[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]

[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. h4 h6 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 Nf6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nd2 Qe7

9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. Qc2 Be6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. c4 Kb8
15. d5
Nb4 16. Qb3 Bxb5 17. Qxb4 Be8 18. Nc3 g5 19. f3 c5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nb3 g4
22.
Rhf1 gxf3 23. gxf3 Rd7 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Na5 Ka8 26. Rd2 h5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28.
Rfd1 Bf8 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qh7 31. Ka1 d5 32. Qa4 d4 33. Qa6 Rb7 34. Bxe5
dxc3 35. Bxc3 Nxe4 36. Rd8 Qc7 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Be5 Qe8 39. Qa5 Rd7 40.
Re1
Nc5 41. Bg3 Qd8 42. Qxd8+ Rxd8 43. a3 Bg7 44. Re2 Nb3+ 45. Kb1 Rd2 46.
Re8+ Kb7
47. Rb8+ Ka6 48. Rxb3 Rd1+ 49. Ka2 Rg1 50. Bf4 Rg4 51. Bg5 Rxc4 52. Rb8
Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]

[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. h4

h6
9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Ba6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. d4 O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5
15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. Be3 d4 17. cxd4 Qb4 18. Nxc5 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Rab8 20. Nc5 Ba8
21. Nd7
Nf5 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxb2 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. Bxa7 Rb7
27.
Be3 Bb4 28. Rab1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]

[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 g6 8.

Qe2 Bg7 9. c3 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5 11. e5 b6 12. h4 h6 13. Rdg1 Ne7 14. g4 f4
15.
h5 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Nf3 c5 19. Nxg5 cxd4 20. Bh7# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]

[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.

Be2 b6 9. a3 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1
Rc8
15. Qb3 O-O 16. h3 Qb8 17. Rd2 Rc7 18. Rcd1 Rfc8 19. Ba1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5
21.
Rd4 Qa8 22. Kg2 Ng6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qb7 25. Kh2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27.
Rg1
Rc2 28. Qd3 d5 29. Reg4 Bf8 30. R1g2 Qc7+ 31. f4 Ra2 32. Bd4 e5 33. fxe5
Nxe5
34. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 35. f4 Qf6 36. Qxd5 Rxa3 37. Bxb5 Rxe3 38. Bc4 Rd8 39. Qh5
Rd4
40. Ba2 h6 41. b5 Rdd3 42. R2g3 Rxg3 43. Rxg3 Rd2+ 44. Rg2 Qxf4+ 45. Kg1
Bc5+
46. Qxc5 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Kf1 h6 8.

Bh4 Qd8 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14.
Qxe6
fxe6 15. Bg6+ Kd7 16. Nd2 c5 17. Re1 Rf8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bg3
Bd6
21. Bd3 a6 22. c3 Rae8 23. Bg6 Rd8 24. Kg1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Kd6 26. Bc2 b5 27.
Nh4
b4 28. Ng6 Rfe8 29. Ba4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 31. Rh4 e5 32. c4 d4 33. c5+ Kxc5
34.
Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Nxe5 Kd5 36. Rxd4+ Kxd4 37. Nxc6+ Kc3 38. Rb1 Re6 39. Rb3+
Kd2
40. Rb2+ Kc1 41. Rc2+ Kd1 42. Rc4 h5 43. f3 Kd2 44. Nd4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Kd3
46.
Ra4 Nd5 47. Nf5 Kc3 48. Rxa6 Re2 49. Nxg7 Ne3 50. Nxh5 Rxg2+ 51. Kh3 Rg1
52.
Kh4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]

[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]

[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5

f6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. O-O Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qd2 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4
15.
Nd5 Qf7 16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Qc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qg7 19. Bh4 Nc6 20. Rf2 Bg4 21.
Raf1
Qg6 22. Nh2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Bg5 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Qd3 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Rf8 27.
Ng3
Qh6 28. Nf5 Qh5 29. d5 Nb4 30. Qd2 Qg4 31. Rf2 Qxe4 32. Ng3 Qb1+ 33. Kh2
Rg8
34. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Donev"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4

O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 {Wei besitzt
minimalen Stellungsvorteil , weil der schwache Bb7 vom Pd5 eingeschrnkt
ist.}
c6 12. O-O a5 13. b5 {
Dieser Zug gefllt mir nicht, weil er Schwarz starkes Gegenspiel verschafft.} (
13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd7 16. Qb2 (16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Qb1 Re8
18. b5
c5 19. Qf5 cxd4 $2 (19... Rd8 $1 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Ne5 $1 22. Qe4
Nxf3+
23. Bxf3 cxd4 24. exd4 Bxd4 $1 $11) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nc5 22. Nxd4
$16 {
1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Lutz,C/BL9495 1995/BL 90 (48)}) 16... Qc7 17. Ra1 b5
18.
e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Rc1 Qf4 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bf6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24.
Rd1
Rd8 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. h3 Be6 $15 {
0-1 Tsvetkov,I-Donev,I/Sofia-ch Student 1986 (45)}) (13. bxa5 {Ftacnik} Rxa5
14. a4 c5 (14... Bc8) 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Rfb1 Nb4 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Ba6 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb5 Qa8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Qxa4 24. h3 {
Lautier,J-Kramnik,V/Belgrad Investbanka/1997/}) 13... c5 14. Re1 $146 {
blich ist 14.Rc1 mit leichtem weiem Vorteil.} (14. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Nd7 (14...
Qd6 $2 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5 {
Ivanov,I-Horvitz,R/Midwest Masters 1985}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Rc8 (16...
Qd6
17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Nce2 {Nikolic,P-Beliavsky,A/Groningen PCA 1993}) 17. Bg4
Rc7
18. Na4 (18. Nce2 Be5 19. g3 g6 20. Bh3 Qd6 21. Rc2 h5 {
Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Munich SKA 1994}) 18... Ne4 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nb2 Rc5
21. Na4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rc4 23. Nc3 Qc7 {

