli}) 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Bb4+ $5 {Ribli})
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 (10... Ng4 11. e4 (11. Rc1 Nge5 12. Nb5 a6
13.

N5d4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd3 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qc7
19. Be4
Kh8 20. c5 Rfd8 21. cxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 {
Adorjan,A-Mokry,K/Praha zt/1985/1-0 (50)}) 11... Nge5 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7
14. Be3 Qb8 15. Rd2 Nd7 16. Rad1 a6 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Nc2 Na5 20.
b3
b5 21. f5 Ncxb3 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. fxe6 Nxd2 24. exf7+ {
Nikolic,Pr-Van der Wiel,J (2)/Tilburg2.27 /1992/1-0 (29)}) (10... h6 11. Rc1 e5
12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb8 17. Bc3 Rfe8
18.
Nd2 Na6 19. e4 Nc5 20. b3 h5 21. Qe2 h4 22. gxh4 g6 23. f4 Nh5 24. fxe5 {
Gavrikov,V-Zaitshik,G/Tbilisi/1983/1-0 (37)}) 11. e3 $5 (11. Be3 Nf6 (11... Ne5
{Ribli} 12. c5 $1 $14 {Mikhalchishin,A-Kasparov,G/Baku/1980/}) (11... Bd7 {
Bulletin} 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bf4 $14 {
Pekarek,A-Schulz,K Berlin op. 1988}) 12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Bd2 (13. Bf4 g5 14. Bd2
Nge5 15. Nb5 Ng6 16. c5 d5 17. e4 d4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 f6 20. e5 Ngxe5
21.
Nc5 Qxd6 22. f4 Nd7 23. fxg5 Nxc5 24. gxf6 {
Adorjan,A-Hulak,K/Toluca izt/1982/1-0 (29)}) 13... Bd7 14. e4 Nge5 15. Qe2 a5
16. Be3 a4 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Ndb1 Rc8 19. Na3 Qa5 20. f4 Ned3 21. Rcd1 Nc5
22.
Rd2 Nba6 23. Nab5 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 {
Gheorghiu,F-Hulak,K/Surakarta Denpasar/1982/1-0 (35)}) 11... Nxf4 (11... g6 {
Bulletin} 12. Bh6 Re8 13. e4 $14) (11... Nf6 {Bulletin} 12. e4) 12. exf4 Bd7
13. Qd2 Qb8 (13... Qb6 14. Rad1 (14. c5 dxc5 15. Qxd7 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 Rxd7 17.
Bxd7 c4 18. Nc1 Qxb2 19. N1e2 $13) 14... Rad8 15. Rfe1 $14) 14. Rfe1 g6
(14...
Rd8 15. f5 Bf8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. f4 $16) (14... a6 {Ribli} 15. f5 $14) 15. h4
a6 16. h5 b5 $6 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 $36 (17. hxg6 {Bulletin} hxg6 18. Rad1
Be8
$14)) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 $1 dxc5 (18... Be8 19. Nxa6 (19. Nxe6 $1 {Ribli}
fxe6 20. Rxe6 Bf7 (20... Bf6 $142 21. Rae1 $36) 21. Rae1 $16) 19... Rxa6 20.

cxb5 Rb6 21. bxc6 $18 (21. Bxc6 {Bulletin} Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rxb2 23. Qe3 Rc8
$132)
) (18... Qc8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 d5 22. Rec1 $16) 19. Qxd7
Rc8
20. Rxe6 $3 (20. Bxc6 Ra7 (20... Rc7 $2 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Bxa8 $18) 21. Qd3
Rxc6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 c4 (23... Rb7 24. a4 $16) 24. Qe3 (24. Nxa7 $1 {
Bulletin} cxd3 25. Nxc6 Qd6 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rad1 $14 Qb4 28. b3 Qa5 29.
Re3
Qxa2 30. Rexd3 $14) 24... Bc5 25. Nxa7 Bxe3 26. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qb6+
$13)
20... Ra7 (20... fxe6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Be4 (23. cxb5 {
Bulletin-the game}) 23... Bf6 24. Qg4 $18) 21. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 (21... Kf8 22.
Qh3
fxg6 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Bd5#) (21... Kh7 22. Qh3+ (22. Rg4 $3 {Bulletin} Rxd7
23.
Be4+ Kh6 (23... Kh8 24. Kg2) (23... f5 24. Kg2 Rd6 25. Rh1+ Rh6 26. Bxf5+
Kh8
27. Rxh6#) 24. Kg2 $18 {/\25.Rh1 mate}) 22... Kxg6 23. Be4+ f5 (23... Kg7 24.
Qh7+ Kf6 25. Qh6# (25. Nd5+ {Ribli} Ke6 26. Bf5+ Kd6 27. Qxf7 $18)) 24.
Qxf5+
Kg7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Bxc6+ $18) 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8
(23...
Bf6 24. cxb5) (23... bxc4 {Bulletin} 24. Be4 Bf6 25. Qg4 $18) 24. cxb5 Bf6 (
24... Qd6 25. Qe3 $18 (25. Qxd6 {Ribli} Bxd6 26. b6 Re7 27. Rd1 $18)) (24...
axb5 {Ribli} 25. Nxb5 $18) 25. Ne4 Bd4 (25... Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. b6 Rf7 28.
Ng5 $18) 26. bxa6 Qb6 (26... Rxa6 27. Qe7+ Kh8 (27... Kg8 {Ribli} 28. Ng5
$18)
28. Ng5 Ra7 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Qxd8 Qxb2 31. Qh8+ Kxf7 32. Bd5+ Ke7 33.
Re1+ Kd6
34. Qd8+ Rd7 35. Re6+ Kxd5 36. Qxd7+ $18) (26... Qxb2 {Bulletin} 27. Rd1
$16)
27. Rd1 Qxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Qe7+ Kh8 (28... Kg8 {Bulletin} 29. Ng5 Bxf2+ 30.
Kh2 $18) 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Ng5 Ra7 33. Qf6+
Kg8 34.
Bd5+) 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 (28... cxd4 {Ribli} 29. Qf6+ $18) 29. Qf6+ Kg8 (29... Kh6

30. f5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 $18) (29... Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Qe8+
Kg7 33.
Ne6+ Kf6 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Qf8+ Rf7 36. Qd6+ Kg7 37. Qxd4+ $18) 30.
Qxg6+ Kf8 (
30... Kh8 31. Qe8+) (30... Rg7 {Bulletin} 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Nf6+ Kh6 33.
Qh5#)
31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 (32... Kf8 33. Qxc5+ $18) (32... Kf7 33. Nd6+
Rxd6
34. Qxd6 $18) 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf8 (34... Kg7 {Bulletin} 35. Nd7+ Kg8
36.
Qg5+ Kh8 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Qxf6 41. Qxf6
$18) 35.
Qxc5+ Qd6 (35... Rd6 36. Ne4 Kxe8 37. Nxd6+ $18) 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 37. Bh5
Rd2 38.
b3 Rb2 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Shirov"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 (5. e5 {Blatny,P} Bg4 {


->[+]}) 5... Nh6 6. Bf4 f6 7. Be2 (7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 O-O) (7. Qd2 {Blatny,P}
Nf7 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O-O $14 {<=>}) 7... Nf7 8. Bh2 (8. O-O {Blatny,P} e5
$5)
8... O-O (8... dxe4 {Blatny,P} 9. Nxe4 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Nc3 $14 (11. Ng3
Be6
$132)) 9. O-O b6 (9... Re8 {Blatny,P} 10. Re1 e6 $13) 10. Re1 Bb7 (10... Na6 {
Blatny,P /\Nc7-d5} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 e5 $132) 11. Bf1 Nd7 (11... Re8 12.
e5) 12. a4 (12. e5 e6 $13) 12... a6 (12... e6 13. a5 Re8 $13) (12... e5 {
Blatny,P} 13. exd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nd4 $14) (12... a5 {Blatny,P} 13.
exd5 cxd5 {><b5}) 13. a5 b5 14. exd5 $5 cxd5 15. Re6 $5 Rc8 $6 (15... Re8
16.
Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bc8 $1 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Bxd5 $2 Nf8 $17) (15... Ng5
{Blatny,P
} 16. Nxg5 fxg5 {/\Rf6}) (15... Bc8 $142 {Blatny,P ><e6}) 16. Nxb5 $6 (16.
Ne2
$1 Re8 17. Nf4 Nf8 $1 (17... Nd6 18. Re1 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Nb3
$16) 18. Rb6 Qd7 19. Nd3 e5 20. Nc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 $14) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5
f5
$1 (17... Ng5 {Blatny,P} 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. a6 Ba8 {/\Rf6} 20. c3 {/\Qe2~/=})
18. Qe2 $6 (18. Qe1 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Ba8 $13) 18... Nf6 19. a6 (19. Rxe7 Rxc2 20.
Rxb7 Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Qa8 22. a6 Ne4 23. Rc1 Nd8 $17) 19... Ba8 20. Rxe7 Rxc2
(
20... Ne4 {Blatny,P} 21. Rd7 $18) 21. Qxc2 Qxe7 22. Qa4 $1 Qe6 $1 (22... Ne4
$6
23. Bc6) (22... Rc8 23. a7 Ne4 24. Bd7 $1 Rc4 $140 $2 25. Qb5 Rb4 26. Qb8+
$1
Qf8 27. Be6 $18) 23. b4 $2 (23. a7 $1 g5 $1 (23... Ne4 24. Qa6 $1 Nfg5 (24...
Qxa6 25. Rxa6 {/\ Bc6, Rb6}) 25. Nxg5 Nxg5 26. h4 $1 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Nf7
(27...

