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Table of contents:
# 7, 2008
News............................................................................................................................ 4
Games ......................................................................................................................... 8
(1) Van Wely,Loek (2676) - Shirov,Alexei (2740) [D87] ........................................... 8
(2) Volokitin,Andrei (2684) - Onischuk,Alexander (2664) [E05]................................ 9
(4) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) - Volokitin,Andrei (2684) [E94].................................. 12
(5) Eljanov,Pavel (2687) - Shirov,Alexei (2740) [A16] ............................................ 14
(6) Carlsen,Magnus (2765) - Van Wely,Loek (2676) [D43] .................................... 15
(7) Van Wely,Loek (2676) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2711) [D31] ................................... 16
(8) Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) [C42] ................................. 18
(9) Eljanov,Pavel (2687) - Carlsen,Magnus (2765) [E05] ....................................... 19
(10) Volokitin,Andrei (2684) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [E37]................................... 21
(11) Onischuk,Alexander (2664) - Svidler,Peter (2746) [D97] ................................ 22
(12) Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (2684) - Van Wely,Loek (2677) [B90].......................... 23
(13) Onischuk,Alexander (2664) - Eljanov,Pavel (2687) [E15] ............................... 25
(14) Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (2684) - Carlsen,Magnus (2765) [B70]........................ 26
(15) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) - Van Wely,Loek (2676) [B85] ................................ 27
Editorial staff: ............................................................................................................. 30

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News
Karen Asrian 1980-2008
There is shocking news that Karen Asrian has died at the age of 28. According to A1+
News Agency he died of a possible heart attack. Apparently feeling ill, Asrian pulled his car into
a court yard in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early Monday and lost consciousness. An
ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene.

He was the Armenian number 4 player and world number 92 and was their champion 3
times and also won Gold Medals at the 2006 Olympiad held in Turin.

Karen Asrian
24th April 1980 - 9th June 2008.

Karen Asrian Memorial

The Yerevan Chess Giants took place June 8th-15th 2008. After the death of Karen As-
rian the Open Rapid Tournament alongside scheduled for June 12th-15th 2008, was cancelled
along with two days of the main event. The tournament is now also known as the Karen Asrian
Memorial and this will be for future years too. Time control 25 mins + 10 seconds a move. Karen
Asrian Memorial. Levon Aronian took clear first place, half a point clear of Peter Leko.

Karen Asrian Mem Yerevan (ARM), 9-15 vi 2008 cat. XIX (2719)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2763 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8½ 2793
2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 2766
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2774 0 ½ 1 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 2740
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 7½ 2747
5. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2708 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2720
6. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2643 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2701
7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 6 2667
8. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2673 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 5 2623

Aerosvit Tournament
The Aerosvit-2008 tournament took place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June 2008. Magnus
Carlsen won the event with a fantastic 8/11.

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Aerosvit Foros (UKR), 8-19 vi 2008 cat. XIX (2712)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2881
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2811
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2745
4. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2750
5. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 5½ 2714
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2711
7. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 1 1 5½ 2709
8. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 ½ 5 2675
9. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 5 2672
10. Nisipeanu, L.-D. g ROU 2684 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 5 2678
11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ 4 2612
12. Onischuk, Alex-r g USA 2664 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3½ 2583

National Open Las Vegas

The National Open took place in Las Vegas USA 5th-8th June 2008. 6 players finished on
5/6 no news on any tie-breaks: Kamsky, Fressinet, Petrosian, Tigran L, Kolev, A, Finegold,
Friedel, Josh.

Nezhmetdinov Memorial
The Nezhmetdinov Memorial took place in Kazan 1st-9th June 2008. Dmitry Bocharov
won the event with 6/9

Voronezh Chess Festival

12th Voronezh traditional chess festival took place 10th-21st June 2008. Aleksej Alek-
sandrov took first place on tie-break from Sergei Zablotsky after both finished on 7/9.

Russian Women's Championship Higher League

The Russian Women's Championship Higher League took place in Chelyabinsk 4th-12th
June 2008. Valentina Gunina was a point clear of the field with 7.5/9.

Chinese Championships
The Chinese Championships took placein Beijing 29th May - 8th June 2008. Ni Hua took
the men's title with 7.5/11 and Hou Yifan the women's with 9/11.

XII Izmailov's Memorial

12th Izmailov's Memorial took place in Tomsk(Russia) 25th June-4th July 2008. Artyom
Timofeev was a point clear of the field with 7/9.

FIDE Rating List July

Viswanathan Anand holds on to his lead in the FIDE rating list ahead of Vladimir Kramnik.
However the list is in fact out of date as Carlsen's win the in Aerosvit tournament in Foros which
finished on the 20th would have lifted him to second in the world if it had been included. I'm all
for sticking to the rules and FIDE have relaxed them to all the inclusion of late results in the past
but in my view events of this strength should be registered in advance and once that's done they
should be automatically included. Anand has played a couple of games and Kramnik not at all in
this quarter which has seen Alexander Morozevich take his chance to move to second in the
world. However I think its pretty clear there isn't much at all between the top 6 in the world with
Carlsen and Ivanchuk playing particularly impressively recently.

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April 2008 FIDE Rating List. Top 100

No Ja08 Name Ti NAT YroB ju06 oc06 ja07 ap07 ju07 oc07 ja08 ap08 Gms
1 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 1969 2779 2779 2779 2786 2792 2801 2799 2803 27
2 1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 1975 2743 2750 2766 2772 2769 2785 2799 2788 13
3 4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 1977 2731 2747 2741 2762 2758 2755 2765 2774 11
4 3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 1975 2813 2813 2783 2772 2769 2769 2780 2767 27
5 13 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 1990 2673 2698 2690 2693 2710 2714 2733 2765 27
6 10 Aronian, Levon g ARM 1982 2761 2741 2744 2759 2750 2741 2739 2763 27
7 6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 1985 2722 2728 2754 2757 2757 2752 2760 2752 13
8 12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 1987 2728 2729 2729 2747 2746 2742 2735 2751 27
9 5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 1976 2742 2750 2728 2736 2735 2732 2763 2746 11
10 8 Leko, Peter g HUN 1979 2738 2741 2749 2738 2751 2755 2753 2741 27
11 9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 1969 2734 2741 2750 2729 2762 2787 2751 2740 35
12 7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 1972 2716 2720 2715 2699 2735 2739 2755 2740 14
13 14 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 1990 2679 2672 2678 2686 2678 2694 2732 2732 0
14 16 Adams, Michael g ENG 1971 2732 2735 2735 2734 2724 2729 2726 2729 13
15 15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 1974 2697 2705 2705 2705 2718 2714 2726 2726 0
16 11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 1968 2729 2733 2733 2733 2733 2736 2737 2723 13
17 18 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 1983 2721 2703 2723 2717 2706 2705 2719 2719 0
18 21 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 1983 2709 2710 2717 2717 2726 2715 2711 2716 11
19 17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 1983 2667 2671 2691 2708 2735 2710 2720 2711 11
20 20 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 1985 2644 2639 2661 2679 2689 2716 2711 2711 0
21 22 Polgar, Judit g HUN 1976 2710 2710 2727 2727 2707 2708 2707 2709 13
22 28 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 1985 2664 2671 2644 2656 2685 2692 2691 2708 16
23 24 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 1983 2707 2705 2705 2709 2695 2695 2700 2705 13
24 37 Ni, Hua g CHN 1983 2607 2621 2632 2654 2681 2641 2680 2703 28
25 42 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 1978 2637 2637 2637 2642 2667 2670 2677 2695 29
26 29 Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 1983 2658 2655 2677 2678 2680 2683 2691 2695 15
27 19 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 1986 2632 2632 2640 2646 2657 2670 2713 2695 13
28 26 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 1974 2667 2688 2677 2680 2679 2676 2695 2695 0
29 32 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 1968 2652 2670 2652 2655 2666 2673 2686 2690 1
30 30 Milov, Vadim g SUI 1972 2620 2657 2665 2676 2675 2676 2690 2690 0
31 25 Wang, Yue g CHN 1987 2626 2644 2644 2656 2696 2703 2698 2689 33
32 31 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 1980 2691 2682 2663 2679 2676 2690 2689 2689 5
33 27 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 1983 2651 2658 2675 2686 2701 2691 2692 2687 13
34 46 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 1987 2632 2640 2651 2658 2647 2648 2670 2686 17
35 48 Wang, Hao g CHN 1989 2610 2622 2619 2638 2624 2643 2665 2684 25
36 36 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 1985 2625 2628 2669 2669 2663 2674 2681 2684 20
37 45 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 1986 2662 2645 2645 2654 2681 2678 2674 2684 16
38 44 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 1982 2674 2674 2679 2676 2666 2660 2675 2684 7
39 33 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 1976 2693 2690 2689 2693 2683 2668 2684 2684 0
40 34 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 1979 2672 2672 2682 2677 2683 2690 2681 2681 0
41 53 Harikrishna, P. g IND 1986 2682 2674 2673 2650 2664 2668 2664 2679 30
42 49 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 1986 2644 2643 2658 2644 2655 2663 2665 2679 18
43 39 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 1981 2681 2675 2700 2690 2676 2661 2677 2679 5
44 41 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 1966 2683 2683 2643 2643 2653 2653 2677 2677 0
45 35 Van Wely, Loek g NED 1972 2675 2676 2683 2674 2679 2679 2681 2676 15
46 50 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 1960 2626 2626 2626 2631 2646 2657 2665 2674 17
47 47 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 1976 2672 2664 2669 2675 2682 2691 2667 2674 9
48 40 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 1976 2675 2674 2658 2659 2658 2674 2677 2674 9
49 23 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 1971 2713 2713 2700 2698 2708 2713 2700 2673 17
50 38 Navara, David g CZE 1985 2719 2725 2719 2720 2656 2656 2680 2672 9
51 61 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 1981 2592 2599 2601 2603 2618 2645 2652 2671 24
52 73 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 1979 2662 2662 2647 2642 2648 2645 2644 2666 18
53 54 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 1971 2645 2659 2658 2636 2650 2657 2663 2665 19
54 55 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 1965 2685 2680 2661 2660 2663 2649 2662 2665 10

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55 51 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 1985 2657 2662 2663 2658 2650 2637 2664 2664 29
56 52 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 1975 2668 2668 2663 2663 2650 2674 2664 2664 0
57 82 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 1985 2632 2612 2616 2620 2624 2624 2638 2660 19
58 72 Short, Nigel D g ENG 1965 2676 2677 2691 2691 2683 2649 2645 2660 13
59 56 Roiz, Michael g ISR 1983 2611 2611 2605 2605 2630 2644 2659 2659 9
60 74 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 1983 2651 2650 2650 2658 2644 2644 2643 2658 25
61 68 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 1987 2594 2595 2624 2641 2654 2646 2646 2658 11
62 91 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 1969 2666 2655 2658 2633 2606 2607 2633 2657 20
63 58 Lautier, Joel g FRA 1973 2675 2667 2656 2661 2654 2657 2657 2657 0
64 57 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 1973 2645 2645 2649 2652 2655 2661 2657 2657 0
65 59 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 1981 2626 2628 2646 2644 2646 2654 2656 2656 0
66 60 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 1951 2668 2668 2668 2668 2668 2670 2655 2655 0
67 70 Korneev, Oleg g RUS 1969 2638 2657 2606 2565 2565 2587 2645 2651 44
68 77 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 1987 2568 2590 2587 2609 2628 2645 2641 2651 27
69 75 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 1980 2649 2632 2627 2630 2641 2646 2643 2650 27
70 71 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 1986 2641 2640 2644 2647 2645 2638 2645 2650 19
71 99 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 1981 2591 2609 2616 2622 2598 2599 2627 2649 16
72 67 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 1974 2642 2641 2641 2633 2634 2634 2646 2649 11
73 62 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 1977 2598 2579 2602 2614 2595 2607 2649 2649 0
74 65 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 1978 2621 2622 2618 2618 2648 2639 2647 2647 0
75 69 Afromeev, Vladimir f RUS 1954 2620 2635 2628 2628 2642 2646 2646 2646 0
76 88 Socko, Bartosz g POL 1978 2621 2630 2629 2641 2660 2646 2635 2644 26
77 43 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 1983 2667 2667 2658 2651 2667 2673 2676 2643 20
78 66 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 1978 2616 2626 2632 2646 2671 2651 2647 2642 18
79 81 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 1953 2625 2639 2639 2648 2653 2646 2638 2641 26
80 100 Fridman, Daniel g GER 1976 2569 2604 2626 2635 2628 2621 2627 2640 10
81 79 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 1980 2622 2636 2643 2657 2649 2644 2640 2640 0
82 93 Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 1971 2637 2628 2598 2600 2591 2613 2630 2639 9
83 97 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 1985 2622 2632 2629 2621 2615 2623 2628 2638 18
84 89 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 1979 2561 2583 2583 2609 2624 2631 2635 2635 0
85 63 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 1973 2668 2680 2667 2663 2648 2643 2649 2634 26
86 -- Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 1990 2525 2545 2587 2602 2613 2611 2600 2634 22
87 -- Shabalov, Alexander g USA 1967 2604 2575 2602 2606 2637 2626 2622 2633 22
88 78 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 1972 2584 2570 2596 2608 2669 2678 2641 2633 19
89 -- Volkov, Sergey g RUS 1974 2628 2628 2636 2640 2659 2648 2623 2633 18
90 96 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 1978 2641 2644 2644 2644 2645 2641 2628 2632 9
91 85 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 1990 2577 2575 2573 2593 2595 2634 2637 2632 9
92 -- Asrian, Karen g ARM 1980 2635 2634 2634 2635 2608 2623 2621 2630 29
93 76 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 1977 2607 2607 2629 2637 2656 2655 2642 2630 16
94 -- Smirin, Ilia g ISR 1968 2659 2659 2654 2650 2649 2639 2616 2630 14
95 -- Solak, Dragan g SRB 1980 2564 2567 2564 2575 2566 2568 2626 2630 9
96 98 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 1960 2638 2638 2638 2642 2634 2634 2628 2630 1
97 87 Tregubov, Pavel V. g RUS 1971 2594 2596 2613 2615 2599 2609 2636 2629 16
98 -- Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 1973 2646 2640 2640 2651 2649 2638 2626 2629 5
99 -- Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 1979 2619 2613 2596 2615 2618 2635 2619 2629 3
100 83 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 1966 2622 2622 2619 2624 2632 2643 2638 2628 9
101 -- Istratescu, Andrei g ROU 1975 2612 2616 2619 2625 2629 2631 2617 2628 7

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4) CrestBook.com http://www.crestbook.com
5) Chessbase.com http://www.chessbase.com

