[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]

[Date "1996.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3

Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. O-O b5
15.
Kh1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rad1 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nd4 Nb6 20. Bh5 f6 21.
b3
Kh8 22. h3 Rb7 23. Nde2 Be6 24. Qe3 Rbb8 25. Rd3 Bg8 26. Bg4 Bh7 27. Rfd1
f5
28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. R3d2 Bh7 31. Ne4 Rbd8 32. N2c3 Rxd2 33.
Rxd2
Nd7 34. Kh2 Qb7 35. Rd6 Rc8 36. Qd2 Bxe4 37. Rxd7 Qc6 38. Nxe4 Qxe4 39.
Rxg7
Kxg7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qxc8 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]

[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Bologan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Azmaiparashvili Har Zvi} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6

6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bg4 8. f3 (8. Nd5 {Azmaiparashvili} Qa5+ (8... Qxb5 9.
Bxb5
Bxd1 10. Kxd1) 9. b4 Qxb5 (9... Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxb4+ 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qxc6+
bxc6
13. Bxb4 cxb5 14. Bxb5+ Kd8 15. f3 Bh5 16. O-O-O) (9... Bxd1 10. bxa5 Nxd5
11.
exd5 Nxa5 12. Kxd1 Nxc4 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 g6 15. Rb1) (9... Nxb4 10.
Nxf6+
gxf6 11. Qxg4 Nxc2+ 12. Ke2 Nxa1 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Bb5) 10.
Bxb5
Bxd1 11. Kxd1 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nxf2+ 13. Ke2 Ne4 14. Kf3 Nf6 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16.
Nxa8

g6) 8... Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O b4 14.
Nb1 (
14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd5 $2 exd5 16. exd5 Bb5 17. Qe1 Be7 18. Bd4 Kf8 19. a3
Rc8
20. axb4 Qc7 $17 {Onoprienko V.-Khasin A. Ch Russia (club) Kazan (Russia)
1995.
}) (14. Nd5 {Azmaiparashvili} exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8) 14... Be7
15.
g4 (15. Nd2 $5 d5 16. g4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $14) 15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 (16... Ba4
{
Azmaiparashvili} 17. Nd2) 17. Rdd1 Be6 18. Nd2 Bxb3 (18... O-O
{Azmaiparashvili
} 19. Bxe6 (19. Kb1 Rac8) 19... fxe6 20. Qc4 Kf7) 19. cxb3 $1 (19. axb3 Qa1+
20. Nb1 O-O $40 {
there is no any good move for White to avoid the march of the 'a' pawn.}) 19...
d5 $6 {Of course it is played in Sicilian style but may be that was done in
the wrong moment. Better was to take the pawn on 'a2'.} (19... Qxa2 20. Nc4 (
20. Kc2 {Azmaiparashvili} Qa5 (20... d5 21. Ra1 Rc8+ 22. Nc4 Rxc4+ 23. bxc4
b3+
24. Kc3 d4+ 25. Kd3) 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Kb1 $44) 20... Qxb3 21. Kb1 O-O 22. g5
Ne8
23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nd7 Rc8 $13) 20. exd5 $6 (20. Kb1 $1 d4 (20... Qb5 21. Rhe1 (
21. Qxb5+ axb5 22. g5 d4 23. gxf6 dxe3 24. fxe7 Kxe7 $1 $10) 21... Qxe2 22.
Rxe2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 $16) 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bf2 $16) 20... Qxa2
21.
Nc4 Qxb3 22. Kb1 {#} Rc8 $4 {Just a blunder.} (22... Nd7 23. d6 Bh4 24. f4 OO
25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Bc5 $13) 23. Rd3 $1 $18 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qxc1+
25.
Bxc1 Bd6 {Of course the position is completly winning for White and also it's
clear that in this case many roads lead to Rome so it's dificult to critisize
the Whites play.} 26. f4 e4 27. g5 O-O 28. Rd1 (28. Rh3 {Azmaiparashvili}
Rxc1+
29. Kxc1 Bxf4+ 30. Kb1 Bxg5) 28... Nd7 29. Qxa6 {I prefer much more to take

the "e" pawn after white should not worry about this pawn which in the game
caused his serious problems (Har Zvi).} Bc5 30. Qb5 (30. d6 {Azmaiparashvili}
e3 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 $18) 30... Rc7 31. d6 Ra7 32. b3 {
Again I can not understand why Topalov underestimated black's "e" it seems
after 32.Re1 white is better (Har Zvi).} (32. Qc4 $142 {Azmaiparashvili} Re8
33. f5) 32... e3 33. Bb2 (33. Rd5 $5 Rfa8 34. Bb2 Rb8 35. Qc4 Re8 36. Rf5 $18)
33... Re8 34. f5 Bxd6 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Re6 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8
39.
Bxg7 e2 (39... Kxg7 $4 {Azmaiparashvili} 40. Rg1+ Kf6 (40... Kf8 41. Qh8+
Ke7
42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxd7+ Kf5 44. Rxa7 e2 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Qh4+ Kd3 47. Rf3+
Kd2
48. Qg5+) 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rg6+) 40. Qh8+ (40.
Re1
Kxg7 41. Rg1+ Bg3 $8 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qxg3 {
With good winning chances for Topalov.}) 40... Kf7 41. Re1 Ra3 42. Qh5+ Kxg7
43. Rg1+ Bg3 {#} 44. Qg4+ {Here Vesselin offered a draw that was imedeatly
exepted. But even in this position after long forced variations which may
happent after 44.Rg3 White is still winning. I am almost sure that this
halfpoint the bulgarian GM was remembering on the closing ceremony.} (44.
Qg4+
Kf7 (44... Kf6 {Azmaiparashvili} 45. Qxg3 e1=Q+ 46. Rxe1 Rxb3+ 47. Qxb3
Rxe1+
48. Kc2 Re2+ 49. Kd1 Rxh2 50. Qf3+ Ke7 51. Qe4+ Kd8 $10) 45. Qxg3 e1=Q+
46.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 47. Qxe1 Rxb3+ 48. Kc2 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rc5 $10) (44. Rxg3+ Kf8
45. Qh8+
Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kd6 (46... Ke8 47. Rg8+ Nf8 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qc5+ Rd6 50.
Rg7+ $18
) (46... Ke8 {Azmaiparashvili}) 47. Qxb4+ Kc7 48. Qc3+ Rc6 49. Qd2 Re6 (49...
Rca6 50. Qf4+ Kb7 51. Qb4+ Ka7 52. Qd4+ Kb8 53. Re3 e1=Q+ 54. Rxe1
Rxb3+ 55.
Kc2 $18) 50. Qc1+ Kb7 51. Re3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 (7. Be2

Bg7
8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14.
Qe3
Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rbd2 Nde5 20.
Be2
Nb4 21. h4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nbc6 24. a3 {
1-0 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (28)}) 7... Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6
9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 (11. O-O a6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Be2
Nc5

15. Rfe1 Qa5 16. Bf1 Rab8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Ba1 Rfd8 19. Rb1 e6 20. f3 b4 21.
Ne2
Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Qb6 23. Kh1 e5 24. Red1 Ne6 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 {
Gorelov,S-Chiburdanidze,M/Moscow-ch (15)/1981/1-0 (79)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Nd7 13. O-O (13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 e6 15. Nc3 Nde5 $15) 13... Qa5 14. Rab1
Rfd8
15. Rfc1 $6 (15. Rfd1 a6) 15... a6 16. a3 Bf6 $5 17. Bg4 (17. b4 Qg5) 17... e6
18. b4 Qg5 $1 (18... Qc7 19. Nd5 (19. f4 $5) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2)
19. f4 (19. Qxg5 Bxg5 20. Rd1 Nce5 21. Be2 Nb6 22. c5 Nbc4 $15) 19... Qh6
20.
Ne2 (20. Rd1 Nb6 21. Be2 Nd4 $15) 20... Nde5 21. Rc2 (21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5
Na5
23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qc3 Qg7 $15) 21... Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxb2 23. Rbxb2 Qh4 24.
g5 (
24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Nb8 26. Rb3 Qxg4 $17) 24... e5 25. b5 $2 (25. Rb1 exf4
26.
Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Ne5 28. Nd5 b5 $10) 25... axb5 26. cxb5 Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4
(27.
Rc7 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Rxa3 $19) 27... exd4 28. Rb3 (28. Qxd4 Qxf4 (28... Rxa3
29.
Qd2 Ra4 $17) 29. Rc7 d5 $19) 28... Re8 29. g3 (29. Qxd4 Qxf4 $17) 29... Qg4
30.
Qxd4 Ra4 $1 31. Rc4 (31. Qxa4 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kg2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxe4 $1
$19)
32... Qxc2+ 33. Kh3 Qd1 34. g4 (34. Kg2 Rc8 $19) 34... Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Rxe4 36.
Qa5 Qg1+ 37. Kf3 Re8 $17) (31. Qxd6 Raxe4 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Rxe2 Qxe2+
34. Kg1
Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ $19) 31... Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Rc8 $1 33. Qd3 $2 (33. Qf1 $1
Rc2
34. Rf3 Rc1 35. Qxc1 Qxf3) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2 (34. Kf2 Qh3 $19) 34... Qh5 35.
e5 (35. Qxd6 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Rh1#) 35... Rd1 36. Qf3 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kf2
Qg1+
38. Ke2 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Schulz,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Azmaiparashvili Johnson,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3