Gretarsson,H-Jussupow,A/Groningen FIDE Wch/1997 (33)}) 14... Re8 15. Rc1

Nd7
16. g3 (16. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxc5 17. Nd4 Qd6 $11) 16... Nf8 17. Na4 $6 (17.
dxc5
$142 bxc5 18. Na4 c4 19. Nd4 (19. Nc5 {Ftacnik} Qe7 (19... Rb8 20. Nxb7
Rxb7
21. a4 Ne6 $11) 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. a4 Ne6 22. Bf1 Nc5 $11) 19... Ne6 $11)
17...
c4 $1 {Ftacnik: Fixing the structure, so the weak spots b6,c6 will be less
accessible. The bishops will enable black to spread his pieces in such a way,
as to enable activity on the kingside.} (17... cxd4 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nxd4 $14)
18. Bf1 Qd6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nc3 g6 22. Nd2 Ba8 (22... Ng7 $2 {
Ftacnik} 23. Nxc4 $1 $16) 23. h5 $6 {Hansen,Cu: A serious positional mistake.
Whites Ns are too far away from the K-side (f5) to make any use of the weaked
square the textmove creates. However on the long term the posibility f7-f5
might be useful for black Der Anfang eines schlechten Planes.} (23. f4 $142 $5
{/\ Nf3, Ne5.} Ng7 24. Bh3 (24. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf5 $15)) (23. a4 $11 {Ftacnik})
23... g5 24. Nf1 Be7 {Hansen,Cu: The first part of a regrouping of the black
forces that improves his position considerably} 25. g4 $6 {Noch eine
bedenklich
e Entscheidung, die zur Schwchung der Diagonale b8 - h2 fhrt.} (25. e4 $142
dxe4 26. d5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxe4 $44) (25. a4
{Ftacnik} f5
$15) 25... Qd7 26. Ng3 Ng7 27. a4 Bb4 {Ftacnik: Kramnik would gladly use
weakness of b8-h2 diagonal, but the plan needs a bit more preparation.
Hansen,
Cu: It becomes clear that white will have to perform a miracle to make any of
is active possibilities e3-e4 or f2-f4 work. While it seems much more likely
that an evertual f7-f5 will have a positive effect on blacks position} (27...
Bd6 $6 {Ftacnik} 28. Bxd5 Bxg3 29. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxa8 31. e4 $14) 28.
Bh3
(28. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Kf8 (28... Bb7 29. e4 $5 (29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Qd6 $15)

29... dxe4 30. Ngxe4 Qxd4 31. Red1 (31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qxb7
Qxf6 (
33... Qf4 $2 34. Qxf7 $1) 34. Nd5 Qe6 35. Nxb6 Rd4 36. Qa8 $13) 31... Bxe4
32.
Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxd4 Rexd4 34. Qc6 $14) 29. Rc2 $13) 28... Bb7 29. Qc2 Bd6
30.
Nf5 (30. Nce2 {Ftacnik} Rc8 $15) 30... Nxf5 31. gxf5 Bb4 {Hansen,Cu: Whites
has made f7-f5 impossible. But now he can only sit and wait to see whether
black can improve his position by putting pressure on f5 or launch an attack
on the K-side by Bxc3, followed by Re4} 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. f3 (33. Bg4 {Ftacnik}
Re7 $17) 33... Re7 34. Re2 Rde8 35. Rce1 Qf6 36. Bg4 (36. e4 $2 {Ftacnik}
dxe4
37. fxe4 Qxd4 $19) 36... Bd6 37. Qd1 Bb4 38. Qc2 Rd8 39. Rd1 Bc8 {Ftacnik:
Blac
k has achieved maximum, now the pawn f5 causes white lot of troubles.
Hansen,
Cu: /\40..Bxc3 41.Qxc3 Bxf5 Schwarz gruppiert in Ruhe seine Figuren um,
whrend Wei nur abwarten kann.} 40. e4 $2 {
Der letzte Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle kostet die Partie. Jetzt ist alles vorbei.
} ({Mit dem passiven:} 40. Na2 Rde8 41. Kf2 (41. e4 {Hansen,Cu} Bxf5 $1
$19)
41... Qd6 42. Rh1 {htte Wei die Schotten dicht machen knnen.}) (40. Rde1
{
Ftacnik} Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Bxf5 42. Bxf5 Qxf5 $19) 40... Bxc3 41. e5 (41. Qxc3
dxe4
42. fxe4 (42. Rxe4 {Ftacnik} Rxe4 43. fxe4 Bb7 44. Qe3 c3 45. d5 c2 46. Rc1
Rc8
$17) 42... Bb7 43. Bf3 g4 $1 44. Bxg4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Kf2 Bd3 $19)
41... Rxe5 $3 {Eine auerordentliche Lsung im Kramnik - Stil, die das weie
Zentrum vernichtet. Das Luferpaar und die starken Freibauern entscheiden die
Partie.} 42. dxe5 (42. Rxe5 Bxd4 $1 43. Re2 Bc3 $19 {/\d5-d4}) 42... Bxe5 {
Ftacnik: The triumph of strategical concept, despite an exchange sacrifice
black controls the whole board and pawns c4-d5 will one day start rolling.

Hansen,Cu: Blacks two passed pawns in the centre gives him a

winningadvantage}
43. Rde1 Bc7 44. Re8+ Kg7 (44... Rxe8 $2 {Ftacnik} 45. Rxe8+ Kg7 46. Rxc8
$18)
45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Rd1 Bb7 47. f4 (47. Bh3 {Ftacnik} Bc7 48. Kg1 Bd6 $19)
47...
d4+ 48. Bf3 (48. Kg1 {Ftacnik} c3 49. Qf2 Be7 $19) 48... d3 (48... d3 {Ftacnik}
49. Qf2 (49. Qxc4 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 Qe2+ $19) 49... Qxf5 50. Rxd3
(50.
Qg3 Bxf3+ 51. Qxf3 g4 52. Qe3 Qxh5 $19) 50... cxd3 51. Bxb7 gxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. Qe2 (7. Nc3