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Games
(1) Van Wely,Loek (2676) -
Shirov,Alexei (2740) [D87]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (1), 08.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 Predictable de−
fence from Shirov. The same with Svidler he is
an expert of Grunfeld defence 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 [It were necessary to
move 6...c5 in the past, but now both moves
are possible] 7.Bc4 Classical way [In the end
of 20th century 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 were popular]
7...c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 This posi−
tion met in the practice very often 10...Na5
One of the magistral ways [10...Bg4 Another
way 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5
Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6 16.Qd4 Bf7 17.Bh6 Re8
18.Bb5 e5 19.Qf2 Re7 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4
Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qxb5 24.Qxf6 Qe8
25.Qd4 Rd8 26.h3 Rf7 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Qc3
b6 29.Ng3 Nb7 30.Ne4 Qe7 31.Nf6+ Kf7
32.Nxh7 Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Ng4 Kg8 35.Qd2
Re8 36.Qf4 Qd6 37.Qf2 Qc5 38.Qg3 Qd4
39.Kh2 Nd8 40.Qd6 Ne6 41.Be3 1-0 Topalov,V
(2783)−Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee
2007/CBM 117; And 3hd of the most popular
moves 10...Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5
Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rb1 a6 16.c4 e6 17.Bg5
Re8 18.Qd2 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Bb7 0-1
Topalov,V (2804)−Svidler,P (2743)/Sofia
2006/CBM 113 (61); Immediately pawn sacri−
fice 10...b6 doesn't promise equality in view of
11.dxc5! ] 11.Bd3 b6 [As prooved by another
expert of Grunfeld, another way is possible
11...cxd4 12.cxd4 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rad1
Rc8 15.d5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Bd4 Qd6
18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Qb4 20.Qe3 Rfc8= -
Van Wely,L (2655)−Svidler,P (2738)/ Dort−
mund 2005/CBM 108 (52)] 12.Rc1 This is the
most logical. Now after exchange on d4
square, white rook will take control over the "c"
line [Another way 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxc5 Be6
14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.cxb6 axb6 16.Bh6 Rfd8
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qe3 Bxa2! 0-1 Ni Hua
(2703)−Navara,D (2672)/Dagomys RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 701 (29); 12.dxc5
bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qc7 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Qc2 Ba6 18.Ng3 Rfc8
19.Rfd1 Rc7 (19...Qxc3?? 20.Rd8++−)
20.Rac1 Rac8© - Graf,A (2435)−Semeniuk,A
(2365)/Novosibirsk 1989/TD (36)] 12...e5 This
is a gambit line. Black hopes for the rich pieces
activity on queen's flank [12...cxd4 13.cxd4 e6
14.Qd2 Bb7 15.h4 Qe7?! 16.h5 Rfc8 17.e5
Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Bg5 Qc7
8
21.Bf6 Nc6 22.Qg5!± 1-0 Carlsen,M (2690)−
Ivanchuk,V (2750)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM
118 (35); 12...Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.d5 c4
15.Bc2 e6 16.Rcd1 1-0 Shariyazdanov,A
(2575)−Yandemirov,V (2494)/Tomsk
2004/CBM 102 (41)] 13.dxc5 Principle deci−
sion − the sacrifice is taken [13.dxe5 Bxe5
14.f4 Bg7 15.e5 Be6 16.c4 Qd7= 0-1
Berczes,D (2450)−Flumbort,A (2448)/Hungary
2006/EXT 2007 (50); 13.d5 f5 14.exf5 gxf5
15.c4 Nb7 16.f4 e4 17.Bc2 Nd6 0-1 Benitah,Y
(2425)−Borisek,J (2522)/Olbia ITA 2008/The
Week in Chess 708 (42)] 13...Be6 Bishop
strikes on a2 pawn 14.c4 Block, and white
pawn is going to the dream)) But b4 and d4
fields are the good targets for black knight [An−
other intresting way 14.cxb6!? axb6 15.c4]
14...bxc5 [14...Re8!?] 15.Bxc5 Bh6 Very im−
portant move [15...Re8?! 16.Be3! Re7 17.Qc2
Rd7 18.Rfd1 Nc6 19.a3 Qa5 20.Nc3 Qxa3
21.Nd5 1-0 Topalov,V (2801)−Svidler,P
(2765)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (44)]
16.Rc3 [16.f4 Re8 17.Be3 (17.f5 Qc7 18.Bf2
Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Nc3 Nb2 21.Nd5 Qxc1
22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Nxe8+ Rxe8 24.f6+ Kg8
25.Qxc1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 Nd3 27.Rc3 Nxf2
28.Kxf2 1-0 Harikrishna,P (2664)−Sutovsky,E
(2656)/Montreal 2007/CBM 119 (40)) 17...Re7
18.Qc2 Rd7 19.Rcd1 Bg4 20.h3 exf4 21.Bxf4 -
Zhou Jianchao (2580)−Li Chao (2320)/Beijing
CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 710; 16.Bxf8
Bxc1 17.Nxc1 Kxf8©] 16...Re8 17.Ba3 Qc7
18.Qc2 Rab8 19.c5 Another way to the
dream)) 19...Red8© Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-tr-+k+(
7zp-wq-+p+p'
6-+-+l+pvl&
5sn-zP-zp-+-%
4-+-+P+-+$
3vL-tRL+-+-#
2P+Q+NzPPzP"
1+-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
All black pieces stands on their places and a
compensation for the pawn is obvious 20.c6?
Very strange move, now the pawn will never
get to her dream (( She will die immediately [It
was necessary to play 20.Bc1 Bxc1 21.Nxc1
(21.Rxc1?! Nc6 ) 21...Nc6 22.h4!? ] 20...Rb6
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That's all.... R.I.P. 21.Rb1 Rxc6 [21...Rxb1+ creator Vishy Anand 11...Be4 12.Qc1
22.Qxb1 Bd2! 23.Rc5™ Nxc6=] 22.Rxc6 Nxc6 Nbd7?!N Because the variant is young it is
Black's position is better now 23.Bc1 [23.Bb5 normal that the novelities happens so early [In
Qa5! 24.Bxc6 Qxa3 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.Rd1 Qa5 sole alike game was 12...Bb7 13.Bg5 Nbd7
27.Qd3 Qxa2 28.exd5 a5∓] 23...Bxc1 14.e4 Be7 15.Nbd2 c5 16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 cxd4
24.Rxc1?? Diagram 18.Qd2 Bxg5 19.Nexg5 h6 20.Ne4 Ne3
21.fxe3 Bxe4 22.exd4 Bd5 23.Nh4 Nb6 24.Be4
XABCDEFGHY Rc8 25.Ng2 Bxe4 - Gelfand,B (2737)−
Anand,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The
8-+-tr-+k+( Week in Chess 690It is interesting to know,
7zp-wq-+p+p' why Alexander have choosed another way.
6-+n+l+p+& Maybe he avoided the draw perpetual...]
5+-+-zp-+-% 13.Ba5 after leaving knight b8−square White's
bishop can go on a5 safely 13...Qe7 14.Nbd2
4-+-+P+-+$ [14.Bxc7 Bb4 15.Nc3 Rfc8 16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Bd2
3+-+L+-+-# Bxc3 18.bxc3 N7b6© (18...Nxc3?? 19.Bxc3 b4
2P+Q+NzPPzP" 20.Qf4+−)] 14...Bxf3 [14...Bb7 15.e4 e5
1+-tR-+-mK-! 16.Bxc7! Now possible! 16...Rac8 17.Bxd6
Qxd6 18.Qd1 exd4? 19.e5] 15.Nxf3 Rac8
xabcdefghy 16.e4 It's becoming apparent that White has
won the opening battle 16...e5 17.Nh4!?
Awful mistake [It was completely necessary to [17.Qc6 exd4 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.Qxa6? Ra8
take with the knight 24.Nxc1 Rc8 and to play 20.Qxb5 Rfb8; 17.Bh3!?] 17...g6 Diagram
the worse endgame] 24...Qd6! disharmony of
white's pieces ends game 25.Qxc6 [25.Bb5 XABCDEFGHY
Nb4 26.Qa4 a6! 27.a3 Na2-+; 25.Ng3 Nb4-+;
25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qd1+-+] 25...Qxc6? 8-+r+-trk+(
strange amnesty [Even easier way to win was 7+-zpnwqp+p'
25...Qxd3! 26.Ng3 (26.Nc3 Rc8 27.Qb7 Rxc3 6p+-vl-snp+&
28.Qb8+ Bc8-+) 26...Rc8 27.Qxc8+ Bxc8 5vLp+-zp-+-%
28.Rxc8+ Kg7-+ and the "a" pawn makes the
game] 26.Rxc6 Rxd3 this endgame is not so 4-+-zPP+-sN$
easy to win for black 27.f4 [27.f3 Bxa2 3+-+-+-zP-#
(27...Rd2?! 28.Nc3 Rc2 29.a3 ) 28.Ra6 Rd1+ 2PzP-+-zPLzP"
29.Kf2 Bc4∓; 27.Nc3 Bxa2 28.h3 Bb3∓]
27...Bg4 [another strong move was 27...Rd2
1tR-wQ-tR-mK-!
28.Kf1 Bg4 29.Nc3 exf4] 28.Nc3 exf4 29.Nd5 xabcdefghy
Rd1+ 30.Kf2 Rd2+ 31.Kf1 [Not much better
was 31.Kg1 f3! 32.gxf3 Bxf3 33.Rc3 Be2∓ 18.f4?! Very aggrresive move. Now the game
(33...Bxe4?? 34.Nf6+)] 31...Be2+ 32.Ke1 Rxa2 goes to tactical way. [But I think, White could
33.Nxf4 Bb5-+ and "a" pawn provides win to dodge it for own benefit by 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qxh6
black 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.Rc7 Ra4 36.Ne6+ exd4 20.Qg5 Qe5 21.Qd2 ] 18...exf4 In my
[36.Re7 Kf8 37.Re5 Bc6 38.Nd5 f5 39.Nc3 opinion, the best. [the alternative − 18...Ng4?!
(39.exf5 Ra5-+) 39...Rc4 40.Kd2 Bxe4-+] is not enough because of 19.h3 a) 19.fxe5
36...Kf6 37.Nc5 Ra2 38.g4 Re2+ 39.Kd1 Ndxe5 20.Bh3 (20.h3? Nc4) 20...Nd3 (20...Nc4
Rxh2 40.g5+ Ke5 41.Rxf7 a5 This wasn't a 21.Bxg4 Nxa5 22.Bxc8) 21.Qc3 Nxe1 22.Bxg4
Loek's day... 0-1 Qxe4 23.Bxc8 Nd3 24.Bb7! (24.Bh3? b4!∓)
24...Qe3+; b) 19.Bf3 c5 (19...exf4 20.Bxg4
(2) Volokitin,Andrei (2684) - fxg3 21.Nf3 gxh2+ 22.Kg2±) 20.fxe5 Ngxe5
Onischuk,Alexander (2664) [E05] 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 b4©; 19...c5 20.dxe5!
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (2), 09.06.2008 (20.hxg4 cxd4 21.Qd2 exf4©) 20...Ngxe5
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam] 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Rd1 Rfe8 (22...Bxg3? 23.Nf5!
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 gxf5 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qf6+ Kg8
6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 27.Bc3+−) 23.Nf3±] 19.e5 Nxe5 [19...fxg3
10.Bd2 Bd6 Step−by−step this move became 20.hxg3 (20.exd6? gxh2+ 21.Kh1 Qxd6∓)
the main one on this line 11.Re1 Andrei playes 20...Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bc5+ (21...Bxe5? 22.Nf3
like Gelfand in his second game with varint Nd7 23.Qe3+−) 22.Kh1 (22.Kf1 Nh5 ) 22...Nh5

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23.Bf3 Nxg3+ 24.Kg2 Qxh4 25.Qxc5 Nh5= The penetrate rook on 2nd raw 24.Bd5+! [24.Rh1?!
activity of black pieces must be enough for was worse 24...fxe5 25.Qe4 Rf2+ 26.Ke1 Rxb2
equal] 20.dxe5 Bc5+ 21.Kf1 Diagram 27.Rxh2 Bf2+ 28.Kf1 (28.Kd1?? Rd8+ 29.Kc1
Qa3-+) 28...Bd4‚ Black have strong attack
XABCDEFGHY which is given full compensation for 2 pieces]
24...Kg7 25.Bc3± White pieces in finding the
8-+r+-trk+( Harmony − that will be fatally for Black. It is
7+-zp-wqp+p' nessesary to do something...... 25...b4
6p+-+-snp+& [25...Rcd8 26.Qe4 fxe5 27.Bxe5+ Kh6
5vLpvl-zP-+-% 28.Rac1!] 26.Bd2 Suddenly the mate in two is
threaten 26...Qxe5+ with a heavy heart Black
4-+-+-zp-sN$ goes to endgame [26...Rcd8?? 27.Qh6+ Kh8
3+-+-+-zP-# 28.Nxg6#; after 26...Ng4!? 27.Bb7! Nxe5 (in
2PzP-+-+LzP" way of 27...Rcd8 28.Qxg4 fxe5 (28...Qxe5+
1tR-wQ-tRK+-! 29.Kf1+−) 29.Nf3 gradually White must win)
28.Bxc8 Rxc8 29.Nf3 Black's compensation is
xabcdefghy obvious not enough] 27.Qxe5 fxe5 28.Rac1
The last reserves comes to the battle. It is easy
[21.Kh1?! Ng4 22.Re2 fxg3 23.hxg3 Nf2+ to feel now that white has an extra piece :−)
24.Rxf2 (24.Kh2 Ng4+=) 24...Bxf2 25.Qf4 Bb6 28...Bd6? Loses immediately [only the active
26.Bc3 Rcd8 ] 21...Ng4? [The strongest was defence can rescue Black 28...Bf2 29.Rh1
21...Nh5! 22.g4 the best in my opinion a) (29.Be6 Bxe1 30.Bxc8 Bxd2 31.Rxc7+ Kh6
22.Bf3 fxg3 23.hxg3 Bb6! 24.Bxb6 cxb6 32.Kxd2 Rf2+ 33.Kc1 Nf1 with some drawing
25.Qh6 Nxg3+ 26.Kg2 Nh5 27.Nf5 Rc2+ chances) 29...Bxg3 30.Nf3 Nxf3 31.Bxf3 h5
28.Kg1 gxf5 29.Qxh5 Kh8„; b) 22.Nf3 fxg3 32.Bxb4±] 29.Rh1 and now Black loses too
23.Bh3 gxh2 24.Kg2 Rcd8 25.Bd2 (25.Qh6? much material 29...Ng4 [29...c6 didn't help too
Rd3‚) 25...Rxd2+ 26.Qxd2 Rd8 27.Qc1 Rd3 ; 30.Bc4] 30.Be6+− Nf2 31.Nf5+ Diagram
c) 22.Bb7 The attempt to close the rontgen
between rook and queen 22...fxg3 23.Bxc8 XABCDEFGHY
gxh2 24.Bb7 Bg1!! Diagram
8-+r+-tr-+(
XABCDEFGHY 7+-zp-+-mkp'
8-+-+-trk+( 6p+-vlL+p+&
7+Lzp-wqp+p' 5+-+-zpN+-%
6p+-+-+p+& 4-zp-+-+-+$
5vLp+-zP-+n% 3+-+-+-zP-#
4-+-+-+-sN$ 2PzP-vLKsn-+"
3+-+-+-+-# 1+-tR-+-+R!
2PzP-+-+-zp" xabcdefghy
1tR-wQ-tRKvl-!
The final strike. Short but very interesting fight!
xabcdefghy 1-0

No matter on huge material advantage (bishop (3) Karjakin,Sergey (2732) −

and rook vs only 4 pawns) it's too hard for
Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (2684) [B48]
White to repulse the attack; 22...Bb6! The main
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (2), 09.06.2008
tactical idea is as follows: the bishop goes
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
away from queen strike. And now a5−bishop
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3
and h4−knight is on target (22...Ba7? 23.Nf3±)
Qc7 [on 5...a6 the most popular is 6.Nxc6 but
23.gxh5 Bxa5 24.Qxf4 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Qe6
this is the othe way] 6.Be3 The most aggres−
26.h6! It is very hard to give the right postion
sive reaction on Taimanov System 6...a6
evaluation but I prefer the White side :−)
[Liviu−Dieter has already tried other lines
26...Qxa2] 22.Qxf4! The only but absolutely
6...Nf6 7.f4! Bb4 8.Ndb5 Qa5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Qd3
the strongest! 22...Nxh2+ 23.Ke2 f6 Black has
f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nd6+ (12.Be2!? 0-0 13.0-0
only one logical idea here − to open "f" line and
d5 14.a3 Be7 15.Nd4 ) 12...Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Ne4