g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {
Nach 9.0-0-0 hat Schwarz erheblich mehr Probleme als nach 9.Bc4.} d5 (9...
Nxd4
10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 (11... Qa5 $2 12. Nd5) 12. h4 Rfc8 {In dieser
Variante
mu Schwarz hllisch aufpassen, da er nicht unter die Rder kommt.} 13. h5
$14
(13. g4 $14)) (9... Bd7 {mit der Idee Nc6-e6, Rc8 wird von der Theorie als
schlecht beurteilt. Wei spart im Gegensatz zu der Variante 9.Bc4 ein Tempo.
Es ist aber fraglich, ob Wei daraus Kapital schlagen kann, denn der B steht
auf der Diagonalen b3-g8 vermutlich besser als z.B. auf e2.}) 10. Qe1 (10. exd5

Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 {

ist das Hauptabspiel, in dem es Schwarz auch nicht leicht hat.} (13. Bc5 {
Johnson,M} Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 a5 16. Bc4 h5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Qe1 Bd5 19.
gxh5
Nxh5 20. Nd6 Re6 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd6 23. Bxa8 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Rd2
25. Be4
Ng3 26. Bb6 Qxb6 27. Qxg3 a4 28. a3 Be3 29. Qg4 Qb8 30. Ka1 Bd4 31. Rb1
Qc7 32.
h5 Qc5 33. Ka2 Qc4+ 34. Ka1 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Blumberg,V-Golubev,M/USSR
1990})) (10.
Kb1 $5 Nxd4 (10... e6 $5) 11. e5 $1 {ist eine interssante Idee, nach} Ne8 12.
Bxd4 {hat Schwarz kaum Spiel.}) 10... e6 (10... e5) 11. h4 (11. g4 $6 e5 $1 {
Sieht absurd aus. Erst e7-e6 und dann doch nach e5. Der springende Punkt ist,
da spter der Bauer f3 hngt.} (11... Qe7 12. Nb3 b6 $5 (12... Rd8 13. Bc5
Qc7
14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 $10) 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. e5
Nd7 17.
f4 f6 $1 $15 {De la Villa Garcia,J-Romero Holmes,H Leon (04) 0-1 31}) 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bc4 (15. Qxe5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Be1 Nxg4
$17
) 15... d4 {Jetzt! Wenn Schwarz gleich 10...e5 spielt (statt 10...e6), steht
der weie g-Bauer noch auf g2 und deckt f3.} 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Qb6 18.
Bxf6
Bxf6 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Kb1 a5 21. g5 Bg7 22. h5 Rb8 $1 $17 {
Dvoirys,S-Tolnai,T EUCup Gr5 Balatonbereny 1993 0-1 39}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qe7
{
Johnson,M}) (11... Re8 {Johnson,M}) 12. exd5 {Ruhiger als das scharfe} (12.
h5
{mit wilden Verwicklungen. !?Azmaiparashvili} Nxh5 {Johnson,M} 13. g4 Nxd4
14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qe5 16. Qd2 Ng3 17. Rg1 dxe4 18. f4 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Qg7
20. g5
e5 21. Rd6 e3 22. Qxe3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Bh3 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Nd5 Re1+ 26. Kd2
Qe5

27. Rh2 h5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxh3 Rxg5 30. c4 Kg7 31. Rd7 Rg4 32. Kd3 Kh6
33.
Rxb7 f5 34. Rd7 f4 35. Rf3 h4 36. c5 Rg3 37. Ke2 g5 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. c6 h3
40.
Rf2 f3+ 41. Ke3 Rg2 42. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 43. Kxf3 g4+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Kg5 h2 46.
c7
Rf8 47. Rd7+ Kh8 48. Rd8 h1=Q 49. Rxf8+ Kg7 50. c8=Q Qxd5+ 51. Rf5 Qd2+
{
1-0 Mainka,R-Alterman,B/Lloyds Bank op(08) 1994}) 12... Nxd5 (12... exd5 13.
Qd2 Re8 14. Bf4 Qa5 (14... Qb6 $5) 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. a3 Qe7 17. Bg5 Be6 18.
Nb5
d4 19. N3xd4 Rad8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Rd6 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. Qxd6 Qb7 24.
Qb4
Qa8 25. Bc4 Rb8 26. Qa4 Nd5 27. Bb3 Qb7 28. Rhe1 c5 29. Rxd5 Bxb2+ 30.
Kxb2
Qxd5 31. Bf4 Rb6 32. Re5 Qd1 33. Rxc5 Qe2 34. Rc3 Bxb3 35. Rxb3 {
1-0 Dvoirys,S-Los,S/Groningen op (01) ;EXP 38 1993}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qd2
Re8
$1 $146 {/\ Rxe3} (14... h5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. c3 Be6 18. Bf4 Qf6
19.
Bg5 Qe5 20. Re1 Qb8 21. Bh6 Qd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rac8
25. Bb5
a6 26. Be2 Rfe8 27. Nxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Alterman,B/URS-qualJ Sochi ;EXT 90 1990}) (14... Qe5 15. h5
Re8 16. Bf2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Be6 $14 20. Bd3 Kg7
21.
Kd2 Kf6 22. c3 b6 23. a3 Rac8 24. g4 Rc7 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. Be2 Ke7 27. f4 f6 28.
Bf3 Rc4 29. Kd3 Rxd4+ 30. Kxd4 Kd6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh6 g5 33. f5 Bd7 34.
Bxd5
Bc6 35. c4 a5 36. Rh7 a4 37. Ra7 Bd7 38. Rb7 Rh8 39. Rxb6+ Ke7 40. Rb7 {
1-0 Dvoirys,S-Alterman,B/Leeuwarden op (07) ;EXT 94op 1994}) 15. h5 (15. Bf4
$5
Qb6 16. Nb5 (16. Nb3 a5 $15) 16... a6 17. Bc7 Qc5 (17... Qe3 18. Qxe3 Rxe3
19.

Bf4 $16) 18. Bd6 $10) 15... Rxe3 16. Qxe3 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 {Johnson,M} 17.
Qe8+
Kg7 18. h6+ Kf6 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxd4 $14) 17. Rxd4 (17.
Qe8+ {
Johnson,M} Bf8 18. Rxd4 Bf5 19. Qa4 $16 (19. Qe2 {Azmaiparashvili} Re8 20.
Qf2
Bc5 $17)) 17... Bf5 {|^} 18. Bd3 (18. Rd2 d4 19. Qg5 (19. Qb3 Bh6) 19... d3
20.
Bxd3 Qe5 $40) 18... Qb6 19. Rhh4 $2 (19. c3 $142 Bxd4 (19... Rc8 20. Kb1
Rxc3
21. Qe8+ Bf8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bxf5) 20. cxd4 Rc8+ 21. Kb1 Qe6 (21... Bxd3+
{
Azmaiparashvili} 22. Qxd3 $10) 22. Qd2 (22. Qxe6 Bxd3+ $19) (22. Re1 $2
Bxd3+
$19) 22... Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 $10 (23. Qxd3 g5 $15)) 19... Be4 $1 20. Rdxe4
Qxb2+
21. Kd1 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxa2 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Re7 Qb1+ (24... Qa1+ {
Azmaiparashvili} 25. Ke2 Bc3 $17 26. Bxg6 Qe1+ 27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc4 Rc8+
$19)
25. Ke2 Bf6 (25... Bc3 {Azmaiparashvili} 26. Kf2) 26. Rd7 a5 (26... Qh1 $5 27.
Bc4 $1 Qxg2+ 28. Kd1 $13) 27. Bxg6 Qb5+ 28. Qd3 Re8+ 29. Be4 Qxd3+ 1/21/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4

cxd4 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 {
Soweit ich wei, ist dies ein neuer Versuch.} dxc3 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 14. Bxc4 (14.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. Bxc4 Bxc3 (18... Nxc3
19.
O-O Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nxa4 21. Rfe1+ Kf8 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Bg5 $16) 19. Bxd5
Bxd2+ 20.
Kxd2 cxd5 21. Rc7 O-O {drfte Schwarz aushalten knnen.}) 14... Qxe6+ 15.
Bxe6
cxb2 (15... Bb4 16. Ke2 Nd5 $10 {sieht mir viel besser aus.}) 16. Bxb2 Bb4+
17.
Ke2 Ke7 18. Bc4 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Rab8 (19... Kf8 {kam sehr in Betracht; Schwarz
sollte meines Erachtens versuchen, seinen Springer so bald wie mglich auf d5
zu verankern.}) 20. g3 h5 $6 (20... Kf8 {kam noch immer in Betracht. Auch}) (
20... a5 {
gefllt mir besser als der Textzug, der den Knigsflgel unntig schwcht.})
21. Rd4 Ba5 $2 {Schwarz sollte die Diagonale a3-f8 nicht aufgeben.} (21...
Rxd4
22. Bxd4 a5 {war angezeigt.}) 22. Ba3+ Ke8 {
Der Schaden ist schon nicht mehr zu reparieren:} (22... Bb4 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24.
Rb1 a5 (24... c5 25. Bc1 $16 {Jetzt ist der Lufer des Schwarzen pltzlich
sehr schlecht geworden und steht auer Spiel; zudem ermangelt Schwarz der
Kontrolle der weien Felder.}) 25. Bxb4 $16 {