d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 Be7 11. Be3 b5 12. g4 h6 13. Qh3 g6
14. g5 Nh5 15. gxh6 Ndf6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 b4 18. Ne4 e5 19. Kf2 Bb7 {
0-1 Aronian,L-Sulava,N/Cappelle op 1996/ (30)}) (10. Kh1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2
Bb7 13. Qe1 a5 14. c3 Be7 15. cxb4 axb4 16. Nxb4 O-O 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5
dxc5
19. e5 Nd7 20. Nc2 {1-0 Agopov,M-Rowson,J/EU-chJM 1997/ (30)}) 10... b5 11.
Bd2
Bb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nd1 O-O 15. Na5 Rfe8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3
Bf8
18. Ne3 exf4 19. Ng4 Nxg4 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Emms,J/Wichern-op 1995/}) 7...
Nf6 8. Nc3 d6 9. f4 Be7 (9... b5 10. g4 Nfd7 11. O-O Be7 12. g5 Nc6 13. a4 b4
14. Nd1 Bb7 15. Be3 g6 16. Nf2 h6 17. gxh6 Rxh6 18. c3 bxc3 19. Rac1 cxb2
20.
Qxb2 Rh4 21. Nd2 Rb8 {0-1 Kurajica,B-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Strumica 1995/ (37)})
10. e5 $5 {Shirov is fully aware, that his e5 pawn is hopelessly exposed, but
his temperament requires space for the pieces.} (10. O-O Nbd7) 10... dxe5 11.
fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. O-O Ndxe5 (13... Ncxe5 $5 14. Rae1 Qb6+ 15. Kh1
(15.
Be3 Qc7) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf6 $13) 14. Rae1 Qb6+ (14... Bf6 15. Ne4 Be7
16.
Qh5 $44) 15. Kh1 Nxd3 (15... Ng6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19.
Nxc8
Rxc8 20. c4 $44) 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qg3 $1 Kh8 $2 {Topalov misses the point of
white's last move. Apart from chances on the kingside white his hoping to
exploit the weakness of b6 square.} (17... f5 18. Ne4 $5 (18. Bc7 Qb4 19. Rf4 (
19. a3 Qh4) 19... Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxf5 Qxg3 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. hxg3
$11)
18... fxe4 19. Bh6 g6 20. Qc3 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 e5 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8
24.
Rf7 $18) (17... Qd8 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bh6 Bf6 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxf6 $18) (17...
f6 18. Ne4 $44) 18. Bc7 Qa7 19. Na4 f6 (19... b5 20. Nb6 Bb7 21. Nxa8 Qxa8
$14)
20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Bc7 Qa7 22. Nb6 e5 (22... Rb8 23. Bxb8 Qxb6 24. Bc7 $16) 23.

Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Rd1 Re8 $2 {Black badly needs a harmonious piece play to
compensate for the material disadvantage and white's attacking chances.}
(24...
Bd8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qxe5 $18) (24... Be6 25. Bd6 Qe8 26.
Nc5
Bc8 $16) 25. Bd6 Bd8 26. Nc5 b6 27. Ne4 Nd4 (27... Bb7 28. Ba3 {/\ Nd6}) 28.
Bxe5 $1 Nf5 (28... Rxe5 $4 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Rf8#) (28... Qxe4 29. Bxd4 Qxc2
30. Rde1 $16) (28... fxe5 29. Nd6 Nf5 (29... Qc6 30. Qxe5 $1 (30. Nxe8 Qxe8
31.
Qxe5 Ne6 32. Rd6 $18) 30... Ne6 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 $18) 30. Rxf5 Bxf5
31.
Nxe8 $18) 29. Qg4 $1 (29. Qd3 $2 Bb7 30. Qd7 Bc6 31. Qxf5 Bxe4 32. Qd7 Be7
33.
Bd4 Bxg2+ $19) (29. Rxf5 Qxe4 30. Rff1 fxe5 $17) 29... Ne3 $2 {Topalov is a
sharp player himself and with this jump he shows great courage. It is somewhat
unpleasant to admit, that such a nice knight jump turns out to be a decisive
mistake.} (29... fxe5 30. Rxf5 Be7 (30... g6 31. Rxe5) 31. Qf3 Bxf5 32. Qxf5
$14) 30. Qh5 Rg8 (30... Rf8 31. Qf7 $3 Rg8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf6 Rg8 34.
Bxg7+
Rxg7 35. Qe8+ Rg8 36. Qe5+ Rg7 37. Rf8#) (30... Qc6 $1 31. Rd6 (31. Rxd8
Rxd8
32. Nxf6 $2 Qxg2#) 31... Qb5 32. Re1 (32. c4 Qxe5) 32... Bg4 (32... Nc4 33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nxf6 $18) 33. Qf7 Qxe5 (33... Nc4 34. Rxd8 (34. Rxf6 Bxf6 (34...
Nxe5 35. Qf8+) 35. Nxf6 Nd6 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Nxd5 Bf5 38. Re3 $16) 34...
Rxd8
35. Bxf6 Rg8 36. Nc3 $18) (33... Nxc2 34. Nc3) 34. Rxe3 Bh5 35. Qd5 Qf4 $1
36.
Qd3 (36. Re1 Bc7 37. Qxh5 g6 $13) 36... Bc7 37. g3 $16) 31. Qf3 $1 Nxd1 (31...
Bb7 32. Nd6 Re8 33. Qxb7 Qxb7 34. Nxb7 Nxf1 35. Bd6 Nd2 36. Bg3 Nc4 37.
b3 Na3
38. Nxd8 $18) (31... Nxf1 32. Nd6 Qa7 33. Nxc8 Qf7 34. Qxf1 $18) 32. Nd6 $1 {
Black is a piece up, but he will have to drop a lot of material because of the
threat Nf7 mate.} Qa7 $8 (32... Qxf3 33. Nf7#) 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Nd6 (34. Nd6

Nxb2 35. Qd5 Rf8 36. Bxb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Svidler"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. d4 {Hecht Ftacnik Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4

Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 (11...
Qc7
{Ftacnik} 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxc5 Be6 16. Qa4 Rdb8
17.
Rb1 Rb5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rab8 {
Bern,I-Swidler,P/Gausdal Arnold Cup (8)/1991/0.5 (33)}) 12. Rb1 (12. dxc5 Nc4
$1 (12... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 13. Nf4 Nc4 (13... e6 14. Nd3 b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. f3