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14.Qd3 Nxc3 15.Bd2 0-0 16.bxc3 e5 17.c4
Qb6 18.0-0-0 d6 19.Qd5+ Kh8 - Kulaots,K
(2557)−Nisipeanu,L (2695)/Turin 2006/CBM
113] 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Bb4 [thanks to GM A.
Morozevich move 8...Be7 is considered good
9.f3 0-0 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nxc6 (12.h4
Ne5 13.h5 Bb7 14.g6 Rc8 15.Kb1 b4 16.Na4
Nxf3 17.Nxf3 Bxe4 18.Nb6 Bxf3 19.Nxc8 Qxc8
20.Qxd7 Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Bxh1 22.gxh7+ Kxh7
23.Bd3+ Kg8 24.Rxe7 Nf6 - Dominguez
Perez,L (2695)−Morozevich,A (2774)/Sarajevo
BIH 2008/The Week in Chess 707) 12...dxc6
13.f4 Nd6 14.Qd4 Nb7 15.Qb6 Qxb6 16.Bxb6
e5 17.Be3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nc5 19.Rg1 Bb7
20.Be3 Rad8 0-1 Gashimov,V (2679)−
Morozevich,A (2774)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The
Week in Chess 700 (54)] 9.f3 Ne7 The favorite
move of Romanians GM [9...Ne5 The most
popular way 10.Nb3 As always, fresh example
from high−level players 10...b5 11.Bd4 Be7
12.Qf2 d6 13.g4 0-0 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Rg1 Bb7
16.Kb1 Rfc8 With typical sicilian game0-1
Cheparinov,I (2696)−Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Sofia
BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 706 (33);
9...Na5 Vishy Anand's move 10.Kb1 Bxc3
11.bxc3 b5 12.Bf4! Qb6 (12...e5 13.Nf5 exf4
14.e5‚) 13.Nb3 Nc4 14.Qd4 d5 15.Bxc4 Qxd4
16.cxd4 dxc4 17.Na5 Nd7 18.Bc7 0-0 19.d5
exd5 20.exd5 Nf6 21.Rhe1 Bd7 22.Be5 Rfe8
23.Kb2 Rac8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Kc3 Kf8 26.Kd4±
1-0 Leko,P (2741)−Anand,V (2774)/Moscow
2004/CBM 102 (68)] 10.Nde2 The surplus de−
fense 10...b5 [The popular here is 10...d5 but I
think it is not solid enough 11.Bg5 dxe4
12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd4 exf3 14.Qxb4 fxe2
15.Bxe2 f5 16.Rhe1 (16.Rd6!?) 16...Bd7
17.Bh5 Rg8 18.g4 (18.g3!?) 18...Nc6 19.Qc4
0-0-0 20.gxf5 Rgf8 21.Bxf7 exf5 22.Nd5 Qxh2
23.Nb6+ - Motylev,A (2675)−Ribli,Z (2591)/
Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110] 11.Bf4 One of
the possible ways here [White also tried
11.Kb1 Ba5 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qc5 Bb4 14.Qg5
0-0 15.Qg3 Ne5 16.h4 - Topalov,V (2778)−
Polgar,J (2732)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107 (68);
11.g4 h6 12.Qe1 (12.h4 Ba5 13.a3 b4 14.axb4
Bxb4 15.Bh3 Qa5 16.Kb1 d6 17.Nc1 Rb8
18.N1a2 Ba3 19.b3 0-1 Naiditsch,A (2626)−
Nisipeanu,L (2670)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108
(41); 12.Rg1 Ng6 13.a3 Be7 14.f4 b4 15.axb4
Bxb4 16.Qd4 Qa5 17.Kb1 Rb8 18.g5 Nh5
19.gxh6 Rxh6 20.Rg5 Qc7 21.Nb5 Rxb5
22.Rxb5 axb5 23.Qxb4 Nhxf4 24.Nc3 Rxh2
25.Bg1 1-0 Leko,P (2763)−Polgar,J (2735)/San
Luis 2005/CBM 110) 12...Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5
14.Nd4 Bb7 15.Nb3 Qc7 16.Qg3 Rc8 17.Qxc7
Rxc7 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Nxe4!? 20.fxe4
Bxe4 21.Bd3 Bxh1 22.Rxh1 Nd5© 0-1 Bolo−
11
gan,V (2645)−Nisipeanu,L (2696)/Olite
2006/CBM 115 (56); 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qb6 Qxb6
13.Bxb6 d6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Rd1 Ke7 18.a4 b4 19.Nb1
Bd7 20.b3 e5 21.Nd2 Be6 22.Nc4 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 a5 24.c3 Rhd8 - Almasi,Z (2672)−
Nisipeanu,L (2696)/Sibenik 2006/CBM 114 ext;
11.Qe1 Ba5 12.Qf2 d5 13.Bc5 b4 14.Na4 Rb8
15.Nd4 dxe4 16.Nb3 Ned5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5
18.Qg3 Rb7 19.fxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxg7 Qxa4
21.Qxh8+ Kd7 22.Bc4 Nxc5 23.Bxd5 exd5
24.Rxd5+ Kc6 25.Qxc8+ Kxd5 26.Rd1+ 1-0
Karjakin,S (2645)−Zhang Pengxiang (2616)/
Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108] 11...e5 12.Bg5 h5N A
new move. The idea is to avert h6 move(after
the exchange on f6). Also the pawn attack on
King's side (by g2−g4) was possible [12...Bb7
13.Kb1 Ba5 14.Qd6 (14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qh6 Qb6
16.g3 Qe6 17.Bh3 f5 18.Qh4 f6 19.exf5 Qf7
20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.fxe4± 1-0 Anand,V (2788)−
Polgar,J (2735)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110 (62))
14...Nfd5 15.Qxc7 Nxc7 16.Ng3 f6 -
Akopian,V (2705)−Nisipeanu,L (2679)/ Goth−
enburg 2005/CBM 109] 13.Kb1 Typical sicilian
move, but here contains another idea − to
move knight on c1 13...Ba5 14.Nc1 [14.a3 Bb7
(14...b4 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Nb5!? axb5 17.Qxb4
Qa7 18.c3 Qa2+ 19.Kc2 Nc6 20.Qxb5 Ba6
21.Qb3 Bxe2 22.Bxe2 Nd4+ 23.Rxd4 exd4
24.Qxa2 Rxa2 25.cxd4±) 15.Nc1 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 d5 ] 14...b4 [14...Bb7!?
15.Nb3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 d5
18.Nc5 Bc6 19.Bd3 dxe4 20.fxe4 Ng4 21.Rd2]
15.Na4
XABCDEFGHY
8r+l+k+-tr(
7+-wqpsnpzp-'
6p+-+-sn-+&
5vl-+-zp-vLp%
4Nzp-+P+-+$
3+-+-+P+-#
2PzPPwQ-+PzP"
1+KsNR+L+R!
xabcdefghy
15...b3 [15...d5? 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.exd5±;
15...Bb7? 16.Nb3±] 16.Nc3 bxc2+ 17.Qxc2
Rb8 [17...Bb7 18.Nb3 Bxc3 19.Rc1 (19.Qxc3
Qxc3 20.bxc3 Bxe4+ 21.fxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe7
Kxe7 23.Re1 f5 24.Bd3 Nf2 25.Rxe5+ Kd6
26.Rxf5 Nxh1 27.Rf1±) 19...d5 20.Bxf6 gxf6
21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 dxe4 (22...d4 23.Rc7)
23.Nc5 Bc6 24.Nxe4 ] 18.Nb3 Bb4 19.Rd3!
d6?! 20.a3
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XABCDEFGHY
8-trl+k+-tr(
7+-wq-snpzp-'
6p+-zp-sn-+&
5+-+-zp-vLp%
4-vl-+P+-+$
3zPNsNR+P+-#
2-zPQ+-+PzP"
1+K+-+L+R!
xabcdefghy
20...Bxa3!? [20...Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Qb6 22.Nd2!±]
21.bxa3 Be6 [21...Qc5 22.Kb2 (22.Qb2 Qb6
23.Na2 a5©; 22.Ka1!? Qxa3+ 23.Na2 Qa4
24.Nd4 Qd7 25.Rb3 Ra8 26.Nf5±) 22...Be6
23.Na2 a5 24.a4 Qb6 25.Re3 0-0 26.Bb5±]
22.Na2 [22.Nd5?! Qxc2+ 23.Kxc2 Nfxd5
24.exd5 Bf5] 22...Qa5 [22...Qa7 23.Rc3! Nc6
24.Bc4 Nd4 25.Be3+−] 23.Bc1 [23.Ka1 Qa4
24.Nd4! Qc4 25.Rd1! Qxa2+ 26.Qxa2 Bxa2
27.Kxa2 exd4 28.Rxd4+−] 23...Qa4 24.Nb4™
XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-+-trk+(
7+-+-snpzp-'
6p+-zplsn-+&
5+-+-zp-+p%
4qsN-+P+-+$
3zPN+R+P+-#
2-+Q+-+PzP"
1+KvL-+L+R!
xabcdefghy
24...0-0 [24...a5 25.Qc7 0-0 26.Qxa5 Bxb3
27.Qxa4 Bxa4 28.Rxd6 ] 25.Nd4 [25.Nd2 Qd7
26.Bb2 Rb6 27.Rc3 a5 28.Rc7 Qd8 29.Nd3±]
25...Qxc2+ [25...Bd7 26.Qxa4 Bxa4 27.Bb2!
a5 28.Na2 exd4 29.Rxd4 Bc6 30.Rxd6±]
26.Ndxc2 a5 27.Rxd6 axb4 28.Nxb4± White's
extra pawn indicates his large advantage
28...Nd7 29.Bb2 Ng6 30.g3 Nc5 31.Be2 Na4
32.Rc1 Nxb2 33.Kxb2 Kh7 34.Rc5! h4
35.Bb5 Bh3 36.a4 Bg2 37.Rc3 f5 38.Na6 Rb7
39.Nc5 Ra7 40.Nd7 1-0
(4) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) -
Volokitin,Andrei (2684) [E94]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (3), 10.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.d4 [1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0
9.0-0-0 Ne5 10.h4 Bg4 11.Be2 Qc8 12.h5 h6
12
13.Kb1 Re8 14.Rde1 Bf6 15.Nh2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 d5 17.Bc1 Qd7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Qd3
Qb5 20.Ka1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rd1 Re3
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Re2 25.Ng4 Be7
26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.fxe5 Bg5
29.Kb1 Kf8 0-1 Jakovenko,D (2711)−
Volokitin,A (2684)/Dagomys RUS
2008/ hessZone #5−2008] 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0
exd4 something new... [Everybody used to the
move 7...Nc6 is the necessary one here]
8.Nxd4 Re8 [8...Nc6 9.Be3 Re8 10.f3 Nh5]
9.f3 Nc6 [9...c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Bg5 h6
12.Bh4 a5 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Rad1 a4 15.b4 axb3
16.Nxb3 Na4 - Karjakin,S (2732)−Radjabov,T
(2751)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 700 (47)] 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 [11.f4
Nf6 12.Bf3 Bg4 13.Nxc6 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 bxc6
15.Bd4 Qc8 16.Rad1 Qg4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5
Qe6 19.b3 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.h3 Qe3+
22.Kh1 Nf6 - Karpov,A (2775)−Glek,I
(2670)/Biel 1996/CBM 055] 11...Nxd4 [11...Nf4
12.Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13.Nxe2 bxc6 14.Bd4 c5
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rad1 h5 18.Qc2
Qf6 19.Qa4 a5 20.Rd3 1-0 Lputian,S (2634)−
Volokitin,A (2654)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (44)]
12.Bxd4 Nf4 Tactical ideas are in the air and
White should be very accurate! 13.Rfd1 [for
example 13.Rfe1?? Qg5-+] 13...Bxd4+
14.Qxd4 Nxe2+ Black needs the space and
should swap as more pieces as possible [in−
cluding this move 14...Qg5 doesn't promise the
complete equality 15.Bf1 Be6 16.g3 Nh5
17.Bg2 Qe5 18.f4 Qxd4+ 19.Rxd4 1-0
Gavrikov,V (2575)−Dvoretzky,M (2475)/Bad
Wiessee 1997/CBM 061 ext (40)] 15.Nxe2 b6
[It is not quite clear to me why to ignore the
natural move 15...Be6 as if the variants 16.c5
dxc5 17.Qxc5 Qe7 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Nf4 Rae8
are not dangerous] 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Any−
way! [17.Rac1 Qg5 18.b3 a5 19.Qd2 Qxd2
20.Rxd2 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Kf2 Re7 23.Re2
Rae8 24.Rce1 Re5 25.Nb5 R8e7 26.Nd4 f4
27.Nb5 Kf7 28.g3 fxg3+ 29.hxg3 Ke8 30.Rxe5
dxe5 31.Nc3 Kd7 32.Ke3 h5 33.Rh1 Rg7
34.Rxh5 Rxg3 35.Rh7+ Kd8 36.Rf7 Rg2
37.Rf5 Rc2 38.Kd3 Rf2 39.Ke3 Rc2 40.Kd3
Rf2 41.Ke3 Rc2 - Nielsen,P (2628)−Glek,I
(2571)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext]
17...Bxd5 it is obvious the knight doesn't not
allowed to go to f6 18.cxd5 Qg5 19.Rac1 Re7
20.Qd2 it seems to be most exact continuation
[20.Rc3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.h3 Rf8 23.b4 Qg5
24.Qg4 Qe5 25.Rc4 Qe3+ 26.Kh2 Qe2
27.Rdc1 Qxa2 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Qxd5
30.Rxa7 Qe5+ 31.Qg3 Rf4 - Topalov,V
(2780)−Mamedyarov,S (2760)/Nice FRA
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2008/The Week in Chess 698] Black shouldn't 33...Qh7? 34.f5 Kf8 35.Qg2 ] 34.f5 [34.e5 dxe5
start the end game because the weakness of 35.f5 e4 36.fxg6 (36.f6? Re5 37.Qf4 Rxd5)
pawn c7 may be the decisive factor 20...Qh5 36...f6 37.Qg4 e3] 34...Qd4! any natural hu−
XABCDEFGHY man wishes to put queen in the thick of the
events [Rybka recommends to play 34...Rxe4
8r+-+-+k+( 35.fxg6 f6 36.Qf5 R4e5 but to play this dan−
7zp-zp-trp+p' gerous position with queen on h8 is danger−
6-zp-zp-+p+& ous, though Black keeps up the balance in
variants] 35.Re3! is maintaining the effort [it
5+-+P+-+q% would be weaker 35.fxg6? in view of
4-+-+P+-+$ 35...Qxe4+ 36.Rg2 f5!∓ with taking over]
3+-+-+P+-# 35...Rxe4?? in such acute position the price is
too high, no wonder that just one mistake leads
2PzP-wQ-+PzP" to defeat immediately
1+-tRR+-mK-! XABCDEFGHY
xabcdefghy 8-+-+r+k+(
[20...Qh4 21.Qf2 Qh5 22.Rc4 f5 23.exf5 Qxf5 7zp-zp-+p+-'
24.Qc2 Qf7 25.Re4 - Vitiugov,N (2573)−
Khairullin,I (2533)/Cheboksary 2006/CBM 112] 6-zp-zp-+p+&
21.g4!? A bright and smart idea! White has 5+-+P+PwQ-%
blocked the undermine the f7−f5 automatically. 4-+-wqr+-+$
However in this case the king becomes acces−
sible and the fight is getting more bloodly 3+-+-tR-+-#
[21.Qd3 Rf8 22.Rc4 - Pankov,G (2367)− 2PzP-+-+-zP"
Lovkov,R (2457)/St Petersburg RUS 2007/The
Week in Chess 683; deserves attention 21.Rc4
1+-+-+-tRK!
with tactical idea 21...f5 22.e5!] 21...Qh4 xabcdefghy
22.Qf2 Qg5 23.Qd2 may be it is just a prelude [it was as few as one true move 35...Re5™
to repeating? 23...Qh4 24.Kh1! well done 36.Qh6 Rxf5! it was just one true again be−
Dmitriy! he had manned himself for continue cause other moves lead to defeat at once
fight. Could it be just the test of rival though? 37.Rxg6+ fxg6 38.Qxg6+ Kf8 39.Qxf5+ Ke7
24...Rf8 [24...f5? like hara−kiri 25.gxf5 gxf5 40.Qg5+ Kd7 running away by king to queen
26.Rg1+‚; 24...h5!? 25.Rg1 Qf6 26.Qc3 Qxc3 flank... White have too little pieces to attack
27.Rxc3 hxg4 28.Rxg4 Kg7 ] 25.Rg1 h5 [this and open king impedes to realize an another
alternative 25...f6 is too passive] 26.Rc3 one pawn because of perpetual check is always
more an uncommon move [26.g5 f5 27.gxf6 near; exactly 35...Qe5 36.Qg4 ] 36.fxg6! it's
Qxf6 28.Rc3 ; unpatient 26.Qh6 defended with exact calculation 36...f5 is the most stubborn
26...Qf6 27.gxh5 (27.Rc3 hxg4=) 27...Qxf3+ [36...Rxe3 37.gxf7+ Kxf7 38.Rf1+ with mate;
28.Rg2 Qxe4 29.Rf1!? Rfe8 30.hxg6 fxg6 36...f6 37.Qh5! (37.Qh6?? R8e7 38.g7 Rh4!
31.Qxg6+ ¦g6 alas it's impossible 31...Qxg6 39.Qxh4 Qxh4 40.Rxe7 Qh5!=) 37...R8e7
32.Rxg6+ Rg7=] 26...hxg4 [26...Kh7!? keeping 38.g7 Rh4 39.Qe8+ is finish] 37.Qxf5 R4e7
up the strain] 27.Rxg4 Qh3 being very close to 38.Rf3? is a miscalculation evidently [38.Rge1!
king the queen doesn't give a moment's peace finishs off immediately with approximate vari−
28.Rg3 Qf1+ 29.Rg1 Qh3 this time the re− ants 38...Rf8 39.Qh5 Rg7 40.Rf3 (40.Rh3 Re7)
peating is to save the time, which remains in 40...Rxf3 (40...Rd8 41.Rh3) 41.Qxf3 Qa4
deficit at both players 30.Rg3 Qf1+ 31.Rg1 42.Qf5+−] 38...Qe4! After the fatal error made
Qh3 32.Qg5 as much as possible to repeat the at 35 move Andrey is trying to improve the
position White is keeping up to play for victory situation with all might but it is too late 39.Qxe4
32...Rfe8? [32...Re5 33.Qg2 in view of blowing [39.h4!? SUCH a thing could occur just to Fish;
to c7 Black must start the unpleasant end may be a miscalculation was in variant 39.Qf7+
game 33...Qxg2+ (33...Qd7? 34.f4‚) 34.Rxg2 ] Rxf7 40.gxf7+ Kh7! 41.fxe8Q Qxf3+ 42.Rg2
33.f4! is the courage character. Of course the Qf1+] 39...Rxe4 40.Rf7 after mistakes of White
move is not bad objectively − if Black want to Black have a dilusive hope what reqjures the
keep balance it needs to play more accurately accurace from White 40...R8e7 [Another try
[the alternative is 33.Qf6 go on "great maneu− was 40...Rh4!? 41.Rg3 Re1+ (41...Re2 42.h3)
vers"] 33...Qh8! [33...Qd7?? 34.Qh6+−; 42.Kg2 Re2+ 43.Kf1! (43.Kf3 Rhxh2 44.g7??

