Topalov 040

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4

O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qe1 Nxd3
15.
cxd3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. f5 Bf6 18. Nde2 Be5 19. Qh3 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bf6 21.
d4
Nf8 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Rad1 Bd8 25. b4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Nf5 Nh4
28.
Nxh4 Bxh4 29. d5 Bb5 30. Nxb5 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 axb5 32. Bb2 Bg5 33. h3 f6 34.
Bc1
h6 1/2-1/2

[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Ngf3 Nd7 6. h3 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O

O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bd2
Qb6
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qc1 f5 17. Nec5 b6 18. Na6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 g5 20. Nd4 Qf7 21.
f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Ng6 24. Qd6 Rad8 25. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Rxd4
27.
Rac1 Kh7 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Bc4 Rf6 31. Bb5 Kh6 32. Re8 Rfd6 33.
Rf2
Rd2 34. Rxf5 Rxb2 35. Be2 h4 36. a4 Rb4 37. Rg8 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.

Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rhg8
14.
Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ng5 Rgd8 16. Bf3 Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4
20.
Bxe4 f6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Kg3 Bc7+ 26. f4
Bb6
27. Bd2 Kd6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Bg2 Rc8 31. a3 Rd8 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33.
exd4 Be8 34. Bc3 Bg6 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. Ke3 Bg6 37. Be1 Bf7 38. Rc5 Kd7 39. b4
Rc8
40. b5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Kc7 42. f5 Ra8 43. Bg3+ e5 44. dxe5 Rxa3+ 45. Kf2 fxe5
46.
Bxe5+ Nxe5 47. Rxe5 Kd6 48. Rb5 Rb3 49. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]

[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.

Nc3 Qd6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Be7 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. O-O Nd5 14.
Be5
O-O 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Be4 Be8 18. Re1 f6 19. Bxd5 fxe5 20. Bxc6
Rd8
21. Bxe8 Rxd4 22. Qb3 Rxe8 23. Rxe5 Kh8 24. Rxe6 Rf8 25. Qe3 Bh4 26. g3
Qd7 27.
Nc5 Qd8 28. gxh4 Rg4+ 29. Kf1 Rgf4 30. Ne4 Qxh4 31. h3 h6 32. Rc3 Qh5 33.
Rc5
Qf7 34. Rce5 Rf3 35. Qc5 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qb7 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Qc4+ R3f7 39.
Rc6
Qxb2 40. Rf5 1-0

[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3

Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qa7 ({
Die Fortsetzung} 13... Qc7 {sieht natrlicher aus:} 14. f5 e5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Ng5 Qd6 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rb8 {mit etwa gleichem Spiel: Pritchett,
C-Engqvist,T/Gausdal 1993/TD (0-1,41). (41)}) 14. Rc1 Bxd4 {Nach anderen
Fortsetzungen wre sofort deutlich, da 13...Da7 nicht die richtige Wahl war.}
15. Bxg6 Bxf2+ ({Nach} 15... Bg7 16. Bb1 {wrde sich Wei bald ber den
geschwchten Knigsflgel des Schwarzen hermachen. Auch nach dem Textzug
bleibt die Knigsstellung des Schwarzen unbefriedigend geschtzt.}) 16. Rxf2
hxg6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 Qb8 $6 {Schwarz mchte die Dame zur Verteidigung
des
Knigsflgels heranziehen. Dieser Plan ist jedoch zu zeitraubend; auf der
Diagonale a7-g1 bte sie zudem eine gute Wirkung aus. Es gab bessere Plne:}
(
18... e6 19. fxg6 (19. Qd2 exf5 {ist nicht gewinntrchtig fr Wei.}) 19...
fxg6 20. Qg4 (20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Qg4 Rf6 {
braucht Schwarz ebenfalls nicht zu frchten.}) 20... Rxf2 21. Kxf2 e5 {

Wei hat nicht mehr als remis.}) (18... c5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 cxd4 21.
Qxg6+
Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Rxf2 ({Nicht besser ist} 24... d3 {
wegen der Mglichkeit} 25. Rc5) 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ {mit unklaren Verwicklungen.})
19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Rxf2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20... Qd6 21. Nf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5
Ne5 23. Qg3 Nd3 24. Qxd3 gxf5 25. Qxf5 {
fhrt zu einer positionell hoffnungslosen Stellung fr Schwarz.}) (20... Qe8
21. Qe6+ Kh7 ({Nicht ratsam fr Schwarz ist} 21... Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.
Qe5+
Kg8 24. Nc5) (21... Kg7 22. Rxf8 Nxf8 23. Qe5+ {kommt auf das Gleiche
hinaus.})
22. Re1 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 {ist ebenfalls uerst unbequem fr Schwarz.}) 21.
Qxg6+
Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8
27. Qg4+
Kf7 28. Kxf2 Qd6 29. Nf5 Qg6 ({Nach} 29... Qf6 {kann Wei mit} 30. Qh5+
Qg6 31.
Qxg6+ {in die Partiefolge einlenken, aber auch nach anderen Mglichkeiten
Ausschau halten.}) 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. g4 (31. Nxe7+ Kf6 32. Nxc6 Rc8 33.
Nc3
Rxc6 34. Nxd5+ Ke5 {bietet dem Weien natrlich keine Gewinnaussichten.})
31...
Kf6 $6 (31... Rf8 {
machte das Feld a8 fr den Lufer frei und bot gute Ausgleichsaussichten:} 32.
Re1 (32. Kg3 e6 33. Nd6 Ba8 {ist auch nicht klar.}) 32... e5 33. Kg3 c5 {
mit zweischneidigem Spiel.}) 32. Kg3 a5 33. h4 e6 34. Nd6 Ba6 35. Rxc6 Ne5
({
Vielleicht bot die Fortsetzung} 35... Ke7 36. Nb6 Nxb6 37. Rxb6 Be2 {
bessere Verteidigungsaussichten.}) 36. Rb6 $6 {
Einen recht aussichtsreichen Gewinnversuch konnte Wei mit} (36. Ne8+ $5 {
unternehmen:} Rxe8 ({Auch nach} 36... Kf7 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Nc7+ Kd6 39.
Nxa8 {
kann Wei um den vollen Punkt kmpfen.}) 37. Rxa6 Rc8 38. Nc3 Rc5 39. Ra8
{usw.
}) 36... Nd7 37. Rc6 (37. Rb3 Ke7 38. Nb7 {
war auch durchaus eines Versuches wert. Vielleicht befand sich Wei in Zeitnot.
}) 1/2-1/2

[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.

Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 Rd8 12. Qb2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd4 14.
Bxd4
cxd4 15. Qb5+ Qxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Rc7 Be5 19. Rxb7 Rb8
20.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 21. O-O Bf4 22. Re1 Kg7 23. e5 Rc8 24. Bc6 e6 25. Re4 g5 26. h4
h6
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 exd5 29. Bxd5 Re8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxe6 Kf6 32. Bb3
1/2-1/2
[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]

[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+

Bxf6
8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O h6 (11... a6 12. g4 Qb6 13. Bg2
Rd8
14. Qe3 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nf5 $1 $14 {Krakops,M-Gavrilov,A/Riga 1995/EXT
97}
) (11... Qb6 12. Bc4 (12. g4 Rd8 13. Bg2 e5 14. Nf5 Nf8 15. Qe3 Bxg5 16. hxg5
Bxf5 17. gxf5 $14 {Rytshagov,M-Lamprecht,F/Groningen 1997/CBM 62}) 12...
h6 13.
Be3 Ne5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a5 $132 {
Chandler,M-Nogueiras,J/Moscow 1990/TD}) (11... Nb6 12. Nf3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2

Bd7
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Rhd1 Rc7 17. b3 Kf8 18. c4 $14 {
Cabrilo,G-Drasko,M/Subotica 1992/EXT 2000}) 12. Nf3 $1 {For some reason
this
logical move was never played befor, although the idea itself is hundreds
years old! Shirov didn't manage to find satisfactory defense during the game
and very soon found himself in troubles} (12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Kb1
Bd7
15. f3 Rad8 16. Bd3 Nd5 $13 {
Teran Alvarez,I-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Santa Clara 1998/EXT 99}) (12. Be3 Nb6 13.
Kb1 (13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Bc5 $6 Bxb2+ $1 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Qd6
Bxb5 18.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bxb5 Nd5 $17 {Leyva,R-Luther,T/Cienfuegos 1997/CBM 58})
13...
Nd5 14. Bc4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. c3 Bd7 $11 {
Leyva,R-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/Santa Clara 1998/EXT 99}) 12... Qb6 (12... hxg5 $2
13. hxg5 Be7 14. Qf4 f5 15. Bc4 $1 (15. g6 Bf6 16. Rh8+ Kxh8 17. Qh2+ Bh4
18.
Rd4 $1 (18. Nxh4 Qg5+ $19) 18... f4 19. Nxh4 Kg8 20. Nf3 Rf6 21. Qh7+ Kf8
22.
Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Rf8 25. g7 $18) 15... Qb6 16. g6 $18) 13.
c3 $1
e5 (13... hxg5 14. hxg5 Be7 15. Qf4 $40) 14. Be3 Qa5 15. g4 $1 e4 (15... Qxa2
$5 16. Bd3 (16. g5 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Qe4+ 19. Bd3 Qxf3 20. gxf6
Nxf6
$13) 16... Qa1+ 17. Bb1 Nb6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. h5 $1 $40) 16. g5 $1
Be7 (16... exf3 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng4 20. Rg1 Rd8 21. Bd3
$18) 17. gxh6 $1 Qxa2 {?} (17... exf3 18. hxg7 Rd8 (18... Kxg7 19. Rg1+ Kh7
20.
Qd4 $5 Ne5 21. Qf4 Ng6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25.
Bd4+ $18)
19. Bd4 $1 Qxa2 (19... Nf6 $145 $1) 20. Qh6 f6 21. Rg1 Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke6 23.
Bh3+ $18) 18. Qd4 $1 {Each move of white deservs an exclaimation mark!
topalov's play is extremly energetic and strong.} Nf6 $8 19. hxg7 Re8 (19...
Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bg5 Qe6 22. Bc4 Qa6 23. Qe5 $1 $18) 20. Bc4 Qa1+
21. Kc2
Qa4+ 22. Bb3 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 $18 {Back found a way not to lose immedeatly,
but
there is no question about the outcome of the game.} Kxg7 (23... Bg4 24. Rdg1
Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Bg5 $18) 24. Rdg1+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Rf8
26.
Bg6+ Kh8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Bxe4 Nxe3+ 30. fxe3 {The rest is a
matter of technique, that's why Shirov resigns after a couple of moves.} Rf2+
31. Kb1 Bc5 32. Rg5 $1 Bxe3 33. Rh5+ Kg7 34. Re1 Bb6 (34... Bh6 35. Rg1+)
35.
Rg5+ 1-0