Rfe8 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rfd1 bxc5 20. Nxc5 Nc4 21. Bf2 Reb8 22.
Rab1
Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Dvoirys,S/RUS Cup Moscow/1998/ (34)}) 14. Nd5
Nxe3
15. Nxc7 Nxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20. c6 b6
21.
c4 Kf6 22. Nxc8 Rfxc8 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Rf1 {
1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup8/1997/}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bg5 Bd7
15.
Bb3 Na5 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1998/}) 12... Nc4 (12... b6 13. dxc5 Ba6
14. Bb5 $1 (14. cxb6 {Topalov} Qxd1 15. Bxd1 axb6 $44 16. Bxb6 Nc4 {
/\17... Rfb8; 17... Nd2}) 14... Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc4 (15... Qe8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rb4
$16) 16. Qxd8 (16. Bg5 $1 f6 (16... h6 17. Rb4 $1 $16) (16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1
Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. f3 $16) (16... Qc7 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa3 $14) 17. Rb4
(
17. Qb3 Qd3 18. Nd4 $1 fxg5 19. Rd1 Qxe4 20. Qxc4+ $14) 17... Qxd1 18.
Rxd1
Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. g3 (20. f3 Ne5 $1 21. Rd4 $8 Rxd4 22. cxd4 fxg5 23.
dxe5 bxc5 24. e6 Be5 $15) 20... fxg5 21. Rxc4 bxc5 (21... Rd2 22. c6 $18) 22.
a4 $14) 16... Rfxd8 17. Bg5 f6 $1 (17... Kf8 18. Rb4 Nd2 19. Re1 bxc5 20. Ra4
$14 {><Nd2}) 18. Bc1 (18. Rb4 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 $15) 18... Rdc8 $13) (12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. d5 e6 (14... Ba6 15. Re1 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16)
15.
Bd2 $1 Ba6 (15... exd5 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Bc6) 16. Bb4 $16 {
Dautov-Labunsky (UdSSR 1989)}) (12... e5 {Ftacnik} 13. dxe5 $16) (12... Bd7 {
Ftacnik} 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 $14) 13. Bg5 h6 $6 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Qd3 Na3
(
14... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bc2) 15. Rb2 Qa5 16. Bd1 cxd4 (16... c4 {Ftacnik} 17.
Qe3 Re8 18. Bh6 $40) 17. Bxe7 Re8 (17... dxc3 {Ftacnik} 18. Rb3 c2 19. Rxa3
cxd1=Q 20. Rxd1 Qe5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Rb3 $16) 18. Bb4 Qb5 19. Bc2 (19.
Qxb5 {

Ftacnik} Nxb5 20. Ba4 dxc3 21. Bxb5 cxb2 22. Bxe8 Be6 23. Bb5 Bxa2 $132)
19...
dxc3 20. Rb3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Rd8 22. Nf4 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Nb5 $13 (23... Nb5 {
Ftacnik} 24. Bc5 b6 $132)) (13... a6 {Ftacnik} 14. Bb3 $14) 14. Bh4 b6 $2 {
Hansen,Cu: Around here things start to go seriously wrong for black} 15. Bc6
Rb8 16. Bd5 $1 (16. Bg3 e5 (16... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxb8 Bxc6 18. Bxa7 Bxe4 (
18... Qc7 19. Qd3 $1) 19. dxc5 Bxb1 (19... Qa8 $5 20. cxb6 Bxg2 21. Qd3 Ne5
22.
Qg3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 $13) 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxb1 bxc5 22. Bxc5 $14) 17. Bd5
Be6
18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) (16. Qa4 Na5 $13) 16... Ba6 $8 17. Qd3 b5 $8 18. a4 {
Hansen,Cu: Black has build his position on his N-position on c4, but this
stronghold cannot be kept after whites textmove White pieces are firing into
the opponent with a suprising ferrocity, only rook on f1 is still waiting for
its turn.} (18. dxc5 $16) 18... cxd4 $8 (18... Na3 19. Ra1 Qa5 20. axb5 Qxb5
21. c4 Nxc4 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxc4 $18) 19. Nxd4 (19. axb5 Ne5 $13 (19...
Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qd2 Bxb5 21. cxd4 Nc4 $14)) 19... Bxd4 {Hansen,Cu: A sign of
serious crisis. Normally black would not want to change this bishop for any
other piece that whites dark-squared B unless he gets something serious in
return. Here the Bg7 is exchanged to avoid imidiate material loss.} 20. cxd4 $6
(20. Qxd4 e5 (20... Na3 21. Rbc1 (21. Qxa7 Nxb1 22. Bxe7 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6
24.
Rxb1 $18) 21... bxa4 22. Rfd1 $18) (20... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 (21...
bxc4 22. Bg3 $18) 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bf6 $16) 21.
Qxa7 (21. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 bxa4 $16) 21... Qxh4 22.
Qxa6
Nd2 23. axb5 $1 (23. Qxg6+ Kh8) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 $18) 20... Nd6 $16 21.
Rfc1
Rb6 $6 (21... Bb7 $1 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. axb5 Qd7 24. f3 (24. Rc5 Qg4) 24...
Nxb5
25. d5 $16) 22. a5 (22. Qd2 $5 {Hansen,Cu} Kh7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Bg3 $16) (22.