Wei erhlt einen gefhrlichen entfernten Freibauern auf der a-Linie.}) 23.
Rad1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rb1 $6 (24... Rd8 $5) 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Kf7 (26... Nd5
27. Bg6+ $18) 27. Bc5 $18 Ra1 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Bxa7 Ra2+ 31.
Kg1
Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kh3 Ra3 34. f4 Be1 35. Bc5 Rc3 36. Bc4+ Ke8 37. Bb4
Rc1
38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. a5 Ra1 40. a6 Ke7 41. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Stohl Bologan} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6

7. g3 {It is a p ity that Kamsky opts for such a quiet line. Topalov is one of
very few top level Benoni players and it would have been interesting to see

him face a more fashionable variation.} Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 {Less
popular
than the reflex Benoni plan of Nbd7, Re8 and a6, though it is also very
respectable.} 10. h3 (10. Nd2 $5 Nc7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qb6
$5
14. d6 Ne6 15. Bxa8 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Rd8 17. Qd2 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4
20.
Nd5 Qb7 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxb2 25. Rad1
Nxd6 26.
Rfe1 a5 $15 {Gerber,R-Anastasian,A/Cannes op/1996/}) 10... Re8 (10... Nc7 11.
e4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 f6 14. a4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rb1
Na6
18. Na2 Bd7 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. b4 Rab8 21. Nc3 Qe8 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. h4 Na6 24.
bxc5
Nxc5 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rb7 27. Rb4 $16 {Razuvaev,YRomero,An/Palma/1991/})
11. Nd2 {White's last two moves appear to be accepted theory, and are both
aimed at preventing black from easing his position by relocating the f6N to
g4-e5, or e4. Paradoxically, Topalov's eventual plan involves avoiding
exchanges.} (11. Bf4 Nc7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Rb4 15. b3 b5 16.
Ra2
a5 17. Qc1 Ba6 18. Ne4 Ne8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Qc2 c4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ra3
Bxd5
23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Bd2 Rc8 25. Qd3 Rd4 26. Qe3 Qb7 $36 {
Razuvaev,Y-Romanishin,O/Palma GMA-op/1989/}) (11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4
13. Bg5
Qf8 14. Qc1 Rb4 15. b3 Re4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Bf1 b5 20.
e4
Nc7 21. a3 a5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Be3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxd5 $17 {
Alburt,L-Wedberg,T/New York op/1988/}) 11... Nc7 (11... Rb8 {Stohl} 12. a4
Nc7
13. Nc4 a6 14. a5 Nb5 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Nab6 Be4 17. f3 Bf5 18. g4 Bc8 19. Bf4
h5
20. e3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe7 22. Qd2 $14 {Burtman,S-Ratcu,T/Kishinev
iztW/1995/})

12. a4 (12. Nc4 $6 b5 $1 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. d6 Ne6 16. Bxa8 Nxf4
17.
gxf4 Bxh3 18. Bf3 (18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4 20. Na4 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Qd7 22. e3
Qh3
23. d7 Rd8 24. f3 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Rxd7 26. Qe2 Rd5 $40 {
Kiss,A-Lazarev,V/AUT-chT2 9394/1994/}) 18... Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rd8 20. e4 b4 21.
Na4 Qa6+ 22. Kg2 Rxd6 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. e5 Rd4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxf4
27.
Rd1 h5 $17 {Kaidanov-Foisor/Moskva II/1987/}) 12... b6 13. e4 (13. Nc4 Ba6
14.
Na3 Qd7 15. Re1 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Naxb5 Bxb5 18. e4 Rab8 19. Ra3 Qc7
20. Be3
a6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. f4 c4 23. Qf2 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. hxg4 g5 $1 26. fxg5 Ne5
$36
{Ionescu,Co-Suba,M/Bukarest/1980/}) (13. Re1 Ba6 $5 14. e4 {-13.e4}) (13.
Rb1
Ba6 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nde4 f5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. e4 Nf6 19. Rd1 Rad8
20.
Nf3 Bc8 21. e5 dxe5 22. d6 Na6 23. Ng5 Nb4 24. Nxf7 Nxc2 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26.
Bg5
Nd4 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxd6 $44 {Kobylkin-Tunik,G/Yalta op/1995/}) 13...
Ba6
14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qe7 $5 $146 {A very interesting novelty from Topalov.
Previously

Stohl:Topalov's new move is stronger-White's pieces are not so

ideally placed for action in the center, so Black doesn't exchange the Nf3 and
starts maneuvring. Tactically it also works.

Bologan: Novelty. Of course it

doesn't look like real improvement just a simple developpment.} (15... Ne5 {
had been played, though this led to a pleasant white advantage after} 16.
Nxe5
Bxe5 {N} 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qd2 $14 Rb8 19. Rab1 $1 {Goldin,A-Emms,J/
Cappelle la
Grande 54/69 1992 Black's idea here has a lot of nice advantages; he avoids
the exchange of knights. In fact, the N on f3 hinders both the expansion of
the center and easy protection of d5 by the Bg2, while black's knight on d7 is

one of his most flexible pieces. The Q is headed for f8 where it will preserve
the Bg7, guard d6, support the kingside and help expansion with h6/g5 as well
as ...f5. I'm very impressed, and only wish it were as easy to find such ideas
as it is to see their merits afterwards.} (19. Rab1 Bc8 (19... b5 {Bologan} 20.
b4 $1) 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Na6 22. Rbb1 Bd7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Nc5 25.
Bd4
Rb7 26. Re3 Rbe7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd4+ f6 29. f4 $16 {
[+],Goldin,A-Emms,J/Cappelle op/1992/})) 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 $5 {would be
desirabl
e, but the e4 pawn requires attention. Snatching it off at once is risky:} Bxc3
$2 (16... Qf8 17. Qc2 {is similar to the game, but white will find it harder
to achieve the thematic advance b2-b4 while protecting e4.}) 17. bxc3 Qxe4
18.
Bxc5 Be2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Bxd6 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rac8 22. Nd4 {
must give white much more than compensation.}) (16. e5 $2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5
18. f4 $2 Bd4+) 16... Qf8 17. Qc2 (17. Qd2 h6 18. Rab1 g5 19. Be3 f5 $5 (19...
Bxc3 $5 20. bxc3 Nf6 (20... Rxe4 $2 21. Nxg5 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 hxg5 23. Qxg5+
Qg7
24. Qe7))) 17... h6 18. Rab1 {/\b4} g5 19. Bd2 Bb7 {One of the differences
between Topalov's idea and the stem game becomes clearer. The white queen
has
been forced to take up a post on c2, rather than d2, to keep a watchful eye on
e4 and f5. A result of this (and the presence of an extra pair of knights) is
that the d5 pawn is much weaker now, and ...f5 is a nagging possibility. Black
also prepares to hurry the Nc7 back into play via a6.} 20. Nh2 {Greener
pasture
s beckon - on f3 the knight is fairly useless. But what about the trusty b4
break? Stohl: Inconsequent. Now with a few clever N maneuvers Black gets a
position with rich counterplay.} (20. b4 Na6 (20... cxb4 21. Rxb4 Na6 $36 {
/\Nac5,Rac8 is dubious-Black's pieces get too many good squares.}) 21. bxc5
Naxc5 22. Nb5 Rec8 {and black's activity guarantees him good chances.} (22...