Ne4 28. Be5 $1 $44) 28. Ra4 Rc8 29. Bf4 $13) 24. Bc7 g4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26.
Bxe5
gxh3 27. gxh3 (27. Qa6 Qf7 28. gxh3 Ne4 $1 $17) 27... f4 $1 $40) (23. a7 $142
{
Blatny,P /\Qa6}) 23... Ne4 24. Bf1 g5 25. b5 g4 (25... f4 $5) 26. Ne1 (26. Ne5
Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qb6 $19) 26... Qb6 27. Nc2 Rc8 28. Bf4 Bh6 $1 (
28... gxh3 {Blatny,P} 29. gxh3 Qg6+ 30. Bg2 Nc3 $19) (28... Nxf2 $5
{Blatny,P}
29. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Bxd4+ 31. Be3 $8 Bxe3+ $40) 29. Bxh6 Qxh6 30.
hxg4 (30.
Ne3 gxh3 31. gxh3 Qf4 32. Ra2 (32. Nd1 Nfg5 33. Bg2 Kh8 {/\ Rg8}) (32. Qa2
Kh8
33. Bg2 Rg8 {/\ Nfg5}) 32... Nfg5 33. Bg2 Nxf2 $1 34. Rxf2 Qxe3 $19) 30... Qd2
31. f3 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 32... Nfg5 33. Ne1 Qh4+ (33... Qg3+ {
Blatny,P} 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Ngh3#) 34. Kg1 Nh3+ (34... Nh3+ 35. gxh3
Qf2+
36. Kh1 Ng3#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.


Qxc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 (9... Qb6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O (12.
Be3
Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Be7 14. O-O-O f6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Ba5 e5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Kb1
Kf7
19. Bb4 Rab8 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rd2 Rhd8 {
0,5/Akesson,R-Adamski,J/Polanica Zdroj/1981/}) 12... Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfc1
$14 {Muresan,M-Savereide,D/Tbilisi/1982/}) 10. O-O (10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Be2 Bc5
12.
O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Nd4 $15 {Kachar,V-Pavlovichev,Y/Podolsk/1991/}) 10... Qb6
11.
a4 (11. Ba4 Qc5 (11... Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Rd1 f6 14. Be3 Ke7 $10 {
Belov,I-Pavlovichev,Y/Podolsk/1990/}) 12. Qd3 (12. Qb3 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14.
Qe2
a6 15. a3 b5 16. b4 Qh5 17. Bb3 Be7 18. Rd1 Ne5 $10 {
Hansen,LB-Stein,B/Kopenhagen open/1989/}) 12... Qd6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 {0,5/Miles,A-Ribli,Z/Baden Baden/1981/}) 11... Qc5 12. Bd2
(
12. Qd3 Qd6 (12... a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Qc2 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Qc7 $13 {Chumichev,N-Pavlovichev,Y/Moskva/1972/}) 13. Qe2 Be7 (13...
a6
14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 (15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Bd6 $10 {
Gurevich,M-Epishin,V/Biel izt/1993/}) 15... Na5 16. Bd5 Bb4 17. Bg5 O-O $15 {
Makarov,V-Pavlovichev,Y/Podolsk/1979/}) 14. Bd2 (14. g3 e5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16.
Rxd7
Qxd7 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bc4 Qg6 20. f4 $44 {

Van Wely,L-Hoeksema,H/NL-ch/1993/}) 14... a6 15. e5 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nb4 17.


Rfc1
Bc6 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nd4 $16 {Damljanovic,B-Grosar,A/Vidmar mem/1989/})
(12.
Be3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 a6 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Rfb1 O-O-O 16. Rb2 Bc7 $10 {
Rohde,M-Ruban,V/Tilburg/1992/}) 12... Qxc3 13. Bxc3 a6 14. Bc4 Rg8 15. Rfd1
{
0,5/Mikhalchishin,A-Georgadze,Ta/URS-ch/1978/} Bb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Ne5
Bc6
18. Bb3 Ke7 19. f3 (19. Rd4 f6 20. Ng4 a5 21. e5 f5 22. Ne3 Rgd8 23. Rad1
Rxd4
24. Rxd4 Na6 25. g4 $14 {Gorbatov,A-Pavlovichev,Y/Podolsk/1991/}) 19... Rgd8
20. Kf2 Be8 $1 21. Ke2 f6 22. Nc4 b5 $15 {><d4, ><Bb3} 23. Ne3 Nc6 24.
Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Bd1 Nd4+ 26. Ke1 Rc8 (26... b4 27. Rc1 $132) 27. axb5 Bxb5 {
/\g7-g5,h7-h5-h4} 28. h4 $1 Kd6 29. Ba4 f5 {/\30. - fxe4 31.fxe4 Ke5} 30. Bxb5
axb5 31. Rd1 Ke5 32. Kf2 Ra8 (32... fxe4 $4 33. f4+ $18) 33. exf5 exf5 34. g3
$10 Ra2 35. Rd2 h5 36. Nd1 b4 $6 37. Ne3 Ra6 38. Ng2 {/\Nf4, ><Ph5} Ne6
39. Rc2
Kd4 (39... Rd6 $10) 40. Ne3 Kd3 $2 (40... f4 $2 41. gxf4 Nxf4 42. Rc4+ Ke5 43.
Re4+) (40... g6 $10) 41. Rc1 {/\Rd1#} Kd4 $8 42. Rc4+ (42. Nxf5+ Ke5 43.
Ne3
$16) 42... Kd3 43. Rxb4 Nd4 44. Rc4 {/\45.Rc3+ Kd2 46.Nf1+ Kd1 47.Rd3+ +-}
Ne2
$8 45. Rc2 f4 $1 $8 46. gxf4 (46. Rxe2 fxg3+ 47. Ke1 g5 $1 $13 (47... Re6 $2
48. Rd2+ Kxe3 49. Re2+ Kxf3 50. Rxe6 g2 51. Rg6 $18) (47... Ra4 $5)) 46...
Nxf4
47. Rc3+ Kd2 48. Nc4+ Kd1 49. Re3 Kc2 50. Re4 Nd3+ 51. Ke3 Nxb2 52. Nxb2
Kxb2
53. Re5 g6 54. Kf4 Kc3 55. Kg5 Kd4 56. Re8 Rb6 57. Re4+ Kd3 58. Kh6 Ra6 59.
Re7
Ra4 60. Kg5 Ra6 61. Rf7 Ke3 {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3


Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 O-O
15.
Be2 Bg5 16. Bf2 Qf6 17. O-O Na6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Bc2 Nac5 21.
g3 e4
22. f4 Bd8 23. a3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Bb6 25. Bg1 Ncd7 26. Nb5 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 Qg6
28. b4
Rc8 29. Nxd6 Nxd5 30. Nxc8 Nxf4+ 31. Kf1 Qf6 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qd1 Nh3 34.
Nd5
Qb2 35. Rg2 f4 36. gxf4 Qe5 37. Ra2 Nb6 38. Qa1 Rxf4+ 39. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]

[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.


Bg5 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 (11... h6 $6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5
14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Nd7 $16 {
Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze,M (11) WchW Manila 1991 1-0 34}) 12. f4 Na5 (12... Nb4
$6
13. f5 Bc4 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc5 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. b4 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Re3 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Karason,A Saint John op-1 1988 1-0 40}) 13.
Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Bc4 15. Qf3 e6 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb4 18. Rf2
$16 {Fishbein,A-Danek,L Vienna op (4) 1991 1-0 41}) 15. Qe2 (15. f5 $5) 15...
Qb4 16. a5 $2 (16. f5 Qxb2 $2 (16... Bd7 $10) 17. Bd2 $18) 16... Bg4 (16...
Qxb2 $2 17. Na4 Qd4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra4 $16) 17. Qd2 Bd7 $1 18. Qe2 $2
(18. Ra3
Bc6 $15) 18... Qxb2 $17 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd7 $17) 19... Bxf6
20.

Nd5 Bb5 (20... Qxa1 $5 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rc5 $17) 21. Bxb5
Qxb5
22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Rc5 $1 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rxb5 $15) 24. Rfd1 (24.
Nxf6+
exf6 25. Rfe1 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Nb6 (25. g4 g5 26. Nxf6
exf6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Rd4 Re6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Re2 27. Nd5 (27. Rb4
$5
$17) 27... Rxe4 $19 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. g4 (29. Rb5 Ra4 $19) 29... Rxa5 30. g5
Ba1
31. Nxe7 (31. Rxe7 $2 Rxd5 $19) 31... Rxf4 32. Nc6 (32. Rb8 h5 33. gxh6+
Kxh6
34. Rxd6 Be5 $19) 32... Ra8 $1 (32... Ra2 33. Nd8 (33. Nb4 Rb2 $19) 33... Kf8
34. Rc1 {/\ Ne6}) 33. Rxd6 Ra2 34. Rd1 Rff2 35. Nd8 Kg8 36. Rb8 h5 (36... Be5
$4 37. Ne6+ Bxb8 38. Rd8#) 37. gxh6 Be5 38. Rb7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rhg2+ 40.
Kh1
Rh2+ (40... Rg4 $19) 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]

[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3


Nc6
8. e4 Bg4 (8... e6 {Morosevic,A-Moskolenko,V/Alushta/1993/CBM36/INF57,48/})
9.
Bb5 Rc8 10. Be3 $5 (10. Bf4 $5 {
Gelfand,B-Beliavsky,A/Reggio Emilia/1991/CBM27/INF53,54/}) 10... a6 (10...
Bxf3
$2 11. gxf3 a6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. Qd4 f6 15. O-O e5 16. Qa7 $16
{
Portisch,L-Huebner,R/Montreal/1979/INF27,83/}) 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba4 b5 13.
Bb3
e6 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 (15... Qe5 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Rc1 $14 {
Belov-Hudacek/Karvina/9293/INF56,(47)/}) 16. Qxg7 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 $14 Be5
(17...
Qe5 $2 18. Qh6 $18) 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf8 (19... f6 20. Be3 Bxb2 21. Rg1
$44)
20. Qh5 Nd4 21. Bh6 Qd6 (21... Bg7 22. Rxd4 Bxh6 23. Bxe6 $18) 22. Be3 Rc5
23.
Qh3 $1 Rg8 24. f4 Bf6 25. Rg1 Rg6 (25... Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxf4
28.
Qg3 $18) 26. Rxg6 hxg6 27. e5 Qc6+ 28. Qg2 Nxb3 29. axb3 Bd8 30. Bxc5
Qxc5 31.
Qa8 Qe7 32. Kg2 a5 33. Qc6+ Kf8 34. Qc8 Ke8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Rd7 Qh4 37.
Qf3
Bb6 38. Qg3 Qh5 39. Rb7 Bd4 40. Qg5 Qxg5+ 41. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]

[White "Lautier, Joel"]


[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Lautier"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Stohl} e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 {Stohl} Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nf6 6.


Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Nd5
13.
Rc1 Bb4 14. Re2 Ne7 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 a5 17. Ba2 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nf6 19. Bb1
Qd7
20. Rc1 Rfd8 $13 {Danielsen,H-Olafsson,H/Akureyri/1994/}) (3. e4 {Stohl} Bb7
4.
d5 exd5 5. exd5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7+ 7. Be2 c6 8. Nh3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3
Bxd2
11. Qxd2 Na6 12. Nc3 Qb4 13. b3 cxd5 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nf4
Rad8
17. Qd4 f5 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Nxa7 g5 20. Nd5 $36 {
Moskalenko,V-Lempert,I/Alushta1/1994/}) 3... Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 g6 (
6... Bc5 {Stohl} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. e3 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Qc2 Rb8 12.
h3
h5 13. h4 $6 Ng4 14. Bd2 e5 15. e4 f4 $1 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. Qd3 Qxh4 18. Qh3
Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nb3 $19 {

Ivanov,Vi-Lempert,I/Moscow/1994/}) (6... Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. O-O


Be5
10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf4 Qe7 12. Be3 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rad1 c5 15. Bc1 g5
16.
Nd3 Bd4 17. e3 Bg7 18. f3 Nd6 19. e4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 g4 21. exf5 gxf3 22. Bxf3
Rxf5 23. Nf4 Raf8 24. Bg2 $14 {Naumkin,I-Lempert,I/Moscow/1994/}) (6... a5 {
Stohl} 7. Bg2 Na6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Bf4
Qc5
13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Nb5 d6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. dxe6 Rxe6
19.
Nd4 Re7 20. Rcd1 Qh5 21. Bc1 $14 {^^,Gurevich,M-Teske,H/BL 9192/1991/})
7. Bg2
Bg7 8. e3 (8. Nh3 {Stohl} O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Be3 exd5 12. cxd5
Nce4
13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. b4 Qf6 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. e3 Bxd4
19.
Rxd4 Re5 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. f4 Re7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nf2 $16 {
Epishin,V-Muhutdinov,M/Moscow Tal/1992/}) (8. Nf3 {Stohl} O-O 9. O-O Na6
10.
Bf4 Nc5 11. Nb5 d6 12. dxe6 Nfe4 13. Nbd4 Qe7 14. Be3 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6
16.
Bd4 Bh6 17. b3 c5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. e3 d5 $132 {
Baburin,A-Lempert,I/Budapest Festival/1991/}) 8... O-O 9. Nge2 e5 (9... c6 $1
10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Na6 $10) 10. O-O d6 11. e4 $14 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nd7 14. Nc3 (14. b4 {Stohl} a5 15. Be3 $14) 14... Bc8 15. Bg2 (15. h4 $5
Nf6 16. Bg5 $14) 15... Nf6 16. h3 Rf7 $1 17. Be3 Qf8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 (19. b3
$5 $14 {Stohl /\Rfc1,b4}) 19... Ba6 20. Nb5 (20. b5 {Stohl} Bc8 $10) 20... Kh8
$1 {/\ Ng8, Bh6} 21. Rfc1 (21. bxa5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rxa5 23. a4 Ng8 24. Rfc1
Bh6
$10) (21. Rfb1 {/\ ba5} Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ng8 $10) 21... Ng8 22. Ra2 Bh6 23. Rac2
Bxe3 24. Qxe3 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Ra7 $10 27. Qc3 $1 {/\ f4} (27. h4
{
Stohl} Nh6 28. Bh3 Nf5 $10) 27... Qg7 28. Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 h5 $1 30. Qc1
Qf6

{/\ h4} (30... Nh6 $142 {Stohl /\Nf5-d4=}) 31. h4 Qf5 (31... Kg7 {Stohl} 32.
Bh3 $36) 32. Kh2 $8 {/\ Bh3} Nf6 33. Bh3 (33. Rxc7 $2 {Stohl} Ng4+ $36)
33...
Ng4+ (33... Qe4 {Stohl} 34. Be6 $40) 34. Bxg4 hxg4 (34... Qxg4 35. Qh6+ Kg8
36.
Ra2 Rf8 $10) 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Qd2 g5 $5 (36... Qe4 37. Rc1 $10) (36... e4
{Stohl
} 37. Rc4 $16) (36... Kh7 {Stohl} 37. Rc4 Qf3 $5 $14) 37. hxg5 (37. Qxg5+ $6
{
Stohl} Qxg5 38. hxg5 Kg6 $10) 37... Kg6 38. Rc4 Rh7 $6 {Zeitnot} (38... Qxg5
$2
39. Qc2+ (39. Qe2 $36 {Stohl ><K}) 39... Kh6 40. Rxc7 $18) (38... Qb1+ 39.
Kg2
(39. Rc1 Qe4 {/\ Rh7}) 39... Rh7 40. Qc2+ Qxc2 41. Rxc2 Kxg5 42. Kf1 Kf5 43.
Rc4 $10) 39. Qd1 $1 Kxg5 (39... Qf3 40. Qc2+ $1 (40. Qxf3 {Stohl} gxf3 41.
Rh4
Re7 $13) 40... Qf5 41. Rxc7 $18) 40. Qc1+ Kg6 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 $4 (41... Qe4 $1
42. Rxh7 $8 Kxh7 43. Qc7+ Kg8 $1 44. Qxb6 (44. Qxd6 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kf1
Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ $10) 44... Qb1+ 45. Kg2 (45. Kh2 Qh7+
$10) 45...
Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qc3+ 50. Ke2 $10
(50. Ke4
$4 Qf3#)) 42. Qxc7 $18 Qb1+ (42... Kg5 43. Qd8+ $1 (43. Qxb6 $2 Qb1+ 44.
Kh2
Qh7+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ $10) 43... Qf6 44. Qxb6 $18) 43. Kh2 Qxb4 44. Qxb6 Kf5
45.
Qa7 $1 (45. Qc6 {Stohl} Qd4 $1 46. Qc2+ Kg5 $14) 45... Qxb5 46. Qh7+ Kf6
(46...
Kg5 47. Qe7+ Kf5 48. Qxd6 {See the game}) 47. Qh6+ Kf5 (47... Ke7 {Stohl}
48.
Qe6+ $18) 48. Qxd6 Qe2 (48... Ke4 $142 49. Qg6+ (49. Qe6 $2 Qe2 (49...
Qxd5 $2
50. Qxg4+ Kd3 51. Qd1+ $18) 50. Qf7 Qc4 $1 51. Qd7 (51. Qg8 Qe2 $1 $10)
51...

Qe2 $1 $10) 49... Kxd5 50. Qxg4 $18 {/\ Qf5, g4}) 49. Qf8+ Kg5 50. d6 Qd2
51.
Qg7+ Kf5 52. Qf7+ Kg5 53. d7 Qd4 (53... e4 {Stohl} 54. Qf4+ $18) 54. Qg7+
Kh5 (
54... Kf5 {Stohl} 55. Qf8+ {/\d8Q}) 55. Qh7+ Kg5 (55... Kg5 56. d8=Q+ $1
Qxd8
57. Qh4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Bareev Ftacnik Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7


6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Qc2 (8. f4 $5 Be7 9. Nf3 c5) (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 e5 {
This has been played a few times}) 8... e5 $1 (8... O-O {Ftacnik} 9. f4 $5) 9.
dxe5 (9. O-O-O $1 {Bareev}) 9... Nxe5 $10 10. f4 $6 {

White is not developed enough for this sort of thing} (10. Bb5+ {Knaak} c6 11.
Rd1 Qe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Be2 Be6 $15) (10. Be2 $15 {Knaak}) 10... Ng6 11.
g3
O-O 12. Bd3 (12. Bg2 Re8 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. O-O Qe7) 12... Qd5 $1 {
White was threatening 0-0-0 with a slight edge} 13. a3 $2 (13. O-O-O {Knaak}
Qxa2 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Ne2 $17 (15. Nf3 $15 {Ftacnik})) (13. Nf3 {Knaak}
Bg4
14. O-O Be7 $15) (13. Nxf6+ $2 {Ftacnik} gxf6 14. O-O-O Qxh1 15. Be4 Bf5
$1) (
13. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Be7 14. a3 (14. O-O {Bareev} Bh3 $15) 14... Bg4 (14... Rd8
{
Bareev} 15. O-O-O Bg4 (15... Qa2 $2 16. c4 $1) 16. h3 Bf3 17. Rh2 c6 $10) 15.
h3 (15. O-O-O Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 17. Nf6+ (17. h4 {Bareev} Rfe8 $15) 17... Bxf6
18. Bxg6 Qc5 $13) 15... Bf3 16. Rh2 Rad8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Rf2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4
Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 $10) 13... Nxf4 $1 $19 14. Nxf6+ (14. gxf4
Bh4+
15. Kf1 (15. Kd2 {Knaak} Rd8 $19) (15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. Nf3 f5 $19) 15... f5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Nf3 (16. Qe2 Kh8 $17) (16. Nd2 Qxh1 17. Ndf3 Be7 $19) 16... fxe4
17. Bxe4 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 Qc5+ 19. Nd4 Rxf4 $19) 14... gxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kg7 16.
Qe4 (
16. Be4 {Knaak} Re8 $19) 16... Re8 $1 (16... Nd3+ {Knaak} 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2
Qxe4+ 18. Bxe4 Nxb2 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Nf3 Na4 $19) 17... Be6 $17 (17... Qxe4
{
Ftacnik} 18. Bxe4 Nxb2 19. Nf3 (19. Ne2 {Bareev} Re8 $17) 19... Re8 $16)) (
16... Qxe4+ {Ftacnik} 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. gxf4 Rxe4+ 19. Kf2 Rxf4+ $15) 17.
Qxe8
Bf5 $3 {Like the romantic games of the last century} 18. Qxa8 (18. Qe7
{Ftacnik
} Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bxh7 $19) (18. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Nd3+ 19. Kf1 (19. Ke2 Qg2+)
19...
Kxh7 $40 (19... Kxh7 {Bareev} 20. Qd1 Re8 $19)) 18... Qe4+ 19. Kf2 (19. Kd2
Qg2+ $1 20. Ke3 $8 (20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Bg4+ (21... Bg4+ {Knaak} 22. Nf3
(22.