axb5 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 23. Qa3 (23. Qh3 $5) 23... g5 24. Bg3 e6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6
26.
Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxb5 exd5 28. e5 $16) 22... Rb8 {# Hecht: The start of the
transition into a queen+rook versus queen+bishop+knight ending. By tactical
means (pin), the g6 point will be stormed to get at the black king. # Hecht:
Beginn des bergangs in das Endspiel D+T gegen D+L+S Mit taktischen
Mitteln
(Fesselung) soll der Punkt g6 mit Hinwendung zum schwarzen Knig gestrmt
werden.} 23. Rc6 $1 Bb7 $8 (23... Bc8 24. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 25. Bg3 $18) 24. e5
$1
Nf5 (24... Bxc6 $4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rb3 $18 (27.
Rb3 {
Hecht} Nf5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Bf6+ exf6 30. Rh3+ {(Hecht)})) 25. Rxg6+ Kh8
{
This position shows a model situation of a great exposure of white pieces.
Black king narrowly survives, but rook g6 and both white bishops are underfire.
} (25... Kh7 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rd6 $18) 26. Bxf7 $2 (26. Qxf5 fxg6 27. Qxg6
Qxd5
(27... Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ $11) 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+
Kh8
30. Bxe7 Qe4 $1 31. Bf6+ Rxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35.
Qf6+
Kh7 $11) (26. Rg4 $5 Qxd5 27. Qxf5 Rg8 28. f3 $1 (28. Bxe7 $2 Rxg4 29. Qxg4
Rg8
30. Bf6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Rg6 32. f3 Qa2 $1 33. g3 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxb1+ $17)
28...
Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Rg8 30. Qf4 Kh7 31. Rb2 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Bxe7 a6 $16)
(26.
Bf6+ $1 exf6 27. Bxf7 $1 {# Variation Diagram # Variantendiagramm} Rxf7 (
27... Qd7 $1 28. e6 Qd5 29. Qh3 Kh7 30. Rxf6 Nh4 $1 {
/\Q:d4,Qg5 Idea: ...Qg5 and ...Qxd4. Ideen: Dg5 und Dd4 Ideen: Dg5 und Dd4}
31.
Qd3+ $1 (31. e7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxh4 Qg6 $1 $19) (31. Rxh6+ Kxh6
32.

Qxh4+ Kg7 33. Qg3+ Kf6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 31... Qe4 32. Qxe4+ Bxe4 33. Re1
$16)
28. Qxf5 Qxd4 (28... Qf8 29. Qh5 Rh7 30. Rxf6) 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh5 $18)
26...
Rxf7 (26... Nxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28. Rh7# (28. Qh7#)) 27. e6 Rf8
28.
Bg3 Kh7 (28... Nxg3 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Qg6#) 29. Rg4 Rc8 $2 (29...
h5
$1 30. Rg5 (30. Rxb5 $1 Qc8 $1 31. Rc5 $1 {
# Variation Diagram: # Variantendiagramm} (31. Bxb8 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qxf1+
33.
Kxf1 Ba6 34. Rf4 Bxb5+ $17) (31. Qb1 hxg4 32. Rxf5 Be4 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34.
Qxe4+
Kg7 35. Qxg4+ Kf8 36. Qd1 Rf6 $19) (31. h3 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bxg2 $1 33. Kxg2
Rxb5
$19) 31... Qxe6 $6 (31... Ba6 $5 32. Qe4 (32. Rxc8 Bxd3 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34.
Bxb8
hxg4 35. Bxa7 Kg6 $15) 32... Bb7 (32... hxg4 33. Bxb8 Qxb8 (33... Qb7 34.
Qxb7
Bxb7 35. Bxa7 $14) 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 $13) 33. Qd3 $11) 32. Re5
Rbc8 (
32... Qc8 $2 33. Rxe7+) (32... Ba6 $5 33. Qe4 Rbc8 34. h3 Qf7 35. Rg5 e6 $13)
33. h3 $1 (33. Bf4 Qxe5 34. dxe5 hxg4 $17) 33... Qf7 (33... Qxe5 34. Bxe5 hxg4
35. hxg4 $18) 34. Rg5 e6 {for example: zum Beispiel: zum Beispiel:} 35. d5 $5
(
35. Qd1 $5 Ng7 36. Rxh5+ Nxh5 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Qg4+ Qg7 39. Rg5 $18)
35...
Bxd5 (35... Rcd8 36. Qe2 Rxd5 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rg5+ $1 Kh8 39. Rxe6 $16)
36.
Rgxf5 exf5 37. Rxd5 Rc3 38. Qd4 $44) 30... Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Bxb8
Rxb8 33.
Rxh5+ (33. Rbxb5 Nxb5 34. Rxb5 Rd8 $19) (33. Rd1 Rd8 $17) 33... Kg6 $15)
30.
Be5 {/\Rg7+} Rc5 $8 {
Black goes into extremes in order to survive the attack. # #} (30... Qd5 {

Ftacnik} 31. f3 $18) 31. Rg7+ (31. Re1 $142 $1 Rd5 (31... Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qc8
33.
h3 $18) 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rf7+ Rxe5 34. Rxe5 $18) 31... Kh8 32. dxc5 Nxg7
(32...
Qxd3 33. Rg3+ $18 (33. Rg3+ {Hansen,Cu} Kh7 34. Rxd3 $18 (34. Rxd3
{Ftacnik}
Be4 35. Rdb3 Bxb1 36. Rxb1 $18))) 33. Qg6 Rf6 34. Bxf6 exf6 {# Hecht:
l endgame. White has a material- and positional advantage. The only two easily
maneagable weaknesses are his first-rank and the g2 point. For the
highly-interesting developments up to this point and the following aberrations,
we give a 'big' Tactics Medal, which the finesse-rich play of both opponents
deserves. # Hecht: Taktisches Endspiel. Wei hat Material- und
Stellungsbergewicht. Einzige leicht behebbare Schwchen sind die Grundreihe
und der Punkt g2. Fr die hochinteressante Abwicklung bis hierher und die
nachfolgenden Irrungen gibt es eine "groe" Taktikmedaille, die das
finessenreiche Spiel beider Kontrahenten wrdigen soll.} 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36.
Re1
$2 $138 {Hansen,Cu: Giving away whites best P Horrible back rank oversight,
when white had still all the reasons to believe in success.} (36. Qg6 $18 Bc6 (
36... Qe7 {Hansen,Cu} 37. Rxb5 (37. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd5 (37... Bc8 38. h4) 38.
h4
Bxe6 39. h5 Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Bxf7 (40... Kxf7 41. h6 $18) 41. Re7 Bxh5 42. Rxa7
$18) (37. Qf7+ Qxf7 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxb5 Bc6 40. Rb8 $16) 37... Qxe6 38.
h3
{Hansen,Cu: is the game continuation with the very important difference that
black does not have a P on b5. White has R + 3Ps for B+N and should win} (38.
h3 Qc6 39. Rb4 $18)) 37. h4 Qd5 (37... Qd4 38. h5 Be8 39. Qg3 Qe4 40. Rd1
Kh7
41. Rd7 $18) 38. h5 Be8 (38... Qxh5 39. Qxh5 Nxh5 40. Rd1 $18) 39. Qxf6
Qxe6
40. Qxe6+ Nxe6 41. Re1 $18) 36... Nxe6 {Hecht: Back Rank! Grundreihe!} 37.
h4 (