Ba6 $5 {is also interesting.})) (20. Nb5 $142 $5 Nxb5 (20... Na6 21. Bc3 $14)
21. axb5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc3 {/+/=/}) (20. Nd1 {/\Ne3,><f5} f5 $8 21.
exf5 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Bc6 $132 {/\d5-d4}) 20... Ne5 21. Ng4 (21. f4 $6 gxf4 22.
gxf4 Nc4 23. Bc1 f5 $1 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Be6
27.
f5 $16) 24. b3 Na5 $36) 21... Nc4 (21... Nxg4 $6 22. hxg4 {/\Nd1-e3-f5->}) 22.
Ne3 Nxe3 (22... Nxd2 $5 23. Qxd2 Bc8 $13) 23. Bxe3 {After much running
around,
the threat of Nf5 has finally led to type of position seen in Goldin-Emms, but
black has gained time to prevent the b4 advance.} Na6 24. Nb5 Nb4 25. Qd2 {
Bologan: Better looks 25.Qb3 with the idea of Bd2.} Red8 26. Kh2 {It looks nat
ural to clear the g-line to prepare f4, but the immediate advance looks
critical as well: Stohl: Loses a tempo. Bologan: Typical Gata's move. Even
when he was playing the soviet youth champioships he was using any
possibility
to improve the position by playing h3,Kh2 or h6,Kh7.} (26. f4 a6 27. Nc3 gxf4
28. gxf4 {Stohl:} (28. Bxf4 Re8 29. Re2 $14) 28... Re8 $5 {
still looks solid for black} (28... Qe7 29. Ne2 $5 {looks more pleasant for
white, who has gained the fearsome g3 square as a launching pad for his
knight,
though even here} Kh8 30. Ng3 Rg8 31. Nf5 Qf6 {may give enough
counterplay.}) (
28... f5 $6 29. e5 $1 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxh6 {looks very risky for black.}
) 29. f5 $5 (29. Ne2 f5) 29... Kh7 30. Rf1 Bf6 {
and white has paid rather a high price for preventing ...f5.}) 26... a6 27. Nc3
(27. Na3 $5 {Bologan} f5 28. f4 $16) 27... Re8 28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 $1 {
White prefers a more civilized approach since} (29. gxf4 f5 {
should again be pleasant for black.}) 29... Bc8 (29... c4 $6 30. Be3 $1 Nd3 31.
Rf1 Nc5 32. Qe2 $36) 30. Re2 {Bologan: Kamsky is improving the position of
his
rooks but I think the first guy who should be put on better square is the
knight on 'c3'.} (30. Nd1 $5 {Bologan}) 30... Bd7 (30... f5 $6 31. Rf1 $40) 31.

Rbe1 (31. Rf1 $5 {is a very natural alternative, though it is not so easy to
mount frightening pressure against f7.} b5 (31... c4 $6 32. Be3 b5 33. axb5
axb5 34. Ref2 $16 (34. Nxb5 $5 $16)) 32. a5 $5 {and now most moves with
Ra8
are interesting - I would estimate the position is roughly balanced.} (32. axb5
Bxb5 $1 (32... axb5 33. Ref2 $14) 33. Nxb5 axb5 34. Ref2 Ra2)) 31... c4 32. e5
(32. Nb5 $5 {looks the most entertaining way to play.} axb5 33. Qxb4 Rxa4 34.
Qxd6 Qxd6 35. Bxd6 Ra2 36. e5 Bf5 37. Bc7 b4 38. d6 $5 {
with absolute pandemonium.}) 32... dxe5 (32... Nd3 $2 33. e6 Nxe1 34. Qxe1
$18
{/\e7,ed7 /\}) 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 {
Of course black plays to keep his dark-squared bishop.} (33... Bxe5 34. Rxe5
$16 {><>>}) 34. Rxe5 Nd3 {It's very important for Black to keep his Bg7-a
strong defensive and attacking piece.} 35. Re7 Nxe1 36. Qxe1 $1 {Black's
active
B-pair (especially Bg7) compensate him for the weak K-side and passed dpawn.}
(36. Rxd7 Nd3 $5 {should not be dangerous for black - his pieces are active
and the d-pawn is not frightening for the time being.} (36... Nxg2 37. Qxg2 (
37. Kxg2 Qe8 $15) 37... Qe8 $13)) 36... Rd8 37. Qe4 b5 38. d6 $1 (38. axb5 $5
axb5 (38... Bf5 $1 {is a better try when black's pressure against b2 gives him
good counterplay. Kamsky's choice looks more testing since he keeps his pieces
well centralized.}) 39. d6 b4 40. Nd5 c3 {looks better for white - he can try}
41. b3 {with ideas like Qf4, or Bf1-d3!? to follow.} Be6 $2 42. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
43. Ne7+) 38... bxa4 $1 (38... Be6 $5 {looks like a solid alternative.} 39. Qf4
$1 {is more testing.} (39. axb5 Rxd6 {looks slightly better for black.}) 39...
Bxc3 {is risky, but critical} 40. bxc3 bxa4 41. Bc6 $5 (41. Ra7 Rxd6 (41...
Qxd6 $5) 42. Ra8 Rd8 43. Rxa6 a3 44. Qc1 {is marginally better for white.})) (
38... b4 39. Nd5 $36) 39. Qxc4 (39. Qf4 a3 $1 (39... Bxc3 40. bxc3 Be6 {
transposes into the previous note.}) 40. bxa3 Bxc3 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Qg4+
Kh8
43. Qxd7 Be5 {favors black, and vindicates his 38th move.}) (39. Nd5 $6 Bxb2

$15 {o^a}) 39... Be6 40. Qxa4 (40. Qxa6 $5) 40... Be5 (40... Rxd6 $4 41. Re8)
41. Ne4 (41. Qxa6 Bxd6 42. Ra7 Bb8 43. Ra8 Qg7 44. Ne4 Qxb2) (41. Rxe6 fxe6
42.
Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qxe6 Qxd6 $17) (41. Ra7 $5 Qxd6 42. Ne4 Qd4 $10) 41... Bxd6
42.
Ra7 Be5 43. b3 (43. Rxa6 Rd4 $5 (43... Bxb2 $10) 44. Qa3 Qg7 45. Ra4 $5 $10)
43... Qg7 44. Qxa6 (44. Rxa6 $5 Rd4 (44... Bf5 45. Ra8) (44... Bd5 $6 45. Qa5
$1 {and white gains the upper hand.} (45. Nf6+ Bxf6 46. Bxd5 Be5 $1 (46...
Rxd5
47. Qe8+))) 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Rxe6 fxe6 47. Qxe6 {should be safe for white.})
44... Rd4 {#} 45. b4 $4 {A very peculiar move that perhaps just shows how
draining this tremendous battle has been. After} (45. Qb5 $1 {
white parries all threats.} h5 {is probably too loosening.} 46. h4 $2 (46. Ra8+
Kh7 47. Qe2 {looks worrying for black. Black does better to sit tight when his
bishop pair and kingside pressure make white's technical task highly
problematic.}) 46... Bxg3+ $1 {is the idea but}) (45. Re7 $142 $5 Bf5 (45...
Rxe4 $2 46. Qa8+ $18) (45... Bd5 46. Rxe5 Qxe5 47. Nf6+ $16) (45... Qg6 46.
Qa5
Rxe4 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 49. Kg1 Kf8 $10) 46. Qa8+ (46. Rxe5
Qxe5 47.
Nf6+ Kf8 $17) 46... Kh7 47. Qb7 $1 $132 {/\} Rxe4 $6 48. Rxf7 Bxg3+ 49. Kg1
Re1+ 50. Bf1) (45. Qf1 Bd5 46. Ra4 Rxa4 47. bxa4 Bxe4 $19) 45... Bf5 $1 {
This brings unbearable pressure to bear on e4 and simultaneously blunts the
b1-h7 diagonal that was providing white with counterplay.} (45... Rxe4 $4 46.
Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bxe4+ $18) 46. Qe2 $2 (46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Qe2 (47. Qf1 Bxe4 48.
Bxe4+ Rxe4 49. Qf5+ Qg6) 47... Rxe4 48. Qf2 $1 {was the only way to fight
on.}
(48. Bxe4 $2 Qxg3+ 49. Kh1 Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 Bd4+)) (46. Qb7 Rxe4 $1 $19)
46...
Bxe4 $19 {preventing the check on a8.} 47. Ra3 (47. Bxe4 Qxg3+ 48. Kh1
Rd1+ $1
49. Qxd1 Qh2#) 47... Bxg2 48. Kxg2 Rxb4 49. Ra8+ Kh7 (49... Kh7 50. Qd3+
Qg6)

0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.

Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {
The open Variation of the Ruy Lopez was the main oppening for Anand in his
match against Kasparov therefore it was supposed that he has to be well
prepared in this line. It's incredible but after six moves he was already
queen down.} Bc5 14. Ne4 O-O $2 {Wedberg: !?N Just a blunder it was better
not to look at Vishi's face when he saw the consequense of this move. I guess

he rejected the normal 14...Bb6 because of next game.} (14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1
{
N} Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $140 $1 O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40 {
Rodriguez,Am}) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 h6 $1 21.
Nxb6
cxb6 22. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,Am-Korneev,O/Barbera del Valles 1994.}) 15.
Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 $1 Rxa1 {Wedberg: The
point of
Anands novelty is to give away the queen and build a drawing endgame
fortress.}
19. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rxd8 21. g3 $14 {
It is not so easy to improve White's position as it looks from the first sight.
} (21. Qc6 Ne6 22. Qxb5 $4 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 21... Ne6 22. Qb7 g6 23.
Qxb5
c5 24. h4 {Wedberg: After this move the draw is a mathematical certainty. The
only hope was to press through g4 and f5 to drive the gigantic knight away,
but it looks very difficult - especially if Black posts his R on d4.} h5 25. b4
$6 {After this exchange White has no one chance to win the game. Better was
to keep the 'b' pawn and to try to speculate with both ideas 'f4-f5' and
penetration to the White's king on the queenside.} cxb4 26. Qxb4 Kg7 27. Kg2
Kg8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]

[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4

Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bg1 Bf8 14. Qe1 Rb8
15.
h3 Nd7 16. Bh2 Nc6 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 f5 21.
exd6
Bxd6 22. Nd5 Qa7 23. Rd1 b4 24. Bg1 Qa5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Qg3 Kf7 27. Bf3 Bf8
28.
Rfe1 Bg7 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Nf6 34.
Red1
Ba6 35. Qh4 Nd7 36. Qe1 e5 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Qg3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Ra8 40. Qf4
Be2
41. R1d2 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Bf1+ 43. Kg3 Ba6 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Qxc2 46. Qd4
Kg8
47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]

[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]

[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.

Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 f4 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Bxe6
Qxe6
21. Qg4 Qh6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nfe3 Qh6 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nfe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3

Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 $1 $146 {B.Gelfand,+A.Huzman,1993} (10... b4 11.
gxf6
bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. bxc3 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qf4 15. Be2 O-O 16. Rg1 Qxh2 17.
Qd2
Kh8 18. Be3 Qh4+ $13 {Saltaev,M-Zagrebelniy,S,1988,Tashkent}) 11. a4 (11.
Nd5
Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Be7 13. Qd2 Nf4 $13) 11... bxa4 (11... b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
Qxd5
Be7 14. Na5 $1 $16) 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Nd5 (13. Qd2 $5) 13... Bxg5 $5 (13...
Bxd5
14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. h4 Nb6 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Bxa6 d5 19. O-O $14)
(
13... O-O $5 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nf4 (15... f5 $5) 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. h4 $13)
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Nxa8 Qh4+ (16... Rxa8 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Nc1
$14)
17. Kd2 Qg5+ (17... Qf4+ $5 18. Ke2 $1 (18. Ke1 Rxa8 19. Nc1 Qh4+ 20. Kd2
Ng3
$17) 18... Rxa8 19. Qd2 Qh4 (19... Qf6 20. Qe3 $13) (19... Nb6 20. Rb4 Bc4+
21.
Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Bxf1 23. Rxb6 $16) (19... Rb8 20. Rxa6) 20. Kd1 $14) (17...
Rc8 $5 18. c4 Rxa8 19. Qe1) (17... Rxa8 18. Qe1 Qg5+ 19. Qe3 Nf4 $13 20.
Nc1
$14) 18. Ke1 (18. Kc3 Qe3+ (18... Rc8+ 19. Kb4 Bxb3 20. Rxa6 $13 (20. cxb3
Qe3)
) (18... Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qe3+ 20. Kc2) 19. Qd3 Rc8+ 20. Kb4 Qe1+ 21. Qd2
Rb8+ 22.
Kc3 Rc8+ 23. Kb4 $10) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kd2 Qg5+ 20. Ke1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]

[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Bologan} Nf6 2. Bg5 {It is Valeri's style to avoid the main theoretical
lines and to transpose the game into silent and peaceful positions with a
small advantage for him. Especialy it works against active and dinamic players
as Vesselin is. Even in the tournament in Buenos-Aires 1994, where the
participants were obliged to play the open Sicilian he managed after 1.e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.f3!? to close it.} e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 g5 $5 {
Ultra-sharp and typical for Topalov. More solid is In his game against
Miladinovic (Beograd 95) Topalov had chosen the simpliest plan with
developing
the bishop on 'b7' without playing 'g5'.} (4... c5 5. e3 b6 6. c4 (6. Nc3 cxd4
7. exd4 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 d6 13.
Bc2

Nd7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. h4 Bg7 19. h5 g5
20.
Nh2 Qc7 21. Bb1 Kf8 22. f3 d5 $10 {
Rozentalis,E-Vyzhmanavin,A/Leningrad ch-SU/1990/}) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. h3 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8
15.
Bh2 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 b5 18. a3 Nb6 19. Bf3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Re1
Ne4
$1 $15 {Wockenfuss,K-Vyzhmanavin,A/Ostende op/1991/}) 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2
Nxg3
7. hxg3 Bg7 8. c3 (8. e3 d6 9. c3 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. O-OO
O-O-O 13. g4 Rdf8 14. Nf1 f5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxf5
Qxa2 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. f3 a5 21. Nd2 b5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 a4 24. Nd4
Rb8
25. Kc2 $10 {1/2,Tseitlin,MS-Levitt/Polanica Zdroj/1988/}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nc6
10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 Bd7 12. g4 Qf8 13. Ne4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Ng3
O-O-O 16. O-O-O f4 17. exf4 Qxf4+ 18. Qd2 Qf7 19. b3 Rhf8 20. Rdf1 Rde8 21.
Ne1
Ne7 22. Nc2 Ng6 23. Nh5 Nf4 $10 {Eiber,M-Veselovsky,S/Pardubice op/1994/})
11... Bd7 12. g4 Qf8 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nc4 Kb8 15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne3 c5 17.
dxc5
dxc5 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Bb5 $1 Bc6 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc8 22. Nc4 Bxb5 23.
Qxb5
$16 {Meduna,E-Prandstetter,E/TrenTep ch-CS/1985/}) 10. Qc2 a6 11. Bd3 Qe7
12.
a4 b6 13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 c5 15. O-O Bb7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be2 h5 18. Nd4 g4
19.
f4 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Qg5 $40 {Scheller-Razuvaev/Oberwart/1991/}) 8... d6 9. e4 {
The most dangerous. The passive 9.e3 gives Black some chances for
surviving.}
a6 $146 {Perhaps the Bulgarian grandmaster was afraid after 9...b6 to get the
check on "b5", but I don't think that this is enough reason to lose the tempo

in the beginning of the game. Another plan was connected with

9...Nc6,Qe7,Bd7.}
(9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 (10. Bb5+ $5 Nd7 11. d5 $36) 10... dxc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
e5
Qe7 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nexg5 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.
Bd3
Bc6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $16 {Onat,I-Taimanov,M/WchS Wildbad/1993/}) (9...
Qe7
10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qb3 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16.
Nf1 Qc5 17. Ne3 a5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Be2 h5 20. Bxh5+ $1 Rxh5 21. Rxd7
Kxd7 22.
Qd1+ Kc6 23. Qxh5 $18 {Tseitlin,MS-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj/1989/}) (9... Nd7
10. Qb3 a6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15. Nhf5 $1 exf5 16.
Nxf5 c4 17. Qa3 Qf6 18. Nxd6+ Kd8 19. e5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Be4 Kc7
22.
O-O-O b4 23. Qxb4 Be6 24. Qb7+ {1-0,Berend,F-Lempert,I/EUCup
Vilnius/1995/})
10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qe7 {#} 12. Nc4 $14 {White doesn't commit his K yet
and
moves his pieces to better squares. Black's position is rather cramped and
White's space advantage and central control somewhat outweigh Black's Bpair.
Compare to Adams-Topalov,Madrid 1996, where Topalov had more pressure
against
the center and his B were not so passive. Until now Salov played some regular
moves as anybodyelse would do. Nc4 looks already a little bit deepper, it is
connected with very flexible dislocation of his knights on the central squares
"e3" and "d2".} b6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. a4 Kf8 {
Losing the right to castle. May be the best chance for black was 14...Nf6.} (
14... c5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc4 $1 $36 {><>><<}) 15. Nd2 c5 16.
d5
Ne5 17. Bc2 a5 $6 {><b5,c4 Activates the Bb7, but seriously weakens the Qside.