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Rhf2+ 45.Kg4 Rxf7) 43...Rexh2 44.g7 Rh1+
45.Kf2 R4h2+ 46.Ke3 Re1+ 47.Kd3 Re8
48.Rxc7± with stand to win; this didn't help
also 40...R4e7 41.Rgf1 a5 42.h4 Re4 43.R1f4
Rxf4 44.Rxf4 Re5! 45.Rf7 Rxd5 (45...Rh5
46.Rh7) 46.Rxc7±] 41.Rgf1 Rxf7? why was
the 7 raw given to White? [should have played
41...a5 keeping up the resistence] 42.Rxf7
Re2 43.h4+− related passed pawns determine
the end 43...Rxb2 44.h5 Rb4 45.Kg2 now the
king maintains the pawns 45...Rh4 46.Rh7
Rd4 47.Kg3 Black pawns are being late
47...Rxd5 48.Kg4 Ra5 49.Rxc7 Rxa2 50.Kg5
additional Black pawn doesn't to help
50...Ra5+ 51.Kf6 Rc5 52.Rxc5 It was a good
game. Deserves attention the intense game by
Yakovenko who during the game created the
hardships one of which couldn't decided by
rival. It was enough for victory 1-0
(5) Eljanov,Pavel (2687) -
Shirov,Alexei (2740) [A16]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (3), 10.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
Anti−Grunfeld 5.Qa4+ This sly check is needed
to throw disorder in Black's game 5...Bd7
[5...c6 is not so popular in 6.Qd4 (it's pos−
sible also 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.e4) 6...f6 7.e4 Nb6
8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.d4 with the better endgame]
6.Qb3 is the main move nowadays [6.Qh4
Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.g3 e5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.0-0-0
Bxg5+ 11.Nxg5 Qe7 12.Ne4 Qxh4 13.gxh4 0-
0-0 14.Bg2 Bg4 15.Nf6 Bxe2 - Eljanov,P
(2692)−Svidler,P (2763)/Solingen GER
2008/The Week in Chess 692] 6...Nb6 7.d4 it's
time to occupy the center 7...Bg7 few months
ago Alexey lost his game in another branch of
this variation [7...Be6 8.Qc2 Bg7 9.e4 Bg4
10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7
13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Qe6 16.0-0
0-0 17.f4 Although, it is doubtful to be con−
nected with his opening choice1-0 Gelfand,B
(2723)−Shirov,A (2740)/Dagomys RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 700 (34)] 8.Bf4 [The
game illustrates the Black's counterplay here
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Be6 10.Qd1 0-0 11.e3 c5
12.dxc5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7
15.Qxd5 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bc3+ 17.Ke2 Na6 -
Ponomariov,R (2705)−Ivanchuk,V (2787)/ Ke−
mer 2007/CBM 121 (31)] 8...0-0 9.e3 [9.Rd1
a5 10.e4 Bg4 11.d5 a4 12.Qc2 f5 -
Krasenkow,M (2655)−Nijboer,F (2525)/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 065 ext (41)] 9...Be6
10.Qa3 N8d7 11.Rd1 Nd5N [Peter Svidler
played differently against Pavel in the first
round 11...c6 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5
14
Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.h4 (16.f4!? deserves
attention) 16...Qe8 17.h5 f6 18.Nf3 Nbc4
19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Qb3 Nd2 21.Qxb7 Rf7
22.Qb4 Rb8 23.Qd4 Bxe4 24.Rxd2 Bxf3+
25.Kf1 Bxh5 26.Ne4 Qe5 27.Qxe5 fxe5 28.Rh4
Rf4 29.Rxf4 exf4 30.f3 Kf8 31.Rd7 Rxb2
32.Rxa7 Rb1+ 33.Kf2 Rb2+ 34.Kf1 Rb1+
35.Kf2 Rb2+ 36.Kg1 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Rb2 38.Kg1
Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Rb2 40.Kg1 - Eljanov,P (2687)−
Svidler,P (2746)/Foros UKR 2008/The Week in
Chess 709] 12.Nxd5 Eljanov plays as solidly
as possible facing opening's surprise. [It de−
served consideration 12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c5
14.Bd3 ] 12...Bxd5 13.Be2 Re8 14.0-0 c6 with
all forces Black is preparing the e7−e5 push,
which must lead to simplifications 15.Bg3 It's
the prevention because the bishop has es−
caped the blow beforehand 15...Qb6 it's al−
ways useful to take away the queen from a
Rook x−ray 16.b3 e5 [it was possible to pre−
pare the push a bit more by 16...Rad8!?]
17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bc4 This is
one of the few active ideas for White in this
position. Now the White's tactics is clear to me
− to get minimum advantage without risk to
lose and to torment oppopent for a long time
taking into account that he is not fond of de−
fence. Getting ahead let me to notice that this
tactics was found to be successful 19...Bxc4
20.bxc4 Bxg3 21.hxg3 now Black have to
choose the way to reach equality 21...Re4?!
Fire on the board! It's Shirov. He always pre−
fers active counterplay, but it wasn't the best
way here. [More accurate was 21...Red8 22.c5
Qb5 23.Rb1 (23.Rd6 Rxd6 24.cxd6 Qd5)
23...Qe2! 24.Rxb7 Rd1 25.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kh2
Qh5+= with perpetual check; And 21...Qc7?!
wasn't enough to equalizethe game 22.Rd6 b6
23.Rfd1 Rad8 24.c5 ] 22.Rd7 [Gives nothing
22.Rb1 in view of 22...Qc7 23.c5 Rc4=]
22...Rae8 one more unexpected decision
[22...Rxc4 23.Qe7 Rf8 24.Rxb7 Qc5 25.Qxc5
Rxc5 26.Rxa7 Rd8 and Black must survive]
23.c5 Qb5 [it isn't better 23...Qb4 24.Qxa7
R8e7 25.a3 Qb3 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Qb8 with
strong attack against weak Black's king]
24.Qxa7 Ra4?! [24...Rb4 25.Re1!? (25.Rfd1
Rb2„; 25.a3 Rb2 26.a4 Qb4 27.a5 Rxf2!!
28.Kxf2 Qe4=; 25.a4 Rxa4 26.Qxb7 Qxb7
27.Rxb7 Rc4 28.Rd1 Rxc5 29.Rdd7 Rf8 )]
25.Qb6 [Another way was 25.Qxb7 Qxb7
26.Rxb7 Rxa2 27.Rc1 with some winning
chances] 25...Qxb6 26.cxb6 Rb8 [26...Rxa2?
27.Rxb7 Rb2 28.Rd1+−] 27.Rb1! Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-+-+k+(
7+p+R+p+p'
6-zPp+-+p+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4r+-+-+-+$
3+-+-zP-zP-#
2P+-+-zPP+"
1+R+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
What a perfect idea! Pavel demostrates the
deep penetration in mystery of position
[straight−line 27.Re7 leads to big technical dif−
ficulties after 27...Rb4 28.Rd1 Rxb6 29.Rdd7
Rb1+ 30.Kh2 Rf8 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxb7 c5
33.Rb2 c4! just active game can help Black. If
White haven't time to bring the king to the
game, it could be lose 34.Kg1 c3 35.Rc2 Rb8
36.Rxc3 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 Rb2 38.a4 Rxf2 and it's
likely Black will be saved] 27...Rxa2 28.Rb4
with devious ways (for the purpose to save the
pawn b6) the Rook goes to 7−th row 28...c5
[28...Ra6 29.Rf4! f5 30.Rh4 h5 (30...Rxb6
31.Rhxh7 leads to the same postion players
got in the game) 31.Rhd4! the castle move−
ment reminds the pendulum 31...Rxb6
32.R4d6±] 29.Re4 Rb2 30.Ree7 Rb1+ 31.Kh2
Rxb6 32.Rxf7 the last moves seems to be
forced. White is keeping up the initiative thanks
to super−active Rooks. To play such game for
Black is pleasure below the average 32...Rc6?
the decisive blunder and Black gives the im−
portant h7 pawn wihout any compensation
[The only way was 32...h5 and White had to
take the troubles for winning 33.g4!? (nothing
come out of moving king to his colleague
33.Kh3 c4 34.Kh4 Rc8 35.Kg5 c3 36.Kh6 g5+
37.Kxg5 c2 38.Rg7+=) 33...hxg4 34.Rg7+ Kf8
35.Rh7 Kg8 36.Kg3±] 33.Rg7+ Kf8 34.Rxh7+−
White wins 34...Ke8 35.Rd5 [more exactly
35.e4] 35...Rcc8 36.Re5+ Kf8 37.Rxc5 The
simplest 37...Rxc5 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Rxb8 it's
not known that Alexey gave up or exceeded
the time limit but his position was lost anyway.
Nice job by Eljanov! 1-0
(6) Carlsen,Magnus (2765) - Van
Wely,Loek (2676) [D43]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (3), 10.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 is
the most intensional move [there will be quite a
different alternatives in case of move 5.e3]
15
5...h6 6.Bxf6 The Magnus style is favourable
for this extensive continuation than for maze of
antimoscow gambit 6...Qxf6 7.e3 [7.Qc2 dxc4
8.e3 b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Bb4+
12.Nc3 0-0 13.Be2 Rc8 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Rfc1 a5
16.Nd2 (16.Na4 Rab8 17.Qd1 e5 18.Rxc4
Rxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 exd4
22.exd4 Nb6 23.Nxb6 Rxb6= - Kramnik,V
(2772)−Leko,P (2738)/Miskolc 2007/CBM 118
(30)) 16...Nb6 17.Bf3 Qe7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.h3
Rc7 20.Qd1 - Aronian,L (2739)−Anand,V
(2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in
Chess 689; 7.Qb3 Mamedyarov 7...Nd7
(7...dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7 9.g3 e5 10.0-0-0 Be7
11.Ne4 Qf5 12.Qc2 0-0 13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Nxf6+
Bxf6 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5= 0-1 Ma−
medyarov,S (2752)−Svidler,P (2732)/Crete
2007/CBM 121 (35)) 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4
10.Bd3 e5 11.0-0 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nxc5
Bxc5 14.Rae1+ Kf8 15.Re4 Qf6 16.Qc3 1-0
Mamedyarov,S (2757)−Topalov,V (2772)/Sofia
2007/CBM 118 (30)] 7...Nd7 8.Qc2 White is
trying to get extra temp − move bishop on c4 in
one step [The main line is the straight−line
8.Bd3 which was not so far played van Wely
against Sarkhan Guliev 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6
10.0-0 Bg7 11.Qe2 0-0 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.h3 a6
14.Rac1 b5 15.Bd3 c5 16.Be4 Ra7 17.dxc5
Nxc5 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Bf3 Rc8 20.b4 Na4
21.Nxa4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 bxa4 23.Qc4 1-0
Guliev,S (2487)−Van Wely,L (2677)/Baku AZE
2008/The Week in Chess 707 (59); 8.Qd2
g5!?N 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 dxc4
12.Bxc4 c5 13.Rfd1 g4 14.Ne1 cxd4 15.exd4
Nb6 16.Be2 h5 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.Nc3 Qxc2
19.Nxc2 Bd7 20.Rd2 Bh6 21.Ne3 f5 22.g3 f4
23.gxf4 Bxf4 24.Re1 Bc6 25.Bb5 Bf3 26.Be2
Bc6 27.Bb5 - Ivanchuk,V (2751)−Shirov,A
(2755)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008/The
Week in Chess 694; some rounds later Mag−
nus had played 8.Rc1 but get nothing 8...Bd6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Ne4
Bc7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 a5 15.a3 Rb8 16.Rfd1
Nf8 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.g3 Nf6
20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Rxc5 Ra8= 1-0
Carlsen,M (2765)−Shirov,A (2740)/Foros UKR
2008/The Week in Chess 710 (63)] 8...Qd8
[8...g6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.0-0 (11.h4
0-0 12.h5 g5 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Ng3 Nf6 15.Bf5
Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Nfd2
Rae8© - Sasikiran,K (2690)−Karjakin,S
(2686)/Foros 2007/CBM 119 (93)) 11...0-0
12.b4 Qd6 13.Rab1 Nb6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Ne2
Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Nd7 - Roiz,M (2605)−
Karjakin,S (2686)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (31)]
9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rad1?! There seems
to be not most accurate continuation − the
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Rook should be on c1 in this position [11.Rac1
dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Ne4 as com−
pared with Carlsen's game White has an extra
pace 14...Qa5 15.a3 b4 - Gelfand,B (2733)−
Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista 2007/CBM 119
(47)] 11...dxc4 [11...a6!? 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bxc4
b5 14.Be2 Qb6 15.a3 c5 16.d5 c4 17.e5 Bb7
18.dxe6?! Qxe6 19.Nd4 Qxe5 20.Bf3 Bd6
21.g3 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Qf6 23.Nd2 Be5 24.Nxc4
Rac8 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Qe4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Ng5
28.Qf4 Qe6 29.h4?? (29.Rfe1=) 29...Rc4 0-1
Plachetka,J (2445)−Sveshnikov,E (2545)/
Dubna 1979/EXT 1999] 12.Bxc4 b5 this move
is related to the previous move logically
13.Be2N [13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Ne4 Qb6 15.Rc1
Rac8 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Qc7 18.Nd4 Bf6
19.Be4 Rcd8 20.Rfd1 g6 21.b4 1-0 Petro−
sian,A (2485)−Farago,I (2485)/Yerevan
1982/MCD (53)] 13...Bb7 14.Ne4 Qb6
[14...Qa5!?] 15.Rc1 admitting of making the
mistake 15...Rfd8 16.Rfd1 [the hold−down of
Petrosyan wasn't get 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5
Qa5! taking control over the square b4]
16...Rac8 Black is ready to break c6−c5
17.Nc5! Nxc5 18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 [it's
too late to make a turn 19.Bxd1 Qa5]
19...Qxc5 is the most powerful and based on
principles [it's bad 19...Bxc5? 20.Ne5 Bf8
21.Bh5! Rc7 22.Rd8±; 19...Qc7 20.b4 ]
20.Qxc5 Bxc5 21.Rd7 Ba8 I think van Wely
finds the most powerful moves as yet [21...Rb8
was weaker 22.Ne5 f6 23.Nd3 Bb6 24.Nf4 Ba8
(24...Bc8 25.Re7 Kf8 26.Ng6+ Kg8 27.Bh5!
Ba6 28.Nf4 ) 25.Nxe6 Rb7 26.Rd6 ] 22.Ne5
there is just one reasonable move 22...Bb6?!
[greedy 22...f6 was hopes Black possible to
keep balance by series of accurate moves
23.Nd3 Bb6 24.Nf4 Rd8 25.Re7 Kf8
(25...Rd2?? 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Bh5! g5 28.Re7+
Kg8 29.Nxe6+−) 26.Ng6+ Kg8 27.Nf4 (27.Kf1
e5) 27...Kf8=] 23.Nxf7 Rc7 24.Ne5! [24.Nxh6+
promises few 24...gxh6 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Rxa8
Rd7„ and the struggle is fighting on 3 results]
24...Rxd7 It is necessary to reduce attacking
potential of white pieces by an exchanging the
main "forward" castle [24...Rc8? 25.Re7±]
25.Nxd7 Bc7?! Why was the knight allowed to
go to c5? [after 25...Kf7 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.b4
(27.f4 b4) 27...Bb7 28.a3 Ba6 29.f4 c5 30.Bf3
Ke7 Black will be bound to stand their ground]
26.Nc5 Kf7 27.Bg4 e5 by force 28.Bf3 the
very passive bishop at a8 determines the pre−
ponderance of White 28...Ke7 29.Kf1 Bb6
30.b4 a5 31.a3 Bxc5? Why did Black go to
bishop end game in the worst edition [to my
mind 31...Kd6 fixes draw immediately 32.Ne4+
(32.Nb3 axb4 33.axb4 Bb7) 32...Kd5 33.Nc5+
16
Kd6 (33...Kc4!?) 34.Ne4+ Kd5=] 32.bxc5 Bb7
33.Ke2 Ba6 little tactics 34.Kd2 [of course
34.Bxc6? was a blow 34...b4+] 34...Kd7
35.Be4 g5 [Alas 35...b4? was not allowed
36.axb4 axb4 37.Bd3! and b4−pawn will be lost
soon] 36.Kc3 Bc8 37.g3 Kc7? [37...g4 38.f4
gxf3 39.Bxf3 Kc7 40.g4 Be6 41.h4 Kd7 42.g5
hxg5 43.hxg5 Bf5] 38.f4 g4? the last mistake
[38...gxf4 was logical (because the exchanges
are advantageous for defend side 39.exf4 exf4
40.gxf4 Be6 41.f5 Bf7 42.f6 Kd7 43.h4 Kc7
44.Kd4 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Ke5 b3 47.Bf5 b2
48.Kd4 Be6 49.Bb1 Kd7 50.Kc3 Bd5 51.Bf5+
Ke8 52.Bg6+ Bf7 53.Be4 Bd5] 39.f5± now
Magnus doesn't let the chance to slip 39...Bd7
40.f6 Kd8 41.Kd3 a4 42.Bg6 Be6 43.Kc3
[43.Ke4! b4 44.Kxe5 bxa3 45.Kxe6 a2 46.f7
Kc7 47.f8Q a1Q 48.Qd6++−] 43...Kd7 44.Be4
Bf7 45.Bf5+ Ke8 46.Bxg4+− Here is the con−
tinuous of van Weliy's mistake − and the pawn
is lost and with one the game is lost too.
46...Bd5 47.Bh5+ Kd7 48.Bg6 e4 49.g4 [there
would be win with 49.Kd4 also] 49...Ke6 50.f7
as usual Magnus is extremely accurate in the
end game 50...Ke7 51.h4 Kf8 52.Kd4 Ke7
53.h5 Bxf7 54.Bxe4 Be8 55.Bf5 Kf6 56.e4
Kg5 57.Bc8 Kf4 58.e5 b4 59.axb4 a3 60.Kc3
Kxe5 61.Kb3 1-0
(7) Van Wely,Loek (2676) -
Alekseev,Evgeny (2711) [D31]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (4), 11.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 Note−
boom variation − the frequent guest on the
tourenys of all categories 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4
7.Bd2 a5 That all was known long time ago −
the theoretical dispute begins far late [But
sometimes Black wants to have some experi−
ments 7...Bb7 8.b3 a5 9.Ne4 f5 10.Nc5 c3
11.Nxb7 Qe7 12.Nc5 e5 13.Be2 e4 14.0-0 exf3
15.Bxf3 cxd2 16.axb5 Nf6 17.bxc6 Ra7 18.Nd3
0-0 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.Qc2 Na6 21.Qxf5 Nc7
22.Qc2 Rb8 23.Rfd1 Nfd5 24.e4 Nc3 25.Rxd2
N7b5 26.Rc1 a4 27.bxa4 Rxa4 28.Bg4 Qe7
29.Qb3+ Kf8 30.Rxc3 Ra3 31.Rf3+ 1-0 Moro−
zevich,A (2762)−Miton,K (2653)/Sochi
2007/CBM 118; 7...Bxc3?! is not good 8.Bxc3
Bb7 (8...Nf6 9.axb5 cxb5 10.b3±) 9.b3 weak−
ness of dark squares is sensible] 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 [10...b4? 11.Bxb4]
11.bxc4 [11.d5 Nf6 12.bxc4 b4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Nd4 e5 16.Nb3 Ke7 17.Be2
Rhc8 18.Rd1 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.0-0 Ra6
21.Qc2 a4 22.f4 b3 23.Qe4 Kd6 24.Qxh7 e4
25.Qxe4 a3 26.Qd3 b2 27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Qb8+
Kd7 29.Bg4+ Kd8 30.d6 a2 31.d7 1-0 Gel−
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fand,B (2700)−Piket,J (2570)/Amsterdam
1996/CBM 052] 11...b4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Bd3
Nbd7 [13...0-0 is the transposition only 14.0-0
Nbd7] 14.0-0 0-0 15.Re1 considered to be the
main move. White prepares center's capture by
e3−e4 [Another way for this strategical idea
was 15.Nd2 e5 16.Bc2 Qc7 17.Ba4 Rfd8 18.d5
Nb6 19.Rc1 Nxa4 20.Qxa4 Nd7 21.f4 Qb6
22.Rce1 Nc5 23.Qd1 Nd3 24.Bxe5 Nxe1
25.Bd4 Qa6 26.Qxe1 a4 27.Ne4 f5 28.Qxb4
Bxd5 29.cxd5 fxe4 30.f5 Qd6 31.Qe1 Rd7
32.f6 Rf7 33.Rf4 Qxd5 34.Qg3 Rc8 35.h4 -
Sakaev,K (2656)−Timofeev,A (2578)/Moscow
2004/CBM 100; 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.e4 e5 17.c5
exd4 18.Bxd4 h6 19.Rac1 Bc6 20.e5 Nh5
21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qf5 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Kxh7
24.Qxh5 Ra6 25.Rfe1 Re6 26.f4 f5 27.exf6
Qxf4 28.Qd5 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Nxf6 30.Qe5
Qxe5 31.Bxe5 Rc8 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Bxf6 gxf6
34.Kf2 b3 35.Ke3 a4 36.Kd4 b2 0-1 Baburin,A
(2559)−Zilberstein,D (2410)/San Fransisco
2007/CBM 119 ext] 15...Ne4 Of course, Black
tries to prevent White's plan [15...Re8 16.c5
Bc6 17.Bc2 Ne4 18.Ba4 Qc7 19.Bxc6 (19.Nd2
Bxa4 20.Rxa4 Ndxc5 21.dxc5 Rad8 22.Bd4
Nxd2 23.Qxd2 e5 24.h3 h6 25.Rc1 exd4
26.exd4 Rd5 27.Raa1 Ra8 28.Rc4 Qc6 29.Qc2
Re8 30.Qa2 Rg5 31.g3 Qf3 32.c6 b3 33.Qd2
Re2 34.Qxe2 Qxe2 35.Rac1 b2 36.c7 Rxg3+
37.fxg3 bxc1Q+ 38.Rxc1 Qe3+ 0-1 Piket,J
(2619)−Ivanchuk,V (2714)/Monte Carlo
1999/CBM 069 ext) 19...Qxc6 20.Qa4 Rec8
21.Qxc6 Rxc6 22.Ra4 Rca6 23.Rea1 f5
24.Ne1 Nb8 25.Nd3 Nc6 26.f3 Nf6 27.Kf2 Kf7
28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Nc1 g5 30.Nb3 h5 31.Nd2 Nd5
32.Nc4 R6a7 33.h3 Rd8 34.Nxa5 Nxa5
35.Rxa5 Rxa5 36.Rxa5 f4 37.e4 Ne3 38.Rb5
1-0 Sakaev,K (2648)−Popov,V (2523)/St Pe−
tersburg 1999/EXT 2000; 15...Be4 16.Bxe4
Nxe4 17.Qc2 f5 18.c5 Qc7 19.Rec1 Qc6
20.Qa4 Rfc8 21.Qxc6 Rxc6 22.Ne1 Nb8
23.Nd3 Rca6 24.f3 Nf6 25.Kf2 Nc6 26.Ra4
Rd8 27.Rca1 Raa8 28.Ke2 Nd5 29.h3 Rab8
30.Rd1 Rb5 31.e4 Nc3+ 32.Bxc3 bxc3 33.Ke3
c2 34.Rc1 Rb3 35.exf5 e5 36.Ke4 exd4
37.Rxc2 Nb4 38.Nxb4 axb4 39.c6 Re8+ 0-1
Sakaev,K (2637)−Kharlov,A (2639)/Tomsk
2001/CBM 082 ext] 16.Qc2 [16.Nd2 Nxd2
17.Qxd2 Qc7 18.c5 f5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Bc4 Bd5
21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.e4 fxe4 23.fxe4 Nf6 24.h3
Qc6 25.Qd3 a4 26.d5 exd5 27.Bxf6 Qxf6
28.Qxd5+ Qf7 29.c6 b3 30.c7 Rfc8 31.Rac1 b2
32.Qxa8 Rxa8 33.c8Q+ Rxc8 34.Rxc8+ Qf8
35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rb1 a3 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3
a2 39.Rxb2 a1Q 0-1 Sadler,M (2650)−
Krasenkow,M (2660)/Germany 1998/GER−
chT; 16.c5 Qc7 17.Qc2 Qc6 18.Ra4 Ra7
17
19.Rea1 Rfa8 20.Ne1 Nef6 21.f3 Nb8 22.Qe2
Qd7 23.Bb5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Nxc6 25.Nc2 Nd5
26.e4 Nde7 27.Qe3 Rd8 28.Qb3 Qc8 29.Qc4
Qb8 30.Rd1 Rad7 31.Raa1 h6 32.g3 Ne5
33.Qe2 N5c6 34.Qc4 Ne5 35.Qe2 N5c6 -
Gupta,A (2380)−Galkin,A (2598)/Port Erin
2005/CBM 108 ext] 16...f5 [16...Ndf6 17.Ne5±]
17.c5 [17.Rec1 Qe7 18.Qd1 Rfd8 19.Ne1 Qh4
20.Qc2 Qh6 21.Rcb1 Bc6 22.Bc1 Qg6 23.f3
Nc3 24.Rb2 Nb6 1-0 Dao Thien Hai (2590)−
Irwanto,S (2413)/Ho Chi Minh City 2003/CBM
097 ext (69)] 17...Bc6 The multipurpose move
− to blocade opponent's pawns and to support
the own ones. [17...Qc7 18.Bc4 Rfe8 19.Ra2
Kh8 20.Rea1 Ra7 21.h3 Nef6 22.Ne1 Bc6
23.Bb3 Nd5 24.Nf3 Rea8 25.Ng5 Nf8 26.Nf3
Nd7 27.Ng5 Nf8 28.Nf3 - Popov,V (2582)−
Galkin,A (2507)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 071]
18.Bc4! Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-wq-trk+(
7+-+n+-zpp'
6-+l+p+-+&
5zp-zP-+p+-%
4-zpLzPn+-+$
3+-+-zPN+-#
2-vLQ+-zPPzP"
1tR-+-tR-mK-!
xabcdefghy
The typical maneuver [18.Nd2?! was bad be−
cause knight exchange is good for Black
18...Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Qg5 20.g3 Nf6=]
18...Re8?N Novelty with questionable quality.
In opinion expert of this variation GM A. Galkin
− a mistake − on e8 rook is placed badly. [The
best plan was 18...Qe7 19.Bb3 Ra7 20.Ba4
Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Rfa8 22.Rea1 Qe8 23.Qc4 Ndf6
24.Ne5 Nd5 25.Qb3 Nec3 26.Bxc3 Nxc3∓ 0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673)−Galkin,A
(2587)/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078 (55)]
19.Bb3 Preventing a5−a4 and preparing the
maneuver b3−a4 on occasion [there is no
meaning to play 19.Qb3 Qe7 because now we
have e7 variaton with transposition] 19...Qc7
20.Red1 [It was interesting to try 20.Nh4!? Kh8
21.f3 Nef6 22.e4 fxe4 23.fxe4 Qf4 24.g3 Qg4
25.Ba4 but maybe Loek didn't want to weaken
the residence of his monarch] 20...Kh8 21.Ne1
another one typical plan − knight goes to d3,
and maybe after on f2 to support e3−e4
21...Nef6 22.Nd3 Bd5 23.f3 White's plan is be
realize 23...Nb8? [23...Bxb3 24.Qxb3 Ra7
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(24...Nb8? 25.Nxb4 Qb7 26.Qa4+−)] 24.Ba4 Gelfand,B (2723)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111
Nc6 25.Nf2!± Diagram (72); 10.Nd4 Re8 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 Bg5
13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qxg5 Nxg5 15.Bc4 Ne6
XABCDEFGHY 16.Rhe1 Kf8 17.Nxe6+ Bxe6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6
19.Rxe6= - Harikrishna,P (2645)−
8r+-+r+-mk( Mamedyarov,S (2646)/Lausanne 2005/CBM
7+-wq-+-zpp' 108 ext (28)] 10...Re8 [10...c6 11.Bxc5 dxc5
6-+n+psn-+& 12.Qf4 Qa5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.a3 Bf6 15.h4 c4
5zp-zPl+p+-% 16.Be4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa3+ 18.Kb1 f5 19.Ng5
fxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.Nf7+ Rxf7
4Lzp-zP-+-+$ 23.Qxf7 Qxc3 24.Qxf5 Qb4+ 25.Ka2 Qa4+
3+-+-zPP+-# 26.Kb2 Qb4+ 27.Kc1 Qa3+ 28.Kb1 - Leko,P
2-vLQ+-sNPzP" (2753)−Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee NED
1tR-+R+-mK-! 2008/The Week in Chess 690] Further is a
tabia according to MegaBase 11.Bc4 Be6
xabcdefghy 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd3 [just rear−
rangement 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5] 14...Qc6
25...e5? The despair 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Bxe8 15.Qf5 Qc4 [15...a5 16.h5 a4 17.a3 Qc4
Rxe8 28.Qxf5+− Material advantage is enough 18.Kb1 b6 19.Bd4 Ra5 20.Qg4 h6 21.Rhe1 Bf8
for victory 28...Bf7 29.Rd6 Bg6 [ 29...Qxc5 22.Nd2 Qb5 23.Ne4 Kh8 24.Ng3 Nxd4 25.cxd4
30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Ng4+−] 30.Qf4 d5 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Nf5 - Volokitin,A
Nfd7 31.Rad1 Qxc5 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Rxd7 (2678)−Gashimov,V (2664)/Crete 2007/CBM
Qxe3 pair of passed pawns can compensate 121 (42); 15...Nf8 16.h5 Qd7 17.Qd5 Qe6
White's extra piece but Black King is in a big 18.c4 Qxd5 19.cxd5 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nf6 21.Nf5
trouble 34.Qxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxg7+ Kg8 36.Ng4 Bf8 22.Bd4 Nxd5 23.Bxg7 Ne7 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7
The severe beating. The game was over in the - Svidler,P (2735)−Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico
begining of middlegame. Alekseev's ignorance City 2007/CBM 120] 16.Kb1 [Sudden attack
of opening fine points was determinant 1-0 16.Ng5 gives nothing, for example 16...Bxg5
17.hxg5 Nf8 18.Kb1 Re5 19.Qd3 Qxd3
(8) Karjakin,Sergey (2732) - 20.cxd3 Rae8 - Karjakin,S (2678)−Kramnik,V
Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) [C42] (2766)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (33)]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (4), 11.06.2008 16...g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 [18.Nd4 Nxd4
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam] 19.Rxd4 Qe6 20.Qf3 Bf6 21.Rb4 b6 22.Qc6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Russian game is the part of Rac8 23.Rd1 a5 24.Rc4 Rcd8 25.a4 Re7
opening repertoir of majority 2700+ players 26.Rd5 1-0 Bartel,M (2569)−Fridman,D
3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Shirov's attack (2604)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (58)] 18...Qe2
5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 is a one of the 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 partners recur the
main alternatives − White takes control over duel of Kramnik vs Svidler 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4
the e5 square, where black knight is usually Bd6 23.Qg1N is the logical novety [as game of
goes to [for example 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5 two chess chempions has shown the sacrifice
here is recent miniature about this theme 9.0- of pawn is double−edged 23.Qf2 hxg4 (in ori−
0-0 0-0 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Bg4?! (11...h6) gin game 23...Ng7 has been played 24.c4 dxc4
12.Be2 Qc8 13.h6 g6 14.Nxe5 Bxe2? 25.Bd4 Qc6 26.Bc3 Bc5 27.Qg3 Bd6 28.Qf2
(14...dxe5 15.Bxg4 Qxg4 16.Qd5±) 15.Nxg6 Bc5 29.Qg3 Bd6 - Svidler,P (2735)−
Bxd1 16.Qd4 f6 17.Qd5+ 1-0 Ponomariov,R Kramnik,V (2769)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120)
(2719)−Gelfand,B (2723)/Odessa UKR 24.fxg4 Qxg4 25.Reg1 Qh5 26.Nf3© - An−
2008/The Week in Chess 708] 7...0-0 [Another and,V (2799)−Kramnik,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee
plan is related with castling to the queenside NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690 (61)]
7...Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.Kb1 a6 23...Ng7 it is neccesary to support the h5 pawn
11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.Be3 0-0-0 - 24.Nb3 [deserves attention the immediate
Inarkiev,E (2684)−Adams,M (2729)/Baku AZE 24.Rd1!?] it's perfunctory move − why is the
2008/The Week in Chess 704 (64)] 8.Qd2 Nd7 queen removed from an active position?
9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 [there are another ways 24...Qd7?! [to my mind it should be more
10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 strong 24...Qb5!?] 25.Rd1! is the best multi−
13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4 16.Bc4 purpose move − the Rook escapes the ex−
Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rfe8 change and attacks the d5 pawn 25...hxg4 it's
20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kd2 - Topalov,V (2801)− crucial decision though there is nothing better