37. Rxe6 $4 {Ftacnik} Qd1+ 38. Re1 Qxe1#) (37. Qg6+ {Ftacnik} Ng7 38. h4
Bc6
39. a6 b4 $13) 37... Ng7 38. Qf4 $1 {/\39.Qd6} Qd5 $8 (38... Bc6 39. Qd6 Qxd6
40. cxd6 Nf5 41. Rc1 Be8 42. Rc7 Nxd6 43. Rxa7 b4 44. a6 b3 45. Rb7 $1 $18)
39.
Qg3 $4 $138 (39. Qg4 $1 Qxc5 (39... Kf7 40. Rd1 $18) 40. Qg6 Qf8 41. h5 Qf7
42.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. h6 Nf5 44. h7 Kg7 45. g4 $18) 39... Kf7 $11 (39... Qxc5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 40. h5 $1 Kh8 (40... Qxh5 41. Qb8+ $18) 41. h6 Nf5 42. Qg6 $18) 40.
Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8.

a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 (13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Re8
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Bh6 Be7 20. Re3 Nf8
21.
Nce2 Nfe6 22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rcd8 25. Re2 Ne6 26. Be3 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 Wolf,V-Gerbert,P/BL8081 1981/BL 80}) (13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Ne6 (14... f5
$5) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd4 17. Kd1 b5 18. a5 Rc8 19. c3 Rc5 20. Qa2 Nc6
21.
Bd2 Ncb8 22. b4 $14 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Palac,M/EUCup f 1996/CBM 56 (43)})
13...
Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. O-O-O $5 (15. O-O $5 {normal}) 15... Rc4 16. Kb1 Qc7
(16...
g5 $2 17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd5 Rxa4 21. Qc6+ Qd7
22.
Qa8+ Nd8 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Bxe5 $40) 17. Rhe1 Rd4 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rd4
20. Bh6
Rb4 21. Bd2 Rd4 22. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]

[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6

8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3
Bb7
15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3
Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb4 27. b3
Nd5
28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 a5 33. a4 Kg8
34.
Rb7 Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Bf4 Rf8 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 bxa4 40.
bxa4
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]

[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

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

Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bxb6
Qxb6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. b4 O-O 18. h4 Rc7 19. Bh3 Nh7 20. Bg2 Rfc8
21.
Nc6 Nf6 22. f4 Nxg4 23. Bh3 h5 24. Rhg1 f5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rgf1 Rf8 27.
Nxe7+
Rxe7 28. d6 Ref7 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qd5 f4 31. Qxe5 g3 32. Qd5 Qb7 33. Qxb7
Rxb7
34. d7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 f3 36. Rdd1 f2 37. Rg1 fxg1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rf3 39. Kc1 Kh7
40.
Kd1 Kh6 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. c3 g2 44. Ke2 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Kg3
Rc2
47. Ra1 Rxc3+ 48. Kxg2 Rc4 49. Rxa6 Rxh4 50. Ra7 g6 51. Rh7+ Kg5 52. Rxh4
Kxh4
0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]

[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7.

e4 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13.
Be3
Nc6 14. d5 Bxf3 (14... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxb7 Rfb8 16. Rxe7 Rb2 17. Bd4 Rxe2
18. Bxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 $16) 15. Bxf3 Ne5 (15... Na5 {Ftacnik})
16. Be2 (16. Rxb7 {Ftacnik} a5 (16... e6 $5 17. dxe6 (17. Be2 exd5 18. exd5
Rfd8 19. d6 Qe6 20. Bc5 Bf8) (17. d6 Qa6 18. Rc7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Bc5
Rfd8) 17... Qxe6 18. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 Rxa7 20. Bxa7) 19... Rxa7
20. Bxa7 Re8 21. Re1 f5 22. Qe3 fxe4 23. f3 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Vidmar mem12th/1997/ (30)}) 17. Rxe7 a4
18.
Bd4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 a3 21. Kg2 Qb2 22. Qxb2 axb2 23. Rb1
Rfb8 24.
d6 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona9798 1998 (39)}) (16.
Bc5 {
Ftacnik} Bf6 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 18. Bxe7 Rxb7 19. Bxf6 Re8 20. h4 Qa3 21. Bxe5
Rxe5
22. Qd4 Qb2 23. Qc4 Re8 24. Qc6 Qb5 {
Krasenkow,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Erevan olm/1996/96ch2/0-1 (73)}) 16... Nc4
17.
Bg5 Nd6 (17... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 18. Rxb7 Nd6 19. Rb4 a5 20. Ra4 Qb2 21. Bc1
Qb6
22. Be3 Qb2 23. Bc1 Qb6 24. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Notkin,M/RUS-ch 1996/
(31)})