Ne2 {Ftacnik} Qxe2#) 22... Bxf3#)) 20... Nd5+ 21. Kd4 Qd2+) (19. Kd1
{Knaak}
Qc2+ 20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Qf2#) 19... Qg2+ 20. Ke3 Nd5+ 21. Kd4 Qd2+ 22.
Kc5 (
22. Kc4 {Ftacnik} Nb6+ 23. Kb4 Qxb2+ 24. Ka5 Nc4+ 25. Ka4 b5#) 22... Qe3+
23.
Kc4 (23. Kxd5 Be6#) (23. Kb5 {Ftacnik} Qb6+ 24. Kc4 Ne3#) 23... Nb6+ {
and it's mate in three. This game won the brilliancy prize in Linares} (23...
Nb6+ {Knaak} 24. Kb3 (24. Kb5 {Ftacnik} c6+ 25. Kb4 Qe4+ 26. Kc5 Qe7+
27. Kd4
c5#) 24... Qe6+ 25. Kb4 Qc4+ 26. Ka5 Qc5#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. OO


Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. fxe5 (13. a4 $5 b4 14.
Nb5
$5 (14. Ne4 $6 f5 15. Nf2 O-O $10 {
Portisch,L-Sokolov,A/Bugojno/1986/INF40,(46)/}) (14. Ncd5 O-O $6 (14... exf4
$5
) 15. Nc4 $14 {Benko,P-Sherzer,A/Philadelphia/1988/INF46,58/}) 14... exf4 15.
Nxc7+ $6 {Hjartarsson,J-Sokolov,A/Rotterdam WCup/1989/CBM13/INF47,60/}
(15.
gxf4 $5)) 13... Nxe5 14. Nf5 O-O $13 15. Kh1 Re8 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Bf4 (17.
Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Rc1 c4 $1) 17... Bf8 18. a4 a6 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rc1
Qd7 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Bg1 Qb7 23. Nh4 Kh8 24. Nd2 Rcd8 25. Ndf3 Nxf3 26.
Nxf3 Nd4
27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc2 Rd6 29. Nh4 (29. Qxc5 $2 Rxe2 $17) 29... Rde6 30.
Bxc6 (
30. e4 c4 $1 $36) 30... Qxc6+ 31. e4 Qd7 (31... c4 $2 32. b3 $1) 32. Ng2 c4 33.
dxc4 Rxe4 34. cxb5 (34. c5 $2 Rc4 $17) 34... Qxb5 (34... Re2 $2 35. Qc6) 35.
Rf2 Re2 36. Rxe2 Rxe2 37. Qc8 Kg8 38. Nf4 $1 Rxb2 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qc8
Qb4 41.
Ng6+ $1 (41. Ng6+ hxg6 42. Qh3+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qh3+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]


[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]

[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 (7...


Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf3 Nb4 14.
Qd2
d5 $15 {Kalesis,N-Loginov,V Budapest FS FebGM (01) 1994 0-1 -CBM 40}) 8.
Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 (10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bd5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 Qc7
14.
Bxf6 $14 {Kalesis,N-Dao Thien Hai Budapest FS FebGM (11) 1994 0-1 37 -CBM
40})
10... Na5 (10... h6 11. a3 Be6 12. Nd5 b5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nb8
16. c4 $14 {Short,N-Anand,V Monaco rapid (01) 1993 1-0 41}) 11. Bf1 Be6 12.
Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. b3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. h3 Nxf2 $2 (16... Nf6 17. Be3
$14)
17. Bxa5 (17. Be3 $2 Qxe3 $19) 17... Qxa5 (17... Nxh3+ 18. Kh2 Qxa5 19. gxh3
$16) 18. Kxf2 Qb6+ 19. Kg3 f5 20. Kh2 (20. Nd4 f4+ 21. Kh2 Bh4 22. Ne6 Bxe1
23.
Qxe1 $14) 20... Bf6 21. c3 b4 22. Nd2 bxc3 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. a3 a5 25. Ra2
Rab8
26. Kh1 Rb7 $2 (26... g6 27. g4 $16) 27. Qf3 $1 $18 e4 (27... Rxb3 28. Qxf5
Qxd5 29. Ne3 $18) 28. Qxf5 Re7 29. Qh5 Bd4 30. Qd1 Bf2 (30... a4 $5 31. Be2 (
31. b4 $2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxc4 $17) 31... axb3 32. Qxb3 Qxd5 33. Na5 Qxb3
34.

Nxb3 $16) 31. Ree2 Bg3 32. Re3 Qd4 33. Ra1 Be5 (33... Qxd1 34. Rxd1 c2 35.
Rc1
Bf4 (35... Ref7 36. Be2 $18) 36. Rxc2 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 $18) 34. Qc2 Bf4 35. Rxc3
$18 (35. Rd1 $2 Bxe3 36. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 Bxd4 $19) 35... Ref7 36. Be2
Bg5
37. Rd1 Qf2 38. Bh5 (38. Nxd6 $18) 38... g6 39. Qxf2 Rxf2 40. Bg4 h5 41. Be6+
Kh8 42. h4 Bh6 (42... Bxh4 43. Nxd6 $18) 43. Re1 Rf1+ 44. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45. Kh2
Re1 46. g3 e3 47. Kg2 {Boensch} (47. Kg2 e2 (47... Re2+ 48. Kf1 Rf2+ 49. Ke1
Rf3 50. Nxd6 $18) 48. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ambroz"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 (6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O OO

8. e3 Bb6 $5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 $1 {


Lautier,J-Epishin,V/Tarrasa/1991/}) 6... h6 (6... Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8. Nxe5 Bb4+
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. O-O d6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Rac1 c6
15.
a3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. b4 a5 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. e3 axb4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. b5 $5
{
Gavrikov,V-Stefansson,H/Moscow GMA-op (3) 1989}) 7. a3 (7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O OO 9.
e3 a5 10. Nc3 (10. b3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. Bb2 c6
15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. a3 Qf8 20. Qc3 Bb6 21.
b4
axb4 22. axb4 Rab8 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Ra1 Be2 25. Rd2 {
Huebner,R-Karpov,An/Bad Kissingen/1980/0.5 (35)}) 10... Ba7 11. a3 Nh7 12.
Kh1
Bg4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. b3 Raa8 17. Ng1 Rae8 18. Bd2
Nf6
19. f3 Bh5 20. b4 b6 21. Bh3 Bf7 22. Ne2 axb4 23. axb4 Ne7 24. b5 Rd8 25. d4
{
Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T (05)/Ciocco cm/}) 7... a5 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 $140 11. Nd2 {/\ Ne4} Qd8 12. e3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Nc3
(14. b4
axb4 (14... d5 $5 15. cxd5 axb4 16. d6 (16. axb4 Nxd5) 16... cxd6 17. axb4 d5
$15) 15. axb4 d5 16. Nc3 (16. cxd5 Nxd5) 16... Be6 (16... d4 $2 17. Nb5) 17.
Nb5 $14) (14. b3 $5 {/\ Bb2, /^ a1-h8}) 14... c6 15. d4 Be6 16. b3 (16. d5 cxd5
17. cxd5 Bd7 $10 18. Ne4 $140 Bb5 {/\ f5} (18... f5 19. Nxd6 Qc7 20. Nc4 $5
$16
(20. Ne4) 20... Qxc4 21. d6)) 16... f5 17. a4 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. f4 $5 Bf7
20. Kh1 exd4 21. exd4 Kh8 22. Ra2 $5 Ng8 $5 {/\ Nf6-e4} 23. Bh3 Bg6 24. Rd2
Nf6
25. Qc2 Rde8 26. d5 (26. Bxf5 $5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Ne4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4
$44 {
>< Ba7}) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Rdd1 Rf6 $5 (28... c5 $2 $18 {>< Ba7})
29.