[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventRounds "2"]
1. e4 {Winants} 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 f5 {Winants: '#'} 11. Bxb5 {'!?'
Winants.
Winants: 'Cet audacieux sacrifice avait t imagin au milieu des annes
septante, mais les premiers succs enregistrs avaient rapidement fait place
de nombreuses et cinglantes dfaites. La rfutation paraissait convaincante.
Ceci jusqu' l'anne dernire, quand Shirov parvint se dfaire de Lautier
en une vingtaine de coups seulement. D'autres grands matres ont depuis tent
l'aventure. Maintenant que Topalov ne russit pas repousser l'offensive
avec l'aide d'une banque de donnes et d'un module d'analyse, on peut se
demander s'il ne faudrait pas reprendre l'tude de toute la variante depuis le
dbut.'} axb5 12. Nxb5 {This position seems to suit Shirov perfectly. The
second time he plays it and achieves a very nice win again.} Ra4 {
Winants: 'La rplique consacre :'} ({Aprs} 12... Rb8 $2 {Winants} 13. Nbc7+
Kd7 14. Qh5 {L'attaque des Blancs deviendrait trs rapidement irrsistible.})
13. b4 {Winants: 'L'ide ne consiste pas seulement intercepter l'action de
la Tour sur la quatrime traverse, mais aussi dgager une colonne ouverte
vers b6.'} ({Les ouvrages thoriques envisagent aussi le petit roque et} 13. c4
{Winants}) 13... Rxb4 {Winants: 'La Tour continue son chemin, pour distraire
le Cavalier avanc (d5). Cependant les Blancs restent imperturbables.'} (13...
Qh4 $5 {Nobody yet repeated the novelty made by McShane.} 14. O-O (14.
Nbc7+
Kd8) 14... Rg8 15. c3 f4 16. Qxa4 Rxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ {
1/2-1/2 Luther,T-McShane,L/Lippstadt 2000}) 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. O-O {Winants:
'Le
s Noirs ont pris une pice, mais leur Roi est entour de fantmes qui hurlent
autour de lui.'} Qxc7 {Amazing: for the centralized knight on d5 Black is
ready to give the queen! Shirov's answer is even more amusing - who cares
about the queen? Winants: 'Rend du matriel, la Dame contre trois pices
mineures, pour freiner l'lan offensif et rduire le nombre des assaillants.
D'autres possibilits :'} (15... Qg5 {In my opinion the critical move.} 16.
Nxb4 (16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Rg8 18. Qf1 Kd8 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Rb1 Kxc7 21.
Rxb4
d5 22. Rb3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ba6 24. Rd3 fxe4 25. Rxf7+ Kc8 $2 (25... Be7) 26.
Ra3
$3 {1-0 Wege,J-Pluemer,D/Aschach 2000}) 16... Nxb4 17. c3 (17. Qb1 Rg8 $13
{
0-1 Vitolinsh,A-Cherniaev,A/Kherson 1990/ (43)}) 17... Kxc7 (17... Nc6 18. Nd5
fxe4 19. Qa4 $16) 18. cxb4 fxe4 19. Qa4 $36 {
1-0 Luther,T-Reinderman,D/Venlo 2000 (30)}) (15... Rb7 $2 16. Qh5 Ne7 17.
Qxf7
{Winants: '(Menace 18.Ne6)'} Kc6 ({Si} 17... Rxc7 {Winants} 18. Nb6+ Kc6
19.
Rab1 Ba6 20. Qb3 $1 {Et l'attaque perce.}) 18. Rab1 $18 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000 (26)} fxe4 ({Si} 18... Nxd5 {Winants}
19. exd5+ Kc5 20. Rxb7 Bxb7 21. Ne6+ {Et prend la Dame}) ({ou} 18... Rxc7
{
Winants} 19. Rb6+ Kc5 20. Rfb1 {etc.}) 19. Rxb7 Kxb7 (19... Bxb7 {Winants}
20.
Rb1) 20. Rb1+ Kc6 21. Rb6+ Kc5 22. Rb3 {
Vers c3 pour assner le mat du Cavalier sur b5} Kc6 23. Rc3+ Kb7 24. Nxe7
Bxe7
25. Qd5+ Ka7 26. Qa8+ {abandon, Shirov-Lautier, Monaco 2000.}) 16. c3 $5 {
'!!' Winants. Incredible! It is remarcable how far the opening preparation
can go nowardays. Winants: 'Je suppose que Shirov appartient une tout autre
dimension, certainement chaotique, fort loigne des conceptions de Newton,
des pommes qui tombent ou des pices en quilibre... J'imagine aussi l'air
stupfait de son adversaire de voir sa Dame rester sur l'chiquier, mais
concevoir le talent, la volont et la capacit de travail, qu'un tel coup
ncessite - Il a t jou sans la moindre hsitation- me laisse, toutsimplement
, sans rponse.'} ({
White was doing fine in the practice after the pragmatical 16.Nxc7 as well:}
16. Nxc7 Kxc7 17. Qh5 Rxe4 18. Qxf7+ Be7 19. Rfb1 (19. Rfe1 {
1-0 Vorobiov,E-Bogachkov,I/St Petersburg 2000 (56)}) ({ou} 19. a4 {Winants}

Rf8
20. Qb3 Rb4 {Baljon-Dolmatov, Amsterdam 1979}) 19... Rf8 20. Qb3 Rb4 21.
Qd5
Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Bd7 23. a4 Ra8 24. Qc4 h5 25. g3 Ra5 26. Rb5 d5 27. Rxd5
Be6 28.
Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rxa5 Bc5 30. Ra6+ Kd5 31. c4+ {1-0 Rytshagov,MRipari,M/Saint
Vincent 2001. I must add that M. Rytshagov is Shirov's second.}) 16... Rxe4 (
16... Qb7 17. cxb4 fxe4 18. Rc1 (18. Qa4 Ke6) (18. Qh5 Ke6) 18... f5 (18... Bh6
19. Qh5 Bxc1 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Qf6+ Kd7 22. Qg7+ Ke6 23. Nc7+ Kf5 24.
Rxc1 $18)
19. Qa4 $40) ({Supposons} 16... Qa5 {Winants autrement les pions lis,
appuys
par une Tour en c1, ne tarderaient pas avancer.} 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc6
19. Qg5 {Le loup entre dans la bergerie.}) 17. Qh5 $1 Kd8 {Of course not easy
to advise best way for Black. Let's not forget that this is advanced chess and
even with the help of a computer Black's position could not be saved, which
says quite a lot about the evaluation of the entire line. Winants: 'Un choix
raisonnable'} ({Aprs} 17... Qa5 {Winants} 18. Qxf5+ Kd8 19. Qxe4 Ne7 {
Les Noirs obtiennent deux pices mineures contre Tour et pion, mais les
chances respectives restent trs difficiles valuer.}) 18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19.
Qxf7+ Be7 20. Rab1 {Winants: 'La position ressemble celles que nous avions
aperues dans le commentaire du 16e coup. Pourtant le Pc3 remplit un rle trs
important, puisqu'il empche le retour de la Re4 sur b4.'} Ba6 21. Rfd1 {
Now it is most certain that White has an advantage. All his pieces are very
active.} Rf8 {Winants: 'Pour dfendre f5.'} (21... Rb8 $2 22. Rxb8 Kxb8 23.
Qxf5 $18) 22. Qb3 $1 {Winants: 'Aprs dix bonnes minutes de rflexion !'} (22.
Qxh7 Rh4 23. Qg6 Rg4 24. Qh6 Be2 $1 $13 25. Rdc1 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ 27.
Kh3
Bg4+ 28. Kg2 Be2+ $11) 22... Rb8 {Winants: 'Evite l'invasion de b6.'} 23. Qe6
Rxb1 24. Rxb1 {Black played very precise and the position is far from clear.
From practical point of view it is easier to play with White for the simple
reason that having just 2 pieces one has less possibilities and must not spend
a lot of time finding the right move...} Bd3 {
Winants: 'Pour chasser la Tour de la colonne ouverte.'} (24... Bc4 $5 25. Qxf5
Bd3 26. Rf1 $8 (26. Rd1 $4 Re1+ $19) 26... d5 27. Qxh7 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $14) 25.
Rd1 f4 {'?' Winants. Winants: 'La faute dcisive : elle permet l'intervention
du pion pass.'} ({Il fallait donc jouer} 25... Bc2 {Winants} 26. Rc1 Bd3 {
et garder ainsi le contrle du point a4.}) 26. Qd5 {'!' Winants.} Bc2 27. Rc1 {
Winants: 'Menace 28. Kf1 ! : Les Noirs n'ont d'autres ressources que de
disperser leurs forces.'} Re2 28. a4 $1 {Thanks to the a-pawn White achieves
decissive advantage. Winants: 'Le reste n'est que technique : Rien ne peut
plus empcher ce pion d'aller plus loin.'} e4 {
Looking for counterplay, but White is quicker.} (28... Bxa4 29. Qc4 {
Winants: '-attaque double-'} Rc2 30. Rb1 $18 (30. Ra1 {
Winants Et le Fou est pris au pige.})) 29. a5 Bd3 {
Winants: 'Surveille a6, mais en vain.'} 30. Ra1 {Winants: 'Selon le principe
qui prconise de poster les Tours derrire les pions passs.'} Rb2 (30... Ba6
31. Qb3 $18) (30... Bh4 31. g3 fxg3 32. hxg3 $18) 31. c4 {
Winants: 'Ferme la porte !'} (31. a6 Bxa6 32. Qxe4 $16) 31... Rb7 ({
Ou plus joli :} 31... Rb4 {Winants} 32. a6 Bxc4 (32... Na7 {Winants} 33. Qa8)
33. Qxc6+ $3 Kxc6 34. a7 {Et le pion fait Dame.}) 32. a6 Ra7 33. f3 $18 {
Now is over. Black has no coordination at all. Winants: 'Tout s'croule...'}
Ne5 34. fxe4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Rxa6 36. Rxc4+ Nxc4 37. Qxc4+ Rc6 38. Qf7 {
Winants: 'Les pions isols ne permettent aucune rsistance.'} Kd8 39. Qg8+
Kd7
40. Qxh7 Rc5 41. Qf7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qf5+ Kc7 44. Qe6 1-0

[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventRounds "2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. OO
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5
Qc5+
21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Qg6 Qd6 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. h3 Be8
27.
Qg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 hxg5 29. Rd6 Bc6 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Kf2 e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rf6
e3+
34. Ke2 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Kb8 36. b3 Ka7 37. Rd6 Rh8 38. c4 Be8 39. Ke2 Rxh3 40.
Rxg5 Bc6 41. Re5 Bf3+ 42. Kxe3 Bxg4+ 43. Kd4 Rh2 44. Rg6 Bd1 45. Ra5
Rd8+ 46.
Kc3 Rdd2 47. Rg1 Bf3 48. a4 Rc2+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[EventRounds "2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.