18. Bxe7 $1 $146 {Gelfand} (18. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Rfe8 19. Re1 e5 (19... Rad8 $5
20. h3 $5) 20. Bd2 $1 b5 $6 (20... Rec8 21. Bb4 Nc4 22. Be7 $44) (20... a5 $5
21. Re2 Qa3 22. Be3 $5 $44) 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Rxb5 a5 23. d6 $1 {><d5}
(23. Rb7
a4 24. Qf3 Rf8 $5 25. Bb4 Rab8) 23... Red8 24. Rd5 Rd7 25. Qc1 Bf8 (25... a4
26. Qc6 Rdd8 27. d7 $16) 26. Bg5 $2 (26. Qc3 $1 Rb8 27. Qxe5 Rb1 28. Rf1 $1
{
Kramnik,V} Rdb7 29. Bc1 Qc2 30. Rdd1 $16) 26... Qa4 27. Red1 Ra6 $1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas/1997/ (31)}) 18... Nxe4 19.
Bf3 $1 $16 {After this move black is in serious trouble} (19. Rb4 {Ftacnik} Nc3
20. Bc4 Qxc4 $1 $11) 19... Nd2 (19... Nc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3
Rfe8 22. d6 $16) 20. Qe2 (20. Bxf8 {Ftacnik} Bxf8 21. Rxb7 Nxf1 22. Qxf1 (22.
d6 Nd2) 22... Bd6 $11) 20... Rfe8 (20... Nxf3+ {Ftacnik} 21. Qxf3 Rfb8 22. d6
b6 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. Qd5+ Kh8 $13) 21. d6 {White
must be
better due to the dangerous pawn on d6. Black can claim counterplay with a
pawn, but the proximity to the promotion square plays an important role.} (21.
Rxb7 {Ftacnik} Qa5 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxb8 25. d6 Qe5
26. Qe3
$1 $16) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bf8 (22... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7
Bf8 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. d7 Bxe7 27. Qc8+ $14) 23. Rxb7 a5 (23... Bxe7 24. Rxe7
Rxe7
$2 25. Qxa8+ $18) 24. h4 (24. Bxf8 {Ftacnik} Rxf8 25. Re7 Rae8 26. Rfe1 Qa4
27.
Qf6 Qc6 $13) 24... a4 25. Rd1 (25. Bxf8 {Ftacnik} Rxf8 26. d7 Qe6 $11) 25...
Qe6 26. Bg5 (26. d7 {Ftacnik} Rxe7 27. d8=Q Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Rxb7 29. Qxb7
Qe1+
30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. g3 Qf6 32. Rd2 a3 $11) 26... h6 27. d7 (27. Bf4 {Ftacnik}
Red8
28. d7 a3 $132) 27... hxg5 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 29. hxg5 a3 30. g3 $1 {A very
good
move. White moves his K away from the first rank, so the a-pawn will never
queen with check. This means the following tactics should have worked in

whites favour Strange slip of attention, white must be better if he can stop
the march of black's a pawn.} (30. Ra7 $1 {Ftacnik} Bc5 (30... Be7 31. Qc3
Rc8
32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bc5 34. Rd7 $14) (30... a2 $2 31. Ra1 Qe1+ 32. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 a1=Q 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qxf8#) 31. Ra5 Qb6 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33.
Qxa8+
Kg7 34. Qf3 $16) 30... a2 31. Kg2 (31. Ra7 {Ftacnik} Bg7 32. Ra8 a1=Q 33.
Rdxa1
Bxa1 34. Rxa1 $14) 31... Rd8 32. Re1 $2 {The obvious but not the best move}
(
32. Ra7 $1 {After this move I believe that black - if he plays very precise can get whites g5-P for the a2-P but even that should not be enough to draw}
Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Qe4+ (33... Bg7 $2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qh1+ {
Another positive side-effect of the manouvre g2-g3 and Kg1-g2}) 34. Qf3 Qe6
35. Qa8 $18 {and white has achieved his ideal position. He controls the /^
a8-h1 and has Q and R behind the a2-P}) (32. Rxd8 {Ftacnik} a1=Q 33. Rbb8
Qe7
(33... Qg7 $6) 34. Qd5 $11) 32... Qc4 (32... Qxe1 $4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Qh7#) 33. Ra7 Rd3 $1 {Now blacks R is very active. White has great
problems coordinating the defence of f2 with winning or neutralising the a2-P}
34. Qa8 Rd2 35. Qf3 (35. Re8 {Ftacnik} Qc5 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Rxa2 Qxa8+
38.
Rxa8+ Kg7 $11) 35... Rd3 36. Qa8 Rd2 37. Ra4 $2 (37. Re4 $145 Qc5 38. Rf4
$18)
37... Qc5 38. Rf1 Qc2 39. Ra7 Qb3 40. Qf3 $2 (40. Qe8 {Ftacnik} Qd5+ 41. Kg1
Rb2 42. Ra8 Qc5 $14) (40. Rc7 $142 Qa3 41. Rc8 Qxa8+ 42. Rxa8 $18
{Kramnik})
40... Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bc5 (41... Bg7 $2 {Ftacnik} 42. Ra8+ Bf8 43. Ra1 $18) 42.
Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra1 (43. Ke4 {Ftacnik} Bxf2 44. Ra1 Bxg3 45. R1xa2 Rxa2 46.
Rxa2
Bd6 47. Ra7 Kf8 $11) (43. Kg2 {Ftacnik} Bd4 $11) 43... Rxf2+ 44. Kg4 Rd2 {
Ftacnik: The drawing idea becomes clear, white g5 pawn is too weak.} 45. Ra4
(

45. R1xa2 {Ftacnik} Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Rd5 47. Kf4 Be7 $11) 45... Bb6 46. R1xa2
Rd5
47. Kh4 Bd8 48. Rg4 Rd1 49. Rh2 (49. Kh3 {Ftacnik} Rd5 $11) 49... Kg8 50.
Re4
Rd5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Rb2 Bxg5+ 53. Kg4 Rd4+ 54. Kh3 (54. Kxg5 $4
{Ftacnik} f6#)
54... Rd7 55. Rbb8 Bf6 (55... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 56. Rh8 Be5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.

Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. f3 (11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. f3 Nb6 14.
Bb3 Be6 15. Rad1 (15. Bf2 Bc4 16. a4 Qe6 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. a5
Nc8

20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ra4 Qe6 22. f4 Bg7 23. e5 {