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[for 25...c6 may be greedy 26.Bxa7!? and it's
not so easy to find the compensation for given
material (it's not so clear 26.Bh6 hxg4 27.Bxg7
Kxg7 28.fxg4 Re4 29.Rd4 Rae8 30.h5 )]
26.fxg4 Re4 Attacks! [26...c6 27.h5 ] 27.Rd4
Defends! 27...Rae8 moved up reserves 28.Bc1
moved away :) 28...Be5?! is inaccuracy in a bit
unpleasant position [computer recommends
surely 28...Re1 but I think the position after
29.Qxe1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 c6 31.h5 Ne6 32.Rd3
looks attractive for White] 29.Rxe4 dxe4
30.h5 There is a dangerous initiative at
White's king flank 30...gxh5? It's surprising
mistake for chess player like Yakovenko − and
the White's attack is developing without any
obstacles [30...Qd5 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.Qe3
(32.Qxa7 e3 33.Re1 Bf4©); 30...Ne6 31.hxg6
fxg6 32.Qxa7!± There is an additional pawn
and a better position for White] 31.gxh5 Kh8
32.Qg5± White's attack is developing by it−
self... and now it's so difficult to find the ade−
quate response for Black 32...f6 [it's bad
32...Qf5 33.h6+−; maybe it's better to play
32...Qe6 but after 33.Rf1 it's obvious that there
is an advantage at White's side] 33.Qh6+ Kg8
34.Rg1 Qf7 it threatens g6 with h5−h6 35.Nd4
f5 36.Bf4! Technical way! When the bishop will
be exchanged on the g7 square Black king
faces the problems. 36...Bxf4 [36...e3 37.Bxe3
f4 38.Bf2] 37.Qxf4‚ Kh7 [37...Kf8 38.h6 Nh5
(38...Ne6 39.Qh4+−)] 38.Rg6 White's threats
are irresistible 38...Re7 39.Qh6+ Kg8
40.Qg5+− Kh7 41.Nxf5 Nxf5 42.Rf6 Everyting
was decided in the part from opening to mid−
dlegame in this battle. Dmitriy couldn't find right
plan for Sergey's novelty, and few inaccurate
moves led to difficulties for Black which could−
n't be overcame. The game was played by
Karjakin without a pause 1-0
(9) Eljanov,Pavel (2687) -
Carlsen,Magnus (2765) [E05]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (4), 11.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0
6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7
10.Bd2 Bd6 [Earlier the main move was
somewhat mannered 10...Ra7] 11.Ng5N is the
new idea [original source is 11.Rd1 Nbd7
12.Ba5 Qb8 13.b4 e5 14.Nbd2 exd4 15.Nxd4
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 c5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.N2b3 Ba3
19.e4 Ne5 20.Nf5 - Gelfand,B (2733)−
Anand,V (2792)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120;
Catalan main expert played vs Magnus 11.Bg5
but was met with powerful and profound
preparation of Norwegian prodigy 11...Nbd7
12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 c5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxc5
19
Be4 16.Qc3 e5 17.e3 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Qd5
19.Rad1 Qa8 20.Nh4 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 Ne4
22.Qxe5 Rxc5 23.Qd4 Rc4 24.Qd3 Ng5 25.b3
Rc5 26.h4 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 Qc8 28.Nf4 Qg4
29.Qd7 Rf5 30.Rd5 Rxf4 31.exf4 f5 32.Qe6+
Kh8 33.Qxf5 Qxf5 34.Rxf5 Rxf5 35.Rd1 g5
36.hxg5 Nxg5 37.fxg5 Rxf2 38.a4 bxa4
39.bxa4 Ra2 40.Rd4 - Kramnik,V (2785)−
Carlsen,M (2714)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008; In
some days Magnus demonstrated new idea by
himself 11.Be3 but he couldn't demonstrate all
its worths 11...Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Nb3 Be4
14.Qc1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxg2
17.Nc6 Bxc6 18.Qxc6 Ng4 19.Bd4 Qxe2
20.Rfe1 Qd3 21.h3 Nh6 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5
Nf5 24.Rae1 g6 25.Rd5 Qc4 26.Rc5 Qd3
27.Rd5 Qc4 28.Rc5 Qd3 29.Rd5 - Carlsen,M
(2765)−Onischuk,A (2664)/Foros UKR
2008/The Week in Chess 710] 11...Bxg2
12.Kxg2 Nbd7 so far Black fulfil the most de−
veloping moves 13.e4 e5! It's the most tough
move. Judging by pace of Magnus game as
would be expected the move 11.¤g5 was
learnt at home [The more carefully was 13...h6
with an idea force the knight to stay in front of
pawn "f" 14.Nf3 e5 probably Magnus didn't like
this simple move 15.Nc3 ending the develop−
ment] 14.dxe5 [playing e5 it was necessary to
analyze the consequence 14.f4 however here
Black is at an advantage 14...exd4 15.e5 Bxe5
16.fxe5 Nxe5∓ with more than enough com−
pensation for a piece and with good chances
for attack] 14...Nxe5 15.f4 is a forced activity in
a different way White run a risk to be in worst
position considering the developmental lag
15...Nc4™ was only one but enough 16.b3 it
seems to be the most powerful move. White
exchenge the active knight and bring into play
own reserves [certainly 16.e5 was estimated
by Magnus completely 16...h6! then the way it
should be 17.exf6 (17.Nf3? Ng4 18.Kh1 Bc5 )
17...hxg5 18.b3 (18.fxg5?? Be5!∓) 18...Nxd2
(18...Nb6? 19.fxg5) 19.Nxd2 Qxf6 20.Ne4 Qg6
21.fxg5 Rfe8 22.Rae1 Bb4 23.Re2 Re5 ]
16...Nxd2 [16...Nb6? 17.e5] 17.Nxd2 h6 firstly
the troublesome knight should be removed
which aimed to keep up the queen in a attack
at h7 18.Ngf3 Bb4 attacking the bishop saved
itself 19.Rfd1! in my opinion the long−time
problem of castles placement was decided
right by Pavlov. Another castle may stay on
square c1, and ¤ can go to f1 protecting the
weak point e3 [19.Rad1 Ng4!? and have to put
castle in depend 20.Rfe1] 19...Qe7 20.e5?! is
the first inaccuracy [it seems to be more pow−
erful 20.Ne5!?] 20...Nd5 there is "triple Van−
Damm" on e3 21.Nf1 Rad8 The position is
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within equality still but it's easier to play for
Black because there is opened king at White
which may be source of problem in future
22.a3! think over for some time past Pavel
found the most powerful move [22.Nd4?! this
variant illustrates well all Black potentialities
22...c5! 23.Nc6?? (it should have been moved
23.Nf3) 23...Qb7!-+ 24.Nxd8 Nxf4+ 25.Kf2
(25.Kg1 Nh3#) 25...Qg2+ with crushing defeat]
22...Bc5 Carlson is out for fight [the plan of
White is to move 22...Bxa3 what lead to a draw
immediately 23.Nd4 Nb4 (a program shows the
great move 23...Kh8 with an idea to remove
the king which is in check 24.Nc6 Nb4 25.Nxb4
Rxd1 (25...Bxb4 26.Rxa6=) 26.Nc6! Rxa1
27.Nxe7 Bxe7 28.Qxc7 Ra2+ 29.Kh3 Bd8 )
24.Qc3 Nd5 25.Qc2=; 22...Ba5 23.b4 Bb6 as
few as lead to the rearrangement] 23.b4 Bb6
24.Rd2 it's ligocal that White doubles on open
line 24...Qd7 at idea of Black is to play c7−c6
to fortify the position on d5 25.f5!? is the quite
crucial decision [it would be more quietly
25.Rad1] 25...Rfe8 [25...a5!? is worth the at−
tention] 26.Rad1 c6 27.Rc1 Be3! under time
trouble Magnus could add fuel to the fire ex−
pertly. At least it was psychological right deci−
sion! [easy 27...Rc8 didn't allow to expect for
advantage 28.Qe4] 28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Nxe3 d4
in such situation the castle is not weaker than
couple knights in view of the fact that there will
be the dangerous open lines with patential
weak pawns in the near future. And one plus
for Magnus because it's easier to play for Black
30.Nf1 [It was more exactly 30.Rd1 making
strain the situation on chessboard completely
30...Qb7™ (30...Qa7? 31.Ng4!‚) 31.Nf1
(31.Ng4 h5) 31...Rxe5 32.Kf2 Red5 ] 30...Rc8
there is much to gain from exchanges for Black
31.Qd1 Rxc1 32.Qxc1 Qxf5 it's the first divi−
dends. It is worth to exchange the queens and
position of White will be hopeless. However the
position of White is still enough firm to say that
there is an advantage at Black 33.Qc6?! is not
bad move objectively, but excessive activity in
time trouble is not the best way [therefore it
would be better to fortify 33.N1d2] 33...Rc8
34.Qxa6?! is the continuation of risky strategy
[it would be more positive−acting 34.Qd6; in
case of 34.Nxd4 Rxc6 35.Nxf5 Rc3 but Black
is playing for victory] 34...Rc2+ 35.N1d2 g5!
Magnus makes maximum problems to a rival
36.Qxh6? And Pavel couldn't stand it any
longer [It was necessary to find the only
36.Kg1! g4 37.Nxd4 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Qd3 (kept
on the fight 38...Qxe5 39.Qa8+ Kh7! (39...Kg7?
40.Qe4! Qxe4+ 41.Nxe4 Rc4 42.Nf5+±)
40.Qa7 Qh5 ) 39.Qxh6 Qxd4 40.Qg5+ Kf8
20
41.Qh6+ Ke7 42.Qf6+ is certain check] 36...g4
37.Nh4 Qxe5∓ 38.Kf2 Ra2 vulnerability of king
and bad coordination of the pieces kill White
39.h3 [Black showed original idea in case of
39.Ng2 Qf5+ 40.Ke1 Ra1+ 41.Ke2 Qe5+
42.Kf2 Ra2 passing the turn of move to White
− as usual such thing occurs in the end game
43.Nh4 there is nothing better 43...Rxa3-+]
39...d3? Magnus is in a hurry [It would be
more powerful obviously 39...Rxa3 40.Nf1
Ra2+ 41.Nd2 getting the same position but
without pawn a3] 40.Qe3™ Qxe3+ 41.Kxe3
gxh3 and now Black have a lot of chances to
win though 42.Nhf3 Rxa3 43.Kf2! quickly to
pawn h3! 43...Ra4 44.Kg1 Rxb4 45.Kh2 Ra4
[it's worse 45...Rb2 46.Kxh3 b4 47.Kg4 b3
48.Kf4 and castle empedes the pawns]
46.Kxh3 Ra8 47.Nd4 b4 48.Kg4 Re8! it's im−
portant to cut off the white king from passed
49.Kf5 Re2 [49...Kf8 50.N4b3 Ke7? 51.Ke4]
50.N4b3 [50.Nxe2?? dxe2 51.Nf3 b3-+]
50...Kf8 and now Black king goes to queen
flank 51.Ne4! White succeeded in going to left
flank with king 51...Ke7 52.Ke5 Rg2 53.Kf4?
complicates the task for White [exactly 53.Kd4!
f5 54.Ned2 Rxg3 55.Kc4 Rg4+ 56.Kxd3 al−
lowed White to hope to succeed in the game]
53...Ke6 the only one chance for Black is the
king to go to the pawn "b". There is nothing for
this if the pawn is lost 54.Kf3 Re2 55.Nec5+
Kd5 56.Nxd3 Re8 it's very difficult for White to
make draw because the king is cut off from
knights 57.Na5 Rb8 58.Nc1? [If Pavlov had a
little time (but he had been in time trouble al−
ready − just 30 sec for move) he could esti−
mate a variant surely 58.Nf4+! Kd6 (58...Kc5
59.Nd3+ Kd5 60.Nf4+) 59.Nd3 b3 60.Ke4 with
high chances to make draw] 58...Kc5?
59.Nd3+ Kd5 [Magnus seems to take no no−
tice that 59...Kb5? is allowed, because
60.Nxb4] 60.Nc1? [60.Nf4+!] 60...Rc8!∓ Black
don't repeate mistakes and find true idea [al−
ternative 60...Ra8 61.Ncb3 Rc8] 61.Ncb3 Ke5!
there is one more exact move − Black don't
allow the king to advance 62.Ke2 Rc2+ 63.Kf3
Rc3+ 64.Kg4 Ke4 [64...f5+ 65.Kh4 Rc2]
65.Nb7 Kd3 66.N3a5? lost the game immedi−
ately [more stubbornly was 66.N7a5 Kc2
67.Nd4+ Kb2 68.Kf4 keeping on the resis−
tence] 66...Kd4!-+ 67.Kf4 Kd5 [there would be
win also 67...b3 68.Nxb3+ Rxb3 69.Nd6 Rb2!-
+] 68.Nd8 Rc8 here are a lot of ways lead to
victory [for instance 68...Kc5 69.Ndc6 Kb5
70.Nxb4 Kxb4 71.Nb7 Rd3 ] 69.Ndb7
Rc3 70.Nd8 Ra3 71.Ndc6 b3 72.Nxb3 Rxb3
alas, it's hopeless for White in the end game
73.Ne5 Rb1 74.g4 Rf1+ 75.Nf3 Ke6 76.Kg3
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Ra1 77.Kf4 Ra4+ 78.Kg3 Kd5 79.Nh4 Ke4 it's
the decisive attack 80.g5 Ke5 it's the mate by
25 moves in the Nalymov table 81.Kh3 Kf4
82.g6 Kg5 It was very intense game, gained
by Magnus due to fantastic force, which was
so hard for good and great of chess world 0-1
(10) Volokitin,Andrei (2684) -
Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [E37]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (5), 12.06.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]
Before this game:Volokitin − Karjakin: 1-
1Karjakin − Volokitin: 2-1Last three rounds in
Aerosvit:Volokitin:... 1 0 0.5Karjakin:... 1 0.5 1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 There is
the only one variation in Nimzo−Indian: 4.Qc2
(c) Valery Salov. 4...d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3
Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 [7...Nc6 results to a very sharp
game: 8.e3 e5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qa5+
11.b4! − it seems, that nascent complications
in favour of White.] 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.e3 Qa5+
10.Bd2 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+l+k+-tr(
7zpp+-+pzpp'
6-+n+p+-+&
5wq-zPp+-+-%
4-+P+n+-+$
3zP-+-zP-+-#
2-zPQvL-zPPzP"
1tR-+-mKLsNR!
xabcdefghy
10...Nxd2 [I think, 10...Qxc5 will become more
popular soon: 11.b4 Qe7 12.Bc1! (it's important
to save bishop from the exchange) 12...a5
13.b5 Ne5 14.Bb2 Ng4 15.Nh3 − White have
two bishops, but they are slightly behind in de−
velopment.] 11.Qxd2 dxc4 [11...Qxc5 12.b4
Qe7 13.c5!? − pawn majority on a queen flank
can affect in endgame.] 12.Qxa5 [12.Bxc4
Qxc5=] 12...Nxa5 13.Rc1 Well − pawn c4 un−
der the strike, while the attack of pawn c5 is
rather difficult... What to do? 13...b5 14.cxb6
Bb7! By a tactical way Black leave a pawn c4
in alive, though it's necessary to paid off a
pawn a7 for it. But pawn c4 is more important,
it holds down white pieces. 15.bxa7 Ke7! Dia−
gram
21
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+-+-tr(
7zPl+-mkpzpp'
6-+-+p+-+&
5sn-+-+-+-%
4-+p+-+-+$
3zP-+-zP-+-#
2-zP-+-zPPzP"
1+-tR-mKLsNR!
xabcdefghy
[15...Rxa7? 16.Bxc4! Bxg2 17.Bf1!±] 16.Ne2!
Idea of gm Yury Drozdovsky. The pawn b2
risks to appear under the rook's fire, that's why
knight goes to b4 to cover it. [16.Nf3 does not
promise a great deal: 16...Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rxa7 −
a game usually ends to a draw.] 16...Rxa7
17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Na2 Rd7N This is an attempt
of improvement in comparison with recent Vo−
lokitin's game. [18...Ba4 19.Nb4 Rd8 20.Be2
Rad7 21.0-0 Bb3 22.Bf3 Rd2 23.Rb1, Volo−
kitin−Zhigalko S., Aeroflot A1 2008. Further
Andrey took the following plan: Rfc1, Kf1-e1
and Bd1. All made off with convincing victory of
Volokitin.] 19.Nb4 Ba4 20.Be2 Bb3 21.Bf3
[Due to that the pawn of c4 is already pro−
tected, castling is impossible now: 21.0-0?
Rd2∓] 21...f5 Apparently, Karjakin's home
preparation consists in this pawn offense.
22.e4!? White's desire to open sluices for the
pieces is clear − but I don't see any special
obstacles for the leadthrough of above−
aforecited plan. [22.0-0 Rd2 23.Rb1 g5!?
24.Bd1 (24.h3 h5! − that's why rook a7 went to
"d"−file instead of a rook h8!) 24...Bxd1
25.Rfxd1 Rhd8 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Kf1] 22...f4
23.g3 Rf8 [23...g5 24.gxf4 (24.h4 g4!) 24...Rf8
25.Rg1 Rxf4 26.Rxg5±] 24.gxf4 Rxf4 25.Ke2
Kd6 Good move. Black intend to improve im−
mediately the position for two pieces − a knight
a5 and rook d7. 26.h4 Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+r+-zpp'
6-+-mkp+-+&
5sn-+-+-+-%
4-sNp+Ptr-zP$
3zPl+-+L+-#
2-zP-+KzP-+"
1+-tR-+-+R!
xabcdefghy
26...Rdf7? Karjakin entangled the order of
moves, and position at once became on verge
of defeat. [26...Nb7! 27.Ke3 (27.Rh3 Nc5)
27...Rdf7 28.Rh3 Nc5] 27.Rh3 g6 It is neces−
sary to do a waiting move. [The matter is that
27...Nb7 now unsuccessful, as White here
have a tactical resourse: 28.e5+! Kxe5
29.Bxb7 Rxb7 30.Rxb3 cxb3 31.Nd3+ Kf5
32.Nxf4 Kxf4 33.Rc4+ Ke5 34.Rb4!+− − pawn
endgame should be won (though by transfor−
mation to a queen endgame).] 28.Ke3 Nb7
29.Bd1! Rxf2? Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7+n+-+r+p'
6-+-mkp+p+&
5+-+-+-+-%
4-sNp+P+-zP$
3zPl+-mK-+R#
2-zP-+-tr-+"
1+-tRL+-+-!
xabcdefghy
Certainly Karyakin saw White's objection...[... I
think, he simply did not want to hold a passive
defense after 29...Bxd1 30.Rxd1+ Kc5 31.f3±]
30.e5+! Kd7 [30...Kxe5 31.Bxb3 cxb3
32.Nd3++−] 31.Bf3+− Rxb2 32.Bxb7 Rf5
33.Bc6+! Now Volokitin will materialize own
advantage with a chemist's precision. All is
forced, by the way! 33...Kc7 34.Be4 Rxe5
35.Nd3 Rc2 [35...Rxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Rc2 37.Rhh1
cxd3 38.Kxd3 Rxc1 39.Rxc1++−] 36.Nxe5
Rxc1 37.Rh1! White entice a rook to c3 for the
raid of own king. 37...Rc3+ 38.Kd4 Rg3 39.Rf1
c3 40.Rf7+ Kc8 Here so imperceptibly White
have weaved a mate network. The end is near.
41.Kc5 c2 42.Kd6 Bd5 [42...c1Q 43.Rf8#]
43.Bxd5 exd5 44.Nc6 Excellent victory by An−
22
drei Volokitin. 1-0
(11) Onischuk,Alexander (2664) -
Svidler,Peter (2746) [D97]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (5), 12.06.2008
[Khustnutdinov, Rustam]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3
dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 [7...c6 8.Qb3 e5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Be2 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.0-0
Qe7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Rad1 Nf6
16.h3 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Bxa7 Qb4
19.a3 Qb3 20.Qxb3 Bxb3 21.Be3 Bxc3
22.bxc3 Nxe4 23.Rb1 Nxc3 24.Rxb3 Nxe2+
25.Kf1 Nc1 26.Bxc1 Rd1+ 27.Ke2 Rxc1
28.Rxb7 - Radjabov,T (2735)−Mamedyarov,S
(2760)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in
Chess 689; 7...Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.0-0
exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Nh4 Bd7
14.h3 Rad8 15.Bf4 Rfe8 16.Rd2 1-0 Najer,E
(2623)−Kurnosov,I (2579)/Krasnoyarsk
2007/CBM 120 (42); 7...Bg4] 8.Be2 The most
solid [White also has a very aggressive move
8.e5 There are a lot of games in this variation.
The most famous of this, I think is 8...b5 9.Qb3
Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.h4 Nc6 13.h5
Rxf3 14.gxf3 Nxd4 15.Rd1 c5 16.Bxd4 cxd4
17.hxg6 h6 18.Rh5!! 1-0 Kasparov,G (2812)−
Svidler,P (2713)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069
(31); Long time before a7−a6 was considered
bad because of 8.Bf4 but in 70th years of XX
century the antidote was found 8...b5! 9.Qxc7
Qxc7 10.Bxc7 Bb7 11.e5 Nd5©] 8...b5 9.Qb3
c5 [9...Nc6!? 10.e5?! (10.d5!?) 10...Be6
11.exf6?! Bxb3 12.fxg7 Kxg7 13.axb3 Nxd4
14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.0-0 Qb4 16.Bf3 Qxb3
17.Bd5 Qb4 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 - Bologan,V
(2661)−Svidler,P (2765)/Asnieres sur Seine
2006/EXT 2007 (38); 9...Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.0-0
c5 12.dxc5 Nd7 13.Nxd5 Nxc5 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7
15.Qb4 Rac8 16.Be3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qxe5
18.Rad1 Na4 19.b3 Nc3 20.Bd4 Ne2+ -
Piket,J (2609)−Sokolov,I (2610)/Wijk aan Zee
1999/CBM 069] 10.dxc5 Be6 [Last year, in
game that was played here between same
partners, Petr played another main line
10...Bb7 11.0-0 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf4
(13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qd5 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Bh6 Bf5 17.Bxg7 Qxe3 18.fxe3 Kxg7 19.a3
Rfd8 20.b4 Bc2= - Kasparov,G (2851)−
Leko,P (2725)/Linares 2000/CBM 076 (38))
13...Bd5 14.Qe3 Bxb2 15.Rad1 e6 16.Ne5
Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Nc6 18.Bd6 Re8 19.a3 - Onis−
chuk,A (2663)−Svidler,P (2736)/Foros
2007/CBM 119 (48)] 11.Qc2 [Badly is 11.Qa3?
Nc6] 11...Nbd7N The novelty on the top−level.
Earlier this move was happened in one ama−
teurs game [The main line is 11...Nc6 12.0-0
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Qc7 13.h3 (13.a3 Ng4 14.g3 Nge5 15.Be3
Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.b4 Bc4
19.Rfd1 Qe5 20.Rac1 1-0 Bareev,E (2719)−
Van Wely,L (2695)/Germany 2001/EXT 2003
(37); 13.Rd1 Rfd8 14.a3 Rxd1+ 15.Qxd1 Rd8©
1-0 Bareev,E (2707)−Van Wely,L (2697)/Wijk
aan Zee 2002/CBM 087 (33)) 13...Nb4 14.Qb1
Qxc5 15.a3 - Onischuk,A (2667)−Svidler,P
(2695)/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext] 12.Be3
White must keep his extra pawn. Otherwise he
risks to get troubles [12.c6 promises a liitle
12...Nb8 (12...Qc7?! 13.Nd4 ) 13.e5 Nd5
14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.c7 Nc6 16.0-0 Qd7
(16...Rac8 17.Rd1 Nb4 18.Qc3 ) 17.a4 bxa4
18.Bf4 Qxc7 19.Rxa4 Rfc8=; 12.Nd4?! Nxc5
13.Nxe6 Nxe6 14.Be3 b4 ] 12...Rc8 13.Rd1
[13.c6 Rxc6 14.Nd4 Rd6 15.Nxe6 Rxe6 16.0-0
Qc7= White's pieces have some disharmony.
This can reason for troubles in future] 13...b4
14.Na4 [14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nxc5 16.0-0
a5=] 14...Qa5 [Inaccurate was 14...Ng4?!
15.Bd2 Qa5 16.Rc1 and black can't regain the
pawn] 15.0-0 White decides to give extra pawn
back, completing the development. In my mind,
it's right choice [it was interesting to try 15.b3
Ng4! (15...Nxc5?! is not enough 16.Bxc5!
(16.Nxc5 Ng4 17.Nb7 Nxe3 18.Qxc8 Nxg2+
19.Kf1 Qxa2 20.Qxf8+ Bxf8 21.Rd2 Ne3+
22.fxe3 Qxb3∓) 16...Nd7 17.Bxb4 (17.Rxd7??
Bxd7-+) 17...Qxb4+ (17...Qxa4? 18.Qd2±)
18.Qd2 Qxe4 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.0-
0 ) 16.c6 (16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxc5 )
16...Nxe3 17.fxe3 Ne5 18.Nd4 Nxc6 19.Nxc6
Qc7 20.Nxb4 (20.Rc1 Bc3+ 21.Nxc3 Qxc6 )
20...Qxc2 21.Nxc2 Rxc2© 22.Rd2 Rc1+
23.Rd1 Rc2= (23...Rc6!?)] 15...Nxe4 16.c6
[probably better was 16.Qxe4 Qxa4 17.b3 Qa5
(17...Qxa2 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Qh4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4
Qa5 21.Ne5©) 18.Ng5 Nxc5 19.Qh4 h6
(19...h5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rd7©)
20.Nxe6 Nxe6 21.Bc4 Bf6 22.Qe4 (22.Qxh6
Rxc4 23.bxc4 Qxa2 )] 16...Nd6 [16...Ndf6?
17.Bb6±; 16...Nef6!?] 17.b3 Bd5 [17...Rc7
18.Nd4 Bd5 19.a3! ] 18.Rxd5! [18.Nd4 Bxd4
19.Rxd4 Bxc6 (19...Rxc6 20.Qd2)] 18...Qxd5
19.Rc1© Nb8? [19...Qa5 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.a3
Nfe4 22.Qxb4 Qxb4 23.axb4 Nb5 ] 20.c7! Nd7
21.Bxa6 Ra8 22.Qd3? [22.Qc6! Nf6 (22...Qf5
23.Bb7 Rae8 24.h3±; 22...Qxc6 23.Rxc6 Nf6
24.Bc5!±) 23.Bf4 Qxc6 24.Rxc6 Rxa6 25.Rxa6
Nd5 26.Bxd6 exd6 27.Rxd6 Nxc7 28.g3±]
22...Qxd3 23.Bxd3 Rfc8 24.Nd4? [24.Rc2 Bc3
25.Nb6 Nxb6 26.Bxb6 e5∓; 24.Rc6?! Ne8;
24.h4!? Bc3 (24...Ne8? 25.Bb5) 25.a3©]
24...Bxd4 dangerous knight must be taken
immediately! 25.Bxd4 Ne8 [25...Ra5!?] 26.Nb6
[alas, now 26.Bb5 doesn't lead to victory
23
26...Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.Bxd7 Rd8-+]
26...Nxb6 27.Bxb6 Rxa2 28.g3 [28.Bb5 Nxc7
29.Rxc7 (29.Bf1 Ra3 30.Bxc7 Ra7 31.Bb6
Rxc1 32.Bxa7 Rb1) 29...Rxc7 30.Bxc7 Ra1+
31.Bf1 Rb1∓ I'm not sure that white can rescue
− Black chances for win is high] 28...Nd6!
29.Rd1 Kf8?! empty move − the King can't
help rook on c8 [That's why Black should at−
tack b3−pawn right now 29...Ra3 30.Bc4 Kg7∓]
30.Bf1 [30.Kg2!?] 30...Rc2! 31.Rd4 [31.Ba6
R8xc7 32.Bxc7 Rxc7 33.Rd4 Rc6 34.Be2 Rb6
with good chances to win] 31...Ra8 [31...Rc6
32.Rxb4 Ra8] 32.Rxb4 Rc6 [32...Ke8!?]
33.Bh3? f5 [33...Rc1+ 34.Kg2] 34.g4?! Alex−
ander tries to get some chances but only cre−
ates weaknesses in his camp 34...Ra6
[34...Ra1+! was much stronger 35.Kg2 Ra6]
35.Bd4 Rxc7 after crushing c7−pawn Black's
victory is just a question of time 36.gxf5 Nxf5-
+ 37.Bf1 Rc1 38.Bb2 Rb1 Black be careful −
to not allow attack on their King 39.Be5 Ra5
40.Bh8? Final chord 40...Ng7 f1-bishop will be
lost 0-1
(12) Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (2684) -
Van Wely,Loek (2677) [B90]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (5), 12.06.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]
Before this game:Nisipeanu − Van Wely: 2,5-
1,5Van Wely − Nisipeanu: 1-1Last three
rounds in Aerosvit:Nisipeanu:... 0 0.5 0.5Van
Wely: ... 0.5 0 1 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 All flows, all changes,
and only Loek van Wely remains faithful to the
Sicilian Najdorf. 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2
Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Be7 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
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6p+-zplsn-+&
5+-+-zp-+-%
4-+-+P+-+$
3+NsN-vL-+-#
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1+-mKR+L+R!
xabcdefghy
[In a view of the future events it is possible to
make the assumption that 9...b5!?, compelling
10.f3 is more exact.] 10.f4 This move is quite
interesting alternative to the ordinary 10.f3. At
least, Black must decide a row of a new prob−
lems. 10...Ng4 11.g3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 b5
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13.Kb1 Purpose of this move − to leave from
under a pin Bg5. [With the same goal, Smeets
once applied against van Wely 13.h4 Qb6
14.Qf3 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 0-0 − Black
got a normal position.] 13...Qb6 Dutchman try−
ing to improve a play compared with own pre−
vious game in this variation. [13...Nf6 14.Be2
Qb8?! 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qc7 (16...0-0
17.Na5), Ponomariov−Van Wely, Hoogeveen
2007, 17.Rhe1! Rc8 18.c3 0-0 19.Bd3± Ftac−
nik] 14.Qe1N [14.Qe2?! 0-0 15.f5 Bc4 16.Qf3
Rfc8, Yemelin−Voitsekhovsky, Sochi 2007.]
14...b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+k+-tr(
7+-+nvlpzpp'
6pwq-zp-+-+&
5+-+Pzp-+-%
4-zp-+-zP-+$
3+N+-+-zP-#
2PzPP+-+-zP"
1+K+RwQL+R!
xabcdefghy
16...0-0?! A serious inaccuracy. [It was neces−
sary to strengthen the point of e5: 16...Bf6
17.Bh3 Nc5] 17.Bh3 Nc5 Black must to give
away a pawn e5. [17...f5!? 18.Rf1! (18.Nd4?!
exd4 19.Qxe7 Nc5! 20.Rxd4 Rae8 21.Qh4
Ne4-+) 18...g6 (18...e4 19.Nd4±) 19.g4!‚ −
White have a strong initiative there.] 18.fxe5
Nxb3 19.axb3 [Usually in such situations it is
accepted to beat the pawn of "c": 19.cxb3!? −
for not to open the "a" line. But probably,
Nisipeanu considered it not dangerous.]
19...dxe5 20.Qxe5 Bf6 21.Qf4 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-+-trk+(
7+-+-+pzpp'
6pwq-+-vl-+&
5+-+P+-+-%
4-zp-+-wQ-+$
3+P+-+-zPL#
2-zPP+-+-zP"
1+K+R+-+R!
xabcdefghy
21...Ra7 [Obviously, that immediate 21...a5
badly because of 22.Bd7!+−; but it was neces−
24
sary to cover the square d7 by another
method: 21...Rfd8! 22.d6 a5 23.Bg2! (23.d7
a4‚) 23...Ra7 24.Rhe1! Kf8! (24...a4 25.d7 g5
26.Rd6+−) 25.Qe4 Rad7 26.Qxh7 g6± − Black
will win back a pawn on d6, and they will have
quite good chances for a draw game.] 22.d6
a5 23.d7 a4 24.Qd6!± Excellent move, which
at one stroke destroys all Black's hopes to at−
tack. 24...Qxd6 [24...Qa5 25.Rhe1 axb3
26.Qxf8++−] 25.Rxd6 axb3 [25...a3 was inter−
esting, and White had to "raise" some exact
moves: 26.Rf1! (26.c4!?) 26...Be7 27.Rc6!+−]
26.cxb3 Be7 27.Rd5 Rfa8 28.Kc2 Kf8 29.Re1
Good. White are preparing to use the line "e" in
its own behalf. 29...Rc7+ 30.Kd3 g6 31.Rde5
[First step not in that steppe. 31.Re4] 31...Bd8
32.Re8+?! Kg7 33.R1e5 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-vlR+-+(
7+-trP+pmkp'
6-+-+-+p+&
5+-+-tR-+-%
4-zp-+-+-+$
3+P+K+-zPL#
2-zP-+-+-zP"
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
Hardness to suppose that the rook of e8 will
appear under threat, does not it? Nevertheless,
it does.33...Rc1? [Loek missed a good oppor−
tunity. It was needed to recover oxygen for
bishop h3: 33...f5! 34.Rd5 Kf7 35.Bg2 (35.g4
Rxd7!) 35...Rb8 36.Re2 Be7] 34.Bg2 Rb8
35.Rd5 [Nothing spoils, but 35.Bf3 was even
more precisely.] 35...h5 36.Bf3 Nisipeanu no−
tices something important. At first he need to
protect against checks through "d"−file.
36...Rf1 37.Ke2 Rc1 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-vlR+-+(
7+-+P+pmk-'
6-+-+-+p+&
5+-+R+-+p%
4-zp-+-+-+$
3+P+-+LzP-#
2-zP-+K+-zP"
1+-tr-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
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tolerate a knight on d4. [18.Nf5 Nd4 19.Nxe7+