Qd2
b5 9. a3 Be7 10. g4 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7
15.
h4 Rac8 16. h5 e5 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. g6 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
gxh7+
Kxh7 22. Qxg5 Qe6 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Kb1 Rcd8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc8 27.
Rgd1
Rc6 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Rd8 30. Rg5 Rg8 31. Rgd5 Rd8 32. Rg5 Rg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {

Das ist interessant - bis jetzt spielte Kramnik diese Variante auch mit Wei.}
4. Qb3 (4. g3) (4. Qc2) 4... c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 {Schwarz schlgt (noch)
nicht auf c3. In der Folge muss Wei aber immer mit Bxc3 rechnen.} (6... Bxc3
7. Qxc3) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 (8... Qe7 9. d3 h6 10. e3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e5 12.
b4
d6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. f3 cxd4 18. exd4 e3 19.
Rae1 Nbd7 20. Ne4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Votava,J-Berzinsh,R/Olomouc 1997/CBM 61
(34)}) (
8... d6 9. d3 Qe7 10. Bd2 Rd8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rab1 Be8 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Qd1
Rac8
15. Qe1 b6 16. e4 Ng4 17. Qd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 $14 {
Dzindzichasvili,R-Salov,V Manila izt 1990 CBM/19 49/17}) 9. d3 h6 {
Schwarz verhindert das mgliche Bg5.} 10. Bf4 (10. Na4 Qe7 (10... b6 11. Bf4
Bd7 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 (16...
Rc8
$5) 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bc1 f5 20. f3 {
1-0 Ehlvest,J-Romanishin,O/Terrassa 1991/CBM 24/[Ribli] (30)}) 11. Qc2 d4 12.
Rb1 (12. e3 e5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 (15. Qxd2 $5) 15... Bd7
16.
Rfe1 Qd6 17. b3 Rae8 {0-1 Nikolac,J-Kurajica,B/Cro Cup 2001/[1/2] (31)}) 12...
Rd8 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Rb8 17. Qf4 b5 18. Rfe1
Qf8
19. Nd2 bxa4 20. Bxc6 {
1-0 Milos,G-Van Riemsdijk,H/Buenos Aires 1990/CBM 20 ext (53)}) (10. e3 b6
11.
Rd1 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Qa4 a6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Ned4 Rfc8 17.
Bb2
bxa3 18. Bxa3 Qd7 19. Bb2 b5 20. Qb3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 $44 {
1-0 Ivanov,I-Lobo,R/USA 1990/EXT 2000 (43)}) 10... Re8 11. Na4 (11. Ne5 Nxe5
(
11... Nd4) 12. Bxe5 Nd7 (12... Ng4) 13. Bd6 d4 14. Na4 Bb6 15. Qc2 e5 16. b4
cxb4 17. axb4 Bc7 18. c5 a6 19. f4 Rb8 20. Qa2 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Nf6 22. fxe5
Rxe5
23. Nc5 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Kiriakov,P/Krasnoiarsk 1998/EXT 2000 (23)})
11... b6 {Dieser natrliche Zug fhrt zu Ausgleich.} (11... e5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bc1 Bg4 $13) (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Be3 e4 $13 (13...
Nd4))
12. Ne5 Bd7 (12... Bb7 $2 13. Nxc5 $16) 13. e3 $6 (13. Nc3 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 (
14. Qxc3 d4 15. Qc2 Rc8 $11 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18.
Bf4
e5 19. Bc1 f5 $44)) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rad8 $11) 13... g5 $1 {Ein ausgezeichneter Zug! Schwarz
schwcht - von sich aus - seine Knigsstellung, aber das hat keine Bedeutung.
Wichtiger ist, dass Wei den Ne5 abtauschen muss. Danach bekommt Schwarz
gutes
Figurenspiel und der weie Bf4 Probleme.} (13... Rc8 $11) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Be5
Ng4 $15 16. Bc3 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Bxa4 $6 17. Qxa4 Nxe5 18. dxe6 $13)
17.
Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rad8 $15) 16... Bxc3 17.
Nxc3
dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7 {Auf den ersten Blick wirkt die Stellung
ausgeglichen. Zwar ist die Bauernstruktur in der Tat symmetrisch, aber
Schwarz
kann sich am Knigsflgel etwas Initiative verschaffen.} 20. Ne4 (20. Qc2 f5
21. Qe2 (21. e4 $6 f4 $36) 21... Qb7+ 22. f3 Ne5 $15) (20. Ne2 Qb7+ 21. f3 f5
22. h3 Nf6 $15) 20... f5 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf6 (
24... e5 25. e4 $1 (25. Nf3 $6 e4 $15) 25... f4 26. Nf3 $11) 25. Nf3 (25. Qe5
Rd6 26. Nf3 Red8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 $15 {
Schwarz kontrolliert die d-Linie. In der Folge kann er Nd7 und e6-e5 ziehen.})
25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 27. Qc2 (27. Qd2 Qb7 $15) (27. Ng1 Qb7+ 28. Kh2 Kf7
$15)
(27. Ne1) 27... e4 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 {
Wei muss die Damen tauschen.} Nxd7 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil, und sein
Springer bekommt einen ausgezeichneten Posten auf e5. Ich muss hier
anmerken,
dass der weie P auf a3 nicht glcklich steht - eine Bauernstruktur a2-b2-c4
wre besser.} 32. b3 {Frher oder spter muss Wei so spielen, aber seine
Bauern am Damenflgel sind schwach.} Ne5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. g4 $6 {Wei
mchte
sich vom positionellen Druck am Knigsflgel befreien. Seine Stellung ist
schwer zu halten, aber anstelle der Partiefortsetzung htte eine passive
Verteidigung vielleicht bessere Rettungschancen versprochen.} (34. Nb5 a5 $5
(
34... Nc6 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 Ke6 37. f4 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Ke5 $15) 35. a4 (35.
Nd6+ $2 Ke6 36. Nc8 a4 $19) 35... Nf3 36. g4 (36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Nc8 Nd2 38.
Nxb6
Nxb3 39. Kf1 Nd2+ 40. Ke2 Nf3 41. Kf1 Ne5 $17 {
Anschlieend kann Schwarz Kd6-Kc6 ziehen, und Wei verliert Material.}) 36...
Nd2 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. Nxf5 Nxb3 39. Nxh6 Nd2 40. Nf5 Nxc4 $17) 34... fxg4
35.
hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxe4 (36. Nb5 a5 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. Nxe4 Ne5 39. Nc3 Nd3 40.
Nd5
Nc1 41. Nxb6 Nxb3 $17) 36... Ke6 37. Nc3 Ne5 38. f4 (38. Nb5 $142 Nc6 39.
Kg3
h5 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 h4 42. Kg4 Ke5 43. Kxh4 Ke4 $17) 38... gxf4 39. exf4
Nc6 40. Nb5 h5 $1 $17 {Der entfernte schwarze Freibauer entscheidet die
Partie.
} (40... a5 41. Kf3 h5 (41... Nd4+ 42. Nxd4+ cxd4 43. Ke4 $11) 42. Ke4 h4 43.
Nc7+ $17) 41. Kg3 (41. Kf3 $2 Nd4+ 42. Nxd4+ cxd4 43. Ke4 h4 $19) 41... a5
42.
Nc7+ Kf5 43. Nd5 Nd4 44. Kh4 (44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 a4 46. Nc3 a3 $19) (44.
Nxb6
Nxb3 45. Nd7 (45. Nd5 Nd2 46. Ne3+ (46. Nb6 h4+ 47. Kxh4 Kxf4 $19) 46...
Ke4
47. f5 Kxe3 48. f6 Ne4+ $19) 45... h4+ 46. Kxh4 Kxf4 $19) 44... Nxb3 45. Kxh5
Nd2 46. Nxb6 Kxf4 47. Na4 (47. Kg6 Ke5 $19) 47... Ne4 $1 $19 (47... Nb3)
(47...
Ne4 $1 48. Kg6 Ke5 49. Kf7 Kd4 50. Ke6 Kxc4 51. Ke5 Kb3 52. Nb6 Nd2 $19) 01

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 c5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. d4 Be6 11. Re1 h6 $1 {Topalov correctly sensed the
importance of the g5 square control, even though weakened diagonal b1-h7
could
have seemed dangerous.} 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 (13... Nd5 14. Nf1 Nxe3
15.
Nxe3 $14) 14. Ne4 Nd5 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bc2 $14) (14... Bd5 15.
Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 dxc5 19. Be4 $14) 15. dxc5 (15. Bc1
Bf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 $13) 15... Nxe3 16. Rxe3 dxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 (17... Qb6 18. Re1
Qxb2 $2 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bh7+ $18) 18. Re1 (18. Nfg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 (19.
Qh5
Bf5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxf5 Bg7 $19) 19... g6 20. Nxe6 (20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxe6
Qf7 $15) 20... Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 $15) 18... Rad8 19. Neg5 Rd6
$1
{Excellent defensive move played in cool blood, Morozevich will have a hard
time intensifying his attack.} (19... Bd7 $2 20. Qd3 $18) (19... hxg5 $6 20.
Nxg5 g6 (20... Bd6 21. Qh5) 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Nxe6 $16) 20. Ne4 (20. Nxe6
$5
Rexe6 (20... Rdxe6 $2 21. Qd3 $18) 21. Bb3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 $14) 20... Rdd8 21.
Nfg5 $1 Bd5 $1 22. Qh5 $2 {White got carried away with the prospects of
triumphal attack, this impatient move loses.} (22. Nh7 $1 Bxe4 (22... Kxh7 $2
23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rxe8 $18) (22... Be7 23. Nxc5 $1 Bxa2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25.
Qg4+
Kf8 (25... Kh8 26. Qf5 $18) 26. Bh7 $18) 23. Rxe4 Re7 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 $14) 22...
Re5 $1 23. f4 Rf5 24. g3 (24. Ng3 g6 25. Qe2 Rxf4 $19) 24... g6 25. Qh4 c4 $1 (
25... hxg5 26. Nxg5 Rxg5 27. Qxg5 c4 $17) 26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 Be7 27. Qxh6 (27.
Qg4 h5 $19) 27... Bxe4 $1 (27... Rh5 $2 28. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 29. Re8+ $18) 28.
Bxe4
Rh5 $19) 26... Kg7 27. Qg4 (27. R1e2 Be7 $17) 27... hxg5 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29.
Qxg5
Qb6 30. f5 Be7 $1 {For the change black is now prepared to play aggressively,
opponent's concept was fully refuted.} 31. Qf4 (31. Rxe7 Qf2#) 31... Qxb2 32.
Rxe7 (32. R1e2 Qc1 $19) 32... Qxc2+ 33. R1e2 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Re8 (35.
Rxb7 Nd4 $19) 35... Rd7 $1 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Ke3 Bc6
40.
Rb8 Re7+ 0-1

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6.

Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.
dxc5
$14 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ (7. Bxf6
Nxf6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. c3 Qd6 12. Re1 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14.
cxd4
Bf6 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Ne5 $14 {Gligoric,S-Akopian,V Erevan 1989/}) 7... Nxf6 8.
Bxf6 (8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13.
dxc5
Qc6 $1 14. Kb1 Rfd8 $10 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk V Linares m/2 1992 Inf 55/283/})
8...
Qxf6 9. Bb5+ (9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14.
c3 c6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 a5 19. b3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Illescas Cordoba,M/Torneo de Pamplona 9th 1998}) (9.
Bd3
a6 (9... Bd6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Be4 O-O-O 12. O-O Rhe8 13. c4 c6 14. Rad1 e5
15.
c5 Bc7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 $14 {Kovalev,A-Dolmatov,S/BL9293 1993}) 10.
Qe2 c5
11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Kb1 Bd6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Be4 Bb5 $15 {
Maier,C-Legky,N/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 a6 $5 {Shirov used this
continuation against Topalov in advanced chess in Lion and won, so Anand
decides to check it out wether Topalov has come to Dortmund with an
improvement!} (10... Bd6 11. O-O (11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O c5 14.
Rad1
cxd4 15. cxd4 $14) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Be4 $14 {
Morovic Fernandez,I-Hergott,D/North Bay op 1996}) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 Rfd8
14.
Qe4 g6 $13 {Kovalevskaya,E-Edzgveradze,N/Moscow-W 1996}) (10... g6 11. c3
(11.
Qe2 Bg7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. c3 Qe7 15. Qe4 Rd8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ne5
$40 {
Kreiman,B-Zifroni,D/Graz op 1997}) 11... Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O (13. O-O-O
$5
{/\Kb1,h4,h5/}) 13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 $16 {
Smyslov,V-Dolmatov,S/Rostov 1993}) 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 $146 {

Here comes Topalov's novelty. In the game with Shirov he played Ftacnik:
'Anand has chosen Shirov's play as an inspiration in this line, white sensibly
admitts the importance to support the most valuable piece in the center.'} (13.
Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7
{
Black managed to survive white's attack and to convert his material advantage
into a point after very sharp battle.} (18... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5
Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 {0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Leon/2001/ (49)}))
13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 ({After} 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 {White loses a castling
option but his rook can be brought into play over the h-file.} O-O 16. Qe4 Rd8
17. h4 {with initiative. '|^' Ftacnik.}) 15. O-O ({After a tempting} 15. Qe4
$5 {black can hold by} Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qf5 $1 {with slightly worse position.} (
16... Qf5 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Rc1 $14)) 15... Qf4 ({In case of} 15... Rd8 16. f4 {
Black's position is too passive.}) 16. g3 {'!' Ftacnik.} (16. Rfd1 Bxe5 17.
dxe5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Bd5 $1 (18... O-O $2 19. Rc4 Qg5 20. Rg4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Kh8
22.
Qg3 $40 (22. Qg3 {Ftacnik} f5 23. Rd4 (23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rg6 Qxb2 $13) 23...
Bd5 24. b3 $14)) 19. Rc7 O-O $14 {'~~' Ftacnik.}) 16... Qxd4 17. Nxd7 Kxd7
18.
Qf3 $36 {White is regaining a pawn. Due to unsecure position of the black king
Topalov's position is better.} Ke7 {Ftacnik: 'Black has to be very careful in
the defense, despite compact position the centralized king can easily become
indifensible.'} (18... Kc8 {Ftacnik} 19. Be4 Kb8 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Qxf7 $16) 19.
Qxb7+ Kf6 20. Rad1 Qa7 (20... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxa6 Rhb8 22. Qc6 Be5 23.
b3
$16) 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qg4 g5 (22... Be5 {Ftacnik} 23. Rd2 $14) 23. Bc4 Qb6
24.
Rd3 $1 {An excellent maneuver. This rook has a lot to do on the third rank.}
Rad8 (24... Qxb2 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 28. Rxe6+ Kf8 29.
Rxd6 $18) 25. Rf3 $1 {Veselin is aiming at the black king.} ({
Not so promising was} 25. Rb3 Qc6 (25... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 26. Qe2 a5 $14) 26.
Qe2
a5) 25... Be5 (25... Qxb2 $4 26. Rxf7+ $1 {with the checkmate in two.}) 26.
Re1
f6 ({Extremely risky is} 26... Rd4 $6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qf5+ Ke7 (28... Bf6
29. Rxe6) 29. Qxe5 Rf8 30. Bxe6 Qd6 $1 31. Qg7+ Kd8 32. Qxh6 $18 {
and white is winning '+/-' Ftacnik.}) 27. Qh5 {White is threatening with 28.
Rxe5. Black has to defend against tacktical blows on every move.} (27. Qe4 $5
{
Ftacnik} Rd4 28. Qg6 $40) 27... Qb4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black's position
is not bad, but white's attack can not be underestimated.'} (27... Qxb2 28. Rb3
Qd2 29. Rb7+ Rd7 30. Reb1 Rxb7 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30... Rc8 $5 {Ftacnik} 31.
Rxd7+ (31. Qxh6 Rxc4 32. Qg7+ Ke8 $11) 31... Qxd7 32. Bxa6 $14) 31. Rxb7+
Kd6
32. Qf7 $1 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Bd4 34. Rd7+ Ke5 35. Rxd4 Kxd4 36. Qg7 $3 $40 {
'!!' Ftacnik.} (36. Qg7 $3 Ra8 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Qc7+ Kf5 39. Qc2+ Ke5 (39...
Kg4 40. h3+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kh4 42. Qg6 $18) 40. Qc5+ Ke4 41. Qc6+ $18)) 28.
Rxe5 {
'!' Ftacnik.} ({A similar position emerges after} 28. Re4 $5 Qd2 $1 (28... Qxb2
{Ftacnik} 29. Rb3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 $18) 29. Rxe5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxc4) 28... Qxc4
29.
Re1 ({On} 29. Rc3 {black would have sacrificed the queen} Qxc3 $1 (29...
Qxa2
$2 30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Rec5 $18) 30. bxc3 fxe5 31. Qe2 Rd6 32. Qxe5 Rh7 {
with good drawing chances. '+/=' Ftacnik.}) 29... Qxa2 {
With every pawn capture Vishy is getting closer to desired draw.} 30. Qg6 Rhf8
31. Qxh6 Qxb2 ({In case} 31... e5 {
white could conduct the following combination} 32. Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe5+ $1
fxe5
34. Qxg5+ Ke6 ({after} 34... Ke8 35. Qxe5+ Kd7 {
White closes out the game with an incredible} 36. Rc3 $3 {(total domination!)}
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ {(there is no other choice)} 38. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 39. Ke3 $3 {
Black is forced to trade the queens '!' Ftacnik.} Qb6+ 40. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 41.
Kxd4
{the emerged endgame is hopeless for Black '+-' Ftacnik.}) 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36.
Kg2 Kxf7 (36... Qd5+ 37. Rf3) 37. Qh5+ Ke6 38. Qxd1 Qxb2 {with big
advantage
in the queen ending. After the move which was played in the game the same
tactical idea works.} (38... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 39. h4 $16)) 32. Qg7+ Rf7 33.
Rxe6+
$1 $16 {'!' Ftacnik.} Kxe6 34. Re3+ Qe5 35. Rxe5+ fxe5 36. Qxg5 Rdf8 37.
Qg4+
Kd5 38. Qd1+ Kc5 39. Qc2+ Kb4 $2 {Very stupid mistake Ftacnik: 'Anand is
probably playing serious innaccuracy in the time trouble, chances for
successful defense were promised after the correct 39...Kb6.'} ({After} 39...
Kb6 $1 40. Qb2+ (40. h4 Rxf2 41. Qxf2+ Rxf2 42. Kxf2 a5 $11 (42... a5 43. h5
a4
$11)) 40... Kc6 41. Qa2 (41. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Rxf2 42. Qe6+ Kb7 (42... Kb5 43.
Qd5+ Kb6 44. Qd4+ Kb5 45. Qxf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 $18) 43. h4 R2f6 $14) 41...
Rxf2
42. Qxa6+ Kd5 $14 {White can't exchange his queen for two black rooks to his
advantage,which means that black is very close to a draw here!} (42... Kd5 43.
Qb7+ (43. Qd3+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 $11) 43... Kd4 $1 44. Qb6+ Kd3 45. Qxf2
Rxf2
46. Kxf2 Kd2 47. Kf3 Kd3 $11)) 40. Qb2+ $18 Kc5 (40... Kc4 41. Qe2+ Kd5 42.
Qd3+ $1 Kc5 43. Qxa6 $18) (40... Ka4 41. Qa1+ $1 Kb4 42. Qxa6 $18) 41.
Qxe5+
Kb6 42. h4 a5 43. h5 Rd7 44. Qe6+ Kc7 45. h6 1-0