1-0 Neverov,V-Smikovski,I/Chigorin mem 1995/ (41)}) 15... Rad8 16. c4 exd4
17.
Nxd4 Bc8 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. c5 Bf8 20. Rc1 Ne5 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd7 {
Ulibin,M-Novik,M/Moscow Alekhine op 1992/0-1 (51)}) (11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bb3
Nb6 $6
(12... exd4 $1) 13. f4 exd4 14. f5 gxf5 15. Ng3 $40 {
Shirov,A-Smejkal,J/GER-chT/1992/}) 11... Qe7 12. Be3 Rd8 $1 13. Qc2 $6 (13.
Qc1
Nb6 14. Bb3) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Rad1 (15. f4 exf4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
Bxf4
Nc4 $11) 15... Nc4 $1 16. Bc1 b5 $1 17. f4 $1 {Topalov has to exploit his
central pawn majority in an attempt to compensate for the knight on c4.} exd4
18. Nxd4 Bg4 19. Rde1 (19. Rd3 $2 Qxe4 $19) 19... Qc5 20. Kh1 a5 (20... Bxd4
21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. f5 $40) 21. h3 $2 {
Very serious mistake, since the bishop will be much better on d7 square.} (21.
a4 $1 bxa4 22. Ba2 $132) 21... Bd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ba2 Be8 $1 24. e5 (24.
Qxa4
Nb6 25. Qb3 a4 26. Qa3 $15) 24... Nb6 25. f5 Nd5 26. Bd2 $6 (26. Rf3 $5) (26.
f6 $5) 26... Nb4 $1 27. Qxa4 (27. cxb4 Qxc2 28. Nxc2 Rxd2 $17) 27... Nxa2 28.
Qxa2 Bxe5 29. fxg6 (29. Re4 Bg7 30. Bg5 Rd5 $17) 29... hxg6 30. Bg5 Rd5 $1 {
Two bishops and a spare pawn favour black, but he has to survive the dangers
of white attack.} 31. Re3 (31. Ne2 a4 $17) 31... Qd6 32. Qe2 Bd7 (32... c5 33.
Bf6 Bxf6 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Nb5 Qd7 $17) 33. c4 Bxd4 34.
cxd5
Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Re8 $1 (35... Qxd5 36. Bf6) 36. Qc3 (36. Qc1 Qxd5 37. Bf6 Bxh3
$1
) 36... Qxd5 37. Bh6 (37. Bf6 Re2 $19) 37... Re5 {
White still preserves drawing chances due to the opposite colour bishops.} (
37... Qe5 38. Qc4) 38. Rf3 (38. Re1 $2 Bxh3 $1) (38. Rb1 Bxh3 39. Qxh3 Rh5
$19)
38... Qc5 39. Qa1 (39. Qxc5 Rxc5 40. Ra3 Be6 41. Bd2 Rc2 42. Bxa5 Bd5 43.
Rg3

$17) 39... Bf5 40. Re3 f6 (40... Rxe3 $4 41. Qg7#) 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Qa2+
(42.
Qxe5 fxe5 43. Kg1 Kf7 $19) 42... Qd5 $1 43. Qxd5+ (43. Qa3 c5 44. Qxa5 Bxh3
45.
Qd2 Bxg2+ (45... Qc6 $17) 46. Qxg2 Qh5+ 47. Qh2 Qxh2+ 48. Kxh2 g5 49.
Kg3 Kf7
50. Kf3 $17) 43... cxd5 44. Bd2 a4 45. Bc3 Kf7 46. h4 Ke6 47. Kg1 Bh3 $3 {
Fascinating idea of Shirov, since black has to push his two pawns a4,d5 as
quickly as possible. The bishop would obstruct the way of the king on the
natural square e4, on h3 it wins a precious tempo.} (47... a3 48. Kf2 a2 49.
Ke3 Bg4 50. g3 Kf5 51. Bd4 $13) (47... Be4 {Shirov -+} 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. g3 $13)
48. gxh3 (48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Kf3 Bxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Ke4 51. Bxf6 d4 52. Be7 Kd3 53.
Kf2 Kc2 54. Bb4 d3 $19) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bxf6 (50. Ke2 a3 51. Kd2 d4
52. Ba1 f5 $19) 50... d4 51. Be7 (51. Ke2 $2 a3 $19) 51... Kd3 $1 52. Bc5 Kc4
53. Be7 (53. Bxd4 Kxd4 54. Ke2 Kc3 55. Kd1 Kb2 $19) 53... Kb3 (53... Kb3 54.
Bc5 d3 55. Ke3 Kc2 56. Bb4 a3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Petursson"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]

[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. f4 (12. Ne4 Be7 13. f4
{
This in a way looks impressive, but the problem is how to ever achieve the
thrust f5.} Bg4 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Be3 c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. c4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Almasi,Z/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63 [Wedberg] (33)})
12...
Bc5 13. Ne4 (13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf5 15. Rc1 b6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bf2 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bh4 Ke8 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Bg3 h5 {
Ye Jiangchuan-Rausis,I/Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13... Bxd4+ 14.
Rxd4
b6 15. Be3 h5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rc4 Ne7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Bf2 c5 21.
Rc3
Ng6 22. Re1 Rg8 (22... Ke7 $142 23. -- Rhd8) 23. a3 a4 24. e6 f6 25. Ne4 h4
26.
Rc4 Ke7 $2 (26... Ra5 $142 $11) 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxf4 (28... Bxe6 29. f5
Ne5 30. fxe6 $16) (28... Bg4 29. h3) 29. Rxf5 Nxe6 30. Bxh4 $16 Rgb8 31. Rc5
Kd6 32. Rc3 Rxb2 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37.
Rd1 Kf7
38. Re1 Re8 39. Re4 Ra2 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. Re4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rxc7+
Kg6 44.
Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rc5+ Ke6 46. Re4+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Ke6
50.
Rxg7 Nxc2 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rc5+ Ke6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 Rxa3 55. Rc8 Ra4
56.
Re8+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc4 58. Bf2 Kc3 59. Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60. Rxd4 Kxd4 61. Kf5
Ra2
62. g4 Rf2+ 63. Kg6 Rf4 64. Kh5 f5 65. g5 Re4 66. Rf8 Ke5 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]

[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.

Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. dxc5 (12. Rb1 Nc4 13. Bg5
Qc7 14.
Qd3 Na3 $6 {1-0 Dyachkov,S-Yandemirov,V/Orel 1995/CBM 48 [Ftacnik] (47)})
12...
Nc4 $1 $146 (12... Qc7 13. Nf4 e6 (13... Nc4 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15. Nxc7 Nxd1 16.
Rfxd1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Be5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20. c6 b6 21. c4 Kf6 22.
Nxc8
Rfxc8 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Rf1 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup8 1997/EXP
58}
) 14. Nd3 b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 {

1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Dvoirys,S/RUS-Cup02 1998/CBM 63 (34)}) 13. Qxd8

Rxd8
14. Bg5 Bd7 $1 15. Bb3 Na5 {/\16... Kf8; 17... Rac8 - ><Pc5 Dokhoian} 16.
Bxe7
$8 Re8 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2