} (17... Qc7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bb3 Re8 20. f4 $40) (17... Re8 $142 $5 $14
{<=>}
) 18. Bb3 Ba6 19. Ndc4 f5 $2 {A tactical mistake, after which Black's position
becomes critical. As I said before Vesselin is a good tactician and even in
such strategically hopeless positions he founds some tactical counterchances.}
(19... exd5 20. Nxd5 Qb7 21. f4 $16) (19... Re8 $5 20. O-O-O $16 (20. dxe6 $6
Bxc4 (20... fxe6 $2 21. Nxe5 $1 Bxe2 22. Ng6+ $18) 21. Nxc4 fxe6 $14)) 20.
Nxe5
$1 (20. exf5 $2 {Bologan} exf5 21. Nxf5 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Nxb2)
(20.
dxe6 {Bologan Another way to win.} fxe4 (20... Qxe6 21. exf5 Qf6 22. Qd2
$18)
21. Nxe5 $18) 20... Bxe5 (20... Bxe2 $2 21. Ng6+) (20... dxe5 21. Bc4 $18) 21.
Bc4 f4 (21... Bb7 22. exf5 $18) (21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 fxe4 (22... exd5 23. Nxb6
$18) 23. Qxe4 $1 exd5 24. Qxd5 Kg7 (24... Bxc3+ 25. Kf1 $18) 25. O-O-O $40
{
><d6,b6,Kg7,+/-/+-}) 22. gxf4 gxf4 (22... Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf4 24. g3 $40) 23.
Ng4 (23. Bxa6 $6 fxe3 $14 {^-}) 23... Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bg7 $1 {Black must keep
his B even at the cost of material, otherwise he will have no counterplay at
all.} (24... exd5 25. Qxd5 Re8 26. Rh5 $18) 25. dxe6 (25. Rh5 Qf7 $1 $132)
25... h5 (25... Re8 {Bologan} 26. Rh5 $1 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. f3 Kf7 29.
O-O-O Kg6 30. Rdd5 $18) 26. Qd5 (26. Nh2 Re8 $14) 26... Re8 27. Qf5+ $5 Kg8
28.
Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Qxe6 30. O-O-O (30. f3 d5 31. O-O-O dxe4 $132 (31... d4
32.
cxd4 Bxd4 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ $18)) 30... Qxe4 31. Nh6+ $1 {Too simple. It
will be didicult for White to get use from the weakened psition of the Black's
king.} (31. Rxd6 $2 Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kb3 Rxb2+ $1 34. Kxb2 Qxc3+
$19) (31.
Rxd6 $18 {Bologan}) 31... Bxh6 $8 (31... Kh8 32. Nf5+ {/\Nd6}) 32. Qxh6 $16
{
><K White's K is much safer, this gives him a large advantage.} Re6 (32...
Qxg2

33. Qxf4 d5 34. Qh4 $5 {/\Rh1->}) 33. Qg5+ (33. Qh5 $5 $16) 33... Kf7 34.
Rh1 {
White has no any special threats til the rook must stay on the first rank.
Using this moment Black can go for some forced variations as 34...Rg6.} Rf6 (
34... Rg6 {Bologan} 35. Qd8 (35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Qh4 Qe1+ 37. Kc2 Qe2+ $10)
35...
Rxg2 36. Qxb6 (36. Qxd6 Rxf2 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ $10) 36...
Rxf2
37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Rg1+ Rg2 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 $10) 35. Qg4
{/\Qd7+-} Qf5
(35... Qe6 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Qh5+ (37. Qg7 Qe1+ 38. Kc2 Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qd1+
$10)
37... Kd8 38. Ra7 $40) (35... Ke7 $142 $5) 36. Qf3 {Step by step White is
getting back his advantage.Now Salov managed finaly to settle his queen on
good position on 'f3' from where it can attack both king and queensides.} d5 (
36... Rg6 37. Rh7+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. g3 $16) 37. Rh5 Qe4 38. Rxd5
Qxa4 (
38... Qxf3 39. gxf3 Ke6 40. Rh5 $18 {><b6,f4,/\Kc2-b3-c4} (40. Rh5 {Bologan}
Kd6 41. Kc2 c4 $1 42. b3 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 {
There are very small chances for black to escape.})) 39. Qh5+ (39. Qg4 $5
$40)
39... Ke6 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qc8 $5 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Kc1
Qa1+
45. Kc2 Qa4+ 46. Kd2 Qc6 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qg8+ (49. Rh5 $5)
(49.
Qh5+ $1 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Rg6 (50... Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qh7+ Kd6 (52... Rf7
53.
Re5+ Kd6 54. Qg6+ $18) 53. c4 $1 $18) 51. Rxg6+ Qxg6 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53.
c4 Kf5
54. Kd3 a4 55. g3 $18) 49... Kh6 50. c4 $1 $18 Qe6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Rh5
Qd7+
53. Kc1 Qe7 54. Kb1 (54. Rh6+ Kg5 55. Qxf6+ $18) 54... Qe4+ (54... Rf8 55.
Qh6+
Kf7 56. Qxf4+ $18) (54... Qg7 $2 55. Rg5+) 55. Ka1 Re6 $2 (55... Qe7 56. Ka2
$18) 56. f3 (56. f3 Qe1+ 57. Ka2 {/\Qh7,Rf5#}) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Schulz,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 {

Shirov hat diemal keine Lust auf ein theoretisches Duell mit
demDrachenexprten
Topalov.} O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O {
Kurze Rochade war ihm dann anscheinend doch zu blde.} Nxd4 (9... Ng4 $5
10.
Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nde2 Rfc8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qa6
16.
Qd2 Bxb2 17. Kxb2 Ne5 18. Ka1 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rxc2 21. Nc1 Rac8
22.
Qb3 R8c3 23. Qb1 Rxg2 24. Rd3 Qc4 25. Rhd1 Rgc2 {

0-1 Knezevic,B-Kahn,E/Budapest FS04 IM (05) ;EXT 95 1995}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11.
h4
$146 Qa5 12. Qg5 b5 $5 {
Ein typisches Drachenmotiv: Tausche b-Bauer gegen halboffene b-Linie.} (12...
Qxg5+ 13. hxg5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10) 13. Qxb5 Qc7 14. e5 (14. h5 Rfb8
$40)
14... Ne8 (14... Rfb8 $5) 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3
Rfc8 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc3 21. h5 Rc5 22. Kb2 Rf5 23. Rb1 (23. Rb1
Rxf2
$15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Bologan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.

Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15.
e5 Rfc8 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Qe2 {Novelty. It is not just new move it is a new plan.
White is trying to avoid the exchange on "c" file defending the knight on "c3"
in a little bit unusual way Rd1-d3.} Rc7 (17... b5 $5 18. Rad1 (18. b3 Nxe5 19.
Nxd5 Nf3+ $1 20. Bxf3 Nxd5 $13) 18... b4 19. Nb1 $14) 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rd3
Nb6
$6 {Too slaw.} (19... b5 $5 20. g4 b4 21. Nd1 Na5 {
Trying to create some counterplay on the queenside.}) 20. g4 Na4 21. Qd2 $1 {
It is very important to keep the "c" file closed as long as White can.} Bf8 22.
Rf3 b5 23. a3 a6 24. Rf1 Rc6 (24... Nb6 25. Bh4 Nc4 26. Qf2 $16) 25. f5 $1 {
Miguel is on top now the temporary sacrifice of the pawn gives White the
decisive attack.} exf5 (25... gxf5 26. Bh4 Ng6 27. gxf5 Nxh4 28. Qg5+ Ng6 29.
fxg6 fxg6 30. Nxd5 $1 exd5 31. Bh3 Qg7 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Rf7 Qh8 (33... Qxf7
34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qxa6 $18) 34. Qg4 Re8 35. Qe6 Rxe6 36. Rxf8+
Kg7
37. R1f7+ Kh6 38. Rxh8 $18) 26. Bh4 Nb6 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. gxf5 Rd8 29. Qf2
Bh6
30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rf7 Qg5 32. Kh1 Qe3 33. Nxd5 $4 {As we knew later this
move
costed Illescas the clean victory in the 17 kategory tournament.} (33. Qh4 Qg5
34. Qh3 $16) 33... Qxf2 {I think in this moment the spanish grandmaster
realized that he has no the intermediar check on 'e7' and the position turned
from winning to lost.} 34. R7xf2 (34. Ne7+ Kxf7 $1) 34... Nxd5 35. Rf7 Rc1 36.
Rxc1 Kxf7 37. Rc6 Nf4 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. d5 Nxd5 40. Ra7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ernst"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3

cxd4 9. Naxc4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Be7
14.
Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rc4 Kb8 16. Kf1 e5 17. Bg5 Qxb2 18. Rcc1 Nb6 19. Qe4 Rd7 20.
Rab1
Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. e3 h6 23. Bh3 hxg5 24. Bxd7 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Nxd7 26.
Kg2 b6
27. Rb5 f6 28. Rc6 Re8 29. Rd5 Nc5 30. Kf3 Kb7 31. Rcd6 Kc7 32. Kg4 Rh8 33.
h3
a5 34. Rd1 a4 35. a3 Ne4 36. Rd7+ Kc6 37. Kf3 f5 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. Rf7 Nc3 40.
Rc1 Kd5 41. Rxf5 Kc4 42. Rxg5 Kb3 43. Rxg7 Kxa3 44. h4 Kb2 45. Rf1 Rh8 46.
Kh3
a3 47. Ra7 b5 48. g4 b4 49. g5 Rg8 50. Rg1 a2 51. Rg2+ Kb1 52. g6 b3 53. h5
b2
54. Ra3 $1 Rd8 (54... a1=Q $2 55. Rg1+ Kc2 56. Raxa1 bxa1=Q 57. Rxa1 $18)
(
54... Nd1 55. Rd3 Nxe3 56. Rxe3 a1=Q 57. Re1+ Ka2 $13) (54... Ka1 55. Rxc3
b1=Q