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3

d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6
15. d4
c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Re2 Bb4 19. a5 Bc6 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
b4
22. Ree1 Qc7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. h5 Nf4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Qe3 Ng4
28.
Qc5 Be8 29. Bc4 Rdc8 30. Qd6 Qa7 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Bd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rxd5
34.
Qxd5 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 36. Rc2 Bb5 37. Kg1 h6 38. Rec1 Re8 39. Rc8 Qf2+
40.
Kh1 Qxb2 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Rc8 Qa1+ 43. Ng1 Nf6 44. Qc6 b3 45. Rxe8+
Nxe8 46.
Qxe8+ Kh7 47. Qxf7 Qb1 48. Kh2 b2 49. Ne2 Qd3 50. Nc3 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O

d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5
Nh5
15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rac1 Nc5
21.
Qb1 Ra4 22. Be3 a6 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bd4 Qa8 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 {

The Classical line is not played too often nowadays, with aggressive lines
like f4 and Bb5+ or h3 and Bd3 being more popular.} O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O
Na6
11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 {Topalov has this year in a rapid game
against Kramnik revived this line, in which the relevant games were played
about 20 years ago.} 14. Ra3 $5 $146 {This otherwise typical manoeuvre for
the
Classical line is here a novelty. Later on however the R will find no scope on
the 3-rd rank.} (14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 (15... Rb8 16. Qc2 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Ne2 $5 (19. Qc2 Qf6 $5 (19... Rf8 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rf3
Rb8 22. Rg3 Qh4 23. Rg5 Ng4 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. g3 Qh6 27. f5
Bb7 28.
Rf1 $40 {Dydyshko,V-Lukov,V/Polanica Zdroj/1983/}) 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8
22.
Raf1 Re7 23. Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 (24... Nxd5 $5 25. Nxd6 Qe6 $13
{Kramnik}) 25.
Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 $1 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6
31.
Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8 $44 {Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Monaco act/2001/}) (19.
Qh5
Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Nb5 Re7 $13 {Kramnik}) 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Qh4
Qf6
23. Qh3 Ba6 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Rg1 Bc8 27. Ncd1 Qf7 28. Rg5 $1
$40 {
Rytov,B-Beliavsky,A/Vitebsk/1970/}) 19... Qh4 20. Ng3 Rf8 (20... Ng4 $142 $5
21. Nxg4 Qxg4 $132) 21. Qc2 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Ra3 Kh8 24. Be2 Qh4 25.
Nh5
Bd4 26. Be3 Nxd5 27. Bxd4+ cxd4 28. Qd2 Bb7 29. Bf3 {
1-0,Taimanov,M-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee/1970/}) 14... Qe7 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16.
Nc4 {/\} Nf6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. d6 $36) 15. Nb5 (15. Nc4 Ne5 (15... Ba6 16.
Bf4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4 $14) 16. Ne3 {also was interesting, as here after} f5 (16... a6
$5) 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $14 {the R can be useful on a3.}) 15... Nxb5 16. Bxb5 (
16. axb5 f5 $13 {
and the weakness on a7 is rather abstract, while Black has concrete [+]<=>.})
16... Rd8 (16... a6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rb3 $1 Rf8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxb6 Qc7 21.
a5
Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd5 $16) 17. a5 (17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132)
17...
a6 $5 18. Bc6 (18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. axb6 (19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6 Ra7 $11 {/=/+})
19...
Bb5 20. Re1 Rab8 $132) (18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Bc6 Bb7 (19... Rb8 $143 {18.Bc6})
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qc2 (21. f4 f5 $13) 21... Rf8 $5 $132) 18... Rb8 19. axb6
Nxb6 20. b3 $1 ({Aggressive, but double-edged was} 20. f4 Nd7 (20... Bb7 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f5 $36) 21. Qc2 Rb4 $132) 20... Be5 $5 {
/\Qh4 A provocative move, Black lures White's f-pawn forward.} (20... f5 21.
exf5 gxf5 22. Re1 $14 {<->e}) (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc4 $14) (20...
Nd7
21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Bf4 $14) 21. f4 (21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rb1 $11) 21... Bg7 (
21... Bd4 $142 $5 22. f5 Nd7) 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 $1 (23. Nc4 Ne5 24. Nxe5
Bxe5
25. Qf3 Qh4 $5 (25... Qf6 26. fxg6 $14) 26. g3 Qf6 $132) 23... Bxd7 24. Qf3
Bd4
25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 (26. g4 $6 Qh6 27. Nc4 Qh4 {><>>}) 26... Bb5 27. Be3
Bxe3
28. Qxe3 h5 $1 {Black must first free his K from back-rank mates, then he can
open the position.} 29. h4 (29. h3 $5 $14 {was possibly stronger, as later on
in some lines the pawn will be en prise on h4.}) 29... Kh7 30. Rfa1 (30. e5
dxe5 31. Qxe5 Re8 32. Qf4 Re2 33. Rd1 Rbe8 $13) 30... Bxc4 (30... Re8 31.
Rxa6
$1 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 Rbd8 33. Qf4 $16) 31. bxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 (32. Qe2 Qh6
{/\Qf4}
33. g3 Rdb8 $132 {and White must beware of surprises on the 2-nd rank.})
(32.
Ra4 $5 Rdb8 33. Rxb4 cxb4 $1 (33... Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxc4 35. Ra7 $36) 34.
Rxa6 b3
35. Rb6 b2 (35... Qd8 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qxf6 38. Qg3 Qf1+ $11) 36. Qb3
Rxb6 37. Qxb6 Qc8 38. Qxb2 Qxc4 $11) (32. Rxa6 Rxc4 $132) 32... Re8 $1 33.
Rxa6
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 $11 35. Rca3 {White already had no suitable way to protect
his Pf6, so Kramnik decides to force a draw.} (35. Qg3 $2 Rxe4 $36) 35... Rxf6
36. e5 Rf5 $1 {The most accurate.} (36... Rxe5 $143 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Rxf6
e4
39. g3 Qe7 40. Rf2) 37. e6 $8 (37. Rxd6 $2 Rexe5 38. Qxc5 $8 Qe7 39. Rh3
Re1
$19 {->}) 37... fxe6 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Qf6 (39... g5 40. dxe6 Rxe6 41.
hxg5
$14) 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Rxa8+ Kg7 (41... Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Qb3 Qxh4+ 44.
Kg1
Qe1+ 45. Kh2 $11) 42. Ra7+ Kg8 (42... Kh6 43. Qe3+ g5 44. dxe6 Qe5+ $11)
(42...
Kg8 43. Ra8+) 1/2-1/2

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]

[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8.

Bf4 O-O 9. Bd6 Ng4 10. Bg3 (10. Qxg4 Bxd6 11. Bd3 Ne5 $11) 10... Nge5 11. f4
Qe3+ (11... Ng6 12. Qd2 d6 13. O-O-O $14) 12. Be2 Ng6 (12... Nc4 $2 13. Bf2
$18
) (12... Ng4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nc4 Qd4 15. Bxg4 Qxc4 16. Be2 $14) 13. Qd3 $1 {
The original opening is followed by the first surprise in the form of transfer
to the endgame. The knight on g6 is not a great asset and Morozevich has to
find a way to complete his development.} Qxd3 14. Bxd3 a6 15. O-O-O f6 $6 (
15... d6 $5) 16. Ne2 b5 17. Bf2 Rb8 18. g3 $1 Nh8 $1 (18... d6 19. Ned4 $14)
19. Rd2 Nf7 20. Rhd1 Re8 (20... d6 21. Ned4 $14) 21. c3 e5 22. c4 $1 {
For Topalov it is not enough to suitably place the pieces, in order to get
advantage he needs the help of his pawns.} b4 (22... bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb7 24.
Bd5
$14) 23. a4 Bf8 (23... d6 24. c5 (24. f5 Bb7 25. Kb1 Ng5) 24... Be6 25. Bc2
Rbd8 $11) 24. c5 $1 exf4 25. gxf4 d6 26. Kb1 h5 $2 {The defender became
very
active in the moment, when 26...Ng4!? would probably have solved most
problems.
} (26... Bg4 $5 27. Rc1 Rbd8 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Bc4 Ncd8 $13) (26... dxc5 27.
Nxc5 $14) 27. Rc1 Bb7 28. Bc4 (28. Ng3 h4 29. Nf5 $16) 28... Rxe4 29. Bd5
Ne7
$1 (29... Ree8 30. cxd6 Ncd8 31. d7 $16) 30. Bxf7+ $6 (30. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 31.
Ka1
$16) 30... Kxf7 31. cxd6 Nd5 32. Nc5 Nc3+ $2 {Mere mortals are not able to
understand the irrational moves of this kind, Morozevich must have made a
terrible mistake in his calculations.} (32... Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Bxd6 34. Rd1 $14)
33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4+ (34... Bxd6 35. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 36. Ka2 $18) 35. Ka2
Be4
36. Ka3 (36. Nxe4 Rxa4+ 37. Ra3 Rxe4 38. Bc5 $18) 36... a5 (36... Bc6 37. Nd4
$18) 37. Nd7 $1 R8b7 38. Nxf8 1-0