38.Rb5! Here what is the matter! 38...Rxb5 Qxe7 20.Qa3 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nf5∓; But White
39.Rxd8 Passed pawn "d" provides to White could react calmly: 18.Qc2! Nd4 19.Qd3 Bxg2
an easy win. 39...Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Rxb2 [40...Rc7 20.Nxg2 − a knight d4 can be banished (f3,
41.Rg8++−] 41.Rc8 Rxb3+ 42.Kc4 1-0 Bf2, Ne1, e3).] 18...Qxc6 19.f3 [19.Nd5 Nxd5
20.cxd5 (20.Rxd5 Bxh4 21.gxh4 Qc8-+)
20...Qd7∓] 19...e4 Diagram
(13) Onischuk,Alexander (2664) -
Eljanov,Pavel (2687) [E15]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (7), 15.06.2008 XABCDEFGHY
[Polivanov, Anatoly] 8rtr-+-+k+(
Before this game: Onischuk − Eljanov: 0.5-0.5 7+l+-vlpzp-'
Eljanov − Onischuk: 1.5-0.5 Last three rounds 6p+qzp-sn-zp&
in Aerosvit: Onischuk:... 0.5 0 0.5 Eljanov: ... 0
0.5 0.5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5+-zp-+-+-%
Approved by Aron Nimzowitsch. Black are try− 4-+P+p+-sN$
ing to put one of the White's pieces in unsuc− 3+QsN-vLPzP-#
cessful position (or to weak their control over
the center) due to an attack on a pawn c4.
2PzP-tRP+-zP"
5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 [7.0-0 cxd4 1+-+R+-mK-!
8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 leads to a more simple xabcdefghy
play.] 7...bxc5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Rd1 d6
[After 10...Qb6 11.Bf4 d6 the same position In fact, the only move − diagonal a8−h1 need
turns out(11...Qxb2? 12.Rab1 Qxc3 13.Rxb7 ∆ to be clear. 20.Qc2? [20.Nf5! Qd7! (20...Bf8?
Bd2, Be5+−)] 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Rd2 Diagram 21.Rxd6! (beautiful sacrifice of two exchanges
is coming) 21...Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qc7 (22...Qe8
XABCDEFGHY 23.Rb6!) 23.Rxf6! gxf6 24.Bf4 Qd8 25.Qc2± −
8rsn-+-trk+( White have a full compensation, and the black
rooks are clumsy.) 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qh3
7zpl+-vlpzpp' 23.Qc2 exf3 24.exf3 Bxf3 25.Rf1 − black
6-wq-zppsn-+& bishop is powerful, but in White's position all is
5+-zp-+-+-% protected, and Black have many weaknesses.
4Q+P+-vL-+$ A position of dynamic balance.] 20...Re8
21.fxe4? Diagram
3+-sN-+NzP-#
2PzP-tRPzPLzP" XABCDEFGHY
1tR-+-+-mK-! 8r+-+r+k+(
xabcdefghy 7+l+-vlpzp-'
12...h6!? [Black's plan includes promotion
6p+qzp-sn-zp&
12...e5? (to remove impact to a pawn d6 and 5+-zp-+-+-%
to strengthen the control over a point d4) but 4-+P+P+-sN$
it's bad for a while because of 13.Bg5±; noth− 3+-sN-vL-zP-#
ing especially dangerous for Black in case
12...Nc6 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Qxb2 15.Rb1
2PzPQtRP+-zP"
Qxc3 16.Rxb7 Nd4=] 13.Rad1 e5 14.Be3 Nc6 1+-+R+-mK-!
15.Qb5 [15.Ne1!? Nd4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.f3 (c) xabcdefghy
Bareev.] 15...Qc7 16.Qb3N [16.Qa4 Nd4
17.Ne1 Rfb8 18.b3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rb6 20.f3 [Here 21.Nf5 has no sense anymore: 21...exf3
Qb7 21.Qa3 d5!? , Borges−Van Wely, Capab− 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.cxd5 Qd7 24.exf3 Bf6∓; the
lanca mem 1995.] 16...a6 17.Nh4 Rfb8 [Now best of all − to pass to laborious defence:
we can see, what's idea of Onischuk's innova− 21.Rf1!] 21...Qc8!! A remarkable move! Queen
tion − immediate 17...Nd4?? is impossible goes to h3, where it will create threats together
through 18.Qxb7+−; anyway, 17...Rfb8 looks at with a knight. At the same time, after Bf8 pawn
oneself a little bit artificially. 17...Rab8] e4 will be liquidated without exchange of
18.Bxc6!? Nice idea! Really, it's unpleasant to queens. [21...Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxe4 23.Nxe4