56. Rcc2 $13) 55. Rxc3 $3 a1=Q 56. Rb3 $1 $18 Qa6 57. Rbxb2+ Kc1 58. Ra2
$1
Qe6+ 59. Kh2 Kb1 60. Rab2+ Kc1 61. Ra2 Kb1 62. Raf2 $1 Kc1 (62... Rd1 63.
g7
Qg8 64. Rf8 $18) 63. g7 Qg8 64. Rf1+ Rd1 65. Rxd1+ Kxd1 66. h6 Ke1 67. Kg1
$1 {
/\ 68.h7} Qb3 68. g8=Q Qxe3+ 69. Kh1 Qxh6+ 70. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Na6

9. Nd2 Ne8 10. O-O (10. a3 f5 11. f3 Bh6 $132) (10. h4 $5 f5 11. f3) 10... f5
11. f3 (11. exf5 gxf5 (11... Bxf5 $6 12. Nde4 $14) 12. f4 $6 (12. f3) 12...
exf4 13. Bxf4 Qb6+) 11... f4 12. Bf2 c5 13. a3 b6 (13... g5 14. g4 $5) 14. b4

h5 (14... cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Na6 (16... a5 17. Na2) 17. Nb5 $44) 15.
bxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 $2 (16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 g5 18. Qd1) 16... a5 $1 17. Ra3
Bf6
18. Nb3 Rf7 19. Kh1 {#} Nc7 $1 {/\ Nc7-a6-b4} 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rg1 Na6
$17 22.
g3 Rg7 23. Kg2 Raa7 24. Kf1 Nb4 25. Ke1 Raf7 26. Nb5 fxg3 27. hxg3 h4 28.
Kd2
hxg3 29. Rxg3 Bh4 30. Rg2 Bxf2 31. Rxf2 Qg5+ 32. Re3 Rf6 33. Rh2 Rh7 34.
Rxh7
Kxh7 35. Bf1 Qf4 36. Nc3 Bd7 37. Bg2 Kg7 38. Qg1 Qg5 39. Qf2 Rf4 40. Bf1
Rh4
41. Be2 Qf4 42. Qg1 Qh6 43. Bd1 Rh3 44. Qe1 Rh2+ $19 45. Ne2 Rh1 46. Qf2
Be8
47. Bb3 Rb1 48. f4 Qh1 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]

[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3

Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Ne7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bb3 b5 14.
Qe2
c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Rfd1 $16 {
Vladimirov,E-Smyslov,V/EU-Cup Moscow-ZSKA 1990/1-0 (56)}) 10. dxe5 (10.
Re1 Qe8
$2 (10... b5 $142 11. Bc2 h6) 11. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 12. dxe5 Nxe4 (12... dxe5 $2
13.
Bc5 $16) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Ng5 Bc6 16. Qxd6 $16 {
1-0 Adams,M-Barbero,G/Buenos Aires Najdorf (05) 1991 (40)}) 10... Nxe5 11.
Nxe5
dxe5 12. f3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Qd3 $10 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Qb5 16. Nc4 Ne8
17.
Rad1 Bf6 18. Bf2 Ng7 19. Ne3 (19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Na3 c6 21. Bb6 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1
Be7 $13) 19... Qxb3 20. axb3 Ne6 21. Ng4 (21. Nd5 Bg5 $10) 21... Bg7 22. Bh4
g5
23. Bf2 Nf4 24. g3 Nd3 25. Re2 Nxf2 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Kxf2 f6 28. Ne3 {
White has secured a nice square for his knight on f5. But the position is
still fairly even. The black bishop is not that bad, moreover is rook and
bishop generally better than rook and knight.} Kf7 29. Rc2 Bf8 30. Ke2 h5 31.
Rc1 Bh6 32. Nf5 Kg6 33. Rf1 (33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1 g4 $10) 33... Rd7 34. b4
Kh7
35. Ne3 Kg6 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. h3 c6 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. Nc4 Ke6 40. Na5 $6 (40. g4
h4
41. Na5 Rb8 42. Rd1 Bf8 $10 {Optically promising for White, but what to do?})
40... g4 $1 {The bishop is alive!} (40... Rd7 $6 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Rd8 $16) 41.
Nb3 (41. fxg4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rd2+ $10) 41... h4 $1 42. fxg4 (42. gxh4 $2 g3
$17)
42... hxg3 43. Nc5+ Ke7 44. Nd3 b6 45. Rf3 c5 (45... Bf4 46. Kf1 (46. Nxf4 $2
exf4 47. Rxf4 Rd2+ $1 $17) 46... c5 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Kg2 Rb8 $13) 46. bxc5

bxc5 47. Kf1 (47. Rxg3 c4 48. Nc5 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rxb2 50. Nxa6 Rb1+ $10) 47...
a5
48. Nxc5 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Bf4 50. b4 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kf1
Rd1+
54. Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 {Topalov} Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 {A sharp and

unbalanced position. White has a lead in development and more space,
especially due to his proud pawn center. But Black's position is extremely
solid and his B-pair is a latent power.} d6 6. Qd2 g5 (6... g6 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
f4 Qe7 (8... g5 9. g3 Nc6 10. e5 Qd8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Re1+ Kf8
14.

Qxd5 Qb4 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Qe7 18. Qf5+ Qf6 19. Qc5+ Ne7
20.
Nge2 b6 21. Qa3 Rd8 22. Rf1 g4 23. f5 Qc6 24. Qb3 $44 {
Fernandez,SL-Ramesh,R/Ubeda op/1996/}) 9. Nf3 a6 10. e5 d5 11. h4 h5 12.
Ng5
Nc6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 O-O-O 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bxh5 f6 18. exf6
Qxf6 19. Ne2 Rdf8 20. Kb1 Ne7 21. Bg4 Bh6 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24.
dxe5 Ne3
$15 {Lukasiewicz,G-Guex,P/Geneva op/1996/}) (6... a6 $5 7. O-O-O Nd7 8. f4
g6
9. Nf3 Qe7 10. e5 d5 11. h4 h5 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. g4 hxg4 14. Qg2 Bd7 15. Qxg4
O-O-O 16. h5 f5 17. Qg3 gxh5 18. Be2 Be8 19. Rh4 Bh6 20. Rg1 c5 21. Bxh5
Bxg5
22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxg5 cxd4 $36 {
><Bh5,Dunnington,A-Lerner,K/Cappelle la Grande op/1996/}) (6... c6 7. O-O-O
(7.
f4 $142 $13) 7... e5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf8 11. Qa5 Ng6 12. Ng3
Bd8
13. Qc3 O-O 14. d5 cxd5 15. Rxd5 Bb6 16. Qe1 Bg4 17. Rd2 Nf4 18. Ng1 Rac8
19.
f3 Be6 20. N1e2 Rc6 $15 {Summerscale,A-Knezevic,B/Cannes op/1996/}) 7. OO-O
Bg7 8. g3 (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 gxf4 13. Qxf4
O-O-O 14. Ne4 Nb8 $1 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nf6 Nd7 17. Nh5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19.
Qe4
c6 20. Rxd7 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxd7 22. Qe3 Rhd8 23. a3 Rd4 24. g3 Qc5 $17 {
Adams,M-Karpov,A/Las Palmas/1994/}) 8... Nc6 9. Nb5 (9. Bb5 $5 Bd7 10. Nge2
a6
11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 (12. f4 O-O-O 13. Rhf1 Qg6 14. g4 Bxe4 15. Ng3 d5 16.
Ncxe4 dxe4 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rhe8 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Qe6 21. Kb1 h5 22.
h3
hxg4 23. hxg4 Qd5 24. Re3 Re6 25. Rde1 $44 {Hodgson,J-Gabriel,C/HorgenB/1995/}
) 12... O-O-O 13. f4 Kb8 14. Rhf1 Qg6 15. Qd3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qc4 g4 18.
d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Qb3 Rhe8 21. Nec3 $13 {