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3

e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $6 {Topalov hopes to avoid the move Nh4 from the variations
after 9...Be7, but he diminishes control of the center and neglects
development of the pieces.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 $1 cxd4 (12... Be7
13.
d5 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 (15... Nxe5 $2 16. f4 Nd3 17. f5 $1)
16.
f4 $1 $40) 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 (14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Bxe4) 14... Ncb8 15. b4 $1 {
Thanks to the closed character of the struggle black was able to avoid huge
problems, but Anand enjoys pleasant initiative.} h5 16. g5 (16. Nc4 hxg4 17.
hxg4 Nf6 18. Ng5 b5 19. Na5 Qd7 20. f3 Be7 $15) 16... a5 (16... h4 17. Nc4 b6
18. Bd3 $14) 17. bxa5 Be7 (17... Rxa5 18. a4 Nc5 $6 19. Nb3 $16) 18. Nb3 O-O
(
18... Na6 19. Bb5 O-O 20. Nh4 Ndc5 (20... Bxg5 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Bxd7 $18)
21.
Nxg6 fxg6 22. h4 $16) 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Bd2 Na6 20. Rc1 Nac5 21. Rc4 f6 22.
Nxc5
Nxc5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Qe2 $16) 19... Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 $1 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nf5
(
22. Nxg6 fxg6 $132) 22... f6 $1 (22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Nxb3 (23... bxa5 24. Nxc5
Nxc5 25. Qe3) 24. axb3 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Qe3 $14) 23. Nh4 Qe8 24.
Nxc5 (
24. Qc3 $5 fxg5 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. axb6 $15) 24... Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26.
Nxg6
Qxg6 27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 $1 {Topalov plys very well in the defense and
white has to start worrying about liquidation of the tension into complete
equality.} 29. Be3 (29. Bf3 g4 $1 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Rxa2 32. Qxa2
Qxg4+
33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke2 $4 Qd3#) 34... Qg4+ $11) 29... Bxb6 30. Rec1
g4
31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rb4 Ba5 (32... Ba7 $5) 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35.
d6 (
35. Rxc5 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 g3 $1 37. Rxa5 g2 $19) 35... Qxd6 36. Qc4+ $2 (36.
Qxg4
$1 Bd2 37. Rd1 $13) 36... Kh8 37. Qxc5 Qh6 $1 (37... Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39.
Rxe5
g3 40. Kf1 Bxf2 $11) 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Bd2 40. Rc2 Bxe3+ 41.
Kf1 $17) 38... Bb6 $1 (38... g3 $5 39. Qxa5 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 gxf2 41. Rd8+ Kh7 $1
42. Rxb8 (42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 Rxd8 44. Qxe5 $15) 42... Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2
44.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg6 47. Qxf2 Qxe4+ $17) 39. Qxe5 Rf8
40. Rf1
(40. Qh2 Rxf2 41. Qxh6+ gxh6 $17) 40... Qh4 $2 {This move is yet another
tragic prove how difficult it is to manage problems with the time trouble.
With a bit more time in his pocket black would surely have found tyhe winning
move 40...Rf4!} (40... Rf4 $1 41. Qc3 Qh4 $19) 41. Qh2 Bxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qxh2+ (
42... g5 43. Qxh4+ gxh4 44. a4 $1 h3 45. Bxh3 gxh3 46. a5 $11) 43. Kxh2 g5 (
43... Rf6 44. Bh1) 44. Bh1 $1 g3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rd1 Kg7 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48.
Ke2 (
48. Kg2 Be5 49. Rd2 Rf3) 48... Be5 (48... Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Be5 50. Rd2) 49. Rd2
Ra8
50. Bg2 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke2 (52. Kc4 $5 Kf4 53. Re2 $15) 52... Kf4 53. Rc2
Ra3 54. Rd2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Ra3 56. Re2 Ra7 57. Rc2 Rb7 58. Re2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2
Rg1
60. Kd3 $1 Rc1 (60... Rxg2 61. Rxg2 Kf3 62. Rg1 g2 63. a4 Kf2 64. Rxg2+ Kxg2
65. a5 Bb8 66. a6 g3 67. e5 $11) 61. Rd2 Rc3+ 62. Ke2 Rf3 $1 63. Kd1 (63.
Bxf3
gxf3+ 64. Kf1 Ke3 65. Rc2 Kd3 $1 $19) (63. Rc2 Rf2+ 64. Kd3 Rxc2 $1 65. Kxc2
Ke3 66. a4 Kf2 67. a5 Kxg2 68. a6 Bb8 69. e5 Kf3 70. e6 g2 71. e7 g1=Q $19)
63... Bc3 64. Re2 Ke5 65. Kc2 Bd4 66. Kd1 Rf8 67. Rd2 Rb8 68. Ke2 Bc3 69.
Rd5+
(69. Rc2 Kd4 70. Kd1 Rb1+ 71. Rc1 (71. Ke2 Re1#) 71... Rxc1+ 72. Kxc1 Ke3
73.
Kc2 Be5 74. a4 Kf2 75. a5 Kxg2 76. a6 Kf3 77. a7 g2 78. a8=Q g1=Q $19) 69...
Ke6 70. Kd3 Be5 (70... Rb2 71. Kxc3 Rxg2 72. Rg5 Rxa2 73. Rxg4 Ke5 74. Kd3
$11)
71. Rc5 Rb1 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2 Rg1 74. a4 {In a nasty ending Anand is
fighting like a lion and enjoys good chances for a draw.} Ra1 75. Kc4 Ke6 (
75... Rxa4+ 76. Kd5 $11) 76. Kb3 Bd4 77. Ra2 Rg1 78. a5 Bf2 79. a6 Ke5 (79...
Rxg2 80. a7 Bxa7 81. Rxg2 Bf2 82. Kc3 Ke5 83. Kd3 Kf4 84. Ke2 Kxe4 (84... Bd4
85. Kf1 Kf3 86. Ra2 Bf2 87. Ra3+ $11) 85. Rxf2 gxf2 86. Kxf2 $11) 80. Ra5+
Kf6
(80... Kf4 81. Kc4 Rxg2 $2 82. Kd3 Bc5 83. Rxc5 Kf3 84. Rf5#) 81. e5+ $6 (81.
Ra2 Kg5 82. Kc4 Rxg2 (82... Kf4 83. Ra5 $1) 83. a7 Bxa7 84. Rxg2 Kf4 85. e5
$1
$11) 81... Ke6 82. Bd5+ (82. Bb7 g2 83. Bxg2 Rxg2 84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 Kxe5
$19
) 82... Kxe5 83. Bb7+ Kf6 (83... Kd6 84. Ra2 (84. a7 Bxa7 85. Rxa7 g2 86. Bxg2
Rxg2 87. Ra5 (87. Kc3 Ke5 88. Rf7 Ke4 $19) 87... Ke6 88. Kc3 Kf6 89. Kd3 Rf2
90. Ke3 g3 $19) 84... g2 85. Ka4 $1 g3 86. Bxg2 Rxg2 87. a7 Bxa7 88. Rxg2
$11)
84. Ra4 $4 {Horrible blunder after a long tirering fight, in Dortmund Anand
was clearly out of form.} (84. Ra2) 84... g2 0-1

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e6 8. c3

Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ba4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. g3 d5
15.
e5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Ne3
cxb4
22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Be3 d4 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5
Rfc8
28. Qe4 Rc2 29. a4 a5 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. Qxd4 Qc7 32. Rb5 Rd8 33. Qd6 Qxd6
34.
exd6 b6 35. d4 Rc6 36. d5 Rxd6 37. dxe6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14.
Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc7 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 20. h3 Rac8
21.
Qb2 b6 22. Rae1 Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Qb3
b5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3
21.
Rxe3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Re1 Bb6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Be8
27.
Kf2 Bg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Kf7 30. Ke3 dxe4 31. Re2 g5 32. Kxe4 a5 33. Rd2
{
# Thema: Aufbau und Ausnutzen einer allgemeinen horizontalen Sperre
gegen
den weien Knig.} Rc4+ 34. Ke3 g4 35. Rd4 Rc2 36. Rf4+ Kg8 37. Rf2 Rc5 38.
Kd4
Rc4+ 39. Kd3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Rh4 41. Rf3 Kh7 42. Rg3 Kh6 43. b3 a4 44. Re3
axb3
45. axb3 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rf4 47. Kd3 g5 48. Rg3 Kg6 49. Re3 Kf5 50. Kc3 Rh4 51.
Kd3
Kf4 52. Kd4 Rh8 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Re3 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Rd5+ 56. Kb4 Kf4 57. Re1
Rd3
58. Rh1 Kxe5 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rb1 (60. Rxh4 Rd4+ 61. Rxd4 Kxd4 62. Kxb5 e5
$19)
60... h3 61. Kxb5 h2 0-1

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Black "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 cxd4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.

Nxd4 Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5
Be6
15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxa7
e4
21. Nd5 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Qxb7 Rc2 24. Qb4 Rxe2 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nc6
Re8
27. Qb5 Rxa2 28. Nd8 Qe7 29. Qd5 Rf8 1-0

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3

O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4
15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 (17... c4 {
is the safest for Black, but it doesn't give many winning chances.}) 18. Nh2
Nf6 19. Rg3 Qe7 {This move gave Bacrot a nice victory last year.} 20. Nhf3 $1
$146 {More logical than Grischuks choice. Toplalov just builds his attack,
following the standard approach of not counting P:s with White in this line.} (
20. Rf3 Bxd5 21. Rxf5 Bf7 22. Ndf3 Be6 23. g4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qb7 $13 {
0-1 Grischuk,A-Bacrot,E/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 83/[Ftacnik] (56)}) 20...
fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 $5 {
Black needs the P to justify giving White such a nice attacking position.} 22.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bd2 $1 $40 {White is a P down, but he has a very nice game
with
easy to find attacking moves in the pipeline. The most prominent threat is
Bxb4.} Bf7 $6 (23... Qxb2 $5 24. Bxb4 (24. Bxh6 $2 Bb3 $1) 24... Bxf3 25. Qd3
$5 {looks very strong, but it's not so easy to prove a win for White.} Rxe1+ (
25... Bh5 26. Rxe8 (26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ $11) 26... Rxe8 27.
Bc3
Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4 $1 $13) 26. Bxe1 Bc6 27. Bc3 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4 29. Bxg7
Bxg7
30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Qxg7+ Ke6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bh7 $13) (23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3
Qxb2
$2 25. Bc3 $16) 24. Bc3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qe6 26. Ne5 $1 {
An excellent attacking move simply threatening to win with Qe4.} Nd5 (26... d5
27. Rf3 Be8 (27... Ra7 28. Nxf7 Qxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Rxf7 30. Bh7+ $18) (27... d4
28.
Bxb4 cxb4 29. Qe4 $18) 28. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Rxf8 Bc6 30. Qb1+ g6 31. Nxg6
Qe4
32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rf6 $18) (26... dxe5 $2 27. Qe4 $18) 27. Qe4 $18 {
All white pieces are taking part in the onslaught. Black is defenceless.} Nf6
28. Qxa8 dxe5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb8 Qd6 31. Qxb5 1-0

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Nc5 8.
Be2 d5 9. d4 Nce4 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14.
Qb3
Bf6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Ne5 Re8 20. a4 Qc8 21.
Nc6 Ne7 22. d5 Nxc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. dxc6 Qe6 25. Qg3+ Bg6 26. Qxc7 Rec8
27.
Qf4 Rxc6 28. a5 Qe5 29. Qf3 Rac8 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qa3 Qc5 32. Qg3 Qg5 33.
Qb3
Be4 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Rad1 Kg7 36. Qb4 Re6 37. Qa3 Ra8 38. Qb3 Rae8 39. Qb4
Qc5
40. Qd2 Qg5 41. Qb2 h5 42. Qa3 Qc5 43. Qc3 Qa5 44. Qb2 Qe5 45. Re1 Qc5
46. Re3
Bg6 47. Rd5 Qc7 48. Rxe6 Rxe6 49. Qd2 Re5 50. Rd4 Qc5 51. Rd8 Qe7 52. Rd7
Qc5
53. Rd8 Qe7 54. Rb8 Re1 55. Rxb6 Qe5 56. Ra6 Qe4 57. Qc3 Qe5 58. Qxe5 fxe5
59.
Ra3 Rc1 60. f4 exf4 61. Rf3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3