Bb2 e3 30. Qe2 Be4+ 31. Bg2 Rf7 (31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rf5) 32. Bxe4 Rxe4
33. f5
Qe7 34. Rf3 Bc5 35. Bc3 (35. Rdf1 $5) 35... Kg8 36. Rdf1 (36. Bxa5 Qe5 $13)
36... cxd5 37. f6 $1 gxf6 38. cxd5 Re5 (38... b6 39. Bxf6 $40 {/\ Rf5, Qh5} (
39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Bd4 $1 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. Re6 Qf7 43. Rxe3 Qxd5+ 44.
Qf3
$10)) 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Rf5 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Kg7 42. h4 Bb6 43. Kh2 Rc7 (43...
Qb4
44. R5f4 Qxb3 45. Qg4+ $16) 44. Rxf6 Bd4 (44... Rc2 45. Rf7+ Kh8 46. Rf8+
Kg7
47. R1f7+ Kg6 48. h5+ Kg5 49. Rg7+) 45. R6f4 Qc2 46. Rg4+ Kh7 47. Rf7+ $1
Kh8
48. Rf2 Qxe2 49. Rxe2 Bc5 50. Re4 b5 51. Kh3 bxa4 52. bxa4 Kh7 53. Rb2 Kg6
54.
Re6+ Kg7 55. Rb5 Bd4 56. Re4 Rc4 57. Rxa5 Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf5 59. Rae8 Rxa4 60.
R8e6 {/\ 60...h5 61.Rf4#, 60...Be5 61.g4#} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Montecatine"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 $5 (


7... c6) 8. a5 (8. Re1 b6 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3
Rfe8 {Henao-Cmpora, Bogot 1991}) 8... exd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11.
Ba2
Bb7 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17.
Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. f3 f6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Ne2
f5
24. Kf2 Kf6 25. h4 g6 26. Nf4 a5 27. Rd3 Re7 28. Ra3 a4 29. Rc3 Rd7 30. Rc5
h6
31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 {#} g5 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Rf5+ Ke7 35. Re5+ Kd6 36.
Re6+
Kc5 37. Nd3+ Kb5 38. Re5+ Bd5 39. Rxg5 {#} c5 40. c4+ Bxc4 (40... Nxc4 41.
Bxc4+ Bxc4 42. Rxc5+ Kb6 43. Rxc4 Rxd3 44. Rxa4 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rxb2 46.
Rc4) 41.
Rxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dautov"]

[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Gelfand} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O


Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 (9. Nd2 c5) 9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Qb3 $14) 11. c5 $1 {Eine wichtige Verbesserung in dieser scharfen
Variante.
Das bisher gebruch- liche 11.Nd4 hat sich als harmlos erwiesen:} (11. Nd4
Bd7
$1 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. b3 d5 $1 17.
Ba3
dxc4 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Rac1 cxb3 21. axb3 Rfe8 $10 {
Blees-Van Mil/Wijk Sonnevanck/1993}) 11... dxc5 {N} (11... d5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13.
Nxc6 Bd7 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. c6 Be8 16. Rd1 $16 {Palac-Mencinger/Bled
op/1992})
12. Ne5 {Fr seinen geopferten Bauer hat Wei eine ausgezeichnete
Kompensation
bekommen.Der Doppelbauer 'c' ist schwach und der Na5 'hngt in der Luft'.}
Qb6
(12... Qc7 13. Nc4 (13. Bf4 $16) (13. Bf4 {Gelfand} g5 14. Bxg5 $16) 13... Nxc4
(13... Nb7 14. Qxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc6 $16) 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Qxc5 $16) (12...
Be6 {
Gelfand} 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd2
Ne8 18.
Rfc1 Nd6 19. b3 b5 20. Rab1 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 22. Be5 Rxe2 23. Rxc5 $16 {
Bezold-Glek,Bad Ragaz,1994}) 13. Qc2 $5 {
/\Na4.Etwas energischer sah 13.Be3 aus.} (13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bxc6

Rb8 $13) (13. Be3 $1 Be6 (13... Ng4 14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. Ne4 $16) (13... Rb8 14.
Nc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. Bxc5 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Bxa6 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. Rfd1
$16 {
><a7,c6,e7}) 14. Qa3 Ne4 (14... Qb4 15. Bxc5 Qxa3 16. Bxa3 $16) (14... Nb7
15.
Nxc6 Rfe8 16. Na4 $16) 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Nxc5 Bxb2 17. Nxe6 Bxa3 18. Bxb6
axb6
19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Rad1 $16) 13... Qc7 $1 14. Nd3 (14. Bf4 g5 (14... Nh5 $2 15.
Nxg6 $1) 15. Nxc6 gxf4 16. Nxa5 Rb8 $132) 14... c4 (14... Nd7 {Gelfand} 15.
Bd2
$1 (15. Na4 $6 c4 16. Ndc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rb8 $15) 15... c4 (15... Nc4 $2 16.
Nd5 $1 $18) 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Na4 $16) 15. Nc5 {Hier steht der weie Springer
hervorragend,vor allem wird von ihm die normale Entwicklung des Bc8
verhindert.
} Rb8 (15... Nb7 $5 {
kam sehr in Betracht,um den Na5 auf eine bessere Position zu bringen.} 16.
N3a4
(16. Nxb7 Qxb7 (16... Bxb7 $6 17. Qa4 $14) 17. Qa4 Qa6 $1 $10 {Gelfand} 18.
Bxc6 (18. Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Bf4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxc3 $1 (20... fxe4 21. Rac1 $14)
21.
bxc3 (21. Bxc6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 c3 23. Bd5+ Kg7 24. Be5+ Kh6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8
26.
Rxb2 cxb2 27. Bxb2 $10) 21... fxe4 $10) 18... Rb8) 16... Nd6 17. Rd1 (17. Bf4
Nd5 18. Bxd6 $2 exd6 19. Qxc4 dxc5 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxa8
Bd7
$17) (17. Bd2 Nd5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 $13) 17... e5 (17... Rb8 18. Bf4 Nh5
19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Bxd6 exd6 21. Na6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 d5 23. Rac1 $16) 18. Bg5
(18.
Bd2 $5) (18. b3 $5) 18... h6 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qc1 e4 22. Qxc4
Rb8
$13) (15... Ne8 $5 {Gelfand} 16. Bd2 Nd6 $13 17. Rad1 $14) 16. Bd2 {/\N3a4}
Rd8
{/\Nd5} (16... Nb7 $2 17. Na6 $18) (16... Nd7 $2 17. Ne6 $18) (16... Nd5 {
Gelfand} 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Na4 $16) (16... Ne8 $142 $5
{Gelfand})

17. N3a4 (17. Rad1 $5 {Gelfand}) 17... Nd5 18. Rad1 $1 {


Wei findet die richtige Idee,Aktionen auf der d-Linie sind angesagt.} (18.
Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxc4 Bxb2 20. Nb3 Rxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bb7 $10) 18...
e5 {
/\e4} (18... Nb4 $5 19. Qb1 (19. Qc1 $1 {Gelfand} Nxa2 $4 20. Bxa5 $18) 19...
e5 20. Bg5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $16) 19. e4 $1 {
Der Nd5 hlt die schwarze Stellung zusammen,deswegen mu er weg.} (19.
Bxa5
Qxa5 20. Qxc4 e4 $13) 19... Nb4 (19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxe4 $16 {Gelfand})
20... Bf5 21. Qe1 $1 Rb5 (21... c3 22. Nxc3 $16) 22. Na6 Qb7 23. Bxa5 Qxa6
24.
Bxd8 Qxa4 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Qd2 $14) 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8
22. Rd1 Qf8 (22... Qc7 $5 23. Bh3 $1 (23. Qd2 $6 Rb8 24. Qd8+ Qxd8 25.
Rxd8+
Kf7 $13 {/\Bf6}) 23... fxe4 24. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rd7 Qb8 27.
Qd2
Bf6 28. Qh6 $18) 23. Qd2 (23. exf5 $5 {Gelfand Topalov} Bxf5 24. Qd2 Rb5
$16)
23... Rb5 $8 24. Qd8 {Der Plan von Wei ist vollkommen gelungen.Wegen
seines
lahmgelegten Bc8 konnte Schwarz die d-Vertikale nicht halten.} Bf6 (24... Nb7
25. Qc7 (25. Nxb7 Rxb7 $13) 25... c3 (25... Nxc5 26. Rd8 Nxa4 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8
28. Qxc8 $16) 26. bxc3 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 (27. Rd8 $2 Rb1+ 28. Bf1 Ba6 29. Rxf8+
Bxf8 30. Nxc5 Bxf1 $17) 27... Bf6 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Qxd7 $16) 25. Qc7 Be7
(25...
f4 {Gelfand} 26. gxf4 exf4 27. e5 Be7 28. Ne4 $1 {Gulko} f3 (28... Bg4 29. f3 (
29. Rd2 f3 (29... Rb7 30. Qxa5 Bb4 31. Qa6 $18) 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 $18)
29... Bf5 (29... Rd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 $18) 30. Nf6+ Kh8
31.
Nc3 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Bxf3 $18) 26. Bh3 $1 $16 {Eine bildschne
Stellung!
Alle schwarzen Figuren sind passiv und mssen entweder eineinder oder

verschiedene Schwachstellen in ihrem Lager verteidigen.Kein Wunder,da


Schwarz
in Zugzwang geraten ist.} (26. Nd7 {Gelfand} Bxd7 27. Rxd7 $2 Rb7 28. Qxe5
$16)
26... Kg7 (26... a6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nb6 Rxc5 29. Nxc8 Bg5 30. Rd7 $18) (26...
Nb7 27. Nd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Rd8 $18) (26... Qe8 27.
Qxe5
Nb7 28. Bf1 Rxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc4+ $18) (26... Bf6 27. Qxa7 $16) 27.
exf5
gxf5 28. Qxe5+ {Das materielle Gleichgewicht ist wiederhergestellt.} Kg6
(28...
Kg8 29. Qc7 $16) (28... Qf6 29. Qc7 $16) 29. Qc7 a6 (29... Bxc5 {Gelfand} 30.
Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd6+ $18) (29... Rxc5 {Gelfand} 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd8 $18)
30.
Nd7 {Jetzt ist es an der Zeit,zum entscheidenden Knigsangriff berzugehen.}
Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Qf6 32. Re1 Rb7 (32... Re5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Bxf5+ Qxf5 35.
Qxe7
Qc2 $2 36. Qd6+ Kh5 37. Qc5+ $18) 33. Qc8 Kg7 34. Bxf5 $18 Qd4 35. Bb1 $1
$40 (
35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxa5 $18) (35. Bc2 $1 {Gelfand} Qd2 36.
Qg4+ $18
) 35... Bb4 36. Rf1 Rf7 37. Qh3 h6 38. Qh5 Rf6 39. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Qxc3
41. Rd1 Qf3 42. Rd7+ Kf8 (42... Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Rf8 45. Qg6#) 43.
Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Bh7+ Kh8 47. Qa7 Rf8 (47... Nb7
{Gelfand
} 48. Be4 $1) (47... c5 {Gelfand} 48. Rd8+ Rf8 49. Rxf8+ Qxf8 50. Be4) 48.
Bc2
(48. Bc2 Qc3 49. Rd8 $1) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]


[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

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


O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
a4
Rb8 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 b4 19. Qe2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na5 21. g3
Nb3
22. Bxb3 Rxb3 23. c4 Reb8 24. Kg2 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Rxb1 26. Rh1 f6 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28.
exd5 g6 29. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]

[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.


Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1
Rfd8 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bd2 Rd7 16. Kf1 e6 17. Ke2 f5 18. Ng5 Re7 19. f3 h6 20. Nh3
Kf7
21. Nf2 Rd7 22. Nd3 g5 23. h3 Bf8 24. Rh1 Kg6 25. h4 Bg7 26. Rh3 Bf6 27. h5+
Kf7 28. Rh1 Ke8 29. Rb1 f4 30. Rb3 Kd8 31. Be1 Kc8 32. Ra3 Kb8 33. Bf2 Ne5
34.
Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Rb3 Kc8 36. Ra3 Kc7 37. Be1 Kb8 38. Ra5 Bf6 39. g3 Bd8 40.
Ra4
Bc7 41. Rd4 Rg7 42. g4 Kc8 43. Bf2 Bb8 44. Rd3 Rf7 45. Bd4 e5 46. Bf2 Rf6 47.
Rd2 Ra6 48. Kd3 Ra4 49. Rb2 Kc7 50. Kc2 Ra3 51. Kd3 Ra4 52. Kd2 Kc6 53. Kc1
Bc7
54. Kb1 Ra3 55. Rb3 Ra5 56. Kb2 Bd8 57. c4 Be7 58. Be1 Ra4 59. Bc3 Bf6 60.
Bb4
Bd8 61. a3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3


a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ng5 Nc5 15.
e5
Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nxe6
Rfc8 22. h3 Rab8 (22... Bf8 23. g4 {Karpov,An-Kramnik,V/Linares/1994/1-0
(40)})
(22... Bb4 $5 23. a3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Bd5 25. g4 (25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Bf5 $14) 25...
Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Re8 27. Rb6 $14) 23. g4 Bf3 24. Rd2 b4 (24... Re8 25. g5 Rb6
26.
Bf5 g6 $2 27. gxf6 gxf5 28. f7+ Kxf7 29. Ng5+ $18) 25. Na4 Ba7 26. g5 (26.
Nxg7
Rd8 $5 (26... c3 27. bxc3 Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Rxa7 bxc3 30. Rd6 $16) 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re7 Bb8 29. Nf5 Rd2 30. Nh6+ Kh8 $13) 26... Nd5 27. Re5 Rb5
(
27... Re8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nc7 $13) 28. Rf5 Nc7 (28... Re8 29. Rxf3 Rxe6
$13) 29. Nxg7 (29. Nxc7 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxc7 31. Rd8+ Kf7 $15) 29... Bc6 (29...
Kxg7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Rxf3 Rxg5+ 32. Kf1 $36) 30. Rd6 Nd5 31. Ne6 (31. Nh5
$36)

31... Ne7 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. h4 Ng6 34. h5 Ne5 35. g6 (35. Nb6 Bxb6 36. Rxb6
Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Ne1 (37... Bc6 $5) 38. Bf5 c3 39. Nd4 Rf8 $132) 35... hxg6 36.
hxg6 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Bc6 38. Nac5 Nd4+ 39. Be4 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Bxc5 41. Rxc6
(41.
Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 c3 43. bxc3 bxc3 44. Be4 Bxf2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Qb6


8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 (10. exf6 {Ambroz} Bxf6 11. b5 Na5 12. Be3
Qd8
13. Bd4 Nh6 $1 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. a4
Be8
$5 {Liepold-Muehl,T/2BLS 8889}) 10... fxe5 (10... Nh6 {Ambroz} 11. c4 (11. h3

Nf7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rfd1
Nfe5 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. b5 Ne7 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b6 23. Bf3
Nf5
24. Rd3 e5 $36 {Meyer,CD-Saacke,B/BL 8081}) 11... Nf7 12. cxd5 Ncxe5 13. a3
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Ne4 b6 18. Nc5 bxc5 19. bxc5
O-O
20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Qd2 f5 22. Rfc1 e4 23. Be2 f4 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 {
Mariotti,S-Kortschnoi,V/Thessaloniki ol (7)/1988/0.5 (40)}) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 Nf6 (12... Bf6 {Ambroz} 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qe2 Kf7 15. Nd2 Bxe5 16. Qxe5
Ne7
17. Nf3 Rhf8 18. Qg5 {>< e5} Qd6 19. Qh6 Rh8 20. Qe3 Nc8 21. Ne5+ $16 {
Thipsay,P-Kopp,B London 89}) 13. a4 a5 (13... O-O {Ambroz} 14. a5 Qd8 15.
Nd2
Be8 $5 {/\ Nd7}) 14. bxa5 (14. b5 {Ambroz} O-O 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bd6 $5
$15
17. Nc4 $5 dxc4 18. Bxd6 cxd3 (18... Rfd8 19. Be7 (19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be7 Nd5)
19... cxd3 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxd3 Be8) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxd3) 14... Rxa5 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Ra2 19. Bd4 Qb8 20. Re1 (20.
Qe2 $5
Ne4 (20... e5 21. Bxe5 Rxd2 $2 (21... Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd3 (23. h3 Qf4 (
23... Ne4 $2 24. Nxe4) 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Qb6 $14) 23... Ng4 $1)
22.
Qe1) 21. Qg4 Ng5 (21... e5 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe4 exd4 24. Qxd5 $16) 22. Be3
(
22. h4 Rxd2 23. hxg5 Rf5 24. Rfe1 $13) 22... Rf5 23. Ra1 $13 (23. Ra1 $13 {
Ambroz} Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qe8 $13)) 20... Qf4 21. Re2 (21. Nf3 {Ambroz >< e5}
Ne4
22. Ra1 (22. Re2) 22... Rxa1 (22... Rfa8 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Qb1 $5 {/\ c4}) 23.
Qxa1 Bf6 (23... Bd6 $5) 24. Qa7 $10) 21... Bd6 22. g3 (22. Nf3 {Ambroz} Rxe2
23. Qxe2 Ne4 $36 {/\ Ng5}) 22... Qf5 23. f4 {#} Qd3 $2 (23... g5 $5) (23... g5
$5 {Ambroz >< Rb1} 24. fxg5 Ng4 25. Rc1 e5 $5 26. Qb3 $140 exd4 27. Qxa2
d3
28. Rg2 Ne3 $44) (23... Ng4 {Ambroz} 24. Qe1 $13) 24. Rf2 Rfa8 25. Qe1 Qf5
26.

Rd1 Qg4 27. Kg2 (27. Bxf6 {Ambroz} gxf6 28. Ne4 dxe4 (28... Be7 $5) 29.
Rxa2
Rxa2 (29... Bc5+ 30. Rf2 Bxf2+ (30... Ra2 31. Rd4) 31. Kxf2 Qh5) 30. Rxd6 Qh5
$17) 27... Nh5 28. Kh1 Rc2 29. Qe2 (29. Ne4 $5 Rxf2 30. Nxf2 (30. Nxf2
{Ambroz}
Qf5 31. Qe2 Nf6 32. Re1 $14)) 29... Qh3 30. Qe3 Nf6 31. Re1 {#} Bf8 (31...
Raa2
$5 32. Qxe6+ (32. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 32... Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Ba3 $15 (33... Bf8
{Ambroz
} 34. Ree2 Ne4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Ra5 $1 $17 38. b6 (38.
c4
Ra4) 38... Bc5 $19)) 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Ne4 $1 Raa2 (33... Rxf2 34. Nxf2 $16)
34. Nxf6+ Kh8 $2 (34... Kf7 35. Nxh7 $1) (34... Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kf7 36. f5 $18)
35. Qe5 $1 $18 Rxf2 36. Ng4+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ (37. Qxe6+ Kh8 (37... Kg7 38.
Qe5+
Kg8 39. Qxd5+ Kg7 40. Nxf2) 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Nxf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3


b6
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 (10. O-O Nbc6 (10... c4 11. Be2 h6 (11... Nbc6
12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Kd7 14. Nf4 g6 15. Re1 Kc7 16. Bg4 $14 {
Johansson,M-Kroll,O/SWE-DEN/1990/}) 12. Re1 Nbc6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nf1 O-OO 15.
Ng3 g6 $10 {Zadrima,A-Antonsen,M/Forli open/1991/}) (10... Qc7 11. Ng5 h6
12.
Nh3 Nd7 13. Nf4 (13. Be3 Qc6 14. Rb1 a6 15. Rb2 Bb5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qb1
O-O
18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 Rxa3 $17 {Nijboer,F-Brenninkmeijer,J/NLD-ch/1992/})
13... O-O-O $13 {Stepanov,P-Shtirenkov,V/Budapest/1991/}) 11. Re1 Qd7 12.
dxc5
bxc5 13. Be3 c4 14. Bf1 Rb8 $10 {Wedberg,T-Short,N/Dortmund/1983/}) (10.
dxc5
bxc5 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. f4 $40 {
Nunn,J-Nikolic,P/Beograd/1991/}) 10... h6 11. h5 Qc7 (11... Nbc6 12. Rh4 (12.
g3 Rc8 13. Be3 Na5 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nh4 Bb5 16. Qg4 $14 {
Dolmatov,S-Dokhoian,Y/Irkutsk/1986/}) 12... c4 13. Bf1 (13. Be2 Kd7 14. Be3
Qg8
15. Qd2 Qh7 16. Rc1 Kc7 17. Rf4 Raf8 18. Nh4 Nd8 19. Bg4 Kb7 $10 {
Sokolov,A-Yusupov,A/Riga (m)/1986}) 13... Kd7 14. Rf4 Qg8 15. g3 Qh7 16. Ra2
g5
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nh2 $14 {Mortensen,E-Sorensen,J/Aarhus/1993/}) (11... c4
12.
Be2 (12. Bf1 Nbc6 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bh3 Qg8 15. O-O Qh7 16. Ra2 $14 {
Anand,V-Quillan,G/Prestwich/1990/}) 12... Kd7 13. Nh4 (13. O-O Qg8 14. g3
Qh7
15. Ra2 Na6 16. Nh4 Raf8 $10 {Dolmatov,S-Hansen,LB/Polanica Zdroj/1993/})
13...