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Bxe4 24.Nf3 g5 ] 22.Nf3 [22.e5 Ng4! (22...dxe5
23.Nf5) 23.Nf5 Bf8∓] 22...Qh3 23.Kh1 [23.Nd5
Bxd5 24.cxd5 (24.exd5 Ng4 25.Bf2 Bg5!
26.Rd3 Be3!-+) 24...Bf8 25.e5 Ng4 26.Bf2
Rxe5!-+] 23...Bf8 24.Rd5 Perhaps, nothing
other remains − only to propitiate bishop b7.
24...Bxd5 25.cxd5 Ng4 26.Bg1 g6! Another
exact move. A bishop towards to g7, for
knight's c3 pressing. Pawn e4 will feel badly...
27.e5 Nxe5 28.Ne4 Ng4 29.Nh4 [29.Nf2 Qg2+!
30.Kxg2 Ne3+-+] 29...Rab8 30.Ng2 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-+rvlk+(
7+-+-+p+-'
6p+-zp-+pzp&
5+-zpP+-+-%
4-+-+N+n+$
3+-+-+-zPq#
2PzPQ+P+NzP"
1+-+R+-vLK!
xabcdefghy
A threat is obvious − White want to catch a
queen. What to undertake for Black?
30...Rxe4! Simple and elegant decision − Elja−
nov goes to an endgame with a pawn up and a
heap of white weaknesses. 31.Qxe4 Qxh2+
32.Bxh2 Nf2+ 33.Kg1 Nxe4 34.b3 h5! Very
technical − Onischuk now unable to bring
bishop back to life by the way g3−g4. 35.Rc1
Bg7 36.Rc2 g5 37.Ne1 Re8 38.Kf1 Nc3
[38...Re5 was even more exact: 39.g4 Rxd5
40.gxh5 Rd1-+] 39.Rd2 g4! [39...Re5 40.g4]
40.Ng2 Bh6 White have surrendered. Eljanov
played this game very well.[40...Bh6 41.Nf4
Bxf4 42.gxf4 h4-+] 0-1
(14) Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter (2684) -
Carlsen,Magnus (2765) [B70]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (7), 15.06.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]
Before this game:Nisipeanu − Carlsen: 1-
1Carlsen − Nisipeanu: 0.5-0.5Last three
rounds in Aerosvit:Nisipeanu:... 0.5 1
0.5Carlsen: ... 1 1 0.5 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 Being in search of
opening weapon for Black, Magnus decided to
choose a Sicilian Dragon. Interesting choice!...
and successful too, if judging to on that, how
Carlsen already gained a few important victo−
ries in it. From rather recent cases of using the
Dragon at the highest level, only Garry Kas−
parov in a match with Anand comes to the
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memory... 6.Be2 [Perhaps the most calm con−
tinuation in this variant. Maybe only 6.g3 can
compete in this.] 6...Bg7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nb3
8...Nxe4 was threatening. 8...0-0 9.Kh1
[White's plans include promotion 9.f4, but now
it's not so good in view of 9...b5!?. Therefore
White lead away its king at first.] 9...a6 10.f4
b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8r+-wq-trk+(
7+l+-zppvlp'
6p+nzp-snp+&
5+p+-+-+-%
4-+-+PzP-+$
3+NsN-+L+-#
2PzPP+-+PzP"
1tR-vLQ+R+K!
xabcdefghy
12.a4 Recommended by Serper. [Using at
once force of bishop f3 isn't succeeded: 12.e5
dxe5 13.Nc5 Qb6 14.Nxb7 Qxb7 15.fxe5 Nd7
− "Black is OK", Mikhail Golubev wrote. Let's
look few moves further: 16.e6 fxe6 17.Ne4
Rad8 18.Qe1 Nde5 − yep, perhaps Golubev is
right; summing up, it's better not to do any
sharp movement yet: 12.Be3!] 12...b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.exd5 Na5 Of course, Black don't al−
low a clamp a4−a5. I think, already here it's
possible to ascertain the fact, that Black have−
n't any problems. 15.c3?!N Interesting, does
Nisipeanu invent this novelty in "real−time", or
he prepared it at home? In any case, it does
not look very dangerous. [15.Qd3 Rc8
16.Nd4?! Qb6 17.Rd1 Qc5∓, Boulay−
Charbonneau, Montreal 1997.] 15...bxc3
16.bxc3 Rc8! As the saying goes, "chess − not
checkers, not necessarily to take!". [In case of
16...Bxc3 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Be3© black pieces
sag a little.] 17.Rb1 Ba8 Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY
8l+rwq-trk+(
7+-+-zppvlp'
6p+-zp-+p+&
5sn-+P+-+-%
4P+-+-zP-+$
3+NzP-+L+-#
2-+-+-+PzP"
1+RvLQ+R+K!
xabcdefghy
A bishop departs to a8 − here one more plus
of 16th Black's move.18.Nd2 Vast discussions
are dedicate now to a theme: "What is the sign
of critical position?". One of versions, which I
heard personally, is a necessity of departure a
piece... [Is there an alternative? White knight
can't achieve c6−square: 18.Nd4 Rxc3 19.f5
Rc4 20.Be3 Qd7 21.Bg4 Qxa4-+; but at
Nisipeanu's disposal there was very interesting
move: 18.f5!? Bxc3 (18...gxf5 19.Nd4) 19.Bh6
Nc4!? (19...Re8 20.Bg4‚)] 18...Nc4! Magnus
does not hurry to take a pawn − and he is right
again. [18...Bxc3 19.Qe2 Bb7 20.Nb3] 19.Nxc4
[White are must to change, or it will be worse
otherwise: 19.Qe2 Nb6!∓] 19...Rxc4 20.Bd2
[20.Be2 Rxc3 21.Bxa6 Rc5 22.Bb7 Qd7∓]
20...Qa5∓ Carlsen overplayed his opponent.
Now he is just required exactness and deci−
siveness. 21.Qe1 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8l+-+-trk+(
7+-+-zppvlp'
6p+-zp-+p+&
5wq-+P+-+-%
4P+r+-zP-+$
3+-zP-+L+-#
2-+-vL-+PzP"
1+R+-wQR+K!
xabcdefghy
21...Bxd5! Doing this move, Norwegian goes
to the exchange's sacrifice. By the way, it one
of those receptions, which he applies quite of−
ten. Do you remember a game versus Topalov
in Linares? Rd4... 22.Be2 [22.Qxe7 Bxf3
23.Rxf3 Qd5 24.Rf2 Rxa4-+] 22...Qxa4
23.Bxc4 Bxc4 24.Rf2 e6-+ Two pawns for an
exchange, two powerful bishops − what else is
necessary for the happiness? Pawn "a" should
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define an outcome of a game. Besides, all is
aggravated with a time trouble for White. It's no
wonder − in fact, is very unpleasant to be in
such positions without countergame. A search
for somewhat reasonable moves takes a lot of
time. 25.Be3 Bd5 26.Rfb2 [26.Rb4 Qa3-+
(26...Bxc3?! 27.Rxa4 Bxe1 28.Rf1∓)] 26...Qe4
27.Qd2 Here, Nisipeanu finds an acceptable
plan − a change of white−square bishops.
Carlsen is preventing it. 27...h5 Ventlight and
ram simultaneously. 28.Bd4 Bh6 29.Be3
[29.Rf1!?] 29...a5 30.Rb8 Kh7 31.h3 Rxb8
32.Rxb8 Bg7 Diagram
XABCDEFGHY
8-tR-+-+-+(
7+-+-+pvlk'
6-+-zpp+p+&
5zp-+l+-+p%
4-+-+qzP-+$
3+-zP-vL-+P#
2-+-wQ-+P+"
1+-+-+-+K!
xabcdefghy
33.Bd4 [33.Rc8 a4 34.c4 Qb1+! (34...Bxc4
35.Rc7!) 35.Kh2 Qb7 36.Re8 Bxc4 37.Qxd6
Qe4 38.Qd2 a3-+] 33...Bxd4 34.cxd4 a4
White's numerous weaknesses don't abandon
any chances for them. Combining threats to
pawn g2 with advancement of own passed
pawn, Black will secure a victory. 35.Kh2 a3
36.Rb4 a2 37.Ra4 Qb1 A first thing that comes
to mind after this game, is Nimzowitsch' phrase
about Alekhine: "He massacred us, as yellow−
mouthed chickens!".[37...Qb1 38.Qc3 Qf1-+] 0-
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(15) Jakovenko,Dmitrij (2711) - Van
Wely,Loek (2676) [B85]
Aerosvit 2008 Foros Ukraine (7), 15.06.2008
[Polivanov, Anatoly]
Before this game:Jakovenko − Van Wely: 0-
0Van Wely − Jakovenko: 1,5-0,5Last three
rounds in Aerosvit:Jakovenko:... 0 0.5 0.5Van
Wely: ... 1 0 0.5 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 [As for me,
6...e5 looks more logically. But Loek knows
much better than anyone else.] 7.a4 Nc6 8.0-0
Be7 9.Be3 0-0 Starting point of the
Scheveningen on the board! 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1
A waiting move − White want that Black reveal
their plans. 11...Re8 Diagram
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XABCDEFGHY of unsealing of "f"−line, also doubling of rooks