Nd7 9. Nbd2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15.
b3
h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Ba3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Qe3 h4 20. Bd3 Bh5 21. Kh1 g6 22.
Rg1
Qa5 23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Nxh4 Bb6 25. Qe1 Bc5 26. a4 Qb6 27. Rf1 Bb4 28. axb5
Nc5
29. Bc4 Nbd7 30. bxa6 Nxa6 31. Qc1 Nac5 32. Bc3 Rfc8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qc2
Qa5
35. Ra1 Qxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Kg2 f6 38. gxf6 Nxf6 39. f3 Kh7 40. Bf1 g5
41.
Nf5 Bxd2 42. Qxd2 Bxf3+ 43. Kg1 Ncxe4 44. Qd3 g4 45. hxg4 Ng5 46. Ng3+
Nfe4 47.
Qc2 Kg6 48. Kh2 Bd1 49. Qb2 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ 52. Kh3 Nfg5+
53.
Kg2 Bf3+ 54. Kg1 Rd1 55. Nxe4 Nxe4 56. Qh2 Kg5 57. Qh5+ Kf4 58. Qh6+
Kxg4 59.
Qh3+ Kf4 60. Qh6+ Kf5 61. Qh7+ Kg5 62. Qg7+ Kf4 63. Qh6+ Ng5 64. Kf2
Rd2+ 65.
Ke1 Rd1+ 66. Kf2 Rd2+ 67. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O (13. Na5 Qc7
14.
c4 O-O (14... Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. Rc1 b6 17. Nc6 a5 18. O-O Bh3 19. Rfe1 g6
20.
b3 Bg7 21. a3 O-O 22. b4 {1-0 Wang Yu-Zhao Xue/HeiBei 2001/ (44)}) 15. O-O
Bf6
16. Rac1 b6 17. Nc6 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Raxb8 19. b4 Qd7 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 dxc5
22.
Rxc5 Be7 {0-1 David,A-Dinstuhl,V/Germany 2000/ (39)}) (13. c4 b6 14. O-O
Nf6
15. Nc1 a5 16. b3 h4 17. a3 Nh5 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Ne2 f5 20. f4 e4 21. Bc2 Bf6
22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Rac1 g6 24. Bb1 Kf7 25. Nb5 {
1-0 Kraemer,M-Becker,M/Willingen/2001/ (50)}) 13... Qc7 (13... O-O 14. c4 Bh7
15. Na5 Qc8 16. b4 Bd8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. f4 h4 20. f5 {
1-0 Conquest,S-Gofshtein,L/Fuerth 1999/ (37)}) (13... a5 14. f4 a4 15. fxe5
axb3 16. Rxf5 bxa2 17. e6 Nf6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bd4 Qc8 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. Qe2
Rh8 22. b3 Qd7 23. c3 Ra3 24. Rxa2 Rha8 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Rxf6 {
1-0 Galliamova,A-Hunt,H/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 14. c4 b6 15. f4 g6 16.
Rad1 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. b3 h4 20. Ra2 O-O 21. Qe1 Kg7
22.
b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa2 24. Nxa2 Nd3 25. Qc3 Ra8 {
1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Cvitan,O/Neum 2000/ 2001 (39)}) 16... a5 17. fxe5 Nxe5
(
17... dxe5 18. d6 $18) 18. Rxf5 $5 {Topalov is trying to refute black's
concept with the position exchange sacrifice, even though he could have
played
more positionally.} (18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf3 $1 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 $16) 18... gxf5 19.
Nd4 Ng4 $6 (19... Rg8 20. Nxf5 (20. b3 h4 21. Nxf5 Bf6 $13) 20... Nxc4 21.
Bxc4
(21. Rc1 b5 22. b3 Qd7 23. bxc4 Qxf5 24. cxb5 Rb8 $13) 21... Qxc4 22. Re1
Kd7
$13) 20. Nc6 (20. Bxg4 hxg4 (20... fxg4 21. Nc6 f6 (21... Bf6 22. Qf2 $16) 22.
Re1 Rh7 23. Qc2 $18) 21. Nxf5 Bf6 22. Qe2 $14) 20... Rg8 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Kf8 22. Qc3 Rh6 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Rxf5 h4 26. Bd3 $14) 21. Rf1 Ne5
{
The knight rushes back proving, that the move 19..Ng4?! was a dubious
concept.}
(21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 h4 23. Rxf5 $16) (21... h4 22. Rxf5 h3 23. g3 $16) 22.
Rxf5 Nxc6 (22... h4 23. Bh5 $1 h3 24. g3 Rg7 (24... Rf8 25. Qf2 $18) 25. Bd4
$18) 23. dxc6 O-O-O (23... Qxc6 24. Bf3 Qc8 (24... Qd7 25. Qd5 Bd8 26. Bxh5
Rg7
27. Bh6 Rh7 28. Qe4+ Qe7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qc6+ Qd7 31. Bxf7+ $18) 25.
Qd5 Rb8
26. Qxf7+ Kd7 27. Rf6 Rf8 28. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 29. Bf4+ Kd7 30. Qd5+ $18) 24.
Qd5
Rde8 (24... Rdf8 25. Bxh5 $18) 25. Rxf7 Kb8 (25... Ref8 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Rxe7
Qxc6 28. Bf3 Rxf3 29. Qxg8+ Kxe7 30. Bg5+ Rf6 31. Qg7+ $18) 26. Bf4 Ka7
(26...
Rgf8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Bxc7+ Kxc7 30. Qf5 Rxe2 31. Qf7+ Kd6
32.
Qf4+ Kc5 33. Qg5+ $18) 27. c5 $1 {
Fine attacking idea, that opens access to black's king.} bxc5 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29.
Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Qb3 (30. Qb3 Rb8 (30... Bb6 31. Qf7+) 31. Qc4 Rxb2 32. Qxg8
Rxe2
33. Qb3 $18) 1-0

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O

Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8
14. a3
Na6 15. Qc2 $1 $146 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6 (16... Qd6 17. f3 f5 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. fxe4
Be5 20. h3 Bd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Nd3 Ba4 24. Qxa4 Qxe2 25. Rf3
$1 $16
{1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/(44)}) 17. f4 $1 exf3 (17... Bxg4
$142
18. Bxg4 f5 19. Be2 $14) (17... f5 18. Ne3 $36) 18. Bxf3 {
White have clear advantage due to Na6,passed pawn d5 and space
advantage.} Qc7
19. g3 Bd7 $6 (19... f5 $5 20. Nf2 f4 $132 21. g4 Be5 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Bc3 $14)
20. Nf2 b5 {Probably better was to refrain from this move.After few moves
pawn
c5 would became weak.} 21. b3 Rae8 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 {
Black decide to close Q's side because there were possibilities to play there
only for White.} 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5 27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1
Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6 $16 {
Exchanges didn't help Black.Their weaknesses became obvious now.} Rd8 32.
Qf5
h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 $1 Rd7 35. Bf4 (35. Rf4 Be5 36. Rxg4 Nb8 37. Be3
a6
38. Bxc5 axb5 39. axb5 $16 {Three passed pawns should decide the game.})
35...
Re7 $1 {Shirov prepares a counterplay.} 36. Nxd4 (36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Nxd4 cxd4
38. Rxd4 Nc5 $44) 36... cxd4 37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 (38. d6 Re8 (38... Rf7 39. c6 $1
gxf4 40. Rxf4 $18) 39. d7 Rd8 40. Bd6 Rxd7 41. Rd1 d3 42. Kg2 Rd8 $1 (42...
f5
43. Kf2 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Rg1 Rg7 46. c6 $16) 43. Kf2 Rc8 $17) 38... Re3 39.
c6 (39. Rxf6 d3 40. Rf2 Re2 41. Kg2 d2 $19) 39... Kf7 40. Bb8 $2 (40. Kg1 Kg6
41. Rd1 $16) 40... Nxb8 41. c7 Re8 42. cxb8=Q (42. Rc1 d3 43. cxb8=Q Rxb8
44.
Rd1 Rc8 45. Rxd3 Rc3 $19) 42... Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 $17 {Endgame
of
is very interesting game was played in mutual timetrouble and Shirov missed
his winning chances.} 45. Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7 Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4
49.
Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6 Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 {Hecht: '# Lt
Wei
hier das Remis aus und anschlieend Schwarz den Gewinn? Es geht allein um
Zug
54! '} 54. Rb1 {'?' Hecht.} (54. gxf4 $1 {Hecht} gxf4 55. Rb1) 54... Rxa6 (
54... f3 $1 {Hecht} 55. Kg1 Rxa6 56. Rb3+ Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kd3 58. Rb4 Ra1+
59. Kf2
Ra2+ 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Rd2 62. Kg1 Ke3 63. Rb1 Ke2 64. Ra1 Rd1+ 65.
Rxd1
Kxd1 66. Kf1 Kd2 67. Kf2 Kd3 68. Kf1 (68. h3 {Hecht} gxh3 69. Kxf3 g4+ $19)
68... Ke3 69. Ke1 f2+ 70. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 55. Rb3+ Ke2 56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4
gxf4
58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1
Ke3 64.
Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1 Rd4 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+
70.
Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3 75. Ra3+ Kf4 76.
Ra4+
Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3 Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3 80. Rh8+ Kxg3 81. Rg8+ Kf2 82.
Ra8 Rg7
83. Ra2+ Kg3 84. Kg1 $1 Rb7 85. Rg2+ $1 $11 1/2-1/2
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 {. Recently, in the last open Wch, the chess grands Shirov and Topalov
have discussed many times the position after the move 13th.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 (9. cxd5
$11) 9... Be6 (9... O-O) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Ne5 $5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13.
d5 Bc8 14. a3 {1-0 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001 (44)}) 11... Bf5 12.
Qb3 {
Introduced by Khalifman 1985, this move has its partisans as well as critics.
The statistic is more favorable for Black. 'Schussler: 'The main alternative
is 12.Rc1.''} (12. Ne1 dxc4 {
1-0 Polovnikova,E-Gorshkova,I/WchJW U20 1997/EXP 59 (46)}) (12. Ne5 f6 13.
Nd3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd3 {
1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Mikhalchishin,A/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (16)}) (12. Rc1 dxc4
13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Re1 {
Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1993/0-1 (52)} (16. Qf3 Be6 {
Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo cdt 8f 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)})) 12... c6 (12... dxc4
13. Bxc4 a5 14. a3 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a3 a4 16. Qd1 {
0-1 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kolesar,M/Pardubice /1995 (37)}) 14... Nxc3 {
1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana op 1994 (29)}) 13. cxd5 {
''!?' Blatny,P. '} (13. Rac1 {'!?' Blatny,P.} dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 {'?!' Schussler.
} (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 {
1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes team60 1992/CBM 28/[Schussler] (51)})
15.
Bxf7+ (15. Be2 Be6 $17) 15... Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow 1985/MCL (57)}) (13. c5 $5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
(14.
Qxc3 Nc2) 14... Nc2 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 {
1-0 Kloppenburg,M-Pinkerneil,R/6/7 ICCF Cup sf 1991 (41)}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3
Rb8 17. c4 Be6 {0-1 De Firmian,N-Schwartzman,G/Chandler 1997/CBM 61
(48)}) ({
Topalov himself against Shirov prefered 13 g4 and::} 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (31)})
(13. g4
Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1
Nb5 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (53)}) 17.
Ne5
Bxe2 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nxe2 Ra6 {
1-0 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (42)}) 13...
cxd5
({The latest deviation from the followed path was in another Shirov's game:}
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 366 (28)}) 14.
Rac1
(14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {
1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 14... a5 15. Na4