Qg8 14. Bg4 Qh7 15. Ra2 Na6 16. Rh3 Nc7 17. Kf1 Raf8 $15 {
Georgiev,Ki-Yusupov,A/Las Palmas/1993/}) 12. O-O (12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 O-O-O
14.
O-O Kb7 $13 {Bologan,V-Hertneck,G/BL/1994/}) (12. g3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc3+
14. Bd2
Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bxd1 16. Kxd1 Nbc6 $15 {
Lau,R-Hansen,LB/Copenhagen Chess Cup/1992/}) (12. Rb1 $5 {Knaak} Nd7 13.
Rh4
cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Rb2 Qc3+ 16. Kf1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qe2 Ne4 $13 {
Yudasin,L-Casper,T/Leipzig/1986/}) 12... Nd7 (12... c4 13. Be2 Nbc6 (13... Nd7
14. g3 O-O-O 15. Nh4 Kb7 16. Bg4 Qc6 17. Re1 Rdg8 $13 {
Tischbierek,R-Kindermann,S/BW/1992/}) 14. g3 (14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bf1 Rdg8
16.
Nh2 Kb7 $10 {Kuczynski,R-Hansen,LB/Groningen open/1988/}) 14... O-O-O 15.
Nh4
Rdg8 16. Bg4 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Yusupov,A/USSR/1988/}) (12... Nbc6 13. Rb1 (13.
Re1
c4 14. Bf1 O-O-O 15. Nh2 $14 {Spassky,B-Short,N/London/1982/}) 13... c4 14.
Be2
O-O-O 15. Nh4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bg4 $14 {
Gavilanes,A-Pecorelli Garcia,H/Cuba ch/1989/}) 13. Re1 (13. Bd2 O-O-O (13...
a6
$5 {Knaak}) 14. Qb1 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Na5 $15 {
Pliester,L-Kindermann,S/Aruba/1992/}) 13... Qc6 {/\Bb5} (13... O-O-O 14. Nh4
Kb7 15. Ra2 Qc6 $13 {Dolmatov,S-Nikolic,P/Moscow GMA/1990/} (15... Qc6
{Knaak}
16. Qg4 Rdg8 17. Rb2 g5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Bf1 Rf8 $13 {
Dolmatov,S-Nikolic,P/Moscow/1990/})) 14. Rb1 a6 {/\Bb5} 15. Nd2 cxd4 (15...
Bb5
16. c4 (16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Qe2 (17. Qg4 Nf5 $10) 17... Ra5 18. Nb3 Ra4 $10)
16... dxc4 17. Be4 (17. Nxc4 {Knaak} Bxc4 18. Bxc4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nf5 $13)
(17.
Bxc4 Bxc4 $5 (17... cxd4 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nf3 $14) 18. Nxc4 Nf5 19. dxc5
Qxc5

$13) 17... Nd5 18. a4 Bxa4 19. Nxc4 $40) 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Rxb5 $1 (17. Bxb5
axb5 18. Qe2 Qxc2 19. Rxb5 O-O $10) 17... axb5 18. Qe2 Ra4 (18... Qc3 19.
Nb3
Rc8 (19... Nc6 20. Bd2 Qb2 21. Qg4 $40 Qxa3 22. Bxb5 Ncb8 23. Ra1 Qxa1+
24.
Nxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Bb4+ Kg8 27. Qh4 $18) 20. Bd2 Qb2 {Bulletin}
21. Bb4
$1 {CH} Nc6 22. Bd6 (22. Qg4 $5 Nxb4 23. axb4 (23. Qxg7 $2 Nxd3 $19) 23...
O-O
24. Re3 $40) 22... Nxd4 $6 (22... Na5 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. Bh7 $18)
23. Qg4 {Knaak} Nxc2 24. Qxg7 Rf8 25. Bxb5 Kd8 26. Bxf8 $18) (18... b4 $6 {
Knaak} 19. axb4 Qc3 20. Nb3 $1 Qxb4 21. Bd2 $44) (18... Nc8 $6 {Knaak} 19.
Qg4
O-O 20. Re3 f5 (20... Kh8 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Ne4 $40) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rg3 Rf7
23. Qg6 $40) (18... O-O $1 {Knaak} 19. Bxb5 Qc7 $10) 19. Nb3 (19. Bxb5 Qxc2
{
Knaak} 20. Bxa4 Qxa4 $17) 19... Rc4 20. Bd2 Nf5 (20... O-O 21. Bb4 Re8 22. c3
$14 {/\Nd2}) 21. Bb4 {>< Ke8, >< Rh8, /\ c2-c3, Nd2xc4} Nxd4 22. Nxd4
Rxd4 23.
Bxb5 Qc8 {/\Re4} 24. Rd1 Rxb4 $6 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qc7 (25... f5
{Knaak}
26. exf6 gxf6 27. Qg4 $18) 26. c3 {/\Qa4} (26. f4 Kd8 $13) 26... Kd8 $13) 25.
axb4 Qc3 (25... O-O 26. c4 $16) 26. Qg4 Qxe5 27. c4 f5 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. cxd5
exd5 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Qf7+ Kc8 (31... Kc6 32. b5+ Kc5 33. Qd7 $16) 32. Qa7
$18
Re8 33. Rc1+ Kd8 34. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]


[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 (6... Nc6) (
6... d6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bg5 $5 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxg5+ 10. Nxg5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7
12.
Bc4 Qe8 13. Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Rd2 Ke7 17. f4 g6
18.
Re1 Rf8 19. Rf2 $14 {Thesing,M-Szalanczy,E/Dortmund-C/1989/}) 7. e4 (7. Bg5
O-O
8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd6 Qe6 11. Kb1 b6 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2 Nb4 $1
14.
Qxe6 dxe6 15. Rd6 Nd5 16. Ne5 Nf6 $10 {
Phominyh,A-Hudecek,J/Mlada Boleslav op/1992/}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 $5 $146 (8.
Bc4
d6 9. Qd3 $5 (9. Qh5 Be6 $1 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qa5+ $1
13. c3
Nc6 14. O-O Rae8 15. Bh4 Qb5 16. Bg3 e5 $1 17. Rfb1 Qc4 18. Re1 b5 19. Qg4
Qe6
$13 {Gelfand,B-Adams,M/Wijk cm8/1994/}) (9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bd3
Bg4 (
11... d5 $142 $5) 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Kb1 c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. c3 Bh5 16. Ka1
Bg6

17. Qe3 Qc6 18. Rhe1 Na4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rd2 Bf6 $13 {
Hansen,LB-Maus,S/Luxemburg op/1990/}) (9. O-O Nd7 $1 $10) 9... Nd7 (9...
Nc6 $5
) 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qxb5 a5 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. c4 a4 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. O-O Re8 16.
Rd1
Bg4 17. Rb1 Be5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxc4 20. b3 $36 {
Damljanovic,B-Perenyi,B/Saint John op-2/1988/}) 8... d6 9. O-O Nc6 {/\Nb4,d5}
(
9... Nd7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Qd3 $14) 10. c3 Be6 11. Qh5 h6 $5 (11... d5 12. Rd1
d4
13. e5 $5 {/\Bd3->}) 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf8 $1 {><Qh5} 14. Nd2 g6 15. Qf3
d5
16. Qg3 Qe7 $5 $10 (16... Bg7 17. Nc4 $1 $36) (16... d4 17. e5 {/\Ne4+/-}) 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Bf1 Qf6 (18... Rad8 $142) 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Rd2 Be6 (20... c4
21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rd2 $36 {/\Bh6,Bc7}) 21. Bc7 $1 Rxd2 (21... Rc8
22.
Bd6 $14) 22. Nxd2 Bf5 (22... Bd5 $5) (22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Ne4 Be7 25.
Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 $16 {_|_^^}) 23. Nc4 $1 $16 Re4 24. Ne3 Bc8 (24... Be6
25.
Bd3 {><Re4}) 25. Rd1 Re8 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qf3 Kg7 $6 (27... Ne5 28. Qd5 $16)
28.
Bf4 Qe7 29. Nd5 Qe4 30. Nf6 $3 Kxf6 (30... Qxf3 31. Nxe8+ $18) 31. Be5+
Kxe5 $8
32. Qxe4+ Kxe4 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Rxe8 $18 Be6 35. Rxf8 Bxa2 36. Rc8 {/\Rc7}
1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O


O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5
Na5
15. Ba2 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Bd2 Qb3 20. Qb1
Nc4
21. Bc3 Bf6 22. Qe4 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd5 25. Qc2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3
Qd6+
27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Dautov"]

[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4


Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 $5 (11. Be3) 11... Qb8 (11... Bc5 $5 12.
Be2 Qh4 (12... Nf6 $2 13. e5 Ng8 14. Ne4 $16) 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qg4 15. Bg2
$14) 12. g3 f5 (12... Bc5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. f3 $5 O-O 15. O-O-O $14) 13. Bg2 {N}
(13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O-O (14. f4 $1 {>=} Nf6 (14... e5 $6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rf1
f4 17. Be2 fxg3 18. Bxh5+ g6 19. Bg4 gxh2 20. O-O-O $18) 15. O-O-O {/\e5}
Ng4 (
15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. f5 $16)
16.
Rhe1 Nf2 17. exf5 Nxd1 18. Kxd1 $16) 14... f4 $1 15. Rhe1 Be5 16. Nd5 O-O
17.
Bb4 Rf7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. Bf1 {PolugaevskyArnason/Reykjavik/1987}
) 13... Bd6 14. f4 $1 Nf6 15. O-O-O O-O (15... Qb7 $5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Bh1
fxe4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 (18... Be7 19. Bc3 $14) 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxe4
Rfd8
22. Bc3 Bc5 23. b4 Bf8 24. Red4 d6 25. Kb2 $14) 16. Be3 (16. Rhe1 $5 Rc8
(16...
e5 17. Rf1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 19. Rxf4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.
Bxe4 $14) 17. Bh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Qxe4 $2
b5)
20... b5 $132) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. Rd2
Rfd8

21. Rhd1 Bf8 $10 22. Kb1 (22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxa8 Qd3 $10)
22...
Rac8 23. f5 $5 exf5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qxf5 Qxc4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxa3
$1
28. Bd4 (28. Rd4 Qg8 29. bxa3 Qb3+ 30. Ka1 Qxa3+ 31. Kb1 Qb3+ $10) 28...
Bf8
29. Rxa7 Re8 30. Bc3 b5 31. Qf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 b4 33. Bd2 Kg8 34. Rb7 (34.
Rb7
Re2 35. Bxb4 Bxb4 36. Rxb4 Rxh2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e5 dxe5


8.
Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd5
Rc8 14.