can be useful on the "e"−line.22.Bd4!
8r+l+r+k+( Jakovenko follows to the idea of Anand. [With
7+pwq-vlpzpp' a strong desire, he could follow to the Nick de
6p+nzppsn-+& Firmian's idea: 22.Qh4 Nf8 23.Qf2 Nd7=]
5+-+-+-+-% 22...e5 23.fxe5 Bxe5N Novelty from van Wely
− obviously, Loek wants to leave only white−
4P+-sNPzP-+$ square bishops on the board. [Earlier met
3+-sN-vL-+-# 23...dxe5 24.Be3 Rd8, Grischuk−Rublevsky,
2-zPP+L+PzP" Elista (m) 2007.] 24.Bxe5 [24.Nd5 Nxd5
1tR-+Q+R+K! 25.exd5 f5! Rublevsky] 24...dxe5 [24...Nxe5
25.Qh4] 25.Rf3 Nf8? Diagram
xabcdefghy
XABCDEFGHY
Rook on e8 can be very useful in the case of
moving e6−e5.12.Bf3 [In a match Anand− 8r+-+-snk+(
Kasparov opponents checked continuation 7+lwq-trp+p'
12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Nf3 − all games in 6pzp-+-+p+&
this variation have ended in a draw.] 12...Bd7 5+-+-zp-zP-%
13.Nb3 Black are ready to accomplish an
unloading operation Nxd4 and Bc6 − 4Psn-+P+-+$
Jakovenko interferes with it, by withdrawing the 3+NsN-+R+-#
knight. 13...b6 [In that match with Anand, 2-zPP+-wQLzP"
Garry Kimovich once has tried 13...Na5, but
after 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Qd3 appeared, that
1+-+-+R+K!
threat b2−b4 promises white an edge. Vishy xabcdefghy
won that game...] 14.g4 Bc8 Barely a bishop
has stepped to d7, it should come back − to It would seem, an obvious move − protection
pass to a diagonal a8−h1, and at the same of a pawn f7, and a knight goes on a route f8−
e6−f4. But there is one problem − being on d7,
time to release a point d7 for a knight. 15.Bg2
Bb7 16.g5 Nd7 17.Rf3 A rook is sent to h3 for a knight held under the control the whole com−
an attack. [Attacking was possible othergates:plex of the important squares − b6, c5,
17.Qh5 Nb4! (once Loek van Wely already has f6...[ 25...Rf8] 26.a5! bxa5 [There is no time for
burnt here − 17...g6 18.Qh3 Nb4 19.f5 Nxc2? 26...Ne6 : 27.axb6 Qd7 28.Bh3+−; but it was
20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Rf7!+−) 18.Rf2 Bf8 19.Raf1 g6 necessary to think harder about 26...b5!?]
20.Qh3 Bg7 21.Bd4 e5!, Anand−Kasparov − 27.Nxa5 Rb8! Luke did not lose a courage,
no, this game not from the match!] 17...Bf8 and found the stronger continuation. Every−
18.Rh3 g6 19.Qe1 Nb4 20.Qf2 [Primitive thing else is not suitable. [27...Qxa5 28.Rxf7
20.Qh4? would be met by standard 20...h5! − Qd8 29.Qf6! Rxf7 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxb7 Nxc2
White's attack is over.] 20...Bg7 21.Rf1 Re7 32.Nd5+−; 27...Ne6 28.Nxb7 Qxb7 29.Nd5!
Diagram Nxd5 30.exd5 Nf4 31.Rxf4 exf4 32.d6+−]
28.Nxb7 Qxb7 29.Rf6 Qa7 [29...Ne6 still
XABCDEFGHY doesn't fit: 30.Nd5! and all will be approxi−
mately as in the previous variant.] 30.Nd5
8r+-+-+k+( Nxd5 31.Qxa7 [It was possible not to hurry
7+lwqntrpvlp' with an exchange: 31.exd5 Qxf2 32.R6xf2 e4
6pzp-zpp+p+& (32...Rxb2? 33.d6 Rd7 34.Bd5+−) 33.c4±,
5+-+-+-zP-% though so well.] 31...Rxa7 32.exd5 Rxb2
33.d6? A mistake. It's bad to let a knight f8
4Psn-+PzP-+$ jump to e6 prematurely! [It was necessary to
3+NsN-vL-+R# reminisce pawn "c": 33.c4 Rc2 34.Rc6 Kg7
2-zPP+-wQLzP" (34...a5 35.d6 Rd7 36.Bd5+−) 35.d6 Ne6
1+-+-+R+K! 36.Bd5 Rd7 37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Rd1+−] 33...Ne6
[33...Rxc2 34.Bd5 Ne6 35.Rxf7+−] 34.Bd5
xabcdefghy Kg7 [Apparently, Loek disliked that White can
lock a black rook on b2, but not fact, that White
Prophylaxis. Black cover the point f7 in case would be able to use this circumstance:

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34...Nf4!? 35.Bb3 Kg7 − a rook on f6 is locked

too!(35...Rd7? 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.d7+−)]
35.Rxe6?! [35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Rxe6 Rxc2
37.Rxe5 Rd2= − certainly, Jakovenko wanted
more, than simple equality, but...] 35...fxe6
36.Bxe6 Diagram

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7tr-+-+-mkp'
6p+-zPL+p+&
5+-+-zp-zP-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+-#
2-trP+-+-zP"
1+-+-+R+K!
xabcdefghy
36...Rb6?? A terrible error (time trouble?).
[Both players underestimated a variation
36...Rxc2 37.d7 Ra8 38.Rf7+ Kh8 39.Re7 Rf2!
40.Re8+ Rf8 − with pawn d7 White hardly risk
to lose, but nevertheless.] 37.d7 Again van
Wely suffers from a pawn d7 (did you forget
Nisipeanu?). And again Loek did not use all
own chances... 37...Ra8 38.Rf7+ Kg8
39.Re7+! A rare case when not the strongest
move in position receives an exclamation
mark. The point is that White want to wait till
passing of control, and then, in a quiet situa−
tion, to finish counting everything to the end.
Very practical decision. [ 39.Rf6+] 39...Rxe6
[Worth to try 39...Kf8!? 40.Rf7+ (40.Rxh7?
Rxe6 41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rxa8 Kxd7) 40...Kg8
41.Rf6+! Kg7 42.Bd5! Rb1+ 43.Kg2 Rd8
44.Rf7+ Kh8 45.Re7+−] 40.Rxe6 Kf7 41.Rxa6!
Rd8 42.Rd6 Ke7 43.Rd1+− Now the situation
is clear − pawn endgame is lost. 43...Rxd7 [It
was possible to try to block a pawn "d" by king:
43...e4 44.Kg2 e3 45.Kf3 Rf8+ 46.Kxe3 Kd8,
but it only would prolong non−perspective re−
sistance.] 44.Rxd7+ Kxd7 45.Kg2 Ke6 46.Kf3
Kf5 47.h4 e4+ 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.c4 The pawn
"c" will distract black king, and White will make
the way to a king flank. 49...Kf5 50.c5 Ke5
51.c6 Kd6 52.Kxe4 Kxc6 53.Ke5 1-0

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