Rb8
{#} 16. Nc5 $146 (16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a3 {
0-1 Plaskett,J-Fridman,D/Port Erin 1998/CBM 67 ext (64)}) ({Fritz 7:} 16. a3
Na6 17. Ne5 $14) 16... Bd6 $14 (16... b6 17. Na4 Qd6 $14) (16... Qd6 17. a3
$14
) 17. Rfd1 (17. a3 $142 $14) 17... b6 $11 18. Nxe4 (18. Nd3) 18... dxe4 19. Ne5
{#} Qe8 (19... Qh4 $5) 20. Nc4 $14 Bc7 (20... Qe7 $6 21. Nxd6 $140 (21. Bd2
Rbc8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rc4 Rfd8 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc2
27.
Re1 Kf8 28. f3 Re8 29. Bd1 Rc1 30. Kf2 e3+ 31. Ke2 Bc2 32. g3 (32. Rxb6
Bxd1+
33. Rxd1 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 35. a4 Rxh2 36. b4 Rf2 37. a5 Rxf3 38. Re1 e2+
39.
Kd2 Ra3 $11)) 21... Qxd6 22. d5 Rfd8 23. f3 Qe5 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. g3 Qd6 26.
Be3
Rbc8 27. Bf4 $14 {^^}) 21. Na3 {#} Rb7 (21... Qd7 $5 22. Nb5 Bd6 23. Nxd6
(23.
d5) 23... Qxd6 24. a3 (24. f3 Nd5) 24... Be6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27.
Qxb5
Nd5 $15) 22. Nb5 $14 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 (23... Qe5 24. d6 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26.
Bd4
Qf4 27. Qd5 Be4 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Bxe5 f6 30. f3 Bg6 31. Bf4 $14) 24. a4 (24.
Nc3 $14) 24... Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Qc4 Na6 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Rxb7
$1
Qxb7 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Bxb6 Nb4 32. Rd2 $16) 28... Nxc7 29.
dxc7
Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe4 Bxc7 32. Qh4 Bf5 33. Bf3 Be5 $11) 31...
Rxc7 32. Rd1 $14 Qe8 $6 (32... Ra7 $6 33. Kh1 g6 (33... Bxh2 34. g3 Bxg3 35.
fxg3 Qxg3 36. Qd6 $14) 34. Qxe4 Bf5 35. Qc6 Re7 36. Bxb6 Re6 37. Qxe6 Bxe6
38.
Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Bd7 40. Bxa5 $16) (32... Rb7 $1 33. Kh1 g6) 33. Bxb6
Bxa4
34. Qxe5 $2 (34. Bxc7 $18 Bxc7 (34... Bxd1 35. Bb5 Bb3 (35... Qe7 36. Bxe5
$18)
36. Qxb3) 35. Rc1 Bb8 36. Bg4 $18) 34... Qxe5 $11 35. Rd8+ Be8 36. Bxc7 Qe7
37.
Bxa5 (37. Bb5 Qxd8 38. Bxd8 Bxb5 $11) 37... h6 38. Bb5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6 17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4+ Kh8 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxe4 Rb5 24. Rfd1 Qe8 25. h3 Rxb2 26. Qxe5
Rb5 27.
Qe6 Bg5 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Ra7 h5 31. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4
Be6
15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. Kf2 h5 20. Re1 Ne8
21.
Bxg7 Nxg7 22. g4 Qd8 23. Kg2 Ra7 24. Qe3 Rab7 25. Re4 Rb4 26. Qg5 Rxe4
27. Rxe4
Rb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Qd4 Qa5 33.
Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]

[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3 b4 17. a4 Qe8 18. h4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a4
21.
h5 f6 22. hxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Qd3 axb3 24. Rh4 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rb8 26. Rxb3
Rb5 27.
Rd4 Rfb8 28. Kc2 Kf7 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 Kf6 31. Re3 b3+ 32. Kd3 R8b7 33.
Re6+
Kxf5 34. Rh6 Rb4 35. Re4 R4b5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Reh4 1-0

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 $5 {A double edged
novelty tries to solve the riddle of the position with extreme meassures.} (13.
Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 (14... a5 15. a3 Nxc3 16. axb4 Nb5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18.
d5
Be4 19. dxc6 Bxf3 20. Bxb5 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 {
1-0 Adams,M-Christiansen,L/Cannes 1992/ (52)}) 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne5 Nd5
17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxc6 Qe8 19. Rcc1 Bd6 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Rc6 Rd8 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Arkhipov,S/Moscow/1985/ (57)}) (13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Nxc3 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Be4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxc3
Bb4
20. Qc4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Leon 2001/ (28)}) 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3
Qd7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 De Firmian,N-Kaidanov,G/New York/1994/
(18)}
) (13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2 15. Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Bf6 (16... Qe8 17. Qa6 f6
18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bd8 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 17. Qxc6 Re8 18. Qa4 h5 19.
Bb5 Re4 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Nf1 Bd3 {
0-1 Benjamin,J-Christiansen,L/San Francisco 1998/ (39)}) 13... Bxg4 14. c5 a5
15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2
20.
Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Moscow/2001/ (53)}) 17. Ne5 Bxe2 (17... Rb8 18. Nxc6
Rxb7 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 (19... Bxe2 20. Nxb7 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 $16) 20. Bxg4 Nf6
(20...
Rxb2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rfb1 $16) 21. Bf5 $14) 18. Nxc6 $1 Qd7 (18... Rb8 19.
Nxd8 Rxb7 20. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nxe2 Ra6 (19... Bf6 20. Ng3 (20. f3 Ng5 21. Bxg5
Bxg5 22. f4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Rae1 Qa6 25. Qxc7 $16) 20... Rfe8 21. Bf4
$16
) 20. Ne5 $1 {White keeps an excellent centralized piece that indirectly
defends his own exposed king.} (20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bf4 Ng5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5+
23.
Ng3 Qf4 24. Rae1 Rh6 $132) 20... Qd8 21. Ng3 Bf6 (21... Nxg3 22. fxg3 $16)
22.
Nxe4 dxe4 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 dxe4 24. Qxe4 $18) 23. Qxe4 Re6 24. c6 (24. f4
Rfe8 25. Rac1 $18) 24... Bxe5 (24... Nd5 25. Rac1 (25. f4 $6 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc6
$14) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 $1 (27. Qxe3 Qd5 28. f3 Rxc6 29. Rxc6
Qxc6 $14) 27... Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxe5 29. Qf4 Qe7 30. c7 $18) 25. dxe5 f5 26.
Qc4 (
26. Qf3 f4 27. Bc5 Rfe8 28. Bd6 Nb5 29. Qxf4 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Qc4+
Kh8
32. Rae1 $18) 26... f4 (26... Qd5 27. Rfc1 Qxe5 28. Bf4 (28. Bd4 Qd5 29. Qxd5
Nxd5 30. Rc5 Nf4 31. Kf1 $18) 28... Qd5 29. b3 (29. Bxc7 Re1+ $1 30. Rxe1
Qxc4
31. Rac1 $11) 29... Rg6+ 30. Kf1 $18) 27. Bb6 Qd5 (27... Rf7 28. Bxc7 Rg6+
29.
Kh1 Qxc7 30. Rac1 $18) 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxa5 f3 (29... Rxc6 30. Rfd1 $18)
30.
c7 $5 {The pawn on seventh rank has enormous power.} (30. Rfd1 Rxe5 31. b4
Rfe8
32. a4 Nc3 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Nxa4 35. h3 $18) 30... Nf4 31. Rac1 (31.
Rfd1
Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Nxf2 36. Rf1 $18)
31...
Ne2+ (31... Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rxe5 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rfd1 $18) 32. Kh1 Nxc1 33.
Rxc1
Rc8 34. Rd1 Kf7 (34... Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. b4 Kf7 37. h3 Ke7 38. b5 $18)
35.
Rd8 Rc6 (35... Re8 36. h3 $18) 36. h3 (36. Rxc8 $4 Rc1+ $19) 36... R8xc7 37.
Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd3 $1 Rc2 39. Rxf3+ Ke6 40. b4 Kxe5 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Rf7 1-0

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[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Ngf3 Nd7 6. h3 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3

braucht Schwarz ebenfalls nicht zu frchten.}) 20... Rxf2 21. Kxf2 e5 {

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]

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

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+

Chandler,M-Nogueiras,J/Moscow 1990/TD}) (11... Nb6 12. Nf3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]

1. e4 {Winants} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.

1-0 Vorobiov,E-Bogachkov,I/St Petersburg 2000 (56)}) ({ou} 19. a4 {Winants}

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

[Event "Leon Man+Comp"]

[White "Shirov, Alexei"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6.

Smyslov,V-Dolmatov,S/Rostov 1993}) 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 $146 {

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

[Black "Leko, Peter"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 {

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8.

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e6 8. c3

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 cxd4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

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

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

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

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]