O-O-O e6 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Bd2 Rc4 17. Bb4 Rd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. f4 Bf2 20.
Re4
Kd8 21. Be7+ Kc8 22. Rc4+ Kb8 23. Bd6+ Ka7 24. Rc7 Nb8 25. Ne7 Rd8 26. c4
a5
27. Kc2 Ka6 28. c5 Nd7 29. c6 Nb8 30. Be5 Bb6 31. Rxb7 Nxc6 32. Nxc6 Kxb7
33.
Nxd8+ Bxd8 34. Kb3 f5 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. b3 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. h3 h5 39. Bc3
Bd8
40. Be5 Be7 41. Bc3 Kb6 42. Bd2 Bd6 43. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Be3


Nbc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c5 Bxb2 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nc4 f5 14. Qd2
fxe4

15. Bxe4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rb3 a5 18. Nd6 a4 19. Rh3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Nb4 21.
Qb1
Ba6 22. Rc1 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Bd4+ 24. Be3 Nd3+ 25. Kg1 Qd2 26. Bxd4 Nxc1 27.
Kh1
Qxd4 28. Qxc1 Rb8 29. Rf3 Rb2 30. h4 Rd2 31. Kh2 Be2 32. Rf2 Qxf2 33. Qxd2
Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bc4 35. a3 Bd5 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Bc2 Qg7 38. Qf4 g5 39. Qe3 h5
40.
Qd3 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qf6 43. Qg6+ Qxg6 44. Bxg6 Kg7 45. Bxh5 Kf6
46.
Nc8 Ke5 47. Nb6 Kd4 48. Nxd7 e5 49. Kg1 Be6 50. Be8 e4 51. Kf2 Kc3 52. Ke3
Kb3
53. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3

cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4
Qd8 15.
Bf3 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Bd6 18. g5 Nd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21.
Bxb6
axb6 22. Rfd1 Be5 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Kg2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8
27.
Bd5 Kf8 28. Kf3 Bd4 29. Nd1 f6 30. Ke4 Bc5 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. a3 f5+ 33. Kd3
Ke7
34. b4 Bd6 35. Kc4 Kd7 36. Nc3 Nc6 37. Bg2 Bc7 38. Nd5 Bd8 39. Nf4 g5 40.
Nd5
Kd6 41. f4 Ne7 42. Nc3 gxf4 43. Nb5+ Ke5 44. Bxb7 f3 45. Bxf3 Nc8 46. Nd4
Nd6+
47. Kd3 Kf4 48. Bc6 Kg3 49. Bd7 Kxh3 50. Bxf5+ Kg3 51. Bd7 Bh4 52. a4 Kg2
53.
Bc6+ Kf1 54. Nc2 Bf2 55. Ne3+ Ke1 56. Ng4 Bg1 57. Bf3 Kf1 58. Bd5 Ke1 59.
Bb3
Kf1 60. Ne5 Kg2 61. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3


O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 (13... f5 $6
14.
Nc4 Nd7 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxd6 Rf8 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. d6 Bd4
20.
Be3 $18 {Voiska,M-Birens,EA/Cappelle op/1993/}) 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 (15.
Nc4
Nd7 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Ba5 Nc7 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. Qb6
Nd7
$1 22. Qxc7 Qxg5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 $17 {
Shvidler,L-Lev,R/ISL-ch/1992/}) 15... Bf6 (15... Nf6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bc4 Nbd7
18. Re1 Qf8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc2 Qd8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 Bg7 24.
Qd3
Bc8 25. Ng1 Qd8 $15 {Sinkovics,P-Urban,K/Bagneux/1993/}) 16. Qd2 (16. Bxf6
Nxf6
17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Bc4 Nbd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nb6 21. Rb1 Nxc4 22. Nxc4
Bxd5
23. Nd4 a5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Nxd5 Rxb5 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxb5
Qc2 29.
Na3 Qxa2 30. Rb8+ Kg7 $17 {Wohlfahrt,H-Palkovi,J/Budapest FS 04
IM/A/1994/})
16... Bb7 17. Re1 (17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Ne3 h6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qg5 23. g3 Nf6 $10 {Neverov,V-Berelovich,A/Sochi/1993/}) 17...
Nd7 18. Be4 $1 Nb6 (18... Ne5 19. Bf4 $14) (18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 $5 {
/\Nc7,h6<=>><d5}) 19. b3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 (21... Nbxd5
22. Na5
Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxd5 $1 $18) (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 $16
{><d6
}) 22. bxc4 Bc8 23. Bc2 Ra7 24. Qe3 {<->e} Rb7 (24... Kf8 $5 {/\Re7=}) 25.
Ba4

Bd7 (25... Rb4 26. Be8 $1 $40) (25... Kf8 $2 26. Nxh7+ $1 Nxh7 27. Qe8+
Qxe8
28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 $16) 26. Bc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc7 (27... Rb6 28. Qe7
(28.
Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Kg7 $1 $10) 28... Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxc6 30. Nxf7 $14) 28.
Qf3 h6
(28... Kg7 29. Rb1 $1 {/\Rb7} h6 30. Ne4 $16) 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qa8 31.
Qf4
Qf8 (31... Qxc6 32. Qxh6 Rc8 $14 {/\Re8}) (31... Kg7 $5 32. Qxd6 Qxc6 33.
Qe5+
Kh7 $10) 32. Qf3 Qa8 33. Qf6 Rxc6 34. Re7 $44 Qf8 35. Rd7 Qg7 36. Qd8+ Qf8
37.
Qf6 Qg7 38. Qf3 Rb6 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe8 (40. g3 $5 Qg8 $8 41. Qa7 (41.
Qd5 Kg7
42. Rxd6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qe8 44. Qf3 $1 Qe5 $8 45. Rxa6 $14) 41... Rb1+ 42.
Kg2
Kg7 43. Qxa6 $14) 40... Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44.
Re7
Rb2 45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Rxe5 Kf7 $6 (46... Kg7 $1 $10) 47. Rxc5 a5 48. h4 h5 49.
Kf3 $6 (49. f3 a4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kf4 Rxg2 (51... Rc2 52. Rxa3 Rxc4+ 53. Kg5 {
/\Kh6+-}) 52. Rxa3 Rc2 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Rc6 Rh2 56. Kg3 $14)
49...
a4 50. Ra5 a3 $10 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. Rxa3 Rxc4 53. g3 Kf6 54. f3 Rb4 55. Rd3
Ra4
56. Rd4 Ra5 57. Rc4 Ke5 58. Re4+ Kf5 59. Kd4 Kf6 60. Re8 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Kf5
62.
Rf8+ Ke5 63. f4+ Ke6 64. f5+ gxf5 65. Rh8 f4+ 66. gxf4 Ra3+ 67. Ke2 Ra2+
68.
Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Kd2 Ra2+ (69... Rf3 $1 $10) 70. Kc3 Ra3+ 71. Kd4 Ra4+ 72. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]


[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]


[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 (


7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rac8 13.
Rfc1
a5 14. Qa3 Ng4 $15 {Spangenberg,H-Leko,P/Buenos Aires ARG-WORLD
(02)/1994/})
7... Bg7 8. Bg2 Rb8 (8... O-O 9. O-O Rb8 (9... Bd7) (9... Bg4) (9... a5 $6) 10.
a4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. h3 Nb4 13. Nd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 $10 {
Georgiev,Ki-Shirov,A/Pardubice (02)/1994/1-0 (58)}) 9. b3 $5 $146 b5 (9... Bg4
$5) 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 Ne5 (11... b4 12. Nd5 $2 (12. Nd1 a5 $10) (12. Na4
Ba6
$10 (12... Bd7 {Ernst} 13. O-O-O Qa5 $13)) 12... Nxe4 $19) 12. f4 Ned7 13.
O-O-O $5 Bb7 14. Nd5 a5 $6 (14... e6 $1 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxd6 (16. Qb4 a5
$1)
(16. Qe3 Qa5 $15) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxd8 (17. Qb4 $2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qf6+ 19.
Qd4
Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 (20. Rxd4 Nxg3 $1 $19)) 17... Rfxd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxg7
Kxg7

$10) 15. Rhe1 $14 Nxd5 (15... b4 16. Nd4 $14) 16. exd5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 b4
18.
Nd4 Nc5 $2 (18... Rc8 19. f5 Ne5 $14) 19. f5 $1 $40 a4 $6 20. Kb1 $16 Nd7 $2
(
20... Kg7 21. Qxb4 axb3 22. axb3 Qc7 $16 (22... Bxd5 $2 23. Qc3 $18)) 21.
fxg6
hxg6 22. Qh6 $1 $18 {/\ Re4-h4} axb3 23. axb3 e5 {Verzweiflung!} (23... Ne5
24.
Re4 $18) (23... Nc5 24. Ne6 $1 fxe6 (24... Nxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8
27.
Rd4 $18) 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rd4 $18) (23... Ra8 {Ernst} 24. Nf5 $1 gxf5 25.
Qg5+
Kh8 26. Rd4 Nf6 27. Rh4+ Nh7 28. Qxf5 $18) 24. dxe6 Bxg2 25. e7 Qa5 26.
Ne6 $1
(26. Ne6 fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Rd4 $18) 1-0

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