Milov,V-Chuchelov,V/Brussels op/1995/}) 9... Qd8 10. Ne2 (10. d5 $5 {

is the crucial try.} Ne7 (10... Ne5 $6 11. Qc3 $16) (10... exd5 $5 11. exd5 Ne7
12. Bg2 Nf5 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Ne2 Qf6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Re8 17. Nxf5 Bxf5
18.
Nd4 Bd7 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 h5 21. Qf3 h4 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc2 Be5 24.
Kd2
f5 $36 {_|_^^,Garcia,Rau-David,Al/Linares zt/1995/}) 11. f4 (11. Qa5 b6 12.
Qa4
O-O $15 {/^h8-a1,/\} 13. Qc4 a6 14. Nxc7 b5 $19) 11... a6 $13) (10. c3 $5 {
Topalov} a6 11. Na3) 10... a6 11. Nbc3 b5 $5 {Black increases the tension by
diversions on both flanks (g5,b5). However, in the center his position remains
solid.} 12. Bg2 (12. d5 Ne5 {/\Nc4} 13. Nd4 g4 $5 $15) (12. f4 {Topalov} b4
13.
Na4 Bd7) 12... Bb7 13. f4 {/\e5,d5} Ne7 $5 {
This flexible retreat takes the sting out of White's threats.} (13... Na5 {
Topalov} 14. Rhg1 Nc4 15. Qd3) 14. h4 (14. fxg5 $6 hxg5 15. Qxg5 $4 Bh6)
(14.
Kb1 $142 $5 $13) (14. d5 Qd7 $1 $132 {/\0-0-0,b4,Qb5}) (14. Rhg1 $142) 14...
g4
15. h5 $6 {
This costs White too much time and allows Black to build up an active position.
} b4 16. Nb1 a5 17. Qe3 O-O $36 {Black's K is relatively safe behind his pawns
on the K-side, White's monarch on c1 can have more trouble from the
advancing
black pawns.} 18. Nd2 f5 $1 {/\ Ne7-f5} 19. Rhg1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 Nf5
21. Qb3 (21. Qf2 Bxe4 $1 22. Bxe4 d5 $15) 21... Bd5 $17) 20... Nf5 21. Qb3
(21.
Qd3 $2 Ba6 22. Nc4 d5 $19) (21. Qf2 $142 $5 Bxe4 (21... d5 $2 22. Bxf5 exf5
23.
Nb3 $13) 22. Nxe4 Qe8 $5 $36 {/\Qh5,Qb5,a4,b3->}) 21... d5 $1 22. Bxf5 exf5
{
Now the central pawn structure is symmetrical, but due to the clumsy positions
of White's pieces the e-file will soon fall into Black's hands. Also Black's B

begin to play a major role on the open diagonals (a6-f1,a1-h8).} 23. Rge1 Re8
$1 $17 {^^,<->e,><Qb3,Nd2,Ne2 White's Q and N are misplaced} 24. Nf1
(24. c4
$142 $5 Kh8 $17) 24... Ba6 (24... Qf6 $142) 25. Ng1 Bc4 26. Qa4 Bxf1 (26...
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxd4 28. Nd2 Qf6 $1 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+
Qf8 32.
Qe6+ Qf7 $19) 27. Rxf1 Re6 $1 (27... Re3 28. Qc6 $132) 28. Qb3 (28. Rfe1 $1
{
/\ 29.Re5!} Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Bxd4 30. Qc6 $1 $13) 28... c6 29. Rfe1 (29. Qd3 Qf6
30. Ne2 Rae8 31. Rf2 Re3 $19) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxd4 31. Ne2 Qe7 $1 $19
32.
Kd1 Bf2 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Qd3 Re8 35. Re1 (35. Nc1 $142) 35... Qe6 $22 (35...
Qe4
$19) 36. c3 (36. Rf1 Qe3 $19) 36... bxc3 37. bxc3 d4 $1 38. cxd4 Bb4 39. d5 (
39. Rf1 Qxa2 $40) 39... Qxd5 40. Qxd5+ cxd5 {
A strong B against passive N, extra pawn-the endgame is hopeless for White.}
41. Rg1 Re3 42. Nc1 (42. Rg2 d4 $1 43. Nxd4 Rd3+ $19) 42... d4 43. Nb3 a4 $1
(
43... a4 44. Nc1 (44. Nxd4 Rd3+) 44... d3 {/\Kf7-e6-d5-e4-f3,d2-+}) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bologan"]
[PlyCount "57"]

[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.

Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4
Be7
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 {Wedberg} 15. axb5 (15. Ne4 O-O (15... Ne6 16.
Be3
O-O 17. f4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfb8 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. f5 $16 {
1-0 Karpov,An-Kortschnoj,V (18)/Wch30-Merano ;MAINB 1981 (41)}) 16. axb5
Nxb5
17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qc2 (18. Qd5 Rd8 19. Qc6 Qf5 20. f4 h5 21. h3 Rab8 22. Rfd1
$16
{Chandler,M-Yusupov,A/Hastings-A1 ;TD 89\14 1989/1-0 (56)}) 18... Qe6 19. f4
f6
(19... Rad8 20. Ra4 Rd7 21. Rfa1 Qd5 22. h3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Yusupov,A/Hastings-A1 ;TD 89\14 1989 (36)}) 20. exf6 Bxf6
21.
f5 Qe5 22. Bc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A/Linares 1989 (32)}) 15...
Nxb5
16. Qg4 (16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Bb4 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Qc6
Qd6 22. Qe4 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 {
1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Dortmund op-A (09) 1993}) 16... O-O 17.
Nf3 Qc8 18. Qg3 Qe6 19. Ra4 f5 20. Bg5 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng5 Qd5 23.
Nxh7
Qxe5 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ng5 $14 {Oll,L-Vucic,M/New York op (06) 1994/1-0 (67)})
15. axb5 {Until now this line was considered as equal but the way Topalov won

this game says that it is not so easy for Black to get back its pawn.} Qxe5 16.
bxa6 O-O {In this position White has many opportunities to continue the game
but nor 18.Nf3 neather 18.Qg4 does not give White any advantage.} 17. Qa4
$1 (
17. Nf3 Qb5 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Nc5 20. Ra5 (20. Rc4 {Wedberg} Rxa6 21.
Nd4
Ra4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Ba3 Nf4 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8
28. Kf1 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Sokolov,I/Leon (04) ;CBM 48 1995}) 20... Rxa6
$10
{Psakhis,L-Dolmatov,S/Frunze URS ch 1981.}) (17. Qg4 Qb5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19.
Ra2
Ra7 20. Rd1 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Rba8 22. Be3 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 {
1/2-1/2 DeFirmian,N-Timman,J/Biel 1995.}) (17. Re1 {Wedberg} Qb5 18. Qa4
Qxa4
19. Rxa4 Nc5 20. Ra3 Ne6 21. Ra1 Ra7 22. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Grivas,E/Dubai olm (02) ;TD 86\02 1986}) 17... Nc5 (17...
Rfb8 18. a7 (18. Nf3 Qb5 19. a7 Rb7 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Ra2 Kf8
23.
Nd2 Bd4 24. Nc4 Rb7 25. Rfa1 Bxe3 26. fxe3 $14 {
Hjartarson,J-Smejkal,J/BL 8990 (1990) ;BL 1990/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 18... Rb7 19. Nf3
Qd5 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rad1 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 Rb7 25.
Nc6
$16 {Ehlvest J. - Marin M./Tallinn 1989.}) 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra5 Qd6 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Ra4 {Novelty.Nowdays it is not a big
deal
when you shaw an improvement in the very deep ending. Rooks mission on
'a4'
is to attack the Black's bishop that creates a certain problems to have the
pawn back. Before was played 23.Ra2.} Rb6 24. a7 Bc5 25. Rd1 h6 $4 {
Kortschnoj is just waisting time after} (25... Rb7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kf8
28. Rda1 Rxb2 {Black is equalizing the game.}) 26. b4 $1 $16 Rxb4 (26... Bxb4
27. Be3 c5 28. Rd7 (28. Bf4 {Wedberg} Rb7 29. Bb8 $16) 28... Bd2 29. Kf1
Bxe3

30. fxe3 $16) 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Be3 $18 Kf8 (28... c5 29. Rd7 c4 30. Bb6 $18)
(
28... Ba5 29. Rd7 {+-}) 29. Rb1 {
After 29...c5 the simple but convincing 30.Bc5 Bc5 31.Rb8 is winning.} 1-0